Friday, 0cc. 25, 1985
Volume~. Number 4
NIC railroaded; offer of armory accepted by board
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by Ed McDonald
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The NIC Board of Trustees learned Oct. IS Lhat ii will be temporarily allowed to use the old National Guard Armory as a result of a Union Padfic Railroad (UPRR) derailment which caused C.'<tcnsivc damage to the college's grounds dcparimeni building. Originally, the college balked at an offer by Idaho Public Works administrator Brian Chase 10 buy the building for SIJ0,000. NlC President Barry Schuler said his reasons for originally turning down the offer were not only because of the high price but also because of the cost of renovation and the distance bciwcen the building and lhe college. NIC Dean of Administration Roland Jurgens told the truslccs that the grounds building had received an cstima1ed S26,000 damnge from the UPRR derailmeni. Also, an addi1ional SIS,SJO m damages was inflicted upon school catalogs and ocher paper goods stored in 1hc building. Schuler said lh:u since the college had been granted permission to temporarily use the armory as a storage facility, lhc 8,000 square-foot building will be used 10 store salvaged supplies from the grounds building as well as several vehicles owned by the college chat have taken needed parking spaces from students and staff. In other business, Schuler suggested that the trustees consider appropriating another SI 0,000 for the Lakeside Thcntre project. He said outside labor will be needed if the project is to be completed by the end of the fall semester so that the daycare and instructional development programs will be able to use the facility. Much of the electrical work needs 10 be finished so that other work can be done, Schuler said, adding chat toational electncal apprentices onl>· arc able 10 work on tht the:uer proJccl one day a month. Trustee Beverly Bemis said she would like to take: a longer look at Schuler's suggestion of bringing outside labor in on the proiect. She said at 1hc present she ..-.ould strongly advise against it and suggested postponing use of the theater until next foll. "I thought the idea (of the project) was to give the \tudents experience," she told fellow board members. "l can't sec spending chat kind of money; why no1 save SJ0,000?" The trustees also discirued further funding for the bbrary/computcr science building. Schuler said he would be going before the Idaho Permanent Building Funds Council ()PBFC) to ask for addttionaJ funds before Lhe next legislative session begins. He said tha1 he would be requesting S200,000 for the designing/planning phase of the project. He s:ud if the money was made available 10 1he college, though be doub~ it will be, a 101 of time ,.,ould be saved once the college did receive funds for actual consuuction.
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Math/science study hall debuts b) Dto k t Raines
Still workin ' Electricians Mark LaBollc and J im Parker instaU conduit ia.sidt tM Lakeside Tbeatn behind lhe t.dmin islrallon Building. The tbralcr projccl is exp«1.td 10 ~ complelrd and re11d) ror use b> ncx-t rail.
The Sentinel screwed up and we are sorry In an Oct. 11 article of lhe Sentinel (coot'crning a SIOI') aboul i-o >ou_ng girls In Hungary) it ~as erroneous!) rt portcd Lbat tbc_ father had Udnaped the girls. Also. the mother's name Is Davison not Dub. and do021ions s!rould M stnl to Plummrr not Worley. The Sentinel rtgreb Lbt errors.
The rruuh and physical science ~tudy center is a DC\\> scr.icc a, ailable to Mudcnt\ this \Cmestcr Located tn Room +1 of the hbran bwld.ing, the qi..dy center is opcn Mon· d:ly through Frida) from noon 10 :t p.m The center pro\ld~ a place for ~uden1\ to study :i.; well as ~,c tutor· ni,; rn all math and phy".;:al ,cien,c CW<CS-Chemistry, ph)~IO. geolo~. icot:rapby, cngmecring :uid computer scientc. ~fath and ph))lc:il '1en.:c m~tru,1or\ donate pan of their ofTh."C ho~ 10 a_...w,1 students at the center. Peer 1u1ors, selected for their c"<pem,c. al'>o are u,ulable. Houu of a,adabihty for fields of ~1ud, bv thc 1Muuc1ors and tUt('f\ arc post~ iru1dc the Mud) ccntcr. " A ~ to stud) and whcrestu<knt, an ~tudy together" 1, the concept bch:.nd I.he anter according to Dr Fred V.ood, insuu,tor o{ chc:mislf'} and dl!'elopcr of the ~01cc. "Students t11e often the ~' 1n\tructors," Wood claimed. Stttng a student from ont ·, cl3ss tn the c:tnLct encourages commumca11on and the exchange of information, often umcs, morc free!) lb.an between a ,tu·
dent and instructor. he said. Math and ~ cncc art' problcm-sohing couf'e<: m which students ha,c a hurd 1unc continuing 1f the)' do not undcr,1and a.,\ignmcni,, \\ ood r.a1d "It 1s a qu1ck-fh \Ort or thing on a drop-in basis. " ith no appointment, no ~-ommitmenl," he continued
S1uJen1, c,rencnctng diflicult)· in the couf'e,. m gcMral. 4rt' a.s,i11ned perm3 . ncnt tulOr~ on a regular ba~i\ 1n the Sherman Buildmi;. The main obJe<:11\C of the nc" l'Cnlcr 1s to "l.ccr ,1udcD1\ from being o, cr ,, helmed and droppmg. out." \\ ood said. "The .:ollege ha, l'l.)mn1111ed SJ,000 10 ,upport the l"Cnter this veJr 10 1 ~,1\l m hmni; odd111onal 1utof\ for , hort-tcrm heir, mall are.u on an c, tcndcd bas1,," IC Dean of Admmimntlon Ov.cn Cargo! ,aid. The .:enter will con11nue 111 L.a.i thi~ St'mC$lCr wit h hope.\ o f moving rnlo 11 ltuger room and cx1cnd111g lhc hours 1n the future, Cnrg<>I , aid. S1miltu progroms to mcludc the life science), socio! sciences nnd possibly English nnd foreign ln.nguogcs eventual ly m11y be added, he ~nid
Scholarship deadline nears b) huron hrldon It 's no secret; college can be Kappa. Phi Chapter and the Coeur expcns1vc. d'Alene L3d) Lion1. So. when student\ go shopping for The deadline ror scholarship; appl.~as,1stance, one place they e11hcr will uon} for second ,cmestcr scholanhips start at or end at is the Financral Atd or. 1s No, I 5. For informarion contllct Jim fice up.stair\ in the SUB. Upchurch. director of finan.:ial a.id. Over the years, man)' general scholar· The ,·oc.:uional depanmcnt u1so has ship~ ha,·c been offered, includmg the many scholarships a,~1lable. Among Heine Bell. Jack Holm Memorial, these arc: Nonhwcst Machine, EMrg> American Association of Um"ernn Product~ of Idaho. Brack 's Supply, Women, Anna & Emmet Booher Tom Hudson Memorial, St. Regis Paper Memorial. Coeur d 'Akne "Bud" Co., Pacific Gas Transmission Co.. Bunt'h and Coeur d'Alene Veterans or Business and Professional Women, Foreign Wm No. 889. Coeur d'Alene Honda. Rcrmi & Son.s. Other schol:mhip~ me-lode Janice Trust) Automotive Equipment Inc. and Hamilton, George Frederick Jewell Mackel Engineering. Founda tion. Diamond lnicmauonal, Time 10 Tra"el. Sunset Bowling Center, For information regarding "ocational Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation scholarships, students should comact Inc .. Kiwanis Club of Coeur d 'Alene, \'OCational counselor Mary Lynn in lhe NIC Board of Trustees, Alpha Delta Hedlund Building or call 769-345 I.
NIC Debate Team fares well After a thrtt-ycar absence from compctiuon, the IC speech/debate team members came away overall freshman champions from the 19th annual Lewis and Clark College Forensics Tournament in Portland. Ore. Oct. 11 and 12. NIC won a 2-1 decision over Anchorage Communicy College (ACC) 10 claim lhe chnmpiooship. ACC is a traditional national power in speech. Cheri Whitlock and Lisa House won 1op honors for their division. The team's topic for the victory over ACC was whether the U.S. government should restrict media co,eragc of terrorist activities. Coach Dick Hyneman xlid Whitlock and Hbl1SC performed supcrbly. " We've 3lwa)'S been slrong in debate, but wc\·e been out for three years," he said. "Now the)' know NI C's back."
