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OCT. 27-31

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PARKING
ALERT		Overnight alternate-side rule effective at 1 a.m., Nov. 1, to April.

Background: Odd side on odd-number dates, even side on even-number dates.


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PHOTOGRAPHER: PATRICK WALSH
Michael Hofland Michael HoflandMichael Hofland Michael Hofland
HALLOWEEN NIGHT OUT. Is it Winne the Pooh or Winona State University senior Nigel Tim? Is it Agent Smith from "The Matrix" or student President Michael Hofland? Other strange creatures roamed the downtown college bars.

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Governor: We must curb drunks

Tim Pawlenty
PAWLENTY
Issue is saving lives


ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 31, 2003 -- The legally permissible blood-alcohol level in Minnesota must be lowered, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said in proposing a law that he said will save lives. The focus would be to crack down on drunken-driving, Pawlenty said. The current Minnesota blood-alcohol standard is among the five highest in the nation. The federal government has been pressing for a tougher standard. About $6.6 million in federal highway funding is being withheld unless Minnesota tightens its definition of drunkenness.


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UPCOMING CAMPUS EVENTS AND SCHEDULES
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WSU football lineup still tainted

WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- A 6-foot-3 200-pound senior, quarterback Brian Wrobel, will be in the starting lineup for the Winona State Univerity football game Saturday against Southwest Minnesota, Coach Tom Sawyer said. The decision was made even after disclosures that Wrobel and 24 other varsity players have police records, mostly involving partying and liquor-law violations that go back three years in some cases. Here is the scheduled starting lineup, listed by their police records in Winona County District Court documents:

WITH POLICE
RECORD
Matt Brown (lg)
Kevin Curtin (rb)
Ed Gilreath (rt)
Nate Hall (lcb)
Alan Hartung (te)
Brian Hynes (fl)
Luke Lokanc (ss)
Deric Seick (mlb)
Brian Wrobel (qb)


NO POLICE
RECORD
Ty Breitlow (ng)
Nate Daniels (c)
Nick Jaeger (rcb)
Curtis Jepsen (rb)
Steven Koehler (rcb)
Mike Madsen (slb)
Nate Shimek (rg)
Kyle Owens (rt)
Chris Samp (wr)
Jim Stanek (t)
Brent Thoen (wlb)
Ben Turnquist (e)
Matt Wayne (e)

Background: WSU grid stars make 35 court visits

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WSU SECURITY
REPORT
OCT. 31, 2003		INCIDENT NO.1: Guards responded to a complaint at the East Lake dorm at 10:20 p.m. Alcohol was found.

INCIDENT NO.1: Guards responded to an alcohol complaint in the Lourdes dorm at 8:57 p.m. Alcohol was found.



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WSU hosts high school band fest

Jack Gillespie
GILLESPIE
Started touring in high school


ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 31, 2003 -- More than 130 high school students from Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin are coming to Winona State University for the 26th annual Honor Band Festival Nov. 7 and 8. The students, chosen by their band instructors, will perform with the university Wind Ensemble under the direction of Donald Lovejoy. Joining both weekend performances will be guest trumpeter Jack Gillespie. He has performed professionally since 1954, touring that summer of his junior year in high school with the Del Clayton Orchestra. Gillespie has performed with the Des Moines Symphony and the Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey bands.
Date: Friday, Nov. 8
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center
Cost: $3 to $5
Contact: (507) 457-5250


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COMMENT: ROLE MODELS
PLAYING BY THE RULES

One theme in the dialogue about the Winona State University football team's dirty laundry is whether college athletes should be held to a higher standard than mere mortals like the rest of us. It's a reasonable question. It's also a question to which the Athletic Department has an unequivocal stated positions. This is from the university's 2003-2004 Student Athlete Conduct of Conduct:

"As a Winona State University athlete, you are among the most visible students on campus, as well as the community. A unique platform exists for you to be a role model, mentor, spokesperson etc. The University, the athletic program, and you benefit from this exposure. However, this platform brings an important set of privileges and responsibilities. Your social interaction and deportment on and off campus will become public knowledge....

"The Winona State University Department of Athletics has adopted a standard of ethical conduct and behavioral expectations which may exceed those of non student-athletes."

Agree with the policy? Disagree? That's worthy of debate. Perhaps the policy should be changed. Perhaps not. But the fact at the moment is that by choosing to play, varsity athletes accept the status of role model that the university explicitly articulates. That means they must play by the university rules. The record is not good.

Background: Roster riddled with court records

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COMMENT: READER LETTERS
THE FOOTBALL NEWS

Readers have been unrestrained in their reaction to news about the failure of Winona State University football program to deal with misdeeds of varsity players. Here is a sampler excerpted from reader messages:

READER NO. 1: "I'm amazed that Winona State University officials, Shirley Mounce (the university disciplinary officer) or anyone else for that matter, would say that information of student offenses is private when any John Q. Taxpayer can walk into the government center and figure out that a DWI, a minor consumption, a loud party or a public consumption are felonies and misdemeanors -- and these officials still act like nothing is wrong." -- Adam Crowson, WSU senior

READER NO. 2: "The players do get punished. The coach made my ex-boyfriend run extra laps."

READER NO. 3: "It is unfair to single out the football players."

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Background: Roster riddled with court records

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'Tis the alternate-side season

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neighbor-
hood
will be
worse
until
April

No snow yet, so why the tickets?

Police Chief Fank Pomeroy:

Street crews need to have leaves and litter cleaned out of street gutters so, when snow falls, plow crews can do their job well.


WINONA, Minn., Oct. 30, 2003 -- Police will enforce the alternate-side city parking ordinance beginning at 1 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Frank Pomeroy said. There will be no courtesy warnings, Pomeroy said. Last year the well-intended warnings under wiper blades backfired on the police when the paper ended up as gutter litter. Fines are $25, although after a snow storm the cost is more because cars are towed and the recovery fee is $85 or more. Because of construction projects, the area around Fifth Street between Franklin and Hamilton is exempt from the alternate-side requirement. Also temporarily exempt is Sanborn just west of Huff.

