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Faculty leader wants to hear flag plan WINONA, Minn., Feb. 15, 2004 -- The Winona State University faculty president, Mary Kesler, said the Faculty Senate is not opposed to hearing the College Republicans' flag proposal. "Both sides of this issue are represented in the faculty." Kesler said. The Senate, however, wants its concerns heard, she said, referring to administrative approvals for the flag-in-every-classroom project that came without faculty input. Kelser said placement, process and assuring the flag is respected are priorities of the Faculty Senate. The issue is on the agenda of the faculty's scheduled summit meeting with administrators Monday afternoon at the Maxwell Conference Center. The meeting, open to the public, is expected to be well attended. Parker Hjelmberg, chair of the College Republcians, said: "We need to try to get as many of us there as possible." Kesler could not remember a student group ever coming directly to the Faculty Senate to present a project. Meawnhile, the Faculty Senate has formed a committee to address the flag issue. The committee plans a forum to solicit faculty
comments.
Reporter: B.J. Puttbrese
Background: Krueger Many possibilities
Background: Ridge refuses Hyman talks
Background: Profs seek flag input |
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Faculty president
Members of the new faculty Civil Liberties and Academic Freedom Committee:
Colette Hyman, chair; Gaspare Genna; Peter Henderson; Kelly Herold; Susanne Smith; Daniel Lintin; Bruce Svingen. |
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
FEB. 15, 2004 | INCIDENT NO. 1: An individual who was previously restricted was removed from the Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 12:07 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A fire alarm was activated in the Quad dorm at 1:29 p.m. No fire or smoke was found.
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SPORTS
FEB. 15, 2004 |
BASKETBALL (MEN'S):SMU 71, Concordia of Moorhead 58.
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): SMU 4, Buffalo State 0.
TENNIS (MEN'S): St. Cloud Meet: WSU 8, Hamline 1; St. Cloud State 9, WSU 0.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): Gustavus Invitational: Gustavus Adolphus 6 6, WSU 3; Nebraska-Omaha 5, WSU 4; North Dakota 9, WSU 0.
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GOP leader: Library is for pinkosWINONA, Minn., Feb. 14, 2004 -- The chair of the College Republicans at Winona State, Parker Hjelmberg, charged that the university library has cancelled its only subscription to a conservative journal, leaving only an array of Bush-bashing "pink" publications on the shelves. In an opinion column on the club's web site, Hjelmber said:
"Up until the start of 2004, we had a subscription to National Review -- the finest conservative magazine in existence. It was always the only conservative magazine we had, amongst the fine collection of pink publications such as Newsweek, Time, New Republic, Nation, New Statesman, Progressive, Atlantic, the volumes of gay magazines, and the other ones I surely missed (Modern Socialist, Modern Communist, Progressive Modern Cuba-Lovers, etc.)."
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WSU GOP
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Hjelmberg: "If one wishes to read an article on how President Bush's grandfather bankrolled the Nazis or on President Bush's secret friendship with Osama Bin Laden, one will have about a dozen publications to choose from. However, should one want to read an article on a brave President making tough decisions to prosecute a war on terrorists who want to blow Americans up -- sorry, the library doesn't carry that." |
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
FEB. 14, 2004 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A fire alarm was reported at the Lourdes dorm at 7 a.m. No fire or smoke found.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student was cited at 1:47 a.m. for attempting to bring alcohol into the Quad dorm.
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R.I.P.: Martha Louise (Schneider) SauerWINONA, Minn., Feb. 14, 2004 -- A long-time Winona special-ed teacher, Martha Sauer, age 80, died at the hospital. She held both a bachelor's and a master's degree from Winona State Teachers College.
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SPORTS
FEB. 14, 2004 |
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): WSU 87, Wayne State 70. SMU 88, Augustana 82.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): Wayne State 69 WSU 53. SMU 88, Augustana 82
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 76, Gustavus Adolphus 74.
HOCKEY (MEN'S): Concordia of Moorhead 3. SMU 0..
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Sarnia stoplight decision due in springWINONA, Minn., Feb. 13, 2004 -- Tenants at the new Winona State-operated East Lake dorm will get an answer this spring on whether a traffic light will be installed at Franklin and Sarnia streets. City Engineer Steve McBurney said that state and city crews will survey traffic after the spring thaw. Roadtop tubes to count traffic don't stay in place with snow on the ground, McBurney said. The Winona State student legislative affairs committee has expressed concern about accidents due to increased traffic. If the traffic warrants a stoplight, a four-way stop would be installed in the meantime, McBurney said: "We don't have money budgeted for the project this year, but if we need to put in a traffic signal instead of a four-way stop, we will budget for the installation next year." The city and state would split the $150,000 to $200,000 cost, he said.
Reporter: Nathan Bortz
Background: Mayor concerned at East Lake traffic
University fires student editorNEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2004 -- Administrators at Long Island University-Brooklyn fired the student editor and the faculty adviser of the student newspaper for printing the grades of the recently resigned student body president. A dean, David Cohen, said that federal privacy regulations about student grades had been violated. In the article, editor Justin Grant confirmed that grades had been a factor in the resignation of student President Abdel Alileala. Alileala had given only "personal reasons" to explain his resignation. Grant said that Alileala had failed two of six classes. At the Student Press Law Center In Washington, attorney Mark Goodman faulted the university, saying that the federal law is a limitation solely on university, not journalists.
Krueger sees many flag possibilities| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 13, 2004 -- Many flag-display alternatives are available to the contentious College Republicans' plan to mount a U.S. flag in every Winona State classroom, university President Darrell Krueger said. A possibility is flying flags prominently on Memorial Day, Veterans Day and other patriotic holidays, he said. Also, he said, a Minnesota state flag might be paired with every U.S. flag. Krueger said he is not looking to deter the GOP project but is insisting that the Republicans have broad campus support. The only campus organization to endorse the specific GOP plan for a flag in all 120 classrooms is the Student Senate, which was deeply divided. College Democrats explicitly declined to endorse the project. About the fuss, Krueger said a positive outcome is that "a great discussion is taking place" now about the "true meaning of the flag." He added: "The flag should unify the campus, not divide it." Krueger's cabinet spent a couple hours discussing the project Thursday morning. |
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WSU president
Krueger: "The flag is a complex symbol. It stands for a lot of different things for every person." |
Reporter: B.J. Puttbrese
Background WSU exec flooded with e-mails
WSU exec flooded with flag e-mails| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 13, 2004 -- The academic vice president at Winona State University, Steve Richardson, said he received 65 e-mail responses in two days after sending a campus-wide e-mail urging calm about the Republican project to display a flag in every classroom. "People have taken both sides," Richardson said. About two-thirds supported the project, a third opposed, he said. Richardson was troubled by the fact so many people said: "Love it or leave it." Richardson said he expected a more intelligent level of dialogue. |
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Reporter: B.J. Puttbrese
Verbatim: Richardson on flag issue
Background: They won't talk; why should we?
