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Union chief: Strike wouldn't be instant
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 24, 2003 -- The president of the Winona unit of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Pat Shaughnessy, hopes for a large turnout in this week's statewide strike vote. It would be easier for Gov. Pawlenty to not take us as seriously if only 3,000 out of 19,000 people voted," said Shaughnessy, who is a maintenance worker at Winona State University. Even if the membership authorizes a strike, a strike wouldn't occur immediately -- and pehaps not at all, Shaughnessy said. Ten days' notice is required by law, he said: "The union will be in no big hurry to give that 10 days notice," said Shaughnessy, "and even after the 10 days we still have 30 days to actually go on strike." Delaying the strike to winter could be advantageous, Shaughnessy said, noting that AFSCME members do the plowing and shoveling. "All we need is one normal winter for people to understand that everyone on this campus is needed and not just the professors," said Shaughnessy.
Reporter: Patrick Walsh
Background: Union leader: We want "honest vote" |
Despins: That was long, long agoWINONA, Minn., September 24, 2003 -- One of the two students on the 15-member state colleges board of trustees, Tyler Despins of Winona State, said his bumpy leadership record at Rochester Commnity and technical College is "water under the bridge." In an interview with Majel Olson of the Winonan student newspaper, Despins attributed the impeachment as student president to complaints that he didn't communicate with student council members. Even so, he said, he didn't give up on his responsibilities as a council member and continued as a senator. Despins says he still drops by the Rochester campus to keep in touch. Despins was named last summer to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities board of trustees by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who was unaware of the impeachment despite the background check that his aides are supposed to perform for gubernatorial appointees. To Winonan interviewer Majel Olson, he said the impeachment seems long ago: "I haven't heard a complaint in three years."
Background: Screeners missed impeachment |
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Member of four committees of the state board:
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SEPT. 24, 2003 | GOLF (MEN'S): Named Northern Sun golfer of the week was WSU frosh Bret Toftness.
GOLF (WOMEN'S): Named Northern Sun golfer of the week was WSU sophomore Kyra Jordan.
SOCCER (WOMEN'S): UW Stout 3, SMU 1. St Cloud State 3, WSU 1
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 3. Hamline 1.
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EARLIER CLUES | CLUE No. 3:
So many campus buildings with windows and walls,
It won't be easy to find a medallion so small.
The buildings are huge. Searching all is too much to bear,
So let's cross out the residence halls and do our searching elsewhere. |
Union leader: We want "honest vote"
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 24, 2003 -- A retired campus union leader, Rollie Salling, who was president when state employees struck in 2001, called on AFSCME members to vote Thursday on whether to authorize another strike. "The union really wants an honest vote on how you feel," Salling said. "If you truly think the states proposal is a good one and it benefits you and your family, you should certainly vote to accept the proposal. If you don't think the proposal is good and the cuts will or could be a hardship for your family either now or in the future, then you should vote to reject the proposal." AFSCME members at Winona State and Southeast Tech vote on Thursday.
Background: WSU workers poised to strike |
WSU SECURITY
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SEPT. 18, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A student reported at 6:30 p.m. that he left his backpack in the Lourdes cafeteria and when he returned it was gone. The backpack was taken sometime between 11 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., he said.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A family member asked guards ay 5 pm. to assist with notifying a student on campus. |
WSU sports auction biggest everWINONA, Minn., September 24, 2003 -- Organizers hope to raise more than $25,000 for Winona State University athletic scholarships at an auction sponsored by the Warrior Club. The auction, promoted as the largest in the booster group's history, includes 290 items, organizers said. Live auction items include an ocean cruise.Date: Saturday, Sept. 27
Time: 5:30 p.m., opening; 7 p.m. auction begins
Place: Hiawatha Room, St. T's Sports Complex
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Pawlenty screeeners missed checkered recordWINONA, Minn., September 24, 2003 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty was unaware that the college student he apointed to the state colleges board of trustees, Tyler Despins, had been impeached as president at Rochester Community and Technical College amid allegations that he wasn't doing his job. Details on the impeachment were reported Wednesday in the Winonan student newspaper at Winona State, where Despins is now is a senior. His removal from office was a detail that Despins had not included on a biography sheet that Pawlenty aides asked him to submit before he was appointed. Despins, who transferred from the Rochester college to Winona State, had caught the attention of Pawlenty's people last year when he coordinated legislative affairs for the Minnesota State University Student Association. Even though hundreds of Rochester Community College people knew of Despins problems there, the governor's screeners missed it.
