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House Democrats: Let's spare higher-edST. PAUL, Minn., April 13, 2003 -- Democrats in the Minnesota House unveiled an alternative budget that spares higher-ed from cuts. House Democrat leader Matt Entenza noted that Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been pushing for a $361 million higher-ed cut and House Republicans a $311 cut. State Rep. Gene Pelowski, D-Winona, called the Democrat plan "a balanced approach to addressing the budget crisis and shares the pain rather than have Greater Minnesota bear the burden of the cuts and property tax increases." The House Democrats offered this side-by-side comparison:
FUNDING
K-12 funding
Higher-ed funding
Social services *
Cities, counties aid
TAXES
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DEMS
No cut
No cut
No cut
5% cut
Local
property tax
increases
Income tax
cut for families
making less
than $500,000
a year
Ethanol
producer
payments:
5% cut |
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PAWLENTY
$545 million cut
$361 million cut
$150 million cut
19.6% cut
Cigarette
tax
increase
Ethanol
producer
payments:
50% cut |
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GOP
$546 million cut
$311 million cut
$88 million cut
17% cut
Local
property tax
ncreases
Cigarette
tax
increase
Ethanol
producer
payments:
35% cut |
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Boss: Cashier handled robbery wellWINONA, Minn., April 13, 2003 -- The manager at the cashier's office at Winona State University, David Thorn, commended the teller who was approached at her window April 4 by an armed man who demanded money. "The teller did what she was supposed to do, and because she did everyone is OK," said Thorn. The masked man approached the cashier's window and showed a gun. "He escaped with enough money to pay the average student's tuition," said Thorn. "At least nobody was hurt."
Reporter: Patrick Walsh
Background: Cashier's office outfitted against robbery
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
April 13, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A student was cited for disorderly conduct on at 1:48 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student was cited for an alcohol violation and making threats to a security guard at 12:07 a.m. |
Media, advertising critic due at WSUWINONA, Minn., April 13, 2003 -- A scholar on mass media stereotyping, Sut Jhally, who won a stare-down with Viacom-owned MTV over his unflattering film "Dreamworlds," will speak at Winona State University. His speech: "The Media and The New Racism: Why America Can't Think Straight About Race." A second speech is also scheduled: "Tough Guise: Masculinity, Identity and Violence." Jhally's controversial, award-winning "Dreamworlds: Desire/Sex/Power in Music Video," incensed executives at MTV, who demanded that he withdraw the film because he didn't have MTV's permission to use them. Nor would they grant permissioin. MTV backed down when he said he wouldn't. More than 2 million students have seen the video, mosstly in mass media and advertising courses. Jhally has written four books and many articles. His academic home is the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.Title: The Media and The New Racism: Why America Can't Think Straight About Race"
Date: Thursday, April 17
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Somsen Auidtorium
Cost: Free |
Title: "Tough Guise: Masculinity, Identity and Violence"
Date: Friday, April 18
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Performing Arts Center, Main Stage
Cost: Free |
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QUICK
SPORTS
APRIL 13, 2003 | BASEBALL (MEN'S): WSU 3, UM-Crookston 0. WSU 18, UM-Morris 1.
GOLF (MEN'S: Northern Sun Invitational (first day): WSU 319 (1st), Wayne State of Nebraska 332 (2nd).
GOLF (WOMEN'S: Mississippi Valley Invitational (final day): Bemidji Sate 684 (1st, WSU 693 (2nd)).
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): Northern Sun Championship: WSU and UM-Duluth (1st) (tie).
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Hofland victorious with 85.6% of WSU voteWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- Sixth-year undergrad Michel Hofland won the election for president of the Winona State University Student Senate with 376 votes, an examination of election documents show. The vote breakdown with rounded percentages:
President
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| Michael Hofland
Dennis Abernathy
Dusty Finke
Doug Stokes
28 Write-ins
No votes |
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5
3
3
32
20 |
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| 85.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0/1%
7.3%
4.5% | Vice president
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| Dusty Finke
Ezra Kazee
6 Write-ins
No votes |
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| 316
107
6
10 |
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| 72.6%
24.4%
1.3%
2.2% | Treasurer
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| Robin Miller
Justin Jelinek
18 Write-ins
No votes |
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| 398
3
15
23 |
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| 91.0%
0.1%
3.4%
5.2% | Senior
senators
Five positions
open
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| Robin Miller
Dusty Finke
Valorie Bieganski
Leah Swiggum
Jennifer Reger
Justin Jelinek
Brad Krasaway |
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| 79
102
79
81
72
81
2 | Junior
senators
Six positions
open
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| Margaret Abuta
Maegen Satka
Scott Duescher
Desiree Bonsack
Scott Taylor
Frank Martin |
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| 89
82
88
82
2
2 | Sophomore
senators
Six positions
open
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| Ashley Sinclair
Ezra Kazee
Jane Satron
Tim Donahue
Katie Comstock
Erin Wittkop |
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| 89
66
70
81
98
77 | |
Frosh elections will be in the fall.
