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Update due in WSU athlete code

WINONA, Minn., July 28, 2004 -- The Winona State University student-athlete conduct code is being revised to include additional National College Athletic Association information, according to Kim Blum, a senior women's sports administrator. "There are no changes in the code of conduct from last year, but a couple NCAA rules have been added as informational," said Blum, who is drafting the revision. The code received special attention last year when major lapses were identified in how player misdeeds generally went unpunished and unreported despite code provisions. Athletic Director Larry Holstad has described the code revisions as strictly format. Holstad said he plans to release the revised version in the first week of August. Football coach Tom Sawyer's players will be the first of more than 300 varsity athletes to receive the revised code when practice begins Aug. 5. Athletes also will be issued NCAA Division II rules.

Background: 2003 athlete conduct code
Reporter: Amber Dulek


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UPCOMING CAMPUS EVENTS AND SCHEDULES
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WINONA STATE


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WSU Student Senate plans newsletter

WINONA, Minn., July 28, 2004 Ð The Student Senate at Winona State University plans a campus newsletter to improve student involvement with campus activities and issues, student Vice President Tim Donahue said. The publication will be called the Kryzsko Commoner, but other details are yet to be worked out, Donahue said. Monthly? Weekly? Stay tuned. Donahue said that junior Sen. Adam Fredrickson, recently named to the $525-a-year position as Senate public relations chair, is chairing a committee to get the publication up and going. "Not only will this newsletter create more publicity for the Senate, it will keep students updated with activities and the events clubs plan," said Donahue. "It will also inform students on the issues and debates the Senate is involved in."

Reporter: Miranda Rundquist


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CAMPUS ALMANAC
POSTED JULY 28, 2004

Hiolders of city-issued club liquor licenses, with licensee name and location:

American Legion Memorial Club
(American Legion Memorial Club Inc.
(265 E. Third St.


Eagles Club
(FOE Aerie 1243)
210 E. Fourth St.


Red Men Club
(Winona Social Red Men Club Inc.)
176 W. Third St.


Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
(VFW Service Club Inc. #1287)
117 Market St.


Winona Athletic Club
(Winona Athletic Club Inc.)
773 E. Fifth St.


Winona Knights of Columbus Club
(Knights of Columbus Club)
64 E.Fifth St.

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Compiler: Teri Silvi

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ELECTION 2004

Ridge sees Pelowski as vulnerable

WINONA, Minn., July 27, 2004 -- Legislative candidate Nick Ridge, completing his last course this summer en route to a Winona State University degree, is not emphasizing his campus roots. "I want people to consider me a college graduate, not a college student," he said. Ridge says he feels that if people consider him a college student they may think that will be the focus of his campaign. "I want to represent all of District 31-A and the issues that face it such as education reform, healthcare reform, rural economic vitality and job growth." Even so, Ridge is known mostly as an activist campus Republican. He served as chair of the GOP club for two years and as a Republican National Committee field representative in 2002. He also is associated, both on and off campus, with the contentious student Republican plan for a flag in every Winona State classroom. Besides party activities, he also was Student Senate vice president two years ago.

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Nick Ridge

RIDGE
Republican legislative hopeful

In seeking the Winona seat in the state House, Ridge is taking on 18-year Democrat incumbent Gene Pelowski. A political science major at Winona State, Ridge doesn't underestimate what's ahead, but he says he is up for the challenge. "I wouldn't be running if I didn't think that I was going to win," Ridge said. Justin Costello, the 2002 Republican candidate against Pelowski, who lost by a 2:1 margin, advised Ridge on his decision to run. Said Costello: "Nick has a great team behind him,and I will offer any advice I can to help him out. I hope that he can learn from the mistakes I made in my campaign."

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Asked how he plans to campaign, Ridge said that it will take a lot of planning. "As of Monday my social life is over," he said. " Every minute of the day I'm planning events, meeting as many people as I can and anything I can to get my name out there to the people of District 31-A." Ridge said that one Pelowski strength among voters is also a liability. Some Pelowski followers see constancy in Pelowski's policies, but Ridge said that constancy also means a lack of change and growth. "Gene Pelowski has done many great things for the people of District 31-A, but we need less people in Saint Paul that are career politicians and more that can get the job done," Ridge said. He said his campaign will be "the best executed, well funded and dedicated campaign" Pewloski has seen since losing a bid for the state Senate in 1999 to State Sen. Bob Kierlin, R-Winona.

