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Christine Johnson, chancelor of Community Colleges of Spokane, speaks about her unspoken strengths on the panel during the event. Michelle Mills/Sentinel
Day of Dialogue spotlights women’s unSpoken Strengths Michelle Mills Managing Editor “I don’t think you’re going to make it as a nurse. You know, might be able to be a teacher, but in all reality, probably what you should be is a secretary like your mom.” Dr. Lita Burns, NIC’s Vice President for Instruction remembers when her high school counselor told her those words when she told him she wanted to be a nurse. “Well don’t listen to him,” her mother said when Burns told her what the counselor said. “He doesn’t know what you’re going to do. You’re going to be a nurse. Go be a nurse.” So she did. Burns went on to speak about the things that kept her strong during the harder parts of her life-- her unSpoken Strengths, the topic of focus for the fourth annual Day of Dialogue. The audience consisted of both men and women, but the speakers were all strong women who have made an impact in the
lives of others. In addition to Burns, the event also featured a panel of four women who also spoke about their “unSpoken Strengths.” Burns said her strengths included her roots, relationships, core beliefs, respect and faith. She said it was her roots in having strong matriarchs to look up to and encourage her that led to her moving ahead with her plans to become a nurse. Along with her roots, relationships played a large part in Burns’s success. When she first decided to get her doctorate’s at Gonzaga, her professor went throughout the class, took the student’s hands in hers, looked them in the eye, invited them, welcomed them and told them what an important role they would play in the class. “Thank God I had that experience my first night of class,” she said. “I have a funny feeling, had I not had that, there would not have been a second class.” As Burns began to develop her leadership skills and problem solving as an administrator at NIC, she said it was
But it was her faith, that Burns said was her core beliefs such as ethics and integrity her greatest unspoken, yet perhaps most that she would fall back on when encounobvious strength. She gathers strength tering difficult situations. from her faith in God to be able “When I get into those to handle situations with her chilplaces, I need to always dren, crucial conversations or be able to look back on, to tough meetings. look internally, into what “I know that I need extra is most important as I’m help and if I don’t get it from a addressing situations,” stronger source, I know that I’m she said. “And what is probably not going to be able to most important to me is get through that situation; so I that I address everything call upon that stronger strength.” from a very ethical stand Burns said. “And I would urge point and that I maintain you to figure out what that stronnot only my personal inLita Burns ger strength for you. It might be tegrity, but that I maintain NIC Vice your body, it might be your best the integrity of the instituPresident for friend, it might be your spouse, it tion and those people that Instruction might be your significant other. I represent.” But make sure that you call upon And in these difficult it.” situations, Burns said that A panel of four speakers supplemented respect, another of her unspoken strengths Burns’ speech with their own unspoken instilled in her by her father, is crucial to strengths, but from varying backgrounds communication, especially when she holds and perspectives. an opposing opinion. The panelists were Christine Johnson, “I think about what language I’m going chancellor of Community Colleges of Spoto use to convey respect for whoever it is kane, I”m talking to,” she said.
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NIC nursing supports children after tragedy The NIC Nursing program is working to offer assistance to the family of Kelly Pease. Pease was found killed in her car in the parking lot of Kootenai Health during the morning of March 9 by a nurse. It was later revealed that she was a victim of continued domestic violence. She was 37. Steven T, Denson, suspect in Pease’s murder case, who has been in contact multiple times with the police in cases of domestic violence was found dead a day later after an apparent suicide. Nursing students are currently accepting monetary donations in the SUB and Meyer Health and Sciences Building to honor Pease’s memory. All donations will be given to her family of five children. In addition, the NIC Idaho Student Nursing Association club will rename its scholarship the Kelly Pease Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship will honor her love for nursing and caring for others, helping future nursing students who share the same caring spirit. The college is also in the process of setting up scholarships for Pease’s children should they choose to attend NIC. The Pease family has established a PayPal account to help with funeral costs here: https://www.paypal.me/gabbypease
Days before her death, Pease took a stand against domestic violence in a post on facebook. Photo courtesy of Facebook
Grant funds new library art wall
Photographs are currently being displayed, but the gallery wall will feature other mediums and artists to add a variety. Nathaniel Symons/Sentinel
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A new student art gallery in Molstead Library gives students a new opportunity to present their work. Circulation supervisor, Becky Meneely, from the library said she could not express enough how much she appreciated the grant given by the NIC Foundation to help get this new space and professional art gallery hanging system in place to expand the opportunity for art displayed in the library. The new space will display 2-D art, adding a larger variety of student art to the 3-D art that is already in the library. It also gives new types of artists recognition in the college community. Another feature of this new art wall is that it is rotating. While there are photographs up right now, other mediums such as drawings, paintings, and other 2-D art will be on display in the future, resulting in a variety of displays and talent. “The pictures are all different and unique, but clearly represent the talents of the students shown through their pieces, Meneely said. The gallery is on display just in time for National Library week, which will be April 9-15, giving the library an opportunity to put a spotlight on the new art wall. There is no designated time for when the next art display will be up or what medium it will be, so students will have to keep their eyes peeled to see what comes next.
