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Search under wraps a few more weeksWINONA, Minn., Jan. 23, 2005 -- The public will be kept in the dark for a month longer about candidates seeking the presidency of Winona State University. Linda Skallman, liaison for the presidential search committee, said the names of the finalists will be announced in late February. More than 60 candidates applied. The search chair, Minnesota State University-Moorhead President Roland Barden, said the committee now is reviewing application materials to identify the most promising candidates. By the end of January, said Barden, the committee will have completed confidential, off-campus interviews of a dozen or so candidates.
After ther confidential interviews, said Skallman, the field will be narrowed to three to five. Names of the finalists will be announced ahead of late February visits to the state college system offices in St. Paul and Winona visits to speak with faculty and students and get a feel for the campus, said Skallman.
Because of legal issues, Skallman declined to comment on whether there are internal candidates. Skallman said, howsever, the search committee is working with a "good, solid group" which called "an excellent pool." Was a pool of 60 candidtes expected? There is nothing unusual about the number of people being recruited by Greenwood and Associates, a Florida head-hunting contractor that specializes in organizing academic sesarches. "Winona is a very desirable place," Skallman said. The final candidates will ultimately be assessed by state college Chancellor James Mccormick in consultation and the MnSCU board of trustees. The appointment will follow shortly, Skallman said. |
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Who will successor be? |
Reporter: Lauren Elizondo
Background: Job requires "enthusiasm" for NewU
Background: Verbatim: The notice of vacancy
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New deadline to pick up Gordon: Feb. 1WINONA, Minn., Jan. 23, 2004 -- The deadline for Winona police to pick up a man being held in San Diego, Calif., for further questioning in a Winona double homicide, Paul Allen Gordon, has been extended to Feb. 1, Police chief Frankl Pomeroy said. The inmate transit service contracted for the job had requested to extebnsion. Originally a San Diego judge had told Winona authorities to pick Gordon up by Jan. 23 or he would be released.
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JAN. 23, 2005 |
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): WSU 73, MSU-Moorhead 68. Concordia of Moorhead 86, SMU 79
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): MSU-Moorhead 78, WSU 61.
HOCKEY (MEN'S): St. John's 6, SMU 2.
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): Gustavus Adolphus 6, smu 0.
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Celloist launches WSU AthenaeumWINONA, Minn., Jan. 22, 2005 -- The new Winona State University Athenaeum series, intended to enhance the university's and the region's intellectual life begins with a cello performance by prof Paul Vance in the 60-seat he Athenaeum on the south side of the second floor of the campus library. Faculty who organized the series said they are seeking to bring together scholars, performing artists, students, community members and other interested people for intellectual discussion and to share cultural experiences in a reflectioin of the importance that the university places on the humanities, the arts and the sciences.
The spring events:
Paul Vance, Winona State celloist: Ricercare No. 1 in G Minor and Ricercare No. 6 in G Major by Domenico Garbrielli, "In Memoriam: by Gweyneth Walker, and Suite No. 3 in C Major by J.S. Bach (1 p.m., Jan. 26).
Darrell Krueger, Winona State president: Relfections his time at the university and his future plans, with questions and answers (1 p.m., Feb. 2).
Gabe Manrique, Winona State prof: "The Accented Faculty: Foreign-Born Faculty in U.S. Universities" (1 p.m., Feb. 23).
Toby Dogwiler, Winona State geosciecne prof: "Life on the Mississippi River: An Exciting Mix of Geology and Literature: (1 p.m., March 2).
Wayne Wiegand, Florida State Univeristy librarianship prof: "Books on Trial: A Witch Hunt in America's Heartland and a NationÕs Response, 1940-1943" (7 p.m., March 9).
Carol Slade, Winona rare book collector: "Louis Ritman: An American Impressionist" (1 p.m., March 23).
Florestine Kiyukanpi Renville, publisher of Ikce Wicasta, The Common People's Journal: "Native American Educational Experiences: A Reading" (1 p.m., April 6).
Jim Hoch, Winona State music prof: "Native American Flute & Composition: Presentation and Performance (1 p.m., April 13).
Emilio DeGrazia, Winona author: "Rethinking the Book: Passages of Power
and Book Collection Awards (4 p.m., April 22).
Double murder probe cost: $30,000WINONA, Minn., Jan. 22, 2004 -- The investigation into the murder of 29-year-old Stacy Lee, a Winona State University student, and her 10-year-old daughter probably has cost $30,000 for the agencies involved, said Police Chief Frank Pomeroy. His own budget, Pomeroy said, has so far hit $13,000 for overtime, including guards 24/7 at the crime site. Another $2,000 went to send Deputy Chief Tom Williams and investigator Tony Gagnon to San Diego, Calif., to interview Paul Allen Gordon, a closed friend of Smith who was being held on other charges. Agencies involved in the search include the FBI, state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the state fire marshal, the sheriff, and the police reserves.
Background: Gordon expected back any day
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BASKETBALL (MEN'S): WSU 88, Northern State 76
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): Northern State 64, WSU 58. SMU 82, St. Catherine 67.
(GYMNASYTICS (WOMEN'S): Alaska-Anchorage 188.7, WSU 139.5.
HOCKEY (MEN'S): St. John's 3, SMU 2 (overtime).
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): SMU at Gustavus Adolphus, postponed.
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Northern Sun league eyes expansionST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 21, 2005 -- Although the Northern Sun rejected a bid from Upper Iowa University to join last fall, the conference nonetheless may expand. A Northern Sun teamplans to visit the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., to see if the college would be a good fit for the league, said Northern Sun commissioner Butch Raymond. The visit will be Feb. 10 and 11, Raymond said: "The most important thing we look at when considering another school for our conference is the academic standing of the school."
Raymond said the conference would like the school to be consistent with the academics of other Northern Sun schools. "We look at everything from admissions to the GPAs of student athletes," he said. The athletic programs of each school is also very important in our decision," said Raymond. "We look sport by sport at things such as facilities the school has, coaching staff, operating budgets and scholarship budgets," he said. The school's media exposure is also significant, he said: "We look to see what the media could give our league."
