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Bush like Lincoln? Prof: "No way"WINONA, Minn., March 20, 2005 -- Calling George Bush "a small, mean man," Winona State University math prof Jeff Draskoci-Johnson drew unfavorable comparisons between the current president and Abraham Lincoln in a letter to the Daily News opijnion page. The letter was in response to an earlier letter, from Earl Tilford, which drew favorable comparisons. Said Draskoci-Johnson: "Bush is not another Abraham Lincoln -- not even close." An excerpt:
"Unlike Bush, Lincoln did not get hysterical. There was a strong anti-war, pro-South movement in the North, but he did not insist on a Patriot Act. Legally, Southerners were"enemy combatants" because the North did not recognize the South any more than we recognzie al-Qaida. But Lincoln did not argue that they had no rights at all. And his attorney general did not try to justify abusing them. |
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"When Kentucky and Missouri refused to take sides, and England flirted with the Confederacy, Lincoln did not scold them, 'You're eitehr or us, or for the evil-doers.' His retraint kept them neutral and saved the Union.
"Bush has made enemies where there were none before. How would you respond if some foreign leaders attacked another country to destroy weapons that turned out not to exist, killing thousands of civilians in the process, then bungled the peace so that that country became a recruiting ground for terrorists, then declared we supported evil unless we supported his every action? Do you ever wonder why the world has left us to flounder in Iraq?
"Unlike Lincoln, Bush has no idea what his war is about. He doesn't know that people hate us, not because we are free, but because we have supporetd Saddam Hussein (yes, we did!), the mullahs in Iran, the House of Saud and all the other dictators we now condemn. His ignorance is costing us dearly."
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MARCH 20, 2005 |
BASEBALL (MEN'S): SMU 8, Albertus Magnus 6; Albertus Magnus 8 SMU 2.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU 1, Elmhurst 0. SMU 6, Pacific 3.
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MARCH 19, 2005 |
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): WSU.
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Winona
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District
Court
March 19,
2005 | UNDERAGE ALCOHOL-RELATED
CONVICTIONS
Lawrence Carl Everson, 20, 129-1/2 W. Third Fourth St., $165.
Scott Michael Glaser, 19, 457 Gould St., WSU, $440.
Thomas Anthony McDonough, 20, 379 E. Sanborn, $165.
Michael James Richmond, 18, Kenosha, Wis., $165.
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March 18,
2005 | UNDERAGE ALCOHOL-RELATED
CONVICTIONS
Christopher Bouldan, 20, 88 Forest Oak Court, $290.
Rachel Elizabeth Fenske, 20, 511 Garfield St., $165.
Robert Diether Meyer, 19, 521 E. Sarnia, $165.
Cherie Fay Smichney, 19, 700 Terrace Heights, $165.
Danielle Marie Wychgram, 19, 166 Harriet St., $165.
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MARCH 17, 2005 |
BASEBALL (MEN'S): Florida Gulf Coast 14, WSU 2; WSU 4. Florida Gulf Coast 2.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU guard Jamie Rattunde was named to the D3hoops.com regional second team.
GYMNASTICS (WOMEN'S): WSU (8th).
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU, postponed by snow storm.
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Solons green-light construction fundsST. PAUL, Minn., March 17, 2005 -- The joint committee of the Minnesota Senate and House agreed to fund every higher-ed project that made it through one house or the other, which includes not only $10.2 million to renovate the Pasteur science bujlding at Winona State but $3.2 million to bujild nursing program space at Southeast Tech. Legislative leaders now are negotiating with Gov. Tim Pawlenty for his approval of the plans, which far exceed his proposal for state construction funding. Senate and House leaders also are working out funding for what's being critically viewed as local pork projects. These include funds for preliminary design work for a Shakespearean theater in downtown Winona.
The Pasteur project at Winona State would complete the $40 million science complex, which connects to the Stark engineering and nursing bujilding. At Southeast Tech, remodeling in the main building would permit nursing classes to be brought back from the airport campus for better student access to a new science lab.
Background: House: $154 million for campus projects
Background: WSU eyes state funds for fitness gym
Winona
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District
Court
MARCH 17,
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ALCOHOL-RELATED CONVICTIONS
Joshua Gerald Gibbs, 19, Northfield, Minn., $65.
Katie Lynn Krantz, 19, Plymouth, Minn., $165.
LOUD-PATRY CONVICTION
Michael Dennis Goetz, 34, 676 E. Mark St., $165.
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Quebec students protest aid changeMONTREAL, Quebec, March 17, 2005 -- Thousands of colledge students marched through central Montreal, tying up traffic, to protest the Quebec provincial government's decision to turn many student grants into loans. The marchers passed the prime minister's office. Said Nick Vikander, a student organizer: "We are telling him we want our money back." The change would save/US$85.5 million. The students claim the the change would hit poorer students unfairly. The march was the latest in a series of protests. There have been sit-ins at government offices. In one especially poignant incident, students released hundreds of white mice at the education minister's office. Meanwhile, 80,000 students have boycotted classes for a week.
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BASEBALL (MEN'S): WSU, postponed by snow storm.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S): SMU guard Jamie Rattunde was named to the D3hoops.com regional second team.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU, postponed by snow storm.
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU, postponed by snow storm.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): WSU, postponed by snow storm.
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CAMPUS
GREETINGS
Judith Ramaley, president designate of Winona State, was welcomed to the podium by retiring university President Darrell Krueger at a welcoming reception. Then it was greet and meet campus and townspeople.
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Ramaley called "outstanding" choiceWINONA, Minn., March 16, 2005 -- About 500 people attended a reception to welcome Winona State University president-designate Judith Ramaley. Held in the Maxwell Leadership Center, the event was attended by faculty and university employees; students, including student senators; alumni; and townspeople. Ramaley was greeted with a standing ovation and a five-piece band. She was formally introduced by Jim McCormick, the state colleges chancellor. McCormick said that he was confident that both Winona State and the college syatem Board of Trustees made the right choice with Ramaley. "It was very clear that we had an outstanding candidate," he said.
