HOW MUCH FOR LABS?
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Ventura plan includes WSU science buildingST. PAUL, Minn., Jan 14, 2002 -- Gov. Jesse Ventura plugged $30 million for a new Winona State University science building into his long-term borrowing plan to help jumpstart the state's economy. It was not immediately clear how Ventura came up with $30 million. The university had been seeking $40 million to build a structure behind Stark Hall. Plans call for expensive-to-construct labs to support growing science enrollments. Ventura said his capital budget, $746 million for projects statewide, would not come from current tax revenue but from funds borrowed to be paid back in the future, perhaps over 30 years. His goal, analysts said, is to create construction-industry jobs now to stimulate the state's economy.
Background: Bad economy boosts odds for project |
Kentucky to Greece, it's all in her artWINONA, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- Minneapolis artist Margo Selski explained how her work, which is peppered with chickens, doors and cabinets, Gothic shadows and Greek writing, grew out of her own odyssey. "I believe that I strongly express my own emotional response to desire, a desire that everyone deals with." As an undergrad at Berea College in Kentucky, she learned drawing and watercolor. In Vermont at Jackson College, she took up oils. Back in Kentucky, she studied mixing colors. In grad school at the University of Minnesota she started using wax in her paintings to create a more 3-D effect. Then she went to Greece to experience art history. After returning home Selski started using Greek words and phrases in her work because she thought it was interesting. In her final works on exhibit at Winona State, Selski has a swing decorated with feathers, a cape painted with oil paint and wax, chicken eggs painted and glazed and a bed decorated with a flowery touch.
Reporter: Kimberly Fornell
Legislator: Tuition could shoot up 30%WINONA, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- The cash-strapped Legislature may take big cuts from higher-ed because colleges can make up shortfalls by raising tuition, State Rep. Gene Pelowski, D-Winona, said. Pelowski said he sees tuition and fees going up "maybe 15 percent to maybe 30." Pelowski acknowledged the hardship that more tuition and fees would put on students. Nonetheless, the colleges are a likely target to help cut a projected $1.9 billion revenue shortfall. Ten percent of the state budget goes to higher-ed, he noted. Even though the public schools take 37 percent of the budget, they cannot fall back on tuition and fee hikes.
Background: Faculty leader calls for tax surcharge
38 WSU photos in student art exhibitWINONA, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- A total of 38 photographs were selected for a student exhibit at the Winona Art Center by Winona State University profs Drake Hokanson and Cindy Killion. The problem in jurying submissions was that the exhibit can accommodated only 38 images, said Killion: "We had tons of photos submitted by tons of students." Being displayed will be the work of:| Kristen Althoff, Shamila Amaraskera, Christy Anderson, Seamus Boyle, Suwan Brill, Bethany Carlson, Mah Chunlok, Ali Coates, Eric Curry, Becca Dettmann, Ty Gangelhoff, Teresa Hackler, Lyndsey Hafner, Erika Hahn, Nicole Hanley,Scott Haraldson, Mizuho Inagaki, Tomomi Inoshima, Devon Johnson, Gautham Kamath, Jesse Liebelt, Carmell Loosbrock, Chris Marti, Eric McCauley, Meghan Miller, Sara Moe, Kim O'Donnell, Laura Putzer, Heather Ratz, Beth Renner,Rachel Seifert and Denise Thoeny. |
Faculty union chief: Use rainy-day fundsST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- A temporary tax hike is preferable to budget cuts to address the state's pending shortage of money, said Jim Pehler, president of the state Inter-Faculty Organization, which represents profs at the state universities. "There is talk about people sharing the pain, so we believe that the people who received significant tax cuts should help solve this problem." It is mostly tax cuts by the Legislature and Gov. Jesse Ventura that are leading to revenue shortfalls. Pehler favors going back to 1999 tax rates to see the state through the crisis. He cautioned against long-term decisions." Right now, the revenue shortfall is only a projected one, and the economy could improve. The problem should be solved one biennium at a time." Pehler also recommended dipping into the state's reserve funds before any budget cuts are made. "Spending money from the tax relief fund, rainy day fund, and cash flow account could make a significant impact on the need for cuts," he said. "This is a rainy day."
