Old meningitis data hyped vaccine sales at WSUWINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- Outdated information that hyped the risk of meningitis was distributed to Winona State University students to encourage students to pay $85 for vaccinations, an executive of the company that sold the shots acknowledged. David Gottlied, of VACCESSHealth, located in Pennsylvania, said he was not sure why some of the information in a pamphlet was as much as 16 years old. VACCESS, whose teams travel the country selling vaccinations to college students, inoculated more than 800 students in two Winona State visits in March. Student concern about meningitis, which can be fatal, was heightened when a freshman came down with the disease after spring break. Despite the seriousness of the disease, VACCESS pamphlet exagerrated the dangers in these ways:The VACCESS pamphlet, citing outdated information from the American College Health Association, said 100 to 125 cases occur on college campuses each year. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had only 90 cases reported in its latest report, from September 1998 to August 1999.
VACCESS had used old data in claiming that frosh in college dorms are at higher risk than any other age group. The study cited for the claim used data from only first-time students -- not transfer students or others who had been enrolled in college more than once. Had all freshmen and all students had been counted, this could had changed the estimated rate of meningitis for any of the college risk groups. Further, the study cited by VACCESS had been eclipsed by later research. The Disease Control Centers' Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices changed its guidelines based on two more recent studies. A 1998 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that frosh living in a dorms were at only a slightly higher risk. Five other CDC studies in 1998 found no higher risk at all. Gottlied, at VACCESS headquarters, had no explanation for the outdated information. He said different people prepare fact sheets for campus distribution. Information is being is continually being updated, he said. Gottlied said he thought the pamphlet prepared for Winona State University had been updated last July and therefore "the most current study from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices released on June 30, 2000, would not have been included." However, when told that the fact sheet had been dated February 2001, not last July, Gottlied had nothing to say.
Reporter: Regina Elliott
Background: WSU offers second round of shots
Electricians' union protests WSU contractorWINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- A informational union picket line at the Winona State University boiler project has not slowed the installation. The protest, by electricians' Local 343, is aimed at a Wisconsin-based company that holds a subcontract with Wapasha Constuction of Winona, the prime contractor for the project. A union spokesperson said the subcontractor, Town & Country Electric of Appleton, Wis., pays substandard wages and benefits. Steve Ronkowski, who coordinates campus projects for the university, said that Town & Country pays prevailing wages as far as he knows. The issue doesn't involve the university, he said, so long as Wapasha delivers on its commitments to install the boilers on schedule.Background: Electricians' union protests WSU contractor
WSU parking lots to have new look
OUT WITH RED,
In with silver |
| WINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- Winona State University commuters may find parking lot signs changing colors in the fall. If President Darrell Krueger approves the plan, as expected, red lots will become silver. Also, the wording on regulations will be updated. Parking Director Shirley Mounce said the signs will conform with the design of other new exterior signs that have been ordered campuswide. The current signs, in place since 1990, are "banged up, faded and quite outdated," Mounce said. Some of the parking hour information on current signs is outdated, like "No Parking Past Midnight" even though the enforced rule is actually 2 a.m. The current new signs will be lower, only three to four feet tall, she said.Reporter: Brett Carow |
WSU
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May 4, 2001 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A student reported at 8:05 a.m. that someone had smeared ketchup on her parked car. INCIDENT NO. 2: A guard at the Morey dorm reported at 3:20 a.m. that a man attempted to gain entry without an escort. When denied entry, the man subject ran in anyway. Reinforcements located the man, who then fled campus. INCIDENT NO. 3: A supervisor at the Conway dorm reported loud music from a room at 2:45 a.m. With security, the supervisor entered the room, found nobody home, turned down the mjusic, and confiscated alcohol containers.
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First "The Good Doctor," then, and thenWSU THEATER
THOSE FUSILLO MOMENTSIn her ebullience about next season, Vivian Fusillo takes some pause. The grand dame of Winona State University theater is losing five students. "Two are graduating, and the others are going to New York, Disneyland, Chicago, and several others are transferring to some other form of lifestyle," she said. Then she regains her helter-skleter excitement: "But of course there'll be the new undiscovered ones." |
| WINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- Theater prof Vivian Fusillo is already raving about what is to come next year in Winona State University productions. With an office of cluttered boxes, magazines, scripts and sticky notes with "to do's" Fusillo took some time to talk about what lies ahead. "We will be starting with the opening show of "The Good Doctor," she said. "This will be a wonderful show to start off the year." In her enthusiasm, Fusillo said: "Next year is going to be wonderful." After "The Good Doctor" preparations will begin for another year of Dancescape. She said students are already preparing. Audition forms for student choreographer positions were due May 1. If 2002 has a theme, it's love, she said. Fusillo is best known by students for her creative spirit in storytelling, acting, creative dance and puppetry. Her creative spirit is no more visible than in her Winona State children's plays going back to 1968. This year it will be "The Dark Castle." Fusillo's office is cluttered with the remains of past children's shows. She said that her next big project is to install a board with memorabilia from all her productions over the years. As she pointed to the stack of boxes filled with slides and programs, she said, "As you can see, I am in over my head." Fusillo also said that she will have a very heavy studio season next year, but she is looking forward to discovering new talents. Without missing a beat, she changed he subject: "Oh, and of course we can't forget about next year's 'Shakespeare in the Park.' I just love that." Reporter: Kelsea Samuelson |
Students rate profs better in advanced coursesWINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- From the students' standpoint, things get better as they move into advanced courses, according to a survey at Winona State University. Susan Hatfield, campus assessment coordinator, asked students whether profs knew them by name. The answer was yes from 24 percent of students in gen-ed courses, mostly for frosh and sophs and many with large enrollments. For students in specified majors, 79 percent said yes. Hatfield stressed that the results aren't a conclusive because students volunteered to participate. "To get better results in the future, we will either do a random scientific sample of the student population or require all students to fill out a survey," she said. Other findings:Do profs encourage students to question ideas? Twenty-nine percent of gen-ed students responded that this is usually the case. Forty-eight percent of students in major courses of study agreed.