The rule: Park on the odd side of the street on odd-numbered dates, on the even side on even-numbered dates.


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Reporter details own rap sheet

Brian Krans
KRANS
"I am not an angel"


WINONA, Minn., Oct. 31, 2003 -- Responding to personal attacks on his investigative reporting on alcohol and other violations by Winona State University football players, journalist Brian Krans said he has never made any secrets of his own run-ins with the law. "I am not an angel," he said. "When I was 18, at my freshman year, I was on my way back to Winona from my home town, and I was pulled over doing 97 in a 55 mph zone on Highway 173 in Wisconsin. I paid $395 for it. That was a hit in the check book." More recently, he said, he paid a fine for a ticket issued Sept. 27, which was homecoming weekend and his 22nd birthday. "I had a bottle of Leinenkugels in my pocket, and I pulled it out on my friend's sidewalk, and, boom." When he was a sophomore, Krans said, he was cited for a loud party when he and his housemate had about 100 people over to their place. "I paid $165 on that one." Going back further:

  • "When I was 14 years old I was cited for vandalism of a playground teeter-totter, but myself and my other friends who were with me had the charges dropped because the cops realized they had the wrong people.

  • "When I was 15, I got a speeding ticket for being pulled behind a car on my rollerblades. In my home town there was no ordinance against that so I was cited for going 35 in 25 mph zone.

  • "When I was 16 I had the worst lead foot available. I had two speeding tickets in two months, after a slew of verbal and written warnings."


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    COMMENT: READER LETTERS
    THE FOOTBALL NEWS

    Readers have been unrestrained in their reaction to news about the failure of Winona State University football program to deal with misdeeds of varsity players. Here is a sampler excerpted from reader messages:

    READER NO. 1: "In the wake of such a firestorm, I must say, this is not the strongest journalism I have seen. I know you feel that this was a sort of muckraking, but in reality it is anything but that. Muckraking is done to make some positive social change. The story does have some merit relating to major offenses (DWI, etc.), but noting each individual who received any sort of drinking or noise violation is petty and not newsworthy."

    READER NO. 2: "A hell of a story. Congrats for uncovering it. Glad to hear you're shaking things up with real reporting."

    READER NO. 3: "It is great to see Tom Sawyer and the rest of the football team finally being called out and put in their place. Sawyer, his staff and players walk around campus with an arrogance and swagger that says "our shit doesn't stink." Please, this is a Division 2 football team at a school with a mere 8,000 people."
    Background: Roster riddled with court records

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    WHAT DID THEY KNOW?
    WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT?
    Darrell KruegerLarry HolstadTom SawyerDARRELL KRUEGER
    University president

    LARRY HOLSTAD
    Athletic director

    TOM SAWYER
    Football coach

    Krueger: I was the last to learn

    The WSU Student-Athlete Code is unambiguous: "With any misconduct, you (the athlete) must immediately notify your head coach or assistant coach ... within 48 hours. ... Your head / assistant coach will notify the Director of Athletics within 24 hours.... (T)he Director of Athletics will inform the President of the University."

    Fuller excerpt


    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 30, 2003 -- President Darrell Krueger said he learned of widespread rule violations in the Winona State football program last week, which was only after the people in charge became alarmed that the Winonan student newspaper might break the story. Athletic Director Larry Holstad told him last week that a reporter was asking questions, Krueger said. Holstad, however, did not provide details to Krueger on the 35 court cases against 25 players over the past three years. The university conduct code for student athletes not only requires athletes to report misdeeds within 48 hours to Coach Tom Sawyer or his assistants, which they seldom did, if ever, but also that Sawyer report violations to Holstad as athletic director. In the case of the 35 court cases, Holstad is required by the code to inform Krueger as university president. Krueger did not say what he intends to do now that he finally knows.

    Background: Massive rule violations
    Comment: Ball in Krueger's court


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    Polysci prof: Schiavo law in gray zone

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 30, 2003 -- A Winona State University political science prof, Matthew Bosworth, said a law passed by the Florida Legislature last week concerning a woman who has remained in a coma for 13 years "skirts the boundaries" of constitutionality. The law, written to apply specifically to Terri Shiavo, allowed Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to overrule a court order that granted Shiavo's husband the right to remove her feeding tube against the wishes of his in-laws. Bosworth, who specializes in law but acknowledged he doesn't know Florida law well, said, "If Congress had passed that law, though, it would have been unconstitutional because it applies strictly to one person." The law, however, could spark a more active role of state legislatures in similar cases, said Bosworth, "especially in states with a strong religious right population." Whether the case could be used to persuade legislators to override court rulings in other issues such as abortion, Bosworth said he is doubtful. "I don't see the very strong pro-life groups gaining a whole lot of momentum with this case," he said. Bosworth also said he would be surprised if Republicans to make the case a major issue in 2004. "The general electorate is more moderate on issues like this," he said, "I see it being more of an issue used in fundraising."

    Reporter: Ruth Bailey
    Background: Always in "happy mood"

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    COMMENT: WHAT NEXT?
    THE FOOTBALL SOLUTION

    This is why Darrell Krueger gets the big bucks. As president at Winona State University, his leadership never has been challenged as much as by the varsity football scandal that broke this week.

    Players, many on the first string, have court records that should have disqualified them from suiting up. Coach Tom Sawyer let them play anyway.

    Krueger must create a blue-ribbon commission to investigate the whole mess fully and openly and to make public recommendations to solve what has every appearance of long-standing and endemic moral lapses.

    In the meantime, Krueger should suspend all varsity athletics until the full scope of the problem can be established, which likely would be through the end of this academic year at least. More than football is involved. In the meantime, coaches and athletic administrators and managers should be suspended. In fairness, until culpability is clear, the suspensions should be with pay.

    If these lapses extend back to previous years, which seems to be the case, Kreuger needs to be prepared to surrender any past Northern Sun crowns and other honors that were misbegotten.

    Background: Roster riddled with court records

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    WSU SECURITY
    REPORT
    OCT. 30, 2003    		INCIDENT NO. 1: A alcohol violation was reported at the East Lake dorm at 9:25 p.m. Guards cited several students.

