The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol. 68 No.9 April 13, 2015

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A discussion of peace and tranguility Maddie Chapman Staff Writer

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eople of all faiths and backgrounds gathered at the Molstead Library on Tuesday, April 7 to hear the Venerable Thubten Chodron speak, some members of the audience resorting to sitting on the floor or standing in the doorway to attend the event.

Calm and tranquil, the Venerable Thubten Chodron opened the discussion with a moment of silent meditation.

Chodron, an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and author, spoke to the audience regarding anger and how it is often seen coming from an outside source and not within. While the discussion was serious, Chodron playfully jabbed at the various frustrations that occurred during the event.

“Right now, it seems like my frustrations are coming from the microphone,” Chodron joked, referencing the reoccurring technical difficulties.

Sam McLandres, a 17-year-old general studies student from Coeur d’Alene, attended the event to explore Buddhism.

“My grandma always said, ‘create your own weather.’ Here, it was also like, ‘you are your own weather patterns,’” McLandres said, explaining what he derived from the speaking. “I really loved it.”

Gilbert Jackson, a 22-year-old English major, attended the speaking after a glowing recommendation from his philosophy professor regarding the Chodron.

“She spoke about cultivating wisdom and compassion, and sharing that with as many people as possible,” Jackson explained. “I think that’s the biggest thing I take out of it.”

A tribe member dances in traditional American Indian clothing during American Indian Heritage week. Thomas Hansen/Sentinel

A celebration of culture Maddie Chapman Staff Writer American Indian Heritage week returned to NIC, filling campus with crafts, information, and demonstrations by local tribe members and American Indian Student Alliance (AISA) club members.

Throughout the week the club hosted different activities to watch and participate in during the day to honor American Indian Heritage.

Heres a recap of what occured during the week: Monday: The week started with a feast of salmon, fry bread, corn and a huckleberry dessert

during a colorful dancing performance that included women’s and men’s traditional dances, prairie chicken dance, grass dance, fancy shawl and jingle dress dances.

Tuesday: The SUB plaza was filled with arts and crafts from members of the Coeur d’Alene, Navajo, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Cherokee and Cayus Umatilla tribes. Homemade soaps, beadwork, corn husk weaving and ceramics were some of the crafts and demonstrations scattered throughout the SUB that day.

Alongside these vendors was a silent auction to benefit the Che’nshish scholarship. This

scholarship started when the Kootenai tribe donated funds to the AISA club, which then decided to use the funds for a scholarship.

With the permission of the Coeur d’Alene tribe the club named the scholarship Che’nshish because it means “to assist, to provide for, and to give to others.”

Wednesday: Molstead library was utilized for dedicatation of the the Sqwi’m reading room. It included a blessing and exhibit on American Indian library resources. Later that day the activities returned to the SUB with a stick game demonstration by Coeur d’Alene tribal

member Norma Peone.

Friday: This was the day for fun for all family members with the free Native American craft workshop. People of all ages could make dream catchers, drum necklaces, gourd rattles, pony bead necklaces and bracelets and Yakima dolls.

Friday night was the performance of “Coyote and the Birds,” a traditional Coeur d’Alene story directed by Amanda Johnson and Sarai Mays, a Coeur d’Alene tribal member and descendent.

Saturday: The week wrapped up with a gourd art class, teaching techniques and tools used to make gourd art.

Hitting the big stage

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he “Misanthrope” is hitting an NIC stage near you this week.

The long-awaited Moliere play features NIC students Christine Mullaly, Travis Cook, Amanda Parker, Patrick O’Farrell, Patric Schwaab, Logan Anderson, Natasha Cheeley, Russell Merriman, Derek Sumey, Addison Wood, Alanna Yeend, Billiny Velasco Monrroy, and NIC journalism instr uctor Geof f Carr as Alceste.

The script was adapted by actor Tim Mooney, who performed his one-man show, “Shakespeare’s Histories: Ten

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“It’s a new translation, so if you’re familiar with The Misanthrope”, you at least get to see it in a completely new way,” Geof f Carr said.

When asked what the best par t of the play is, Carr referred to the par t of Clitandre - played by Patrick O’Farrell and the French aristocrats.

“They’re just really over the top and funny and they work together really well,” Carr said. “It’s really hard not to break up laughing during their scenes because they put so much ef for t into it.”

O’Far rell said it’s hard to pinpoint what he’ll convey to the audience on Thursday,

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but there are a few things he wants people to understand.

“I want them to understand the stor y, I want them to understand what I’m doing, and I want them to know that this is a fun piece,” O’Far rell said.

“And I want them to know how much I want Célimène (the main love interest).”

O’Far rell went on to hint that despite the play’s length, viewers should stick around because “there’s a good payof f at the end.”

“The Misanthrope” will show April 16-18 and April 23-25 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Ar ts Center. Admission is free. All are invited, though it is recommended that parents not bring infants.

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ASNIC candidates ready for the race

[above] Fall 2015 ASNIC candidates answer previously prepared questions in the forum held in the SUB on Wednesday, April 8. The opportunity to campaign opened up following the forum.

Candidates are; [clockwise from top left] Maria Paluzzi running unopposed for president, and Colin Colquhoun, Jeremiah Serrell and Quinne Evan all running for vice president. photos by Annie Stonebreaker/Sentinel

Sally Balcaen Staff Writer A candidate forum was held in the SUB on April 8 for students to formally meet their fellow peers running for ASNIC offices.

Running for ASNIC president is Maria Paluzzi, 19, English.

Her main goal as president is to improve communication between the students and administration.

“That is my big thing; to talk with students and let them know that we are available to them,” said Paluzzi.

As leadership skills, Paluzzi’s experience goes back to high school. She was a member of National Honor Society and was in charge of making sure that people signed up to get volunteer hours in.

This year she was a part of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) as the foundation fundraiser.

“I’m really dedicated. I’m a hard worker and I’m ver y persistent. I do what I can to get the job done,” said Paluzzi, “I love people. I love working with

ever yone, so I feel that I’m comfortable enough to handle anything that’s asked of me.”

Three candidates are running for the position of vice president.

The first is Quinne Evan, 20, general studies, Spokane, Wash.

She plans a career in event coordination. As vice president, she wants to enrich the clubs and community on campus and aid with funding and the quality of food ser vices. Evan also wants there to be more transparency between clubs and funding.

“I want to make sure all of the clubs know where the money is coming from, how they are getting it, and what the process is behind that,” said Evan, “And I also want to make sure that the clubs feel supported, that their voices are being heard, they understand why they are or aren’t getting money.”

This is Evan’s third year as an NIC student and she has been on ASNIC student events for two years.

“I have a great understanding of ASNIC clubs and ever ything they need to go through,” said Evan. “As well as outside

of that, I have experience just on campus being involved with clubs, and various activities.”

“I enjoy leadership because it gives me a chance to change someone else’s life,” she said.

The second candidate is Colin Colquhoun, 25, Wildlife Management, Huntington Beach, Calif. The budget is the main thing that Colquhoun plans to address as vice president. “I’ve looked at it and there seems to be some issues where we are spending way more than we need to be,” said Colquhoun.

Colquhoun credits his leadership experience from having ser ved five years in the U.S. Army as a squad leader.

“I know how to work well with other people,” said Colquhoun, “I know how to take care of issues and get them solved when they need to be.”

Colquhoun has only been at NIC for a year, but wants to be more involved to help with the school and gain the best education and experience he can.

Helping the clubs get the help they need is also something that Colquhoun plans to address, especially the Veterans Club, of which he is a member.

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“There’s over 500 veterans at this school and a lot of them don’t use the resources they have available,” said Colquhoun, “so I want to expand that and get them involved and help out.”

The last candidate for vice president is Jeremiah Serrell, 20, Philosophy, Coeur d’Alene.

His main mission as vice president is to make club life on campus flourish and assist with club advising.

“There’s this potential for a gainful kind of benefit to the students, but it’s not being harnessed and channeled into an effective result,” said Serrell when speaking of campus clubs, “There’s a lot of potential, but not enough acting on that potential.”