GOP leader refuses Hyman talks WINONA, Minn., Feb. 13, 2004 -- The former chair of the College Republicans at Winona State, Nick Ridge, said he would refuse to meet with the new Faculty Senate committee about the club's flag-in-every-classroom project. Ridge said he was "astounded" that history prof Colette Hyman was chairing the faculty flag committee. "She opposed the project from the start," he said. Ridge, who only recently stepped aside as the GOP club's leader but who stills sees the project as his, made the comments after university President Darrell Krueger told him that the project was a no-go unless the club could build consensus among campus constituencies. Ridge said the club had proceeded on its own because the Faculty Senate had "avoided meeting with us since November." At a showdown meeting with Republican club members on Thursday night, Krueger promised to arrange a meeting between the Republicans and the entire Faculty Senate. Such a meeting would write a new chapter in campus protocols because the Faculty Senate typically addresses student concerns only through the Student Senate president. A task force could research campus concerns and form a plan about where and how to place the flags, Krueger said: "Task forces have been very successful in implementing projects on campus."
Reporter: B.J. Puttbrese
Background: Krueger lectures GOP club
Background: Profs seek flag issue input |
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RIDGE
So now they want to talk
HYMAN
Portrayed as enemy |
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
FEB. 13, 2004 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A motor vehicle accident was reported at Ninth and Winona streets at 2:30 p.m. No injuries. Police were called.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student was cited for attempting to bring alcohol into the Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 3 a.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: A student was cited at 12:45 a.m. for attempting to bring alcohol into the Prentiss-Lucas dorm.
INCIDENT NO. 4: Guards responded to a fire alarm at the Lourdes dorm at 4:30 a.m. A pulled fire station was discovered.
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WSU Republicans get procedure lesson WINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- University President Darrell Krueger reprimanded the Winona State Republican student leadership for heavy-handed tactics in pursuing their flag-in-every-classroom project. After ordering a freeze on the project, Krueger went to a GOP meeting Thursday night and repeatedly instructed the Republicans of the need to broaden support for the project. At the same time, Krueger admitted he may have contributed unwittingly to "miscommunication" that prompted the College Republicans to push through the project while he was away on a 10-day fund-raising and alumni trip. He returned to find the Faculty and Student senates in an uproar that 120 flags already were being ordered. "I'm trying to recapture the process," Krueger said. "Internal processes must be met on this project." He was flanked at the meeting by his student affairs vice president, Cal Winbush, and his academic vice president, Steve Richardson.
Reporter: B.J. Puttbrese
Background: Krueger freezes flag project |
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Upbraid to GOP
Krueger on not snubbing the faculty: "I am only in a temporary position at this university. The faculty is a permanent fixture. Their input is very important to everything we do." |
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SPORTS
FEB. 13, 2004 |
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): WSU 84, Southwest Minnesota 75.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): Southwest Minnesota 55, WSU 55.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 76, Gustavus Adolphus 74.
HOCKEY (MEN'S): SMU 4, Bethel 0.
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): SMU 5, Concordia of Moorhead 3.
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WSU online voting system stands byWINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- Dusty Finke takes special pride in the now fine-tuned online voting student elections system at Winona State University. As student vice president, Dusty Finke, runs the elections. The system that's been tried for a year now was home-grown. Hoping that online convenience will translate into more voting, Finke is shooting for a 1,000-plus turnout in the next election. Many colleges have onlione voting, he said, but most have hired outside companies to create their systems. At Winona State, the project, organized by Finke. was created by the campus technical support staff. The voter goes to to the university web site and enters a student ID number and personal identification number that acts as a password. The student can then vote. The system will get its next test in Senate elections in April.
Reporter:Dana Zuhlke
Background: April election returns
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
FEB. 12, 2004 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A fire alarm activated at the Lourdes dorm at 4:59 p.m. No fire or smoke was discovered.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student reported at 4 p.m. that she was being harassed by another student.
INCIDENT NO. 3: Guards came upon a noise violation at the East Lake dorm at 11:20 p.m.
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WSU president freezes flag projectWINONA, Minn., Feb 12, 2004 -- The College Republicans' flag-in-every-classroom project at Winona State has been put on ice by university President Darrell Krueger. He called the project too divisive to continue without fuller campus dialogue. Krueger was away from campus Jan. 30, when campus Republican leaders Parker Hjelmber and Nick Ridge announced that Vice President Cal Winbush had OK'd the project. In their announcement to the news media, Hjelmber and Ridge had said Winbush and campus facilities chief Dick Lande were proceeding to order 120 flags and Plexiglass covers. It was a done-deed, they said. In an interview Thursday, Krueger said there had been a "miscommunication" and asked an aide to track down Ridge.
Reporter: B.J. Puttbrese
Background: WSU profs seek flag issue input
Coach: For now Rottman can playWINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- Freshman football player Carey Ian Rottman will be allowed to continue on the Winona State University football team even though he faces multiple felony charges and possibly 10 years in jail for partying and injuries to two police officers. Coach Tom Sawyer said no sanctions would be taken against Rottman until the courts settle the criminal issues. In an interview, Sawyer said he had discussed the Rottman case with Athletic Director Larry Holstad and university President Darrell Krueger. The university student-athlete code, Sawyer noted, gives him the option of doing nothing. The legal resolution of the case could be months away. Rottman's next scheduled court date, April 8, is only an evidentiary hearing. The Warriors will be in spring drills by then with their annual spring scrimmage scheduled for mid-April. The question: Will Rottman be suited up in Warrior purple?
