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New dorm would replace WSU's QuadWINONA, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 --Construction of the new Gateway dorm and parking complex will cost $28 million to $29 million, Winona State University housing executive John Ferden told the Student Senate. Ferden said that going ahead with the Gateway project would allow the university to delay costly, deferred maintenance at the aging dorms it would replace. The university faces about $15 million in maintenance that has been put off, he said. Razing the Conway, Shepard and Richard dorms would mean the money saved by putting off repairs could make up about half the cost of building Gateway. Ferden said the Gateway could be ready for occupancy by 2006 if the state college board gives its OK. The Student Senate endorsed the project last spring.
Of the four dorms comprising the Quad, only Morey Hall would remain, Ferden said. Morey, he said, has historical significance as the the oldest remaining buildings on campus.
Reporter: Eric Leibundguth
Background: Gateway core for parking |
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WSU vice president |
WSU black official sees no racism intendedWINONA, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 --The highest black executive at Winona State University, Vice President Cal Winbush, doesn't see intentional racism in the controversial recent John Edstrom sports column in the Winona Post. Reading the column, Winbush said, he picked up on Edstrom's disbelief at the Minnesota Vikings performance in his African-Ebola reference, not any intentional ethnic reference, ÒIt is just the writer's frustration with the Vikings, Winbush said. "I grew up in the South, and you know when people are being racist. You don't have to interpret. It gets right at you." Winbush said, however, there was a lack of clarity in Edstrom's African-Ebola reference: "This kind of statement definitely leaves the readers thinking what the writer meant." Winbush is a former cultural diversity director at the university who has worked at increasing niinority enrollment.
Reporter: Ashesworee Pokhrel
Background: Post editor: We do no wrong |
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WSU vice president |
St. Cloud students: Drop MSUSAST. CLOUD, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 -- Students at St. Cloud State University voted by a 4:1 margin to began legal actions to secede with the Minnesota State Univerity Student Association. The Student Senate earlier voted unanimously for secession in a long-brewing flap in which critics claimed that MSUSA was impotent as a lobbying organization for students at seven campuses, including St. Cloud and Winona State. The vote, announced at a meeting of MSUSA directors, clears the way for the St. Cloud Student Senate to proceed with amending the state law that ties the university to MSUSA. Cory Lawrence, student president at St. Cloud, said discussions are already under way with State Rep. Joe Opatz, D-St. Cloud., to draft the statutory amendment. Lawrence said other MSUSA member campuses may join the secesion drive: "We hope this is a chance for all schools to look at their relationships with MSUSA." The association is funded by a mandatory $12.50-a-year assessment on student fees throughout the state. As the largest campus, St Cloud State students were assessed $180,000 last school year -- the bulk of the MSUSA budget.
Background: WSU's Hofland pumps up MSUSA
Post editor: We do no wrongWINONA, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 -- The editor of the Winona Post, Fran Edstrom, came to the defense of her husband, John, for African references in a Nov. 12 sports column that have triggered accusations of racism. She denied the accusations, singling out "some WSU professors" as the critics and calling them racist: "Unlike these people, the Winona Post does not make a habit of fostering racism. Nor does it write racist things." In her regular column, Edstrom faulted the city Human Rights Commission for scheduling a hearing on the issue. She also suggested that the other town newspaper, theWinona Daily News, has had its own agenda in covering the flap. About Mayor Jerry Miller firing John Edstrom from the city Merit Board after the African column, she suggested the mayor was getting even:
"Our job, as we see it, is to let the people know what their elected officials are doing. And we do a good job of it. This can cause friction."
Background: Human Rights group takes up case |
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Underage boozing probe wins award Photographer: Paul Sloth |
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| WINONA, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 -- Investigative reporting into under-age boozing, by Winona State University journalism student Brian Krans, has won an award in the annual Minnesota Newspaper Association journalism competiton. Krans' story, which appeared in March, was drawn from 300-plus interviews and eight weeks of investigation. It included a ranking of the 10 easiest bars for underage college students to get served. The award will be presented at the MNA convention in late January.
Background:
Where the under-21 crowd drinks
KRANS
Covering the bars |
PJ's owner hires security patrolWINONA, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 -- The owner of PJÕs apartment complex adjacent to the Winona State University, Marc Jaworski, has hired gaurds for evening surveillance and to keep down partying. Valley Security guards will patrol sidewalks and parking lots to make sure problems do not occur, said Jaworski. There has been a lot of loitering and disorderly conduct in a back area betwen PJ's and the neighboring Fingall apartments. The guards have authority to call the cops for noise disturbances, vandalism, and disorderly behavior. Jaworski said he's broken up up several parties, some with close to 80 people. Some tenants, he said, have forfeited their security and damage deposits, $435 each, for partying. "I usually give people one warning, and it stops there," said Jaworski. "I donÕt know why IÕm having such a problem this time." The loitering problems seems to be a separate issue. In September, after somebody heaved a brick through PJ's coin-laundy window, Jaworski installed a camera security system, which he thought would also discourage partying. Hiring security guards is cheaper than installing more cameras, Jaworski said.
Reporter: Cailin Flattery
Background: PJ's owner expects boozing peak
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SPORTS
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BASKETBALL (MEN'S): WSU 70, Viterbo 63. St. Thomas 58, SMU 51.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 71, St. Thomas 49.
FOOTBALL (MEN'S): Named to the Daktronics all-Midwest team were WSU cornerback Steve Koehler and wide receiver Chris Samp, lineback Deric Seick. Named to the second team were offensive tackle Dave Blaskowski and kicker Steve Openorth.
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): SSMU 7, Hamlin e0.
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Deputy at George's brawl call for helpALMA, Wis., Dec. 10, 2003 -- A brawl involving several dozen juiced-up revelers occurred outside George's bar, across the Interstate Bridge from Winona, about closing time Sunday morning. Buffalo County authorities won't release information on what happened. George's and other over-the-river night spots attract a college crowd after Minnesota bars close at 1 a.m. The area, called Bluff Siding, only two miles from Winona but 20 miles away from the county seat of Alma, is only lightly patrolled by Buffalo County deputies. The rural county is one of the largest and least populated in Wisconsin. What is known from the fight comes from ambulance crews and police that were summoned from Winona about 2:30 a.m. In Winona, Deputy Police Chief Andrea Essar confirmed that two ambulances and two squad cars were dispatched at the request of Buffalo County authorities. Essar said she understood that there were several fights in the parking lot when three Winona officers arrived. One man was on the ground needing treatment, she said. Others were also banged up.
R.I.P.: Jane Howard (Lafky) BeselerTREMPLEAU, Wis., Dec.10, 2003 -- A 1969 College of St. Teresa grad, Jane Besler, an inveterate book-lover, died at the Winona hospital after more than a year of care. She was 74. She and her husband operated Country ComfortAntiques in downtown Winona, where they sold rare and antique books. She was a member of the board of the Hettie Pierce Library in Trrempeleau.
