The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 73 No 5, Dec 12, 1996

Men's basketball upsets No. 3 ranked Utah Valley.

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Thursday, Dec. 121 1996

Volume 73, Number 5

College Senate mulls equality N. I.C. E., student representatives outnumbered by faculty

by Debora Tice Seniintl Reporter To be or not 10 be-equal- that is the question faced by the College Senate.

There is discussion within it to decide if the s tudents and Nonh Idaho College Employees should have os many representatives as the faculty. At present. the fnculty has 10 representatives. N.I.C.E. has five and students have lhree.

Doug Holliday, a N.I.C.E. representative, issued a request to the College Senate asking that N.1.C.E. be equally depicted in the Senate.

"Our group feels lhe need for equal representation," Halliday said. "The facu lty now has a controlling vote. It is hard to get anything through if the faculty doesn't want it. This is not a power play; we are just asking for equal representation. In lhe backlog of polic ies, lhere arc two out of 16 that spec ifically addressed the faculty."

Dille Marcy, chemistry instructor, issued a rebuttal to Halliday's statement 10 the Senate. Marcy said that the requested change in the by-

lows implies that NIC shou ld become n democracy following the "one woman/man. one vote" principle. The change would s ugges t that the function of the College Senate would not be fullillcd without equali ty.

It s uggests that srudents, e mployees and faculty must become equal before the college communi ty can function.

"This is not reality."

Marcy said. "I believe all members of the coll ege community do get input into the governance process with the current membership in the College Sennte.

I do not believe that equal numbers of senators are required for panicipatioo in the decision-making process.

Because responsibili ty is given to , and requi red of, faculty members, a controlling vote is warranted in the governance process."

"What we would Uke to see is that when there are issues on lhe floor that affect all of us."Marcy said. "That lhe faculty wouldn't be able 10 override

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photo by Noppadol Paolhong CRASH$- Branches fall on a parlctld car outside Boswell Hall during the lc6 storm. Heavy build-up of ice and snow litter8d the caf1ÂĽJ(Js with fallen bra.nchB$ and small trHs Nev. 20.

Classes were cancel/8d for the first time in three years. See photos. stories on P1'gtlS 10 and

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SPORTS

Students conquer different learning disabilities Page2

NIC Jazz Ensemble featured in 'An Evening of Jazz'

Compliance with Title IX may eliminate track and pep band

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Campus News

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Help available for students with learning disabilities Student Services and Learning Center provide support staff to identify and address problem areas Don Bjom :ind Jruie Schippers work with vocational students with ~pecioJ needs. Bjorn is an applied technology counselor a1S1udent Services.

Schippers is a special populations coordinator and has her office in the Hedlund building.

"Lots or 11mes we know students have special needs before they even enter NIC," ~'ell.

Schippers said. "We knnc<.,. McGowan ·s a!l~isi:1111. said that mO\I ,1uden1s come to her indcn11fying 1hc1r coordinate with whomever we can on campus Ito get wenl,.nc,_,cs. She asks them who1their , 1rtngths are With this mfomia1ion. ~he can them help!: then we go off campus if we need to."

1den1ify the ways they learn. TI1en she can For on-campus help. recommend 1he spec1ahzed servn:es that are Schippers recommends photo by Tri Nguyen available 10 them.

Jenness. '"You try 10 find oul where they're Teamwork· Student Services counselors Don Bjorn, Mary Jeanne Jenness and Felix McGowan '"She's the specialist." compe1en1.'" Jenness said. '"and then develop coordinate their efforts in order to best serve the students Schippers said. "'She really leammg strategies 10 match their has o documented lcnming disability, suppon get them diagnosed. So, the only services knows all the ramification~ of the different competencies."

1s sllll available. Smitl1 talccs lhc time to NIC can provide is through 1he Leaming learning disabilities.''

Tho.-e students who have not lxcn identify any problem and make~ ~ure 1hnt lhc Center.''

Jenness coortlirmtes with governmental officially diagnosed crui still ge1help 11,e Leaming Center provides <;tudents services provided Iii the s1udcn1's need. agencies off campus for studenlS diagnosed through the Leaming Center.

Smith would like 10 expand services at with learning disabilities. She matches with many services. including tutors.

Michele Jerde i~ the peer tutor the Center by purchasing a Rending Edge computers equipped with spelling and services offered with lhe needs of the coordinator 01the center. According to grammar checks. and computers that have machine. This $4.500 system scans text Mudents. For example, she can get these Jerde. the center has a couple of tutors who voice modules that read back what is typed. from books, handouts or studcnis papers and students books on tape, in-cla~s renders and nrc able 10 recognize learning disabilities in While all srudenis can ge11wo hours of puts it on a computer disk and audio tape. the students who 1.Cek help there. people to take notes. tutoring in nny class they arc registered in, '"lnstruc1ors will pass out a two-page Most students, however, come 10 NIC Jenness also refers students 1.0 the students wilh documented learning handout or ask students to read someone with a history of learning disabilities. Some appropriate outside agency for te~ting. disabilities qualify for more tutoring. have their learning disabilities discovered NIC docs not have lhc money 10 test else's essay.'" Smith said. ·'For a readingfor the first time in the clnmoom. students for lenming disabil11ies as it costs However, some students are impaired student. that is a huge burden.'" ln,1ruciors refer these ~1udcn1s to Jerde or SS00-$2,000 per person. Smith said. A uncornfonable with being idenllfied as A funding request this year for the Sharon Smuh, a reading ~pecialist at the qualified clinical psychologist must provide having a learning disability, Jenness said.

Reading Edge system was nol granted by center. or 10 Jenness al S1udent Services. the diagnosis. And, :iccording to Jenness, One such student said lhat when o. label lhe NIC Foundation, Smith said. The center many colleges is used, some people discriminnre, whether is trying to fi nd another source. U that fails. require that they mean to or not. they will try to include il in the budget for the diagnosis This student said she had been next year. Smith said all studenlS would not be older humiliated in n university class by her benefit from the system. lhrui th.rec professor, and she was very sensitive about It is estimated that 90 million Americans years prior to lhe subject. For her, anonymity is an issue. lack basic literacy skills. According to services. NIC She wruiis to let people know about her Bl1111che Podhajslti, director of the Stem currently disability on her own tenns. privately.

Center for Language and Leaming. the docs not At NIC, her wishes are respected. general cause of ndult 1ll11eracy is learning have 1h1s According to McGowan, instructors are disabilities that have not been diagnosed or rcquin:ment. notified of a student's learning disability addressed "'Many only with that students pennission.

Jenness said there is a total involvement students we '"h 's entirely up to the student,'" here by admmistration. faculty and staff 10 know :ire McGowan said. '"Some s1uden1S don' t want identify learning disabilities and to get learning anybody 10 know. but we can't do a lot 10 students the individual help they require disabled," help them if the insuuc1ors don' t know. So " There is such a spirit of wanting photo by Tri Nguyen Smith said.

1ha1 ·s kind of a double-edged sword.'" students to succeed here," Jenness said. "I Individual hell>: Le~mmg Center staff ((rom left) Michele Jerde - But WC can't Regardless of whether or not a student am so impressed." and Shraon Smith discuss scheduling with peer tutor Misty Laird .

b} Sue Jurgens and Melody Mnrl:t Sen1mel Swff College course-work can be difficuh for nny siudent. but tor studenlS with le3ming disab1h11cs. ii can Ix overwhelming.

NtC 1s prepared 10 help.

Felix McGowan rutd Mary Jcnime Jcnnes~ JI Student Services adv1!>C , 1udcn1s w11h diognO'ied teaming J i,nbili1ies.

McGowan. suppon coonlmator for students w11h di..obili1ic,. ..aid h..: Sll!I dow n with each <tu<knl and rnlh 10 them about whill they

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College work challenges students to find new strategies for success Michelle Kluth, Foresty and Wildlife Ma11ageme11t Residing in Coeur d'Alene

Don Doty. Busin<'ss Adf11inistratio11 major Residing in Carreywood Melody Morn 011/ine £di1or Don Do1y knew he had a spelling problem, bu1 he though! he would remedy lhnl problem when he re1umed 10 college.

He didn '1 renlize he hod a lenming disobili1y. \Vi1hin the fi~I week of 1he summer session. he was s1ruggling in his classes.

Bridget Brockmeyer, Do1y's spelling inscruc1or 01 the Leaming Cenler. looked n1 his essays and noticed tha1 he was swapping his leners around. She suspected 1hat he had a learning disability. and ofler talking to him further. she discovered tho1 he had dirficulry reading and comprehending the course ma1erirus.

Brockmeyer began giving Doty personalized help. She showed him how 10 highlight the material in his textbooks for bener success. and she told him about a program 1hrough the Library for 1he Blind lha1provided books on lape.

Doty was able 10 borrow and lis1en 10 a 1ape of lhe 1extbook from his psychology class. The improvemen1 was dramatic. Doty v.eni from barely passing 10 receiving a B in the class.

He wan1ed 10 know how 10 gel inpes of his own for all his classes. Brockmeyer referred him 10 Mary Jeanne Jenness, coordinating assistanl for students with disabilines, a1S1uden1 Services.

In order 10 qualify for the books on mpe,

Do1y had to be diagnosed as having n learning cli,abili1y. And 1he diagnosis had 10 be signed by hi~ medical doclor. nnd documen1:11ion liled wi1h S1udent Services.

In Do1y's case, the rost of 1hc di11gnosis was covered by 1hc S1a1e of Idaho. He had been laid off 1hrough the closure of 1he Crown Pncilic mill at Albani Falls, :incl he qualilied for assis1anrc ns a displaced worker.

Do1y was diagnosed as having dyslexia.

He said he had always had 1rouble wi1h spelling in school, but it never bothered him. He said he can always read his own wriling even when others can ·1. " l read for conte111," D01y said."] can get more ou1of a badly wri1ten piece than most people because misspelling and s1ruc1urc don'I bo1her me."

While a1Sandpoin1 High, ii was sugges1cd that he be pul in remedial. classes. bu1 D01y said his mo1her wouldn' t allow i1.

She 1hough1 the classes were too easy for him.

So his mother spent hours working with him. and his parems were careful 10 use correc1 English around him. ln 1982, Do1y graduated wi1h B's nnd C's in all his classes.

