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‘Doctor Who’ up for discussion Rachel Anderson Staff Writer
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Obama addresses students Tyson Juarez Managing Editor
White House officials invited journalism students from across the countr y to listen and join in on a conference call regarding the recently announced Student Aid Bill of Rights (SABR) on March 11. President Barack Obama, U.S Secretar y of Education Arne Duncan and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council James Kvaal gave statements over phone regarding the SABR and the Presidential memorandum that the president had signed a day before on March 10. The memorandum was
signed as an effort to get the Department of Education and other federal agencies to do more to help loan borrowers and help on previous actions the president has taken to make college more affordable. “We’re continuing to just chip away at this problem; there’s no silver bullet,” President Obama said. “We’re going to have to do things at the federal level, state level, at the university level to really mobilize the entire countr y around this issue of college affordability.” According to the president, the executive action is intended to improve the way the federal government interacts with
students when it comes to student loans, cutting out the bureaucracy. The president is urging citizens as well as Congress to sign their names supporting the SABR and reformation of college costs. President Obama stated that the main principles of the SABR are to make affordable college available for all students, for resources that pay for college to be easily accessed by all students, for ever y borrower to have the right to a fair repayment plan and for ever y borrower to have the right to quality customer ser vice, reliable information and fair treatment,
even if the student is struggling to repay their loans. The president got the ball rolling on college cost reformation earlier this year when he announced a plan to reduce the cost of community college to zero. “We want to mobilize the energy and focus the attention of ever ybody nationally around the basic principles that can make it easier for young people to get the education they need,” said President Obama. For information on the Student Aid Bill of Rights and to sign your name to support the bill, visit WhiteHouse.gov/ CollegeOpportunity.
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he Todd lecture hall was filled with the histor y and literar y contributions of Geof frey Chaucer presented by English teacher, dual credit mentor, and assistant chair Molly Michaud on March 18. The lecture included a histor y of Chaucer’s home, London, and what it was like during Chaucer’s time, a time-line of Chaucer’s life and Chaucer’s accomplishments and literar y contributions.
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President Barack Obama signs the presidential memorandum for the Student Aid Bill of Rights on March 10. The president addressed college students directly on the issue the day after. Photo courtesy of Reuters.
Chaucer was well known for his militar y ser vice and eventually worked as a customs agent and later directed all royal constr uction work during his time which were ver y highly ranked jobs. Chaucer also ser ved as a “secret agent” for the king. Chaucer is credited for coining over 2000 words of the English language (more than Shakespeare) that we use today and was the first to write English literature. Chaucer wrote many works and among those was the “Canterbur y Tales.” This was a comical
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stor y written in “middle English” and is about people going on a pilgrimage, or medieval road trip. Michaud compared it to the “fun bus to Vegas.” “The Canterbur y Tales” are unfinished because Chaucer passed away before he could complete them. Michaud will be teaching intro to literature 175 in the fall and Chaucer will be introduced in that course. NIC also of fers a British literature class which also includes works by Chaucer for those interested in learning more.
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The small room is brimming with people–tic tic–ever yone is young: one is a child. It smells lightly of bubble gum and B.O.–tic tic–a wall is broken down to allow more people in–tic tic–the speaker is late–tic tic. He’s here. He brings with him a small plastic TARDIS and a Dalek toy, well-known symbols in the ‘Doctor Who’ world. A fan of the show since the early ’80s, Professor Kevin Decker gave a lecture about the philosophy of ‘Doctor Who’ to the Philosophy Club Friday afternoon in the Echo Bay Room of the SUB. As a philosophy professor at Eastern Washington University, he uses his in-depth knowledge of philosophy to analyze pop culture– more specifically Doctor Who. The show itself was not created by one person, which leads Decker to conclude this is why it has been so intriguing throughout the years. It is also the longest-running science fantasy show, titled as such because the writers don’t worr y about real science, unlike in the science fiction genre. Decker began analyzing the philosophy of ‘Doctor Who’ while writing a chapter of an anthology called “‘Doctor Who’ and Philosophy: It’s Bigger on the Inside.” He then went on to write his own book “Who is Who? The Philosophy of’ Doctor Who,’” which much of the lecture was based on. Philosophy Club Treasurer Jeremiah Serrell, 20, philosophy, CDA learned of the “Whovian” professor after meeting a recruiter from EWU in the SUB. Officers of the club had been discussing the application of philosophy to popular culture for a while so he knew Decker was the perfect choice. “If anyone is considering transferring to Eastern, they should definitely take his class,” said Maddie Nilges, 20, Gen Educatio, Hayden. “Just this one lecture added another dimension to one of my favorite shows, so taking a whole semester would be amazing.” Showing clips of the show from its beginning to the 15 anniversar y special, Decker explained that the Doctor himself is a Romantic philosopher. Like those who lived in the era of European Romanticism, he proves that the characteristics of the show’s lead character are similar to Romantic scientists and philosophers. Both the 900-and-something Doctor and the 200-and-something Romantics are guided by emotion, mood swings, self doubt and an altered view of reality. “I’m more of a philosopher than a Doctor Who fan,” said Serrell. “I’ve never seen the show, but I could see the recurring Romantic themes popping up in the scenes he showed us.” As a pacifist with a desire to
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NIC breaking up with Higher One After several issues, complaints and an ending contract, the financial aid center has decided to give the student banking service the boot and look for alternatives students in the process as we have options to present,” said Mar tin. ASNIC is planning on passing a resolution at their March meeting to formally state their opinion about Higher One. Meanwhile, the business of fice is also pursuing other options to deliver a ser vice similar to what the Higher One card does. “Over the years I’ve heard from students pretty consistently that they’re not super excited about the Higher One card,” said Heather Erikson, assistant director of student development. Erickson said she witnessed alot of confusion with the card for the few years that she worked for the orientation program. Students usually received the card before orientation, so many didn’t know what it was or why they had received it. Thinking it was junk mail, some students even threw their card away “The terms of use on there [Higher One card] are extremely long and the ser vice for the
card isn’t actually that good either, I can tell you that,” said Gerhardt. According to Mar tin, the college is meeting with several local financial institutions to gauge their interest in working with the college to of fer a refund solution to NIC students. Erikson voiced the opinion that it would be great for NIC to take their business to local branches and banks. “It would be great to work with one of our community par tners and then we’re teaching students to not only invest in our community, but also have someone to help them with resources, financial guidance, that kind of stuf f as well,” said Erikson. The board of ASNIC and the business of fice are the only groups that are of ficially backing the new proposal in its early stages. “Our primar y goal is to ensure the ser vice and convenience that our students have come to expect when it comes to receiving refunds,” said Martin
Really Big Raffle returns with waterfront home
Bekken trial delayed
Sally Balcaen Staff Writer With their contract with Higher One coming to an end, NIC is looking at other alternatives to replace the Higher One card. ASNIC is leading the charge with their proposal on asking the college to look towards other options. “We’ve heard a lot of complaints from students,” said Jeremy Gerhardt, ASNIC senator, “I think it’s time that we take some action to direct the will of the students to fix the problem.” Unfair fees is the serious issue that ASNIC has with the Higher One card. It also does not of fer many other options to students. “For instance, it’ll take three weeks for them to personally mail you a check if you choose
not to go through the Higher One card, which we think is unfair because it basically forces a lot of people that don’t have a lot of money to acquire this card,” said Gerhardt. Another complaint surrounds the fact that there is only one ATM available for the Higher One card on campus in Lee-Kildow hall. However, if a student needs to withdraw money after the hall has closed, they are forced to pay a fee. According to Gerhardt, NIC and the College of Southern
Idaho are the only colleges in Idaho that use Higher
One. The NIC business of fice is also joining the collaboration. ASNIC met with Chris Mar tin, the vice president for finance and business af fairs, and the issue of the Higher One card was brought up during the meeting. “We are early in the process and will be actively engaging
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This year’s raffle flaunts a secondary waterfront house with exceptional energy efficient standards and eco-friendly materials. Below NIC Foundation and carpenter students work on the electrical wiring under a planned skylight. Abigail Nelson/Sentinel, lower photo courtesy Kriston McFadden
Jeff Barad Staff Writer The North Idaho College foundation and carpentr y programs are at it again, building a house for this year’s raffle winner. Located in Mill River, the dwelling will be 1,628 square feet, a single floor with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with a separate garage in back that has its own loft (all 442 square feet of which can be customized by the owner when they move in). It will also be furnished with brand new steel appliances, quartz countertops and other amenities certified by Energy Star®. Anything having to do with carpentr y during the construction of the house is 100%
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In short, it seems like a good place to settle down. There are only 5,000 tickets to go around, and are $100 each.
