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Ratification vote set on profs' contractMINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 18, 2004 -- Faculty at Winona State and six sibling state unversities will viote on Sept. 15 whether to ratify a tentative contract with the state, said state union President Nancy Black of Metro State University. The board of directors of the union, the Inter-Faculty Organization, has recommended acceptance. The contract, which covers a two-year period, includes no salary increase for last year and 2.4 percent for the coming year.
Background: Profs' union leadership: Ratify
Mork quits Gutknecht challengeROCHESTER, Minn., July 18, 2004 -- Two months after announcing candidacy for Congress from Minnesota's First Congressional District, Independence Party candidate Jim Mork dropped out. He cited lack of resources. Mork said that after 60 days of campaigning he found that many voters agree with him on the issues. "However," he said, "without the resources I am not in a position to run a competitive and viable campaign." Another candidate who earlier dropped out had said it would take $1 million to unseat incumbent Gil Gutknecht, Mork, a 65-year-old retired judge from the Third Judicial District Court, said he would consider making a run in 2006.
Mork's departure leaves a two-way race between Gil Gutknecht, a Republican, and Democratic challenger Joe Mayer. Said Mork: "If Congressman Gil Gutknecht should be re-elected and if he keeps his promise to step down as congressman after six terms, then I may well consider." While still a candidate, Mork said, "Gil Gutknecht has been around long enough -- and I believe in term limits for our leaders in Congress." Mork's agenda included campaign finance reform. In announcing his campaign, Mork criticized Ciongress for a lack of leadership and integrity in dealing with the federal deficit.
Reporter: Sarah Goberville
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He was graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1965 and from the American Judicial College in 1979.
Mork was a delegate to state conventions in 1964 and 1966. He campaigned for state Senate in 1966.
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Assault reported at Swede's barWINONA, Minn., July 17, 2004 -- Police were called to Swede's Bar, 252 E. Third St., a little after midnight for a fight. A Winona man had been assaulted, police said.
QUIZNOS GIFT
Mark Swenson, a 1991 grad who played varsity sports at Winona State University, gives $5,000 for athletic scholarships in the name of Quiznos Subs. Swenson owns the recently opened franchise.
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"Midwest Wireless Stadium" deal nearWINONA, Minn., July 15, 2004 -- All but the I's have been dotted and the T's crossed on a corporate sponsorship deal to put the name Midwest Wireless on Winona State University's football stadium. Tom Grier, university spokesperson, deferred questions on the terms, but other sources said the university had been seeking a five-year to 10-year lease from a corporate sponsor in the $100,000-a-year range. In an existing corporate sponsorship deal, unrelated to the stadium, Pepsi-Cola Distributing of La Crosse, Wis., gave the university $1.1 million over 10 years to make Winona State a Coke-free campus. Besides being the namesake for Midwest Wireless Stadium, the Mankato, Minn.-based cell phone company would have rights to one of the eight luxo-skyboxes to be built at the stadium. The skyboxes, each being leased to corporate sponsors for $10,000 and $15,000 a year and reportedly all spoken for, are livingroom-like suites three stories above the field for sponsors to entertain.
The skyboxes are part of an incremental upgrade project at the Winona State football field whose projected price tag has swelled to $1.4 million. A four-story press box, with the skyboxes, is expected to be ready for the Fall 2005 football season. The architect has included locker rooms, coaches' offices, conference rooms and sports-related classrooms. The expansion is mostly a pay-as-you-go proposition. Dan Schumacher, the chief sports fund-raiser for Winona State, said $900,000 has been raised toward the expansion.
Backround:
Funding: One gift at a time
Not yet built, skyboxes all sold
Stadium to bear new name?
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Supreme Court overrules UM secrecyST. PAUL, Minn., July 15, 2004 -- Five news organizations that sued the University of Minnesota to find out the names of finalists for the job of university president won their case before the state Supreme Court. University attorney Mark Rotenberg said the university would comply. The university regents had tried to seal the names of their finalists in a 2002 search that resulted in hiring internal candidate Robert Bruininks. The usual practice required in most states' law is that the final candidates for taxpayer-funded jobs be released to the public in the interest of accountability.
COMMENT:
ANOTHER FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
WHAT RAPIST?
A rape-minded creep attacked a Winona State University woman in her bedroom eight days ago. Yet the university failed to use its emergency notification system to alert campus people to the neighborhood danger.
This isn't Winona State's first such lapse.
The university must get serious about student safety. There is no room for unevenness.
Who's to blame? Cal Winbush, vice president for student affairs? Don Walski, campus security director? Police Chief Frank Pomeroy? We need an investigation. Pomeroy should communicate information about campus-area crimes promptly to Walski, who should communicate promptly to Winbush, if not directly to all campus people on the campus intranet.
