ENTINEL Friday, February 28, 1992
North Idaho College's Student Newspaper
NIC student vies for seat in Congress
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Volume 68 Number 9
The 'Front' line.
~) Lori Vivian faecumc Editor
Sonn} Kin,~>. NIC ,tud~nt .ind qrong advocater of ,t1trans' nghl\. has d.-.:1dw 10 run for the First District Congress seat 3f!3in,t Larry LJRocco in the upcoming No, ember clccuon Kinwy plan, on running on the independent ticket in order to b}•pa,~ the primaries. He mus1 receive 600 rcg1Stcred vo1cr \igna1urc~ aml pay n S150 tiling fee to be placed on the ballot .t~ an independent. "AlthOuJ:!h I'm running on the ind~pcnd~nt ballot. I am a conserva11ve who believes in a limited government," Kinsey said. Kinsey wants to "shakeup" the governmen t and sec "a man of the people representing the people," he said. "We [middle and lower income) bear the brunt of rnxes and poverty. As o common man. I don't have to write a letter to my congressman to explain what's wrong: I'm there. I Sonny Kinsey know wha1 the problems are: I'm living them. America is tired of politicians who ore more worried about other countries. It is time to worry about America's homeless and hungry. The majority of Idaho', clli1.tns are lower or middle cl11.~s: it's time they had someone who has walked in their shoes. reprcsc.nting them. We haven't had a man of the people, a commoner, in office since Abraham Lincoln in the 1800s," Kin•cy ~oid. Kinsey believes \trongly in the rights for veterans and ~ocializcd insurnnce. According to Kinsey. the money for socialized insurance could be made available through the money leftover from department appropriations and from cuts in defe05e spending ond "needless" government studies. "The day I become pan of the political machine is the day I quit. If I don't have time 10 stop on the ~trCCt to li~tcn to people tell me their problems, then it is time for me to get out of politics," he said. Kinsey said he wants the people to get involved and try to change what is wrong. "One per\on con make a difference. Look at the -------please see KINSEY Page 23
pholo by April Muhs DON'T GET CRANKY-Actors Al Potts {at /eh) and Chris Goodson from the NIC production •1706 Front· stage a rehearsal for tonight's performance at 8 p.m. The play will also be performed Saturday and March 4-6 In the Boswell Hall Communications/Fine Arts Auditorium. Please see story Page 11.
ASNIC senator chosen Dawn Angela to fill vacancy by Christin e LaBnng Sentinel Reponer Following the resignation of ASNIC Senator Ben Trachc. the college's student governmen1 chose a former ASNIC assistant, Dawn Angela, to fill the vacancy. Trachc was unable to stay at NIC bccau~c of linanciul reason~ nnd left a few weeks ago for Wisconsin. leaving the position of senator empty. Angela was one of four students that applied for the position. She wa~ nominated by ASNIC and chosen on
her post experiences and her previous performance, according to Rocky Owens. president of ASNIC. Angela was an assistant 10 the senators ond helped Maureen Slichter. acti ,•itics director, coordinat'! activities before becoming senator. Angelo puts in at least four office hours o week, attends two mandatory meetings weekly nnd plans activities with Slichter for the college, beside, numerous unplanned meetings and cnlendur events. "I love worl.ing with Maureen on activities; it'~ stuff I like to do, and I enjoy working with ond meeting new people," Angelo said. Angela grnduatcd from Post Falls High School nf1er spending mos1of her
life traveling with her family as her father was in the military. She hos now made her home in Coeur d' Alene. Angela 1s a music major studying choir, voice, and piano. She said she would love to teach music nnd direct choir to elementary or secondary school age children after she graduate~. Usually freshman senator candidate petition~ arc accep1ed 1he third week of school. and an election is held the fifth week of school. This is what happened at the beginning of 1his school year when Troche was elected. This is the second time this school year that an ASN IC position has been vacated. ASNlC's activities director resigned in January. and Slichter was chosen to lilt 1he posiuon.