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Sex forum planned Sclr-esrccm in regard 10 sc,: education will be the topic or a rrce public forum sponsored by Panhandle Health District I on March 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Boswell Hall.

Or. Sol Gordon will speak on teen self esteem as a key 10 positive sexual decision making. Local teenagers, parents and teachers arc Invited 10 attend.

Gordon, PhD, psychologist and professor emeritus of Syracuse University, is a nationally known author and lecturer on the topics: promotion of sclr-esteem among vulnerable youth, the case for moral sex education in public schools; raising children conservatively in a sexually permissive world and Lhc " When Living HurLS· Crisis ln1crven1ion Guide.''

Por additional Information, call Jeanne Bock a1 263-S IS9 or Jan Palmer at 667-3481.

BLOWIN' UP A STORM

WE 'RE IN THE MONEY

Trumpet soloist Allen Vizzulli performs and teaches at NIC March 9 and 10.

NIC has recei ved a $30,000 contribution from the Coeur d'Alene Press .

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North Idaho College's Student Newspaper

Vol. 62 No. 9

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Thursday, March 1, 1990

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NIC drug seminar cancelled

Vo-tech offers variety

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by Tonya Broderhauaen North Idaho College Voc111!01111l T«hnia.il bduca tlon I~ unfortu11n1elv the hc)t kepi secret In North Idaho, snld Mll1 Tut Icy, vocn1ionnl weldln11 ln11rnu1or. fherc ure IS vocatlonnl progrnm, 1lio1 opcrute In the NIC Hedlund Oullding.

ACl."Oruing 10 Turlc)', most Student, n11cndlng vo.:a1ional progl'llJ\1~ !If( \tudcnts "ho want 10 be there 10 le.1rn •rtt'lfic details in their fields of uudy. They are able 10 re..-chc hllnds on <'Xpcricncr and proCttd qukUy in10 paid employment, he &aid.

The vo.:111ional taff is required to h!I\.C a minimum of cight )"1) of roll~c education Al NIC, m.111.) of the instrutlOt• ncced rhc minimum cducauon \\ith prestigoui d~rett, Torie) said Both Torie) and Clarence Haught, dl":ln of vocational

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Thm• progrnms offer f<>lluscd, ~pcclnc 1111lni11g In C~OCI fields of interest, oil of whkh lndumy ntttl\-sl.illl'd worl.crs 10 hll Job 1>0\iticms. l'urlcy said, The rca~on NIC Vo, fC\:h Educ111io11 Is kepi scerct is bcllllusc rhc Ol)ll\l\Wlllon is non1>10111, he Sllld; therefore ii is m11 11d,cr1l~l'd.

Ho\\C\Cr, ''l!.,ccllcnt result) nnd word or mou1h bring in n good cnrollmcm," T\lrky sl\id.

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Bill defines tuition, fees

by Linette F,.em1n

The senate bill, "'luch "'"Ill spoasored by District ~ Sen. \tary Lou Recd and DliUic1 23 Sen La.trd Nob, spccificall) dcfl.llled \\h:tl ruiuon and fees can be used for. The bill ckarl) qys L1w fees cannot be used for capitol impro\t'menli-"' lucb was the rason f01 lhc debate,r.bic:b eYmtUall) ltd to the Board of Trustees ,s. AS'-:lC lawcui1 Ul the fall of

The la\\.u1t Is o,f'r, the monc) 1hc s1udcn1S \Ibo 1>3id it, 1hc lefto,cr l'\lnds "ere turned m10 student scholarships, and now, 1hanl..s 10 the Idaho Stale Senate, lhc mo,c is rowud b\\.

Scn111.- Bill No. 153 l, "hich passtd the cnatt' unanimous!)' rcb. ~ti. "°35 the product of ma.n> 19' .

Aoolhcr aspect of Bill ~ t> I 531 long hours of v.ork b) onh Idaho College s1udmts and the li th:tt it allows for the cap on kgulAtou 11o ho support them. 1c- rommuni1, colkst nutioo 10 be conitf1i to Auociattd SrudcntS of r&1.cd S~O I )CU for the ~ l foe NIC ad,iscr Ton) Stt"t,';Ul ~cars

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~cv.l!WI. "We also fell tlw ii was imparw:i1 that the cap on r.:itioG be rmtd ~ tuition is osed for the gcDCiaJ opera.rioo of the C'Olle~ aad the twtioo basD '1 g00t up for a ~ timl:.'

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lhc 1ympo,1um. whic;h WiU co ha•c b«n 11n all-day c~cn1 roc1mn1 on the vo-ing probkm of dzu1 1bu~ in 1hc '*orkpbcc and 1n l(hoot,, had K~ltd tncral ,pdlk(ri from 1 ~·111t1y of badgrounch, ,n, clud1n1 law enforcement, \ IHIOU I mcdrctJ field, •nd r~o,.cring dru& addi..ts.

As of Tuc!,(!Jy, only 11 pco· pk bad u1r.ed up for the smunar althou&h Newell, a North Idaho ColJC'eecouMClor, said he had ICfU brodiures to I j dilrerm1 area lcllool,.-OOM of "hicb rq,lied.

Dean of Student Scmc.es Da"ld Lincbay aaid he W&I mystified by the lack of respo~ lroa, the area schools and uudents. "h SCC'DIS to be a burn mg as:::c aD 0\-a th.c COUJlU} CXCCJ>I hae," Lilldsay s.ud. " It 's &alUUlg ib11 thccounlY it willing to ~ all of that raoory puwng up siop bghu by the Sihcr We '-iail," N('OeU wd, ')ct ii too it three km act· Wig raa o, cr b) an be!ore they "'ould pa1 up a aouv,aa

Llocoln Way •·ts ii going to cake lhe O\cr· dme ~caths ill fhc da)s by c ~ ,chool be, bcfort 1M schools ream lDC c1rug probl<o is ror real?" !'-c,ocU demanded. on

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Newspaper donates $30,000 to library

by Sandra Martz

A recent contribution or SJ0,000 rrom the Coeur d'Alene Pm, for the new Nonh Idaho College library/computer center bring, ll that much closer to financial reality "i\c:creditation agency repom rrom ~veraJ ycan ago pointed out that the one facility that needed impro\crnent most wos our library," said NIC President Robert Ben· nct1. "The library ii the core or all learning, 10 the agency expected u, 10 do something about 11."

Bonnm said NIC', adminiS1rntion requested funding from the stare for nearly 10 years before it wu a"'arded.

Each time the rcqurn wa, made, the Idaho Legi,lature was prcsen1ed with the fact 1hat NIC was facing the lo~ of its nccreditation bccnu~c the library was inadequate, Oennell 53id.

Other factors that influenced the Sllllc 10 approve the funding were: o ",urplus eliminator" bill to fund lugher cdu,ntion projcci,, the need for more librnry and ,omputcr 1pace wa, acknowledged by the mue lcgi,lntors, leglslato1' gove education a high priority in funding, •nd the 1m1kipatlon or st.aIf and 11udcnt1 m the lobbying cf, fort, 13cnnc11 ,aid.

"It wn, 11 mnuer of gelling our~cl\'C~ on the n&cndo and being priorit11cd to the pince where our proJcct could be u~,-epted before some other project was," Uenncn \aid "When we chonyed the nnturc of the request in tc1 ms

"The new library will benefit the entire c:0111111u11ity ... " - Robert Bennett uf the ,be of lhe projc<t nnd the way ii "'ould be funded

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Thc stntc or hlnho nw11rdcd SJ.2-IS million to NIC lor the drsign nnd conmu~tlon of the S4.J7S millton hbrar) and co111pu1er/ telecom111unica1\on) center The Umvcr· ,ity of ldAho contributed SJJ0,000 for ndd11ion of l\d· minls1rt11il'c ofl,.-cs and chwroom ~[l3C\', and after NIC's fndlitiei fund ,upphcd $200,000, an sddi11onBI S600.000 remained 10 be rabcd.

The challenge of raising the funds was talcn on b)' the Nonh Idaho C'oll(&c Foundation. The Foundation, a ,a~c,cmpt charitable corporation dirC(ted b) a board of IOC31 l'Olun1cc11. has b«n nt \\Orl since IMt fall 10 raise the

Check please --Coeur d'Alene Preas Publisher James Hell, NIC President Bob Bennett and trustee Jack Beebe marvel over library donation nccc~ry lundma to complete the project Jacl Bc:tbc accepted the po,,tion or 1encral ch&uman of the local fund dri,;c. Beebe i, a lona•11me mcmbtt of the Foundl11on '• board or directors and i, a member or NIC'1 board or 1rus1m.

"Jae\. Beebe has done an ouuiandin11, job," Bcnncu said The region's fomt product 111dmtnc1 contnbuted more than St60,000, the mining indu,U')' S7S,000, and local financial ll\5lilUIIOIU $60,000. " I'm tremendously ple&scd "llb the comm.urut) 's rt"Spol).5( to lhe college's need," Bennett Slid. "We archopmg that c,c-r)·one, mcludilli NIC stu<knu. w.W •-ut to male a rontribution. We arc allov.ing people 10 Jpn:ad their donatioru o,cr a trutt·)ea.I period lo male it cuicr on their cash now. For c.umpl,e, if a pmoo "'•nu to coo-

tribute SIOO, Chey nin con1t1bu1c S)j a year," lknnell Hid NK"1 soal u 10 hnc the around brwkin& ceremony on commenctmcnt d.ay this 1prina and to be 1n tht bu1ldw1 I.ti the: laU of 1991. Thing, ha~c gone well, and tl1c adminbirauon -.ould lake 10 wrap 1h1ng• up Ul term, of pledges by che end or thlt oc.idcnuc yc:ar, Uennc:11 uid "The new hb~ry w1U bcocnt the entire commun11y," be i.iid "We •ant people' 10 uk the library; 11 ·, a com· mun,ty cotie.c library and our pre1<nt polky ls 1ha1 1n)onc u •cll:ome to use 11 " A11:huccu West, a local fum, dn1gncd the new bbrary.

TM firm, •h1eb has been aHilmtd w,lh NIC for I Iona u~. ac..-ord1n1 10 Bennctc, ls 1cspon11blc for dc:i1gJUn1 lhc Hedlund 8111lding and the major remodeling in the Sluden.t UII.KHI Bwld.ina Btdl for connrucuon will be IC• cepted at a ~ter date, Bennett .said.

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College Senate debates topics

by Damon D1r11kJy

The College Senate of North Idaho Colll'gc-~mplised of rcprcscntatil'CS from Associated Studcnu of NIC {ASNIC), NIC' Suppon Smi.."'e"S Orpniza.

110n (NICSSO), Profe'$ional .\dministrarh c and Upt'n i.>ing Staff (PASS) and the f.1cuh>· A<-\Cmbh -mct Feb. I\ A~~NJ111g 10 JuJuh BtO\\ff. cnatc chairperson, the Collc~c &muc mt-e1s on the third Thursd.3y ot e.tch month in the

Seiter Buildmg room 103 11 noon. This courses. ~ v.-ay to do tlw is by wrui.oJ month bol'c•cr the meeting will tal::c plact )OW 0"'"ll m.itcrial.'' Br~cr sui. "This on the fifth Thursd1).

COmm.ntt t IS llt-otb.ng 10 ~clopguiddines Bro11tcr sated tlw dunng tM pa.st for bo11t th:s matt'f'ial is ~ and protec~" meeting three 1opiC$ were discussed Toe secood i.sne, accordi:l.g to Bro,.~.

The senate is currenll~ "'orkmi on ~~ t..'ic rcspomf:,i!mcs of '-IC de" clopmg 3 pol.k) reprt!ing prw3tely protea.:hiJl! faculr). ho-.e-cr there •-as on!) du~ tc\lboou Ul al :-.,c a b.-icf d&u.n10a C'Ollcen:mt thu >.1bj«1.

"The mtent of lh~ ,'Olllm.tt«·s v.orl i, BIO\, er S3.liS the w-d topic :.ad to do '" cn,ou.-.ge r.. ~ tt' lk'-elop anJ we ,.ith 3 :,r-o~ palicy ::ba.,ge f<X the nc.. aod o: crc1tHe ma•eria.l ID thcu sau:'t'-re o! the C-.m=::.m C01.lJldl

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"They ba•c brought to the Smalt die rC\-iscd struct.ure thac has been ck,.doped," Br-er said There "'--u ~Cl} liltk d~-u.won t,c:,:au,c Dr \. irginia Johru.on's presenwioo or the pobcy w-u ,cry cleat Tberc 111--as aha a ftnl readlng he.Id on the issue.

The next MC Senate m«iinJ "'111 bt held Ma.:ch :?9 a.: I p.m m Scncr Hall. :oom I03 The lllCC'IUII) a.re <;-. 1' ·lie 1>11bhc

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Record-breaking jump in enrollment doesn't signify a new trend for North Idaho College

by Bobby Hammond

The rccord-brellking jump in North Idaho College enrollmcn1 this spring semes1cr, docs not signify a new trend in 1hc number of students attending NIC, ac· cording to NJC President Robert Bcnneu.

Enrollment does, however, continue 10 increase and this could cause problems for NJ C in the future; including a possible cap on enrollment and a dctreasc in the qualily of educalion at NI C. The JOO-student increase 1hb spring was more the result of a change in what students arc coun1ed In the enrollment figures. Enrollmeni continues to increase at 1he annual 3 percent h has for the past five yea rs. Tho1 gradual grow1h should continue into th e forsecable future, end NIC should be able io nmin1ain iLS open admissions policy whhou t placing on offlclol cap on enrollmcn1s, Bcnneu said.

Bennett lndkntcd. however. thal NIC alrrndy ha, some lnhcrcnl caps plncc:d on enrollment by the limited number of clru.ses in some progrnm,. " In o community college you lu11c 10 1hink you have lo turn people n"ay ... but in fact we've been doing that. We cnn on Ii• hnvc a given number of section, in o given progrnm," Ocrmc11 ~old.

No official policy of restricting admissions has been diicussed, Bcnnc:u added.

However. he said there has been some discussion of mandating some dcvelopmen· tal education courses for s1udents that test below ctnain lc:vc:ls in basic sk.ills. Cumm policy only encourages, but docs not re:· quire th0S¢ students ID 1akc dcvdopmcn· ta l educa1ion classes.