Background: WSU senior to state college board |
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WSU workers poised to strike
AFSCME THEME
Lapel button
| SURVEY | | For strike | 29 | |
Against | 12 | |
Undecided | 15 | |
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Non-voting fair-share member | 1 |
Percent of membership sampled: 49.7
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 24, 2003 -- Nearly half the members of the largest union at Winona State University, contacted in a poll late last week, said they would vote to authorize a strike. The poll, by journalism students, questioned 76 of the union's 153 members. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which includes maintenance workers, groundskeepers, and support staff, has not been able to reach an agreement with the state for a new labor contract. The students attempted to contact all AFSCME members at Winona State last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Although the survey was not designed for statistical extrapolation, the preponderance of sentiment toward a strike was overwhelming. Although 19.7 percent of the members remained undecided, they could not prevail against those who favored a strike -- even if every one of them were to vote against. A wild card could be the 25 percent who declined to comment.
Reporters: Patrick Walsh with Christy Blake, Seamus Boyle, Ali Coates, Kelly Demeter, Becky Durbin, Cailin Flattery, Stacey Nunemacher, Jenn Olafson, Sara Ryan, Allison Turner, Pam Volk and John Yehambaram
Background: Strike balloting Thursday |
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EARLIER CLUES | CLUE No. 2:
You've looked in the fountains. You've looked under benches.
You've searched the flower beds and searched along fences.
All that searching with Mother Nature as your guide.
Forget about the great outdoors. Turn your search inside. |
WSU SECURITY
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SEPT. 23, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A supervisor at the Maria dorm requested assistance at 12:24 a.m. with drug paraphernalia found in the dorm.
INCIDENT NO. 2: Guards responded at 1:51 a.m. to a fire alarm at Somsen Hall. Firefighters were unable to locate any problem.
INCIDENT NO. 3: A student reported at 3:05 p.m. that she thought she was being followed and the suspect parked directly across the street from her on campus. Guards found that the guy, who said he was waiting for someone on campus
INCIDENT NO. 4: A student passed out in Stark Hall at 9 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 5: Guards discovered alcohol in a room at East Lake dorm at 6:37 p.m. |
Governor: Everyone's health costs risingWINONA, Minn., Sept. 23, 2003 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty, passing through town on a sweep through southeast Minnesota, vowed not to give in if state workers go on strike. State employees have to pay more for their share of health coverage, just as is happening in the private sector, Pawlenty said. The governor said that he hopes to avoid a strike by 29,000 AFSCME and MAPE members statewide but that "critical and essential services" can be mantained. A strike would idle one-third of the employees at Winona State University.
Background: Governor: Coffers dry |
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SEPT. 22, 2003 | GOLF (MEN'S): Named conference player of the week was SMU senior Eric Thom. Central Regional (final day): Truman State and Missouri Western 597 (1st) (tie), WSU 610 (6th).
GOLF (WOMEN'S): Briar Cliff Invitational (final day): Dakota Wesleyan 668 (1st), WSU 681 (2nd).
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): Named Northern Sundedfsnive player of the week was WSU' Becu Bauer.
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WSU, other workers cast strike ballots
AFSCME BUTTON
Union theme on main contract issue: Gov.Tim Pawlenty's health care cutbacks |
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 23, 2003 -- The pivotal strike authorization vote by Winona State, Southeast Tech and other AFSCME state employees begins at 11 a.m., Thursday, at Tech and continues to 7 p.m. The workers have been encouraged by their leadership to give them the authority to call a strike if Gov. Tim Pawlenty doesn't back down on health insurance cutbacks. The AFSCME headquarters in St. Paul said members must show their membership card to vote. People represented by AFSCME but who don't belong to the union can sign up at the voting place, the union said. The statewide strike authorization vote has been underway all week on a staggered schedule.
