City keeps 1 a.m. winter parking ruleWINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2001 -- The City Council voted overwhelmingly to keep the start time for alternate-side winter parking at 1 a.m., defeating a proposal to start at midnight instead. Council member Tim Breza said many people told him they liked the current start time. City street managers had wanted an extra hour to plow. Council member George Borzyskowski quoted downtown bar owners that they could lose $150 to $200 if customers leave earlier to move their cars and then don't return. Only Council member Al Thurley voted to change the start time. On a related issue, the Council delayed a final decision on raising the $7 fine for alternate-side violations to $25. Council member Chris Arnold, who represents downtown and the Winona State neigborhood, had asked to delay a decision until Oct. 1. Reporter: Agata Polanska, Beth RennerBackground: Parking change pondered
Fossum peeved at treasurer vanishing actsWINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2001 -- The two candidates for Student Senate treasurer at Winona State University in April, who were disqualified for campaign violations, have disappeared. Nobody has seen either Reed Kanna and Travis Woodyard. In a word, student President Jason Fossum is peeved: "Travis isn't signed up for classes this year, and I haven't seen Kanna around all year." Shrugging his shoulders in an interview, Fossum said: "What would have happened if they had gotten the position? Would they have bailed after they were elected?" Last April it seemed that Kanna and Woodyard were serious about the $2,400-a-year job. They put up a fight when the Student Senate disqualified them for leaving campaign signs up too long, even appealing to the campus Judicial Board.
Reporter: Shannon PassagliaBackground: WSU restarting treasurer election
Technicality dooms Home Bev: Bye, byeWINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2001 -- A 1998 state law aimed at saving Winona State University students from themselves took its first victim -- Home Bev. The City Council glommed onto a technicality created by the law to deny a liquor license to Home Beverage, a corner liquor store across Huff Street from the Sheehan dorm. The law bars the city from issuing a liquor lciense within 1,200 feet of the campus but allows existing businesses to continue. That had protected Hom Bev until this series of events occurred:
July 1998: D.H.B. Inc.'s Home Bev liquor license was safe as a grandfathered exemption to the new licensing restriction.March 2000: Peggy Ask bought the Home Bev building, acquiring the Home Bev license in the process.September 2000: Ask transferred the license to Michelle Harpestad, who rented the store with her husband.June 1: Harpestad missed a rent payment, Ask said.June 4: Harpestad sought a license renewal, which the city granted. June 30: Harpestad informed the city she weas abandoning the store and locked it up.June 12: Harpestad asked that her $200 license fee be refunded by the city, which it was.July 15: Ask asked the city to transfer the license back to her. The answer: A transfer was impossible because, technically, the license had lapsed.Sept. 17: Ask went to the City Concil for a new licenmse. Answer: So sorry.
WSU enrollment passes 7,600, a recordWINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2001 -- Enrollment at Winona State University is up five percent this year, the headcount at a record 7,633 on the 10th day of classes when the official tally was recorded. President Darrell Krueger said he was pleased but concerned: "We're bulging beyond what is desired for this campus." He noted that the freshman target was 1,500 but 1,634 enrolled. Exacerbating the crush is a near-record 75 percent retention of last year's freshmen into their sophomore year. Too, the number of students transferring from other colleges is up. New students, including frosh, total 2,149, up 8.6 percent. The breakdown:| Main campus | 6,658 | | Rochester campus | 829 | Off-campus | 146 |
Background: WSU enrollment at record
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Sept. 17, 2001 | SOCCER (MEN'S): Coe 1, SMU 0. |
No serious Winona hate incidents reported | WINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2001 -- A Winona Muslim leader, Ahmed El-Afandi, told the city Hate Crime Task Force that nothing serious has occurred in Winona following the East Coast terrorist attacks. El-Afandi, a political scientist at Winona State University, said: "The students appreciate the overwhelming support and empathy they have been receiving." Winona State has 213 foreign students, 11 from the Middle East. Saint Mary's has five Middle Easterners.
