The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 51 No 7, Feb 19, 1998

Bomb threat disrupts play

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bald students after the "Faces of America" play Feb. 4 in Boswell Hall.

The th reat, alo ng with the presence of Aryan Nations leader Rev. Richard Butler, did not stop the show. In fact, many say th e play was strengthened by the evening' s even ts.

NIC personnel evacuated th e buildin g shortly after the p lay started , while Coe ur d'Alene polic e sea rched for an explosiv e dev ic e After about 30 minutes, th e aud ience was allowed to return to th e bui ldin g.

Th e stud e nt s qu es ti o ned But ler abou t his pre sence at th e p la y and hi s be li efs.

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Campus climate gro up releases rep ort's findings

Reveals differences between sexes; student survey positive by Taryn Hecker

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S1ud ent c ampu s c lim a t e s urv e y s ha ve rev e aled that N IC stu de nt s a re satisfi ed with th e qualit y of ed uca ti o n offered at NI C.

Fiv e m on th s h ave passed si n ce interim Pres id e nt Ro n Be ll a nn o un ced 1he fo r mati on o f th e Ca mp us C ulture and C l i m ~ne Co mmi ttee to a ddr ess issue s ident i fied in a Jul y 18 letter

Moving Up in the World

1998 Job Fair plan s forming

Engli sh in st ru cto r Fra n Bahr wro te to the board of tru ste es Bah r addre ssed concern s about sexual hara ss me nt, intimid a ti o n. ge nd e r inequiti es a nd sa lary in equ a liti es .

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people I mi g ht have hu1t but I fe lt it was right. I didn t fee l like I co uld not do it."

Th e Ca mpu s C ultu re and C limate Committee rece n tly re leased res ult s of a campu s-w id e sur vey and rec ommendati o n s fo r so l v in g pr o bl e m s identifi ed by th e survey.

The c ommitt ee in c lud e d repre sentati ves fr o m ASN IC. fac ult y employee s and admini s tra t io n. Linda Erickson , Eng li sh de pm1m ent secretary. chairedth eco mmiuce.

1 think that' s in cred ibl e th at a lot of the fm stration we' ve ex peri e nced ha sn't been tran s lated to student s," she said. ''Ev eryone's sti ll be ing very pro fes siona l and workin g hard." '

Erickson said there were 46 in stances where male and temal e vicwJX)ints difti::red.

Female s said th e re is a nee d for more women admini strat o rs and supervi sors

Mal e s s aid th ey d o n·t fe ar be ing harassed becau se of the ir ge nde r and are respected regardl ess of th e ir gender.

Both sex es ag reed that communi cation is good betw ee n emp lo yee s and their supervi sor s a nd that s up e rv isor s treat men and wom e n with equ al rt! spect.

Erick son said the lack of wom e n in supervi so ry pos ition s is becaus e of the len gt h of tim e emp loy ee s stay at NIC.

"The top manag e ment have for th e mo st part be e n he re for many. many Years," Er ickson said. "At th e time they Were hired, th e re proba.bly wc:e not_,a great many female minority applicants

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chose 1he high er tuition at for ne ig hborin g co unti es. of tlv leg is lation.

More employers will be on hand lor questioning by Wes Woods Se111i11 ef E d itor Thi s yea r 's J o b w ill in c lu de so m e t h i ng eve r y s tu de nt. Th e April 17 eve nt will inc lude mo re employers look in g fo r lo n g- t erm students a nd s umm er employment. sa id pl aceme nt specialist R~lY Kecvy. The fair wil l be held in Chris t ianson G y iri. ln th e pas t. chcjoh fcti1 h as o ffch :U 1110IC ihd:1 summ er employment. he said. "St ud ents come h e re. go to sc hoo l. gratl uatc: the n th ey' re on th e ir ow n," Kecvys..i id. Eve n if co l lege st ude nt s ar e lo o kin g fo r a s umme r j o b, th e y n ee d t o s t a rt thin k in g o f th e future, Kcevysa id. L as t yea r th e J ob Fa i, b ro ade ne d its scope wi th more aca de mi c re lated jobs. Th is yea r. eve n mo re will co me. So me o f th e e mployers" booths will he lp to ge t stud e nt s a n en tryleve I pos i t io n in a co mp any, Keevy sa id. T he '96 job fai r had abo ut 15 e mploye rs. Las t yea r, it had about 20. and thi s yea r it could possi bly be as hi gh as 40 to 60, Kccvy sa id.

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(R-Vanco u ver) proposed th a t residents o f Koot ena i an d Bo nn er co unti es wo uld pay instate tuition a t co ll eges and universities in Spokane Co unt y. Id aho leg is lators would need to pass a s imilar bill a ll ow in g Spoka ne re s ident s to pay in -state tuition at NIC as a compromise. Webe r sa id that if th e bill would pass, it would be in effect until 2 001 in w hi c h case it

Heart Strings heats up auditorium

illi a m Rhodes.

Rhodes isa familiarfaceatNIC; he ha s displayed hi s tale nt s befo re durin g the dedication co ncert fo r Boswe ll Hall in 1979.

" It was an ho nor si ng in g with a star like Bill Rhodes, " sa id Katherine Damiano, a voca li st in the co nce rt. Rhodes makes some thin g as soothin g and so mber as opera seem as hum o rous as a good television comedy

O th e r pe rformers we re the No rth Id a ho Co ll ege Sy mph ony the Dav id Demand

Band , Angu s Scott Pipe ba nd , Sheryl Bentz-Sipe and Yeritas, th e Inl and Empire Boys' Choir Boy ' s Cho ir.

The Angu s Sco tt Pipe Band was a group of bag pipe players and percussionists. The drummer hypno ti zed th e audience by to ssi ng lh e ir st icks as if it was a baton twirlin g co nt est.

Bentz-Sipe, a dancer and teacher, co mplim e nt ed th e mu sic with very graceful and soot hin g ba ll et.

The c lincher wa s the co mbined effort s of Rhodes, Damiano, Moody Be nt z-Sipe and Yeritas in an exce rpt from th e "Fiddl er o n the Roof." Rhodes again 'adde d hi s comica l sty le to the piece, makin g it a jo yful, a nd memorable endi ng.

All proceeds from this eve nt we re donated to th e NIC Childre n s Ce nt e r.

involvem e nt among s tudent s beca use that's whe n things happen.

Acco rdin g to offic ials at EWU. app rox im ately 350 Idaho st ude nt s have left the co ll ege in the pa s t five years due to tuition. T h e propo sa l wou ld change that. and itmightaffcctNICattendance.

Steve Sch e nk, dean of co ll ege re lati ons, said N IC off ic ia ls are trying to det ermine what effect i f any, would be had on the

EWU for th e shorter commute. Washington Rep. Don Car lso n He said his desire is to increase Weber s aid attendin g th e U I wou ld have meant driving some pretty bad road s dur i ng the winte r. Weber said that peop le often ren t housing in Mo scow for t hr ee or four days s im ply t o avo id driving every day. For co mmut ers lik e Weber, EWU is th e logica l cho ice. However, they cou ld pay as much as $2,400 more than Washingtonians to attend.

coll ege and it s att e nda nce ra tes " At thi s po int. we do n ' t ha ve an offi cial o pin io n:· Sc he nk said. "(Th e bill ) nee d s to be a na lyze d furth e r." We be r' s co nce rn was for th e stud e nt s.

st:,·:,::: 1 \e :~~ew~ ; ;~ ? ~e~:: said. "'Without th e stud e nt s the colle ge wouldn t e xist.' ' Ir this propo sal bec ome a law. it would o pe n more opportunities t o ex pand e du c ation , and ac cording to We ber , that's as it shou ld be.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

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Foundation grants funds for Children's Center expansion

by Brandi Reasor Se11tme/Rt•110rter

$180.000 of the $613.000

needed to expand the NIC

Children's Center has been raised by the N IC Foundation after figuring the prorits from the Heart Strings concert Feb. 7 and 8. St;vc Schenk. dean of co ll ege rel ations and executive director of the foundation. said the foundation i.., committed to raise the rest. and although the decision is yet to be made. he ,aid he plan, to bring it to the board ut its Murch meeting.

"It's prclly important that we ,tart thi, proces\ as soon as po,sib lc:· Sc hcn~ said. Schenk said tht ideal plan is to raise the funds by spring commencement. begin construction and wrap up by fall semci..tcr. The cen ter runs August through May. and this plan

wouldn't interrupt the centers activities.

According to Shelley Thoma,. Chi ldren' s Center ch ild care supervisor. the ce nt er accommodates up to 30 children between th e ages of two and a half and 5. There arc 104 children on th e waiting li s t and approximately 10 calls arc turned away weekly.

The new ce nter will triple the s ize and accommodate 70 to 80 c hildr e n : adding infant/toddl er facilities and a hot lun c h program.

Thomas said the center's employees are thrilled about th e project.

The new cente r will provide a viewing area , "ga ll ery," for people to observe the children wit hout disrupting activitie~.

"As you can see. we are lit era lly bur~ting at the scams ri ght no w,'' s he sa id

Thomas said the center's kitchen is in a classroom. there arc no s torage areas and no emp loyee break room. The Head Start Program provides the kid's lun ches. but it ha s to be de li vered. Thomas sa id the new center's lunch program will be provided by th e SUB. which she believes will bring the center closer to NIC.

Thomas sa id the c hildre n may get to eat, one class at a tim e, at the SUB once a month.

"Our goal is to become more int egrated into the NIC community:· Thomas said.

The new infant/toddler facilities will be more convenien t ror students who arc parents of both infants and pre-schoolers.

··11 will certa inl y save tim e and mo ney ,'' sa id NIC student Linda Wallen.

Wallen is taking her prerequisites fo r physical therapy and said it will be very nice not to have to take her children to different places every day. People contributing $500 dollars or more w ill be recognized on a donor wall in Lhe new center.

Through the NIC Foundation's concert ser ies of '97 and '98, sponsored by Washington Trust Bank, $90,000 has been raised.

Major contributors to the centcr·s expansion include: $ I 0,000 from Kellogg resident Eula Chilco11; and a $5.000 contribution to thc'98 concert series by Brad a nd Shariae Dugdale.

Washington Water Power donated $ I million for education in the region. NIC received an $80.000 donation of that. $75,000 will benefit the Chi ldren's Center expam,ion.

Enrollment down; male·s

out-numbere

Fewer foreign students, transfers

by Murad Khalliev

Se11ti11el Reporter

Spring enro llm ent at NIC is down by 36 students from la st year. decreasing from 3,321 to 3,285 students.

According to the late st figure s from the registrars office. the number of full-time students is 2,446. whereas in the spring of 1997 it was 2,469.

campus for students to spend th time.

Lindsay said students don't I they are in need of the SU anymore. He said the Educat Cup, a snack bar in Boswell Ha has become popular amo students.

"Students had a request Lindsay said. "They asked us wh we open new SUB, not to closet Educated Cup."

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Second-year business student, Gue-Young Kim, uses the Internet to track down information about his home country South Korea. Kim returned to South Korea Monday and hopes come back in May.

Asian students feel market crunch

Economic woes force s. Korean students to cancel visit; economies improving slowly

by Ryan MacClanathan Managing Ediwr

The Asian market crash ha s left several international s tudents achi ng forfunds.

Short of cas h and lacking few options to obtain more many Asian students at NIC arc thinking twice about stay ing in th e United States.

"Their damn money isn't what it used to be ," said Gene LeRoy , int ernatio nal student adviser.

LeRoy said s tud e nt s from Korea, Indonesia and Thailand are feeling th e c run c h the most. Japanese st ud en ts have not been affected as much, because their economy is stro nger.

Money problems ha s also c han ged stude nt 's plans abo ut comi ng to NIC.

birth so metim e in March.

He wants to return home because he doesn't want to regret not seeing his first child born, he said. It's hard for him to leave because he wants to achieve his dream of rinishing his educat ion, he said.

The ima ge of rich Asian students coming to American students s imply to have a good tim e is a myth, Kim said.

When someone asks me why I'm here. I can say it's because I want to get a good education " Kim said. "Most of the Asian students come here to study - not to relax or have a vacation.''

LeRoy said at o ne time he had funds he cou ld dole out to foreign students. But that all changed in 1992 when

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a local re s ident complained to the board of trustees. he said. Co ll ege offic ial s halted funding for international st ud ents, leaving LeRoy and th e students und e r his care with few op ti ons.

-Gene LeRoy

International student adviser their country's economic problems.

A group of 26 South Korean students from NIC's sister college had 10 cance l a scheduled visit to NIC days before their departure due to

the college, " Due to immigration laws. most international :,, tudent s are restricted to oncampus jobs. Financial aid is restricted to regular scholarsh ip s that international

students must compete with American stude nt s to obtain.

Pre;ident of the International Students Relations Club Gue-Young Kim. 26. sa id he is personally feeling the effect of South Korea's market crash.

Although his country's economy is improving , Kim said his money is wm,h about half of what it used to be.

Kim re turned to South Korea earlier this semester to be with his

but sa id he plans on coming back to NIC soo n to continue

Kim's said his wife return ed 10 Korea Jan. 17 and is expected to give

LeRoy said he is st ill ange red by the decision. and says that it is not fair to foreign students and hu11s the college.

"Foreign students bring a lot of enrichment to the college,'· he said. adding that the majority of th em have high GP As.

"A lot of people have the impress ion that foreign students have a lot of money: that is B.S.," he sa id.

Each se mest e r the International Students ' Club hosts a foreign-food buffet to he lp raise sc holarship money. Last semes ter the club co ll ected $600 to grant two sc hol a rship s.

Transfer student enrollment is

According to the reg i strar office, the most popular spri academic programs are general a undecided s tudies with 7 students down by 57 students, decreasing Business administration folio from 2.910 in 1997 to 2.859. with 241, education with 30

With an enro llm e nt decrease, nursin g and pre - nursin g with:! parking still remains a problem for law enforcement with 91 a students.

