|
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
JUNE 26, 2004 | A visitor was found smoking marijuana outside the Sheehan dorm at 2 a.m. The visitor was removed from campus.
|
Dramafest curtain opens, kinda, sorta
BARD FEST
June 25-July 25
"Midsummer Night's Dream"
The Winter's Tale" |
|
|
| WINONA, Minn., June 25, 2004 -- Drama enthusiasts mingled with the troupe on the lawn at the Winona State University theater building ahead of the premiere play in the inaugural Great River Shakepeasre Festival. It was a cool evening, strings music wasping through the landscaping as the fountains danced. Then everybody, including university President Darrell Krueger, Mayor Jerry Miller and state legislator Gene Pelowski moved inside for the curtain to open for "A Midsummer Night's Dream." What curtain? Producing directors Paul Barnes, Mark Hauck and Alex Wild decided on no curtain -- just the set. More intimacy between audience and story, they said. The other play in the series, "A Winter's Tale," opens Saturday. |
Background: City to persist for theater funding
Background: Shakespeare crew moves in
Solons urged: End feuding, pass fundingWINONA, Minn., June 25, 2004 -- Time is short for a decision by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to convene the Legislature, said House minority leader Matt Entenza at Winona State University on a southern Minnesota trip to press for funding for construction projects statewide. Entenza, D-St. Paul, said a quick session must be called no later than July 6. Otherwise, he said, legislators will be too far into their re-election campaigns for a worthwhile session. At stake are dozens of projects, including a $10.2 million update of Winona State's Pasteur science building. Entenza balmed Senate Republicans for the failure of the funding bill in the regular session, but added: "It's time to set aside the partisanship." Gov. Pawlenty has agreed to call a special session if legislative leaders can agree ahead of time on short agenda.
Background: Defining "consensus" eludes legislators
RECENT
DAYS
IN THE CITY
POSTED
JUNE 23, 2004
FOR KEEPING UP-TO-
SPEED
Winona
Daily News
Winona
Radio
Winona
Post
EARLIER
NEWS |
HIGH WATER. The paddle-wheeler Celebration Belle will be able to clear bridges on the swollen Mississippi and make its scheduled Winona stop as part of the Grand Excursion after all. But not the Mississippi Queen or Delta Queen. If waters recede sufficiently so the Queens can clear overhead bridges, the can catch up with the rest of flotilla only by passing ports. Earlier story
SEX OFFENDER. A convicted sex offender has been living at Sauer nursing home in Winona, the state corrections Commissioner Joan Fabian confirmed. Fabian's department has been under ciriticism for sending offenders to nursing homes without notifying fellow residents about their predatory background. The offenders, she said, are 70 years old on average, most of them bed-ridden and incapable of carrying for themselves.
THE NEWSPAPER WARS. John Edstrom, columnist for the Winona Post, called on Mayor Jerry Miller to remove himself from the City Council debate over annexing Wilson Township because the mayor owns farmland in the township. Edstrom charged that Miller was in a conflict of interest. Unspoken was that Edstrom is still smarting from the mayor removing him from a city personnel panel after an incendiary Post column that was perceived as racist.
The Daily News, responding, editorialized that there's no cause for Miller to step aside. In short: "Policy decisions that are good for the city and the township have the predictable effect of making property more valuable. If the proposed annexation increases the value of Millers' property it is safe to say the property surrounding it will also increase in value, which seem to be a good thing for the whole township." The Daily News commended the mayor for disclosing the ownership.
|
WSU senior a hero in Rochester rescueROCHESTER, Minn., June 24, 2004 -- A Winona State University senior, Joe Mozer, was honored by city officials for rescuing a 10-year-old boy from flood-swollen Cascade Ceek three weeks ago. Police said Mozer and another passerby, Chris Bevin, spotted the boy clinging to a bridge girder and jumped into the raging chest-deep creek. The two made their way to the girder, the fourth one out in the normally tranquil creek, and grabbed the boy and held him until a rescue team arrived with a pontoon. The boy, Tyler Buckmier, was in the water about 10 minutes. At the ceremony, both Mozer and Bevin met young Buckmier again with his family.
