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WSU ad grad wins at CannesCHICAGO, June 30, 2004 -- The first advertising grad from Winona State University, Patrick Knoll, won a Bronze Lion at the international Cannes advertising festival for his Super Bowl commercial for Budweiser. It was Knoll's third Bronze Lion. Knoll was graduated from Winona State in 1986. His Budweiser work is for the advertising agency DDB Worldwide. He also has held McDonald's and Tostito accounts for DDB.
Computer tech: New Gateways "a deal"| WINONA, Minn., June 30, 2004 -- The $500 a semester that Winona State students pay for their laptop under a required lease, $4,000 over four years, is "a decent deal," according to university computer technician Jeremy Scherer. Responding to a complaint by student Mary Kramer to the attorney general, alleging that the lease is a "ripoff," Scherer said the lease includes a new computer every two years, on-campus repairs, and special software. Scherer did not say what the university paid for the new laptop tablets but said the $1,800 advertised retail price is misleading. At 278MB, the Winona State variation, the M275Xe, has triple the memory of the regular X model, he said. Also, the entire Windows Office suite is included, he said. He valued the beefed-up software, which is pre-installed, at more than $1,200. |
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GATEWAY M275Xe
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Background:
A technology committee failure
WSU student files laptop complaint
Next at WSU: Tablet laptops
Gateway M275Xe specs
Salyards declares Ward 3 candidacyWINONA, Minn., June 30, 2004 -- A bed-and-breakfast operator, Deb Salyards, announced her candidacy for the City Council from the Third Ward, which includes the main campus of Winona State University and the downtown area. The position is now held by Chris Arnold, who is seeking re-election. Salyards is the wife of Winona State University economics prof and entrepreneur Don Salyards. Since 1986 they have operated the Carriage House Bed and Breakfast across Main Street from the university. Salyards has served on the board of the Convention and Visitors Bureau. She has been outspoken with doubts that city government can handled tourism promotion effectively. She has been on the board of the Historical Society and has been a member of the Historic Preservation Commission.
Background: Salyards: "Rochester overrated as tourist source" |
| | Salyards has lived in Winona since 1975. She and professor-
husband Don Salyards have two grown children, both in the Twin Cities. He is a former president of the Winona School Board and one-time Libertarian Party activist.
Address: 420 Main St.
452-7635 |
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Candidates filling up Winona ballotWINONA, Minn., June 29, 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)
Debbie White
No challenger to date
Dieter Mielimonka (incumbent) (not seeking re-election)
City Council (1st Ward)
Al Thurley (incumbent)
No challenger to date
City Council (3rd Ward)
Chris Arnold (incumbent)
No challenger to date
COMMENT:
LAPTOP LEASES
TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE FAILURE
The fiery complaint by Winona State student Mary Kramer that the university laptop lease program is a "colossal ripoff" is rooted in inadequate research and voodoo math. Nonetheless, hers is an important message that reflects widespread student objections to the laptop program. Too, it demonstrates a failure of the Student Senate technology committee.
For years, Senate presidents have appointed techies to the committee. These guys have have jumped eagerly into the hip pocket of university technology Vice President Joe Whetstone. Some have even been on Whetstone's payroll. It was a disgrace that the committee at one point recommended to the Senate to endorse a Whetstone plan to nickel and dime students to print out their homework, sheet by sheet.
It's no wonder that students lack faith in the Senate to represent their interests. The new Senate president, Dusty Finke, needs to appoint students to the Senate technology committee who will have their priorities straight -- not tech-dazzled geeks and certainly not Whetstone lackeys. The committee's first order of business must be a full accounting of the finances of the laptop program with a detailed report to the students. If it requires the Senate to hire outside auditors to make sense of university accounting and mumbo-jumbo, so be it.
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Earlier comment: Student files laptop complaint
Arts leader seeks City Council seat| WINONA, Minn., June 29, 2004 -- Winona-reared Debbie White, whose passion is dance and theater, announced her candidacy for the at-large City Council seat held by Dieter Mielimonka. In a photo-op with the Julius Wilkie steamboat landmark as backdrop, White said she would bring a different voice to city government. This includes, she said, a sense that the arts can be successful as commerce. White has been working on the Great River Shakespeare Festival for more than a year and is interim festival manager. She spent 14 years in New York studying and teaching dance. |
| | White said she will issue a platform statement in coming weeks. Planning is key, she said: "How do we want to shape ourselves."
Address: 577 E
Howard St.
454-4417 |
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CAMPUS NEWS QUIZ
19. Who broke the story on the Winona State University gymnasts missing regional and perhaps national competitions because of a paperwork foulup?
