The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 70 No 8, Feb 18, 1994

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NIC Drama Department preunta " Arsenic and Old Lace"

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North Idaho College's Student Newspaper • Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Break a leg!

College must recognize LGBA Attorney General releases statement by Sherry L. Adkins Se111i11el Rcponer The low is clear that NIC must recognize the Lesbian. Gay and Bisexual Alliance. according to Idaho Deputy Auomey General f'rank Walker. 111is Statement was issued as o legal opinion of the nuomey general" s orficc in response to n request by auomcys representing NIC :md the LGBA. Walker said he used the U.S. Constitution and similar coun cases in dc1cm1ining nnd interpreting the lcgnlities involved. Neither side is bound by the evaluation but has agreed to con~idcr the contents in an cffon to n:nch a solution. The opinion stares that the minutes from the Jan. 2 1. ASNIC

board meeting contain no jll~tHication for denial. just 1h01 it occurred by a 5-2 vote. Case laws discussed in rhc review·s guidelines have confronted and rejected numerous explanations in past cuses. No ju,tification has ever been accepted by a coun of law. According to the suncmcnt: "'The law is so well -sc1tlcd on this is5ue that failure 10 n.'Cognizc the association could result in an award of nuomeys • fees u.~ well as the im~ition of personal linbilitios upon school officials for any damages sustained for clear violation of the members" constitutional rights.'" The repon contained many ca~ examples, Includi ng a 1988 coun cose involving gay and lesbian student orgnni1.atlon which was denied funding by the student senate of the University of Arkansa~. The court in this case ruled that the rll'St

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Drive-by shooting targets NIC students

photo by Erin Siemers NIC theater students Joe Powell and Cathy Stephens perform a scene from ·Arsenic and Old Lace· during dress rehearsal Monday night. The play will be presented tonight at 8 In the Communication-Arts Auditorium in Boswell Hall.

by Ryan Bronson Se111intl Rtpont r Two Coeur d'Alene men were jailed on Feb. 11 in connection with a drive-by shooting Feb. 8 directed at the home of three Nonh Idaho College men· s basketball players. In all. eight shots were fired into the home ofTn:nt Jackson. Marlon Johnson and Damien Edwards. including two that imbedded in Jackson·s mattress and one in his closet. Police said the rest of the bullets hit walls inside the house. Three female NlC students were also in the house at the time of the shooting. but there were no injuries. Brian D. Munster, 19. and Joy Herben Newton. 26. were charged with shooting at a dwelling, a felony. on Feb. 11. Munster is believed to be a student al NIC. Jaclcson said he was surprised that the incident look place. ··Jt didn't affect me as much as I thought it would," Jackson said Wednesdlly. "I bad no idea. Really. I was shocked it even happened.'' According 10 police. three women showed up at the hoU5C on Lincoln Way at about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 8 demanding to see one of basketball players.

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