    INCIDENT NO. 2: Burning food set off a fire alarm in the Conway dorm at 6:55 p.m.



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    Indian movie coming to WSU

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 30, 2003 -- As part of International Education Month at Winona State University, the movie "Bend It Like Beckman" by Gurinder Chadha is being shown. In the movie, an 18-year-old Indian girl defies conventions to play soccer like her hero, David Beckman. A faculty-led discussion follows.
    Date: Tuesday, Nov. 4
    Time: 7 p.m.
    Place: Kryzsko Center
    Cost: Free


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    COMMENT: FOOTBALL 101
    MULTIPLE-CHOICE EXAM

    Choose the best available answer:

    Which best describes the Winona State University football program?
    (a) Party animals
    (b) Don't ask, don't tell
    (c) Neckless
    (d) Contempt for the law
    (e) Ironmen
    (f) All of the above
    Background: Roster riddled with court records

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    Huff reopens to traffic this weekend

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 30, 2003 -- The barricades on the Huff Street arterial should be removed by the weekend, city Engineer Steve McBurney said. The Sanborn and King intersections with Huff were closed all week long as part of the Eighth Street sewer project, which will serve the new Winona State University science building. A detour takes motorists two blocks west to Wilson.

    Background: City plans new WSU storm sewer



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    COMMENT: FOOTBALL SCANDAL
    HALFWAY JOURNALISM

    Journalism senior Brian Krans is a thorough reporter. When he put his football scandal story into the editing process at the Winonan this week, he included the names of the 25 varsity players who had been in trouble with the cops. Incredibly, the names didn't make it through the Winonan editing machinery.

    In an irresponsible sin of omission, the Winonan left it for readers to guess at the identity of the 25 bad apples on the 81-player roster. The omission was grossly unfair. Not all Winona State football players are lushes. In fact, many shun the licentious campus partying crowd. By editing out names, the Winonan let every player be besmirched by suspicions.

    Why the omission by Winonan higher-ups? To protect their friends? Jounalistic cowardness? Our cup overrunneth with possibilities. For certain, we can rule out clear thinking.

    The whole story: The names, the crimes

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    Profs share engineering-ed thoughts

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 30, 2003 -- Two Winona State University engineering profs, Beckry Abdel Magid and Yunsheng Xu, presented a paper, "Research and Lifelong Learning Skills in Engineering Education," at a regional meeting of the American Society of Engineering Education in Ames, Iowa.

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    COMMENT: WSU FOOTBALL
    HOW COULD
    SAWYER NOT KNOW?

    Coach Tom Sawyer at Winona State University has no wiggle room. When football players flagrantly violated the athletic department's own regulations that athletes must report scrapes with the law and accept sanctions, Sawyer did little -- perhaps nothing, judging from the evidence. He says some players never informed him of their misdeeds, which, he suggests, is why he didn't do much.

    Give us a break. It's inconceivable that Sawyer and his staff would be so out of touch with their most prominent players so as not to have a feel for their lifestyle.

    There is no evidence that Sawyer did any of the things he's supposed to. No player was kept from suiting up. Everybody on the first string played as usual, even the drunks who had been in and out of court.

    What happened -- and what didn't happen -- is indicting evidence of misplaced priorities. Winning somehow became more important than the rules. This isn't sportsmanship.

    Background: Roster riddled with court records

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    Co-captain pair tripped selves up with law

    Kevin Curtin

    CURTIN

    SIECK

    ABOUT KEVIN CURTIN

     All-American, America Football Coaches Association

    First Team All-America, Weekly Football Gazette

    First Team All-America, Daktronics

    First Team All-America, D2Football.com

    Northern Sun Performer of the Year

    ABOUT DERIC SIECK

    First Team All-America, Weekly Football GazetteZ

    First Team All-America, Daktronics

    Northern Sun Defensive Player of the Year

    Related earlier items

    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- Two All-America football players at Winona State University, linebacker Deric Sieck and running back Kevin Curtin, are among 25 varsity team members with court records, according to Winona District Court documents. Both are co-captains. Two months before being named an all-American, Sieck paid a drunken-driving fine. Sieck had been charged with fourth-degree driving while intoxicated April 2. His blood alcohol content was 0.16 percent, court records show. In Minnesota, driving with more than 0.09 percent alcohol in the blood is a crime. Later, just when the 2003 season began, Curtin paid $165 for a loud party. The university's sternly worded athlete conduct policy suggests a range of punishments for criminal conduct, ranging from "temporary suspension from practice or competition" to expulsion. Even so, Coach Tom Sawyer let Curtin and Sieck continue to suit up. Neither has missed a game this season. Their All-America status was conferred by the Street & Smith's 2003 College Football publication in June.

    Reporter: Brian Krans


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    Walski: Business as usual for Halloween

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- No additional security precautions are being taken for Halloween at Winona State, said campus security chief Don Walski. In his experience, Walski said, Halloween violence and alcohol abuse is the same as any other Friday night. The usual 14 to 17 roving student-guards will be assigned to the east, west and main campus, he said. In addition, there are desk guards at every dorm. About a 2001 incident in which a teenage boy sexually harassed a woman tenant in Sheehan Hall during a trick-and-treat open house, Walski said there is no need to change security staffing because of a single incident.

    Reporter: Jens Hanson
    Background:     Frosh describes "gorilla" chase, assault

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    QUICK
    SPORTS
    OCT. 29, 2003    		SOCCER (WOMEN'S): St. Catherine 1 , SMU 0.

    VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): UW-La Crosse 3, WSU 0. Gustavus Adolphus 3, SMU 2.



