Friday, 0cc. 25, 1985
Volume~. Number 4
NIC railroaded; offer of armory accepted by board
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by Ed McDonald
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[__in_s_id_e_th_e_se_n_t1_·n_e_l_) Bad case of Barry, Barry ............................. p . 4 Double-bill mo,•ie review ............................ p. 8-9 Halloween's satanic rituals . . .. . .................... . . p. 10 ~mily planning pondered ........................... p. 11 acb's life revealed ......... . ...................... p. 13
The NIC Board of Trustees learned Oct. IS Lhat ii will be temporarily allowed to use the old National Guard Armory as a result of a Union Padfic Railroad (UPRR) derailment which caused C.'<tcnsivc damage to the college's grounds dcparimeni building. Originally, the college balked at an offer by Idaho Public Works administrator Brian Chase 10 buy the building for SIJ0,000. NlC President Barry Schuler said his reasons for originally turning down the offer were not only because of the high price but also because of the cost of renovation and the distance bciwcen the building and lhe college. NIC Dean of Administration Roland Jurgens told the truslccs that the grounds building had received an cstima1ed S26,000 damnge from the UPRR derailmeni. Also, an addi1ional SIS,SJO m damages was inflicted upon school catalogs and ocher paper goods stored in 1hc building. Schuler said lh:u since the college had been granted permission to temporarily use the armory as a storage facility, lhc 8,000 square-foot building will be used 10 store salvaged supplies from the grounds building as well as several vehicles owned by the college chat have taken needed parking spaces from students and staff. In other business, Schuler suggested that the trustees consider appropriating another SI 0,000 for the Lakeside Thcntre project. He said outside labor will be needed if the project is to be completed by the end of the fall semester so that the daycare and instructional development programs will be able to use the facility. Much of the electrical work needs 10 be finished so that other work can be done, Schuler said, adding chat toational electncal apprentices onl>· arc able 10 work on tht the:uer proJccl one day a month. Trustee Beverly Bemis said she would like to take: a longer look at Schuler's suggestion of bringing outside labor in on the proiect. She said at 1hc present she ..-.ould strongly advise against it and suggested postponing use of the theater until next foll. "I thought the idea (of the project) was to give the \tudents experience," she told fellow board members. "l can't sec spending chat kind of money; why no1 save SJ0,000?" The trustees also discirued further funding for the bbrary/computcr science building. Schuler said he would be going before the Idaho Permanent Building Funds Council ()PBFC) to ask for addttionaJ funds before Lhe next legislative session begins. He said tha1 he would be requesting S200,000 for the designing/planning phase of the project. He s:ud if the money was made available 10 1he college, though be doub~ it will be, a 101 of time ,.,ould be saved once the college did receive funds for actual consuuction.