Bennc:u cautiously said tha1 NlC WIU only ''toying with that concept. " We don't want people 10 come in set· up for failure," he said.

Currently and in the: near future:, Bcnne11 said NIC will remain "pretry much open access."

The rapid increase in enrollment numbers thi, semester wiu accoun1ed for by 1he shift of some computer cliu~ from special interest clnsscs 10 credit classes.

Special in1eres1 clau enrollmenLS are counted inn different category than reaular enrollment, according to Dean of S1uden1, David Llndiey NIC is continuing to grow and ts now at n time Lindsey ~id will require ,omt •oul&carching on 1he par1 of the colleae.

"We've ol\\-B)'~ been able to ac<:omodatc: more s1udent1, but. in the: nu1 I\\-O )'tau 1hc college will hove 10 make: tome much more difficult dcc1s1on,," l 1n1hc) ~,d .

" We can't continue to be everything for were expressed by Dennis Conne", dean everybody." of academic affairs a1 NIC. Decisions must be made on whn1 Connors said he sees this budget ye.ar as resources wiU be concentrated on and wha1 the time NIC must evaluate: its funding and NIC's purpose will be. Although he feels perhaps make some major decisioru as 10 the sitUlltion is not critical right now, Lind- wha1 the most important prognims arc:, and ensure their funding 01 adequate: IC\>els in the future.

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Accordmg 10 Conners. prnsun on the faculty, facili1ics and scn,cn "ill increase as the number of stlldent~ at NIC gro"'s, and fu_nding m3y nor be oblc to ~«p up " It comes down t(\ a qucsuon or quality." Conne" ~id "At ,ome point you hnvc: 10 dc.:1de ho"' t>11 vou ,an afford to be. You cJn <ml~· ,pend the pc:inut butler ,a thin un11I ~(\U ~•n't ta~te 11 an)'1nore."

now, NJC's core educalionol purpo~e Althou11h C'onncr, '-l1J he l>c:lie~c, the might suffer in the future:.

In the past, Lindsay said, NIC' did not qmihty or c:du,o&llon ut NIC 1~ currcnll)' plan 1ufnc:icn1ly for 1hc future. but in rhe gooJ. a, da,, ,11c tn.:rc.t•e-, qunlity In lut three ycnr, "huge strides" hn"e bc:tn t\llll"1y 81>N do"'n \\-1thou1 rn~llt fund, to taken in plannin1, ond the qunli1y ar hire 1dd11101i.,I tC',-hi·n ,ind ,H•l,1untt. cd~tion 01 NIC 1s good Dnd will ptobably A,~,,rJ1n1 ll• Connc:1', the furnlty h 1e1 better hiandlin, tht' currc111 number of ,iudrnr, I lnd\cy ,.ud mrmbc:n of the f11,ul1y 111 • ...c-11 1l1housh w11h ,omr "lltr.i,lc.tn er tenJma -.em11111n ou11lde the ,rate ha"t lom on the: part of wmc te.ichc,~ " b--cn aproachcd by others uprr:,"nl aJ. Conncl\ ,aid he ,e.:, NIC tu being "at 1mr111on for NIC', educa1ianal pro,ram,. the no,~ ro.d," v.11h the fuundatlon, of Much the same 1cn11ments as L10du•y'1 the long ranac plannln1 needed In pla~c

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Forum continues despite poor attendance

by Krl aly Jtll t aed

DCJplte the fact that only two students and four reporters were in 1111cndance, the nm Associated Students of Nonh Idaho College Public Question and Answer Forum was hdd Feb. 21, giving students a chance to ask questions about how the itudcnt board ls spending student ftts.

ASNIC's board consisLS of: President J0t Ne... man, Vice President Bliane Wilches-Prna, freshman senators Michael

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Thl' base$ COVl'red at 1he forum were: ho"A· to ~ 'Orne in,·oh cd in scudl'lll gO\"CJ'tl· mtn1, wha1 is a studl'nt senator, s1uden1 rn~~a1ory health insurance, scholarships, t11111on and ftcs, Spcn Out StudenlS (S.O.S.) boards and counselors.

ACC"Ording to information from the forum, any s1udcn1 \\ishmg to gc:1 m,oh·· ed "'1th ASNIC has four ways 10 do so. He or she could aucnd a board mc:c:ting held

e,ery Wednesday al l p.m. In lht Shoshone Room of the S1udc:r11 Union Building, which will Inform students of whal Is going on, ond 11lso to clear up any confu1ing matten.

Or, according to the forum, the student could join ASNIC itsclf or any of itJ many commi11ecs (s111denu mus1 apply tn the spring and run for office).

The student also could become in,·olved by attending any of the many functions held b)' ASNIC throughout the iur, Banh said.

"Any student that comes (to the mettings) will be a 11.ek.-ome pan of the board meeting,'' Banh said, ' 'and "'i ll gel to hear c.uc1ly ...-hat we are doing as a board."

Last )e&r ASNlC reigned in the lawsuit ronccrning the u.sc of student fecs, and a.s a result about S.l00,000 was 10 be re111med 10 the studr.nts. Ho.,.c,·cr only about SIS0,000 was cl.aimed by those "Abo paid into the amount . The rest "''U made: i.nto 30 different scholarships, 'Iii hkh arc 10 be spread 1hroughou1 many different NIC dl'partmenLS. AC'COrding to Newman, the la"'"SUil "'t i due to a dis-pule a thcn-scta1or on !be board had ...;th the: Board of Trustees o,cr tuition and fees. She claimed the: rollc:gc: "'as charging fees illcpl),•. but after about

)''11.f tn court, lhe judge agreed NIC \\1Uo'1, so ASN IC "'on the 11111 The forum abo toud1ed on the 1op1C of tuition.

Accordmg 10 Newman, 1u1uon ti being spent on the general costs of the colkgc:, such a.s iab.ries, spccia.l scn'iccs and speaa1 materials.

Nev.man said students aren't p,ayU1g for ne"' parking Jou or bwldmp out of tuition. but they arc paying for tbc dorm and the SUB because: both arc srudent onc:n1ed.

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lookm1 Into 1he mandatory insurance: polJ,:y at NIC The: 11uden1 board hill seni lc:ttcn to colk&Cl In Idaho. MontAna, Oregon and Washington to find out how many ba~e mandatory and how many have: \olunury UUllranct. ASNI C has also con ducted a ,urvc:y of what 1111denu want, Banh Rid. If a pason v.anlS to become Involved, be: or she has 10 experic:nc:c: everytJuna sUJ· dent government 1w Lo offer, Banh said.

And au.roding the mc:cunp will al10 be b.elpfuJ, silt added.

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Consolidation sought Insurance questioned In little more than a week, North Idaho College will begin its annual 10-day spring break. In about a month, the three main school districts in Kootenai County-Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Lakeland-will begin their annual spring break.

For the many students, faculty, staff and administration on the NIC campus with children, this creates a major dilemma.

The dilemma is what to do with the children while they are on break and the parent or parents arc in school.

While this may not be an insurmountable obstacle for faculty and administration, it is a major nuisance for students who cannot afford a babysitter or day care.

Due to ln~urancc coStS and coverages, NIC cannot take care of children not already enrolled in its day care center.

It also creates another problem. 11 limits what the college

counties comply with a single calendar s-:hedule, in the past year, the Post Falls, Coeur d'Alene and Lakeland school districts have done just that.

Of NIC's 2,959 students, 1,844 are from Kootenai County. If NIC and these three primary Kootenai County school districts could work out a single calendar schedule, it would give more than half of NIC's students an opportunity to spend their breaks with their families. 00110 mention the money they could save by not having to pay babysitters or day care centers.

According to calendar commit· tee members from the Post Fall~ and Coeur d'Alene school districts, the problem with operating off of a single calendar in conjunction with NIC is the difference in the bc1unmng\ and ends of their rc.:1pcc11ve ,emesten While NIC starh ii~ spring semester in the middle of January and ends it in the middJe of May, Post Falls, Lakeland and Coeur d'Alene nil begin their spring )em(:.)ters 01 the end of January and don't wrap them up until the or second week of June.

Understandably. all of these schools would like Lo have their breal..~ fall in the middle of their sernC!oters, but if NI C were to consenl 10 hn\lng m break a wed. la1er and Post falls, Lal..eland and C'oeur d'Alene would colbent 10 ha, ing their break a "'eek earlier, ~ynchron1\lt} could ~ achei,ed.

The Sentinel urges an)one "ho either suppons or opposes thi:> idea to e,pre:>S his or her \ie" · point· or alternati, e ideas tn the form of leuers to eather the Sentinel or the ,anous administrations in,ol,ed.

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studtnts can do on 1heir breal.. bt'\:ause their children are still in i;~hool.

Although it is a virtual impossiblit~ to ha,e all the :-chool di,mct:- in Idaho'~ ti,e northern

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I'm sure that when the Associated Students of North Idaho College enacted manda1ory accident and health insurance coverage they did so with the best of intentions, but they need to re-think !heir decision. lt is jeopardizing the excellent health care coverage that is woefully inadequate for illnesses requiring long hospitalizations or expensive medication.

Every student who presently has other health insurance coverage should review their plan to be sure that they are not in danger of losing that coverage by being a full-time smdent at NIC. It is possible that their carrier \\ill cancel their insurance if they are insured under another group policy. People wilh heahh problems need 10 be especially careful, since once they',e IC'~! their coverage, they may not be able to regain it. .

For students with no health and accident in)uran~ the NIC plan•~ probably very helpful, but for others it could start a chain of c,cnts that c~uld _have a negative financial impact for years. In m) orinion. the ASNIC 1s doing the students of NIC a 11rca1 dl~~crvicc h\ mak1nl{ health iruuroncc mandatory.

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Thu1<d.'.ly. Morch I, 1990

Writer encourages recycling, reuse of refuse karin /au Waste not want not.

I'm nor really sure where I first heard that phrase. I think it was my great-aunt Toorsie who pounded that one Into my head, along with the one about starving children in China. Who knows?

In any case, it seems as if the more Americans waste, the more we aJI seem 10 want, whcrher ir is more things 10 waste (like the plastic wrapping that makes Individually-wrapped American cheese so convenient) or more money to spend on cleaning up the results of our waste.

More Is not necessarily beuer in the case of our penchant toward waste. Well, more money for cleanup is, bur more new and improved conve• nlcnccs Isn't. Americans make up only S percent of the world's population yet we throw away 20 percent of the world's garbage. We have become a society dependent on conveniences that have multi-layers of disposable packaging that end up polluting our planet. The more we want, the more we have to wasre.

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As the millennium is building up momentum to the end of the 20th century, society and the world have witnessed many astounding events.

Many of the major events of r«CJ\t history have seemed to come out of nowhere. Gone arc the days of predictability: "The Great Communicator" himself is communicating via taped video testimony to a federal judge for the Oliver North for president campaign ...Rob Lowe, "Mr. Innocent," pops up out or nowhere with his version or Video Bleeps and Blundcrs ...Tbe fall of the Berlin Wall and democratic reform in Eastern Buropc... Nelson Mandella is finally released from his imprisonment of 27 years ...The Joker killed Robln...McDonalds opened up a restaurant in downtown Moscow... And perhaps the most impossible, Mike Tyson got knocked out in the 10th.

The '90s promise to be equally, if not more, unpredictable than any time before. Who knows?

Maybe Atlantis will rise or UFOs will land at Disneyland to welcome back the King or rock n'

Fortunately, people around rhe world are facing up to the global garbage problem, bur many don't know what to do about it. Is rhe Spokane garbage incinerator the answer? I'm still our on that one, bur 1 do know what we as individuals can do to help reduce the glur of garbage.

Local groups arc beginning to take action to reduce the amount of their waste. Kootenai MedicaJ Center recently formed a committee 10 reduce hospital waste, recycle, educate employees and set an example of waste management techniques for the community.

At North Idaho College, Nic's has subsritured paper plates and biodegradable foam cups for Styrofoam. The Student Education Awareness League (S.E.A.L.) has set up aluminum can recycling biru in the Student Union Building. the library and Hedlund Vocational Building, S.E.A.L. President Kari Hailey said.

(Nore: please pay attention to these and use rhcm only for their designated purposes. "Cans only" does not mean every other kind of garbage. lt simply means CANS ONLY).

S.E.A.L. has also begun paper recycling projects in several campus departmcnu and will be sending our a recycling questionnaire to NIC's srarr. The money made off of rhcs projects will be given 10 rhc NIC Library fund . In the future, Halley sold 1hey hope to unplcmenr a ) Cl of recycling guidelines for NIC similar to 1hosc at University of Idaho.

These are large-scale individual efforts, but what can be done on a smaller scale ar home?

Just about anything imaginable. All that is needed is a brain-storming session. Herc, just in case, arc some ideas.

The obvious one is recycle aluminum cans, glass (no need 10 take off the labels). newspaper and cardboard. r've heard the excuse about not having enough room to store these. Well, the planet doesn't have room either. The future generations Ytitl have to put up with a permanent inconvenience if people don't begin 10 overlook their temporary storage inconvenience. Keep a box for neYtspapers in a closet, a box for glass and a bag for cans under the kitchen sink. Go 10 the rcc)-cling plant e,cry week if needed. The global benefits far outYteigh the inconvenience.

Recycling can also mean reuse. Re~e spray bot· tics, shoe boxes, aluminum foil or pie tins (these make grca1 plates if the dishe~haHn't been wash· ed in a while).

Buy In bulk . A 50,pound bag of popcorn saves SO one-pound pl11stic bags from going to the dump. Duy jumbo-dre everything and carry It in lndividual-si1c containers for lunch.

Buy milk and egg~ In cardboard cartons lnJtcad of plastic or styroroam containers; paper plates rnthcr thlln pl11~1k: rcch11rg11ble bauerlcs in place or shon-lifr dhpo~ablcs; cloth dmpcrs. not

roll. With rhe way things arc going 1n AmcriCll, Rosanne Barr could be the next First Lady.

A person just never lmo"'s when life ,s gonna take a radical turn on them.

On Monday, Feb. 19. 1989, my hfc took an uncxpccred turn for worse, ne,cr to be the same.