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rHalley's right on schedule' Activities chairman resigns;
cult forum, seminar slated
by Mike Saunders For a short rime every 76 years, mankind has 1be chance to sec one of I.he universe's mosl fascinating phenomenoa in all its glor,-HalJey's Comet. The last rime the comet was seen by 1he naked eye was in 1910, and because it ls now almost 76 years later. 1he elusive space-traveling object is on its way back for another rare, bur predictable, appearance. Named for the 19th century English astronomer Edmond Halley (pronounced Hal-Ice). the comer, through folklore, has been surrounded by fear and superstition smcc its first recorded sighting about 1,000 B.C. For ages, these stories have linked the comet's appearance 10 catastrophe; some people even bold to the belief 1ha1 this winter's arrival will bring with it the end of the world. Superstition aside, 1he comet is a 9.Jcj(ometer-wide mass of din and ice. and, like the earth, is m an elliptical orbit around the sun. In 1948 the comet reached iu farthest point from 1he sun. well beyond the planet Neptune. and then began its long return journey, according to the Encyclopedia Bri1annica. For about four months 1his winter. Halley's famous comet will be visible in 1he nigh1 sky of the northern hemisphere. The best viewing will be possible m December and January when the comer comes closest 10 the eanh. Although the comet wiJI be visible to the naked eye, 10 obtain 1he best view a telescope or binoculars can be used 10 get a glimpse of this almost once-in-alifc1ime experience. The Spokane Astronomical Society will host Halley's Comet watch events open 10 the public this winter. For more inform:ition. contact Curt Nelson. NIC science instructor, in Room 301 of Seiter Hall.
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Easy Money NIC la~ enforcement sludrnl Oa,cSnydr r m-tl~u a certlncale or dtposlt ~orth S500 from Paul Ferguson, branch mana1er of First ftdtral Savings and Loan. Sn) dtr corrtttJy gub-std tbt dollar amount of coins In a gallon Jar durln& tbt bank's 11rand opening promotion.
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by Inn B~tden ASNIC Activities Chainnan Dennis cd 10 board about a seminar he hopes Gorringe resigned his position at the stu¡ to hold that would deal mainly with indent board's regular meeting Oct. 16, terpersonal communication. As an example, Ross said: "If I were and the search for a replacement is under way. LO say to you 'Hey, you dirty slob, pick up those towels on the bathroom floor Gorringe said lhat because or other before I wipe your nose in it ... ' that's outside job opporrunities and added a loaded communication and has a 101 pressures, he fell that be was not able of guilt feeling," Ross said. to give the job 100 percent and feh that Ross said that the alternative would was unfair 10 the students. be an "I'" message and say "'Hey look, Gorringe added Lha1 the board should 1¡m really upset about the towels on the look into hiring an activities chainnan bathroom floor; what's going to be done who has a pan-time job or mt the posiabout it?" tion with a student who has less than Ross hoped 1ha1 the board would nine credits. back such a program as an ASNIC event He said this would be so the inin order 10 get the maJCimum number or dhidual could give the postilion the students to a11cnd. hours that arc needed to do an adequate ASNlC Ad,,iser Ton)' Stewart anjob. nounced that an evening Popcorn Forum on cults would be held on FriASNIC President Kris Dunning day, Nov. I, at 7 p.m. in the Bonner pointed out lhat the qualifications for Room of the SUB. the posiuoo arc wrincn into the bylaws Stewart said the speaker would be of the ASNIC constitution and changFather Kent Burtner, who is nationally ing the qualifications would mean changing the byla~'l. recognized as an expert on "destructive cults.'' NlC's DC"<' psychologist Eli Ross talk-
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Cold unBarryable; Schu it away NIC has a head cold. Bui Lha1's no big deal, right? After au it is the cold and nu season. Bui this cold has been geuing stcadih worse ... over the last P years. One symptom surfaced this summer whffl NJC Presiden1 Barry Schuler's daughter got married on the campus-v,ith area taXpayers picking up much of the tab. A second one came to ligh1 no1 long ago v.hen this same Schuler entertained thoughts about censonng the free press-of which this paper is a member. The latest head-cold symptom, however, came v,,ith the hiring of the school's new psychologist, Eli Ross. Lei me point out 1hat this position in itself is the greatest thing to happen to NIC since the lake, bu1 I find myself questioning the "good buddy'' hiring process under which Ross became employed. T he officiaJ job title called for a "psychologist," which means somebody with a Ph. D in psychology. Ross does nol have one. lostead he has a Ph.D in human behavior, which be cJaims is equivalent to one in psychology, or at least it was when he receh-ed it in 1969. I asked Schuler if he had called any universities to verify If indeed the degrees were similar, and he said, "I accepted that as such." Boy, if l had known that the application information needed no verification, I would have applied for the job myself. Well , not that I'm pessimistic, but I called United States International University in San Diego from wh.ich Ross graduated and taJi:. ed with Roberl Lauer, dean of the &hool of Human Beha\ior. He told me that even though some core curriculums did crosS-O\'"Cr, "there are considerable differences between the two." He added that for a psychologist dealing with communitr colle-ge students, ' 'it would really be advisable to have a Ph.Din psycholog)'." Twenty-five people applied for the job, according to Schuler, and of those, two had Ph.Os in psychology. One was interviewed, and the other, whom the committee chose 001 to interviev,, is Roy Elam who has lived in and worked wi1h menial cases in the Coeurd 'Alene area for over 12 years. As II matter of face, in the past, Elam has often had NIC students referred to him by NJC counselors \\ ho thought the students might have more severe psychological problems than the counselor was able 10 handle. So, why wasn't he interviewed? Elam would like to know that as well. My guess is that he was over qualified. You see, if you put one good candidate against three less qualified. the good one generally will win. Eli Ross was the good one, and anyone more Qualified was not interviewed to assure that Ross got the job. Ross said he first met Schuler almost two years ago when he was testing the lake city's waters for employment. Schuler says it was no more than six months ago. Whenever II was, sometime later Ross called again to ask Schuler about setting up a communications seminar sponsored by a local church. Schuler gave him the number of his pastor, and a seminar was later held-in Schuler's church with Schuler auending. I point this out 10 show tha1 Schuler had repe.ited contact with Ross and shared similar religious views, which would make it difficult to retain objectivit}' during the job screening process. It may not be the fir~t time religious views have clouded objective screening. NIC Foreign S1udent Adviser Carol Brown, who bas been working at NIC for the past two years, is the wife of the pastor of Schuler's church. NIC Dean of Instruction Owen Cargo! refused comment when l
dan breeden asked him 1f he felt Ross· employment was totolly objective. He suggested I ask Schuler. inct Ross hAs come to the college. nnother controversial issue has arisen. He and his " ife Therese have spli1 the du1ies of school psychologist. No. Mrs. Ross docs not have a Ph.D in psychology, nor a master's in psychological counseling. which was one of the criteria in the job description. She is a Licensed social worker. According to Schuler, splitting rhe job between the two Ross' "was the most versatile approach to our needs here." Well, I'm glad it is so versatile because I Question if it indeed is the best thing for the students of NIC. And since we're already on the subject of educational qualifications, according to auorney Scou Reed who served on the board of trustees when Schuler was hired, the board hired Schuler with the verbal agreement that be later would go back to school and get his Ph.D. Schuler u.ld be did not recall the details of the original negotiations, but cUppings from the July 9, 1968, issue of the Coeur d'Alene Press state, "Chairman E.A. Seiter announced that Schuler, to qualify soon for his doctorate, has been hired... " and later says, .. Presently he is a Ph.D candidate .... " According to Reed, Schuler was the onJy candidate wi1hout a doctorate being considered for the posiuon. Ar any rate, 17 years after the fact, Schuler still does not have a Ph.D hangmg on his wall; but the agreement did ~ay later, so I am not ruling out the possibility. I recehtd the latter information from a letter that among 01her thmgs said,"Having taught there (NlC) in the past years, I had occasion to work wuh him (Schuler) and more often agains1 him because of ltis heavy-handed me1hods. •• As I said before, this college has a head cold, and the symptoms are getting 100 much 10 bear. Temporary relief is no longer adequate. We need to get rid of the cause.