CAMPUS NEWS QUIZ
16. When are the next Winona municipal elections?
(a) August
(b) September
(c) October
(d) November
(e) January
Answer
17. In which Winona ward is Winona State University?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
(e) Fifth
Answer
18. Who is the member of the City Council elected from the Winona State University ward?
(a) Dieter Mielimonka
(b) Al Thurley
(c) Gerry Krage
(d) Tess Kruger
(e) Chuck Arnold
Answer
Earlier quizzes
|
WSU hires women's basketball coachWINONA, Minn., June 22, 2004 -- Winona State University hired veteran Missouri college coach Scott Ballard for women's basketball. In a news conference, Ballard said he will dive into recruiting and getting to know returning players and the staff he inherits. "July is the most important month for recruiting high school kids," he said. Winona State has tremendous geographic advantages to attract top-notch high school players, he said: "There is a lot of talent in this area." Ballard succeeds Terri Sheridan, who stepped down in April after 12 years. The Warriors were 16-12 overall last season and 8-8 in the Northern Sun conference. In Missouri, Ballard built a 167-90 record at Central Missouri and 102-42 at Missouri Southern. Before that he coached high school. Ballard holds the distinction of being Missouri's most successful Division II women's basketball coach.
Background: WSU basketball coach steps down |
|
| 
BALLARD
From Missouri |
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
JUNE 22, 2004 | A university employee reported at 10:45 a.m. that sometime after 2:00 a.m. ity his vehicle was egged while parked off-campus.
|
Ballot has lots of blank linesWINONA, Minn., June 22, 2004 -- Winona campus people are watching the developing campaigns for the November election for policy positions on higher-education and campus relations.
President
George Bush (Republican) (incumbent)
John Kerry (Democrat) (nomination expected)
Ralph Nader (independent) (ballot qualfication pending)
Congress
Gil Gutknecht (Republican) (incumbent)
Joe Mayer (Democrat)
Jim Mork (independent)
State House
Gene Pelowski (Democrat) (incumbent)
No challenger to date
Mayor
Jerry Miller (incumbent)
No challenger to date
City Council (At-large)
Dieter Mielimonka (incumbent) (not seeking re-election)
No candidate to date
City Council (1st Ward)
Al Thurley (incumbent)
No challenger to date
City Council (3rd Ward)
Chris Arnold (incumbent)
No challenger to date
| 
B.J.
PUTT-
BRESE
| 
KATIE
LOKKER
| 
MIKE
KAEBISCH
| 
SARAH
LANG
| 
NATHAN
BORTZ
| 
JOANNA
CHINQUIST
|  |
|---|
|
TOMORROW'S GREATEST BYLINES TODAY |
|
City OKS bar license renewalsWINONA, Minn., June 21, 2004 -- Liquor license renewals were approved routinely by the City Council for all but three bars, whose application paperwork was incomplete. The police department, which reviewed the applications first, registered no objections. Given an extensions to get documentation on required insurance coverage were Charlie's D&D, Jeferson Pub and Grill, and Steve's Bar. In the past the City Council has suspended licenses for offenses at Chucker's (now Schyde's under new ownership), Shorty's, and a handful of other college bars after police found underage individuals being served. The police have lightened up on walk-through ID checks of patrons in the past year.
Underage drinking remains a widely acknowledged practice, which the Council and police have been ignoring. In a March 2003 study by journalist Brian Krans, drawn on 300-plus interviews, observation and documents, these bars were ranked as the easiest for under-21 drinkers to get service: Bulls-Eye. Shorty's, Brothers, Schyde's., Rascal's, Mulligan's, Za-Za's and Gabby's. On the list also were Four Mile and Midway, whose licenses are issued by Wisconsin authorities.
Background: Bars must ante-up $2,300 renewal fee
Background: Under 21? Try Bulls-Eye
CAMPUS READER
Kevin A Hassett and Robert J. Shapiro, "Annually Adjusted Rates Would Avoid Catastrophe," Chronicle of Higher Education (June 18, 2004), Pages B12-B13. Hassen, of the American Enterprise Institute, and Shapiro, a former U.S. undersecretary of commerce, defend banker-friendly changes in the Higher Education Act to lock in the interest rate for student loan rates when students take them out. "Taxpayers are the lenders left holding the bag when interest rates rise," Hassett and Shapiro argue.
George Miller, "An Important Tool to Pay Off College Debt," Chronicle of Higher Education (June 18, 2004), Pages B12-B13. Miller, D-Calif., senior minority member of the House Commitete on Education and the Workplace, defends provisions in Higher Education Act that allow students to sonsolidate college loans after graduation to lower their interest rates. Republicans want to scrap the provision. Bankers favor the change because they are charged a fee to participate in the current program. Also, bankers would rather lock students into a loan rate than have students periodically shop around for lower rates every time they consolidate their debts.