McCormick also recognized Darrell Krueger, who is set to retire in June, as a great president who has set the stage for more great things to happen at Winona State. "He gave great leadership even at the end of his career," McCormick said. "His gift will go on and on."
Organizers of the reception had expressed concern that few people would show up being that it was Winona State's spring break, McCormick said. McCormick and Ramaley both were impressed with the turnout. "What a remarkable welcome," Ramaley said. Ramaley said that she was excited to begin her work at Winona State and become a member of such a pleasant community. "The next time you see me, I will wear purple," she joked.
She said that she believes that Winona State has "an inspiring vision" and offered a pledge to Winona State and the community. She vowed, above all, to be honest and fair and to listen and learn from everyone. "I am a learner above all," she said.
Reporter: Heidi Draskoci-Johnson
Background: Trustees confirm Ramaley
Police chief: Cocaine arrests way upWINONA, Minn., March 16, 2005 -- Police averaged a naroctics arrest every third day in Winona in 2004, according to annual compilation by Police Chief Frank Pomeroy. The totsl, 128, was 45 percent more than 10 years earlier, he said. The biggest coordinated drunk busts in city history, Operation Fall Clipper in November, was based in arrest warrants but by tself was but a blip in the total drug arrests. Police blamed the increase on a growing Winona cocaine market. Eighty percent of the drug arrests were for cocaine. Cocaine has become the Winona drug of choice, displacing marijuana, asccording to Winona State University prof Helen Dachlet, a former probation officer. An indicator of the extent of the Winona cocaine market is a claim by informants in the murder case against dealer Paul Allen Gordon that he was grossing $15,000 a month.
Pomeroy said cocaine traffic spawns other crime. He noted that Gordon is charged with the brutal murders of Winona State University student Stacy Smith, her unborn child, and her 10-year-old daughter in Dcember. For the first time Pomeroy connected a 1998 Saturday night shooting in the parking lot at Chucker's bar, now Schyde's, to the Winona cocaine business. Dozens of college students were milling outside Chucker's at closing time when the shooting at the time.
The new Pomeroy report also showed an 52 percent increase in drunken driving arrests, 289 in 2004, compared to 190 in 1995. Total offenses were down 49 percent iover the 10 years, Pomeroy said. He gave these totals:
Felony theft
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Disorderly conduct
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Background: The night of the Sugar Loaf murders
Background: Expert: Cocaine now drug of choice
Background: G-Bone gets 12-1/2 years upriver
Background: Prosecutor: G-Bone wanted to kill
Trustees confirm Ramaley as WSU chiefST. PAUL, Minn., March 16, 2005 -- For the third time in her career, Judith Ramaley was voted in as president of a university. Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system voted unanimously for Ramaley to succeed Darrell Krueger as president of Winona State University. Earlier Ramaley was president of Portland State in Oregon for eight years and the University of Vermont for three years. She is 64.
Ramaley emerged as a leading candidate to become the 14th president of Winona State, whose history goes to 1858, in a rigorous seven-month search. She was one of three finalists recommended by a campus committee after three days of on-site interviews. She then became the choice of Chancellor Jim McCormick, who recommended her to the board of trustees. |
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Background: Chancellor's choice: Ramaley
Background: Portfolio from campus interviews
News background and analysis: Ramaley's record on dissentRamaley's record on free expressionVermont race problem intractable?Ramaley record on unionism
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News release on Ramaley appointment
Here is the full text of the news release on the appointment of by the state colloege system trustees Judith Ranmaley as president of Winona State University:
Judith Ramaley appointed as
Winona State University president
Judith A. Ramaley today was appointed president of Winona State University by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees.
Ramaley (pronounced rah-MAY-lee), 64, has served as president of the University of Vermont and president of Portland State University. Currently, she is a visiting senior scientist at the National Academy of Sciences and is Presidential Professor of Biomedical Sciences and a Fellow of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy at the University of Maine. Previously, she was assistant director for education and human resources at the National Science Foundation. Ramaley holds a Ph.D. in anatomy from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a bachelor's degree in zoology from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa.
"We are delighted that Dr. Ramaley, with all her talents and experience, will be the next leader of Winona State University," said Trustee Ivan F. Dusek, who presented the board committee's recommendation for her appointment. "I have no doubt that we have made an outstanding choice."
"Dr. Ramaley brings a wealth of experience to the university and to the entire Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system," said Chancellor James H. McCormick. "Her background as a scientist is particularly fitting for this university and this state with its biotech
industry. As a higher education administrator, she has a passion for creating high-quality programs that will build on the many excellent programs already in place."
In accepting the appointment, Ramaley said, "The path ahead for Winona State University is exciting and its ambitions match my deepest hopes. We will explore our future together and find new ways to educate our students, conduct research that can be put to good use and join our colleagues in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to serve the people of Minnesota."
Ramaley has two sons and six grandchildren. An avid birdwatcher, she said she looks forward to watching eagles along the Mississippi River.
Ramaley will replace Darrell Krueger, who is retiring after 16 years as president of Winona State. Ramaley will take office on July 18.
Winona State University is located in Winona and also serves the higher education needs in Rochester through the Winona State University-Rochester Center. Winona State University was founded in 1858 as the first college in the present system of state universities and the first teacher preparatory school west of the Mississippi River. Students can earn bachelor's and master's degrees in more than 80 undergraduate academic areas and 16 graduate-level programs.
The college is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, which comprises 32 state universities and community and technical colleges serving the higher education needs of Minnesota. The system serves about 240,000 students per year in credit-based courses and an additional 130,000 students in non-credit courses. |
COMMENT: WSU PRESIDENCY
FORGETTING
HELEN POPOVICH
Perhaps some Winona State people would rather forget the brief, unhappy term of Helen Popovich as university president. Such it would seem with all the hoopla that president-designate Judith Ramaley is Winona State's first woman president. It's not quite so.