Reporter: Steven Adams
Background: WSU senior runs for Legislature
Background: The Ridge candidacy


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CAMPUS FLAGS

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WELLNESS FLAGS
With new sensitivity to the presence of flags on campus, Winona State told architects for the proposed $10 million workout gym at the backdoor o Somsen Hall to draw in a flag display.

Update: U.S. flag at seven WSU sites

WINONA, Minn., July 26, 2004 -- The Stars and Stripes are sprouting everywhere, it seems, at Winona State University. The chief of the campus flag project, Dave Thorn, said seven of 13 recommendations from the high-profile campus flag task force in March have been implemented. Thorn said U.S. flags have been put in place in:

  • Kryzsko Commons Cafe area
  • Library
  • Somsen auditorium
  • Maxwell Leadership Center
  • Two other locations on the second floor of the old Maxwell library

  • Minnesota state flags are also on display in the Somsen auditorium and Maxwell Leadership Center, Thorn said. In addition, brackets are in place to fly flags on campus walkways and byways on patriotic holidays.


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    Preliminary sketches are finished and bids are being processed on two other task force recommendations, according to Thorn. Those recommendations, flag poles in front of the main entrance to the Somsen building and to Lourdes Hall on the west campus, are expected to be completed by Aug. 30. Thorn also expects to have a U.S. flag displayed on the wall or hung from the ceiling in the entrance area of the new science building by fall classes.

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    The task force also called for a flag to be displayed in Minne Hall. The task force, noted, though: "Minne Hall does not have an adequate place to hang an American flag where it would be clean and appropriate." With that in mind, the task force recommended that flags not be displayed in Minne until renovations in that building are completed this summer. Thorn said he is still figuring out what to do with Minne. One suggestion from the task force was that a sequence of historical flags be mounted on a staircase wall, possibly under glass.

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    The task force also proposed an international flag plaza "with the U.S. flag prominently displayed." Thorn said a plaza is in the plans for the long term. Meanwhile, Thorn said that the university's international office has the flags and has agreed to give them to maintenance crew for mounting in the Kryzsko east cafeteria. Thorn expects the international flags to be on display by Aug. 1.

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    The task force also requested that the university install brackets on existing campus light poles where flags could be displayed for holidays and ceremonial events. As of Aug. 18, 63 out of 195 light poles on the main university campus will have brackets for flags. There were flags on the first 50 brackets for Independence Day.

    Reporter: Matt Geiger
    Background:
    First 50 flags waving


    Dave Thorn

    THORN

    A retired Navy captain, he was asked by WSU President Darrell Krueger to implement recommend-
    ations of the flag task force. In his day job, Thorn is director of student accounts receivable at the university.

    The task force called for "a conscious effort to acquire additional flags that will be made available for display at ceremonial functions."

    The task force was assembled by Krueger in response to a proposal by the university chapter of the College Republicans to put a flag in every class room on the university campus. The proposal was seen by many as politically driven. The defused controversy with its call for a more patriotic disoplay without the partisanship perceived in the GOP plan.


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    COMMENT: ELECTION 2004
    CAMPUS CONNECTIONS

    Too often the City Council has been deaf to campus issues. Consider what happened in March. A Council majority decided to make a patriotic statement by voting against allowing alumni reunion banners to hang over two city streets unless more U.S. flags were installed on campus. The Council was ignorant of campus processes under way to put up more flags.

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    The good news about upcoming election is the great number of campus people in ballot contests that affect campus life

    Leigh Pomeroy (Congress), MSU-Mankato faculty member.

