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Will their true colors show Monday?WINONA, Minn., March 14, 2004 -- City Council members Dieter Mielimonka and Gerry Krage will have a chance Monday to show whether they've cooled down about U.S. flags at Winona State University. Two weeks ago Mielimonka and Krage persuaded a Council majority to give the university until March 15 to approve flags in every classroom -- or else. Meanwhile, university dialogue continues on how best to display Old Glory on campus. A decision in April has been promised by university President Darrell Krueger.
Background: City Council issues ultimatum
Background: Krueger: City reaction "unfortunate"
Background: GOP welcomes city ultimatum
Background: Comment: "Hold your gasket, Dieter"
R.I.P.: Rosemary (Carlson) JeresekWINONA, Minn., March 14, 2004 -- A retired nursing instructor at Winona Technical College, Rosemary Jeresek, died at a nursing hinme at age 81. She taught at Tech from 1975 to 1981. Earlier she was director of nursing at the Watkins Home. Before that she was at the Winona hospital.
WSU signs third wave of grid recruitsWINONA, Minn., March 13, 2004 -- So far, 35 players have signed letters of intent to enroll at Winona State University and play football in the fall. Here is the third batch of commitmens, all directly from high school:
Nick Bender
Matt Berding
Nate Copsey
Brian Earle
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Clear Lake, Iowa
Prairie du Chien, Wis.
Elkhorn, Wis.
Racine, Wis. |
Background: Emerging football roster
COMMENT: TOWN AND GOWN
WSU'S BIG DISCONNECT
Without a designated contact person, Winona State University has itself to blame for deteriorating community relations. When City Council members Dieter Mielimonka and Gerry Krage went off half-cocked about U.S. flags on campus, university President Darrell Krueger learned of it on the front page the next morning. It likely wouldn't have happened had Mielimonka and Krage known someone handy on campus to check with to get the facts straight. When city Engineer Steve McBurney proposed eliminating 20 more on-street parking places at the East Lake dorm, it was without preliminary discussions with any campus authority.
In most college towns, the college has someone knowledgeable about the campus infrastructure visible and available as a community resource, sometimes even a member of the Council. Short of that, there is a campus person whose job is to be on top of town-and-gown issues and in regular contact with local officialdom.
The failures we are witnessing are not entirely the university's. Neither the city nor Winona State, nor St. Mary's either, is maintaining dialogue through the already existing community-student relations committee. |
Background: Relations unit loses agenda
Background: City Council issues ultimatum
Background: Baseball over parking on Sarnia
J-group probes campus censorshipBOWLING GREEN, Ky., March 13, 2004 -- The Society of Professional Journalists will send an investigative team to the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University, where a student newspaper editor and adviser were fired for a story on the student body president being forced out of office by bad grades. The society's vice president, Jim Highland at Western Kentucky University, expressed alarm at the Brooklyn adminstration's anti-journalism initiative. "We do change locks like that in Third World countries, but this is the United States of America," said Highland. The Brooklyn j-faculty says it is worried that the censorship will hurt the university's reputation as a supporter of good journalism. The j-faculty sponsors the George Polk awards that honor a CBS correspondent who died covering the Greek civil war. "It is a slap in the face to the Polk," said Brooklyn prof Robert Spector.
Background: University fires student editor
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BASEBALL (MEN'S): Carthage 6, SMU 1. Mount Union 10, SMU 6.
GOLF (WOMEN'S): Bash at the Beach (first day): Florida Tech 326 (1st), WSU 351 (6th), WSU B 358 (8th).
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 10, Menlo 0. Azusa Pacific 5, SMU 0
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R.I.P.: Josephine H. SteinbauerCANBERRA, Australia, March 13, 2004 -- A College of St. Teresa grad, Jospehine Steinbauer, died at age 86 at a nursing home. She was long associated with Steinbauer's Shoes.