While combing my hair I had .a rcY la1ion that I 100 am getting old and w1lhcred. To my u11er d1sbehd, I d~co,·cred the unthinkable, one five. inch smgle gray hair After the inmal shock wore off and I decided not to call 911, I entered the denial stage.

"Hey, Chru," l asked of my roommate, "What color do ya think dis hair here is7" I already knew what his reply would be and all or a sudden my take-borne literature test became \Cf)' insignificant. I was dying in my prime, at the age of 22. Granted I'm pretty old, at least pbysicaily, compared to an I l-ycar--0ld, but I'm not ready for dentures or adult undergarments )ct. I thought as a person gcu older 1heir complexion is supposed LO clear up before the silYer bighlighu o' dea1b creq, in. Ha-. many bugs did I kill with my car's windshield to rece1~e such bad Karma? This couldn't have been happening to me because I still have 43 years till I can retire in 2033.

This ~as a milestone for the Sesame Suect Generation because we aren't kids anymore. But did this mean that I bad 10 give up reading conuc books or SWt drinking lite beer? Aft« I accepted my fate, I poodcrcd the~ implicatioos. Would l ha\e to keep my room clean and what wu my cholesterol lcvd and was I eatina enough oat bran? Do I qualify for a senior discow11?

I ,uess I'm 1onna have to act into a time-share oo a rock.iDg chair before the iotcresc ratcS ao up.

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The NIC Sentlnel

Petition drive set

Racist reported on campus Southern

expedition planned

by Linette Freemen In response 10 recent racism related ac1ivities on the North Idaho College campus, the Associarcd S1udcnu and the Human Equality Club arc co-sponsoring a pcthion drive in protest of the incidcnlS, according 10 Tony Stewart, adviser 10 bo1h groups.

The racur slogans and symbolJ-the saying "while po11,cr" and a swu1ika-11>cre discovered in two campus buildings.

Stcwarr said.

"The swa&1lk11 was found on a wrestling poster in llo~wcll Hall; rhe defaced poster was removed and replaced wilh a new one," he said.

"The raci,1 slogans were found in rwo mcn 's bt11hroo111s, one in Doswell and one In rhc Student Union od]ocent to the bookstore," S1ewar1 sold.

Early this summer North Idaho Col· lcgc s1udcn1s 11,ill have the oppor1unity 10 cmbarl upon a '• Prchi,1oricSou1bwcs1 Ad\tntu~."

The trip, 11, hich will tal.e pla~ May 21-Junc 2, hu I Jllm·p.tdcd 111ncrary tha1 include, chmbmg cliff d11,cllings, pony rides in \ nzona, bacl packing to rcmo1e rum • v1<1tmJ a Na\ajo villaae in llopilanJ ind, 1'1111\i the my,ttrious Cha..:o Can)<ln 1n 'c11, \IC\k:O, accordlna 10 organ, er, R1Chnrd 'Duke ' sn,dcr nnd ~Ith iurley.

In 1dJ11ion 10 thi! myri.td or ac11111~•. 11uJenh earn 111,0 NI( credits lor r,irti.:,pcauna , ~,orJ1n110 .i n,er on the c•cn1, the 111p hu ~u1rcmcnl\ thot ntcd 10 be met tit-fort 11udenu ore 1111011,cd 10 1ake ran Thoe lodude h.i~tna 11Nt phy,ical \lrtn11h and nC',1btl11y and 111\0 havina the n«t<~ry ln,11r1in, e co'ft.iae The co,t of the trip I\ S150 or S200 dtpcndmJ on whkh 01111011 lhC' 11udcn1 ,hoo,c, 111 N,WllJO Nalion11I Monument, and tndudn trJnlpor1011011, all rood c•· ccpt 11, lun,hc,, group c.am p1n1 fm, pl.Inned cntran,e fees and the c0t1 or c1cd11J throuah NIC .

Inc c~1 doc1 1101 include campina rqu1pment, \Ouvenin, personal ht11U, paper to lccp II JourMI on or film for

According to Stewart, when the graffiti nppcored one student from the Human equnli1y Club ,aw a car with swasllkos p.1intcd on h on campus. Thl1 foci leads Stewart and others 10 believe that the dcfllcement i\ the oct of \Omconc coming from off compus.

Accord11111 to DIil Wnssmuth. exccuti"e director or 1hc Northwcs1 Coolltlon Against Mollclous H tlttRSJlllCIII, "When you ha\e more than one Incident, the ~l way 10 deal with his for the student bod) to mlly ngnln\t h- 10 show that racbm 1s not ncceptnble nt North ldnho College."

I he pctillon drh•c, which )lMlcd Ftb 28.1 rcct1\•ing thumb\ up signs from both S1e11>art nnd WMsmuth. "\Ve c,1n'1 Ignore these thinas 11,hcn they happen," Stewart sn1d. "We must do somcthi1111 J){)Sith•e.

"We (N IC) nre a beacon for human rights, and 11,e 11,il( not be illent towtrd me,sagcs of hate." he s:ud.

Thosl' \tudcim 11,uhina 10 <ian the J'<'II · lion m11y do ,o by con1ac11n_g any membtr or /\SNIC. the Human Fqunlity Club or Stewart. " The petition drhe sho~s ~e can s11nd up for human ri&ht.s in a non•\ IOlcnt way," he $aid.

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A~rd111110 ,ours.e rcqu1rcmcn11, the tnp require, 15 hou r, of d,mroom prep.,r,uion, keeping a journ•I on the tnp and a 1wo hour 11rrap-up ~ston on the c•cmna or June 6 ln1crcstcd penont 1hould con1.1e1 the "IIC An1hropolo1y Department at 769-332) on Monda ya, Wcdne1daya and Fridays bc,.,..cen 9 and 10 • m and Tuesdays and Thundays bc111,cen 8:30 nd 10:30 am

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Th1.nday. March 1, 1990

Three foreign students at North Idaho College

Brazillians comment on differences

by David Carkhuff From a metropolis the size of New York City in a country che size of the United States, chree Brazilian cilluru came 10 North Idaho College last semester.

This nation of enormous natural resources is a home 10 more Chan 91 million people, most of whom a.re immlgrants.

"My pareols ore from Lithuania," said Airton Duduvich, a Brazilian scudenl at NlC. "They came lo Brazil 10 work In agriculcure after che war."

Airton and his wife Claudia experienced a diffcrenc llfcscyle In Sao Paulo, one of the world's largest chics.

Th1s urban cencer lies below Rio de Janeiro on chc eastern coast. "h's llkc New York," Alrton said. "You cannot have a howc, just an apartment."

In Nonh Idaho, the Dudz.eviehcs discovered wide open space and a community college they could aucnd full time. Airton and Oaudlo already had degrees in electrical engineering and civil engineering rcspectlvcly before registering al NI C. Another former resident of Sao Paulo arrived at NIC last foll . Adhcrbal DeSouza left hi& homeland because of h5 erratic economy and his personal finaoclal burdens, which he snid prevented his wife from joining him.

DeSou,a said he sought s1abllhy In the United Stales after living whh cscalo1lag costs in Brull. " I left Brazil Nov. I S," he said, "and since then the $7 minimum wngc went up 10 $14."

11,c Dud1evlchcs experienced economic dlfncultles In Oroill u well. Claudia said, "We have 11 big lnntulon.

La11 yeor II wns SO percent n month."

One problem no1kcably absent from Brazilian society h drug 11busc, OcSou1.a said. He nddcd 1h01 most c.~port of Illegal nartollcs come~ from neighboring countria $uch as Bolh•ln and Colombln. More ntucotics end up in the Unhcd States thon In Br&1il, he said.

"The drugs here nrt' n problem that we don't ht1ve In South America. You lire concerned about drugs: we lire concerned about violence.

"When you live in Rio nnd SIio Paulo, you have 10 live with violence," DeS0u111 said. He d~cribcd II u o problem of big chics, though more so in the Impoverish· cd northern pan nnd the dcn1ely populnted southern pan of Brazil.

Away from the cities and the gcnen,.I populatt in Bruit, 11 problem of worldwide dimensions remains unresolved. Rain forests ore reduced to wute-1and daily acrou the Amazon Basin in Brazil.

"When you sec it, then you get scared.'' OeSouu said. "!l's blick where the tr«s were cut."

Claudia said many Braz.ilians lh·e on the coast away

from the poor farmers who slash and bum the forest for survival. The Amazon Jungle is like a different world to them, she said.

"What you call jungle is in the forest," she said. "h's like from here to Miami." " I never saw a monkey except in a zoo," Ainon said.

However, one people, the Indians, feel the effects of this destruction immediately, Oaudia said. A foundation in Brazil aucmpts to protect these natives from the cncroachmcol of homesteaders, she said. Unfonunatcly, the

" When you live in R io and Sao Paulo, you have to live with violence. " -Adherbal Desouza acquisition of tribal !ind by national and International industries stiU threatens the Indians, she said.

"They live on tbe shores of lbc Amazon," she said.

"They don't have a chance 10 f'ighl the big companies."

"I don't think Braz.illani should be blamed (for 1he d~truction of the rain forcsu)." OeSou1n nld. "We ore poor. We have to pay our dcb11. We have 10 survive. I don't sec only Bruil do1na 11; I KC l111ernntlon11l1."

Wh111ever the wurtt, the onaoing de'<BJtotlon of South American rain forcsu 1hrca1ens the entire plonet's ecological balance. "h's rhc lung or the world," Ainon iald " If we cur nll the t~ we are like a cancer " In ironic contrast, the Bnullian government enforces Strict on1l-pollu1ion laws. One ad~ancc Is the widc:1pread u'tC or gasohol, cth)l akohol and gasoline, for au1omobile rud.

"We ha"C' more cars "1th alcohol lha.n aasoluJe," Air• ton said. ''Our pollution dcc:rCtiCs bccauR of the alcohol," Claudia )llld. "II is belier for the air " Ochtt impro\cments in lilt c:ouncr) include poll1iral reforrru, Airton said. In the l)IUI lhrcc d«:ld.cs, Bnzilsa.ns regained political po-..cr formerl)· held by d1ctalors, the milirary and most recently tht nauooal congress. Under President Fernando Collor de Me!lo this )-eat. I.ht go, ernment of Bruit e"<tcnded the right 10 \Otc 10 16-)·ear-old dti.tcns.

Wh.ilc , oting IS mandatory, DeSouz.a nOled that a.boot 2 perttnt of the population holch most of the ~caltb Despite their cououy's problem, most Brazilians arc

happy, Ainon said. Sports, pa.rtic:ularly soccer. provide enter1ainmen1 and diversion 10 the people.

"Soccer is like the Super Bowl," Ainon said. "In June, we have the Award Cup, the firsl for the United States (10 compete in)."

Every four years various countries host this soccer tour· namcnt, Claudia said. Italy, this year's host. is the favored winner, she said. , Other sports gaining popularity in Brazil include volleyball and basketball, Claudia said. The laucr's popularity b auesrcd 10 by Ainon, "'ho plays wilh the NIC men's baskecball team.

For general enjoyment, a four-<iay festival like Mardi 1Oras sweeps through Brazil every February. Bkachm line the strccts, people wear costumes and da~ 10 the samba.

"All the country stops," Claudia S8.ld.

"It's In every d ry," Airton said. "The Rlo is most I famou& ."

1 "You ju1t go 10 the str«IS 10 dance The foreign people become crazy," he •aid, 1auah1na. " We arc poor, we ha,c hut11cr," Alrton snfd, "but I don't know why th~ people ore hoppy,"

March slated as Women's History Month in Idaho

by Deborah Akers

By Presidential proclamation. the co• tire month or March has been designated "Women's History Month," and March 8 has been designated "lntcmatlonal Women's History Da.)•," According 10 the proolamation. wornen 1hroughou1 histol') ha\'C been innrumcntal in conunuina culture and through their voices have made sianif'i• ta.nt contributions which too often ha.Ye gone unrerorded as pan of our histOr) .

As communities and schools around

the rounlT)' prepare for cdebralions ia \'8J10UJ w"ays, Nonb ldaM College will do its pan by collecting oral histories of local women. These histories wtll thcu t>c,.-omc a. pmn~n, pan of the NIC librar)·. a.cc:ord1ng to NIC English 1nsuuctor Len Mattei.

Students, facult} and 1hc general public art in,ited to attend a ,,.oruhop March 24. This '"ill be a.n initw mecung to set goals of the group, she said.

"My hope is ..,.e'U focus on cduauon of ,,.omen and how it difCcro:I Crom a man's .,iu..-ation in the Nonh•ut,"

Mauci added.

Manci is also a member of the Nonh Ida.ho Allil.ott For WOIDCll and said thi.s )ear's lbcme for the Nauooal Women's History Pto,ect is "C-0uragcous Volt'CS Eehoma m Our llics." She S8KI lbc loc:al group will be in ten ic• inl • omen

Syhc, an NJC lust.or)' instructor. Sylte u d1rcctor o ( the Kooterw C-OUnty Living Hinory Pro,ect, which has been c:olI«u.aa Vllrious history topics as part of the ltt.ho Ccntrorual Celcbrauoo Ao:ordlllg to Syhc, the meeuna on March 2A will be "1 oUtsheU workshop

•ho ha,c made contribuuoas to the Coeur d'Aleue area or •ho are beroiDc:s lD their OV.'11 right.

Courulup, marriqc, child rcaruig and fnendships also •ill be sub,ecu for the ortl histories. a.cord.ula to Mucci.

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straJ.epcs to ehcu. answen."

The m«UJlg is opm to the general pubbt and •ill be bdd 10 a.m. 10 noon.

A meeting location has )et to be decided. but those tnteresud tn pa.nicipatina can con~cl Len Mauci II Ext. 398.

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Carpentry students build house near Fernan Lake

by Krlaty Jell111d Lasr spring North Idaho College carpenrry msrructor Wair Carlson advenised ror anyone who wanted a house buih 10 submir plan, to him.

From the plans received, he chose Paul and Lisa Fromm's four-level house, which was about 3,000 square reer, Ca1lsoo said.

"They (Lhe Fromms) ore paying all rhc sub-conrractors and all the suppliers," Carlson said. "We're simply supplying the carpcnrry related work."