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    Photographer to offer caption tips

    Jenny Butler
    BUTLER
    2003 grad


    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- Winona Daily News photographer Jenny Butler will return to her alma mater to discuss caption-writing with Winona State University journalism students. The workshop is sponsored by the campus chapter of the Society of Collegiate Journalists.
    Date: Thursday, Nov. 6
    Time: 4 p.m.
    Place: Howell 135
    Cost: Free


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    WSU grid stars make 35 court visits

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- In all, 25 Winona State University football players have been ticketed or arrested over the past three years, mostly for partying, rowdyism and drunkenness, according to court documents. In all, according to records cited by journalism senior Brian Krans, who broke the story in the Winonan student newspaper, there have been 35 incidents that went to court. The Krans story documents a pattern of violations of the university's athlete behavior code, including failure to notify coaches, and the failure of coaches to enforce the code. Details from court documents:

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    Not-so-saintly roster

    Massive rule violations

    WSU Athlete Code of Conduct

    Chain of responsibility

    Varsity football roster

    A winning season

    Attendance growing

    Corporate sponsors




    ANDREW
    BONNER

    No proof of automobile insurance
    (warrant for arrest issued)
    Nov. 14, 2002

    Parking (blocking sidewalk)
    (warrant for arrest issued)
    March 1, 2003



    MATT
    BROWN

    Loud party
    Sept. 21, 2001

    Minor possession
    April 23, 2002



    DANE
    CLARK

    Minor consumption
    Oct. 3, 2003



    NATHAN
    CODY

    Minor consumption
    Sept. 4, 2001



    KEVIN
    CURTIN

    Minor conumption
    April 23, 2001

    Loud party
    Sept. 3, 2003



    JAY
    FOGELSON

    Loud party
    Feb. 4, 2003



    ED
    GILREATH

    Loud party
    Nov. 13, 2001



    NATHAN
    HALL

    Loud party
    Oct. 23, 2002



    ALAN
    HARTUNG

    Public consumption
    Sept. 4, 2002

    Public consumption
    May 14, 2003



    TIM
    HODSDON

    Minor consumption
    Nov. 9, 2001

    Loud party
    Feb. 4, 2003



    PAT
    HURLEY

    Public consumption
    Oct. 7, 2003



    AARON
    HUTCHINSON

    Minor consumption
    April 2, 2002



    BRIAN
    HYNES

    Minor consumption
    April 24, 2002

    Loud party
    Nov. 23, 2002



    RAYFIELD
    JOHNSON

    Assault
    (fifth degree)
    April 25, 2000



    LUKE
    LOKANC

    Loud party
    Dec, 23, 2002



    DAN
    LUNDIN

    Minor consumption
    Sept. 14, 2000



    MIKE
    MCCANTS

    Minor consumption
    Feb. 13, 2002



    BRENDAN
    MEANY

    Minor consumption
    Sept. 23, 2003



    MATT
    MELINE

    Minor consumption
    April 23, 2002



    KYLE
    MITCHELL

    Driving while intoxicated (third degree)
    April 9, 2002



    ANDY
    NETT

    Loud party
    April 7, 2003

    Public nuisance
    June 3, 2003



    CALEB
    PADILLA

    Minor consumption
    April 24, 2002

    Loud party
    Nov. 23, 2002



    ANDY
    SALMEN

    Minor consumption
    Sept. 8, 2000

    Minor consumption
    Oct. 6, 2000

    Public nuisance
    Sept. 4, 2001

    Driving while intoxicated
    (blood alcohol at .14 percent)
    Jan. 10, 2002



    DERIC
    SIECK

    Driving while intoxicated (fourth degree)
    (blood alcohol at .16 percent)
    April 2, 2003


    BRIAN
    WROBEL

    Minor conssumption
    May 6, 2002

    Loud party
    Sept. 23, 2002

    Background: Not-so-saintly WSU football roster

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    WSU publicist leaving for Mayo

    Joe O'Keefe
    O'KEEFE
    Infomeister


    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- After three years of spinning out news releases and telling the Winona State University story to the press, Joe O'Keefe is leaving for a corporate communication job with Mayo Health System in Rochester, Minn. O'Keefe said he will miss the university: "Mayo doesn't have any sports teams to root for." Why leave Winona State? Less work, more money, he said. O'Keefe earns $37,400 at Winona State. At one point O'Keefe had 12 student assistants, but the university's budget problems has shrunk the number to six.

    Reporter: Paul Sloth


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    Trick-or-can drive collects food

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- Freezing rain didn't stop 11 Winona State University students from collecting donations for the Food Shelf. Women from the first and third floors of the Lucas dorm wore Halloween costumes and went door-to-door in the Winona State, East Lake and Garvin Heights neighborhoods. Despite the cold evening, the students trick-or-canned for an hour and a half and received 99 items. Junior Tara Anderson said more help would have been nice. The activity, to her knowledge, was something new for Winona State. "I'd do it again," she said.

    Reporter: Heather Stanek

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    Not-so-saintly WSU football roster

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- Almost one in three Winona State varsity football players have court records that paint them as a hard-partying, boozing crowd, according to documents unearthed by News Editor Brian Krans of the Winonan student newspaper. These are the players with Winona District Court records:
    Andrew Bonner
    Matt Brown
    Dane Clark
    Nathan Cody
    Kevin Curtin
    Jay Fogelson
    Ed Gilreath
    Nathan Hall
    Alan Hartung

    		Tim Hodsdon
    Pat Hurley
    Aaron Hutchinson
    Brian Hynes
    Rayfield Johnson
    Luke Lokanc
    Dan Lundin
    Michael McCants
    Brendan Meany

    		Matt Meline
    Kyle Mitchell
    Andy Nett
    Caleb Padilla
    Andy Salmen
    Deric Sieck
    Brian Wrobel

    Coach Tom Sawyer said that some players have not reported their offenses to him despite a university requirement that they do so. He declined to be specific and then ordered a shutdown on player communication with the press.