Helen Popovich fast-tracked her career at Winona State, quickly ascending from liberal arts dean to academic vice president. When President Bob Hanson suffered a debilitating stroke in 1981, Popovich was appointed acting president. She was no mere caretaker, however. Within months Popovich announced she would shut down three enrollment-weak, overstaffed academic departments -- industrial education, geography and photography. Pink slips went out to 14 tenured profs. The faculty union, understandably, went ballistic. The day before May graduation, the Faculty Senate voted that it lacked confidence in Popovich. Hardly ever does a university president survive a faculty vote of no confidence. Popovich was toast. The 14 retrenched profs were brought back the next fall, although their three departments were never revived.
Although Popovich was only acting president, she took charge to remake the university as of she had a full porfolio. In a very real sense, she was Winona State's first woman president, albeit in the university's own history of itself she isn't listed among the institution's 14 presidents. |
Background: Ramaley is trustees' choice
Nominees announced for Indee j-awardsWINONA, Minn., March 16, 2005 -- Eight Winona State University student journalists have been nominated for the Bremer and Corrigan awards, each a $500 prize, for outstanding contributions to the CyberIndee, faculty publisher John Vivian announced. "This has been a remarkable year in campus journalism," Vivian said. "We're all richer for the information and revelations that the nominess, all of them, have put on everyone's agenda."
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| Amber Dulek. For general excellence, including coverage of a boating accident that left football player Joe Delagrave paralyzed. Dulek's work |
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| Lauren Elizondo. For excellence in covering the university presidency at Winona State, including the search for a new president. Elizondo's work |
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| Matt Geiger. For early tracking of the growing tension between Winona State student leadership and university President Darrell Krueger. Geiger's work |
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| Laura Gossman. For excellence and imaginaton in covering municipal elections. Gossman's work |
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| Adam Krahn. For campus angles in the municipal elections, including revelations from public records. Krahn's work |
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| B.J. Puttbrese. For revelations drawn from the new Winona State long-range plan to double the campus. Puttbrese's work |
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| Chris Selbitschka. For a remarkable interview with the victim of a knifepoint kidnapping on campus. Selbitschka's work |
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| Chris Warrington. For general excellence, including haunting images of rescuers at the scene of the Sugar Loaf murders. Warrington's work |
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| BREMER
PRIZE
B.J. PUTTBRESE
Current recipient
RECIPIENTS
2004: B.J. Puttbrese
2003: Brian Krans
2002: Nicole Mossing
2001: Bill Radde
2000: Lisa Ricke
1999: Jon Pike
1998: Dave Serritella
This prize, currently $500, honors Adolph Bremer, who taught journalism many years at Winona State University.
CORRIGAN
PRIZE
EMILY FINLEY
Current recipient
RECIPIENTS
2004: Emily Finley
2003: Paul Sloth
2002: No award
2001: Scott Haraldson
2000: No award
1999: No award
1998: Tim Greenway
1997: No award
1996: No award
1995: Lynn West
1994: No award
1993: Ken Seaton
1992: Rob Sklenar
This prize, currently $500, honors Paul Corrigan, a photojournalism student at Winona State University, who died his sophomore year. |
The Bremer award bears the name of Adolph Bremer, long-time Winona Daily News editor and pioneer Winona State j-educator. The Corrigan award is named for Paul Corrigan, a Winona State photojournalism student who drowned his sophomore year. A second round of nominations may be announced before the masscom banquet, at which the awards will be presented, in late April.
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SPORTS
MARCH 16, 2005 |
BASEBALL (MEN'S): WSU 16, Truman State of Missouri 9. WSU 22, New Jersey Tech 17.
TENNIS (MEN'S): Bucknell 7, WSU 0.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): Western Illinois 6, WSU 3. St. Catherine 6, SMU 3.
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ALCOHOL-
RELATED
CONVICTIONS
Winona
County
District
Court
MARCH 15,
2005 |
Lacy J. Abnet, 20, Dakota, Minn., $165.
Ginny Crystal Thompson, 20, Austin, Minn., $590.
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Mid-level college salaries up 3%WASHINGTON, March 15, 2005 -- Median salaries of regsitrars, admissions directors and other mid-level college administrators increased 3 percent this academic year, according to a survey by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The increase was slightly ahead of inflation. The increase the year before was 2.1 percent. The highest-paid mid-level administrators are staff physicians at a median of $119,200. The lowest is security guard at $24,300.
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MARCH 15, 2005 |
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): Nova Southeastern 4, WSU 3; WSU 8, Nova Southeastern 0.
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU 6, MSU-Mankato 0.
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R.I.P.: Hilda M. MuhleHOUSTON, Minn, March 14, 2005 -- A retired secretary to the president of Winona State University, Hilda Muhle, died at nursing home. She was 94. She retried from Winona State in 1976.
R.I.P.: Linda Marie (Liebsch) PrukaWINONA, Minn, March 14, 2005 -- A Winona Vo-Tech alum, Lunda Pruka, died in a Rochester, Minn., hospital at age 43. She studies sales and management. Friends remember her an auto-racing fan and for school-bus racing at the La Crosse, Wis., track.
WSU football team betters crime recordWINONA, Minn., March 14, 2005 -- The number of Winona State University football players with Winona police rap sheets is down 18.8 percent from a year ago. A new check of Winona District Court records found 26 of 108 players on the team this fall have a total of 37 convictions. That compares with 32 players and 42 offenses in an April 2003 check of court records. The offenses range from loud parties to fourth-degree assault. Petty offenses, such as parking and speeding tickets, were not taken into consideration in either tally.
Only four of the 53 freshman, including red-shirts, have a rap sheet. Some of the improvement is attributable to the graduation of some heavy-partiers, One 2004 grad, Andy Salmen, had four convictions. Also, coach Tom Sawyer has made changes after news media revelations in 2003 about his team's court record.
Asked about the improvement, Sawyer said he's working harder to educate the players. "The first thing we do is make sure the kids are aware of how the university works and how the police forces work in Winona," said Sawyer. "We have to teach kids what is lawful and what isn't." During two-a-day preseason practices, police Sgt. Gary Hoepnner, an old teammate of Sawyer from their Winona State undergrad days, met with the team to inform them about the law. Players also attended a mandatory Mothers Against Drunk Driving meeting.
