2004 NEWS
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Union: Gains on same-sex recognitionST. PAUL, Minn., July 4, 2004 -- The tentative contract agreement for state univerity professors allows profs to take time off for the illness of death of a domestic partner, said union spokesperson Russ Stanton. The union had sought state-paid health insurance for domnestic partners, but, Stanton said, negotiators for the state wouldn't go that far. Other terms of the tentative contract, to which negotiators agreed on Thursday, have been withheld until negotiators submit them to their boards.
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The board of directors of the Inter-Faculty Organization, of the board of trustees of the MnSCU state college system, and of the state Department of Employee Relations.
Then of IFO members at the seven state universities, including Winona State, who would vote probably in September.
Then of the Legislature's joint subcommittee on employee relations, whose approval puts the contract into interim effect.
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No Desire2Learn technology feeST. PAUL, Minn., July 4, 2004 -- Students will not be billed for new technology in the multi-campus learning management system that McSCU is installing this summer to replace Blackboard and a variety of oiher systems. The new program, Desire2Learn, will be paid for by at the state level by the MnSCU system instead by student fees at individual campuses. Desire2Learn "is being funded 'off the top,'" said John O'Brien, associate vice chancellor for technology, "which means that it comes off the legislative allocation" so that state dollars instead of student's money will pay for the program. O'Brien said part of the objective was to get a system that is the same for all MnSCU schools since that way things would be more cost efficient. Desire2Learn is a program like Blackboard that allows faculty and students online course options. Since it is state funded money and "bought in bulk," said O'Brien, The license is $325,000 for this year, subject to revision in the future depending on how much the program is used."But it should be about the same," O'Brien said said.
Reporter: Joanna Chinquist
Background: Intercampus learning program coming
Republicans back off changes for nowWASHINGTON, July 4, 2004 -- Cowering away from controversy over their proposed revisions of the Higher Education Act, the House Republican leadership has decided to table its drive for changing the law until after the November election. Rep. Buck McKeown, R-Calif., chair of the House higher-ed subcommittee, said the bill had become "too partisan" for an election year. Insiders said the GOP plan probably could pass the House but would leave Republican members of Congress vulnerable to criticism from Democrats in their re-election campaigns. The Republican bill has been widely criticized among college people for banker-friendly changes that would drive up interest rates for student loans. Democratic opposition has been epitomized by Sen. John Kerry, the likely Democratic nominee for president, who said the GOP bill would "do a great service to lenders but cause great harm to students."
Background: Pell cuts in trouble |
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WSU prof offers Shakespeare columnWINONA, Minn., July 3, 2004 -- A Winona State University English prof, Paul Grawe, was invited to write a weekly column about Shapespeare during the Great River Shakespeare Festival for the Daily News. The fist installment dealt with Shakespeare fitting into the daily lives and values of 16th century England.
COMMENT: ELECTION 2004
NO MORE JUSTINS
As an educator himself, Winona State University grad Gene Pelowski is an important voice in the Legislature. Now he's seeking a 10th term, so far uncontested.
Pelowski deserves re-election, but for the sake of robust public dialogue, we hope the Republicans find a worthy challenger.
It didn't work last time. Not until the county fair did the GOP snag Winona State senior Justin Costello, who was passing by the party's booth. Here was a bright, slick-talking kid. "Wanta run?" To which he answered: "Sounds like fun."
Disaster resulted. The Daily News found a police record for partying. Other reporters found more dubious linen. Costello focused on rallying the downtown college bar crowd. The heavy-partiers were enthusiastic -- Justin was their kind of guy -- but there weren't enough of them to swing the election. Pelowski won a landslide.
Can the GOP do better this time? The county fair's coming up. If you're bright and slick-talking, drop by the Republican booth. But only if you have a clean record and good ideas.
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Background: Ballot openings remain
Profs' contract talks in tentative accordST. PAUL, Minn., July 2, 2004 -- The union representing 3,000 professors, including those at Winona State University, reached a tentative contract settlement with the state college system. Terms were not announced, pending presentation to the union's board of directors. Russ Stanton said he expects a vote of union members early in the fall after classes resume. The tentative settlement came one year and two days after the profs' former contract expired. Negotiations were testy even to the point that the union, the Inter-Faculty Organization, went to court to object to health insurance cutbacks imposed unilaterally by the state. The judge sided with the union, saying the state ahad engaged in unfair labor practices by not negotiating the insuranceissue with the union.
