The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 71 No 9, Mar 3, 1995

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The 25th Anniversary of the Popcorn Forum to take place March 27 -Aprll 2.

Please see Pages 6-7 for previews of the upcoming evens.

enchants the campus.

See his story on Page 16.

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Friday, March 3, 1995 Volume 71 , Number 9

Sentinel

North Idaho College's Student Newspaper • Coeur diAlene, Idaho

Sick building syndrome - - - -- -

Student, staff concerns grow as health problems persist

by Sherry I~ Adkins and Rachel J. Williams

Sr1ui11,·I Sraff

f111.'Uhy when heallh i<.Sues lirs1 surfaced. " \Ve· re nol sure we know whru the hcll 10 do, 10 be: honcsi:- Bcnncn told the facuhy in mtendancc. lnM.ruc1or Jim S1r.1ub 1old Benncn Ihm he fccb alicnnu:o from 1he communication ~ on dcci,ion~ mnde about lhc building and ~d he wan1cd no1cs and memo~ on change,. 10

Slllff ond MUdcnLs arc Mill bmtling s1clJ\ess and fru,1rJ11on dcspi1e a Feb. 23 m~ung held 10 smisfy cooo:ms o,-er the Hedlund building.

Silence mc1 Prc:.idcni lloh llenncn nf1cr he m,•i1ed 1hc: 40 staIT members as be made. lhc meeting 10 ~h.11'(: 1my physician Dennen replied th.11 he "i~ comminc.d repons regarding lhcir he;lllh und I.he 10 the businl!l>s of communica1ion bu1 Hedlund lluillling. llenn~n lhcn will not call people 1ogelhcreve1y umc ,ipologi,.cJ 11> ~w.rr member; a., he explained Iha, 'I/IC JIIOmcys h.1d atlviscd ndmim~trnlion dbcu.,!-e.\ !Ornclhing" Facuhy member,. were reminded him 00110 folln\\ thmuGh with a hcilllh s1udy lhJ1 heh JtJ promised concerned see Hedlund on Page 22

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Test results give welding pro,g1ram clean bill of health

by Sherry t.. Adkit\S Sem/111'1 Rrpt•n,•r A clean bill of hc:ihh hos r,'tlet'med

the welding progrJm aflcr it w~, tnrgcted ll\ lhc mo,t !\'Cent p<J.'>5ihlll C3UIC of illn~~ to Mllff ;\Od )tUdenu. in the Hl'dlund Build1n1?.

The welding program " as moved oIT l'ampu< in lnu: lx-ccmber due 10 staff repons of fauguc, skin m.5hcs, hc'.adach~ and mftnllic-tru.1ing nir.

Sewral second-Mory cfas.gooms nnd oflires were nlso cl~'d.

Metallic sub~1ance tl~ ting wa.~done Jan. 9 by ccnifioo industrial hygienist Joe Manonc, of CH2M-Hill, Salt Llkc Ci1y. Tes1 resulL, concluded that no welding-related air con1aminan1s wero detected in cla.~m or lldmimstrauve areas or the building, with the one sample exception bc:mg a dc1ec1able amouni of tine in Room 230.

However. all conmminant (e\'tls remained below lhc allowable amounts.

The repon al,;o SL:lted that "A~ 'lhown in previous tracer gas studie.\, lhcre will always be po1en1ial trllnsfcr of pollutants from industrial areas to nonindustrial areas of lhc Hedlund CcntCI." Tcs1 results $ta1cd 1ha1 "It is

indkati,·e that the ongoing pro.,cuvc: anent ion given to lhe operation nnd maintenance of the air hundiing system in I.he Hedlund Center by NIC stuff is cIT~"Ctive."

Martone·s Mntcment snid Ihm unlike other c111bon monoxide gaseous contanainanL~ genem1cd m olher well vented indus111al :iren.~. n ponion of fumes gcncmtoo by welding ends up BS settled dus1in all 111cn.s of the building.

Settled dust does not create an inhalation problem. according to the repon. but continuing good housekeeping prncLiccs were recommended. Test conclusions stated lhnl welding acli\'1ties do not create health hazards in nny area of th<l building.

Sm1cmeni.s from CH2M-H1ll \\-ere introduced 10 the board or trustees at J meeting Feb. 22. 3C'COrding 10 Dean of Instruction Jeny Gee. Gee maintai~ tha1 option~ ha\'e yet 10 be reacht.'<l as health l\'fl0"5 continue to my~tify !he lldminisll\lttOn. "We still ha"e people who ~n·1 feeling as well BS they would like," Gee said. " The board is concerned as to how we can bring a closure 10 concerns."

photo by Erin Siemers Here's the problem- Brandy Ware examines the underside of a car in her automotive technology class. Ware is the only female currently enrolled in automotive technology. For hers and other non-tradrtional women's stories, see Page 24.

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Jaa a lflought._ "If you don't know your past, you don't know your future."

--Ziggy Martey

ASNIC proposes bill to redefine campus club rules, regulations of the clubs abused the sysrems and we hnd to cunail the

by Anron W. Nr1•ills spending. Last year we funded every1hing because we ,\ssisro,11 Editor dido· 1have any set guidelines in our by.Jaws:· Club ~u~p,.msion and disbanding Scc1ion 7.

No. ,i's not a class which is going 10 be offered nex1 The bill will not affect only spons clubs. ~meMer. bu1 i1 is a new law 1h01 all clubs and orgonizarions Under Section 2, for funding criteria. nil club members on campus will be eyeing. A new amendment 1hat rhe must carry cigh1 credit hours or more to be n member of A<sociJ1cd Srudents of Nonh Idaho College unanimously that organization. According 10 rhe bill. each club must voied 10 lx.'Come a low. hold one activity per year which takes place on campus and The bill will nor be in affect umil July I. according 10 which will bcnelit and be open to all students.

Vice Presidcnl Kns S1ein.

Other sections of the manuol 1ha1 will be affected Under 1hi: new amendments. all spons clubs must be include the account status of all clubs and the processes acuve in 1he lnlra-Club Council meetings and prove that nil regarding funds and the facility usage sections. of 1heir members carry eight credit hours or more per In a recent meeting. ASNlC recognized and granted scmesrer. club status 10 the Auro Body Club.

They must also prove that all members have some form The board also allocau:d S400 in fund ing for a uip 10 of insurance. whether provided by the college or not.

Evereu. Wash., where the Auto Body Cl ub members will Not m-~cii,,g these qualilications can result in suspension pnnicipate in a Muhi-Meter Designers conference put on by or disbanJ1r i: l)f the club(s). according to the new the Fluke Corpornuon. amendmen1 Freshman sen. Shaina La Ri1chic's bill for new ping· S0phomt11c ~cnator Pat Carnie cxplained why the pong tables, a bill which will cost approximately Sl,600, change.~ well· made. was passed. ··we (,\SNIC) just had to make ~ome changes because of For 1he good of the order. sophomore sen. Patrick nil 1he mime~· .ve dished out la$! year:· Cnmie snid, "a 101 Camie announced the lim meeting of the Scxunl

Harrassment Commlnee which will meet on the second Tuesday of every month ar 3 p.m.

In the Feb. 27 meeting, two bills were introduced. Bill Number 74, a bill which only affects the vice president position of ASNlC. asks that the vice president has no commiuee responsibili1ies so that he or she will be able 10 focus on being the prcsidem of the lntra·Club Council.

Carnie is also involved in the early stages of a revision bill 1ha1 will effect the s1uden1 insurance policy. The revision bill will offer four options.

The first involves small revisions on the existing policies. The second is n manda1ory so.20 plan in which 80 perceni of any medical costs will be handled by the college insurance company and 20 percent by the student The third is an cxtensiun of 1hc second bill Jnd nl~o includes mnndntory nccidenl insurance. The tinal rt\vision would include a S 150 deductible charge nnd n S5.000 maximum insurance policy.

Camie c~plnined the changes when he said. 'Tois is the 1ime of the year when ASNIC revises the structure on n lot of the existing lnwb:· £,litor's 1101,: Se111i11tl Reponu Chqc1111e Ma/melt co11trib11tttl to 11,/s story.

Labs throw in cards; students From past semesters...

Enrollment statistics down need I.D. to use computers

,y,to!m, called th,• Rcgi~1ration Appointment System. Streeter •laid Stalbuc~ ,how thttt enrollment nt NIC studenl\ hud hopefully d,~ovcred (by O.:c. 30. '<J4j 1hm they cannot apply and 1hh1 s.:mcstt!r i~ down 3-5 perc.iot rrom enroll 01 the same time anymore.

Spring 1994.

Full semester '94, wa, the lirsl The largest drop was in bludcnts ,eme1o1.:r in which 1hc new syMom wa, enrolling from Idaho. utilized.

This could be the lat~t trend, but Some appliauions for linandal aid there an: a fcw other fuc1ors that may and admi-.\iOns may not have been huvc contributed to the drop. according received by 1he appropriate orfice~ on lo Registrar Karen Streeter. time. which could ha11e resulted in some One of the,e f.lctors could be that srudents pulling off their !oChoohng unul more people have joined the workforce aid was approvtd, Strcc1i::r said in the past year. re,ulLing in a belier The NJC Outre.ich Enrollment economy. :.he said, and with these Program. in Sandpoint ( provide} a loc.:il people spending the majority of their l:ducation to students wi1h problems time at work. time for education is ~uch a~ commuting) also shows a drop limned, or none. in enrollment 1ha1 may have been The admissions offic-e shows a affcctcd by the new sy~1em, Streeter change in the numb.:r of high school S3td. gradumes. which definitely impacts This new sy:.tem does not explain the college ('nrollmeni figures. S1rc.:ter 1oul drop ,n numbers. Streeter s.iid, Jnd ..aid. some wait·Unlil-the-la.st·minute type of Also. GPAs oi conunuing students foll.s may hal'e been nffcc1ed b) iL were down la,t )!Car. which re.,uhcd in Education should be a priority for our the los:. of :.ome linuncial aid, she ~aid. community as a whole, Strcc1er said. ,ind Streeter added tha1 lni.t on the list of from the years that hJve pustd. 10 the comributol") would be the basic clu.nge years that will comc. cornmuni1ies will in the collcgc•, rcghlrlltion enrollment ine,·lwbly inhabit those who are actil'ely ~ys1cm. d(•ing nothing.

In funher e~plorution of 1hi> new by llrundi Reasor

b) Nickl Donnld:.on Sr111ind R,•p,,rt,·r

Computer u~cr card, arc no longer accepted for .idn11nancc to the computer lab~.

Student, .ire bei ng required 10 u,c their ,tudcnl ID cnrd:. a~ each ,tudl'nl·~ ID numbcr ,, ill be u,l'd to ,ign ,1udcn1~ in on the new automated computer lob ched,·m ,y~1cm.

The ne" cl1cd,-m ~~ ~,cm \\';l\ dl'\'dopcd by Bob llant,1, u,cr ,en 1cc, ,pcdulist. JnJ ha( been Wl'lcomcd by those worl..ing in the computer lab.

"Up until now. the pap,:r worl.. ,igninp people ,n and out had been .111mc con,unung pnx:c~,:· ,a,d BrcnJ.1 Monrol'. computer l:ib super, ,,or •·St3llMIC\ \\C lJJ..c ,ho\\ worl..load on 1he compu1cr~ ha\'C been tr,,n,krrcd labonom,ly b} hnnd e,cry being

month." she said.

The autontntcd syM1.1m will not onl)' speed up the :.ign.in procc,s, but pnori1,es will bc programmed into th~ \)'MCm accorJing to ID number a:, w,:11.

Studcntb with Priori I) 2 statu, can be bumped off rhcir computer af1cr the first houf\\ hen studeni- with Priority I ~tatu:, arc waiting. Priorily I )tntus will be given to ,tudtnt~ enrolled in computer coumis Computer lab o,,istanh ,cem 10 be plea,cd with the new sy,tcm.

"It'( rcJlly 3nnoying tl}ing 10 check people 1n when there's a long line." snid Mena Zm1c, computcr lab a,sistant. "This will mul..e it c~ier for people 10 gel their homeworl.. done: on ume ..

Many colleges ha, e ,),l<'m, hl..c 1h1, IO plaC(', JCcordmg 10 Jennilee Dou.ning. another as~t\Jnt. She summed up the 1hought\ of mony by saying. "11·~ ubout 1101.: 1"

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Campus News

Friday, March 3, 1995

Trustees meeting covers variety of subjects by fekadu Kl ros

£.w<11tirt Edimr 111e Hedlund Building 3nd 1he Stra1egic Plan Co\lS were 1he mnin i~suc discu~scd b) 1hc Bo:trd of Trustee~ Feb. 22 n1 6 p.m. rn 1hc Koo1enai Room of 1hc SUB. The air qunli1y 1es1by CH2M-Hill 1hot fcxused on 1he " clding operauons concluded 1hn1 "the "clding nc11vi1ics... do nol resuh in unhe.1llhful conccn1m1ions.'· Presiden1 Roben Benn~II snid 1h01 effons should be made 10 gc1the building in perfcc1condition. Ile added 1h01 he is no1 prepared to make recommcndn1ions concerning 1he complaints of s1Uden1s and

focully members abou1 1hc buildmg.

"If l hod o bulldozer, I would Ube i1 1onigh1," Nonn Gissrl, chninnan or the bonrd. said jokingly.

The board ulso di~cu\Sed lhe funding reques1 1hn1 was presented 10 1hc Lcgisla1urc and the budgel cu1s 1h01 migh1 be necessary.

"I hope we arc careful thn1 we dbn'l cu1 on s1uden1 success." Sue Thilo said. "We should make cuts in ways that won'1 arrec1 the s1ude01 populn1ion."

The possible increase of 1Ui11on wns broughl up. bu1 ii will be known for sure in March if nn increase would uc1unlly occur.

Joel S1orcy and Rhonda Pickles

announced 1heir plan for a communi1y garden 10 he localed by 1hc old Heodslan building on campus.

Roben Kclchum informed 1hc board nbou1 1hc success of 1he Workforce Training Progmm in Pos1 Falls 1hn1 has 300 s1uden1s enrolled. He also announced tha1 10 vi:.i1ing S1Udcnl\ have arrived from NJC's sis1cr college. Nagasaki in Japan.

Bennen requc~1cd 1h011he nex1mce1ing be chnnpcd from 1hc 1hird week of March 10 1hc founh The meeting was adjourned al 8 p.m.

Legisln1ivc funding nnd 1hc Hed lund Building were noted 10 be i1cms ;11 a workshop la1cr this mon1h

Former student turned staff

Nelson could not stay away from this place

by Christopher Clancy Se111i11tl Reporter

A skilled 1cnchcr. nnd 16·ycar NIC vc1eran, many people may be surpri ;ed 10 know 1h01 computer science and business rnMrur10· Kay V. Nelson is also nn NIC graduate. from the cln.\S of 1969.

Nelson grew up in Gencsse, ldoho. and gradua1ed from nearby Moscc,w l llt:h School. AOer high school. Nelson was a s1udcn1 a1 the Uni\,:ri,i,y of Idaho for 1wo and a half years. Bui before receivrn1 !u~ degree. he decided on a career in the U.S. Anny where h,: s,:rved a three-year tour ru. an adminis1rmive assis1ant in the IBl•! 50s Comrl~1ing his service in the Anny. Nelson returned to Lew1s,or where he was hired as management 01 J.C. Penny. He was trnn~ferrcd 10 the Coeur d'Alene store. After lea,•ing J.C. Pennie.~ he worked for n shon lime ll~ nn insurru1ce agent and then decided 10 return 10 college- 1hi~1imc gradun1ing from NlC. This was. he cxpluined, during 1hc bl!ginning of the compu1cr \Cience department, and 01 a much "simpler" Nonh Idaho College.

Af1er receh•ing hh degree. Nehon ~pent 10 y~an. ~ an applications programmer for Old Nationo.l Dank in Spokane. In 1979. he crune back 10 NIC. this 1imc as an instructor and ulumo1ely as 1he founder of 1hc Compuier Science Business Applicmion~ program between 1979 and 1982. Over the past fi"e years, Nelson has be~n n member of 1he business depanmem ll!ld an instruc1or of business and computer science courses.

During his 16 years nt NIC. Nelson has continued to pursue his educationol go:tls.

Beginning with only his initial degree from NIC and his experience as a programmer, Nelson worked as an instructor bu1 also con1inucd his cduca1ion. receiving hi~ ll.A. in education in 1982. He then earned his master's in a combination of computer science and education courses from the U of I. Nelson soys he can contribu1c much of his success to his wife JoAnne Nelson (also an instructor at NlC). who, he said. "helped him as his me01or when he first came 10 the college."