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Background: Woman reports rape attempt
Prof: Good data analysts in demandWINONA, Minn., July 15, 2004 -- Students graduating from Winona State University in statistics are becoming more desired in a wide array of jobs, particularly data analysis, said prof Brent Dappa. "Our better students have been very successful getting jobs as data analysts in the Division of Biostatistics and the Cancer Research Center at the Mayo Clinic," Dappa said. "I believe we have over 10 recent graduates working there now." Many grads pursue advanced studies, he said: "Our placement of students into graduate schools has been 100 percent for as long as I have been here." Dappa's been on the faculty 12-plus years. Even when the economy is down, Deppa said, hard work will overcome a slow job market: "I firmly believe that if a student in our program is diligent in their studies, does well in terms of GPA, and takes the courses recommended to them we will continue to have outstanding placement our statistics graduates, in spite of the fact that the job market for statisticians is slumping a bit."
Although the U.S. Department of Labor forecasts job growth in stats as slower than average, the department says that those with a degree will find promising job opportunities in data analysis and interpretation, market research, and sales forecasting. Statisticians averaged $57,000 income in 2002, with those working for the federal government averaging almost $76,000. Mathematical statisticians were at $83,000-plus.
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DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY. The Daily News has put its money where its mouth is. If the tight-fisted County Board won't pay for videotapes to record its proceedings, the Daily News has offered to provide the $1.98 tapes every week and even provide archival storage. The offer was in an editorial criticizing the Board for a 4-1 vote against taping its meetings. The Daily News was incredulous, as should be all citizens, at commissioners who said they were afraid about being tripped up by their own words if they were on tape.
Perhaps the Daily News position will shame the county commissioners into reconsidering. In a democracy, elected leaders need to be accountable to the people. Meetings of elected bodies responsible for creating public policy must be fully open and recorded.
Some commissioners noted that minutes are kept of their meetings, which they seemed to claim was sufficient. Minutes, however, are skeletal. Minutes record only the wording of motions and parliamentary details. They lack the robust details of debate in which rationales are hashed through and by which citizens can assess the quality of their elected leadership.
Background: Anybody hear of accountability?
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Some Desire2Learn classes by fallWINONA, Minn., July 15, 2004 -- Winona State University students having trouble finding or getting into the courses they need may find relief in a new learning management system coming to Winona State. It's called Desire2Learn, which will replace Blackboard. With Desire2Learn, students at Winona State and other colleges in the MnSCU system will be able to take online courses offered by any MnSCU college. Ken Graetz, Winona State's e-learning director, said Winona State plans to be completely switched from the current Blackboard to the new Desire2Learn program by the fall 2005 semester.
Graetz, excited about the prospects for Desire2Learn, said several profs have stepped forward as guinea pigs to adapt a few courses to Desire2Learn this fall. "We need to identify the faculty who are game," Graetz said. "We are currently putting together a migration program for students and faculty, but there is still a lot of work to be done." Before the switch can be completed, Graetz and his staff need to train both faculty and students on using Desire2Learn.
Several MnSCU campuses are switching completely to Desire2Learn this year, but Winona State has chosen to wait until next year. By waiting, Graetz said nobody will be overwhelmed with too much too soon. Also, Graetz said, Winona State will wait until MnSCU can "shake all the bugs out of the system."
After several years at Winona State, Blackboard has become a huge hit with both professors and students last year, he said. More than 50 percent of faculty teaching 700 courses at Winona State utilized Blackboard in some way, a huge leap from just 20 courses two years ago. "Blackboard is a very reliable, robust system," Graetz said, "but switching over to Desire2Learn with the rest of MnSCU makes sense for us as a university. There are very nice features and functions for both faculty and students." The biggest feature is allowing students to take courses from anywhere in the state, but for faculty, teaming up on projects to teach the same courses at different schools is a big plus, Graetz said. "A content management feature allows instructors to share and collaborate to create online courses to be taught at all universities," Graetz said. "This program is a step forward for us, but the switch is a huge undertaking. It should be exciting, and I'm anxious to push the envelope."
Reporter: Ian Stauffer
Background: WSU keeps Blackboard one more year
Background: Students still stuck with Blackboard fee
50% raise to new WSU chief recruiterWINONA, Minn., July 15, 2004 -- The new admissions director for Winona State University, Carl Stange, received a 49.6 percent pay hike from his earlier job as assistant director. As the university's chief recruiter, Stange is earning $67,719, records show. Stange replaced Doug Schacke, who was rearning $71,770 when he left this spring after four years as admissions director. Schacke was also receiving an additional $1,500, listed in university records as for "other," and $1,075 for part-time teaching. Schacke's three contracts last year put him $6,575 ahead of Stange.
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Chemistry grads finding jobsWINONA, Minn., July 15, 2004 -- Four out of the 11 chemisty grads from Winona State University in May have found jobs already and two are going on to continue their education, said department chair Charla Miertschin. Most of Winona State's chemistry grads in recent years have found jobs within six months to a year. According to a 2003 survey by the American Chemical Society, only 3.5 percent of the chemists surveyed were unemployed. Because Winona State grads are ACS-certified, most have no problems finding a job after graduation, Miertschin said. Three WSU grads from last year went on to work for chemical companies in Madison, Milwaukee and Chicago, Miertschin said. "Industry wide unemployment has gone up a little bit," she said.
