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Predmore notes his budget experienceWINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- For Ryan Predmore, it;s simple. He should be the next Student Senate treasurer at Winona State University because he has more experience than opponent Laura Berens. Predmore said in an interview that even though Berens has been a treasurer for a campus club, she has not worked with any budget-related Senate committees. He has, he said, adding that the experience was valuable and can go a long way. If elected, Predmore said, he would work on doing the little things for the clubs and everyone else. Treasurers in the past have had negative oulooks when dealing with the little issues that are really important when they're added up, he said.
Predmore said that one of his main objectives is to allow the relationship between that Senate and the clubs to breathe more freely. Everything is crammed up concerning budget issues with the Senate and the clubs, he said. Things could be much easier for everybody if the treasurer would space out meetings and events, he said.
Predmore said that he feels he would make good on his efforts to promote better communication and create a more relaxed environment. "If I become the next WSU treasurer I will use my power to do what I can to create a smooth flowing environment," he said. "It's important to understand that leadership and learning go hand in hand."
The Senate treasurer position pays $2,100. Predmore is also running for senior senator.
Reporter: Patrick Carney |
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Senate treasurer candidate |
READER COMMENT
NUDE, LEWD AND DUMB
So now we know. The College FaceBook site shows us what student life at Winona State University is about. The men show their underage boozing, half-naked self-modeling, embarrassing buddy pictures and even attempts at animal cruelty. Some of these guys are student senators, and they chose to upload these pix themselves. And how about that penis in ice sculpture. Nice show. And really dumb.
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Background:
Flynn defers on Donahue "social life"
Jones yanks photo off web
Glynn: Photo not what it seems
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: JUNIOR SENATOR |
Jones deletes photo: "Just Hi-C anyway"WINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- A candidate for a junior seat on the Winona State Univerity Student Senate, Elizabeth Jones, yanked a partying picture off the web to, she said, avoid any misunderstanding about what was in the containers from which she and friends drinking. It was Coke and Hi-C, she said. Jones pulled the photo off her personally maintained page on the Winona FaceBook site as soon as she learned that news reporters were asking other candidates about incriminating photos on other FaceBook pages. The image that Jones took down showed friends holding cups of what looked to be beer and also one of soda pop. Everyone seemed to be laughing into the camera and having a good time.
"We were just having fun and screwing around," said Jones. Having fun doesn't necessarily mean drinking, she added. Why did she post an image that could be misinterpretted? "The picture was a joke, nothing more," Jones said. Asked why the picture was removed, Jones replied, to stop any further misunderstanding about what the group was doing. One of the friends in the picture was Kari Winter, who is running for vice president of Student Senate.
The FaceBook site is used by thousands of college students nationwide to get information, facts and pictures about themselves out to other college students. Members who have signed up through their college are the only ones who can sign in and look at profiles posted by fellow collegians. For a student to log onto the site requires that the student's college first must be registered with the site. |
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ELIZABETH
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Junior Senate candidate
KARI
WINTER
Senate vice president candidate |
Reporter: David Paulus
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
APRIL 6, 2005 |
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Flynn defers on Donahue "personal life"WINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- Student Senate presidential candidate Ryan Flynn called incriminating pictures that other candidates and their friends have posted on the web are unfortunate. These include numerous images of drunken partying, including some of Tim Donahue, who also is seeking the student presidency. Asked about Donahue's partying, Flynn said: "Tim does a great job on the Senate, and his personal life shouldnÕt affect his candidacy." Flynn called on news reporters to focus on issues that pertain to the election, not digging up dirt on about candidates' social lives.
The incriminating photos are posted on a site called College FaceBook that can be viewed by any student in the nation who has a college email address. Flynn himself has a site, but the images are of him in political settings. Flynn said he was unaware of pictures of his fellow senators partying on other pages. He denied leaking information to the news media about other senators' FaceBook pages.
Donahue, the current Senate vice president, appears in a picture posted with him and junior-class Sen. Adam Fredrickson. They appear to be nearly passed out on the floor. The photo was posted by Fredrickson. In another photo posted by Fredrickson, he is holding a tequila bottle by his face for the camera. That photo too was posted by Fredrickson. Also posting partying photos was senior Sen. Rotney O'Shea, who also is seeking re-election. Frosh Sen. Nate Glynn, who has withdrawn his candidacy for re-election, also has party-related content on his Facebook page. |
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DONAHUE,
FREDRICKSON
Flushed and clowning on the floor
TIM
DONAHUE
Campaign portrait for WSU student president
ADAM
FREDRICKSON
Campaign portrait for re-election to the Senate |
Reporter: Dustin Sharstrom
Glynn: Photo not what it seemsWINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- Freshman Student Sen. Nate Glynn said a photo with a prominent "fuck you" gesture, which he posted on his College FaceBook web site, is not what it seems. Although he is flashing a half-cocked smile to the camera, with a bright burgundy face and squinty eyes, Glynn denied any perception that the photo is from a drunken party. No, it's a family picture, he said.
What about all the La Crosse Light beer cans in the background? "We recycle," he said. "We rinse the cans out and let them dry on the counter." How did the picture come to be? "That picture was taken two years ago when my family first got our digital camera," he said. And the beer, yours? "That was my dad's beer," he said. And the gesture? "That's my brother's finger." Glynn did not comment on his judgment in posting the flipping bird on his site. Nor did he explain his description of hobbies on the FaceBook site: "Anything that is fun (which means doing anything with a 30 pack near by)."
College FaceBook is a national website that touts itself as a vehicle for connecting collegians all over the United States. Students who register for FaceBook are given their own webpage on the site. Many post pictures and describe their interests and hobbies. Students also can add pictures. Students are given an individual password to control all the content on their individual pages. Other registered students can surf around all the pages, hundreds of them, by entering another student's name in a search box and view everything that student has posted. This includes Nate Glynn's photo choices.
Glynn, first elected to the Student Senate last fall, had filed for election to a term next year as a sophomore senator, but withdrew his candidacy. He not explain his decision, which followed an election committee check for eligibility. The Senate consitution requires senators to have minimum 2.0 grade-point-average, equivalent to a midlevel C, and to be in the university's good graces academically. He also would have had to be sophomore status by fall. |
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NATE GLYNN'S
FACEBOOK
CHOICE
Just family fun, he said
NATE
GLYNN
WSU frosh senator in his official Senate portrait |
Reporter: Ashley Yoss
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: SOPHOMORE SENATOR |
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
JARED STENE
Higher education is a public good that should be protected and
affordable for all to enjoy, I feel that the proposed New University plan is a threat to the affordability of Winona State. The recent referendum on the proposed New U plan showed everyone that a strong majority of us also realize this threat, if elected I plan on staying with this voice and continue to fight for the affordability of Winona State. This crusade for affordable education also extends to the state level, where I believe that more needs to be done to lobby the Minnesota Legislature and Governor not only on the student level but on the university administration level to advocate for lower tuition for all MnSCU institutions.
I currently serve as an Associate Senator on the Student Services committee and have become familiar with the Senate process over the course of the year. I am ready to represent the sophomore class as a Student Senator and continue to fight to maintain Winona State's affordability. |
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Sophomore Senate candidate
 CANDI-
DATE FORUM
A series of invited candidate statements presented unedited |
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SMU football again? Being discussed |
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| WINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- Confronted with stagnant enrollment at its 1,200-student Winona campus, St. Mary's University has estbalished a task force to consider bringing back varsity football as a recruiting tool. Chris Kendall, athletic director, emphasized that a decision will be dollar-driven. Kendall called restoring football "a huge step" after a 50-year hiatus. He added, however, that he is not an advocate at this point: "If we['re going to do it, we're going to do it right." The task force timeline has a recommendation due to the university's trustees in May 2006.
