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WSU senior savors Gutknecht internship
JOHNSON
Gutknecht intern
ÒI feel Gutknecht is an incredible asset to this
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"I have met few people as principled, sincere and hard-working.
"He is someone I would want to work for and would want working for me, not just
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| WINONA, Minn., May 14, 2004 -- A campus Republican leader at Winona State University, Tim Johnson, said he will carry valuable experience as a summer intern for Congressman Gil Gutknecht into law school next year. Johnson, a senior studying economics and political science, called Gutknecht "an incredible asset" to southern Minnesota: "I have met few people as principled, sincere and hard-working." Johnson applied for the internship in the winter of 2003 and started in May, working through August. His duties began with office details, greeting visitors, answering phones and directing constituents with concerns to staff members, and doing mailings. Later he worked as a liaison while attending events with Gutknecht. Johnson helped keep Gutknecht on track and on schedule and gathered contact information. Johnson, a varsity baseball player, said he doubts whether he will ever run for office but loves politics and would like to work for someone in office. This past year he has been treasurer for the College Republicans club at Winona State.
Bryan Anderson, Gutknecht's communications director, said that the congressman usually gets a handful of internship applicants. Usually there are more from Winona State than any other college, he said. Anderson said that this summer another Winona State student, Bowie Hall, recently returned from Iraq, will be a congressional intern.
Reporter: Lindsay Bauer
Background: Gutknecht declares |
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| WINONA, Minn., May 16, 2004 -- A University of Wisconsin basketball player, 6-foot-5 guard, Jermaine Flowers, will play for Winona State next season. Coach Mike Leaf said Flowers will be strong on the Warrior defense: "He can stop anyone. In high school, he was on the all-state first team. Flowers was among four recruits who Leaf said had decided on Winona State. Here are the recruits: | |
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Josh Korth
Brent Riese
Curtel Robinson |
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Chanhassen, Minn.
Brooklyn, Wis.
Madison, Wis.
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WSU muckraker now a police reporterWINONA, Minn., May 16, 2004 -- A Winona State student journalist who rankled the campus bar crowd and rattled the cages of the university's Athletic Department with blockbuster investigative reports, Brian Krans, joined the 50,000-circulation Rock Island and Moline, Ill., Dispatch and Argus as a police reporter. Krans, who received his Winona State j-degree with a criminal justice minor last week, broke the story in March that football Coach Tom Sawyer permitted high-school recruits to participate in drunken partying on get-to-know-the-team campus visits. That followed earlier Krans' investigative reports that one-third of the Warrior football team had police records, mostly involving booze and partying. Three assistant football coaches also had rap sheets, Krans reported. His stories led to the first criminal-related suspension of a varsity player in Winona State athletic history. The suspended player, Carey Rottman, who was accused of attacking two cops busting a party in January, quoted a coach that the incident would have been ignored and no discipline meted out were it not for Krans' stories. Football Coach Tom Sawyer has been frank that he is no Krans fan.
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In January the Minnesota Newspaper Association awarded Krans first prize for college investigative reporting. Most of that work was for his junior-year project on underage drinking. Based on 300-plus interviews, observation and documents, Krans listed the bars that are easy access for underage drinkers. Incensed, the campus booze crowd rallied to discredit the story, Bulls-Eye Beer Hall even hiring an attorney to threaten legal action. But, the facts unshakable, all the bar people could do was cry in their beer -- or strike indirectly out of anger. One Bulls-Eye employee downloaded a photo of Krans and printed up posters proclaiming him unwanted. The posters went up a bar entrances where bouncers station themselves. Not until graduation week a year and a half later did a Bulls-Eye bouncer relent and let Krans in -- even though the poster, a bit faded, was still at the door. When Krans' story on underage boozing first broke, someone scrawled "Die Kranz" on copies of the Winonan student newspaper and left them in a journalism classroom. The incident was reported to campus security as a death threat, but aside from sneers and snubs Krans was not assaulted. Six months later, when word leaked that Krans was about to blow the lid on varsity football misdeeds, someone placed two spent bullet shells on his desk at the Winonan. The story appeared in the next issue anyway.