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Max Mendez, the director of the NIC’s choir program, conducts the ensemble of Cardinal Chorale and Chamber Singers during the Winter Choral Concert. Michelle Mills/Sentinel
Choral concert brings class to NIC Dakota Piver Staff Writer The North Idaho College Chamber Singers filed into the auditorium and spread out into three groups. While the men stayed on the stage, the altos and sopranos two posted themselves on opposite sides of the auditorium, next to the stairs leading to the stage. Max Mendez, the conductor, took his place out in the crowd. The group of male singers began to hum. Then the women offside the stage began to sing, their parts overlapping back in forth creating a sense of surround sound. The audience turned their heads to the left and right each time the groups traded parts. The men’s humming continued all throughout the song. Then the altos and sopranos began to sing together, their voices blending to fill the auditorium. One of the students, Logan Shevalier, stepped out from the group on stage and stepped in front to conduct the next portion of the song. Then the women took a turn in humming while the men took their turn to sing. All three groups finally joined together in blended humming, and the two groups offside the stage began to walk up onto stage.
“It blows my mind to see a small school in a small town to have this and what they can accomplish,” said Bob Obernolte, grandfather of one of the Chamber Singers. The Winter Choral Concert, held on March 14 at the Schuler Performing Arts Center in Boswell Hall, hosted both the North Idaho College Chamber Singers and the Cardinal Chorale. After the Chamber Singers’ a cappella performance, the Cardinal Chorale joined them on stage for the rest of the program. The singers were also joined by musical accompaniment, with Dr. Dwayne Huff on piano and Marietta Hardy on the organ. During both the second song “Offertory” and the sixth song “Libera me,” Jon Carney performed his baritone solos. His voice rang out into the audience as he leaned forward, focusing on the pieces. Carney was not the only soloist that evening, though. He was joined by soprano soloist Kiera Conner who also had time in the spotlight during the fourth song “Pie Jesu.” Her high notes pierced the air, yet she appeared comfortable with every note she hit. “I felt like we were both really solid,” said Carney. “The group had awesome Conner performs her soprano solo piece, “Pie Jesu”. Right/Jon Carblend, so it was probably one of the best of Left/Kiera ney sings his baritone solo. Michelle Mills/Sentinel the performance groups ever.”
Art exhibit reveals what is ‘Underneath’ Michelle Mills Managing Editor
The new exhibit at the Boswell Hall Corner Art Gallery showcases a series of detailed photographs taken by Melinda Hurst Frye. On the plaque in the gallery, Frye outlined her inspiration for the exhibit: “With dirt under my nails, my heart jumps when my hand brushes against a worm in the soil. I am reminded of the world that thrives underground, unsettled by the mystery that is at my fingertips. I watch the beetle make its path through the strawberry plants. Who else is below me making their work in and on the earth? The success and diversity of life near and below the surface contributes directly to life and survival above the surface, though some species and behaviors of these residents are often unknown. ‘Underneath’ is a series of implied urban subterranean ecosystems, an illustrated look at what lives, dies and feasts at ground level and below.” “Underneath” will be on display from Feb. 14 through March 24.
