The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 67 No 6, Dec 6, 1990

Applications available for financial aid

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by Oar1tne Oteter Stn11ntl Rtf'()!!!!....__

About $40,<XX> is 3\allablc in !he fonn or schol3r<tups for Nonh Idaho College <tudcnb \\ ho apply for them by Dec. 14.

The new ...:hola,~J11p~. ~"Tt',ltcd b) the A'-«ialcd Srudc.nt\ of NIC. ore a bil,1 pomon of 1he 3\ 3.1lablc aid.

The •\ S:-IIC board c=tcd !he: o;chobr.h1p, from money 11 \1on in the NIC ASNlt in 1989, ,, hlCh \\ ,l~ due 10 1llegnl fet:5 bcmg paid by qudcnts. \ C\."Ordmg 10 the court decision, the liq.illy ~-oli«lcd fees had lO be rtf\lllll."CJ lO the SlUcknb. Ille intcrtSI cruncd by that prind plc will be us cd for the 1ehotarshil)), mxordmg 10 hnandal Aid Director J1llc Shankar. h is ~hmatcd that about 30 schob rshi17>, divided into many diffcm11 c:uagorics and valued between S300 and $400, will be awarded for next 'ICm~tcr, Shankar '3id.

Students wilh at lcao,1 12 credits and a 2.0 GPA c.an apply for the schola" h1ps.

Shankar sa.id applicants arc considered for nll available scholarships.

Applications can be obmincd from St\ldcnt Service\, Tony Stewart and div~ion chairs. Shankar is aho available to answer 11uden1 's questions.

Students interested in scholanhips should contact Student Services, upsuun in the Student Union Building. or call 769-3370.

DIRTY WORK - NIC student Barry McAllster (at nght) constructs a free form vase In pottery class.

Classmate Kerry McGrath (below) throws a mug made out of Montana Oak Clay. McAllster and McGrath are among a number of pottery students who are hoping to sell some of their clay obJects at the Pottery Sale, Dec. 7, 10, In room 140 of Boswell Hall. The sale wlll take place from 10 a m. to 4 pm. on Friday and 9 a m. to noon on Monday.

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Faculty opposes new vice president

by Ken Allen and Bobby Hammond Stntmtl RqJ()lltr, Mtttlntl &/110,

The academic and vocational departments

banded 1()8cthcr Dec. 4 10 unanimously condemn co~c Prcsidcn1 Rob.'tl Bcnnct1's proposed rt0rgnnu:ation plan.

The facuhy opl)OSCd bo1h tupccu of the plan, bu1 had the mongcst rcstn'lllions concerning the crea1ion of a Vice President of II\Mlclion posnion. The vi.c~ prcsidcrn would o, crscc the overall operation and evaluation aca~ic and vocation:il progranl), accordtng to a.Job dCCieription prqxircd by Bcnncu.

A main goal of the plan is the hope 1ha1 ihe new YlCC prcsideni "'-OUld rosier a clearer

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sense of unity between the two departments, a rationale of the plan stated.

Vocatioruil faculty vok:ed lhcir opposnion in a lcucr sent 10 Bennett that morning, and the Faculty ;~bl)' ,otc:d at noon lO oppose the plan.

Bcnnct1 will still s-ubmil his plan 10 the board of trus1~ Dec. 20, he said.

Under the plan, the ,ice prcsidcm would not make day-to-<lay budget dcruions, but rather long-range planning and curriculum dc\clopmm1, Bcnncu said. The vice J)re:',idenl would have a vc10 powtr over funding, hO\lo CVCf.

According 10 their lcncr, vocational fa.:ul-

1y fear that sinct Bcnncu's plan docsn '1 require the vice president to be vocationally certified, he or she "'OU.Id not be able to tion as a ,·ocational adminimator ''The stale adrninisuator has :w.c:d that the c:onmct person for the state offitt at Nonh Idaho College be thm indwiduo.l "'ho can make decisions and adminisier funds in compl1311CC wilh establlihcd polic)," the lcucr

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"A ,cio po"'cr' or the V1CC prcsidcn1 o,cr the Dean of Voca1ional Educa11on i) unacceptable," ii wd.

The Faculty M!.Cmbly named SC\'Cro.l reasons for its rejection of the proposal, in-

eluding discrcpcncics in !he es11ma1cd cost of the vice president position.

According to esumates by lhe praident's office, the posnion nugh1 cost an add1uonal SS.<XX> a year. The othtt ~ of the llC\lo posiuon "'ould come from e~i)ung funds, Bcnncu said.

However, a prcbminruy Study done by a Faculty Assembly committee suggcsb the cos1 could be O\Cf $40,<XX> this year, mduding ~hing for su1mblc candidates. h i) llOI a )early COS1 and docs no1 include J)()Mlblc wpport staff and addnJonaJ office ~pace.

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Death, illness hit NIC Early registration for fall

by Monie• Kiddle Smlintl Rtpontr

Fonner North Idaho College student Matt Frogness dfro Nov. 16 from complications after a hean transplant.

Frogncss rccth·ed the transplant May 5 at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Cemer in San Francisco. His body began to reject the new hean in August. Despite drug therapy treatments in Spokane the complications continued, which may have been from a fom1 of cancer that is common to transplant patients.

Frogncss graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1988. During breaks from working on an accounting degree at the University of Idaho, 20-year-<>ld Frogness lived with his parents, Darrell and Lois Frogness, in Hayden Lake. Although Frogness remained home this semester to reco1oer from the operation, he had been taking an accounting class at NIC. In a Sentinel interview last September, Frogness expressed his concern about the shonage of donors for transplant rccicpcnts.

"It's not enough to fill out the donor form on the back of a driver's license any more,"

Frogness said. " People need 10 talk to their family about it and write a living will. It's so important. More donors are badly needed.''

His graveside service was Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Forest Cemetery, followed by a memorial servic::c at Trinity LuU1eran Church.

The memorial service was officiated by the Rev. Richard Hem1stad.

The family requests that memorials be made 10 a fund for hean transplant patients, in care of Trinity Lutheran Church, 812 N. Fifth St., Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814.

Unfortunately, other tragedies have hoovered over Nl C as well.

On Thursday, Nov. 29, at about 4 a.m .. a man committed suicide in the Fon Sherman Apanmcnt parking lot. He was visiting an NIC student who lived in the apanmcnts. .In instructor news: Logic instructor Jim Minkler was hospitalized due 10 an anerial irregularity that interrupted the blood now 10 the brain. Minkler was hospi1alized on Friday and released Sunday. He conducted his classes on Monday.

Business instructor Don Friis was also hospitalized due 10 a pulmonary embolism.

Friis was released Sunday.

by Kevin Brown Stntintl Rtportu

Al long last, returning students have the chance to register for fall 1991 classes early-but new students will have to wait their tum.

Instead of lhe traditional wai1-untilAugust for registration, continuing North Idaho College students will be able 10 apply for their fall classc., in April 1991.

Advisers will be avru1ablc for continuing students from April 8 through May 3.

Schedule cards will be ordered and dis111outed by lhe Registrar's Officc. These cards must have lhc student's adviser's signature, or the student must sign a selfadvising statement. Adjustments will be made should course connicts occur or if a cla~ is filled.

Students will be required 10 complete lhe address section of an envelope that will be used by the Registrar's Oflice when confirming the student's intentions of returning to NIC in the fall.

A postcard listing fall enrollment options ("I will attend fall semester: I will

not rct~m 10 NIC for ~all semester") will 111 July in lhc preaddressed envelope. This step, according to Nl~ Registrar Karen Streeter, will be coordinated with the Admissions Office.

For those students who confirm lhcir intent to return to NIC for the fall '91 semester, class schedules will be entered on the computer in the order received. This will occur the first week of August as soon as final grades for the summer session are recorded.

Since schedule cards arc rned according to date and lime of receipt rather than alphabetically, add/drops will not be permilled until Aug. IS, one day prior 10 the beginning or August registration.

C~ schedule/billing swtemcnts wi11 be mailed 10 students as they are entered. A due date for tuition and fees will be set.

The Registrar's Oflice will acecp1 completed schedule cards and envelopes from May 6-16. One will not be ncaptcd without the other. Schedule cards will be dnte-stamp«I when received: time of receipt will also be noted. Titey will be filed in the order rcttivcd, Streeter said.

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Nursing students' trial Asbestos removal may mean makes some feel guilty more sweaters in classrooms

by P1tR~ Sa111ntl Rtporltr

The advanced emergency nursing student~ rrom North Idaho ColJegc were involved in n medical malpractice lawsuit and gave 1~1in1ony Nov. 27 in a jury uial.

The aUeg.111011 of nursing malpractice rcsulto:d from a pnlk:nt ·~ death.

The trial took place in county court room number 8, located in Dalton Gardens. From 8 a.m 10 2 p.m. derensc attorney Mi~e Hague and plaintiff at-

tomcy Au,ey (Rusty) Robncu Ill, from

the Paine, Hamblen, Coffm, Brooke and Miller law furn, stated their case before Judge Eugene Marano.

The tntire trial was a staged learning ex~ coordinated by Nancy Bozlee, NurStng lrutructor; Joan Brogan. Nursing

Supervisor; and Lmda Mnxwcll Silva.

Director of Continuing Eduauion, 10 augment classroom ins1tuction.

Boile.:'s nursing studcnlS acted as wiu1esSt'S ttnd as jury. All participanu. \'Oluntwcd their services and time. The cast included an expert wi1nuss. charge nurse, staff nu~. no:11 nur..e, patient and pa1ient's dnuihter.

The purpose for participating sn1denlS was not only 10 learn the importllncc or a~'Ul'Utt documentation on a patient's medical chart. but al~ 10 experience beIng medicnl wiu~ . undcrstand the purpooc of pn:-uial litigation and 10 evaluate safe SUI.ff methods and communication when the emergency room is full or overloaded, according to Bo~ The trial scenario was a full (l S bed) nncrgmcy room with three palients on gurneys in lhc hall. A man was admitted bo:ause he had fainted while playing with his grandc:hildrcn. A nune obtained vital st,ns and placed hhn oo a C8Jdiacmonilor, but the alann system was DOI ICU\'lled.

During the busy CYCDlng. the staff bcame short-handed, and an inexpaimc:ed BR nurse was iemporarily wigned to help.

Tut pat.icol eventually wcot into heart block and was unconscious. He ""·er rqaincd consciousness and he died during the night.

After t h e ~ was prsnted and a11omcy~ ga1-e the closing S1lltemcnts, the jury and oounroom audience determined the guilt or innocence. ln an informal ----Pi--

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by Kristy Jelleaed Stt111ntl !tP<"1!!:_ _

Nonh ldal10 College has received $50,000 from the Idaho Division of Public Worl.s 10 remove asbestos in Lee Hall, Kildow Library, Seiter Hall and au~1ianson Gym. A contractor began the work on Nov. 7; the project could nm U1rough the end of December.

NIC is doing everything possible 10 prevent interference and to insure comfort for all occupants of the affccted areas throughout the duration or lhe project, Ph~ical Plant Director Roger Brockhoff said.

Machines used during the rtmoval of the asbestos will havt a noise le1•el no louder lhan an electric ran and will be located away from

dM:troom and office areas. l.lrockhoff ~id.

All work will comply wi1h fcdeml, sia1e and locnl regulations. During Ilic removal proces.\, two quali1y<0ntr0I people will be on the worl. )i!C QI OIJ time,. 10 insure ~fcty, Brockhoff said.

To accommoda1e ~hcdulcd removal time:., ii may be ~ r y 10 reduce Ute heat in 50111c of the affected building., during pan of the 11ork day.

NlC is asking for lhe Students' and instrue· tors' understanding during the removal proCCS.\, Brockhoff said. For added comfort, a student or instruCtor may want to keep a Ugh1 coat or sweater handy.

For more information call Brockhoff at 769-3405.

Recent campus blood drive 'one of the best ever:' nets 104 volunteers

by L11lle Biggar Sartintl R~tr

The recent campus blood drive was "one of the best ever," according 10 Libby Granier, community resource coordinator for the blood bank.

The blood bank netted 82 pints of blood from 104 voluni«rs. Twenty-two volunteers were deferred for medical reasons, Granier said. Out of those acttp1.ed, 46 were females and 36 11ere mates.

"NIC had one of their better dri1es," Granier said. "We usually do pretl)' well at NIC." The largest blood drive at NIC was in 1979 when 114 people gave blood. In 1980 there •• _v._ere 102 volunte.:rs. compared to only 59 in

1989. Granier said that she was "real pleas· ed'' with Ulis year's 1umou1.

Associated Students of NIC vice president Mason Hian, who hdpcd to organil.£ and promote lhe blood drive, was also happy with this year's numbers.

Hian said ASNIC is planning another blood drive next semester.

To enrourage donors this semester, ASNIC promised 10 give S50 10 the group that ga,e the most blood. The Foreign Language Cub gave the most blood at this drive with 42 votun1eers.

Granier said the blood bank appreciated the srudcnt help and praised Hiau for cffons in organizing and promoung the even1.

