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WSU plans max allowable tuition hike
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| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 23, 2003 -- Winona State would have no choice but to increase tuition 15 percent in the fall, to $4,530 for a typical student, if the Legislature approves Gov. Tim Pawlenty's higher-ed funding package, university President Darrell Krueger said. Fifteen percent is the cap that Pawlenty wants on tuition, even though it would take a 40 percent hike to cover the loss in state funding that the governor has also proposed. "So this isn't our day," Krueger told the Daily News. Although the Legislature may not accept the Pawlenty plan, Krueger said the calendar gives the university no choice but to use the governor's proposal to develop a budget for next school year. Planners are considering major cuts in operating expenses, including bigger and fewer classes. A hiring freeze already is in place. Krueger could ask the Student Senate to use student-activity fee revenue to hire a few additional part-time profs. This spring, for the first time in history, student-activity revenue that usually goes to clubs, concerts and sports was tapped to create a handful of extra classes.
Background: Governor: Cap tuition at 15% |
Dwight Marston: Golf his first love
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| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 23, 2003 -- Friends remember Dwight Marston's pride when his Winona State Uniuversity golf teams made the NCAA Division II nationals in 1993 and 1994. In both years Marston, who died last week in retirement in Arizona, was named ther NCAA golf coach of the year. Marston was at Winona State most of his career, 25 years as athletic director. Although especially passionate about golf, Marston knew all sports. He coach every major sport during a career that began at the Thompson, Iowa, high school. He entered college coaching at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis., then moved to Hastings College in Nebraska, then Winona State. He retired as Winona State's athletic director in 1991 but kept on teaching and coaching golf.
Background: Death claims retired WSU sports chief |
WSU SECURITY
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Feb. 23, 2003 | A student was cited for smoking in the Sheehan dorm at 1:57 a.m. |
ACCUMULATING
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The water main to decripit Richards dorm failed in January, confronting the university with an unexpected $10,000 repair bill. The university has put off an estimated $15 million in maintenance on Richards and other dorms connected in the Quad complex. |
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Three WSU dorms face wrecking ballWINONA, Minn., Feb. 23, 2003 -- Three Huff street dorms will be demolished in the next five to 10 years if Winona State University can find $20 million or so to replace them. Razed would be Conway, Shepard and Richards, all part of the Quad complex that houses 530 students, several university executives confirmed. The fourth Quad dorm, Morey, built in the 1920s, would be preserved for historic reasons. Key to razing the dorms is the proposed Gateway Center, a new type of building for Winona State with not only several hundred dorm rooms but also a Barnes & Noble-style bookstore and coffee shop, a health center, and inside parking. The Gateway Center, at a proposed grand entrace to the campus on Main Street, would be apart from all the other Main Campus dorms along Huff. At one point the university had hoped to break ground for the Gateway Center this summer, but, said university Vice President Jim Schmidt, the schedule is on hold. Michael Porritt, university dorm director, said the Gateway Center will help meet a demand for apartment-style housing. Also, the older dorms are becoming expensive to maintain, said John Ferden, who is in charge of the university's revenue-producing enterprises: "We will save dollars by not rehabbing these old buildings," he said, even though a new, more contemporary dorm like the Gateway Center would cost anywhere from $13 million to $20 million to build. Maintenance problems can be epected to worsen. "The quad has about $15 million total in deferred maintenance," said Cal Winbush, the university's vice president for facilities.
Reporter: Paul Sloth
Background: Water main breaks at WSU dorm |
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1920s vintage
Original building heavily disguised by remodeling
SHEPARD
1920s vintage
Original building heavily disguised by remodeling
RICHARDS
1950s vintage
Poorly built
War-time construction
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R.I.P.:Doris H. (Schulz) VathingHOUSTON Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- A Winona Teachers College alum, Doris Vathing, died in a nursing home at age 93. With her teaching certificate, she taught eighth grade in Houston.
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FEB. 22, 2003 | TENNIS (MEN'S): St. Scholastica 5, WSU 4.
