The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 67 No 7, Jan 31, 1991

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Vol. 67 No. 7

Thu rsday, January 31, 1991 •

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Persian Gulfrelated articles: - see page 2 -see page 5 - see page 19

Sexual taunts, harassment rile students

by Lln•l1• f 19em1n

St11r111d Editor

It's Friday, Jan. 2S. Classes are over for the day and a student is walking to her car, which is parked in the lot behind the library construction site.. As she passes the site, a construction worker sticks his tongue out and leave.5 it there. She is offended and glares her re.5ponse.

He then says, "Smile honey! It wouldn't be that bad."

Another scene: the fall of '90 second English 103 competency test. The topic is discrimination. Some of the students write of being discriminated against or harassed by instructors.

Both of the.5e incidents occurred at North Idaho College in the past two months.

Dean of Acadcmi<: Affairs Kathy Baird said, "To my knowledge, it (sexual harassment) isn't a large ~e (for NIC), but I feel there is the potential for it to be an~e."

According 10 the Office of Personnel Management to government agencies, sexual harassment is defined as deliberate or repeated unsolicited verbal comments, ge.5turcs or physical contact of a sexual nature which are unwelcome.

Therefore, by definition, the incident with the construction worker was harassment.

"Sexual harassment can be something vt:ry oven or v,::ry subtle. The more subtle it is, the more diif1CUh it is 10 deal with," Baird said. "Being verbally derroga1ory 10 SOmt()ne and then when confronted saying ' I was just kidding' may not be se.wal harrassmcnt.u Another problem, according to English instructor ~ Mattei, is "Students don't know what hara.s.smcnl 1s, so they don't know it's a problem. . " It can be gender related or sexual in nature. Either is haras.mient," Mattei said.

Semal harassment is not a new problem at NlC Plt'GJlt SH SEX p. 19

photo by Bob Shert<IM A PROUD SALUTE- NIC sophomore, physlcal therapy major and Army Reserve Drill Sergeant Mike Brumley presents arms during recent weekend drill activities.

Because ot the war In the Mlddle East, Brumley, along with many other student-soldlers, walks a tine llne bet· ween staying In school and returning to active duty.

Poll gets student opinion on war

by D1rrwl 8Mhner Smtlnd Rtp0r1tr

A majority of the students a1 Nonh Idaho College suppon the United State's position in the war in the Persian Gulf region, a recent survey showed.

The survey, conducted by the Sentinel approximately one week after the war began, questioned 230 NIC English students about their opinions on such things as the draft, media coverage of the war and anti-war protests.

Over 82 percent of those surveyed said they supponed the U.S. position in the Gulf. Although 18 percent of students said there were tither against or undecided about the U.S. position, many stated they were opposed 10 the U.S. government's handling of the situation but still suppon the U.S. troops involved.

"While I do not suppon the U.S.'s position in the Persian Gulf," one student said, " I suongly suppon the men and women who arc doing their duty there. !...was completely disgusted by the Ueatment of returning (Vietnam) veterans."

The student asked that those opposed to the war to " ... not take (their) anger or disapproval oul on the people in the war, but on the government who put them there." or those surveyed, 169 (73 percent) said they have friends or relative.5 serving in the military in the Gulf. One student said she knows more 100 people who arc cumntly stationed there, including her husband.

Only 3 percent said they had panicipatcd in anti-war protcstS. That same percentage said they believe the protests would help stop the war and bring American troops home sooner.

Although 61 percent of the students felt the draft would not be implemented, 46 percent said they would suppon ii: while 22 percent of those eligible for the draft said they would not abide by it if it were implimented and they were chosen.

About 43 percent of the students said they thought the media was giving the war too much coverage.

One student said the war wasn't over covered, however it is ovcranalyud 10 make up for the lack of infonnation coming ou1 of the region.

or those surveyed, 23 percent felt the media coverage has damaged or threatened the security of U.S. troops stationed there.

"I find h far more lhrcatening that news is censored or re.5tric1ed," one student said.

Of those surveyed, 92 percent said they felt Saddam HlWCin should not be allowed 10 remain in power in Iraq if the United Nations were to succeed in liberating Kuwait.

Comments on this topic ranged from "Who arc we to decide who should be in power," to " He should not be allowed to remain in power and should be tried for his war crimes." Perhaps the strongest comment came from the student who said the U.S. should just "Nuke 'em!"

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More Japanese coming

by Chrlatophtr Clancy Stntintl Rtp0rttr

photo by P'.M;la Snyder

PROTEST FOR PEACE- NIC student Sonny Kinsey

protests the Gull War In front of the mllltary recruiting center In Coeur d'Alene

For the second time in a year students from Japan will be attending North Idaho College for the FLAN 106 program: a foreign exchange program designed to immerse foreign students in American culture, according to Jim Minkler, coordinator of the program.

Last scmesccr brought abouc a ISO scudents from lkuei Col· lege to study at NIC, Minkler said. This semester NlC will host 18 students from Nagasaki College in southern Japan for a sirniliar program. Both lkuei and Nagasaki are colleges for women.

Students will spend approximat.ely four days a week studying English usage in a "learn by doing" environment.

"Most of these students have had up to six years of English grammar," Minkler said. "They won't be learning about prepositions."

Most of the Japanese students who participate in the pro· gram do so for the very unique cultural experience this area provides, as well as instruction in English, Minkler said.

"When in chc program students say they can't believe how free they feel here, relieved of the cuhural rigidity of Japan," Minkler said.

"People in the Uni1ed Scates expect less of one another cuhurally... this is very comfortable for these scudents," Minkler said.

The second group of students may have a bit more trouble

than the flJ'St adapting to their new environment because of the great differences in climate, continued Minkler. Students from lkuei were from an area that is only a short distance from a major ski resort, while the second group is from Nagasaki Col· lcge, in the southern portion of the country, where the climate ls more temperate.

Minkler said he was drawn co the program because of his two years of experience as an educator in Japan. "! wanted to give both Japanese and American students an opportunity to experience each others cultures."

Most of the Japanese studenis who come co NIC are looking for a number of things, Minkler said. "They are looking for a safe American experience, homestays in a scenic location and an experience thac is authentically American.

According co Minkler, FLAN 106 differs from lhe studies of American scudents in that it is less academic and t.ends co stress cultural experience.

"We hope to send some American srudents from NIC co Japan in the near future." Minkler said. Presently there is no such program. However, for swdcnts who wane 10 be involved with the exchange there m a few options.

"We need students co enroll In FLAN 106 for 1his semester, and there is also a need for more homestay families." Minkler said.

For addlcional lnformndon on FLAN 106 or how co get in· volvcd ,vith the homesia) program. contact an adviser or call Minkler at 769-3390.

Person pickets Trustees plan outreach facility Peace Pl".o tests

by Linette F111eman

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by Kirin Liv ~l111rl Ed11or

Protesting !ht' war against Iraq. several North Idaho College students ll.lld area C1til.cns pthcrcd in rrom of the Coeur d'Alene military recruiting office Jrut. 17, carrying anti-war signs and a caskcc.

At times a group of four would carry th~ tllnenxl bl:.1ck casket, marching around the rour comers of the Fourth and Lake.me inlmcction, chanting "No more war!"

Soruty Kinsey, NIC ~tudmt and Vietnam~ra vetmn who travded from Spokane to W&hington, D.C.. but year in his wheelchair, said the c:asket represented how the IOllS of Antnica wiU be coming home from the gulf if the war coninues.

NIC etudmt R11&1 Wright, who with Kinsey organized the prot5t, said that while he IXJlldcmncd the Bush ad· minisuation's Polley In the war with Iraq, he nipponoo the trOOjll doing 1hclr jobs.

A rormcr Marine now on inac1ive atarus, Wright said he could be called to duty any time. Should that happen, be said he would ~e his time gladly.

"I signed a contracl, and I have 10 (ulfiD it," despite his dnqreanent with the govcmmcn1's policy in Iraq, Wright said.

Dennis Orwig of Coeur d'Alene stood alone proleSling the protealffl. The Vietnam \ ~ said the protaters ~ "aiding and abcttlng the enemy" by not showing their support. About JO people had stopped to talk or honk at him in 111ppon or Im dTons during the ftnl hour be WIS there, Otwig said.

Please see related story, page 19.

Srn1tntl Editor

The remodeling of a gmde school into a vocational ou1reach center, the windows in the new library and the men's baskecball game were the highlights of the North Idaho College lloaJd of Truscces meeting on Jan. 24.

According co Clarence Haught, dean of vocational educa1ion, NIC would like lo undertake a project that would result in a vocational outreach center in Kellogg. The proposal would mean spending SI million 10 remodel tJ,e c.'<lsting Elk Creek School. However, if approved, ronstrUction could noc begin until 191)2 and no classes would be offered until 1993.

Currtntly the building houses an alternative school for Kellogg. If the plan were to be approved, Haught said he does no1 know where the alternative school would be relocated.

The board also bricny discussed how the building would be

fundl'd, but no decision~ were made. , A SCC?nd topic of .discussion was the brand of windows that will be m the new libmry/ rompu1er center.

According 10 architect Mike Pncano, 1hc dispu1e arose when I lurd Gia~ Co. of Hayden Lake rubmiued a lace reque;t for approval for the s1ylc of windows they produce. Because the approval was lace, the bid went 10 PeUn Windows. TI1c owner of 1he local company maimained that his company was not given a fair chance. NIC auomey Steve WetzCI has been ad· vised of the issue.

The NIC/CoUegc of Southern Idaho men's basketball game 1ha1 nighc was also 1he copic of discussion at the meeting.

According to Chairman Jack Beebe the meeting time was bumped up to 5:30 p.m. from 7 p.m. 10 accommoda1c cruscct Bob Ely. who is also the NIC basketball scorekeeper. Although Ely was absent, board members got through che agenda quickly so they could auend the game.

New administrator hired

by Ken Allen Smllntl Rtp0rttr

An Edmonds, Wash., man has been chosen out of an initial pool of 74 applicants to be the new director of human rcsouroes at North Idaho College, Dean of Administration Rolly Jurgens said.

Joseph Cheesman, a personnel analyst in the Snohomish County Personnel office since 1982, was lhe first and ~ choice of a hiring commiuec made up of Jurgens, Phil Corlis, Roberta Black, Erna Rhinehart and Su:vc Schenk. The initial 74 had been narrowed down to seven, and Cheesman was picked from tJ1erc. Jurgens said.

Cheesman began work on Jrui. 28 wi1h Jurgc:ns as his im· media1c supervisor. TI1e issue of where the diroctor was to repon "'as uhimntd)' decided by the board of trU~ees. Jurgens said.

The director could have reported 10 Steve Schenk, or directly 10 the prcsidenc.

According 10 a job description circulated by the college with t11c announcement of the position opening, "the director of human resource:. will have primary rt!Sl)OOSJ'bilil) for all octivirics

relating 10 pmonncl administration at NIC. " He/she is respomible for developing, reviewing and rccom· mending a comprehensive system of pcmnnel policies and prac· tices; adminiscering the college compensation and benefit program; coordinating and as.sisting in the recruitment of new employees including creating job announctments and coordina1ing advertising; maintaining pmonnel filts; oversccing employee orientation programs; and assisting in the resolution or grievances and participatior in the annual meet and confer process (salary discussions).

"In addition, the director will SCl'\lc: as the NIC affirmative action and equal opportunity employment compliance offioer. conduct exit in!Cl'Vicws. prepare and monitor the personnel department budget and perform other related duties as assign·

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Jurgens said Cheesman·s first octler or busines5 will be 10 get 10 know people on campus. After that he will n~ to become familiar "ich !he personnel compensation and cla.,gfKll· lion study currently on campus. One aspc,.1 of the study deals with c.\lU!tining lhc pay scale of various campus employ~ regarding comparable pa)' for comparable work. Jurgens '.\Sid,

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Thursday, January 31, 1991

Bennett scraps vice president

by K•n Allen Scrllntl /lrp()(1ff

College president Robert Bennett asked the boo.rd of UUS1ees at the December meeting for pennission to withdraw a proposal to CS13bli.sh an instructional vice president's posit.ion at North Idaho College.

The duty of the vice president would have bren to supervise both the academic and vocational departments on campus. One reason Bennett said he felt such a position would benefit the college concerned cutting unn~ry costs. Such a person would be able 10 study both departments and look for ways 10 combine like courses.

Bennen 's move to withdraw his proposal follows a report submitted to the board by

resistance, Bennett said he decided to postpone submitting his plan to the board.