Background: Many WSU workers undecided
Background: Governor on strike: Coffers dry
Comment: To governor: Call off your dogs |
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CLUES | CLUE NO. 1:
Let's begin the Medallion Hunt of 2003
It's already been hidden, so where can it be?
Inside? Outside? High or low?
Wazoo can't say yet with four clues to go. |
COMMENT: ANTI-UNION INTIMIDATION
HATE TALK
FROM THE PAWLENTY CROWD
A picket line is unpatriotic? That's the message in an anti-union ad from a couple of high-rolling front guys for Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Presumptuously and misleadingly, Brian Sullivan and Mike Wigley call themselves the Minnesota Taxpayers League. Neither, however, speak for Minnesotans in asserting that members of the AFSCME and MAPE state employee unions are less than loyal Americans. Incredibly, that's the radio message from these guys:
"These unions went on strike two years ago just three weeks after 9/11. Will they do it again, in this time of recession and war?"
The fact is that the unions delayed their 2001 strike in a patriotic response to the 9/11 tragedies.
Another fact: The right to strike is firm in U.S. law. Minnesota law too. It's hardly unpatriotic.
If Sullivan, Wigley and Pawlenty want to impugn the patriotism of union members, they should do it face-to-face on the picket line with state employees who are veterans of Desert Storm, Vietnam and Korea -- rather than through radio ads that don't even carry their names.
To Gov. Pawlenty: Call off your dogs. |
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Background: Ads: Greed trumps patriotism
WSU SECURITY
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SEPT. 22, 2003 | A student reported at 7:30 p.m. that her bicycle was taken from the bike rack on the south side of the Prentiss-Lucas dorm sometime afyer11 p.m., Sept. 18, and when she reported the loss. |
UM prez: Budget cuts heaviest in nationWINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2003 -- The University of Minnesota took the biggest budget hit in the nation -- no other college lost more -- when the Legislature cuts its budget 15 percent this year, university President Robert Bruininks said at Southeast Tech. The cut, on top of early budget reductions, has meant 30 percent less in state money over the past quarter century, he said. To meet the "enormous fiscal challenge," Brunink said tuition is up 15 percent and jobs have been cut. About 130 people attended Bruininks' speech.
Background: UM president at Tech
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SEPT. 22, 2003 | FOOTBALL (MEN'S): Named Northern Sun offensive player of the week was WSU running back Kevin Curtin.
GOLF (MEN'S): Central Regional (first day): Trtuman State 298 (1st), WSU, Bemidji State and Central Missouri State 303 (2nd) (tie),UM-Crookston 308 (5th).
GOLF (WOMEN'S): Briar Cliff Invitational (first day): WSU 336 (1st), Dakota Wesleyan 342 (2nd), Morningside 347 (3rd).
SOCCER (WOMEN'S): Named Northern Sun defensive player of the week was WSU' Becu Bauer.
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WSU student homecoming budget at $7,000WINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2003 -- Budget woes at Winona State University haven't hurt student-funded homecoming events, said student activities coordinator Joe Reed. His homecoming budget, $7,000, comes from the student activity fee that is a separate pot from the university's operating budget. "We use that money to pay for the convertibles, floats, and marching bands for the parade" Reed said. "Things like the paper for the king and queen voting ballets, tiaras, sashes, and flowers for the coronation all have to be paid for." He said he has never gone over budget. This year a typical student pays $126 for the activity fee, an increase of 14.1 percent.
Reporter: Becky Durbin
Background: Will anyone streak?
COMMENT: WSU ATHLETICS
ZERO TOLERANCE
The cops busted Kevin Curtin's place on Labor Day weekend. Just another rowdy college drink-a-thon? This was different: Curtin is a starter on the Winona State University football team.
Police records to which we have access don't document the specifics. Curtin may have been a fall guy. There may have been no underage boozing. These are questions, however, that must be asked -- and Coach Tom Sawyer should suspend Curtin until he investigates what happened that night. If Curtin was culpable for a party gone bad, he should be thrown off team. If not, then let him bring more honor to Winona State as he did last week as a Northern Sun player of the week. Until Sawyer resolves this, there is a tarnish, perhaps undeserved, about Kevin Curtin and indeed the university's whole athletic program.
Athletes are high-visibility members of the campus and larger community: Role models. At least they should be. And the university's agents, including Sawyer, must hold them to the highest standard.
