The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 67 No 1, Sept 13, 1990

ENTINEL North Ida ho C ollege's S tude n t Ne ws paper

Vol. 67 No. 1

T hurs day, Sept embe r 13, 1990

Coeur d' Ale ne, l daho

Board faces changes as new trustees join team

by Llnelle Freeman E:cl!rufl••r Editor

The resu lts arc in and 1hc Nonh Idaho College Board ofTrustccs has two new faces 10 be swom in al the next meeting Scp1. 20.

With a Iota! or 1.415 people voting. Nonn Gl~scl was v1ctonous in Position A with 1,009 \Oto o,cr Recd Simpson. who ro.'\.-.:1-.'<1 294 votes.

For Position n. board member Bcny Md ain ran 1111.:ontC\tcd for her S<.'Cond ccm1 on the board.

Me l ain r,\:c1H'd 1,226 ,ot,>,;.

Position C. 1hc 111l''l \Ought aftcr posi1ion III the clc.:tion "a~ "on b> Judy t, ky,,.. "ho R'CCivcd 649 rnto.

The closest c.omendcr 10 Meyer was candidate Norm Sowards, who rettivcd 456 vo1es. TI1c remainder of !he VOICS wen1 [O Jo Wonhington, 178 vo1e1. and Charles Sargeant, 76.

Gissel was plc:bcd wi1h his \K:101').

"I am VCT) el.lll'd th:u lhc citizms '-'" lit to clc,;t me to 1his very imponnm ck,:the orrice," Gis.S(I said.

"II\ ,cry ~t>.:ring to contemplate the lOl>ering r,"iporu.1bili1y I have: to the p.:oplc "ho cla:ted me a11d the .:olkgc itself " G1~I ouihnl'tl hi.s main goals for h1\ S1.\•yc:ir tcnn. Fir..t, he wants to k-am as much .ll he l"an about the

Fall enrollment exceeds past semesters by one

by Kr1sly Jell111d ~nt,nrl RtpOrftr

l:.nrollrncn1 has reachtxl ar1 all,time lugh by only one student, according 10 Nonh Idaho College Registrar Karen Streeter.

As of Sept. 11, 1990, the enrollment for NIC totalkd 2,960 smclems compared 10 la.st fall's 2,659, and la.st spring's '.l,959 students. or the 2,960.

302 are vocational students.

Due Lo lhc increase in students, i1 was diff«.'llh to get students in lhe clas.ses ai desirable hours, Streeter added. Only about 10 classes had co be cancelled.

"We (Ntq oenainly do want enrollment groWLh," she said. "It would show that lhc school is ,-cry viable, that we are obviously offering somtthing that students need or wanlsft

MOVIE STAR photo by Dan H)ldt

Cruising crew-- The North Idaho Masters Crew practices its timi ng on the Spokane River from top are Louise Dempsey, Jonelle Hessler, Barbara ~ lies, Edie Brooks, Darlene Williams, Susie Stender, Mike Carlson, Cathy Victorino and coxswain Cheryl Duchow.

NIC student lands roles in two movies

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S1udcnLs have arrived from Braiil, Carutda, Holland, Ireland, Jamaic3, Japan, SpaU1, 1\1.;.)ka, Arizona, California, Colorado, ~t:rb of Columbia, Florida, Idaho. Iowa, Illinois.

Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Norlh Dakota, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon. Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

At NIC, 25 students arc under 18, 1,218 students ages 18-21, 327 srudents 22-25. 285 students 26-30, 613 students 31-40, 362 students 41-50, 92students 51-60, 26studems 61-70 and 12 students 71-over, Streeter said.

Also. the average age for vocational srudcnts is 27.

"We must be doing a good job," Streeter said smiling.

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Staff turnover at 10-12 percent

Baffling number of resignations at NIC

by Ken Allen ~ntmtl Rtporttt

During the last 18 mon1hs, over 30 North Idaho College employees, roughly 10-12 per· cent of the total staff, have resigned their positions at the college, an NJC insuuc1or said.

Michael J. Miller, Director of Telemedia Services. commenting in a list of resignations he submiued 10 the Sentinel, wrolc " In a healthy and functioning organization, one would cxpei:t siaff turnover to be 3-5 pero::nt of 1otal personnel. NIC's present rate of turnover i~ approximately 10-12 pcrccn1 of 101al s1aff. Mighr rhi~ h<' n wmptom 1ha1 something is d) ) runc1ional ' " Miller, who is included on 1he list of resignations, said 1wo-1hirds of 1he resignations have been suppan slllff personnel, with only one-third being instructors or ad· minismuors. MUict said he thinks lhal 1he college administration should be concerned wilh the resignations and tha1 "some tough questions." should be asked about them.

Miller said he feels thal a good place for

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administrators 10 look for clues as 10 why employees arc leaving is in "exit interviews" which are given 10 employees when they resign. He also said he doesn't think lhal the reasons for lhc resignations arc all "uniformally badnews" for the administration, bu1 he said he does think tha1 any ~iblc problems staff members have could be recognlud.

College president Dr. Roben Bennett said of the staff resignations 1ha1 he didn't know if the number of resignations arc high, average, or low for NIC. Bennett said he has looked at the reasons given by employees as to why !hey resigned, and he said that most reasons deah with opponunities for the slllff members to obtain higher paying jobs.

A few examples include former math in·

structor Bob Bohac, wlio accepted a position with a college in Wyoming, and former Dean of Academic Affairs Dennis Connors, who acx:cp1cd a vice-presidency al a community college in Chicago, both recxived higher paying jobs, Bcnnen said. · Although Bennet! said he rcalius that no campus is completely full of satisfied employees. he said any negauvc 1'txclback that he has received from employees does not deal with problems they have with the college ad· ministration as a whole, but rather with individual discrepencics between employees and their immediate supervisors.

Benn.ctt said he will ask the members of the Board of Trustees at their Sept. 20 meeting for pennission for the college to begin a search for a personnel director. Ac· cording to Bennen, the personnel director will have several duties, including studying the relationships between staff members and their supervisors to identify bolh positive and negative aspects. and to do a salary equity study for the campus. ''The salary equity study will lind ou1 if (employees) arc paid enough compared 10 (the

cost of Uving) for the area, and also within individual departments," Bcnncll said.

The study would discover, for inslaJl<:C, if the pay received by an employee in one department was fair compared to Lha1 rcdeved by an employee in a different department ff both employees did similar jobs, Bennett said. The study would account for seniority and other factors !hat might pertain to the wages, he said.

Bennett said the reason for the hiring of a personnel director is no1 a dim:t result of 1he recent resignations. He said he was waiting for the college 10 receive a Title Ill gram that would have given NlC extra money 10 hire the personnel director before he went to lhc board. The college didn't receive the grant, but the cost for the personnel d1rcc1or had been budgeted for jus1 in case, Bennet said.

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Trustees elected college and Iii! knowledge imo the need to be incorporated into the board's thinking." lvlcycr also said she ~ very op"Secondly, I'd like 10 stnrt for· mula1ins op1ions for 11tc future of timistic abou1 tlic n~·w boord bocausc NIC," Gissel 5aid. "'n,ird, I want the members make up a "very to be as frur and equitable as is diverse rcprtM!ntnlion. '' Meyer's goals for her tern, as a humane!)' ~~ible in au decisions."

Meyer, whose r:u:c \\'llb the most board member lean toward comcompc1i1ivc, according 10 prc- munication among all NIC groups elooion p~ictions, wns cxd1ed by and toward long-range plam1ing. ''I really want 10 enhance comher victory. " I fch that nll the candidate$ were munication between (the board) all good candidates, bm I .1enscd n mu- facuhy, staff, students, community rowing in the race bet ween Norm and adminis1ra1ion," Meyer srud. "I (,Sowards) and myself," Meyer s.'\id. also wnn1 10 help develop a hcallhy ''I believe lhc other cnndida1es are dialogue be1wccn the vocational and caring, wise people whose effons academic sides of the campus."

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Trustees on board- -(From left) Attorney Norm Gissel, retired school teacher Betty McLain and businesswoman Judy Meyers were elected to the North Idaho College Board of Trustees Wednesday.

Another goal Meyer has is for the library. " I want to see the continualion or 1he networking or 1he NlC Ubmry with other libraries in the areaincluding the public school libraries

in the live northern counties," unavailable for comment.

Meyer said. "I also want 10 continue Gissel summed up the thoughts of long-range facilities planning." both he and Meyer by saying, Mclain, the third winner, was at ''These are going to be exciting 1.imes a meeting at press time and for NIC!"

What do you feel are or should be the res·ponsibilities of a member of the NIC board of Trustees?

Tim Chrlatle-hHd of communlcatlona department: They should be 1hc body that sets policy

and ensures that the goals and the mission of the college is fulfilled. They should not be administrators or administor whet happens on the campus.

llarpral Nelsoncommunlcallon1: They lbouJd be concancd with the

Janelle Funteocounllng: I baYC no due.

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Thuud.iy, Sop1001bot 13, 1990

PMS (post merger syndrome)

Trustees approve merger

by Karin Lau ~ntlntl Eauor

The North Idaho College Board of Trustees approved the con1roversial merger of the academic ~retarlal Studies program and the vocational Office Occupations program at its May IS mcc~g. The n~ Business and Office Educauon program is now housed in the vocational school.

The trustees "pas.scd it with the idea that the program would be reviewed after a year!" said Lamona Stinnelle, a fonncr secretarial studies instructor who transfered over 10 the new program with the merge.

The decision to merge the programs did not come easily for the trustees, who voted th.tte to two to pass it. Board Chairman Bob Ely had to break a tic, and he voted for it because he said that the combination for the programs was in Lhe best interest of the students.

On the other hand, dcscntcrs Joy Richards and Berry McLain questioned the adminisltB· lion's motives and the way the merger was handled by them.

The merge has released $80,000 from the academic budget that will now go 10 other e.'(js\ing programs. The BOE program has n:iccived S50,000 for new equipment from. the state Division of Vocational Educauon.

Rl'modelina of the BOE classrooms and lab was completed Lhis summer, and IS new computers were installed the first week of

school, according to Dean of Vocadonal Education Clarence Haught.

Although she was "flabbergasted" by the approval, Stinnette said the "transition went smoother than what some had thought."

Mary Brown, di.rector of the BOE division, agreed with Stinnette. She said that nobody had given the program much of a chance to succeed before the merger was approved, which created a major problem for those involved in the prop<>sals.

"We should look at lhis as an opportuni· 1y," Brown said, adding that she has always looked enthusiastically at the new program.

Overall, the instructors who were once but· ting heads are pleased with Ilic merge. With the new computers and an updated workenvironment lab, Brown said they feel that they can teach their students in a more realistic environment.

"I just think it's so exciting and it's so good for the students," Andrea said.

But changes in their new work environment have not gone unnoticed by the instructors.

Although Haught said that total enrollment has declined due to a "probable" decrease in second-year students, lhe fonner orncc occupations instructors say they are swamped with new students. "!l's hectic," instructor Dawna Andrea said. "We're used 10 having only JS students for six hours a day. Now we have 1S different s1udents throughout lhe day."

Stinnette said that she is now having to work 20 more hours a month than she did

photo by Bob Sh~rldan

Future office pool - - Denlse Keehnen, Instructor Dawna Andrea, Lori Joseph, Beth Taylor and Laura Finley work In new Business-Office Education lab In Hedlund Building. before and that she doesn't have enough time in her day 10 get everything done anymore.

She is now uying to rearrange the way she works so she can accomplish everything.

During its proposal stage, 1he merger was embroiled in controversy with academic students pilled against NfC President Bob Bcnneu and the vocational school agairu1 the academic school. Students in the two-year Associate of Applied Science degree program (Sccrewial Studies) were concerned about the 1raruferabili1y of their credits should they decide to go on to a four-year college.

Meetings held between the 1wo faculty and administration members were also often

heated and tense, causing the two sides 10 further divide the college into two schools.