Raymond said the Northern Sun, now eight teams, would like to become a 10-team conference. Ten teams makes a conference much stronger with more competition. Also, he said, 10 is also a good number for scheduling so every team can play every other team every season.
Asked about rejecting Upper Iowa University bid to join the league in September, Raymond said the main reason was it would have made the conference nine teams. "If the University of Mary becomes a member of the Northern Sun Conference, then we will reconsider Upper Iowa because it would put us at a 10-team league," said Raymond. Upper Iowa is still on the table, he said. Raymond said the matter will be discussed at the next Northern Sun Conference meeting in the third week of April. A decision could be made before the meeting but is not likely, he said. |
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Background: Northern Sun: No to Upper Iowa
Background: The shame of the Northern Sun
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Gordon expected at Winona jail any dayWINONA, Minn., Jan. 21, 2004 -- A man whom police tracked to California to question about the slaying of Winona State University student Stacy Smith and her 10-year-old daughter in December, Paul Allen Gordon, should be delivered soon to Winona jailers. A commercial prisoner transport company has until Sunday to pick up Gordon, 21, from San Diego authorities. For security reasons, Winona jailer Jeff Singer declined to say when he is expected. It is expected that Prisoner Transportation Services, of Nashville, Tenn., will bring Gordon to Winona by van with other prisoners destined for northern and eastern points. Smith, who was pregnant, reportedly by Gordon, and her daughter were killed at Sugar Loaf Apartments on Dec. 16, then their unit set afire, police say.
Gordon was arrested two weeks later at the Tijuana border crossing on cocaine and assault charges from Winona County. Court dates for Gordon will be scheduled once he arrives back in Winona. On Oct. 31, Gordon was arrested and charged in Winona with unlawfully possessing 12 bags of cocaine. He also faces terroristic threats for pulling out what police thoughy was a machine gun. Police said Gordon explained that with the gun he was "just playing around," say documents say. On Nov. 3 Gordon posted a $15,000 bond set by Judge Margaret Shaw Johnson.
He is currently on probation for sexual assault in Arkansas in February. Gordon is also currently on bail after being charged with rape in Benton County, Ark., in May. In December in Winona, Gordon was charged with threatening to kill another man with a semi-automatic handgun. This incident, before the Sugar Loaf murdes, arose out of a drug deal gone bad, said police. According to court documents, Gordon had fronted cocaine to another man, but the man smoked the cocaine instead of selling it and returning the profits to Gordon. |
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Reporter: Brian Olson and Heather Stanek
Background: Sheriff saving cell for Gordon
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JAN. 21, 2005 |
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): WSU at Northern State, postponed to Sunday because of snow.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU at Northern State, postponed because of snow.
HOCKEY (WOMEN'S): Gustavus Adolphus 4, SMU 0.
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WSU broadcasters choose presidentWINONA, Minn., Jan. 21, 205 -- -- The Winona State University National Broadcasting Society chapter elected Ben Bicknese president. Other new officers: Andrea Bowe, vice president; Carrie Libera, public information officer; Gillian Key, secretary; Greg White, treasurer; Mike Williams, webmaster.
Drug trial set for Chicago manWINONA, Minn., Jan. 21, 2005 -- A 19-year-old man facing five felony drug charges, Michael Richard Gales of Chicago, will go to trial on Feb. 23. The trial date was set by Judge Margaret Shaw Johnson when she set bond for Gales at $10,000. Gales is now out on bail. Gales pleaded not guilty on Dec. 9. In documents filed with the court, police say Gales made five cocaine sales to an informant in October. He was arrested Nov. 12 across the street from the police station, at 179 West 4th St, the home of Roberta Culpepper, while helping Leon Maurice Bell load up a U-Haul at the front the curb. Culpepper and Bell were also arrested, also on drug charges. The arrests were part of the Operation Fall Clipper busts.
Earlier, on Oct. 29, police had pulled over Gales and Bell while driving with the headlights off at night and given sobriety tests. Gales was charged with drinking. Police said they found an open container in the front seat and more alcohol in the back. It wasn't Gales' first run-in with police. In August Gales was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and was sentenced to three days in jail.
Reporter: Brian Olson
Background: Three still sought in drug busts
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Nicole L. Cain, 21, Rochester, Minn., $400.
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NewU chief: An enhanced WSU degree WINONA, Minn., Jan. 21, 2005 -- The value of a Winona State degree will improve if the New University package of curricular and other reforms can be enacted, said the project coordinator. Carol Anderson, a member of faculty for 18 years, said that the process of discussion and formulation has been slow, but she is hopeful that in four years the New University will be a reality. Some improvements, including more student jobs, more focused career development, and out-of-class experiences can be implemented as soon as this fall, she said. Many other state universities are also engaged in the process of self-study and improvement, but Winona State has a more unique action plan, said Anderson.
More feedback to the current draft of the New University plan will come at visioning conference on Feb. 3, Anderson said. Students are invited to join the all-day conversations, she said Anderson. Many students want to know what's in it for them, she said, and this is a perfect way for them to find out what it is all about. Anderson said the New University implementation team hopes to follow up on the Feb. 3 information to fine-tune the plans that have emerged to date.
In a wide-ranging interview about the New University, Anderson said she did not want to comment on Gov. Tim Pawlenty's State of the State address in which he spoke of Winona State's improvement plans. Pawlenty praised Winona State's president, Darrell Krueger for trying to increase tuition to improve the university by "doing more with more." It was a reference to Krueger's ambitious funding plans for the New University, which include major funding from the Legislature as well as a $1,000 tuition surcharge. Pawlenty was also digging at other higher-ed funding requests that seek more funding to, as he sees it, do their same, old thing. |
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Reporter: Katie Carlson
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INCIDENT NO. 2: Security guards and an emergnecy team responded to the Tau dorm at 11:21 p.m. for a student who was experiencing an asthma attack. Matter referred to EMS.