"I (,vithdrcw) my recommendation for the time being because there seemed to be enough resistance on the pan of the faculty that I didn't feel even if the board were to support it, it would be the kind of thing that would be successful like I would like it to be successful," Bennett said.

One of the most important institutional goals of NIC administrators is 10 csLablish a harmonious working environment, he said.

"We're at our best when we work together," Bennett said. "Right now, I'm convinced that it would be foolish to push toward change with so much resistance."

the faculty assembly. wherein faculty opposi· tion to Bennett's plan was outlined. In the report, the faculty cites seven reasons why they voted to unanimously oppose the plan presented to them on Nov. 12, 1990.

Reasons the faculty cited included dif· ferenccs between their estimates and Bennett's of the cost of hiring the new vice president.

Faculty estimates nmged from $39,294 to $66,068. Bennett's estimated the cost would be approximately SS<XXl. The faculiy also thought Bennett's proposal lacked clarity regarding a demonsttated need for the vice president, and the impact of the new position on the job responsibilities of the e.xi.sting deans.

Arter encountering so much faculty

Bennett said the college will continue 10 operate under the current organizational chart, which is different from the one used during the last school year.

The differences include having rather than a full dean of academic affairs and an associate dean, the college will operate ,vith an interim dean of academic affairs, Kathy Baird, a director of continuing and community education, Linda Silva, and a coordinator of community education, Kathryn Lang.

Bennett said he will evaluate the effectiveness of this current system and will decide in the spring whether or not 10 bring another proposal concerning the vice president position to the board.

King's life remembered Celebration brings kids, speeches, music; neo-Nazis disrupt speech

by Karin Lau

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He had a dream-a ~mple dr.:am of equality among lhe whole human race.

Hi, drcrun and his life were l'Clebrated and remmibered a1 North Idaho College during the sixth annual Dr. Manin Luther King Jr. Holidny Pro[Uam-dC'iplte the effon, of ,ii. young neo-N:u.is h> di~rupt the C\'ening event:,.

The program began with a morning program Jan. 18 by Kootenai County school children and ended Jan. 20 ,vi1h sp«ch.:s and an ~ening concert b>' The ToLBI 8.pcricncc Gospel Choir from Seattle. All told, more than 1,600 pt'Ople attended tht' evmb.

Or. Ksng'~ m~gcs of freedom, loYe and mpccl echoed through Boswell Hall Audhorium as childl'\.11 presented them in so~ and plays. 1l1e ~ e or .:quality was ~ung and $J)Oken through historical accounts of Rosa Par~. church bomb~ and Dr. King hirruclf. More than 1,200 childrm joined ln Ille celebration.

The l11fflll,gCS continued with an evening

keynote BddrC!li by Kathleen Saadat.. former dirC(!Or of Oregon's Alfmna1ive Action.

This 1in1e the m=ges "'-ere about justice and hope and thcir contribution to wortd pe3t'e.

TIie speech centered Around a quote by Alice Walk~'T, author of "The Color Pur· pie."

"J ustil-e and hop.:. Ll't IL~ ~in," Walkt>r once wk!.

"The road to JUSlK.'C ~ the same as the road to peace," Sandal (lljd. She \aid Dr. 1'.ing beltt'Ved that justice doc,.n't come from politics or court orders, but rather from A change in people's minds. ··we're not trying to go back 10 those principles (of jusm.-e nnd rightousncs.\).

We're 1rying to go forward to those principl~. Saada1 said. "We believe that justice is inevitable."

To achieve justfoe, Saadat said 1hat people mrut nc-.Tr lose their belief in the tuwre and to never lost hope for it. But in tbls lies a dilemma, she added.

Everyone wants world peace, but, "We all want to be the lion,'' Saadat said. "We

believe the lamb i'I taking :i real chance lay· Ing next 10 the lion" by <1howi11g iLS vulnerab!lit y.

Saadat said her own road to peace in• vol~es l.:aming how to be th.: vulm:rnble lamb, although it ~1'1 easy. She \3id ot liri.t, ,he didn't llke Dr. King bcaluse ,he didn't undel"i!lllld his nonviolent position. i111cr· prctin& it IL\ a,~ of v.et1kllt'i.~. But~ time p&"-~. Saadat cnmc to see the \trcngth it took to be nonviolent in a violent ~tuolioo.

Shortly before the end of Saudat'1 ~ . two female and four mat.: tt,,~. some wearing the nco-N(llj umfonn of miliuuy booLS and leather Jacket, crune tn· to the room and sat in the back. According to the Coeur d' Alen;: Pr~. lhe apparent leader of th, group, Inter identified ns Bob Cochran of Hayden Lake, had to quiet and separate lhe giggling tl'ellagNS. After Saadat's and COl'l.lt d'Alene High School senior Jennifer Price's &peeche,, local attorney and NIC board of ~ member Norm Gissel was plC'ie!lted wiU1 a plaque in honor of his work in human rights.

Upon accq>tins llu.• av.a.rd. h,; joked that sometime,; prople atl' gl\ffl a1,.:1rds to get them to ~lop "h.lt they arc doing, aJJing that he hopeJ th~ pre.cmm dkln't wont him 10 stop.

"I wl~h you'tl ~top!" C:ochmn intu· mp1ed. Gi.,.,;,:I didn't :icknowledg\! Co,.hran and finished his ,Ko.'J)lance ~pttd,. Cocluun then gothcrod up hi\ fullowen and 100k them oulliWe. utcr in the parkU1g lot ouL,ide the Stu· dent Union BuiWlng, the nco-Natls pl3c.:d anti-King 3nd anli-B~ flyer. on .:.in.

"13~l\!ks and A~iam hav.: mor.: righu 1han whites," Cocllran 101d a small group of reporlef5, while Matt Pl'fJ'Y. 17, ll()5«I ~ting Adolph Hiller for a nl!Wl>pa~ photographer.

One unidentified man confronted Cochran and Perry, <kmanding to know what they were doing ll1cre. At 1h31 point, one reporter ran over to their Dodge Sun· dance to get down lht' llco\SC plate number, but Peny tried to bloc~ it. Cochran ordered

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What do you think of Martin Luther King Jr.? Is his message important today? Why? Jennifer Coe-lew en· forcement: Manin Luther

King Jr. did much for his race, however Malcolm X and others also did more for their people and somehow they have little recognition.

So the day should be reserved as Civil Rights Day.

Dana Wenig-business: I

think he was a fine in dividual who aceomplished a great deal in his life. His message is and will always be important and should be heard.

Tom Goin-music: He was a great guy in that he gave us a day off from school and work 10 feel free to do whatever we want.

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War affects all ...

Dying, oil-soaked birds are what we see several 1imes a day on local and national news programs. We see the thick, black ooze washing up on the shores of Kuwait, and it will soon pollute the shores of most countries along the Persian Gulf.

Operation Desen Storm has in1roduced the world 10 a whole new form of warfareenvironmental terrorism.

The week-old deliberately unleashed spill is 35 miles long and 10 miles wide and is estimated to contain 460 million gallons of oil-about seven times the size of Coeur d'Alene Lake.

It is 42 times worse than the 1989 Valdez spill of I I million gallons.

The official U.S. military position is I hat the spill will not hinder our naval strike. However, to tell Saddam Hussein exactly what weaknesses (if any) have resulted from the spill would be tactically stupid.

The biggest human threat the spill poses is to Saudi Arabia's main desalinating plant. The Jubail plant is the largest salt/water separation plant in the world, processing 3 billion gallons daily.

The largest concern to the Saudi's is Riyadh, the capital, which uses about 180 million gallons per day. Although wells could provide enough drinking water for survival, there would not be enough water available for refineries or petrochemical industries.

These are desperate acts by a desperate man.

Hussein's bombs have killed Saudi and Israeli people. U.S. bombs have killed Iraqi and Kuwaiti people. When the ground

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enter inLo the scheme of things, countless more lives will be IOSl. However, no amount of war details or specuJations can explain to the American people why lheir sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, sisters and brolhers are al war.

A question that needs to be addressed is, ' 'What are we fighting for?"

Some say we are al war to protect private U.$. citizens oil investments. Some say we are at war to stop a madman.

A second question that needs to be asked is, "Should U.S. troops be involved?"

The opinions are split here as well.

It seems the bottom line is, " ls the liberation of Kuwait or the price of a barrel of oil worth dying for?"

The answers to these questions are being debated all over the United States, and the answers vary from person 10 person. But all the talk in the world makes no difference-we are a nation at war.

As a result, protestors are holding vigils all over the United States. The attitudes of many support the troops but not Bush-a change from Vietnam.

As far as the troops are concerned, this probably won't be another Vietnam. But will the war be fought like Vietnam-winning the battles but losing the war?

Bush promises "No," but only time will tell.

No matter which side is Laken or if anyone agrees, like four other generations before, lhis one is witnessing war. We'll never be the same again.

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I ,it£nms 'lto ~~EorroB : ] Bachelor examines conflict Editor: I am a typical American. I spend time watching the news with passing interest. It's full of things I have no power over. Bui, recent happenings in the Middle East have directed my a11ention to the news.

I'm a man with no wife or children. This brings apprehension and confusion b«ause all of America, typical or otherwise, is going 10 war. I may find myself fighting in ii.

Many of us don't unllerstand why this is happening. Informed Americans know a 101 of possible explanations for our war with Iraq. Regardless of our level or understanding in this maucr, most seem content 10 let our appointed leaders deal with it for us.

After all, in our minds. this is their war.

We may be slow to anger and quick to act when finally angered, but we arc quick 10 forget. We seem 10 have lost just what it means to be at war. We seem 10 have forgouen 1ha1 war is Hell. 1'm too young to know war. My idea of a soldier is subject to confusion. Is it closer to Sylvester Stallone, or is i1 more like Charlie Sheen? It is ironic 1ha1 I may soon be a soldier. What exactly would I be fighting for?

Many say I would be fighting to unify the world into a single order. This is an honorable pursuit indeed. To be a race, bound by a single ideal, would make us a powerful force in the shaping of our own destiny. But, what good is a world order if its unifying element is, by nature, wrong? Many people don't even understand why freeing Kuwait is so crucial to the fate of mankind, let alone agree with those reasons. And ye1, we trust our leaders to guide us into this brave new order through use of violence and bloodle11ing. World unity cannot be achieved by separate or unified national governments. Unity can only be achieved by realizing that we're unified in our interdependence.

Jason Phoenix Ahlquist

Reader searches for truth Editor: You're right, creationism is not a science. Each ofus through life has a desire 10 have our questions answered because the search for 1ru1h is in us. But, the beginning of life will not ever be proven by any method 1ha1 men devise.

Evolution is a theory brought forth by man's thought, with no conclusive: evidence to support it, and creationism is brought forth by faith. (Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb. 11 : I) God is a spirit! His 1ru1h is inside, not outside.

Men who need tangible evidence such as the theory of evolution for comfort will seek and praise the wisdom on men, and those who seek comfort to their souls, bear witness of the 1ru1h in creation by faith, and pra.ise God. This could not or never will be taught by men as education. Love, joy, peace, life abundant-I never learned 1ha1 in school I So, it is Christ in us 1ha1 will teach, not men or textbooks.

But, the relaying of factual informaLioo, based on actions taken by men and wome1, moved by faith 10 say, do, or write as the Lord led, should not be disregarded or watered down as so much of it is in the elementary texts. The pilgrims came here to escape religious persecution, 1he constitution was wri11en with the laws of God foremost in mind, our money bears the trust in God as its seal-1ha1 is facl. Those words, or knowledge of this did not make me religious.

To teach all aspccLS of the movement of society is educational, and if this includes the faith in God, this is educational as well. Education as a whole serves society's need for persons able 10 function and contribute for the great.er good of society. One plus one equals two, but does slime plus a million years of perfect circumstances equal man, or does God's love plus His wisdom equal man? The decision comes from the accumula1ion of life experiences, which bring us 10 a heartfelt trulh. It is the truth 10 each in· dividual, not to be taught, but to be sought for and found.

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Thursday, January 31, 1991

War by any name smells just as sour Whether you think of it as the war in the Gulf, the oil war, the United States vs. Iraq or the United Nations' extrication of Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, one unarguable fact remains; war, by any other name, smells just as sour.

It became apparent immediately after Saddam Hu~ein's invasion Mike Saunders of Kuwait that longharbored fears of rurn,oil in the Middle East, turmoil that would ultimately result in U.S. inteivention. had been realized.

With the massive mobilization of U.S. and U.N. forces to the Persian Gulf, and the "air war" that has ensued, people around the world, many for the first time, are glimpsing the haunting specter of a time-honored tradition; that of human warfare.