Serrel gave a shout-out to his “dream team” in the senate, citing the histor y he has of working with the other candidates running.

“I’ve got Samantha, Sean, and Michelle running, who I’ve worked with in the past,” said Serrel, “We’re gonna be an effective team cause we worked on our missions together and it’s all geared, in a broad sense, toward the same thing.”

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Michael Haller, 18, Culinary arts, Rockville, Maryland, seasons a lamb on a rotisserie he broughtdown to Nic’s Yap Keehn-Um Beach in celebration of Greek Orthodox Easter. He cooked the lamb over charcoal in a process that took up to 12 hours on Sunday. Tyson Juarez/Sentinel

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Another topic that Serrel brought to the table was an idea brought in by a former senator candidate which he plans to follow through with.

The idea is to have an open forum on campus, similar to TED talks, except with NIC faculty talking about their research. This open forum is already in process with the Humanities Alliance club.

Serrel cited his cooperation as a good leadership quality.

“I love working with people.

That’s what leadership is, working with people for a common goal that ever yone is behind,” said Serrel.

Other candidates running are Michelle Clarkson, 19, senator; Phillip Hager, 29, representative; Samantha Lowman, senator; and Sean Collins, senator.

There are senator positions that are still open and application available for any students interested.

Meanwhile, keep an eye out for campaign posters of the different candidates.

Voting will be held from Monday to Friday at 2 p.m. at www.nic.edu/asnic.

Recently NIC’s Molstead Library and the communication department were funded for new equipment to give COMM 101 students more resources.

Two instructors from the Communication and Fine Arts Department submitted an application to the annual foundation scholarship program for equipment and provided location to help students record and submit their speeches online, instead of using the lab.

Sherry Simkins, division chair for communication and fine arts, and Tracy Struble, an instructor in the same department proposed the idea and signed the initial request for the foundation scholarship.

Andy Finney, coordinator of learning resources’ technology in the library, helped to choose the specific equipment, set up the procedures and bring things together.

The equipment consists of twobrand new MacBooks, HDMI cables, remotes and various other accessories.

Students can connect the laptops to the monitors so they can record themselves giving the speaches with visuals on the monitors behind them..

The complete idea is for a student to verify that they are speaking in front of a group, record and then upload their speech as the assignment.

The foundation provides funds on an annual basis specifically to employees in the college who propose projects that they would like to see funded, for example the honor books in the outreach centers was a project that was recently approved.

“I think everyone is happy about this because it now places the online students who have to meet the requirements for COMM 101,”Library Director George McAlister said, “They have a place to do it and it’s pretty easy to do.”

Laptops and study rooms can be reserved in the library with the check-out desk attendant. Study rooms can be used for up to two hours and can be booked out one month in advance.

The Nic 2015 Booster Club Car Raffle winner will be drawn April 25 at the athletic awards banquet.

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Coeur d’Alene group founded for safer cycling NIC’s bicyclists can join a growing community and breath easier on their daily commute Lizeth Meinguer Staff Writer

feet on a bike lane, which is and yet this is where they are vehicles. It is not a dedicated not a bike lane, is it better to more likely to be hit.” infrastr ucture and it creates a not have it at all, or put in what Bike lanes are not the only predictable behavior by forcwe can?” problem Coeur d’Alene has ing riders to weave in and out Ever y month Bike CDA rewhen concerning bikes, Kelly of motor vehicle lanes,” Kelly ceives repor ts from the Police said. Maintenance issues are said.

Depar tment, which help them just as impor tant.

Bike CDA of fers three prito track and look for patterns “When young students ority programs: “Lights for in the injuries and crashes that ride their bikes to school they Life”, which focuses on safety, occurred in Coeur d’Alene. have to share the bike lane law and Bike education, Bike Kelly, an ex police Of ficer, with trash cans and parked rodeo dedicated to teach kids said accidents basic skills in sidewalks while riding, and trails are and a Give the most comaway program mon along with where they wrong way ridmake tune ups ing. with volunteer “What we mechanics to are tr ying to give bikes to do is to look the less for tuat enforcers to nate. see if we are Bike CDA doing anything was founded in to encourage May of 2014. this inappropriIt recieved Noate riding bevember of the havior and we same year that have found out they received that sometimes the non-profit by design status. we are doing “Right now that,” Kelly we are tr ysaid. “They get ing to get inon the sidevolved in all walk because this but we are there is no almost brand place for them new,” Kelly to ride and said. “Our A cyclist uses a bike lane with an unsafe width. photo cred John Kelly they feel safer, goal is to do

Bike CDA is a non-profit organization with a goal to make Coeur d’Alene a bike friendly place. In conjuncture with the League of American bicycles, who provide key characteristics of cycling culture, their ambition is to make safer roads for cyclists.

“The mission is to bring all those activities, groups and organizations into a essential hub that we called Bike CDA,” said John Kelly, president of Bike CDA. “We are tr ying to look at projects like Boise Bicycle Project or Community Cycles in Boulder, Colorado and replicate that. We feel that instead of reinventing the wheel, why not just replicate what the best communities are doing across the countr y and in Europe. They are basically doing what we want to do.”

According to Kelly, Coeur D’Alene has over 30 miles of trails and 18 miles of the industr y bicycle street lanes.

Kelly said that Bike CDA is working with the city to make sure that street lanes are safe for bikes and they meet the standards with a minimum of five feet.

“The dilemma we have is, if you can only put three or four

these things, star ting in Coeur d’Alene, but as we grow as an organization and suppor t for our community, slowly incorporate the other communities as well.”

Bike CDA has also ser ved as a way to bring unity to the people in the Coeur D’Alene community by star ting a group on Facebook where they post events that are going on. The online community currently has 1319 members.

“What I love most about Bike CDA is that people are excited about biking but want to be responsible in making CDA a safe and fun place to bike,” said member Kay Brocke. “I love that we are involved with getting bikes out to people that may not be able to af ford it, especially a gradeschool child.”

For more information on future meetings and events sign up for the newsletter at www.bikecda.com “Get involved by connecting with us. We hope and highly encourage people to instead of being spectators to be par ticipants because we really need the assistance,” Kelly said, “The larger we get the more ef fective we can become.”

Pride injured, Purse recovered “I sort of feel like ICC is useless the way that it is,” Kara Burnham stated her opinion at the last meeting causing quite a stir. T.J. Gossard/Sentinel

1 April 1 - Thieves stole purse from unlocked vehicle in Residence Hall parking lot. Purse recovered next day.

2 April 6 - Medical emergency in FSOQ. Staff member fell down steps, but requested no emergency response.

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March 8 - Medical emergency in LKH. EMTs responded, but student refused transport.

Upcoming Tuesday - 04/14 Common Read Coffee Talks E v e Thursday - 04/16 “The Misanthrope” by Moliere, n Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center (repeats t 17, 18, 23-25) s in the Edminster Sudent Union Building Driftwood Bay Noon - 1 p.m.

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Tuesday - 04/21

Understanding Poverty: A Day of Learning Edminster SUB Lake Coeur d’Alene Rooml. 9:45 a.m - 2:45 p.m “Lift Every Voice and Sing: A Spring Choral Celebration” First Presbyterian Church 7:30 p.m

Friday - 04/24

Basic Patrol Academy Graduation for class NO115 in the SUB Lake Coeur d’Alene Room. 1 p.m.

The purpose of ICC meetings challenged and defended T. J. Gossard Features Editor On the first Tuesday of the month of ever y fall and spring semester, the leaders of all clubs on campus are required to gather together for an Inter-Club Council (ICC) meeting in order to collaborate and inform other clubs of their activities.

Last Tuesday was the last ICC meeting and the current chair, Kara Burnham, 21, Naples, Philosophy, expressed midway through the meeting a lack of faith in the usefulness of the traditional meetings and questioned why ever yone was gathered together.

“I sort of feel like ICC is useless the way that it is,” Burnham said.

