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WSU shows off new science building

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2004 -- Winona State University opened its new science building to the news media with a 1 p.m. welcome tour with sciences Dean Nancy Jannik as host. Jannik said construction was completed on schedule and on budget. In fact, she said, there enough unspent from the $30 million budget to put a roof over the 55-foot three-story atrium that originally was to be open-air. For the media event, profs walked reporters through the $30 million building, completed over the summer, and explained the educational impact of new equipment. The building, Phase 1 of a major science upgrade on campus, has the latest projector technology teaching, a plasma television to show science news and laboratory experiments, and almost 1,900 data ports for student computers. The building houses all the science "wet labs" labs previously in Pasteur Hall.

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R.I.P.: Burnell Bernard Manley

KEY WEST, Fla., Aug. 31, 2004 -- A retired speech teacher at Winona High, who also taught part-time at Winona State and St. Mary's universities, Burnell Manley, 63, died at Key West. Manley and his wife, Trish, had lived on the ketch Zen Mayfly at Safe Harbor Marina on Stock Island for several years.

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WSU newsletter moves online

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2004 -- A faculty and staff newsletter at Winona State University, WSU Update, joined the 21st century this week with its first online edition. Grad student Mark Johnson, who is the editor, said advantages to being online include no printing costs, clearer photos, and no space constraints. "The only negative could be the delete button in someone's inbox," Johnson said. Johnson and Tom Grier, head of university public relations, began talking last spring about converting the four-page printed newsletter to the web.

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The weekly print edition had become a burden. "In the four-page print layout, we have to find something to fill every page," Johnson said. "Sometimes there is not enough stuff and sometimes there is too much." Paper savings are substantial, he said: "By eliminating print, we save paper and time because we print 3,000 issues."

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Johnson, who studied English as an undergrad, is using the new WSU Update for his graduate work. He hopes to make the layout WSU Update will be easy for another graduate students to continue work after he is gone.

Reporter: Kasey Kolberg


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ONLINE NEWS

Winona State people now have three source of online campus news:

CyberIndee. The first Winona college web site, with updates posted several times most days, has been online since 1966. The Indee features student reporting from journalism classes and calls itself an independent source of news.

Winonan. The student newspaper posts some of its content on a web site but offers nothing in addition to its print edition. Updates are posted 24 times annually.

WSU Update. The third web source for Winona State news is a public relations arm of the university. The site is updated weekly.


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Record 833 at WSU volleyball victory

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2004 -- Winona State University set a single-game volleyball attendance record, 833 fans, at the home-opening match against Viterbo University. Winona State won 3-0. Kaylan Lati led the Warriors with 12 kills. Lisa Dobie posted 29 assists and a team-high 10 digs. Attendance was slightly ahead of the previous record.

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WSU has 70 wi-fi access points

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2004 -- Day by day Winona State University is becoming a wi-fi campus. Technology Vice President Joe Whetstone said 70 wireless access points have been installed to provide wireless links to campus intranet and the worldwide Internet without a plugging into a port. Whetstone cautioned that the quality of wireless connections varies. "The network performance will vary depending on how many other people are connected to that access point, your physical location on campus, and the amount of data that you are trying to move across the network," he said.

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Wireless networking is slower, less secure, and less reliable, but can be a great convenience at times for non-critical activities, Whetstone said. In general he recommends plugging a network cable into one of 14,000 network ports on campus for speed, security and reliability.

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AUG. 31, 2004
SOCCER (WOMEN'S): Named Northern Sun player of the week was WSU goal keeper Kirstin Nelson.

VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 3, Viterbo 0. Named to the AmericInn Back-To-School Bash All-Tournament Team was WSU outside hitter Kaylan Lati.