However, the college docs charge 11 small rec for extra expenses such as telephone and tronsporratlon. Up 10 SI per square roor can be charged, so It's not much or a money maker, Carlson said.

Around the middle or end or September. nine carpentry studenr, bcg11n construction on the house on rhe we,t side of flcrnl\Jl LnJcc, spending four

to five hours a day working. The cws is anricipating final construction to end by rhe first part or May, Carlson said. " It's really good for us to do a pro· jcct like this, because if we were stuck on campus and had to do all the things in the shop, ii would be really boring," Carlson said. " You have to get out and you have to get wet sometimes, and muddy and dirty sometimes. If you don't do that, then it's not the real life."

The house is preuy much conven· tionnl. Bui it has a li11Je different roonine, it's a liule bigger than other houses and it's also in a nice location, he said. " Ir's going 10 be a real auractive house." Carlson said. "And it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay." " I'm very pleased. They're (students) doing quality work. They enjoy learn, Ing," Carlson said. "They enjoy what they're doing. and 1h111 makes for a bet· 1er job."

I daho laws say that a car must have wind.shield wipers, but lhey don't say a car must have a windshield, according to a law enforcement major.

S peaking of vehicles, a truck on campus has the bumper slicker "Buy American." Either the owner is a character or his Mitsubishi truck is a lemon.

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Sentinel spies are attempting to discover who them~ terious, secret commencement speaker will be this May. Hint arc that it's someone who's been on campus before.

The Choke Cherry Fai ry would place bet~ C1n either Or. O"en Cargo!, the academic dean whose being fired helped dethrone former NIC President Barry Schuler, or Dr. Wnhe1 Dro~c. the a,ting pr(Si· dent between Schuler and reigning ki ngpin Dr Robert llenncll.

T he Muscular Dystrophy /\s:.odouon rcccnrly "med n prc\s relcMe regarding the Inland Pmplre Chapter', sc,mh tor d1,ea.~e victims in the nrea Although the MDA lnve~ugotion mto hcrcd11.1ry ca11\e. of mu~~ular dymophy Is admirable, the bold-fa~cd annoum:cmc:nt con en~ily be mlHead: " M nd ~enu,1s -i. volunt~r [runllic-; for aenc11e rC)cJrch S1udic1."

S entinel columnitt Robb Brennan chewed a bit of crow ofter he rapped I he campus group S.E A L. for IIJ ,poruonnii a proarnm on pro-choice. He thought the group should , 1ick to it, special interest of environmental b.\\leS. Indeed, Brennan thought the acronym stood for Student Environmental Awarcnt<>s League. I le Is even a club officer.

The Student Education Awareness League obviowly can spon· sor a program on anything for " educauonal awareness." ln Brennan's dcftn5(', ho-A~cr. tf lhe group honestly is promoting awaren~ . it should offer awareness to both tides of an in ue. In addition to offcnng a program on Pro-Choice, SEAL also should offer a program on Pro-Life or other aJtcrn.auves to abortion, such as adoption.

E ilhcr U.S. society and politics b.ave gotten nearly nowhere tn the past 90 }cars or nc,.,spapcr cartoonists were far ahead of I.heir ttrm back in 1908.

A rccent garage sale find wu a book " Spokesman-Review Car· toons," an I 1-by-14-ineb hardcover featuring editorial cartoons drawn by artist William C. Morris in newspapers of 1908.

Almost as if he v.cre commeoting of present-day issues, Morris' ropics in I 908 included universal peace, race relations, wife abuse, oil pollution, limiting immigration, brutality in sports, umber ,upplies, education funding, plight of American Indians, arms limit.a· rions and North Idaho sepa.rauo.g from South Idaho.

Gea. That is a Chokecherry. pllOIO by Dd>oN1I Abn

If I had I hammer--NIC carpentry student Dan Schultz puts learned skills to work on Fernan Lake home.

A n.}'Ollt ar /,7C may submit "CJ,ok«J,ury" tidbits wtlh IM tditor Jun·ing disutnon ofsubmissions. Submit Utms 10 IM ~nliMI of· fict in IM Shtnnan School Building or to adviMr Nds Rosdahl's mailbox in IM Adm111iscrat1on Building.

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Trumpet virtuoso Vizzutti to visit NIC

by David Carkhuff

No s1rangcr 10 1hc Northwes1, world•rcnowned 1rumpe1 soloisl Allen Viuu111 will be close 10 his roots when he performs and teaches al Nonh Idaho College March 9 and 10. The na1ive of Montana i1 "one of the finest uumpct players in the nation," ac· cording 10 NIC band direc1or Tmy Jones.

Vlzzutti hos performed classical music In 29 cou ntries, Including Sweden, Jnpan and Israel. He also has played for 100 motion pic1ure sound trncks and wit h recording stars such as Prince, Neil Dia· mond und Oarbra Streiund.

From Missoula, Vizzutli lived in Idaho until moving to Scottie in February. Jone\ can recall when Vi11ut1i wa& still allcndlng high school In Mlssouln. " tr you were in Montana, how could you 1101 know about him?"

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Now. Jone, an1iclpn1es his nr· rival nt NIC for n weekend or Jm nnd clnssicnl music, free 10 NIC students, sinrr and rncuhy.

The weekend will s1011 with n cln\1lcnl rccilol In which Viuutti

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will be accompanied by his wife on piano. This performance has special significance because Viz· zutti has never performed cla.ssical uumpc1 li1eraturc in the Nor1hwest , according 10 Jones. " Mos1 people around here have heard his jazz work bul nor his classical work," Jones said. The classical rcci1al fca1urcs "The Car· nival or Venice" by Del Staigcrs and Lhr~ composhions by Viuut11. It starts a1 8 p.m. in the oudi1orium.

Saturday Viizuui orrers a master class called " Practicing for Profit." The "prolit" involved is personal improvement, Jones said, wilh an emphasis on ''when you're in the prnc1kc room, what 1hings you can do to mnke your~clr the best." ' ' II should hove appeal for everybody," Jones said. The 90-minute scs\ion beg.ins 01 2 p.m. in Room 1IJ or Boswell Hall.

For the climllll, two band, will Join Vluuul for n Jau concert Saturday niglu.

The l'irst group cons1s1s of high school mu1icians ,elected from the five northern countic1, Jones sold.

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Jone5 will conduct this group In "Tribute to the Count." arrang ed by Sammy Nc,1ko and "Do Nothin'Till You Hell from Mc," arranaed by Steve Wrfah1 V11ru11i will 1hen join them on "Ju11n of thC)C l)ay,, .. b) Nnllco.

Ne,.,, the North Idaho Jan rnsemblc will perform "Caravan" by Dul.c t.llinaton

and "Shufnupphogu,," by I c1 lloopcr. l·or the ltnalc, V111utt1 will join the cn,emble 10 pl.•> t\\O of hi, own comrcm11on1 and 1hr« other char11, lncludina "Tal.c.-1hc A I rain " Saturdfty'1 con,crt bcgm1 01 8 p m and II abo In ttOS\\Cll I lull l\ud11or1um "lle'1 playina 11 ~ancty," Jone• s111d "lie'• play1n1 C uumrct,

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by Karin Lau Friday n1 ht 'i opcn1111 rcrforma.ncc or the Nonh Idaho College producuon of Shakespeare's comedic cbwk. "Tamicg of the Slim\," "'ti h1~1«1 by wcnt.cd IC• tor, and madcap action Attmdcd b) about 300 people, "Slim\" fcaruud outJWlding penorma.occs by both ~1aurecn Gri and John Wainer ID the utk roles of Kate and Petruchio Gn 's SC'O"' ling glare and deep!) enraged ,oicc accented Ka1c's cuttLOg .-onh, ll1!d her physiea.l ag:ilit) •-as IJ>parCAI ID IC%Dn "here she physically fought orr Pctruduo.

Wagner was all too bctit\,lbic m lhc role or the arrogam tr11, etcr "'b05C chaltengc in life bcc:omcs the Wllllll of hi. , olatilc bride It •-as hard nol LO dunk !ha! Wagner might rea[I) be that .,...) in real hfe' The supporo:ig Cbl .,.u strong. but aho bad ooc ..-eakness~me of the actor ·s , or..""CS • m hard to bear, t\ ffl m lhc third rov..

Although her ~ • ert r~. Heike Lale, v.bo pll')ed Ka~\ much-"'ooed fMOlo b . C• • C#Hd,r _ sister, 81a:ica. p •e the mos1 UDprc:ssi\e ' pcr(orma.n.:c of the SUJ!POrtll1! cast. She

T o catch a thlef--Supportlng cast members of " Taming of the Shrew" witness the theft of a pie.

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viewer tbal nc-,cr raded, John Od..uca, 1n the role of one or 81anca ·, many 1unotl who b«omcs her hu,band, c:on111ncinaJy a,ivc hu charac1er l.uccnuo the h.appy desperation of a man 1e1 out 10 11,m the heart of 1hc woman he lo~cs He had innocence and dcccufulncn comically blended into 1he charming ru11or's pcnona.lny.

Chriuophcr Goodson II Grumio, Petrucltio't dtdicalcd )Cl fed-up l,Cl'\'ilfll, •u parucularl) en,oyablc, u .. u Junmy Comfort as scn'&llt BioodeUo. Com/on did DOI use an English accent but rather b1t aonnaJ American 00( -.hicb brought LO hu c:baraatr a silly knov, -11...it a1titudc. On the <>UICI ha.ad, Goodson mspla)ed a touth of comedic flair w,1b bis an.tia.

The -.hole n:gh1 •-as enteria.n.ina .and -.u "di rear.ed by Lhe nov.d. The play, directed by Tim Ra.nck, head of the NIC Drum Ocpanmcnt. had 'ct) few glitches lllld only thret nmsed lioes, PfO\'IDI that tt ,..n •dl-rcbeaned and profCS,1.i,,nall> directed "'Shrev. .. conunua 1u run tonight. Frida;; and Sauuday. All pcrfOrlllllnca begin a1 8 p.m. and admi.1000 is S4 for adu.lu.

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The Nor1h Idaho Symphony Orchestra and the North Idaho Concer1 Choir will give a c-0nccr1 for the Lent scas-0n at 8 p.m. on March 24 in Boswell Hall Auditorium at North Idaho College.

I The program will include selections of Mown's "Ave Vcrum" and 1hc Easter portion of Handel's "Messiah." Also, "Requiem," by local composer John Rut• 1cr, will be performed.

Choir and orches1ra director Todd Snyder said he studied the piece with Rut·, tcr thi! summer and diJcuned ii in leng1h.

"It is signfficcnt that l could sit down with 1he composer," Snyder so.id. He said that he could use the expression that the composer intended after going over the piece with him.

humanity. the second and sixth movements are psalms, the third and founh 1 movements are personal prayers to Christ and the central Sanctus is an arrirmation of divine glory.

According to Sn)·dcr. "Requiem" was wriucn in I98S and first performed in Qc. tober of 1hiot year. Following lhe precedent established by Brahms and Faure, it is not strictly a selling of the Requiem Ma.ss as laid down in Catholic liturgy, but ins1cad is made up of a personal selection of texts. some taken from the Requiem Mass and some from Lhe 1662 Book of Common Prayer, Snyder said.

The Ave Verum corpus by Mozart was wriucn for a friend. Meaning "Hail 10 the 1rue body," it is a specific anthem marking the dealh of Christ, Snyder said.

After intermission. the concert will con· elude witb Handel's "Messiah" choruses from the Easter portion.

Snyder commented that "Meuiah" was written during the lowest point or

Snyder dcpic1cd the piece as a mixture of ominous ond Joyous moods. He further e11ploined that the seven sections of the work form an arch-like mcdho1ion on the themes of life ond death. The first and la11 • movement., arc prayers In behalf of all - - - - - P I N # ' " LENT

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by Robb Brennan Kootenai County cercmomou,. ly bla.rcd ahead wuh ILA portion of the Centennial Trail on f·cb. 19 11,hcn the North Idaho Colqe Pep Band and about 100 people, m eluding U.S. Rep. Larry Craia, R Idaho. participated in the groundbreaking of Kootctw C-0un1y't 22-milc slretch.

The trail v.ill C'\C'lltuaJI) conna.1 "'ilh Washington', 39·mtlc Ccntennltl Trail that 11,ind.s from Rh erside State Perl 10 the statcbnc The two lraih 11, tll create 60-mile 1001 recrea• phoro bJ· Otn'id Carltltlifl a lion/ u-a.nsport11Joo corridor.

Hit the Trall--Supporters of the Centennial Trall The Idaho section stretches discuss the Kootenai County ground-breaking. from the ststc lioe to Higgins

Point around Lake Coeur d'Alene , fhm: "''II be three clauct or. trail A Cla.,1 I trail 11 scpanm,d Irom the ro.d by barrien or" arr the road llt<>&cthcr 1n an I I•foot 11,ide f\lth The Cw.s,2 trail 11, orlJ w11h the c~i,un1 transpor1a11on 1yJtcm with , foot wide pa1lu on cJch ,ide of the )trcc:t 10 allow for two-

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Call 667-9SJJ for i.nformatloo.

Rarick sets auditions for play Open auditions for the North Idaho College rncater Depart· men1'1 production of "I he Nl&ht 1horeau Spent in Jail" will be held Morch 20-2 1 Bl 7 p m DI Boswell Hall Au1htorium at NIC. Ouc<11 director Denni, Redford is looking for a ca.st of 22-2S people that will range in age from clJht 10 60 years old The play is 10 be presented In conjunction with Coeur d'Alene Community Theatre m April I-or information, call Tim Rarick at 769-3416.

How do you feel about the Centennial Trail?

Ttrrlt Dodd-nu"1ng I think it's I neat idea.

1'm a bike rider and 10 be able to get on m) bile and 1ravcl around will be real!) in tctcsting.

Robert Shelden- general I think i1's a good idea. A lo( or people haven't seen all I.be Spob.ne Ri\ er and it will fos1cr better relations bctv.-ecn Spok.anc and Idaho.

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A mBn shs in n whc~khnir, pn rnly1cd from the chest down, his hoir long ond unkempt; his bushy mustache nnd sideburns complete the picture.