What we are seeing on television and reading about in the newspapers is, for all practical purposes, all we know about the war. Based upon this information and separate, personal convictions, some people are disagreeing with the war, others are suppor-

ting it and there are always those who just can't decide where they stand.

This is another time-honored tradition (in a free society, anyway); voicing, or not voicing, your opinion.

As American college students, we are famous for voicing our opinions. With a few exceptions, we have always done so with relative impunity. Compare that to the tragedy of Tienanmen Square, or to other countries such as Iraq, where deviation from governmental is sure to be dealt with violently.

As American college students, we are also expected 10 think logically and critically. In our English courses we are iaught to heed the opinions of qualified experts, while discounting the under-researched opinions. My English 104 instructor went as far as to say that if you have not researched a particular topic fully enough you have no right to an opinion about it.

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Although I wouldn't go quite that far, it makes no sense to me when people question the powers that be on their decision to take action against Saddam Hussein. Who is bener qualified to make that incredibly difficult decision?

President Bush, the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives and the various heads of state from all of the aligned countries could not have arrived at their decision before fully researching the mailer

and considering every ()Os.Sible course of action, a task that could not have been easy.

To entertain the notion that our troops were sent into combat for no other reason than oil is to grossly oversimplify the matter. Maybe it's easier for the people in the anti-war movement to think of it as being so one-dimensional; the fact is, however, that realities in our global community arc rarely so easy to pin down.

There is no question that people are comparing this war with the war in Vie1nan1; in some ways they are very similar. To say that they are the same, though, is another example of oversimplification.

They are simply not the same. ln a perfect world, there would never be a reason for war. It is Hell on Earth and no one should like it; that is a g.iven.

Another given, sadly enough, is that we do not live in a perfect world. Sometimes there must be wars. and when a monster like Saddam Hussein rears his ugly head, thank C,od that we have the ability to chop it off.

1 hope the hundreds of thousands of American soldiers that are engaged in U1at decapitation never have to see an anti-war protest sign or hear any of the mindless limericks. 1l1ey deserve nothing less than Godspeed and yellow ribbons until their incredibly difficult task is accomplished.

For all you do, this SCUD's for you "A fl we are saying, is "Give peace a chance."

Thousands of voices in hundreds of cities across the globe sing the words in unison.

The song, written by the late John Lennon, seems to have a strange calming effect on the singers. With heads bowed, they clasp one Darrel Beehner another's hands and hold them skyward.

Like fields of hay in a warm summer breeze, the assemblies of peace-seekers gently sway side-toside in rhythm with the music.

Unfortunately, for all their good intentions, the demonstrators' efforts arc a little too little, a little too late.

So once again we find ourselves literally fighting for peace. This doesn't mean, however, that peace can only come about at the expense of thousands of Jives or the complete annihilation of Iraq and Kuwait.

The war could be brought to a quick end by a single act of violence-the "untimely" death or assassination of Saddam Hussein.

I know people say that such a move would be

immoral, it would be murder, it would be against everything the U.S. stands for.

To me, it would be justifiable homicide.

This is a man who has led his coumry into war twice in the last decade. A man who has used poison gas against his own people. A man who took thousands of foreigners hostage and used them as human shields against possible attack before the war and has since used prisoners of war for the same purpose-one of which was reponedly killed during a recent bombing raid on Baghdad.

Perhaps the most overwhelming and as.inine stunt he has pulled so far is the pumping of oil into the Persian Gulf. Expens say the oil dumped in the Gulf is more than 40 times the amount that was lost by the Exxon Valdez, and covers an area approximately seven times the size as Coeur d'Alene Lake.

President Bush has repeatedly stated that the U.S., in its bombing raids on Iraq, bas not singled out any individual for Largeting. And this would, in fact, be against the law, as the U.S. is the only country in the world with a standing executive order that outlaws the assassination of foreign heads of state.

Now I realize Fidel Castro, who was supposedly targeted for assassination by the CIA with President Kennedy's approval, would be skeptical of

this law, as would Libyan leader Muamar Quaddafi, who had a bomb dropped through his living room window during a U.S. air raid. But, because neither of these leaders were actually killed, it can't be proved that the U.S. had intentionally tried to kill them.

So if we aren't allowed to go after Hussein, why not let someone else do it-someone like Israel.

Hussein has launched several Scud missile attacks on Israeli cities, even though Israel is not a member of the coalition which is aligned against Iraq.

The Israelis have vowed retaliation against Hussein " in the time and fashion of their own choosing." In other words, "They're gonna snuff 'irn."

Perhaps the best-ease scenario, however, would be if his death were self-inflicted, or came from within bis own country.

One way would be for him to dje while he was onboard an Iraqi patrol boat in the Persian Gulf that hit one of their own mines. This would be titting because, after all, "a mine is a terrible thing to waste."

An even better way for him to die would be for one of his own Scud missiles to be launched against him. On the missile a note could be attached saying, "Saddam: For all you do, this Scud's for you."

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everal of Lhis Sentfoel's "Chokecherries" orig111ated at recent Cardinal basketball games. The following are reportable: When the Coeur d'Alene All-Stars (a recreation league Learn) played the visiLing Australians, one of Lhe Lownies was a shorl, pudgy fellow who showed a smooth touch with a nice hook shot over his taller opponent. NJC game announcer Dick Raymond acclaimed the good move by yelping into the microphone, "A hooker!" Several of the young men in the crowd stood, looked and shouted back, "Where?"

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llhough the common initials for the College of Southern Idaho are CSI, the school's basketball uniforms have an interposed "S" and "I" in the side, making the insignia "$." One onlooker familiar with state legislative budgetary processes noted, "I'm not surprised; we all know where the money goes.''

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cveral North Idaho loyalists have commented on the numbers of players from North Idaho high schools playing on the NlC basketball team. None (0) are on the men's team, while the women 's team has three.

Coming close to a similar mark, the teams from Treasure Valley CC in Oregon, which the Cardinals played last week, have very few players from their slate on their teams.

On the other hand, the NIC men's team has six players from Montana and the TVCC teams have 14 players from Idaho. No one could say these schools don't love their neighbors.

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test of priorities: Las1 week's board of trustees meeting was held in the late afternoon so that members of the board (including basketball scorekeeper Bob Ely) and 1he audience would be free 10 attend the NIC-CSI game that evening, which was played during tht time the trustee meeting usually is held.

Nevertheless, Ely was conspicuously gone at the board meeting. When spied at the score table of the women's game, held during the rescheduled board meeting, and asked where his priorities are, Ely evidently replied, " Here, of course!"

Meanwhile, at the Ely-less meeting, President Bob Bennett lobbied on behalf of Ely 10 reschedule a future meeting that connicted with a basketball game.

The Bobs lost.

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due time: Something has to be said about the bodacious new scoreclock that was unveiled at the TVCC game-other than it cost $50,000 and includes tenths of seconds and a shot clock.

It may save embarrassment for timekeeper David Cohen. A few games ago Cohen was directed by a referee 10 set one second onto the old scorcclock when it allowed time 10 expire despite the official stopping the game with what he determined 10 be one second remaining.

To get the clock 10 :01, Cohen had 10 start it at :59-and everyone patiently waited for the 58 seconds 10 tick off. When it got 10 :01, h~wever, it ticked again and the horn obnoxiously sounded, causing a giggle throughout the gym. The referees then manually timed a second, put the ball in play, and 1he game ended.

Cohen blamed a "faulty clock."

This letter is in response 10 Patricia Snyder, whfl w, 1te a column, and Duane Gross, who wrote a letter of agreement about her column.

I completely agree with both of you about teaching other "origin of life" theories in the classroom, and since you both seem to be serious aboui this cause then maybe you can help me out. You see, 1 100 have a theory that is every bit as valid as crca. tionism and evolutionism; I call it "Godwasanalienism." This theory maintains that humanS'and their earth were created by a supreme intelligent being; this being was not supernatural, however, bu1 supertec/1110/ogical, meaning tha1 the only difference be1ween him (or, more accurately, them) and us is the level of our respective technological advancements.

I won't get into all the scien1ific evidence here, but believe me, it docs exist. There is, in fact, far more scientifically viable evidence that aliens created the human race as it is today than evidence of a viable magnitude that suggests that the creator was an "omniscient, omnipotent god." And so 1demand 1ha1 this 1heory be given equal time in our classrooms.

Also, there is another theory that seems 10 make a lot of sense lo me right now, tha1 mice and dolphins are the true rulers of the planet, and that THEY created us and do experiments on us; I demand that this theory be given equal time in the classrooms.

I would like here to ask Ms. Snyder if she also believes that THESE theories should be taught in classrooms as possibilities of the origin of humankind. If she doesn't, I would ask her if it is because she does not believe in the theories. If 1ha1 is the reason, I would suggest that she is what she accuses evolutionism teachers of being.

If we give equal time 10 all the theories out there that have a bit of merit (don't get me wrong, quite a few of them do have a good deal of merit, including those above), we would spend much more time philosophizing than nnalyzing raw observations (without preconceived no1ions), and THAT is what 1hc scientific method is based on.

P.S. I notice that Dan Hyde has many more photos in the paper than anyoneelsc...now that's hardly fair.

Mell Gray

Veterans treated unfairly Editor: How can any American suppor1 the government when the government of this country does not support its veterans?

As a Vietnam veteran I have been discriminated against by the Veterans' Administrations (VA), Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), and rhe American people. The American people, as a whole, are two-faced! They do not demand that the government take rcspcn¡ sibility for the dumping of Agent Orange on American troops in Vietnam. They do not demand 1ha1 the Veterans' Administration clean up its hospitals. They do not demand 1hat more Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSU) clinics be opened to handle the problems of Vietnam veterans. Whal are the American people going 10 do when 1roops come home from the Persian Gulf? Sweep them under the rug, too?

I am not questioning the mo1ives for our involvement in this connict. II is a proven fact that America docs not, and apparently will not, take care of its veterans. If you fed that I am wrong, visit a VA hospital or attend a PTSD therapy session and talk with a combat veteran who dedicated a portion of his/ her life in support of those who did give that final full measure. Find out what it is like to be a war veteran of this coun¡ try. Until this country treats its war veterans humanely, it has no right to engage in any further police actions, conflicts, or wars.

I fervently support our troops in the Persian Gulf, but I do not, and will not, suppcrt the Bush administration. I wiU protest against President Bush and his adminisuation until our troops are home.

America, when are you going to wake up? There are more casualties to war than the number of soldiers, sailors. airmen, and marines killed or missing in action. To put it simply, " Blind faith in your leaders can get you killed."

Bill Kirk

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t was early in the morning when my roommates and their friends came home from a party. I was trying to sleep, but it was next to impossible with the noise.

I drifted in and out, hearing bits or conversation-something about someone going to jail and having to be bailed out, somcihing about a kid who passed out in his car with the liglus on and the engine running, something about throwing pennies at the car to wake him up. My roommate said ihat he was going 10 go wake the guy up.

It was quiet for a while.

Then I heard the door slam open and my roonunaic screaming ihat the kid was dead and someone needs to call 91 1. He screamed it twice and then said, "Look at the blood on my hands."

When I heard the words "dead," "blood," and "911," I shot out or bed. My military training took over and in seconds I was running from the room.

ough an:! Tumble Cal was what his buddies called him at the El Rancho Bar and Grill in downtown Durango, Colo., but he was Mr. Hyde 10 his clients in the landscaping business.

I knew him as "Dad." His reputation as a barroom brawler gained him recognition all over town and so did his ability to make lawns, trees and nowcrs grow. He was lean and mean and could throw about as wicked of a left jab in a right as he could wield n sho\·el on the job.

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My mind- was racing, bringing back all the things f learned about emergency medicine. I thought that because my roommate was imoxicated he might have missed the spot for taking a pulse. I ran to the car hoping I would be able to he.Ip. I reached in and shook him. No response.

I felt his neck for a pulse. There was no pulse.

I saw blood runrting ou t of his mouth, down the side of his face and onto his collar. I thought he had been in a f\ghL I reached for his wrist to fed for a pulse. I stopped short when I noliccd his hand locked around the cold, blue mll22lc or a .22 rine.

My bmin clicked and I was finally wide awake. A crawling sensation filled my ches1. My mind screamed as the realization of what happened became clear. My eyes followed the blue steel down.

Everything mo~ed slowly as if in a dream.

My eyes stopped at the trigger.

I frou. But my mind screamed again and I took a Slcp back and inhaled for the first time in wha1 seemed like hou~.

The next thing I knew the police were there along with emergency medical technicians from the fire depart· mem. They asked me questions and I answered mechanically.

