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• North Idaho Business Journal writers Butler and Hopfinger won a combined four awards. Butler won first place in the Business category of the weekly newspaper competition for "Holding Pattern." He also won third place in the Education cate-

gory for "Pieces of the Puzzle." Hopfinger won first place in the Health and Medical category of the weekly newspaper competition for "The Graying of North Idaho." He also won third place in the Business category for "Welfare reform: Employers can help remove program's stigma." Andrea Kramer of the Bonners Ferry Herald won first place in the Feature Photography

category of the weekly newspaper competition for "A pool's eye view." • Student newspaper awards: General Excellence First place: North Idaho College Sentinel. Serious Feature Third place: Rosie Vogel, North Idaho College Sentinel, "Where Courage Lives."

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Light Feature J?feSf' First place: Sue Jurgens, North Idaho College Sentinel, 'Tony Stewart, campus stalwart." Sports News Report Third place: Ed Francis, North Idaho College Sentinel, "Woman Hunter." Photography Third place: Noppadol Paothong, North Idaho College Sentinel, "A NOW Powwow."

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Tony Stewart Political Science Instructor "I can't think of anyone who has done more for North Idaho College than Tony Stewart. Tony's dedication and drive for quality education has reached not only his many thousand of students over the past 27 years, but community members both regionally and nationally. His dedication to Public Forum Television for the past 26 years has brought current topics and issues into the Pacific Northwest and parts of Canada. Tony has always been in the forefront of human rights and is an active member of the Human Rights Task Force. The yearly Convocation series that Tony spearheads brings very interesting and educational topics to the community and draws presenters for all over the world. Not only is Tony an incredible asset to NIC, but to a great part of the community around us. I feel very fortunate to have worked with Tony for the past six years and consider him a great human being and a dear friend. No one deserves the Sterling Award more than Tony Stewart." Gayle Hughes "Generations ago, settlers discovered silver deep in the heart of North Idaho. A little less than three decades ago, North Idaho College struck gold when they hired Tony Stewart. I have worked side by side with Tony for many years. I have come to know him as teacher, advocate, confidant, sage, and most of all, a caring friend. Tony is incredibly giving. Silver is not adequate to describe Tony's great love for this College. No quantity of any precious metal could amount to the riches that Tony has given us since the day he first walked on campus. Countless times, Tony's hopes and dreams have become reality before our eyes. His ideals have positively changed the course of history for this College, and have enriched the minds of his students, co-workers and friends. Attribute his accomplishments too, to his amazing qualities of commitment and dedication. His efforts always go far above what might be expected, and he has never let me down. I know no greater man of action than Tony. His combined qualities of high ambition and kind, patient sincerity are extremely rare. Numerous times over the years Tony has stepped into my office flashing his infectious smile, easily persuading me to become involved in one of his amazing adventures. Two of Tony's most shin.i ng accomplishments are his Public Forum television show and Popcorn Forum lecture series. Year after year, Tony persuades some of the highest quality speakers in the world to inexpensively speak at our little College. They do so gladly. His television show, which started 26 years ago with rickety old equipment in a Lee Hall classroom, is arguably the longest running and geographically widest reaching television show of it's type in our nation's history. Both of these things he has done largely on his own time with no remuneration. This is just a grain of sand on the beach when it comes to describing this man I look up to. And speaking of beaches, thanks for saving YapKeehm-um, Tony." Lindy Turner "I would like to nominate Tony Stewart for the Sterling Silver Award. I have worked with Tony as the Social and Behavioral Science Division secretary and Popcorn Forum secretary for over four years. I can think of no one more deserving of the award than Mr. Stewart. While I was division secretary and working in the same locale as Tony, I watched the interaction

between him and his students. The students have a high regard for him, because he treats them with an unqualified respect. He has a real love for teaching which is evidenced by his preparation and presentation of materials. Having worked with him through his simulation games, I know that his students exit his classes with a much better unden,tanding of our government processes and much better prepared to be well-informed, responsible adults. Tony is one of the most industrious leaders I have ever worked with. He has kept the themes of the Popcorn Forum innovative and provocative for over a quarter of a century with an intense energy that is contagious. You cannot work with Tony and not sense the p assion he has for his programs. North Idaho has a repu tation of being a white supremacist area, yet Tony has fought hard to erase, not only that image, but any truth that may be connected with it. He helped initiate the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment and continues to work with them to inform our community of the ill treatment of certain individuals. He is a citizen who takes his responsibility seriously and puts action behind his ideas. Our community is fortunate to have such a dedicated person. And the students are lucky to have the kind of role model that Tony is -- his actions speak louder than his words. In summary, Mr. Stewart goes beyond being a "good" faculty member of NIC. He is an exceptional teacher, a wonderful coworker, and an upstanding leader in our community. These qualities equate a Sterling Silver Award winner, in m y mind. I hope the committee will agree and publicly recognize Tony as the exceptional person that he is."

