The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 68 No 3, Oct 11, 1991

NIC Dorms v. Fort Sherman Apartments In "Olympics•

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Friday, October 11, 1991

North Idaho College's Student Newspaper

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Science Instructor Curt Nelson returns from China

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Volume 68 Number 3

Community debates property tax initiative

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by Lori Vivian

Sen1,ne1 Reponer

be hl\l 10 nur ,ch\1<ll sy•1cm,. alw s1nndinl) m line 10 l\1M! money i~ md1gcn1 medical

1l1e rising contro,•ersic~ uf tho: I pcr~c01 care propcny 1a~ ini1iu1ivc wu, the 1apic or a Ran"'" ,nid he 1hnugh1 ~chools. mdigcnl di~c:-ussion invohing p,ineli\1, and locnl mcdu:ul ,arc and other <t:ue mandmcd residents Oct. 2 in rhc NIC oud11orium. prot:rams <hould be rcmo,cd from property FOCUS. a non-profit. non -parti~an 1.1~ rn~c, .1ml pu1 in1u 1hc \IOIC gcncr:il fund. orgnniz.orion. sponsored 1he rwo-hour 1own According 10 Rankin. ··Fundi ng or mee1ing. sC'hool~ •h\)UIJ be removed from lhc or 1hc six panrlis1s. four oppo~cd rhc rnx property owna·s bac" s so tlrn1 c,•ery ini1io1ivc. TI1e opposi1ion con~is1cd or Dean 1nxp.i)cr. no1 ju•t 1hc property owner. pny< Hoage nso n. represen1in11 1hc Id aho for cducnuon.''

Associn1ion or Commerce and Indus try: Evans ~aid 1hc pc1i11011 ·• ...leaves ;1 Im Jerry Eva ns. s1a1e ~u pcrin1cndcn1 or un,u1d. TI1c spon<ors wnnl 10 guumn1cc the insiructi on: Dnn Chadwic k. c~ccutivc cu1s nnd lea,e 10 uno1hcr group ,11 uno1hcr director or Idaho As)ociation or Counties. 1ime whm will suffer nnd whnl will huvc 10 and Tom Boyd. speaker or the Idaho Mouse [!O.'' The ,pon•or, or 1hc ini1iu1ive claimed or Rcprcscnrn1ivcs.

1h01 rhe di~crepnncy in revenue will be The 1wo panelisb preseni in ~uppor1 or made up by 1hc ,tole.

1he ini11n1ive were Ron Ronk1n, prcsidc01 or Evuns asked. "Where in 1hc pe1i11on 1s Idaho Property Owners Associa11on. and 1his pro,•ided for? h i• noi:· former Senntor Rochel Gilber1. vice According 10 Gi lbcr1. ·1·11c purpose or prcs1dcn1 or Ida ho Properiy Owners 1he I pcrcen1 property 1nx ini1in1ive is Associnuon. simply 10 limit unbridled governmen1 Mosl residen1~ agreed 1hu1 a cul in spending and 10 pu1 1he br.:aks on run-away propeny tlllles would ease 1heir financial lax properly rnxn1ion:· rcsponsibili1ies bu1 ques1ioncd wha1 would Hnn[!en~on agreed 11ta1 taxes nre 100 high become or 1hc services 1h01 rely on 1h01 and 1h01 governmenl spending is ou1 of money.

According 10 Evans. "S70 million will - - - please see TAX Page 23

NIC plans for renovations of Lee, old library, gym

by Mabel Kosanke Senlinel Reporter

pholo by Daren Ru90t

Members of the North Idaho College Sailing Club (from far left) Eric Ausherman and Allen Justh take advantage of a windy afternoon on Lake Coeur d'Alene. See story page 21.

L.u1 year. 1he lcgislo1ure pa~sed a bill 1ha1 would have allowed funding for 1he Plans for 1he renovati on or the Lee Lee project. bu1 ii wa.\ ve1oed by Gov. Cecil Administrn1ion buildin11. Kildow Memorial Andrus. NIC has 1he funds for 1he gym Library and Chris1iansen Gymnasium are available bu1 wants 10 hold orr until all being discussed. buildings can be com pie led 1ogc1her.

Discussion or 1he renovaiion of Lee, 1he The Lee building is the priori1y or 1he library wtd the gymnnsium began abou1 1wo college in this case. Jurgens said. NIC years 11110 at an NIC board or 1rus1ecs would like cons1ruc1ion or it to coincide mee1ing. according 10 Dean of wi1.h construction on 1he 11ymna.~ium. Plans Adminisua1ion Rolly Jurgens. would have 10 be drawn up, bu1 if 1he jobs A proposal for the plan was made and are done 1011e1her wi1h one oon1rac1or archi1ec1urol s1udies were done. The plan comple1in11 them all. costs will be cul down. calls for major renovation of the Lee Jurgens said. building and library in addi1ion 10 The project, he added. will cos1 a liule renova1ion and expansion or the gymna~ium. Ir goes beyond 1he scope or - -please see PLANS Page 23 main1enance remodeling. he said.

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Oct. 18 registration deadline for election

by Jason P. Ahlquist S.ntilel Repot1e,

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Coeur d'Al ene will be holding 11s cuy elec11on~ Nov. 5. The vo1mg will decide who is 10 fill four of the six positions on 1he ei1y council-one po~iuon wilh o 1wo-ycar rerm and 1hree posi1ions wi1h a four· year 1em1.

Deadline 10 regi~tcr for 1his election is Oct. 18. Thus for. only Mike McDowell.

Nnncy Sue Wallace, Warren Moore and Dixie RC1!d. who is running for reelection, hnve announced their candidncy.

"These clcc11ons are non-partisan- are 10 be held 'al large.... Sllid Deedie Beard of 1he

county's voter n:gis1rn1ion office. "In 01hcr years of age by the election day and a words. the candido1es are no1 nffiliatcd wi1h bonotide resident of Coeur d'Alene. Proof of any political pany, and the ones with 1hc residency. such as a driver's license or utility bill, mus1 be provided when registering. most votes wm."

Dcsigna1ed polling places will be al Nonh Registration is semi-permanent. As long as Idaho College, Harding Elementary School, one votes once in each four-year period, St. Thomas Center, The Seventh-day registration will be maintnined.

Those who change their name, move or Adven1is1·s School, St. Pius Center and have any other legal disqualifications, must Ramsey Elcmcn1ary School.

To register. con1nc1 the Kootenai County re-register.

If 1hey move, voters can re-regis1er by Counhouse, the City Clerk's Office or one of mailing their new address, along with their 1hc Precinci At-Large Regi~trars.

To be eligible for regi s1ralion, 1he signature, 10 voter registration at the applicant mus1 be a U.S. ci1i1.en, lea~t 18 counhouse. Regi s1ra1ion forms are also

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available when applying for a driver's lietnse.

Those who are going 10 be out of town on the elec1ion day can apply for an absentee elector's ballot 01 the counhouse. All such applications must be signed personally by the applicant and should be tiled with the county clerk no later 1han 5 p.m. on the day before the election.

For informa1ion on the se elections, conrnc1 City Clerk Susan Whethers at 6649533. ror information about voter rcgis1ra1ion, con1ac1 Voter Registration 01 the counhouse at 769-4428.

NIC senate addresses facilities, affirmative action, library statement under new chair

by Valerie Pan Senbnel Reporter

The college senate h.is reccn1ly addressed such issues as facilhie\, affinnn1ive action, 1hc curril'ulum council and 1hc library "a1cmen1 of purpose under i1s first non racull) chairperM>n since the old faculty ,cnatc changed 11~ num~ und became open 10 Marr posnion, four year< ,1go.

"The woy ii happened wu\ 1111~." ~aid the \miling Michael La~hcr. nctwor~ ,y,1cm~ mnnuier. "ln,1 ycJr no one hud 11111c 10 serve c1Hhnir. ,ind finally the chaimt,111 n~kcd u, 10 rni,c our h:rnd, 1f we would uccepl 1hc nnmrn,nion. I '"'' the only one 10 mi~e my hand." A, co-chair. La,her became qualified 10 ,enc a, chmrmon and W()n 1hc elcc1ion a,am,1 01her nominees.

"II ,, a , cl) prc.11 honor fhi, i~ :1 great colleic 10 worl. 01 becou,c thrre i, le,) divi,inn and dlvi-1,cnC~\ bel\\Ccn ~taff and 13cuhy l:vcryoni: ,, c,~cn1i.1I 10 mnl.ing l'duca1i11n hnpJ)\'n hrrt. nnd ,., cryonc ,ccm, 10 rcnli,c lh,11," he \J1d 1,,uc, on 1he ,ena1c agenda includl' plons 10 remodel 1hc g) mnn,ium. th<' l.cctK,ltlow rcno,a11on. rc"·nu.: bonch ,~,uance for 1hc S1uden1 Union Building and the 1fom1i1oric,, 1he Hedlund !3uilding. rcmo,.,t uf 1hc curriculum l'Ounc1I a, u \landing commiucc of 1he wnak and J rcporl on olfirma11,·c ne1ion. TI1e hhtol) ,1,11cmcnt of purpo~c i, no longer on 1hc ,1gcndn but hu, be.-n sobJC<'I 10 much lll·ba1c

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Cntlc~c P~,1dcm R,1oon !3cnnl'II ,pol.c IO 1hc \l'O:llc u1 1h,• l.1,1 nwe1111g. on Oc1. 4. on 1h,· ,uhJCCI of r,•no,.1111in PIIIJ<'\'t,. NIC mu,t 11h1,11n u SI 50,000 pr.ml for an archm•eh1urul ,1ull} 01 1hc gym :1ml \\ ill "t!l'I J ,1ud} done "" I cc ll.111 ,11 lhc ,anw 11111c lhJI "111 ,aw u, ~ IN ,,r munc). \\ ,··11 ha,,:., ,,.,, or ml .1wunll M.1rd1 1lf April " The d,;rm11ori,·~ "''re dc,,:rih<'J ,,, ·" om ,,111 " ,mi.I lknnc11 'U)!~c,1cJ. "I cl', 11.'l.1~ .1,·11110 1in the SUB um,I \\C ~n11\\ "hJt "'' r,.• 1,1nm1,1 10 do ,, uh

1hc dorms." and said of !he Hedlund Ouilding, "We've got to do something about 11- \YC can'1 lei a building of 1ha1 size go vacant."

Members of th e nffirma11 ve action commiucc were al~o present DI lhe senu1e mee1i n[!. Their reporl. bnsed on federa l guitfelinl.'~. was "acccp1cd lb a lir,1 reading "

appro,•ed by the college sena1e, the preface. which tills the first page of the I\\Oadministrative council and tinnily the board page s1atcmcn1, and which Dcnne11 feels is of trustees. NIC removed the library policy repeutious. The president's draft is o simple from 1he college policy manual and replaced it with o more general statement, thereby "The senate has already avoiding "red iope." Library policy is now in 1hc hands of the Library Affairs Commince voted on this issue. Now the (LAC), but the college policy mnnunl still locks a general s1n1cmcn1, even thou!!h 1he president has to present the The curriculum t"Ounci I rna~c~ bourd of lru\tees rcquc,1cd the LAC to dnift LAC's state ment to the rccommcndmions 10 1hc presidcni rcgurding i11wo yea~ ago. board, with or without his all curricular moucrs, for example, The \I01cmcn1 of purpo,-e was drnftcd and prcrcquisiles for courses and changes for revised several 1imcs before II was llnolly own draft." ingrnding procedures Its removnl .i, a approved by the college ~cna1e in Sep1cmber ---Michael Lasher srnnding comn1111ce or 1hc ~enncc lrees 1hc 1990. II wns rc1umL'tl by the odminis1ra1ive ~cnnte from having 10 approve ni l documerm council for revision, and 1he college sena1e hut mny be asui1m poliq ,incc the approved n new draft in May 1991. The and direct four-p,1ragr.iph ,1ntemen1. wh1rh 1·urriculum is a chnrge of 1hc college ~enn1e administrative council. headed by Bennc11, he presented 10 the senn1e on Oc1 4. h wu\ Th is quc\11on will be c,amined. nnd if again requested chnnitcs. no1 discu,sed at 1he mecung and treated a, a nccc,5nry. be brought up :111he ncx1 mel.'ting.

At the senate mecung of Sept. 19, Bcnnc11 hondou1 hod n,1.cd th~ senate 10 wai1 until the Oct. 4 "The sena1c ha\ already vo1cd on this mcc1ing ~o he could present his own revised issue.'' Lasher said "Now the presiden1 hns "I am ultimately responsible draft. The ~cmue refused nnd exccrci~ed a 10 present 1he LAC'~ ~1a1emen1 10 the board, new polit")' by vo11n1,? unnntmously 10 with or wi1hou1 his O\\ n draft." for the content in the policy endorse the LAC ~1a1cm~n1 to be presented 10 According to LAC member Edwina lht! board of trustees. The new policy ~101es S10 .... e, "The preface is 1hc way 1he hbrnry manual." tha1 a 1wo-th1rds majority vote is required for should be in general; 1he Sl.'cond pan 1s lhe ---Robert Bennett 1hc s,·no1e to hove n document prescnied 10 umquc posi1ion 1hai we feel the NIC library, the board of truMees wi1hou1 lhe president's in poriiculor, should have. We studied n.-commendo1ion. sample pohcri:s from a varie1y of 01hcr Tht' librar) · s ,ia1emcn1 of purpo,e libraries, and •Mote one m a ,imilar fonn." prewn1cd J probl<.'m which. not only Brower said 1he LAC "spent a long ume When asked how she foll about the draft 1lluqru1e\ lht• ,1cps \\hich a i.locumcni mu\l \\Orl.ing on thi,. and 1hey fe.:l 1ha1 ii should offered by Bcnnell. ,he answered. undcr~o berore II l)c(.-ume, policy. but sho,, ~ be presemed to 1he bonrd of trustees as is, "Ob,iously if I am in ta,or of the one we hm, d1lforcnl'C~ .m• rc,ohcd bicl\\t'cn lhc whhou1 any more chanitcs. The senate is "ro1e... I don ·1 feel thJ1 ii i, my po,iuon 10 dm'1on -mal.mp hodi,·, al NIC Sl3ndmg behmd 1h~m." say wha1·s \\rong \\llh h~ version."

"We Me .i c:lo,c-1.nit and very cohe\l\C Wh~n a~l.ed why this is~uc \\US ,o Head Librarian Mary Carr said, "II would gmup," ,,11d Ma1h ln,1rut'tor Judnh Bro\\ er, lmpor1an1. why not leave the MUIL'men1 be a shame, 31 a time when "e Jie mov,ng "allhoup.h "" do hn,c d1ffcrenct'~ or opinion unt"h.tnl,?cd. and go on to othc:r ma11ers. m10 a new facilil)', e,tending the kind of ..0111e11n1t.-, •• lknnen replied," I hn,c Ileen :i.,ked 1he ,ame sen ice;, wi1h mnre help for s1udents and Un1il 1,,0 ;c.ir, ago. hhrar) pol!C) \\U, quN,on heforc:. I .im uh1mntcly rt'sponsible serving thi: community well. for thb 10 included in 1hc college pnlu:y manual. for 1he con1en1 in lht pohc) manu31. II 1s ~comt' u bone of t'Ontention."

AccorJ,ng 10 Head L1branan Mun C.1rr. 11 "hJI I h.i,,.. 10 rder 10 it an} quc.,ll()n; come According 10 the mmu1e, of 1he Sept 5 ''·" a 'Cl) ,p.•1·1tic do.:umcni and 111cludcd up. I'd 111.c the document 10 he as clear a~ ~ena1e mc<!unp. 1he ~nure t'Ollcge policy c,cn ,nmll llc1J11'. such a~ emplo~e.- hour< Jl<'"•hlc I \\anled 10 al least ge1 11 down 10 manu:il "111 ,oon be "cleaned up" under Since chnnpc, ,n ,·1,lkg.. pohC) mu~l h~ one ,1a1cmen1," he c,plained. referring 10 1he Bcnne11·~ ~up,:n "'un.

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Elk Creek may become NIC satellite Orher programs, according 10 Haughr. provided would include GED testing nnd The Elk Creek School building in Kellogg ms1ruc1ion, odull basic education. credit and could be the sire or un NIC snrellite campus noncredit classes in the evenings, special ir runds can be met, according 10 Clarence interest cl11Sses and customized training.

Haughr. dean of vocational educarion.

'There ore so many things 1ha1 have 10 be The project idea come nbour because of worked out before we get this projcc1 off of rhe fncr 1h01 rhe Kellogg nrea is nor growing, the ground." Bennen said. snid NIC Prcsidcnr Roben Bcnncn. The nrea Kellogg has agreed 10 deed the Elk Creek hllS a high unemployment rare since the mine School building conditionally 10 NIC. closures, according to Hnughr. according 10 Bennell. If NIC ever decided 10 Businesses and indusuies might become leave the Elk Creek School building, it interested in rhc Kellogg area if an would hove 10 deed the building bock. avoilobility of trained workers wns provided, Alterations would have to be made for the according ro Haught.

The new facility would benelit people in building 10 be usable. The board of trustees rhe Silver Volley who wish ro funher their voted 4-1 to authorize an expenditure of up education but are not able ro commute 10 to $2,000 for an architectural study of the Coeur d'Alene. Weld ing. maintenance building.

The building is nor handicap accessible 10 mechanics. pr:icricol nursintt, nurse's aide. culinary arrs, child care ~pecialisr and nil leve ls, ir wil I not conform to current secretarial skills courses would nll be offered seismic requirements. asbestos has not been removed from the mechanical room ond exits rhroutth rhc facility, according 10 Haught.

"We will run special programs for need 10 be repaired, according 10 James students in the Silver Valley so rhcy will not P:uano of Architect~ West.

"No funds from the NIC budttcl would be have 10 uavel so for," Benncll said.