First prize is a $20,000 car, second is a $10,000 boat, and so on. Early bird entries get to be put in a drawing for other prizes, which include a Costco gift card of $750 and a Gold Season Pass to Silver wood. The deadline for that is the 31st of May. All proceeds will go to the support of student and program needs, here at NIC. Kristen McFadden, data and resource coordinator for the development department, explains that this is generally a year-long project, starting the July before. Students involved in the carpentr y programs have the reputation of being hired out by third-party companies when they’re finished. Who WOULDN’T want to have the fact that they built a house put on their resumé?
Joseph Bekken’s pretrial hearing was delayed again, this time for 21 days because of a recent development with an NIC student coming forward with more information. The student claims she sent him nude pictures of herself and he compensated her with a substancial amount of financial aid. Police are still looking into leads and it is an ongoing investigation. They have continued to go through his work computer and 14,000 emails with a recent search warrant that went through with Yahoo. The warrant could potentially reveal more dishonesty on Bekken’s part and give him additional charges. Last month the previous head of NIC’s Financial Aid Department was arrested after a sting operation caught him soliciting sex from students in exchange for financial aid. He told police officers he had never been successful in doing this besides the sting when he deposited around $500 in a student’s account before meeting her for sexual favors. The “student” was an undercover officer who busted Bekken with the help of NIC faculty and the FBI. He is currently charged with five felonies; attempted misuse of public funds, attempted procurement of prostitution, burglary, using a computer in a scheme to defraud, and bribery. The next hearing is set for April 8 and it has been over a month since he posted bail, which was reduced from $100,000 to $25,000. He is still looking for a job in the meantime.
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Four Corners project could shape the future for students Nick Miller Staff Writer The city’s plans to redevelop 40 acres of land along Northwest Boulevard are nearing completion. The project began in 2002 as a plan to redevelop the area where Northwest Boulevard/Sherman Avenue intersects with Government Way/W. Mullan Avenue, hence the name “Four Corners.” Since then plans have come to include the area south of the intersection to Independence Point, as well as north to Hubbard Ave. Additionally, the plans include the acquisition of an additional 29 acres of BLM land along the west side of Northwest Boulevard between Hubbard Ave. and Highway 95 BLM policy states that the land can only be leased if it is to be utilized for public use. According to the project’s page on the city’s website the city has been soliciting input from the public in order to help determine the best ideas before actual development begins. A good portion of the land is directly adjacent to NIC’s campus. “The Four Corners plan will ring campus toward Northwest boulevard and around back to where [University of Idaho remote campus] is,” said Chris Martin, Vice President for Finance and Business Affairs. “I think students should be involved in that process.”
An aerial photo from the cdaid.org website clearly illustrates and labels the four corners where Northwest Boulevard and Sherman Ave intersect. The project have continued to evolve ever since the master plan originated in 2013. Photo courtesy of cdaid.org
The ideas port forth currently include such things as a new parking area, relocation of both the museum and the skate park, new soccer fields, and new trails to name a few.
“The Four Corners plan would provide a lot of new access for students as well as recreation”, Martin said. “The city’s asking for comment on that now.” Currently the city intends to
have the “master plan” finalized by mid April. More information, including details regarding cur rent proposals, can be found online at www.cdaid.org/four-
cor ners-master-plan. “Your voice now as a student will help shape what happens in the future for the students who come behind you,” Mar tin said.
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March 16 - Medical emergency in Post-Winton. Student transported to KMC.
March 15 - Security noticed strong natural gas odor in SUB. Source was identified and problem remedied.
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in the Boswell Hall Performing Arts Center. 7:30 p.m. ASNIC Easter Egg Hunt in the Edminster SUB. 4 p.m.
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going to do financial aid or not.” If you don’t have your student ID card, you can stop by the Cardinal Card Office inside the Edminster Student Union Building (SUB), with a photo ID card. If you have lost your card, the cost for a replacement is $20, and it will be given to you immediately.
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NIC Financial Aid Office only accepts student ID cards as a form of identification in order to give information on an account. “Most offices campus wide are moving towards that system,” Donya Gadley technician at the Financial Aid Office, said. “All students are required to have one (student ID card) despite if they are
Overall Green Savings Per Fiscal Year $300,000 > $250,000 > $200,000 > $150,000 > $100,000 > $50,000 >
The past 4 years has shown the beautiful NIC campus and facility to be making big steps on improving energy efficiency and environmental friendliness. NIC has been taking big steps to recycle, reduce the carbon footprint, and use less total utilities. The Sentinel recently took a poll in the SUB of 100 students compared to the estimated 6,000 to see how students get to campus. 62 students were the majority and drive, 12 get to school alternatively like a motorcycle, taxi or longboard, 2 bike, 13 walk, and 14 carpool. The top recycling graph shows the new Single Stream Recycling program, which will have its two year anniversar y this October since installment, saving NIC just over $90,000 and having a dramatic decreased footprint at the landfill.
Watts Consumed by Bulb Type The left graph shows the overall green savings per fiscal year. At the highest comparing 2011 to 2007, NIC had more than $300,000 total savings and continued to do so in 2014 compared to 2011 for $50,000 total. New LED lightbulbs have recently been installed across cam-
pus to be 30% more efficient than the previous lightbulbs, and in the Meyer Health Science building alone there has been an estimated 74% energy savings benefit. The pie graph on the left illustrates the comparison of bulb wattage at the highest with HPS bulbs at 400 and LED at the lowest Illustrations by Tanner Sheffield
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Hate speech uncalled for in modern times As we’ve learned in that last few weeks, rascism and segregration may possibly still be alive; at least on college campuses. Recently students at a fraternity at Oklahoma University were put on the spot after a video of the frat members singing a rascist chant went viral. It has also been repor ted that some of the members were even profiling those who tried to join the frat. When will some of the people in this countr y realize this sor t of thing is uncalled for? This kind of behavior is what puts up barriers between races and minorities. Ignorance is one of the biggest epidemics in this countr y. Tr ying to slander people over social media doesn’t make you cute, it doesn’t make you better than anyone else, and it definitely doesn’t make you cool. It just makes you a huge a--hole. Why are people so militant over petty things? Hell we bet there are even people out there right now who are tr ying to deny that these students did anything wrong. It seems when even actual blatant racism occurs, people still tr y to brush it of f like it’s no big deal. Yeah its a free countr y with free speech. Free speech is great, but if you use that right to belittle others and ultimately even segregate those who are dif ferent than you, you aren’t doing anything to improve the world. These actions only tear us apar t more and it creates friction between people. It is understandable that change is hard and that learning to live with others who are dif ferent than you may be dif ficult or even scar y. That’s no excuse to be a jerk. It’s the 21st centur y; grow up, act like an adult, and move on. So in saying that, be glad to go to a college that promotes diversity and for ward thinking. Believe what you want, you are free to do so, but remember: don’t tread on others. In other words, listen to what our mothers all used to famously say: “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Amen to that.