Eileen Lincicome, counselor with 1he Idaho Dcpartmcn1 of Vocational Rchabili1a1ion in Sundpoint, said that 1hc report from Lhe 1cs1ing came bock wi1h a

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by Sue Jurgens Semim•I Reponer

Aflcr supervising 47 people in a Posl Falls sewing foc1ory for 1wo years, Michelle Klu1h, 23. knew 1ha1 a job 1ha1 scaled her away from dayligh1 held no appeal for her.

When 1hc foc1ory closed 1his May, she decided to apply 10 NIC to get the education she needed for a career in 1he out-of-doors.

This mighl seem un ordinary decision 10 mos1. bu1 for Kluth. 1his was a lremendous Slep. " I never 1hough1 I would be in college,'' she said. " II was never pan of my agenda al all."

She never considered higher cduca1ion because, aflcr spending 1wo years in kindergarten, Klu1h was diagnosed in the first grade with dyslexia.

This learning disability is a neurological disorder that causes her 10 sec some leucrs. words or symbols ei1her backward or in a different order than lhey occur.

When she was younger. she snid ii was upsening 10 hear people 1ell her 1ha1 she could read " if only she would 1ry harder."

"That's like 1clling someone who's shon tha1 they could grow taller if only 1hey would 1ry harder."

She is 001 "shon" on in1clligcncc, however. When given an IQ 11:s1 verbally, she scored more 1han 1wice as high :is when she had 10 read 1hc 1es1.

Dyslexin does not uffcr1 Kluth's obvious

inielligencc, j us1 her abili1y 10 correc1ly perceive 1he wrinen word. numbers and ccrtnin symbols. ''The worsl 1hing is s1rec1 signs," she said. "One way [streets). Which way is lhc arrow going?"

Kluth has lo really concen1ra1c and be focused in order to read whal mos1of us lake for grnnled.

Her learning disabili1y is why Klu1h agonized over her decision to come to NIC. She spcnl wccl..s discussing i1 long disrnncc with her mo1hcr. who said 10 go for ii.

When she s1ar1cd a1 NlC 1his fall, Klu1h 's dream was 10 1rain for a career in 1hc ou1-ofdoors.

Raised in Missoula, K lu1h spent a greal deal of lime in 1hc woods. Camping and moun1ain biking were juM a part of her ou1door activi1ies. She even worked as n cook in Yellowstonc park 1he summer after high school.

Hun1ing is one of her favorite sports nnd she hn.s bagged n dozen deer wilh a bow and arrow. This season, she downed a six-poinl elk wi1h a rifle jusl soulh of Sodo Springs.

Idaho.

Wi1h 1his background. i1 is ea,y to sec why she chose 10 s1udy forcs1ry and wildlife management ··1 really like 1hc ou1doors," ~he ,nicl. " II', something l do easily because I like i1."

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Neurological differences are discovered in the brain

by Melody Martz and Bra ndi Reasor Seniine/ Swff Leaming di1abilities have neurological origins.

However, thal facl hns 001always been recognized.

Mary Jeanne Jcnne,s. coordin.uing nssistlllll for ~tudcn1, wi1h disabilitie,, "3ld that for a long time learning di,;abilities had the reputation of being 1he ,e,,ult of bad kid~. bad parcnlS or poor environment. Some people even thought ii was a form or mental retardation, bu1 it 1s not, Jenness said.

MA person has Lo have average or above average intelligence in order to be classified as having a learning disability,'' Jenness said.

1'hrough research conducted from 1968 to 1991 , neurological evidence revealed differences in the brains of individuals with learning disabilities.

The planum temporale region of the temporal lobe of the brain is believed to be of vital importance in C~nsion of language and auditory processing (see diagram). Through autopsy, it was discovered thal in the "?<'nnal'' brain, the planum temporale is larger on the left aide, while the lobes are often the wne size or Jaraer on the right aide in the brains of many individuals with

learning dinb1litie.~. Modem brnin imaging 1echniques have confinned this dnm.

A learning disability is considered a neurological disorder causmg otherwi~ brighl individuals 10 c:xperience diflicully in leoming. Their minds proct:Ss word, or infonnalion difforen1ly.

Jcnne"s said that n learning disabili1y can of1cn be recognized by a discrepancy be1ween iniclligence nnd performance scores. She said that a person with low abili1y would have a consish:nt score in both areas, while a person with a learning disability would have a high score in some areas and not in

others.

Jenness likened it 10 the dysfunction of a computer where input, ourput, memory or organization might be affected while the power of the computer remained the same. People might have difficulties because their eyes scan from right to left or bottom to top, lettal may be reversed., or words from the top and bottom of the page

migh1 combine and insert themselves in the middle or a sentence.

Some sludenll> can understand ma1h conceplS but can '1 do multiplication 1ables. 0 1her,, are confused by multiplechoice que,tions.

Other less known difliculties migh1 be in organizing data, under,,tanding fine points of social rela1ionships, or lime management.

Jenness said thal ear h case is unique, and each strategy 10 deal wi1h the problem has to be individually tailored.

Region of the Plenum Temporale (highest order auditory cortex)

Just a thought...

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It only takes a spark to get a fire going.

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Opinion-Editorial

Electric failure gives us power of reflection

' T was

the night before Thanksgiving,

And all 1hrough 1he ciiy.

Nol a light bulb was burning, oh what a pi1y.

The candles were Iii by 1he srnircase wi1h care, In hopes 1ha1 no one would foll down there.

The ice s1onn was raging, delennincd 10 srny.

While snowblowers hummed and blew ii away.

With the fire sicked in 1he old wood SIOYC, We s1an: ou1 1hc window ai 1hc cold we lo:11he.

Elec1rical lincs down for days. No power. No phone.

No cable!

Ii's preny safe 10 say 1his was 1he 1ypical scenario for Kelly Dengel mo, t Inland Nor1hwes1 Opinion n:sidenh during what is being called " Ice S1onn '96."

The loss or power brougl11 my priori1ics in10 perspcc1ive. Generally. I overlook the things I am really 1hankfol for. such as electrici1y.

Daily tasks and functioning on a gcneml basis became dirficuh I know or one 'powerless' s1uden1 who didn'1 come 10 school because she fell she looked unprcsemable.

No clcc1ricity means no ho1 wa1er. Looking at my clean reflec1ion in the mirror, l was 1hankfol 1hat our fomily belongs 10 an a1hlc1ic club and we could shower !here.

The dark oven is cmp1y and cold, yet I smell 1he heany fragrance of wo.ey cooking. On the coun1er sits a roa\tcr. hou~ing our Thanksgiving dinner. My family was one or 1he luckier ones. Having a genera1or in circumsrnnce~ such as these can mean 1hc difference bc1wecn turkey and no 1urkey.

We ~al in from of 1he tclcvi~ion and walched ru; broadcas1crs informed viewers aboul shelters for 1hosc who didn'1 have power. Didn'11he broadcas1ers realize if 1hcy didn'1 have powcr.1hey probably wcren¡1 wmching 1he new~ anyway?

Most of 1he shchcrs didn '1 have electricity and were asking people 10 donalc gcnero1ors. As bad as I felt for 1he needy and would have liked 10 help, l wasn't going 10 offer ours.

Our area was in for some cold wea1her and the snow was s1ill coming. Sining next to 1he wann, crackling fireplace. I was lhankful we had a wood s1ovc.

Flipping the lamp light swi1ch, watching the 1elcvision and smelling lhe 1urkey in 1he roas1cr. isn '1 electricny wonderful?

Al 12:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, I was really 1hankful. Af1er nine days of non-clcc1ric life, we gOI our power back!

Editorial

Title IX: Athletic programs left on chopping block ender equity in sports is a noble goal that NIC is trying to accomplish by nexl year. In fact, it's not just a goal, it ¡s the law under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It says in the ac1 that no person shall be excluded from any educational program on 1he basis of gender and now the NIC athletic department mus! make this true al our campus.

The only problem is that lhe plans that have been submitted to the bonrd of trustees include culling a combination of one or all of the track. cross country, baseball teams or pep band. This would actually violate the whole principle of Title lX in that it would limit opportunities 10 a large number of people in the name of equity.

The answer to the problem may lie in coming up with a way to add women's softball. The logistics could easily be worked out with Memorial Field just down the road, bur the money is the problem. Out of NIC's total budget, no more than 4.7% can go 10 sports. This seems fair because it is a community college, so spons should not be the main priority.

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Try explaining Lhar, though, to one of the members of the track team who is wondering if he or she will have a scholarship next semester.

Without athletics there would be a lot of students who couldn't go to school. lf the proposed cuts come to fruition, it would mean the end of many of scholarships for men and women. Track coach Mike Bundy brought up a good point when he said lhar the athletic programs are run for th benefit of the students and that it is an inherent part of rhe college experience.

In that respect, cutting athletic programs would be analogous to cutting a chunk out of the math or English department. A lot of students on campus probably find it hard to draw a parallel between the importance of athletics and education. That's fine, but as long as we have athletics ar NIC, there is no reason to cheat people out of the opportunity to participate. lf the school has to detennine what sports are important and what aren't than maybe we need to take a look at the big picture of whether or not atWetic.s alt important at all ar this school. In the meantime, since we have athletics, it would. make more sense to add opportunity instead of talcing ir away.

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Thursday. Dec. 12. 1996

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Letters: Tattoo feature disappoints reader Perfect as holiday stocking stuffers • OK. so the r111 guy may not be able to fit one in your stocking. bur here's hopin'.

II promises 10 be the most run you'll ever have on whc_cls! h has a comfonable. . molded, high-impart sent, adju~mble handlebars. and lilts up on end for... hey. wait a minute! Ger your minds out or the gu11er! Ir's an adull tricylce! On sale in the teachers lounge.

• Delben Bland. "the kmg of the sweet onion industry", was rhe keynote speaker at a conference for rhc Pacific Nonhwest Vegetable Association. Think we'll leave ir ar that.

• (fyou missed the previous "An Evening of Ja21.· concert. don'r be fooled by its title. Webster defines an evening as " the period between the termination of one's daily activities and bedtime." The music dept. defines it as about an hour.

