The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 67 No 9, Feb 28, 1991

'Remedial-U' label fear of instructors

by Shlwnd'ra• John1lon Stntmd R~tr

Sc\tral North Idaho College f3Clllty fear the

m of an emphasis on higher education due

10 rcoeo1 growth of dC\dopment:11 ed001tion d.Nes. Some believe lha1 Lhc 8f0\\1h of da.sses 1ha1 develop or refresh high school level skills wiU mean NIC will not be taken seriously as an institute of higher ed001tion; others support the gro"1h of de\'dopment:11 education.

Sh3ron Smith, chair of the learning o.s.1btancc divi5ion, suppons emphasis on dcvclopmenllll edua11ion. Smith said the da.sses arc necessary for NIC's role in serving the communicy bccausc many students arc entering colli:gc after having been away 9:\tral )'ta/S and need to reoovcr the kno" ledge they !tamed.

"These claS5CS arc incrcmenud in nature; "hen you finish one cou~ you can move 10 the nr:xt logical progression. Srudents gain (from ~ das.1cs) oompc(COcy in math, "riling and study skills," Smith said.

For Smith, though, "incrcmenllll" i~ the key "tll'd-"lf stUClenlS didn't at some point mcm! on, Lhcn NIC would be a joke."

Right Smnh said, NIC may not be taking itself seriotuly by numbering ilS c ~ lower than other colleges.

"NlC Math 020 is the equivalent in most colleges of Math 040."

Smith said lha1 NIC could not do away "uh <b'Ciopmcnial education because the problnn of students coming to college underprq>aJCd will nOI go away, and "" c do nOI want 10 turn those people away.

"Should the undcrprcparcd be pcnaliz.cd because they don't "rite as wcU as 50ll1COllC cbc or lhookl they be allowed to dc-.-dop tha;ie skilh?"

If NIC is 10 be taken seriously, " I think we should rc:auit good students Ulcc we recruit

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athletes," Smith said, by aggressively promoting its academic successes in the c:ommunicy.

Psychology instruaor Don Sprague agrees lhat as a community college, NIC must provide some developmental eduauion. but with a finite number of resources, the college will have to decide when loo many of those resources arc devoted LO developmental education.

Sprague agro:d lhal NIC has LO ro:ruit good s1udmts from loal1 schools, but is afraid lhesc students may choose 10 go elsewhere if they sec NIC as a primarily developmental institution.

According LO Sprague, students ready for credit classes arc being denied all lhat NIC could offer thcn1 in higher education; but he tieCS

n po5Sible solution.

"I think honors programs would benefit those students and the fnculty, and I think ii would change the image of the college from 'Remedial U' to a college lha1 is providing for the full spectrum of studmts."

Sprague also ~uggests more prerequisites, especially in the social scicm.%S. "I don't want 10 sound Ulcc an elitist, but I have had to water down das.1cs to ac:comrnoda1c those students who do not )'Cl have the skills to lllke those courses."

Sprague expressed concern about the future of NIC. " I am really afraid as we put rnott and more of our resource. into developmental education, the f)Cf(.'q)tion of NIC as lhe 'spccia.l,ed' junior college will grow. The result is that parents arc going lo automatically pRC!ude us "ncn thinking about where they arc going 10 5tl1d their capable sons and daughters."

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Winds of war buffered as NIC lends support

by P1lllcla Snyder A=f,III/

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the winds of wnr 5'\'e,:p 8Q'OS.1 the world once again, North Idaho College may be a buffer for some of those ldl b.:hind. ~ community and ad· m.inislJ'lltion c1Ton.s arc lr)ing to provide a windbmlkcr for those efTcctcd by the war in the Middle East.

According 10 NI C Registrar Karen Slreetet, at lellsl 11 NIC students have been called w aah't' duty. More may have been C!llcd. Stm:ter said, bur she onl)' has con, tact 'o\ilh those studmts ret'Civing finandal aid. Scrceter said its \'Uy ~iblc others have been called up. lnstructorS are not immune eithtr; just ask the family of Jo.mes Sunub, an NlC machine technology instructor. He volunteered for an l~y tour of duty LO begin l)c,c, I5. On Dec. 13, he was called to active duty in th~ Middle East. Accor· ding w Clarence Haught, dean of vorntiooal edu~on, SU'Oub's service has CRaied a hardship on his family bl-cause bis miliwy pay is .!bout $500 ~ rhan what he was rccicving from NIC. A fund has bcoi set up through the NIC Foundation to make up U1c dilTerencc for Suaub'~ wife, Linda, nnd his five dtildren.

Poople who wi;h io make n contnoution should make a cho.:k payable to rhe Jim Straub Fund, Haught !.,!id, and give it 10 Dean of Put.lie Relations Steve Schenk, who is in charge of the NIC Foundation.

Funds are compiled at the end of each month and gn'tll to the Straub family, Haught 5aid. &:hmk ~ that th~ con1n1x11.ions are nol w dcductnbk.

Hauabt also encowagoo people (O write 10 Straub. "Its lonesome over there," Haught said. Straub's addrc:ss is: As

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Forum debates censorship

by Katin l eu

n.m. called "Building the Foundations for

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Freedom of Speech: From Domination to Partnership."

Following the address, a six-person panel responding 10 Eislcr's oommenis will mccl from 1-2:30 p.m.

Rap group 2 Live Crew's battle against Florida obscni1y laws and censorship in the

Censorship and the First Amendmen1 will be Uic focus of U1e 21st annual Popcorn Forum series m North Idaho College. Mruch 18-22.

TiUed "The Issue of Censorship in America; Is the First Amendment Dead?" the symposium features guest speakers from around the nation debating various censorship issues, including censorship of the ans, religion and news war cover.ige. Guest lcc1urcs in Boswell Hall Audilorium will be followed by response panels in the Bonner Room of the Student Union Building. Pruiel members will include NIC srudcnis, facuhy and community members.

According 10 symposium oommiuec member Tony Stewart, censorship was chosen as the week-long symposium's theme because of the current debaie about First Amendmem righlS and laws around the country.

AuU1or Riane Eisler, a world-renowned fu1uris1/ feminist ru,d kgal expert, begins the symposium March 18 with a ICCl\lre at 11

ans will be dcba1ed by Miami a1tomey Jack Thompson and rock group tour manager John Morris at I p.m., March 19.

Thompson, considered a leader in a na· tional campaign against obscni1y in popular

music, LO daie has contributed to the banning of 2 Live Crew's controversial album, "As ~asty As They Wanna Be," in 22 counues and two counuics. He helped con. vict Florida record s1ore owner Charles Freeman for selling the 2 Live Crew album that Florida courts have declared obscene.

He recently launched a campaign against Madonna's video, "Justify My Love."

Thompson is a bom..igain Christian and self-proclaimed radical conservative Republican.

Morris has fought a 25-ycar-long baule again.•.i the censorship of artistic expression.

He was chief spokesman and co-prodll(Cr of Woodstock, lour manager for many rock bands, including The Who, Gra1eful Dead and Paul McCartney and Wi.ng.s, and produced a series of shows at London's Earl Court that included David Bowie and Pink Floyd. He also scn"IXI as a consultant for RCA and Anchor Rl'l.vrds.

CBS journalist Richard Valmani addresst!S media censorship March 1;() ai 10

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War postpones student exchange

by Patricia Snyder , l ssistant Editor

The C8llcellation of a student exchange with N~ki College in Japan may I'<' l"'lh a lc1down and a blessing for fomgn language instructor Jim Minkler. "hu wa; in charge of lhe exchange.

Minkler was notified Feb. 13 that lhe e>.· chwige had been postponed due 10 U1e war ill the Persian Gulf. Aa:ording to Minkkr, the 28 Japanese students who were schedul· cd 10 come LO North Idaho College in March cana:led their plans due to fear of 1errorism.

Minkler aun'buted much of the srudem and parental concern 10 the Japanese media's sensationalizing of the war.

"They don't have a true grasp of what's going on.'' he said. Minkler feels that air

iravd is no more clangcrou.~ now than before the war due 10 incr='CI security 31 airporis.

In spi1c of his assurona:s 10 1hc president of Nagasaki College, the 1rip was still p<Xtponcd.

Minkler described 1hc news as like "having a balloon deflated in from of you."

Minkler worked on 1hc project for about four month~. II occupied "bits and pioccs of my days," he said. He arrangt'd 28 homestay fan1ilics. 11,ree teachers had also agreed 10 participate in the program: Wes Simmo~.

Irene Simmons and Loma Nollcue.

Due 10 the pos1poncmen1 of the exchnng,:, however, Minkler will be able 10 aa:ompany NIC Presiden1 Robcn Bennett on a March 1rip 10 Japan 10 sign a sis1er coUcge awcemcnt \\ilh Nagasaki College. Nagasaki Col-

Jcgc is paying all c.'<pcnses for the visi1.

Minkler noted that he would have had 10 remain in the United States had the original e.'<changc gone as planned bix3use the Japanese studenis would have been at NIC und,-r Minklcr's supervision.

Plans for the exchange were l)OStponcd, but Minkler hopes they will be revived "as soon as 1hc peace sign goes up."

Minkler said that three NlC muses arc planning 10 visit Japan in the l.11e spring or summer of this year. They will be going to Fukuoka, Japan, Minkler said. 10 observe the hospitnls there.

Minkler aoo mentioned a possibility ol vocational exchanges, faculty exchanges and exchanges with Thailand sometime in the future.

Palmer attacks objective education

by M1bel Kounke Stnllnd RtpOrttr

Parker J. Palmer, freelance wri1er and ~peaker, shed light on a new way of looking a1 educaLion. He believes thal academia has become 100 objective and holds the Jcaming process al arm's length, which he descn'bcd as n one-sided, distorted kind of knowledge. Education must be more related to the real world. according 10 Palmer. who shared his ideas and philosophy wi1h a packed hru<z of studcnlS and faculty mcrnbels in Boswell Hall Auditorium Feb. 22.

Palmer cfTc..'ti,·cly used parables 10 get his message across to the audience, which seemed enuanccd by his dcli,'CI)'. He said that highly educated, skilled and competent individuals can be eITcctivc in the outer world but be so cut off from the human side of life tha1 they know nothing aboul what is going on in the hean. He added that this lack could result in a very dangerous person. ?aimer shared some of his background with the audience, stalil'8 that he 100 wa~ a victim of Ibis type of learning before he began to senst sorncthillg wrong wi1h the teaching tha1 fos1md it.

He said nothing is wrong with an analytical appro..<tch to teaching as long as i1 is in1egra1ed with practical rr.ali1y. ''Every way of knowing becomes a way of living," Palmer said. Too much of what has gor:e on in higher education has shaped life for the worse.

Giving an e.xample of how education teaches how 10 view life a1 arm's length, Palmer noted that in World War I soldiers became so lost 10 reali1y because of the unuma of war that that U1cy withdrew imo themselves and wore what was described as a J(X).mile stare, which was labeled "shell shock." By World War II that term had changed to "batUe fatigue." During the Korean War shell shock became known as "operational exhaus· lion," and by the Vietnam War it had become "PoSt iraumatic stress syndrome."

Palmer said we have distano!d ourselves from life. He 1old of a Carnegie s1udy in which 90-95 pcrctnl of individuals, when asked what condition they felt the world was in, responded by saying that they "feel the world is going to hell in a handbaskct."

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Thursday, February 28, 1991

by Amanda Cowley.

Comment on Gulf War...

Instructors speak out on Middle East Editor's nott"-the situation in the Middle East is changing rapidly; by the 1ime fhis paper reaches the stands, some of the comments made in the following inten•iews may seem owdated. Nevertheless, the ,•iei;\S expressed below will be useful to anyone attempting to understand e1·ents in the Middle Eastin the past, or in the f 11111,e.

bian oil gives us interests in the Middle East that we must protect. He would be less concerned about a dictator in that area if a dependence did not exist.

"The question in my mind is-What happens to Saddam Hussein? Politically, there is a danger in leaving him alive. , ,/ Our government is dragging / its feet in peace negotiations because I think there is an unwri11en agenda U1a1 says Hussein has got to go," Snyder said.

The Middle East is a politically sensitive spot and has been for centuries.

Snyder highlighted this fact by relating an Arab saying that is possibly 3,000 years old: "I and my cousins against Lhe world; I and my brothers against my cousins; I, against my brothers."

If we arc not very careful, Snyder said, the U.S may easily end up as the "cousins" surrounded by hostile Muslims. He says that their religion gives them a strong sense of brotherhood, and they will band together against us very quickly.

"My greatest fear is 1ha1 we agree 10 rebuild Iraq.

This would be typically American-go over there, blow the place sky high and then try 10 put ii all back together. We can't afford 10 rebuild the place.

We must feed our hungry first."

And when this war ends, Snyder proposes nationwide conservation to prevent another of its kind.

The lesson we must learn, says Snyder, is that it is mandatory 10 the security of the United States to develop a national energy policy 1ha1 reduces our dangerous dependence on foreign oil while also helping 10 clean up our country.

nstructor of philosophy, Tom Flint, has lived among Muslims and has had a direct look at their "ay of life.

"The biggest thing that Westerners don't understand is that there is a large intra-Arab class struggle," Flint said.

The Iraqis arc largely a poor people, he says, "and when people do not have material things, they tend 10 be envious on the one hand and on the other to retreat into fundamentalism which promises them heavenly rewards."

There is a good deal of admirat.ion for Hussein in the area because Saddam stands up 10 the Americans, Flint says. According to Flint, Westerners arc viewed as essentially corrupt and a threat to Islamic traditional values.

"This is 10 a great dcg1ce a war between those who have material goods and those who do not," Flint said.

The fundamentalist Muslim does not believe that politics and religion should be separated, and according to Flint, this war has begun lo also take on the tones of a new religious crusade.

Flint says that "we may win the baule for Kuwait, but revenge is a big pan of their code, and l don't 1 is with the sadness of a historian who has think we can sustain a pre.sence in the Middle East." studied the conflicts of people and has He says that the connict is developing greater supreflected on the dreadful toU of war 1ha1 pon for Hussein. "If we baller him and bust him Judith Sylte, North Idaho College history inup, he becomes a rallying point, and he is standing structor, looks a, the war in the Middle East. increasingly as a symbol for the Arab poor.

"One of the things that concerns me," <;ylte said, "They sec us as an essentially godless people, not "is the comparisons between Saddam and Hitler and as Christians. They sec us as imperialists who arc trythe tendency 10 characterize a fair number of the Iraing to control their resources so that we can maintain qis as almost Satanically inspired or as barbarians. I our lifestyles,'' Flint said. think that it is a tragic historical misunderstanding to Flint docs have some ideas that he feels would act as if evil is somewhere out there." alleviate the tension: "We have to do what they Along with the tendency to wam, which is 10 leave them alone. We treat them as - - - - - - - - - - . see everything in black and second class world citizens: we do not respect them; white, there arc other serious we're ignorant of the really impressive grandeur of issues 1ha1 need 10 be reviewtheir achievements and culture." ed, Sylle said.