Background: Negotiations in stall
COMMENT:
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
REMEMBER
WHO ELECTED YOU
A major attraction of Dusty Finke as student president-elect at Winona State is that he stood up for students two years ago. That's when he said no to university President Darrell Krueger's perennial request for a Student Senate endorsement of a major tuition hike.
We hope Finke isn't co-opted now that he's in office, as have so many of his predecessors.
It's heady stuffy to be asked to be on the podium with $130,000-a-year vice presidents and other university executives. We saw that two weeks when Finke was paraded out at a news conference to say a few kind words about the new laptop notebooks that students are required to lease at $1,000 a year.
There are occasions, of course, when Finke should be on the Krueger podium. But if Finke is to succeed in the essential task of restoring student confidence in student government, he must find the right words to be always clear that he isn't a Krueger lapdog.
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Comment: Technology committee failure
Almanac: How senators voted in 2003
Statewide learning management comingST. PAUL, Minn., July 2, 2004 -- The state college system is implementing a new Internet management program that will connect all campuses, including Winona State. The plan is to have MnSCU schools using the program, called Desire2Learn by its developer, so that students eventually will be able to take online courses from other schools in the MnSCU system, said John O'Brien, associate vice chancellor for technology. With MnSCU hosting the program, individual campises will no longer need their own program, some of which don't integrate easily with others. Currently Normandale Community College is the only MnSCU school that has converted to Desire2Learn. The program wa chosen in September by a committee charged with finding one system for all the MnSCU schools. A a year on reviews of eight competing programs, including Anlon, WebCT and Blackboard, the committee settled in Canada-based Desire2Learn. Winona State's e-learning director, Ken Graetz, who served in the MnSCU committee, said there are some colleges in Wisconsin and in Florida also are adopting Desire2Learn. Most MnSCU campuses are transferring over to the new program this ascontracts with other vendors expire. Graetz said that campuses will have the ability to cater the program to what fits them best, just as professors can arrange their classes. There will be a main page for each school in the MnSCU system, he said.
Reporter: Joanna Chinquist
Kerry makes nearby farm stop
KERRY
Nearest to Winona so far -- 30 miles
What a photo op: An Independ-
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| INDEPENDENCE, Wis., July 3, 2004 -- Presidential candidate John Kerry joined farm kids in a football game on a Trempeleau County dairy farm after talking politics with 100 invited guests on his Independence Day weekend tour of the upper Midwest. Kerry promised to require that imported food products be labeled with their country of origin. Food product manufacturers have opposed labeling, Kerry said, taking a slap at Presdent Bush: "The big guys pushed back, and President Bush caved in." Later in the day, Kerry shot trap at the Gunsick Club in Holmen, a La Crosse, Wis., suburb.
Background: Kerry due in Wisconsin
Background: Higher-ed slate to date |
CAMPUS NEWS QUIZ
20. How much did Winona State University pay Carib-rockers O.A.R. to perform?
(a) $10,000
(b) $25,000
(c) $40,000
(d) $75,000
(e) $90,000
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21. Who was the first varsity football player in Winona State University history to be suspended while facing criminal charges?
(a) Carey Rottman
(b) Tom Sawyer
(c) Miciah Stallsworth
(d) O.J. Simpson
(e) Larry Holstad
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22. Who is the $12,000-a-year chair of the Minnesota State Univerity Student Association?
(a) Michael Hofland
(b) Frank Viggiano
(c) Dusty Finke
(d) Brad Krasaway
(e) Robin Miller
Answer
Earlier quizzes
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R.I.P.: Deane (Dean) C. HarveyTOMAH, Wis., July 2, 2004 -- A Winona State University grad who taught 28 years in Winona schools, Dean Harvey, died of Parkinson's disease at the Veterans hospital in Tomah. He was 72. He had lived in La Crosse, Wis., in recent years.
R.I.P.: Ruth Amy (Schultz) Evens HolteWINONA, Minn., July 2, 2004 -- A maintenance worker at Winona State University for more than 20 years, Ruth Holte, 82, died, at home. The family suggested donations to the Richard Evens Scholarship, named for a deceased son, at Rainy River Community College.
R.I.P.: Evelyn B. JohnsonRUSHFORD, Minn., July 2, 2004 -- A former Winona State Univerity employee, Evelyn Johnson, 89, who lived in rural Money Creek, died at a La Crosse, Wis., hospital. She was known for her Swedish dishes.