Derinda Moerer "What an ego buster! I stood in my tracks for five or so minutes listening to one of my best and favorite speech students go on and on about how political science, a class she didn't even want to take, was now her favorite class, and her teacher, Tony Stewart, as "simply the best" she's ever had! As we look around our campus, we recognize that we are blessed to have incredible breath and dep th of talent in every area of employment, but on the ledger of accomplishments, no one comes close to Tony Stewart. For a number of years, I simply admired Mr. Stewart from afar. I knew he was responsible for nearly three decades of Popcorn Forums; for one incredibly impressive Convocations series in the spring that brought nationally recognized experts/personalities to our little campus on the lake; for a television program on PBS that weekly brought issues and guests to Inland Northwest audiences and provided invaluable resources in the form of video tapes of those programs for our library. If I were to have organized and followed through on one single event such as describe<:!- above, I would call myself pleased. Mr. Stewart pulls off these events year after year after year. I submit, North Idaho College is by far the better place because of Mr. Stewart's continued efforts. In recent years, I have had the distinct pleasure of working more closely with Mr. Stewart on his Popcorn Forum committee, and watching him work up close and personal is even more impressive. Mr. Stewart has unfailing energy, commitment to this institution, a vision into the future. He has a truly kind spirit, a cheerleader for great causes at NIC, a keen knowledge of the political system that has given an edge to our institution on many issues that have faced us, and an optimism that rubs off on his students, his colleagues, the movers and shakers in the community. Most importantly, he is a dedicated, exceptional teacher who's influence continues far beyond the classroom. I echo the words of my student, "he's simply the best!" No letter I write could sufficiently praise Tony Stewart and his contributions to this College. Please accept this nomination of Tony Stewart for the next Sterling Silver Award. No one currently on our campus deserves this recognition more.

Mona Klinger

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Squeezed by popularity vVith a rapidly rising enrollment and expanded curriculum, NIC is not yourfather~rjunior college By Alison Boggs Staffwritt:r

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morning, and exhaust is heavy in the air at the center of North Idaho College's campus. Blue parking permits hang from Lhe rcarview mirrors of the cars that roll steadily onto campus. snatching up the remaining spots. "lt used to he if you came LO campus at 8 a.m.. you'd get a good spot. Now you'd better get here at 7 a.m.," said Virginia Johnson, an Englil,h instructor and division chairwoman who began with the college 33 years ago. When she started. the college's entire faculty could meet in the same room. Now that's hard lo do with her

SO-person department. she said. Signs of NJ C's growth are sprouting throughout rhe region in Sandpoint. where the college just opened its ri rst satellite site; in Post Falls, where the college just completed an 8,800-square-foot expansion of its work-force training center; and in North Idaho high schools. where increasing numbers of college classes arc taught using videoconferencing. But growth is most obvious on the main campus. where new faculty are constantly being hired to teach more and more courses. classroom :,pace is sparse and more classes are held before 8 a.m. and after 4 p.m. Continued: NIC/A12

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NIC: Growth a part of mission Continued from A1 ·The growth projecli_ons. for t.his area arc phenomenal. If we re gorng to keep pace. we·re gning to have real challenges." said Jeri) GcL. vice president for instruction. "That\ the scary part. but that's the fun pan. I'd wager today that 10 vcar- from toda\', we II hL twice ·1, big." . That would mean ~.000 students on a campus big enough for 6.00l!. according to a recent consultants stud, ot· the college\ -P acre, h) Lake Coeur d.Alcne. 1\lC's enrollment is just below -4.000 student:,. Gee said he's not jw,t thinking big - he\ abiding by the mission la!d out b, the college al its inception 111 1933· ·rrmide access tn an affordable. quality education for No:th ldal!o students. NlC has no i..dect1ve adn11ssion process. It aims to accept aml provide for every student who wants m education. That means the 27-vear-old mother of two who never graduated from hiuh school and wants her GED It ·ii~) means the laid -off Sil\·er \ alley miner ,, ho nl!edi.. re trainmg. J\nd high schrn)I graduates who want. to save monc, by knock111g off the f1'.st two vears ot sch1)0! at a community colle.1.tc dost to home. In ·some "ays. "'11 C is the two-year school bdia\ing like a rour-yl.!ar school. Between 8." and 90 percent of students are working toward hachclor\ degrees. rather· than pmfe,s10nal, IL'Chnical degrees Thats much ~higher than normal, sa1tl Kent Phillippi.: \enior research a..soc1atc for the American A,soc1a1ion of Communit~ College:-.. "\.at1on1,·ide. he said, between one-quarter and one-third of community college quJcnts transfer to four-vear schoob. I he rest arc shooting for .issociatc\ dc!!:rccs or retraining for he work force~ NI( administrators say the tlillcr.:nce exists because that's what the communit, demands. Because this region lacks a dominant mdustf). such m, Seattle\ software indll',tl). students here tend to rocus on al'hie\:ing a bachdor's degree to broaden their options With ih ivv-CO\'Crcd huild111gs and pine lined boulevards. a college beach and offices overlooking the Spokane R1\'er NIC resembles a pri\·ate liberal arh -;chool more than a community college.

It has an alumni association with 120 members and a nonprofit foundation worth S7 million. It serves as the cultural center or North Idaho. playing host to diversitv symposiums. an a1111ual art festival. and musical pcrormancc, and lecture., throughout the year. "'lhis is not a normal community collcge •· said Da\ld Lindsay. vice prcmknt of ~tudcnt sen ices. dcscribinu the average community college as a ·~remodeled indu<.trial park." But in other ways. NIC is typical. It offers technical courses in auwmoll\'t technolo!?' and welding, continumg education· classes in computers and crcative writing, and II has a thriving GED program \\ ith 645 graduates last vcar. - \hout 60 percent of NIC\ students come from Kootenai Count). Since 1990, the county\ population has grown almost 60 percent. In response. NIC\ enmllment has shot up morc than 10 percent. going from 2.%0 ,tudems 111 1990 to 3.943 in 1999. Also contributing to the enroll-