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GOP favors keeping college saving plan

WINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2004 -- Republicans at their national convention adopted a platform that calls for continuing a tax break that helps students and parents save for college by eliminating taxes on money withdrawn from state-sponsored prepaid-tuition plans and college-savings programs. The provision allow parents to contribute as much as $2,000 a year to earmarked accounts. Making the tax break permanent also would allow taxpayers to continue to deduct tuition expenses from taxes. Other high-ed platform provisions:

  • Support for President Bush's support for job-training partnerships between community colleges and local businesses.
  • Support for President Bush's proposal to create new $1,000 annual Pell grants for financially needy students who take tough high-school college-prep courses.
  • Legislation against gambling on college sports by varsity athletes.


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    U.S. ponders visa relaxation

    WASHIGTON, Aug. 31, 2004 -- Some visas of foreign students, now issued for one year only, would be extended for the duration of their studies under a plan being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, said Stewart Verdery, assistant secretary. A final decision has not been made, Verdery said.

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    Prof studies drinking impact on history

    WINONA, Minn.. Aug. 31, 2004 -- A Winona State University biology prof, Ted Wilson, presented a report, "Impact of Beverage Consumption on Human History and Culture" at the Experimental Biology conference in Washington. The report was based on one of his chapters in his book "Beverages in Nutrition and Health," edited by T. Wilson and N.J. Temple. The published has been published by Humana Press Inc.

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    Airport contract upgrade issued

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2004 -- A La Crosse, Wis., paver, Dunn Blacktop, was awarded a $151,600 contract to seal cracks in the runway at Max Conrad Field, where Winona State University aviation students fly. Students said the improvements are overdue, although the Minnesota Transportation Department said an entirely new runway wasn't necessary. The project, 95 percent funded by the Federal Aviation Administration, is expected to be completed by winter.

    Background: Upgrades coming at Winona airport


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    Colorado probe: Top-level football lapses

    BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 31, 2004 -- A grand jury, investigating accusations that the University of Colorado used alcohol and sex for football recruiting, will criticize the university's board of regents as "unqualified" to supervise the football program, according to the Rocky Mountain News. The newspaper cited a grand jury report that has not been officially released. The News said the grand jury specifically criticizes Chancellor Richard Byyny for inadequate supervision of the athletics department. The report says that Athletic Director and football coach Gary Barnett created a culture ithat fostered inappropriate and potentially criminal behavior by athletes and recruits. The report also criticizes Michael Byram, president and chief executive of the university's fund-raising foundation.

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    The case broke last year when female students reported being raped by football players or recruits. Then came charges that high-school recruits had been enticed to sign with Colorado through prostitute and sex-club visits and booze parties. The university has since tightened it recruiting rules and the NCAA has moved to forbid excessive perqs as a recruiting tools.

    Background: Proposal: Tame sports recruiting lures
    Background: How Colorado, WSU stack up
    Background: Bosoms, booze, marijuana at WSU


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    Center Street party busted

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- Police shut down a raucous party at 500 W. Center St. The 20-year-old tenant was cited for noise.

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    Busted: What a way to start college

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- After a foot chase, police tackled a Winona State University freshman who fled a loud party when they showed up in response to a neighhbor's complaint. The 18-year-old, from Illinois, was charged with obstructing officers, providing a fake ID, and underage drinking. The incident was about midnight on the first day of Winona State fall classes.

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    WSU SECURITY
    REPORT

    AUG. 30, 2004
    A student reported at 2 p.m. that sometime between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. the night before that someone entered his unlocked room in the Quad dorm and removed three books.



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    CAMPUS FLAGS

    PHOTOGRAPHER: TOM GRIER
    Somsen flag

    AT ATTENTION. Iraq vet Lee Lubinsky stands ready to hoist the colors

    Old Glory raised in Somsen ceremony

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- Winona State University put aside the black and blue bruises its image suffered in a campus flap over U.S. flags last spring and hoisted Old Glory in a fully red, white and blue ceremony in front of the Somsen administration building. A 10-member American Legion honor guard fired a three-gun salute. A bugler trumpeted "The Colors" as a Iraq War veteran in his Navy uniform, Petty Officer 1st Class Lee Lubinski, raised the U.S flag. About 100 people, mostly campus employees, assembled for the 8 a.m. ceeremony.