Bob Thomson, campus securi ty officer, said many students claim that there is no place to park. He said the college has many open spaces. " They·re a l ways going to complain about parking," Thomson sa id.

Thomson said the rec onstruc tion of th e SUB caused so me of the loss in parking spots.

"The problem is that s tudent, feel the y need to park right in front of their classes,'' he said.

Campus sec urity said they did not have many problem s w ith students not having parking permits.

David Lindsay, dean of students, said he had no complaints from Mudents this se mester about closing down the SUB.

The fact that there is a fence around the SUB and something is going on, helps keep students happy. Lindsay said. With the SUB closed, administration found new spots on

engineering wit h 77. This semeste r the averai student age is 26. The camp population is 60 perc en t femal and 40 percent male. NIC has st udent s from th e fi no rth ern cou ntie s. Scvcnty-thr percent of students are fro Kootenai: 9.7 percent. Bonner: percent. Shoshone: 2 perccn Bennewah and 2 percent fro Boundary. This spring. N IC has .\I internati onal students from Asi Australia. Europe. North Ameri and the Caribbean Is land s. Gene LeRoy, internation s tudent adviser, said NIC wou have had more internation students. but the financial situati of many East Asian s tu dents d not allow many st ud ents to come. NIC Registrar Kar en Street said many sc hool s hav e had me drops in enrollment. She sa id int erim President Ron Bell was pleased NIC's enrollmen didn't drop much.

The Body Pride Fair 1998

Promoting

• Blood Pressure

• Snacks

• Style Show

• Stress Testing

• Tai Chi

• Belly Dancing

• Free Massages All Day

9 am · 2 pm Tuesday, February 24th

NIC Library Foyer & Todd Hall

Sponsored by North Idaho College Counseling Services

"Foreign students bring

Former senator is 'N ot So Ordinary'

Reed speaks about responsibility

by Li nd a Jones

Reporter

Se11 ri11 el

Ma ry Lo u Reed is no o rd in ary pe rson;s hese rved two te rm sasa

De mocra tic se nato r within a Repub li ca n-do minated ho use.

As a spea ker fo r th e NIC Alumn i Assoc iati on lec ture ser ies , "No t-SoOrd in ary Peop le," s he said she cons idere d herse lf a liberal an d optim istic.

"Optimi sm b in ds a na tio n togethe r," Reed sa id Ja n 26.

Reed talk ed abo ut life in the po liti ca l wo rl d a nd s hared her conce rn s abou t today's yo uth a nd media fr e nzy ove r c urre nt po liti ca l iss ues.

To unde rsta nd what mot ivates the spea kers to li ve their li ves in suc h a way 1h a1 th ey ca n insp ire othe rs to do the same for soc ie ty, speakers are as ked. " What ge ts yo u up in the morning a nd to s lee p at nigh t?"

Reed sa id her mo tivatio n fo r On't getti ng up in th e morn in g was to he S find out what's going on in the duca world, " because she has an ·e]I H "ab norm al , consum in g intere st in amc pub li caffairs."

"Wi th knowledge comes quc, respo nsibili ty ," Reed sa id. usw She said she ta kes pride in th e lose :~ 1 :ts! e has never been withou t a istr, ~e:r and can deve lop a se nse of \th , community ," Reed sa id. "W hen give n the opportu ni ty, people wi ll folio work to geth e r and make th e ri g ht ~]

dec isions i f give n e noug h info rm at io n."

The na ti on has c hanged in the pas t 50 yea rs. Reed sa id. The se ri ous iss ues fac in g thi s co un try have bee n reso lved, she sa id.

"Th e nati o n isat peace a nd has a boo mi ng eco nomy." she said.

"The re are no threaten ing news issues to re po rt today. so the med ia has tu rn ed it s att en ti on to pe rso nal a tt acks on th e pres ide nt. "

Reed said beca use of all the nega tive press in po li t ics, yo uth today a re re lu c ta nt to ge t in volved.

" How do we trust?" Reed asked.

" Wh e n theme di ai sc reatinga fre nzy and repo rtin g specu latio ns w ithout a ny substa ntial info rm a ti on."

Havi ng purpose a nd hope fo r th e future was a co nce rn she exp ressed fo r yo uth

"Yo ung peop le do n't always see th e worldasabetterplace,"Reed sa id. "T hey are c hoosi ng to be d ise ngaged."

She st ressed 1hat " the wo rl d is wo rt h sav in g." She said peo pl e deserve better a nd deserve trus t. Reed wrapped up her speech by answer in g quest ions from the a udience , whi ch we re mos tl y about th e sca nda l in vo lving the pres ident. Reed co nt inued to support Pres ide nt Cli nton say in g, " l 've trus ted him with my vote and my cou ntry.' ' Denise Clark, NIC's pub li c se rvtce li brar ia n will speak about the fict ional characte rs that in spired her on her journey into read in g th e extrao rd inarc at noo n Monday. Feb. 23. Reservat ion s can be made by ca ll ing 769-7806.

91'. Bomb Threat: Organizers say show ' s ""' message was strengthened by incident

"Some of t he ir be li efs are pretty iiltt, odd ," said Mike Rau, a Lak e City ~ t ~g:0 ~~:oon~:ll~~~d e nt who ob se rv ed low The show 's organizers say i f the ptr,'· ca ll er's threat wasmeanttoruinthe :n11r performance , it backfired.

Jo sh Buehner. Hum a n Equality h,,. Club pre s id e nt, s aid the p lay 's om.' me ss age was stre1~gthened by t he AfM, ~mb threa t. He said the success of th is show. along w ith pa st events, proves that NICrejects hatred. nitlO' The play 's so le perform er. Fran C11111 De Leon, sa id her performa nce was a11oi. the be st she ha s ever clon e.

"Tonight was a comp lete l y differe nt show for me," she said to a crowd of about 50 audience members who stay ed aft er th e play. Although she sa id she did hav e some apprehensions about performin g in North Idaho. De Leon sa id th e numb er of people who return ed to th e aud it orium proves that North Idah oa ns a re on the right track.

" You guys get a bad rap," she sa id. De Leon and the show's producer Co l in Cox, said th ey be lieve But ler had a right to come to t he p lay and hop e d he un de rstood its They said t hey do no t th e Arya n

: Climate: Committees were composed of i- varying number of male, female members

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She sa id as administrators re tire or change job s , th e r e wi ll be increased opportunities for wome n in management po s itio ns, but wha t is rea ll y important is h iring "t he best quali fied perso n."

Erickson sa id the mos t d iff icu lt part of bei ng comm itt ee c hair was reading and typi n g th e wr itten comme n t s turned i n w ith th e surveys and reali zin g how many peop le wer e re a lly unhappy a nd have b ee n dama ge d by t h e i r expe riences he re. "

The one comment t hat s ta nds out in Erick so n 's mind was fro m a female employee w ho wro te: I have bee n phy s ica l ly and ve rba l ly hara sse d by ma les on th is camp u s. I h ave bee n embarrassed in front o f stu dents anct in front of my s uperv iso r an d I fee l t h a t my wo r k o n

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About 40 percent of the jobs this

Year wi ll be looki ng fo r po ss ib le long-term graduates, w h i l e 60

Percen t wi ll be summer •inployment, Keevysa id.

The co ll ege has mai led o ut 120 applica tio ns to di ffere nt emp loye rs

One pro mi nen t co mpa ny th a t was approac hed was Int e l in Po rtl a nd, Keevysa id.

Feedback received las t yea r was exce ll ent, Keevy sai d Th e academ ic studen ts sa id t ha t th ere Wasn't enoug h emp l oy me nt

~PO rtu ni ti es fo r th em in the area o f ,;:~t~~ n:J~~:;t ~ ~er~b ::~ri; invi ti ng more long-te rm e mp loyers. Sorne of the e mployers wi ll have 1'.e·scree ni ng interv iews a t the j ob air for possib le employees.

comm ittee s is n1 t regarded while a ma le's present."

Dean of Ins truction J e rry Gee said some of th e co mmittee s h e established oh ca mpu s were mad e up of 80 pe rcent fema les. He said others were 80 percent ma les.

''Whe n I estab lished co mmi tt ees, I loo ked a t who wo ul d do the bes t j ob for w hat it was that neede d to be done, " Gee said, "a nd rea ll y at times , did not put an emp hasi s on gender equa li ty.

" I thi nk al l of us are more se ns itive to that now , but I do n' t think ever, at least in my case , I p urpose ly we nt o ut to ig nore o ne aspec t of t he campus or another," h e said. " T h o se t hin gs ju st happen."

Erickson sa id that she had been on co mmittees herse lf where " what t h e ma l es say seems more i mpo rt a nt to the ma les who have t he power to make t he dec isio ns th a nwh att hefe malessay."

These inte rviews wi ll probab ly be he ld on the second floor of Lee Ha ll.

Kaiser A l um in um , Micro n

E lectronics, Weste rn S t ates

Eq ui p me n t, Kootenai Cou nt y She riff. Seafi rs t Bank, Hagadone Hospita lity Associat ion a nd severa l others are sc hedu led to atte nd.

"Emp loyment figures a re down and the competit ion is tough,''

Keevy sa id. "A student shou ld do every th ing in t he ir power to stand out (in the job ma rket). "

O n e of th ose keys co ul d be atte nd in g the j ob fa ir.

"S tu de nts do n't take advantage of this and it 's jus t to benefi t (th em)," Keevysaid. T h e job fai r w ill be he ld in co nj un c tio n with o ne at eit her Lake City or Coe ur d'A lene Hi gh Sc hoo l. Bes ide s h e l ping hi g h s choo l students ge t a j ob, the eve nt wi ll get th em on the ca mpus a nd fa mili a rize th em w i th the co ll ege. T h e n stude nts may thi nk abo ut atte nd in g NIC. Keevysa id.

inpu t into cons idera tion before an noun cin g th e pres ide nt on March 18.

Spo kesman-Rev iew re porte r Andrea Vog t was not all owed to atte nd the interv iews. In ter im Pres ide nt Ro n Be ll sa id th e in te rviews were co ll ege busineis and th at th e media wo uld not be all owed to att e nd.

T he me dia was all owed to atte nd rece pti ons fo ll ow in g th e in te rviews.

Transfer Day hits campu s Friday

Twe lve Northwestern co ll eges wi ll ga ther in the gy m fo r NIC' s annu al

Transfer Day on 9:30 a.m. to I p. m Fr iday.

Stude nts ca n talk to represe nta ti ves fro m Lew is a nd Clark, Boise State, Carro ll Co ll ege, Ci ty Uni versi ty, Easte rn Washing ton Go nzaga Univers ity Northwes t Nazarene Co ll ege Uni vers it y of Idaho, Uni ve rsit y of Mo ntana (Misso ul a), Mo nta na State Uni vers ity (Bosema n), Washington State Un ive rsity and Whit wort h Co ll ege.

Free cata logs an d broc hu res and im portanl informat ion wil l be avai lab le from the schoo ls. The latest co ll ege transfer guide from Stu de nt Se rvices wi ll be ha nd ed out. T heguide has importa nttransfe r a nd admissio n in format io n fo r a ll co ll eges attend ing.

St udents will be eli g ib le to win pri zes in clu din g: g ift cert ifica tes to Si lverwood Cr icke t 's, Docks ide, Sunset Bow lin g, La Pe tite Bea ut y Sa lon Coeur d'Ale ne Tr iba l Bingo and Casi no and CDs and massages

Batt appoints Stewart to commiss io

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Former Idaho Sen. Mary Lou Reed says she questions the media's reporting about the presidential situation during the Not-So-Ordinary People" luncheon in Emery's Restaurant.

Na tion· s beliefs and behavior. but th ey do tol erate them

Buehner echoed th ei r sentiments a nd sa id he h oped the play's me ssage would sink in on Butler.

Buehner is at th e forefront of e ffort s to combat hate crimes at NIC. La st year he was th e victim or ahatecrimeafleranunid e ntifi ed man spit on him.

When he first learn ed about th e bomb thr eat he he was d is tur bed, but the thing that came to mind was to get eve ryone to safety.

Tony Stewart. a political sc ience in st ru c tor who he lped organi1e th e pl ay, sa id th e threat was an unfortunat e in cid ent. He refu sed to comment on Butler 's presence.

Th e numb e r of peopl e who re turn e d to the auditorium did impress him , Stewart sai<l, and the

She sa id it do es n·1 always happen that way. bu1 has happen ed before.

Before Erickson revealed the s ur veys finding s at the Jan. 18 boa rd mee tin g. Be ll a nnounced that th e repo 11 was "retrospective."

"A lot of th ese thin gs th ey've identifi e d. we' re moving o n already." he sa id This i:s not so me thing go in g int o a black hole."

Bahr sa id puttin g s tudent s, administrators and faculty togcthe1 on the committee was one of the best things <hat could happe n.

She referr ed to the o ld saying "wa lk a mil e in the othe r pe rson 's moccas in s " I got a much better feel for what

from the aud ience was was a n ou t stan din g play," Stewart sa id. "Bo th the content and

Stewart and Buehner both sa id they want the show to re turn to NIC.

Mike Halpern of Campus Safety said NIC has rece ived bomb threats before. but this is the fi rst one they

Halpern said is on alert during events that co uld be inflammatory. Problems s uch as bomb threats are alwa ys in the back of security office rs· mind s he sa id.

"When there's eve nts of thi s nature go in g on. we pay attention to who shows up." Halpern said il's like 10 be that ot her person: · sai d Bahr. ··1 hope maybe they got to the point where they had a little bit better idea of where I was coming from. Understand in g one a noth e r belier. we ca n get along better.''