Top: A portion of the photograph“Underneath the Prunella” shows a small skeleton of some unkown creature. Bottom: “Underneath the Myrtle” reveals a busy network of an unseen community of insects and bugs making their way through the earth. Right: A slug entwines intself around a plant in the close up photograph,“Slug Mum.” Michelle Mills/Sentinel
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EDITORIAL The art of doing nothing All throughout history,mankind has had to toil to get to where we’re at now. From farming to the Industrial Revolution to the invention of computers and the smartphone, we have toiled and toiled. Are we still climbing to the peak of civilization? Or have we passed it? Does it matter? Humans nature seems to be naturally competitive. We look down upon civilizations that are not as “advanced” as we are. But what exactly have we advanced in? Producing more waste than any other country? Granted, we have many advantages living in a First World country. But what if advancement has slowed us down in a way we had not thought of before? Or at least not considered important? Imagine if we didn’t have smartphones, social media and online work and homework. And while we should not take commodities, entertainment, education and employment for granted, there is more to life than what those things can offer, like time, time to do nothing. What if there was value in taking time to do nothing? And what if our society has indoctrinated us to believe that doing nothing always means you are unproductive, lazy? And heaven forbid we ever have an unproductive moment in our day in which we are not at least entertained by something. Many of us spend copious amounts of time on our phones watching comical and entertaining material. True, we are technically not doing anything productive, yet it is not accomplishing the art of doing nothing; that would require us to put our phones down. Now, let’s not confuse the phrase “doing nothing” with the phrase “thinking nothing.” Just because we stop whatever busy work we are doing, does not mean our brains automatically switch into a zen state of mind (wouldn’t that be nice?) That is where the art of doing nothing comes into play. Stop. Still your hands. Still your body. And let your mind run and run and run. We need to stop running from our thoughts and let our thoughts run for us sometimes. Who knows what we will think of? Is there a fear we need to face? A burden we need to drop? A person we need to appreciate? A person we need to confront? An idea we need to develop? Let our thoughts become voices and give those voices the freedom to converse in the quiet. Stop drowning them out with entertainment and obligations for just a while. Technology is great, but the one thing it has a tendency to stifle is the ability to think for ourselves. We are fed opinions, thoughts, ideas, politics, religion and philosophy day in and day out, but when do we ever think about those things for ourselves? Sure, we have our opinions; but why are those our opinions? Why do we want what we want? Why do we believe what we believe? Why do we act the way we act? And how will evaluating these things benefit us? For one, it develops a healthy sense of self and self-identity. Our ideas and opinions and beliefs only become our own when we know why we hold them, and we stop believing or thinking something simply because that is what someone else told us to think or believe. Whether it is a racial prejudice we didn’t realize we held from a childhood upbringing that effects society or if it is a harmful belief about self that was planted by someone important in our lives, these are things that we must evaluate. And if we are constantly running away from confronting our own thoughts and beliefs, how will we ever change? How will society ever change? So please, for your sake and the sake of those around you, take some time, pause the video, don’t double tap that next photo, wait to do that next quiz on Blackboard, and pause your own life to think. Don’t drown out those thoughts that bubble to the surface or run from the ones that have been trying to chase you. Shhhhh. Quiet. And practice this lost art of doing nothing and think... for yourself. It may be uncomfortable, but it is well worth it if you want to see change for the better in either yourself or society.
What are your plans for spring break? “Work, and then it depends because I don’t know if my boyfriend is coming into town or not, so I might go and visit him, but it depends if he has baseball or not.” Thea Aldridge, 18, Coeur d’Alene, Art
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“Well, first weekend, I’m going to U of I for a visit. Then I’m coming back, and then I’m going to Portland for the rest of the week to snowboard and skateboard and hang out, and then I’m coming home.” “My plans for spring break? Sleep, and then, I don’t know, try to go snowboarding a little bit more, try to work and get some money, hang out with friends. That’s about it, give or take a party or two.” “I’m going to go ahead and go down to College of Idaho, I have a soccer tryout. Then, I also will probably drive back up, and then I’ll drive back down to Pocatello to see my grandparents.”
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Elijah Ross holds Jamal Davis in a headlock during the second round of a three round fight. Fans chanted his nickname “Bear” throughout the fight. Katie Hartwig/Sentinel
MMA fighter earns fifth victory belt Katie Hartwig Photo Editor
The Hub Sports Center in Liberty Lake delivered another night of action-filled fights. There were 11 amatuer bouts on the fight card on Friday, March 10, including the co-main event Aaron Schmidt vs. Cergio Chavez fighting at 135 lbs. and the main event featuring Elijah Ross vs. Jamal Davis fighting at 145 lbs. Ross was the main attraction of the night. He has titles in three different organizations, and now has his fifth belt as of Friday night in the 145 weight class. His previous fights were at 155 lbs. Ross is only 20 years old and trains at 823 MMA which is in a makeshift gym made out of his family’s garage. Ross and his Father Cary began buying heavy bags, slip bags, wall and floor mats and various other equipment to train in the comfort of their own home. They were inspired to build
their own gym and provide an outlet and place for other people to train that could not afford the expensive boxing and MMA gyms. He trains there with his father and younger brother Cadence Ross, 17, who also fights MMA. The time they spend training together has made their relationship as a family evolve. As Ross stepped into the cage Friday evening, you could hear the roar of the crowd chanting “Bear! Bear!” which is Ross’ nickname. With only a few rounds, Ross submitted Davis in the second round via arm bar. For most people that have watch him fight, this came as no surprise. Ross said his passion really came about when he was just 11 and he has been going strong ever since. He took his first fight and won via knockout at just 15 years of age. Friday night was a spectacular event. Ross winning over Jamal Davis. This fight gave him his 15th amateur win, making his amateur record an incredible 15-4.
