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Project: Get English majors talkingWINONA Minn., May 31, 2004 -- A project to coordinate student activities in the Winona State University English Department is aiming at better communication, said prof Jesse Kavadlo, who heads the new Student Life Committee. The faculty who now advise activities, including the literary magazine Satori and the Grub Street club have only incomplete e-mail distribution lists. "Communication within the department is not effective," Kavadlo said.He hopes to improve participation by schedule a time for profs to meet to coordinate activities to involve more students. Also, Kavadlo hopes the Student Life Committee will help create a a sense of an community English community by spelling out what it means to be an English major "beyond just going to class," Kavadlo said. "I mean, English majors must like to read and write and become enriched by the people around them -- because they're not doing it for the money," he said.
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Blood drive coming to WSUWINONA, Minn., May 30, 2004 -- A Red Cross blood donation team will be at Winona State University on Friday, said student President Dusty Finke. "Beings it is summer and extremely quiet around campus, donors are needed badly to sign up ahead of time to make sure that the Red Cross' trip to Winona is worthwhile." Finke said. He noted taht donors in April are ineligibnle because of a required 56-day interval.
The Student Senate is the traditional campus sponsor of Red Cross stops on campus.
Contact: Dusty Finke
Gutknecht: Pledge, what pledge?WASHINGTON, May 30, 2004 -- Republican Party loyalist Gil Gutknecht, a member of Congress since 1994, has changed his mind about term limits. Gutknecht, who represents southern Minnesota, said he wants to keep his options open for a sixth term in 2006. Whe first elected, Gutknecht subscribed to the party's Contract with America, which included 12 years in office max. Now, says Gutknecht, the people should decided whether to keep him longer. Meanwhile, he is seeking re-election to a fifth term this November. The Contract with America, designed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich, was a wide-ranging document designed in part to keep government in touch with the people by precluding an entrenched legislative branch. Republicans have since backed off the term limit pledge.
Background: GOP endorses Gutknecht
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COMMENT: SCHOOL TESTING
AND WHAT OF MUSIC?
The Bush Administration has been accused of being the lackey of Big Business. The administration's touted No Child Left Behind Act fits the pattern.
Behind the scenes, it was major book publishers, including McGraw-Hill, that pushed for the new law to require more measuring of pupil accomplishment in public schools. Their lobbying paid off. These companies, which have quickly expanded into testing products and services, are fattening their bottom lines by scarfing up the dollars from local school districts required to buy more testing products.
Meanwhile, schools are furloughing faculty and shutting down music and other valuable programs to make ends meet.
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Background: Comment: Whipping boys
Background: McGraw helped by No Child law
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DRESS CODE. The School Board adopted a dress code: "Clothing that overexposes the chest, abdomen, buttocks and/or undergaments." The penalty: Go home.
TRAIN DEATH. Susan Mary Rohaff, 42, of exurban Lewiston, was charged with providing alcohol to the student president at Lewiston High at a party in 2003. Jonathan Mraz, highly intoxicated, was struck and killed by a train while walking shoeless down the tracks. Rohaff had hosted several post-football game booze parties, the prosecutor said.
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Colleges alarmed at Bush memoWASHINGTON, May 30, 2004 -- University lobbyists are voicing criticism over a White House memo in which cuts are proposed in the federal higher-ed budget for 2006. Patrick White, of the Association of American Universities, called the memo "draconian." The memo, leaked to the Washington Post, directs cuts in key programs, including student aid, with any increases in select programs to offset by slashes in others. "This is sleight-of-hand budgeting," said Edward Kealy, of the Committee for Education Funding, noting that increases being requested this election year would be iollowed by cuts and freezes.The leaked memo, which was issused to a White House inner circle, is part of a routine cycle for planning two years out. The memo assumes the President's re-election. The federal higher-ed budget for 2005, meanwhile, is still before Congress. The 2006 Bush higher-ed plan is plan is part of an overall budget with a 0.56 percent cut in non-military categories. The plan is to increase military spending in 2006.