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    The Somsen flag, with a Minnesota flag on an adjacent pole, is one of three new permanent displays recommended last March by a task force that addressed complaints that the campus had too few flags. Other displays are planned at Lourdes Hall on the west campus and at the new science bulding. There already is a fully landscaped flag at the Phelps masscom building. In addition, dozens of other flags are being displayed on light standards on ceremonial occasions. Others have been placed at permanent campus sites.

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    The Somsen flag-raising put a triumphant, ceremonial end to a nasty episode triggered last year after the College Republicans proposed a flag in all 120 campus classrooms. There was immediate resistance, which grew when word got out that the Republican students had discussed putting a self-congratulatory plaque with the clun name with each flag. The Faculty Senate objected to the plan. So did some patriotic-minded students when it was realized that the Republican students had raised less than $500 for the flags -- about $4 each, which wouldn't buy much of a flag.

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    The situation deteriorated. One adrenalin-fueled prof, historian Colette Hyman, publicly called College Republican leader Nick Ridge an asshole. Another prof, political scientist Gaspare Genna, said the Republicans were acting like neo-Nazis for their tactics to ramrod their proposal into reality. Ridge responded that Gaspare was sounding like a neo-socialist.

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    Colette HymanNick Ridge
    NAME-CALLING NADIR
    Colette Hyman
    Nick Ridge

    These file phots are from their happier moments
    Before the controversy emerged full blown, University President Darrell Krueger had assured the student Republicans of his support. Krueger backed off when the Faculty Senate filed a grievance that he was intruding into the facuty's domain -- the classroom. Krueger then formed a campuswide task force, including a GOP representative, to explore approproiate ways to improve campus display of the U.S. flag. Meanwhile, the City Council threatened to deny routine permission for university activities -- including an alumni reunion banner across Huff Street -- until the flag got due respect on campus. Some Republcian legislatorsprompted by campus Republcian leaders, rallied that Winona State was walking a dangeroys unpatriotic line. The Associated Press, USA Today and other national media weighed in with coverage.

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    As the university's image was taking a licking, the Krueger-empaneled task force made 14 recomendations, including the new Somsen display, all of which Krueger accepted. The task force was silent on classroom flags, in effect putting the original GOP proposal to rest.

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    The recommendations were well received, even by Nick Ridge. City Council members were enthusiastic too and even apologized for their heavy-handed threats. Some College Republicans, however, including Ridge's successors, sophs Parker Hjelmberg and Tom Hainje, complained that they were not adequately heard in the task force process and that classrooms would remain without flags.

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    Notably absent from the flag-raising ceremony was Ridge, who now is a Republican candidate for the Minnesota House; Hjlemberg and Hainje. Most prominent among students in attendance were Dusty Finke, Student Senate president, and Brad Krasaway, chair of the Minnesota State University Student Association and former College Democrats president at Winona State.


    Parfer HjelmbergTom Hainje
    NOT ALTOGETHER HAPPY
    Parker Hjelmberg
    Tom Hainje

    Background: Bugler to mark new WSU flags
    Background: Task force status report


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    CAMPUS ALMANAC
    POSTED AUG. 30, 2004

    Status of the additional flag dispays recommended by Winona State University flag task force in March:

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    International flag plaza
    International flags display in East Cafeteria
    Flag pole in front of Lourdes Hall
    Flag in entrance of new science building
    Minne Hall flag or series of flags
    Flag pole in front of Somsen Hall
    Brackets installed on light poles
    Flag on 2nd floor Maxwell east side
    Flag on 2nd floor Maxwell west side
    Flag in Maxwell Leadership Center
    Flag in Somsen Auditorium
    Flag in Library
    Flag in East Cafeteria
    Conscious effort to display flags at ceremonial functions


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    Ongoing

    Compiler: Matt Geiger

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    47 booze-related arrests on weekend

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- Cops on foot patrol are walking the downtown area and Winona State University neighborhood to nip rowdyism early in the new semester. Citations totaled 47 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, mostly for alcohol-related offenses, Police Chief Frank Pomeroy said. The Saturday and Sunday tickets included 14 for minor consumption, seven for driving while intoxicated, five for loud parties, and three for public urination. The patrols will continue through September on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

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    WSU historian tracks Heimat newspaper

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- A Winona State University history prof, Matt Lindaman, wrote an article, "Heimat in the Heartland: the Significance of an Ethnic Newspaper," in the Journal of American Ethnic History.