Having lived in Idaho all of his life, Nelson said that though at first it was an accident that he became an insuuc1or 111 NIC. it was a happy one. At the time tha1 he applied for the job. Nelson said that he really wasn't interested in giving

up a comfonoble salary as a programmer. bul encouraged by :an anonymous memo. nd"enising a vacan1 focuhy po~i1ion, he applied for 1he job and has been here ever since. The work.

Nelson said, is equo.lly a\ demanding (a~ OND) and cnn be ju~t 11~ time consuming. bu1 tha1 i11s also more S1ruc1urcd, Life a11hc college is a more relaxed pace 1hnn 1hc one he held as an opplica1ions programmer for Old Na1ionnl !lank. said Nelson.

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News Notes Phi Theta Kappa extends thanks Phi Thc1a Koppa would like 10 cx1cnd lhank~ 10 all 1hc people who shared coats. jackets. ~wc.11crs, hal~ gloves. scarves and socb during 1he Chris1mns season.

TI1e Tree of Sharing nnd coat roundup provided 1hc food bruik with over 76 coa1s and a box full of accessory hems.

Thanb nre also ext.:ndcd townrd people who supponcd PTK·s fund raising cffons during the Valentine's Day b:lkc s.ilc.

Life Perspective seminars continue The founh in n series of seminars i~ ~ch.:dukd forTm.•sday, Mntch 7. nt 10:30 a.m. in 1he Boundary Room Donna Runge nnd Elaine Cart wright will co111Juc1 the ~cminor dire<:1cd 1oword 1hc issue of~lf cs1tem. The pair will be spcakin[l and nn.1wuring qucs1ions ro whnt cxac1ly self e~1e,:m is n.~ well as how o person nxquires i1.

RefreshmenL~ will be served during the seminar and it I~ open 10 anyone

Com mencement gown orders needed Commencement i\ only a few mont~~ awJy and studem~ who arc pla11ning to gradua1e this spring or have earned another degree since las1 commcncem.:m need t<1 contact the RcgisU'lll''s Office 10 order u new cap und gown for the ccrremony The order will be scm March 3.

photo by Erin Seimers He's been around- Kay Nelson, computer instructor, combines vast life experiences to enlighten his career.

"Sometimes I would ge1 called in10 the bank at 2 in the morning. 1was basically on call all of the time," he said.

Having a full.time career as a professional educator. Nelson is also a family ll1llJ\ with two succtSSful, grown children. Being Ill cduca1or. SOJd Nelson. made raising his children all the more rewarding. And now, Nelson says. he can look forward 10 helping educate his grandchildren as well.

Bookswap checks are ready to picked up in Room 53 of tthe Siebert Bt1ilding.

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Friday, March 3, 1995

Workforce Training strives for economic edge b)' Oun Bell Se111i11rl Rtp<Jntr

the d«,1Je or the 90:, rnpidly approaches it~ midway 11 i~ villi! to 1he economic stnbili1y of I.he Uni1ed States 10 m.iintJin ii) compctith·c l-dgc glol>.llly.

To be compctlu,c, m nourish. the nation mu)l field a workforce 1lm i~ able to stny abrcu.',l "ith present trends in the worlds m:uke1plocc ,\ Joint cffon on the na1ionol and local level is needed 10 coordina1c training fur employees of labor, business. industry und go,emment.

Workforce Ir.lining allows the displaced or currently cmployl'<I individual un opponunity to updnte job skills. thus allowing I.he employer nnd employee 10 experience smoother lr.ln)ition pcriQds. Often training is provided on a contr'JCI basis, with the employer who will define the objective of employee training, 1hc i,chcdulc um.I duration of Ir.lining. the location at or the delhcry mechanism by which I.he training is provided, nod. oflcn. lhe compctcncie~ of the trainer.

Locnlly. the WoMorcc Training Progmm nourishes in pan t>c,;;1u,;c or the cffons of the Nonh ldnho College Foundation.

The land nnd building upon which ii is housed is largely n r.~ult of borrowed money by the Foundation. North Idaho As

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College in 1um lea.c;cs b.1ck the building. Linlc. if any llll( dollars are used in 1his vcn1urc.1l1c bulk of the money collec1cd by Workforc.: Training comes in the fom1 of tuition.

Tiic role of Workforce Trnining and communi1y educn1ion at NIC can be broken down in10 four primary areas of program responsibility.

No. I is workforce Ir.lining which includes: precmploymcn1 1rnining, cnircpreneurship 1r.1ining, upgrode uaining for employed persons. and rcuaining for displaced workers. No. 2 is cmployer,sponsored, customized training programs for busioe5s and industry (credit nnd non-cn.:dit), This includes: Ir.lining prog.rnm development. technical skill uaining. workplace li1erocy skills. compu1cr skills. customer service training and interpersonal ~kills for managers and employees.

No. 3 is student $upponcd sp.."Cial interest community cduc:lltion programs such as: workshops, classes. seminars. residcntinl study series, intcmationnl studies programs. and specialized cducationnl services provided 10 meet the continuing education needs or indh•idunls and community orgnnizmions. No. ,1 is o regional Idaho Small Business Development Center which provides din.'Cl consullng and training serviccs 10 individual businesses in the five nonhcn• countics of ldnho.

The currcnl enrollment of 1,800 al I.he Rivcrbcnd siic 01 Posl Falls is up from las1spring by 10 percent. Communily education is anolher pnn of the curriculum, wilh such cl~ as golf and horseback-riding.

Dr. Robcn Ke1chum is I.he associate dean of ins1ruc1ion at Riverbend and 1he Idaho S1a1e represcntlltive and liaison for 1hc Workforce Tmining network.

Ketchum siresses to I.he intcresled individual, I.he case by which one is able 10 register for a class(cs).

"Drop by. phone, or fax are jus1 some of I.he ways to enroll.'' he said.

Ke1chum staled the key aspect 10 any business is a bu;iness plnn. (strategy, coun~ling service, how 10 get funding for a business). This is where small business development comes into play.

Ketchum said.''A future go.ii is 10 continue to refine and seleci courses for the good of I.he communities invo1'<.'d.

Second is 10 strengthen our relntion~hip "ilh thc business community. We want to be a panner with business and industry. This is :i foundation upoo which 10 build.''

Workforce Training nnd Community Education is loc.ual at 525 West Clcarwotcr Loop (ne~t to I.he outlet Mores) in ~l Fnlls. For more infom1alion. c,111 769-J.144 or fa.~ at 7693223.

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Instructor helps her students 'Pickup' art of stage makeup

by J ohn M. Myers Se111ille/ Re11ol'tcr

Ile warned. Beware.

Things are no1 a~ 1hcy seem.

Perhaps 1hcy never hove been. nnd so our paranoia grows.

Whai 1s this evil 1rickMcr? Loki? Puck? ~liffed Leprechauns? The Prince of Darknc,s" h is no1hing so li1cral or legendury and i1 ha~ been wilh u~ since 1he beginning or (whichever beginning you choose) ond I) s1ill wi1h u~. In ilself ii is innocuou,, ubiqui111u~. bu1 i1 easily lend( itself 10 treachery.

Thit great trickster is makeup.

Maybe it"s Maybclline. Mnybe it"s Cover Girl.

A,•on? Mary Kay? h mailer<. 001.

An agcm of 1h1s 1rcachery lurks amongs1 u~. Ilcr evil ways arc even endorsed by our own ins1i1u1ion. She is Carolyne "Che, y" Pickup and she is 1hc in<1ruc1or of 1hc stage mukc up class.

TI1e;11cr 102.

She cluhm 1ha1 1he course i~ for 1hc ~11ulcm, of 1hea1er, but her agenda sccrflly go.:s beyond ull 1h111. In her clas<, her gullible s1udcnis kom one rund.1mcnrnl skill of1hc an ofthea1er. while ,1111ul1ancuu,ly lc,1ming photo by Erin Siemers 1he on of camounage. Ilcr unwory \ludcn1~ nrc 1rained Clowning up? Carolyne "Chevy" Pickup demonstrates how 10 go undcrco"cr. io become incogni10.

They iniend only 10 dupe. it's done on student Sherry Sweikert.

She freely odmi1s her guilt They can'I prove a 1hing. bu1 she ho~ used her skills 10 an evil end.

Once she was p3id to gussy up n man in .. hicl," glllb.

By day he wus Joe Busincssmun. One mgh1 he dres:;cd as o logger 10 ~PY on his mi~1rcss who w.i~ going 10 n bar wilh her "friends."

How deep under cover did he go?

The world may nc"er know, bu1 he was so 1mnsformed 1hai he could have sol ne~1 IU 1hi~ girl and bough1 her n drink as a stranger wi1hou1 divulging his true idcniily. A prosthetic no~ and gu1. a link facial h.iir, some new dud~ and you're n new man or woman.

Ch~vy ho\ been doing ii JI Nonh hJnho College for 1hrec years. She 1eachc~ once o "-CCk in 1he .iflernoon, and by day ~he own~ J hu,ine,, m Spokane. lncrimina1ing her.di, ,he ha.~ pho1os of hen.di duded up a.~ n mc'dic•val l>Jrd/warrior, a bum. "and in variou, other incarna1ion~. '!<" In c:ich ~he' look~ hke u complc1cl) ,, diffcrcni pcr..on. ~ She 1s a mn,1cr 01 her trade.

0 So the ne\l time )OU 1l11nk /'_,.(}, 1ha1 you .ire ".ilonc in .1 V/. crowd," do 1101 be 100 ~ cou1iou,. It 1\ .1 blurry ~ line bc1wccn 1he root l"At(,,, and the rooted. .,.....,

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NICstrives to fight hunger by planting garden oncampus

by On11ic Lewis Smt111t'I Reponer

Nonh Idaho Collcpc bona mission. Yes, a mi~sion 10 help recd our communi1y 1hrough gardening.

W11h ~pring11mc closely approaching, NIC i) looking for volun1~-cr. and their fami ly members 10 help share in 1hdr Jream or csrnblishinp a commun11y garden on campu, Rhondu Pickle, .md Joelle Storey ,U'C 1wo or 1he 1hrcc who ha,e been trying 10 gel tht) projccl off 1he graund for 1he la)1 couple or ycdl',. "h', been 1ktermincd th:11 J 101 of people like 10 garden and thi~ i) JU ,I ;t way IO bring people 1ogr1hcr nnd give buck 101he comm1mi1y by donating 1hc products 10 1hc local food bank," S1ore:1 ,1id. "h 1~ a learning process; the projec1 is ~oing 10 hJv,: , olun1cers \\ ho I.now a 101 aboul gardening and volun1ecr, who w;1n110 karn."

Along wi1I tl1e communi1y garden will be a children's garden. ''The g.irdcn 1s al~o a learning proces~ for 1hc children.

We arc 1:oing 10 ho,•c them grow pumpkins, squash and 1h01 lmd of 1hing. hi~ going 10 be cxci1ing wa1ching childrc111,mch 1hing, grow day by dny," Storey said.

"11 is .11~0 going 10 be exciting wa1ching old and young working 1ogc1her."

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"The purpo~c of 1he garden 1\ 10 offer paruc1pa11on in a Wl>rking-1caching-growing cnvironmcn1: an opponuni1y 10 bring people 1ogc1hcr, provide valuable rccr.:.,1ional nod 1hcrapcu1ic bcncfi1s und ensure an ongoinJl ll'aming c,pcricncc," Pickles said. "h will be a place 10 plam and hat\~I crop,. 1odonnic md1\'idual knowil'dge, ,kilh and finally provide 1he unique sa1isfac1ion of \\Orl..mg 1oge1her a, a1cam."

"The [!:tr(jcn e\tcnd5 a commun11y lechng in,tead of JU\I doing our jOb\, whe1hcr ii be s1.,rr f.tcuh) or ,1uden1. ii gi,c, us nil a new ou1look on each 01her and a \\ilY to JlCI 1oge1her and mcc1 each 01hcr outsi1fo 1he classroom," S1ore) ·said. "h al&o helps 1he nerves al 1he end of a bu\)' \\tck a1 school and wi1h 1he family ms1cad of )Clling or gcning all nus1ered. i1 is bener for everyone 10 go ou1and dig in 1he din ror awhile ," S1on:y ~.iid The g:tr(jen also crealC) a ~pace for an in1cr-gencra1ional group 10 share the joy of g:tr(jenmg and gnm 1he personal sa1isfoc11on of giving back 10 the community b1 dona1ing nnd shnring the h:1n·cs1wi1h v:uiou~ ~heller. food banks nod churches.

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And hovmg 1hc gnrd~n open 10 1he college commun1I) nnd 1hc1r f.imilic, provide\ on ea,y way 10 spend more: qu:llny time wi1h 1hcir fumilic,.

Some or 1he facuhy 1ha1 un: in1crc,1ed and enrolled 10 panidpaie 1n 1hc commun11y g.1tdcn nrc Tony S1~wan. Fr.in Bahr. L1,a Fuller. Vera H.innm. Jim Minkler and l!rnu Rhinehart.

Therc are 35 facuhy and ,1arr who lul,e signed up tu pan1cipa1~ and only a few \ludcn1s ,o bo1h Pic~lc) ,md S1orey wam 10 encourage ,1udcnl!. 10 pan1c1pa1c.

Member) of 1he NIC communi1y. s1aff. fJcully and cspcc1ally s1udcn1s ar.: encouraged 10 enroll m 1he communi1y garden.

People can pa111c1pu1c by filling ou1 an enrollrnen1 \hcc1 1clling wha1 lhcy can offer, whe1hcr i1 be from donJlmg lumber or 1ools. equ1pmen1, garden )Upplie~. or a Cinnncinl contribu1ion 10 coming down nnd helping with leaching Jnd planting. ln1ercs1ed members con pick up enrollmcn1 ~hec1~ a1 tbc Office of Cnmpu\ Sofot}. The deadline 10 enroll h Mar.:h 10.

Con1ac1 Rhonda Pickle~ al 769-3309 or Jatlle Storey JI 769-3310 for more informauon on ~

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Friday, March 3, 1995

Sd~~~ct-~~ AIL~; (",wq,,,: Wray Edubit in thc Union G~llcry of 1hc Edminster Student Union Buikling.

AlLl!.ttk.. Mol)' Frances and Gary Hall E.\hibiU. NIC Ubnry, RN Aca.

Monday 1QJi,m.. Th, opening ccremooy and wcloome. with NIC l'l't:sid,.'1\t Boo llcnnct1 Ill¥! ASNIC

Pn:sidcm Ryan Hi~ins. "ill ~ held in the Bo,.,.,:1, Hall AuditoriunL The NIC Mndrig.:u Sini;m "ill be fcatun.'d. along with a piMO p:,foormcc by To.id Sn)d:r

Jl:yn 10 noon: 1lvcc Foons of C~p;· in th: ~"''Cll Auditorium.

noon IQ I 1JJ11.: "25 Ym in Rc-,~'W... a p:incl d l ~ ofth: fupcom f'OIUon's lu~. will

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Jp.m. IQ:? p,111.; Hi~li[!ru from 'Th: SccrCI Ci:lnl'll." "Uyc. 8)1: Birdie" and {>th:rs ..;n be ix=ru,u in the Bo,.w,:11 /\uctitoriwn.

The celebration surrounding a 25-year-old tradition includes a diverse array of topics

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1hlcd."Linle Altars Everywhere" Tuc~day at I p.m. Wells I) a novelist nnd playwright as well a\ an actrc,,.

After her 90-minute prc:wnio1ion. Well~ will mke quc51ion~ he Popcorn Forum celeb rates its 25-year from the audience. Similar opportunities will be offered nt a n niversary wit h an invitation to participate pre~cnrntions 1hroughou1 1hc week. in " An affair wit h the Arts and Humanities" "Our speake~ are very g~ncrous." Stewart ~uid. the week of Ma r ch 27 t hrough April 2.

Stewun also pointed oul the opportunities for purtic,pants 10 The goa l of 1hc symposium is 10 "Rc~indle the idcns of 1hc gel ~omc hands-on 1nm1Jction during day-long nc1tvl1te$ plannc'll Renaissance:· for Fridny. Mnrch 31.

Tony S1ewan. chair of the Popcorn Forum comm111ce, said 1ha1 lnwuctors are taking advantngc of the tulont oonung dunng during the Renni ssnnce period. people were e ncouraged to 1h01 week. Some of the artists ure being invit~d in10 the introduce themselves into areas 1hn1 they were not 1ypicnlly classroom. involved.

Doth Wells and the production crew of Friday night's play will "The gonl of 1his year's Popcorn Forum is 10 introduce 1he Ans be meeting wi1h RariclCs drnma students, doing workshops with and Humnniti~s 10 people that arc from 01hcr field~ ... Stewnn said. ques1ion/nnswcr fom1a1s.

