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Volume 66 | Issue 10

t h e o F F I C I a L s t U D e N t N e W s P a P e r o F N o r t h I D a h o C o L L e G e

Christina VillagomezNews Editor/Co-Webmaster

Despite technical difficulties plaguing the voting process, NIC will see the win-ners of the ASNIC spring election sworn into office May 14.

Benaiah Cheevers was elected presi-dent by a margin of 50.5 percent, and Joshua Brands was elected vice president with 55.56 percent of the vote.

Richard Fortman, Andy Hughes, Israel Nehemiah Musonda, Josh Swan, Alex Rodal-Cubillas, Tre’ Keough, James Duram, and Bob Mertens will fill the eight senate seats. (For more information on the winners see page 2).

Chris Deane, current ASNIC presi-dent, said a coding error in the program used to tally votes made the count for two senate candidates indecipherable.

Although Cheevers and Brands were notified of the results of their respective

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Kaye ThornbrughManaging Editor

Two figures lie on the tables. Their bodies are swathed in white plastic,

their faces covered, their chest and abdominal cavities splayed open. Most of their skin has been peeled off, and what flesh and muscle remain are leath-ery and parchment-colored. In some places, flesh has been cut away, revealing the intricate traceries of veins and arteries. The exposed innards are lifeless and gray.

This is not an autopsy room in Area 51, and these are not aliens. This is the cadaver lab in the Meyer Health and Sci-ences Building, where North Idaho College students learn the secrets of human anatomy by exploring human bodies.

Community members gath-ered here in April to observe the process of prosection, the technical term for human dissection. Students in Cheri Zao’s human prosection class led the demonstration.

North Idaho College is something of a rarity: a two-year college with access to cadavers. NIC acquires the ca-davers through a partnership with Washington State Univer-sity’s Willed Body Program.

Cheri Zao explained that the Meyer Health and Scienc-es Building was actually built with the cadaver lab in mind, and the plans for the lab were what helped seal the deal with WSU seven years ago.

To donate a body to WSU’s Willed Body Program, pro-spective donors must first

complete the necessary forms. However, completing the paperwork does not guar-antee that a donation will be accepted after death. Bodies must also meet certain crite-ria. Donations can be declined for any number of reasons, including severe trauma (such as drowning, homicide or a car accident), contagious dis-ease (such as hepatitis, her-pes or HIV), certain types of cancer that would distort the anatomy, excessive obesity or emaciation, or ruptured aneu-rysms.

If the circumstances sur-rounding a death lead to an autopsy, the body will be declined. Donors must also inform their families of their de-cision to donate. If a family objects, the body is not accepted.

If death occurs within the Moscow/Pullman or Lewiston/Clarkston area, WSU’s funeral di-rectors will normally make the first re-sponse at the time of death and trans-port the donor’s body directly to their embalming facility. Because the body needs to be embalmed as soon as pos-sible after death, WSU can-not always accept bodies that

need to be transported long distance.

Embalming for anatomical study requires different tech-niques than regular embalm-ing. The femoral artery is cut open; the blood is flushed out and replaced with embalm-ing fluid. Finally, the body is placed in a vat of embalming fluid, where it will wait for at least one year before any students see it, and the next stage of its journey begins.

The cadavers in NIC’s lab are named Mr. E and Mr. F.

The students who study them know almost nothing about the lives of the cadavers.

They know that Mr. E was in his 80s when he died, and that Mr. F was in his 70s. Every-thing else, the students have had to discover on their own.

“We get to play a little bit of foren-sic medicine with the specimens and do what I call ‘educated guesses,’” Zao said.

“That’s what they’re doing. They don’t know what the di-agnosis is or what the death certificate has, so they can’t tell you about what they think may have caused this donor’s demise. But as they get into

the specimen and get a chance to dissect, they get to create stories about the individual—what may have happened to them, what symptoms they may have had.”

When a new cadaver ar-rives in a lab, the first step is to remove the skin so students can study the muscles. Then they move on to blood ves-sels, and so on, carefully and meticulously picking the bod-ies apart as the curriculum dictates.

Mr. F shows signs of ar-thritis in his shoulder, the stu-dents have discovered. As his skin is peeled back, it’s paper thin, fragile-looking.

Mr. E has an enlarged heart. The prosection stu-dents found a blood clot that had been forming in his right atrium—an “organized blood clot,” one that had been pres-ent in Mr. E’s atrium for years prior to his death. The large clot resembles a piece of flesh, not blood.

Piece by piece, the prosec-tion students unwrap the ca-davers like gifts. That’s what the cadavers are. It’s no acci-dent that one of the necessary forms for donation is called an “anatomical gift form.” These cadavers are the final gifts of the people who donated their bodies so these students could learn.

Both cadavers’ chests are folded open, revealing organs that the students sort through one by one, lifting them for the observers to get a closer look: lungs with dark carbon depos-its left by smoking, mining, or something similar; intestines

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Second LifeCadaver lab offers students opportunity to explore human anatomy

Students in Cheri Zao’s human prosection class explore the body of a cadaver. NIC acquires the cadavers through a partner-ship with Washington State University’s Willed Body Program. Bridget Rogers/Sentinel

a Closer Look

Washington State University’s Willed Body Program has been in place since 1972. The program pays for the routine costs of donating a body: embalming, cremation, burial in the program’s plot or return of ashes to a funeral home or cemetery.

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Cheevers, Brands named president, VP

Volume 66 | Issue 10

Tenuretension

Christina VillagomezNews Editor/Co-Webmaster

After making a legally questionable motion, the board of trustees was forced to void an action regarding faculty tenure at a recent meeting.

The motion, which involved discuss-ing the creation of a public forum to dis-cuss policies and procedures regarding tenure, was made after an April 6 execu-tive board meeting that was closed to the public. Only three members of the five-person board were in attendance.

“After the executive session, it is this board’s custom that the meeting return to an open session, where typically the meeting is gaveled to a closure,” said Mark Lyons, an attorney for the college who was present. “This time, however, before closing the meeting, a motion was made to have a discussion at some point in the future. The motion was not on the agenda. I did allow that to happen believ-ing that it was not substantive and that it related to scheduling an open meeting discussion at some point in the future.”

Trustee Christie Wood, who was one of the two trustees not present at the meeting, later called to have the motion rescinded, citing a violation of Idaho’s open meeting laws.

Lyons dismissed the idea of multiple violations.

“The board of trustees had a sched-uled executive session meeting to discuss personnel matters specifically related to

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Thomas HansenStaff Writer

Consistent with his term as a senator, new ASNIC President Be-naiah Cheevers is very interested in getting students involved more.

“What motivated me initially to get involved in student govern-ment, was how much NIC has impacted me throughout my life,” Cheevers said. “As a student I saw all the services that NIC provides and I wanted to get involved in stu-dent leadership and help out.

Cheevers has projects of his own in mind for his term as presi-dent, and is intending to propose the writing of a grant for a green-house as part of Roots, a commu-nity garden program to take place on campus.

Cheevers said he would also like to see a “bring your own mug” pro-gram at the new coffee shop in the Student Union Building.

The program would involve passing out free reusable coffee mugs for students to use. Participat-ing students would also receive a discount.

“I started thinking, ‘what’s re-

ally motivating me to run for presi-dent?” Cheevers said. “I think over-all what motivated me was not only my desire to help out and serve like I had initially wanted, but I now have a deeper understanding of how the college works overall.”

Cheevers said the recreation center proposal will see continua-tion through his term.

Out--going ASNIC president Christopher Deane and Cheevers have begun meeting with archi-tects in preparation for an upcom-

ing board of trustees meeting.Cheevers was elected by stu-

dent vote over Azra Avdagic at a slim margin of nearly one percent.

Cheevers intends to maintain his presidency until Spring 2014, his intended graduation date.


After a year of service in ASNIC as a senator, vice president, and president, Christopher Deane will be graduating and moving on.

Deane’s major project during his presidency was the continuation of the recreation center proposal. Deane has seen some success in this proposal at the most recent board of trustees meeting where the board ac-knowledged the need for the facility, and desired to move forward.

During his time as vice president Deane also started the process of re-vising the Inter-Club Council’s clubs’ manual, which was out of date.

Along his year of service in ASNIC, Deane consistently pushed for a greater student involvement in campus events and activities.

Deane originally started in ASNIC along-side his friend Joshua Brands as a senator. The duo suc-cessfully ran for senator positions for the 2012-2013 semesters.

“I would not be here without Josh. He was the one who sug-gested to me ‘hey let’s run for stu-dent government,” Deane said.

Early in the Fall 2012 semester, ASNIC Vice President Joseph Pena resigned. This resignation occurred the same day that Deane was voted the pro temp.

“I was senator, then pro temp in the morning, and then vice president in the afternoon,” Deane said.

At the end of that same Fall se-mester in 2012, ASNIC President Julie Salinas resigned. Deane was then moved into the president posi-tion for the Spring 2013 semester.

Despite the multiple transitions, which Deane expressed as being hard work, he feels he experienced immense growth as a result.

“I always try to go first, and lead by example,” Deane said. “I try to keep my people happy, and I try to keep administration happy.”

Deane’s friend and colleague, ASNIC Vice President Joshua Brands, had positive experiences with Deane.