Background:: Bush memo: Cut higher-ed spending
R.I.P.: Thomas M. PloofWABASHA, Minn., May 29, 2004 -- A St. Mary's College alum, Thomas Ploff, died at a nursing home at age 83. He had been ordained in 1945 and served in nmerous pastoal duties in the Winona Diocese. He held the title monsignor.
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Background: Yankowski misses cut |
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No Child law| NEW YORK, May 29, 2004 -- The textbook business has been gloomy for publishers in recent months, but declines have been offset at publishing houses that have bought up testing companies and expanded their existing testing business. The chair of McGraw-Hill, Terry McGraw, said recent growth in sales of the company's education unit is attributable to federal incentives in the No Child Left Behind law for schools to do more puopil outcome assessment. McGraw's education sales increased 6.4 percent in the first the months of 2004. McGraw said that funds from the No Child act are finding its way into the market. There will be further impact in the second and third quarters, he said. |
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WSU series exams herbs, drugs, brainWINONA, Minn., May 29, 2004 -- A counselor-ed workshop series opens at the Winona Stated University Rochester Center with an examination on the role of herbs and drugs on brain chemistry. This is the entire series:
"Drugs, Medication and Herbs: Altering the Chemistry of the Brain to Change the Climate of the Mind," Sept. 10-11."Current and Emerging Issues in Child Abuse," Oct. 22-23. "Legal and Ethical Issues in Mental Health," Nov. 5-6."Group Play Therapy in Schools and Community Agencies," March 4-5. "Reactive Attachment Disorder: Assessment and Treatment Interventions," April 1-2"Methamphetamine and Club Drugs," April 22-23.
Contact: Gaylia Borror
Bush memo: Cut higher-ed spendingWASHINGTON, May 29, 2004 -- President Bush wants to cut federal higher-ed spending in 2006 , according to an internal White House memo reported by the Washington Post. The memo directs the staff to begin developing a budget that would cut spending on scientific research, student aid, and other programs below levels that the President has proposed for 2005. The reductions, on top of generally flat financing in recent years, would help cut federal deficits. The memo, distributed to White House budget officials in early May, said that additional spending proposed beyond the target levels for specific programs would have to be offset by corresponding cuts in others. The Pell grant program already is facing cuts in 2005 that would cut the maximum award by $75, to $3,975.
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WSU Deans Council achievements citedWINONA, Minn., May 29, 2004 -- Mermbers of the Winona State University Deans Council, headed by academic Vice President Steve Richardson, received outstanding achievement awards from the state board of trustees. Linda Baer, vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, made pesentations to Richardson; Carol Anderson, education dean; Christine Clements, associate vice-president; Tim Gaspar, nursing dean; Ken Gorman, business dean; Joe Gow, liberal arts; Nancy Jannik, science dean; and Russ Lohmann, Rochester Center director. Awards cited leadership, curriculum planning, academic innovation and intracampus collaboration.
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Folgers hamstrungSt. Mary's senior Jenny Folgers was slowed by a hamstring injury from a St. Olaf meet two weeks ago. At the nationals she pulled the hamstring at the starting line. "I ran anyway," she said. "With each hurdle I could feel my hamstring pulling more and more. With each hurdle, my steps became more and more painful." Folgers was the last across the finish line. "But," she said, "I fnished my seaon right where I had hoped all season long -- at nationals."
Background: SMU athlete into finals |
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WSU plans new Maxwell Field entranceWINONA, Minn., May 28, 2004 -- The entrance to Winona State University's Maxwell football field is being shifted to Main and Sarnia, said campus facilities manager Dick Lande. As part of the new entrance, a parking lot will be created at the intersection, Lande said. Several houses recently acquired by the university have been razed this spring for the project.