    Background: Massive athletic rule violations at WSU

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    Web design workshop planned

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- Business consultant Roxi Bains will offer a workshop, "Web Design for Professionals Experiencing Technology Anxiety," at the University Center Rochester. The course is available for graduate or undergraduate credit or as a workshop alone. Bains is chief executive of the informaton technology firm I.D.E. Associates.
    Date: Friday, Nov. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 8
    Time: 4 to 10 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday
    Place: Room AT 209
    Cost: $90
    Contact: Julie Beckel at (800) 366-5415, Ext. 7100


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    Dane Clark
    OF 35 COURT CASES AGAINST WSU FOOTBALL PLAYERS, HERE'S ONE:
    DANE CLARK
    Linebacker    		Underage consumption violation
    Sept. 23

    Paid $165    		Continued playing

    Sept. 27
    Oct. 4
    Oct. 11
    Oct. 18

    Massive WSU football rule violations

    25 VARSITY PLAYERS HAVE COURT RECORDS

    SOME MULTIPLE OFFENSES

    3 driving while intoxicated

    14 underage consumption of alcohol

    11 loud parties

    2 public consumption of alcohol

    2 public nuisance

    1 assault

    1 disorderly conduct

    1 underage possession of alcohol


    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2003 -- Twenty-five varsity football players at Winona State have had scrapes with the law, many booze-related, and yet continued to suit up and play despite the university's own rules that suggest heavy penalties, including expulsion. Confronted with data from Winona District Court records about his players' conduct, Coach Tom Sawyer acknowledged the obvious, that he's soft on enforcing the rules, but he said he chats with players when he learns of a problem and then monitors their behavior to "see if it changes." Sawyer acknowledged that players had not alerted him to some of the violations. The revelations, reported by journalism senior Brian Krans in the Winonan student newspaper, were based on a six-week investigation in which he cross-referenced the 81-player varsity roster with court records. Krans' investigative report provided hard data to what has been widely known for years -- that many football players are enmeshed, even lionized in the campus booze culture. The information also lends credence to perceptions that many players hold themselves above the rules. One player, for eample, has two outstanding warrants against him for parking tickets. The university's athletic code of conduct, a bound book provided every player, specifically requires players to notify the coach or an assistant coach within 48 hours of "any misconduct." For felonies and also misdemeanors, the rules require that the university president then be informed.

    About WSU football:
    WSU Athlete Code of Conduct
    Chain of responsibility
    Varsity roster
    A winning season
    Attendance growing
    Corporate sponsors


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    UPCOMING CAMPUS EVENTS AND SCHEDULES
    SMU logo.

    ST. MARY'S    		 Tech logo.

    SOUTHEAST TECH    		 WSU logo.

    WINONA STATE

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    WSU speakers back from Moorhead

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2003 -- These are the Winona State University results from Valley Forensics League tournament:
  • Manda LaMar and Erin Roberts, sixth in duo
  • Jessica Samens, third in informative
  • Manda LaMar, fifth after-dinner
  • Erin Roberts, sixth in after-dinner
  • Jessica Samens, third in informative
  • Manda LaMar, second, impromtu
  • Erin Roberts, third, impromtu


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    SPORTS
    OCT. 28 2003    		BASKETBALL (MEN'S): Northern Sun coaches ranked WSU No. 1 for the upcoming season, followed by bNorthern State, UW-Duluth, Bemidji State.

    BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): Northern Sun coaches ranked WSU No. 8 for the upcoming season; UM-Duluth was first.



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    WSU ready for fuel price spikes

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2003 -- Rising fuel prices won't boost dorm costs for Winona State students or lead to curtailed shuttle services, university Comptroller Scott Elinghuysen said. Those were services promised to the students, said Ellinghuysen: "We can't go back on our promise." On the same issue, John Ferden, who runs auxiliary services at Winona State, said, "We're a state university, so we try to make it as affordable as possible." The university has enough budget reserve to handle even a cold winter, Elllinghuysen said. Ellinghuysen said he is watching gas prices, but is not overly concerned that they will have a major effect on the university. "It is something that we monitor, but it's not something that's gonna blow us out of the water financially," he said.

    Reporter: Heather Stanek

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    WSU SECURITY
    REPORT
    OCT. 28, 2003    		A student reported at 1 p.m. that she was being harassed by an individual on campus.



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    REMEMBERING BETH KUNCE

    Friend has bungee videos "forever"

    Beth Kunce
    BETH KUNCE
    1980-2003


    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2003 -- Wendy Prochno remembers meeting her best friend Beth Kunce four years ago as Winona State University freshmen. "We were both wearing our Cubs shirts," said Prochno. "We got along right from the start and have had a great time ever since." The two best friends spent their last day together watching the Chicago Cubs win the division championship from Oregon. It was in Oregon that the two friends had been interning. Later that evening, Beth suffered a heart attack and went into a coma. She died two days later.
    The day of the heart attack the two friends had been relaxing at home, Wendy recalled, "There were no warning signs, no symptoms." Two weeks after Beth's death, Wendy said she was unsure how it was affecting her. "All I know is that in one single sweep it seems that most of the things in my life as well as some of my plans for the future have completely changed," she said. The two friends had made plans to travel and work in South Korea and Ireland after their scheduled graduation this coming December. A trip to Australia and New Zealand in 2001 through the Pacific Challenge program was their first journey together. The most unforgettable part of the trip, Wendy said, was bungee-jumping together in Queenstown, N.Z. "IÕm so glad I bought the videotape of the jump," she said, "because that is something that I will probably be watching forever."

    Reporter: Ruth Bailey
    Background: Always in "happy mood"

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    SMU prez eyes retirement options

    Louis DeThomasis
    DETHOMASIS
    Retiring in 2005


    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2003 -- After 21 years as president of St. Mary's University, Louis DeThomasis can call some of the shots for what he does next in his role as a Christian Brother. In an interview with Kristen Singleton of the Daily News, DeThomasis said the university's trustees are amenable to naming him chancellor when he retires in May 2005. The university would be turned over to a new president, but as chancellor DeThomasis said he could continue in the St. Mary's building process, probably based in the Twin Cities and focusing on fund-raising. Another possibility, DeThomasis said, is founding De LaSalle Brothers University in Sacramento, Calif. A benefactor has put up $100 million to start the university. Now, said DeThomasis, the project just needs to get going. "I'm still energetic," he said.

    Background: Not a lame duck


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    State employees urged to boycott bank

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    TWIN CITIES FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN

    The colorful and fiesty William Cooper has been in the news recently also for taking a snowmobile speeding ticket to court. He lost.