“He’s been really great to work with, and just a really great guy to serve with,” Brands said.

Newly elected ASNIC President Benaiah Cheevers had positive ex-periences with Deane as well during Cheevers’ time as a senator under Deane.

“Chris as a leader has really been able to facilitate and make sure that we’re all getting what we need to be getting done, and that we’re working as a team,” Cheevers said.

The NIC trustees expressed high opinions of Deane during their board of trustees meetings, and were “proud” to see him conferencing with student union presidents from other community colleges at Boise last year.

Deane is graduating with a gen-eral studies A.S. degree. Post-gradua-tion Deane will attend college in Mos-cow at the University of Idaho. He wants to participate in their Integrat-ed Business Curriculum program.

“I like administration now. I’m starting to enjoy that and I want to build on that,” Deane said. “I came here originally for mechanical en-gineering, but got more into the business classes and more into the economics classes and enjoyed that more.”

Deane expressed interest in remaining in academia like his col-league and ASNIC advisor Heather Erickson, but said that he would rather get his business degree first before he considers an advisor posi-tion.

“I’m going to miss the people the most,” Deane said. “I started thinking about it, like, ‘oh my gosh, this is it.’ It feels like such a long time. I really love this school. It’s amazing.”

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ASNIC President says goodbye to NIC

...and the winners areMeet the new ASNIC representives for Fall 2013

Benaiah Cheevers

Joshua Brands

Returning as the vice president, Joshua Brands is continuing with his normal duties in the Inter-Club Coun-cil (ICC).

Much like his running mate Bena-iah Cheevers, Brands desires a large student presence during campus events and activities.

Alongside overseeing changes to the ICC clubs’ manual, require-ments for founding a club are being decreased. Brands hopes to see more clubs founded and more students in-volved in ICC as a result.

Brands said that with his experi-

ence from this semester he sees the possibility for more responsibilities and duties for the vice president posi-tion.

“In the past, the vice president has primarily been in charge of ICC, and that’s been his primary duty,” Brands said. “Now that I feel like I have more of a handle on running ICC, I feel like there’s more things that I can look into or be involved with.”

Brands intends to maintain his position until his intended gradua-tion in Spring 2014.

Alex Rodal- Cubillas Richard Fortman Robert Mertens Israel Musonda

Andy Hughes “Over the last year I have

been serving the student body in many different ways, I main-tained the ASNIC recycling program and worked with NIC staff and faculty transitioning a student based recycling pro-gram to a [NIC]program.”

“I feel that I can help better the education ex-perience here at North Idaho College for the students by being a lead-er that they can come to if they have any ques-tions or concerns.”

Josh Swan“I have experi-

ence with ASNIC that gives me a greater opportunity to im-pact the NIC cam-pus.”

James Duram“More than likely I

will pursue the informa-tion about events in an attempt to make them more wide-spread and known”

“Already being an ASNIC Senator, I have learned a lot and have the experience to con-tinue with my work.”

Tre’ Keough“I intend to take big-

ger steps by being in the position of a sena-tor at NIC so I am able to do more than sit idle and have others make the decisions them-selves.”

“I believe I have the communication skills, attitude, drive, and desire to become a wonderful addition to ASNIC.”

“What I would like to accomplish on campus as officer would be to learn more about the campus and help enrich the campus culture and its history.”

ChrisDeane

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Photo by Gabe Green/Sentinel

All senator photos courtesy of ASNIC

Photo courtesy of Joshua Brands

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Alex Rodal-CubillasStaff Writer

NIC held a workshop to help students and the public establish job search skills.

The workshop, titled “Be Pre-pared to Get a Job” took place inside the Student Union Building (SUB) and was organized by the Career and Transfer services at NIC.

“It’s a very individually tailored event, so people that come will get individual attention to help them with their resumes and give them feedback on how they can best present themselves,” said Director of Workforce and Community Edu-cation, Marie Price. “It’s very valu-able, it’s confidence building,”

The workshop, oriented by busi-ness professionals, was open to the public and focused on assisting individuals that needed help in find-ing work as well as assistance with resume writing, interviewing skills, employability and feedback.

“I was happy with the interview practice which I needed,” said NIC student Jacque Carter. “The person I interviewed with was in the same field I was going in to and had some good suggestions for me.”

This is the second year NIC held this workshop which was sponsored by NIC career and transfer center, Idaho Goes and the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce Education Committee.

“This is meeting a person where they are in their job search if they’re concerned about their resume or how they appear during an interview we are going to allow them to go through the interview and receive feedback from these business pro-fessionals,” said Advisor for Comple-tion and Transferability, DeAnn Johnson.

Representatives from the Coeur d’Alene Casino, Red Lobster, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Depart-ment and Pioneer Title were on site looking to hire participants of the workshop

“We have a wide variety of people here interviewing but we are not limiting them to just their area of expertise,” Johnson said.

The Idaho Department of Labor was also on site to give the par-ticipants access to their job search system.

“Most of these interviews won’t result in a job, but it will give the participants practice,” Price said.

Local Coeur d’Alene resident and NIC graduate, William J. Eisenbrandt, author of the book “Why do my employees hate me?” was present at the workshop to help individuals with their inter-view and resume skills.

“The biggest advice I can give to someone going into an interview is to relax, go in with confidence and just not be over-whelmed by the moment,” Eisen-brandt said. “A lot of interviews fail because the person gets too nervous or too excited and they are not able to complete their thoughts when they’re speaking.”

Job fair comes to NIC

Student’s car hung up over parking 1

April 13 - Campus Security discovered damage to the lawn area in the vicinity of the Residence Hall. An unknown vehicle drove across the lawn causing ruts.

2April 15 - Damage occurred to a vehicle in front of the Christianson Gym. The front bumper of the car was torn loose after it got caught on a parking block-securing spike.

3April 22 - A campus cell phone was stolen in Spo-kane. The campus business office and campus secu-rity were notified, and a report was filed with the Spo-kane Police Department’s crime-check.

4April 30 - The Coeur d’Alene Police Department and campus security searched the campus for a non-student welfare check.

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races, a new senate election was scheduled for the following week before being cancelled.

“One of the candidates de-cided over the weekend to drop out so it was a moot point at that time,” Deane said. “After that it didn’t matter because we had eight positions and only eight people running.”

Deane said the error did not af fect the presidential race, where each of the over 530 votes were individually counted and triple-checked for accuracy due to the close nature of the race.

“There is no error there,” Deane said.

Deane said the two races saw a higher turn out in voters than last year’s spring election, some-thing he attributed to aggressive campaigning by the candidates, which even included large mes-

sages scrawled in sidewalk chalk throughout the campus.

“They came out of the gate so hard and so fast [during cam-paigning],” Deane said. “I knew it would be really close, but not that close.”

Deane said the results of the one percent dif ference in the vote came as somewhat of a sur-prise.

“She fought so hard,” Deane said. “I had no clue how that was going to go. I really felt like Azra was going to take it, but I was really happy for Benaiah.”

Deane said he’s ultimately pleased with the results overall, however.

“I was thrilled,” Deane said. “I’ve worked with [the new senators] a couple of meetings and they’re absolutely great. They’re ready to jump in and they have a lot of great ideas and they all seem really excit-ed. I feel really good about it; they’re all really neat.

>TENUREfrom page 1to meet behind closed doors to discuss personal matters.

Although discussing tenure and sabbatical could be construed as policy, Lyons said he holds that the only vio-lation at the meeting was that a motion was made without prior public notification.

“Mr. Lyons and I have disagreed on this on a few points, I felt there were more violations than just one,” Wood said. “But I respect Mr. Lyons for coming and stepping up and saying what he said. Our fellow board members have to rely on his advice at the meet-ing. I think that they did that. They trust him, I trust him.”

Trustee Ron Nilson said the motion was made in good faith.

“I made the motion [on April 6] and I stand by the mo-tion that was made.” Nilson said. “There was no intent to do anything that was illegal. There was never a decision that was in the process, it was just open discussion.”

Lyons said the exact wording of the motion called for a public forum within the near future to review and

discuss tenure and sabbatical policy and procedure.

After going over Idaho law, Lyons and board Chair Ken Howard decided to void the motion after addressing it in a recent public session, and then allowing members to decide whether they wished to make the motion again.

“Everyone that went through this looked at the stat-utes,” Howard said. “There is a penalty indeed for having an il-legal session. It costs $50, and I don’t want Mark to have to pay the [fine], and so the way we can cure that is by doing what we’re doing.”

Wood made the voiding motion during the session.

“All I wanted to do was rectify that error,” Wood said. “I want to tell you that I do not believe there was any intent from the three board members that were there to violate the open meeting law. I don’t wish to vilify fellow board members in anyway. But I do wish for us to recognize the error and do the right thing.”

An amended version of the motion, which added the inclusion of an educational board workshop about ten-ure, was later passed at the meeting 3-2.

Christina VillagomezCo-Webmaster/News Editor

Sixteen NIC instructors will receive tenure for the 2013 fall semester.

The board of trustees unani-mously agreed to pass the rec-ommendations of Vice President for Instruction, Lita Burns, fol-lowing a year-long final leg of the tenure process that narrowed down the list from the original field of 18 probationary faculty members.

