Under 21? Wanta booze? Try Bulls-Eye

PLACE TO GO Dubious distinction KRANS' LIST Bulls-Eye Shorty's Brothers Schyde's Four Mile Midway Rascal's Mulligan's Za-Za's Gabby's

WINONA, Minn., March 28, 2003 -- After 306 interviews at college dorms, parties and the bars themselves, student journalist Brian Krans concluded without doubt that Bulls-Eye Beer Hall has the reputation as the place for under-age boozers to go. Next on his list of the easiest places for the under-21 crowd are Shorty's, Brothers and Schyde's. To create his list, Krans used two traditional journalist tools, the interview and observation, as well as more advanced journalistic tools, including participant observation, immersion, and documentary research. How have bar managers responded to Krans' findings? Ours is a tough job, they say, and we do the best we can to keep the kids out. "Really?" said Krans. Expanded coverage: Where kids booze

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Rape-child urges rethinking on abortion

WINONA, Minn., March 27, 2003 -- As she laid in bed, the closet door opened and he approached her in the dark. So was Jenny Speltz conceived -- the child of rape. Speltz, now a spokeswomen for the pro-life Human Life Alliance, speaking at Winona State University, called for people to re-evaluate their stand on abortion and not to be afraid to hear other people's opinions. "I want everyone to just learn to give a little and maybe they will learn something new," Speltz said. Speltz was conceived when her mother was 17. "My mother slowly told me the story as I was growing up," she said. "By the time I was in junior high I realized I was the product of a sexual assault. " Speltz's mother Cindy, who joined her for the Winona State visit, said she was kicked out of the house when she became pregnant from the rape -- moneyless and uneducated. "I had all the excuses not to have my baby, but I cannot express how happy I am that I chose life," she said. Reporter: Patrick Walsh

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WINONA, Minn., March 26, 2003 -- Winona State University dorm officials, scrambling for tenants for their recently purchased Tau dorm on the west campus, will conduct tours every half hour from noon to 6 p.m. on Thursday. Guides will highlight large common areas for studying and activities, even a garden. Many sleeping rooms in the former nunnery are small, some roughly 10 by 10 feet, but almost all will be single occupancy -- in contrast to crowded main-campus dorms where students double up and even triple up. Each room has a sink, an upgrade from the on-campus dorms. The university had hoped to take possession of the 115-bedroom building in February to get it ready for all, but delays in negotiations with the Francsican Sister have put the project a month behind schedule. Even so, officials are promising that upgrades and remodeling will be completed for fall occupancy. Reporter: Paul Sloth

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WSU vet frets that war foes go too far

WINONA, Minn., March 26, 2003 -- At Winona State University, a hub of antiwar sentiment, Landon Langley supports the right to oppose the war. But he's also getting ready to be shipped out to the Middle East. Langley, a 22-year-old nursing major, is an Arabic interrogator with the Army National Guard. During a break from his duties as a part-time campus recruiter for the Guard, Langley shared some thoughts on Wednesday's campus antiwar Speak Out: "I applaud what they're doing, because there are many countries where you can't do that, but during times of war I think we need to focus on supporting the troops." Although Langley supports the right of people to speak against this war, he's bothered when he hears negative opinions about soldiers. "I feel like some people see a person in uniform and they think we want to go to war," said Langley. "It doesn't seem like there's a lot of support for soldiers around here." Langley worries that some protesters are not well informed. "People turn on CNN and think they're experts," said Langley. Another worry Langley expressed was that protesters often seem to forget the people who serve in the military. "We're the ones in the foxholes while they’re sitting in math class," he said. Langley was shot in 1998. After a 1-1/2 years in recovery he rejoined the Guard. Before he finishes his degree, Langley could be sent to the Middle East, possibly before the end of the week. It won't be his first trip there. Langley, whose mother is Palestinian, lived and attended school at St. George's College in Jerusalem. Langley won't say whether he agrees with the Iraq war. He stays focused on following military orders: "If I think about anything else, I won't come home." Reporter: Paul Sloth

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WINONA, Minn., March 25, 2003 -- Almost one in six Winona State employees would need to be laid off if the university relies on layoffs alone to solve next fall's budget crisis, said Scott Ellinghuysen, chief financial officer. The number was the first time that a university executive has attached payroll numbers to the impact of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed higher-ed budget cuts. Ellinghuysen said if Winona State were to resolve its deficit with staff cuts alone, 134 of its 750 employees would be laid off. "WSU alone will have a $6.9 million deficit to recover from," he said There are alternatives, he said: "If we cut our top five programs, that would give us an extra $7 million, but there would not be much of a university left." Reporter: Patrick Walsh

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WINONA, Minn., March 25, 2003 -- The new Winona State advertising campaign, debuting this coming week on regional television and radio stations and in newspapers, includes a testimonial from masscom and marketing senior Don Hinrichs. The ad carries the theme "What Can You Do?" with the sign-off "Improving Our World." Hinrichs talks about enriching the Winona community through a music festival he organized at Lourdes Hall. University marketing chief Tom Grier said the campaign is aimed at maintaining the Winona State image of quality and leadership. The campaign was developed by Winona ad agency Mediawerks. Another ad: Adam Lilla