• Maybe the honor belongs to Pres. Bennett. An angered student reports she was turned away at the door of the concert named above for only having a student 1.D. card :ind not waiting in line at the ticket counter. After turning away the student the usher let the Pres. ia without even asking for ID or o ticket~ no waiting in line with Lhe other schmucl.s for Bob. • Has political correctness gone 100 far? Apparently a speech instructor found humor in a canoon depicting an overly-large lady putting up u lost puppy poster.

The funny pan was that the dog was sruck in her big b:tck seal! We thought ii wo.s runny also. but rhe person who crossed it out and wrote " No Fat J okes" didn' t.

Dear c<litor: I would like to express my deep di<appoinrment and disgust with one of the feature stories in the la5t issue of rhe Sentinel.

I am a former student who, up until the last issue or the Scnt:inel, was proud and ex i1ed 10 see each new issue and keep up 10 date with rhe happening< a l my alma mater. I was simply horrified when I turned to the center of the publication and saw a feature article on the" An" of tattooing. I wa~ so disgu~ted by the photographs that I was unable to look at them withour a chill ninning throughout my body. Not only were the pho10grnphs out of focus, it was hord to detcm1inc what they were trying to capture. (One photograph of an ann with pink appears as a "gash or open ncsh wound-I could nol tell what it was.

At any rate. I think any type or body modification is a personal and private fl

affair. I do not rhinl.. ir is appropriate for a college newspaper 10 glorify and approve or an activity that has a life-long implication, ond is disapproved of by the medical community.

I find it ironic that one of the reponcrs for this story is the same reporter thnr said hippies "suck." ls this not rhc same reporter who chastised "hippies" for expressing themselves. inappropriate hygiene. and not listening to the same music he enjoys? Please do 1101 misinterpret me. I am by no mean~ saying that tattoo< are mappropnatc-1am saying 1ha11hey arc personal, cxpre,~rvc experience 1ha1should l:lC lcfr up 10 the individual.

Come on Sentinel- I l..now there is more college-oriented news for your reponcrs to repon. Let\ sec ~ome more of those award-winning srorie~ for which you arc famous!!

Renee Vela

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To the editor: Whether you arc in agreement with MacClanathan\ aniclc "New Generation Hippie5 Arc A Problem" or not is of no concern 10 me. The whole point or lrnving an opinion section in rhc Sentinel is so that people can express their opinion. A friend of mine was nabbergastcd at how biased the anicle was. Hmmm. could that be the reason why the piece was under big, bold le11crs that said: OPINION? When I read Lhe Inst leuer to the Editor in the Nov. 14 issue or the Sentinel. I was shocked that someone would submit a letter of such hypocrisy. l11e lcucr by Micheal Sullivan regarding MacClanathan's article was quite the contradicuon. TI1e whole lener was abour "accepting people for who chcy are... It doc~n '1look ltkc Sullivan is the one to speak if he/she i, not wilhng 10 accept MacClnnathan · \ views.

The article that MacClanathan wrote wa, s1ric1ly his reelin~s. He did not say that everyone relt the same a~ he did. He

did not claim that his feelings were the only lnith. One has 10 realize that just because he wrore on 1he subject doc, not make nil people who listen to Phi<h behave one way. h seems rhat if one is at college level. he/she would be able to decipher the difference between fact5 and opinions.

Some questions rhat come 10 mind when I hear about all the people who arc riled up about rhis piece or writing arc: Jr one is so offended by MncClanothan·~ aniclc then isn't one proclaiming oncsclr a "New Generation Hippie?" Would people really have been 1hi, offended if rhc Jniclc had a negative ovenonc about nco-naLis? I do not think that MacClanathan "sucks" or 1h01 "hi, mourh would be better off stuffed with mushroom\.'' I think that MacClanathan is my brother as he i, everyone else\ and should be rc\pccted for hrs ability 10 create II cohe,ive piece of writing and for his gut\ to say how he fceb.

Sincerely Christine Stone

Attorney general warns of phone scam To the Editor: IDAHO CONSUMERS: BE CAREFUL! A new telephone scam is costing victims big bucks. The scan1 works like this: con-anist cull you and ask you to call a number staning with nn 809 area code. They may entice you to call by telling you that you have won a prize, or ,ome other lie. Sometimes they place

classified ads.

809 1s an intema1ional prcfi\ and callers are charged exorbitant r.ites. The longer you stay on the line, rhe more you :11'1! charged. Don't be rooted. Unless you know whom you are calling. don't call any number beginning with an 809 area code.

Sincerely.

Alon G. Lance, Idaho Auomcy General

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Spring semester begins Jan. 13.

Arts and Entertainment

'An Evening of Jazz' gets Boswell Hall hoppin'

by Ed Dunphy Sentinel R~porter he NIC Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Co. brought an evening or lively entertainment to Boswell Hall SaturdJ)' evening. Nov. 16.

The evening began with ,ome \\Onderful vocal ensemble pcrfornmnccs by the Jazz Co.. a group of about a dozen t:tlcntl!d pcrfom1ers. They began with ··Trickle Trickle'' and perforn1cd songs such as '"Blue Skie~:· ·Tuxedo Juncuoo·· and the popular"Make Someone Happy."

The Jazz Ensemble then entered the Mage dressed in then ,po1less white shirts nnd pcrforn1ed "Get Up Ami Go.'' u fo~t-tcmpo piece 1hat really new. TI1ey 1hen slowed to a medium-paced tempo with "Stompin· at the Savoy:· They slowed the pace down w11h "Ce111ral Park West,.. a perfect choice for n ballad.

The performance Wa\ attentively enjoyed by a large capacity crowd as the mu,ic llowed out over the uudience m cri, p, , nappy notes. Fornier student Daryll Elmore performed a tenor saxophone solo during ··Nimbus," a piece arranged by Robert Curnow, a talemed musician and composer who resides in Liberty Lake, Wa.,h.

The featured vocal isl for the evening was Ann Fennessy, a noted local 1alen1 who.e forte is early jazz. She also worl.s in local public radio in fund-raising ac1ivi1ies.

The director of the evening. Terry Jones. 1eachcs music apprecia1ion. Jone~ hn, a master's degree in mu~ic appreciation and conducting. He has been teaching at NIC for 11 years.

Jone~!>aid the band co~im of students and local member- of 1hc community. Auditions arc held to qualify band members.

'This process 1s typical for all communlly colleges," Jone~ said.

The next Jazz concert will be held in February, which

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Photo by Ed Dunphy Group notes- The NIC Jazz Ensemble rehearses for "An Evening of Jazz" performed on Nov. 19. (Front) -students play saxophones, (back) -students play trombones. will feature instructors from the University of Idaho and will also feature band member~ from local high schools.

111e Jazz En,emble practices on a weekly basis and has been 1ogcthcr since last year. not needing to hold auditions for new members. The Jazz Ensemble includes a local auorney on piano und n lead tenor saxophone player from

the former group Black Happy.

TI1e evening ended with a lively rendition of ·•tt Don't Mean a Thing if You Ain't Go1 That Swing." with the NIC Jazz Ensemble and 1he Jazz Co. chorale group performing.

The final pcrfomiance, a!> wet I as several intervals during lh.: concen was met with resounding applause.

English essay contest winners announced

by BIii Canepa Sentinel R11porter Three students were recognized for their wrililllg abilities in the campuswide English I03 essay contest.

The contest winners were Vivian Ward. firs1 place, for "Fate of Beauty" and honorable men1ion for "What's Up Now," Scott Berger, second place. for "Small Town U.S.A." and Jandi Dunlap. lhird place, for "Crissy of Hasbro." Prius were S<,O for ftnt, $40 for second and $30 for third.

The essays wae submitted by

English I 03 ~tt1de111s late in the 1996 spring semester but. due to a lack of judges and time. results were not given until late this semester.

Ward, 38, Rathdrum, is an elemcn1ary education major and mother of four. She said that she had a strategy for the contest: jus1keep revising it.

"I write it again and again and again," Ward said. "Some people say I' m a perfcctioniS1, but I don't sec it."

With "Fate of Beauty" Ward said that she hoped to show the superficial way our society views beawy. "What's

Up Now" humorously ponr:iys cultural nonns and the rolls of women lha1 have changed since Ward was a child.

Berger, 31, is a nursing major and moved to the area l 3 years age from Underwood, N.D. "Small Town U.S.A.·· tells of the decline of smalltown livelihood and his experiences in his town.

Dunlap is a former Sentinel staff member. Heressay, "Crissy of Hasbro," is an autobiographical story about her love for a doll that her molbcr bought for her when she wu a girl.

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Santa ~ to visit campus On Dec, 14, in the Bonner Room oftht SUB, Sanlll Clause will join a Chrisunas pat1Y for children. There will be o clown. ChristJJlllS carolers, cookies, cocoa and story-t.elling.

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Winning excerpts: Continued from Page 6 Firstp~: " fate or Beauty" by VMan Ward "In the Uniled Statci we offer the eduC:11ion nc-eded 10 ~uected in our work force, fulfilling the commirment of the right to hfo :111d libeny. but what about the pursuit of h4ppine-~ and, may I add. beauty? Hos America sold itsclf,hon by labeling the appreGinlion of~uty. frivolous and effeminate? Or worse, h:ls the love of bc3UJY bet'n repl~ by an infa1uation with "cute?''

Don'1get me wrong. I alwdchgh1 in OutTy kitten pictures. s1enciled tulips, and stuffed tc:ddy be3". yet 1he feelings arc trifling when compared to the emotion generated by something of beauty. "Cute'' makes us smile 1111d rclcll.St one of those: single vowel sounds. But a thing of beauly has the power 10 reach within our souls and provoke us 10 ponder things that may otherwise never cross our minds."

Raffie drawing Dee. 19. Tickets tt.OO Three Suite .. 6etaways" five cos from the Lone far

our urban areas along with their young people. I know I have brought them wi th me."

Third place: ·'Crissy of Hasbro'' by Jandl Dunlap

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"So 11mong Ilic four Scouish dolls from the Danbury Mini that rhe adull Jnndi purchased, and that ~ii on her mahogany pediment Md um triple dresser. sits one very old, discolored aubum-haired doll, in a place of honor.