Krans was news editor of the Winonan his senior year. His work also appeared on the CyberIndee. He covered the police part-time for the Daily News, although the newspaper never picked up on his journalistic revelations on underage drinking and football misdeeds. He also wrote numerous soft features for the Daily News. Krans served as news editor of the curricular-based Bravura masscom department magazine. He reactivated the campus chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists. He was awarded the Adolph Bremer prize for reporting in the CyberIndee. His senior year Krans created the Slug Award, an ongoing cash prize for outstanding reporting in the Winonan.
Krans acknowledged his unpopularity among certain segments of the campus population. Pursuing and telling truth has a price, he told beginning journalism students in class presentations. Among masscom students he assumed near-heroic status. Several listed him among the 10 most influential campus people of 2003-2004 in year-end wrapup stories -- although football Coach Tom Sawyer, whose Warriors made the NCAA Division II playoffs, generally placed higher.
Krans sampler:
Bare breasts, booze lure high school jocksMassive WSU football rule violationsWhere the under-21 crowd drinks
Motorists face tighter blood-alcohol maxST. PAUL, Minn., May 16, 2004 -- The Legislature lowered the maximum allowable blood-alcohol level for motorists to 0.08 percent, a 20 percent tougher standard for drivers who imbibe. The new limit will be effective in August if Gov. Tim Pawlenty signs the bill, as expected. The law was among only a few that made it through the Legislature before the 2004 session ended at its statutory deadline. It was an acrimonious session. Among bills killed by minority Republicans in the Senate was funding for state construction projects, including the renovation of the Pasteur science building at Winona State University.
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> New stadiums in The Cities
> More casinos
> Capital punishment for worst sex offenders
Among successful bills:
> Higher social science and math high school standards
> A hunting season on doves |
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COMMENT: CANNON FODDER
SECRET DRAFT PLAN
Although President Bush canÕt bring himself to admit his miscalculations in Iraq, it's plain his war cannot be sustained without thousands of more troops. He's drained the National Guard and Reserve. He's extended tours. The miniscule troop contribution of allies is dwindling.
Without a draft, President Bush cannot keep the war going.
Quietly the pieces have been put together to re-activate conscription -- after election day. Legislation is drafted to suck up both men and women, with no exemptions for college students. It will be a vacuum-cleaner sweep of a new generation for cannon fodder. The Selective Service budget has been expanded by $28 million to get the machinery up and running.
They've thought of everything. This time, unlike Vietnam, war resisters wonÕt be able to avoid prison by heading north. The new Safe Borders Declaration signed with the Canadians takes care of that.
The President lied about why the nation should go to war. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Now he is less than truthful about what's next. |
Earlier comment:
Selective Service, no Selective Slavery
The new draft ahead: Women
Cops find post-bar bladder issuesWINONA, Minn., May 15, 2004 -- Police cited a 24-year-old man for pissing in public near Brothers Bar on Third Street at 1:14 a.m.Ten minutes later they nabbed a 22-year-old man doing the same thing against the museum bulding a block way. The charge in both cases: Disorderly conduct.
Background: Public urination tickets infrequent
WSU grad wins FulbrightWINONA, Minn., May 15, 2004 -- A Winona State University spring grad, Pam Graybeal, has won a Fulbright grant to spend a year in Germany as part of her plan to become a teacher of English as a second langauge in Germany. At Winona State, Graybeal majored in education to teach German and minored in music. She will study German literature on her Fulbright.
Shakespeare crew moves in at WSU
PLAYS AT WSU
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| WINONA, Minn., May 15, 2004 -- One of the four East Lake dorm buildings at Winona State University was bustling with new arrivals -- but not students. Sixty repertory company actors and crew for the Great River Shakespeare Festival, scheduled to open June 25, moved in and then began evening rehearsals at the Performing Arts Center at Winona State. The crew included 36 professional staff, 12 interns and 12 apprentices.
