The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 67 No 5, Nov 16, 1990

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ENTINEL North Idaho Coll ege's Student Newspaper

Vol. 67 No. S

Thursday, November 15, 1990

Coeur d'Alene, Ida ho

Sentinel receives national awards by Laulle Ingle AJ:listant Editor

Writing or unspeakable crimes and long unheard or unheeded experience,, a team of Sentinel l?l)Orttn placed 1hc paper second ~t in the nation for editorial leader;hip for a sL~-pan series on domestic violence. ·n,e nt'Wspapcr ru50 won an award that ranked lhcm among the top 12 two-year college papers in the country. Sponsored by the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Collegiate Press, the award wru. given ror "ex· o:llencc in reporting and leadership in the college press." Journalism instructor Nils Rosdahl and four Sentinel students ao::epted the award Sw1day, Nov. 4, at the Associated Collegiate Press Convention in Washington, D.C. The articles dealing with domestic violence were stories or wife abuse, incest, child molestation, date and marital rape and emotional abuse were all by NIC students or cmplorces. Some ,,TQtc or their own experiences: others were assisted or interviewed by the writers. The writers of the articles were Ann 1.eller. Kittie Law, Donna Wood, Karin Lau and Lincuc Freeman. Freeman and Darrel B«hner were editOr5 of the Se111i11el when the Mieles \ l'C!C published last spring. Dave 111ompson did the illustrator for the series. " Initially, our idea was to just write a two-part series on date rape. This was to show that date rape is ~omctimcs so subtle that you don't l"Ven know it has happened 10 you," Lau said. "One of the reasons we wantl'd to do this was 10 gei through our individual healing pr~." 11,e two-part l>Cri~ on dat,! rape \\ai, then changed to a ,1x•part series on domestic violence. "Pretty \OC>n other people had

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MAN ON A MISSION -

Vietnam era veteran Sonny Kinsey Wheels his way to Washington D.C.

photo by D.,n Httk

Veteran wheels to capital by Dan Hyde Smtlntl Editor

on hh 86-day journey to the nation's capital, averaging 40 miles each day. He was given a hero's welcome by often sympath.:tic and inipired crowds as he made his way through a CIOSHCCtion of the nation's communities. He bas made television and radio a ~ and ha.~ been fcarured on the rront page or nearly every newspaper along the way. " l was escorted by the Boy Scouts down the streas of Deer Lodge, Mont," Kinsey said. "and a guy in a wheelchair tra~-elcd with me for several miles in Srur~. S.D." Kinsey ran into a liule bad luck when his wheelchair bearings wore out ill Wyoming and had to be repaired. By the time he reached Rapid City, S.D., supponers from an Ohio firrn had a nN donated "faster, lighter'' chair waiting for him. Along the way, Kinsey braved the heat, cold and rain and suffered sore nbs. respira!OI)' rroblems and, according 10 Im wife, Jill. is showing sigru or new multiple mmor growths.

Three months ago Rathdrum resident Sonny Kinsey was just another disabled Vktnam era veteran struggling 10 make enc.ls meet. Today he is a national hero to the thousands who suppon. his cause. Kinsey began his whcelcbair crusade rrom C:0...'Ur d•Alene 10 Washin1,'lon, D.C., Aug. 6 in an attempt to mis.! nat1onal attention 10 tJit plighr of Vietnam veterans who were exposed 10 Agent Orange. "My goa.l is to show !.he American public whar the politicians are doing to its \'O:terans," Kinsry said. " I'm not doing it for myself; I'm domg it for the tho11.'itlllds of disabled veterans and their families who are ~uffering because of ,'\genr Orange. To go borne and quit would a,-.:omplish nothing... k'.imey !oilys that he has been in and out oi hospitals for the last 18 yc'J.h and at age ~8 he b tt fflicted ,,ith multiple emphy,-cma, Rn amputat,-d leg amt other illnes.c:. KlllSC') sa~ that all of the exercise has forced hun ro chAng~ from " f our of my rive children ha1·e birth d~fcc~ wid m) "ir.: lo;t n set a medium uu Mhin to an extra large. ol t\1im in the fifth month of prcgnallC}," Kiruey said "Social Sccur Sining in hi:; \\h«k:h.:ur 111 front of the sokLer'5 sl<ltuc at rh<: Vitt!) ha~ denied me 1~11:e. sa)inr that 1'm n.11 dL..abi.!o enough 10 qua!iJ>· ·• ll3Jlt ~tffllori:11 in Wamington, D.C., li.iIL...:y ha,, told tholl530ds or tourKimey wheeled I\Oo<,< 13 )tatcs and trtl\clro more thun 2,800 rruJes

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