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Campus budget forum set at WSUWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- The College Democrats chapter at Winona State University is sponsoring a forum entitled "How Do You Feel About a 20 Percent to 45 Percent Tuition Hike? Come and See What We Can Do!" Legislators have been invited, said Kelly Herold, the club's faculty adviser. The issue is how the governor's proposed budget cuts would affect higher-ed in southeast Minnesota, Herold said.Date: Tuesday, Feb. 25
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Main stage auditorium, Performing Arts Center
Cost: Free |
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
Feb. 22, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: Security guards stopped a student with alcohol leaving the Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 12:55 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 2: Security guards cited a student for an alcohol violation in dorm at the Sheehan dorm at 11 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: At 10:03 p.m. security guards warned residents in a room in the Sheehan dorm about a noise complaint.Ê Alcohol was also found.Ê
INCIDENT NO. 4: Security guards discovered alcohol in a vehicle on campus at 5:30 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 5: A student was cited for smoking in the Sheehan dorm at 11:30 p.m.Ê Alcohol was found. |
Professor-clown due for trial on assaultWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- Winona State University computer prof Eugene Lundak, who entertains kids as Spot the Clown, is awaiting a jury trial on a fifth-degree assault for a Steamboat Days parade incident in July. Dates have not been set because of delays due to courthouse construction, said Judith Stoltman, paralegal for the city attorney. Police say Lundak hit a 12-year girl girl with a stick used as a prop for his costume and put her in headlock after she sprayed him in the eye with silly string foam. Lundak says he acted in self-defense. Even so, Judge Jeffrey Thompson concluded in September that there was enough evidence to merit a jury trial. The girl, whose name authorities withheld because she's a minor, had fresh longitudinal red marks on her right arm and left side of her neck, according to police. Lundak is quoted in the police report that the silly string "blasted me in the right side of the face" and bruised his right eye. Lundak said he missed a day of work and the corneal injury has made his job difficult.
Reporter: Brian Krans
Background: Clown claims self-defense
City: Lawns not parking lotsWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- City agents began putting notices undxer windshield wipers of cars parked on front lawns: "This is against the law." City Inspector Steve Carson said a $250 fine can follow. The city has an ordinance that permits front-yard parking only if the yard is paved, Carson said.
Math prof shares ideas on teaching non-majorsWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- A Winona State University math prof, Steve Leonhardi, spoke at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in Baltimore, Md., on "Math Projects for Biology and Geoscience Majors Who Don't Like Math."
COMMENT: MEXICAN JAILS
SHOULD WE CHUCKLE? CRY? The trouble with Mac McCauley is we can't tell when he's serious and when he's tongue in cheek.
The other day the retired Winona State University physics prof, who's also a former county commissioner, laid out his ideas for solving the state's budget crisis. To cut prison costs, Mac suggested sending Minnesota inmates with five-year and longer sentences to Mexico to finish their terms there. Mac's right. His brainstorm would save money. Mexican jails are cheaper to run than ours.
Perhaps we could also hire Mexican to patrol our Minnesota streets and byways. Their cops work cheap. |
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SMU student leader: Campus calm over TBWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- Students at St. Mary's University are not alarmed that a recently diagnosed tuberculosis case on campus has out them in jeopardy, according to Student Senate officer Colleen McGovern. Student reaction, she said, is "one of mostly curiosity." McGovern said, however, that she had heard of parents being concerned. To McGovern's knowledge, only a handful of people have been tested for the disease. The university has declined to release how extensively it has checked people on whether the disease had spread.
Reporter: Angie Hoppe
Background: SMU: We'll set own agenda on TB news
Comment: The sunshine of openness
WSU organ fund reaches $10,000WINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- With $10,000, Joe Foegen still has $390,000 to go. Foegen, a Winona State University business prof, issued a new report on his personal mission to raise money to fix the Aeolian pipe organ in Somsen Hall. Alums donated the organ in the 1920s, but it fell into disuse and disrepair.
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Anti-sweatshop speaker due at WSUWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- Journalist Liza Featherstone is scheduled to discuss the 200-campus anti-sweatshops movement in a speech at Winona State University. The movement bears the name of Featherstone's 2002 book, "Students Against Sweatshops," in which she explores economics, race, international trade and workers rights, activism, social movement rhetoric, corporate universities and feminism. Featherstone, of New York, has written for the Nation, New York Times, Washington Post, Newsday, Ms., Rolling Stone, and Salon. Date: Monday, Feb. 24
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Stark Hall Auditorium
Cost: Free
Contact: Emilie Falc |
Math prof shares ideas on teaching non-majorsWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- A Winona State University biology prof, Ed Thompson, review the textbook "Essential Clinical Anatomy" for the journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
An early architect's rendering of the complex from across Lake Winona |
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East Lake dorm in search of just the right nameWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- The name "East Lake" for the Winona State University dorm complex being built at Sarnia and Franklin is temporary, said university houisng executive John Ferden. Housing people came up with a name as a moniker until the WSU Foundation, owner of the dorm, settles on something permanent. East Lake was chosen as the interim name from 20 ideas proposed by dorm directors, Ferden said. Criteria included that the name he factual and descriptive and that it denote that these were apartments, not residential halls or dorms; that the location is off-campus; that the apartments are for students; and that the apartments are near the lake, said Ferden. Of 20 suggestions, four were seriously considered," said Ferden:University Village EastFranklin ApartmentsUniversity Memorial VillageEast Lake Apartments. East Lake was OK'd with the WSU Foundation. The name will help students understand the location, Ferden said.