There also new rules for weekend visits by high-school recruits to de-emphasize partying, which Sawyer hopes will have a long-term effect. An 11 p.m. curfew is in effect this year, after news reports last February about varisty veterans treating the high-schoolers to marijuana, booze and topless women on their party circuit. There was also the January 2004 arrest and conviction of Carey Rottman, a red-shirt frosh, who, with recruits looking on, stashed a whisky bottle and marijuana and led cops on a chase. When caught, Rottman head-butted one cop. Under pressure after news reports about the incident, Sawyer suspended Rottman for the 2004 season -- the first disciplinary suspension in Winona State history related to excessive partying.
"I work one on one with some of the students," said Sawyer. "I will personally set up outside counseling for some players." Sawyer said he has follow-up meetings with players and talks about what they learned and where they will go from there. "When a player gets in trouble with the law, they get 24 hours to notify me," said Sawyer. Sawyer said he is much quicker to suspend players now than in recent years as a consequence of the unlawful behavior exposed last year.
Academics are the strongest reason to suspend a player, said Sawyer. He said getting rid of the players would serve no educational value to them. "What we are doing is helping kids be better people," said Sawyer.
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IMPROVE-
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26 PLAYERS WITH POLICE RAP SHEETS, DOWN FROM 32
TOM
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Phil Capuzzi *
Dane Clark
B.J. Eiben
Jay Fogelson
Matt George
Tim Hodsdon
Pat Hurley
Aaron Hutchinson
Brian Hynes
Andy Knapp
Eric Lemcke
Adam Linbo
Luke Lokanc
Derek Malone
Mike McCants
Brendan Meany
Matt Meline
Kyle Mitchell
Caleb Nicholson
Caleb Padilla
Mike Reiter
Carey Rottman
Derek Stahlecker
Randy Spring
Brian Wrobel
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Drunken driving
Minor consumption
Obstructing legal process
Loud party
Minor consumption
Minor consumption
Loud party
Loud party
Public consumption
Minor consumption
Minor consumption
Loud party
Disorderly conduct
Minor consumption
Loud party
Loud Party
Loud party
Drug paraphernalia
Minor consumption
Fifth-degree assault
Minor consumption
Minor consumption
Drunken driving
Minor consumption
Minor consumption
Loud party
Loud party
Fourth-degree assault **
Minor drink and drive
Loud party
Loud party
Minor consumption
Disorderly conduct
Minor consumption
Loud party
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10-28 2004
10-03 2003
11-13 2003
02-04 2003
10-06 2003
10-09 2001
02-04 2003
01-22 2004
10-07 2003
04-02 2002
04-24 2002
10-23 2002
12-06 2004
04-21 2004
01-29 2004
05-19 2004
12-23 2002
12-09 2003
02-13 2002
12-02 2004
09-23 2003
04-23 2002
04-09 2002
04-24 2002
04-24 2002
01-09 2003
09-02 2004
01-24 2004
04-28 2004
09-30 2004
11-02 2004
11-23 2004
10-29 2004
05-06 2002
10-23 2002
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Rottman convicted on four misdemeanors; felonies dismissed |
Reporter: Brian Olson
Background: April football arrest tally
Background: Crackdown on WSU football partying
Background: Rottman back on roster
Background: Bare breasts, booze and marijuana
ALCOHOL-
RELATED
CONVICTIONS
Winona
County
District
Court
MARCH 14,
2005 |
Debra Lyn Gales, 20, Austin, Minn., $190.
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Football abuses cost aid to OregonCORVALIS, Ore., March 14, 2005 -- The Clemens Foundation cut off scholarships to Oregon State University because of lax discipline against football players. The Foundation complained about "a declining moral ethic" at Oregon State. About 125 students received Clemens grants this year, most four-year renewable commitments. Last fall four football players got into a fight at a restaurant. Two other football players were arrested for a dispute with a taxi driver to whom they offered food and marijuana in lieu of a $20 fare. The incident blew up into a fight. In neither incident were there sanctions from the university, although the players in the restaurant fight took a four-month suspension from the team but not the university.
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MARCH 14, 2005 |
BASEBALL (MEN'S): WSU 9, Caldwell of New Jersey 3. Indianapolis 4, WSU 3.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): Florida Gulf Coast 6, WSU 5, Floprida Gulf Coast 2, WSU 0.
TENNIS (MEN'S): WSU v. Western Illinois.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): Bucknell 7, WSU 0.
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San Marcos athletics suspendedSAN MARCO, Texas, March 14, 2005 -- Athletics at Texas State University-San Marcos gave athletes nearly $74,000, in bookstore credits beyond what they needed for textbooks, according to a National Collegiate Athletic Association investigation. The NCAA has placed the university on probation for three years, The university has fired its athletics director and entire football coaching staff. The bookstore credits were issued to 135 athletes, an NCAA infraction that was discovered when somebody realized that spending by athletes jumped 72 percent in one year.
The NCCA also found that football players were required to attended supposedly voluntary spring and summer practice sessions. In fall practice the football team regularly exceeded the 20-hour-a-week limit on practice sessions, investigators said.
RAMALEY
PORTFOLIO | EMPHATIC
BUT CHATTY OVER COFFEE
Scenes from Judith Ramaley's interview visit to Winona State two weeks ahead of her appointment as university president. |
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Feminist is pro-life, also favors choiceWINONA, Minn., March 14, 2005 -- Society must refuse to choose between women and their unborn children, activist Sally Winn, who has pro-choice and pro-life supporters, told a Winona State University audience recently. Winn said she is pro-choice because she believes that women don't have enough options when they become pregnant. She is pro-life, she said, because she believes in the sanctity of both the life of the woman and the child. Each year, Winn said, there are more than 1.3 million surgical abortions in the United States, one out of every five performed on a college student.