"Hopefully 1hcy will discover talents they didn't know they had To contrast to 1he humor of Wells. Rarick also wonted to nnd will use in 1he future." presenl something of a more ~crlous nature during 1he Forum. He George Ives. NIC Eng lish instructor. said 1hat although NIC selected a group called "Mounrnin Top Produc1ions" 1ha1 students hove a 101 of demands on their time. while they are sti ll produces n play called "Camp Logan." striving to get good grades. they should make every effon to The story of Camp Logan is by a black playwright, presen1ed 3llcnd the Forum. by a black production company. 1ha1 tells of a court mnnial and "111c things students auend are typically the 1hings 1hey hove execution of 19 black soldiers in 1917. It received 1he "NAACP to." Ives snid. "whereas this is something 1hnt is not a 'have-to'. Play-of-1he-Year Award" in 1994. but sure n lost opponunity if they miss it.

"I am anticipa1ing thn1 it is going 10 be a striking, powerful ''The whole idea of bringing people in from 1he outside is to piece."' Rarick said. get people to sec what in their coursework nnd in their own The piny will by presented on Friday. March 31. at 8 p.m. in individual Jives is pan of a broader picture that's out there," the Boswell Auditorium. continm.'<l lvcs.

Sunday. April 2. a Ragtime Concert/Lecture by Gunther Judith Brower, NIC ma1h instructor. said that 1he image of the Schuller will be presented al 2 p.m. This special musical guest, Renaissance Man was ··someone who saw knowledge not only whose accomplishments a.re truly too numerous 10 list here. will valid for its own sake. but also for its connections." Brower said also speak on Wednesday. March 29. from 10-11 a.m. Sunday's that the Greeks. classified as 1he ideal humanists. did not separate ragtime concen will be combined with a lecture on 1he subject. people into any one field and exclude another.

"We're very fortunate 1hat he would even consider this." said Stewart said that the activities of the Porum focus on the Renaissance idea of cmphasizi ng the diverse qunl ities of Terry Jones of the NIC music department. responsible for the musical presentations for this year's forum. humanity.

Jones feels that Schuller exemplifies the idea of 1he For example. Cowboy poe1 John Jay Kulm will perform "Renaissance Mon." He explained 1hat when most people reach Tuesday. March 28. in 1hc Boswell Auditorium.

"He will bring a new dimension 10 the celebration of the ans 1he caliber of achievement of Schuller, 1hat they have specialized and humanities:· Stewart said. "People don· 1 usually connect in just one area. while he has not.

"His diversi1y is incredible," Jones said. poetry with cowboys."

The Ragtime Concert and the ploy "Camp Logan•· arc the only Tim Rarick. NIC 1hea1er director. said that he was responsible ticketed events in 1he Forum. All others arc free of charge. for selecting theater presentations.

Camp Logan tickets cost S7 and the Ragtime Concert tickets "I tried to choose a couple of really different e\periences." said Rarick. "I hod seen Rebecca Wells perform in Seattle and thought arc SIO. Boit office hours arc Monday-Friday 9 · 11 a.m .. I p.m. · J:30 that she wQS outs1anding."

Wells will be performing her humorou s one-woman show p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from noon· 2:IS p.m.

by Melody Martz

2 aQL to J0;30 a.m. "Pctfomwrc Poetry or th, Oki Wrs." ~ro die Western 1r.xlilk,n o( o.>\\boy 1r.&litiu1 in th: llc6wcll Atditorium.

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I p.m. to LO;JO "Linlc Allrtrs E~erywhcrc.'' a onc,womon show in the ~ I I Aooitorium.

J;JQ w4:JO p.m.; '1.iw Muooi/Libcr Vhnc. thc Book or the WortdfThc Book or Ufc." A slidc5how in thcBa.",:U Aud11orium. ~ Rcmng by ld:illl Writcn lc:lguc and l':lanr6 of Pen in Emay·s Dining Room.

Ikxllw'd Bu11Jing.

l.lcl.2J1,m: Ro.'tpioo to I»-« Krum S"ffllOII in the Esroy Dinu,g Room. Hcdluoo Buildmg.

7 IP 8;30 p.m.: "Rcadin~ form Koren S'lmul Works' in the EnlCI)' Oiling Room o( thc Iblluoo Building.

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Uni"-~/ fu't'US>'ion Em.'11lble will p:,fmn in Ill: Bcsw: I Audul)riunL

Thltr.~:fay 2.Jsl..lll; i...m.; "Mu1hcmntics: A Key 10 F.daliou rlC Ufc" dl5CUSl>OO -.ill be ~ in thcBc~w:;I "1Jdil00UDL

U2..."JIJ11,.;. "Usunl and Unu)uUI wnys or Appm:inng Educatlon'' will be held in Ille lloo,.dl ,\u.ilorim.

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Bro wer: Arts and Humanities forum would not be corr~plete if elements of mathematics were excluded 1

Mmhcs wenl on 10 say that in the Middle Ages. all learning was broken down in10 1he seve n libernl ans. The advanced section of 1he ans. or higher four, were called the quadrivium.

Mathemn111:1, included in a cclcbrn1ion of the Ans and Humanities? What's wrong with tlu s pic1urc?

These four advanced ans were: mathematics. geometry, music According 10 Judith Brower. NIC mathemntics instructor. absolutely and astronomy. The 1rivium, or lower three. were grammar. nothing. Actually, she said she believes thm there would be plenty wrong with rhc1oric and logic. the picture if mathematics was omitted.

With that in mind. it would appear that the arts. without When !he tento1ive outline came out for this year's Popcorn Porum, ma1hemutics. would neglec1 nn lmponant pan of the picture.

Brower drafted n lener 10 Tony Stewart, chair of the Popcorn Joe Jonas. NIC art instructor. made the connccu.on of Forum Committee. ma1hemntics to the line nns in the rules of proponion that · In her leuer, Brower stated her concern and date back 10 the early Greeks. disappointment that mathematics was not included.

The golden rotio, ns Brower called il. wns known by 1hc "I tend 10 look 01 mnthemmcis as both an an and a Greeks as the m0$1 pleasing shape known 10 the human science," Brower said. "I knew that several in our eye. dcpanmcnl fell the snmc wny."

Funk ond Wagn:1lh · New Encyclopedia cnlls it 1he "Tony (Stewon) coiled me bock immediately. very ' golden scc1ion. and Rcnnissancc writers referred 10 it ru the concerned," Brower said. "He was very supponive / divine proportion. once it got called 10 his n11en1ion."

"II is widely accepted 1ha1 n nx:tnngle with side~ in this rn110 Brower 1hen put together the program for th e exhibits o special beauty.'' stales the entry in 1he encyclopedia.

Popcorn Forum 9 • 10 a.m. for Thursday. March oJ, ( '~ A· Jonas said that proporti ons arc found in figure drawing, 30. v. , . ~ layout pages, formulas for mb.ing and architel!turc.

The speaker. Tom Farl ey. is. omong other "h's mnlh nl li~t. but 1hen it becomes :i.r1. through things. n mn1hemn1ician . According 10 his 1hc hundling of the nr1is1." Jonas suid. con!irmotion leucr, he will be giving a practical, Kris Brown. NIC physics ins1ruc1or. commented ihnt broad example of ma1hemn1ics in everyone's lives "Architecture is 11 joining of the ans ond sciences. You by using 1he Pibonocci sequence. w11n1 the nc~thctics of ii. but you want the building to For those unfamiliar wi1h this sequence. it is stny up." derived by taking the previous two numbers in the Brown nddcd 1h01pure functionality is not desirable. sequence, added 1oge1hcr to produce the next: "There ore structure~ thot siay up 1h:11 are rcnlly l. l,2,3,5.8.13..... ugly," Brown snid.

"If you want n connection 10 beau1y in nature and So not only is malhenrntics an impor1an1 pan of 1hc ma1herna1ics. then you also hnve the Fibonaci sequence," ans, bu1 it can be argued 1ha1 the Ms are on impor1an1 pan ,nid David Mann, NIC compu1cr science instructor. or math ond science.

The other mnthcmatical connection 10 nature 1h01 ha~ 11 seems 10 become " C)1cltcal process, like a s nake n:cemly been revealed througl\ the ndven1 of comp uters is whol swallowing 11 \ own mil. Trying 10 scpa ra1e n procc,s into lls has been 1cm1ed "frnc1als." component\ can become ewemcly d1flicuh if not impossible.

A graphic rcprcseniation of n fractal can produre a complex, BrO\\cr would agree. strikingly beouuful imugc. ls it un or i, it ma1h? " I 1hink what our society hos lost arc 1he connections be1wecn the wholc 11 )CCrn \ lhnt mathcmnticul conncc1ions can be found bod) of knowledge," said Brower. "We ~ee them all .i, throuihuu1 the nm. ~---- ------ ----===-----~ ~eparatc, componmenialiicd.

According 10 Gerard Mathes, NIC music instructor, Is it math or is it art?-The Rbonacci sequence "And so we arc surpri\cd 1h01 a music inn mid, math an anicle publi~hed in 850 AD. called "Scalia Mu~icn." su"ounds us, llke many other mathematical relationships, books or 1ha1 a mathematician wri1c, poetry:· ~he .1a1cd 1h01 "Music is fn(hioned \,holy m the likeness of sndunderstsndinglhemhe/psustounderstandourworld. continued. "We say. ·1,n·1 1ha1 weird?' 3nd I would number, 0 ra1her we return to the idea of 'hn'11ha1 nea1?'"

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Poetry yelling contest to be held in SUB

by Melod} r.1onz S,mtu1cl SraJf Hese is wht:rc being a loud-mouth could really pay off.

Ouring lhc In.\! <by of the Popcorn Forum .iclivitie\, Priday, March .31. ASNIC Mudcnt acli,itie:. h ho•.ting u po.:try yelling conte\t from noon to I p.m. The con1e,.1 1s ,cheduled 10 be ~h.J in the SUB d1mng room or ou1.side if we:ithcr p<!m1i1S De.ln Benntll, tho: din:~tor of ~tudent .icunlit,. '>l!td thal the! idea cam~ from a. publtcauon for ~,udcnt l.:adt:r..hip.

Panicipan1, c,Ul ctioo-.e original vc~e. ,1 poem wntten by »om.:on... el'>t' or rc:q~t thal one be st"le.:ted for lhem Bennen <.;,id that Judg.m~ "111 b.i b~ on volwne. contcm. chok~ of \t'N, creati,·ity and pre!,c:nt11tion

Priw.. will be awarded for fir..1 thruugh third pluce, Btnneu said.

He 1?3\e no rules ns 10 length bu1 ~talcd th,u paruc1punb will prob.sbly make a rcasonoble choice. keeping in mind that th.:y ..r.: going 10 b.i yelling the enurelime. ''I don·, think we'd want the "Rh)mC of the All(icn1 Mariner'' yelled for over an hour." Bennet! said Participation is open to e,eryone. eilher on or on campus. including all ~tuJenb. faculty and .ldmim$Ualor...

Tony Stewart. chair of the Popcorn f-orum cumm111e.:. indicated that !>e\ era I pcook are .iiready in line for the cont~t.

Anyone tntcre,ted ~hould con1;s~1 Bcnnell JI 7693366.

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Friday, March 3, 1995

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Opinion-lEditorial'

..To be tolerant of Intolerance Is to be part of the intolerance."

The North Idaho College Sentinel

Student defends publication, offers some insight I would like to take some time and space to explain to our devoted readers a bit about this award-winning newspaper we all brag a.bout. the Sentinel.

We have been receiving quite a bit of concerned mail recently. (ThMk you. We love reader mail!) These le1ters have . . . - - - - ----. been questioning our choices or what we print, or the way we run things. or just downright blasting us for too many mistalccs.

So I have taken it upon myself 10 uy 10 clenr up a few questions I know people have about our publication. I do this so that after you finish reading our paper, you can walk away with the fullest possible enjoyment.

First, I'd like 10 clear up the diITcrence bet ween a column and an editorial. This is o column. h is writ1cn by me alone. My picture is on top ofit. It can be funny, ii c.1n be serious. It is writ1en more freely-about wmcrhing I choose. It is a grand c~amplc or using my Firs: Amendment rights. bur most imponMlly, it is my opinion.

An cdirorinl genemlly reneclS the viewpoint of ll1e editorial ~tnff. It is usuillly about a serious topic. In the Sentinel, an editorial usually is about something thm seriously affects rhc lives of NIC students. The editorial committee is comprised of the editors on staff.

A few leuers recently Slated that we waste 100 much space writing editorials about silly things such as a gay man's love life . Titnr wns a column. I believe t'Olumns such as th~ ore ,cry imponMt in any new~p.,pcr. There is no betttr wny to broaden onc·s horizons than to listen to mhcr pt'Ople's opinions.

If any person who reads this paper feels 1hn1 someone is way off base with his or her opinion, they ore deeply encouraged to write us a letter so it can be printed nnd their voice expressed also. TI,is should be done in on intelligent wny, wi1hout being in.~ulling. Of course. we would ruso love to hcnr from you if you ngnoe!

As for making spelling errors. misquoting people, and knicking n fow photos here and there: All we can do is grovel at your feet and beg forgiveness. I \\Ould like to remind all of our devoted readen. that the Sentinel is ruso a cl:ISS. We're receiving credit for this. We're Just learning news style. and we aren't pc:rfoct yet.

We sla,-e over this paper until odd hours of the night, wotcllCd over by Nils Rosdnhl liken loving father. making sure we don't kill each other. or nt least get caught in the crossfire.

I'm honestly not trying to defend our mistakes, only educate our beloved readers ~o th<!y can enjoy this paper 10 its fullest.

Please feel free to call us on :iny mistakes. We do learn by them. We would be wonied if we were not getting My foedback from you. One more thing. If you know how to write, or take a picture. or draw great cartoons, join the staff. We can use all the help and opinions we can get.

Just a lf1oudlt

A111LEE.TS NE£J)

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Why the special treatment ?

A student's success in college to some extent depends on being able to get the classes one desires at 1hc most desirable time. Although colleges cannot afford 10 give a guarantee thnt all siudems will get the classes they need, they should provide all their students with nn equal opponunity to help them rcnch their end.

The registrar's office is making a constant cffon 10 provide this. However, ccnnin groups on campus are still being able to register before everyone cl~e regardless of their credit numbers.

The two student groups given priority of registr:ilion are the athletes and nursing students. Although this practice, especially earl)' registration for mhletes. is fairly common in many schools, it's not fair 10 the rest of the students.

NIC currently has updated its registration system 10 make the process easier and to cause as little frustration as possible. While this effon is appreciated, it needs to be applicable to all students.

The priority or registr.nion is de1ermined by the number of cn:dits one has. Thus the closer n student is 10 graduation, the more chance the student has of gelling the classes needed. Since this is the only written criteria to decide as to who regis1ers first·· if the individuals in these two groups don't meet 1his criterin. they should nor be able 10 register l'arly. Allowing them to do so is n clear indication of n special treatment.

Although it's undenio.ble that n demand is put on athletes' time by the college. ii is imponant to rl'illiz.e that NJC's non•traditional student population (nbou1 65 pen:cnt) nnd several other student g.roups have a higher

demMds placed on them. Mo.,1of these students have a family. a full-time job and a full credit load.his unfair 10 ignore the needs of this group.

In fact. this group should be given priority since they are actually fee.paying students, unlike most athletes. h has been tried to justify the nursing Mudents' getting priority by claiming that the number of credits they need are very minimal. The classes that nursing students wke is not open to general students and since almost all already have many credits and would get priority anyway.

As long ns one group doesn't get a ride on another student's back, the system is fair.

The nthleres getting 10 regi\ter lirst i( defended by the fact that most schools in the counuy do that already. This clearly falls under the fallacy of common practice. NIC should be a leader in malcing sure that this trend stops.

The transfer requirements, the tight schedules and the responsibilities are not unique 10 athletes or nursing students. They are shared by many college students.

The more imponant issue should also be what schools are for. The various dep:u,ments have e~perienced a grant -in-aid cut while the alhletic department has received almost a SS0.000 increase in the lo.st IO years.

On a national basis. schools need to decide if they should give extracurricular activities more imponance than academics.

A school's primlll')' purpose must be academic excellence. Although activities such as alhletics enhance the educa1ion system, if institutions have to choose between the two, academics mus1 always come flllll,

Opinion-Editorial

Friday, March 3, 1995

Editorial: Reader maintains . comic, editorial, in poor taste Lentr 10 the Editor: A college newspa!)l:r should require cdhors and staff who are competent enough 10 handle cdi1orial opinion ond news in a professional and fair manner. TI1ey mu~t realize tha1 1hcy arc required to answer to their readers r.:gardless of the positions they hold on the staff. They must undersiand that the power of the wnncn word should not be used to abuse those persons who will nm or cannot retaliate.