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Women's forum wraps up; more planneeJ

by K1111t Law Sni1111d Rq,<>ntr

"I'm looking for volunteers.'' the speaker said 10 two L1dies who were taking scalS up fron!. TIiey all laughed, breaking the ice ac the beginning of the women's club meeting.

Toe 1wo conclucllng speeches for the women's club were about scrcss and exercise.

Michele Jerde, coordinacor of Peer Tutoring Services a1 North Idaho College, gave a speech on time management Nov. 19 in the Bonner Room of the Scudem Union Building.

The four copies Jerde prescn1ed were: getting organized, making the most of your time, getting started and seven key words for prcx:rastinacion.

"Monitor your cime," Jerde said. "Do a diary of your time 10 fu1d the wasted blocks.·• Tilen Jerde suggesccd deciding what is important and making a "to do" list. From 1ha1 make a daily and M!ekly planner.

"I call mine 'my wild and wacky week,'" Jerde said. "From there, I do a long-cerm calendar or planner."

"I'm one of the world's worst pro· crastinators." Jerde said. "Here is how I deal

Group ends noon meetings with Jerde, Klinger; programs set for next semester with it. Ask qut'Stions, brainsconn with others. assemble materials and plan your next seep."

Taking frequenc breaks and changing the environment were other ways 10 help, Jerde said.

Jerde followed with a seven-day cure. quocing a saying for each day to help with procrastination.

"This is my day; I accomplished whac I wanted to do." Jerde said. She concluded with, " I can't wait till Dec. 20, spontaneity all day."

The next speech was, "I will stay in shape... I won't stuff my race." NIC speech iru1ruc1or Mona Klinger Maned b)' waltzing on scage, munching on a huge curkey leg and saying, "Ya ya ya ... you like food ... ya ya ya ... l like 10 eat 100."

Klinger discussed all of the goodies penain-

ing 10 Thanksgiving and cheir effcclS on heahh in her speech Nov. 26. She 5llid people need to make some choices for themselves.

Klinger presented a list of excuses which ranged from "Obcsicy runs in my family" 10 "I juS1 had a baby and my metabolism has changed."

Klinger's solucions 10 overeating and inac1ivi1y were: Fuid a cype of exercise that works for you, ges a panner, set goals, stick to chem, get support and give yourself rewards.

"Exercise can be enjoyable," Klinger said.

She followed with the benefits, which are: self-respect, a beucr job. beucr relationships. improved heahh and poscure, reduced fatigue. comrolled blood pres.sure and much more.

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"My goal is to gel you 10 sign up for a

PE class at NIC," Klinger said. "There is a wide variety that could suit anyone."

Asking everyone 10 sign a pcticion requesting aerobics classes in the daytime, Klinger concluded wich, "When you scuff your face, maybe you will be able to make up for it."

The Women's Club meetings this semester were coordinaced by che Center for New Directions and the counseling department ac NlC. They were held ac the noon hour in the Bonner Room of the Student Union Building on six Mondays 1hroughou1 the semester.

The sessions were auendcd moscly by women although a few men were seen in the back.

Next scmes!er, the Women's Club is planning another series ac the same time and place. Fliers will be ~ led before che meccings. Also, they have planned a selfdefense cla~ for 1-eb. 19-20 from 3-5 p.m.

The ck'\SS will be ghen by che Sheriff'~ Dc:panmcnt, and JO people an: required for chc clas.\ 10 be held. Those inter~ced cnn sign 1111 in January.

Student rally protests U.S. policy

by Karin uu ~n11nrl &/110,

Pleading for a J)l'lla.oful t'lld 10 the Mid· die wt crisis, protesten. from throughout the community gathered, Nov. 20. at North Idaho College. They came to speak lhdr minds in an open forum setting, listen to sewral guesc ~'J)C:llm'5 and come cogether with others in support of a nonviolmt resolution to thr l'Onllict.

The protest began with 1~0 local guest speakers. Rusty Nelson. presidenc of Spokane'~ Peace and Justlce Action League, and ~ Brooten. a Jxa'C a~'ti-,1,t from Po.u Fall§ who began pror~ing war during the I930s.

Nelson told a story of a grandmother whose grandson is stationed in Saudi Arabia. She told Nelson that she hnd just

rl'Ceivt'd a ll'tt.:r from her grand\On. "He hares il chcre-he wnn1S 10 go home," Nelson remembered the woman saying to him. Allhough her grnttdson is doing well, he questions why hi: is in !he Middl.: East. '"Tell me why I ' 111 here bccau.w I don't know'.'' thegrnnmon said in ltis lcucr.

Nelson sald that he and the grand· mother, although di,;agreeing on suppor· ting President Bush's policy in the Mid· die East. 08fee on one important thingthe croo~ should come home while chey are still healthy. Neither wants tO see anyone coming home disabled or dead.

"Why is war an option?" Nelson asked. "Wars make us killers and victims."

Not always a peace activist, Ne.Ison once blindly ill'l%P(ed the military without qucs-

cion, he said. He remembered the "pep· py" songs he aang ns a child In s.:hool commemorating Vetcrcn's Day when his daughter came home one day from si:hool ~ns the same ramlllar lunes.

"That's not what I want my childrcn 10 think of when they think of war."

Nelson said. Those songb, he said, help fuel blind acceptance of the military and war.

"Wnr is evil and no more ~ r y than drunk driving is necessary." Nelson said. He charged thac the Bush adminislla· lion now has more diplomatic activity going on than in many years. striving to get the United S1111tS' a& to support its srand in the Mjddlc EMt rather than seek a peaceful resolution 10 the conilicr.

Nelson said he wants Iraq 10 leave

Kuwait, but he udckd that Saddam Hus· scin has a~ mucll right 10 invatle Kuwait as the U.S. had to inv:idc Panama, With guiw in hand, Brool.Cll toolc 0\"1' tJic podium 10 sing a.nil-war son~ to U1c audicnCI! of about 6(). The first song, written by Brooten and called "A MotJ1cr's Loment,' · w-.1.5 about how the Middle Erui cri~i.\ aff~lS mothen who are watching their children go 10 Saudi Arabia.

"Qi~ oil, oil, on. Mow much oil is your children wonh? Oil, oil, oil ,oil. How many barrC'ls is my son's life worth?"

Broottn !ilmg.

"E\'erytime we have a recession we start a war," Brooten said before she lalli a song ~ on the palliotic "Johnny -

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Should the United States be sending troops to the Middle East? Why or why not?

Ch ris Coxcommunications : (going into che marines next month) Yes. No councry has the right to take over anoc her councry just because of military strength. If no other country is going to do it (fight Iraq), the U.S. must.

Diana Rude-education: No. The government has stated the reason they are going there is because of the oil, and we're not depcndenc on them for oil. Bush is sending !he troops over there for economic reasons.

Russ Wright- Englis h: Yes, but only under the United Nae ions nag and only for defensive purposes.

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Finals, holiday cash create student woes As the Christmas season is here, students are facing many different challenges-two of the biggest being final exams and holiday shopping (what to buy and finding the money to spend).

Believe it or not, help for answering these two questions can be found right on campus.

First, the dilemma of final exams. Students who need a quiet place to study can take advantage of the library's Sunday hours. On Dec. 16 the library will be open from noon to 6 p.m., which is in addition to the normal Saturday hours.

If students need some extra help before finals, help can be found.

Three places to check are the learning center, the math/science study center and lhe writing center, which are all operated on a walk-in basis.

The learning center, located on the second floor of the Hedlund Building, provides students with peer tutors ro assist them in a variety of subjectS. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The math/science study center, located in room L-51, is staffed by faculty from the math and science divisions. Students can be helped with related questions from 9 a.m to 3 p.m.

For those students needing help on their end-of-the-semester term papers or essays, the writing center is available. Located in room A-37, the center is staffed by English department facu lty members. It is open Monday and Wednesday 10-1 1 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday 8-10 a.m. and 1-2:30

p.m.; and Friday 10-11 a.m. and 1-2 p.m.

Second, the dilemma of what to buy for Christmas gifts. The answer to this question can also be found on campus as many clubs and organizations are doing fund drives.

The following list is guaranteed to provide some other-than-average gift ideas.

The Creative Writing Club is selling 1991 calendars that include literary, art and photographic works

by North Idaho College studems.

The cost is $5.

The pottery department is holding its annual pottery sale on Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. ro 4 p.m. and Dec. 10 from 9a.m. to I p.m. in BH 140. The pottery on sale is made by students and instructors; prices vary.

Another gift idea comes from the NIC metal shop-NIC logo medalions. For $1.50 students in metal shop make "very classy" brass medalions. Unfortunately there is a minimum order. For more information contact Jim Straub.

In its annual fund-raising drive the NIC wrestlers are selling area merchant coupon books. For $30, they are not only great gift ideas but a sizable savings value as well.

Third, a way to pay for those holiday gifts . Students who need employment over the break can contact Phil Derrick, career planning and placement director, for details on part-time jobs. Derrick's office is located on the main floor of the Hedlund building. He can also be reached at ext. 449.

Have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

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Column reader agrees Editor: I appreciated Patricia Snyder's column, which advocated the teaching of creation along with evolution as a valid model of origins. Even a superficial view of the world is enough to convince most people tha1 the universe was designed by an intelligent creator. Documentary films such as "Nature" and "The National Geographic Special" on PBS will often describe 1he intrica1e marvels of the world around us with adjectives such as "creation" or "design."

But what we have in academia today is 1he Scopes Monkey Trial in reverse.

Evolutionists, feeling the pressure 10 have creation given equal emphasis in the classroom, are desperately turning to courts of law for protection.

Whenever a stale legislature considers the merits of teaching creation along with cvolu1ion, evolu1ionists will field an assortment of humanistic scholars and ultrn-llberal theologians to 1estify agains1 1hc proposal and get it defeated.

Whatever happened 10 academic freedom and free speech?

As Ms. Snyder pointed out, evolution is only a theory. Today there is as much disagreement among evolutionists as there has ever been. But the one thing tha1 evolu1ionis1s count on is that if they jus1 keep 1alking about their theory, people will forget that ii has never been proven.

For the ardent evolutionist, the value of their theory is not that it's true, bu1 rather that it provides the illusion that a crea1or is unnecessary. Indeed, 1his is 1he main article of fai1h for 1he evolutionist. If there is no creator, then human beings are responsible to no one higher 1han 1hemselves for their ac1ions.

But 1here is a down side. If evolu1ion is true, 1herc is no reason why Hitler should not have cx1erminated 6 million Jews; there is also no reason why species ex1ermina1ion, as is taking place in 1he Amazon rain fores1s, should no1 occur. This is simply 1he working ou1 of na1ural selec1ion: 1he life form which is s1rongcs1 and most fi1 10 survive is dominating.

The fac1 is 1ha1 pure evolu1ion is fa1ally flawed. We are all pan of a design by an intelligent creator and every life form is imponant. No species should be eliminated simply because mankind has 1he power and the economic in· cen1ive to do so.

Lei's hope 1ha1 Ms. Snyder's column is part of a new awakening among America's s1udents as they objec1 10 tbe spoon-fed evolu1iooary philosophy which has monopolized insti1u1ions of higher learning for so long. S1ude0ts need 10 rise up and demand the responsible teaching of orgins so 1hey can decide for themselves.

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Fight home-front problems, not Iraq dan hyde orld War JI. What a splendid war!

I can still hear the pa1rio1ism in m)' dad's voice as he would 1ell me of his experiences in 1he Soulh Pacific and how proud he was to be a part of America's united effort to instill democracy and peace throughout !he world.

And my molher, back in the states, worked 12-hour days, six days a week, in a weapons factory so 1he boys overseas would never be withoul lhe tools of 1heir war-lime trade.

We were a people with a mission as we rallied to rid 1he world of i1s ultimate villians.

As a young child I would swell up with pride at lhe thought of my noble heritage. To fight and die for my coun1ry was a part of me; it was in my genes, handed down from my great-grandaddy and the Spanish American War, my grandaddy and World War I and my dad. War was

someching that everybody did and so, I thought, would I. So now, when 1he opportunity has presented itself, why am 1so reluctant to jump on the war wagon? Am 1 a product of a spoiled generation?

Has my patriocism been replaced by passivism?

Or am I just an ordinary, educated citizen living in fear of the world's capacity to obliterate humanity?

Although it is very clear that good must triumph over evil, it is not so clear on which side the American government stands nor to what degree. Does our military presence really demonstrate our desire to insure a prosperous tomorrow for America and our allies, or does it simply reinforce the idea that we have become a nation that will stop at nothing to satisfy our insatiable appetite for the world's natural resources?

One element that galvanized people during the WWII effort was the special confidence that U.S. citizens had for their leaders and for their future.

There was nowhere else to go but up after the long Depression years and the populace looked toward a prosperous and productive future.

But today we are faced with challenges that seem to go beyond the government's ability to control and manipulate and toward a point of diminishing returns. Top-of-the-list priorities are population, pollution, deforestation, mass extinc-

tion, the greenhouse effect and so on-issues 1ha1 should be attacked with 1he same zeal that our administration seems to have for the concep1 of war in the Middle East.

The news media has covered the Gulf crisis from many angles and has served to educate the American people from multiple perspectives.