mcnt spurt is rn,ing tuition at rour\'ear schools. • At )list Sl.218 per year in tmuon and ki.!s, the college 1s the least expensive in the Inland ~orthwest. The lo\\ cost and quality of the educauon has kept some of 1\/orth Idaho\ hrightest srndents in the area. Derrick Palmih.:r. who wa'> a valedictonan at Kootenai Hie.h School in Harrison last \Cal. started al NIC in the fall. Although he. was offered_ a 515.000 scholarship to the L mvw,11) of Puget Sound in Seattle. 11 wasn ·1 enough. I\. full year there would have cost more than $20.000. "Tht fir;t lcw vears of college vou·n: just going t~) be ta~ing core clasSl.!S anywa) ... Palmiter said. "I can gel that here in Cocur.d'Alene . N 1C\ fastest -grnw111g program 1s computer information technology. Three people graduated from the program in 1997: up to 60 graduates arc expected next year. The progr~m rccenth doubled the number of m-..1ructor'> - from IWO to four - and expanded into dassrooms tour times the size of its previous spact. Graduates Of the program go into l\lCralive career, as network tech111c1an:-. or Internet webmasters. at companies such as Boise-based ~licron I echnologn:s Inc.

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NIC: Growth a part of mission Continued from A1

'·The growth projcc11ons for this arc:'.•.ire phcnon.1cnal. H we're going to hep pace. we re going 10 ha,c real chal!cnge\ ... said Jeri} Gee. , ice president Im rns1ruc1ion. 'That\ the seal) part. hut 1hat"s the Jun part. f"d wager 1odav Iha! IO yea"' from lotla, we ·11 he ·1wic• ·1s. big." ~ ' Thal 1\·c,uld ml.'an 8.000 studl.'nh on a c_ampus big enough for 6,000. acconhng to a rccem con,uham's stud} of the rollcge\ 47 acres bv I ;1ke Cocu1 d'Alene. N!C\ enrnlimcnt is JUSl helm, 4.000 studcm~. Gee said he's 1101 just thinking big -· he\ abiding h, thl· mission~laid out by the college at its inception in l<J33: Provide access lO an affordable. quaht) education for 1\Jonh Idaho '1udenls. NI(' has no sekc11v~ adn11s,inn _pro~cs,. I! .1ims to accept and pnw1dc Jor even s!Udenl who wants 111 edue,11inn · 11ml mca1h the 27-ycar-old mother of (\\O who ne\'l:r graduall'd from l11gh school and wants her GI:D. 11 11,o me.ms the laid-off Sil\w \ alle, ~1rner ,,ho need, retraining. Anti ,H!!h Sl'hool gradu:ites who 11ant 10 save money _by knocking off the first two )'l.'ars of school at a communit, rnllegc dose lo home. · In some wavs. NIC is the two-vcar '" t1,)ol ncha, mg like a four-\·c.ir school. Between 85 and 90 percent ot ,1u~lenh arc working Hmard hachl·lor s deg~ees. rather than profes~ional tech111cal degrees. That·, much -higher than nomial <.a1tl Kent _Phillippe senior rcscarcl; Js\l)C1,111: for the American \"oci-tlion ol Community Colleges. Natio~w,,Jc. hl· s,!1d. between one-quarter and orn:-th1rtl of _communit) rnllegc ,tudent tr:inslcr to four-vear schoub.. n1c rest arc shooting tor issoc1:itc s dl•grees )f retraining for ·he work force. ·· "JI C administrators sa, the diffcrcn1.:e c:xists because thai s what the community tlcmands. Because this region lack:- a domina111 indus1n such as Scallle's software industry, s1udcn.1s here tcntl 10 fonts cin achieving a bachelor\ degree to broaden their option,. . Wit~ its ivy-nwered buildings and flllll' ·hned boulevards, a college hcad1 and offices ovcrlookm!! the Spokane_ River. NIC rcscmhlcs a pm·,11e hhcral .im, '!:hoof more than a rnmmunity collcg1:

Nil 1s changing lo meet the demand, pl.iced on it by growth. nte wllegc ha, expanded the tunes d;1sscs an: offered. I! has purchasl·d land ne.ir thl: ma111 campus and is hoping to buy more. 11 has matlc plans 10 build more classroom build111gs and is ~cek111g the lund1ng to do so. fop pnon1, 1s a new allied health building. costing more lhan SI J million. ~ 51,!rung this munth. the college is offering class schedules that extend for an entire year. a, opposed to just one ~emcster, allowinl! student~ 10 plan fun her in ad\'anc; .\!so. begin 11111g this fall, Sllldents can take ~,he majoril) nf cla,sc:s needed for an ,isso~ia~c 's degree in the even mg. _W11h1n a ycar._Gcc said. the college also hopes to otfer all those courses on I riday nights and Saturclavs. so people can finish degree requiremcnls co111plc1cly tluring weekends. 1 he rnllege is also expanding hm, ll provides educatiLm. In the fall of 1998, it began offering classes over the Internet. starting with 11 courses. By !he following semester. there were 14. '\ext fall. the college expect, to offer 31Intcrnet classes. providing all the COUJ',es needed for an associate\ degree. "I probabl) could fill as mall\ Internet classes ,h I could put ou·t there. but we don't h,1\'e the teachers to tlu it.' saitl Candace Wheeler the college\ direcwr of dbtancc cd'uca11011. . The colle~e ;1lso. began offering ~ntcracuvc ~1deoconkrenc111g cla,,e~ Ill 1998. I hat meam, cla~ses arc beamed 10 remote locations via telephone lines. allowrng students to take them lll communities such as Sand point, Bonners I en) <111d St. Maries. Students can take courses ,ii five regional hospitab and al IO !'lorth Idaho high schools. In the spring of 1999. II courses were offered. fhat number ha, grown to 28. Enrollment ha'> grown fasier. from 54 students in 1999 10 155 today. a 187 percent mcrcase. ''I'm supportive of 11 because 111 a rural state such ·ts ours. if mu don ·1 'reach OU!, !here arc students who cannot be served." said Toll\ S1cw.ir1. .1 political science instrucior who teaches videoconferencing courses. r~e ~inly challenge, 'itew;irt ,., I 1s bringing the students al the n:mote sites into the classroom dialogue. "This campu:, has a limited acreage. Wc'\'e ju_st about reached capacity. 1 hcsc kmds of program~ also

