The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 68 No 10, Mar 27, 1992

Tuition, fees up, policies altered

photo by Riclu1rd Duggan CULTURAL GLIMPSES-A moment of meditation in NIC's Bonner Room while the West meets the East during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony performed by Akl Minematsu Tuesday afternoon. Please see related stones Pages 4 and 5.

Unpaid parking ticket controversy exposed

by J efT Sclle Sentinel Rcponer Current parl.ing policy ha, NIC searching for answers as well as a good parking space.

According 10 Businc~s Orficc records indicating oumanding ticlm. ou1 of nll students that ha, c pnrking fines totaling o,cr SlOO, 12 of them had outstanding ticlct last scme"cr and are currenl l) enrolled in NIC 1hi, ~mc\tcr. ·1 en )ludent~ have fine\ o,•er 200. and three or 1hcm h:1w line\ o,cr S300 T"che s1aff membel'\ ha,e OUl\tanding 11d.c1, totaling approximately S-120. and cenuin mcmb.:r, of lhe wre\lltng team ha\'C 3Cl' umul,ttcd a1togc1her approximately S 1.100 wonh of OUl.litanding lines.

NIC policy stntes any students with outstnnding parking fines will not recei"e their transcripts or be nllowed 10 register for classes the following !>Cmester.

Registrar Karen Streeter sn1d. "To my knowledge. no students with outstnnding tickets were allowed 10 register 1his scmcs1cr. Ordinarily. when students havi.: a hold on their ticket, they are told thnt they are going to have to tJke c:irc of their 11cke1 before they nre allowed to r11g1ster:· She nplnmed thut the only "uy a \tutlem would ha,c: been able 10 r.igi,ter "oultl h3,e been ,r secuniy did not ha,e hold~ placed on 1hc ticl.cts, or 1f OJ Yid Lind~oy. dean or s1udents, gave them perm1ss1on please see PARKING Page 18

Jurgens. dean of administration. a maJor reason for 1hc increase is because the college need~ 10 replncc the roof of 1hc dormllOI)' Me scud winter d.imaf:!e 10 the roof hns con1nbu1ed 10 !raking m from 1hc first-floor ceiling or the l"<Htory building.

The 1-1-meul pion increa5cll from S925 to S9M and the 19-mc,tl plun wcn1 from $988 SI .OJO J urgcns ~aid th!\ wos n reflection or 1he nntuml "JICctcd incrcJ~c 1n hoMding COSIS Following dcb.11c, 1hc Tru\lec, dccu.lcd 10 pu1 n cap on the numb<'r ur crcd11s u ,1udcn1 can take without paying an ao.lditional pcr-crcdh fee.

Students toking one 10 ,even credits will pny S44 per credit. s1udent, rnking eight to 16 crcdus will pay the standard tuiuon ond ~1uden1s inking more 1han 16 crediL<. will puy an additional S44 per credit under the new policy.

Lindsny cxplnined lhc rensoning behind the new policy. or 1hose who 100k 17 or more credil~.

60 percent did not comple1e all 1he1r courses No1 only do ms1ructors not teach to full clas~es because or ,1uden1s who drop the courses. he \aid. but the college hlll> been turning away pcr,pective ~tudcnt, who were unable 10 :lllendcd clas,es becau~e they fill up.

"We get burned twice," Lindsay said.

"We've got to p31Ch up 1how hul~."

Before the meeting. 1hc Associa1ed Student governmen t, ASNIC, recommended 10 the admini\lfation 1ha1 the cu1off bt' ra1~ed to 20 credil\, according 10 ASNIC President Rocky Owens. He soid said. the Board fell many ,1uden1> comple1c In ndllnion 10 regular student fees being COUN! loads or more than 16 credit~ and increased. the Board also appro,ed an !hJt they ,hould no1 ha\ c to pay lhe ewa increa~e in mC'q l.ib ctasse,. lndi,iduJI fee.

M,1th 1n,1ruc1or Judtlh Brower music ins1ruction rec,med 1he b1gie~1 incrca<.es, two,credit couf\e, rt~c,ving a addre,,cd the Tru\tCC\ 11n the subjccl of $50 hike ,ind four-credit one, a SI 00 the pcr-credll charge for mure thJn 16 increase. T"'o s\\imming cla.s,e, hod S:! credi1>.

"I \\Ould hate to hUHt them l\1Udcn1, fe.:s canceled The co,t for room and boJrd 01 NIC "ho comple1c IJrger course loads) also "en1 up under the: propo.\.:tl The per- penalized for ini11a11,,c Jnd good study sem..,,.1cr co,1 to ll\c: in 1he dom11101) went habit~ ... ,he.> ._;ud. from S355 to S-100 ,\ccording to Rolly ---please see TUITION Page 19

by Patricia Snyder News Edi1or The NIC Doard of Trustees unanimously approved :, propornl 10 increase 1ui1ion nnd fees. change credit overload policy and eiiminntc 1hc month· long extension for 1ui1ion pnymcnt Wednesday.

The decision bring~ n 5. 1 percent increase 10 in -dis1ric1, n 2.4 percent increase 10 ou1-of-di~1ric1 nnd n 16 5 pcrccm increase to ou1-of-srnte tuition nnd fees.

According 10 David Lindsay. dcnn or ,1udcn1s. the rea,on for the mnrkcd hi{!hcr pcrccntugc for ou1-of-s1me 1uition and fees b bccau~c the college feel~ greater moncrnry rcsponslbilhy ~hould be received from areas which do no1 support 1hc college directly 1hrou!!h 1a.,es.

The incrca~es bring the in-dimict semester toinl 10 $452. ln-distric1 includes Koo1enai Coun1y rcsidcnl\ nnd student\ from Jerome and Twin Falls, which help support the college through local 1:i,;es. according to Lindsay. Tui1ion will be raised S 10 while library services will reeeivc nn addnional $5. the computer tnbs $5 and registration S2 in fets.

The cost for ou1-or-dis1nc1 1ui1ion will be S952 and out-of-st3h! or country will be $1,171.

Lindsay noted thnt some colleges are making very substantial increases in 1ui1ion and fee~. !IS much as 50 perceni However, he said he fdt a gradual increa...e would b.: bener. "l don't want 10 1ar the system," he

Japanese Miner Jobs

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Popcorn Forum here next week

by Pulrido Snyder New~ blitor The NIC Popcorn Forum on "The Great MyMcric~ of Our Time" 11 ill be pre~cntcd nc'1 week.

The Forum i\ in it, 22nd year. NIC .1dmini,1ra1ion is urging students and tcm:hcrs 10 take full advantage of 1hc program.

Morning spcal.er\ in the Boswell Hall Communication Arh Auditorium will be followed by a response panel at I p.m. in lhc Bonner Room of lh<! S1udcn1 Union Bu,ldmg.

Monday, Murch 30, at IO a.m.

"The Phenomenon of t.Jyqeriou~ Place~ and l:ven1s in 1hc Uni1cd S1n1e," fco1urc~ Loren Cotcmun. cxpcn 111 cryp1ozool11gy, Julhor of "Mys1criou, Amcrku" 11 , well a, many anicle, .ind cu-author of "Tiu: Unidcn1ificd' and "Cre;11urc, of 1hc Ou1cr blge."

Tuesduy, March 3 1. al 11 ;1.111.

"The Phenomenon of UFOs" t,•u1urc, Aleu1i 1-runcc,cn, who ha, toured and hicturcJ 1hrougliuu1 1lw United S1.11c, ;ind C,snadu Sh" pnr111.· 1p111cd in lhl' J;111uur) World UFO conference m 1hc Grcal Pyr.unid m I.J!)PI The Llf'O mu\'ic "Comud' ,,ill he ,h1mn m the Llonnl'r Room !:.IQ.J:15 p.m.

Wcdncsduy, April I. al 9 a.m.

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NEWS

Friday, March 27, 1992 Spri11g forward!

Ttm, clocks ahead <JIii! hour Saturday, April 4.

Edited and designed by Patricia Snyder

Student questions refund policy

by Patrkin Snyder money bucl. wi thin 1hree or four weeks, not 2 News Editor 1/2 mon1hs," Shepherd said.

An N IC studen1 hns rece ntly protested According 10 Lori Mahoney, studen1 NIC's policy concerning lhc collec1ion and insurance advocate. 1hc displeasure nt the refund of a mondatory hcahh insurance fee. refund del;1y i\ common among students.

Maureen Shepherd. who carries her own Lindsay explained 1h01 1he reason for the heal1h in<urance. ques1ioncd the 2 1/2 monih delay is because NIC holds all 1he insurance delay in her insurance refund. Refund checks money uni ii lhe college knows for sure for this scmcs1cr were senl ou1 nround Mnrch which s1uden1s will need 1hc insurance. In 17. the p~I. he <aid, NIC seni in 1hc insurance "If a Mud11n1 has proof of insurance ai 1he chec k, and so me s1ud(:n1s dropped ou1 of 1ime of regls1rn1ion, there should be no school; 1hus. 1hc college los1 money because charge up fron1." Shepherd said. it paid an insurance premium for students According 10 David Lind~uy. dean of who wcren·1 01tcnding. Lindsay said 1he s1udcn1s. NIC charge~ the insurance fee a1 college wails until ofter the drop d:uc. o th e rcqucs1 of 1he Associated S1udcn1 month af1cr school begin~. to ~end in the govcrnmcnl, ASNIC. check.

NIC is merely a holder of the monq. he According 10 M11honey. 1n~uro1ncc claim~ said: the college itself is 1101 rcspon~1ble for conno1 be procc.,scd uniil nf1cr lhc comp.in)' dis1ribu1ing 1he rdund,. hos received 1hc check She snid 1he When ~he Ii rst paid 1he in(U ranee in\urnncc company canno1 po~I the II\I ol premium al rcgimmion. Shepard a~,umed i115ured people un1il ii rccei\'es 1hc check ~he would recch c J promp1 refund. from 1he college. 1hcrclorc d,1im, that ,m: ''My impression wa\ 1ha1 I would gel lhc pending cannot be pard

Hope for lhc system may be on 1he horizon, however.

The NIC Trustee~ voted Wednesday 10 rescind the mon1h-long extension 10 puy 1u11ion, ~o 1hot s1udcn1s who do not have linancial aid pending will hove 10 pay during regima1ion. (see story Page I) This will climina1e 1he college's dulny in sending in the chl!Ck. This 1opic of an rn~urancc company and policy i~ now berng exilmincd by ASNIC. According 10 ASNIC President Rocky Owens. "hilc 1he college·, current insur,mce con~uhnn1. Parker and l'arl.cr, i~ uying 10 ncgo11,11c ,1 fl!w more bcndi1~ ou1 of 1he cum:nt policy. such O\ mutemtty bcndils, 1hrllugh i\lcga Ltfo and llcollh ln\urancc Company, ASNIC hus contacted ano1hcr in\ur.mcc con,ulroni. Scdwich Jame,, 10 do o nu11on,w1de ,carch lo. hopdully. come up 111th anmher policy around 1hc same price 1111h more hi:ncl11s. Owens s.11d Sedwich JJmc, 11 ill make n rcpon nn Its lind,nJ!\ Jl lhc ,1udcn1 bourd\ Mon.Jay meeting.

Friends say goodbye to Cooper hy 1>11rrcl lledmcr S<.'ntrncl Rcponer A mulli-color,:d wreu1h of llo,,cr, 11,1\ cl\l upon l..11.c Cucur d' i\lt-ne at lndcp<!ndence Poin1 t<tar,· h 6 11, a 1ribu1c 10 tin· p:i"ing of NIC nursing m~tructor Jody L)n Couper Cooper. J5, 11·0~ 1hc ,·1c11m or an u~· wielding .1".iil.1n1 who killed her and cn111·.1lly ,,oundcJ her hu,bund dunng the earl) morning huur, of Fell. :!9 \\hilc lhC) sl,•p1 m their home m C,1reywoo<l. 10 m,b \OUlh of Sandrx1in1 Cooper', 17 year-old ,on, Jcrcmmh. h currcnll) b1.·rng hcld on lir,1 degrw murder charge, in conncc1ion "1th the ,·a,c. hir 1ho,c whll ,mended the pulllic memorial at lndcpcndt·ncc l'omt. ho\\l'\ er.

1hc to,;· u, ,, ;1, ,1n 1hc life ,11.., led ratha than 1hc cir.:un1'1Jncc, h<.'hmd hl'r rruc,omc 1k.11h. ,\ ppro\lmltcl~ .JO pt•opl<' auenJcd th~ mcnwrial. 1111N of ,, 110111 llwught tltl\ll'f\ and lonll m1•moric, "Sht· "a, a pcr,on ,, ho h.1d 11 lot ol JO~ l11r Ille," ,ai,1 foan Brogan dir,:.:1ur of nur..ing edlK.11tan :11 NIC 'She 11.cn1 the c'\lr.1 mil,· 10 m.11.c pcopt.• kcl go,J abou1 1hem,eh e, " 01h,•r memt•riah held fur (\l(lpcr \\Cr,· hdd in the Un11~ Churd1 near 1'1C and RuunJ 1-t~l'

1 he ,t11nb1nu11on 1111:mon,11/p111lucl. al "bu1 wh,·n II uc1unlly huppcn, 10 ,omc:onc 1he Un iI} Church 11 '" for hl·r f,111111), )OU know .ind see e,i:ryday, II \hales fcll1111 1n,1ruc1or, and the wcond }C,tr 1hn,c lc"on,. ,tit 1hc rule, ore 1hrown out " nur-ing ,1udc111, ,he 1,iuph1 Reh 1c,er said the 01hcr nur" ng l·1f\l-)ear nuf\ing ,1uden11 K,11hcnnc ln,trucmr, h,1vc helped 111,1kc lh<" tr.,gedy ., Rch1c,cr ,a,d ,he al,o allcndcd 1he hnef hnle ea,ier 10 bear. memorial a1 1h~ Unil) Churd, ,n hupc of' "Thc 01hcr 1nMrucrnr, h;11 c hecn conung 10 grip, "ilh wllill hm.l h,1ppened.

11onJcrful They've been ,cry ,uppon,ve," ";\, nur,ing \IUd(·nl\, 11.t ,Lrt 1augh1 10 Reh1c,c:r ,a,d "i\ 101 of people ,·.imc 1,1 h,mdlc thc,c <,11ua11on,," Rchic,er ,aid, eta,, Jller 1ha1 wecl.cml wi1hou1 l.nowing any1hing had hoppcncd. \\ e were ,hock,'() when we found ou1 In .1 WJ). what happened 110 Cooper) happ.:ncd to all u,."

Brogan echood Rch,e\Cr', ledin)!,.

'There:,, a gap in e,erybo<l),' hies <in 1hc nursing dcpanmc:nt)," Brcigan ~a,d "Sht wa\ J P,:l'\On who !?OI inwhed She \SJ\ \Cl) di,,lr 10 U\ " Cooper. who Jointd the MC nuh1ng ,1afl IJ,1 !all. began her nur,in11 c.irccr a, a ccrt1l1ed nur,c's aide . ad,ancc:d 10 a h,cn,ed pra,·tical nurse before becoming a regi,1.:red nuhc She had JU>I earned her ma,1.:r', degree ta,1 )Cat Prior to comrng 10 NIC. Cooper had worked lor eight >·e.ir. JI Bonner General Ho,pi1al in Sandpoinl. "here ,he wa, J nur,ing ,up<'n i~or. Ji II a, 1he Bonner Gc:neral Ho,p11al \IJlf 11ho held the I memorial 31 Round Lal,.,:, unc ol Cooper'' fo,Qnh! pla,·e,.

Jodi Cooper

---please see COOPEA Page 17

Friday. March 27. 1992

News 3

Money available for child care parent's need for child--carc to auend

by Chrisline LaBnng work, job training or cducaiion programs.

Sentinel Rcporier Child Care Choices. n resou rce and 1\ccording 10 Mic~ey Houchen nt Child referral agency. in conjunction with Care Choice~. '111c program is based on n Deportment of Health. has begun taking sliding scale and will pay anywhere from application~ for Idaho's new chihlcnre 5-100 percent of childcare co~1s. For a assistance program. This program will family or four. for instance. the total reimburse childcare costs 10 eligible income can be up 10 $1,590 per mo111h. The parents. Reimbursements will range from unique thing about this program is 1h01 it a ponion to nil of their childcare costs. guarantees parental choice or ,my childcare Eligibility is bnscd on income and a facility. nnd the check is sent directly 10 the

parents:· Students nl NIC 1h01 ha,•c children nnd need help with childcare arc welcome to apply for 0$\istnncc.

Children binh through 13 years of age. or children with special need~ or under coun order (up 10 19 year.;) are eligible.

Child Care Choice~ is open 9-5.

Tuesday-Friday nnd is locntcd 01 601 Sherman Ave. in Coeur d' Alene. For information, rail 765-6296,

Students explore career choices

by Kelli Austin Sentinel Rcponer The firs1 mcc11ng or the Ca reer Choices Workshop Serie~ wm, held on Feb. 20: about 35 people :utcndcd. They received o mo1ivo1ional lift 10 1al.e con1rol and learn more nbout themselves. said Don lljom, an intern from the Univcr~ity or Idaho. He spoke at 1hc meeting helping people become motiv:ncd 10 learn about their skills and 1n1ercsis.

"Now·, the time for pct1plc to learn more about thcm~elve,," BJ0111 snid " h's up 10 you 10 tol.c charge bccau~e you're the expcn on yoursc!lf."

The worbhop i~ designed to help job categories. people cxpll1rc their career choict'~.

People rccei"cd an in1crprc1a11on or "We are trying to creaie more or an their rcsuhs and ins1ruc1io11, on how 10 nwarcnc.ss 1hn1 they can help 1hem,cl,e\ invcq their rc,ull\ into finding ,1 career 111 or get help,'' said Gary Coffman, d1rec1or 1hc third meeting held on Murch 19, or coun~eling service~. li e ~aid it is Coffman ,aid. assumed thm most s1udcn1~ need help 111 Cort man said, ;1f1cr the third rnccung. rinding their career. pcuplc c.m ntnkc individual app<1in1mc111, '1'his 1s where they can go 10 c,plorc," with coun,elor, for further help m finding Coffman explained. their cJrccr The second meeting wa, held nn "We arc gelling s1utlcnts an the "ay 10 March 5. During 1h1~ rnce11n11, people rind ,1 career choice." Col tmun ,aid 100k o test coiled an 1n1erc,1 inventory.

Accord1np 10 Coffman. nc,1 yc,1r the The 1e~1 ques11oned their ~kill\ nnd Car<cr Choice, Worl.,hop Sen.:, will be interests and placed the rc~uh\ in certain offered m the tJII rJthcr than the ,pnnt1.

Counselor extends career-hunting advice NIC Counselor llob Newell offc~ ~ome carecr-hwning tirs.

• Know your work habiL~. a11i1ud~ ond pcr,C>fl;tl chnrnctCri\lics.

• Rel111e )'OUr ~ ll, the world or worl..

• G..'t an iclc:i (If ,~hat employer.. want by studying lhc:ir application and inttrvicw fon11,

• lnten.·~• in\'tlntoric~ nre ndmims1cred th~ugh siudrnt :.crvices nod :1p1illKI.: INS w,: admin1Mcred 1Juoogh UlC Job-.cn·icc.

• Know 1n11nmg options: 1cchnic3J ~choot~. on-1hc-j(lb training. uni"c~ill~.

CIC.

• Know your prep:ir:llilin r('sourcc~: ~Ml.'ffCCnler.job ~ice. book.~. CIC.

• Know ~w1h opiion:c. ,olunieer "me. trJimng ....~,inn,, ~our..:,. etc • When ~pplymg for ~ j<,b. develop the n~'i.'11}' skill~ prior to arplying • Know where to h.lO~ for a job: want· ads.job sen•icc, tr.idc joum.'ll,. fri,·n<l.,. c!tc • IMPORTANT! Do not wait 10 be found.

Job opportunities open in conservation

by Kath) Hostetler Sentinel Rcp<iner The Soil Con~n·mion Sen ice would 111.e 10 c~tnbll,h a coopcra1hc cduca1ion prop.ram with NIC 10 promote a c.iretr-rdaied ,1udcn1 employment program. TIie program \\Ould pro~ 1dc ,1udcn1, m a I\\ o-ycJr a.,\QCi,llc dc{!ICC propram an opponunit) 10 ,:anunuc their educ.1uon ,,hile holdlnj? 11 pJ1tl c:.i.recr po,nion w11h SCS The program \\Ould be o~n 10 ,1udl'nt, (1111'\uing ,, <le11rc:c 111 ,1 natural rc"'ur1;e field, mdudmg ,011 an,l "Jlcr con,cf\Jllun, rJnj!, ~oil,. a1riculturc ,ciencc. cngmccnng and en, irunmen1 ,ptc i,111,1, Other dc:i;rcc pmgmm, lh.u m," be l'flll\1~11:J :ire h1ologl\l,

l!Cologis1. fore~ier and agronomist • ~tudy of lnnd monagemcn1. $CS is Jn .il!ency of the U. S. Depanmenl of Agricuhurc 1vho~e employee~ worl. 10 ron,·inci: people 10 con\trve natur.11 m.oun:es 1n three maJor nrcn~--,oil and "atcr con,ena1ion, natural resource suneys. and communilI re,ourcc pro1ec1ion and management.

A, a frdcr.il ,wJcnl cmplo)cc, man)

bencln, Jppl) The progrJm "111 rr,wiJc J \\age "hilc au,•n,llnt? ....·hol•I "111 pnl\ 1dc p.u, time "',rl. dunn!! the ,,:hoot ,cmc,tcr. Jnd full ume "••rk dunng the ,umn~r. and \\Ill he ..:11\ crcd h) th<' Fcdaal l'mpl,,) menl R,·urcrn,'111 S) ,1,:m Wht'n 1hc ,1ullen1, m:l'I\C

1heir degree. the> are guaranteed a job with SCS providing all condition~ are met S1udc:n1s mu,1 maint:iin sa11,r.ic1ory grade<- and intend to "on. for SCS uron gr.wua1ion. Some students \\ill be able 10 obtJin field crcd1b Program, ore at,o a,allable by SCS for continuing their t:duca11on 10 a higher <legn:e klr SCS 10 ,ct up 111<: program "nh /\IC the} need Mu<knL\ tu appl} lntormahon and upph.:auon, ur.: a,a,luhlc lhn.,ugh Kim Uri. or Kim Golden SCS. 11\~0. B Nl>nh,\N Bhd., l<lt'Ur d' ,\lcnc Ir call 1h.:ir olti.:c JI 667-25-l8 S1udcnh 1n1crc,t<"J in the paid Carca Lnhan«:mcnt Pr<igram .iml :ire in1trc,,1~ 1n J natural rcwurc~, carec, :ire encourJgeJ tu orrlv

Midterms, IDs at Registrar's Mid term grndes ore now a"nilnblc from ndviser). Students who do no1 know who !heir ad,·iscrs arc should contact the Registrar'\ Office in Lee Hall S1udcn1 idcniificalion card\ arc .dso a~nilublc in the Rct1istrar·~ Office:. The .:artl~ c.in provide students with (r.:e or reduced ndmi.sion 10 NIC events.

English essay contest beg1ins The Engli~h I03 Spring Essay Conlt'.-1 ho,\ begun t\ny s1uJcn1 whu 1s cnr,,llcd in English I03 may enter .in ,·'l>a) th.u Wll\ wrincn lor l,i~ or h.:r 103dJ...\ Prilc, aword~d ,,re ~l>O. S40. and S.lO for f1r,1. ,ccond and third. rc,pcc1ivel} ,111 hon1•r:1hk mention will al~o be ,,warded. E»,1y\ will be pl.1~-ed in a bound c:ollci:tion in NIC', library .tnd 1h,1ributcd for m,1ruction11l U~('

To ~cl :in cn1ry form, tnlk 10 ony bngh,h 103 11htruc1nr Munu,cnpts mu,1 b, doubtc-,puccd 1ypcd. All entrk, mu)t be received by noon on Apri l 2'.!.