Reporter: Sarah Lang
Background: Rottman to contest charges
Background: Warriors' rap sheets
Verbatim: Rottman criminal complaint
Verbatim: Student-Athlete Conduct Code |
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WSU coach
ROTTMAN
Lesser charges include marijuana, whisky possession at age 18 |
2,800 WSU students in assessment projectWINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- About one in three Winona State students completed a web survey as part of the university's annual Assessment Day program, according to a preliminary report by Director Susan Hatfield. The total as of Thursday morning was 2,831. The sote remains open two more weeks for responses. Hatfield said that 225 freshmen participated in focus groups. Group leaders found the students talkative, honest and objective, she said. There were 320 students at the general-ed exam. Each student completed two different test modules.
Background: Bars buzzing on Assessment Day eve
WSU grad ponders run for Congress| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- A Winona State University grad, Jerry Moen, is considering a campaign for Congress to unseat incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht. Although lacking campaign experience, Moen said he has had more than 15 years in management and marketing. Moen, of Winona, is a sales rep for the Sysco quality assurance company based in St. Paul, Minn. Moen confirmed that he has been in contact with Alex Yard, Winona County Democratic party chair, and with Lori Sellner, Minnesota's First Congressional District party chair, to help him decide whether to run. Moen said he plans to keep a low profile until he makes a decision. If he decides to run, Moen said he would take time off from Sysco in October to campaign. Moen said that he doesn't have a treasure chest to fund a campaign but is willing to use some of his own money. It has been estimated that a campaign against Gutknecht, a five-term incumbent, would cost $1 million. Moen said he believes "persistence is key," adding that he is willing to commit to running more than once to unseat Gutknecht. Moen said he is concerned about jobs being exported to foreign countries and the implications for college grads. In an interview, Moen called himself a member of the middle class. He expressed concern about the number of people living just above the poverty line. |
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The Winona County Democratic Party chair, Alex Yard, a Winona State University prof, said the party has several people considering running. Yard would not disclose the names until they commited to seeking the nomination.
Moen has served as a mayoral appointee on the Recreational Waterways Commission
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Reporter: Lindsay Bauer
Background: Gutknecht to go unchallenged?
Stats-for-the-people session at WSUWINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- A Kansas State University statistician, John Boyer, will lead a colloquium, "Making Your Data Talk: Some Ideas on Graphics and Data Displays," at Winona State University. Boyer said he will describe ways to display data graphically, some of them well known, some not. The methods will be described in a non-mathematical and non-technical manner, he said.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 26
Place: Gildemeister 155
Time: 4 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: Carol Joyce Blumberg at (507) 457-5589 |
WSU gymnasts injury-free so farWINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- Winona State University gymnasts have been lucky with no serious injuries so far this season, Coach Rob Murray said. "We have been very fortunate," he said. Murray added, though, that the common impression that gymnastics have a lot of injuries is wrong. In reality, said Murray, most of the injuries occur outside the gym, such as slipping on ice. There are the occasional muscle strains, said Murray, but that does not keep an athlete from performing. Lower back injuries tend to be common due to overuse, said Murray. In Murray's 15 years of coaching, the worst injuries he's seen involve the anterior cruciate ligament, also known as ACL. These knee injuries keep athletes out for six months to a
year, said Murray.
Reporter: Kelly Joyner
PHOTOGRAPHER: DOUG SUNDIN |
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Alli Engelsma. Karen Earp, Emily Jae Schwarz, Susie Soukaseume |
DANCESCAPE SCENES: Mary Harding's "Les Chaises"
Original choreography in dance showWINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- Minneapolis choreographer Mary Harding is opening this year's Dancescape concert at Winona State University with "Les Chaises." Inspired by music from the film "Amelie," the dance explores a set of characters that move through three different worlds. The routine is based on Viewpoints theory by Anne Bogart.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 19, to Saturday, Feb. 21
Place: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center
Time: 7:30 p.m. daily, 2 p.m. Saturday matinee
Cost: $3 to $6
Contact: (507) 457-5235 |
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
FEB. 11, 2004 | A staff member reported at 12:15 p.m. that someone entered his unlocked office between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., Feb. 10, and removed personal items. Police made an arrest.
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MSUSA scales down, refocuses lobbyingST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 11, 2004 -- Preoccupied with its own survival and internal bickering, the Minnesota State University Student Association substituted small group visits to legislators for its annual Lobby Day rally at the state Capitol. About 200 representatives from campuses around the state were expected, a small fraction of rally turnouts in years past. "There will be no rally this year," said Frank Viggiano, executive director. "We really wanted to concentrate on personal visits." The visits will occur over two days, Viggiano said: "We think there will be a better impact by spreading it out." The priority is to push for buildings and facilities and to oppose further state higher-ed spending cuts, said Viggiano. Also important, he said, is pushing for more financial aid for state campuses. He noted that the powerful state Higher Education Services Office favors the private colleges.
Reporter: Katie Pillsbury
Background: MSUSA's turmoil |
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ative a packet and a copy of its newspaper, the Monitor. "This way they know what our priorities are and what we are working on," Viggiano said. |
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Peace advocate to speak at WSUWINONA, Minn., Feb. 11, 2004 -- WINONA, Minn., Feb. 12, 2004 -- A founder of Voices in the Wilderness, Kathy Kelly, will speak at Winona State University about how the people of Iraq have been affected by economic and military warfare. Kelly has been to Iraq more than 20 times, most recently in January. Kelly, a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, was sentenced last month to three months in federal prison for an anti-violence demonstration at Fort Benning, Ga.Date: Tuesday, Feb 17
Place: Somsen Auditorium
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: Polly Gower at (507) 454-3322 |
Man cited in Brothers fight
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Outlook dim for Southeast Tech project
SVIGGUM
Don't hold your breath |
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| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 11, 2004 The $3.5 million remodeling proposal for Southeast Tech's nursing program may not make the cut for state funding in this session of the Legislature, State Rep. Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon said. Sviggum, who is Speaker of the House, said in a Winona Radio interview that projects on Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed bonding bill list have higher priority. The House bonding bill will not be any larger than the governor's $760 million, he said. Sviggum sees no problem with funding for the $10.3 million Pasteur science building project at Winona State University. |
Phone reported stolen at WSU gymWINONA, Minn., Feb. 11, 2004 -- A Winona State University employee told police that a cell phone and palm data device were stolen from his office at Memorial Hall, the athletics building, at Winona State University. He valued the items at more than $800. He made the report about 1 p.m.