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WINONA, Minn., March 24, 2003 -- The Winona State University Student Senate has taken no action on a student's call to cut funding to the Winonan student newspaper. No motion was made at the meeting at which sophomore Todd Oullette called for the cut, said Student Senate President Tony Romaine. At the meeting Oullette called opinion columns by Jake Larow fascist, racist and ill-researched. Said Romaine: "We just let him say what he had to say." Earlier in March, Drake Hokanson the faculty adviser for the Winonan, made the decision to not publish any more editorial advertisements by Oulette because he feared that the conflict with Larow might escalate beyond words. Meanwhile, the Winonan is running $7,000 in debt because of flagging advertising. Reporter: Angie Hoppe Background: Student: Halt Winonan funds Comment: An ugly peek into justice amok

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WINONA, Minn., March 24, 2003 -- Author and journalist Veronica Chambers is scheduled to host a frank discussion on family relations and reconciliation at Winona State University. Chambers' talk, "Rise Above: A Candid Discussion about Reconciling Past, Present and Future," is the author of the books "Mama's Girl," in which she gives voice to the first generation of African-Americans to come of age in the post-civil rights era, and of "Having It All? Black Women and Success," in which she details through stories of family, friendship, spirituality, community and newfound prosperity how black women's lives have improved academically, professionally and financially. Date: Thursday, March 27 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Stark Auditorium

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EXPANDED COVERAGE Reporter: Brian Krans WITH UNDER-AGE REPU- TATIONS Bulls-Eye 107 W. Third St. Shorty's 528 Center St. Brothers 129 W. Third St. Schyde's 160 Johnson St. Four Mile Marshland, Wis. Midway Fountain City, Wis. Rascal's 151 E. Third St. Mulligan's 252 E. Third St. Za-Za's 529 Huff St. Gabby's 179 E. Third St. This ranking of the 10 Winona bars where under-age people revel most regularly is drawn from traditional journalistic methods, including 300-plus interviews of under-age drinkers at dorms, house parties and the bars themselves, as well as observation and more advanced journalistic methods, including participant observation, immersion, and documentary research. This was a journalistic project in an upper-division course taught by j-prof John Vivian at Winona State University. A variation of this article first appeared in the Winonan student newspaper.

Not only had the ID expired three years earlier, in 1999, but the picture hardly resembled Klonecki. Yes, both Klonecki and the guy on the ID had red hair but not nearly the same shade. While Klonecki is a tall, scrawny 18-year-old, the ID showed a man half a foot shorter, seven years older and 50 pounds heavier. Even so, it got Klonecki into Bulls-Eye Beer Hall on the downtown bar strip on Jan 18. Manager Tony Haglund gave the fake ID a quick glance at the front door and gestured Klonecki in. At the bar, Klonecki was served alcohol by three different bartenders. Shot after shot, no one asked for ID again. Not long after his first drink, Klonecki was spotted by a teacher from the high school. "I didn't see you and you didn't see me," the teacher said to Klonecki, whose friends call him Dre, short for Andre. Klonecki spent the night at Bulls-Eye. "I know how easy it is to get in here, so I won't press my luck anywhere else," Klonecki told a reporter as he downed another shot. Dre Klonecki is not the only minor to hit the bars. Dozens go downtown every weekend, risking fines to have a drink. Despite citizen outrage, City Council ranting, police stings and raids, fines against bars and hundreds of underage arrests, kids still get into bars. Winona State and St. Mary's university students, as well as Winona Senior High students, agreed in extended informal interviews that Bulls-Eye, 107 W. Third St., is the place where most minors get served. The surveying was conducted at dorms, house parties and bars. Although not a statistically replicable survey, the conclusions are undeniably a fair representation of Winona's underage drinking culture, to the best judgment of the reporter. Dre Klonecki, part of the Alcohol Culture embedded among Winona young people, agreed with almost all the 306 students surveyed when he named the popular college bars Bulls-Eye, Shorty's, Schyde's and Brothers as those where minors get in the most. The state line is not a boundary when it comes to underage drinkers either. The Midway and the Four Mile, just across the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, are places minors say they frequently get into. How can bar owners and managers keep minors out? Some bars don't even try. The underage drinking crowd pulls in $22.5 billion a year nationwide, according to a study by National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. The study said minors account for nearly 20 percent of the alcohol consumed in the United States every year. In Winona too, bars need revenue from under-age boozers. "They know what they are doing," Chad Brink, manager of Gabby's Bar and Lounge, said of those bars regularly filled with underage drinkers. "They let them in for a reason." Police Chief Frank Pomeroy also sees the issue as financial survival: "The only way there are this many bars in Winona is because they let minors in." When police started cracking down on underage drinking four years ago, bar owners came up with a remedy to keep the heat off -- more bouncers. Although not legally obligated, most bars hired bouncers to check IDs to keep minors out. That supposedly would ease the pressure on bartenders to check IDs with every order. Even so, it is bartenders, not doormen, who are legally liable when under-age people get served -- and bartenders say the doorman system isn't working. "Doormen are supposed to know what to do," said bartender Becky Durbin at Brothers, "but I am sure there are minors in here."

Craig Timm, who's been managing Rascal's Bar for 17 years, said enforcement is key. "It's all about training your staff and keeping them in line," Timm said. Told that Rascal's was fairly far down on the list of places known as underage-drinking havens, Timm wasn't surprised. "I can believe that," he said, "because our staff does their job."

Bar managers are quick to say that the minors should bear some responsiblity for breaking the law. "We as bartenders should not have to baby-sit 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds," Terri Fakler, manager of Shorty's, said, "but we just do our best to follow the law."