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WSU foreign enrollment somewhere around 213WINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2001 -- The foreign enrollment at Winona State University is 213, according to data supplied by students on their country of birth. The largest contingent, 24, is from Bangladesh. Dennis Martin, institutional research director, cautioned that the numbers may be flawed. The data are supplied by students themselves, some of whom leave the country-of-birth blank on personal data forms. Also, the numbers don't square with citizenship data that come from other sources, he said.BIRTH
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1 | 2 | 21 | 24 | | Japan |
| 12 | 9 | 21 | | Malaysia |
| 9 | 12 | 21 | | Kenya |
| 10 | 5 | 15 | | Ghana |
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| 3 | 3 | | China |
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| 2 | 2 | | Nepal |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | | Pakistan |
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| 2 | 2 | | Saudi Arabia |
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| 2 | 2 | | Senegal |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | | Syria |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | | Togo | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | | Tanzania |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | | Brazil |
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| 1 | | Canada |
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| 1 | | Cameroon |
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| 1 | | Chad |
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| 1 | | Cyprus |
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| 1 | | Germany |
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| 1 | 1 | | Egypt |
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| 1 | 1 | | Indonesia |
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| 1 | 1 | | Lebanon | 1 |
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| 1 | | Nigeria |
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| 1 | 1 | | Norway |
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| 1 | 1 | | Romania |
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| 1 | 1 | | Tunisia |
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| 1 | 1 | | Taiwan |
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| 1 | 1 | | Yemen |
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| 1 | 1 | | Zambia |
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| 1 | | Unknown |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | | Unlisted | 5 | 36 | 41 | 82 | | TOTALS | 8 | 87 | 118 | 213 |
Rave host: I did nothing wrongFOUNTAIN CITY, Wis., Sept. 17, 2001 -- The Buffalo County Board chair, whose farm was the location of a Labor Day rave, has no intention of resigning. Ron Drazkowski was quoted by the Winona Daily News: "If I would have done something bad, I would resign, but I wasn't even involved with planning the party." Fourteen fellow County Board members have called a special meeting to discuss the rave and hear public reaction. There is sentiment to replace Drazkowski, said board member Jim Alf of Mondovi. A regular board meeing for Tuesday night had been canceled by Drazkowski for, he said, a lack of agenda items. Now the special meeting is scheduled at the same time with one agenda item -- the rave.Background: Pressure builds on DrazkowskiBackground: Rave sponsor: Nothing hidden
WSU Saudi grad bemoans attacks as crimesWASHINGTON, Sept, 17, 2001 -- The director of the Saudi Institute, 1998 Winona State University journalism grad Ali AlAhmed, called the terrorist attacks last week "a crime against us humans of all creeds." AlAhmed, a Saudi-born Muslim, said: "Unfortunately most of the attackers are Saudi, Arab and Muslim. This makes me feel bad." AlAhmed has long criticized parts of U.S. foreign policy but didn't excuse the attacks: "Although the U.S. as a government has caused the death of many more innocent people in Iraq and other nations, this action is wrong. Two wrongs don't make right." AlAhmed said the attacks have delayed his Institute's report on Saudi women. The report had been due out soon.Background: Alumni profile
COMMENT: BROAD STROKES
STEREOTYPING THE MEDIA
The aging cliche has resurfaced at Winona State University that the media perpetuate derogatory stereotypes of Middle East people. Don't believe it. Trust your own observations from news on the terrorist attacks. In all these hours of news, we haven't seen or heard or read a single broad-stroke snipe. Not one. The pervasiveness of the media make them a handy scapegoat. But it's not right. It's a hateful and stereotyping swipe at dedicated media people who are striving to cover this difficult, unfolding story fully and accurately.
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Background: WSU foreign students subjected to barbs
SMU leader: Goodness can prevail WINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2001 -- Hundreds of Saint Mary's University people came together at open microphone forum to share their reflections on the New York and Washington attacks. The university president, Louis DeThomasis, characterized the world in terms of good and evil. In an optimistic note, said: "When good comes together, we can accomlish miracles." Classes were canceled for two hours for the gathering, and minimal staffing was left in campus offices to answer phones.