    Gene Pelowski (Legislature), WSU grad, long-time campus friend

    Nick Ridge (Legislature), soon-to-be WSU grad

    Jerry Miller (mayor), frequent campus visitor, long-time WSU friend, who, incidentally, was in the 5-2 minority on the City Council's alumni banner denial

    Deb Salyards, (City Council), WSU faculty spouse

    Linda Seppanen (City Council),WSU nursing prof

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    Of course, campus connections don't necessarily translate into being campus-friendly. Nor does not having campus connections means unfriendliness. We must press all candidates about campus issues

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    Council 6 votes to join super-union

    BLOOMINGTON, Minn., July 26, 2004 -- By an overwhelming 4:1 margin, the Council 6 unit of the Minnesota AFSCME union voted to join a proposed unified statewide council that would represent Winona State University, Southeast Tech and 53,000 other state employees. By itself, Council 6 represents 21,000 employees. Three-hundred, forty-nine Council 6 leaders madde the decision based on individual votes taken earlier: 16,366 to unify, 4,742 against, and 153 members abstaining. According to Local 945 President Pat Shaughnessy from Winona, more members will bring AFSCME more negotiating power at contract negotiations in November. "Health benefits will definitely be discussed this fall. The combination of these councils could bring big changes," said Shaughnessy. The components of the proposed new statewide council:

  • Council 6: State employees at MnSCU campuses, University of Minnesota, Fairview-University Hospital and the American Repossessors Association.
  • Council 14: Government employees in the Twin Cities area.
  • Council 96: Government employees in Duluth and St. Louis County.
  • Council 65: Local government employees throughout the rest of Minnesota.


  • Councils 14 and 96 have voted to move on with the unification. Council 65 will vote on Aug. 7.

    Reporter: Kelly Demeter
    Background: WSU union in consolidation talks


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    AFSCME
    American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees


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    Chancellor OK's renaming stadium

    WINONA, Minn., July 26, 2004 -- Putting the name of Midwest Wireless on the bigger, better Winona State University football stadium has the blessing of state Chancellor James McCormick. The chancellor confirmed his approval in a letter to university President Darrell Krueger.The letter was dated July 21,which may explain the university's skittishness about confirming its Midwest Wireless deal when word leaked out the previous week. In his letter, the chancellor approved giving Midwest the right to have its name on the stadium for 10 years, which confirms part of information from back-channel sources that the Winona State contract is for Midwest Wireless to pay $1 million over 10 years.

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    University fund-raiser Dan Schumacher hopes the pressbox and skyboxes, major components of stadium upgrades linked to the Midwest deal, will be completed in late fall and in use for spring sports. "We want to make sure the entire thing is done right," said Schumacher. "We don't want to rush the project. We know what we want, and we need to make sure everything goes through the right steps." The next step, Schumacher said, is to have the latest architectural drawings to McCormick for his staff's review so ground-breaking can be scheduled. Schumacher wasn't sure when the architectural revew would occur.

    Reporter: Ian Stauffer
    Background:
    Midwest Wireless stadium deal near


    Pressbox

    WSU SKYBOXES
    New name: Midwest Wireless Stadium at Maxwell Field


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    TAX BREAK. A corrective distribution of state money for local governments will give Winona an unanticipatedf $410,000. City Manager Eric Sorsensen said he would recommend a payback in property taxes. Theoretically, the payback should reflect itself in in lower rents for off-campus housing, alas only pennies a month.

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    JOBLESSNESS. The jobless rate in Winona was 5.1 percent in June, according to the latest state report. Only 11 cities in the state had a higher unemployment rate.

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    MAYFLIES. This may be a mayfly infestation year along the Mississippi River. Snowplows have been called out north of Hager City, Wis., to clear a four-inch layer of bugs off Highway 63. One motorcyclist lost control on the bug slick. The last major infestation was in the mid-1970s.

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    RENAMING MALL. The Winona Mall is searching for a new name that won't invite unfair comparisons with megamalls in bigger cities. A contest with a $500 prize will be offered, Manager Sondra Morgan said. One rule: Don't use the word "mall."



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    Senator wants to lower visa hurdles

    WASHINGTON, July 26, 2004 -- Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., proposed legislation to change how foreign students apply for U.S. visas so more of them come to the United States for college. Coleman said the law would redefine criteria by which students are accepted and improve communication and shared information among government agencies. The Coleman proposal, called the International Student and Scholar Access Act, a proposal aimed at reversing the decline in foreign access to the U.S. colleges. Foreign students bring in an estimated $12 billion a year to the U.S. economy, but their enrollment fell 32 percent from fall 2003 to fall 2004, reflecting in part post-9/11 visa application hassle.