The Inst person on Enrth who comet to mind Is Tom "Top Gun" Cruise, whose nnmc alone SCIS every teenage girl's. nnd quite n few older ones'. hcnns on nrc.

Yet th ere he sits; Tom " Ron Kovic" Crnhc. At nrst glnncc, it just doesn't look right. It doesn't ring.

Out Crui\c makes it ring.

In "Born on the Fourth of Ju· ly," which is biut'd on II true story.

Cruise portray) Vlctmun veteran Ron Kovk , who volunteers 10 "f1$ht communism" In 1967 11nd comes back o 1>h)•sict1I 11nd piychologicnl disaltcr.

Ta~ing direction from Other Stone ("Phuoon." "Wall Street"), Cruise t 11111lly pullt'd the sword from the stone th11t is the unwillif1$ness of the Academy or Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to l'all a heamhrob such as Cruise "Best Actor."

In order to win the ~'O,ett'd Otcar, it iuaid that an 11ctor must either cry or die in a roll. As Ko,>lc. Cruise SOC$ far beyond such commonplace impersonations, c,cn to the extent of wallowing in his own cxcrcment.

In a telling scene. the prostrate Kovlc returns to his Nonnan Rochellian home after a ni&ht of drinking and spews out all of the ftar. inadequacy and regret he's felt since his discharge from a rat· infC$ttd veteran·~ hospital.

Kovic's mother telu him not to tall about h1s "d~d penis" in her house. The veteran reminds her that although it may not be so nice JO hear, $houldn't ''Thou shalt not

kill women and children" ha\c more significance when what she ii worrying about- his lack of UICI?

During one of his tours or du, 1y. Kovic pnnklpatcs in the killing of members of a village that, at the 1ime, ''appeared hO!tile." In the graphic carnage of one of the movic'i few combat scenes, Kovlc also inadver1an1ly kills II fellow marine. The inner division creatt'd by the incident becomes one of Kovlc's major struggle,.

One of 1he film ') most cmouonnl momcntS comes when Kovic ,•bits the pnrcn11 of the soldier.

The scene is ph 01al towt1rd Kovk finally coming to grips with him~ctrnnd his Involvement in 1hc Wtlr,

Central 10 the movie's theme arc 1he less tanslble nspects or posewar life for the Vietnam veteran: the bctmynl, both social and financial: the hostih1y thllt they experienced upon their return and the confusion over being the only Amcrkan soldiers in hlstOf) to not rC\.'Civc a hero's welcome home.

In the film 's nna.t scenes, Ko\ic hu become an anti-war activis1. displaying a conviction of purposc equal 10 that he had displaytd as a participant: an intercstina parallel.

Along the ·way, Cruise is joint'd b)' some prominent actors in small. but significant, roles. Tom 'Bc~f1$er ("lktra)'td," "SbOOI to Kill") plays the Marine r«ru.ite1 that sparks Kovic's intcrcs1 in the corps. and William Dafoe ("Mississippi Burning," "Pl3toon") is impressive as anothet paralyzed ,-c1cran.

"Born on the Founh of July" is nominattd for eight Aadcm) Awards. including "Best Pie· turc," and plays at the Sho"Aboat Ill Tri-Cinemas. Pla)'ing times art 3:30, S:30 and 8:30.

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Admission: $4 general ndmission $2 studenLs and childrc-n (student spouse's Lickcl only $2. advance purchnse only)

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Comics on laugh strip to perform at NIC Money and Devo.

Randolf started out as a "Comedy Nigh1 1 ' at North comic in a club chain, working Idaho College will be Tuesdny for four years while going 10 al 8 p.m. in Boswell Hall. " Comedy Night," prcsen1ed "The show includes

by Associated Students of NIC, is hosted by the KZZU an anti-drug Breakfast Boys, Mark Patrick and Dave S1evens. The evening message... " of humor will fca1urc comedian Willie Randolf with Carl Banks Willie Randolph and Kris1ioa Hall.

Randolf has performed in such nightclubs u Last Laugh pre·med school. He c,cntually in San Jose, Portland, Phoenix wen t on the road for IJ wee._ and Seaulc; and Punchline in tours. " I love 1he road hfc. "R11nSan Francisco and Walnu1 dolf said.

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beaun on Aug. 22, 1741, and was com, plc1cd In 24 dny,. " II mu\l ho~c mun1 workint1 alm o~I co,mnntly," Snyder 5Bld. " There I) "" , cn~on 10 doubt the fomous )!Ory 01 n iCr ,•am flndins him In icat\ afler cflmplruon of 1hc " llnllcluJnh" choru, und hearing him c~doim: 'I did 1h111 ~ I did ,ce nil Heaven bcfotc me, and lhc ~rca1 God ll hn~elfl '" Gcncrnt ndm1hion for 1hc pcrform11m:r is ~4 for oduhs, S? for , rnlor ci111e11\, SI for children 11nd s1ude1111 and Nil m1dc111s and s1arr ndmiued f11~c h>r infonmuion call the NIC Bo, Ofll.;t t11 Wl-341S.

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Dallas Brass concludes year Artnic Calendar for community concerts Miduel I c:vm, dirC\:tor, pl11), 1r,:1mhont tor the Dalla\ Bra'I. The trumpet pl.lycrl ire w,rr Rudd and r,m AndcN>n In Shull.in pLly, hom and 111.1no Gal'} C•rr,er pll)'!t tuba and Robrr1 Ward plays pcrcumon Individual concen lid.ct arc not a~a1lable Group rate m<mbcuhip Is US for adulu, SIS for \tudcnb and SOO for 11 ramil). ror more mformauon con~ct Burt'• M1Uic.: and Sound 11 1123 Shfrman A\C

by Laurie Ingle The Koo1cn11i Community Con,cn Association,, ill prc,;cn1 the Dallas Brnu on Thursday, March 22. Ill 8 p.m in Bos~cll I !nil Audhorium.

The program includes "Ammcan Fanfare," "Suite or French Mmia1urt<i," Br11hm\' " llung11rian Di!ncc No.)," Gershwin'\ "An Amcri~'11n m P11ris,'' Leroy Anderson's "Trumpeter's Lullaby" and the "Night Linc Theme."

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complled by Donna Wood March 1, 2, 3-8 p.m. "1hc rammg ol thr Shrew' ' t>nt' of Shakeipcarc's eomcd1t, will be ptrformcd by the NIC lheoter (KJ)lruncnt m 1he Bo.wcDHall.

Admlnkln 1s S<a, $2 ro, \Cnlor ci11zcn1 and SI for NIC 11udcnn and children.

March 5·30-C.lay ~euels by Terry Gieber arc 10 be d1'pLiycd m the Union Gallery Gallery walk 1J March , 11 11 1 .m . follo .. cd by a reccpllon 11 6 pm.

The aallery II open Monday lhrouab Pn• day, noon to 6 pm March 9, 10-A week.end with Alleo V11ZUtti fea111r~ the world·dw trumpet ,olo111 m a clulical coocer1 Friday. a JU2 .,.orbhop Saturday and a ;au COG· cert Saturday nipl, all III Boswell Hall.

Both ~coin, conc:erts bqin at 8 p.m.

The .,.orbhop is 2-3:lO p.m. Coal for the concert is S6, S4 for SCIUOI' ddzcm, S2 for nudcnu and NIC wdenll and ,taff admitted !rec Oeneral admilsioa for the worluhop is $6. Combined ad· mission for all three evenu la $10. llatdl 22-8 p.m. The looceaai Cam· mwwy Cooccrl AJIOCilrioa will pnlCIIII "The Dallu Br• " in Boswd Hal. Group tickeu are SU for swdalla, W for adulu ud S60 for a family . 111dmdual tickeu are DOC IYliJlblc, For

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Mardi 24-1 p .m. Thc North ldallo Symphony Orchatra ud die Coaca1 Choir wW perform musk for Leal ID Bolwdl Hall. AdmissioD Is S4 for adulu, S2 for lmior ~ SJ for dlildral and ll1ldmU ud NIC aucfllill &Dd staff free with ID.

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Wre·stling team claims fifth title in six years

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The Road: Many hours of intense uaioJng, losing weight and sacrificing to make practice and meets are endured. The Outcome: Eight All-Americans, three national champions, a national team title and a $pecia.l cast of characters are accompUshed.

The North Idaho College wrestling team won its fifth NJCM wrestling championship in silt years Feb. 20 in Bismarck, N.D. Sophomores Mike Scott at IS8 pounds, John Sehnert 111 142 ond Som Parker ot 134 claimed national titles in their respective weight divisions. Sophomore Alfonso Lawes, at ISO, placed second.

NIC's other notional qualifiers also placed. Pat edclblutc placed third Bl 118, Ernie Molina (126} and Todd Goodwin (heavyweight) were fourth and Jamie Kumbcrllng took seventh at 190.

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I lead coach John Owen sold Garden City boasted nn cxce<sivc amount of talent nnd wn1 n major concern. The tcnm retumcd three notional champions plu1 1wo lndividutds from Indiana nnd Illinois that U11nsfcr• red from four-year 5chools, Owen &aid.

"Bolh of us (NIC 11nd QQrden Cit)•) \\ere punching each other in the mouth for t\\ O days Waight figuring out who was going 10 win it," O"cn )t1id 111 the welcoming reception held in Chnstinnson Gym Feb. 21. " I certainly didn't fccl likc "c e,·t r had "On nt any time bttnuso of the explosive power of that team."

The tournament mll.l'ked the fim time that all NIC qualific~ made All-American.

Scott defeated Kris l.cngcnfclder of Bismarck 10-7 in the finab . The Pomeroy, Wash., nathcbeat Tyrone Talbcn (Chowan C.C.) 7•2, Eric Bake)' (Harper, Ill.) 8-4 and Jim Stapleton (lou Central) I s. 2 en route 10 the championship.

Assistant coach BUI P«ha said. Sl.'Ott's pcrfomiance \liaJ "almost flawless."

"I've never seen sul.'.h an impro-vement m a \\ffltlcr," P«huaid. "Thctt had better be some fouryear schools lool..ing at this auy." Scott failed 10 qualify for the national mttt last suson. " Mike's one of those typCS that coathC$ rcall) love-goes to practi~ all the time, works hard and goes to class all the time," Pecha said.

Owen 1.1id a bruk for the team came at this 'l'cigh1 dw (158). A Oardcn City national champion was le.ading 14-0 in the semifinals before acttiog pinned.

Parker, from Albuquttque, N.M •• ,.,on the national title In 1987 also. He defeated Riclcs' Justin Judkins 12-6 in the championship, the third time that happen· ed during the SQSOn. After a fint-round bye, Parker defeated Heath Hoo:,cr (Northeast Okla.) 6-4. pinned Scott Wright (Mcnymac, Mo.) and edged Jeff Sconce (Garden City) U .

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The Right Stuff- - Sophomore Sam Parker displays the moves that earned him his second national title.

Parker came from behind in tbc Scooct m11ch. He scored on a t.ali:cdo111-u "'1th six seconds left.

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"Sam's probabl) the most talcoted •n:stkr •e',e C'\-tt had at NlC," Pecha said. ''When )'00 ba,-r I potential national champion, it wcs a little pres.sure off otbm uiowing you'll ~ some team points.

Schoen Yo'IS the onl>· rctumina All-American in tbc

Cardinal lineup. He ~ third at the C'\mt last suson. A twO-timc Illinois bi&h school sate champion from Barrington. Schnen avenged a 9-7 rcgiooaJ final defeat to Big Bcnd's Carl Zamora ,r,ith a 6-3 ..in in

the ft.nal.

Sch.nm puuied Alan Hoclc.man (Chowan), defeaJed Da\'c Skelton (Cuyohop, Ohio} and pUUled Brian Usslcman (Non.hwoi W)omina) on the road LO hu ftnal match.

Lawes, before redshiruna wt season. made a nauom.l tournament appeannce darina hls freshman )eat. The Spokane nati,e dsopped a 2-0 dccu1on in tbc final t0 Garden Ciiy's Jason Roach 11 ISO pounds. uwcs beat Jun Ed•'Uds (Labeu. Kan.) 16-J, Joe Kilbure (IGrhood, Iowa) S-1 and Jason Hawk (M1ddlcsu, N.J.) 2-1. He o\'cr~ 1 swlina call apulSI

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Ridley, Harris set marks

by Mike Seundera

Freshmen Maria Ridley and Andy Har· ris both broke school records, taking first places in lhc I ,SOO and 1,000-meter races respectively, in lhe disuincc dual mce1 al the University of Portland Saturday.

Amid a well-balanced team ·effon, in which 10 other Top-10 all-1ime school marks were sci, Ridley managed an impres.slvc third school record. S:00.S, In her firsl three uies. Harris set bIs new mark at 2:33.9.

Ridley, a firs1-1cam All-American from Bellingham, Wash., earned the praise of coach Rob Conner.

"She's very gutsy," Conner said. " I don't know ir we have a tougher person on our team, man or woman."

Conner said he was extremely happy

women, freshman Kelly Swinney established a new school record of 12:0S.4.

Other notable marks were turned in by Chris Gilbert, whose 4:02.7 second-place finish in the I ,SOO meters is second all·time at NIC, and Travis Whisman, who earned another second all-Lime record with a 2:36. 7 in the 1,000 meLers.

The Ponland mcc1 was the final indoor event of the season for the I.Cam, which must now focus on lhc outdoor season.

Conner said the weather for next weekend's mcc1, at Whitman College in Walla Wa.lla will be the biggest factor. " You never know what 10 expect !his early in the year," he said.

"Traditionally, the outdoor times arc faster," Conner said. " Wilh all of these great times indoors, things arc looking prclly good."

Unlike the weather, Conner docs know what 10 expcct from his team.

"The good thing iJ 1ha1 we'll be very competitive in 1hc mcc1. We're really excited abou1 running outdoors," he said.

A race of panicular in1eres1 that Conner mentioned is 1hc men's S,000 meteu, in wh ich six cvenly-ma1chcd NIC runners- Mike Kirkendall, John Hickey, Dave Ciejka, Olenn Sprague, George Kinniburgh and Jason Halseth-will compnc. " It will be ln1cres1ing 10 &CC who emerges from 1hc pack and 1akcs charge I\ 1 1eam leader," Conner said. " One of our gu)s should win 1hal race."