Dazed, I went back 10 my room and into my now cold bed. The rest of the nigh1 and for days afterward I kept asking the same question.

Why? I will probably never know the answer to that question.

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HELP! Counseling available at NIC for anyone considering suicide was stopped in the school haD by a friend.

"Ale you going lO the funeral?" she a.sked.

"Who's funeral?" I replied.

"Freddie's," she said. "He died Friday night when his car went ovtr the center line of the road and he hit someone head-on. Didn't you know?"

I \\-asdevastated F ~ and I wm good friends.

Why didn' t I know? I could have ! IOpped him. Bu1 it was 100 late. I had failed Fm!dic.

Most people ha\·e had pmooal ~ .,.,ith suicide or knows of someone that has. Some have had suicidal thouglus tbcmsdYes at one time or another In their liYCS. Whal can we do? Is lha'c bdp available? What are the wamina sips?

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whiskey were his trademarks by 111gh1. He was a man with two distinctly differe111 faces. .

The ama.dng thing about the life of Calvin Hyde was that he gave it au up-his wife, hi.i kids, his fly ri.shing, his bll5iness-everything! Just one despcra1c night and it was all over. He went into the garage, go1 up on a chair and hung himself.

I forgot to teU him thnl the weather forecast called for sunny and warm the next day or that the fishing was bener than it had been in years down on the San Juan River.

News or the incident spread like wildfire through the radio and television media. The suicide note that he had left behind was read vcrbadm over the airwaves. The long-time Durango resident made news for the last time.

I asked myself all of the questions. How could life get so bad that he would want to take his own life?

Why did he feel that death was the only solution? Did he suffer? Is there anything that I could have done?

My first reaction was typical. I cried unrelentingly. I cried for the good times that my dad and I had shared and I cried for the bad times too. It would have been much easier if he would have died of a hean attaclc or in a car wreck rather than malce his family suffer through the trauma of hi.i mental anguish and the embarrassment of suicide.

I feared my own life would be destined down that same path and I wanted no pan of n. His 1ragic death made me reflect on my own mental stability and fate and ~ images of his final breath overpowered my thoughts, I felt defeat for the first time.

As it ti commonly said. "Lime heals all things," I can attest 10 that healing process. I have my o" n life. I am not Calvin Hyde. I have the freedom to choose for myself and I believe tha1 I have chosen a good road to uavel. Life ti very precious to me and I look forward to a long and productive life.

Perhaps, the most meaningful lesson that I have learned - -- - - , - - -p,-,stt FATHER p. a

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The NlC Sentinel

Californian resents prejudice, harrassment Crime. It's the plague of the big cities.

And a wave of crime is crashing onto the Norlll\vest as millions and millions of Californians move up here to gel away from the massive population and rushhour traffic.

Or so the myth goes.

My 20-year-old Karin Lau sister, a life-long California resident, moved to Idaho a few weeks ago. Last Friday she parked her ca.r on the dike road and went to class.

At the end of the day, she went back 10 her car only to find that she had bec~me a victim of crime.

She found that someone had left a note written in indelible black marker on her window. The person called her an "asshole" because of the way she parked her car, but he reasoned that ii was because she was from California.

The NJC student who wrote it commited a crime-vandalizing private properly. Contrary to the popular myths about Californians and crime, il wasn't the caUfornian who commited a crime.

The only things she did wrong according the the note were park 100 lightly between two cars and

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1 do know one thing 01ough; suicide is not an option for

me. Suicide is a pennanenl solution for a temporary pro· blem. No ma11cr how bad it gcLS, there is always something 10 look forward 10. Thm is always an alternative to suicide.

Confronting your problems is one way. You don't have 10 do it alone. You can Mk your best friend, your counselor at school. your favorite teacher or your parents for help.

If they arc too busy, keep looking until someone is not busy.

There arc many of people to w;k-even the polict, rire depanment, the mail man or anyone who will listen.

There is no problem bad enough to make me, for one, even consider suicide. I think ii is the worst cop-0ut anyone could uy.

The pan about suicide that really makes me angry is watching the effect ii has on the people left behind. The parents who have lost a child and don't know why. The best rrie.nd who thought he was just joking. The nameless pc1$0n who is unfortunate enough 10 s1Umblc across the body.

I watched and fell the effects and grew angry at the guy who murdered himself. How could he be so selfish and cruel 10 not think about the effect his actions would have on the people who love him. What gives him the right to mess up other people's lives?

After someone murders himself, the people close to him or her wonder, "What did I do wrong? Why did he kill himself? What could I have done? Whal should I have done?" They blame themselves when it probably y,asn't their faull.

The guy who murdered himself in the night was 100 young. He hadn't, in my opinion, cxpcrimccd enough of life 10 be able to make the judgment of whether or nol life is worth living. Even if he was 40 years older, the decision 10 live or die was not up 10 him.

Suicide is nol an option. If you thmk it is and you can't find anyone who will talk about it, call me. We' ll talk.

move to North ldaho from California. Is that a crime?

It's interesting lo note one thing that my sister has noticed about this area-the Pacific Northwest is zealous in its patriotism. Unfortunately, that patriotic spirit excludes Californians.

Californians are Americans too, yet many people seem to think of us as foreign immigrants invading the area and destroying the way of life here. That certainly is not the case.

Sure, l will admit naky Californians do exist in the world. But so do naky Northwesterners.

Some Californians commit crimes (Richard Nixon is a good example), but so do some Northwestemers (keep reading).

Yes, the Rev. Richard Butler of neo-Nazi fame is a native Califomian, bul the most famous serial killer in the history of this country came from the Northwest. Seattle, to be exact. He was, before he was introduced the the Florida electric chair, none other than Ted Bundy.

The state of residence (or former residence) doesn't make a person a menace to society. To think that is pure ignorance. Californians are not the only people on this planet who pollute the air or drive fast or whose basic character resembles an "asshole."

People, human beings do those things and can resemble the lauer thing. Californians are not the sole cause of every single planetary, or Northwest.em. problem.

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/rom p. 7 - - - - - - - - - - According 10 North Idaho CoUegc Counselor, Dr. Eli Ross, most suicide is the result of repressed anger or hurt turned into anger due to unresolved issues.

"This causes a deep hopelessness and despair," Ross said. "People lose their ability to cope."

According to U.S. News and World Reports, the pressures of entering college causes high stress and depression levels. Ross affirms that the pressures of college can be condusive 10 depression. Although depression doesn't always lead 10 suicide, Ross asserts, "If you're not depressed, you're not likely to kill yourself."

Ross gave some signs to look for-tack of sleep, waking up during the night or sleeping all of the Lime shows that there is a problem. Nightmares, feeling pan.icky, an inability 10 cope or feeling sad all of the time are other signs that something is wrong.

Friends should always take suicide talJc seriously whether real or imagined.

"You can't always tell when someone is going 10 commit suicide," Ross said. "Some people intcmali:ze their feelings and their friends never know until it is all over."

But, there is help. Anyone who has entertained thoughts of suicide or knows of someone that is tallcing about commiuing suicide, should gel to the counseling depanmcnt in the Student Union Building and talJc t0 one of the counselors.

"When we have friends come in and express their concern about someone. then we conl3Cl them and ask them if we can help,'' Ross said. "Some peoplc won't come in on their own but will talk to us if we contact them."

Limited free counseling is available 10 all students at NIC through the counseling department. It is located in the SUB on the stcond floor in the financial aid section.

Don't give up, get help.

We are not here 10 take away anything, but rather to get away from an unnatural way of living, and in the process, we do make our share of contributions to the Northwest. We have brought :some of our environmental awareness and concern; economic growth and new jobs; and money-lots and lots of money, among many other things.

As any population grows, so does the expansion of inhabited areas. All of the new mini-malls being built and the new car wash wars is not just the result of Californians moving here, but rather an extension of a nationwide.

The increase in pollution is not because of Californians, but once again because of the growing world population. With more people, there are more cars on the road and more factories making more goods to keep up with the ever-growing demands for consumer goods. These are some of t11e things that increase pollution- it's not just Californians.

The blame people put on Californians and the discrimination and harrassment we must face is the Northwest's way of not taking responsibility for its own problems.

I for one am sick of this treatment. My sister and l are both fourth-generation Idahoans, even though we were born in California. Our family's heritage lies within the mountains surrounding Coeur d'Alene.

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FATHER from p. 7- - -- - - - - from this experience is that we all must become more atun· ed and understanding toward the feeling.s of 01hers. It is that sensitivity that will allow us 10 recognize and acl upon the distress signals of others. It is understanding those signals that will enable us to steer a loved one from the teniblc grasp of self-destruc1ion.

The human psyche is much more complex than most people realize. Human behavior is generally measured on a relatively basic level; deep, long Lenn-depression, negative statements, unharnessed anger or fear, giving away pcrsonel belongings, remoteness or sorrow.

In pursuit of my own answers as 10 why my father commited suicide I have gone to the books for ansy,ers and have perhaps even found how I could have helped.

One confusing clement to this particular case was the fact that my dad had a mental condition that society is just now beginning to undemand: a chemical imbalance in the brain All 100 often we believe that everyone has fuU comrol of their thoughts and are completely responsible for their own actions, but the more that I lcam about the delicate balance of chemicals in our brain, the more sympathetic I become to those who have been condemned tO a life of uncom.roll· ed highs and lows.

Resean:hen have isolated, analyzed and reproduoed many of the brain chemicals that can affect moods. Many of these chemicals IUC being used in patients who are chemically deficient with remarkable results. Where once psychologius might have institutionaliud those who suffer from menial diseases, they are now offering an array of drugs, counsel· ing and support groups.

The dark age of mental illness is a thing of the pa.st and as more and more people come out of the closet and into the light of modem n:search and understanding: the fe,,,-er victims might fall into the grip of sdf-desuucuon.

If only I would have known then what I know now.

-::--alNSTAN:F CUI ,1-lJRE--9 Upton headlines coming comedy night -Thursd-ay,Janu-ary 31,-1991

by Palrfcll Snyder

As:nstanl Ed11or

Jokes and laughler ,viii take the stage when the Associated Students or North Idaho College presents the first comedy night of 1991.

Brad Upton headUnes the ASNIC's Comedy Nigh1 Feb. S al 8 p.m. in Boswell Hall Auditorium and is "supposed 10 be really good," said ASNIC Activities Director Don Atha. Openers for Upton ,viii be Rodney Sherwood and Tresa Bennett. Bolh Sherwood and Bennett have participated in 1.hc Sea1tle Underground comedy network, Al.ha said.

NIC gets iis comedians through Comedy West, a Seaule agency. Alha said lhc agency is contacled and !old the date of Comedy Night and lhe amount NIC is e.xpec1ing 10 pay.

For example, NK would ask for one person for SI ,000 and two for S300 10 $500.

ASNIC does not review tapes or transcripis of past performances, Atha said. Rather. ii gets an idea of how good a performer is from reviews and from people who have ,va1ched his or her act.

Although ASNIC usually only sponsors one Comedy Night per semester, four arc planned for this semester. ·n,c evenings of laughter have bo.>11 "going over well," Atha said.

1l1ey have seen a response of 300 10 500 people per per· rormance. They are the " mos1 successful activities put on (by ASNI Q, e.~cep1 for maybe the cruises," Atha said.

Ttckets are S4 for general admission, $3 for senior citizens and S2 for studenis. TI1c average show lasts I 11-2 hours.

A1ha said, and that some of the subject maucr may comain mature lhcmes sui1ablc for teenagers and adu lis.

Coming home again

Art students' work Coeur d'Alene musicians return for NIC concert display in gallery for February's show

BoLh musicians gradua1ed from Couer d'Alene High School and auended Whilwonh College. They are bringing Some magic music is on lhc way 10 North Idaho Col· home lheir many years of fmely polished skills afLcr having legc. A Centennial Homecoming Concen featuring Bill pcrfom1ed 1he first concert held on Boswell Hall Rhodes, a bass-baritone vocalist, and Rick Nobis, a concert Audi1orium's sLBge. pianist and composer, has been rescheduled for 8 p.m Feb. Having a flair for comedy, Rhodes has performed in 7 in Boswell Hall Auditorium.

1wenty-1wo musical comedies in West Coas1 and National Touring Companies.

In recent years, Bill has made c~ical music lhe main thrust of his career and has added over 30 major operas 10 his lis1 of credits. He has also appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and on the Today Show.

Nobis also has an impressive musical history. He sl8rted playing piano al the age of 5 and is a graduate of Lhe San Francisco Conservatory of Music. After receiving Lhe prestigious Hertz Award, Nobis studied for a year in Paris.