QUICK
SPORTS
FEB. 11, 2004 |
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): Concordia 87, SMU 66.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): Gustavus Adolphus 62, SMU 52.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 76, Gustavus Adolphus 74.
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): WSU 3, Bethel 0.
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WSU holds 200 elite frosh slots openWINONA, Minn., Feb. 11, 2004 -- Although Winona State has announced that no more frosh applications will be accepted for fall, 200 slots are being kept open quietly for super-jocks and high-quality students who qualify for scholarships. Admissions Director Doug Schacke confirmed the exceptions in an interview. In a January announcement that admissions had been shut off, the university did not mention the exceptions. At the shutoff date, there had been 3,600 high school seniors accepted, which the university projected would mean a class of 1,650 frosh because not all show up. In fact, there will be 3,800 accepted, which could swell the frosh class to 1,850 -- by far a record. In addition, Schacke said, Winona State will accept 550 students transferring from other colleges. In practice, however, the university accepts transfer-student walk-ins up to the start of classes.
Reporter: Teresa Woodall
Background: Target: 1,650 max |
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Bars buzzing on Assessment Day eveWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- With no classes the next morning at Winona State, the downtown college bars were swarmed. Becca Schmidt, a bartender at Bulls-Eye, said that an extra bartender was on-call. "When there is no school the next day we are usually prepared," said Schmidt. At Winona State students were asked to participate in annual institutional assessment activities in lieu of classes on Wednesday, but it all was optional. At Brothers 150 to 200 people were at the bar, more than usual. Sales were double a typical weeknight, which can bring in $100 to $500, said an employee. Gabby's was unusually busy too, which manager Chad Brink attributed partly to a two-for-one special. "It is always busy when there is a break," he said. With about 150 people, Brink called in an extra bouncer, Revenue was double usual, he said. Corey Hyde, co-owner at Schyde's, said every Tuesday is busy because of 15-cent chicken wings, but, anticipating a larger crowd than usual, he put one to two bouncers at the door. With about 60 people in the bar, manager Cliff Tornell called in an extra bartender at 11. Schyde's made an extra $200 more than usual profit, said Tornell.
Reporter: Carrie Guler
Feds back off on Drake subpoenasDES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 10, 2004 -- At the request of the U.S. attorney for Iowa, Stephen Patrick O'Meara, a federal subpoena against Drake University for information on an anti-war protest has been withdrawn. Also lifted was a gag order that had prevented the university from disclosing anything about what the government was seeking in the subpoena. The U.S. attorney's office declined to comment on the turn-around, but it followed widespread criticism on campus and in the news media, as well as a rally of several hundred people outside the federal courthouse. Meawnhile, Drake President David Maxwell said: "The university in America is, by definition, a 'free speech' zone in which dissent, disagreement and multiplicity of views are not only tolerated but encouraged."
Background: Feds subpoena anti-war forum data
WSU profs seek flag issue inputWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- The Winona State University Faculty Senate created a committee on civil liberties and academic freedom to develop a faculty response to the administration's decision to go along with a College Republican club project to post U.S. flags in classrooms. History prof Colette Hyman said the administration had made a "unilateral decision." Hyman, chair of the committee, called on faculty for ideas to deal with "the contentious issues raised by the administration's decision: "What is it appropriate for the faculty to say and-or do in response to the inflammatory rhetoric that this situation has generated?" The Senate has asked for Hyman's committee to have a proposal by Monday, Feb. 23.
Background: WSU trusting GOP to pay
Comment: Rejoice in differences |
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WSU music scholarships quadruple
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Scholarship coordinator |
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| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- Music scholarships have quadrupled to $50,000 over the past eight years at Winona State University, prompting the music department to set up an increasingly competitive atmosphere with annual auditions, said faculty coordinator Rich MacDonald. The scholarships are performance-based, not need-based, he said: "In terms of sports scholarships, they take the best athlete, where a great oboe or bassoon player would be our quarterback." In scholarship auditions scheduled for Saturday, 40 applicants will perform. "We don't get the kids thinking of the big bucks," said MacDonald. If all 40 applicants were to get an equal share of $50,000, it would be $1,250 each -- less than a semester's tuition. Benefactors have specified guidelines for some scholarships, MacDonald said: "An award might call for a trumpet player who is full time, signed up for private lessons, and have a declared major and minor." He said that scholarships attract students to Winona State but that dollars are only a secondary lure. "Your selling point is a strong faculty," he said.
Reporter: Seamus Boyle |
WSU enrollment "a good problem"WINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- A growing number of high school grads nationwide will continue to put pressure on colleges to admit more frosh, but, said admissions Director Doug Schacke at Winona State, there are limits to what a campus can accommodate. "The reality is we simply can't effectively accommodate everyone who wants to come to Winona State," Schacke said. Nationwide 2.8 million high school seniors graduated in 2002, a number expected to swell 14.3 percent to 3.2 million in 2009. Winona State enrollment hit an all-time high last fall at more than 8,200 students. "While this is a good problem for us to have, it's still a problem," Schacke said.
Reporter: Kristie Rossi
Background: Target: 1,650 max
Bye, bye, Doris HaneyWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- It was a double-whammy kind of day for Doris Haney. The textbook manager at the Winona State University celebrated both her birthday and her retirement. Colleagues held a reception.
WSU's emerging football rosterWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- So far, 30 players have signed letters of intent to enroll at Winona State University and play football in the fall. Here are the recruits:
HIGH SCHOOL
Ryan Abbott
Ryan Brown
Todd Burkoth
Shawn Cunningham
Chad Donnay
Matt Finch,
Bryce Fogelson,
Ian Gilworth
Tony Hill
Marcus Hughes
Justin Jensen
Justin Lane
Tyler Lueck
Mike Majerowicz
Craig Martindale
Ellis Minor
James Orth
Tyler Perkette
Brett Schlomann
Matt Storlie
Matt Tverberg
Brent Yule
Curtis Underwood
Dan Zielski
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Aaron Boettcher
Cole Gernentz
Joe McGlynn
Andy Knapp
Roy Kratt
David Martinson
Joshua Motl
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Rochester, Minn.
