The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 72 No 11, Apr 25, 1996

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

Two instructors may end their teaching careers by Richard Le Fra.ncis Stntinel Rtporttr Bcmg 1umcd down for tenure could be the end or a teaching career. NIC teachers Dawna Andrea and Brian Coons were turned down for full tenure nl the March 26 board or trustees meeting. They said they foci 1heir repumuons have been damaged and 1heir 1eaching fu1ures have been clouded. Thi~ wee!.. the mmuctors revealed documented examples of what they ulh:ge 10 be altered perfonnance cvalu:uion,. The disgruntled teacher. allege llu11 thu board of 1rus1ees was ,hown 1hc altered pcrfonnnnce rcpon~ so 1ha1 they 11ould be denied ll!nurll. Andren said ~he wonders how she could be named 1995 ldnl10 Po,1-Secondary Eclucntion Teacher of 1hc Ycar, be accepted 10 Who·s Who of American Teachers, have u srncl. of glowing pcrfonnancc rcpon~ from superiors. ~tudcnts and peers and still not have her full 1enurc renewed. She has taught a1 NIC for nearly IO years wi1h no problems. she said. Md ha~ already completed one tenure period. Coon~ ndamnn1ly s.iy, he know& exactly when his problem~ began. "The admmi,1rn1ion u,;cs the tenure process as a hammcr... thc other tcnchcn. arc now afraid ... Coons said. He aunbuted his ~i1u:11ion to when he resisted Assockue Dean of lns1ruc1ion Barbaro Bcnneu·s nucmpt to redesign his electronic~ 1cchnology course. Coons said 1ha1 he resis1ed m3jor change~ 10 1hc structure of the course becau..e 1herc was no evidence 1ha1 ti change was needed and 1hn1 the proposed changt~ would be detrimental 10 his s1udcnts cducn1ion. Coon, alleged 1ha1 Bcnncu began a pcMnru vcnde110 ngnin\l him a11hn1 point. I le ~aid he nn1icip.11ed a problem and began keeping mc11cu lou, record, 10 pro1ec1 l11111wl f. Bcnncu ,1a1cd tha1 it wo, 3 pcrwnncl mnucr di,cus,ccl in c~ccuu,e ,c,\ion by the board of 1ru,1ce, und that <he coutc1n·1 commcni on any ,p..-cihc c,1,c [ktn ol ln,1ruc11on Jerry Gee aho ,1,ucd tha1 h~ could not comment on .in> \pl"Cilic c.1w. hut th.1111 \\.I\ unfonunat,· ;incl. 11 ll v.,1, up to hm1. nnlhmg would be pnnt.xl abou1 ll al all .\t thc M.1n:h .10 honnl ot in1,1cc, mccung .•mended by Coon, ,md Andn:.1 und 1hc1r ,pouse,. board members vo1<.-d a, lollc,v., Betty Md •.un. Bob ft) .md kJnnc G1,cn, \otc<l lodcnl Rn,m Coon, 1cnur.:. v,nh Nom1.1n G1,-<"I all\1mmni; 1 Hly Given, .ind McL.un voted 10 rcncY. Bill R1ch,1rd',

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Volume 72, Number 11

ASNIC: Weber new president by Barry D. Whitney

Stntinel Reporter The race has been run and the rcsul1s are in, ASNIC hns a new president The big winner wa, "Mad Dawg'' Neil Weber. who will be lhe nex1president of ASNIC. Prcsideni-Elcct Webe r, who rnn unopposed, received 250 of the 287 votes cast The clcc1ions held on Tuesday and Wednesday. April. 16- 17, came as a surprise to many s1udcms despite the near-record 1umou1 for whal was in many cases none horse-race. Weber is majoring in pre-law. and his wife. Vanessa. of 18 months works as a kindcrganen !cacher in Mullen. Weber said 1h31 he would like 10 see ASNIC be more involved in community service. Weber also said 1h01 he wanted 10 see faculty and studen ts working 1ogc1her more doscly as a campus comniuni1y. TI1c results of the other races are Chris Aller. runnmg unopposed for vice president. receiving 250 votes; Renee Scou. running unoppo'>Cd for Ac1iv11ic, D1rcc1or, receiving 253 vote\. TI1e me<'. for three ~ophomore ,cnotc )Cal~ was entered by five cond1da1c~. TI1e wmne[) were Mau Morgun, wnh 221 vo1c~. Tri~ha Reedy, wi1h 171 votes and Robcn Stull, wuh 168 votes; 1hc lo~ers were Joe

Hooper, wllh 128 voles. and Allen Johnson. wilh 51 voles. Aller whose major is criminal juslice. said 1ha1 he would like 10 clear up 1he confusion over Aniclc IX and the funding policy for clubs and have more panicipa1ion in ASNIC events. Aller said," There arc big holes in club policy... Scon. who is majoring in communicn1ions. said 1ha1 she would like 10 sec "more panic1pa1ion wi1h the s1udcn1s," More communi1y service proJects such os painting the homes of 1he elderly and food drives. 1hings like 1he S1. ASN IC Christmas for children 1ha1she staned last year. Scon snid "We need 10 do more re~carch into what ~tudeni~ wont .. Scou may be comac1ed al 769-3367. All new office~ will be sworn in April 29. ai 3:30 p.m. in 1he ASNIC meeting in the Koo1cnn1 Room in 1hc S1udc111 Umon Building. TI1e Inst thing on th.: bnllot wn, the new con\lilution. which wns unoppo'>Cd as well. The cons1i1u1ion was pas~d by an overwhelming 111ajori1y :!30 yea, 24 nay. The 1ornl vo1c coum wn, 287, or opprox1mn1ely 8. 7 percent of the studenl body of about 3.350. foll mg shon of l11s1year·~ record. 291 bul101~ cu~l. appro.x1ma1ely 8.8 percent of the s1udent body.

photo by Richard LeFrancls

Juror's Award- Melody Hess admires Tom Cooper's award winning painting at the Student

Art Show. Student artwork will be on display in Union Gallery until May 10.


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