There will always be 1hose among us who are willing 10 put caution to the wind and support the military anhiliation of lraq-"nuke 'em!" And there will always be those among us who wilt simply say, "Thou shall not kill." But lam confident 1hat there arc also many among us who will strive 10 educate themselves 10 avoid 1he possibili1y of mistakes when considering the issue of war-"Let's find another way."

Now is the time to get our own house in order before we try to rearrange someone else's. If I truly believed that our nation's leaders had our best interests at heart, then I would be more likely to support the military buildup against Iraq. But as it stands, ! believe rhat greed is their ultimate motivator, not justice.

Much of the blame for our world condition can be directed to our own over-consuming society.

We need the oil because we have become a glutinous people consuming much more than our - - -- - - - - - - - Plro~ set

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Oil not reason for Mideast battle bobby hammond he question is not "Are there better things to do than go to war?" There are always better things to do than go to war. The [ ] question is not "Do you support the Bush administration's policies in every area?"

The question is: Does the invasion of Kuwait endanger values or resources so vital to us that we are willing to sacririce the lives of tens of 1housands of young men and women to protect the resources and values?

If the invasion of Kuwait is allowed to stand Saddam Hussein will control perhaps 30 percen; of r~e world's oil supply. This would be a leverage a~a_inst the West and a basis for launching or her m1htar~ adventures in the region. An embargo of tha~ 011, combined wilh military adventures against the other OPEC countries, notably Saudi Arabia, would cripple several Western economies and drastically increase the price of oil.

It was this that Bush seemed to have in mind

when he first announced the U.S. troop deployments. They were 10 protect the American way of life, he said. An American way of life that guzzles non-renewable resources at a rate unmatched by any other nation. l will nor stand by while people are ground in the machine of war to support our oil habit.

But things are no1 so simple. There are other issues involved besides oil, and these, I think, are worth fighting ror.

The first is rhe sovereignty of nations. People should be able 10 have the government they please-even if it's other people.

Past actions contrary 10 rhis principle (Batista, Pinochet, Diem, etc.) do not prescribe a policy for today. Herc is a chance to do lhe right thingwill we pass it up for the sake of consistency? The question of right and wrong is not an ambiguous one. What Saddam Hussein did was wrong, and to waver even for an instant in our resolve to work against that wrong would be to neglect our responsibility as a world power.

A person with the power to stop such things sits by while another is beaten, raped or robbed.

Guilt can be assigned to two: the man who commits the crime and he who docs nothing 10 stop it.

Bui why can't Kuwait and lhe counlries around it deal with their own problems?

Franklin D. Roosevelt defended his support of Britain against Hitler in the early phases of World

War 11 by saying, "If your neighbor's house is on fire, you lend him a hose."

To extend the analogy, if your neighbor's house is on lire, you don't ask if someone else has a hose too. And in this situation, no one else does.

It's not that the U.S. has to police 1he world; we don't, and we shouldn't try 10 alone. But the fact is we are the only ones capable of mounting a force to stop Hussein and maintaining it overseas. The countries around Iraq don't have the forces necessary to push Hussein out of Kuwait and probably wouldn'r be able 10 keep an alliance together long enough 10 do it anyhow.

In any case, it would not be a question of saving lives-just what nationality will the dead be.

We could argue back and forth over weather or not the contributions by all nations invlovcd is adequate, but meanwhile, the house of Kuwait is reduced to ashes.

And what if no one stops Hussein here? He already has ballistic missiles. He could make nuclear weapons in live years, perhaps one crude bomb in just one. He has never had a weapon he didn't use.

Certainly, the stability of Lhe world is worth fighting for. By letting Hussein get 1his rar, we may have already taken out a loan of death. To pay it back now may cost tens of rhousands; we can defer payment until a later date and warch as the interest grows.

Tho NIC Son1lool

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LETTERS /romp. 4--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Creationism not for schools S hame! And at Christmastime too!

Our first impulse is anger-that some lazy, thoughtless grinch had the nerve to cut one of the newly planted spruce trees on campus, probably for use as a Christmas tree.

Obviously the tree cost NlC (in turn, students and taxpayers) money-for the tree itself and for the labor to plant it. And it probably was planted by hands that cared for beauty, that didn't mind the labor or the dirt.

More than likely, however, the culprit was not a grinch. Rather it was someone who was thoughtless or simply not capable of thought .

Rather it was someone who needs Christmas spirit in his house and in his lire.

R hinehart, Ernaa.

That's the way the name of NlC Public Relations employee Erna Rhinehart is printed in the phonebook (that's the way they incorrectly spell phone book). And Ernaa isn't even from Montaanaa. In our book, though, she does deserves an AA rating.

The Hagabook (prinLed by Hagadone Directories) has many other miscues. A few aren't popular with possibly giganto advertisers in the media owned by the Hagadone companies. Neither the Sears nor J.C. Penney companies are listed in the phonebook.

A

ccording to a White House tour guide during the Sentinel's

trip to Washington, D.C., last month, the aristocrats of the 1700s used wax as a make-up to cover their facial pockmarks, usually caused by rampant diseases.

However, when they ventured too close to the fireplace, the wax would melt. Hence came the sayings, "Mind your own bees wax" and " ...saving face."

An

NIC student who works in a Coeur d'Alene Chinese restaurant said that all fortunes printed in fortune cookies come true if the words "in bed" are added at the end.

The first one that comes to mind is, "You will enjoy success ... '' Perhaps she's right.

Another old wive's tale is similar-that a common sentence becomes more enjoyable if the words "she screamed!" are added at the end.

Try it. You'll like it. (Heh, heh).

B

usincss office employee David Parker reported that a student was amazed as to how Parker determined the man was a Navy veteran when they met in the men's room.

(Presuming the student was right-handed), Parker said the fellow leaned his left arm above his head while he stood in front of the urinal.

A telltale sign of a veteran of an ocean-going ship, as Parker is.

Knowing students and veterans, however, it could also be the sign of someone who's had one too many ... drinks.

R ibbing a sister always is fun, but you know you'll get a jab back some day.

Last week the Nickie's Worth ad writer had the auto section on her brain. Under the "animals" classification, an ad read, "Free to good home, 9-momh-old, purebred male Datsun, all shots." We always wondered how 10 tell the sex of cars.

The display ad for the Legends & Traditions indicated that the store sold "handmade drugs." No doubt they meant "drums."

Editor: .I take exception to Patricia Snyder's article that creationism should be taught, as science, alongside evolution in schools. IL is interesting that she calls not teaching creationism as science "educational censorship." Fundamentalists all over the country are trying to prevent teachers from using certain textbooks. Docs banning textbooks give students an "unveiled education?"

Further, creationism is not science. h is not even a valid theory. Science investigates a hypothesis by working very hard to prove it wrong . .If it stands up to years of testing and countless failed attempts to prove it wrong, ii becomes a theory. Creationists, on the other hand, simply pick a theory out of an ancient book and go to any lengths to convince others that the book is totaUy factual. That is not scientific method. Creationists take the words of 1he Bible literally. To them, the Bible is inerrant, never wrong.

If the universe wa.s created, as the Bible suggests, only a few thousand years ago, why are geologists studying rock formations that arc millions of years old? Did Noah toad dinosaurs onto his ark? Is archeology a farce? Ale astronomers and physicists totally wrong about the age, nature, and magnitude of the universe? Arc anthropologists lying about the age of the bones they find?

Since the universe was really created in only six days, a few thousand years ago, perhaps we should give up science, study the Bible and "become fools that we may be wise.'' That is what really is at stake here.

The point I'm trying 10 make is that while creationism has beauty, validity and meaning as the metaphor and myth of Christian religions, it is not a science.

I would also like to point out that creationism is not the only religious explanation for man's existence-as fundamentalist Cltris1ians would like us to believe. It is only one of hundreds of creation stories which deserve, a1 least, equal time.

If we teach Christian creationism as fact in public schools, shouldn't we also teach Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Rastafarianism and the American Indian myths, as fact?

Look, teaching about religions and religious beliefs in schools is perfectly acceptable.

We do it at NIC. Teaching a single religion as if it were scientific fact is perfectly unacceptable.

Mark Rist

Writer appreciates column Editor: I must write this lener; I cannot remain idle in the face of blatant ignorance such as that exhibited by Misters Bill Kirk and Tom Hansen (instigators of the club who wrote a lener 10 the editor last issue), in the last issue of the Sentinel. These individuals took offense to a column (please note this-ii is very different from an article) written by Bob¡

by Hammond concerning the NIC Coffee Club; they arc apparently the leaders of this club and did not appreciate the facetious manner in which Mr. Hammond dealt with the concept of a coffee club.

So far, no problems-when a journalist writes a column (which is different from an article in that a column deals with the journalist's ideas aod opinions and not with pure provable fact), he expects (and welcomes) a certain amount of criticism, based on an understanding of two things: the columnist's intent in writing the piece and the methods that columnist employs in getting his point across.

The first issue, that of Mr. Hammond's intent, went directly over the heads of these 1wo gentlemen; in satirizing the Coffee Club, Hammond intended not a slam on them but on the seriousness with which many organizations in the world take themselves and each other. With Hammond's brilliant, if admittedly fictional, narrative of the rise. segregation and eventual chaotic fall of the NIC Coffee Club, we are allowed to glimpse the craziness that exists in the world and manifests itself in fierce loyalties to specific branches of clubs that truly have no bearing of any magnitude on the world. By writing a letter to the Sentinel with such an angry and offended 1one about something that really maners not a whole lot, these two critics have simply strengthened Hammond's cynical position.

This brings us to the second issue, which is simply the factor of Hammond's methods.

He used the Coffee Club as a guinea pig in this column not out of any disdain for the beliefs of the club or any dislike for coffee in general, but out of an honest belief that a coffee club, if a useful tool for getting cheap coffee, is a rather trivial organization, and in chronicling Its dramatic (once again, admittedly fictional) history and its tragic end in such a theatrical manner, his readers would understand the underlying ideas that powered the satire. Once again, however, this was over the heads of Kirk and Hansen.

I salute Bobby Hammond for an insightful piece of writing. and I sincerely hope that no retraction is printed as there is absolutely no necessity to apologize for this colu~n.

Hats off to Hammond, the Sentinel (I loved your column, 100, Nuanda) and our foun~mg fathers for their cvcr-so-graciow inclusion of 1he "Bill of Privileges" into our Consutution. (Come on, guys-"privilege of Freedom of the Press"?)

Mau Gray

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Straub heading to._ Sa_u_di_· _Ar _ ab_ia_ fo_r_C _h_n_·s_tm_as-.·

by Oebonih Abra Sfflt111rl Ed11or

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n scmes1er break m Ctuis1mas, he gave for Uncle Sam... 18 clays or dcser1. time wi1hou1 fam'ly, five olher things ...No-0 children's laughs, the th rear of war, so many hours, and a ChrislJllas in a far land. s11ng to ''The Tlw!h't Days of Christmas"

Yet 1hc grea1cs1 gifl of all is 1he gin he is giving 10 his srudents.

Like 01her National Guard and Reserve members living 11i1h the Middle Eas1 conflic1, Jim S1raub fell 1hc uncertainty of no1 knowing if and when he'd be called to du1y.

Straub feared disruption in his classes should he be called to ducy in the middle of the semes1er. Thus, he has sacrificed his Christmas break-away from family and friends-to go to Saudi Arabia in suppon of Operation Desert Shield.

Straub teaches machine technology a1 North Idaho College in addition to his job as a "weekend warrior'' in the 141st Air Refueling Wing of rhc Washing1on Air Na1ional Guard.

He is scheduled 10 dcpan Dec. IS for an 18-day 1our of duty.

During lhe past few weeks, Srraub's pre.mobilization plans have kept him busy making sure that everything is in order.

He said he had prepared a will, made sure 1hc house paymem would be made, brought his immunization shots and dental records up 10 dale, consuhed wi1h the college should he be gone longer and revised his syllabus should a substitute be needed. "h's preuy hard 10 get a 1001h X-rayccl when you're in the middle of the dcsen," S1raub said.

His packing list includes uniforms, sunscreen, lip gloss, 1alcum powder for heat rash, reading matc.-rial, a cribbage board and 12 rolls of 1oilet paper.

"The kids think ii 's hilarious that dad has to take his own toilel paper,'' said Straub's wife, Linda. She said they'd been 101d there was a shor1agc.

Linda said her husband's reading material would include 1he 1eiubook.s he teaches from in the machine 1echnology classes. She said he lakes teaching very seriously and has even iakcn his 1ex1books on various family ou1ings.

"None of my kids have seen a war," Linda said. "I'm nOl sure they realize whal it can mean."

The younger ones (Lindsay, 13 and Joshua, 6) just see ii as Dad being gone for ano1her 15 days wi1h the Guard as he has for the last 10 years, she said. S1raub's other children arc Lauren, 21, Jeffrey 19 and James Ill, 17.

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Straub's oldest daughter, Lauren, could only express her outrage wilh large tears that welled up in her eyes as she bit her lip to keep from saying wha1 she really fell. traub, a staff sergcam, works as an aircrfl mechanic on the KCl35 iankers. The KCl35 is like a Oying gas station, which is used for the mid-air refueling of fighter jets. He is responsible for 1hc recovery and launching of the KCI 35.