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People: Come alive over nuke arms Cultural philosopher Lewis Mumford once claimed that people sub¡ consciously choose to put their thoughts concerning nuclear weaponsand subsequently the moral issues which arise-into the remotest areas of their minds. He seems to be right. Listen to different people as they converse wilh others in the SUB. The World Series, dieting, biology tests, dating, money and so forth are common topics. But what about something that really mauers? . Nuclear weapons will not go away simply because we push the subJCCL to the back of our consciousness. They are a reality that most of us at NlC have had to grow up with all our lives. Analogous to having a gun pointed to the back of our heads each day, psychologists still are puzzled as to how the dilemma has affected the national psyche. We're scared, and that's not a bad thing to be. With a single bomb, only a frac.tion ~s po_werful as today's nuclear weapons, 100,000 people were killed m Hiroshima. Sadly, _Mu~ford also claimed that the only thing that stops us from once again usmg the weapon to wipe out 100 million lives is that an equal number of our own countrymen might be lost in retaliation. Ho~ever_, there is a slight possibility that the nightmare we are forc;d t? hve wuh ~ay ?C greatly reduced. President Reagan will meet with . Ovtct l~der M1k.hail Gorbachev next month in Geneva to discuss reduci~g ~ ctr respective countries' nuclear weapon stockpiles. For the first time in a gr~a: while, there is reason for optimism. Although 1t doesn't seem likely that the meeting between Reagan and
Gorbachev will produce immediate answers and alternatives, it is a positive firsi step for the present administration, which barely ackno" !edged the existence of the Soviet goverrunent during its first term. By educating ourselves and keeping abreast of the summit meeting, we will be able to comfortably address the nuclear weapons issue with one another. We need to wake up. Shoving the controversial nightmare to the back of our minds will not make it go away.
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'Sexist' column not humorous Dear Editor: Your Oct. 11 article titled ''Secret Weapon Revealed" was sadly ironic. I found your reference co the bikini as" ... a force tbac could bring a nation of strong men and strong leaders co their knees" to be insufferably sexis1. Your "cute" portrayal of men out of control over. not the actual bikini, but \\Omen's bodies. was not in che least bit laughable. Your main themethat there is an untapped force, leads co the irony. Yes, I agree, there is a non-utilized force in women, but in our minds not our bodies. Dangerous are the articles, masquerading as humor, which concentrate on men's libidos and women's bods; they are a puc-down to both of us . Sincerely, Lucy Jackson NlC student
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A SNJC: Group of incompetents 1f there is a more incompetent student governmcm than ASNIC, will it please step forward and be recognized. Surely everyone could use a good laugh. Over the course of the last couple weeks, the activities commiuee of the ASNIC have been able to drag its feet enough so that now a Halloween dance may not even be held. It originally was slated for tonight at 1he Kootenai County Fairgrounds, and a story was all set to go into the Sentinel announcing it as such. By a stroke of luck, a Sentinel reporter called NIC Outdoor Recreation Director Dean Bennett \\ ho said he didn't trunk a dance would be held tonight. He said that the committee was going 10 discuss it at its Wednesday meeting. Ooesn 't it realize that is too late? Outgoing activities chairman Denni\ Gorringe said before he resign· ed that since he started the Halloween Dance ball rolling. he would continue with it and do the best he could. Judgmg by Gorringe's track record. the board should have been wary to begin with. Oh, ASNIC, what hast thou wrought!
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(__p_r_e_ss_et_h_ic_s__,,] Unsigned editorial policy defined Qarificauon in regards to who 1s responsible for what in the Sentinel tS in order b«ause of some dissention within the ranks. Some Sentinel studenis are concerned of their identity with the campu~ newspaper bee.I use of" hat they and or I heir acquaintances deem to be controver~ial articles or opinions which are printed. The) need not be .:onccrned. Opinions expressed arc primarily those of the writer, espedally m column\ (\\ riuen by the four editor detailed under "Sentinel Stare·· on Page 4 of this i.~ue). The columns are accompanied by the writer's name and photo. Under the "Opinion .. or "~lore Opinion" heading usually is nn editorial, an opinion piece ,, h1ch has 11.!, own headline bur no formal byline or photo, as do the columns. Obviously. editorials (today on Page:; 5 and 6) nlso are opinion pi~. u~uall>· \\ ritten )Omewhat more straight-forward and with le(s charactcnzation than columns. Therefore, they rene<:1 a ,iew which usual!}' is lc.ss personal than those in columns. According 10 thcir primed job description): If the editors deem a panicular editorial 10 be controversial, 1hey vote on whether or not ii ~hould be stoff opinion or initialed. The majorit)' rules unles:. the vote is a tic, in which cnse the top ranking editor gets an extra vote. If he or she i( absent, initials will be used.
For some it's hot; for summit's not
What if... ? The television caught my eye as soon as I walked through the door. It was on a high shelf in a corner at the front of the small neighborhood convenience store at which I'd stopped 10 buy a Coke. I counted a dozen people inside the store, including the store clerk, who were engrossed in a program they were watching. My curiosity was aroused. so I nudged my way into a narro\\ a.isle directly in front of the TV and positioned myself alongside a man standing m front of a potato chip display. He obviously "as getting into whate\er he "as watching. ..Who"s playing? .. I asked him as he bobbed and wea"ed. feigrung Sugar Ray Leonard jabs at nothing but air. "Schultz and Karpov." the man answered. "They're the preliminary bout before Reagan and Gorbachev square off next month.•· His words struck a chord in my memory. Scbulu had been scheduled 10 slug it ou1 with the Soviets' Karpov 10 decide who would be the world's heavyweight next month when the United States and Russia meet in Geneva. I reached across the aisle into a cooler and grabbed a Coke. The man next to me continued jabbing and grunting; I noticed he was sweating hea,•ily. "Schultz has been holding his own," I heard the guy tell me as I opened the softdrink in my hand. "He's been telling the Russian that we won't back down. Star Wars or bust!" Secretary of State George Schultz's face nashed upon the nr screen. He was informing the Russians. sitting across a table from him, that President Reagan would not allow his Star Wars program to be a bargaining chip at the summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbacbe,. Schultz's words seemed 10 send the frustrated pugilist next 10 me into a minor frenzy, and I could tell from the commotion going on throughout the store 1ha1 everyone else also was getting excited. omebod), O\'er on the other side of the store, yelled, "Wave!" Three aisles over I could see it forming. First, one pair of arms shot up and then another joined. Visible only from the elbows up, because I couldn '1 see over the store shelves, the ··wave" continued, aisle by aisle, until it rolled up the narrow aisle I stood in with the sweating shadow boxer. Sweat and Coke both new as both of us renexively jumped and raised our anns just as the wave washed over us. Shouts of "Shultz" and "U.S.A." permeated the store, climaxing as the wave engulfed the clerk standing at hjs cash register. I noticed that some of my softdrink had wound up on the guy next to me, but he seemed not to be aware of the Coke, mixed with sweat, trickling down his face. The program gave wa) 10 a commercial, and I decided to move three
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aisles O\'er to where the the wave had originated. Besides, I wasn't overly hungry for a knuckle sandwich "Sugar Ray" might give me if he found out where half of my Coke had gone. Three aisles over, I found ou1 who w~ responsible for the wave. Two men were engaged in a heated discussion. "That Gorbachev's a tough kid," a man holding 1wo cans of pork and beans was telling the other. "Everybody knows he's gotra bliu." ··1 st.ill say Reagan's 100 strong. Even the Greek and Brent have him favored," the other man countered, and then shouted, "Gorbachev can go to hell!" If the upcoming summit meeting doesn't produce at leas! some sanity, maybe we'll all go to hell, I thought to myself. Both men looked irritable, so I decided not 10 stop and listen further. Lnstead, I decided to pay for the soda I'd come in for and headed for the cash register. The clerk smiled as I put my now empty Coke can on the counter and banded rum a dollar bill. I smiled back and noticed a name tag pinned 10 the apron he wore which read "Larry." Obviously, his name must be Larry, I deduced. "Looks prett> bus) toda)," I said, trying to make conversation, and then asked, "Do those guys over in Aisle 3 come io often?" ''Oh, yeah," Larry answered. "That's my brother Daryl and my other brother Daryl. They come in here quite a bit; they never miss the talks." Larry handed me about 40 cents in change from my dollar, so I grabbed a newspaper and handed him a quarter. "Looks like we're going to get more of those damned sports crammed down our throats," I said in reference to a headline about the World Series at the top of the paper's front page. Larry looked peeved. "Don't those TV producers realize that nobody cares about that stuff anymore?" he asked, as I turned away to waJk out the door. "Isn't ridding the world of its nuclear poisons more important than an insignificant spon?" The door closed behind me, and I wondered if Larry didn't have a good point. I wondered what if. .. ?