At the meeting the ASNIC president Richard Fortman, 28, Roseville, Petrolium Engineering, was also present, which led to a brief verbal scuffle between the ASNIC leaders as well as some present club leaders.

Burnham said that she believes the formality of the meet-

ings is barring their potential.

“It was my last meeting and the ICC was something that I initially was really excited about, but it was so involved with learning what other people thought I should be doing and how you apparently should be running those meetings,” Burnham said. “I said from the very beginning when I went to adviser training that I thought it was really stiff and way too formal, but everyone seemed really interested in keeping up the tradition.”

While the conclusion of the meeting was optimistic, current ASNIC Vice President candidate Jeremiah Serrell had some reservations about the meeting’s conduction: “[It’s] an awesome opportunity to share ideas and talk about collaboration and encourage events that are going on, so that just puts events on other officers’ radars and that’s what it should be, right? But it’s not, and part of that is a pessimistic attitude toward running the meetings as if they were not important, as though they serve no purpose.”

Burnham defends her posi-

tion, however.

“I sort of feel like ICC is useless the way that it is,” Burnham said. “I’ll defend [accusations of a lack of professionalism] in that it’s not a professional meeting, no one knows why they’re there and it’d probably be better if it were unprofessional.”

Amongst some of the criticisms she cited were; a lack of regular attendance, a lack of wanting to collaborate and instead advertise one’s own club, a high amount of small clubs, and the ability for the purpose of the meeting to be replaced by an on-campus calendar of events.

Burnham did have some faith in the future of ICC, however.

“Anybody who wants to do anything good with student government will have to pretend they don’t know anything about student government,” Burnham said. “Ignore ever ything ever yone else has told them about it, ignore ever ything anyone in a position of power tells you about it to an extent, and make it your own.”

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EDITORIAL

Keep offensive opinions to yourself please Americans tend to be bent on rivalries that don’t really mean anything yet for some reason they af fect decisions in our ever yday lives.

There’s Pepsi versus Coca Cola, Chevy versus Ford, and McDonalds versus Burger King to name a few, and for some reason people go out of their way to defend the brand they suppor t. Some people even go as far as to insult the opposing par ty.

We like to express our opinions all the time, ever yone wants to be heard and to be right. Well sometimes what is thought to be right may be offensive to a majority of peoples.

We see this a lot in politics. You know, the whole Republicans versus Democrats scuf fle that’s been happening ever since we could remember.

Because of these par ty’s opposing views and ver y dif ferent followers causes a lot of conflict when it comes to tr ying to make a decision that af fects ever yone.

Yeah that’s right.

Ever yone.

We seem to let our interests, personal agendas, and opinions get in the way of seeing what the tr uth is.

The tr uth is sometimes we are wrong.

Sometimes our personal beliefs or opinions don’t match up with what others think is right or what’s necessar y for society to be at peace.

Maybe its better just to keep our mouths shut sometimes. We shouldn’t go out of our way as individuals to repress or tr y to control others because they are dif ferent. In all honesty we have a lot bigger issues to be worr ying about rather than worr ying about what others do in their free time.

We are a free countr y right?

Let’s worr y about finding similarities so we can be unified as a nation rather than being nit picky.

Separation only makes our countr y weaker. Remember we may all have dif ferent beliefs, sexual orientations, genders, cultures, and opinions, but we must remember that we are all Americans.

So hey love your neighbor and keep judgments to yourselves ever yone, if you’re not into getting along with your fellow Americans then there is plenty of room in Syria I bet, and we all know how “great” things are going there.

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alling people out on racism should not be of fensive. Saying something racist should be of fensive.

On my second day at a new job, I heard one of my managers using a racist slur. I had to think about the consequences of being seen as r ude or disrespectful before I called her out on it.

When I let her know I wasn’t comfor table with what she was saying, I was instantly hit with the most often heard response-self defense.

Why is it so hard to say “I’m sorr y. I didn’t realize what I was saying was of fensive.

Thank you for letting me know so I don’t do it again.”

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Being called a “racist” is an African American actress not an insult. It is an invitation and singer. to educate yourself.

Rancic eventually apoloBeing racist is inexcusable; gized but it was full of the same calling someone a racist is self-defense tactics used by not. many people.

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Those who submit letters must limit them to 300 words, sign them legibly and provide a home phone number in order to verify authenticity. Some letters may not be printed because of space limitations, or because they: 1) are similar to a number of letters already

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received on the same subject; 2) are possibly libelous; or 3) are illegible. The Sentinel reserves the right to edit letters. Letters may be mailed to the paper, e-mailed, faxed or brought to Room 203 of the Siebert Building. The Sentinel’s address is 1000 W. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID, 83814.

Maddie Chapman Staff Writer I never knew that one city could hold so many car washes until I came across Coeur d’ Alene.

Car washes are fun to go through and they make the car clean for a short while but they are not exactly a necessity and there are way too many in Coeur d’ Alene.

Almost every corner I turn, BAM, another car wash. They are everywhere! And what are they doing? Nothing but wasting our precious water to wash off cars that are only going to get dirty again five minutes later. Why? Because people drive cars on roads and roads are dirty. The dirt from roads and weather and bugs are just going to attach again making the car wash pointless.

Not only do they waste our precious drinking water but car washes cost money. Money that could be used for other important things.

It may not seem like much for each wash but it can add up fast. Not to mention that those who frequent

Coeur’ dAlene’s newest car wash is just off of Highway 95 and just opened this spring. Tyson Juarez/Sentinel

car washes are buying water.

Too bad there isn’t some large body of water that we had access to so that we could temporarily rinse that dirt off our vehicles for free. Oh, wait. We do! It’s called a lake.

This is north Idaho, home of dirt roads, all types of weather, and bugs that get everywhere.

The cars that drive here are going

to get dirty but we also have rain and lake water that are perfectly capable of rinsing off that excessive dirt.

Cars are going to get dirty, sometimes so much so that they do need to be cleaned but they don’t need to be sparkly clean all the time, it’s just not going to happen. Which is why we don’t need all these car washes.

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o One Direction is now four-fifths of a direction and a lot of people are upset about that.

Mostly middle schooled girls. British-Pakistani band member Zayn Malik announced his resignation from the band late March claiming he wanted more time to relax. Although he must not have wanted to relax too much as he released his solo

single six days later.

Not as distraught as most 13year-olds, the band has decided to continue without him.

And some people are upset about that too.

There are those that can’t help but giggle at the fact the British boy band is spiraling downward. There are those that poke fun at the broken-hearted One Direction fandom.

But let’s think of it this way.

If your favorite sports player left the team, wouldn’t you be upset?

If Mick Jagger decided he wanted to leave the Rolling Stones after all these years,

wouldn’t you shed a single tear?

I’m not saying 1D is as groovy as the Rolling Stones, but for posterity’s sake I must admit I do have a dirty secret.

In high school, I did own a 1D poster. And two of their CDs. Maybe I even had a keychain or a One Direction coloring book.

But hey, they were gifts.

Although I wasn’t the coolest cat in the cradle, I thought obsessing over the British band would make me popular. I mean c’mon.

They’re not nearly as bad as J Biebs, Canada’s bad-boyfor-the-wrong-reasons. At least none of them have been ar-

rested, thrown eggs at their neighbors or have been roasted

by Martha Stewart. (Seriously, people. Watch Comedy Central’s “Roast of Justin Bieber.” Martha Stewart is the devil.)

As you can see, everyone has their interests and passions-some more mainstream and British than others. So c’mon people. Don’t make fun of mourning One Directioners.

Let them grieve. And then introduce them to some good music; perhaps a band that won’t break up within the next few years.

Ya’know, don’t agitate that open wound.

Take value from the arts T.J. Gossard Features Editor What more could one care for but that which is the ultimate celebration of color, of sound, of motion, of communication, of humanity, of perception, of the substance and very essence of our existence?

The arts: they once laid flat in ineptitude; a retort once necessitated by thought (or not) in a time of non-inquiry, non-thought, non-giving, and thus non-receiving: the inevitable antonym to existence.

