The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 67 No 4, Nov 1, 1990

ENTINEL North Idaho College's Student Newspaper

Vol . 67 No. 4

Thursday, November 1, 1990

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Crime kicked

Victim foils attacker on NIC campus

by Ken Allen Sentintl Rtporttr

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Halloween party attendees Include (from left) Matt Palmer (chainsaw

cowboy), Teresa Rew (cat), Colleen Evans (Raggedy Ann), Amanda Karst (nun) and Elizabeth Vogel (clock).

A ~wift kick 10 a prO\~ler's groin and a good blow from a book-bag fnrd n female srudem from lhc grasp of a would-be auackcr last rucway night. Coeur d'Alene police <.aid.

The incidem <X.'CUITcd at 7:40p.m m the campus parking lot behind the Hedlund ',vQt1011al Center. l11c ~tudent, who wished 10 remain unidentified, had gone 10 her car to get addnional books for the night class !he was ancnding. She had s111rtccl back across the parking lot when someone grabbed her shirt in 1he right shoulder area and plat'Cd o cold object, possibly a knife, against the back of her n«k. police ~id. "(Her) rea,'tlon 10 bcmg grabbed was o rear kick in an upw:ird dircc11on into the suspc,:1 's groin area," the police rep0n stated. "(She) then swung her book bag around wnh her left hand and \truck 1hc suspect again . She then ran."

The auackcr didn't give clwc, police said.

During the auack. the ~rudcm never turned around, so she didn't~ 1l1e sw.pcct, and hod no description for police, the report stated.

Her shin was tom in the attack. and she suffen'<l scratches 10 her arm and neck, the rcpon stated.

Police report they have no leads at this time.

Although the victim wishes 10 remain runonymous, she said she felt it was imponant that the incident be reported.

Study reveals employees underpaid Jacobsen recommends NIC salaries be "raised 10 the median or the 50th percentile,..

College emplO)'CCS pcrfomling similar jobs which would require an additional $485,100 arc paid different salaries, according to Milt be put into salaries. This is an increase of 7.4 1 Turley, a member of the long-range salary percent. ''The lower salaries mean losing sLaff to slUdy comnlillce.

The commi11ce, which is made up of 16 highcr-pa)•ing positions." said Bruce representatives from faculty, staff and ad- Winegardn(f, a committee member and chair ministration, has been meeting for the last of the NIC Supp0rt Staff Organization. year and has employed Vance Jacobsen of Winegardner has high hopes for the work Jacobsen Co. 10 help them gather employ- the commiucc is doing, espccially the longment data about North Idaho College. term effects on the qunlity of employees at Jacobsen's study concludes that NI<.: NIC. salaries compare at the 35th 10 45th percen" If you pay pcanuis, you get monkeys tile of the competitive market and the 5Jaff working for you," he said. turnover rate nears 23 percent.

Currently, NIC employees are being paid In a lc11cr to President Robert Bennett, in comparison to the Mountain StalCS Salary

by Linette Freemen Stntlnrl Eduor

Survey, which, according to Turley, consists of salaries from hand-picked schools on the lower end of the pay scale.

Turley said the goal of the commincc is to "create internal and external equity at NIC." He defines internal equity as NIC employees with the same job getting paid the same salary. E.xtemal equity is having a position at NlC pay the same salary as that same job at another institution similar in size and economy 10 NlC. The committee is su11 in the process of gathering data to help those who arc underpaid catch up and slow down raises for those who are overpaid, Turley said.

He also said the committee, along with Jacobsen, will compare the nearly 40 salary

groups at NIC with salaries paid at (,0 different organizations-from lhe lowest cook to the president-to make sure they arc equitable.

Another posmbility is a salary schedule that lays specific ground rules for Jlilies.

Although some specific data has been gathered, Turley said he is not free 10 divulge it. Commiuee members arc required 10 keep all information gathered confidential until n formal report can be released. The prospective date is set for sometime in December.

Turley said.

Turley said the report will include specific problems currently at NIC, as well as recommended solutions.

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Too many credits, too little time...

Students' complaints prompt program reform

by Tonya

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Asnstont Editor

After hearing students' complaints, the Dean of Vocational Education, Clamitt Haugh!, has responded to their concerns and

hopes the wrinkles in the Office Systems Specialist program will soon be ironed out.

Haught told the 9 a.m. class of office practices on Oct. 11 that North Idaho Coll~e will

offer them a tuition-free four weeks in the summer to compl~tc the certificate program if they need ii.

"I made this decision based on the general feeling of the students that the program is too strenuous," Haugh1 said.

Haugh! said he wantS to provide extra time for the studentS 10 be able to finish the pro· gram successruuy and comfortably. This al1emative may be proposed 10 the curriculum council in November, however, it is not dcfinhe, Haught said.

Students complain they have to take too many credits 10 complete the program in nine montl\S, lhc ins1rue1ors an: trying to teach too

much al once and that they don't gel enough lab time.

Al the meeting with the students Haught said they didn't need to take English 103 and

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gram was too strenuous.

Clarence Haught , , business math 185 to receive their certificate.

"I made a mistake," Haught said. He said he didn '1 understand that 1he curriculum for the program listed these courses as mandatory.

"I don't think it's reasonable," Haugh! said. He said he d~'t think students should have 10 take these courses.

Haught said he would like to have an English course set up to meet the students'

needs, probably equivalent to English 99. He also thinks a better math course for the OSS students would combine business math and record-keeping.

Haught said that students' primary interest is to go to work as quickly as possible with the proper amount of education needed to sucoeed.

Haught said he plans to propose these changes to the curriculum council at the November meeting and a decision should be made by December. He said these changes would take effect in January and that the curriculum will be modified further for nexl fall.

Rccemly Haught hired a consultant, Lyn Mathers, to look at the program and make recommendations. Haught said many of the proposed changes will depend on the recommendations of Mathers. Mathers is in charge of the secretarial studies program at Lewis and Oark CoUege, which bas the largest program in the State.

According to Haught, Mathers will have an objective outlook on the program because

she doesn't know of the history or ii and · looking in from the outside.

IS Haught said he is very "distraught" that the problems wcren 't brought to his attention until recently.

Downs said as new Students they weren't aware of the procedures. She said they immedlately talked 10 each other and then their instructors, foUowed by a meeting wilh CX>l· lege president Dr. Robert Bennett, in which they presented questionnaires filled out by OSS students.

The students an: now going through due process with the srudent government with their pror,osal of a three-semester program.

Haught said he will do his very best to get things changed for the students and employees. He said he doesn't want this year's program to tum out poor-<juality students.

Students feel !hat their voices have been heard and progress is starting 10 move in the diroction or a S11CCCS$fuU program.

New V.P. would head Academic and Vocational

Employees advise on reorganization bt K••1 Allen

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I he undl1ional separation of csmpu, ~ocaticmal and academic in~trudion may i:nd ,~ith the creation or II new vice prc,idcnt po~itioo at U1c college, Dr. Rohen Benncu 'llid.

Ac,'t'lrding to Bennett, the college has hi!,lOri,;ally opcr.iltd as two sep.muc in~lllutions, fJcli wi1h its own budget, management, fal'llhy and philosophy.

"Will that model, or a new integrative model, en.sure the hitihci,t caliber of ia,hing and k.'8flling in the future?'' Benncn pm(nh:d his position to the North Idaho College faaJlty and stnff in n handout outlining a pruposed altering of the .chool'!i organiz.alional .:han.

The vice president of instruction would be the immediat.c supen'isor of both the

de:m of vocational/1ecltnical edl!cnlion 3nd 1he dl~I of academi.J affairs, IL\ well as all dircclo~ and coordinators of in:.tructionnl ~upport departments, Bennett said . Dally operations, £!seal nUlllllgement, raculty ;\nd ®dent rclations would rem:iin responsibilities of the deans.

Other re.:po11S1'bilitics, induding ankulation of in~tructlonnl philO.\Ophy. gi,iding curriculum dcvelopmem, coordinating in· \tructional programs and facilities use. managing m,oufl'C allocation, s.:rving as chk-f spokesperson in imrrw:1ional manners and ensuring q111llity of instruction would be handled by the new vice president.

Both academic and vocationlll srudenu can ultimatdy benefit from this roosolidatlng of departments, Bennett said.

Currently, vocatlonal sUJdmts learn any

n=..ary academic )Ubjc:cts ~uch a_s 1:.ngli.\h nnd mai11 from vo.:a1ion.al instruo:1011. Thi, prc:stms a dilemma tor lhosc Mudm~ 1ha1 might wish to trnnsfor from Y\Xational into an academic program.

Beru1eu \Oid, becau~ nothing the s1udem ha!> taken wiU trarufer towanh an academic dtogrcc.

"I happm to think 1ha1 ,tudm1s should r~ve insuuc:uon from indhiduab \~ho have c.'~perti5t' in a particular area," Beuncu said. "Sp,:t'dt should be uiustit by sixwh teachers; English ~bould be taught

by English teacher\."

The ,;..-e pre5ident could conrei, ably niter the sl.l'IICIUre of the vocational pro. gram to allow those $TUdl!llts cnroUc:d in 3fflU with acadcrni<: empliaili to be taught by iostr\KtOrs from the ac.-ademic depanment. Bennett said.

AC<:Ordlng to Uemttlt, n benefit to a.:ndcmi<; snl<knl\ may 1k In the placemml program employed by th~ vocational d1:panment. Curr.:ntly, no placement ex· h~ h,:rc or in 01hcr ~-onuuunity coll@ for ncadcmic smdl'Tl!$. Bennett ~id. lbe \ ice presiden1 ~'OUld guage l11e fc:a,ibilil)• of imrlemcnting ,uch a prognun on campu,. he ..aid.

Other changes of the colt.:111? organila· tional cl1an oullintd in &.'1111<-1!') handout indude fun.licr e'fplan.auon of rhe new director of personnel ',Cf\icel/human resour<:l"I [)()Sition recenlly created on C"dnl~.

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What do you think about the reorganization proposal and the prospect of hiring a personnel director?

Virginia Johnaon-

E n g 11 sh/Fore I g n Language Chair: "There's a real need for a personnel director. I think it's a good idea."

JudJth Brower-math In· stuctor: "It depends on the job description. Elements of it could be beneficial, but I would have 10 know more about the position before giving a definite 'yes' or

David Cohen-sociology Instructor: " We should have less adminis1rators in· stead of more. The less administrators, the beutr for NIC."

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Th..adll)I. Novembo< 1, 1990

Area libraries pool resources...

More information faster with regional link

by Sriln Walker $al/Ind R,p()rttr

A proposed computer network could be the North Idaho College library's link to sur· viva! in the future.

The network, called Inland Northwest Ubnuy Automation Network (INLAN), includes N!C, Gonzaga, Whitworth, the University of Idaho and the University of Monmna. The system's computers ,viii be connected at these schools 10 give students and faculty direct access 10 information on any of the members' library catalog through high.speed communications channels.

The network will also offer dozens of local and national da1abases including U.S. Census dam of the lnland Northwest, U.S. Department of Commerce information, educational publication indexes and local damba.<es buill by each of the schools.

NIC i; partkularly interested in coru1ccting with the University of Idaho's library, <,aid Mory Carr, director of library services. NlC hll!. a satellite on the top of Boswell Hall, joining it to UI. NIC\ library might also be able to connect to Ul by telephone lines in the Ul office in Shennan School.

According to Carr, a library network is vital to the library's success.

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a member of a sy,.km)," C:\l'T said. "To do anything less, it would shortchange the 5tudent ~ and faculty of the information they would need. Libraries ju,t can't exist by themselves anymore."

Carr ~id she i, unsure ii NIC will become an affiliate or full member of the network.

The descriptions of the memberships haven't been determined, she said.

"At the least, we hope to have as few as two and ns many as 10 terminals linked to INLAN depending on our type of member· ship, II Can S.'lid.

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,vith the Cooperate lnfomtacion Network (CIN), which includes some of the area public libra~. A consultant will be hired to aid the pr~ if a grant i~ funded, Carr said. lfNIC links CIN, the college could become an affiliate member of INLAN, d,:pcnding on co~ts of hardware and software and rcl,uionships developed among the coUcges. INLAN also requires a college to make long-distanc,: telephone calls, which could prove COMiy. Carr said.

If NIC links with CIN, a chance exists that the new network wiU connec1 with the Spakane County Library Information Sysrem

(SCOLIS), which includes the Community CoUeges of Spakane.

If NlC becomes an affiliate member, a chance exists that the coUege might not get a $23,000 grant offered by the U.S. Depart· ment of Education for the network, Carr said.

Carr said she expoctS to know NIC's Sl3tus with the network by the end of the year.

The library currently has three LaserCat station~, which have over 3 million holdings from nearly 400 libraries. LaserCat doesn't tell if material has ~n checked out from the library, something INLAN would provide, Carr <aid. The current s-ystcm also doesn't have the scope INLAN will. she ~id.

NIC hired Ann Johmton, a part-Lime autom111ion librarian. to put all the library\ holding,, 111 machine-readable fommt. Tim will alto,~ the holding, to be r,-cogni,cd b) automauon \C:ndor, C.1rr ,;aid ~he hories to have John.(ton a,s1\t her in the planning for the ~)')tcm.

