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Cultural diversity was celebrated at Yap-Keehn-Um Powwow Sept. 26.
The Student. Newspaper of North Idaho College
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LCSC opens doors New campus facility widens opportunities
nf1er cumng 1hc ceremonial ribbon. LeSC clas~cs on the NIC campu\ were first offered in 1979 The chh,e\ were requeMed by GTE. LCSC opened it, fim by Murnd Khnlllev campu~ on Fourth S1rec1. The lirs1 graduoting Se111i11el Reporter Educational ndvocmes arc building n bridge class in 1982 hod 75 ,1udenis. In 1987, Lese be1ween l\\O college~. It i\ nn opportunuy for moved 10 the Nie campus. LCSC offices the studcnis 10 gel a four-yenr degree without were loca1ed in 1he Sherman Admim\trauon Building. leaving Coeur d'Alene. "Since the faculty populaiion ou1grew 1hut Lcwis-Clnrk Stole College opened i1s new focih1y. we moved 10 Wallnce Avenure in fnci li1y on the NIC campu~ on Sept. 8. A ribboo cutting ceremony, followed by a recep- 1993," Frey said, "and now we ore back on tion and tour of the facih1y. was held Sept. Nlecampu.,;. "The advantage of having the office, on the 22. NIC campus is 1he fact that ii allows LCSC LCSC\ new cenler cun be found 01 715 River Ave. on the we~l ,idc of NIC be1ween student\ 10 acce~~ Nie fucilitic,,'' Frey said. lhe Fort Ground Tavern and the security " II work\ out very \\Cll for the ,1udenL,." Lese·~ new focilny includes '>CVCrul fuculbuilding. 1y office~. n large cln~sroom, a Macintosh Al the ceremony, Rodney Frey, director of LCSC in Coeur d'Alene. provided o wel- computer lab, studenl services, financial aid come, followed by a ~hort speechc~ by and admission offices. ''The ccn1er hos a large Moruge ba~mcm." Ronald Bell, in1erim prc~iclent of Nie. and See LCSC page 4 James Houoi,, presiden1 of Lese. Ho11ois 1hanked NIC for its support in 1he projec1
Security trains with pepper spray
photo by Noppndol Pnothonv
Two-year-old Taneece Leighton of Lapwai, Idaho, nestles beneath her father's regalia during the Yap-Keehn-Um Powwow. A Nez Perce Tribal member, Paris Leighton's regalia weighs 45 pounds.
SPORTS
by Brundon Koontz Se111i11el Reporter Concern over a lack of protection hos caused security pen,onel :11 NIC 10 begin training on the proper u,c of pepper ~pray. "Because of changing c.:nvironment we have 10 be prepared,'' Campus Safely Officer Bob Thomson said. "We arc not punching bags." Thom~on added that 1he pepper ,pray will be used only as a last resort in an instance of agg~sion directed 01 the officer. Pepper ,pray produces a miM of cayennepepper exiract 1ha1 cau,cs extreme 11:nring of 1he eyes and clogging of the nasal J>lb~ngc,. h can even hring brief immobilization of the
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recipicn1. " h'~ not something you'd want 10 be exposed 10 every day,'' Thomson \aid. Some students \\Crc unaware of the 1mplemen1a1ion of the ~pray. S1uden1 Derek Sovereign said 1h01 they should not cnrry 1he spray becau.se 1hcy should no1 need 11-i1's the qudcn1s· rcsponsibilny to act properly. Some studcnb \aid they feh that pepper mace wn,n't needed smcc there wen:n't tha1 many incidents where it would be used. According to MaliMic\ from the campus security office, in 1996. 23 of the 24 report· ed crime, were theft relmed. and one wos a hate cmne.
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NEWS
Rafters enjoy frigid Clark Fork adventure.
Festival of Voices draws a small crowd.
Welders train for lucrative careers.
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