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s “Better Call Saul” better than “Breaking Bad?” Of course.Director Vince Gilligan gives me another fix with “Better Call Saul.” It’s early to say that “Better Call Saul” is better than “Breaking Bad,” but I am all in on the new spinoff show. The two shows have a ver y similar feel however “Better Call Saul” seems a bit sharper and faster paced. The consistency between episodes is still evident, which made “Breaking Bad” beautiful. Another reason that I love the new show is the dark humor. Jimmy is pulling himself up from his bootstraps tr ying to start his on business that begins in a nail salon closet. Gilligan shows
the times of Breaking Bad so that there are more opportunities to develop characters. The beauty of the show is about transferring from Jimmy into Saul Goodman, “criminal lawyer.” I love the way “Better Call Saul” opens. True to how Saul left “Breaking Bad,” he ends up working in a Cinnabon in Omaha. The scenes are filmed in black and white and Saul didn’t even mutter a word! It was really sad to see a character I loved in Breaking Bad who merely added comic relief, brought down by Walter White. Another thing that “Better Call Saul” has going for it is that Skylar White isn’t in it. She was terribly melancholy. There are some great cameos including Mike from “Breaking Bad” and Tuco. It’s great to see familiar characters in a new setting and without the baggage that they have in the “Breaking Bad.” It’s part of the magic of the show. I am on the edge of my seat to watch the transformation from Jimmy to Saul. Dare I say it, I’m addicted to “Better Call Saul.”
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scenes of realism when Saul psyching himself up in a courtroom mirror. There are sad moments offset by a dark sense of humor that Bob Odenkirk plays perfectly. Saul’s actions speak louder than his words. Talking to himself in a mirror and chasing clients deep into the night shows how desperate Jimmy really is. He’s a ner vous mess who tells himself, “It’s showtime!” in the mirror before ever y courtroom appearance, but he bursts through the doors with all the confidence we know him to possess as Saul Goodman. Jimmy is a far more entertaining character than Walter White. Jimmy moves a lot quicker than Walt ever did. You can’t help rooting for Jimmy. His patience and compassion for his brother will tug at nearly every viewer’s heartstrings. He will work any line of legal work to make a buck, even dreary elder law. I love how Gilligan decided to take the prequel way back before
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Taylor Nadauld Lead Reporter I was sitting on the plane from Seattle to Newark preparing for our take-off in the next five minutes when the pilot got on the intercom, apologies lacing his tone as he announced that an obstruction had been found in the engine. Right away, ever y passenger knew what was coming. We were just waiting for it. His walkie-talkie voice was basically a blur until the end “...it’ll be another 30-40 minutes.” Immediately, the guy behind me feels it is his personal duty to lead the passengers in the loudest groan of all time. You know it was voiced for others to hear because they were working on the engine while we were waiting, and the white noise was at regular airplane, deafening levels. Any groan in real life wouldn’t even
have been audible. comes to being a passenger on Ever yone else joined in as the an airplane lined with kind people captain explained that we would dressed in slacks and skirts waitbe better safe ing to ser ve you is to sit than sorr y. shut up, drink your “Immediately, down, Later in the apple juice and take a well the guy behind needed nap with your neck flight, after attendants me feels it is pillow. ser ved food Seriously, just get his personal a grip. You’re about to and drinks, there was inevbreak all human laws of duty to lead itably a line for and nature and the passengers physics the restroom. fly across space to your in the loudest destination in a matter Passengers would bitterly of hours.You get cold groan of all prod the atbeverages and a nice time.” tendants for seat, and ever yone else answers to is just as tired and privquestions they ileged as you, so just TAYLOR NADAULD already knew sit down, say thank you Lead Reporter the answer to. and get over yourself. Questions like, Be nice to your flight “Why is this line taking so long?” attendant. Take their advice or “Is there only one bathroom?” when they ask you to put on your Of course, the attendants can’t do seatbelt. anything about this. Meanwhile, Paying for a ser vice doesn’t they’re tr ying to ser ve other also pay for some sor t of time peeved people drinks through the slot in which you get to be as turbulence. much of a jerk as you’ve ever It’s all because the customer is dreamed. No one cares about paying. And the customer doesn’t your diva-esque outbursts or pay to be nice to the attendant. longing for dictatorial rule. Just My humble opinion when it let the drink car t through.
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Fey, Peohler: election 2016 Rachel Anderson Staff Writer Ahhh 2015. What a time to be alive. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and people are finally starting to shut up about the dress. Although Miley Cyrus may be twerking on a mountain range in a small European country, perhaps this year is still filled with hope. One can only look to 2016 and wonder what the world will be like. Imagine it now: everything smells like roses, Jon Stewart is still miraculously on the Daily Show, Snoop Dogg releases his 21st album and then boom. It happens. An event so disruptive thousands may have to cancel their TV provider. Election season. Tina Fey and Amy Peohler during a pre Golden Globe photoshoot in 2014. Photo by Art Streiber. Coutesy of NBC. No matter if you’re sad to see dream team Obama-Biden go, a Well I’ll tell you. Imagine Bill Clinton and Al Gore in *They’d probably make a new duo will try to win our hearts frilly pink dresses, then proceed to With a bullet point list. kick-ass reality TV show out of and steal our wallets. wash your mind with soap because it. The Kardashians are already Because people like those Could it be Hillary and her rainno one needs that kind of negativity clogging up too much air time things. bow of pantsuits? Donald Trump anyways. *They’re woman. And it’s about in their life. and his toupee? Maybe even Chris *They’ve already won our *So as you can see, that’s time we had some ladies running Christie and his inevitable displays hearts with their successful pretty much the essentials. the White House, amirite? of embarrassment in public? Some careers. And let’s be honest, *They’re cute. They’re *They’re probably a lot funnier guy no one knows about--people just anyone who doesn’t like 30 Rock funny. They make fun of celebrithan any other presidential duo. vote for him because he has betand Parks and Rec is lying. ties. The whole package, really. Can you imagine George W. Bush ter hair than Donald Trump? * They already have experi*Golden Globe Awards - Seacrackin’ some jokes with Dick Who cares. ence impersonating and making son 71 Cheney? Probably not. It’d be emWe all know who the next fun of real politicians. So basiIf America’s sweethearts ran barrassing. president and vice president cally they’re gonna have really the country, nobody would mess should be: Tina Fey and Amy *They know a lot about current good material for attack ads. with us. Poehler. events. Have any other presidential *They’re not 400 years old. And plus, they’d probably candidates been Weekend Update Who would be president, and They still have hair! And it isn’t do cool stuff like make Pluto a anchors for “SNL” for eight years? I who would be vice? Let’s be honest, grey - wow! planet again and deport Justin Bieber don’t think so. people. They’d probably share the *They have good chemistry for good. duty of president because we can’t *They have experience dealing ‘cause they’re besties. Imagine Tina and Amy for President 2016! decide who’s cooler. with NBC, the media in general, Ronald Reagan and George H. First, America. fictional local government and Alec Now you may be thinking why W. Bush bonding over a few Baldwin. Next, a bathroom break. would two lady comedians make beers at a strip club. That’s good presidential candidates? *They look better in dresses. Then, the world. right. Your can’t, can you?
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CAMPUS VOICES Recently, students at a fraternity at Oklahoma University have come under fire after a video surfaced showing them singing a racist chant on a bus. Faculty are now debating whether the students should be expelled. What do you think appropriate consequences would be?
Michael Barnson, 19, Diesel Tech, Las Vegas, NV
“I think expulsion is a fair consequence, just because that is not really allowed. But the word is commonly used by everybody, but in the way they were using it was banning those considered under that word African American - is not allowed to be on their side. So I think expulsion is the correct form of punishment.”