COMMENT:
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
INCUBATOR FOR CHEATING
How misconceived is President Bush's education reform program, the No Child Left Behind Act? By putting schools in competition to avoid funding cuts, the Bush program has spawned widespread abuses to boost test scores. Teachers have erased wrong answers, filled in unanswered questions, coached pupils during exams, passed out tests in advance, and excluded dropouts and special-ed pupils.
These acts are hard to excuse. Teachers need to be role models. But a more fundamental issue is that No Child Left Behind is flawed public policy. The program puts teachers under such financial pressure that, despite years of college preparation to do their work well, some consider cheating.
A psychology freshman will tell you that you don't inspire good performance by threatening punishment -- like funding deprivation, school closings and job cuts. The answer to better schools is inspiring teachers with rewards for excellence -- not punishment.
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Background: A spate of cheating -- by teachers
Candidates filling up Winona ballotWINONA, Minn., July 1, 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)
Deb Salyards
Kansas State prez: Leave press freeMANHATTAN, Kan., July 1, 2004 -- The president of Kansas State University, Jon Wefald, issued a declaration supporting a free student press after the firing of the faculty adviser to the campus newspaper. Wefald said the university would "never order or pressure an adviser to coerce a student staff's editorial decisions." Wefald's statement, which he called "a declaration of commitment," was an embarrassment to journalism school director Todd Simon. It was Simon, under pressure from black activists, who had removed the adviser, Ron Johnson. Black students and the university's diversity provost, Myra Gordo, had complained at a lack of coverage in the newspaper. Now, after Wefald's intervention, the decision to remove Johnson has been put on ice until the university's quasi-independent publications board can reclaim jurisdiction on the issue.
Background: College newspaper adviser axed
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Trainer: Women at greater injury riskWINONA, Minn., July 1, 2004 -- Women are two to eight times more likely to suffer severe knee injuries in sports, Winona State University athletic trainer Brian Zeller said. Women are especially vulnerable to rips in the anterior cruciate ligament, also known as ACL, he said. Why? There are theories, but nobody knows for sure, Zeller said. "There are differences in the female and male anatomy," he said, noting that women have different grooves in their bones: "They also have different muscle strength. Also, he said, hormones may be a factor." Zeller himself is doing research on this subject. He said that the injuries happen when a person lands improperly, which causes the knee to twist and the ligaments to tear. Typical symptoms include a popping noise, lack of function in the injured leg and swelling. Some people feel severe pain, some feel mild pain.
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Zeller said that the most common treatment is surgery. In one procedure, doctors take tissue from a donor or from the patient's hamstring to repair the damage. Zeller said donor tissue can be a problem because the strength of the tissue is an unknown and may cause future problems. A lot of people with ACL injuries forgo surgery and live with the injury. "You don't necessarily need an ACL," said Zeller. He said that people who are not involved in sports are more likely to go without surgery, but an athlete who wants to return to sports may have no choice -- but healing can take six months. "We can get athletes back to 100 percent after surgery," he said. "Once the ACL is healed, there is no reason why they can't be as strong as they were." The athlete, however, may have an increased risk of knee pain in the future, he said. Zeller said the greatest risk of ACL injuries are in basketball and soccer because of so much stopping and starting.
Background: Kelly Joyner
Sheehan dorm sinking? Ain't soWINONA, Minn., July 1, 2004 -- Heard the rumor that the 13-story Sheehan dorm at Winona State is sinking and will be torn down? Intrepid reporter Jim Galewski at the Daily News did. So he asked university Vice President Cal Winbush, who hadn't heard the rumor. If true, Winbush should know. He's in charge of the university's physical plant and student affairs, including the dorms.
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SCHWAB JOB. Schwab Construction of Winona will be the general contractor, working with Krauss Anderson of the Twin Cities, for the $32 million hospital-clinic expansion project, said Jerry Kneusel, Winona Clinic administrator Jerry Kneusel.
HOSPITAL BONDS. The City Council endorsed proposed loans to build the hospital-clinic addition. The action allows the project to use the city's municipal credit rating, which is high, to float bonds to raise $26 million.
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.