According 10 Ver., Haririm. Engh~h I 03 1n,1ruc1or. the judfe~ ,ire volunlcl·rs rrom other di,c1plincs on c:ampu~. 10 uvoid bia~

College offers printing perks Rcc.:ntly NIC ho~ obi:uned both a color printer :incl an over-head iran,pur.:ncy makt:r. Ac~ording 10 Mary C:irr, libr.iry dir,'t:tor, these 1wo machines can b,: used tor n wi<lc range of college prOJ('(;I~ Tr:in,pan:ncie, can be u~e~ for ~pcc.:hc, .ind demoruar:11ions. ,~hile the col()r prin1u i\ u~ed for ~rtwo rk aloni; wi th recr.-..iliunal auivitie~.

Students arc rharpc:d 50 cent~ for iran~p,mincies and S:?.50 for each letter-sized color page The pric.: for the,e ~crvicc\ arc !>el 10 recover the price ot the ma1eriah anJ are O(ll intended 10 mule u prufil The nmncy can be paid m the hbraf} anJ. ,1n~c: rhe lte\ h,1ve bc!en IJkcn c.m: or. funher dir..-,1mn, ~.in be!!''"" h) 111.: lihra,y Jld). for mlorma1ion que~u.-ns can be dif\'C tnl to M;u: Loh p.:r,m,ncl ,,r CJII 1,..m L \ On) ~, 7ft<J .'-162.

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J:ROCTJ AJA.PAN ESE GAR()EN Stories by Debbie Williams • photos by April Muhs and Richard Duggan

lkuei students share thoughts

Explain how th ey A ' · ·t see mencan VISI

The l kuci student~ hJd n lot 10 say abou t America as they sat with NIC studen ts in groups or about 10 i n the Bonner Room for a S1udcn1 Cullum!

Exchange M onday. March 2, from 10 a.m. 10 I p.m.

Silting in one of the groups. Mall Prior. o teacher m the progrnm, said 1he lkuei ~tudents ro1a1cd from sinying w11h 3 host family, moving 10 a different hos1 family, and staying in a motel.

Their stay with the host families was 100 brief, aC'cording 10 l kuei student Mikako Fuknsawn.

"The ho~l familie~ wcrc ve ry Mendly," Fuknsawa said.

Many or the students cried when they left their host families. Prior said.

"They spoke slowly for us." lku ci Muden1Nnomi Tamura ~aid Communicatinn wn,n'1 ca,y nt liN. according 10 Pri or Prior ,J ,d 1hc Jopirne~e are a Im more indirect " They were \0 ()UICI the firn IWO days." Prior ,,1id.

The students wcren' 1 u,cd 10 such dircc1qurnions ~o it "u' hard for them ut

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V isiti ng Nagasaki exchange students conducted a lea ceremony March 24 in the Bonner Room of the Studen t Union Building.

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"1\111erica11 f ood has a thin taste."

Naomi Tamura strawberry pie and ice cream .

FukaSalVO ~aid ~he liked American hamburgers because of the m.iny varictic~ 10 choo~c from. compared 10 Japan.

Tamura said \he dislil..cd the food.

"American food ha~ a lhin in,tc," Tnmum ,,,id.

They became more direct as they di\Cus~cd their d,~llkc\.

"1 he l ,phL\ in the room\ ore 100 dark They make me tired," f-uka,awn \uid.

'The studcn~ so.id they hJd a hard time gelling used 10 1hc bathroom,.

"The bathroom doo~ arc hiph; there' s not a 101 or pn\JC) ." T.1mun1 ..uid.

lnJapan,thctoilclsarcin.1scparn1e room from the shower, and the toil~t is a pon:clain hole. Prior ~nid.

In Japan, they 10!..e their ~hoes off before entering their homes: Prior said thi~ was another difference between cultures.

Despite this difference, the l kuc i students ~ecmed inr.11un1cd wuh American homes.

"The house~ nrc different from the house\ in Japan because they have such a big vJricty in si zc :ind (hapc. They have n VCf) cutc. cute style;· FuktL~awa said.

Another po~itivc difference between Japnn and America, for the l kue i ~mdcnts. was the prices ot everything.

"The accessoric~ from America ure le(, e,pcn(ivc from the ;lctcsso ric, from Japan." Nnkamura said.

11,c lkuei student\ ~niJ they \pcnl a lot of monc) on ,ouvcnir. and a c.:e~soric~.

The) ~a,d they nrn,nly pot earrings and

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I n the group. the lkuc, (ludcnl~ oho rnlked nboul ho\, excited they were 10 go to Di~neylond, 1he1r nc,1 \lop ofter lc,1\'ing Coe ur d' Alen.: an<l before 11rriving in Jnpan.

They s.ii<l the plane trip back 10 Jupnn would lJke about 11 houn,.

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But they ttdapied quickly. und 01 the Student Cu ltural Exchan ge they di~cussed their lil..cs and dblike~ about America.

11..uei ~tudcn1 Yukn Nakamura ~aid the best thing she liked about America was desert. She sa id her favorite desert ,s

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(Top right) Aki Minemalsu adjusts the instruments used in preparing the tea.

Minematsu 1s weari ng a traditi onal kimono. (Above left) Mlnemalsu carries

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ass,sls Minemalsu w i th las1-minute preparat ions before the tea ceremony.

Preparation can be a time-consuming a.nd rnvolved process.

Friday. March 27. I992

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Nagasaki students experience America Twenty ,iudeni- from NagJsnki Junior College ~ow boih ihe rugicd winier of Denver nnd 1he beau11ful spring or Coeur d' Alrne when 1hcy ~vcd ~n Ame~ca MnrC'h 9. ac,ording 10 Corn111un11y Educn11on Coordinntor Kn1hryn Longe.

'1'heir lir.-i wcei.. llO l'ampu, wa, ,pring break. nod u w:is like Palm Springs," Lange said.

Coeur d'Alene w,t, a con1m,1 10 Dcn,cr for 1hem, LJnge said.

They were scheduled 10 arri"c Sunday, March 8. bul didn'1 !?Cl here 1ill 8:30 p.m. Monda)' because 1hcy .,.ere sn(lwed in at 1hc DcO\cr Airpon.

The Nnsasaki students \\NC 1n1roduccd to 1heir hos1 fomilics Monday c"ening at a reccp1ion in 1h~ Donner Room, Lange li!lid.

Lllngc ~aid 1hc ~tudcnlS re,1cd on Tuesday und were bnl'k on schedule Wednesday.

The Nngn,aki s1udcn1s nigh1 skied 01 ML Spokune Tuc)dny. March 10: day ,kicd :11 Schweitzer Ski Rc,orl Friday. March 14; went sigh1,ccing and ,hopping in Spokane and Pos1 Falls Wcdnc,dny.

March 18: roller skated .11 Skate Pla1a Monday. M,irch '.!3: ,111endcd a 1ca ceremony for NIC stuff .ind ,111d~n1, in the Bonner Room of 1hc S1udcnt Union Building Tuc<dny. March '.!-I. and went to 1hc Grqhou nd Race Track Wednesday. Morch 25• The Nagasaki students nbo hnd lessons on ~hopping Engh~h. Aml·rican cuhurc. cooking pizza. ~pons English and lcner writing.

The Nagasaki students lca,·c March 30.

Nagasaki students Students visit Japan share tea ceremony ,·,~it

NIC staff and s1udcn1s attended a Chanoyu Tea Ceremony performed by Nng115aki exchange studcn1s Mun::h 24, n0<1n 10 1 p.m. in 1he Bonner Room of the Studcm Union Building.

Nagasaki students Orie Kodnmn. Junko Ueda and Hiromi Tokimi explained the 1ea ceremony 10 1he audience.

They snid ii was nn exercise of in1ernnl beauty, menu1l 1ranquili1y and menial discipline. The ceremony's goals were to preserve comrol and 10 calm down.

The first 1ca ceremony was peformed about 1200 A.D.. they said.

Compared to nbou1 60 NIC staff and studems attending. nom1ully only live guests ,ii in a 9,squarc-fooi w011lng room and relax before entering on hanfil and knees: 1his was ~upposcd to make the gucs1s humble, according 10 1he three Nagas:iki s1udcn1s.

The samurai needed to be humble, 1hcy snid. The samurai were warriors of Jnpnn. ligh1ing Shogun territory. said Jim Minkler. philosophy and Japanese 111s1ruc1or. ''The lea ceremony symboli1,es 1he Japanese philosophy. combinmg nuidity m motion und 1he m1ricntcnes., of ceremony nil in one beautiful oc1. Even in 1he 1urbulcn1 age of the samurai, 1he tea cermony iaught gentleness ,md 1111ention to detail, even among 1hc moM hnrdcncd ,1 arrior;," Mini..kr ~aid. "'The Samur:11 " 'US nn honorable class with n character 1hn1 wu, fierce yet gentle, awesome yel 1.md. They were comparable 10 a Prussian soldier."

In order 10 be a \Umurai, he had to be born of a high clnsi., willing 10 !:?" c ol him~elt completely, willing 10 do any1hing for 6hogun. willing 10 tolera1~ any kind or pJm w11hou1 complnin1, able to mal.c long mar.:he5 wi1ho111 compla1m nod be e\ccllen1 wi1h the ,worJ. Minl.lcr said.

NJgosnki s1uden1 Ak1 Minemutsu p,:rfom1cd the tea ceremony Minematsu wa~ dres~cd in u 1.imono.

which is tradi1ionnl Japanese women's wear. " It was worn oil the ume; now i1's worn only on festive occru.ion$," Minkler ,aid.

Mine11101su's kimono w:15 on ankle-length flower-pri nted robe. Minkler said the kimono Minemo1su wore was worth $2.000.

Mincmaisu wulkcd to a plo1rorm. ,lipped off her white, 2-i nch-ihick 1hongs and kneelcd on the plntform.

While on th~ pln1form Mincmn1su 100k u nnpkin, which wos 1uckcd in a rope around her waste. and shined all the pois on 1hc pla1fonn; she 1hcn 1uckcd 1he nnpkin bock in her rope and began mixing wotcr in bowl,.

She then mixed herbs in the water wi1h n wooden spoon.

The special 1ca is called mncha, Min)..ler soid. It is more biucr and thicker 1hnn 1he normal green tea Japanese drinl.: they nommlly drink the green 1ea ocha a.- much [IS Americans drink coffee, Minkler said.

The guests were given stnr-likc and peanut-like candies with figures drawn on 1hem. Minkler said these candies are called ok:ishi.

The oknshi were mean! to be eaten after 1he guests dmni.. the 1eu; the biurrness of 1hc ten and 1he sweetness of 1he randy were supposed 10 balance 1hc gucs1~. Mini.le, ,aid.

Yukimi Iwasa dcmonstrJled to the NIC ~raff and student~ how to drinl. the tea.

The guest receives 1he ten cup wuh both h.ind,. Hikes one drink. lower i1 to tht.' right side (so a, nol to brcnthc on II). mJ..c another drinl.. again lower the: cup to 1he righ1 side. lini~h II on 1he 1h1rd dnnl.. bru,h the cup wi1h 1he right 1humb. 1hcn wipe "ith lhe 1nde.x linger and sei the cup down in rron1 of you. h, a,.1 :,aid.

Dunn!? the ceremony. recorded mu,1c wa., played fcnturmg the I\\ o 1n~trumcnb l.010 and sh.umsen. Mm)..ler said. ..The mu\lc wa, mcan1 10 nMl.c one ilble 10 forget hi~ own wornc, and bltnd in tranquility with nature," /111111.lcr \aid.

NJC'~ progmm to Nagasaki Junior Colh!ge tmp~ned for 1.he first lime Mar.:h 8-14 when nint NIC ~tudcnt, s1aycd in Sascbo with ho~l famille~ 1hc lirst liw days and in a 1to1cl in Ful.uol.11 1hc ln~1 two days.

"Mo\t or us hnd ho~, fumllie, 1ha1 spoke a1 least a liul,: bit of English.'' said NfC ,1udcnt Jm:ki T~gnrdcn.

NJC ,tud,:n1 Marlo l'o,~ythc ,aid ~he ,hould' ve hud ~omc hpancsc course~ lxcuuse the fo111lly she Maycd w11h kn,:w lilllc l:ngfoh. ''The people arr so kind and gracious; they rc:1lly helped.'' Fof\ylhe ~uitl.

Two out of lhc mnc studcnL~ had tnkcn Jupanc~ c:ou~es from NIC lnMructor Jim Minkler, Fo~y1he said.

The language complex didn't hold any lits between the host families and studenl\, m:.:,irdin_g 10 Tegarden.

"They 1m11ed u~ lil.c king, and queens." Tegarden ~iJ. Tegarden s:11d the host families shunted 1hem around, cooked Joel bu~~ for them.

1l1c trip C05t SJ.200 ID !~. Teg:irden said. Thai d1cln'1 includ.: the money they spent on )(luvcnir~.

A Sl't or chm~ !!fecn tea. a traditional "' oodcn 10)' top. lots of p1c1ures :rnd pos1c:1rds were some of the ~ouv,..nir, Tegarden 1001. homt.

Forsythe ~aid they nMH:d ~everal \hrinc, and went to 1hr Pe.ice Park in Nagas.1h Th.- Pcm:.: Park i5 o pluct for prayer for world peact; it w35 found,"d bccau,e or 1he bombing of ~Iiroshima, Forsyth.: so.id.

Adjusung to their dic1 wa, the biggest thing 1he~ had to encounter. Forsy1hc said The}' 01c lotus flower (1he holy llowcr of Buddha), oc1opu), eel, fhh 1.hcv'd ne,.:r '-!CO lxforc und rice; 1hey a1,: rict' 1hrce me.th a dJ}. Fol"$yth<- s:11d.

Another big adJustm~nt " IIS 1hc to1le1 and ~howcr For;y1he -.nid. ~,, was lil.e an outdoor 1oile1,"

For$ylhc 5aid de.scribing the 101lc1.

When lhcy <bowered, th,·y <nt on the ,tool "11h a dr.tin and wu,hcd !heir hair and boJ", bru hcd their 1.:e1h. 1hen rin~cd using a 'bucket: when lhl'Y wer,· finished the) would ~011~ 111 a tub becnuse the ho~1c, didn't hove o r,:ntr,11 hcu1in11 )y)tem. she Mid. So. they \YOUld wam1 up in 1hc tub and run 10 thdr bed~ 1u M,t.y wnrm. she \llid For))'the \oid she fell their cuhurc wo, go1n111hrouph on odjuM.mcn1 "I fell thu1 lhC)' nr,· going 1hniugh 1hc s.1me thing we w~r~ going through in the '6(),,," FOf\)'lh~ ~31d.

Forsythe.' ~aid they urc odvunc,ng at such n fost pnce. 1.hcy·re having 10 reevnlua1e !heir old wuy~ nnd adjuM how 1hcy li,c.

"All gr:idcs hove 10 wcnr uniform~; becuu)C 11'( squelching their identity, 1here 1s going to be u lot or m1.wcmc111s," Fon1ythe ~id.

Not having tqWJI righls in JapM WJ.\ :1 cuhural difference bctwc~n America and Jnpnn for..ylhe ~aid <he noticed.

Forsythe $aid four-year college~ :ire for men only. Women can uttcnd two year college~. but 1he:..: colleges limit their training to carurs like t:iking <'fire or children, nu1 rition and nur.ing home~.

Thc educ.11ion ~)')lcm hn't free in Jap:m, For..ythe said. ''Wr: don't r..-alizt how lu.:ky we haw it h~re." Forsy1he '-lid Parent~ have to pay for grade <chool, junior high school. high )Chool and college. It COSI~ about S.5-6.000 per child p.:r year to go to school. For~> lhe <uid The cducauonal ))'Sl~m i\ ,tbo nJITow li¢Jded: 1h~y don'1 , 1udy 1hc ,Jricty of SUbJCCIS lrutl WC do, For,yth.- said~ They mainly ,1udy rno11t, J.inguagc ;ind hi<lllr)', they focu, on fapane..~ htslory. Fursythe ~aid. ·111~ kid~ I.new little h1~1ory of 1hc f'C.\l of the world. our education h more rounded than 1ht'irs," for.,ydk.' <;aid.

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Edi1or's mail-- page 7 Chokecherrie - - page 8

The Scn1ind's Campus Con~cicncc

Friday, March 27, 1992 TIIE LIGHT AT'mE F.ND OFT//£ TUNNl!L IS 'IIIE /11:Af)IJCIITS Of AN ONCOMING '/RAIN ..

Edited nnd Dc~1gnetl hy Lon Vivian

'To seek out new life... to boldly go where no one has gone before' Arc dc~igncr p.:opk lhl' "a,c of 1he future·• It,~ foscmaung ho\\ 1cdmology ghes u, lik from di<ca:,c u,ing rnan-,uhur,·d gene, de1crmincd by a compu1cr TI1e que,tmn I\: How far will ,ociet) tal..c 1h1, technology ond at wh,ll poinl will our culture dctcrminc ii i, unncccp1abk for moral rea.,on,'!

Forci.11mpk v.ill ~ocic1y ,·,·emu.illy u,c DNA 1echnology 10 creatr J "grocery store" method of <hopping for lhe genes of your utopia child? "1'11 tol.c :1 pnd,agc of fn.11,en pea,. a package of l!irl gene,. wmc carrots nnd a package of bluc-cycld genes.Pay 1hc nrnn dear " Creating n new person from 1hc one nn1urc provides u~ with brings up many qucMions. If 1hosc who could .1fford 1he new 1cchnolog) choi.c gene, 10 crc.nc a child 1ha1 wns mong, long lrgged und hN. how much ncdibility would our \poning cvems lmve?

Mo~~ are bred for years to creme protirnblc derby winnc~. Should humnn being~ ndop1the same principles? Whal would hnppcn if a coumry could de1crmlne 1he ~ex of all its ci1i1.ens 10 improve their w,v 5trolcgy? If you wnn1ed 10 crente u Kathy Hostetter beautiful girl that wn.~ prog.mmmed Opinion for a tnll nnd skinny body. healthy brea~,~. hair of silk and n nnwkss foce, would beau1y pnge;mts be cons1dm'd honN'1 Todn)' o gnmhlcr 1rying 10 couu1 card~ is exiil'd from 1hc casino. bul should someone progmmml!d wilh supcnor memory gene~ be nllowcd 10 mnkc o fortune in one cvl'nang? Or 1s It s1e:1hng7 Tiic biggc\t nmrkcl would undouht~'dly be for n gene pro\'idmg n high 1.Q. Ilow would ,>ducat ion systems design cumculum nround ,uch n dhw~ity l1f lc.tmcr," Would the prod1gic~ take all the good. high p.iymg jobs? Would it cau~c 1hc c,tinction or the mid<lk cla.,~" Wh:u 1( u gene could cl11mg,· 1hc color of our sl.in? Would Jll'Oplc !live up th<·1r herll,1gc" II thi, sound, lil.e :1 ~cicnCl'· fiction movit'. con,idcr Columhu,· anitudc 10,,ard compu1cri1,'il n.1,·i).!oti1,n on n ,hip.

Another c1h1cal Muc in 1,>chnolog} ts human cmbl) o impl:mt,. We u\C onimJI hu,bnndl) inr f,trm mnnagcmcnl. but ,,here do "c dr.1" tlw hnt' \\Ith hu111;111 bcing," Should a fem,1k conc,·1,c anrJ hn,c h,•r <'mbl)O tr,111,pl,mtcd inm another woman·,;" omb to Cilll) .md flH' b1nh' Th" t,..:hnolog) .cem, lil.c 1hc ulhm.uc gifl lt1 n couple,, hn ,,.1111 to l,..ar their ,,wn child. but are un.1bl~ to. Bm. opimon, .1rc hc,Ul>tl Jnd dl\l•r-c: on thi, i"uc. Hope on one ,ick nf the i...,m· <.t:tlcd h> bnb) farnis on the other ,1dc.The 1,,ul".\ ,h11uld h,• addrc,srd now. hcforc they arc l><}ond our l'Omprelll'n,ion. h 1, my hope that "-'lt'ntt,t~ contmuc 10 c,plorc t,-<:hnology 1h:1t \\tll m,1lc 1111, \\11rtd ,,ifr. .1d,,1nc<' human h1•;1l1h and bring hnp,: 10 1ho,c "i1hout SIX'iCI) can u-..c lh<' nc" t1>(·hnolo1n to ~,c ll\c, or at•u,,.. it Ill dc,1ro> humun111c< umqm•nc,, Tiic choi~,· i~ our-

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'Big brother' finger pointing faults future freedoms ,\mcricnn yuu1h, ore being conrup1cd. Their vnlucs

arc being com,1kd. Their mmd~ arc being turned awny from the pa1h of mon1l 1rad1tion. By all menu\ bnn 1hnt evil rocl. n' roll. Put a warning label on 1hat vile record album spouling '\elf expression. TI1c hl:1me for gang,. drug abuse. apa1he1ic a111tudes and 1hc various 01her illnesses innk1ing American you1hs of today can nll be laid 01 the door or the music they .ir.: lis1ening 10.

If you believe 1ha1. then you probably believe the NlC u1hle1c~ pay their parking 1ickm.

Whal the "powers tha1 be" don'1 5\!~m to understood is 1ha1 1he problem doesn't he at the door of 1hc mu,ic indusiry. TI1c probkm h.:s with the "po"~rs 1hat be" 1trn1 im,1s1 on preaching vinue while dipping 1heir grubby fingers mto the boiling cauldron of conrup1ion.

While Amcricnn you1hs nrc being taught 1he value of freedom, 1ncir government is busy ,vn1ing lav.s to rcs1rict 1hcir freedom of 'ltlf-c,pres~ion.

While American youthSllrc bc:ing 1augh1 1he ,·alue of prott'l.'ting ~ociely'$ rules, 1h,•ir go,emmen1 is blatant!) abusing. ignoring and mnnipulntmg 1he ,ery la", 1hcy were cn1rustcd 10 uphold.

When the uproar of public discontent" as finall) heard o, er 1hc gr,'l!d) swinc-like ~nufnmg uf the <l'(f. indulgent. the "pov.ers tha1 bc:" $\\iftly gathcrt!tl togctht•r and ~tnned pointing 1heir grime mfo<lcd tingef\ an)\\hcre but at 1hem~ehes.

Unfonun.1lcl) "hen the public 1umctl them head 10 folk>w the pom1111g fingers. the) found 1hem~he$ ,1.1rin11 in10 1he face of freeJom The public w,ls wld on the 1dl'.1 of ccn,of'hip 111 an eOon to prote'1 the ,·.mi,hmg innoccm:c or )OUth. It )OU don'1 thinl. ccn:;ol"\hip 1, ali,e and ,,ell 111 )OUr ,·c,mmunil). t.ill. to the nine Coeur d'Alene: High s, hoot ,1udent~ who "ere ,u,p.'nded (or thc production of .in underground ncv. ,papl'r. Take a nunute to check

ou1 1he barrage of recent n:~trictivc legislation soiling 1hrough 1hc coun system.. Restric1ioM like 1he sale of book\ co111oin111g po1r111/e1/lv insightful infonnution. prior cen'>Or..hip on high ~chool ncw,p11pc~ and 1he s.ile of mu~ic recordings thOI 1111,y add o few four lcucr words to n persons vocabulary.

