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FEB. 24-28
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SACRED GLASS

Franciscans want to take chapel panes


PHOTOGRAPHER: PAUL SLOTH
Tau.

Tau's stained glass holding up dorm deal

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 28, 2003 -- Negotiations for Winona State University to get the keys for the Tau Center, site for a new dorm, are being held up because the Franciscan Sisters who own the building want to take the chapel's stained glass windows with them. Winona State had known from the beginning that the windows would not remain, but lawyers cannot work out the logistics for removing them. "The sisters donÕt want to remove them during the winter," said Winona State Vice President Cal Winbush, himself one of the key negotiators in the Tau Center deal. "Our lawyers are making sure that the sisters know we donÕt want to be liable if anything should happen during the removal of the stained glass," said Winbush. Meanwhile, dorm officials are stymied because they can't arrange tours of the West End building for prospective tenants for fall. How fragile is the glass? Bill Reinart Sr., of Reinarts Stained Glass Studios, who helped install the stained glass in 1964, said the windows will lose their insulating value if removed in the winter. "There are two thicknesses of glass, an outside one and an inside one, and there is some insulating value in them," said Reinart. Reinart was surprised to hear that the sisters want the windows. "I wonder what they'd do with it," said Reinart. "Stained glass isnÕt something you put into a mill and crank out. It is designed and laid out very carefully." He estimated, the windows are worth $250,000.

Reporter: Paul Sloth
Background: WSU pays $2.2 million for Tau




The "unique stained glass chapel," as it was once referred to on the Winona Visitors Bureau website, was part of a local stained glass tour.

Stained-glass artist Robert Lieder designed the windows.

The circular chapel is approximately 100 feet in diameter, ringed entirely in glass.

The staiuned glass project, begun in 1964, took about a year to complete.
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UPCOMING CAMPUS EVENTS AND SCHEDULES
SMU logo.
SAINT MARY'S
Tech logo.
SOUTHEAST TECH
WSU logo.
WINONA STATE


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Loss drops SMU from hockey quest

SMU.

WOMEN'S
HOCKEY


WOODBURY, Minn., Feb. 28, 2003 -- St. Mary's goaltender Missie Meemken held St. Thomas to one goal, but wasn't enough. The Tommies defeated St. Mary's in the second round of the Minnesota Intercollegiate conference women's hockey tournament. St. Mary's managed only 22 shots against Tommie goalie Danielle Mikolai, some from point-blank range. Said St. Mary's Coach Duncan Ryhorchuk: "Defensively we were solid, but we didn't capitalize on the scoring opportunities we had." Earlier in the season, St. Mary's defeated the Tommies 4-3 and 3-2.

Background: SMU advances in hockey tournament
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FEB. 28, 2003
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): UM-Duluth 79, WSU 68.

BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): UM-Duluth 77, WSU 67.

HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): MIAC Tournament: St. Thomas 1, SMU 0.

TENNIS (WOMEN'S): SMU 6, WSU 3.

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St. Mary's advances in hockey tournament

SMU.

WOMEN'S
HOCKEY


WOODBURY, Minn., Feb. 27, 2003 -- With 4:29 left to play, St. Mary's Josie Nechodom slapped a goal for the Winona Cardinals to win their first game in the Minnesota Intercollegiate conference women's hockey tournament. The victory: 2-1 over Augsburg. The victory moved St. Mary's into the second round against either Gustavus Adolphus or Concordia of Moorhead. In the first round, Augsburg led St. Mary's 1-0 until the last five minutes. Tennie McCabe scored the first St. Mary's goal.
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Whew, we're still only $4.2 billion short

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 27, 2003 -- State budget analysts have been right all along that the state will be short of $4.2 billion in the coming two years, their latest projections said. Although it's the worst Minnesota budget crisis in memory, there had been fears that the revised projections would be worse. House fiscal analyst Bill Marx called the new projection "a relief." Actually, the projection, based on anticipated tax revenue, is a tad worse than the previous forecast -- $25 million or 0.6 percent more. But that's statistically meaningless considering the iffy factor in long-term revenue forecasting.