Traverse City, Mich.
Denver, Iowa
Byron, Minn.
Norwood, Minn.
Medford, Minn.
Delray Beach, Fla.
New Berlin, Wis.
Norhern Iowa
Rochester Comm
MSU-Mankato
North Dakota Science
Bethlehem
Drake
St. Cloud State
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Background: WSU signs 320-pound lineman
WSU broadcasters choose officersWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- The Winona State University chapter of the National Broadcast Society elected Krista Koski as president for the coming school year. Other officers include Kristin Classey,vice president; Matt Klotz, associate vice president; Krystal Kapler, secretary; and Dan Chies, treasurer.
Ceramics exhibit opening at WSUWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- Four ceramics artists, all supported with McKnight grants, are showing at the Watkins Gallery at Winona State University through Feb. 24. Two of the artists, Sandra Westley, a Winona State alum, and Janet Williams, of Marquette, Neb., have a slide lecture Wednesday. Westley's exhibit consists of life-scale foot forms grotesquely pointed and twisted. Also exhibiting areVincent Kacker and Patrick Taddy. The Westley and Williams' slide lecture: Date: Wednesday, Feb. 11
Place: Stark 101
Time: 2 p.m. with reception following
Cost: Free |
WSU brings in planning consultant
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"River Warren" author to speak at WSUWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- A South Dakota author, Kent Meyers, will read from his work at Winona State University. Meyers wrote "The River Warren," which was the New York Times puts on its notable book list. His other works include "Light in the Crossing" and "The Witness of Combines." Meyers is on the faculty at Black Hills State.Date: Monday, Feb. 23
Place: North Lounge, Lourdes Hall
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WSU prof shares critical thinking ideas
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| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- A Winona State University philosophy prof, Kevin Possin, wrote an article, "Critical Thinking: A Computer-Assisted Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking," for the American Philosophical Association newsletter. |
New WSU online courses by AugustWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- Online courses are part of the Minnesota college system's future -- and soon, said Tyler Despins, a Winona State student on the system's board of trustees. Winona State profs will have a portal by August to put courses online for fall semester, said Despins, a member of the trustees' technology committee. Students will be able to access the library, e-mail and grades and e-folios and to take classes from different campuses with the system designed by the Canadian company Desire2Learn. Despins said Metro State and Alexandria Tech are the first MnSCU campuses to have portals. "We have had little kinks," said Despins, "but nothing serious." The plan is to have a campus administrator at every MnSCU school to take care of the day-to-day operation. The system is expected to be operating at all 53 MnSCU campuses by fall.
Reporter: Joanna Chinquist |
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WSU bands put Reed in winter planWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 2004 -- The Winona State University Bands' winter concert will open with Alfred Reed's "A Festival Prelude," said faculty director Donald Lovejoy. Other music includes William McCauley's "Canadian Folk Song Fantasy" and Rossini's "March for the Sultan Abdul Medjid." Date: Sunday, Feb. 29
Place: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center
Time: 7:30 p.m. daily, 2 p.m. Saturday matinee
Cost: $3 to $5
Contact: (507) 457-5250 |
COMMENT: FLAG FLAP
REJOICE
IN OUR DIFFERENCES
This past week, many people have been discussing the symbolic implication of putting American flags in our classrooms. Some have been concerned that the flag can symbolize issues that may divide our WSU community rather than strengthening it. We must not let that happen. Instead, we should use this moment to discuss what it means to be a community, and what it means to live in a democratic society.
The flag is not the property of one group or another. Unique among the many symbols that flood our lives daily, the flag represents us all. As such, it offers us a focus for asking what it means to be American. Even if we are visitors to this country, it encourages us to wonder about democracy and how this society can function and thrive as it does. It calls us to ask how our arcane, multi-party system of federal, state, and local governments gets the work of the people done without falling into the factionalism that has destroyed other nations. |
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Our guest columnist is the academic vice president at Winona State University |
The flag is, above all, a symbol of the United States. For over two hundred years, we have been building a society that embraces the paradoxical combination of unity and freedom of choice. We are strong because of our ability to disagree openly and constructively. The flag is a reminder that unlike most other societies in this world, we can learn from our triumphs and disasters and from our occasional lapses in judgment because we own them together. We can tolerate and even rejoice in our differences of opinion.
As individuals and as members of the community of learners, we can improve the world only by recognizing our roles and responsibilities in it. The flag is our challenge to do that. |
Background: WSU trusting GOP to pay
Malcolm X discussion coming upWINONA, Minn., Feb. 10, 204 -- An array of activities, including a discussion led by English majors on Malcolm X and language, will mark Black History Month at Winona State University the week of Feb. 13. Details: (507) 457-5595. The program.
African American Literature. Prof Jesse Kavadlo's multi-cultural American lit class inviters visitors to discuss Malcolm X and language, 10-10:50 a.m., Monday, Feb. 16, Student Union Activities Center.African American Book Display. 10-11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 16, Student Union Activities Center.Action Theater. Audience participating theater to promote dialogue and action around issues of oppression such as race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age and disability. 12:30 to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17, East Hall, Kryzsko Commons.Film. "Martin Luther King, Jr., The Man and the Dream" at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, Student Union Activities Center.Hollywood Squares. Campus celebrities in place of Whoopi and the gang, 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19, Student Union Activities Center.Soul Food Dinner. Southern fried catfish and chicken and a performance by the Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 21, East Hall, Kryzsko Commons.