Gee said t he l ack of comm unication co ntribut e d to problems on campus. " If people a re n't willing to s it down and talk to eac h other about what co ncerns th ey have you never know what concerns them ,' he said. ''Hopefu lly co mmunicatio ns will open up across th e campus where people feel co mfortable convey in g their rea l feelings and thoughts to each other and to peop le who can

Politi ca l Science In st ructor Tony Stewart was picked by Gov. Phi l Bau to be on th e Idaho Ed ucation Commi ss ion

Stewart is one of seve n members of th e Idaho co mmi ss ion. Batt, the super int ende nt of pub lic in struction and three members of the state legislature are on th e comm iss ion.

The co mmi ssion is a non -pro fit , nation-wide int e rstat e co mpact. Program priorities includ e helping standard s for stud ent learning and ed ucation sys tems that support the m, improv ing the effectiv e ne ss of hi gher educa tion and strengthening connections be tween po st-seco ndary andtheK-12system

"The chairperson rotates eve ry year-one year it will be a Democrat and th e nex t a Republican wi ll be chairperso n. " Stewart said. "T hey are very se nsit ive tothaL."

Stewart's position includes he lping schoo ls ge t informat ion on stud ies and researc h.

''It's a lot of work, but I believe around the Un ited States a nd in eve ry co mmunit y th e cement within th at community wou ld be the list of vo lunt ee rs in th e co mmunit y, Stewart said.

Stewart sa id it is an honor and a privilege to se rve on the co mmi ss ion UI extension under construction in PF

Visitors lO the NIC Work force Trainin g Center in Post Fa lls may have noti ce d a few changes lately. Under construction is the new Unive rsity of Ida ho Work Force/Eng inee ring and Research center.

Unlik e th e UI ca mpus located at NIC, the center is differe nt. T he new center will be directly associated with UI

Durin g its beginning stages, it will bcacent erforbu sin esse s a nd co mpani es to go to interested in the co nstruct ion of ne w bu il d in gs direc tly affiliated with UI.

Th e build ing is located on a 100-acre lot wit hin Post Fa ll s Comme rce Park. Plan ne rs sa id th ey hope to deve lop th e fac ilit y into a fu ll campus in stitut ion within th e next 20 years.

Th e NIC department plan s to move in on April I and will stay fo r about a year. The in stitution wi ll not offer enginee ri ng courses to student s ye t.

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Snakes Alive!

Students turn residence into virtual snake pit full of scaly companions

by la ll Johnson Semi11e/Rc11orter

osl people wouldn ·1 feel nm1fortable ,1,ith a pct ,,:cighing aroun<l 200 pounc.b and easily capable of cru hing their rihsorchoking them. NIC ,tudenh Terri An,e l and Burk Little. however. have no hesitation in owning Uncle Buck, a I-I-foot. 180 pound Burmese python. Ansel and Little are called the ··snake People:· mid for gocxl rl!a!->on-thcy own 18 snakes ranging from 8 inch ldnho native ruhher boas to Uncle · Buck. The couple also has a pi ranha collec ti on. legless linmb. a mo nitor lizard. some birds. a ca t and dog. They said they co llect reptilc.!s bccau l! theylovcanimalsandlikcto..,tudythcm.

·The) 're actually rea lly cool pets:· Anse l said. They"re fun to have around:·

The Snake Peop le" arc majoring in commercial art.

An..,cl plans on going into the field of herpc1ology-the sllldy of amphibiam, an<l reptik!-.. Collecting reptile, for two and a ha lf years in Idaho. they started with ju,t one snake and now have up to 68 pets. Their first rep tile collectio n was too large for the ir apa rt ment and prompted n move to the ir current ho use dubbed the ··House of Death"' by a neighbor.

Snakes are feared ,me mi,undcrstood by many people, Anse l said. T he biggest mbconccp tions about them come fro m ig norance. Snakes are n· t slimy. co ld or caku lating kill ers. Ansel said.

An,e l expressed <lbgusl over th e movie "Anaconda." She said snakes are reactionary an imals and do11·1 have the i111c ll igence o r blood lust the movie portrays.

"Snakes have alway:-. gollc n a bad rep " Anse l

sa id. "T hey're not the mom,tcr, the movies ma ke them out to be. If they' re handled properly they 111..ikc good pet but you 1mi:,,t respect their potential to he wild."

Snakes arc good pets for peop le with all ergic,. An:-.cl said. They're ea,y to maintai n bccau,;;e th ey ea t o nce every ot her week o r so, depe nding on the spec ies. They a lso req uire li tt le space and don't make any noise. Ansel sai d The ··Snake Peop le· enjoy s howing th eir co ll ection. They trave l to local schoo ls giving informative talks about rept il es. They·ve never had a negative mishap w hi le show ing th eir snakes.

On the con trary, Anse l sa id whil e disp lay in g some snakes in fro nt of the Coe ur d'Alene boardwalk someone approac hed them and said that the disp lay made their vacation the best ever. Ansel said th..it everyo ne who has seen the snakes enjoys the exper ience.

Coeur d'Alene has a law keep in g snake owner'.') from bringing their snake.., in public. This is ridiculous. An cl :-.aid. becau\c people can bring iguanas. which ani more aggressive than snakes to the park. Anse l and Little abo help othe rs buy and ,e ll snakes. They he lp pet stores wi th sick sna kes and are involved with some snake resc ues. Anse l is also working o n a book e nt itled 'The Pct Shop Repti le & Amph ibian Guide ..Some shops don't know a lot and have so me accidenta l death beca use of poor e nvironme nt al regu lation:· Ansel sa id. Someday the couple hopes to open a rept ile far m Th e ir far m wou ld have many different kin ds of rept il es in areas des igned specilically fo r th e ind ividua l species. Kids from local schoo ls cou ld be bussed in to sec wild animals in anenv ironment!'>uitedfortheminsteadof in cages, they said.

Faculties' family ties bind campus together

instructo r and Debra teaches Eng lish.

They married in '83 and attended the Uni versi ty of Was hi ngto n as doc10ra l stud en ts.

"] a m profoundly happy ."

-Tim Christie Co mmuni cati ons in stru c tor about wife K athy

Ka th y echoed th e same se ntim en ts.

"'T im is my ve ry best fri end ; · Ka th y sa id.

He is th e mos t suppo rti ve, lov in g perso n I've eve r know n.··

In th eir off tim e, the y spe nd tim e with th e ir

o ne cat, two dogs and each oth er. Th e ca t is name d Ji gsaw. whil e th e gold en retrievers are na med Boze man and Sa di e.

Th ey have been at NIC for 15 years. Teac hing lin ked c lasses all ows the m to i111 erac t ofte n

··we are best frien ds; · Don s..iid. ··We Jove to hang out toge th er:· Mara lec and Char leda Foss are tw in s th at both wo rk at NIC. Mara lec is a division cha ir for th e phys ica l educa ti on depart ment. ,ind Char leda teac hes th e bowl in g classes.

In additio n to th e tim e they sec each oth er at sc hoo l. these ladiesseeeac h othereve ry day at home. They live ac ross the st reet fr om eac h o th er.

Lewis and Laura Watki ns me t th ro ugh mutu a l fri end s. Lew is is an adv isin g spec ia li st ;111 d La ura teaches a psycho logy co urse on Wednesday eve nin gs.

th e busi ness office. fir st aske d her o ut. They married in ·94_

"N IC gives us a co mmo n gro und :· Ju dy sa id. " Da vid und erstands much of th e teac hin g poin t of view, an d I am ab le to un de rstand mu ch of the adm inistra ti ve poin t of view.'' Th ey purc hased a sa il boat and look forwa rd to learn in g th e ropes toget her.

Ti m and Kathy Chri,tie also met at NIC.

They we re profess ional fr ie nd s for e ight to nin e years when Tim' s wil'e, Mary. di ed Th e ir re lati onshi p was based upo n be in g good fr ie nd s. They soo n rea li ,ed that there was mo re to it, and two and a half years aft er T im los t hi s firs t wife. they married Kathl een an d I are one anot her's bes t fr iend ;· Ti m said ·1 am profo un dly happy."'

Th ey love be in g toge th er and are kee nl y awa re th at th ey are trul y bl essed.

Geo rge and Jul i Ives also wo rk at NIC.

George is an Engli sh in struc tor and has bee n at NIC s in ce '69 Juli has bee n an in stru ctor in th e Lea rnin g Ce nt er s in ce '87.

'" I love to wa lk dow n th e hall and see her."'

sa id Geo rge. " I can watch her throug h th e doors o r th e glass wo rkin g with stu de nt s."

Jt see ms th at we ca n neve r ge t eno ugh of e ch oth er," sa id Juli " We arc very happy and loo kin g forwa rd to retire ment when we can spend more tim e togeth er.' '

At ho me, th ey enj oy takin g walk s, rea din g and do in g cro.swo rd pu zz les. Th ey pl ay ··Boggle" toge th er Fo r eve ry e ight po int s George ge ts, he fi gures she get s at least 24.

Do n and Debra Sprag ue met at NIC when she was a stud ent of hi s. He is a psyc hology

T hey were fri e nds for q uit e some tim e before they rca li ,ed tha t th ere was more to it. They ma rri ed in "9.J.

··we enj oy o ur q ui et ti me:· sa id Lew is.

'·Weba lanceeac hoth erout.

Eve ry so ofte n th ey are able to take lun ch toge th er. In th e ir free tim e, th ey enj oy watc hin g good movies and pl ay in g with their ro tt we il cr.Zoc. Dav id and Chery l Cunn ing ton have bee n marri ed fo r 14 years. He teac hes bi ology and zoo logy and preps th e lab. She teac hes math o n a pm1 -tim e ba s is.

I lo ve to have hero n ca mpu s:·

Cunnin gto n suid We ha ve a very good relat ions hip. and it is ab so lu te ly wo nderfu l. "

There are many more peop le at NIC that have ti es th at bind

A fa mil y wi thin a fa mil y-the ties th at bin d arc num ero us an d con tribut e to the qu ality of life o n th e NIC ca mpus

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Uncle Buck, the 7-ye ar-old , 14-foot , 180-pound Burmese python, is one of the pets owned by Burk Little and Terri Ansel. The snake feeds on a live chi cken every two weeks

Burk Little twists the king snake around

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Is President Bill Clinton using the trouble in Iraq to draw attention away from his sex scandal?

Student Darren Temple to receive certificate through campus program

by Brandi Reasor Se11ti11el Reporter

Darren Te mpl e rem e mber s working with his fa1herwhen he wa s a littl e bo y Young bo ys look up to th eir fa th er s and are inspired by wha1 th ey do. Darre n' s falh e r died when he was 9. but th e in spiration hi s fath e r gave him ha s lasted throu g hout hi s life.

"I ca n rem embe r putting up du ct work and st uff lik e that with him. " Te mpl es aid.

T e mpl e's the pre s id e nt of 1h e NIC heating, ve ntilati on, air cond itionin g and refr ige ration (HV AC-R) pro g ram and the vocat iona l indu stria l clubs o f Amer ica (VICA) program.

He sa id that a ilhou gh so me tools are provid ed, equ ipment needed for th e cla ss can be expe nsive.

Temple's father was an HVAC tec hni cian.

He sa id hi s mo1her sa ved all of th e tools hi s dad used in hi s wo rk. By decid in g to go into th e same fi e ld as hi s fa1h er, he save d money on s uppli es.

The HVA C program last s nine month s, and stude nt s who fini sh are certified HVAC technicians. Temple sa id he wi ll be don e with th e course and receive hi s certification by May.

In ad dition to HVAC Te mpl e is e nrolled in th e N IC coo pe rativ e ed ucation pro gram direc1ed by Ray Keevy.

Keevy wo rk s with ap plied 1ec hnol ogy stud ents a nd he lps them find co-op e mpl oyme nt in the community. Mo st co-op job s are for c redit and pa y; some are for credit only.

Temple is e mplo yed throu g h the co-op by A ir Tech Mechanical of Coeur d'Alene on Wedne sdays. He helped th em do th e demolition of the o ld du c t wo rk at the SUB. He wi ll be helping th e m in sta ll th e new duct work and equipment when th e time comes.

Keevy sa id applied technology stud en ts who want to co-op need in stru cto r approval. Many t im es students have their jobs lin ed up beforehand. He sa id this program g ives lh e students a chance to experie nce things th ey ma y not have the c hance to experie nc e in th e class.

Students ride along wit h professional s o n the job and learn as th ey go. They !isl obj ec tives when e nt e ring t he program and pro gress by addi ng new, more c hallengi ng goa ls.

Darren Temple takes a voltage reading during HVAC-R lab in the Hedlund Building.

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Keevy sa id 21 out of 26 slu de nt s in the program last year were offered permanent position s at th e bu sin esses where th ey co-oped. He said the program place s st ud en ts at va ri ous plac es in town such as Kootenai Me di cal Ce nter, Ro sa ue rs and Er ickso n's RV.

"The bottom lin e of appl ied 1ech is fo r peopl e to co me in. ge t tra in ed a nd get a job,"

Keevy said. ' 'Coope rati ve ed ucation g ives th e m the exper ie nce emp loyers wa nt. "

The se rvice bra nch manager of Pa rrott Mechan ical. In c. in Coeur d'Alene, John Jerecze k, said he wou ld reco mm e nd 1he NIC HY AC program for ac quiring the ba sic s o f th e field. He sa id Parrott has participat ed in th e coop pro gra m and has lo oked to NIC for e mplo yee prospects

··Wehavehiredseveralstud e nt sfro mth e

NIC HVAC program, " Jerecze k sa id. Je reczek sa id one o f th eir e mplo yees is a graduate of th e program a nd is c lose to becoming a journeyman. He said new ly cert ifi ed techn ic ian s receive th e basics in sc hool and ge t on-going trainin g after be in g em plo yed. Hand s-on work using differe nt types of equipm ent a ll ows student s to lea rn som e thin gs they ca n't learn in c lass.

·'It's impossible to lea rn eve ry thin g in a c lass," Jereczeksaid.