Background: WSU plans max 15% tuition hike
Background: Governor: Chop higher-ed spending 9%


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WSU SECURITY
REPORT

Feb. 27, 2003
A measuring scale was re;ported missingrom a classroom in the Pasteur science building at 12:45 p.m. The theft occurred between 1:50 and 2 p.m. on Feb. 26.
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Bach's violin, oboe concerto due at WSU

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 27, 2003 -- The Winona Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Paul Vance, will feature violinist Natalie Filipovich and oboist Thomas Hiniker for Bach's "Concerto for Violin and Oboe" on Saturday. Vance will offer pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m. Also on the program: "Pelleas and Melisande Suite" by Sibelius and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5."
Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Main Stafe, Performing Arts Center
Cost: $5 to $12
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Kreuzner runs, leaps, sails, heaves to title

WSU.

TRACK


BEMIDJI, Minn., Feb. 27, 2003 -- Multi-sport Winona State University athlete Keri Kruezner easily won the pentathalon in the Northern Sun conference championships. Kreuzner scored 3,128 points, 29 ahead of second place. The event included the 55-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, and 800-meter run.
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United Way honors Winona State

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 27, 2003 -- The United Way, which raises money for community activities, honored Winona State University as a community partner at its annual awards banquet. Also, Southeast Tech President Jim Johnson was honored for chairing the 2002 drive. The banquet was bittersweet because the drive fell almost one-third short of its $500,000 goal. Beth Forkner, United Way executive dierctor, blamed the economy and the pending war. Forkner noted, however, that $500,000 was an aggressive goal. When the 2002 books are finally closed, she said, the collections probably will be close to the year before.

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Editor: Marston ran WSU sports smoothly

Marston.
MARSTON
"Jimmy, Jimmy,
we're almost
there"

1928-2003

Remembered for running a smooth program, albeit the conversial decision to end wrestling


WINONA, Minn., Feb. 27, 2003 -- Jim Kohner was on a used-car lot eyeing a Chevy Cavalier a few years back when the sales guy, who had been sizing him up, suddenly recognized him as the Daily News sports editor. The salesman's eyes lighted up: "Do you know whose car that was?" Kohner instantly recognized he'd seen Dwight Marston, the athletic director at Winona State University, spinning around town in the Cavalier for years. Kohner called Marston about the car, then bought it. That was one of the last times Jim "Bear" Kohner would speak to his friend. Marston died Feb. 20 in Mesa, Ariz., at age 74. In an interview, Kohner recalled his experiences covering Winona State sports, first for the student newspaper the Winonan in the early 1970s, when Marston was in the middle of his 25 years as athletics director. "Winona State sports were a little different back then," Kohner said. Now 45, Kohner remembered Marston running a smooth program free from controversy: "To tell you the truth, he was pretty quiet over there." The only blemish on Marston's record, as Kohner sees it, was eliminating wrestling. In a budget-driven 1981 cutback, the untenured wrestling coach, Tom Eitter, was let go. The previous coach, who couldn't be fired because he was tenured, was too old to do the job, and as a result the once-strong program withered and was cut, Kohner said. Despite the wrestling decision, Marston's legacy was good, Kohner said. As golf coach, Marston led the men's golf team to the national championships in 1993 and 1994. Twice he was named district Coach of the Year. When Kohner began at the Daily News, Marston had stepped down as athletic director but still coached golf. Kohner said Marston would call from diners on the way home from meets to get the results in the paper. "Jimmy, Jimmy, we're almost there," Kohner recalled him saying. After retirement, Marston spent the winters in Mesa and warmer months in Winona, driving that Cavalier back and forth.