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    New York composer to SMU

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- This fall the St. Mary's University band will collaborate with New York City composer Philip Rothman to premiere his new work for solo piano and wind ensemble, "Departure Point." Band director Janet Heukeshoven said that Rothman will spend four days in residency and will conduct the new piece at a Family Weekend performance on Oct. 4. The composition was commissioned by the St. Mary's music department, with funding made possible by the Kaplan Foundation. This is the third piece commissioned by the band. Previous works were composed by Lee Kesselman and Steve Barnett.

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    WSU PRESIDENCY

    Praise from SMU president

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- The president of St. Mary's University, Brother Louis DeThomasis, praised Winona State's retiring president, Darrell Krueger, in an open letter. DeThomasis called Krueger "a magnificent educational leader" and "a visionary and innovator who has brought excellence to higher education in Winona." DeThomasis, himself retiring this year, said: "It has been a distinct honor to have served higher education with such an outstanding public partner."

    Background: Comment: No more beautiful place
    Background: Who will next president be?


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    WSU PRESIDENCY

    Another 50ish, white, male?

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 29, 2004 -- With the pending retirement of Darrell Krueger and Louis DeThomasis as presidents of Winona State and St. Mary's University, a major campus question is who will be the next campus presidents. The typical college president in the United States is a 58-year-old white male who is married and whose previous job was either as the president of another college or chief academic officer, according to American Council on Education. Almost 28 percent stepped up from a lesser position at their institution.

    Background: Almanac: College president profile


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    CAMPUS ALMANAC
    POSTED AUG. 29, 2004

    Profile of U.S. college presidents, from American Council on Edducation:

    Education
    Ph.D.
    Ed.D.
    Master's
    Law
    Bachelor's
    M.D.

    Prior position
    Chief academic offc'r
    President
    Not higher-ed
    Academic executive
    Finance executgive
    Faculty/Dep't chair

    Prior position
    Another college
    Same college
    Outside academe

    Gender
    Male
    Female




    55.6%
    20.8%
    11.4%
    4.1%
    1.6%
    1.4%


    27.8%
    20.4
    14.7
    13.0
    12.8
    4.4


    62.7%
    27.8%
    9.5%

    78.9%
    21.1%





    Age
    31-40
    41-50
    51-60
    61-70
    71-plus
    Median age

    Race/ethnicity
    White
    Black
    Hispanic

    Marital
    Married
    Never married
    Divorced
    Widowed
    Domestic partner

    Religion
    Protestant
    Roman Catholic
    None
    Jewish



    0.9%
    11.6%
    57.3%
    28.4%
    1.9%
    58 years


    87.2%
    6.3%
    3.7%


    83.7%
    7.9%
    6.4%
    1.6%
    0.5%


    57.4%
    25.8%
    6.9%
    J5.1%


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    Driver dies in Canadian solar car

    WINDSOR, Ont., Aug. 30, 2004 -- Investigators are considering whether a gust of wind sent a college-sponsored solar car out of control, killing the student driver, in the Canadian Solar Car Tour. Andrew Frow of the University of Toronto was killed instantly when his lightweight car fishtailed out of control into the path of the minivan during rush hour. The car, one of six in a convoy on the 6,800-mile tour, was hand built by engineering students. The light-weight, solar-powered cars, which can go as fast as 50 mph, are steered with a direct steering arm rather than a steering wheel.

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    The Canadian race is similar from a biennel U.S. solar car race for U.S. engineering students. A car built as a joint Winona State University and MSU-Mankato project has run in several U.S. races.


    Solar car

    NORTHERN LIGHTS
    Dawson Bausman shows off the Winona-Mankato solar car before the 2001 race.