And. som.:whcre deep inside 1he heart of 1he adult fandi , beats lhe hean of an cighr-year-o ld girl who still looks upon the auburn-haired Crissy of Hasbro each dny with a ~mile full of love, awe and delight."

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"Today. we must b¢ C:\pcr1S on everything regarding our physicnl and mental health, aind we are cons1antly reminded thn1 evcrylh1og we do brings us closer to death • as if there was a cure for that I remember when there were four groups with meat and milk on the good list of things 10 cat, and a pyramid was :111 evil money-making scheme that could land one in jail. Today. we are expected to measure every molecule of fat and sugar and 10 road every label (malting shopping and sleeping lllkc up the h1tgcs1 pans of our 1ive5) or we might 110 1 outlive our re1irement money."

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by BiU Canepa Sentinel Reportl!f Trees feU, vehicles were damaged and electrical power was lost when o.n ice storn1hit NlC Tuesday. Nov. 19.

Falling trees and daniaged cars went hand-in-hand as ice that colll.-cted on branches added enough weight to bring them crashing down on whatever was below them.

Do:z.ens of trees and at least six vehicles were ruined. including a campus security car.

A large branch fell from a Lree in front of the library and crushed n car's roof and shattered the side windows. according to Mike Halpern Assoc. Director of Campus

Safety, Grounds and Custodial . No one was injured. ··11 was lucky that our men were out working when that tree nit,'' Halpern said.

Grounds crews have been working nearly non-stop 10 clean up fallen br,mchcs and trees.

111ey have already racked up about 150 hours of overtime. Halpern said. and there is still a lot to do.

Tree damage did not only affect motorists. FaJUng branches knocked down power lines. cuning electricity from thousands of homes in the region.

TI1e power outage caused the fi rst NIC class cancelntions in years.

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by Di Braun Se,111nel ReJ)Orter Staff. faculty and members of admini~1ra1ion had to deal with the trial of the ice stonn 100.

Many, including Michele Chesnut.Doris Konsella, Althea Ormcshcr. Marsha Nead and President Bcnneu. were wi thout power for only a short Lime. Others, however. were without for days on end.

Glenmar Fullmer. business office, said, ''I was concemed with payroll. because I thought we'd lose power and I wouldn't be able to get the time sheets completed.

We got home to find the house encased in a two-inch layer of ice.

We couldn't get in the house until we broke the ice around the l'rench doors which were protected somewhat by the patio roor:· She said, "We didn't have power anyway, but we went over to my daughter's house with my adding machine, and I got payroll fmishcd."

Michele Chesnut, business

office, ~aid, "rn}' main concern wa:. for the linemen and relief worker~ that were out m the weather. One of our best friends i~ an employee of Kootenai Electric...

Steve Schenk cxpre~sed similar sentiment. " I think WWP and the other power company employees did a wonderful job in the freezi ng rain and snow. I can't say enough good about how they repaired so much damage so quickly:• Many people were concerned with the lack of heat, and Lhe ice storm didn't make things easy on anyone. Most people made due with the situation, however, and many of the staff and faculty members found positive 1hings about the hardship too. Numerous responses rcnected the hope people felt as they dealt with the hardships.

Myrna Rasmussen, career center, said, "our family was without power for eight days, but it was no big deal. Part of the bargain in living out of town is that you 're going to be without power a1 some time, it's just a mauer of when."

Everything in the library is electrically powered and the outage rendered it completely useless.

Everything from catalogs to circulation and security systems were inoperntive. ·' Nothing in the li brary works without power." Denise Clark. public services librarian. said.

Studems hoping 10 work on projects were out of luck according to Clark. and employees were sent home.

Damage caused by the storn1 affected everyone on campus. but the focus is now on recovery.

Grounds crews arc continuously cleaning up branches :u1d are planning to replaced damaged tree.~ this spring.

A cut above the res,.

(Top, left)· An NIC employee attempts to clear a fallen tree.

Timber!- (Top,right).

Trees fall against Bo Hall during Ice Storm Crash landing- (Bott left)- Brian Greenfield discovers he chose an unlucky parking space.

Winter wonderlsnd(Bottom, right)- Matt · Armstrong and Justin Plaid jog under some of the sagging trees on campus.

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photos by Noppadol Paothong

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Basketball teams start season on fire Undefeated Lady Cardinals knock off defending champs

Undefeated Men's team slay giants of the SWAC

by Kelly Dengel Stminl'I Rtporrer

"We need 10 win n1 home: we need 10 lllke care of lhc business at home." Greg

Crimp. women\ head coach. said.

The Cards dominated lhc first half agains1 regional champion Utah Valley S1n1c College on Dec. 5 nnd it wns NIC nil the way. Ir the final score. 97-72. provides any clue as 10 how 1he !\!St of 1he sca.~on migh1 play ou1. NIC could be headed to nntionab.

When asked how the win felt. Cnmp sllld, "Sw.:e1. w11h about seven e'~!"

Cnmp \a1d 1he team needed to focu.\ on cunmg down tu movers. rebounding and ial..ing b.:ncr care of 1he ball.

"We had good defen<c on the inside. nnd "ere nblc ',COl'I: in tron\1tion," Crimp ~aid.

"There wa.\ J good 1cam effon."

Five players ~ored double figure~.

Crimp said 1ha1 \ .1~ !!ood a~ 1hcy've played.

Sophomore po,t Shawna Ramer. led 1hc Card~ m sconng with 27 pomls. Australian freshman guard Tommy Goyne drilled five 3-pointc~ and fim,hed wi1h 19 po1n1s. " h fell !!ood 1onigh1," Goyne ~aid. "We played well."

This being veteran guard Angie Dick~on's firs1 game of the sea.son. Crimp said he e11pec1ed her 10 contribute immediately 10 1hc team. Dickson hit a three-poimer early in the first hnlf and finished wi1h 10 points.

During the weekend of Nov. 29-30, the team won first place in the Crossover Toumamem in P~co. Wash.

The Cards beat Blue Mounrnin Communi1y College. 83-73. Shooting guard Mandy Jacques. and Rainer led the team in scoring with 20 and 19 points respectively.

Agains1Columbia Basin, Jacques pulled a game-high of 27 points before fouling out. Rainer scored 20 10 lead 1he Cards in a 78-69 wm. Jamie Richards scored 14.

The Cards travel to league opponenis, Snow College on Dec. 13 and Diitic College on Dec. 14.

; . photo by Klbbee Watton Going to school- Travis Houston takes it strong to the basket in an early season game In the Coeur d'Alene Resort Tournament.

by Jonathan Hay Sports Editor 1\ team, 1ha1 has been trying all year IO convince everyone 1ha1 i1 's David, i.s now the Goliath of 1he Scenic West Athlc1ic Conference.

With a 75-67 victory at home on Dec. 5 over U1Bh Valley. the Cardinals' cnsily be~ a 1eam 1ha1 was ranked No. 3 in the nn1ion and showed 1h111 lhcy arc !!Oing to be reckoned with 1his y~ur.

"We goi in some foul 1rouble. but 1he kids sucked i1 up,'' Mid conch Hugh Wntsoo, " I'm proud of1hc kid~ bl:cm1,;c 11100k a re.JI 1cnm eITon 10 win ...

Wi1h Amin: McK:m~1ry and David Cunningham on 1hc bench for the game, there was a lack or guards 1ha1 wus mad.: wor:.c when ~lartCI'\ Cameron 13.lnk~and Bo John~on had 1hn.'C fou ls by halftime. Toby S1ack came off 1hc bench to give quality minu1cs 1hn1 Wa1son said gave 1hc 1enm an emo1ional lift.

The key 10 1hc game might have ocen lhe play of starting point guurd Todd Myles \\hil had pos~ibly hi~ fine~t game of the year as he dribbled 1hroug.h 1hc Wolverines at will " Our quickness hun them some.''

Watson said.

The win puts NIC in 1he drivers sell in 1he SW AC ns Utah Valley was looked 31 as the best in the league. Now the Cardinals will be a marked team after most people thought at first that they were 100 smalt 10 compete with some of the big teams. ''We're small. bu1 we're also very emotional, and nobody on the IC3Jll is g()lllll quit if they wo.n110 play,'' Watson said The win moved NIC's season reconl 10 9-0, and they won't have to foce U1ah V:illt) again until the last regular season gome.

The lack of height will get a quick boOSI nex1semester as 6-foot-5 Leonard MyleS will become elig.ible to play. Leonard is Todd Myles' cousin and WatSOn e~pects him 10 be nn impact player.

The nex1home game is Jan. 9 wllen arch-rival College of Solhem Idaho~ to try and 1hrow a s1one at the new Goti.aJII of the SWAC .

Sports

Thursday.Dec. 12. 1996

Butchering the nose to spite face of athletics Whal 1s the goal of gender equiry ar NIC? Apparently it hns bccom..- rhc proce.,,\ of d iminoung opponuniry for many to provnle opponuoity for a fow. llm i~ 3 cla.,~ic eumple of NIC cuttmg off ils nose to spne 1b face.

There are four plMS thar are lisred in the accompanying aniclc rhat '111 include butchering programs such as track rhat have done: a great deal towurd gaining rhe gender equity rhat the school apparenlly desires.

Because of the actions of the ,uhlcric budget committee last year that limircd the athleric Jonathan Hay budget to 4. 7% of rhe Opinion tot.ii school budge!, A1hle1ic Direc1or Jim Hudley has his hands tied :L, to what money he CM\ p3SS out.

Headley is a good man who is being forced to offer tough options 10 the board of 1rustecs, which will make the final decision on whn1 gel~ cut. It looks as tf the track team i~ going tO be 1hc ~fic,al lamb in order to make way for sofrbull and tha1 would be a travesty.

Track 1s one or the only programs 1hat consists of mainly local n1hle1es. Considering th:11 this is a community college. it makes little sense 10 ruin local opportunilics. Track is also one of 1hc: sports with the most women athletes m 1he whole ath letic departmcm. To cut track 10 add sofrball makes no sense.

It's really a tough i~~ue for everyone involved.

Track coach Mike Bundy has a great program. and every a1hle1e of his 1hu1 I know h~ grcar respect for him. If trnck i, cut. his nationally ranked cros~ country learn will lo~e 01hlc1c) who want to do both ,pon\, There mu~1 be u better way.