Reporter: Brian Krans
Background: Scholarship fund in Marston's memory
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Ugly Winonan exchanges continue;
security warning issued

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 27, 2003 -- The staff at the Winonan student newspaper at Winona State University were told to call security guards about a possible hostile student. Shirley Mounce, director of daytime campus security, issued a mug shot of masscom sophomore Todd Ouellette in case he enters the newspaper office and displays aggressive behavior. "I did this as nothing but a proactive approach," Mounce said, saying she was acting on instructions from Don Walski, director of campus security, after hearing concern from Winonan staffers. "Maybe I was the one who over-reacted," Mounce said. Mounce declined to say who complained to her or Walski. Ouellette has had an ongoing opinion-page feud with columnist Jake LaRow. Even so, on a recent visit to the Winonan, Ouellette displayed a calm demeanor. His recent paid advertisements in the Winonan, however, have been fiery: One ad was headlined: "Jake LaRow is a Racist Zionist Liar."

Reporter: Brian Krans


Campus security reports receiving secret complaint from Winonan staffers and issues a "proactive" warning about possible aggressive behavior
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FEB. 27, 2003
HOCKEY (MEN'S): Named to the all-conference team were SMU's Sam Phillips and Al Schumacher.

HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): MIAC Tournament: SMU 2, Augsburg 1. Named to the all-conference team were SMU's Monica Dweringer and Emily Kearns.

TENNIS (WOMEN'S): SMU 6, WSU 3.

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Unruly WSU library patron grabs guard, kicks

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 26, 2003 -- A 48-year-old man from Altura, Minn., assaulted two Winona State University security guards in the Winona State University library after they tried to get him to shut down a computer on which, they said, he was viewing child porn. About 3:55 a.m. the guards were clearing remaining students from the library. Asked to leave, the guy became hostile, according to police report. Once outside, grabbed and pushed a female guard and attempted to kick a male guard, the report said. The man said he was going to walk around outside until he become hypothermic and died, the police report said. At 4:04 a.m. police arrived and arrested the man for disorderly conduct and fifth-degree assault. Because of his comment about suicide, police placed the man on 72-hour hold at the behavioral medicine ward at the hospital. Police confiscated the computer the man was using, several witnesses said. Neither security guard was hurt.

Reporter: Brian Krans


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Watkins window damage tops $1,200

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 26, 2003 -- As police have pieced together what happened, two drunk students climbed into the concrete skelton of the under-construction Winona State University science building and threw softball-sized concrete slabs and steel bars three floors down into the Watkins art and computer science building. Seven broken windows cost $1,227 to replace. Don Walski, campus security director, said no arrests have been made. A janitor in Watkins reported loud noises about 6 a.m. but first "thought it was just the construction workers," Walski said. Then the janitor realized construction workers don't begin work until 9 a.m. and after seeing the young men leave the scene, the janitor reported the matter to security at 9 a.m. Vic and Rob Vaughn of Glass Replacement were called in to begin repairing the damage at that time. "You would have to be high or drunk to do something like this," Rob Vaughn said while sweeping up broken glass in a second-floor room of Watkins on Friday. The replacement took 12 hours. Because the damage was exceeded $1,000, felony charges are possible, Walski said..

Reporter: Brian Krans


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WSU SECURITY
REPORT

Feb. 26, 2003
INCIDENT NO. 1: Security guards were clearing out the library at 4 a.m. when a non-student became abusive.ÊOnce outside, the individual grabbed and attempted to kick a guardrd.Ê Police were called. The subject was arrested for assault and disorderly conduct.