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
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Judge keeps student "terrorist" jailedMINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 9, 2004 -- A federal magistrate ordered a Minneapolis college student, Mohammed A. Warsame, held in jail until an April trial on helping al-Qaida. Judge Frankin Noel issued the order after federal prosecutors said that Warsam spent time in Afghanistan, meet Osama bin Laden at a terrorist training camp, fought with the Taliban, and taught English to al-Qaida members. Federal investigators were quoted that Warsame had described bin Laden described as "inspirational." Warsame, 30, a Canadian citizen of Somali descent, was enrolled at Minneapolis Community and Technical College student when he was arrested in December. He has been in solitary confinement since. In court Monday he pleaded innocent to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Background: Student faces terrorism charge
Weekenders part of WSU grid recruiting| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- The Winona State University football recruiting process includes bringing prospective players to campus, often for a weekend, to interact with varsity players. "Letting the kids interact with our players on the visit helps determine if there's a fit," said assistant coach Bryan Hiller. He called the interaction "essential to the success of the driving force of our squad." Said Hiller: "It's during recruiting weekends that the coaching staff gets to know more than a student's past history." About interaction with varsity players, Hiller said: "The closeness and unity of our team is all from communication and trust." |
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Reporter: Carmell Loosbrock
Background: Colorado sex-to-play football probe
Publishers fault text "ripoff" reportNEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2004 -- Responding to a California report that suggested callousness in textbook pricing, spokesperson Judith Platt of the Association of American Publishers said publishers take student concerns seriously. The industry, Platt said, is working to find ways to keep textbooks affordable. It's unrealistic, however, to expect college texts will ever be in the price range of mass-market books, Platt said: "It can cost more than a million dollars over a couple years to bring a textbook to market." Textbooks are extraordinarily expensive to produce, and the price has to be spread out over a limited number of students, she said. Platt was responding to a report, "Ripoff 101," issued by the California Public Interest Research Group. Platt denied the charge that new editions are issued more often than necessary. New editions, she said, are designed to keep up with the changing body of knowledge in a field. What accounting prof, she asked, would consider a pre-Enron textbook? On average a new textbook is reissued within four years so students are up-to-date on research and world events, Platt said. She also said the professors are reluctant to assign textbooks perceived as out-of-date. To a charge that bundling CDs, videos and other study materials with textbooks hikes cost, Platt said that bundled items cost less than if bought separately. Students who don't want bundled materials can always shop around or buy directly from the publisher, she said.
Background: Schroeder: Texts no ripoff
WSU lags in counseling staffWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- The number of psychological counselors at Winona State University is significantly fewer than the national average, said prof Lynda Brzezinski, herself a counselor. The national average is one counselor per 1,000 to 1,500 students. Even though Winona State's enrollment has passed 8,200, the university has only four counselors. The short-staffing is all the more serious with growing number of students, many stressed to the suicidal point, who are asking for help at the campus Counseling Center. Through January there had been 44 attempted suicide attempts, Brzezinski said.
Reporter: Heather Stanek
Background: 44 WSU suicide attempts
Feds subpoena anti-war forum dataDES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 9, 2004 -- A federal judge ordered Drake University to hand over information related to a campus antiwar forum. The subpoena calls for records about who attended the forum and all records relating to the local chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, which sponsored the forum. In addition, four activists who attended the Nov. 15 forum were ordered to appear before a grand jury. Twelve protesters were arrested at the forum. Brian Terrell, executive director of the Catholic Peace Ministry in Des Moines, said a local sheriff's deputy who identified himself as a member of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force delivered the subpoena addessed to him
COMMENT:
HAS IT GONE TO HIS HEAD?
WSU'S KING HOFLAND
In the recent fuss about flags in the classroom. the student president at Winona State University, Michael Hofland, asserted that he alone can speak for the Student Senate. It's shocking that Hofland would be so unknowledgable about how elected, representative bodies work in this country. Legislative bodies, yes, even the Winona State Student Senate, speak only when they vote. No, no, Michael Hofland, a spokesperson isn't necessary. It doesn't work that way.
Here's what Hofland said in an email message that went to so many people it was almost a spam: "As Student Senate President, I alone have the right to speak on behalf of the Student Senate, unless I otherwise delegate authority to another to do so, on any one issue or in my absence."
It may be that Hofland is trying to apply the corporate one-voice model to the political process. It may be he sees himself as king. We don't know. All we can say is that all the members of the Student Senate, as elected representatives, should never be bullied into silence in any forum they choose. That's not how democracy works in America. Nor how it should work at Winona State |
WSU Dancescape offers sneak peek
CLAIRE SHORT
In Wynn Fricke's "Call"
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| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- The Dancescape performance at Winona State University will include a solo created by faculty choreographer Wynn Fricke as a work-in-progress preview. Dancescape director Gretchen Cohenour will perform the solo. The performance will come two months ahead of the work's official premiere in April at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis. Fricke created the solo with a McKnight grant.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 19, to Saturday, Feb. 21
Place: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center
Time: 7:30 p.m. daily, 2 p.m. Saturday matinee
Cost: $3 to $6
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Book industry leader: Texts no ripoff| WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2004 -- The president of the Association of American Publishers, Pat Schroeder, criticized a report on textbook industry pricing and practices from the California Public Interest Research Group as "totally one-sided and fatally flawed." Schroeder said the report scapegoats an array of complex issues of publishers. "Scapegoating publishers and instructional materials will not help any of us find constructive ways to deal with this crisis," she said. The report, provocatively titled Ripoff 101, has received wide attention in California news media. |
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Background: "Ripoff 101" bashes textbook pricing
Coach: Good for goose, then gander tooWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- The women's basketball coach at Winona State University, Terri Sheridan, said coaches should be held to the same standards as players. "We are professionals and need to be held accountable for our mistakes," Sheridan said. "We are role models and we are mentors." The issue arose with the Jan. 28 after the police hauled in former baseball Coach Gary Grob erratic driving and charged him with drunkenness at the where. Because Grob's retired, there's not much the university can do. Even for on-staff coaches, Sheridan said she's unsure about procedures because she has never been found violating the rules. Sheridan said, however, that she favors community service for punishment: "The community service approach is taking something that was negative and making it positive."