Let men be men out of the “make me a sandwich”, “birthing hips”, and “women should be at home”compartmentalism just to step back into it with “I need feminism because”and insert an Annie Stonebreaker embarrassing reason by a bitter lesbian who wants to remove the News Editor word man from the dictionary. Here’s a recap of some of the We get it, women have been worst moments in this new moveoppressed, and are making a comement. back. Its a point that’s been hamThis past November a physicist mered so hard recently into our culnamed Matt Taylor helped land a ture that women aren’t just beating robot on a comet flying 25 million a dead horse: they’re beating the miles away in space at 85,000 mph, top of the earth where the horses and feminists lost it over his shirt fossil was embedded millions of that had women in lingerie on it. years ago. Somehow, an idea of dressing Women have been having men little girls up in princess dresses and write “Women are equal, women releasing their inner cuss goddess are equal…” over and over on the was a win for feminism. chalkboard in their brains so much A tweet hailstorm about how that their testicles have started to preparing a home-cooked family shrink and shrivel and slowly redinner is tyranny. Strong woman semble… a vagina? and self proclaimed queen Nicki Is that what we want? Do we Minaj with her “empowering” songs want to shrink the “dominant manly about not needing men and indeman” into that goober that apolopendence but yet we all know she gizes and asks to be able to kiss or dresses in thongs and tight booty touch us, and apologizes for openshorts for herself because they’re ing the door up for us? “comfortable”. The point should be that Its absolutely brilliant that we women are not inferior to men, may be stepping into a day and but are both equal and should use age where women are equal to their very different strengths to men in America; in society, sexbe complementary in society. Not uality, and the corporate world. constantly causing contention and But ladies lets focus on being unnecessary competition. equal, not making the world As a woman working toward more like the competitive a career where I don’t want to be playground of boys vs girls known simply for my gender and from kindergarten. its stereotypes, the recent feminist Some of us love our men movement has been elating but manly, lets keep it that way. yet so enraging. We take a step
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Hard Truth: the SUB Vocals at the ready, executing holy hymns from the fourth century. Lily Anderson/Sentinel
Student believes Student Union divides clubs T.J. Gossard Features Editor
A portion of the tuition every student pays to attend NIC is allocated to the budgetary operations of the SUB, the hub of student activity. The SUB is largely dedicated to the management of club life and assuring that it can thrive, and the ASNIC student government homed there is established to give students the ability to influence the management of those funds to best serve their interests. Further, positions are created at the SUB to manage the ASNIC student governments and assure that there are people being paid to keep the building operating. Student body elections are coming up and we will soon witness how these funds and operations sustain an active student body unified in, seemingly, mediocrity. Our elected officials and club leaders are usually fine, dedicated individuals with a lot of heart—a heart that is consistently discouraged from influencing any positive change in the SUB. It’s a challenge for clubs to gain active officers and membership. And where does ASNIC’s main pull come from? Active club officers, who are already often juggling work, personal life and grades within club life. ASNIC requires of them three hours of weekly meetings, regular office hours scheduled, a dedication to being on three committees, the responsibility of approving clubs and interacting with the inter-club counsel, the responsibility to develop an annual budget to be presented to the Board of Trustees and the requirement to develop a project of some sort. This last part is the little bit of leeway that students have for their own cause, outside of trying to wiggle in their interests in committees. But what I consistently hear from those who’ve experience there is that these meetings are muddled by leftover causes from previous student governments with the SUB employees stymying any challenges to the process due to the fact that, unfortunately, the employees have put effort into these projects and want to see them through. And the traditions of the SUB have worked thus far. ASNIC students are voted on for change, but the meetings they are supposed to lead already have full agendas—and it’s the staff’s job to assure those agenda items remain there, thus muddling many of the interests of the students whom the building survives off of because it’s chiefly concerned about seeing its own growth financially—not through the assurance that one of its most basic functions is fulfilled: serving clubs. What the SUB’s management accomplishes for clubs is taking their club members, overburdening them with tasks few students would find fulfilling, putting up red tape through unclear policies that are grounded in guidelines that nobody seems to know how to change and then expecting these students to help streamline clubs when they can barely streamline themselves. What would solve this? More students getting active with clubs and ASNIC. How is this possible? Getting more students interested and passionate about their campus. What could accomplish this? Thriving club life. What stops clubs from thriving? In my opinion, the SUB operations and ASNIC. What these require of clubs—the only thing that can directly pull students who don’t want the bullcrap smile/pep teamwork that so often puts off students from wanting to be on teams—is monthly attendance to ICC meetings that do nothing but waste an hour for all involved except ASNIC counsel members who need a platform to pull students into tradition-driven events for committees they sit on (and if a club representative isn’t present for two meetings, its status as a club is revoked) as well as dependence on low-potential, expensive food for all events on campus, advertising through a badly managed website that has duplicate, outdated pages where information is often inaccurate and limited meeting spaces that are abundantly occupied by people on staff. The only thing on campus meant to help unify clubs is the main thing that’s stopping them from reaching their full potential. T.J. Gossard is an editor for The Sentinel. His opinions are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Sentinel. Respond to this column online at nicsentinel.com.
Cardinals get glorious with Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’ Matthieu Bertrand Staff Writer Musical choruses filled the concer t room in Boswell Hall on Tuesday, March 10, in the NIC hosting of “Gloria.” Friends and families gathered eagerly to watch the per formance as the choir sang the haunting yet inspiring “Gloria in Excelis.” Max Mendez, the director of both the Cardinal Choral and the NIC Chamber Singers, welcomed the audience with a wide smile before welcoming Cindy Wood to the stage. Wood, a representative
of Family Promise, spoke at the event, explaining the mission of the organization. “What we do, really, is transform lives,” Wood explained, an arm extended toward the audience. “We do that through helping with child care and education. So many of our families have gotten their GED through NIC.” Sponsored by Family Promises, the music of “Gloria” emphasized their purpose. A quiet, sad note gave way to a harmony of voices and violins, with songs of faith and prosperity filling the list.
The NIC Chamber Singers, Cardinal Chorale and the Cardinal Chamber Orchestra per formed, playing songs such as “Gloria in Excelis” and “Gratias Agimus Tibi.” Collin Foxwell, a 21-yearold violinist from Colorado Springs, per formed alongside Gerard Mathes and Keegan Bernardin as first violin. Shuf fling foot to foot, Foxwell explained the orchestra’s preparation, going fur ther to include the multiple shows the orchestra performs annually. “We’ve been preparing since the beginning of the
semester,” Foxwell said. “I’ve been in for a couple of months.” The per formance received positive reception, with loud applause and standing ovations concluding the event. “I thought it was wonder ful,” a beaming Susie Milliken said, mother of NIC Chamber Orchestra member Valarie Milliken. “We had family in the show.” The next per formance, “From the Pen of John Williams,” will be hosted on March 25 in Schuler Hall at 7:30 p.m.