INCIDENT NO. 3: Security guards cited several students for an alcohol violation in the Lourdes dorm at 10:20 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 4: Security responded to a student having a seizure in Somsen Hall at 12:33 p.m. An emergency team was called, but the student left prior to its arrival. |
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Hit-run victim in dark about driverWINONA, Minn., Jan. 20, 2005 -- A Winona State University woman who was injured in a hit-and-run accident in December, Emily Crigler, said she has not met the driver of the vehicle, who later turned himself in. Nor has she tracked the criminal case being built against 21-year-old St. MaryÕs student Brett Jandacek, who police said admitted he had been drinking. "I've had absolutely no contact with him," Crigler said. "I'm not sure when the hearing will be, but I was told that he should be charged within the next couple of weeks." Crigler was hit walking home near Broadway and Johnson about 1:30 a.m., Dec. 5.
"I didnÕt receive any broken bones, though my whole right body was really sore," Crigler said. "It took me about three weeks, maybe even more, to fully walk again. Otherwise I received stitches in my nose and scars on my forehead.Ó Crigler stayed with her father, Jim Crigler of Winona, during her recovery. Now she is now living on her own again and back at her job at Bub's grill and drinkery.
Two weeks after the accident Crigler was able to graduate as scheduled. "I was well enough to walk across the stage," she said. ÒThe professors have been really great and supportive. I was able to graduate on time and finish all of my finals." Now she is finishing up a research paper: "The professor was nice enough to give me an extension." Crigler, whose degree is in communication witha minor in adventure tourism, said she plans a June trip to Peru and a July trip to Italy.
Reporter: Amanda Knowles
Background: Police: Crigler not jaywalking
Background: Friend heard hit-run impact on phone
Background: SMU driver has booze record
Background: Hit-run victim leaves hospital
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BIGGER JAIL The Winona jail, whose capacity is now being expanded from 28 to 48, still won't be big enough, Sheriff Dave Brand said. Brand will seek County Board approval a panel to examine building a new facility so overflow inmates don't have to be sent to Red Wing, Minn., to serve time and wait for court appearances.
PREP SPORTS. To save $15,000, the Winona School Board raised the sports particpation fee from to $150 per athlete from $100. The board also eliminated five assistant coach positions, in football, softball, girls tennis and, boys and girls soccer.
POWER OUTRAGE. A circuit-breaking detected an overload and cut power to 2,700 East End customers at 11:52 p.m., Tuesday. Power was out to some Xcel customers as long as two hours.
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Protesters make silent point at paradeWASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2005 -- Anti-Bush protesters, many of them college students, turned their backs on the President's armor-plated 2006 Cadillac limousine in the motorcade to the inauguration at the Capitol. On a cue from a coordinated text-message on their cellphones, they silently turned and raised the arms and flashed peace signs. Forty busloads of students, some from campuses as far away as Wisconsin, had arrived in the subfreezing predawn to express dissatisfaction with Bush policies. The protesters were scattered, and their silent but visible protest sparked Bush supporters to shout and cheer louder. In all, an estimated 1 million people lined Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues.
There were boos when Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., excoriated last year for racist remarks, passed with his wife. As protesters waited for the motorcade, occasional chants of "Hey, Hey! Ho, Ho! George Bush has got to go!" erupted. Their only visible sign of protest was small antiwar or anti-Bush collar pina. One protest group, Iraq Veterans Against the War, claimed adherents had come from as far as California.
Gutknecht ponders Senate bidWASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2005 -- Six-term southeast Minnesota Republican Congressmann Gil Gutknecht confirmed he is considering a campaign to unseat Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., in 2006. A decision will come "fairly soon," Gutknecht told Minnesota Republican gathering during inaugural festivities. Dayton has been targeted by the national Republican leadership, which means whoever challenges him would have heavy financial backing from the national party. Even so, Gutknect acknowledged he would need "a mountain of money." That, he said, is one reason he needs to decide within the next couple of months so he can begin fundraising. Gutknecht is thought to have a $400,000 headstart with left-over campaign funds from the 2004 election.
Other Republicans also are eyeing Dayton's Senate seat. Rep. Mark Kennedy has announced he would like the nomination.
If Gutknecht goes against Dayton, he would surrender his seat in the House. The question for Republicans in the First Congressional District then would be who to field as a successor in the 2006 election. During the summer, amid reports that Gurknecht might be in line for an amabassdorship appointment by President Bush, party leaders, faced the same question. Among names bandied aboiut were State Rep. Jeff Anderson of Albert Lea; State Rep. Greg Davids of Preston; State Rep. Carla Nelson of Rochester; and state party Deputy Chair Michelle Rifenberg of La Crescent, a former state legislator.
Background: Gutknecht to ambassadorship?
Drug case figure J eludes copsWINONA, Minn., Jan. 20, 2005 -- A suspect sought in the Fall Clipper drug raids, William Jay Blackmond, 24, is still on the loose 11 weeks after a warrant was issued. Judge Margaret Shaw Johnson signed the warrant Nov. 10. Blackmond, who goes by the street name J, faces a third-degree felony charge of cocaine possession. According to court documents, Blackmond sold $100 in crack cocaine to a police informant in his residence at 426 E. Third St. around 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 20. The informant described Blackmond as a black man with a pudgy face, braided hair with beads, about 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds. Blackmond is suspected to be in a city between Winona and Chicago along either Interstate 90 or 94, the documents say.
Blackmond's arrest warrant was issued with the drug bust dubbed Operation Fall Clipper, which was a result of months of undercover work designed to weaken Winona-Chicago drug trade. The police documents that prompted the arrest warrant said BlackmondÕs cocaine supplier may be one of the other individuals arrested in the bust. Blackmond is one of 15 people named in Fall Clipper arrest warrants. Twelve have been arrested.