    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- The Council 6 unit of the AFSCME employees union called on its members to boycott TCF Savings and Loan. A resolution adopted at the Council 6 convention criticized William Cooper, chief executive of TCF, for "attacks on public employees." Cooper, who lives in the Twin Cities, is prominent in state Republican politics and a supporter of Gov. Tim Pawlenty. The union has been battered by Pawlenty's agents in recent contract negotiations. The union has about 450 members in Winona County, including 150 at Winona State University and 20 at Southeast Tech.

    Background: "We did our best"


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    Krueger hosts senators to burgers

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- All four university vice presidents showed up for Winona State President Darrell Krueger's annual house party for students senators. The cabinet's presence made the party especially eventful, said student President Michael Hofland. Attending were vice presidents Tess Kruger, Jim Schmidt and Cal Winbush. Academic Vice President Steve Richardson made a 10-minute cameo and then ran to an evening class. Participants described the party, informal with catered burgers and potato salad, as strictly social. Business was not discussed, said Hofland. The party ran 6 to 7:30 p.m.

    Reporter: Cailin Flattery
    Background: Party details

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    Warriors idle but buoyant



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    FOOTBALL


    		ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- By doing nothing Winona State University advanced to second place among Northern Sun football teams. The Warriors, at 4-1 in the conference, were idle over the weekend. But Bemidji State defeated Northern State 48-42, dropping Northern out of a tie with Winona State for second. Also, league-leading Concordia was defeated 56-33 by the University of Minnesota, the first Concordia conference loss of the season. The standings:




    		NORTHERN
    SUN

    		OVER-
    ALL
    Concordia of St. Paul

    		5-1

    		6-2
    Winona State

    		4-1

    		7-1
    UM-Duluth

    		4-1

    		6-2
    Northern State

    		3-2

    		5-3
    Bemidji State

    		3-2

    		5-3
    Wayne State

    		2-3

    		2-5
    MSU-Moorhead

    		1-4

    		2-6
    UM-Crookston

    		1-5

    		2-7
    Southwest State

    		1-5

    		3-6

    Almanac: WSU football roster
    Almanac: WSU officialdom

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    Students give A-plus to Sen. Murphy

    Steve Muphy
    MURPHY
    Red Wing


    		ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- The state college lobbying group MSUSA named State Sen. Steve Murphy, D-Red Wing, to its Legislative Dean's List for his work in the Legislature on behalf of higher-ed. Murphy's district includes the Winona suburb Goodview and the northen Winona County communities of Minnesota City and Rollingstone.


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    COMMENT: FUND-RAISING
    FOUNTAINHEAD
    OF SCHOLARSHIPS

    The WSU Foundation has made phenomenal progress in raising money for scholarships and other good deeds. Since 1985 the Foundation's assets have grown almost 20-fold.

    Last year the charitable corporation, comprised of university friends, mostly alumni, awarded $991,000 in scholarships and grants.

    At its growth rate over the past 20 years, the WSU Foundation's assets will reach $400 million by 2025,when current students are in mid-career and themselves become important donors.

    Given a few years, even $400 million will seem small potatoes. This all is great news for the next generation of the university's students.

    Background: Foundation gives $1.9 million

    YOUR COMMENTARY TOO IS INVITED FOR THE CYBERINDEE

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    Habitat's message: Homeless here too

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- Students members of Habitat for Humanity overcame the elements of a brisk fall night by camping out in cardboard boxes on campus. Temperatures dipped to 34 degrees. "We never hope for bad weather," said Habitat's co-president, Martha Fecht, "but it does make our members more aware of what homeless people have to overcome." The rain held off, but three automatically timed lawn sprinklers wreaked havoc on the cardboard shelters. Fecht said the Shack-a-Thon was not as a political statement but way to let people know that there are homeless people in Winona. Sarah Hoffman, Habitat for Humanity education chair, said that most homeless people cannot find affordable housing. "We try to help solve the problem by volunteering our time to build better homes," Hoffman said. Currently, Habitat for Humanity builds in Winona once a month on Saturday mornings. Habitat's mailing list includes nearly 150 Winona State students, she said.

    Reporter: Erin Johnson
    Contact: Habitat for Humanity

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    WSU SECURITY
    REPORT
    OCT. 27, 2003    		INCIDENT NO. 1: At 5:45 a.m. a maintenance worked a clock that had been damaged in the library.

    INCIDENT NO. 2: A student reported at 3:15 p.m. that his bike was stolen from outside the Conway dorm between noon and 3 p.m.


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    Ostrum to debate talk radio

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- Southeast Minnesota conservative voice Tom Ostrom, a commentator for the Rochester Post-Bulletin and radio station KROC, will be the second debeter at a Winona State University forum Oct. 31. Ostrom replaces state Republican deputy chair Michelle Rifenberg, a former legislator from LaCrescent. Rifenberg was originally scheduled to repreent a conservative position. Taking a liberal position will be lawyer Vance Opperman, chief executive of Key Investment and former president of West Publishing Offerman served on President Clinton's National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council.

    Background: Does talk radio influence elections?

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    Colleen Becker
    COLLEEN
    BECKER
    		Jim Bube
    JIM
    BUBE
    		Matt Bennett
    MATT
    BENNETT
    		Bonnie Burmeister
    BONNIE
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    MEISTER
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    SHANNON
    BONA
    		Ned Welch
    NED
    WELCH
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    TOMORROW'S GREATEST BYLINES TODAY



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    Pizza anyone? Not at Service Drive hut

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- A demolition crew demolished the Pizza Hut on Service Drive, the largest pizzeria in Winona, to make room for a replacement structure. A grand opening is expected in December. In documents filed with the city, the value of the new stucture is listed at $649,000.

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    As portrayed in Winona State University promotional materials

    OTHER SLICES OF CAMPUS LIFE



    		WINONA
    CAMPUS LIFE
    WSU

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    News photographer to speak at WSU

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- The chief photogtapher at the Winona Daily News, Eric Young, will speak at the student Journalism-Photojournalism Club at Winona State University. Young, a 2000 Winona State grad, won state Associated Press awards for his work at the Marshfield, Wis., newspaper before returning to Winona.
    Date: Monday, Oct. 27
    Time: 4 p.m.
    Place: Howell 135
    Cost: Free
    Contact: Ali Coates


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    COMMENT:
    WSU ENROLLMENT
    SCARY NUMBERS

    The student headcount at Winona State University is 8,252. Although it's gratifying that the university's popularity is high, the count is terrible news.