If 1he op11on, 1h111 have been propo~ed come 10 pas~. rherc will be h:'i!> opportu11111cs to pun1cipa1e in spons for everyone. Hopefully the bo:,rd of 1rustec~ ho1} rh.: vi,ion 10 come up with a way to add a ~pon like ,oftball thlll will equal the ,1X>n, without pulling out 1he butcher knife 10 othur programs, including track.

I may not be a ,1uden1 of ma1hematic1o, but cunmg the opporturuty of mMy for rhc bent'tit of a few ju~t doc,n't ~cm to add up.

Bundy might have 5ummcd it up best when he said thal to eliminate gender equitable programs, 111c:h u track, in the name of gender equity is unreasonable. He conlil\ucd 10 say that if logic were to PRvail that traclc wouldn' t get cut, but IOalerimes logic doesn't prevail.

HopefuUy, lhc board oftrusiees wlU use their collective beads and come up witb a plan dw IIJowa for equity wilboa& deflcina ID adlledc ........, Cbll ii &ivina people Ill oduc:ltioD.

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Plan to achieve gender equity in athletics to be decided by trustees mcn ·s 1rack. and women track would be climinatco and women's fast pitch sof1ball would be added. Funds would be reallocated to men·~ cross country, women's bnske1ball, women's cross country. and volleyball 10 make up 1he difference in whor 1hc conching s1nff 111 those sports make. Thb would

excess of $5.506 for the athletic depanmen1.

In op1ion No. 3 pep band and baseball would be eliminated and no 01her spon would be added.

Rcalloca1ion of funds would go to mcn·s cross coun1ry. women's cross coun1ry, women·s ba~ke1ball. men's 1rack, womcn·s 1rack. and volleyball.

The depanmcni would be lef1 wi1h o $19.786 excess.

In option No. 4, pep band. women's cross coun1ry. mc:n's cro\s coun1ry, women's 1rack and mcn·s "No person in the United Slates 1rack would all be elimina1cd and shall, on the basis of sex, be women's fas1-p11ch sof1ball. men's excluded from participation In, be ~occcr and women's soccer would denied the benefts of, or be be added. Rcalloca1ion of funds subjected to discrimination under would go 10 women·~ baskc1ball. any education program or activity and volleyball. This would creme a receiving federal financial defici1 of $23.29-1. assistance: "At this time I would like 10 Title IX of the Education recommend op11on on.:' Headley Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 snid nfter presenting 1hc op1ioM 10 Civil Rights Act the board.

The board had many concerns abou1 1he proposal and decided rather lhun make a dcc1s1on 01 the creaic a dctici1 $8,894 in 1hc athletic time they wunled to have n work shop depanmcnt. so thut ,1ll 1hc people involved in 1he In op1ion No. 2 1hc pep band, women's cross cournry. men's cros~ decision making proccs~ could brcomc more informed. country, men's 1rack and women's The work shop hos been planned irack would be elimina1cd, und for Wednesday fan . 8. al 5 p.m. The women's fast pitch softball would be public is invi1ed 10 make comrncn1~ 01 added. Reallocntion of funds would go to womcn·s basketball and 1hat 1ime and gel information on 1he volleyball. This would leave an effoc1s or 1hc cuts.

Headley presents options for board to mull over

by Edwa rd Francis

Se111i11el Reporter At 1he Nov. 21 board of 1rus1ces mec1ing A1hlc1ic Oirec1or Jim Hradlcy brought before 1he board a proposal 10 change 1he a1hle1ic department n1 the college because of unfairness in gender equality.

The sports program of 1he college has five spons for men: baseball, cross country, 1rock. wrcs1ling, and basketball. There are four spons for women: basketball. cross couniry. 1rack, and volleyball.

The difference in the amoun1 of sports offered to both genders is one )pon, with all of 1he men·s sports having an off"scuing women's spon cxcep1 for baseball.

Headley offered four diffcrcnl op1ions 10 lhe proposal. and each one takes into account the salaries of 1hc coaches, 1he mainienance and oper:uions cos1 for each sport, the gran1-in-nid monies available, 1hc 10ml cos1 of each program. 1he funds 10 be alloco1cd to a new program (if ins1i1u1ed) and the funds 10 be renllocaied to the ex1s1ing programs.

In op1ion No. I. 1hc pep band,

Sports Notes New basketball signee The men'i. baskc1b:tll 1eam got a 000)1 recently when coach Hugh Wutson announced thiu he 81gned 6-£001-5 Leonard Mylc~ from Chicago.

Myles i, the cousin of point guartl Todd Myles and should add M>me murh-necded size 10 an already potent lineup.

Myles was rccruiled by the Univ.:~uy of ntinoi~ and Syracuse but signed with NIC after completing his GED. Myles. who played some of his high school ball ar Manin Luther King High will be eligible to play at NIC early ncxl semester.

Ami:ricim hono~. Hurmon paced the girls ream 10 a fifthplace fini~h overall.

111e men came m eighth place overrul and hud four runners; Todd Bruce, Pre~ton Marlin, Jason Clou,t: and Lance cla1k on a coaches picked All-American 1eam lhar wus made up entirely of U.S. ci1i:r..en~.

Track team prepares The lrJck rerun i, ,1aymg in shape by ge111ng 1ogether every Monday at 3:30 in the gym foyer. People intere~ted in joining the team could (how up at that time to begin to get in shape for lhc coming season.

Cross country team honors Healber Hannon.placed ninlh in lheNJCAA Division I cra11 c:ounuy c:llllnpiomlllp in Overland Pak. KIBSU.

WldJ her ftnilb. Harmoa wu lhe only Cardinal to Ft All·

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by Chris Keim Se111i11t l RcpQrra Ice S1om1 '96 broughl much hnrdship and carnmophc to the people of 1he Nonhwcst. Fnlling 1rces smashed dozens of cars and houses 1hroughout 1hc nrcn.

Some people wenl wi1hou1 power and plumbing for day~. NIC clo~ccl for 1hc first time in years.

A~ we look bnck :11 1he dc~truc1ion 1hn1 swam1cd 1hrough. we lend 10 forge! 1hc good thing 1hc ~,orm broughl us. We were blessed wi1h an 11bundan1 amount of snow.

The local ~ki nren~ were dumped on. covering mouniains wi1h deep. frc~h powder. Wi1h 1he unprcdi c1cd ~now foll lhc ski areas were able 10 open 1wo to 1hrce weeks ea rly. somc1hing they haven' t done since 1990. h's 1ime again 10 gc1 those skis or / snowboa rd om of slorogc. du,t 1hcm off und head to the ,lopc5.

Snowbonrdmg hn, bcc:omc a populur winter ,pon. Wean: ~ecing more and more people switch from skiing 10 snowboarding.

Wi1h the incrensmg rate of ~nowbonrdcrs, ii mnkes you wonder if skiing will someday die.

II is ccnain that skiers would 001 go quie1ly. A new revolu1ionary ski has people talking. The paroblic ski is designed Iike an hour gloss. allowing you to ski in powder more easily. The Nonhwes1 is known for i1s powder. so 1he pnroblic ski should be a big hit.

The question is. can skiers and snowboarders share the mountain? They have 1heir unique scyle and 1hcy prefer different types of conditions. Some mountains in Montana s1ill do 001nllow )nowboarding.

Whether you arc a skier or a

snowboarder, the local ski area, arc awe~ome. Schweitzer Mountain, Silver Mounrnin and Lookou1 Pass arc the arca·s closcs1 featured mountain\. All or 1hc areas arc less 1hnn 1wo hours awny r,om Coeur d'Alene. Each Im a low lif1 tickci prke for the qunlity of skiing you arc gelling.

Schwenzer Mount:un has 2.350 acre~ of •kiable 1crrnin. It hns 55 run~. including a snowboarcl pork, 1ree , ki ing. and IOI<of adventu re ski ing for all age, . Schweiner is offering all day d1scou111cd 1ickc1, S24 for college \ludc1m . It i<located 11 miles northwe<t of Sand poiIII nnd is open doily.

Schwe111er also offc~ nigh1 skiing.

Stiver Mountain consi<t<of 1wo moun1nins wit h 50 run, . The world's longcs1gondola 1akc\ you from 1hc bonom of the hill directly to the <ki .uca.Th1s gets rid of 1hc • worries and J I has, lcs of having • to drive your car up the mounra,n.

The <tudcn1 price for an nil-day Im tickc1 i, 524: 1he11 midweek , pccial is 520.

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Silver is IOC3led 35 miles Cil$1 or Coeur d'Alene ll on In1crs1n1c 90. ( Lookou1Pass , / • is cons,dernbly smaller. bu1 s1ill .... ~ offers 100 skiable acres and 12 challenging / runs. An all.day lif1 ticket for those 18 Jnd older is 520; otherwi~e. the price is SJ4. Lookou11s open daily Dec. 21 10 fan. 5. It will iemain open 1hc res1 or fanuary. Thursday through Sunday. Lookou1 Poss is 50 miles east of Coeur d'Alene on 1-90.

Each mountain offers a varie1y of ski ing and snowboarding. From beginner, to 1he experienced will find something on 1hese moun1ains 1ha1 fits you.

It· s going 10 be a good winter so 1.ike advan1age of this CM!y start and gel oul 1here and enjoy what Mother Nature has given us.

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Talented pair make themselves at home Jacques comfortable with 'Big Daddy' Harrison life and shooting touch leads southern invasion bi Jonnthan Ha) Sr<>m£Jt1or M.uldy Jacque, •~ going to m.11..e hf.: hard on ilk' re<t of the Scenic West Athletic

Conf~rcllet' thh )car bccau,c ~hi.! i, feeling vcl)' .:omfonuble 01 NIC The -.ophomorc guard from Aubum.

W:i.,h. ,~ on-fire early m the season after dewlopmg ht'r ,hooting skill< through 11 qimmcr of hard won... Off the coun. Jacque~ h:u Jlso proved 10 be a good recruiter as her bo1fnend Cameron Bani..,. a ,,aner on the ~n's ream, decided ro join her m NlC Lui }Car, Jncquc< <aw playing time a~ a Jdcru.11e ,topper, but rarely looked for her ..boL A newfound confidence in her shooting Jbilil} ha, changed 1h01. ··r vc got n lot more confidence 11f1cr ,hooung all ,ummer.· · Jacque~ :.aid.

