R.I.P.: Raymond Dale DenzerPALMER, Alaska, June 29, 2002 -- A 1971 Winona State University grad, Ray Denzer, 57, .was killed when his gyrocopter, a rotor-lifted lightweight craft, crashed near Homer. He was a retired Air Force major. He had homes in Palmer as well as Homer, Alaska.
R.I.P.: Jerald Wayne HarrisonST. CHARLES, Minn., June 29, 2002 -- A Winona Vo-Tech grad, Jerald Wayne Harrison, 51, of Preston, Minn., died at his parent's home. At vo-tech he studied auto body repair.
Governor poll: Three-way dead heatMINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2002 -- Minnesota voters are split almost evenly between Tim Penny, the likely Independence Party candidate for governor, and Democrat Roger Moe and Republican Tim Pawlenty, according to a Star Tribune survey. The survey's margin of error wiped out any statistically significant difference between Moe, 26 percent, and Pawlenty and Penny, 25 percent. Green candidate Ken Pantel had 5 percent. Penny drew evenly from Democrats and Republicans, his greatest strength among moderates and independents. The Star Trib also checked name recognition: Moe, 86 percent; Penny, 74 percent; Pawlenty, 72 percent.
Background: "Tim Penny throws hat in ring"
Ventura successor? Tim Penny throws hat in ringRoger Moe
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| WASCECA, Minn., June 27, 2002 -- Six-term southeast Minnesota Congressman Tim Penny chose his hometown cafe, the Busy Bee, to announce he is leaving fellow Democrats to seek the Independence Party nomination for governor. Penny said he will decide within a week whether to run for governor. Penny faces state education Commissioner Christine Jax for the Independence nomination. He has been encouraged to run by outgoing Gov. Jesse Ventura. Penny cited the bitter partisanship in the last two Legislatures: "Minnesotans are looking for someone to bring them together and move forward."
Background: "Penny has what Ventura lacks" |
Daily News: Penny has what Ventura lacksST. PAUL, Minn., June 21, 2002 -- The Winona Daily News fell short of endorsing Winona State University grad Tim Penny for governor but said he has "the negotiation mettle" to accomplish what Gov. Jesse Ventura has not. Penny, a Democrat who served six terms in Congress, has confirmed he may run for governor as an independent. The Daily News called Penny "a serious politician" but added that he's above party-line politics.
Background: Penny: Yes, I'm leaning toward governorship
Penny: Yes, I'm leaning toward governshipST. PAUL, Minn., June 21, 2002 -- Former Congressman Tim Penny said he will decide within a week whether to run for governor. Outgoing Gov. Jesse Ventura has been prodding Penny to run as an independent. In an impromptu news conference at a Capitol Medicare rally, Penny told reporters that an independent candidate could win and the he was leaning toward running. Political observers note a high level of dissatisfaction with Democrat Roger Moe and Republican Tim Pawlenty, both leaders in the Legislature, for perpetuating the state budget crisis. Penny, a Democrat, acknowledged his independent candidacy would draw supporters from Moe. But also, he said: " I come from the most Republican corner of the state. A lot of Republicans out there aren't happy." Penny, who carries a political centrist label, represented southeast Minnesota in Congress for 12 years.
Background: Might WSU grad Penny go for governor?
Chem prof opposes cloning experimentsWINONA, Minn., June 21, 2002 -- People may be divided on whether public policy should allow the use of human embryos to make babies, but not Winona State University chemistry professor Jeanne Franz. "Cloning experiments should be banned," Franz said. There are research alternatives and more are coming, she said. "The technology isn't there, but in the future it should be." Some alternative solutions may include stem cells from adult bone marrow, which is presently being researched, said Franz, or focusing on other mammals that compare closely humans. "Science moves so quickly that the technology scientists have now didn't exist just over 21 months ago," she said.
Reporter: Pam Volk
WSU history student crowned Miss WinonaWINONA, Minn., June 20, 2002 -- The New Miss Winona is Winona State University history senior Keary Dennison. In the pageant competition, Dennison performed an irish hard shoe folk dance and spoke on child abuse awareness. She will wear the Miss Winona crown in the Miss Minnesota pageant. Dennison's father is university librarian Russ Dennison. First runner-up: Emily Hiatt of Georgetown University. Second runner-up: Sara Marek of Saint Mary's University.
