Amendments To ASB Constitution Approved A proPQsal was made ror the adoption or an amendment to the ASB Coos ti tu lion at the March 2 meeting or the Stu· dent B oard, according to Russell Brown , president. This amendment Is to read: "All members of the Student B oard or Control must be carrying LO credit hours and maintaining an accumulative grade p amr average or 2.0. A ch eek will be made at midsem ester by the office, and those members not having a a 2 .O average will be put on scholastic probation by the Siu den t B oard of Control. By the end or the same semester, ir the grades a re not mi sed to the requi rement, the same member wilt be replaced according to Article II. Section 2, Clause F', o f the llY· lawi,. The above amendment will be retroactl ve to March, 1965. " This proposal will be submi tted to the student body In the coming ~le... tion, he sa10. Brown also said that a motion was made, secondeo, and ai:proved to adopt th e foll owlng amendment to Article II, sec tion 5: "The chair· man and vi ce-chnl nnan or the Social Acti viii es Committee snau oe ruected from the membership of t 1al committee by secret ballot or the SAC members and adv,sors in the SJ)ring, following slllaent body elections. Th~ shall take office al the next rc g,.i i:ir meet!n g ic llowl n g Ille el ectl~n n:,;tlon wos made, second· ed , and approved to change Article D, Section 2B to read as follows: "The vice11 reslden~ of ASNIJC shall , in the absMce or the president, assume all the duties of the president. He shall serve on thP SAC 9.S a member at large with voting prlvUeges." A motion was made to accept the following proposal: ''That six freshman members be elected lo the SAC at the beginning of the seoond semester of each year from a II st or prospects who have been interviewed ey the committee and its advisors." Proposal 2: ( this year only), "Thal three additional soph·
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SPORTS BANQUET, DANCE SATURDAY A sports banquet and dance sponsored bY the Vet's Club and Booster Club will be held March 27 from 7:00-12:00 in the Student Union Building. The bu fret type dinner will
COEUR D'ALENE, IOAHO
Candidates State Their Platforms
Campaigning be11an !n earnest March 17 as students and faculty gathered In the student union to meet the candidates for student body presldenL. bi, $ erved from 7: 00-8 :3 0. Mary Ross, wearing a twoAccording to ~Ulo Har ris Vet's Club member, ther~ pl eced bathing suH, Introwill be a sports personality duced candidate Phil Erick · She reminded students t'? speak at the buffet type son. dinner which is to honor lhc that Phll has served as presi dent of Newman Cl ub and the basketball team members . sophomore class, and as Bob Dahlberg, Vet's Club member , said music for the vice president or the oeoo.te Club. dance whlch begins at 9: oo Phll Iden ti fled present dif· will be played by the Ev ffculties within the school as Dal las QuarteL Be added student-facuU;y disharmony, that an exotl c dancer will and stressed the importance entertain , as will Mllo Harris, or develq,lng coordination , who has played the me.Jar which he felt could besl be night club cl rcults on the accomplished ey having orWest Coast. fleets willing to listen and Chaperones, according to act on malod cy oplnlon . Jerry Saling, club member, He summed his speech up will be Mr. and Mrs. Ray saying, "I feel Qualified to Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Rally mo,•e ahead with the times Wll llams, Mr. and Mrs. warand push fo r the needed ren Keating, and Mr. and changes as your student body Mrs. Joe llhitley. Jerry added !hat attire will President." As he ended his speech, a huge sl gn was unbe seml-ronnal and that tickets may be purchased rolled which read "Gel Ahead With Phil." from him at S5.00 per oouple. Bob Lei ghty introduced Tom Gilbert, the opposing canlntorviows For SAC didate, saying thal the nomAll freshmen interested In being Interviewed ror the ination for student body pres· Social Act! vi ties Comm! Uee !dent was one hundred times more important than Campus should contact Miss Nishio, Week . He Introduced T om as registrar, to sign up as soon 11 candidate with a new ap as posslbl e. proach: one who woul d and Play Is Wednosday has moved ahead on his own , The Drama cl ass is pro - not by jumping on band ducing a one act play, "The wagons. Right Kind or House", WedTom cited ns needed entinesday , March 24 at 9:45 In ties, lhe following four the gymnasium. things: coordination, con omore members be appointed sistency, communication and bY the ASB president, (Under oooperalion, explaining how each could work toward Article lll, Section 8), to bring the commltte~ to twelve making NIJC "somebody ' s" school Instead or "nobo<lY 's . " plus the ASB vice president."