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Senlinel Reporter

used for this project," Haught said, "It would :ill be new money. We cnn possibly get $600.000 10 $700.000 in grant money from the Economic Development Administration (EDA)." Haught said another SJ00,000 could possibly be received from a grant through the State Permanent Building Fund.

"We will not know anything for sure on whar the stale will wonr 10 do until spring," Bennen said.

Several buildings were looked at, ond the Elk Creek School building ended up being the best building because of the amount of money 1h01 would be needed 10 remodel, according 10 Bcnnen.

Funds for on-goi ng costs such as utilities, insurance, building maintenance and personnel would also hnve 10 be provided for. Rought said. These funds for opera11ons would hove to be sought through state approprin1ions. according 10 Haught. No request can be mode before July 1992. and it would not be decided on unril the next legislative session. in July 1993.

Students, staff may nominate employees

by Chad Sofsvlk

hsued. along with n gift ccr111'ic111t for a local resraurnnt. A display is ~er up in L1.-e Each month. nn NIC employee is picked Hall to honor lhc employee of rhc munlh. as the employee of the monUr. The ritle is In orde r 10 become eligible. the accompanied by the Sterling Silver Award. employee must be nominated based on Both students und faculty may nominate criteria such as professionalism, n11i1ude. someone for the award. quality of work. inhin11vc nnd creativity.

For one month, the winning employee Nomination form~ arc available in tht: recel\•es the parking spot of his or her 8o)well I-lull Orncc. Maintenance Oflice, choice. along with n picture of themselves faculty mail room nnd in the ntrium 10 designate rhc parl.ing. A plaque i\ olso between the booh1ore ond the Student Sentinel Reponer

Union Building. After nominnlions nre accumulo1ed, a commi11cc cxnminc~ the ballots and then selects on employee of the month. The rcsulls urc scaled until the onnounccmcnr of lhc Sterling Silver Awnrd recipient.

Some pa)t winner.; include Tom Lyon~. print media coordinntor, Pauline Irvine. secreta ry to the dean of ,•ocntionnl education, and Bun CrupJ)('r, trnn,pormtion ~upervi~or

Free attorney consultation available

by Monica Cooper SenMel Reporter

An auomcy i~ O\'Oilablc for up 10 three rrce hours of con)Uhnrion for ull registered NIC s1udcn1~ The services are provided by nuorncy Ida Legguu and paid for by 1hr Associnted Studenr~ of NIC funds.

Lcgge11 is a gradua te from Gonzaga University who \\Orkcd ~ n law clerk for rhe chief JU~tice of rhe Washington Supreme Coun the lirst year afler she groduutcd. She has been a trial onomey ~mce.

To consult with Leggen, a )luden1 must lir~I contact Political Sdenct Instructor Tony S1cwnn, 769·3325. who will do an inirial screening of the problem and decide if it is seriou~ enough 10 require the a11en1ion of an anomey. Then he will do some p:iperwork and direct the student 10 the anomey's oflice.

Students may receive consultation on any m~ttcr that presents a legal problem, according 10 Leg11e11. '"Traffic. minors in possession and

di vorce/scpnrntion arc the three most common issues," Leggcn ~aid.

Consultation is n/1 students are entitled 10 for fret. Coun appe.unncc) are not pnid for.

Addiuonnl consulm11on time co11s $95 per hour. "hile coun appearances ore even more co~1ly due 10 the work and reseorch involved.

"Depending on each indi"iduol cnse...chit·chnt. sometimes lener writing 10 01,1~.- p,:ople. telephone calls 10 county prosecutors and those kinds of rhings arc done 10 tr) 10 get things cleared up." Leggen s:uJ Legge11 said 1ha1 the opportunity 10 consult with an a11orney is u, ailable primarily for NlC students, but occasionally an NtC Sl3ff member will call, usually 10 talk abour a problem 1ha1 a studenr has.

Leggcn wanted 10 cmphllSizc I\\O things 10 students, ns far as consulting an anomey is conce rn ed: The earlier one confronts a problem. the easier it rs 10 solve. nnd students should realize a difference niSl5 between a rroffic infrac11on-tlle s1uden1 c:in pay his or her ticket and ''gel on wuh your life'"- and a lrllflic nmdemeanor-a crime punishable by jail and/or a large tine.

Departments pull up stakes Several of the college's dcpanmcnts made mows lO new locations !\'CCnlly.

The Leaming CC111cr moved from the Hedlund Building 10 the lil'Sl nooc of the new library. The shon-ierm 111lining end community education depanment also moved from the Ht.dlund Building to rho!

Dl'W library.

The Universi1y of Idaho's sntellite o{lice moved from the- Sherman School Building 10 the second floor of the new Library Computer Center. Public Relntions ~nd thc NJC Foundation moved across the h.:!11 from it<, old kx:ruion in the Sherman School Bultdini;, and the Area Council nn Agmg movl!d off ,-an1pus tn the I.?'.! I lronwt"od Building

Japan sign-up due by Oct. 31 DcJdlinc for ~igning up for the sprin~ br~ak tnp 10 Jap110 i~ Oct 31.

Anyon,• intcrc.~ted 1n 11arucipJtmtt should contncl Jim Mrnkkr. His ufticc is locJtl!d JO 1hc Fon Sherman Olficcr's Qunrtcrs Minkh:r\ ofnce huurs .rrc Mond Jy. WcdncsdJy Jmt Frld,1y 1-3 p.m. tind Tuc,day 110d Thumluy 10 J,m. 10 noon nnd 1·2 p.m. t\ppro:i1im,11c cost for 1h..: trip will b..: obout \ I,WO. he said.

NIC to host math contest On Oct. 31 NIC will be a hosl 10 regional high schools in the ronth annual m31h contest.

Tht co ntt ~I will be held in tht Bonner Room 3nd will include schools from Lakeland, Coeur d'Alene :ind Bonntr, Ferry. School5 will be divided m10 small and l:!rge groups. .iccordlng 10 1heir population.

The ltudenLS will begin taking the test a1 IO a.01. The three top grades from each s.:hoQI wiU be ,m:raged and lhe school with the highest .average WJD~ a trophy.

A lir51 prize will be giveo lO the top SIUMRI in tacb category. If a JUDior io

high school, the winntr's priz.e will be a programable cakulator. If the student is a high school senior ind wishes 10 autnd NlC, the prize Is free 1ui1ion for up 10 one ytar.

OP-ED HIV-positive friend brings on attitude, value adjustment 11 is 1he unkno" n 1hnt is mo,t frighrenrng.

Since I first he3rd of AIDS and HIV ii seemed rea<0nable 10 1ry 10 find our as much as possible nbou1 ii I did thi~ for 1he mos, ~lfish of reasoM: I wan1cd to know how people gor i1. so 1h01 I could keep myself and my children ,are.

I made up my mind erul} on whot I'd do if I met an}one wnh AIDS: I'd ~lay a.s far away as possible. I'm ashamed of my cowardice. but I'm only human. and I don·, wanr 10 die.

Then <Omcthing unc,pecred happened I round our that my good old buddy carried HIV. l '1•c known him for yeors. and in all that time I' ve always 1hough1 of him as the kind of pcr<on 1herc ~hould be more of . . .

E,pecinlly hecause he lnugh~ Jt my jokes.

Neu that I'd actually wish Valerie Parr this on anyone, but couldn'1 11 ha1•c happened 10 some Opinion Writer dtnse rlod instend? My hypo1hc1ical 'person wi1h AIDS' would h.11e het'n wnplc 10 01oid. II didn't occur 10 me that th i, could happen 10 <omconc I wouldn't \\Jnl 10 31oid. hkc a li1ing brenrhintt human thm I cored about. Instead of 1h1nl..ing of him as ··a person wi1h AIDS," I can onl) fed grief Instead of feeling fear for myself. I am afraid for him. I am praroful that he's only a carrier, that h1\ life is normal and healthy, a1 least for

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AIDS and HIV u<ed to be lumped together in my mind. .is if they ,,..,re almo~l the ~ame thing. Both shore 1he some virus. borh cnn be 1rnnsmi11ed. ond in the term~ thn1 I wn~ thinking, the difference be1wecn them scemrd minute, Now I know it is a vns1 difference-the d1fforencc between life and dearh. between normalcy and lingering illness. To my friend ii is oil the difference in rhe world.

Becnu'i<' ~ometimc~. laughing with friend~. relnxed and unsclfconsciou~. 1vilh people accustomed so long 10 him, the ~hndow of HIV re(edcs from awan:ncss. He 1s hi\ old self apain, and for a linle while he i~ free from the burden thar ofren dominate, his life With AIDS that is hardly possible. AIDS is the illness. the deterioration, the long stoy~ in the hospital With AIDS there are 100 many reminders that life is not normal With HIV life seems comptercly normal, nnd 1hc only reminders arc in the looks in other peoples faces.

Except 1h01 he's thinking nbout wriung a livinp will.

And he wonders if the world wouldn"t hi! a belier ploce if he, and nil his fellow vit11ms. Just blew themselves away. becaus.: that's the only way this plague could disapptar.

Some ptaplc don·, w;mt 10 be around him anymore·thc (!uy evcryhooy welcomed. Some people wont 10

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Property tax initiative harmful in 'real world' school situation Supporters of the I Pe rcent Property Tax Initiative claim the purpose of the initiative is 10 limit government spending, halt nm-away propcny taxation and compel accountability. They are right.

Supponers of the initiative claim Idahoans want lower propcny taxes. They :are right. Supponers of the initiative claim few, if any, local services will be cut. They arc wrong.

Local property taxes pay for many things, most of them necessary, imponant 1hings--things like our police force, fire departmen t, indigent medical care and schools. In an ideal world, we wouldn't have any taxes; all of our services would be free. or all the rich people would volunteer to pick up the tob. Back to reality. our local services need money to function. The I Percent Initiative. if passed into law. will take that money away.

Our schools stand to lose the most money--$70 million, to be exact. Supponers of the initiative claim the state will pick up the tab. Remember that "ideal world?" The reality is the state is not interested in paying local counties' bills. By law, it is not the sta te's responsibility. The state says "Thanks for the offer. but I think we'll pass."

Somebody has to pay the bill to educate our children and our,;elves.

We are faced with two choices if the initiative becomes law. We can either watch our sales tax

and/or income tax go up. or we can watch our children's and our own education go down.

Former Sen. Rathel Gilben said, "Idahoans have a love affair with their schools." Locally, the primary and secondary schools need our love. We have major problems in our school system.

Classrooms are over-crowded, book~ are out-dated, acc redita tio n is either de nied or seriously threatened. roofs leak, students are three 10 a locker at the hiih school. Is this how you treat a lover?

Gilbert said "frills'' should be cut out of our school system. Since when are books. teachers and safe buildings considered to be frills?

This initiative affect ~ more than jus t our propeny taxes. It affects where we live, where we and our thildren go to school and how our county will be run. We would all like a linle tax relief, but not at the expense of Idaho's children and college students. Remember, education benefits everyone in the long run. Don't allow the torch of knowledge, which is buffeted by the winds of foreign competition. to be extinguished.

Don't ignore the imponance of the I Percent Propeny Tax ln11ia1ive. Don't taJce the imtiativc at face value. Read between the lines, and make an educated decision...before education in Idaho is crippled. Don't sign the petitions. If it makes the ballot next year, Vote "NO."

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Friday. Oc1ober 11, 199 1

IMfl'EHS TO THE EDITOR Writer urges students to take advantage of freedom to read Dear Edi1or.

11hn\ been exac1ly 30 years since I wroic my lirsl leucr 10 ihe et.1i1or or a college ncw~paper. Then. I was wri1ing aboul bombs being banned. Now. many ycnrs la1er. I om wri1ing ubou1 books being banned.

1was disoppoinled 10 sec 1h01 your Inst Sentinel didn·1 sny n word aboul "Banned Books Week." This ~ubjcc1 should s1rikc home in the minds of all college und univcrsily s1udcn1s.

We an: s1uden1s here 1oday because when our forefa1hers founded 1h1s country, 1hey spelled oul 1wo particularly importan1 freedomi. in 1hc Bill or Righ1s. Without Freedom or 1he Pres~ and freedom of Speech. wh:u good is an cdutaiion?

If you·re only allowed 10 read whul 1he "eslablishmem" allows, will you be able 10 undcrsiand whafs going on around you? If you don't read. can you slay informed?

You need to remember 1h01there are lois of "someones" w11h 1heir own spccilic inlerprei:nions of what Freedom of the P~, shQuld mciln ror you.

AnJ 1hcrc arc lhousands upon 1housand~of those "$omeonc.," who hove 1hcir idt:.1~ of which 1hrcc or four books should be banned. If they JII had their wny. we wou ld eveniunlly have no books lefl 10 rcudl (Jus1 like in "Fahrcnhcil 451 ").

We have been very lucky here in America 1h111 book burning is nm a ,,cry common event Bui in some pnrlS of the world. there are libraries 1hnt don'1 even have ANY books lO bum in 1he lirs1 pince. Their go\•emmen1s haven·t ullowcd such books 10 be printed or brouch1inio 11teir coumrie~ in llte lirsi pince!

I hope you will 1hinl.. abou1 1hc next lime you·rc a.ssicned a "some dumb book" 10 rend. If you didn'1 hnve your freedoms. you wouldn'I be here 10 moan nboul having 10 read thal "dumb" boo!.!

Sincerely.

Sven Prelorious· Cura1or. Museum of Computer His1ory

Flint praises writer, corrects details concerning profile Dear &li1or.

I tnjoycd and apprccia1cd Amandn Cowley's nicely wri uen piece aboul my per)Onul h1s1ory in lite lusl Sent111cl.

However, I am con~1ruincd 10 corrcc11wo fnc1ual errors and one misimpr~~ion 1ha1occur in Ms. Cowley's article. Firs!.

my grndmuc del,!rce is 1hc Mnsterof Ans in Philosophy and not 1hc "dociora1c" os she Mmes. And al1houch I did huild 1hc lir..1 cabin of poles and Ix4s with n chuinsnw. handsaw nnd hummer. 1hal part of our "house" which is mnde of lugs wni. done wi1h u dmin~aw (Nor would I particularly recommend building log hou~es with handsaws), TI1c misimpression is 1hai I wu.~ "In Counlry" during 1hc Vie1nam War. I wa~ nol. I was rcln1ivcly snfe ou1on 1he edge serving T.A.0. for 3 or 4 months aboard 1he U.S.S. Cornl Sea. Then: wu~ n big difference. I joined 1hc Navy before 1he war broke oul and was already s1a1ioned in Japan when the Gulf of Tonkin lncidcnl occurred. I didn·1 know anything obou1it 01hcr 1han 1h01 there wa.~ on odvcnlurc on the horizon. So. in '66 I was on o ~ca cruise 1hruugh lhe S0u1h China Seo and port~ of cull. My ugema1es were embarking on on unnecc.s~ary journey 1hrough hell m 1hc Dn Nang gmcwny. "In Coun1ry." TI1crc wns a big difference. rm glod I didn·1go "In Couniry." bu1 lhc irony of my sea cruise hn.~ left a bad 1as1c in my mou1h. Thus lhis lencr. Anyway. I wnm 10 1hank Ms. Cllwley for nm mnking a raucous mockery of my personal his1ory. to which i1 rnadily lends itself. Thanks. Amondn. for your integri1y. decency und good wri1ing.

Sincerely.

Tom Flin!

Stowe points out duplication Dear Edi1or.

I enjoy reading 1hc Semmel and look forwnrd 10 ils publicu1ion. Mowcver. in 1hc Sep!. 27 lldilion you rnn 1hc same article. wi1h only n few changes in paragraph divisions. under two diffcrem hcadlin~: ..Groundwork fayed (~ic ( for new compu1er sys1em... page 3. nnd ..Compu1cr cxpan~ion bencli1s NI C', pogc 24. Surely Lherc arc enough quuli1y articles wrincn 1h011here is no need for duplica1ions. &lwina Stowe No1e: The Se11tiMI i1111d1•erta11//y run 1he "Jnrem,•mim,ed story Mire 1111d upnlngi=es for any inr11111•e11ic11re ii cw1ted m,r

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Trend encourages childbearing; some 'S.A.N.K.s' hold out ts my biological clock 1icking? Sure. bu1 I mu,1 hove forgo1 10 set 1hc alarm.

Childless and "1hirty-something." I see TV rolemodcl~ like lhc heau1iful and intelligcni Murphy Brown becoming an unwed mo1her...l.Ollk Who·s Talking.. portrayed Kirstie Alley as a successful. unwed mo1her and accounmnl.

The mcssngc is 1h01 I should suddenly change clubs- give up my s1s1crs al S.A.N.K. (Single And No Kid~) and my cousin\ of D.I.N.K. (Duel Income No Kidsl. and become a member of 1he 48, (Baby Boomers Bahy 1311s1(r\l ny no1 ha\•ing children I am judged 10 be amb11iou\, ~elr-ceniercd. imm,uure. or work-obsessed Hmmm. not much choice 1here.

Mnyhc I'll choose immature; aflcr nil. some or Opinion Writer my bc~1 friend~ are children.

But there an: some oihcr options for 1101 having children. Maybe some of u~ are iruly c:onccrncd abou1 global populmion or giving birth 10 a child who lms painful defcc1s.

Human populaiion is nearing 6 billion people and growing rampant ly. Some statis1ics show that only 1.5 billion people were on earth I 00 year~ ngo Furthermore. ecologis1 Ken Lustig says 40 perccm of 1he people 1h01 hove ever inhabi1ed earth have lived in this ceniury.

Earth has insufficient nu1rien1s and energy 10 sus1ain this kind of grow1h. When do we Mart being responsible'!

Maybe ano1 her reason ~omc people are nol having babies is 1h01 1hcy are wailing for 1he opening of 1hc gene1ic supermarke1.