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Three ln-a,row - -Freshman Marla Ridley en route to a new record. wllh the pcrfom1anc<' of Damon l)arnkjy. a freshman from Reno. Ne~ .• In 1hc 1,500 meters.

"Th<' incredible thing I$ hr has impro,•ed his personal bes1 b>•six sceonds 1he Inst 1hrtt 1i111cs h<''s run," Conner said.

At 1he 1wo-mile dis11m:e, a first for NIC

On the women's side, Cooner has high hopes for the 4 X 800-meier relay team, comprised of J oey Hankin,, Casie Wiliams, KIiiy Mcelhenney and Joy Wagar, and 1hc di$1ancc medley In which Jill Sawyer will run the 40()..meicr leg, S1aci Prcppcrnau 1hc 800 meters, Ridley the 1,200 me1trs and Swi nney the 1,600 mcicn.

Mindy Wright, who wi ll compete in 1he JOO and 40()..meier hurdles, is also runnlng uuemcly well, according 10 Conner.

Saturday's meet Is upcc1ed 10 be auended b)' competitors from se, er&! schools including Whi1wor1h College, Easmn Oregon S1a1e College, Lewis-Clark S1a1e College, Northwes1 Nuarene College and ho.st Whitman.

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Putting II on the floor-Sophomore Amber Claypool drives the lane.

En ding regular season...

~ady Cardinals on road

by Damo n Dar1kJy

After 1wo imprculvc wins IHI weekend, 1he North Idaho College 1,1;omcn'a baskt1ball 1am will 1ra~e1 10 Easmn Utah College in Pncc and 1hen 10 Colorado Northwestern in Rangely Friday and Saturday "To win, "'' haH 10 play belier on 1hc road," coach Del:11Hn llill ,aid " In this conference, playtna on the raod 1s a big rac1or."

Hill said lh11 1he ieam v.111 malce no major adjustments wbCD they play Eastern U1ah and Colorado Nonh•C$lem "We just want to pla) our game," he said. " Wr • ill try 10 put more cmphuu on pla)ing well rat.her 1hao ju~t concerning ourselves with w mning. Win.D..ul&u 1mponan1, bu1 ii will come if v.e play ~ way v.c should."

I ltll $.lld 1h111 c,cculion will be II key (ac101.

The ,o.ich uid 1ha150phomore I eilh Palmer from Pon Falls iJ on top or her 11ame and Is really playina wtll.

H1ll 1ho pr1lkd 1hc effon of 1he 1cam 1, a "'hole "AJl 1hc a,rb hive really done II areal Job," he 1,U1d It hu been aomcwh.11 of a d1Hlcul1 le&SOO for both 1he player1 and h1msel f, Hill salCI During some game, ordy ci&ht l)tls ha..,e suiled up, and t0mcumes 1wo ou1 of the cigb1 players we-re a1ck.

" I am ..,ery pleased with the way 1he guls ha..,e IIWJllalned their compasurc and ha \e ti.yed (ocwcd ."

As for rcgkYllllls, accordtng LO Hrll, the team is mathematicaUy nmeligible for pos1-scuon play. bu1 1he oddJ are greatJy against lhem.

Should ·underclassmen be able to enter the draft early?

Gary Sle1ten-buslne11 If their St'nin& 1 chance to go on a scholarship lhe)' should go 10 $ChOOI and gel the education because the) can't plA) foo1baU fott\CI .

Then again, if they gel 1he chance 10 go pro 1he)' should. They can make alo1 of monc)'.

Troy Berglund-buslneas I tbinl. the)· should If I ~on is good enough 10 go into the NFL early and doeso•1 ha\ e III agreement

10 stay in school for four )ears then be should be able 10 lu,-e wbetlC\'ff be •&11~.

It sho111dn'1 mat!CI' If be qui.ls and bags groccncs or go into the NFL. be can do

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Sean Andenon-buslnesa I lb.ink they should. If they hue the chance 10 muc lhll kmd or money •by 001 ao for it.

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Baseballers await spring

by Mindy Mullen

While snowy days are keeping the North Idaho College bascbnll 1cnm in 1he gym, high hopes for spring wco1her delermincs whc1her 10 pu1 them on the field.

Changes from last season include changes in the league schedule.

"In the previous years we have played in the Lcwis1on 1ournamcn1, and this year we play in 1he Yakima Valley tournament. In this tournament, we arc able 10 play different teams. and overall the Yakima 1ournamen1 is bcuer competition." coach Jack Bloxom ,aid.

Some concerm 1ha1 Blo~om expressed, arc "going in10 1hc season ns on inc,cperieni:cd team." .. Al,o far 1he lint three )·c:m 'lle've hnd the best plllh1ns itaff m the rc11on," lllo,om ,aid "This )Car's ,u11f h unpro,.,en. hut 1he po1en1111l l1f 1hc team 1, e:xccllcn1 What "c new to do i, reach 1h111 rorc:ntml. get uur tc:nm ,ont c:pl 1011e1her .ind ploy w11h confidence " Playcn arc: prcpar1na 1hcm\elve1 for the ~ .non by w(lrkm11 out,., dllYt 11 'llttk m

the wrestling room, throwing and anxiously waiting for a break in the weather 10 put them on 1hc: field. They will be able 10 fine tune their bauing, pitching and throwing skills ou1doors, Bloxom said.

The Cards return seven players. Two returning experienced players arc sophomore ou11ielders Mike Cavanaugh from Spokane and Ra y Ward from Coeur d'Alene.

"E\Cn though Cavanaugh and Ward alt' returning c:~pencnccd pla)cn, they arc being pushed b} the new people for mu,ing pomions." Blo,om said "Al thi< point, there ore onl} four poq110M preuy well \ti ..

l ool.mg to"ard thr fu1u1c, 1hr lr.im \\Ill be hos1in11 13 a.ime, The f1N home gomc i, M.ir.:h ?.i ngain,1 Eastern Orejon J .V. The C'ardinnt,' biaacst chollcn11r1, Olo~om said, will come from Colleae of Southern Idaho. one or lhc toughw 1r.im, in the divhion. and R1,h Inc tl',11n'1 Ont pmc will be .i11a1mt Bellevue: C C. in l phrutu Mar~h 10 111 noon.

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Airing It out--Alrton Dudzevlch, a freshman from Sao Paulo. Brazll, buries this Jumper against CSI Saturday.

CS/ spoils Cards' home finale

by Carla Corder, Karin Lau and Linette Freeman ~ by 1he 1hrce--poin1 1111nck of n 6-1 guard, 1hc Colkgc of Southern Idaho's men's basket· ball team kept its firs1-placc region s1anding de pite 1he homc-adv:1111aged efforts of the North Idaho College Cardinals.

Before a sclJ-0u1 crowd of over 2,100 in Chris1ianson G)m Sa1urd11y, 1he Nor1h-S0u1h match-up was spoiled by CSI guard D11vid Anderson. "'ho made seven or sc, en thrtt-point shots-live or "'hkh came in lhe second ha1' lo gwirantN: lhcOolden Eagles a 60-S3 win o,er the Cardinals.

The loss wus the NIC's only one at home this sea.son.

In the first h11lf, NIC came from a nine-point dcfici1 with

10 minutes rcm11nmg. The Cards were spraked by a backdoor shoe \\ith n pass from Airton Dudzevich 10 Freddie Buder and a three-point shot by Sh4\\ n Wctzd to give NIC 1he lead 21-19.

At halftime, the teams \\Cre tied al 32.

In 1hc second half, Anderson staned \\ilh a free 1hro'II . Ten minutes later he had sunk live scraigh1 1hrtt-poin1 shots. ·• Anderson killed us," coach Rolly Williams said. " He just stepped back and drilled it!"

With 49 seconds rcmainin& in the game, NlC man!lSed to pull \\ilhin tbrtt points, 56-S3, after a baskc1 from sophomore Jeff Lindstrom.

According 10 Williams. the NI C's low shooting perttntase led 10 the defeat.

"To "'in the game )'OU just simply ha,e 10 put the ball in

the hole." Willia.nu said. "We couldn'1 e,en mali.c the layins."

NIC will wnp up the season 'llith road games against Col~e of Eastcm Utah Friday and Colorado North'llcstcrn Commuruty College Saturday.

NIC will ad\UCC to the NJCAA Region 18 Tournament March 8-10.

The highligh1 of the CSI game probably wu at halftime v.hen NlC Pretident Bob Bennett muoduccd the national champion Cardinal "'TCSllcn to the appreciative crov.d, rev.-atding the 1cam with llll extended standing o,-ation.

Coach John Ov.cn said he 1.11d his wrestlers "'ere a lit tlc nen ous before the sta.odingroom-onl) crowd because the \\Testling matches "ne-er drav. this man)' spectacors."

START YOUR CLIMB TO CAREER SUCCESS TRIS SUMMER.

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i 1 L _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ / Marc h 1.......................... lntre murel Basketball Bad Dude s vs Running Rebels , 7 p.m.

Dream Team vs Beagles 111, 7:45 p,m.

Net Burners vs CCT, 8:30 p.m.

Ooloo Booloo vs AOOH , 9:15 p.m.

Team Turtle Wax vs G. Whiz, 10 p.m.

9·10....................... Women'• Beaketball Regional Tournament

2............................ Women'• Beaketbell Eastern Utah, away , 5:15 p.m.

11 ............................................... Bu ebllll Spokan e, away, 1 p.m.

2.................................. Men'• Baaketbell

17 .................................................... Track U o f Washin gton Invi te, Seattle

Eastern Utah, away, 7:30 p.m.

3............................ Women'• B11ketb1II Colorado Nonhwestern, away, 5:15 p.m.

3.................................. Men'• 811ketb1ll

10............................................... Buebllll Bellevue C.C., away, noon.

10............................................... Baaeball Skagll Valley C.C., away. 3 p.m.

17-19 .......................................... Baaeball Yakima Valley To urnament

18·2<4 ..................... Women'• B11k1tb11l Nationals, Tyler, Texas

Colorado Northwestern, away, 7:30 p.m.

3 ...................................................... Track W hitman Relays, Walla Walla

5 .......................... Intramural Buketball ROOH vs Bad Dudes, 7 p.m.

Tho Nike vs CCT, 7:45 p.m.

Bed Dudes va Net Burners, 8:30 p.m.

8............................ Outdoor AdventurH ASNIC Comedy Night, CA, 8 p,m.

8·10............................. Men'a B11kelb1II Roglonal Tournament

20,24 ........................... Men'a Baaketball Nallonals, Hutchinson, Kan. 22.......................... Outdoor Adventurea Kayak & Railing video, 3 p.m .• SUB

24 ............ ........................................ Track Washington State Relays, Clarkston 24..........,.... w ............. ................ Banball Eastern Oregon J.V.. home, 1 p.m.

25......................................- ...... Ba11b1II Eastern Oregon J.V., home, noon.

27........................................... _ Bueball Blue Mountain C.C.• away, 1 p.m.

Wreatllng NJCAA National Toumamtn/ Teem Scorlng-NIC 1201A , Garden Cl· ty, Kan 99~. Lincoln, Ill., 72, Ricks, 69, Chowan, 84 V., Belleville, Ill., 33.

Individuals: 118,Pat Edelblute, 3rd, 126-E.mle Molina, 4th, 134.Sam Parker, 1st, 142.John Sehnert. 1st, 16().Al!onso Lawes, 2nd, 158·Mlke Scott, 1st, 1n.Jamle Kamberllng, 7th, Hwt-Todd Goodwin, 4th.

Track & Field At Unlverslly of Idaho Women: 55 Hurdles-Mindy Wright, 9th, 9.9; 300 Hurdles-Wright, 4th, 52.2; 400-Wrlght, 91h, 66.0; 800-Stacl Prep· pemau, 2:36.2; Mlle-Katy McElhenney, 5:4 1.5, Casi e WIiiiams , 5:50 .4, 3,000- Marta Ridley, 1st , 10:40.8, Kelly Swinney, ll:24.0, Joey Hankins, 11:58.2, Shot Put-Edie Oletman, 37.3.

M en: 300 IM-Kelly Gonser, 5th, 41.8; 400- Gonser, 9th, 5 1.<4; 800- Andy Harris, 1:58.8, Mat Taylor, 2:0 1.5; MIioDavid Tejedor, 4:29.6, Mike Klrkendotl , <4:29.7, Damon Darakjy, 4:3 1.0, Glenn Sprague, 4:31 .2, 3,000-Chrla Ollben .

1111, 8:39.9, Clin t GertJo, 6th, 8:,47 0, Tim Blankenshlp, 9:01.5, Dave CroJka, 9 03 8, George K inn ib urgh, 9:30.4, Jason Halseth, 9:31.0.

At University o r Portland Women: 1500- Marla Rld ley, tat, 5-00 8; 2·Mllo- Kelly Swinney, 2nd, 12;05 4 Men: 1000- Andy Harris, l at, 2·33 9, T111vla Whlamen, 3rd, :136 7, Mal Taylor 4th, 2;39.6, 1500- Chrla Gllber1 , 2nd, 4 02.7, Damon DaraJcJy, :lid, 41)8 9, David TIJedor. 4th, 4:10.4, nm Blonllenahlp,

5111, 4:11.4, 2·Mlle-Da11ld Hughes, 3rd, 9:22.1, Cllnt GertJe, 4th, 9:22.5, Glenn Sprague, 6th, 9:30.7, Mi ke Kirk dall, 7th, 9:31.8, Dave Czafka, 8th, 9:39.0.