This i, n sud stntc of uffoirs for a coun1ry 1hn1 prides it~lf on freedom. Whal is even more disturbing is censorship I) not the un~wer to lhc problem, facing 1oday's you1h.

Humans arc tuught righl und wrong. bul learn to apply thew conccpl~ by observing 1hcir environment.

When siuden1, look 1oward their na1ional go1ernmcnt for Jc,1dc:rship and observe 1hcm wrHing overdraft, wonh thou..ind\ of dollars wnhout penally.

1ooay's youth recehe, 1hc message loud and clear Why should they hump bun. work hard and s1rivc for excellence when they will be rewardl'<l wi1h J pJt on the bacl.. a diploma and an uncmploymcni line" When ~tudcn1' look 10ward college admin1>tration for c:ncourugemen1 and ..cc them conunuJII) favor 11n eli1e group of alhlete,. 1he me~age is not only heard bul begin$ to gr.u.: on the 01her ~I\SC'I a, "di.

Why \hould 1hey encourage their mind.s 10 e,pand and e,plorc: "lk:n the reward 1s inadt'qua1e grunh in aid, budget cu1s und a mere nod from administration. ,, hen conccntraung on ,lam dunking o ball or pinning an opponenl guJ.rJ.Jlttt JU\I the opposne?

The lesl>On) 1hc: "great powers 1hat be" .uc teaching 10 those who llsien carefully to the daily rhetoric thnl i> ~r<"ed fonh.while wi1ne~ing inequitie,ofthc accompany mg beha, 1or. is dangerous.

Mu} be legi~lation ,hould be pas~'() lhJt l'l!quires a warrung label on ·11ie pov.ers thlll be."

"Danger Expo,ure can cause imitauon."

Friday. March 27. 1992

Opinion 7

(!;t,TfERS TO 1'11E EIHTORj Evans fills ozone hole theory with misleading information Students question grant-in-aid's unjust distribution priorites

Editor.

Why i, it 01:11 w m.iny 1i..-npl1: .ITI! wilhng to hlindly jump onto the licnny Pcnny-0111nc dcplc11on/glob.1I ,1am1ing·b,md ~agon? It i\ b..'C,IU\C they arc c:on,1m11ly being ,nund.tted "i1h n1islcading infomiulinn by po,,ihly wdl-mcnning, re1grll\\ly nii~informcd columnhts ,uch ;\l, Mr. Evan\ He rcfors to 01011c depiction in the Feb. 28, i~,uc of the .cn1111cl :1.\ if ii were indhpuUtble scicn1i lic foci. when .ic1uall) 11 couldn' t bc funhcr from Otc truth.

Do.i.,n·, i1 i.c<!m ~tmng.: lha11he "ozone hole," ,uppo~dl)' mused by nn 1ndusirinli1cd ~oc1c1y, i~ h,1ppenmg 'o(1 far a1,ny from any induslriahZl'CI wc:,c1i..s? This" lx'Cau>t' the "01.onc hole" is not a hole at all. but mrher n nntumlly occurring ryclical thinning of the 11zone lnycrcaul-<.'d when the sun C ,~hose high level radiation cJu,c., 01onc 10 form) during polnr winter does not shine on the Nonh Pole for~" m11nlh) al a time. The 01.onc i, then rcplen"hed during the ~h monilL~ of sunshine. Thi~ phenomenon was predicted by sc1cn11Ms muny ycan. before ozone depiction became n popular liti.:ral whipping post.

As for global wamting, there is absolurcly no scicn1ilic evidence 10 show 01:11 the average temperature any where on Earth ho.~ ever nuctua1ed 11ut,idc iL, normal pAmme1er. ( :111d d1erc cenainly would be evidence ifit were occurring). Even our own unusually mild winter i, by no menns 11record high average 1empcm1urc. Cl believe the record wns set in the lntc '50s). In my opinion tJic root problem w.1, created by 11 scicnulic community with a v~ted in1cre.,1 in linding II problem (pos,ibh: ozone hole cqunls millions of$ in gmnL,) (U)d propagated by liberal colleges and Universuic,. 'lncse arc I.he -ame people who bniugh1 us "nuclear winier" which did nor occur as prcd,clcd nrtcr Ill<? Chcmohyl inc idem, :ind the "drnmn1ic glob,11 change, .. that were ,uppo\Cd to occur (and didn't) nncr Ou! Ku".rit 011 lire~ I an1 not tr)ing 10 ,;ay 1hm n1nns presence on l:;1rth h.i., nm c:nused ncg,nivc cun..cqucnc,·,.

I only hope 01a1 un11I (if ever) )OU c.m include proven ..c1cn111ic dnm 10 b:icl. uri ulleg.11ion, of''Global Di-..1:11er'' 111.111111....c d1cone, be presented a., ju,t 1lw1...1hcoriC<1. nol fuel.

Sincerely.

Randy Cuin Coeur d'Alene resident

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we upploud >·our cffons in uncovering the inju\lice or the Jlmn1-in,aid dis1ribut1on policy Con,idering the «onomic dilficullie, we currently face und the an•a m which we live, the aver.ige academic or ,•oca1ional ~1udcn1 struggles 10 meet the fin,mcial demnnds of full-time education.

The nbove,average ,1uden1. academically ~pcnl.ing. i, not cncourngw or suppomd m his or her efforts a< compared to an n1hlell! at NIC. NIC at1mc1< students from local areas becausl' of ils low ro>1 and loca11on. but bencr Mudcnt~do not ancnd NIC panly because of its polky of nllracu ng bencr a1hlc1c ... no1 bcuer students. TI1ereforc we can safely assume 1ha11his son of policy lowers NIC's overall ncadcm,c pcrfominnce.

Why should athleics receive 73.6 percent of gmnt-in-aid funds when they conslitmc n small minority of the students who auend NIC? As a community college. our cffom should be conccn1ra1ed on raising academic standards and keeping our beuer students in school.

Sincerely.

Rumell Wright, Lori Smith, Jerry Brocsch, M.L. Hollingswonh :md l\lnrk Wa1son,

Lelle~ Policy: Lener. 10 the Ednor arc welcomed by the Senun~I ThO\e 1, ho ,uhmit le111ir, mu~, lin111 them 10 JOO word~. ~,gn them ltgibly nnd pro,•idc a telephone number and mJdrc\\ so th.II au1hen11c11y ,·an be verified. Although mo\l leucr, nre u,ed ,ome may no1 be printed bccou,,• or ~p.1ce limitation, or lx'<'au,c they I) are similar 10 a number or lener, nlrcad) rccc"ed on the ,amc subJrot. 2) are po,sibl) hbclou,, 3 l are illegible. \Ve rescne the right 10 edit lcners. Lener, mn> be brought 10 Room I of the Sherrn,m School Bu1ld1ng or mJ1led to 1he Sentinel.

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Parking perks leave responsible, honest students peeved The issue of campu, p.1rkinJ! is, ha.~ b,,',:n, and prohnbly will be until car, nr,: ob,clclc.., s(lurcc (If lrus1m1ion. Pcrhnps 11 1s related 10 all thl' l!•" fumt'\ inhaled by the (rnn1it· driver- "' they tn~c G.1rdcn A"~ as if ii were the Ind) 500. Perhaps i1 1, related 10 thl' ten~ion cau,cd by the pcdcmian)' nc~'d to dodge the maniacal driver, and ,ice vc~a.

However, the fru,1r.11ion, or campu, p.1rl.mJ! can onl> be complicJtcd b) nmmanngcmcnt of tht.' ,11ua11on.

Far be ii from me to lay lllnmc at the f(Ct (nr shJII I sny huhcap'/l of un} ccn.1in 11roup or ind I\ iduJI. But I don't make the rule,; I ju\! ob..·ythcm.

Which i, more th.in I can say for ccnam people.

Take. for e,.1mplc. the poor unfonunJtc, \\ho have nccumu l;11cd pJrkmg udcts After ull, 11\ hardly their fault. Someonl' forced th,·m to park 1lh:g,1lly No nne 11oultl ,.:II 1hcm .1 rarkmg pcrm11 They ,m! hardly 10 blumc.

Actuully, m} hcJn goe, Patricia Snyder ou1 10 tho,c mi,und.:Nood Opinion lndl,•1dunls. ,..,pcelally tho,c who h,1vc accumul.ncd \11d1 ,m illu,tnou, cPllc,uon uf parking ticket,. Poor, m1,lc,11J. 1rrc,p<1n,il>le pet1pk. I ,cn,1i nly w,1n1 lhc,c pcuplc, who broke the Juw .ind then rdu\Cd 10 p,1y the line, w h.1,,: the ,amc 1r.:a1111cn1 that I und ull the other \ludcnt~ who p.rrk legally 11c1.

"Wa,h the fine, 0111, and ,111n frc,h nc'1 }Cilr"'''! If onl} h[c were w c,,,} S11 much bcllcr lor them to ,rnri kamm!:l a huh: r,·,pon,ibili1y for thcrr a.:1111n, now Aller .ill, 1/m " their cduc,llion. lhc lc,'°n uf hcrng rc,f1\ln,1ble for \\ h.1t 1hey do and deahng w11h lhc con,cqurncc, i, lur morc irnponant 1hun what the, ,1ould learn m the da" ,cal the} occupy unly because ,omcbod) brol.t• the lu\\ 10 get them there No11ha1 I'm ,111100 thrilled w11h the la\\. I'm con,tantl) mllfcd ,II ,~hy an adrnin i,inuiun "' rnnc,·rncd \\ith 11gh1cn111g the college\ operation, and hcmg efficient dc~1gnatc\ ,1,1lf parking ,pot, th~t ,i1 ,,!(Jilt ,, h1h: the op<n parkm!( around them " pacl..cd.

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CHokEcH ERRi Es Read 1e1n and weep. No kidding.

Yep. 1ui1ion will be up 5.1 perccm next year. but NIC is still a bargain. Especially when compared 10 regional schools. And especially for in-diMrict residents.

NIC's in-district tuirion will be S904 for the '92-'93 school year. Ou1of-s1aters will pay $2,342 (if they don't use any special rates such as those through 1he Western Undergradun1e Exchange).

Without figures available for increases at other regional next year, NIC's $904 and S2.342 compares 10 the 1991 figures of$ I, 166 and S3.506 for the Univmi1y of Idaho: $1.120 and S3.020 for Lewis-Clark State College: S1.447 and $3,520 for the University of Montana; S1.953 and SS.433 for Washington S1atc University, and S9,535 for all s1uden1s at Gonzaga University.

In 1991 Spokane Community College in-district students paid $867. but ou1-of-s1atcrs paid S3.402. And Flathead Valley Community College in-district ~1udcn1s puid $966. but ou1-of-s1:11ers paid just S 1.4 10. Choke!

Controlled burn~ arc the specially of instructor Bill Pecha. Several days ago Pecha waJ. able to corral a "controlled'' fire that got out of hand on his proper!)•. Student< joked he was practicing a new lab tech nique for his nutrition closs. And wrestlers thought the special practice wa~ for always keeping his ,·ool during big matches.

!MORE LE'ITERSj Faculty fan praises pep band's performances

Seattle woman sends Sentinel staff kudos Editor.

I don't know how a copy or your paper, the Sentinel. got 10 my desk, however, I om happy 1h01 I hnd the opportunity 10 read it.

I just completed the nnictc "Mudslinging, Japan-bashing unbecoming 10 American public," in the Jnn. 31. issue. Arter rending the anicle, I felt proud 10 be nn American and to know that there ar.: young people like you who can "think'' ond think well. It Is so comfoning, ond I just wanted you 10 know 1his.

I also enjoyed reading the aniclc by Alex Evans. Again. the thoughts presented were excellent, and another indicution or students possessing higher order thinking skill~.

I hear or the deficiencies in our educational system and how our students are coming out or our schools unpr.:pnr.:d for 1he workplace. I honc~tly feel 1h01 this i~ not the case for oll students. as all or you have dcmonmatcd in your wn1ing.

Keep up the good work.

Sincerely.

Billy Ann Davis Seaule. \V(l)h, Etlftor', nor<'. fltr Sr111111rf staff tlfl't•cs 1111/1 Ms. Dm•i.1. \Vt nre prm,•terrifir 11111/ higli/y mttlltgtnt 1

Editor, As an aficionado of both athle1ics and the ans. I want 10 thank director Terry Jones and his talented pep band for 1hc time and energy they hnve donated to make my many hours at NIC basketball games even more enjoyable.

The music provides an cntcnaining break from my serious hobby as an intense ran. I go 10 the games because I enjoy supponing our student athletes and encouraging them in their spon. But I find that my cnjoymcn1 has been hcigh1cned by the up-bca1 musical interludes that the pep band has performed this year.

Thank~ ror adding much to an alrtady e~citing pastime for an appreciative audience.

Jeanne Emerson NIC F.ngli~h Instructor

Asthmatic against article Editor.

I nm wri1ing in response 10 Lori Vivian's column in the Inst issue or the Sentinel. Her sellish nt1i1udc toward people who suffer from !-l!rious illness nstounds me.

Ho" can someone. who is obviously a concerned pol1111:ally conscicn1iou5 person. )O cnllously dismiss 1hc large number or suffering nsthmntic\ who arc nffcc1ed by nnificinl sccnr-? Ger bock up on your white charg~r! Fight for our righb too.

Gary Lender

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How embarrassing-but only if people know. Public relations specialist and chccrlcnder conch Erno Rhineh:trt announced Ron Cole a.\ the winner of a big Nintendo pri,e ofbed in a drawing sponsored by the pep club. Fortunately few people know that Cole is Rhi111:har1's hu~band.

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Although the pep band resurrected "Wave the Flag" several weeks ago after thinking "On Wi~con~in'' was Lhe school song all year, at 1he hhl home ba~kc1ball game "On Wisconsin" was again what we heard.

Resolute Jim Burn~. retired nc1ivi1ics director. band ll·ndcr and inMructor. brough1 in a 1961 school p11per with the words 10 the Fight Song. which rhe cheerleader.. led 1he crowd thn>ugh at a pep assembly, the paper ~aid. And it :,l~o printed the words. Actually. they are rather inane and not "onh priming aguin.

The iunc 10 "Wa,c the f-1:ig" 1s line: it needs updated lyrics.

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Spon5wri1ers wen: faced "ith the "whcn 10 me the appropriate quo1c" dilemma in intervie" ing b:t~kctball conch Rollie Willianv, "hen NIC was climinatl'd from the 1ournamcm. "\Ve didn't gct ,·cry good re~uh, from our perimeter player~ ...

Wilham~ said. Maybe! he hadn't ~ecn the ~corebool... TI1c ,~rimetcr lads lathed 5-1 of NIC's 81 pointb.

Thing, that 1h1s pl.1<·e need~: hil..e rnt·l..s. synchroni,ed clud.s, un work in the :tn building. and non-handicapped p:ul..mg rhat is free. compktely undesignatcd for staff or stu<lcnt~. first-come. fin.t-~erved.

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MARCH 28th 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

GET INVOLVED I

Run for office and be a part of student government in 1992-93

Interested persons please contact the Associated Student Board or Recreation Department in the SUB Elected Offices: •President •Activities Director •Vice-President •3 Sophomore Senators

Appointed Offices: •Secretary •Insurance Advocate

Petitions Due A~rll 3

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INSTANT CULTURE

Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats play in Boswell

by Mork 1\ . J erome Assis1an1 Editor The Coeur d'Alene Performing /\rt~ Allioncc wall present n perfommnce fea1uring. from Taiwan. 1he Y.Orld-fnmou, Chincsl' Golden Dragon Acrobals and Musicians on Saturday, April 4,018 p.m. in Nonh Idaho Collcge·s Cornmunicnrion/ Flnc Ans Auditorium.

The Chinese Golden Dragons will pu1 on n show for 1he whole family. which includes evcry1hing from mu5ic. dancing ond acrobatic~ 10 dcarh-dcfying ~1un1s wilh fire and swords.

Reviewing 1hc Chinese Golden Drngons. 1hc Kansas Ci1y S1nr rcpon,. "Incredible!

Magnificcn1!" The Congressional Record ~ys. "A momcn1 of cuhuml cxchunge." and The Dallas Herold-Times i~ quoted ru, saying "good oldfashioned mzzle-davJc, 13nrnum and Bailey style circus... 1hcrc', magic. comedy, 1.?Yn1nas1ics, 1roditional Chinese dance and color. color. color! ... a mas1crpiccc! h's more 1hrilling tlmn 1he ligh1 scenes from Rocky IV... TI1c audience goes wild ... II' s ahogc1her frantic fun."

Reserved scm 1ickc1~ arc ovniluble for S 12 and SIO in the NIC Box Oflicc a1 769-3415. Burt'\ Music nnd Sound a1 664-4957 and the Book and Game Company 01 762-230-I. Students age 18 ond under nrc odm111cd m IMlf prktt. The pcrfom10m:c 1, produced and dir,-ctcd by D.anny Chang.

Now foa1uring the Extreme Dreams pullout section E,htcd and DcsrgneJ hy Kc\'in Brown

9 ..N,'lhlni: a, c,c, Juor 1n lhl\ \lit.ittJ unul men ,tr't pttp.:i,cd te.1 klll one- .ino4hcr 1r 11 ,, noc d,,nC' · •<i<<>,~< lkmJrJ Sh,,.

Dallas Brass plays NIC concert

by Murk A. J erome As~is1on1 Editor The Dallas Brass will be givang a performance an North Idaho Collcgc·s Communkn1ionf Fine Ans Auditorium on Friday. April 3. at 8 p.m. The concert IVill be prc,cn1cd in 1wo sections one entitled "Classics of lhc European Mas1crs" and the 01her being "Tribute to A,ncrican Music:· "Clnss,cs of the European Mns1ers" will feature selec1ions from roman1ic-ern com1iosers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Antonio Vivaldi. J.S. Dach. Johannes 13rahms and Claude Debussy "Tribute 10 American Music"' will ancludc the worh of American composers Irving 13erlin. Duke Elhngton, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland ond Leonard llcrns1cin.

The young Dallas Brnss burs, on10 the United Srn1cs conccn scene in 1989 bow.ting more 1han I 00 solo performances and being hailed by the press "a~ clcgon1 ond CAciling ns a formal concert. bu1 a lot more fun." Th01 same year also sow rhe release of their firq 1wo compoc1 discs. Their debut release "A Merry Chris1mas Wi1h Brass" and 1hcir follow-up "Dallas Oru\\ II" wen! bolh me1 wi1h great success.

The \ix-member en~cmble ha\ quickly l!amecl a nationnl following and a rcpu1111ion for annov:nion und mu,,cal arti&lry. They combine .i full r.ange of pcrcu,,ion ms1rumcn1s. includinl! ~> lophonc. vibr,1phone, llrum sci and piuno. 1ha1 bring nn e.>..:ittng new dimcn'1on 10 1hc 1r;1ditional brnss qmnic1.

The Dallas Om,s member~ arc comprised of a unique combinu1ion or different b11ck11rounds nnd educa11on~. The

founder. artistic director and 1rombonc player for 1hc Dnllas 13rns, is l\lichacl Levine. He a11ended the Un1versi1y of Minnesora nnd has II Bachelor's of l\lus1c degree from Jullinrd. Levine al,o was founder/d1rcc1nr of 1he Jerusalem Symphon) Brass Ensemble.

Wiff Rudd and Charle, La1aru, play trump.:1 for the group. Rudd. a Te:rns na11~c:. r,·cei,ed his Bachelor·, 11nd Mnswr's deg ree, in mu,ic from Baylor Umvcr,11y Jnd " J mu,ic professor al Oklahoma Bap11,1 Umvcrsny; 1.n,aru,. from North Carolina, n111:ndcd Jullmrd and debu1cd "ith the Ncw Yori.. Siring Orchcs1m an CJrncg1c Hall. /\h:x Shuhan. \\ ho was mi,ed an Ne,\ Jcr,ey. pl~y, piano and horn. He hJ, rcct:l\cd degree, lrom Jull1:ml 11nd E~s,mnn School of Mu,1c Shuhun hJ, plaicd profcssionully w11h 1hc Dalla, Ballet Orchcsir.i and the Dalio, Symph('tn)·.

Tub:1 player ChJrle, V1l1JJTub1a I\ from New Orlcan~. \\ ith mu,ic degree~ lrnrn LOUl\1t1na S1.11c and 80,100 Nmi\'c New Yorl..er l)uvad Gluck piny, drum,. educated :11 ltlrncn College before becoming Jn in,tructor at 1hc Umvcr,11y of Norih rc,as In 11Jdi1ion 10 their hu,y cPnccrt s,:hcdule. the Bra,\ urc dedicated 10 worl..ing w11h ,1udcn1~ or ull oge, und nbili1ic,. They frequently pu1 nn mu,11: chnic,. m11,1cr rlnsse,. worJ..,hop, an ,chools unJ mu,,c cump) a, well 11, publi,hing l'duc,11,onal ,1r11de~ 10 a,"~' ~1uden1, in 1hc1r musical Jcvelopmcn1 The Dall," Bra,, is prc,cntcd hy the Koo1cnm C'nu my Community Concert, 1\,,ucio11on. Ticke1, urc \I:? ,md may he ob1ained at 1hc NIC bux ollicc. For anform.111on, call the ho~ oflicc u1 769-3-115

Lack of opponents makes winning easier

by Dcbbil' \\'llliont~ one of1h\'liencr Yoc.'1/1.cnJ, ,\.:·w h.id here," Senllnel Reporter Dann11r \!lid.

Some of you mu) l..noll .,nll ..amt ma) nut If II i, or i, no1 .1 prot>lcm 1hJ1\ 1101 the J..no\\ lhal th.: Dorm I·on Sh«!rmnn i"uc. 111<' ,..,,ue ,, 1h;11 onl} 15·W proplc Ap.111menl\ Spring Gaml'\ \\ti\: hckl March ,hO\,,'tl up al d11: Spring (iJme, out ol Jhl,ul I. bur. rcg.irJlc"· ob1wu,ly man) of) ou 'Xl )X'\iple lrom lhc dorm,. and n,ll one pcrx,n didn'l l,U'C ou1 ol abou1 90 p..'Opl~ from the Fon Sh.:m1an According lo Spong Game, Coordmawr Apartmcnl.\ ~ho\,c..,J up at lh<' Spring GillTI," Rob D,111ner. lhc C1>llci,· ol So111hem Id.tho "I'm no1,u~ if nn}Me put 0lt'r.. up O\cr w~"' Nonh ldJho College g.1mc. held 1hc 1hcrc." D,mncr ..aid, retemng 10 th.: Fon nigh1 before. CllUld ho,c b(.'l:n J l,icw an 1hc Sh.:m1an i\p.irtnlt'm, Ref.:rring 10 lhc dorm,. l,tek of pw11c1pJl1on.

Danner ..aid. ''TI1t'rt w-1., one \ign m the girl, "'A 101 of them migh1 hJ\C b..•,m hung-owr lounge JOO\ c 1111! dc,k." from lh<' CSI g,1me," Danner said L:ick of advcm-.cmem could ha, c ~n J Danner said a good pen:cn1.1gc or 111<• nnc,, foc1or 10 the hick ol pani<'1pa11on, actording to "hodrinl.. ,and e,en some 1h111 don·, dnnk, Nicole Jxklin. dorm r<t>idcn1 were in1ox1<"U1ed. ''Tilt'rc Yo i1.\n'1 mu,:h soy ;1bou111." '1lC Is this a problem' suid "One wc..oekend out of conlnll d~sn' t mean "I wished more people would lmvt ,hown I.here's nbig problem. I lhink ii\ fun. It'~ not up. bu1 11 "'a.~ o 101= •er 10 " an priies." like lha1 cv~ weekend. bm la.\t weekend wn.\ Danner S(lid.