CandidorP.~ for , tvdenr body presidont ,,.. /as t we-c-k '.$ eJ.,c1lon ore shown above 9ivm9 tho-Ir compol9n spe~ehes fn Ed.. minster Student U11ion . Left ro rlghr:
Phil !:ricks on and Tom Gi lberr, AS B • pr,,s ldcnr cond,dare~ , S.rry Johrt$ort ond Et/ •I &lgh r, ASB vice pre,tderor condidottts .
.',,m~,s ;n tlie electfor, were Tom Gllhen • for i,r.eslden: or.cl Ethf'tJ Aioe- Bright for vie~ orcsident.
WEONESDA Y, MARCH 24, 1965
PRESIDENT EXPLAINS NEW LEGISLATION
Gilbert, Bright Elected To Office
NI.JC President P. A, Christ· ianson was asked by u,e ed1 tor to explain the junior co Uege bi IL whl ch las l week passed both houses of the legisla1ure. Followiug are commenlS . The Idaho Legislature recently passed H.B. 313 and sent It to the governor , where it awaits his signature. The purpose o! this bill ls to provide fo r the orderly growth of junio r colleges ln Idaho, to ass!sl existing Junior colleges financially , and to make post hiah school train· Ing more readily avnllable to the young people or ldnho. The bill creates six junior college areas ln the state. No more than one Junior col· lege district wlll be pennltted in any one nrea unlit the existln g junior college has a daytime enrollment or over 1,000 students. Any proposed junior college district must have a valuation in excess of s20.ooo,ooo and a high school enrollment or at least 2.000 students . Count1.es not ha,1ng a Junior college are to provide the non -resident tuillon COSIS up to a maximum of S450 per ;-ear for tbei r students attending Ju nior colleges In the state. The student himself is responsible for the re(tlllar resident portion of the tui· tion and fees . The counties are lo fund this by means of a portion of the llquor profits which accrue to them . If Uus ls not sufficient, they must levy a tax up to " maximum of three mills t.o cover the costs. 'l111, effect or this blll Is to shl It a ponion or the costs or educating non-resident students back to the resident
Tom Gilbert and Eth el Mae Bright will lead the sludent body beginning fall semester, L 965, ln an el ect!on he Id March 19,in which the amend· men, concerning a requirementor a 2.0 average to hold office wa.~ also passed , Gllben was elected president and Eth el ~1ae vi ce-p resident by the NlJC student body, according to Russell Brown, student bodY president. The results according to Brown were as follows: President: Tom GI lbert, 261. Phil Erickson, 145 . For Vicepresldent: Ethel Mae Brigh t , US; Ra.y Hansen, (wri le-In), 144: Betl;f Johnson, 1 The amendment was approved by a vote or 3 28 to 7 8, Brown said. counties of the students. It will transfer the cost or junior college non-resident tuition from the student to his councy. It wll 1 have the effect of spreading the cost or post high school education in the junio~ colleges over the areas served. For North Idaho Junio r Coli ege speci Iical ly . it will enable the borud or trustees to raise the non-resident tuition 10 a point where the non-resi dent student and his home count;}' will more nearly pro,1de the costs of his education . This added revenue wi 11 enabl e our college to expand and grow so that it can serve the needs of our
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area. Much credit for the passage or this legislation must go to our representati ves· ·Art Manley, John Mol.Yneaux, and Cla rence Nelder-and our Senator Wllllam Webster ror their untiring efforts ln behalf o! our junior college.