COMMENT: WSU FOOTBALL
HOLDING KRUEGER
ACCOUNTABLE
Even if you don't agree with Cliff Stearns' politics in general, the Florida member of Congress has an intriguing proposal to end the football recruiting mess at many colleges, including Winona State. Stearns has taken a leaf from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, created in response to the Enron scandal. The law requires corporate executives to certify that their companies' financial statements meet legal requirements. Stearns wants college presidents to be similarly accountable for their football recruiting practices.
Imagine if Darrell Krueger at Winona State were legally liable every time a high school recruit visiting campus gets juiced up while partying with varsity players? We guarantee that the football program would clean up its act instantly.
As long as university presidents can distance themselves from bad recruiting practices through complex organizational hierarchies, their schools will be recruiting impressionable high-schoolers with wrong, even illegal lures. |
Background: Stearns wants higher accountability
City plan: Baseball over parkingWINONA, Minn., March 13, 2004 -- About 20 parking spaces on Sarnia Street, across from Winona State University's East lake dorm, should be eliminated to prevent damage from baseballs hit over the fence from Bambanek Field No. 1, city Engineer Steve McBurney said. Many East Lake tenants park on the street. McBurney said he will ask the City Council to paint the curb yellow. The proposal originated with city rec Director Maynard Johnson, who said he schedules the weakest teams at Bambanek No. 1, but parked cars still get hit.
Pasteur project clears Senate committeeST. PAUL, Minn., March 13, 2004 -- The Senate Higher Education Committee has approved a statewide campus construction project that includes $10.2 million upgrade for the Pasteur science building at Winona State. The proposal now goes to the joint House and Senate Capital Investment Committees. Because the statewide package includes more projects than there is money, the committees will have to whittle down the requests. The Pasteur project, at No. 2 on the priority list, is believed to be secure.
Background: WSU ready for Pasteur upgrade
Background: House committee OKs Pasteur project
Street tax hike up to Minnesota HouseST. PAUL, Minn., March 13, 2004 -- Whether a proposed one-half cent Winona city sales tax increase gets required state-level approval to go on a local ballot is up to the House, State Sen. Bob Kierlin, R-Winona, said. It's not clear that the House can come up with a tax bill, Kierlin said. At stake in the Winona sales tax proposal is a street improvement project that includes a Huff Street underpass at the Canadian Pacific tracks. Other projects include pedestrian and bicycle tunnels under the tracks.
Background: City ponders new street tax
WSU students offer free tax helpWINONA, Minn., March 13, 2004 -- When accounting students return from Spring Break, the Winona State University free income tax assistance program for low-income individuals and families will resume. Prof Richard Schneider said he expects his students will work on 700 returns again this year. "The students learn the importance of listening and how to interview," Schneider said. "They learn sensitivity and to value diversity, and they learn the importance of confidentiality."
Contact: (507)457-2433
Congress learns of Colorado reformsWASHINGTON, March 12, 2004 -- The president of the University of Colorado system, Elizabeth Hoffman, testified to Congress that stringent new recruiting policies are in place to correct past abuses. Prospective athletes, including football players, now must be accompanied by their parents or a coach throughout recruiting visits campus, Hoffman said. Also, she said, varsity players are prohibited from spending unsupervised time with recruits. "Our vision is to become a national leader for a culture of personal respect and responsibility in our football and athletic programs and throughout the campus," Hoffman said. At the hearing, several House members called on college presidents to take control of their athletics programs. One suggestion was that the National Collegiate Athletic Association require presidents to sign accountability statements.
Background: Colorado as a new model
Background: WSU, Colorado comparison |
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Ring has no hats for WSU electionsWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- Winona State University will be looking for a new student president in April elections. Incumbent Michael Hofland plans to leave after spring courses to pursue a master's degree in history. "I'm not sure who will run," Hofland said. People are tight-lipped about their intentions until applications become available, he said. Applications can be filed four weeks prior to the election. Hofland sees no dearth in possible candidates. "There are many smart, capable leaders in the Senate, whom I know will be an enormous asset in the years to come." Hofland hopes some seasoned people stay on to provide some institutional memory. That is one of our biggest problems," Hofland said. "It doesn't benefit the students if the Senate has to re-learn old mistakes." This is the reason Hofland said he has pushed to create the position of Senate historian.