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    COMMENT: ELECTION 2004
    YO-YOING WITH BUSH

    Authoritarian regimes rule with fear. They stifle opposition with fear. They keep people scared. Sad to say, the Bush Administration has discovered fear as an effective tool of governance, at least in the short term.

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    After 9/11, honest dissenters were cowed into silence for fear of being labeled unpatriotic. Even the Democrats, on whom we normally would rely to be the loyal opposition, went silent and went along. The most outrageous civil-liberty affronts of the Bush Patriot Act were rubberstamped. Fear worked.

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    Then there is the fear instilled by the yo-yo Bush admonitions about terrorism. "We're grave, iminent danger." "Go to Disney World. Have a good time." "We're in grave, iminent danger." "Conduct your life normally. Have a good time." "We're in grave, iminent danger." "Enjoy yourself. Have a good time." Back and forth, back and forth, the effect of the Bush messages is uncertainty and fear.

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    As a tool of governance, fear is coercive. It's not nice. We must insist our leadership give up coercion and return to persuasion in making its case for public policy changes. Replacing persuasive discourse with coercion undermines what democracy is about.


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    CAMPUS ALMANAC
    POSTED JULY 26, 2004

    Campuses in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, ranked by 2003-2004 head-count enrollment:

    Four-year universities
    St. Cloud State
    Minnesota State-Mankato
    Minnesota State-Moorhead
    Winona State
    Metropolitan State
    Southwest Minnesota State
    Bemidji State

    Two-year colleges
    Normandale Community
    Century
    Minneapolis Community and Techn
    Hennepin Technical
    St. Paul Community and Techn
    Anoka-Ramsey Community
    North Hennepin Community
    Lake Superior
    Inver Hills Community
    Rochester Community and Techn
    Minnesota State Community and Techn
    Dakota County Techn
    Ridgewater
    South Central Technical
    Minnesota West Community and Techn
    Riverland Community
    St. Cloud Techn
    Northland Community and Techn
    Central Lakes
    Anoka Techn
    Hibbing Community
    Alexandria Technical
    Minnesota State-Southeast Techn
    Mesabi Range Community and Techn
    Pine Techn
    Itasca Community
    Fond du Lac Tribal and Community
    Vermillion Community
    Northwest Techn
    Rainy River Community



    19,383
    15,600
    9,100
    9,040
    8,892
    6,646
    6,057


    11,091
    10,938
    10,555
    9,360
    8,711
    8,344
    8,131
    7,778
    6,809
    6,775
    6,282
    6,068
    5,593
    5,375
    5,082
    4,825
    4,710
    4,542
    4,216
    4,144
    3,558
    3,473
    3,086
    2,544
    1,634
    1,559
    1,450
    1,351
    932
    847

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    Compiler: Ian Stauffer

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    NEW UNIVERSITY

    Plan: Simplify WSU student job rules

    WINONA, Minn., July 26, 2004 -- The New University plan for reinventing Winona State University will propose cutting through the bureaucratic maze of campus jobs for students, project coordinator Carol Anderson said. Instead of confusing categories of work-study jobs and student-help jobs, which are funded and administered separately, the plan is to set up a single student employment program. The system is so complex that many students donÕt even try for campus jobs. Greg Peterson, director of financial, likes the proposed simplication. Peterson said more students will look for campus jobs that relate to their academic experience.

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    "The key component to developing new student employment opportunities is the relationship of the employment to the student's educational experience," said Peterson. "We should focus on the educational characteristics of prospective job opportunities because student employment represents a significant out of classroom educational opportunity." Examples, he said, would be students working with faculty on research in the interdisciplinary centers, or student employees offering support for departments in developing and maintaining web pages.

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    The simplified job program will be in the New University "book" being prepared for a final round of campus discussion in the fall. The whole proposal will go to the state college system trustees in October.