Flint hopes that more Westerners will understand Syhe warns. "Wars don't that ''we need 10 do business with them on their happen in a vacuum. You terms, as well as our own." have 10 appreciate the in-

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uke Snyder says Saddam Hussein is a menace 1ha1 cannot be ignored. The NIC anthropology instructor ag1ccs with the Bush administration that !he war in the Middle East is justified. His view is that Americans cannot afford 10 leave Hussein in control.

"If Saddam had gotten away with going into Kuwait, he would have tried 10 take Bahrain, the United Arab Emirate, and all the li11le coun1ries1hcn, gulp, there goes Saudi Arabia," Snyder said.

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An illustration of these factors is the Iraqi assen ion that the seizing of Kuwait is ' - - - - - - - L- - - ' an internal mailer. She says ,ha, ,hey have claimed ii as a part of Iraq for hundreds of years.

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U.S. has only very selectively gone along with United Nations resolutions in the area-the U.N. bas for years expressed concerns about the Palestinian question.

"I would feel much more comfortable with this war if l heard more about it being a mailer of selfinterest and not about it being a maucr of right and wrong. It's true Hussein has never been a particularly religious man and that he is manipulating the religious dimensions of this war, but George Bush is also, manipulating us. This is a tragic replay of the kind of mentality that we ~w operating during the Crusades 900 years ago."

According 10 Syltc, the prospect of lasting peace in the area seems dim when issues are viewed in the context of the Islamic people, who are fighting a war to preserve their way of life and beliefs. .. All this talk of a New World Order is absolutely terrifying 10 them because they sec the same song, second verse. in which the great powers dictate 10 the third world powers how things are going 10 be.''

Perhaps, Syl:c says, peace might have a chance: "It's clear that we're going 10 have 10 do what the U.N. has been saying for many years and 1ha1 is to put our weight behind forcing people to sit down at the conference table and start trying 10 work ou1 a resolution 10 the questions of the Palestinian homeland."

Syhe stresses that "our ignorance and our apathy arc the biggest problems we're facing ... We need to develop a belier historical understanding of Middle Eastern cuhu1c. It always strikes me how most NIC students know nothing about Islam which, after the year 2000, is predicted 10 be the second most numerous religion in this country." ony Stewarl. NI C political science instructor, says that a confrontation with Saddam Hussein was absolutely necessary. Stewart said, "Occasionally an authoritarian diclBlorial leader comes to power whose greatest ambition is expansion.

•• 1f be succeeded he would have aU the wcal1h of the Middle East and would become an incredibly darngerous political power. With his control of so much of the world's oil reserves, he could have the industrial nations, such as France, England and Japan, at his mercy. He would eventually be able 10 dictate their foreign policy, and we might find 1ha1 they were no longer our allies."

Stcwan says that it is urgent that Saddam not succeed in gaining 1ha1 amount of power.

He said, "It is depressing 1ha1 he has as much power as be docs and 1hat American lives arc being lost by means of weapons that were purchased from this country."

The sale of weapons and military hardware by the U.S., Germany, the Soviet Union. France and Italy to unstable governments of other countries must be halted if possible, S1ewa11 said.

He feels that it is Congress's place 10 take the lead and say that we will never supply a dictator like Hussein again.

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Legislative funding to colleges of choice Community colleges are the <.hoice of the new generationor so it seems. A recent editorial in lhe Spokesman- Review discussed the increasing enrollment trends in communi1y colleges.

The subject of increasing enrollment is also true at North Idaho College. According 10 enrollment figures, NIC enrollment has increased each semester for 1he past four years. If this 1rend con1inues, the already crowded classroom space is going to be worse.

However, legislative funding (on a national level) is going 10 the four-year universities, which are more research oriented.

This funding pattern seems 10 be making university research a priori1y over the individualized education students receive (and prefer) from community colleges.

The question is: Shouldn't the money go where the students choose to go? If enrollment at the community college level is increasing, then funding to community colleges should increase 100.

Fortunately 1he Idaho legislature is on the right 1rackas far as finding new ways 10 fund higher cduca1ion.

Some 1entative ideas tha1 are being kicked around in Boise include a bill, which would require a 2-cent Lax per can on carbonated beverages. Another bill creates a way to fund future students' higher education cos1s by allowing parents (or anyone for that matter) to pay in advance. The money paid would be at the rate of cost at the time it was paid- not the cost as it would be 10 years later. The money would then accrue interest until needed.

Another proposed bill would allow colleges to hold bond levies at the college level for specific plant facility needs (building construction).

A founh proposed bill would provide 85 percent legislative funding for communi1y colleges.

However,the concern here is the ability of lhe community being able 10 maintain control.

The reason the legisla1ure is on the righ1 track is because it is proposing bills for community colleges.

However Idaho has not reached Camelot just yet.

Bills are needed 1hat provide more money for facilities and ins1ruction to go along with growing enrollment.

Ltntn 10 the Editor utters 10 1/tt tdil0< art .,.,lc~d by the Stn1wl. Those: who submi1 ldttrs should l1m11 tlttm10 JOO woriu, 1ign thrm ltgibly IJlld prqi,idc a ukplwtie NUl'lber and address so thal autlu!,~ieity can ~ ,·rrif~d ll//hou1hmo.11/mrnouwstd,s~mayTIOl~p,il1udbtcausrtheydono1ma11Nobo,r rtquinnrn1sor b<cOJUt they· I }art sllllila, 10a nutnlNrofldttrsolreadyrtcti>>td on the 1omesubjte1, 2) odwx:Q/t or ottac! a religion"' dr""'1WIOlion. J) arc possibly l1b't/c,u, 4) are optn kttus (k11rrs nuul /If' aJdrtsstd to and dirttl 10 I~ rd/Jo,), S) art llkfibk utters may TIO/ ~ broughJ 10 Room I of tltt Slttrmar, School or mai~d 10 tht Sm11NI

ET.fEBS TO THE EDITO

Study both sides of issue Editor: I do not want .10 s1t~r1 a big ruckus, but your leuer 10 1he editor entitled, ''Asimo\· Supports Ev~luuon, ~eally sparked an interest in me. I am not going to engage in 3 total war against c.vol.uuon through the newspaper, but please look a1 wha1 J have io say.

I was an !volu11oms1. I had agreed 1ha1 we accidentally cvoh'Cd from "organic soup," Lha1 lhe uruversc was crca1ed by lhe "big bang" and all 1he other 1heorics 1ha1 sociciy h~s so unt~ough1fully brough1 into being. But, in time, I realized 1ha1 to 101ally agree \~llh e,•oluuon I would have 10 disprove 1vhoi 1hc Bible s1a1es. They (lhe Bible and cvolull?n) arc op~oshc~. Each doctrine complc1cly contrndic1s the 01hcr. To disprove 1he Bible, my f~1cnd, 1s much more difficuh 1han proving any 1heory abou1 evoluiion.

As ! ~1ud1~ ~01h, I gradually found that no1 evcry1hmg evolu1ionis1s prini abou1 ih_c ongm of hf~ 1s ~r~c. To be quhc frank, 1herc arc quite a few "fact!" 1ha1 we primed w11hou1_ any sc1en11f1c pro~f)us1 bccau~c ii sounded good.

This 1s n.01 a pu~~ for _rellg_ion: bu1 more a persuasion 10 selec1 a ~idc of an argumcn1 on the bas1~ fnc1. 1 he Babic 1s highly credible his1orical document in which no no1ablc h1s1onan will argu~. My poinl is 1ha1 bcf?rc one 101ally agrees wi1h one side of 1his argu· mcnl, one mus1 d1hgently s1udy bo1h sides. Until 1hcn, any argumcni is 100 weak lo acccp1.

Glenn Sprague

'Everythingism' suggested Edilor: I read the lencrs 10 the edi1or in 1he lasi two issues of 1hc Sentinel, including 1hc lel· iers about 1eaching evolu1ion in pubFc schools. and I 1hought that I might pul m my IWO CCnlS WOrlh.

Man Orey made ii clear 10 1he readers of 1he Sentinel 1ha1 1here arc many more viable 1heories than just C\'Olutionism and creationism, including Oodwasanallenism and 1he con1rovcrsial mouse-dolphin<rca1or theory, but I have a theory that has not ye1 been mentioned, a 1hcory 1ha1 could, if it were acccp1ed, solve 1his long-s1anding argumcnl abou111hat should be 1aught in schools. This 1heory mighl also encourage the children 1ha1 learn it how 10 1hink for 1hemselves, maybe 10 1he poinl of being able lo elect a superior govcmmeni. If you Lrul)' consider the possible ramifications of 1his new 1heory thal I think is my own, you may unders1and and implemcn111 in a more unders1andablc form than even I. For this 1heory is s1ill new even in my mmd, and is as yet s1ill hard 10 explain.

The theory I am speaking of is 1he "Allofbo1h" or in this case the" Allofevery1hing" theory. This theory states tha1 "all suggcs1cd possibilil1cs are true." I consider myself a philosopher in the trucs1 sense, and though I hope 1ha1 my theory makes you la_ugh.

I am absolu1ely serious. At this poin1. though, I am in a rut because as 1hc theory nsclf slates, "it is very hard 10 figure ou1 ... " and, therefore, very hard 10 explain. May my anemp1 nor fail you.

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Thursday, February 28, 1991

Oil companies war's benefactors

Darrel Beehner

War. Yellow ribbons.

Stars and st ripes.

Schizophrenia.

Who the hell are we and what do we stand for?

The war in the Middle East has brought most Americans closer together than we've been in years.

And well it shouJd. After all, we're all responsible for our young men and women being there.

Just as a heroin addict will do anything to get a fix, we will do anything 10 feed our insatiable need for petroleum products-even if it means the death or dismembcrmenl of our friends and our family members.

The bottom line is: were it not for the abundant and "inexpensive" oil in Kuwait, our troops would not be there right now.

Obviously, the young Americans serving in the Gulf don't-or can't- allow themselves to believe they are there purely for the sake of a "cheap tank of gas."

To do so would be analogous 10 committing suicide.

It would take away that needed "edge" going into battle.

Just ask yourself, "Who stands to profit from th is war?" Is it the young inner-city black who joined the

military because it was his only opport unity to get an education? Is it the young lady from the depressed coal country or the cast who joined the military so she could help feed her family?

No. The only Americans who stand to profit from this war arc oil company executives and shareholders and politicians who receive huge campaign contribu· Lions from oil companies.

Granted, you'll never see any or them on the front lines. It all too often seems that those who drink the deepc.st from the cup or freedom are among the most reluctant to refill it.

On the bright side, however, families or service members will get to receive a telegram from 1hc Department or Defense. a $50,000 life insurance check and the opportuni1y to buJY the remains of 1heir lov· cd ones.

So why are we fighting this war?

Maybe it's for !he same reasons we continue to pump millions of dollars into Third World countries to help feed the hungry- money that usually never makes it past 1he highest levels of their governmentwhile we ignore the "bums'' on our own streel cor· ners who have tossed aside all of their pride and ask· cd for one quarter of one dollar so they might feed themselves or !heir families.

Maybe i1's for 1he same reasons we are currently giving Israel S400 million 10 house Jewish refugees, while our own homeless are forced to sleep on sewer grates to slay warm.

Or maybe ii 's for the same reasons 1hat we have 1he capability 10 build a cruise missile 1ha1 will split 1he uprights of a foo1ball field goalpost from more than 100 miles away, but we can't build a car or VCR 1ha1 is competilivc with !he Japanese version of these produc1s.

Whatever the reasons, we now have an obligation LO gel this war over wilh as soon as possible and 10 get our troops home as quickly and safely as possible.

It was our government that helped arm Saddam Hussein. It was our government that turned a blind eye when he gassed his own people. It was our government 1ha1 allowed him 10 blow a hole in the side of the USS Stark and kill 36 U.S. saliors. And now i1's the American service members who have to rid the world of this Frankenstein's monster our government helped create:.

So when this war is over. we hove a responsibility 10 our veterans-not jus1 of this war, but of all our wars-10 give them the same amount of auention and support 1hat we are giving 1he 1roops in 1he Middle Eas1.

And when this war is over- when 1he reality of it hits us like an unc.,pectcd kick to the groin- th is schizophrenic nation needs 10 undergo a 101 of 1herapy and do a 101 of soul-searching before we assume our position as 1he top country of this "New World Order."

Now please c., cuse me, if you will, as I have an over· whelming desire to 1ry 10 wash this blood off of my hands.

Science courses, Trivial Pursuit alike When we arc children we ask, "Why do birds sing? Why is the sky blue? How did the lead get in my pencil?" Unfort unately, this curiosity seems to die somewhere along the way to adulthood.

A recent survey showed that fewer than Deborah Akers six percent of adult Americans are functionally literate in science; about 27 percent said that the sun revolves around the earth; and a group of educated businessmen that were designing a new zoo didn' t know that fish breathe.

Our science teachers may be saddened by these facts, but they shouldn't be surprised.

They either lose us by scaring us into believing that we need a genius l.Q. to get through what they present, or else we leave the classroom bored stiff with curriculum that favors description over function and terms over concepts.

What's really to blame are the textbooks. At

the end of each course we arc required to evaluate the teacher. Yet we rarely get to evaluate the textbook.

These textbooks are prepared based on market research of what sells. The publishers continue to copy wha1's already being done and fail 10 provide new and innovative texts. Not only are these texts too technical, boring and poorly written, but they are also full of errors. My physical science tex1, for exam ple, discusses the power output of Grand "Cooley" Dam. (Oops, the correct spelling is Coulee.) Those of us from the Northwest could only cringe and question the credibility of the rest of the book.

We pay for our textbooks (quite dearly, too).

Shouldn' t we also be allowed 10 choose the text we are going to use?

In order to get a degree to North Idaho Col· lege, we are required to take a minimum of two labratory science courses. Liberal arts education requires 1hat learning be based over a broad selec1ion of subjects. We are to leave college being able to relate all the disciplines (including science) to our selected major.

Thus, classes such as Physical Science 101, Biology 100, Geography 100 and Geology 101 are crowded with business maj ors, communications majors, history majors, art majors, etc. The students in these " bone-head" classes probably

will never need to use the fomula KE, \11 Mv 2, or know lha1 igneous rocks form 80 percem 01 the earth's crust, or ci1e xylem and phloem as the vascular tissues of plants.

To be able to regurgitate facts on an exam 1ha1 seems to resemble a game of "Trivial Pursuit" has no indication that we understand what we have learned.

What we need is an understanding of the relationship between science and society. Our science teachers need to realize 1ha1 they are shaping the minds of their fu1ure decision makers: the movers and the sha kers, the elected officials, 1he businessmen, the journalists, even fu1ure teachers.

If we could only relate wha1 we learn in class to our everyday life, understand function and evolutionary process and the fragility of the ecosystem, then maybe important issues such as grass-burning wouldn' t become one of just farmers vs. smoke.

Let's try and revive that childhood curiosity and fuel ii before it dies. To catch our auention and hold ou~ interests, science teachers should ap· preach each new subject as if we are s1ill children and ask us, " What mysteries of the universe do you want 10 solve today."

The NlC Sentinel

LETTERS

Few

people have heard of the campus mall. The beginnings of such, which would be belier called a plaza as it is simply the aes1he1ic combining of sidewalks and landscaping ralher than a shopping center, is the square area bounded by 1he vocational buildings to the south, Boswell Hall 10 the east and Sherman School to the north.