“How fortunate we are as an institution to have such high quality instructors, people that are committed to professional development,” said trustee Chris-

tie Wood. “[They]reach for the highest level and that brings back so much enrichment to this college and community. “

According to NIC’s official tenure policy, in order to receive tenure, instructors must dem-onstrate teaching effectiveness through faculty evaluation, con-tinue professional growth ac-tivities, and maintain a standard of conduct that demonstrates respect and cooperation with stu-dents and colleagues.

Applicants must go through an intensive four-year review pro-cess with the tenure committee, the Faculty Evaluation Team and the division chair of their respec-tive department.

Public snaps up graduation ticketsRegistrars office distrubutes 1,600 tickets for graduation of 500 in ten minutes

Candidates paraded through campus to encourage voting. Gabe Green/Sentinel

Instructors to receive tenure

The fee included in tuition every semester that goes toward paying for the commencement ceremony

Everything you need to know about graduation

$4.00Graduates’ caps and gown will be in burgundy red. Phi Theta Kappa members will wear a gold stole.

The presentation of graduates will be by the Dean of Health Professions and Nursing Christy Doyle, Dean of Professional Technical Workforce Education Mike Mires and Dean of General Studies Bob Murray. President Joe Dunlap and trustee Chair Ken Howard will present diplomas.

Instructors receiving tenure

Marsha Becker- NursingEarl Dreisbach- Trades & IndustryChristina Edmundson– Business Amy Flint- EnglishStephen Johnson- Natural ScienceMichael Kelly- Natural ScienceMichelle Lippert- Social & Behavior ScienceMark McFaddan- Natural ScienceMolly Michaud- EnglishJosh Misner- CommunicationCynthia Nelson- Math, Computer Sci-ence & EngineeringDebra O’Dell- MathKaren Reeds– Natural ScienceShane Stockham- Trades & IndustryNichole Walters Piekarski- Nursing Cheri Zao- Natural Science

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Graduation tickets for the public sold out within the first 10 min-

utes of availability.“They went very fast,” said

Assistant Registrar Chantel Black. “It’s the longest line we’ve ever had.”

Due to fire code regula-tions for Christianson Gym-nasium, where the May 17 gradution ceremony will take place, only 1,600 tickets were available for graduates to dis-

tribute.Graduating students are

guaranteed a seat and given three guest tickets each. The remaining unclaimed tickets are handed out at no cost on a first-come first-ser ve basis to ensure students can have their families and friends at-

tend the commencement cer-emony.

Approximately 1100 stu-dents are estimated to gradu-ate from the fall, spring and summer semesters.

About 400-500 NIC stu-dents will actually par ticipate in the graduation ceremony.

When people talk about movies, they tend to focus

on certain things. They’ll gush about the special ef-fects or the beautiful and talented actors. They’ll go on about costumes or weapon designs or cinema-tography.

But how often do we hear people wax poetic about movie soundtracks?

When I walk out of a theater after watching a great movie, if someone asks me what my favor-ite part was, I’ll probably start by saying, “Well, the soundtrack was amazing!” I’m consistently surprised when nobody else feels the same way, or when some-one tells me that they didn’t even notice the soundtrack that affected me so much.

Even in the days of silent films, live music was played alongside the movie to create atmosphere and give the audience emo-tional cues. Music was essential to the movie experience, and it still is. Yet movie scores just don’t seem to get the respect they deserve from audi-ences.

I live for stirring soundtracks that comple-ment the onscreen ac-tion and stay with me long after I walk out of the theater. Every now and then, I find a real gem that knocks me off my feet. The first time I watched “Tron: Legacy,” for instance, I was posi-tively mesmerized by the combination of rich color and hypnotic sound. There may or may not have been a moment when I asked myself, “Is this what it’s like to do drugs?”

A solid track can elec-trify a movie moment and elevate a film to another level. Take Tom Cruise’s newest sci-fi flick, “Obliv-ion,” for example. The “Oblivion” soundtrack is

a strange and beautiful blend of old and new. Com-posed by French electron-ic/shoegaze group M83 (of “Midnight City” fame), each track is a stroke of genius that enhances the film.

While the synth and pounding drumbeats are reminis-cent of an ’80s soundtrack, the alternately insistent and haunting strings, com-bined with moody bursts of sound, cre-ate a sweep-ing, cinematic effect that pulls viewers

into each mo-ment.

The final min-ute of “Tech 49” adds an extra punch to every scene in which it is played, mak-ing the already-impressive vistas

of “Oblivion” even more majestic and adding an-other level of urgency to the story. The tender yet powerful track “Star Waves” is moving in a way I can’t quite explain, the kind of song that makes you feel some-

thing stirring in your bones. The title track is oth-erworldly.

Without M83’s killer soundtrack, “Oblivion” would not be the movie that it is. A differ-ent soundtrack

would’ve resulted in a completely different ex-perience. That’s what composers do: They help craft the movie experience, influence our emotions and responses. They make us feel when we go to the mov-ies, the same way the actors onscreen make us feel.

If you haven’t seen “Akira,” the ’80s anime adaption of Katsuhiro Otomo’s 2,000-page manga epic, you’re missing an im-

portant (though traumatic) life experience. The score is like a series of hard punches that feel strangely good. Watching motor-cycles blaze through Neo-Tokyo, trailing streaks of light, with intense, almost tribal-sounding music

pumping in the background is both chilling and exhilarating. The main characters’ names are woven into the urgent, rhythmic chant-ing. Despair and anger mingle with wonder and hope.

Listening to the “Akira”

soundtrack triggers the same feelings of stress and horror that I felt the first time I watched the movie, and that’s a good thing. This is an unforgettable soundtrack.

Check out “Kaneda” (the movie’s best-known track) and “Requiem,” a 14-min-ute song that expertly and effortlessly blends togeth-er pieces of most of the movie’s songs for a truly awesome aural experience.

The soundtrack of “About a Boy,” composed and performed by Badly Drawn Boy, will forever have a special place in my heart. Yes, yes, I know. “About a Boy” is a Hugh Grant movie from 2002, and you probably couldn’t care less—but hear me out. Or at least hear the soundtrack. The music

is both quirky and affecting, and it adds a great deal of emotional depth to the movie. Don’t believe me? Look up the soundtrack on YouTube. Better

yet, watch the movie. I’m sure it’s on Netflix by now. Isn’t that what the kids are using to watch movies these days?

Of course, I would be remiss not to mention the big daddy of them all, and probably my favorite soundtrack of all time: “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

This soundtrack is the perfect example of music that resonates across time. It’s timeless. Whenever I listen to a song from the “Lord of the Rings” soundtrack, I am flooded with emotion. I remember exactly what I felt the first time I heard that song while I watched the mov-ies. I’m not too proud to admit that I get choked up when I hear “Into the West.” (If you tell me that you’ve never shed a tear while listening to that

song, I’ll nod along politely, but we’ll both know you’re lying.)

Twelve years after I first saw “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the music

still has a powerful effect on me. When I heard the first notes of “Concerning Hobbits” at the beginning of “The Hobbit: An Unex-pected Journey,” I burst into tears—happy tears. It wasn’t until that song

began to play that I realized just how much I had missed the Shire, and that music suddenly made me feel as if I had come home after a long journey.

That’s what a great soundtrack does: It trans-ports you back to another moment in time and makes you remember how you felt. It’s magical.

The next time you go to the movies, pay atten-tion. Listen to the music that plays during pivotal scenes, and notice how it makes you feel. Imag-ine for a moment what that scene would be like with different music, or no music at all. Maybe then you’ll start to ap-preciate the impact that soundtracks have on your moviegoing experiences.


DID YOU KNOW? “The Lord of the Rings” film score includes songs written in fictitious Middle-earth languages.

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CAMPUS VOICES

What are your plans for the

summer?

“I’m going to do my

internship at a family

clinic. I have 180 hours to

do.”

Mary Cowin n 26, medical assistant certifica-tion, Bonners Ferry


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“I’m going down to

California to restore

a 1946 Luscombe

8A (airplane).”

Chris Fraser n 17, mechanical engineering, Reedley, Calif.

“I’m going to be working and saving up money to go back

to school in the fall and

hanging out with friends.”

Ashley Lucas n 18, business administration, Bon-ners Ferry

“I’m going to be a lifeguard, get my own trans-portation and collect enough money to transfer to a private music school.”

Jeremy Ashenbrenner n 18, music, Rathdrum

“I’m taking classes

here.... I’m going to try to enjoy the

summer on the lake and work.”

“I’m going to spend

time with my family,

play hockey

and [I’m] going to be working.”