Reporter: Dana Zuhlke |
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Matt Shepard's mother speaks at SMUWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The mother of Matthew Shepard, slain by homophobes in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998, will speak at St. Mary's University next week on a fund-raising tour for the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Her subject: Making schools and communities safe. Mrs. Shepard's appearance is sponsored by the campus gay group.Date: Monday, March 15
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Page Theater, Performing Arts Center
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Citizens League claims clean slateWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The Citizens League of Minnesota, an organization that touts itself as a promoter public interest, is going into its upcoming assessment of higher education with a clear mind, open eyes and no agenda, said President Sean Kershaw. "We are not hiding our past or the positions we have taken," said Kershaw. The league has been criticized by the former Minnesota State University Student Association executive director Frank Viggiano and others for favoring the private schools. "We are not denying we have taken positions in the past, and we are going into this with out an agenda of what the outcome should be," said Kershaw. Kershaw said the league looks at the upcoming assessment as an amazing opportunity because of the significance of higher-ed. "There are not many issues as important as higher education and this is something that we would want to cover under any circumstance," said Kershaw. Kershaw said that the league looks at this as a visible project that could mean a rebirth for the organization if it is done correctly. "If we screw up this process, it would be disastrous," said. Kershaw.
Kershaw said that the current Minnesota higher-ed system suffers a lack of vision. He noted that the relationship between the state government and higher-ed is not ideal. "It's not working like everyone would like it to," said Kershaw. He said that it isn't that people donÕt value higher education but that sometimes the elected officials don't realize its economic value. Kershaw said that he sees a need for something to change. "We want to confirm what is already working and fix what is broken,Ó he said. Kershaw pointed out that a lot of work has been done in the different individual educational sectors already, but it is the broad spectrum that needs to be looked at. "A lot of work has been done with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, the University of Minnesota and the private schools, but nobody has helped to connect those," said Kershaw.
The assessment will be fully open, said Kershaw: "This is not going to be a secret process. We hope to put out any findings as soon as we get them." Kershaw stressed the importance of input from the outside. "We want this to be something that people can comment on," he said. The board to review higher-ed will be made up of a diversity of perspectives from different geographical, racial and experience-based backgrounds, he said. Kershaw also stressed that, although it may seem controversial, it is important that those on the board not be people paid within the education system. He says this is because of a lack of better interest due to the financial relationship they have with the system. Although those in the higher-ed system may not make up the board, they will still be encouraged to take part in the process, said Kershaw. "These people will be on the mailing lists, will be in the room and be able to make comments and suggestions," said Kershaw.
The league has already begun gathering information for the assessment, and Kershaw said that one month from now the board will be meeting. The assessment is estimated to come to a stopping point by next January. "The league has committed to produce something by the next legislative session," said Kershaw. The assessment will cost the organization somewhere between $45,000 and $75,000, said Kershaw. The leagueÕs yearly budget is $360,000.
Kershaw said that the league will set the standards high and that the bottom line is what is best for Minnesota. He said the Citizens League wants Minnesota's higher education to rank not only on a national level but internationally. "If our goal isn't to become a world leader in education, we're in trouble," said Kershaw.
Reporter: Katie Pullsbury
Background:
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Profs' lobbyist wary of League |
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Kershaw's attempt to distance himself from past Citizens League positions, in this interview with Katie Pillsbury, won't allay concerns among higher-ed people about the League's agenda.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty chose the League to do the study for a reason. "Why, if not its past record?" say critics, who note that the League's history coincides with Pawlenty's unsympathetic views of higher-ed in the state.
In the past the league has emphasized job-oriented vocational training over broad educational goals. The goal: To turn out job-ready grads for industry on Day One on the job.