Bn,an Bacl.u,. dorm re,id.:nl, "on the pang-pong 1oum.unent. Chn, M.,J-.:n. dorm re<.1dcn1. Yoon 1he 11inbJII t,lllmJmcnt, and .'\unin Trueman. ,form re,11.knt. won 111< fll'<ll 1oumamcn1 P.iruc1p.m1, mundicd on pvp.;om anJ polJtll chi!)-J., lh.:} \\Jtdicd "Eddie \lurph) D.!liriou," and "Ho1dog.·· Danll<!r ...,,d the> hJd .. gooJ ume t.1e,,p,tc 1hc fac1 lh..'re wcrl' onl~ 15-~0 p.inicip;inL,.

"Really, the l\:J."10 \\e d1dn'1 hJ,.: pa111cipa11on w~ bc.;;1u'<! II \,,1., ,dlo!dula.l on a bo,) w~l.end," 0Jnncr s.11d 0Jnnt'r \JIU I p.m "',b no, 100 IJIC IP \IJrl lhcSpringG= I ,hould hop,1111,L If M)Oll<! 1\ cunou,. }Oil didn't ha,,.. lo \\Ork hanJ to pan1c1p.11e You could have sat on }OUr 1u\h and w;uchcd T. V. I nl) ,-el( hJd a gre..1 umc. and 1'm glad I \l c!nl.

Wha1\ going lhrou11h )'Our head!.? Are

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)OUr \Cl") bodl1.'\ lrom one td~, l\iun ...:1 to th.: 11\!\I! Ilk- Spnng Game:\ wa., uni) one hh:I. ~"·" Imm 1lic domh Jnd no1 c•en hJII J mik ln:•m 111.: h,n Sherm.in ,\p.,nmcnL\ I'm not oil\! to tall.. hc,~u-..! c•cr:,1111c h."

1hing, !he} Y.Jnl to do.•md thmg, 111(, don't -..ml 1,1 du ·~fl! urc "'rn,m) ur:;Jn11..i1111n, c•ul thcre. l>t>n't t,lk,: lh<'m lor gr:in1cd. rl') a le\\ actl\llie, Yoo mt)!hl lake ahem I did.

Somc11mc,. J ch.ange " i;ixcd. J ,h..ingt.' of p..'uf'le. J chani;c ol ;Um<"pru:re. Ju,1 gcnmg 001 Jnd dning '>nmc1hing d1llcrcn1 wilh more p.!Oplc c,m ti.: rdr.:~lung.

11lc: 'iprin!! G,um:, la.'>lt'tl 1ro111 1-5 p.m.

The ne>.1 1,mc there'\ a Cun ..cl1\1I} cm n Sunc!Jy aftc:monn. Jnd you·,c had J IJtc niJlhl - get up. mo,.: around and go· )ou'll lecl bener If )Ou don·, like ii you Jon'1hn•e 10 ~Illy.

IO /11sta11t Culture

The NIC Senti nel

Artist displays work in Union Gallery

by Richard Duggan Pho10 Edi1or NIC an s1uden1s experienced a unique learning opponunity during the week ending March 6. The Union Gallery's featured anist. Vicki L..1mber1 Square. vil.i tcd 1hc painting and drawing clo,ses of NIC nrt m~tructors Allie Vog1. Karen Kaiser and Sheryl lialcr.

Square conducted work~hops and seminars on drawing from a li ve model. A fomalc model. who usually pose, for Haler'~ life drnwing clas,. par1icipa1ed in the workshops.

Square demonm:ued techniques and reviewed slides in order 10 e,plain concepts in line. photos by Richard Dugga n gcs1ur.:, space, l<!Xturc and composi1ion.

Above, artist Vicki Lambert Square conducls a class on life drawing. Below, the artist Square draws from a great deal of :in c,p<?riencc:. She hns her BFA and MFA in displays one of her warrior depictions for NtC art students Jeff Graves and Diane Cowley. printmaking from Colorndo Stole University :ind has exten~i\'e teaching experience. . . . . - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , including fib<!r ans. nr1 hi$lOry, drawing. pnin1ing and printmaking.

Square·~ work is characteriled by dm:ct. defining ligh1, a full range of values and freedom of gc~ture. Wnh 1he ligurt! drawings and 1he series of warrior drawings curr,:nlly on di~play in the Union Gnllcry. Square moin1oins onniomicnl corrcciness while rele3~i ng the energy and gcs1urc of 1he li ving being. This simultaneous use of 1cchnical nC'curucy :md ~pontoncny 1~ wha1 Square describe~ ns ··poetic vision" .,nd what ,he e,rJJin, i, found on C\'Cry IC\'C) of crcn11ng n wor~ of on.

On,: pnniculnr in1crc,1 Square ha, while cre111ing ht r work, of art is lhc ligh1ing.

"I personally liken sirong liJ!hling ~o I cun gc1 good \'a)ue change~ and 1ha1 tlire1·111ess." Such d1rcc1ness showcases hoth the nowing. curving fom1s of her figure drnw1ngs Jnd lhc rougher. haulc-torn armor or her warriors.

In c,plnining 1he Initial in~p1ra1ion for her warrior ~cne,. Squnrc ,ia1c, 1hai "1hc idea of 1hc warrior. 1hc ba11lc and ccrrninly the 1hcniric.1I kind~ of garb tho1 .mcicn1 warrior- pos,c\wJ .. 1hcw bring strong \ 1suol 1mages." The ~enc\ o collec11on or very Jorge dmwings. b wh111 Squar.: dc,cribc~ a., "a ,cry physicol ac1 of drawing."

And is 1he SUbJCCI ITIOIICr lbClf UI\O very physical? Squnrc explains 1ha1 "the bm1lc 1, nu1 ju~l physicol, but is abo m 1hc ,piritual realm. which h \'Cry imponant to me." In fact, she siutcs 1h01 the baule b "more reol in the ~piri1ual realm."

ALEND comp1kd by ,\J onini ~lillrr S<!n1ind Rc:poncr ~ )Ol'\' h 27 Tlll' NIC Children·, Ccn1cr \1 ill ,~n..or .1 gondol.1 rid.- Children\\ 111 n,k )1)r lrw. Conllk'.1 th,: Children\ Ccntrr r,,< ini11rma1ion Mnl'('h27-31 1h: ;11111m. 1lr Vk~i )Allllbcn Squan• 11111 l,c lca1un'l.l III lhc NlC Unum G11lk'r)'. k11:.11eJ Jtmn\luir. in the StU<k111 l l111on Building.

Mnl'('h28 1h: K00tcnJ1 l'll...:1ric.1) r,-.1~nlll\C gciwml mcmlx"'111p illlnual me,.•ttn!! 1\111 t,r held rmm ~6 p.m. in lhc NIC Judi1oriu01. Call 76.'>-1200 for mlonnaiion A ca,uJI dance, or "~I. hilfl.'' will Ix' ho.•Jd in the dinmg room ol the Studcm Union llmldmg rmm 9 p.m. to I n.m. ;\ 1h11is.~ion fl'I.-.,. will be S] for NIC ~tudcnt, und SJ for pue,ts. l\l_nl'('h JO l:t.\l <Illy 10 wi1hdrJ1, from !<mc-1..-r-lcng1h

COUN'S.

Tli.: NIC Po~ Forum II ill pn..;ent "Toe Phenomenon of MyMcriou~ PIJ.-c, :1ncl EicnL~ in tli.: Unitc'd S1J1e," w JO n.m. in !he NIC ,tuditorium. ,\ l\'S)lOnsc panel II ill Ix• foa1ur1.'<l al I p.m. m lhe Bunno.•r Room of the StU<k.'nt Union 13uildm!!

Mor\'.1131 1k NlC Po('."Olll l·t\f\Jm will p!\.."'-'OI ''The Phcoomenon nf lJFOs" al 11 a.m. in the IC :iudi1mum. A l\'\ponse panel will l'C fo,11ured nl I p 111. in the Bonner Room of 1he S1udcnt Union Building. ,\pril I 1k NIC Pop..'Om Rirum II ill presenl ''The Phenomenon or Bigfoot (Sn."1ui11ch)" 111 9 J.m. in the NIC nud11orium. A ~ponse panel will be fc-.1111n.,d m I p.m in the Bonner Room of tli.: StU<k.'m Union Building. lli.: Wa.,hington.lld.lho Suing Qu,111c1 will p..'ffonn a conc.:n. f= of C'hnrgc. ot 8 p.m m the

NIC :iudi1orium.

April 2 1k NIC Pof,.'Om Forum \\Ill pre<c!nl ''The Phenomenon ofNear-dealh E\perien= nnd Life Af1cr Dl!Jlh" al 10 a.m. in lhe NIC audnorium. A re<pon~ ~ I -.ill be foatured at I p.m in lhe Bonll\!r Room of lhe Studc:m Union Building.

111<! L..'lkt City Ja}= ,~ill ~ I "Comedy Nigh!' ••11 S p.m. in the NIC auditorium.

Adn11ss1on f""'" ill ~ S5 for each )X'll>On ai the: door A Phi lh:1.1 Kappa ffil-'1!ting "ill be held ai 3 p.m. in room 32 of Let H.~J. April J The NIC Pojx-om Forum will ~m ''The Sden11fic and Critical Re, 1e11 of thc: World's Mysteries" ,11 11a.m. in 1he NIC allllitoriurn. A ~ponc;c pand II ill 11'! fe.uured at I p.m. in lhe Bonner Room of the S1udcm Union Building.

K001en3i Counl} Community Conc..-ns ,~ill

ptc<,enl 'Toe Dallru. Bra.'-~" 01 8 p.m in lhe NIC auditonum. Admission fees will be S12 for e;ich p<!Mn UI th,,: door April~ The Coeur d. Alene Ptrforrning Am Alliance will ~nl Ounese Golden DrJ.gon Acrobal5 nnd Mu~k1,11t, at 8 p.m. in thc: NIC au<.lnorium.

Resel'\·ed ~at, co,,1 SJ '.!IS I 0. Studems 1hrough age 18 are hnJf.price. ,\pril 8 A -.iJde~s ~lide ~how Jbou1 n C()Uple and !heir exp.!riences (including pregnancy) m the for~~ofCanadJ "ill be ~nlc-d. free of char!!.:, in the Bonner Room of the Studem Union Building a17:30 p.m.

April 9-30 The Nonh Idaho Ccllcg,? Studenl An Show \\ ill be fdlured in lhe Union G,1llel). locnlo'd dowll)tairs in the Studenl Union Building. All opening reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. on April 9.

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The Sentinel's Arts and Literary Section

EdiceJ and DesigneJ by Kevin J. Brown, Arts & Entertainment EJ11or

fr"m <rn(f nml ,tudent contributions

Fmlay, March 27, 1992 • Volume I, Number I

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She ripped into focus. as ir my eyes had been pried open and ~ birthed imo n world ofinsani1y. I • ::t ~at and watched the claret dripping l: lnngourously from 1he tips of her ~ long fingcrc;, the blood almost blnck in the diffident light of preC\ ~ dawn on a snowy mountnin morning. She crouched immovably 1~ in the diny. bloodstained snow and stared at nothing 1hm could be perceived by a sane eye, her rus$ct-blond hair complemented by 1he first crimson swath of morning splashed on the bellies of the wispy spools of wimer clouds. Her hands were clawed in a wonderfully feline position. held out s1iffiy ns if in rigor mortis, her elbows resting on her knees. As she s:11. she snng.

She sang a song I'd never heard before and have never heard since, a song nboul n dying rainbow and a wa~lng star. o song so oddly ciloquen1 in lls phrasinp and sonorous in its word choice it could hnve been penned by Poe. I! trnly was a benutiful song. and ~he 530!! 1t m a voice thai wa~ melodious, perfectly on pi1ch, but still \Omchow Oat and monul and harsh, a~ if it were being sung in a void, and she would occa~ionnlly Utkc II condom note and wrench it oround hke n 1onumd bird', wail.

She fini,hc.'ll her , ong, which might have lasted hours, and regnnlcd Ihe hlood on her hands with humored madne~,. Tite blood th,11 would nm 11 a~h orr. Lady /l lacbcth was nc,·er so gll>elul. She ~,nred a, her hand\ for n billi<m c1emi11cs. then ~lowly rahed her lcrt hand. extended a finger, and ~n\'orously licked the blood fmm the dil!il.

I watched wuh pale m1ere,1. I hardly dared brenihc She wa, in,ane. She wo, insanity. She wa.s beau11fol. She w.is Crc.ition. 1lol"ed her. Then, and always.

Blood SIOml'<l and poisoned the innocence of the snow at her foci - not her blood. though much of her.. hlld been shed this mph!. Her skin was pale and wuy; she 'lt'emcd more a corpM! tlmn her victim. whose unfonuna1c form lny heJJ><.'d carcles,ly ncur lhc fire. yards away. the bl.uc 100 di,1nn1 10 wam1 us.

But ,he seemed to need no warmth. because the cold mnamed her enough.

She rose. catli~c. and, 1nunlly tore her thin coat 10 pieces, thmwing h away from herself a, 1f it "~re gnrbagc. Dcnenth ~he wore n thin ,ummcr frock whiQh left her lovely shoulder.. bare. the ,parse couony material clutching her body h~c n se<"ontl skin, offonlmg no protection from the chill. Sh~ appeared not 10 no11cc the cold and the goosebumps rising on her lle,h. Her arm~ clasped nboul herself. hu~ging her slender fonn. ~he writhed the ,mooth. powerful muscle< of her back like 3 birtl of prey obout to take 10 the wind. She ohucl.led softly, e~hililf'Oted. co

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hand in hand. Bow )Our for peace 1hrou~hou1 the land.

head< and pra)

Through eyes o f sorrow I look at you Bccau!>C your eyes cnn 't sec What you need to do.

No" close your C)'CS and viwaliit the 1101')' that I tell. Dc,1ruc1ion has ,·omc upon u1 ii knows our <ncrcd hell

You look only From behind your fear~ Afraid to reach out Afmid 10 shud 1cnr!..

It"<trapped us in. bound u,

down There is no c~ape. h seems closer somehow ·n,c~c bombs .,.c·re creating urcn·, just playful 1oys. but lhc men we train 1n fi~lu nn<l l.1 ll :ire ju•t liule boy,.

Fro,en in the momen t Between here and there, You're afraid ro bdicve

U,1cn in the dl,rnncc Gn hear their dreadful erk<, nnd if >OU ',C.u,h ,nsidr youN:11' ynu will feel 1hc pain they hide

That :.omeone can care.

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ff only you would Open your eyes J-\ nd accept lhe truth Your l>Clf-concept denies.

Ju,1 onr ,pail cootd ~, !I off Wc"d blow thi, eanh 10 hell Opc:11 ) our mind Ill what l ,uy we ha,c to <a, c oursel",1

If you wouldjusl try •..

But maybe tomorrow ...

And I can only watch you Through my eye!> of sorrow.

Th,, h nu child"< 11,1mc

There un: no winnc('\ only lo<,ers in lh1< fipht tor gain

Her natl< scored angl)' red m(I!~ <on her ann, as she scr.uched them. A patch of blood from her hnnd tanoocJ her shoulder in a shupe like a Rorschach inkhlot. I saw 3 death's-head in the Moin.

She lifted her hands high. In CC<la\} . The blood on her hands mode the fingers look gnarled and ancient. the clencht!d lists shriveled and twisted. "The bloocL" she gasped. happily, in a musical. Ii hint? ,oice. ··Toe blood "on·1 come on-r· She cares\1.-d her throot, sme:iring blood 01er her n,'Ck ond che~t. She nuzzled her hands, hke u foline preening She turned 10 me. "ith 1h01 \Ubll)' dangerous. cxo11c. rasunl motion hke somc le1hul \Cl'J)e-nt uncoihn!!. Her eyes were mad, ,eething. but ,omehow solemn. I remtmber reading 1ha1 contr.tl)' 10 cu<tomary belief. tht' C) es hold liule e,pression, and e1en now I find 1h01 untrue. again and again.

Her h3nds looked very much li~c claw), h1dcou~ and t" i\ted One or them ~i1.ed my hand ~o ~w iflly there wns no sense of mouon. She led me. coyly, our eyes choined together. over 10 the muttering fire We s,ll. her guzing a11he body, me gazln~ m her.

Steam mw from the body The blood nu longer no,~ed 11 had congealed in sickly runnel, from the many wound<. The body wa_\ grotesque and gha\tly and bcJutiful in its utter \<!renny And be~idc me. 101.:ly in her placid, pred~1ory mfidness. \at ,1 bloody caricature orbe,1ut).

Her eyh \napped 10 mine and -.e11etl m) l!ai.C wnh the \tn:ngth of the profoundly in<nne D.inger no" And }Ct I hJd no fear. How doe, one karone·, beloved?

She lifted her hand. displaying the enl ,planer. of ~arlet. She laugh,'<I. almost <hrieketl, like J riven ,ampire I wutched pa~"vel}, a:. tf drugged Addicted 10 the narcotic ul her presence, her pro,imuy a ~ind of rrozen. iolden in1 ulnerab,lily. She wa, more an elemental force 1han a cre.iturc of ne,h.

I focu.\ed on her hand. and on the blood 011 htr hnnd. Focu>ed And I.he blood wa!. on m) own hand, a., wdl. I ..cc ii now. I can focu, on u. drow that insane weng1h from it. I s« 11 now and forever And it won·1.:ome off.

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Sharon Nch" man wnl kcd down 1he wec1. surrounded by 1hc C sounds of everyday life. The V) 1hrobbing bea1 of some rapper's boom bo;,. pounded in her cars, her heud, her hc:,n Reaching up, she co,•crcd her enr,, 1rying 10 cu1 uu1 1he sound.

Her head hurt. She shook slightly. fru,1rn1ed bl.>cause she couldn'1 gc1 nny peace.

She come 10 1hc front s1cps of her apanmen1 building. A group of 1cens h,td ga1hered 1here, discussing M:hool. girls. boys. and music, music. music. 111c ~ound or their music echoed through the s1rce1. revcrbern1ed 1hrough lhe s1eps and punc1ua1ed Sharon's every hcar1beo1.

She scowled ni 1hcm a~ she wcn1 pns1. One of 1hcm shouied an obsccni1y. TI1e rcsl join.:d in. Such noise! I' ve go110 gel home and iake on aspirin. she 1hough1.

Walking up 1he 1hrce nig•u~ of s1nirs. Sharon cringed 011he volume cmi11ing from each door, combining 10 011ock her mind. drive her crazy.

As she reached her door, one of 1he neighborhood drunks come srnggcring up 10 her, sin[!ing. She shrank back. The key jammed in 1hc lock. Framically she jiggled 1hc handle. 1hc key. She wasn·1 so much afraid of him as she wnmcd 10 ge1 nway from his sound. Finally, lhc door gnve way. nnd she burs1 into the upnnmcn1. She sinned 10 slam 1hc door and s1oppcJ. She shu1 ii quickly bu1 quic1ly. There is enough noise m 1his world. she 1hough1.

Thal nigh1 she lny awoke. lis1ening. 10 lhe pnrty going on nc;,u door. down 1hc hall. in 1hc strcc1. She pulled 1hc pillow ewer her head but couldn'1 shul ou1 the sound of 1he frantic gnic1y.

"Please. Plea~c be quic1," she whispered.

Sudden lnugh1er sounded outside her door. She lis1ened as n cm1ple "m:,clc ~omc noise" in 1he hnll.

Morning hrough1 fresh noise. A jackhommer soumkd somewhere close. Traffic honked. revved motors. complnim•d al>0u1 1hc confusion. She rose and wenl 10 1he balhroom. She 1umcd on 1hc shower.

TI,e gu~hin{! wn1er pounded down. She quick ly turned i1 off ond bncked imo the comer holding her hnnds over her ear,, Sharon skip(Xd her shower. dres~~d and caught 1hc bus 10 worl...

People crowded around her. rnlkin{!. shou1i ng,

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rustling papers. The doors opened, shut, opened, shut Sharon go1 off the bus and walked up 1hc slcps 10 1hc lns1i1u1e of Scicn1Hic Research. The fronl door whined sligh1ly when she opened ii.

She lumcd righl down the corridor and wnlkcd pns11hc 1ouris1s who had come 10 gawk nl 1he many proJccts on di~play. Projects 1ha1 she had helped creme over her 1wcn1y-scven years a1 1hc lnsti1u1c.

Twemy-scven years of research, of always trying 10 be 1he best. Twenty-seven years of lighting her way 10 the 1op. And finally.just lns1 week. she had been accep1ed 10 a new research commi11ee. A commi11ce or the scien1Hic cli1e. The foci or 1ha1 ncceprnnce wns the onl y 1hing that kepi her from 1elling 1he mono1on~ tour guide 10 shu1 up. She walked on 10 her new posl1ion or nu1hori1y.

She walked past 1he old men in 1heir plaid sui1s who ahemalely shou1ed 10 each other about 1hc a1roci1ics of the modem world and 1old each 01her 10 whisper.

She walked past 1he wannabe scien1is1s and lhe fu1ure politicians wi1h one eye on 1he fo1ure and the Olher eye on 1heir bank accoun1s.

She came 10 a group of school children on tour.

TI,eir qucs1ions echoed lhrough the solemn halls. She hurried 1hrough 1he door labeled laboratory. Down 1he hall, 10 1he right a llnle ways. she hurried. her rubber soles slapping 1he 1iles. She 1wi1ched n1 each s1ep. Finally. she reached 1he door. Her world. The cxperimcnrnl projeclS room. She ran her pass card 1hrough the encoder and emered.

Silence descended on her - a welcome friend in n ci1y with no concept of peace. Smiling. she walked 10 rear of 1he room, where everyone else was wni1ing al 1he conference 1ablc.

"Sorry I' m lmc," she said quietly.

The 01he~ nodded. She savored 1he silen1 cornmunicn1ion. They were scie111ists, she 1housh1.

They had no need of vulgarity "Today we arc sinning the new project." Abe McKmson, head of 1he lns1ilu1e. (3id. Everyone knned in 10 hear him. Shnron liked Abe. Of all her colleagues. he was the mos1 soft-spoken. Mc undersmnds lhe need for quiet, she thought Abe con1inucd.

"For the nex t 1hrec ycnrs, we are going 10 be doing a projec, for Crowd Comrol Cemral." he said. "We will be experimenting 10 see how sound, bolh volume and variety. affcc1s people. Sharon. you've been chosen 10 head 1his research group." He 1umed 10 her and smiled.

Time 1s beauty beauty results in love love results in happiness but true friendship only results 1n the time and effort of two peop le willing to love .

• poetry by Crystal Currie •

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[ Friday, March 27, 1992 Lo~ Angele~ Califomm Control Zone Officer Ag:1memnon Tnuer.

Personal Log Moy 10, 2026 10;36 p.m.

Spmypoin1ed in smnll. discreet, angry lcmers um ids I n 1nngled nc1 of profoni1y nnd ganglnnd procloma1ions on a crumpled swa1h of concrete in lhc dnrk gosh or n gheno alley :1IC 1hc words.

"ALL AROUND M E IS N10HT. I LONG TO SEE THE SUN AGAIN." A plaintive cry, perhaps, from one or 1he guner children. one or the lost. abandoned, forgoucn young wandering feral in this cily or e1ernal nigh1, a child surrounded by the night. enveloped by the nigh1. diseased and blackened by the nigh1. Out i1 is more 1han the nigh1. I whisper within 1he confines or my own mind like a message and n prayer to 1hnt nameless orphan; it is the darkness that pervades and invadcs 1hcse streets and ca1acombs of concrete and s1cel. the darkness th:11 ullimately pollutes and claims the lost and abandoned and forgoucn.