Gateway's core would be parking rampWINONA, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 -- The new Gateway dorm complex, complete with a 300-car parking system, possibly could be ready for the Fall 2006 semester, said university Comptroller Scott Ellinghuysen. Funding for the structure, estimated to cost $20 million to $30 million, isn't in place, but the university believes it has it figured out, Ellinghuysen said. Students will pay for most of the building through room and board into the future, with immediate construction costs met through the state college system's normal borrowing procedures. "MnSCU and the revenue fund will pay for the construction," said Ellinghuysen. "Tuition will have nothing to do with the new building." In part, Gateway is designed to address campus parking problems. Gateway's 150 dorm rooms would be wrapped around a 300-car parking ramp, which will be in the inside of the building, Ellinghuysen said: "You won't be able to see the parking ramp."
Reporter: Anne Lusic
Background: Gateway plans firming up |
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WSU financial officer |
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
DEC. 10, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: At 12:45 p.m. a student reported striking another vehicle at the East Lake dorm due to slippery conditions while backing out of a parking stall.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student reported at 7:45 a.m. that his rear window was damaged while parked at the East Lake dorm sometime between 4:45 and 7 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: An ambulance was called at 10:40 p.m. for a student who had fallen at the Lourdes dorm. She was not transported to the hospital.
INCIDENT No. 4: A student reported at 8 p.m. that another student removed some items from herdorm room without permission.
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WSU coach eyes even better 2004 WINONA, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 -- Football Coach Tom Sawyer sees a strong Winona State University season next fall, especially with the advantage that making Round 2 in the NCAA playoffs gives him for recruiting. "After having a season as successful as this one, more talented recruits look to Winona State as a team they want to play for," Sawyer said. "Now we're trying to build an even better team." Sawyer said that he is proud of the seniors for the improvement they showed and the records they set. "We have 22 seniors leaving, and they have set more records than any group I've coached. Their record as a class is the best in Winona State history," Sawyer said. Although Sawyer is disappointed that his Warriors' season ended at the quarterfinals, he has big goals for next year: "We went 3-0 against championship-caliber teams, including Duluth and Emporia State, but we want to win the conference championship again next year. We also want to win the national championship."
Reporter: Nate Bortz |
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Football coach |
Want a flu shot? Not at WSUWINONA, Minn., Dec. 10, 2003 -- Out of flu vaccine, the head nurse at Winona State University, Diane Palm, is hoping to make it through final exams next week before an epidemic hits. The stress of finals, exacerbated by students cutting back on sleep to cram for exams, slows their immune system, said Palm. As in many areas of the country, Winona State has run out of vaccine. "The flu season usually runs from late November through March," said Palm. "This year, however, the virus began appearing a month earlier." The earlier start prompted more people than expected to get flu shots, which put a strain on the limited vaccine supply. Winona State students who have been asking about flu shots have been directed to the hospital, but Palm said the hospital will likely run out of inoculations soon too.
Reporter: Erin Johnson
QUICK
SPORTS
DEC. 9, 2003 |
FOOTBALL (MEN'S): Named to the American Football Coaches Association all-American team for the second year was WSU return specialist Kevin Curtin.
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WSU to test student web ballotingWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- Test trials of a new online election system for Winona State University student elections are planned in January. Dusty Finke, student vice president, said he wants ro be sure that students will be able to log on to the SenateÕs election site when spring elections come up. Volunteers will participate in the trials by logging on and voting for fake candidates, he said. Finke said that the volunteers will write down log-in information and whom they voted for, so the Senate can see if the site is working properly. Finke said he wants to make sure that it is easy to log-in, that all links are working properly and that all votes are being counted electronically. Finke said that a few people could not log from their home computers during fall elections and had to drop by the Student Senate office in Kryzsko Commons for help.
Reporter: Christy Blake
CyberIndee to get WSU jock conduct report WINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- A written report on athlete and coach compliance with the Winona State University Student-Athlete Conduct Code, being drafted by Athletic Director Larry Holstad, will be provided to the CyberIndee as well as the Winonan. University President Darrell Krueger confirmed that he has directed Holstad to provide the report to media that request it. Krueger ordered the report be drafted after muckraking student journalist Brian Krans reported massive conduct violations by athletes and of soft penalties by coaches. Until doubts about athletic department handling of conduct infractions are cleared up, Krueger told Holstad he wants monthly written reports.
Background: Misdeeds report to be public
Prof faults U.S. Iraq policy| WINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- U.S. policy in Iraq is failing by many measures, including economics, a retired Winona State University English prof, Emilio DeGrazia, said in an opinion piece in the Daily News. Current and projected costs are $5,312 for every man, woman and child in Iraq, DeGrazia said -- and for what? "Our expensive killing machines are winning more recruits for extremists," he said. So far, 15,000 Iraqus, including 10,000 civilians, are dead, he said. DeGrazia called for "new thinking, a new start, new leadership with fresh ideas." Economic, educational moral and diplomatic power can be "forceful and real," he said. |
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This war not working |
WSU president, First Lady host partyWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- The annual campus holiday open house at Winona State University has been set by President Darrell and Nancy Krueger for Wednesday afternoon. Treats will be available.Date: Wednesday, Dec. 10
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Place: Student Activities Center, Kryzsko Commons
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SMU masscom prof to Who's WhoWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- A St. Mary's University masscom prof, Dean Beckman, has been named to "Who's Who Among America's Teachers." He was nominated by a former student. Beckman holds his undergrad degree in broadcasting from Winona State.
Human Rights group takes up case
EDSTROM
Will he show? |
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| WINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- The city Human Rights Commission will conduct a hearing on whether it was racist for Winona Post publisher John Edstrom to link Africans, Ebola viruses and the Minnesota Vikings in his Nov. 12 sports column. Valerie Guimaraes, a commission member, said there needs to be a public airing. Whether Edstrom will attend the public session is uncertain. He has refused to apologize for the passage, asserting that his critics are too dumb to get his joke. Guimaraes said the hearing will focus on the column, not the aftermath. After the column Mayor Jerry Miller removed Edstrom from a city personnel board. Edstrom responded that the mayor was taking retribution for Post objections to Miller positions on a series of issues.Date: Thursday, Dec. 11
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: City Hall
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Background: Edstrom was nixed in 2001 flap |
Got drugs? You have 20 seconds to flushWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- Winona police were using the 20-Second Rule for drug raids even before the new U.S. Supreme Court confirmation that police need to wait 20 seconds before busting in, Police Chief Frank Pomeroy said. The Rule applies to college students living in dorms and also off-campus, Pomeroy said. Winona has had more than 80 drug cases in residences this year. "We have to consider all possible dangers when we enter a house," Pomeroy said. "If we know people have guns, guard dogs, or hear people running around, we will enter right away." Earlier this year, Pomeroy said officers entered a house with knowledge of two trained pit bulls inside. They had to shoot one dog when it attacked. Previously, the Supreme Court required the cops to knock and announce themselves but did not specify a minimum time limit. With the new ruling, the Court said waiting 20 seconds is enough. Pomeroy hailed the decision: "This makes it easier for officers to make more arrests without losing the evidence."