Jncqu~ developed her shot over 1hc wm~r while\\ orl..ing at n gym in Puyallup, \Va\h • ai a drop-in program where kids

could play hoops nll day. Jacques 11nd 1cnmmn1e Julie Grohs made a goal to shoot 10.000 1hree-poin1cr.- for the summer.

Jarqucs mode it 10 4.000 :md round her confidence. ·'Her hard work over the summer paid off. and ~he'$ playing with more confidence than ever:· coach Greg Crimp said.

Jnl·ques 1s Jus1 one or 1he ca1ol)•s1s of the Lady Cnrdinal team 1hu1 hn\ jumped ou1 to an undcfc:ucd stnn and bent defending league champion. Utah Valley. ··we have rcnlly good chemi~IJ'y 1h1~ year

TI1crc he is ngain. Chri, "Big Daddy" Harrison. sending bo~ke1balh Oy111g mall direction~. He rs the mnn who patrol, lhe key for lhe NTC men's 1cum. "Round Mound of Rebound" might jus1be a suitable nicl..nrune for Ilurri,on, hut he prefers 10 be called "Big Duddy."

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and the whole team can score ,owe don ·1 have 10 rely 011 one per.on." Jacques sn1d.

Jacques' team doc~n·1hove 10 td)' on one pcr,on, but wirh Bnnks m NIC she ho\ SOIIICUIIC 10 rely Oil, She wcnl lo high school w11h Bonk\, who played nr Tacoma Community College l:is1 year when the two Maned daring.

Banh was the ,iar of hi, IC3m nnd he c:1rly-signed to pluy 11cx1 year nt the University of Idaho.

Jncqucs future isn 'I as ~ct in stone. but a hazy bnskctbnll future is no1hing new 10 her. " I hkcd soccer more than baskc1ball until my Junior year, bm 1 ,rnncd 10 like ic so much that year rhat I quit premier soccer clubs.·· Jacques said.

She conunucd to play both ~pons :11 Auburn lligh School on her WO)' to IO varsity letters in three year..

Jacques was sci 10 go 10 Western Colorndo coming out of Auburn High. but came to NIC a1 the last minute to ge1a ~ho1at Division I after two years m junior college.

Crimp won't be 1hc only one sad 10 sec her go. No doubt men's coach Hugh Waison will photo by Melody Martz be sad to sec one or his finest Life 14 QOod- Mandy Jacques has become one of the recruiters leave campus. leaders of a great team.

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"You' ll probablyseemedivingon the floor a lot for loos.: balls and hu~tling bacl. on defen5c," Hurrison said And. in all likelihood. mn111ng dov. n the coun ar1c:r a moO\lcr dunk that would make Shaq JC,tlou,. pumping hh fi,~ on hh chesl and yelling lo Im fans.

"We're 111 our founh or lif1h game playing and wc·re playing really well as n team right 1101v," Harri.on \ilid.

"A, .11c,1m" i, n 1cn11 u..cd by llarri~on very fluently He: 1~ J team-fir.a kind of guy. which i, u wckomc<I addition 10 :my team. but c,pccmlly a ream compri«'d of so many 1:1le111cd player\.

Ilam,on points our 1Jm1 he hris great chcnu,tl) " 11h hts t.:iunmatc~. and he ulway\ know~ where hh tC'amm.ih!.

Antin: McKum1ry, t\. The pair arll rwo of seven pluycf\ 1h111 cumc to NIC from the south. :md call them,clvc~ 'the Southern lnv.1,ion. · McKan~try played wuh Ilurrl\un In,, yeur ut facksonv1llc College in Texa.,.

On :md off m un, l-l arnson tal..c-, pride m hi~ work e1h1c :u1d all the cffort lu: puh mto cv.,rylhmg he doc.,. His ou1going personohty draw, people 10 him.

Harmon said he always enjoys people coming up nod talking 10 him.

Judging by 1hc ~mile that " a pennanent fixrure on Ith face, it\ !Mlfe 10 i,uy that he means 11 . ··t'm .i very good person 10 1111k 10:· Harri)()n ~d. " I'll talk to anyone 1f they juMc:ome up and say hello."

Harrison is a presence 10 be reckoned wilh on the

court, he's alway, a. friend 10 many off lhe coun. He'sahan!worting, vivacious.

Division I- bound pholo by Kllbee Wallon bukctball player. Ob, and Big Daddy- Chris Harrison,_ btought his by the way, the 111111 bu entlulalllc ~ olplay from Tuas.

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Wr~stlers ready for big showdown with Lassen Five wrc,1lc~ placed al second 111 1hcir b) Ed f.'rnncis wcigh1 di,•"ion: Cole Dennison nt 11 S. St1111n,•I Rtporter Jcrcm)' Pnce a1 134. Mau Arms1rong a1 The wres1hng 11:am i~ gearing up for a 158. Jn.~011 Mooney 111 167 nnd Aaron Dec. 14 showdown \\llh 1wo-11m~ McAr1hur nl hcuvcywc,ght. defending nn11011al champion umen n1 The 1hrec 1hird pince finishers were: 7:30 p.m. m Chnsuanson Gym. Ben Shane m 142, Josh Clause n al 190.

Defending na1ional champion Marl. and Adam Sampon at 177. fonke has been plagued by injury and Two founh place fin,~hcrs were: Justin illness 1hb year.,, hich c;iuscd him 10 mh~ Springer 31 142 lbs, :ind Threvor Prnnglcr out on the Boise S1a1e Open Toumnme111 :11 177 lbs. on Nov. 30.

1111: wrcs1lcn. had to compete against He JUSI go1 his knee back up 10 streng1h af1cr finding ou1 he had re-injured Boise state. Nonhcm Mon1nna, Brigham Young and numerous other una11achcd his nn1enor crucm1c knee ligament during wre~1lcr,.

1he l11s1SC:ll,On. nnd 1hen just before 1hc Cardinal coach John Owen said 1ha1 he Thanksgiving weekend 1oumnmcnt he came down wi1h the Ou nnd bronchi11~. was really happy aboul 1hc pcrfomianccs 1ha1 his wrestler,; pu1 in and 1ha1he hopes Jnnke plans on bemg back in 1hc line1hey ca n bring ii nll 1ogc1hcr when 1hc up m time for the big mee1 coming up team goes up ag:11 ns1 Lassen. agamsl La~cn.

The wrestlers who went 10 1hc Earlier in November 1he C.irdinuls los1 Thanksgiving weekend 1oumnment were a clo~e nmch aguinsl Ricks College 24able to bring in n high nmounl of 18. individual award~ In the maich. which look place 01 Three wres1lcrs iook first place in their Ricks. lhc NIC winners of 1heir 111a1chcs respective weigh1 classes: Tony Gomes a1 were: Gomez ( 126) 6-5. Morton ( 158) 14126 pounds, Josh Monon at 158 and Thor 5. Mooney ( 167) 20-3, Pmnglcy (177) 6-4 Strangelnnd at heavy weigh!. and Klau~scn ( 190) 7-5.

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Craig comes for 'town hall' meeting hall" mec1i11g.

Craig delivered his sm1cmc111s nnd held lhc meciing in nn informnl pose while sining on 1hc edge of n folding 111ble before 1he group of 30 people.

Craig soid hi s plans for lhe near fuiure include rcluming 10 Washinglon, D.C..

10 crnfl lcgislaiion 10 be dcbaicd in 1he Scnaie. and aucnd a swearing-in of !he newly elec1ed officials on Jan. 7.

Some of 1hc issues 10 be dcba1ed will be a balanced budgc1 amendme nt and Medicare rcfonn 1~sucs. which were of premier conce rn during lhc campaign. Crnig said 1ha1 Medicare needs 10 be upd:11cd as ii i, 30 year, old nnd 1~ 111 ddiniic need ot rcorganmu ion.

Crnig Mnd thJl he wi ll move 1ow:ird gonl<on agenda, 1ha1 111volvc boih Dcmucrnh and Rcpublic(lll\.

The co,1 ut gc:umg oflk1al, photo by Ed Dunphy clcricd wa\ one ot 1hc i,suc, Let's talk politics- Sen. Larry Craig speaks to students in Todd Lecture Hall. voiced during 1hc quc~lion and :111,wcr period. Craig ~:iid 111:11

by Ed Dunphy Stntintl Reporter epublican Sen. L:irry Craig was 1hc key speaker Monday. Nov. 18, a1 Todd Lec1urc ~ltlll for !m infom10J ques1ion and answer period and "1own-

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1axpayers should 1101 be cxpec1cd 10 be responsible for paying for campaign finance.

Anolher issue meniio ncd was lhc need for some sort of lrulh-in-advertising rcquircmen1 during campaigning, especially in TV ads. Craig said thal if such a comminec were fonned, who wou ld be 1hc judge? A bureaucracy would have 10 be funded by laxpayers lo support such nn endeavor.

Anoihcr drawback to 1hc 1ru1h requiremen1 is 1hn1 1hc infonnn1ion wou ld have 10 be s1udicd and reviewed.

1hcrcforc slowing proce~scs down by a monlh or more.

The job jus1 wouldn ·1 gel done. Ile snid lh:ll ncgn1ivc campaigning ha~ alway, been done. ii is because of TV 1h01 we sec more of ii.

Craig ~aid hi s rnx rcfonn plan calb for 5impl i<.'i1y and foimc,,. IIt h:1, hcen « ~upponcr of a "Oa11:1x" ,inc~ 1982.

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The ,oluuon will have 10 pcrcol.11c trom lhc bonom. he ~u1d. in churchc~ :md communi1ic,. ll won ·1he h:mdcd down 10 us by 1hc Fcdna l Govcmmcn1.

NEWS BRIEFS Speech contest winners announced NlC's speech depnnmcnl coniinucd 1he speech comest Dec. 3 which was poslponed because 1he Nov. 26 ice s1onn closed the campus before the final round.

Finalists were Pam Bnker. Jeanneue DeMille, Joe Landsgard, and Sue Noble.