New Harbormaster is former WSU executiveWINONA, Minn., June 19, 2002 -- A former Winona State University vice president, civic booster Gary Evans, was named Harbormaster for the annual Steamboat Days celebration. Evans, was a university executive from 1987 to 1997. Now he is chief executive at Hiawatha Broadband.
WSU contributes to home ownership dropWINONA, Minn., June 19, 2002 -- Home ownership continued declining in Winona County in the 1990s, due partly to the growth of Winona State University, whose students mostly are renters. A state analysis of 2000 U.S. census data shows home ownership at 71 percent, down two points from 1990. The decline was counter to changes in home ownership statewide, which grew 3 percent in the 1990s.
THE CHANGING FACULTY
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Stability comes to WSU chemistry facultyWINONA, Minn., June 19, 2002 -- Chemistry students at Winona State University will see only familiar faces in the podiums this fall. Department Chair Bill Ng said there will be no faculty changes. "Everyone who's here this year will be back next year," Ng said. He noted that the department has had a huge turnover from retirements through the past five years.
Reporter: Steven Mack
Other WSU departments: Admin-info systems | Business admin | Chemistry | Economics | History | Marketing | Math/stats | Physics | Phys-ed | Political science | Special-ed |
Designer offers book, web workshopWINONA, Minn., June 19, 2002 -- A graphic designer who has designed more than 200 books, Rimi Twait of Colorado, will conduct a print and web workshop at Winona State University. "Select a small print or web project of your choice and complete it with expert guidance and group feedback," Twait said. "Develop or hone your visual communications skills." Class limit: 20. Prerequisites: QuarkXPress, Photoshop, or Adobe GoLive.Date: July 30
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Watkins 213
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Might WSU grad Tim Penny go for governor?ST. PAUL, Minn., June 18, 2002 -- Speculation turned to former Congressman Tim Penny as an Independence Party candidate for governor after Jesse Ventura announced he wouldn't run again. Penny, who served six terms in Congress from southeast Minnesota as a Democrat, helped Ventura learn the ropes after being elected in 2002. He has remained a close adviser. Penny studied political science at Winona State University, served as student president, and later taught occasional courses. He left Congress after becoming an advocate of term limits. In recent years he has been a fellow at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota.
Background: Ventura leaving governorship |
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Speaker: Counselors own worst enemyWINONA, Minn., June 17, 2002 -- School counselors need to be more outspoken about the importance of their work, said the president of the American Counseling Association at a Winona State University workshop. Jane Goodman said counselors are high on budget-cutter's lists because their role is not well understood. In many schools, counselors are being replaced by low-cost clerks and low-level mangers doing double duty, Goodman said: "Historically counselors have not been very assertive. We have let people do this to us."
Ventura: Bye, bye to governorship| ST. PAUL, Minn., June 18, 2002 -- The unpredictable, third-party, foot-in-mouth, colorful governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, decided against seeking a second term. Ventura's announcement, in a radio interview, came amid news reports that hiss 22-year-old son Tyrel had used the governor's mansion for rowdy, disrupting parties that left furnishings damaged and puke all over the place. Ventura blasted the media for reporting the party damage but said he had decided weeks ago not to run. As recently as last Friday, however, he said he was still mulling whether to announce. Ventura barely won election in 1998 with 34 percent of the vote in a three-way race. In office, his performance ratings were regularly in the 60s in the first two years. Recently they've sagged to 50 percent. |
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Traffic concern upends Collegeville planWINONA, Minn., June 17, 2002 -- The City Council voted 5-2 against the proposed Collegeville housing development across Highway 15 from Saint Mary's University after hearing citizen concerns about traffic. The 36-unit development, geared to empty-nesters, would have been advertised for its proximity to the campus and access to campus cultural and athletic facilities and the cafeteria. The issue was Highway 15 traffic at the foot of Stockton Hill, where numerous intersections already pose traffic problems. Mayor Jerry Miller said a stoplight wouldn't work because of 55-mph traffic, including grain trucks, coming down the grade. Testified neighborhood resident Dave Robinson: "Somebody's going to get killed."