The ‘Grand Budapest’ film screening
Rachel Anderson Staff Writer
What would life be like if you were in Wes Anderson’s world? Would your beige house be instead painted bright shades of pink and purple? Would your ever yday mundane tasks be accompanied by a soundtrack of David Bowie songs sung in Portuguese? Would even the smallest of movements and feelings be exaggerated in detail? If you did live in Wes Anderson’s world, you would most likely see in high contrast and find humor in the obscure; much like the audience did in the CDA Librar y Friday night as NIC’s Film Club put on a showing of Anderson’s newest award-winning film “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Before the feature movie was shown, the club put on their own small version of a thoughtful masterpiece, a music video entitled “Gone.” Directed by 19-year-old film student Patrick O’Farell with the help of his friends, it was an array of different thoughts collaborated into one. Accompanied by an ambient song, the video displayed several different scenes layered over one another. These scenes featured a repetition of subjects from Christmas lights to views of the lake and melancholy young men sitting by one another--leading to one leaving the other sitting by himself. Club member Doug Keaty helped O’Farell with the video and said it was inspired by a music group called Sapphire Shores who shares their songs on YouTube. “The music video was an exploration of the theme
Some old-fashioned popcorn and cinema. Lily Anderson/The Sentinel of being gone and alone,” a sur vey website. The club Arthemus Golub said, 23, Keaty said, 17, film, Hayden. officers then chose the movie Philosophy, CDA. “Examples of being gone with the most popular voteThe event concluded as a were the lamps with the -and “The Grand Budapest few audience members and lampshades removed and the Hotel” was the winner. club officers stuck around to vases with flowers removed.” The fast-paced and colordiscuss the film. The short video had a ful movie stars Ralph Fiennes A sheet of questions was good reception from the as a concierge who teams up crowd made up of both stuwith the bellboy (Tony Revol- handed out for people to discuss--covering topics such dent and non-students, young ori) and follows the unlikely as symbolism, filming techand old. duo as they tr y to prove the niques and culture. Armed with red solo cups concierge’s innocence after filled with ice water and he is framed for murder of an The group talked about plates of popcorn, the small old dutchess. Anderson’s stor y-telling techvocal audience of about 29 An altered reality inspired niques, creating humor and was captured for an hour and by the writing of Stefan excitement out of mundane forty minutes. Zweig, the movie is a retellthemes and his detachment ing of Zero’s adventures and from reality and use of miClub President T.J. Gostales of love and brotherhood croworlds (worlds inside of sard explained the movie that he tells as an old man. worlds). Similarities were choice was a democratic found between his view of effort. The club posted Face“The movie was poipeople and of real life, as evbook suggestions and then gnant--time marches on and er yone is interconnected in members of the club voted leaves no one behind,” club their own microworld. for the movie to be shown on public relations officer Clint
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Hypnotist comes to campus; antics ensue Maddie Chapman Staff Writer Gabriel Holmes demonstrated the power of hypnosis on Wednesday, March 11 by putting some students into a deep sleep and having them partake in several amusing tasks. Holmes began explaining what hypnosis is before he selected some students and volunteers to be hypnotized. He said hypnosis is the act of putting a person in a very relaxed trance that makes individuals susceptible to suggestions. Holmes noted that a person does not have to be hypnotized by someone to go into a state of hypnosis. “Everyone has been hypnotized before,” Holmes said. “Driving is hypnotic; television is hypnotic. The most hypnotic thing you’re ever going to do in life is play a video game. Video games fully encapsulate you and they hypnotize you.” Holmes spent about 10 minutes talking people into a very relaxed, sleepy state and then had them doing other things; starting out with simple actions such as acting as if they were driving and later having them do things such as sing, dance
and perform ballet. Some individuals also went into the crowd proclaiming “I am Bond, James Bond.” The hypnotized individuals ecstatically reacted when audience members suddenly became figures they idolized, such as Batman and Channing Tatum. At one point many under hypnosis were almost in tears after Holmes claimed their noses were gone. One person’s nose was “stolen by the boogeyman.” A man was even led to believe he gave birth to some children while under hypnosis. Holmes gave many the experience of being hypnotized and the rest of the audience an amusing show with many laughs and odd performances. “I felt like it was really cool,” said Brooke Schirado, 19, Bonners Ferry. “I’d like to try it but I’m scared of what I would do.” At the very end, those who were hypnotized didn’t remember anything they did and thought they had been sitting in their chairs for five minutes doing nothing, when it had really been an hour--doing all sorts of strange things.
While students were hypnotized they imagined themselves driving, but one student appears to have fallen asleep at the wheel. Thomas Hansen/Sentinel
Stephy Nobles-Beans addresses the Communications Club audience. Lily Anderson/Sentinel
Powerful women speak at ‘Day of Dialogue’ Matthieu Bertrand Staff Writer The “Day of Dialogue: Woman Power in the Community” was held on Tuesday, March 17 in the Student Union Building of NIC. Stephy Nobles-Beans, the Whitwor th University coordinator for Ministr y and Multicultural Af fairs, was the keynote speaker. Nobles-Beans stressed the impor tance of experiencing delight with diversity, self-suf ficiency raising, domestic violence
awareness and the still present problem of gender inequality. While the speaking received positive reception, some members of the audience expressed a want for fur ther elaboration. Rachel Johnston, a 17-year-old dual-credit student from Coeur d’Alene, explained her passion for gender stereotypes, as well as her critique of the event. “I’m really interested in gender stereotypes and how they af fect society. Definitely regarding women and wom-
en’s rights,” Johnston said. “I thought it was really well done, but I think it would be interesting if they had included more information about how women in high leadership roles are af fected by stereotypes.” Shae Grif fiths, a 19-yearold General Studies student raised in Coeur d’Alene, gave the event a positive review. “I thought it was ver y informative, I learned a lot,” Grif fiths said. “There definitely needs to be improvements, and I think they covered what needs to be done.”
Students watching older “Doctor Who” clips. Abigail Nelson/Sentinel
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stamp our cruelty and justice, Decker explains the Doctor mimics the feelings of those after the French Revolution: now ever ything is possible and can be per fected. The Doctor also shows to be a Romantic in his narrative livelihood that gives almost ever ything a human aspect–even time. “He doesn’t have par ticular rules and guidelines, but the one thing he always does is help his companions become better than they have been–this suggested to me Romanticism,” Decker said. He argues the Doctor is “a
scientist with a soul of a poet.” The Doctor sees illusions in reality and something real in something that is not actually there. Concluding his speech, Decker hosted a question-and-answer session where himself and the audience discussed the show’s por trayal of bisexuality, the possibility of a female Doctor and how British television is more liberal than our own. Currently, Decker has prospects for writing a new book, teaching a “Doctor Who” themed class at EWU entitled “Philosophical Voices in Popular Culture” and seeing the new season of “Doctor Who” land on Gallifrey, which is the Doctor’s homeland.
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Artist Spotlight: Cole, the hobby painter
Rachel Anderson Staff Writer
Cole Chandler, a 20-year-old nursing student from CDA, dabbles with art in his free time. His art houses a combination of undead-looking subjects, muted colors and the natural world, possibly confusing those who don’t look closely enough. “I take an idea that I get and incorporate it with other, non-related things and then mash them together,” Chandler said. Not looking to make painting his career of choice, he stays up until the wee hours of the morning balancing jamming on the guitar and painting all night. Treating art like a hobby, sometimes he takes a day off. Sometimes he takes a month off. Sometimes he takes a year off. For Chandler, art is not a living but a livelihood. “Art should be more of a hobby because then you’re expressing yourself,” Chandler said. “You’re not thinking, what will I make to sell next? What will catch people’s eyes? I do it as a hobby just for me. Because it is a hobby for me. And I think that’s cooler than selling out.” He said art has been a part of him since sophomore year of high school. Although it hasn’t
been until this past year that he’s brought his pieces literally out of the closet. Taking classes at NIC has inspired his art, as he admitted college is useful for staying open-minded to new ideas. Survey of art classes have allowed him to discover different artistic styles and nursing classes have introduced him to a new world of expression through art. “The influence of and communication with people hasn’t affected my art,” Chandler said. “The nursing classes I take and physical part of science inspires me the most, not so much the social aspect. The physiology of how bodies work is really amazing and pretty mind-blowing.” Although his college classes inspire him in unconventional ways, he also looks to old music and local painter Mel McCuddin to draw ideas from. He finds additional inspiration for a majority of his works in the summers living on a fishing boat in Alaska. “My art is a piece of past events, current events, things that inspire me, music and science-all combined into one,” Chandler said. “I’m all about detail, I always include a lot of it in my pieces.” He explained every artist is going to be a starving artist at first and only a few make it big.
He chose to start small, sharing his art in local coffee shop Calsos Coffee and Creamery and by making and selling prints on the popular art website Etsy. “Getting art out there is important,” Chandler said. “Put it on Instagram, put it on Facebook, let people know about you. You can’t lose any money--if one sells or one doesn’t, you just have to sit there and wait.” You can find Chandler’s art in Calypsos and online at https:// www.etsy.com/shop/LimpRabbit.