Reporter: Shannon Mauger
Background: WSU students elect Hofland president
WSU education dean: Pledge an anachonismWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- The education dean at Winona State University, Carol Anderson, agrees with a federal court ruling against requiring children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in public school settings. Anderson said that the words "Under God" make the Pledge a religious statement, which means, as the court said, that it can't pass constitutional muster. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ignited controversy across the nation by allowing students to have a choice in reciting the pledge. Anderson is bothered, however, that children have the choice. "The words in the Pledge are adult issues and most children do not understand them," she said. "Elementary students generally learn by hearing. Most of them cannot read and relate the words to what they know." The word "indivisible," for example, gets confused "invisible," she said. "The word 'God' is most likely overlooked in a child's head or related to some other familiar word,Ó said Anderson. She also noted that the American culture has broadened to include a range of religious beliefs since 1954 when the words "Under God" were added. The Pledge of Allegiance is no longer "common practice nor a patriotic act," she said.
Reporter: Shannon Mauger
Court to colleges: Don't censor student pressCHICAGO., April 12, 2003 -- The U.S. 7th Court of Appeals told college administrators not to meddle in the content on student newspapers. The Court ruled that a 1988 Supreme Court decision that allowed high-school administrators to review student publications does not apply at the college level. The ruling was against a dean at Governors State University in llinois.
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Hofland sees WSU Student Senate potential
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| WINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- The student president-elect at Winona State University, Michael Hofland, plans to attend a two-day conference of the Minnesota State University Student Association in mid-July for newly elected campus leaders statewide. With MSUSA, student voices are heard, Hofland said.
Reporter: Brian Krans |
COMMENT: FUN & GAMES
WINONAN STUBS J-FOOT
With yet another April Fool issue, the Winonan has moved further into irrelevancy as a news source about Winona State University.
With only a scant 20 issues this year, the editors' self-indulgence on April 1 consumed 5 percent of their annual space for news. The campus went uncovered.
Worse, confusion resulted. When City Council member Al Thurley was asked about a significant piece of journalism in the Winonan, an article on underage drinking as a public policy issue, he said he didn't take the article seriously because he assumed it was an April prank.
Yes, "Saturday Night Live" has a role in the society. But it's not on the Winonan's front page. Let "SNL" do what it does best. The campus needs the Winonan to do what it can do uniquely -- cover campus news. |
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Iraq war claims first U.S. college studentWASHINGTON, April 12, 2003 -- A Drexel University student, Joseph Maglione, became the first college student killed in the Iraq war, the Pentagon said. Maglione was killed by a "non-combat weapons discharge" in Kuwait. He was a junior at Drexel who was called to active duty as a Marine reservist.
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
April 12, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A Morey dorm tenant was cited for loud noise at 1:20 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 2: Several Morey dorm tenants were cited for an alcohol violation at 1:35 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: Several Prentiss dorm tenants were cited for an alcohol violation at 7:45 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 4: A student was cited for attempting to bring alcohol into the Morey dorm at 11:50 p.m. |
Court dates set for WSU clown-profWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- Winona State University computer science prof Eugene Lundak, also known as Spot the Clown, faces a preliminary hearing for a Silly String incident in which police say a 12-year-old girl at a parade was bopped on the head. At the hearing, scheduled for May 6, the defense and prosecution must list their witnesses and exhibits for a trial scheduled for May 19. Lundak, a member of Winona's Clown Club, is accused of fifth-degree assault. Police said that Lundak hit the girl with a stick used as a prop for his costume and put her in headlock. Lundak has claimed self-defense after being "blasted" by Silly String foam on the right side of his face. He said he sought medical treatment for a corneal abrasion.
Reporter: Brian Krans
Background: Silly String ban sought in La Crosse
WSU film critic to discuss movies, warWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- Film critic Dave Robinson of the Winona State University English faculty is offering a Food for Thought presentation at the County Historical Society museum. In the presentation, "Hollywood Goes to War," Robinson will examine how war has been depicted and how movies influence public attitudes.Date: Wednesday, April 16
Time: 12:05 p.m.
Place: County Historical Society
Cost: Free
Details: Vicki Englich at (507) 454-2723 |
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ROBINSON
English prof |
WSU student sets up ceramic exhibitWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- A sculptural exhibit by Winona State University art and psychology student Kate Schultz opens Monday at the campus Watkins gallery. Schultz's work examines disparities between socio-economic classes, gender divisions, and biases toward the mentally ill. Shultz said she uses familiar symbolic objects, such as pedestals and kneelers, to convey the polar opposition of overvaluation and undervaluation in the context of U.S. culture. Her materials, including latex, ceramic, steel and resin, reveal an irregularity and the evidence of human touch, she said. Her closing reception:Date: Saturday, April 19
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: Watkins Hall
Cost: Free |
Work of WSU broadcast students citedWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- A Winona State University broadcast student, Kevin Peterson, won a script-writing competition at the National Broadcast Society meeting in St. Louis. Another Winona State student, Megan Diamond, won a radio production prize.