Siraub and about 32 other guards will leave Fairchild Afr· force Base on a KCIJ5 for a 15-hour nons1op flighl to Saudi Arabia. They are scheduled 10 rc1um Jan. I. "But, if it 1ums imo a shooiing war while I'm gone, I may be gone for the dur.uion," S1raub said. "TI1ey can activa1e me for long periods of time."

If 1ha1 should happen, S1raub said he would take a "huge" cut in pay. He said it would be very devastating 10 his family, and 1hey possibly would have to sell 1heir car.

His job, or an "equivalent.'' al NIC would be prolected under federal law should he be gone longer. However, he said his other benefits would "evaporate."

For the mos1 pan, he said his job with 1he Guard is very rewarding. This lime, however, he said it is "very real and frigh1ening."

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HloELPING HANDS - Jim Straub helpa machine technology student Nonn Steele learn how ute the lllhe In ~ toola.

More frightening than war, however, are 1he alternatives, he said. One al1emative, he said, is 10 lei Sadam Hussein do as he pleases, 1aking other countris as puppets for his use.

"The people (Saudi's) who arc there, who are our aUic:5, who we've said are our friends, we can't just abandon," Straub said. "It doesn't seem very intelligenl to me 10 have your friends suddenly become your enemy because you decided not to defend them. I don' I unders1and that."

Straub has lived through war before. He said tha1 he'll leave North Idaho with bolh eyes wide open. During the Vietnam Era of 1967•71 he served in lhe Navy, stationed on the USS Simon Lake.

Now, with the bi1&est military buildup since Vietnam,

Straub faces the 1hrca1 of chemical warfare and heat exhaustion.

The air will be checked periodically for chemical changes, he said. If 1herc is an e~plosion everyone mus1 put on his mask and uniform. If an auack is imminant, we sui1 up beforehand, he said. If a missile is launched, radar can pick i1 up, and 1he troops will have only a few minu1es 10 get ready, he added.

The challenge will be to main1ain and drink plenty of clean water. It's very difficult to drink water wilh a gas mask on, he added seriously.

At this time, S1raub doesn't know exactly where he'll be. The loca1ion is classified. As for living condilions, he only knows wha1 he sees on T. V.-1housand of 1roops huddled in warehouses, field showers, broken phones, combat rations for food, boredom and the uncertainty thal seems to haum all.

Not many people are willing 10 give up precious family time during the holidays and especially no1 to face these conditions.

However, Straub said Chris1mas will still be celebrated a1 1heir home, just a liule late·· when he finally returns. " Thai will 1ruly be a celebra1ion," said his wife Linda.

THANKSOIVINO MEMORIES - Jim Straub (top right) and his family, (clockwise from left) Lauren, James Ill, Joshua. Linda, Lindsay and Jeffrey, during their last holiday together before he departs for Saudi Arabia

The NIC Son1ino1

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North Idaho College Sen¡ 1/rrel photographer Dan Hyde recently photograph¡ ed a birth for a Kootenai Medical Center brochure.

Hyde wants to share the moment with Sentinf/

readers

Delivery tlme -(from left) Nurse Karla Bening, Dr. Jon Cutting and dad-to-be Robin Towne watch amd help Sara Towne give birth.

The season

miracles ........ photos by Dan Hyde

Pat,mal pet11nc1-Robln Towne waits for his wife, Sara, to deliver their child.

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Flret bonding-Dad Robin Towne holds his new daughter's hand.

11'1 Hndy over-Sara T~wne holds daughter Jae)' Ken-

dyl Towne as ehe tells her mom In Wlseonsln the good

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ThursdaY, Oecembe< 6. 1990

Hitchhiker thumbs way to school daily

by Monlea Kiddle

Stntintl RrpMtt

Bob Woods is a man who really knows how 10 use his !l1umb. He lives 20 miles nonh ofSandpcint and hitchhikes 164 miles 10 and from school every day.

Woods gets up weekdays at 5 a.m. and wall.s 6/10 of a mile to Pack Rh-er Road. where he meets his ridt' to Sandpoim. From there he heads south on Highway 95. relying on his thumb 311d lhe generosity of motorists.

Three to si.~ rides later, Woods arrives on campus, urually by 7 a.m. The trip home after his last class is much the snme.

"I have a car, but I also have a wife and three young children living 20 miles from town." Woods said. "And even if I had ano1her car, I would rather spend that gas money on something else, like food. I'm not poor, but I'm not rich. I probably could afford the gas money if I really wanted to, but I don'1 want to."

Majoring in recreational therapy. Woods has hitchhiked to school the past four SClllCSLCTS and plans 10 USC his !l1umb for !WO more. He said he currently has "more guaranteed rides than not" and that he has SC\'Cral friends in Coeur d'Alene who will give him a place 10 stay for the nigh1 if he needs one. Woods said that he could probably even find a permanent "carpool" ride, but that he doesn't want one.

"I could probably find a permanent ride

As I was getting out of the car I asked him what he was addicted to. I could tell by the tone of his voice that he was really hard up, but it still shocked me when he replied, 'Heroin.'

Bob Woods from Sandpoin1, bul not at 6 a.m. 1'm serious about my education. I like to get here early to study and don'1 leave until late in the afternoon. Besides, a carpool would give me anolhcr c.ommitmenl, and I have enough commi1mcnts 10 worry abou1 already. When I stick my thumb out, if somebody wants to pick me up, then 1'll have a ride."

Some of the rides Bob has received have fueled him with interesting stories. "l 've been picked up by everything from serious queers to drug abusers," Woods said.

"One guy who picked me up was totally out of it. He asked me if I had any pain killers and I offered him Tylenol, but he said, 'No. I need some heavy stuff.' As I was getting ou1 of the car I asked him what he was addicted to. I could 1.eU by his tone of voice lhat he was rcaUy hard up, but it still shocked me when he replied, 'Heroin.'"

During his four semesters of hitchhiking.

Woods has been late 10 only one class. One day this semester he docided to take Govemmen1 Way from Rathdrum instead of sticking to the highway. After a half hour of ''thumbing" left him on foot, "finding a ride

became a quest." Instead of walking out to the highway where he knew he could get a ride, Woods said that his anger and frustra· tion kept him on Government \Vay. He arrived on campus three and a hair hours later, late for class.

Woods' means of transponmion has run him into trouble with the police and security guards on occasion. While hitchhiking on Lincoln Way one aflemoon. three policemen in a patrol car passed Woods. One of the cops rolled down the window and yelled, "Hitchhiking is illegal," but Woods yelled back, "Okay!" and left his thumb out.

Ahhough he's never been arrested for get· ting a ride home, Woods was once lhrown in jail for not hitching a ride. I-le said 1hat one night he stayed on campus until 11 p.m. to work in the engineering graphics lab and decided to jus1 stay on campus for the night.

All the lights were out in the Administration Building, so Woods went into A-26, his first classroom the neJCt morning, pushed some desks aside and fell asleep. He said that he though! the janitors had finished for the

night, but that assumption almost lanckd him in jail.

"About 2 a.m. the lights came on and I heard whispering and then someone running down the hall. I figured that I had scared the cleaning ladies, so I got up and sat in a desk, waiting for campus s~rity to arrive. I explained the situation to the guard, but he said I had to leave. Since i1 was pouring rain ou1, I asked him if I could sleep under the eaves of the building, bu1 he said. 'I want your ass off campus.'

"So I walked to the dike road to sleep under the canoes, where ii would at least be dry. but the guard followed me and suggested that I was looking to go to jail. He waiched me walk off campus and as soon as he left, I headed back to lhe kids' playground. l ended up sleeping in a playhouse that's about 1he size of a doghouse. I woke up at 5:30 frtel· ing and soaking wet and beat on the back door of the cafeteria until someone lei me in.

After I e.~plained the situation. they gave me coffee and a muffin. I've been beating on that door early mornings ever since."

Finding a ride to school is easier than get1ing home. Woods said. He usually has no trouble getting a ride to Rathdrum in the evening, but from there he sometimes has 1roublc getting back to Sandpoint.

"Once it's dark, you're in trouble. Nine

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Lessons of sex ed, (whisper) periods forgotten /aurie ingle ll 's interesting. It seems as the years pass, so do the brain cells. Thinking back to grade school, I seems I knew more then than I do now. In fact, I go through school today learning many things over that I already learned once. I struggle with them now even though I whizzed through them before.

In fifth grade, we were all sent to see "The Movie"-sex education for grade schoolers. We had waited all year to sec it and could be why so few people, if any, drop out of grade school.

When the long-awaited movie moment came, teachers split up their classes: boys on one side of the room and girls on the other. The giggling girls were sent to the gym.

I was very curious about what we were about to see. I didn't know how we "worked," but I thought my friends knew EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW about (whisper} the menstral cycle.

After teachers finally got us to "shut up," they showed us seeing picture of the (whisper) vagina drawn in crayon. I was even more confused. "The Movie" eventually explained the (whisper) menstral

cycle, which made my eyebrows crinkle and my brain say, "\11 hva!"

After ·'The Movie," thi rd-grade teac her Mrs. Stappleton went in front of the gym with (whisper} feminine napkins and tampons in hand. Her former students began to sneer, moan and gnmt. Disgusted, she handed the "woman products" to the school nurse and said " Can you handle this?"

"Uh ... uh .. ." the nurse said, hesitating as she blushed. After her natural color returned, she held up the (whisper) feminine napkin, explained what it was for and how we were supposed to wear it. She did the same with the (whisper) tampon. Of course she couldn' t really demonstrate how to really wear the tampon, but still she tried to explain verbally.

This was about the time my body began 10 cringe.

"Do you understand what she said?" my friend asked. ''Oh, yeah!" I said, " It's easy! " I actually had no idea what the nurse was talking about. God forbid if one of the girls thought she had to put one of those things on a part of her body that had not been instructed!

Our lesson was over and we were excused for recess. As soon as we got outside (girls were first}, Heather, a girl in my class, jumped up and down, skipped across Lhe playground and screamed 10 everyone within a 50-mile radius, " I already got mine!"

Not sure what Hea1her was talking about, I asked a friend.

"Oh, she thinks she's so cool 'cause she already go1 her (whisper} period," my friend said.

The boys soon joined us on the playground.

"Neener, neener, neener!" 1hey cried, "we got Lo see the boy and the gi rl!"

No fair!

It still makes me angry that even though the boys learned about the girl before us, they still don't understand us! I 'II bet if I saw the boy movie back in fifth grade, I would understand them beuer! lns1ead, we saw it in seventh grade.

Again, we received crayon drawings and this time my brain said, 'That's enough! " Still, today I don't understand much about on how we all work. I still have many questions. but I'd rather not strain my brain. I'd rather learn by experience.

I know that when my (whisper) mens tral cycle started sometime after seeing "The Movie," I still thought I was going to die.

After the initial shock, I discovered that I was OK, but I still didn't know enough. My mother never explained to me was that I needed a lot more than what was underneath the bathroom sink. I later discovered that I needed Tylenol (sometimes a great deal of Tylenol), a heating pad and a room to pray and sometimes swear in.

Well, except for one day a month, I think I'll be just fine. So, if anyone has extra boules of Tylenol they don't know what to do wi th, I 'II be glad to take them.

•• Tho NIC Sonlinol

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Advice given during quirky times of need kevin "nuanda" brown As the poor, confused souls of North Idaho College are in dire need of sound counsel, I have taken it upon myself to advise and guide those simpleminded slobs who write leuers to me asking my expert opinion.

Dear Nuanda: My husband always wants to have sex with me whenever/ lake a shower. Any suggestions? BUBBLE BATH Dear Bubble Bat h: Take more showers.

Dear Nuanda: Don't you just hate people who stop and talk on stairs? Don 'I you just hare when your computer beats you at chess? Don't you just hate when the guy standing next to you at the public urinal looks down at yours? Don't you just hate those damn Energizer commercials?

PEEVISH Dear Peevish: Yes. I also hale burned-out light bulbs, answering machines, yuppies and those little hard things that are found in sausages.

Dear Nuanda: I have just recently moved to America from Czechoslovakia. I want to know one thing-is America truly the place where one ca11 become a millionaire overnight?

ENTERPRENEUR Dear Entrepreneur: Yes, but you have to start out as a billionaire to do so.

Dear Nuanda: Why do11 't I ever see an lnternatio11a/ House of Pancakes in a11other country?

STYMIED Dear Stymied : Czechoslovakia.

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Dear Nuanda: Do you think that people who write letters to student 11ewspapers and ask for advice 011d write /011g, meaningless sente11ces that just goon forever without ever getting to thepoinl and at the same time manage to reiterate what they've already said-which still boils down to absol111ely nothing-and get so bogged down in their absurd sentences that they get lost in a massed cluster of commas and parenthetical expressions (as well as trite, overused phrases that ore as old as the hills) and end up looking ridiculous should be tortured with pliers, or perhaps thrown into a bathtub full of sewing needles and razor blades?

JUST WONDERING Dear Wondering: Sure.

Dear Nuanda: Well, dis Jeter iZ conserning ye, obnocksl111s col/um. I rink yer rEely dumm and a mea11ie besides. Yoe a'rnt all dot smart ya no.