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An insider story: when jazz speaks
Top: Members of Cardinal Vocal Jazz out on the town. Photo courtesy of Allison Parsons Bottom: Max Mendez and Cardinal Vocal Jazz at Calypsos Lily Anderson/Sentinel
Rachel Anderson Staff Writer
Jazz is a conversation. Created in the early 1910s, jazz musicians were able to communicate a new story through music. Using techniques and singing about subjects that shocked some, jazz quickly became “America’s music.” Featuring improvisation and topics pertaining to the common man, jazz represented itself as a form of speaking and conversing through music. For many musicians today, jazz is a natural way to communicate one’s feelings as well as create dialogue with an audience. NIC’s Cardinal Vocal Jazz, to which I belong, was able to communicate the story of jazz at home and throughout the Northwest region last weekend. We sang to a boisterous full house a Thursday night in the local coffee shop Calypsos Coffee and Creamery. Steamy solos and swinging group songs helped the audience pass the time while drinking their coffee and tea. Following the concert, we packed our bags and headed for Edmonds, Washington, the next morning for a weekend jazz festival called the DeMiero Jazz Fest. The weekend was busy--but it was also full of music. According to NIC’s choir director Max Mendez, the performance at Calypsos and participation in the DeMiero Jazz Festival are always highlight of Cardinal Vocal Jazz’s year. “Calypsos is a very informal way for the the group and soloists to hone their
craft,” Mendez said. “The DeMiero Jazz Festival includes an adjudicated performance that provides feedback to Cardinal Vocal Jazz as to what makes the group successful, in addition to suggestions for places for continued improvement and growth.” Named after the man who created it, composer and jazz pianist Frank DeMiero, the fest is for those in the Northwest to listen to and support their fellow jazzers. Founded in 1977, the festival allows jazz groups and soloists of varying levels to perform and receive feedback from professional jazz musicians. Workshops and master classes are also offered for those looking for ways to improve. The topics covered range from improvisation to what makes a good rhythm section and how to scat–an essential part of jazz made up of random nonsense syllables and accompanying notes. Although tinged with exhaustion, the trip offered us an opportunity to know each other as people instead of just musicians. Spending almost four days in close proximity to each other was a learning experience. We even had an opportunity to perform in front of a professional jazz clinician who gave us feedback about our performance. Members of the choir agreed that we performed with great energy and awesome connection. But some wished for more feedback from our clinician. “I think the critique was fair, but it was mostly things I had already anticipated hearing,” Maddie Nilges said, 20, Hayden, Gen Ed. “I wish we had been
able to spend more time actually talking with him instead of just reading the notes he took, but I understand there’s a time crunch and whatnot.” Although fun times were had, we were still able to carry out professionalism throughout the weekend. Mostly in part to our choir director. “Each group of singers brings their unique talents and challenges,” Mendez said. “The most important thing is to create an atmosphere of collaboration within the ensemble. Vocal jazz is all about artful communication between all the participants, rhythm section, singers and audience.” Even though he put on a pizza costume at an Italian restaurant our first night in Edmonds, he was still able to get us into shape and prepare us for a busy weekend. “He respects us. He has fun with us for sure, but he expects us to act professional in the right setting,” Nilges said. “I think he knows us well enough to trust us, and he doesn’t treat us like children.” Learning and living together for a short period of time helped us relate to each other and experience a communal jazz story. “Overall, I believe each of our musicians came home inspired to continue improvement,” Mendez said. From a short trip to Central Washington University and a day spent adventuring in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, our group learned how to better communicate with each other–in all senses of the word. Jazz is a conversation and this trip showed us that everyone can speak it.
Students and community experience the hardships of less fortunate lives in ‘Footsteps’ project
Maddie Chapman Staff Writer
The “Footsteps: A Journey of Many” exhibit returned, giving students information and an idea of what it is like to be put in certain situations dealing with poverty. Each group went through different areas of the exhibit all representing the theme of poverty. Each exhibit was interactive and featured a story or video about the topic as well as an emotional experience for the audience. Participants were required to sign a consent form before going through and had the opportunity to discuss their feelings about the journey afterward in what was called the Room of Hope. Exhibits highlighted four issues, one was the struggles and stereotypes of being homeless, illustrated by reading off common names that homeless are called, such as “drunk” or “lazy” with real stories supporting them, as well as an exhibit dedicated to the struggles of those who are different, having participants made to consider hiding their family or significant other from society, friends and employers--much like those
who are gay or have different religious beliefs than many others. There was also a video on orphan children and their hardships, partly narrated by Israel Nehemiah Musonda, vice president of the International Students Club, whose mother, Monica Musonda, started an orphanage in Zambia. There was an exhibit with statistics and maps about sex trafficking wherein students were given sticky notes and asked to place them on a map on the country they most associate with sex trafficking. The notes were mainly concentrated around China and Russia but the group came to find out that sex trafficking is a big problem in the U.S. as well. After being presented with the facts an interactive exhibit and video followed showing the effects and impact it has on victims. “It really surprised me,” said Sage Piatt, education, 20, Sandpoint. “It’s right over in Seattle and that is so close to home.” After the exhibit there was a Room of Hope where participants had the opportunity to talk about their feelings about the experience and have a chance to talk to a counselor as well if
the content was overwhelming. The Room of Hope was a safe place and a calm atmosphere that allowed people to share without fear of hurtful thoughts or judgment. There was a board of sticky notes where each participant wrote down which exhibit had the biggest impact on them. The Room of Hope also held a range of materials and programs that one could get involved in to help any of these causes, whether it be volunteering, donating or becoming a member of awareness groups. There are many ways to help with the issues presented through “Footsteps.” Before leaving the “Footsteps” journey participants pass by two large chalkboards with the phrase “I will...” and a space after to be filled in. These were for people to anonymously make a promise of what they will do to help better themselves, their community or even the world. “It’s basically a self commitment,” Tim Gerlitz said, who was directing the Room of Hope and is the disability, health and counseling director at NIC. “Write something that you feel compelled to do.”
Top: inside the “Room of Hope” students seat themselves to discuss their feelings about the exhibits. Bottom: some of the promises that students made to themselves after the event. Maddie Chapman/Sentinel
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Chloe McIntosh (center) and her teammates practice fieding drills at practice. She started at third base and over the weekend she went 4-4 in the second double header over the weekend when the Cardinals faced Walla Walla Community College. Connor Sears/Sentinel
Softball starts out with near perfect season Griffey Olsby Sports Writer The Cardinals began their season with hot bats, solid pitching, and a 12-1 start. The 2015 campaign opened with a clean sweep in Walla Walla winning all four of their contests in the NWAC preseason tournament. Cardinal softball continued their strong start in another preseason tournament in Clermont, Florida. The Cards went 6-1 there and made it look easy. This past weekend, the Cards beat Walla Walla CC in both games of their double header 10-5 and 7-6. In the second game the Cards swung the bats really well. Hayley Fields hit a three-run homer in the second game and four hits in the first game. Chloe McIntosh went 4-4 with a double and three singles in the second game. The players seem to have high expectations going into the season after very strong performances in back-to-back-to-back weekends. “Our team is a collective group of really strong athletes,” Hayden Fields said. “We want to maintain our level of play throughout the
whole season.” Hayden Fields is a sophomore infielder and outfielder for the Cards this season. The Cards dominated on the mound as well as in the field in Walla Walla where they were able to outscore their opponents 44-8. They were able to get wins against Edmonds CC, Pierce CC, Clackamas CC, and defending Northwestern Athletic Conference (NWAC) champions Mt. Hood CC. The Cardinals finished off the weekend with an average 11 runs a game against an average of allowing only two. They continued their good team play in Florida where they outscored their opponents 61-41 and took 6 of 7. Their weekend trip included an impressive sweep of a triple-header on Saturday March 7th against John A. Logan College, Mesabi Range College and Kalamazoo Valley CC. Coach Don Don Williams has been able to keep her team very focused to start the 2015 season. “The message we have been giving them (the players) is one game at a time,” Williams said. “We’re really focusing on the process not the outcome.”
It seems that this team is doing just that, as they have only been held to under ten runs three times this season. They have really been swinging the bat well and taking advantage of every opportunity they get. Unfortunately, the Cardinals will not be eligible for postseason play because they will be transitioning into the NWAC. These sophomore players have other things to play for this season besides championships. With the team not eligible for postseason play, they will be looking to build the strength of their underclassmen who will be back next year competing for championships once again. They will play next on March 27th in a double-header at home versus Columbia Basin CC followed by a double header versus Walla Walla the following day. Sophomore pitcher and infielder Miranda Powless sums up the mindset of this team in just a few words. “Every trip is a business trip,” Powless said.
