WSU workout gym counts 25,000 visits WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2001 -- If the Winona State University workout gym had a turnstyle at the front door, the clicker would have passed 25,000 in the past four months. Director Jeff Reinardy attributes the usage, roughly 220 students a day since July 1, to better equipment and program organization. That's a dramatic increase for the gym's second year in the old Maxwell Library. The biggest challenge now, said Reinardy, is to upgrade the electrical system to handle the power load for cardiovascular bikes and treadmills. The power has been shorting out. It doesn't help that Maxwell was designed as a library rather than a state-of-the-art gym, Reinardy said.Reporter: Tim DavisBackground: New Maxwell gym heavily used
R.I.P.: Donna Marie (Loney) VarnerEDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Oct. 27, 2001 -- A Saint Mary's University alum, Donna Varner, died at age 40. She held a master's in telecommunications from Saint Mary's and a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Marqueette University.
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Ex-student prez aims at WSU textbook credit dealWINONA, Minn., Aug. 26, 2001 -- To the surprise of a lot of Winona State University folks, the name Devin Johnson was missing from the Student Senate ballot last spring. Johnson was the Senate president. As a junior he could have run again. "I initially planned on running," Johnson said. "I still had things I wanted to accomplish." He decided, instead, to concentrate on winding up his degree and graduating. Also, his fall class schedule would preclude making Senate meetings. Looking back, he ranks a major accomplishment as president was changing the library hours from midnight to 2 a.m. Although not a voting senator this year, Johnson chairs the Senate student services committee. He's still working on his plan for the bookstore to accept Warrior IDs as credit cards, allowing students to charge books to their tuition. Johnson is also trying to save some open land in the middle of campus for recreation. No more landscaping, he said. Reporter: Shannon Passaglia
WSU students collecting cold, flu remedy itemsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 26, 2001 --To help Winona area people in need during the upcoming cold and flu season, social work students at Winona State Universty are collecting tissues, cough drops, canned soup, blankets, juices, cold medicine and anything else that helps ease symptoms. The Tend Sniffles drive will run Oct. 29 to Nov. 9, sponsors said. Dropoff boxes are in the dorms around town. Donated items will go to the Dan Corcoran House, Grace Place and the Women's Resource Center.
SMU begins booze, drug policy overhaulWINONA, Minn., Oct. 26, 2001 -- The dean of students at Saint Mary's University, Julie Thornton, is encouraged at the direction that an alcohol policy review committee is taking. The committee, which includes Thornton, the athletic director, a faculty member and a student, is advising a task force on alcohol and drug abuse that hopes to draft new policies by March. A review of the current policy, now 10 years old, is overdue, Thornton said. Thornton, new in her job, said she thought it unusual that the policy wasn't reviewed in 1997, when five Saint Mary's young people, all hopelessly drunk, perished as their truck went into the Mississippi River. The task force, which meets monthly, has four committees:Enforcement IssuesPrevention recruitmentPrevention, safety and educationReview policy
The next full-member meeting will be Nov. 7. Reporter: Jen PowlessBackground: SMU launches boozing task force
WSU social-work prof back from Ground ZeroBurdick is the Winona County Red Cross disaster chair and a member of the Disaster Service Human Resources Team. He holds an undergrad degree in psychology and a master's in social work. He worked 17 years as a firefighter and fire station assistant chief. |
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| WINONA, Minn., Oct. 26, 2001 -- After two weeks of Red Cross duty at Ground Zero in New York, social work prof John Burdick is catching up on his classes at Winona State University before going back to New York over the holidays. If not for a Red Cross rule limiting volunteers to two weeks, he would still be there, Burdick said. Burdick was in Manhattan from Sept. 16 to 30. His job, he said. was to "sit and listen" and "be supportive." He also interviewed rescue workers to decide who was "too emotionally drained or physically shocked" to return Ground Zero. In many cases he tried to convince workers to take a day off. If that didn't work, he talked with a supervisor. For a time Burdick worked 12-hour days on the the Navy ship Comfort, a hospital vessel that is the fifth largest hospital in the country. Because relatively few people survived the World Trade Center destruction with treatable physical injuries, the ship served mostly as hoousing for 1,500 people who lost their homes and also for rescuers and Red Cross volunteers. More healing involved emotional and psychological bruises than physical ones, said Burdick. Reporter: Erin Dougherty |
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Scholar to assess what makes France FrenchWINONA, Minn., Oct. 26, 2001 -- France's efforts to keep its language and culture "pure" by resisting influences from outside the country will be discussed at Saint Mary's University by a University of Minnesota scholar, John Munholland. His presentation: "Francophonie: FranceŐs Search for Grandeur." Munholland specializes in modern French and European history, with special focus on U.S.-French cultural conflicts, the wine industry during World War II, and the problem of aging in France from 1880 to1930.
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Oct. 26, 2001 | VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): MSU-Moorhead 3, SMU 0. |
SMU prof examines globalization in teachingWINONA, Minn., Oct. 26, 2001 -- A Saint Mary's University prof, Michael Bowler, interdisciplinary studies, led a discussion on "Globalizing Interdisciplinary Studies: Does a Global and Multicultural Issues Course Work?" on Oct. 6 in Roanoke, Va., at the Conference of the Association for Integrative Studies.
Tuition up 7.7% at public collegesWASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2001 -- Public colleges raised tuition this year an average of 7.7 percent, the College Board reported. In Minnesota, increases were as high as 17 pecent at Bemidji State. Winona State was 9.1 percent. Nationally private college tuition was more moderate but more than
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Oct. 26, 2001 | INCIDENT NO. 1: Supervisors in the Sheehan dorm requested help for an alcohol violation. INCIDENT NO. 2: Security responded to a noise complaint in the Lourdes dorm. INCIDENT NO. 3: Guards responded at 10:38 p.m. to a noise complaint in
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NCAA state Woman of YearINDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 26, 2001 -- A spring grad from Saint Mary's University, Jill Hocking, was presented the NCAA Woman of the Year award for Minnesota at a national awards banquet. Hocking was cited for being an All-American softball player, leading the Cardinals to three conference championships, two NCAA Division III national tourney appearances, and, of course, the national title in 2000. Additionally, she was recognized for being a regular on the Saint Mary's DeanŐs List student and Accounting Major of the Year, as well as SMU Woman Athlete of the Year. | |
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