In 1he pasl few years new sidewalks, trees and even pleasant "hills" have been pu1 1oge1her 10 make the area parklike. The only oddity is a spur of sidewalk pointed toward the open soccer field. . .

For now, 1he Facilities Planning Committee has decided to leave both the plaza and soccer field "as is."

And, for now, that seems fine. A green, open area in the center of the campus is nice-makes ii seem like a real college campus. However, extending the plaza-park effect through the soccer field would be nice. Actually, campus personnel use the area very liule for athletic purposes. A; plazapark definitely is a bener idea for the campus center than a parking lot.

R eading from a trivia book, TV personality Johnny Carson noted 1ha1 less 1han 5 percent of the paperwork filed in the United States is ever looked at again. Turning that around, 95 percent of the paperwork is never looked at again. Sounds like some faculty offices.

Ever notice what "faculty" becomes when the "c" is omiued?

Let's

pick on the media a bit. On the same day last week, the Spokesman-Review main headline was "Ground war no1 expected until March" and the Coeur d'Alene Press had "Symms: Ground war soon."

One thing nice about competing papers; we gel two views.

The publicist for the University of Montana women's baskctball team is either very naive or of questionable intelligence. The star of the Big Sky's perennial top team is Shannon Cate, who evidently told the publicist that her nickname is Forna. That's even what her teammates call her. So that's the way her name is listed in the pressbook distributed by UM throughout 1he Northwest media.

Al

one time last week 1he candy machine outside the Sentinel office had 11 notes stuck to it. Most said something like, "Owes me 50 cents.

Ed." Some people might ge1 the hint that after seeing three or so notes attached 1ha1 the machine is malfunctioning. Now we are concerned with 1he afflictions of obs1inance, stupidity and blindness.

A

coed left this note: A true test of a man's character is not what he does in the light, but what he does in the dark. On 1he other hand, the more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.

A s long as they are available, Chokecherries will attempt to produce photos of NIC personalities as they appeared in the past. Anyone having historical photos is welcome to bring them in for consideration.

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In my studies of Quantum Physics, I have learned 1h01 subatomic particles do not follow the "laws" of logic (you'll have 10 find !hat oul yourself), and that therefore the universe does nol necessarily lit into any recognizable pauern, only the patterns that we create in our own minds. In olher words, logic has nothing to do with the "truth" of 1he universe; therefore, all things can be and arc "true." So. a really big guy with a long beard came down and created the eanh in six days and said and saw 1ha1 most 1he things were "good." And, aliens new around, found a planet, whipped out some 1est tubes and beakers, and made "primordial ooze." And the earth is a great computer created by mice 10 figure ou1 "The Ultimate Qu.:stion."

That is about as clear as l can make my theory without writing a doctorate thesis.

And, trying to argue another point about !he evolution of man in 1he nex1 issue of the Sentinel would now be redundant because it's true. Also, trying to make my argument crash and burn is impossible within the realm of logic because the above theory is a {to coin a term) " logic loop." II makes ilSelf "true."

Alex 6vans

Fans declare 'let us swear' EdilOr: On Wednesd.ly, Feb. 13, Dcal1l David Lindsay approached myself and 1woolhers about our conducl :ti our basketball games. We were told that we "shouldn't" use vulgar language at !he games. He received complaints from our school's dorm director about our "unruly" behavior. Our coach was also asked lO approach us on the maucr, and he did, but what does he have to do with this:our practice is 3-5 p.m. Mond.ly thru Friday, no1 nt b:tskclb:tll games.

Gran1ed we do, sometimes, use obscenities in our cheers: but we arc !here 10 have fun, no1 10 be told to "waich our mouths.• This isn't high school. As for us giving !he school o bad image, those people who lei one or two people offcc:1 !he way they think of o whole college. have a problem themselves. Have you, Dean Lindsay, ever been 10 a large university baskelb:tll game, like !he UnivcrsityofWashing1on'l We would beconsidcr monks compared 10 the resl of 1hc crowd. Sure we could cheer by not using !he L.·rngungc we do, but maybe we didn't have the opportunity 10 be brought up as well as you, Dean Linds:iy nnd Mrs. Donn Director.

Some people love !he way we cheer. Before !he CSI game, my friend was approached by an NIC vnrsily spons conch, not our own. nnd was asked d1csc c~nc1 words, "I want 10 see you in rare form 1onighL• I IUllly doo't lhink he meant clean-mouthed, either. During 1hcgirl's baskc1ball game ognins1 Ricks College we hud !he pleasure of meeting "Duke.· !he Ricks men's hc:nd conch. He came over LO us and inlroduced himself 10 my friend and I and wcnl on aboul how he hadn't won here in ten years. (make it eleven no11cn, Duke) ond tJ1nt he wished that we went to his school.

Pardon me. but isn't Ricks a Mormon school, and we, 1hc NIC foul-moulhed cheering squad were invited 10 go cheer for his team? He proceeded to LCII us how he loved the way we cheered. Who knows. maybe he was excommunicated before the game? Dukcntso asked us lO iakc it easy on his boys-yeah. right! Well they played like "boys· but I would like 10 extend my condolences if we offended you in ony woy: Justin, Derck. Clin1, nnd lhc Daves, (the Ricks slarting line up). If wed id by chance, hnvea coke on us. And for the girls 1h01 sn1 beside us, !here were od1cr scats.

How nre teams supposed 10 win at home if lhccrowd siL~ on theirduffs7 Yeah. !he rest of !he crowd may give a wallop after a b:tskct, but it would be nice if !hey cheered for our learn the wny !hey cheered for the National Anll1em. (not to degrade our country or !he siUJation we arc in right now. I love !he USA I). But you arc !here 10 sec a basketball game, right? Our objective is 10 piss !he opposing tesm off and 10 get their ancntion away from lhegamc. Thal should be worth IO to 15 points there. and we arc never mentioned in the SI.Ills.

So if you go 10 lhe games and hear someobno,cious dudes supponing our team.just ignore us because we love !he NIC hoopstctS and will continue to checr for them, until death do us (J31l.

Tery Ballard ChrisGilben GCOfgc Kinneburgh

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Kerri MLArray From Cardinal to covergirl

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er childhood dream was 10 go 10 Italy and play professional women's baskc1ball. Part of the dream came tru-he eventually made it 10 Italy, but as an imcmaLional model ins1ead.

Twenty-one-year-old Kerri Murray's first love was aihlctics, not modeling. As a 6-foo1 baske1ball standout a1 Post Fnlls High School and la1er as a uidy Cardinal volleyball player, ii might have sremcd athle1ics would remain in hcr future. lns1ead, she ended up modeling. She has since buih quite a career for herself, enabling her 10 model all over Europe, including ILaly.

"My mom always wanted me 10 try modeling, but I was too involved in basketball. Then after I graduaicd, wilh no sporLS 10 Lake up all my Lime, my mom sent me to Drezdcn (a modeling agency in Spokane) as a gift," Murray said. " I 100k a class called sclfimprovcmcnt, and I remember walking down lhc run· way lhc first time."

TI1inking back, Murray laughs a1 the memory. " I walked down the runway, and Pally (an owner of

After she tinishcd the class, she called the agency a few times 10 check on job opportunities. bu1 with no

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"They (Drezden) wouldn'1 have anything 10 do wilh me because of 1he way I walked and because my I~ were hugc-100 muscular," she said. "So, in July I decided 10 go to (NI C) becallSC Breu Taylor offered me a volleyball scholarship."

Bui afier one semester, Murray realized ~he wanted a change. " I could sec myself ge11ing into 1hc 1he same old rul.

My friends were either engaged, married or had kids. I was looking for a way ou1."

In February 1989, Murray decided LO 1ry modeling O'!C last lime. She called Pally Cromecnes, who, wi1h her husband, opcr.11es Orezdcn.

"I went 10 Pauy and said, 'I wanl 10 know if I can ever do (modeling). If I can, I wan1 10 pursue ii."'

As a rcsuh of 1he convcrsa1ion, Cromccnes found a few ~mall jobs for Murray, and for 1he ncx1 few months Murray mainly did live mannequin-modeling.

But i1 was m July of 1ha1 year 1ha1 she go1 her brcak-Cromeencs took her 10 the ln1ema1ional Model ing Talcn1 Associa1ion convention in Nc,.1 YorJ...

"II wa., rcall)' shocking, but at 1hc same 1ime 11 wa,; fun," /llurruy said. "The convemion Ml~ filk'CI with IOIIS of bcau1ihll girl~ wi1h perfec1 tigures.

"At firsl it felt like a nK':11 market: I had 10 get up in rro111 of thousands of people. in a swimsuil, and walk. I was so nervous."

Along wi1h 1he swimsui1 compeli· tion. the week-long convention included olhcr competitive cawgorics including runway modeling, most photogenic and commcrrials. Murray did wdl in all Lhe COnlCSLS. By 1he end of the week she had 23 agencies from all over the world interested in her.

"I miked 10 all 23 agencies and then weni home to narrow down the pos.gbililies (one of which was an offer in Paris).

"When I told my mom I had an offer 10 go 10 Paris she was really excited; she lhough1 it was a onc:cin-a-lifetirne kind of lhing," Murray said. "Bui my dad was a different story.

"Dad, I have a chance 10 go 10 Paris and I think I'm going 10 wke ii. Then he told me 10 ·go 10 my room,'" she said.

Her dad tventually came around and with lhe support of bolh parcnLS and her boyfriend, Richie, she decided 10 go.

"II was hard 10 leave everyone. bu1 I had 10 see if I could make it!'

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As a naive 19-year-old native of Norlh Idaho. Murray "'as not prepared for what she said she found in Pans: lhe lllStCHn fcstcd apanmem provided by the agency (which was the siJ..e of 1wo closets connected by a short hallway), lhe thin, flllhy ma11ress just lying on lhe floor wi1h a dirty blanket and the sleazy men she had 10 work with. Pam was far from the glamorous ci1y she expected.

"I sat on that dirty mauress and cried for two days," Murray said. "And I wailed three weeks before I called home, olhcrwise I knew I'd be on the fim plane headed for home."

Murray's stay in Paris was almost five monlhs of "hell." She worked for two different agencies but neilhcr were vuy pleasant. " I walked away from lhe first agency wi1h only SSOO in my pocket after a monlh and a half of slcady work,'' she said angrily. " I was fresh meat, and when you're fresh lhey screw you over-it happens 10 everybody.

"I was making S400-S700 per Job but I never saw ii.

You could say I learned lhe ropes of lhc business in Paris."

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Baja Bash Dance n

Thursday 8 m -1 March 7 - ~· •

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in the main dining area of the Student Union Building

··Great Door Prizes

Admission Prices

v'Grand prize-a fou r day crui se for

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two to Baja, Mexico (retail $1700) v'Ski trip to Mt. Bachelor, Oregon for two,

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Thursday. February 28, 1991

Happiness ls-,-Megan Babich playlng at the NIC Chlld

Development Center.

Colorful klds-(from left) Adrienne Deyo and Elizabeth Morton color pictures together.

Aday in the child's life The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety

he sound or children laughing rusl les 1hrough the early spring air tha1 has dccended upcn North Idaho College. The joyous screams and giggles remind one of a more innocent time in life.

Life a1 the NIC Child Developemcnt Center is a childhood dream come true.

Children lau!!h and play, and ''fc for them is fairly carefree. During their hectic day of play, they sing songs, pain1, romp around on the new playground equipment, take much-needed naps and socialize with all of their friends, center supervisor Steve Okelberry said.

About 36 children pass through ll)e center's doors every day, which makes ii easy for even the shyest child 10 make friends, Okelberry said. The center also has four teachers and JO work-5tudy scudents who help integra1.e 1he children into a social setting and 10 provide chem wich one-on-one inceraction.

The center itself is divided into learning centers that offer the children a variety or activities 10 choose from such as art, drama/dres.1-11p, language skills, housekeeping, building bloclcs, library and manipulative 1oy area, Okelberry said.

Sometimes the leaming center changes activities, becoming various busin~. such as Jl05l offices, hospitals or barber· shops. Last year, Okdberry set up a barbershop and gave some of lhc children

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However enjoyable the center is for 1hc children who auend. It is still geared with lwning in mind, Okelberry said. All or !he teachers have much e.~pericnce wilh children. For instance, Okelberry taught for 12 years a1 Head Stare, a govemmenl· funded preschool program for disadvantaged children, and spent live years as ilS supervisor. Center Oireccor Carol Lindsay said she is very pleased with che ex· perience Okelberry brought ,vilh him from his years a1 Head Start.

Yet despite !he teachers' credentials, myths scill continue 10 surround me teachers. Some parents still view a child· care center as a babysitting service, but that isn't true, Lindsay said.

"You can'! separate caring from team· ing," she said.

Many people also believe the myth lha1 preschool teachers mus1 have an endless amount of energy to be dealing with so many young children during !he day, but Lindsay said that is also a false belief. " People never in this position don't rc:aliu just how demanding ii is," Lindsay said. "It's rewarding, yet very demanding and high-5rrcssed. No, I don'! have a lol of patience. I just have a 101 of training as do the other ceachers here."

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Book 'Blocks' out sexual ~ult

by Shawnd'l'H Jolln110n Smtuttl R,pon«

Sc:xual ~ult... the words bring horror and

terror to the forefront of former North Idaho College student Sandra Saathofrs mind. Sexual assauh ...it was something MIC thought she "ould never have 10 confront in her "safe" hometown of Poo Falls. Sexual a.~ull ... those words will never let her be the some again.

Saathoff turned 10 writing as pan of her therapy to help her recover from a sexual assault she cxpcrienaxl SC\'Cral years ago. The former NIC siudcnt, llO\\ at the University of Oregon. l't'O!fltly fuushcd a novel dealing with the attack for her honors English thesis. It is tilled "Blocks."

Saathoff wants people "to understand that sc,,;ual ass.-iuh is not just something that hap· pens between a suanger and a woman, but something that happens bctwc:cn people who know each other...and that's scary." Sl1e also wrote lhc book 10 let victims know that "As hard as it may be. you can recover from it, too."

She Stane\f the book while cnrolkd at NIC, where she was president of Phi Theta Kappa honor society, a member of the ~pccch t.cam and on the Dean's list. She took English and communication COtmCS that she transferred to Ortgon.

Before "Dlocks'' was completed, and also as pan of her recovery. she c111cred a writing contest through the national Christian

magazine, Campus Life. ln her story, "Take man excns po\\'Cr over women and that Back the Night," Saathoff wrOlc about her women should never t:rust men. experiences at a biannual UO campus rally MOSI importantly the students learn that dealing with rape victims.

"You can make yourself safer, but it can't "The experience in that story was also us- guarantee 100 percent safety,'' Saalhoff said. ed in my book," SaathofT said.

She teaches people to trust their instincts and As pan of her continual recovery, Saathoff feelings in an uncomfortable situation. She panicipates in weekly group therapy ~ions, Sexual Abuse Survivors, on the UO campus, where students meet 10 talk and give suppon to each other. She enjoys belonging to the group because "There arc other people in the room who have been through similar experiences, so I am not alone."