New darn main1ains 1h01 a wonderful gene is availab le tha1 can be impl.in1cd 10 inwre your children won '1 grow up 10 be alcoholics. S1ill. 01hcr genetic engineering may preveni birth dcfcc1s. If we wail long enough we ough1 10 be able 10 choose inie lligcncc. eye color. a1hte11c lcndency. 111c Designer l,abicf!

Th~ problem wuh gcnc1b i\ 1ha1 it may be a give and 1nke ~i1ua1ion. For example. if you choose a gene 1ha1 will avoid deprcs(iOn, you may "in~p w11h Jn ex1remely v1olcn1 child. Wouldn·1 1hU1 be fun·• A .. Fran k & Ern e~t'' cartoon publi~hcd Ocl I dcpicled 1wo children looking in10 u cnb al u nc\\· born baby. One says 10 1hc oiher...D,d 1hc) make him from ,er.itch. or 1s he from a lrn'1" II\ funny. bul i1\ all 100 frigh1cningly clo~c.

With 1h:11 en mind. I goua go. 1ime 10 rcse1 my clock.

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Comp1ll-d b) Patrkk B. Hofft'r Scnuncl Repontr .

Nothing's heller then o lilllt' bathroom hwnor to gel tlungs slArll'<I. Jn the ll'<Cntly completed NIC l lbrnry / Computer Ccn1.ir ~uilding there are more rccept,iclt, in the men·, rc\troom, then women· s ,1~e ,amc 1s true of.. he She~nun School Building. Now. ii would probably be OK 1f men outnumbered women on campu,. hut i1 i, JU'I 1he oppo<llc. \\'oml'." ou1numbc~ men m both the \lu~en1 and racull} popul.111on. Why \\l'IUld a prngrc~1, e college hkc NlC hove mure t01 lm for c11her ~e\ JO} \\Jy°1 Di"riminJtmn1 Nah. \ our to, dollars nl nor!..

11.i, c )t>U r,er \\tlndcrctl ,u,1 whut }ou'rc: paying for "h,•n you send 1ha1 c.hcck 10 the JRS ' \\ell. "onJer nl'I mure. Part of 11 \\ Cnl 10 o n.'Ccnl Federal Commumcauon, Cllmmi,,iun ,1uJ} on lhe numbt'r of telephone, in each ,1.11~. Alaska. if you were \\Ondcring. cJmc m la.,1 w11h (101} '94 pole< Calilomi,1 had the moM \\ilh I 7 million. h.laho "'J' 1owartl the t>ouom ,1 nh onl} 60.8-10. (No" aren' t }'OU a belier person for kno-. mg 1ha1?1 Wanll'<I: One Spell-Checker T1cke1, lor ,m u1x-ommj! Ki"ani, magic sho" 10 benefit chari ty soy lhut 1he ~how 1~ gomi: 10 t,c held JI the Nonh ldJho S1.11c College in Couer d'Alene. Now ci1hcr the person "ho made the 11ckc1, 1, \\(lrking 100 late al night or their ''spell checker" isn't \\ llrking Enher \\J) ii ,h11ulJ lm·e ,aid 1h1111hc shnw was going 10 be held at the~ (dJho CQllece il11dnonum m Creur d'Alene llrre " ego lll!nin. ~ NIC Senuncl reccntl) rccei,cd ,1ord 1ha1 II~ serie, 011 prcJudicc la\l ~pring i\ one uf 1hree linnh,1s ror 1hc na11nnnl collcg1a1e pr.:M Story of the Year Award. judged ti, 1hc Los Ani:dl•, Time, (I ju,1 thought I ,hould ,hp 1h01 in,) ,\nd )OU 1hough1 the students :ii 'ilC where , trnngc.

Rcccnll} a bumper ,11.:kcr on a Jeep wa, spoiled 1h01 ,impl> r.:ad, "I' ve tripped Jni.l I can'111e1 down." Al lir.1 i:l;mce man) might think n would be one of1he ,tudcnts' car,, but 111urnl-d out 10 be the ,chicle or one o1 the p.1n-1ime an mslfllctors. II kind of suppon, ,omc of the ,u,picion, foll alx!u1 ,ome of 1hc mmuc1ors To br or nol to be? A re!>idenl. th:11 1,.

The Kll(l1cna1 Count> Regi,1rur cun"der, a per.on a rc,1dcn1 of lhc county if lhnt peri.on ha., h,cd in thl' county for onl> JO days 111c colh:gc, though. says 1h31 a person mu,1 lhc in 1he cuuni} for a yc.ir. w11hou1 a11endin1.1 NIC. before they ore coMidercd a rc,idcni /\ 1,Cl! lilt mor!' bulhroom humor.

Vl\11or.10 1hc bathrooms in 1hc Sherman School Building migh1 be m for a bn or a ,urpri,c when Ill() ,1rp m the door, of 1hc b,11h1oom. TI1l· 1c111pcra1urc .ippears 10 be ~et ju,1 a ind high ~la)bc the rnllCfC 1\ ll')ing m mal..e up for all lhe shhcring goinp on l>c,au,c of 1h.- ,on,1ruc1ion 111 the ,1c,1m tunnel Did )OU hcnr the on(' nboul the hnndlrnppcd tree?

13y )J\\ the '°liege rnu,1 ha,c .1 c,·n.11n amount <1f handk.1ppcd ,1cce~sible piirking ,pois Our college doc, mc,·1 1hc,c rcqmrcmcn1,. but one of 1hc'><! spot, "ju,1 a bit hard for ;m)o1w 111 u11h1e. II ,cJm, a, 1houch une or the ,pols N-hind I.cc Hull h." .1 rn1her larpc tree )!fil"IR!! m 11 I Ju,1hope lhe 1rcc ha, a permu. hecau,e II can be IO\\cd m 1he O\\ ncr', c\11,:n\l' ,i.:cnrJ1ng 10 ,1.11c l,111 lligh•kd1 <t'<'Urily 01 it, bl..,I, R,·,cntl~ t1nc of the \\inJl''" m 8t1w,dl H.111 \\a, ld1 open <"er niiht. Not <1nly did 1h1, make 1hc rO\>m r.11hcr mid for lhc ,1uuen1, "h11 had dJ" there m 11,,.• mommg. but tl .iho l.-11 ., \\,I) lnr ,Ill) \\011hJ.1>,: 1l11el lo h,l\c ,l'<t'" 10 1h11u,an1h ol dollar. '""'" ,,r ,.1mcr.1 equipment And \llll lhouµhl lhc s1ud~111, :11 NIC 11 hl'rr \lmni:c: The ~cq11cl The C'1>cur d' \lc nc Pre" r.111 a ,1110 al>oul lhc rcccni deH•lnp111cn1, 1n the llcdlund Buildrn!! 1hc da~ .,flcr the 1ru,1c,··, mwtini llic tr,>nl p,1ic .1n1dc 1, .1, .1.:comp,111100 h) ,I hc.1dhnc "h1ch re.id. "'l;IC empl11}cc, 1c,1 'ahnormal'" I \\Under 1t the rcponer mcl tlw in,trncior 1h.u h.11l 1h,• humpcr ''" ~,·r .lust n finnl plnd1 nf bnthrl\Om h1111111r. l he rc,tr(l11m, u1 the ~hc1111,m s,hn11I hutlJing ,ire U'<'d r• 1111.ml~ h} the l'r~,11l1•nt ' t1llicr Jnd I•~ , 1,11111~ d1~n11art1•, and ,uch He( ,iu,c nf th" 1hc) 3fl' l'\lrcmdi \\ell ,1pp,,1111cd Alnm,1 ti..·ncr th,m the Coeur 11· \l\'11e Rt'\llft', Muybe 11.,~.,dnnc mull.I ,,111· ., l,11 ,11 1m1nc~ on 111, '<"a \;1ll 1f he Jlhl ,,•111 hi, Euc,1down 10 the Shcrmun Sd1,,,I re,1rv,,m, Otlu, Jrt lhC) \\oultl nc,cr ~11<1\I 1h,• tlill,·rl'n,e

inicrview him or hove him m11kc speeches; everybody Mmts 10 ask him questions.

He doesn't know the nn,wcr.;.

In ~pile of all the research 1hn1 is being done on AIDS. the experts cnn'1 come up with anything conclusive. We nre expected 10 "know the foc1s." but the foci is 1ha1 more people will continue 10 con1roc1 AIDS and HIV. I'm not surprised 1h01 he didn't tell me.

It's not the kind of thing 1ha1 you bring up in casu11I conversation. "Oh. by 1he way. did you know I have HIV?" Each 1ime he 1ells ~omeonc he hos 10 brace himse lf ror the reaction.

What did surprise me was the re11Iiin1ion 1ha1 I probably know many people who have HIV or AIDS ond I don·, know ii. II doeM't do any good 10 run nwny from it. or 10 avoid this one terrific human being.

He thinks. if he can cope. he may be able 10 help 1he r<!sl o f us deal with this re3lily before the diseuse becomes a pan or our lives through our loved ones or in our own bodie~ Scary, isn't ii? But he'~ righl.

Sometime!> he even forget~ he ha\ it Then he feel, 1h01 he isn'1 coping, he's denying. I ~ay 1hat'\ jus1 like me rorgening my worries when I choo~c 10 hove fun. We can all choose what 10 dwell on. whn1 10 avoid. But it's hard 10 rememhcr somcumcs, 1hot AIDS or HI V hn't ju,1 in 1he fow courageous people who hove cho\en 10 try

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NIC implements recycling program do wn 1wice a we ek in the nftcrnoon s. and for NIC 10 bl."(ome o rccyding center.

"The trick is 10 get people involved in However. it costs money 10 have the truck The time ha.~ come 10 collect cans. pupcr the program," Stein said. co me pick everything up. The hope is, as and other recyclable goods: NlC hns Stein bclic,•cs 1h01 , si nce NIC is an soon as th e program gets going, 1ha1 the implemented a recycling program. educational field, it should be 1111 example 10 money made off the recyclables would cover ASN IC sian.-d the program lasi yt:ar. and the rest of the community. the cost of the truck.

So for on the cnmpus recycles hygrnde Ulnny Stein. director of auxill ary service~.

"If both the Mudcnts and th!! faculty on took over from there. campus arc forced into a s11u1111on where they computer paper. copy pap,?r. aluminum cons "The program has the po tcntinl to have 10 pmctice good habits. hopefully it will und clenr gln~s bonles.

'The one thing " ith recycling is the fact e_<calnte; it is ju(t a moncr of gening people rcnect throughout the communt1 y," Stein 1h01 the market isn't open 10 it right now. ns into the habit," Stein s.iid. said.

One of the bigges t problems 1h01 the soon as the dcmuncl for the product&i~ higher Stein and some of his colleagues nre working on a proposal for NIC 10 get a progrom hns encountered so far is finding on there price~ will go up. When it affects college-wide recycling program. The end outl et for reC'ytled prod ucts. So far. pocketb oo ks. then th ere is go in g 10 be result will be 10 get the whole city involved Panhandle Recycling ha~ hod a truck come results," Stein s:1id.

by E1ln Johns Sentinel Reporter

NIC insurance policy, procedure examined

by Sarah Eastman Senbllel Reporter

All NIC acudcmic students with eight or more credi ts and voco1ional students with fh •e or more credits automatically pay on insurance premium in thei r tuition.

This insurance will cover a moximum of S7,500 for each student injury nnd sickness.

A thorough descriptio n of the maximum amount give n for specific medical needs is provided in n brochure that can be picked up in the Associnted Students of NIC omces, located in the basement of the Student Union Building or in Student Serv ices, upstairs in the SUB. Students who did not wish 10 be covered by the NIC insurance poli cy were able co reques t a refund. The deadline for gening refunds wns Sept. 9. Lori Mahoney, NIC'~

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insurance advocate, said that they are hoping 10 be ab le 10 mail refunds before midOctobcr.

This is Maho ncy's first year as NIC's insurance advoca te. Rocky Owens. ASNIC pres ident, said ihat last year's insurance ad vocntc transferred lo Gon1.aga University.

Mahoney snid she firs1 app lied for the pos ition of ASNIC secretary. and Owens asked her 10 tal..c the insurance advocate position instead. Maho ney has no background in the in~urance field, ~he (aid.

Owens said they imerviewcd people for 1he insurance advocate position. looking mostly for someone who hos clerical and perso na l skill s and th e mbilit y to learn.

Mahoney was the best one for the pnn , Owens said.

Mah oney said her duties, aside from

processing refund~. incl ude helping students file petitions, answering questions and li hng claims.

"If a student has u problem with n claim. then we call the insurance compnny nnd ~ee if we can work thing( out," Mahoney said.

Robyn El lingford , a ,tudcnt a1 NI C. said she filed to get her premium back becuusc she's still hnving problems collec ting on o claim from lust April.

To collect on NIC's insurance. a Muden1 mny pick up n clni m form in the ASNIC office( or ut Student Sen•ices. Send th e filled-out clni m fom1, nlong with the doctor's bill, 10 the insurnnce compnny m Texas.

Another way 10 collect on the insurance is 10 pay the doctor's bill nnd then send the recei pt plus a claim form 10 the insurance company.

Mahoney said.

Pharmacy class joins NIC vocational course offerings

by Ge«gla Sawyer Senllnel Repo11er

A new vocational program has been added to the NIC curriculum this year, and in a fe w months. seven women may become qualified Pharmaci~t As.~istam~.

Patricio Kri sher. the new pharmacy instructor, is pleased 10 sec that this class is being added.

"This is the first program of its kind in Idaho. and I'm glad it' s finall y being recognited ~ a skill," she ~id.

She was directed 10 the position through LCSC's Center for New Directions. Her resume Wal> sent to NIC. and she shonly was c:1llcd 10 an interview with Clnrencc Hought. dean of vocational education.

Ni ne stud ent~ were accepted into the program. and seven remain. Thty on: in class from 9 a.m. 10 4 p.m., fi"e days a week.

Students Au drey Marmon, Lind a Wuest.

Kell, Bnnleu. Revcm Wmkins and Cyndec

Moser say they are pleased but have expressed 1ha1 they would like their books 10 arrive soon. T wo other members of the program, Jamie Barlow and Karen Wood, were unnvnilnble for comment.

An imponant goal for these students is to impro ve re latio ns with patients and be! respons1ve 10 their needs and concerns. That is why the students have 10 learn the names. uses. manufacturers and side effects of the top 200 drug5 in use today.

Wuest feel s that ii'~ going 10 be very difficult to remember e,erything.

"There's a 101 or rc~earch in, olved," she said.

"We're l.. ind of like the guinea pigs," Bnnle1said.

Although the program hasn' t got all 1he kinks worked ou t ye1. the ins1ruc1or and studen ts say they are ant iC'ip,lli ng a succcs.~ful ycnr.

NIC program assists Silver Valley miners DV Valerie Parr

Seobnel Reporter

About 1,000 miner~ lost 1ht:ir job, in the Silv.:r Volley when Sunshine. c,)Or, Bunker and Suir-Phoeni~ mrne, clo~ed 1hi~ year. Some of 1hem found new job,. ~omc ha"e been rclocau:d and some Mc! enrolled in lhl.' \'lh:aLionalt,>ehnicnl program at NTC. The Hedlund Vm:mionnl Center opened 11nothcr c11rpcntry .:lass 10 nccommod.uc the extra ,1mkn1<, Tlwy will OX:l'I"~ art eleraled training , o that they cnn rntch up with 1he exbting chlVi that began three weeks e.irlier.

After the ,tudents hJ,·e cough! up, the iwo da-.se-. can be combined so 1h01 all the ~1uden1s can work on nll the projcc1~.

"These di splaeed wo rker~ are alreody familiar w11h mn~, iools nnd know how 10 follow ~nfcty procedures," snid Qc.,n of Vocatiunal falucn1ion Clnrence Haught. ln the p:ist. owner, in Coeur d'Alene submilll'<l l'n,truc1ion plans tor a home LO b,• built by NIC carpentry ,1udenis. The home wr~~ cho~cn for it~ ins1ruc1im111l value and proximi ty 1,1 NIC ond could not be re.~old This year, however. NIC will build two house:. for th.: NIC Found ation to sell for o profi t 10 fu nd its activities. Another proJcc1 for the carpentry student~ will be 10 co~truct a foundation for a Post Falls park.

NlC al ~o propose$ 10 offor an 11 month maintenance eh:ctrician and a nine-mont h hc!ating/ventilation/ai r conditiomng program, both to operate J-9:30 p.m. Each of these program~ will cos t about th e! , ame as the carpentry, bu1 s1udeni~ will not "'or!. on 1he same proJte1$. ~Maintena nce work is very different," e~plaincd Haught, 11dding that the mainu:nnnce student~ receive mo re theory 10 clas~ 111 1hc: center, ~1-ecause it 1molvc) working on II lor or bi11 ma.:hine.~.~ The Cousomum of Area Voc:uiomll Educ111ion Schools (which number six 5choolsl contribule.s $20,000 of the \4 .$ ,000 cost for each of 1he,e programs, wb1lr the T rade Rehabilit:uion Ae1. which helps workers who have been displa.:ed due to foreign imports or world soun-es of products. provides for tilt remainder.

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Native American support group to be organized

by Monica Cooper

Senbnel Reponer

A suppon group for Nati, c American s1udcn1s at NIC is prcscn1ly being developed

by Ken Sto!l!!S, a member of the Siktz tribe or Sprin[!field. Ore.. and an NIC ~1udcn1 himself "Nmive American, don't always have the ,amc badground a~ normal \luden1,. ~o 11c·rc 1ryin[! 10 b,1s1cally he ,1 bufkr 10ne. or rorten the hllm ... Sia!!!!~ said A ,uppon ,y,1cm is nca"Jry JI NIC. Sia!!!!' said Nm1,c Amcm·,m~ dun·1 u,ually ha1,: fneml,. f,mul) or f.tnuliar curnmunt1) group, 10 \Up port 1h,·m wl11 lc I he}· re Jllend1ng collc!ll' SIJ!!!l' \J1d 1hu1 normalh J ) uung N:1111 c American ha, 10 1r.1, cl a IJr[!C di,1,1nrc tu Jllcnd collc!le ,\l,o. acrordm!! 10 St,tj!g~.