Pat McMillan n 29, collision, Coeur d’Alene

Tiana Wood n 21, physical therapy assistant, Coeur d’Alene

Staffer encourages fellow earthlings to protect the planet

Every day is Earth Day

On Earth Day 2013, I followed Mohawk, an Arctic/ Timber

wolf, to the Forrest Bird Charter School. I took a moment to ponder the caged animal. The eyes of the wolf reflected mo-ments of timid anxiety with a glimpse of fierce knowing, a truly mag-nificent animal. Earth Day organizers selected the Forrest Bird Charter School for their event this year, a green build build-ing that had earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

Weaving my way through the swarm of people, I spotted an inter-esting character donning a papier-mâché earth hat. An earth alien! She introduced herself as Deborah Katrina Warner, while prepping the North West Eco Building Guild (NWEBG) booth for the onslaught of humanity. Deborah has been work-ing the Earth Day circuit for 30-plus years, all over the planet. Born in Ar-gentina and raised by her architect father, she had been on three continents prior to the age of two. She studied architectural design at Berkeley during the early ‘70s. Recognized as one of the first “green librarians,” as she is a green information gold

mine, Warner informs that “Education comes first, not money.”

The Wolf People hap-pened to set up next to the NWEBG booth. The Wolf People offer information, debunking myths about the highly-de-bated predator canis lupus, the wolf. The species had been hunted to near extinc-tion by hu-manity. Even today, popula-tions are lower than natural.

Alongside the wolf booth, ironically, stood the Sandpoint Vegetarians. According to Stephen Augustine, vegan and co-founder for Sandpoint Vegetarians, “We humans are only one of approxi-mately four million spe-cies; if we are doing Earth Day only for ourselves it is a path that leads to our de-mise, a path that leads to our early extinction, and we are taking the planet with us.” Earth Day par-ticipants work throughout the year to prevent extinc-tion.

The Forrest Bird Char-ter School continued to swell with information on how to protect our planet, preserve our wilderness, and coexist with our fellow

species. The Idaho Con-servation League has been a pinnacle group in orga-nizing, and perpetuating Sandpoint Earth Day; the non-profit organization re-

cently celebrated their 40th anni-versary.

At this point, my head swirled with informa-tion. I felt a need for balance in my Earth Day experience. I decide to par-ticipate in the free yoga class offered at the event by Sarah

Rusnak, a local yogi who shares the healing art of Anna Forrest Yoga.

Coming out of the practice, I wanted to know more from the other side of the debate concerning land use, food formation, and natural habitat. The carnivore’s point of view, their thoughts about conser-vation. What is this earth-ling’s role on the planet?

One week after the Sandpoint Earth Day event, I received an invi-tation to a friend’s birth-day barbecue. Hamburg-er was on the menu, beef from my friendly neigh-bor TR’s cattle ranch. TR has been working the cattle ranch his en-tire life, almost 40 years. That’s more than 90 years of ranching experience between them.

TR’s father and grand-father both were ranchers before him. Operating this local cattle ranch is their way of life, their live-lihood. TR’s cattle ranch supports many families in our local region and is part of our local economy. Prior to meeting this fam-ily, I already referred to this part of the Magi-cal Sagle Peninsula as Peaceful Valley. The land is beautiful, lush, and green. The forest is easy to traverse. The trees are healthy. The elk, deer, and other wildlife live in peaceful coexistence with the cows.

TR’s family stewards this piece of earth. It has not been plagued with

cookie cutter homes or a sprawl of urban develop-ment. The family lives humbly and within their means. They spend their days repairing fences, maintaining machinery, and helping neighbors. During the summer, this land steward assists in fighting forest fires to help sustain his way of life.

TR’s contribution to the barbecue/birthday party was welcomed: all-natural ground beef which had been raised with love in a healthy, stress-free envi-ronment.

I gratefully selected a barbecued beef burger from the local ranch. I participated in eating the ultimate vegetarian, a cow. I fed my inner wolf. This rancher fed a

group of 15 on a few pounds of beef flesh. Some of us went back for seconds. When asked why they choose to dine on the flesh of this species, the consensus is that it is a source of pro-

tein. The overall reply by most carnivores is, “Because it tastes good.” I have to admit, the bar-becued burgers from the local ranch were deli-cious.

Earth Day, which began in 1970, is a day of environmental awareness. Today it is an international holiday, in which many take time to reflect on our fragile environment and to celebrate all life on the planet. Forty-three years later, educational trails have been forged to help preserve our Earth; groups have organized to help sustain local econo-mies, diversity, and ecolo-gies.

Even though the en-vironmental debate con-tinues to heat up, food shortage is a problem and famine affects many species including hu-mans. All food creation is a good thing. Through education, cooperation, and communication per-haps we can all help to preserve all our ways of life. Restore our fragile ecosystem. Share the fu-ture of the planet with all earthlings, from the wolf to the rancher.

Israel GonzalezStaff Contributor

I’m a music snob. Yes, I’m one of those god-awful people that will scorn you before you

are able to mumble that your favorite artist is Lady Gaga.

Now, I don’t think I am better that anyone else and I realize that everyone has their preferences, but I just personally get fed up with all the generic garbage that is constantly played on the radio. This goes for all genres, from pop music to metal.

My view on the local music scene is also very harsh, seeing that a lot of it starts to sound the same.

I wish musicians around Coeur d’Alene would just get with it. I don’t care what genre you are into or what kind of band you are in, all I ask is for a little more open mind-edness.

Each one of the metal

bands that I hear coming out of the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene region is beginning to get stale. The sad part is that there are re-ally no bands that belong to another genre and are big enough around Coeur d’Alene to gain large amounts of at-tention. Coeur d’Alene is ba-sically domi-nated by the metal genre.

Most of the musicians in the metal genre that I have encountered are as stubborn as I am, except most of them only really listen to and praise one genre of music. They just listen to metal all day, every day.

It isn’t bad to have a

favorite genre, but when you cannot appreciate other types of music and your only response is that

all other kinds of music are “crap,” then don’t expect me to spare you when I go rant-ing about musical arrogance. We all know that Job for a Cowboy is brutal, but then again, so is listen-ing to a dog tear apart a stuffed animal—which is kind of close

to what the vocals in their music sounds like, anyway.

My point is that most of what these young mu-sicians are listening to isn’t even good metal. Today’s metal heads are stuck on musically-chal-lenged scene bands that all follow the same formu-la. Even when it comes to

the style in which style the band members dress, the musicians seem to be more focused on how much chest hair cleavage their V-necks are show-ing off.

I want some raw origi-nality, not just some band cheaply ripping off other bands (who are doing the same thing to even more bands). These bands just too easily get ahead and gain a fan base.

My suggestion is to listen to as many different kinds of music as you can. If you base yourself off only one genre, then ex-pect to sound like a copy of another band. Mix styles and play what you feel in-stead of trying to fit into a scene.

I think local musicians would stand out more and gain popularity if they learned to be their own bands.


Mohawk is an Arctic/Timber wolf currently in the care of The Wolf People. Israel Gonzales/Sentinel

“Even when it comes to the style in which the band members dress, the musicians seem to be more focused on how much chest hair cleavage

their V-necks are showing off.”

Self-professed music snob tired of derivative music in local scene

Heavy Metal Overdose

“I participated

in eating the ultimate vegetarian, a cow. I fed my inner wolf.”


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On the evening of April 16, a crowd of students, artists, and art-lovers gathered in Boswell Hall. There they stood talking cheerily with each other about the art process, the logistics of taking good photographs, and simply musing about life and the never-ending complexities while helping themselves to coffee and cookies.

It was the opening reception for the latest exhibition to grace the walls of Corner Gallery. The work, which is usually created by professional working artists, now features the original pieces of NIC art students. The work displayed was created sometime over the course of this academic year in one or more of the numer-ous art classes the college has to offer.

A wide variety of can be seen in the gallery; from graphite drawings and oil paintings to photos and ceramic sculptures, the pieces chosen epitomize the range in talent from NIC art stu-

dents. Much of the work in the exhibition can be described as abstract, their subject matter per-taining to either a figure that is heavily distorted or reminiscent of nothing of this physical world. Other common subjects in the work included landscapes, both photographed and drawn, as well as collages.

Every piece entered into the student art show was judged by a local professional artist. Kensie Lovlyn’s graphite piece entitled “Behind the Mask” took first place. “The Kiss,” a brightly colored abstract oil painting by Rebecca Clement, took second place, and Leasa Harmon’s un-titled collage won Best in Show.

“I love this year’s gallery,” said Harmon, whose total of eight pieces are being displayed in her first student art show. “It’s very different from last year’s show, but all the work is so great.”

“It’s a great opportunity for the artists,” Harmon added.

The galler y is open and free to the public, weekdays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will run until May 10th.

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A s the lights dimmed in the Schuler Per form-ing Ar ts Center,

the crowd grew quiet and watched the stage as the cos-mic dance “SYM: A Dramatic Dance Symphony” to begin. “SYM” is a per formance writ-ten and composed by NIC music instr uctor Gerard Mathes featuring the direc-tion of Cr ystal Bain and Joe Jacoby.

Strongly tied to philoso-phy, each movement in the per formance flows through a par ticular, and often quan-tum, idea. The first move-ment, “Creation,” opens slowly with a gentle dance and piercing operatic har-mony from Bonnie Mitson,

Teri Gr ubbs and Alyssa Mau-rer before seamlessly mov-ing into a lively song entitled “The Big Bang” primarily featuring the vocals of Gus-tave Lester.

