News:
ASN IC plans renovations for S UB. See Page 2
Op- e d: Athletic budget co ntro ve rsy c ontinue s. See Page 4.
the Friday, September 15, 1995
Sports: Athle te pro file on returning Nationa l c ompe tito r G lnl Lehrman. ~ ee Page 8
Sentinel
North Idaho College's Student Newspaper - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Instant Culture : NIC a rt s tudent places firs t in State c ompetition. See Page 11.
Volume 72 No. 1
Lee Hall completed iii time for fall semester by J onathan Hay connects Lee and Kildow halls was enclosed and office space was added. News Editor Lee Hall wa~ l>ui lt in the 1940s and was "I think that the efficiency of the probably a great building in its early days. building has been greatl y increased." Stewart said. Unfonunatcly for 1hc ~tudenis and faculty at NIC. it eventually became a The business offices of NIC were real headache when i1 stam:d 10 show its also redone in the renovations and are now more private. In the old Lee Hall oge. hThc building wa~ constructed in the every1hing was out in the open. Stewart ,I late 40s ~o we dad a complete said he feels that the new enclosed remodeling." ~aid Dean of Administration office spaces arc more private and make it easier 10 Rolly Jurgen~. ~.-.,-.m - r_e_a-,-,y- p-le_a_s_e_d_w_i_th- th_e_ __, get work done for '·All new the office anterior. amount of work that was done personnel. all the for the money," ·· Tony Stewart haveThenlsoclassroom, been winng. improved 10 help computer the instructors have the cabling. opport11ni1y 10 use computers in the clcctr0nic hookups. new air conditioning. doo~. windows. woodwork ....." classroom. "ll's wonderful to have access 10 the Needless 10 ~ay. 1hcre wa~ a 101:11 NIC network with a computer in the renovation done on the building interior. class rooms." snid computer science Even 1he hallways inside the building arc ins1ruc1or Dnvid Mann. daffcrcm. Each classroom in Lee now has 1hc "The ceilings were lowered, and if you hookups in place to allow teachers to took out one of the ceiling panels, you gel onto the NIC network and project it will find lhe new heating and vcnlilntion with a computer audio-visual unit. syMcm," Jurgcm said. Another 1mpor1ant fnctor in the Most people interviewed seem 10 1hink building. according to Jurgens. is the that this heating and ventilauon system ts new wiring. one of the most impor1an1 changes done "In the past a person would plug in a during the renovations. coffee pot on the second Ooor and blow "In 1he old building the classrooms out the power for the whole building;· would be 100 hot in the summer and fall Jurgens said. photo by Kibbee Walton and the tempera1ure in the building was h seems to be unanimous 1ha1 the never the same." said NIC social science Renovations are complete in Lee Hall at a cost of ~.45 million. new building is well liked. but it wasn'1 il)slructor Tony Stewart. "I think that the done for free. new building as II much more plcasan1 The only thing on the building that what changes would be made on the The total cost of the building was learning atmosphere. remained the same was the exterior. building. $2.45 mil hon. Almost 90perceni of 1hat In 1he past, the classrooms on the "I think that 1he commi11ee really Windows were added 10 the building. funding was given to NIC from the state second floor of Lee would reach mode things easier because it had but the foundation and the brickwork of temperatures in excess of 90 degrees. board or education. representatives from all or the people the building remained the same. The money from the State Board was This problem was fixed by new windows that would be involved," Stewart said. " I was impressed by the way thot they appropriated by the state legislature. NIC were able 10 keep the in1egri1y of the that keep the building cool and the air Stewart said that lhe teaming conditioning that was added. covered the rest of (he cost and Jurgens building during the renovations;· Stewart atmosphere an the building is e,i:cellcnt stated that these renovations have been in said. Stewart said he feels 1ha1 one of the for the s1 udents. '.1'os1 impor1an1 aspects or the renovations the works for more than a decade. As 1he students of NIC go to classes in Stewan pointed out the vine on the as the way that the building maximized 'T m really pleased w11h the nmouni of outside or the building and the overall the new Lee and Kildow halls lhcy will the space available in the building. work that was done for the money," get a chance to decide for themselves look basically remained the same. For example, the entry way that Stewan said. whether or no1 Stewart Is correct. A comminee was appointed to decide
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