expand the campu, so evervhodv Joc~n't ha,·e !1 • come lo the . ,amc location with the physical limits we han: here." Stewart ,aid . ,\!so. the colleges first satellite site. 111 downtown Sandpoint. recenlh up..:~e~. It offe~ on-site reg1stra11ori. adm1~s1ons. class~s_ and a computer lab. Collegc ad111rn1s1rato"' sa, that\ .t l>ign or l hmgs to cnmc. · "Then. , .i ne11 Url!cnc, 10 have a ph}s1t:al presence tmm NI( in communities like Kellogg, Wallace and Sandpornl.. said S1~ve Schenk. vice president for college relations and devdop~1cnt ·· 1ncn.: 's a growrng rccognumn 1ha1 education is kc\ tu ccononuc dc1clopmcnt... · NI( has also invested Ill its work fort:c 1ra111111g center 111 Post Falls, which opt:ned 111 1995 and last year scned almost I0.000 students in it~ 30.()(JO square feet. The college JUSI completed $570.000. 8.800-squarefool expansion of the center. The facility also acts as the Rivcrhcnd Profcssion.ilTechnu:al Acadcm). offering courses to high school students durinc the dm The work. force 1ra111ing rt:nter offer, short-term course, for pmfcsSl'?nals who ~ccd 10 improve their ,kills, contmumg etlucmion for eommunll) mcmbl!r, who wam 10 learn lh!ngs like Chinese conking. and 1a1l?r-made. training program, for businesses. 1f. lor example, everyone 111 a cornpan) needs to learn a 111?1\ computer program. "bel)body 1s recognizmg th.it if the) wam 10 gel anywhere in life, they heuer ~el .~lut. there and imprme 1he1r skills. said Robert Ketchum assi'>tant vice president for instruc~ 11011. There is plenty of land at the workforce training ccntc:r in Post r alb. but not so on the main campus. The college reccnth acquired J acres 10 hring lls !oral 1tiere to 47. "There 1s a pomt of capacity and \\C arc q111<.:kl1 reaching that," said \11chacl Burke. president of the rnllegc I think it hegs the question: Do we need a third site?" Thi.: ,lll'>We r 10 that 4ues1ion in I he long term. Burke said, is ··prohablv... I\ recem master plan done for. the colli.:gc b) consultant\ showed that the capacit, of the main campus ,s 6,000 students. It suggested Ihe college look lur land 10 bu\ 10 create a ~ister campus. One po-.s.iblc locatmn 1s the Rathdrum Prairie.

.t\s the college gn l\\ s, .\omc worry it ~1111 losc the c!)arac1cris11c, 1ha1 made n_ successful 111 the lirsl place, what L1ndsa), the studen1 st:r\'iccs ,·ice pres1.?ent, calls the " rct:ipc for success. l hat recipe\ kl'\ mgrcdicm is a studenHo-facuhy ratio 0117-10-I . ·· \1y electronics teacher reaU, cnJOys teat:h1ng," !,aid Dan Miller. a 19-\'ear-old freshman majoring in electronics. "I le'II ah\.ays he there to answer 4uestion, and he explains c,erythmg really well·· "My economic1, teacher. she knew m> name and she has a whole hunch oJ dasscs, .. said ks1 llendeN)ll, a 19-ycar-old pre-engineering studem lrom Blanchard. l lendersc1n started al Lcwi<;-Clark Slate College in Le'~1ston. but transferre<l to N~JC for its s12c, cos! and quality. ""I!\ a lot more hands-on." I lenderson said of NI C. "11's a lot easier to &_ct help because it\ 1101 so big. 1 hose comments don't surprise focul~~ memb..:r,. Johnson. •he Lnghsh 111Mructor and division chairwom,1n. say~ 111struc1ors lake the college\ mission senousl). str<.:ssing stutlcm succe,s. teaching excellence anti hlclong leanung. "!'here\ something realh nourishrng about this place," Johnson said. "I! makes them ( students) feel the) ·\'e su1:cecdetl herl:. ·

