Quarry firm restores
vandalized SMU statueWINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 2001 -- Thanks to the generosity of Biesanz Stone Co. of Winona, the damaged statue of the Virgin Mary in front of Saint Mary's Hall at Saint Mary's University has been restored, cleaned and sealed. The religious icon was severely vandalized on Oct. 19. On Dec. 4, a crew from Inman Construction placed the statue back on its pedestal. The statue has graced the Monsignor Haun Memorial Garden outside the main academic building since it was donated by the senior classes of 1930, 1931 and 1933. Charles W. Biesanz Jr., president of the Winona stone quarrying company, is a 1965 Saint Mary's grad.
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Two cable channels to air WSU commencementWINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 2001 -- More than 390 graduates of Winona State will cross the stage, be greeted by university President Darrell Krueger, and accept their degrees at the institution's midyear commencement. Dennis Pack, campus television chief, said the ceremony will be broadcast live over Charter Communications' Channel 20 in Winona and Rochester. The ceremonies will be rebroadcast on Hiawatha Broadband's Channel 20 in Winona Saturday, Dec. 15, and Sunday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. each day. Pack said he will sell VHS videotapes at $15 each. Checks should go to: WSU TV Services, Winona State University, P.O. Box 5838, Winona MN 55987-5838.Date: Dec. 14
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Place: McCown Gym |
Background: Former vice president to be honored
Broad examination need for WSU budget puzzleWINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 2001 -- An all-university task force should be assembled to review the Winona State budget crisis and how much tuition revenue may be needed to pay the bills next year. Student Senate President Jason Fossum said a broad-based task would "provide the opportunity for everyone to be on one page." In the past, he said, university President Darrell Krueger has sought input separately from the Student Senate and the Faculty Senate and his administrators. The result has been a tug of war effect, said Fossum. With an all-university task force, he said, everyone can hear each other's views and comment on the spot. Krueger has been talking about a tuition hike of 7 to 23 percent.
Reporter: Shannon Passaglia
Background: Krueger: "This is big"
Background: Student task force proposed on tuition |
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Student sex complaint: I trusted my teacherWINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 2001 -- A Saint Mary's student said the university employee he's accused of commiting a sxual act on him was a teacher from high school, "a trusted friend." In a criminal complaint, the student said he had responded to an email from Christopher James Heidel, 36, inviting the student to meet him at the Holiday Inn to talk about their hometown and old times. They met in the lobby and talked for some time before Heidel invited the student to his room and offered him a drink, the student said. The student, whose name was not included in the complaint, said Heidel talked about a massage therapy class he was taking at Southeast Tech and how he had to give 15 massages as a requirement for the class. The student said that Heidel asked him if he would help by receiving a massage. The student said he thought the proposal "somewhat strange" but agreed. The student said Heidel had him shower to "warm and loosen his muscles." When the student tried to get dressed again, Heidel said he would need to stay unclothed for the massage, according to the complaint.
Reporter: Kim O'Donnell
Background: SMU employee charged with coercive sex
WSU women outnumber men almost 2-1WINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 2001 -- New societal attention to women's rights and Winona State's traditional strengths in female-dominated education and nursing programs have led to a lopsided 63:37 ratio of women to men students, according to Doug Schacke, the university's admissions director. Schacke said the disproportionate number of women is common in colleges nationwide, citing a Chronicle of Higher Education report that the women-to-men ratio is 60:40. Today it is more acceptable for women to further their education, he said. "Many middle-aged women are going back to school for undergraduate or graduate studies," said Schacke. Women represent more than 360 out of the 531 students enrolled in the graduate program at Winona State this fall, said Dennis Martin, the university's director of institutional research. The undergraduate enrollment for Winona State this fall semester was 4,421 women and 2,563 men, according to Martin. The gender of 171 students was unspecified in Martin's records because new regulations on admissions documents allow applicants to leave the gender and ethnicity sections unmarked. Martin said the female enrollment has been slightly more than 60 percent for at least the past five years. "For a long time there has been more women than men, but it hasn't been this dramatic," he said. The percentage has climbed from 58:42 percent and will be 65:35 percent in the future, said Martin.