Reporter: Will Maravelas
Background: Three still sought in drug busts
WSU delays Lincoln project to 2006WINONA, Minn., Jan. 20, 2005 -- Winona public school administrators have been given more time to vacate the old Lincoln school, until September 2006, by Winona State University, which has purchased the property. The extension will allow an orderly transfer of functions to other schools, said Winona State business Dean Ken Gorman, whio has been coordinating the relocation project. Winona State plans to tear down the Lincoln building, at Huff and Sarnia, for parking.
Folk concert begins WSU seriesWINONA, Minn., Jan. 20, 2005 --The International Music Series begins Thursday at Winona State University. All performances are at 7 p.m., Thursdays, in the North Lounge at Lourdes Hall:Winona International Dancers: "Folk Music and Dance from Around the World" (Jan. 20).Diane Jarvi: "Songs and Music of Finland" (Jan. 24).Sandip Burman and Friends: "Tabla Drumming of North India" (Feb. 3).Nirmala Rajasekar: "Music of South India" (Feb. 17). Voices of Sepharad: "Judeo-Spanish Music from Bosnia, Greece, Turkey, Israel and Morocco " (Feb. 24).Sowah Mensah: "Drumming and Music of Ghana" (March 3).Gao Hong: "Pipa Music of China" (March 24).Calle Sur: "Music of South America" (March 31).Percussion Group Cincinnati: "Explorations of World Music" (April 7).Light From Heaven:"Traditional Music of Cambodia" (April 14).Winona Gamelan Ensemble: "Central Javanese Gamelan Music" (April 21).
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Jocks' Candyman admits fake Rx'sSEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 19, 2005 -- William J. Scheyer, known as "Dr. Feelgood" and "the Candyman" among University of Washington athletes, pleaded guilty to using false names to obtain painkillers that he handed out to softball players without dosage instructions or any record keeping. Scheyer, who has lost his medical license, faces up to six months in jail.
R.I.P.: Anthiony "Tony" L. BierlyWINONA, Minn., Jan. 19, 2005 -- A 1982 Winona State University grad, Tony Bierly, died at home after a brief bout with cancer. he was 52. He lived at Pickwick downriver from Winona and up Trout Creek.
10.5% WSU room-board hike OK'dWINONA, Minn., Jan. 19, 2005 -- The Winona State University Student Senate overwhelmingly endorsed raising room and board 10.5 percent in the fall to bring the wages of kitchen workers up to the level of other student jobs on campus. Only at-large Sen. Ryan Predmore voted against the hike. Business Sen. Mick Reis recommended the 10.5 percent increase, one-half percent more than university executives had proposed, to assure that kitchen workers, now paid $8 an hour, get the state minimum wage of $8.40. Most of the 10.5 percent would go for dorm expenses.
If the 10.5 percent is approved at higher university levels, Chartwells presumably would increase its worker pay. Although there is no formal written agreement on how Chartwells would use the additional revenue, liberal arts Sen. Ryan Flynn said he did not believe that Chartwells would go against its verbal agreement and jeopardize its further relationship with students. Four Chartwells representatives attended the meeting, including district manager Steve Arndt, fielded questions and assured students that the added funding would be spent as the Senate intended. Chartwells' image has suffered since last year when it refused to raise the wages of kitchen workers, mostly foreign students, to the campus norm. Because of visa restrictions, foreign students are unable to seek off-campus jobs, in effect being trapped in campus kitchen jobs.
At the Student Senate meeting, a Chartwells spokesperson discussed preliminary plans to drop the Blimpies and Pizza Hut franchise names in the Smaug and replace them with similar Chartwells products -- Subgeneration and Tuscan Oven. It would save costs, the spokesperson said. |
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Background: Wage issue haunts Chartwells still
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Student leader faults Pawlenty planWINONA, Minn., Jan, 19, 2005 --The chair of the Minnesota State University Student Association is skeptical about Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposal to switch state higher-ed funding from the colleges to students. Brad Krasaway said that funding students directly would make it difficult for middle-class families who do not qualify for aid on the need-based formula expected from the governor when he unveils details of his proposed scheme. The Pawlenty plan, in effect, would channel state funds for the colleges through student grants.
If funding formulas need revision, the answer is not to tinker with distribution but to cut tuition, said Krasaway: "Lowering tuition makes higher education affordable for everyone." Tuition has increased at double digits in recent years. Krasaway, a Winona State senior, said that shifts in funding had been proposed in the past with no real results. However, with the State Legislature so closely aligned with the governor, Krasaway is nervous.
Pawlenty announced his proposal for a revised funding system ion his State-of-the-State address in Rochester. In the speech, the governor singled out Winona State President Darrell Krueger for an "exciting, innovative approach" being developed in the New University project. The gubernatorial endorsement disappointed Krasaway, who noted the New University plan has a horrendous price tag -- a $1,000 tuition surcharge. "It leaves southeast Minnesota with no real affordable university," he said. |
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Reporter: Erin Feger
Background: Governor: Halt direct state college funds
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BASKETBALL (MEN'S): SMU 64, St. Olaf 54.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): St. Olaf 58, SMU 51.
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Driver charged with hitting WSU cyclistWHITEHALL, Wis., Jan. 18, 2005 -- A Trempeleau, Wis., man, Edward A. Tschumper, 40, pleaded innocent in Trempeleau County Circuit Court to a hit-run accident that left a Winona State University bicyclist seriously injured in September. A pre-trial court conference was set for March 7. The cyclist, sophomore Kyle Reschke, has recovered from neck, back and head injuries, and, being an avid cyclist, has returned to road trips. Reschke said a driver turned into him on Highway 35 near Galesville, stopped and pulled the bike out from under his truck, said he would call police and drove off. He didn't.