Football could change the Terrace Heights campus physically and culturally. It could mean a new stadium, where there is none now, or leasing another facility in the city. A football team, typically with a large all-male roster, could restore equillibrium to St. Mary's enriollment, which now tilts 55-45 to women. Football also would enhance the university's role in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Except for all-women's St. Benedict and St. Catherine, St. Mary's is the only league member without football. |
COMMENT: STUDENT GOVENANCE
WHERE STUDENT SENATE
WENT WRONG
Somebody long ago got it wrong. Student governance is not about blood drives and highway cleanups. It's about governance. It's about advocacy.
Now is the time for the incoming student leadership at Winona State University to focus on what the Senate can do uniquely. Give up the blood. Let the nursing club do it . Give highway cleanup projects. Let a service club like Golden Key do it. Extraneous projects, no matter how well-intended and good, divert the Senate's focus from what most needs doing. Put the high-school club mentality to rest. Student government isnÕt just another club.
These past two years, under the leadership of two remarkably astute and focused presidents, Michael Hofland and Dusty Finke, the Senate has begun a turn-around and is becoming a powerful -- and louder -- voice for students. This is what student government should be. ItÕs a responsibility that no other student organization can fulfill.
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| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: SOPHOMORE SENATOR |
Stelpflug calls for more advocacyWINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- As online polls opened Tuesday, Freshman Lindsay Stelpflug, running for re-election to the Winona State University Student Senate, said she would like to see student advocacy became a chief priority for the Senate. In an interview, Stelpflug said that the student voice needs to be a force on campus. It is the Senate's responsibility to provide that voice, she saide. Stelpflug said that students and Senate have lacked a proper connection. The problem is curable but will require increased communication between the Senate and its constituents, she said.
On the election, Stelpflug said she is excited, confident in her campaign. Also, she said, she'simpressed with the quality of the three other candidates for the two sophomore seats. On the other candidates, Stelpflug said she is familiar with freshmen Jared Stene and Nycole Stawinoga because of their Senate work. Too, she said she is impressed with the quality of the campaign run by freshman Lindsay Meyer. Stelpflug called Stene, Stawinoga, Meyer, and herself "four good choices," adding that she is confident in all of theur abilities.
Besides from posting more flyers and interacting with students, Stelpflug said she plans on handing out information cards with her platform and voting information to potential voters. Stelpflug is studying political science and public administration. She plans a career in government.
Reporter: Chandler MacLeran |
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Sophomore Senate candidate |
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: SENIOR SENATOR |
Padhye proud of kitchen wage changeWINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- Incumbent Science and Engineering Sen. Sachin Padhye, running for senior senator seat on the Winona State University Student Senate, said that he would like to see more campus involvement and activities for diverse students. Padhye said his goal for next year is to see more international students take part in the culture and diversity group that will be known as InterAct, and have more diversity awareness among all students at the university. "The international dinners are very educational, interesting, and helpful for all students, and I.d like to see more than just one a year," said Padhye.
During Padhye's three semesters as a student senator, Padhye said he has worked very hard to get minimum pay boosted to $8.40 for all students working on campus. Kitchen workers, mostly foreign students, have been paid less than the $8.40 campus minimum wage by contract caterer Chartwells, although, thanks to Senate pressure, led by Padhye, the company has pormised to catch up in the fall. Padye said he is pleased with the improvement.
Padhye said that he has not spent much time campaigning because there are three spots open and only three people running. Padhye is currently the committee chair for the Senate Diversity Awareness Committee, a member of the physics club. He was with the College Democrats. Padhye will graduate in December with a major in physics, which would leave a Senate seat vacant until mid-year elections in February.
Reporter: Chrissi Nelson
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: SOPHOMORE SENATOR |
Stene knocking on dorm doorsWINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- Winona State University sophomore senator candidate Jared Stene began the bulk of his campaign Tuesday night in Sheehan dorm rooms. "My plan tonight is to meet with each dorm occupant and introduce who I am and what my campaign stands for," Stene said as he started knocking. Stene got the approval to go door-to-door to each dorm, including West Campus dorms. Accompanying Stene will be Rick Howden III, a member of his campaign team. Howden is a sophomore who is running for the College of Business senator position.
Stene planned to greet each Sheehan tenant to provide information on the voting process as well as how to vote online. Stene said he was ready to answer questions and compare his plartform with the positions of the other candidates.
Stene said he was on course with his campaign strategy for a lot of person-to-person interaction. "I am interacting with campus now in hopes to get a lot of students active in the voting process," he said. Stene wants students to know that, if elected, he will keep his promises. Stene said his first plan of action is to establish town hall-style meetings to promote Senate activities and to get the students involved . Stene also promises to be a strong advocate against the New University tuition increase.
"I feel really nervous yet excited during this voting process," Stene said. He also is trying his best to keep his mind on school work. |
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STENE
Sophomore Senate candidate |
Reporter: Katie Warman
Background: Stene emphasizes affordable education
QUICK
SPORTS
APRIL 6, 2005 |
BASEBALL (MEN'S): St. Cloud State 3, WSU, 1; St. Cloud Stare 8, WSU 4. SMU vs. Gustavus Adolphus postponed.
TENNIS (WOMEN'S): WSU 7, Southwest Minnesota STate 2.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): St. Thomas 7, SMU 0; St.Thomas 8, SMU 2.
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Campus construction funds a done deedST. PAUL, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- By huge majorities, the Senate and House agreed to borrow $886 million for state construction projects, including the Pasteur science propject at Winona State and nursing facilities at Southeast Tech. The Senate voted 61-3, the House 115-16. Gov. Tim Pawlenty, whose staff was involved in legislative haggling on the compromise bill, is expected to sign the bill. Construction would begin this spring or summer on most projects. Besides campus projects, the bill covvers prison and state infrastructure projects.
At Tech, remodeling existing facilities will allow parts of the nursing program to relocate from the airport campus to the Homer Road campus. At Winona State, Pasteur Hall would be shut down this summer, probably for a full a year, for remodeling into science dry labs and support facilities. The project would complete the three-building $56 million science complex that includes the Stark nursing and engineering building and the new science wet lab building.
The Legislature had been under heavy pressure to get its act together on construction. In the Legislature's hopelessly divided 2004 session, nothing got done, and, meanwhile, construction costs have soared and are expected to continue climbing as the worldwide shortage of steel and concrete worsens. Also, legislators heard clearly that people were fed up with the bickering that led to the 2004 gridlock. Last November incumbents, especially the majority Republicans, took heavy hits in the election.
Background: WSU's Pasteur project passes hurdle
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: SOPHOMORE SENATOR |
Meyer: Students need informationWINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- Student senate candidate Lindsey Meyer, who is running for a sophomore seat, said she agrees with the majority of Winona State students on the New University plan. "I can see the positives of the experiential learning, but I would go with the majority of studentÕs opinions on the New U," Meyer said in an interview. Meyer said she doesnÕt feel enough students know what the New University plan is. It is one of her goals, she said, to get more people aware of issues like the New University. Meyer stressed that she wants to be another voice for the students and wants to get students involved.
She noted the importance of making students more aware of things taking place on campus and issues that affect all students like the New University. According to Meyer, a lot of the items in the New University plan like internships and field experience are already offered in some majors. She thinks more talks are necessary before any plans are implemented.
Meyer, a 19 year-old sophomore from Dubuque, Iowa, is an elementary-ed and teaching and English-language arts teacher education major. She is currently president of the second and third floors in the Sheehan dorm. She was a member of student government all four years of high school.