Carr ..atd <he plan, on ha\lng the IIC\\ libmry,-omputcr center built li~t. then plac· ing the ~)~em in it. If it mean, the college will I ~ money, ho,,.,~.:r, the ~y,,tcnt could be imtallcd in the pl'C:tffll libmry and transfer. red to the new facility, she ~ id.

Shortage of workstudy studen ts ...

Money awarded not used Bad news from Jurgens at Trustees' meeting

by Ktfaly Jelleaed Smrlntl Rtpontr

Each year, college work-study is awarded to students who need financial aid, but this year the students aren't taking advantage of their awards, according to Jille Shanknr, Nonh Idaho College director of financial aid.

About 214 students arc working now, but many of the emµloycrs are telling Shankar that some of the employees arc only working one or two hours a week, which leaves a lot of "dummy awards" because they'll never be earned.

This year Shankar awarded S295,000 to 209 students, although only $219.000 can be

' ,============== We have more Jobs than students Ji/le Shankar , , given out. Students usually only cam up to 12 !X'rttnt of the money awarded, Mic said.

Shankar said the problems with work-study have affected many people. NIC has been af. fected lx\.-ausc many of the dcpanmcnts need work-study students, but due to the award amounts and the umc the work-study students arc working, there aren't enough peoplt to fill the positions, Shankar 1:aid. For c\'lllllple, Computer Service<. and Tclemcdia arc both •h~~ on much-needed work·)tudy studems.

There a~ 11 lot or jobs on c:amrus," sht

said. "We (N IC) have more jobs on campus than we have work•study students."

Also, many students who need and want to work am't, because the funds are already being used (or arc meant to be used) by students.

"I think it's real imponant for each stu· dent who docs have work-study just to assess whether or not they actually need the amount they have," Shankar said, "and to realize there are people on a waiting list who really want to work."

Work~udy students who fecl they will not use all or any of the award should go to the financial aid office so Shankar can allocate the money to a student who really needs and wants the money, she said.

Also, anyone who has financial aid and is interested in work-5tudy can sign up on the waiting list in the financial aid office.

"Once I've done the payroU for this month, then l'U have an idea what kind of money I have" Shankar snid, "and then I'll go out 10 lhe students and rmd ou1 what kind of money they can give back.

"Right now we are trying to get 1he students 10 voluntnnly give them (the awards) up," Shankar said. "A student who has a $1,000 award should be working about 13 hour.. a week, and many of !hem aren't."

Shankar's plan to awaru more money and make the award!, bigger has "essentially back firt'<I," she said. Now she plan:. to shrink the awards and give them to more people.

For more infonnation about work-study, c.ontact the finanC'ial aid office or call ;59.3310

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With cold weather clo$ing in, construction of the new tibrary and computer center is at least three weeks behind scheduk, ao:ording 10 Dean or Administration RoUy Jurgms. Jurgens said that a meeting a month ago with the Ill'· chitcct dctcrmlned that work was !hr« Meb behind schedule, and the delay " may be worse by now."

Jurgens made these remarks as pan or his report to the North Idaho College Board or TIUSUleS on Oct. 2S. He abo said a pipe lb3l carries sttam to Lee Hall is leaking, and more money is needed to repaa it beforc winter.

The coorractor for the bl>raJY, Jurgcos !aid, is not solely respon51ole for the delays. Dcli11eries of S1Cd and orhcr matmak ha\"t not t,eai on time. He said, oowcver, that be would put pressure on tht contractor to spe1.'<I COllStTUC1ion.

Jurgms said that on a typical day, around six workers can be found at the library consuu.:tion site. He did not think th~ compared wcD to the number of J)('Ople working on the construcuon of a new '1iopping romplcx in downtown Coeur d'Alene.

Jurgens ,;aid a penalty clause cxim in the contr.ict with Shea Consuuaion, the coatraaor for the blniy. 1bc ooUese

should be rcimbimed S400 cacti day of construction over the allotted time. But, Jurgens said, IJlat penalty would be "rather insignillcant•II The leakage or stcam from the pipe to Lee Hall could cost NIC S400 a month once cold weathtr sets in, Jurgen~ said.

The state has granted NIC S90.000 10 replace the 4S-year-Old pipe, but the lo\\e.t bid for the projeer was S142,000, Jurgcns laicl. The gap In funding will keep work from being done at lcatl until spring, Jurgens said, when NIC may rebid the project.

The work to rq,air the steam line could be done by NIC employm, but the Public Works offtct said that would be a viola· lion of state law, Jursm, said.

JurllfflS could not give the ~ a guarantee that the bole in the pipe would n:main its curmn size. He!aid the college shook! keep enough funck in its contingency fund to pay for possible rrpairs this lkinter.

In bis rq,on, Jurgcm also said work would soon begin to remove asbcst<>' in· sulation and tiles in Lee Hall. Students would be advised by their instnA'lors of possible it).x)m'Cflicn,xs from the work. including cold c~rooms. Jurgrns said. ~ safety oi studenb and employees is a.uured. Jurgens said, by mea$&1tcS to be taken by tht workers.

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Competitive salaries maintain quality staff A current issue on campus is salary equity, or 1he same pay for jobs of the same nature.

This issue has been a goal for equal-rights organizations for many years but has been an issue for Nor1h Idaho College ror only one year.

For the past year, the longrange salary study commiuee has been gathering data and working toward a policy 10 regula1e salaries on campusro r faculty, staff and administration.

In the past, salaries have been decided according to two constraints, the firs! being the Mountain States Salary Study and 1he second being the amount of money available in a given year.

The problems that arise include unequal compensation for different employees doi ng sim ilar jobs and some employees gelling raises while others don't.

Another problem is tha1 employees are paid 35 to 45 percent of what is paid at com-

parable institutions. Basically, the system is dysfunctional.

It is dysfunctional because it violates Equal Opportunity Employment Laws.

It is also dysfunctional because it causes NJC to lose good instructors to higherpaying markets, such as Washington and Oregon.

Currently, the employee turnover rate al NJC is about 13 percent-compared to about 5 percent in a healthy institution.

Some possible solutions include: requesting money from the legislature to increase salaries to the median or 50th percentile, or using money from the contingency fund to help increase salaries to the median.

Another solution, as unfavorable as it may seem, is 10 work within the constraints of the money available, which could mean fewer classes and less staff.

The bottom li ne is that students are the priority at NJC and need the best facu lty, who require competitive salaries .

Editor: After reading Ken Allen's column on the abortion issue it would seem that his views deserve some further renection. Mr. Allen points out that every American is either pro, choice (for abortion) or pro-life (against abortion). He then hastens 10 add that he is both definitely against abortion and also definitely for abortion. He develops his position by admitting that abortion is the murder of a human life, but then lists several exceptions in which he feels that murder of a human life .is dcsira~le.

His main exception is "your normal everyday pregnancies resulung from harmless fooling around'': pregnancies which, of course, result in your normal, everyday, harmless human babies. Mr. Allen feels that these pre-born infants should be allowed to be murdered. He then makes this incredible statement, "Let's be adult about this!

Sometimes when the mood is right ... these things do happen." Well I have a new, novel, never-before-thought-of-by-the-me-generation, definition for the word ADULT, Mr. Allen. To be adult means to be responsible for your actions, not committing murder 10 cover up fooling around, or to avoid pain, inconvenience, or personal responsibility.

The fact is, pregnancy doesn't have to mean the responsibility of parenthood. Childless couples are waiting years 10 adopt children; children in this country arc being murderd 1.5 million times each year. The argument is made that some mothers don't want the psychological pain of delivering a child and then seeing it leave and be placed in an adoptive home. But is the alternative that much better: murdering the child so it can never live in any home? That kind of heartless anti-reason is as schiLophrenic as saying that a person can be both pro-life and pro-abortion. That kind of pro-life is not pro-life in the broad sense, but rather the narrow sense of pro-(my own)-life. That kind of pro, choice is not the generous sense of letting everyone involved hnve a choice, but rather pro-(my own)-choice. The helpless pre-born infnnt is never consulted when the "choice" is made.

Mr. Allen concludes by waving the American nag. He writes. "Freedom of choice is something that makes America the greatest country in the world 10 live in." Mr. Allen has yet to learn that the freedoms we enjoy are to be paid for with personal respon¡ sibility. One person's freedom of choice ends when it jeopardizes (not to mention eliminates) another person's rights. The right lo be born is fundamental 10 all other rights. Without 1he right 10 be born you can't have the right to an educa1ion, you can't have the right to fair housing, you can't have the right 10 equal representation. The freedoms of this great country are not simply academic smtemcn1s to be 1reatcd with an ''isn't it nice" attitude. They involve certain fundamental responsibilities to others which musl limit how we live our lives.

Duane Gross

Grant story goofs stand corrected Editor: The 33 faculty and administrators who make up the NJC Humanitie~ Network appreciate your Sentinel coverage of our exciting grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. We're cager for every chance 10 talk more with our students and colleagues about what we're up to with our humanities project, and the article has already sparked a lot more of that. However, a few inaccuracies in the article have caustd red faces or rufned feathers and need clarification.

First, we didn't get lhe largest grant ever awarded by NEH to a community college.

We did receive their largest grant to a community college this time around. Tha1's_a good reason all of us at NIC can be proud of ourselves, since it puts us "in the big leagues" with some very fine schools, but I wouldn't want 10 misrepresem the facts.

The reality we should all be aware of is that NEH funding by Congress is very much under fire these days, both out of concern for our ou1-of-control national debt and because of the political nap over censorship/federal funding that you've undoubtedly been hearing so much about in the news lately. This means NEH grants in general art smaller these days than they were five years ago, and may get smaller yet.

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Thursday. November I, 1990

Pig -headed racists lose millions ken a/Jen It doesn't pay to be a pig-headed racist in America anymore. Just ask Tom Metzger, the former grand dragon of the Klu Klux Klan. He, his son John, two skinhead murderers and Metzger's group WAR (White Aryan Retards) were ordered to pay $12.5 million to the family of a murdered black man in Oregon.

The victim, a young Ethiopian named Mulugeta Seraw, died after his head was split open by blows from a softball bat. The lawsuit alleged that Metzger and Son incited the murder by sending an agent to Portland to organize skinheads and teach them how to kill minorities.

This whole unbelievable incident makes me wonder about the intelligence level of pig-headed racists. What human being in this society could possibly think that law enforcement personnel or the public will stand by and allow people to be beaten on just because they have different nesh tones than you?

Score a brain!

Although it may be the Klan's wildest sU1premacist fantasy, we don't live in Nazi Germany, and the Americans who realize this as a good thing don't particularly care for the group's irrational hatred of minorities.

The Multnomah County Circuit jury that handed down the verdict must share in these feelings; but 10 be honest, even if the jurors were completely objective, the MeLZgers wouldn't have stood a ctuance.

They are simply too stupid.

I think Metzger made a huge mistake in representing himself in the trial, as did his son.

Metzger is a television repairman, and while I'm sure he received lots of technical training for that job, I doubt law was covered very extensively.

I have this delightful, stereotypical repairman v~sion of Metzger sauntering around the courtroom, burping, reeking of stale Budweiser, and worst of all: bending over 10 pick up something and exposing his butt-crack to the ladies and gentlemen of the jury, repeatedly.

I don't mean to imply that all television repairmen and exposed butt-cracks are violently racist; my point is, perhaps Metzger was a little too sleazy to be taken seriously as a credible lawyer. That hardly seems possible, but stranger things have happened.

While Metzger may have blown it, the lead attorney for the plantiffs didn't. ll seems Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center has had prior success in this type of litigation. Dees won a $7 million lawsuit three years ago against the United Klans of America after a 19-year-old black man was murdered by two Klansmen.

A look into the complex workings of Metzger's Aryan mind would probably reveal a brain filled with the paranoid delusion that his freedom, guaranteed by the Constitution, is in constant jeopardy of being taken away by some minority uprising-a ridiculous idea, but one I think Metzger actually believes.

In the trial, Metzger said that if he was found liable, it was possible that the freedom of others could also be in jeopardy. He used as an example a person being sued for sending a co-worker out for coffee, if said co-worker robbed the coffee shop.

Unless you first instructed the co-worker in the proper technique to use when committing armed robbery (similar 10 how Metzger's agent instructed the Oregon skinheads before they bashed in Seraw's skull), you wouldn't be liable, unlike Metzger, who obviously is.

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Meat-eaters impacting world hunger karin /au Remember "We Arc the World?" Remember when millions of caring Americans responded to that song by sending food to Ethiopia 10 help feed the famine-stricken nation? These giving souls didn't realize that they were also contributing to the problem of world hunger while trying so hard to relieve it.

How? By choosing to ovcrconsume meat and other animal products, Americans arc ignorantly choosing to let people in other parts of the world slowly starve to death.

According to Peter Singer in his book "Animal Liberation," the average Indian eats 400 pounds of grain per year with 85 percent of it coming directly in plant form. On the other hand, Singer states that the.average American eats nearly2,000 paun~ of gram per year with 93 percent of it havmg first been convened into meat and dairy .products.