PeePLE dont neeed addvisefrom yew. BUTCH Dear Butch: It was difficult reading your letter, as it was written in orange Crayola on a piece of greasy cardboard, but I thank you for your enlightened observations.

Dear Nuanda: My mom kicked me out of the house. I have 110 money, 110 job and 110 place to slay. I have no friends and nobody cares about

me. I need help! DESPERATE Dear Desperate: So what? You wanna hear about my broken stereo, sick roommate, clunky bicycle, crummy job and stupid relatives? Go whine to somebody else!

Need advice? Have a question that can't be readily answered by family, clergy or your local legislative representative? Want to know why doll$ have black lips? Just drop Nuanda a leuer at Room I of Sherman School or stick it in Nils Rosdahl's mailbox in Lee Administration Building. All of your questions will be answered to the best of Nuanda's ability. If you're not completely satisfied, then the hell with you.

Time travel seals Hitler's proper fate ken a/Jen

Suppose you were given the chance 10 timetravel and meet Adolph Hitler face-to-face.

First question.

If it was before the Holocaust, perhaps while he was just gelling started, would you kill him?

Even if it meant your own death was guaranteed?

Your obvious answer would be yes. Or would it?

Time travel is impossible so you have nothing to lose. However, what if, as the old saying goes, nothing is impossible?

H .G. Wells' time machine exists and you've got access 10 the ignition keys. Are you willing 10 sacrifice your life, the one you're living today, 10 resurrect the emanciated souls of 6 million ghosts from their countless mass graves? In effect, 10 erase the existence of concentration camps from the pages or all history books?

Remember, the price or this one-way ticket through time will be paid with your own spilled

blood! That's deep-but why ask such a moot question?

Why not?

I figure with the dark clouds of finals looming on the horizon, students could use a taste or some non-esoteric questioning before their brains are strained, drained and permanently maimed by their instructors.

Another question.

Suppose your room was invaded by obnoxious humans who refused to stifle themselves while you • attempted to compose a paper, or column. on your computer. What would be fitting punishment for these blabbermouths?

Death by firing squad? Smashing them slowly with a steamroller until their bulging eyeballs explode like jelly-filled eggs? Feeding them feet first into the massive jets of Boeing's new 767?

However, tying them 10 fire-ant hills and smearing honey on their still intact bare feet would be appropriate.

I figure since they enjoy making so much bloody noise, let them scream like banshees.

Maybe this would get all the mindless chauer out of their systems and they would finally learn when it is appropriate to open their big traps.

Last question.

Suppose due to a clerical error at Death, Inc., one G.M. Reaper, vice president in charge of collection and distribution. passed over you on your

scheduled day of departure.

According to company policy, your life is extended 30 days from the moment the error is discovered. and as an added bonus, you arc allowed to choose the method of your ultimate demise.

Just t.hink about iL Any possible way to die.

The number of choices is infinite, albeit depressing.

The trick would be discovering the most unpleasant ways to go and forgeuing all about them.

Some deaths are easy to reject. Drowning is out.

So is being burnt alive.

Any kind of disease is out because when I drop dead I expect to be healthy as a horse.

I don't want to be crushed by anything either.

No knives, guns, piano wires, hedge clippers, anything involving my digits or their nails or my teeth will be considered.

My eyes (or their lids) and nothing damaging the flesh covered by the zipper area of my trousers would be allowed either.

Of course the perfect way to go is to die doing something you enjoy entirely. Most people would say, and rightly so, that dying during sex is the way 10 go.

It would be great, but come on, it's totally unoriginal. Sex dominates our 1hough1s du~ing every hour of our existence. ILwould be fitting, - - - - - Pk=su

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Christmas tunes dash through snow 'Sounds of Christmas' concert captures spirit of holidays in song

by Kittle Law Scrtinrl Rtporttr

Christmas. Birthday or 1he Chris1 Child. A Lime for presents under Linsekd Christmas LrtCS, San1a, reindeer and snow, starry eyed children waiting for moulhwatcring treats and families gathering for caroling and cuisine.

Bui Christmas would no1 be the same witl1ou1 ihe annual "Sounds of ChrisimaS" program pu1 on by several North Idaho CoUege musical groups where children of 311 ages come 1ogelhcr 10 enjoy music and see Sania Claus.

The concert will feature lhe North Idaho Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gerard Mathes, the Concert Choir and Jazz Co. '90, directed by Michael Muzatko.

Pcrfonnanccs arc Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 9 a1 2 p.m. in Boswell Hall Audhorium.

The program will open with 1hc Concert Choir singing "A Mighty Fortress ls Our God," wriuen by Manin Lui.her. The choir will follow with Mendclssonhn's "Holy, Holy, Holy."

Soloist Viola Barton will be featured in "Mary Had a Baby" and soloist Edie Deleganz will be featured in "Camique de Noel" and "Beautiful Savior."

Audience participation will be encouraged in "A

Christmas Garland" when it's sung by the choir.

The North Idaho Symphony Orchestra will began their portion or the program wi1h a clipping "Sleigh Ride" and I.hen 1he more serious "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring," b)' Bach. 1l1ey ,viii follow with "Christmas Favorites" and close wi1h 1he ever popular "White Christmas."

Ancr iniennis.5ion, Jau Co. '90 begins with " ll 's 1he Most Wonderful Time of 1he Year" and follow wi1h "Silent Night" and "The Christmas Song."

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Hollday seranade-Jazz Co. '90 trombone player Jim Klenholz practices with fellow musicians for the UP¡ coming "Sounds ol Christmas" concert.

Soloist Terrie Carlyle will be featured in "Have

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Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" while soloists Suzy Litalien and Karl P. Allen will give "Chri.~1ma5 Wishes."

during the program. Handel's "Hallelujah!" will ring in

"Ah Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind" will blow in with soloist Anneuc Hopkins before soloist Suzy Li1alicn wishes n "Merry Christmas Darling." Jan Co. '90 coneludes ,vi1h "An Amy Gram Chrc.tmas."

Now comes 1he time for the audience to 1ake pan in the program in ihe sing-a-long presented by the orchestra and choir. Favori1cs such as "Deck I.he HaUs" and "Carol of the Bells" will be sung and a jolly old man with white

the close of 1he program.

Freewill donations will be acccp1ed for the gingerbread men and apple juice being served at inicnnis.5ion.

"Come and be surprised!" auditorium manager Katie Mons soid. " II will be a little different this year.''

1ickeLS are S4 for aduhs, S2 for senior citize11s, SI for children and students and NIC faculty, suiff and students admi1Lied free with 1.0. For infonnation, contact Mans at 769-3424.

Smith disguises actors with costumes sidered as a profession at lirst, although she did enjoy constructing things, she said. " I plam1ed a career in music," she said.

Behind the gowns and hats, the cloaks and stockings is a woman who designs on the However, in college she had a work.srudy job in 1he seam room. She also 100k two years stage.

Oirisline Smith has designed costumes for of acting and got involved in the I.heater. She three North Idaho Collcge plays so far, and later auended the School or Drama at Yale another one is in the making. She was involv- University, where she received a certilicate ed in the design of costumes for "Once Upon in eostumc cons1ructon.

After school, Smith worked at 1he a Mattress," "The Taming of the Shrew" and ''Anne of I.he Thousand Days," the most Wintcrgarden Theatre in New York aty. She rettnl play perfonncd a1 NIC. designed costumes for the play "Othello" The NIC theater department didn't have .,.,;th James Earle Jones and Christopher many Tudor-period costumes for "Anne of Plummer. She's also worked as shop superthe Thousand Da~." so i1 was necessary 10 visor and designer at 1he Colorado borrow costumes from Washington State Shakespeare Festival, the University of ColUniversity and Eastern Washington Univer- orado, the University of Idaho and 1he Idaho sity. Generally, she said. rental places will Repertory Theatre in Moscow. allow the costumes to be borrowed, as long She has also taught costume construction as they an: dry cleaned ond in good condi- al lhe University of Colorado and lhe Univertion when they an: returned. sity of Idaho. Smith has worked for lhe Sania Before coming 10 NIC, Smiih anended the l"e Festival Thc:ure 1he University l)(lnce State University of New York in Fredonia. Theatre at the University of Idaho and I.he 11 was thcrt she became involved in designing. lnerplayers Ensemble in Spokane.

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sible for maimaining supplies, supervising work study students, teaching technical ~islants, maintaining schedules, arranging littings, keeping track of the budget, borrowing or renting suppUes and making sure I.he show stanS on time. Smith has also worked as a culler and draper, where she made pancms.

Smith came to NIC because her husband took a job in Twin Lake-;, and I.he college was the closest school. She really enjoys working a1 the college because i1 feels like "being pan of a pr~." She is hen: as a frcclancc arLisi, no1 as a regular rniployee.

Smith said she enjoys working a1 the college much more than in professional theater, because professional theater is so "hil and run.'' She said she feels as if she belongs because the "people here are terrilic."

Smilh especially enjoyed working on "Anne of the Thousand Days." It was "a trcal" because ii was "so .,.,di wrimm" and this was 1he fo~1 time she had ever worked on this panicular play. She also likes the Tudor costume styles.

Smith said she was in costuming because it was "just something I love, and I kept that interest in it."

Smith will design I.he costumes for "Ah! Wilderness" a1 NIC lhis spring.

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DeNiro,Fonda flick fights illiteracy Iris begins to figure out 1ha1 her new friend, Stanley, is illiterate through a series of dues-he uses a bicycle for transportation, lives in a garage, he refuses to read his fortune cookie and he fails a1 handing her the right aspirin boule.

Iris's 1ired heart goes out to him immediately. She wants 10 help him but she has to wait until he is ready and willing to help himself. Stanley finally approaches Iris a1 the rainy bus-stop and almost chokes on the words, "be my teacher."

Stanley's father's work lorced them to travel throughout the s1aies so Stanley was always in a new school, in a new state, with new surroundings withoul any time 10 adjust before he was pulled out again. Stanley slipped through the school system and he was somehow able to sit far enough down in his chair for the 1eache~ 1101 to notice he coukln 't read or write.

Stanley's boss fired him when he found out he was illitera1e, forcing Stanley to do anything he could 10 earn money. Eventually, Stanley put his father in a rest home because he can no longer support hin1. This seemed to be the hardest thing he had ever done (aside from learning to read) as an adult. His father was still healthy and didn't need 10 be taken care of, but wi1hout an address he couldn'l receive any rmancial aid.

It killed Stanley to have to do this to his

A thousand true st0ries seemed 10 be told in "Stanley & lris"-true stories of 1he sad, siifling fact of widespread illi1eracy.

Rohen DeNiro plays Stanley fox, an illiterate adult barely malting it in socic1y, Struggling from job to job to support his father who lives with hinl in a garage. I fell in love with this sensitive charac1er ins1antly and the mole on his right check which made him seem like a real person.

Jane Fonda plays Iris King, a hard working widow who is caring for her two children, a girl, who is a child having a her own child, and a boy that keeps his father's memory young and alive. I wanted 10 do the dishes for Iris or go to work at the factory for her so she could stay home for a day and rest.

At the beginning of the movie Iris's deadend life is explained as her bad luck streak is unfolded step by step. It goes from being mugged and robbed of her payclll'Ck and kids pictures to her house full of unrest to 1he bus leaving her in the rain and finally to her baked goods assembly line until she laughs and the monotony is finally broken.

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father and in a short time, it killed his father, too. This tragedy fueled Stanley's desire to become literate.

Stanley and Iris worked together with what extra time lris had 10 give him. He learned fast despite a few hard and discouraging trials along the way. He kept trying and practicing to finally become literate-a functioning, society-integrated human being.

During this time Iris must work out many connicts of her own and finally is able to let go of her deceased husband and love once again- not only Stanley, but herself, too.

This was one of 1he most meaningful movies I have seen. TI1c romance was real and unglamorous (like most rea l-life

romances), not fairy tale style.

The ending was beautiful, but I'll lea\'e lhai to be seen by others because so much good stuff is lefl to sec.

"Stanley & Iris" made my throat ache wiih a coniinuously growing lump of emotion to the very end. From happy to hurt to helpless to sad, the lump wouldn't soften, however my actual tears only escaped twice.

I definitely urge everyone 10 see this movie. It will be good for your soul, and I know you will give thanks for being able to read the credits at the end. If you can't, I hope you do something about it. I give it four stars. • • • •

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What will the season bring students?

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by Johnny Hunt Smttntl Rrpontr

Remember the old Oiristmas at home. The light snowfall on the lawn, a Christmas tree in the living room and a good home· cooked dinner on lhe table.

For a college student who has left home to ancnd school, Christmas may be different this year. There may be no lights dancing around a tree, no newly fallen snow, no big meal in lhe center of the table.

No, life for a college student maybe is much rougher at Christmas time than most people think.

Where are they going 10 get their big Christmas dinner? Arc they going to gnaw on Thanksgiving leftovers, with turkey that's tougher than the Chicago Bears' defense? Or arc their tummies to be lilted with peanut butter and jelly?

Even ir a breaded feast is sufficient, what about Christmas presents? They can't rely on their friends. Thcy'U be too busy spen-

ding money on themselves.