Reporter: Andrew Liebetrau |
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MEYER
Sophomore Senate candidate |
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: LIBERAL ARTS SENATOR |
Danielson: I can turn ideas into actionWINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- A candidate for liberal arts student senator at Winona State Univerity, DJ Danielson, plans, if elected, to tap into discussion-based lib-arts classes to identify campus issues that concern students. "I will be sure to keep my ears open," said Danielson, answering a question about how he plans on doing his job. Danielson has experience working with the Senate's Student Services Committee, which has included hosting the Mr. WSU pageant the past two years. "I feel experience with Senate committees is very valuable, and can only be appreciated to the fullest extent by taking place," said Danielson.
Danielson also has experience as a ring announcer and in public relations for professional wrestling groups in the Twin Cities. Last year Danielson served as floor president of the Quad dorms at Winona State. The experence, he said, helped him as a representative for a group of individuals and "to gauge their feelings and report them, which is what much of a senator's job is."
Asked his view on the New University plan, Danielson said he opposes any tuition increase, especially one that students cannot afford. He said, too, he opposes the New U because it has been spelled out only vaguely by university administrators and proponents. Although Danielson's opposition to the New University is mainly due to the price tag, he feels that administration could do a better job specifically explaining details of what students can expect to receive. "So far I have seen a lot of hype, with the video on the Winona website and through advertisements, but not very much else."
Danielson said that, if elected, he hopes to carry on in the same manner as current liberal arts Sens. Ryan Flynn, who is running for Senate president, and Emilie Wiener, who is not running for any Senate position. Both Flynn and Weiner been tremendous advocates for both fiscal responsibility and communication of the student voice, he said.
Reporter: Kim Kawecki |
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Liberfal arts Senate candidate |
READER COMMENT:
WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS
DONAHUE OVERSTATES EXPERIENCE
Winona State University student presidential candidate Tim Donahue
consistently has said that he has been served on Student Senate for three years when in fact it has only been two and a half years. He was elected second semester. This might seem like a minor detail, but the fact is that he is misleading the student body. If elected president, would he continue this misrepresentation?
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Hearing delayed on October charges| WINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- A hearing Wednesday for Paul Allen Gordon, who is charged with killing Winona State University student Stacy Smith and daughter, was rescheduled at the request of his attorneys. A new date was not announced. At issue in the delayed hearing is the admissability of evidence on drug charges and terroristic threat charges from October. Asked whether the postponement was due to the ongoing grand jury investigatin into the murders of Smith and her daughter, court clerk Lynn Caldwell declined to comment. |
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GORDON
Accused in Winona strangulation murders
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Reporter: Jenn Baechle and Heather Stanek
Background: Grand jury: Mum is the word
Background: Man sought is no stranger to cops
READER COMMENT:
WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS
FLYNN OVERSTATES EXPERIENCE
Winona State University student presidential candidate Ryan Flynn has consistently said that he has been student services chair for two years when in fact it has only been a year and a half. This might seem like a minor detail, but the fact that he is taking credit for the entire semester of work done by another student has to make one wonder. If elected president, will he be a glory-seeking, self-centered politician or a student-centered advocate?
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| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: BUSINESS SENATOR |
Rempala: Student need better voiceWINONA, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- Winona State University students deserve the best and need to have their voices heard more on campus, said sophomore Candice Rempala, who is running for student senator from the College of business. Rempala, an accounting major, said she wants to fight for students rights and to help improve the overall educational experience at Winona State. As a freshman, Rempala was a member of the Senate Student Services Committee. Her experiences on the committee, as well as with the College Democrats, would helpful as student senator, she said.
Rempala said one of her major goals would be to fight against the New University reforms being pushed by university President Darrell Krueger. The benefits students would get won't be worth the tuition increase, she said. Rempala is running against sophomore, Richard Howden. "I am mostly campaigning by word of mouth," said Rempala. "I am very excited for the upcoming elections and I think that there are a lot of really interesting people running."
Rempala, from Blaine, Minn., decided to enroll at Winona State because she saw it as a great educational institution. Now, she asid, she wants to keep it that way.
Reporter: Emily Welker |
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REMPALA
Business Senate candidate |
Northern Sun grows to 10 teamsST. PAUL, Minn., April 6, 2005 -- The Northern Sun Conference board of directors has agreed to invite the University of Mary and Upper Iowa University for league membership. The expansion will put the Northern Sun at 10 teams effective for Fall 2006 sports. The Northern Sun Board of Directors consists of the presidents and chancellors of the league's eight member institutions, which include Winona State.
According to league rules, at least six of the member eight schools had to vote to expand the league. Butch Raymond, the Northern Sun commissioner, would not comment on how the member schools voted or on the tally. Raymond said a 10-team conference is a good mix for the league, and 10 is an excellent number for scheduling. With 10-teams in the Northern Sun, teams will play fewer non-conference games.
The University of Mary, a Catholic school in Bismarck, N.D., has an enrollment of 2,758. Mary is a four-year liberal arts school featuring 34 undergraduate degree programs and six graduate degree programs. Mary comprises of nine womenâs sports and 10 sports for men.
Upper Iowa, in Fayette, Iowa, is the largest private college and only Division II institution in the state. Upper Iowa, a four-year, liberal arts school, and offers degree programs to over 700 on-campus students and over 5,000 students in extension, graduate, and independent study programs. Upper Iowa comprises of six sports for men and five sports for
women.
"We welcome these schools into the Northern Sun," said Raymond. "They will provide us with the competitiveness, exposure and stability that we as a league desire."
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THE NEW
NORTHERN
SUN
Bemidji State
Concordia
MSU-
Moorhead
Northern State
Southwest
Minnesota
State
University
of Mary
UM-
Crookston
Upper Iowa
Wayne State
Winona State
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University
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Nickname: Marauders
Location: Bismarck, N.D.
Affiliation: Private
Enrollment: 2,758
Stadium: Bismarck Community Bowl (7,000)
Arena: McDowell Activity Center (2,000)
President: Thomas Welder
Director of Athletics: Al Bortke |
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Nickname: Peacocks
Location: Fayette, Iowa
Affiliation: Private
Enrollment: 700 (on-campus), 5,000 (extended university, graduate)
Stadium: Eb Eischeid (3,500)
Arena: Dorman Gym (2,000)
President: Alan G. Walker
Director of Athletics: Gil Cloud |
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Reporter: Brian Olson
Background: Expansion looks like a go
Background: Northern Sun expansion vote soon
Background: Bismarck coach eager for upgrade
Background: Upper Iowa rebounds for Northern Sun
Background: Northern Sun league eyes expansion
Background: Northern Sun: No to Upper Iowa
Background: The shame of the Northern Sun
Kesler heads WSU Faculty Senate againWINONA, MINN., April 6, 2005 -- Psychology prof Mary Kesler, a firm supporter of the controversial New University project at Winona State University, was re-elected presdient of the faculty without opposition. This will be Kesler's third term. She received 145 votes. There were seven write-ins. Re-elected vice president, also without opposition, was Bruce Svigen of the chemistry faculty. Cindy Killion of mass communciation was elected to the board of directors of the Inter-Faculty Organization, which is the faculty's state union. Elected as senators, with their vote totals:Emilie Falc (131)Darrell Downs (111)Jo Stejskal (86)Cindy Killion (81)Tamara Berg (79)Bill Ng (75)Vernon Leighton (67)Roger Riley (63)Jean Leicester (54)Tim Gegg-Harrison (37)Chris Buttram (35)
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: EDUCATION SENATOR |
Henke targets tuition, aidWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Everyone needs a voice, said Winona State University freshman Michael Henke who is running for one of two the College of Education seats on the Student Senate. These seats have been vacant this year, there being no candidates the last two elections. Henke, a physical and health education major, said: "The Student Senate must hear from the College of Education on all matters." Henke is one of two candidates.Jason Slack is also running. Barring any write-in winners, these two should have the seats secured.
