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WSU business faculty ups standardsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 22, 2002 -- The Winona State University business faculty voted 7-2 to increase their grade requirements for majors from 2.5 to 2.75 to cut swelling enrollment that is straining resources. According to the department's numbers, 2,000 students take business courses each year, but faculty and other resources are available for only 1,500. Quality is the issue, said business prof Sara Barbor. Grades of 2.5 are midway between a C and B. By most standards, 2.75 is a B-minus. What will be 2.75's effect? Said economics prof Mary Pevas: "We're looking at an upward of 500 students that currently fall below a 2.75 GPA and will now have to consider finding a new major. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, though, because we've been stressing to our students each semester to get their grades up in case of this change." Students don't have to panic just yet, said Pevas: "We're still contemplating as to when we should implement the changes, but right now it looks like the new requirement will go into affect in the fall of 2003. This will give students ample time to get their GPAs up."
Reporter: Jerrad Radocay>
Chula Vista fires bartender, also boozers' buddyWINONA, Minn., Nov. 22, 2002 -- A bartender ticketed by police after underage boozers from Winona State University were found in the Chula Vista restaurant has been fired. Meanwhile, Deputy Police Chief Andrea Essar said charges of furnishing alcohol to minors are likely. Also fired was an off-duty employee of Chula Vista, who, although not cited, had vouched the ages of his under-age friends -- some as young as 18. The minimum age for legal alcohol consumption in Minnesota is 21.
Reporter: Tony Schwab
Background: Seven WSU boozers nabbed at Chula Vista
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Nov. 22, 2002 | BASKETBALL (MEN'S): MSU-Mankato 100, WSU 75. UW-La Crosse 66, SMU 63
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): Quincy Classic: Hillsdale 74, WSU 61. Luther 66, SMU 61.
HOCKEY (MEN'S): SMU 4, Bethel 3.
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Fall 2004 WSU classes to start in AugustWINONA, Minn., Nov. 22, 2002 -- Faculty senate members settled on a Winona State University academic calendar for the 2004-2005 that starts fall classes on Aug.30 -- before Labor Day. The calendar now goes to an all-university committee for consideration. Starting after Labor Day, which was also proposed, would mean Sept. 6, but opponents noted that the late start would push the semester into Christmas week. Sen. Matthew Hyle opposed starting classes in August, which, he said, would force students to pay an extra month's rent. He was voted down. The proposed calendar also allows students to have the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, off which wouldn't be possible by starting after Labor Day, said Sen. Bruce Svingen. Also, Svingen said, final exams would have had to be compacted from the current four days into three. Svingen said the calendar will be shown to the Student Senate for input:. "We are sensitive to the students' needs, but our first goal is to make it academically sound."
Reporter: Sarah Knopp
SMU false alarm brings firefightersWINONA, Minn., Nov. 22, 2002 -- Burning food in the Heffron dorm at St. Mary's University set off an alrm at 7:38 p.m. Firefighters ventilated the place and went back to the station.
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| WINONA, Minn., Nov. 22, 2002 -- Cops responding to a call about a fight at Gabby's,. a Third Street college hangout, gave chase to a man who fled when they arrived a little before 11 p.m. The man, age 25, was captured nearby and charged with obstructing the legal process. |
Canadian artist: Paint over your paintingWINONA, Minn., Nov. 21, 2002 -- Canadian artist Christine Wilcox told Winona State University art students that she wants people drawn to the beauty of her paintings while also looking for hidden elements. Wilcox said her Winona State exhibit, "At the Border," is about creatures, part human and part animal, that have moved from water to shore. "The 'border' is reference to the checkpoint between two worlds," Wilcox said. "It is the psychological threshold between one state of awareness and another." Wilcox said that the paintings tell a chronological story of the creatures becoming accustomed to their new human figures they are evolving into."I always tend to translate any of the world's forms into human figures," Wilcox said. To art students, Wilcox gave this advice: "Don't be afraid to paint on top of your existing paintings." She said she paints things as she sees them and then moves back into the painting "to erode and change parts of it to make it my own." Wilcox teaches at Macalester College
in Minneapolis.