The League has favored Twin Cities-area programs over outstate programs.
The league has favored private over state-supported higher ed.
The league, dominated by Twin Cities business people, is expressly excluding higher-ed people from its review panel, although it has promised to listen to them.
WIll the League start fresh, with a clean slate? The critics say: "Show me." |
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WSU ready for Pasteur upgradeWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The Winona State University major facilities upgrade -- the $10.2 million Pasteur Hall renovation - is almost a certainty. The Pasteur project is ranked No. 2 for funding on a high-ed list from a key House committee. Just in time too, says Dick Lande, who is responsible for Winona State facilities. He worries about the outdated and potentially unsafe ventilation system: "We have more chemistry students experimenting with more chemicals than we did 30 years ago when Pasteur was designed." The system sucks fumes into central hallways, rather than directly from the labs to the outside. "We test the system regularly, and in the last test, it was borderline for the chemicals we're using," Lande said. "Although no one has found the system to have caused health problems, it's necessary that it gets changed." The renovation, Phase 2 of a science improvement project, is needed also to meet student demand. Thirty-two years ago, when Pasteur was built, Winona State students enrolled in a mere 4,700 credit hours of science classes a year. Now, it's up 10-fold to 48,000. Although the Legislature hasn't written the check yet for the 58,600-square foot renovation, Lande is ready to get going: "When we know we have funding, we can start asking for bids from construction companies."
Reporter:
Nathan Bortz
Background: House committee OKs Pasteur project
Illness slowed WSU volleyball teamWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The Winona State University volleyball team suffered more setbacks with illness rather than injury this season, Coach Connie Mettille said., Both Kaylan Lati and Keri Kreuzer were fatigued with mononucleosis and unable to perform, said Mettille. There also were lower back injuries and one knee injury. Kirsten Bondy, who suffered a knee injury, had surgery during Christmas break but will return next season. The lower back injuries were less serious. About illness, Mettille said she's never so much: "In my 18 years of coaching I have never had more than one person sit out because of an illness."
Reporter: Kelly Joyner
Minnesota Guard Online going national?WINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The state colleges' program Guard Online, which allows activated National Guard members to take classes online wherever they are stationed, attracted interest at the Community College National Legislative Summit in Washington, said Tyler Despins, a member of the MnSCU state colleges board. "We want to extend this program to a national level rather than just a Minnesota thing," said Despins, a Winona Staste senior. Currently a person serving in Bosnia is taking classes through the Guard Online program, he said. Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn., part of the MnSCU system, scheduled seven online courses for soldiers in Europe. Metropolitan State University in the Twin Cities has also made special online accommodations for soldiers in Bosnia.
Reporter: Joanna Chinquist
Background: Despins: Pell reform on slow track |
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COMMENT: WSU FOOTBALL
THE COLORADO MODEL
Winona State University's football coach Tom Sawyer, is missing an opportunity for the moral high road. Ostrichlike, Sawyer has his head in the sand, at least publicly, about dubious realities of Warrior football recruiting rituals. His silence is deafening.
Sawyer need not be terribly creative. He could simply mimmick reforms announced at the University of Colorado.
At Colorado, 18-year-old high school recruits no longer can bunk overnight with varsity players. There is a ban on boozing, drugs and partying. Chaperones from home are required. The high school visitors have an 11 p.m. curfew. Importantly, violators forfeit admittance.
At Winona State, even a high-schooler who gets arrested for boozing on a campus visit, is forgiven, no big deal, and told to please join the Warriors anyway, you'll fit right in. Talk about a wrong message. |
Background: Colorado and WSU side by side
Arnold's goals: Jobs, downtown projectsWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The City Council member representing the Winona State University ward, which also includes the downtown business area, Chris Arnold, sees economic growth and downtown development as major issues. The most important issue, he said, is facilitating job growth. By having more jobs available, more people will be coming to the Third Ward. Other core issues, he said, include housing and the proposed changes for the school district. If he runs this November, Arnold said, "I will focus on having more reasons for people to go downtown." Possible projects, Arnold said, include a downtown convention center or a theater for live performances. "Both the convention center and theater would help the storefronts in downtown Winona," Arnold said. Arnold also mentioned if he decides to run that he would like to see more riverfront activities.