Henke vowed to work for lowering tuition. He also would like to create additional financial aid for more students who do not qualify under current circumstances due to the state cutbacks for higher-ed.
As for the New University plan, proposed by President Krueger to expand student opportunities but also increasing tuition substantially, Henke said: "The only part I am opposed to is the $1,000 increase in tuition over four years." Henke said he likes the New University component for new dorms and is willing to work with the proposal to come to some sort of compromise. Henke said he plans to meet with profs and students from the education college to better understand what they feel needs to be done. He would also like to see the campus involved in different activities and see more students involved all-around."
Reporter: Elyse Anderson |
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Education Senate candidate |
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT |
Spahn: Politics should be fun tooWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Despite peppering her ballot statement with many Napoleon Dynamite quotes and sarcastic lines, sophomore Lori Spahn said she's a serious candidate for student presdident at Winona State University. "If I canÕt have fun as a candidate, I may as well not run," Spahn said in an interview. " I consider myself all about business with a twist." Spahn said she is willing to do whatever it takes to makes Winona State a better university. Her main objective, she said, is to increase student activism to an all-time high.
Spahn regards herself the best for president because she can relate to students better than Tim Donahue and Ryan Flynn, the other candidates. Spahn said she feels she has just as good a chnce, if not better, to win. The time she has spent campaigning has been successful and well spent, she said. If she wins, Spah said, she will try her best to form a healthy relationship with all members of the Student Senate, as well as students themselves.
Moving East and going to law school are SpahnÕs plans once she graduates, she said. Her future, she hopes, also will include running for public office somewhere on the East Coast.
Spahn said her grandma has been her most important role model growing up. Her grandma, she said, crusaded hard for equal women's rights in a time when women were not given the opportunities to succeed like they are today. Spahn said even if she doesn't win, she will expect that students would nonetheless have made the right decision. What would she do then? Join some campus clubs, she said.
Reporter: Mark Monn
Background: Spahn no-show for debate |
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President candidate |
Memorial set for Maria student officerWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- College friends of Amy Jo Green, who was killed in a car wreck on Easter Sunday, have arranged a memorial service at 7 p.m., Wedensday, in the third floor lounge of the Maria dorm at WInona State University. Dorm supervisor Megan McMahan called the death "a reality check for everyone to live every day like it's your last." McMahan said recent days have been hard. "The memorial," she said, "will give those who knew her a good chance to share all the wonderful memories."
Green was treasurer for third-floor Maria students. She also was a tour guide and a member of the welcoming crew for campus newcomers. Saidf McMahon: "She always had a smile on her face and was always trying to help out. This was Amy's second year in Maria, so I knew her pretty well." McMahan said that she and others are working on setting up a fundraiser to purchase a bench to put in Maria or on campus as a memorial. |
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Loved accounting |
Reporter: Andrew Liebetrau
Background: Family: WSU her right choice
Howell razing a year awayWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Although state funding is almost assured for demolishing Winona State University's Howell Hall, a cheaply built add-on to the old Phelps lab school will weather on another year. The razing will wait until the summer of 2006, said university Vice President Jim Schmidt. Planning is needed so the "dominoes fall at the right time," he said. Howell houses an miscellany of offices and the masscom department's television teaching studio, all of which will need to find new homes, Schmidt said. Schmidt said Phelps itself, a neo-Dutch structure built in 1917, which is home to the masscom and psych departments, is next on the university's wish list for state funding. Schmidt called Phelps a beautiful building, but postponed maintenance has left it, he said, in "desperate need of repair."
Background: Faculty fret over Pasteur, Howell plans
Background: New WSU dorm plan in deep trouble
Online ballots to be checked manuallyWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Ballots from this week's Student Senate election at Winona State will be counted as soon as possible after the close of the four days of online polling at noon Friday. Senate Treasurer Cassie Daubner, of the election committee, said that senators will check votes manually as soon they receive a results printout from the university staff, which provided backshop technical support. The printout is expected early Friday afternoon, Daubner said.
Senate President Dusty Finke said that because the system is "still new" it is important for the votes to be counted manually. Finke said Senate officials will count until finished -- "unless they fall unconscious." He recalls one count that took 8-1/2 hours. Finke said results will be posted outside the Student Senate office,where the counting will occur. Anyone may be present, including the candidates, as long as they are quiet,he said. Finke said the results will not be presented to the Senate fopr ratification for two weeks to allow candidates to considergrievances.
Reporters: Will Maravelas and Heather Stanek
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: SENIOR SENATOR |
O'Shea sees diversity as his nicheWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Winona State Univerity junior Rotney O'Shea, who is running for a new term on the Student Senate, said that he has particular interest in cultural diversity. If re-elected, O'Shea said, he would promote more communication between the Senate and students from diverse cultures. O'Shea has been involved in International Club activities, including the annual Malaysian Dinner and the dinners, and the Japan Fair. More representation, advertising, and public relations are important for foreign-student clubs, said O'Shea, himself of Irish amd Asian heritage. "There are many issues that international students don't understand, and it's my job to inform them." O'Shea says he wants to get more international students involved in what's going on around campus. As a senior senator next year, he would go to the clubs for direction, instead of waiting for the clubs to come to him, he said.
O'Shea has been involved with Student Senate for 1-1/2 years and active in committee work. This year, O'Shea, he said has worked on gthe tuition freeze project. He said he is bothered with continuing increase of education costs.
During the controversy last year over whether to install U.S. flags in every Winona State classroom, O'Shea said, he felt that a lot of students were underrepresented. He volunteered for a task force to help inform the student body of the flag controversy and get his own ideas about it out in the open, he said. O'Shea said he was against mandating flags in every classroom because tmany students from abroad don't have their flags in each classroom.
Asked about the New University proposal, O'Shea said that he read the proposal and didn't find anything that benefited him. "I couldn't find where my $250 was going to go and how this money was going to be spent," he said. He said he felt the proposal was like a bomb on the student body without consultation with students in the process. "It doesn't work like that," he said. "The students need to have more say."
O'Shea is campaigning by approaching next year's seniors personally, instead of hanging up posters around campus. Ryan Predmore and Sachin Padhye are also running for senior senator. There are three senior seats.
Reporter: Shelli Daniels
Background: Jones: New U not justified yet |
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Senior senator candidate |
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: JUNIOR SENATOR |
Jones claims positive feedbackWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Junior Senator Candidate Elizabeth Jones is optimistic about her campaign to be returned to the Winona State University Student Sednate, saying she has heard positive feedback over the past few days. Jones said in an interview that smost candidates are campaigning hard this time around, which she hopes will result in a high voter turnout. Candidates are posting more information about themselves online, she said. Jones said she is campaigning much as she did in February when she beat Rich Howden for the open sophomore seat.
Jones and Ezra Kazee filed their candidacy papers early, but it's become a five-way race for three seats with late declarations from Adam Fredrickson, Carl Soderberg and Brent Ylvisaker. Of the five, only Jones, Kazee and Fredrickson have previous Senate experience.
Reporter: Dave Paulus
Background: Jones: New U not justified yet |
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Junior senator candidate |
SMU chooses cross country coachWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- The St. Mary's University assistant track coach, Ward Berndt, will wear a double hat next year as cross country coach, Athletic Director Chris Kendall announced. Berndt succeeds John Skemp, who has left the cross-country job after 14 years. Berndt spent seven years at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where his women's track and field team finished eighth in the NCAA Division II nationals.