Maybe a card or two will come in the mail from relatives, with enough money enclosed to buy a couple boxes of cracker jacks (and wouldn't it be depressing if there was no secret toy surprise inside?).

TI1e best present may be that he goes outside and sees the strcetcleancr is finally coming by and picking up all those mountains of leaves that have been sit· ting on the side of the road since the World Series.

And what 10 do on Christmas Day? He's already eaten and opened presents, and now he's got another 13 hours to kill

before he gets to crawl back inio hi) cave and go 10 bed. TI1ere's always his best friend, the Nintendo, but even watching Mario pounce on live mushrooms can get a 1i11le dull.

He could go out and play in the slush, he could eggnog the neighbor's house, he could go caroling, and if he's shy he can just call up numbers and sing into the phone.

But chances are he'll plop in front of the T. V. and watch col· lege bowl games like the Oregon Ducks verses Baylor Bears-dash or the Ti1ans.

So even though it's a day off from school and work, Christmas is not the same. h's stressful and dull after leaving home. But it's all pan of growing up. Now we know why our parents don't get overly excited about the holiday.

But keep the Christmas cheer because, who knows, St. Nick just might appear, and he better not come empty-handed or hung over.

Impersonators of Milli Vanilli invited to test skills in lip synching ed to the overall best performance of the show.

Assistant Editor Atha said that students and faculty Entenainment is just a can or peas members are still encouraged to join away for North Idaho College in the competition. He said that as of students. Dec. 11, when ASNIC Ac· .Tuesday evening, there were no comtivities sponsors the Lip Sync and petitors registered in the lip sync and talent male solo categories.

Talent Show.

"That means that there is SISO l11e Boswell Hall Auditorium will be the stage for NIC students and dollars waiting to be claimed," Atha raculty members competing for S<iOO said.

So far 12 entries have been made dollars in cash p~.

ASNIC will be charging half" price for the competition. Atha said that he on admission at the door to anyone e'l)IXIS five or six more entries before who contributes a can or rood ror the registrorion deadline, Friday.

All interested individuals can sign food bank.

According to the student activities up in the recreation office or the director, Don Atha, the food drive is ASNIC offices until Friday. However. a generous gc:,ture to those individual'i Atha said ASNIC will acetpt late en· tries up until reheaNI at 4 p.m. Monin need during the holiday season.

ASNIC is offering cash prizes in day in the KootCtllli Room.

NIC student, John Deluca, wiU two categories: best lip sync and best talent. Each category is broken down M.C. the show. Atha said that he expected the show to last approximately in10 three areas: male solo, female solo and group performance. Seventy-five two hours.

The ~how will begin at 7 p.m. and dollars will be awarded to the three regular admission prices will be $2 for winners in each category.

Additionally, a $150 will be rewnrd· general and SI for students.

by KIiey Peterson

Night spot review ...

Chelsea's blues seduces passionate soul

by K1~n Lau &,,t,nt/ £ditOI

Animalistic. Lusty. Dark. Raw. Within the curved walls of Chelsea's lie some of the most primitive human emotions.

They Uc there in wait, ready to pounce on any unsuspecting soul who walks through the bar's heavy wooden doors.

And pounce they do, grabbing one with a ferocity only equal to uncontollable passion. Walk into the rnusic-nlled, noon-lit bar on any Friday or Saturday night and feel the heat that l~ behind the ,valls or C1clsco's.

Chelsea's bands play the blues-hot, raunchy, soultwisting blues-that makes even the most timid dancer jump onlO the peanut sheU<ovcred dance floor and gyrate to the pulsing, down-home and dirty music.

Dark and extremely intimate, the atmosphere enhances the steamy music. Going into the smoky bar. I feel the hot· ly romantic vibralions from the music within the walls. It's down to earth yet highly exciting and truthrully can only be experienced by going inside and feeling the passion that lurks within. Physical evidence for this almost sexual mood dangles from the wall above the bar's mirror. There hangs a part of the male's anatomy crafted in brass. ,:tic people who go to Chelsea's rather than, say, the Atrium arc looser, more real-life and don't always seem to have o_nc ~ing on their minds. (lf they do have one thing on thcrr minds, 11's expressed much less obviously.) People dance wherever they are, even if alone. I once saw two women dance together with such excitement that I couldn't help but think that out or all the couples in the room they ~ere th_c most likely to go home together. It was qultc an mtercstmg sight.

Sights like.that arc not rare either and·are played off of by whoever LS near. Everyone in the womens' immediate

vicinity began to stomp their feet, clap their hands and gyrate their hips in their chairs. The women weren't even on the dance floor, but rather next to the bar and a thick, wooden pole, and one or them used the pole to the best or her sexual imagination. Ycs, quite interesting. The men, of course, loved this tantalizing twosome.

P~-ople come from all over the Inland Northwest to hear Chelsea's music. Bikers, yuppies, granolas and even North Idaho College facuh>' and S1udents dot the dance floor and are draped across the bar. The diversity or the patronage makes Chelsea's comfortable for everyone who steps through the door.

Some weekends, Chelsea's requires patrons to pay a $2 cover charge, like when the outstanding band, Cafe Blue, comes to town, but on other weekends the music is free 10 whoever wants 10 listen. Tables arc hard 10 ftnd unless one anivcs early, like about an hour and a half before the band begins. But even if a table can't be found, the music and atmosphere arc weU wonh the inconvenience of standing So rar in my quest to capture Chelsea's, I have listened to three of the featured bands: Planet Lounge Orchestra Cafe Olue and Lat.est Flames. ' For rocking blues, Cafe Blue from Spokane: and Latest Flames from Missoula both wheeled me across the room and onto the dance floor, where I very easily could have embarrassed myself with my wild body movements. I didn't though, because everyone else who was out there dancing around me was moving jUSt as intensely 10 the soulful sounds as I. Planet Lounge Orchestra plays blues with a countrywestern reel. Not my style, but for those who Uke country the band isn't bad. ' AlmOSI every type of alcoholic drink is served at Chelsea's:

hard liquor, beer and wine. For non-<lrinkm, soda. coffee, mock beer and flavored mineral waters are available. Prices for draft beer range from SO cents during happy hour (S-6 p.m. ,~eckdays) to 15 cents during nomllll hours and SI after the music starts. Bottled American beer coru SI .25, while imported and specialty beers co:.t between Sl.75-2.25. Well drinks arc normally Sl.75, but cost SI during happy hour.

Specialty drinks such as mai tais and Harvey Wallbangers cost between S2.25-3.50, and the infamous party favorite, the Ocrailer, costs $8 for a bucket o' drunken fun .

Non-alcoholic drinks range rrom 50 cents-SI for soda, St for club soda and SI .50 for Clearly Canadian flavored· mineral water.

My one complaint though is that the men's bathroom door MUST be fixed. It doesn't close by itself like the women's bathroom door docs. As much as I like men, I don't appreciate siuing in a bar, looking over my shoulder and seeing a man standing against a urinal. Unfortunately, as the night wears on, that occurance becomes more and more frequent. As some of the men get drunker, they begin to forget to close the door behind them on their way in and out.

But, don't let that slight problem determine whether or not Chelsea's is the place to go.

And so, another night under Chelsea's glowing red neon lights passes by. And once again, the mood is there.

What.ever the mood is, I'm not quite sure. It's a combination or raw, sultry, realistic and unsubtly sexual moods, I think. As my friend, Alex, loves 10 say, it's "something ~o. crude and disgusting." Everyone has a different definition.

(I like mine best.)

Ah. Chelsea's. It's the only place to go ...especialJy when that gorgeous man in the long black coat is there. He captures 1hc mood perfectly.

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Entertainment coupon catalogs benefits NIC wrestling team

by Mike Kidd Stntintl Rtporttr

Two for one offers on area hotels, resiaurants, vacation areas and sporting evenlS are available in 1he En1enainmen1 '91 coupon caialog. This booklet can be purchased from North Idaho College chemistry instructor Bill Pecha.

Several restaurants honor the ca1alog's coupons, including Spokane's The Atrium, Cyrus O'Leary's. Mus1ard Seed and Mr. Steak.

Many fas1-food and casual dining restauranlS have coupons in the book as well, including Spokane nnd Coeur d'Alene area Arby's, Burger King, McDonnld's, Pizza Hut and Perkins.

Some or 1hc cn1enainment parks which honor the coupons arc !he Greyhound Park

in Pos1 Falls and Playfair Race Course.

En1enainment parks localed outside of lhe Spokane/ Coeur d' Alene region also accept 1hc coupons, including Knon's Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif., and lhc San Diego Zoo in San Diego, Calif.

The Entenainment '91 membership card offers SO percent discounlS at local restaurants on single dinners as well as Lite 1wo ror one packages offered.

The coupons and the membership card arc good for 1991 only.

TI1e purchase price for 1he camlog and Lhe year-long membership is $30.

Pecha said that 20 percent of 1he procfflls from 01e catalog sales will bencfi1 the NIC wrcs1ling team.

For more information on the Entenainment '91 callllog, contac1 BiU Pecha al extension 490.

Director seeks actors to audition for upcoming play, 'Noises Off'

by Krfaty Jtlltaed S#ntintl Rtpl)ntr

The Nonh Idaho College Theater DcparLment has announced the nudhions for "Noises Off," a comic farce written

by Michael Frayn. The auditions wiU be Thursday and Friday from 3-5 p.m. in Boswell Hall, Room 220.

The director, Maureen Ori-Newman, said a person who plans to audition for the play is expected to be prepared with a two-minute comic monologue. Also,

those audi1ioning must anend both afternoons, wearing comfortable clothes Lo lhe Friday audition.

Scripts for "Noises Ofr• arc available through !he NJC I.hearer office for lhe fiveman, four-woman play.

After the cast is chosen, rehearsals will be Monday through Friday 3-5 p.m.

Performance dalc:5 will be 8 p.m.

February 22, 23, 28, March I and 2 in the N!C Boswell Hall Audi1orium.

For information, call 769-3416 or 769-3415.

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Ultimately, if given the choice, I think I'd like to die a hero.

Th-11 Hitler time-warp docsn'l~otmd SQ bad. JfH.O. handed me the keys and a gun, I'd do it. If I could, I'd have done il yesterday.

Why'/ Satisfaction, I gueS$.

Nol.11ing would be swee1cr thnn putring a bullet through that bastard Hitler's brain. Nothing.

To be completely honest, I don'! think my life is worth throwing away.

However, I also don't foreset- me doing anyt hing in the future that could remotely chMgc the face of 1he earth as drBSLically and beneflcially as this.

Whoever invents the first time machine has some serious questions to ponder. That person is welcome to ask me for advice, any time.

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ou1 of ten drivers will not pick you up 31 night" "It really pis.ses me off when people go by me-especially people who know me and know where I'm going-and wave," Woods said. ''There's been times 1've been standing by the road and it's colder than hell and another NIC s1uden1 from Sandpoint who knows me drives by and jus1 waves. That I don't undersl.llnd. I'm always polite to people who give me rides, and I'm always thankful and say so. People who jus1 wave frustrate me."

Mier he's done at NIC, Woods hopes to commu1c:, somehow, 10 Eastern Washington University in O,cncy. Will he get an01her car'!

"I nffll another car like a need a hole in the head," Woods said. "But I don't plan on using my thumb 10 get to Cheney.

Hopefully I'll find a permanen1 ride over there. Bui for now, hi1chhiking is all right.

I'm here 10 get an cduca1ion, and I'll do anything I have to do to get ii."

CULTURAL EVENTS Dec. 8-18-Childrcn's imaginations for senior cilizens and SI for children and decorate the walls of the Union Gallery in students.

1he North Idaho College Children's Center Dec. 11-Associated Student Body of An Show. The gallery is located in 1he NIC presents Lip Synch '90 a1 7 p.m. basement of the Student Union Building Tickets are available at the door for S2 for and is open Monday through Friday adults and SI for students. ASNIC wilt be having a food drive and in exchange for noon-6 p.m. Admission is free.

Dec. 7 and 10-Cheap Christmas gifts one can of food, SJ will be taken off off can be found at 1he NIC studeni pouery the admission price. sale. The sale will be held in Rooms 140 Dec. 29-Youth for Christ presen1s P.1.0. andl 141 in Boswell Hall from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in Concerl at 7 p.m. General admission is Friday and from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday. SS in advance and S7 a, the door. Tickers Dec. 8·9-Thc North Idaho Concert are available at local Chris1ian book stores.

Choir, North Idaho Symphony and Jazz Co- '90 present a night of holiday music All of the above events, except where in the annual concert , "Sounds of noted, are at the Boswell Hall Christmas." Tickets are S4 for aduhs, S2 Auditorium.

Merry Christmas Rolly!

NIC coach reaches 600-win milestone

by Brian Walker Stntint.l Rtporter

's basketball coach Rolly Williruru received an early Cluisunas present rom his players, b~t he ha~ probly guessed what II was going to

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MISTER WETZEL'S NEIGHBORHOOD- SophomOre forward Shawn Wetzel teaches

Yakima Valley's Ryan Hope how to say "assist" In WIiiiams' 600th career victory.