"Professional" and "fair" did no1occur in the ''Bcnncn meets !he press" cdilorial nor in "111c John & Cori Show" cartoon in 1he Friday. February 17. 1995, issue of the The NIC Stntmd.

The ,'<lilor hi.d obviously 001 done much. if any, rc.~carch into open publ•c meetingi; vs. the meeting or advisory groups.

According to li1ho State Law. rc[!ularly scheduled meetings of govemi11g boJics or public ins1i1u1ions arc open 10 the public. The l\lO bodies on NIC's campus meeting those criieria arc th,: NIC Bo:trd of Trustees nod the ASNIC bonrd.

Research would have revc.aled that "The pr.:~iden1 of the college, or 1hc presiden1's desi1mce, is a member cx-onicio wi1hou1vole of all srnndmg comm111c.:s. regardless of how 1he com minces may have been csmblishcd or appointed." (NlC Board Policy #2.03. 1, B 6) It is no1 appropriate for reponers 10 inhibi1 ei1her free discussion or comn1111ee work by reponing dernils of comminee before rccommend111:ons arc sent 10 the College Senate and/or the Administrative Council.

The cnnoon offended me deeply. not because i1 wns suggestive, bul because ii denigrate< women who have already suffered from many such "heavy-hnndcd" .111acks over 1hc years before guthcring courage 10 change 1hc direcuons of their hvts. Puns, long rcpu1cd as 1hc lowcsl fom1 of humor. derives from "pound," i.e. to mislrcni (word~).

(Websters') Unfonuna1cly. the canoonast ccnainly met that objcc1ivc.

Sincerely, Linda Erickson

Al<:ohol column: Do we need someone to make our decisions?

To !he Editor: I run wri1ing 10 sincerely thank Fckadu Kiros.

Sentinel edllor. for singlchilndcdly tnli.ing on 1he t:1sk of bting NlC's moral conM:icncc. ll is good 10 know that nhhough we arc now nduhs. 1herc is sti ll someone there who will help U\ 10 make our more difficult Jecision~.

I run nlso glad thu1 she felt honor bound to embarrass

our m111unl friend by rcpon111g hi~ pre.speech nigh1 .ac1ivi1ies.

Thank you, Fckadu, and by the way do you have uny ttdvicc on pomo11rnphy? I am having trouble choosing for myself.

Thanks.

Brinn Hadley

The Sentlnel•1000 West Garden Ave., Coeur d' Alene, Idaho 83814•(208) 769-3389 A,\Ocio1cd Pn:"" fi,c,St:ir All·Am~rkoU\ Ncwi.papcr and National Pncem;il.cr • Two,time "annerQf thc Rc>bc:n FKenned> ""'"'d Society of Profc~\ional Joumulisa, General E,cclkncc ;\ward• Nat1\ln3l llall or F.lrnc Lo<. Angele< lime< National &11101fal Lclldcl'$hip Award•Rcxky Moun1a,n Collcgi3lc Pres. General facellcncc Awasd

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E~eculive Editor Rachel WIiiiams News Editor Seth Sievenplper A&E Edtlor Jon Hay Sports Editor Erin Siemers Photo Editor Justin Smllh Productton Manager Sl&Cy Hammon Business Manager NIis Rosdahl Adviser

Sherry Adkins Mary Mlander Wdliam Beagle Michelle Beat Dan Bea Mike Blenden Jason Burke Wendell Cada

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Julina Cole Trevor Craft Nicki Donaldson Corl Flowers David Johnson Anlhony Kress Dani Lewis

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Cody Raithel Brandi Reasor Klt>bee Wallon Natasha Wagner

F.dltorlal Pollcy.. &J1to1fal1 ;1n: prilllllrily written by 1ht c,ccuu, c edilor. or nnoth.:r -.mer nppo1n1ed to do so by lht cd1tonal ~tnIT or lht c,mnhc cditor 10 c~P"'" the ,•ics.~ of the cd11oriol ~orr. o.nd tht cdilorinl ,uur vo1cs 10 appro,c or rcic.i ah.: final rcsulL If a Sltung oppo1ition h elrrev,cd by mcmbcrs of the cdilorial starr. then 1hc author may be :iskcd 10 <ign lhc cditonJI

Ltller5 Pollcy-·1lw Sentinel welcomes letters 10 the cd11or. Tho.e "ho 1ubmn letters must limit 1hcm to 300 \\Ord\, ,ign 1hcm lrttibl), and pro,·ick ll phone numbcr in order 111 ,-erif)' uuthenticit) Some lrncrs 013) nOI be pnn1cd bcc3U\C of Sp.IC<! hm11~11on.<. or bo:au~ •he) I l :ire •imihtrto a numl>cr of lcncrs alrc.1dy received on 1hc ,.im< rubJl'l:t, 21 tile po,.<ibly lib,,lou,. or 31 att ill•i•blc The Scnund rcscr.c.s 1hc: rigln to edit lct1el'\ Leners moy be nulled to 1hc Sentinel or brou£hl to Rllom 53 ul the S,cb<n Building.

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Tougher measures, caning needed to cut crime rates II isn't new news that 1here rue problem~ with our judicial and prison systems. We live in a socic1y 1hat is characlcriz.cd by violent tendencies. Wilh th? crime mt~ on 1he rise, especially violen1 crimes. taXpnycrs dump astronomical amounts of money into housing lhe<e inma1es.

I believe that the best solution is some son of de1cm:n1 sci of examples lhnt would lake the wind out of criminal sail~. Whal is nccdoo is a way 10 )ll\'wnlinc lhc priwn syMcm, 111 n.'dlK'c lhc amount ofin111a1cs, 10 reduce 1hc lcng1h of I.heir ~tay JJ1d 10 n.,Ju,-.: violence and crime.

In order tc.'I tic;![" 11h the violent aspect of <ocicr>. I foci th.: puni\hmcnl ~hould fit the crime. "An c}e for :1n eye" so 10 ~peak. I believe u \yMcm of caning need, 10 be estabh~hed Now. before) ou bmnd me n.s some heanlc\, wh.icko. hc.ar me ou1. I ;lJU no1 a ,~olcm p.:r..on: "hnt I "ant ,s 10 nm <;('C pcQplc hun.

Jason M . Buri<e But cull\'nt puni,hmcnl Opinio n practices '\CCOI ancffrcuvc.

My pro~I is mainly for the violent oflenders. Caning could bi; ., method ot correction for convicted offcndcl'li or child ubult. domestic violenc<', bca1ini;~. hale cnmes and as<uul1.

I propose l11Jt tf sodctcm1incd. convic1s under I.his program "<iuld h.i,·e ,, shon jnil <,entcncc. Tim.--e 10 fi,c days prior to the cnntng. tJ1e sentenced pc™>n ..-ould view 01hcr caning, iUld undergo coun<,chng. When !hey reached their nppo1nted d.11c and time, !hey would be !truck :i spc..'Cifi~'([ numb,.;r of la.,hing.\. Thi, number would b.: determined by Judge or jury u., dcpcndcnl on lhe crime·~ se,crity Tiic l~I two d.1y~ would include m<Xlical l'\.'Cov.:ry trcJtm.:n1. Alw, coun..elin1,t and 11 pre•rclel.<.c .:valuation Ix-fore a parol board would be required.

Wilhoo1 w~-c~. month,. and years or semcncmg.

America\ cconom) could have a chance 10 r<'CO•er.

Word of the experience would spr.:ad and become u powerful de1crrem. Mo:.t of all, people that hud commined a crime slill could hme a chance. lflh<N: people met the qualilic:uions for the quick J)'Jrolc, they may be abk: 10 return to lh.:ir jobs or ~ably even their families ifi1 i~ appropriate.

Pertw~ felon~ could be given a chrulce between caning or a more tradiuonal jail sentence. Minors would be exempt. and any criminally dangerou~ people "'Ollld still need 10 be kepi from society. The de;ilh semence would remain in effect. bu1 would be sire.unlined :is well. reducing the ~Illy before .:xecuuon.

A sentence of caning wilh the commonly shonJ.ill lime would free up cdl\, Approprinie inma1~-. "ho went through the system and are Judged "orlhy can return to ben.:fit and hopefully be beneficial m society Mosl ofnll lhis "ould work :is :t po"crful pre,ention, therefore developing a Sllfer, more p.:oceful nnd humane ens1ronmen1 lor ll\CI)OOC.

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Friday, March 3, 1995

over., inflated ...

C:l-ae>kEc:1--1 ERRi ES They're increasing faster than the rate of inflation!

Get rcudy for the ride or y()ur lire?

of the meeting. Other p,?Oplc invited for the srune purpose l cfr ofter gh>ing thei r input.

• The Sen1ind um.I (\ITTOOni\1s John Myers and Cori Flo,,ers c,pre-;scd di~moy 1ha1 some people were offended by 1heir re~cnl cnnoon. "Center for Nude Ercctiun,."

The tru nslntion c,1mc from "The Center for New Din.'Ction)" loc.ued on the ground floor of the Sieben 13uilding. An1one who )ll)'$ thut name fast will know 11 does lnde,'d ~ound n li ttle obscene.

Folk!>, 1he canoon \\J~ not intended 10 be sexist or tlcgmdmg to the Center, which offers its services to men a~ ,,ell as women. In fact. the women who operate the facility rold S1Jffcrs that they thought the ' loon was "fun11y." Maybe they would like to have It postcMized.

The)' also added tho1 from now on.1hey will enunciate the nJrr1 of 1hcir office very cnrefully.

L,·l'i, s,,:, whom cun we offend next?

• h ta, been heard on the grapevine 1h01 students und

~,arr are upset with the "Dennett Bashing" that appeared th1· hL't 1,sue of the Sentinel.

Thi\ WJ\ ob,•rously in rcforencc 10 the aniclc, editorial and Chokecherry thot chustised President UennNt for his allc:icd "abu,c ()f power" ut a recen t Registration Committee mce1ing.

13c1111cll was only invited Ill give informotion ai the meeting and when he 1vas cJonc, he remained until the end in

The only tl1ing the Sentinel was trying lo point out was that Bcnncu wusn' t even in chnrgc of 1he mec1ing and if it wo,n't open, wouldn'1 it be fining if the person who was m charge kepi co111rol?

Nope, in~tead Dr. Bob sho,\.:d how much power he does indeed have by mnking sure rcponcrs weren 't prco;en1 because people "arc intimidated by the press?"

Didn'1 Bcnncn think.his long slay ond domi nonce wus prclty iruimidating, even more than the prc<cncc of the press would ha"e been?

• Are any of you miffed at the SU B's Grill's recent decision 10 d ose early becau~e of lock ofbu~i ncss in the evenings?

We sure ore!

Well. the lock of busi ness is understandable, bu1 isn't the Grill here for the bencfi1 of 1hc poor devils here who remain Inter on rhe l!vening s1udying?

We find it rather intCfC)ting thut it decided 10 close eorly while the campus is busier than ever nl night, when in the p:c.t lcs, Mudcnts were able to enjoy the extended hours.

• ls ASNIC still hovlng trouble gc111ng students 10 attend 1hcir event,?

Herc's something m1hcr in1ere,1in11

Rumor has it 1h01 Activities Director Jesse Bagley thro,~s some grcot parties and has no !rouble gening people to onend. He must be doing something right, somewhere!

Well, Bagley. maybe people on campus are afraid of the activities getting busted (choke-choke), kind of like your panics.

• Hey, ya 1hinl. we're bad?

Anyone remember fom1er ASNIC President Christu Mnn l~? Sentinel Production Manager J ustin Smith ran i11110 her recently down at University of ldJho and she encouroged him 10 come down and join their campus new~popcr.

Now, it seem~ the Argonaut h~ n·1 quite " lmp ressed" h~r in the manner the Sentinel hnd in the pru.1!

Yippy! She likes us, Mikey, she likes us!

• Kudos 10 l, flnny Stein!

Word is that he promised 1he cooks in the SUI) their broken s1camcrs would be rcp,1ircd over Spring 13reuk!

What n good guy. l.et's sec ifhc comes through, We'll lei you know!

• Ovcrhcnrd'by one Mudcnt to nnothcr on campus...

"J rhink we should get o P.E. crcd11 for weight lirting ir our bookbugs weigh more than 10 pound.\!"

AT THIS POINT,

YOUR ALMA MATER DOESN'T MAmR.

photo by Erin Siemers People come from miles around-to attend the college by the lake!

WE'RE PUTlDl6 Dllm OUT ff IIUSllfSS.

,d you know...

Friday, March 3, 1995

The b aseb a ll s trike

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Wrestlers take third despite distractions

by Jonathon Hay SpQns Editor Mau Paubon pul all db1rac1ions aside und concen1rn1ed on winning a nn1ion:ll 1i1lc ut the Junior College Wrcs1llng Championships on Feb. 24-25.

"Paulson lives on the edge. He won three mmches by one point in nn1ionn1~:· head coach John Owen said.

Paulson beat Jake Wi~cnhu1 of Clackamns College 3-1 in ovenimc of 1hc 126-pound wcigh1 class. Paulson 1urned ou1 to be the only nn1ionnl chnmpion for 1hc Cardinals.

Although the wrcstlin!! tcJm was caught up in o controversy concerning n lawsuit by wrestler Mott Ro~cn·s fo1hcr. they once ogrun

showed why they nre considered one of the 1op J.C. program~ in the nation. NIC ,, rcstlcd hnrd throughout 1he tournament. but caught some 1ough breaks.

"We didn "1 lose because of lacl.. of effor1.

Owen said.

Along with Poulson. two 01her teum members made it to the final~. Scott Surplu< loM a battle with Joe WaL~on of La~\cn College in sudden-death over1imc of the 177pound weight closs when Wat~on scored a tnkedown 10 win 1hc match 12-10. " It wns real dishcnnening thing for me:· Owen said of Surplus· loss.

The lo5S come on the heel~ of Surplus· pin of 1oumumcn1 favorite Rich Krieger of Garden City.

Krieger 1hen had to turn around and chl'Cr for Surplu,. because .1 " in in the final, by Surplu, "oul(I hn,c gi,cn 00

Garden City th.: outright chnmpio11ship over La$SCn. They had 10 settle for a 1ie for fir.;t wi1h L..,s~en nt 117 1/2 points.

Ray Routh aho mndc the final$ at l 5S pound~. Routh ended up losi11g in the final5 10 Damon McPhchon ofClnckama~. The match turned ou1 10 t>e n rcmutch of the finals 01 the Region 18 tournament. Unfor1unn1cly for NlC. it also had the ~amc re,ult with Routh lo~mg 7-2.

Rici. ~loreno "a., 1hc only 01hcr Cardinal to place in the 1op ~even for the 1oumnmcn1.

Moreno wrc~tlcd his wny in10 the ~cm1-finnl, but ended up being beaten 7-6 by Mike Dc;m of Nonhwc~t Wyoming. Moreno then lo~t 1wo more mntchc\ to toke s1~1h pince 01 150 pound,. ··He (Moreno) wru, real 1cntn11ve and that hun bccnu,c he ban nffcn,ivc wrc~tlcr:· Owen snid.

NlC couldn"t place the other 1hrcc wrc\tler~ thnt traveled to nnuonal,. Kirk llnn,cll. Chad Ellgnr and Trovl\ Hughes were ,111 knocked ou1 c~rly m the tournament. "'I tell that the 1110,1 fruMrnting thing wa~ 1h01 1f everyone hod won one more mutch,

they all wou Id have placed."" Owen ~nid.

NIC continul'd its $trenk of 1h1rd-placc finishes or better since 19111. Now 01Vcn mu,1 hit !he recruuing trail 10 fill the hol~ that will be left by dcpnrting ~ophomor.is.

Surplu<. Routh, Moreno. llarudl.

Hu!!hc,. Ro,en and Pnulwn.,., ill .111 have 10 be replaced ne:<1yenr. Some of 1hc 1alcn1 will be lilled by this year·, frc(hmen and n.•cl\h1r1,. but O"en will hn,c to bnnll in wmctJlcnt "\Ve"rc in the procc~s right now of trying 10 fill \\Cight d.t\.\C<." 0\\Cn ~.1id.

Ow,·n ,md he e,pects J°'~h Monon. Dan VcgJ. FrJnce, Luna and other membcn. of th" ycur· s team 10 fill hoks ne~l year.

"Wc"rc not returning any AII -Amcricnn, nc,1 )C,11'. but the cupboard i,n·1 b,ll'c."" Owen ,.,id l·r..,hman Bob Prc,tu wa.., ,on,idcrcd 10 be u lock for n,uu,rml~ before he wa, hur1 .11 rcg1om1I, Sudly, Prc,w pinned the wrc,tlcr 1h,ll won the national championship at 142 pound\ thi\ ycnr cJrhcr in the ,ca,on. Owen <aid th,11 he expect, Prcsin 10 be o J!rea1team lca<kr next ycor.