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: LIBERAL ARTS SENATOR |
Bambanek claims close lib-arts kinshipWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Maggie Bambanek can't think of anything more fulfilling than representing the people she cares about. That, she said, is what she intends to do if elected as a Winona State Univerity student senator. A senior photojournalism major and music minor, Bambenek said has many friends in the masscomm and music departments in the liberal arts college: "I feel close to that particular college." This is the first time Bambanek has run for office at Winona State, although she was involved in student senate in high school. She currently serves on the music departmentâs student/faculty committee. Her No. 1 priority as a senator would be to fight for low tuition, she said, as well as for more parking.
About the New University, a heated campus issue, Bambenek called it "a good idea and a good dream," but she said t has little hope of making everyone happy. The university is asking for more money from students, eventually $1,000 extra tuition a year, but not telling them specifically what it will be spent on, she said. "I'm always for anything that makes the university better, and I don't mind paying more if I get something more," she said, but added that she would also be reluctant to pay unless she felt confident that her money was being put towards a good cause.
Bambanek sees parking as an issue and favors construction of a parking ramp, although she acknowledged she was unsure of how much influence the Student Senate has in finding a solution. Even so, she promised to be an advocate for more parking.
More than anything, Bambanek said, if elected, she would be a firm representative of liberal arts students. As a member of the music department's student/faculty committee, she said that fellow students often approach her with concerns. |
Reporter: Heidi Draskoci-Johnson
New WSU dorm in peril due to costsWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Plans may be delayed, perhaps scuttled, for a proposed 400-bed dorm for Winona State University because of runaway cost projections, according to a source privy to budget discussions. The university's vice president for facilities, Cal Winbush, declined to confirm the changing status of the project but said he would be meeting Thurssday with state college system executives to discuss the project. At one point the dorm was expected to be open in 2007 to replace the decripit Richards dorm and other 1950s-era student housing.
University President Darrell Krueger is holding out hope for new dorm . "The project is not killed," he said. "It just needs to be more affordable," Krueger confirmed that a consultant who had been hired to find ways to make the dorm more affordable was unsuccessful. Krueger noted that Minnesota State-Mankato has run into a simlalr cost dilemma, The Thursday MnSCU meeting in St. Paul, Krueger said, will deal with possibilities to modify the construction to lower the price, said Krueger.
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Rising costs may preclude it ever being built |
The dorm, to be built on already-acquired property at Main and Market, was conceived as a $20 million structure, originally with an interior parking lot. Units were to be suites in the style of the two-year-old East Lake dorm. There were to be eateries and shops. At one point there were also to be offices, including a place to accommodate retired faculty members. The project has been scaled back, the parking facility replaced with a plan for a separate ramp.
Escalating costs also have delayed completion of a press box under construction at Maxwell Field. Prices of steel and concrete have skyrockted 35 to 35 pefent globally because of increased demand for masjnor projects in China.
Reporters: Katie Carlson, Meghan Frain, Brittney Richmond, and Angela Wurst
Background: Steel shortage, water delay project
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: TREASURER |
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
LAURA BERENS
I feel that I have the personal skills needed to be a good treasurer. I am currently a Senator for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and have worked hard to represent students on all issues. I am very approachable person that will relate well to the senate and clubs and organizations. As the treasurer of a WSU club I have gained a vast amount of experience. In the coming academic year there are many initiatives I would like to help implement as WSU Student Senate Treasurer.
First, I would like to see special request forms, club budget forms, and any other helpful materials for clubs made available online. Having these forms and appropriate related content online will increase the awareness and knowledge of students when trying to attain funding for their various clubs and organizations. In addition to this, the technology rich campus WSU affords its students can be better utilized in communications between SFMC, SAFC, and various student clubs and organizations in the form of phone and/or internet conferencing. It is important that the treasurer is accessible and I would like to keep a variety of office hours to increase my availability to students.
Finally, if elected I will fight to ensure the continued fiscal responsibility that marked the current Senate and Executive Board's term. Overall I will do the most I can for the students and represent them in every way that I can. |
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Treasure candidate
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QUICK
SPORTS
APRIL 5, 2005 |
BASEBALL (MEN'S): WSU 9, UM-Duluth 8; UM-Duluth 8, WSU 2.
TENNIS (MEN'S): Carleton 8, SMU 1.
SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S): WSU 3, UW-Parkside 2; WSU 8, UW-Parkside 2.
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| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT |
PHOTOGRAPHER: DOUG SUNDIN | 
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BIG ISSUES, TINY AUDIENCE
Tim Donahue and Ryan Flynn agree on many issues but spar slightly on New University in a debate for the WSU student presidency attended by 30 students.
Donahue, Flynn differ on New UWINONA, Minn., April 5, 2005 -- Student Senate Presidential candidate Ryan Flynn called the New University "ridiculous" during a debate at Winona State University, while his opponent, Tim Donahue, said it's the most important thing Winona State has faced since its existence. Each candidate talked a lot about the same things and gave the same stance on issues but separated themselves from one another on the New University. Donahue said the New University has a lot of great ideas but isn't developed well enough and that students are not informed or involved enough with it.
Flynn was strident in criticizing the New University package of reforms that university President Darrell Krueger has championed and that students have opposed by a 5-21 margin in a referendum. Flynn said the the process that created the New University plan:
Entailed a ridiculous cost that was determined unprofessionally. He said that university administrators ignored the amount of money students are able to give and instead based the plans on the amount of money the burden on students, pegged at an extra $1,000 a year in tuition.
Sidestepped student input.Lacked accountability in the planning and costs.
A third candidate, Lori Spahn, did not attend the debate.
Both Donahue and Flynn agreed on student advocacy as a top priority. Said Donahue: "Student advocacy helps the university make better decisions."
Donahue keyed a lot of his debate on talking about keeping the Student Senate connected with students. Flynn resurrected a proposal for a Senate newsletter, a perennial campaign promise that have never materialized. He also said he plans to set up e-mail accounts for each campus club, which he said would improve communication between the Senate and students greatly, Flynn said.
Flynn and Donahue also agreed that there needs to be stricter accountability within the Student Senate itself. "I will push for committee accountability and project completion is expected," Flynn said. "Status quo will not go." Said Donahue:"We need more goal driven projects, not just for committees
but for Student Senate as a whole.
As far as being an active leader, Flynn talked about what he's done this year with different clubs and how he's been active in the Senate. Donahue called for working on problems before they blow up and for reaching out to underrepresented groups instead of waiting for groups to come to the Senate.
Donahue called for de-emphasizing Senate committee and with the Senate instead working on projects as a whole. Flynn said he would like to create a list of landlords to let incoming students know which landlords care about their tenants and which don't.
Flynn, chair for the Senate Student Services Committee for two years and president of the College Democrats, said that he plans to contribute to a better campus through pro-student opinions. "When you are given a leadership position it's not the title you have but what you do in that position," Flynn said. Donahue, who has three years of Senate experience, including vice presdient this year, called for better connections with students in general. The Senate has relied too heavily on the public relations committee to reach students, he said, calling instead for a coordinated effort by the entire Senate.
This year's Senate president. Dusty Finke. read the questions to Flynn and Donahue, and they passed the microphone back and forth, debating over a broad range of issues, includuing the New University, cultural diversity, and personal goals, strengths and weaknesses. Donahue says he believes that leadership skills are the most important element required for a presidential position. He called himself a proactive leader. Flynn said he plans to actively seek out students with leadership abilites, and go
to the cultural diversity office and talk to them about major issues affecting them. Flynn said that "it's not about what title you have, it's about what you do in that position." Flynn said that he has completed multiple projects, delegating and sharing responsibility, creating pamphlets, doing recycling projects, helping out with the Mr. WSU competition, and raising money for student scholarships.