Problems in the new BOE program still ncoo to be ironed out, and it is reaDy 100 early to 1eU if the program wiU be a suctCSS or not, Haught said.

The last 14 omcc oo:upations studenlS will graduate Sept. 28, and from then on, students who grndunrc from the one or two-year programs will only be able 10 graduate in May. Andrea said this might be a problem because of the sudden inOux of new employable people going into a sluggi.,h job market, but that even1ually 1hc graduates will be hired "bccnusc we tum out the best in the business."

Student health insurance...

Coverage up, premiums down for the price a student pays, Stewart said. If Parker and Parker would pay the rest of the a student takes classes during the fall and bill, Stewart said.

"To protect yourself from this," he add· The Asoociated Students of North Idaho spring, ll1en he or she is coven,'(! for 12 ed, "the Sl70 is very wuc."

College Insurance Cornrnittee's study during months for $170. the I989,.90 school year has resulted in a A student advocate will also be on earn· "They (Parker and Parker) also told us 11mall, bu1 signift(llnl decrease in insurance (the insurance commilt.ce) they will proces.s pus as soon as one is hired. He or she will premium~ paid by NIC students. the claims rapidly," he said. "Then once they answer questions about the student heahh inThe new insurance company, Parker and see the claims, they will detennine what you surance. A fax machine wiU keep NIC in in· Parker Consultant.S Inc., is a St. Petersburg, are or are not qualified for and will send the Stant contact with the company.

Fla.·based firm that exclusively represents check within 10 days." " I really think it's a great, great improveabout 250 colleges and universities across the ment. It's like a lot of things in life; you can't But this will not happen during the first get everything without paying lotS or money," United S1a1es, including Stanford University, Penn State, UCLA and the University of month of classes, because NIC gives students Stewan said, "so we got the mau "e possibly TC)(as. a month 10 pay tuition and fees. After the could for a low premium."

Under the new plan, students will have a month is over the payments can be sent out The coverage offered 10 NIC students by S7 .SOO maximum benefit allowance per ~ if nc«led.

Parker and Parker is divided imo two or injury and will only pay S8S per semester.

Any student who already has 80 percent According to Tony Stewart, committee ad- or more coverage can apply for a refund categories (in-patient and out-patient) and acviser, the benefits have been greatly expanded. within the fll'Sl four weeks of school, Stewart cording to the policy, there is no deductablc.

"In many of the categories, the benefits said.

"I'm very plcasccl with it. A little reservhave bctn doubled, tripled or quadrupled ed, judgmental on the palicy until "e sec how Although a student may already have in· they service and so forth and we'U be watwhat the students can qualify for," Stewart said. "That includes hoopi1alization, out- surance. ii may also be wise 10 keep the NIC ching that," Stcwart said. "At this paint, insurance for protection, he added. patient care and physician visits." what is so pleasing is that we ha\'C such a The insurance committee was formed in Suppose a person came lo school and has broader coverage at a little lower price and September 1989 after Stewart discovered that 80 percent coverage and gets a tmiblc illn~ for that kind of coverage, that is a very during the fall of '88, spring or '89 and fall and is in the hospital for a month. And sup- reasonable premium." of '89, Rhulen Agency, the New York-based pose the bill comes to S20,000 and the inFor information about the insurance policy firm that used lo handle NTC student in- surance only coven S16,000, leaving a bill of or if a student has any questions, he or she surance, made a $320,636.81 profit from NIC S4,000 10 pay. lf a student kept the Parker should contact Stewart or Linda Poulsen, students. and Parker Insurance, then the S4,000 bill NIC nunc, until a student advocate can Parker and l>arker is a rcally good palicy wouldn't be a problem anymore because replace Bonnie Henry.

by Kr1aty Jt lltMd

Library makes students overdue

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You're late! You come Oying in your car onto the NIC campus hoping to find the impossible: a parking spoL Any spot.

The place you run across is somewhere down Hubbard Street in someone's driveway.

You can vagudy see the campus as you step out of your car and race down the sidewallc. Halfway down the walkway something compels you to stop. You look over, and there it is, that hbrary construe· don site. The site that stole so many precious parking spaces.

Are IMC any librarians out there?

Sbdvcs with books on them? Card catalogs featuring the Dewy Decimal System? No. just construction workers who 5«IJl 10 be there everyday, rain or shine, digging and building.

A few curse words run through your head as you !tot off 10 clas., 10 minuta late.

Are there bad fc:dinp about the new library complex? NIC and the government arc paying nearly $4.2 million for ~

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Priority student issues increasing at college If there is any one thing a college should consider to be its main purpose, it is the education of its students. Students should be the main priority of any college campus.

With the election of a new board of trustees, students should be the priority and the decisions the board makes should reflect that.

One way the administration has shown its support for students is 10 increase the computer budget for the coming year-which is much improved from last year.

Last year $40,000 from stu· dent fees was spent on computers. The college then budgeted additional money for additional supplies, software and support services (personnel). The amount the college budgeted was unavailable at press time, but it was less than $40,000.

The down side to last year's budget was that the budget for college athletics (excluding Booster Club's contribution) was $450,000-compared to the less lhan $80,000 for campus computers.

However the future has a bright side. For the 1990-91 year, $224,430 for campuswide computers and an additional $75,000 for a new software package for student services were budgeted. NIC is also lobbying the legislature for more computer dollars.

According to Steve Schenk, dean of college relations, NIC has requested $337,000, which would go toward computersmostly student computers.

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Another change for the better. that NIC has seen since last semester is the new and greatly improved registration process.

Students were able to register with case in an organized and timely fashion. The largest number of complaints heard by members of the Sentinel staff were from those students who did not complete paperwork properly or had holds on their records-both the fault of the students.

Unfortunately nothing is perfect, and there is some room for improvement.

Sophomore students are usually on a tight graduation schedule and need specific classes to graduate. Therefore, they need registra tion preference both semesters, not jus1 spring semes1er.

But congratulations are still in order for the registration team. Let's hope for a repeat next semes1er-when sophomores get to go first.

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cil, believes this is a necessary step for NIC. •'Computers are either used as a part of curriculum or as a direct influence on the curriculum and the way it is delivered," Lyons said. "The trends in education are to do both."

However, Lyons (who has a master's degree in instruction) does not believe computers can be a substitute for good instruction.

The Sentinel's challenge to the college is to make decisions in the future that directly benefit students as well as the change in the computer budget.

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Bagpiping 'al/eycats' irk writer Sentinel Editor.

Is it true that Lhe Scouish studies program has been cancelled? If so, I am glad because all of the bagpipes in the summer sounded like a bunch of alleyca1s. For lhe last three summers when I was taking summer school, I dreaded the arrival of the bagpipers. They were everywhere. We couldn't escape them. It was like trying 10 study with someone screaming in your ear.

When we pay for schooling during the summer, we should have as least some peace and quiel. Our classes arc disturbed, and our sanity is threatened. Some people, like myself, arc sensitive to high sounds. Some tones are actually painful 10 us. If other disturbances, such as smoking, are banned or limited, why shouldn't the "alleycats" be also?

I suggest Lhat if they consider staning the program again, that they provide an area for the bagpipers 10 practice without disturbing other students. We pay our fees 100.

Thank you for giving me the chance to express my views.

G. Davis

Prison inmmate wants pen pal Sentinel Editor: I am a Death Row prisoner, caucasian male, age 44. I desire correspondence with either male or female college students. I wan1 10 form a friendly relationship and exchange past experiences and ideas. I will answer all leuers and exchange pictures.

Prison rules require your full name and return address on 1he outside of 1he envelope. Send leucrs 10: Jim Jeffers. Box B-38604, Florence, AZ, 8S232.

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ThlK&day. Sepiembef 13, 1990

Double standard arises from rape case ken al/en

real comedian George Carlin once said that it is possible to make a joke about anything, as long as it is in the proper context.

Anything? Even about rape?

Sure! Just picture this. Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd. That's funny, according to Carlin.

While joking about rape is possible, it's much easier to be serious about it. Just picture this. Two men you think are your friends take you into the forest and sodomize you, slit your throat a few times 10 keep you quiet, then throw you into a ditch and leave you for dead. Luckily you survive.

That's serious, and it also reaUy happened.

This twisted rape took place in Nonh Idaho last winter, and it is even more bizarre when you consider the victim wasn't female. A man being raped by two other men is something unique for this area, 10 say the least, and it got the attention of many people.

During the trial of one of the accused men, a

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couple of friends and I were reading about the incident in the Coeur d'Alene Press and generally discussing the 1opic of rape and how we would deal with it if we happened to be the poor guy who got raped.

One friend said he would want to kill the cwo guys and then he would kill himself. This is a generally life-loving person who was dead serious abou1 death.

He actually fell that he wouldn't be able to live with himself after such an event. My 01her friend and

A man being raped by two other men is something unique for this area, to say the least, and it got the attention of many people.

I decided we wouldn't kiU ourselves, but we would definitely kill the 1wo guys who did it.

For a while we discussed some unpleasant methods to end these men's lives, bu1 eventually we decided the simplest plan we came up with was to have them executed by the sta1e. In shon, to make the crime of rape a capital offense, punishable by death. Not only is this effective revenge, but it is also legal.

After 1he sentence was carried out, we all agreed 1ha1 we would need to move lo the 01her side of the world and assume new identities, simply to find

some place where nobody ever heard about the rape.

The thought suddenly occurred Lo me that I read about rape in the newspaper every day and I honestly don't ever get this outraged. This is because women are usually the victims, not men. I mentioned this to my buddies and asked if this fact didn't make us giant hypocritical sexis1 pigs.

We decided that it did.

However, there is hope for us; we are improving. We decided 10 stick with the dea1h penalty for rapists, and we voiced the opinion 1ha1 men who rape women should be executed. This is a preny big step for us to take, considering the fact Lhat five . minutes earlier we had no opinion whatsoever.

Unfonuna1ely, even though we've made this decision, no state in the union has, or ever will.

Being 1otally realistic, I believe the two guys who raped their friend were given pretty light sentences.

In fac1, thcy'U be out of prison in a few years. Looking on the brighter side of things, from what I've heard about prisons, nnd the showers in particular, the first time one of them bends down to pick up a dropped bar of soap they'll probably find out exactly how badly they hurt their friend. râ&#x20AC;˘m sure they'll be taking more than their share of showers over the nex1 few years. Who says there is no justice in the world anymore?

Middle-East 'Saddamy' startles world darrel beehner

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knew it was 100 good to be true.

Just when you thought it was safe 10 move abo~t . in the post cold war world, an cgo~tical meathead named Saddam Hussein went and threw a monkey wrench into the gears of a world that had som"tbow stumbled onto peace,

1989 had left much of the world full of hope for the future-the Iron Curtain had rmted through, ~

and \\'.est Germany were quickly on their way 10 bcconung a unified nation and the Soviet Union announced its willingness 10 open a McDonalds resturant and so pave the way to a free market society by way of the Golden Arches.

Yet all of these achievements are being overshado~ by a mutated clone of Hitler who has shown ~ humanitarian side by gimmg his own people while at war with Iran. ¡

In an effon 10 show his mental stability, Hussein recently returned to lran all the terri1ory he had taken during Iraq's eight-year war with Iran and conveniently forgot the billions of dollars and the tens of thousands of young men sacrificed to wage the war-all to gain an ally. Again trying 10 buy friends, Hussein offered free oil 10 all Third World countries, with the stipulation that they come and get it.

While the hawks in Washington found a new diversion after the Cold War (and renewed vigor toward defense spending), the common denominator in Hussein's invasion-oil-weakened the notion that economic strength alone would prevail in the '90s.

The arrogan1 politici.ara in Japan suddenly found their irnponance greatly diminished for lack of a military. They may soon Stan kowtowing to countries, such as America, which are able to challenge the Baghdad bully's lien on the precious oil fields in Kuwait.