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Wrestler Matt Rosen's father sues NIC

photo by Cody Roithel Cettlnll ready- Mon Paulson wrestle~ in a match in Christianson Gymnru.1um before heading to win a national championship.

hy J onothon Hoy Sports Editor NIC wre,tlcr Mon Rosen's father plnn, to ,ue NlC anti membc~ of 1hc nihlctic dcp,1nmen1 thot he feels cost his son a chance 10 go 10 the NJCA A nntional 1ournnmcnt m Bmnark. N D Ll.'Onurd Ro,cn has s1a1ed that he ha\ plans 10 ,ue NIC, Athletic Director Rolly Williams. President Bennen, and head wrei,tling coach John Owen.

Ltonnrd Rosen states 1h01 Mau should have been awarded a 2-2 tic in the 1hird-four1h match at the Region 18 1oumnrnen1 Instead of !he he. Rosen was given a 2-1 loss after !he referee didn't count a stalling point on Jcn:my Cromcweu of Yakima Valley .it the end of regulation.

Rowing club gives students another way to enjoy the lake

by Ouistopber Clancy SnuiMI Rtpomr You're on the Spokane River. it's S a.m. The water i.\ as smooch BS piece of glas., and utterly silent excq,c for the steady rhythm of your bttalhing. !he cadcoce of tna.\Sive., rapid oars ond the pounding of your hemt. /u pmcct syndtronicity propels your slim, 60-foot boat cffonlcssly along. you lt.llize that you m a pan of a graceful. clTscieot

machine- an imporunt mcmbt'fofNlC Crew.

Best of nll, lhlS is DOI some fitful, eM!y morning dream. but an oppommuy 10 be invoh·cd in what Brod . Mcleod. one of the clubs' CJjllauu. describes as Mone of the last 'true' spon.s:· Rowing is noc done a.\ a profwional sport anywhtrc in the world and is. acconling to Mcleod, a ·uue· sport in !he sense tha1 it is '"one of the best aerobic workouts you can get while pru,icipating in somcthlng done entnly for the sakt of itself.""

"Almost anyone can get invohed.~ said Cooch Manin Stacey at the club's fi~t meeting Stoeey said he encourages

Originally. Rosen anemptcd 10 get ll cour1 order that would have \IOpped the nnuonal tournament The tournament ~till went on us :.chedulcd on Feb. 24-'.!5 without Man. Leonard said that he would drop all cha.rgc, if h1, son ww, allowed to wrcMlc. H" l:i:.l comment on !he mouer w~ that he defini1dy plans 10 ~w.

When The Senrmel nskcd Owen about the Mate of !he lawsull, he d«lined comment on the advice of his lawyer.

On !he record. Owen states that he ha.o. a good relationship with Mom Rosen.

According 10 LeonW'd, Matt d1dn ·1want his father 10 press !he lnwsull. Man apparently feels that. "'Why should everyone el..e wffcr bt'Cau~ I got screwed?''

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beginning and veteran rowt!l'S nlikc 10 commit !hem-elves to a unique e.\pericnce. llic mcn111J agilny and an ability to work as pru, of a single unit are just some aspects of !he spon th.u contrast 111411Y ocher spocts th.'lt t.end lO be more inJividual oriented. !IJid Mcleod. " If the whole boat isn"t together, 1u the WIK! rime. it just doesn't work. But when it does the feeling~ just totally indescribable." Rowing... he said, ..is a !JUiy a team ~port"' in th:it n:.,pecl.

The next meetiog of crew 1w yet to be scheduled, but Stacey encourages anyone inten:sll:d in the club to call him :11

667-8073 or Team Captain, Neil Dobler at m-9748 for practice ti~.

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NIC athletics acts as mirror of real life An inl'-'f<'-'ting 1hing ha., bttn h:1ppcning l:ucly with NtC 111hlcli~. It

seem, t,) me 1hat 1hcy hove become a mirror or the problems or the rcaJ

Sports

Sunshine brings out 'boys of summer'

Baseb~I I team get

world. Recent even!$ have led llld 10 b.!lie,-e th.it rollegiot.i athletics

nr< not a plocc that S1udcnt-atl1kt,-s con leam the momls Md ,·alui.'5 that mnny pccljllc bclicv<" s1x:>rti. i1L<tlll. lnsicad. athlc1ic.~ hos become a place where athletes are taught some of the cop-outs of the adult world.

Th< mo,.1 n:ccn1exam pk of athletics becoming everything that ir s not suppose 10 be! OC'ClltTtd afh:r 1he wre.<1tling blllln lofl the Region 18 1ou~n1. Mnn Rosen w:i.< robbed of n poim in th<" semi-final) thnt would have :.1:n1 the match inio ovtrtimc. Losing th.: point cost him a ch:mce 10 go to nationals. and I ~ co;ich John Owen didn't protest t.he match. It was a sad incid~nt 1hntcost Rosen his la~t clu!ncc ot nationnh bcclluse be is a sophomore. Owen felt bod about 1h.: iucidcnt, and Rosen felt he would have won if given Uic clunc..:.

Although it wiis )ad, Rosen didn't foci 1hat any lcgnl action llC\!ded to be 1akrn until his fath.:r stepped in. The cider RMcn decided tha1 hL~ son di."SCrVed justice and 1ried to stop the national tournament.

Jonathan Hay WJ1a1 doo. lhis teach the athletes?

Opinion - -- - Js th.: success or your dcfonsc team mM! importlllll thiln the su= of your tt.1mrruues? 1don't think th.it it i,. bu1people in today"ssociety t>ften don I IIJ.111 to dt'lll with their problem~ so tl1ey have proplt! solve their prob1CJlH for them. Hopefully, everyon<: koarncd tlllll u low~uit can cause mo>T harm Uian good. Unfortunately, it was a lesson learned 01 Mau RoM"r • 1rApcn~.

Anoth!:r les•,m that learned by the othletcs al NIC sadly rl',ulted iu tl~11k.11h of a 01hlete 1hn1evl'r)'on<' seemed 10 low. John Turpen di!il bt:1111.,;.: he ovcru~ o drug that has become :iccept.id by society. Ala~1<1I is by no mean~ a problem IIL'U only aJfoclS the athk11:s o.1fNIC. l1 is anllther cxnmplo or o rnojor problem in society tliat ha.~ been drnmat c,illy repre.scnted as or lmc in NlC nlhlctici..

Finally, there wo.~ a t,n::ikdown in communica1ion on the men·~ ooskctball tcam Umt l<XI to th<! lo&.< of a pla)'l!r thnt w:i.< o great us.~ct early m the ~t.1<;0n. Clam.It' Wnlkcr Wll$ the $tuning powec forward ot the beginning oflhc sc;L«1n ~111.l w:~ ,:uru.idcn:c.l one or the most c~dung players by many or Uic fans. Unfonunruely, he and head C'OOCh RI.lily Williams ~ouldn '1co111munic:11c throughout lhc year. Wnlker ended up quitting lhc 11:,1m, and Williams k•sl a lien."\' rebounder and >hot blocker.

Spons is oficn thought or as one of the ploc..-s th.it people !tam to ~vmmunka~ 3nd worl :..< a t\"am. When a coxh and his play~'f can't Ctlmmunic:itc. one or the ~ic principl~ or $ports i'> vinl3lcd. One of the things lhal 1have always rc.<;pcctcd about Spol1S is lhe fact that player. nn: willing 10 throw thenl!>Clvcs imo a t~run con..-.:pt and rakl." onk.'D from ;omconc ot.herthan themselves. It's always sad to see when this ~)'Siem breaks dowrL r m not trying to !>:IY tlw the a1hle1o:s or NIC should noc be ex~ to any or the problems or lhe rcnl world. Wh31 l am uying to say i$ thal inicrcollcgiatc alhletie1, i\ noi B ph11."t whn'r studcnt-alhldt'S should be laught lo gel oul of their problems the e.uy way. Spo11S l1l'e a gre.il \VIIY to build chara.:tcr :ind insiill a ...:ns.: of teamwork tllld pride in II p1.'fSOn. In yem !)Mt. alhlcril:$ of all kinds were cucntial in giving people ~mt of tbr skiUs necessary 10 be su.:ce5.Sful in life. Some of our ~"OUntJy's grc:ue5t leodm w~ involved in sporting octivi!H:$ in !heir childhoods. A$ long as people keep in mind 11w sports arc vecy imponllllr f:iacn In developing good valUC$, maybe Ibey will saop giving alhl&s lhe wrong ones.

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photo by Kibbee Wal/on A re you ready for the heat ?-NIC pitcher Jordan Opdahl deliVers a pitch In preseascn praclfce.

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go,od lead on spring season

by Cody Raithel S,n1111el RtfX)rltr

Like clockwork. 1he 1urn of lhe season and 1he wanner weather has brought oul the 1995 Cardinal baseball 1eam, which hos Ill.ken 10 the field for ano1her season of Region 18 3c1ion.

The Cnrds arc rc1urning seven players from la'1 year's 1enrn and are breaking in 18 freshmcn. Four of those se,en returning played last year. Head conch Jack Bloxom said he has high expec1a1ions for his club 1his yenr.

"I "ould be really di~ppointed if we weren't in the bilnle 10 win 1he league," Bloxom snid. "We'll score runs, and play defense with anybody in the league."

Bloxom said that he has four returning impact players from las1season. Those players are Jeff Danton of Langley. B.C., who was NIC's No. I right fielder las1 season and will sec some action ot ca1cher 1his year.

E,an Metz from Woodinville. Wash .. is 1he No. I c:i1chcr.

On 1he mound, also from Woodinville.

Jason Bowles. who wns one of 1he 1op six , pilchers la.st year. Toe founh player, ,I Tris1an Fike from Boise. s111ncd 1he ., _,,r year before last. bu1 didn' t play las1 season.

Bloxom said lha1 he has a num~rof freshmen 1ha1 can make an impact ''El·cn though ii is tarly 10 tell i1 looks as !hough a freshman will Man a1 first base, shons1op, third base. left field. nnd possibly even right field. They bener make an impac1: if they don'I we're going 10 be huning.''

Bloxom said.

Bloxom said that he hil-\ mnde two cuts sinct fall ball. He snid he now hns 28 players on 1hc rot.lcr.

One area 1he Cards ~hould excel in lh1s year is 1hcir hilling.

"I feel that we can hil with anyone in 1he league," IJloxom ~aid. '· All of 1he Cards' s1aners have po1cr1iel 10 be power hiuers Bloxom ;aid.

"Probahly our s1rongcs1 area i, 1hc bats; we can hit lhc

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Bloxom said he couldn't say whether his 1eam was capable of pulling up a high on-base percentage because of the number of walks a player will get. He said 1ha1 he has some individuals who will have high on-bnse pcrcenrnges. bu1 ns a team 1hey have 10 wail and see because 1he Cards huvc a number of guys who can hil for ex1rn base hi1s. and 1h01 will drop 1he percentage.

Bloxom snid besides being able to h11 1hc bnll well, he feels 1hn1 his team can also be strong on defense and shows speed.

"We're not ememely quick. bu1 everyone can run with speed." Bloxom said "As n team over all it's prcny good. We have a couple of guys who can really run."

Toe one arca Bloxom hns a ques11on mark abou1 is lhe pitching staff. Las1 year NIC ranked la~1 in the league for pitching.

"If our control gets bcncr, they will be line. If 001; we arc in trouble," Bloxom said.

Toe Cardinal~ key rc1urning pitchers :m! Bowles and Steve Schorzman. Bloxom said other pitchers 1hn1 have looked good arc frc.~hmcn Tim Ayers. of Spoknnc, Brant Stephens.of Hclen3 MT. Jordan Opdnhl. of Florence MT nnd Mark Ncl~on of Vernon B.C. " I think we ,viii have a good ~taff. but 1hcrc i~ o difference between what you loo~ like up in the wre~tling room or in in1cr-squod games thon dunng the nclu31 ~cason." Bloxom ~aid.

Having depth on the mound 1,n ·1 a problem for lhc Cards. who hove 12 4ualified pitcher,. Only eight will travel. NIC Im~ 12 ri11h1 hnndcn. and 1hrcc teh handers. "l 1hink the key 10 it (succe,s) won't be the fin.I years' pitchers: i1 will be the sophomores. If 1he sophomores can get ii done on the mound. we will be in good shape," Bloxom said.

Early league favorites are CSI and Treasure Va lley along wi1h lru.t year's league \ chnmpion Ricks.

"Rick> i~ always t0ugh becau~e 1hey • have kids with an .ivernge age of 21 or " - 22 years old re1uming from 1hcir , missions. That help~ for ma1uri1y," Bloxom said.

The Cards will be in action Saturday, and Sunday, Morch. 4-5 against Sle3gi1 Valley Communi1y College in a double header on the NlC campus.

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Sports

Friday, March 3, 1995

Girls ready for regionals after victory over Dixie

by Cheyenne l\lohnckc Semmel Rt!flOntr The IC Lady Cardinals headed m10 1hc lu.i weekend of league play "'ilh nn overnll record or 10 "ins and 16 lo,scs. The 1cam Jdde.d n "in and n lo.__, l,1<1 week before headin!! 10 1hc Reiiion 18 1oumamen1.

The lns1 !!umcs or 1he year resu fled m n surprising win over Dixie College. 59-17, and J l>Urprising It»~ 10 Snow College. 77-68.

Dixie rolled imo 10" n 18-1 on 1hc sc.15on and confidcn1 nflcr a viciory over NlC earlier in 1he <cason. The con1c11 wa~ no Picasso.

The fir.n half was ugly wnh 1hc 1wo 1eams combinin!l for 27 iumovcrs and numerous bo1ched sho1s. NIC's h1ghligh1 \\US u routih brand or ddeMc 1lm1 limited Dixie 10 17 lirsi half poin1,.

In 1he <econd half Di~ic wa\ nblc to gencra1e a linle more offense bu1 never really 1hrcJ1cncd for 1hc lead. Juhe Wilkens and S1eph,1nie Su1cr 1ied for 1enm high ,coring honor, wuh l:! po,m, npiccc. Jcl>~ic;, Cooper p.1ccd Di,,c College wi1h 16 hard-earned

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NIC head coach Gr.:g Crimp "1id he didn'1 like 1hc 111c1hod, bu1 \\O.< plc,1wd w11h 1hc rc,uh "Somc11mc~ you" in ugly," Crimp said.

"Righi now we needed II win more llian we nccdl>d prCII!' " Two n19h ~ lmer 1hc Lady Curd111al\ faced Snow College. 1 he l~1dy llad!!ers will be lhe

only 1cam r.1111..ed lower limn NIC al rcgionuls. so 1he loss come n, a ~urprisc. Snow jumped ou1 to a 21-1 l lead midway 1hrough 1he lirst qunncr und NIC never caugh1up.

The Lady Cards were 1en1111ive on 1he gl:lS) throughou1 1he pome The team never go1 a rebound in 1he first seven minulc\ of 1he con1cs1. Snow College Head Conch Jo Ann Jcp~on J)Omled 10 1he board work a.~ 1hc key 10 the COnlCSl "Thai is all we worked on," kp~on ~aid. "I knew that i1 was a big S1feng1h or 1hc1~ and i1 w~ wha1 we hod 10 11op."

S1x-roo1-onc post player Tiffanie Lorenson poured in 32 poinls. The toial was 1-1 points above her average, which is second in the SWAC. "She has been a real hard worker. Mos1 of our offcn~c ccn1crs around her:· Jepson said.

Crimp olso praised Lorcmon's play. "We simply couldn'1 s1op her inside."

Frc,hmon Aundic Howenon keyed o la1e run for NIC. pulling 1hc 1cam 10 whhin liv~ poini~ with one minu1e left. 11 wa,11·1 enough as Snow was able 10 pull nway by hining c1gh1 of 10 free 1hrow~ m 1hc linul r111nu1e.

NIC w.is led by Michelle Greenwood who hud 18 poinL~. llowcnon came off 1hc bench to limsh wilh 12 nnd Julie Wi lkens added 11 .

NIC. 1he SW1\C', scvcn1h pince team. foccd second r,mked Uiah Valley ,11 the Region 18 1oumnnhln1 Wednesday. Re,ulh were no1 available 01 prcss1ime.

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lntn~mural hoopsters do NIC proud 'Sup€!r/7oops' tournament in Portland proves that NIC can make the final four. rebounding for 1he 1oumamcn1. h was the b)' Jonolh on lloy highcs1 any NlC team hn.s ever placed in 1he Sp0rts Etllror NIC lmramur.11 ba~J..e1b:ill mny be small, 1ouroomen1. All pnnicipams received Tbu1 1ha1 doc,n •t mean ii can' 1hong wi1h 1hc Shins.