Chemistry teachers also find themselves marketable. Two of the three education majors specializing in chemistry found jobs right away. "Our education majors are certified to teach high school chemistry and middle school science," Miertchin said. This gives them a broader opportunity to find a job in their field. In today's competitive marketplace most departments are encouraging students to attend graduate school for better job opportunities. Miertschin said that while the department encourages those students who are interested in graduate studies to pursue it, "most of our graduates who don't plan on graduate school or just want to wait a year or two before going have had success in finding employment."
Reporter: Jennifer Baechle
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WSU's kid's project graduates 145WINONA, Minn., July 15, 2004 -- About 145 Grades 3 to 8 pupils were graduated from the week-long College For Kids program at Winona State University. The pupils had participated in classes with intriguing titles -- Animation Alive, Case of the Missing Millionaire, and Transformation Sculpture Exploration. Said director Bill Murphy: "It's an opportunity for students to try challenging courses, apply their artistic abilities, have a good time and meet other children." A second session of College For Kids begins Monday. Openings remain, said Bill Murphy.
Contact: (507) 457-5084
Teacher supply, demand evening outWINONA, Minn., July 14, 2004 -- The demand for teachers depends on what teaching specialty they are licensed for and where in the country they are willing to work, according Jean Leicester, chair of the education department at Winona State University. "Right now supply and demand for teachers in general is relatively balanced throughout the Midwest," said Leicester, "with some exceptions." There is a slight surplus of physical education teachers and a substantial surplus of social studies teachers and health teachers certified for grades 5-12, she said. For graduates with health and social studies specialties, finding the right job is often a waiting game, while graduates with a specialty in science, particularly physics or chemistry, should have no problem finding a job, according to Leicester. "If a teaching graduate is motivated and prepared they should be able to find a job in the Midwest," she said.
According to the American Association for Employment in Education, this year the Midwest is facing a teacher surplus for pre-kindergarten to intermediate grades while there is a balanced supply and demand for high school teachers. The ongoing retirement of the Baby Boom generation is also having an impact, leaving frequent teaching vacancies for recent teaching grads to fill. In the future the need for teachers could increase dramatically. "Year after year teaching is becoming more complex with politics, stretched budgets and increasing class sizes teaching is becoming more of a burden," said Leicester. "Often with poor working conditions just under 40 percent of teachers walk away from the profession after only five years.
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Leicester said that the best place to find work in K-12 education is the West -- "in Las Vegas and Tucson teachers are in huge demand" -- but often going to a different region of the country is like stepping into another culture and teachers often don't fit in. Too often she sees students getting degrees with specialties they aren't passionate about. "Students need to find the right fit for them," she said. "When it comes down to it it's all about what a student really wants to do. Teaching is not about the money. You have to have a passion for it. Go where your heart is."
Reporter: Brent Danz
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SCHOOL TESTING. Winona high-schoolers did fair to middlin' on standardized tests required under the federal No Child Let Behind law. In reading they averaged 79, down two points from the year before. In math, they averaged 66, down nine points. Teachers cautioned against reading too much into the declines. New tests were used, teachers said.
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WSU SECURITY
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JULY 14, 2004 | Construction workers set off a fire alarm in Memorial Hall by mistake at 1:37 p.m.
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Sociology grads go many directionsWINONA, Minn., July 14, 2004 -- Sociology grads have many job prospects if they're willing to broaden their horizons and seek diverse positions, according to Helen Dachelet, chair of the Winona State University sociology department. The possibilities are determined by the motivation of the grads and the demographics of the region and the career genre they chose, Dachelot said. As students of sociology, grads are knowledgeable about social systems and people in general, which leads them in many career paths, said Dachelet. "In times when Democrats are in power, jobs are more plentiful because Democrats are most likely to fund social services of various kinds," said Dachelet. However, there are always jobs available for sociology majors, said Dachelet.
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By no means are sociology grads limited to jobs in just one field, she said. There are county positions such as probation officers or human services positions, which would include working in victim services, she said. Also, students can find work in health care settings or residential care. They can work with at-risk children, juveniles or adults in and out of detention centers. Sociology students may even work with sex offenders, chemically dependent persons, the elderly, or the mentally or physically disabled.
Dachelet advises students to find a focus by deciding what "population" they want to work with. "While most students find employment after graduating, it may not be in their desired field, said Dachelet. Some students take jobs in related fields in order to gain experience that will help them to later get a job that they really enjoy." Dachelet has a tip for the 40 Winona State students majoring in sociology -- work hard. "The better students, who are bright and/or hard workers and who have had a good internship, are finding very good jobs," she said.
Reporter: Miranda Rundquist
Testimony: NCAA drug-testing weakWASHINGTON, July 14, 2004 --The athletics director at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, William Martin, told Congression that his department conducts more random drug testing than the National Collegiate Athletic Association requires. Every athlete, he said, is subject to testing year-round. In 13 years, he said, only one case of steroid abuse has been detected. Most witnesses at the Senate narcotics control caucus said, however, that steroids are a major problem in college sports. A former Division I football player testified anonymously tyhat one of his teammates was a dealer who supplied steroids to seven or eight other players. Speaking anonymously from behind a screen and wearing a hood, the player said many of his teammates, including starters, were on steroids. How did these players get around the NCAA-required random testing? "The policy is weak and fairly predictable with the drug tests falling in roughly the same period of time every year," he said. The anonymous player, and several other witnesses, said players are responding to pressure from coaches to bulk up, although, no one explicitly identified any coach recommending steroids.