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There also are changes planned to accommodate a new press box. The city has turned over Belleview Street between Main and Johnson streets to the university -- as well as Johnson Street from Sarnia to Belleview. Lande said Johnson Street will blocked off from Sarnia. The current Johnson Street between Sarna and Belleview will remain accessible only from Belleview, deadending in a cul-de-sac. Might Belleview will closed to create more parking? No, said Lande: "Fire trucks need to be able to get through."
Reporter: Kate Goyette
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Background: SMU tracksters to nationals |
R.I.P.: Stella Bernice AndersonHOUSTON, Minn., May 27, 2004 -- A 1927 Winona State Teachers College grad, Stella Anderson, 98, died at a nursing home. She taught in Grand Meadow and Mountain, Minn., but spent most of her career in Washington with the American Chemical Society. She was associate editor of the journal Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. She was known for her poetry and sang with the Washington Chorale Society.
R.I.P.: Lillian C. (Gudnunson) Johnson DornLEWISTON, Minn., May 27, 2004 -- A graduate of Winona Normal School,. Lillian Dorn, died at age 100 in a nursing home. She taught in rural schools with her teaching certificate.
Turner now facing booze chargesWINONA, Minn., May 27, 2004 -- A Winona State University frosh, already facing criminal charges in the trashing his girlfriend's dorm room and making terroristic threats in March, Eric J. Turner, was charged with numerous alcohol violations after being stopped on a street corner about 2 a.m. Meanwhile, the case against Turner for the series of incidents March 23 remains pending in Winona County District Court. In the new incident, Turner, 18, 422 Center St., faces charges of underage possession of alcohol, underage consumption of alcohol, and public consumption of alcohol. He was stopped at King and Center, near his apartment. Ticketed with him on a charge of public consumption was Brett Humphrey, 21, of Osseo, Wis.
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MAY 27, 2004 | Security guards, dorm agents and city police responded to a medical call at 2:30 p.m.
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R.I.P.: David StehnWINONA, Minn., May 26, 2004 -- A Winona State College grad, David Stehn, 71, died of cancer at home;. He had been sick three years. For many years he was at Daniel's Hadware at the Winona Mall. He had moved to Arizona in 1987.
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MAY 26, 2004 | BASEBALL (MEN'S): Named to the NCAA Division III All-Midwest third team was SMU second-base plaer Tony Cicallello.
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U.S. campus alcohol incidents riseWASHINGTON, May 26, 2004 -- Reported liquor-law violations rose 10.6 percent on U.S. college campuses in 2002, according to a compilation of the latest data that federal law requires colleges to report. The total: 30,525. The University of Wisconsin-Madison had the most reported violations -- 837. The Chronicle of Higher Education, which compiled the data, noted that campus-to-campus comparisons are misleading because policing strategies vary. Why a 10.6 percent increase? The Chronicle quoted experts that more aggressive enforcement may be a factor.
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Public education has always been a whipping boy. The kids should be learning more. Teachers are overpaid. You know the tired litany. Despite occasional grains of truth, the critics nonetheless are way off-mark.
This includes President Bush, who talks about failing schools. Not only does the President widely overstate the problem, he has a grand solution. Talk about a straw man -- a solution for a blip of a problem.
President Bush's idea is to penalize underperforming schools. But the President's facts wobble. Sure, some schools are below average, some above. That, Mr. President, is what an average is.
What our society doesn't need is the President's ongoing bash on public education. The schools need more, not less support to do an even better job. It's time for President Bush to end the misplaced demagoguery of his scripters. | |
Earlier comment: A neat trick if you can do it
Tech ups scholarship drive goalWINONA, Minn., May 25, 2004 -- The annual Southeast Tech scholarship fund drive will have a goal of $50,000, public relations director Diane Dingfelder said. Typically the campaign has raised $10,000 to $150,000 in recent years. Dingfelder noted Tech's growing alumni base. The school has had 7,000 students attend since 1990, she said.
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Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the Minnesota House
Stephen Covey, co-founder, FranklinCovey Co.