Background: Yes, Collegeville will mean more traffic
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NOW AND THEN. On the eve of his retirement, Winona State University television prof Dennis Pack recalls 40 years with the cameras. It's the difference between color and b/w, WSU and KUED, 2002 and 1962. But, says Pack, the basics are fundamental. Full interview |
Frosh descend on WSU for advance orientationWINONA, Minn., June 17, 2002 -- More than 1,000 new students began arriving at Winona State University for a series of two-day registration sessions for fall classes. Members of the Class of 2006 took placement exams, got familiar with the campus, and learned about their laptop computers. Parents accompanied most of the new frosh.
"Winona:
A Romantic Tragedy"Raymond the white trader, played by Alfred Wolfram, and the missionary, played by Robert-Bruce Brake, wound up the week-long run of "Winona: A Romantic Tragedy" at Winona State University. Playright Emilio DeGrazia drew on the legend of martyred love, including the princess Wenonah's suicide leap at Maiden Rock, Wis., for the story. |  |
R.I.P.: LeRoy L. RicherTUCSON, Arizona, June 16, 2002 -- A Winona State University grad, LeRoy Richer, 54, died at a hospital. Richer held a doctorate in biochemistry from North Dakota State and was research director for Vestar Inc. in Pasadena, Calif.,before moving to Arizona. He was a former board member of the Inventors Association of America.
WSU files for stadium construction permitWINONA, Minn., June 15, 2002 -- Winona State University filed a building permit application to begin Phase 1 of a football stadium expansion. The project, pegged only at $12,000, will add premium-price bleachers at the 50-year line. Athletic Director Larry Holstad envisions $100-a-seat season package, beginning with 100 to 200 seats that will include a reserved parking right outside the stadium. Eventually Holstad sees a new press box, bathrooms, and a permanent concession stand, He hopes the upgrades will enable Winona State to be host for a home playoff game some day.
Background: WSU plans stadium upgrade |
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Architect's view of completed stadium |
SALE INCLUDES
Chapel of St. Mary of the Angels; St. Michael's and other athletic fields; facilities and grounds used by Cotter High, Minnesota Academy of Mathematics and Science facilities, St. T's tennis courts and gym, Valencia Performing Arts Academy, Alverna Center, Winona State University (Maria Hall), Virtual School of Winona, International Residence Center, CSTea House.
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| SMU buys St. Teresa campusWINONA, Minn., June 14, 2002 -- In a surprise announcement, Saint Mary's University said it has purchased most of the old College of St. Teresa campus on the West End. Brother Louis DeThomasis, university president, said the facilities of the former women's college, much of them under-used, will allow Saint Mary's to expand its undergrad and graduate programs. A foundation headed by Winona industrialist Bob Kierlin had purchased the campus from the Assisi Heights Franciscan sisters of Rochester, Minn., after the Roman Catholic order shut down St. Teresa. Kierlin's group, the Hiawatha Education Foundation, has nurtured numerous education-related enterprises on the campus, including Cotter High School. In announcing Saint Mary's purchase of the campus, DeThomasis said that the existing education operations will continue as tenants and be unaffected by the sale. The purchase price: $4 million. The purchase does not include Lourdes Hall, which Winona State University owns and operates as a dorm called a "residential college." Also unaffected is Winona State's new lease for Maria Hall as a dorm. |
R.I.P.: Mary E. "Betty" (Kelberer) Hiedemann WINONA, Minn., June 13, 2002 -- A retired Saint Mary's College secretary, Mary Heidemann, 85, died at home after a brief illness. She was a Winona State College alum. At Saint Mary's she held various jobs over the years, including secretary to the academic dean. She was active in Winona theater.
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Melissa Dalton, who plays the princess Wenonah, and Christopher Gabriel, as Chief Wabasha, her father. |
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Leap-to-death tragedy opens at WSUWINONA, Minn., June 13, 2002 --The two-act play "Winona: A Romantic Tragedy" premiered at Winona State University, the first of five performances during the city's week-long Festival of the Arts. The play is based on the legend of the Dakota princess Wenonah, who leaps from Maiden Rock to her death rather than marry a man she does not love. Directed by Maggy Jacqmin from Theatre du Mississippi, the two-act tragedy by retired English prof Emelio DeGrazia includes a professional cast and local performers.