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Despite tacos, a glum night of unending aftershocksSunday is usually bursting with avid football fans at Shorty's a workingman's bar that, a block from Winona State University, also attracts college students. But not this Sunday. Because of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington the NFL canceled its games, leaving Shorty's with a sparse crowd. The lively, sharp scent of tacos, free by the pair with a beer, pierced the air -- another incongruity. "Yeah, it hasn't been very busy this week," bartender Jessica Flanser said. "Not only because of the bombing, but because of all the sporting events that were canceled." There was irony: As the jukebox played "Sweet Home Alabama," three overhead televisions ran clips of terrorist aftershocks. Customers glanced up occasionally in wobbling conversations. "It's almost addicting," law senior Tom Dahl admitted. "It's so terrible you don't want to watch, but you just can't pull your eyes away." He didn't object, though, that all the Shorty's sets were on the news: "It's good that Shorty's shows it, though. You can't just ignore this." Pointing at a TV, Dahl said: "We are living through history, and I will never forget this week." Said Jessica the bartender: "We put our televisions on different channels, so as to accommodate the customer, but it feels at times overwhelming having so much tragedy playing non-stop. A political science major, Jesse McClelland, said: "The scariest part of it all, is this is just the beginning, and no one, not even our leaders realize what will come of it." He was glum: "This is what war has come to -- war against certain opposing groups and terrorists, not countries. We have started down a long road of loss and destruction." |
Sunday night: Shorty'sSaturday night: Betty Jo Byoloski'sFriday night: BrothersThursday night: Gabby'sThursday night: Chuckers
Death claims long-time WSU executiveMARION ROBERT RAYMOND He held a 1935 doctorate from the University of Michigan. His dissertation was on lake plankton. His undergrad work was at Eastern Michigan University. |
| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2001 -- A retired Winona State executive, Marion Raymond, who served as acting president in 1950, died at home. He was 94. Raymond, a biologist, joined the Winona State faculty in 1936. He helped establish both the nursing and graduate programs. Over his 38 years at Wnona State, Raymond served as dean of men, admissions director, chair of science and math, and vice president and dean. He also coached tennis and, for fun, was a basketball scorekeeper and timer. Raymond retired in 1974. |
Rave sponsor: Nothing hiddenDROPBASS.NET
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| MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 16, 2001 -- The company that sponsored the Labor Day weekend rave across the Mississippi river from Winona, DBN Productions of Milwaukee, said a six-page proposal outlined everything that it was planning. Kurt Eckes, of DBN, was incredulous at claims by the Gin Mill tavern and by Ron and Sandy Drazkowski, who own the adjoining hayfield, that they had been misled. The proposal went to both the Road Dogs Motorcycle Club, which operates the Gin Mill, and the Drazkowskis, he said. Eckes said the proposal predicted a crowd of 2,500 to 3,500 young people from throughout the Upper Midwest. The final gate was 3,500, he said. Eckes said, also, that DBN had asked Buffalo County for a permit but that county Clerk Sandra Ebert said none was needed. Ebert said, though, that another agency might be asked for a picnic permit, Eckes said. Background: Pressure builds on Drazkowski |
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COMMENT: WINONAN EDITIORIALS
TEPID TIMIDITY AND MUSH
After a dereliction of editorial responsibility for years, the Winonan student newspaper at Winona State University has resumed editorials. Now we know what the newspaper as an institution thinks. Or at least that it's thinking, kinda.This first Winonan foray into editorials was tepid. The editorial said that a proposed city ordinance change "might" be confusing, that the change has "potential" negative effects, that an alternative "might make more sense." In short, it was whimpy. The problem is the Winonan is engaging in groupthink for editorials, clearing them through a nine-member board. No wonder the piece was mush.