Whenhe'snotinclasses.Templesaidhe en joys snowboarding and hun t in g. Templ e sa id after he is cert ifi ed he hopes to ge t e mployment with a compa ny that does more serv ice- type HV AC work. ··1 thi nk I 'm go in g to like it because it' s in teres tin g," Te mpl e sai d "T hc rc·s a lot of stuff toi1."

Class grapples with rage

Anger management support group helps students deal with stress, jobs, life

by Jessie Hixson Selll inel Reporte,

Dea lin g with th e stress of school, jobs and life in ge ne ral ca n take a toll on a pe rso n's emot ions. LindaMil es, astudentintern from Lewi s a nd Cla rk State Co ll ege. has started an anger manageme nt support group to help stude nt s comba t nega ti ve e motions Seven people attended th e first meeting he ld in Siebert 14 on Feb.

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During th e seco nd s tep. Mile s exp lain ed. ''We assume a group ro le a nd 1alk about our issues a nd co ncerns a nd how we dea l with s itu at ions."

Miles want s th e group me mb e rs to take respo ns ibilit y a nd becom e accountable for !heir ac ti o ns.

I m hopi ng it he lps th e m identify their emo ti ons befo re their emo ti o ns get out of contro l," Miles sa id I m hopi ng t heyca n lea rnwa ysto redu ce stress in their li ves so it doesn't ge t to that po int. "

part pro cess. The fi rst ste p is to gather information on red uc in g s tr ess, identifyi ng anger before it gets to the poinl of v io le nce and ways to com munic a te effectively by being assertive ra ther than aggre ss ive.

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I Editorials

Battleground against hatred will start here

"North Ida ho."

S ay th e wo rd s and th e re are a milli o n poss ibl e reac ti o ns. S o me may in stantl y think of beautiful sce nery. Som e may conjure vi sions of stunnin g wildli fe or fri e ndly small tow ns Ho wev er, it is more likely that whit e supremac ists and ra cism wo uld co me to mind , es pec iall y for non-res ident s North Id aho has a nationw ide s tig ma o f hate atlac hed to it and eve ry time it see ms to have se ttl ed o r eve n imp rove d so methin g co mes a lon g to rei nfo rce the stereo type. Ent e r Ri c hard Butl er a nd hi s c rew.

Butl er, whose c lan of neo- naz is made an un ex pec ted visit to a cultural di ve rsit y pl ay in Sc hul er Audit o rium , and tho se w ho s ha re hi s views have cast a shadow of ignoran ce and hatred o n th e co mmunity of North Idaho and NI C. lt" s tim e the coll ege s res id ent s stepp ed up NIC is th e pe rfec t front lin e for a co unter att ac k ag ain st rac ism. Think about it. Wh ere in th e predo min ately whit e No rth Id aho can th e mos t ev ide nce o f ra cia l and cultural d ive rsit y be found ? NIC is th e cl oses t thin g to a ge nuin e meltin g pot in th e reg ion If th eir is a war to be fo ught why not make NIC th e nex t Ge tt ys burg?

Thi s mehin g po t is, in it se lf, a tact ical adv ania ge aga in st tho se bomb ardin g North Idah o with hate. It giv es stud ent s, staff and faculty th e perfec t opportunity to fi ght rac ism in , perhap s th e bes t wa y: by ignorin g race entirely. Th at's th e kin d of thinkin g that spreads, and if th e goal is racial harm o ny th ere is no bette r startin g point.

So, let Butler and hi s hate-mo nge rs co me ( It is a fr ee co untry, aft er all .) And when th ey do what be tt er way to fig ht th em th an to greet th em with the ir wo rst nightm are: a co lorblin d com munit y.

-Bill Canepa Editorial Boa rd

Lack of participation hurts student s' voice

Wh at wo uld ha ppen i f, dur in g the next pres ide nti al e lec ti on in 2000. no one showed up to the po ll s? D0n·1 laugh: it almo st happe ned las t elec ti on whic h boas ted one of the lowes t turn out s ever.

Th e exc uses n y: " I' m too busy." 1 don t lik e my cho ices ." ''T he gove rnm ent has th e fi na l saya nyway.'·

It sure is ea sy to sit bac k and not do anyt hin g in today' s busy and, yes. cy ni ca l, li fes tyle. Now here has th at bee n more eviden t th an in the rec ent pre side nti al eva lu ati ons al NIC

Robc 11 May nard Hutc hin s, a write r an d researcher on go vern men t once wrot e, The dea th of democracy is not li ke ly to be an ass ass inat ion from ambu sh. It will be a slow ex tin cti on fr om apa th y, ind ifference and un de rn ou ri shment. "

In ot her wo rd s, do n't complain when th e fac ult y see ms to have too much co nt ro l. It wo uld be beca use students di dn't vo ice an opinion so fac ult y di d. Ge t out th ere and be heard , or ge t a cork and suck on it when offic ials make dec ision s for yo u

Attendin g the stud ent eva lu ati ons wa s a way to fin d out what each ca ndi date stands fo r what they be lieve is impo rt ant and what they will brin g to NIC. The boa rd of tru stees will use stude nt eva lu ati on s as a too l to help detenn in e th e best choice fo r the coll ege That is how to be hea rd in th e pre sidential searc h an d apparently fe w stude nts had ti me to vo ice an opinio n Res t ass ure d that the y wi ll eve ntu ally , howeve r. Those who d id n' t go to th e pres ide nti al eva lua ti on s will ha ve no rig ht to comp lain, but th ey will proba bl y co mpl ain loudl y anywa y Th ey usuall y do.

Too bad it' s too late to make it co unt.

Th e eve r popular b ut n e ver imita ted

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• Afte r be in g alerted th at a pos sible bom b was se t to deto nate at th e ·'Faces of Amer ica" pl ay on Feb. 3, Camp us Sec urit y wa s im media telyo n scene toevac uate th e gy m Ye s, we do know most of NI C's di ve rsit y ca n be fo un d th ere, but th e play was in Bos well Hall.

It j ust goes to show that NIC cares more aboutit sa thl etes th an th e res t of us poo r sc hmu cks

•Lovewa s inth ea irlast week.

Unkn ow n indi viduals pos ted fli ers aroun dca mpu s adverti sin ga lonely stud ent 's sea rchfora Va lentin e' s dat e. Se ntin el report er Taryn Hec ker dec id ed she nee dedadat e tooa nd gave him aca ll. The pros pec ti ve heartth ro b kn ew not hin g abo ut the fli ers and sa id, "'O h, my God," before hangin g up the telephone.

• Fo r be ndin g a fo rk durin g dmn er, a dorm stud ent was ass igned by th e dorm di rec tor to a ni ght of harsh phy sical lapor washing di shes Th e nex t infraction will res ult in two wee ks in th e bri g

• Some guy gave him self a birthd ay prese nt when he bro ke int o the dorm at 3 a. m Sunday Fe b I andt agged a hu ge mural in the base ment.H e fin ge r paint ed hi s namea ndbirthdate inye ll owpaint.

Gu ess he wa sc aught ye llow hand ed

Letters Policy

BOSWELL HALL t- Did You Guys Have Anything Ti Do With The Bo mb Threat?

Internation al students' fun,ds runni ng thi n

Iwas ho lding $ 1,8 00 cash and wai tin g in lin e tff pay fo r thi s se mes ter's tuiti on last Dece mber. Wh en the turn came and I was kin d ly asked to pa y abo ut $2, 150, my eyes al most popp ed out. I th ought I already bro ught $200 more tha n what I had to pay th e se mes ter before. Unfo rtunately for me, the tuiti on fo, internatio nal student s reall y went up .a nd I e nded up pay ing about $ 1.900.

I am nor qu es tio nin g NI C's po licy reg ard ing internatio nal stu de nts and the ir tui ti o n. But how abo ut at least som e fi nancial help to int ernatio nal student s? Whileres id ent s rece ivc all kin ds of fin anc ial aid and scho larshi ps fo reign student s come to schoo l, thin king there is nothin g th at co uld be done in th eir favor

a source of oil and natural gas fo r Russ ia. Ukraine , Annenia and ~\~~e~~;t:~el~:~: ti fore ign stud en ts learn when they co me to 1lD

some other Sov iet Republi cs. Howeve r Turkm eni stan never rece ive d mu ch back in term s of eco nomi c trade Now that my co untry is indepe ndent , it' s bui ldin g its eco nomy all ove r aga m With th e new immigrat io n an d naturali zation law that passed las t year. reg ardin g th e statu s of int ernationa l stud ent s

Am e rica. ,on La st wint er was great for these kin d of ~ma ll 1it~ jobs My fri ends fr o m Yugos lav ia and Russ ia een and I di d some roof-s now shove ling in Hay den. R i We were not even upse t when th e ndghbors talk ed to eac h oth er say ing that these crazy :mo ba stards do n t un ders tand Eng lish fluently, and \\{l they kee p fallin g off the roof.

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!~:~:nt~i1~d~a ~1! ',~d~ 2. I ' wou ld be ab le to ge t so me sc ho larshi ps fr om 11 the ir club T he club alre ad y g ives away ~ma ll too scho larships. Bui th e bes t sc ho larsh ips from 197

I hea rd th at so me ti me ago Nl C had given a scho larships to deserv ing intern at iona l stud ent s by droppin g their out -of-s tate tui tion. Murad Khalliev we are not a llo we d to NIC wo uld be if th e co ll ege drop ped the out-of- II I wou ldn' t be say ing thi s if I was comin g from wor k an yw here in Coe ur d ' Alene ex cept on th e ca mpu s. I wo rk pa rt t ime in th e library

- Bra ndon Koontz Ed itori al Board

• The do rm chaos co ntinues. A res ide nt advi ser revo lted against dorm po licy and picked a fi ght with a wa ll in the do nn The wall was damaged, but won the fi ght in th e end.

• See ms inte rn Pres ident Ron

Be ll isn' t afraid of steppin g on th e g reat Spokes man-Rev iew' s toes

Reporter And rea Vog t wa s miffed after bein g to ld to eith er leav e th e stud ent q ues ti onn aire porti on o f th e pres ide nti a l search o r face arres t. lt ' s fin ew ithu s if Be ll want s to fle x hi s pres id enti al mu scl es prot ec tin g NIC ri ght s Human

Equalit y Cl ub Pres ident Josh

8 euhn e rdid n' 11hink so Beuhn er stood up aga in st Be ll de fendin g th e First Ame nd men t. Bell didn t take thi s to we ll. and pull ed Bu ehn er fr o m o ne o f hi s c las ses to c he w him o ut. If thi s keeps up th e two are go in g to ge t int o a pu shin g match.

• Rum ors, rum ors, rumors Th e Sentin el hea rd a co rk er of on e th e ot her day. A top-sec ret so urce hea rd th ro ugh th e

Police patrols, speed limits save students

lm agi nethi s:You wake up latefor cl ass so yo u th row you r clothes on jum p in yourcara nd speed off for sc hoo l. Asyo ureac h ca mpus yo u rea \i ze th atyo u on lyhave two mjnu tes toge t toclass,soyo u step on thegas.Beforeyo ukn ow it yo u re goi ng35 mph in a25 mph zo ne The las tthin go n yo urmin d is th e pedestri an entering the crosswa lk beca useyou just assume they' ll wait for you to drive by. Thi s pedestri an does n t, andyoudon t haveenough time to stop. Yo u have just hit one of yo ur classmates. Aft er gettin g out of your carto chec ktheir vital s,yo u reali ze th ey are dead

It ha s bee n bro ught to our att enti on th at so me peo pl e hereon ca mpu s thin k thatth e poli cea re pullin g peop le over j ust to hara ss th em or catc h th em with no in suran ce or reg istrati on In realit y, if yo u look al the bi g pi cture, you will see that th ey are merely lookin g out for the safety of yo u, me and eve ryon e else on campu s.

ho w many hund reds of do l_lars I shoul d br in g lli and somehow suppo rt mys elf. How eve r, the libra ry closes on Chri stma s and summ er breaks In those s it uat io ns we st ill fi nd way s to earn som e mon ey with o ut ge ttin g into troub le

for next reg istration. it •m MuradK/ial/i e vis a11i11te m ario11alst11de111 He from Turkm e11is w11. His op inions an' his m1·11.

stat e tuiti o n for dese rving st udents. ·,mu And it wo uld make it easie r for me to kn ow Best a ri ch fa mil y or econom ica ll y we ll -deve loped cou ntry The form er USSR (pre sentl y the Co mmonwea lth of th e New ly In dependen t States) was broke n int o many littl e pi eces. whi ch are now even harder 10 fi nd on the map. One or these pi eces is myco unt ry,T urkmenistanin

Letters to the Edit or.

Thcpoli ce arepull ing peo pl e ov er to warn them of the dan ge rs of speed ing. Anyo neof uso n ca mpus co uldbch itbyaspe eding car. Ou r campu ss peedlimi t is 20 mph beca use it is a con ges ted sc hoo l zo ne Having a speed li mit all ow s dri ve rs th etimeto see peo pl e cro ss in g the crosswa lks Yes,eve n th ose nas ty liul epeopl e that com e outo fn ow here tocrossth es trcct andwa lka t a rn ere stroll.

Eve n though it can be annoyi ng to drive20 mp hwhenyou're lat e for cl ass we al! needto tak e a minu te to look at th e d iversity of our campu s and how many peop le we know wi th disab ili tie s We have alotof stu de nt so n camp us tha ta re co nfin ed to a wheelc hair, tempora ril y inj ured or blind. We need to ta ke them into con sid erat ion whe n we get the urge to speed In co ncl usion, we wou ld lik e to say that alth oughgelt ing pulledov er on ca mpus ca n bean noy ing, if we take a min ute to think about our publi cs afety, ilmakes thew hole ex pcri cnce less un co rn fo rt ab lc.

