WSU's Nelly balance sheet looks good

CONCERT $5,000 UNDER BUDGET

WINONA, Minn., July 16, 2001 -- The spring Nelly rap concert at Winona State, the biggest in the university's history, was a financial success, according to the university's student activities director. Ticket revenue totaled $50,000, which meant that only $10,000 of a $15,000 line-of-credit from the student activity fund was needed, said Joe Reed. The outgo ledger: Nelly: $40,000 Clearwing Production, production company: $10,000 Event Resources Presents, agent: $4,000 Security: $2,000 Tickets, toilets, advertising, miscellany: $2,000 Paul Ruben, comedian emcee: $1,000 Catering: $1,000 The 3,300 tickets sold out at $15 each within one month of going on sale. Reporter: Andy Weldon Background: Student charged in disturbance

SMU expanding bookstore

WINONA, Minn., July 16, 2001 -- Saint Mary's University filed for a building permit to expand the campus bookstore. Cost was estimated to be $50,000. A campus crew will do the work, the request said.

Trapped duck family quacking happily again

WINONA, Minn., July 16, 2001 -- This story has a happy ending. Please, read on. Somehow a mother duck and her chicks, eight of them, ended up trapped in a six-foot pit near the Kryzsko student building at Winona State University. Grounds chief Tony Brink and helper Scott Hartman retrieved the stranded family, got them into boxes, and drove them four blocks over to Lake Winona.

Trimmer WSU summer security staff still 24/7

WINONA, Minn., July 16, 2001 -- Security patrols are on duty 24 hours a day at Winona State University even though enrollment is far off its regular school-year peak. Don Walski, security chief, has 18 to 20 student guards on duty this summer, compared to his usual 40. Because most summer students live off campus or commute, Walski said he needs only a minimal staff. With 24-hour patrol plus surveillance cameras, Walski believes students feel safe. Kari Manna, a senior, agrees. One night during spring classes, Manna believes she was followed from campus to her house two blocks away, but now she feels safer. "With the change in library and building hours during the summer, I feel safer than I do during the school year," said Manna. She thinks that closing the library earlier, at 4:30 p.m. on Fridays and 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, keeps after-dark traffic down. Although summer nights are quieter, Walski said: "We still have to go out and do our job."