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BOOSTER BLINDERS. In the spirit of boosterism trumping news, the Daily News has been beathlessly enthusiastic in heralding the opening of the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Day after day reporters are dispatched to beat the publicity drums. There is much to be enthusiastic about, like imaginative stagecraft and superb acting, not to mention the long-term economic potential for the festival. But how about news? Attendance has been less than full house, with 100-plus empty seats for the inaugural matinee. News coverage of the box office is important, especially because the city and the theater company are seeking public funding to expand -- $125,000 for starters. It's reasonable for readers to expect a newspaper to report the full story. Earlier story
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SMU creates advanced education degreeWINONA, Minn., July 1, 2004 -- St. Mary's University, based in Winona, launched a new graduate degree in education curriculum, assessment and instruction to help meet accountability standards in the new federal No Child Left Behind law. Announcing the program, Fran Crisman, associate dean of education, said: "Our goal is to provide learning beyond a master's degree for education professionals who are dedicated to exceeding the high standards placed on learning communities today." The program will be based in the Twin Cities.
CAMPUS READER
Bill Clinton. "My Life." Knopf, 2004. Whether you love him or hate him seems to be what shapes people's reaction to the former President's autobiography. These things for sure: At 957 pages, you get more words per dollar than with most bios. Second, it's selling, sure to outearn the $10 million advance. Knopf has ordered a second printing.
Brian Grow. "A Spate of Cheating -- By Teachers," Business Week (May 5, 2004), Pages 94-95. In this compilation about No C hild Left Behind testing, Grow, a news reporter, tells of teachers in California, Illinois and Michigan altering pupil answers by erasing them and filling in unanswered questions, of teachers in Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington coachingpupils during exams, of teachers in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and other states passing out tests in advance, and of teachers in New York, Tennessee and Texas excluding dropouts and special-ed pupils to boost results. Grow faults the offending teachers as bad examples for kids.
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SMU launches family, marriage degreeWINONA, Minn., July 1, 2004 -- Winona-based St. Mary's University launched a master's degree program in marriage and family therapy to address a growing social need. The program, at the university's Twin Cities operation, offers students two options to meet state marriage and family therapist licensure requirements. Steve Peltier, program director, projected high interest in the program: "Families and marriages continue to experience higher levels of stress and strain."
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Darrell
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WSU president
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Louis
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SMU president
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Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
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A REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
A ranking of Winona campus news-makers of this past academic year
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TOM SAWYER. It's been the best of times and the worst of times for Winona State University football coach Tom Sawyer. The Warriors went 10-1, tying the WSU record for most victories in a season and earning the conference title. But the mighty Warrior football team fell in an intoxicated heap as reports of drunken misdeeds by players mounted -- 45 police run-ins at last count by 33 players. As the misbehavior received increased attention by campus media, so also did Sawyer's go-lightly discipline for violations of the athlete conduct rules. Sawyer didn't much like the news coverage about his off-field team disciplinae methods and placed a gag order on players and coaches: Don't talk reporters under any circumstances. Some did. Some didn't.
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MATT BENNETT. In the heart of a colorless Minnesotan winter, the Winona State University campus was ablaze with vibrant orange t-shirts. Christian organizations banded together behind a testimony of faith of senior Matt Bennett and wore I Agree With Matt shirts in hopes of sparking conversation to share their faith with others on campus. Reaction was mixed. The chair of the Student Senate cultural affairs committee,, Desiree Bonsack, proposed an I Agree With Tolerance campaign in response, but the proposal was toned down so as not to offend campus Christians. The Senate's plan never came to anything.
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KEITH SCHWAB.The final project of contractor Keith Schwab's life was Winona State University's East Lake dorm. It was his brainchild. The new dorm, at Franklin and Sarnia, affords 360 students apartment-style living, each unit complete with kitchen, laundry room, and at least one bathroom. The dorm has raised the standard of student housing in Winona. For the first time in years, landlords have found themselves with vacancies. To compete, landlords have added internet access, Jacuzzis, and other amenities to attract renters. Also as a result. rental prices have dropped. Schwab's final contribution to the city of Winona was to provide a more affordable and friendly environment for student renters.
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CAREY ROTTMAN. A Saturday morning hangover isn't uncommon on college campuses. But on Jan. 25, Winona State University freshman Carey Ian Rottman awoke with more than a hangover. The 18-year-old football player was busted at a party the previous night. Instead of cooperating, Rottman fled. Two officers gave chase, and Rottman was apprehended, but not before one officer was also injured. Then Rottman head-butted the other officer. Rottman faced a slew of charges, from felony assault to consumption. He was able to plea-bargain his way to four misdemeanors. Rottman was suspended from the football team for a few weeks, and according to him, Coach Tom Sawyer said he wouldn't have been suspended at all if the pesky campus reporters had left well enough alone.