Reporter: Kasey Kolberg
Next Homecoming task: Choosing a themeWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- The Winona State University Homecoming committee will start meeting after the holidays to come up with a theme for next fall's celebration. "Our goal is to get a theme by the middle of second semester to allow for the design of the Homecoming buttons," said coordinator Joe Reed. Sarah Furst, Homecoming committee chair, said students will have a chance to create their own design for the buttons and submit them to the committee. "We are encouraged to get the buttons ordered before the school year is over to allow ample time for them to be made," Furst said. The committee does a lot of its planning over the summer months, Furst said.
Reporter: Becky Durbin
Background: It's early, early again
Expert: Bad to hush up suicidesWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- College suicides need to be taken seriously and handled publicly, not hushed-up, according to Winona State University counselor Lynda Brzezinski. The issue of suicide needs to be out in the open, said Brzezinski, a licensed psychologist. She cited three suicides in the first month of classes at New York University and the university's failure to report the incidents. "Universities tend to hush up when it comes to discussing suicide because university officials don't want to admit that their campus isn't perfect," said Brzezinski. At NYU, Brzezinski said that she would have informed students about the suicides and let them know where to turn if they have suicidal thoughts. By keeping the issue of suicide quiet, officials are impeding help from getting to students who need help, she said. Brzezinski has seen 17 suicidal students at Winona State this semester, and has hospitalized four. Most suicides are committed by upperclassmen who have a mental health problem, she said.
Reporter: Kelly Joyner
COMMENT: SILLINESS IN HIGH PLACES
QUICK!
DRAPE THAT FLESH!
John Ashcroft made laughing stock of himself after he was installed as attorney general of the United States in 2001. Offended at a Romanesque statue of Lady Justice at the Justice Department building, he ordered the nude form draped.
Now we have such silliness at Winona State University. Vice President Cal Winbush has had seven television screens removed from the Smaug, a student gahering place, because he found offense at loosely draped and even undraped human forms in National College Television videos.
Hey, John. Cal too. Loosen up. Prudery like yours has no place among adults of the species. What's to be afraid of? |
Background: Access to artistic freedom
WSU, SMU crews help with Habitat houseWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- Despite the snow and freezing temperature, eight Winona State and eight St. Mary's college studenys helped build a Habitat for Humanity house over the weekend. They constructed and erected a wall for one of the houses in the Jimmy Carter Project between East Third and Fourth streets. "It was perfect outside," said Emma Duncanson, building chair for the Winona State Habitat chapter "It didn't seem cold at all, and there was no wind," Students built from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. "Putting up the wall was awesome, because it is so big and heavy to lift that it takes a lot of teamwork," said Duncanson. Weather permitting, the Habitat students put in one day a month. "If the temperature has been forecast at less than 20 degrees, we thank students for signing up to volunteer but cancel the Build Day," said student-volunteer director Stephanie Smudde. "Sometimes volunteers work indoors, and sometimes electric heaters are provided, but we never know for sure until the day of the build."
Reporter: Erin Johnson
Pawlenty to WSU: Beef up RochesterWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants Winona State's Rochester program to be a more coherent and active part of the university, said university President Darrell Krueger. Reporting on a meeting with the governor two weeks ago, Krueger said that although the governor is pleased with Rochester's improvements, he wants Rochester to become a bigger part of Winona prograns. Krueger noted that 20 of the 90 people in study groups involved with New University planning are Rochester representatives. Krueger said the governor expressed interest and support for the New University project, which is a campuswide rethinking of the university's mission and goals.
Reporter: Gina Bonneville
Background: WSU prez sees Pawlenty support
Anti-boozing feedback reported good SCHROEDER
Campus health educator |
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| WINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- A Winona State alcohol abuse prevention program, sponsored by a National Collegiate Athletic Association grant, has had a positive impact, according to university health educator Ruth Schroeder. Schroeder said 35 student peer-health educators have received encouraging feedback. Students are invited to engage in activities, said Schroeder. In one activity, students write down good things about alcohol and then bad things. Good always outweighs the bad, she said. In another activity, students write on a big banner the fun times they have had without alcohol. A discussion follows. Crazy Captions is an activity in which the students look at posters without captions and make up captions. The most shocking poster shows a woman, missing hair and one eye and hopelessly burned. The real caption: "Not everyone who gets hit by a drunk driver dies." That poster affects the students the most, said Schroeder.
Reporter: Cailin Flattery
Background: $30,000 alcohol-awareness grant
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CAMPUS ALMANAC
POSTED DEC. 9, 2003 |
Percentage of Winona State University fall varsity teams, excluding frosh, with at least a 3.2 grade point (high B):
Cross county (women's)
Cross country (men's)
Soccer (women's)
Volleyball (women's)
Golf (women's)
Football (men's)
Golf (men's) |
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3 of 8
6 of 22
3 of 13
3 of 17
7 of 81
0 of 10 |
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37.5%
27.2%
23.0%
17.6%
8.6%
0.0% |
EARLIER ALMANAC ENTRY
Background: WSU scholars-athletes
Profs ask arbitration on contract |
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| ST. PAU:, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- After 4-1/2 hours of failed mediated negotiations, the statewide college faculty union decided to requst arbitration. Chris Brown, a union coordinator, said issues that don't seem possible to resolve with the chancellor's negotiators include compensation, particularly employee-paid insurance premiums, and tuition waivers for dependents. No future negotiations have been scheduled, Brown said. The union represents faculty at Winona State and six other MnSCU campuses. Profs have been working without a contract since June.
Background: State: Insurance not profs' call |
Tip: Beware of identity thievesWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- College students need to take extra steps to protect themselves from identity theft this holiday season, said Winona State news video instuctor Robin Stephens. Stephens, herself the victim of identity theft last August, said students are prime targets. Last week the Federal Trade Commission announced that identity theft for college students jumped 80 percent in one year. Shredding ATM receipts, monthly statements, credit card advertisements and pay stubs will help, the commission said. Said Stephens: "The women who stole my information caused $10,000 in damage to my credit, and we never caught her." Stephens said she spent hours writing letters to creditors to clear her name.
Reporter: Gina Bonneville
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2003
Counting Crows | 
2002
Sugar Ray | 
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Nelly |
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WSU concert bidding process begins WINONA, Minn., Dec. 8, 2003 -- A list of concert performers on campus tours this spring is being reviewed by the Winona State student amusements committee for the regular spring university concert. Typically Winona State brings in a $50,000-a-night performer. The list, provided by Rick Gorbette of Event Resources Presents Inc., runs eight pages and lists acts that command as much as $150,000. Joe Reed, the university's student activities coordinator, and members of the UPAC student amusements committee, are reviewing the available acts. Reed said that the artist booked for the spring concert will most likely be in the $35,000 to $60,000 range. Reed said that three years ago, he was able to book Nelly for only $30,000. Within those three years, Nelly's asking price has more than quadrupled, Reed said. Reed said that he was able to book the Counting Crows for last year at $50,000. Within one year, the group's price has increased $25,000, Reed said. There is currently no date set for the Winona State concert, he said.