James McCormick, chacnelor, state colleges
Richard Kalbrener (WSU-68), president, Pihana Pacific
Dan Rukavina, founder, EMD Associates
Robert Carothers, president, Univ'y of Rhode Island
Bill Posz (WSU-44), educator
Jeb Griffith (WSU-65), owner, Miken Composites
Chris Jahnke (85), presid't, Positive Communiations
Gordon Elliott (WSU-59)
Mo Weber (WSU-50), former WSU basketball coach
Harry Sieben, former Spk'r of Minnesota House Aft
Alan Page, associate justice, state Supreme Court Morn
Joanne Benson, lieutenant governor
Dave Peters, education editor, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Ron James, Minnesota vice president, USWest
Ben Miller, co-founder, Fiberite
Tim Penny, member of Congress
Dee Long, Speaker of the Minnesota House
Sandy Keith, chief hustice, state Supreme Court
Ben Miller, co-founder, Fiberite
Dave Durenburger, U.S. senator
Robert Carothers, chancellor, State University System
Marlene Johnson, lieutenant governor
Mary Futrell, president, National Education Assn
Nels Minne, WSU president emeritus
Jon Wefald, chancellor, State University System
Harry Sieben, Speaker of the Minnesota House
Tom Henderson, chief exec'tv, Lake Center
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Joyce Rowland, president, College of St. Teresa
Robert Hanson, WSU president (brief remarks)
Shelia Kaplan, WSU academic vice president
Robert DuFresne, WSU president (brief remarks)
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Prof eyes sabbatical to finish articlesWINONA, Minn., May 25, 2004 -- A Winona State University political science prof will use recently awarded sabbatical leave from teaching to complete two scholarly articles. Karen Csajko said she's been working on both articles during the summers since joining the faculty in 1996. Heavy teaching loads at Winona Stte, she said, make it hard for faculty to find time for research. She has presented partial reports on her research at regiunal and national political science conferences. "I'm at the point where I need some time to pull everything together," said Csajko. One article deals withfeminist political theory, the other with 18th-century political philoospher Jean Jacque Rousseau.
She said, "I really need time to do these articles and then get on to something new so I can present something new." She said that sabbaticals are important because they give professors time to improve in their field. "It is important to have the ability to develop research, work on oneีs own ideas and then bring that back to the classroom," said Csajko. Csajko also said, "Sabbaticals are important for giving professors a time to keep current and engaged in their field." Overall, Csajko said that she would like to see more focus on research. She feels that people become academics because they enjoy learning, thinking, and expanding and that research is one of the best ways to expand one's knowledge. However, she acknowledges that there needs to be time and money available for professors to be able to take time to do research. She said that she feels this would be money well spent. "It is important for professors to keep abreast of their field. It is important for the classroom," said Csajko. The combination of research and classroom teaching is like "a cross pollination of ideas" where the professor can learn from the students along with the students learning from the professor said Csajko.
Since Csajko is in her ninth year, her sabbatical is nonmandatory. The administration can choose to deny sabbaticals that are applied for before 10 years. According to the faculty contract, the administration must grant a sabbatical request at 10 years or after. Csajko said that she applied for sabbatical last year but was denied. Last year, for the first time, no nonmandatory sabbaticals were approved. This has been attributed by President Darrell Krueger and others to the budget.
Reporter: Mae Schultz
Background: 13 new sabbaticals approved
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MAY 25, 2004 | A student reported at 11:30 a.m. that sometime on May 22 someone entered her unlocked room in Sheehan dorm 7:15 p.m. and 7:25 p.m. and removed a bag containing miscellaneous items.
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WSU Democrats Boston-boundWINONA, Minn., May 25, 2004 -- Five members of the College Democrats at Winona State University have shown interest in attending the organization's national convention in Boston, said Ryan Flynn, the club's incoming chair. The chapter, he said, is prepared to send as many students as interested to uphold Winona State's image as politically involved. Flynn acknowledged that a delegation of five would be low but added that it would be more participation than many other colleges. Winona State was second to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in attendance at the last few conventions with a total of eight to 12 students, he said. Flynn said the club is buying a button-maker to help push the candidacy of John Kerry for president and for other Democratic candidates.