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Sunday, Oca. 27, at 7 p.m. 1n the C-A audiaorium. .. The orchestra has been pracuong once a week since early September, according 10 Snyder. The symphony originally was brought together by Snyder four years ago when he first arrived at NIC. Snyder said his idea of starting a symphony was met wiah eni?usi~m. Through the area's mus1~al gral)C'1ne," he was able 10 contact interested people as well as others contacting him aboua forming a symphony. "They were aching lo be pul together in an orchestra,¡â&#x20AC;˘ Snyder said. The symphony is comprised of appro,umately two-thirds community people and one-third NIC students... Hoving already conducted mus1c1ans in lowo and Michigan, Snyder regards 1his orchestra as being one of the best as far as their "hard and good working relationship." " I'm mvigoratcd by Lhc work that the s1udcn1s want to do," Snyder said. "Music is not the most imponont thing in the world-people are." Pan or the main objec1hc for 1hc orchestra is to share great compos111ons with the community
success. "That's what the whole game is about, communication," he said. "Usually communication is through language,'' Snyder continued, adding that in this instance. "il's the music that speaks, reveals thoughts." By visiting just one rehearsal one can see that he is right. The music can deal with emotions and interrelations; it can entertain as well as broaden one's experiences. Snyder said he is proud of the upcoming concert that will feature music by Leonard Bernstein. Claude Debussy, Tschaikowsky and selections from "La Cage Aux Foiles." Also included will be "Where is Love" from the musical "Oliver," written by Greg Yasinitsky. a Washington State University faculty member who will be aucnding the concert. Dan Boweny, new NIC jau band director, will play a saxaphonc solo as well. The concert is free for all NIC students, faculty and staff and is open 10 the public.
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Sy mph Ony, 'play' to be presented Some upcoming area entertainment highlights :ue· North Idaho Symphony Orchestrasec Page 7. Community Concerts presents "Tcmianka Virtuosi" Tuesday. Oct. 29. :11 g p.m. in the C-A Auditorium. Works by Bach, Mozart, Saini-Saens and Britten will be performed. Tickets for the four-concert series are S20 for adults, SIO for studenLS and S4g for families .
Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" will be at the Panida Theater in Sandooint Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. · 'Greater Tuna." a tour-de-farce of quick-change artistry performed b~ Willian R. Rodgers and Dennis Craig of the Riverfront Pla)·ers of Spokane, will be presented 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the C-A Auditonum. Convocations Commiuct and NIC Drama depanmcnt
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john hughes Role models rear-ended Oddly enough, our society seems to take quite seriously the current trend of mindless, male-dominated escapism. Movies and television arc loaded with "He-man" types (with ultrafast vehicles) who command much attention from audiences across all the social strata of this country. American society seems to be in a period of belligerent regression from any widespread intelJectual sensitivity that it may have acquired in the last two decades. I don't intend to suggest that the popularit)' of some larger-than-life screen heroes and their macb.ines is an issue of great concern. However, the overall trend toward what that son of image represents is, perhaps, a bit worrisome. In the process of adoring male caricatures, recognition is denied to many who may be more deserving, but because they don't fit the media image of reckless machine abusers, they often arc overlooked-espeaally by the young. Therefore, role model interpretation becomes even more difficult for the young, and the achievement of unrealistic (not to mention shallo" ) ideals remains mostly impossible. One who has limited contrary evidence might infer that the melliure of a man is relative to his ability to master (if that's the right word) the machines of our age. Certainly more is to be hoped for from all of us-male and femalethan the base, minimal expectations of pee-flexing, piston-throbbing sex stereotypes. I think this current infatuation with high-speed machines is a litlle strange and possibly unhealthy for some. For example. "The Dukes of Hazzard" is a TV show that exists solely foI the purpose of showing high-speed car chases and collisions-week after week, cars screeching and crashing ... strange. In sn sr1icle in the Spokesman-Review (Monday. Oct. 14) Chicago Tribune writer lvtichael Kilian comments on a television miniseries based on Faulkner's "Long Hot Summer." He expressed great offens! at the way the material was interpreted for television-panicularly the use of the automobile in a "Dukes of Hazzard" sort of way. " ••• I don't know of any time in William Faulkner's long, besotted and brilliant literary career that he penned a single line in which an entire steel and chrome automobile new through the air," Kilian wrote. What is this obsession with machines quickly moving from Point A to Point B? Believe it or not, the purpose of this discussion about machomechanical romanticism in our society is to express an opinion about a local issue. Coeur d'Alene does not need High-Speed-Mega-Carbureted- Y Chromosome-Drink-a-Bunch-of-Beer-Maybe-Get-Laid-Hydroplane Racing. I mean, why? Certainly there are beuer ways to attract outside dollars. Why turn this town into a weekend frat-pany just for a little surface money. But then again, maybe one of the boats will nip over at top speed and the driver will be killed. Gee, I get all tingly just thinking about it.
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Don't mime me Snell, Mlm, Tbttt~ m,m~r. Bruce W)'lle, performs ont of many skies lhc lhtatcr group performtd ror I WtSlcm Women's C.reer Managemtnl mc,tlng In th, BonOff Room Ocl. 17.
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'Agnes' focus on questions Guest review by Shelfs Hohman her child, will Fonda, 100, be Innocent? about a young nun accused of killing her If she discovers the identity of the baby's nc"' born infam, pits science against the father, can miracles be exposed as unknown. If a person bases her ethos on chicanery? the certainty 1ha1 t.here is no uncertainMeg Tilly masterfully porirays the ty, what happens when she comes face childlike nun who ha.s entirely canceled to face wit.h a phenomenon for which bearing a child from her conscious there is no scienufic e.~planantion? This mind. Having spent most or her life 1s the dilemma facing Jane Fonda, who cloistered, she is a simple, deeply de~out plays t.he brittle psychiatrist called upon person. Tilly beUcvably portrays her 10 unra\·cl the nun's secret. character as a Madonna-like figure who Fonda has spurned her Catholic conmight be innocent enough to entertain vent school upbringing; she has poohangelic visitors. poohed the church. F"ircd by cruelues Anne Bancroft. as the mother and indignities suffered at lhe hands of superior, treats the audience 10 the nuru, Fonda is a prototype of the roundcs1, most fully human character in modem woman. The science of the Lhe film. The harsh world that has turnhuman mind is her god. ed Fonda away from the church has "Everything 1ha1 has happened to strengthened Bancroft's failh. Perfect Agnes can be expwned right here in foils, they fence, piercing each other modem psychiatry," she asseru herself with their opposing values. Even when stridently, pounding her desk. Fonda discovers Bancroft ·s complicity And she does, indeed, seem to be on in the mystery, Bancroft eludes Fonda's the right track as she uncovers Agnes' auempt.s to stereotype her. hidden history of child abuse by her mother-a training program 50 ,ffective Fonda receives littJe resolution. The that Agnes denies ever having giving more doggedly she searches, t.he faster binb to a child. much less having killed the answers nu1ter out of her grasp, like it. pigeons in the mysterious loft. Fonda is But just as determinedly as Fonda left without answers, wit.bout an indict· reveals Agnes' secreu, she refuses to ment of the church and without vindica· Lion. Agnes gives Lhe viewer no answers deal with her own. A visit to her senile either. Who was the father? The film mother discloses Fonda's past abonion. seems 10 suggest that the answers arc not As a result. her mother refuses 10 as significant as Llle question. It is 1he acknowledge her. Does Fonda feel question that is rendered inviolllblc in disowned by Mother Church as well? tr "Agnes of God." she proves that Agnes did oot murder .. Agnes of God," the enigmatic film
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'Crazy Gods:' Good idea, needs work by Dan Brte<len I'm still trying to figure it out, but I'm not sure I can. I could just come out and say that it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen, but I am an eternal optinmt. I keep telhng myself that there is something much deeper about this film. The movie was "The Gods Must be Crazy," and right away I was saying the same thing about me for choosing this film. The movie stans out like a doc:umen-
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tary on a small tribe of natives in the desert areas of Africa. At any time I was expecting Marlin Perkins to jump out of the bush and drug one of these natives for study. But It never happened. In fact not too much of anything happened. The movie did contrast fairly well, however. the differences between this native culture and our modern one. The whole story cvolv~ when an airplane pi1011hro~ an empty coke bot· tic out the window of his planc whik fly-
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manure samples: an egotistical safari guide; one nnny chasing another across the desert; a jeep with 11. mind of its own
and a man with seven wives. Complicated? Even though at times rasked m>"Selr "What t.he heck does 1ha1 have to do with anything," they arc all tied in some way. That Coke bottle-an icon of our popular culmrc-symbolizing all the things in this world that we "civiliz~" people lind :mportaot. That one lone bushman unknowingly became the iconoclast, trying 10 get rid of "hat "God" felt v.·ould benefit the tribe. Another great symbol is the runaway jeep, which one bushman calls "the anti-Christ." God, how truc ...er... l
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met. such as when the more ci\ilized bushman is talking about his many wives. The scientist asks him since he has so many, why doesn't he spend more time with them. He replies, " I know ho" to marry them; nobody knows how to live with them." The film is listed as a comedy. and indeed a few good belly laughs occur. But it also points a very menacing finger at our world and the things we deem important.