The grain Americans eat is converted into meat by way of the animal eating it first. One pound of beef takes 16 pounds of grain 10 produce, according to "Diet For A New America" by John Robbins (who w11s once an heir to part of the Baskin-Robbins fortune until he disowned it for ethical reasons).

This grain could be put to better use if it were not fed to animals to satisfy Americans' overly meat-based diets. It could be released to feed the starving people of the world if it was not first being converted into meat.

Most oft he grain harvested in the United States is used to grow livestock feed, with over 80 percent of the corn and 95 percent of the oats going dijrectly to animals. These chickens, ca11le and hogs never have to go to bed hungry; yet according to Mike Lee, an environmentalist from ~yview, 60 percent of the world's human populanon does.

As famine was developing in India and Bangladesh in 1974, Lester Brown of the Overseas Development Council estimated that if Americans were to reduce their meat consumption by only 10 percent, 12 million tons of grain would become available for human food, which is enough 10 feed

about 60 million people. If Americans adopted a totally meat-free diet, about 600 million people could be fed.

If the land used to raise livestock were converted to grain production, the world could produce enough food to feed 15 billion people on a vegetarian diet. With the way the world is currently eating food, according to calculations made

by Maanen J. Chrispeels and David Sadava, the earth can support the feeding of 5 billion people.

The world's population hit 5 billion in 1987, making the current way of eating more and more obsolete with each passing day. More people will continue 10 die if people continue 10 overconsume meat and animal products.

The idea is 10 make a gradual transition by first informing people of the impact that meat eating has on the world hunger problem. With information, people can then make the choice 10 slowly work toward a vegetarian-based diet. That does not necessarily mean meat-free. Meat needs 10 become a condiment rather than a staple in the American diet, like the Chinese and Japanese traditional diets.

It is one small way to help the starving people of the world that does not require huge amounts of donated money or Grammy-winning songs.

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Thursday night, officers from ASNIC imroduced themselves at the board of trustees meeting. Among them was top election-vote-getter Brigid Leake, who earned 109 votes while competing for ASNfC's open seat.

While imroducing herself 10 the board, Leake boasted that four of the 10 kids in her family and her mother are attending NIC. Encouraging their friends 10 vote almost makes Leake a shoe-in.

And Brigid "Leaked" this information herself.

As

you read this, five Sentinel representatives are enduring the urban offerings of Washington, O.C., for the annual convention of the Associated Collegiate Press, with about 2,000 students from around the nation.

National awards will be announced Sunday. The Sentinel is a finalist for National Pacemaker, joining two other finalists (from Aberdeen, Wash., and Costa Me.sa, Calif.) of the 10 states of the Western Region.

The Sentinel was a Regional Pacemaker and national runnerup in 1985, the year editor Dan Breeden collided with then-President Barry Schuler.

While the Pacemaker is a most prestigious possible award, Sentinel staffers know they have won first, second or third in the nation for the Editorial Leadership Award, sponsored by the Los Angeles Times.

The national recognition salutes last spring's Sentinel series on domestic violence.

Contest leaders urged the Sentinel to send representatives to accept the national honor. Flying to the Capitol are Bobby Hammond, Kiley Peterson, Brian Walker, David Carkhuff and adviser Nils Rosdahl.

The event includes tours of the Capitol, White House and USA Today, choices of 120 classes and the awards luncheon. Sports columnist Walker may cover the football clash of Virginia (ranked top in the nation) and Georgia Tech (ranked 16th).

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great coverup-in Review.

Last Thursday the Spokesman-Review ran a "White Palace" movie advertisement showing actress Susan Sarandan wearing a low-cut dress and actor James Spader nuzzling her cleavage.

Evidently the Review reacted to reader reactions. Friday's ad had Spader nuzzling into a gray screen pasted over Sarandan's cleavage.

The coverup gave the impression more was hanging out of the original photo that what actually was.

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isier College$. . Although the in1cn1 of the original organizers was honorable and 1he educauonal.outcome probably was well-meant and accomplished, the eventual orgamzcrs (the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce) of the visit of ISO coeds from Japan's lkuci College early this month spell it Sister College.

At las1 week's board or trustee meeting NIC President Bob Bennett bragged that each ~ocd spent about SI ,000 during her three-week stay. That means $150,000 11110 our economy, he exclaimed.

Th~ intent of the v~sit was for the girls 10 learn English and understand Amcncan culture-primarily by living in homes during their slay here. Even !hough more homes were available, the girls were alloted just one-week stays m local homes. Their other two weeks were spent Oltcrally) in the Holiday Inn Change an above spelling to Chamber of CommcrSc. ·

Second, our NEH grant has nothing to do with organizing a humanitic.s department which is emphatically NOT part of our current plan, though there arc certainly many humanities faculty who would like to see that happen someday. Our first competitive national humanities grant last year (AACJC/NEH Advancing the Humanities) enabled us, among other things, to plan and organize a coherent humanities program, and the new NEH grant will fund activities that continue to work toward many of that program's goals.

Most importantly, the article didn't mention the actual central thrust of our current grant from NEH, which is something we want everyone to know about because it af. fects us all. The grant project title is "Meeting of the Minds: Laying the Groundwork for General Education," and its central purpose i.s to foster all kinds or campus-wide thinking and conversation about what constitutes the very heart of higher educationthe college core. Thal is, what particular skills, knowledge, and experiences should we be providing every one of our NIC students as the foundation for the more specialized study they do for their majors or programs? This is one of the hardest questions a college must answer for itself. It's also the most important one. So the purpose of the grant is to help us pul aside our territorial blinders and involve ourselves as faculty and students from many academic and vocational fields in clarifying these central priorities.

That's why NEH will be helping us sponsor a provocative campus-wide convocation in February, with response sessions involving students, faculty ond administrators and community members. That's why there'll be several opportunities for faculty from all fields to study and learn and discuss together. That's why we'll be offering "new generation" classes like the new Montage humanities course. And that's why we've got to strengthen our library 10 support the broader, more powerful kfad of learning we believe there's widespread interest in.

We believe what will come out of the process is a clearer understanding or our shared goals as a campus community as well as more creative ways of reaching those goals, whether it be through reshaping courses, experimenting with new teaching and learning approaches, or finding ways to multiply and enrich learning opportunities ou1sidc the classroom.

Judith Syhc Department or History Humanities Coordinator

Reader reacts to "closet bigots" Editor: I read with great interest your column in 1he September 27, 1990 issue of the Sentinel entitled '"Closet Bigots' North Idaho Problem". You approached the problem with excellent insighl. I would like to comment on two mailers raised by your column.

First you state "wha1 they (the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Rights) have done is to get 1hc community behind them in their effort to fight against the Aryan Nations in Hayden. The community hates them just like lhe Task Poree wants." J believe this observation is in error.

The views of the Task Force and those of the Aryan Nations are diametrically opposed to be sure. As the Task Force perceives this matter, however, ii is a clash of oppos· ing and strongly held political and moral views. A clash of one group of citizens against another, each trying to create a feeling of public hatred in an eHort co fight haucd is self-de£eating, nihilistic folly.

Secondly, you make the point in your editorial that the Task Force and other civil rights advocates must reach closet bigots and help them change their negative auitude.s abou1 race and religion and sexual preference. This observation is precisely on point.

We have always advocated for the equal treatment of all citizens. Discrimination against any class of American citizens is an insidious assault upcn the political, ethical and sooial traditions of our society.

We must understand that effective civil rights activities are a daily personal mauer for each of us that must continue year in and year out. Slowly, incrementally, society's bigots will come around.

To eliminate prejudice we must communicate with one another often, accurately and from the bean.

In the rC(;ent report by the Carnegie Foundation, Campus Life: in Search of Com· munity, page 23, an observation was made about students but is applicable 10 all: "Many students, because of their own cultural isolation, bring prejudices to campus that serve to filter ou1 the feelings of people from radical, ethnic, and religious backgrounds dif· fcrcnt than their own. But if communication docs not go beyond the informality or the words and yield a deeper understanding of who people really arc, prejudice persists.

Wayne Booth of the University of Chicago captured this high standard when he wr~te: 'All too often our efforts to speak and listen seem 10 be a \•icious spiral mo 111n& downward. But we have all experienced moments when the spiral moved upward, when one party's efforts to listen and speak just a little bit better, produced a similar response, making it possible to move on up the spiral to moments of genuine understanding."'

Norman L. Gissel NIC Trustee Attorney at Law

Thurada't, November I. 1990

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Club works #or global relations

by Chrft lopher Cltncy Stfltilltl Rtp0rrtr

This year, as in previous years, students a1 NIC have been afforded an e.xcellent opportunity: 1hc opponunity to broaden their cultural understanding through Lhe International Students Relations Club (ISRC).

The dub is an cffon to promote friend· ship and understanding among people of dil-crse cultural backgrounds through the interaction of Amerialn and foreign students, according to facuhy member and sponsor of Lhc club Gene LeRoy. ISRC is also fundamental to the SUCCC'SSful adjusl111ent of foreign students to college life in Lhis country and in the coordination of lhrir activities, said Leroy.

There are currently 24 members in the club and aD students are encouraged to anend their monthly meetings; their next will be Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Shoshone Room of the Stu· dent Union Building.

LeRoy said the turnout at the last meeting was "quite good," however, he continued, " We would like 10 encourage students who haven't yet participated in ISRC to auend."

"Too many students in foreign culture and language courses are enrolled solely for the purpose of meeting graduation requirements,'' LeRoy said. "We need to stress cullural awareness, and as advisers perhaps we place more emphasis on graduation than on learning."

By the year 2000 all U.S. schools will be

Enrollment high . for laAguages Foreign language and En~h courses reached peak enrollment this aemester.

"There's nothing unusual about that," states Karen Streeter of the Registrar's office. Accordini to Streeter, the numbers go up with each semester. mainly because of graduation requirements.

However, she does believe lhcrc "ls more of an interest in world evmis and people," which may have contributed to th.e increase in students in foreign language.

required to teach students competency in a foreign language, according ro a brochure from the American Council on Education.

The Lille of the brochure is "What we cannot say can hurt us."

LeRoy says the problem is not only wilh the language barrier but with cultural dif· fcrences as well; even the system of measurement in the U.S. differs from that of the rest of the world, and because of these inconsistencies the probability of effective trade relationships between the U.S and its foreign counterparts is at best dismal.

"Americans have a tendency to be illiterate about other cultures and we arc behind the limes," LeRoy said. "It is also because of this that we have had difficulty trading with our neighlbors abroad."

ISRC can serve as bridge between culiures.

It can increase underaranding and in.sure more productive relatlorts for the future, says LeRoy. for more infom1ation about 1SRC, conmet LeRoy at cxiertsion 381 or the pre5ident of ISRC, Michelle Klassen.

"We ~n't as apathetic toward people in o<htt areas of the world," s~ sald.

"Leaming about other cultures gives us a better perspo;tivc of our own culture."

A note from the Registrar's ofrice: It's time to uan thinking about sprina repuation. R~ration for vo..'alional counea begins Ot."C.4 in the Bonner Room.

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Community outreach ...

Throwing for funding Free auto testing offered College life can bring new meaning 10 the word "preoccupied" for s1udcn1S and faculiy members. And because of 1his. the:.e rwo groups usually can't find the time 10 socialize with one another.

However, a North Idaho College student business club known as Delta E~lon Chi (DEC) is planning lo change that.

DEC is org311izing a fundraising cvcn1 called "Peer Delight."

This even, asks s1udcn1S, faculty and anyone who is associa1ed with NIC to participate in a comest-by throwing pie tins and sponges.

Srudcnis and faculty members arc also asked to volunteer to s1and on the receiving end of lhese pies and sponges. Already volunteering are Dean of Student ScrviCl!5 David Lindsay, Dirt"Ctor or Auxilliary Services Lanny Stein and the ASNIC members.

Don Friis, bu.sincs.s ins1.tuc1or and DEC advisor, said this event was drawn up to offer students and staff members a chance to socialize in an infonnal and positive sening.

"Our goal is basically to bridge and bring/the campus 1oge1her as a team and to work as a collaborative 11ni1," Friis said.

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pie the opportunity to learn more about DEC and how to become a member.

The Peer Delight contcsl will lake place Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to I :30 p.m. in the C011<:e$iOn area of the cafet.eria in the Studen1 Union Building. Two pie tins will cost $2.50 and 2 sponges will cost SI. Shayla Baker, student and Peer Delight chair, said that all procccds from the event will be used to fund a trip 10 Boise for DEC members. In Boise they will participate in a competition agains1 all other Idaho colleges and will be judged by how well they perforn1 on c.xams and in mock business situations.

For more infonnaiion on the Peer Delight contest, contact Don Friis at 769-3204 or Shayla Baker at 773-2804.

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"MotorislS whose vehicles are fuel-efficient get better gas mileage, save money, and contribute less to the air quality problem," Hoppie said.

NIC's share of the funding is approximately SI l ,CXX>, Coney said, which is used for sucll costs as mileage, equipment, the facility and meals. NIC, he said, does not profit from the clinics.