Name ,\mencan tribes have J d1ffer?n1 vicu of fornil) hfr und hclie,c 1ha1 ,tll member. of 1he famtl) ,huuld be 1ogc1hcr at oll tunes.

Lc.•a, mi the fomil) 10 aucnd college " 1111.Jcl) d1woura[!t'd. h1• said: thu,. fc11 Nnt1,•l' ;\mcraran, ,cc~ higher cduca1111n. and II hen 1hey du attend collc11c. nny Slt!!hl nmhop m atld111un 10 r.1mil) pressure, 10 return home could cJu,c a Na111 c American ,1udcn1 to pJc~ h1, or ha b.1g, m ,tn m,1an1.

S1,1ggs would lt~c to cncour:t{!C ml!rc No1hc ;\mcri~.tn pc1>pk rn ,cl'}, h11?hCr educ\ttmn by esiahhshing ,1 {!roup 1hu1 "ill help them with 11?j!l\lr.11tl!n and 1he nnancwl aid proce,,. inform them of the d1ffrreni oppunun111c, a-.1ilablr ,11 NIC. heighten tlw1r .1wJrcnc,, of Na11w American culture ond rncnurJ!lC them m he more m4uhi1he Th.: Na1ile i\mcncan suppon [!roup h,1' nm yet begun 10 hold nicc1in!!,, hu1 StJgg, pion~ for them 10 bcpan ,oon. ;\nyl1nc 1h.11 \\ould like in pct in,uhcd wi1h the ,uppnn 11roup ur J\k 4uc,1iun, aho111 11 can call St.1i1g, ;11 F,1. 323 on Mond,1y, or Wcdnc,da) thmu11h Frid~>. noon to I p.111.

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Every year Walt Carlson's carpentry class builds a house for pnn of their education. Construction by this ycnr's class of 20 s1ude n1s is scheduled 10 star! 1his week. if the building permit comes in. The house will be buill on S1anlcy Mill. nt the l'Orncr or Cherry Hil I and Johnson roads.

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houses in a new development area. It will be a 1wo-s1ory. 1hree,bedroom. three- bathroom. 2.300-squarc-foot house. The house will be modcra1cly priced. accordi ng lO Carlson. Mc said one or the nicest :ispccts of the house wil l be its view of Lake Coeur d'Alene. The house will be funded by 1he NIC Foundation and is expected 10 cost between S130,000 nod S160.000.

The carpcniry clnss will be doini; :ill of the work cxcepl the electrical.

heating and plumbing, which will be subcon trac ted out to 5cpnrotc con1rac1ors. Only n few or Cnrlson's students hnve had prior construction experience.

"We emphasize s uperior quality more thr1n anything e lse in construction because people deserve 10 get what they pay for.'' Carlson said.

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MOTLEY CREW- The 1991 ASNIC Fall Cruise revealed rollicking revelers to roving lensman Reasor. One wild woman waltzes with obvious obstreperousness, obscuring other occupants of the shifting shipdeck shindig. Her dance partner partakes of particular patrician peculiarities.

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The disease affects us all HIV-positive student still a human being

by Chrlstlno l.JIBang Sentinel Reporter

o you know the difference be1wcen HIVposi1ive and AIDS? Do you know that the Cenier ror Disease Con1rol has s1a1ed tha1 one million people in 1he United Stu1cs nre currently infec1ed with 1hc AfDS virus? Do you know thni AfDS is primarily a preventable disease? Do you know that you can get AIDS even if you arc not goy or a ncedlc.i,.drug user'! These arc just a few of the focts that AIDS"uwareness momh for the s1a1e of Idaho is trying to make us nil aware of.

Dec. I is on mtcmationol AIDS awareness day. called "World AIDS Day." but Idaho nnd NIC have designated October to ock.nowledgc the fact that all of us need to get n little more educated about AIDS and how ii affects our lives.

NIC tries to help give ~tudcnts nn awareness about AlDS throujlh lectures, posters, newspaper anicles and personal "one-on-one" help through the henlth center. located in the People 011 this Student Union Building.

Linda Poulsen. 1hc campus who director of student health might have services. says or AIDS and f amily a11d AIDS awareness: "Get information. f rie11ds with HI V get educated: understand are f earful to talk that it could happen to you.

Open your hean to other about it because human bein!!s that are of the prejudice affected and get beyond the judgments of their behavior that surrou11ds it, and onempt to develop but talk about it some empothy ror the people thnt ore impacted by they must... this virus. In the next rew ··Linda Poulsen years. everyone w,11 know someone or fomil y that hns been impacted by thi~ ,11rus. Now is the ume to find ou1 facis and learn what you n.~ an individual can do to prevent the iening and spreading of AIDS." In 1981-82, the first verifiable case of AIDS \\!IS discovered and only m 1984 was the antibody test developed. That means that all of this. Poulsen said, is le~ 1hnn 10 years old and AIDS i~ already m epidemic proponions.

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and how it got here. but our best efforts nrc how we con cope with it now that it is here," Poulsen said.

Hrv-posith•e is different from AIDS in the fact th,11 U)UOlly u person \\~II be HIV-positive (infocted with the AIDS virus and a carrier of the disease} five to 10 years before he/she will ever show signs or nny AIDS· related illness. Only then is that person diagnosed n.\ having AIDS. Considering that the world hns only been awnre of this for less than IO years, Poulsen says. it is n scary proposition to think of whnt 1hc world will be like in live more ye.us. when one million people hove been diagnosed :is HIV-positive or hove AIDS. One of the problem~ surrounding AIDS is prejudice. Poulsen said; it is not a moral is~uc. It docs not depend on whether someone bclie,•c\ in God or not. It is a plague thot has gripped our notion through all wnlk.s of life nnd as of today, there is no cure.

What can an individual do 10 become more aware of AIDS both as an epidemic and as n personal issue?

Poulsen said, "People on this campus who might have family nnd friends infected with HIV nre fearful to tnlk about it because of the prejudice 1ha1 surrounds it, but talk about it they must. It is a deadly ,•irus wiping out huge populations across the world. and we need cffons 10 den I with it and get rid of it."

On Oct. 21, in the Bonner Room. from 7.9 p.m. there will be a program in conjunction with NIC, School District 271. Public Health and the Nonh Idaho AIDS Coalition on "How to talk 10 your chidrcn about AlDS" to try to help raise awareness about AIDS. In Coeur d'Alene, a local group, the Nonh Idaho AIDS Coalition, run by Jon Schwanz throu!!h Panhandle Hcohh. helps not only people that are infected but also has a suppon group that helps deal "'ith issues that the families of HIV-positive and AIDS people live with. In November. there will be a program on peer education regarding sexuality and AIDS. For information call Panhandle Health at 6673481.

Anybody ut risk should be practicing s:ife se~.

Poulsen says; anybody who wanlS to stay alive will toke Meps to protect themselve~ and their loved ones from this deadly virus.

"The wuy to pro1ect yourself is through information and the action~ that result from that knowledge." Poulsen said.

here i~ n human on our campus who is HIV-posiuve. In that statement. the key word is h11mu11. The thing t makes ham difforcnt from the rcM of is thnt he i< cnrrying J d~ndly virus in 1i~ body. Mc ,s a hu\bund, fnther. laborer ond a full •timc student with a 3.1 GPA for the ln~t ,ix scmc~tcrs.

He is not gay. Me is not sure \\here or how this virus got into his body. It could haw been u ~exunl encounter: it could hove been through drug u,uge in his pas1. \vhcn dru!!~ were for "fun" und lifc<tylcs were different. But he's grown up and done the changing that come~ with life experiences und ugc. only to find ou t 1hm his past ha.~ o direct bearm@ on hb future, o futurc: filled wi1h family. hope~. drcnms nnd the perscrvcrance to further his educauon and ncccpt the respon\ibility of his life choices.

HIV-positive wa.s not his choice. It can happen to anyone. It is ,1 plaiudcp1demic und there is nu cure. It is communicable and deadly.

"Thnt the U.S. Guvcrnment, st:tte progrnms. health center~ and schools adverusc and promote 'Safe Sex' is a lie to the general public and ignoring the facts,'' he said. "They should be saying loutlly-'Sa/er Se.r. • as there is no safe ,eit anymore. Nuw we are dealing wi1h death." he said.

His life is as ordinary and a, complicated as anyone's, ond he is Jiving and ploying h the best that he knows how. He said.

"Being HIV-positive has woke me up and made me realize that I have things to do and tame to do them, rather than ~itting bock and saying 'Oh. my God. I have it!"'

Life on campus has been harder since he "came out" last yenr and let it be known that he i5 HIV. positive. For every person that rinds out that he ha~ this virus. he has tu ignore the "ex1ro" meaning 1n the question, "How are you doing?"

"I hate how it changes people," he said when asked about his friends and \Ociol life here on campus.

"Although there arc: friends here 1h01 have helped ~uppon my menial well-being." he said. • there arc acquaintances. who from lack of knowledge, lind my presence uncomfonable And for 1hosc few, my only "ords are 'Get educated.'"

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What would you say if your best friend said, 'I'm gay'?

I'd say, 'Well, okay." I really wouldn1 have a drastic reaction. I would be happy he told me.

Patrick J acobs, Art

I'd say. 'II comes a time in every man's file when he must grab the bull by the tall and lace the situation.'

Cliff Banks, Commerclal Art

I'd kill him. I'd nng his neck; I'd definitely beat him up.

Bart Wedgen, Welding

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say. Thar's weird. You might not set them up on a date or anything but it really wouldn't matler.

Brandl Polland, Chemical Engineering

I'd say, 'No big deal.' I have gay friends, so...

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Brower: a merging of music and mathematics sis1ers are having for dinner 1ha1 night." She wore a habi1 (a nun's 1rndi1ional gnrmcnl) for "20-some" years. bu1. given 1he choice by 1he church, changed "Mos! folks JUSI call me Judah." NIC 10 everyday clo1hcs since. She ~ays. "The ma1hemn1ics inMruc1or Judi1h Brower is likely 10 say when confron1ed by a s1uden1 confused oboul immediate reac1ion of people 10 a habit is disrnncing: people seclude us." She sny~ she 1he proper c1ique11e of addressing a nun.

Brower has been a nun since she lirsl cn1crcd a believes 1h01 using 1he same Iools as everyone else brings her closer 10 people.

Fmnciscan conven1 01 17. She has also been o ,cacher and 1augh1 in many s1n1cs al 1he grade When asked about her career choice, Brower says 1ha1 the s1udy of mn1hcma1ics has always school and high school levels. and she received a masier's degree in ,caching ma1herna1ics from imrigued her.

Srnnford.

"I lind ii a 1remendously liber:11i1ing, ~ubjec1 ...

She said, "I was Ihe oldes1 of seven kids, and my Mathcmn1ics is no1 primarily n subject of righ1 brolhers ~1 ill 1ease me: 'You·r.: always ,caching,' answers and cxac1 ways or doing some1hing: i1', a 1hey say. ' If someone asks you how le g,o 10 1he marvelous subjec11hn1 combines righ1 brain nc1ivily s1orc, you 1each 1hcm how 10 go 10 1he s1ore - you wi1h lcf1 brain ac1ivi1y. h's a language 1ha1 can don'1 JUSI 1cll 1hcm. You're always goin1110 be a 11an~la1e the expressions for nn idea in10 a fom11h01 1eachcr and you olwnys were a ,cacher '" cnn be easily mnnipulo1cJ." Drowcr says she never had 10 agonize abou1 her She 1eaches ma11tcmn1ic, because she says i1 i~ decision 10 en1cr a con,•cnl. "I grew up in c1hnic one form of minbtry nnd 11u1rc11d1.

Chicago. which was very Catholic. and I was "I find 1ha1 in work ing wi1h people who s1rugglc ~urr()undcd by a presence of people for whom fni1h, wilh mu1hcma1ic, nnxie1y 1h01 if I can brenJ.. down and living ou1 1hcir foi1h, was imponan1." She add\, some of 1hc pain thui cxim for 1ho,e people I om "When I wns growing up in 1hc '50s and '60l.. doing ti hc:1ling nunhll)' & well n., recogni,ing 1ha1 worncn's c:11cer oplions were 1101 as !hey arc now.

1ho\c people arc hcolin11 me."

My dad hud two si,1crs who were nun~. nnd 1hey Mindful of 1hc scpnrn1ion of church nnd ,1a1c. were such neat ladies - very alive. To me ii never Brower ~oy~. "My s1uden1s know I'm u nun. and ,cc:med .1 clo~cd-in or rc,1ric1i,c 1ype of life." !lie) lo.now whnl 1hcy hc.1r i~ going 10 come from J\ficr being wnh the Frnnciscnn Order for more 1h01 frame of reference We ru; human beings grow l1111n 15 year~. Brower 100k n year ofl 10 pra)' ,md 1ogc1her. and when mmhemu1ics help~ - fine: and rcn~-c,. During 1ha1 lime (he wro1c more Ihan 50 when lis1ening or handing ou1 Kl~cnc~ or fixing 1eu piece, of mu~ic. J\l(o from her y~ar of rcncc1ion helps - 1hcn 111111· ~ wha1 I need 10 do." cnmc a decbion 10 join the Bcncdic1ine Cornmumly.

She says tha1 1hc folks she deals v. i1h everyday In 1985 she came 10 Co1mnwood. Idaho. and begun arc VCI)' SJJ<.'Cial !)(.'Opie. "We !1hc B~nedictint,l Ih(• nflilin1ion wi1h 1hc Bcnedic11nc Monns1cry of S1. belie,•e 1ha1 who! happen, e,·ery day, in rhe Gen rude: - a pince she calb "home bnw" 1odny. ordinary, is !,IICrcd and ex1ruordinnry. Mos, of u~ She says of 1he Ocned1c1in,· life: "The rhythm will no1 be famous ... We do lhe best v.e cnn. and nnd bnlnntc: in lil'e bc1wcen soli1ud<' and c,ery1hin111hm we do every day is Jlll,I as good a.s communi1y. betwo.>cn prayer and work. be1ween what we do on our special dnys." lei\ure and work was r,•ally more where my own Brower ~ay) 1h01 she alway~ cau1ion, people 10 hfc resonmcd.'' She adds. "If I go longer 1han a remember that failure is no1abou1 making mistake~. mon1h awny from bu1 rath<'r failure is abou1 Cononwood. I gc1100 not ge11in11 up nnd trying closed in on my~elf. and I again. She says. "P...ople Judith Brower I.now il's 1imc 10 go need 10 be able 10 say,'Oh home:· damn. I blew it again.' and The :.oliludc of 1he need 10 know lhal all God monru.lCI) i, pR'CiOU( 10 a,h us 10 do is say, 'OK. her, Brower says. but ·he r II 1ry II again.... likes 1hc anon)mity of Brower combines wearing evcr)'day clo1hcs.

01herworldly medi101ions "I like 10 go 10 Safeway wi1h down-to-earth nnd 001 have people peer wisdom-"Jus1call me into my c:111 10 !,Ce wha1 Ihc Judith."

by Amanda Cowley

Sentinel Reporter

Friday, October 11. 1991

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c:Atijfdk ~0mpdUi0n at Ui ~neit °" ~ot!

There have been some grc:u moments in the history of competition: Jesse Owens' decathlon victory berore Hiller in Berlin, the Unhcd Stntcs' hockey gold mednl over the Soviet Union and now Marty Bodny and Terry 8allnrd Cllch gulping ten out of ten ~oops of plumcting ice cream.

Titcsc golden, or. more accunucly. s1rawbcrry-colorcd moments and many others too~ place Sunday at the first NIC Campus Games. which pitted two team( from the Fon Sherman Apnnmer11( .ind two from the Shc(lpcrd/Gridley Holl ogoin\t cuch other.

The Fort Shermon teams, the Boozers and the Bunhcnd~. took lirst ond ~ccond place. respectively. while the Shepperd/Gridley en1rnn1s, the Kamika,i( and the Whoop-ASs.-s. brought up rhc rear~ no (l\111 intended.

Trndilionnl events such a, the ·•1ug-ofwnr," "egg toss.'' "three legged rJcc" and the quick-chongin!? "su1tcast relay'' provided plenty of c~ci1~mrn1 for the nearly fony paniclpams, but the ou1-of-1he-ordinnry e,em~ were the duys biggest hits.

0 DEEP THROAT-Tom Juul catches a scoop of Ice cream dropped from a towering ladder.

The "diuy daisy relay," in which the con1es10nt\ pince their foreheads on the end of a baseball b,11. the other end of which is on the g~ound, and run around the bat 15 times then run backward 10 o distant cone thr~w c,•crybody off-balnnce. Titc event Jl,o claimed the Game\' only cn,uuhy. who <uffercd u ~prarncd ank le. ond probably a strained equilibrium to boot.

Titc gu1-wrcnching "food relay" hod conlcManis' tostc buds doing ~ome doublernkc.~- snrdincs. julopcno peppers. peanut huller and jelly \Ondwiches, lemon wedges and suh-wntcr rnffy were just some of the fare the blindfolded contestants chowed down on w·hcthcr they liked them or not (nOl 1}.

E,·crybody got Into the swing of 1he "pnmy pendulum relay," in which ru1 orange is put in one leg of the pantyhose nnd the 01her leg is tied ru-ound the con1csmnt's waist. The object is 10 gc1 the ornnge swinging by rotating 1hc hips, then hit a volleyball with i1- 10 your panncr. who hits it back 10 you.