(a) John Edstrom
(b) Anne Jungen
(c) Brian Krans
(d) B.J. Puttbrese
(e) Emily Finley
Answer
20. What's happened to Winona State University gymanstics coach Rob Murray?
(a) Promoted to athletic director
(b) Resigned to coach golf at St. Mary's University
(c) Transferred to administrative duties
(d) Resigned in mid-contract
(e) Named an assistant basketball coach
Answer
21. Who is heading the flag project at Winona State University now that it's decided to install more flags?
(a) Dave Thorn
(b) Parker Hjelmberg
(c) Colette Hyman
(d) Cal Winbush
(e) Michael Hofland
Answer
Earlier quizzes
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SMU hires corporate liaison expertWINONA, Minn., June 28, 2004 -- Winona-based St. Mary's University hired corporate recruiter Deb Schnitker to drum up clients for its growing Apple Valley location in the south Twin Cities area. John Pyle, associate vice president, said Schnitker has extensive knowledge of the adult education market and "a broad awareness of the local corporate and industrial landscape." Her title: Corporate liaison. "As we build relationships with businesses through the corporate liaison, we will be better able to assess the educational needs of employees in this changing corporate climate," said Pyle. "We can then use this information to create learning options to meet those requests." At Apple Valley the university has eight bachelor's degree completion programs and several master's programs, includuing an MBA program.
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SMU musician's name on music roomWINONA, Minn., June 28, 2004 -- A practice room at St. Yon's Hall at St. Mary's University has been named for faculty member Paul Turner. He directed the Marinotes and the college concert chorus and founded the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfornia fraternity. Turner was a 1946 grad.
CAMPUS READER
Jeff Dankert, "Student Finds Summer Niche at Pool." Winona Daily News (June 29, 2004), Page 26. What's a Bulls-Eye bartender do in the summer? Save lives at the Bob Welch Aquatic Center. Dankert, a news reporter, interviews Winona State Unversity senior Dylan Olestzke, who's worked his way up to pool manager after three years as one of 26 lifeguards.
Jane Jacobs, "Dark Age Ahead." Random House, 2004. Jacobs, whose 1960s views inspired a generation of urban socioligists, worries that cultural values are not being passed on to the current generation. Customs, rituals and the fabric of culture are being lost to "mass amnesia." Universities are partly to blame, she says, allowing credentialism to replace learning as a value.
Background: Earlier recommendations |
Bogus $50 bill at Bulls-Eye
BULLS-EYE
107 W. Third St. |
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| WINONA, Minn., June 28, 2004 -- A Bulls-Eye bartender accepted a counterfeit $50 bill sometime in the past several weeks, police said. Merchants have had a rash of bad bill recently, many from the same printing batch. Denominations have varied. |
Kerry bringing message across river
KERRY
Farm, small towns on intinerary |
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| ARCADIA, Wis., June 25, 2004 -- Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry will campaign through western Wisconsin, including a stop at the Veterans Memorial at Arcadia, 20 miles from Winona, on Independence Day weekend. Schedule details were being worked out, but stops include Cloquet, Minn., and Dubuque, Iowa, with visits at family farms and small towns to discuss rural issues, a spokesperson said. The upper Midwest swing will end July 4 at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. |
GAZEBO'S
FIRST
WEDDING
BELLS
Brian Northam and Nisha Papa-
constandinou |
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Nuptials precede gazebo dedicationWINONA, Minn., June 28, 2004 -- Even before Winona State alumni dedicated the gazebo they donated to the university, new grads Brian Northam and Nisha Papaconstandinou found a use for it. They got married. The ceremony, on May 29, marked the first wedding in the gazebo which university officials expect will be in demand as time goes on.
Background: Tying first knot in WSU gazebo
Background: Alumni to dedicate gazebo
RECENT
DAYS
IN THE CITY
POSTED
JUNE 28, 2004
FOR KEEPING UP-TO-
SPEED
Winona
Daily News
Winona
Radio
Winona
Post
EARLIER
NEWS |
HMONG REFUGEES. Over the coming two years about 30 Hmong from the Wat Tham Krabook refugee camps near Bangkok can be expected to relocate in Winona County, resettlement planners said.