CUrrenlJy, Nobis serves as the principal keyboardis1 of Lhe Utah Symphony and as music director for bolh the Repertory Dance Company and Salt Lake City's annual Vivaldi Candleligh1 Conocn. He also produces a classical music program for the University of Utah's radio Slatioo, KUER-FM. Nobis is a prolific composer and, in addition to having five of his orchestral works performed by the Utah Symphony Orchestra, is also gaining recognition in Europe. Indeed, he is currently looking forward 10 leading a group of musicians 10 Nepal 10 perform lhe chamber music of Bach, Beelhovcn and Mozan.

Music for this homecoming concert will include arias, ~ngs and piano soloo composed by Handel, Chopin, Ra,'tl and Verdi follo\\ed by songs composed by American com· posers including Nobis.

Tickets are $10 and are a,·ailablc at the NIC Box Office, Bun's Music and SOund and lhe Koo1enw Corrununi1y Con.___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ c:cn _ .<\Moc _ _mtion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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An studenlS from Nonh Idaho College will show off their talents in an art show called "Ri1es of Spring." A student installation collaboration, the will run from Feb. 11 10 March 31 in the Union Gallery.

Several groups will work on different pieces keeping the theme as a common thread, according 10 an instruc· tor Allie Vogl, allhough the interpretations will differ

inlmensely.

Approaches 10 the artwork may be serious, whimsk:al, abstract or non-objective and use various mediums that include watercolor, pencil and oil paint. A wide range of materials and objects also will be used.

"This show will be very unpredictable and exciting," Vogt said. The students have several days 10 SCI up lhe artwork and make changes if necessary, adding an~ mem of surprise, Vogl added. Two- and three- dinlenllonal anwork will be protruding into lhe center of the gallery from the surrounding walls.

An students instructed by Karen Kaiser and Vog1 will be installing lhe pieces "10 make lhe work happen." This is a first-time experience for a student installation colabralation process in lhe Union Gallery.

"I can' t really 1eU you what it will be... bul it is ,ery interpretive," Vogt 53id. "The insl3J.lalion asks the viewer 10 panicipa1e."

Opening nigh! receptions are Feb. 11 and Feb. 13 from 6-8 p.m. An students will be available for discussion and fl'frcshments will be sorycd. Admission is free.

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Film critic torpedoes 'Red October' Soviet sub the size of a World War II aircraft carrier. The submarine carries enough nukes to wipe out about two hundred cities, and is also equipped with a silent propulsion system to sneak past ihe imperialisiS. Captain Ramius, disgruntled for obscure reasons, gets the idea to defect and take his super-sub ,vith him. Naiurally, the rest of the Soviet Navy isn't too thrilled about his decision, so 1.hey go out to uy and sink Ramius.

I just couldn't understand it: Why didn't The Americans, as usual, are befuddled.

I enjoy this movie?

Only one man knows how to aid Ramius I devoured Tom Clancy's tcchnoLhriller and, by the way, save the world from all-out novel. The movie adaptation of "The Hunt war. Enter Jack Ryan, an ex-Marine who has for Red Ociober-" promised 10 be a real an unerring knack of getting into 11ouble. ripsnortcr with Sean Connery as Ramius, capA sonar-jockey aboard an American sub Lain of the Soviet submarine Red October; figures out how to track the Russians. Ryan Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan, CIA analyst; superjolt "Die Hard" dirCl..1or John Mclier- comes up with a nifty way of gelling aboard the American sub to help out-he jumps out nan; National Security advisers; and God in of a hovering chopper into really cold water Heaven. What went wrong? and swims toward a moving submarine. It The language barrier, for one thing. Al ftrSt, the Russians speak Russian, with sure looks neat on the screen.

(And now, on to the cx11emely exciting English subtitles. OK. Then the R~ third half of the story...) switch to English, which is also OK. Another Russian sub, commanded by a But it ends up with Connery, as Ramius, initially speaking Russian with a Scottish ac- rival of Ramius, shows up to complicate cent. Then he's speaking English, also with things. The timing is impeccable, as the a Scottish aro:nt. lim Curry, as the Red Oc· Americans have just boarded the Red Oc· iobcr's doctor, speaks English with an English 1ober 10 have a hcan-10-hcart with Ramius.

If you pay real good aucntion, you'll have · accent. Sam Neill, as the ship's executive of· fleer, speaks English with a fair Russian ac- 10 ask, "What's goin' on?'' only six or seven times. cent. It all clauers on the eardrums.

This movie is a fair effort at bringing a The movie gives just a liule background: the Red October, named after the 1911 good book to the screen. Nice efforiS, bad Bolshevik Revolution, is a Typhoon-class results. Tiirec stars is au it gets. * * •

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The Ground Round has a "bar"csque quality 10 it. The dress code is definitely Waist watchers beware! Those who in- flannel shirt and jeans. Football banners dulged too much during the holidays tum and wild animal heads decorate the the page. Only serious hamburger con- restaurant For entertainment, there is a noisseurs may proceed. large screen television in one comer. Pop When people talk about hamburgers in music is played in the background, but the Lake City, one can usually expect there is no room 10 dance. One aspo:1 that Hudson's to be mentioned. The problem does set it apan from a bar is the fact that with fast-food hamburgers is they could I could not find one offensive pic1urc of never compare to the thick, actual beef a half-naked woman on any of the walls. hamburgers made at home. But Hudson's Although there is music and television, has a heavyweight opponent. another entertaining aspect is reading the The Ground Round is located at 4045 menu. The names are amusing ,with inGovernment Way in Coeur d'Alene. Their tcresting stories behind them. The one I hamburgers are the closest to homemade ordered, Hol!y's Favorite, Wt1S named after that I have eaten. TI1cy come in hair- n regulllr customer who was described by pound and quarter-pound sizes for around . the wni11ess as having a unique per10naliS5 and S3 with a choice or potato saL1d ty with "some teeth there, some tcelh missor fries. I ordered fries, but they were so ing." One of the omeleues. Chuck's greasy that I almost asked for a paper Delight, was also named aner a regular towel to absorb the ex.cess oil. customer. Other names on the menu include: the Toad.stool, for a mushroom a.nd Besides hamburgers. they serve omelet- cheese om.cletc; Jaws, for the tuna sandtes, sandwiches and salads. Beer is served wich; Jock Cousteau, an omelete wit11 crab in what looks like a small fishbowl caUed meat; the Laker's burger, with Monterey a scooner anrl they also have wine coolers. Jack cheese; and the Miss Piggy burger I was swprised that they do not have with ham and bacon. free refills on hot chocolate, something For delicious, homcmade-5tyle: hamwhich is standard for most places. The burgers in a comfortable atmosphere go waitress did bring me one when I asked 10 the Ground Round Restaurant. If you for it, but I could tell by her expression become a regular customer they just might that they did not usually give them. name a burger after you.

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The mo\iic " Awakenings'' is probably going to be an Oscar nominee. Wrincn by Dr. Oliver Sacks, a clinical neurologist. it is based on a true story of his experiences.

"Awakenings" takes pla~ in the 1960s when Dr. Sacks cried an experimental drug, L-<lopa, 10 he:lp a group of patients suffering from encephalitis (a type of sleeping sickness).

The story, about Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Dr. Sacks in real life) played by Robin Williams

and the astonishing work that went into the use of L-<lopa, is touching. The focus is dirCCl.ed toward the doctor's relationship with Leonard, a pa1ie111 played by Robert DcNiro.

One secs the hope in the doctor and the pa· tient when the drug "awakens" the human inside and the d~poinunent when the drug begins 10 fail.

Directed by Penny Marshall ("Big," "Jumpin Jack Flash"), this film shows what the patients feel in a caring way. Ruth Nelson is wonderful as Leonard's mother, and Julie Kavncr is also great as Dr. Sayer's nwscassistanL However, none of the pcrformmoes beat those of William'l and DcNiro. Their characters are so believable that it is easy to forget who they really are.

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Gospel uplifts spirit ...

Soulful music highlights Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

by Karin LIU Stntintf Editor

Not being the most religious pe~on in the world, I didn't know what 10 expect from a gospel conccn. I have ,vanted to attend one since seeing Shug Avery sing with her father's church's choir in "The Color Purple." but still didn't know what to expect.

I ended up being so uplifted by The Total Experience Gospel Choir that the feeling lasted with me for several days following. It was incredible-just incredible! Never in my life have I been so mo,'ed by the power of music.

The Total Experience Gospel Choir con· sists of inner-city youths and young adults from Seattle and the surrounding area who are suoceeding academically.

PalrineU Wright directs lbe group and is

its principal singer. Her l)OWCrful voice car- ing pan of lhc evening. ried the choir to enthusiasm and electrified Twelve-year-old Sean Conner did the lhe audience with its spiritual quality. honors with 1he vocal l)Ower reminiscent of Members of lhc audience were often moved Dr. King. Seeing a young black child bcgging the audience 10 follow King's dream to tears by her strong and loving voice.

As she enthusiastically led the choir with brought many tears among the audience and her piano, the choir resl)Onded to her with an extended and emotional standing ovation.

The choir sang songs ranging from lhe time rousing spiricuafity in their young voices. How could such a sound come out of the mouths of slavery 10 the present time. Each began of those who have only walked UPon the with a narrative by Wright about the comearth for such a shon time? It made me l)OSCr and song. Wright joked with the auwonder about the presence of God being dience and seemed 10 be ve.ry much at ease within them as they sang. It sure felt as with her role. It was obvious that in her 17 though He was. ycaIS with the choir, she has had much pracAs pan of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lice in getting her audience 10 respond. lf The Tolal Experience Gospel Choir ever Holiday Program, Wright thought it would be appropriate to have one of the choir boys comes back 10 Coeur d'Alene, or SPokanc, give Dr. King's most famous speech. "l Have or even stays in their homePort of Seattle, I A Dream." It ended up being lhe most stirr- will be sure to see them again.

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Mealtime entertainment continues in SUB with upcoming singers performance of one and a half hours, Atha

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said. The performances are always from 11 :30

For lunch-time entertainment, whether it be music, comedy or a man swallowing swords for lunch, Associated Students of North Idaho CoUcge presents Nic's Nooners.

Singer/songwriter Pai Surface will be the next performer when he takes the stage Feb. 11 at 11 :30 a.m. He plays a mix of PoP and rock music. " It is something for Students to do during their lunch hour," said Don Atha, ASNIC activities director.

Singers, mostly soloists, usually play some of their own original compositions plus some current PoP and/ or country music hits.

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"We talk to different colleges to find out who arc the better ones and then we book them," Atha said. Most of U1e performers tour area colkge campuses, including University of Montana in Missoula.

Depending on who the performer is, 1he price range varies from $300-1000 for one

a.m. to I p.m ..

Andrea Shrader, who sings a mellower type of rock music, will follow Surface on March 8. Atha said ASNIC has never booked a female pcrfonner before, but thought ASN!C shou.ld.

Musicians will sometimes take requcslS as long as they know how 10 play lhe song, Atha said.

"Sometimes the students will get into the music that U1e performers are singing," Atha said.

"It's a good fom1 of entertainment. It's a good place for students to sit and relax, cat their meal and have some entertainment," Atha said.

Atha has been in charge of Nic's Nooners for two years now, although the performanoes have been going on for many ycaIS. The performances have become regular customers of the cafeteria, just as the students and staff of NIC have.

Orchestras, choir conducting late auditions; need • • • mus1c1ans, singers

by Karin Lau Smtlntl Editor

Musicians and singers are being sought to share their talents with several North Idaho College groups this semester.

Terry Jones, director or several instrumental NIC bands, said although all instruments are needed, the North Idaho Symphonic Band e:specially needs clarinet playe~. the Concert Choir needs male singers and strings are needed for the North Idaho Symphonic Orchestra.

Students and community members who have at least high school e.~pericncc or the equivalent may call any of the groups' directo~ 10 set up an audition, Jones said, but they need to do so as soon as possible -pt,- -

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First Amendment issues focus of NIC Writers' Club 1991 calendar

by CMatophtr Cla ncy Stntintl Rtporttr

The English and foreign language depanment is making a statement in the form of an an calender, acrording to lhe dcpartmentS' secre1ary Linda Erickson.

Titled "The North Idaho College Arts Calendar," it features works of an, l)OCtry and photography by NIC studcntS and is a celebration of the First Amendment rights, said Erickson.

Half of all profits collected for the calendar will be donated to the Creative Writers Club and the rest will be used to purchase library materials, including books that have been banned elsewhere. Black-listed books such as "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain and "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut will be among those purchased for the new library scheduled to open in Oct. 1991.