All of this could be considered a world situation.

As usual, it's up to old Uncle Sam 10 straighten the mess out, although said namesake contributed to the crisis in the first place.

America's uncanny strategy against the terrorism of Iran was to accommodate an equally nasty neighbor-namely Iraq-toward annihilating the Khomeni regime. In one imtant, 37 crewmembers of

the U~ Stark were kiUed at sea by an Iraqi-fired Exocet missile. After a scathing, official condemnation of Lhe act and a declaration that ii was illegal, the world community and in particular America forgave these crimes. Had it been Iran that fired the missile, war would almost certainly have been declared.

II is now up 10 America and wha1ever allies it can persuade to stop this modern day version of Frankensiein's monster-ether by diplomatic or more aggressive means.

However, Hussien, acting in typical 1erroris1 fashion, has invited several thousand "guests" from around the world to sit by strategic locations such as chem.ical weapons factories 10 act as human shields.

These "guests" are simply hostages and the U.S.

must maintain its policy of not bargaining with 1erroris1S for hostages.

The best thing this country can do right now is to stick to the embargo and let the Iraqis starVe. If they gel hungry enough, we could always send them a ship load of pork chops. And if that's not good enough for them, then Hussien can-in the words of the immonaJ Bart Simpson-"Eat my shorts!"

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Parking problem addressed Y ou can't keep a good man down. Or, you can't keep d~wn the image of a good man. Or, is it, you can't i~agine a good _man k~pmg down?

Whatever, speech insLructor Mona Khnger broug~t man arllcle from an~tber newspaper telling how Smith College, back east, publishes a calendar called The Men of Smith." The money raiser, a spoof on beefcake calendars of other schools features fully clothed male professors and staff members.

Klin;e, suggested the calendar as an idea for the Sentinel and offered English instructor George Ives as an example for Mr. February. Chokecherries wondered why she didn't suggest her own husband, English instructor Chad Klinger.

Actually, two years ago the Sentinel attempted to produce an NIC beefcake calendar, but English department instructors strongly opposed the idea. We didn't hear, however, from Ives and Klinger, obviously the strong, silent type.

Last

week Spokane rock radio station KEZE sponsored a headline writi_ng contest for a fictitious story about President Bush's son Jeb, armed only with a fishing pole, parachuting over Iraq to assassinate Saddam Hussein.

Sentinel columist Darrel Beehner won the station's $106 prize for his headline: "Hussein gropes in dark for Bush's rod."

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IC plans to revamp the classrooms in Lee Hall by adding air conditioning as one improvement. The lesson couldn' t have been more perfect than l.ast week when President Bob Bennett brought contractors to Chad Klinger's classroom.

The place was very stuffy and hot. Bennett politely woke a snoozing student in the back of the room. Fresh air would help, right, Bob?

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personalized license plate on a car in the tennis court parking lot is "JULIE." Maybe she has two cars. Two cars away in the same lot is a plate that says, "I'M JULIE." T his can go in the "Do as we say, not as we do" category. A few weeks ago Coeur d'Alene Press columnist Bob Paulos complained about cigarette bull litter. A few days later a Chokecherry Chum driving down 1Sth Street saw a live cigarette butt rolling on the pavement. The only car in the vicinity was a white Jaguar driven by a CdA Press bigwig. Oops.

building which their classes are conducted

by Kiley Peteraon SMtind Rtporttr

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Students planning on commuting to North Idaho CoUcge by the mode of car, truck or motorcycle this faU may have to invest in a pair of walking shoes.

The construction of a new library/computer science facility has cut the number of parking spaces near NIC learning centers considerably.

Consequently, many students and faculty arc grumbling about the inconvenience of having to park further away from the center of the campus.

"It's really hard because there's not a lot of parking spaces," said NIC freshman J.R. Gifford. "l personaUy have to park about four or live blocks away from the campus and walk to my class."

The NlC director of bands, Terry Jones, defined a parking problem as "not having the adequate space 10 park the cars that need to park so people can be in school."

According 10 Jones, there is a parking problem at NIC for both students and faculty.

Although parking spaa:s near the core of NIC's campus arc limited, Dean of Administration Rolly Jurgens said that there arc enough parking spaces 10 accommodate all NIC students and faculty.

Jurgens said that about SOO parking spaa:s arc available in the newly graveled parking lot north of the library/computer scicll(C building site.

He added that in his apinion there is not a parking problem since that parking lot has yct to filled to half of its capacity.

According 10 Jurgens many people perceive a parking problem as not being able 10 park near or adjacent 10 the

"You may have to walk two or three blocks to class, but at some of your larger schools like Harvard and Yale, two blocks would not be perceived as a parking problem," Jurgens said.

Although the parking lot north of the construction site is equipped with enough space for all 1hc NIC srudcnts, Jones feels that not enough of 1he students are informed of the open lot.

"We need to make more people aware that that parking lot exists." Jones said.

Jones added that the parking problem extends beyond poor communication and over into negligent misuse-especially in the faculty parking lots.

"As far as the faculty is concerned, we are supposed 10 have this lot out in the front of our building reserved for faculty and they just don '1 enforce it," said Jones.

"If we arc going to have signs thnt say this is faculty, then we nrc going 10 have to enforce it more."

In the near future, a new parking lot north of the basebaU rie.lds will be graveled and opened for the use of NIC students. Jurgens said that the lot should hold approximately 70 vehicles.

The e-0ns11Uction of the library/computer science building is scheduled to be finished by approximately January of 1m. Acoording to Jurgens, the completion of the project should open up more parking space.

Jurgens said that only one third of the fenced conslJUction site is designated for the actual foundation of the building. The remaining room will paved and turned into a parking lot to accommodate the new facility.

T his first issue of the Sentinel for the 1990-91 school year does not appear without special efforts. Editors, espedally Linette Freeman and Deborah Akers, put in many hours over the summer preparing for the new publishing year. Kudos also must go to Tom Lyons, director of print media, who helped prepare several proto-type front pages of the Sentinel so the editors could choose their favorite.

Placement coordinator says know self

by Phi Dlmck Guest Columnist

Three months aflcr receiving his diploma, a reoent graduate sat in my off~. looking glum and losl in thought. lnmdll>Jy. he had aJnoady held two jobs since graduation and was contemplating )'ti another move within lhe c:omina y,car. His on-die-job performance WIS l10I lhe problem, His lU) problem WIS I lack Of intereA in what he WIS doing. He wun't enjoying his job or his SWTOWldlngs.

He WIS riaht in lhinklna that I bit or self.

Ulellment was in order and that I coUeae placanau office could provide hdp-he was also reaand to hear that uhouah he lhoold

have done this, ideally, as a freshman or sophomore in college, it is never too late to begin the process.

"The reason I'm here," he said, "is that when I was in school, I guess I was just too busy to really give this kind of thing much thooght."

Self-assessment is mandatory, because while there is no way that you can be al>d.ltdy ccnain that a job will mcc1 al of your needs, you can very easily learn more about who you m and whll you Md pm improYe your ability IO evaluale polelllial jobs and their environment. Once maccred, this procm or sdf'-aaminatioo can be repealed

thoughout your life.

1'hk is a virtual ncccs.gcy, given the United Statts Ocpanment of Labor's findings that the average college student will be changing their careers, not just jobs, four to five timts du.ring their working lives. The qucuioo then is what, specifically, can lhe sdf-aw:ssrnent proccs., lead you to do for yoursdf'? II can: I . 8oo5t your coofidence.

2. Polish your skills.

3. Maleh y o u r ~ to compmiy needs.

4. Aniculate your own strona points and needs.

5. Rcoopize the value of your contributions to your job.

6. Stay in tough with your continually changing self.

7. Signal when it's lime to move on to a

new position.

8. Make sound employment decisions of both offc:n and oornpanies.

9. F"md the most pleasure pomble in your work life.

Noce: If you have questions on this or other cueer planning and placanmt manas, contact the c.areer Planoina and Plaa:ment O:nter, Room 136, Hedlund Building.

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Carefree college Iife for Japanese

by O.borah Aktl'I &ntind Editor

cademic life in Japan for the college student is much different than in the United States. But, kids will be kids anywhere.

Prior to entrance into college, the Japanese student spends 12 years in school, six days a week. Summer breaks are only two months. And high school years arc spent cramming in the evenings with private tutors in order to pass rigorous college en1ranee exams.

Each student knows that failure of admission to a good college means a good job is nearly impossible. Once the student has passed the entrance exams, the pressures are off.

As one Tokyo professor put it, "The average student spends his hjgh school years working his tall off to pass entrance exams to get into college; then he spends the next four years enjoying life."

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picture of a typical day in the life of a Tokyo college student can best be shown with the story of Tomoko.

At 8 a.m. Tomoko rises from her bed-a thin couon mattress called a futon-that lays on a floor made of woven straw mats called tatami.

She had been awakened by a Seiko alarm that looks like a cute pink pig and shouts, "Ohayo, ohayoo, oahyooo" (Japanese for good morning).

After showering, she dres~s in a fashionable short skirt and top. She is excited about going to school in her own clothes after having worn the traditional uniform of pinafore and blouse for 12 years.

Next she eats a breakfast of rice, miso soup and rish cake before heading out the door. The last thing she docs on the way out the door is to remove her "house slippers" and put on her street shoes. which are not allowed 10 be worn in the house.

Tomoko has about a IS-minute walk to the subway she rides to school. Along the wa)' she passes crowds of ''salarymen" all hurrying along to work. Some businesses arc beginning to open by 9:30 a.m., and she notices the employees all in tidy little groups doing their morning exercises in unison.

Arriving at the subway station, she passes the gate attendant who is frantically clicking a metal punch he uses to validate the riden' tickets and

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they will go to a beer garden or disco that night. Since it's Friday, they decide 10 do both.

grabs a plastic strap tha1 hangs from

the subway ceiling to keep her from falling into someone else as the train hurries along its route. She tosses her purse onto the luggage rack without fear of theft, then fixes her eyes on a book she holds with her free hand.

This not only uses the 30-minutc train ride wisely, but also keeps her from having eye contact with other passengers, which is socially frowned upon.

Five stops later she disembarks, climbs the night of stairs to the Tokyo street and stops at a vending machine where she has summertime choices of iced teas, iced coffees, electrolyte-vitamin drinks, Coke or beer (in Japan one can get beer from numerous vending machines on almost every street corner).

Once on campus, she enters her I0 a.m. English literature class along with 49 other students to begin the day's reading of Roben Frost. fifty minutes later, the English major will enter an English grammar class.

Tomoko speaks English quite well, with the exception of slang terms such as "jackpot ."

Like most college seniors, she was hired at the end of her junior year by a Japanese corporation, but won't begin work until she graduates in April.

At noon she meets her friends in the cafeteria and cats a meal consisting or pork cutlet and rice called katsudon. The conversation mainly revolves around the huge sales at the Mitsukoshi department store and is only interrupted to discuss whether

he evening's entertainment begins at an outdoor beer garden that sits atop a department store and is owned by the Asahi brewery.

Glasses of cold beer are offered at prices even quite reasonable by American standards. Tomoko and her friend Yuko snack on German sausages and french fries. European and American foods are enjoyed by most Japanese in the same way that American's enjoy Chinese and Japanese foods.

Later they head for the internationally fashionable district in Tokyo known as Roppongi. They have a choice of more than two dozen discos to choose from, which have cover charges ranging from 3,000 to .S,000 yen (S20·S3S U.S. doUars).

They choose Disco Gold.

After paying the cover charge, they 11re given a credit card with a magnetic-stripped back. This card can then be taken to a vending machine and used to get up 10 four drinks, much in the same way one would use a bank's teller-machine.

They also are given a key 10 a locker for their purses.

Energy· abounds: Strobe lights flash, smoke seeps up through tiny holes in the floor and the aroma of incense permeates the air. Adding color to the dance noor arc tall stacks of video monitors. This is high-tech Japan.