The graffiti, authored by some unknown guner messiah, is so singularly striking thnl I pause my hovcrcar patrol-pod for a few moments, the words of that prophet illumina1ed to me by an infrared swecplight. 111c hovercar idles silently. giving off a hum discemnblc more as n minute vibration than as a sound. I consider the words slowly, as if diges1ing them, absorbing them. The tiny, furiously precise leuers appear to be newer than the rest of the nonsensical display splanered underneath them: CHICO '98. NIGGERS OF THE WORLD UNITE. SORRY AOOUT THE GENESIS. THIS IS THE WORST RESTAURANT I EVER ATE IN. SANDY. LIFE SUCKS. SEE YA IN 2012.

The hovercar idiot-light beeps for auention; I have dcYintcd from my randomly ploned pntrol route. I put the patrol-pod into motion with the caress of u sensory touchpad, my fingers lnden with the intangible weight of on obscure sorrow. My vehicle hums down the nlleyway on its own, while my mind turns inword ond searches for the compassion humanity seems to have lost.

10:57 p.m.

I peer avidly n1the street, the sidewnlks. 1hc storefronts, 1he ploces all seething with an upproximotion of life. I sec the hostility. almost feel i1. in the glare.s my black-and-white receives from the mob. They all e.>.iM beyond the limits of my wind~creen, as if the window. wtth its luserprojectcd threat/ environment alphnnumcric infodisplay, is some frontier beyond which the wild things caper.

11:14 p.m.

I r~h a burned-out section of the neighborhood, a desolate gheno as foreboding and lifeless as a dcsen. as 1mpene1roble and menacing as a jungle.

The hovercar, for nil its cxacttngly engineered slimness - almost svelte in its design philosophy is far too bulky to ventun: into the twisted hulks of

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I lcnve the pn1rol-pod and re-seal the patient vehicle with n six-digit touchcodc. I nm onned w11h an Ingram Mnc-300 pulsed-plasmn/ 1rnnsurnnicround personal nu1ocnnnon. the former mode delivering tidy packets of blue-white dcoth. the la11cr selli ng liring depleted-umnlum slug~ at incredible vclocitie~. The LAPD still follows the old American aminmcn1 philosophy - we·re nevcroutgunncd.

My impact armor is lacquered n glo~sy black. I sometunes questton the high-sheen nnshincss of the am1or. as it is often conspicuou~ in situations rd ruther not be i:on~picuuu~ in. bul 1hc pofohed renec1ivcness affords pro1cc1ion from energy weapons, the possession of which is rumored of the L.A. crime syndicmes.

The buildings glit1er in the dark. They nrch over me. eagerly, ns if ready to pounce.

1 l:27p.m.

I am huniing. but I do not consider myself a hunter. A hunter goes about his task for personal gain, !uch as for food or clothing. A hunter sialks his prey, as I do, bu1 the hunter has n cennin respcc1. a kinship. with his target, a sponsmanlike quality that is absent in my own situation. I do this not for myself. At this poi nt I don't even believe I am doing ii for the good of society. Any son of altruism thnt has been present when this began has long since evaporated with the blood of my prey.

It has occurred 10 me that I do thi s for the sake of my prey.

To end the suffering. To end the misery.

To end the endless night. l l:35p.m.

M) target is a young girl, coucusinn, 13 years old, who ho~ been on the streets for 1hc past seven months.

She is the product of a society thot ignores its progeny. a spawn of n system thm forces children 10 be born, in the nan,e of human rights, ond then considers those same children to be less than human.

Mere statistics. mere recipien1s of token welfare, the derelic1 parosilcs of money which could be spent elsewhere.

She was cas1out from a family 1h01 could no longer keep her. Since then she has laved on the

s1recis, and lived off them, selli ng hcrsclr for n struggling attemp1111 su rvival. Society. which hn~ until this moment ignored her e~istence. ignored her plight. hn~ decided 1ha1 she is a menace. thnt she is irredeemable - 1houph, paradoxically. there was never any effon 10 reclaim her in the first pince.

She ha~ been tracked to this section of 1he concrete abyss. She has been convicted and sentenced by an extensive network or "peocckccping" ~urvcillunce Judgment has been tendered. Out no tender Judgmen1 it is.

11;45 p.m.

A ghosttnp movement, the shado" of n phnn1om. nnshc) brieOy in 1hc ruins of a defunct apnr1men1 building. This place seems more lil.e the aftermath of a war. the metal and s1one epitaph to some rorgonen holocau~t.

I pursue. though I lind 1herc Is no need to. She is not neeing.

I enter what oppenrs to be her home. She is crouched absently in the <hallowed comer of the shell of a room. A blanket and u ravaged mattress occupy space next ton grimy pack which presumably contains her clo1hing and such.

My wcopon an hand. I npproach her. She stares up at me from the dep1hs of a numbness deeper 1hnn nny drug can procure. She is thin, dork-blond. unwashed.

She wears 1he remnants of clo1hing, apparel 1h01may hove been considered provocn1ive on an older version of herself. She will never be 1hm person.

I have often told myselr 1h01 I should not examine them, that I should not look 01 1hcrn. But I s1ure nnywoy. imprinting her face in my memory. next to the many other foces I have looked into.

She m1gh1 have been preny. Perhaps even beau1iful. had she been given on opponunity 10 live.

Her eyes met mine. A kind of relief nooded from her.

A hyphen of blue-white plasma leaped from the muzzle of 1he Ingram ond exploded into her tiny chest. A head ~hot would be quicker, but I refuse to do that. I want her eyes an1act, so 1hat ~he mny see the end of her painful life. She con sec thc angels come to cnrry her away.

So 1h01she may see the sun again.

Brown Nose NOMANSLAND • bun-smooching by Alex T. Evans•

• poetry by Kevin J. Brown •

To all my past and present teachers, I have been going to NlC for nearly three years, and I' ve had a lot of instructors that have all made a big difference in my educational experience. To alJ of those instructors I now show my deepest appreciation. Thank you!

Alex Evans

1know 1h1s place 1hat I musr focc alnnc ...

1hc lllrtureJ no-mnn's-land I cull rn)' Jre:ims ...

1l1S1en to my own forgotten sere.am~... rcmemberang 1he things 1\·c never km,wn.

1know a heart o( ~1one wall ne,·t:r hlcc<l ... and 1·uu can cry an r.un to hide the tea"·•· 1l:now 1hl' n1gh1 can hide my se.irang fears. but an 1he d,1rk. n's easier to !<Cc...

Go to sleep. ~ rchancc 10 dream!

An anvnauon for me to scre:im \Vhy do I believe an nu1hang 1 To be ready 10 believe an anything Wh1· do I want co rest, surrender' Because I can never wan, nC\'Cr. Why do I thank that I have d1C\l!

My life 1s over, and I'm sull alive.

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Tina#4

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Srudenc Jeff Hinrichsen hiking

on Tubbs Hill

Friday, March 2 7, 1992

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I can still remember the old mnn I called Gmmpa. His <( lengthened kathery face had fallen in a stem manner. When he smiled. his lips painfully stretched lil.c: a thin rubber band from one check to the other. His dark hand reached out to mine. It was surprisingly gentle next to my pale. innocent skm.

I followed him down the creaky stair; of the old house imo the darkness of his den. The sialc air was ~weetencd by tangy smells of vanous liquors. The little b:tr stucl. out from the wall deromted by Ikidclb.!rg. Coors. and Budweiser symbols. At the time, I didn't rc:1 li1e the ulcohohc message; l was only ,mcrcstcd in the brilliom. Oashing red~ and yellows.

I pulled my store away as we neared the far dork comer. A raw ~cent of 0:11.. cedar. :ind mixes of exotic woods became more and more noticeable.

The great dorknC\S sc:mcred into crack~ and comer.; as a ~hght die~ from nbovc me released the light. The yanked string hung down. swinging slightly as Grampa·s long arm fell down from its stretched posilion.

Gold '>:IWdu,t. arou~cd by our feet. no:11ed in the air, trying tll foll back 10 the place it had been before Pile~ of the thin ,hnvings mounted on the 1nbks. ,p,lling over onto old chair.. and burying metal tools.

Grampa pulled :1 tall bench out from beneath the du\ly de~k. Rclc:h111g n lengthened grv:tn. he lifted me up on it. He slid a rough cardboard box. lillcd with leftover wood blocks. clo,cr to me. I peered inside, being linicky while choosing Just lhc ngh1 bloc!. of wood. One ~pccial piece seemed to \l:il't' up at me. Its clenched knots lx:cumc wide mouths, ond they called to me. My hand carefully reached over the edge and let my lingerli glide over the smooth surface of my chosen piece. I pulled II ou1. still admiring the d.irl... clean wood. Grampa nodded his slightly tilted head nnd creased the right coml!r of his mouth. indicating my line choice.

Me carefully handled the piece of wood. and my attention then focused on the large lothe. He fit the wood into its conlinemenl and turned on the roaring mo1or. I stan:d. hypnotiied as the wood spinncd into shape. My Grampa·s stable hands switched from one tool to onothcr, delicately engraving the wood. His hands mo, cd slightly and carefully. but lhe etches in the wood raced around. thinning and curving the block into a child's masterpiece. lltc square. odd. piece of wood melted away into a tiny top. ·n,c large hands of Grampa released the fragile toy and handed i1 over to me. My eyes widened and my young lips separated into a thankful smile. I tested the top. watching iis delicate designs spin past the point of recognition.

That trip to Grampa·s always enters my mind as I glnnce at the unused top on my dresser. The top si1s. still, enveloped in dust. I stare at its aged cracks running along the sides nnd remember Grampa. g

IllS III~ (Jl~S • poetry by Lori Vivian •

down on our knees for a refund we pray only to find there ' s more money to pay

Once again that time is here time for W-2s confusion and fear

Give us a chance ,. if it ' s not to much to ask just to break even shouldn ' t be such a task

We the man in working clothes blue wonder what happened to money coming back to you

To the I . R.S .

I am paying my bill though , of sending my money I have had my fill .

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•essay by Alex T. Evans•

,, Why is it that people c3!1 see the world so differently from the way 1hn1 others see it? Why is it that Bill)bob can \\dtCh CNN and Sl't! the Soviet government as M evil d1ctotorsh1p. and BillyJoe con watch the snme program nnd see the SovielS as trying 10 implement a bener government. th111 con benefit everyone~ My proposnl 10 ~olvc this dilemma of different beliefs 1s this: Both llillybob nnd BillyJoe arc com:ct in thei r :is~umpuons - the government of the U.S.S.R. is both an evil die1a1orship and a goodnatured striving government. but in differen1 reality con<tructs. in relation lo the people experiencing them (Billybob and BillyJoe). In other words. Billybob will see everything thnt the Soviet government does as working toward their "evil" ends. and the Soviets will fulfill Billybob's oxp«tations. because his expecrnt1ons are the only things 1ha1 he can experience within his reality. Whereas Blllyjoe will see the positive actions carried out by the Soviets through his reality construct experience. and they in tum will do the positive things expected of them through Billyjoc's reality structure. This is also true m our experience.

You and I can and do experience the things that we choose to experience.

I do not pion l(! explain the ultimn1e reality. or what is behind all of the things uplaincd in this anicle only what we experience, which is nll that I believe cnn be explained. bccaul'C of the many pnrodoxes involved. If ihere is on uhimn1e reolity beyond what we think and doh cnnnot exist for us unless we believe or crcoie it. Thus I cnnnot in any wny understond 1he "beyond" of reality because it is beyond the realm of my world view. So. when I soy reality. or world view. or "truth" in this a11iclc. I nm referring to what I believe is the only thing exploinoble. what we, as some son of being. creme for ourselves.

1 am lh•ing in a mirror lmnge of what I believe to be "true". all that 1s "outside" of my body wos creaied by me. through mind mteroc1ion wi1h my world view construct. or asreed-upon univer..c. Everything thut I e~pcrience wn.• created through whnt nuthor Michael Tolbo1 cnlls holographic thinking. and is then placed wnhm my reahty construct by my belief system. where it becomes pan of my reality. What I am basicnlly saying 1s thm yes. "1111nd over mnuer'' 1~ a viable concept for c,ploining our existence. nnd 1h01 through medi101ion nnd other mmd •fOCu\ing skills. we can impact lhe reahty \\C experience with new reality structures lhot nre more rewarding.

Sharing or meeiing m cenn1n reality constructs would seem o near-nnpo~,lbility. when you consider off 1he mlinue po~s1bili11cs 1h01our ltnuted minds can come up with. but we do. Or do we? Maybe our true con-c1ousne~~ meets only once with other "minM'. but we conunue to include the~~ "people" m our realities. 1hus u~ini; a model that we create upon our first "mectmf' After the mceung. each ronsciousne<\ then travels on m its o"n reality coMtruct. which soon dlvens from the agrted-upon reality that wns ,hared for n shon pcnod of time. But ench reality conimucs to contain the htings 1h01 I meet "'Ith. which nre now only models that con be molded 10 my reality construct. Tummy is Ul n pany. and ~he's on the hunt for a mun She i, enjoying 1hc drink 1hnt she just grobbed from the pa~sing waiter when ~he secs

m.e

him (his name is Jim). Jim. wi1h a passing glance. sees Tammy nt the ~ame time. Tnmmy has. in her mind. whot she thinks Jim will be like: o st.rong quiet type. In her realny that will be true, because. as staled enrlicr. we nll create what we belic"c in. Bui Jim is really an outgoing kind of guy, he's o populnr sinnd-up comedian that always knows when 10 butt in. and that personality does not lit into Tammy's reality so already :hey hnve diverged into scpnrn1c realities. Her reality with a strong quiet type. and his reality being a comedinn. Then, of course. there is Jim's idea of Tammy, which is of u married housewife, which couldn't be further from lhe truth, or at lea.st her 1ruth.

There l5 another possibility, o somewhat lonely and self-centered possibilny. tha1would answer a 101 of questions abou1the meetings of separate realities but. surprisingly, wasn 't included in either of the books that I read for this nniclc. Namely solipsism. or 1h01 I am unto myself the sole occupant of thi s universe (or renlity construct): everyone and everything in this universe is my mind's creation. All of the different personalities, the different trees and plnnlS. and all of the ideas arc mine alone. I er-toted lhem. My experience of you. the render. is just my idea of you. you hove no reality of your own. This idea of reality ls hnrd 10 argue againsi. For instance, you tell me that you do not believe m the above reality construct. and sum arguing the point. Who'~ to soy that I am not just having a little fun. by arguing with my reality construct? The only thing you can do 1s rcfusc to occepl thal idea. Which bnngs us to u dilemma. if you refuse 10 belie,-e in a cennin reality (namely mine). nnd w)'ln1 you believe becomes true for you. what happens 10 you being just a model in my reality? As a creotion of mine. do you continue as on entity unto yourself. just as I am, creating a new construct around your beliefs. that becomes true for only you? Where you then go on 10 create more entities unto themselves. who then create ye1more universe realities? While I sit back here in my exclusive universe reality with just a model of you that I continue to use unknowingly. and that keeps splintering oway into even more realitycrea1ing enttues.

I can change the realily construct that I exist within. just as I can mnke additions 10 a house. through who1 Tolbot coifs the reality structurer. Or rather what I call "mind over mnuer." because it· s simpler to undersmnd. Through finding and unlocking my mindcenters or chocrns. of which there nre seven. I can learn to restructure the reality constructs that I live with.

These centers of "mind power" must be "untied'" through deep mcdnation. ond mind -focusing. When creliing a new reality structure it is much easier to stllrl with small projects. h~c getting rid of lhot heldnche thut hos been bothenng you for on hour. or lixmg the Mr. Coffee thnt wouldn ·, hca1 up ycs1erday. Things 1h01 can be cxplumcd by comcidence nre usuoll)• much cu~ier to do. bc1:ause our reality constructs ore so mcorpomtcd into us. stnning ut conception (yes. conception). that we hove n hard time realiong whn1 is truly possihlc. But after doing these smaller things often enough. "e stun to rculi1e 1ha1 what we meditate on ~ems 10 happen 100 often to be explained by mere statistical chance. Then we can go on to bigger things.

This is where the "crock in 1he cosmic egg" comes

in. Through the many forms of mcdiiatton U\Cd in the many religions thn1 practice it, you c:m tron,cend this existence und lind whnt author Jostph Chilton Pearce cal~s the crack in the cosmic egg. n ponal through which you can "escape.. this reality. and move into an entirely different universe of your own creation.

Whnt about God'! How docs she/he/it lit into these ideas of reality. and what doc.~ she/he/it care? I don't know. and the books I read for this nnicle didn't really cover the subJCCl either. but I thin!.. I can throw out some id cos onywuy. Maybe God is just a pan of our collecttvc consciousness. journeying as each of us docs, through the reolitics created by smaller pons of the superentity. mnybc even with some goal or purpose in mind. Or muybc God is just lhc lirst person to creme o rcalhy. and we nre all just t.he splintered-off pieces that came from that lirst creation. God could also be a thinking entity separate from all realities. direc11ng all of us through our trials and tribulo1ions. Whatever the trulh is, I'm ~ure 1h01 it is quite interesting. and I wlll contmue 10 scan:h for it.

Why hB\C I chosen lhls rralil-y, why this "truth", why am I here instend of somewhere else. and where the hell om I going (no pun intended)'? This rcali1y seems qutte odd to me: I sometimes wonder if I created it by some random chance. And lhat brings me to the question: What WM I before this? It see ms 10 me that there would have to be some before. but then I think of the ide.i ~ct fonh in pamgmph four. about the fnct lhnt there might only be me in this universe, and everything else is just my creJtion. and that if thot were true it would mean thot I was created, nt some time. by someone else. and at that time that entity gave me o history that would fit into his/her reality. This would also mean that I might not be created yet, and ihnt I nm jus1li ving in my history. without any control ai all. In other words when Tammy saw Jim she created him; all of his history and memories were crcntcd in 1he same instant, therefore what he thought he hod done, he hadn't. Well. if 1his world thnt I have been put into is no1 my creation. that explains why h's so weird. That might also exploin why the crack in lhe cosmic egg is so hord to "find", because a lot of our reality is already created for us: we huvc a hard time changing our thinking or "mind". Removing ourselves from this rut would seem to be n gonl that is wonhy of our effons. e,·en to the point of using drugs thot seem to destroy our bodies. as don Juan and Carlos Cas1inada did. A pamllel to this idea Is the way we 1cnd to tum out like our ~nts. because we arc raised for so long in o ceruiin environment. we do not always remove ourselves from the ruts that our parents were in, lhus we become alcoholics and co-dependents. Therefore it seems hlel y that because our history is created by someone else. we would continue to exist m thnt pregenero1ed world view even though ii may not be the reality that we would choose if we were to siart over.

Writing this article has been very thought· provoking for me: I beheve that l o.rn a lntle closer to the "~wtrs", or a1 lea.st my answc!'l. Maybe with a linle meditauon I can give myself a Noble Prill!. Of course. mcdi1ation is a lot of work, which is why more people don ·1 transcend this existence. or maybe lhey do and I'm the only one stuck in a rut. Anyway, I have not found many naws in 1he ideas put fonh in this nn1cle. but one of them really gets me. and that is that we can ·1 blame our existence on someone else. namely God (or can we?) and since I still have 1he ability 10 twist things around 10 my liking. as I just did. it would seem that I am not near the "uuth", but then if l create lhe uuth. what is lhc ultimate truth? Well. let us just say that "ultimate" uuth 1s for the next article.

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[ Friday, March 27, 1992

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Yes, Bobby, I'm aware of my problem.

Now will you leave me alone?

GONE Why did you go away/ I see the feathers, the rock, , the ~and, and I cry.

The wav~ cm1,h, roll, tumble into foam; :igmn, again, ag.1in

and :1g.u n. Forever.

• comic :mislry by Kevin J. Brown •

DUSTY MOSS Timr Oo3tS in the door and out the window Thcn: mu~I tic n brttlC tn thcrn, ye,. , ~ wisp< of her hair

mo,oe Why doc$ she wear a bleached ~own nnd sit so still nnd empty?

Why ntt there b~ that block the light :ind the door?

Mufllcd notes of plu,:~cd guirnr <Iring< drirt ,n along with the smells of lru.t night's \upprr.

Ah! \he moved, or wi~ it ju<t a'"' itch1 No. them it i< aj!nin Her (3ee u~htcns Md frowns ns she prcs.ses down on her chair and. ns n robot: she <ttlllds She gll!Mes nt the b.ln: bulb abo,·c the door.

11 isn't red: no one is coming Strunge how she stai;gm to the .. ,nr.tow a.nd blin~s away thoughts. Look at her ~nucklcs tum ttdd,sh,purplc ns the lJrii>s the oors.

Was that a scream? Ah y~ and another and IIJlOlhcr What's thlll she S11Jd? I'd s"'car she mumbled something.

She tum< and looks at the bulb-Rfil)"

We were forever, alwuy\ together, forever. \X/hc rc am I! I remember w.ilking on 1he beach, ~wimming naked in 1hc cold, dark, black wa1cr in 1he lropical night.

Why am I here in this white, bnght rooml I ::tm wet. I am cold.

Oh, GOO! seaweed all over me, tl ·~ rnngling in my h::ur.

I can't breathe. I nm choking.

AIR· I need Air. I need you!

Where have you gone? \X/hy dtd you go away 1

REASONS Mo,;ng fur away an bring you

dos!!r............. togcthcr.

Stay :iw;iy!

"l'm pregnant." she said.

Gently she 10..'trs hcrsclr into her chair SIMe SI\$ still and empty; and the bass block the hght and the door

He laughed.

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CLICK I try to be poetic and write long. lavish lines of beauty and love.

The problem i~ that the time for naive or blind fai th. hope, and charity has pas~cd.

The wind rustling the leave\ on the trees used 10 stir my hcan and take me away to dream!> of my knight in shining annor.

Walling through fields of daisies and wild grass with buuernies and clouds would make me laugh and dance and skip with delight I can't see the fields anymore. I don't know

why.

I guess it's because I' ve stopped caring.

The television blasts machine guns and blood; children crying. and husband a frustrated fanatic.

Constant yelling and complaining. I am Tired.

I can't write about love. My love bas·died and lwell. r exist.

There is nothing to write.

I have nothing to give.

• poecry by Chmcme La Bang•

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Page 8 SANDPOINT I con'1 livc here no more.

I cun·1 sleep Bl nighl.

I feel ~ick 10 1he core.

TlllS 1own 1sn·1 righl.

'• Your parenls nrc: high.

And mine nre hlind.

The cups huvc clo~cd their eye.,.

Our 1eachcr, don't even try.

You sny ··1c1's nm nway.

E.scapc 1his dead end life.'"

Ou1 whoi"~ ano1hcr day.

When rm living 11 m sirifc?

You ,ec la~, nigh1•..

I hud a 1wclvc year old girl Offer 10 ~lccp wilh me, A, long a., I gave her 1hc money To muke her sneeze.

I always knew There were girls like her.

Bui never m my home town.

I" ~c ignored so much in 1his world. h look su li11le 10 bring me down.

Why con'1 I ~h.ike 1hh shume?

An en1irc life I' ve lived 1hcrc And I wouldn'I <Cc lhc pmn.

I didn'1even care.

• poetry by Jason Phoenix Ahlquist •

• poetry by Kelli Austin•

It's that delicate time When you lie in your Bed and the blark night has spilled Over into the day. leaving you S1aring into nothing.

Your thoughts become restles~.

Stirring up misfortune, Long-ago lovers, And soli whispers.

