ailroads and steamboats were the main sources of transportation, and entertainment came in the form of picnics and bicycle rides. Welcome to Fort Sherman in 1878. Gen. William Passmore Carlin, portrayed by art instructor and historian Robert Singletary, gave a presentation on the history of Fort Sherman and Coeur d'Alene April 16 in Todd Lecture Hall.
"In this culture there are three things we don't like to talk about: sex, death and disease. I get to talk about all three," said Danielle Mahoney, executive director of the North Idaho AIDS Coalition.
Instructor Robert Singletary, decked out in a captain's uniform, presented "The Steamboat History of Lake Coeur d'Alene" March 26 in Todd Hall. "At one point there were more steamboats on Lake Coeur d'Alene than any body of water west of the Mississippi," Singletary said.
"I have an undecided major." This statement echoes throughout the campus. The phrase "general studies" is on more than one person's lips. For those who find themselves in the predicament of an undecided major, or even those with a decided major, a resource is available in the Career Center upstairs in the SUB.
People from the audience called out different foods that contain carbohydrates April 10 at the Dealing with a Diabetes Diet session. Stephanie Ahlgren (MS, RD, CDE) taught this class as part of the Health Talk Series. In this session, people who have diabetes orwho may be at risk of becoming diabetic were educated on carbohydrate counting, fats and adequate vitamin intake.
When asked how many people they knew or loved had some form of dementia, over half the audience raised their hands. At the Health Topic Series, the topic was "Dementia from a Primary Care Physician," presented by Michael Wukelic, medical director of The Rockwood Clinic's Research Department on April 17 in the Meyer Health and Science Building.
Stressed? Anxious? Overwhelmed? Jennifer Miller, mental health counselor, had just the right way to help calm both the mind and soul on Wednesday, during a presentation on stress management in the Driftwood Bay Room in the SUB. The presentation, the first in a four-part series, was a calming oasis of good karma for today's over-worked, over-stressed person.
t was the day the war in Iraq started in 2003 that three young men from California made their way to Sudan in search of a story. Once they traveled farther to Uganda, they found their story that is now a documentary. On April 13 "Invisible Children" was shown in Todd Hall and motivated Students for Progressive Change to be a part of the movement to help these children that are being captured to become soldiers.
After Sharon Daniels-Bullock, director of the Center for Educational Access, gave her presentation "Spring Cleaning for Zimbabwe," a stream of donations flooded in to help the people of the African country. Stacks of clothing, books, toys and countless other objects now line the walls and crowd the floors of the old shuttle station on River Avenue.
As images of Gandhi and the Dalai Lama appeared and disappeared on the wall, a crowd of students, faculty members and residence advisors mingled around the rice crispy treats and punch. They didn't know it, but they were soon to become active bystanders in the war on campus violence.
The federal government is trying to figure out how to recover the salmon and steelhead. According to Bert Bowler, retired Fish and Game biologist, he said that they are evaluating the four H's: harvest, hydro, hatchers and habitat. On March 27,Bowler spoke in the Meyer Health and Sciences Building on the decline of Idaho's salmon and steelhead.
As for the question that's been plaguing many of the Christians in the residence hall, "Will Jesus come back or will we get fast internet first?" I dunno. I hear "soon" for both. Regardless, spring break finally took place for the great students of NIC.
Spring break was a time of leisure, good times and slight weight gain. I may not have been flashing people for beads, but believe me, I had a much better time and without the hangover.