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WSU security: Death threat not priorityWINONA, Minn., March 31, 2003 -- The day-time security chief at Winona State University, Shirley Mounce, said that death threats aimed at a student journalist, scribbled on a pile of student newspapers, didn't warrant a call to police or even the campus security director, who was not due on campus until evening. About calling security Director Don Walski, Mounce said the incident didn't warrant paging him. Mounce did not mobilize any extra security for Krans. The message, "Die Brian Krans," was written in black ink on seven copies of the Winonan and left in the journalism lab in Phelps Hall sometime between mid-afternoon Friday and early Monday. The banner article in the issue, by Krans, detailed how bars, police and under-age boozers together contribute to Winona's youth drinking problems. Mounce, after being notified of the scribbled threat, observed that she had seen the article in the Winonan and was concerned about a student reporter writing a story about fellow students: "When I saw that he had written a story like that, I thought to myself, 'He better watch himself.'" She said she would leave a note for campus security chief Don Walski for when he came in.
Reporter: Paul Sloth
Background: Death threat left for WSU student journalist
Comment: Subsumed in booze
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In the campaign, students talk about how WSU enabled them to make personal as well as societal contributions |
New WSU ad campaign budget: $109,000WINONA, Minn., March 31, 2003 -- The new Winona State University recruiting campaign "What Can You Do?" started running March 17 in newspapers, on the air and on billboards in a $109,000 bid to target not only high school juniors and seniors but also freshman and sophomores. Tom Grier, university communication director, said radio ads will be carried on KAGE and KHME, WInona; KROC, Rochester, Minn.; WIZM, La Crosse, Wis.; and WCCO, Minneapolis; and on Wisconsin Public Radio. Time has been purchased for a television variation on HBC and Charter Cable, Winona; WCCO, Minenaoplis; Twin Cities Cable: KTTC, Rochester, Minn.; and WKBT and WXOW, La Crosse. The Winona Daily News, Winona Post and Sun Newspapers will carry print versions, Grier said. He said that ad agencies in New York, Chicago and elsewhere responded to a query about producing the ads, but the contract ended up with Mediawerks of Winona. With a local agency, Grier said, it is easy to discuss projects ideas: "If we chose an agency from New York we would have the flight expenses and since the university had a tight budget it was unrealistic." Mediawerks is chargimg $20,000, said Grier.
Reporter: Carrie Guler
Background: Senior extolls WSU |
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WSU SECURITY
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March 31, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: Security guards cited a student for loud music in the Lourdes dorm at 1:28 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student was transported to the hospital for medical reasons at 10:58 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: A professor reported at 1:15 p.m. that someone entered his office and took his wristwatch between 11:30 and 11:55 a.m. on March 31 in Lourdes Hall. |
Campus Twins fan watch debut victoryWINONA, Minn., March 31, 2003 -- About 15 Winona State students gathered in the Morey dorm to support their Minnesota Twins in the season opener. Elsewhere on campus, other knots of students watched too. The Twins beat Detroit 3-1, with the help of Dustan Mohr's two-run homer and Brad Radke's pitching. With chips, soda and loud cheers, students set aside their studies to root on their home state team. "The Twins have to step it up today," said Eric Reynolds. "They havenÕt had much luck in the past playing in Detroit." Last season the Twins got swept in a three-game series at Comerica Park in Detroit.
Reporter: Shannon Mauger
QUICK
SPORTS
MARCH 31, 2003 | BASEBALL (MEN'S): Concordia of St. Paul 8, WSU 7; Concorfdia 8, WSU 5.
GOLF (MEN'S): Missouri Western Invitational (first day): WSU 300 (1st).
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 12, UW-Eau Claire 3; WSU 5, UW-Eau Claire 2..
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU 6, St. John's 3.
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Death threat left for WSU student journalistWINONA, Minn., March 31, 2003 -- Copies of the Winonan student newspaper scrawled with the words "Die Brian Kranz" were left in the Winona State University journalism lab over the weekend. After a student spotted the papers Monday morning, lab supervisor Ellen Severson notified daytime campus security chief Shirley Mounce, who sent agents to collect the copies as evidence. The issue, published Wednesday, carried a lengthy story by Brian Krans on the favorite haunts of under-age Winona drinkers. Prof Becky McConnell, who had a class in the lab Friday, said she laid the pile of Winonans on an overhead projector when she left. "I was going to throw them away, but I thought somebody might need them for a class," she told campus security investigators. I didnÕt notice any writing on the papers." Severson, meanwhile, produced a list of 11 students who had asked for weekend access to the lab. Whoever scrawled the message misspelled Krans' name with a "z."