Background: Earlier recommendations |
Arnold seeks 2nd term from WSU wardWINONA, Minn., June 21, 2004 -- City Council membe Chris Arnold, elected from the Third Ward, which includes Winona State Univerity and the downtown area, announced for re-election. Arnold was first elected uncontested to the Council in 2000. No challenger has announced this time either. Arnold, 38, a mechanical engineer, holds a degree from Iowa State University. He has lived in Winona 33 years. He started college at Winona State, taking a miscellany of courses but switched to Iowa State. Except for college he has lived in Winona since he was 5. On the City Council, Arnold has been a member of the student-community relations committee that establishhed the Booze Bus to keep college drunks off the streets at night and preserve neigborhood tranquility. He has advocated creating a downtown entertainment district. At Winona State he has been criticized for not being in touch on campus issues. In March, not knowing the status of univerity processes to install more U.S. flags around the campus, Arnold voted to deny permission for a university alumni reunion banner over a city street until the campus flag issue was settled. The City Council later backed off and gave permission for the banners.
Background:
2nd term on Council? Wait 'til July
Comment: Whe we worry about Arnold
Arnold: What if bus had flipped?
City to WSU: No banners on Huff, Main |
|
| 
ARNOLD
On Council since 2000
Has long list of involvement in community affairs
He and wife Stacey Mounce MC'd 2004 Miss Winona pageant
Home: 660 Lafayette St.
452-7518 |
RECENT
DAYS
IN THE CITY
POSTED
JUNE 21, 2004
FOR KEEPING UP-TO-
SPEED
Winona
Daily News
Winona
Radio
Winona
Post
EARLIER
NEWS |
BIGGER HOSPITAL-CLINIC. The physician-owned Winona Clinic on Sarnia Street will move to a new $32 million building on the Winona hospital campus by 2006. The clinic and the hospital will jointly own the new three-story structure. Plans include a new surgery suite with four additional operating rooms.
STABBING. Carnival worker Gregory Barry, 20, Moorhead, Minn., was charged with second-degree assault and second-degree rioting in the stabbing of Sean Emmons, 20, Winona, at Levee Park. Fellow carney Brandie Topolewski, 22, Bay City, Mich., was charged with fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct. Earlier story
|
NEWS AND COMMENT
WINONA MEDIA WATCH |
INSERT RACE. The Daily News leads the Post in the race for pre-prints, those inserted ads that bulk up the paper. This past week:
Daily News
Ashley Furniture
Carpets Plus
Cummins Tools
Gander Mountain
JCPenney
JCPenny (2nd)
Kmart
Kohl's
Kohn's (2nd)
Menards
News Corp. coupon pkg
Office Depot
Office Max
Quiznos Sub
|
|
| Shopko
Target
Tires Plus
Tri-State Auto
Valassis coupon pkg
Volkmann Frigidaire
Post
Econofoods
Fleet Farm
Hy-Vee
Sears
Shopko
Slumberland |
GALEWSKI IN DRAG? Speculation swirls about who's the pseudonymous Daily News gossip columnist who debuted as the Nosy Neighbor last week. Best bet is retired editorialist Jim Galewiski, who has continued as an occasional columnist -- although the coiffure and lipstick in the coy photo on the column suggests otherwise. Second pick is Jerome Christenson, but he's not into wearing skirts often either. Distant third: It's a siamese Galewski-Christenson collaboration. Whichever or whatever, complaints can be expected from the gentle but humorless ladies at the Women's Resource Center that the photo is a derogatory stereotype of women as nosy gossips. Earlier story |
Thurley's hat in ring for CouncilWINONA, Minn., June 21, 2004 -- City Council member Al Thurley, who represents the West End's First Ward, announced he will seek re-election. Thurley has long been involved in civic affairs, including a stint in charge of the city tourism agency. Also, he has served three earlier although not consecutive terms on the Council. He has been a member of the student-community relations that works on problems involving the colleges. In March, when the Council gave Winona State trouble for not moving more quickly on a campus controversy involving U.S. flags, only Thurley and Mayor Jerry Miller spoke against meddling in campus affairs.
Background:
Recent City Council elections
Thurley: Booze Bus games must end
City to WSU: No banners on Huff, Main
Thomson: Text adopters need briefings| NEW YORK, June 21, 2004 -- Education publisher Thomson, under criticism with other publishers for textbook prices, plans a new initative to "educate" asdopting professors and students to the value of CD-ROMs and other add-ons. Adam Gaber, director of communications, said that critics are off-base in saying publishers bundle useless ancillaries with textbooks to drive up the price. The reality, Gaber said, is that profs and students often either don't know about the CD-ROMs and supplemental web sites or
they don't know how to use them. "There are misperceptions among students and professors about what they are buying," he said. Thomson is training sales reps to offer in-class demonstrations and walk-throughs about using the supplementary materials. |
|
| 
Thomson says profs and students don't understand its products
Sales reps being instructed to conduct briefings
Can this be done without insulting the customer?
|
|
UNDER-AGE
BOOZERS
WHO GOT
CAUGHT
BEING
STUPID
DON'T
TELL
THEIR
MOTHERS
|
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
|
The CyberIndee serves Winona State University masscom students as a reference resource and as a digest of campus news.