Noble. a psychology major, won first place wilh her speech on endorphins and the importance of exorcise. Pre-nursing srudcn1. Baker, came in second wi1h n speech on how to stop profuse bleeding. Thim place wcnl to DeMillc, a nursing s1udent, with her speech on homeopathy. Engineering major, Landsga«I, placed fourth, with o speech about mountain biking.

Congm1ulations 10 the four finalists who were awa«lcd trophies and checks ranging from $25-$100.

Science staff requests return of scale An clccironie scale was reported stolen from NIC's science dcpnrtmem Nov. 7.

The SI ,000 scnlc. one of only two used by bo1h the chemislry and physics departmems, was last seen by Robena Black who works in 1he chemistry lab.

According 10 Block, this is the second time in 1wo years 1ha1 a scale has been stolen from the dcpanment.

The scale was normally s1orcd near several others behind two locked doors in an instrumenl room next to the science labs. Then: was no sign of forced entry. Black said the scale was small enough 10 ftl in10 a baclcpack.

Lt. Donald Jiran, of the Coeur d'Alene Police Department. said then: \llete no leads at this time. Since only one scale was stolen. Jiran said the thief was probably someone who nccdcd it for wOft instead of someone who would pawn if for the money. This type of scale is commonly used to weigh powders. he said. and could be used by drug dealers or people who reload their own ammunition.

In the past, Black said that stolen items have sometimes been returned 10 the school. As the scale cannot be replaced until the new budget period next fall. she said she hopes whoever took ii will bring ii back, no questions ukcd.

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Sentinel brings home national collegiate awards b., Kelly Dengel ·

Srnrmtl Reporter rr North Idaho College Sentinel s1a · · members rewmed from Orlando w1lh more ? ....... lhan just souvenirs Sunday, Nov. -·t ""' . ed student-produced newspaper recei,· 1wo nwruds 01 lhc Naiional College Medin Convcn1ion.

The Sentinel en1cn:d iis first on-line ediuon in the Be51 of Net c~ucgOI)'. judged by Ho1Wired Ncrwori. The Sept. '96 issue received n third-pince O\\ .ud for design. The Sentinel ~Y11S 41<0 aw:irded :.econd-placc in I.he junior colle~ tabloid ca1cgory for Bes1of

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Melody Muru. on-line edilor. said ~he si·~··' the on-line ediiion from scraich during - w '""" the '96 Spri1ig• semester wi1h 1he sup110n of ..,.,mttlism in~truclor Nils Rosdaht. Through ,-pcndcm s1udv wi1h David Mann, 1·-"'· '""' , compu1cr science instructor, she learned the HYJ>l!r Text Mnchmc Lunguagc compu1cr programming languugc for on-line.

Mnm ~ d she wns inspin:d at previous national jouma.li<m convention~10 pu1 the Seminel on-line. While n11cnding a conven1ion in San Francisco. Manz said she leruned of the Bcs1 of Net awnrd and made up

her mind 10 win 11 .

"Mnrtz i.s dedicated and crenrivc nbou1 producing an excellent product; she really gc1s in10 ii!" snid Rosdnhl.

Pulling 1hc Scmincl on-line wns mnde tJOSsible by Garnk, 1he expcrimc111al student server. Manz said she would like 10 1hnnk 1hc indcpcndc111 work of management infom1111ion systems major, Mark No11nge. for mnin1aining the server during the 1wo-week judging period.

Manz said Inn Sudick. an snident and Scn1inel staff member. helped 1remcndously wi1h his compu1cr knowledge when gelling

1hc Scmincl on-li,10.

Devin Quiroz-0 liver. commercial nn major, used Pho10 Shop 10 dc.~ign 1hc Cardinal logo found on lhc home page.

Quiroz-Oliver said he will be on Scn1incl s1nff ncx1 semester 10 help design lhe web page.

Mnnz. Sudick nnd Quiroz-Oliver will be working together on future on-line edi1ions and say 1hey arc de1em1incd to take first pince in 1he Bc.~1of Net awards next year in 01icago.

Sentinel on-line can be found al h11p://l 98.187.232.25/...mmamJscntinel/

ASNIC's 'Adopt-a-Grandparent' program shares love

by Ed Froocis Stntintf Rtporttr Volun1cers from ASNIC. 1hc B0p1is1 S1udcn1 Ministries and Delia Epsilon Chi joined in 10 offer 1hc1r 1ime and services 10 the rcsidenis of LaCro~ Health and Rehab Center an 1hc ASNIC-sponsorcd Adop1-aGrandpan:nt program on Sa1urdny. Nov. 16.

Rem.•c Stoll, nc11vities director for ASNIC, organa1.ed 1hc helping hand\ of the s1uden1s in bringing a li11le joy and comfon 10 some of the citizens of 1hc Coeur d'Alene area.

The volunteers hnnded more than 90

assoncd roses in red, yellow and pink 1ha1 were donated by Hughes Greenhouses in Pos1 Falls.

Along with the studen1s came some furry bundles of fun. Two puppies, and 1hrcc kntcns were borrowed from 1he Kootenai Humane Society in liaydcn Lake and were quick to find 1hcir way in10 the waiting arms of rcs1dcn1s and s1udems alike.

One elderly residcm, Ida May Tnscher, sat resplendent in her wheelchair. and s1roked the back of a calico colored ki11en until ii begnn 10 purr softly and foll asleep.

1he ki11cn obviously enjoying the adoration of ns host.

The 1umou1 for 1he ASNIC Outreach Program was good wi1h 19 students showing 1he spirit of 1he college while endeavoring 10 bring a sense of public responsibility 10 the ci1izcns of Nonh Idaho from the s1udcn1 body of NIC. The residents and lhe faculty of Lacrosse were very couneous nnd helpful to the volunteers, givi ng the students prnisc for 1hcir conscientious effons of diplomacy.

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Kohli honored wi1h scholarship

by Ken Harrison Stnrinl'I Rtporrer The ASNIC student board voled on Oc1 29 m name u scholarship in honor and memory of Kenneth Kohh. an ASNIC presiden1 from 1980-81 Kohli, 35. Coeur d'Alene, and two other men. Alfred Hall, 51.

Hayden. and Seth Diamond, 33, Miswula, died in a plane crash south of Libby Aug. 26. Kohli ih survived by hh wife and three children.

Mau Morgon, sophomore senator. wrote the resolution 10 name the scholarship in honor of Kohli.

"Tony Stewart asked the student board if they could name a scholmhip after Kohli," Morgan said. "We figured ii was a good way to have somclhing to remember him by, and he was a good president for ASNIC." Political scieoc:e lmlnictor Tony S"wan was adviser of student govemmco1when Kohli WU lhe student body (ftlidcnt.

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one of those students who was very acuve and contnbuted a lot 10 the ,tudent body and the college," S1cwm1 said. "Scvcnll people talked abou1 naming a scholmh1p afler him. lie wa\ a \'cry a~tivc president" S1ewan informed Kohli's wife.

Sus;m, abou1 the scholan;hip.

"I am re3lly overwhelmed nnd very gra1eful to ASNIC for honoring Ken thi~ way," Mrs. Kohli ~id. "I think II i~ a good legacy 10 leave for his children."

Kohli graduated from NJC in 1981 with M as~ociate degree in politi~I science. He received a bachelor's degree in political science at Colorado College and a master's of ans in public policy and American politics II lhe Eagleton Institute, Rutgm University, New Jersey. Kohli was

mny name each scholarship af1er individual~ who were devot~d 10 their p:iniculnr program, and to give 1he scholarships to individual~ within 1hn1 program.

"I 1hank that over lime it's impor1nn1 that all tho~e scholarships g.ct nnmed in memory of ~omcone:· S1ewan suid. ''It i~ 11 way or recogni1ing people·~ contribution~. and I anticipa1e 1hn1 down lhc road ASNIC will be naming mort' of the scholarship~ ...

Of the 30 sclmlnr.,h1ps. 1his is the second one 1ha1 h11., been naml:d in honor of a former student. The firi.1 schohirship was named in honor of Todd Alan Crum. who was killed in a car accident Nov. 10, 1989. The Todd Lecture Hall was also named in

a communication program manager for the lntennountain Forest Industry Aasociatlon.

There are 30 scholanhlps that are adminislered and dilltibuted by divisions acroa lhc campus every year. ASNIC 1111 decided it

a scholarship should complete the

honor of Crum.

Students who want to apply for NIC scholarship application

avallable liom the financial aid office and mum it IO the financial aid office prior 10 April 15 for the fall semester and prior to Nov. 15 for the spriaa 1e111e1ter.

for LaCrosse licahh and Rehab Center. said "Everyone just loved it! They oll had such a grea1 1ime tha1 1hey cannot wail until the s1udc,11s of NIC come back for the nex1Adopt-a-Grandpnrcn1 program," TI1e students of NTC arc encouraged 10 come over any1ime 10 visit the residents of lhc nu rsing home.

"We really npprccintcd having 1hc s1udcnts here," McDaniel said.'T1hey brough1 such joy 10 us, and they are welcome 10 come back anytime they wo111 to, not jus1 during special programs like 1his, bu1 any1imc 1ha1 1hcy like."

The Sentinel staff would like to thank the employees of WWP, Kootenai Electric and .the many other regional power companies for their outstanding efforts to restore power to North Idaho College.

Campus News

Thursday.Dec. 12, 1996

The NIC Sentinel

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Kluth; from Page 3

Doty; from Page 3 comment that Doty's mo1hcr had done n tremendous job of teaching him sight vocabulary.

Acconiing 10 Lincicome. Oo1y con look n1 a word he has been rnugh1 and recognize its meaning without knowing how to spell 1he word. )I is much like teaching a child to read by :issociating a picture with the word. For i.nsmnce. a child may not yet know how to rr.:id or spell, but if the word "tree" is presented, the image of the tree is a recognized menning for the word.

Lmc1comc said that Doty wns not initially identified o.~ ha,•ing a learning diS.1bility because of the coping skill s he hnd developed.

Ho"evcr. the rigors of college work presented a more difficult challenge.

"With the tremendous amount of work in college, it's overwhelming 10 someone who does not have the abi lity 10 comprehend wnnen language," Lincicome said.

The bool..s on tape progrnm was going 10 prove invaluable. but the paperworl.. wa\ fairly involved. In the rm:antinu.• Doty was several ,,ce~ into the fall semester aJ1d needed immediate a.ssis1ance.