Are profs approachable? Fifty-four percent of gen-ed students said this is usually the case. Seventy-five percent of students in major courses of study agreed. In further analyzing the results Hatfield said she will consider many questions. "Do professors take a different attitude to gen-ed courses and have different ways of teaching them? Do students have a different outlook to gen-ed courses? Reporter: Lane Hermanson
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So many films, so little timeWINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- The student director for the Winona State University-sponsored Caribbean Eye Film Festival, Don Hinrichs, said the hardest preparation was selecting which films to show. "They were all so different," he said. "The biggest difference between Caribbean films and Hollywood productions is that the U.S. movies are so sensationalized," Hinrichs, a masscom junior, said, "The Caribbean movies were so real." Hinrichs noted that U.S. movies focus on the beautiful sandy beaches of the Caribbean with models running around in bikinis, rather than portraying the real issues. "We need to remember that this is a Third World country," he said. "The films portrayed that lifestyle." Hinrichs' only disappointment was the attendance at Carl Bradshaw's discussion of his films "Dancehall Queen" and "Third World Cop." Said Hinrichs: "He is a big-time star over there, and then he comes here and only a few people show up to see him. But what can you expect when we were in competition with Nelly, classes and upcoming finals?" Hinrichs had hoped to pack a 250-seat Winona 7 auditorium with movie-goers but ended up being satisfied with the hundred or so attendees. Even so, he said, the Caribbean film-makers felt welcomed. They did note, however, that Minnesota was a little chilly.
Reporter: Kelsea SamuelsonBackground: Film festival called "crown jewel" |
WSU issues 735 diplomasWINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- An engineering junior, Joel Bell, led the morning processional at the Winona State University commencement for business and lib-arts grads. As is tradition, Bell was chosen as the junior with the highest grades. For the afternoon processional, education junior Sheri Licht was the honor marshal. In all, 735 students were graduated in the two ceremonies. Other commencement marshals, also chosen for their grades:Esther DeBoer, a finance majorJennifer Matsche, communication studiesRachael Johll, nursingBridget Mulen, education Micaleila Desotelle, biology
Readers Anne Kresbach and Teri Neils announced the names as each
graduate crossed the stage.
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CAROTHERS: Commencement speaker |
Speaker top students: Education not about youWINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- Former Chancellor Bob Carothers told Winona State University grads to put their education to good work that makes for a better world. "Your education is yours, but it's for others," Carothers said in the commencement address. He pointed to Rod Searle, a retired legislator who helped build the current state college system, as someone who focused not on himself but the greater good. Searle was on the podium to receive an honorary doctorate. Carothers, chancellor of the former State University System, now heads higher-ed in Rhode Island.Background: College system architect, ex-chancellor due at WSU
Coach sheds tear over graduating WSU griddersWINONA, Minn., May 4, 2001 -- Winona State University football team said good-bye to 11 seniors, seven of them starters, at graduation ceremonies Friday. Said Coach Tom Sawyer: "It is always hard each year to lose so many talented players. This team will be missed." Among the 11 seniors graduating were two captains -- lineman, John Bussewitz and runningback Travis Welch. "The captains are the ones I will miss the most," said Sawyer. The team ended the season 9-3, including a victory in the Mineral Water Bowl.Reporter: Joe
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Pink flags pre-empted by Nelly worriesWINONA, Minn., May 5, 2001 -- Some 1,200 pink flags symbolizing the number of women currently at Winona State who will be raped in their lifetime suddenly disappeared from campus on April 19. Why? A student involved in the rape awareness project said there was concern that the flags would be destroyed by the large crowd attending the Nelly concert the following Sunday so she and friends pulled them up. Sarah Mensink, one of five seniors involved in the flags project, said the plan initially wanted to keep the flags up for all of April. Although the flags, on 12-inch staffs, came down early, Mensink regarded the project as a success. Response from most students was positive, she said.Reporter: Shane HawleyBackground: Pink flags to heighten WSU rape awarenessBackground: Rapfest a good time despite arrest, incidents
QUICK
SPORTS
May 4, 2001 |
BASEBALL (MEN'S): WSU 10, UM-Morris 1; WSU 9, UM-Morris 0.
TENNIS (MEN'S): MIAC championships (first day): SMU (no team scores yet). Northern Collegiate Tennis championship (first day): WSU (5th).
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): MIAC championships (first day): SMU (no team scores yet). |
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SMU president
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Darrell Krueger
WSU president
2001 total: $152,130
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001 total:
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OTHER
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