"We believe that the press should not be censored by anyone," said Erickson.

The books are assigned reading for many students at NIC and necessary Hbrary materials thnt should be available, said Erickson. All of the materials purchased by the depanment will fall into the humanities · category as pan of a "matching funds grant" provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities Library Acquisitions Fund. . 1l1e gram is pan of a $96,000 awa!d received by the coUege last Ocrober and will be awarded in a SI0,000 parcel as soon as the college has raised a matching amount of funds. The sale of the calendars is an effon 10 do just that, said Erickson.

1nis year's calender features a Portion of the Bill of Rights on the cover and exemplifies the statement of anti<:enso~hip expressed by many at the college.

The calendar can be purchased for a reduced price of S4 from the English and foreign language department care of the Creative .Writers Club and is available immediately.

To receive a copy, contact Erickson or Virginia Johnson in Room 2J of Lee Hall or call 769-3394 (ext. 394).

Where in the world do you want to go to get out of this cold weather? Why? Tony M1hler1rchltecture: Hawaii,

because it's warm and I could sit on the beach getting a tan as I watch everyone walks by instead of being in my math lab.

Mike B1rlow-blology:

West Edmondton Mall, especially Bourbon Street.

I've heard that it's pretty nic.e. After a night of hard shopping in that part of lhe mall, I'd like to try the 'drop of doom.'

Ellzabeth Vog1llntem1tlon1I bu1lne11:

Virgin Islands because it.s out of the cold. Maybe I could get a tan there.

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Feb. 1, 2, 3, 81 9-Thc Coeur d'Alene Community Theatre will present "How 10 Eat Like a Child (and Other Lessons in Not Being Grown-Up)," a musical by Delia Ephron. John Forster and Judith Kahan.

Cunain lime is 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is S6 for adults and S4 ror seniors, students and childrm. For reservations, call 667-1323.

Feb. 2-A smoko-frtt, alcohol-free dance wiU be held from 8-11 p.m. ups1airs in the Lakeside Center, 421 Lakeside Ave. Rock. jazz, blues and country music will be featured. The cover charge is S2.50. A vegetarian potluck dinner will prccccd the dance from 6-7:30. Bring a list of ingredients with any food. For infonnation or music re· quests, call Suzanne Griffin at 667-62.SS. Feb. 7-Bass baritone Bill Rhodes and concert pianist Rick Nobis. two nationally reoogni.led musicians originally from Coeur d'Alene, will present the Centennial

Homecoming Conoen a1 8 p.m. in ~cu HaU Auditorium. T,ckcts cost SIO and arc available at the NIC Box Office, Bun's Music and Sound and the Kootenai Community Conccn A.ssooauon.

Feb. 8-Comed) takes the stage ~ith ASNIC's Comedy N'ight, featuring Brad Upton and Rodney Sherwood, a1 8 p.m. in Boswell HaU Audhorium. Tickets cost S4 general admission, Sl for seniors and S2 for students and are available at the NIC Bo~ Office.

Feb. 10-Dcnnis Carey will perform a faculty saxaphonc recital at 2 p.m. in Boswell Hall Auditorium. Admission is free.

Feb. 11-Thc second Nic's Nooner wiU feature singer/songwriter Pat Surface from 11 :JO a.m.-1 p.m. In the SUB cafeieria. Ad· mission is free.

Feb. 11-March 1-The Union Gallery, localed in the SUB bascrncn1. ~ill feature a \tudcnt collaboration installation. Admission is, free. The Gallery is open from 12-6 p.m. ~londay through Friday.

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because practice for the new season has alrcady begun.

Performers arc required to commit themsch-cs to abou1 1wo-and"1·hatr hours of Y.ttkly practice sessions and a couple of COnccrtS later in the semester. They wiU also receive one credit for their panicip.11lon.

Jones said the groups arc about 50 per· cent students and 50 percent community members.

"The qualiry (of the music) is enhancCOFFEE

ed by community members because of thCU' CJ1periencc," Jones said.

ParLicipation in the groups is usually easier than high-school level groups because the time commitment is less, Jo,~ said. alihough the musicians arc required to perform "some tough stuff."

To set up an audition for the Nonh Idaho Symphonic Band, call Jones at 769-3422. For the North Idaho Symphoruc Orthcsua call Gerard Mathes at 769-3420.

And for Concert Choir caD Michad Muz.at.ko at 769-3421.

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CONSISTENCY:

Cardinal wrestling team battles for its 14th consecutive Region 18 title

It's (regionals) got me scared to death," Owen said. "111.is is the best Regional competition may have NJC region in the country."

The Cardinals have regrouped 10 wrestling coach John Owen a bit concerned, but NIC's opponents must feel replace eight All Americans from last like General ()eorge Custer when his season's national champion team. NIC cavalry tr00ps were overwhelmed by the boasts a 13-1 dual mark and is ranked Indians-in a war, but nothing could be second nationally behind Lincoln College, of Lincoln. lU. Lincoln gave the done with the excessive power.

The Cardinals have won 13 con- Cards their only blemish Nov. 29.

Since the beginning of the season, secutive Region 18 titles, but it hasn 'l come from dominating cream puff com- NIC features several new faces in its petition. Last season, the region only ad- lineup, including at 142, ISO, 167 and vanced 20 wrestlers to nationals. Fifteen heavyweight. Chris Wilson (142) and of t11ose weat on to earn All-American Mike Hill (150) were ineligible 10 comhono~. NIC will host regionals Feb. 9. pete last semester. Lakeland product

by B~an Walker

Stnrmtl Rrp0rrtr

photo by Bob Sheridan REVERSAL - NIC's Lance Hamilton takes th e upper hand.

Women's team shooting for strong finish

by Mike S.undera

Spons Ediror

Th.e first of two rounds of play in the Scenic West Atltlctic Conference is over and the results are half-way official: NIC is stiU right in the thick of things, tied for second with Ri<:ks College and Utah Valley Community College.

Following a disappointing home I~ at the hands of the fourth-ranked College of Southern Idaho Eagles, 77-fx,, the Cardinals got back on track Saturday with a league victory, albeit a lackluster one, 83-73, over the lowly Treasure Valley Community College Chu~ .

The emotional letdown of the CSI game, in which NIC Slayed close to its biggest rival throughout, despite shooting only 31 percent from the field, may have left NIC flat for the TVCC contest, accor· cling to center Airlon Dud2evich. ''We were expecting t0 win the CSI game," Dudz.evich said. "Everybody was really down afltrWards."

It may be that NIC was looking past the 2-18 Chukars, but coach Rolly Williams doesn't like making excuses.

"Something obviously put us in a position where we didn't function at our best, but one league game is just as important as any other," Williams said.

Dudz.evich, however, seemed unaffected by whatever it was that llaucned the Cards, bouncing away with 13 points and 17 rebounds.

Up next for NIC is a non-league tili at Columbia Basin Community College, Friday, and, on Saturday, t0ugh SWAC foe

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Men's basketball squad wins ugly after tough loss to CSI at home

The Scenic Wes1 Athletic Conferenre schedule is at a crossroads and the road 10 regionals is clearly marked for the NIC women's basketball ream.

The Cardinals will take their lim stride into the home stretch when they battle Ricks, Feb. 2, in Christianson Gymnasium.

Earlier in the season NIC invaded Rick's home rurf and ran away witJ1 a 7~7 victory. According 10 head coach DeHaven Hill, it was the Cardinal's biggest win of the season.

With t11e rare for the fourth and rma! playoff berth intensifying at rnidscason, the rivalry between Ricks and NIC could prove 10 be a tough battle.

"They arc a tough rival. We beat them fairly dettnr down there, but they will give us a good nrn for our money," said sophomore Michelle Sandholm.

Ricks is entering the game in a tie for fourth plare in tl1e SWAC with a 54 rcoord. NJC is a game back with a 4-5 conference nx:ord.

According 10 Hill, one of the Cardinals' goals from the oulSCI of the season was 10 make regionals. However, N!C has Struggled through the first half of their conference schedule.

Hill said that a lack of effort and con1istency from the ream has hurt 1.heit

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" We have 10 keep playing hard. That's something that's hurt us for a while," said Hill. "We've picked up the pace, so hopefully we'll maintain that."

Many of the pla)'l'l'S approach the second half of the conference schedule with the same optimism ''The first half of the season look«! pretty &rim confcrcncc wise, but we're starting from scratch now," said Sandholm.

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Jeremy Pascoe (167) is back after suffering a broken ankle. Heavyweight Jamcs Watkins has emerged as a potential national champion.

"We need to develop an offense with James," Owen said of Watkins, who has a 21-7 record.

Owen said Pasooe's (.9-8) recovery period will be another key 10 the Cards' post season. "There's less than a month before nationals. I think it will take t11a1 to get him going."

"We've made a big turnaround," Owen said. "Not ~ on individuals,

phOlo by Dan Hyde WHER E EAGLES DARE- Alrton Oudzevlch, center, had his work cut out for him the entire night agaslnst CSl 's Imposing front line.

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formanoe and lost to the SWAC leader, n-68.

NIC shot just 37 percent from the field and missed a string of important free throws down the s1.re1ch.

think we're coming along pretty good. We've just got to play one game at a time."

NIC ended a six game losing streak with a 110-54 victory over Treasure Valley, Jan. 26.

1l1e Cardinals shot 54 pc:roent from the field and hit 19 of 21 free throws while romping the SWAC's last place team.

NlC was led by freshman guard Jennifer Clary who scored 22 points. Freshman

"We played hard, and that was important, but I thought

I.he difference in that game was obviously free throws," said Hill. "We had a possible 14 poinLS and we got only one.

That really hun us."

Kris Singer and Sandholm chipped in 17 and 15 points

respectively.

Although the game served as a confidence builder for the Cardinals, Hill was quick LO point out 1.hat the win was at the hands of a weak opponcnL

photo by Dan Hyde

LEFT-HAND DRIVE- NIC guard Al llson Deveraux cruises down the lane against arch-rlval CSI.

WRESTLING

The competition was a bit stiffer when NlC baUled the College of Soul.hem Idaho, Dec. 24.

The Cardinal's could not overcome a poor shooting per-

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Wt''re 40 percmt better."

The team should 8CI a good tw1t-op

for regionals when It h~s Western Montana College tonight and Simon Fruer Friday.

NIC defeated WMC on the rOlld

Nov. 14 in iu SC3SOll opener 31,8. In the loss, Wes1em ~ wiU1ou1 dcfendina NAIA national champion (l !lO poun<b} Mick 01Cfl' and former NlC national champions Janue KamberiinJ (177) and Ernie Molina (126).

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We're doing everything we can do to win a national championship. One thing we got going for us Is tradl· tlon and pride.

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NAIA Simon Fnucr should am prove a ronnidiblc opponent for the C'ar· dinak. At in, Justin Abdou defeated former NlC IVIO-lU1lC national clwnpk>n Kenny Rucker in tht NAIA championship match mt scuon. Craig Robffls, a 1421)0Under, b abo a tOJHIO(ch

wrc.ulcf, Oi\'ffl said.

'1'hey have some ma1quee athlelcs.''

Owen said. '1'hey're just an OUl5tanding outfit." four wrestlcn are "elevated" and m up to Owen's standards for the po6t K&10!1. Dan Schumacher (126 pouom).

Frank Velaquez (1341, Cbris Willon (142) aod Brady Harmon O77) ba\'t carried the <adill1s.

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Foascn and Rob Edelbluie should vie ror a iqjol13l trip, Owen said. Other unddamincd matchuJl5 oome at 158 wiih Lance Hamillon and John 0 1 De0 and heavyweight with Watkins and John Pmoll.

The ICGl1l b at fuB sttenglb, but didn't return Shane Ligbl, who has been numng a knee ittjury al season.

The four-dme Iowa state high 9Cboo1 dwnpioo mishlrted llm season.

Owen $aid he

NlC m~ five front-ends of one and ones in the second half and made only one of four of their two shot free throws.

NlC played the game without the leade~hip or Sf.lphomorc Chanda Tebay.

Tebay underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Monday. Hill said her absence from the team is indefinite at the present time.

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at regionals. · ~ Sludcnls ooukl help gee us national qualifll!l'S (especially 11 118, 158 and 167)."

NlC has kx»..ed especially impmsivc as the ,won 1w ~ - The team pummclcd Central Washington 38-3 Jan. 25. CWU was ranlccd tenth among NAIA schools.