The debate also included sophomores Erin Feger and Kari Winter, both running for vice president, and junior Ryan Predmore and sophomore Laura Berens, both running for treasurer.
Of almost 8,000 students at Winona State, only 19 students attended the debate, including seven reporters, one senator taping the event, six other senators, two Senate candidates, and a time-keeper. Afterward, Senate President Dusty Finke, who moderated the presdiential debate, said he was disappointed with the turnout, but added that in the three consecutive years he has attended the debate, low attendance has been the "norm." Finke said he expects the debate to reach a larger audience when the audio is posted on a link at the Senate webpage. Polls open at noon Tuesday. |
Reporters: Shelli Daniels, Kathleen Kulkay and Dave Paulus
Background: Donahue, Flynn to square off
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Jesse L.Florek, 19, Isanti, Mich., $365.
Milissa M. Licari, 19, 169 Mechanic St., $165.
Kortney J. Sonnentag, 20, McFarland, Wis., $265.
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Bush Administration softens on Patriot ActWASHINGTON, April 4, 2005 -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told a Senate committee that the government has "no interest" in using the anti-terrorism 2001 Patriot Act to check into what books ordinary Americans check out of libraries. The statement was a major softening of the Bush Administration posture on needing powerful new tools to counter terrorism. Section 215 of the Patriot Act, passed after the September 11, 2001, jetliner attacks in New York and Washington, allows federal agents to raid library and bookstore records secretly to see who is reading what -- and to do so without demonstrating probable cause beforehand to a judge. Librarian, publisher, author, academic and civil libertarian organizations have been unified against the provision.
In testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gonzales said the Justice Department has never used Section 215 ro search library or bookstore records. That claim, voiced also by Gonzales' predecessor, John Ashcroft, is not without challenge. The fact may never be known publicly, however. Section 215 forbids librarians and bookstore people to make known whether the FBI has entered their records.
The thrust of Gonzales' testimony seemed to be that a compromise now is acceptable to the Bush Administration on Section 215 to protect citizen privacy from government intrusion. In the House, Representative Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, has propposed a Freedom to Read Protection Act against FBI library and bookstore searches. Privacy safeguards also are in the proposed Security and Freedom Enhancement Act before the Senate.
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: JUNIOR SENATOR |
Fredrickson has defenders as PR chiefWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- The beleaguered chair of the Student Senate Public Relations Committee at Winona State University, Adam Fredrickson, has done a good job, say his political comrades. They point to blood drives, a highway cleanup project, and maintaining office hours. Fredrickson's friend, presidential candidate Tim Donahue, who was instrumental in apointing him as Senate public relations chair, said in an interview that Fredrickson has done "a great job."
Fredrickson's performance has drawn fire after a drunken-driving incident in February. Contrary to fundamental public relations practices, Fredricksoon then bunkered himself against news reporter questions. His problems spread to political allies, including Student President Dusty Finke who, pressed about Fredrickson's drunkenness, said the man's private life wasn't the Senate's business. Despite calls for his resignation, Fredrickson has filed for re-election and posed for a campaign photo. But as of Monday he had not submitted either the photo or a platform statement to election supervisors for the online ballot. He is in a four-way race for three junior-class Senate seats.
About Fredrickson's appointment to the $1,000-a-year chair position of the Senate Public Relations Committee, Donahue denied a report that he made the appointment although he enthusiastically recomemended his friend for the job. The appointment was made by Senate President Dusty Fincke after consulting with Donahue, the Senate vice president, and chairs of all other committees, Donahue said. Fredrickson's leadership and experience were discussed, said Donahue. Fredrickson also had been on Senate for a year, he said. Donahue said Fredrickson had worked closely with the previous public relations chair, Aubrey Shermock, and learned what the job entails. Fredrickson was not available for an interview to discuss what he learned of his role as public relations chair.
Donahue praised Fredrickson's performance, noting that he attends Senate meetings and pays close attention to issues. Fredrickson has also worked on every Senate election, Donahue said. During elections, he said Fredrickson took the initiative to help and didn't wait to be asked to pitch in. Donahue said Fredrickson and the public relatins committee are coordinating highway cleanup events. The Senate used to clean in Houston County but is moving to work on Highway 61, where the need is greater and where students are more visible doing good deeds, he said.
A Sheehan dorm supervisor, Rachel Schoenecker, a public relations committee member, said Fredrickson has been diligent on campus blood drives. She said the drives are a committee priority. During the drives, Fredrickson was present, except when he had class, she said. Schoenecker said last semester's blood drive was a competition with St. Cloud State University, which Winona State won thanks to Fredrickson. Donahue added that Fredrickson is the only Senate public relations chair to his knowledge to ever exceed a blood drive goal. Schoenecker said she didn't think Winona State blood drives would have been as successful without Fredrickson.
Shoenecker said Fredrickson spends more time in the Senate office to answer student questions than most other members of the public relations committee. She called him "one of the most responsible and dedicated senators and chair that I know." Laura Berens, another public relations committee member, who herself is seeking re-election to the Senate, declined to comment about Fredrickson except to say he has fulfilled constitutional requirements.
Donahue, who is in a three-way race for president, said he is pleased with the public relations committee's work and sees more possiblities for next year. In the future, Donahue said, he would like for the whole Senate to be involved with public relations, rather than leaving the work to one committee. The committee has done "an enormous amount of work," Donahue said. |
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Junior senator incumbent seeking new term |
Reporter: Heather Stanek
Background: Senator's rap sheet: 0.19 blood-alcohol
Background: Comment: Withhold judgment
Background: Comment: Time to leave, Adam
Grand jury: No report yetWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- Now into its third week, a grand jury called for the Sugar Loaf murders remained in session with no report on progress. County Attorney Chuck MacLean said he is bound by law not to discuss the prceedings, as are other court officers, until the grand jury is done. MacLean said he will not comment until a public hearing at which the jury makes its report. Meanwhile, Paul Allen Gordon remains jailed on $20 million bond in the December deaths of Winona State University psych student Stacy Smith, her unborn child, and her 10-year-old daughter.
Background: Media tracking Gordon case in detail
New traction seen for gay marriage banWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- An amendment banning same-sex marriage probably will pass the Minnesota Legislature soon , which will mean a state-wide vote in 2006, said a Winona State University political science prof. With a bill on same-sex marriage already being discussed in the Legislature, Ōthere is no reason to think this will be a pure party vote,Ķ said professor Darrell Downs in a recent panel discussion. The bill has passed the House already, as it did last year only to be defeated in the Senate. This year it will be "harder to tell" if the bill will pass "in the Senate since many senators are up for re-election," Downs said.
Another panelist, sociology prof Todd Paddock, said the attempt to make same-sex marriage illegal is part of a larger pattern of discrimination by a heterosexual majority against a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender minority. "I could be a murderer and still marry as long as it was a heterosexual relationship,Ķ said Paddock. Pastor Jeff Franko of the Central Lutheran Church said the institution of marriage has always been in flux, changing to adapt to cultural standards. He said polygamy was an early pattern and marriages once had political and economical functions.
The woman was often viewed as property being handed over from her father to the husband with little consideration for her interests, said Franko. Another panelist, the Rev. Norman Wahl of the Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minn., said neither side of the religious debate on homosexuality and same-sex marriage will be able to persuade the other.
Communication studies prof Dan Lintin, who said he is in a same-sex relationship, called America "obsessed" with traditional marriage. "Traditions would be upset by gay marriage, and people fear change." Lintin also said the thought of gay people having sex is too much for some people, and that marriage brings with it a sweeping assumption that couples will engage in intercourse. However, he pointed out that polls show most Americans are in favor of same-sex marriage or civil unions.