Sad to say, Winona State coaches have slid into high tolerance for athletes, including many football players, who have become subsumed in a booze culture. |
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Background: Football player pays party fine
Foot patrol catches two boozers| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2003 -- A police foot patrol caught two under-age boozers early Sunday. A 20-year-old Winona State University student was stopped at 12:45 a.m. on West Third Street, in the heart of the bar district, and ticketed for minor consumption. Later a Strum, Wis., youth was stopped at Huff and Belleview. He was charged with minor consumption and obstructing the legal process. |
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UM president to speak at TechWINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2003 --The president of the University of Minnesota will, Robert Bruininks, the featured speaker at a luncheon at Southeast Tech. The luncheon is being put on by the local Partners for Housing, Agriculture, and Sustainable Economic Development. Sponsors include the Chamber of Commerce.Date: Friday, Sept. 22
Time: Noon
Place: Tandeski Center
Cost: Lunch charge if you eat |
WSU music collection at 657 discsWINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2003 --The Digital Music Project at the Winona State University library, which began in June 2001, now has 657 music compact discs available for listening online at the library. The project was designed for students who are assigned music pieces for comparison and research, said coordinator Kathy Sullivan. To protect copyright, the music tracks can only be accessed within the library and are provided via streaming audio, Sullivan said. The collection includes classical, jazz, electronic and world music.
COULD IT HAPPEN HERE -- AGAIN?
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Nude runners beware: Cops on dutyWINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2003 -- Security guards for the Winona State University football game have been briefed on spotting and stopping streakers. The university's athletic security director, Brain Dott, who's worked the game for three years, said streaking is "the biggest thing that I have had to deal with." The last successful streak was at halftime three years ago, Dott said: "A male student got away with streaking across the field." Last year Dott's guards intercepted a streaker before he hit the turf. Dott plans to have seven guards at the game, besides seven guards assigned by campus security chief Don Walski. The total is down from 23 guards last year.
Reporter: Becky Durbin
Background: Less parade security |
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WSU SECURITY
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SEPT. 21, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A student was warned and eventually cited for a housing violation in the Morey dorm at 3 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 2: Guasrds came upon a noise violation in the Prentiss dorm at 1:20 a.m. and found alcohol.
also found. Matter was referred to the Hall Director.
INCIDENT NO. 3: An individual was observed getting in through a propped door at 3 a.m.and was eventually contacted by guards,.who found alcohol.
INCIDENT NO. 4: Security contacted an intoxicated student on campus at 12:30a.m. and found alcohol in her possession.
INCIDENT NO. 5: Guards responded to an alcohol violation in the Sheehan dorm at 12:53 a.m. |
West campus Code Blue box still in crate
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2003 -- A Code Blue security alarm box is ready for installation at the Winona State University west campus, but security chief Don Walski said he is reluctant to install it. "It would give students over there a false sense of security during the day," Walski said, noting that he has no guards on duty until 6 p.m. "They must realize that security would not be able to get to them within 60 seconds during the day," he said. Walski said he is looking to the Student Senate for guidance on whether to install the alert box and letting students know he only has a security at the west campus during overnight hours. |
Strike? Many WSU workers undecided
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Union theme on main contract issue: Gov.Tim Pawlenty's health care cutbacks |
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2003 -- Many members of the AFSCME union at Winona State University remain undecided on whether to authorize their leadership to call a statewide strike. A tracking poll by journalism students late last week found more than one-third of the workers who were contacted still were making up their minds. Of those who had made up their minds, more than half favored the strike authorization. The union members vote on Thursday. The journalism poll was not statistically valid and the base, only 32 of 180 AFSCME members on campus. The breakdown: To authorize strike, 5; against authorization, 1; undecided, 13; declined to comment, 13.
Background: Early poll |
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SEPT. 21, 2003 | GOLF (WOMEN'S): Mustang Invitational (final day): Nebraska-Omaha 641 (1st), WSU 670 (2nd), St. Benedict 681 (3rd), Gustavus Adolphus 683 (4th), St. Thomas 684 (5th), South Dakota State 685 (6th), Southwest Stat 689 (7th), South Dakota 705 (8th), Concordia of Morhead 714 (9th), MSU-Moorhead 721 (10th), Augustana 726 (11th), MSU-Mankato 735 (12th), Concordia of St. Paul 7876 (13th).