Background: Cyclist: Helmet saved my life
Campaign renewed to woo students WINONA, Minn,. Jan. 18, 2005 -- Responding to student opposition to the New University package of reforms at Winona State University, the project director stepped up her efforts to win over students by saying the proposed tuition increase to fund the reforms wouldn't really be so bad. At a brown bag lunch with free cheese snacks and gushers, Carol Anderson emphasized that the New University can be funded with a $250 a semester hike in tuition. Anderson downplayed what is rankling student senators -- that $250 every semester for the next four years will total a $1,000 surcharge on top of state-imposed tuition increases. The brown-bag session was the first since university President Darrell Krueger acknowledged a failure at communicating the advantages of New University plans to students. The Student Senate has conducted a series of votes against the New Univerity because of costs and also found in a campuswide ballot that a majority of students are opposed.
In her brown-bag presentation, Anderson listed reforms designed to better enable students to get jobs. She also said the package includes more study abroad, paid internships, and beefed-up career counseling. New facilities, including a $10 million workout gym and a center for global studies are planned, she said. The objective of the meeting, the first of the new year, was to play catch-up and take a look at where things really are in New University planning, Anderson said. To continuing objections that the process has been disingenuous, proceeding without formal consultation and endorsement with key campus groups, including the Faculty Senate and Student Senate, Anderson promised that things would become more clear and straightforward after a Feb. 7 meeting campus constituencies. |
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Reporter: Patrick Carney
Background: NewU brown-baggers resume
Background: NewU team gets MnSCU board grilling
Background: Krueger pardons Finke dissent
Background: WSU profs still seethe at Krueger snub
Tobacco settlement firm lawyer at WSUWINONA, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- A 1982 Winona State criminal justice grad, Scott Johnson, now a partner at the law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, will speak at the university about law careers. Robins, Kaplan helped win the Big Tobacco settlement for the state of Minnesota. Johnson said he will talk too about interesting Winona cases.
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 25
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Kryzsko Commons
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WSU speaker on molecular data usesWINONA, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- A Beliot College biologist, John Jungck, will conduct a workshop, "Bedrock: Bioinformatics Education Dissemination," at Winona State University. Jungck said he would focus on molecular data to solve problems in as medicine, agriculture, conservation and evolution.
Date: Monday, Feb. 7
Time: Noon
Place: Maxwell 212A
Cost: Free
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Coleman sets ed-business panelROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- Sen. Norm Coleman will be host what he calls "a summit" of business leaders and educators, including Don Supalla, president of Rochester Communiy and Technical College, on the legislation designed to create partnerships between colleges and people in the private sector with expertise in math, science and technology. The 2005 Compete Act, short for Collaborative Opportunities to Mobilize and Promote Education, Technology and Enterprise Act, would provide training, technical assistance, professional development opportunities, and disseminate math and science education materials to teachers and students, Coleman said.
Date: Monday, Jan. 24
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Rochester Center CF206/208
Contact: Debra Bond |
Cello performance set at WSUWINONA, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- A Winona State University music prof. Paul Vance will preset cello performance with Ricercare No. 1 in G Minor, Ricercare No. 6 in G Major by Domenico Garbrielli, "In Memoriam" by Gweyneth Walker and Suite No. 3 in C Major by J.S. Bach.
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 26
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Second floor, library
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Prof's composition in German concertWINONA, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- A Winona State University music prof, James Hoch, is having his composition, Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 6, performed as part of a benefit concert in the Melanchthon church in Dusseldorf, Germany. Proceeds are for disaster relief in Southeast Asia.
Profs' psych book into TurkishWINONA, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- Two profs, Mary Gander, of business administration at Winona State University, and Harry Gardiner, have had their developmental psychology textbook translated in Turkish. The translation carries a 2004 copyright.
NCAA panel to explore sports costsNASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association formed a panel of college presidents to study the future of college sports with Peter Likins, president of the University of Arizona, as chair. The focus will be the exponentially increasing cost of college sports, which far exceeds that in other parts of colleges. The report is expected in 18 to 24 months.
Parent lectures set at grade schoolWINONA, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- A speaker series for grade-school parents has been arranged by the Winona State University and Central Elementary School Partnership. The series offers six presentations, all at 7 p.m. at Central school:
"Books Your Children Will Love to Learn From: How to Choose the Very Best Ones," by Laura Armstrong (Monday, Jan. 24)."Child-Parent Literacy," by education prof Rod Winter (Tuesday, Feb. 8)."Preparing for Life on the Playground," led by Winona State phys-ed director Doug Callahan (Tuesday, March 8)."Opening the Doors between Classrooms and Schools," by education prof Rhea Walker (Tuesday, April 12)."Exploring Family Heritage," by eucation profs Nancy Ann Eckerson and Carol Long (Wednesday, April 27). "Facts and Fun with Food," by education prof Janice Sherman and Rochester, Minn., teacher Kari Dirksen (Tuesday, May 10).
Bush's Pell plan is suspectWASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2005 -- The proposal by President George Bush to raise maximum Pell grants for low-income college students to $4,550 by 2011 may be a charade, said a leading House Democrat. There is concern that Bush would cut other student benefits to pay for the increase. "If the president's plan would rob Peter to pay Pell, it would be unacceptable," said Rep. George Miller of California, the top Democrat on the House higher-education policy committee. "So often the administration proposes to increase spending in one account by reducing spending for critical education services in another account." Also, the increase, $500 total over five years, would not significantly improve the purchasing power of the grants considering that college prices are projected to continue to rise two to three times the rate of inflation.
Background: Bush's Pell plan has no funding
Interest swells in WSU snowboardingWINONA, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- Student interest in snowboarding seems to be growing at Winona State, said Lesley Lowe, the president of the university Snowboard Club. Lowe had expected about 30 people at a planning meeting for a club trip to the Indianhead resort at Wakefield, Mich. "It was quite the surprise when 40-some people showed up for the initial planning meeting," she said. Then 42 showed for the trip. So many people went on the trip that the club had to request some members to drive their own cars because not everybody could fit in university vans.
