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Letter: GOP boaters disrespected vets

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SMU drama students stage London play

Bugler to mark new WSU flags

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 27, 2004 -- A new set of flags in front of the Somsen Hall, the main building at Winona State, will mark the first day of classes on Monday, the university announced. The American Legion Post 9 honor guard will present a gun salute and a bugler will sound "The Colors" as the U.S. flag is raised for the first time. The Minnesota state flag will be raised on a second pole. MORE The ceremony will mark the end of an unhappy period in university history in which doubts were cast about whether faculty were sufficiently patriotic. The controversy split the campus most of last year. The problem began when student Republicans proposed a U.S. flag be mounted in every classroom. The Faculty Senate sensed grand-standing by the Republican students and objected that classroom decorum was a faculty prerogative. The confrontation drew negative news media attention to the university. Finally a campuswide task force empaneled by President Darrell Krueger proposed that dozens of flags be installed on campus, although not in classrooms. MORE

SOMSEN HALL For the first time since flag poles on the rooftop ramparts were removed after lightning strikes, there will be U.S.and Minnesota flags hoisted at the Somsen administration building on Monday.

Chancellor will run presidential search

UM coughs up candidate names

8 applicants for MSUSA top staff job

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 27, 2004 -- The new executive director of the Minnesota State University Student Association, Clayt Freed, survived a search that found eight candidates for the position, said Brad Krasaway, the association's executive director, Krasaway said. The field was then narrwoed to two. After interviews with the association's governing board the other applicant decided against taking the job after talking to family about the time commitment, Krasaway said. Although Freed was the only surviving candidate it was still a tough interview, said Krasaway. "MSUSA understood that if Freed was not what they are looking for they could continue to search for someone else who they were comfortable with," said Krasaway. MORE

PHOTOGRAPHER: TANYA COOKE CLAYT FREED New executive director

FRANK VIGGIANO Predecessor in chef staff job

Editorial: Fridays transformed WSU

LEADING THE WAY Academic Vice President Steve Richardson and President Darrell Krueger lead the processional to a convocation marking the new Winona State University academic year. PHOTOGRAPHER: TOM GRIER

PHOTOGRAPHER: CHRIS WARRINGTION

Christian group sues over exclusion

Krueger retirement: Back to his roots

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 26, 2004 -- Ask Darrell Krueger how he spent his summer vacation and he'll talk Utah. Over the summer the Winona State University president laid the foundation for his retirement in the high desert of southwest Utah. Krueger and his wife Nancy bought his uncle's house near the land that the family has farmed for many years and agreed to run sheep on a cousin's ranch. MORE In an interview, Krueger emphasized retirement will be a homecoming for both him and Nancy. "My entire professional career I've had my wife out here away from her family," he said, noting that they will be near his wife's aging mother in Cedar City, Utah. It's been 40 years since Krueger, 61, has done more than occasional family visits to the area. "What's drawing us back is family," he said. Krueger will be within hailing distance of Southern Utah University, a 6,000-enrollment college in Cedar City. Ther city has a population of 22,000.

CITY CEDAR Home of Utah Shakespeare Festival SOUTHERN UTAH STATE 6,000 students HIGH DESERT On Interstate 15 northwest of Las Vegas

SMU makes Midwest best colleges list

Chancellor scotches rumored 15% raise

Legislator praises Krueger legacy

Cops watching for untagged kegs

Dancers plan "Nutcracker," "Paquita"

WSU foresaw stadium renaming critics

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 26, 2004 -- Negative backlash to renaming the Winona State football stadium for a big-bucks university donor, Midwest Wieless, had been anticipated, said university Athletic Director Larry Hosltad. It was a "tradeoff," he said in an interview about criticism that the university was selling its soul for $250,000. The community's potential response to the new tongue-twister name, Midwest Wireless Stadium at Maxwell Field, the deal was considered, Holstad said. MORE A more important concern, Holstad said, was with the family of Ken Maxwell, the professor for whom the field has been named in 1936. "We contacted them, and made sure they were okay with the renaming," he said. "In a situation like this, the community is always considered, but when you're looking for ways to get dollars, some times there has to be tradeoff." MORE Since the official renaming on Aug. 5, the Daily News has carried several critical letters. Dave Conrad, a former Winona State prof, suggested the Warriors might be renamed Foaming Budweisers if the St.Louis brewery suddenly became a university donor. Fred Beseler, a 1976 grad, asked: "What's next, the WSU History Department at the History Channel Building or the WSU English Department at the Barnes & Noble Building." In an interview the week after his letter was published, Beseler said it seems like everything is for sale these days. "That stadium was named for Dr. Maxwell, the guy who pretty much built Winona State in the early 20th century, Beseler said. "You lose the impact of the original name by putting the sponsor's name on there. It just waters it down." MORE

LARRY HOLSTAD WSU athletic director Winona State is the first school in Minnesota to have a corporate sponsor's name appear on an on-campus building.

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Departure plan shielded 'til last minute

WINONA, Aug. 25, 2004 -- The first public tip, perhaps more a Freudian slip, that Darrell Krueger was contemplating retirement came 10 months ago. To CyberIndee reporter Patrick Walsh he said: "I don’t plan on being here a lot longer. I'm almost 62, and I have other things to do in life yet." Asked by CyberIndee reporter Amy Baumgart a month later, in January, whether his retirement was imminent, Krueger bristled. He said the earlier quotation about not planning "on being here a lot longer" was in error, that actually he was going on 61, not 62. He was less concerned, though, about the accuracy issue, which was his own misstatement, than about being perceived as a lame duck. Krueger lectured Baumgart that speculation about his departing could be disruptive. He even talked of remaining to see Winona State through its 150th anniversary in 2008, as if retirement were the furthest thing from his mind. MORE Also in January, State Chancellor James McCormick confirmed to Baumgart that Krueger had not begun any of the procedures for retiring. Since then, Krueger's has deflected questions about his retirement. As recently as three weeks ago, CyberIndee reporter Matt Geiger broached the retirement issue by asking Krueger about his accomplishments and legacy as president. Krueger repeated his stock answer that it would be better to have others speak to that subject. MORE

DARRELL KRUEGER Announcement timing quandry: Balancing an orderly transition v. lame duck liabilities Retirement will be at age 62

WSU boosters collect auction items

WSU wants tenant attorney back

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Ex-WSU official launches aid group

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 25, 2004 -- A Winona-area minority assistance organization plans to launch itself into the community through a social event on Nov. 6, more than a year after it was founded. The African American Mutual Assistance Network, a non-profit organization, built on the premise of aiding the black community through a variety of services, will hold the event in La Crosse, Wis., at the Concordia Ballroom. Though the organization has hosted other events, this is the organization's first event with the focus on educating the public about its existence. Last year AAMAN hosted a Back to School Jam Fest, with the goal of bringing the black community together. At the jam fest, AAMAN gave free food and school supplies to La Crosse area youth, while local entertainers like Jazio Blaq performed. MORE

ADAMS Chief minority recruiter at WSU from 1992 to 2000