'They represented the school well in big boys.

The 111cn's 1hrcc-on-1hrcc 1c.1111 ofT())hiro .i.ponsmanship :is well .is teamwork," Paul Manz.1rdo, 1he direc1or of inlfamural spons.

Germany. Nathaniel Brost, Bret Dav,s and Jona1hon Woyccko fini,hc>d in the 1op four of said.

29 1cams n1 the Shick Superhoops Nonhwcs1 NIC also sent a girls learn IO 1he 1ournnmcn1 in Ponland 1oumamen1. Success was also had by 1hc The 1cam won lhc NIC 1oumamcm earlier ladies ns they placed in the top eigh1 of 16 in 1hc year and 1hcn wen1 on 10 foce 01hcr teams. in1ramural 1cnms from Nonhwc~I colleges The team 1ha1 won 1hc NJC 1oumnmem and uni,ersilies consis1ed or Grnceanne Kcohohou. Alison Win~ over Ponlond Univcr~il)', E.W.U ..

Wright, Jane1 K.:nnedy and S1acy Frei. Frei Universi1y of Alaska Fairbank~ and 1he couldn' 1go 10 Ponland due 10 prior Universi1y or Oregon moved NlC in10 1hc commi11ncn1s 10 1he 1111ck 1eam. ,emi-linals. Evcn1unlly. NIC fell 10 Scanle Seanlc Univcrsi1y also slopped 1he Indy's Umvcm1y in 1he semis by t\\O poin1s.

1cam by 1he ~amc 1wo-poin1 mnrgin in 1he Germany led 1he 1eam in ~coring and qut111erlinals.

lmramur.d live on fi,c bnskelbJII is siill gomi; on al mgh1 m Christianson Gymnasium. Brew Crew is undefea1cd on the season, and 1he NIC Hoops1crs have dropped 10 1he cellar ,, i1h no wins. The Hoopsters will ha\'e a 1ough 11me gening a win on 1he year n.s 1heir las1 game is against 1he Brew Crew. The championships of five on live will be held on MJJ"ch 9th at 9: 15 af1cr the final four teams decide 1he finals.

More ba.~kc1ball ac1h i1ies are planned for Mnn:h. Sl:u'11n!! OUI on March 7th Bl noon wi1h b:iske1ball golf.

Baske1ball golf is a compe1i1ion where shooiers gc1 a chance to shoo1 from nine 'holes· on the noor. The limi1 for each of the 'holes" is live shois and the lowe.~1 score wins.

March 91h n1 noon marks the firs1 Hot Sho1 Contes1 of 1he year. Con1esum1s ge111 chance 10 mnke n.s mnny shois n:, possible in 60 seconds from differem spo1s on lhe noor.

The "'inner £C1S a Schick 1-shin.

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Home wins spark basketball hopes for re ionals

by Cody Raithel Se111i11tl Rt•tmrter The Cnrdinnl men·~ bu<kctboll tcam is bound for regional:, nfter two imprcs,i ,c home wins ogninst Dixie College 3nd Sno" College. The scwnth-sccdcd NIC (8- 10.

16-14) played second ~eccl Rick~ College (13-5. 21-8) in the first game in Twin Falb Thursday. Results wer..: unavailable by prcs,timc.

Since the Cards beu1 Snow 81-68 Feb. 25. they won't hove 10 piny the No. I seed CSI on their home coun.

"I have been telling people oil year we will be ready 10 go by regional\ ... head coach Rolly Williams ~aid.

In their linnl home game. the Cards used a 9-0 run midway through the second half 10 put t1way the Bndger~ or Snow College. Thi! Card~ were down 59-58 and then stoned the nm 1hn1 ended with a <,g.59 Cardinal lead.

Eddie Turner was the high-point man with 26 points and di\hcd ou1 M .i~sim eight in the first half.

"Eddie is, ·1ery unselfish player and he does things that help us win.· William~ said.

The Cord; were not finbhcd with the Badgers as they again compill'l' a run. NIC bolted out to a 13-2 run that rocked Snov• and ulumatcly lead 10 the 81-68 finul. NIC shot 58 pcrc,!nt from the field.

Along wi.h Turncr·s 26 points Teddy Russinov scored 20 point~. F1eshmnn uric Snnchcz gave the Cards a

rebounding and dden~ivc lift off the bench "Eric hustles and pl.iys hard defense. He i~ n tough kid and a natural hinder." Willinnh said.

The Cards exhibited t'xccllcnt pas•i ng 1ha1 set plnycrs up ror eru.y scores :111d :1 Rus,i nov jnm that sealed the victory.

"Passing is probably the least developed st..ill in the gnmc of bo\kc1hall 1odny. So when you sec kid\ exhibit good passing it seems unusual," Williams said.

The Cards· once agnin up)CI a high-seeded tcnm in the Scenic West Conforcnce as they won a hcan-stopper against the Dixie College Rebels 82-80 Feb. 23 nt Christianson Gymnasium.

Rebounding wu~ the key to ,•ic1ory a\ the Card~ wre~tled down 32 boards. Roy Krui~wyk hnd 20 defons1ve rebound~ and 14 offcn~avc bonrJs. "Roy played a helluva game tonight. Thm wa~ the best I have seen him play all ycur:· Willidm, ~uid.

With seven minute~ to go. Diioe held a 71 ·6·1 l~ad. The Cards battled hack after a Jamie Snook three-point \hot lied the game at 75-75. Ru~~inov pulled down a rebound the next time down the noor and was fouled. Turner tried to shoot one-on-one for Russino,•. but Dixie rcnliled what was going on and had the referee step in nnd mnk.: Russinov shoot the foul shotr.. He made one of the two shots that scaled the 82-80 win for NIC. Although NIC has been successful ut home. the Card~ haven't had as much luck on the ronc.l. The 1111- team 10,1 its last IWO rond games of the season to ~ Utah VallC)' 85-79 and to Snit Lake City 86-79.

Again~, Utah Valley. Turner ~cored 29 point\. ~ including 20 in the ~ccond hnlf.

Salt Lnkc C11y ~hot 50 percent from the lield to photo by Cody Ruithcl ~ llown the te.im. Snoot.. ~core~ 15 of !•i~ 17 ~int, in Trick shot- Steve Iklm throw\ up a tough ~hot in the middle • the lirn hall. ;inc.I Turner finished w11h 20 po1n1s. of the lane. Somehow II found the bn~ket for two.

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l\lcn's Athlete or the Issue Eddie Turner• Oaskctbnll Turner ,vo~ .i hij!h school star 01 N.11han Ilale Iligh School m SeJttle. H1:. team ,~on the Metro League champiom,hip and he waI named 10 the All-Conference team Turner al~o was named AllStale Ilonorabk Mention "hile a, ernging 18 point~ and nine rebounds a g.imc.

Turner has led NIC in '>Coring this season and ha:. bt.-en the go-to gu) for the 1c:.in1 down the ,tretch.

He con"de~ h1~ be,1 .iccomph,hment 3t NIC IO be geuing 111, grade, up th" ,e.l)()n ~o he can play ugam.

Turner h.1., led hi, team 10 the regional tournament lhh >ear, and h1, dream 1, 10 "m the tournament and go to nauonab. lk \\OultJ like 10 be remembered lly the ,1uden1s ol NIC ,b th<' bJ)kctb.111 pl;1}er that toot.. hi\ team 10 region.ii\ ,ind$ a guoJ lnenJ to 1alk to.

Ile', S5 percent sur<' I~ h gl11ng 10 the Um,crMty of Idaho ne\l }ear. He "on't comm11 until after regionals ba:au,e he', k«ping hi~ opuon~ open.

Women 's Athlete or the ISllue Michelle Edomnds· Trnck und Field Fre,hman Michelle Edmonds from Mend High School m Spokane has be.:n busy in her first year atNIC She has already broken the 'i<:hool indoor discu, and ~hot put record. The dao,cu:,, record is now 1-13 feet, and the shoi put record 1, 4.l feet S 1/2 inches.

Edmond:, took ,econd in the \t,11e in the discu, her junior season. She pla,i:d third m D1s111c1s 1he \amc year. She won her dl'lnCt\ her Senior ye;M. and came in second in rcg1onul~.

Edmond!. "a~ a 1hr«·)Cllr var.11y kucr winner at the three-year !tChool. Her ~n,or yc:ir ,he wa, mu111:d the ttJm c:aptJin Edmond~· fa,ontc thing about NIC is 1hc area and en, 1ronmcnt uruund 1he <,chool. She abo like, the fo,t that 1hcre are a 101 of outdoor acuvi1c~ 10 do around NIC Edmonds qualalicd for the Indoor Na110nJI 1oumamen1 in Manhutwn. Kan. The toumJmcnt will Lake pluce on the campu\ of Kan,a, St.ite University .

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The NIC Sentinel

Bad pick-up lines._

" You look much better since that plastic surgery."

Instant Culture The North Idaho College Sentinel

Todd Snyder: The man, the life, the music b) Michele Ben r ond Cheyenne Mahnckc Se111i11tl Staff ~ here arc many 1enchcr< 1h01 V/gracc 1hc clos<rooms of NIC, their f~ISlcps echo down hnllwnys as 1hey go 10 clal>S wi1h lhc hope of sharing l..nowledl!C thJI 1hcir s1udcnL< can hold on 10.

Bui 1here ,s no other teacher wi1h more of n us1 for life thon Todd Snyder. Hi~ demeanor sugg,~1, constan1 movcmcm, conMan1 redirection of energy in new and unexplored temlones. H,~ office 1< cluttered w11h 1hc mcmcniocs of a lifclimc spent in lhc n11dst of music. lie Im< worn many hnl\ m his cnrccr and the chnllcngcs l.ccp cvolvmJ:.

Burl1ng1or, lowo 1< where 1hc love wa~ lirs1spawned. ~ nydcr lcocncd 10 play 1hc piano al age thM!, wilh hi\ grnndmoihcr for :1 mcnior. <\t 1h,· ripe old age of five, he began ml..mg fMfe~sional piano lesson~. Hb gr~ndmo1h ,r ,,,,, 1hc oririnnl m<pir.uion for his pa~ion. 13orn in10 a non.musical fami ly, hi~ irandmolh~r wns 1hc one wi1h 1hc 1alcn1.

"My grandmother wns n mu,icnl saw v,nuoso," Sn,dcr recalled fondly. "~he could ial.c any saw and prop ii up on her !..nee nnd plucl. the 1ce1h unul music was born. l can remumbcr ,ining on b,1lcs of hay and lh1cnmg lo her pl.1y. 1ha1 1s where my mu,ical career smncd. incc hi<, gr.10dmo1hcr lived only three bloc!..~ owJy, Snyder spenl o g hours :11 her hou,c 1.1king in the inprcdicnts thJl hi~ fmurc c.1tccr would be bn~ed on. Some ol 1hc rncmork~ ,1tc vague. bu1 1hc bcaul) and pa~\lon of music is lhc overriding theme 1ha1 thc,c mcmoric, reM upon. While lnlking 10 Snyder i11, easy 10 sec 1h01 hi? wouldn'1chnnge anything nbou1 his you1h even if he could. Another in\piration in childhood wn, Snyder·~

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Snyder. now an accomplished musician, lcf1 1he small town of Burling1on for lhl! glilz and glamour of Ames and 1hc University of Iowa. Snyder spent six years a1 1hc U of I pursuing his undcrgrauun1c degree.

Afler a couple of unsuccessful Jobs and a year of 1he New York scene. Snyder found one 1h01 struck his foncy. ll wos 1eaching opera and music his1ory m Ccn1ral Michigan Universi1y in Mount Plcasnnl. flor one enjoyable year bis cn1irc focus wcn1 into 1hcse two classes nnd Snyder fell he may have found his colling. "l warned 1h01 job fufl.1imc." Snyder said. wi1h more 1han jusl a hinl of bincrncss, "but I was number 1wo on 1hcir liM and 1hey gnvc 1hc job to someone 1hcy fell was more smble 1han me." ooking back now. Snyder,~ hnppy whh 1hc wny 1hing~ vorked. He views himself as a builder, and his work 01 Ccmrnl Mich,gnn was mos1ly refini ng the e~isting s1ructure of the mu~ic prognun. Snyder believe, 1h01 God mny hnve lmd somc1hing 10 do w,1h his being here al NlC. The posilion cnmi! up jus1 when he needed ii. So in 1981. Snyder pocked his bags and headed ou1 Wc-i.

The mu~ic program has chnnged and c~pnndcd a great deal ~ince he arrived. Ills fim )Car here. he had 1hrec s1ud~n1~ in 1hc program: now he averages 25·30. !"le has numy non•ntusic majon. involved and 15 mu\ic majors. Snyder 1cnches 11te 10., oicc choir, conducis 1he orchestra, 11:acl1c\ music his1ory, htl'roture, appren1ice cla~es and one-on-one instruction.

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photo by Erin Siemers Tickle then ivories-Todd Snyder has been making beautiful music on campus for nearly 15 years.

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Sumo wrestling slams campus Through trial and error,

by Aaron W. Nrvills Seruintl Reporter Sumo wrestling, an odd hybrid of music to mu nch by and cardinal "'restling was held in the Student Union Building's Boondory Room Wednesday.

Slam or b<· slammed. Tho1is the rule in sumo wrestling.

The activity A'OS once agab brought to the campus by th: Associated S1uden1s of NIC. Sumo wrestling was n great success. accordi ng to ASNIC Presiden t Ryan Higgins.

Some students took the chance to pummel their friends. Ross Schlouhauer who. after body slamming his opponent. claimed 1hat be wns born 10 sumo wrestle. Others were content to si1 nod laugh while the would-be wrestlers fought it out.

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According to Jesse Bagley, ASNIC activhies director, approximately 60 students competed in the 1wo hour event.

Rex Atkinson. a referee and parl owner in the company which supplies the suits, said sumo wrestli ng has always been popular with students. He has played everything from weddings to graduation parties, but he said the college students get the most out of it. Presently, his show can be seen at the Happy Hour bar and grill every Thursday.

The co mpetition was also good therapy for couples. Pai Corney and Stormie Anderson used the suits 10 let a litlle steam off by slamming each other around. Anderson ous ted Carney 3-2 and claimed her victory ,vith a slam would make Hulk Hogan proud. ""I am woman, hear me roar,"Andrson said.

The show was just as exciting for the more passive ~ who' chose 10 watcli. Michelle Claflin thought the to last match of the day between Bagley and Chris Patrick was just as funny as the belly busting of 1hc competition. The two sinned dancing 10 an AC/DC song which played from a stereo brought by Atkinson.

Couples and fritnds weren ' t the only ones to bnllle.

Members from the Sentinel and ASNIC had a char.cc to square off in ring. Who got the slam? 1lte Sentinel, of course....

Shards of glass and piles of sand; Union Gallery presents new display

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way 10 perrclvc light and &pace. prescnt tltions and workshops According to Un ion Go.ltcry fca1uring the artis1.

Director Allie Vogt, an in)tallation For more informotinn on events hasalottoofft·r theviewcr. Wbilt and times, sec the: m vitatic,ns a fi nished product such as a posted on campus or ,~II 1hc Union painting is viewed in and of Itself, Gallery at 796-34'.!7. air in5tallation shows ,__ _.;.__ _,.;..._ __ _ _ __ __,,

Prepare yourself fQr a unique arti,tic experience. George Wray is coming 10 town and he' s bringing tbe ma~ing, of an

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Wny is an 11rt ins1ructor at the Ullivm ity or Idaho and his work bu been featured throughout the

Western Unla~ States and pans of Europe.

In his upcoming exhibit at the Union Gallery, Wray wlll fe1Ulll0 worts COtllpo$Cd In a wide variety of media includlnt noon-fiUed au~, . rotiu, piles of 110d, shards of glan, u d large amouau of black-dj C1l wi1er.

Wray" I work ls a curious jux\~11111160 of arcing forms, solids II 111lds, and llt bt. He deac:ribiis •• ronns as an:bi1eciura1

tho viewer the final work of art as well as providing in, laht into the though, process of the artist and ho w he piecn thlnp together. " When threedlmenalonal art i1 111embled a more dram11ic point is made about wembllna ideas u,gclbtr,.. Vogt said. the u.hibit will wee almost a weelc 10 put cogetber and Install.

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Two and a ha lf years ago I made one small movement that changed my whole life. and ii happened in a mauer of seconds. While working for the Forest Service, I lifted a very heavy bag onto a tra iler and blew the disc out in my lower back.

Si nce then my physicia n performed surgery and removed the disc. He also advi!ed me to go to college and learn a new career because I would no tonger be able 10 do the physically demanding work ot my prior job.

