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Second try works for Counting Crows
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| WINONA, Minn., Jan. 31, 2003 -- The second time around worked. The Counting Crows, who turned down a Winona State invitation a year ago, agreed to be the mainline attraction for the university's spring rock concert this year. Joe Reed, who arranges the annual concert, said the date is Sunday, April 6, in the 3,500-seat McCown gym. Reed said he expects a sell-out. He hopes the advance-sale revenue, at $20 a ticket, will cover the $53,000 contract with Counting Crows, plus thousands of dollars for staging, security, catering and production.
Background: Wait begins for Counting Crows
Background: WSU can't count on Counting Crows
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Cops have WSU suspect in serial theftsWINONA, Minn., Jan. 31, 2003 -- A former Winona State University student has been implicated in at least nine dorm burglaries. The man would look for unlocked rooms, enter and steal CDs and movies, said campus security chief Don Walski. The case now is in the hands police. The student, who lived at Lourdes Hall on the west campus, entered at least nine rooms in the Richards, Morey, Prentiss and Lourdes dorms beginning in October and continuing through winter break this year, Walski said. He took between 80 and 140 CDs and movies and pawned them for cash, Walski said. On one occasion, a student saw the suspect exiting his room and gave chase but couldn't catch him. The guy was identified after a dorm supervisor at Prentiss took down a description after seeing him in the dorm several times. Dorm residents pointed to him in a photo lineup. Under questioning, the man admitted the burglaries, Walski said. While the case is pending with police, the man is banned from all dorms.
Reporter: Brian Krans
QUICK
SPORTS
Jan. 31, 2003 | BASKETBALL (MEN'S): Northern State 72, WSU 70.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): Northern State 91, WSU 87 (overtime).
GYMNASTICS (WOMEN'S): Gustavus Adolphus 176.350 (1st), WSU 175.150 (2nd), UW-La Crosse 174.075, UW-Eau Claire 173.325.
HOCKEY (MEN'S): SMU 4, Gustavus Adolphus 3.
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Advice: A bottle of Heat in tankWINONA, Minn., Jan. 31, 2003 -- Jana Zoeller stands outside her car at the Winona State University parking lot outside the Minne classroom building while a mechanic attaches jumper cables to her battery. "This is the second time this winter my car has died," the Winona State junior says. "It's getting really annoying." A Speltz 66 service station mechanic Ansen Brown says automotive failure cannot be prevented when it comes to alternators and batteries in cold weather. However, Brown suggests owners add a bottle of Heat to their gas tank every three months: "Water freezing in gas lines and filters is preventable." Heat, which runs $1.75 a bottle, keeps the fuel lines and filters from getting ice chunks. Zoeller laughed as she paid for getting her battery charged: "If I would have known that, Mom and Dad would have a little more money right now."
Reporter: Jill Vierling
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
Jan. 31, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A tenant at the Richards dorm was found with alcohol. at 2:32 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 2: An ambulance was sent to Memorial Hall at 8:33 p.m. for a student feeling faint and transported the students to the hospital.
INCIDENT NO. 3: Security guards responded to the Morey dorm at 11:04.m. concerning a non-tenant who was sick individual.Ê An ambulance transported him to the hospital.
INCIDENT NO. 4: Security guards responded to Minne Hall at 8:50 a,m. due to a student having seizures.Ê The student was transported to the hospital.
INCIDENT NO. 5: A maintenance worker reported at 8:04 a.m. that one of their vehicles struck a parked vehicle on campus.Ê Police were called.
INCIDENT NO. 6: A student banging on the door at the Lucas dorm at 11:20 p,m. broke the window.Ê
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McDew: 1960s race stuggle lives on in survivorsWINONA, Minn., Jan. 30, 2003 -- A leader in the racial desegregation movement of the 1960s, Charles McDew, said five of the 16 black men who founded the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee are still alive -- and keeping their deam alive. Speaking at Winona State University, McDew, ever the advocate of nonviolence, said: "We will never fight for democracy. We will make democracy save the world." McDew, one of the SNCC founders, is a prof at Metropolitan State University.