Masscom prof Cindy Killion, also in a same-sex relationship, said that conservative Christian media have tried to influence mainstream culture by claiming there is a liberal media domination that favors gay rights and depicting homosexuals as people trying to undermine social and family values. "The dominant ideology favors heterosexuality," Killion said. She said that since heterosexuality is seen as the basis for civilization, it is easy to portray homosexuals as being a threat to social order. |
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Reporter: Jason Staskus
Background: House OKs anti-gay marriage ballot
QUICK
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APRIL 4, 2005 |
GOLF (MEN'S): South Dakota Spring Invitaional (final day): St. Cloud State 597 (1st), WSU 596 (2nd).
GOLF (WOMEN'S): South Dakota Spring Invitaional (final day): South Dakota 659 (1st), WSU 679 (4th).
TRACK (WOMEN'S): Named Northern Sun field athlete of the week was WSU hammer-thrower Nicole Lonning. Honorable mention was WSU hurdler Diedra Faber.
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Senator's rap sheet: 0.19 blood-alcoholWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- A Winona State University student senator, junior Adam Fredrickson, who will still be a junior next year and is seeking re-election, had blood-alcohol content almost two and one-half times the federal max for drunkenness when he hit a curb and wrecked his car after a night of drinking, police records show. Fredrickson has denied requests for interviews on any and all subjects since the Feb. 16 incident, but police records provide a detailed account. Fredrickson, 21, was so drunk he couldn't walk a straight line, police said. He was charged with fourth-degree driving while intoxicated after the cops found his blood was running 0.19 percent alcohol.
In writing up the arrest, Officer Adam Brommerick said he encountered Fredrickson and three other Winona State students at Wilson and Third streets. Brommerick said he had spotted a black Ford Focus and a red Volkswagen Jetta parked between Third and Fourth streets and first assumed there had been a rear-end collision. The Focus' running lights were on but not the headlights, the report said, and the Jetta's front bumper was against the back bumper of the Focus. Brommerick parked his squad car behind the vehicles and spoke to the students, who explained the Focus had a damaged right front tire and axle.
When Brommerick asked what happened, he said that Fredrickson and a friend, Chris Warrington, 21, told him that the Focus had a broken right axle and they were trying to push the car to the side of the street with the Jetta. The Jetta belonged to Warrington's father. Fredrickson told Brommerick that he was driving home from Mulligan's Bar and he had hit the curb and damaged the axle, the police report said. Brommerick said he saw skid marks. Fredrickson quoted Warrington that he too was coming from Mulligan's bar and had stopped to help. Brommerick said in the report that he smelled alcohol on both men and that both admitted drinking.
Once two other officers came to assist, Brommerick asked Fredrickson to take a sobriety test on the spot. According to Brommerick's report, Fredrickson said: "I'll just admit it." Brommerick asked what he meant, to which Fredrickson replied, "Admit to drinking and driving." Brommerick said he informed Fredrickson that it was legal to drink and he could drive if he hadn't consumed too much. To which, according to Brommerick, Fredrickson said: "I admit I've had too much." The police said said Fredrickson showed signs of inebriation.
In a sobriety test, Fredrickson was asked to walk a straight line. Brommerick said the man lost his balance even while being instructed what to do, then started before he was told to do so, stepped off the line, raised his arms for balance, missed placing his heel to toe on several steps and made an improper turn. During the one-legged stand test, Fredrickson swayed from side to side and raised his hands for balance, the officer said. Brommerick also said that Fredrickson put his foot down on the count of two, started again, put his foot down again at two and then made it to 15 before he lowered his foot. A breath test showed his blood alcohol content to be 0.19 percent. Brommerick said Fredrickson was handcuffed, searched and put in a squad car and taken to the police station for another breath test. Fredrickson was read his rights and given a second blood-alcohol test. Eventually he was released to a sober adult. His driving privileges were suspended for 90 days.
Fredrickson's car was inoperable and towed to Borkowski Towing, documents state. Brommerick said the other two individuals, Emily Lynn Eversman, 21, and Ryan Pierce, 21, were questioned as witnesses at the scene. Documents show Warrington also failed a field sobriety test and had 0.096 percent blood-alcohol. Another officer parked Warrington's Jetta and told him to walk home. |
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Reporter: Heather Stanek
Background: Comment: Withhold judgment
Background: Comment: Time to leave, Adam
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Donahue renews community service vowWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- Student president candidate Tim Donahue conceded that he has failed on his campaign pledge a year ago, when he was running for vice president, to push for more Winona State University student involvement in community service. In an interview Donahue said his community service plans did not turn out as he would have liked. When running for the vice presidency in April 2004 he said: "I will strive to provide greater access to on-campus organizations, help students become involved, and most importantly, provide a superior image of our hard-working students through easier access to community service organizations." Donahue did in fact assemble 13 volunteers who met to talk about options for serving the community, but, he admitted, the group fell apart. "It's hard for me to speculate why it lost participation, other than it was difficult to hammer down specific ideas on how to implement and encourage a community service program," he said. The committee was down to two members when it fell through.
"I am going to shoot high on this issue next year," said Donahue. He said he is planning an "adopt a block" program. Donahue didn't have the specifics on the program, which he described as a work in progress.
Asked about Donahue's community service record, the other leading presidential candidate, Sen. Ryan Flynn, said: "I prefer not to comment on my opponent's record." Flynn said his focus is on his own qualifications.
Reporter: Brian Olson |
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| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: TREASURER |
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
RYAN PREDMORE
I'm the best candidate for this position because of my variety of life/job experiences, the working knowledge I have gained through working on the various budget related committees in my last two years on Student Senate (no such Senate/budget allocation experience in any of my opponents), and the detail involved in the plans I mention below. In addition to experience with budget committees I would chair upon election, I have been on Academic Affairs, Working Documents, and chair of the Technology Services committee.
I have three goals as treasurer of the Student Senate: more friendly and helpful student interaction with the treasurer (form access and going to the people), discussions centered on a reorganization of the internal process of assigning club budgets (more equality and fairness in budgeting), and taking actions as an Executive to make Student Senate open to constructive criticism. I detail these plans and provide my resume at predmore.info. |
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WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS
AN ENDORSEMENT FOR FLYNN
By Michael Reis. Megan Butcher, Sachin Padyhe, Rotney OÕShea, Jared Stene, Jen Wenzel and Holly Erhadt
We are writing this letter to endorse Ryan FlynnÕs candidacy for president and Erin FegerÕs candidacy for vice president of the Student Senate.
We have all served with Sens. Ryan Flynn and Erin Feger during the two years they have served the Student Senate, either as senators, associated senators, or affiliated members. They have been competent and exceptional members of the Senate. We applaud them for their leadership capabilities and commitment to the student body. The Student Service Committee, whch Flynn chairs and on which Feger serves, has accomplished much, including the recycling program, now in pilot phase in Prentiss-Lucas, as well as Mr. WSU. Flynn has chaired this committee for two years. Feger has served on this committee, as well the Senate Public Relations Committee. Both are members of the newly created Senate New U Ad Hoc Committee, a committee dedicated to advocating for students on the New University.
We endorse them as a ticket because of the promise they offer as a team. Though they stand out individually as senators, we know they will offer a balance to each other that will benefit the senate tremendously. For that reason, we endorse this ticket.
We have foundFlynn and Feger to be driven members of the Senate and stringent advocates for students. Neither has missed a tuition Lobby Day in their college careers. They are in touch with the student body. They are hard-working and intelligent. |
Flags at half-staff, againWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- U.S. and Minnesota flags on Winona State University and other state flagpoles were raised only to half-staff to honor Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday at Vatican City. Gov. Tim Pawlenty issued the order, effective through the pope's internment Friday.