Background: Tuition hikes seen in Ventura plan
WSU
SECURITY
REPORT
Jan. 14, 2002 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A university official reported at 10 a.m. that a woman reported she was sexually assaulted in a dorm by an acquaintence in December.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student reported at 12:40 p.m. that he left his wallet in the men's bathroom in Maxwell and when he returned 10 minutes later the wallet was gone. The incident took place between 8:40 and 8:50 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: An individual was stopped for drinking from an open container of alcohol on campus at 1 a.m. The individual, who was not a student, was told to leave campus. |
Prose-poet to read his works at WSU
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| WINONA, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- A Minnesota author known for his prose poetry, Louis Jenkins, will read from his work at Winona State University during a one-day residency. Jenkins, of Duluth, has been recognized for his easy-going, jocular style in "An Almost Human Gesture," "Any Way in the World" and other works. Date: Jan. 22
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Kryzsko Commons, Baldwin Lounge
Cost: Free |
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TOMORROW'S GREATEST BYLINES TODAY |
QUICK
SPORTS
Jan. 14, 2002 | HOCKEY (MEN'S): Macalester 64, SMU 48.
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): SMU 73, Macalester 49.
SOCCER (MEN'S): Named to the coaches' West All-Region second team was SMU offense player Eric Brown. |
COMMENT: CAMPAIGN 2002
THE GALL OF JESSE
In further testimony to his egomania, Gov. Jesse Ventura is hinting broadly that he'll seek a second term. Good luck, Jesse. For sure, you've lost the college student support that put you over the top in 1998.
The governor's congenital hostility toward higher-ed manifested itself early in his 1999 budget recommendations. Had the Legislature not stopped him, college budgets would have been decimated. Tuition at public colleges would have spiked even further to make up the shortfalls.
Then there's the governor's "permanent" tax cut last year. It was shameless pandering to those voters who let selfish concern for their own pocketbooks override a commitment to long-term common good. Now Ventura's demagoguery has caught up with him. With a disastrous shortage in tax revenues, he is casting wildly about for money. Predictably, he's looking again to higher-ed to help make things right. Yes, he wants to cut college budgets a massive 5 percent.
It's time, Jesse, to bow out. Your ringside fans from 1998 are leaving the gym and turning the lights out. |
Background: Ventura leaning toward re-election bid
Pro-life march planned to CathedralWINONA, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- A pro-life march to protest a 28-year-old abortion-friendly U.S. Supreme Court decision, Roe v,Wade, was announced. The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic group, said the march will begin at its club house and go down Fifth Street to Main Street and then on Main to the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart across from Winona State University. A public prayer service is planned at the cathedral, sponsors said.
Date: Jan. 20
Time: 1:15 p.m.
Place: Knights of Columbia, 64 E. Fifth St.
Cost: Free
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"Another Twist" paintings on exhibit at WSUWINONA, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- An exhibit by Minneapolis painter Margo Selski opened with the artist presenting a slide lecture on her work. The exhibit, "Another Twist," is on loan from the Weisman Art Museum.Date: Jan. 24 for reception
Time: 5 p.m.
Place: Watkins Hall Gallery
Cost: Free
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COMMENT: SUCH A LEISURELY TIMETABLE
NEVER TOO MUCH JOURNALISM
Editors at the Winonan, a student government-funded newspaper at Winona State University, deserve credit. No issues have been missed in five years. The writing is vigorous. Typo gremlins have been exorcised better than at the CyberIndee.
Still, the Winonan doesn't connect well with campus readers. The publication schedule, for example, is built around staff convenience rather than readers. The editors shut down ahead of breaks, after breaks, during breaks. News goes unreported weeks on end.
When the Publications Board convenes, editor applicants must be pushed to:> Start publication in August when classes begin, not late September.
> Publish through holidays. Issues should be waiting for readers when they come back. News doesn't stop, not even during exams.
> Reinstitute summer issues. Again, news doesn't stop.
> Expand coverage. Student Senate deserves at least the space given to basketball.
> Improve the web site. Shovelware doesn't cut it in the 21st century. |
R.I.P.: Ronnie Allan LangeHOUSTON, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- A Winona Technical College grad, Ronnie Lange, 21, of Houston, died in a Minneapolis hospital after a life-long battle with cystic fibrosis. He was a Tech honors grad in automotives.
Apartment repairs more complex than expectedWINONA, Minn., Jan. 14, 2002 -- Repairs are taking longer and costing triple what was estimated originally at the apartment building at Sanborn and Franklin, where fire damaged a few rooms Nov. 11. Kathy Harris, vice president of ServPro, hired by landlord Wayne Krage to do the work, said the job is about 90 percent done. Walls have been torn out, revealing more changes were needed to bring the building into compliance with wiring and plumbing codes, Harris said.
Reporter: Angie Anderson
Background: Fire repair pegged at $10,000
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UNDER-AGE
BOOZERS
WHO GOT
CAUGHT
BEING
STUPID
DON'T
TELL
THEIR
MOTHERS
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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
SALARIES
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Will Albertsen
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Matthew Arneson
Christy Blake
Michele Bond
Stacy Booth
Seamus Boyle
Kuen Brackett
Emily Buck
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Tahmi Perzichilli
Joshua Petersen
Jenn Powless
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Rochelle Shursen
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