INCIDENT NO. 2: A non-student was found with alcohol attempting to get into the Lourdes dorm at 2:36 a.m.Ê


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Legislator: Budget crisis no joke

Pelowski

PELOWSKI
Higher-ed leader in Legislature


WINONA, Minn., Feb. 25, 2003 -- At a forum on the higher-ed budget crisis, State Rep.Gene Pelowski called on Winona State University students for their accounts on how giant tuition hikes, bigger classes and perhaps delayed graduations will affect them personally. Pelowski, D-Winona, said legislators need information as well as personal stories to argue against proposed major cuts in college budgets. "This isn't a joke," he said. "This well happen." Some ideas percolated from the 100 students at the forum: Reducing the university administration, including consolidating the Affirmative Action and the Cultural Diversity offices. Ideas for raising revenue included building gambling casinos, decriminalizing marijuana and less serious drugs to cut prison costs, increasing the cigarette tax, and adding the sales tax to clothing.

Background: Campus budget forum set at WSU
Background: Political scientist: State has revenue choices
Comment: WSU's lean at top
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Semi-pro football team plans WSU games

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 25, 2003 -- A new semi-pro football team, the River Cities Rough Riders, will play four home games this summer at Winona State University's Maxwell Field, said Paul Anderson, a spokesperson for the Mid-America Football League. The first game will be July 26 against the Shakopee Warriors, Anderson said. The Rough Riders succeed the Mississippi River Men.

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WSU student in chase right out of "Cops"

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 25, 2003 -- Winona State Unversity criminal justice senior Steven Turnacliff got more than he bargained for in a field trip to Kansas City, Mo. -- an adrenalin-pumping, 35-minute, two-state, three-county, six-car police chase. On a ride-along, Turnacliff found himself in a chase first by car, then on foot as the suspect made a last-ditch attempt to escape. The guy was apprehended. Was Turnacliff in any danger? Prof James Kobolt, who arranged the field trip, said, "He executed good officer safety practices." Does Turnacluff still want to be a cop? Later Turnacliff picked up an employment packet from the KCPD. He was not alone. In all 11 criminal justice students made the field trip.

Reporter: Brian Krans
The KCPD has hired more Winona State criminal justice grads than any other police agency in the nation -- 11 in three years.

Kobolt, with the department 13 years, including five at the police academy, joined the Winona State faculty in 2000.

"My job is to help students get excited about law enforcement," he said.
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Warriors name football captains

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 25, 2003 -- Four players including running back Kevin Curtin and senior linebacker Deric Sieck will be captains of the Winona State University football team in the fall, said Coach Tom Sawyer. Also captains will be defensive back Nick Jaeger and tight end Alan Hartung. The Warriors open Aug. 30 at home against Missouri Western State. A spring scrimmage is set for May 2.

Curtin.

CURTIN
Senior
Sieck.

SIECK
Senior
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Scholarship fund set up in Marston's memory


MARSTON
1928-2003


WINONA, Minn., Feb. 25, 2003 -- The family of Dwight Marston, the dean of sports at Winona State University for a quarter century, established a scholarship fund in his memory. He died in Arizona last week at age 74. Donations may be made to the WSU Foundation. Meanwhile, a memorial service is being arranged in Winona. Services were held on Sunday in Mesa, Ariz., where Martsion and his wife Phyllis lived in retirement. Marston was Winona State's athletic director from 1966 to 1991.

Background: His first love was golf
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WSU to remodel Lourdes cafeteria

WINONA, Minn., Feb. 24, 2003 -- Students living in the Lourdes dorm on Winona State University's west campus are getting a new cafeteria this fall. The cafeteria will be remodeled over the summer to blend a cafeteria with a grab-and-go concept, according to Steve Ronkowski, who coordinates campus construction projects. Ronkowski said bids for the project need to be in by April 11. He wants to start the project once classes are out in May. The university will pay for the project with funds from revenue generated from room and board, Ronkowski said. The $1.3 million Lourdes reroofing project, still under way, is also being financed from dorm revenue. "This way the state doesn't have to be involved with the financing of these projects," Ronkowski said.

Reporter: Paul Sloth


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COMMENT: NO PANACEA HERE
WSU'S LEAN ON BRASS
In round after round of state-directed budget trimming in recent years, the president of Winona State University, Darrell Krueger, has spared academics. Faculty and staff positions that directly support academics have been protected. So have the budgets for academic departments. This is as it should be. A university's mission is to deliver education.