Tori Almos practicing her pitching. Connor Sears/Sentinel
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Cheer squad performing their basket catches. Michael Gray/Sentinel
The cheer team is off to Anaheim, Calif. this weekend to compete in the United Spirit Association Spirit and Dance/Drill competition. “We want to win,” coach Leslie Pulley said. “But beating College of Southern Idaho is a major goal of ours.” The cheer squad has been working on their routine since January to perfect their stunts. Freshman cheerleader CJ McLaughlin said the team has hit the weight room to work on their strength. He said, “It’s been helpful with our stunts.” Pulley said they have been practicing a lot of different skills including: 2-2-1 pyramids, double downs and basket catches.
Sophmore cheerleader Bailey Barret is going to compete, she said, “of course we’re trying to be number one.” NIC placed fifth at the competition last year. Barret is confident that they will do better than they did last year. Barret and teammate McLaughlin just want to do their best. “I learned that your skill might not be perfect, but if you work at it you can get better,” McLaughlin said. After preparing and mastering their two and a half minute routine, they want to refrain from making any mistakes. McLaughlin said cheer has been “a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication.” He believes that it will all pay off in the end.
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The 49ers franchise is crumbling Dylan Latting Sports Writer
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he 49ers should just hit the showers already. After not playing well enough to make the playoffs and posting a mediocre 8-8 record, the fan base probably thought things couldn’t get much worse. Oh wait, it did. This offseason has been a nightmare for the 49ers. Starting with coach Jim Harbaugh resigning. He had reenergized the team and took them to three straight NFC championship games. They also lost Patrick Willis who is arguably the best middle linebacker in the game to a crowd-shocking retirement. 49ers rookie standout Chris Borland also retired due potential head injuries that are common in the NFL. Lastly, the retirement of Justin “ 49er fans Smith will be a big need to hit to their get their front 7. The tissues and 49ers are going to be matches the bottom ready feeders of for when the NFL. I will not they’re listen to any burning arguments Kaepdefendernick ing them they have jerseys and crying three good players on when their defense. team is Navvaro garbage.” Bowman is coming off an ACL tear, Aldon Smith who is an off-field risk and a future pro bowler Eric Reid are the few stars for the 49ers. Their quarterback is overpaid and looks to run way too much. Colin Kaepernick might be running even more this season because left guard Mike Iupati left to get paid and two of his top three receivers are gone; Stevie Johnson and Michael Crabtree. If you think Kaepernick did atrocious last year, wait until this year. The question I would pose to the 49ers would be: why would you hire defensive-minded head coach Jim Tomsula when your quarterback needs a lot of help? I don’t care how many retired players help him, Kaep will be what we have all seen the last three seasons: horrible. Now you might say what about the draft? I would respond to you by saying this draft will not solve all the defensive and offensive problems the team has. The 49ers will finish last place in not only the NFC West but also the very bottom of the entire NFL. My prediction is the 49ers will finish no better then 5-11 and the new Levi Stadium will be empty quite frequently. I will go as far to say the 49ers will not get to their quest for six championships with Kaepernick under center. 49er fans need to get their tissues and matches ready for when they’re burning Kaepernick jerseys and crying when their team is garbage. There is no chance with this team. The “Any Given Sunday” attitude does not apply. Dylan Latting is a writer for The Sentinel. His opinions are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Sentinel. Respond to this column online at nicsentinel.com.
The forwards of the NIC Rugby club team pose in a scrum formation (above). Calin Walt (below in front) has the ball thrown to him in a line-out drill. Connor Sears/Sentinel
Rugby begins their season Riley Hadeen Sports Writer
With a 1-1 record, the NIC r ugby team is gearing up for a strong season this year. The team was thrashed by WSU Tri-Cities 72-0. However they won against the University of Idaho 24-17. Whitman for feited a game to NIC, but plans for a rescheduled match are in the works, according to coach Adam Mor tensen. Player Calin Walt scored the first tr y in the game against U of I after halftime to get the momentum going for NIC. “It was 12-0 at the half and then Calin he just kind of went on a r un and it was pure hear t. He broke 2 tackles and he was basically being tackled and stretched out and he just barely placed in into the tr y zone”, said Mor tensen. Nautis Dominguez scored the final tr y of the game to put NIC at 24-17 for the win. England born player and team captain Will Strothe put up two conversions for the team as well. This is Strothe’s first year
as team captain alongside cocaptain Zachar y James. Strothe said he enjoys the “huge family feel” of r ugby, and believes that r ugby is “one of the most controlled games, despite the contact.” The team is hoping to maintain steady group suppor t throughout the season, and is currently focusing on game fundamentals and supplying newcomers with insightful knowledge from the veterans on the team. “For being all so new and basically just meeting each other not too long ago they’ve really come together as a tight knit unit,” said Mor tensen. This is the first year coach Mor tensen has decided to solely coach the team, rather than par ticipate in matches along with coaching. This is the fifth year with r ugby as an ASNIC club spor t and the first year that the ASNIC team has registered into the Nor thwest Collegiate Rugby Conference (NCRC). They are the only two-year college in the conference.
Inside the NJCAA heavyweight champion Connor Sears Sports Editor Even after a 13 hour bus ride, national champion Taylor Kor noely is about to hit the gym “because the tourney or meet wasn’t enough of a workout for me.” Needless to say Kor noely worked for the NJCAA heavyweight title. If that weren’t enough evidence that Kor noely has worked for this title, he would announce to his team that he was r unning a second practice and only a few teammates would join. The National Tour ney in Iowa was just business to me, I wasn’t there to have fun,” Kor noely said. “Taking care of business was enough fun.” His business trip included five matches. He won all of them. In the championship match, Kor noely defeated Richard Black of Neosho County Community College 3-1 in an over time thriller. He got revenge after losing to Black earlier this season 11-2 at the Apodaca
Duals. This was the first legit tour nament that he won. He said, “I’ve always came in second. This is a great feeling.” Kor noely listens to Eminem to get pumped up before his match, but he looks up to Brent Metcalf for inspiration. Metcalf is an amateur freestyle wrestler. “I received an email from him (Metcalf) congratulating me, hearing from him was Taylor almost as Kornoely good as the championship itself,” Kor noely said. Kor noely is not sure where he is going next year. He said that Boise State wants him to come wrestle, but he is also considering another year at NIC to redshir t a year and weigh his options.
“We may be the only twoyear team on the NCRC, but we’ll leave with them knowing who we are”, Strothe said he reiterates to the team before matches. The team plays Gonzaga on Saturday, March 21. They hope that their physical play can help them bring home a victor y. “They’ve come together really quickly in a shor t time. I’m proud of them,” said
coach Mor tensen. The teams schedule can be found on the NCRC website, or on flyers around campus. If interested in getting involved in NIC r ugby, you can find the team at Jenny Stokes Park on the corner of Kathleen and Ramsey on Tuesdays through Wednesdays between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. You may also contact Zachar y James @ zjjames@students.
Golf getting back into the swing of things Spring season starts today Connor Sears Sports Editor Today the men and women’s golf teams travel to Clarkston for the LCSC Warrior Invitational. Coach Russell Grove described the tournament as a “warm up tournament to get practice for the league matches” that begin in next month. Sophomore Hugh Taylor from Queensland, Australia led the Cardinals this past fall. He said he wants to pick up where he left of f in the fall. “It is a huge goal of mine to get a win,” Taylor said. “I had a couple chances last semester and haven’t got my first college W yet.” This past fall at the NIC Invitational, Talyor was only six strokes behind the leader after two rounds. The team tied for four th place with a score of 622. With the same
score at their last tournament, they finished eigth. Taylor said, “If we can get our bad rounds down and keep our good rounds were they were we can jump way up the field.” Since the golf team has switched divisions from the NAIA to the NWAC, the team is unfor tunately unable to qualify for the end of season tournament. Grove said, “It’s tough not to compete for the title.” Grove admits that Taylor and Michael Por ter are standout athletes. “if one doesn’t win, hopefully one can place.” For the women’s golf team, Jenna Kaik led the Lady Cards at the NIC Invitational with a two round score of 180. Mackenzie Phillips trailed Kaik with a combined score of 188 and Elsa Goodsen posted the third best score for the Cardinals with 194.