    A fact sheet that university executives provided to the Faculty Senate shows 24.6 percent undergrad enrollment growth since 1999 and only 0.6 percent faculty growth.

    This can't work much longer.

    Background: Enrollment tops 8,200

    YOUR COMMENTARY TOO IS INVITED FOR THE CYBERINDEE

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    WSU now pegs gazebo cost at $27,000


    Background: Gazebo construction begins

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- The cost of the gazebo that Winona State University is building at the pedstrian intersection between the Phelps and Gildemeister classroom buildings is listed at $27,000 in a building permit request filed with the city. Earlier estimates ran higher. In fact, the university has announced that $33,000 has been donated by 1954, 1958 and 1959 alumni.

    		Gazebo
    ORIGINAL ARCHITECT'S CONCEPTION. Fanciful transit pont for students sachetung between classes in tuxes and evening gowns.

    Contractor: Wapasha Construction
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    Poet: We are our own stories

    Gary Young
    YOUNG
    Peregrin Smith winner


    		WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- Award-winning poet Gary Young told crowd of 150 people at Winona State University that everyone has stories worth telling, often not even recognizing it. Recalling his own part-time work in grad school with severely retarded adults, he said: "We become our stories." Young was in town promoting his new book "No Other Life." Winona State students are reading Young's works in prof Elizabeth Oness and Jim Armstrong's English classes.

    Reporter: Britt Hoff
    Background: Poet reads at WSU


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    College newspaper yanked off racks

    Hampton's new j-school opened last fall with money from the Scripps Howard Foundation. Prof Charlotte Grimes left shortly afterward, citing differences with the university president about whether students would be allowed to do their work without administrative intrusions.


    		HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 27, 2003 -- Administrators at Hampton University confiscated 6,500 copies of the student newspaper, the Script. Sudents said university President JoAnn Haysbert was displeased that a homecoming letter she wrote for the front page was inside instead. Haysbert said she didn't like the word "confiscate" to describe what happened. "The publication was delayed," she said. "I'm looking forward to a homecoming paper." Students called it outright censorship. "We didn't print something where they wanted it," said Editor Talia Buford, "and they took the papers away." The students' decision "was not a sign of disrespect," said Buford. "We all love Hampton, but at the end of the day, we're still journalists. And personally, I know I couldn't have slept if we changed it."


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    Social-work students to Bangladesh

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- Six social work students will leave Nov. 29 for Bangladesh, after a year of study and preparation to learn about non-profit organizations striving to do good in the impoverished south Asia nation. Ruth Charles, a Winona State University social-work prof who is also making the trip, said the students will visit six organizations on which they have done research projects. Prof Cathy Faruque also is making the trip. The students: Rachel Doud, Amy Gordon, Sarah Handke and Heidi Hovis of Winona State, and Rebakah Kurgis, and Brian Uhlenkamp of the Rochester college. The trip is sponsored by the American Institute of Academic Studies, which provided a $24,000 grant for transportation and lodging. The Institution will also provide the tour guides, said Charles. The trip had been scheduled in May but was postponed due to the war with Iraq.

    Reporter: Pam Volk

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    CAMPUS ALMANAC

    Assets of the WSU Foundation, which raises funds to support Winona State University:
    2003
    2000
    1995
    1990
    1985

    		$ 21,989,046
    9,865,946
    3,772,805
    1,461,284
    244,706

    EARLIER ALMANAC ENTRY

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    Union leader: We did our best

    ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- Acknowleding that even the union's negotiators are unhappy with the tentative deal they struck for a new contract, AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee said they did their best. The deal, which would cover 150 Winona State clerical and janitorial works, goes to a vote of state employees statewide next week. Union members may not be pleased with high health costs and a miniscule pay increase, said McEntree, but added that the deal is the best that could be negotiated: "The bargaining team did an admirable job." McEntee blamed Gov. Tim Pawlenty and "those right-wing legislators down at the Capitol." To union members McEntree said: "The enemy is not your union. If the union wasn't here, it would be worse, many times worse."

    Background: Union to members: Accept deal
    Background: Comment: The Pawlenty report card



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    Viterbo diet conseling tried at WSU

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- Viterbo University nutrition students have returned to Winona State to offer free screening to students. Alida Herling, a Viterbo dietetics prof, set up the visits to give her students a chance to complete their clinicals. The students visited Winona State in September and again in early October and offered free body-fat analysis. Eighteen Winona State students met with six Viterbo students for counseling on Oct. 22. Viterbo students will be returning to in the spring to offer more counseling, said Winona State health chief Diane Palm, who helped arrange the visits.

    Reporter: Jen Olafson

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    HAVE A NEWS TIP? TELL THE CYBERINDEE



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    Foundation grants: Nearly $1 million

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- The WSU Foundation, which raises money to help Winona State University, gave $548,000 for scholarships, $443,000 for grants, and $32,000 for special projects last year. Gifts from alumni, corporate donors and others totaled $1.6 million. The assets carried over to the new school year totaled $10 million.

    Background: Foundation doubles assets

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    Speaker: Iraqis want to find own way

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- A former Newsweek editor told a Winona State University audience that many Iraqi people are frustrated with the lack of improvement since the United States overthrew Saddam Hussein. According to Maura Stephens, there is no law to govern the people, electricity is available for only a few hours a day, the unemployment rate is about 50 percent, and the universities don't have sufficient supplies to educate students. Most horrifying of all, children play in fields littered with missiles, bullets and mortar shells, she said. What was most shocking in her visit to Iraq, Stephens said,was to discover was that not much had changed since Hussein was overthrown. "We have to open up our eyes to whatÕs going on there," Stephens said. Despite all of their troubles, Iraqis have much hope, she said. According to Stephens, they want to build their own democracy without Americans telling them how. Even though they don't want an American culture in their country, the people that Stephens met on both trips were friendly to her. Stephens mentioned one family that had very little drinking water, which came from a hole in the ground, but they still offered her a drink. Iraqis are "really lovely, hospitable people and they've been suffering for a long time so hopefully it will end soon," Stephens said.