TI1e event, which rctjuires movements best described as "suspicious" if anyone is 100 good at performing them. was token by the Ins, pince Whoop-Asses- their practice sessions must have been somethi ng S(l(.'Cinl !

All in nil, the event wos n complete ,ucrcss. according to John Jensen, director of rcs1dcn1inl life ond housing a, NIC. "If we continue 10 put on events like this, it will help the atmosphere for the people living on enmpus. get them active ond bui ld some camaraderie between lhc students in lhe donns and the nponmcnts." Jensen said. !'Inns are olrendy on for the winter version of the games, designed to run in conjunction with the 1992 Winier Olympicsif the Campus Gomes Sunday were any indication of the fun to be hod this winter, it should be a chillin11ly good time for all!

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Physics teacher returns from China NIC's Curt Nelson relates discoveries

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Nelson Jnd ,e,en other rh>;i1·, inmuc10~ from the USA met "1th l\\O Gcrm,in~. t\\O llahans and I\\O AuMr.thnn, m Hong Kt>ng.

Fro m Hong Kong. the I 4 dl'lego1cs tra,dcd 10 BeiJing in nonhen<t Chinn. Then the) "cnt to nonhwc,t Chinn and srnycd in

Xian. They then continued on to Guilin. in the southwest. and finally to Guang1.hou in the southeast. They ,•isitcd two universities in each city. giving 15-20 minute lectures at each university.

The delegates stayed in deluxe three and five srnr hotels set up only for foreigners .

Only 1he Chinese who worked there were allowed into the hotels, Nelson said.

All the delegates spoke the internmional language of English, but interpreters translated the lectures ror the Chinese. They lectured primarily to instructors, deans. presidents and graduote students. A few physics undergraduate students also attended.

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Nelson lectured 01 o university in Xian. lie said his audience was fa~cinotcd by the slides he ~howed from America because they don't see much of 1he outside world. Nel~on said they we re ;11\o intrigued by his blue eyes. Joni! nose and baldness btcnusc they don·, see many Americans at all Approximately 10 percrnt of Chinese high school students are eligible 10 go on 10

college. Nelson snid. The rest toke menial jobs. such os driving taxis or repn iring bicydcs. To go to college. students must pass an exam aficr finishing high ~chool. If they fail. they can try ognin the fol lowing year, but most don ·1. he ~aid.

All students go to ,chool six days n week, Nelson said. The <chools arc nil owned by the government and arc free. A few private ,chools CAi~t for l.indcrgoneners. Parents w11h enou!!h money se nd th ei r children to th1'<C <choul<. he said. The children sta y there 24 hour~ n dny. si, days a week.

In high ,chool. 1he classes are mucturcd to" nrd the college entrance e,a111, Nelson said. The students must wke five years of physics and six yea~ of English Ncl~on said the physics education i~ "watered down" in Chinn. Mc said th(•ir te~t bool.s were olI paperbacks, we I I-written but very

conservative. Nelson said the clnsses don'1 have group discussions; the teachers instruct and the students listen. TI1e students study more and have better study habits than Americans. Nelson said.

The n,•erogc cluss has 48 stud ents.

Nelson soid. One class had one four-function cnlculator 10 be shored among all students and some schools only have one overhead projector for the entire school. The schools use Apple Compu1crs without disk drives: only a few computers that use floppy discs exist in Chinese schools, he said.

In college, the s1uden1s mus1 choose n career for the rest of their lives. Nelson snid.

College entrance is limited 10 18-yenr-olds.

Nobody is allowed to return 10 college 01 n later age. Tcnchcrs work 14 hours u week and earn SJO per month salary. They aren't allowed to hove a second job, Nelson so1d.

Student~ can pnnicipntc in socrer and coed bnsketbnll. Sometimes students play Chine~e Ches_~ in the streets with a piece of paper ond wooden game pieces, Nelson said.

Elcc1ives in school include music. art nnd

longungcs, he said. During rrcc time, s1uden1s walk. visit temples nnd enjoy their fnmilies.

China doesn·t hnve any world history classes. and 1hc librnries don't have any lx)oks on outside countries. Nelson snid. The people of China, however, urc eager 10 learn about other countries. Nelson said he was in n store and drew son11!one a map of where he li\i!d. He said soon five or six people were arou nd 1hcm. all interested in keepi ng 1he map he had drawn.

China has o ropuln1ion or millions of people, Nelson ~aid. and yet their crime rnte i~ unbelicvabl) low Nelson said he onl y heard one , ircn wh ile he w.1s 1hcrc. He didn't see any jnils or grnffiti. Nelson snid he didn·1 sec any "druggie)" ond only one drunl. the 1hrce weeks he was 1hcrc. He suid he didn't ~cc any unemployed people on 1hc streets.

Nelson went 10 un opera and snit! it was ,cry beautiful. The perrormers used various Chinese inwumcnts. danced and sang in un ison. He snid the performers were e1m~idcrcd prorcssionnl.

The amateurs go outside or the Grcm Woll in Xian Jnd gnther together to sing and dnncc. Nchon snid he went there once and ~aw people wnitin!! to pcrfomi.

The pcopk or China urcn·1 allowed to own car\, Ne lson said. Instead, they rtde hikes. 1akc the hu, or taxis, or ride mule~. he <;.;ud. Horses ar.: used 10 pull carts with wood or hay in them. he suid The mo~imum speed limit in Ch1nu 1s 30 mph, Ne lso n snid.

During bod wca1hcr. bike riders wear a plns1ic coal that covers their handle bars. 1l1e people aren't nllowcd to ride more than one person per bike b.:causc it' s potentially dangerous, Nelson said. However. the police aren't out after 10 p.m.. and couples tend to ride double 1hcn, he said. (China doesn't have much of a problem wi1h crime, 1hus it isn•t necessary for the police to patrol at al I hours, he said.) Nelson snid one of his most memorable moments was when he saw a young man riding hi s bike with his girlfriend sitting behind him. He said it was a sight of love.

Doting coupl es In Xiao ride bikes together, walk on 1he wall ond walk in 1he park, Nelson said. He said couples don' t kiss in public; they just visit, talk ond hug with one ann.

Divorce is a problem in the cities, Nelson said, but nothing like it is in America.

In Guilin, men buy their wives for S1.000. and some will spend S2,000 for n good one, Nelson said. Women can only benr children between the ages of 22 and 24, and in the Jorge cities they ore only allowed to hove one child. Nelson snid. Grandparents usually take core or 1he children while the parents are at work.

The a,•erage npartmenl is 12 by 20 feet ond is home for three-generation families.

The familie~ have running water, a sink,

propane stove and lhcy hang laundry outside on bamboo poles.

The Chinese ate on ly with chopsticks, Nelson said. They mostly ate pork and rice he said. In 1he dorms. the food was throw~ together in n big bowl which everyone nte

photo by Kathy Hostetter

CURT NELSON, AN NIC physics instructor, displays a first-century compass he got while serving as a member of an international physics delegation in China. from, he wid. People drank beer, soda or 1ea ut nil m~uls. Nelson said. He said China does not have a minimum drinking nge and it does not seem to cause any problems.

The medical field is run by 1he government and hos good equipment. he suid. According 10 Nelson. everyone is taken care of in China.

The newspapers In Chino dealt mostly with industry, business, family and disasters like eonhquakes and floods. Nelson said. He said no rapes or trials were in the papers. The front page dealt mostly with national news, which President Bush was often a part of.

Nelson saw no American or in1emational nags in China. He said the only other nags he saw besides the Chinese flag were solid colored nags with no meaning 01 the hotels where he stayetl, displayed for color only.

While in China. Nelson said he missed coffee and American food. He said 01 the end of their trip they found a McDonnlds in Hong Kong, where he devoured a cheeseburger..

Nelson feels the United Srntes is supenor 10 China in its freedom of opponunity and choice of careers. Americans hove the freedom to choose their cnr~er. 10 pursue a new career. to anend a college, even without top honors. and 10 continue to educaie themselves at any age, he said.

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music Nora-r ion: New computer allows students to fulfill their musical dreams

by Alex Evans Advoltlsing EdilOf

There is a new Macintosh llfx on campus for music s1udents. This compu1er is sci up wi1h lhc progrnm "Finnie." a computer music nota1ion and playback program thlll ullows even those wi1h no abili1y on an instrumenl 10 nol3le aod plnybark what they wish. according to NIC music theory instruc1or Gemrd Mathes.

'The new compu1er crui piny as many as 64 separate MIDI (musical instrument digi1nl in1crface) voices or ins1rumcn1s at the same time," Ma1hes said; even 1hose people 1ha1 know how to piny two or three instrumcots can have all lheir instruments played n1 once with di!Tcring speeds and even acccolS. "We have gone from prehistoric to advanced 1eehnology with this new system" Malhes said. The new computer is an update from whm music s111dcnts once used, which was a Macin1osh Plus which had I megabyte of R1\M (random access memory) nnd n slower processor. According to Mathes. the new compu1er has 16 megabytes of RAM and a much faster processing system 1hal can redrnw lhe screen and compile the music much mon: quickly.

"Because of the larger screen we con now sec more of 1he music al one lime," Ma1hcs

said. The 19-inch screen for 1he compu1.:r came from the Mnci nlosh lob upstairs in Boswell Hnll. as did 1hc boll for 1he new computer. To save money 1hc music department purchased a new mo1her board which was then put in an old Mac £1 box.

'111is compu1er can process as much as 15 10 20 limes faster than our old computer. This speed allows the user 10 nccess 'Finnie' to n much fuller extent," Mathes said. The new computer will piny the music back through the synthesizer much more accurntcly, which is

imponanl for complicated pieces, according to Mathes.

"With a system like this, even someone who isn't musically inclined can lenm a lot about songwriting and music structure In gcneml," s:tid music student Jnson Ahlquist.

The class that uses thi~ new computer the mos1 is the Computer Music Notation class tnughl by Mathes. 11·~ a one-credit seminar covering the basics of 1hc Finnie program nnd Jl,,l1DI use on n Macintosh.

"Bccousc of the way 1his class is set up. c:ich s1udcnt is more responsible for lhcir own work,· Mathes said of lhe contract he works out wi1h each student. Mathes meets with 1he s1uden1, and they decide on what 1hc student will learn that scmcs1cr; the amoun1 of the con1ract thnt 1he student fulfills decides the grade.

'1l1is course is only taughl during the fall semes1cr," Ma1hes said. bul he encourages students to take Fundamen1als of Music 120 in the spring, n threc,credit course covering the busies of music notation, which includes some computer ins1ruc1ion.

1l1is is the 1hird semeslcr tha1 this class has been taugh1 lll NIC. According 10 Mathes. 1he res1 of 1he semester will be much diffcren1 because of 1his new compu1er.

"We have gone from prehist01ic to advanced technology with this new system."

-- Gerard

Noted singer to perform in Boswell

by Pattlck B.Hotter Senhnel Reportor

Singer/ songwri1er Helen Reddy will perfonn in Boswell Auditorium Oct. 18 at 8 p.m.

Rtddy, best-known for her song "I Am Women," is being broush1 10 Coeur d'Alene by 1he Coeur d' Alene Pcrfonning Ans Alliance. Reddy comes 10 Coeur d'Alene afler finishing a tour with jnz sinJ!er Mel Tormc in 1990. Her tour wilh Tom1e inspired her 10 wri1e the song "Feel So Young" for her new album.

Reddy WM born in10 an 1\ustrallon show business family. She became iniercsted in ~inging at on cnrly age and cmered a 1alent contest where she compe1ed agnin\t 1.357 others for n chance 10 see record cxecu1ivcs in New York. Reddy won 1he contest but

never saw the record executives. Reddy and her dnugh1crs s1nyed in New York for live years before she signed with Capitol Records. Her lirs1 song. "I Don'1 Know How To Love Him," was also her first song to make it 0010 ll1c chans. Reddy's lim Grammy came with the song. "I Am Women," which was also her lirsl song to reach Number One on 1he charts.

Helen Reddy, wellknown pops singer, plays NIC auditorium

Other well,known songs by Reddy include "Della Dawn,"· Angie Baby." "Leave Me Alone (Ruby R.:d Dress)" and "You and Me Against The World." Reddy ha~ also perfom1cd in several Broadway musicals. including '' Any1hing Goes." Reddy nlso has done work on the silver screen, mos1 no1ed for her work in 1he Wah Disney release "Pele's Dragon."

During the Persian Gulf War Reddy performed in "Voices Toni Cnre," a tribute 01 1he Persian Gulf troops. which featured over 100 Hollywood celebri1ies.

TicketS for Reddy's concen nre available a1 the Boswell Audi1orium Box Office a1 769-3415. Bun's Music, Book & Game Company. The Coeur d'Alene Communily Thea1er Box Office and in Spokane al S1reet Music. Ticke1s an: S16 and S18.

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011 its way up...

Creative Writer's Club seeks aspiring artists

by Monica Cooper Senbnol Reponer

NIC's Crea1i\e Writer's Club ~ceh people 1ha1 enjoy wri1ing. poe1ry, journalism and pho1ogmphy so 1he club can be more oc1iYC this year.

The Crea11vc Wnicr's Club has exi~1ed ror 1he lns1 16 years at NlC, bu11he club's name hnsn'I alwa}s been 1he same.

Local poe1ry readings. carpooling to literary workshops. hearing guest speakers and cri1iquing other member;' work are a few ac1iYi1ies of 1hc Crca1ive Wri1er's Club. club adviser Vera Ilonrim soid.

For the past 1hrcc years 1he club h!b produced a calendar that consists or work done by club mcmbllrs nnd YOrious NIC studenis. However. Hanrim said. in order for a calendar 10 be produced 1hi~ year, it is vi1al 1hnt club membership increa..~es. Currently 1he club hos four members. At least eight people with a liule spnre 1ime arc needed 10 successfully produce a colendnr, according 10 Hanrim.

As a member of 1he Crcntive Wriler's Club artists hove 1he opponunity to haYe 1heir work published in the Tres1le Creek Review, which has dmwn no1ionol a11cn1ion, lionrim said.

Anyone imeres1ed in joining the Crea1ive Wri1er's Club is welcome 10 anend mt>Nings which arc held in the Shoshone Room of 1he S1uden1 Union Building al 4 p.m. on Thursdays.

Cop movie 'Ricochet' really misses its mark Denzel Washington, Jolt11 Lithgow and boxer shorts

by Kittle Law Senboel Repo,1er

on meets Cop 1vas lhe mnin theme for the mol'ie 'Ricochet." which mu~t hove been rJled "R" for rotten Den,cl Wo hmg1on plnys a rookie cop who begins his career by s1ripping in fron1 of n crook 10 keep a ho,toge alil•e. Now. whol ~elfrcspectlng croo J.. would ,1ond long enou1?h to wa1ch a cop strip ra1hcr than moJ..e his llCIOway. Washington s1ripped down 10 hi\ buff body. but why the boxer shons?

John Lithgu\\• was not quite belic,·oble as 1he crook. I kept i.ecing him a, the father in "FoollOO\C" or m " Horry and the Henderson,." Lilhj!ow ended up in prison and Washingion \tarted 11 \lellar c:1rcer as a de1cc11vc.

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auorney who 1vnltze) into 1he men's locker room. cmching Woshing1on In 1he buff 11gain. Of course. Washing1on modes1ly hid behind a locker door.

Ogling Washington was nbout the only 1hing Wagner did in 1he movie. She could have just dropped out of the script and she wouldn·1 have been missed.

Meanwhile, two children and seveml years Inter. Wa~hington is on nssis1an1 D.A. and Li1hgow breaks ou1 or pri.on 10 get his revenge. I kepi wailing for ~ome1hing 10 happen bu1 1he plo1 seemed to slide unconnec1cd from one ~ccne 10 nno1her.

Then, 10 bore you fur1her, Washing1on enlists 1he help of 1he local drug connection 10 c.uch 1he con who is framing him. Wilh 1hcir help. Washing1on ~hishJ..abob~ Lithgow on a spiJ..e and comes out 1he hero again.

If I hadn'1 paid ma1inee price for 1h1~ movie, I would ha1e feh chcJled. II is 001 a mo, il' wonh seeing agnin unless ii i~ wonh 1hc money 10 ~e Washington in 1he buff. Bui I s1lll don't understand--why the boxer shons?

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by Mark A. Jerome SenUoel Reporter

I heard the fiN single off this album and immedia1ely ran to my favorite local music dis1ribu1or to purchase n copy. only to find a line of people there to do 1he same 1hing. I did eveniunlly ge1 what I won1ed in the form of the newest Rush release, "Roll The Bone..\."

This recording marks 1he Canadian power trio· s 14th release, no1 counii ng 1heir three double-live nlbums. ond promises 10 be another classic work by Rush, especially for 1hose die hnrd fans who wish they would forget oil the tcchno-pop stuff and gel back 10 1he sound 1hey had on older releases like "21 12" and "Moving Pic1ures."

While recapturing some of their old sound. Rush has always been a band 10 keep up with 1echnology and 1hc sounds of 1he time, as proven in 1hc 1i1le song ··Roll the Bones." where 1he boys from Canada try to rap. That's righ1, R/,P. It's definitely nol somc1hing 1hey should try on o regular basis, but h's good 10 sec 1hcm try new s1uff.

Currcnily two single releases nre being ployed on the mdio from "Roll Tile Bones."

The firSI cul released is "Dreamlinc," which 1alks about making 1hc mosl of your drcums wuh lyrics like:

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"\Vlie11 we are )•01111g, ll'anduing lht face <Jf rlie earth. wo11deri11g what our dreams mig/11 be worth," "Leaming rha, we're 011/y lrnmonaifora limited time. " The second release is 1hc song, "Face Up," which shows the realism that Rush lries 10 achieve in 1heir song wri1ing. In this son~ they convey the message 1h01 one need~ 10 face up to life and do one's best because the only Other option i~ to fail: "I'm 011 a roll now-or is it a sl,dt' Ca11 '1 be roo careful ll'illi that dongtrous pride, if I rou/d 011/y reach that dial insidr, a11d 111m ii ttp!- Far:I! Up-Or mu can onlv bad. dm,11, Face Up-Hi11/ie target or yo~ bcuer hit the gro1111d. Face Up-Thtrt's st/II rimr 10 tum the game 11m1111d."