MIELIMONKA MOVES ON. Colorful Dieter Mielimonka, 21 years on the City Council, not only is not seeking re-election but is resigning. Mielimonka will move to Steilacoom, Wash., to be nearer his children. The moving date: Sept. 3. Earlier story
SHERIFF FAULTED. Sheriff Dave Brand smashed his car into another vehicle in St. Charles, in western Winona County. The occupants of the other car, a mother and three children, age 12, 10 and 4, were taken to a hospital and released. Brand was ticketed for failing to yield. |
NEWS AND COMMENT
WINONA MEDIA WATCH |
COST-CUTTING CLUSTERING. Through acquistions and swapping with other media companies, newspaper chains are creating clusters of papers to give advertisers a regional reach, which builds the papers' revenue; to save news costs with sibling publications sharing coverage; and to cut production expenses with joint presses. Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, corporate parent of the Daily News, has assembled a cluster that stretches from Wisconsin's east coast to west coast with a Winona outpost inside the La Crosse marketing area:
| Dailies | Weeklies and shoppers | Baraboo
Beaver Dam
Chippewa Falls
La Crosse
Madison
Portage
Racine
Winona
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| Eau Claire
Holmen
Mauston
Melrose
Onalaska
Reedsburg
Sauk City
Shawano |
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| Sparta
Viroqua
West Salem
Westby
Wisconsin Dells |
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WSU student files laptop complaintWINONA, Minn., June 28, 2004 -- A Winona State student, Mary Kramer, complained to the state attorney general that the university's $500-a-semester laptop fee is morally wrong and perhaps illegal. She called the fee "a colossal ripoff" that generates millions of extra dollars for the university. Kramer visited the Gateway website and found its new M275X tablet runs $1,800 -- but, she noted, the $500 semester lease generates $4,000 for the university over four years, She calculates it out to a $20.3 million profit. Kramer said students could save a bundle by paying retail for a computer on their own, but the university won't allow it.
Background: Next at WSU: Tablet laptops
Background: Gateway M275X specs
Kansas State newspaper adviser axedMANHATTAN, Kan., June 28, 2004 -- After a campaign by black activists at Kansas State University, the director of the journalism school, Todd Simon, removed veteran student newspaper adviser Ron Johnson. As adviser, Johnson had no supervisory control over content of the newspaper, but was targeted by associate provost for diverstiy Myra Gordon after the paper failed to report a regional black student convention on campus. Simon caved. He reversed enthusiam stated in a job evaluation of Johnson only two months earlier. Johnson, adviser to the Collegian for 15 years, is widely respected in national j-education circles. A national organization, College Media Advisers, of which Johnson is a long-term leader, objected to his removal. CMA noted that the First Amendment bars advisers to college student newspapers from pre-publication directives to the editors. About the lack of coverage of the black conference at Kansas State, the student editors apologized.
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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COMMENT: QUOTES OF 2004
MID-YEAR ROUNDUP
VERBATIM HISTORY
LEAVE PATRIOTISM TO ME. Gerry Krage, self-styled patriot and City Council member, was irate that the Winona State University Faculty Senate wouldn't rubberstamp a student Republican plan for a U.S. flag in every classroom. Krage told profs to tend to their teaching, and he was blunt:"Shut the hell up and teach."
FLAG CHARADE Parker Hjelmberg, chair of the College Republicans at Winona State, on university President Darrell Krueger's task force that rejected the club's flag-in-every-classroom project:"President Krueger has been made to act like a politician during this whole charade, and he's played the part pretty well."
Hjelmberg, about the task force deliberations:"Our lone representative, Grace Schwab, is reprimanded at every meeting." |
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| PLAYING POLITICS. Winona State University's president, Darrell Krueger, to student Republican leader Nick Ridge, who was maneuvering for the club's classroom flag project:"Don't play politics with me. I'll win." |
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NAME-CALLING. Gaspare Genna, a Winona State University political science prof, in characterizing student Republican tactics to install a U.S. flag in every classroom: "Neo-Fascist."
| NAME-CALLING BACK. Winona State University senior Nick Ridge, progenitor of the Republican classroom flag proposal, responding to Gaspare Genna: "Neo-socialist." |
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RIDGE |
| MORE NAME-CALLING. Tom Hainje. a leader of Winona State University student Republicans, displeased with CyberIndee coverage, accused faculty-publisher John Vivian of"low moral character." |
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EVEN MORE. Todd Oulette. a Winona State University activist, called a denial by Republican leader Nick Ridge that student Republicans sought to memorialize themselves with GOP plaques on the proposed classroom flags: "A blatant lie."