Winn, national vice president of the Feminists for Life, explained how she came to her position on abortion as an issue. In her junior year of college, Winn said, she became pregnant. After discovering how limited her options were, she began speaking out against abortion. She said that Democrats and Republicans, those on each side of feminism's coin, as well as both pro-life and pro-choice advocates, have sponsored her appearances at campuses around the country in an attempt to "reclaim feminism."
Reporter: Shelli Daniels
City board targets rental bannersWINONA, Minn., March 14, 2005 -- The city Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that "for rent" signs be limited to six square feet and be posted within six feet of the ground. Also, signs could be posted only at the site of available units. Aesthetics were one consideration. Also, there was discussion that little-guy landlords are put at a disadvantage by huge signs draped by owners on their buildings, particularly when signs direct potential renters to a web site with multiple listings.
Veto possible on Colorado tuitionDENVER, Colo., March 14, 2005 -- Gov. Bill Owens threatened to veto tuition increases of 9 to 45 percent at state universities. The Legislature had approved the increases to meet calls from campus administrators to offset declines in state financial suppport.
Background: Crisis-plagued Colorado prez quits
Bill would allow stronger poll coverageST. PAUL, Minn., March 14, 2005 -- A bill to facilitate Election Day news coverage by giving reporters explicit access to polling places was approved 55-8 by the state Senate. The bill would eliminate a requirement for written approval for reporters to be at polling places. The current law also limits reporters to 15 minutes on site. A similar proposal is being considered in the House. The Minnesota Newspaper Association proposed the relaxations, arguing that news coverage can bolster public confidence that elections are being run honestly. The bill would not allow reporters to interview people within a polling place.
The newspaper association noted that the political parties have made polling places a critical part of their electioneering by stepping up challenges to voter qualifications on the spot. Allowing reporters to observe this process thus is incrasingly important, said Mark Anfinson, attorney for the newspaper association.
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Hearing set on older, lesser charges| WINONA, Minn., March 14, 2005 -- The man accused of triple murder at the Sugar Loaf Apartments in December, Paul Allen Gordon, 22, will have an opportunity Wednesday to challenge evidence against him from an earlier drug and terroristic threat case. The hearing was delayed from Monday. Gordon is accused of threatening officers with what seemed to be a gun in an Oct. 31 incident in a downtown alley. The gun turned out to be a plastic look-alike. In the same incident, police said Gordon tried to stash 13 ounces of cocaine packaged for street sale. In the murder case, police quote informants that Gordon had been taking in $15,000 a month peddling cocaine. He arrived in Winona over the summer. |
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Accused in strangulation murders
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Background: Gordon no stranger to cops
Background: Smith family teary at murder hearing
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Palestinians scheduled for WSU speechWINONA, Minn., March 13, 2005 -- Two Palestinians will discuss the historical context of their people's conflict with Israel at Winona State University. Fayyad Sbaihat, who grew up in the West Bank, recently saw his family's olive grove confiscated to build IsraelŐs separation wall. Sbaihat, currently studying chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has written widely on Palestinian issues. Mohammed Abed, a grad student in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, is a Palestinian exile.Abed works on issues of political violence, reparative justice and conflict resolution.
Date: Tuesday, March 22
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Stark Auditorium
Cost: Free
Contact: Eileen Hanson at (507) 454-8094 |
South Dakota ends WSU division hopes |
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| DENVER, Colo., March 12, 2005 -- Winona State University closed an 11-point deficit but not enough, losing 73-68 to South Dakota to be eliminated from the NCAA Division II men's basketball regional tournament. The South Dakota victory put the Coyotes into the championship round. Two free throws by Winona State's Zach Malvik with 0:45 left tightened the game to 71-68 Three missed Warrior 3-pointers didn't help. Nor did a missed basket by Dave Zellman. South Dakota's Eric Hall made two free throws to seal the final five-point margin.
Background: Warriors win first round |
Pomeroy slaps Gutknecht's seventh bidMANKATO, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- The Democratic Congressional candidate who lost to Gil Gutknecht in November, Leigh Pomeroy, likened Gutknecht to the sculls of business for seeing a seventh term and for supporting an unbalanced federal budget. In a letter to the Daily News opinion page, Pomeroy said Gutknecht is "reminiscent of some of our finest corporate icons, honest and trustworthy men like Kenneth Lay (Enron), Bernie Ebbers (WorldCom), Richard Scrushy (HealthSouth) and Dennis Koslowski (Tyco International). Pomeroy noted that Gutknecht, a Republican from Rochester, had signed the Contract with America when he first ran, promising not to serve more than six terms. Two weeks ago Gutknecht announced for a seventh term. Pomeroy said Gutknecht has become "a career politician enamored by the glamor of the Washington lifestyle."
Gutknecht's response to early criticism about a seventh term: "Let the people decide."
Pomeroy noted too that the Contract with America included a promise never to vote for an unbalanced budget. Since 2001 Gutknecht consistently has voted for one unbalanced budget after another, Pomeroy said. Pomeroy is a Mankato business consultant and part-time MSU-Mankato professor. He was badly beaten by Gutknecht, 190,700 to 112,700, in 2004 in a late candidacy after Democratic candidate Joe Mayer took ill. Pomeroy has not announced whether he will challenge Gutknecht again. |
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No fan of Gil
GIL
GUTKNECHT
Let people decide |
Background: Editorial: Time's up, Gil
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Report: Grades changed for feeBATON ROUGE, La., March 12, 2005 -- A legislative audit confirmed that computer records at Southern University were altered to change grades for a fee and in some case give credit for courses they didn't take or pay tuition for. An internal university review last year determined that Cleo Carroll, an assistant registrar, may have changed students' grades. The new report found that Carroll's computer identification numbers were used between March 1995 and January 2003 to give 25 students grades for courses that they had not paid for but that totaled $52,490 in tuition. Caroll has been fired. The audit found that students paid cash totaling $9,100 for grades they had not earned. So far, grades have been revoked for 28 students. Thirteen additional students have come forward to give up their grades. Twenty-three others face hearings.