The
CyberIndee enriches learning by providing audience feedback for students' creative work.
The CyberIndee reports Winona campus news for a global audience.
The CyberIndee offers information, entertainment and opinion
geared to campus people.
The CyberIndee is financially independent of campus administrators and student politicians.
|
CYBERINDEE
PEOPLE
EDITOR
John Vivian
WEB DESIGNER
Matt Del
Vecchio
2004
CONTRIBUTORS
Megan Akre
Michele Bailey
Ruth Bailey
Amber Bakeberg
Amy Baumgart
Lindsay Bauer
Nathan Bortz
Seth Brantner
Rachel Cherry
Joanna Chinquist
Tanya Cooke
Amber Dulek
Allison Ethen
Christina Ferrise
Emily Finley
Meghan Frain
Ty Gangelhoff
Sarah Goberville
Laura Gossman
Kate Goyette
Tracie Groen
Jens Hanson
Colleen Harer
Anne Jungen
Ezra Kazee
Adam Keith
Sarah Knopp
Brian Krans
Steven Kuzenski
Sarah Lang
Eric Leibundguth
Katie Lokker
Stephanie Magnuson
Erik McClanahan
Brendan McVoy
Kaylyn Messer
Brian Mogren
Jen Olafson
Katie Pillsbury
B.J. Puttbrese
Kristie Rossi
Sara Ryan
Michael Rytilahti
Erin Sather
Aubrey Shermock
Nathan Simonson
Kate Stater
Ian Stauffer
Doug Sundin
Alison Turner
Rob Venz
Pam Volk
John Yehambaram
Patrick Walsh
Teresa Woodall
Angela Wurst
EARLIER
CONTRIBUTORS
|
|
|
|
A REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
A ranking of the biggest Winona campus news of this past academic year
Christina Ferrise
|
| FLAG PROJECT. Winona State President Darrell Krueger approved recommendations from a university-wide task force for "respectful, honorable and appropriate" display of the U.S. flag on campus. Many students were offended when the campus Republicans proposed hanging 120 flags in Winona State classrooms, which some saw as a claim to a monopoly on patriotism. Even though the Republicans raised somewhere between $500 and $2,300 -- they never provided an accounting -- they won't hand over that money for the plan recommended by the task force. Why not? It's not their plan and it's not what their donors intended. Bitterness remains among some student Republicans, who defended their classroom flag proposal even as opposition mounted. The debate became so shrill that national news media picked up on it. The covcerage was not flattering to the university, especially when critics were challenging the loyalty of opponents to specifics of the GOP plan. Anything positive come of it all? Krueger said the issue gave the campus an opportunity to discuss and debate. Also, there will be some fancy flag displays built over the next few months. |
| ATHLETE MISBEHAVIOR. Winona State University football players kept on partying despite public focus on an incredible arrest record for boozing that was compiled by investigativre reporter Brian Krans and published in October. Krans documented that 25 players had police records, mostly for carousing. Although the university has a conduct code for athletes that suggests harsh penalties for disobeying the law, including suspension, Coach Tom Sawyer kept letting offenders suit up and play rather than jeopardize a run at the NCAA Division II playoffs. After the season was over, one player, Carey Rottman, was suspended. Rottman, drunk and belligerant, attacked at least one cop, perhaps two, who were trying to arrest him outside a wild party where team members were hosting 18-year-old high school players from around the region on a recruiting weekend. During the recruiting period Bob Olson, 21, and Brian Ploessl, 20, both paid $165 fines for loud partying. Also, a high schooler being recruited from Milwaukee was arrested for drunkenness behind the wheel of varsity player Lee Cunningham's car. As late as May police were still being called to football parties. By the end of the school year 33 players had paid court fines for a total of 47 incidents. |
|
| 
COACH SAWYER
47 incidents, one suspension |
| PARKING. The Winona State Student Senate opposed a university administration plan to spent $1.3 million to buy the old Lincoln School, tear it down, and pave it over for parking. Students favored the cost-efficencies of letting Community Bible Church buy the building and letting use adjacent parking to the university on weekdays. Despite Student Senate opposition, the univerity went ahead with the purchase any way. Administrators said the acquisition was a good buy that fits into a long-term university needs. In other words, the new Lincoln parking lot, at Huff and Sarnia, could eventually become a site for building more university facilities to accommodate anticipated enrollment and program growth. Meanwhile, sometime in the coming year Lincoln School will bite the dust. Then the blacktoppers will move in. |