Saathoff also works as pan of a group deal· ing with campus rape prevention calkd Creating a Rape-Free Emironmcnt.

Saathoff team teaches a c~ that "gives information about rape and rape prc"cntion and provides projects for students 10 distnoute information 10 other groups on campus or in the community:'The projects help them feel like they can do somcth.ing about it too," Saathoff said. Students also receive important information from the class, she said.

"Rape isn't somclhing lhat comes out of nowhere and luippens," Saathoff said. "It happens because we ti1•e ii, a society that gjvcs men more power than it gil cs women and teaches men 1ha1 they have the right to exert that power over women."

Saathoff explained that the cl..~ docs not Sandra Saathoff reach "male b."lShing" by saying thai every

said that most of the time when people fed

they arc in an uncomfortable situation their minds override the instincts and ~ tell themselves, "You're being Slupid; this is nothing."

For Saathoff, the healing process is a lifetime pr~. " It is bxe a file drawer. Sometimes you have to open the file and take it out and look at it a dlffcrent way, then put it back, only to take it out and look at it again lat.er." She also said that things bke smelling her attacker's col· 08JlC on someone else can remind her of the ~uh. That would open the me drawer for her even though she said she is now 111 control of how she dcah wilh it.

"It took a nllion people to tell me that it was flC\U my fault. I was blaming m)'Sclf for gcmng into that situation."

Sa.·uhoff said she bclic\-cs society doesn't let men show their emotions except in anger, and they arc taught to be macho and in control.

Women arc U1ugh1 to be ~\C and allow men 10 cootinuc their dcstructil-c behaviors, ~he <aid.

Saathoff ha, a ymr lefi at UO before she \Inns her graduate program at Orqion State in PO!tl."Uld. She C'l'tntually wants 10 work with <c.\'\131 a.s&1Uh ~1llm in a social scrvn agmcy.

Sc\'U31 :Nauh...tha;c woob no lo~ mean the encl, for one ,tudcnt rt:ilizes l'O."O\ny is poM!Olc nnd will help other victims rroliz.c that, too.

'Tire Cozies' result of student job loss The pendulum of my life has once again taken a swing upward. After the loss of my job and subse· quent excommunication from the Safeway organization, I thought my life was over. But now I realize it was all just another turn in the vast highway we call life.

I suppose the shock of Bobby Hammond my dismissal was, in the long run, beneficial. I retreated into myself, and buried myself under the burden of a ravenous research. For weeks I scoured the shelves of libraries and bookstores, se.arching for some piece of knowledge that would make me whole againthat would gi,•c my life new meaning and purpose.

It was a random search for something undefinable, and, although I didn't know it at the time, it was destined to fail. I spent my days. nights and money on books, and after three days without food or sleep, I collapsed on the library steps.

When I awoke in the hospital, surrounded by the cold steel of modern technology, I realized I was no closer 10 finding my life's purpose than

I was before. I adjusted my IVs, rolled over and drifted off to sleep. lt was in a dream that it came to me. For the first time I felt I bad seen clearly the true meaning of my existence: I would create a product. A product so revolutionary that it would transform not only myself, but the entire world.

I believe my new TIRE COZIES arc that product.

Cove~ have long been used by man to improve his world. From prehistoric hides stretched across branches for shade, or laid across valuable staples to protect them from scavengers or the prying eyes of the big fat slob in the next cave, to the Roman toilet scat covers that a man who told me he was an archeologist said arc almost sure 10 be found sometime, to the modern-day tarp, man has known for centuries that if you cover something, it will last longer. Surprisingly enough, this principle has ne,•er been applied to tires! But now you can slip Tl RE COZIES over your car tires, fasten the straps in back and drive down the roadsecure in the knowledge that your tires are properly protected.

The benefits arc many. Your tires will last longer, America will have to spend less on the foreign petroleum products and rubber used to make tires and you' ll know you arc helping to rid the world of two verifiable evils: Destruction of

the Environment and International Communism.

TIRE COZIES arc not made from materials torn from their natural environment. Rather, they are manufactured from chemical by-products that government scientists say are nearly harmless, and perfectly safe when stored 20-35 years underground.

With TIRE COZIES, you will buy fewer tires and thus contribute less to the careless stripmining of rubber ores in third world countncs.

The poor natives work 10-hour days for less than subsistence wages in the mile-deep strip mines. Their opinions of their "Yankecimperialis1<api1alis1-pig-dog" employers are indelibly forged from the choking dust, and tempered in the white-hot coals of the burning sun.

This is the fertile soil for the cancerous weed of International Communism. The poor natives know nothing of the evils that await them under socialized medicine and government-owned housing.

After planning in secret, the cadres will advance unsuspected upon the peaceful govcrnmen.ts suported by the West. After one falls, others will follow. .. .

But now you can help stop the growth o_f thlS cancer- with my new TIRE COZfES; available soon at a politically correct store near you.

Excellence not enough for crowds ever has so much been owed by so many to so few," Winston Oturchill said or the Royal Air Force after the Battle of Brilain.

Although Ufc's only real heroes are the ones who risk their lh-es for the cause or righteousness, we have had some smaller-scale heroes right here in Coeur d'Alene for quite a while.

The 1991 NIC wrestling team returned last week from the national tournament with a hardearned ifophy for na· tional rurmer-up and, undoubtedly, the highest respect of everyone associated with the 1oumamenL The lightly attended reception that was given for the team al noon last Wednesday in the Bon• ner Room was not as well advenlscd as it might have been.

It could be that during the school day, many studcnis, myself included, were attcn· ding c ~ or occupied with other daily iasks.

Or maybe NlC has won, or has come very close 10, the national title so oncn it was a foregone conclusion that this year would be no exception.

Some people simply do not enjoy the spon of wrestling as much as the more popular spectattor spons.

Whail!VO' the reason for the rclntive disinterest, at least locally, in what is arguably the finest junior collegiate wrestling program in the counify, the bouom line is that none of these things must mauer: None of these things can mauer.

If any or these things maucred, our wrestJ. Ing team would not be at the top of the heap year after year; some other school would dominate, and iis hometown would get 10 make the decision to be, or nOI to be, actively supportive.

Rcxburg: Are you listening?

What some of the other NJCAA powers would give to utter the words " No NIC wrestlers at nationals lhi<i year? What a relicn" It's l'q>orted there -s dancing in the stm:tc; of Garden Qty, Kan., when its junior college wn:stling team won the National Otampionship two years ago.

Sounds like a IOI of fun to me.

Granted, the Mklwcst bas a wdl-k:nown af. finity for college wrestling, boasting the atam of the major college crop, but the difference in our campus and community attitudes

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NIC second 1n nation One takedown from victory over Lincoln

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by Brten Welker Stntmtl RtpolTtr

A couple seconds may have denied the North Idaho College wrestling 1eam from eating up its si.'«h national tiLle in seven years, bu1 the Na1ionnl Junior College Wres1Ling Tournament in Bismarck. N.O. Feb. 18-19 capped a year of wrestling top-notch competition and produced several leftovers for nc.~t

season.

NIC', nD of whose qualifiers had no national toumamcn1 e<p.-rimcc, fmlshcd SC\.'OCl<l lo Lln· roln, IU. behind freshman Frank Velasquez' first-pL1cc finish. Lincoln, which won the title in 1981J, had 83.S poinL~ 10 edge the Cnrdinnls' 76. Garden City. Kan. \\-.U lhird wi1h 66. 7S and Nonheau Oklahoma founh with 64.2.S. NIC 1rnilcd Lincoln 4140 headmg into the linal day.

"I truly bcllcvc 1h01 1his has been one or my more enjoyable yea~." NIC coach John Owen said 01 a welcoming ceremony in 1hc Bonner Room Feb. 20. "I've never fell beucr coming back after a national toumruncnl lhnn with this group."

Mike Saunders

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Seven of 1he nine NIC wrCS1lers captured All-American honors by fmlshing in the 1op eight of their weigh1 clas.ses. Freshman Dan Schumacher, al 126 pounds, was 1hc other Cardinal in the championiliips iaking ~nd. pho10 by

Pallicla

Snydef

BRAVO, BRADY- Sophomore t n.pounder Brady Harrison, who !oak third place at Nationals, hoists the Cardinal's trophy for NJCAA runner-up.

Sophomore Brady Harmon (177) took lhlfd and Mike Hill (I SO) and Sliawn FosStn (118) - - P/~g·

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Basebal I squad ready for season

by Oamtl Baehner S<ntintl RtpOITtr

After 24 trips 10 the plate without a hit, the North Idaho College baseball team may be ready to hit a grand slam and bring home the regional tille this year, aocording 10 NIC baseball coach Jack Bloxom.

The reasons for Bloxom's optimism arc the recent stretch of good weather to praotice in, sophomore leadership, pildting depth and.1he addition of Rocke Musgraves as an assistant coach.

"We've been (practicing) out on the field for two weeks now," Bloxom said. "We've never had a Febuary that's been this nice."

Having 12 sophomores on the tmm bas aho been a plus. Bloxom said.

" I think that (rcrurning players) would have 10 be the biggest strength we've gOI on this icam. ..our sophomore leaderwp," Blox· om said. ''They already have a feel for the way the team functions and what's expected of them."

The Card's pitcbing depth comes from having 14 pitchers on the rosier, although Bloxom concedes 1ha1 depth docsn'1 guarantee wins.

"Pitching is like ground warfare; people always think you're better if you have the nwnbas (advantage). I'd rather be like the coalition forces and have the superior accuracy.•' " I think another real plus we have this year is the addition or Rocke as an amscant

coach," Bloxom said. "He's extremely dedicated to the game, and the kids really seem to have taken 10 him."

The reasons why NIC has never caken the regional tille are numerous, Bloxom said, but added that the opponunitics are getting bet· 1er all of the time. ''Up unlil live years ago we weren't pu1 in a position where we could compete fman· ciaBy," Bloxom said. "We wne attempting 10 beat tcamS Iha! we oot cconomicaJ· ly able to compete ap.insl.

"Five years ago ~ changed where we are now given enough recruiting money 10 build a ball club, and have since cakm second and third in the region a couple of times."

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MOUNTAIN NESS

Mountain bikers make Coeur D'Alene area hills and trails their two-wheeled playground

by Kiley Pele,.on end Mike S.unde,.

Sffltlnd Ed/ton

B

cware all hikers: The recent

production of high-tech allterrain bicycles has spawned a new breed of animal.

A soul that thirsts for adventure; a body that aches for danger.

A mountain biker is born.

While eagles are born to defy gravity and salmon are born to swim against the current, mountain bikers are born to devour virgin wildemcss; their hunger is never-ending.

1bls cnvlng explains why mountain bike sales have exploded in the last five years.

According to Clark Shull, owner of Shull's Cyclery, 85 pen:ent of his sales are to people who walk through his door with one thing on their mind: a new mountain bike.

Off-road riding, once the exception, has become the rule for many who once thought hilting was the only way to set away from the asphalt confines of the city.

Ouis Crane, a law enforc:anent major at North Idaho College, says that some or the best times he's ~ bad mountain biking have been on bills and b'ails that most people don't even know about.

•._... up ........ wllla my buddies balls the beck out of eatiDa exhaust fumes and wonyiog about some crazy driver who might not aec you in bis rear-view minor," Crane said..

1bere to be • mysdque about the off-ti. bea&eP path ~ lhat draws mountain blkm lite •1

fies to • rilHout. '~'s IO much to be 111d fCI' -.iiDa a1m /JOol ' .U." 0.- - "lt ~'ve ~ lillai bltfnl q t ~ )'W m6w ~ wlil 1

mean. The only difference is that we can get there alot faster."

Just as some people like it hard and fa.rt, there are lhose who like their mountain biking a little more subdued.

"A lot of people do not ride the hiking trails," Shull said. "They just don't like to get crazy up in the mountains."

Jeff Wycoff, a sophomore physical<duallion major at North Idaho College, has biked since he was eight years old and has his own philosophy on what mountain biking is all about.

"It's some of lhe best exercise you can get," Wycoff said. "It's so much easier on the joints than running."

"I just wish that biking would help my running form, too. I 8\15 you can't have everything."

Wycoff, who also runs the 400 meters for the Cardinal track team. says that its not just biking arOWld outdoors alot. on- or off-road, but the social aspecl5 that also keep him intcreSICd. "Some of the bal times l'ff bad have been biking with my family and fricnd.1," he said with a remembering smile.

The whole aoes-uainiDa concep1 is just as new and popular as mountain biking.

Many athletes who compete in Olher sports have disc:oYmd that IDOWltain biking, combined with their Olher training activldes, ccmplimenls their coodilioning and aJso provides a mme ~ wa,. of cxen:isiDa, Tracy Trudell, Terry Ballard. both from Alaska. and Damon Darakjy, a top loc:aJ ~ aD aolHOUDlrY and !rack IWIDCII al North 'Ibey find that the bleak kl the IOllline of three o'clock pnicdca .aad ~

tffCIY...,

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111ppy,..t!114 . . i ''It's an aMcrmd't'e way 9'. lrlidaa Mt

workoull ii not necally.

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Thursday, February 28, 1991

SCENIC VANTAGETerry Ballard, left, Darakjy, and Tracy Trudell enjoy the view of the beaullful Coeur d'Alene landscape.

look forward to," Ballard said. " l really fed that I need it as a break in the monotony."

Trudcll seems even more emphatic about mountain biking, becoming very anima1ed when asked if he would ever give it up.

"Hel aol" be ays, eyes on fire, "I'm going to mountain bike until I'm a crippled old man or I'm dead, whichc:Ycr comes fUSl I" Trudell added one small, but hcan-felt piece of advice to anybody who has even the remotest intaat in the inaasinalY popular pustime, ''Go buy youndf a bike, ~ ·s noching like it •.• it's grca1t And don't forget to WC'8J' I helmet!"

Nonh idaho College freshman Todd Wernex. a wrestler from Ellensburg. Wash., likes his ~ whcdcd fun the bell when ll's the dirtiest.

"I !Illy ae aea11a amddy," Wernex joked.

"Mountain bikes arc made to ID ewr)'Wlw:re," - -1::ib IIIOlt actividel tbll Involve hip . . . . and

danger. there arc many percautions to consider, and bike helmets are a dcfmitc must.

"It's a really inexpensive way of life insurance.

They about S<,O which is pretty expensive, but noc as expensive as a funeral," said Ballard.

Wernex lcamcd his les.1ofl the hard way; on his head.

"We went ridina on Labor Day this lut )"tll' and I wam't wearing a helmet and my front quick release came off when I was going about 30 miles per hour,'' said Wernex with I cringe.

"I 1111 a julllp ad my froal 1ft came off and I went over the handle bars and ate it pretty bad."

Wernex picked himself from the ground and bik· ed out. but he left the woods wilh a few bruises

and I CODCUlion.

"I didn't think bike hcbcll wae very meful. but when I did tba1 11 rally lmocbd ane ICIIIII In me." said Wema widl I sbeepWl pin.

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The NIC Sentinel

Lady Cardinals in struggle with opponents, themselves

by Br11n W1•1r St nllntl Rrporttr

photo by Patllcla Sn)'der

WRESTLERS' ROAST- Aaalstanl Coach BIii Pecha tells It llke It Is al the welcome reception for the Cardinal wrastlers In the Bonner Room Feb. 20. Approximately 30 people attended.