Reporter: Anne Jungen
Background: Holstad: Coaches held to high standard
Gospel choir due for WSU soul feedWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- The annual soul dinner will celebrate Black History Month at Winona State, the university's cultural diversity office announced. Featured will be the Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir's gospel music. The menu will be traditional soul -- fried chicken and catfish, yams, macaroni and cheese, corn bread, greens, bread pudding, and sweet tea. Date: Saturday, Feb. 21
Place: East Hall, Kryzsko Commons
Time: 5:30 p.m.Cost: $5 to $12
Contact: Kathy Lande at (507) 457-5595 |
CAMPUS ALMANAC
POSTED FEB. 9, 2004 |
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Andy Salmen
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Matt Brown
Ed Gilreath
Mike McCants
Aaron Hutchinson
Kyle Mitchell
Matt Meline
Brian Hynes
Caleb Padilla
Brian Wrobel
Alan Hartung
Nathan Hall
Andrew Bonner
Luke Lokanc
Jay Fogelson
Deric Sieck
Andy Nett
Carey Rottman
Brendan Meany
Dane Clark
Pat Hurley
Brian Ploessel |
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Dissect MnSCU? "Other priorities" firstST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- The state faculty union lobbyist, Russ Stanton, detects no enthusiasm in the Legislature to disassemble the state college system hodge-podge of four-year colleges, two-year colleges and vocational schools. There has been interest among profs at the four-year colleges in taking their schools out of the MnSCU system. Stanton said, however, that even those legislators who opposed the polyglot merger several years ago don't see any hope now in dissecting the system. "The reaction I am getting," said Stanton, "is that separating out the universities and creating new accounting, payroll, and computer systems, plus setting up a new central office, would be costly at a time when the money is needed for other priorities."
Study: Aid key for third of froshLOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2004 -- About a third of freshmen nationwide, 33.6 percent, chose their college because they were offered financial aid, according to the latest annual survey by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California-Los Angeles. The percentage was down slightly from 35.9 percent last year. Nearly half of freshmen, 47 percent, said there was a "very good chance" they would work to help pay for college, about the same as last year. The UCLA study is based on 276,000 responses from 413 campuses.
Coaches, athletes held to same standard| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9,. 2004 -- Coaches and the athletic staff at Winona State are accountable, just as are student athletes, for illegal behavior, said Larry Holstad, the universty's athletic director. The same sanctions apply too, Holstad said. "Overall, I think coaches are held to the same standards as players are," he said, but adding: "However, everything is situational." Coaches have been sent to self-help classes to deal with alcohol problems, he said. Also, coaches have been suspended, Holstad said, although he declined to name the individuals. Mike Leaf, men's basketball coach, was arrested in September 1998 after cops found him passed out in his car in the Hardee's drive-through lane. Leaf voluntary suspended himself from the first game of the season. Last month, retired basketball Coach Gary Grob was charged with drunken-driving. Being retired, Grob is beyond the disciplinary scope of the athletic department. Although Holstad sees coaches having "a higher level of responsibility than, maybe, a normal professor," the responsibility of being under "a watchful eye" is frustrating. But, he said, it goes with the territory. "Our coaches know there will be consequences for their actions." When a problem comes up, Holstad said he has a discussion with the coach. "Everyone makes mistakes, but everyone has to be held accountable for their actions," Holstad said. |
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Section VII 7-4 of WSU Regula-
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Reporter: Anne Jungen
Background: Cops: Grob's blood at .12%
Background: WSU hoop coach sits out game
Background: Coaches have booze records too
CAMPUS ALMANAC
POSTED FEB. 9, 2004 |
Average number of years that faculty have been at Winona State University, ranked by academic department:
Sociology
Physics
Geology
Economics-finance 16.6
Accounting
Political science
Theater-dance
Art
History
Elementary-secondary ed
Business administration
Women's studies
Educational leadership
Mass communication
Marketing
English
Philosophy
Music
Computer science
Biology
Counselor ed
Foreign language
Health-human performance
Chemistry
Physical ed
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19.2
16.6
16.5
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15.7
14.8
14.6
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14.0
12.7
12.4
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11.7
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9.5
9.5
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Bio prof works up transfer dealsWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- Biology prof Ed Thompson spent the fall on a sabbatical-leave project to make it easier for community college students to transfer their biology credits into the Winona State University program. Thompson met with administrators and biology instructors at Normandale Community College, Inver Hills Community College, Minnesota Community and Technical College and Ridgewater Community College. "Each visit took about two to three hours to compare courses," Thompson said. "Ahead of time I had to study their curriculums." The visits consisted of comparing curriculums. Thompson said, Inver Hills is looking to create new courses to articulate with follow-up Winona State courses. Although this process has begun, it will take time to be completed. "It will take about a year to get all the approvals," he said. Without the paid sabbatical leave from campus duties, Thompson said he wouldn't have had time to work up the articulation agreements. "These articulation agreements are going to help tremendously in student transfers," he said.
Reporter: Mae Schultz
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MSUSA to cast search net widelyST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- The Minnesota State University Students Association will span the nation to find strong, experienced candidates for its chief staff position, said Samuel Edmunds, state chair of the association. Long-time executive director Frank Viggiano is leaving Feb. 20. "We want to find someone with the same experiences working for students as well as with higher education that Viggiano had," said Edmunds. In an oblique reference to problems that contributed to Viggiano's departure, Edmunds said that it is crucial that the next executive director understand the role: "Being a student-run organization, it is important for them to understand that they will be taking direction from students." The executive director supervises the St. Paul staff, is in charge of day-to-day business and is the association's chief lobbyist, said Edmunds. The salary range will be $35,000 to $65,000. Vigianno, who held the job 20 years, was at $60,000. As state chair of MSUSA, Edmunds is in charge of the hiring process. If the search goes well, a new executive director will start by July, he said.
Reporter: Katie Pillsbury
Background: Viggiano resigns after 20 years
Background: WSU student eyes top post
CAMPUS ALMANAC
POSTED FEB. 9, 2004 |
Winona State University computer science faculty members listed by years of service, with the year they were hired:
Gary Bunce
Hugh Oullette
Gerry Cichanowski
Gene Lundak
Paul Schumacher
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Gary Stroebel
Chi-Cheng Lin
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California study: College texts a ripoffSACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 9, 2004 -- In a report called Ripoff 101, the California Public Interest Research Group called on textbook publishers to make books more affordable, specifically calling for supplements instead of new editions. Also, the report suggested putting textbooks online. Merriah Fairchild, author of the report, accused publishers of driving up textbook costs with frequent editions and "expensive bells and whistles," such as workbooks and CD-ROMs. CalPIRG, which calls itself a consumer group, recommended several changes:
Publishers should issue low-cost supplements to aging editions rather than new books.Professors should be both quality and price conscious in adopting textbooks.Colleges should start student book exchanges and rental programs.