Reporter: Beth Renner
Silence is answer to WSU spam on boozeWINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 2001 -- Although the Winona State University Student Senate has had no response from students or the community regarding a letter sent out to students about disciplinary action for off-campus behavior, the chair of the Senate's alcohol task force, Tony Romaine, sees that as good sign. "I saw people walking down the hall reading it. I just feel it's getting read," Romaine said. "When you work on a project like this, you want to think it has an effect. You want people to take it to heart, and I want to think that's the truth." This letter was edited by various administrators and sent via e-mail Oct. 31 to all students and to all freshmen again through campus mail. The committee had planned on sending out hard copies of the letter to all students, but the university's student affairs Vice President, Cal Winbush, ran out of money, Romaine said. "The response we've gotten is no response. That's a good thing because it means the university is receiving less calls about drinking incidents," Romaine said. This e-mail follow warning by university President Darrell Krueger to curb drinking. "We aren't trying to bombard the students with anti-drinking propaganda. We know it happens, and we can't stop it. We just hope to educate them and hope they drink responsibly," Romaine said. "There are students who will ignore it anyway, and those are the ones who are causing the problem."
Reporter: Jenny Butler
Background: Booze task force meets in January
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Prof: Aviation will be slow for five years, maybe six
| Brandon Vondrak, A Winona State University senior in business administration with an aviation minor, is not too concerned with the poor job availability right now. Vondrak said he's willing to start with a smaller flight company before eventually flying commercial airliners. "Hiring might be slow right now, but I'm willing to do the flight instructor thing in the meantime. I'll start with the little guys, but I'm willing to wait for the major airlines to recover. Just like any business cycle, it will get better," Vondrak said. |
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| WINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 2001 -- Job prospects in the aviation field have dropped drastically and may not fully recover for more than five years, estimates George Bolon, an aviation prof at Winona State since 1969. "There is no demand for pilots or mechanics right now. And depending of the world economy, it could be two to six years before the industry has made a full rebound," Bolon said. Bolon said the airline industry has been on a gradual decline since September 2000, when jet fuel sales dropped and commercial flights in and out of Winona decreased. He mentioned that the airline industry tends to be a good indicator of the nation's economic health. Bolon noted that the recession was felt in the airline industry quite a while before it was officially declared, and the effects will linger long after. "Major airlines were still actively seeking people until Sept. 11, but after that, everyone took a new significant direction," he said. Because of the decrease in demand, the biggest effects include layoffs and increased cost of parts and labor. As an example, Bolon mentioned that a May 2001 graduate of the Winona State aviation program, hired immediately after graduation, has been furloughed until August 2002. On the positive side, people entering the program as freshmen, sophomores and juniors are in the right spot to pick up jobs when the airlines start to recover. According to Bolon, seniors and graduate students should expect anywhere from a 12-month to 24-month delay in job placement.
Reporter: Jenny Butler
Background: Hiring data dim
Background: Foreign students anxious
Outlook by fields:
Accounting | Advertising | Art | Aviation | Aviation mechanics | Business | Communication | Computer science | Criminal justice | Elementary education | Engineering | Finance | Journalism | Nursing | Paralegal| Photojournalism | Public relations | Social work | Specialized education | Television | Therapeutic recreation |
Halter declines interview about sex crimesWINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 2001 -- A former Winona State University student accused in a series of Winona sex crimes, Jude Wilson Halter, declined to return a phone call to a reporter seeking his side of what happened. Police say Halter, 26, has confessed to one rape and two intrusion incidents into women's bedrooms in the summer of 2000. It is not uncommon for defendants in criminal cases to decline interviews before their day in court and the attendant civil protections of the judicial system. Halter is being held in Eau Claire, Wis., where he was arrested last month. Consistent Eau Claire jailhouse rules, police Capt. Lieberg took a reporter's phone number to pass on to Halter with a request to return a call collect.
Reporter: Lance Morgan
Background: Trail of sex crimes
WSU
SECURITY
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Dec. 12, 2001 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A security patrol walking through the Prentiss-Lucas dorm heard clanking. They entered the room and found a bag of empty cans. INCIDENT NO. 2: Two students reported that three laptops and diamond earrings were stolen from their dorm room. |
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BEING
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CAMPUS
SALARIES
Louis
DeThomasis
SMU president
2000: $139,281
Darrell
Krueger
WSU president
2001: $152,130
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
$125,000
OTHER
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