Reporter: Carrie Guler
Background: Foundation firm on dorm tax issue |
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| | The name of construction contractor Keith Schwab was considered for the East Lake dorm, but his family said no. It was Schawb who conceived the new apartment-style dorm project, The family said, however, that naming the building for him was inconsistent with his humble nature. Schwab was a long-time associate of the university and a WSU Foundation board member. |
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Asian dinner planned at WSUWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- The Asian American Awareness Club at Winona State Univerity is serving up chicken curry and Thai music at its annual dinner, said President Pierre Maxim Chuo. Entertainment also includes a martial Arts Exhibit, the Hawaiian hula, and the chaiya chaiya Indian dance. Among entrees: shi-ka-bob, Jasmine rice and spring rolls.Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: East Cafetera, Kryzsko Commons
Cost: $5 to $10
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Artist's advice: Don't fear riskWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- Artist Kate Copeland of Macalester College encouraged Winona State Uiverity art students to take a risk and dig deep into their surroundings to find out what kind of opportunities are out there for artists. "I have learned so much more in art communities than I would have if I didnÕt decide to take a risk after college and find out a little more about my work and where it could take me," Copeland said. About 55 students attended Copeland's presentation, which was part of the opening of an exhibit of her prints at the Watkins Gallery on campus. The exhibit continues through March 7.
Naughty words? Naughty sights? Naughty theater?WINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- A Winona State University theater bus trip to the Guthrie in Minneapolis for John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation" is being planned. Prof Dave Bratt, the organizer, cautioned that the script includes the words "fuck" and "nigger" and, according to early production planning, frontal male nudity. Bratt quoted the Guthrie's publicity machine: "A mysterious young man named unexpectedly shows up bleeding from a knife wound claiming to strangers to be Sidney Poitier's son, setting off an identity-bending mystery with keen social satire." Said Bratt: "'Keen social satire' does not mean 'Fun for the whole
family.'"Date: Thursday, Feb. 27
Time: 10 a.m. departure
Place: Bus loads at Performing Arts Center
Cost: $20 to $30
Reservations: (507) 457-5241 |
QUICK
SPORTS
FEB. 22, 2003 | BASKETBALL (MEN'S): WSU 89, UW-Crookston 74.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): UM-Crookston 92, WSU 82.
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): SMU 4, St. Thomas 3 (overtime).
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU 7, St.Ambrose 2.
TRACK (WOMEN'S): Blue Devil Open at UW-Stout (no team scores kept).
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Albee's "Zoo Story" coming to WSUWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- A Winona State Univeristy senior, Andry Waldron, is directing Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story" on campus. The story revolves around the unrelenting attacks by Jerry, played by Tony Rydberg, against his less than willing prey, Peter, played by Jeffrey Mosser.Date: Thursday, Feb. 27 and Friday, Feb. 28
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Black Box Theater, Performing Arts Center
Cost: Free |
Australian record-makers serious against swappingMELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 22, 2003 -- Three record companies asked a federal court to let their technical experts scan all computers at the University of Melbourne computers to identify students who have been making illegal music downloeads and swaps. The request followed another suit by the companies, Festival Mushroom, Sony and EMI, for the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, and the University of Tasmania to preserve on-campus computer files and e-mail accounts and let computer experts examine them. The companies went after the University of Melbourne, which objected both to preserving the files and to handing them over. In the United States, meanwhile, record companies have obtaioned court permission to subpoena computer fles to idetify music swappers who infringe on copyrights. The U.S. companies, however, said there are no plans at present to prosecute college students.
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CAMPUS READER
What in-the-know Winona college people are reading:
Laura Putzer. "Water Works." Winona Daily News (Feb. 22, 2003), Page 1C. Putzer, a Daily News reporter and herself a Winona State journalism senior, waxes enthusiastically about a custom photo course offered by prof Drake Hokanson. Three students are in the Mississippi-centered project, called Picture the River.
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Background: Campus site offers new service: Reading tips
Earlier reading tips: "The Great Rip-Off: Undergrads Underserved"
WSU winter concert featuring Holst, othersWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- The Winona State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble is presenting an afternoon of music under the direction of Donald Lovejoy. Featured will be "First Suite in E Flat for Military Band" by Gustav Holst, "Little Threepenny Music" by Kurt Weill, and "Duke of Marlborough Fanfare" by Percy Aldridge Grainger.Date: Sunday, March 2
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Mainstage Theater, Performing Arts Center
Cost: $3 to $5 |
Wall Street Journal award to WSU marketing seniorWINONA, Minn., Feb. 22, 2003 -- The business faculty at Winona State University chosen marketing senior Joanna Andeson for the Student Achievement Award sponsored by the Wall Street Journal. Anderson, who was among 34 nominee, served as vice president of the student chapter of the American Marketing Association.
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Darrell
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WSU president
2003: $211,836
Louis
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SMU president
2001: $155,245
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
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