Reporter: Sara Ryan |
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$150,000
John Mayer
Linkin Park
Matchbox 20
$125,000
No Doubt
Nelly
$100,000
Barenaked Ladies
Ben Harper
Beyonce
Jay-Z, Pink
Disturbed
Godsmack
Widespread Panic
$60,000
311
3 Doors Down
Big Boi of Outkast
Evanescence
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey
NAS
Nickelback
Staind
$50,000
Jason Mraz
Jewel
Lil' Kim
Ludacris
Third Eye Blind | $40,000
Train
Dashboard
Confessional
Dido
Live
Michelle Branch
Nelly Furtado
O.A.R
Wyclef Jean
Puddle of Mudd
Ben Folds
$30,000
Fuel
Hoobastank
Sugar Ray
Sum 41
Ataris
Bela Fleck
Billy Corgan
Guster
Liz Phair
Nickel Creek
Rusted Root
Ryan Adams
Simple Plan
Vertical Horizon
Alien Ant Farm
Nappy Roots
$15,000
Fountains of Wayne
Switchfoot
Alkeline Trio
Ben Kweller
Josh Kelly
Seether |
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Disorderly conduct charge against WSU jock
BROWN
Police: Unzipped and flowing in public
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| WINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- A Winona State University football player, senior guard Matthew Brown, 22, was cited for disorderly conduct after bar closing time Friday night. Police said he was urinating in the Hardee's parking lot on Fourth Street. "Does it matter I was done," police quoted Brown as saying. This is the 36th time that a current member of the Winona State football squad has been cited by Winona police, according to District Court records. In the past Brown has paid fines for a loud party, in 2001, and minor alcohol possession, in 2002.
Reporter: Brian Krans
Background: Grid stars make 35 court visits |
Football grade analysis: Mixed findingsWINONA, Minn., Dec. 9, 2003 -- People who see a reverse correlation between decent grades and partying can draw nothing definitive from an analysis of the Winona State University football team's academic performance. Of the seven players on the 81-member squad with high B grade-point-averages, defined as 3.2 or better, three have court records. Four don't. Those with records:
Nathan Cody (business major), minor conumption, 2001Jay Fogelson (business), loud partying, 2003Andy Salmen (broadcast), minor consumption 2003 (twice); public nuisance, 2001; drunken driving, 2002
The four players at 3.2 or better who have no Winona County District Court record: David Blaskowski (earth science), David Cruz (business), Ben Sheehan (chemistry) and Chad Sloden (pre-pharmacy). Although available data are limited, it seems that the academic accomplishments of Winona State football players are less than steller. Only 8.6 percent are at the 3.2 threshold to make their Northern Sun conference's all-academic team.
Background: Misdeeds report to be public |
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collegiate Athletic Con-
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WSU forensics team takes fourthWINONA, Minn., Dec. 8, 2003 -- The Winona State University forensics team placed fourth at a University of Wisconsin-Stout tournament. Individual results:Manda LaMar: Second in after dinner speaking.Erin Roberts: Third in after-dinner, sixth in prose, fifth in pentathalon.Jean Prokott: Third in poetryErin Roberts and Manda LaMar: Fourth in duo.Jessica Samens: Fourth in persuasion, fifth in informative, sixth in after-dinner.
WSU homecoming again in SeptemberWINONA, Minn., Dec. 8, 2003 -- An early date, again in September, has been chosen for Winona State University's homecoming. Joe Reed, homecoming coordinator, said events will center on a Sept. 25 football game. "Homecoming weekend has to be worked around a couple of different things," Reed said. "We don't want to bump heads with St. Mary's or other events going on in Winona." Parents Weekend at Winona State and St. Mary's are factors, as well as conventions going on. Also, he said, there has to be a home football game. Once Reed got the football schedule he proposed the date to Athletic Director Larry Holstad, football Coach Tom Sawyer, and student affairs Vice President Cal Winbush, who gave him the OK. Reed said he is optimistic about the earlier date since he has already had a trial run with September this year. "The weather was better, and the homecoming events went really smoothly," Reed said.
Reporter: Becky Durbin
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
DEC. 8, 2003 | A student reported at 9:45 p.m. that jewelry and personal items were removed from her dorm room. Items eventually were located by the student.
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Athlete misdeeds report to be publicWINONA, Minn., Dec. 8, 2003 -- The president of Winona State University, Darrell Krueger, said a report on athlete misconduct will be made public. In a letter to Anne Jungen, vice president of the campus chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists, Krueger said: "I wanted to let you know that Athletic Director Holstad will complete a report on past athlete compliance with the Student-Athlete Code of Conduct and a copy will be shared with the Winonan." As an officer of the journalists' chapter, Jungen had asked that the report be made public. The issue of athlete deportment erupted in October when the Winonan, a student newspaper, reported that court records showed that 25 football players had been to court, some several times, mostly for excessive partying and boozing. As a result, Krueger ordered monthly reports on athlete compliance with the conduct code. His letter to Jungen was unclear whether he is requiring Holstad to make future reports public, but Jungen said she would press Krueger on the issue.
Background: Journalists seek jock reports
Background: Misdeeds to be compiled |
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WSU president
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Athletic
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QUICK
SPORTS
DEC. 8, 2003 |
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): Bethel 90, SMU 74.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 72, Bethel 61. Named conference co-player of the week was SMU guard Jamie Rattunde
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Impeached? Despins: Yeah, no big deal| WINONA, Minn., Dec. 8, 2003 -- State college trustee Tyler Despins, a Winona State senior, acknowledged that an aide to Gov. Tim Pawlenty called him after learning that his application for the trustee post had not listed his impeachment as student president at Rochester Community and Technical College. Despins had, however, listed being elected. Despins said that he told Pawlenty's people, when they called, that he didn't figure that the impeachment would have affected the governor's decision on whether to appoint him to the MnSCU Board of Trustees. In an interview last week, Despins downplayed the impeachment as "a difference in opinion" with other student senators. As in earlier interviews, he steered away from specifics. There wasn't any legal reason for the impeachment, Despins said. Gov. Pawlenty's chief screener was perturbed at learning of lapse two months after the appointment was made, noting that applicants for gubernatorial appointments are routinely asked if there is anything negative that the governor should know. Despins acknowledged in the latest interview that altough he was confronted over the phone about the lapse, he was not asked to resign. Nor was there any discussion about rescinding the appointment, he said. |
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Reporter: Christy Blake
Background: Despins defends self-nomination
COMMENT: FIRST AMENDMENT
ACCESS
TO ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Now we know that Cal Winbush, a $120,000 executive at Winona State University, takes offense at pulsating midriffs on music videos. That's his taste, which is OK. Nobody wants to chain his eyballs to the College Television Network channel in the Smaug.