WSU SECURITY
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JULY 13, 2004 | A fire alarm activated at the Tau dorm at 4 .m. The alarm caused by a malfunctioning sprinkler head.
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Truckload of Minne furniture heistedWINONA, Minn., July 13, 2004 -- A truck backed up to a semi- trailer full of furniture outside the Minne classroom building at Winona State University, hooked up, and drove off, police said. The heist was recorded on campus security cameras on Monday, police said. The trailer was one of three being used to store desks, cabinets and other furniture during renovations in Minne.
Profs' union leadership: RatifyST. PAUL, Minn., July 13, 2004 -- The governing board of the union for state university faculty voted to recommend the union members accept a tentative contract that was hammered out after almost two years of painful negotiations with the state. The contract includes no pay raises other than normal seniority increases that range generally from $1,000 to $2,000. On health coverage, over which the union went to court, the state has offered to pick up $600 more coverage this year than it originally offered. A vote of the union membership on the contract package will be scheduled when classes resume in the fall.
Background: Profs' pay limited to seniority notches
Background: Union: Gains on same-sex recognition
Background: Tentative accord reached
COMMENT
BY SCOTT TAYLOR
WSU LAPTOPS A BARGAIN
The Winona State University laptop program is not a colossal ripoff, as recently alleged in a student complaint to the attorney general. All the money we pay for the laptop goes so that we can have things easier. Do you like having access to the internet in your classes? Do you like getting the Microsoft Office package? If you buy the computer directly from Gateway, how long will Office last? My mom just bought a computer from Best Buy, and her version of Office was done after three months. Do you understand the cost of the rights to use Microsoft and other programs that you can get put onto your laptop?
I think everyone just looks at the amount we pay and thinks it is a colossal ripoff. In reality we could be paying much more.
BIONOTEScott Taylor, a Winona State University senior, served on the student technology fee committee last year. He says he is neither a computer geek nor a lackey of Joe Whetstone, the university's technology vice president. |
Background:
Comment: Technology committee failure
Computer tech: New Gateways "a deal"
Student alleges ripoff to attorney general
Physics prof: Advanced study neededWINONA, Minn., July 13, 2004 -- Through 2012, employment of physicists is expected to grow more slowly than the average of all occupations, according to Winona State University physics prof David Hamerski. Opportunities may be more numerous for those with a master's degree, he said. Hamerski said graduate students in product design, applied research and development programs are more likely to obtain positions within private industries. Although research and development budgets in private industry will continue to grow, many research laboratories in private industry are expected to continue to reduce basic research, Hamerski said. These include jobs in physics research, supporting applied or manufacturing research and product and software development.
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The number of doctoral degrees granted has been declining for several years, corresponding to enrollment drops. Hamerski said, "People who simply have a bachelor's degree in physics are not qualified to enter most physicist research jobs. However, they may qualify for a wide range of positions related to engineering, computer science, or even mathematics." More than 500 colleges offer bachelor's programs in physics. The average annual earnings of a physicist were approximately $85,000 in 2002. Candidates with a physics doctoral degree have an average starting salary of about $55,500.
Reporter: Missy Kane
GOP seeks better grad-rate dataWASHINGTON, July 13, 2004 -- Colleges need to be more accountable to their students, according to Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, chair of the House education and workforce committee. Boedhne wants the Higher Education Act beefed to to require better public reporting by colleges on their graduation rates. "The graduation gap is, unfortunately, just the latest in a number of troubling signs that America's colleges and universities aren't accountable enough to the students they serve," Boehner said. It seems that stricter graduation-rate checking will be a partisan issue. Republicans on the Boehner committee favor changes, but Democrats, including Dale Kildee of Michigan, say a better tracking mechanism would be complex and costly because so many students switch schools. The result, Democrats say, would divert college budget dollars in a period of budget crisis at almlst colleges. Currently the U.S. Department of Education, requies individual colleges to report the number of students who graduate within six years of first enrolling at their campus. Students who transfer to another institution are counted as dropouts, even if they go on to receive a degree, which distorts the data.
Hurt football player regaining feelingLA CROSSE, Wis., July 13, 2004 -- Varsity Winona State University football player Joe Delagrave, paralyzed after a river accident Friday, said he has recovered some feeling after undergoing surgery Saturday for sixth and seventh vertebrae fractures. "I have a little sensation from the chest down," said Delagrave in a hospital interview. He has full function of his right arm but is unable to use his badly bruised left arm. He has been moved out of intensive care at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital and on Tuesday began respiratory, occupational and physical therapy. Coach Tom Sawyer has visited him twice, Delagrave said: "I really appreciate the thought and prayers of everyone."