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BRAD KRASAWAY. Winona State University student Brad Krasaway is inheriting a huge problem. In March, Krasaway was elected to the highest paid student-held office in the state, as chair of the Minnesota State University Student Association. The back-slapping and congratulating didn't last long, as Krasaway came face-to-face with the internal disaster that is MSUSA. The organization's two largest schools, Mankato State and St. Cloud State, upon Krasaway's election, walked out of the delegates assembly and have refused to participate since then. They do not feel adequately represented within the organization, and they want out. However, a state statute prevents their secession, and Krasaway is now forced to try to negotiate them back into the organization. Nothing like having your work cut out for you.
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ROB MURRAY. Winona State University gymnasts learned a painful lesson
in coaching negligence. Coach Rob Murray failed to submit the proper paperwork by a deadline, and his team was barred from National Collegiate Gymnastics Association competition. As a result, the season came to an early end, and the gymnasts lost respect for their coach and the univerity's athletic program. Athletic Director Larry Holstad simultaneously took partial blame for the mishap while pointing the finger at Murray. Holstad claimed he had filled out his portion of the paperwork, but Murray had not. In the end, Holstad forced Murray to resign.
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DRUNK COLLEGIANS. Imagine 60 inebriated students on a bus that seats 26. That is what Safe Ride driver Bob Paz faced in the wee hours of March 28. The city and university-sponsored bus was created in 2002 to ferry students from the downtown bars to the dorms on the weekends. It didn't occur to anyone the rowdy behavior on the streets would simply transfer to the bus. So when Rock the Bus became a nighttime game that frightened Paz and broke a window, the Safe Ride had to be evaluated. Rumors of suspension abounded, which Paz personally favored, but City Clerk Monica Hennessy-Mohan instead limited ridership and added another bus to run for the last hour of operation on Saturdays.
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TYLER DESPINS. Omitting any word of his impeachment on an application for Gov. Tim Pawlenty's state college board of trustees blew up in Winona State University student Tyler Despins' face. Despins had been impeached as president of Rochester Community and Technical College amid allegations of failure to communicate with student council members. The next year, after transferring to Winona State, Despins caught the attention of Pawlenty's advisers when he was a legislative coordinator for the Minnesota State University Student Association. MSUSA, however, did not endorse Despins for the college board of trustees, and leaders of the organization were miffed that Pawlenty didn't accept their recommendation. Then it was learned that Despins hadn't mentioned the Rochester impeachment in his formal application, which left the governor's chief screener furious. But the appointment had been made, and it was decided not to rescind it. Though he had a rocky beginning, Despins worked hard to prove he was the right man for the job, attending meetings all around the state to set tuition and negotiate faculty contracts, among other things. He quickly became a leader in technology planning for the whole state college system.
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TESS KRUGER. Out of thin air, a new vice president position was created at
Winona State University in August.President, Darrell Krueger appointed lawyer Tess Kruger vice president of university affairs, and gave her a 36.9 percent pay raise, making her the univerity'sfourth highest paid executive. Even as higher-ed funding was being cut and tuition raised, Krueger padded Kruger's purse. Her salary: $114,800. Added to that is the fact that Krueger did this appointment in secret. No formal announcement was made, fueling studeny cynicism that as Krueger was trying to keep the expenditure in the closet. And how has Tess Kruger fared as vice? SheÕs been low profile, without any major projects or successes reported in the news in her first year as a WSU big shot.
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CAL WINBUSH. Winona State University Vice President Cal Winbush had a bruising year. He found himself in the crosshairs of the hottest
controversy on campus -- the flag flap. Winbush was suspected to have approved the College Republicans request for a U.S. flag in every classroom while his boss, President Darrell Krueger, was out of town. As if that werenÕt enough, Winbush came under fire once again when the Safe Ride bus, a program that ferries students from the downtown bars to the dorms on weekends, was abused by drunken students playing Rock the Bus. At the March 31 Student Senate meeting, Senate President Michael Hofland was the one to inform Winbush of the incident. Hofland had been contacted by City Clerk Monica Hennessy-Mohan. What does it mean for an institution when student leaders are more informed than administrative leaders? And last, but not least, there was WinbushÕs paternalistic decision to remove the CNT television service from the Smaug eatery because he felt the network's videos were too sexually explicit. Winbush made no excuses and gave no explanations. Nor did he make any attempt to include student leadership in the decision.
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