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    Kristen Berns
    KRISTEN
    BERNS
    Heather Stanek
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    STANEK
    Megan Curran
    MEGAN
    CURRAN
    Annie Butlin
    ANNIE
    BUTLIN
    Shannon Bona
    SHANNON
    BONA
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    TOMORROW'S GREATEST BYLINES TODAY


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    SMU has new mission vice president

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- A St. Mary's Christian Brother, theologian Robert Smith, has been named the university's vice president for mission. Smith, a member of the faculty since 1989, spent three years as the dean and director of Christ the Teacher Institute for Education in Nairobi, Kenya, a program affiliated with St. MaryŐs. He returned a year ago. Smith also serves as the director of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching.

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    COMMENT: WSU CAMPUS
    A BEAUTIFUL PLACE

    In Chicago, people escape urban congestion with picnics in the city's beautiful cemeteries. In Victoria they go the city's beautiful gardens. In Winona there is no place more beautiful than the Winona State University campus.

    The fountains, groves and gardens, part of the vision of university President Darrell Krueger, has been 15 years in reaching in its current state. It's should be an enduring, tangible testimony to Kruger's presidency.

    Winona State's grounds are to what every university should aspire.


    Background: Chancellor will run search


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    Bush now against college legacy favors

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2004 -- Although President Bush got into Yale on his father's name, he says now said that colleges should not give special treatment to the relatives of alumni. Bush's revised position was articulated recently during a session with minority journalists. Responding to a question about legacy admissions, Bush said college admission "ought to be based upon merit" without "a special exception for certain people in a system that's supposed to be fair." He acknowledged the legacy system had worked in his favor: as a privileged teenager:"I had to knock on a lot of doors to follow the old man's footsteps." One Bush daughter, Barbara, was graduated from Yale this year.

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    There is growing pessure from state legislators and minority activists against legacy admissions. Democratic vice preidential nominee John Edwards pledged during the primaries end legacy admissions.

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    WSU open enrollment? Not like old days

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- The traditional open enrollment at Winona State and its sibling universities, which allowed anybody with a high school diploma to try college, has gone by the wayside. The demand for seats in the colleges has outstripped supply, said chief recruiter Carl Stange at Winona State. For several years, applications for general admission have been cut off in early winter. "If you were a business person and you took on more clients than you could handle, the people would get frustrated and look for someone else to provide the services," Stange said. "To take on more clients than we have resources to do."

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    Carl Stange

    CARL
    STANGE

    Admissions director


    Last winter, admissions stopped at about 3,500. Because many high school seniors apply to several colleges, Stange expected about 1,600 -- the target for this fall's freshmen class -- to show up. A couple-hundred extra seats were reserved for super-scholars and super-jocks whose admission criteria are different.


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    Stange said that raising admission standards has been considered, making quality the criterion rather than the deadline. The proposal got a mixed reaction, Stange said: "We're a state-supported institution, and therefore, we should strive to provide equal opportunity to people." Stange said.

    Reporter: Brent Danz


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    SMU band seeks augmentees

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- The St. Mary's concert band is looking for some outside help. Janet Heukeshoven, director, invited advanced high school musicians and adult community performers to audition at sight-reading rehearsal.
    Date: Wednesday, Sept. 1
    Time: 6:30 p.m.
    Place: St. Yon's 108
    Contact: (507) 457-1675


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    As portrayed in Winona State University promotional materials

    OTHER SLICES OF CAMPUS LIFE



    WINONA CAMPUS LIFE
    WSU

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    WSU accepts stadium name nods, nays

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 28, 2004 -- Winona State Vice President James Schmidt is losing no sleep over negative comments emerging from the community about the name change of the university's Maxwell Field to Midwest Wireless Stadium at Maxwell Field. As with everything on campus there are positives and negatives, Schmidt said. "I have received two letters from alumni that are excited about the change. There have been far more excitement than negative comments."