Indeed, what do we fear and strive for but to satiate that wanton wish: “to leave our mark.” Belying that desire is an ever-influencing weight on mankind, and it leaves itself lying all over itself like a virus, but what a beautiful virus it is!

What else could it be? It’s us!

It’s impermanent, desperate, afraid and always trying. The end of the film, the edges of the canvas, the silence waiting to consume the last note, and the marks always lie in between. They’re never the same though, no; they’re always striving to be unique! It’s about the experience: all of it, hopefully.

We’ve been spending history trying to shove so many new ideas in, but the desire to produce art still never goes away.

To experience it is to appreciate life and be influenced to create your own “new”—after all, it’s “your” life— and so it is that the mark is indelible. To deny the power of the arts is to deny exis-

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tence. When the world is void of worry, void of the inequities of prejudice and human scorn, void of the spread of disease, void of war, and all of the etceteras, what is left? Not the memory, certainly: the art.

Yet that’s not about to happen, is it? After all, what would we have to make artistic statements about if there weren’t any problems left in the world? The problems of the world remain very real and very frank.

There were 925 million estimated malnourished people in the world in 2010. 50 million people are served fast food in the U.S. on any given day. Consider that this is only fast-food venues, only available data, and only the U.S., in a singular day.

One can assume that the numbers of fast-food eaters in the U.S. in a month—excluding returning customers—would be extremely comparable to that 925 million barely eating.

There are other problems still; 31 billion tons of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere every day while Michael Crichton’s uninformed “State of Fear” novel remains a controversy point. The battle against cancer is ever at its breaking point, while 28% of US voters believe that an authoritarian “new world order” is on the brink of taking over the world according to, according to The Economist.

Christian apologists claim to have debunked the concept of Macroevolution, while the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rages on, their numbers ever stretching past the 14,500 deaths estimated up to 2009. Despite all of this, news headlines are still probing for the

next gay marriage story.

The above paragraph might seem a bit haphazard, and indeed the issues it concerns itself with are quite disparate. It was an attempt to summarize some of the problems that are pressing to me, and one certainly isn’t about to deny that these are indeed large issues to at least the whole of the US continent. Yet these are good times, better times than ever before in the past. We have history to thank for this position.

Perhaps this necessitates and forgives what I consider the subject of this essay, though I think not: rampant and unrestrained apathy. Now, one must consider this consideration of mine within its context; birthed and raised and limited to only one culture: America (Idaho, more specifically). It may be because of my geographically limited upbringing that I hold this belief, but I’ll let you be the judge of that.

My entire upbringing, from my parents down to my friend’s friends and the television we watch, lethargy has always been a unifying element to every mindset encountered, and when it’s not, it’s ignorance.

It’s on the radio in either the disaf fected youths who grow to be disaf fected adults of alternative music or the escapist abandon of pop, and those two polar opposites can be seen in the theater just as easily as the book store; and who can judge when every mainstream news source is partisan-centered and more concerned about being at the throat of the opposing party than covering a story in the most practical way, and every alternative news story is an Alex Jones scream-

ing about the end of the world?

Whether the media represents our society or vice-versa, there needs to be a change to start influencing the other.

What does this have to do with art, you may be asking? A lot, when the mainstream condition of art is in such a state that the attitude inherent in it overrides the substance. More and more, the art and culture of America today is less about discovery and philosophy, and more about identity, individualism, and entertainment. Granted, art for arts sake is there and always will be, but the value of the arts is changing and showing a lot less promise for those more experimentally inclined, and showing a lot more promise for those who want to make statements about how awesome they are, how much they hate the government, or how sad they’re feeling.

I believe this is why people are so apathetic; because it’s what they’re spending their time absorbing.

And, indeed, I believe the condition of art is very important here in its influence; because when art yet again becomes centered on the importance of the form and the possibilities of the mind, people will begin to value the spaces even more between the edges of the canvas, the ends of the film, and the borders of the book over how easy it is to absorb or how much it says about them.

Then maybe less apathy will result, and more people will care that not ever yone in the world has a canvas to look at or a radio to listen to.

Here’s our collection of random campus observations, bad jokes and indulgent ancedotes cultivated from this production cycle:

How do crazy people go through the forest?

They take the psycho path.

What do you call a musician without a girlfriend?

Homeless.

One liners:

One reporter has claimed to have seen a one legged goose on the NIC campus. Stand by for more info.

The Sentinel was mentioned on Yik Yak this week. Ya thats right we know. We always know.

-”A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory.”

-”Save the whales. Collect the whole set.”

-”If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving isn’t for you.”

For this issue’s “Campus Voices”, I asked students how they feel about SUB food.

Let’s just say, the results were unpublishable.

Here at the Sentinel, we prefer to include a name and face with our responses, rather than publish anonymous opinions. That didn’t quite work for this question, as most of the answers I received were negative, and most of the negative responders didn’t want their name or face associated with their opinion for fear someone would “spit in their food”.

To me, this says a lot.

So allow me to relay some of the feedback I’ve received, not just during my time interviewing, but over my almost three semesters here as a student.

For one, the food is actually pretty expensive for a place that knows it’s catering to poor college kids. I guess that’s because it’s located in such a convenient spot at the hub of campus. All that convenience kind of gets washed down the drain though when you end up having to wait 20-30 minutes for your food to be ready. Then you’re either late for your next class or r ushing to get there so you can get to eating an hour later. All that, and actually eating the food in the end, and the price doesn’t really seem wor th it.

Not when we’ve got downtown CDA hotspots and Riverside fast food junctions just down the road. In the time it takes to drive from NIC to the nearest McDonald’s, you could have a toasty warm Big Mac, some fries, and a drink for half the price that the SUB charges, and you could have time to eat it, AND get to class on time.

Of course, readers must bear in mind that all of this comes from not just I - a privileged, white, American college girl who has never star ved a day in her life and probably didn’t need those chicken fingers with extra ranch anyway so maybe the SUB was doing me a favor in forcing me to settle for a granola bar and water instead of waiting - but for hundreds of us degenerates lurking about NIC’s hallways.

This is also in no way meant to degrade staf f working in NIC’s kitchens. On behalf of all the students here, we appreciate what you do for us and the school.

Maybe NIC’s food cour t could get an upgrade - add some more options so the whole student body isn’t crowded in the cafe come 11:30. Or hire a larger staf f - give mores students the oppor tunity to ear n some extra cash so they can af ford SUB food.

Either way though, I’m going to have to take my business elsewhere until I’m guaranteed that I can get some food before the next semester star ts.

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Foreign Affairs are OK Student believes people over-react to cconflict.

T.J. Gossard Features Editor

Yes, I completely think we have an obligation to interfere in foreign civil affairs/wars.

I’m not necessarily a proponent for American exceptionalism; I guess I could easily be classified as a “western exceptionalist” though if such a thing exists. As far as European and western nations go, by far America is the exception and the superpower most able to expend its resources to supporting and interfering in foreign affairs as well as take the brunt of criticism and responsibility.

Syria in 2013 was a glowing and topical example of this. Had we not interfered in Syria with the mere threat of interference at their hands, chemical warfare very well would have become an increasing reality. Who cares if it bothered Putin? It worked, we’re not at war with Russia because our countries know better, and Syria is still at civil war without WMDs. Everybody’s happy!

It’s been brought up that no matter what we decide we’ll piss some countries off—and that’s certainly not up for debate—but as goes with the foundation of our country and other European and western nations, we do believe that all men are created equal and that liberty should be granted to all.

Does anyone really think it’s fair to say, “everybody is created equal, but those rebels in middle-east countries can go ahead and be dominated by an oppressive regime without our help because they don’t have the means to defend themselves and we shouldn’t be expected to interfere, thus resulting in an inequality without a chance of liberation?”

There are very few countries with the political stability that we have, and far less with the economic and military prowess to survive expenditure to foreign aid and affairs on the global scale that we have.

