A SNI C seeks president by Tonya Broderha usen Students, studenis all around, but not a president to be found! The Associ111ed Students of North Idaho College are gearing up 10 hold 1he 1990 clcc1ioru, bu1 no one has ed for the office of president. Therefore, the filing for candidecy has reopened for 1hc office of presidenL from Morch 28 until April 4, following ASN IC constitutional law, according to A.SNIC adviser Tony S1cwar1. All of the candidates for 1hc remaining offices in 1he election are running uncontested, which i.s an instant replay of hm year. The lone candidate for the position of vice president
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STON EHENGE IN NORTH IDAHO?
GETIIN' HIGH ON BASEBALL
NIC welding Instructor Milt Turley explores the posslbllity.
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North Idaho College's Student Newspaper
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Picture perfect-Kim Garrard receives national recognition for her first place catalog
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Insurance proves profitable by Linette Freem1n More 1han $310,000 in profit has~ made o, er the la.st thr~ scmcs1cr.1 from 1hc North Idaho College student insurance fund, according to a rc-..~ntl) completed )tUd} . The s1ud)', conducted by the Associated Students of NlC, rc,·calcd 1h11 Rhulcn Agency, the New York-based firm that handles the s1udcn1 insurance. made- a SJl0,636.SI profit from premiums pa.id in 1hr fall of '88, spring of '89 and !he fall of '89. During the thrtt smiestcn, NlC srudcnlS paid m a total of S44S,J6S, bu1 only $1:?4, 7.l 1.19 has bttn claimed. "The l'C5ults of our study arc far mott serious than "'"' (t~e committee) an1icipated 11 the b(ginning of 1be study," said commJttec adviser Tony Ste"A-an.
Also as a pan of the s_tud>, t.be committee cooducted a SUl"\"t) during spriug smitSter rtgist.ration 10 fmd out bow NlC nudcntS felt about the current inandatory b(alth inSUl'lnce, and the rerulu v. ere better thm apctted, a..,-:ording to Stcwan. According 10 the 1,6n ltlldcnu SUf'\-e,-ed.. onl)· 3S7 midcnu (21 percent) opposed the manduor) insllnncc A total of ~.i_s students (-44 pcrcmt) soppon the mandatory plan, v.tulc SI I (30 pcrttnl) need mare informaliotl LO dcodc. There were also S2 students •ho did not 111S11icr I.he qucsuon. Also ac:con:1ing 10 the SUI'\ ey, 1,325 uudcnu C-'9 percent) suppon the scn-.ccs of t.be on<ampos nurse pnc:titiooer
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I he propo,cJ t>ut cnntflnc1,ial nmacr of th; 1,'lldcm,..- •tcttt1mal ~111d1c• l'"'IV•m and the ~oc~ IIOOIII Clflk<" ix,upalion, pr.•,ram WIii b( prc.(lllW tO 1hr Curro,ulum C'oun,11 \l'ftl 10 North Idaho l ollcac Prrndcnt l l(ob(rt llcnncll ,aiJ he uiuuittd the mcracr b«amc he b<hevc, "Pro aram, that ha,t an J\iK1C1.ite1 ol l\ppllrJ c;..1en"~ degree 1111,hcd 10 111(111 d1oukl be \OC11tlon,1I " I le a,l.t'd Dean ,,1 Vo,:11ional I do, 110n ( larcn,e I ll1ught and Dean ol ,\cadcmic ,\111111 UC'nm\ l 1.111ncn 111 fool. lni.1 ~our~ duphu111on, 11nll 1hc po ,1b1h1y nl the two rroar•m• tllflJtnll "rh"t ... trc many proar•m, ohcrcd 1ha1 v.cre \Cry 11mllar in term, or 1\. ilh," lknncu ,,ud "l hey may hl\t bttn approa~hcJ d1ffcorc111ly, bul the sktll lcvcl wu 11m1wr. It 1«ms 10 mt 1h.11 ralhcr 111.in having t"'o placn ... here "'e 1c.tch (du ~c,), .,.e ouah1 10 .make bctm ~ or space. eq111pmcnt and 1e..chen ... Both H1ugh1 and Conners r11,1 met 1ogc1her two and I ha.Ir 10 three year, 1110 10 beam I ~r~ or mcctmg, 10 diteuu the poq1blc curriculum. Included 1n the rneeu.op v. ue office occupations 1ru1tuuor1 Da"'na Andrea and Mary Nelson Brown, Bus1nc1-s Depe.nment Chairman Mk:h.ael L Miller and secrewul llUdin iru11uctor1 Lamona Anhur-S11nne11c and Jo Ann Nelson Acoording 10 \1dlcr, Bcnncu wan1ed the merger propow w be fi.nala.ed lhil )eat and prC)(nted to the Cur· n-ulu.m Council ltld the Board or Trumn ro that, if pa..5,('d. tht IDl:fz,cd program1 C0111d be amplcmcoted for t.hc 1990-91 school year But the academic faculty invohtd became conc;erned that the new courses' crecLu could DOt ttansfcr. AJthouih Millu said be has • bcf_lC';cd for a long 11:11< that some son or merger or comb1J1ation or programs ,,..ouJd be the best •-at 10 go," he aJso said that m &!Id otbcn arc concerned that I.be proposed cur· ricu1um might not give r.ramfcring s1udenu enough tra.t:Sfenblt crcdus, resu.lLmg 10 them ha"1llg to rC1akc moch or !heir course ... orlc. ..That's not the vocation.al concern;• Miller wd. "Tbru concem is to get {1tuden1.1) OUI as fast as possible and make 11 so they're on the job III rune months." The proposed curriculum would allow studenu 10 rccer,e 1 ~ocauona1 ccrufnte if they chose to lca"c
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