Sally Brownl ee, Tin a Se it z, Suzann e O' Ril ey and Rita Bak

Cale employee thanks athlete s for support

l wishto thanka ll thewrestl ers basketballandbase ba ll playersw ho ha ve helped me out during my recent surgery. These guy s have alway s been willi ngtol enclahe lpi ng handwhen needed.1l1eyareagreat bun chanda pleasure to know. n1a nks to all of you

Linda Shaw, Ca rdin al Ca fe

Racism, Butler not welcome on campus

On Fe b.3 th erewasabo mb th re m to Bos well Hall au dit orium durin g a pl ay abo ut cultu ra l di ve rsi ty. Asa res ult thealid ito ri um wasevac uated so the Coe ur d' Alene Pol ice Depa rt me ntco ul dma kes ure tha tn o bomb existed.Wefee lth atthi s bom bth rea t wasrac iall y moti vated Rev. Ri chard Butl er head of th e Aryan Nati ons in Hay den Lake, was in att endance. Ra cism is not we lc omeo nt heN ICca mpus. Fi rst of all ii makes the stude nt s

att endin g NIC fee l un co mfo rtabl e. sucha s whenabl acks tu dc ntsa id, Fra "lfhe is here l_' m outta here!" w~cn ··1t he found out Ric hard B~Jtl cr was in ti " att endan ce Second. rac1~m lives NIC a bad rep ut atio n to those who 0 arc consid c:inga tten<l ing NIC. B ~: 1 1~;

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)1~!t~1: n~r~c/ \;'~:din :1 ~ North Idaho. Finall y.eve nt s that are ,, ra ciall y moti va ted. such as th e bomb ' threat. al so interru pt oth er activ iti es 1t and fun cti on~. such as oth er classes that we re sc hedu led at the sa me time as th e pla y Som e peopl e would argue tha t Butl er and hi s gan g hav e a right to practice theirfree dornof speec h.Wc feel.however that wh en individual s forc e 1hciropinio n on a wh ole aud itorium of pe ople it is not con sidered ex press in g an opini on. it becom es harmful to inn oce nt citi zc ns whoareonlytryin g to enjoy a play on cultura l div ersity.

Betsy Peters , Dusting Pilcher,

Shane Therrian , Nigel Red Bea r, TissicannMarcha nd

Cory Rosdah l

Betsy Rosenberg

Justin Rufus

Debora Tice

Josie Townsdin

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Bia nca White

Amy Wright

AE and Ente r t a inment Show Steal ers

G uest mu sician s take spotlight away fro m solid ja zz band performance

by Amy Wr ight

Se11ti11el Reponer

T he audi tori um wa:-. not a fu l l house in si1c , but in spir i t :-.ome t hi ng specia l wm, goi ng on. Toe tap pin g, happy faces and a few fam iliar t unes lit up Sc h ule r Aud it ori um on Feb. 13.

T he conce 11 feat ured s uc h so ngs as Co unt Ba se y 's Sa tin Do ll '' and ··oru m Fea ture," a medl ey that inc orporat es ' W ipeo ut ' and part s of the

"S in g Me d ley As always. th e ja zz band played ve ry we ll a nd had o utsta nd ing so lo ists. Jay Ba rro n's trumpe t so los we re sta nd- o ut s and Ron He be r played the saxop hone as e ffo rtl ess ly as brea thi ng.

The rea l draw to thi s co nce rt we re th e gues t a rti sts, wh o we re not on ly e nt ertainin g mu sica ll y, but comica ll y as we ll. If the re was a co nt est fo r the mos t c 111 ert ainin g e nt e rta iner, it wo uld ha ve 10 go to

T he annua l NIC j az1.. ba nd co ncert. featuring guest music ians Ga ry and A lan Gemberlin g and Da ni el Bukv ich was under way and in hig h :-. pi rit s. Eac h gues t a rti st playe d two so ngs with th e ba nd, an d th en eve ryone playe d toget her fo r a fi nale. But the show d idn't end there. The show e nded on a Va lentine's note with the lovely bal lad ··A Nightingale Sang in Be rk e ley Square."

The show feat ured a few fa mi liar tunes a nd some not ",O familiar ones. J3ut fa milia r o r not. peop le we re hu mming 1hc111 a ll the way home

Jones said afterwa rd.

O n a who le. thb co nce rt was we ll wo rth givin g up a Fr iday eve nin g. The only thing L11..11 thi s co nce rt lac ked was pro gra ms

Ga ry Gember lin g, trum pe ter a nd sc at kin g. His re nd ition of All Right. OK Yo u Win '' was de fi nit e ly a n a ll -w in situ at ion. He got the aud ie nce sing in g. and not j ust to th e mse lves Wh en Gembe rli ng wa s fi na ll y do ne cap ti vat in g th e audi e nce with hi s sc auin g a nd playin g tw o trum pe ts at once. th e crowd was on th e ir fee l. T he only thin g yo u can foll ow that with is so me blazin g spee d." Gary Gemberling woes the aud ience with trumpet t ri~:s"~~odj~;~aothong techniques during Friday 's jazz band concert.

Play sheds convention

'Ele emosynary' set to open with vet eran actor as roo kie di recto r

by Cory Rosdahl Se11tim,f

Reponer

If the ti tle of Elecmo:-.ynary" in timi dates, it should. This co mpe llin g production follows three generation:-. of strong a nd vic ious wo me n who strugg le to understand thei r separat e. ye l co nn ec ted, lives and what itmcanstogiveandrece ive.

This play is an unconventional play th at exp lo res t he de li cate relat ion~hips of these women through d ia logue. It opens in Schuler Audi1or iu m. Feb. 26.

Lee Blessing's compelling script follows 1hree generntions of strong and vic ious women who strugg\c to understand their separate. yet connected. liwsand what it meanstogiveandreccivc.

It is a play in memory that will g ive the audience a deepe r look at the li ves of these women. de<.il ing wi th their se para ti on from society and the harsh reality of dea ling with munda ne idea ls.

The show has some faces that arc common to the NIC stage. The part of Dorothea. played by theater vetera n Tr ish Glie nna. is an ambi tious woman constantly yearning for the impossib le. He r lofty ideals clash with the earthbound instincts of her daughte r, Artie G lienna was last seen at NIC in the play "The Glass Menagerie" in the foll of 1996.

Rebecca Morrison play the part of Arlemi.,. who craves normal st ru ctures and norma l relationsh ips. Art ie constant ly tries to e lu de the e mo t ional c lai ms of her mothe r and da ug ht er wi th littl e s uccess.

MoiTison was last seen in the one-ac t plays NIC put on la st sp ring

The 1x1n of Echo. the precocious gra ndda ughter, is played by NIC student Mia Fra,ie r. Echo is dete rmi ned to wi n the na ti ona l spe ll ing championship. and :,;he obsesses over-esote ric words. FraLier was in last fall"s NIC drama depa11111ent production of ''The Grapes of Wra th··

The play is directed by North Idaho resident Jack Bannon. who is known r01 hi .'- work in televis ion and movies Ba nnon appeared in the [970s movk "Little Big Man" and in va ri ous telev ision shows such as MacGyver. Night Cou11. and St. Elsewhere. He was last seen in a local venue in Coeur d"A lene Summe r T heate r' s 1996 production of ''The Best Litt le Whorehouse in Texas:·

Th is will. however. be his directi ng dcbul.

·'It's new and different:· Bannon said but it's nice because I have so many great people working with me. both on and off stage.''

He a lso no ted one major d ifference be twee n ac tin g and d irec ting.

''With acting.·· Bannon sa id, "yo u ·rc mo re self-cente red. As a direc tor yo u relate to eve rybody. The re a !Ol of peoplt.: invo lved·· Craig Schmidt. assistant d irector of t he show. said it has bee n a pleas ure to work with Bannon.

··Everyone is so profe ss ional. it 's great:· sta ted Schmidt "We are ahead of schedule. a nd I am expecting a n outsta nd in g show.'' Fraz ie r also had praise for the rook ie d irector. ne,~ 1 ~/,;~~~ys~~~ iti~'~;p~ kiti 1 t lt: :~:cJ,:~ r ~' 11~:~' ;;~:11 it·:~~~

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Blessing is a fa med Portl and pl ayw rig ht who is abo know for his wo rk, "Th-e Baseba ll Mo nolog ues."

··Eleemosynary'· is a 90-mi nu tc p lay t hat plays Feb. 26-28 and March 5-7. All shows start al 7:JO p.m in Sc hul e r A ud t1 ori um tn

Boswe ll Ha ll. The a udie nce will s it o n the stage o n ri se rs so sca trn g is limited. Tickets a re $5 for adu lts. $J fo r se ni ors a nd $ 1 for c hil dre n NIC students and staff are admilled free with a va lid NIC ID. Bab ies will not be adm itted to the show. Ca ll th e NIC box office for ticket

Informat ion: 769- 7780

To be or not to be a class ic

0K I ll admi t th at once in a hi le som elhing co mes along that' s etern al. Somelh mg Lhat will never be old and never lose it s appeal. Things li ke blue jea nsand the Bib lea ndbrea thin gan d stuff. These are the kind of thi ngs that j ust do n' t go away, even if you wish they would like old Hond as and stupidit y.

But, t.h e probl emwithth ese eternal stap les of soc iety is th at the reasont.h ey aree tcrna l is bec au seso man ypeopl e like them.A nd sin ce lhi s istrne. people havestartedtry in g to imm orta li zeeverythin g.a nd lh e ,,_. problem with that is 99.9 pe rcentofth ese th ingsare j ust not wo rth y of Shak es peare statu s Mos t o f th ese un wo rth y imm o rt a ls c an be co mb in ed in to o ne e nco mp assi ng wo rd : re t ro.

Retro isa\Vord th at hm;bee n (a nd most li kely wi ll con ti nue to be) used to describe once-pop ul ar stuff that was, long ago, dec id ed to be too stupid tokeeparounda ny longer.

l know. Wh y don'tth cy just callthi sstuff stu pid , if that's what it is? We ll. long ago, that 's just what Lhey did bu t today it's ca lled retro. because it 's popu lar or some thin g.

It bo ils dow n li ke this: If so methi ng is old and stup id, ii need not wo try. Someday peo ple will think it 's cool agai n.

Like Jimm y Carter OK lknow what yo u re thinkin g so what! Peopl e ca n like what th ey wan na like. And yo u' rc ba sicall y justabi g wa lking dandruff fl ake for suggestin g oth erw ise. so why do n t you just shut yo ur cakeho le!T

And you wo uld of co urse, be ri ght if that was what I was sugges ti ng. But it' s not. I free ly admit that people have the right 10 lik e all th e Nick-a1-Ni1e, be ll -bott omed B.S. 1hat they want. When l get a litt le testy is when th ey stru1 desc 1ibing thi ss tuff as cla ss ica l andimm orta l like it was a Bi g Mac or so mething.

And there's a milli on thi ngs like th at. Th ings that peo ple need to chill ou t abo ut , like di sco and the anny and Scooby Dao. Th ese .u·e the ki nds of thi ngs that people need to rea li ze They were neve r in tended to reac h (and ;.u-e never go in g to reac h) Bu gs Bunn y or profan ity sti.llu s. Thi s may sound tri via l and do wnri ght loopy, but be fo re you di sregard my argum ent like toe -nail lin t just take a littl cs tcpbackand thin kabou l thi s:

These thin gs (both 1he immotta ls and the wann abes) are at the ve ry fo undati on of all that Ame ri can s ho ld dear Our co untry is still youn g enough th at what we establi sh as cl ass ics an d imm o11als will be loo ked back on the way th e Egypti ans look bac k on the al iens from Starga te.

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"Eleemons ynary" cast membe rs rehearse fo r the ir upco ming performances The play ope ns Feb 26

Brodwater broadens horizons

Brodwatcr. tro mb o ne; Mik e C la f'li n trumpc l: Trista n Fitzge ral d, bass; T o m Hilliard. trombo ne: Sco tt Ic kes, a llo saxophone: and Da n Me ll ic k percu..,,arn. Brodwa ters aid he ta kes g rea t j oy in h isba nda nd a llth cy havc ac.:co mpli~ hed "Whe nlh eart he mus ic th at l ht!l pc<l c reate it 's a fee lin g o f pr ide .' ' Brodwate r sa id Cd"A Jan is a mo re re laxe d ba nd at mosphere tha n a sc hoo l band Man y bandmcmbers li ke itb e tt e rb ec au se th e n th ey do n' t fee l so mu c h pre ss ure o r try in g lO ea rn a grade Bro cl wat e r sa id Cd'A J aa performs a t d iffe re nt functio ns in the Coe ur d'Ale ne area.

NI C T im Sa nford of Lak e C ity High Sc hool a nd Jo hn T e r ri s of Coe ur d ' Ale ne High Sc hoo l a re very s upp o rt ive, " Bro d wat e r sa id Th ey give us p laces to pla y, mus ic a nd liste n to us re he a rse " He sa id J one s was in slru me nta \ in prov id ing a re he arsa l s pot fo r Cd ' A Ja zz. Jo nes goes o ut o f hi s way to make s urc tha t theba ndi ss uccess fu l and that it ha s ev ery thi ng it ne ed s, Bro dwa tc r said.

a ft e r hi s hi gh sc hoo l ja zz band was d isco ntinu e d.

Aft e r fo ur yea rs it ha s progressed into ,i 15 me mber ba nd. Six NIC s tud e nh pl ay in th is band: Gavi n

"Every year we play the Fcs 1i va l of T rees, 1he 4t h of J uly Pa rade and A Tas te o r th e Coe ur d' Ale nes.'' Brod wa tc r sa id. Cd' A J aZI. ge ts mu c h of it s s upport from loca l ban d in stru c tor s. ''Ba nd in\tructor!\ Te rr y Jo nes o f

Cd ' A Ja zz pract ice s e ve r y T hu rsd ay ni ght fro m 5-6:30 in Bo s we ll 11 3 T he y inv it e a nyo ne int e re sted in a j a m sess ion to co me and joi n the ir re he ar sal. The y are a lso look ing fo r mu s ici an s w ho p lay the fo ll ow in g in strum e nts: te nor saxo ph o ne bar ito ne sa xop ho ne , r hyth m g uitar a nd th e p ian o. Th ey ha ve no p la ns ri ght now for fu t ure g igs b ut a re ava ilab le to p lay pa rt ies, conve nti o ns, e tc. Fo r in fo rma lion ca ll Brodwa te r a t (2 08)7 65-3 02 5.