Who else compares well enough to us to do so? China and Russia. I hope you see my point (yes, they’re democratic, but obviously their alliances might not align with us (maybe China, though…)).

It’s not like putting our hand in the cookie jar means we’re taking all the cookies; when we support a rebellion or something it doesn’t mean that we’re all-out bombing the opposition and allocating all of our resources to overthrowing or supporting a regime.

Not to mention, there’s probably other hands in the cookie jar already, and other hands tickling the armpit of those hands trying to get them to withdraw—it’s complicated, and it’s not like we alone are going to determine the fate of this region.

It’s still up to the country to make up its mind, we’re just enforcing that it do so in a relatively democratic way, with more than just Sunni-hating or Tutsi-hating people who are already in power continuing to enforce their power, when it’s obviously not working that well.

No matter what, having whole nations in turmoil isn’t good for the peace of the people, and even from a cutthroat perspective isn’t beneficial to America if left alone. The more that other nations develop, innovate, and compete, the more well off the world will be economically, ideally, and socially. That is what I think.

T.J. Gossard is an editor for The Sentinel. His opinions are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Sentinel. Respond to this column online at nicsentinel.com.

Students provide helping hands for those in need Rachel Anderson Staff Writer Spring break 2015: a glimmer of hope in the glazed eyes of the student population; a release from daily coursework and a small taste of freedom.

It’s also an oppor tunity to take that classic road trip to Mexico or an oppor tunity to catch up on the latest season of “House of Cards.”

Although jealousy may have occurred when browsing through Facebook and seeing friends’ extravagant vacation photos, many would

never refuse a week of no school.

Nearly four months after Christmas, spring break felt well deser ved for many.

While some were packing up their swimsuits for a tropical vacation and others were lounging in their sweats for a stay-at-home vacation, a small team of NIC students par ticipated in an alternative spring break to help the needy.

Seven selfless students led by Instructor and Coordinator of Recreation Spor ts Jessica Bennett volunteered their time to the homeless in

Top: Students show off their learned carpentry sklls.

Bottom: The products of the student’s hard labor Photos courtesy of Jessica Bennett

Eugene, Oregon.

“I always have a really good group of students because it takes a really good person to volunteer over their spring break,” Bennett said.

The community-oriented program titled the Opportunity Village provides a model to help people transition out of homelessness. It is a stepping-stone between homelessness and low-income housing, Bennett said.

The safe community is comprised of tiny houses that cost $30 a month for each homeless person to live in—including shared bathrooms and living spaces.

Over the week, students built storage units so people living in the community could have extra room to store their belongings.

Having led three of the five trips, Bennett was impressed with the group’s teamwork, increasing carpentr y skills and their growth and bonding throughout the trip.

Student Ir vin Perez said he went on the trip to focus less on himself and instead lend a hand to those who need it.

“Any individual can be-

come homeless in seconds, it can happen to anyone,” Perez said, 18, Mechanical Engineering, Boise. “The trip allowed us to hear people’s stories and give us an oppor tunity to do something beyond the limits of Coeur d’Alene.”

Although this was the first time NIC students helped out with this par ticular project, Bennett thought the trip was beneficial to help the Oppor tunity Village with their mission and learn about what other places are doing to ser ve the people within their community.

“We go to Eugene to gain some perspective to bring back home and impact our own community,” Bennett said.

She has hopes that more than one annual volunteer trip will occur over the upcoming years, conquering dif ferent projects over the school year.

For those looking to volunteer, Bennett encourages students to par ticipate in the Day of Ser vice coming up May 2. The daylong event allows students to par tner with local nonprofits and make a dif ference in their own community.

Students orators inform; win money Maddie Chapman Staff Writer

Bonnie Throckmorton speaks about how to succeed in the complex worl job interviewing.

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Students from communication 101 courses came together Thursday, April 9, to apply the skills learned in class and present speeches for a chance to win an award.

Students presented “speech one” from the class, an informative speech that had to be given without the use of visual aids.

Speakers were separated into rooms with about three to four to each room where they selected one speaker to represent them in the final round. Each finalist then presented their speech and a panel of judges chose what place each participant received.

The finalists received a plaque and scholarship award at the end. Fifth place received $50, fourth $75, third $100, second $125 and first $150.

About 20 speakers and many more audience members that came to watch and support those competing. Even Cecil Cardinal made an appearance to support the speakers and help hand out awards.

In fifth place was Aaron May presenting “Living with Diabetes,” describing what the disease is, how to treat it and what it’s like living with Type 1 diabetes.

The fourth place award went to gamer Hayden Woras with “Video Games and Society,” explaining the effects of violent video games on players.

In third place was Melissa Smidt, presenting “Reading Aloud to Children,” which emphasized the importance and advantages of reading to children.

The second place award went to Patrick McCoy, presenting “Stressed,” explaining the negative effects of stress on the human body.

First place went to Bonnie Throckmorton for her speech “How to Have a Successful Job Inter view,” giving many tips for job inter views.

“It was fun and ner ve-racking,” Throckmorton said. “Ever yone was supportive. I had a great time.”

According to judges this was the closest speech competition they’d had so far.

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Romancing with cinema: a Film Club experience

Students sit close together to view Richard Linklater’s “Before Sunrise,” a film about two strangers who hop off a train to travel Vienna. Abigail Nelson/Sentinel

Matthieu Bertrand Staff Writer Popcorn was spilled and words were shared on Friday, April 10 in the Community Room of the Coeur d’Alene Librar y. The NIC Film Club hosted a viewing of “Before Sunrise,” a 1995 romantic film about two strangers exploring nighttime Vienna together before their depar ture to their respective countries in the morning.

As an added bonus, the Film Club presented “Qualia,” a shor t film made

by Division Digital and members of Film Club, starring John “Risky” Boltz and Patrick O’Farrel. The shor t film centered around the unique friendship between a seemingly normal man (John “Risky” Boltz) and a murderous sociopath (Patrick O’Farrell). The film had no dialogue, instead using the actions and facial expressions of the characters to deliver the stor y.

While the event’s turn out primarily consisted of friends or members of the Film Club, the discussion held after the movie was spirited. What drew the characters together? Would they keep in touch? While none had seen the movies’ sequel and might have had a factual answer, all had an opinion—and ever y opinion was shared, dissected and spit back out into the debate before the next question was asked.

Apollo Rose, a 16-year-old dual credit

student from Ukiah, California, attended the event due to friends involved with the hosting.

“It was pretty cool,” Rose said. “Free food, free movies.”

“I thought it was a really good movie—it’s something I don’t typically watch, so it was interesting,” Sean Collins, a 24 year old histor y major from Sumner, Washington, said. “I think this movie is a really good movie to talk about.”

John Williams concert hit campus from NIC Wind Symphony Tyson Juarez Managing Editor Familiar sounds from a world of wizardr y and galaxy far far away filled Schuler Per forming Ar ts Center on March 25 as the NIC Wind Symphony per formed works from famed American composer John Williams.

Students and community members per formed songs that were themes for famed movies such as “Superman March” from the ‘80s “Superman” films as well as “Harr y’s Wondrous World” from the “Harr y Potter” series.

The Lakeland High School students who played compositions from Rober t Sheldon and Todd Stalter also accompanied the NIC Wind Symphony. Both bands joined together at the end of the show to per form our nation’s march, “Stars and

Stripes Forever.”

For some students the oppor tunity to play songs that were written by a renowned American composer was quite the experience.

“Since we have all these community members [in the band], there’s like 100 plus of us,” Cascy Marotta, 19, music said.

“It’s nice to be able to cover all the par ts.”

One of the par ts covered was “Viktor’s Tale,” taken from the movie “The Terminal” where Lakeland High School band conductor Mark Sescilla delivered a flawless clarinet solo.

The NIC Music depar tment will be holding another per formance including the NIC Jazz Ensemble and well as the Cardinal Vocal Jazz on Tuesday, April 28 in Schuler.

For more info on upcoming per formances please call 208769-3276.