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Halloween: Scoop behind spooks b~ Man Schumacher "Trirk-or-treat, Smell my feet, or Give me something Good to eat!" Halloween has long been a favorite holiday among you ng people of many counLries. 11's the lure of getting something for nothing that makes it so appealing, not to mention pigging-out on all the forbidden frui 1s-s1icky, gooey, yummy, bellyachy "junk!" Though elementary teachers try 10 use 1bc Iheme in spelling words, an rrojcclS and even math papers. on Oct. 31 scarcely any work is done in classrooms because of the anticipation of the upcoming door-tCKloor parade of costumed frolickers. Tbt nut da) is a waste as well, for a number of children are home sick, and those who do make it to class are hyped up from the massive overdose of sugar Lhey gobbled in celebration. It has been called the children's version of New Year's Eve, with much of the same excessive merrymaking and indulgence that adults are fond of on that occasion. When one outgrows the trick-or1rca1 routine, "prankster" seems 10 be the next step in promoting the celebration. Overturning outhouses and soaping windows in yea~ gone has given way to progressively meaner pastimes. Sadists have even gone ~o far a~ 10 paison the "treats," and violent crimes against children are becoming a dreaded but expected pnrt of the "merriment." What has bttome of 1he bonhomie that used 10 pervade soc1c1y on thi~ auspicious OCCllSion? And, further. where did 1he mualized ideas come from in the firsi place? The former question is rhetorical, bu1 a little research affords a wealth of informa1ion to get one into the true spirit of Halloween.
Druid belief lhat cats had onct been human beings and bad been cban~ into 1ba1 form as punishment for evil deeds. HaJJowtto parties were common then, 100, it seems. Witches would put the rat of murdered babies on a broomstick and then would fly up chimneys on rhat broomstick to meet the devil. "The devil played a bagpipe for the dancing, and the revelers were lighted by a torch between the horns of a goat. When the torch burned out, the witches gathered the ashes. which were supposed to be especially potent in incaruat.ions," Douglas wrote Druid reUgloas pracuces were the forcrunocrs or witchcraft as it is practiced today, according 10 Gffle A~'CD. a noted speaker on the subject of the occult. A,·cn bas spoken across the Uruted States and Can:ida and currently is rouring Africa, his daughter S3.id. The man I.nows whcm,f he speaks. He was 1rutia1ed 11110 the priesthood of the Organized Church of Sat.an in 1960 and was trained as a high priest m witchcraft. A•en bas taught comparati\'e religion classes a1 Western Washington Unh·crsit> in Bellingham and has written a book entitled "Oranges and Onions" concerning the occult and falsc cult influences in the world today. Now • Christlu, in 11ddiuon to bi.s public speaking duties. be is a1 umes c.illed in as law enforcement oflic:cs deal \\lib murder cases in•ol\1ng human s:icrifict and otner occult rituals. Aven o.Jso said 1be celebration of Hnllowccn ,~ an ancient Druid wit· chcraf1 ritual II wa.~ the OCC3.S!On ,,hen Saman (Satan). the lord of death, brought his demons out of hell to tcrroritt hum&rut) and call for a .sacrifict to appease tum.
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The Druids believed thaJ a human sacrifice was the only acc:eptable way 10 satisfy Saman, so they went door to door requesting a person to be offered. If such I person. through fear, was found. a large pumpkin resembling a head would be hollowed out and a demon's face would be cut into the pumpkin 10 represent Saman, according 10 A,en. The pumplctn w.a.s placed on the victim's doorstep 10 show 1ha1 the lord of dca.th had been satisfied and was pleased with 1be sacrifice. If the sacrifice was not given willingly, the Druids killed whatC\cr v.as a1 hand and used the blood to dra14 a hexagram on the door. This was a
symbol to alert the demon.s that they should enter the house and take lives involuntarily, Aven said. Tod•y. tbt btut1'11'1l is still incised on the stomachs of human sacrifices. according 10 Avcn. Ho14cvcr. today's prnctitioom don't go door to door. Hitchhikers arc easy targets. Aven
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explained, because they arc abundant, hard to 1racc and rarely mlSSed. Dov.n through the years. ~ople tried 10 rucumvent the Druidic S)'~em b> putting food offerings outside their doors m hope that Saman. demons or Druids would be appeased and a human sacrifice would not be needed, A\-cn said EventWlllV. poor people discovered af they drcs,cd up like and pretended to be a Druid, Saman or a demon, the} could go door to door collectina the offering~
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Love, sex Truths about contraception b) Kim Hurlbtrl Lei's be frank. Contraception is a subject with which everyone should become familiar A!. a general rule. talk of contraception usually divides the sexes-they compare notes, bul rardy share one-on-one. woman 10 man. In today's enlightened society. contraccpuon is a subJCCI that can be discussed freely bttween sexual partners. Men and women may share equally in the method and knowledge or binh control. According 10 information from Kootenai Counly Family Planning Clinic, seven maJor types of con1racep11ves exist. ''The Pill" is Mill the mO)I widely used method of con1rncep11on. One reason is the minimum of hassles Jus1 one tiny pill II da)', and the female is protected al all times. There', no last minute fumbling or arguing Ir it's safe or not; one merely must bt consistaot with Its administration. However, with the pill, some side effects may OC· cur in a small percentage of women. These may involve circuhnory diseasc5 and gall bladder and/or liver ailments. The pill i~ 98 percent effective, and its action easily
1s m·ened when pregnancy is wanted. Ir is available by prescription or through the Family Planning Clinic. The intrauterine de.ice (IUD) also is \\ell used and 1s a li11.le o"-cr 95 percent effcaj\ e. IUDs, when in constant use, pro,ide continuous protection but need 10 bt replaced every one to three years. Ill effects from IUDs can include expulsion, pa.in and infection. Approximately 10 percent of IUDs are cx-pelled within the first year or arc removr.d because of pain. An adJustmcnt period is needed and ma)' cause cramps and bleeding. Perforation of the uterus also is possible and causes peh-ic infection which kills one out of every 100.000 women who use IUDs. Unlike Lhc piU or the IUD, the diapbram has no side effects, but planning ahead of a sexual encounter is cssenttal. Tbe diapbram must be put into effect up to three hours ahead of lime or it will 001 be cffccuve. This tends to put a cramp on any feelings of spontaneity. Diaphrams are 87 pcnxnt effective. and women who are fined for one must have yearly checkups. The only male contraceptive on the market today is the infamous condom-alias rubbtr. It pro\idcs pro-
ccction from unwanted pregnancy as well as venereal diseases like genital herpes. Ho,.'e'ocr, condoms ha\'e a tendency 10 interrupt that "heat of passion" and therefore ma) not be used properly. The most effective method is using the condom in combination with a contraceptive foam. cream or jelly. When used properly. condoms arc 90 percent effective and are available over the counter at any drug store. With or without a condom. anorher method of contraception is through foams, creams and jellys. The spermicidal effect docs not last long, and foreplay has 10 be interrupted. When used alone, these forms can be risky with an effective rate of about 85 percent. Periodic abstinence or the "rhythm method" consists of plotting a woman's feniliry cycle through her temperature and a\•oidiog those times when fertility is at its peak. Nothing artificial or chemical is used, and the failure rate varies from 3 to 28 percent. For information on these methods and which may be right for individual cases, consult a doctor or the Family Planning Clinic.
