An ASNIC senator was removed from lhe board of trustees. See Page 3.
The Hedlund building 11 1cheduled to be reopened this spring; other remodeling projects are going to be starting soon. See Page 2.
Thursday, October 28, 1993 Volume 70, Number 4
the North Idaho College's Student Newspaper • Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Demographics of NIC student body released by J eff Selle Stt1tl11tl Reportu A demographic breakdown of 1993 student enrollment has been compiled by the admissions office to provide be11er understanding of the type of student growth NIC is faced with this year. Kirk Koenig, dean of admissions and David Lindsay. dean of students, have prepared o complete breakdown to present at 1onigh1's Boord of Trustees meeting. The repon is designed 10 provide "a better understanding of the college and the type of srudents that enrolled this year." Koenig said, adding that, one of the main concerns was to find out how mlllly of the new students were from the five nonhem counties. The rcpon says out of the 1,318 new Idaho students, 918 of them nre Kootenai County residents, which tops the lis1 for the five nonhcm counties. Bonner Co1rn1y srudents come in second with 157 enrolled, third is Shoshone County with 111 new s1uden1s, Benewah County comes in founh with 46 new students and trailing the pack was Boundary County with 26 students. Bnrollmcnt by the top five majors is also listed in the study with general studies or ·undecided" topping the lis1 at 61 S s1uden1s out of the total enrollment. Pre-nursing majors came in second at 228 s1uden1s. The median age of the enrolled nudcnts is 2 years old. The mean age, however, is 27 years old. Eighteen 10 24-year-olds make up 57. I percent of the total student population. Students between 25 and 29 years of age
make up the second iowcs1 percentage at 9.7 percent. To the contrary, the 10-year span between 30 10 39-year-olds makes up the second largest group at 15.4 percent of the student population. Then the group between between 40 and 49-ycars-old goes back down to 9.9 percent. The SO-and-up group makes for the smallest group on campus at 7.9 percent. Enrollment by sex breaks down with 40.9 percent of the student body being male. Females make up 58.1 percent, and a striking I percent of the student body reponed as "unknown." Out or the 536 students from the high school class of 1993, only 77 or 14.4 percent had a Grade Point Average of 3.50 or bcner. The highest percentage or grnduaces had a GPA of 2.50 and 2.99 at 29.7 percent. Followed closely by 25 percent of the graduates at a GPA of2.00 to 2.49. The founh highest percentage or 23.3 perceo1of graduates scored a 3.00 to 3.49 GPA. Out or the t01al college enrollment broken down by ethnic groups. the white student is clearly the highes1 01 92 percent. This is followed by 4 percent who are unknown or refused 10 answer. Native American population is thlrd a1 1.4 percent. Hispanic is next at 1.2 percent of the student body. Theo international at .8 percent or 26 students. Asian or Pacific Island students make up .4 percent. There are eight African Americans on campus. which constitutes .2 percent of the student body.
photo by Erin Siemers Last Csll- '7he Diary of Anne Frank, · opens tonight in the auditorium. See related story on Page 9.
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