Reporter: Paul Sloth
Background: Source of anti-Krans posters unclear
Comment: Subsumed in booze
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
March 30, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: Security guards apprehended a non-student at 1:11 a.m. for knocking down a parking sign on campus.Ê
INCIDENT NO. 2: At 1:40 a.m. security guards warned several individuals attempting to get into dorm after hours without an escort. They were removed from campus.
INCIDENT NO. 3: Security guards discovered alcohol in a vehicle near the Prentiss-Lucas dorm turnaround at 12:24 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 4: At 4:03 p.m. security guards caught an individual for running naked at a softball game near the campus baseball field. |
Execs bristle at WSU students' pay-cut planWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2003 -- Winona State administrators were insulted by a Student Senate proposal that they take a pay cut to help with the university's budget crisis, according to senators who presented the proposal to university President Darrell Krueger. Other administrators took Krueger's lead and agreed, said Student Sen. Christine Tollison: "They felt that we were suggesting that they weren't doing a good enough job." Tollifson said senators were told that they had ignored the fact that many administrators are doing double duty, doing the work normally done by two administrators, to keep costs down. Also, they said adminiatrators typically are heavy donors for scholarships.
Reporter: Shannon Mauger
Background: Students call on WSU leaders to take pay cuts
Background: List of WSU salaries
Source of anti-Krans posters unclearWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2003 -- A co-owner of Bulls-Eye Beer Hall, Dan Nisbit, denied that he had authorized a poster that's hanging around Winona bars with a mug shot of student journalist Brian Krans. Since an article identifying Bulls-Eye as a favorite of under-21 boozers, along with nine other bars, Krans has been the subject of threats. The poster seemed to be an attempt to attach a face to the byline to engender hostility at Krans. Nisbit said he couldn't confirm whether any of his employees were involved in preparing the oversize poster, which was printed on high-quality poster and circulated to several bars. Eric Schuenke, an employee at Bull's Eye, said in an interview: "Yeah, I know who made them, but IÕm not telling." During the interview with Schuenke, the other owner of Bulls-Eye, Chad Tenkley, stepped in: "I donÕt think we should answer anymore questions." Krans said a bar employee, unhappy with the story, delivered a copy of the poster to him Wednesday night with a warning. "I was at ZaZa's and this guy in a teal shirt, the kind they wear at Bulls-Eye, came up and handed me the poster and said I better watch my ass," said Krans. The poster made Krans feel like he was no longer welcome at the bars, at least the ones in his story, and maybe for good reason. Said Tony Haglund, manager of Bulls-Eye: "Yeah, he's not too well-liked around here right now." By Friday night, Bulls-Eye had two of the posters hanging up. So did Brothers, Schyde's, and Betty Jo's.
Reporter: Paul Sloth
Background: Bulls-Eye ponders law suit
Comment: Subsumed in booze
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Franciscans taking out Tau stained glassWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2003 -- The most stunning part of the Tau Center, the stained glass in its chapel, will be gone when Winona State University finishes remodeling the former nunnery into a dorm. The Franciscan Sisters, who built the stone building in 1963, couldn't bear to part with the glass and kept it out of the sale to Winona State. The glass is being moved to the Franciscan headquarters in Rochester, Minn. "I guess it was an important part of their order," said Sara Lee Garcia, a university dorm manager. Still, she said, the chapel area will be nice with regular windows. The circular chapel will become a common area for dorm tenants.
Reporter: Paul Sloth
Background: Cramped rooms, spacious common areas
R.I.P.: Peter C. DaleyPRESTON, Minn., March 30, 2003 -- A Winona Tech alum, Peter Daley, died at a Rochester, Minn., hopsital. He was 70. Daley operated a television and radio shop in Preston for many years.
COMMENT: FINANCIAL AID
GREED WE UNDERSTAND,
BUT STUPIDITY?Over the years the Minnesota Private College Council has lobbied aggressively and successfully for state financial aid for students at its member colleges. Now, with the state in financial peril, is the time to back off.
Incredibly, the Council launched a media blitz in February for the state to boost state grants to private-college students. Insiders say $1 million is being spent to plaster ads anywhere legislators are likely to see them through the end of the legislative session. In addition, the Council, which represents 17 private colleges, including St. Mary's in Winona, has hired a top-dollar lobbying firm to push the plan.