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Delagrave, a sophomore studying exercise science, and high school friends Kyle Schmidt, 19, and Adam Rooney, 19, were boating near Hunter's Slough in Prairie du Chien, Wis., when their boat hit a sandbar across from the Campion boat landing. According to Crawford County sheriff's dispatcher Terry Rickleff, Schmidt was driving, Rooney was knee-boarding behind the boat, and Delagrave was in the boat spotting. Delagrave said he isn't sure what happened, except that he was thrown from his seat in the boat, which caused damage to his head, back and neck.
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"Alcohol was not involved," said Rickleff at the sheriff's office. No tickets have been issued. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating.
Background: Amber Dulek
Background: Football player in paralysis
COMMENT: MSUSA TRAVEL
DARE WE CALL THEM
JUNKETS
Now that regime change has occurred, the Minnesota State University Student Association has an opportunity to rethink practices that have gone unchallenged too long. This means a critical examination of the budget.
Most glaring among dubious expenses are "lobbying" pilgrimages that a select few students make perennially to Washington. These trips are costly. Also, by any measure of effective lobbying, the trips are laughable The student delegates, most in Washington for the first time, are gawking tourists, not lobbyists.
Let's be frank. These are field trips. Nothing's wrong with field trips, which are valuable and educational, but MSUSA is not an educational institution. The association's purpose is to influence public policy in the interest of students -- not to pay for hotel rooms for a bunch of amateurs to see the sites.
The association would get far more for its money if it hired a lobbyist who knows Washington processes and people. Professional lobbyists don't come cheap, but many Washington lobbyists represent numerous clients. Costs can be shared.
It is time for MSUSA get all the mileage it can out of the MSUSA assessment fee that shows up on every student's tuition bill. |
Background: Comment: MSUSA field trips
Background: Comment: MSUSA field trips
WSU registrar salary: $69,700WINONA, Minn., July 13, 2004 -- The new registrar at Winona State University, Glenn Petersen, is being paid $69,714, records show. Petersen succeeded Stuart Shaw, whose salary at retirement last year was $83,010.
Reporter: Steven Adams
Background: New registrar from Metro State
WSU football player in paralysisPRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis., July 12, 2004 -- A Winona State University football player. Joe Delagrave, who suffered a paralyzing neck injury in a weekend boating accident, remained hospitalized in La Crosse, Wis. Athletic Director Larry Holstad said he did not know a lot about the circumstances: "I heard he has been getting some feeling back, but it is more important Joe is still alive." Said trainer Jeff Reinardy: "This is a tough situation." Reinardy said, too, he didn't know much about what happened. Holstad said he understood that Dalegrave's boat hit a beach too fast on Saturday. Delagrave, 19, who is from the Mississippi River town of Prairie du Chien, was given Number 90 for his jersey at Winona State for this coming season. With senior Lee Cunningham, Delagrave is one of two Warrior tight ends. Delagrave is 6-foot-7 and 260 pounds.
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CAMPUS NEWS QUIZ
25. Who is the Winona State Universuty football player who was paralyzed, at least temoporarily, in a boaring accident?
(a) Miciah Stallworth
(b) Lee Cunningham
(c) Joe Delagrave
(d) Tom Sawyer
(e) Kevin Curtin
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26. What is the tentative name for the luxo-dorm complex that Winona State University plabs to build on Main Street?
(a) Krueger Plaza
(b) Budweiser Light
(c) Quad II
(d) Mid Lake
(e) Gateway
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27. What is the latest equipment in the Winona State University laptop program?
(a) Apple IIs
(b) Apple G6 powerbooks
(c) Dell Econoboxes
(d) Gateway tablets
(e) IBM Blue Goose's
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Woman reports rape attemptWINONA, Minn., July 12, 2004 -- Police issued a description of a man whom a 21-year-old woman in the Winona State University neighborhood said tried to rape her at her home. The description: White, early 20s, 5-foot-7, medium-length brown or blond hair. Police said the woman, a Winona State student, reported that she and two friends were walking home after 3 a.m., Friday, when the man, whom she didn't know, joined them. At her house, in the 400 block of West Howard, she left the group and went inside. Five minutes later, she told police, the man rang the door bell and asked to spend the night. She told him to sleep on the couch. Later, she said, the man was in her bedroom and trying to force sex. She said she fought him off and he fled. The woman was taken to the hospital but no injuries were found, police said.
CAMPUS READER
What in-the-know Winona college people are reading
Eleanor J. Bader, "Homeless on Campus," Progressive (July 2004). Bader, a New York City prof, documents a little-known phenomenon -- college homelessness. Many homeless students have fled abusive relationships. Others can't afford rent because of a lost job, lack of child support, illness, addiction, or insufficient family financial support. Ashamed, many homeless students try to blend in and don't disclose their plight -- and many quietly drop out or fail.