Arts and Entertainment

by Bianca White Snlfi11el

Repone,

Feb. 2, marked the openi ng of Margaret Gregg's ·works in Clay: From Soup to Nuts." on display at the Co rn er Gallery in Boswell Hall. With cand lch o lders that rese mbl e th e cyclops of Odysseus' Adventures. and cla y th e shape of ~and pales forming a multi -co lored totem pole. Gregg's an shoot s bursts of colors an d oozes energy.

Gregg is a ret ired art teac he r from Spokane Falls Co mmunit y Co ll ege is c urrently te ac hing ceram icsatN IC.

Gregg, an art major from Montana State Univer~ily orig inall y planned to major in eleme ntary educat ion. but th e program was not offereclatMSU.

"I never thought of art se riou sly:• Gregg said. Gregg 100k an art class to rill a gap in he r sc hed ul e. then she was approached by her professor to be an art major. Gregg took her professors adv ice and is now in a mc.tjor art

business.

- Margaret Gregg Ceramics Instructor

Gregg first sta11ed her ca ree r in the '50s work in g with ston ewa re and porcelain and lat er dabbled in je wel ry de sign before working with low fire clay. Low fire clay b softer and more fragile, but all ows yo u to ha ve more of a se lect ion. more optio ns and brigh1er co lors to chose from, Gregg said Gregg definitely enjoys bright colors as it re nec ts in her Funky pieces on displayatNIC.

"None of my work ha s deep meaning- it \,ju~ t Fun."Greggsaid. Gregg's piece "Family Jewels" look lik e a buoy of large hand painted beads strung on a rope.andotherpiecesarewildandimaginative mini chairs called "The Screwy Chair" and ''T he NuttyChair"whichhaveascrewandanut placed on top of them.

"They're c hairs. so methin g·s got to be sinin g th ere.''Greggsa id. Through Gregg's pieces also shines her versatilit y,c reativi tyand passion for what she does. although she admits to sti ll havin g a thing toward ston eware. her foundation.

"I am lu cky. because I ha ve th e best job in the world. I am doing a job I love to do." Gregg said.

"Works in Clay" will be on display at the Corner Gallery until 1heendofthis month. You can also see Gregg's work at Art Fu sion in Big Fork. Missoula, Ec lect ic Electric and Hot Flash in Spokane.

Adversity promotes diversity

Strong acting, script prevail in one-woman diversity play

by Cera Parkinson Se111ine/Reporter hat had the potential or becomingadisaster,actually in creased the meanin g and powe, of what ca n be called a wonderfully presented reality check.

Schuler Auditorium set the stage for an ex plosive one person show on the even ing of Feb. 4: a heart felt drama about cultural divcrsityinAmerica,md GenerationX.

''Faces of America" premi ered at the Los Angele s Theater Center in March of 1995 and was chosen to commemo rate th e 51 st annual United Nation s Day in 1996.

Thepiecewaswrittenand directed by Colin Cox. the Founder or Will and Compa ny. The Los Angeles based touring co mpany that first produced the play.

1l1eshowfemuresFran De Leo n. a notable ac lre ss who has worked wilh seve ral we ll known theater co mpanies includin gE..1.st West Players. The Pacific Resident Theatre Ensemble. The Educationa l Theatre Company und Will and Company. De Leon and Cox have taken their show to I 00 ci ti e:-. in20diffcrcntstates.

This performance was to be no different than past perfonnances

The stage was set, th e actor ready. the audience anxious. the pla y began.

Aboutfiveminutesintothe performance the light s came back on,andastra in ed voice asked everyonetoclearthcb uildin g(d ue

Movies

As Good As It Gets ***

When you go to a movie starring Jack Nicholson it's a given that it will be_well worth th e money. Thi s movie is no exceptio n. Nicholson plays an obsessive-compulsive novelist who foiled to lea rn how 10 edi t his thoughts before speaking th em. 0011·1 mis s thi s movie; you may walk ou t of the theater with a littl e hop in your step and an urge to be a bit more polite.

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Art instructor David Clemons points out the texture of "Self- (

Referential Portal" by Margaret Gregg which is on display Boswell's Corner Art Gallery

Bagelby's dumps ( on competition

Free food draws small crowd to bagel contest~, by Wes Woods

Features Editor l_"h,

The sign read "Free bagels. Sign up at Ca rdinal Cafe or Educated ,:r.

Cup to help pick new Bagel Company. Fri. I p.m. in Educated Cup." 1

Free bagels means a free meal so I went.

Running the whole thin g was Bill Rutheford from food services. r' "A frozen product, a good quality that stude nt s like," was important j in choosing the bagel company, Rutheford sa id.

Students who participated in the event were handed a piece of paper ra1 and a pencil. There was also fre e coffee available. On the paper we re le th e differe nt bagel companies with a gradin g sca le. The scale used said I that five meant the bagel was exce ll e nt while a one meant very poor. The companies entered were Bagelby's. Bagel Basket. Bagel's on Broadway, Safeway and Tidyman's.

After trying to Find extra people (there were on ly about IO people total) the contest began.

''I'm surprised more people aren t up he re for free food.'' noted Betty Hendricks. sma ll business major.

The event consis ted of represe ntative s for each bagel company who gave their sp iel on what kind of bagel they had (New York or Ca li fornia) whe re th ey were located, how many stores the y had. how i£',I the y used only th e Finest ingred ients, etc. "P

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Fran de Leon and Colin Cox talk to the audience following their production of "Faces of America" Feb. 3 in Schuler Auditorium.

to a bomb threat). Whatalmostseemedlikeit could beapa11oftheplaybecame rea l after a glance at De Leon's foc e. which d isplayed the same confusion.

Popcorn Fomm Committee, took stageandproceededtogivea speec h. \vhich pumped up the audience. The show began, aga in De Leon took the stage and begm1 what she wou ld later say to be"the best performance she has given.''

I liked Bagels on Broadway the be st. Their N.Y. style fruit bagel I wasn't too hard. it wasn·1 too soft It was smooth. Second best wa s k Bage lb y's with their soft Ca liforn ia bagel with the apple cinna mon c ream c heese. Third was Bagel Basket with their chewy bagel. It was good, but it was like chewing on a tire. Tied for la st was Tidyman's and Safeway who:-.e ba gels tastc.:d lik e; a big. st inky dump. They used :ie way too much dough. go in g for the universal. na sty-tas te style

Student comments about the even t were positive.

Aseveryonereturnedtothe auditoriurnthercwasanamazing sense of pride.

Tony Stewart. professor, cosponsor and chair of the NIC

After about 30 minutes, the buildin g was deemed safe and · approximatelythreefounhsoFthe audienccretumto1heirsets. The script was composed of stories and clippin gs taken from interviews with 60 different people. She portrayed 9 characters, each of different ethnic backgrounds, ranging from a Navajo woman to a Mexican boy

toan Eastern lndia11 girl. Each skit had it s own backdrop and co:-.tuming lasting anyw here from fi ve tot en minut esin length. De Leon did a amazing job movin g from one character to the next with no more th an seconds to rnakc theadjustment. Heracting skill were outstanding.and she had a firm grasp on the different dialect s.

ltwasan ex tremelymo ving ''truthful portrayal of American society.·· with a well written script and an awesome actress.

'Killers' can't cut it

by Tristan Fitzgerald Sewi11e/Reporter

Many people have been saying for yea rs that Hollywood has turned the action mo ~ie into a pathetic ~rnd unbelievable story of triumph over all odds with the elements of plot and realism replaced by blood, gut s, and really big exp losio ns. Well. The Replacement Killers(**) seems to demonstratctheirpointquitenicely. Set in Manhatlan. Johnny Lee (Chow Yun-Fat) is a misunderstood assa ss in who really kill s peopl e because he has a big hean. When his boss ' son is killed by police, Lee is sent to kill the cop ' s son for revenge. He can't bring himself to krll the seven yea r old boy, and so other professional hit men arc se nt after him as well. Alon g the way he picks up th e help of a young document forger named Meg Coburn (Mira Servino). This duo then light s against all odds to save Lee·s family, and the cop's so n from the di sg runtled crime lord a ndhi sev ilh enchmen.

The movie was disappointing. It had a formulaic and predictable sto ry lin e that seldom straye d from the obvious. The director, Antoine Fuqua before this movi e had been in volved only in commercials and music videos suc h as Cooloi's Gangsa's Paradise, which by the way held many striking sim ilariti es to this film or so they say. It would be interesting to calculate the odds that th ese two heros could escape through impen etrab le walls of bullets and success fully defeat professional assassins wilh scars on th eir faces while sti ll maintain a 47:0 kill ratio in their favor.

The film is already a fl op in the far-east where it was released one week prior to its American debut.

On the tighte r si de, Chow did a good job llnding a balance between co ld hearted killer and moral sentimentalist. It was refreshing to view a film that featured actors less we ll known to Ame ri ca n audiences. Really it is difficult t~ swa llow when the sam e aclO.r plays eve rythit~ g from a killer cy borg, to a kmderga11en teac her and st ill pi cks up the class ic role of Mr. Freeze all with th e same unmistakable accent (not to me ntion any names or anything).

'Showgirls'

TITANIC ****

Thi s, the mo st expe nsive movie ever made , caused a tidal wav e in the box office. Costing ovcr$200 million it combines one of the most devas tatin g disasters in history with a twist of romance. It brings a tear to the eye and a g limpse of what th e sinking of Titanic might really ha ve been like Actors Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo an Juliet) and KateWinslet(S e neseand Sensibility). A mu st sec. and don ' t wait for video.

For all tho se die hard action fans who reve l in predictable plots. fight scenes in dark alleyways and lots of people getting killed. thi s film is a sinke r. But, for those who enjoy silly little things such as plot, beli evab ilit y, meaning, suspcnseorai1is1iccontent, thi s film is a zero.

Hard Rain** Onestarisinjail. Th e other doesn't often play a bad guy. and looked very strained doing it. That should indi cate th e quality of thi s mo vie staring Christian Slater and Morgan Freeman, but surpri sin g ly, thcllickcloesitsjob-it

entertains

Throwinafiery-spiriteclMinnie Driver ("Good Will Huntin g") and it becomes obvious what thi s really is - Slater vs. more bad guys than is eve n logica l. rescu in g the girl at th e last seco nd and se ttin g

every thin g right - almost.

DespiteSlater'shalf-heaned performance, "Hard Rain'·isan entertaining short diversion.

Desperate Measures **

Who wouldn't go to desperate meas ures to save th e life ofa so neven ifit mea ns taking on a hardened killer who ha s the key to that life "T hat' s the premise of th e action thriller starrin g Andy Garcia as protective dad and Michael MOVIES continued on Page 11

"Free food's alw ay, good," said ASNIC pre s id e nt Shaswati Roy."\ ea could reall y go for a gia!'.:is of milk " added Jo sh Brown, pre-med major. le On Monday. th e results were posted and Bagleby's won the right to se ll bagels at the Educated Cup and the Cardinal Cafe as well as th e new SUB to be built.

I Quick Hits

Students, instructors to play free guitar gig J Bo~~~:~t~~~tl~~:~;;~'.~'.~~r~:.es~ }1f 'o~e 4 n~~~;· is"::r~ 11 ~n~ 1 ; ~ri of a;~t;~:rn'~;,~~;\~~::1:i~t::~,;'~:~~ :~';;:!~~their .~ Admissio n is free, so all one needs is ears and a bit of rh yt hm. On l~e roster to perform ,~ re stude nt s Pe~er Reardan, wh? writes ~rnd ~.: ;\ sh:~ s ::;~+i~:n~nV 1: ,n:e:~'~f~a~~~~: iii who will plaY acous ti c guitar and s in g some of his ow n mu~ic. NIC guitar instructor Paul Grove will perform an or iginal piece that he has written, and the group 'S idhe " w ill perform a guitar a nd vocal duo. A lso performing wil l be gu itari st J e rr y Williams of Whitworth Co ll ege and guita r in struc tor Leon Atk in so n of Gonzaga. T~e presentation is mad e possible through the Inland Empire Guitar Famrly.

Power's drummer holds percussion clinic

Drummer and percussionist, Garey Williams, approached Terry '1l Jones by phone about holdin g a percussion sem in ar e ntitl ed "Drumming With Style," since he was going to be coming to NIC to r play his drum~ anyway during a performance with Michael Powers. , ~i;';;,,'.,~:'~::~c~'.::~-,s or mu s ic degree from Central Washington \.

Unrversity and ha s published two books: "D rum se t Essent ial s Book

One" and "D rum set Essentials Book Two." He ha s been published in I the magazines Percussive Notes. Band World and Modern Drummer He ha s been playing the drums for more than 22 years and ha s I be e n playing with Powers for the la st two. He ha s performed wnh !1 gro up s. orchestras, symphonic wind ense mbles, jazz and commercial_ 1 groups and ha s recorded for radio and telev ision. He has played ol Bud Shank. Barney McClure, Howard Roberts, Joe Williams and Dizzy Gillespie.

Calendar

Feb. 21 Second "Saturday in Winter"

Music workshop at 9:30 a.m.

$7 admission in c ludes lun c h

Feb 26 "Eleemosynary" opens th e play will run Feb. 26-28

andMarch5-7in Schuler Auditorium

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Feb. 28 Third "Saturday in Winter" Writing workshop at 9:30 a.m.