Worse, the Council wants the the money to pay for the private college aid program to come from the already-crippled state appropriation to public colleges.
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Writer to private colleges: You cannibalsWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2003 -- Private colleges are lobbying to inflect financial pain on state colleges to the detriment of the communities served by institutions like Winona State University, Michael Bowler said in a letter to the Daily News opinion page. Why would the private colleges be doing this? To corral more state money for themselves when the state financial situation improves and the state can restore funding for higher-ed, Bowler said. The private colleges then would be in a better position to argue for a bigger share of the pie. Bowler said. He referred only obliquely to private St. Mary's University. "Any institution of higher learning in Minnesota advocating levels of pain for neighoring institutions will ultimately reap the long term, local costs of such a position," Bowler said. Local colleges, private and public, should support each other's unique role in serving their communities, he said.
QUICK
SPORTS
MARCH 30, 2003 | BASEBALL (MEN'S): Concordia of St. Paul 1, WSU 0; WSU 9, Concordia 8. Wartburg 14, SMU 1.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 7, Viterbo .; WSU 12, Viterbo 4. SMU 4, Simpson 3. Illinois Wesleyan 2, SMU 1.
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU 6, St. John's 3.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): WSU 7, MSU-Moorhead 2. WSU 9, Southwest Stster 0.
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City planner sees parking dilemmaWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- The city code that requires landlords to provide 1-1/2 on-site parking places for every rental unit isn't working, City Planner Mark Moeller said. At one time, the requirement was sufficient to keep on-street parking available in the congested Winona State University neighborhood, Moeller said, but rental patterns have changed. Today, more and more students, each with a car, share a single rental unit. Sometimes students sharing a house or apartment will have five or six cars, Moeller said. Should landlords be required to provide more off-street parking? In many cases, there isn't space for enough on-site parking, Moeller said. The upshot of such a requirement would be, in effect, to halt the creation of more student housing through conversions of residences into multiple rental units, he said.
Background: Idea floated for on-street permits
WSU SECURITY
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Journalist adamant in shielding his sourcesWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- The main Winona Fire Department investigator into a false fire alarm at a Winona State University dorm asked for information on what happened from the news reporter whose story, based on confidential sources, explained what happened. Brian Krans, the reporter, declined to divulge his sources, who included the student who set off the alarm and forced the evacuation of 225 students at 4:33 a.m. on March 7. Krans said it seemed that the investigator, Assistant Fire Chief Jim Multhaup, understood why journalists need to shield their confidential sources. As a news reporter, Krans said, he is neither an agent of the university nor the police. Although Krans interviewed the student whose drunken antics set off the alarm, and reported great detail on the evening of revelery in a dorm rec room that preceded the alarm, neither campus dorm officials, campus security nor city investigators have solved the crime.
Background: Dorm manager demands journalist's sources
Senior extolls WSU as "caring, supportive"WINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- Graphics design senior Mayumi Takahasi is among Winona State seniors whose testimonials and featured in the university's glitzy new image-building advertising campaign. Takahasi talks about the university as "a supportive and caring community" in which she developed her talent. The campaign was rolled out last week. The university's marketing chief, Tom Grier, said the ads will appear regionally in newspapers with variations on television and radio.
Another ad: Adam Lilla
Another ad: Don Hinrichs |
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TAKAHASHI TESTIMONIAL. "Art and design have the power to beautify our world and influence the way we see things. When I decided to study art, I chose a university with a supportive and caring community where I could pursue my interest and develop my talent. Winona State has all of that and more." |
Bulls-Eye ponders suing over news article
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Reporter: Paul Sloth
Background: Prof: Poster likely a legal infringement
Comment: Subsumed in booze |
Chamber recital coming to WSUWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- A chamber recital is planned by Winona State University music profs Paul Vance, a celloist; James Hoch, a clarinetist; and Barbara DuFresne, apianist. The trio will performing Johannes Brahms' "Trio in A Minor, Opus 114" and Sergei Prokofiev's "Overture on Jewish Themes." Assisting will be Natalie Filopovich and David Phipps on violins and Melissa Roby on viola.Date: Tuesday, April 1
Time: 7:30 p.m.
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Remote county bars pass stingWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- In another demonstration that the cops don't pick on downtown Bar Strip drinkeries, sheriff's deputies used under-age decoyso check on three Lewiston and four St. Charles bars in western reaches of the county. The decoys were not served, said Sheriff Dave Brand. Subject to the sting attempts were the American Legion Club, Good Sport Liquor, D-J Liquor, and Kwik Trip in St. Charles and Harvest Bowl, T-R's Bar and the Looney Bin Bar in Lewiston.