Bus set for Shakespeare tripWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- A Winona State University bus trip to the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis for a matinee of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" has been scheduled.
Date: Saturday,
April 9
Time: Bus departs at 10 a.m.
Place: From Performing Arts Center
Cost: $25 to $30 for cheaper seats
Contact: David Bratt |
Mankato teacher ponders Congress bidMANKATO, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- A 40-year-old Mankato high-school teacher, Tim Walz, who is exploring a bid for southern Minnesota's seat in Congress, said that Gil Gutknecht's decision to seek re-election will not affect his decision. Walz, a Democrat, has formed an exploratory committee and is making the rounds of the First Congressional District to identify what's on people's minds. Walz is a National Guard command sergeant major. He recently returned from an eight-month deployment in Iraq.
Background: Editorial: Time's up, Gil
Background: Races that campus people are watching
How they devise ACT entrance examsWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- A program developer for the ACT college entrance exams, Jay Happel, will conduct a colloquium, "Using Statistics in Test Development," at Winona State University. Happel will discuss statistics to develop large-scale testing programs. At ACT Inc. Happel conducts item analyses on pretest data. He also conducts post-test item and test score analysis.
Date: Monday, March 21
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Gildemeister 320
Cost: Free
Contact: Carol Joyce Blumberg (507) 457-5589. |
WSU SECURITY
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MARCH 12, 2005 |
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An entry door to the Lourdes building was damaged, it was reported at 12:36 p.m.
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Committees differ on Pell plansWASHINGTON, March 12, 2005 -- In a party-line vote, Republicans on the House Budget Committee voted to divert savings from a 2004 Bush administration cutback in the Pell grant program to reduce the $400 billion federal budget deficit. Pell grants are for needy college students. In the Senate, the majority Republicans on the Budget Committee voted to use most of the savings from the 2004 cutback to pay off the Pell Grant shortfall and to create a $5.5 billion reserve to increase spending on student aid. Although Bush cut Pell eligibility for 90,000 students in December, he has proposed raising the maximum Pell Grant over the next five years by $500 to $4,550.
Background: Bush would erode Pell value
Get-to-know Buddhism session plannedWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- A Winona State University club, Soka Gakkai International, is sponsoring an "Introduction to Buddhism" presentation.
Date: Thursday, March 24
Time: 5 p.m.
Place: Kryzsko 106
Cost: Free
Contact: H.R. Schmid |
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Reception honors WSU river authorWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- Retired Winona State University biology prof Cal Fremling will conduct a book-signing at a reception for his opus,"Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times."
Date: Thursday, March 24
Time: 3 p.m.
Place: Science Laboratory Center
Cost: Free
Contact: Mike Swenson |
Background: Mississippi River expert writes book
Bankruptcy bill to hit student loansWASHINGTON, March 12, 2005 -- The U.S. Senate passed a bankruptcy reform bill that would make it harder for college students to wipe out private educational loans by filing for personal bankruptcy. The bill now goes to the House, where passage also is expected. Critics of the bill say it would benefit private banks and creditors that have become an increasingly large part of the student-loan market. Supporters claim the bill would prevent from abuse by students. Opponents counter that abuses are rare and not typical of the average student who files for bankruptcy.
NEWS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
RAMALEY
AND FACULTY DISSENT
Legal technicalities can leave important issues unresolved. It happened at the University of Vermont when a prof went to the state Labor Relations Board with a set of serious grievances against university President Judith Ramaley in 1999. The grievances were dismissed because the prof, Willard Miller, didn't file them within the required six months. He waited seven. On one issue, Miller's complaint was thrown out because he missed a 30-day deadline to file an objection at the campus level.
Were Miller's grievances legit? Or was Ramaley right in what she did? No one will ever see Ramaley's response to the allegations in any legal document because she chose to exploit a technicality, the six-month statute of limitations, rather than address Miller's specifics.
The record, albeit one-sided, is troubling. These are the allegations:
Ramaley denied Miller due process due to his union organizing activities that went back 25 years.
Ramaley attempted to break Miller's tenure contract with "continuous real, annual salary cuts, denial of promotion and sabbatical leaves, exclusion from department and college committees and teaching of courses required for philosophy majors, and various other discriminatory actions."
Ramaley denied full domestic partner benefits to Miller, as required in state law, for his Ann Lipsitt, his life partner of 18 years.
Rather than address the charges, Ramaley chose the easy way to put them behind her. She told the state Labor Relations Board that Miller was too late under statutory requirements to get a hearing. It was an expeditious response but also one that haunts her career still.
It's all the more troubling because of Ramaley's staunch anti-unionism at Vermont. She fought attempts by clerical and janitorial employees to organize. She even hired an anti-union consultant to help devise strategies against the movement. In the end, she lost. The employees succeeded in organizing for collective bargaining. Also, a long-standing faculty effort to organize picked up momentum on Ramaley's watch, but she resigned and moved on before the faculty movement succeeded. |
Background: Ramaley named WSU president
Background: Ramaley record on unionism
11,000 Bardfest tickets on sale
BARD FEST
June 24 premier
"Much Ado About Nothing"
"Richard III" |
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| WINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- Tickets have gone on sale for performances of the second season of the Great River Shakespeare Festival at Winona State University. Tickets, which range from $19 to $22, are available at the festival office at Third and Lafayette streets and at the campus box office. Festival director Marc Haugh said the goal is to sell 7,000 tickets for the second season. There are 11,000 available.
Haugh said the festival will include new features including a high schoolworkshop, an Elderhostel co-sponsored by Winona State, and a teacher's workshop. volunteer group, Friends of Will, has been set up to with the festival work, he said. Alsom . In addition, Street Teams will be going into the community to promote the festival. |
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SMU's Dingels clears 5-1/4 for 13th |
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| BLOOMINGTON, Ill., March 12, 2005 -- St. Mary's University high-jumper Ashley Dingels cleared 5-1 for 13th in the NCAA Division III indoor championships. Ashley qualified for the meet at Illinois Wesleyan University with a 5-foot, 5-1/4 inch jump last week in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships. She was the only St. Mary's athlete to make it to division competition. |
Legislature sides for colleges on wagesBOSTON, Mass., March 12, 2005 -- The Massachusetts Legislature unanimously overturned a veto by Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, of retroactive pay raises for state university employees. The raises will give employees an average pay increase of 5 percent. The increases will cost $29.9million.