CalPIRG researchers questioned more than 500 University of California students and examined the 33 the most assigned books. For 25 of the books, new editions were issued within three or four years. Frequent new editions render used books obsolete and drive up costs, Fairchild said. The report said that University of California students paid an average of $898 last year on textbooks, up 24 percent from seven years earlier.
WSU eyes Oshkosh basketball playersWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- Winona State University menÕs basketball coach Mike Leaf hopes to recruit some tall men for next year to replace 6-foot-9 forward Travis Leech, 6-8 forward-center Ryan Brinkman and 6-6 forward Jeff O'Donnel. All are graduating. Speaking last week, Leaf said, "I'm unable to say much about who I'm recruiting, but I'm going to Oshkosh tonight to watch two juniors and two seniors play who we would love to have play for us." In Oshkosh, however, high school Coach Steve Randall said Winona State is keen on 6-6 Dane Sedanseckar-Anderson, 6-6 Andy Polka, 6-7 Tom Levine and 6-8 1/2 David Chivington.
Reporter: Sarah Goberville
Lourdes director drafts new layoutWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- Plans to reconfigure men's and women's rooms in Winona State University's Lourdes dorm have drafted by new dorm Director Sarah Olcott. With the current layout, there are areas with all women's rooms surrounding a men's bathroom. Said Olcott: "The layout doesn't make sense." Although Olcott wants to get rooms and bathrooms clustered, she favors co-ed floors. So far this year there have been no issues with male tenants on co-ed floors with female floor supervisors, said Olcott: "I think guys respect them more." Olcott's plan will go to the university housing chief, Mike Porritt. In general Porritt too favors co-ed floors. "Discipline and vandalism tend to be less because the genders balance each other out," he said. Although co-ed floors have advantages, there will still be a need for single-sex dorms, said Porritt. "Some parents want their kids to be in a single-sex environment," he said. "We will probably always have some single-sex areas, but most students prefer a co-ed environment."
Reporter: Aubrey Shermock
Background: "I lived in fear" |
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BASKETBALL (MEN'S): Concordia 87, SMU 66.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): St. Benedict 82, SMU 59.
HOCKEY (MEN'S): SMU 4, Gustavus Adolphus 1.
GYMNASTICS (WOMEN'S): Best of Minnesota Meet: UM 196.626 (1st), Gustavus Adolphus 182.7 (2nd), Hamline 181.6 (3rd), WSU 178.975 (4th).
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): Gustavus Adolphus 3, SMU 0.
TENNIS (MEN'S): SMU 6, Macalester 3.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): WSU 9, Southwest Minnesota State 0. SMU 7, Macalester 2.
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WSU broadcast students collect foodWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- The Winona chapter of the National Broadcasting Society collected 384 food items for Winona Volunteer Services. President Kristin King said the chapter intentionally conducted the drive after the December holidays. "Our donations came a few months later to re-supply them from the rush," King said. The chapter also has participated in Adopt-A-Highway and other service projects.
Borkowski Towing has big weekendWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- Police ordered 137 illegally cars towed over the weekend to make room for city snowplows to do their work. Contract tower Borkowski crews were busy Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. In addition, 41 vehicles for ticketed from wrong-side parking but not towed.
WSU plans $350,000 dorm upgrades| WINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- This summer Prentiss, Lucas and Tau dorms at Winona State University will be closed for major upgrades to the electrical and fire systems, the exteriors and carpeting. The main upgrade project will be Prentiss and Lucas on the main campus, said dorms Director Michael Porritt. The fire system in Prentiss and Lucas will cost $350,000, he aid.. The two dorms will also receive new carpet estimated to cost $100,000, Porritt said. Because funding is limited, safety issues -- such as upgrading the fire system -- will be addressed first, he said. Any funds remaining will be used to address carpeting and other minor repairs. Another summer project for Prentiss-Lucas is tuck pointing "Over time the mortar between the bricks of a building become weathered and must be replaced," Porriitt said. On the West Campus, the Tau dorm will receive a $300,000 electrical upgrade, new carpeting, furniture, and a newly remodeled kitchen for the conference center. "Students living in Tau will still be eating at Lourdes," Porritt said. ŌThe remodeled kitchen will be used when there is a conference in Tau so they don't have to go over to Lourdes to eat." Future upgrades include electrical and fire system work at Sheehan and Lourdes and tuck pointing at Sheehan, Porritt said. Also, he said, Lourdes needs new plumbing, which will require three summers.Nathan Bortz |
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Counselors deal with 44 suicide triesWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- Forty-four Winona State Univerity students, thought to be an unprecedented number, threatened suicide in the first five months of the school year, campus counselor Lynda Brzezinski said. of four this semester, one requied hospitalization. Brzezinski has found no pattern in gender, majors or other facts. "It's so complex," she said. "It's hard to pinpoint just one or two things." Brzezinski says an underlying problem seesm to be an inability to cope that marks the current generation:
"Young people have a lot more problems than in the past, and they don't have adequate coping skills. It's a learned helplessness. They have euither been sheltered from adversity throughout their lives, or their lives have been so chaotic that they don't learn how to hande stress."
Reporter: Heather Stanek
Background: Expert: Bad to hush up suicides
WSU trusting GOP to pay flag costsWINONA, Minn., Feb. 9, 2004 -- Winona State has ordered Plexiglass covers to protect the U.S. flags that the College Republicans have campaigned to have installed in every classroom, but the Republicans will be expected to pay for them, the university's facilities director, Dick Lande. The covers will cost $300, Lande said. Also, the $1,055 raised by the club won't cover the whole cost of the flags, which also will be billed to the club, Lande said. Meanwhile, the club's executive director, Parker Hielmberg, denied criticism that the club had ulterior motives in the project. "Many students thought we were trying to gain notoriety for our club, but we want students to know that this is an ideological cause with no political agenda," said Hielmberg. Tim Johnson, the club's fundraising director, said it took a long time to get university administrators to support the project because of concerns about student reaction.
Reporter: Michele Bailey
Background: Classroom flags to be under glass
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UNDER-AGE
BOOZERS
WHO GOT
CAUGHT
BEING
STUPID
DON'T
TELL
THEIR
MOTHERS
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CAMPUS
SALARIES
Darrell
Krueger
WSU president
2003: $211,836
Louis
DeThomasis
SMU president
2001: $155,245
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
$125,000
OTHER
SALARIES
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