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Prof: Poster likely a legal infringement| A picture of a Winona State University student can be obtained legally for $1 from Judy Routhe, director of media services at Winona State, said masscom prof John Vivian. With rare exceptions, the ID photos are public property, Vivian said: "That the anti-Krans poster was created without permission from a copyright-protected source is an irony. It could have been done legally." |
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Background: Poster targets journalist
Comment: Subsumed in booze |
Speaker to discuss new bridge technologyWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- The public works director in the Mississippi River town of Bettendorf, Iowa, Wally Mook, will discuss fiber-reinforced polymer materials in a bridges at the Winona State University engineering school. A three-span, four-lane vehicular bridge in Bettendorf is the first in the nation with FRP materials.
Young Bears in WSU campus residencyWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- Poet, novelist and musician Ray Young Bear is scheduled to perform and read from his writings, including poems from his recent "Rock Island Hiking Club," at Winona State University. The traditional Meskwaki drum group, Black Eagle Child, of which Ray and his wife Stella Young Bear are founding members, will perform and sing during the two-day campus residency. Also, Stella Young Bear will show her bandolier-style beadwork. Ray Young Bear. Ray Young Bear reading:Date: Wednesday, April 2
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Lourdes Hall, North Lounge |
Stella Young Bear discussion of her work:Date: Wednesday, April 2
Time: 11 a.m.
Place: Kryzsko Commons, Dining Rooms F and G |
Tribal history discussion:Date: Thursday, April 3
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Place: Gildemesiter 155 |
Concert:Date: Thursday, April 3
Time: 7 p.m.
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COMMENT: DOES TRUTH MATTER
SUBSUMED IN BOOZEEverybody knows it's easy to get a drink on the downtown bar strip whether you're the legal 21 or not. Hundreds of court convictions against bartenders and under-age boozers themselves are irrefutable evidence.
Why, then, the backlash against reporter Brian Krans for his coverage of the bars' failed mechanisms to keep the kids out? He's been banned from some bars, snubbed by bar people, even threatened.
Flailing to discredit his reporting, critics have called Krans a liar. This ignores the self-evident quality of his reporting. It also is revealing of how vulnerable these people are to reports on the truth -- that you don't have to be 21 for a bouncer to let you in.
Reaction among college students subsumed in the campus Booze Culture is the hardest to fathom. So central is bar life in the lives of these people, it seems, that they responded from gut, not the mind, when they read Krans' detailed revelations. Somehow these students have missed the point of a college education, to develop critical thinking abilities that begin with facts and evidence.
We expect more of college people than a variation on the immature "I Want My MTV" mantra: "I want my beer. I want my beer." C'mon, grow up. |
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Background: Under 21? Try Bulls-Eye
WSU artists plan museum, exhibit tourWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- The Winona State University Art Club is sponsoring a bus trip to Minneapolis art museums, including the Minneapolis Museum of Arts, the Walker, the Northern Clay Center, and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Faculty adviser Anne Pummer said exhibits include etchings by Jacques Callot, Albrecht Durer's Apocalypse woodcuts, and 19th century Nile photographs.
WSU hires detective on Winonan phone callsWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- Winona State University hired a private investigator to find out who deleted 10 long-distance calls from phone records for the Winonan student newspaper. The investigator, Jon Plymouth of La Crosse, Wis., has been questioning editors and other staffers to determine who made the calls and then also knew how to get into the university's computers to erase the electronic record of the calls. Meawhile, reporters at the newspapers are two months into a long-distance block that denies them an essential tool for news reporting -- the telephone. Joe Reed, who is responsible for student clubs, including the Winonan, blocked the long-distance access in January when university telecom manager Joanne Roscyzk told him there were irregularities in the Winonan's phone records.
Reporter: Jerrard Radocay
Background: Mystery deeps on Winonan phone charges
QUICK
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MARCH 29, 2003 | SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): Wasahington University 13, SMU 9. Wartburg 9, SMU 3.
TENNIS (MEN'S): St. John's 7, SMU 2.
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU 9, Bemidji State 0. St. Benedict 1, SMU 1.
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Not welcome here
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We Reserve the right to refuse service to anyone
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Reporter: Paul Sloth
Background: Under 21? Try Bulls-Eye |
WSU author to read at literacy event
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Time: 10 a.m.