Oulette cited a conversation with Ridge. |
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| IT GETS WORSE. Colette Hyman, a Winona State University history prof, highly exercised against the Republican classroom flag plan, characterized student GOP leader Nick Ridge in a sidewalk confrontation: "Asshole." |
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| SAD DAY. State Rep. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, in a for-your-eyes-only memo to fellow Republicans but which was leaked to a news reporter: "It is a sad day when American flags donated by college students and veterans on our taxpayer funded campuses are not welcome but are considered a 'sign of oppression' or 'may make our international students feel unwelcome' or 'only if we place American flags alongside those of other countries.'" |
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ABOUT SCREWING IN LIGHT BULBS Robert Newberry, a Winona State University prof, about faculty bickering over the display of U.S. flags on campus:"How many Ph.D.s does it take to hang a flag?"
| WHY ME? Dave Thorn, a retired Navy captain who also is a Winona State bookkeeper, surmising on why university President Darrell Krueger assigned him to take charge of the new project for more U.S. flags on campus:"It's not realistic that one of the secretaries is going to pour concrete for a flag pole." |
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| ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT. Drake Hokanson, Winona State University prof, on his proposal for a semester-on-the-Mississippi course: "We would plan on leasing a boat big enough to accommodate about 100 students and faculty members." |
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TRUTH BE KNOWN. Deb Schroeder, manager for Classic Travel, on why students head south for spring break: "There are not a lot of non-party spring-breakers."
| FAULTLESS CONCLUSION. Don Walski, Winona State University security chief, on why neither John Fitzgerald nor Phil Capuzzi would be charged in a savage dorm fight:"It's hard to prove guilt on one party or the other. ItŐs like a bar fight downtown. If one gets charged the other is also." |
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| AGREE WITH MATT? Desiree Bonsack, chair of the student cultural diverity committee at Winona State University, after Christian zealots involved with the I Agree with Matt campaign had threatened damnation to everybody else:"People have the right to equal rights, to believe what the want, and deserve respect for holding a different opinion." |
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| ROCK THE BUS. City Council member Chris Arnold on learning that drunken students had been shifting their weight back and forth as the Booze Bus was carrying them home from the bars:"If the bus had flipped, oh my God. If even five kids scraped their knuckles, this would have been a disaster." |
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"I QUIT." Bob Paz, after two years of ferrying college drunks on the Booze Bus: "I've gotten threats, mostly drunks threatening to kick my ass. The riders pound on the ceiling, swing from the hand rails, and argue."Paz recommended the free shuttle discontinued. As for himself, he quit.
| BUS TEST. Shirley Mounce, chief disciplinary officer at Winona State University, on the most frequent student question on a proposed crackdown on behavior on the Booze Bus:"Will we be breathalized?" |
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| A DAD'S DEFENSE. Jim Turner, father of Winona State University frosh Eric Turner, referring to his son in the third person, complaining about police reports on an incident in which the son trashed his girlfriend's East Lake dorm room:"Now Turner looks like a raving lunatic with a gun drawn. Nothing could be further from the truth and how sad it is that Turner is depicted in such a fashion. Turner has never had so much as a parking ticket in the past and no juvenile record either." |
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BAD MIX. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams on the arrest of Eric Turner:"Jealousy and alcohol don't mix."
| DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH. Darrell Krueger, 61, Winona State University president, in an interview that triggered speculation on when he might retire:"I don't plan on being here a lot longer. I have other things to do in life yet." |
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| PURPLY BUT TASTY. From publicity for the annual Madrigal dinner at Winona State University:"Spicy mulled whole apple wassail, valentine hearts of romaine lettuce and salet accompaniments drizzled with raspberry vinaigrette, bountiful baked bread baskets brimming with butchered beef, succulents of patiently plucked and wine-glazed Cornish game hen with savory stuffing, rosemary garlic roasted red potatoes, lengths of honeyed carrots with fresh snipped parsley and gode spice powder, royal red raddish rose, merry marzipan wedding cake drowned in raspberry sauce, and jester's best beverages." |
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| THE MEANING OF LIFE. Paul Sloth, a Winonan columnist, decrying anti-intellectualism among Winona State University students:"People in this school don't know how to think. Rather than ask, 'What is the meaning of life?" it's, "Will the meaning of life be on Friday's test?" |
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| A DREAM. Joe Reed, student activities director at Winona State University, on preliminarty approvals for his plan for a solarium addition to the Smuag student unon building:"It's neat to have a dream and have it come to life." |
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| HOSTESS WITHOUT THE MOSTESS. Kasey Kolberg, a Winona State student assigned to escort the rock band O.A.R. around town in a university van:"We weren't exactly riding in style, but I got to talk with the whole band." |
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| COACH MUST GO. Wnona State University gymnast Jessica VanDenHouvel on Coach Rob Murray forgetting to file papers for the team to go to regionals and nationals:"We only have four years to compete, and when you work so hard all year for nothing, it's very disappointing. There are a lot of people who are considering to come to school here, and I would have told them not to come if there wasn't a new gymnastics coach put in place for next year." |
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| COACH'S EXPLANATION. On resigning after gymnasts demanded his ouster, Wnona State University coach Rob Murray explained:"I feel that at this time I am unable to adequately meet the needs of this position and still fulfill my other business and personal obligations." |
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HUNGRY WHEN DRUNK. An 18-year-old college student explaining why she had stopped at Hardee's after the downtown bars closed at 1 a.m.:"I am drunk, and the food is here, and I am hungry right now. I am hungry when I am drunk."