Ross will take one more amateur fight on April 1 in Lewiston, Idaho at The Clear Water Casino before going pro as a fighter. As a pro, many doors can open up for the young man including the UFC, which Ross has his eye on for the near future. Ross can always be seen wearing pink fight shorts and he does it because both his grandmother and step-grandmother died from breast cancer. As a tribute to them and to raise awareness it has become Ross’ signature attire at fighting events where he also raises money through his fights breast cancer awareness. Although he will have one last amateur bout, Ross will be heard around the region much more often now by becoming a pro and continuing to fight the way he does. Ross’ character also contributes to his popularity. For example, though Ross is not undefeated, spectators have witnessed and commented on his humility in both victory and in loss. Ross celebrates with his fifth belt at Hub Sports Center. Katie Hartwig/Sentinel
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GAMES AND EXTRAS >DIALOGUE from page 1 where she leads a district that spans six counties in Washington; Jessica Bauman, the owner of Express Employment Professionals where she has earned numerous awards for her work matching people’s careers with their passions; Katie McIntire, a welding instructor at the Kootenai Technical Education Campus; and Lindy Lewis, an authenticity speaker, author and health coach. Johnson said her strengths were her faith, which leads to an unabiding love for humanity, trust in the goodness of others, humility, hope and love. Bauman said that at first she didn’t think she had any unspoken strengths until she started thinking about it and remembered a magnet from a friend that said, “To be successful, you have to have some ignorance and a lot of confidence.” So for her, strong relationships, ignorance, confidence, vulnerability and tenacity built her list of strengths. For McIntire, she resounded with growing strength and confidence through endurance and the ability to overcome challenges and view how you want to impact others.
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Lewis worried that the others would take her answer, but they didn’t. Lewis’s unspoken strength was intuition. She said to trust your intuition at all costs, which was something she had to learn to do over a long period of time. Along with the opportunity to be inspired by the influential speakers at the event, the communications club presented awards for outstanding women who have left a positive influence at the school and in the community. Four women received honors during the Day of Dialogue for 2017 Woman of the Year. The award was separated into five categories, NIC student, NIC alumna, NIC employee, and community member. Kennedy Gelnette recieved the award for 2017 NIC Student Woman of the Year. Chloe Van Zandt received 2017 NIC Alumna Woman of the year. Molly Kreyssler received 2017 NIC Employee Woman of the Year. And Raydeane Owens, co-pastor of the Heart of the City Church and public speaker received the 2017 Community Woman of the Year award. Each woman got the chance to give a short reception speech in which they expressed their gratitude and inspired the audience.
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Mackenzie Conner, 19, general studies, looks over the South Tower Memorial in dowtown New York City. An afternoon trip to One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum provided a glimpse into the past of one the tradgedies that struck America. Kaylee Dinkel/Sentinel
NIC Sentinel’s New York minute Mackenzie Conner Graphics Editor
There is something sobering about stepping off the subway and finding yourself among the giant buildings of New York City. There is no warm-up or easing your way into the concrete jungle. It is sudden and exciting, albeit a little scary, but it’s unlike any other experience in the world. The Big Apple has called to journalists for generations, and I was not immune to the bug. After serving as a staff member for the Sentinel for several months, I was nominated by our fellow staff members to go to New York and participate in the College Media Association’s annual spring conference. Naturally, I accepted the offer. At around 3:15 in the morning of March 10, I dragged myself out of bed and into the car that was waiting to take me to the airport. Several hours and airplane micro-naps later, I landed a seat on the busy E-Line of the New York Metro that would take me from JKF International Airport to the heart of the city. My first night in New York, I embraced my inner tourist and indulged in the sights and sounds of Times Square. I was daunted by the lights, dizzy with the sounds and dazed by the scene, yet completely in love. The magnificence of Broadway called to me, and I watched the countless hours of rehearsal come to fruition in a performance of Aladdin. My wide eyes made it difficult to sleep, but eventually my body yielded to the tiresome effects of traveling. The next morning, my comrade for the week, Kaylee Dinkel, social media editor for the Sentinel, arrived. We checked our luggage into our hotel, and took off to explore the city. Brisk air that chilled your fingers upon exposure accompanied us as we wondered nonchalantly through parts of Central Park, up and down 5th Ave., and around Midtown. Several stops, at various shops around the city and about 20,000 steps led us back to the Sheraton in Times Square, our home for the next few days, in time for check-in. We briefly met with Geoff Carr, advisor for the Sentinel and chaperone for the trip, before allowing several hours for a much needed nap. That night, I engaged in some top-notch Italian food, wondered about Times Square again, and returned to sleep. Around 10:30 the next morning, I was in a desperate search for coffee. Due to jetlag and daylight savings, I found myself deprived of four hours of sleep, and I could definitely feel it. Settling for an overpriced 12 ounce, dry skinny, cappuccino, I satisfied my hankering for caffeine and went to listen to the keynote speaker, Mara Schiavocampo, an award winning correspondent for ABC News. Schiavocampo discussed the importance of relationships in the professional world of journalism, and how to be yourself in the confines of a professional relationship. Schiavocampo’s passion for reporting and the value that she placed on informa-