Where has Krueger cut? Savings have resulted from administrators wearing two hats.
  • Vice President Cal Winbush is in charge of both students affairs and facilities. His double duty saves $100,000.

  • The $80,000 registrar's post is being left vacant, and Vice President Steve Richardson is doing that job too -- free.

  • The $80,000 library deanship has been vacant for two years, and an associate vice president, Christine Clements, is doing the job without extra compensation.
  • True, some new executive positions have come into being with the university's growth. The comptroller's position is new. The academic vice president now has an associate vice president. But historically, Winona State has run lean at the top, now more than ever. Yes, from the perspective of students struggling with tuition, the salaries may seem astronomical. The fact, however, is that Winona State executive salaries are on the low side of national norms.

    Sure, additional administrative consolidations might be possible, but at what price? How many extra hats and how much double duty can be piled on the individuals at the top? Targeting the already lean Winona State brass is hardly panacean in the face of the new and massive budget cuts proposed by the governor.
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    Background:
    Governor's budget hits higher-ed
    Background: WSU salaries


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    Women almost 2/3s of WSU enrollment: Why?

    WINONA, Minn., Feb. 24, 2003 -- Almost two-third of full-time Winona State University undergrads are women, enrollment data show. The gender lopsidedness hardly unique to Winona State. Both Winona State and Minnesota State University-Moorhead are 63 percent women, Metropolitan and Southwest State universities 60 percent, Bemidji State 58 percent, St. Cloud 56 percent, Mankato State 55 percent, according to the state college system. Why is enrollment shifting from the roughly 50:50 male-female ratio in the general society. Susan Sefkow, a psychology prof at Winona State, said that women on average do better in school because they have been conditioned to be obedient to others in society so they respond better to their teacher's assignments. Also, Sefkow said, more women are seeking schooling beyond high school. The women studies director at Winona State, Tamara Berg, agreed, noting that women now have options out of high school beyond being a waitress or secretary. Trade jobs such as plumbers, carpenters and farmers, which generally don't require college, are male-dominated and draw more men out of high school, Berg said. The result, said Berg, is that women are coming to dominate politics, health and business. At Winona State, she noted, the preponderance of women can be attributed partly to women-dominated careers programs including education and nursing. The American Association of University Women has done extensive research on female and male education.

    Reporter: Carrie Guler


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    WINONA
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    As portrayed in Winona State University promotional materials

    Kane students.
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    Tracking Winona tuition changes

    WINONA, Minn., Feb. 24, 2003 -- Tuition and fees have risen about two-thirds at Winona State University over the past eight yeas, according to tables compiled by the Daily News. Southeast Tech tuition has more than doubled, although still less than one-fifth of Winona State's. Although highest. St. Mary's tuition and fees increased less than 40 percent over the eight years.


    1995-1996
    1996-1997
    1997-1998
    1998-1999
    1999-2000
    2000-2001
    2001-2002
    2002-2003
    WSU
    $ 5,800
    6,100
    6,300
    6,150
    6,500
    7,900
    8,570
    9,305

    CHANGE
    60.4%


    Includes $1,000 laptop lease, computer support and repair fee; Intenet, network and printer access,all of which began in 2000-2001.
    SMU
    $ 15,030
    15,895
    16,595
    17,345
    18,045
    18,965
    19,995
    20,615

    CHANGE
    37.2%


    Few students pay full freight because of scholarships, state grants and other aid.
    TECH
    $ 701
    731
    731
    1,180
    1,2,10
    1,317
    1,451
    1,613

    CHANGE
    130%


    Tech figures are rounded to the nearest dollar
    Most CyberIndee comparisons in recent months have been base tuition, $3,940 for a typical Winona State full-time student. In this comparison, the Daily News included fees.