Shannon Fiecke, "The One About Sorority Houses É," Winona Daily News (July 11, 2004), Pages 1A, 51. Fiecke, a news reporter, tried tracking down an ordinance that, supposedly, forbids more than five women from living in the same house because, as the story goes, the city fathers in some long-ago era thought more that five women in a house constituted a brothel. There's no such ordinance, probably never was, Fieck concluded. That, she says, clears the way for Winona State University sororities to proceed with plans to establish houses.
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Rape coverup alleged; coaches outPHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 12, 2004 -- La Salle University puts men's basketball coach Billy Hahn and women's coach John Miller on administrative leave pending investigations into messy rape charges. A woman player said the coaches pressured her not to report being raped last year by a male player. If there was a coverup, the coaches could be found in violation of a federal law that requires institutional officials to report violent crimes. Meanwhile, two players, Mike Cleaves and Gary Neal, have been arrested for the rape of another La Salle student last month. Whether the cases are related is not clear, police said.
Congress ponders open accreditationWASHINGTON, July 12, 2004 -- A proposal to require college accrediting organizations to release summaries of their findings whenever they make a decision about a college's accreditation status has been proposed in Congress. Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., said that current practices by accreditors deny parents and students the access they need to make good decisions about the quality of a college. The change, McKeon said, would "empower consumers through sunshine and transparency." Accrediting organizations, including the North Central Association, which provides accredited status to Winona State and St. Mary's universities, are nongovernment entities. Current rules require accreditors to open up their reports information only when they deny a college's accreditation.
Speaker: Open college spending recordsSAN DIEGO, Calif., July 12, 2004 -- Colleges should make their financial practices an open book to head off public skepticism that is sure to grow as tuition rises in coming years, President Carol T. Christ of Smith College told the Council for Advancement and Support of Education annual meeting. A demand for increased accountability from the public will grow, Christ said. She said that private colleges need the same, full disclosure standards as public institutions on salaries and budget information. "This is healthy," she said.
To theater grads: Keep suitcase handyWINONA, Minn., July 12, 2004 -- Theater grads looking for work need a strong back. They'll be lifting a lot of boxes in a lot of moves the first few years, said Jim Danneker, a Winona State theater technician. Entry-level jobs are out there but little security. so you're almost constantly searching for your next job, he said: "A lot of people get into short-term, entry-level positions, but get tired of moving around so much and end up working in a different field." For grads looking for production and technical jobs, a suitcase may be a best friend. With shows constantly going on and off, carpenters, costumers, painters and other technicians are almost always on the go. Danneker, a 26-year Winona State veteran, told about a friend who worked as a stage carpenter after college. For four years, his friend was on a circuit of jobs in Minneapolis, St. Louis, Houston, Denver and other cities, about three months each, before moving on.
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| Danneker added that actors almost always head to larger markets, with Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and the Twin Cities most popular for Winona State grads. "For actors, there isn't much around here for them to do, so they have to move to the environment that allows them to work," Danneker said.
Reporter: Ian Stauffer
DeThomasis: Lest I be misunderstood| WINONA, Minn., July 12, 2004 -- A statement released last week by Louis DeThomasis, president and St. Mary's University, has been misportrayed to indicate discord between the college and the bishop of Winona, DeThomasis said. No discord exists, he said. In the statement, DeThomasis had said in the prepared statement that St. Mary's makes its own decisions about honorary degrees -- apart from Bishop Bernard Harrington's edict that diocesan organizations not honor anyone who tolerates abortion. In a clarifying statement, DeThomasis said: "We look upon Bishop Harrington as the shepherd and teacher of our faith family." Both DeThomasis' original and followup statements left questions unanswered about the college's position regardingn the bishop's new, aggressively pro-life posture. Besides denying a forum to those who don't oppose abotion, the bishop has told priests to confront pro-choice elected officials who seek communion at church services and deny them the sacrament. |
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Background: DeThomasis: We're no puppet
Verbatim: Full text of DeThomasis statement
Gutknecht files for sixth termST. PAUL, Minn., July 12, 2004 -- Congressman Gil Gutknecht, who represents the southern Minnesota First District, filed for re-election to a sixth term. Gutknecht continued his tradition of filing a petition with supporting signatures at the secretary of state's office in St. Paul. Why did he go the petition route? To demonstrate widespread support for his candidacy, Gutknecht said. Also, the $300 filing fee is waived with a petition, he joked. In Congress, Gutknecht,a Republican, chairs the agriculture subcommittee nutrition, forestry and agency oversight.
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Villanova gigged for varsity recruitingVILLANOVA, Pa., July 12, 2004 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association placed Villanova University on probation for two years for recruiting violations by men's basketball coaches. Coach Jay Wright had allowed boosters and even a professional basketball coach to talk to a recruit during a campus visit. In another infraction, the university publicized the recruit's visit. The coaches also allowed boosters and players to have unauthorized contact with recruits. The NCAA also found that 19 athletes on five teams made a total of $5,800 in unauthorized long-distance calls with a university calling card.
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Private college tuition up 6%WASHINGTON, July 12, 2004 -- Tuition will rise 6 percent at private colleges this coming year, the same as last year, according to survey by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. The average will be just over $18,000. The study, based on reports from 400 association members, also found that the average financial-aid package grew 15 percent last year. Data on financial aid for the coming year is still being gathered.