Reporter: Jenn Higley
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Nov. 21, 2002 | FOOTBALL (MEN'S): WSU running back Kevin Curtin was named a finalist for Divsion II player of the year. Named to the Northern Sun all-conference team were WSU offensive guard Matt Brown, running back Kevin Curtin, defensive back Nick Jaeger, center Malachi Johnson, defensive back Steve Koehler, and linebacker Deric Sieck. Quarterback Bruce Carpenter was given the Glen Galligan Award as a student-athlete. Carpenter also was named to the all-conference second team. |
Speaker: Indian schools leave mixed legacyWINONA, Minn., Nov. 21, 2002 -- Boarding schools were an economically efficient way for the United States to conquer Native American cultures, according to a guest speaker at Winona State Universuity. Florence McGeshick Garcia cited numbers: Killing an Indian in war cost $1 million but "cvilizing" an Indian child was only $1,200. Garcia, herself an Indian, is dean of students at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minn. The boarding school system, according to Garcia, began during the 1870s with about 200 students, and peaked at 18,000 students around 1900. Garcia said the boarding schools would often destroy a childÕs name, either by creating misleading translations or forcing the child to adopt a common English name such as Mary Jones or Jim Smith. Children were also forbidden to speak their native languages and would be beaten if caught doing so, according to Garcia. Garcia pointed out that while the boarding schools are famous for assimilating Native American children into U.S. culture, they would also teach students a trade, such as carpentry or sewing. Garcia said that during the 1900s some Native Americans, including her parents, voluntarily attended boarding school to learn a trade. Quoting her father, Garcia said: "Whatever you wanted to learn, if you really wanted to learn it badly enough, they could help you."
Reporter: David Waibel
Background: WSU plans Native heritage events
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Nov. 21, 2002 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A student reported at 7 p.m. that someone entered his unlocked room and removed some personal items.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student was cited for disorderly behavior inthe parking lot north of the Sheehan dorm at 11:30 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: A student reported at 5 p.m. that she has been receiving several harassing phone calls over the past several weeks. It was the latest in several reports from students about harassing email messafgess and phone calls starting in early November. |
Prof: Lost oil ship to trigger price riseWINONA, Minn., Nov. 21, 2002 -- The sinking of the massive oil tanker Prestige off Spain will mean higher oil prices, said Winona State University biology prof Michael Alfieri. The ship went down with more than 2 million gallons of oil. "The ship leaking oil won't hurt our country directly, but it will hit us a lot in oil prices," said Alfieri. How much? Combined with other factors, oil prices are going to raise about 23 percent in Minnesota, saidAlfieri.
Reporter: Janet Korish
Background: Miller memories fill WSU's McCown gym
WSU profs examine lean manufacturingWINONA, Minn., Nov. 21, 2002 -- Two Winona State University business profs, Mary Gander and Kim Snyder, wrote an article, "The Journey Toward Lean Manufacturing: Applying the Kaizen Blitz Method in Improving Operations," in the International Business and Economics Research Journal.
Anti-war activist: Winonan censored meWINONA, Minn., Nov. 20, 2002 -- A Winona State University student whose letter to the editor didn't appear promptly in the campus newspaper cranked out copies himself, inserted them into the next issue, and slipped them under windshields and wherever else he thought people would pick them up. In the letter, anti-war activist Todd Ouellette accused the late Sen. Paul Wellstone of not exposing President Bill Clinton's ties with an infamous gunrunner. By not printing the letter, Ouette said, the Winonan censored him. Ouellette, a sophomore masscom student, submitted the letter a week before a campus Wellstone memorial service in October.
Reporter: Brian Krans
Speaker: Cultural schisms can vanishWINONA, Minn., Nov. 20, 2002 -- Culture separates countries now but maybe down the road it will not, a historian told 150 people at Winona State University.. Sally Cahalan, a historian from Connecticut who worked in the Middle East for many years, said the exposure to other cultures has accelerated with new technology like the Internet: "Familiarly has grown, but the understanding of the cultures are not really there yet." She recommends going abroad: "You get to see their views on their culture and their views on the culture in the United States." Cahalan opened by telling a story of when she was in Lebanon as a reporter and had to drive for hours blindfolded in the trunk of car for an interview. After the interview she was escorted out and held at gunpoint. The man holding the gun at her head pointed the gun in the air and shot in the air, then turned her around and he said: "Westerners consider us terrorists. If you want to know us, know our way of life. We could have killed you." Culture has changed, said Cahalan: "Many years ago it was OK to have slavery. People thought nothing of it. Today we cannot do that." Values, beliefs and expressions are in flux, said Cahalan. "By opening our minds to other cultures and crossing over barriers we may very truly be one world."
