WINONA, Minn., March 29, 2001 -- The new Winona State associate academic vice president, Christine Clements, on the job since November, now finds herself juggling that job with running the university library. Clements, who was put in charge of the library the day that Dick Bazillion was dismissed, sees herself doing both jobs for the remainder of the year and then, she hopes, for at least the next five years. How was she saddled with the library job? "You know that little box in the bottom of the job decription that says 'other duties,'" she said jokingly. Her original responsiblity was university outreach programs, including the Rochester campus. She, in fact, lives in Rochester and spends two to three days a week at a Rochester office. The new arrangement is logical, she said. "Strategically it makes sense. Academic affairs and the library are an integral part of education."

KQAL accused of "bad things" on air

WINONA, Minn., March 29, 2001 -- The point man in Winona State University's discussions with radio station KWNO to carry play-by-play varsity sports, Steve Speer, said the initiative was prompted by citizen complaints about student station KQAL's coverage. Speer told the Winona Post that KQ quality has "slipped dramatically." He cited 20 complaining phone calls. "People said the announcers were making jokes and saying bad things," Speer said. In a slap at the university's masscom department, which operates KQAL, Speer said: "A lot of the kids are just going off the cuff and getting very little guidance from their teachers." The most frequent complaint, he said, was that KQ doesn't carry all games.