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Halloween costumes available by Cheri Whitlock Arc you tired of culling holes in your sheet or rummg )'Our oldest pair of Levis 10 be a ghost or bum for the Halloween part)' your friends insist you auend? Ha~ yo:.ir imoginauon dulled wilh oge 10 the point that your liule sister's idea 10 bt a prmce~s is the bc~t idcu you',·e heard this \Cason? Or ha-.e you qmply forfeited the ~honcc LO transform your idenllly for the evening by hiding in your room and pla)· ma ~ick "'hen the doorbell riniµ? If you ans\\cred ye5 10 any of these question~. then you are a victim of the Halloween Blues. Your doctor can't cure the frustration which clouds your mind or Lhe fuLilil)' you feel when you Strom )'our bruin in que51 of a clc\eT or c, en acceptable disguise for Halloween. However, the cure 1s closer and elbicr than you might th.ml. "''~\ up the phone nnd call the NIC Drama Department's costumer. .,e department h~ o large selection of outfits rang1n.g from the tradiuonal vampire or witch costumes to any perceivable concoction you could ~uggcst. Alice Harwood, 11 ~ccond year co~tumer for NIC, sn)'S that with II day's notice she can throw together Just abou t anything. " We hll,e actual full costumes, and we have piles of odd clothing" 10 lit any and all costume needs, she said. The rates are rc;i.,sonable. The location is accessible to )tudcnts and others in the community, and the mortment b phenomenal. Jus1 ca.II 769-341S 10 set up an appointment. Appointments arc scheduled bet"'-ecn I and 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friduy. It's so simple, )Cl so necci.sal'), to restore your mmd to an w:uve capacny \lo 11bou1 the wot!)' and an.·oet) cau~ed by the Hnllo"ecn Blues. and the NlC Orama Dcpa.nmcnt htb the ideal solu11on
Teachers vote to keep learning At a recent meeting, the fl/IC faculty ,·oted by a two-thirds majorit) in ra,or of a profes~ional imprO\'ement plan According 10 English Instructor Fr3.D &hr, chairpenon for the plan, the idea •~ to encourage faculty members 10 set profcs~i~nal goals by pro,iding funds for additional education in their particular career fields. One or the plan's biggest bonuses is the flexibility or it, Bahr said. It isn't
mandatory, nor ts II limited to just credit coursh. It :tlso includes v,ork.sbop~. conH:ntions. penotUI rc-se,arch proJCCU and national or intemataonal meetmgs. For the facult) that wish to J)!l(· ticipate in the plan, there is a financial incentive of betv,ecn Sl50 and S450, Bahr said. This plan includes full-time and part-time facult)' plus administrators who ha\'e a 60 percent or more teaching load.
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Get tin' read) --<:omuner Allee Hanfood fits All Wan! and Kamle Pilgrim with costumes whkh ca.n be tt.ntedl for Halloween from the NIC Dnma Oepartmenl.
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Rally squad shapes up for season by MicbcU, Florn Roll over Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, Lhe NIC "I just want to be able to make myself B\'ailable if Rally Squad may be afrcr your jobs. the girls need me.'' she said. According to an optomislic Linda Bennett, the new Denise Carey. one of the siJt cheerleaders. said she squad leader, fund raisers for new uniforms and a really was pleased v.ith Bennen. group of emhusiatic, dedicttted cheerleaders are now "I really appreciate the dtscipline she shows us." on the team roster. Carey said. ''She's a great lady:· "They have the potential of being excellent," Bennett said. Care) said it's a combination of both satisfaction Demonstrating their dedic.ation, the girls and Benand dedication that keeps her going as well. nett can be seen and heard every morning at 7 in the "Getting up (and b(ing here) every morning at 7 basement of the C-A Building where they practice their a.m. isn't run. Sometimes "'e're late, but Linda cheers over and over again. understands.'' she said. "The panicipation amongst the girls has improved Lauri Ked:, another squad mcm\)(r, said Bennett so much from las1 year," Benncll said. ''This is gois filled with enthusiasm and is patient "but not so paing to be a real good year." uent that 1f you do something wrong, she "'on't tell For Bennett, the rally squad 1s both a dcmandmg you." and satisfying job. Bennett said she has high apcciaBesides Carey and Keck, other squad memb(rs intions of herself and the girls, so that when the girls clude Shannon Applepte, :'o.1elod) Melton, Nield try 10 be the best they can I)(, she's satisfied. Sckiguc:hi a.nd Cind)' Wallace. The job is demanding because "you never kno~ what's going to happen," Bennett said. Despite Lbar enlhlllia.m, both Carey and Keck said ·•1t was hard because I didn't kno"' what to expect, they would ha\·e to see hov. it goes this year before and I didn't know what the girls were going to I)( like. they could say Ir they would uy out for the squad agnin But 1hey'rc all great! next year.
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Oct. 25, 1985/ NJC StntlJlcl-ll-
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Rocle music thumps off padded walls, punc:tua1ed by grunts, mca1y slaps and 1hudding falls. One almost can ~c 1he odor rising from 20 steaming bodies. John Owen, na1ional championship wres1Uog coach, is holding court. Owen, 37, boasts towering credentials wilhout saying a word-three NJCAA national championships, 1hrec limes vo1ed NJCAA coach of 1he year, seven limes chosen as Region 18 coach of the year, member of the 100-win Century Club, and producer of seven individual nalional champions and 24 AJl,Amcricans. Duplce tbt lmpreulvt credentials and myriad of Individual honors posted 10 his account, Owen is not an imposing figure al all. He is shore, compact, bandy-legged, balding and looks sligh1ly disheveled in bu daily auire or randomly matched swcatgcar. His appearance and 1he cramped office cubicle he shares with another coach are misleading. When the 1wk"11ard shyness toward suangcrs lifts, 1hc passion of the man
emerges. He loves his family. his athletes and bis job, in chat order, and genuinely loves LO talk abou1 them. John and Jane1 Owen "ilh their three children, Jennifer, 7, Nicole, S, and Tommy Jack, 2, share their Wes1 Garden Avenue home ~ith an extended family of welJ-muscled young men. "They 1urn up at all hours, with au 1ypes of concerns, or sometimes they're jus1 homesick." Owcm said. '"Coach, I wrecked my car! Coach, I haven't beard from my folks in ovcr a week, and I'm kinda worried. Coach, my hemorrhoids arc really gelling to be a pain. WhOJ do you think I ought 10 do?'" Owens believes in leadership by example. His wrestlers see him ou1 doing regular roadwork, and they know 1ha1 the facilides and equipmenl arc wellmaintained and kept clean because the coach makes it so. even if he has 10 clean and move mats himself. They also know 1ha1 he is approachable 11 virtually any hour. "II used 10 really bun me 111 the end of the year," Owen said. "I hated 10 Stt
them leave, but I guess I'm getting used to ii now." Raised on a small farm outside Missoula, Mon1., Owen's wrestling career began at Missoula County High School where he lost only 1wo matches as a varsicy wrestler. As a junior, be lost only once, finishing second in the state. However, as a senior with only one mid-
season loss, illness forced him out of the s1a1c 1oumamcn1. Aller high school, Owen served as a combat medic with 1he U.S. Army's 41h Infantry Division in Vietnam from 1967-1968. He entered Yakima Junior College at semester break and worked out with the wrestling squad as a walk-on. After 1he initial semester, he auended 1he school on a wrestling scholarship for the next IWO years. Then, at Cen1ral Washington University, his wrestling career ended abrup1ly from complica1ions with a ruptured appendix. Never Intending to step on another wrestling mat, Owen embarked on a railroad caree r with BurlingtonNorthcrn. He worked a year as a brakeman when another opportunity knocked. South Upqua High School, Myrtle Creek, Ore., offered him a teaching position, and the railroad graciously granted him a one-year leave of absence 10 try il. He taugbl history and coached footcontinued on Page 15
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Baseball: Studies for now b) Rh onda Ellson With the fall baseball season grounded for the year. 1he Cardinal hardballers are focusing on the importance of academics. According to Coach Jack Bloxom, after losing a number of promising players to low g.ades last year. his team now is spending more time on the study table. Bloxom said he initiated the study table three years ago in order to create a controlled, academic study situation for the team. Study table is being monitored this year by an older workstudy s1udcn1. "Academics are number one, baseball is number two and social life is nfth or siJCth," Bloxom said. "l don't know what else is in between." The team has 10 have the right philosophy or lose good athletes. A complete separation between academics, baseball and social lire is needed, Bloxom said. The team roster. which staned with 52 players, was cut 10 40, Bloxom said,
and more cuts will be made in March when the team will be narrowed 10 22 players. According to Bloxom. ret urning lettermen for the Cards include catcher Tom Banducci. shormop James Anderson. left fielder Tom McNutt, outfielder and possible catcher Troy Meyer and outfielder Mike Rust. Returning pitchers include Darryl Wirsching, Barry Griffin. Shawn Flaherty and Mike Moore. The team's greatest strengths are in their pitching staff, defcnsh'e outfield and depth. Bloxom said, adding that he had a Lot of great ball players. With a little dedication and ha.rd v.ork, Bloxom sa1d that this year's team bu the potential of being an excellent ball club. Bloxom added that in bu 19 yean of coaching at NIC, this year's Cardinal squad 1w a better chance at winning the regional tournament th3.D any club tn the past.
