Friday, October 9, 1992
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Volume 69, Number 3
Raise your voice make a choice and vole on November 3: lake a look al 1hc Presidemial candida1es and graph on Page20 AIDS Awarencss--Page 3
Check our 1hc ho1 rollcrblnding
ac1ion and Ong foo1ball follies in lhl' ccn1cr spread!
RECREATION, Pages 10· 11
CAMPUS NEWS, Page 3
North Idaho College's Student Newspaper
A quick look at 1 Percent by Lori Vivia n Smtitlt'I Nell'< Ed11t>r
photo by Rfch Duggan FISH OUT OF WATER··This unusual shot of an NIC scull boat was taken on /he early-evening NIC beach. The unique quat,ry of the light can be captured for only a few minutes each day. at both sunnse and sunset.
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Fines reduced without due process by Jeff Selle Assirtnm New5 EditQr fifleen 10 1wen1y ~1udcn1s. including several n1hle1e.~. were allowed 10 succe~fully appcnl 1heir parking 1icke1s last summer ofler un adminis1rmive de<'ision wa\ made 10 byp.1.\s 1he normal nppcals process set by 1he board of lrustces. This nega1ed an earlier ruling 1h01 1ho:.e who didn'1 appeal line, within tht 10-duy gmcc period would no, be able 10 rcgisier the following :.emes1er. Accordini 10 Bill Mc Keen, chn,nnnn of 1he nppe:ils comminee. Dean of Adminis1ra1ion Rolland Jurgen~ gave him lhe au1hori1y 10 dra.~1ically reduce Lhc fine~ of some wresllcrs. bascbnll players and one female ba~kc1ball pluycr. many of which 101aled hundreds of dollars. and were pa~11hc 10-dny grace period allowed 10 appeal 1he 1ickc1s. Jurgens said he 1old Mc Keen 10 ma~e 1hc final decision on the ticket, becau\e 1he rcs1 of the members of the appeals commiuee were not on campus and were una,•ailablc 10 perform their du1ies during 1he summer
session. nnd he fell 1hn1 wailing for lhe members 10 respond 1hrough the muil was no1 a feasible op1ion. "If our impression is 1hn11hcy are gone. 1 am no1 going 10 sit in fron1 of their house in a car and ~ay 'Whoop. whoop. l'~c got an appeal. Can you hundle !his now?'" Jurgens said. llowc\'er, a Scniinel inves1iga1ion revealed 1ha1 all the members of the appeals board were on campus during 1he summer wi1h 1he C\cep1ion of Doug Whi1ney. s1udcn1 represen1a1ive, and 1he normal appeals process la.s1 scme~tcr wns primo.rily done through the intra-campu.~ moil sys1em. Darrin Cheney ond Chad Klinger. both vo1ing members of 1he oppenls board, snid they were 01ulloble and willing 10 rullill 1heir appeal du1ie\ 1he ~ame way they were laking care or them during 1he spring scmes1cr. Neilhcr rttcived appeals requcsl5 during 1hc \ummer session or can rec.ill being con1ac1cd 10 discuss whether or noi 1hcy were going 10 be available 10 perfom11heir duties. they s:iid. "If 1hcy were on comp us- I don· 1~ow- I didn · 1go
around and knock on door\ and say. ' Excu,c me. h somebody in there?'" Jurgens said "We did noi won1 10 wail ror the response. We chose 10 do it 1hc way we did ii. l am no1 going 10 defend whn1 we did." Jurgens said laM semester 1ha1 1he Muden1s. m~, or whom were a1hlc1es. who had oumandinl,? line~ and were enrolled in 1he 1992 spring seme~1er \\Ould no1 be allowed 10 appeal 1he lines pa.,11h? alloned 10-day time period. He said 1ha1 the Mudent, \\Ould have 10 come up wi1h a way 10 pay them before they could regis1er this semc~1cr. The Seniinel learned 1ha1 one of 1he appeals was filed lns1 summer by Nick Velazquez. He had accumulnied 01 lea.~, S330 in parking lin~~ for failing 10 purchase o penni1. parking in handicap parking spaces, parking in yellow zones and parking in cross-walks. Accord111g 10 records Mckeen reduced his line 10 >!O. Valezquez was one or 1he s1udcnts Jurgens referred 10 los1 spring when he ~aid s1uden1s would hove 10 pay 1heir fines in fu ll.
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