The response to the clinics has been very good, Coney said. Arter two clinics, a total of 65 automoblics were checked. "All the people were very pleased," Coney noted.

"Some even brought in a c;ccond or third

A safety and emissions-testing clinic sponsored by North Idaho College will be held Saturday, Nov. 3 at Wallace High School from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Three clinics were held in the month of October. The checkups averaged I5 minutes and covered a variety of areas on the automobile, such as emission levels, h06C condition, nuids, tights and lire condition. According to Todd Coney, who is in charge of the program, one copy of the evaluation fonn is given to the partkipant, one is kept by the college and one is sent to the Idaho Department of Water Resources, Energy Division.

Those who panicipale in the program are not forced to repair their vehicles. Rather, the program is "providing a service," said Dr. car."

Robert Ketchum, director of Vocational Job He had to request more evaluation forms Training. It is "to let people know if their car after the first two c:linics, and mn out of inis producing excessive emissions." fonnation packets to distribute. Only 500 Assisting Coney in the inspections are Steve packets were printed, and the state has no Williams. who aucnds NIC, and Marv Esser, plans to print more. a former NIC student. Coney made it clear Some of the vehicles serviced, said Coney, that the program is not used as a training ex- were recently out of an automobile repair ercise, but, rather, that it i.~ professional. shop, but unsatisfal"IOry elements ,1cre s1ill NIC is one of six vocatonal schools that found. One common problem, said Coney, have contrac1ed witl1 the Energy Division to was that engine mounts were IOO'iC. perform tl1csc clinics. About (,() clinics will be Both cars and trucks are welcome at 1he held )talcwidc. The reason for 1he clinics is clinics. No repair ,vork will be done.

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Blazing into a new

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With a steady current of electricity and a few skilled hands, Nonh Idaho College is scorching a trail into the 21st Century.

Welding is not a ~ new concept to the Coeur d' Alene area, :, but with ucnds foreshadowing a tremendous growth in the power indUStry in the Northwest, a welder's mask could become as fruniliar as the name Hagadone in the All-American City.

"It's a booming area, and It's going to continue to boom." NIC welding instructor Milt Turley said.

"The power induslJ')' is going to need up 10 35,000 new welder$ berwer:n now and the tum of the century."

Figures like these get Turley excited because they signify a prosperous furure for his welding graduates at NIC. Turley has already built a solid program at NIC. All 13 students that graduated ~t year are working and getting paid at an average of about Sl4 an hour.

Most of them are working in the Coeur d'Alene area. "l',e ~ot more people than I can handle m~ of the time because the program has got a good reputation," Turley said. "I ha,·c people call me for ~tudents. I don't have to call people and hustle jobs for them."

The welding deparunent-located in the Hedlund Building-is a vocational education. ~ are offered both during the daytime and at night. Tiicy arc Slrudured to provide students with the knowledge and skill of at least an cnlJ')'-levd welder.

According to Turley, it takes much longer than the students' tenure at NlC 10 develop the skills of a journeyman welder.

"II talus • lft1imt to ~ those skills up to the joumcyman lc\.-cl. The people tha1 come out of here are, generally speaking, definitely entry level. They don't have the e:xperience. That only comes with ytarS of practice."

Turley, who has worlted in the welding industry for 30 year-5eVCll )'earS as an instructor lit NlC, said that the welding program is very demanding of a studcnL

The program spans over a 10-monlh period-Sept, 27-June IS-and a student must be able to wi!Mand the grind of an eight-hour day. four days a week.

to that a li~t of l 12 tasks which must be finished by year's end and the recipe to creale welder-bread man gets a lit tie complex.

"The curriculum is designed to keep them as busy as ~blc for the bloc they're in,'' Turley said. "It's unique in that respect. You don't get a lot of time 10 do a lot of fooling around."

Turley said the tough schedule prepares his students for the reality of the working world.

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Although students are required io f01ish a set number of tasks on a tight schedule, they may redo a project 10 correct errors and earn a higher grade.

Turley cnlls this type of learning, compelfflcy-bas«I education.

"Competency,b~ education Is just exactly thot.

You do the taSk until you're compe1.cn1," said Turley.

Mllt Turley ' ' "If you take a test in the academic side and nunk " We start at 7 o'clock in the morrting and run an it, that's it. If you take a test here and nunJc it you eight-hour day. The reason for that is because most of get a second chance. Maybe a third chance. Possibly industry works eight hours a day,'' Turley said. even a fourth chance if it takes that many times to "My philosophy is you train exactly tlie way you become competent."

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"It's the best way to teach. I fully believe that academic courses ought to be taught that way 100. It's the Idea of learning,'' said Turley.

Turley encourages h~ student~ to cultivate their interests while auending NIC. He said that social interaction is a vital pan of the learning process. " It Is lmp0rtant for me to make those students sec those t.ltings," said Turley.

"My function here is not to teach welding, but to give them a well-rounded view of what's around them. I think that is probably the most important thing I'm doing here."

"Def01itely, my main thrus1 is to integrate the skills that they arc learning here with some of the other thing., thal happen on this campus."

My function here is not to teach welding, but to give them a wellrounded view of what's around Ihem.

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Coffee Club seeds political unrest bobby hammond~ ith the presto pace at which this world hums, it is a welcome relief to sit and relax over a steaming cup of joe and calmly discuss the events of the world hurrying on around me.

When I first saw the petition hastily taped to the wall of the Student Union Building, I signed up for the NIC Coffee Club with celerity and anticipation. A wonderful opportunity to participate in lively discussion and contemplative relaxation was at hand, I thought. The air seemed cleaner, my vision clearer, my thoughts Lighter and my coffee better, as I dreamed of the weekly meetings to come.

The first meeting of the Coffee Club was an informal affair. with the choosing of officers and club policies adjourned until a later date. Club members mingled quietly and explored the spacious Victorian of a fellow member selected as our meeting place. The couches were leather

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and soft, 1hc book shelves dusty and full, the conversation warm, intelligent and played against the soft creaking of the hardwood floors. Sound seemed to rise and drift with 1he smell of our delicio111s Golden Pecan Roast and Colombian Classic.

I sat reading selectively from the letters of Alexander Woolcott when my gaze was distracted, and my eyes followed a full-length skirt across the room. She was sipping gingerly from a bone china cup hardly larger than her hand, gracefully set back to rest upon a finely decorated saucer.

She talked in a hushed voice with a small group dressed in earth-tones in the corner. They seemed lo be dicussing the correct interpretation of a passage in a thick volume of Marx.

The next meeting began well enough, with members gathering quietly in a semi-circle of chairs to discuss the Freudian overtones of Kafka's "Metamorphosis" and to choose our club · leadership. We delighted to the aroma and delicate taste of a well-chosen Bolivian Potpourri.

A club leader was chosen, and officers selected and duly approved, and we settled down decide our club functions and purposes. Here is where we divtded.

Events soon escalated beyond anyone's control.

The purist faction of our group wanted the club to stand for nothing but the enjoyment of coffee, and refused the request of other members to

allow tea into the meetings. Another group demanded that the club issue a political endorsement of certain political candidates and write up a platform of political, economic and ethical manifestos. Still another wanted decaffinated coffee endorsed by the group, while the purists pushed for caffinated exclusively. The largest row of the meeting was when a coalition of the decaffinateds, moderate purists seeking a compromise, and politicals seeking to broaden the club's base and appeal, urged that doughnuts be allowed at the meetings, and that one or more members at each meeting be designated as doughnut suppliers for the entire group.

To this the conservative purists, caffinateds, and politicals seeking to work only 1hrough a coffee-drinking elite, could not bend.

A vote was taken to decide the issue, but the final tally split us down the middle, with several nihilists abstaining.

The meeting broke up as each faction vowed to form their own coffee club and fight it out for membership. In 1he days to follow, members of respective groups kept LO themselves, not speaking to their counterpart.s, and whispering insults behind their backs.

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'Huffer' speaks on Hough

by Dan Hyde

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hen local radio personality Bob Hough (pronounced !luff) lir-.1 hit the air waves in 1953, he wru, sleeping in the back storage room n1 station KCSU in Provo, Ulllh. Af1er the disapPointmcnt of losing a Oass C coniract as a third baseman with the Pit isburgh Pirates, he did whal he called 1he neM best thing and began his career in 1he radio business.

"Back in those days, everything was scripted,'' Hough e,plained in a slightly disgusted tone. "There was absolutely no ad-libbing. Bui people like that homespun s1uff. You can't come on with a cute voice and ju,1 give 1ime and temp anymore."

One of the highlighLS of his career came in 1957 when he me1 Elvis Presley while working a1 KNEW in SPokanc, Hough said. ''I inicn iew1.'<1 Elvis at a press conference before his t'Oncert al Joe Albi Stadium. We were 1he No. I rock and roUstauon in SPokane, and ii wa~ a very exciting time in u1c bU!oiness," Hough ~id, and chuckled. "The rcalJy funny thing nboul thnl was when he jumped off of the stage singing 'I Ain't Nothing But a Hounddog,' and he rcu10 his knees on the ground. Just then a bunch of teen-age girls jumped over the stadium wall and ran 10 scoop handfuls or din imo their purses. " Years later, I related the story on the air and a lady called in. She told me that she still had the purse with the dirt in it han~ng In her closet."

Hough said that he became a local radio personality in 1977 when he started his talk show on KVN I in Coeur d'Alene. Soon after, his listening audience affectionately dubbed him the " Houghcr (Huffer),'' a name that will Likely stay with him for the rest of his life.

Hough prides himself on his good rapport with members of the community. His open-mike policy enticed people from all walks of life 10 1ell their stories and to voice their opinions on the air. Occasionally, he would pick a person or a subject to roast, often welldeserved and always 10 the liking of his loyal listeners.

"This day and age, with all of the modem 1cchnology and gimmicks in the radio business, you have 10 be inventive,'' Hough e,cplaincd. "You can't jus1 be another music box in the world of music boxes; you have 10 inform and entertain. People want to be involved in their community."

Recently, Hough was involuntarily retired by KVN I, 18 months before he was eligible for full retirement benefits.

"I wasn't ready 10 leave, bul the powers thought othenvise," Hough said in a disappointed tone. " 1've had too many sleepless nighis. The highs and lows of the radio business depend on whom you work for and how tigh1 they hokl the strings."

Through the years Hough has become an insthu1ion in the Coeur d'Al~ne area. He has touched many lives and has brought many local issues 10 the forefront of community awareness.

"II was not u11common for people to bring cakes, doughnuLS and candy down to the station to show their appreciation. I have made a 101 of good friends through my work. That's the part that I'm going to miss the most,'' Hough said.

The next lime you pull up 10 a stoplight and notice an older-looking gentleman in his car with the radio blaring music from 1he Beach Boys or the Moody Blues, chances are it's 1he " Hougher"- that man with 1he golden voice and u1e hean to mat.ch it.

Bob 'the Huffer' Hough

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People don't grow up- they just grow What an empty feeling that stirs inside of mewouldn't have it any other way. I don't wa nt LO no amount of food will fill it. No matter how go back to the way things were before and I don'I many friends and companions I have or how busy want 10 move back in with them. If l hadn't then, I am studying, that just doesn't give me the conI'd still be fighting to get loose and be indepennection, unity and unspoken unconditional love dent; I certainly wouldn't appreciate them that comes from family. enough.

I a m becoming me in this lonely process. I am The miles are just hard to take, like horse pills. surviving independently and successfuJly. I've The inability to see their faces makes them seem decided that there is a reason for my new world. worlds away, bridged only by letters and phone 1've been given the power 10 create and shape my calls. But the bridge is stronger than that because life exactl y how I want it. it is built of that unconditional love. That's College signals a major life change for many 1've realized that there still is something persomething that everyone needs to feel. Now 1must young students. Leaving home is an exciting step manent in my life. The unconditional love from learn to give some to myself. that brings to most a new life and new person. my parents is still there; it is just voiced from My parents spent a lifetime trying to show me However, being alone can come as a major shock. thousands of miles away. It still dwells as strong the best way they could what was right and wrong, l 've been thrown into a lonely life all of my own as before; 1just have to listen harder. I never realand now I have the chance to decide my own with no permanence left to count on. I feel so lost ly wanted 10 hear everything they had to say and rights and wrongs and 10 show them what I learnwithout my parents' presence. accept all the love they were trying to give me-I ed from them and what happened to their liule They just aren't there- my mom isn't in the would just take what I wanted and go. girl when 1 took over. other room being industrious, and my dad isn't For some reason, at a certain point in a child's Growing up inside isn't as easy as growing up at work a few miles away. My forehead doesn't life, the child doesn't feel like a child anymore, outside (tall or short). It's not limited and it get a father's kiss anymore- like before when my but to her parents she will always be a child. This doesn't happen without any struggle. There's a dad and I participated in our morning ri tual of is the point at which the relationship becomes diflot of introspection that needs 10 be done, and goodbye while I was still mostly asleep. I miss that. ficult, confusing and unsure. The child wants to one must figure out what one really wants out of No noise occurs in the kitchen and no converbe treated as an adult . However, somehow when Life. sation noats through the vent in my room. My they leave each other, the child that is still inside I 1hough1 I was all grown up when I was ready brother isn't trying to explain to me the fate of of me wants to feel suppo rt and hear discipline 10 move out from under the family roof and had our world or how his stereo works-and no one in the background even if I won't really listen. reached my predicted height. But it continu.es way is telling me how 10 eat or when to come home.