Reporter: Nate Green
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Bush's Pell plan has no fundingWASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2004 -- President Bush's proposal to increase the maximum Pell grants for needy college students by $500 the next five years will to Congress without a plan to fund the increase. AWhite House fact sheet, issued after Bush announced last week in a Florida speech, said the President wants Congress to generate savings elsewhere in federal higher-ed spending to fund bigger Pell grants. The fact sheet said: "The current student-loan programs do not make loans available to students in a cost-effective manner, and a disproportionate amount of benefits are provided to borrowers out of school rather than those currently attending school." The fact sheet did not offer support for the claim that Pell money is leaking to non-students. The document also referred to "reducing excessive subsidies and program costs" but did not support the allegation. In his Florida speech, Bush, ad-libbing from his script, said: "I'm going to reform the student-loan program to make it more -- or ask Congress to reform it -- to make it more effective and efficient."
Background: Bush now pushes Pell increase
Background: Comment: No flip-flop here
Drug hearing looms for BeasleyWINONA, Minn., Jan. 18, 2005 -- A 21-year-old man is awaiting a new court hearing after being charged on four counts of a controlled substance crime in the second-degree in the November mega-drug busts. Detrich Lamont Beasley will next be in court on Jan. 20 before Judge Margaret Shaw Johnson, said Pamela King, BeasleyÕs defender. Meanwhile, Beasley is free on $10,000 bond set by Judge Johnson. At his last court appearance, on Nov. 22, King asked for more time to preparer for the next hearing, which then was set for Jan. 20. Beasley is facing possibly 25 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
Between Oct. 6 and 12, a police informer met with Beasley and bought cocaine ranging from 4.33 grams and almost half an ounce, said narcotics officer Tony Gagnon. On two of the occasions, the informer wore a wired recording device, according to police documents. In one instance, Beasley was selling drugs from a house across from Washington-Kosciusko Elementary School, police said. On Oct. 6, the informer reported he had bought the cocaine at BeasleyÕs house by a man identified as Michael "Big Mike" Raymond Hunt, who also has been eventually arrested. Beasley lives at 365-1/2 E. 3rd St.
Reporter: Will Maravelas
Background: Three still sought in drug busts
Government to resist recruiting banPHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan 17, 2005 -- The U.S. Justice Department asked the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to delay enforcing its decision to allow colleges to ban military recruiters without jeoparding federal funding. The request gives time to the Justice Department to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. The appellate court, in Philadelphia, had ruled that colleges have a right to exclude recruiters whose hiring practices discriminate against gays. The U.S. military bans gays. At issue is a federal law, the Solomon Amendment, which allows the government to withhold defense-related money from colleges that limit the activities of military recruiters.
Background: Harvard to Army: Not here
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WHAT? ME WALK! To save money, schools superintendent Paul Durand proposed eliminating free bus service for children who live within two miles of their school. Pupils are now bused if they are more than one away.
HOSPITAL LEAKAGE. A survey by the Winona hospital found a growing leakage of patients to regional medical centers in La Crosse, Wis., and Rochester, Minn., hospital President Rachelle Schultz said. Winona people choose the Winona hopsital only 56 percent of the time, according to the study. The leakage represents an $18 million export from Winona County, she said. The answer, Schultz said, is upgrading services and improving communication.
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Gay-marriage ban introducedST. PAUL, Minn., Jan, 17, 2005 -- Twenty House Republicans introduced a bill for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Since constitutional amendments are submitted to the people during even-year elections, they are normally not considered by the legislature until the even-numbered year. However, this is a hot button issue. In the last session of the Legislature, a similar bill was blocked on an exact party-line vote in the Senate last year. The state professors' union, the Inter-Faculty Organization, opposes changing the state constitition to ban gay marraiges.
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FOOTBALL (MEN'S): Named an All-American on Don Hansen's Football Gazette first team was WSU wide receiver Chris Samp. To the second team was WSU center Nate Daniels. Honorable mentions included WSU defensive lineman Jim Stanek.
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Campus construction funding ideas varyST. PAUL, Minn., Jan, 17, 2005 -- Proposals for campus construction, remodeling and repairs in the MnSCu state college system, which includes Winona State, range from $100.3 million to $234.9 million with the satte Senate, House and the governor on a collision course to resolve their differences.
Sen. Keith Langseth, D-Moorhead, introduced the Democrat-controlled Senate version of a bonding bill to fund MnSCU projects at $234.9 million. It covers all of MnSCU's project requests, increased by 8 percent from last year to cover the cost of construction inflation that has occurred since the Legislature failed to pass a bonding bill last year. The bill covers $60 million of MnSCU's $100 million request for small projects like roof, boiler and ceiling replacements. Langseth plans to have the bill through the committees and on the Senate floor for a vote by late January.
Rep. Dan Dorman, R-Albert Lea, introduced the House bonding bill at $129.4 million. It covers a shorter list of projects and does not include an inflation adjustment. The bill is similar to the bill that passed the House last session, but a couple of projects in Democrat-controlled districts, such as Bridgeman Hall at Bemidji State, were not included. The bill appropriates $49 million for small projects -- less than half as much as the Senate bill. Dorman plans to have the bill out of the various finance committees and before the Capital Investment Committee by Feb. 4.
Whatever the Senate and House work out, the approval of Gov. Tim Pawlenty is required. The governor is supporting $100.3 million, of which $49 million would for the category of relatyively small repairs and betterment. |
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HOUSE REPUBLICANS
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Background: Major campus projects
Union leader: Vision will need fundingST. PAUL, Minn., Jan, 17, 2005 -- Minnesota's stated public commitment to higher-ed has become disconnected from funding, the chief lobbyist for the state universities' faculty union told the Senate Higher Education Finance Committee. Russ Stanton testified he doubts the recommendations in the recent Citizens League report can come to much: "While we applauded the Citizens League's vision of Minnesota as a national leader in higher education, with the best educated workforce in the nation, we see a huge disconnection between the state's espoused goals and the reality of state funding for higher education."