So Lincicome arranged for her depanment to buy Doty a regular rnpe recorder until his 1e1.ts on tnpe arrived. Doty bcg:in using the recorder 10 tape q uestions

nnd answers from his study guides.

Now 1h01 Doty is receiving the books on tope, he uses them 10 supplement the tools for success he has acquired from NIC. Doty has a tutor through the Leami ng Center. He hns hns learned additional highlighting techniques from Sharon Smith, reading specialist at the Leaming Center.

His psychology instructor. Kriss Klassen. has given him s1r:11egics for more succcssful use of his study time. and he anends a study session Klnssen has made available an hour before her class.

A fellow student loaned him a Frnnk.lin L1nguage Master to spell check work not done on the computer. And Doty cominues 10 make his own study tapes.

Doty said 1ha1 the most imponant element is repetition. Bui all of this takes time. a lot of time when carryini: a full load. which Doty does. He also has a wife. children and responsibilities a1 home. He ~aid he might as well forget school work on the weekends.

Doty said 1ha1 every night he looks a1 ,vhat is due. 1l1cn he docs the homework for the clnss with the lowest grade. Doty had A·s al mid-semester, but he thinks that some nrny have dropped 10 B's.

Klassen said she thinks Doty has the perfect s1uden1attitude. She said he knows wha1he n~'eds 10 do to succeed, ,1nd he dO<!s it.

STOP THROWING YOUR MONEY AWAY!

Kluth knows that her dream career will nol happen overnight.

For 100 many years, she said, her English training consisted of playing with puzzles in resource classes. There was linle practical experience and she never had homework. In high school, she only read one book for English.

"I didn ·1 know topic sentences," she said.

"I didn't learn anything about writing.''

Now Kluth has 10 start at I.he beginning. taking pre-college-level classes in both English and math.

Because she has to work her way up 10 college-level courses. she will hnve 10 toke more classes and ancnd college longer than the nver.tge s1uden1. For example. of the 12 credits she is to.king thi) semester. only her environmental science class counts townrd her college credits.

"I ww11ed 10 jump right in there where everyone else is. but ..:· Kluth gets priority rcgislmtion in order 10 get teachers who hove worked with students with disabilities and 10 space her classes. Ncvenhclcss. she hos 10 take the some clas~e.,, 0'> other students in order 10 graduate.

One thing that bother.. her is 1h01some students can skip or sleep m class and still do well. " I have 10 auend every class o,n d do ex1m

on my homework," she said.

NIC offers bludems with leaming disabilit ielt mnny services 10 help them succeed. For example. Kluth get~her books on rnpe. And. after listening 10 n chapter. she then reads u in il1c book. 11 ·s a slow process. but Kluth said it's important that she improve her reading skills.

Most of Kluth's pre-college clnsses are

with rcachcrs experienced m helping students with learning disabilities. In her field, however, not all the teachers have had such students in the past.

Her environmental science teacher. Dale Marcy, wns unaware of her dyslexia and approached her nbout her silence in his class.

Even though she has no trouble with verbal communication. Kluth told him that she still had trouble speaking out in crowds or in clas.,;-a holdover from her youth when she was tensed about her dirficuhy with reading and spelling.

Now, Morey gives her a question 10 comcmpla1e hefore class. She said she is gninmg confidence abou t ~peaking rn hi~ class.

Marcy even gave her ins1ruc1io11 011 won! processing. especinlly the use t1f ,p.:11· check. and her wnnen o~sig11ments have improved.

Kluth ,aid II will probably take her four years 10 complete her ,tudic, nt NIC. Then she hn~ more yen~ .1hc111J of her .u .1 univcrsr1y.

She i~ de1cm1i11ed 10 wccccd und is focused 011 n future w11h mon: choices 1ho11 she had in the pn,1.

For Kluth, like numy who appreciate the 11111ural resources of the Nonhwc~t. that futuru includes work on water coriservaLion.

She said 1h01clean water is 1mponan1 10 this area. especially with the con1ammn1ion from past mining techniques. "h's a resource that we'll never get back," she said. "So we have 10 protect it now."

Michelle Kluth is also n nu1urul resource.

She said 1h01 with himl work and the help of her teachers, she will reach her goals.

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that specifically addressed the faculty. We would leave those 10 lhe faculty in lhe future and hope lhaJ they, would do the same on issues dealing with us."

"Sllldents have a say and a vote in the College Senate," said Chris Aller, vice president of ASNIC. "The majority of the issues deal with the faculty and staff," "Some of it does affect lhe students directly, some indirectly. Three votes are acceptable 10 us-5ix would be a bit strong."

Gerard Mathes. music theory insuuctor, said. "I would like 10 know whal the primary function of die governing body i5--if, in fact. it is a governing body. I agreed with much of Marcy's statement, but I would like IO have these things clarified."

All members of the College Serwe. includin& LaURa! Belmont. English instnlc:tor; Ann Pence, netwon: systems 1111111ger; Carol Lindsay, child developneat instructor and Gail Laferriere, career development speclalill, agn,cd with M.atbea, Not one member of the scnalecould put it into layman'• tmns what the fllDcdba of their entity was.

It wu uoanimoualy decided to form a committee dw wW loot inro the Collep

Senale.

Prior IO any decision beillg made reprdlna equal repre9C1111b011 the P)IJllllillee will make ID official recommondldoa c:mrcming the 1C1111e, ils J1U1J101C 111d filllctioa, IDII die llluca h decidca. Prom tbeR, lhey will decide tbe 1111tter of equal lqll'llllllllliOD-llld wbedNr it is IO bo or not ID be.

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The NIC Sentinel

Thursday, Dec.12, 1996

Campus investigators sought 'unknown' Cryptozoology club cased conundrums of North Idaho in search of truth

by Debora Tice Smlintl R,porttr n the ·sos. studenis and staff a1 NlC found 1hemselves in the midst / :of things that were unknown-and off limits.

Under the direction of instructors Jim McLeod and Richard "Duke" Snyder. the NIC Cryptozoology Club was fomcd.

The clu b suined in 1984 with the in1en1 10 search out phenomena 1h01 hnd yet to be proven-or disproveo.

One of i1s main projects was to seek ou1 infonna1ion on the existence of a lake monster in Peod Oreille Lake.

The "'Pend Oreille Paddler·· as i1 was known. occupied much of 1he club's time, energy ond thoughts.

Wh3t staned as an innocent pursuit of folklore turned into much more.

Four fonner NIC srudems John Witherow, Diane McDowell, Pam

(Hart) Bruce and Mary (Craig) McReynolds all found 1he NICCC to be more than just a club.

For Wilherow, fonner president of the NICCC. i1 siarted out as a friendship with McLeod. " He started teaching me how poor my writing skills were. and that he cared about me,""Witherow said. " We started talking more frequently and would talk about phenomena that couldn ' t be explained. McLeod had been thinking about the club for some time-I became one of the first members." "'I like strange and weird 1hings.'

McReynolds said. " The c lub gave me the opportunity to find out what's ouit 1here. It seemed like it would be a fun experience, and it was. The NlCCC also gave us all an opportunity 10 use our minds on something besides schoolwork. God knows l needed 0

something 10 take my mind off of nursing."

During its exis1cnce, 1he club spent much time looking in10 the Paddler theory, and in tum, spent some time looking into Naval activities on Pend OrcilleLake.

One of the things the cl ub did was to spend three days on the lake. They called their search the "Cryp1oques1"... bu1 they came back empty handed- having found nothing.

McLeod, however, found that someone from the Navy was very in1eres1ed in what the NJCCC was doing- and what they had found in the lake. On a Friday afternoon-after the "cryp1oqucst," he received a phone call (his second one) from someone at the David Taylor Model Basin headquarters in Carderock, Md. This person wanted to know two things. Whal was the "cryptoquest," and how deep was the lake.

11 made McLeod nervous, especially when two days later a high-ranking Navy man-Johnny Walker- was arrested on charges of passing secrets 10 1he Soviets. The connection 10 NlCCC?? His operation had the code name of "Cryptoquest."

It was more tha.n McLeod or Snyder had bargained for, and it made the entire club nervous.

In 1987, the club disbanded. A s a student organization, the members were not sure that jumping into the same lake u the Navy was something they were ready for.

They were afraid it might have more

serious

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was intrigue in dealing with the Navy.

I learned a lot of things about dealing with people and agencies. It taugh1 me that keeping our minds open to the possibilities is a growing experience."'

"Through my experience with the club," Hart said. " J learned a lot about doing research. My ears always perk up wh en someone says something about anything unusual. I was able to fonn friendships that still exist. We have things in common because of the NICCC." "The club 1augh1 us to think cri ticall y," Witherow said. ''not just to take others opinions and infonnation . but to find out for ourselves. It 1augh1 us to lake risks and to always reassess. even if you look a litt le silly in doing it."

"The club fos1ercd a good sense of communily and enhanced our communica1ion skills," Witherow said. " Because of th e nature of lhe club, i1 was imponan1 we all learned 10 be sensitive and compassionate. We became empathetic listeners."

Witherow majored in his1ory and now leaches at Ponland State University.

The former vice-presiden1 of 1he club, McReynolds, majored in nursing and now works 01 Latah Home Health Hospice. " A group of people with diverse interests were able 10 get together. work in small groups and explore anomalies,·• McReynolds said. " We learned 10 decipher the truth from falsehoods. It definitely fine-tuned my skepticism. I, at one point, even tried to be a spy. A friend of mine lived on the lake and her father worked for the Navy. I tried everything J could to pry information out of him-he wouldn't give up a doggone thing."

The Cryptozoology Club certainly found its 15 minutes of fame. The club has appeared in numerous article,,, including USA Today, OMNI magazine, the Coenr d' Alene Press and the Spoke&man-Review. " It is a credit to the studenu tbal were invotvcd in drls club to be featured in so many uticles," McLeod said. " I 'd Ii.Ice to sec them get even more of the credit. I've bad my fair share. Without the studenu'

phone calls.

assistance, this wbole thing wooJdD't

"It was very interating and exciting, "rec:alls

have been possible. It is cenainly imponanr to note that their contribution is and wu equally

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