Now, my relationship with my parents has beyond that point, and I don't think it w_ill ~ver -I 1hink l •miss that 100. . . • . • • • • • •• •• 1ransformed foto a whole .new l,hipg and 1 •••• ~~d; R.e.a~y.<?r ~o~••t.h}~ ~s }~s! ~~f~~-e_r..~~g1~mns.

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Swords swallowed at lunch in Student Union Building

by Chrltlopller Cl,ncy $(11tw/ Rq,oncr,_ _ _ _ _ _ __

Nic's Nooners, the livcly serks of i:ertorol411CC5 lw s ~ 11nd comedians m the North Idaho College Student Union Building, is back b)' popular demand. Probably one ~r the mort ~citing happening.~ in the cafetena is abo one of 100 least-known. Many studcnis s:iy they haven't even heard of lhe Noor\CIS. "This will all cbange os soon as we start ad~erti1ing. ·• said Don Atha, A~<OCiarcd Students of NIC ac1ivilie$ din.'dor.

Anothlll' rea.\On for the relative anonymity ol these performances is many people are fim-ytar students and arc unfwniliar with the

numerous "coffee house" performan((.'$ of lllSl )Ur. The premier performance just might grab some atleOtion. thoue,11. Set for HaUowaen, it awopria!cly featur(S a sword-swallowtr and aU4round trkk\t~.

An l'IICll greater oon1n11utio11 to <1vcrall at· tcndanl.-c is where these perfo~ arc to be held, Atha said. The SUB cafeteria is ahnmt always brimnung with students that would surely wdcomt some enrmainmcnt to go. ''When the flr$l r:vmt rakes p~ it should be mough to boost interest and make students aWillC of them," Atha wd.

Al least two more performanet'!; are ~1cduled for tnis s.:mest~r. Atha sa.id, in· duding a ~how by $ingcr/~ngwritcr James Hersch.

H~h is a nationally acclaimed musician, having perfonned at more than 104 colleges and univmitlcs in addition to appearances in London, Loo Angeles and Cbicago.

Although he hAs a bad1elor's of ans degn:e in classical guitar, his mu~ic is in a category all its own. Perfom1ing as an acou.stic act.

Hersch plays original songs about everyday ure and his experiences on the road.

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Hessch is a professional musician ~th the credcntillls to prove it, the latest of which is his third alblum release titled, "Familiar Face,•· which can be best described as a mix· nm: of vocal and instrumental tunes set in everyday exprricnce.

The next act will tak.: place Feb. 12, but should be well worth the wait. Michael Myers, also a siugcr/songwritcr, will be pcrfom1ing original songs as weU as songs by such well-known artists as Dan Fogclberg, Robert Cray and the Beatles.

All performances will be held in the SUB cafeteria around noon and arc free. Prior advertising will announce each performanc,:, nnd additional information is available from ASNIC or Dean Dennett.

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A production of adultery, politics, religion

'Anne of a Thousand Days' debuts Friday by

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As the hush falls over the audience this Friday night and the e1inain begins to open, it will signify the beginning of the NIC theater department's

season.

Choosing plays that will d1allenge student participants both oruiage and working behind the soenes, dire::tor Tim Rarick always manages to bring the audience a mixture of theatrical works throughout the year. Opening the year on a more in1eUectual note, this year's play will be a modem trngedy written by Ma,cwcO¡ Anderson, tided "AMc or a Thousand Days."

' 'This is a historically powerful play.

Tim Rarick , , Beginning with Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London awaiting her imminent beheading, this play explores many cliJTemu thenies-thenies that amid be oonsidered as prevalent now as they were then. mong the issues taking the stage in this drama is the ol'ten sionny relationship between Anne and King Henry Vlll. Anne eventually becomes the second wife of Henry, but before this can happen, many ohstades present th~es. espccially for this panieuJar time in history.

Adultery, polilia and the issue of separation of church and state presim1 themselves throughout the play as major themes

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and conflicts, and make this a "historiailly powerful play," according 10 Rarick. he conflicts and themes arise as a result of Henry uying 10 rid himself of his first wife, Katherine of AragoMc, so that he can be free 10 m!IIT)' Anne. The King is tired of Kall1erine and the marriage in general, especially since she has not been able 10 produce a much,<lesircd male heir for him.

Through a series of flashbacks, chronologically placed throughout 14 scenes, the audience wiU witness the events I.ha! have led AMe and Henry to ll1is panicular point. The point where we first sec Anne: in the 'fowcr or London, as the Queen of England, awaiting ber death pronounced by her husband, King Henry.

Parents need to be aware that due to the subject matttr of themes involved in this particular production, including some candid sorual talk, they may want 10 get a babysiuer for the kids. s Rarick puts it, "It's [the playj ) a powerful show, and it has very eanhy ideas in it and it's an awfuUy good show. So, it's appropriate for college studenl5 nnd adults and more inappropriate for younger kids." Therefore. parents, oonsider yourselves advised. photoJ b)' Pauir,u Snyder Though this play may sound too deep, dark and gloomy 10 some, for FINISHING TOUCHES - Helke lake, playing Anne Boleyn, refines her those who appreciate theater, this play stage makeup before rehearsal of the play " Anne of the Thousand Days." will enhance previous 1hca1er experiences. According to Rarick, the be!.t cast possible was chosen 10 act in a play that is very demanding and requires a maturity that not C\'l?f)' cast possesses.

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Tim Rarick , , Many names and faces that make up this cast will be familiar 10 those who have made attending NIC theater productiora a habit in the past. Among the performers that may seem familiar will be Heike Lake, playing the part of Anne Boleyn, and John DeLuca as Mark Smeaton. Other perfonners include Joe Dion, Steve Seable, Brian Smith, Brian Russell, Chra Cioo<lion, Wendy RC2J1icsek and the rnfamous AlcA Evans. any guest perfom1crs lend lhcir talents and acting abilities 10 this production as well. Among them is David Gunter, a graduate of NIC. playing the part of King Henry Vlll. Ed Comachio of Sandpoinr plays the role or Cardinal Woolsey, and Dennis Redford or Spokane is playing the Duke of Norfolk. Head of NIC's Physical Science Department, Lloyd Marsh is playing Sir Thomas Moore. Even Rarick is getting in on the action by playing Thomas Boleyn.

M HEADS UP - Henry VIII (David Gunter) kisses Anne

(Helke lake} goodbye after the birth of their child.

Other guests include Jack Green, in charge of the lighting and scene design; Christine Smith, in dwge or oosrumc design along 11oith Alice Harwood, and NIC faruhy members Michael Mll2ll(ko and Gerard Mathes ~ 11oith choreography and music respectively. " ~ or a Thousand Days" will run for five performances, including this Friday and Saturday and the following week on Nov. 8, 9 and 10. The show begins at 8 p.m. in Boswell Hall Auditonum. Ttlets may be picked up at the NIC Box Office or at the door. Adult admisoon is S4, .seniors ge1 in for S2, children's ockclS are SI and all NIC Staff, facuhy and .students are aclmiued free 11,ith ID.

The NIC Sentlnol

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Watercolors in art gallery

by Tonya Brodemeusen As:rittanr £duo,

'REMARRIAGE' - Linda Scott's award winner

Paiming.s by some of the finest wa1ercolorists in Idaho arc coming 10 the North Idaho College Union Gallery. The show is being presented by the Idaho Watercolor Society 1990.

This I Ith annual juried traveling show will be displayed No1•. 6-30; the opening reception is 5-7 p.m. Tuesday.

NortJ1 Idaho representative of the Idaho Waterrolor Socic· 1y, Rise Parbcrry, commissioned the show 10 NIC. She i., a teacher of watercolor and collage at Corbin Art Cen1er in Spokane.

"The quality of work is improving greatly in big leaps and bounds," Parberry said.

Idaho Watercolor Socicry has a show every year. Parberry said, and they always have a nationally known anist juror choose and judge the paimings submiucd.

The juror of 1he show. Carlton Plummer. said, "My lasting impression is one of awe from 1-iewing such a vast variety of artistic expressions involving most of the watersoluble media."

Allie Vogt, NIC art instructor, said the show will be very beneficial 10 students.

"11 has so much variety !hat students can see how the medium (watercolor) can be stretched," she said.

Participant Valerie Galindo said she can't ever remember

when she wasn't painting or drawing something, and "watercolor is my favorite," she said.

Galindo said that when she paints, her goal is 10 make the viewer feel what she feels when she is looking al the subjects she paints.

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My lasting impression is one of awe ...

Carlton Plummer , ,

Local watercolorist Jo Simpson, of Coeur d'Alene, submiued an abs1ract piece called ' 'I lorilon Serio." Sim~n has an art studio in her home at Mica Bay. She hll.S taught watercolor classes at Lhc Coeur d'Alc:ne Art 1\s:iociation and at the cultural center. Simpson has also publi~hcd a Nonh Idaho poslcr in watercolor.

"It's a privilege 10 have my an in a traveling silo"." Simpson said. She's been doing watercolor for over 10 y~ and loves it because it ~ "spomnneous". She paints many norals and landscapes.

Twenty paintin~ arc in the Idaho Watercolor Soci<!ty 1990 traveling show.

UI Cello Choir concert tours The choir was founded in 1981 and perfonns regularly in Moscow and Pullman.

by LHIII Biggar Stnllntl Rrporttr

The Univ~ity of Idaho Cello Choir 11111 perform a concert Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in Boswell Hall Auditorium.

The program will include "I ntradn" by Spring, "All Eyes Look Unto Thee" by Berger, "Concerto Grosso in D Minor" by Vivaldi, "Adagio for Strings" by Barber, "Pie Jesu" and "Llbcra" by Faure and "Entertainer Rag" by Joplin.

It has betn two years since a UI music performance group has gone on tour, and the Cello-~ Choir will be doing lhrec tours this year.

Performing for the annual Ut commencemcn1 ceremonies is one of illi special functions.

The Cello-Bass Choir, whose membership includes students, faculty and community members. includes Bruce Gastlcton of Preston. Mory Conitz of Dreary, Alissa Haakenson of Coeur d'Alene. Tanya Gilbert, Peter Henderson and Bryce Quarve of Spokane, John Mohan, Bill Roberts. Brian Wharton, Linda Wharton and Jan Hallaq of Moscow and Dall'Tl Hammon of Nampa.

The concert is free. For infonnation call 769-3415.

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Petra, Christian rock's most power· fut and popular deliverers of message music, is currently touring its hard· driving, no-compromise brand of rock around the world.

Their 1990-91 tour is coming to the Spokane Coliseum tonight at 7 and will also take the group across America as well as on international tours to Russia, Sweden, Hungary, South America and Belfast in Northern Ireland.

The extensive concert schedule is in support of Petra's 13th album release, "Beyond Belief.'" A record-breaking musical milestone for Petra, the album achieved an unprecedented five simultaneous No. I chan positions with the hit songs " Prayer" and "Creed" as well as top chart position for album sales.

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This album and the Beyond Belief tour continues Pe1ra's move back to a harder-edged rock sound, featuring Bob Hartman's guitars and the lead vocals of former Head East lead singer, John Schlill. In addition to material from the new album, the t 990-91 tour will feature standard Petra favorites from its 18-ycar history.

In conjunction wilh the tour, selected cities, including Spokane, will also feature noted youth communicator Josh McDowell. His speech, "Why Wait: Sex in the Age of AIDS," addresses the issues of pre-marital sex, sexually transmitted disease and the young person's rcspansibility.

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Jeff Krough-business:

"When we egged town hall and we all got busted."

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Tho NIC Sentinel

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Deep six 'Deepstar' Critic pans 'Rustler's Roost'

by Patrlcll Snyder Stntmtl Rtportrr

The smell of food being prepared heightened my anticipation as I approached Rustler's Roost re:stauram. It was dinner time and I was hungry.

When I entered, I was approached by a friendly wait.rcss who led me 10 my table. I finally decided on the chicken strips at SS.95, which was at the lower-middle end of the price chain.

While I was waiting for the order, I absorbed the atmosphere. On the walls hung bridles, ox yokes and other various western paraphernalia. I felt as if I was at a family reunion surrounded by people I didn't know, yet feeling a sense of case and belonging.

The waitress brought my salad. Despite the wide choice of sal.1d d ~ , the usual French and Italian dressings were missing. Also miss路 ing were the tomatoes.

My dinner came before I'd finished the

salad. It included the chicken strips, a biscuit, barbcque sauce and French fries, which I had chosen instead of rice, mashed or baked potato.

I usually don't like biscuits, but this one was delicious~It was a little hard around the edges, but stlll very good.

The chicken strips were a little overcooked.

I dipped one into the sauce and took a bite.

I had an explosion of taste in my mouth that shouted BARBEQUE! The richness of the sauce made me forget that the chicken was overdone.