As the per formance went on, a strange and witty sense of humor could be seen cultivating at times where humor would seem ir reconcilable but never the-less adds to the ingenuity of Mathes unique writing. The piece“Jabber wocky” a poem written by Lewis Car roll, for instance, featured David Mills wildly laughing and jumping around stage like a demented madman, cha-otically yelling seemingly-incoherent ramblings before picking up his violin and playing it wickedly. It was the musing of madness that could not but help gar ner

some laughter of sor ts from the audience.

Amid the chaos and non-sense of the Big Bang and the Jabber wocky the per-formance took a change of pace in the second move-ment to explain the creation of the game of chess. The cast was now found onstage together, dressed in medi-eval garb standing per fectly still . Each of the characters only moved on cue in a thor-oughly specific manner, as if being guided by the spectral force of an invisible and om-niscient chess player. With each cue the nar rator gave fur ther detail of the game’s histor y. This all occur red as the music melodically droned on and two characters sat in chair in various postures, re-peatedly spouting of f cycles of numbers.

The per formance picked up pace once again for the third movement which paired the nature of quantum phys-ics with tango dancing as Jacoby sat of f on the side of the stage fiddling with an oversized ball of string. The entire movement, which is entitled “Philosophies Sci-entific (Quantum Physic and Schrodinger’s Cat,)” revolved constantly around the idea that a cat trapped in a box with a decaying ra-dioactive substance and hy-drocyanic acid is in the state of being both alive and dead until someone opens the box.

The symphony comes to a close in the four th move-ment “The Rise and Fall,” a movement that was strongly influenced by the paintings “Christina’s World” by An-drew Wyeth, “Son of Man”

by René Magritte, and “The Fall of Icar us.” The danc-ers onstage, who began the scene sitting still in chairs now str uck poses and lifted each other as Alyssa Maurer sang elegantly. As the music continued the dancers slowly rise and then begin to fall as the paintings projected onto the wall of the auditorium change. Hauntingly chaotic singing pierced the melan-choly nature of the move-ment as the dance continues. The shadows of the dancers moving rhythmically like vol-atile phantoms on the back-drop of the stage.

The song ended with each dancer leaving the stage one by one and taking a seat in the audience, leaving only Maurer onstage singing operatically be-fore the room grows silent and lights dissolve into darkness.

Students find a strange kind of inspirationStudents use interpretive dance, creativity to awe spectators

Students perform scenes that represent philisophical theories and quantum ideas by dancing and singing. The dance symphony was written and composed by NIC music in-structor Gerard Mathes who included strange humor and ideas into his creation. Mark Shultz/Sentinel

A semester of hardwork appreciated Students show off their creations in newest gallery featured in Boswell

Art appreciators, students and faculty admire the hard work put into the many sculpures and potrates that were created by NIC art students. Gabe Green/Sentinel

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The GameGuru

Game applications are tending to become a lot more lazy

Beau Valdez n Staff Writer

As if obesity wasn’t an issue in the United States, Xbox and Pizza Hut have joined forces and now you can order pizza right from the comfor t of your Xbox. Utilizing the Kinect sensor, gam-ers can speak their order, use gestures, or just rely on the good old controller to place an order. Since you tell Microsoft your ad-dress and credit card number when you sign up for Xbox Live, putting your order in is as easy as (pizza) pie.

For the life of me, I can’t figure out how this would be any more convenient than just pick-ing up your phone and ordering it. I mean, since it’s a system ap-plication, this means you would have to quit your game to launch the app, rather than just hitting pause to pick up the phone. Even if you don’t feel like talking to anyone to order your pizza, you can already pick up your smar t-phone or tablet, or just log on to your computer and order online without speaking to anyone ex-cept the guy or gal that delivers your cheesy deliciousness.

Microsoft isn’t the first com-pany to use games to aid in your quest for hot, fresh pizza. Back in 2005, Sony put a pizza-order-ing function into Everquest II, and in 2009 they added a shor t-cut to Papa John’s on the PS3’s web browser. According to the release, this is the first tangible item to be available through the Xbox 360; however Forbes maga-zine predicts that in the long run, we could see more.

Perhaps what I am more interested in is another human interactive application known as IllumiRoom. Microsoft unveiled the new technology at CES. Il-lumiRoom is an augmented real-ity projector unit that sits on the user’s cof fee table and extends gaming onto nearby walls. The current prototype utilizes a Ki-nect sensor and a projector. The Kinect reads the geometr y and colors of the room, and the pro-jector displays all the visuals around the TV.

There are a variety of ways that IllumiRoom can enhance the quality of your gaming by extending the game from your TV out onto the walls, highlight-ing key items or other players that are of f screen or just sim-ply highlighting elements of the game, such as gunfire or explo-sions. With IllumiRoom, things can appear to actually fall from your TV onto the floor.

Although it is speculated that the new technology will be implemented into the Xbox 720, I guess we will have to wait until the May 21 event regard-ing the next generation con-sole, or at E3 which star ts in June.

Beau Valdez is a staff writer for The Sentinel. His opinions are his own and do not necessar-ily reflect those of The Sentinel. Respond to this column online at nicsentinel.com.

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With music, cookies, and drinks, NIC music faculty en-tertained more than 50 listen-ers at their recital April 28.

The recital featured varied instrumentation, from choral to oboe, and mainly featured clas-sical and jazz pieces.

Piano instructors Marietta Hardy and Debra O’Dell start-ed off the recital with a fast and cultured piece, “Jamaican Rhumba” by Arthur Benjamin. The pianists also provided ac-companiment to their fellow performers throughout the recital.

Max Mendez, vocal instruc-tor, also lent his baritone voice to the recital with classic Ger-man piece “Die Forelle” by Franz Schubert. Mendez ex-plained the piece to be a warn-ing to younger women against being “caught” by men.

Brass and woodwind also made appearances in the form of trombone instructor Holly Amend and oboe instructor Jill Cathey.

In contrast to the jazz and classical tunes, Charles Miller, guitar instructor, performed a piece written by Beatles’ lead guitarist George Harrison called “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on his classical guitar.

Several jazz selections were

played by Thom Rutley, bass instructor, and Barry Aiken, jazz piano instructor. Rutley and Aiken also finished the re-cital with vocal accompaniment by Rutley’s wife, Padma Rutley.

For the final piece of the recital, the jazz trio played an original piece written by the Rutleys called “Unity,” which was inspired by last year’s elec-tions and was titled after the theme of the piece.

The end of the recital didn’t call for a mass exit, however, as listeners were invited to remain and socialize amongst each other and the performers with cookies and beverages in hand.

“It kind of gives people a chance to see what our fac-ulty can do; because I don’t think too many people real-ize that the faculty we have here are as good of perform-ers as they are,” said band director Terry Jones, who attended as part of the audi-ence.

Eric Osbourne, music, Calif., attended and provided his assistance for the event, and he said it was a treat to hear his teachers play.

“I’ve never seen Debo-rah play, so that was very interesting, I enjoyed her performance very much,” Osbourne said. “It’s nice to see your teachers, and see what they’re capable of.”

Faculty has fun, showcases talentMusic department instructors show what they got at recital

NIC Choral Instructor and Conductor, Max Mendez performs a ger-man peice called “Die Forelle.”Thomas Hansen/Sentinel


The tone was set as soon as the audience walked through the door -way of Schular Per for m-ing Ar ts Center. The s tage was fu l l o f instr u -ments and microphones that were soon to be han-d led by their respected musi -c ians .

The l ights on the s tage i l lumi -nated the wal ls wi th a mel low ar ray o f co lors that set the tone for the n ight to come.

The mood was set and the audience prepared for a fu l l n ight o f jazz .

The Car dinal Vocal Jazz and Jazz Ensemble both p layed their las t b ig per for mances for the semester in the concer t

that was ca l led “J Mood.”The Car dinal Vocal

Jazz was led by Max Men-dez who showcased the progress the chora l per -for mers had gained over the past year.

“They worked har d th is year and made some rea l ly great music ,” Men-dez sa id .

The NIC Jazz Ensem-ble was again led by Ter r y Jones who high-l ight -ed the Jazz En-sem-

bles ’ uni ty over the past year. Jones recognized the magic that is creat -ing music and that i t i s a wonder that h is s tudents get to be a par t o f ever y day.

“For those of you who haven ’ t been a par t o f a music group, you need to

do so ,” Jones sa id . “Noth-ing compares to making music wi th people .”

The two groups p layed p ieces that had ro l ler -coaster tempos and tones . Many of the songs con-ta ined solos that showed of f the chora l and ensem-bles vocal and instr umen-ta l ta lent .

“ I Got Rhythm” by Rob McConnel l had many tempo changes and the ensemble went through many twis ts and tur ns as members o f the band p layed wi ld so los . An-other song the ensemble p layed was “Georgia on my Mind” by Sammy Nes-t ico . Dur ing the p iece bar i sax p layer Seth Mar -shalek per for med a bone-chi l l ing so lo that was consis tent throughout the whole song.

During the Car dinal Vocal Jazz ’s per for mance, songs l ike “Moondance” by Van Mor r ison and “No More Blues (Chega de Suadade)” by Antonio Car los Jobim conta ined tradi t ional jazz vocal

so los in which the mu-s ic ians sang “do ’s” and “dah’s” as i f they were per for ming notes on an instr ument .

Members o f the group p layed of f one another ’s ta lents , creat ing an a tmo-sphere of fun and conf i -dence.