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Background: Winonan: Keep 1 a.m. start time
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Faculty union: Don't do strikers' undone workWINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2001 -- Profs can show support for striking members of the AFSCME and MAPE unions if a strike is called Oct.1 by not doing the strikers' routine duties, said Dave Bratt, the faculty president at Winona State University. Also, he said, profs can avoid assigning student workers to pick up undone work. Most important, Bratt said, is for profs "to willingly accept the personal and professional inconvenience we may experience as a result of the strike." The profs' union, meanwhile, is also in stalled negotiations with the state.Background: Outside of class, WSU profs can join picket line
Post-rave pressure builds against county officerDROPBASS.NET
Rave info site |
| ALMA, Wis., Sept. 16, 2001 -- The chair of the Buffalo County Board, Ron Drazkowski, should resign for allowing a massive three-day rave on his farm across the Mississippi River from Winona over Labor Day weekend, a fellow county board member said. Jim Alf of Mondovi said Drazkowski should not be in a leadership position. Fourteen board members, out of 16, have called a special board meeting for Tuesday.Background: Milwaukee firm behind rave |
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Sept. 16, 2001 | GOLF (WOMEN'S: Gustavus Invitational (final day): MSU-Mankato 645 (1st), WSU (5th), SMU 735 (9th). St. John's Invitational (final day): St. John's Red 591 (1st), St. Thomas I 599 (2nd), SMU I 648 (12th), SMU II 670 (14th). SOCCER (MEN'S): SMU 1. Simpson 1 (tie). VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 2, North Dakota State 0. VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): Southwest State 3, WSU 1. |
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The flag at Phelps Hall, across from the Gildemeister science building, flew in half-staff mourning of the terrorist attacks on the East Coast. Gov. Jesse Ventura ordered flags lowered at state facilities. Campus coverage of a horrible day |
CAMPUS SALARIES
Louis DeThomasis
SMU president
2000 total: $139,281
Darrell Krueger
WSU president
2001 total: $152,130
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001 total:
$125,000
OTHER
SALARIES
CYBERINDEE
PEOPLE
EDITOR
John Vivian
WEB DESIGNER
Matt Del
Vecchio
2001 CONTRIBUTORS
Tami Adams
Will Albertsen
Angie Anderson
Kent Anderson
Jon Arias
Matt Bartlett
Colleen Becker
Matt Bennett
Samantha Bishop
Seamus Boyle
Jim Bube
Ryan Buhler
Bonnie Burmeister
Jennifer Butler
Megan Carlson
Brett Carow
Brad Carpenter
Christina Clawson
Pam Dardis
Forrest Dailey
Michael D'Angelo
Susannah Davis
Tim Davis
Megan Diamond
Shannan Dittrich
Erin Dougherty
Katie DuPont
Marge Dwyer
Melissa Elbers
Regina Elliott
Michael Fischer
Emily Forrest
Lauren Freeman
Brian Gallagher
Jeff Ganske
Erin Gerace
Justin Goedel
Alisa Green
Steve Grommesch
Lyndsey Hafner
Melissa Hamilton
Katie Hanson
Scott Haraldson
Justin Hargraves
Julie Hawker
Lane Hermanson
Don Hinrichs
Holly Hollett
Jennifer Johnson
Clint Klapataukas
Brad Lawler
Kara Lesniak
Mark Lorisch
Meghann Miller
Matt Michalowski
Sanjeev Misra
Nicole Mossing
Terri Neils
Kim O'Donnell
Peter Olson
Lauren Osborne
Cari Panovich
Shannon Passaglia
Agata Polanska
Jen Powless
Laura Putzer
Bill Radde
Nate Reker
Beth Renner
Meghan Robinson
Annie Rohweder
Dawn Rothering
Kelsea Samuelson
Chris Samp
Lisa Schneider
Kate Schott
Shawna Tessum
Alex Tichenor
Amy Vercnocke
Breanna Wagner
Brian Weber
Andy Weldon
Brooke White
Dave Wichterman
Whitney Wolfe
Chris Yarolimek
Robyn Zmudzinski
Melissa Zyduck
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