Pell status: Max still $4,050WASHINGTON, July 12, 2004 -- The maximum Pell grant, on which many college students rely, would remain at $4,050 this year under a proposal approved by a key House appropriations subcommittee. Rep. David R. Obey, D-Wis., the senior Democrat on the panel, proposed raising the maximum Pell Grant to $4,500, but he was outvoted. Even so, the House bill, as it stands, increases Pell spending substantially from President Bush's proposal. The House subcommittee, however, cut $33 million requested by Bush for a pilot project for low-income students who take specific college-prep courses in high school. Under the Bush proposal, these students would have received an additional $1,000 Pell grant. Other points in the House subcommittee bill:
Supplemental Educational Opportunity grants: Up percent to $795 million.
Perkins low-cost loans to low-income students: Cut 60 percent to $67 million.
Gear Up for middle-school students from low-income families to prepare for college.: Up 20 percent to $318 million.
TRIO for disadvantaged students: Up 1.2 percent to $843 million.
Historically black colleges funding: Up 8 percent to $18 million.
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| CHICAGO, July 12, 2004 -- The all-but-nominated Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, promised in a campaign speech to use federal money to counter run-away college tuition. Kerry proposed $10 billion in federal funds for the next two years for public colleges that don't raise tuition faster than the rate of inflation. After two years. Kerry said, he would help states devise measures to reward colleges that keep tuition down. Noting that tuition increases at four-year public colleges averaged 14 percent this year, Kerry said: "If you don't think rising tuition costs are squeezing America's families, then you should spend some time -- as I have -- talking to working families trying to put their kids through school."
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Campaign aides denied that the Kerry plan constitutes price controls. Rather, the plan is designed to bring higher-ed spending in line with state revenues, which have dried up with President Bush's tax cuts. States were making up for the gap by raising tuition, which Kerry said is denying college to many worthy students. By slowing tuition increases, Kerry said he hopes to see 1 million more students graduated over the next five years, a 10 percent increase.
The Kerry higher-ed program also includes a $100 million to reward colleges for expanding the number of Pell Grant students they graduate. Tentatively, the money would be limited to colleges with at least 10 percent of their students eligible for federal Pell grants.
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Kerry also promised to eliminate a 1992 federal rule that denies federal financial aid to students at colleges that enroll more than half of their students at faraway sites for correspondence or online learning. Kerry called the rule "outdated," saying that it prevents working adults from taking advantage of online education. Kerry also proposed restoring federal funds to the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnership, which was eliminated by President Bush and Congress in 2002.
Background: Republicans back off changes for now
Background: Kerry makes nearby farm stop
Candidates filling up Winona ballotWINONA, Minn., July 12, 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
Jennifer Hoffman
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
Judge finds for white male profsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz., July 12, 2004 -- Giving raises to female and minority profs at Northern Arizona University violated the civil rights of 40 white male profs, a federal fact-finding judge concluded. At issue was Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or sex. The minority faculty had received one-time pay increases that averaged $3,000; the women, $2,400, and the white men, zilch. A jury trial to determine damages is next. The fact-finding judge, Robert Broomfield, called for "a harsh remedy" against Northern Arizona if the university was knowingly unfair.
Steroids mar Air Force footballAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo., July 12, 2004 -- Four cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy, including football players Overton Spence and Matthew War and cheerleader Jonathon Belkowitz, have been charged with steroid use and possession. Courts-martial are pending. In addition, Belkowitz and Eric M. Swartz, a student unaffiliated with the team, face charges of distributing steroids. A fifth student also is being investigated, an academy spokesperson confirmed.
WSU counselor workshop hits 20WINONA, Minn., July 12, 2004 -- The School Counselor Update workshops, which focus on current issues in schoool counseling, celebrated their 20th anniversary at Winona State University this summer with 16 enrollees. One focus was cultural and racial identity models, which were introduced by keynoter Willie Fleming, coordinator of the alcohol and drug education program at the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg. Other topics included counselor accountability and the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind legislation. Besides prof Tim Hatfield, workshop founder, the participant with the most longevity over the years was Judy Blankenship, a counselor in the Hinckley-Big Rock schools in Illinois, who has attended the workshop for eight years.
Round One to fired newspaper adviserTOPEKA, Kan., July 12, 2004 -- A federal judge ordered Kansas State University to reinstate the faculty adviser of its student newspaper while litigation continues. Judge Julie Robinson also barred the university from appointing a new adviser. The adviser, Ron Johnson, had been removed last spring following complaints about the newspaper's coverage of minority students. Johnson respounded with a suit against j-school Director Todd Simon and arts and sciences Dean Stephen White. About Judge Johnson's decision, Johnson said: "It's very gratifying to know that a federal district judge does see merit in our situation and recognizes that First Amendment rights are at stake here." Meanwhile, the university president, Jon Wefald, has pledged the institution to exempt the student press from administrative meddling.