Ter r y Jones said that the group had grown much over the year.

Even the rhythm sec-t ion was af fected by the groups new sense of unity.

“When it comes to per-forming I am more confi-dent because I can rely on them,” Adrian DeVries, 18, music.

The two bands had prac-ticed songs for “J Mood” for a couple months now, letting the musicians per-fect their par ts and better understand the feeling of the music.

The concer t sur e ly had a tone tha t l e f t the aud ience in the mood to tap the i r toes and snap the i r f ingers .

NIC Jazz performers set the ‘mood’Cardinal Vocal Jazz, Jazz Ensemble deliver during last show of semester


O n May 17, 20 NIC students will be in-route to the Central

American countr y of Gua-temala. For two weeks the students will take par t in a Spanish cultural immersion program in the historic city of Antigua, a place known for its prolific and well-preser ved colonial ar-chitecture.

Over the course o f the i r s tay, the s tudents w i l l r es ide w i th a Gua -temalan fami ly and im-merse themse lves com-p le te ly in to the loca l cu l -tur e , speak ing no Eng -l i sh and s tudy ing for four hours a day ever y day. Out o f the 20 s tudents

tha t a r e go ing to Guate-mala, 11 are taking the course for “Contemporar y World Cultures” credit through NIC.

As the second tr ip of this nature to Guatemala, this wi l l be the f irst t ime this course wi l l be taken for credit . Stu-dents were given $1,500 in f inancial a id speci f ical -ly for the program.

“What better a place to go to for a Spanish cul -tural course than Guate-mala?” said NIC Spanish

instr uctor Scott Estes.“Just getting to experi-

ence another culture will be the coolest thing,” said Corrine Ready, one of the students going on the trip. “I grew up in a Spanish-

speak-ing house-hold and, being gone so long, I’ve lost the abil-ity to

speak it fluently. I’m hoping doing this course will help me get it back.”

Aside from the educa-tional purposes of the trip, the student are given the choice of taking optional

excursions to fur ther delve themselves into Guate-malan culture, such as watching locals keep alive traditional Mayan weaving processes and visiting a “cof fee finca” where they cultivate cof fee, one of the countr y’s largest expor ts.

The oppor tunity for vol-unteer work may be given to the students as well, such as tutoring and work-ing with malnourished chil-dren.

“I’ve traveled all around the U.S.” said Joel Rade, an-other student going on the trip. “Being able to experi-ence another culture makes people in another countr y a little more real. Instead of isolating ourselves like we tend to do, we can really understand each other as human beings.”

Summer trip has potential to change livesNIC students, faculty plan to travel to Guatemala, experience culture

JOEl RAdENIC student travelling to Guatemala

“Being able to experience another culture makes

people in another country a little more real.”

TERRY JONEsNIC Jazz Ensemble director

“For those of you who haven’t been a part of

a music group , you need to do so.”

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A packed house for daring performers


The NIC vocal and choral students made good use of a small space while

per forming pieces from Les Miserables at the Baker y by the Lake at Parkside.

The baker y was packed full of many anxious per formers and audience members who were forced out of their com-for t zones through-out the evening.

The show was more personal for audience members because they had become par t of the show, sitting quiet-ly and smirking as per formers made them a par t of the act by inter-acting with them.

At one point during the per formance of “Master of the House,” choral singer Duncan Menzies, 20, music, sang to audience members and even pretended to be drunk as he playfully stumbled around the crowded baker y.

Menzies and his per for-mance par tner Jessica Peter-son both only met a few times before the actual show to pre-pare the routine.

“We didn’t plan our move-

ments while practicing,” Menzies said. “It was re-ally an on-the-spot per for-mance.”

Other per formers sang solo pieces such as “On My Own,” which was per formed by Cour tney Swanson, and the per formance of “Bring him Home,” per formed by Garret Rook.

Many of the singers were also a par t of the audi-ence.

Random by-standers would suddenly pipe up in the middle of the baker y and become animated within the piece. During the last song of the night, all of the par tici-pants made their

way to the front of the bak-er y and belted one more piece known as “Do you Hear the People Sing?”

Per forming in such a dif-ferent environment proved the students’ vocal talents for they had to find their own identities within the piece.

A tension was in the air the whole night as some per form-ers stood in front of the crowd with scared looks on their faces.

The audience was suppor t-ive towards the many ner vous

per formers.“The students were per-

forming in front of people who were there to suppor t them,” Max Mendez, NIC choral instr uctor said.

The show was set up by Mendez and NIC vocal in-str uctor Andrea Dawson. Dawson selected the pieces

for Les Miserables.The classical cabaret per-

formances also help local businesses attract customers and provide free enter tain-ment for by-standers.

“It is a relaxed setting,” Mendez said. “It’s about get-ting students out in the com-munity to per form.”

The vocal and choral students both have been preparing for the show almost all semester. The per-formers would also be left to prac-tice on their own time, making up their own fine touches that would bring their songs to life.

Mendez plans to continue classical cabaret per formanc-es next fall.

Choral, vocal students perform pieces from Les Miserables at the Bakery on the Lake by ParksideDuncan Menzies and Jessica Peterson both perform an exciting version of the selection “Master of the House” where the two were not afraid of crowd interaction. Gabe Green/Sentinel

NIC vocal student Alli Ballard performs “Castle on a Cloud” in front of a packed house. Gabe Green/Sentinel

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rendered strange and almost wormlike by the embalming pro-cess; the hunk of muscle that is the human heart. Even now, pull-ing on a muscle or tendon causes movement. Long after death, fin-gers and toes still curl.

Onlookers wind around the tables, taking turns examining each cadaver. Some merely watch the students work; others reach out with blue-gloved hands to feel the texture of a bone spur or probe an organ with their fingertips. The acrid scent of formaldehyde—a scent that lingers in the nose long after one leaves the cadaver lab—intensifies near the bodies. The sensory experience is too much for a few observers, who excuse them-selves and duck out of the lab.

Touching and exploring the cadavers is what makes the class truly valuable, Zao said. Students learn more by dissecting the bod-ies than they ever could from textbooks alone. That conceptual knowledge of the human body, of

how their future patients are con-structed, is vital.

“Getting in there and work-ing physically with tissues and specimens and how things are ar-ranged,” Zao said. “There’s noth-ing that can really replace that actual, real tactile knowledge that you obtain from that experience.”

Upon making the decision to donate their bodies to the Willed Body Program, Mr. E and Mr. F closed off other paths that had been open to them. They could no longer donate their organs (ex-cept for their corneas) and remain eligible to donate to WSU. Their bodies would not be present at any funeral or memorial service held after their deaths; the window between death and embalming is simply too short to allow for that.

When their curious second lives come to an end, what remains of Mr. E and Mr. F will not be buried. Instead, their dissected bodies will be returned to WSU and cremated. Their remains will be turned over to their families or laid to rest in the university’s plot in Palouse, Wash.

But in making these sacrifices, the two donors were able to take what would’ve normally been the end of the road and instead em-bark on another journey after their deaths.

A single cadaver can be used

for as many as seven years, and in that time, it can teach scores of students. From the moment the first students set eyes on them, Mr. E and Mr. F became more than cadavers. They transformed into puzzles, mysteries to be

solved—and, ultimately, teachers. The lessons they taught will stay with their students throughout their careers. They will not be for-gotten.

Put simply, Mr. E and Mr. F will live on.

Max MendeznIC Choral instructor

“Its about getting

students out in the

community to perform.”

The cadavers shared by WSU teach students the complexities of the human body. Bridget Rodgers/Sentinel


DID YOU KNOW? In paintball, a camper is someone who doesn’t like to move on the field and lets others go to him.

Finding swing with Mariners

Ex-NIC standout Jason Bay bright spot for M’s

garrett cabeza n Sports Editor

The Seattle Mariners found a spark in their offense this season from somebody who formerly lit up pitchers at North Idaho College and Gonzaga.

Jason Bay, who was acquired by the Mariners this offseason, has taken advan-tage of frequent playing time due to inju-ries in the Mariners’ outfield.

The player from Trail, British Colum-bia, about a three and one-half hour drive from Coeur d’Alene, is hitting .279 with three home runs and an on base percent-age of .375 in 23 games this season with his new club going into Sunday.

Bay’s batting average ranks second on the team among players who have played at least 23 games. Third baseman Kyle Seager leads the Mariners with a .292 average.

Bay is trying to resurrect his career after struggling the last few years offen-sively with the New York Mets.

Perhaps he feels more comfortable playing in the city he resides in the offsea-son instead of playing on the East Coast.

Bay has spent almost his entire profes-sional career in the East except for a brief stint with the San Diego Padres in 2003.

Whatever the reason for his recent success, hopefully it continues because he may be taken out of the lineup before he even hits a cold spell.

He did not play in Saturday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Michael Saunders, Michael Morse and Endy Chavez filled the outfield for the Mariners.

The lineup will probably scramble again once Franklin Gutierrez returns from the disabled list.

When Gutierrez comes back healthy, I’m guessing one of the outfielders, either Saunders, also from British Columbia, Chavez or Bay will have to take a back seat. Morse’s job should be safe not only because he carries a multi-million dollar salary but he is hitting like he deserves every cent of that money, leading the team in home runs and second with RBIs going into Sunday’s game against Toronto.

