WSU exec about rape arrest: Don't let guard downWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- An arrest in a July 2000 Winona rape has brought relief to Cal Winbush, student affairs vice president at Winona State University. After dealing with a number of rape reports last year, some only rumors, Winbush said, "You have to be relieved. It's good when one of these incidents comes to an end." Winbush quoted from a USA Today article that Winona State was the fifth safest campus in the nation. "You may hear that statistic and drop your guard, but I always say to be safety conscious no matter what," he said. Much like how President Bush told the country to stay alert after Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Winbush gives the same message to students after the arrest of former Winona State student Jude Wilson Halter. Students should never walk home alone at night and should make good use of campus security escorts, Winbush said.
Reporter: Amy Vercnocke
Background: Halter declines interview
If not Nickelback, then maybe Train |
| WINONA, Dec. 13, 2001 -- The rock group Train is the next the band that Winona State University will pursued for a spring rock concert if Nickelback does not accept a $40,000 bid, said student activities director Joe Reed. The student committee responsible for the concert gave Reed authority over he holiday break to do what seems best if Nickelback bows out.
Reporter: Jeff Ganske
Background: Agent upbeat on Nickelback |
Hiring data dims for college gradsWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- The Sept. 11 attacks didn't help, but the economic slowdown and dimming job market cannot be blamed on the attacks alone, said career counselor Vicki Decker at Winona State University. "The job industry does not look good for graduating seniors," she said, "but Sept. 11 didn't cause this." The Career Advancement Management report projected in July and August, before the attacks, that this year's college grads wouldn't have it as easy as last year. Many companies were turning down college seniors who thought they had a job lined up. Some companies, like Intel, are paying new hires not to come to work at all, Decker said. The National Association of Colleges and Employers says 46 percent of employers are reducing college hiring. Six percent are hiring more. A year ago, employment was increasing by 200,000 jobs per month nationally, but graduating seniors won't see those numbers, Decker said.
Reporter: Amy Vernocke
Background: Hiring data dim
Background: Foreign students anxious
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Employee in sex case no longer with SMUWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- The Saint Mary's employee accused of sexual misconduct on a student was a technology education specialist for the graduate Teaching & Learning program, a university spokesperson confirmed. The man, Christopher James Heidel, left the university's employment Oct. 26. His work was as a webmaster. The incident in a two-count criminal complaint initiated by a 20-year-old Saint Mary's student occurred two weeks earlier at the Holiday Inn in Winona. Before joining Saint Mary's, Heidel had taught high school in the hometown of the student who went to the police.
Reporter: Kim O'Donnell
Background: Student: I trusted my teacher
Winonan seeking editorsWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- The editor-in-chief job at the Winonan, a Winona State University student newspaper, is up for grabs. Editor Jen Selby said she is being graduated in the spring. Only one student, Stacy Booth, currently the feature editor, has applied, according to faculty adviser Drake Hokanson. He said the appointment will be made by two members of the Student Senate and the university Publications Board. The position pays $1,600 a year. Also vacant next fall: Managing editor, online editor, and news editor. Selby, a journalism student, said she plans on a career in book publishing or newspapers.
Reporter: Amy Vercnocke
WSU researchers discuss using assessment dataWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- Two Winona State University researchers, Phil Jirsa and Theresa Waterbury of the institutional research office, presented a paper, "Making Assessment Meaningful: The Winona Assessment Project," at a faculty development conference of the Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning in Minnesota.
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Tuition task force appointments pendingWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- A student task force on tuition hopes to start meeting the second week of spring semester at Winona State University, student President Jason Fossum said. "People have showed a lot of interest in being part of this task force," said Fossum. He expects to announce appointments to the task force in January. Fossum said he is ruling out graduating students: "I want members who are going to be directly affected by this." said Fossum. The task force will be comprised of four senators and three non-Senate students. "There's a big misconception that the tuition increase is under the Student Senate's control," said Fossum. In the past only university President Darrell Krueger has understood the issues behind tuition hikes, Fossum said. "Our opinion will be taken seriously," said Fossum. Krueger has suggested tuition may need to go up as much as 23 percent in the fall.