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''He's a great !Ua:JCSS SIOfY," CN'Cll said. "He was on ttar at the end of the~-" Schumach« \\Oil three close ma~. including were g,~. James Watkin, (haivyweight) was 'iC\'ffllh a 4-3 win ovt:r Lincoln's Trevor Williams in the and Tom Breeze (I~) eigh1h. bef°" dropping a 3-0 ddion to Garden Lance Hamilton (IS8) and Ow Wilson (142) semillnu, City's Joey Wlkkin in the the finali. didn't pla,:ie. but picked up iaun poinis. Both drop"He had a great season," Owen said. "He losl ped thdr fsnt ma!Chcs, carnr bide to win the llC'<1 to an ouutanding wre\tler." n,. o, then bt to be denied AD Americans.

Harmon, sccmd at regionals, ftni-.hcd 4-1 in I.he "You're asked, 'Are you plwcd (with finlwna 1ournammt en route to a 6-S dcci.\ion over Jim tceolld)?," CNen said. ''I am satisfied. If you take Fcrau,t0n of Waubomcc, ID for third place. finl as many times as \\l: h3ve, it's tough to take "He WI.\ by far the nimt 3.&m6J\t' wr"Q\ler we 5Callld. They prrformcd wdJ up IO lhc:ir po(alti.\1."

The differmoc belween the title and NIC's rm had," Pecha sakl. " He wmtlcd ddrlUl\ c (m the could be pinpointed on 5'VCral matches, but one oomolation f11131). Hl( oppooem bladed him, goc seemed to stick out in the coaches' min<h- Hill's the pomll he needed and shut down hi., offetl5C." "He cxubcrattS a lot of enthusiasm," Owai 5&id. doublM>\'Crtlme 3·2 loss 10 Mau Roarlc of LaBctte "He's goma to have an exoellcm future. l'U work (ICan.) Community Collegt in the semifinals.

In the sudden«ath period, HiD chose the down just ti hard gating him places .u he did for me."

Watkins was injumi in Im second match, and ii slde, but faied to ac:ape sivina Rolllk the win. The Joa made a difference or 10 points in the C&rdinah' looked doubtful if the Spokane native woukl rc1Um. He pinned h~ next three opponenr,, however, and local.

"Mike wmded his heart out," Owen said. " He decisioned Harper's Slrvc Robusek 5-1 for se\fflth p somedlina out of ii and many don't. As it tum· plaoe.

"We had to any him off the mat, which wam 't cd OUI, that WU the l1l8rJUl Of differmct."

NIC coaches felt that HW took his opponent too cuy," Pecha said. "We did gee him off, goc down in the ma1eh, bul no;,oints were awankd to some ice on him and he camt back and wrestled."

Brceu had his kMc buckled and txJended the ,opllomott. The takcdown would'\,: p vc HlD bacb'llds in a 3-2 klll ro Oartlal City's Rod the win. ''A couple seconds made the diffcrmcc of a na- McSwanc for seventh place. liaall tide," aancam IXIIICh BID Pecha said. " We ''Onoc that happc:m. you can'! a,mpere lbc way kept waldlin& the rtfcret and he MSn't doina )'OU CIII coq,ete, '' Pa:fla aid. '"Jbae'I llO way thal lll)'thlna. I lblnk he (Hill) would've won It (c:blm- Garden City opponent would've bealcn him...

Pe:1111 llld die UlUl1llll1IU ia - . . toapa cldi "I .iwl waacl to let hill (the rd'cne) know lhar ya.

11 w the llllOlld wont cal In llllionll ~ "Fewer tams show up. bul die 1t111111 ihll show (11111 l'w .-.}," Oiiia'I aid. up are IIJ'OIWS," Pecha aid. '"lbcff were a lat or Lb:om, which defcaled NIC In a cbl earlier ID frahmcn In thole mu:hlS. A dalal lelnll ere "WIil1111--. won lhne Ibo four alllCbel apm _ die nadonal tide. A eaillllc )911 111>, lhcre 'Mft lhe C'INIDIII. 1be Lym bad cm nadaDII GIiiy Cll' lfflll. .. dw11i~Ve111, 1H._0¥crloat.

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NIC Lody Cardinals vs. NIC Lody Carclinals in practice, lhe team scrimmages to drill game si1uations. In games, the team has onen been drillcd because of its own mimlkes.

"We've been our \\1:lrst enemy compnred 10 our opponenls sometimes," sax! cooch OcHavtn Hill, whose team carries a 8-$ Scenic West Athletic Conference record and IS-12 overall. " We aren't where we shoukl've been."

NIC, mathematically still alive for the final regional spo1, needs wins at home against Easlcm Utah 1onight and Colorado Northwestern S31uruay, plus help from other 1carm IO ndva,~ lhe post sea.i;on. Ricks, who ha\ thc be.st chance of advancing, and Salt lal<e arc lhc other reams battling for the SJ)OI. "We hun ourselves in the Salt l.i~c game down there," llill <;aid. "One game can make a difference nnd it has. h's our fauh for nOI getlin3 it done when \\C had our ch311CC " If NI C would '\C \\1:IO, 11 would be tied wilh Ricks and NIC already defeated the Lady Vikings 1wice 1his !r.l.',On. NIC's hopes were dampened ancr n 73·S8 lo.ls 10 ll1e Collcgc of Soulhcm Idaho in Twin Falls Saturday. The Lady Cardin.'\ls, ,1ho shol just 31 perCffll from lhc field (21 of 67), were led

by Khris Grubcr's 17 poinis ru1d Kristin Singer's 13. " We pla)'l'd tn Spurts," Hill -.aid. " With abou1 six 1ninu1es to go, \O," just ran out of gas. We had our chances, but some unforced 1umo.,.crs hun u.,."

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On Friday, NIC squecud past Treasure Valley S8-SS. After leading 35-24 at halftime, I.he Lady Cardinals h~ off lhc Chukar.;' rally for lhe win.

Oma Bcllcgamc had I I pom15 and Gruber and Michelle Sandhohn added 10. " I knew it would be o tough game for us. They played well here. I fttl real fonunaic 10 win Ihm one," Hill said.

NIC pummcllcd Ea\tem Uiah (674 S, Dec. 8) and Colorado Northwcs1ern (82-44, Dec. 7) on the road earlier in 1hc season.

E&lem has a spcxdy guard in Alfuon Jackson from Los Angeles.

Jackson \\.U held to SC\'ell points on 2-for-10 W>Oling from lhc field in the earlier meeting bctwttn lhe schools.

"One,: YJC geis around you. she mn make ~ happen," Hill said. · ~ 're 11 better ream llt.11\ \\ hen \\e pla)°td !hem a1 the fil"'I of the )'ear.

They'll play zone on m mO:\I or the ga.mc-...

H1U -..id his team, dQ,pitc 1hc two cartit:r \\W. <Jloukln'1 take the last 1\1.1> 1"(11llat~n games bghlly ''They're both definitely formidable opponents," he said. " II jwt depends on how we rome oul and play. The main 1hing is thnl \O.C need to play bani and fmish the ~ n on a good. posi11ve note...

The coach said the team has im· proved as the season progr~. but is lacking ronsis1ency.

"We've been doini bctlff' mings of· frmivdy," he said. "We\e played many minutes of quali1y playing time, bur n1 times we struggle."

Basketball, bowling, bats, bal Is and Baja beckon below

by Tim Krantz Sffltt.11d Rrp;,,l(t

Whether you are into dribbling, slugging. taco eating or picking up lhc spare, NIC maamurak and 3C· tivi11cs ha•'C got \\hat you're lookin3 for.

Eleven teams arc compcung for bragging rights in mens' S-on-S in· ll1!.lllwal baskctball, and the action is fun, fast and fierce.

The final monlh of play finds thn:c ttam.r- Das Kampccn. Cic· nuinc Draft and What the hcDleading the pack.

As the nice wmlhcr approaches, its time to break out the bats and baDs- softbd is axnmg up at the . end of Man:h. The dtadline for sigJHJp is March Zl, so swt ga.

ling your tcamS together.

If bowling is more dO\\TI )"Ollr olley. a bowling 1oumamen1 is scheduled ror Malth 2S, along with a pool toum'lmeru on March 20.

On Match 7. ASNIC is 5j)OIISOr· ing the Baja Bash. The cost is SS for singles and S8 for couples with srudcn1 1.0.'s. Faculty pras are S8 for singles and $12 for couples.

Mexican dinner will be served for S2 a pla IC. The Bash goes from 8 p.m. to I a.m. in the SUB's main dining room. Prizes will be handed out, incb1ing the grand prize. a Dip for tw0 10 Baja, Mexico.

For information on any or these activilics. cooraa the reac:azion ofrace downstails in the SUB or caD 76S-3366.

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Thursday, February 28, 1991

Bovine Bi ng_o

Cards fall to CSI CEU here tonight Breaking a mirror is supposed co

cause

5e\"'Cll

yeass of bad luck;

\"Sting the College or Southern Idaho'& home floor is guaranteed

to .

A

thousand rabbits' feet

woukln't have helped the Cardinals in the 107-97 loo at the hands of the Goldm Eagles 5.1turday, being

the I 19th victim in-a-<ow over the aNnC or $IMll years in tht CSI gymnasium.

NIC did not go quietly, though. staying close 10 its arch-rival throughou!, at rimes as close as 5S-S1 and 78-73.

"The opponunity 10 win was within our reach," Coech Rolly Wilwum said, "but we just didn't play our a~tr beu."

Card Forward Casey lrgcm, r<idhot of late, wam't supemitious, though, co~ iing game-highs in r.mng, wil.h 27, and rebounds, 11.

Guard Donald Pcrrilt coruinuo:I co impress Williams with hh

gcoeraling of the NJC off'cme.

Pcrritt's 2S points and 12 umts didn 't hurt the cause either.

Both lt8ln$, for that matter, played very well in the conta;1, CS! shooting a torrid S9 ~ l from the ndd, with NIC dose behind at S6 percmt.

Foul uoublc for the Cardinal centm may have been the t.elling tale, however, with Airton DudzJ:Vich and back-up Dean Stor· diau both C'lllT)'Ulg four fouls through much of the second half the Eagles were able to !Ake !he ball at the big men without much

difficulty.

The Cards host another JX)WCm()li'lC in the fonn of the Colkgc of ~ Utah tonight in Ouistian'iOII Gymnagum.

Although NIC beai CEU-in Utah- !he squad from the S011th is coming off of a big victory over CSI and boasts an extremely talmted ocnter, 6-3 Aruoinc Davidson. aocording IO Wllllams. ''He's a UNLV<altoer player."

Williams said, ·'and they Just happen to be intere5ted in recruiting him."

by Sh1wnd'r1e John1ton StJ1rlnd Rqx>rttr

l)IIOlo by

Bob SllOlld8n

LOOK AWAY, DIXIE-Center Alrton Dudzevlch (53) and Fellx McGowan attack the boards against Dixie Community College.

Nurses, faculty fight it out on court

by Kirin Leu Stntmtl Editor

Midterm frustration's revenge raged in OuisLiaruon G}'lll Feb. 22 when North Idaho Collcge nursing students faced faculty members in a C111l· cd game of volleyball. The faculty team beat the nurses 3-2 in two hours of comedy and competition.

The game, which was held as n fund.raiser for lhc students, Cca1urtd plenty of amlcs and humor by both teams. Bogus calls from Refcrcc Don Friis included speech ins1n1ctor Mona Klinger being penalized for wearing an illegal unifonn and journalism instructor Nils Rosdahl being penalized for distractions during lhe game. Friis said Rosdahl's bald head was causing too much of a glare and was blinding members of the opposing team.

Rosdahl responded by borrowing a photographer's cowboy hat, 100 large for his head, which feU over his eyes, making it hard for Rosdahl 10 see.

Facuhy responded 10 01e calls by tying Friis' shoe laces to his referee's padiurn. causing a delay of game.

Students and faculty bolh taunted their opposing team witJ1 calls over the public address system.

But, bolh teams remained unaffected by the ag. grcssivc taunts.

Arter the game, Klinger alleged that Friis was illegally fixing points in favor of the nurses, and sudden soore changes during lhe 1ournamen1 substantiated tile charge. Friis was unavailable for conu11ent the game bcxause he disappeared into the crowd.

During the game, prizes donated by local

busincs.scs were given away in a mlllc. Some of the pril.cs included lunch and beverages for 1wo :u T.W. F"ISha''s, car detailing from Oiandler's Car Care and a S50 gift ccriilica1e from Black Sheep.

The student team included Pam "Slam" Bradley, Michelle ''WhooP5'' Reiss, Jill "Tower" Regan, Robin "Green Legs" Gibbons, Dave "Bod" Brown, Dustin Brown, Shirley " Mama" Peck, Pam "Killer" C.ysewsky and Carol "GoGo" Goewnan.

111e faculty team included speech insuuctors Klinger, Annie McKinlay and Sandy Brashcffl, biology insuuctor Mike Harrod, English instruc· tor Chad Klinger, physical scienas insuuc1or/ chainnan Lloyd Marsh, philosophy/Japanese instructor Jim Minkler, journalism instructor Roooahl and nursing instructors Babette Hess and Maxine Martin.

The lalCSt fundraiser for North Idaho College baseball, Bovine Bingo, gives "getting back 10 nature" a whole new meaning.

Assistant baseball coacJ, Rock.: Musgraves and Student Union Manager Lanny Stein decided to give it a try after hearing about other fun. drai<;crs using the aafiy cattle caper.

The object is 10 line corrals with numbered squares. ff Bossie the cow leaves her dropp~ on your square, then yqu win the prize.

The ''Win Boosic" fundraiser will occur March 2 in the Coeur d'Alene Stockyards, ROI on the North Idaho College Campus.

Baseball coach Jack Bloxom said it would have been a headache 10 move the: cow and ncccssruy corrals for the event on cnmpus.

Each ticket costs $5 and the first prize is S500 worth of beef- C\'CII though ii has been advtrtised as"\Vtn ~ic. '' the dung, not the beer, wiU be the only thing coming from the main nuraction.

Bloxom said the profit from Bovine Bingo will go toward building new batting tunnels.

Some money was received from a private donation. and a booster from KeUOtr& donated the pipe used 10 frame the tunnels. ·1ne 1eaJ11 will have 10 raise lhe money for the rest. Any surplus money will be used to buy bascbaU cquipmtnl.

Enlftlllts need nOI be present 10 win, you will be notified at home if Boosic "bombs" your square.

The beef goes 10 the owner of tJ1c first, or the biggest, plare tJ1a1 Bossie relieves herself; the cow pie may be split between 1wo squares, the prize will ROI. She will be fed a great deal before the event, and when asked lO oom· mall on the whole thing. Bossie wouldn't udder a sound.

NBA players now eligible, lNho makes your Olympic Dream Team?

Eric Hart - bu siness: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Brad Daugherty, Charles Barkley and Xavier McDaniel.

Laura Seabfe - muslc:

Michael Jordan, Julius " Dr. J " Erving, Larry Bird, Akeem Olajuwon and John Stockton.

