According to Eric Murray, vice president for Student Services, the Financial Aid and Student Accounts departments have fixed the technical problems that have been plaguing them during the semester. But many students are still angry. Students, some of whom waited as long as five weeks to receive their loans, continue to complain bitterly, not only about the late checks, but also of unhelpful school officials, empty promises and inefficiency.
The Coeur d'Alene City Council and Mayoral Candidate Debate held Thursday gave students an opportunity to submit questions to be selected during the forum, in which the contenders did not have prewritten, prepared responses. The candidates included four incumbents running for re-election and four challengers to the office.
Deserved or not, North Idaho has a reputation for intolerance. Although Richard Butler and his Neo-Nazi hideout are gone, the shadow of racism and hate remains, forcing the citizens of this community to face themselves. Some of our fellow citizens are helping us to do just that.
The NIC board of trustees will vote Wednesday to amend the official policy and procedures related to instructor-initiated withdrawals. The board suspended the policy in May pending revision after legal concerns regarding the due process of students were raised.
NIC recently lost $603,500 of state money due to budget cuts. State legislators chose to cut some of the funding to NIC after discovering that the state would be about $150 million in debt at the end of the year without reductions. The cuts are part of an attempt to balance the budget.
Pete McCloskey, former U.S. congressman and leader in the environmental movement, spoke about the relationship between human rights and environmental issues as part of the Human Rights Education Institute's "Water, Sex, China," Oct. 6 in the SUB. McCloskey served as a representative for California in the 90th U.
Donations were down for the ASNIC-sponsored blood drive Thursday outside the SUB. ASNIC's goal was to have 100 people registered and at least 50 donors for the Inland Northwest Blood Center drive. About 50 people registered and of those, 20 gave blood. Students gathered around the registration table waiting anxiously to donate.
Health Services administered flu shots to students and staff members Wednesday in the SUB with no cost associated. The turnout was minimal. This event was not open to the public, and the shot was the regular flu shot, not the H1N1 that was intially anticipated.