'Super' Stewart I\IC instructor honored

tor human rights work By BILL BULEY Staff w riter

COEUR d'ALENE - Tony Stewart, says Mona Klinger, has an awful lot in common with a certain comic book hero. You know, the guy with the big Son his chest "He is not only a true superman, he's a hero and just a wonderful person to have in our community," she said Friday. Stewart, a political science instructor at North Idaho College, was honored Friday by the Northwest Communication Association with a plaque for advancing human rights and freedom of speech. It's the only such award the association will present this year. Klinger, NIC communications teacher and association member, nominated Stewart for the award. She said Stewart has played a key role in sharing the true story of North Idaho with the nation. He has done so quietly, but effectively. Like Superman's alter ego, Clark Kent. she said Stewart is disguised as a mildmannered college instructor. "He can't leap tall buildings in single bound, but he does fight for truth and justice and the American way," Klinger told the crowd of about 100 people at The Coeur d'Alene Resort. Stewart, she said, doesn't have X-ray vision but is a visionar y. He's not bulletproof. but he is clothed in integrity. And while Superman fought a variety of villains, "Tony fights more insidious evil such as injustice, bigotry, censorship and racism," Klinger said. Stewart has a slew of credits testifying to his dedication to human rights. He's former president of the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment and also of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations.

He's on the board for Kids Voling Idaho, is the chairman of the Popcorn Forum and oversees the NIC-TV Public Forum. Klinger said she once asked Stewart how he stays involved in so many activities on a volunteer basis. "He said, There's so much work to be done and there's so little time. If you've got the passion, you've got to do it,"' Stewart was Stewart "humbled and honored" by the award. He said because the honor was for advocating both free speech and human rights, it was especially pleasing. "Sometimes we think that it's difficult to have protection of free speech and at the same time promote human rights," he said. "The best way to oppose offensive or even hate speech is with good speech. That's what we've done in this community," Stewart said. Stewart credited the award to people who volunteer behind the scenes. "Any success we've had here has been because there's a remarkable number of people year after year on the committees or the task force or whatever we do," he said. "I've never done anything that I was proud of that did not involve a great team." Stewart said there are three areas where he's seen changes involving human rights that please him. They include legislation that protects human rights, teachers using curriculum that highlights diversity and the large number of people who support human rights by attending banquets. rallies, donating funds or standing up for a victim. 'That's what I'm really proud of. Those are the things that are making the difference," he said.

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2000 Annual Conference

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POLITICAL BEHAVIOR - continued

Friday Afternoon SESSION III: STATE AND PROVINCIAL POLITICS - continued

Dave Brockington, University of Washington "A Cognitive Demand Model and Low Information Voting" Pamela Carriveau, Purdue University "Learning Social and Political Citizenship" Kevin Pirch, University of Oregon "Parties and Candidate-Centered Elections"

Discussant: Pa&ei:cia Southwell, University of Oregon ()(":ex: , LIa...

Matthew Manweller, University of Oregon "Article IV, the Guarantee Clause and ReferendumEmbedded Initiatives: Should the 'Sleeping Giant' Be Roused?"

Joe Morris and Mark McBeth, Idaho State University "Bison Politics: Narratives, Trust and Economics"

Discussant: Keith Hamm, Rice University

C. COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

B. POLITICAL THEORY - Cambridge Room Chair, Gene T. Straughan, Lewis-Clark State College

Brighton Room Chair, Phil Wittman, Carroll College

Paper Presenters

Jeff Johnson, Eastern Oregon University "Backward-looking and Forward-looking Approaches to the Law"

Suresht Bald, Willamette University "The Discourse of Weaving and the Erasure of Women: Women Weavers in India" Anel Bulatova, Washington State University "Democratization or Pluralization of Civil Society? Womenâ&#x20AC;¢ s Organizations in Kazakhstan" Michael Vogler, Northern Arizona University "Are EU Accessions Taking Longer? A Case Study of a Possible Trend in Expansions" Discussant: Elizabeth Frombgen, Purdue University

Colleen Mack-Canty, Montana State University "Third-Wave Feminism: Some Defining Characteristics" Michael Ross, Graduate Student? "The Ivory Tower Comes Crashing Down ... " Chana Cox, Lewis & Clark College "Agonists and Antagonists: A Critique of Plato's Biological Analogy" Discussant: Darin Nesbitt, Douglas College, New Westminister, British Columbia

12:00- I :30 pm Lunch - Parliament Room Tony Stewart, Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment and North Idaho College "Trial of the Aryan Nations"

C. ROUNDTABLE: GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS: LOCAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL

REACTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL INST1Tlm0NS Brighton Room Moderator, Patricia Keilbach, University of Oregon

Friday Afternoon SESSION ill 1:30 - 3:00 pm A. STATE AND PROVINCIAL POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Windsor Room Chair. Doug Nilson, Idaho State University

Paper Presenters Bill Kirtley, Central Texas College "The Library Referendum" Stan Buchanan, Midwestern State University, and Tom Schuman, University of New Hampshire "Institutional Features of State Legislatures and Re-Election Efforts"

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Mr. Tony Stewart Coeur d' Alene, Idaho Dear Tony, Enclosed are the pictures that I promised you. The campus is still buzzing from the civil rights debate. My different ideologies in the room. It . goal that night wa-, to challenge all of the . was woncierfui 'N~1en 1iberar studer!~::. i.uici me how much i<mse 1V1r. lYSouza made, and the conservative students telling me how strong ]\,fr. Stewart's arguments were. I define success by that kind of feedback. Thank you again for your participation, it was a pleasure meeting you. ·

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Reduction of districts discouraged Offlclall tall state board to retain Cll'l"'lllt lllllller By KEITH ERICKSON

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From left, former Sen. Mary Lou Reed, D-Coeur d' Alene; Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Ben Wolfinger; Tony Stewart, NIC political science Instructor; and Gordon Crow, public affairs manager for the Coeur d'Alene Area Chamber of Commerce, listen to comments Monday evening from the Idaho Commission on Redistricting.