Men', Buketball Dixie 94, NIC 79 Snow 77, NIC 87 NIC 106, Treasure Vall ey 65 Southern Idaho 80, NIC 53

SWAAC Standing,

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CSI Ricks Utah Valley Snow NIC Dixie Salt Lake Eastern Utah Treasure Valley Colo rado Northwes tern

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9-8 7.9 4-11 2-14 2· 13

27·2 25"5 17·10 13·14 20..9 17·12 15- 14 1H7 3·24 9-18

Women'• Buketball Dixie 75. NIC 71 Snow 84, NIC 79 NIC 79, Treasure Valley 55 N IC 78, SOuthom Idaho 73

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Snow MO Eosl orn Ut•h 4· 12 Colorado North western 0· 18

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Madness makes magnificent mayhem borderline teams that ma.kc the process so d1rticuh for 1he selection committee.

brian walker It's now MaT'C'h. To the world of college basket· bnll, this time is known as the Madness. March Madness. It's a time of stunning upsets, breathtaki ng matchups end, yes, even blowouts. It 's a time when tell~,•ision analyst Dick Vitale jus1about falls off his rocker, and the boob tube is a marathon of basketball games. It's a time when we really find out whet college basketball is all about.

The conclusion of the NCAA baskctball l"C'gU)a.r season and the upcomilli conference tournaments can mean only one thing. It's about time to stan the selection process for college basketball's premier showcase. Oh My! Mama Mia. Herc we go again. The ob,ious quality teams, namely Top 20 clubs, will ge1 into to the NCAA tournament. No big surprises here.

Same goes for the winner of every Divis.ion I COD· fcrcn~ tournament-automatic. It's chose

So 1nany different µo'r,ts or view exist Lba1 the committee can choo~ from in selecting those teams that squcac in. Do )'Ou let so-so teams from top-notch conferences get in before a second-place finisher from a not-so-great confcmicc?

How about if the fa, orite of o ne of those mediocre conferences gctS upset by a ~ liar dweller? Do you still let the team in? Should a team below .500 in the conference get a whack at it all? And the list could go on.

Despite the moans and groans from the schools that don't get picked, but thought they probably should have, the system is perfect the way it is.

It C.'tprCS$C$ the Wll)' college SPons should beunprcd.ictable. All the clubs lbat sbouJd get in, always get in. Remember that about 20 of those teams arc already there as real longshots and a possible miracle Cinderella story.

The Cinderellas arc there to provide a little excitement or a rock or two in the smooth road.

Each season some top dog -..i ll get knocked off by some so-called no name college 01 univeniry.

I'd say we've had our share of u ~ during the pas1 decade.

Villanova's 66-64 upset or Georgetown in the 19&5 final alwa)'S comes to my mind as one or thc

grcate1t game, I've ever w11ne~ml. Kansas' 83-79 champloruhip win over OklaJ1ome m 1988 was also nothlng too shy of an upset .

Last sca,on we saw I vy League champion and 16th seed (to the East) Princeton o nly lose to top$Cedcd and second-ranked Georgetown only by one in I.he opening round. A replica occurred in tbc Southeast. Top-suded Oklahoma escaped East Tennessee State with a one-Point win .

It always seems that virtually a ll the Powerhouses live up to lhcir name and make a suong showing despite a bump or two in I.he road.

This was also the case last season as the top two seeds from e,.cry region advanced to the semifinals (the Sweet 16).

IC history is any Uld.icati.on of what uus season's final will be Like, we can expect a good one. The a1,erage point margin of championships during the '80s was about four.

I look for Georgetown to win all Lbc marbles season's event. They arc just down right tough and I don't see anyone bettmng them. J expect Duke again to be in thc run.ming aloaa with Missouri, UNL V and Ulinois. tn this

Buckle your seats. It's that time again. A time when we really find out what collqc basketball is all about.

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Hawk 10 win wilh riding lime. " He probably had one of the poorest " He was always lacking 1ha1 liule bit of draws in the tournamenl," Pecha said. menial edge, but his confidence has im" He really shows a 101 about the program proved over one year," Pecha said. here.'' During his frC$hman season, a knee Lakeland High School product Pal injury kepi Molina out eight months before Edelblute defeated Stockton WIiliams returning to action, he said.

(Chowan) 7-2 in the 118 consolation final.

Goodwin was pinned by Mc:lvin Crosby Prior 10 1he match, Edc:lblu1e defeated (Chowan) in the final seconds wit h lhe Mike Newman (Bismarck) 10-0, Dale score knoned a1 S in a consolation match.

Chapin (Corning, N. Y.) 1-0, Trevor The Millville, N.J., native won his firs1 WiUiams (Lincoln) 14-4, lost 10 Sam Geraci three matches before dropping a close: (Garden City) and beat Walter Sanabria semifinal match.

(Harper, Ill.) 10-0. " He had 1he fa.nest pin in lhe 1ournaEdelblute, a wa lk-on who bouled wi1h men1 of 32 seconds," Pecha said.

Bob Mena for the starting spot most of 1he Despite dropping his opening match, Kambcrling came back lo score poin1s with " We really lose our entire a pin aga1ns1 Robert Washington or Northeast Oklahoma. team." " He came back and won four or five - - - John Owen mau:hcs that helped gel team points," Pecha said. "h was an imponant performance." season, was seconds from being ellmina1cd The Cardinals only dropped eight mata1 regionalJ, Pecha said. He said he is the ches in the 1wo day event. highest NIC national placer at 118 ever.

"You'rejus1 001 going 10 lo~ when you " We wcrcn '11oosure how he wns going wrc:s1lc 1ha1 well.'' Owen said. "I don't 10 do ofter he barely made it 0111 or care who you're wrestling. Ma1hema1icalrcgionnls,'' Pcchu said. ly, we locked up 1hc national tillc before Molina WO( defeated by Brod King or the finals."

Coyohogn, Ill. 16-0 in 1hc consolation The team will IO$e all the national finul. Molino, from Peoria, Ariz .. baulcd qulllifiers. bock 10 win three s1ralgh1 nflcr being plnn· "We really lo\c our entire team," Owen cd by defending no1ionnl champion Sam$!lid. He Hid he hopes 1he 1c.im can con my Francis (Gorden Ci1y) In the tinuc ils succC\S in the future qunncrfinol~.

"What we're looking 111 now •~ • ucmm• Owen said Mollnn, a four-1imc high dous chollenge 10 come bad and be: school stntc chompion. quollned for the rcspcc1ful in nationnl compcuuon." regional lenm when tcn111ma1c Chuck C°"l>ON vohd

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VO-TECH /rom p. /- - - - - - - - - -- -- education, agr« the staff is ''extremely aspect of a field is taught at 1he s1an of qualified" and compeum1. each blook. allowi ng people 10 enroll Each or the IS programs has what is throughout the program.

Turley said he believes a four-year called an advisory group, which is made up or six 10 10 Instructors and people in- degree is not always necessary.

"Sometimes a degree is a detriment. volved in industry. The group works together in designing 1hc progrom cur- h's a fallacy 1ha1 you must have a fourricu lums to provide entry level people year degree 10 get anywhere:. The for 1hc jobs available in the North acad emic approach is not for everyone," Turley said.

Idaho-Spokane area.

Based on a job study called " Advisory groups and the job placement prog:."alll arc major components or Work force 2000. Julie Kilgrow, dirtc· 1or of the department or employment, vocational educalion," Haught said.

The job pla~menl service placed 81 said 20 percent of today's jobs require percent of the people enrolled in10 jobs a four-year degree.

Another aspect of\ oca1ional educain 1989. According to Turley. that statistic mcans 1ha1 cigh1 ou1 of every 10 tion is lhc Title Ill grant for returned industry education people trained arc working.

The NIC vocational department also "h's a really ncmng proaram." tracks s1udents for 1wo years 10 measure Haugh1 (8td "Thll ,, a federal funded 1heir success in lndus1ry. This makes gront that pa~, for \UbSUIUIC qualified NIC vocational cduca1ion very accoun- inmucto~ 10 take: O\Cr 1ns1ru,11on of 1able for the individuals 1hcy ins1ruc1. program, \\'htle a ,1aff msuuctor goes An)'limc aflcr the 1wo year\ or dirc.:1 tiad. 10 \\Ori.. m md~tr)· for one to four 1racking, Che individual is encouraged 10 month," arrange 10 Slay on the compu1er file ,o 1-f ausht C\plamro the l>bj«t of the Tias soon a, 1hcy become unemployed, If tit Ill srnnt is 10 ~ttp m,truc1or,' skill\ a position in 1helr field of 11udy h ,harp and 10 update cour\(1 wilh 1rnl11available, NIC will con1oc1 1hcm ing in nc\\ 1cchnologit,. lnmu,h>r\ OJ,1d Schumann, com Haught said If the Job ploccmen1 su1Lisuc foll\ hclow 70 pcri:cnt two }c.tr, pu1cr a1dcJ drnfllng; I om Price, in succes~ion. 1he NIC program will lo\e mad11nc: 1«hnolo11y: Turley, weldin11, ,and R11:h Gnertncr, nu1omo1ivc funding.

Jlighly pcrccm of NI(.. '1 vOc:AIIOnol m«hunk), all bc11cf11ed rroin rhc grant, funds arc received from the ualc, and l ll1u11h1 laid lnmu,10~ Jim Cultr11. mt1ln1cnancc 20 per~cn1 f1om the federal &O\crnmrn1 TI1e Job pl11mncn1 coord1nawr 1\ Phil mcchan"· 11nd Mkhnel Swnim, Derrick lie al\o 1eache\ a cour't' 1,:all 1u10111011,c m:hmdnn, will pan11:1p.11c ed " llow to gel a job," which i, p.111 in 1ndumy work this ye.u or the core curriculum 1or all '-O 1ech Gaertner "cnt 10 work for four month, 11 Ol)'111p1c Lincoln-Mercury program\ "l.ly the ume I program hu been l'>hn1on Conuol 1n Sca1tlc In,, year. He completed by a ~1udcn1, he will dtfinne· v.orkcd .u a trouble 1hoo1ing mcchonk Cjer1nc1 ,01d, " l 've bcc:n 1cnchmg ly ha\e enough skills and knowlegc 10 get a JOb," Turley said ror Sl!I yean and things cho1nge " Since the progranu c.ttcr 10 the need.\ He \lid he updated hit knowlcge of of indus1ry. advt,ory comm,11ce1 up- 1«hnology ,and rcaliad what specific pro~e 1he cumculum.

1h1ngs he really needed 10 ,tress In rhc "Pan of our Job 1, to 1ram llt1i1ude,'' proa,am 10 make 11uden11 employable Turley '>&id. "lnd~1ry v.•nt'I people " Jl.i.,ing a well qualified ln,1ruc1or 1i v.11h 1r1iocd 11111udc:1 ll well u ~ ..nitc.Al lu 1hc iu....c,) of a program," m&1 l..e1able (ktlls bccau~ slall alone: Gaertner said. "Wnh 1hmp diangmg w doc,n'1 male: a grcst cmplo)cc." rap1dly 1n mdullty II 11 ne-i.c:nary for People 1h11 arc: 1n the prOir&IN, IC· ,OG1u<mal ed1Kaloh 10 really ha•t lhcir .::ord1ng 10 Turk,, usually .,. ant 10 be: fin;;tr on the pubc.'· there and v.ant 10 learn, so 111uudc: Gaertner dc)(nbu today'1 LraUlll!jj Wl'I a bib rrobkm auromobdc as "a ptlyJJCI 1Mb on "Thasc: that v.on't muc 11 in indawy ,-cheds," llSCS.Unll lhc facl 1h.,1 IUIO v.ced tbc:truchc, OUI," Turlc:y added mcchantc\ 11, not a second-rate When ~udcll.u so=full) fiJiisb a OCXllJ)3llOJl prognm. muficat~ oi complc:uon 1s In the fall of 1990 vO(atlonal edua· a11arded There arc some iv,o-ycar pro- uon ;,.ill merge ~rttari.t.l occup;111ons, g&rn> th.It 01 ftt an .\-.:m of Ap- combuuni 1be acadttnic and ¥0:llllonAI pl.Jed Sc.c~ d ~ 1AAS). Otbm run PfOirol.JlU 10 Oller an AAS degree. from 9 10 I:? monin) and arc t~glu in "\I, e'rc aJ,..1i)l tnltrestcd ,n new pro· ~,;h: .... eek blo.:b V3ms lO bcot!it mdomy." Haugh1 Some prog~ arc )et i:p w a nt'1" wd.

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Departments set for scrutiny

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by Kristy Jellesed

A comprehensive program for depanmental review and evaluation spreading through North Idaho College made iLS first slop al the Radio-Television (RA TV) Department, said Michael J , Miller, director 0£ telemcdia services.

"This is going to become a routine part of the anstruclional process of the college," Miller said. "Every depanmem will go through this once every five yea~."

One of the reasons 1he RATV program was selected first was because i1 hns been in a "limbo" where it looks like a program, acts like a program but isn't officially li~tcd as a program in the course catalogs, MIiier said.

The commillcc of seven (Miller, Tony S1ewart, Nina Bartlett, Tim Christle, Mona Klinger, Ocorge Ives and NIis Rosdahl) asks some tough quwions about what instructors ore doing, how well they're doing it, where they're doing ii ond how they will know about the "in~truc1ional effectiveness" 1hat they're having on the s1udcnb, Miller sold. Dean of Academic Affairs Denni~ Conners has also helped out In the proetss. ''II 's no1 enough 10 pal yourself on the back for 1hc good things thot you're doing,'' Miller said. "You 01$0 need 10 u~k some hard qu~1ion~about how wtll you're serving s1uden1,, nnd 1hc people In this commiucc are dolns 1ha1."

The program review is looking 01 the couocs 1ha1 mukc up 1hc RATV progmm nnd the resources tl\'Ol!ob!c within the media center because 1he ce111cr

is used as a resource base for teaching s1uden1S about video and television production, Miller said.

"For bc11er or for worse, we've got one large media production center that supports services for the faculty and 1he administration and that is CJCtensively used for student teaching and learning,'' Miller said.

Over 1he last five years, an average of 90 scudcn1s each year took RATV courses.

"We are looking very closely a1 how our program matches up with programs al the key tranSfer insti1u1ions 1hroughou1 the region," Miller said.

"1 'm really proud of the opponunillcs 1hat arc here for students. 1 thinl. i1 's a solid program. I would pu1 It up against anybody anywhere," be said.

Throughout 1he whole process, the commilltt is finding many things 1ha1 h wants to modify or improve, Miller said.

During the e\·aluation, the commiuee will make recommendations 10 Conners and the Curriculum Council, Miller said. At 1his point, 7.S-80 percent of 1hc cvalua1lon is finished.

