The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 66 No 13, May 10, 1990

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1990 graduates class 'Take me out. .. ' Cardinal sluggers face challenges after recent losses to CSL

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Feelln' 'Blue'

by Laurie Ingle

Upcoming Instrumental and vocal Jazz concert features original score of 'Rhapsody in Blue.'

Two hundred and rony-rour students will bid a fond rarewell 10 North Idaho College the morning or May 18 as NIC graduates the Class or 1990. Ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. in Boswell Auditorium. Among speakers to be present will be Gov. Cecil Andrus, former NIC President Monroe and Sister Judith Brower, who will lead the graduates in convoca1ion. "She is speaking 10 a higher au1honty about assuring good weather for marching from here (Lee Hall) over to Boswell Hall," said Karen Streeter, NLC registrar. During the ceremony, members or 1he Phi Be1a Kappa honors society will be recognized, and awards for oulSlanding teachers will be announced.

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~sentinel North Idaho College's Student Newspaper

Vol. 66 No. 13

Thursday, May 10, 1990

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

State funds NIC by David Carl<hu ff

s1udcnts a1 NIC. according 10 a memo issued by 1he Idaho Board of Education. NIC ins1ruc1or Kristine Wold expressed approval of 1he Iegisla1ive response to increased cnrollmem. "The funding this year has been at a much more positive level," Wold said. Benneu noted thal 1hc budge1 allotment increase s1ands aparl from considerations by the legislature for funding of the new libr11ry/compu1er science facili1y at NIC. Also a consequence of the state surplus, 1hc funding priority for the library includes S3. I million promised by 1he legisla1ure in the spring or 1989. "This was a very good year for NIC with 1hc state legislature," ins1ruc1or Tony S1ewar1 said of 1989-90. "II was a good year budget-wise." Active with 1he Idaho Lcgisla1ure and 1hc Associa1ed Students of NIC, S1ewar1

A 21 perceni increase in state funding for community colleges gave North Idaho College facuhy cncouragemeni for fiscal year 1991. An allocation of $4,1611 600 wi1h $250,000 included 10 cover one-time cquipmenl expenses emerged from 1hc stale surplus with 1he blessing or 1he Idaho Legislature. "This money is about 41 percent (of the total NIC budget)," NIC President Robert Bennett said. "Student tuition and fees are about 18 percent. Local taxes make up the rest." With approval by Bennett and the president of the College of Southern Idaho, the budget distribution statewide will no1 change dramatically from the legisla1ivc model, giving CSI $3,933,700. Full-lime enrollmem, a factor in slate funding, increased since 1988 from 1,809 to 1,951 s1udents a1 CSI and from 1,951 to 1,966 -P1~St• LEGISLATURE

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Insurance issue resolved as new company provides policy by Linette Freeman

Tuo goals of the Associated Students of Nor1h Idaho College Insurance Commiucc were to obtain good s1uden1 insurance coverage for a reasonable price and to find an altcrnaiivc for those s1uden1s who were already insured. According to Tony S1ewan, committee adviser. the goals have been met. Wednesday afternoon ASNIC approved a policy presented by Parker and Parker Consuhants Inc., a S1. Petersburg, Fla.,based firm that exclusively reprcsenlS abou1 2SO colleges across 1he United States. Under the new plan, students will have a S7,500 maximum bcnefi1 allowance per illness or injury and s1udents will only pay S85 per semestcr-S3 less than 1he current policy offered by Rhulcn agency. Tbe new policy will take effect after students register and pay recs for the fall 1990 semester. The insurance commiuee was formed in September 1989 af1cr S1ewart discovered

1h01 during the fall of 188, spring of '89 and fall of '89 Rhulcn Agency, 1he New Yorkbased firm tha1 has handled NIC s1udcnt insurance 1hrough 1his semester made a profit of $320,636.81 from NIC studenlS. The first thing the insurance commiuee did was develop and conduct a survey that reached 1,677 s1uden1S. Of 1he s1udcn1S surveyed, only 357 s1udents opposed mandatory health insurance. "The surveys clearly renected 1h01 students want some type of health coverage," Stewart said. So, according 10 S1cwar1, the commiuee began looking for an insurance company that would bcs1 suit NIC's needs. "The 1hree main things we wan1ed to do were 10 reduce the cos1 to students, ge1 broader coverage and find a company 1ha1 would pay and pay quickly," Stewan said. "Parker and Parker has done this. "Coverage is S3 less per studem, Lhe coverage is much bcuer and Parker and

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photo by Brion Wolk,r

Minding their own beeswax- -NIC plumber Bruce Winegardner observes honeybees swarming outside Boswell Hall. Seep. 12.


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