Applications due WITH ALL OUR HEARTS
by Damon OarakJy Students planning 10 graduate upon completion of the spring semester should contact the Registrar's Orricc soon if they haven't already, aocording 10 Registrar Karen Streeter. The deadline was Jan. I S, but " The RegisLrar's office is 5till accepting applications for graduation," SLrtttcr said. Students who wish to participate in the spring graduation exercises must fill out a cap and gown order along with the appllcation. There is no charge for use of the gowns. Diplomas will be mailed to students after rmat grades are recorded and rutfillmem or graduation requirements have been verified. David Cohen 15 in charge of the Graduation Commit...--
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Happy belated Valentines Day, NIC.
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The NIC wrestlers win region , advance to nationals.
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North Idaho eo11ege•s Student Newspaper
N IC loan ·default rate high by Carla Corder and Sandi Martz Notth ldal10 College's default rote 011 student loaM Is one of the high~ t In the state, according 10 the U.S. Department of Education. NIC Is tied with College of Southern Idaho for the highest student-loon defoult rntc among lduho's colleges nnd unlverslrc:s. NJ C's default rntc of 2.S.6 percent is based on nsures from the 1987-88 school year. JilleShonkar, dlrec1or or fi11n11ciol oid nt NIC, said 6-11 NIC students defnulted on their lonn\ 1hnt yeor. Studcnu nre flblc 10 borrow from Sl.000 10 S2,MO n year. with no 10tcrcsl due on the loon~ until slx month\ ofter they have gmdunted. After the ~tudcnt is out or school for rour years, lhc intcrr,1 , nise:s 10 10 percent, Shnnt..nr ,nid. NIC prOCC\,CI 0\-Cr SJ million in 11nnndnl aid 11 )Mr for studcnll,. Thh amount includes loan,, gr:int\, ~~holllr.hips and .:ollcp,c work srudy. " lhc fedemlly ltnanccxl )tuden1 loan program is a "in•\\in rropo,ition for 1hc banl ~.•· Shont.or said. "They ore guaranteed repayment by the so,•ernmcnt if the student dcfnult,. "The govemmcm is tr) ill!l to redu~ Lhe national debt and 1h01 include:. ~tudcnt ((101\S ." Shont..nr suid. "As n result, NIC for lht rll'St time hn~a default mmn.grmcnt program. We stay in touch \\i th the student and let the lending instiruuon lno" "'hen the student 1'31·cs." According 10Shnnl..ar, the highest mk for loan default. is the first-year student. They drop out of school, have difficulty gelling a job and find themsehcs unable to rtpay their student loans, she said.
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The winter sun sets over The College by the Lake.
NTC changes school closure policy
Closures announced on radio by Sandi Martt Until llst year's three-day cold snap, North Idaho College had e\perlcnccd just one closure during ics firsi SO )--ears or operation, attording to ~hxine Schmitz, mcmtic or the College Welfare Com.mince. The year was 1980. and the rc3SOn the eruption of Mt. St. Hcle.ns.
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mince changed lhe policy out of amsidera- made by the fol!oWUlg mlio suuonsuon for tbt numbet of studcms impacted, K\JM (1080 A.\.!) Coeur d'Akne, KCDA Schmitz said. (103.J FM) Coetir d'Alene, KWAL (620 Oosurc is at the dkc:rttioo of NIC PTC:si- A.'1) S1h'ff Valley, KSP'T (1400 A.~) Sanddent C. Robm Bmnttt. point, KPND (9S.3 FM) Sandpoint, KBFI While it seems impo.sstblc to crate a pro- (1 4SO AM) Bonners Ferry, KOFE (1490 cedure toco,cr a1I conditions or reasons for A\f) St. Maric:s, KZZU (92.9 FM) Spokane, clruing the College due 10 mclmlent KXL Y (920 AM or 99.9 FM) Spokane, weather, 1M follov.iog IS offcml as a K.PBX (91. 1 FM) Spokane. guideline. Dayume closures v.ill be announced by Announ«rncn1 of sdlool closure .,,.,n be 6 a.m and =ing closures by I p.m