$7 admission in cl ude s lun c h

March2

"WearableArt"by Vicki Lambert Square on di spla y in corner an gallery until March27

"/ am lucky because I have the best job in the world; I am doing what I love to do"

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

- Muhammad Ali

Campus Sports

Track season gearing up for strong beginning ~;,,~:s, :i~~s

"'Th i!'! is one of the best women · track team s eve r."

Il l. More than 30 st ud en ts co mpeted in the Feb. 13- 14 ,ndoor 111 ee t in Spokane. as Nikki Pauluk with a 36- 10 t /4 throw. A l dendorf Bund y said, "and we ha ve a stron g men's team." again in th e shot put wi th a 42-footer and Bernice Penn With th e help of the weather (th ere's been no snow).

Already. th e Ca rdin als ha ve athl e te s w ho ha ve in th e high jump with 5- I 3f..l.. Bundy sai d the tea m sho uld co mp ete co mpetitiv e ly qui~l~~i1i~~: i;hdeo~; e~a\i,~~'tid~ ~:~ 1 ~:~~~r in th e Besides nationa ls a number of kids have mad e th e outdoo rs with other NJ CAA region teams. 800 with a time of I minut e. 58.72 seco nd s. Derri ck all-time Cardinal track li st.'' said coach Mike Bundy. Bundy said the other tea m:,, have an advantage The li !-i t in c lu des David Stoddard with an 8:35 in 1hc beca use th eir seaso ns start ear lier. lo

Cheerleader has !desire for regionals

CcH:aPtain gets in shape for WSU

by Ju stin Rufus

e Se ntin el Reporter

In size, she may not be the bigges1 fan in Christianson Gym ni ght aft er ni g ht. but J chee rl eade r Laura McCa rg ish takes th e trop hy for bein g th e mo st e nerge ti c. She sai d she hopes to u:-. e a ll her energ y next fall whi le cheering in the same sc hool ant co lors. but as a Wa s hin gto n State Cougar.

"At 6 a.m. (I) run for half-a n-ho ur ge ttin g 1per ready for Was hin gton State tr yo ut s," :re McCa rg ish sa id sa.i: McCarg ish plan s to ea rn a bache lor's "· degree in soc io logy and chee r in the Pac- I 0 '·Winning the Final Fo ur.' ' was desc rib ed as McCargi'.'-ih's main goal at WSU. Whether c heerleading is considered a sport or not McCargish sa id it definitely rel:.11es as fa r as co mp et iti o n goes.

iho "(We) go fo r five hours stra ight (during games) and practice for two and o ne- ha lf 1\1 hours three times a week," said McCargish, a ~op homore sociology major.

McCargish. 19. is th e co-captain of th e chee r team and o ne of the on ly three 1 remainin g me mbers from last year. Mc Ca rgis h made a lt ernate on la st yea r 's team. s bu1cheered full tim e when seve ral of1hc ed members quit throug hout the seuson.

Although th ey have t wo fewer coac he s.

they ha ve twi ce as many team me,nbe rs this l. i vear. seve n men and seve n wo ,n e n. whi ch up. ll ows them to st unt be tt er.

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Spring sports are looking awesome

With spring just around the corner. the outdoor sports of haseball. softball and track are gearing up for what they e,pcct to be a fantastic season.

The fans of the men's ba,eball team

can finally look forward to a possible

I winning season. A freshfaceinthefor m of Paul Man,ardo has taken over and is giving the program a whole new look.

And what can really be said about th e women·, softball tearn?lmc,m,thbis

-.omething that is Ed Francis totally new for NIC.

- The best hope for the school to have some winners is probably in the track ,md field catego ry. and most of drntis in lhc licld.

"Our pyramids are bigger: we wanted to do it last year. but no w we ha ve a full sq uad .'" sa id McCargish. "We're co min g a ll together when we do our c heers: we·re really loud."

She said s he sees big differences between th e team this year and the one last year. including exper ience.

"This year they want to be o ut th ere:·

M,Cargish said. ,;(There arc) a lot of people this yea r who haven't cheered befo re they·ve come a long ways:·

McCargish attended the Univers ity of Washington camp last summer and ha s been in vo lved in gy mn a, ti cs s in ce third grade. Her sk ill s are apparen t as s he dall ies the crowd with her trademark back handsprings across the co urt and back during breaks in the basketball gamcs.

··sometime<.; I'm di11 y.'' '.'-.aid McCargish.

"It's fun; it gels people up and c lapping McCargish sa id she loves the intensity or th e big games. but it's hard to develop momentum wit h the crowd dur in g the women's games and then start all over again for the beginning of th e mcn ·s game\.

S he seems to do ju:,,t fine though.

"She is definitely the in..,pirational lcadcr." said 2 1-year-o ld teammate Morgan Stcwart. "You can sec it; shc loves 1he gam e and all parts of it. She has ski lls."

McCargish said !->he is a hu ge fan of the team-. and wa nt s them to kcep winning so s he will be ab le to cheer at regionals.

"Losing d ri ves me cn.11.y," she said

Woodske hammers comp etition

by Wes Woods Se111i11e/Ed

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, De sp it e hav in g no hi gh sc hoo l track coac h. 2 l -ycar51~ rrick Wood ske mana ged to thro w hi s way int o Th e 6-foot-2- inch. 235-poun d leader in the 35-po und '· ha mm er throw (he 's rank ed seco nd in Ca nada) and the ti! 1997 Outdoor Na tional Champ ion is looking to win mo re nati ona l ti tles and break more records.

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Jh!O of lifting we ight s and doing man y sport s 111 hi gh schoo l v~t hecause th ere we re no coac hes.

Wood ske appe ars to be a pproa chin g hi s peak.

:itJ NIC lea rned of him throu gh Ca nadian tra ck and trail ,i\'..il club tea mm ate Mike McQu cc n who informed coac h 11ike Bund y abo ut Wood ske. Bundy contacted him ,ortl abo ut th rowi ng here and Woodske dec id ed to co me. ;' He's the mo t dedicated sportsma n I' ve ever see n: · }uill Bundy sa id. " He squats 500 pound s and can stuff a bas ketball and he'll ge t strong er ye t."

Woodske said he's lu cky the throwing coaches. such UC : n~~1in: :~ds::1~ ";~1. th e ass istants are th e best

Woodske said breaki ng hi s foo t in 1996 and missing eig ht wee ks of track was hi s biggest set back. Not having a ca mpu s track to train on ha sn t he lped e ith er. The Cardinal tea m uses th e Cocur er Alene high schoo l and Lakes Middle School facilitie s.

"We've had three nati ona l champi ons and fiv e ha ve alreadyqua lifiedt hi syea r,"W oodskcsa id "Imagine how good we'd be if we had an ac1ua l track."

Woodske said he es tim ates he's in th e th rowing ri ng a total of thre e minute s durin g the entire tra ck seaso n So when hc ent ers the rin g in competi ti on, he sa id he thinksofmak in ga techni ca lthro w.

Woodske is th e leadin g All Juni or Co ll ege ind oo r

PhotobyNo pp adolPaothong thro we r with a 6 1-5 3/4 in the 35-po und throw to qualify Woodske winds up a hammer throw during \~~t~1it~!t~~ practice last year.

With a throw of 189 feet. 8 inches, Woo<lske wo n ht!--1 year's ou td oor national championship in the hammer.

He said it ha s been hi s largest achievement bu! hc's already lookin g ahead.

Thi~ ye ar_. win nin g t~o nati onal titl es at th.e indoor champ1ons h1p s and sett in g ,~ew records arc h~ s goa ls.

He sa id he wan ts to re1ai n hi s 1997 outdoor lllk in the hamm erl atcr thi sye..ir.

Nex t yea r he sa id he' ll att en d th e University of

Wyo min g wi th a full track sc ho lars hi p.

As he kee ps brea king hi s personal rec ord s he said th e 2000 Olympi cs are a rea l poss ibilit y.

Bes id es track, he's takin g 20crcdit s thi s se mes ter.

Woodske sa id he recently learn ed he ha s to graduat e fr om NIC 10 attend Wyoming next se me ster.

"You just ha ve to balance it (th e track and credit load).'' Woodske said. "and it will work ou1 in th e end ."

Springer brothers wrestle full out

Bill: ly Edward Francis

Brandon also won a bid to to th e 1&1 ip0 r, s Editor

place :~:: It all began when the Sp rin ger brothers

Ju sti n is no slouch ei th er. with a 11 itb ~ere just little boys, battlin g eac h oth ~r Washington sta te championship und er hi s 1~',1 :1,~~:1 :e~~~~s~nt~::~~~~,~~e::~:~~;,~;~ :r

1 ~:'es~~~~'. ,;;':: so me e 3 ~J twas time to get th em int

The y both said they mi ss the mo untain ~ / Or iginall y fr om Tu lsa Okla the family back home in Monroe and hope so meday liove d to Monroe. Wa sh., when they were they mi ght be able to move back. 11 11 yo ung boys But now, th ey arc all

That someday doesn't see m to be in the O~ n-up and ready to take on th e world near future. th ough, beca use they are so f Wrestling busy with th eir wreM lin g careers th at it Justin Springer ( 150),

But here iswhatcanmostli•elybe expected from this year's spring sports.

• Men's baseball

Freeatla.st.frecatlast.theteamisfinally free to try and have unl!oflhc grcateM scusonsinrecent hi!.toryforNIC.

\\'ith the retircmcnl of Jack Bloxom and the hiring of Man1ardo, who also is the dire,tor of the intr..imurals progrnm, the team is hoping for a new outlook on thc future. (Good luck. Manzanlo. keeping your hectic schedttle together). I have faith in Man,ardo to bring out th1.: best in his player~.

Mann:.mio did a great job of recruiting over rhe summer. He brought in guys such as third baseman Jason Bay. who can smack the ball out the park with a .447 average. eight home runs. and 45 Rills. and second baseman Al Bevacquu from Rath.dmm. an all-aruunc.l player who hats J07, ha..; two home rum, and 22R8h.

All in all. Manwrdo has done a great job of building this new program and keeping hb athletes in linl'. Eleven players on Lhc team made the honor roll!

• Women's Softball

Witl1 the (finally) impkmcnted Title IX put into actual practice at NlC. we ,,·ill ht! ahlc to watch as the \\'llm~n·s softball coac:h Don Don \Villiam:-. takt!"i her coaching job to the fullest.

Not that ,oftht11l h. anything ne w to William~. !.ini..:t· she u.~ to be a player anti an assi:-tam coach for l.indtic]d Community College in Oregon. Not to mention having coacht!tl thc girl-. in non-leagut! play last year, in which they had little pu1'1icit} and even Jessrcsped.

Respect i~ <lne thing the women can r.::xpert this year though. Espt.-cially with player, like short stop Koke Galeaui, fn>m the state ehamp10nship wimung Centennial High School in Boise. Other. to watrh are Laura Tolzmann, second base, a graduate from Lake City High School and pitcher Denise Devereaux. a translcr from St. Martins in Seattle

• Track & Field

What cru1 you sa} I Mike Bundy is doing an outstandi ng jub ,o far this year.

1t '.'-.Ct'ms as though the team is throwing all they havt into tht:! indoor nationals. What with Derrick Wrnxlske just hammering away at the competition with throws that urc nearly Olympic. Then there's fa.son Wilson. who casually to:-.:-.cs a steel ball around with sui.:h ease it looks like he is throwing a baseball. Andthentherearethcwt)menthrowerslikc Amy Aldendorf and Nikki Pauluk.

It seems like Bundy concentrated his efforts al sweeping the throwing competition thi s year, but lh~n looking at some of the runners.1t'seasytnlie ama,edhythe111too. Lightning fo~t in the 800 is Justin Taylor, and Dave Stoddard is hurdling everythi ng in his path to the nationals. Tht::n comes miler Heather Tayh>r who practically sprints the whole wav and Cristine Amertil who docs exactly th;t in the 400.

Now if they could only get a track to practice on.,.

Edward f'raucis is the .ipora editor for 111e s,•ntind flis (lpinious arc his own.

I Sports Calendar

Men 's Baskethall

Feb. 20, 7:30 p.111. , s Collcgc of Eaqcrn

Uta h in Price. Utah

Feb. 21, 7:30 p.111."

Co lorado Nonhwcstcrn in Ranglcy, Colo.

Feb 27. 7:30 p.111. ,s Rick s in Rexburg.

March 5-7, 1998

Re g ion a l Tournamcnt.

Host is \\hocYe r is the win ner of the \\'Omen\ conference.

March 17-21,

phn to byNoppado Paothong

Laura McCargish cheers for the Cardinal team.

Conquering fear of gravity

Outdoor Pursuits offers a weekly trip to Wild Walls

by David Meredith Sem

in el Repo rter

Suspe nd ed 40 feet off Terra -Firma , gras pin g lhe handho ld fo r dear life as a foo l s lip s out dangling unde rneath. The adre na lin e is • pumping so fas t it' s hard to noti ce the la ctose ac id build-up in 1he forearms or lh e facl 1ha1 th e ru bber s lippers are two s izes too s mall. The chall enge no w is nol if the last hold ca n be reac he d. or whether th e be layer is anch o re d properly. but rath er the fi ght of mind over matter. The fea r is to th e po in1 of mindnumbing, but the will wo n t give up. A deep breath and a primal screa m are th e o nly sound s heard during a ve11ical le ap from one ho ld to the las t. Look in g down. if s easy to gain a va st re spec t for the gro und below.

T hi s is th e abi lit y to co nqu er not only gravity. bu1fear.

Part of th e Outdoor Pursuit s Pro gra m on campus isaweeklyt riptoWi ldWalls,an indoor rock climbin g gym in downtown Spo kane. Eac h Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., a van leaves from NIC for Wild Walls. Th ese trip s will co111inue throu gh March 18.