But who the hell does Cal Winbush think he is to deny students access to the artistic expression that CTN carries?
By pulling the plug on CTN, Winbush has exhibited a callousness toward the First Amendment ban on government interference with citizen access to artistic and other forms of expression. Make no mistake: As an executive at a state-operated institution, Winbush is a government agent.
All the worse, Winbush banished CTN without even consulting students. Student Senate leaders learned of it as a done-deed.
Winbush has been not only high-handed but insulting He's treated university students like grade-schoolers. To boot, he's abridged our constitutional right of access to artistic expression -- even if he himself doesn't like seeing all those swinging anatomical pieces. |
Background: Fuzzy thinking, fuzzy picture
Students organizing textbook swap siteWINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- A newly elected freshman senator at Winona State University, Travis Reese, is organizing a web site for students to buy and sell textbooks at the end of spring classes Reese, a history major, characterizes the site as "a free middle-man" between buyers and sellers. A link to the bookstore will help students know what books are required for classes, he said. "This web site has a lot of potential," said Reese. "Students can get books for a lower price than in the bookstore, and can make some money back by selling their old books." The project is under the auspices of the Sente's academic committee.
Reporter: Christy Blake
CAMPUS ALMANAC
POSTED DEC. 7, 2003 |
Senior-most Winona State University faculty, some of whom are in phased retirement:
Joe Foegen (management)
Dave Hamerski (physics)
Vivian Fusillo (theater)
George Bolon (aviation)
Jim Donovan (geology)
Ahmed El-Afandi (polysci)
Jim Reynolds (sociology)
Paul Grawe (English)
Ron Stevens (sociology)
Judy Gernander (biz-ad)
Bill Palzer (library)
Seymour Byman (history)
Norm Sobiesk (history)
Dave Robinson (English)
James Bromeland (pub-admin)
Pauline Christensen (cont'g ed)
Gary Bunce (computer science)
Pam Wolfmeyer (management)
Marvin Wolfmeyer (biz-ad)
Erv Bublitz (sociology)
Frank Rocco (special-ed)
Mike Gieske (econ)
Steve Schwartz (sociology) |
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35
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YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
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YES
NO
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NO
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YES
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NO
YES
NO
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EARLIER ALMANAC ENTRY
WSU students see racism, are disturbedWINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- Seventeen classmates studying human relations at Winona State University see as "very racist" the comments made by Winona Post publisher John Edstrom in a Nov. 17 sports column. In an open letter, with Nicole Wiese as the lead signatory, the students referred to a television interview in which Edstrom inisted that Mayor Jerry Miller used the column as a smoke screen to cover political motives in removing him from a city personnel board. In the interview, Edstrom said it was an error to read racism into his comments about Africans, Ebola and the Minnesota Vikings. Said the students: "The fact that he cannot or is unable to see these comments as racist is very disturbing for us."
Background: J-student feels no pain
COMMENT: UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES
WHAT'S WRONG
WITH THIS PICTURE?
Try, we challenge you, to make sense of Winona State University Vice President Cal Winbush's call on CTN.
First, Winbush decided against renewing the free subscription to the College Television Network for the Smaug, where hundreds of students gather between classes for snacks, coffee, conversation and, yes, CTN. The CTN deal included free screens.
Then Winbush decided to buy screens to replace CTN's free ones. Also, he decided to subscribe to a friendly Winona cable service instead. Apparently he didn't know that the Winona cable channels include MTV, which carries the same videos as CTN had been offering free. Plus CTN carried newscasts geared more to college viewers than MTV or anything else available from the Winona cable service.
You're right, this makes no sense.
It gets worse. Winbush says students will have more choice. They can switch channels rather than be locked into CTN, he says. This brings up a whole new problem. Will "Guiding Light" zealots have control of the remote? Imagine the food fights. |
Background: Listen to the student voices
WSU's Gateway dorm plans firming upWINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- The proposed $20 million Gateway superdorm remains on the planning boards at Winona State, university Vice President Cal Winbush said. Winbush asked for time at this week's Student Senate meeting for architect Bill Hickey to update students on plams. It is expected there has been some scaling back, as is typical, from the original plan for a four-story complex with a 300-car parking ramp; a Borders-like coffee shop, video store and bookstore; and at least 150 dorm rooms. The showcase building would be kitty-corner from the Performing Arts Center, forming with Memorial Gym, a grand gateway entrance to campus -- rather than the current side-street access routes.
Background: Architect lays out Gateway dorm plan
COMMENT: WHERE DID THE MUSIC GO?
"WE WANT OUR MTV"
From Winona State students about an executive decision at the university to remove National College Television from the Smaug student hangout:
"WSU administrators are starting to unveil how much they want to screw over the bill-payers."
"We're old enough to buy Playboy then were old enough to watch a girl in a bikini."
"TVs in the Smaug are the only place we can be exposed to the crazy music videos college students thirst for."
"I totally love CTN. I love to relax and watch it in the Smaug."
"It is asinine that a member of the administration is able to simply remove TVs on a whim."
"After classes, it is nice to go to relax at the Smaug and enjoy music videos." |
Background: CTN: Students are the losers
Goodroads for sale, but for what?WINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- The old Goodroads furniture building at 220 E. Third St. is for sale now that a court appeal to covert it into apartments has been lost. Owners Scott and Janice Abramson said they have no alternative plans for the abandoned building. The Abramsons had planned to convert the structure into a 14-unit , 32-occupant apartment building, but the city denied a zoning variance and a judge has denied the Abramsons' appeal.
Background: Court: No to Goodroads plan
CTN: WSU students are the losersWINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- Removing the College Television Network programming that played in Smaug student hangout at Winona State was -- no ifs, ands or buts -- the decision of university Vice President Cal Winbush, according to leaders of a mounting campaign to get CTN back. A CTN spokesperson, Adam Koscielski, is quoted in an online student petition: "The VP, Cal Winbush, decided that he did not want CTN in the Smaug." Koscielski is quoted that CTN programming, aimed at a college audience, cannot be duplicated:
"What is probably most disappointing is that without CTN on campus at Winona State, you no longer eligible for the many contests and promotions available exclusively to students at schools that carry CTN. This month alone, with CTN's Study Break contest, we gave away a trip for two students to see Radiohead in London, two to see Ben Harper in London, two to see Ludacris in Naples, Fla., and two to see Guster in Detroit -- airfare, hotel, concert tix, meeting the band, all on CTN."
Background "Censorship"? You decide |
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| CTN is an operating unit of Music Television, generally known as MTV, which is owned by media giant Viacom.
Viacom properties also include the CBS television network, Paramount movie studios, Blockbuster videos, and book publisher Simon & Schuster.
CTN provides monitors and subscription-
free programming at about 700 U.S. colleges.