Saunders’ offensive numbers are a little better than Bay’s and he is probably a little better defensively also than the former NIC Cardinal, so his playing time may continue while Bay may find himself riding the pine.

Saumders may be finding his swing also after hitting two home runs Saturday.

Saunders is also eight years younger than Bay so I think Seattle will try to keep Saunders in the lineup more so he can gain experience and develop confidence in his game.

Bay has proven he can maintain his consistent hitting based on his college and pro numbers if the Mariners ever do require his bat because of injuries or poor performances by the starting outfielders.

After all, in recent years Seattle has been in the bottom half of the league in run-producing.

In 2005 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Bay hit .306 with 32 home runs and 101 RBIs.

Bay earned the National League Rookie of the Year in 2004 and is a three-time all-star.

Chances are Bay will never return to those numbers again, but the fact that he had great seasons like that with the Pi-rates and averages almost 20 home runs and 68 RBIs a season makes a manager feel comfortable if one of his starting out-fielders goes down with an injury.

Although Bay is growing older, maybe he can surprise everybody and transfer his performances at NIC to Safeco Field in Seattle.

Garrett Cabeza is an editor for The Sentinel. His opinions are his own and do not necessar-ily reflect those of The Sentinel. Respond to this column online at nicsentinel.com.

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Freshman second baseman Kylene Hatton beats out the throw to first base against Western Nevada April 20 at Memorial Field in Coeur d’Alene. NIC won two out of three games against the Wildcats. Gabe Green/Sentinel

Sophomores step up to plate for final home games of season

NIC wins series on Sophomore Day, Region 18 tournament this week

Students journey into woods for paintball war, new experience


Dashing through the woods, finding a dip in the ground for a place to crouch and firing repeatedly at an ex-posed opponent jacked up all North Idaho College students’ heart rates who participated in a NIC Rec. Sports paintball event near Fernan Lake in Coeur d’Alene April 26.

I participated too. I just don’t think I shot anybody, except for one of the neutral Sentinel photographers and possibly the referee/game co-ordinator. I think I hit at least one of them once, or maybe even a few times.

Oops.“I think people were so

excited to be there and that makes me excited to offer it,” said NIC Rec. Sports coordina-tor Jessica Johanson.

Once there, the students played a few games of capture the flag.

Some of the participants had some experience while others were paintballing for the first time.

“I’ve always wanted to go

paintballing and I usually never had the opportunity because I don’t have gear,” said Reannon Riley, 18, Coeur d’Alene, gener-al studies. “All my friends have gear, but it’s just their gear and then they go with people that

have gear, so I thought it was a good opportunity.”

Riley said when she was shot, she was surprised at how little it hurt.

“It didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would,” Riley said.

“I’ve been shot before and it hurt a lot then, but it didn’t hurt this time probably be-cause of adrenaline.”

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David White finds cover and fires at the opposition during a paintball battle. Beau Valdez/Sentinel


Softball doubleheaders can potentially cause focus issues for players because of the length of time spent on the field and in the dugout, but three games in a day can be a little more problematic.

This was not the case for the North Idaho College softball team April 20 as it kept its eyes on the prize and won two out of its three games against Western Nevada on Sophomore Day.

NIC finished the season winning three out of four against Colorado Northwest-ern in Rangely, Colo., Friday and Saturday.

The Cardinals (21-33, 15-28

SWAC) earned the No. 5 seed in the Region 18 Tournament and will face No. 4 seed Snow College Wednesday at 11 a.m. PDT in Twin Falls.

“This is a special group be-cause they’ve been very loyal,” NIC head coach Don Don Wil-liams said. “We’ve had a lot of adver-sity. They’ve just stuck to-gether.”

NIC won the first and last games of the series 6-1 and 2-0.

It dropped the second game 8-2. The series was supposed to be four games but due to rain, the scheduled double-headers Friday and Saturday turned into a three-game set Saturday.

NIC recognized its sopho-more players between the sec-ond and third games as they were their last games of

their career at Memorial Field.Emily Perlich said she felt

“complete sadness” during the

recognition and will miss the “family atmosphere” that NIC softball has brought to her. But, during the games she was focused on playing as hard as she could.

“These are my last games on this field and I didn’t want to have any regrets,” Perlich said. “I wanted to throw the way I knew I could and just be consistent for my teammates.”

Catcher Shelby Carter wanted to go out strong too.

“It’s bittersweet,” Carter said. “It’s exciting that we’re winning and doing great things but at the same time it’s our last home game and we want to put it all out on the

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emily peRlichnic pitcher

“These are my last games on this field and I didn’t

want to have any regrets.”

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Coleman enjoying CDA, ready for nationals, next level Skipper’s hard work leads to success


North Idaho College golfer Arlee Coleman has high hopes for the women’s National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) National Championship at the Longbow Golf Course in Mesa, Ariz., May 13-16.

Coleman is a 19-year-old sophomore from Chewelah, Wash. She’s studying business commu-nications and pursuing a career in medical sales.

She has been on top of her game this spring season and is hoping to play well at nationals.

Earlier this spring, Coleman shot rounds of 87, 86 and 87 to earn an eighth place fin-ish at the College of Idaho Invita-tional at River Bend Golf

Course in Wilder, Idaho. The women finished seventh with a three-round total of 1122.

The women battled through difficult conditions for all three rounds. The temperatures were in the 40s and the winds were gust-ing up to 40 mph.

North Idaho doesn’t always host the nicest weather for golfing, but that hasn’t stifled the NIC men’s or women’s teams, especially Coleman from doing well this year.

Coleman said she initially wasn’t planning on attending NIC.

“I was initially considering play-ing volleyball in Seattle, but my mother has Multiple Sclerosis so I really wanted to go somewhere much closer to home,” Coleman said. “I called (head coach Derrick Thompson) to ask if he had a spot on the women’s team. He ended up

recruiting me and I signed, which was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made because I love it here in Coeur d’Alene. I love everything about NIC.”

Coleman said the biggest fac-tor in deciding to attend NIC was that it’s only about an hour and a half away from her hometown.

“I’m so glad I did come to NIC because the town is excellent and you can’t find a better place to go to school,” Coleman said. “I’ve made many great friends and it has been fun to play at the Avon-dale Golf Course, one of the nicest courses in the Coeur d’Alene area. This is just the town you want to be in. I tell everyone to come here because it’s great.”

Coleman said she lived on the golf course her whole life. She said she was torn between playing softball and golf but her parents encouraged her to pursue golf. Coleman placed fourth at state her junior year of high school.

“My dad is a big golfer,” Cole-man said. “He’s not very good but he’s been playing for a long time. My family and I were the second people to build a home upon the Chewelah golf course, so I’ve been playing ever since I was a little girl. My family and I lived right by the second green on the golf course.”

Coleman said she and her fam-ily would have family passes to the Chewelah golf course each year so she was fortunate to be able to play often.

“My younger brother, Carson, and I would always have rivalry games because he’s just a year younger than I am,” Coleman said. “I started beating my dad during my sophomore or junior year of high school and now when we play I beat him by about 15 strokes each round.”

Coleman said she’s received not only a lot of help from Thompson, but the NIC men’s golf team has re-ally helped her improve her game.

Coleman is continuing on to the University of Northern Colorado next year. She verbally

committed about two weeks ago. She said she hasn’t signed yet be-cause head coach Brandon White of Northern Colorado and the university haven’t decided on an exact dollar amount to provide for her scholarship offer yet, but that she will most likely have a partial scholarship her junior year and a full-ride her senior year.

“I have a lot of family mem-bers who live in Colorado so that was a big part of my decision to commit to there,” Coleman said. “I had some serious mental prob-lems with my golf game during my freshman year at NIC. I would sometimes just be crying on the golf course so I spent a lot of time this last summer working on my mental game and I kind of came around. This year I’ve had some much better scores with lower rounds and I think it’s just be-cause my head game is much bet-ter and I’ve matured quite a bit in my game.”

Coleman said that she hopes she and her team play their best at nationals this year.

“Last year I didn’t play very well,” Coleman said. “I kind of choked and so hopefully this year I can finish well and earn myself a good spot. As a team, hopefully all of our girls can perform well and it’d be nice to be within the top 10 as a team.”


Despite a disappointing fall season last semester, North Idaho College golfer Spencer Skipper has adjusted and im-proved his game, making him one of NIC’s top competitors for the National Junior College Ath-letics Association (NJCAA) Na-tional Championship May 12-17 at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.

Skipper, a 20-year-old sopho-more from Coeur d’Alene is studying business administration.

He grew up playing golf with his father, Steve, who has taught him a lot about the game.

Spen-cer said he always went to the driv-ing range with his dad when he was younger, but he didn’t begin playing golf com-

petitively until his freshman year at Lake City High School.

“My dad has been the one who has mostly helped me get to where I am today in golf and in life,” Skipper said. “I’ve also had a couple of swing instructors who have helped me with my game, but I’ve mostly learned everything from my dad.”

Spencer said he and the men’s and women’s teams prac-tice every day.