Background: WSU grad in role |
R.I.P.: Robert E. "Bob" MatejkaPRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis., May 15, 2004 -- A career school teacher, Bob Matekja, who held a 1972 master's degree from Winona State University, died at the hospital. He was 70. Matejka also held a 1961 bachelor's from Winona State.
Ed prof to lead WSU grad program
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| WINONA, Minn., May 14, 2004 -- A Winona State education prof, Lee Gray, was appointed to a three-year term as director of the university's graduate program. Academic Vice President Steve Richardson, who announced the appointment, said Gray had been recommended by a faculty panel from a pool of excellent candidates. Gray will, also, continue teaching half-time. The position was vacated with the retirement of Pauline Christensen. About Gray, Richarson said: "He comes to the role having had many years of service on the Graduate Council and having been a long-time advocate for graduate issues." |
WSU SECURITY
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MAY 14, 2004 | A student was cooking at the East Lake dorm and set off the fire alarm at 11:20 a.m. Firefighters found no fire.
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Prof assesses news of Indian remains law
KILLION
Found signs of Euro-centrism
Sabbatical leave enabled her to complete dissertation
Her doctoral degree is first among WSU faculty from a recognized mass communication school |
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| WINONA, Minn., May 14, 2004 -- Winona State University masscom prof Cindy Killion used a sabbatical leave this past year to finish a dsssertation on news coverage of a 1990 federal law that required the bones of American Indian people to be returned to their tribes. Killion said she found that coverage "minimized Indian religious views." Although she did not find blatant stereotypes, as had been documented for earlier times, Killion said that articles tended to objectify Indians. When pictures of Indian bones were displayed, for example, the bones were arranged in such a way that did not respect them, she said. This, she concluded, was one sign of Euro-centric influence in coverage. Killion's research, the first of its kind, examined coverage from a wide range of news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. Killion, herself part Indian, did the research in earning her doctoral degree from the University of Oregon.
Killion was on sabbatical leave, with partial salary, this past academic year. She had completed her Oregon courses when she left, and the dissertation was already started. Without the sabbatical, she said, she could not have found the time for the research and writing. "I was teaching an overload," said Killion, who teaches mostly photo and news courses. "I was teaching skills courses. You just grade all the time." Previously, Killion has taken two years off from Winona State to complete course work for her Oregon program. Those leaves, she said, added depth to my teaching: "I was able to be a better teacher." She said that she expects her sabbatical to have a similar effect. Killion is a firm advocate of sabbaticals because, she said, they help professors improve their knowledge: "We generate knowledge -- that is what we do."
Reporter: Mae Schultz
Background: 13 new sabbaticals approved |
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BRETT CAROW
ANN NOLIN
BRIAN KRANS
PAUL SLOTH |
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Fingall windown brokenWINONA, Minn., May 14, 2004 -- A window was broken at Fingall Hall, a dorm across Huff Street from the main Winona State University campus, police said. The report came in about 10 a.m.
Court spurns anti-gay marriage appeal| WASHINTON., May 14, 2004 -- The closely watched battle over gay marriage, permitted in a new Massachusetts law, will not be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court, at least not now. Opponents, mostly conservative activists, had asked the Supreme Court for an emergency review after setbacks in two lower courts. The justices offered no explanation for turning down the emergency appeal. In Minnesota, the state university faculty union has taken a gay-friendly position in the debat. |
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CAMPUS ALMANAC
POSTED MAY 14, 2004 |
Members of the Winona State University Student Senate, with salaries of executive officers:
EARLIER ALMANAC ENTRY
Background: April election results
Prep soccer conference players to WSU |
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| WINONA, Minn., March 13, 2004 -- Six high school conference soccer players, including Minnesota all-state forward Kellie Tollefsen, will join the Winona State University team, Coach Ali Omar announced. In 2003 Tollefsen scored 13 goals and 19 assists for Meadow Creek Christian. Here are the recruits: | |
Molly Blum
Claire Fitzgerald
Katie Krantz
Annie Lauterer
Ashley Loosbrock
Lindsay Opgenorth
Krista Ryan
Brooke Sherer
Holly Sutton
Angela Swanson
Kallie Tollefsen
Kayla Walters
Heidi Woerle | Verona, Wis.