CTN generates its revenue from advertising carried on the channel. |
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Krans: Sticks 'n stones can hurt my bonesWINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- A Winona State University journalism senior who was verbally pilloried by Winona Post publisher John Edstrom for criticizing an Edstrom opinion column is taking it in stride. "I didn't lose a wink of sleep," said Brian Krans. Krans, writing in the Winonan student newspaper three weeks ago, was among the first to criticize Edstrom for suggesting that diseased Africans were infecting the Minnesota Vikings. After Krans' column came a torrent of other critics who saw Edstrom's observations as racist. Said Krans: "John took his anger out on a college student he does not even know, because there was no one else to take it out on." About his own column criticizing Edstrom, Krans said: "I wrote what I thought. Isn't that what editorials are for?" Krans said he was dumbfounded at Edstrom's followup column in which he said the African reference was a "sophisticated joke" that some people, Krans included, just didn't get. In an interview Krans responded, "If this is a joke, why is he making such a big issue about me?"
Reporter: Jean May
Background: Anti-racism chief appalled
Background: Columnist riled at j-student
QUICK
SPORTS
DEC. 7, 2003 |
CROSS COUNTRY (MEN'S): Named to the Northern Sun all-academic team were WSU runners William Hessian, Michael Pendleton and Aaron Schwarzenbart.
CROSS COUNTRY (WOMEN'S): Named to the Northern Sun all-academic team were WSU sunners Sara Edenhofer, Sarah Givot, Casey Graham, Heidi Inabnit, Melissa Meyer, Shayna Mueller, Meghan Murphy, Amelia Soto, Chsritina Toll, Jesse West and Katrina Weyland.
FOOTBALL (MEN'S): Named to the Northern Sun all-academic team were WSU's David Blaskowski, Nate Cody, David Cruz, Jay Fogelson, Andy Salmen, Ben Sheehan and Chad Sloden.
GOLF (WOMEN'S): Named to the Northern Sun all-academic team were WSU's Abigail Brendum, Lauren Meany and Samantha Wolf.
SOCCER (WOMEN'S): Named to the Northern Sun all-academic team were WSU's Kathryn Kramer, Kristin Nelson, Brianne Rodell, Kristin, Ruhsam, Michelle Wannemehler and Sarah White.
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): Named to the Northern Sun all-academic team were WSU's Sara Goldstrand, Britta Homuth and Kerriu Kreuzer.
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WSU frat raises money for ScoutsWINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- A Winona State University frat, Pi Lambda Phi, worked with the Winona Fire Department to raise $368 to send advanced Scouts to Duluth to a fire science and technology program.
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
DEC. 7, 2003 | Guards investigated a housing violation at the East Lake dorm at 9 p.m.
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Yes, Wilbur, I think it will fly -- freeWINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- On the 100th anniversay of the Wright brothers' first flight, Certified Flight Inc. and Win Air will take people for a free flight, first come, first served, at the Winona airport. Winona State University aviation students and their Flying Club are participating.Date: Wednesday, Dec. 17
Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Place: Max Conrad Field
Cost: Free (no unaccompanied minors)
Contact: (507) 457-1937 |
Reporter: Anne Lusic
WSU prez: Winona State will be uniqueWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- Whatever form that Winona State University takes for the future, there is no existing model, President Darrell Krueger said. "Such an institution does not exist -- yet," Krueger said in an open letter. "We are creating our own model here." In the letter, Krueger reiterated that the $450,000, year-long process through which an elaborate committee structure is working at a fundamental reinvention of the university to be a more distinctive if not unique institution. Much of the budget for the New University, as Krueger calls it, is for travel to colleges that already have avante-garde programs. Said Krueger: "Certainly, there are exemplary programs, departments and processes at other institutions. We aspire to identify the best of kind for literally every process of the university. Then we will mold those best of kind practices to fit our unique campus culture."
Full text: Krueger's campus-wide letter
Background: "We need to reinvent WSU" |
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KRUEGER
"Think big"
| In early planning stages Krueger is calling for "big ideas" regardless of cost or praticability. There will be time later, he says, to mold the best ideas into budget and other realities. |
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Post's Edstrom was nixed in 2001 flap
EDSTROM
Columnist
The Winona Post claims a circulation of 24,000 homes twice a week. It is distributed free and relies wholly on advertising for revenue. |
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| WINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- The current flap on whether Winona Post publisher John Edstrom was racist in a sports columns is not the first time he's been called dim. In June 2001 the Winona County Board of Commissioners filed a complaint with the Minnesota News Council against Edstrom. The Minnesota News Council faulted two Edstrom columns for implying that the County Commission had conducted illegal activities. The News Council also ruled Edstrom's response was inadequate. News Council member Jay Furst said Edstrom hadn't phrased things clearly or carefully. Another News Council member, Don Shelby, said Edstrom had a duty in a follow-up column to clear up the misunderstanding. "He didn't," said Shelby.
Reporter: Joanna Chinquist
Background: Anti-racism chief appalled |
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
DEC. 6, 2003 | Guards responded at 11:05 p.m. to a student who was passed out in the Morey dorm. The student became belligerent and combative and struck a guard. Police arrested the student.
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Music video petition gains momentumWINONA, Minn., Dec. 7, 2003 -- Within hours of being drafted, more than 100 Winona State University students signed a petition to protest the decision of Vice President Cal Winbush to remove the National College Tekevision monitors from sites in the Kryzsko student union. The petition raeds: "We the students and prospective students of Winona State University ask the administrative staff to reconsider the the recent decision to pull the College Television Network (CTN) from the Smaug (common area)." CTN monitors were removed Nov. 17 after the university failed to renewal a contract for the free service. The decision was made by Winbush, who was offended at barely women in some videos, without consultation with Student Senate leadership.
Background "Censorship"? You decide |
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Student affairs vice president
Petition targets his unilateral decision to yank CTN |
Despins defends his route to trusteeshipWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- The beleagured Winona State student appointed to the state college board of trustees over the summer, Tyler Despins, said that he sent his application directly to Gov. Tim Pawlenty, rather than going through normal procedures with the Minnesota State University Student Association, because he missed a meeting at which MSUSA chose candidates to endorse for the job. The governor's acceptance of Despins' self-nomination, which MSUSA took as a snub, has led to internal bickering that some sources say may destroy MSUSA. Despins, however, defends what he did and how he did it. "They didn't send my name and I thought that I was qualified so I sent it in myself," he said. Why didn't MSUSA include him on its list of endorsed candidates? Despins said he thinks it's because he missed a meeting on April 26 in Bemidji, where candidates spoke about why they should be nominated. In an interview, Despins noted that his record included being student president at Rochester Technical and Community College, serving as MSUSA's public affairs coordinator, and being named MSUSA coordinator of the year.