Steve Stuppypsychofogy: Michael Jor-

dan, Dominique Wilkins, MagicJohnson, Patrick Ewing and Charles Barkley.

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toward such great achievements is sad.

I'm nOl suggesting that tllCfC aren't die,hard Cardinal wrestling fans; I jUSI don'I think there art enough of them.

Coach John Owen, who provides the continuity behind NlC's claim 10 fame in the NJCAA. says he doesn't need the COl\51alll outside pralsc and a1tention that can accom·

nods of mutual appreciation after a 1ough vie1ory; sharing, for bener or worse, the ups and downs of maturing as 111'$1ers, as well as propie; knowing they are doing everything they can to make NIC wrestling the finest ii can be, and maybe just being a pan of something that most people will never have a chance to.

Let's hope we continue to have the option

pany national program.must of supporting, wrestling or 001 supporting, To aOwen and championship his wrestler.,, rewards championship program ata national NIC. be of the more meaningful cype: the knowing · We might just miss it.

PORTSCAIJEND March 2 ........................................... Track Ice-Breaker, Llnfletd, Ore. 2................. Women's Basketball Colorado NW, home, 5:30 p.m.

2...................... Men's B11ketball Colorado NW, home, 7:30 p.m.

7-9................... Men's Basketball NJCAA Region 18 Tournament 9.-................................... Baseball Skagit Valley, Ephrata, 12:30 p.m. i ...................................... Baseball Bellevue, Ephrata, 3:30 p.m.

10-.................................. Baseball Edmonds, Ephrata, 12 p.m.

13.................................... Baseball Spokane Community, away, 2 p.m.

15.................................... Baseball Big Bend, away, 1 p.m.

16 ......................................... Track Husky Track aasslc, Seattle 18.,.................................. Baseball Spakane Community, home, 12 p.m.

19.................................... Baseball Spokane Falls, away, 2 p.m.

19·23............... Men's Basketball NJCAA National Tournament, Hutchinson, Kan. 23 ......................................... Track Banana Belt Relays, Clarkston 23-25............................... Baseball Yakima Valley Tournament

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1991

'Hats Off' to orchestra

by Chltslopher ci,ncy $#nt111tl RfPOrltr

from Irish rolk 1u11es 10 exoerpts from "IA Miserables," "Hats Orf 10 the Orchestra"-so called because or the many "hats'' the orchQua \\'12I'S as ii serves 10 cnhancr other mediums in 1he pcrrorming

arts-is a one.hour salute 10 the divcrsl1y of 1he orchcs1m. aocording to guest Conductor Holladay Sandman.

The performanoe is an nncmp1 10 showcase and provide the audlencc with a · working knowledge of I.he orchestra. The musical selections chosen for the upcom-

ing event fulfill 1his purpose by dcmons1ta1ing the capabilities of each division of the orchestra, said Sanderson. Some examples include the Irish folk 1une "Coun1y Derry"-also known as ' 'Oh Danny Boy"-that highlights I.he strings, while exoerplS from the "firebirds Suite" represent the "big splashy sound" of the orchestra as a whole, Sanderson said.

This year's perfonnancc should be especially good thanks to I.he narration of actress/director Maureen Gri, Sanderson said. Ori's narration, when coupled wi1h the carefully seleacd cxcerp!S, will serve I.he aforementioned purpose while illustrating I.he contnoutions of the orchestra to other artistic mediums, such as ballet, opera, folk

music, chorus and musical theater, Sander· son said.

"The orchesua makes it all possible," and without ii, there would be no performancc in many cases. Sanderson said.

Although Sanderson is coordinating the event, "it is really with the collaboration of everyone that we can have this concert.'' she said.

The orchestra has been in rehearsal for nearly eight weeks, and according 10 Sandman, "they are thoroughly prepared 10 give a good perfonnnncc."

In keeping with the I.heme of the show, " Hats Off To the Orchcsua,'' Sanderson asks that oonccrt-goers wear their favorite hats to the cvcn1.

The pcrformanct is to be held in Boswell Hall Auditorium March 7 a1 7 p.m. Ad· m~lon ~ S4 for adulL~. S2 for senior photo by Pa11lcla Snyder citil.ens, SI for children and sludcntS and Mellow aou nda- Kathyanne Browne practices with the North Idaho Symphony NIC studcms and faculty arc admiutd free.

For infonnation call the NIC box office.

Orchestra for the upcoming " Hats Off to the Orchestra'' concert.

NIC concertmaster brings home bacon with her direction

by Chrlttop/111' Clancy Smrwl RtpOrttr

Holladay Sanderson, condu1:tor of the

"Hal$ Off to the Orchc:stra'' COflCffl. has been a re.mail of Coeur d'Alme for nearly 10 years, mo.st of whidl ~ ~ pGr· ticipeling ai an adi\-c member of the Nonh Idaho Colqe music dqiartmmt.

Sanderson. a North Qirolina native, hm received a bachelot's degrfe in music and French from the University of North Carolina 3Jld 8 mastn-'a ~ in mualc ancl French rrom ~ Carolina Univcnity.

She decided 10 l1lO\'e to Coeur d'Alme after visiting the - CJUtJUle to the Univer. sity of Idaho where she \ffl to s:ee a former

student. " I just fe.U in love with it," Sondmon said.

Sindcnon's first involvement with NIC

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Bluegrass music ain't deceased, but yellowgrass music is Schrader sings

by Johnny Hunl Smt/Jirl Rtp0ntr

It's not lhc greengiass band. or the )'Clio~ band, (If i1 was, the~ would be dead) but rather the bluegrass band, SpcciaJ Consensus.

Special Consensus will perform March 3 at 8 p.m. at North Idaho College Boswell Hall Auditorium.

The Coeur d'Alene Performing Arts Alliance is ~ponsoring 1his performance.

SP'(ial Consensus is a mix bet"'ffll b ~ country and contanponuy music, which makes the band and !heir music more widely accepccd. Thcir act includes uaditional bluegrass S1andards by Aatt and ~~. songs by contemporary arUMs. such as the Allman Brothers and. ~ Cooke and original compos1uons by 1hc band members themselves.

The four monbcrs of the band are banjo player Greg Cahill, mandolin player Ttm Wilson, bassist Dalla.s Wayne, and guitarist Rob Fulks. AU

the musicians sing lead and baritone while Wayne also sings the ~ vocah and the other three sing tenor.

They come from diverse backgrounds, which adds special sounds and differcnt Ullents to the group.

Special Conseruus. a fasi-paaxl instrumental group, has already n:cicved rave reviews. Frets Magazine said "they're a first-rat.e outfit," and Midwest R«ord Recap said that it's " ...a ho1. hot set that is loaded with high ocmne. punch and vigor fueled with emotion and p.mion-killer fro11, start to finish."

Special Consensus has played for numerous festivals throughout the United Stales and has perfonr.ed in the inland northwest, including the Sruldpoint Bluegnm Festival.

T1ekets are SIO and $12 and arc aVallable in Spokane at Strttt Music, 500-624-7722. In Coeur d'Alene tickets are avnilable at the Book and Game Company, 762-2301, Burt's Music, 664-4975 and the NIC Box Office, 769-3415.

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for starving lunch crowd

by Kim Rozell Saitind Rtporttr

Ju1ie Schrader will be the feawl?d N'ic's Nooner perforrntt on March 8, from II :30-1 :30 in lhe Swdenl Union Building cafeteria.

Schrader has been performing for the college circuit for the past five years. At the age of 20, she went overseas with the Amcri:an Collegiate Talent Showcase Band as lead singer performing in Germany, Holland and the Spanish Azores.

Schrader has been playing piano for 19 )'Can and combines this skill with her vocal performance to represent today's new folk music. Not only docs she deliver her own material, bu1 also presents olher folk artists such as Tracy Chapman, Bruce Hornsby and S111.aru1C Vega. She is represented

by Aery productions oul of Missoula, Mont.

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The NlC Sentinel

Mexican fiesta offers cruise to Baja t,y Patricia Snyder ,u,i,tant Editor

A cruisc-foNwo and a ski.irip-for-two await winnm of a drawing 10 be held at the Baja Basli 10 be spoll,l,()red by the Associated StudenlS of North Idaho CoUcge.

The party will be held March 7 rrom 8

p.m. to I a.m. in the Student Union Building. Tickl'IS are S5 for single studmts and S8 for couples. Faculty ticket.s rut S8 for singles and $12 for cou~. Tlcl(cts a111 be purchased at noon in the SUB or a1 the door. Pun:hase of a tickets automatically

cmers one in the drawing.

Th.: cn1isc includes a round-uip tlcket from Spokane, the CC6t of the cruise. all meals, shipboard cntertainmcnr and port fees and tllxes. Not included is any liquor, gambling or pon e.~cursions. l11e cruise is March 11 to Marth 15.

The ski trip will be with the ski club ro Mr. Bachelor in Bend, Ore. Mardi 9-14 and included five nighL~ lodging, four days skii.ng and transportation.

Piues aro offered by i\SNlC include two day passes 10 Sill-er- Mountain, shins. posters and clubhouse passrs to Coeur

d'Alene Greyhound Park.

Recorded music will be provkkd by Mnllbu Music. Free Mcxican-6tyle snacks. such as tortilla chips and saba, and nonalcoholic tropical drinks will be provided.

ASNIC President Colk,eii Evans encourages people 10 wear sw1m1C1-style clothing- tank ro~ and shorts. "!l's (the pany) nil what you make of it," she s:tid.

Evans said that anyone intl'IC&ed in h(lping with the decorating and clean-up should comacr ASNIC at l'X1. 367 or by going to the ASNlC office:. loau.ed downstairs in the SUB.

British singing invasion swings by NIC uavcling nil over lhe world. They do a complete show along with a comedy act A group or eight rrom Great Britian, and sing songs that range from classical to The Swingle Singers, will be appearing songs by the Beatles.

The group has received rave reviews, I» March 4 at 8 p.m. in Boswell Hall ing described as "the world's most unique Auditorium. ~ccn Wrigh1, membership chairman, vocal group," by the Boston Herald.

"A brilliant blend of baroque, Tm Pan descnocd the Swingle Singers' style or singing as a capcUa, meaning there is no AUey and jar..t," said the Boston Globe.

"Dazzling technique, stylistic musical accompaniment. 1l1ey are as unique as their name implies. All musical choreography, smoothness, astounding richness of ideas and wonderful humor," sounds are made with their voices.

The singers, a popular group of the late was a remark from Norrskcnsflammen, 60s, have been together for 25 years, Norway.

by Mabel Kosanke Smtlnrl RtpOrt<.r

h is the second concert in a series or three concerts presented by Coeur d'Alene Corrununity Concerts. Fifty tickets have been distnouted through the Humanities Oepartmc111 by arrangement with Community Concerts. This is Community Conems comnoution to lhc educational community to bring line music to North Idaho CoOege. Studa11s can levy mcmbershi~ for SI5, which will also ctltitle them to aucnd lhe Jeremy Menerhin Col'l(ffl April 15, according to Wrigh1.

Tickets to the cooo:n can be purchased from NIC Music Oeparuncnt.

Spokane artist's work in gallery

by Ken Allen Sentintl RtpOrttr

Exploring the ~ibilities of presence in painting.~ is of on-going importance for Spokane artist Mel McCuddin. By presence. McCuddin said, he means something more akin 10 personality, rather than image.

"In lhe proces.s of painting I uy to pu1 fonh a message not only by traditional means, but on a subliminal level a~ well,'' McCuddin said, "thereby producing work that leaves an after-image on the mind."

MGCuddin is the fearured artist at the North Idaho College Union Gallery from March 4-29 with an exhibit of palntin~ entitled "Mostly Recent Work".

"Mel has a pmonal vision that meshes well with his abstract style," Union Gallery director and nn instructor Allie Vogt said.

An opening rttqJtion will be held Mnrc:h 6, from 6-8 p.m. in the gallery ,,ilh refreshments served, Vogt said. In addition, a gallery walk through will be conducted wit11 Mc<.'uddin on t. larch 7 at 11 a.m.

"To me. the motives for making an have a direct relationship 10 the quality and su~ of tluu art," McCuddin said. "I consider love of nn and the creath-c process to be higher moli~cs than, say. linnncial gnin nnd celcbri1y."

111c gallery is oprn ,,cekduys from noon until 6 p.m. and admission is free.

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Student writes about life in Ireland, _Ln _ · e_e_ xp_eri_en_ce___.____.jI wins English 103 essay contest

by Kevin Brown At\i1/un1 Editor

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A etttam type of guy "ms at an lnsh ron•

auuction ~te. Oeclan Keogh, 24, of Dublin, lrtll\nd, won tl1e Fall '90 E:nglhh 103 ~Y Cont.est by writing about that cenain type of guy in ''llK· Worker."

"A COnstnK.1ion si1e ~ a v.:zy ,-uJi:;tr pl:lce," Keogh said. "Bui it's also very hard work."

Kl~ once worl.ed for hi~ father's conMru.:tion com)Xln)' in Ireland. It was there he mcountl!l't>d a man named Elliot. Keogh's essay describe; his run-Ill.~ ,,ith Elliot, a brutish '-Ort,

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by Declan Keogh

bad 1ee1h, eyes looking ror some cncouragcmenl or congra1ulations, something I could not give. I should have seen it then. They would stand around h1ughing and nodding madly, winking knowledge to each other as the smoke from their cigaretlC$ spiraled around their yellow fingers before rising to meet the grey clad sky. Other Limes we went through what seemed like an eerie silence. A whisper, a cough, a curse was all 1ha1 could be heard. A comment reserved for one or two people would have unwelcome listeners and unwelcome consequences. II was during one of these silences that it happened.

--------------------------' There were about 50 men working on the building. Cigarmes lay hand in hand with wood and brick and pieces of scaffolding scanered around the noor. It almost seemed that the si1e went into lapses; one minute all 50 men would be laughing and joking. lying 10 each other about rhe girls they had had and what they did 10 1hem. The bigger and better 1hc story', the more respect you received. I would smile and laugh and occasionally nod my head, but inside I fell cold. I was uncomfortable; I did not know hair of what they were talking about. Their eyes would skip over me as their mouths, forced open, would show

"It wa, 3 big ~pping ~ont• for me," Keogh Nlid. "That kind o f ~ led nM: to omain realizarions."

Keogh first came to Ameri<.:a II hm he "'~ 19. His brother-in-law. John lknthan, w~ then an NIC 1radc <Xlo.1d1 Keogh l,cljd he didn't really want to gO to Los An{!eletl, aod "NTC was the only othc!r pl.ta: in America I lme\v."

Tuo )-eaD :igo, Keogh grodu3ied from NIC 11ith an ele:crnnics degree. No-A• ht''s back pursuing a degR'C in history. K,:,ogh said hep~ to teach history at the hq!h school or college k.'Vd, with cmpha~ on ancient and European

history.

Keogh said he had worked bard 10 develop his writing skills. "l couldn't wril? a l all befOI\' I came hen:," he explained. But NIC English inwuctor Laurnen Bclmoru m e ~ him. Keoh's essay won him f11'$1 plaa- and $60.