Hearing Madonna's "Vogue," Tomoko and Yuko rush to the dance

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Dinner delivery servlce--Fast deliveries are made by bicycle on busy Tokyo streets. noor and arc not shy 10 wait for dance partners.

After spending several hours dancing, Yuko notices the time; it's nearly midnight. Knowing the subways stop running at 12:20, they make a dash for the door in fear they may get stuck with a S60 taxi fare home.

The subway is flooded with young people all trying to catch the last train. At each stop, white-gloved at· 1endanLS continue to push more passengers on the already overcrowded uain.

Finally reaching their stop, Tomoko and Yuko go their own way.

At home, Tomoko snuggles into her futon then re.aches to set the alarm on her pink pig. Tomorrow is yet another day.

Oyasuml nasal (good-night).

Sister-college exchange program bring NIC, Japanese students together

Across the Paclflc--Deborah Akers makes friends with Japanese students Tomoko, Miki and Yuko at Sophia University In Tokyo.

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Men at work- -Nurse Tom Madison (above) prepares fluids for Intravenous therapy In the Intensive Care Unit at Kootenai Medical Center. NIC nursing student Dustan Braun (right) practices patient handling on a training mannequin during class. phouu by Dan Hyd,

Gay image dying locally

Bias against male nurses finally fading

by Mon~• Kiddle

Stnrmrl Rtporttr

AU mak nurses are homosw,alr. Al1hough most of lhc general public no longer holds thal erroneous idea, ii is a sample or the 1ype of biog1ry mnle nurses have fought and continue to struggle against, according to health care profC)Sionals.

Nonh Idaho College nursing instuctor John Weller, who recci\ cd his nursing degree in 197l and has worked in many areas in the nursing field, has cxpcricnctd discrimination from both medical professionals and the public, but he is careful to point out that most of the bigotry has come from other health care professionals and the public rather than from patients.

"Most patients wiU accept help from anyone who is caring and confident," WeUer said. "People in need gener,!llv do 1101 care about the sex of a nurse."

The I igoll'\' WeUcr has met ranges from subtle distrust lrom ltmalc nurses and shocked looks from people whm they discover that he is a nurse, 10 blatant remarks suggesting that he is a homosexual. He recalled the time when he was working on the pediatrics ward of a hospital in Vancouver, Wash , a.nd 1mued a girl who was aho in his wife's clemcnw.ry class. When his wife mentioned it to the girl's mother, the mother CX· claimed, "My God! He even walks like a man!"

Joan Brogan, director of nursing education at North Idaho College, said that health care professionals have discriminated against male nunes in the past by allowing them 10 work only in limited areas or the field.

"For many )'Ql'S, male nurses were kept on or. thopcdic and P5Ychianic floors, the areas that required a lot _or heavy lifting. They generally took care of male Pllimts or gave medications. Males were never allowed to

bathe a patient."

Vice President of Nursing for Kootenai Mcdica.l

Center (!<MC) Cannen Brochu said that m.iny male doctors share a misconception abou1 male nurses.

"Most male physicians perceive male nurses as 'frustrated physicians,' the ones who couldn't make it through medic.-al sohool." She also agrees with Brogan, stating tho1 male nul'$e$ have traditionally been kept in highly technical, "masculine" areas, such as the emergency or operating rooms.

Doug Peters, who received his degree in nursing in 1978 and is currently the primary cilllrge nlll'5e at KMC, shares similar experiences with Weller. He has been through the "gay'' stereotyping and was barred from perfom1ing many duties as a nurse because he is a male. He said that while working as an orderly, one male physician was enraged because Peters was allowed 10 C3IT}' newborns to their mothers for breastfeeding.

Patients have generally been more aa:epting of Peters, although he has found that elderly women often object to being treated by a male nlll'5e.

"Women who are 60 and older generally do not want a male nurse. That's all right. No person should care for someone: if it will c m ~ the patient. What really bothers me ts that a lot or patients think 1'm a doctor and can't gt1 beyond that, even when I explain again and again that 1'm their nurse. 'This happens mostly in the emergency room, and it can be amusing when I'm working with a female doctor." ~ven though some bigotry is inescapable, Weller ~llcves '!131 much b~ can be ove:n:ome with a professional lll.ltude. He said that if a male nurse is caring and confident he can "brealc through the banic:rs" of ~iscrimination. Brogan ~ that many of those barners have already been, or are being tom down.

"Malt nuncs have made great strides in the last five to ten )'ClUS," Brogan said. " It is unusual for a doctor to refer to a 'male mwse' anymore. You don't hear 'There goes a male oune' anymore than you would call

a womnn a •female nime'. He's simply a nurse."

Peters agrees that there is "much less prejudice now" against malc nurses than there was just a few years ago, realizing that he hasn't seen any overt biases in the past eight to 10 years. Brochu said that the current trend for males in nursing, as evidenced at KJvfC, is that they are working in all aspects of the field with no reluctan~ from either patients or other health care professionals.

She onibutes this change to the number of men now working in the nursing neld, which is growing rapidly.

This increase can be linked to economic factors.

"Nursing is no longer considered a second income career. As nurses' salaries rise, the field becomes more desirable to men who are the sole or main financial suppon of the family," Brochu said.

Since its inception in 1971, the number of males enroUed in the NIC nursing program has fluctuated between two and 20 perctnt, according 10 Brogan. She said lhat the number of males entering the program is direct· ly related to lhe cycle of employment in non-nursing nelds, such as the timber indwuy.

"Men are asking 'Where can I go to school for two to three years and have a job wilh a future?' and they are discovering nursing," Brogan said. "We are seeing quite a few men who choose numng as a second career, cspeciaJ.ly those who are getting out of other peopleoriented careers, such as poliocmen."

Out or 108 nursing students this year, 19 are men, according to Brogan. Last year there were only 10 men in the program, F'trS1·year NIC nursing student Paul Kugler chose nursing for several reasons. He said that he wanted a ''people" career with good p,ay and job security. and that nursing will allow him to find employment almost anywhere. Joe Baugh, also in his fll'St·Ycar as a nuning student, said he had been tbiokios or going into nuning for several years because he enjoyed scieoce and wort· ing with people.

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by Monica Kiddle Stntlnrl Rtportt r

he "common" cold is ~uaUy associated with coughing, snirfling and sneezing, but for North Idaho College student Mau Frogness, that minor ailment led lo a hean transplant.

Wori<lng on an accounting degree at the University of Idaho, Frogness a1ugh1 a cold during finals week last May. Even after returning home to Coeur d'Alene, the illness persisted and he became very weak, so his mother took him to Kootenai Medical Center (KMC), Frogness said.

Cardiologist Den· nis Cook recorded Progncss' resting heart rate at a dangerously high 13S and discovered \ that the virus had attacked Frogness' heart. A biopsy further revealed that his heart was functioning at only 20 percent of what it should be. Cook told Frogness, then 19, that he may need a heart transplant if his conditioned worsened.

Frogn~ began lllldn& the drug Courruidln 10 thin his blood and Digitalis 10 slow his heart rate. He returned to school that September and, except for the shortness of breath and weakness, his condition stabilized for a few months.

In Dcctmber, Frogncss said, he began feeling sick 10 his stomach most of the time and rcali.tcd that his condition was worsening. " I wcn1 to see Dennis Cook again," Frogness said, "and he said that a Lransplant was definitely n ~ . I guess I roped with the news fairly weD. I broke down and cried in his office, but that's a normal reaction, I guess. But I went back to classes the

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"Flnlshlns III09t lasC dutt ftdls of school was really tough. I was tired all the time and couldn't do much physically. Late in January tests showed that my heart was functioning at only 9 pcrc:mt. Some people woukl have been in bed at Iha! point, so I guess I was in pretty good shape for what was happening."

Doctors at Sacred Hean Medical Center in Spokane tested Frogness and found him 10 be a good candidate for a transplant, but the hospital was

not yet statc-ceniricd 10 perform these kinds of operations. flnaly, Frogness went to Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center in San Francisco. and his name was put on a wailing list with United Network Organ Sharing (UNOS).

Then he waited. '"Pacific Presbyterian's waiting list is shared by two other major hospilllls in the area, and they work on a kind of rotation system," F r ~ explained. ''Spokane got its certificate while I was waiting, so I was put on that list, too. I went back 10 Spokane and ended up spending three wttks in ICU. The doctor said that I probably wouldn't last more than two months, so I was double-listed in Spokane.''

On May 5, PKillc Prsy1aian Clled with good news-they had found a heart for Frogness. Within hours, F r ~ was on a plane to San Francisco.

Transplant surgeon Dr. Donald Hill performed the four-hour operation shortly after Frogncss' arrival.

Frogness spent about three wedcs in the hospital after the transplant, carefully monitored by im· munologists for signs of rejection. Toe immunologists "pumped him full of steroids" 10 kill any cdls that mi&ht reject his new heart. One of the ~ . OK-TI, is "very serious" because it strongly supressc:s the immune system.

Although he knows that there will be a risk of re-

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jcction the rest of his life, Frogness said doctors assured him that the risk is considerably lower after the first year following the transplant.

"I experienced my first rejection (symptom) two weeks ago." Frogness said. "You can tcU when rejection is nappemng occa~ you feel really tired and just know that wmething is wrong."

Frogness MJid that his Life is "prcny much back 10 normal now," except for the biweekly and sometimes weekly trips 10 Spokane for a photo by Don Nryman biopsy.

Since his im· munc system is very vulnerable right now, Frogness avoids ill people and takes precautions, such as wearing a mask during class. He is also on a very limhed diet.

Medlc111 costs so far have readltd almost Sl7S,000, Frogness said, and they continue 10 grow. Each biopsy is $400-$800, and his medication is SS,000.SI0,000 a year. Fortunately, Frogness said that his parcnLS' insurance covered most of the medical costs.

Frogncss was going 10 talce this semester off, but he said that he doing so weU he decided

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accounting class at NJC. He plans to resume his studies at the University of Idaho next selTICSler, possibly canying a fuU load. " People arc really concmled that 1'm going 10 be rcally weak, but I just got a new heart," Frognes5 said. " I'm aaually in much better condition now.

"One llllna I am raly C--S about now is getting more organs donated. It's not enough to fiU out the donor form on the back of a driver's 1icmse any more. People need 10 talk 10 their family about it and write a tiving will. It's so important. More donors arc badly needed.

"I'm really fortunate to have received a heart in just three months. Some people have waited almost two yta11 for a heart, and ochers have died waiting.

I'm really thankful to my donor's family for Jiving me a second chance in 6fe.''

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NJC student saves a life

by P1ll1ela Rogera

Stntind Rtportu

11•s not everyday a chance 10 save a person's life arises. Last month NIC groundskceper Stacy DuMing had Lhat chance. She is credited with saving Joseph Donofrio's Ufe by using cardiopulmonary rcsusci1ation (CPR).

Dunning said she can recall the incident as if it happened yesterday. II was a Tuesday afternoon; Lhe 1cmpera1ure was high in the 90s. Dunning said she was pruning a uee near the custodial office when a man came running around the comer calling for help because a hcan ntmck victim was on Lhe 1cnnis court.

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would do ii again ... "

Stacy Dunning , , While 1he paramedics wen: be· Ing called, Dunning rcali1ed she might be able 10 help and ran 10 the coun. Dunning said thm her blood sta.rted to pump fast as she quickly knelt bc5idc Donofrio and began CPR. Duru1ing did nol detect a pulse. " I didn't see or hear anyonc .. .l blocked cvcryLhing out and just concentrated on the man."

With the help of another woman, Dunning said they rotated mouth to mouth breathing with chest compressions umil the paramedics arrived minu~ later. Donofrio began breathing on his own and was transported to Kootenai Medical Center for treatment.