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 3, UM-Crookston 0.
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Caught in class act: Boozing in alley
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Three students die in duplex fireMINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 20, 2003 -- A pre-dawn fire in a duplex near the University of Minnesota killed three sophomores: Elizabeth Wencl, 20; Amanda Speckien, 19; and Brian Heiden, 19. Two other tenants esaped. Three others weren't home. The cause was under investigation.
WSU cuts back parade securityWINONA, Minn., Sept. 20, 2003 -- For the homecoming parade this weekend, Winona State University security chief Don Walski will post 10 extra guards. Last year, following a series of drunken incidents the year before, Walksi assigned 17 guards to the parade, but, he said, the new semester has started off quietly. Also, he concluded he overdid it last years. There will also be three certified police officers and six police reserve officers patrolling the parade route, Walski said. The officers will be responsible for the west side of Huff Street during the parade then will patrol a two-block to three-blocks radius. Campus security guards will walk the campus side of Huff Street looking for open containers on the floats, Walski said. WSU has a zero tolerance for parade boozing,which means no beverages on any float, including even coffee, water and pop. If someone is spotted violating any of the rules will be removed from the parade, Walski said.
Reporter: Becky Durbin
Background: WSU homecoming date pre-empted
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SEPT. 20, 2003 | CROSS COUNTRY (MEN'S): St. Olaf Invitational: SMU (9th), WSU (10th).
CROSS COUNTRY (WOMEN'S): St.Olaf Invitational: WSU (7th), SMU (11th).
FOOTBALL (MEN'S): WSU 38, Wayne State 13.
GOLF (WOMEN'S): Mustang Invitational (first day): Nebraska-Omaha 326 (1st), WSU 344 (7th). Luther Invitational: Buena Vista 325 (1st), Simpson 335 (2nd), Wartburg 343 (3rd), UW-River Falls 349 (4th), SMU 377 (11th).
SOCCER (WOMEN'S): WSU 3, MSU-Mankato 2. St. Olaf 21, SMU 5.
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 3, UM-Crookston 0.
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New WSU dorm dedication FridayWINONA, Minn., Sept. 20, 2003 -- Winona State's new East Lake luxo-dorm will be dedicated in a ceremony Friday, the university announced. Public tours are planned.Date: Friday, Sept. 26
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: 640 Franklin St.
Cost: Free |
WSU SECURITY
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SEPT. 20, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: Guards were informed of an alcohol violation in the Lourdes dorm at 1:08 a.m. and confiscated the alcohol. :37 p.m. about loud music and then discovered alcohol in the room.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student reported at 6:30 p.m. that her vehicle was entered while parked in the south Sheehan ;ot and her CD player removed sometime between 4 and 6:30 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: Guards responded to a call at the Lourdes dorm at 9:01 p.m. and confiscated a number of fake pistols capable of shooting paper wads. |
Letter: WSU leeching on property ownersWINONA, Minn., Sept. 20, 2003 -- If the WSU Foundation expects 9-1-1 police and fire responses at the new dorm it built on Franklin Street, then it should pay properaty taxes, Kent Grover said in a letter published on the Daily News opinion page. Grower criticized the Foundation for going to court to overturn the county assessor's determination that taxes are owed on the $12 million structure -- especially because it has sucked tenants out of privately owned rental housing whose owners are paying property taxes on empty units. The tax issue is scheduled before the state Tax Court on Oct. 3.
Background: Dorm tax hearing delayed
Governor on pending strike: Coffers dryWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty said his contract offer to two state employees, now engaged in a strike vote, offers as much as possible: "We can't give away money we don't have," Pawltenty said. "It's not that we want to change health-care benefits just for the sport of it." The state employees, who include 240 Winona State University employees, have objected to Pawlenty's insistence on shifting health-care costs to the employees. Pawlenty said the employees, members of the AFSCME and MAPE unions, should look at what's happening in the private sector, where employers, he said, are cutting back on benefits.