Reporter: Andrea Geary
"Miller would say: City better but job not done"WINONA, Minn., Nov. 20, 2002 -- The second annual Spirit of Winona Award was presented posthumously to community leader Ben Miller at a community leadership breakfast at Winona State University. Last year's recipient, Daily News editorial-page editor Jim Galewski, presented the award. Galewski said that if he could speak on Ben Miller's behalf, he believes that Miller would say that "the job is not done." Said Galewski: "We need to continue to make sure that children are getting the best education in order to better compete in the global market. He would not just say that this is what needs to be done. He would command that it was done." Miller, who died Nov. 15 after a brief illness, embodies the spirit of Winona with his efforts to make the city a better place to live, said Mayor Jerry Miller, a cousin. "I try to live by his teachings and what he instilled in me," the mayor said. "He was a strong role model for all of us to look up to, he went on to say. He was chosen for this award more than a month ago."
Reporter: Janet Korish
Background: Miller memories fill WSU's McCown gym
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Nov. 20, 2002 | A student reported at 6:20 p.m. that someone entered hisunlocked room in the Prentiss-Lucas a dorm nd removed some personal items. |
Consultant: Winona a success at diversityWINONA, Minn., Nov. 20, 2002 -- As a city, Winona has made a significant difference when it comes to cultural diversity, a consultant told a community leadership breakfast at Winona State University. Edwin Nichols, a psychologist who was instrumental in establishing a Winona diversity program in 1992, said better understanding and acceptance among cultures is obvious. While the Winona diversity program has had great success, there are new challenges, Nichols said. Now more than ever it is necessary to be culturally aware, he said. There has been a change to working in a unilateral environment instead of "moving up the ladder." Everything is now more team oriented and based on the skills one brings to that "team," he said. To get and keep a job, it is important to be culturally competent, he said. Everyone makes a contribution of some sort, he said. This means that it is beneficial to be open-minded in order to see what others bring to the table. Different cultures have different strengths and abilities, he said.
Reporter: Janet Korish
WSU Republican: Election was GOP "massacre"WINONA, Minn., Nov. 20, 2002 -- The recent election was a "Minnesota massacre" and a "huge, stunning victory" for Republicans, as Winona State UniversityÕs long-time Republican Club faculty adviser, Paul Grawe, sees it. Grawe said this is the kind of victory he hasnÕt seen in years. "Mondale raised several million dollars in a couple days," said Grawe, giving Democrats confidence that they would retain a U.S. Senate seat. Grawe said it was amazing to see long-respected Democratic names like Mondale, Moe and Humphrey all go down. "Pelowski was the only candidate to win locally," said Grawe, referring to State Rep. Gene Pelowski, D-Winona. "It was fantastic to see Winona County standing out with one Democratic candidate winning." What about the thumping that GOP legislative candidate Justin Costello took? "You canÕt run a college student against an eight- or nine-term incumbent," Grawe said. Despite the hoopla about Republcan victories nationally, Grawe pointed out that Republicans did not do well everywhere. "Republicans lost four big states in the governors' races," said Grawe. In U.S. Senate races, he noted, Republican Tim Hutchinson lost in Arkansas, said Grawe: "The real story there is that Republicans defeated a Republican candidate. The guy divorced his wife and married a staffer. Republicans are the party that really means family."
Reporter: Teresa Hackler
Questions linger on WSU dorm happiness surveyWINONA, Minn., Nov. 20, 2002 -- A recent Winona State University news release, which claims students "are more satisfied with their residence hall experience than in two previous surveys," has problems, according to a Winona State social psychology professor. Peter Miene, whosed backgrounds includes statistcs, acknowledged that the response rate for the survey, 88 percent, was "extremely high," but he would like to know how the questionnaire was administered: "Was it anonymous? Did everyone in the dorms get one and then 88 percent respond?" The university's news release was silent on these questions, he noted. Also, Miene had concerns about the interpretation of the responses. "They are reflective in what they are highlighting. An impartial person might come up with a slightly different conclusion," said Miene. "Statistical tests are missing here." Miene said some increase or decrease might be due to sampling. "How are they measuring satisfaction?" The questionnaireÕs responses varied from one "very dissatisfied" to seven "very satisfied" An option in the middle of the scale was labeled neutral. Miene questioned whether anything above neutral could be considered satisfied. This would include "slightly satisfied," "moderately satisfied" and "very satisfied" optiomd. Miene said the overall satisfaction might be less than the news release claim if the degree of satisfaction were factored in fully. Miene said that questions should ask not only what the students see others doing but also what the students themselves are doing.