The morning sun peers over the horizon I, dressed in wam1 cotton swear~ Breathe in the cold brisk air.

White fro,cn grai.s Sun-ounds my footprints.

I bcg111 :.h.>wly Panung. stretching my lrgs Pumping my ann~ Til every muscle hardens Wilhin me.

Around the comer ot' Pinc and I ~t Up Old I li.:kory I lill I jog on Setting my pace. enjoying Ellrth'i. awakening.

Slithering in the ,tcamy horizon.

Strt~t~ hot and black ai. death.

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I close my blinded eyes from the sboddng blaze Sining and waving a fan. culling through the thick air.

CaJm remembrance of summer's midnight haze.

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The loss of a legend Eric Clapton, Robcn Cray, brother Jimmie Vuughnn and Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy. climbed aboard a doomed helicop1cr that slammed into n fog-)hroudcd hill~idc Hello !here, my old rriend near southeastern Wisc.onsi n's Alpine Valley Noc so long ago i1 wa~ 'til !he end ski re.ion. killing nll passengers.

We ployed ou1in 1h' pouring min SRV and his band Double Trouble. which On our way up lhe rood we ,!llltl'd overngain consiM1 of bassist Tommy Shannon. drummer Chris Lay1on and Reese Wyans on Your'c li,,in' our dream, wo you on top keyboards. were re\pon~ible for giving us 9 My mind isnchin' l.ord i1 won'! <;top nlbums during their IO shon ycar<11ogc1her.

'In.n's how II h:lpp,ms livin' life by the drop Their ninth and nnnl release, cn1i1led "The S1t11ie Ray Vnuglum Sky is Crying," wns put together by Stc,•ie's Oct. J. 195./ · Aug. 27. /990 bro1hcr Jimmie with studio track.\ 1ha1 SRV had compiled. recorded. miAed nnd just never put together ror an album.

He wa.s, perhaps. 1hc grca1c~1 blues SR V's brother snid " I wenl 1hrough a gui1nris1of our gcnera1ion. No one who ever whole vun of ntulti-1rack 1apes and it wa.( nil had 1hc opponunily 10 sec or liMcn 10 1he there - like. 'pul me 1ogcthcr.' h seems like music of S1cvie Roy Voughon could escape he just lefl 1hcm...." being moved by 1hc experience. and any This recording, like every single one of S1cvic Rny fan will no doub1 fill in this I 0SRV ·s. is pocked full of note-bending song sound1rnck with his or her own intcnsi1y. a gut-wrenching vibrato. bli,tcring mcmoncs nntl visualizations of lhc mlln w11h lc:1ds and a 100 of soul.

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SPORTS Edited and Designed by Ryan Bronson As.\isted by Mark Jerome and Dominic Howard

13 WINTER SWIMMING EVENTS EXSQUEEZE ME!!

Wrestlers second at nationals winning four of five matahes in the scmilinnls.

The final score of the tournament wns Garden City 101. NIC 89 1/2, Ricks 83 1/2.

"In pns1 years, 89 points could have been enough to win the title, but when somebody scores over 100. it is touih to win." Owen mot-men earned themselves a silver medal in said.

by Domink Howard the National Juni or College Athletic Assistant Editor Unfortunately for Rob Edelblute, 118 "Revenge is a nice thing," Conch Owen Association·s national wrestling tournament. pounds, drew the No. I seed in the first After ending the first doy of nationals in round and the No. 3 seed in the second round said ofter his team fired back on Ricks College in the national wrestling tournament third place. behind Ricks College and Owen said. He faced the kid who won the and beat them after losing 10 them in the Garden City. Kan .. the Cards rallied back to Outstanding Wrestler Award in rhe nation for earn second place again. After day one NIC his first match. Dnn Schumacher who placed Region 18 tournament.

Frank Velazquez and Mark Echeverria had 36 1/2 points 10 Ricks's 40 1/2 and second m last years 1ournnmcn t wns ousted won national titles leading the way for NIC, Garden City's 38 1/2. NIC won live of six in only two matches in his bid to return to the and for the second consecutive yenr the NIC quarterfinal matches to pince live wrestlers linols. into 1he semi-final round Edwin 'Midnight' Allen stoic the show in for the second day of the first day of wrestling ns he stunned the act ion. NI C started the No. I seed Trucker Waller. 190 pound~. of the 1ournnmen1 with nine Garden City in the qu:1t1crfinals 10 advance wrestlers. ''We did a grea1 to the semi ~. In hi~ opening match Allen pinned hi s opponen t in I :57 and won h1~ job in the fron 1 door(winners bracket)." second match 9- 1 before routi ng Waller in said Owen. "We looked the quartcrfinols. Allen then rt)uted his semilike a beaten dog coming final opponent 10-2 befor~ losing 17-14 in ou t of rcgion:1ls. we the linnl~ to Tyrane Gamer of Wilkc.s. N.C. "Edwin got a big-time win for us," Owen were hurt, wounded. Our kids didn't like breaking said about Allen's win over Waller.

VelnLqucz repeated a~ nnuonal champion our strinp of 20 s1rnigh1 dis1ric1 1i1lcs, but they in his weight cla~s (134pounds) and bounced back and freshman Mork Echeverria also won the 1111c auacked n:11 lonnls. at 150 pounds. Velo1que2 i~ only the fourth NIC wrestler 10 win back·t<>-bnck title~. He b unlike regionals."

NIC placed six of nlso an academic All -American.

"Frank will go 10 a big university and nine in the quarterfinals photo by Aprll Muhs nnd won fi,·e of the six wre.stlc. and I think he will make the nationBI President Robert Bennett shakes hands with with Coach marches. 1l1cy 1hen sent tournament for four-year universities as John Owen looking on in a punch line at a public wrestling four wrestlers in10 the well," Owen \aid. "Frank was a grea1 leader championship round by for us th.: pa.st two years and deserved the awards ceremony held alter NIC took second place.

Velazquez, Echeverria national champions

ou tstanding wrestler award. He dominatcd his weight class.''

Velazquez bent his Garden City opponent 7-3 in the semis and then pulled out a close match, 5-4. in the finals over Dave Mirikltani of Merrimac. Mo. 10 take the national title.

Echeverria controlled his weight class on his way to the national title :i.~ wdl. He won his match against his Garden City opponent a~ well. I-le pushed around McCreary of Garden City to o 8-1 win in the semis and then won his champion~hip match 9-2 ngain,t Sidnty Hooks of Law~on. Calif. 10 rake the na11onal 11th:.

"I was very plc05ed with the pcrfonnancc of Ed" in and Bre1(S1ubblefield) in the tournament as they won second plole in their \\ Ci!lhl clas~cs." Owen sniJ. "They both had nt le.isl IO losses on the year and they came through when it counted."

Stubblefield lost a low scoring match in the ch.11np1o~hip, -1-3. to Evereu llurm of NE Oklnhumu 10 earn hims.:lf n second plarc.

"I Jm glad that I will have Stubby. Mark and Midnight back next year," Owen ~a id.

James "BuMcr" Watkin, had an outstanding 1ourm1mcn1 n, well as the rc,11 of the guys, O,\cn said. Watkin, lini,hed fourth in the nn11on in the heavyweight du~~ after lini1hing ,eventh ln.11 year. Watkins mndc it to the semis and then lost to Oc11111rius Jackson of Waldorf. lown 12-3. Mc won hi\ match in the consolotion bracket 10 earn hh founh place in the national\.

When ii was all over, Owen said he had no complaints.

"I don't look at it like we lost the chnmpion~hip, but thn1 we earned second pince," Owen said

Early hitting, strong pitching guide ca·rdinals

by Ryao Bronson Spon~ editor II seems that every year the ba5eball team mi,scs a few game, because of the weather. but this year the team stonncd 10 a great start nnd the weather hn,n't been a factor.

The Cord1nals drorped to 10-7 on Tuc~dny when they were defeated by Blue Mountain College 3-1 and 11 -5.

According 10 Cooch Jack Blo~om, despite an early hitting team streak. the Card~ pilching has ~en supnsingly strong.

"The defense has played poor but the pitchmtt 1s better than I expected:' Bloxom ~aid. "We ~tarted out hitting preat. but for \Omc re.c.on now we\e hit a ~lid~ ...l thought II "Ould get bcttur but it\ gotten 11or,e •

The Cardinal Stich hnvc gone cold ~ince about the ninth or 10th game of the season, according to Blo~om. The team hod an average well abo,•e .300 and then dropped down well below 1h01 during the pasl seven or eight game,. Bloxom s.iid.

Through the ups and downs of the earl> ,cnson, the pitching has held together well for NIC. Bloxom said.

Rob Larson has puchcd well and Derrek Cone~ ha., been phenominol con~idering an elbow ~urpery. which could havl" been career ending. ocC'ordmg 10 Bloi1om Three pitcher.. will be in tht' rotntion for league games \\ ith returner; Contes and Doug Nell.

The Cardinal\ play :u Columbia Ba~in Saturduy at I p.m

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Athlete of the Month -----·-- Derrek Conces --·-···· Derrel. Cone~\ is the Sporu Cdllar Athlete of 1hr M,mth for MJrch. ('once.< wtnl 3-1 with an c.imro run avcrJgl' under I 7 ru~ per game this month.

Concec\ wn., horn m Clc,dand, Ohio, and mowd 10 Co.,ur d'Alene ilb juni<>r }Cat oi high s.:hool and graduated m 19119.

Conces i~ cooung off ma,or clbo"' ~urgl!ry. I-lei~ majonng in m.J.tinc biolo:1y.

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fol~\, 11'\ thut time of 1hc )cJr ag.1m "h~n lhc linlc ~chool, iet to ~ho" ofl "hy the) "ere c:ho,en to ll<' a p.1rt of the NC AA 1oumamc111, MARCIi ~IAONl:SS! Thi~ )Cilr i~ no dirfertnl than p:i~t ycan. "hen ii comes 10 up<c1s Man) lutlc schools hnH'. be.1tcn 1hc big and hcnvily favored \Chools.

For (Xumple: The C1ncinat1i B,mrcnt< bcatrng the No. I seeded Kan,as Ja) howJ..s or The Memphis Stale Wildcats beating highly seeded Arkans:is.

The biggest Dominic Howard rca~ons for these up\C" is emotion Opinion and the recently ern1blbhed 3· point line rule. ll1e smnll ~chools rely more on emotion and inten~i1y thnn anything else :i., they arc just ccsintic Ul be there 10 begin with compared to ,ay a Gcorpc1own who is there every ycnr. For cxnmplc Tulane bcn1 St John's. ,ind who i, Tulane'' A smoll division I school playing on emotion and rel) mg on the .3-pomt shot. S1. John\ pluys 1n one of 1hc ,1ronge,1 leugucs in college b,I\J..c1b,1II. the Big l:.;1s1.

TI1c new J-p(linl line h:ts 1v1ally rh.rngcd college bosldlwll. It h,1, mndc 11 ~o 1hnt 1e,1m, wi1hout ,1 h1g ,trong cen ter can compcic w11h bij!gcr team, if they ran hll the three If a tcmn hu, only 35 percent of i1'~ three point a11cmp1, it can ,ta)' with ,1 1,•am 1h01 ,htJOI\ owr ~O Jk'n.'l!nl from 2-l)(•int hmd and rarely hit, llw trC). 111Jt 1, ,,,ac1ly whm team, likl.' rulanc and hM Tt.'nnc,,cc State do. they brini; the ball dPw 11 1hc noor .tnd the pcr,on "1th 1hc rir-i opt.'n thrdc 1ak.:, the ,hot If the)· n: hilt fr11m 1r,•y lane I. lht)' "in.

Howe, er. 11 " •-er) hard 10 put w1,1cthcr ,c, eral g.1me, in ,1 row when >uur team is hot from thr,·c point land • .ind 1hat is "hY the ~anw 1,•.im, are ;1l\\,I)' it'll m the '"CCI 16 u, usual ACC. IJ1g Ea,1. l11j! bph1 and J>ac- 10 ,chools .ire lcf1. Dulc 1, my picl 10 ,,in the n,11iom1l 111lc, ;1gain. On till' other hand. Duke did beill UNI V l,1,1 )ear in th,• higg,•,1 upst•I of the }Car to earn the na1ion.1l 111le But lhi, )ear "a lint,• d1lkrcn1. a, 1hcft' arc ,c,cral ,m.111 ;md nc,N hc.ir.t ul ,chool, in the '"<'el I6,1nclud1ng Cincin.1111 Unl\c"1l) ol Tcu, 11 P11"1· l m,er,11> nl :.1.1".tdHl'l.'II\ ,uni ~lt·\11.0 CitJtc Jlhl hi name the c,trcmd) ,nMII ,,h1>0l, \J.,r,h '.\l,1.tnc" 1, th,• Hu,· 'fl\llh f,m·, ,lr,·,101 ,,( .1 tnuro.1111~111 .1, "" .tll lo,,~ lur";ir.t to \l,11,h111g ,,n,I b~11111;;. 011 th<' l1i\(1rcd lt:,tm, Jnd h"rnu our munt."} hkl· , C\

hy M ark,\. Jcr<1me Dixie. but I felt we lo,1 the game a~ t\s,~rnnt Editor opposed 10 Dixie winning. We didn't The North Idaho College men·s cxccu1.: well al all and did 001gc1 very good ba,kelbnll team lost ii'~ mo~I impor1nn1 results t'rom our perimeter plnyc~:· c:hnlkngr or the year, losing m the opcnin:1 \Villt.1ms went on 10 ~ay "Wc\•e hnd n round of the Notional Junior College strange ll'am thi~ ~<'Uson in the sense rhnt Athletic A~sotiation region 18 men', wht·n wt went cold. c~eryh!Jdy, c~()l?cinlly b) i'.lark A. Jerome tournamem 10 the Dixie Colkge Rehels 93 . our out$id~ (lll(>plc, went cold. We hove 31~ A:,_~bt,m1 Edllt>r 81. hel d 01 Orem. Utah, on Thur~day. been a 1eom of extremes :ind 1h01 can The North Idaho College women·~ Mwch 5, in front of Jn o!Stlma1ed 500 fans. obviously mean big trouble. Toni pr.:uy bu~kcrbnll team ~Jw it's sea~o11 ,omu to Thr fourth seeded CarJinuh end th('ir much describes our end ol-thc-ycar Jn ,1brup1 end Jftcr 10,ing 72-62 10 the S<?oson ,n 24-7,just wc.:k.s ofter demolishing problems."

Snow College BaJg,·r., m the first round Dixie by 15 points in the resular sea~on.

Willi.1ms ~aid he w:1\ in the middle or llf 1hc Notionnl Junil"r Colkg.: Athletic N!C b11$ically blew il in the lirs1 half of evaluating his pluyl'rs :uitl dccid111g who 10 ,\,~oc,anon Region 18 TournJmcnt. The the g:ime hilling. ju~t 5 for 22 for a 36 invite b11ck for the 1992-93 ,c~on, but wa, 1ourn.imcm wa, held in Orem, Utah, n1 percent i.hooting performance ond a confident a number of player.; wou Id return the Uiah Valley C,llnmuni1y Colleg.i gignnuc Ofor 8 from th.rec point lnnd.

Tracy Evans and Donol,1 Perrill for next scn.,on. One plnyt'r that will not he Activity Ccma on Thur,,Jny. Morch 5.

UVCC earned the ngh1 to hosl the eventually got on wrgc1 in lh,• M'tond hJlf. returning will be the: C:irdionb ~tnr11n11 lini~htng w11h 24 und 20 points center. Tm.vb Stel. who has accepted a 1ournn111cn1 nftcr winning the Scenic West respecti\'tly. Travis S1el. NIC'~ stnr center. ~cholarsh1p 10 play at hcsno S1Jtc A1hlc1ic Confcrcnct: women·~ baskc1boll conkrenc111i1le thi< ye:ir linistwd with 12 points and 10 rebounds, UnivCPilly.

The Culkgc of Southern lduho Edglc) The Cll.rdinal~. ,c.:tlcd IO\I in the ,i~· while Lnvis Lorton \no relation to the Ouffalo Dill~ WR Jomtl, Lof1on1 ended the were crowned tht• Rt•gion IR Tuurnnm('nr team tourney. limsh 1he yenr ot l'l-12 evening with 10 point~. IS 1:xu,rd~ and ~i,. chumpiun, for lh.: :.cventh con~uu,·e yc.ir dftcr a long hard fought. injury plagued nnd t!nded up placing third ut the Nauonal year. ns,;tst~.

"1 wa~n·1 overly plea~d with th~ way Junior Collegt! f-in :11~ that were held In The third,secdcd B,1dgcrs (19-8) llutchinson, Kun, .. over the weekend of sccnwd 10 go lo lhc foul line every otht.:r wt! pl11yc.t m the 1oumamen1," s:ud NIC', ronrh Rolly Willium~. "Nol lO de1r,1c1 from March 17, 111.md 19 um.: down lhe coun accor,ling 10 coJch lkHnvcn Hill. ~ IC wound up getting wh1~!1.:d for 30 loul\ l wh1rh plJgcd the Curds l.nc in the ~,·u,on). 12 more lhun Snow. w,d lb.: Dndger,. ~liot I? more fr1.-t 1hrt1w). Two C,1rdrn11ls loulcd out 11nd lour othcr., ended 11p with four touls c.i,h.

"And they (the 13Jdger\l didn'1 get railed for one charge·· grumbled llill Complaints ll\ide. Ifill wa, lilt lirsl l1l admit h1~ team played poorly. 100~ many bod foul~ :ind made far loo many unforc~d turno,ers m I.he critkal sec.,nd half.

"Ano1ht!r thing that hurt w.s.~ !Ml the)' got 25 offc:ns1ve board, 10 our ~9 dcfco,1ve rebound~." Hill ,aid. ·•wi: kn~,, 1bey would p.:netr.1Ul every um.: down the ,·0UJ1. lhut\ what rh.:y do.''

NIC', Kri,ti Johnson ~aid. "\Ve worked on 11, \\CJU~t d1Jn'1 execute.''

Ah~on L,md1 ,,tta. con1inut'd h,·r 1:,tc \Ca,on ,coring sprc,·. by going 7 for 7 rrom th,• t 1<'ld as she kJ the Cardinal~ ,v1u1 18 poin~ Gin.1 Bcllugantc added 11 board,. c1g,ht poin1~ and ,1, lilockt'll <hor,.

Snow hdd ~IC', AII-Rc9ir,n ptd. Krbtin Singer. H• nine points.

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Now that ,ummer i\ here and ,, inter i, deJd, kt~ laol.. back 01 ~ome mcmoric, or the cold nnd hiner winter. or at l~a.,1 the winter that we wtre suppo,e 10 h3\'C The December chill wa~ in the air. and the subtle snow Oake~ llf wintl·r ha,c come and gone. Now Old t-lnn Winter h pi,,cd, nnd he"s !!hint? us a t:blC of "hm winter i~ re.illy m.e. This is the penect lime for the 5pon of Polar Bear S" imming It's a superb sport that h,1s mnny ad,unrnges o,cr the common and e\'Cry-da)' e,cnts of ~ummer. It hos been described as cool. radical. hip. ou1s1nndingly groovy and the ne,,cst fonn of binh control for 1oday"s you1h. Lei's look into thi'\ new- wa\'e ice agr 1h01 is ~weeping the nmion.

For a polar-swim 10 be successful. one must hove pencct conditions. The first item that is extremely important is 1he ex ternal elements. It must be e,1rcmely cold. nnd the water must contain at least four different species of slimy fish. Many enthusia~ts say 1h01 these fish nre optionnl, howe,·er. without them, you could nc\'er receive those thrilling fish bites prove that you were stupid enough to panicipate in this wacky spon.

Another ractor in a Polar-swim is the amount of people. The more people 1h01 panicipate in the e,•en1. the more fun. This is because rools love company, nnd people realize thnt 10 be considered crazy is n subtle compliment.

With the congregation of people ronning.

the C\'ent mlly now begin. If there i, ice on the la.kc II ,~ loudly broken. ,md th( ma\\ ol people bur.I into the water. This ac1 dos:, 1,,0 1hings. Fi~I. it shocks the hell ou1 of Jny fi~h in the lvcal area. ,ccond, it causes nt lcos1 1wo dcmh, from faulty pace-makers.

After a few minutes the fish 11cccp1 the fact thn1 1hcse people arc gni ng 10 be h<'rc for a while. nnd prOCcl'll to bite their new guest\.

Ou1lnndish screams of "SHARK!"" are ignored by 1hc local veteran~ and the bite\ c:on1inuc (along with some pinch wounds from the local pcrvenl.

Wmer fight\ break out and linlc l'luldrcn ask what hypcnhcrmin means. This subtle con1raq between arc1ic condi1iuns and an arrny of body pyramids becomes too much for these avid spom fans. Therefore. after about 15 to 20 minu1cs. everyone gcb out of the wuter. Old Mun Winter never IO)CS. When 1hesc adventurers leave the water. they have noticeably been changed. For one, the 1hermal stimulati on has made 1hcm resemble over-grown smurfs wi1h 1hyroid problems. They also ~hoke like Mountain Dew addicL~ thal need a fix.

You will notice these 1hings. but if you are truly obsen•ant you will notice something else. These people feel more alive than anyone else on the plnne1. nnd 1h01 is the rcnson they come out for the Polar Bear swim. The cold takes them beyond reality nnd enhances their senses. So in the end. these cold blooded Smurf look-n-llkc~ nre hoppy. Why? Because they're alive. nnd they cherish it more than anyone. NOT!!!

Umpi¥e inducted to Idaho Hall of Fame

by Darrel u~ehrwr was offil'ltlting, whkh ho~ gained him re,pect Scnuncl Reponer NIC \Cicn,•e from .~omc, di,tnin from othe~. in\lructor Did: Raymond also Raymond has been announced lnr the NlC immonalized with his hl~\l.ctbnll games induction IQ 1hc ldnho ··Love him llr hate: Softball H:lll of l·:unc him. Di.:k Rnymond is Raymond, who Diel..

R11ymon,l." umpired slowp11ch HcJdlcy said "He wJ, softball from 1967-90. alway, m ch:i.rge There is only the , econd was nll que,tion who umpirl' to be hunured wn, th.: plfl)ct ,md wh,, with thl· induction 10 wn, the umpire when ht Idaho's softball ~hrinc. wll~ involvl!d in a game.

"That kind ol cnught ,\ nyllod) ,, ho hJtcJ me b}' su1msc,.. w~ all Dick Raymond him diJn"t like any !he usu:tlly vocnl 61umpire" year-old Raymond said Among h1• mnny DCl'Ompli<hment, in of the announcement that he hud been umpinng ~llttllall (n ~pcm in wh1,·h h.: wn, inducted.

However. Jim Heartley, nssi~t.int ncvt'r u punk,pnm). R.1ymond can list athletic dire.:wr m NIC, had plcmy 10 ,a~ work1n2 three nntionnl tournament~. 11 rcg11>n,1b and ,cvcral stnh' toumnment~. about Raymond'~ induction.

Raymond hos .iho offici.1tcd in ··1 think it's great for Dick," said Hendley. who has ployed ,oftball anti b.lscball, ioo1ball. t>:i.;.ketball and skeet In peen a 111urnnmcrn1 ,lirccto, In p.amc, 1980. he rc:lt.>n:cd natiorrnl dmmpion~h1p~ umped J:,y Ruyrnond for 30 ycnr-,. "He'( in both sk.-et nnd softball. ··t never quc:,tioned (R:iymond" ~) been vuy con\i:. t~nt :ind conducted hint\elf very pmfcs~itmnlly." t'olls,'· H~adley ~nit!. " I qu<!slloned his Rn}'mund i~ hcst known for 1he u.,.: of cye~ight :i rew 11mes. but 1 never his ,1rong vocal rord~ during games he qucstioncd h1~ coll~.'·

Cardinal tracksters spring into action

NIC posts pa,·r of nat,·onal quali·t,·ers _ _

by Dominic Ho"ord Assistant Editor Jose Gonzales ho~ been the ~,11r of the 1992 NIC trnck and field 1cnm so for 1his $pring, as he has broken the N IC school record in 1he 3,000 meter s1ccplcdm,e ,tnd qualified for nationals after only three meet~.

