GOP: Use rainy-day funds to help budgetST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- The state should take $653 million from the lawsuit tobacco settlement and other cash reserves to offset some of the revenue shortfall projected for next year, said State Senate majority leader Dick Day, R-Owatonna. The GOP leader said the plan, presumably backed by the party in the House, would ease the spending cuts and tax increases proposed by Gov. Jesse Ventura. The plan possibly could limit state college tuition increases projected as high as 30 percent in the fall. The plan picks up on a proposal by state faculty union President Jim Pehler to use the "rainy day" funds.
Background: Faculty union chief: Use rainy-day funds
WSU students groan at loss of class booklet
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| WINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- The Winona State University Student Senate decided narrowly not to call for Registrar Stewart Shaw to return to printed class schedules. In a lengthy discussion, some senators objected to Shaw's decision to save money by not issuing class schedules in hard copy. Sen. Nick Dircz said that the web alternative didn't work well for spring registration. Although Winona State is technically a "laptop campus," only frosh and sophs are required to have computers, Dircz noted. Dircz said that even students with laptops prefer hard copies and that the web server is slow. Sen. Erin Olson responded that it would have been a waste for Shaw to continue to spend $10,000 to print 12,000 copes of the schedule.
Reporter: Emily Frank |
R.I.P.: Mona Jean BiasCANDLER, N.C., Jan. 16, 2002 -- A retired continuing-ed worker at Winona State University, Mona Bias, died at age 76. Bias retired in 1995. Her academic training had been in political science. From 1976 to 1986 she was associate dean of continuing-ed at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
Put those shorts away; sledding's hereWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- About 20 college students took advantage of the new snow to enjoy this sledding hill tucked behind a thicket next to Saint Mary's theater parking lot. "We haven't been able to sled on this hill at all this year. There hasn't been enough snow," said Winona State junior Catherine Pries. The Saint Mary's sledding is a ritual for Preis: "This is the first year we didn't know if we would be able to." Referring back a couple weeks, Winona State senior Nathan Ewing said: "You can't call it winter when you are wearing shorts in November."
Reporter: Rochelle Shursen
Richard Korish to WSU Student SenateWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- Winona State University student senators elected a nontrad, Richard Korish, to a Senate vacancy. Korish replaces Sen. Rachel Sturtz, who resigned because a class conflict precluded her from making Senate meetings. He became only the second nontraditional student on the Senate this year. Also considered for the Sturtz seat were Tif Niskal and Curt Clemmons.
Reporter: Ana Smith
Background: Soph senator resigns
| The dorms director at Winona State University, Mike Porritt, said dorm supervisors who are fired usually have to move out but are offered housing in a different dorm. Variations in the custom depend on the situation, he said. Speaking hypothetically, Porritt said that a supervisor fired for drinking probably would be allowed to remain in the dorms. Two to three days would be allowed for the move, he said. Porritt said he follows the same guidelines for supervisors as for student tenants. Porritt said if a student did something that would endanger other tenants, the student would be sent packing immediately. "The same goes for resident assistants," Porritt said. |
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after boozing reportWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- A student floor supervisor at Winona State University's Lourdes dorm was fired last fall after someone reported that she had been drinking alcohol in her dorm room, it was learned. Heather Anderson, 19, a sophomore medtech major, confirmed she had been fired. The university's dorms chief, Michael Porritt, declined to comment except to say that he has fired only one of his supervisors in 1-1/2 years on the job. Anderson said that she was wasn't actually caught drinking but was sat down for an interview by her supervisor after someone ratted on her. She doesn't know who did it, Anderson said. In the interview about the report, Anderson said, she agreed to a second interview but then canceled the interview and didn't return any of eight phone messages to reschedule. Meanwhile, she is looking for other work. Anderson has applied for an old job back at the Subway sandwich shop on Mankato Avenue -- a job had left in August to be a floor supervisor at Lourdes.
Reporter: Rebecca Schmidt |
Apartment house undergoing $60,000 fixupWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- The apartment house on 127 E. Howard St., where several college students rent, is undergoing upgrades to accommodate renter needs and because it is so old, said landlord Scott Abramson. The $60,000 project involves five new bedrooms, two new bathrooms, new kitchens, carpet, and wiring for phone, cable and the Internet, Abramson said: "It'll be spiffier." Two new gas furnaces will replace 25-year-old units. Abramson said the work in one apartment is almost completed. Work on the next one will begin in a month, he said. Carpenter Tim Kropidlowski said he has repaired things that no longer worked and also updated windows and stoves.
Reporter: Angie Anderson
R.I.P.: Lori Ann SagenWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- A Winona Vo-Tech alum, Lori Ann Sagen, 42, died at the hospital. She had studied sales and management.