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    Jim Schmidt

    JIM
    SCHMIDT

    WSU public relations chief
    The good news is that there are no tax dollars being put into the stadium upgrades, Schmidt said, noting the $250,000 gift from Midwest Wireless and lesser other donations. "Since costs are rising at the university, we had to find other resources to fund the stadium," he said. Schmidt doesnŐt see any harm from the commercialism that some perceive. Schmidt said he has no formal press kit of talking points to combat negative reaction. Schmidt said he encourages spirited discussions but doesn't try try to change the opinions.

    Reporter: Kasey Kolberg
    Background: WSU foresaw stadium name critics


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    COMMENT:BUSHONOMICS
    NO TRICKLE HERE

    As Republicans begin their national convention in New York, we'll be fed a lot of hyperbole about how good the economy is. Try telling that in Winona, where unemployment is 5.1 percent. Or to Wisconsin restaurant table-servers who earn $2.33 an hour. Things are worse in major states, including Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Nationally, the poverty rate is growing.

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    True, the nation's gross domestic product has improved in recent months, now up to 3.8 percent on an annualized basis. But even that doesn't mean much to you and me. After taxes, people have only 2.1 percent more disposable income -- the lowest growth since 1980.

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    The country is not booming. The Bush economic philosophy hasn't worked. Those huge tax breaks for rich people have not created the promised trickle-down benefit for the rest of us.


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    MSUSA chief sees tutoring role

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 28, 2004 -- The Minnesota State University Student Association's new executive director, Clayt Freed, wants to work directly with student governments on member campuses to address the issues they face. Each university has different problems, Freed said. He plans to contact student leaders to identify their problems and apply his experience in University of Wisconsin-Madison student government and later with a Wisconsin public-interest lobby. "I love talking to student senate leaders and students that I meet on campus to find out what concerns they have and then bring the issues to officials in the Legislature," said Freed, whose job includes lobbying.

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    Winona State student President Dusty Finke has already started talking with Freed. "The top three concerns for Winona State campus are availability of classes, the New University and tuition increases," said Finke. Winona State senior Brad Krasaway, chair of MSUSA, agrees with Finke on what the major issue -- which has been growing almost 15 percent a year. If the tuition rises because of expected instructional cost and then rises even more because of expansive New University program uopgrades, Winona State will be a way different place, said Krasaway. "Winona State will no longer be a state-owned and student-helped institution. It will be student-owned and state-helped," said Krasaway.

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    Freed said that issues like tuition are exactly what he is specialized to help with. "I am here to work on behalf of the students and I want to help in any way possible," said Freed. "Students are leaders of change I am here to guide them along," said Freed. Freed, a 1997 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Madison, has worked with the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group. He also has worked with student government organizations since graduating.


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    TANYA COOKE
    Clayt Freed

    CLAYT
    FREED

    Executive
    director


    Brad Krasaway

    BRAD
    KRAS-
    AWAY

    MSUSA chair


    Dusty Finke

    DUSTY
    FINKE

    WSU student president



    Reporter: Tanya Cooke
    Background: Eight applicants for MSUSA job

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    CAMPUS ALMANAC
    POSTED AUG. 30, 2004

    St. Mary's University theater productions this coming season:
    Oct. 10-4
    Oct. 19-24
    Nov. 12-15
    April 15-18


    "Of Mice and Men"
    "The Diviners"
    "The Misanthrope"
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    SMU exec to Notre Dame board

    WINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2004 -- A St. Mary's University vice president, Ann Merchlewitz, , has been elected to the board of directors for the Notre Dame Law Association. The association, representing more than 7,500 Notre Dame law alumni and friends, advises the law school dean on curriculum, finances and other matters.

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    CAMPUS ALMANAC
    POSTED AUG. 30, 2004

    ACT college admission scores in states from which Winona State and St. Mary's universities draw most students:
    Minnesota
    Wisconsin
    South Dakota
    North Dakota
    Illinois

    Nat'l average


    22.2
    22.2
    21.5
    21.2
    20.3

    20.9

    No states are higher than Minnesota and Wisconsin, although many states use the SAT examin instead of the ACT. On SATs, Washington leads at 1062, followed by Oregon, 1053.

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