Stanton cited 2004 data that ranked Minnesota 47th among the 50 states in terms of the increase in state appropriations for higher education. Actually, he said, Minnesota had a decrease. Minnesota's "effort" for higher education, measured by state appropriations per $1,000 of personal income, has fallen from $15.08 in 1978 to $7.55 in 2004, he said. Stanton quoted the 2003 Governing Magazine Sourcebook that Minnesota spends less per capita on higher education than Mississippi or Alabama.
"While a vision for higher education is an important first step, it takes funding to reach our higher education goals, Stanton said. At the hearing, Sen. Larry Pogemiller, D-Minneapolis, pressed Vance Opperman, co-chair of the Citizen League higher-ed task force, on whether the report's vision could be achieved without more funding. Opperman said he could not speak for the task force but personally thought a lot more funding is needed.
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WALK-IN CLINIC. A new walk-in medical clinic will open in April, said John Harrington, known locally as owner of the restored Monarch Tavern in Fountain City, Wis., but who formerly operated walk-in clinics in Green Bay, Wis. Harrington and three partners, operating as Cornerstone Health Care, expect to have 15 to 20 employees to start and extened hours. Neither the Winona hospital nor Winona Clinic has a sub-emergency room walk-in service.
HEALTH INSURANCE. The number of Winona hospital patients without health insurance has swelled to 20 percent, said hospital President Rachelle Schultz. That compared to 5 percent three years ago and 8.3 percent statewide, she said.
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Sri Lankan doing what she can at WSUWINONA, Minn., Jan. 17, 2005 -- When the Dec. 26 tsunami devastated coastal Sri Lanka, Winona State University junior Hasitha Amarasekera desperately wanted to go home. She didn't. "I would just be another mouth to feed," she said. Instead, Amarasekera, 22, worked with Terri Markos, director of international services at Winona State, and Michael Bowler, a global studies prof, to put together a fundraiser to help people in the affected areas. Though her parents' house was not damaged, Amarasekera said four of her relative's houses in the city of Galle were destroyed. Amarasekra said one cousin was lost two days before being found in a makeshift shelter miles from her home. "My father told me to send everything I don't need," Amarasekera said.
Amarasekera, who transferred to Winona State two years ago from Sri Lanka, has already collected secondhand clothes and shipped them to her family. Meanwhile, the campus tsunami relief fundraiser began last week and has no definite ending date. The university's assistant director of international services, CK Kwai, said the recommended donation amount is an hour's pay.
Reporter: Lauren Elizondo
Background:Tsunami panel set at WSU
Background: WSU joins tsunami relief effort
Solons propose new doctoral programsST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 17, 2005 -- Bills have been introduced in the Minnesota Senate and House to allow the state universities, including Winona State, to offer applied doctoral degrees. The bills would end a prohibition on doctorates anywhere except the University of Minnesota. The state university's faculty union has pushed for more doctoral programs, citing studies that show a demand in education administration, psychology, and nursing. University of Minnesota programs are offered only in the Twin Cities. The House bill was authored by Joe Opatz, D-St. Cloud. Co-sponsors include Gene Pelowski, The chief author of the Senate bill is John Hottinger, D- Mankato. Co-sponsors include Bob Kierlin, R-Winona.
Tau rentals slow to pick upWINONA, Minn., Jan. 17, 2005 -- Winona State University's new Tau Center has hosted fewer conferences than expected in its first few weeks, said coordinating consultant Peg Ivanyo. There have been only 22 bookings. "We're in that awkward 'Hi, we're here' phase,'" Ivanyo said. The center, formerly run by the Franciscan sisters, has been available for public rental under Winona State auspices since Sept. 1, advertisements about its availability were not published until after the center opened, Ivanyo said.
Rental of conference rooms has been sporadic, Ivanyo said: "It is not a daily thing yet." Groups that rented the center include the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce, the Winona Convention and Visitor's Bureau and local businesses. Winona State activities also have been held, she said.
Despite the slow start, Ivanyo is enthusiastic about Tau's future and thinks use will gradually increase within five years. Public awareness is the key, she said: "I hope it would be busy 80 percent of the time." Winona State also intends to create new programming in the center, which could attract public groups, Ivanyo said. Tau also will include some of the university's Residential College programming, currently located in the Lourdes and Maria dorms, said Ivanyo. Although Tau is open for rental, Ivanyo said the university intends to focus on educational uses rather than its potential as a business. "Emphasis is not on public rental but programming," she said. "It is not meant to compete with Best Western."
Reporter: Heather Stanek
Background: Tau seen as $150,000 revenue center
WSU lit mag seeks submissionsWINONA, MINN., Jan. 17, 2005 -- An editor of the Winona State University literary magazine said that the goal for this year's issue is to have submissions from a variety of students, not just English and journalism majors. Brigitte Demasi, herself an English major, invited short stories, poems, art works and photography to be submitted to student selection committees: "We try to put an equal number of pages for each type of work." For example, there might be 20 pages of poems and 20 pages of short stories, said Demasi. In the past Satori has been around 80 pages. Submissions are due in the mid-February with publication, she hopes, by spring break. Satori is put together by students who take a one-credit course.
Reporter: Meghan Frain
Governor: Halt direct state college funds| ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 17, 2005 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty called for a major change in funding tate colleges and universities in his State of the State address by shifting state funding away from the institutions and putting it in aid for students. Pawlenty was light on specifics, but the concept of supporting students, not institiutions, has been promoted by private colleges. Pawlenty said he will present details to the 2006 Legislature. The governor also called for allowing high school students in their junior and senior year to take college courses and receive college credit without leaving the high school. He also proposed creating a new four-year university in Rochester as a new legal entity and with a governing authority over the current Rochester Center now operated by Winona State, the University of Minnesota and other colleges. On public K-12 schools, Pawlenty did as he had been expected to do and encouraged performance-based teacher salaries instead of seniority and degrees and certificates. |
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| WINONA, Minn., Jan. 17, 2005 -- A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Feb. 14 for Cory Hyde, co-owner of the Schyde's bar, on a charge of violating the state fire code by letting too many people in. The cops counted 226 people. The max set by the fire marshal is 171. The charge was filed after an Oct. 7 raid. A journalists' count three weekends later found over-capacity crowds again at Schyde's and also at Brothers and Bulls-Eye.