Spiker uniforms blossom The NIC volleyball team is pioneering a new look this season; lhey'rc wearing :i new uniform which has a narish noral pattern wbich teammates say will look great in Miami where the national championship tournament will be played later th!S year. Phil Corlis, assistant direttor of instructional media. designed the shirt. while the shorts were ordered specially. Reminiscent of Charley Finley's Oakland A's, who opted in tbe early ' 70s for a sportier. softball-style uniform, Coach Len Mattei said the new uniforms are appropriate for this year's team because they play a quick-sryle volleyball. The Lady Cards will be wearing their new uniforms this weekend at the second round of regionals 1n Ontario. Ore. With Lhc first round over, the NlC \·olleyball team currently holds third place.
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New looks--NIC volleyball player, Debbie Vclasqun, shows off her team's new uniform wblle she practlce:s a few serves.
Certain things can't be bought Throughout junior high and high school, I participated in a variety of athletics- basketball, baseball, football, soccer, volleyball and track. But none have been as impactful on me as college track-cross country 10 be exact. Distance running can do so much for a person, presenting things that other sports just never offered or awarded. And I think the effects of distance running are similar for everyone. Before I tried distance running, I told myself it was because my body just couldn't do the things that distance runners do, logging 60 10 100 miles every week. for example. But last week during two 13-mile runs, I Started thinking about the effect running could have on a person's life. 1 realized that I was thinking to myself, "If I can do this, which is a far cry from what I was doing when I started, how much can 1 improve in other aspects of my life?" Those two runs may have been closer 10 lhe infamous, "God. if you get me through this, 1 promise to... " But I hope that's not what I was thinking.
Dlstan~ running can really knock down a person's walls of self-limits and never let them be rebuilt. Running long distances forces a person to challenge himself mentally and physically every minute of a run. "I've got to keep going. 1 must keep up with the Others. I will improve!•· goes through my mind when I run with a higher caliber of runners (which is every time I run, I mjght add). And that drive to improve, whether it's to get faster or just to keep up for a longer time, i.s discovered in the rest of a runner's daily life. " l must keep my grades up. I can' t quit. I must prepare for that test. I will get ahead!" Through distance running, I've found ways lO cope with these situations. Running for an hour and a half a couple times a week instills a selfdiscipline and mental endurance in a person that makes life out of the running shoes seem a bit more in perspective.
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Barnes brings new blood to mats b) John Jcll5to North Idaho College has a new assist.ant wrestlmg coach. Brent Barnes, a 1982 national champion in the !SB-pound division while wrestling for ~.'IC. Barnes brings a wealth of ~pericnce with him co help 1he Cardinals He placed fourth in the NJCAA national tournament in 1981 while a freshman at NIC. and as a ~ophomore he won the na1ional champion,hip in his d1vis1on and helped NlC capture the team 1i1le. He unnsferred 10 Oklahoma Staie hi, ne:ict year and wrcslled part or 1he ~ n before deciding to transfer 10 Washsng1on Swe Universi1y. However. in the summer of 1983, Barnes dislocated a shoulder and s1opped wrestling a1 WSU. He gradua1ed in December of 1984 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a minor m biology. Barnes plans 10 pursue a mas1er's degree 1ha1 will enable him 10 ge1 a head coaching position at the collcgia1e level, he said. "I've always wanted to be a coach," Barnes said "And I like coaching more than participating." Flames secs a 101 of himself in some of N JC's wrestlers. "I see people who try 100 hard. They wan1 it all to happen right now," he so.id, comparing himself to a couple of NIC grapplers. "It hurt me in 1hc long run."
Barnes sasd 1ha1 his father never pushed him into athletics or becoming a coach. "I had to beg my dad to let me go to tournaments," he said of his childhood. "He made me hungry though." Four out of the !he members of Barnes' immcdia1e family arc educators. so it was almost natural for him to also enter the field.
Presently, Barnes is s1udent-1eaching P.E. and biology at C~r d'Alene High School in addition 10 his time spent with the NlC wrcs11ing team. NIC Coach John o~cn said Barnes has experienced being a champion and will "hopefully ins1ill 1ha1 m10 our ~Tcsllers." ~en added that Barnes will be able 10 relate 10 1he tc.im well because be is fresh out of coUegc and understands wh:11 the team is going 1hrough. "There's more 10 coach.ing than showing 1hings and making sure e"crybody shows up 10 practice," Barnes said. "There's personal things; 1he biggest part or being a good coach is being a good person, having an open car. "It is very importam 10 ha,e an understanding or all the people and ye1 treat everyone as an individual. The key to my philosophy is 10 help people become better people. not just better wrestlers."
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Barnes also has a family to care for. His wife, Eliza.be1h, is currenlly finishing her degree a1 WSU. She resides in Pullman wi1h their children, Burke, 20 months, and, Lindsey, 7 months. "It's ,cry hard on both of us," he said of the tern· porary distance between them. Barnes said his wife wiU return to North Idaho in December.
Owen: Small stature-record talks continued from Page 13 b:all, ba\eball and wmtllng. ~pile diligent lotc-nigln prcpnrnuon, lus early dnssroom experience \\U an unmilig111cd di\ll}tcr. he said. He seemed unable to pro,okc an) po,uivc feedback from his \ludcnts Co3chm8, afforded some relict Al lea\t the pla}m didn't sit and s111rc blankly. Bur ~oaclnng wrcs1lcn ..•1hu1 ""' 11! Thr feedback, 1he response was 1hcrc. RC\uhs were 1mmedinte and pos1uvc. lhs wrNlcr\ po,1cd a 25.5 record in dual meets hts fil"\I year !here:. The follow mg year, they took sec:ond plo~ in 1hc statc 1ournumcn1, ml5sing 1hc championship by II half point Owen s111l n:calls )()me UO,)Olic11ed ad,icc trom a ,cteron conch that night. '"When }'OU come that close. )OU'd beucr II in i1, son, bccnUse you don't get 1hat many chances'," 011en <aid. In 197S, NIC hired 011en to work as Dr. L~ Logan's assistant in the wr~I· ing program. He was promo1ed to head coach in 1978 and won his first NJ CAA national championship that same )'ear, a heady experience for n rookie head coach. NIC plummettd 10 20th place in 1979, and struggled to a 10th place finish in I~80. Ow~n credits that bad e,,pcriencc w11h fo~sng him 10 reassess hh ,,aJucs and. making him a pereDJJial ~inner. Since 1980, NIC has never finished lower Lban third place in national NJCAA compe1ilion. and in 19s, Owen's team won its scc:ond national~'.