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    Greg Peterson, financial aid director at Winona State:

    "Many students prefer employ-
    ment to borrowing as a means of financing educational costs.

    "While most students are not able to avoid loans, employ-
    ment offers a means to diminish reliance on prohibitive levels of indebted-
    ness."
    A single program for campus jobs could transform life for many students by keeping their focus campus-centered. Consider the case of Eric Barnes, a junior, who now commutes to a weekend job in Rochester, Minn., his hometown: "I don't receive any type of financial aid so I can't get an on-campus job, therefore I go home on the weekends to work." he said. "I guess it's a good thing that everyone else goes home on the weekends too. This way I know I'm not missing out on the fun stuff." But with more students in campus jobs, there would be less of the weekend depopulation, which works against a robust campus focus.

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    One of the current Winona State student jobs programs is called Work Study, which is funded through a combination of federal, state and institutional appropriations and is available only to eligible financial aid applicants. The second program, called Student Help, is funded out of university departments operating budgets. Since Student Help is not a form of student financial aid, there is no evaluation of student financial need. Under the current system, departments almost all run short of Student Help money while Work Study money goes unspent. The proposed revised system would allow departments to match students with jobs without considering the funding source. If the student is eligible for Work Study, the wage would be paid from Work Study. If not, the wage would be paid from institutional resources. But the distinctions would be a backshop function of shifting funds, all managed by the university's payroll financial aid offices. It would be seamless on the front line, where hiring would be driven by functional issues of the work that needs to be done and the qualifications of students to do it.

    Reporter: Missy Kane
    Background:
    Fewer courses per term?




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    "Stolen" semi-trailer back at WSU

    WINONA, Minn., July 16, 2004 -- A trucker picked up the wrong semi-trailer at Winona State University two weeks ago, prompting authorities to suspect that dozens of desks and other furniture from the Minne classroom building had been stolen. Don Walski, campus security director, said it turned out to be an honest mistake. Walski said the trucker realized somewhere around Albert Lea, Minn., 100 miles west, that he had the wrong trailer. The trailer was heavier than the empty one he had been assigned to pick up. He called about the error, turned around and came back to swap trailers, Walksi said. The trailer that the trucker was supposed to pick up was parked across the street.

    Background: Truckload of furniture heisted


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    COMMENT: ELECTION 2004
    THE RIDGE CANDIDACY

    When Nick Ridge leaves Winona State University in a couple weeks, diploma in hand, he'll head straight for the campaign trail. Ridge is running for the Legislature against long-term incumbent Gene Pelowski. It promises to be a great contest.

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    Pelowski is a long-time university friend, himself a grad, and he has 20 years of important seniority in the House. For campus people, Ridge has his own attractions, including recent inside-the-institution experience. Beyond campus, he's seen as an intrepid super-patriot for his classroom flag crusade. Groomed by the GOP power-brokers in recent weeks, Ridge is incredibly organized with a comprehensive, geared-to-Winona platform.

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    The candidacy is not without problems. Ridge must overcome inevitable comparisons with two years ago when another Winona State student, Justin Costello, went up against Pelowski. Trapped by bis own college partying record, Costello retreated to the bars and tried to organize a majority from the booze crowd. It failed. He lost 2:1. Ridge, no stranger in Third Street saloons, has an imperative to distance himself from seemier elements of undergrad life and seek a broader constituency.

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    Also, Ridge needs to overcome the unfortunate fat-cat Republican stereotyping to which he has contributed. He must trade off his Cartier edition Lincoln Continental. A sun-faded 1971 Vega would do his cause wonders.


    Background: WSU senior runs for Legislature
    Background: Comment: No more Justins


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    OUR CAMPUS PAST
    ARCHIVAL DUST

    WSU IN FLAMES

    A pre-dawn fire and explosion destroyed College Hall, the main building at Winona Teachers College in Dcember 1922. Nobody was injured. The fire chief called the building "a fire trap," It was thought that the explosion was triggered by dust that filtered through cracks in floors and become saturated with oil routinely used to refinish the wood flooring. Details

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    Mayo takes over Assisi Heights

    ROCHESTER, Minn., July 26, 2004 -- The Assisi Heights motherhouse, home to 130 sisters of a Catholic Franciscan order, whose work once included the College St. Teresa in Winona, will be taken over by Mayo Clinic in a long-term arrangement with the Francisicans. The remaining nuns will remain in part of the hilltop Italianesque landmark under the agreement. The sisters will retain ownership of the facility, valued at $12.5 million. The clinic said it will use Assisi Heights for conferences and workshops.