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Responding to the charge from the police raid on Oct. 7, Hyde's attorney on Oct. 22 sent a not guilty letter to the court by mail. An earlier report in the Winonan and on the CyberIndee that Schyde's paid a $205 fine was incorrect.
Paul Bostrack, deputy police chief, said in an interview that Schyde's has been in trouble more than other bars for capacity violations during the past three years. "Each time Schyde's is charged with this violation, the judge can increase the amount of the fine," said Bostrack. "Cops take this violation as a serious safety issue," said Bostrack. Bostrack said it is difficult to get people out of a bar during a fire or emergency when it is overcrowded and alcohol is involved: "People do not want to cooperate with the fire department and many fights break out. If people are not killed in the fire, they are trampled by other people."
Reporter: Meghann Obieglo
Background:175 die trapped in nightclub fire
Background: Crowded bars and "mob psych"
Background: Bars flout fire marshal limits
Background: Schyde's exceeds occupancy max
Background: Comment: Playing with fire
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BASKETBALL (MEN'S): Carleton 63, SMU 43.
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Protesters to turn backs to BushMADISON, Wis., Jan. 17, 2005 -- Anti-Bush protesters will leave Wednesday on three buses for the inauguration, intent on cracking the tight security that the administration as put on the event, said organizer Anita Singh. On the parade route the protesters will, on a signal, turn their backs on the motorcade. Singh, a University of Wisconsin senior, called the trip the Turn Your Back on Bush tour. She said authorities won't be able to identify the protesters until the moment of demonstration because they won't be wearing distinctive clothing or carrying signs. In fact, the administration has banned signs from the parade route, explaining that they can be dangerous weapons.
COMMENT:
THE BUSH PRESIDENCY
NO FLIP-FLOP HERE
Late in December the Bush administration quietly changed the Pell grant rules. As many as 90,000 college students lost some or all eligibility, Three weeks later, amid calculated fanfare, President Bush proposed a $100 annual increase in individual Pell grants, moving the max to $4,550 in 2011. Can't this President make up his mind about Pells?
What's going on is another Bush shell game that demonstrates the President's fundamental disdain for higher-ed. Sure, more Pell money is welcome. But he took away millions in 2005 by changing eligibility rules in December. The increases, not in full effect until 2011, are only in the neighborhood of cost-of-living adjustments and won't keep pace with tuition growth. Bush calls himself the student's friend. It's not so.
We've seen this shell game before. During he re-election campaign Bush proposed a new $300 million community college jobs program -- after killing an existing $600 million community college jobs program. |
Background: Bush now pushes Pell increase
WSU pilot training scheduledWINONA, Minn., Jan. 17, 2005 -- A federally approved, 11-week private pilot ground school will be offered Wednesday evenings at Winona State University, said prof George Bolon. The course is preparation for required private pilot certificate. Topics include basic meteorology, federal aviation regulations, and radio navigation. Registration can be completed at the first class:
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 19
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Stark 106
Cost: Not announced
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Child-abuse recovery film at WSUWINONA, Minn., Jan. 17, 2005 -- The National Child Protection Training Center, located at Winona State, will debut a documentary film, "Stories of Silence: Recovering from Boyhood Sexual Abuse," at the university. The documentary, by Seattle filmmaker Ethan Delavan, tells the story of recovery from the eyes and minds of child sex abuse victims.
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 25
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Tau Conference Center
Cost: Free
Contact: (507) 457-2890 |
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ORIGINAL THINKING BUT LATE
In a careful examination of the parking crisis around Winona State University, the publisher of the Winona Post, John Edstrom, postulated last week that the only solution is a parking ramp. His editorial was well reasoned and thoughtful -- but based on ignorance about months of Winona State planning to build a 300-car ramp at Main and Mark. The university already has preliminary designs in hand and has started the process to hire an architect. Edstrom's is no original idea. The university committed itself to building a ramp more than two years ago.
None of the dialogue has been secret. Where has Edstrom been? His editorial would better have congratulated the university on is significant progress in addressing the parking issue.
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Background: Ramp completion target: 2006
CAMPUS ALMANAC
POSTED JAN. 17, 2005 |
Colleges with largest endowments:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Texas System
Stanford
M.I.T.
University of California
Columbia
Emory
Texas A&M
Upper Midwest
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
University of Iowa
Carleton
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Profs gear up for contract talksST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 17, 2005 -- As contract negotiations loom for state university faculty, the major issues seem to be workloads and salaries. Faculty union President Nancy Black said two task forces have meant once with counterpart groups from the chancellor's office. The task forces will have reports by May 1, before the next round of bargaining. The union, the Inter-Faculty Organization, pressed the chancellor's negotiators for the interim task forces during negotiations that, by and large, didn't go well for the union. On salaries, faculty managed only 2.4 percent with no workload relief and lessened insurance benefits.
Members of the union's Task Force on Costing Teaching Workload and Other Faculty Assignments:
Bemidji State: Mary Ann Papanek-MillerMetro State: Ruth ZietlowMSU-Mankato: Sandra EggenbergerMSU-Moorhead:Mike Ruth St. Cloud State: Chuck Cantale (appointed from MSU-Mankato)
Southwest State: Vicky Brockman Winona State: Kelly Herold
Members of the union's Task Force on Faculty Salary Competitiveness:
Bemidji State: Kate SmithMetro State: Gary StarrMSU-Mankato: Howard MillerMSU-Moorhead: Joann SegoviaSt. Cloud State: Dale BuskeSouthwest State: Jo DohoneyWinona State: Mark Wrolstad
UNDER-AGE
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Darrell
Krueger
WSU president
2003: $211,836
Louis
DeThomasis
SMU president
2001: $155,245
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
$125,000
OTHER
SALARIES
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