    Reporter: Tracie Groens

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    WSU grid shutdown went smoothly

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- The Winona State University power shutdown to repair its grid system went according to plan during the extended Oct. 10 weekend. Dick Lande, manger at the physical plant, is working "like a million bucks." A fuse was replaced under warranty from Nietz Electrick, which installed the system. Judy Ruthe, manager at Media Services, said that after the power went up she and her staff members began plugging classroom equipment back into sockets. "We did experience a problem in one of the classrooms in the Performing Arts Center where one of the plug-in sockets began to spark," Routhe said. Everything else went smoothly, she said. Lande said the new grid, based in the Somsen Hall basement, was needed to serve the expanding campus. "The university is now 2,212,733 square feet and it needed a new grid system to generate more power," Lande said. The last time the system was changed was in the 1960s, he said. The system distributes power to the whole campus , including the dorms, and now has the capacity to generate 15 to 16 more buildings, he said.

    Reporter: John Yehambaram

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    GETTING TO KNOW YOU
    GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL
    AT KRUEGER PARTY

    WINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2003 -- President Darrell Krueger's annual house party for student senators was more meaningful this year because Krueger's vice presidents also showed up, which impressed student President Michael Hofland. The party, on a Wedensday evening, permited the senators to learn more about the cabinet members and what they do, said Hofland. The cabinet members were able to get to the know the senators more personally as well. Said Cal Winbush, vice president of student affairs and facilities. "It was interesting to get to know what some of their majors are and where they're from."

    EXPANDED
    COVERAGE

    Reporter:
    Cailin Flattery



    		An informal occasion, students wore casual clothing. Some cabinet members were still in shirts and ties, having left straight from campus. Conversation was personal, nobody talking business, Jim Schmidt, vice president of university advancement, said there weren't any toasts or announcements. A barbeque meal which catered by campus contractor Chartwells, consisted of hamburgers, chicken, potato salad, chips, fruit, and a variety of non-alcoholic drinks.

    The Krueger home, a modest ranch at 1411 Heights Blvd., was crowded. "We were all sitting wherever we could, on the edges of furniture and folding chairs, so everyone kept dropping their silverware on the floor," said Schmidt with a chucke. The party flowed through several rooms of the house, the porch getting a little chilly as the sun set. Schmidt said that Krueger's wife, Nancy, was a gracious hostess: "SheÕs such a generous lady."

    The party ram from 6 to 7:30. Hofland said the Kruegers scheduled the party on a Wednesday on purpose so student senators could go straight from a Senate meeting. Hofland, who responded to the R.S.V.P. invitation for the entire Senate, said most senators were there. Those who missed had classes, he said.

    All of Krueger's cabinet attended, although academic Vice President Steve Richardson left after 10 minutes. "I have a class on Wednesdays, so unfortunately I missed most of it," said Richardson.

    Hofland said it wasgood that Krueger invited his cabinet members. Schmidt, Richardson and Winbush said that they would definitely go again next year if asked.
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    CAMPUS ALMANAC
    POSTED OCT. 27, 2003

    Excerpted from the 2003-2004 Student Athlete Conduct of Conduct at Winona State University:

    "As long as you are a student-athlete, you are representing the University. Therefore, these rules apply to the academic year, break time, and summer vacation periods.

    "The following are examples of misconduct that may result in sanctions against any student-athlete invovled. This list is not comprehensive.
  • Crimes of violence
  • Crimes of hazing
  • Crimes of sexual violence, harassment, assault, abuse, rape
  • Illegal drug use / minor consumption / on-campus alcohol violation
  • Damaging or destroying of property
  • Breaking and entering
  • Stealing
  • DWI
  • Possessing stolen property
  • Writing bad checks
  • Violations of WSU Student Conduct Code. A copy of the WSU Student Conduct Policy can be found at the following website: www.winona.edu/studentaffairs/conduct.html
  • Any other misdemeanors / felonies
  • Illegal tobacco use

    • "With any misconduct, you must immediately notify your head coach or assistant coach. You must notify these individuals within 48 hours after your arrest or charges / complaints have been filed against you. Failure to notify may result in additional disciplinary action against you.

    "Your head / assistant coach will notify the Director of Athletics within 24 hours of receiving the information regarding misconduct. The Director of Athletics and your head coach may determine that a meeting needs to be set with all parties involved to discuss possible sanctions. The Director of Athletics will determine whether the President of the University should be notified.

    "If your misconduct is severe enough to warrant misdemeanor or felony charges being brought against you or if the alleged crime involved violence or drugs, the Director of Athletics will inform the President of the University.

    "The head coach, subject to the review and approval of the Athletic Director, may ban a Student-Athlete from participating in team activities for violations of the Student Athlete Code of Conduct. This sanction may be imposed as soon as the athlete notifies the coach of the violation, the coach gives the Student-Athlete a chance to explain what happened, and detemines that a sanction is justified after consideration of the student-athlete's statement. ...

    "One or more of the following sanctions may be imposed when a student is found to heve violated any rules:
  • Expulson from the University
  • Permanent suspension from the team
  • Temporary suspension from practice or competition
  • Loss of athletic aid
  • Warning
  • Probation
  • Community service

    • "The above are minimum suggestions set by the Athletic Department. All team policies /codes of conduct are in effect and enforced as established by the head coach. The head coasch for each team may impose addtional policies and penalties as he / she sees fit an appropriate."

    • EARLIER ALMANAC ENTRY

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    Krans

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    KRANS
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    Krans' work also appears in the Daily News and the Winonan

    Krans holds the 2003 Bremer awar for excellence in collegiate journalism and the 2003 Daily News journalism internship. He is president of the campus chapter of the national Society of Collegiate Journalists.

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