Background: Ads: Greed trumps patriotism |
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Fire ruins China Buffet, Islamic CenterWINONA, Minn., Sept. 20, 2003 -- A kitchen fire at the China Star Buffet caused significant smoke damage at the Third Street restaurant and the next-door Islamic Center. Nobody was hurt. Firefighters spent six hours clearing out smoke. Jim Multhaup, assistant fire chief, said the fire began in the China Star kitchen. Soy oil overheated, he said. The fire or smoke should have triggered a sprinkler system, but the system hadn't been maintained and didn't work, Multaup said.
Three-car crash on Huff injures twoWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- Two people, a 63-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, were injured when a car struck the rear of another car on Huff Street at the Soo Line tracks near Winona State Unicversity, pushing the second car into a third. Stopped at the crossing were cars driven by Sabit Ahmed, 22, 651 W. Sarnia St., and Kathryn Willson, 20, Waseca, Minn. Injured were Chris Christianson, 63, and Brian Canar, 17.
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Wilkie to be BodyCartography siteWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- The Winona work of the dance troupe BodyCartography will be showcased during a public performance at the Wilkie Steamboat Center downtown. Olive Bierina of Minneapolis and Otto Ramstad of New Zealand chose the Wilkie as they began a two-week arts residency at Winona State University, They will join students in the event, which includes video projections and live music. According to Bieringa, performers will be exploring "the metaphor of the river and the relationship to the body, and the fluids which flow in each." The choreography, which will include spontaneous and structured choreography built and influenced by the Wilkie environment, is being created at Winona State during the residency. The public is welcome to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on during the performance.Date: Sunday, Sept. 28
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Main Street at the Mississippi
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WSU techs adding cure software nightlyWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- Winona, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003-- Computer techs at Winona State University called on campus people to shut down their computers in the evening and reboot them up in the morning for the next two weeks. Dean Feller, manager at Technical Support Center, said rebooting will automatically install that latest anti-virus and worm-cure software that is being added to university servers overnight: "If you donŐt start up your computer in the morning you will not receive the patches sent out by Technical Support, and if you don't shut down in the night your computer might catch a new virus." The campus has been beset by malicious bigs in the computer system, most related to MSBlaster and SoBig.F, since August.
Reporter: John Yehambaram
Background: Printers lag, then fail
Ads: Union greed trumps patriotism
AFSCME BUTTON
Strike rallying cry
The Minnesota Taxpayers League was founded by Brian Sullivan and Mike Wigley. Both are cronies of Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who has taken a tough anti-union stand. |
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Background: WSU favoring strike
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WSU homecoming date pre-emptedWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- The St. Mary's University event that forced Winona State to switch dates for homecoming into September, before the leaves turn color, was the annual Masters of Education conference. A Winona State homecoming planner, Joe Reed, said the St. Mary's event, which attracts 700 to 800 people, pushes Winona beyond capacity for hotel rooms. The city has 555 rooms. The Winona State University homecoming celebration draws close to 100 people who rent hotel rooms, he said. Winona State had scheduled homecoming around the weekend of Oct. 11, until the lodging issue came up, Reed said. The availability of weekends with home football games left littelc choice for homecoming except Sept. 27.
Reporter: Jens Hanson
Background: Reed OK with shorter parade
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SEPT. 19, 2003 | VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 3, Bemidji State 2.
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- The chief Winona State University planner for student homecoming activities, Joe Reed, doesn't have a problem with this year's shortened Huff Street parade route. Instead of eight-block parade beginning at Third Street, the City Council approved a permit for Sept. 27 for only five blocks beginning at Broadway, which Reed said is OK. Most spectators don't gather until Broadway, he said. Reed said that parade units nbow will organizing in a residential area on Broadway Avenue. Police Chief Frank Pomeroy recommended the change to alleviate traffic blockage off the Interstate Bridge and Riverview Drive. Also, crowd control will be easier with a shorter route, Pomeroy said. Reed said the parade will begin organizing at 8:30 a.m. and start at 10 a.m.