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    JOB OUTLOOK

    Yes, some accountants can dance

    WINONA, Minn., July 26, 2004--There has never been a better time to study dance at Winona State, according to James Danneker, technical director for the university's theater and dance department. Thousands of career opportunities are out there, Danneker said. The university doesn't offer a major in dance, but almost all 35 dance minors plan are incorporating dance into their chosen major. "Many have every intention of keeping dance active throughout his or her career," said Danneker. Graduating seniors seek careers as dancers and dance instructors and working for dance companies, he said. "There are thousands of dance companies in the U.S. and each one needs dancers," Dannker said. "But they also need accountants, marketers, and talent recruiters too." Danneker believes that an accountant who has a dance minor has a much greater advantage over other accountants. The accountant with the dance minor will have a genuine interest and knowledgeable experience in the industry, he said: "It gives the graduate great experience." Of Winona State's dance minors, eight to 10 are expected to graduate in Spring 2005.

    Reporter: Kelly Demeter


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    Katie Lokker
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    Sarah Lang
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    Publishers rapped on textbook prices

    WASHINGTON, July 26, 2004 -- The California Student Public Interest Research Group took its textbook-bashing to Capitol Hill. The PIRG's Merriah Fairchild, told the House higher-ed subcommittee that publishers inflate prices by adding "bells and whistles" that neither profs nor students want. She cited CD-ROM add-ons and supplements plastic-wrapped with the books. Fairchild also accused publishers of needlessly issuing new editions so cheaper, used copies become unusable. John Isley, chairman of the the publishers' trade group higher-ed committee, responded that Fairchild grossly overstated her points. Isley said that most textbooks are updated only to be current with content and pedagogical techniques, generally on three-year cycles. Another wirness, Virgil Monroe, manager of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus store, recommended a rental system. At his campus students rent all their books for $59 a semester. "This makes college more accessible, especially for poorer students," Monroe said.

    Background:
    McGraw unveils discount texts
    Pearson texts half-price online


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    WINONA CAMPUS LIFE
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    SALARY UPDATE

    Tech salaries top national averages

    WINONA, Minn., July 26, 2004 -- Southeast Tech instructors averaged $53,7000 in salaries last school year, 5.1 percent more than the national average of $51,100 for vocational and tech schools. Women at Southeast Tech averaged $54,400, compared to $52,000 for men.

    Reporter: Lindsay Goeske


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    NEWS AND COMMENT
    WINONA MEDIA WATCH

    LEE PROFITS

    Advertising revenue for the Iowa-based Lee Enterprises newspaper chain, whose properties include the Winona Daily News, grew 7.8 percent to $131.4 million in the companyÕs third quarter, compared to a year earlier. Earnings grew 14 percent to $131.4 million. The company does not break out data for individual properties like the Daily News.

    Lee Enterprises issues revenue and earnings data as a company whose stock is publicly traded. Neither the privately owned Winona Post nor Winona Radio report are required to report their financial status publicly. Nor do they do so.


    LEE ENTERPRISES

    2004
    Third quarter
    Second quarter



    EARNINGS

    $ 24.5 million
    21.5 million


    CHANGE FROM
    YEAR EARLIER


    14.0%



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    Study: Bishops unheeded on abortion

    NEW YORK, July 26, 2004 -- Many elected officials who are Catholic by faith are ignoring bishops who, in public statements, have said anyone voting for abortion could not receive communion, the Associated Press reported. The AP sampled 75 Catholic politicians, none of whom said they were abstaining. Among bishops taking a hard line on the issue is Bernard Harrington of the Winona diocese who has told priests to deny communion to anyone who has voted to legalize abortion.