This was rathe r unsettling 10 me. I hod spe nt several years working hnrd 01 my prior pince of work and truly enjoyed it. I felt as though I had been running n hard race to stay nhend, and then all of ,___ _ o sudden I slipped on u cow Mary Arklander pie hn lfwny through.

Pontification ll owevcr. I couldn't just get up. wipe it off ond go on. lnsti:nd I would huve to wear it nnd start over.

Now I had r, big decision to make. What would be my career choice? At first, I wumcd to go into welding. I liked working with my hands, the classes were prcuy ba~ic. and women in non-tradi tional jobs have good opportunities. My doctor disagreed: there would bc too much bending, twisting nnd lifting in 1hib job field.

Because I enjoy writing, journalism was my ncx1 choice. The only thing I didn't like were some of the classes. like government. Why do I need 10 take government I worked for them for 15 year~?

Fitting in nt NIC was a big fear of mine. I knew a few people in their JO~ that had gone back to college, but I thought it would be mos tly you ng teens just out of high school. To my surprise. it was nice 10 see the variation in ages of the students here at NIC. Most of my classes have generall y had the same type of people in them, not 10 stereotype. But my journalism class is so diverse. Everyone is un ique and brand-new in their own way. This is where I felt reconciled to be.

There have been big changes taking place in my role as a student. Instead of ta king my work assignmen ts from a man dressed in an official Forest Service green uniform. I now take my work assignmen ts from a wet-behi nd-the-ears. I- can't-get-a· date, you ng mon, who 1s my edi tor. No, really my editor is very smart, and has me taught many th ings about writing for the Sentine l. He even acts li ke an adult most of the time.

Going to college is very hard work. It is much more demanding mentally than my prior job ever was. But I really enJOY being a part of NIC and journalism. So as long as my back holds out and my edi tor doesn't kill me. I should be ready 10 move into my new career in two-and-a-half or three years.

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Friday, March 3, 1995

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Movie Review 'Brady Bunch' has its good pointsThey just haven't been found yet

by Danie Lewis Stntinel Rtr•ontr It's a SIOJ Y of a sugar sweet movie.

And JO J l:now rhe resr: rhe Bradys are bnck. Twcn1y -five years after the first sitcom airc(I, rhey have come back in their first big-scr-!.:n movie. "The Brady Bunch Movie," dir·!cted by Belly Thomas. brings bnck Mi<e, Carol, Greg, Marsha. Jon, Peter.

Bobby, und. of course Alice. Bui rherc is a liulc 1wist 10 the plot: they are still the 70s ramily but now live in a 90s world.

The movie begins wilh n modem look at Los Angeles. wirh everyone in expensive cars with at least two cellular phones in each. And then it zeros in on 1hc hnppy-golucky Brady clan.The remale Bradys are alm os1 perfect imagery of the real ' 70s blondes: the men, on 1he other hand, need a liule help. A financial crisis is brought on the group ond they need S20.000 before the end of 1hc wecl. or their house is going 10 be nuclioncd. The children have a meeting after Cindy overhenrs her pnrcn1s 1olking

and decide they need 10 help. So they try severol things. from Bobby gelling reward money for stolen school supplies 10 Jan and Marsha trying out to be teen models. Of course, Marsha gets the break and Jan ge.rs the door.

Greg wants to be 3 rock s1ar named "Johnny Bravo." Marsha wants 10 be a model. Jan has been going to regul ar sessions wirh a psychologist abour her paranoid schizophrenia. She has a problem with inner voices because MorshaMnrsha-Marsha (a joke in th e movie) gets all or the a11e n1 ion.

Peter is going rhrough pubeny with n squ eaky voice. Bobby is an overzeal ous safety pnrroller. nnd Cindy is 1hc always smiling "yes ma' am, yes sir" who is always confused on whether 10 snitch or nol.

Shelley Long docs n remarkable job as the pcrpe1ually perky Carol Brody. Gary

Cole is the ever-so-knowledgeable Mike Brndy with his repetitive wisdom. Christine Taylor does an exceptional ponrayal of Marsha, who is always brushing her n owin g golden hair I 00, 200 times.

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personifies Jan, the psycho sister who is out 10 gel revenge on the perrcc1 MarshaMarsha-Marsha.

There are several occasions where 1hc '70s slang and '90s slang cross over and arc humorous. Bui where 1he majo r difference is 1ha1 in Bradyland, there isn'1 1he ramily epidemic of di vorce and disillusions. Everyone always hns a smile on his face, there are very few fighis, and the family docs things 1oge1her, much different from the 90' s. T he famil y giddiness and the fac1 that Alice doesn't ge1 paid for being the maid has everyo ne in the nei ghb orhood a li11le s'kcp1ical nbout 1he saneness of the family.

The mos1 entennining pan of 1he movie was when the family decided 10 put on their Sunday best and go 10 Sears. The kids went in10 a rendition of "Sunshine days" with a dance down the escalator.

Unless you ore a die hard Brady Bunch fa n, I would personall y recommend wai ting unt il this gem comes out on video and saving your money. It was nn "overa ll soppy swec1, smnd up for who1you believe in, and everything 1ums out groovy" kind of movie.

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by Jcssia1 Wnltcr positioning nnd join in the mosh pit, which Sptcml Correfpmu/( 111 would consume the entire floor M?Clion. A.~ The Nonh ld.lho-basi.'tl band Black Olack Hnppy 100k the stage. the crowd rose Mnppy. pla)1.'<1 it, la.,1Spok~nc-Coour 10 their foe 1. Fan, tha1ranged riom 12 10 d'Alene concen l'cb. 2-1Ul the I\ k l in Spokane. The CICOI \\,l\ ~Id UUI two \\CCk., older than 55 screamed. clup(X-'<I and sung along. In 1hc ey~ of mrmy fan~. Blad m:1<.h,m1.-.: Jnd fc.uun.·d 11101.,p.inmg acts.

Hnppy was going out n1the top. The sho\\ The lick, and lntl:t1,1t>k S<lul,. wa., enef1!ilin£ as th~ b,1ml gu,·e 110 percent The T1cl.!. 1001. the ,Lape liN, playing an 10 1he crowd through thctr music. A S<.'ll of nbnoMou, \el th.II indud,'d th.: lc,1d ,ingcr fun, created ;1 )\\ ,:Jty. crazed mo,h pi1 a., screaming mm tho! mKrophon.:. Hi, off·~l'Y some fans began to boo) surt Jnd Mll£C dl"c. \Oll'C \\,l, ii p,t rdng OUI\JJl(t. The c:tO\\d Only one person was hun during rhe l'Onc.?n to 1hc1r foct and cht-er.:d .1., onl' of the and irc:uetl for \Omc minor inJurif~ iu1tar ,iring, hro~c and lor,tJ the b.md off 81uck HJppy plnyed almo~t :ill ot' iL> ,mge The onl) ,ong enJO\ c'll by the :.0ng~. both old and new. Th.!y also t0ld the audience ".1., .in IO\truml'nt,11 thal t\:01ured ec,;tatic cro" d tlui1 the) will h.we a ne,, CD un mrnidiblc Jnim solo. det>uung in l\loy The dehgh1cd f.in, The crov.d. di ..1ppoint,'d m the tir..t ac1. chanted ,ind clapp.,>d ;l.', !h.!y called 1ht band an\lousl) 31\,Uled the ~ng.1p1ng "°unds oi b.iclo. for three c111."0l'<:!.. l.e.td singer Paul lnOatablc Soul\ Tiu, Se.11tlc-ba.'<.'ll j!roup Hemen,, ay thanked Jll of their l,m, for u.scs 1n,trumen1, smh u, lxing,1, JJ1d a tlu1c 10 l'l\'illc a unique ;,ounJ of 1L, O\\ n Thi' ,wnding behind them over the ) = \\'1th group, " 111,h tu, b....:n m,pired ;md h<.'lp,..'11 th.11, the band re:.uml!d nnJ plnyed for another half hour. Al the clo,c of the 1hroul!h 1hc ) M'< b) 81..:-1. Ilupp). h)Ok n conl'<:n. the .:rowd ,-c,:med ,.id 10 l.no11o 1ha1 k w monwnt, Ill'-'> '11ianl. ~ou" Jnd "Good luck 10 1hc b.m,I', mcmb.!"

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Commentarq

Science fiction is for normal people too

Science fiction deals with many current problems and Issues. In "2010: The Year We Make Contact," Roy Scheider (left) mU5t. unravel a mystery about technology gone wrong. (Photos courtesy MGM/LIA)

by Jason M. Burke Seminel Reporter When I wn• g rowing up, anyone who ndrnl1tedly liked science fic1ion was 1eased 3nd called a geek. A common imnge is 1hn1 1hese people nre weird nnd 1h31 1hcy wor.;hip Cnp1nin Kirk and Spock in candle-lit. underground cuhs. Finally 1hough, I hnd 10 admll ii 10 myself nnd friends. I like sci-Ii. In renllty, moat fnn • nre pretty nonnnl. They could be your spouse, ins1ruc1or. or bes1 friend . Science fiction is growing in populo.ri1y and slowly becoming o cool 1hing 10 be into.

Popularity is rcprcsen1cd by enormous 1ickc1 snlcs 31 1he box office (sci-Ii movies iradilionnlly outsell 3ny other films), fan clubs, television, soflwo.re, g3mcs, mcn:h3ndisc,books. and even 1he Sci-Fi Channel.

Whnt mnk•• tha concept of' •cl-fl dlfflcult for some people is lhe imagina1ion factor.

II simply isn'I rcnl: why wa1ch i1? I alw3ys wonder, is sci-Ii any less renlis1ic 1hnn 1he plot\ of romance and cop movies? Of course, some sci-Ii is corny. Linle green manians and flying saucers dangling from slrings arc only a couple of examples.

Th• Important thing to look far in sci-fi is i1s meaning. h isn't jusl a bunch of guys running around in space sui ts, although tha1 sometimes happens. Tradilionally. science fiction paints oi1her a positive or negative outlook of 1he future of 1he human condition. ''Star Trek," for example, shows us 1ha1we a.re s1ill around in I.he 241.h centu ry: we haven' t blown ourselves up yet.

"Aliens," on lhe 01hcr hand. i, a warning 1hu1 1hc future could be a s1ruggle in a dark. evil, inhospi1nblc C0\1ironmcn1.

From the 1960s on, films and 1rlevision hove de,•eloped o son of modem my1holol!Y. Science :ind history cnn refute ancient my1hs like dragons and 1he cyclops. As a modem mythology 1hough. humans o.re once again using their imaginations. Author Jules Verne had o vision 1ha1 people could one dny 1rovel 10 1he moon. In his time 1his was science fiction. bu1 sun: enough. ii happened. So, ii is imponani not 10 limit our possibilities: we have 10 dream.

In tha •a mythologl a• , w,: have developed cullurol icons. Names like "Captain Kirk" or "Superman" are cuhural heroes: 1hey are household n3mCS. Some rcpresen1 good, bu1 some like "Danh Vader.'' n:presen1 evil.

Touchy aoclnl l••uea ore always denh with in 1he science fiction universe. War. povcny. prejudisim. ethics and human po1en1ial arc only a few.

In "The Plane1 of I.he Apes" 1he Iheme is nol revealed until lhe very end, 1h01 humankind had been desiroyed by nuclear holocaust. ..Quantum Leap" told ua lhe s1ory of Dr. S3m Becken who lnlveled through 1ime. The goal of his journeys was 10 put right things 1ha1 once wenl wrong. Among 1ough challenges he faced were women's rights. prejudisim against blacks in 1he soulh, and moral issues raised by 1he war in Vietnam. .. Star Trak" h - t.ak1111 ltll vlawmra

"B011lcs1ar Golnc1ica" dcnll wi1h human survival.

"Alien Nniion" dcmons1ro1cd 1hc 1dco of who1 would happen if an alien ship cro~hcd in10 Earth, more specifically. Los Angeles. The scric~ explored how 1his alien rnce, known ns lhe "Newcomers" would have 10 live in a human society. II showed whal hurdles ond prejudices bo1h species would face.

Some movie• took on altun~lon• very familiar 10 Hitler's regime und Nazi invasion.

The "Sw Wars" movie~ included S1ormuoopers and even officers of "The Empire" whose uniforms purposely resembled 1hosc of Hitler's army. A television movie wen1 one step further. In "V", humans were 1hrea1ened by a dic1a1or alien force kn own as 1hc "Visitors." There emblem was incredibly similar 10 a swastika.

If you haven't tried ad•ft yat:, there are down-10-earth siory lines in every plot. If you like drama, "Quan1um Leap" is your best choice. Also. you could try countless episodes of any "Star Trek'' se ri es or movie. If ac1ion is your 1as1e. "The Termim11or'' or "Toial Recall" may be for you. In lhe comedy genre. represen tatives are "Spaceballs," "Hi1chhiker's Guide 10 1he Galaxy"' and "Red Dwarf."

If you li ke horror. you'll love any movie in the "Alien" saga. For lhe ani.stic types. there is '"2001. A Space Odyssey." Just try 10 fully underslllJld that one!

In a lhough1-evok.ing ca1egory. there is " The Planet of lhe Apes.'" Finally, for good. solid adventure 1ry lhe "Siar wo.rs·· movies, "Back 10 1he Future" or anything "Star Trek."

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This is only a test: if this would have been an actual emerg.:ncy. death would have already occurred.

Tuesday, Feb. 21, ~largarel Fedjc, a counselor here at NJC. conducted a seminar on test anxiety.

It was the second in a series of Life Perspective Seminars that are being held every Tuesday in the Boundary Room at 10:30 a.m.

The seminars deal with many mallers that perrnin to students. This seminar dealt with the things that people do right and wrong when it comes torn.king n test.

The seminar sinned with what seemed to be common sense and useful hints.

First was to keep up in class, because many people at the smn of the semester stan puning things off. They think they have plenty of time, and each we,·k they promise themselves that this is the week 1hq will pull things together and catch up. Unfonunately, most of the time they wail until the last minute before n test and then

(common sense again) and ialk to people in class obout what is discussed. Talking to people about the material will aid in your understanding of it, Fedje said.

Third, students should stay in classes on their levels. Students shouldn't rush into something without proper skills to do it Some people don't know how lOstudy effectively. Fedje said. and studying doesn 't have 10 mean endless hours of nonstop toil: breaks are OK if needed. The idea is 10 do what works best for the individual. If one student likes music.

Fedje said, ''play it."

IT another likes dim ligh1s while sprawled out on the couch, that's fine.

What we believe about ourselves going into the test will have a major effec1 on how we will come out, Fcdjc said.

"We are what we think we are," said Fcdjc.

Positive affirmations will nol hun. According 10 Fcdje, u student should stand in front of a mirror

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said. ''Don·1 go into a test with coffee. doughnuts and cigarcllcs on your breath.

You can't possibly function well if you haven't put the proper fuel into your body.

"D0n·1 give a test more than it deserves." she added. "We tend to put loo much imponance on one test: keep them in perspective."

Stress level going into a test is imporiant, she said. '·People go blnnk; it's physical," Fedje said. She added 1ha1 if a student is nervous. his or her breath tends to shonen nnd become shallow, which cuts off oxygen from the brain.

This is when she advises students to take a d~p breath and get a grip on themselves.

"A linle anxiety is good: it will keep you on your toes:· Fcdje said And don't forget: This is only n tc~t

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ThcNIC Nursing Club provide,, a learning atmo,phen: fur ,1ud~n1, and b.:nefil!i giving the 25 mcmb<'r- good work c~p,:nenc~ "luch, acrnrding to club Prc,id~nt i\uurcy Winter,;, employer. are now loo~ing lor.

"Belonging to ii (the club) help, you )!Ct jobs." ,aid Winter,.

The Nur.ing Club, which is al~o the locJI chapter of Idaho Nul')mg Studenr~ A,,o<:iat1on, ha, been worl..1ng "ith the community here on cun•;i~s Jnd 1n the local .ircJ to improve public satety and knowledge of potential problems facing the community.

The club does this by holding community "orl..,hops anJ uemonmations. The most recent \\ a~ the bic;ck rally that was held in conjunction with Koo1ena1 Medical Center, local ch•Jrchel. and 1nsurJnce companie... The mlly was designeu to teach C} cli~l!. the hilU!rds of riding a bicycle without the protection of a helmet The club did this by demonstraung ~fety rules \\ hile C}Cling and by rafning off helmcl!. 10 needy cyclisll,.

According to Winters approximately 300 people from Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls p:inicipated in the rally Here on campus the club ~ponsors the "Great American Smol..e-Out," a term given 10 a program which dares two people 10 team together and go 2-1 hours without smoking.