Daily News scholarship to Krans
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| WINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- The Daily News awarded its annual scholarship to Winona State University journalism student Brian Krans. The scholarship, at $750 the largest awarded in the Winona State J-program, also includes a summer internship and the offer of a part-time newsroom job next year. Krans already covers police news part-time at the newspaper. He is a frequent contributor to the CyberIndee and is news editior-designate at the Winonan campus newspaper. |
WSU cashier's office outfitted against robberyWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- The Winona State University cashier's office, which was robbed April 4, is outfitted with numerous security measures to prevent robberies, said manager David Thorn. "We have a safe, an alarm system, and cameras that are recording day and night," said Thorn. Keypad access codes are also required to access areas dealing directly with money. Teller windows, similar to a bank, face one of the major hallways in the Somsen building. "The office was placed where it is because of the hallway traffic," Thorn said. "More people moving around means more safety for the tellers and the students that may be in line." The office was moved to its current position from an inner room in Somsen seven years ago. Campus security officials were consulted during construction. Said Thorn: "You can make anything safe but there is a fine balance between functionality and security. You also have to decide how much you are willing to pay for the next level of security."
Reporter: Patrick Walsh
Background: WSU ponders security upgrade
Accreditation visits due for WSU ed programWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- As part of its process to seek re-acccreditation, the Winona State University education program called for comments from anyone with something to say about its program. "Federal regulations require that accrediting agencies allow for public comment on the qualifications of institutions or programs under consideration for continuing accreditation," said Dean Carol Anderson. Campus visits are scheduled in the fall from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Minnesota Board of Teaching. Perspectives from graduates, parents, schools and community organizations are especially valued, said Anderson. Comments should be addressed to:Board of Examiners
NCATE
2010 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Suite 500
Washington DC 20036-1023
QUICK
SPORTS
APRIL 12, 2003 | BASEBALL (MEN'S): Southwest State 11, WSU 2; Southwet State 16, WSU 12. SMU 13, Hamline 9; Hamline 14, SMU 9.
GOLF (MEN'S: Wildcat Invitational: 306 WSU (1st), UM-Crookston 307 (2nd).
GOLF (WOMEN'S: Mississippi Valley Invitational (first day): Bemidji State 342 (1st), WSU 352 (2nd).
SOFTBALL WOMEN'S): WSU 9, Bemidji State 0, UM-Duluth 1, WSU 0. MSU-Moorhead 2, WSU 0. SMU 1, Augsburg 0; SMU 2, Augsburg 0.
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU 9, Upper Iowa 0. WSU 9, Buena Vista 0. Luther 6, WSU 0.
TRACK (MEN'S): SMU at St. Thomas Invitational (unscored).
TRACK (WOMEN'S): Foster Open: At UW-Whitewater.
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WSU artists invited to Rochester exhibitWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- Winona State University faculty and students will participate in "Minnesota Clay," an invitational ceramic exhibition at the Rochester Art Center from April 26 to June 8. Also participating are the University of Minnesota; Minnesota State University, Mankato; and St. Olaf College. B.J. Shigaki, the art cnter director, selected works from Winona State by prof Anne Plummer, who will show two new figurative sculptures, and students Terese Brown, William Hessian, Michael Holly, Kristin Jergenson, Kate O'Neil and Holly O'Rourke. The opening reception:Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: 8 to 10 p.m.
Place: 320 E. Center St., Rochester
Cost: Free
Contact: Anne Plummer at (507) 457-5393 |
Culver's donating to WSU women's tripWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- If they mention "women's studies" when ordering, customers at Culver's Frozen Custard on Monday will be contributing 10 percent of the price of their order to Winona State University students for a trip to a national women's studies meeting. The students' research is being presented at the National Women's Studies Association convention in New Orleans in June.
Business management workshop due at WSUWINONA, Minn., April 12, 2003 -- Winona State University math prof Dan Rand, a Six Sigma-qualified instructor, will offer a half-day Six Sigma business management seminar in May. Six Sigma is a business concept to eliminate defects through fundamental process knowledge and measurement of critical-to-customer variables.Date: Wednesday, May 14
Time: 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Place: Maxwell Leadership Cente
Cost: Not announced
Contact: Ann MacDonald at (507) 457-5085 |
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UNDER-AGE
BOOZERS
WHO GOT
CAUGHT
BEING
STUPID
DON'T
TELL
THEIR
MOTHERS
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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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