Since the incident, Donofrio has ret11med 10 his home in Tempe, AriL. Dunning has kept in touch and reports that Donofrio is feeling flllC. In fact. Dunning said she received a very nice 1 '1hank you" note from the Donofrio family, which left her spoechlcs.1. Enclos· ed with the note was a S1,000 check made out to her.

"I seriously thought of returning it," Dunning said. "I was just happy to do what I did for him."

Dunning said that ii took a while to compose a proper reply and 10 decide what to do with the check. She wrote back !hanking and explained she had invested the money.

Dunning said she will keep the communication lines open, ad· ding, " I would do ii again if I could."

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cting on life's stage

by Ka~n l1u Smtmd Ed1101

omc say life is one giant slage and that people are mere players in the grand thca1rical produc1ion of life.

John Deluca has Ulken that philosophy to an extreme by being a player on two stages that blend 1ogether into one. He has chosen to spend his life as an actor, playing both his role in the production of life and the roles that he gets in thca1cr, television or ftlm productions. l11is past summer, the 21-year~ld North Idaho College I.heater studen1 won pans in two movies filmed in the Coeur d'Alene area. He went from a secondarylead role in a small NIC play, "Taming of the Shrew," last spring to a bit pan in his first film, a small-independent production of "Moonlight Sonata," starring David Carradine, to the stand-in for lead actor Edward James Olmos ("Miami ~ice") in the major Paramount producuon, "Talent for the Game."

Ir life is a bowl full of cherries, then Deluca was served both a bitter cherry and a deliciously sweet cherry with his two film experiences.

His first experience in"Moonlight Sonata" turned out to be the bitter cherry. Deluca said that overall it was a

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DeLuca lands roles in two locally filmed movies good leami11g experience, but it did have its glitches.

Deluca landed a small speaking role that consisted of about 10 lines, and the company promised to call him when it needed him 10 work.

Finally, after much anxious waiting, it came, but when Deluca arrived on the set, bad news was awaiting him.

"Right before the scene, they go 'Oh, by the way'," Deluca said. " 'There's been a change. You don't have lines anymore.' And this was right before we wcn1 down 10 shoot."

He learned that a model who the company thought had a "bcuer look" for the pan had arrived in town and had taken over the role.

The change initially upset Deluca because he had been so e.1ci1ed, bu1 he quickly put ii in perspective and decided not to get angry.

"Who am I to say? You know, some townie saying, 'Hey, wait a sec here'," be said in a country-bumpkin dialect.

The other gUtah came from the company wanting to give the film a textured

look. A smoke machine constantly pumped eye-irritating smoke onto I.be set to make everything look mis1y. Deluca hated that.

"If I ever smell that again, I think I will die," he said sternly. " l'U probably be impotent and bald by the time I'm SO bec.ause I had some kind of reaction to it:' DcLuca did have a reaction 10 "Talent for the Game," only it was a positive one, making it the sweet cherry of the two. ' 'Talent for the Game" is about a professional baseball talent scout named Virgil Sweet, played by Olmos, who canvases America's countrySide in search of talented young pitchers.

One day. as luck would have it, his car break.s down in Gcncscc, Idaho. There, pitching to his buddy, Toby, is a kid named Sammy Bodine, played by Jeff Corbett. Swett eventually nurtures Bodine, giving him the confidence to suocecd in the major leagues.

"It's an all-American, feel-good

movie," Deluca said. "There's no sex or violence or anything."

Although he had tried ou1 for the part of Toby (he didn't get it because he was told he didn't look enough like a "hick"), he pcrsis1ed in 1ryi11g to get any pan he could. " I said 'Any capacity that you want help with, I'll gladly do'," Deluca said.

The company saw that he was just about the right size and height to stand-in for Olmos. DcLuca would dress in a costume identical to Olmos' and stand in fron1 or the camera before a scene was shot so 1he cameramen could set up their cameras.

"The reason I took ii is because I talked to (television ac1rcss) Ellen Travolta's son, who is also an actor, and his advice was that it would be a great learning experience, and ii was, so much," Deluca said.

That advice enabled Deluca to work with director Bob Young ("Triumph of the Spirit") and make-up artist Frank Cari.sousa ("Bectlcjuioe", ''Rocky V"), plus others whose credits include "Pretty Woman", "Field of Dreams" and this year's Oscar-winning best picture, "Driving Miss Daisy." The experience also gave him some valuable insight into film making that he will carry on with him.

"Each scene took so long," Deluca

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The NIC Sentinel

• way into reviewer's heart sings 'Oklahoma!'

by Monica Kiddle ~ntintl Rtporttr

Do·SI-Do-- Curley (Ken Campbell) entices Laurey (Barbara Hartman) to ride In "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top."

Audiences were swept away to another place and time when the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre stormed the stage in BosweU Hall Auditorium with a fantastic performance of Roger and Hanunerstcin's Oklahoma! Aug. 25-Sept. 2.

The cast was a mixture of professional actors and familiar locals. The lead characters, Curly and Laurey, were played by Ken Campbell and Barbara Hanman respectively. Campbell's country twang filled the auditorium and Laurcy's jest "I heared someonc...singing like a bullfrog in a p<>nd" in no way describes the actor's beautiful voice. Just as · lovely is Hanman's soprano, and both actors gave believable performances.

Stuan Cabe and Cheryl-Ann Rossi s1olc the show with their hilarious renditions of Will and Ado Annie. They are both terrific dancers, and their playful bantering left 1he audience roaring with laughter.

Dennis Craig, wt'II known in this area for his acting and musical abilities, brought tremendous energy to the stage as Jud Fry, captivating the audience with his booming, we.II-trained voice. And a " Bravo!" to Bill Higham

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as Ali Hakim, another crowd pleaser.

Solid performances were also given by both Bette Rae as Aunt Eller and Le:<i Santos. who was "on loan" from the Spokane Ballet Company for the dream scene.

The play was fluid and moved at a good temp<>, yet it still ran almost three hours. Director Dean Schulman said that while many other summer productions of Oklahoma! cut the "It's a Scandel'' and "Lonely Room" numbers and shorten the dream ballet scene, he chose to utilize the talent available to him and present the entire play rui written. Although sighs of relier were heard when the house lights signaled intermission, it was nice to sec this classic in its original form.

A ''well done" goes to the rest of the production stafT, including Ot'thcstra director Holladay Sanderson, costume designer/choreographer Cheryl-Ann Rossi and set designer Dean Bourland. The orchestra deserves special mention, also.

Nothing was especially new and different about this production of Oklahomal-Jud Fry is dead, a new state is born and Laurey and Curly arc living happily ever after- but the talent and energy on and behind the stage made lhe pcrformancc wonderful.

Student wins poetry award by lautle Ingle ~II/ind Rq,orttr

THE PLACE THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE CLOSED IS NOW OPEN AT 7 AM Monday - Priday

Saturday we hunt Heffalumps 'til noon

Bonnie Lowry (pen name: Bonnie Parker), a cook and word p~ing srudcnt at Nonh Idaho College, recently won a trophy from a world poetry contest held in Las Vegas.

The contest, sponsored by "World or Poetry," bad about 3,800 contestants from around the country. About 1,750 of them rca:ivcd a trophy or a certificate of honorable mention.

During the convention, the participants were sp6t into groups or about 125 people per room. Four to five names were c:alled off, and those people read their poems and then reuived their trophies or certificates. Many people left the convention immediateJy after reading their poesm. Lowry's group soon ended up with only 19 people. ''Ninelcen people ~ more fun and more rdaxing than 150," Lowry said,"We were able to get to know one another better."

A few oclebrities read their poetry at the COIIYClllioo, iodudma Bob Hope and WiDiam Shatner. Sbatncr read one lndlao poem and another about space. ''They were both Ye)' beautiful.'' Lowry

said.

Lowry's name was called near lhe end of the reading. Readers were given a choice of

reading either lhcir submitted poem or another they wrote.

Lowry nociced that the previous poerm t1w were read were ''sad. We all needed a laugh,'' she said.

She chose a poem that she felt was "light hearted," which was unlike the one she had submitted. The poem Lowry bad submitted was one she wrote for a girlfriend she bad kl5l contad with )Ul'S ago. Lowry wanted her friend to know that she still thinks of her, so she wrote her a poem. " You can think about them, but I fed it is imponant to let them know,"shc said.

Lowry swted writing poems in when she wan deaf in one ear. It was while she was in the hospl.al ror swgery that "somethina

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triggered."

''Suddmly, I was writing poems for my doctor, nurse, sister, "she said.

Lowry hasn't Slopped since. She oftal

finds hcndf writing five or six poems in r,vc weeks and then noc writing for rwo or three months. She Im also had a couple of her poems published and would like 10 publisb more as time goes by.

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Shakespearean company to perform Western play

Idaho's Centennial celebration carries onto NJC stage

by Tony, eroc1em1un n Stntlntl Rtporttr

Idaho's C.Cntcnnial cclcbration will coo· tinue with a play at North Idaho College Sept. 21-22 at 8 p.m. in Boswell Hall Auditorium.

NIC is sponsoring "A Woman of Means," performed by the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, a theater group bas· ed in Boise. The play, written by R.N. Sandberg, was commissioned by the Shakespeare Festival by Rod Ceballos, the festival's an director.

The production is a charming western musical melodrama set in an Idaho min· ing town that wiU appeal to an audience's entcnainment senses, said Tun Rarick, head of NJC's drama department.

Rarick refers to this production as "too good in quality of performance for anyone to pass up, especially NIC students and staff since they recievc fn:c admission," he said.

"It's also our chance to contribute 10 the centennial celebration since this is the last oppanunity of the year," he said.

Under the direction of Penny Metropaulus, "A Woman of Means" comes complete with convincing companents of the 1890s: a saloon run by the hostess Starr who has a hcan of gold, a crooked mine owner and Idaho spud jokes. Authentic characters panray the

s1rong-hcaded, independent founding fathers of Idaho.

The lead character, Lil, is played by Susan Cormell. Lil is a starving Shakespearean actress who wanis more fame and acting isn't the only way to achieve it during the gold rush. She and Harry, her acting partner, played by Scott Hayes, go to Idaho to entertain the miners.

However, their intentions turn to much more when Lil realizes she doesn't want to be an acm:ss anymore.

Rarick said he has more plans in store for the community and NIC. He wants to get a good relationship going between NIC and t.he Idaho Shakespeare Festival so people may be able to sec more Shakespeare productions since NIC's drama department doesn't perform many. " I've seen them perform. and they do really fine quality work," Rarick said.

Hollywood actors teach acting seminar at NIC

by Tony• Brodelfl1unn Stnrlnd Rtportu

Hollywood aet.Ors arc known to try to perfea their craft in 1hc theater by joining small town production companies across the countrY, TI~ summer actors EU.en Travolta ("01arlcs in Charge") and Jack Bannon (a former regular on"Lou Gmnl") came 10 Coeur d'Alene to participate in two local theater productions and to leach a part of a theater workshop.

Travolta and Bannon spent their summer working with the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre as characters in the play "Company." Travolta panraycd Joanne, and Bannon played Larry.

Bannon also shared his musical talent in the production of "Oklahoma" by playing the flute in the orchestra pit.

Contributing further to the community, the husband and wife team participated in a thea1er workshop at North Idaho College Aug. 28 and 29 tilled "The Business of Acting." The workshop focused primarily on the practical aspect.s or a prof~ional acting

career.

Ellen Travolta

Travol1a and Bannon specifically taught "Realities of the Career in .Business" based on their paint of view, including the topics of dollars and cents, getting an agent, what 10 expect at interviews and auditions and keeping the avenues open.

Travolta narrowed the key point of the workshop to this-" ln a business full of rejection, it's best 10 look at all the avenues, not just specifically theaier or television, and always pr=t

yourself wi1h oonfidencc (while) remembering to ll'Cal people wcll," she said.

In t11e portion covering interviews and auditions, Bannon explained that one should pick a paint of view before they go through the door. "It's impartant to have a sense or yourself fltSI, or at least pretend since that's your job anyway," he said.