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WSU lists policies to ease call-up woesWINONA, Minn., May 25, 2004 -- Students who are called up for military duty have an option to complete courses when they're back on campus -- without paying tuition a second time, the academic vice president at Winona State University said. There are other options too, including completion of the course through a one-on-one arrangement with the prof, said Steve Richardson in a message to faculty. Also, he said, if in the instructor's judgment the student has completed sufficient course work to earn a C or better, the student may be given credit for completion of a course. Richardson mentioned the Minnesota On Line, which offers courses via the Internet from several colleges in the MnSCU system. In addition, he said, Winona State accepts credit earned through CLEP exams administered at military sites around the world. Activated students are eligible, also, for a full refund of tuition. Students receiving refunds, however, may be required to refund state or federal financial aid, he said.
Background: On-duty Guard members study online
WSU football player pays party fineWINONA, Minn., May 24, 2004 -- Another Winona State University football player, the 33rd from the current roster, has run afoul of the law. Adam A. Linbo, 21, paid a $275 fine in Winona District Court for a loud party. Linbo lived spring semester at 258 E. Mark St., where police busted the party after neighbors complained. The citation was the first against Linbo in Winona County District Court. Offenses from football players on the current roster total 47.
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CAMPUS NEWS QUIZ
4. How much would it cost at a minimum for you to impress your friends by renting a skybox at Winona State University's Maxwell Field for all the home games for a season?
(a) $220
(b) $2,200
(c) $5,000
(d) $10,000
(e) $35,000
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5. What will determine whether Mayor Jerry Miller seeks re-election?
(a) Whether Dieter Mielimonka endorses him
(b) The possibility of a WSU adjunct faculty apointment
(c) Whether the groundhog sees its shadow
(d) Dieter Mielemonk'a decision on seeking the office
(e) Medical tests
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6. Who led the Winona State University task force that resolved the flag controversy?
(a) Palmer Hjelmberg
(b) Carey Rottman
(c) Mick Reis
(d) Dusty Finke
(e) Jim Schmidt
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Study: Kids blissful in copyright theftWASHINGTON, May 24, 2004 -- Students entering college in the next few years will be somewhat knowledge but highly insensitve about copyright law, according to a study by Harris Interactive for the Business Software Alliance. A survey of almost 1,200 youths, age 8 to 18, found more than half admitted to downloading music, a third to downloading computer games, 22 percent to downloading commercial software, and 17 percent to downloading movies. Only 29 percent said they worried about their downloading being wrong.
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Judge sides with profs on health careST. PAUL, Minn., May 24, 2005 -- State labor negotiators for Gov. Tim Pawlenty may have committed unfair labor practices in unilaterally cutting health benefits on 3,000 faculty members at state universities, including Winona State, a judge ruled. In an injunction against the state in a law suit by the professors' union, District Court Judge Michael Monahan ordered the state to honor the professor union's prior contract, which had higher employer contributions to health insurance coverage. The union, the Inter-Faculty Organization, had sued after Pawlenty negotiators cut the state contribution to health coverage by 15 percent without collective bargaining last November. Judge Monahan will hear arguments from the state, perhaps as early as November, on whether to make the injunctioin permanent.
Jim Pehler, president of the union, the Inter-Faculty Organization, said the injunction now in effect has larger implications. Said Pehler:
"This ruling establishes that it is an illegal practice for the state to unilaterally impose terms and conditions of employment on employees without bargaining in good faith. It is the first case I know of in several decades that the state has been found guilty of an illegal labor practice. This should be a wake-up call to the Pawlenty administration that state law applies to them."
In his ruling, Judge Monahan wrote:
"On the record here, the State has unilaterally deprived the (professors' union) of the opportunity to bargain on items that are the subject of mandatory bargaining. The State's premium contribution and eligibility for coverage are obviously terms and conditions of employment, and, historically, the state has recognized them as such by bargaining individually with (the union) on these two points. It follows that the State's take it or leave it approach constitutes a refusal to bargain in good faith. This is the essence of an unfair labor practice."