The Fall '90 English 103 £my Contest received 34 entries. Thi! rop four arc to be pUblished in a bound collection in NIC's library. Out of the eight finali\ts, the <op four art dlosen by a panel of NJC in.sttuclors and

administrators.

Otha finamls ~

=JC:OOl1d place. spcaa1

educadon major Mary 8nlnner: lhird place.

mad1inc tedinology najor Hany COUltlley, and bmaable IDClllm, fc:irqpl languaaes 11'8jor Jdf Bnlda.

pholo by Dan Hyde

Declan Keogh

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Thursday, February 28, 1991

!Husband, wife make recital music together by

Lott Vivian and Karin ~u

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Tom and LaWll Dickenson, music in· .suuctors al North Idaho College, will be performing a joint recital Ml!n'h 24, a1 4 p.m. in Boswell Hnll Auditorium.

Playing a vaJic(y of classical music. the

be &., :ompanicd by pianis1 Mary Wilson and cellist Helen Byrne.

Togeth<!r they plan to play a Haydn trio l)id:truOllS will

Tom Dickenson also graduated from U1 and is <lllTC'lltly the princip.11 clarinet player with !he Nonh Idaho Symphony Orchestra.

Laura Dickenson usuany ho~ one faculty recital per year and this is the first faculty rccilal she has perfonned whtYe she has been joined by her husband, she said.

The rcciUII will be appm."<imalely an hour long and will rornisl of classkal music. The recital is open to the public nnd admission is free.

fca1wing flute, clarinet and cello, a flute solo piece by Godard, a flute quartet pic(-c

by Momn, a Schubert trio featuring voire, clruinct and piano and a clarinet ~lo J)K'Ce

by Copeland.

Laura Dickenson i.s a graduate of the Univ~ity of Idaho. She S111dk'd under Richard Hahn and received a degree in Ou1e performance. D\ckcnsoo is the pJin. c.ipal Outist with the Nonh Idaho Sym. phony Orchestra.

Review...

'Noises Off': Play from 'farce' side answer the phone. " 'Allo," she said in a thick Bril.ish accent.

She finished her conversation, hung up the phone and hesit.ated.

"Do I pul down the sardines and t.akc the paper... or do I take the sardines and leave the paper?" she mused.

"What now. Douyl" shouted the man seated at the table in the first row of the balcony. A light shone on him as he jumped imo action. "You leave the sardines and take the paper with you!" he bellowed.

1l1us began the dialogue between a group of actor.. rehearsing for a play and thcir dircc· tor who was trying lO finish up in time for !he play lO begin that night llic action for Act I began when the technician was called in and the assistaJ11 director was called 10 the carpet. After much arguing and confusion, the first act or their play was fmished and intermission gave lime for the 10

by Kittle Law Stntlntl Rtpontr

"We are ready. The actors arc ready, lhe set is ready and the music is great .. all we necrl

now is an audience," gues1 director Maureen Gri said juS1 before opening lhc play, "Noises Off." " Noises Orf," an English farce, premiered Feb. 22.

111c lights dimmed, 1.he final rush 10 be seated settled down and, in the first row of the balcony, a man with a glass of water was the last 10 be seated. He put the glass of water and a bottle of pills on the t.able in from of him.

A hush fell over the crowd as they leaned forward in anticipation. A loud buzz ,~ heard, the lights brightened on stage and a lady df'CSSl.'d as a maid siepped through a door

crew 10 rotate the set.

The audience returned to view the st.age from the back side. As the lights went up again. lhc audicoo: gleefully watched the same act played from the back side of the stage with all of the plots and counter plots of intrigue and romance between the actors and stage crew.

When 1-\ ct 3 came around, the stage was rotated again and the same act wa., played agrun showing the result~ of the imngue of the previous "backstage" interaction. Disaster reigned supreme and confusion abounded.

Finally, the cunain fell and !he audience, hokllng their sides from laughing. roared into a tremendous thunder of applause. Most of the commcms made while leaving were "This is a play worth seeing again."

"Noises Orr• will be prescmed again Feb. 28, Man:h I and 2 in f3oswell Hall Auditorium. Cunain lime is 01 8 p.m. stage

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photos by Bo b Sheridan

Play scenes-(above) Wendy Reznlcsek applies her make-up. (above right) Tracey Ben· son, Chris Goodson and Marty Peatersen rehearse a scene. (far right) Director Maureen Grl relaxes during rehearsal.

What type of cultural events would you like to see more of in this area?

Mark Walla-bu siness: More lectures, like Popcorn Forum. More dances and social activities because this is a community college. People that live here go to this school.

Andrea Gou tate-law: More school aetivites, like dances, and interaction bet· ween students.

compiled by Leslie Biggar

Chris Keit h-his tory: I'd like more theater because I really enjoy theater, especially Shakespeare.

photos by Daren Reasor

The NTC Sentinel

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Same old story: 'Silence' louder than a scream Movie doesn't live up to book

A. great W'<lrk of liLeraturc brought alive oo nlml What he:lven afttr a steady bombardment of "Terminatort" and "Die Hards"!

With great cxpcaations, I settled down to watch the newly rclea5cd video edition of Edgar Allen Poe's " Murder in lhe Rue Morgue." My sense of anticipation was heightened by Che knowledge that filmgreat George C. Scou was to play the ~blllble dCICClive Auguste, and Rebecca deMomay ("Risky Business," "By Dawn's Early light'') plays his beloved dauahtcr, Claire.

The ~ for the movie was btauliful1)' filmed. Immediately I was walking the cobbleatonca of 19th-century Fran<:e. I wallctd along with Clalrc, foUoiving her home late one night Ma growing senst of mawe and urgency seemed (quite appropriately for a murder mystery!) 10 follow her.

And then ...and then ...! met George C. Scott; no, I never did meet the rcdoubmble Auguste-George C. Scon remained George C. Scoff and his character never came lo life. It was also one of the film's

annoying anomalies that only the maUl characters spoke with American acct'nts and everyone else spoke English with a heavy French accent.

I tried hard 10 susLain some Stnse of m~ery and tried robe appropriately horrified at the brural, bloody and apparent· ly stnsdcss murder of two neighborhood aristocratic~. I tried hard to be surprised When Au~e, urged 00 b)' Clakc aod by Philippe, the son of his dearest friend, finally enters the fray a~ SupcrSleuth. I tried hard 10 care whodunnit in th~ beautiful misty s,:enes of long-ago

Pans.

You see, I knew all along whodwllllt.

It was the monkey. Do you think J'm kidding? Read Edgar Allen Poe's version; it was the first of the Super.Sleuth murocrmyscery genre. 'The movie, however. never deUvrn.

Two sum for SC(llCr)' and ambition. ~ \' 91 lJ /f //

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Silence.

Screaming.

Their difference is as pronouoo:d as the dif. f=nce between director Jonathan Dcmme's previous mm work and his new motion picture thriller "the Silence of the Lambs."

Dcmme's earlier efforts in "Something Wild" and "Married ro the Mob" showed the tighlC! side of topics such as the Mafia experience and skipping out on a tab at restaurants; "Lambs," based upon the novel

by Thomas Harris, shares none of their humor.

What it does share with those films is a s1rong leading lady in the character of fledgling FBI agent Clarice Starling, played superi,(y

by Oscar-winning actress Jodie Footer ("The Accused").

Pulled from her FOi I.raining before iis completion, Starling's own vulnerability, as well as her auractive figure, is used 10 lure the imprisoned mas.Hnurdcrer psychiatrist Dr. Hanrubnl "the Cannibal'' Lectcr out of his silence and into helping srop an at-large mass murderer.

'The monster she is after is known as "Buffalo BiU," and a.lthough decorum docs nor allow me 10 'Illy exaaly why, lel ii suffice that

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Chapter El~ven writes book on good .t\.Jnerican grub

Ld's talce a walk into Chapter Eleven and see what it's like. fUMy, that's the same thing I was thinking as I followed my companion to the door. She's been there. She knows whai she\ doing. It wasn'1 lhat easy. '.'5 we approached the door facing Sprague, a Sl&Jl read "Please ll5C other door." I fell like I was u)'ing to get in10 a gym as fasa as I could ro catch the tipoff, but was forced 10 go

~.thccvcr~eedlingpsych.iatrist,forces Slllrbn~ 10 share her deepest, most painful secrets m exchange for his information abou1 the ~illcr. Their conversations and revelations provide some of the most piercing cinema in rcxcnt memory.

One of Starling's childhood haunts is of the slaughtering of lambs on a Monllllla ranch.

Their screaming, which her mind can never completely silcncc, ~ the mOSt w.ngjble C"<· planar.ion for the film's lille, although other parallels are drawn.

On Jonathan's behalf, the dirtttor does provide a dc.\.'"ickdly Demmean flare, bur you 'II have to pop for the admission fee and Stay unul the l'er)' end 10 auch ir.

TI1ere is some quue graphic material here, so leave the kiddic$-and the squeamishness-at home. That's all that I'm giving away about this one, bul do look for Scou Glenn in a strong supporting role as FOStcr's FOi ~ . ''The Silence of the Lambs" gets live very suspenseful. very thrilling, very bloody stars.

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If one has a list 10 chapters long of resllluranls that he or she has dined at, but was disappointed in, they might consider the eleventh pan. Oiapter Ble\-en, located on Sprague A.venue in Spokane, turned out to be a p ~ t surprise.

The place was my companion's choice for our pre-Valentine's Day dinner (we thought we'd bear the rush). The atmosphere seemed pea«ful at Chapter Eleven, and the cuisine was satisfying. The cost for the grub was a little higher than I had anticipated, howcvtr.

m person.

Classic feast ...

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by Brian Wallltr s,.11tintl R~porttr

it has nothing to do with the Wlld W~ t :he r?!e of Lccter is played with UIISC1lling ~bcvab1lny b:. Antho~y Hopkins ("Magic,., 'The Bounty ), wh~ LS so convincing that he may have l)'J)CC3SI himself for life in roles of murderous madmen.

Maybe that is the ultimate compliment to pay an actor. bur even the braver film critics ?1ay not feel too easy about paying il 10 him

lasted the longest as my stomach begiin crying " no mas'' halfway through iL I acx:epled Walking do,m the side or lhe resiaurant op. the beg and gal'c up.

My companion said she wouldn't go back, po.sire 10 my car, I still found no door. The back of the place, nothing. We neartd our but I would rerommcnd to at least give it a try.

"You (the customer) don't get much," my parked car. Finally, up some Stairs Wlll the companion said. I cenainly didn't need much door lo get in.

The hostess was courteous, as are most mo~ when I left the place. The meal, inhostesses who want some weekend spending cluding the salad bar and clam chowder, taSled money. The menu was divided on each side up lo my SlllJ1dards and satisfied my hungry of a large, bro1m, rcctang111ar4laped piece of appetite.

Chaptet Eleven also has a kids' menu with wood wirh a hole at I.he 1op--a unique touch hamburgm, grilled cheese sandwiche!I and in the medium-lighten area.

Soup, salad bar and bread came with an the such.

The sliced bread, which we thought 11,ouJd dinnelli. Prime n'b dominated the menu. A variety of combination meals. such as shrimp be delivered to our table as pan of our main and other seafood, were offertd with the co= as we originally overlooked ii at the salad bar, was warm and extremely fresh. prime rib ranging from Sl4 and up.

It had a strong rccommcndalion, but I went First, we asked where it was. The waiter said with the Chap<er-cut steak, which was Sl2.9S. ii was on the salad bar and he qui.:kly brought My medium-rare preference was appropriate- us back a plateful of it.

Wine is offered as well wilh a list on each ly fined to the boneless Stealc, which was a delight. The rice (my choice over the baked table. The sefVicc was prompt and courteous; potato and fettucinO I.hat came with the Steak the restaurant was only mildly busy.

come to NIC for concert

around the building. A gym. Tha1 's where I'd seen the sign before.

· Two c:dlisla and a pianisl rrom the UnMJsity of Idaho will perfonn in ~ HaD

Auditoriwn Mardi 26 11 8 p.m.

Scholanhip s111da11s Brian Wbanoa and Tonya Oilben wDI play the cdo, and professional piaDi1a Jerry Jen.ten wil1 aa:omplll)' them. The free ooocat wit Ccalllre COfflPOIC" from al eras, inculina Beedlcl'ml, Bach and Dh<allw)' c:ompoacrs. aa:ording ID Bil Wbanoo. a profcaor at UL Bolh Wharton and Oilben mulic IChollnblp studenls II UI and hive pla)'l:d iD

ordlr:stl'ls in M'*°'8f and Spokane. Jcma> n:aiYcd I Mlsla"s ia IIUlic Crom WamqliOII

SIBie UnivmllY and currmd)' Is in lhe Tllllll8dt Trio in Mo&iow.

Before comiDa ID NIC. lhe cdlills will p«• ronn mMh:nnpolis, ~ am1 Maa&ana. The purpole of ~ tour is

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"sbaR 9QIDe IIIUlic wilb odlCr' c:ollrlll," WlmtoD sail.

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Thursday, February 28, 1991

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KIDS /rom p. 9- - - - - - Thal training is reflected in the childn:ns' races when they listen to a new story or make a bug ou1 of egg cartons or r<*ivc a daily hug from teacher Mendy Grar. Tiieir faces arc happy and shining, refltx.'ting the care and ancntion their teachers give them.

COFFEEcake

During the afternoon, the laugh1er that once rustled through the spring air subsides. The children have gone inside the walll1 building. half to play quietly and 1hc others 10 rest from their hectic day or play.

Bui their laughter still floats through the pine trees, echoing the voices or a place where innocence rcsidcr..

by Phoenix Ahlquist

DIRECT fromp . 11 - - - - was as concertmaster of the symphony orchestra from 1981 10 1984 and she has been at NIC ever sinoe. "h was the natural thing lO do,'' she said. "I was a musician and I needed somewhere to play."

About the same time Sanderson became conctrunaSler a1 NIC. she was hired as the general manager and orthesua dire.-ior with the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre.

Sanderson said she was "probably" hired for her musical background. though she belie\,:s ii wa; her e:qicrictlcc in business that was the decisive rtaSOn bchlnd her success. As an accomplished orchoual conductor and director. violin and viola 1e:ichcr, Wld high ~ I m ~ic iru,tructor, o~ m~ ht \\ onder \\ha! \\.U 1he purpo;e of pur;umg an cdu.auon in btmness. " ,\ muskaan i'l not alwavi. able to find Slead\ work." Sandman Qid, "('-,:often bcal forc'td to 1rcd:m:c 111 order ID hru1g hOme the bacon..'

Sanderson b presen1Jy a pan-time condllClor ror the music depruunent a1 the college and continues 10 be involved as an organizer a1 the Coeur d'Alene Theatre.

Ac:cordmg 10 Sanderson, one or hu most rewarding experiences as an educator has bfflJ her work with the symphony orchestra, although a1 times Sandmen bas round her \\Ork challenging.

"Sometimes there is some dlrficulry in trying 10 coordinate everyone" as there is a ~'3.riety or people participating in the rehearsals. she said. ~ don'! alwa>'S go as planned, and schedules oflltn c:onflk1 with rchear..al timts. "h can really be a challenge a1 umcs."