COMMENT:
NEW WSU PRESIDENT
RAMALEY ON FREE EXPRESSION
A University of Vermont fraternity sponsored a stupid stunt during the first Iraq war. Pledges were required to fling an insulting finger at an Iraqi and bring back a picture. It went beyond stupid. The stunt was tasteless, insulting and insensitive. Also it was free expression, which is a difficult concept that requires us to exercise incredible tolerance.
The incoming president of Winona State, Judith Ramaley, was president at Vermont when the Acacia fraternity punks tested the tolerance of reasonable people. Ramaley responded by suspending the frat. It was an act that raises doubts about her commitment to free expression, which, coupled with a commitment to free inquiry, is the litmus test in academe. She failed. This is worrisome.
To her credit, when the Vermont student newspaper ran racist cartoons, Ramaley let it go. That time she passed the litmus test. So her Vermont record is mixed.
None of this is to defend racist and other obnoxious expressions. It is to note, however, that free expression should never be thwarted or punished, no matter how offensive, until it presses the threshold of provoking mayhem and violence. That is, unless you don't embrace the academy's core value of free inquiry and free expression. It's also a fundamental American value.
With Ramaley, we'll have to wait until she's tested again. |
Background: Ramaley, race and Vermont
Background: Ramaley next WSU president
WSU dinner theme: Global loveWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- The International Club at Winona State University began selling tickets for its annual International Dinner. Features will be food and entertainment from around the world. This theme: "The love of one's country is a splendid thing, but why should love stop at the border?"
Date: Saturday, April 2
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: East Cafeteria. Kryzsko Commons
Cost: Free to $16
Contact: Hasitha Amarasekera |
Who will run next time?WINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- These are the 2006 races that Winona campus people will watching:
U.S. SENATE
Mark Dayton (Democrat):
Not seeking second term
Rod Grams (Republican), whom Dayton defeated in 2000: Seeking nomination
Mark Kennedy (Republican): Seeking nomination
GOVERNOR
Tim Pawlenty (Republican):
Expected to seek second term
U.S. HOUSE
Gil Gutknecht (Republican):
Announced for seventh term
Leigh Pomeroy (Democrat):
Considering candidacy
Tim Walz (Democrat):
Exploring possible candidacy
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Bob Kierlin (Republican):
Expected to seek third term
MINNESOTA HOUSE
Gene Pelowski (Democrat):
Expected to seek 11th term
CITY COUNCIL (2nd Ward)
Jim Kahl:
Expected to seek re-election
CITY COUNCIL (4th Ward)
George Borzyskowski:
Expected to seek re-election
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COMMENT:
NEW UNIVERSITY
IT'S THE TUITION, STUPID
When the first President Bush was puzzling over his dwindling popular support for his 1992 re-election bid, the quick-wit Democratic strategist Jim Carvelle put it glibly: "It's the economy, stupid." There is no more profound explanation for the failure of Winona State University President Darrell Krueger to find support among students for his costly New University plan. Maxed out by double-digit tuition increases, students can't take anymore. No wonder that students turned out in record numbers to vote by a 5-1 margin against the New University. Another $1,000 would break their backs. |
Background: The referendum's silver lining
Background: Krueger testy in showdown
Background: Referendum on Krueger's mind
Background: Student referendum: No, no, no
Lecture examines film adaptationWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- A Winona State University English prof, Paul Johnson, will speak on "Film and the Book: Problems and Possibilities for Adaptation." Johnson will look at "Emma" "Great Expectations," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Native Son," as well as more recent contemporary adaptations like "Beloved" "Short Cuts" and "Secretary."
Date: Wednesday, March 23
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: North Lounge, Lourdes Hall
Cost: Free |
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Warriors ousts Nebraska-Omaha |
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| DENVER, Colo., March 12, 2005 -- Winona State University jumped to a 6-0 lead and held the University of Nebraska-Omaha scoreless until the third minute en route to a 64-58 victory in the NCAA Division II men's regional basketball tournament. The victory was the first ever for Winona State in NCAA basketball regionals. Zach Malvik led Winona State with 22 points. John Smith scored 11, including his second 3-pointer of the season.
The victory eliminated Nebraska-Omaha from the tournament and advanced Winona State to the semifinals. Winona State, now with a 24-9 record, faces South Dakota, 26-5. South Dakota defeated Nebraska-Kearney 64-58 in the quarterfinals.
Background: Warriors face tough bunch |
QUICK
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MARCH 13, 2005 |
BASEBALL (MEN'S): West Chester of Pennsylvania 11, WSU 7; WSU 19, Wayne State of Michigan 6.
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): NCAA Division II North Central Tournament (semifinal): South Dakota 73, WSU 68.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 20, Tokyo Post 8 (five innings for eight-run rule); WSU 10, Bentley 0 (five innings for eight-run rule).
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): WSU 9, Rhode Island 0.
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COMMENT:
NEW UNIVERSITY
REFERENDUM'S
SILVER LINING
Enthusiasts for Winona State's reforms bundled under the label New University have been puckering at the sour news about the student referendum. In a record turnout, students voted 5-1 against the New University. But there is lemonade in the negative vote. Students are so pleased with the education they're now receiving at Winona State that they see no need for the expensive New University reforms that would mean a $1,000 tuition surcharge. Let's look at the bright side, a very bright side. |
Background: Krueger testy in showdown
Background: Referendum on Krueger's mind
Background: Student referendum: No, no, no
Texas colleges pressed to cap tuitionAUSTIN, Texas, March 12, 2005 -- The Legislature threatened to reduce state higher-ed funding to public colleges that raise tuition higher than $94 per credit hour. Tuition at the University of Texas at Austin is $94. Tuition at Texas state colleges in Texas has grown 16 percent in two years. In Texas, colleges each set their own tuition.