Reporter: Christy Blake
Background: Trustee job a long-term goal |
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DESPINS
MnSCU trustee
He says his self-nomination included letters of support from:
Sandy Kieth, retired State Supreme Court justice
Don Supalla, president of Rochester Technical and Community
College
State Rep. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester
State Sen. Sheila Kiscadian, R-Rochester
State Rep. Gene Pewlowsli, D-Winona |
Human Rights chief scolds EdstromWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- The city Human Rights Commission, set up to deal with suspected racism, expects to respond to a sports column by John Edstrom that appeared in the Nov. 17 edition of the Winona Post. Chair Diana Miller, who doesn't normally read the Post, said she learned about the column two weeks later at a hate crimes task force program. "A panelist read it to the class and said he was surprised there was no reaction from the public," Miller said. "Everyone there was appalled by the comments Edstrom made about Africans and Ebola." The Human Rights Commission hasn't yet responded because "the timing was all wrong," Miller said. She explained that the commission meets once a month. The last meeting was before the column came out. Miller said she plans to draft a letter to the editor. Miller said is in "complete agreement with Mayor Jerry Miller's decision to take Edstrom off the city Merit Board, which deals with personnel. "In almost three years on the Human Rights Commission, this is the most publicized racial comments I have heard," Miller said. "Edstrom is the most prominent person I've heard of that holds these racist beliefs." She added, though, that Edstrom does not represent most Winonans. Even so, she said, "there are ignorant people out there like him, and those people are the reason the commission is in place."
Reporter: Cate Erding
Background: Prof: Edstrom inaccurate, insulting
Stressed? Try water, not boozeWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- Over-stressed about final exams, college students may make themselves ill, said campus health educator Ruth Schroeder at Winona State. Students need stress for motivational purposes, just as a rubber band needs to be stretched to be effective, but students need to remember to return to a resting state and be relaxed, said Schroeder. The main cause of student stress is procrastination, which can lead to deadline panic to write a paper or work on a project, said Schroeder. At frosh orientation in the fall, Schroeder discusses proactive coping strategies. But now, with final exams under way, she is dealing with students who have snapped. Schroeder has a list of 34 reactive stress-managing methods, which include drinking enough water and getting enough sleep. Alcohol and caffeine don't help, she said.
Reporter: Jen Olafson
WSU runners expected to shift insideWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- The Maxwell fitness gym at Winona State University is bracing for a surge in usage when winter sets in, said Director Jeff Reinardy. "When it starts to get colder outside all of the outdoor runners come in and use the treadmills," Reinardy said. The week after Christmas break, 3,979 students worked out. A week later, 4,103 students worked out, and the number increased up to spring break. The gym opens at 6 a.m. weekdays, and it is hard to find an open treadmill for the rest of the day, Reinardy said. "You have your regulars that come in on a daily basis, but as soon as it gets cold, or right around the holidays or spring break, it gets really busy in here." For cardio equipment there are sign-up sheets for a half-hour max when there is a line. "We are really looking forward to getting a new fitness center in the future, because students don't like to wait," said Reinardy.
Reporter: Anne Lusic
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Passed-out drunk charged at WSU dormWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- A Winona State University freshman was found lying in her own vomit in a doorway at the Cnway dorm about 11:30 p.m. She was charged with disorderly conduct, minor consumption, and obstructung police.
Police record catches up with coachRALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 6, 2003 -- The North Carolina State University swimming coach, John Candler, resigned after someone sent an e-mail to the chancellor about criminal cases against him in 1966 and 1988. The cases involved indecent liberties with teenage girls. Although convicted in both cases, Candler never served jail time. At North Carolina State, Candler had coached 16 all-American divers. Candler said that he told university officials about the 1966 conviction during his job interview in 1968. About the later case, he said university officials had urged him to plead guilty to it "to get it out of the media."
Background: WSU coaches have booze records
Prof: Edstrom inaccurate, insultingWINONA, Minn., Dec. 8, 2003 -- A Winona State University speech prof, Emilie Falc, said she had heard about complaints about John Edstrom's recent sports column in the Winona Post but hadn't realized how bad it was until she read it. Falc, who teaches African American rhetoric, said, "He is making an error of fact." In the column Edstrom tried to explain recent Viking losses on "one of the Africans playing the game" exposing them "to an exotic virus like the Ebola." Said Falc: "I donÕt know much about football but I am pretty sure there are no Africans on the team. There are African Americans but not Africans." To Edstrom's initial response that he was merely joking, Falc said: "He should know that a racist lie is not funny." The article "is offending an entire continent of people," she said. About Edstrom's statement about a Vikings-Africans-Eboli link, that he could offer "no more sophisticated analysis," Falc commented: "He admits that he can't offer a sophisticated analysis. Therefore, why is he giving one at all?" In one sense, Falc said, she was not surprised: "The Post is horrible for doing this sort of thing." The twice-a-week paper is pubished by the husband-wife team of John and Fran Edstrom.
Reporter: April Voigt
Background: Prof: Column issues mishandled
COMMENT: GAZEBO
RIP IT OUT, START OVER
Winona State needs an architectural plan that integrates th mish-mash that's grown Topsy-like over the past century. Consider the King and Washington intersection, where we have a collision of Amsterdam revival, sorta, in Phelps Hall; Prairie-derived Modern Block, sorta, in the Performing Arts Center; Van der Rohe, sorta, in Gildemeister Hall, and Minnesota '50s Lowest Bidder, for sure, in Pasteur Hall.
As if that weren't disastrous enough, we now have this silly gazebo sited smack dab in the middle as a centerpiece.
Did the alumni have an idea what they were doing when they donated to build this..., this..., this thing? The opportunity to build an architectually unifying structure, like the grand two-story ramada that was originally proposed, was lost. What we have is cutesy frou-frou and gingerbread. |
Background: Gazebo pegged at $27,000
Dreading going home? Tip: Keep it shortWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- For some college students, going home for the holidays can end up making them depressed, said Pat Ferden, a Winona State University counselor. The holidays can be a stressful because students feel they have family obligations that they may not enjoy dealing with, said Ferden. "Going home can remind students of not having the perfect family they associate with the holidays," said Ferden. A resulting depression students usually is situational and not a chemical situation that requires treatment, said Ferden. Call it the Holiday Blues, she said. Before the holidays, Ferden encourages students to recognize they have the choice to decide on how long to stay at home. If being at home is stressful, Ferden suggests that students tell their parents they are going to return to school early or stay with a friend for part of the holidays. "If students have jobs it is easier for them to have an excuse to return back to school sooner," said Ferden.
Reporter: Jen Olafson
Music video censorship? "No way"WINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- Censorship? Not if you ask Vice President Cal Winbush at Winona State University. Asked why the College Television Network monitors had been ripped out of the Kryzsko student center, Winbush said the university's contract with CTN was up for renewal and simply wasn't renewed. That's not censorship, he said. Pressed, Winbush admitted that he found music videos on CTN personally discomforting and worried about the impression they left on campus visitors.
Background WSU censors video channel |
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Student affairs vice president |
QUICK
SPORTS
DEC. 6, 2003 | BASKETBALL (MEN'S): WSU 78, Augustana 71. St.Olaf 65, SMU 56.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 69, MSU-Mankato 59. SMU 82, St.Olaf 62.
FOOTBALL (MEN'S): Named to the d2football.com all-Midwest second team were WSU defensive back Steven Koehler and linebacker wide receiver Chris Samp.