Reporter: Eric Leibundguth
Background: Four to WSU Hall of Fame |
WSU SPORTS HALL OF FAME
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WSU to honor four past jocksWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- Four prominent Winona State University athletic figures, including the late athletic director Dwight Marston, will be inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame on Homecoming weekend. The new inductees, bringing the Hall of Fame to 186 athletes, will be:Roger Goerish, a 1967 grad, who held four football letters. He later coached in Kiester, Minn. He died in 2001.Kathy Horyza-Nelson, 1988, a four-time All-American in gymnastics. She now owns Kathy's All-American Training Center. Dwight Marston, whose Winona State University career spanned 25 years. He died in February.Scott Opfer, 1984, who hods four football letters. He now runs Opfer Productions, Inc., a video production company in Springfield, Mo.
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WSU radio student wins $1,500 awardWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- A Winona State University senior, Lukus Therneau, was awarded a $1,500 scholarship from the Minnesota Broadcasters Association for his promise in a career in radio. Therneau, a masscom major, works part-time at the statio, group in Rochester, Minn., that operates KWWK.
Early poll: WSU workers favor strike
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Union theme on main contract issue: Gov.Tim Pawlenty's health care cutbacks |
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- An early poll of Winona State University members of the AFSCME union points to strong sympathy for a strike. Student journalists canvassing the campus in a first wave of an ongoing poll found almost a 3-1 margin for authorizing the union's state leadership to call a strike. The actual balloting will be next week. Journalism prof John Vivian, whose students are conducting the pre-vote tracking poll, talked with 27 AFSCME members on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Eleven favored a strike authorization, four opposed, and 12 either were undecided or declined to comment. The union has about 180 members at Winona State.
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Viet riots again? Senate wants recordWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- The Winona State University Student Senate will name a historian, a new position, from the membership of its public relations commitee, said President Michael Hofland. The historian will keep accurate and dated records beyond Senate minutes, Hofland said: "I'm looking for someone to compile photos into a scrapbook and to keep a log of events that the Senate participates in." Hofland said the Senate will benefit by being able to look back and see how past Senates handled situations in their time. "We have some old scrapbooks from the 1970s that have pictures of turned and burning cars during a Vietnam War protest," he said. "These are the types of thing we want to make sure we document."
Reporter: Ali Coates
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SEPT. 19, 2003 | Guards responded at 3:07 p.m. to the area just outside of the Prentiss-Lucas dorm concerning a student in a seizure. An ambulance took the student to the hospital. |
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| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- Award-winning author Kathy Sullivan, a librarian at Winona State University, will be at the Book Shelf bookstore for a book signing event. Proceeds from the day's sales of her books, "The Crystal Throne" and "Agents & Adepts," will help the university's women's studies program. In addition to book signing, Sullivan will speak on writing and publishing.Date: Wednesday, Oct.
Time: 6 to 7 p.m.
Place: Book Shelf, Winona
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Prof examines high water impact in fishWINONA, Minn,, Sept. 19, 2003 -- A Winona State University biology prof, Neal Mundahl, presented a paper, "Sustained High Water on the Mississippi River: Influences on Fish Assemblages in Coldwater Tributaries," at the Mississippi River Research Consortium meeting in La Crosse, Wis.
WSU SECURITY
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SEPT. 19, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: Guards warned Sheehan dorm tenants at 8:37 p.m. about loud music and then discovered alcohol in the room.
INCIDENT NO. 2: Guards cited several students in the Sheehan dorm for an alcohol violation at 8:43 p.m. |
Speaker: Eco-sensitivity begins at homeWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2003 -- the coordinator of the Sustainable Campus Initiative Committee at the University of Minnesota, conservation biologist Suzanne Savanick, will conduct a workshop, "The Global Environment and WSU." Savanick, who is conducting research on urban ecology and college campuses, said that there are things that campus people can do and that she will detail them. Date: Wednesday, Sept. 24
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Lourdes Hall North Lounge
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Rape sensitivity play due at WSUWINONA, Minn., Sept. 19 -- WINONA, Minn. -- The rape awareness play "Until Someone Wakes Up" by Carolyn Levy, performed annually at Winona State University, is being offered again. The series of scenes and monologues, with a cast of four men, four women, four bystanders and a woman dancer, is being directed this year by senior Erin Glawe. "It's important to be aware of the effects of sexual stereotypes and the abuse of them," Glawe said. "I believe this show can open people's eyes."Date: Tuesday, Sept. 30
Time: 7:30 p.m.
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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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OTHER
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