Since this is 1he first time for the program review, Miller said some of the recommendations made will be about changing the eYaluation procc1s il\elf.

The commlncc " fmdlna 1ha1 11 faces II very time· consuming procc..~ Miller qjd he, &\ well 1u other committee mcm~. will ha•e done at ita,1 200 hours of rcadjng nnd writtng v. hen II it O\tr When the pro..:~, l1 l11111ly over, the cumm111cc w,11 ,end 1hc rcsull, 10 Conner~ for review, Miller .,.,,d

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for, and now we (ASNIC and the Board) are working bener together as well," Benncu said.

On Feb. 19 Newman, Benneu, Stcwari and two ASNIC senators went to Boise to 1cs1ify before 1he Senate Education Committee in joinl support of the bill.

Af1cr the testimonies. commiuce chair• man Sen Jt'rry Thorne had a few word~ for them "Thi\ is very refreshing to have a group come 10 us unified in~1cad of having U\(lhe ,omminec) solve the problem," Thome said.

According 10 Stewart. the bill will go to the I louse l!ducauon Committee now that it ha1 passed 1hc Senate. If the bill makes it out of commiuce. It will come to a vote on the noor or the House. S1ewar11a1d ht' docs not anticipatt' any problems.

One advantage NI C ha,, according h> S1cwar1, h in Rep. Gino White, who is on lhe l lou,e education Commillee. White is a pO}l ASNIC board member, past , 1uden1 prcsidem from 1hc Univcmty of Idaho and bro1hcr of Mary Jo Hansen, the past ASNI C prcsidem who handled the li1iga· tlon of the lawsu11.

The bill should 10Bkc it 10 the noor of tl1e house foirly soon. according lo S1ewan. because lcglslativc rumblint1\ proJttt a mid March ndiournmc111.

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Paper with wri1111g 011 one side can be given 10 kid~ for dr11wing paper or used a\ scratch pnpcr. l·ood ~craps con be recycled b)• lUrning 1hcm into compost Olve bnck to the lnnd 1hat which w11~ token from it. t l.cqi a lidd· cd bowl in Ihe fridge and n bucl.ct in the gllfll.8c for scrnps. 1hc11 htllll them "hen full 10 ocompost pllc In the backyard. No room for a pile? Use R garbage cnn. No gudcn?

Give the compost 10 n friend in c,changc for !Omc of their homegrown Vl'gctnblcs.

Dcconue the house wilh obsolete item, that mAy some day be collector's items. I hnve 1picc cans. 1930s baseball mitts. thr« gcnern11ons of babyshed ond my dad's I\Rrpcd high choir in my thing room. Be crcath·c with garbage. It doesn't nttd to end up in the dump.

In order to sa\'e the planet from going to the dump. we need to brainstorm a bit 11nd find out what we can each do individually. M11-nlfcst ideas Into rcalit)' and give the planet's children a chan~ to lhe in a world that iJ not piled to the moon w11h their parents' garbage.

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I knew better and quit seeing him. I 1hco tried 10 forgive Mikt' and to understand why he would do something like that to me.

Then, last September, I met a womon who had gone through se,cral 5imilar c-i:pcrienccs With her ht'lp, I wiu able 10 relcrut nil of my emotion\ that had held me captive for 11 very Ions yc.1rs. We talked and talked unul 11,e could hardly breathe, but the more we talked the ea\ier breathing

came Today I am on the road to full reco,cry I finally am begmnmg 10 overcome m)' fear and its resulting frigidity. I fttl like I am starling my ~,cual identity all over again1his time it i1 b.ued on love rather than fear.

I'm finally beginning 10 feel free of the cycle of rape, and it feels wonderrul. I feel at if am learning how 10 walk for the fim 1ime-arraid yet c~hilarated.

It's a small bcginmng, but, damn, I'm happy to at long laJt be on 1he way.

I shall be free.

Editor's nort: This feature is tht second in a strlts of five true txJ>t'ritnets ln domestic l'IOfenet, emotional oi)UJJt. suicide and dotr rope. The purpoft of tht rtna ts 10 Inform the pubflr about what can hap· pen whm sorittY dors nol hart adrquofr lows ,n plocl! lo prOlfc/ Ifs J1<11plt, Tht' hopt of tltt ftvt' authtm t11A1ni (l<Jrt in thlJ efforl ,s to thangr tht· nmtnl /111u and 10 help n11m, wom,·n 1.111d /11m1lkJ ,n sl,111/or Jtf11afloru.

This urhcfe was authort'd by North Idaho Cullrse ~opllornorr Karin Hildtbrond. Sht Ls lS yrt1rs old, marmd wiflt rwo chi/drrn and u worktnJ tOK'Ofd an A.A. dtgrrt In ;ournal1sm. Afltr she grodutaltJfrom NIC sht hof)t!S to rontmul' hu edura11on al casltrn Washington Un/1-ersuy.

••••••••••••• NOTIC~ The opere "Su11nna" has been canc•lled at North Idaho College lor March 4. Call 769-3415 lor Information.

Thost wishing to come 10 the Assoda.ted StudenLS of Norih Idaho College week!) boa.rd mtttings to ask questions or share concerns are welcome to do so. The board meets e,·cry Wt'dncsday at 3 p.m. in tht' Shoshone room of the Student Unioo Building.

Donation, are needed for the NIC Vo-Tech Annual Yard Sale to be held April 21. Procffd1 will go to the VoTech ICholarahlp lund. For more Information on drop-olf and pick-up arrangement, contact Mary at 765-5096, Tim 11 683-2426 or Rick at 664-0335.

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The crime of date rape I don't remember much 11bou1 that nighi. I have blocked out mos1 or it, l guess. I don't remember 1he date, lhe name or the 1trec1 where it happened or the guy who was asleep in 1he camper with us. I just remember rragmcn1s or the nigh! 's events that led up to me being raped by a guy I had a crush on It was June 1978 and I was' 14 years old. Arter my high school's senior class gradua1ion earlier 1ha1 evening, some friends and l went 10 a party across town.

• , It wM the '"in par1y" 10 go to that nigh1 and all or 1hc popular kid, were 1here. I was in seventh hea.-cn I could finally porty with 1he people I odm1red the mos1. I .:ame armed whh a boulc of champagne 1ha1 I hod '10lcn from my parents wine closet. I kepi it hidden m ,1 brown paper bag during the graduauon ceremony. I (cit hkc n wcnhhy 'l'ino cnrrymg it around.

As plnnncd. I go1 tou1lly drunk. Someume during 1hc pany I wn, lnlroduccd 10 11 guy named Mike. who was ahno,1 14. I'd had o cru!h on him since grude school. like mo,1 or the girls who had ever laid eyes 011 him. I-le wn, so good looking- loll, sofl bro1Vn eye\ nnd Iona, \\Bvy, darl.. bro\\ n hair. ·1hrou1,1hou1 the nigh1, we drank beer and chnmpagnc.

My friend, I ennM, and M,ke'i friend, whom I will cull P ete, 1mr1.icd with us. Around midni11l11 , we decided 10 110 home, but we didn't have a ride. We walked 10 Pe1c's hou\c- abou1 1wo rnllc,- 10 apend the night in the camper on the back or his dad's pk l..u p.

In thl' tlnrl.ncss. \\C smggered 10 Pete's.

I he air wus worm ond the ~ky \111~ clear. Mike bcgon 10 s1oggcr so much thnt he nearly lost his bolnn,e. fhis wa, my oppartunhy 10 \hO\\ him thl\l I liked him. I put my Clem oround his wnht and helped him won•. I 1ho111.tht thllt Ir I did this, hl' would lil.c ml' and u l. me mn. lhcry step \\I\$ n Masser and he t1hnos1 1.nod,t'd 111<' do\\n more than a few time,. but t h<'ld 1ighll)1 on10 him.

When \\C tt:i(hcd the cro roads where one tum led 10 I <'annc's and my house nnd the 01her led 10 Pete'', Lc:umr dixided to go home. She said her parent\ \1 011ld I.ill her if ~he didn't come home.

I didn't care.

I hnd M1l.e right \\ hl'rt I had drc4.111C'd or ha, mg him ond I \\ 11s going 10 l..ecp him lhert no muter wh:11 my parents or Leanne said in the morning. So she left us and ,rnll.cd fi\c miles home alone. t \\t'nt 1ht' othl'r \\:l)'.

I don't rtrnember gelling 10 Pet6 housl', ctiml>ing mto thl' c11mpcr or ho\\ Mil..c and I cndC'd up on a pnddC'd bc_n~h msidc I JU.SI remember tha1 Pete d1mbcd up on10 the bed abo\c the pickup's cab and \\COi to sleep. le:1\>ing Mile and me to sleep on the bench. It \\as 50 narro\\ that thl' onl) way "'l' routd 111 on u \\J~ 10 ha\·c me he on 11 \\llh M1l.e on top 1,r me Allhough I rcatl\ \\3nted 10 be \\ith him and h.l1ch1m like me. I ended up finding ~self in a position that I didn't wanl 10 be in at all.

Mil..c \\anted h'l ha,e se, \\ uh me I ioftl~ ~1d "no " I though! he \\OUld listen 10 me.

He d1dn'1 He began 10 for~ hi, arm f\3.Sl mme, but I held qrc,ng.

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I rcmembl'r I tried 10 enjoy it but my emotions weren't !here. I couldn 't enjoy it or hate it. I was just there and it happened.

After it was over, he climbed orr or me and \\Cnt to sleep on lhc noor. Pc1c was still lll«p. I laid there for a few moments and Lhcn (ell ulccp from a • combination of alcohol and 1>hH1ca.l exhaustion In the morning. M1l..c and I w,nt home on a junior high school bus.

I kept thinkmtt "\\ o", I'm a '-Oman now" and "Oh my God. \1h;11 haprcncd to me' W3$ I raped?'' all ot the \:lme 1ime.

I didn't kno" \\ hat to 1h1nl about m) c,. pcricn,c ,..,.,,h \(:, I gol oll the bu, hnt anJ 1h11 11o,u the lut 11mc I ever ,pol e '" him \Ill e d!Jn't hl..c ml' a, I had hop."'1 I Ith lill' • umporary mc-.11 "'ith 'l'hkh he u1ulJ ,amfy h11 apr,ctht I nc\er thuught IOOUI tutntnl him inlo the Jl<lh,c l,r.:au,r I real!~ J,Jn '1 kno" 1h111 I hnd ~en rared I didn't ~now anvth1ng at...,u, atqu11n1an,e rape, I 1huu11h1 1ha1 rare \II\ some1h1111 th.ll happened In Jar._ ollc), b) llarlt ,11anacn whu held II knife up tu the 1hroa1. I dlJn't l.now that r11pe ,ould happen l,(1 \\CCn pcortc who knew c 1,h 01hcr I didn't know 1h11 Mtl.c hid ro1pcd me.

II took me II month before I r~ll,td I had been rapt<! I v.-a\ conru cd bcl;.iu,c I thou11h1 I had con 1r1bu1c:d to II and 101 whot I de«-rvcd /\f1cr 1111, I "'U drunk, I lc:d him on.

I finally aot up the nerve to 1cll someone and when I did. ahe told all of her fncnd,. Over the ,ummu, m)' \IOry prcad around 1own and when I returned 10 .chool in the rail, c-,.cryone s«mcd 10 know No one bcbc~c:d me They behcvc:d that h happened because I wu a known "1lu1'' and I hJd to have cnn..cnlt'd. from then on, l kept my mouth 1bu1.

As the )tart paucd, l put the rape out or my mind. But ltt eflctt• ,1111 had a grip on my h/c l ha• e been llllltricd 1w1cc sin.:c then and both or m)' hlWW!ds ha~c hid to put up wllh the 1ub· co1udous cftc:cu of the rape. l bcamc conuollin& ind dominccnng in my rda· uomhips I ,.,,... in cha1gc of C'\'Cry u~t or my SC.'( lifr. l de<cnruncd whal, 9,haJ, v,hcic. bow and why I t0nuollc:d EVERYTI-£1NG. I became (rtgjd. I could only ha~c sex once a monlb on the QOIC . It wu all I could muster up.

Both of my bu.sband, haled 11.

About 111oo and I half )car, ago. 11,1th the help or my sccood husband. I finally fifUlcd out .....hy I WIS lbis way.

It 1111.1 bccaasc I had oo conuol o-.er what had happened to me nine )ears before.

Subcoruoou_sly I had bcco determined that oo one ...-ould C'er api.o ha~c control o"cr me except ~I had l':m:icd m> own sexual needs off m orda to a,oid ha.--ing to gi,c m 9.ben I didn't w-an1 10. ~ Y husbands had to acccpl my "r.o" (although net~ of t.bem did ,ery gr.i..·dully I don't blame Lhcm) 1! l ~ &OIOi 10 iJ' C in.

I •as that •-iy bccau~ I am a \JCUJD of rape. And the men I ba•c to,cd bcca.mc \ICUllU \\-u.h thii QC'i' undenWlding I fuwly bcpn the process of bca1mg my pain and anger I ,i,cru 10 a psycholognl \/tho said IDY sexual pro-

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He dido'1 lis1co. los.tHd. be qucruonld me. " \\11>1" be asbd I told hun I 11o--as still a ,irgm and t.h.at I "'14lcd to sa,c m)Sl'lf for the right man. Hl' duin't bdie\e me.

He said that because 1 ....-as. frimds v.ith ru.o cata111 g11ls, I couldo'1 be a ,irgin. I ti.ad to be a "slut" like them. He had beud about the thinp that v.e djd 11oi1h olber guys and he \\~ted me 10 do those thilli,1

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l bad 1he repu1alion-bued oa hes-to si:bsun· ti3_tc his reasoning " 'o," I said aSJ,in but be fo,,;ght me. I bdd m> hand firm.I} a ~ t ho hantl, II)ing to keep him from forcing hurudf into me. but be pushed ~ and huckr.

He had lM ad\ .s.1:naic oi be111g oo top of me ud I could not pcsh him ofl. I Just v..u:i't st.rong enough.

He lcpt pushing and m) sucn_m 111cu~ I conunul'd to fight blm. \\ ntru~lc:d until I g2\C up. I rowdo't fi&lu

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