WSU exec upbeat on science project prospects
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| WINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- The development vice president at Winona State University, Jim Schmidt, is additionally optimistic that the Legislature will approve funds to replace the Pasteur science building now that the project is in Gov. Jesse Ventura's capital budget proposal. Schmidt said that legislators who have visited Pasteur walk away shaking their heads at its inadequacies, Health and safety issues are plain, Schmidt said. He called the governor's endorsement "the first step in a long process" to win legislative approval.
Background: Krueger hails building decision |
WSU offering pilot instrument schoolWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- An instrument ground school for pilots begins Jan. 18 at the Winona airport, Winona State University aviation prof George Bolon said. The course enables students to pass the Federal Aviation Administration written knowledge examination, Bolon said. He also recommended the course for certified pilots to review their training. Bolon, an airline transport pilot and FAA safety counselor, encouraged students to call for advance assignments. Registration may be completed at the first class meeting. Date: Jan. 7
Time: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.,m. Saturdays
Place: Winona Airport Administration Building
Contact: (507) 457-5585 or 452-1937 |
Madrigal feast coming to WSUWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- The Renaissance Madrigal Banquet at Winona State University will feature wine-glazed Cornish hen, the sponsoring chair of the Winona State University music department, Harry Mechel, said. In a news release, Mechel said: "My Lords and Ladyes: It is indeed that tyme of the year, again, when Lourdes Hall becomes Dark Manor. Enjoy 'pastyme with goode companye.' The evening will be filled with music, dancing, juggling, fyne food, puppetry, fencing exhibitions, and entertainment of all kynds." Date: Feb. 8 and 9
Time: Not announced yet.
Place: Lourdes Hall
Cost: $40
Contact: (507) 457-5259 |
WSU boilers in shrieking shakedownWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- Shrill emissions of steam from the Winona State University heating plant will continue through Wednesday and possibly into Thursday, said facilities chief Dick Lande. A problem with one of the new boilers installed over the summer is being repaired, he said: "It will be necessary to discharge steam which will create a lot
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WSU life-drawing coop open to allWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- A drop-in art program at Winona State University has resumed for spring seamster, said art department chair Anne Plummer. Artists bring their own tools and paper for the life-drawing sessions, Plummer said. Easels and models are provided. There is no instruction.
Date: Thursdays
Time: 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Place: Watkins Hall 210
Cost: Free
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WSU jazz fundraiser planned at HilltopWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- The Winona State University Jazz Ensemble is presenting its fourth annual ballroom dance to finance spring travels. Music will include Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller with guest artists Richard Hammergren and James Wheat, said Jazz Ensemble conductor Rich MacDonald. Funds will go toward a jazz tour of Iowa and Wisconsin high schools and a performance at the University of Minnesota Jazz Festival, MacDonald said.
Date: Jan. 18
Time: 7:30 to 11 p.m.
Place: Hilltop Ballroom, above Fountain City, Wis.
Cost: $5 at the door
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COMMENT: DORM FOOLISHNESS
WHERE ARE THE CAMERAS?
Some yegg whose judgment makes you wonder about the Saint Mary's University admissions standards pulled a fire alarm in a dorm at 1 o'clock the other morning. So what else is new?
This time a 20-year-old woman, wakened by the alarm, fell and hurt her back getting out of the building. She ended up in the hospital. We think she'll be OK. Thank goodness.
President Louis DeThomasis must finish his project to install video cameras to catch the punks who pull these false alarms. Second, the miscreants must be expelled immediately. No excuses: "I'm so sorry. I was so drunk I didn't know what I was doing."
The next time, somebody could die. |
Zaza's relying on college customers, workers |
| WINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- College students as customers and employees are key in the success of Zaza's, the new Huff Street pizzeria across from Winona State University's Sheehan high-rise, said main manager Corey DuFault. With college employees, DuFault said: "We know that college comes first, and we'll work with students and be lenient with their schedules," said DuFault. Employees work 10 to 20 hours per week, with the cooks slightly more. Shawn Anderson, a Winona State junior, is a bartender at Zaza's who says he has so far enjoyed the environment: "It's a nice new place and the managers are easy to get along with." The crowd is mainly college students which makes it a fun atmosphere to work in," he said. The renovations Zaza's has undergone were tailored to young crowd, according to DuFault. The atmosphere was brightened with a new bar, new paint and brick for a crisp feel. Overhead televisions, dartboards, and foosball tables give Zaza's a sports bar flavor.
Reporter: Kim O'Donnell
Background: What? No pizza sauce? Pizzeria closes early |
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Jan. 16, 2002 | BASKETBALL (MEN'S): St. John's 61, SMU 41.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): St. Benedict 54, SMU 49.
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Eastmans open SMU art exhibitWINONA, Minn., Jan. 16, 2002 -- A husband-wife artist team, Dan and Linda Sue Eastman, opened an exhibit of paintings and furniture with a slide show at Saint Mary's University. Dan Eastman's acrylics are from visits to Trinidad. Lind Sue Eastman's exhibits include original furniture, models and sketches.
Date: Feb. 16-22
Time: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Place: Toner Student Center
Cost: Free
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