My favori1c song. "Where's My Thing." is n killer in~trumcninl which shuws some of thnt le1hnl rhy1hm section 1h01 Rush is fomou, for nnd shows us 1hat Neil Pean ,s arguably 1hc be~I drummer ahvc. This tune completely jams.

"Roll The Bones" debuted 01 number three on 1he record charts aflcr only 1wo days of sales and i~ on ilS way up. I would definilely recl)mmcnd 1l11s recording os one needed in your compact di~c collection. h's worth every cent.

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'Nikita' a violent film with a real plot V m EO REVIEW

plot. excepl for one 1hing: the fac1 1ha1 she gains more hum:mi1y nnd chnrnctcr even as ~he is ordered 10 carry ou1 his movie l.ceps your eyes ~ - -- - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , the most inhuman of ac1s. The film's purpose is 10 show Nikiia growing from on indifferent riveted 10 the screen even killer to n compassiono1e human. capablt of wi1hout 1he ~ub1i1lcs. remorse for her nc1ions. " 1~1 Femme Niki1a." a French This singleminded purpose is evident in Im enjoying video release in the simplici1y of 1he film. Save for a sho1 of the America, is n film so singlemindcd Ei ffcl Tower (and 1he obvious language). 1hc in its purpose that the elements ncglccted seem viewer is given no indicniion of 1he film's trivial. locale. The govemmen1 agency Nikita works The movie opens with n scene violent and for is jus1 a govemmen1 agency. The foreign yet pivotal enough to hove been 1i f1ed from dignilaries arc jusl foreign digni1nries. The "Die Hnrd." Unlike 1he film s of massweapons she uses arc just weapons: the names des1ruc1ion seen la1ely in America, with blood she goes under are just names. The neutrality of splallered ncross the screen for no apparent the scning adds to the brutality of the cffec1. reo.(on other thnn to jnck up the produc1ion No background on any of the chamc1ersbudget. ··La Femme Nlki1a" uses its violen1 even ex1ending 10 1he 1nrgc1s she kills; lhey are poi nts as o story cn1olys1 rather than 1he plo1 juq people who· d been de~igna1cd 10 die by 1hc i1self. powe~ 1ha1 N The ch.irnc1c" arc prc!>entcd as Several pc:oplc die in the firs1 ~ccne (which i,. and de,elop from l~rl'. wnh no infonna11on ,ccm, 1n1<:n1 on showing that European cops on how lhC) ,.ime 10 be ,, h(l they nrc. \\hO carry machine gun, fare no lw11c r than A,ide lr,lm 1hc d1ltirnh1e, pr.:,cnl~'d by the Amencans wi1h autonmlic p1~1ol~). Nik,rn. lhc suh111 lc, (,umc1imc, ,1 chara.:1cr will \pc,1k singl~ punk who didn'1gc1chewed away by the l;n!!h,h, .ind !hough it may ,ccm ordinnC), 11 \ s1robrng. ind1scrimina1e gunfire. kills a polirc re.1l ly rcm.trkabk when one hear, 11 ). the officer She·\ token into cu,tody nnd 1ri~d. and mov ie's main problem he, 1n 11\ disrup11vc gets a life sen1ence 1n prison. 1hc ni ce men cd111ng. ~kr nppcnrancc ch,mgc~ only mi11u1dy. from the go, em menl urrive nnd prc1cnd 10 give her on OD on some drug. focililating her ..Lleaih.'' Niki111 is \O the pnssogc of umc 1\ alluded to in 1hc dialupuc, and offered o choice: accept 1rnining 10 become a govcrnmenl worse for her moment by moment makes for jurri ng cont inuity. The nc,1 scene moy be 1hn:e ogcn1 or end up in Row 8, Plot 30 of some ceme1ery. Nikita TI1roughou1 her career. she i, manipu lnicd nnd dircc1cd yeor~ l:11er. nnd while Hollywood likes tu spoon-recd i1 ~ wisely chooses 1he former. into actions she cun·1 qu11c comprehend. from deli vering inott t:n t1 vc aud ience with ga ris h cap1ions nnn oun ctn g Her 1raining na,hcs by. some of ii genuin ely funn y. survcillnncc device\ on a room-~e~vicc 1rny 10 a ha,1y '1.HR EE YEARS l.ATER." 1hc Europea n, do no ~uch 1hing. some of ii fairl y rough. Her ..linnl exam" involves killing assassination from a ho1el room window.

They c,pec1one·s full a11cn11on and n minimum of drnloguc \evera l ..,argc1f ' and e~cnping from n situn11on 1hm gets 8111 1hc con1cn1 c,f her mis~ion\ arc uni mponan1 10 11\c comprchcn~ion. which American audience~ seem 10 lack.

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Were the Crusades just the Pope's idea of publicity?

by Alex T. Evans .Adllortlslng Ed1t01

I went 10 thi, mov,e c,pccting 11101und got o lot more.

"The Fi,her Kini:" i~ 1hc bc-.1 movie rvc ev.:r \CCn. Tn tbe beginning 3 radio 11.tlk-,how ho,1 named Jnck lcll, pc!Qple !'lfl 1ha1 c.111 him on the phone Iii, "I don't care" uniwdc malo:c, you like him. But !hen di~:i.~rcr ,uikts when one of the people he g,"e.~ ud,•icc 10 10k~ it.

Thrc<' years lu1tr. in 11 drunken ~lupor, Jack .111emp1, ,uicide and almO\l geli. kilk'<I by some wannabe Kinn members, bul Perry (Robin William~) ~llOw\ up "'ilh a band or muy homeh.•,s "knights" and sn,·.:~ him from him~lf und 1he hoodlum, M.my movi~ cnn 1nke me from oM cm,11ion 10 ano1hcr. but th1~ mo,•ic lhrew my emo1ion~ around from dcprc~~ion 10 d1sgu(t and from tears to JO)' in 1he nccelemtcd manm:r !hill only ., 1n,ly grea1 mo, ic cln.

The characters arc vibmnt. colorful and weird, \\ilh lhll exccp1ion of Jock. a depre~ing individual h,•ing hi~ life on borro"C<l time und rc'11ir.ing h, while Perry i~ n bclil'vably "cm7f' man whose 1rng.:dy threw him into an allcmute personality where realily includes knil!f1~. chivalry and a quest.

Ycs. 1hcre i~ romanct- -what gic.i1 movie wouldn ·1have rom=-bul I reru.~e to spoil 1ha1 for nnyane.

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Life, college, work: one low rumble of sound I ~ii Qu1c1. mcdiw1ive, nlmos1 somber. fl i\ a large. ml'). no1,y room 1h01 I \\ail in. Doors open, bang ~hu1 Pl'Oflle tJlk, l_!O$~ip. clmucr obou1 1hi~ class. 1hn11c,1cher. thi~ ~1uden1. h nil melds inio one lo" rumble or sound.

I \\OUld love 10 "rite ubout joy. life. vitnlhy, ~creml). a ~ccurc rtocc 10 rcs1-bu1 ii hos become clushe Ill) 1hrcc t>eau1iful hor5CS Slnnd waiting. lacking in n11en11on. As I speed inlo my driveway 10 a grinding. sliding halt.

1hcy look up 10 me from 1heir l)reCn, br:imbledbu~hed pasture nnd cry ou1, "Please come sec me.

Tnke core of me. My ~hoes hove been kicked \ I off: my com of dulling \ I hair need~ brushing. I need you 10 1nlk 10 me."

I cnnnnl.

Christine LaBang A\ I rush two s1eps a1 a lime into my highOpinion Writer mnin1enancc. uncared-for home, hundr~d~ of 1hough1s dnn. cnscndc, crumble in my mmd No nins1ruc1ive thought is 1he rcsuh.

Children in necd- mee1 me. hug me, love me. touch me al the top of 1he smirs.

"Hi Morn-We need food. We need to pick up our cln~s ,dwdulcs. We need school supplies. new ~hoof dothc, Will you rend me a ~lory? llelp me w11h my room! Talk with me obou1 my friends?"

I cnnn11t.

Thruwmi dothc~-jacke1s. shin~. pan1s, socks. ~hoe): \ho"cring, <cruhhing. suds. \pla~hing. wnicr pre.sure. frc,h. clean. Gelling prepared: pink. brown, red, lip~. eye,. blowing ho1 oir lhrough dripping hnir.

OK. ready.

"Bye. }nu gu}S -Golla go. I love you."

Spinmni:, bro"n du)t nymg. I plop behind the wheel and drh·e 1,i \H>rl. . Graceful 1recs. construc1ion on roads. long ,trc1ches of shining black-grecn,blue wn1cr. Soumh or mu\ic obli1era1e any feeling of nalurc.

Work i, work Smiling, subjec1ivc, playing. walking, running. ordering, mnl.ing. ioking, closing.

Rcshnl,!'1 I cnnnol Sleeping 1s n concep1, not a reality. I pas.s out.

Buuer brings me up from 1hc dcp1hs of unconsciQu\nC\<. Gc111ng mobile. Gcning prepared.

Pini.., brown. red. hp,, eye\, blowing hot air through dnppmJ:! hair OK. ready.

Back in clas~es. S1uden1s-open minds being filled w11h the knowlcdJ:!e of 1hc great discipline. mthcr sub-di\ciplinc. Ab,orhing. bathing in. spewing out tru lh.

I <ii. Quiel, 11tl'<litn11vc. almo<t ~ombcr. h oil meld.< in10 one low rumble of sound.

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Oc1ober 12 Nonh Idaho Symphony Orches1ra, 8 p.m .. I3o)wcll Auditorium.

Free admission wi1h student l.D.

October 13 Rhonda Brndc1ich, nu1e rec11nl, 4 p.m.. I3oswcll Audi1orium.

Free admission.

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October 15 Poetry readi ng for World Poe1ry Day, 7-9 p.m.. S1udcn1 Union I3uilding

October 18 Helen Reddy, pops singer. 8 p.m., Boswell Auditorium.

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Now that you've become an accomplished wrestler, what are you going to do?

Allen: I Im going to Disneyland' 1

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by Ryan Bronson SeMnel Repo11er

dwin "Midnight" Allen \lakes up in the morning knowing he has 10 go to school li e knl)ws he has to gel an education so he can get money for life.

On his wny 10 school. A llcn is already 1hinkmg of going home 10 sec his family again fir goc, 10 school. goes 10 cln.\s, spends ,on1e 11me with friend, in the rec.room, h1l, wrdtling prnc1icc and then finally goc~ back home Once Allen gel\ home, he eat:. dinner and finishes his home\\orJ.. and studie~. Then. he hns some ploy 11111c for his 3·)ear-old daughter. Ashley.

"S0111c1i111cs l ~how her how to wrc,1le. or tc:ich her ~ome judo move,." Allen said. "We shoot danguns, drive the car and go 10 the mo,ies. or we jus1 stay home nnd ,he does her ABCs "hile I do my homc"ork."

After his daugh1er goes 10 bed. Allen pay~ aucntil,n 10 hb momh,old "bouncing" bnb)• boy. Edwin One, Allen Jr., until the b:lby falls asleep. Then he finally geis 10 spend ,time time wilh his wife, Estelle.

Nicknamed "Midnight" at oge 7 because of his extremely darJ.. skin. Allen grew up in the "Wh en I fi rst streets of Chicago. His mother of cancer when he was 12 cam e (to dic:d years old.

North "Some 1hings hnppcn a lot Idah o), I back home (in Chic.1go); people gelling killed everyday. friends th ought ii ge11ing shot, ~tabbed or cut 10 was lik e pieces," Allen said . "Things happen nll the 1imc. but when ii Disneyla nd. " hit~ home it hum."

pllOIO by Rondoll Field

NIC wrestler Edwin Allen shows-off some of the moves that led to his winning the Wisconsin state championship his senior year in high school alter an undefeated season.

"When I first came here, I thought it wa~ like Di~neyland," Allen ,aid. "ll's not real. I didn't sec ,ix people sleeping on a corner, or kids running around 1he s1rec1~ shoo1ing at e:ich other I didn'1 hcnr loud noise.\ or ,iren,," First impresMon,. however, can sometime, be deceiving.

During the 1990 ,ummer. Allen experienced ,ome difkrcnt problems 1h01 included the Coour In Chic.1go. Allen took can: J' Alene police of hi, tlirc?C }OUn@cr hrothc~. $0 "There nrc problem, tn 1h1\ he l.nc" what the re,pon,ibihtie, of having a child would society to deal "ith too," Allen mcludc said "Sometime, the) (the police I "I did 1hc ,~me types of thin!?s" Allen ,aid. "I went to would Just lollo\\ me nround \\hair I \\Os drhing ..I didn't \\JOI school coull'd dmncr. ""'hcd clothe, .1nd 1augh1 them ,th<lu1 lire It', the ,urnc now e,cpt no" mv "1le doe~ .1 lut uf 11." to go home bccJu,e 1hen they \\OU Id know "here I lived The) Al age 13. Allen moved lo Milwaukee ;utd J1tcnd1:d high even pulled me o, er and u.,l.c!d 1f sthool where he ,1Jncd "re,tlinJ. winning the Wisconsin thl· car wa.,, mme and if they could ,1.111: ,h,,n1p1on,h1p h1, senior yeJr allcr Jn un1kfratcd ,ee m~ lk.:n..e. I could ha,e bo:cn ,ta.son di,eouragl'd and ten. but I'm 0111 Allen joined the ,\nny ,1lter high ,,h1t<1I. dc,plle the f,1c1 ju,1 .i liphtcr. I'm,, contender ,o I Edwin Allen that he "·" eng.igcd lie did his ba,1< lrJin1nr 111 l·ort can d, JI "1th II. I know thi:, · re l.c11n,,rJ \\'ooJ. Mo .. lxfo~ he \\J, ,1.1111.inrJ in fwt Rilcv ;u, doing their J<1b." , Kan lie ,tuned the 1990.91 school )Car at 1'1C. onl} to~ Allen doe,n·1 like to lea,e h1, reJCll\atcd tor Dc,cn Storm wh~~ he tr.tined tn I 11n Di\, l,1mil, in other people ~ care /1..J Allen·, unll ""' <chcduted to lea,·c for the \lulJlc b,t bc..·.1u"<! ol pa.,1 c:,pcnen,es, but 1ha1 i, n()t 1he onl) r.:a,on the Ja~ alter the 11..1r endtd lie h:11 l·nrt 1)1~ rtj!hl ,I\\ a). "h) he doe,n't pr,1c11ce k1tmg other, lake care 01 his "1thou1 hi\ chcd. ,o he could be "11h his "ite ,md h.- children. duughtei "I t?CI a JI') uul or ha, ing m) J..iJ, "tth me ,md iu,1 bemg (\11umg 111 \;onh ldnho "a, a dtflcrent c,pcrkn.:e for there tor them." Allen said. ·\lien Jnd h1, l,1m11\ Without a ma11,r, Allen ,a), he j, leaning lllward la\\

enforcement becau~c of the event, that he h,I' ,·~pcricnccd in his life Allen ~01d he feel, ~,rongl) ubout ~clling an cduca1ion.

"Some athletes come nnd get an c<lucauon ,o they can p11nicip.11.: in ,porh." Allen ,aid. "bu1 I wrc,tk ,o th;11 I c.m get ,m cduca1111n" • • • II I Allen .iho hu, .,n c~trcmc w r es tle adm1ro1mn lor 1Hc,11tng coach Owtn hc,Ju,c of ho" so that I John Owen, treat hi\ "re,1ler, and hi, c an get e~ptctatton, "He', a cool Jude lie d0<!,n'1 a 11 only want h,, \Hcs1lu, 10 be e d u c a . nat ionul , h.unpwn, and All I i o 11 • 11 American,. he care, about their per,onal ll\c:, and "ell being."

Allen ,J1d "lie d~~n·1 ju,1 want h1\ "re,1lcrs to ,ho\\ up and ,Hc,tlc. he \\Jnts 1hem to ge1 an educauon ~ Allen ha, a J..c.:n apprec1a11on tor Inc H~ J..no"' that life mu,1 be taken a, 11 ~ome~ "L1fo 1, tuo ,hon You ha,e to hH: c"r. Ja, for \\hJt 11·, "orth," Allen ,Jid. "If you do ,omc1h1~g 1ha1 hun,. 1 uu don·1 do II agam. That', t~J)t'rien,e Allen, \I.Clghmg do,c 10 :!00 pound,. is "a, strung 3, ,in o., ... according to John "Te.,.. Hunm.n, a foJh,w "re,tlcr. and 1hu1 can make him ~ecm dominant. f1N mpre,~100,, hm,e,er. can be de~eiving. because l:&h,m ",\hJniJ.?hl'' Allen ,, rc:all) a "cool dude" H

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Dance offers alternative form of exercise NIC aerobics instructor Anne Halverson leads her aerobics class to physical fitness during a Wednesday night fitness session.

She has been teaching aerobics for 20 years. photo by Kathy Hostetter

Jazz dancers doin' it with their bodies

by Palllcla Snyder

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P:11n1crs use a brush. Sculptors use a chisel. Writers use a pen. Musicians use an instrument. Dnnce~ u'iC their body.

"I think thnt dancing. in general. is :i valid an form," s:ud Lornn Hamilton. instructor of NIC's Jan I cluss. TI1c rlass meets Fridays. from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

"A person needs to opprecin1e music in /\mcnca because jou dnnce now is an American heritage.''