According to Winters, 40 couples quit

~mo~ing in Novcmbcr u, pan of their Jgr.:emcnt to tht' unre. O, er I00 other people p1l'~ed up and read the nicrs thut were 011,·r~ll. ·1he Nursing Club, which i, fully sanctioned by ASNIC. Ines to meet every month with ,1 gucM speaker from the nur,ing licld. The lecture usually rover<, situauon, which 1111gh1 be encoun1crcll 111 that spec1tic a,Jll'CI Ol lhe field. In JJnuury. a fom1cr NIC Mudent who now llics with the MellStar emergency helicopter umt from Spol..,inc. discu"ed hi, job and how his tnuning from the college courses and the interaction in th~ Nur\ing Club helped him gel the job.

According to Winters, in December, PJI Flynn, Jnothcr former ~tudent from the NIC nursing progrdm, spo~e 10 the club. Flynn admini;ter~ anesthesia at KMC. According 10 Winter.;, this 1s a very pre,11g1ous job for someone who doe, not holu a doctorate.

The Nur<.ing Club usually participate, in the ASNIC-~pon,ored Blood Drive, but due 10 scheduling problems, the club was unable 10 help in the l~t drive. The club member.. usually 35;is1 the profe,sional nurses and doctor., in the donating proces~ing.

According 10 Winters. the 111.11 drive fell on a day when most of the members of the Nursing Club were doing their off-cnmpu) work study.

According to Winters, the club 1s generally geared roward education rather tban the social aspeCIS of the program.

The only major social aspect of the club is the picnic at the beginning of the year to welcome incoming nursing students and their families.

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Jamaican student

McCalla relates feelings of America clo c experience with th<!m."

McCalla said his relationships with friends he has made "No problem. mon." Jamaican Deon McCalla said when in the United States are very different from those in Jamaica. asked 1f he would be the fir<;t to interview for the "We joke around a 101(al home with friends): here it's lnternationJI Studeni Spotlight. different. You have to know who you' re dealing with before McCalla. a 2 1-year-old ~tudent. had quite a bit to say you say anything. You never know if they will be in, ulted," abou1 hi', experience at NIC and even more about Jamaica.

McCalla said.

He lhcd most of his life in King,1on. Jamaica. Ile ha.~ been Language b also a big difference with his friends. For in America for one year and said he find~ things very instance. McCalla will say. "John, mi a go doun· de so, different from home School for MrCalla is not 1hal hard. he said. since he has man," 10 one of hb friends at home. i-\ translation: "John. I Jircady done some or the same college courses here while in um going over there."

McCalla also s::iid he has "coped prelty well" with the high school in Jamaica. In fac1. he ha! already been through cold weather and added that he had never experienced college there and in, tcad of the four-year high school weather colder than 65 degrees before arriving here. syMcm in America. McCalla had to aucnd high school for Concerning people's assumptions, he said. "The lirst five ye:m in accordance with 1hc Jamaican syMem. assumption I came across is that once you' re from Jamaica. l\lcCalla is her.: on a trnck scholarship and that is the reason he came to NIC. Besides going 10 school and running people think )OU smoke ganjn (marijuana) Not every track, he work~ on campus and still manage, 10 carry above Jamaican smoke, ganja."

Bob Marley is one of the music ~tars that ~lcCalla said a 3.0GPA. "l' m not u,cd 10 being around so he is fond of.

"There is no one else that can be compared to him. He 1 1 sang about everything in Ii re like hunger, love, prejudice.

1 ma~; , ; ;: war and peace," he said. sn1d concerning his Jamaica also has the mO\I churches per ,quare mile in the ' e>.pcricnce. "It's nil world and contrary 10 common belier the dominnnt religion 1 I • ~~e~:~;a~: :t:c:;1e." is Christianity, not Rru.tarurianbm. McCalla said.

"You feel like you' re not the only fordgncr," , aid Concerning the McCalla on the advantages of having 01hcr in1crna1ional i-\ryan Nations in students at NIC. '' I think it has a gre.11 1mpac1 on the \ sU:t~~~u; : ~:!ca~l~~ American society. All the \lcrcotype, tha1they have about other countries ... we enlighten 1hcm about other countries. it. I h,wc heard about whnl '--·~ "Americans don't look in1crna11un.1lly.'' he added. "They they do. but I have not had any

don' t know whtll is going on around the world and everything is based on America. II can be a problem: other countries know n Im about America." " I get homesick but I try nor to get (1h31 way) and I ju, 1 try 10 keep in touch.'' McCalla said.

He said he plans to transfer 10 a four-year institution arter NIC and stny in the United States for a while 10 ge1job experience.

mauer of Hedlund hcaltl1 concern, because faculty has been instructed 10 remain silent.

"We're concerned about how tlic administration is going to perceive and react to our heallh concem~." lhe instructor said.

Instructor Peggy Federici suffers from OfI!anic Brain Syndrome, memory lo~. sensith'ity to chemical~. diu.incss, fatigue nnd disorientation. She said her doctors can sub,1antia1c the foci that hl!r disabilities stem from time spent in the HeJlund Building.

"The building apJJ<!ars 10 be sick." she said. "If the administration feds the need 10 use that space then maybe it's lime they considered moving their offices over there."

Nelson said he feels the administration is in a catch-22 situation because of a lawsuit factor, and their auorneys become an imponnm \'ariable in the picture. " I feel as though the 1es1ing is incomplete and ineffective,'' Nelson said. ..The cnnaries are proof of the pudding lh:u there is something wrong."

Nelson says it has b..--en known for a long time thru health problems are associated with lhe building and he is concerned for his students' health as well as his own.

'Tm a team player and will work with them (administration), but the fac1 people are getting sick says there is something wrong," Nelson said. "I'm ''CIY concerned for my health, and I will do what's neces.,;nry 10 protect it" Several studenl5 have also expressed concerns regarding lhe safe!)' of the building, though few have actually filed fonnal complaints.

According to student Emily Bamhan, one who has rumed in a complaint, several students in :iddition to hcr.;elf have

exp,!rienced symptom,!, such as diuin~. fatigue, h.::adache;. and sinus problem,.

Oamhan said ~he bclie,es th<:M: have resulted from exposure to something in the building. She said she first noticed lhe symptoms la!,I .emester and immediately wondered about the building's safety.

Over winter break. Bamhan said she felt better and upon returning 10 classes in Hedlund. found her symptoms recurring.

She said she is not happy with the way the situation is being handled by administration.

'They're (the administration) still trying 10 sweep it under lhe rug," Barnhart said. 'That's just not fair."

Bamharts's friend Vicky Benson filed a complaint last semester but has heard no feedback from administration.

Anita Studor filed a repon recently after advice 10 do so from instructors.

Srudor spends several hours every day in the Hedlund Building and said it makes her nervous. She said she has experienced extreme sinus problems along with fatigue.

Jason Tesky said he plans lO ftle a complaint in the near future and also visit his physician. He said be has frequent bloody noses. headaches and feels "run down" all the time. ·1 believe some of this is associated with the building," Tcsky said.

Barnhart added that. she had heard through the grapevine thal some inslJ'IICtors' jobs had been lhrealencd if they were lO say anything about the situation.

'11 really bolhcls me Iha! the teachers have 10 count on the students to come through with this because their jobs are being thrcalened," she said

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b no policy demanding th~y stnyJn or out of the building.

One insllUCtor i.uggc~tcd 1hm fru~trJtcd students should b....:omc lhc focu, of concern. Dennen said there have been no student health reports filed about the building tl1is ~mes1er.

According 10 instructor Kay Nelson. combined chemicals in the Hedlund Centa are respon,ible'for health problems he has suffered, including shon-tcrn1 memory loss.

Nelson hu.s tnupht in tlic building for tl1c last 10 yeJrS nnd said he has suffered ~kin rashes. follgue and chest pains. which he believc;, are direct results of toxins present in the Hedlund Center. Nelson said he has ><.'Cn a physician for the l~t fi ve ye~ due to problems created by the building and says he is nOI alone.

Nelson said lhe problen1 began four or five y= ago when lhe secrelllJial studies moved into the center and a female instructor fainted and se,·cral others became ill after lhe move.

Another instructor said there are 12 facully who slill te:ich in the building after c~periencing health concerns last semester.

The instruc1ar, who m:iuested anonymity. said that four or five of lhcsc faculty members have been told by physicians that they have some type of physical sympcoms of health damage due 10 chemical exposure in lhc building. ..The cause~ffec1is hanl to pinpoint," lhe illSIIUCtor said.

"We don't even know ifsymptoms are temporary or permanent."

The illSIIUCtor said that WlOllymity was essential on the

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Todd's musical highlights have been conducting his first symphony, his u-ip 10 Vienna las!

Christmas-where he toured Mozan·s house, and when he conducted the "Messi:th of Handel" last Christmas.

Todd spoke of tllree people 1ha1 have been his teaching highlights. all former or current NIC students. The first student was from a few years ago. a guitarist named Steve McCammenl. He had McCammenl for two years and watched him go from a bad player 10 an i ncredible guitarist wilh a real appreciation for music.

The second student was a wrestler lhOl Todd ran into al a concert in Kansas Chy a f.:w years after he graduated NIC. The former student and Todd talked about the concert and went their separate ways. But Todd had the joy of meeting a former student after a period of time and lis1ening 10 that person e~pressing the Jove of music 1ha1 he as a friend and 1eacher was able 10 pass on.

The third person is sti ll a student at NIC, the only student of Todd's to ever receive an A+ in any of his classes. Ryan Wise, a very quie1, hardworking swdcnt, was in Todd's Survey of Music class and received 100 out of 100 on every test. Todd believes that he was able to share his love of music with Wisc and wm. thrilled when Wise came 10 him for a lcuer of recommenda tion when he began preparing 10 transfer.

The third highlighl in Todd's vas1career has

been his social relationship wi1h three groups of very special people: the orchestra, the choir and the musical 1henter. He loves all three and 1hey give him every facet in any reln1ionship.

The friendships he has built with every member of every section ar~ priceless, many of 1hcm 6- 15 years i n the making. Todd says all 1hree groups nre emotional. while the orchesu-a is disciplined, the choir is interac1ivc and the musical theater is colorful and diverse.

Another side of Todd is his hnlf of 1he '·Two Guys On Grnnds" which is definitely more lhan meets the eyes. The other half is George Conrad, an auorncy in Coeur d'Alene. Conrad is also Todd's best friend. The two met at the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theater aboul four years ago when they were asked 10 play a duct 1ogc1her. nyder says he and Conrad are •...twins separated al birth by UFO's.

G orgc was dropped in L as Vegas and I was dropped in a corn lield.'' They share three main things 1oge1her: coffee (lots of co ffee!). laugh1er and music. They prnc1icc together two 10 three limes a week for two or three hours, gelling ready for benefits for 1he Summer Theater or programs lhat they nre curremly working on.

Todd says that the best thing he's ever done in his career is whal he's working on now. And when you ask him wha1's the best 1hing he's ever done ne~t year, he'll say the same thing. No mauer what challenges or adventures Todd comes along. his passion for music and ze,1 for life will keep him going pas11hc encore.

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~icense Poetica SOMEPLACE ELSE I'D RATHER BE T he sun shines through the window of my English clnss How wish I could be outside laying in the worm grass Wa1ching the lake shore brL'lll.t' blowing tltrough the trees Instead of selling in class learning my A.B. Cs. The clock on the wall is no help at all

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Photo £di1or lfBrandy Ware had been u.sl.cd when ~he wa.\ 6 years old whul ,he wamed 10 be when she when ~he grew up, ,he would have promptly said a mechanic.

Her family meed off-road vehicle, nnd ,he enjoyed --Br a ndy Ware helping her fo1her with the rcpJirs and upkeep of the rigs. She found she hnd "a gifl" for laking thin@, apart JllU pulling them 1>.ick together aguin.

After panic1pa1ing m 1hc Ccmer for New Direction·, Projcc1 Rc-cn1ry propr,un. ,he found the conlidencc IO gel ,tarted in J r,nhcr non-1rndi1ional career for a \\Om.in. She i, no" the only woman in NIC, Au1omo1ive T,-.:hnology Program.

She ,aid she e,pec1s some problem~ nnd challenges pursuing 1hh male-do111inu1cd c,trcer, ,urh ~ finding a JOb in Coeur d'Alene. bul so far ll ho., been ~moo1h sailing.

"There i< no plocc I'd ro11her be 1hnn under 1he hood of u car:· ,1u1rd Ware. She ge1s great sa1isfac11on out of gcumg them running, , he said Ware said she wishes 10 see more women in lhe field. Many would argue 1ha1 women C\'en have an advnniagc O\'er men m this career, mcluding au1omo1i"e technology ins1ruc1or Richard Gaenner.

"Shop owners are !>..'Coming aware 1ha1 female cus1omers may prefer 10 ,,orl.. wi1h a female 1echnician." Gaenner said.

Females also have ~mailer hands nnd tend 10 ho\'e more patience, he said.

Fellow classmate Andre Mardi on also expressed concern of Ware easily finding a job. "h's noi tha1 she's \\Orse; it's jus1 thm iis male domma1ed," he said.

"I' rn always going 10 ha\'c 10 pro,·e myself, throughout my career," Ware said.

On being lhe only woman in the clas5. Ware said 1ha1 "Some days I'm trealed like one of lhc boys.

01her days 1he boys need 10 be boys. Then I jus1 go do my O\\O work."

Ware ~id ,he 1hinu that one of the rea.ons there 1s no1 more women invol"ed in the au1omo11ve program is because female!> :ire ju~, not encouraged 10 go ou1 and "orl.. on cars. She whhes some son of powderpuff mechanics cour~es orienled 1oward women would begin to be offered m high schools.

never picture myself in a dress b e hind a desk ... "

photo by Erin Siemers You Go Cilrl- Becky Vickrey. the only women in NIC's Diesel Techn<.•loJy ?rogram, shows how she /eels about her personal accompli::llments so farm a male-dom;nated field.

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Becky Vickrey is in a simil:ir si1ua1ion. She's the only woman in the Diesel Technology Program. She also bcc:ime intcreMed in 1hc field while working with her fa1her.

She ~aid ,he enjoys the program and ha, no problems being lhe only female. In fact. she says all 1he guys arc really good to work wi1h. She expecb some problems in 1hc workforce in the future, bu1is ready lor them.

'There always has to be one or 1wo guys that are chauveni,t,," ,he commcn1cd Shannon Waddell and Glcndj Hough are t\\O more women hrc.il..ing the tr-.ithtional ,tandard~ ~ocict} h,b ~l for women The} arc both cnrolkd in NIC\ welding program.

Waddell. "ho wanb lo "Ori.. in the field ol underwaier wddmg. a11cndcd 1rau11aon,1I NIC clJ,,c, for two and n h,1lf }C.lr. She dcddcd \he needed J challenge .111d ",1n11!J 11, wke cla.,sc, 1ha1 "ere more car.-er onc111cd She ,,1id her l>ru11lcr 10,cd the Welding program. she decided 111 g" c 11 a 1ry.

Hough w,I\ in,ohcd in the Cen1cr for New Dirc.:tmn·, Proje.:1 Re-Emry program nnd Genmg In Gear. n cla." for \\Omen in1crc\lCd in non-1rudi11onal CJrccr< The clus, go1 her inlcrcslcd in pursuing welding. llough '81d ,he i~11·1worried ubout being outnumb.!rcd by 1hc men. She does. however. e~prc), concern, abou1 finding a job 1medinicly when ,he\ ou of school Anolhcr n:a.,on ~he decided 10 get mvol\'ed in welding wa, !,\.-cause: 11 i, good money. and ,he 1, a single p,trent rai,mg l"-O cluldren.

Welding in)lfUCtor Mill Turley suid he believe, women ac1ually have o.n udvan1age finding work in this lield. Mo.ny women could go 10 unions and gc1 bumped toward the lop of hiring li\ls, jus1 for being in the femJJe minori1y, he said Both Turley and Gocnncr agree thal havmg r.:malC) in their classes is a good experience for 1he men.

"Mo.ny of the guys think they are en1ering a male dominated profession. but iis changing;· s.:iid GJertner " It is imponun1 no110 just leach the technical pan. bu1 interpersonal relations.hips as well."

Turley commemed on how the men are belier behaved with femal~ in the room.

'There is less cussing and ~pi1ting when there is a female on 1he job," slated Turley. ·1ne men look al the females as equals because they hJd 10 go through the same training and are jU51 as capable as they are."

Turley also said that he feels the women pay more a11ention to dewil.

People usually consider c:ireers such as th~ a. non-l!llditional for women because they are ~o maledominrued and associated with gre.i!,e. dirty gar:igc~. and known as the "easy.. classes. 'flus is very unlr\Je. These are all highly technical courses, all of which women have proven 10 excel at, Ware said.

"You do need a brain," said Brandy Ware. ..l could never pic1ure myself in a dress. behind a desk.

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