Reporter: Beth Renner
Background: DeGrazia's take on princess Winona's leap
WSU cuts ribbon for infrastructure equipmentWINONA, Minn., June 12, 2002 -- Winona State University showed off its new energy-efficient boilers, generators and chillers at an open house. In a ribbon-cutting ceremony, university President Darrell Krueger said the savings will cover the cost of the equipment. Also, he said, the university will be able to generate power for the Winona area in case of a major outage. Among speakers was Allan Johnson, associate state vice chancellor of facilities.
WSU students thanked for letters to troopsWINONA, Minn., June 12, 2002 -- An organization that encourages people to write to U.S. troops abroad, Friends of Our Troops, honored Winona State University for sending 692 letters in October and November -- more than any other Minnesota college. Said dorms manager Mike Porritt: "The recognition is appreciated, but it was not something these students were seeking when they began writing the letters. These selfless students truly had others in mind as they put their words and thoughts to paper." The dorm council organized the letter campaign. This was not the only Winona State letter campaign last year. Students sent more than 1,000 letters to New York City firefighters and police after the World Trade Center attack.
Advice: Ask good questions about new drugsWINONA, Minn., June 12, 2002 -- People should be skeptical about the new pharmaceutical commercials on television, said a Winona State nursing professor. Linda Smith said every drug has downsides. One drawback is that commercials create an artificial demand for new drugs. Not all drugs are better than less costly older products, said Smith. On the upside,commercials stimulate conversations between patients and health-care providers, Smith said. She encouraged people ask questions about new drugs:Why do I need this drug?What is the drug?What is the drug going to do?What are the side effects?
Smith said a government survey found that 69 percent of people who ask a health-care provider for the new drugs get a prescription.
Reporter: Alison Turner
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R.I.P.: Lloyd M. LivingstoneWINONA, Minn., June 8, 2002 -- A Winona State University grad, Lloyd Livingstone, 52, died of natural causes at his home on the Mississippi River at Bass Camp. He was a geologist and amateur astronomer.
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June 3, 2002 | INCIDENT NO. 1: Fire alarms were activated in Sheehan, Kryzsko and Richards halls at 3 a.m. All locations checked and alarms were attributed to the weather.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A Winona Daily News delivery vehicle struck a light pole on campus at 4:06 a.m. Police investigated.
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WSU wins state management awardWINONA, Minn., June 2, 2002 -- WINONA, Minn., June 2, 2002 -- For the fifth consecutive year Winona State University received the annual state college system's leadership and team effort achieving excellence in financial management and facilities management. Among criteria are internal controls as reflected by legislative auditors. Minnesota State University-Mankato also received the award.
Prof: GOP early beneficiary of reformWINONA, Minn., June 1, 2002 -- The long-term impact of the national campaign finance reform bill is in question, said a Winona State University politics prof. Darrell Downs said the bill, designed to cut influence-buying soft money contributions from special interests, will benefit the Republicans the most in the beginning because they receive more "hard money," as individual donations to political parties are called. Which party will benefit in years to come is hard to predict, he said. The bill, which goes into effect Nov. 6, the day after this year's elections, bans soft-money contributions to national parties from lobby and labor groups from being passed on to candidates. But, said Downs, there already may be ways around the restriction by donating money at the state and county level.
Reporter: Alison Turner
Pack: TV has changed but not the basicsWINONA, Minnesota, June 18, 2002 -- Television has changed a great deal in the past 40 years, but one constant has been Winona State University professor Dennis Pack who recently marked four decades in television. From his first job as a camera operator in June 1962 to his current position as a Winona State prof, Pack's approach has remained the same. It's something that he shares with his students today.
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"You really can't learn much by watching others work," said Pack. "You need to be hands on and do it for yourself." It's a lesson he learned during his first TV job at KUED, a public
television station at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He was working as one of two full-time camera operators at the station. During a live broadcast from the Utah State Capitol, the director turned to Pack and asked if he'd like to try directing for the first time. Pack said "yes," thinking it would be only a few minutes. |
"The director turned and left the control room, leaving me alone to direct this live show," said Pack. "He was gone for two hours."