Reporter: Sarah Mundy
Background: Broad examination need for WSU budget puzzle
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Keg mystery solved: The landlord dunnitWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- The imposter city worker who "stole" two kegs from the kitchen of a Winona State University neighborhood party house turned out to be the landlord. Tenant Pat Gieser said: "We suspected foul play at first, but then Bill Baker stopped by and said he took the kegs because they were violating the lease." The lease states that the landlord will keep all taps and kegs. The only person to witness the event was a partygoer who then told the tenants that a middle-aged man wearing a city ordinance jacket stole the kegs. Baker said he remembers talking to a woman who was obviously intoxicated. "I was wearing a dark blue jacket with a Boston marathon symbol that does resemble a police badge," said Baker. Baker said he had been walking past the house when heard loud music and voices coming from inside. He walked in the kitchen door and saw the two kegs and a woman filling up her beer. Baker said he told the woman he was taking the kegs because they were violating the keg ordinance. When Baker takes kegs from houses he usually takes them to the liquor store and collects the deposit, he said: "Kegs are my No. 1 concern," said Baker, referring to a 1-1/2 year-old city ordinance that allows only one ke at an address at a time.
Reporter: Justin Hargraves
Background: Keg thief imposter remains at large
Why editors didn't report Walch driving drunk WINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- The sports editor of the Winona Daily News, Jim Kohner, said he didn't report the citation of Winona State University runningback Ryan Walch for drunk driving because it was negative news. Kohner said he doesn't like negative news in his sports section if it happens out of the sports arena. The Daily News did run a line on the arrest in the police column of its news section. The item gave Walch's name but didn't identify his celebrity status. At a campus student newspaper, the Winonan, co-sports editor Chris Yarolimek said that he believes that what athletes do outside of school is not legit news. "What's more, he's graduating," Yarolimek said. His co-editor, Brett Carow, didn't deny that the arrest had news value. He said the news broke too late for one edition, and his small staff was stretched too thin to follow up. Carow denied any university pressure to cover up the news.
Reporter: Everlyn Ochwal
Background: Sports publicist: Drunk driving not news
For WSU gridders: No pain, no gain, no breakWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- Not all Winona State University students will consider the December break a "break." Football Coach Tom Sawyer and weight training coach Jeff Reinardy have put their players on a regimented weight-lifting plan. To make sure the players follow the plan, they are pretested for their lifting max before they leave for break and tested again after returning. The players need to be in excellent shape because when they return in January they begin plyometric training and more challenging weight lifting, said Sawyer. He gives the players only two weeks off a year -- the week after the fall season and a week at spring break.
Reporter: Erin Dougherty
By default, AFSCME-MAPE contracts approvedST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- The House-Senate employee relations subcommittee deadlocked on a new contract for the 30,000 Minnesota state employees who went on a two-week strike in October. The deadlock means the contact will take effect Dec. 21. The employees, members of the AFSCME and MAPE unions, will receive six months of backpay along with the new wages. Most will earn $1,000 to $1,400 a year more than before. The contracts still require approval by the full Legislature, which convenes Jan. 29, and the new terms could be rescinded. In that event, another strike is possible. In the subcommittee, some Republicans objected to insurance benefits for same-sex domestic partners. Rep. Jim Knoblach, R-St. Cloud, argued that the standard for determining who qualifies was "extremely loose. Almost any two people could get them, he said. Sen. Myron Orfield, D-Minneapolis, responded the real reason Republicans opposed it is they "just don't want gay and lesbian people to have this benefit."
Background: Tentative strike settlement: 6 to 7%
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Dec.13, 2001 | BASKETBALL (MEN'S): Bethel 83, SMU 71.
FOOTBALL (MEN'S): Named to the Verizon Academic All-America first team was WSU wide receiver Adam Lilla, a biology and allied health major who carries a 3.91 grade-point aveage. |
WSU commencement marshals chosenWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 2001 -- The highest-ranking student in each of the five colleges that comprise Winona State University were named as marshals for the midyear commencement. Carrying their college banners in the processional:> Business: Stacey Rumph, business administration
> Education: RAchael Droogsma, elementary-ed
> Liberal Arts: Alyssa Jensen, com-studies
> Nursing and health: Nicholas Duellman, exercise science
> Science and engineering: Kristen Hanson, math
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Reading the grads; names will be Samantha Sweeney, a German major, and Natalie Zenefski, a theater major. |
Date: Dec. 14
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Place: McCown Gym |
Background: Retired WSU exec receiving award
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Dec. 13, 2001 | A Sheehan dorm supervisor reported that several tenants were removing room numbers and stairwell signs. |
Knife incident at rave leads to criminal chargeDROPBASS RAVE
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| ALMA, Wis., Dec. 13, 2001 -- An Oshkosh-area man was charged with threatening to kill a 21-year-old woman at the drugfest rave on a blufftop farm across the Mississippi River from Winona over Labor Day weekend. Kenneth J. Morrin, 49, of Winneconne, Wis., was drunk and "swinging a knife among the crowd," police said in the criminal comlaint. The woman, from Appleton, Wis., who was not named in the complaint, said Morrin held a knife at her back. The charge: Endangering safety with a dangerous weapon.
Background: County chair survives rave upset |
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