COEUR d' ALENE - With a $2.4 billion budget that continues to skyrocket, the state of Idaho cannot afford to reduce its number oflegislative districts. That was the message conveyed to a special state panel during a meeting Monday evening at North Idaho College. Several community leaders, including lawmakers, former legislators, business officials and chamber members, addressed the Commission on Redistricting, an ad-hoc group created for the first time this year to consider redrawing legislative boundary lines based on the 2000 U.S. Census.

''We (lawmakers) are the staff that voters sent to represent Idaho. So, if the population continues to expand, why would you dream of cutting the staff?" -Sen. Clyde Boatright, A-Rathdrum

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DISTRICTS continued from A1 The purpose of the redistricting commission is to keep approximately the same number of voters in each district for equal representation. Decreasing the number of districts would be a disservice to the people of Idaho, said Sen. Clyde Boatright, R-Rathdrum. A bigger state population means a higher demand of service from lawmakers - hired by the people, the senior senator told the commission. Census figures show Idaho's population grew by nearly 29 percent during the 1990s. That means nearly 287,000 people were added to Idaho's population during the past decade. And that results in the need to shift legislative representation to better represent every corner of the state - both rural and urban. Under consideration by the state,

as allowed by law, is the reduction of legislative districts - possibly as low as 30 - from the current number of 35. Boatright said that would be a mistake. "We Oawmakers) are the staff that voters sent to represent Idaho," he said. "So, if the population continues to expand, why would you dream of cutting the staff?" Boatright Fewer districts mean fewer senators and representatives. Each district has one senator and two representatives. The reduction of each district, therefore, would mean the elimination of three lawmakers. With that in mind, the Coeur d'Alene Area Chamber of Commerce has devised a redistricting plan to

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keep the state's 35 legislative dis"If you confuse the voters and tricts. have bizarre voting districts, you'll The chamber group, led by public end up with a lower voter turnout," affairs manager Gordon Crow, local he said. attorney Freeman Duncan, NIC politThe chamber's proposal would ical science instructor Tony Stewart merge most of Coeur d'Alene into a and 13 others drew praise from the new District 4. Currently, the Lake state commission Monday evening City is split into districts 2-3. It would for their plan. also consolidate other larger cities in Among the chamber's priorities North Idaho. was redistricting without splitting up Under the chamber's redistrictmajor cities and tribes. ing proposal, districts 1-5 would U-We don't want to carve the cities include an average of 169 residents up. They need to be kept intact ... to more than the target of 39,970 per keep them as areas with economic district. connections," said Rep. Mary Lou That represents about one-10th of Shepherd, D-Wallace. 1 percent of the variance from the The Coeur d'Alene chamber rec- "absolute ideal" population total per ommended changes in each of the district, Crow told the commission. state's five legislative districts, 'The state criteria (for redistrictstretching from the Canadian border ing) bas been satisfied to the greatest to parts of Latah and Clearwater extent possible," Crow said. counties to the south. Keeping communities as intact as Keith Erickson can be reached possible is vital to democracy, at 664-8176, ext. 2012, or Stewart said. kerickson@cdapress.com

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Panhandle panel praised for redistricting plan By Thomas Clouse Staff wri1er

Task force changes would keep most cities Intact

COEUR d'ALENE - A citizen's commission charged with redrawing legislative dis- I tricts found something in the Lake City on Monday that they haven't come across anywhere else in Idaho - a unified plan. The Idaho Commission on Redistricting, which contains three Democrats and three Republicans, praised the five-Panhandle district changes proposed by a local task force. That task force, empaneled by the Coeur cl'AJene Area of Commerce, presented ',hanges that would keep most area cities intact, yet combine counties with common interests, such as mining and timber. "Uthe rest of the state did this, we could go home," said commission member John Hepworth of Twin Falls.

The redistricting comm1ss1on came to Coeur d'Alene on Monday after stops in Boise, Pocatello, Idaho Falls and Twin Falls. About 70 residents, from as far away as St. Maries, attended the meeting held at North Idaho College. The longest presentation came from former State Sen. Gordon Crow, NlC professor Tony Stewart and former State Rep. Freeman Duncan. They proposed district changes that would keep rural areas together, lump the cities of Post Falls, Hayden and Hayden Lake in one district and allow Coeur d'AJene to be contained in a .separate district. "This is by far. the most helpful presentation of the four hearings,Âˇâ&#x20AC;˘ said Coeur d'AJene attorney Ray Givens, a commission member. State Sen. Clyde Boatright, R-Rathdrum, lobbied the commission to keep the full 35 Continued: Redlstrtctlng/86