NIC runs, Jumps and thro" ~ ogain~t 4year schools because of it\ J(){"a1ion. and M> far this year they havt done excellent saill ChriMy Davids, NIC track coach.

"We rnn:I)' run-up ngninst our ri\'nls u111il regionals because of the meeh we cn1er ;ind the loca11on of our school," Davids said.

'That cnn hun u~ in 1hc ps)choloc1cal ~n\C. but helps us grc~1ly in the phy,1cal sen~ II gives the ,\lhlctes l -.en~ of where they need 10 ge110 anti better compe1111on." . Even though N!C goes up against many bigger schools, !hey hn,c been doinl,! \\Cl! this ~pring. For example in the W:1,hing1on lnvi1n1ionol, Jo-.e Gon1nles finished firn m the steeplechase. Gary Smith finished third in

the 1,500 meters. Dave Smith finished third in 1hc 400 me1crs, Trnt'y Trudell won the 800 meters and the NIC men finished fourth in the 4 x 400 meter relay. The women have also Ix-en doing very well as Marcy i\nkrum Jinished fifth m the sho1 put. Con~uclo Bauer came in ~econd in the I00 and Angela Mainni plncetl s1Mh in the discus.

Al these big meets. team score~ arc not rccorded. David~ )atd. Individual award!> JI<' given ou1 1hough. ··11 would be nice if they gave out team ,corl!., and award~ but it 1~ just 100 hard U)O calrulot.: with IO or more schools :11 lh<' ml>et.'" Dav1ds said. "'I nm very plcu,ed wi1h our ~rrormancc ,o far, c~pcciully that of Gonlnl,~ ond Dave Sm11h, a, 1hey both have qualified for nntion~I, in the Meeplccha,c and the 200 mc1er<-," Dovids said "We will not know wh~rc we real!} ,tand until rc111onals when we face other ] vear school\ from our region, but I 1hink g~mg

againsl 1h_cse..big schoo,, will reJ!ly help...

Davids !>aid. It means mor1: 10 place at one of chese meets compared 10 o Junior college mee1."

NIC"s neAt me~1 takes pince at Missoula for the Montana ln\'itationnl on April -1.

Sport Cellar Female Athlete of the Month ------- Consuelo Bauer ------Con1.uelo Bouu has only been runnini; truck for two year~ .ind ~he is ,,·111ning collegl' nh:«:t). QULte :, fci:t Cooch Chmty David~ said.

Bauer participate~ in 1hc l(J(I and JOO

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From left-Heather Bartleson, Diana Carter and Angela Lenhardt running.

Consuelo Bauer

very d.:termined to be Ha. get n,ncr gel\ intimtd:1tcJ b} other runners anll 81!1\ bcncr w 11h every meet: DJvid!. )a1J Sh~ is from Laldand Iii~ SCh\lt1l IR RJlhJrum. Id.

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Sterling Silver Awards examined by l\ lobrl Ko,.Jmkl'

Seniind R<'poner The Sterling Silver A"ard i, ghcn l'nch month 10 the Nonh ldah<> CollCl,1<' cmplo) cc who ho, been selected the ,1 innrr from Jmong many 1n rccogn111on ot their nutstanding pcrfonnnn,c Winner or the St~rling Sil1cr A" ard thl\ month is Connie Daw,on. a.,sistunt dir,·ctor or linnnc1al aid.

March 28........Columbia Basin C.C...... 1 p.m.

31 ........ Big Bend C.C............... 1 p.m.

April 3..........Treasure Valley ............. 1 p.m.

4 ..........Treasure Valley ........... 12 p.m.

1O........ Ricks College.............. 1 p.m.

Track 4...........Montana lnvllalional.............. . ................................... Missoula, Monl.

lntramurals March 30.......... Horse Tournament...........7-9

April 9..6-person outdoor volleyball tourney 1, 6, 7, 8........Co-ed softball .....3:30 -5

Home games in bold COOPER from Page 2 - - - - - Am11ng her muny accomplishments ur,· the 1991 Gr.1dua1c Lcnder~l11p and 1991 Graduate Student Peer awurds from 1hc Wh11wonh Oillege lmen:olleginte Center for Nul\ing Educa11on.

Cooper w.i, nl\o t1c111·c in man} organ11a1ions including the Women·~ Center, the North Idaho Pru-Choice Nctworl., the Idaho Women·~ Network and the Panhandle Chapter of the Na11onal Or1,1nn11ation for Women · of which ,he \\3S prc~idcnt-dect.

'That', lhe type of woman she "a~; ~he wa,n·1 a follower," Brogan ,aid. "She "as very stra111h1 fof\\.vd . She had h1ph ,tandnrd, for herself. and <hl' c,pccted the same from her students.''

Brogan ,1 i,1full> recnllcd Cooper partic1pn1ing 1n a facuhy-,•cr,us-s1ud,·n1~ voile) ball gumc. ··Jody WO$n't very good. but 'Ilic gave her all," she ~aid.

Ahhough nearly a month ha, pa~scd.

Brogan said <he still feel~ :i lo,, from Cooper'\ death.

"The counseling, potluck i111d memorial~ have helped heal the heart, but we'll still miss her." Brogan said. "It won't fill the hole."

"l nm e,tremcl) happy. u', probably 1he best awnnl I've ever reCCl\ed bccau<e I Jove my job." ~aid Da,,wn.

Student< who ,, 1<h 10 nomma1e :1 tc,1chcr or other employee ,hould fill ou t the nnminuuun form or drop a note rn the ballot bo:1; ,,i1h the nominee·, name and the rca<on for the nomina11on. Nominnuon lonn, can be found .u any of the: following b:11101 ,i1cs: 1hc mnil room in Lee Hall. Bo,well Hall, 1hc Vocational Offic.: in the Hedlund Building, maintenance and the front entrance or 1hc S1uden1 Union Building. Additional bo~es will soon be placed in Seiter Hnll, Pon Holl and the new Library Computer Center.

111c comminec which chooses the winner from 1he nominees was formed in 1988 by President Robert Dennen nnd 1hc board of di rectors 10 recognize an employee each monih who is admired by 1heir colleagues, co-workers and student~. The mee1ing take, pince the 1hird Friday of each month The winner is cho~en after he hns rcceh•ed sc,•eral nominouons over many mon1hs.

Thcrdorc. students ore encouraged to keep nominuting n candidn1e if he or she •~ nol ,elected.

"NIC is fortunn1e enough 10 have many outsinnding em ployee~. ~o i1 often takes u while to get around 10 your favori1e," according IO Glcnmor Fullmer Sterlin!! Silver Commi11ce chairwoman. "The comm111cc find~ il overwhelming 10 choo,e between the cAircmcly qualified nominations each month."

Amoni the cmerin for un employee hem!! chosen is 1h01 he or she goe, the e~tr;i mile.

Full mer \aid Other cri teria \he foted include: They truly make an effort 10 help a ~1uJcn1 or co-worl.er. 1h~y genuinely care abmu NlC and 11, pc11plc t1nd they do more thun• the job lfe,mp11on require Jnd the) cxhib11 and cxllmplary a11i1ul.lc After being cho~en the winner is prc,cntcd the S1erlmg Silver Award ma ~urpri,e ceremony III the bctiinning of the month. Bcnnen pre,cms n plaque nncl a gift ccnilicatc for u dinner.

"The winner.' picture~ arc displayed in Lee Hall for a month ulun11 w11h quote~ of thm!!S that were snid on nomina11on,. The picture( are kept in an historicul album in Public Rela1ions. ,, p1c1urc and pre~, relca,c arc given 10 the Coeur d'Alene Pre\~.

Spokesman Re,•icw, Splnsh nnd Wee ~sworth, but what ~ccm( rno\l npprecin1cd by the winner 1, n 'parking standard,' which is n ~f)l'ci.il re,crved p,trl.ing ~pace for the month," she said.

There ha, c bt:en 41 Sterling Silver 1\ward winners (ac1ually more, becnu,e once the cnure Ground Crew wn, awarded n., .1 pmup.

S1erhng Silver Awnrd winners include: Eileen Ru,~ell, Bermc:e Wright, Bob Ncwdl, Bill McKccn. Lindo Michal, Tom Lyon~.

Lanny Stein. Robcnu Blael., Milt Turley, Denise Clark, Joanne 7..immermnn, J1111 llo"crton, Esther Webb. llnb Bnnt,1. Mu,ine Schierman, llabt'11c lie)~. Oorb l.nn1l, Jim ll c,ulley. Ann S10111111c,. Chnrlc) C,1hi ll, l\lary Sorcn,on, Dori, Kon,e ll.1 ,Karmen Scrvk~ ,Pauline Irvine ,1\111.c Wolf. Ern,1 Rhinehart , Dono ld,o, Don Frus, Roger Brodhoff and Elaine C.irt\\rii;ht

Media speaker to give oration

by Kelli Austin and llrook Cunnin11hnm Sentinel Reponcr, Carl Bcn,che1d1 or B~n,chcidt Production, ,, 111 be on campus April 14 at I :00 p.m. 10 'fl<'.a~ 1c1 tho,c who ,ire uncomtonuble under 1hc mcdrn ,po1hgh1 He will h..- ,pc.1~1ng on 1hc e,scn1i.1I~ or honc,t) .1nJ compo,urc needed \lihCn dc:1hng \\Ith camera, and large audience,.

"When po!Oplc talk 10 m~1"· It', ah1ay~ a dcfcn,hc situation. We will b.: 1.,l~ing about 1hc 1mpononce ol talking in a po,il1vc tone," Ben,d1eid1 (Jid. ncn,cheidt Produc11nns 1, a consulung firm thnt pro,1de\ help for tho,e "ho huvr 10 face the media in cri~" s11ua11ons 8cn,chc1d1 unJ h1, wife. L"n· ore the consullan1, and owner\ of Bcnschc1d1 Production, They con,u It l' \Cl'U l ivc,.

11ovcrnmcn1 Clffic1als. and pt1h1k1an~ who hu, C lO f,ICI' the llll'dl,1 on (\1U(hy subJect,.

Bd'orc Ocn~che1d1 Produc11on,, lkn,chctdl "orl.ed with Cl3S Tcle,•i\lon Nc1work tor firtcen year, Seven of the years

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coN produ.::er/dircctor [or 1he Cl3S Evening Ne,,, with Dnn Ruther Bcns.·he1d1', ph1lo,ophy i, "Nc~cr lie 10 1he 111cd1,1, !le.:uu,e if you do y11u wil l get c.iugh1 Today one need, 10 be more prnuc1ivc ,md learn ho" to u,c the mcdi;110 get aero,, n poS111ve me,,uge ubout thcm,clvc~ or the c11111p.my." Ocn,.chcidt c,pltuncd llen,che1d1 Pro<luc11011, help, people \O they can tell 1heir ,idc of 1hc ,1ury wuhout mcrca,ing the damage 1t1 their crcdlbiht)

Meeting addresses Teen Aid

by Lori Vivion faeru1ive Editor An NIC student anempted to Join oppo,ing commun11y foN:<'' ~h1n:h 17, 10 addrc:ss the contro,•crsrnl ll»UC of 1he Coeur d'Alene School Dhtrkt\ sc, educ.Ilion cumculum.

Chrhtophcr I.a.Paglia ori1nni1.cd the Community Cumculum Conference under NIC's Student Education Awarcnc,, Lca11uc Dcspne the llycrs 1ha1 were dis1ribmed and phone c,1lb placed 10 invite lhl' gener,11 public. various church groups and Teen Aili rcprcsent.11ive,, only about .JO()<!Opie ancndl-d 1he con fore nee. The Coeur d'Alene School llo.1td had a previou,ly !>ehcdul,•d board meeting anll wen: unable 10 ~end n rc.prc.'>CnlJU\c. The majority of the audience and all four of the speaker.. oppo,ed the Teen AiJ pmgram.

The lir.t \J)l!Jl.cr. Dr. John Bujnk. c~pressed hiHonccm~ about the Teen Aid program from a phy>ician',, iewpoinl "The Teen Aid 1cx1 i~ 1ncn.'<libly propagandized and up-front bin.sell. The

medic.ii reference, u<ed ar.: ,,eal.. bia.ed ,md 11u1d.i1cd," according 1n Bujak The ,alue .iml validity of the ob,1incncc me,,agc 1, IC1,1 by the hiO\l'd "J) it i~ deh,ered. People I\ ill not accept infom1a1ion by innut'ndo. he ~aid.

Epidemif'log1\1 JJn Sch"aru of the Panhnndlc Health D.:pmmt'nl, "ho 11orl., "ilh 1c.:n~ inf.:cted ,, ith \e:tually 1rnn,m111ed disca,c,, wa~ 1he s«ond ,pt>al.erof the ~,ening. Sch"an' ~•d ,he four. ,he ,,ill be Lrenl ing more , enercal Jhea.,c, and AIDS ca,elt if ,1b,1inunCl! 1cach111p are not ,upplerncntcd \\llh inlonna11on on condC1m, und monogamy.

"This communit) i, no1 C!;Capmg se~ually t.ran)mined di-.ease>." Schv.aru ,.ud. More than 50 people m this community ha,·c te,1,'d HIV po~ithci, ,md 1-1 peoplt ha~c dkd or AIDS. she said.

Sch\\Jnl. ,tressed 1hc imponanct' of pro, 1dmg all 1he necc"ar) informmion so intclhgem. "cll-infonned deci,1on~ by teen, can be made.

S•u,an Shelley, n former Coeur d'Alene element3r) and Jr. high teacher, discussed

the Schc)()I D1,1ric1·, leMboo~ ,1'1crn11n commute.: pr°'c,,. The con11m11ee, 1ha1 ,he h.t, sencd on have rcv1c"•'tl .u lea,1 live d1ltercnl publishers before choo,mg 1hc bc,1 of the ~c1~11on. The lacl thJt the Teen Aid teMbool. \\a, the only boo!. re\lewed "prclt) mu,h .istoundcd'· her, Shcllc) ,aid.

While Shelley <.iid ,he undmtood 1h.: -.chool lxwd ·, difficult re,pons1bili11e, of providing the be,1 cduca1ion;1I ,) ,1cm and in lh1xh1ng the com:c1 m,11enJI, w ach1c,e 1h1\, ,he folt they hud r.ulcd in the cJ,.: of Tt,•n \id.

L.tPJgha \liJ, the 111,1 orticiul 'Jlt'akcr He e,pre"~ h1, disnppointm,•nt m th€ public', apath) 1ha1 led 10 poor an~ndan,·e He ,1ho ,trc,<ed the 1mponnnce of communuy panicipauon m 1hc curriculum< b.!ing cho..en The , ....:ond half of the meeting 1he audience broke into ,roup, ol six lo eij!ht to d1,eu.._, ,anou, commuRll> concerns.

LnPaglia suggc\led u serie, of commun1t) ml>eling~ 10 nchic,e " ...1he full spectrum of socie1y', wisdom "

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Marketing class surveys NIC parking

by JtlT Stile Scritincl Reponcr Don Friis· marketing class conducted a parking. ;urvey in order to find the best possible ~olutions to keep the consumers happy.

Th.- purpose of the ~urvey was 10 gh•u the students lirs1-hond e}(pc ricnce in de\·doping a questionnaire which would gh·e them the pcninent information they need 10 conclude what their market wnnLs. and 10 propose the best possible recommendations for producing whut the majority of the market wants Tht> questionnnire consisted of eight question~. Out of 1he 132 users of NIC parking faciliti~s. that took port in thl.l survey. 60 per..:ent were students and the oth~r 40 percent were NIC employees.

The que~tions ond rc~pon,c~ arc: I. Do you u~e the parking facilities at NIC? Ir thl· ,~~pons.: w:ts "no" to thi~ qu~tion 1h01 paniculnr ques1ionMirc w~ elimiMled.

2. Are you l.unilinr with the parking PARKING from Page 1- - - - - KJchy h .:cld,imf. parkmg a11cnd11n1, \llid. ''All th~ 1id.c1, from 111,1 ~cmc,ccr were po,ced with hold\ on them before rcg1Strdl1on 111c unly nlcp1iun might hu,c been in October ,vhen l wa\ ol f hu11 l ( there nrc any ,1uden1, 1hn1 hu1 c ou1su111ding 11ckc1, ond are rcgi,tcred 1h1\ scmc.icr. 1hcy 51ippcd through ,ome\\ her,· ..

L1nd,a) e'\ploined 1h111. during r,·gi,1ra1lon. he rna) ha,c 10 1alk 10 :!00 ~1uclcnh II cloy. lie slated that he did c~tcncl hold, for \Olllt' ,1udcn1,, buc lhl' nlllJOrity nf the rec1uc,b he rrce1vccJ were t<> cxccnd 1u11ion deadlines.

He didn't ,pccincolly recull e~tcnding an) parking fine, "I don·1 recnll gh·injl nny s1u,kncs with ouc,wnding tickets permis,ion 10 rcghter."

Lmd~ny said. "I may hnve, bu1 I don·, recall dninll ,o. If o ,1udcn1 comes in and SO)S 10 me, ' I am going to graduate chis year. and )eah. I didn't turn in 1hi\ library book. or )e:ih. I didn't pay 1hi~ line here, or ycnh. I ~1111 hJ, .. :i ba,kccbull:· "hntl',cr the circum~toncc C(, I ha\C 10 make a gut call ..

Lind,ay e'\pl,nnl'd 11101 he ha, co ti,1(ed hi~ decisions on "hcthl.'r or 1101 lw fl'h lhl' ,tudcn1 could bc tru,tl'd; 11 he tell the ,111dcn1 l'oultl be tru,1cd. he "ould e\ll'ml chem morl' lime an ordl'r 10 gee lhl'tr 1u111on ,,r fine( p,ml lie said 1hi, parcicular po liq "J, not working.•ind hl' i, ,urrcntl> "orking nrc a ",1cm thnc po,"bl) \\Ould not all,," an) '-"\lcn,itln, Ouc nl thl' ,tuJrn" tnll'n ll'\\,•tl, nw,t d,nmcd the, \\l'1,· n>mpktcl) un,11,arr nl 1he1r 0111'l,IOJll1£ IKk .. " .,n,I ~onh' JD'Ulutch 1.kn,,oJ h,1\IOJ; rCl:Clll'" ,Ill) 11,k,1, "hJl"1c,cr fhl.' r~.ord,, ll•,,rl) 1mh,a1c ·,r.md 1 111~1r n.,me

policy? 90 percent said yes. eight 1xrcen1 three 10 five hours, 58 percent five hours or said no, and two percent NIA. mor.:.

3. Huve you ever rccrived a p:,rking 7. How many limes a day do you ticket? 52 percent said yes. 46 percent s:iid ch.intzc spoces7 36 percen t don· t. 29 no. and two percent NIA. percent chonge once, 22 percent twice. I I 4. (two pan) The firs1 pan in$1ruc1cJ the percent three t1mel>, 11nd two percent four pcrmn 10 write a five w<>nl response about or more times. the current parking situation. The 8. How many days a week do you use respons~s were cmegori1.ed by ll1e c:lo~ as NIC parking facilities? 77 percen t said 17 percent po~itive. 16 percent neutral. and Monday chrough Friday, six p,m:cnt on 67 percent negative.

Tuesday andTlhursdoy only, five percent The sc.:ond part instructed the on Monday. Wednesday. and Friday only, rc~ponder 10 t',1cck <lnc of the three 12 percent said other. possible pre-wrinen responses; which M1er 1abula1in(! this dnrn the ~1ude111s determined 26 percent felt l'omforrnblc rcconun~nded, bosed on che result!>, thnt with the current policy, 55 percent fell 1hc the parkcng policy should be chanpc<l 10 an cum:nt policy needs 10 be changed. and 14 open policy on a fitM-comc. fir~t -$erve percent checked other. bo~ls but 10 include des1gnaccd 5. Should NIC have open parking for handkappt'<I and vi,itor parking. everyone with the c~ception of vbitors and TI1cy fell chat p<.'rmiL, ~hnuld b,: i~sued handicapped? 56 percent said yes. 36 for a fee nlong with a Cl1py of current percent •nid 110, and eight pcn.·t>nl NIA. p.1rking rule~.

6. How many hours a day do you use Al the end 11f the ~mcstcr they fcll th~l NIC parking? two percent under one hour, the student~ ~hould receive n refund if they I I pcrcen1 one 10 three hour,, 30 percent don't have nny ou1stimding par"ing 11ckcLi. One of the wrestling students who had ~200 worth of 1icke1s on the rccttrd\. 1he cnrhcst one du1cd April 13. 1991 , ~aid. "I wa~ in high ~chool htsl yenr. I huvcn·1 goc nn) 1ickc1~:· Anmhcr s1ullcnr prc,cn1 durini; the inter\'iew ind1cn1cd lhat he might hnve received the cickct when he wa, on campus wrc\tling "nh the 1cnm during ~pnn;: break 1991. The fir~l student :;aid chat he tlicln'1 'Tll guarnntcc there is nobody registering thnr hn~ parking fines hcrc,"John Owen.

11r~11ing conch. said..., helped rcgi\ter the~e [!uys. If they had any rinl·~ they had 10 pay them."

Owen e,ptnincd that he had discussed 1hc O\'Cr-due tickets wi1h the wrestlers chis ~emes1er "hen he received o !tiler from the adminis1m1ion urging him 10 encournge In~ team 10 clear up their rickets Owen said. "I just think they thought 1hey were goin[! co get away with it. In the pa5t, the students ha,·e been ploying games. They thought they were beating the \y~tcm. They JUSl wouldn't register 1heir cnr), and the parking tickets would go nowhere Now we changed the rules m chc middle or che game; we arc going all chc w.ay 10 Pl<.'a,.mt Gro1e, U1.1h, 10 find oul "ho the car 1s rcgi~tered 10."

01\cn ,md 1h01 he 1houl)hl the tines were ,m unla1r amount 10 ch.irge a ,1udent "M,t)·be "I.' ought 10 put a hmu on ho" high th,•,.- line, ,hnuld go How ,,bout S100' I am ,ure th.: ,1udenh ,,nuld lt'arn I heir k,,nn and ,1111 be .1hlc 10 ~fl\ler ne,1 ) e,,r.

13uc a, 11 ..iand, no" , ,omc ,1udcnt, will h~,c: h• i,a, <.;!(I() 111 S.lUO in nr,kr 111 rcg1,1er I 1!11n'1 c.irc 11 cheJ 're ,, rc,tl<"r, or ,,,,ci•r pla\l'I' t•r \\h.11. ,1uJcni- Ju,1 don·1 hJ1c 1h.11 I.ind "' fn{lOC) \\e .ire lJl~rnc abouc

wonh denying ,omebody n fu1urc educ,11100 over Maybe \\'C oupht 10 wa;h the fine~ out nnd ~Inn fre~h next yeur ..

Although polic) ,1.11e, Mudcnts muse pay their fine\ in order co rccel"c chcir lfiln,cripl'> ur rcgi\lcr for cllL,scs ncxc se meMer. the only incencivc NIC employee, have to pny their fines 1s pre,)ure.