Background: KSU prez: Hands-off student press
Comment: Unsafe at Kansas State
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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
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A ranking of Winona campus news-makers of this past academic year
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NICK RIDGE. College Republican leader Nick Ridge, driving force and brain trust of the campus GOP club, had a busy year at Winona State University after igniting a campuswide debate over a project that proposed hanging a U.S. flag in every classroom. The tenacity with which he approached this project will ensure many additional flags to be placed on the campus in years to come, although none will hang in classrooms. The politically connected Ridge was accused of persuading State Rep. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, to pressure university President Darrell Krueger into approving classroom flags. Ridge started the project in October, and resolution came six months later after Krueger formed a task force to deal with the controversy surrounding the project. The debate over placing flags was covered in the newspaper USA Today.
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DARRELL KRUEGER. Winona State University President Darrell Krueger masterfully quelled the controversy surrounding the College Republicans' flag-in-every-classroom project with the use of a task force, a time-tested reliable approach to solving problems that involve diverse constituencies. The solution came after Krueger himself helped fan the flames of argument over the Republican flag project after Vice President Cal Winbush mistakenly OK'd the project. The miscommunication between Winbush and Krueger triggered the Faculty Senate to file a grievance against Krueger because of his "unilateral decision." Krueger then set up a 16-member task force, which included a variety of campus constituencies, to address the placement of the U.S. flag at the university.
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DUSTY FINKE. Student Senate President-elect Dusty Finke's vision for a student-empowered campus at Winona State University propelled him into office unopposed. It was a year of prolific projects and accomplishments, most guided by Finke's goals of increased student participation and empowerment. An online voting system that Finke helped to pioneer goosed voter turnout. Student elections acheived record turnouts. Finke has said to reporters that students can only benefit from an accessable Senate that works for the students, and Finke plans to steer the Senate in the direction of taking on projects that will directly benefit students, such as the on-line book wall, which allows students to buy and sell used text books.
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MATT BENNETT. Winona State public relations Senior Matt Bennett kicked off a Christian crusade at the university after he wrote a testimonial about his father's death in the Winonan student newspaper. The campaign to promote Christianity was hard to miss. Dozens of supporters donned orange t-shirts that read in large block letters, "I Agree with Matt." The campaign, although successful, was not received well by all. Some students complained that the Matt t-shirts caused undue classroom diversions.
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CAREY ROTTMAN. Eighteen-year-old Winona State football running back Carey Rottman, intoxicated and under the influence of marijuana at a football recruiting party, unwittingly sparked notice to the disgraceful football recruiting practices. Visiting high-school recruits were there when Rottman fled the cops at the party, then head-butted one policeman after he was captured. Rottman, detained and sober, originally faced two felony and six misdemeanor charges with up to $25,000 in fines. Collegiate recruiting practices were put under the microscope at Winona State after journalism senior Brian Krans did an expose detailing the shenanigans of several football prospects on campus visits. The itineraries included partying with varsity players.
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DICK LANDE. Winona State facilities manager Dick Lande, although a talkative guy, has quietly set up the university for long-term physical growth. Lande sees the campus expanding five blocks eastward, all the way to Franklin Street, and he's arranged to buy parcels of property as they become available. The expansion will require pedestrian tunnels under the Canadian Pacific tracks. Because the constrtuction would cost more than the university or the city can afford, Lande started making trips to Washington to lobby for federal dollars. As campus facilities manager, Lande might not seem to carry a high profile, but his personality and savoir-faire may bring millions in funding commitments.
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JIM SCHMIDT. Vice President Jim Schmidt was the go-to man for resolution of U.S. flags crisis at Winona State University. Schmidt, chair of the flag task force that calmed tempers, conducted two no-nonsense meetings that resolve the biggest debate in recent campus history. University President Darrell Krueger called on Schmidt to quash the storm that had arisen from the College Republicans' flag-in-every-classroom project. Schmidt working under desadline limits and pressure from powerful campus and external constituencies wrapped up with 11 recommendations for additional flag placement around campus, albeit none in classrooms as in the original proposal that proved so incendiary. Now almost everyone is happy.
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TYLER DESPINS. Although how he went about landing a job on the state college board of trustees -- he wasn't forthright about blots in his record -- Tyler Despins restored student faith in his instincts by keeping students informed and holding administrators accountable. University President Darrell Krueger was forced to stop the acquisition of the Lincoln building for a period because of a discrepancy in funding found by Despins. Despins came to Winona State two years ago from Rochester Community and Technical College, where he served as student president until he was impeached. Despins had failed to mention the impeachment in applying to Gov. Tim Pawlenty when applying for appointment the MnSCU board of trustees. The lapse, when discovered, undermined Despins' credibility for the first few months of his two-year term.
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| CAROL ANDERSON. Where's the New U? Winona State University executives decided to start a dramatic transformation at the college entitled the New University. The transformation of the school was put under the thumb of education Dean Carol Anderson. After $450,000 and a year of brown-bag lunches, only trivial alterations have been suggested to revolutionize the college learning process. The idea of a New University started because colleges across the nation had to raise tuition rates, and Winona State, wanting to remain a good investment for students, started the New University project to deliver more value to students-- but whither? |
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