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Officers elected by Justin Smith News Editor The new student board wns chosen by the Associated Studen t Body of Nonh Idaho College on April 23. According lo ASNIC VicePresident Dave McKenzie, the number of people voting this election this semester was almost double that of las1 spring wi1h total of 209 people voling this semscster and 122 vo1es lasl year. The final ially for 1he presidential 1ally was Chris1a Manis 136 agains1 Marc Ostman's 73. The first morning of the election there were 91 ballots cast. bu1 those had 10 be discarded in the final tally due 10 allegations 1h01 one o f the officials of the election was trying 10 . swing the students opinions as they went 10 cast their votes, Manis said. Ostman said, ''I'm upset that it happened in the first place; things like the election should be run by nonpanisian people. It was o fonn of campaigning and no Cllmpaigning should be done on election day." "It is a problem, and I didn't want lo win by deafault." Manis said. "It wasn't here's a ballot, whatever you do don't vote for Marc." Manis said ii was more like friends recruiting friends 10 vote. The sophomore senators neitt semester will be Pat Carne, Ryan Jones and Eric Nielsen. Manis said she thinks that that ASN1C wiU be a team effort instead of a board. "A lot of people say that ASNlC doesn't work. Well, it does: you just have to find the right people," Manis said. Manis said that it was extremely difficult lo get people 10 run for ASNIC. There were two candidates for president, one for vice-president, 111d only four people ran for senator. "We've had to kick, beg, and plead lo ge1 people 10 run for ASNIC this semester," Manis said.
photo by Ryan Bronson A PRETTY BIG BIRD- NIC short-term emergency medical technician students explored the different features present In the interior of the LIFEBIRD helicopter from Deaconess Medical Center from Spokane. The helicopter landed on NIC's soccer field April 19. See story Page 3.
Williams denies gender inequity Accreditation report suggests that topic needs to be addressed by Danie Lewis and Justin Smith Senti11el Staff In response to gender equity questions recently raised by the accredi11tion team, Rolly Williams, NlC athletic director told the board of UUSICCS April 26 that he believed equity meant fairness and that he developed athletic programs as the need arose. ''When Title 9 first came about, lhe primary function was 10 address lhe issue of unequal opponunities; the gender issue is merely more focused in lha1 overall draft." Williams said. Williams said, his concern has always been 10 meet the needs of lhe srudcnis, and lha1 he is willing IO develop more programs as lhe need is expressed.
The driving force to making addition 10 lhe athletic program is interest, Wi))jams said. "If we look at equality, then you will sec in our program al this point we have more men scholarships than women because we have five men spons and four women spons," Williams said. "The numbers can vary a linle bil and right now running with scholarship people we are running 86 men and 43 women, which would be 66 percent men and 33 percent women.• Williams said he tries 10 make sure that athletic programs remain competitive and lha1 in some ins11nccs there is no program for women in cenain spons because there is no junior college competition available ouiside
the immediate area. "If you look nt the overall S1uden1 body at Nonh Idaho College, there is 62 percent women and 38 percent men," Rolly Williams said Williams said that considering the number or women who are pan-lime s1uden1S, the propnion changes in favor or men. Williams said that dealing with the concept or gender equity is a difficult subject and encounters many different ideas or whal equity means. "Equity refers 10 be fair and jusi, and I think we have attempted to do that in our program al North Idaho College," Williams remarked.