The French fries, on the other hand, were too weU-done to be disguised by the barbeque sauce. I was disappointed. J didn't eat the worst of the french fries.

Perhaps I was just unlucky. The service was good, the at.rnospherc was nice and the biscuits and barbeque sauce were delicious, but man cannot survive on biscuits and barbeque sauc~ alone. At least not for SS.95.

Lion of "What the f- are we dealing with?" is asked.

Then this horrific monster (Kermit the Frog mCl!ts "Predator?") goes after the base and has another human or two for lunch. I found myself doing halftime cheers for the creaiure while it feasted on panicked people.

"Occpstar Six," yet another tired underwater science ftction "thriller," is one of the worst movies 1've seen in months. Director Sean S. Cunningham blew it with a predictable plot, lame special efrects, hopelessly hokey miniatures and stilted and hackneyed dialogue.

Set somewhere far beneath the sea in a Navy base that looks suspiciously like a plastic model in a fish-tank, the movie is a poorly rendered cross between "Alien" and "The Abyss."

Evidently, this motley crew of quasi路 submariners is in the process of installing nuclear missile launchers on the ocean noor. An ac:ddent results in the discovery of a huge cavern under the silos, where an honest-to.gosh sea monster resides. The obligatory panic ensues, and the obligatory three of four deaths occur, and the obligatory ques-

The half-dozen or so survivors can't leave until they fix their decompression chamber, but, unfortunately, the sea monster has decided to come aboard.

A few more deaths arc involved in the repair effort (1 must admit, the unintentional shark-clan death or the resident scientist is appropriately gruesome).

By t.he lime they're able 10 get to the surface, only two ha\e survived. or course, they are the happy young lovers. The others, the scriptwriters must assume, have nothing 10 live for.

M~t unbelievably, the creature actually follows them to the surface! I was caught tomlly orr guard-that's an entirely unheard-of plot twist!

Well, I won't give away the surprise ending- not that I would advise sitting P~sw

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'Santiago's' serves satisfying sopapillas

by Kim Roun ~nt,nd Rtponer

Originally established in 1981 with locations in Lewiston and Gresham, Ore., Santiago's, a hot new Mexican restaurant, opened its doors in Lochaven Square in Hayden Lake Sept.7.

According to the short history on the front of its menu, Santiago's recipes were conceived at Lorenzo's Mexican Restaurant in

Loomis, Calif., east of Sacramento.

The decor is clean and stylish. Mexican tile and plants complement a three-tiered seating arrangement. Large stained- glass parrot路 motif hangings decorate eaoh window.

Chips and salsa are complimentary, and many items arc available a la cane from S2.7S-$4.75. Dinners stan at S7.2S and come ,,1th Spanish rice, refried beans, albonndigas soup or salad and sopapillas with honey butter. The soup is definitely worth trying-a

spicy vegetable broth with one SCIOOned meat-

ball and cheese.

The added difrcrencc with Santiago's dinners is the dessert comes with the price of the meal. The sopapillas are soft, doughnut-like puffs of sweet dough that come with honey butter for dipping. Also available a.re ice cream sundaes and another desseri called viento, which is a crisp nour tortilla with cinnamon sugar, topped ,vith vanilla ice cream and served with or without strawberries.

The highest price on the menu is SI I.SO. with plenty of food for the price. Cocktails. wine and beer arc also available, as arc smoking and non-smoking seating arrangements.

The service is remarkably fast and fritndly.

Basic Mexican fare is available for lunch I I a.m. to 4 p.m., and dinner is served until 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings are busy, but reservations are accepted.

For information call 7724443.

'Misty' eyes from romantic 'Pretty Woman' Movie of the year? Maybe. "Preuy Woman," which could be the best movie of the summer, is now on video.

The storyline for this movie is wonderful-a busines.sman faUing in love with a Hollywood hooker and vice versa.

Julia Roberts gives the best performance of her career as a hooker named Vivian,

and Richard Gere docs a fantastic job as the busines.sman, Edward, who has kN his zest for life.

Edward picks up Vivian and has her stay the week at his penthouse hotel suite.

During the course of the movie, Vivian tranforms from a hooker 10 a beautiful young woman while Edward goes from an outlandishly boring guy to a clwming, debonair gentleman who needs her.

Vivian rcprcscnts the fun and cxcitanm1 that Edward's life has lacked since becoming a prominent businessman. By the end of the movie, Edward's thinking has changed and he realiz.cs life offers more

than buying out bus~ and making money.

After the week is up, he pays her for her services but neither wants to leave the otha. He says he will be bade from his upcoming business trip to visit and offers her a condominium and money for expenses. Insulted, she goes back 10 her small apa!lJOOlt and rnalces plans to move to Sacramento.

At the end of the movie, Edward, her "klliiht in shining armor." comes riding in his limousine, climbs up her fire e$Cape (despite his fear of heights), ~ her

nowers and asks her to come away with him.

For anyone who likes romantic movies, "Pretty Woman" is a mwt. It has a little comedy and it's easy to get caught up in their relationship. The ending is a classic one and even I gOI a little misty when the movie was over. I have a friend who saw it nine times. That's $45 at the boJt office on one movie, and now he plans on buy路 ing thc video. Mis.gng thi1 ooc means rlli$'sing a cuic. I give this five sws because that's the most I'm allowed to give.

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CULTURAL EVENTS

compiled by Karin Lau

Stnrinel Ediror

Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10-111c Nonh Idaho College Theater Department presents Maxwell Anderson's romantic comedy, "Anne of a Thousand Days," the s1ory or Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. TI1c play begins al 8 p.m. in Boswell Hall Audi1orium and admission is $4, $2 and $1. Contains ma1urc subject mancr.

Nov. S- Gui1aris1 James Hirsch plays his music for lhe NIC lunch crowd from 11 :30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Studen1 Union Building. Admission is free.

Nov. 6-30-Tiic Idaho Watercolor Society 1990 will be showing members' artwork in 1hc Union Gallery downs1airs in 1he SUB. The openi ng recep1io:n will be Nov. 6 from 5-7 p.m. The gallery is open noon-6 p.111. Monday through Friday and admission is frec.

Nov. 12-Guii:uist Michael Myers continues the lunch1ime music with his ligh1ers1yle selections from 11 :30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the SUB. Admission is free.

Nov. 14-The Universi1y of Idaho Cello 01oir will pk1y ilS music in the audi1orium beginning at 8 p.m. Admission is fret.

Nov. 14-A slide show called "Radical Sports" will be presemed at 11 :30 a.m. in the Koo1cnai Room of the SUB. Nov. 15 and 16-The North Idaho Muscttm will present an evening of theatrical pcrfonnances for the second annual Dcmice Couch Fundraiscr a1 the Coeu r d'Alene Community 1l1eatcr.

"House of the Great Spirit," a play writ1en by Tim Rarick, and a collection or songs from musicals wri1ten by Rarick and composer Tom Cooper will be performed. Admission is S7 and tickets may be purchased at 1he museum, Kits Cameras, or by sending a check or money order 10 1he Nonh Idaho Museum. P.O. Box 812, Coeur d'Alene, 83814. All proceeds will benefil the non-profit museum.

Nov. 16-Greal &cape pn:senis the Warren Miller ski film. "fatreme Winter" al 7 p.m. For tlckct information, call the NIC

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Nov. 17-Kooicnai County Ccmcnnial Holiday Homecoming pr.:sents a special concert wi1h pianis1 Rick Nobis nnd bari1onc Dill Rhodes in the auditorium at 8 p.m. For 1iekc1 infomiation cnll the NIC Box Office.

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: Winter TIMELESS TUNES - Gerard Mathes conduc ts Nort h Idaho Symphony Orchestra.

Symphony superb

by Kittle Law ~nttnrl Rrporttr

With its nowing melodies and duets with a nu1c, the harp was the instrumental center of auraction at the North Idaho Symphony Orches1ra concert Oct. 20 in Boswell Hall Auditorium when it was featured in Mozan 's "Concerto for Flute and Harp."

The concerto was precluded by Beethoven's "Overture 10 Creatures of Prometheus," which Started smooth and slow and then picked up lo a busy lilt with each 5Cction 1ossing the melody back and forth.

Mozart's Concerto began with llair after 1he entrance of the nute and harp. Harpist Camille Pederson drew forth celestial sounds as her fmgcr.; flew gracefully acros.5 the Strings of the harp.

The ~ute, p~yed by Laura Dickinson, sang a song hkc a silver bird. The harp picked up the melody, and the orchestra hushed as if 10 listen 10 the duel.

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provocative. Light and airy, the nu1c called to 1he hnrp to sing wi1h ii, nnd the harp answered with its harmonious voice.

The third movement began with the harp jo)•ously calling to the nu1e, which joined in 10 sing, dance and finally call the orchestra 10 join in the fun.

Williams' "English Folk Song Suite" and Sousa's "Stars and Stripes," although well done, seemed an anticlimax following the nu1e and harp.

NIC music instructor Gerard Mathes conducted with e.~cellent precision that required the best from the musicians.

Harpist Pederson has studied the instrument with Frances Miller, Jill Bas1jff-Reys, Edward Druginsky, Ruth Clark and Lynn Palmer and has a bachelor of music from Northwestern University. Pederson has been a soloist on both harp and piano with several non-central Washington orchestras and is the principal harpist with the Spokane Symphony.

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by Dale Mitchell

DEEPSTAR Evcnt5 came to s head (and I thinl: we all know how painful that can be) when a cadre of a radical faction of a sub-splinter group planted a fire bomb outside Daylight Doughnuts. The Symbioncse Peoples' Liberation Coffee Club (who favored organically grown, filter-brewed, naturally de.caffinatcd coffee without doughnuts, no sugar or cream, support for the P.L O., nationalization of vital industries (with sevciaJ nihilists abstaining), redistribution of national wealth, a hike In the capital gains uix, and coasters) called pcllce and claimed rcspcnsibillty a few minutes after the blnst.

The shock of rnch a drastic act shook the members of all groups to 1heir senses. Since then, things have quieted considerably. Mo,i of the groups have reached some sort of compromise, and a general ccaser11e bas been declared.

Once again the coffee dub is a relaxing haven from the hustle and bustle of the everyday world. But those who do 1101 learn from thei history of the coffee club are doomed 10 repeat It. In other club news: The fim meeting of the procrastination club has been pcstponed until Nov. 10.

The apathy club has yet to decide on any version of Its oons1llutlon or by-lows. The 1enth meeting of the club is scheduled sometime around the middle on November.

If you arc interested in joining n clut,, here are some options you shou Id explore: Cheese club.

Stitzer club.

Hamburger with a side of fries club.

Hamburger with a side or fries, hold the onions club.

Crack club.

Chocolate milk club.

Left-handed Uthuanian lesbian club.

Floppy disk club.

Floppy breast club.

The cmson!1P_club.

~:,.r;,g 1ub.

Th, club club.

The club dub club.

(In an erfort to provide balance to this column, I s)adly print t . I leucr taking exception to my views- B.H .)

Dear Sentinel Editors: I am writting in response to the column by Bobby Hammond In the Nov. 1 issue of the Sentinel. I took exception to his facetious attltodes about an organization of such worth and value to students at NIC. I am speaking, of coune, of the NIC coffee club.

I now have a place where I can always go, have a cup of coffee, and share the burd(ns on my shoulders with another human bdng who cara, and also has a cup of coffee.

I strongly urge: anyone Interested In coffee to disrep.rd the bleak pro,. phee!les of Mr. Hammond and join this important orpnizatlon.

(The letter was uneiancd.)

Special thank.a to M~u, Renee, Tracey, Jana, Jennifer, Tim, Jmny and Santayana for their help with this column. Credit is ,hared with

them, the blame is au mine.

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through this absurd movie to see it. A few of the actors give a reasonably good effort 10 bring life to this picture, namely: Miguel Ferrer (from " Robocop" or as the obnoxious FBI agent on ' 'Twin Peaks") as continuouslyscrewing-up Snyder and Marius Weyers as Dr. Van Gelder. Greg Evigan ("My Two Dads") portrays the expected hero McBride, but he

falls short of both Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzcncggar. Nia ¡Peeples, a somclime VJ on MTV. looks quite pleasant in a skimpy, clinging outfit- but i1 can't salvage this bomb of a video. " Dceps1ar Six," as its name implies, deserves a rating in 1J1c negative regions, but I 'II give it one star- Lhe sea monster is worth a snicker or two, if nolhing elc;c.

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Cards conquer Blue Mountain

by Mike Saunders Stntinel Editor

Things were blue indt'Cd for the Cardinal volleyball team's competition at the Blue Mountain Community CoUcge Tournament this weekend.

Combining gutsy play and some stellar performances, the Cards took no prisoners, winning all twelve games en route to a payback victory over Walla Walla Community College 15-5, 15-2 in the championship. " It was a unique tournament because we had just lost a five-game match 10 \Valla Walla Thursday, so we were underdogs going in," coach Bret Taylor said.

Freshmen Bridgett Hammer, at outside hitter, and Hilary Dowling, who finds hersctr at sencr for the first time, have stepped into the spotlight, according to Taylor.