Hamilton said. "We borrowed dnnce styles from nll over the world."

Dancers such ns Gene Kelly and Pauln Abdul represeru jo.u. Hamilton said. The music is percussive, wi1h "n definite beat." It is to this music thnt Hamilton's students learn the jna technique. They study o variety of jazz styles.

The class opens with a wam1-up. 10 get the blood moving. After stretching, 5tudents begin their progressions.

During progres<ion<, students learn new steps. such as the step touch (steppinl;! on one foot nnd touching the toe of the other foot 10 the noor) and the dm<sc (n three-pan step in which one foot "chnses" the other). To1Vnnl 1he end of cla\S, the moves nr~ pul together into the day·s routine. As a tradition. after 1he cln:,s cools down, the students applaud the instructor.

While dancing is primarily individual. according tt> llnmihon. ~omc "unh·ersnl rules of dance'' do exist.

Trudition~. such as npplnudin{t the instructor at the end of class. nrc ,omethin[! common 10 dance cla.,ses. ll nnuhon said, nnd •omc1hin[! ,he teo.che, to her student,.

Two such rule, arc allowing for plenty or room for 1hc individunl 10 dance un1I rc,(ll!cling other dnncer'< ,plce. llnmilton compared 1hc d.mce 11oor to a little society.

"It', u rtal gO\ld social ct)mmunh) :· ~he <aid Dance can help n pcr,on communicate, llamilton said.

While some people m;1y h.1vc trouhle "i1h verhal commumcat1on. the) con learn 10 communicate non\Crbally through oonc:c. she ,Jid. "D.mc111g 10 music 1, nn alfemote way to communicute, rclJx and have fun," ,he ,aid. "Dnncc "an e~prc,,ion ..

She comp.ired J:tu dance 10 aeroh1cs.

"In acroh1c.,. one 1s involved in maintaining an ideal

level of physical fitness-jazz. dnncing mainrnins the person," , he said. "The moin difference between ncrobics and J07.Z is that jazz and dunce in general is not a ~pon: it's an an fom1. It isn·1 just to enhance your physical wellbeing-it's your mental as well-it's nn intlividunls way to move."

The dancers in Hamilton's clas~ do no1 concentrate on maintaining n heonratc or incrcru.ing their level of fitness 10 a ccnnin point.

"You're trying to explore the per..on as you are now," she s:1id. However, "Just because its no an form tloe~n·1 mcnn i1 isn't physical a~ well. because there's a definite technique one needs 10 learn as a jnz.z dancer," Hamilton said. While get1ing the body in shape, the clnss also strengthens the dancer's self confidence, coordination and posture. ~he said. Jazz dnnce is something that can be done throughout one's life, Hamilton said.

Hamilton h:is been dancing all her life. She wns trained in ballet and is "not sp)ccificnlly a ja1.z. dancer." ··1 enjoy music, I like to move 10 music-out of that comes danC'e," she said.

She hnd her own studio for 20 years but is now on sahbnticle. She prefers college age and adult students "because they get my jol.cs," she said, laughing.

'111ere·s something to be said for ma1un1y-you need to be mature in body and mind," she said. She described her adult studcnis :is having n cenoin sophistication.

"How can you tell a 14-yenr-old girl to swing her hips scducth ely?" i:he a~ked.

Ne,t semescer. 1wo jaz.z classes will be offered. Each clO\( hn.\ n cap of 25 students. Hamilton said the class should nppe3l Lo "anyone looking for a stress release."

"I would hope that all kinds of people would try it," she so1d "Everyone can dance; anyone can dance:· The jazz cla.~s will be offering a free public concen at 1hc end of the ~emcstcr in which the students will indi, idunlly choreograph and dcmons1ro1t o piece.

Hamilton s:1iid those interested in jornmg o performing jau dance company could con met her through Boswdl Hull, e,.tcn\ion -123.•and leave a message with Ann Stommts or hy leJving a me~-.agc on the bulletin board by the door 10 the Bos"ell lloll basement.

Aerobics offers physical fitness

by Leslie Biggar $911tu1el Editor

TI1e fitn~ industry i., booming as more .111d more people are looking for that phy~ic~lly fit body.

One of the way~ people are geuing that desired body i~ through Jerobieli, yes ucrobic~. Though some people make a face nod have o.rgunwnl~ lrull aerobic, is for "pansies:· that i~ not the ca~c.

Ac;ohic~ instructor Anne Halverson. who completed 1w1> ycnrs of pre--nur~ing and holds a Bachelor of Aru degree in elementary ed~-ation and ph}·sicnl tduc111ion from the lJniver,ily 01 /\ri1unu, nnd hus been tt·nching aerobic~ for 20 }t'nrs.

She hos been an aerobic f1tnc,s director at the Y.W.C.,\ . and Family Fitness Center in Spokane.

She hJ~ Ileen t(.tchlng through tht phy~ic.il cducn1ion progrnm at NIC for 12 years .ind also tCllche.~ cln.s.,es at Ironwood ,\thlctic C'lub. Due to n I.nee injury. lfalverson hnJ 10 hnut her NIC' a~robic clas< 10 once II wct•k bccnu1c of the clns.~~ (h,: t1l<o does at Ironwood.

At-cording 10 Hnlven;on, "aerobic~ is a type of e,crcisc 10 d.:vclop. s1rength,·11 Jnd mainlJin th.: cnrdiova~culnr ~y~tcm. as well a~ J,urn Int." With aerobics a person con improve mu,;cle Mrength, ncxibility, body cnmpo,hion and the reJmloMhip b\'twc,in led/I anti fat Aerobics i~ a fun ond energe1k way 10 gt t a person's henrl pounding and lhelr blood pumping. which is rhe point of aerobics. In low-impact at>.robics the t'la.s~ ~Wits by doing warm-up cxtrclscs to music. The class then goe, 10 ~tretching txerci~. weight~ ( I or S lhs.) and finally a cool-down. Of l·oursc during ,11J of this muiic is playlnl! which ultimately makes ii puson wanr to go on. If nothing

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Aerobics .dso help~ the physical and emotional imposed upon it, Halverson said • Aerobics giv~ you a lot more pep :ind cnttg_v.

Your energy le1·cl is just so much higher." HJ.Iverson said.

With the rise of modern technology thtse days. life i~ mucll easier, therefore exercise is minimal. For eumple, tbett are now ffi:&laton or eleva100 so that people don't have to walk up stain.Instead of getting 001 and aptning up the iinrage door. 1e,;hnology ha.s mQJe life easier by making J R'mote control 11augc doOr OJ>l!llef. So by that. human.\ nffil some Wil.Y of overcoming the inerlia of chronic inactivity. Whal a better way to do u than aerobics.

"The most importan1 thing u, you don't ha\e to cierci~ at a high pxe. Yoo can get more out of a low impa,:t worlcout," Hal\'Cr$0D said.

So chanec rbe "J>dllSy" attitude. put o favonie pair of Spandu on. rurn up wme favorite up-beat tuno and ttel ready to f~l fit for life. ~

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Friday. Oc1ober 11 , 1991

Williams defines role of Booster Club

Basics of sailing taught at NICs Club l o oking f or new members

by Giorgia Sawyer

by Geotgl1 Sawyer

Sentinel Reporter Pro"iding scholarships 10 s1udcn1s who ha\le excelled in a1hle1ics and who will be on assel lo rhe college sporis program is the primary func1ion of rhe NIC Boosrcr Club, according 10 Rollie Willinms. NlC a1hle1ic direc1or.

"Because of the Booster Club support, we hove one of lhe besl othlelic -programs in rhe Northwesl," Williams said.

The money for 1he scholarships com~s from Boos1er Club membership fees and various fundrnisers 1hroughou1 rhe year. Anyone can become a member.

WIiiiams said. Fees range from S75 for individual memberships lo S1.000 nnd up for a Presidcnrs' Club membership.

Boos1er Club holds a yearly firewood sale during lhe foll 10 raise funding for scholarships and sell fireworks during 1he summer.

With access 10 the cruise bonls, Williams said 1hcre arc plans for a Booster Club fundratsing cruise. They will also work wi1h nny orgnnnizcd club lhnt is trying 10 misc money for various purposes.

Booster Club luncheon meetings on nrc held 01 noon every Tuesday ni lhc Iron Horse Res1ouron1. Mee1ings nre open 10 1hc public. Those ancnding are free 10 share compli mcnis and criticisms of the NIC athletic depanmcn1, Will iams said.

Sentinel Reporter

evcral years ago a 26-foot sailboa1 was dona1ed to NIC. and 1he idea for a sailing club was born, according 10 ac1ivity dircc1ors David Lindsay and Dean Benncn.

They s1ar1ed by just teaching the basics of sailing at NlCs a1 the Beach. an NIC-opera1cd concession stand and beach equipment ccn1er.

Benncn. while visiting the Univcrsi1y of Washington. spoke 10 someone involved wi1h UW Sailing Club and was given permission to use their cons1i1urion in developing one for NIC. This year the club is looking forward to gaining new members. Anyone can join. and no experience is necessary. Mee1ings are every Thursday ai noon in 1hc Rccrca1ion Ccnlcr Oflice in 1he SUB basement. Sailing t:ikcs place ju,1off 1hc NlC beach bc1ween 4 p.m. and dark Mondays.

There will be wrinen 1es1s designed by lhe instructors based on local sailinl! regulations and basic skills learned. Gmding will rnnge from No,•ice 10 Skipp<!r.

NlC owns four 14-(001Collegin1e sailing vesslcs. plus several Flying Juniors and Hobie Ca1s.

When sailing. Benneu advises wearing clothing thn1 can gel wc1 nnd s1 ill be warm.

"Stay away from conon," Benncll said.

Anyone who would like to dona1e sailing paraphenclia is welcome 10 do so and can receive a lilX deduction, Bcnnen snid.

pholo by 0111n RulOt

NIC student Doug Whitney is breezin' in a North Idaho College sailboat.

NIC rowing club glides to Gonzaga

by Johnny Hunt Senllnel Reporter

"Stroke, stroke!" As the coxswain calls oul tha1 familiar command. the rowing club glides across the water in 1heir sculls.

The rowing club is in its lhird year al NIC, and this is Martin Stacey's second year as the coach. The fall schedule for the rowing club stancd around mid· September, and the members plan to keep on rowing till around mid-November.

Each day the co-tel team or I0-12 people go out from 3-5 p.m. and row on the Spokane River. They use an eight-man boat (with both men and women).

The fim big test for the rowing club will be Oct. 19,

when the 1eam engages in Its firsl regana. 1he Gonznga lnvi1a1ional, which will include rour 10 five Spokane schools.

S1acey suesses. 1hough, lha1 the 1eam·s main purpose is nol wiMing a race.

"We ase not focused on winning: we row for recn:a1ion and to teach the technique so they (club members) can con1inue to row," S1acey said.

The itam will be in the Novice Class because many members on the team lll'C first-time rowers.

"It's fun to be on the water and il's good exercise," said Man Flieger. a first-rime rowing member. ''The hardest thing to get down is the technique. As soon as you get the technique down, then you can become a good

rower."

Technique is based upon dnving the oar with lhe legs first, then using the body and finally pulling wi1h the arms.

"It's a good ream spon. Everyone works 1ogether and you gel 10 meet new friends," Flicger added.

There·havc been no setbacks. and no one has "bit the crab'' (rower's 1alk for falling overboard) even though there has been some close calls. "for the amount of time on water, they look excellent." Stacey said about his team 's perfromanc:e.

The rowing club also swts up in the spring from March to May. Anyone interested in joining in the spring should contact Manin Stacey.

The NIC Sentinel

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Davids back at the helm ...

Coach sees potential, improvement

by Debbie Wllllama Sentinel Rep0<1&r

Chris1y Davids has once again 111.ken over the helm of the NIC cross counll)' 1eam.

Upon arriving from S0u1h Africa, Davids

See related story back page saw the resulls from 1he previous mcc1s for 1he firs1 1ime.

"I didn ·1 wen1 10 have any preconceived no1ions," Davids said. explaining why he didn't look at any results until after he saw his 1eam run in Missoula.

Davids didn't want 10 waste any time acknowledging the work of 01hers who helped ou1 in his ab~nce, however. "l won1 10 thank everybody 1ha1 hod helped keep the progrnm on track while I was away - especially Audrey (Caren). for doing such a good job and the res1 of the conching staff for al t of iheir support," Davids said.

Davids said the 1cam deserved credh for going to J meet and performing wi1hou1 a coach. i.ooking from 1he results of 1he Whi1mnn lnvi1e. Davids said Angela Lenhard! and Shannon Blankinship ran well. "Diann Caner sctmed like she hod n slow start, and

Kjers1cn S1efanscn rounded ou1 NJC' s top five." Although Kal en Mydland and Hca1her Bartleson were NIC's six1h and sevcnlh runner, Davids said he wasn't 100 concerned abou1 1hem because 1hcy boll1 had a lute s1nn i111he season.

"To be competitive, you have 10 run under 20 minu1cs for five kilometers- 1h01 will place you in 1he 1op 20," Davids said.

Lenhard! ran a 19.27.

The hills, 1igh1 comers. rough 1crrain and sandy pa1ches made lhc course deceptive and challenging. Davids said.

"II is a good s1nn for a firsl mecl because i1 has alt the elemen1s you wan1 1es1ed," Davids said.

The 1op five men u1 Whi1mnn were Ron Webs1er, Jose Gonzales. Corey Brantley.

Darren Hun1er and Gary Smith. Joe Barrie and Mike Adnms rounded out the rest of 1he team.

Davids said the men's times weren·1 impressive. bu1 gave him a sinning poinl 10 work from.

"II is merely an indica1or as 10 whal we need 10 do." Davids said. ''I'm more conce rned nbou1 running as a group and being comp,etitive."

The girls were s1rongcr as a team in 1he Univcrsi1y of Washing1on Invite as opposed to Whi1man. Davids said.

"Everybody moved up, pushed 1he unit 1oge1hcr and therefore scored less poin1.s," Davids said. The top four runnersLenhardt, Williams. Blankinship. and Caner- ran 20 minutes or less.

All of the men improved 1heir time a1 1hc UW lnvi1e, ranging from 30 seconds 10 six seconds, Davids said.

"J1's difficult 10 base improvement on lime alone; yel af1er training 1wo weeks, racing 01 Whi1man, training four days, riding in a bus and 1hcn running sli@hlly bener: you have 10 believe the po1en1ials are 1here. We jus1 have 10 blend the 1raining sessions."

Davids said.

Davids said 1he No. 2-5 runners ran okay as a unit, "bu1 they Peed 10 be o 101 more compeli1ive and gel up 10 1hc fron1."

Davids snid he was happy with the Missoula Invite.

"We're derinitely going in 1he righ1 direction.'' Davids said.

"The girls performed remarkably be11er 1han 1he guys," Davids snid. "lndividunlly. there's more 1nlen1 on 1he men's tenm: the

women jus1 work harder and arc more compe1i1ive • 1hal's lhe difference."

The men finished in lhe same order as they did a1 Whi1man and Scaute. Davids said he liked 1he No. 2 and No. 3 runners· race; Gonzalez and Brantley improved by a. minule.

Missoula's course was a European format lt was a loop course designed wi1h spec1a1ors in mind.

"Nol exci1lng and not very fast," Davids said. "If II had rained. ii would have been bencr, cooling people down. Thal's pnn of the beauty of cross coun1ry--going 10 1he s1an, no1 knowing whai the wca1hcr will be like. Every st:lfl should be differen1: 1ha1's why 11·s cross couniry nnd no11rack.

Davids didn't run the men· s or women• s team in Spokane. Af1er 1hrec: 1ough mce1s, there were n 101 of distrac1ions. Davids said.

The next mcel is in Moscow. David~ said he's preny confiden1 that 1hc women will be compc1i1ive, and 1ha1 so for the men are doing who1 1hcy·re ~upposcd 10 nccomplisln in 1mining.

"We'll hove 10 wni1 und ,ee: 1hen mnke who1evcr ndjus1men1s we need 10 make.''

Davids ~aid.

Women 's volleyball team set sights on title b) Mark A. )trocn• Sn11111<I Rtrc,ntr

The ~·omen's vollcybllll tenm defini1ely hns i1s ~igh1s )Cl on a Region 18 1itlc and n bcnh in 1he Nauonal Champion~hips th,s year. oct'Ording 10 1cam members. Tiie Cardinals mus1 finish firs1 or second in league piny 10 qualify for 1he regional 1ournamcn1 and then win the regionals in ordcrio be invi1ed 10 the National Chnmpionshi ps. which ml.c pince ,n Miami.

The Cardinals 1001. a s1cp in the righ1 direc1ion Monday evening by defca1in(! Columbia Basin College 15-9, 15-5 and 15-13 in non-lca!!UC JClion in 1he NIC gym.

Bridget Hammer recorded 13 kill~ and 16 digs along wi1h strong performances from Jennifer Jewell. who dished oul .35 assiM~. nnd Robi Riggin, who hnd cighl blocks. Wi1h 1he win.1he Canlinnls run 1heir se11~on record 10 17-12 overall and :ire cv~n in league ploy at 1-1.

"We s1ill need more cons,srnncy from our middle play .and 10 work harder on blocking." soid NIC coach Bren Taylor. "Overall. I'm very plen.~d wilh how our squad is improving every "'eek and pla)ing as a 1cam. E,eryone is con1ribu11ng. This is 1he deepe~t lcam I've had here. All 12 girl\ can ploy. and we've really developed a good 1eam 01111ude" "We're really coming 1oge1her ns a 1enm and ploying well right now." said Pauln Hooper, co-cap1ain of 1hc team. "We'll defini1ely win 1he regional 1oumamcn1. If we can be consis1an1 and ~eep a good team anitude. I think we have a 1cnm 1h01can iake us all the way 10 no1ional5,"

Thee Brew Crew, Lickers close season

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The 1991 iniromurnl Oog football season came to a close on Wednesday. as Thee Brew Crew and lhe Licktrs closed ou1 lhe sc~on.