Reporter: Teresa Hackler
Background: Statistician: Dorm survey messed up |
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Speaker: "The American Holocaust"WINONA, Minn., Nov. 20, 2002 -- A Winona State prof, James Reidy, will discuss "The American Holocaust: Past and Present" on Friday in the university's Liberal Arts Colloquium. Reidy teaches phys-ed and recreation.Date: Nov. 22
Time: 4 a.m.
Place: Second floort lounge, Minne Hall
Cost: Free
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Nov. 19, 2002 | FOOTBALL (MEN'S): WSU was invited to the Mineral Water Bowl in Excelsior Spring, Mo., against Emporia State of Kansas on Dec. 7.
Named to the Verizon All-District V team was WSU right offensive guard Sam DiGrino. On the second team were wide receiver Adam Lilla and quarterback Bruce Carpenter.
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU's Allison Boddy received the Northern Sun conference Libero Award for rally scoring. |
Early-risers awed at Leonid showerWINONA, Minn., Nov. 19, 2002 -- Winona State University geology students watched as shooting stars streaked the Tuesday morning sky during the Leonid meteor shower. The shower was the tail of the comet Temple Tuttle, said geology prof Cathy Summa. According to Summa, the shower lasted from about 11:30 p.m., Nov. 18, until 6 a.m., Nov. 19, with the peak around 4:30. This was about the time that freshman geology major Megan Olson was viewing it. "The best place to watch these is somewhere dark," Olson said. "It was hard to find a place where the full moon didn't light everything up." Summa, who teaches astronomy, compared this shower to last year's Leonid shower, which peaked over Taiwan with about 1,000 meteors per hour. "This year the peak was over the eastern United States at around 3,500 per hour," she said. "This one was better."
Reporter: Jenn Higley
Miller memories fill WSU's McCown gymWINONA, Minn., Nov. 18, 2002 -- You could have heard a pin drop as a crowd of more than 450 waited for the memorial service of one of Winona's best-known denizens. Friends and family gathered in the McCown gym at Winona State University to remember and celebrate the life of Benjamin Miller, who died Wednesday at age 91. A former Winona State vice president, Gary Evans, who introduced the speakers, said that Miller would have been pleased by the crowd. "He liked nothing better than to be surrounded by family and friends," Evans said. "He taught us by words and example how to make the community a better place," Evans said. "He was the rarest of people, achieving all he set out to do." Ushers were students in the Winona State engineering program that Miller and his late brother Rudy campaigned to create. These students were also holders of scholarships funded by the Millers.
Reporter: Jenn Higley
Background: Diversity speaker due back at WSU
The Ben Miller storyBen Miller's first job was working for his father's excavating company by picking up the bricks from a fire that destroyed a building where Winona State University's Somsen Hall now stands. Miller never lost his connection with Winona State. In the 1980s he pushed legislators to help the university launch its engineering program and fund Stark Hall. In return, Winona State awarded Miller an honorary doctorate, the first such degree ever granted by a Minnesota state college. In 2002 Miller founded ancademic mentoring program to bring masters and students together for an hour a week to aid in their education.
Reporter: Brian Krans
Background: Fire ravages WSU
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| Jim Schmidt, Winona State vice president for advancement: "This is a guy who literally gave his whole life to bettering future generations either through business or technology."
Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman: "Some trees have very few branches and leaves, but very strong roots. Ben provided strong roots for his family."
Mayor Jerry Miller, a cousin: "Those people who didn't know who he was have been influenced by his generosity."
Louis DeThomasis, St. Mary's University president: "Ben's respect for the world and the people in it was so practical."
Roger Metz, retired president, Memorial Hospital: When Miller learned that Winona Manor needed a new handicap van, he donated one on the spot. When he gave a new mammography machine, he insisted that the charge for mammograms be less than $50. Over the years he donated more than $1 million to the accounts of more than 650 patients who could not pay for their care.
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WSU forensic duo team to nationalsWHITEWATER, Wis., Nov. 18, 2002 -- Two Winona State University forensics competitors, Ryan Clover and Shannon O'Brien,Êqualified theirdramatic duoÊpresentation for the American Forensics AssociationÊnational tournament by placing third at the Mid-American League tournament . This is O'Brien's third event to be qualified for nationals this year, and Clover's first.