QUICK
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MARCH 12, 2005 |
BASKETBALL (MEN'S): NCAA Division II North Central Tournament (quarterfinal): WSU 64, Nebraska-Omaha 58.
TENNIS (MEN'S): Gustavus Adolphus 9, SMU 0.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): Franklin and Marshall 7, WSU 2.
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Prof addresses college leadership sessionWINONA, Minn., March 12, 2005 -- A Winona State University education prof, Tim Hatfield, presented a session at the National Academic Chairpersons Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Bush plan would erode Pell valueWASHINGTON, March 12, 2005 -- Although President Bush has proposed gradually increasing the maximum Pell Grant over the next five years, the max will cover only a quarter of the cost of attending a four-year college by 2010, according to a study by the Center for American Progress. That's 10 percent less than now. The Pell Grant program, which was created by Congress in 1972, currently provides low-income students with annual grants ranging from $400 to $4,050. The Bush plan would increase the max by $500 over the next five years.
Background: Bush on Pell: More is less
NEWS BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
RAMALEY, RACE
AND VERMONT
With the pending appointment of Judith Ramaley as Winona State University president, the big question on campus is what kind of president she will be. Ramaley was tested as a crisis manager when she was president at the University of Vermont from 1998 to 2001. When appointed at Vermont, Ramaley knew she was walking into a troubled campus. The university's recent history was marked by racist incidents and violence. In her three years as president, Ramaley admits, looking back, that she was unable to solve the racial issues, which were perhaps intractable. The question to consider about that period in Ramaley's career is less her effectiveness or lack thereof but how she went about dealing with one crisis after another.
The record shows a university president who was inclined to forums and discussions and who addressed issues straight on. The record also shows a university president who, once committed to a course of action, would not be deterred even by changing dynamics to fine-tune the particulars of her course. This trait, some might call in firmness, others stubbornness, contributed to her eventual undoing. After three years of amassing more and more critics, Ramaley was told by the state Board of Trustees to resign. Things were so bad at that point that the trustees were unwilling to allow her to finish the last few months of her four-year term.
Here is brief history the racial mess that Ramaley inherited at the 9,200-student University of Vermont:
In 1988 students had taken occupation of the administration building to demand that the university president commit to a larger minority presence on campus. The president agreed to recruit more minority faculty and students. In 1991, however, the next president reneged. Amid growing tensions, 22 students took over the president's office and issued 18 demands for greater racial awareness and presence on campus. Hundreds of students gathered outside in support. The president, George Davis, climbed a ladder to his office several times to talk to the occupying students. A hunger strike began, lasting eight days. In a pre-dawn raid, 56 police officers arrested eight students and one faculty member in the president's office. Eleven students were arrested outside. Four university shuttle buses were destroyed by fire.
Ramaley's Vermont record on race, ethnicity and cultural diversity:
In her inaugural speech in 1997, Ramaley acknowledged the university suffered "a form of racism that is especially difficult to manage because so many of us don't even understand that we have a problem." A month later she asked a long-standing coalition of African, Latino, Asian and American Indian campus people to design an advisory and resource group. Within weeks Ramaley set a process in motion for reporting bias-related incidents publicly, including both those in an outside the dorms, to increase awareness of campus bias.
Meanwhile, the Acacia fraternity was accused of organizing a series of pledge stunts that included insulting a person of color. The frat was suspended pending an investigation. The fraternity apologized to the hazing victim and explained there had been no racial intent. The explanation: Pledges were asked as spoof of U.S-Iraq tensions to make a fuck-you gesture to a person from Iraq. The incident prompted a student rally against overt acts of racism and other bigotry. When the university finished its investigation of the Acacia hazing, Ramaley suspended the frat for two years. The frat filed a lawsuit against its suspension. Ramaley defended her decision.
In February 1998 minority students went to a committee of the university's Board of Trustees to protest discriminatory incidents. They noted that Ramaley had failed to name a permanent director for the campus Office of Multicultural Affairs, which had not had a permanent director since 1995.
The student newspaper, the Vermont Cynic, ran cartoons that were perceived as racist. Ramaley did not interfere with the newspaper, which has explicit Constitutional protection under the free press provision.
In March 1999 Ramaley met with townspeople for a conversation on diversity. A document, Comprehensive Strategy for Achieving Diversity and Multicultural Education, was unveiled.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Office for Civil Rights launched a review on race relations on college campuses that would include a visit to Vermont. Ramaley appointed a team led by her Affirmative Action officer to facilitate the federal review. About the same time there was a call by minority students for a boycott of specified campus activities, including those sponsored by student government and admissions.
In November, The U.S. Office for Civil Rights completed its seven-month review. Responding, Ramaley announced a series of goals to address problems. Three months later a Center for Cultural Pluralism was opened with services available to "anybody who is interested in equity and justice in the academy." Gov. Howard Dean and a representative of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy attended the grand opening. A Leahy aide said that the senator was sponsoring bias-crime legislation. All was not well, however. Members of the Abenaki tribe used the grand opening to protest that neither Gov. Dean nor the State of Vermont recognized them.
In another sign that race issues were unresolved, somebody tacked up notes on campus: "Welcome you join. Castrate Asian men. Rape Asian women. Every non-Asian can enjoy this." Another forum on race followed.
In May 2001 Ramaley was forced to resign by the university's Board of Trustees. The racial unrest was still unsettled, which by itself may not have undone Ramaley. Other issues were out of control. In hockey-crazed Vermont, a scandal over hockey team hazing had angered alumni. Alums felt Ramaley mishandled the issue. Long-simmering discontent among university employees had led them to form a labor union over Ramaley's opposition. The faculty were organizing a union too. |
Background: Ramaley named WSU president
Background: Ramaley record on unionism
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UNDER-AGE
BOOZERS
WHO GOT
CAUGHT
BEING
STUPID
DON'T
TELL
THEIR
MOTHERS
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CAMPUS
SALARIES
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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