Reporter: Jackie Applen
Background: Civil rights leader due at WSU, SMU
White House intern recalls hush-it-up ruleWINONA, Minn., Jan. 29, 2003 -- On the eve of President Bush's State of the Union address, a former White House intern now studying politics at Winona State University shared some behind-the-scenes secrets about his experience at President Clinton's 1998 address. John Mayer, a junior, remembered that any guests speaking during the address, including some important politicians, literally would be thrown out. Mayer was one of 50 interns whose jobs were to usher people in and out. "If we made a peep or creaked the floor while walking that person out, we were told we couldn't go back in," he said. Mayer's responsibilities included looking for people who didn't stand and clap when everyone else did. Said Mayer: "People may think that Washington is more sophisticated and mature about petty matters like these, but I'm here to say it's not. I saw one Republican get ushered out by the neck of his coat because he wasn't partaking in the festivities." Mayer said he personally met President Clinton, albeit at a bad time. "I was one of 25 interns that met the President the day before he publicly spoke about his relations with Monica Lewinski, so I thought that made it extra special," said Mayer. "In all seriousness, he was a very well spoken and kind gentleman."
Reporter: Jerrad Radocay
State funds Booze Bus continuationWINONA, Minn., Jan. 29, 2003 -- The Booze Bus that shuttles college students to the downtown bar district on heavy drinking nights has been funded for another year. City Clerk Monica Hennessy-Mohan said the city received a grant from the Minnesota Department of Transportation to cover 60 percent of the $36,400 cost. The rest is split between Winona State and St. Mary's universities. With the Winona State budget crisis, the program funding might face cuts, but Hennessy-Mohan said that the city will do what it can to keep the program available. Buses run on Friday and Saturday nights to both campuses and on Thursdays to Winona State. Driver Bob Pac said his bus, one of three that make a cricuit, are packed with as many as 40 students at peaks. "Between 12:30 and 1:30 is the busiest because people are getting out of the bars," said Pac. Most of students are drinking but some ride just to get downtown for the evening if they don't have other transportation, he said. Pac estimated that 65 percent of riders are from St. Mary's. The buses, officially labeled the Safe Ride Program, began as an experiment in the fall.
Reporter: Tanya Cooke
Background: Mayor: Boozing OK but keep it down
QUICK
SPORTS
Jan. 29, 2003 | BASKETBALL (MEN'S): Bethel 94, SMU 57.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 73, Bethel 45.
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Winona cops ponder bar job classesWINONA, Minn., Jan. 28, 2003 -- To address growing alcohol-related problems in the downtown bar district, police are designing a training program for bar and liquor store employees. "I don't think there is an establishment owner in this town that wants to see someone get hurt or killed as a result of not serving responsibly," said Thad Pool, the police investigator heading the project. Pool is looking for programs in other college towns -- Iowa City, Madison and La Crosse. In La Crosse, bartenders are put through a four-hour tech-school class that includes lessons on identifying drunks and denying them any more. Pool said he will meet with bar and liquor store owners help design a Winona program: "I want to hear everyone's side." The program may become a city requirement for any business with a liquor license, Pool said. The City Council would have to approve the program.
Reporter: Brian Krans
Background: Police propose bar-bouncer training
QUICK
SPORTS
Jan. 28, 2003 | HOCKEY (MEN'S): Named conference athlete of the week was SMU pole vaulter Megan Mason.
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WSU third in mock trial eventWINONA, Minn., Jan. 28, 2003 -- The Winona State University mock-trial team finished in third in the first invitational tournament ever held at Winona State. Senior Andrew Gregory placed first as best attorney. Junior Jennifer Lewis placed first as best witness. Hamline University won the team competition.
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
Jan. 28, 2003 | A student reported at 9:08 p.m. that he left some hockey equipment sitting outside his room in the Prentiss dorm and that when he returned approximately 10 minutes later his hockey stick was missing. |
Campus jobs program coming back? Who knowsWINONA, Minn., Jan. 27, 2003 -- The future of the suddenly suspended state work-study program that created students jobs at Minnesota colleges, including Winona State, is unclear. Under budget pressure, the state Higher Education Services Office chose to cut off funding for spring semester, putting individual campuses in a position of bailing out the program or wiping out student jobs. Greg Peterson, financial aid director at Winona State, is not hopeful that the program will return. "We would have to have reinstatement of the state program from state legislation," Peterson said. "It's apparent that state Legislature does not see the value of work-study."