    These are per year figures, not semester.

    Background: WSU plans max allowable tuition hike

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    Confounded by music videos?

    WINONA, Minn., Feb. 24, 2003 -- The dean of liberal arts, Joe Gow, himself a musician, will offer the next lib-arts colloquium at Winona State University: "Making Sense of Music Video."
    Date: Friday, Feb. 28
    Time: 4 p.m.
    Place: Minne Lounge
    Cost: Free
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    Gretchen Johnson.
    GRETCHEN
    JOHNSON
    Brian Krans.
    BRIAN
    KRANS
    Jessica Schank.
    JESSICA
    SCHANK
    Cari Panovich.
    CARI
    PANOVICH
    Teresa Hackler.
    TERESA
    HACKLER
    Amanda Egholm.
    AMANDA
    EGHOLM
    Brett Carow.
    BRETT
    CAROW
    Small nameplate.
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    FEB. 24, 2003
    BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): St. Thomas 74, SMU 59.

    GYMNASTICS (WOMEN'S): University of Denver (1st) 195.85 (1st), Aitr Force Academy 191.6 (2nd), University of Alaska-Anchorage 186.15 (3rd), WSU 183.075 (4th).

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    Political scientist: State has revenue choices

    Downs.
    DOWNS
    Budget slashing
    not a given


    WINONA, Minn., Feb. 24, 2003 -- The state has many options to address its budget deficit besides the draconian spending cuts proposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, said Winona State University political scientist Darrell Downs. He cited work by House of Representatives analyst Paul Wilson that concluded a 5 percent surcharge on 2003 state individual income taxes and 10 percent in 2004-2005 would generate $1.2 billion. That's roughly a quarter of projected deficits. The state professors' union, of which Downs is an officer, favors tax increases over the Pawlenty cuts that include a 9 to 10 percent reduction for higher ed. Other possibilities cited in Wilson's study:
  • $1.4 billion: Return to pre-Ventura 1998 income tax rates.
  • $1.2 billion: Raise state property tax on business property and cabins.
  • $898 million: Extend sales tax to clothing.
  • $720 million: Increase to sales tax one-half percent to 7 percent.
  • $618 million: Raise cigarette tax $1 a pack.
  • $390 million: Raise gasoline tax 6 cents gallon.
  • $338: Return motor vehicle registration tax to pre-Ventura level.
  • $200 million: Extend sales tax to auto repairs.
  • Background: WSU plans max tuition hike
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    R.I.P.: Sister Bernetta (Roselyn Viola) Quinn

    ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 24, 2003 -- A retired Fransican who taught at the College of St. Teresa, Sister Bernetta Quinn, died at the order's Assissi Heights facility. She was 87. She held a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and taught at numerous colleges. She was at St. Teresa from 1954 to 1967. Her academic interests were literature, especially Ezra Pound. She wrote two books and left many poems.

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    House bill now has modest gay benefits

    WINONA, Minn., Feb. 24, 2003 -- The bill to ratify $4.7 billion worth of state employee contracts, including those for state college profs, passed the House Higher Education Committee on a voice vote with no dissentions.ÊHouse Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon, chief author of the bill, surprised committee members by offering an amendment to allow the use of sick leave to care for a sick member of an employee's household and for bereavement in the case of death -- including gay partners. Rep. Doug Stang, R-Cold Spring, moved the amendment, and it passed.ÊNow both the House and Senate bills include the bereavement and sick leave provisions. Before passage, Stang said that students had complained about "big faculty pay raises" when they were feeling the pain of big tuition increases.ÊFacuilty lobbyist Russ Stanton responded that profs are being asked to take a lot of pain next biennium also, not just the students. Further, said Stanton, the contracts at issue are for the last biennium. The bill now goes to the House Ways and Means Committee and then to the floor for a vote.Ê The Senate, meanwhile, has a hearing Wednesday on its version of the contract ratification bill.