Asked about higher education, Arnold said: "I will stress awareness to the other councilmen about the future dormitory building plans." He said he would think of things the city can do to assist the university. Specifically, Arnold said City Council can help Winona State with bonding projects. "City Council helped out with the East Lake project by acting as a conduit for some bonds to help funding," Arnold said. "I would also make sure Winona State and the Council have a good relationship," Arnold said.
Reporter:
Kate Goyette
Background:Arnolds hints at re-election bid
WSU upgrading faculty, staff directoryWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- A Winona State University technology committee has been working to make the online faculty and staff easier to use. Campus telecom Director Joanne Rosczyk, a member of the committee, said the search page has been rearranged. A preferred name or nickname field has been added to the search section to make searching for professors easier, she said, noting that some teachers go by middle names or nicknames. Then there are new entries, like New University Planning and the National Child Protection Training Center. Employee listings have been reformatted to three columns to be more compact.
Reporter:
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Despins: Pell upgrade not in cards for nowWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- Tuition and higher education issues are being put off by Congress because this is an election year, said Tyler Despins, a Winona State Univerity student on the state colleges board of trustees. Back from the Community College National Legislative Summit in Washington, Despins said changes in Pell grants, on which many students depend, are not going to happen. It has been proposed that the maximum Pell grant be increased from $4,000 a year $4,500. There also is a proposal to expand the Pell program to for-profit colleges, which Despins opposes because, he said, they are less student-oriented: "The for-profit colleges are usually not accredited and they work on behalf of the share holders -- like any other business." Students at accredited colleges should benefit from Pells more than those who don't, he said.
Reporter: Joanna Chinquist |
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For booze ed, let law take its courseWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- Education alone isn't going to change college student alcohol abuse, but an "environmental management approach" can help, said Winona State University health educator Ruth Schroeder. The approach is less lecturing and more letting existing laws and policies do their work, said Schroeder. Through punishment, students learn from their mistakes, she said. Her point: Students don't learn by seeing, they learn by doing. Schroeder noted that 70 percent of Winona State's students are under 21. Schroeder considers the health education program at Winona State "pretty good." She said she has seen only 75 students since September. In serious cases she sends student to Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center. Schroeder counsels students referred to her after being caught drinking in the dorms.
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WSU transfers: Do they want us here?
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Australia picks up alien slackCANBERRA, Australia, March 12, 2004 -- Foreign enrollment in Australian colleges swelled 16.5 percent last year, drawing many students who found obstacles in stringent post-9/11 visa requirements to get into U.S. schools. In all, 167,000 foreign students chose Australian schools. Enrollment from India grew 27 percent; China, 20 percent; South Korea, 19 percent.
Background: College visa delays called needless
Background: WSU losing foreign enrollment
Anti-gay marriage amendment advances
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- Both the House Civil Law and the Ways and Means committees have approved an amendment to the state Constitution to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The bill, which is opposed by the state professors' union, now goes to the Rules Committee and then to the House floor. In the Civil Law Committee the amendment passed on a straight party-line vote. In the Ways and Means Committee it also passed by a straight party line vote with the exception of Rep. Ron Erhardt, R-Edina, who joined with the Democrats against the bill. There has been no action on this issue in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Background: Profs rally against gay-marriage ban
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Columbia library inspires WSU planWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The student activities director at Winona State University, Joe Reed, said the inspiration for the proposed Smaug solarium is the library at Columbia University in New York City. "When I looked at the library I saw students gathered on the steps and the lawn in front of the library," Reed said. "I want the solarium to be a place that students like and feel at home." Those were the thoughts that Reed laid on architect Tom Marcella when discussions began about the $2.4 million addition. So far, Reed said. students he's talked to have approved of the direction he's taken with the solarium. The Student Senate has endorsed the project, even with the $3.20 a year addition to fees that it will require.