"The Clackamas Toumamcot (Jan. l 9) was our lul chance to sec our showing u a toumamCDl team,'' Owen said. ' 'We pas.,cd that &est. We qualftcd eight in the llnak."

photo by Brady Kolderl

DISCO DARLING- 7-year-old Russell Thomp. son boogies down with NIC mascot Cecil.

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"They're getting it done day in and day out for us," Owen said.

"Chri~ (27-5) has done a tremendous job in competition for IJS," Owen said.

Harrison (30-3), third at regionals last season, has been steady all season, Owen said. He and 190-po\mdcr Tom l3rcczc (23-8) arc the lone returners rrom la\t $CU>ll 'S starting lineup.

"We've fmally got Breeze so he's not fighting hi, weight instead of what's rn1 the mat."

The .:oadl said he and assistant coach Many Boday aic St!ffling takcdown ucllnktue to 1181)()tll1M Shawn Ftu!n (70-1 1) and ISO,pounder

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Ricks comes to Co.:ur d',\Jene for a 7:30 p.m, ma1d1-11p.

Neither game should prove easy for the Cards, but the 11 S-8S sbelfllcxing NTC ~ at Riclcs De,:. IS and the: possiollity or owning ~ d place outright with a win over the: Vilings may pro\1dc the necessary iocentive.

"I'm sure it will much di.ffcmu lhis time," Dudz.evidl said, "Ir we'rt in second place going int.o regionals, l know we can beat CSI...we have to win this game."

Williams is more reserved in Im outloo~, citing bis ttmn 's need for mor,: consistency and a tougher defense.

"We haven't been reacting well 10 dn'bblc l)llllCUlltlon," Willirum said. ''We stop !he ball, and they dish it off

and soore a lay-in."

Williams, wilh his lradomark wit, qulaified hi,, prediction for the Rkks gnmc. "lt depends on which NTC team shows up for the sa,nt," be said.

February 1...................... Men's Basketball Columbia Basin, away, 7 p.m.

1 .................................... Wrestling

Simon Fraser, home, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

2.............................. Indoor Track

While the team remaim near Ille top of the region, several NfC play~ are doing wcll in the varioius stalistlcal categoric,;. As of Jan. 23, S-foot-7 dynamo Donald Perritt lead the region in asrlsts, with 8.6 a game, steals. 3.1, and was secood in three-point conversions, averaging S2 pc:rocnt from long-range.

Casey lrgcns and Dud1.rvich were tlcd for third in rebounds, each averaging 8.6 a oontest. Felix McGowan tTlllllllged se'>'Cllth in SC0ntl$, with 19.4 per game, followed closely by Perrill in ninth, with 19.t.

Cavanaughs All,Comers, U. of Idaho 4............... Intramural Basketball What the Hell vs Nike, 7 p.m.

Tom Martin vs Runnln Cards, 8

p.m.

Air Ball vs Young Guns, 9 p.m.

5............... Intram ural Basketball Young Guns vs What the Hell, 7 Chow Hounds vs Air Ball, 8 p.m.

Das Kampeen vs Nails, 9 p.m.

7 ............... Intramural Basketball Young Guns vs Das Kampeen, 7 p.m.

Runnin Cards vs Genuine Draft, 8 p.m.

Nike vs Bad Dudes 11, 9 p.m.

8................. Women's Basketball Salt Lake, away, 5:15 p.m.

8...................... Men's Basketball Salt Lake, away, 7:30 p.m.

9 .................................... Wrestling Regional 18, home, 10 a.m. to 8

p.m.

9................. Women's Basketball Utah Valley, away, 5:15 p.m.

9...................... Men's Basketball Utah Valley, away, 7:30 p.m.

9.............................. Indoor Track

Human Race Invite, EWU

The issue is you, coach, no ifs or buts Since an NTC head coach bothered to take a little of his Lime to rudely interrupt my interview with another person last TI10rsday, I 1hought I could spare a minute of my own to write about it in this column.

While the interview was going along at a pleasant pace, the Brian Walker coach stopped in his tracks when he noticed me in Lhc office. I 100k the disniption as a total bad shot to myself as a learning sports reporter.

The coach apologiied to the iutervicwcc and con1inued on to his destination.

Apparently displeased at the coverage his 1cams received in the Senrinel this fall and toward U1e end of the season, the coach clearly

attempted LO persuade the interviewee in the

same direction with his learn.

"George Micheal's butt gets more coverage than your national program," he said 10 the interviewee.

' ,================= I realized that we are putting out the Sentinel because we want to learn the dos and the don'ts of journalism.

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This fall, in the fifth issue of Lhe Sentinel, I wrote a column with tile headline "George Michael's buttocks not an issue." The headline, which wasn'l my product, was a bit misleading because I was referring to the director of "The George Michael Spons Machine," not the singer in the column and iL had nothing to do with anyone's bullocks.

I was surprised and mildly mad when I read the headline on the day of publication.

TI1ough the Sentinel follows a real world newspaper as closely as possible, the staff members are simply practicing their career.

I hope, Coach, and others who don't unders¡ tand Lhis yet will realize we'll act as professionally as possible, but we'll expect that from you as well. Is that asking too much? I should think not.

I didn't get that professional feeling when I set up an appointment with you Friday to talk with you about the incident, and you didn't show after I waited 15 minutes.

Maybe I overlooked a note that you posted on your door. Hey, I know you're busy. Almost all of us are. We also forgei. But you could've picked up rhe phone and rescheduled when you had time or if you remembered.

I didn't get that feeling when you said, "What do you think you guys are, USA Today/" What an encouragemem 10 a journalism major.

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Who is your choice for athlete of the year? Why? Edie Dltemanelementary education: Connie Duvall, (the) water skier. She's compelitive and she shows her eommi1ment by still participating even 1hough she's pregnam.

Kevin Flaa- history: Warren Moon because he broke the record for the most yards pass.ing in one game-over 500 yards.

Sheilah Stoneelementary education: Joe Montana. He's a grca1 quarterback and he looks good in his Hanes (undcrw<ar).

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/romp.U--------------a nationally competitive It.am. I'm the first LO admit that your athleles should

bccausc of your sartaStic tone.

You said that George Mi:hael's buttocks are getting more coverage than I.he interviewee's team. Well, ah, Coach, I'm afraij to teD you his season hadn't even stru1ed when I wrote that colunm.

Coach, you've teased me a number of timts about the column. That's fine with me. But the headline read "not an i.5rue." So don't go criticizing Mr. Micheal's bonom for getting a lot of ink. It didn't.

"Don't look at me like that," he said after 1 gave him a puzzled look as to what he was talking about.

Come on, Cooch, don't give me that. You're barking up the wrong tree.

If you'd see the bylines, r covered your teams once this school year-in our first ~ue in a p ~ n story. Where were you right after the story came out?

You had your chan(e and will possibly have more in the future.

When interrupted, I said to the coach, " If you've got a problem with my stories, I want you 10 let me know about them."

That's partially what I'm here forto learn by my 11ilitakes now. Let me know by personally taIJcing to me or by a k.>tter 10 the editor. l'm rhe first to admit that you have

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be recognized for their accomplishments-that's our job. I was an athlete myself-even at NIC in the sport you coach.

Your team didn't get the coverage it dcscTved, and I don't think all the sports do, but you must again realize that the Sentinel is a college newspaper and the reporters aren't professionals.

Funds also limit the paper as to how large the publi':ation can be, and we try LO include every current sport that is taking place. We're DOI purposely targeting your team.

Hopefully, this will give everyone a better understanding of what we are, what to expect from us and what we expect of the sources.

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Fonner NIC men's basketball standout Mario Jackson is curremlv a starter for Oregon State. Jackson starred at NfC during the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons. The Beavers recently upset nationally-ranked UCLA 97.JJ6.

Jackson scored 13 in lhe win.

"They (OSU coaches} said he bas made a good transition 10 that style of basketball," NIC coach Rolly Williams said. "They're very pleased with hbn."

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Thursday, January 31, 1991

Students Carpentry students build home must pay taxes on. grants, aid

by Patricia Snydtt

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ll's Friday, and the students working on

t11c North Idaho College Building project

by Pal R.,a ~t111tl RtpOl'ttr

It's UlX time. and students may 1101 know that in 1986 the ln1emal Revenue Scrvk'C changed l't'gUlalion.s n.'glllding grants and scholarships awarded 10 studen!S, Grams and scholarships are taXable income. according to JiUe Shankar, dirc!Ctor of fUlnncial aid, and need 10 be reponcd if ftllng a tax return.

Colkge work study earnings arc t.wmble; stare loans are not. A uix worksheet is available from lh.: Fuiancial Aid Office to help students determine if a tax return should be filed. â&#x20AC;˘'The biggest problem is students 1101 being aware," Shankar said, "And they don't keep receipts".

Students should save re:.eiplS for books and supplies to document expenses in case of an IRS audit, according to Shanknr.

Call 1-800-TAX-FORM for a free copy of [RS publication 520 "Scholarship and Fi!llowships" or the Financial Aid office for infonnation. ¡

are finishing up for the week.

Sillce last semester the students have been building a house as pan of their education.

The class combines theory and practical experience. lo the past. NlC carpentry students built a house for a client who paid the material COStS. This year, however, the NIC Foundation is payi!lg the costs and selling the house on the market. Both Steve Schenk, clean of college relations, and Walt Carlson, the instructor in charge of the project, expressed hope for a profit.

Schenk said that it would "be nice 10 develop a reserve fund" for future projects.

Another idea for the profits, Schenk said, is to buy books for the new library, although no definite plans have been made.

The house has had "a few lookers" and one offer, but it was "substantiaUy below the appraised value," Schenk said.

For the scudenLS, class StarlS at 7 a.rn. at the college. After 1-l'li hours of theory, t.he s1udcn1S go to the job site. The house is located in the new Highland Park Estates development, across from first tee of tl1c planned 18-holc golf course and overlooking the Rathdrum Prairie. The finished house will be approximately 2,500 square

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photo by Palrlcla Syndel A BANG.UP JOB NIC carpenlry students work on the roof of this years project-a house in Highland Palk Estates. feet and have a three-car garage.

Schenk said. 'These illclude the trim and colConstruction is ''well on schedule, well or schemes. NIC will also contract for the in budget," Schenk said. According to landscaping, though no bids have yet been Carlson, the students will sutrt insulnting accepted. Present!)', lhe plumbers are workand sheetrocking soon. When the good ing. the inside walls are going up nnd the \\"tathcr returns. the students will stan siding roof is being finished. the house, Carlson said. TI1cy will work inThe students have been doing well, side during the bad weather and outside Carlson said, especially on the framing and during the good weather. Carlson said that concrete work. The only problem he's had, the finish date should be around May I. he said, is the same he's had with n regular NIC will continue 10 work with Arwork crew-kccpi!lg them going on Fridays chitects West on the finishing lOuches, when it's close to quiuing time.

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Mary Christie remembered...

Foundation establishes memorial scholarship,, Those wishing 10 set up scholarships in manory or a family 111m1ber or friend may do so lhrough the Nonb ldaho College Foundation.

"It's a simple process," said St.eve Schenk. dean of college relations and deYdopmenL "Tm: family contacts the foundatioo, which is set up for gu(.s or requestS. Donatiom Olll then be sent by mail IO the foundation."

One of the mote recent scholarships set through the foundation is in memory of Mary Christie, wife of speech instructor and Communications Division Department Chair T'wi Christie. Mrs. Christie une~pectedly died of a heart ailment in November.

The !>Cholarship il. dependent on the ,vimes of the family. Scholarships can be a 'linglc donation or an endowment scholarship. In the case of mdowmcms, Schenk said the foundation will hold money rca:ived umil inte~• i~ sumci.:nt 10 cover a scholarship.

"To cov.:r a full year's tuition and rec:.. an cnd0\\n1cnt would have 10 be a minimum oi $10,750 at 75 perct!nt in· tercs," Schenk said. Foundation funds are iav,..,ted locally and through II national investment compan)' specinlizmg In college endowmentS. For tho<c wisluni to mal.e ~maUcr donations. several optio1t\ are available. ror S25, n library bool. 1~ilt be dedicated in oorneone\ memory. A SC'Jt in the library can be dcdicoted for $100. while a study carrell i., S200. A SJOO donation dcdialtes a library shelf. In the al5C or ~l~. carrells. ruid shelves, a plaque will be mounted in memory of the person. Book dedications will be noted with a bookplate.

Mary Christie Schenk said ll13tdting grant money ~ available through the National Endowmcru for H1nnani1ies. If ~om.:onc wMk'S to make a donulioo, which i~ used to bu) materials for the Library, the National En· dowment for Humtinitles wlll matcl1 1he donation.