tion was very evident in her words. Several times she made it clear that she would not play in a field of journalism that stifles the truth. In the Q&A portion of the hour, her fiery attitude came to light when asked about universities that limit the type of content allowed to be printed. “I don’t want to give you bad militant advice, but I would sit it out,” Schiavocampo said with a chuckle. Following the keynote, I attended both afternoon sessions, one on ethics and one on freelancing for magazines. Both presentations reignited a love for information that had recently flown under the radar in my life. I left the conference with a renewed hunger for information, and for some good NYC food. In a search to discover the best Mediterranean food that New York had to offer, Kaylee and I were led downtown to the World Trade Center. We got off of the subway, into a well-kept city within the city, and followed a small hoard of people to Ground Zero. The mass of skyscrapers that stood among the blue sky above, opened up into a quiet courtyard. People milled slowly about in silence, and flowers that were meticulously placed on the memorial shuddered gently in the wind. We ventured into the memorial museum mid-afternoon, and emerged three hours later, somber and grateful. The next day, I made it to the conference a bit earlier and attended an in-depth session about requesting public records and maneuvering the roadblocks posed by universities on information requests. The keynote for the day featured Ann Shoket, former editor-in-chief of Seventeen Magazine, and Joanne Lipman, editor-in-chief of the USA Today Network, both of whom have achieved incredible success in their fields. The discussion surrounded millennials in the world of journalism and tips on navigating the pre-existing ideas around the millennial generation. Immediately following the keynote, I attended a session that discussed the factors that affect covering sexual assault on college campuses. I found this presentation to be very powerful because it featured a woman who reported on multiple sexual assaults around the country, a victim of sexual assault on campus, a clinical psychologist and a producer of the Netflix documentary, The Hunting Ground. The inclusion of so many different perspectives on the panel served to reemphasize the complexity of this issue on college campuses and the challenges that journalists face when trying to cover an assault. Next on my schedule was a tour of the Rolling Stone offices and the opportunity to speak with some of the editors. Because Rolling Stone magazine has always had such an immense impact on pop-culture and has featured the most iconic people in Rock ‘n Roll, I was barely able to maintain my professionalism while I walked down the legendary halls. The office seemed more like a museum than a work space with all of the art that hung on the walls. Our tour led us to the cover wall, a hallway of tribute to all past issues, and
my jaw dropped. I was nostalgic for times that I wasn’t even alive for. All of the musical legends that I have been able to discover for myself long after their time had ended came to life. As I walked down the hallway, I watched the many fads in America come and go, and the evolution of such a renowned magazine take place. After several laps around the office trying to soak it all in, my tour was led to a conference room to chat with some editors of the brand. While I sat and listened to two descriptions of life while working at Rolling Stone, the busy hours, the production weeks, the interviews, the hard work and constant challenges, my passion for journalism and communication was again solidified. The day concluded with some Sushi in the heart of Times Square, a first for Kaylee and a source of joy for Geoff, and then a quick ride to Brooklyn for an Islanders game.
On Tuesday, the last day of the conference, I overslept, but made my way downstairs for breakfast and the final keynote. Because of the snow storm forecasted on Tuesday, the speaker for the day was unable to attend, but his replacement provided me with one of the most authentic discussions on journalism I have ever been a part of. Christopher Dickey, the foreign editor of The Daily Beast and the replacement for the original speaker, spoke about the novelty and effect of “fake news” on society and the media. The conference concluded with The Apple Awards that were distributed to schools who received awards in their respective categories. Because of the snow storm that hit the northeast, our flight was cancelled, so we scored another day in the city. We didn’t actually touch down in Spokane until Thursday afternoon, but I can’t say that I have completely left the New York State of mind.
Kaylee Dinkel, 19, journalism, poses for an obligatory tourist photo in Times Square. Due to the low temperatures, hats, scarves and jackets were required. Mackenzie Conner/Sentinel