Tootin’ on some flutes, the spirit of John William emenated across Schuler Hall. Michael Gray/Sentinel

Artist Spotlight: He was a personalized skater boy Rachel Anderson Staff Writer You can find him zooming around campus. His vehicle is more unique than others; it has green wheels, a personalized shape and is decorated with painted feathers.

Guess what: it’s a long board.

In fact, it’s a long board he built by hand.

Local artist and NIC student Kelton Spillar combines his creativity and NIC education by designing, creating and painting skateboards.

Having built skateboards from scratch for only a semester, he has hopes of

building his business with more than word of mouth.

His journey to skateboard artistry started several years ago when his father suggested painting skateboards instead of canvas.

Immediately, Spillar was hooked.

Skateboards are the perfect medium, he said.

“Unlike canvas, skateboards have no ridges and allow paint to stick and not bleed on the tape stencils I use,” Spillar said, 21, Education, Houston.

Until only recently Spillar had been building long boards, but his experience with painting boards has spanned several years.

He laminates 1/16” sheets of wood into a board deck, then finishes with wheels and paint.

Although the process seems intense, Spillar’s experience makes board creation a simple process.

“I start with a subject, look up a picture of it, get a feel for the blacks and whites in it, print it out, sketch it, cut it out with tape, put it on the board and paint it,” Spillar said.

Spillar constructs mainly long boards, but is willing to do shorter boards as well.

He takes his inspiration from

sea creatures, animals and nature in general.

“Nature is so peaceful,” Spillar said.

“If you go out in the woods and sit there for an hour, you’ll find yourself at peace.”

Although art is a way to distract him from his job at Pita Pit, he is upset that art programs are shrinking and making less of an influence on students.

“Without art, I wouldn’t have made it through school,” Spillar said. “Even graffiti is inspiring—just how much time and effort they put into the piece.

Even the sides of trains display fantastic art. Although graffiti artists don’t get paid, their art is travelling.”

His time at NIC has exposed him to different mediums and career choices, including wood carving and tattoo artistry.

“I wish artists had a better reputation but the reality of it is that most artists just hang their art on the walls of a coffee shop and have other jobs,” Spillar said.

You can find him in CDA at Gizmo, a makerspace where art, design, technology and tools are connected by the hands and minds of the people of this community.

With boards ranging from $70 to $80, contact Spellar at kspillar01@ gmail.com for more information.

Kelton Spillar displays some of his art. Michael Gray/Sentinel

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Serving Fierceness: Spring King Fling Photographs: Thomas Hansen Photo Illustration: T.J. Gossard Rachel Anderson Staff Writer

Top. Raven Nevermore shows off her moola while lip-syncing.

Bottom left photo. Roary Majesty gets fired up at a photographer.

Right: Felony Mayhem glitters and glows under the spotlights.

Yeah, queen! Work!

Drag is alive and well in this day and age with popular shows like “RuPaul’s Drag Race” blazing through the reality competition scene.

Queens may watch it for inspiration and students may watch it to procrastinate on homework.

However, the television isn’t the only place students can see kings and queens per form.

In fact, drag is alive and well on campus.

The “Kings of Spring” drag show, hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA), showed Wednesday night in the Lake CDA room in the SUB. Drawing a large crowd, Cammie Pavesic, director of Add the Words - A Documentary Film, opened the night by explaining that the $5 admittance fee goes to distributing the movie and campaign nationwide.

Many per formers came to suppor t the movie that documents LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies as they continue to take a stand to add the words “sexual orientation and gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act. “We are not second class citizens,” Pavesic said. “We have been asking for this for nine years—just for a hearing.”

The drag night was a celebration for the GSA and per formers to express themselves.

Michael Gray, the event organizer, said he found it dif ficult to find kings and queens and even more dif ficult to find professional

guest performers.

“The show required enough work for it to be considered a full-time job,” Gray said, 21, General Studies, CDA. Hosted by local drag queen Felony Mayhem, the show featured kings and queens with an array of talents from dancing to gymnastics and impressively running around in high heels.

Rewarded by the audience’s cheers and cash, many per formers got physical with the audience and provided lap dances, and more, to a lucky few.

Although the per formers could do whatever they wanted with the tips they received, many donated their money to the “Add the Words” film and campaign.

By the end of the night, the queens and kings racked up to $800 to suppor t the cause.

The GSA takes pride in the show because it’s one of the most popular events each semester, Gray said. “[The show] gives stu-

dents the oppor tunity to per form and get into drag and brings the experience to students since drag shows usually happen in bars,” Gray said.

“We just want people to remember having a positive drag experience.”

The free screening of the “Add the Words” film will be in the Lake CDA room of the SUB April 16 at 7 p.m.

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She turns home! Madison Anthony who has sign a letter of intent with Oregon State adds another run for the Cards in a 10-3 win versus Columbia Basin. So far this season sher has hit 11 homers and batted in 47 runs. Thomas Hansen/Sentinel

No one can stop the Lady Cards Griffey Olsby Sports Writer The Cardinals are hot in the beginning of league play after winning their first 10 games.

They are showing who the top dog is in the conference as they are in their first year of transitioning to the NWAC. This past weekend, the Cardinals outscored their opponents 63-6 in four games against Big Bend CC and Yakima Valley CC. In the first game against Big Bend Maddison Anthony hit three homers making it 11 this season.

They star ted their hot play in a doubleheader versus Walla Walla where they were able to pick up 10-5 and 7-6 wins. The contributions of Hayley Fields and Jammie Madonna are really what led the team to victor y.

The team was able to pick two wins (3-1, 10-0) versus Columbia Basin CC the following day to complete the weekend sweep.

NIC retur ned home and picked up six more wins from Wenatchee Valley CC (9-5, 19-0), Columbia Basin CC (10-3, 8-0) and Walla Walla CC (13-0, 9-3). In those six games, the Cards outscored their opponents 68-12.

Hayley Fields had a field day against Wenatchee. In the first games she hit two homers and batted in 11 r uns in the doubleheader.

Coach Don Don W illiams has her girls playing ver y well entering the second half of the season.

“I feel we’re in a good spot right here,” W illiams said. “We

are winning a lot of games and playing well and producing a lot of r uns.”

NIC is averaging 9.8 r uns per game while only allowing just 2.3 r uns per game over its recent stretch against NWAC opponents.

The Cardinals are lighting it up on the of fensive side as they have three players in the top 6 in RBIs in the NWAC: Anthony, Hayley and Hayden Fields. Tori Almos are also top five in wins (10), strikeouts (80), and ERA (2.0) in the league.

“The combination of solid hitting and shut down pitching is the kind of play that will lead NIC to a great finish to an already ver y successful season,” W illiams said. “They’re competitors.”

This team is not eligible for any postseason play due to their transition to the NWAC, but they have been playing at a championship caliber level this season.

At 20-1, the Cards look to finish the season the same way they star ted.

“We have been talking about playing at our level,” W illiams said. “Making sure (we) don’t get caught in the trap of playing at our opponents level.”

The Lady Cards are on another business trip to play doubleheaders against the two worst ranked teams in the league: Big Bend CC and Yakima Valley CC. Third base Freshman Chloe McIntosh confidently said, “It’ll be easy.”

The Cards play next on April 14 at home versus Spokane Community College.

Pitcher and Infeilder Miranda Powless taking a crack of the bat. As a pitcher, she has eight wins with 51 strike out and an ERA of 2.33. Thomas Hansen/Sentinel

Golf team struggles, about to host tourney Dylan Latting Sports Writer

T

he Cardinal golf team looks to bounce back as both the men’s and women’s teams have a tour nament this upcoming weekend on April 18 and 19.

The golfers look to re-

deem themselves after a poor showing in the LCSC Invitation. It was the first tour nament of the spring semester.

It was ver y clear there is room for improvement, especially to head coach Russell Grove.

“I think it was a couple things that factored to our str uggles chipping of f the

r ust for sure,” Grove said.