"The Foundation rcvicwll scholarship requests to dciermine if Ibey are appropriate to the mi."'ion of NIC. •· Sclu'llk said. "Otherwise, it's up IO the donor to dedde where the money IS endowed."

Tm: foundation is set up for building project.~. instruction programs and sd1o13rships, with ernphn.~is on programs and scholarships.

Instructor earns an English doctorate 1983 and 1985 she did course work in Seattle. Although pregnancy prevented her from auending regular classes, she was able to take As other students strive to reach their degrees and meet rcquiremenis 10 graduate, many test through the mail. one Nonh Idaho College English inslnlctor Sprague was~ as a teacher for NI C in alrcady made it all the way. Debra Sprague 1985 and has been here ever since. took the final step of her educational climb Last year, though, she wanted 10 finish up and rcceiv,>d her doctorate in English her schooling and 10 accomplish that she bad from the University of Washington.

She graduated from high school in 1973 to write a disscnation, which was about 300 and attended NIC between 1979 and 1980. pages in length and titled "Mothers, Here she received her A.A. and mel her hus- Daughters, Myths and Madness." The book band, Donald Sprague, a psychology teacher discusses mother-<laughter relationships. She bad lo defend her book and theories; she at NIC. After NIC she attended Eastern passed and received her doctorate in Washington University where she earned December. She said the disscnation was long bachelor's degrees in English and psychology and difrK:Ult. She rmally wrote it 10 get it out and received her master's in 1983. Between of the way, Sprague said.

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College credit possible for high school juniors, seniors

by Pet Rogera Stn//ntl Rtportt t Nonb Idaho College is joining a nationwide "2 plus 2 Articulation" program starting next faU. The program will allow students to earn college credits while still in high school.

With the program in place, students in the last 1wo years of high school will be able to attend college classes up 10 the sophomore level. It is a rour-ycar plan to make Lhe tran· sition from high school to college as uncomplicated as possible, according to Robert Ke1chem, director of NlC vocational job training.

The program will make the transition from high school easier and help focus studcnis on careers-instilling a vision that high school has real value, Ketchem said. And since students receive college credit, the time to complele a degree program is shorter so students realize a financial saving.s, he s.1.id. " Too many students come out or high school with no direction; they go from low· paying job 10 low-pa~iing job... until th~y'rc in 1heir 20s and then return to school." Ket· chem said.

Office OC'C upation~ in vocational \tudies will be NIC's lirst effort in implementing the

program. Other clas.5es that will c-,cnrually be included in "2 plus 2" are auto mechanics and welding with academic c ~ joining the program in the future.

Coeur d'Alene, Lakeland, Post Falls, Kellogg, Wallace and Sandpoint high schools are participating so far, Ketchem said. The program may encompass the live northern counties, Ketchem said, but he added that many srudenlS are not expected 10 take advantage of the program since the idea is so new.

The NIC board of trustees initiated the program. and a steering committee and curriculum committee mceis monthly 10 coordinate and work on the articulation process. ''The 2 plus 2 program requires the highest degree of involvement and most coodination and cooperation between and .among administr:11ors. faculty members nnd cou~ .lors." accortling lo a Tas k Force on Occupational Progmm Articulation report.

Steering committee members n.'CCntly met and said that high school prercg~tration and l'C\.'rllitmenl will ht-gin soon. Ketchem said the progmm I!> on schedule.

Arms and programs sclec1ed in other institutions include engineering, indunrial, health and public 'iCrvi.:e te.:hnologics.

New financial aid forms available for next year

by Patricia Snyder Assistant Editor The application p ~ for financial aid for fall, 1991, has already begun.

JUie Sbankar, director of financial aid at North Idaho College, urges au studenis to apply.

"Financial aid is not being used by srudfflts 10 the extent that it could be used," Sbankar said. "Students eliminate themselves.'' Some students who don't think they qualify may be "pleasantly surprised." Last year about S3.4 million was awarded to about 1,000 students.

NIC offers four types of rmancial aid: grants, scholarships, loans and student employment. All types except the non-need based scholarships and deparuncntal grantS in aid require the federal F'mancial Aid Form , known as FAF. The FAF, once completed and mailed, takes four 10 six weeks 10 be returned 10 the student. A fee of 58.75 must be included with the FAF for one college.

StudentS may request additional coUeges for an additional fee.

StudcntS need 10 submit copies of their 1990 income taX retums and, in some cases, the returns of their parems 10 the college. An NIC flllMCial aid application must be filled out, too. Other information also may be necessary. To apply for merit scholarships, students must fill out a scholarship application. AU fonns except for depannental grants in aid arc available at the NIC Financial Aid

Office, localed upstairs in the Student Union Building. For depanmental granlS in aid information, contact the individual deparunents.

April IS is the priori(}' deadline for applica· tions. It takes approximately two 10 three months between the time students mail the FAF 10 1he Lime they receive liruancial aid.

Shankar noted that students who return financial aid information after July 15 may not receive financial aid in time to pay ruition and fees.

Sbankar notes that the process is a long one. One of the most common prob~S studcnis have is that they apply for finaJ1C1111 aid too late, she said. . . " It is prime time to apply for financial aid right now." .

For more information visit the Financial Aid Office, or call extension 370.

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Thursday, January 31, 1991

War support group meets

by Kittle Law

St11tintl Rtp<>rttr

Emotions ran high as several dozen people met for the Friends of Gulf Soldiers suppon group held in the Bonner Room of the Student Union Building last Thursday.

The session began with prayer and a very dramatic song, "Show Me the Way," which brought tears and hugs. Many questions were asked about how the soldiers were doing and how 10 communicate with them. Two recruiters tried to answer the questions to the best of their ability, but there were no answers to some questions.

The meeting was auended by Nonh Idaho College employees and students as well as

other community members. Everyone had ideas on how the group should proceed. Suggestions were made to keep the group upbeat and positive and provide monetary as well as emotional support for all who have loved ones in the Gulf.

The group will be meeting in the Log Cabin Resturant on Appleway from 7 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday and will be called "The Yellow Ribbon Suppon Group."

Support is lilio available at N!C through the counseling department and the Disabled Vererans Representitive, Chuck Reynolds.

Col. Frank Anderson, who auended the meeting, said, "I'm just like everybody else caught up in this situation; I want to help."

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Gospel Choir's concert.

After an encore performance of The concert, attended by about 500 "Ama?.lng Grace," the audicn.:e expeople. capped off what had already pressed words of satifaction and owe been an emotional night for some. over the choir. Many audience member~ The choir itself, which first began in left with telling signs of the stirring per1973, fcatum inner-city youth and formance on their tear-streaked faces.

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Students who feel they have been harassed need to tell a faculty member or an NIC counselor, Ma11ei added. Then the student has the option of pursuing either formal or

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0ur great-grandfather was once the mayor of Harrison. My grandmother nurtured a large plot of land on Lake Coeur d'Alene that has been in our family since 19 10. Our dad graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1949. It's not our fault that Dad left Idaho to pursue his education in California. He would have given just about anything to stay in Idaho, bul jobs in plant pathology are just not plentiful here.

Idaho is very special to my sister and I because of our roots. To other Californians, it is a place of unrelcnLing beauty and peace that can't be found in the city.

As Americans, we all, whether from California or not, have 1he right Lo live wherever we choose. And we all deserve rair treatment.

Geography is no excuse for myths, prejudice, discrimination or harrassment.

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!RACISM:!

Prejudice plagues society Editor's note: This is the first article in a seven-part series on prejudice. The following installmenls address prejudice against the handicapped, veterans, different religions, sexual preference and prejudices in the work place.

by Monica Klddi.

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acism. For most people, this word brings to mind images of men in hooded white robes burning crosses or young men with shaved beads beating on blacks with baseball bats. Blatant racism has never surfaced at North Idaho College, so that must mean that prejudice docs not exist on this campus.

Or docs it? A recent race-related incident suggests otherwise.

NtC political science instructor Tony Stewart, who is also president of the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harrassment. said that many people believe they are not prejudiced because they don't belong to a hate group, bum crosses or make thre.atcning phone calls, but that is only one form of prejudice.

Prejudice is not just physical violence ioward another race; it is also found in racial jokes, slurs and attitudes of mistrust and anger against another person on the basis of skin color. To practice prejudice is to judge a person on the basis of his race, color or religious beliefs before knowing him personally, Stewart said.

"There are two ways 10 die," Stewart said, "physically and psychologically. There are some people who are so hurt by prejudice, who have been so harrassed and ridiculed, that they cannot reach their full potential in life. That's a psychological death. To go through so much pain based on nothing but prejudice is terrible. Racism is very evil because it can destroy a person's self. esteem. If every person could understand how painful it is to victims, that would solve most of the problem."

The incident at NIC occurred on Sept. IS when basketball player Jody Beck and two black males walked past the Fon Sherman Apartments with two white females. Wrestler Chad Williams allegedly yelled racial slurs out of a second-story apartment window and the ensuing argument in· eluded a challenge to fight.

Beck and teammates Maurice Kirkwood and Jamie Bowhall returned to the apartment the next day but did not find Williams. Instead they allegedly auacked wrestler Shane Light, leaving him with multiple injuries. After hearing about the incident, several wrestlers went to Beck's apartment. Beck allegedly backed them out of the room with a steak knire. The fight was taken outside and soon became a brawl between several members of both the basketball and wrestling teams.

Wrestling coach John Owen has strong feelings about both the incident and racism. He said that although the fight is auributed to racism (and he is quick 10 point out that Chad Williams denies making racial slurs), he knows that any retaliations 10 the initial confrontation were not based on attitudes of prejudice on the part of either team.

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ome people who make racial jokes and slurs do not consider themselves to be prejudiced and may not even sec this behavior as harmful and wrong, which makes it important for anyone who witnesses this kind of behavior to s~k agairlst it, Stewart said.

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Oinny Delong, who has been active in the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations for several years, said that victims of racism oflcn feel deep anguish a.nd that they arc unworthy of bcuer treatment.

"No matter how good a person you arc, if you are attacked in that manner throughout your life, you begin to doubt your own worthiness and begin to think it's your fault," Delong said.

A student needs to learn about people from different cultures and backgrounds to overcome many stereotypes they have grown up with, Delong said. She said that one of the most valuable thlogs a college student can learn is to never accept things on face value, but to study and learn before making a judgment.

"To learn a skill Is the way to make a liv· ing," Del ong said, "but to learn to think and reason without prejudice is the way to make a life."

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"Although all the guys involved have their own version of what happened, what I do know about my team is that any retaliation If you are attacked throughout by my team was not racially induced. What it comes down to is your life you doubt your own worone of my wrestlers was beat up by three guys, and his teammates' first reaction was to get even. I know now that my first reaction thiness. was wrong, but when I heard that a ldd that I coach was badJy Ginny DeLong hurt my initial gut feeling was ' Let's get even,' which was how most of my team felt."

Owen said that he was angry at flfSI when the general attitude of the NIC personnel handling the problem seemed to be one of sympathy toward the "victims of racism" because he felt that Anyone who feels that they have been a victhere were wrongs on both sides. tim of racism or any kind of malicious harrass· "I was really angry that this was treated as a big racial problem ment can contact the task force at 667-9S74. and that no one seemed conceroed that one of my kids went to the Delong said 1hat a caller may reach an answer· hospital in bad shape," Owen said. "But when I sat back and ing machine, but that every call is returned. The thought about it and talked with Rolly Williams, I admitted that task force helps victims of racism by directing my initial response was wrong and that !here were wrongs on both them 10 legal help if it is necessary and by of· fering counseling and support groups, Delong sides. Words can be as strong as fists, and in this situation both were wrong." said.

Both Delong and Stewart said that the prowen said two types of people exist when dealing with blem of racism in North Idaho has diminished racism-those who conform and those who resist. He said greatly in the last few years, bur that there is that he makes it clear lo anyone who wants to wrestle at still much room for improvement.

NtC that the team will not accept or condone racism.

"The whole issue of equality is based upon "That's one of the greatest things about athletics," the central belief that tM way 10 live in society Owen said. "There are guys of different color on my team and is to judge each person individually on their they have to learn to work together and overcome any prejudice own merit " Stewart said. ''Until we do that, that was part of their environment. Some team members come we're goin~ 10 have this problem. As Dr. King from rural areas where they've never encountered blacks and our said, 'Why don't you judge a person on the first team trip is the first time they've bunked in the same room content of their characier rather than on the with a black. We all have to continually grow and change our at· color of their skin?'" titudes."