“I’m out here on the Avon-dale Golf Course every day, and if I’m not out here,

I’m at the Coeur d’Alene Public Golf Course by myself practicing,” Skipper said. “I’m usually out practicing every day for at least a couple of hours.”

Spencer said his favorite course to play is the Coeur d’Alene Public Golf Course, but that the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course is obvi-ously very fun to play on.

“Spencer has improved greatly since he began playing for us,” said head coach Derrick Thompson. “Even though he struggled in the fall, he’s played so well lately here in the spring.”

Skipper said he is considering a few different schools to transfer and play golf.

“Right now, if I had to choose which school to go to I’d probably go to William Penn University in Iowa, but I’m not decided on any school yet. I’m going to wait and see how the national tournament goes.”

Skipper said he wants to play golf professionally if he can make it.

“Golf has really helped me get a good start on my higher education and if I have more opportunities to keep playing golf, especially as a ca-reer, then I definitely will,” Skipper said. “If I can play at a higher level after college then I’ll definitely see if I can accomplish my dream of playing on the PGA Tour.”

Skipper said he’s faced a few challenges to get where he is today.

“I’ve gone through some slumps,” Skipper said. “I played terrible this last fall, and that kind of screwed me over from going to a NCAA Division I school because many Division I schools are finished recruiting by the end of the fall season. I played so bad that no one even wanted me, but I came into the spring season with a positive mind-

set. I didn’t put too much pres-sure on my-self to find a school to transfer to and I just went out and played.”

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field and just give it everything we have. I really think we showed that today.”

In the first game, Perlich picked up the win, holding West-ern Nevada’s offense scoreless until a run in the sixth inning.

During the second game, the Cardinals scored a run in the sixth and seventh innings but were un-able to overcome the eight-run deficit.

In the final game, Perlich returned to the circle to pitch a complete game shutout, striking out 10.

“It’s just solid and that’s what you want from your sophomore pitcher at the end of the year,” Williams said.

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Tyson Lopez, 19, outdoor lead-ership, Ririe, Idaho, also added that he had never legitimately been paintballing until a week and a half ago.

“I’ve never been paintballing so I de-cided, why not? Go for it,” Lopez said.

Lopez, like Riley, had been shot by a paintball before but was a little surprised by the minimal pain level that resulted after getting hit.

After the majority of the time spent playing capture the flag, the last round students split up into groups of three to five to form

teams. The teams had to stay to-gether while attacking the other teams in the game.

If a teammate got shot, he or she would have to crawl under an-

other team member’s legs to get revived and continue playing.

Riley said she en-joyed playing this game but it was diffficult too because she and her teammate kept getting shot.

“I would get shot and then I would have to go under his (Lopez’s) legs,” Riley said. “And then while I was going under his legs, he would

get shot and we’d have to switch every time we would do that. He would get shot or I would get shot, and then we just surrendered.”

Shortstop Heather Bishop expresses her emotion during the sopho-more ceremony at Memorial Field April 20. Gabe Green/Sentinel

Nick Hathhorn, 19, general studies, Boise, peeks around a tree at the opposition, planning his next move. Beau Valdez/Sentinel

Men’s basketballSix players signed with NCAA

Division I programs, including Kaj Sherman who signed with the Uni-versity of Texas-San Antonio.

Sherman will be teammates with current Cardinal Keon Lewis, who also signed with the Roadrunners.

Earlier, James Webb signed with Boise State, Chris Sarbaugh with San Diego, Jalil Abdul-Bassit with Oregon and Mike Middle-brooks with Illinois State.

Others are still considering their options.

Women’s basketballFive players have committed to

four-year schools.Angela Woods and Mollie Kram-

er have committed to Central Wash-ington University in Ellensburg.

Kabri Emerson, who trans-ferred to NIC from Montana State University-Billings, will play at Montana Tech in Butte this fall.

Hannah Love committed to Carroll College in Helena, Mont., and Danika Johnson committed to Hawaii-Pacific.

Others are still considering

their options.

Women’s soccerKeilin Farrand, a midfielder

from Ellensburg, Wash., signed with NIC.

Farrand is a four-year starter for Ellensburg High School, as well as being a four-year scholar athlete and making the president’s list.

She was Booster Club Athlete of the Quarter three times.

As a freshman, Farrand was an honorable-mention Central Washington Athletic Association (CWAC) player and helped her team to the Washington state tour-nament. From 2010-2012 she was named to the CWAC first team.

Jaimee Hulst, from Helena, Mont., also signed with NIC.

Hulst was a four-year starter for Capital High School, where she was named Offensive Player of the Year three times, was on the 2012 All-State team and was selected to play in Montana’s Shodair Classic.

She is a member of the Mon-tana Olympic Development program, a member of the 2011 Montana Academic All-State team

and won first place in Montana’s DECA statewide competition.

SoftballKelsey LaVaute and Emily

Perlich both signed letters of in-tent to play softball at California State University-East Bay.

Perlich has been a starter in the circle for the Cardinals the last two seasons. Over the last two years Perlich bundled together 260 strikeouts going into the final series of the season with Colorado Northwestern.

LaVaute has been a starter in the infield and outfield for the Cardinals for two seasons. She lead the team in batting average and home runs with 15 going into their last series of the season.

Sophomore catcher Shelby Carter from Maple Valley, Wash., signed a letter of intent with Divi-sion I University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Carter has caught the majority of the games for the Cardinals in the past two seasons. She holds the all-time career home run re-cord with 37.

Cardinal Spotlight

Briefs

TySON LOPez Paintball participant

“I’ve never been

paintballing so I decided, why not? Go

for it.”

Arlee ColemanNIC golfer

Spencer SkipperNIC golfer

SPeNcer SkIPPerNIc golfer

“I played so bad that no one even wanted me, but I came into the spring season with

a positive mindset.”

A closer Look

Arlee Coleman has led her women’s team with the best score in every tournament this spring. Her best performance occurred at the Corban Invitational in Salem, Ore., where she shot 83,86 and 85.

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ACROSS1. Seasons with sodium

chloride6. Streetcars

11. Relating to bile13. Flying high

15. Capital of North Carolina

16. One who tickles17. Flightless bird

18. For the most part20. Away from the wind

21. Marries22. Bobbins

23. The physical magni-tude of something

24. South southeast26. Intense mournful-

ness28. Anagram of “Ten”

29. Decree32. Unforeseen ob-

stacles34. Railways

35. Encounters37. Tricked

40. A Chinese dynasty41. Choose

43. Nineteen in Roman numerals

45. Impulse

46. Ancient Hebrew dry measure

48. Expunge49. Military (abbrev.)

50. Wagoneer52. Automobile

53. First letter of a name55. Declaim

57. Arid regions58. Gives

59. A bearskin hat60. Stitched

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2. Made a disguised reference to3. Untruth4. Drudge

5. A sweetener6. Works hard

7. Risque8. Noah’s boat

9. Grinding10. Involuntary vio-

lent exhalations11. Beers (slang)

12. A scolding nag-ging woman 13. An

ancient upright in-scribed stone slab

14. Address welcom-ingly

19. Study of the earth’s surface

25. Sings in a particu-lar jazz style

27. Give qualities to30. Anger

31. It is (poetic)32. Unhappy

33. Viper35. A branch of the US armed forces

36. The language that we speak 38. Kill

39. Became wider40. Damp

41. Semi-precious gems

42. Made docile44. Sherry

46. Muse of lyric poetry

47. Angelic headgear50. Dagger

51. Not at all54. Earl Grey or

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56. Crow sound ACROSS1. Elegance

6. Shower with love10. Sodium chloride

14. Stud15. Creative work

16. Close17. Sporting venue

18. Religious splinter group19. Backside20. Exacting22. Desserts

23. British title24. Mammary glands of bovids

26. Cocoyam30. A writing implement

31. Knight’s title32. Seize

33. Savvy about35. Unexpired39. Knightly

41. Easily broken43. Mug

44. Not in danger46. Baking appliance

47. Deity49. Thorax protector

50. Following51. Mysterious

54. Air force heroes56. Chair

57. Enfeeble63. Japanese wrestling

64. Murres65. Unwind66. End ___67. Jacket

68. Lacquer ingredient69. Depend

70. Feudal worker71. Napped

DOWN1. Poop

2. Former Italian currency3. Affirm

4. Dispatched5. Sedate

6. Records7. Luxurious

8. A city in western Russia9. Anagram of “Russet”

10. Showy bloom11. Eagle’s nest

12. Optical maser13. Amount of hair

21. Castrated male chicken25. Opera star

26. Hens make them27. “Darn!”

28. Broad valley29. Mandatory

34. Act in an official capacity36. Not pre-recorded

37. Holly38. Fender blemish

40. Nameless 42. Renegade45. High-spirited horse

48. Figure out51. An ancient Assyrian city

52. Utilize again53. Dromedary

55. Fathers58. God of love

59. Express in words60. Away from the wind

61. Pack down62. Way out

Crossword puzzles and sudoku puzzle courtesy of mirroreyes.com.

Thanks for another great year, NIC. Have an adventur-ous summer, but please stay safe. It’s dangerous to go

alone: Remember to take a sword when exploring mon-ster-infested caves, and never venture into the tall grass

without a Pokemon.

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