De Pere, Wis.
Plymouth, Minn.
St. Charles, Ill.
Byron, Minn.
Green Bay, Wis.
Byron, Minn.
Chanhassen, Minn.
Elk River, Minn.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Andover, Minn
Appleton, Wis.
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Midfieler
Defender
Midfielder (acad all-conf)
Midfielder (all-conf)
Defender / midfieler
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Forward (conf 1st team)
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R.I.P.: David "Ole" PielFOUNTAIN CITY, Wis., May 13, 2004 -- A Winona State University alum, Ole Piel, 50, died after a lengthy battle with cancer. He once owned Ole's Bar in Fountain City.
R.I.P.: Robert John "Bob" ThurleyWINONA, Minn., May 13, 2004 -- A 1938 graduate of Winona State Teachers College, Bob Thurley, 87, died at a nursing home. After Marune service in World War II in the Pacific, Thrley returned to Winona as an assistant to the city enginner. He retired in 1981.
WSU gears up for College of KidsWINONA, Minn., May 13, 2004 -- The first session of this summer's College For Kids program at Winona State University will begin July 12 and the second July 19, Director Bill Murphy said. The week-long sessions, for pupils in Grades 3 to 8, will be taught in day-camp fashion by expert professionals, he said.
Contact: Bill Muprhy
Tech lauds Winona Health supportWINONA, Minn., May 13, 2004 -- The health-care organization Winona Health, which operates the hospital, was honored with the Southeast Tech Presidential Citation at the school's commencement ceremony. Tech nursing director Laurie Becker thanked Winona health for dedication to hands-on training opportunties for Tech licensed practical nurse and registered nurse programs. Rachelle Scultz, president of Winona Health, said it's a two-way street, praising the students' energy, ideas and interest.
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LAKE WINONA. Basins will be built to reduce silt buildup in Lake Winona from erosion and runoff. The basins, a $364,000 project approved by the Port Authority, conclude a long-term lake dredging project.
YMCA UPGRADE. The YMCA simplified its membership structure to allow everyone access to all facilities. A $2 million renovation is expected to be completed over the winter
CANOE FACTORY. Wenonah Canoe plans to build a 40,000-square foot factory at River Bend Industrial Park as part of its consolidation of Winona and Canadian manufacturing facilities. The company paid $250,000 for a five-acre site.
KWIK ROB. A masked robber with a gun held up the Kiwk Trip convenience store at Highway 61 and Mankaro Avenue about 1 a.m., Thursday. He fled on foot.
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Shakespeare seen as ecomomic engine
PLAYS AT WSU
"Midsummer Night's Dream"
"Winter's Tale"
Tickets range from $19 to $22. On Broadway, Haugh noted, tickets start at $80.
Wnona underwriters include the Community Foundatiuon, Merchants Bank, RTP, Watkins, Winona National Bank. |
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| WINONA, Minn., May 13, 2004 -- The new Great River Shakespeare Festival at Winona State University this summer will generate $2 two million in economic impact for the Winona area in its first year, co-organizer Mark Haugh said. Within a decade, he said, the event can bring in as much as $10 million to $12 million a year. Haugh predicted a steady influx of 2,000 to 3,000 visitors tthrough the five-week run. The festival features two Shakespeare plays beginning June 25 at the Performing Arts Center at Winona State.
Background: WSU grad in role |
Independent senator caucuses as DemST. PAUL, Minn., May 13, 2004 -- Spurned by Senate Republicans for not joining them against a statewide construction program proposal, State Sen. Sheila Kiscaden of Rochester said she will now caucus with Democrats. Kiscaden, elected as an Independence Party candidate, said her her goals will remain the same -- to champion Rochester initiatives and to take a bipartisan approach to solving problems. Kiscaden, the Senate's only Independence member, had been a Republican until 2002, when she switched after being denied the GOP endorsement for a fourth term. Her decision to caucus with Democrats won't have much effect on party-line issues in the Senate. Democrats outnumber Republicans 35-31.