"Bridgett came off the bench and did :some remarkable things," Taylor said. She had over a 50-per-<:cnt hitting efficiency, which is exceptional."

The victory, although sweet in its own right, pointed up the sltength of this year's .squad, according 10 Taylor.

Recent losses of sophomore staners Kathy Nonhway- thc Cards' most consistent hitter, 10 a broken ankle, and sener Sunny Blades, for disciplinary reasons, (()uld have ten NIC shon on talent, but just

the opposite appears to be case.

Dowling, who had not sianed-or played sener before-this season, has come in and done a faniastic job in replacement of Blades, according to Taylor.

"Hilary is really igniting the team and building their confidence in her," Taylor said.

Dowling and Hammer aren't the only ingredients in NIC's frosh fom1ula however; Michelle Klassen, Paula Hooper and Eliz.abeth Kropschek have been part of the subsiding sophomore solution as well, according to Taylor.

"We had a majority of freshmen out there for the finals," Taylor said. WiLh sophomores. Gena Oldham and Dee Dee Voliva, it shows me that we had some real depth all along."

The e.,perience of Voliva, one of the team captains, and Oldham has been crucial to Lhe team's success, Taylor said.

"Dee Dec ployed a majority of the tournament with a very sore shoulder," Taylor said. She really showed some leadership."

The tournament sweep has left Voliva optimi,tic about the Cards' season outlook.

"It really brought up our spirits and prepared us for the rest of the season," Voliva said. For us sophomores, it's our last chance show what we've got."

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photo by Dan H,¡d,

~ ~~ Y~ OON'TI- Sophomore outside-hitter Gena Oldham keeps this one on Blue u n mmunlty College's side of the net In recent volleyball action.

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Wrestling coach John Owen may be facing one of his toughest tests in several :seasons-producing a national championship team when eight All-Americans have depaned from the preview season.

Bringing five national titles to the colkge on the lake in the last six years and finishing no lower than third nationally the past IS seasons doesn't happen wiLhout overcoming numerous obsiaclcs, however.

The NIC wrestling team entered iis 1990-91 campaign returning only 1wo .staners from last season's championship team. Tom Breeze, at 190 pounds, and Brady Harrison (177) were the only siancrs absent from last season's national lineup.

Breeze risished 16-1 S-1 and Harrison was 23-11-1.

Mike Hill, a ISO-pounder from Lewiston is the only other returning wrestler who sa~ an ample amount of varsity c.~perience last year. The 1988 prep state champion was 10-10.

Owen might ha,-e yet another remedy for a national champion team despite the out.look. All of Owen's 1989 recruiting cllw redshined last season, except Harrison.

"We're young, but we're sneaky young," Owen said.

All of those freshmen were able 10 experience the ability of the All-Americans,

and several held their own against them in practice, Owen said.

"A lot of it depends on the other teams," Owen said of their chances at another national title. The coach said Garden City Community College and Lincoln, who finished second and third respectively behind the Cardinals at nationals last year, also have young teams. "I like our shot (at the title)." he said.

The team opened its schedule Monday with its red-gray intra.squad match. The alumni dual is Saturday and another intra.squad will be held in Kellogg Nov. 9.

The squad's first dual match is at Western Montana College in Dillon Nov. 14. It takes on region rival Ricks in Rexburg Nov. IS. The Cardinals' first home match is Dec:. 14 when it entertains Highline College.

Owen said he is pleased with what he has observed in workouts thus far. The team is current.ly practicing every aspect of the spon and wrestling live 20-30 minutes for conditioning, Owen said.

Owen drew 26 former NIC wrestlers including IS All-Americans for the alumni dual. The event will also feature 15 state champions who are currently wrestling for the Cardinals.

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:sS!~~~ Marian Crumb's students learn equitation is more than just. .. s~~

by Shawnd'rae Johnston ~nllnd Rtp()rttr

orseback riding is not just sitting on a horse's back, going around in circles. Riding is an art fonn. It is not exact, but actually an accumulation of many, many years of trial and error.

With increased understanding of horses as individuals with distinct '.JJ'acteristics, one can learn 10 work with a horse; not against h. It seems ridiculous for a I00.plus-pound person to try to force a 2,<XX>-pound animal to do anything.

Someone who knows about horses and horseback riding is Marian Crumb, a riding instructor for 11 years for North Idaho College. She has been giving equestrian l~ns for the last 36 years, and before that she taught high

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THREE AMIGOS- Marian Crumb (left) shows Margo Holllngsworth and Joe Gore the secret to riding with balance.

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Crumb trnches cl11._~ of 12 students each for NIC, although this semester she has allowed "a couple extra because the riders are good enough to ride some of my better horses." She does try to keep the number of students nt 12 because "I wani th~m 10 be able to have more individual a11cntion."

Crumb added that the students have a tremendous interest in horses and learning about them (some cager beavers arrived almost a half-hour before co).

Most of her students this semester are from this area, but in the pa.st she has hnd students from different b:lckgrounds. "I had one from Arabia who had never touched a horse in his life; I have a number of people who have never touched a horse in their lives."

If ht r c~ Is alwia)'s filled, yet the5e

people have little or no experience with horses, what makes them w.im 10 take 1hc class?

The reasoris for taking her class are varied; hunting is one example, while some take h because a friend has horses and is interested m trail riding.

One student, Margo Hollingsworth, is taking the class because she hates the

BUCKED OFF- Jody Hensley collects herself afler a fall .

HORSING$$ I IAROUND monotony or routine physic-ct! education courses. Another student, Joe Gore, has had prior experience with horses but has learned that more work is involved in caring for horses than he previously thought.

Some of the students do plan to own horses in the future and thought the class would be a good way to learn about them before an actual purchase 1s made. Other students take CXU'll lessons or continue with lessons after the class and compete in horse ~hows.

Besides learning equitation, students arc rcquirtd to complete a report on some type of horse. Crumb hopes the students will have aooomplished an ap-

predation of the horse and what it can do (horses are like peo;:,le-they respond to the rider's attitude) upon completion of her course.

"It takes patient horses 10 use for lessons.'' Crumb said. I look for horses willing to be forgiving, because people make mistakes, and many students are tight, timid and apprehensive because of previous bad experiences with horses. I also try to have my studenus do limbering exercises prior to the lessons 10 loosen up." " M y horses are my best teachers because they are trained like a computer," she said." ln other words, wherever you touch them, they are go-

ing 10 respond. If you give the wrong signals, the computer is not going to work."

In her class, Crumb Mr~ the live different methods of communicating with the horse: ~t/weight, le~. voice, hands and attitude. Each class begins with a review or the material covered in the last class to help the two work as a team and accomplish something. She has had one student fall off a horse, but she was unhun.

While teaching the class, Marian Crumb is out in 1he arena demonstrating the movements she exJ)CCIS her students to follow. Her students learn to use their entire body, not just one specific component, to guide a horse. They are also given a choice between Western and English style riding; the majority, however, have chosen Western.

During lhr Sentinel interview. a horse decided 10 grab a taSle of freedom.

Crumb responded calmly and took it all in stride. Loose horses arc familiar occurrences around a riding s1J1ble. One great aspect about being around ho~ is a person can never know everything about them.

Even the insuuc1or admincd she is still learning. " The more you learn. tbe more you realize you don't know."

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Dressage a finer art for NIC iflstructor Lisa Lynes the blackberry bushes," Lyol!S recalls. " I W9S more interested in jumping lhan he

oy Dan Hyci.

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Lisa Lynes (fomlefly Lisa Daboll) has bctn a fine aru instructor ot NIC for ten )ttrS and has ridden ljorses since she wns a dukl. rwo lnten:sts that she says complement ead1 other very nicely.

"There Is an OJtislr)' in riding and trainmg horses." Lynes explained. "A horse's musculawrt l~ sculpted in differ<-'llt ways, depending on how it is ridden.

"If a horse fighis against the hand and is ridden with a high head, the muscles on tltc und~ide of the na:k arc ~trongJy oo·eloped. If a ho~ is allowed to stretch,

was.•· Lynes has takro riding lessom from NIC equestrian instructor Marian Crumb and a number of national and imemational champions who have trained In lhe Nunhwcst.

Her strongest memories are of jumping in cross-country competition on a two-mile timed course over natural terrain.

"What I like is 10 dewlop the h~ and

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Lisa Lynes ii develops mll)l'lcs in 1he top of iis neck and has a-different physical look. The ~me horse could look complcu:ly differe111 deprnding on how it ls ridden, and tha1 rellec1S the quality of iis rider."

Lynes. a member of th~ United StalCS D ~ Federation who ha, ploo:d highly in national competition, has early memork'S of riding from her childhood home near Napa, Calif. " I can rtmdllbcr jumping a fat, black and "hite pony named 'Diamond' over

my own ability to ride," ~he said. "As the hon;e improves, then so do I." At her home near Post Falls, Lynes spends about 3 10 4 hours each day atop either of her two horses.

"I train my horses to go beyond their narural mov.:inems," said Lynes, intent on the subja.1. "Training the horse in some Corm or competition make$ ii more enjoyable to ride. It ua pannership wi1h the horse, so the horse is judged on the correctness of its gate and the rider i~scored on handling and poise."

Horses should nor be sent out to pa.o;iurc unless they are jw.1 100 old, nct0rding to Lynes.

"Our fann is a R1.U'COlelll cx:ntcr for aging horses. P~-oplc bring them 10 me bca1use lhcy know tltat they will gfl good care. Most JX.'Qple who have ~'Olllpetcd with tltlir horses feel a pann<ll"Ship with them and don't send tlle1'n to the knacker's wh~ they are made into glue and dog food, or ~old to Canada for steaks."

"M~t or the p«lple that 1 know talk about their ho~ as if th.!y wtre members or the ramlly," L}'IWl exp~. "In the time that we have spent with our ho~. they ha\'C bc.'come like good buddies.''

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THAT'S MY SHIRTI - Doug Goodman (righ t) goes for Mike Kelley's flag .

Inside intramurals

by Leslie Biggar

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The p.irticipants in the intramural co-«! football league have pulled the last flag:, of the year off their opponents' belts.

Al press rime, the Motdogs were scheduled 10 take on the Brew Crew 10 detcnninc the league champions.

Six person co-ed Volleyball started Wednesday, Oct. 24. Taylor said they had a good turnout, with eight teams signing up.

Three-man over-the-line softball is being played every Monday and Wednesday berwren 2 and 3 p.m. on the soccer field.

Students an: welcome 10 come and participate or just watch.

On Nov. 14, a pingpongleague "ill be~ting downStairs in the Subway Game Room.

There are currently 12-14 people signed up, and there will be a men's and a women's

divl~ion.

NIC's Turkey Trot Fun Run will be getting stuff~'<! into lite November calendar and, nearer 10 spring, CO-(,'<I softball wiU be getting back into )Wing.

Ski club mcctin~ are being held Thursdays at noon and again at 4 p.m. in rhc Subway and anyone inicr~-sted is welcome 10 come.

Starting Nov. 14 Schick's Superhoops 3 on 3 basketball bounces back, with a men's and a women's division.

This is a national,type program. Taylor said. The wirmcr; arc allowed a chance to go to the regional competition and then on 10 the national competition. More than 800 colleges and universiries arc registered 10 compete.

For additional information about intramurals and activiti~. contact Br.:1 Taylor al ext. 366.

What do you think about the Cincinnati Reds' sweep of the Oakland A's in the World Series?

Dodi Stllkeylntematlonal relations: "I reel the outcome showed the Reds' ability as players. I was thrilled, but not surprised."

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Harriers prepare for region championship

by Mindy Mullen Soitlntl Rtportrr

The North ldoho CoUege crosscountry team heaved and hoed with the big boys at the NIC Invitational, held on HB)'den's Avondale Golf Course Oct.20.

Competition included the likes of Washington State University, Gonzaga University, Eastern Washington University, University of Montana and Ea\tcm Oregon University, 10 name a few. l11e Cardinal men fmished an impr~ive third, led by Chris Gilbcn's I0th place overall finish Close behind "as ~ophomore David fc:jcdor. who managed 15th.

Sophomore Chrb Co, came in 18th, "hile ~phomorc George 11:inniburgh cnme in twcnueth.

"I am very pleased the men are be· ing com~ICJll and keeping up a hi&h level of imen<;i1y," coach Christy Davids said.

Sophomore KeUy Swinney turned in her usual outstanding perfonnance, leading the NIC women·~ division 3g3in, with a second-overall finish.

Following closely again was frC!ihman Carolyn Mifsud-Ellul, who

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continued to impress, placing fourth , Freshmen Heather Banlcson and Diana Caner placed seventh and 10th, respectively.

"I am hoping 1he women's team will do well at regionals, i1 wiU be very competitive and \viii be run on the Avondale golf course also," Davids said.

"Coaching the team day in and day out, I have spent a lot of hours observing and working and I have a strong belief the NIC men \viii \vin the regional title," he added.

Saturday, Mike Kirkendall placed tenth 10 lead the NIC men's team in the Momana Statc-Nonh ldal10 dual in big.sky country, at Missoula.