Jason Luk er head of the Ou1door Pursu it s takes any stude nt willing to learn Luker in stru cts each stud e nt in the proper e tiqu eu ean d safe tyofrockcl imbin g. Thi s inc lud es: proper shoes to wea r how to tie a knot around a ha rn ess that will ho ld sec urely. how to be lay (hold in g a partner to keep th em from fa llin g), com muni cat io n with a partner and sa fety checks.

"Safe ty isa very large co ncern when rock c limbin g.'' Luker sa id, '' I can't emp has ize it enough When so meo ne is up o n th e wa ll , they are lit era ll y tru sting the ir li ves to th e ir belayer. I will not let anyone climb o r belay until I have !hem double and triple chec ked."

Luker sa id 1h ateveryones hou ld pre -re g ister with him in the Outdoor Pursuit s office located in the Siebert Buil ding.

At Wild Walls students can learn to climb safely.

The cost of each trip is $20 for beginners. transportation and entrance fees and conquering the wall is such a thrill that the worries of the world .subside and it's easy to feel a true sense of accomplishment. This include s tran spo rtation to and from W ild Wa ll s,all nec essa ryequip ment,instruc tio n a nd two addit ional days of climbin g.

Those w ith knowledge or ex per ie nce in the fi e ld of c limbin g are welcome al a cosl of $8 for

lntramurals offers stress relievers

by Jonas J. McNair Se11tinel Repo11er

Students these days are under more stress than ever. School, work. paying bills and homework. It almost seems like there is no escape to the drama. Well, there is a silver lining to this horrific grey cloud. There is a way to relieve at least a little bit of this stress.

The big stress reliever is the NJC intramural spo11s progr,im. !ntramurnl sportS nre for all studenLsregisterecl for classes this year. There is no cost to join the program. and it's a great way to meet new friends to get overtaxed minds off of the studies for a little while, The program is sponsoring a 5-on-5 basketball league. The league has ten teams guaranteed to play at least five games. All teams are guaranteed to compete in the playoffs, which last until March 2. lntrnntll!"41S also can pt9vide some exciting opportunities for students to do well in them.

For instance, NlC recently

finished hosting the Schick national 3-on-3 basketball tournament.

The two teams that won it all will compete at Central Washingwn University in the Regional Schick tournament this weekend. About 550 ichools are competing in the Region 16 Tournament. TheNJC men's team, "A.A.," includes: Alex Harris. Bret Davis, Karl Voge! and Chuck Simpson The women's team, 11Scudders/' includes: Kelly Dengel, Jen Clark. Amber Jamison and Shcay Stanley. For those who missed signups for the basketball leagues, don't worry; floor hOckey ant.I, Natural High are just around the corner. The floor hockey learns need at least six players per team and equipment is provit.led ftee. Natural High will be Friday, March 13.

Those interested in the intramural programs can sign up in the basement of Siebert Hall, or call 769-3299 for details.

Sports Roundup

• Wres tling 77 Saturday.

Tea m ca ptai n Nate Laslovich. But not witho ut intensity. summed up NI C's wrestl in g tradition The game was probably the best J:tl at the Regio n 18 Tournament, "It's all NIC (5-10) ha s played all season about winning." Even without 6~ IO Steve Ryan, the Laslovic h (15 8), who took Cards played very physical in the seco nd wa s one of NJC's IOto key against CSl's height. achieve a berth to nationals The Cards had a strong showingFir st-p lace titl es went to Jason from Jo Vann Johnson with 22 r,

6 (167) fini shed with second. Smack-talking CSJ is 11-3.

NIC has wo n 25 of26 regional • Women's basketball tournament, lo sing once to Ricks Despite double figure scoring said assistant coac h Matt Janke from three players, lhe Cards los l Shaun Wi ll iams (118), Jeremy 82-94

The largest fear is com in g back down onc e reaching th e top, but theacl of reaching the top

If a person think s 1heycan do ii, then th ey will , but co nverse ly, if a perso n think~ that they ca n·1 reac h the last hand hold. they won't. For more information about the Wild Walls gymnasium, go to th e web page at hup://www. wildwa ll s.corn.

Students learn Nordic skiing

Opportunity for winter ~~~;~r;,e;~~1ct : 1~,,'.1;~;~:~on some OutdOOr fun available Luk er professio nall y explained through recreation trips : i~~nil~~n:hn:; 1 :~~e~~-~dic

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Hopingforb lu e sk ies and sunshin e, NIC st udents.faculty members and friends se t out for Schwe it ze r Mo untain fo r a day of cross coun try skiing.

work in g on the basics as we went. Onlythreeol th em had any prior "/ enjoyed . exper ie nce with sharing with '.!~~;g~a~~:~~; ~~~ught people what I on w u,e instructions. fike tO do SO

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Theonlyca sualty was when Co ll een Haner of NI C's Human Re so urce s deparlm ent fell, scrap in g They left a cam pu s shroud ed in fog, finding th e su n they had be en see king sho rtl y after leav ing Coe ur d'A lene.

herc hin "T hat has 10 be th e crowning mom e nt for me, " Haner said Afte r reaching th e mount ain they At Lh e end o f th e trip, Haner sa id , sea rche d for parkin g spa ces among wilh a smil e on her face. that every the throng s of weeke nd skiers. in ch of her body hurt Afte r finally findin g a space th ey De spite sore muscl es and othe r headed for th e s lopes an d th e cross body parls. the group sa id they

Faculty member Colleen Haney and other skiers head back to the van after a day of cross country skiing at Schwietzer Mountain. were able 10 go home happ y.

·Jt was awesome," Amy Lucas. a medical technician maj or. said whi le sm iling. " I had a good time.''

This was th e first of two cross co untr y ski trips Luker ha s planned forlhestudentsofNIC. The

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photobyJ( Townsd1n Michael Powers shows improvisational prowess during his band 's concert in Schuler Auditorium Friday.

Blues Power

Michael Powers concert rocks auditorium from Cover to Cover

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id1acl Powers,jaa and blues gui tarist,

JJ~ .·. opcncdhi:-.s howFeb.12toasmalland ks:-.thanenthusiasticc rowd. By the tim e he put away his gui tar, the ~-oaring crowd seemed 10 till Schu ler Auditori um

Withthclirstsong,aremadevers ion of"Walkin'."Pmvcrsandhisbandse tthesta gefor what would be an i1l\'igorating eve nin g of covers and origina l - compositions.

Powers played several songs off his group·s newest album. "Cover to Cm·cr." The most notable of these were ~l Janet JaL·kson·.._ ··Runaway," the classic ··Smoke Gets in Your Eye,· and be.st of all "You Can Call Me AL"

Later in th e concert. the group moved from harder hitt ing mu sic to "gut-busting. my-car-broke-down" blues, mu ch like anything you might hear in a southern blues club. Powers had the crowd hooting and hollering b) the end of the set.

Nearly eve ry piece had solos by oni:: or mnri:: band members. Powers laid out several high-pitched screaming gu itar li nes in most songs. and while hi:: cooled his fingers percussionist Gary Williams hammt:red out some mus ical thunder.

After th e conce11. Powers and his group hung around to talk to fans and pedd le some of their newest albums.

Nem·ly half of the audience crowded the stage to get autographs and check out th\.! goods.

This event wa:, probably one of the moq exciting ever to come to NIC. ASNIC. the sponsor of thi:: concert, shou ld look into bringing more top end acts like this one to the campus le orig in ally t.lone by Paul Simon.

On "Smoke··. Powers showed a hint of hb grea t

Sublime still smokin'

by Bob Paffilc 5;,,,rincl Rcportc,

··second I land Smokc·· 1sthc latest offering from a hand that 1sgcuing more and morcpopularasthCdays !!Oby. Sublime is as enigmatic as any band to hit the ~cene in recent recolk:ction. This album showcases so me ofthchand'searlicrsongs.

Sublime is led by Nowell (vocals. guitar. ~eyboards).

Eric Wilson (organ. bass). Bud Gaugh (drum,). The album consists of 19 tracks that encompass a broad range o f work. 11,crc is something fm c,·cr~onc on this alb~m.

For pop fans. there arc songs that vary from "Don't Push " to the English version of "Chica Mc ripo" (from a previo us album 40 01. to f'rccdoml Along with an innate ability to mix the humorous aml thc heartbreak of relationships. Sublime is also able to com ment on the riots in Los Angeles (April 29. 1992 Leary) mo.st recent out-takes; Sublime pulls off the usual of t m1xmg punk, ska and rock 111 a contin uou s fashion

With so much 1<,cusonthcdcathoflhcband'sl ead 11 smgcr Bradley Nowell. the release of their fourth album was met with great anticipation. Foitunately for th eir fans Sublime has come through !e Puttmg togc1her some of their earliest dt::mos and their

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Ma11Damonhasbccomeoneof themostpromisingnewcomcrsm Hollywood. not only frn IHS topnotch abilities. but his writing skills. Thisfilmaboutarc[uctantgcnius. written by Damon and co-star Ben Affleck, is one of the most touching and engaging in years. Oh yeah. Robin Williams is awesome (again). Wag the Dog*** With Dustin Hoffman and Robert DcNiro.it'shardtogo\1,rong,but the real sta r of this movie 1s the scrip t that makes you wonder just howmuchthcmediacUnhe innu cnced and just how much B.S we. the public.actually buy into.

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Around he World In lOODays

Photos and Story by Amanda Tomme

Global journey changes former editor's beliefs

Former St!minel managing editor Amanda Tomme s1,e11t /00 days rrm •e /ing around the globe 011 the U11il ersi1y qf Piusburgh's Semester ar Sea program.

The short. wrinkled cab driver pi~ked me up in front of th e hotel around 7 a.m. 111 Vancouver, B.C. I stu ffed my heavy lu ggage into the yellow trunk and headed for the Balentine Pier. Do I have everything 1'111 going to need for the next threeandahalfmonths?

I watched for the signs that read "Universe Exp lorer, thi, way." Not 111any of the 600 stude nt s had arrived yet, but the excitement was a lready brewing. The unfamiliar faces smiled at one another, all knowing that we were about to share something incomprehensible together: sai lin g around the world to visit 10 countries in 100 days.

From Sept. 1-l to Dec. 23 I traveled with the University of Pittsburgh·s Semester at Sea program to

IJapan. China. Hong Kong. Vietnam. Indi a, Egypt. Cyprus, Greece. Spain and Morocco. l took 13 credits through the semester-long accredited program. The academics of the program integrated classes with world concerns and in-port research focusing on culture. economics. art and religion. Lectures and cla\ses took place on the !-!hip, while in port s tud ents were free to exp lore, first-hand, the realities of the world. Classes began quickly after we left our continent and headed s traight for Japan.

From the fast-paced computerized life uf the gracious Japanese lO the swaying snake charmers in Marakech, Morocco I visited more than 25 cities and sai led through 49 bodies of water.

With political briefings from foreign and American diplomats. I entered the s treet s and cities with an und erstanding of the country's political systems and cou ld determine how it was affecting the daily lives of its citizens.

My freedom to sec the peopl e of th e world in a real and unfiltered manner challenged eve ry aspect of my life and cu lture and taught me more about myself in three and half months than all of my college education accumulated.

My memories and documentation are a constant reminder that the world's inhabitants a re infinitely connected in every aspect, culture to culture, whether people rcali1c it or not.

The world is a huge ladder of eco nomi c power and strugg le. This dictates millions of impoverished lifestyles. which most citizens of wealthy nations cannot imagine. Unt il I had touched the hands and faces of these people. they were an abstract reality to me as well.

I left the ship knowing that what I had just done had set my life's future path. My voyage around the world was an expe ri ence that, to most pe ople, is a mere dream, an impossibility. Knowing that, I carry a responsibility to deliver the truths about the world that I have see n to others.

Through all my hearta che for the m; s fortunes I've witnessed and in all my celebrations for the wor ld 's beauties, my va lue s focus on cont inuing to understand and to learn about what makes me breathe the way I do and what makes them breathe the way they do.

A woman cooks and dries rice paper on her small farm in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Rice paper is eaten in many Vietnamese dishes and is used as an art medium In some Asian countries.

Journal Entry: China----~--

T1ie poor often look to foreign visitors for their financial livelihood and gather around us like colorful moths to what they see as temporary light in their pockets. So desperate to sell t/zeir items, they will bargain to almost any price so one will buy their flutes, paints, cloth and much more for only a few dollars. As the game progresses, foreigners bargain to keep money in their pockets to buy things for children who live in padded pink rooms with Barbies, video games and butterfly· shaped night lights. This is because we can-- because our country and our life allows a different lifestyle. An agreement is finally reached andJhe r•isitdr takes the item. They take our one dollar and buy food with it, maybe some eggs boiled with chopped green onions and ginger. .._

At the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt, a young woman carefully restores crumbling rocks within the ancient ruins. The work requires a steady hand to gently mend the bricks with a small metal knife.

Journal Entry: India

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What's your name?" I t1sked.

"Antony," said tile 11 or 12 -year-old boy.

"Where do you live?"

He stood on the balls of his bare mud feet a11d motioned his hand over the entire city of Mt1dras.

"Where are your parents?"

With the same dark hand he gave motion of a slit throat.

"Dead."

Although there are thousands of poor children in the streets of India, I have never seen suclz happiness and beauty. Odors range from one extreme to the next_whi!e I see _cofors_ and hear songs never inwgi11ed b~fore. The womm are so _beautiful 111 their mtncate saris and long black braids. There is such a love for life here even tlzough most people lack the material aspects of life tltat most Westerners see as essential. The people here have true peace of mind.

Tourists walk the grounds of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. The Taj Mahal took more than 25 years to construct and consists of marble gathered from the local mountains. A Muslim King built it out of love tor his wife who died while giving birth to their 14th child.

Along the holy River Ganges in Varnasi, India, the streets are full of old and young. The river attracts Hindus from all over the sub-continent in hopes of finding spiritual cleansing.