Background: WSU braces for Pasteur delay |
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GLOSSARY: A caucus is a p tactical planning meeting orangzied by political party leaders in the Senate or House. |
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Woman free on bond in stabbing caseWINONA, Minn., May 13, 2004 -- A 23-year-old woman accused in a Harriet Street stabbing posted $14,0000 bond and was released from jail pending a court appearance Thursday. Heidi Marie Halbakken, 23, was held on a charge of second-degree assault in the box-cutter stabbing of a man Sunday evening. The man is recovering.
Background: Stabbing charge filed
WSU SECURITY
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MAY 13, 2004 | Guards responded to a trouble alarm at East Lake at 10:11 a.m. False alarm.
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| WINONA, Minn., March 13, 2004 -- A three-time Wisconsin state qualifier in the 100-meter hurdles, Jessica Devine of Logan High in La Crosse, has decided to attend Winona State University. Coach Kim Blum, in announcing newcomers for the coming season, noted that Devine holds three conference 100-meter championships and two conference championships. Devine also was an conference runner of the year. Also announcing for Winona State was Brenda Gilles of Shakopee, Minn., a state qualifer in high and long jumps and a conference champion in the high and triple jump. Here are the recruits: |
Jessica Devine
Brenda Gilles
Shanna Hansen
Nicole Olson
Betsy Peterson
Robyn Wera | La Crosse, Wis.
Shakopee, Minn.
Rothschild, Wis.
Plover, Wis.
Viroqua, Wis.
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High, long and triple jump
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Blum said the newcomers will have "immediate impact" on Warrior scoring. This year Winona State finished second in the Northern Sun conference. Thirty school records were set.
QUICK
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MAY 13, 2004 | BASEBALL (MEN'S): Named to the conference first team was SMU second-base player Tony Cicalello.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S) Named to the Academic All-District V team were WSU pitcher Stephanie Fritch and SMU catcher Amy Edge. Both have near-perfect grades, Fritch 3.91 and Edge 3.86.
TENNIS OMEN'S) Named the top conference singles player was SMU's Tyler Stevenson
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Study: Chat group misses diverse views SCHILD
Media researcher
"It's easy to keep talking when people in the conversation are on the same side; it's quite another thing when they're dvided into opposing camps.
"What complicates it even more is that the things we are most deeply divided over are the things we most need to talk about." |
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| WINONA, Minn., May 12, 2004-- An email group designed to foster community dialogue, Winona Online Democracy, has instead become home for a few like-minded people who dominate the discussion, according to a 25-month study by St. Mary's University masscom prof Steve Schild. On whether United Way funds should go to Boy Scouts, which had banned gay leaders, nine of 10 writers were opposed, Schild said. His finding coincided with an earlier study on a divisive school referendum, in which almost all were opposed. On whether Wal-Mart should be welcomed to town, the margin was two to one against.
In his latest study, Schild said that although as many as 250 people subscribed to Winona Online Democracy, six writers wrote 31 percent of the messages. In a survey of subscribers, Schild found that fear of being criticized online for their views kept some subscribers from entering the dialogue. "That sounds like the 'spiral of silence' theory developed by social scientist Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann," he said. "She predicted that people with unpopular views will go silent rather than continue to oppose prevailing opinion." Schild noted that letters to the News and the Post opinion pages were more evenly divided on the issues he studied. On the schoool referendum on which he earlier did a detailed analysis, Schild found that letters to to editor more closely coincided with how the vote went in the election. |
WSU prof on global river societyWINONA, Minn., May 12, 2004 -- A Winona State University biologist, Michael Delong, was invited to represent the Large Rivers Study Center on a new 30-member international river society. All the populated continents are represented in the sosiety, which is working out its goals and a publishing program.
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