Everything went fine while Pack was in the director's chair then, and that experience pushed him to try more opportunities in television. A promotion to a producer/director position in 1966 let him tap his creativity, and he produced and directed several telecasts including theatre department plays, a number of weekly programs, documentaries, Utah Symphony concerts, and a series of concerts in California which were syndicated to public TV stations nationwide.
| MR. WSU TV. Dennis Pack had his first television job in 1962 at KUED-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah. Now he is marking a 40-year career in television production as prof at Winona State. Wearing a second hat as director of TV Services at Winona State, Pack has directed nearly every Winona State commencement broadcast since 1986. |
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| Pack earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Utah in 1967 and stayed at KUED for two more years. He then headed east to become Program Director at KESD-TV, the public television station at South Dakota State University in Brookings. He helped strengthen the station's local programming, built sets and trained employees. One of those first shows was "Panorama," a weekly magazine format show which was ultimately distributed statewide in South Dakota. He also spent time teaching a TV production class each quarter.
"I really thought my experience was varied and deep enough to help students avoid the pitfalls I found and be prepared to really work," said Pack. "I thought TV production was the neatest thing around and I really wanted to share it with others."
Following a year off to get his master's degree in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University, Pack took over as the Director of Programming for the South Dakota Public Television Network in 1974. The network included three stations with 10 transmitters and covered two time zones.Since 1978, Winona and Winona State have been home to Professor Pack where he also serves as Director of TV Services.
"Being in television keeps you honest as a teacher. That was an attraction of coming here. I would be involved in both," Pack said.
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Professor Pack, who will retire at the end of the 2002-03 academic year, has had a variety of roles and responsibilities while at Winona State including Audio/Visual Department Director, chair of the Mass Communications Department for 8 years, and the initial coordinator of the Winona Graduate Skills (WINGS) Electronic Portfolio Program.
He also has directed nearly every televised Winona State commencement exercise in the past since 1986. It used to take a semi trailer loaded with control room equipment to create the University of Utah's Commencement broadcast, but today's portable equipment allows Professor Pack to be inside McCown Gymnasium, watching and directing from the rafters. Though the technology changed, Professor Pack's passion for television production has remained strong.
"When the lights come on, the juices start to flow," said Pack.
It's that enthusiasm for broadcasting Professor Pack imparts to his students. Through group projects and other TV productions, students get the hands-on training that helped inspire Pack 40 years ago.
"CNN Headline News has four things going on at once on the screen. That can be very intense and overwhelming for students. I try to give the students some small successes as a way to build their confidence," said Pack. "When the students realize what they are capable of doing, they become self-motivated as they see the possibilities. Those are the ones who become successful."
Professor Pack is extremely proud of the several successful and memorable projects students developed for Winona State and the Winona community. He points to a nine-hour telethon students helped produce to benefit efforts to rebuild the Julius C. Wilke steamboat following a fire in 1981. Entertainment from 50 acts was pre-recorded and played during the broadcast. Also high on Professor Pack's list of student accomplishments is the work an advanced placement class did producing the broadcast and accompanying documentary of Darrell Krueger's inauguration at Winona State president in 1990. Recently, students have also created programs for outside clients, including Fastenal and TRW Automotive.
In addition to his teaching duties, Pack has created a variety of
programming as campus director of Television Services. He shot and edited a documentary about photographer Cole Weston at a workshop Weston taught for Winona State in northern Minnesota. He also did TV programs for faculty ranging from how sexual abuse victims overcame their abuse to the building of an earth-sheltered house, and a multimedia program about Winona State University's building needs. Also, Pack's student workers have video taped hundreds of classes, concerts and other performances.
Technology and programming have changed over time, but Professor Pack sees college and university broadcasting programs remaining as relevant as they were in 1962.
"I think broadcast education will be important in the future, not just because of the marketable skills the students gain, but also it makes them better consumers of television," said Pack. "They're better able to tell fiction from reality from having done it. They also get organizational and people skills that can be transferred almost anywhere. And it provides a discipline. You can't be successful without personal discipline and attention to detail."
Dennis Pack's attention to detail and personal discipline have also helped make his students successful.
"When our students go out for internships, I hear back how well-prepared they are," said Pack. "The students gain confidence in their editing and shooting abilities while they are here."
"I want students to look back and say 'Ol' Pack knew what he was talking about,'" Pack said and paused. "'At least some of the time,'" he continued with a wink.
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