lie, reple1e wuh Coach of the Year honors. ~en·~ coacWng pbilosoph) is low ke)'. bur intense He tries 10 rttn1it highly mou,111ed athJete1 wnh natural 1alcn1 and unpart to them hi) own brand of self-di\Ciphne. He describes lum~lf a~ no iron-fotcd d1~ophnarian lilc \ mce Lombardi or \\ ood>· Haye\, but a believer in "self•moti,-auon ~•th pos1t1\C n-mforcement." He h3s onh one absolute ream rule: Ne,er miss practict"I Da,e Snook. a former ~istant coach, says, .. John looks for na1ural ab1li1) "hen he rccruus; then he build) on chat abilll\ 111th the fundamentals. He drill~ hard, d~eUiog on 1he basiC). He\ a grc:11 teacller." M C wttSlllng practice 1s culture shock for the unititiatcd-1n1en.sc. uruelcntmg, often painiul. A grueling hour and a half of ac1M1y timed 10 the minute Owen prowls the crowded WTC:Stling room, goading 10 greater effort here, a congratulatory slap on the butt there. There is no yelling or cursing, just ll steady stream of rapid-fire chatter designed 10 mothate and reinforce. He often steps in to correct technique or to demonstrate a subtlety for gaining an inch mote of leverage on an opponent. Few details escape his scrutin)'. "Bcause or tbe rapid personnel turnover, dynasties arc not a pan of coaching at the junior college level,'' Owen said.
And limi1cd budgctS mean the coach writes his own press book, t)-pcs the match programs, rccrw1s by telephone, ~ratcbcs 10 find financial aid ior bis athletes.•. wha1cvcr it ukcs to malcc the program successful. The reward;. for exccllcnct rlftl)' materialize lb promotions or budget mcrc;ucs.
For John o~en, however, the inner rewards are sufficient for him 10 roll up his sleeves for ano1her season. He is a confessed workaholic ''so long as there's still quality time left for 1he family." Because he loves 1hc sntensity and closeness with his wrestlers. he is one of those fortunate individuals who thoroughly enjoys his work.
Injuries plague harriers b) \1ib Scro~ie Earlier thh ~cs1er NIC cr<>SH:Cuntry coach Mike Bundy )aJd the men's ream u "probabl) a.. $lTOng as II hu ever been." Howe~er, since then a number of inJunes have ~calencd the team. A major 11,ound to the team has been the lc»s of a top runner, sophomore Dove Shrum. A.:cording to Bundy, Shrum, who was expected to do very well chis year. v.iU be out for the res1 of the season due 10 a foot inJury Bundy said that Other harriers ha, e been mJSSing dafl of trauung because of "minor soru or injuries." One is the team's No. I runner, John Bentham, who has a knee inJUr}' 1ha1 seems to be troublesome one day and OK oo another. The cxac1 problem of Bcn1ham's knee bas nor been diagnosed. so be conlinucs 10 run most of 1hc rime. But Bundy is concmtcd. ''Without him (Bentham), we arc only a pretty good team," Bundy said. E,en ~ith all the injuries, Bundy said the team is still stronger 1ha1 last year, with the sophomores all having about a minute faster time. He added 1ha1 "the men have an C.'<cellen1 chance to g:o to nationals because they arc faster and they compete pretty ~ell.'' Cooceming the women's ream, Bundy said the biggest weakness is 1hc small number of women athletes this year. Bundy praised tbc coostan1 improvement of top women runners Karen Johnson and Kelly Woods. He said in orde-r to make 1hc women's team better, he needs to close the gap between the 1op 1wo runners and the others. The Cardinals wifi travel 10 Spokane Falls Community College Saturday 10 try to qualif)' more runners for regionals, Nov. 2.
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A lw~y confmnct tllJed " Human Ht11llh aod Hanford" S1IJ'l5 today II Spokanr's Ridpath Hold. Students with an ID can allt nd frtt or ch•rtt· S1udeo1 ID cards are avaJlablt lo lhe SUB gameroom. Tbt arcl enthles M C students 10 library pri\l\ltges, admittance 10 athletic contests, cultural e~eo ts and other functions prescribed by th t ASNJC.
The Coeur d' Alene Country Ski Night '85 will be Nov. 6, 6-10 p.m•• at the counl) fairgrounds. The ski club ,., ill have ao cqulpmeol swap in Building 2. Admission ls SI.SO for adults aod frtt for kids under 12.
If JOU are 16 lo 21 )tan old and mttt certain rtqul remen ts, ) ou may be eligible to join a rrtt educatlo n for empJo) • menl program orrered a1 ~IC. f or loformatloo call 769-3450.
Law eo rorummt cadt.ts are eoJorclng campus parking rquhtloas. Tldtets are Issued ror parking violations and ~tblcla DOI dlspll}iag parking permits.
An NIC plwmacolop coarse wiD begin Oct. 211. Sponsored by lbc XIC
Allied Health Continuing .Edualloo Propu,. lbe coa,rse will mttt from 6-9 p.m. on Mondays a,-ntil Nov. 18. The cost Is $20. for lalonutJoo coallet Lht NlC P11blk Relalloas Orrtce 11 769-D16.
Tbe 1"IC 11ractlcal omsiog dU1 for 1985-86 11rill bold Its cappilJt Cff'ffllOO) tonight 1.1 7:30 in lbc Bouer Room of the S\,l l.
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Tbe Scholarship Research ln~tltute or Washington, D.C.. is orrulng lbrtt St ,000 schola~blps 10 tll(tlblc student&. For informstlon send SASE to: Scholari1blp Research lnslltutt, P.O. Bo, 50157, Washington, D.C., 200CM.
A Wbitworth College rep"'5Cnl1Llve -.vill be on the NICca.mpus Nov. 5 ln the gym royer 11 1 p.m. ltltttesttd nudeots should mttl hlm/ber there.
Holiday arts and cnrts Christlllu boutique ~ ~mbe held Oct. 26 ind Nov. 2 rrom 91.m. lo 3:30 p.m. For 1Dform11Joo call 76~2.
An IC prage sale will be held Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. ror lbe Loretta Duonlpn Memorial Carillon. Tbt salt wlll be lo the gym fo~r. and donaled Items lo be sold can be bro11gbt 10 Dean lknnell's orflct la lht SobnJ'.
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by Chris Barber Finishing a triathlon is no easy feat. but winning one the first ume is simply unheard of. However, that's exactly what NIC math ins1ruclor Bob Bohac did. "I just wanted 10 finish'' Bohac said. "II sure surprised the hell out of me when I won." Bohac said that panic1pating in Oct. 6's Trans-panhandle Trialhlon was qw1e a thrill, and he was able 10 set a new course record or five hours and five minutes.
Bob Bohac Panicipants. which included both ind1 vidual competitors and team members. s1aned at the Mon1ana-ldaho border with a one-mile run down to their kayaks. After kayaking six miles. the
triathletes bicycled S4 miles, 1opptng 11 all off with an eight-mile run v.hicb end· ed 111 the Washington-Idaho border. "The challenge or going border to border wu fun." Bohac said. "Kayaking wasn't bad-:ictuall} I felt fresh afterward, but runnitl$ was very hard, Bohac said, adding that advcne weather conditions pushed the mercury into the 30$ that day. "My feet got \"Cry cold. I aa113.lly lost feeling in m) feet,·• Bohac said. "I couldn '1 tell if I was running on my toes or heels until I was at the two-mile mark.'' Bohac said he dido '1 realize he was in the lead until later in the run. "People were passing me. but I could tell by tht w.iy th~· were passing (that) they were team members," ht said. "The run went much beuer than I thought." Bohac said. "It was a real good reeling that last mile-bring able LO open up." But Bohac said that kayaking is where he feels more a1 ease. "It's a wholedifferem world from the w-a1u looking m, .. Bohac said. "And gelling Jim's (NIC kayaking instructor Jim Coppernal) boat made the water 1ha1 much more fun." "If I have tune." Bohac said about doing another triathlon. But right now he is just content "lo sit back a.nd say I did it.''
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