Diversity speaker due back at WSUWINONA, Minn., Nov. 18, 2002 -- A psychologist who consults major companies, Edwin Nichols,will return to Winona to speak at a cultural-diversity breakfast this week. Nichols was a catalyst in the formation of the Winona Cultural Diversity Task Force in 1992 to respond to racial undercurrents in the community. The event is called "Celebrating More than A Decade of Diversity in Winona."Date: Nov. 20
Time: 7 a.m.
Place: East Cafeteria, Kryzsko Commons
Cost: $10
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Nov. 18, 2002 | FOOTBALL (MEN'S): WSU offensive lineman Sam DiGrino was named to the All-District V academic team for his 3.58 grade point average, an A in most books. DiGrino's major: Law and society. |
WSU plans Native heritage eventsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 18, 2002 -- The dean of students at Minneapolis Metropolitan State University, Florence McGeshick Garcia, will address the education of Native American students back to boarding school days as part of Native American Heritage Day at Winona State University. Events begin at 11 a.m. with remarks by secondary-ed student Tracy Martin, an Ojibway. The film "Smoke Signals" shows at 11:15 a.m. with commentary by sophomore Casey Granbois, a Turtle Mountain Chippewa.GARCIA SPEECH
Date: Nov. 21
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Kryzsko Commons
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Nov. 18, 2002 | INCIDENT NO. 1: At 11:26 a.m. security guards assisted with a motor vehicle accident at 11th and Johnson streets until police arrival.
INCIDENT NO. 2: At 6:30 p.m.a student reported receiving a harassing phone call over the past several weeks. |
Free flu shots for WSU studentsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 18, 2002 -- Nursing students will help do the poking at two days of flu immunization clinics at Winona State University this week, the campus health office announced.Date: Nov. 19 and 21
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Place: Purple Rooms, Kryzsko Commons
Cost: Free for WSU students. $10 for faculty and staff
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Poet-music: Look at writing for healingWINONA, Minn., Nov. 18, 2002 -- An Iowa poet-musician, Deb Marquart, encouraged Winona State University students "to enter those places that they would rather avoid" with writing to promote healing. Marquart said writing can help a person move through bad times. She said that the things that need to be written about the most are usually the things that someone doesn't want to write about. Marquart related her own experiences, including domestic violence in her failed marriage and hardships growing up. She said that when "someone says that there's nothing to talk about, there's something to write about." She told professors to encourage students to open up in their writing, but that the professors need to be careful as well because "the material is very personal, and so the teacher must be prepared to talk about it in a sensitive way, and at the same time in a critical way."
Reporter: Mel Zyduck
Curtain falling on bar band RaguWINONA, Minnesota, Nov. 18, 2002 -- Nearly two years after coming together, members of the Winona college band Ragu soon will wrap it up. Ragu has a few final gigs at Rascal's on Third Street. Also, Ragu will be opening for the band Hooch at the 324 Bar in downtown La Crosse, Wis. The other way around, Hooch opened for Ragu's homecoming show at Rascal's. "It's kind of like our last hoorah," drummer Seamus Boyle said. "We have these three shows and then one random gig at Rascal's in December, and that's it."
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Ragu came together late in 2000 and early 2001. Boyle had transferred to Winona State from the College of DuPage outside of Chicago. One night he was hanging out with friends at Brother's, a Third Street bar, and left for an apartment down the street. The apartment, which was leased out to another band as practice space, was full of musical instruments. Boyle found the
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Within months, Boyle was a fixture behind the drum-set of his new bandmates -- fellow Winona State students Brian Batell, Ryan Meeker, and Aaron and Elsa Lacher. They called themselves Ragu. Rehearsals were mostly at the Lacher house south of Winona in Wiscoy Valley. The band landed some gigs at Winona's Acoustic Cafe. Boyle said that he was never happy with these shows because something always seemed to
go wrong. Boyle recalled the many times the group had problems with a
soundboard, a microphone, or even just the little things that can "and
will" go wrong during a performance. "Persistence has a lot to do with gigging," Boyle said.
Ragu got a shot at the Rascal's stage, opening for the group Sit on a Potato Panotis (the name is a palindrome). "We had to play some Thursday night gigs," Boyle said, "before we could play the Friday night shows. Ragu's hard work paid off. Ragu became one of Rascal's marquee Friday night bands. "In Winona, it's all about knowing people; having friends who are in other bands helps. We opened for our friends in other bands many times, just to get our name out. There is really no rivalry between the bands. We're like family; we help each other out," Boyle said.
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