Reporter: Brian Krans
Background: WSU: Don't blame us for fiasco
Frostbite is Winona winter hazard WINONA, Minn., Jan. 27, 2003 -- Walking even a few blocks to campus in the below-zero weather of recent days can mean frostbite. "I should invest in a stocking hat to keep my ears warm," said junior Billy Hessian, whose five-block walk leaves his ears and fingers numb. The nose is especially vulnerable too, say health experts.
Reporter: Shannon Mauger
WSU: Don't blame us for work-study fiascoWINONA, Minn., Jan. 27, 2003 -- The financial aid director at Winona State, Greg Peterson, said the freeze on state work-study jobs for students is not the university's fault. "We could have been fine to make it through the year if the state budget had not have fallen," said. As many as 437 students had held the state-subsidized jobs. The state Higher Education Services Office ran out for money. "While we prefer to make full state grant awards to all eligible Minnesota students, we must recognize the fiscal challenges facing the state," said Robert Poch, HESO director in St. Paul. "With little time remaining in the fiscal year, the options are very limited, and we prefer to honor state grant commitments already made for spring semester." Winona State trimmed its work-study budget 20 percent because the university could not cover HESO's lack of money. Decisions on work-study money remaining from fall allocations are being made in the campus offices and departments where students work. "Department to department, it will depend on how much they were allotted and how much they have left," Peterson said. Few students, if any, will lose their jobs, Peterson said. Nor will student-workers see a decrease in pay, he said, adding, though, that hours may be cut.
Reporter: Brian Krans
Background: State pulls plug on student jobs
JAZZ EMSEMBLE
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WSU jazz band plans swing danceWINONA, Minn. Jan. 27, 2003 -- The Winona State University Jazz Ensemble, back from road tour to Chicago, eastern Michigan and Toronto, plans an evening of big band music at its fifth annual fundraiser dance at the Hilltop Ballroom, above Fountain City, Wis. The band is scheduled to play swing music popularized by the Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands. Also included are several vocal arrangements featuring student vocalist Melody Snyder. Contact.
J-prof profiles Chicago newspapaper titanWINONA, Minn., Jan. 27, 2003 -- A Winona State University journalism prof, John Vivian, wrote an article on Robert McCormick, the influential 20th-century publisher of the Chicago Tribune, for the Encyclopedia of the Midwest. The four-volume encyclopedia is forthcoming from Indiana University Press.
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
Jan. 27, 2003 | At 4 p.m. security guards removed three students who had jumped the fence to gain entry to Maxwell Field. |
WSU SPORTS GIFT
Custom Alarm, a security and sound system firm based in Rochester, Minn., donated $2,500 for Winona State University athletic scholarships.
Leigh Johnson, Custom Alarm owner and chief executive
Tom Gunn, Custom Alarm of Winona
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Consultant sees circus metaphor in business| WINONA, Minn. Jan. 27, 2003 --Business consultant Loren Niemi, who sees business as a circus, is scheduled for a story-telling event at Winona State University. Niemi's "The Circus as MBA" features stories dealing with business and management lessons at the circus. Niemi, a consultant on business strategizing for USWest, AT&T, Medtronic and other corporations, has 35 years experience using stories to help organizations. He is co-author of "Letting the Wolf In: Thinking about Difficult Stories." |
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States expert to offer health data updateWINONA, Minn., Jan. 27, 2003 -- A speaker from the National Center for Health Statistics, Alfredo Calvillo, will make a colloquium presentation, "Cognitive Testing of Survey Questions at the National Center for Health Statistics," next week at Winona State University. Calvillo said he will describe how cognitive psychology is being used to improve survey research. In particular, the effects of memory artifacts and the cross-cultural and cross-linguistic aspects of cognitive assessments will be discussed, he said.
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BEING
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Darrell
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WSU president
2003: $211,836
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SMU president
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Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
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