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Then at Christmas, Murray's parents sent her a plane lic:ket back home. She went home S\\cat· ing she would never go back to Paris. " I came home and got my old job back at Dockside, and 1 saved my money for a plane ticket 10 San Francisco. I wanted to sec if 1could gd on with some agencies there," she said. " In San Francisco 1 talked to live different agencies, and they said that I 'needed 10 go back 10 Europe' because I was 100 tall for the U.S. market."

So despite everything, she went back to Paris in Februal)', 1990, hoping things would be bet-

ter the second time around.

I! only got worse. " l got myself involved in the corrupt side of modeling. ll was nothing but a glamorized prostitution ring," she said. "After three months of uying 10 work legitimately, 1 just left. One day 1 disappeared in Paris and no one knew where 1 went."

Murray looked up an old roommate, who helped her get a job waiting tables, and she also found a job cleaning houses owned by photographers she knew. Then in May, her mom new to Paris and they toured Europe for the next two months. IL was during this tour that she met with Next Company, a "good, reputable" agency in Vienna. The agency was interested in her, and, aner a year of bad agencies and getting ripped off, she got her break.

"I did the Beck's beer commercial, I had three billboards up and I did a lot of runway show~. I had a clientele all set up; 1 made

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But, with war in the Middle East, her plans were cu t short.

"I came home for Christmas and before I could get back, the war broke out," she said.

"Traveling across many borders in Europe with my U.S. passport would make me an easy target. And now it's too dangerous to fly; I'd just be asking for trouble.

"I have been checking into a few possibilities rrom home.•· Currently, Murray Is working o n a possible job that would take her 10 Japan where her light complexion, blonde hair and green eyes would make her a hi1 in the high-paying Japanese market. " I'm going to San Francisco and I'm going to try and pick up some commercial and some photography work. If things work out I should be in Japan by the end of March," she said.

Despite all of the negative th ings that hnve happened to her, Murray said she really likes modeling, but just as another job, not as a

by Linen, Freemen Smtlntl Editor

The colors in the new library, the mission of the college and new proposed legislation pertinent Lo community colleges were at the top of the agenda at the Feb. 21 meeting of the North Idaho College Board of Trustees.

Acmrding 10 representatives from Ardtita:ts West, the color scheme for the new library computL>r co,tcr ~ maroon and grey to match school colors.

Also addressed at the meeting, by U'UStec Bob Ely, was the mission of NIC. According to Ely the lrUStees plan 10 get input from faculty, staff and students before they pro<:ero with any action. In question is the "open door" ad~ions policy, mandat.ory testing and mandatory placement.

Proposed lcgislatioo was aoo addressed by Bob Bennett, NIC president. Bennett discussed the new legislation that impacts community college funding. Four new bills involved money for education and one involved higher education retirement.

Of the proposed pieces of legislation, one allows NIC to hold income tax levies against the state income tax liability. Asecond bill would allow an additional two cent per can tax on all carbonated beverages. These proposed sources of revenue would supplement the current community college budget, which is one third property ta:<es, one third student fees and one third state funded .

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"I want to stay with it for the rest of this year and maybe next year; just long enough to get some college money in the bank."

When the time is right, she plans to use the money she has saved and become o physical therapist. " I want 10 come back and do one more year at NIC and then transfer to Pacific Lutheran University."

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Haught warned IIOf to put a mum adm:ess on the outsilk of the ffl\lelope 10 preva11 lfflorisl r&liation for writins.

Srudcnts who withdraw from school bo:awt they ue called 10 active duty s:=\~ a full refund of ruition and foes, Strceler said. f'or studenU 10 ~ea mund, Sttcelo" said, a copy of 1M militaly orders mu.s1 be pmemed. Request~ for refunds arc handl· ed lhroush the Business Orfice, ext. 3.4(), and room and board requcru art handled lhroush Auxiliary Saviccs, m. 361.

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lab and individual c1aMcs on third and fourth semester machino shop is Byron Roy, Hau3l1t said. Roy works fuD time for Aa:urate Mold In Coeur d'Alene and spends approximately four hours a day teaching at NlC. Hausht said he ~ uncer:tain what NrC would do for an imtructor for fall semester if Slraub is not bade. Pall ~ e r involves D1uch theory and many more hours of instnK'1ion. Haught said. He added that it is dilr1CUll to find someone to teach indefinitely. The law requites that military pcrrorid who have been called to active dury be aDowed to ICIUm to their jobs.

Haught said that he hoped Straub would be back by fall !,ClllCS{er.

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they felt their personal futures held, seemed very optimistic and said their futures were bright with great promise. Parker said that this is the schizophrenic way most people now think.

"Something is wrong here," Palmer said. "There has 10 be integration, a way of synchronizing knowledge with reality."

The metaphor he used LO describe higher education was being able 10 take a watch apart but not possessing the ability 10 put ii back together, which is a one-sided and harmful approach, he said.

"You can't live this way," Palmer said.

"When you're around 40 years old, life has a way of reaching up and grabbing you by

the throat. You begin 10 feel as if you're going 10 explode, or you start dying inside."

Palmer feels that community colleges have a firmer grip on reality than do universities, offering a blend of reality along with learning.

He said a major intellectual movement is rising up to challenge the present way of teaching. One movement is ecological studies that seem 10 emphasize life as part of the world around us.

After the presentation, Palmer and four panel members answered questions from the audience and told of their personal experiences which have led them to think as Palmer docs.

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Petitions for Fall 1991 pooitions on the Associated StudenLS of North Idaho College board will be available March I in the ASNIC off»:, located downsraiJs in the Student Union Building.

Pogtions available are president, vice president, activities director and three sophomore senator seaLS. Petitions require at least 50 signatures and arc due March 22.

According to ASNIC President Colleen Evans, members receive payment of at least

as much as tuition in "monthly installments."

Payment varies. she said.

"You don't have to be a political science major," Evans said. She said ASNIC is look· ing for "assertive, energetic people" who want 10 be involved in NIC. Serving on ASNIC, Evans said, "gives kids a chance to get involved academically and socially. You learn how the student govern. me111 is run; how Lhe school is run." While it takes a lot of Lime and commitment and creates stress, Evans said, "It's been worth it.

It's loLS of fun."

For information about running for a position, comac1 ASNIC at ext. 367 or visit the office. /\SNIC members could al~ be contacted about their duties, Evans said.

REMEDIAL /romp. I Ultimately, the balance between placement and possible revision of the open developmental and secondary education will door policy. involve fundamental questions of the mission "How do we t.reat lhe people who can of NIC. calculate and read? What do we offer them?

Or. Virginia Johnson, chair of the English Do we deny them aa:ess 10 higher-level division, admiued she did not have the teaching to devote our energy and money 10 answers-just more questions. dC\'Clopmental education?" Johnson asked, 10 "If NIC enrolls studenLS with a variety of which she ~ .id they had no answm. skills, then are you not duty-bound to hclp Johnson said the Board "ill need more inthem su=I? This requires both time and st irutional research before members au1 decide money from the college," Johnson said. She how much energy, teaching, space. etc. wiU said the hcan of the mancr lies in how NIC be dt-voted to dcwlopmc111al classt':s. Wi1h decides to "cut up the pie.'' more rcseruch, instructors con better advise 1l1e board of tnlSlccs dealt with the same studcnlll on the ncu:ssnry entrance and exit issues at iLS Feb. 21 meeting. 1l1e boom is cur- ~kills for coul"iCS. She said it was II mancr of rently core.idcring, according to LrUStcc Bob being honest ,\ith those studcnt.s by giving Ely, mandatory placancm testing, mandatory them reliable pl.lccment ot the beginning.

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a.m. Valeriani will discuss SCYl'ral issues con· ceming freedom of the press, First Amendment responsibilities of the media and the role media has played in the Persian Gulf War and tha CNN-General Manuel Noriega tape \Xlntroversy.

Censorship issues surrounding religion will be discussed by Bill Wassmuth March 21 at IO a.m. W~nmth will address the role and influence of religion in the lives of Amcrican.s as 10 the extent of freedom c.,-perienced by society. He will also identify and discuss religious mo1"en1C11ts that encourage freedom of C.\'J)ression plus those that encourage censorship laws.

W~muth is the former pastor of St. Pius Catholic Parish, Coeur d'Alene, who bo:amc a spokesman for the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations.

Several years ago, berorc leaving the Otwcll and moving 10 Seattle, Wassmuth received death threats from members of the neo-Nazi group. the Order, who eventually bombed his Coeur d'Alene home. Wassmuth narrowly escaped uninjured.

The final d&ussion features guest speaker Dr. Bryan M. Johnston, an associate dean at Willamette University's School of Law, at 9 a.m., Mrudl 22.

Johnston will discuss methods used to resolve c:onJlic1 in sodety. including mediation and arbitration. Johnston will then conduct negotiation and mediation workshops from 10 a.m.-noon and l·S p.m. The workshOpS are geared toward laW)·ers, mental health profcs.gonaJs, educators and students.

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The Children's Center wlll be holding a drawing fo r a 1991 Season's Pass to the Coeur d'Alene Publlc Golf Course and a certificate to hit 10 buckets of balls at the Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Course Driving Range. All proceeds wlll go toward upgrading and enhancing the Center's outdoor play area. The drawing will be held Aprll 1. For Information or tickets call 769-3-471 .

Library hours during Spring Break follow; Closed Saturday and Sun· day, March 9 and 10; Open Monday through Friday, March 11 through 15; Closed Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17. Regular hours resume Monday, March 18.

Gallery opens new exhibit Mel McCudden, a Spokane resident, will exhibit his work In the Union Gallery March 4--291h. A reception will be held March 6 from 6-8 p.m., and a gallery walk wlll be held March 7 from 11 a.m. to noon In the Union Gallery. The exhibit Is free and open to the public.

Leaming Center needs tutors The Peer Tutoring Center still needs tutors In the lollowlng areas: Math 115, Bua 201 and 202, Zool 108, Chem 101 and 108. 11 you feel any or your students would make a good tutor, please refer them to Michele Jerde In the Leeming Center, 2nd Uoo, of the Hedlund Building.

Symphony concert March 7 the North Idaho Symphony Or, chestra wlll present an informative concert at 7 p.m., March 7, In the auditorium. The concert wlll feature " Irish Tune lrom County Derry" (alao known as " Oh Danny Boy"), excerpts from ''The Flreblrd" and "Les Miserables," and Brodln's "The Polovetalan Dances." NIC faculty, staff and students are ad· milted free with NIC ID.

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disabled on campus Editors Note: After reading a feature about the challenges of the disabled In the Sentinel's discimination series, a North Idaho College administrator was prompted to spend the day In a wheelchair. This is the accou111 of his experience. It is the third installment in a seven-part series on prejudice .

by Deborah Ak111 Stntlntl Ed/10,

umbling is U1e best word he could fllld to describe his nine hours in a wheelchair.

Everything changed. Even his secre.tary took on an air of power as he looked up at her from his newly reduced SUlture.

He's a self-reliant man, an outdoorsman, a macho kind of guy who suddenly had to swallow his pride to let a lady open U,e door for him.

"I had a helluva time getting in and out of doors," he exclaimed. " I'd crash imo them, hoping to force my way through. I didn't care if I chipped off U,c paint or broke U,e glass. I just wanted out."

Rolly Jurgens, dean of administration, could have stood up and opened U1c door, but he didn't. He said he wanted 10 fllld out for himself what it felt like to spend a day in a wheelchair.

So on Feb. 21, he borrowed a wheelchair from the nurse's office and set out to navigate U,e NJC aunpus in what would become an "eye-opening" day-both personally and prof~1onaUy. Not only did he discover deficiencies in campus acx:ffllbility, he also discovered a few Ulings about hinlSClf. "We say Ulis campus is acx.-essible, but is it really?"

Thresholds in doorways and cracks in the pavement arc things that most of us consider 10 be " little." But he said that when you are lryinij to navigate a wheelchair those litlle thing., become "hClge obslacles."

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!though NlC meelS building codes for handkapped access, Jurgens discovered that many ramps arc either diff1CUlt to get to or a lot of work to get up.

Additionally, one of the most difficult doors he had 10 open is at the rtar of Lee Hall. To get in the building he had to go up a ramp to a landing about three feet wide. Then, as he began to open the d00t:, he had to move the chair backward 10 make room for the door to swing.

"The frustrating pan was that there wasn't room for the door and the chair both, so then the chair would go rolling right back down the ramp again."

Jurgera said that after this experience he will fight for automatic door openers in all buildings as remodeling money becomes available.

Doors were not the only fomlidable enemy. His office also presented challenging obstacles. The top two drawers of file cabinets became inaa:essible, his chair would not lit under his desk, he could barely reach his computer, and he could never get to the coffÂŤ poc in the nook where it's kept.

"This isolation is surely felt by the handicapped students," he said with a sigh.

Throughout the day he tried to do everything a student might do. He tried to get into an instructor's office, but failed due to lack of room. He evm went into one of the classrooms that is set up theater-style with step.up rows. " How'd you like to sit in a wheclchair right down here in front like you're an exhibit," he said. ut it wasn't the gawking swc, that bothered him today. Rather, it was the coldness felt by glances from students who would quickly look away. " I didn't have the emotional stttngth to put a blanket over my legs while in the chair. I think I wanted to make sure that people could teU that I was in the chair as an experiment only- that I wnsn 't really handicapped."

As the day went on he found himself becoming more emotional and more nggressive than normal. He cursed the "damn" cracks In the sidewalks that nearly caused him to pitch out of his chair. And he became uncomfortable and restless sitting in the chair, his butt sore nnd sweaty.

During the nine-hour experiment he said he only got out of his chair three tlmcs--twicc to go the the re:suoom and once when n foot rest fell off.

Toe one thing he regrets not doing is having some students carry him up the Mairs, just to feel the fear of possibly being dropped.

As he toured the campus from his new angle of vision at four feet off the ground, he discovered a lot of thing., that he never noticed before. For example, n slight incline into the Seiter buikl.ing suddenly seemed like a mountain and taxed his every breath. " 6\'Cll to keep the chair going straight, on some sidewalks, was a lot of work," he said.

Because some sidewalks are on a sideways slope he was forced to roll the chair harder with one hand to keep it from drifting. If he had not he would have fallen off the edge or rolled into the grass. urgens said he went home physk:ally exhausted that night. His lower back and thighs ached. His Jjul 17)' tmn Aee!lothumbs were sore and tingling. He continUÂŁd to feel the rolling even after he laid down in bed.

Rolly rolls - Dean of Administration Rolly Jurgens For anyone who Ulinks it's ,:asy, Jurgens said, forces his way out of a campus door. they're wekome to borrow the school's chair and llY to get in or out of any door.

"I can understand now why you don't see many handicapped people in olftce jobs. The furniture and lay-out Is not designed to accommodate their needs," he said.

Jurgens, a coffee lover, said he didn't drink much that day-not only because he couldn 'I reach the coffee maker, but also because he couldn't hold the cup and operate the wheelchair at the same time. He also had a more practlcal reason from staying away from the coffee-to avoid the rest room.

When lunch-time came around, he ate alone in his off1CC. He said it was just too much work to gci to the SUB and join his friends as usual.

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