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Senate seats that are allowed by the Idaho Constitution. The constitution gives the commission discretion to lower that number to 30. "The state's business is expanding," Boatright said. "Why would you dream of cutting your staff?" Chuck Matheson, of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, had few comments after hearing the task force recommended keeping his reservation in one district. John Ferris, a former legislative candidate from St Maries, said Benewah County wants the commissfon

to finally give his constituents a home. They have been flip-flopped between Latah and Shoshone counties four times in the last 40 years. " It takes me five hours to drive to the other end of the district the way it is now," Ferris said of the current District 7. The plan presented by the local task force, would include St. Maries with Shoshone County in District 5. " I have no real quarrel with the proposed District 5," Ferris said. " I suppose we could get along with Shoshone County. We have before." Kristi Sellers, co-chair of the commission, said the commission hopes

to have a plan by July 31. It will then seek comment before finalizing the plan by Aug. 31. "As you all can see, we have a great deal of work to do," Sellers said. These are the proposed districts, submitted by the chamber's redistricting task force: • District l - This district contains 37,981 people. and would include all communities north of the Pend Oreille River to the Canada line. It would encompass all of Boundary and most of Bonner County, including Sandpoint, Bonners Ferry, Priest R iver and Clark Fork. • District 2 - This district, containing 36,835 people, would lump similar cities, such as Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Athol and Hauser, together. It would jump the Bonner County line to the Pend Oreille River, west to Washington and east

to the Shoshone County line. • District 3 - This "urban'' district, with 35,952 people, would include all of Post Falls, Hayden Lake, most of Hayden and part of Dallon Gardens. It's the smallest in geography, but it has the most potential for population growth. • District 4 - This district, with 37,228 people, would contain all of Coeur d'Alene, part of Dalton Gardens and the east side of Lake Coeur d'Alene. The boundary would stretch east to the Shoshone County line. • District 5 - This huge land mass, with 36,685 people, would contain all of Shoshone and Benewah counties including the entire Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. It's ~outhern boundary would extend into Latah and Clearwater counties and contains most of the region's natural resource economies.

NIC narrows list of finalists Faur remain In ...... to replace Schml COEUR d'ALENE - After reviewing 37 applicants, North Idaho College has narrowed the search for the new assistant vice president for external relations to four finalists. They include Holly Houston of Hayden, Sholeh Johnson of Post Falls, Jack Heber of Spokane, and Ben Rarick of Burlington Township,

NJ. 'The search committee was impressed with the number of applicants and the quality of the finalists," said Tony Stewart, search committee chairman. The successful candidate replaces Steve Schenk, who left Schenk NlC in April to become the director of development for the Maricopa Community College District in Phoenix. Search committee members will make a recommendation to NIC President Michael Burke, who will make the final decision. The public is welcome to attend a half-hour reception for each candidate. FINALISTS continued on A2

RNAUSTS continued from A1 • Houston graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in international relations and journalism. She has served as president and executive director of the Coeur d'Alene Basin Mining Information Office since 1993. She has an extensive background in television news reporting, including working as a reporter and anchor for KREM-TV and KHQ-TV in Spokane and working for CNN News in Hong Kong. She wrote a novel about the struggle of Chinese students during the Democracy Movement of 1989. Her reception will be 1 p.m. Monday in the Driftwood Bay Room.

• Johnson bolds a bach~ lor's degree in international studies from the University of St. Thomas in Houston and a juris doctorate degree from South Texas College of Law. She is serving as regional director/field representative for Rep. Butch Otter, R-Idaho. She previously worked as the legislative affairs manager for the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce. Johnson's reception will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Driftwood Room. • Heber graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in speech/communications, followed by a doctorate of law from Gonzaga University. He is practicing law in Spokane, serves as the executive director of the Fulcrum

Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic in Spokane and teaches speech at Spokane Community College. He served on the Spokane City Council from 1982-94. His reception will be 11:30 a.m. Aug. 8 in the Student Union Blue Creek Bay Room. • Rarick graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature and political science from Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., and a master's degree in administration and policy analysis from Stanford University. He is working as director for the Office of State Operated School Districts for the New Jersey Department of Education. He previously worked for the department as a policy and planning associate. His reception is planned for 1 p.m. Aug. 7 in the Half Round Bay Room.

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NIC students, faculty discuss attacks your mind, and to find we're all in this tog~ther," Vice President of Student Services Bruce Gifford told the students. Gifford began the open-mike discusBy JOHN MASON sion relating a telephone conversation Staff writer with a man angry that the school did not COEUR d'ALENE - Concerned close with respect to the national students and faculty filled the chairs, tragedy. "Terrorists try to disrupt our lives, couches and floor space of the Half Round Bay at North Idaho College's and to not hold classes would be a disStudent Union Building Wednesday ruption to our way of life," Gifford said. afternoon to discuss Tuesday's tragic "It's important to go on and continue to do things we normally would be doing." events. "It's very cathartic to say what's on The microphone was passed to any

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student willing to voice a thought, concern or question. Some expressed grief. Others, hope. Some, outrage. ''Will anybody stand up in the wake of this tragedy?" challenged Mike Mullin, 21, to his fellow students. Mullin recently concluded a tour in the Navy. ''We need to stand up as a generation instead of lying down all the time. Nobody stands up! We lay down and let it mull over." DISCUSSION continued on A2

Inside • Blood bank closes due to too many donors A4 • Idaho Sen. Sims witnessed sharpshooters in D.C. A4 • Planes remain grounded C1 • Officials try to determine death toll atWorldTrade Center A3