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by Mike Saundera &ntintl Editor

Brevard, N.C., and the NJCAA Championships were cvery1hing the NIC men's and women's cross<OUnlry teams expcelcd them 10 be, with the Possible exception of the cuisine Paced by Kelly Swinney's third and Chris Gilbert's fifth, strong team performances in the land of the Tarheel earned the Cardinals the men's third-place and the women's fourth-place trophies.

Christy Davids, concluding his first season as coach, says the results were a foregone conclusion.

"Before we left, I s1a1ed that the men would be in the top three and the women would be in the top five," Davids said.

"There was no question about it."

Confidence like this can only result from teams that train solidly and have a Slrong desire 10 succeed. This year's squads were that and more, according 10 Davids.

"My job was very simple, all I hail to

In fact, he earned the gift himself, though one would never know ii lhrough la!king to Williams.

Williams, in his 29th sea.son "We seemed more together a1 NlC, picked up career win as a team than in our previous No. (i(X) when his Cardw outiJ~ The aanosphere s:anthrashed Yakima Valley Coled to be bettcr and we were lege 88-56 Nov. 29 in Clirismore consistent," Williams tianson Gym. The coach's said. record was (J()t -261 heading into Tuesday's game at Yakima NIC, 4-2 with a 74-S I win Valley. He ranks fourth in at Yakima Tuesday, opens wins on the NJ CM active league play at Colorado coa.ches list.

Northwes tern Friday and "l think it's (the 600-win Eastern Utah Saturday. milestone) a big tn'bute 10 1he WillianlS said he expects players,'' Williams said.

Ill' The win came aru:r two Rolly W tams ~tern to be a fom1idable op, p0nctn with strong returners straight losses 10 Western Monlana (84-81) and Walla Walla (79-76). and some big-name freshmen. lluow in the Williams took partial credit for the defcalS. fact that both teruru are tough on the road, l11e team was a.lso the victim of poor like all Scenic West opponcnlS, and the squad could have ilS hancls full, William~ said. shooting, WillianlS said.

"If you control the boonl~. you control the "It will be a real conte!.I for LL~." the coach game," Williams said. "That's always been a said. basic philosophy of mine. We were always The Cardinals. who averaged 91 p0inlS in lighting (m the two games) and were never in their fll"St live games, then travel 10 Sp0kane Tuesday and arc home Wednesday against control." ln ilS first five games, NJC has our.reboundColumbia Basin for a pair of non-league ed opp0nenlS by an average of 44 to 36, but games. the boards provoo pivotal in the WMC game.

'The Cards were outrebounded SI to 38.

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Twelve runners earn men's third and women's fourth at nationals

"My Job WClS' very simple. It didn 't take a Bo Schembechler speech to get them motivated. " - Christy Davids Kelly Swinney do was gel them there; they'd proven they could race," he said. "It didn't take a Bo Schcmbcchler speech 10 gel them motivated."

Teamwise. out of 181 finishers in the men's live-mile raoe, after Gilbert, Mike Kirkendall fmished 17th, George Kinneburgh was 22nd, David Tejooor came in 24th. Cltris Cox was 43rd, while Dave Ct.ajka and Gary Caveu were 52nd and

The team shot a sub-par 68 percent from the free throw line during the five g;unes, an aspca William5 hoped 10 soc improvement on.

NIC pummeled the Central Washington JVs 102-69 in the season opener Nov. 17. 1l1e Cardinals followed the win over Yakima with a 106-73 victory at Wenatchee College Saturday. Williams said the team showed vast improvement in the Wenatchee game, from ilS opening games.

Chris Gilbert 105th, respectively.

Following Swinney in the team competition, out of 137 finishers, Diana Caner finished 23rd, Heather Banle:son "as 26th, Carolyn Mifsud-Ellul placed 30th and Mindy Wright was 86th.

Gilbert was pleased with the similari1y of the North Carolina climate and countryside 10 the Pacific Nonhwes1 's.

"It was surprising because it was a lot

like here,'' Gilbert said. "A drastic change would have been tougher to adjust 10."

Swinney, who has been highly recruited by several four-year schools, was happy with the team's general attitude throughout the eastern trek.

"The coach and Audrey (Audrey Caren, the team's assistant coach) were terrific,'' Swinney said. "They had aU of our respect, and we had a really good time."

Concerning the recruiting interest, which includes UI and WSU, Swinney is keeping her options open.

"I haven't made any decisions yet," she said. " I'd like 10 find a school with good academics and a running program."

As for the North Carolina cuisine, it seems that the runners encountered one of the mainstays of the diet back e.is1- grits, 10 mixed reviews.

If the comments have any affect on the fare at local restauranlS, grits will probably 1101 be appearing soon on a menu near YOU.

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game," Williams said.

Darrell Davis, a 6-5 guard, struggled early Though starting freshman ipoinl guard as a starter, but came off the bcn<:h 10 score Donald Perrin and reserve Maurire Kirkwood a team-high 19 points in the Wenau:hce game. have playoo well, losing Freddie Butler, a Generally starting in the position i~ 6-4 Staner last season, has hurt the learn, the rresl11:"3" N.alhaniel Ingram, who is averagcoach said. mg mne points per game.

"Freddie would have given. us another "There are a 101 of combinations we can dimension," Williams said. run, depending on who we arc playing," Perrin has dished a rCSJ)(Xtablc eight assists Williarns said. per game and added 13 poinis in the teams's Three-point shooting is a concern for first live outing.s.

Williams. NIC has shot a paltry 28 percent as "I'm pleased with how Donald has C'ome a team, and no player has made over 35 perinto a new environment and played well," cent from beyond the arc.

Williams said.

Willianu said he is pleased \vith how ~ "It's also conceivable 10 use Felix sophomore forward Casey lrgens has stepped (McGowan) as a one-guard," he added up into a starting role. lrgcns has averaged 13 McGowan led the team in scoring L'ISI points a game and leads the team in field goal season and ha5 picked up where he left off. percentage, hitting 56 pen:ent.

I-le leads the team in scoring again with 19 Reruming ccmer Ainon Dudz.evich is points a game and is the only NIC player lo leading Lhc 1cam in rebounding again th~ year score in double figures in every game. and averages 12 points a game.

Williams is still in search of all the possible "We've got some e.~cellcnt sophomores. "dimensions" of the team. ll1e early sea.wn and 1'm relying on them to carry us." question of who would fill the small forward Depth will be the strength of tile team, spot is a bit clearer, Williams said. howC\'cr. Bench play is vital in the rugged Chris Brinncn, a 6-6 redshin freshman, Scenic West Athletic Conference. hasn't put up big numbers thus far, but has "We can come down 10 10 {players) preuy provided some solid minu1es off tl1e bench. easily," Wiiliarns said. "We're looking for "Chris is good in most aspects of tl1c consistency every time we go om."

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Tips up!

by Mike Saunders !kntind E,J11or

You'rt' poised on Ille edge or a steep downhill run: the virgin powder is beckoning...

Sound imercs1ing? ll just so happens that the NIC Ski Club can take you there; and it's much easier than you'd c~pect.

January 4-9 the club is going 10 Banff, Alberta. Canada, one of Nonh Ameri..-a's most scenic ski resons. Four fun-filled days of ~l<iing on Lhc slopes or lhrcc dirreren1 resons and lots of NIC students and faculcy 10 help you get your skis back on if you fall: who could ask for more?

Add in the rac1 that you 'II be traveling in NIC's plush vans, staying in beautiful dowmown Banff for five nighis and have all liO fex:s taken care of for just S200 (paid

by Dec. 11).

Only 32 lucky mogul mcisters can go along, so gel busy! l11e club meets Thursdays a1 12 and 4 downstairs in the SlJB, and anyone who is interested or has questions abom upcoming tripS is encouraged 10 auend.

For those who prefer their skiing a lit tic more hori2on1al, the Panhand le Nordic Club is begins its second year, drawing members from NIC and the surrounding areas.

Whether you enjoy recreational cross.... coun1ry skiing, 1hc more challenging downhill telemarking, or Nordic racing, 1he club has a plenty 10 offer, according 10 NI C ins1ruc1or David Foster.

To make winter condi1ions more friendly for members, 1he club has bu ill a trail groomer and constructed a warming hu1 at 1he 4th of July Pass Ski Arca.

Anyone lnlcrcs1cd is welcome 10 a11end the club's poi-luck membership drive meeting, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. , in the Kootenai Room in the SUB.

Wrestlers drop first dual

by KIiey Pe1eraon Am flont

Editor

The neon light.s of Vegas did nOI shine good fortune on the Nonh Idaho College wrestling team during their road trip, Nov. 29-J I. NIC dropped their lirs1 dual m,>et of the year with a 21-12 lo~ lo Lincoln College in Las Vegas, NO\', 29. Lincoln. who was ranked Sl'l:ond in the NJCAA preseruon polls, dominated ti~ lo\\'Cf weights and caprured victories in seven of the ten matches.

NIC roach John Owen said that tlle disappointing las:, marked tl1c lirst time he had dropped a dual meet 10 a com,mlllity college by more 1han one poi111.

The three Cardinals wres1ler, who postccl

\'ictories in the dual were sophomores Brady l larrison (177 lbs.) and Tom Brtt'LC (190 lbs.) and freshman Dan Schumaker (126 lbs.).

NIC capped t11eir road trip with 1he prestigious Las Vegas lmi1ational, Nov. 3I. No NlC wrestler survived the stiff competition from the Division I opponenis 10 make it past the second round.

Although 1hc trip was not a suo:.'CSSful one, Owen remained confident that NIC has the potential to be a national competitor.

"We're young and it's going m take a while for this team 10 develop," said Owen.

"There's no c.~press Une and there's no short cuts. You 're a fool 10 get in wrestling if you don't wam 10 work ha.rd."

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SPORTS CALENDAR December 7................ Women's Basketball Colorado NW, away, 5:15 p.m.

7..................... Men's Basketball Colorado NW, away, 7:30 p.m.

8................................... Wrestllng Big Bend Open, away, all day 8.................. Women's Basketbll Eastern Utah, away, 5:15 p.m.

8..................... Men's Basketball Eastern Utah, away, 7:30 p.m.

11 .............. Women's Basketball Columbia Basin, home, 5:30 p.m.

11................... Men's Basketball Spokane, away, 7:30 p.m.

12................... Men's Basketball Columbia Basin, home, 7:30 p.m.

14................................. Wrestling Highline, home, 7:30 p.m.

15................................. Wrestllng Clackamas, home, 7:30 p.m.

15.............. Women's Basketball Ricks, away, 5:15 p.m.

15................... Men's Basketball Ricks, .away, 7:30 p.m.

19................... Men's Basketball Spokane, home, 7:30 p.m.

January 2................ Women's Basketball Wenatchee, home. 5:15 p.m.

2..................... Men's Basketball Wenatchee, home, 7:30 p.m.

4-5 ................................ Wreatllng Chico lnvltatlonal 4..................... Men's Basketball Big Bend, home, 7:30 p.m.

10................................. Wrestllng Ricks, home, 9 p.m.

10.............. Women's Basketball Utah Valley, home, 5:15 p.m.

10................... Men's Basketball Utah Valley, home, 7:30 p.m.

11 ................................. Wrestling Central Washington, away, 7 p.m.

12.............. Women's Basketball Salt Lake, home, 5:15 p.m.

12................... Men's Basketball Salt Lake, home, 7:30 p.m.

15................................. Wrestling Big Bend, away, 7 p.m.

18................................. Wrestling Pacific University, away, 4 p.m.

18................................. Wrestling Clackamas, away, 7 p.m.

18.............. Women's Basketball Snow College, away, 5:15 p.m.

18................... Men's Basketball Snow College, away, 7:30 p.m.

19................................. Wrestling Clackamas Invitational, all day 19.............. Women's Basketball Dixie College, away, 5:15 p.m.

19................... Men's Basketball Dixie College, away 7:30 p.m.

23 ................................. Wrestling Yakima Valley, away, 7 p.m.

24.............. Women's Basketball CSI, home, 5:15 p.m.

24................... Men's Basketball CSI, home, 7:30 p.m.

25................................. Wreatllng Central Washington, home, 7:30 28.............. Women's Basketball Treasure Valley, home, 5:15 p.m.

28............. - .... Men's Basketball Treasure Valley, home, 7:30p.m.

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Thursday, ~ 6, 1990

Exams must be passed Council picks Bennett Dec. 14, from 3-6 p.m.

SrudenlS planning to 111ke English 104 nc.~t serne5tcr need to pass the exam at this time.

If s1uden1S plan 10 pre-regis1er but havcn'I ~ the competency cxam, English 104 can be added only af1cr passing the exam.

If a student has already failed the CJCam rwo or more times, ii is recommended he seek help from the Writing Center (Lee Hall, room A-37) on a regular basis before another a1-

tempi is made, according to Linda Erickson, division of English and foreign languages secretary.

StudcnlS presently enrolled in English I03 will receive their room assignment, along with the topic and instructions. at their last regular· ly scheduled class.

Studenis not presently enrolled in English 103 may pick up the 1opic, instructions and room assignmenl rrom Erickson in the English division office (Lee Hall, room A-24) on Dec. 11-13.