    Background: State workers bill clears hurdles
    Comment: Fiscal gay-bashing


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    DENUDED
    TO START
    FROM SCRATCH


    Workers repair some of the exterior stonework along the roof.


    PHOTOS FROM INSPEC INC. OF MINNEAPOLIS
    Roof.

    Lourdes roof topped out,
    guaranteed 100 years

    WINONA, Minn., Feb. 24, 2003 -- The roof at Lourdes Hall was new, of course, when the building, centerpiece of the College of St. Teresa campus, opened in 1929. By 1993, with CST closed, Winona State University bought the building to use as a dorm and home for its Residential College. The roof was showing its age. "There were several areas of the roof that were in fair to poor condition," said Chuck Schuh, a roofing inspector who oversees state college system projects. "Flashings were outdated and rusting out. We had some rotten decking due to deterioration of the original clay tiles. Within the next two or three years there would have been some serious internal water problems with the building." Now, $1.3 million later, a new roof is in place -- 57,600 clay tiles to cover the 12,300 square feet. In addition to roof replacement, the project also called for tuck-pointing or rebuilding all masonry above the roof line, adding snow guards and heat cables over some building entrances, rebuilding chimneys while capping off unused ones, removal and replacement of gutters and downspouts, and interior attic work, including adding insulation. Architects leaned on the original plans for Lourdes Hall to design the project, even copper gutters instead of galvanized steel that had been used in an early update. The new copper gutter system has three times the volume of the previous system and increased longevity, Schuch said. Artisans with Ledegar Roofing Co. of La Crosse, Wis., whose workers used 57,600 clay tiles in the past few months to cover the 12,300 square foot roof of Lourdes Hall. Ledegar crafted the extensive copper work. "The copper details were thoroughly designed and created to enhance the longevity of the roof." said Peter Karlin, vice president of Ledegar. "It's a time consuming process, but very satisfying to create something that will last beyond our lifetimes. The new roof has a 75-year warranty, but should last up to 100 years, Karlin said. Is the project done? The main roof is almost done, but rwork on smaller roofs not connected to the main roofing project are planned for 2004.

    Reporter: Joe O'Keefe


    Roof.

    Ledegar Roofing Co. workers begin to put the first clay tiles in place.

    Roof.

    More than 57,000 tiles were used. They should last nearly 100 years
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    Marketing

    Nursing

    Paralegal

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    journalism


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    relations


    Social work

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    education


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    recreation


    LOUD
    OBNOXIOUS
    PARTIES


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    WHEN GOOD
    TIMES GET
    OUT OF HAND


    CONVICTIONS
    Winona County Court



    UNDER-AGE
    BOOZERS


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    WHO GOT
    CAUGHT
    BEING
    STUPID

    DON'T
    TELL
    THEIR
    MOTHERS




    CAMPUS
    SALARIES

    Darrell
    Krueger

    WSU president
    2003: $211,836

    Louis
    DeThomasis

    SMU president
    2001: $155,245

    Jim Johnson
    Tech president
    2001: $125,000


    OTHER
    SALARIES


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    John Vivian

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    Matt Del Vecchio

    2003 CONTRIBUTORS
    Angie Anderson
    Jackie Applen
    Shannon Bona
    Jenny Butler
    Annie Butlin
    Tanya Cooke
    Forrest Dailey
    Sarah Diethelm
    Joey Finck
    Matt Geiger
    Lisa Gilbert
    Ben Grice
    Carrie Guler
    Teresa Hackler
    Jenn Higley
    Angie Hoppe
    Nick Hurd
    Brian Krans
    Andrea Larson
    Shannon Mauger
    Brittany Nelson
    Kelly Pilarski
    Jerrad Radocay
    Anthony Rizzio
    Ellen Ryan
    Jessica Schank
    Paul Sloth
    Jill Vierling
    Patrick Walsh
    Brian Weber
    Emily Wilson
    Teresa Woodall


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