    Background:
    No crisis with Winona Diocese legislators


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    NEWS AND COMMENT
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    PROTECTING THE FRANCHISE

    Jerry Papenfuss hardly is about to put his exclusive franchise of the commercial radio waves in Winona in jeopardy. When an upstart internet service entrepreneur, Derek Breiland, applied for a permit to build a tower on Gavin Heights for his Ridge-Runner Wireless, Papenfuss asked his buddies on the Ciy Council to stop it. They did, Council member Tim Breza commenting that "an existing business" needs protection. Other Council members joined in a chorus of praise for Papenfuss and his five-station Winona Radio monopoly as a fine public service.


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    Odd as it seems, Papenfuss provided no evidence that the Ridge-Runner tower was a threat to his KWNO signal. In fact, all he said was that it "might" interfere.

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    Signal interference is an issue appropriately settled by the Federal Communications Commission, which licenses KWNO to operate. The FCC is committed to protecting the signals of its licensed stations from interference and does so on the basis of engineering studies and empirical evidence. The Winona City Council has no caabilities to make broadcast engineering assessments.

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    So, with Ridge-Runner stunted, many rural folks will continue unable to tune to web radio programming from far-away places. Papenfuss counters critics by saying he's willing to let Road-Runner mount its equipment on the KWNO tower -- but at a price. He'll charge rent.


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    St. Mary's gender book wins award

    WINONA, Minn., June 26, 2004 -- The high school book "She Said ... He Said: Teens Speak Out on Life and Faith," edited by Laurie Delgatto, published by St. Mary's Press of Winona, won honorable mention for its treatment of gender issues at the annual Catholic Press Association annual meeting. The design and production team included James Gurley, Alan Hanson, Andy Palmer and Caren Yang.

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    MATT BENNETT. Not everyone agrees with Matt. Matt Bennett, a Winona State University senior, wrote a column in the Winonan student newsapaper proclaiming his Christian beliefs. Soon a barrage of students donned bright orange t-shirts proclaiming, "I Agree with Matt." The debate that followed dominated a lot of campus dialogue. More new opinion pieces appeared in the Winonan on the orange-shirt declaration. Some responses were angry, alleging a lack of piety by some Christians. Some campus gentiles said they were told they would burn in hell. Some responses were sarcastic. Some praised God and Matt. All in all, there was a lot of Godtalk that few out student opinions.

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    NICK RIDGE. Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave? Apparently not. Or not enough. If senior Nick Ridge had had his way, there would be a U.S. flag in every classroom at Winona State Univeristy. But Ridge's proposal, pushed with a wave of red, white and blue publicity, was not universally accepted. Some faculty objected that Ridge and his GOP brethren not only were grand-standing but usurping faculty perogatives about classroom decorum. Indeterred, Ridge launched a fund drive to buy 120 flags. In the end, in an attempt to heal the divided campus, university President Darrell Krueger set up a broad-based task force to make recomendations. The task force called for many more flags on campus, albeit not in classrooms. Krueger accepted the recommendations..

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    CAREY ROTTMAN. Freshman red-shirt Carey Rottman didn't improve the perception that Winona State University football players are hard-driving partiers. Rottman, 18, was charged with eight felonies and misdemeanors after he assaulted two cops who were busting a drunken party. Charges included third-degree assault, fourth-degree assault, obstruction of the legal process, providing a false ID, underage possession of alcohol, and marijuana possession. Half of the charges were dropped, but that favorable news for Rottman was offset when the decision was made, reportedly withg university President Darrell Krueger folded into the process, to suspend Rottman from the football team for three months. Whether he would ever be allowed back on the roster was pending into the summer.

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    CAROL ANDERSON. Few Winona State University people really understand the New University process. It's too abstract -- a comprehensive dialogue on reinventing what Winona State is about. Carol Anderson, however, knows whay's going on with the ambitious project together. Anderson, who took a year off as dean of education, is the director of the project. She's tried to stir interest and solicit ideas with weekly brown-bag lunches and a plethora of campus-wide e-mail messages. Anderson's job is to compile a proposal that the state chancellor, the college system Board of Trustees, the governor and the Legislature will buy into. Some changes in the works require letting Winona State strike out in new directions that may mean waiving state rules and regulations and change state funding formulas. A summary report us being drafted from 800 ideas that were contributed.