Bannon olso stressed that one doesn't know what the producers wan1 and half the time the produo:rs don'1 either, so it's impar1an1 1hat the Bl'10r know who he is.

Travoltn specified a workshop participant who asked a great question. " I loved the woman in her middle ages who had decided tha1 she wanted 10 go into the theater and wanted 10 know if it was 100 late," she said. "My answer was never, it's absolutely never too late."

John Deluca, a 21-ycnr-old drama major a1 NlC who attended the workshop, said Travolta and Bannon made clear, "If you do become ru~ful in the business, always be nice to everybody, be humble. Some people have serious attitudes. Some of the peo· pie you meet on the way up are on their way down. You won't get anywhere if you're a jerk."

In Travol1a and Bannon's opinion, this community doesn'1supPort the theater well enough. They strongly urged 1ha1 locals stan 10 build suppan.

Travolta and Bannon said that they really enjoy Coeur d'Alene and that they met a lot of great people. They plan on buying a home on the lake because " We love the clean air ...we love the lake and the clouds, too. "they said.

Do you think the government has the right to censor art? Why?

Lori Meo.Id-general: No l don't, bccawe an is per· sonal. It's all in your own tas1e, and if you don't like it, you don't have to look at it.

Jamea Watkln1bu1ln111 management: No, I don't think they should censor art, but I do think the anist bas a responsibility to the public as to where the art is shown.

Dianna Coyla-nuralng: No, becawe you have the choice 10 sec what you want and pus by what you don't.

Tho NIC Son1Jnol

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007 slips mick ey to drug lord ...

Bond's hot; plot's not, writer says

TO KILL" t>y Chr1etoplHlr Clancy Smt/J!tl Rtporttr

Bond is back with yet another action-packed seque.l called "License to Kill" that is complete with beautiful women, high-tech weaponry and the usual array of uncanny stunts.

Bond, played by Timothy Dalton, is pitted against the ruthless druglord Sanchez, played by Robert Davi, and his army of sub-machine guntoting goons. Againsl the orders of his superiors,

007 and his beaut.iful but dangerous companion. played by Carey Lowell, follow Sanchez 10 the Carribcan, where they fmd their quany in Isthmus, a drug 1raffickers' paradise where drugs and money are the law.

I enjoyed this film immensely; however, I must admit the plot was a bit "spen1." I mean, drugs, smugglers, large sums of cash-give me a break!

The only thing il didn't have was Crockeu and Tubbs from "Miami Vice."

Like so many other James Bond movies, il was very predictable. J8111tS get.S the girl, good triumphs over evil and everyone lives happily ever artcr.

I guess sometimes it's getting there that makes il all so worthwhile-rockin', rollin' gunfights, chase scenes and all of the usual non-stop action that people have come 10 expect from 007. Dallon is just cxceUent and I think movie-goers will be seeing a lot more of him in the years ahead.

Role-playing game fair brings gaming enthusiasts together in 3 -day event

by Karin uu Smtlnd Ed11or

NICON '90 game fair. sponsored by the North Idaho College Role Players Club, will be held in the entire Student Union Building Friday through SUnday.

The game fair will feature role playing games, such as "Dungeons and Dragons" and "Battle Tech," and will include a show-

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"We had 12-13 hour days and \\-'C'd probably only go through a page, page and a half of dialogue ...Some days l 'd sit there and wait IO hours before they even used me. And then there were some days I was running my bull off.

"It's a vrry patient business," he continued. "Everything's so meticulous and has 10 be so pcTfect. Little things you'd think would be easy, like adjusting a cap, ii would take an hour. 1t·s like a tense boredom."

The waiting paid off for Deluca because it was then that he gained the most-knowkdgc.

"I understand so much more because it's something you can't really undcrs1and or know about unless you're there doing it," he said. "It also dispelled a lot a preconceptions I had about (film)... I thought i1 was a glamorous thing, but i1's a job. just like parking cars down at the (Coeur d'Alene) Rcson ...l have so much respect for movie actors now because: they are so patient.

"It really made me think.'' Del uca said. " I really wanted to do film before, but now I want to hold off."

DcLuca wanl\ 10 finish school first. rcetiving both a bachclor·s dcgrtt and teaching certificate and then establish himself where he can be SC\.'Urc, like Coeur d'Alene.

After those goals arc completed, maybe then he will pursue a career in ftlm, but he remains undecided about thai avenue.

No. matter what the choice will be, any stage is where Del uca wants 10 be both now and In the future in his role on !ht giant stage of life.

ing of the premier episode of the syndicated 1elevision show, "Star Trek.'' prizes for game winners and the introduction of a new, untitled game created by the club, according to members Ted Berg and Doug Staudt About 200 pan.icipants arc expected to attend the fair, Berg said, with some dressed In costume and some bringing their games.

The club members said they also want the

CULTURAL EVENTS

fair Lo help djspcl the myths that the controversial game " Dungeons and Dragons" is laoed with Satanism and 10 show people what the game is actually about.

As for the new-untitled game, members kept its concept quiet, but member Dale MitchcU, the game's illustrator, did say that " II knocks the pants off of '0 and 0 ' ("Dungeons and Dragons")."

The fair is scheduled to run Friday from 6-11 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. with scheduled breaks for lunch and the "Star Trek" premier and Sunday from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission is ftee, and prizes wiU be awarded Sunday.

The club meets at noon in the SUB base· ment whenever members happtn to be in there, Berg said.

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p.m. Admission is free. Role-playing games will be played (those allending are encouraged to bring their own games), videos will be shown and a new game will be introduced at the fair.

Sept. 21: A beach pany will be held at Nic's at the Beach from 4 p.m.whenever. Music and food will be provided and admisson is free.

Sept.

21 ·22: The Idaho Shakespearean Festival performs "A Woman of Means" at 8 p.m. both nights. Admission is S4 for adults, $2 for seniors. SI for children and students and free for NIC students and staff.

DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER? Or Piny Games?

Come In and check us out for FREE NIC Student Union Bulldlng

SEPTEMBER 14-16 FRI: 6-11 PM SAT: 11 AM-11 PM SUN: 8 AM-7 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION CALl:

Ted Berg, JR. : 773-0628 Mike Palmer: 667-8928

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NIC triathlete triumphs Darakjy finishes first in 15-19 age group

by Mike S.und,ra St11tlnd Editor

Swim 1.5 kilometers, bike 40 kilometers, then, if you still foci up to it, run 10 kilometers. Congrarulationsl You've just completed lhe standard triathlon.

Most of us could probably accomplish I.bis feat in a day or 1wo; Damon Darakjy docs ii in an hour or two.

If you had the chance to catch any of the action of the Coeur d'Alene Triathlon I.bis summer you may have noticed Darakjy (pronounced Da-ratch-ee} swimming, biking and running near the front of the pack.

Competing in only his lifih triathlon, the 19-year-old NJC sophomore managed to log a time of 2 hours S minutes, which was tops in the IS-to-19-year-old age group, twentyfirst ovetall and the best finish for any amateur from Idaho.

"Coeur d'Alene really was my best race

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Coeur d'Alene was my best race of the season - Damon Darakjy , ,

photo by Brian Walktr

Splash tlme--Damon Darakjy trains In the lake with the cross country team.

of the season, cvcryihing seemed to gel together, and I also had my best-ever bike spli1 (time)."

"I've never been In a race whm:, all along the way, people were calling ou1 my name and cheering me on to go faster. I really loved it," he said.

Having a solid background In swimming and ruMing, Darakjy became int=led in triathlons last year and decided to compete in his fi!ll one. " I really didn't tmin enough for tha! (one), but it really sparked my intmsl in the spon. I really got hooked."

Since then, he has b«ome serious about cross,.(r8jning and competed in live more triathlons ftnishing in the top five. 0VC111.U, three times.

At Ellensburg, Wash., in the Whiskey

photo by Al Tlromp,on

Tops In ldaho--Darak)y sports a well deserved smlle after a 21st overall finish In the Coeur d'Alene Triathlon.

Diclc Tria!hloo, which Is famous for Its grading uphill bike ride, he finished fifth in a field of 175 competitors and qualified for the national championships to be hdd in Texas this

November.

But, because of commitments in school and cross-country, Danlkjy won't aucnd.

"It (the national champion.ship) will be there every year, plus I'd li.ke 10 uain a lot more before I compete there."

Da.ralcjy's goals in the spon arc high, but he hasn't lost sight of his priorities. Oetting involved with spans broadcast journalism Is

one of them. " I could go pro if I wanted to, but I'm getting my degree ftm so I have something to fall back on. You never know whether an injury will end your career as an athlete."

Da.ralcjy will compete on the NIC awcountry team this fall and hopes to make ii to nationals.

"Only seven people go, and there are a lot of ialented people on the team. Thal makes it pretty tough," he said.

With training habiis like Darakjy's he should be a shoe-in.

Volleyball team seeks solid starting

by Mike S.undert Satt11td Edlt(II

Volleyball is back in force at North Idaho College as lhe Lady Cards spon a bigger, more alhlctic team lhan ever before, according to coach Bret Taylor.

Starting three-a-day practices as early as Aug. 13, aJreaay competing in a tournament and one head-to-head match, the squad has impressed Taylor, who is using the early season to help formulaic a starting roiation.

"Oetting the chance to play a lot of people has been rQJ. ly good for finding out what combination of players works the best. F'Uldlng lix playm who can get together with continuity is OIU gOII," Taylor said. ~ for lho5e spou an: renaming sophomores &inny Blades, ICU.Cr; Dana Douon, Gena Oldham, Dee Dee Voliva, aD outside hittm; and Kathy Northway, a middle

hiaer.

Abo in the nmnlna are inClomina rralmim Hilary Dow'-

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ing, a S·1 sett.er from Sandpoint; middle hittm Michelle Klassen, 6-0, Crescent Valley, B.C.; Elii.abeth Kropschek, S-11, Bear Lalce, Idaho; and Kristi Rau , 6-0, Coeur d'Alene.

OulSide hitters Paula Hooper, S-10, Coeur d'Alene; Deanne Palmer, S-6, Post Falls; and Bridgett H.amma-, .S-9. Kampell, will aho vie for spois.

Deciding on a starting lineup will nOI be an easy wk, !hough, according ID the coach.

"The thing about this team is that the girls are all equal in talent, it makes it hard to pick individual slalldouts. All

of than are '° laleoted," Taylor said.

A$ far as season goe.ls, Taylor does no( worry so much about OUlcOl1ICS as much u performances.

"If we're in the 9S percau puting ran,e, and have a SO kill ratio, we'll be happy,'' be said.

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pltolo b:, Al "We have lhe abilily, and !be pt•s d blYe a,'CIII aailudis.

Dig It-Michelle Klassen gets under a spike. I really CXIUldD 't uk for a beUcr ,roup," Taylor said.

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New X-countrycoach named by llrl1n W11lc1r Stntlntl Rq,orttr

Christy Davids had never thought about being a coach in the United Sllltes. In fact,

he didn't even plan to stick around in the country after college.

Despite these earlier beliefs, Davids, originally from a suburb of Capetown, South Africa, took over as head coach or the North Idaho College cross country and track teams Aug. I. He succeeded Rob Conner, who ac· cepted a similar position at the University of Ponland.

Audrey Caren. a former NIC runner, will be Davids' assistant. She competed at Mankaio State in Minnesota foUo,ving her stint at NIC. Davids also retums 10 his alma mater. He competed for NIC in 1981-82. His name remains plentiful in the record books with three indoor mark.s. He holds the I,SOO (3:57 .5), mile (4:08.6) and 1wo,mile (9:20.9) school records. Davids also finished second at the national cross country meet both years.

"I could Set m)'S(llf as being a coach in South Africa, but not here," Davids said. " I planned on getting my four-year degree and going back."