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Monthly Horoscopes Ever wonder what the future holds in store. Who’ll you’ll marry or date? When you will be successful? Cool, you and everyone else. Heres some horoscopes to make you feel important. Aries: Don’t hold back from laying it on thick if anything falls through for you; it’s not your fault, it’s theirs for expecting you to care. Now that they will know the full weight of how important you are, feel free to let the load off and seek out an experience with Ayahuasca; it’s about time you uncovered your spirit animal. Taurus: You might be getting real eager to have some fun after your recent tear-laden nights, so by gump it’s about time you had some! Maybe it’s also time you indulge that secret teddy bear fetish you’ve been keeping secret— with the solar eclipse that just passed, your energy has become impenetrably attractive, so divulge every weird kink you have to the person of your interest.
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5. Robert Plant and Jack White covered this Led Zeppelin song at Lollapalooza Argentina 6. Record high tide in Normandy at 8. 65% of NIC’s enrollment comes from this county 9. Psychologist born on March 23. Known for his famous Stanford Prison Experiment 11. King Richard III recently reburied in this city 12. Senator (R-Texas) to officially announce presidential candidacy Monday, March 23 13. Technical name for the Northern Lights 14. Tunisian museum recently the target of an attack 15. Recently announced retirement from the NBA 16. Tattooed star under fire for new lipstick shade, ‘Underage Red’
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NIC’s Film Club 2. Hypnotist that visited NIC on Wednesday 3. Hospitalized after suffering seizure at Waco, Texas comic book convention 4. Day of ecological awareness recognized March 22 7. March babies’ birthstone 10. Traditionally said to have been used by Saint Patrick to illustrate the Holy Trinity Chat Conversation End
Gemini: You’re not a dumb person, Gemini. You just come off that way. This month is your opportunity to shed off all those judgments others make about you—retreat from society as you know it and find a nudist colony somewhere out of state. If you play your cards right, you might finally hit that minus-15-pounds mark you’ve been trying to hit. Just remember that there’s lots of ways to achieve your goals, and morals are subjective. Cancer: You have a very strong chance of happening into a small likeliness of something that might just make you feel happy for a moment, Cancer! But don’t get your hopes up too high. Chances are that if you’re reading this, you made it through last month. This means your chances at living your life in peace are slimmer still; a brisk walk in the sunshine should not be your drug of choice. Instead, try some Ayahuesca. Leo: You’ve been feeling a little lost lately, but that’s alright—whip out your calendar and meticulously plan out the remainder of the rest of your month. Adamantly stick to it, and when you don’t accomplish your goals, tally them up and preferably color-code your calen-
dar so you can mark these mistakes in red for ease. At the end of the month, take that tally and that’s how many ex’s you need to try and reconnect with for closure. If not for you, then tell yourself it’s for them. Virgo: Everyone is lying to you. Libra: Right now is high time to be investing in some high-risk markets, Libra! But remember that with success comes a greater risk to your health—you’ve never been able to handle success very well, so the advice here isn’t very useful for you since you’re incapable of being content. Scorpio: Though like the dust upon the sand dune wrestles like a worthless peppermint leaf within a big ol’ bean sludge soup, this is only an analogy for what good favors ahead you may or may not have coming. Good job! Sagittarius: As per usual, you’re astrology’s least favorite sign. But remember that your striking personality is your strongest asset, especially this month, and just like everybody else does with their most valuable assets, you should hide them. Capricorn: Don’t neglect the smaller loves in life. If you own a pet, assure that they know you love them, as this is probably the last time you’ll be able to let them know. Sorry. Aquarius: This coming week might be a little bit rough on you, but don’t let it be a bother—this is the perfect opportunity to let everyone know just how overburdened and stressed you are. This will make everyone around you appreciate the gravity to your presence, so that they can understand just how truly gracious of a human being you are for gracing them with your highly valuable time. Pisces: You’re a total babe. Yeah. Total babe. You know it. So flaunt it, girl. Or, person
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News editor Annie Stonebreaker (left), lead reporter Taylor Nadauld (middle) and staff writer Lizeth Meinguer (right) pose in front of the Rink at Rockefeller Center. Photo courtesy of Geoff Carr.
Sentinel staffers travel to New York, experience big city excitment, woes Taylor Nadauld Lead Reporter My first thoughts upon stepping on New York City soil (or concrete, rather) were basically nonexistent, because in NYC, the sensory overload is enough to block out any actual retrospective thoughts. Everything that is happening to you is happening right there, right then. The city was busy, crowded, dirty, shiny and over-the-top magnificent. I can tell you though that I went to bed the first two nights thanking God that I live in this beautiful forest land that is Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I have no idea how anyone has ever managed to grow up, or even live for a few years, in NYC. Constantly grasping poles that millions of people have touched on the subways, the smell of exhaust, garbage, and delicious vendor food lingering at every corner and flashing billboards flickering in my face every second convinced me that it should surely be impossible. We from the Sentinel spent those first couple of days attending conferences, eating amazing food, going to the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and exploring the city. It was overwhelming and very exciting. News editor Annie Stonebreaker, news writer Lizeth Meinguer and I (Taylor Nadauld, lead reporter) were seemingly the only ones excited to ride the subways. Everyone else on board looked like they had recently had all of the life sucked from their veins. And after a while, I began to understand why. Living in NYC is tiring. There was never a break for us.
We were constantly on the run from place to place, either on foot or trying to catch the right subway to take us there. And meanwhile, everyone else in the city was trying to do the same thing. There are 8.4 million people living in NYC right now. There are 46 thousand living in CDA. Not even half of 100 thousand. And yet, NYC is one of the loneliest places I have ever experienced. Not for me though, because I was surrounded by great friends the whole time. But looking around the subways and busy streets, you could definitely see it. When you see a crowded group of people like that, you just assume that these people are interacting with one another. Most of the time, that was not the case. Nearly everyone I saw was going their own way, not looking at or speaking to anyone else. They had earbuds in and walked briskly by you without a word, unless you asked for it. And when you did, though people were mostly kind, a lot of them didn’t speak the same language as you; another element that both seemed to divide people, as well as bring cultures together in a unique way. You could rarely tune into a conversation and understand what was being said and yet it was always so loud. The constant noise and action force you to live in the moment, and that was something I loved about it. Despite the fact that for a lot of the time, we were either cold, tired, or hungry, there was never a moment where we weren’t enjoying ourselves. But it was in moments of peace away from the city streets that we were able to ab-
sorb it all. “We finished the day with one of the most spectacular views of the city, on top of the Rockefeller center,” Stonebreaker described. “The elevator quickly takes you up 70 stories and as I stood on the very top and looked up at the swaying lightning rods, I felt caught in a peaceful whirlpool in the constant rushing current of the city, laid out below me in a sparkling sea of lights.” In those roughly four days total, we packed in every sight we could. The Statue of Liberty, the Metropolitan, Central Park, the 9/11 memorial, Chinatown, Little Italy, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Hudson River, Grand Central Station and the Lincoln Center are just a few of the sights we saw in between inspiring conference talks where we learned how to perfect our journalism and multimedia skills. By the last day, I was even more tired than my first night, but filled with so much more inspiration, determination and love for the city. That’s when I began to understand how people survive in NYC. Despite the impossibly large numbers of people constantly buzzing around, and despite the tourism, the city is a community and its culture is a home to many. You can tell by the way people go out of their way to eat at their favorite delis, or how they talk about the 1 Word Trade Center, or by the way they help out lost tourists like ourselves get from point A to B, that this city is their home. NYC was an amazing experience, and not just for the journalism, though that was amazing in and of itself. There’s a lot to be learned about life when you’re standing in the midst of 8 million lives existing together.
(Left) A skyline view of NYC from the Rockefeller building. (Above) Taylor Nadauld photographs the 9/11 memorial. Lizeth Meinguer/Sentinel (Below) The staffers and Sentinel advisor Geoff Carr wait for the Daily Show to begin. Photo courtesy of a random audience member