Pehler praised the decision and said he looked forward to returning to the bargaining table to negotiate a new two-year contract. Professors have been working without a contract since July because of delayed negotiations. The union has blamed the state for the delays. Now, Pehler said, the dynamics of negotiation are turned: "The Pawlenty Administration cut public higher education appropriations by 17 percent last year, and has been very aggressive at trying to cut public employee benefits, so we know things will be tough. However, we have now established that they must bargain within the law."
Background: Profs sue state over health care
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Background: Upcoming election
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KRAGE FILL-IN. The City Council unanimously appointed retired veterinarian James Khahl to represent the 2nd Ward while Gerry Krage is on military duty in the Middle East.
PELZER OVERPASS. The $16 million project to take Pelzer Street up and over the Canadian Pacific tracks on the West End is progressing within budget and on time, according to the engineering company Bonestroo and Associates. The overpass, the first in Winona, will have four-lane ramps beginning on Theuer Boulevard on the Mississippi dike and crossing Highway 61 to Winona Bowl.
MUSIC FACEDOWN. The Face the Music record shop chain, which began retrenching by closing its Winona shop two years ago, is shuttering its last remaining store in Rochester. Doug MacIver, owner, said downloading eroded his customer base.
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WSU summer students Wyoming-boundWINONA, Minn., May 24, 2004 -- Two Winona State University profs, James Reidy and Rob Brault, are holding a summer seminar in the Northern Great Plains this June. Reidy, who teaches phys-ed and rec, has led this trip for 15 years, but this is only his third time with Winona State students. "This is a great opportunity for students to earn credits in physical education, recreation, and English while traveling through Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming," he said. Before leaving, students read two textbooks that discuss the history of the Native Americans of the Great Plains. "Students get to spend a lot of time with the Lakota and Cheyenne people, so it's good that they know their background before the trip," Reidy said. "My favorite part of this trip is watching people grow, after spending every day for 13 days with the students I can see them becoming more motivated to learn. The students visit historical sites like Fort Robinson, Devils Tower, Pipes Stone, and Camp Soldier Creek.
Student Mike Semling, who did the trip last year, said he still enjoys reading his journal." It wasn't all fun and games, Semling said: "Before we left we had to write two papers, and when we came back we had to write two more and turn in a journal that we wrote 1,000 words in everyday." The trip runs 11 1o 13 days depending on the weather. Students pay for as many as six credits plus a $500 field trip fee.
Semling said he learned a lot about different cultures: "I learned so much about the Native American culture from eating and talking with the people on a regular basis. It's such a better learning experience than reading about it in a book. Reidy said he heard one student say after last year's seminar "the trip slapped the stupid out of him," Said Reidy: "A lot of people that go on this trip have never experienced a different culture, this is their first time and they really enjoy it."
Reporter: Brendan McVoy
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WSU pianist in first solo recitalWINONA, Minn., May 24, 2004 -- Malaysian Sally Ten gave engineering studies a try at Iowa State University, but, transferring to Winona State, returned to her childhood love -- music. Ten, who started piano when she was 5, performed her first solo piano recital ever at the end of WInona State's spring classes. Why the tangent into engineering? Her early music experience was not entirely positive: "My parents pushed, and I wasn't very interested. My first teacher was very strict, and it wasn't until my third teacher that I became really interested." Now she's really, really interested: "I practice about four hours a day." Ten has been impressed with the Winona State music department. "Every thing here is very connected," she said. "A teacher will talk about something in world music, and then my theory teacher will talk about the same thing. It's all very related." She likes her primary instructor, Deanne Mohr, whom she described as is "very dedicated and is a good communicator and, more important, she's fun." For he recital Ten performed works by Debussy, Chopin and Mozart.
Reporter: Seamus Boyle
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