The Cardinals best golfer, Michael Por ter, finished with a 12 above par, while the best women’s golfer was Mackenzie Phillips, who finished 45 strokes above par after two rounds. The men finished second to last and the women were last at the invitational, 132 strokes behind the win-

ning team.

“We str uggled last tournament with ball striking and putting,” Grove said. “So we are going to be working a lot on our shor t game for these upcoming tour naments.”

“I let a few bad shots get to me to where I can’t focus ver y well on my routine,” Phillips said. “I am going to

practice to improve at ever ything I can that it takes to be a better golfer.”

As a team, they will need to make huge strides to be considered a better golf teams, and to compete at not only at this upcoming home tour nament but also for the remainder of the season.

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Students in the Introduction to Mountain Biking class at NIC posing at the summit of a hill during their trip to Moab, Utah over spring break. Photo courtesy of Jon Tottenv

NIC field trip to Moab Connor Sears Sports Editor Fifteen students travelled to Moab, Utah for their P.E. class over spring break. Along with biking the hundreds of miles of trails, the students went rock-climbing, canyoneering, explored the town and built trails.

“Moab is definitely one of the top mountain biking destinations in the country,” Outdoor Pursuits Program Coordinator Jon Totten said. “It’s super famous for the trails, for a reason, they’re awesome.”

Some of the more active students rode 100 miles on world famous trails such as Amasa Back, Slickrock and Porcupine Rim. “Any person who goes on this trip, myself included, never comes back the same,” NIC student Connor Coughlin said. “You throw people into the harsh, yet beautiful desert environment of Utah and have them do something like mountain biking.”

Some of the students were avid mountain bikers, like Coughlin, while other students had their first experience mountain biking and everything in between. “(We) make sure everyone was challenged on the trail, but not overwhelmed,” Totten said.

“There’s always that dynamic in the group that we try to challenge everyone at their comfort level, or just above usually.”

Coughlin added, “People tend to find them-

selves and find out what they’re really made of.”

Along with the test of physical will, Coughlin said that he believes that there is a therapeutic element to the cyclical pattern of mountain biking.

The students spent an afternoon giving back to the Moab community by building a mile long section of a new connector trail with the Bureau of Land Management. Trip leader Paul Chivvis said that the past three years students would help build trails.

Totten said it was very rewarding to be part of a movement in which trail crews have built hundreds of miles of new trail in recent years.

All of that hard work building trails paid off as they kicked off at the trailhead.

“It was awesome to ride some new trails,” Totten said.

Chivvis said it was his 11 year doing the class and trip, and this year he said the highlight of the week was canyoneering. It is when you repel down a canyon wall and explore and either hike or climb out of the ravine.

The introductory mountain biking course is mainly for outdoor recreation leadership students. Following the trip, they had some writeups for class.

Coughlin said that some of the less experienced bikers left Utah wanting to make mountain biking a life-long sport.

“We’ve never had a bad Moab trip,” Totten said. “It’s like the best spring break possible. It’s pretty rad.”

NIC students hitting the trail! This time to build it. Photo courtesy of Jon Totten

A student climbing a hill above the canyons. Photo courtesy of Jon Totten

Four students repel from a cliff to try some canyoneering. Photo courtesy of Paul Chivvis

Hatthorn hitting the trail Riley Hadeen Sports Writer

Hatthorn showing off his stuff with a wicked backflip off of a kicker (right). Photo courtesy of Skye Schillamer “Baby Swiss” throwing a huge whip as he rides down the trail he built. Hatthorn got his nickname from the trail (above). Photo courtesy of Eric Ashley

NIC student Nick Hathhorn is a slice of Idaho in and of himself. He is a fisherman, hunter, skier, outdoorsman, but most passionately, he is a mountain biker.

“What didn’t get me into mountain biking?” Hathhorn said, who at the age of three, started building jumps in the woods around his house in Boise.

But it wasn’t until around the age of 12 that Hathhorn tried mountain biking for one of his first times on a trip with a friend and his family to Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

“That’s where I got the thrill of going fast,” Hathhorn said. “We got separated from his family by a massive heard of cows for about two hours and then sped through piles of turds downhill to catch up with them.”

Nick now works with the trail crew on Silver Mountain where he goes by the nickname “Baby Swiss”, also the name of a side trail off of the trail Frankenbeans on Silver Mountain.

“Mountain biking is a form of expression for me,” Hathhorn said. “Building trails and jumps are a great bonding experience with my friends and I, and a great outlet for creativity.”

Hathhorn rides a Cannondale Claymore. It is a 180 mm travel bike with 26 inch wheels and slack geometry. It is primarily a downhill bike, but a switch for the suspension allows for efficient uphill riding as well.

Hathhorn has difficulty picking a specific favorite trail at first, but settles on the trail Hot Mess at Silver. The steepness and sizeable drops as well as the technicality of the off camber track are some of the features that Hathhorn says make it a particularly “gnarly, loose and wild course.”

“I really just enjoy the back country trails though,” Hathhorn said. “It gets me a different perspective that most people don’t normally get to experience.”

Hathhorn often takes his Cannondale over to the Wednesday night Canfield bike rides put on by Terra Sports where people of all ranges of experience go to ride the trails.

“It brings people together that wouldn’t normally get together,” Hathhorn said. “Everybody is just glad to see you there.”

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Horoscopes The stars are saying something but hey they are thousands of light years away so you’ll probably be dead by the time their message gets here. In the mean time you can read some of our “snazzy” horoscopes. This issues horoscopes were written by our lead reporter Taylor Nadauld. She also does palm readings and underwatr basket weaving on Wednesdays.

Aries How’s it going, Aries? Oh wait.

We’re the fortune tellers here.

So we already know the past few weeks can only be described in one word: travesty. Honestly, it’s probably going to stay that way for a couple more months. We’ll do you a favor and let you know that you don’t even need to bother reading next issue’s horoscope.

You know it’s only going to depress you further and you told yourself you would only let good things into your life.

Taurus Everything’s coming up Taurus this month, and you know it too, don’t you, you little so-and-so. Ride that wave of egotism and self-pride, Taurus. It’s only going to strengthen the relationships you’ve had to spend years of petty trust and compassion building. Now is your time to shine. Other people know it too, so now is an optimal time to take a loved one out to dinner and a movie in a celebration of YOU. You deserve this, buddy.

Across

Down

3. First name of Justin Tim-

1. A new music streaming ser-

berlake’s and Jessica Biel’s

vice launched by rapper Jay Z.

first baby.

2. Young actor and philoso-

7. Eurasian country the Kardashian sisters visited to honor their ancestral heri-

pher attracting attention by wearing a dress in public.

4. Actress upset that her breast milk confiscated by airport

tage.

security. 5. Popular ‘80s NBC

8. Hip-hop artist recently

sitcom to be recreated with

arrested for drug charges.

legos.

11. Former Secretary of

6. Olympian scheduled for an

State who recently an-

upcoming two-hour interview

nounced 2016 presidential run.

14. Comedian replacing Jon

with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer.

9. One Direction band member who has recently left the group. 10. Popular HBO Fan-

Stewart on the ‘Daily Show.’

tasy series, the fifth season

15. Country star who recent-

of which premiered Sunday

ly celebrated her 60th birth-

night.

day.

12. An annual two-weekend,

16. Singer who recently re-

three-day music and arts fes-

leased an apocalyptic music video with actor Terrence Howard.

tival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.

13. U.S. state that recently passed an anti-gay law.

This day in history 837 - Best view of Halley’s Comet in 2000 years 1796 - The first known elephant arrived in the United States from Bengal, India.

1860 - 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif 1870 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in New York City.

1980 - The Broadway musical “Grease” closed after 3,883 performances.

1902 - J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo 1933 - 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale) 1960 - France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara 1964 Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actor.

1970 Apollo 13 announced “Houston, we’ve got a problem,” when an oxygen tank burst on the way to the Moon.

1997 - Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par.

1998 - Dolly, the world’s first cloned sheep, gave natural birth to a healthy baby lamb.