After running competitively foUowing his high school years, Davids said he was recruited heavily by SC\"1'3.1 American coUcgcs.

He researched NIC. Coeur d'Alene lit the town sue he was looking for. The stage was

Christy Davids set. Davids, lhen 24, said he decided to give up working at a sporting goods store in South Africa to come here and run.

"I didn't like big cities, but corning 10 the United States is something I always wanted 10 do as a kid."

Davids was an oflice manager in the

housekeeping dcpanmcnt at the Coeur d'Alene Reson before he accepted his coaching position.

"I'm enthused and glad I made the deci· sion."

While staying in the area, Davids kept familiar with the teams during the previous years. The coach said he trained with the run· ncrs at various limes during their seasons.

Knowing that this year's sophomores had a strong desire and dedication for ruMing helped his decision to coach easier, he said.

"The confidence I had in the sophomores definitely helped," he said. "A couple people came up 10 me last year and wanced me as thcir assistant coach."

He declined the offer due to different coaching philosophies than Conner.

"I'm more stricter than Rob, and my intensity level is higher," Davids said. "At the beginning of the season, I try 10 put the athletes at a level where they've never been before. This \vill serve as a gauge that they can fall back on and learn Lo adjust. It's like changing gears in a car."

Davids said he hopes the runners will use his style funhcr than a single season. " I'm concerned about lifetime running careers. I try to develop something they can do in their lifestyles. It also has 10 be a learning process, rather than just trying their

Cheerleaders honored

by KIiey P1t1raon St11tlntl Rtporttr

Physical strength, skill, stamina, and speed.

According to the Webster's Dictionary, all four of lhe above termS arc criteria 10 define an athlete.

After auending the Universal Chccrlcading Asl.ociation Camp in Salt Lake City. Aug. 17-24, the NIC cheerleading squad proved that they were true athletes.

The NIC squad finished in from or \IX othrr Division 11 schools 10 capture a <,upcrior in the au around 1eam ~'Ompctition. fhc <;quad abo placed c;ccond for their fight <;<>ng routine.

TI1c NIC mascot, C«tl the Car. dinal, took the superior n'bbon from ma~'OL, in hi> division.

The NI(' cheerlc:idm are: S...--011 Wrotcnbm), Ronne Padilla. Mat faylor, Chm Co~. Gomer Davis, Kri\11 JctfeMn. Chri~y Smith, Nikki Neddo, St:iccy Stevcn.\, Peggy Plullips, \\'c:ndv McMnckin. and Tmey Pmfl<c.

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Simple pleasures hard to find in Gulf can get very trying. Mail is often painfully behind schedule- if someone decides to write.

mike saunders

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he major-league baseball season is winding down 10 its final few weeks before the league championship series, while twenty-six NPL teams are se1 for another Superbowl quest. All around the country students arc heading back to school in the pleasant weather of fall.

Its a time when men and women, after a long day ~f school, or work, or both, deserve the peace of mind that comes from being able to read the sports page, watch a game on TV and basically just enjoy their freedom .

For the tens-of-thousands of U.S. military personnel who have found themselves in the swelter of the Pcrs!an Gulf crisis, however, these luxuries arc becoming distant memories.

Ha~ngservcd in the Army for two years, I have ~xpcncnced the artificial isolation of basic trainIng. and va~i~us war games. No newspapers, radios, tclcviston or magazines for weeks at a time

After reading some of the soldier's letters home rece~tly published in the USA Today, I was reminded of the void created by lack of mass media. One soldier, a Viking fan, from Minnesota asked his mother to send the sports page from a newspaper, any newspaper, any date. He said that even though it would be weeks old, he would still enjoy it anyway.

It's easy to take for granted the simple pleasures of everyday life and the freedoms that each of us enjoy, but a lot of those things would not be posssiblc if it weren't for that guy from Minnesota, and countless others like him who have given up their spores pages, and infinitely more so that we might never have to. '

**************** On a lighter note, I recently got into a fantasy football league and found that it really has increased my interest in professional football (a feat that I didn't think was possible). . !he game is set up like this: Eight or ten parllctpants, preferably friends, prepare for a tearound draft in which thev each select two ouanerbacks, three running backs, three recievers and two kickers (hint: Do your homework on which

players are the most productive). Draft order for each round is determined by drawing numbers from a hat.

With the teams chosen you are ready 10 start playing the followi ng week. Each player must dcc_ide which quarterback,, two running backs, two rcc1vers an? which kicker to use, or activate, for the upcoming week's games.

Points are scored when one of your players scores, or by compiling rushing and recieving yards.

The point scheme is as follows: Touchdowns or fifty yards or less score six points, and 10 poims ~or ov~r fifty yards (passing, rushing, or recicving); kickers get 3 points for field goals inside 42 yards an~ S points outside, they also get one for extra pomts.

Set up a schedule in which each team plays a different team every week (start over after one cycle), and keep track of the results just like an NFL team's record. In NFL week 16 the four reams with the best record have a play-off, in week 17 the two winners square off for your fantasy foot· ball league's Superbowl.

Have fun!

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Th1nday. Septambet 13. 1990

New coach optimistic about harriers Women open at Whitman Invitational Saturday

by Brian Walktt Stntmtl Rtporttr

Most of the members of the North Idaho College cross country lCalTI are still wondering when they arc going to start running. Firs1-year coach Christy Davids wants it that way.

similar position at the University of Portland.

"Right now the workouts are more of a gauge for me than them," he said. "I also want to educate them on how my system works."

Davids expressed concern for the returners.

"I'm more concerned for the sophomores because of the coaching change."

Davids said he is impressed with how the early workouts have gone and the dedication of the athletes. " I'm pleased with where we're at. The things that I thought would happen happened," Davids said. "The team as a whole is preuy dedicated."

Among the sophomores is All-American Chris Gilbert from Wasilla, Ala. Chris

Kinuyo Tanaka and Peggy Phillips round out the list of freshmen women.

'Right ,========= now the workouts

Davids said he is optimistic about the women's chances at nationals.

are more of a gauge for me than them.

"I wouldn't bet against the women with the men at going to nationals."

=====,, - - - Christy Davids

Cox, who red-shirted last season, also returns.

Other sophomores include Gary Cavett.

Dave Czajka, Damon Darakjy, Mark '' I want to get them so they want to run Freel, Jason Halseth, George Kinniburgh, and not bum them out with excessive Mike Kirkendall, Garrcu Scoggins, Glenn mileage early," Davids said. "Some of Sprague, Mat Taylor and David Tejedor. them are finally coming up 10 me and say"A few of the athletes are more tracking, 'Hey, when arc we going to start runoriented," Davids said. ning?'"

Darakjy competes in triathalons during the summer.

The men's team returns 13 from last The coach said he is finding out what Davids said he is excited about the season's team, which placed fifth at the athleteS am do. He succeeded Rob quality and quantity of the freshmen me.,. nntionals.

Conner Aug. I, after Conner accepted a Post Falls standout Ron Webster has looked good early, Davids ~id.

"He's going to be in a learning ~tage. but he has a good ottitudc for running."

Other freshmen include Terry Ballard, Eric Barber, Corey Brantley. Ryan Compton, Brian Gerber, Diego Hnrnmcu, Darren Hun1cr, Darrell Joe. Rob Riuicrodt, Dave Smith, Kent Stansell, Corey Slaybaugh, Tracy Trudell, Raymond Bcracha and Jeff Wykoff.

The women's team returns AllAmericans Marin Ridley and Kelly Swinney.

Joey Hankins, Jill Sawyer and Mindy Wright arc the other mumers.

Freshmen twins Heather and Heidi Banlcson bring raw ta.lent to the roster.

Davids said. Both played tennis in high school, but have liulc running cxperiena:.

Heather panicipatcd in cross country and track only her senior year. Heidi ran only cross county as a senior.

"When you look at raw talent, they're photo by Brian Walktr Water workout--Sophomores Joey Hankins (left) and Kelly Swinney close to the top of the list," Davids said.

Diana Carter, Carolyn Mifsud-Ellul, practice In Lake Coeur d'Alene.

Davids said that choosing the top seven runners on each team will be a tough job.

"That's something that will make this job tough. There's seven spots available and they're up for grabs."

He said every runner will get an equal opportunity to prove themselves. "l'U take everything into consideration," Davids said.

Team goals arc to go to nationals and have everyone end on a personal best,

,,=========== I wouldn't bet against the women with the men going to nationals.

-

Christy Davids, ,

Davids said. I le said many school records could be broken this year in er<>$.~ country and trnck.

"I think a lot of the school records arc really soft."

Davids said heavy competition doesn't concern him.

"If I can get them at the potential I want them, I could care less about the other teams."

The women open their season Saturday at the Whitman Invitational Ill Walla Walla, Wash. Both ~uads will compete Sept. 22 at the University of Washington in Seau.le. The Cardinal~ will host a meet on Avondale Golf Course in Hayden Lake Oct. 20.

The team ~ hosts the Region 18 Championships on the same course Nov. 3.

By then, Davids said he will be confident that the athleteS will be "running."

Who is your favorite athlete and why?

Robby Berger-general 1tudle1: John Smith, a wrestler, because he's won several national and collegiate awards.

Shawn Wetzel-general 1tudlH: Mar~d Colbcn, because he's the man. He can dunk like Jordan, run like Carl Lewis and shoou like Larry Bird.

Joan Pyle-manager, NIC look Store: David Wolf, my grandson, because he Is my grandson.

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Fall ball gets back zn

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by Damon Darakjy

Volleyball

!;<ntmd Rtportrr

This year's Cardinal baseball team is ready 10 compete in Region 18, according 10 head coach Jack Bloxom.

CS/ Tournament Fourth place NIC YI WMC, 11 ·15, 8·15 NIC vs Snow, 9·15, 5·15

NIC finished last season with a \loin·IOSS record of 8 and 9 in regional plhy. The team's overall record last year was 23 wins and 18 losses.

NIC YI NIC va NIC va NIC va

"Our goal this year is to make ii to the regional tournament and win, then go from there," Blo.~om said.

NIC has yet Bloxom.

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SCOREBOARD

Carroll, 15·9, 11-15, 10·15 TVCC, 7•15, 15·5, 15·7 CSI, 13·15, 15•13, 11·15 CEU 16-6, 15-7

NIC YI Columbla Basin, 5·15, 15·12, 15·11

win a regional title under

SPORTS CALENDAR

To challenge NIC will be the perennial powerhouse from the College of Southern Idaho and teams from Ricks CoUege and Treasure Valley Community College, who are both expected to have improvc:d, Bloxom said.

September

The team will compete this fall in several scrimmages against such teams es Gonzaga, Big Bend, and Spokane Falls.

"The philosophy behind the scrimmage games is to hove some initioJ competition for the freshmen. It tllro allows the team to com· pcte against other teams, rather than themselves." Bloxom said.

Back from last year's squad arc carchers Randy Young and J:uon Newmack as well as NIC's nwnbcr one pitcher Derreck Con-

' ., photo by Bob Shu/don

Compliments to the chef--Cardlnal third baseman Todd Hubka serves up some meatballs in batti ng practice Monday. ccs. Among other players returning arc out· ly in the season to evaluate," Bloxom said. fit>lder Mike Grilley and third baseman Todd The Cards will need 10 learn and progress Hubka. throughout the season, Bloxom addc:d.

"This year's pitching staff is improvc:d "It will. if that happens, be a fine season because of depth, but hitting-wise it is too car- for us," he said.

13·15........................................ Volleyball Ricks Tournament, away 15.................................... Cross Country Whitman Invite. Walla Walla 20............................................. Volleyball Ricks, home, 7 p.m.

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LIBRARY /romp. J - - - - - - - - - - - - - slJ'Uctioo. 11 's going 10 be two stories high and three rimes the size of the old library.

Or is it that the construction worlcers arc not welcomed into the NIC family? Who are those people that seem to do more in a day than you or I do in a week.