From past games. Jons Team blanked the Scrubs, 12-0, slipped by 1he Lickers, 19-13, lied with the Anonymous Fighlcrs and forfei1ed to Confusion.

Thee Brew Crew has kept i1s high scoring offen~ going all year as 1hcy crushed 1he Anonymous Fighters, 28--0. 1he Scrubs. 26-12. narrowly defeo1ed Jons Team. 20-1), and des1royed the Dorm Dogs. 16-0.

Confusion rebounded from a firsl gome loss 10 beat 1he Dorm Dogs. 16-0. 1hc Lickers, 1813. Anonymou, Fighters, 20-7. and won a forfeit over Jons Team.

After being trounced by Thee Brew Crew. the Anonymous Fighterl narrowly defeated the Liekers. 21-19. and shut-out the Scrubs. 12-0.

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Friday, October 11, 1991

PLANS from Page 1

Sentinel changes production

over SJ 1111llion. NIC has proposed 1hc idea ( selling bonds and has mode con1oc1 wilh a 0 t,ond counselor. The bonds would be general oblign1ion bonds • .,.,hich could be sold a1 by Kevin Brown Uleslyfes/ lnslalll Cullure Edllor s1.000 or SI0.000 tach.

The Sentinel hos adop1ed a news means of He said no decision ns where 10 proceed producing the college newspaper. was decided a1 the Jasl board mecling. bul Discarding i1s decades.old 1ypcsc11lng NIC Presidcnl Robcn Bennen is discussing 1he mnner wilh 1he S1a1e Broad or Educa1ion computers, 1he Senunel's new means of produc1ion is in some ways more advanced and 1hc Anomey Geneml's Office.

According 10 Jurgens. 1he buildings were than a large doily newspaper's. according 10 cons1ruc1ed in 1949 and are in bad need or advisor Nils Rosdahl.

About S60.000 wonh of Macintosh modifica1ion for several reasons, including compu1crs and sof1wnre were procured, safely, energy erriciency and comfon.

Jurgens said 1he buildings are nol energy largely due to the effons of ln1erim Dean of (heal) efficien1. which 1101 only adds 10 cos1s, Academic lnmuo1ion Ka1hy Baird; Tom bu1 Jimi1s 1ht' use of some of lhe rooms a1 Lyons. print media direc1or; Bob Campbell cennin Limes of the year. In addi1ion. some of Compu1cr Services: Sieve Ruppel. dircc1or rooms are unbearably ho1 in 1he summer. he of compu1cr services; and Rosdahl.

This cquipmen1 includes 1hree Macin1osh said. He said the elec1rical sys1cm is old and overloads. Wiring overhea1s 10 the point 1ha1 Usi compu1ers--capable wi1h five megabytes 1hc elecricnl board can'I be used, he said. of memory and 1hc accompanying speed and The sys1em is so bad 1ha1 n coffee pol con· 1 enhancemcn1-and one Macin1osh llci be plugged in w11hou1 blowing 1he fuses. compu1er. a larger version of 1he rlsi. capable of eigh1 megabytes or memory. Two 16-inch Jurgens said.

"I nm concerned 1h01 1he building could color moni1ors- whose color capability is bum down," he said. measured in the millions- and 1wo 19-inch

blnck-and-white monitors comple1e 1he compu1er base.

However. each compu1cr has been upgraded wi1h expansion boards, re1rofi11ing 1hem for canridgc drives. an image scanner. an addl1ional 5· l/4-inch disk drive and a CD· ROM reader.

All four computers, plus several other compu1ers in 1hc Shemmn School Building, are networked in10 an SIS,000 prin1er, which has 600-dpi prim capabili1y and can prinl an en1ire I Ix 17-inch page-large enough for a single page of 1he Scn1i nel. The 1hree nsi computers also come wi1h input microphones. Their official purpose has yet 10 be dctcnnined.

Aside from 1hc Sen1inel's produc1ion necessities, the compu1crs and primer ore used for various College Relations purposes D11d Prim Media projects. Also. 1hc s1uden1s of An 201. Compu1cr Graphics Produc1ion. a course taugh1 by Lyons, uses 1he compu1crs 10 produce 1heir effects.

Th1s equipmcnl and software replaces 1hc

old rilm -prin1ed 1ypesc11er and Compug raphic computers which had produced 1he Sen1incl for 1he Jas1 12 years.

The older 1ypcse11cr prin1ed 1he "copy"-a journalism word dcno1ing 1cx1. headlines. or prin1ed ma1eriol-on photographic film. which had 10 be developed alongside the actual pho1ographs.

The older equipment left 1hc Scn1incl somewha1 lacking in design capabilities. according 10 Rosdnhl. The page could 1101 be viewed as•is on 1he screen. so 1he majority of 1he produc1ion work was done by hand, which was difficuh 10 do with precision.

Rosdahl had lobbied for the pas1 year or more 10 ge1 1he new equipment "I wan1cd ~ome1hing 10 1rain 1hc journalism s1udcn1~ wi1h machinery 1hcy'd be using 111 1he real world." Rosdahl said. "ll's somc1hing 10 enhance 1heir learning experience."

TAX from page 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - rontrol, bu1 said. "If 1he suppor1ers think that 1hc Initiative is 1he answer, 1hcy are wrong. .. d;:ad wrong ... disastrously wrong.

Th<! average family spends 30 pertent of ilS iocome l>n 1axes. Of 1ha1 30 ptr.:en1, 67 percent goes 10 the fcckml gowmmcru. 25 perccm to the s1atc, 6.9 percent locally • and of 1ha1 6.9, .S per.,eni b properly 1a~es.''

Hnag~n~on 1hinks thtll 1hc public is over· burdeMd "bu1 nnl nec,•s,nrily by propcny IIUe<i,"

Al-cording IP Boyd. the: 1.i~ initia1wc b "qu11c d~ngcrou,. bcenusc wh~n tho Slut.: takc5 O\'Cr funding of somclhing like 1h11 schools, 1he golden rule is be who hiLs l11e gold ruk~."

Raokm said. "111e slate already pay~ over 50 pt'!'CCRI of local ~hoot budgt1.,; ii already conlrols <·urriculum, ct:1,s si,e, textbook\, and jusl about everything ex~pt who 10 hire."

E,-w agreed. "There is qui1e a bit of con1rol. bul 1hcy still hire the mo)t impor1an1 ptrson locall)' ... the ~uperin1enden1. rr !he stale 111ke~ over 1he con1rol would be complete.~ "'Dis1onion and misinfonnation is being spewed forth hy a bure311cra1ic bunch of chicken linles," RanLin said. "The inhiamc will be on lhe ballo1 in '().? and paM into law for ·93.''

Boyd claimed the difference in ~ven~ 1hc stat<' would he upcc1cd to provld11 "would be around\ 104 million for schools and counties. 1ha1 money would have 11, be made up from Mlmcwhcn: dsc. like :iales tu or income 1a,. This 1, not relu:f, jml a w. shill."

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Ch:iwick is concerned "be.:ause the ini1ia1ivc foils IP delinc 1em1~ such as ac1unl marl:c1 vah1t. It alsv fail5 10 clnn(y where lhc money will come from for service~ .. <.11adwick 1hinkb lhe initlniive "rai~c~ mo~ questions thnn II un.,wl•rs If you reducl.' tl11· property tn,e,, 01hcr 10,c., will go up. If you thinl. you will pny le,-s rn,e~ wl1h 1hi\ fniliutiv(, you are wrung."

RJnkin suld. "Les~ 1hun 11 2 per1·,·n1 increase m who1 you now poy in stale incomt' 111\l'S (would be ~c!tnJ if n na1 nue

income lax ,urchnrge were implemented."

Accord1ni 10 Gilherl, "General fund revenue~ 10 1he ~Jail' in.:rea\e n11ywhcrc from $30 nlfllion 10 $50 million or more t.tch y~r Wilh 1he im·rea.sing stntl' revenue nml \on1c cui; 1n ~late nnd locnl frill spending. no new l:IJ(CS will be required."

Boyd suid, if 1hc initlnuvc i\ pn,sed, " !'he legislatur,· will implemcn1 11 l':1:oclly .1l> 11 i~ wnuen. thrn II will l'nd up in coun.

Tht!rt arc strange 1hings m 1he mllinuve.

Nowhere dues 1hc ~Wll' say 1hcy will mah•

1 Percent Tax Initiative proposal lni1iaiivc 10 limh ad vulorem propeny tax rates 10 one pcrcen1 (1%) of m11rke1 value and profiding excep1ions.

That Scc1ion 63-923 or Till.: 63, Chap1er 9 of the Idaho Code be repealed and 1ha1 a new Sec1ion 63·923 be added, a.~ follows: ~

I. The maximum nmoum of all ad ,•olorem iax on propeny subjec1 10 asses~men1 ond 1ax:uion within the s1ate of Idaho shall nor exceed I perccni of 1he oc1u11I markc1 vnlue or such properiy. The I percen1 shall be collec1cd by 1he coun1ie, and apponioned according IO law 10 the 1uing dis1ricts \\i1hin 1he counues. :!. The limi1n1ions pro,•ided for in Subdivision I shall no1 apply 10 ad ,alorem uues or special assessment~ to pay 1hc interest and redemption charges on any indeb1cdm•ss approved by 1he vo1ers prior 10 1he 1ime 1his \CCtion becomes dfec1ivc

s.wi.lw..l.

Ci1ie~. Coumics and mii:ing di,1rim. by 1wo-1hinl\ vote or 1he quulified elcc1or~ of such d1s1nc1s. may impose Sp..!Ctal loltes m excess of I perccn1 on such ciucs. coun1ic~ and taxing dis1rim. ~

This law shnll ta~e effl'cl for 1he rn, year begmning Jon. I. 1993. ~ If any \ec11on. pan. or phr.sse hereof i$ for :iny rca,on held 10 be lnvulid or uncon,1i1u1ionol. lh~ rcmoming !><:CliOM \hall 1101 be effec1ed bu1remain in full force

and effcc1.

up 1hc difference in rcvenue.M Mcon1ing 10 Evao~. "Of1he $70 million es1imo1cd cul from the ~hool budgrls, the lo\~ 10 1hc: C()(;ur d'Alene School l)is1ric1 JIOnt could e~ccetl SI ..I million. Lakeland Dh1ric1 s1und\ 10 too,.: $500.000 dltd Post Fall~ ,1011ds 10 loose more than $400,000."

Dean of Admini~1ra1ion Rolly Jurgen~ said nn economist, who wished 11, r(mnin anonymous. es1imaH·d 1hc ,·uts 10 NIC buJget 10 be! SI .3 million NIC receives ovtr S:l million frum county 10,es 01 1his tim,·. According 10 Jurgen,;, the budge! cut .:ould be Mt all over campus "We ju~I don't know w~rc lhe cu1~ will be. There ha.\ t,e.:n d1~u~s1on. bu1 we don't have a concreie plan ye1," he SOid Jurgens s.iid it \\'OUld be "naive" to 11.\\Umc thal the stllc: would pro,idc the money cul from the budg<I. Gilben said '1daho has a love affair with their schools. And there are a 101 of frills that coulJ be c:limlnot,'11 wilJtin 1bc: ~hool syMem~. I feel that we arc not giving Clhe !itudenlS) 3 good ba.,,ic edu.:a1ioo when I !>tt all lhe money 1ba1 is infu$.:d inro the ~ys1em~. and yet, all or our h~,,ing sco~ artMJ low."

A qu~1ion 11nd 11nswcr period from 1he audience clwmcd the remaining hour of the meeting. Local residents voiced the ir ro~m over revenue loss and evaluarion of property value methods. The I patent lllll iniuativc is a grassroots carnpllign funded by contribution~ from the people who sip and cin."Ulate !he petitions. Over 32,000 r.aw signatures, of the 40,000 oetded 10 put lhe bill on the ballot. have beca gllhered.

The NIC Sentinel

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Apartheid discrimination reaches NIC , T k

CIa I ms raC, Coach Chri sty 'd b th DaV I S rO e r I

by Darrel 8"hner Sports Editor

hile the orr,cia l policy or aporthc11.I ma) ho,·c been abolished in low. ,n rea lity, rociul ~cgrcgo1ion and dbcnminauon remain firn1ly entrenched in Sou1h Africa.

E,•idence bad.mg th3t stntcmeni can be found half a v.orld awny from South Africa in the gymnasium of Nonh Idaho College.

The brother of NIC Cro~s Cou ntry Cooch Christy Davids. a nntJ\·e of Capetown.

South Africa, has become another victim of the practice of opanheid.

According 10 Christy. his brother Clifford was killed by o South African policeman in September for no apparent rt'ason.

While details of the murder ore still sketchy. Christy, who recently returned from

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South Africa after attending his brother's funeral, said he believes he has a @ood idea of whnt took pince.

Apparently. Clifford and three friends nnd co-workers \\'CfC returning home from work through an indu~trial area in Capetown when they were arrested for creating o publk disturbance. after two men in the jlroup were seen urinating.

The rncn were taken 10 the police station nnd formally chnrgcd. Clifford was released nfler paying n 15 Rand ($4) fine but refused to ka,e until all or his friends were released.

Clifford wo~ told 111 si t on a bench and woit That wn~ his ltL~t rccollec1ion. until he woke up in u ho,pltnl the next day.

What happened in the time in betv.c~n i, open to speculation, but Chmty \01d Clifford wa~ found by rel.uivc, "ct .ind di~oricntcd. w,mdcnng in the ,1rcc1,. The rclauves then wok h,m 10 unothcr police station near hi~

"The doctor gave my dad the clothes and told him 'I don't know what's on (the clothes), but I wouldn't touch them.'" · D 'd ---Ch nsty aVI S own neighborhood 25 miles away .111d called his parents, who hnd him admitted to the hospital.

Clifford wns diagnosed as having some son of chemical liquid bums over 50 percent of his body nnd hod internal damage from

ingesting the substance, which Christy said was similar to Orono or on industrial strength cleaner.

"The doctor gave my dad the clothes and told him 'I don't know what· s on (the clothes). but I wouldn't touch them."'

Christy said.

01ris1y·s dad took the clothe.~ ton lob to have them examined and discovered that

they were covered with n mixture of water and caustic sodn.

Christy said Clifford's physical condition wos continually being upgraded while he WllS in the hospitol. but in ac1un lity, he was getti ng progrCS(ively wor~e. Clifford' , kidneys collapsed, nnd he Inter died. The cau,e of death wu~ listed a, excc~si,c bum~ internally and c~ternally.

The Capctnwn Police Deportment ha~ been formly charged "'ith the murder or Clifford On, id~. but Christy ,n,d ii will be <cl'cral weeks before the Sou1h Africnn cquil'alenl of a grand jury hands down an indictment.

A shon time after the Cliffords died. n police officer was appa rently overheard bragging 1hn1 he had thrown n bucket of water with cleaning solve nts in II on n bluck mon that had follcn asleep on u bench in the police station. However. because of South African law, the Davids family had to file charges against the depanment as a whole. rather than the individual officer, if they hoped 10 receive restitution for the crime.

Although the practice or apartheid has been banned, Christy said the country is in no better shape tbon it was before.

"Thing~ hove only go11en worse," Christy said. "Divisions have gotten more acute. South Africa is definitely n third-world country."

Christy ~aid he believes thnt the national governme nt under the leadership of F.W. deC lerk has worked to build a division between different blnck political orgnniz.ations. such ns the African National Congress and lncotta.

For on example. Christy questioned the source of wealth of the Incona wnrrio~. He noted that the ANC has been receiving funding from several organizations outside of South Africa. including the Unite<! Stntes. for many years: yet lncotta, which is o relatively new pnny. is able to go heod -10-head with the ANC in arms ond other materials.

Christy said he believes thnt the notional government has been funding the lncotta. and even hiring mercenaries. to keep the rivalry between them and the ANC alive.

"Many of the countries surrounding South Africa are at peace for 1he ft~t time in years," Christy said. 'There's o hell of a lot of guys with l!Uns out of work in those countries."

Christy said durin@ the time he wns in Capetown for his brother's funerol, 12 people were killed m riots and ns many t:ms "ere

"Things have only gotten worse. Divisions have gotten more acute. South Africa is definitely a third-world country."

---Christy Davids

burned. Witnesses said police started the fires.

In a country where more security guard companies operate than rc~turonts. and the poverty level for blacks is between 80-90

Christy Davids percent, Chri<t)' .<nid it ~e1s scary 01 times.

"When I got off the plnne in on airport nbont the si, c of the Spokane airport and sow nil of those 16- und 17-ycnr-old kids running nround with gun<. I 1vo< n little s1ortlcd."

Christy said. "I thought 10 myself. 'Does 1h01 guy know when he pulls the trigger, he can't recoll the bullet?'"

Although non-whites out number whites neorly 5- 1. they sull nnish u poor second when it comes to quality of life, including

"When I got off the plane in an airport about the size of the Spokane airport and saw all of those 16- and 17year-old kids running around with guns ... I thought to myself, "Does he know when he pulls the trigger, he can't recall the bullet?'"

---Christy Davids education, Christy said.

That claim is backc<l by an article written by the president of the Azanian Studentf Movement that appeared in the Oct. '91. edition of "Orum" magazine, which is similar to "Ebony" magazine.

"The Dcpanment of Education and Training is a state device to continue the campaign which aims nt making blnclcs perpetual illiterates. for easier explo11ation and oppression," the anicle stated.

Editor's 110/e: Chr1s11· would 11kt 10 e.tlt11d his apprtciatio11 10 all of tht facu/1)•, staff and swdents for all of the support tht_r govt him Olld 10 Audrey Cartn for her 11-ork ll'ith the cross country ttam.