| NEW UNIVERSITY. Winona State tried to involve everybody on campus in planning for the future in a project called New University, for which university President Darrell Krueger budgeted $450,000. Krueger launched the project in the fall, calling for new thinking to give students more for their college investment, not less, in a coming era of dwindling financial support from the state. Krueger freed education Dean Carol Anderson to honcho the project. After dozens of speakers, panels, brown-bag lunches, focus groups and travel to other campuses around the country, Anderson began compiling recommendations to be assembled over the summer into a plan for the future. Anderson said she sees stronger partnerships between students, faculty and the community, as well as more multi-disciplinary learning. |
|
| 
ANDERSON
Shaping tomorrow |
| APATHY WANING? More than 4,500 Winona State completed questionnaires in the university's fifth annual self-evaluation -- Assessment Day, as it's called. Ccoordinator Susan Hatfield said the participation rate was 20 percent ahead of a year earlier. The Student Senate also saw increased participation in elections, a record turnout, with new online voting. |
| FITZY FIGHT. Winona State University threw two men out of the dorms, cancelling their housing contracts, after a bloody battle in Morey Hall. Freshman football player Phil Cupuzzi and sophomore John "Fitzy" Fitzgerald beat each other up inside a locked room. What happened isn't altogether clear, but there is consensus that Fitzy went to Capuzzi's room to settle a score. The door locked behind him, and for 10 minutes, until the cops came, people in the hallway couldn't do much but listen as the two pummeled each other. Both were injured. A janitor who cleaned up the next morning said she had never seen so much blood. Drinking in the dorms continued as major dorm discipline problem that's by and large ignored. Security guards had issued only eight alcohol cigtations for violations in Morey by late February, when Fitzgerald and Capuzzi went at it. |
|
| 
FITZGERALD
Bloody, bruised |
| GODTALK AT WSU. Christians ar Winona State University posted flyers, chalked sidewalks, and wore bright orange in February to spread the word. Their campaign, called I Agree with Matt, was launched with a testimonial by senior Matt Bennett who had written a moving essay about his faith experience after his father died. After the testimonial, dozens of students shared testimonials about their belief. Some other students later objected to the evangelical tone of some of the religious outpouring -- including cautions to nonbelievers that they would burn in hell. In response, the Student Senate encouraged tolerance and respect for all beliefs, Christian and otherwise. |
|
| 
MATT BENNETT
Campaign namesake |
| GYMNASTICS COACH Winona State University's athletic director, Larry Holstad, asked gymnastics coach Rob Murray to resign after he neglected to submit paperwork for the team to compete in post-season regionals and nationals. Upset at Murray's lapse, gymnasts had been pressing Holstad for the decision. If Murray stayed, said some team members, they would discourage new students from considering Winona State. After several weeks of working through contract issues, Holstad and Murray issued a joint statement that he was quitting. He said he had been too busy with outside activities to do a good job coaching. |
|
| 
MURRAY
Gymnastuics vacancy |
BAR TIME. After the City Council decided against the extension of bar hours to 2 a.m., heightening attention on downtown college drinkeries as a community problem, there was a new focus on creating a healthier and safer community. The county Health Department, state Department of Public Safety, city Police Department, and county Sheriff's Office stepped up a program to inform downtown bar employees and owners about penalties for bartenders caught selling to underage consumers. The Winona State University health staff passed out literature to remind students to make good decisions while partying.
| O.A.R. A $40,000
contract for rockers O.A.R. to perform at Winona State University in April raised eyebrows when it was discovered that other colleges were paying as little as $23,000. Student activities director Joe Reed said the bidding process is a bit like Russian Routlette: You never know what will sail. Also, Reed said, some campuses that got O.A.R. for less were much smaller venues. At Winona State, the 3,000-capacity gym was full. There were disappointments. Reed learneded on the eve of the concert that O.A.R. wouldn't bring an opening band, as had been promised. Putting an upbeat spin on the development, Reed said that the mainliners would play for a solid 2-1/2hours instead. |
|
| 
ROCK CONCERT
$40,000 too high? |
|
|
© 2004,
CyberIndee |
|