Dean Rayner is one of those people. He isn '1 Ocon or Admissions or Dean of Students; he's just Dean Rayner, construction worker.

Rayner and the other workers stan working before most of us are up and quit after most of us are at home. This is his third week of construction, and he is enjoying it.

"I enjoy my work," Rayner said. "I think it's a wonderful campus. I have a daughter attending here this semester."

The complex is planned to be ready by August of 1991 and workers arc hoping they can have a roof on the building before winter.

But, "Whar about our parking?" students ask.

Dean of Administration Rolly Jurgens has designated the lot behind right field of the NIC baseball diamond for new spaces, and the lot to the north of the new library has been panitioned into spaces. So the parking places will be plentiful again.

SISTER COLLEGE J,omp. ' - - - - - - - - - - dismissing cullural differences and thus giv;ng the chance 10 the Japanese students to practice their English.

As pan of the exchange program, NIC has hired 10 instructors for the new " International English as a Second Language Course." At-cording to Jim Minkler, NI C's Japanese language instructor, the studentS will also have an overview of American spons, cooking, family life, music and Nor1h American Indians.

"This is the first year NJC has been doing t11e exchange program with the .lkuei Junior College,'' Minkler said. "Most of our

Attention artists, Journa lists, photographers, poets and writers.

Creative Writers Club wlll hold Its first meeting today (Thursday, Sept. 13) at 3 p.m. In room A 23 (upstairs In the Ad· ministration Building).

The cl ub wlll elect officers, plan a calender and discuss projects of In· terest for the coming year. Call Linda on ext. 394 for Information.

ASNIC is conducting a search for a "student advocate" for the s1udcn1 health insurance. The position will involve 15-20 hours per week at S4 per hour. Interested studenis can contact Tony Stewart (L-49) or Colleen Evans (SUB Student Offices).

The NIC Booster Club Is having a firewood sale. The price for whltewood Is $60 a cord and redwood Is $80 a cord. Both co me cut, spilt and delivered. Call ext. 354.

The University of l.daho presents Dr. Jerry Conrath, nationally recognized speaker and consultant on teaching and school strategics. The symposium will be held Oct. 5 &6 at Templin's Resort Hotel.

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students have no exposure to international cultures, and it has been a positive experience for us as well as for them."

While staying in Coeur d'Alene, some of the Japanese, students will have housing arrangements with host families and others will stay in the Holiday Inn. Halfway through their stay, they will switch.

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Join the Outdoor Adventures Presents on an overnight canoe trip to Upper Priest Lake. Limited to eight NIC students. The OAP wlll provide transportation and canoes for $5. Sign up In the recreation office In the SUB basement. For Information contact Dean Bennett at ext. 386.

The Writing Center is again operating out of A-37. Students needing assistance on writing assignments may come on Mondays. IOa.m. and 1-3 p.m.; Tuesdays, 8-10 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.; Thursdays, 8-10 a.m. and l-2:30 p.m.; Fridays, 10 n.m. and I The first ASNIC Club Informational Falrwlll be held Sept.19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In the Edminster Student Union foyer. Thia wlll be a time that all clubs can be together to recruit members as well as poaslble advisers.

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17 new faces on campus

Staff shuffle brings new teachers by 0 1rf1ne DHIII ~1111d Rtporttr

Seventeen men and women from as far as England and as close as Coeur d'Alene have joined the Nonh Idaho College 1eaching staff this year. New full-time faculty include the following: Christian Davids is a physical education ins1ruc1or and croM country coach. He auended NIC in 1981-82, participated in lrack and cross country a1 the collegiate and national levels and also coached both of these sports in South Africa. He has also coached soccer and voUcyba.11 in the United States.

Stephen Drinkard is a new vocational core and adult basic education instructor at NIC, bu1 he ::. not new 10 the leaching scene. He has previously 1aught in the NIC Adult Ba~c Education program here; and has taught literature. writing, drama, history, govcmmcr,t and computers a1 the high school level.

Drinkartl has a B.A. and M.A. in English from 1he University of California Los Angele,.

Vicki Kijewski was a ma1.h and science educauon volumecr for 1he Peace Corp in Nepal for two years and presently is a matl1 ,ru1uc1or at NIC. She ob1ai11cd a B.S. in education and math at Nonheast Missouri

State University along with her M.S. and M .Ed in math from Eas1ern Washington University.

The Fulbright Excrnlll!e Program brought chemistry teacher John Treble from Wiltshire, England, in exchange for the NIC chemistry teacher Ken Wright for this year. Treble got his B.S. in chemistry at Nottingham Universi1y, England, and a P.G.C.E in chemistry and pho1ography at a comprehensive secondary school in a small market town in England.

Marcia Skinner is a nursing ins1uctor wi1h a diploma in nursing from Dcaconnes Hospilal School of Nursing in Spokane and a M.Ed from the University of Florida. She 1augh1 al NIC during the second year of the nursing program in 1987-88.

Two other full time NIC facuhy members arc individual cello instruclor Helen Byrne

and individual voice/vocal instructor Edie Delegans.

New part time faculty include the following: Nancy Douce is an ins1.ruc1or / nurse preceptor who obtained her R.N. degr~ fro!11 Middleton Hospital School of Nursing. m Ohio. She specializes in emergency nursing and taugh1 tha1 type of nursing las! year at NlC. Lee Caires is a math and ABE instructor this year and has taught math at 9onzaga Prep in Spolc.anc. Caires has an M.S. m math.

Mark Jack.son, a criminal law class ins1ructor, went from a lennis scholarship at NI~ to the University of Idaho on an academic scholarship. In addition to his role as leather, Jack.son is an auomey in Coeur d'Alene.

Pauick Lip pen isn 'l entirely new 10 the staff this year. He taugh1 evening philosophy last year, bul has now added day classes. to his 1eaching load. Lippert has an Enghsh li1era1urc B.A. from the University of Washing1on. a M.A. and Ph.L rrom S1.

Louis University and a Mas1cr of Divinity from the Jesuit School or Theology.

David Mann has taughl moth nnd comJl'Her science in public schools and :11 the college level. He i~ ccnificd in math/computer

science from EWU and has a M.S. in compu1er science from the University of [daho.

Robert Lytle has an A.A. from Compton Junior College and a B.A. in English from Long Beach State. He will be teaching Sur.ey of Microcomputers and lnlJ'O 10 Database this year. Lytle has worked with Ford Aerospace, Cemury Publishing and District 81 in Spokane.

Ted Schinzel, another business instructor at NIC this year, is also a public defender and a member of both the Idaho and Washington Bar Associations. He received an A.A. from NIC, B.A. in political science/American govcrnmem from Boise State University and a Juris Doctor in law from U or I. Ouistinc Stewart is a nursing irntructor this year but her Nursing R ~ Unit was recent· ly called up. She has worked in ~,uious emergency units and owns and operates Primary Health Care Clinic in Spokane.

Stewart obtained a L.P.N. dt'l!l'C from Buuc Vocatiol\31 Cenier, a R.N.B.S from Montana Stale Uruver111y along with a M.S. io nuning from Univcl"\ily of Portland.

Carol Wibon has taught ma1h at the mid· high. high school and college level and WlU be a m:llh lab instructor 01 NIC this year. She has an A.A. from the Junior College in Winfield and an M.S. in math from University of Arkansas.

ASN IC searches for NIC has All-American paper freshman senators

by Bobby Hammond Smt/Jrl'I Editor

The ~ t e d Srudcnts of Nonh Idaho College arc looking for three applicants for freshman senator positions, and candidate pcuions arc due Sept. 14.

Of the three positions, at least one should be held by a vocational sn1dc111, but according to ASNIC Vice Prcsldcm Mason Hian. students may file their pcttlons under an "open" sta1us as well.

Fonns have been available in the ASNIC offices downstairs in the SUB since Monday, Hiau said. Any srudent with at least 12 crcdlt hours and a 2.0 grade average. The studenl must then colled SO signatures endorsing them as a candidate and have the pction signed by the regi.ruar.

The aauaJ dectlon will be held Sq,c. 26, Hiau said. He urged that S1udents WWling to vocc for their srudcnt representatives will ha\'C to first pick up their student ID card, rrom 1he l'Cgiwars office. The cards provide proof that the would be voter is a stu· dent at NIC and the card, arc marked after voting to guard against voting twice, Hian said.

Voting tables will be set up in the administ111tion and Hedlund building, from 9 to 3 at dcction time. Another table will

be available in the caffctcria from 11 am 10 1pm, Hiau added.

The job of freshman senator is not one that s1udcnts incxpcricnoed in s1udcnt government should be afraid to try, said Hian.

"It's a learning process," Hiau said.

The cxisting ASNIC pcrsonel are perfectly willing to help new rep~tatives along, Hiau said, and there are meetings set up to familiarize the students with the government process and duties, as well ~ a faculty advisor to guide new hSNIC people in 1he right direction, Hiatt said.

Ona: dcacd, srudcnt representatives will

meet twice a week, and each will schcdual rtgUJar orrrce hours. ls.rues confronting ASNIC will be Studied and voted on as they arise, Hiatt Said.

Hian said ASNIC was looking for enthusiastic: candidates who will be willing to devote some effort to the srudcnt government. Howcva-, Hian poi11cd out that the workload required is minimal. ''Lilce a lot of other thinp," Hian said, "you 8CI out of it what you put into it ...

It can apose students to a different tupCCt of how this college works."

news edi1or Linette Freeman from Post Falls.

by 01rf1ne 0011, Stnrmd RtpOrttr

ans and entertainment editor David Carkhuff

While some colleges have All-American teams in foo1ball, Nonh Idaho College has nn All-American team running its newspaper, and 13 straighl years ii has proven this fact.

This 1eam, the Sentinel staff, does nol run laps 10 siay in shape-ii investigates, rtportS, photographs and writes its way to national recognition.

Last semester the Sentinel was judged by the Associated Collegjate Press as an AllAmerican college newspaJ)CI' and was awarded top places in all five marks of dininction.

Those marks arc: coverage and content, writing and editing, design, opinion contenl and pho1ography, an and graphics.

Sentinel adviser Nils Rosdahl is "fflll pleased" about the printing clarily of the paper and credits the printing crew at the Coeur d'Alene press.

But print quality is not everything.

"When photographers and reporters meet their deadlines, the lay-out people are afforded the tinie they need 10 produce a produc1 that looks good," Rosdahl said. " I'd like to give the staff all the pal5 on the back I can," he added.

According 10 Rosdahl, the judge liked the lay-out design and color, variety, complete campus coverage and the initiative to cover complicated issues.

The editors for last seme:stCT's Sentinel included: editor Dam:I Bccbner from Murray,

from ~ r d'Alene, sports editor Brian Walker from Lewistown, Mont., and photography editor Al Thompson from Coeur d'Alene.

"All members arc stlll with the smff in new capacities, except Carkhuff who's a journalism major a1 University of Montana," Rosdahl said.

Bcchner, last year's editor, now works_on special features and general news, havuig given up his position 10 Freeman.

Walker has likewise returned to reporting in sports. Editing Walker's and other sports s1ories this year ls Mike Saunders, himself a reponcr last semcs1er.

Carkhuff has been replaced by his assis· 1am, Karin Lau, while another former reporter, Deborah AJcers, now occup~ the oew position of managing cditor/buSin~ manager.

Freeman was replaced as news ediwr by Bobby Hammond, also a reporter for 1hc Sentinel last year.

Two members of the new 513.ff arc far from new 10 journalism. Patricia Rogers, a 11 cckly columnist for the Coeur ~ •Atenc Press, is working for the Sentinel thlS year· And as phota edi1or. replacing Thompson.

Dan Hyde, color specialisl from the-~ will be contn'buting his expertise LO the 50""" newspaper.

• also Rejoining 1he new Sia.IT as a repona: IS Kenneth Allcn, 1986 Sentinel news edi1or.