| PUDDING WRESTLE. Lourdes dorm tenant Laine Shipman on her first experience pudding wrestling:"It's so sticky, it's in my ears, and I can't hear anything." |
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QUITE A SPIN. Frank Viggiano, executive director of the Minnesota State University Student Association, on why Lobby Day was scaled back -- no rally, just a few calls on legislators -- while the association was struggling for survival:"We really wanted to concentrate on personal visits."
| IRAQ AS A DARK PLACE. Winona State University math prof Jeff Draskoci-Johnson on U.S. troops torturing Iraqis in the Abu Ghraib prison:"They were simply human beings with too much power in a dark place." |
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| CADILLAC HEALTH CARE. Gov. Tim Pawlenty wanted major cuts in state employee health insurance to balance the state budget. The state, he said, no longer could afford "the Cadillac of inusurance" for its employees. |
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UNFAIR TO LABOR. District Court Judge Michael Monahan on a faculty union lawsuit over Gov. Tim Pawlenty's directive that health benefits be cut in state employee contracts:"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."
| THANK GOODNESS. It was with special relief that Steve Richardson, academic vice president at Winona State University, announced the appointment of a new registrar. Richardson had been doing double duty in the interim:"I am looking forward to putting the registrar's office once again in the hands of an accomplished, full-time professional." |
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| IT'LL BLOW OVER. Football player Carey Rottman on minimizing the significane of his suspension from the Winona State University team until his legal troubles over boozing and partying were settled: "They thought it was a good idea to suspend me until everything blew over." |
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THOSE DAMN JOURNALISTS. A Winona State University coaching staff member, speaking on condition of not be being named, echoing background inormation from several athletic department colleagues: "It was the news that got Carey (Rottman) suspended. Normally it would have been let go."
| POLICE RECORDS AND CHARACTER. Tom Sawyer, Winona State University football coach, on why his recruiters don't check police records of the high school jocks: "A student's character and ability isn't determined by his history." |
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| PLAY BALL, HICK. Michele Bailey, a CyberIndee headline writer, on a report on the Winona State University football team's police record: "The drinking team has a football problem." |
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STRIKE IT. A recently graduated Winona State Univerity athlete about news reports on his police boozing record: "Please remove my name and picture from the CyberIndee. The web site describes things that occurred when I was 19, 20 or 21. I am now a different person. I was younger then and made some mistakes. Through the great leadership provided by the football family (coaches, players, and supporters) I have learned from them and turned into a mature man. Future employers can simply type my name into an Internet search engine and the CyberIndee could pop up. I do not want mistakes I made when I was teenager to have any effect on my future career."
| IN THEIR FACE. Dick Lande, campus facilities manager at Winona State University, on his trips to Washington to lobby for construction funds, including money for under-the-tracks pedestrian tunnels: "I need to go out there and get in their faces -- let them know I mean business about these tunnels." |
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| WALKING UPRIGHT NOT ENOUGH. Bob DuFresne, retired Winona State University president, in his commencement address: "We need to remind ourselves from time to time of what it means to be a human being -- that we are not defined as human just because we walk around on our hind feet." |
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| GIFT SEEKING. Jim Schmidt, fund-raising vice president at Winona State University, on raising money for a proposed $10 million fitness gym: "We need to nail down the million dollar gifts first." |
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SCHMIDT |
SARDINE LIVING. Sophomore Jessica Eide on the Winona State University practice of cramming three students into dorm rooms designed for two:"You would be living on top of your roommates until a different room was available."
POWER HOUR. Winona State University senior Mirandi Rundquist on celebrating her 21st birthday with the ritual of downing all she drink could between midnight and the 1 a.m. bar closing time: "I really don't have any clue what happened that night."
DOCS WILL DECIDE. Mayor Jerry Miller, in explaining his delay in declaring for a third term until new medical tests were back: "I want to make sure there is nothing drastically wrong with me right now."
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TEACHING HONOR. History prof Aimee Dobbs on being named professor of the year at Winona State University: "This is the deepest honor I have ever received in my life up to this point because this was an assessment done by my toughest critics -- the students,"
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