Reporter: Nathan Bortz
Background: Construction projected at 1-2 years
WSU dorm leader sees less boozingWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- A new survey indicates that fewer students are drinking in Winona State University dorms. Dorms Director Mike Porritt, before leaving his job three weeks ago, said thesurvey shows the percentage of students living in the dorms who do not consume alcohol has gone down 13 percent since 1999. "Four years in a row of across-the-board improvement is something to be proud of," Porritt said. Porritt also pointed out that a significantly lower number of students who say they agree with the statement: "Alcohol negatively impacts life for students on the floor." In 2003 the National Benchmark Survey results showed 39 percent of the students indicated a negative impact on their life due to alcohol, compared to 33 percent in 2004. The National Benchmark Survey is used by many colleges nationwide. "The challenge remains to move further in a positive direction, but we are making progress every year," said Porritt.
Reporter:
Allison Ethen
Arnold having fun, hints at second bidWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The Third Ward member of the Winona City Council, Chris Arnold, whose constituents include the Winona State University neighborhood, has not announced if he will seek re-election. "I haven't announced," he said. "But I will say it's been a fun three and a half years so far." Candidates usually announce in May or June. Arnold said he will most likely announce his decision in July, noting that three months is sufficient for a campaign. Arnold, who has run only once before, said he registered on the last day in 2000. The general election is Nov. 2. Seldom is there a contest for any City Council seats.
Reporter:
Kate Goyette
WSU Republicans lists 10 flag donorsWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- Amid growing questions about the donations that College Republicans at Winona State University have raised for its classroom flag project, according to a list of donors proiced by a source requesting anonymity:
State Rep. Jerry Dempsey, R-Red Wing
Paul Double, Winona
Paul Evanson, Winona
State Sen. Bob Kierlin, R-Winona
Jaye and LaVerne Fritz, Winona
Terry Litvan, Winona
Louis Reiman, Winona
Jack Wagnon, Winona
First Congressional District Republican Party
Winona County Republican Party
Club leaders had declined to release the names, as well as the amount of the donations. Information from club officials on the totals has been discrepant over recent weeks, from $480 that has been deposited in the club's university account to a claim of more than $1,000. The club has claimed also that Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Rochester and Winona have pledged to help close any funding gaps to buy the flags.
Reporter: B.J. Puttbrese
Background: GOP refuses to list flag donors
Background: Prof likens GOP club to neo-fascists
OLD GLORY
ABOUT FLAGS AND OMELETS
I enjoy the discussion we are having, and it is clear that Old Glory resonates for everyone.
Personally I have mixed feelings about the flag being hung in every classroom. What is the motive behind this "patriotism"? If it were the veterans who initiated the program, or perhaps the students of Winona State, I think I'd be fine with it -- but it is pretty clear the point here is to draw attention to the messenger and not the message.
We know that that the Republican Party has the flag in every classroom as part of their political platform. We also know that John Kerry and George Bush will be wrapping themselves in the flag too, and unfortunately the commercialization of Old Glory seems to be fine with most of us. So who knows the flag as a GOP or DFL political patriotic commercial in our college classrooms could be a big hit, or worse so no one will even notice Old Glory -- as it is apparent she is everywhere.
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Admittedly using Old Glory in a commercial is the perfect marketing strategy -- who can say no? Most have learned that the flag not only represents our freedoms but also doubles as a commercial to sell us omelets, gasoline and even political platforms. We seem to conclude that to say no to the flag is unpatriotic and so we say yes to omelets, gasoline and not dare question political motives- because to say no may cost me good favor with the city, or a friend may ask me to leave the country.