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    DARRELL KRUEGER. If Winona State is fundamentally transformed, as university President Darrell has suggested in his New Univerity project, he may be remembered not only as a Top 10 campus newsmaker for 2004 but for decades. Troubled by declining state financial funding and gloomy budget forecasts, Krueger decided to involve the whole campus in creating a better experience for students even with fewer resouces. Last fall he set out a 12-month time to get a plan together. Krueger said he has a "dream" for a new Winona State but wanted a broad-based grass roots vision rather tha imposing his ideas.

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    TOM SAWYER. Negative publicity forced Winona State University's head football coach into a kind of spotlight he would rather be pointed in some other direction. Revelations about his team's artrest record -- 45 police run-ins -- raised questions about Tom Sawyer's leniency in punishing bad athlete behavior as specified in the university's student-athlete conduct code. Most offenses involved football players being busted for partying offenses, drunkenness and, in one case, marijuana possession. The most publicized offense onvolved frosh Carey Rottman, who assaulted two cops investigating a noise complaint at a house party. Two weeks after the incident, Sawyer suspended Rottman, although insiders said he wouldn't have done even that had it not been for the publicity.

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    BRIAN KRANS. He's aggravating, yes, and a nightmare for Winona State University publicists who peddle only the good news,. Always, though, Brian Krans was informative. The journalism senior's controversial investigative reporting didn't disappoint once again this year. Kranz was already known for articles about Winona bars and their ready acceptance of fake IDs. This year Kranz focused on the partying record of the Warrior football team. He drew on court and police records to report that one-third of the players had been to court, mostly for party-related offenses. In the wake of Krans' revelations, the coaching staff, cued by head coach Tom Sawyer, tried to silence players from granting interviews. That only added intensity to a growing number of student journalists trying to flesh out the whole story. Then came another Krans' bombshell. He documented that football recruits from high schools were being wined and dined, literally, in weekend campus visits. To lure the 18-year-olds to choose Winona State, current players showed the kids"a good time," including underage drinking, drugs and bare-breasted women.

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    JIM SCHMIDT. As Winona State vice president for advancement, Jim Schmidt has been critical in university fund-raising and image-making. Schmidt convener a flag task force that undid a festering bad image. There was a firm notion in the public that the campus was an un-American hotbed. It was a view cultivated in part by sympathizers with a student Republican plan to put a U.S flag in every classroom -- a plan that got an uneven campus reception. Schmidt's broad-based task force leapfrogged the Republican plan and proposed even more flags, albeit none in classrooms. In fund-raising, Schmidt launched a campaign to raise money for a $10 million workout gym and track.

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    TYLER DESPINS. Although not a housedhold name around campus at the start of the yeatr, Tyler Despins soon found his name on everybody's lips at Winona State University. Despins was appointed by the governor to the state college board of trustees last summer. Things almost immediately went downhill. It was discovered that Despins had fudged his resume, conveniently leaving out that he had been impeached as student president at the Rochester community college. Despins' damage control was ill-advised. He said the impeachment had been long, long ago and didn't matter. The fact was that it had been only two years earlier and that he deemed being elected relevant for the resume. Despite critics, Despins threw himself into his job as one of two student trustees and became an expert on technology initiatives. If you want the inside dope on the integrated learning system that will allow intercampus enrollment in courses, ask Despins.

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    TOBY DOGWILER. Apparently being faculty adviser to the Student Senate at Winona State University is mighty frustrating. Or, depending on to whom you listen, too time-consuming. Whichever, geology prof Toby Dogwiler, adviser since September, resigned in April. He gave no reason, but the resignation followed a blowup at yet another tedious, marathon Senate meeting. Dogwiler shouted out that parliamentray proceedings should be suspended in the interest of getting something done. Student activities director Joe Reed tried to put a good face on the incident. There had been a difference of opinion between Senate members and Dogwiler, Reed said. Student President Michael Hofland's version was that Dogwiler left because his ideas weren't accepted by the Senate, that the adviser job required a large time commitment, and that Dogwiler's role in the New University had stretched him too thin.

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