Place: South Wal-Mart, 25 25th St. S.E., Rochester
Cost: Free |
Time: 2 p.m. departure
Place: Wal-Mart, 1210 Crossing Meadows, Onalaska |
Time: 4 p.m. departure
Place: Sam's Club, 1211 Crossing Meadows, Onalaska |
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Workshops planned for Rochester enrolleesROCHESTER, Minn., March 29, 2003 -- A workshop for students interested in attending Winona State University-Rochester has been schediled for Wednesday with sessions on programs and courses and the 2+2 program for transferring to Winona State or graduate school later. Profs and staff will be on hand to discuss options. Date: Wednesday, April 2
Time: 4 to 7:15 p.m.
Place: University Center Rochester, 859 30th Ave. S.E.
Cost: Free
Contact: Julie Beckel at (507) 285-710 |
| WHAT WINONA COLLEGE PEOPLE ARE READING |
Readers picking up Pelzer child-abuse accountDave Pelzer, "A Child Called It"
Frans de Waal, "Chimpanzee Politic"
Chuck Palahniuk, "Fight Club"
Bob Woodward, "Bush at War"
Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged"
John Grisham, "The King of Torts"
J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire"
Anne Waldman and Allen Grinsberg, "The Beat Book"
Michael Moore, "Stupid White Men"
Bill Bright and Ted Dekker, "Blessed Child"
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Wandering through the library and liberal arts buildings on campus, a reporter interrupted students from their reading and identified 57 who called themselves avid readers. "What's your favorite recent book?" Pelzer's "A Child Called It" was the most common reply. The list of favorite books that emerged from the process, although hardly statistically verifiable, may be skewed by the places the reporter asked questions, mostly haunts of lib-arts students, but it's nonetheless a good indicator of what's being read by Winona campus people.
Political science frosh Will Kraft's reading "Chimpanzee Politics." Although the book is required reading for prof Fred Lee's politics and violence class, Kraft said it's more interesting than a textbook. "Even though I have to read it I'd probably still read it for fun anyway," said Kraft. Junior John Tollofson is also reading "Chimpanzee Politics" for class. He took is fascinated how the author, Frans de Waal, studied chimps for so many years and relates them to human nature.
Also popoular right now is Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club" and Bob Woodward's "Bush at War." Chris Livingston, owner of the Book Shelf near campus, credits the popularity of "Fight Club," written in 1996, to the recent movie based on the book. About "Bush at War," Livingston said: "Current events sometimes make sales go up." Junior Ryan Eversman said recent event inspired him to read the book. "I'm reading it so I can figure out what kind of agenda Bush might have," Eversman said. The New York Times has "Bush at War" ranked high.
The 35th anniversary edition of Ayn Rand's 1957 "Atlas Shrugged" is also widely read at Winona State. Accounting major Andy Harstead said he has been spending the whole semester reading the 1,074-page Rand book. His econ prof, Don Salyards, convinced him it would be worth his time. "Hopefully I can have it read before the end," Harstead said.
Kim Kerber, a devoted fan of John Grisham novels, is reading his latest "King of Torts." "I'd have to say this book is one of my favorites," Kerber said. Sophomore Tanya Barth is also enthralled with the conspiracy story and admits she's even learned a little about the legal system from the story. Grisham's "King of Torts" is also ranked high on the New York Times list.
Fantasy fans are glomming onto J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire" even though it recently dropped off the New York Times list. Phys-ed major Josh Drinkal said he's been reading the book ever since he saw the movie. Junior Ben Vasquez, who reads whenever he has leisure time, said "Harry Potter" is helping him escape from his hectic college studies: "It's entertaining and not hard to read, which is totally different than what I have to read from school."
Another top read at Winona State is "The Beat Book," a collection of beat literature from various writers. Senior Dean Johnson said it's a great book with all types of different literature from all different types of writers.
Junior business major Brett Schmidt said he loves to read books that upset the "everyday conservative people" and found Michael Moore's "Stupid White Men" does just that. "The book takes on big business America and tells it like it is," Schmidt said.
Senior Lyndsey Hafner is reading Bill Bright and Ted Dekker's "Blessed Child." She said her boyfriend's mom recommended the book to her. "I haven't been disappointed," Hafner said.
Reporter: Kristen Berns |
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WHO GOT
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BEING
STUPID
DON'T
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Darrell
Krueger
WSU president
2003: $211,836
Louis
DeThomasis
SMU president
2001: $155,245
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
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