So who in their right mind would argue for respectful restraint? For a moment can we consider that there may be good reasons to have a flag in every classroom in America? But can we also consider for a moment some very powerful reasons not to degrade the flag by using it in our classroom as an attempt to commercially promote political points? Our classrooms are a place where tolerance and respect should be taught, and also a place where we should question the political commercialization of red, white and blue. |
Background:
Link to the stream of CyberIndee coverage
Injuries not WSU crosscountry problemWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The Winona State University crosscountry teams have been fortunate with no injuries this year, Coach Neal Mundahl said. Mundahl said that the teams, both men's and women's, run on soft grass during meets and practices, which reduces the risk of injury. Mundahl acknowledged that athletes can be apprehensive about complaining. "I always tell the athletes to be upfront with me about any injury or pains that they may have, even if it is minor," he said. Mundahl said that the teammates will not an injury and report it to him. The athletes look out for each other and sometimes act like spies, said Mundahl. Most of the athletes do not like going to the trainers with injuries because they know they will told to rest and take it slow, said Mundahl: "Rest is the four letter word that athletes donÕt want to consider." In six years of coaching, Mundahl said only one runner has had to sit out a season.
Reporter: Kelly Joyner
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BASEBALL (MEN'S): Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 9, WSU 1; WSU 3, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 0. William Penn 5, SMU 0. Wittenberg 7, SMU 6.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 5, Central Methodist 2. WSU 8, Holy Family 0. SMU 6, Bethany 2. SMU 9, Malone 1.
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GRAND EXCURSION. The Prairie Island Indian community near Red Wing, Minn., joined the Grand Excursion project. It is the 55th community that will host a flotilla marking the 150th celebration of a grand train and steamboat expdition to the Upper Mississippi. The excursion is June 25 to July 5.
ELECTION MACHINES. Voting machines in Winona County's 47 precincts are 14 years old and need replacing, county auditor Cherie MacLennan said. Machines cost $3,500 to $4,500 each. Federal funds are available for 80 to 100 machines.
OFF THE TRACKS. The track gave way beneath a 50-unit train leaving Winona, derailing eight of the cars, on a deterioration section of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern roadbed between suburban Minnesota City and Stockton on Thursday afternoon. No one was injured. Derailed were empty grain cars headed back to western Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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How Colorado, WSU stack upWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- The University of Colorado has created model football recruiting practices to address problems that have surfaced in a series of criminal cases. How do Winona State practices compare? Warrior Coach Tom Sawyer has declined to acknowledge problems and refused to be interviewed about whether changes are being considered. This comparison is gathered from multiple sources familiar with Winona State practices:
Visit duration
Chaperone
Curfew
Overnight with players
Booze
Marijuana
Prostitutes
Sex parties
Strip club visits
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| COLORADO
Two-day max
Parent or coach
11 p.m.
No more
No more
No more
No more
No more
No more
Stay away |
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| WSU
Generally two-day
Not required
None
Yes
Happens regularly
Happens occasionally
None confirmed
None confirmed
None confirmed
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Background: Colorado tightens rules
Doctoral proposal advances in LegislatureST. PAUL, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- A bill to allow state universities to offer applied doctoral degrees has been heard in both the House and Senate higher education committees and put aside for inclusion in the Legislature's main higher education bill. The MnSCU system, which includes Winona State, testified for the bill. The University of Minnesota, which has a near monopoly on doctoral degrees in the state, testified against the bill.
Background: Legislation proposed to allow doctorates
Masscom dumps Quark, chooses AdobeWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2004 -- Mass communication students at Winona State University will have new desktop publishing software by the fall, according to masscom department Chair John Weis. Weis said the department will change from Quark to Adobe programs in classes that create and publish messages. "Students shouldn't have too much trouble making the switch." According to Weis, all masscom students will have the Adobe in their personal laptops in the fall. This will make the software accessible off campus, and students won't have to come to a Phelps lab to use the software, he said. Weis said the department is making the switch because Quark is "extremely expensive" and isn't flexible with licensing.
Reporter:
Eric McClanahan
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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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