About 290 srudents are estimated to be taking the competency exam at finals, according 10 Erickson.

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The English compctency exam for the spring 1991 scmes1cr will be given Friday,

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fair share of the world's natural resources.

We need leaders tha1 recognize that fact and who are motiva1cd to change 1ha1 overzealous mentality 1hrough research and cduca1ion, not support ii through war!

Lei's hold Bush to his promise of a "kinder, gentler America.''

Rise up, America! To arms against 1he great environmental challeges of the times!

To arms agains1 illiteracy. poverty, crime and disease! Lay down your weapons of war and figh1 1he battles I.hat we face in our own homeland! Lei's give consideration 10 the generations 10 come and 1hc world 1ha1 1hcy arc to inhcri1 I

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"good, strong credentials" which qualified him for the IHC posilion, Wang said.

Bennet1 holds a Ph.D. in educational North Idaho College Presidcn1 Robert Bennclt recen1ly was elected 10 the Idaho administration, an M.A. in history and is Humanities Council's board of diroc1ors a member or the Coeur d'Alene Chamber for a four-year academic 1erm, IHC or Comercc board or directors. or the 18 council members he represems special projecis coordinator Cindy Wang the live northern Idaho counties, Wang said.

The lHC is a statewide foundation said.

One continuing project that IHC is created 10 incr.:asc the public's understanding and appreciation of U1e humanities, associated with is the Native American story-telling; this project involves schools Wang said.

According 10 Wang, Bennett was ask· in 14 communities and several radio proed 10 submil an application for 1he posi- grams. Bennc:tt will take part in the 1ion by a current IHC member. Bennett reading or grant applications as part of his was one of 10 who applied for four vacan- service to the council.

Bennett will travel to Boise four times cies on the council, Wang said.

C,cographical location, represenuuion of a year as part or his new position. The a higher educational ins1itu1ion and a 1rips will be funded through IHC. Wang strong background in history are 1hc said.

by Da rlene 011111 Sffltlntl Rtportrr

,---Tony Stewan, spokesman for the assembly commi11cc appointed to review and advise on the reorganization proposal, said the study was ongoing, but final figures will be presented 10 the lrustees Dec. 20.

Concerning office space, Bcnne11 said 1ha1 will be made available when University or TRIAL J,omp.2--------------------Idaho mo,·cs from lhc Sherman School to tl1c was admined to an c·mergcncy room where new b'brary building, and an existing secrewy cou rtroom, Judge Marano asked for a she was on du1y, according to Silva, and show of hands.

The jury was spli1: "Looks can be reassigned from current staff. like a 50-50 split," he said, "so 1hc hospirnl discussed the possibilites of a practice 1rial S1ewan and other facuhy members said skates on 1his one." for her students.

Role-playing students said 1hey got so in1hcy don't believe a vice president can funcIt was clear case of negligence, defense 1ion with such a small staff, however. If 1he anorney Hauge said after 1he 1rial, bu1 was volved with the 1rial that 1hey ac1unlly felt vice presidc111 has 10 share a secretary wi1h lhe negligence 1hc cause of dea1h? ...1!1111's guilty. Defense a11orney Hauge said the others, 1hey said 1hey fear i1 is only a matter wha1 the jury had 10 decide. cast did an excellent job. In ac1uality of time before a request for additional ~raff 1307.lce came up wilh the mock trial idcn though. 1hc trial would take about two is made. over 1hrcc year$ ago when Judge Marano weeks to complete. he added.

Facuhy members are also concerned wi1h

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NOTICES Holiday library hours The library holiday hours are as follows: Sun., Dec. 16 noon-6 p.m., Dec. 17-20 7:45 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fri., Dec. 21, 7:45 a .m. to 4:30 p.m. The llbrary will be closed Dec. 22 thru Jan. 1. It will reopen Jan 2-4 from 9 a.m. un tll 4 p.m. It wlll be closed again J an. 5 & 6 and reopen Jan. 7·1 1 from 9 am until 4 p.m. Closed again Jan. 12 & 13. Regular hours wlll resume J an. 14.

New addresses needed Students who have had a change of permanent residence should con· tact th e Registrar's offi ce Im· mediately. The updates are needed for malling repo rt cards over Christmas break.

Ute justifica1ion behind the nC\.'<l for addi-

1ional adminis1m1ors on campus, S1ewnn said.

In s1a1is1ks gained by eonsuhing 1he 1989-90 edi1ion of The College Handbook, a survey of 17 1wo-ycar colleges in Washing1on and Idaho reveal three 01.her COi· legcs wiU1 fewer 1han 3400 studenis, with only one, Grays Harbor, having a vice president, Stcwan said. NIC has nearly 3,000 studenlS. However, in a handou1 where 13cnne11 answered facuhy questions abou1 the administrative organizational chart, he said more administra1ors were not being created. "l11e appointmcn1 or a Vice President of Instruction is no1 an additional administrarve position," he ,,Tole. "The recommendation asks 1ha1 the Associa1e Dean •s position be climina1ed, thus one job is traded for another."

CurrenUy, Associale Dean of Academic Affairs Kathy Baird is acting as dean, and according to Benncu, she would be promoted to this position full time and her cumn1 position would be eliminated.

The Director of Human Resources position, U1e other new addition to the administrative chart proposed by Bennett, is a1';o opposed by bolh vocational and academic faculty, Stewart said.

The problem, for faculty, lies with to whom the director would repon to. The facully thmk the director should work indcpcndem of all dtpartmenis and report directly 10 the pres:dent, S1ewan said. Under 1hc curre111 plan, the direc1or will report 10 the dean of administration.

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Con~ Mo.n:hing Home." Revised during the Korean War, "Johnny I Hardly Knc:w You" ques1ions what h~p~ 10 an injured soldier.

The ocxL song, Pete Seeger's "Get Up and Go," signifi,:d how if war breaks out, those who die will never get to SCI! old oge as Broo1en herself has bel.>tl able 10.

Broo1tn participa1ed in a peace \'...ilk through the Soviet Union several years ago when she ......is 72 years old. At one or the many rallies held along the way, she sang "Oet Up and Oo." Thu time, however, she added her own lyrics protcs1ing the Bush administration's policy.

The danontration's organizer, NIC student and former machinc,gunnc:r In the Marine Corps, Russ Wright, followed BroolCll. While in the Marines, Wright said he opened his eyes to the United Scaces' "l\,Ul1IOlnl dlplomacy. We're no better than the Sovieta or Iraq."

After ldllna a story about three or hil Crimda who were klllcd in a bclillopter auh, Wright named the podium '1Vf:ll to the audimte.

A Vderall of bodl World War D and the KORU War, Stq,ben Comot aid that his apaiences with war llill haunt him.

"I koow wbal I did aver there," he said. "The men who piher in the VFW (Vcteren's of Foreign Wan) balls know what they did. I don't UDdcmand how they c:an sit there and brag... I can hardly live \\<ith myself..."

Olhcr speakers included a Marine resa-

vist who 1hanked U1c audicno.: for commg ''because in a w·Jy you're rrying 10 .lclvc! my life," he said. lie urged thal American'~ look Into lllu:mativc energy sources 10 ease dcp,mdcncy on foreign countries, a.~ did oth(I' speak~'l'S. A 15·y~r old 114tl1 S1:hool girl expressed her rears about going to war. Visibly shaken, she pleaded lhal her generation be spared from lhe horror\ of war.

Bobbie Bing of Coeur d'Alene offered a disscnling opinion, calling fo, the suppon of Bush's policies. She argued that Saddam HuSISdn has unwavering support for his policies and that lhe Iraqi's think llnle of going to .,,v. With suppon like th.is in (raq, Bing said she believed Iha! it is vilally impor,ant tbal American'sSWld behind the president and come r.o,etbcr IO rl8ht. whctbcr It be pacefully or lhrou,h

war.

"The wodd ii a ~ place. I don't bdiM DOW is the time IO play at paicc, .. Bing Slid.

Thinecn people in al came up IO die podi.an 10 cxprra their d,oughls abed the Middle East criw. Wrwbt ended lhe prolest t,y saying tbat bll NIC cmb, Sludmll Cor Peace, will be ,ending letters to the troops in Saudi Arabia IO la them know that those blct home are thinkilla about them.

Wn,bt said be hoped 10 shOW lhe troopS dial CYCD peace actMsts are supper· ting than and praying for their safe re111m 10 the Uniled SWcs.

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Radio exposure for NIC closure

ISL controversy discussed

by Shawnd'rae Johnston

Stnrintl Rtporttr

If ellf!f we don't have lo gather to,cther 'cause school is closed •due 10 inclement _,ther,• said Bob Bfflnett, school president, (SCHOOL CLOSURE is what he meant).

If to collc,e you don't need to go, it will be announced on the "dio.

Bennett, (you remem~r 1ha1 he's the Prez/ abou1 the amployees, here's what he says, tile rule .ipplics to employees 100.

So. this is what you go1 todo: /uSl lislen to the radio before to school you gotta go.

By 6 a.m. they'll announce for dJy, and I p.m. meilns night's O.K. In Coeur d'-'ileno, it's KVNI. Bonners Ferry is KFBI. The reSl of the liSl is down below.

So tune them in if it starts lo snow.

The employees who haw to work anyway to their wation add an extra day/ When snow comes down and the road is ice, ii )'OIi turn on the l'ldio, it'd be nice.

The following radio Jtalions will be ,e.. quesml ro MIIIOC#ICe rhe Khoo/ clcmn

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because "Some NIC students will eventually transfer 10 larger schools, and the legislature needs 10 know how interes1ed and serious students are concerning the issues."

NIC pclitical science adviser Tony Stewart said the confusion was caused by other ISL

The conflict erupted when representatives from Lewis-Clark State College, the University of Idaho and Idaho Siatc University voted to exclude two-year colleges from the same voting rights as four-year colleges in the Idaho Student Lobby. Representatives of Nonh Idaho CoUcge and Boise State UniverThe legislature needs to sity were not present at the meeting.

Colleen Evans, president of Associated know how interested and Students of NIC, said, "The entire judgment serious students are concerwas a lack of communication between the ning the issues. two and four-year schools."

Evans aucndcd a meeting of the lobby Nov. 17, following the vote 10 exclude 1woColleen Evans , ' year colleges. According to Evans, the miscommunication resulted from I.he assump- schools thinking NIC didn't want to join if tion 1ha1 because the College or Southern ii couldn't be a voting member.

However, according 10 ISL Executive Idaho was uninterested in joining, NJC didn't want 10 join either.

Director David Pena, something is being done Evans said it is impcnan1 for the students to change lhe decision now tJ1a1 NIC's intcre51 10 communica1c with one another in the ISL is known. Notices have been sent out to the

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colleges asking them to change their vote to allow two-year colleges voting rights. Pena said lhe final decision will be known sometime after Christmas vacation.

NIC's participation in ISL would benefit the students, Stewart said. The ISL Board will lis1 the specific goals it wants 10 pursue with 1hc legislature, however, the general goal will be to lobby on behalf of the students. Since schools depend on funding from legislation, ISL will give students a better chance 10 be heard and a be11er chance 10 affect their own educational future, Stewan said.

Stewart said some ISL sugges1ions arc statewide studenl health insurance program with dental and eye coverage and possibly a collective texlbook S)stem for Idaho students.

If done collectively, Stewart said, it could be lcs:. expensive and the e.,tra runds ~-ould go 10 other areas.

"I don't know of anything more helpful 10 lhe students than organizing this group," Stewart said.

Squea.mish?

Dissection dissenters have hotline

by Kiltie Law S11ntintt R,pon,r

Students who are squeamish or object 10 dissection in biology classes now have their own hotline 10 call. It is called the "Dissec· don Hotline."

1l1e hotline, a projec1 of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, was started by Pat Graham when her daughter Jeni refused 10 dissect a frog in her high school biology classresulting in a coun case drawing nncional auention. " I knew there had 10 be many other high school and college students who shared Jeni's feelings about animals, but who weren't getling the same anention and suppcrt," Graham said.

The hotline offers information on alternalivcs to dissec1ion and resources for legal advice and information on negotiating with professors and college orricials and overcoming other obstacles.

Graham's cffons have resulted in laws be-

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ing pas.sed protecting a student's right not 10 dissect in California and Florida.

"Biology, physiology and anatomy should be life scienccs-nol death sciences," said Joyce T'ISChler, e.~ecutive director of ALDF.

"Out dissection is an in\titutionalued form of animal exploitation that teaches s1uden1S Lhat animal life is cheap and expendable. We believe wt studcnis have the right to s1udy animol life without desicmting it, and we are trying 10 ann students with information that will help them c~ercisc that right."

According 10 Bob Murray, head of the biology department at North Idaho College, ir a student docs not want to dissect, they should take a cla..\11 other than biology. School pclicy requires dissection unless the student wants 10 lose 20 paints off hi1 or her grade, Murray said.

The fetal pigs used for dissection at NIC, Murray said, are from processing plants !hat would have ground them into such things as sausages and hotd<>s,$ were they not preserved and used as teaching aids.

"They will either have to dissect it or ea1 it," Murray said. " II all comes from the same place-the slaughterhouse."

The hotline number is J-800-922-FROG.

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