HOCKEY (MEN'S): SMU 6, St.Olaf 1.
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Student dies in Penn State elevator fallCOLLEGE STATION, Pa., Dec. 5, 2003 -- A Penn State University student trying to escape from a trapped elevator fell 40 feet down the shaft and died. Katherine Ibanez, 21, was among seven students trapped between the third and fourth floors. The others got out safely.
Greens: Cold won't stop marchWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- Predicted cold weather will not affect a peace march on Sunday, said Shari Shuh, president of the Winona State University Greens. A high of 38 is predicted with a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. The march will start from a St. Mary's campus parking lot and continue 2-1/2 miles to Winona State.
Reporter: Eric Leibundguth
Background: Greens plan peace march
Polysci prof: Column issues mishandledWINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- A political scientist at Winona State University, Matthew Bosworth, faulted Mayor Jerry Miller for so quickly removing sports columnist John Edsrom from a city board after a column that's been widely perceived as racist. If he were mayor, Bosworth said, he would have asked Edstrom to explain what he meant before firing him. Bosworth also said he's disappoited at how Edstrom has dealt with critics. Noting that Edstrom has not apologized, Boswoth said: "I was looking for some kind of sense of contrition, or recognition of how his words were received."
Reporter: Alanna Artz
Background: Vikings: What Ebola? What Africans?
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WSU prez on quest for "big ideas"WINONA, Minn., Dec. 6, 2003 -- The full text of a letter from Darrell Krueger, president of Winona State:
December 4, 2003
Dear Colleague,
Thank you to all who have agreed to engage in shaping the vision for a "new Winona State University." Special thanks go to Carol Anderson who has agreed to a temporary re-assignment to coordinate our visioning efforts and to Ken Gorman who is serving as Acting Dean of the College of Education.
During the week prior to the Thanksgiving Holiday, 130 individuals participated in a three-day "Visioning Conference" to begin creating context for the work the study groups will undertake over the next several months. Participants in the conference included representatives from every constituency group and nearly every campus department. I was so pleased to be a part of a process in which individual stakeholders confidently expressed their passionate commitment to this great university. I am especially pleased to note the participation of several community leaders who gave -- and continue to give -- significant amounts of personal time to help secure the future vitality of Winona State.
I want to be clear that we are seeking input and involvement from all campus constituents, even those who are not members of a study group. All WSU employees should be actively engaged in looking at processes in their own departments and searching for "best of kind" activities at other universities or organizations which may be adaptable for use here at WSU. In addition to outlining these best of kind processes, I have asked each department across campus to develop one to three "big ideas" for their department that will demonstrably move the university forward.
The Steering Committee and the four strategic Study Groups have all met several times and have begun their work in earnest. Please communicate your ideas to your department chair, dean, vice president or persons serving on the study groups and the steering committee (a list of all steering committee and study group members appears at the end of this letter). Ideas can also be submitted directly to a "New University" website which will be available via the main WSU home page. This web site will be open to all faculty, staff, students, and others interested in our progress. The site will contain updates on the activities of the study groups, highlights from the visioning conference and other special meetings. I encourage all faculty and staff to visit that web site often for updates to our progress.
The Visioning Conference was a big step forward in the process and many good ideas surfaced during that event. As we endeavor to keep this process as open as possible, study group and other related meetings will be open to interested persons and will be video-taped and shared live via streaming audio-video on the web whenever possible.
Many have asked about the timetable for the new university. This project is moving fast, and must do so, if we are to be successful. The study groups will continue to meet with a goal of having a report ready for a second visioning conference in March. The Steering Committee will collate Study Group reports and prepare documents for review in early May 2004. During the summer, those reports will be fashioned into a book-form document which will be presented for consideration by all constituency groups in early fall. If adopted on campus, the plan will be presented to the MnSCU Board of Trustees. If the plan is supported by the MnSCU Board, work on implementation will begin immediately.
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Governor Tim Pawlenty regarding our efforts to envision a new university and he expressed a sincere interest in our work. He asked what he could do to help and offered to join us in the discussion. This is an exciting development.
Please keep in mind that we are endeavoring to set aside economic and political discussions for the present and instead focus our efforts on envisioning a new university that will be effective and give tremendous service to our students, the greater university community and the citizens of Minnesota. It is important to not let our thinking be reigned in by limitations real or imagined. Once the "big" ideas are all on the table, we can consider the economic implications. Ideas that may seem unworkable in what we view as today's paradigm for public higher education might well be indispensable in our vision for a new university.
I was recently asked if there was another institution somewhere doing this already that we could use as a model. The answer clearly is no; such an institution does not existÉyet. We are creating our own model here at Winona State University. Certainly, there are exemplary programs, departments and processes at other institutions. We aspire to identify the best of kind for literally every process of the university. Then we will mold those best of kind practices to fit our unique campus culture.
I recognize that you are all very busy doing excellent work serving our students. This effort to create a vision for a new university is essential. If we do our work well, we will create a new university that will remain vital even in the face of shrinking state resources. Once again, WSU will be a recognized leader in higher education and our sister institutions here and across the country will look to us as a model institution.
As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions. I thank you for your continued earnest efforts on behalf of students. This process and the invigorating discussions that are occurring across campus are further evidence that we are, indeed, a community of learners dedicated to improving our world. Winona State University is truly one of the great institutions of our nation, and will only become stronger by engaging in this visioning process.
Sincerely yours,
Darrell W. Krueger
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Background: Previous Kreuger letter
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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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John Vivian
WEB DESIGNER
Matt Del
Vecchio
2003 CONTRIBUTORS
Angie Anderson
Jackie Applen
Alanna Artz
Ruth Bailey
Amy Baumgart
Christy Blake
Shannon Bona
Nathan Bortz
Jenny Butler
Annie Butlin
Joanna Chinquist
Ali Coates
Tanya Cooke
Megan Curran
Forrest Dailey
Kelly Demeter
Sarah Diethelm
Becky Durbin
Cate Erding
Joey Finck
Emily Finley
Cailin Flattery
Matt Geiger
Ben Grice
Tracie Groen
Carrie Guler
Teresa Hackler
Amber Hagens
Jens Hanson
Heather Henkel
Jenn Higley
Nick Hurd
Erin Johnson
Kelly Joyner
Ann Kante
Nick Kelley
Kasey Kolberg
Krista Koski
Brian Krans
Andrea Larson
Eric Leibundguth
Anne Lusic
Shannon Mauger
Jean May
Joe Mozer
Brittany Nelson
Stacey Nunemacher
Jen Olafson
Kelly Pilarski
Bill Radde
Jerrad Radocay
Anthony Rizzio
Ellen Ryan
Sara Ryan
Kyle Sabot
Jessica Schank
Aubrey Shermock
Paul Sloth
Heather Stanek
Alison Turner
Jill Vierling
April Voigt
Pam Volk
Patrick Walsh
Brian Weber
Jay Wilkinson
Emily Wilson
Teresa Woodall
John Yehambaram
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