2012 North Korea North Korea Rocket Launch Fails. Several countries who were monitoring the event said that the rocket was only in the air for a short time before it broke apart and crashed into the water.

Gemini You’ve felt a bit paranoid lately, Gemini, and for good reason.

Everyone is talking about you behind your back, but don’t fret. You’ve taken all necessary precautions, so how could they be onto you, right? Hehe…right?

Meanwhile, it may be time to start looking for another job and some new friends. Actually, a full out relocation wouldn’t hurt, now that we’re thinking about it. The cards are also recommending a name change and investing in a wig. What did you do?? No wonder they’re talking about you behind your back, you monster.

Cancer Can you calm down for just one second, Cancer? Honestly, we can’t take another second of your petty whining. Use this coming weekend to rejuvenate and cleanse your inner being. Some people like to try a fancy juice cleanse or a white light meditation session, but your basic laxative will do the same thing, and in double-time no doubt. You’re welcome.

Leo You’ve been feeling rather lost lately, Leo. Google Maps has been really unreliable lately and no one has responded to your angry, one-star app review. The cards are telling you to save up some money and just invest in a quality, tangible map and compass already. Don’t flake out on the compass, you cheapskate.

Do you want to find your way out of this cave or not? Honestly, sometimes we think you don’t even care about your well being as much as we do.

Virgo Life is boring as usual, which is probably why you’re reading this horoscope, thinking you’re going to receive some kind of spiritual enlightenment. Well guess what, Virgo. Nobody cares. Sorry not sorry.

Libra Well, this shouldn’t come as a surprise, Libra, but you’re a star and you’re only going to experience goodness from here on out.

Unlike your good ol’ friend, Aries, you’ve actually got some fantastic prospects. In fact, we’re gonna give you the same advice we gave Aries:

don’t bother reading next issue.

You’re on an eternal high that’s not going to change here anytime soon. In times like these, sometimes it’s fun to laugh in the faces of others, “strut your stuff”, and give a flat out “no” when the cashier asks you if you’d like to donate a dollar to a charity at checkout. They’ll never be on the high that you’re experiencing, so it’s really just a waste of energy to try to spread that happiness to other. Revel in it yourself.

Scorpio Financial issues loom, Scorpio.

Now may be the time to sell your seemingly expensive, quality belongings on Craigslist, if you want to make that extra buck. Keep in mind though that the rest of us are poor too, so you might want to keep the selling prices low. We’re talkin’, like, nothing over $15. We don’t care how much you paid for that iPhone or that flat screen. $15 is the absolute most anyone is going to go right now, and it’s only going to get worse. Hurry and do it too, because some of us need that flat screen, and we’re about to offer $10 for it.

Sagittarius Are you seriously reading this right now, Sagittarius? You have so much work to do, your boss is trying to get a hold of you, your kids haven’t seen your face in days – did you honestly think you were going to take a “much needed break” to “read your horoscope” and “see what the universe has in store for your life”? It’s disappointing. It really is.

Capricorn Can we talk bro to bro on this one, Capricorn? You’re a gem and we all love you and want the best for you. We do. But honestly, you’re bringing everyone in the office down with your personal issues.

Like, we feel bad about what’s going on, but we can’t say we “care”.

Take some time for yourself this week. Set up that online dating profile you’ve been dying to try.

We can tell you now that it’s not going to work in finding you your one true love you’ve been setting your expectations for, or even that meaningless sex partner you’ve been setting your backup expectations for, but for the first few days, it’ll boost your self-esteem enough that we don’t have to listen to your issues for a while. It’s best for all of us. Please, take one for the team.

Aquarius Your fly’s been down this entire month. XYZ, my friend. We’re blushing for you.

Pisces Ever since the blood moon last week, you’ve been in dire need of some relationship advice. Here it is: break it off. Now. Yes, we know you love them, and yes there has not been a deal-breaker in sight– or even any minor, petty issue. You guys don’t play games. The chemistry between you two is amazing, quite honestly. We’ve actually never seen a better pairing. You put each other’s needs above your own, you handle problems well together, you have similar future goals and you each respect each other’s space. Wow, seriously, when are you two getting married, anyway? Seriously though ,man, the cards are adamant. They don’t lie.

They have lied before, but we’re pretty sure they’re fo real this time.

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HELL’S CANYON TRIP

Monday, April 13, 2015

A few of the backpackers stop to enjoy the view. Photos by Connor Sears Anderson/Sentinel

1VL` 6aVS! JHW[\YPUN SP]LZ VU ÄST Connor Sears Sports Editor Two Outdoor Pursuits interns and five people of varying backpacking experience hiked 26 miles upstream of Pittsburgh’s Landing into North Americas deepest river gorge. We spent six days in the Hell’s Canyon bush with only necessary survival gear crammed into you pack.

The 7,400-foot canyon walls make you feel tiny.

Hot days and cold nights drove the group deeper into the canyon to the final destination of Granite Creek Rapids. I made the rookie mistake of not bringing a sleeping bag. Needless to say, I froze.

“This is it, this is the experience,” NIC Instructor Mike Martin said while on the Snake River National Recreation Trail.

For myself, I thought survival was a goal in the backcountry. However, there is a new experience of freedom.

The experience of solitude amidst the soaring canyon walls and booming rapids was therapeutic. The humming rapids and wind filled the canyon.

The deeper we got into the canyon, the more we felt alone. NIC student Amanda Brakeman said she really did not like how alone she felt. For myself, it was amazing to be alone in a canyon only accompanied by a lone bald eagle perched atop a ponderosa pine.

For some the trip was a “satisfying” way to spend their spring break. For others it was a test of getting away from the public and for some it was a physical test of endurance. But for everyone, it was an escape to the back country.

Some were there because they love to get outdoors, some went because backpacking is their passion, and others went for a new experience.

Martin’s experience varied from the rest of the group. He dialed in his pack-weight to roughly 15 pounds, a fraction of what the rest of the group carried.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, NIC employee Ben Cornaccia carried a pack that weighed 60 plus pounds. It was so large that you couldn’t see him behind his enormous bag.

“I’d rather have extra stuff rather than just enough,” said Cornaccia.

He brought everything except the kitchen sink.

After an early morning and a five-hour drive south of Coeur d’Alene, we set off on a hilly six-mile hike into Kirkwood Ranch.

We had our 80-liter bags loaded with all the necessities of survival.

The Ranch was quite luxurious with a steady mountain water stream, picnic tables, flush toilets and a small museum.

Our next waypoint was Pine Bar. Though we did not reach our destination we settled for a small campsite next to some rapids and a large eddy. Most of the group decided to take a dip in the frigid Snake River. It was refreshing after a tough hike like an ice bath after a tough practice.

The next day, we reached the grassy plateau at Sheep Creek. At this point, people felt like a true outdoorsman. Three days without a cell phone, a shower, and many luxuries of home. It was freeing knowing that I am able to experience such great emotions with so little materialistic goods and delayed gratification of being outdoors.

At camp we watched the pink sunset descended over the hills while playing an improvised game of poker with trail mix.

After a short hike in the morning, we reached the McCaffee Cabin. We all took shelter in the cabin as a storm filled the coulee.

After a starry night to charge our batteries, we then made a final push almost to Granite Creek Rapids. We were exhausted and ready to head back to society.

On the final day we took a jet boat down stream back to Pittsburgh Landing. It was beautiful to see the terrain we just hiked from the middle of the Snake. It was like we all boarded a time machine and followed the river back in 45 minutes, which took us five days to hike.

It was an amazing trip to face Idaho’s more extreme wilderness. The rapids roared, the rain fell, the sun soared, the rock walls climbed, the grassy fields waved, the cacti speckled the ground and seven backpackers from NIC felt tiny, alone, and free in the gorgeous gorge environment.

A view of one of the cabins the backpackers took shelter in while on their trip.

(Above) A view of the Snake river running through the valley. (Below) NIC employee Ben Conacchia giving a thumbs up while packing around his 60 lb gear.