Rully Jurgen,. dean of odm1nis1ro1iun, explained that NIC could not legally withhold a ,iaff member'\ paycheck. Uc ;111d 1h01 employees ore made awore of their 1ickccs, nnd chen 1he) are .iskcd 10 pay them.

Some (If the facuhy "ho were: interviewed \aid they were not aware 1ha1 they had outstanding 11ckets.

One of the a1hle11c coache\ h11, $40 wonh of outslUnding fines thac he said he was unnwnre of. and 01 least five 01her 11ckets that were voided by an adm1n1S1ro1or w11hou1 going through the app1rnls board he c~plaincd 1ha1 he doesn·1 care were they moke him park, just as long as he knows he has a pince 10 park when he recurns from hes off-<;1mpu\ class.

He suggcsc.:d holding a louery as a fair 1~.iy 1odt1em1ine \\ho geb whac spac~. "!e's unfmr," he said, "I didn' t bu) a permit lasl \t'mt'ster because, if I give you S10, I C\J)l'Cl something in recurn You can'c JUSI pocnt out the \,indo" and ,ay i1's out cher<' some" here. go find i, ...

One of the Engh,h in,1ru,1ur. al,o ,aid he "a, una" are 1hu1 he h.id ~40 worth of UUl\l,indcnf! fine, lk Jl\<l ha, h,,J IICkCl\ w1dl'\l. but 111,uld nl>I ci,mment 11 h,~ cic1'e1' "enc 1hruugh 1hc pr,,pcr •J'lp.:,11, pro,;e,, \\ Jule he \\t1Uld h,l\e l><l·n "1lhn11 1,, tJII. al'illut park111i; to1,1 ,cmc,tcr "hen .un,1ruc1111n IVJ' OJJ. h~ ckdm<'u 10 Ot>\\. ~ Ill bc{wu•t' he , <all lisd \\llh II

Miner finds new experience at NIC

by Kathy Hostetter Sentinel Rcponer Hanging up his old mining hat isn·1 an easy thing 10 do for NIC carpentry student Henry Beckwich.

After being loid off from Sunshine Mines. he and other l:iid,off miners were in search of n new career. Mnny of the miners who joined che carpentry program at NIC had just a few years or mining behind them. but Beckwith had 40 years.

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Henry Beckwith displays mementos·· his helmet and some pyromorphile he mined from Bunker HIii. 1952. he moved 10 ldnhn from Mhsis,ippi to get work His firsc mining JOb wns wilh Ueda Mining in the Sil\ftr Valley. His career owr the year~ led him I() mining the Galcno 1\llinc in Osborn, Lu cky Friday Mine '" Mullan. Day Rock Mine 10 Nine-Mile Canyon, several mines ,n Burke Canyon, Atla!> Mine in Mullan. Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg , Sunshine Mine in Big Creek ond lease mincng in che Pinecreek Mine orea.

Beckwith was pan of the rescue team culled in ~ J result or cht 1971 Bunker HIii fire where 91 died from carbon monoxide and 2 ,uf\i\ed. He \aid he ha~ been in somt scary si1ua1ions in mines. but never incurred an:, seriou, injurie\.

"Other than a good salary. a miner gets pcr,onal ,;ati\foc1ion \\hen you drill Mound, shoot n and then to M.'<l a 1·ean open of lead. ,il\er or 11rn: ... he: "'1id. "le', u good feding .. a..1:kw11h ,a,d he 1hcnk, he will like hi~ ne" cill"p<!ntry car~r .1., much a, he did his minml!,'11'Cer "l'~e bo..-en mmin~ on and 1111 ,111.:e 19.51.

Jnd che I\IC carp,:nil) pr..,pr,un JU,t round, ufl OI) e,p,:m•nle," he: ,,uJ ·'("on,crucuon h more slJble lli<n m,ning raghc nm• Pc<1plc h.11 d 10 ha, e d hou,c lu lne m. but chc) d<•n'c h:.,.- 1,, t>u;, kJJ ·

Friday. March 27. 1992

TUITION from Page 1- - - - - fhc Board , 01cd w develop a program 1ho1 would nol puni,h ,IU\lent~ who complete the hcaqcr cr,'dit loJJ, ,uch a, refunding 1he fee or credi1 the money tu ne,1 ~cmcstcr'\

1ui1ion. S1udents who need 10 1ake more limn 16 credit~ for their program,, such ,1.., some vOC3tional student~. will nOI be required to pay the fee.

"We're trying to discourage stud en t~ toking classc~ who w11n1 to if 1hey hke 1hcm or 1f they can complete them," Board of Trustel!S Chairman Jack Beebe said. "We're no1 trying 10 penalize 1he Muden1s who necd 10 take 17 credi ts or more " A linal component of 1he Board's decision w~ to cancel a policy of allo,~ing ~tudcnts n mon1h 10 pny 1ui11on and fees af1cr school began Previous policy hnd allowed MudcnL~ two weeks 10 pay \\ithout pcnuhy and two more weeks" i1h a S25 IJIC fee added.

Lindsay said u n:ason for canceling 1he e,1,nsion wru, ~1udcn1~ who do not pay are allowed LO aucnd classes for a monlh before they nn.' cnnccled. by which time it is 100 lme for students who hove been turned nwny from claJ>se~ to join them. lie said NIC cnnceled 100 student~ this seme,tcr for lnck of payment.

"E,·ery year now \\'C'~e been canceling more and more students," he said Lindsny smd he wnnt~ 10 tighten the ~yMem at NIC.

by .Mr Selle Scnuncl Reporter SPRI NG/SUMMEI{ opening, ,II River Front l'urJ... Spolnnc 12 positton, a, ,1ilnble. rnntact Jum·t. 769-3370.

CElfflFIED ,\ UTOl\lOTI VE 1'ECIINl CIAN- Sl.600 per month. Conwct Jenny 667-;986 WAIUWOUSE WORK. Pun tmtc; go in person 10 Do~ It! \\'hulc,ulc, W. 651 Ple,I\Onl A\ C CILI LD CA RE- 8 month old baby. ~Inn. 1;n., 8 am-6 pm. $4.20 hr. C:on1ac1 Brad Fo" lt•r. 667-1200 l'AIN1'ER Al'f'R fi:NTICE· No cxper ncce,sury. Mu,t have tran,portation Local work S5 hr Churli.- Roan, M.f 001!9

DAY CA Rii. parH1mc Conlilcl Pia) Zone Dnyc,.rc. Diane lint fman. 773-0026 LA OSCAPI ' G " orli nj! on campu, S6 hr Cont.ict D1d Kchon. either on campu, or call 1-800-71!<,-2850 YARD WORK- ll ltnurs ~r month S6 hr con1.1c1 l aura . 77 3- 1752 or 769 37,1.1 PHONE ll'ELI'- No e,pcr. nt'Ce\sary pnrt-timc S4.75-S6.50 hr. con1ac1 Jeft, 667-0226 VACUUM CLEA NER SAi.ES· commi"ion only. cont11c1 Spike or Pegg}, 772 1400 CHIL D CARE- two year old SJ hr. contJCl Debbie or l.1\a, 772-5289 or 7724567, TRA NS PORT CIIII. DREN- con1ac1

New.119 "(\Ve need 10 \,ty) 'here\ the ~oplc "ho ilrc go,ng 10 North lduho College,' rather th,m 'Herc's the people who nmy be goin!! to Nonh Idaho College."' he said.

Lind1;Ry said cxccp1ion~ 10 the payment ,ll rcgis1ra11on would be made for st ud cnh whose financial nid has not yet come through. such as 1l10~e rcce1,•inp Pell Grunts and students under the Job Training Panncrship Act Md the GI 8111. He stressed that financial nid infommtion would have 10 be com plete enough 10 nccuratcly discern thm the s1udcn1 is going 10 recel\'C linancinl aid.

"You can't SJ}', ' Her,:'s my Financial Aid form' lhnt I filled out," he suid.

The Bonrd discussed trends in increa~ing cos ts for auending NIC. NIC President Robert 13.:nnell said 1h01, in ~pile of the increases, NIC is still the lowest-priced community college in the nrcu. Members discussed the balance be tween how high 1ui1ion should be whilt: not drh·ing students away bl.>causc they don' 1 haw the money 10 come to NIC. Tru~tce Norm Gissel mc,wd remembcring that NIC 1~ a college that should serve the community that the communil)' can afford '11tis i, n college lhnt you ,hould be able 10 nucnd und not necessarily be wealthy." he ~aid.

Beuy. 772-7810 Cl, ERI CA L POS ITIO N pan tune Computer ,kill, necc,)ary S5 hr. ccint.ict Dev, 773-753 1 CUSTOMER SERV ICF. ASSISTAN r t-lu~I have typing sJ..1lb. SS hr Contact Henry, 9306 Government ",1y. Il.lyden Luke II OUSE PARENT- SI0,000 yr. plu\ bencfil'>. Con1nc1 Kinka, 1350 llanlcy.

CDA OFFI CE CLERK full-11m,: $5 hr Cont,1c1 s,~,·c Willams, 772-0573 SA LES. S.ilc, 1n thl' phone room and ou1,1dc sulc,. S4 ..25 plu~ commis,ion Apply in pcr,on 10 co· A Pre,~ 2nd and l.ake,idc. CD';\ , 10.

S II IPPI NG Cl.ERK- P.irt 1111111 l'Jck.i~ing and shipping S5.00 hour. Mu,1 see Janet in Job Pluccmcnt Office

LASSIFmD •ANIMALS• FREE KITTENS 10 ,•cry loving

homl' Rcody 10 lcaw homl' middle now. Coll 765-S72.I. FtJN-LOVlNG. frist>ec-playing dog need~ home with people who ho~·e lime to play with him GooJ watchdog.

Cocl er-? $15. 66+4081

•HELP WANTED• PART-TIME MOTEIJ night auditor.

Bookkeeping and ca~h regis ter e,pl>riencr. Apply Century Inn. W. 3705 5th AVe., Post rails. ,\PPI.ICA TlONS arc being nc:cepll'd for male dorm rc~idl' lll od,·I\Or Will ha vc Icc for room nnd board waived Juring tht' contrnc1 ycnr. Applicauon,. due 3( soon :is po\~ible, nro n11ollabk from the director's officc. Pcsition begin, foll semcs1er of 199'.!.

•SERVICES• LADY BUG IJOOKK EF.l'ING typtnl!/ha,ic h11ukkci:p111i; COnt(fl'liti\',• Nie). Cull l\athy ut 772.-6245.

WOR D PROC ti SS INC- -1 uer printer Repon,, r~,unu.:s. lcllcri.. Gr,•at pri~r<. ,palling .:orrcctcd Otadhnc~ met (t(J7 O.! 15 DEM AN D QU,\ Ll'l'Y. Dc.:mand Cr.:tl..\tdc pi.:, l·rc,h fruit and berry pie, rnuJe lt>~ally Cyru, \\ hn'? (2081 083-1246. l·n:c NI(' delivery.

•SPACt<: AVA ILAB LE• S.l't\C'I~ IS A \'A ILAIJLE on the men'\ )iJe ol Shcp~rd/Gridley I hill.

For more inlorm:mon on huw to rtnl 11 room with all -)OU·can t:,ll meal, ond plenty or ac1ivt11(), cJII 76<.l-3-109 or 769-3361

NOTICE: NIC offer~ J job localton Jnd dcH•lopmcnl program 10 provide student\ "ith io,:al employm~nl opponuniuc, JJnct Ncihou,e an the T'tnancml Aid Oflicc recci\e\ ne" job inform.Ilion .ind updates the llrnng, dail}. To rccei,c cum:nt informa1,on. ch(cJ.. the Job ooard at the lop of the ~t:tir, in the Student Union 13ut lding Stud.:nt, do 1101 need 10 contact JOb placement to appl) For a,.,.,i,tancc contJcl Janet Nc1housc, 769-3370.

/HG grant proposal deadline nearing The Idaho Humunitic, Council. the ~,a1cba~cd nrlilinte of the Nationnl Endowment for the Hunmnitie~. invites grant propo,.il, from indiv1dunls nnd organ11n1ion, for 11, spring grant deadline. Prll(>Ol,Jh arc due Moy 15, howeve r. IH C srnfr recommend, submiumg rough dmfl~ of grant proposal~ by mid-April.

With support from Ore-ldn Food~. the IH C offer, Ore-Ida Humanities Grants for 1cuchcr,. The Ore-Ida gran1~ arc for up 10 S 1,000 for tcachcri. to impro\c or dc"elop new unit, and cour~c( in the humani11c~.

The IHC 1s n public, non-profit organilallon, "ho~e purpo~e i, 10 incrcu~c the .111arcnc", undc rq anding, ond the appreciation of hi,tory, l11eru1urc. ph1lt1,uphy. ,trdmeolog)·, law, comparati,c rcligil,n. cultural Jnthropolog}. and other hunrnniuc~ discipltnes. O,e r the puM 20 ye,ir, in ldJho. the 1llC hu, funded oral h1\tOr~ pr0Jcc1,. tro,•cling e,hibit<, ch.1u1,1uquJ prc,entJllon,. lc.:tun: ~crie,. put,11,: tclc\l\lOO and publu: rudio proiirnmm1ng, ~chol,trl> r.:,earch. ('Onfcn:ncc, Jnd numcrou~ 01hcr edu,·aunmtl ll\!11\ Hie",

I-or tnfonnouon 11bou1 lllC tirnnh, contact the hluho ll umanitic., Coun,·11 at 217 W St.Ill' S1ree1. Boi,c, ldnhu KHO! or ,,tll 1~5.

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IDS The Facts of life have changeg

Books and checks not picked up by the end of the semester become the property of Publications Club.

Come to Sherman School, Room 1 and get them.

N ~.1ids //odi,11! I-IIDJ.IZ-,IIIJS,.'tl111k111 1/rolll, 769-.ll7t), l'a11/IIJl1dk llroJIJ, ti67-J.IIJJ, For daifa«ess, aJJ l.JJfXJ.UJ..7H89 (171)

DNA designer genes

wave of the future

by KnthJ ll~ lctler Sentinel Reponer Technology has come a long way: from designing arrow, of stone for ~urvivol 10 compu1ers changing lhe bodies we live in.

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) molecules are nucleic ncid from which genes ore made.

Chromosomes compose the unit~ of genes. which carry heredity lr;its from parent 10 offspring.

Good 1mi1s may be eyes like Dad or n cute no~ just like Mom, bu1 bnd trnits of di sease in the genes can be fntol.The technology of DNA make~ it possible to locn1e 1he genes of some diseases and replace them with good genes. This is done through tenetic engineering.

"We can now isolate o gene for insulin. insen ii in a boc1crin and grow ii.'' snid biology instructor David Foster. "In the pnst, we goi insulan from hon.cs. but it was expensive to gel hor.;c tibSUe and difficul110 get ~ufficicn1 lrvels needed. Now we can grow human insulin, which people cnn use more effoctivcly. We can also iake gencdisea~cd bone mnrrow, kill it off nnd replace it with pcncticnlly nllercd bone marrow through gene 1hcrnpy."

According 10 a receni Coeur d'Alene Press news nniclc. Jnpnncsc doctors hove just located gene\ whose loss or damnpc can <.'nuse hrca~1 cancer. They located the dcfec1h,: gene in 1hc scven1c1m1h chromO(Omc, which will now allow research 10 proceed. ·n,crc are rnnny other diseases being treated with @cnc1ic thcrnpy.

DNA 1s ulso beint used as a in,•csli@ntive tool. Because everyone hns n set of genes that are unique to them. exccpl m the case of identicol twin,, 1cchnology of "DNA fingcrprinling" was C$tUblished.

"DNA lingerpriniing is a wny of molcculnrly identifying someone." said Fo)ICr. "Rather 1han dog mg~. the Am1y :mnount'ed it will be soon using DNA fingerprinting . If n dog IOI! i~ lo~t. il's hard to identify a soldier. It can be u\ed to identify fll.'ttpk in planr wr,-ck,. prisoners of wnr or body p;lrl$ of unidentified remuin~:· ~k nddcd thllt the .lcfcn,e tkpanmcnt "ill collect DNA \amplr, from each soldier nnd \Inn n Tt!!!IMI) l·o\lcr ,:11d mh,•r u,c, for DNA fin)!crprinting mdudr ,., 1dcncc tor e,rnbh,hmg r,uemu)·(" l11d1 "mor,• ,·11ndu,1,c th,in regul.1r blt>Od 1e,tmj!l r.ipc ,ir hom1,1dc ca,r,. 1dcnt1I) mg 1111,~mg children ur fonnl) nwmbcr,. "h,•n the) ha,c h«omc ,cp.1r,1t<'d .md prool ul c1111cn"p h) 1mn11prJtl(ln.

"A posilive DNA test docs not proven man committed rape, but can prove intercourse with thal peri:on did occur," Foster said.

"If his DNA ~am pies were nlso collcc1ed from under her fingernails. as what might occur in a siruggle, it would mcngthen the case. ON/. can be tested wilh sample.~ of white blood cells. bone, sperm and cellular material of urine or saliva," he said.

Traditional fingerprints lefl ai a crime scene have always been used a.~ evidence in coun. TI1c first time DNA was used M e,•idence was in a Florida case where a woman was raped and stabbed by a mnn suspected in 20 to 24 other cases. but 1hcre was no1 enough conclusive evidence against him. A DNA fingerprint led to his conviction after n DNA cxpen testified that no one else could have done it since the chances of duplicating his DNA would be one in 10 billion people, more than lhe number of pcopk on eanh. He said a person can change l11s appearance, but not his DNA. The 1es1 ha~ abo been succcs,ful in clearing ~u\pcCIS 1h01 were wrongly accussed Lifo Codes. a DNA teMing orrgani,ation based in New York. said a DNA 1es1 1s 99.9 perceni accurnie. TI1ey ha, e done foren\lc work for all kind~of crinunal coun cases. ln~urancc companies have hod them IC!>I DNA from n blood-stoined windshield 10 de1em1ine who was dri"ing in o cnr ncciden1. They do testing for adopted clients looking for their biological parents. Lif<! codes said one of the more unusual cases was o man who was irritated because someone had repcnt.:dly ~pit on his car. tie wiped up a sample of the spit and sent it 10 Life Codel> to be 1cs1cd, then took the culprit 10 coun.

The company said new 1echnnlogy for DNA 1es1ing will soon be available. Using a sumlnr method called PCR. a cloning process. will allow much smaller samples to be 1es1ed.

Foster said he feel~ DNA technology is a good 1hin£ to pursue. but 1here are some ethical question!> 10 fncc. For example. who \\•ill ha\'e access 10 tht! Am1y rcgi~try or any olher DNA te\t? Will employers be able 10 use them? One abuse nught be insurance companies ha,•ing ncce~~ to the inforn1,11ion.

II p.in of the fingerpnn1 ~ho\\cd a genetic prcd1spos11ion 10 a disease. 1hey m1gh1 refu e 10 in,ure )OU c,cn thllugh )OU may ne\'cr con1r.1c1 the di,ca,e yourwll. he ,.ud.

"In ...:it!n.:i:. '"' try 10 a\'Oil.l e1h1c.1I i,;_~u..,, ... l·oster ..;i1d. "\\\• mal.c d1...:o,cne, Jnd \\Ori. "i1h , o.:1cl) 10 1dl pc1,pk "hat cJn be uone. bu1 th~n ,oc:1e1y ne,'tl, to determine ,, he1her \\I! ,hould do 11 "

NIC instructors, staff discuss scientific advancement's effects St·1cnc.: lcchnology 1, changing everyday to mnkc a more producti\'C tomorrow. Some of NIC's campus science instructor,; and stnff shnre their panirular knowledge of l«hnology in the~. ''Slmph."i.~ is a new product thal behaves like fut but i.~ a protein- uo C£g whirc modified cbem1cnlly th,u can b..: used in non-heat scru.itive foods like de.,sert. Bui the rcnl technology of the '90s in nutrition will tie n food cal led Olestra - made from a comhination of faL~ and sug:1r.1. • '11ic chl'mical bond is so ~irong that it can'1 tie digeMed. It's an oil you ran fry wi1h. but the fat is never diges1ed, re~ulting in no c.ilorie,; or choll'Steml. Olestru is the ptrfect su!mitu1e food with the same b.:nctits of fat: nire odors, absorbs navors and is not heat ~n.\itivr.

"The only ncgutlve thing i~ that nonnal fnis abt.orb vitamins A. D and E. The concern i~ th.11100 much substllllle fat will cau<,e lack of vitamins the body need~. The product i~ b.!ing tested now."

RUl Pecha, lnstn1ctor or nulrillon nnd chemktry "In the 111st JO year., ~ignificant J<lvllnee.": ha\'e b.:en mnde in the study of Ch.:mirnl rea.:uon ·as they vt;cur' 1hrough the use of las.:rs .and wlid-suuc elcttronie dcnccto!'i with coniputer~atdtd r.ilculation,. As the <.ecrets of tnmsition states of reactions are reve:ilcd, a better WU)' of producing energy for an ,•nergy hungl)' \\Vrld may b,.• devclllpcd."

Dale Marcy, lrL\tructor or Chemistry "Using 11 h11 rcode rc.idcr 10 insrnmly at't:l''\ fin) image at rnnJom no pr,·~,mlJHlm mcthoos in 1hc

.i ln,;crdisc is n:voluuoni1inl! video

cla~,roorn."

Peter 7,nn, lnslructlon of Anatumy ond Physlology

'"flu· story of ~ubnuclenr clem~ntllf)' panick~ whkh will revcJI the fundamental law~ or na1ure. explaining \"hY m.Jller "pm to~cthcr the w.1y ii is, will hk,·ly be wi:iuen at the Super.:ondue11ng Supcrcnllickr now being cons1ruc1cd in 1\:xa~. " Dov.:lupmcnt of materlal, rhot will conduct elcetric- 1:urr.:nt with:>ut energy lo,s, lit roont tcmperJtur.: Csupcr-condu1:riv1ty) will ~ volutio111ze science .t1td indusuy more profoundly thun the umcrgcocr of nudcar power."

Lloyd Marsh, tn., tructnr or Physic:.

••Computer technology provide, Mudcnis with visuali1.ntion of n ~object for e:isier comprehension. An example is a computer program shown 10 the millt'Talogy ala.~ wludt ~hows lhe precise face.~ and pcomc1ry of cry~wts as Ibey JCtWllly grow in nature.

"Technololl,y in mining has contributed to the mining indu.,try's env1roruncnu,J awQfcneM of the pollution of our c;oil and \\'iller, for which awanl~ hove been given 10 H<.'Cla Mirung and Co..'UT d'Alene Mlnes."

Bill Rlchanb.. lnr.lru<tor orGeology and GfOgraphy

"One thing ~e're looking into,~ planti that have n:uural resistan,:e to d i - and pesL\. If we can isolote the genes thuJ produce proteins with th<xc func1ions. \\C can insert lhc:m in crop planl5, eliminating ntJ/1)' chcnucnl~.

"Blut-gn:.!n ;ii~ have the ability to utili1.t a~pheric nitrogen while mo<t crops cannlll. Niirogen krtilizatiuo woold be a thin11 of 1h: pa~ b.!causc pion~ would obtain nitJ'08Cn from the Olm0$phere."

D1n"ld Fosier, Instructor or Biology and Forestry "Buckmui.<1<'1' FuUcrene 'Bu,:kyball<.' a ~ic-shaplld spbaical rnrbon rnoleC'Ult and it~ )U~tituted dcrivaUh'S <niuogo:n, phosphoru,. melJI~) :ire uptning up a whole new chemistry from catalysts to supcr,-ortdu,:1oo;. It uppan:ntly 1~ e.t!,y 10 make. JJttl new u= are being found n, it t>cro= more common.· Roberta Black. ClletMtry Prtp.