Closing in at 17th w-Js Chri~ Cox; Ron We~ter finished 18th; Damon Darakjy tool.. 20th; M:u Taylor came in 22nd and rounding out the top five was Diego Hammett. coming in 27th.

David~' expectation~ for the Region 10 Oiampionship~ arc high,and with results like thes1: at this late stage in the season, the heaves and hoes of the NIC harriers should leave the competition at regionals breathless.

Regionals for the men's and women's teams will be held at the 11ho10 by Brian Walktr Avondale Golf Course Nov. 3.

KICK TIME- NIC 's Ron Webster digs deep In the home stretch at the NIC lnvllallonal on Avondale Golf Course.

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Alumni Dual, home, 7:30 p.m.

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Region 18 Championship, Hayden Lake 3................................................ Volleyball

CSI, home, 5 p.m.

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Yakima Valley, home, 6 p.m.

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Big Bend, home, 7:30 p.m.

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Regionals, North Wlnner 10 ............................,................. Wrestling NIC Tal<edown, home, 11 am.·5 p.m.

14............................ Outdoor Adventures Extreme Dreams, slide show, Kootenai Room, 12 p.m.

14 .............................................. Wrestling Western Montana, away, 7:30 p.m.

..SCOREBOARD Volleyball 8/1111 .\fountain Tournament

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PLAN /romp. 1- -- - - -report 10 the dean of college relations and de\•dopmcnt, but, he said, some voiced concern with this idea.

Many fell that the potential for a conflict of interest existed with this and other pairings, Bennett said.

It was finally decided that the director should work independently of the other departments, to ensure that "all lines are crossed equally," Bennett said. "\Vhile many of the responsibilities of a personnel/human resources director are tcdmical in nature," Bennett wrote, "the admin&ration and the trustees wish to emphasize employee relations and human resource development as top priorities for this new position.

"A direct reporting relationship with the president would provide that emphasis."

Responsibililies of the new director include de\fcloping and recommending personnel pollcy, assisting in personnel

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On Nov. S, a revised final draft of the proposal is scheduled to be distributed to all faculty and staff, and then presented to the board of truStecs 10 days later, the handout stated.

The board is expected to approve or disapprove lhe proposal on Dec. 20, the handout stated.

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These decisions show how far we as a nation have come in our fight against

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the violent pigs known as racists. I think it is abou1 time the victims of racism are given compensation for 1hier suffering, and making the racist idiots pay is a logical demand to say the least.

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wiO ~"Ompctc in the C\'Cnt whJch

are P-~t Edelblute (126), Ernie Molina I134), Alfon~ Lawes (ISO), Jamie Kamberliug (Im and Todd Goodwin (HWT).

Natiolllll champions 1.'0ming 10 the dual are Pat Whitcomb (190)('86.'87), Many J3o. dly (167)('87) Ken Ruc:kt!r (190)('85,'86) and Jamie Webber (H\VT)('83), Eric Ward (I l8), Murk McKenna (126), Pet.: Trevino (134), 8T}'l,'C Hall (I .S8), Keith ·\clams (ISO), Phil Mel.A-an (158). Ed Hoh (158), Jim Putnam (167), Rod Graybeal (177) <ire also cxp,,ctcd 10 participate. Bob Siqwanh (142), who linished rounh at n111ionals 111 1981. is the ~nior ci111.tn of th.: group and will compete. " l 1hink it is as SU'Ollg of an a.lumni ti-am that "-C'le put on the ma1," Owt-n said. " ll's a great opponunity 10 \le1llch the art of wrestling, not just teehnique-wise, but just Oat oompeting."

Owen said he expecu some exciting matches at the iotrasquad.

At 118, Shaun Foaan will tangle with l.akeland standout Rob E.delblute. Shane Uahl, Crom Lisbon, Iowa, is nW'Sing a knee injury and shoukl tee action In two woeka, Owen said. The four-time blah ICbool S1ate champion could be the most talemed ffelhman on the l'Olter. Light poetecl a 142-9 J)l'q) reconl.

Redsbirt frahman Dan Schumad!er, a 126-pounder from Port WuhJnaton. Wia., bas "been on rue" In his perf'ormances in l)l'ICtlce, Owen said. Schumac:hrr wiD compete with either Mart Tadclman, Skokie., ID., or John Mllllaly, Anchorage, Alaska.

MuDaly WU stale champion in 1988. ~ Clle champ Frank Velazquez, Chdan. Wmh., will vie with two-lime Mon!'llll tWC champion Bea Davis, Llvinpton in

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recruitment, maintaining a college-wide compensation system (now being developed), mediating employee conflicts, offering developmental programs for professional support staff and promoting a positive work environment, the handout stated.

During the following weeks and months, the proposed ohanges to the organizational chan are scheduled for review and revision by employee groups and the administrative council, Bennett

the 134-pound catcaorY,

Chris Wilson, a transfer from Clackamas College and Oregon high ~hool state cluunpion in 1988, will iake on Troy Berglund, Pall City, Wash., at 142. Wilson i,; indigi· ble until January. The category is up for grabs, Owen said.

At ISO, Hill will go against Sam Dugo, a two-time Wa~hington stale champion trom Chehalis. Hill is incli!!iblc until January for not completing enough credits. umt'C Hamilton, a rcdshirt fl'Cl,hman from l:dmonili, Wash .. will wrestle high school IL'!lmmate John O'Dell 01 1S8.

Hamil1011 "as a ~t111c champion h~ :.cnior year.

Lakeland star Jeremy Pascoe ~uf(l!J'ed a broken w1klc. Pascoe, the likely starter a1 167, should mum by January. Owen said the category is a conccm. Hamilton or O'Dcll might mov.: up to the slot wlulc Pascoe rccovt'l'S, he said.

Hamson and Eric Hayes will compete at 177.

At 190, 13rce2r, Wlmlow, Az., will wrestle Robby Berger, a redshirt freshman from Clarkston, Wash.

Jama "Buster" Watkinl, a 1989 stale champ from Spokane, Im looked lmpmsive at heavyweight. Owen said. c.ompetidon will come from John Parson, a 1990 stale champion from WaDa WaDa. In Novanber, the Cardinals have duals with nadonal IXlllla1da's Ricks, Oardcn O ty and Lincoln. The team will allo compete In the prestigous Laa Veps Invitational.

"It w.mi't the best ICbeduling in the world with a young team, but evayonc else Is young alro," Owen said.

"The suys are Cl\joylng lhamelves and working bard. Tas,:ther, that's a dangerou., fonnula," Owen said.

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The Co·dependency Support group meets every Tuesday afternoon from 3·4:30 p.m. In room 2338 of the Hedlund Building tor those struggling with a destructive relationship or drlf· ting from one poor relatlonshlp to another and they want help. Call 769·3445 for more Information.

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24 Company 'inundated' ...

Explosion planned to ready Refunds soon rattle NIC students by o,rt,ne

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To get an insurance refund or not to get a refund is a question on the minds of 247 Nonh Idaho College students.

Three weeks ago, the Sentinel reported that students \\ ho submitted all the proper forms should be cx,:n:ting a refund check sometime aflcr Oct. 15. But by now th~ Students have noticed that their checks weren't refunded on the given date.

The new student insurance advocate, Paul Branham, contacled the insurance company Oct. 26 and they apologized for the delay.

They hope 10 have all checks ready to mail

by Nov. I. Branham said.

NIC paid the insurance company around Oct. I, and refunds were 10 be made availabk: by the company Oct. 15; but the refunds were delayed due 10 the number of refwld requests ·received from many colleges, Branham said. ' This is the fint time they've offered

refunds, the insurance company said, and all the schools they offered them 10 sent their requests at the same time.

"They have been inundated," Branham said, "and they arc trying hard to catch up."

Branham added that 16 of the 247 students who applied for refunds have not been approved, and he said that he will contact them via letter.

Vocational students who applied for reregistration a couple weeks ago should have filed the proper forms and dOCllmentation by Oct. 26 (the deadline for vocational fees this block) for their insurance refunds, according to Branham and the business office.

Branham said he will contact the iruurancc company again lO ensure the checks will be sent as soon as possible.

Additional insurance information and fomlS arc available in Branham's office in the ASNIC section downstairs in the SUB.

ASNJC office hours set

by Palltcta Snyder Stnrlntf Rt{H)rttr

The student government of North Idaho College recently decided 10 join the Idaho Student Lobby. reorganize its offices and form its ~wnding comm,ttccs.

Addressing budget issues and runding requests are weekly duties of ll1e Associated Students of NIC, said adviser Tony Stewart. l11e St.1nding Committee organization, involving ~uch bodies as the Curriculum Council. takes pince annually. They are almost nll in pL1ce and approved. Stewart said.

In addition to creating the Standing Commiltt'CS, ASNIC has created office hours. According to the posted schedule of hours. SO· meone from ASNIC will be available in the orriccs. located downstairs in the Student Union Building, bctw~'Cll 8 a.m. and S p.m. wetkdnys except for the following times: Monday 2-3 p.m., Tuesday 10-11 a.m. and 1-S p.m., Wednesday 1-2 p.m. and 34 p.m., Thursday 10-11 a.m. and 1-S p.m. and Fri-

day 3-S p.m. The new hours allow ASNIC lo be "more acccssablc" than before, Stewart noted, because the office is staffed at different times by different members, not at the same time by all the members.

A new addition 10 the downstairs offices is Paul Branham, who shares an office with Meegan Barth, secretary or ASNIC. Branham is the studem advocate for health insurance. Branham uses a fax machine 10 transmit health insurance documents.

ASNIC also decided to join the ldal10 Student Lobby, an orgonil.ation of college students 1hroughou1 the stale. According to Stewart, ii is the "most important decision they (ASNIQ have made this year."

Future ASNIC plans include a fundraiser for United Way by raffiing a parking space of a student's choice. The rame will be once a month. and ticketS will be SI. Plans for the rame are still pending.

Oihcr activities planned include a lip sync/talent contest and a casino night.

NIC Students Enrolled Five Year Trend

by Pat Rogera Surrlntf Rtporlu

~room theory may be great, but Nancy Bozlee, irutructor for advanced emergency nursing, is giving her students the opportunity to put theory to practical use. To enhance classroom learning, Bozlee has organized a surprise mock disaster and a mock trial for her nursing students.

The disaster on campus. a lire explosion, was in the making for three months, Bozlee said. The event involves cooperation from local emergency services including the fire department, city police.

Post Falls and Arrow ambulance, Kootenai County Paramedics, Spirit Lake and Bayview/ Athol EMTs, plus members or NIC's staff, faculty and administration.

The scenario of a building explosion, fuU of smoke (provided by the fire department) with sirens sounding and lights flashing., while emergency profC$ionals at· tempt 10 rescue 20 victinlS, ,viii definitely give a realistic effect, Bozlee said.

"We've never done anything like this for our students," said Linda Silvn. director of continuing and community educa· lion, adding that a big concern is the safety of the students and the spccuuors. The proj«t has been kepi secret rrom anyone not involved will1 the coordination.

Ille objective for students during the drill is 10 apply triage skills-and to experience the smells, sounds and sights of events involving injured persons in a live setting.

Even though the I5 students are practicing RN's or advanced EMTs, "with the element of surprise, nil the excitement affects the ability to think clearly... ! want them (Ille students) to fccl overwhelmed," Marano and two attomeys. ·111c evidence will be a dummied medical chart, and the Bozlcc said.

The volunteer victinlS are nuning and students will act as witnesses.

The purpose of tl1e trial, according to prc,nursing students; each has an assigned injury with an appropriate script to Bozlcc, is to learn the imporl8Jlcc of acfollow. The injuries include fractures. curate documentation on patients' charts.

Both real-life lessons arc the brainchild bums-even three fatalities.

After the victinlS are assessed by the of Boz.lee.

Senate adopts by-laws

by Linette Freeman Smrmd Edrror

A united student voice is now a reality as rrve of Idaho's six sta1e-fundcd colleges voted to join the Idaho Student Lobby.

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students, they Ydll rcrum to the classroom to evaluate the experience.

Another pra.ctical lesson will be a nurse liability trial, which is scheduled Nov. 27 in the county counhouse.

The scenario L~ a malpractice suit. The case will be heard by Judge Eugene

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The Associated Students of North Idaho CoUege voted unanimously lO join the ISL at their Oct. IS meeting. NIC joiru UnivmilY of Idaho, Lewis and Clark State College, Boise State University and Idaho State Universiry as the colleges that make up the lobby.

According to ASNIC President CoUttn Evans. the College of Soulhcm Idaho did noi join the lobby because or the differ~ in

the funding or univeri;itics vs. community colleges.

"Universities arc funded 100 percent by the state and onty 43 perttnt of community rol· lege funding comes from the state," ~vans said.

The fees involved for member colleges. according to the ISL consutution, are 2S ctnt5 per fuU-time student enrolled at the member irutitution. The financial commiunent 10 ASNIC ~ SS20.50. The fees fluctuate annually as the enrollment fluctuates. .

The next meeting of the student lobby IS set for Nov. IS in Pocatello. Evans and sophomore senator Rlch Balces are ancndulg, Evans said.