IISCUSSDI continued from A1 Many agreed with Mullin, including Mark Voss, a New York native. "I was scared to death to see that my home state had been bombed," he said. "Someone's going to pay for this, and I hope everyone will back what we have to do." "I agree we need to have a voice and come together as a generation, but we have to look at it rationally," said Danielle Alexander, whose father moved to active duty status with the National Guard Monday. "One bad act counteracted by another bad act is not right, and it is not justice." Concerns over retaliation pervaded, including some comments by students worried about a possible draft. Some, like Patrick Bendig, remarked on the solidarity brought upon a nation humbled by such devastation. "We saw strangers come

together to help each other," and human rights activist Tony he said. "Instead of millions of Stewart called NIC a beacon of people, we are all one." human rights for North Idaho, History teacher Sharla praising the students for rai& Chittick-Trainor admitted she ing $1,200 for the Red Cross in was so troubled by Tuesday's five hours Tuesday. tragedy that she was unable to "I've always been conhold a quiz planned for the day. vinced there are two forces on Instead, she discussed the hi& this planet Good and evil," torical implications of what the Stewart said, wearing a ribbon country was witnessing. of red, white, and blue in honor "We often don't always learn of the lives lost from history," she said. "We had "It's evil to kill people internment camps for the because you hate them. It's the Japanese-Americans in World force of good to help them ... It War II, and after that we said we is inunoral to let these victims can never do that again. die and not bring those guilty "But I had a student say she people to justice." had an aunt who egged her Lois Cramsky concluded Iranian neighbor's house. The the student comments with a Muslim community is getting sobering insight from a visit to death threats. They are all the World Trade Center severguilty by association, and we al summers ago. can't associate people by their "I had never before been around so many languages race or religion. "We have to have compas- and diverse cultures in one sion for people who call building," Cramsky said. "It America home, as we do." wasn't just people like you or "That hatred is the terrorist me who perished yesterday." that takes us hostage;" student John Mason can be reached at Cheryl Kubart added. 773-7502, or Political science teacher jmason@cdapress.com

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North Idaho College students Patrick Bendig, left, and Darcy Passow listen during an open-mike discussion in the Half Round Bay room at NIC's Student Union Building Wednesday on Tuesday's tragic events.

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tOEUR d'ALENE - Lnto a molffl"ent of "ilence. a breath between P.rayers, a woman sitting alone in a J)e"" at St. Pius X Catholic Church :Opened her mouth Wednesday morning and sang with the voice of an ane.cl. Heads turned all over the church, ,r1s people who had come for an interfaith prayer service to honor the .vktims of Tuesday's bombing wanted to:see who was singing. After the community service. at which people offered prayers from aheir seab, the woman slipped out, l!_ll_d no one seemed to know her name. No matter, those left in the church i.aid. Her singing wa<; a gift. a peaceful sound in the aftermath of violence. There were small but meaningful moments like this at public gatheririt'- all over Kootenai County on Wednesday. as people felt their way a13-,und a world that many said changed overnight. At the same prayer service, Ana:.Uizia Volkenand of Hayden Lake rl'~ited the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic. the language of Semitic people in the ancient Near East, and reputed to be lh~ language that Jesus spoke. ~i\nd Mike Kennedy. a former New

Yorker, offered what he called a ..brief prayer of thanksgiving," for the hundreds and hundreds of people who lined up to give blood, so many in North Idaho that some had to be asked to como back later. "It's easy to feel helpless," Kennedy said, "But there is a lot we can all do in our own small way." Kennedy's mother-in-law, a colonel in the Air Force. was at the Pentagon when the plane struck the building, he said. She wasn't harmed, he said. and an uncle who is a security guard on Wall Street also survived the attacks, but his family's proximity to the attacks intensified the pictures on the television screen, he said. Kelly Paquin. a Washington, D.C., native who lives in Post Falls. told those gathered at the prayer service that she had visited the World Trade Center many times. admiring the wealth. beauty and opulence she said she saw there. "When I moved to North Idaho, I sometimes longed for those material things," she said. "But how insignificant all of that becomes when something like this happeni.."' Then, Paquin offered an Irish prayer often said in her own family: 'May the road rise up to meet you. May the winds be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and may God hold you in the palm of

his hand." At North Idaho College. faculty, administrators and students met m the late afternoon in the student union. passing a microphone from hand to hand, venting. sympathizing and praying. Student Patrick Bendig, who moved to Idaho from Rockland County. 20 minutes outside of New York City, remembered trips to the city with the World Trade Center looming over the skyline. "All of my friends, cousins. my DadÂˇs best friend were devastated." he said. "It makes you look at the world in a different way. We are not invulnerable. But it has brought strangers together - we are all one. fighting for the same cause." Other students wondered whether Sept. l l would be a turning point for their generation, whether they would be called to war or draw closer together against a so-far faceless enemy. Others at NIC urged calm, patience. and an end to guilt by association. especially after reports nationwide of retaliations against Muslim citizens. Student Cheryl Kubart. for example. said she had overheard a man at a gas station on Tuesday, who called it "appropriate,'' that the bombings had been in New York City, of all American cities. "I bit my tongue as long as I could," Kubart said. "Then I told him

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that those people died because of women and pushed each other's your right to stand here and criticize wheelchairs as they headed for their your government. And [ told him to homes the only way possible. on foot. go home and watch television." " He said New York City was the But such people, said student Da- calmest he had ever seen it,'" she said. nielle Alexander, are far outnumActivities at NIC, and throughout bered by those her father - a North Idaho, would carry on over the member of the military called into active duty in New York City- saw next few days. political science inTuesday walking across the George structor Tony Stewart said, in a sign that terrorism cannot stop life. Washington Bridge. ''We will not be intimidated,"' He called to tell her about the people who helped each other to Stewart told students. "We will unite. walk, who carried each otherÂˇs chil- There is no partisanship right now. dren and held the arms of pregnant There are just Americans."

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