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Volume 51, Number 5
Student says she was hit during class Witnesses' accounts of incident vary
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Lillian Wilson plays violin during dress rehearsal for the Sounds of Christmas concert Friday. The NIC Symphony Orchestra was joined by three different choral groups. See Page 18 for story.
ASNIC board faces more work by Brandl Reasor Sentinel Reponer ASNI C boa rd me mbe rs wi ll be ass uming more rcsponsibiliLies next semester since they dismissed their publicity direc1or and the activities director resigned, said ASNIC Vice President Shashwati Roy. Lakota Conners, a ppo inted publicity director last semester by newly elected ASNIC President Renee Scou, was officially dismissed from the ASNIC board Dec. 3 because of student complaints about activity awareness. Activities Director Dominique Flagor resigned during Thanksgiving break because she aware of the problems
and the fact that students were upset, Roy said. She said the publicity director's job is lo advertise for ASNIC and make students aware of campus activities. The ac1ivities director cannot organize successfu l activi1ies without the publicity to enhance panicipation, and Roy said one position depends on the 01he r. Many students complained 10 the board about being uninformed about activities, Roy said, such as the Stress Olympics. Roy said that lack of awareness resulted in poor turnouts for these activities. and something had to be done. The publicity director position is appaJ.nted ~ the ASNIC
by Sue Jurgens and Ryan MncClnnnthnn Se111i11el Etlitors A s tudent has filed ballery charges agains t mnth instructor Jim McDonald after he allegedly hil her with a yardstick. Phnrmacy technology studen t Traci Rounseville. 26. said she raised her hand during her 7 a.m. pharmacy-tech math class Nov. 21 10 ask McDonald a question. She said when he finally called on her. he told her that they were done with that problem and refused lO explain it funher. She said she iumed to a nearby student to have her question answered, and McDonald told her to be quiet and stop disru pting class. When she continued to talk to the student, she said he picked up a yardstick and approached her, his face red and angry. He then told her 10 move to another seat or leave 1hc classroom. "His left hand was pointed right at my face." Rounseville said with a ca1ch in her voice. "He kept swiping at my books with the yardstick: then it hit me in the leg." Stan Maurer, pharmacy technician major, backs Rounsville' s story. Maurer, who sits ne}{t to Rounseville, said McDonald often speaks to one side of the room. He said Rounseville. on the other side of the room, had her hand up for fi ve minutes, trying 10 get his anention. Rounseville a nd the student behind her often quietly discuss math proble ms. he said.
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