Background: Flags lowered for Red Lake tragedy
Suits rejected on Colorado anti-women milieuDENVER, Colo., April 4, 2005 -- Lawsuits against the University of Colorado by two women who said the university had created a hostile environment that led to their being sexually assaulted at a football recruiting party in 2002 have been thrown out of court. Federal Judge Robert Blackburn did not rule on the merits of the lawsuits other than that the the women had not shown that university officials knew about harassment by football players and recruits. The judge also said the women had provided no evidence that the university had deliberately ignored harassment that it knew about.
Background: Crisis-plagued Colorado prez quits
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: JUNIOR SENATOR |
Jones: New U not justified yetWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- Sophomore Sen. Elizabeth Jones, running for a junior senator seat on the Winona State Student Senate, said that she strongly opposes the New University and that the university needs to stop being vague when talking about the New University. Jones declared in an interview that she is not going to back down against the New University and that she will do everything in her power to be a strong voice for the students. About her candidacy: "I really want to be involved with the university and what better way to be involved than being on Student Senate," said Jones. The only only early candidate to file for the seat is sophomore Ezra Kazee.
Jones beat sophomore Rich Howden 173-111 for her current Senate seat in February. Since then Jones has focused her extracurricular energy on the Senate. Earlier Jones was with the College Democrats but pulled out during the fall semester due to a busy class schedule.
Not only does Jones oppose the New University but she also is against the $1,000 that university President Darrell Krueger wants to assess students to help fund the New University program. Jones said the $250 tuition increase that would be added annually over four years for the New University is only an estimate. It could be more in the end, she said. If Krueger wants to have students support for the New University, then he needs to prove without a doubt that the New University is something that is going to help the university, said Jones. That case has not been made to her satisfaction, she said.
Jones was graduated from the Hibbing, Minn., high school in 2003. During high school she was involved with the speech, mock trial and drama club.
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WSU prof studies Whitewater drainageWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- A Winona State University biology prof, Neal Mundahl, gave a presentation, "Integrity of Aquatic Assemblages in the Whitewater River Drainage, Southeastern Minnesota," at the joint annual meeting of the Minnesota Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and the Society for Conservation Biology, in Grand Rapids, Minn.
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: JUNIOR SENATOR |
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
EZRA KAZEE
Experience, Knowledge, and Trust. These are just three of the things that you get with me. My name is Ezra Kazee, and I want to be your next Junior Senator.
When speaking of experience, I have served as a member of Senate for one year, and have served as a member of the Inter-Residence Hall Council for 2 years. I have also served as the IRHC representative to Senate for 2 years, and am currently the Minnesota State University Student Association Student Services Coordinator.
In my time working in these positions, I have gained a deep understanding of how the university works and the policies of the university and MnSCU itself. This knowledge will be extremely valuable if elected to the Junior Senator position. And with this knowledge I can hit the ground running.
Trust is a veil that should never be broken, and that is one thing that will never be broken with me. I will tell you what is going on. I will be honest about what is going on, And I will not sugar coat things. You, as my constituents, deserve the truth, and that is exactly what you will get if I am elected.
If you elect me to this position, I promise I will not vote in favor of a tuition or fee increase over the rate of inflation. I promise I will communicate with you as has never been seen through town hall meetings and through other means. I promise I will work to make Student Services more effective and efficient for you. I promise I will work to being issues of international students to the forefront and give them a bigger voice at this university. All this and more is what you will receive if I am elected to Student Senate as your Junior Senator. This is Your Money. This is Your School. And this if your Future. After all, YOU matter. |
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READER COMMENT:
NEW UNIVERSITY
NOT WORTH THE COST
By Michael Reis, chair;
Megan Butcher, Ryan Flynn, Erin Feger, Holly Ehrhardt and Jared Stene
We are the members of the Winona State Student Senate New University committee and we are writing to address our concerns about the New University Plan, a proposal to drastically alter our university. As both students and student advocates, we are deeply concerned with many aspect of the plan.
Our main concern is the cost associated with the plan. In the New University Draft Proposal (Page 26), it outlines the implementation of one $1,000 tuition increase over the next four years. Though at first this sounds minimal, it is not a stand-alone increase, it is in addition to the traditional base budget increases, such as the 15 percent increase we experienced last year. Though we can see some benefits in the plan, they do not justify such a large increase.
Another concern raised is that the project lacks substance. Though there are many ideas and proposals, there are no firm details or factual figures. As of this writing, a budget has not even been released. University administrators have told students to have "a little faith." As students, our hard-earned money warrants a bit more than blind faith.
Though students were initially invited into the project, it became clear students were only acknowledged when they agreed with the proposals. As students began raising concerns over the cost, ambiguity, and academic oversights, students consultation was demeaned to a formality, not a process, and university President Darrel Krueger went so far as to accuse all students of ignorance after a student referendum opposed the New University plan 5 to 1.
In light of the media attention the New University Plan has received, we feel important to raise these student concerns at this time. |
Family: WSU her right choiceWINNEBAGO, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- Winona State University was Amy Jo Green's home away from home, said her father in an interview following the death of his daughter, a Winona State sophomore, on Easter Sunday at Kellogg, Minn. Thomas Green said that his daughter couldn't have enjoyed her near two years of college any more than she did in Winona. Green was on her way back to Winona after spending Easter with her family in Winnebago when her car and a car of another student collided on Highway 61 near Kellogg. "Having so many students attend Amy's funeral was truly a blessing in a time of tragedy," said Green, adding that he is concerned that AmyÕs close friends in Winona are being able to properly grieve.
Green was studying business and education at Winona State and had yet to decide which major to focus on. Her mother Debora said, "Amy loved accounting courses and her goal was to teach accounting at the high school level." Both parents said they impressed by the support from the Winona State community. They were touched that multiple student reporters had contacted them to make sure the facts about their daughter were correct. The Green family was also touched that a letter from the president's office on campus giving condolences. Having a campus as concerned as Winona State has been makes her feel good about her daughter's decision to attend school there, her mother said. |
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| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: VICE PRESIDENT |
Feger's main issue: AccountabilityWINONA, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- Senator-at-large Erin Feger, running for vice president of the Student Senate, said she wants to improve the accountability of Winona State University student senators to better serve the students. Student senators should be held accountable for their commitments to students and for their office hours, said Feger. In an interview she rapped incumbent Vice Presienty Tim Donahue, who is running for president, on problems with the the Alliance of Student Organizations, which is run by the Senate vice presdient. She also criticised Donahue for accountability and organizational perfromance. She charged that Donahue has not gotten information out on a timely basis Feger said she would do better.
Feger promised to make sure that students are properly represented on parking issues and to make sure that students are comfortable voicing their opinions to student senators. Tension between the community and the university is another issue Feger wants to address. The community needs to realize that Winona State adds to the community, she said.
Feger is running against sophomore Sen. Kari Winter, who has served on a committee with Feger and whom Feger regards as a good friend. Feger said sheÕs not sure how the election will go but hopes that interpersonal stress doesn't result. Feger plans to campaign by talking to clubs and particiapating in news conferences and debates -- and, she added, having good ideas. Fegen is campaigning with liberal arts Sen. Ryan Flynn, who is running for president. Being a ticket, she said, makes sense because she and Flynn work well together and have similar ideas. Business Sen. Mick Reis is aiding Feger in her campaign. The campaign has cost roughly $150 so far, mostly printing costs, Feger said. The money has come from famly and her own funds, she said.
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Proposal: Fewer classes for graduationMARSHALL, Minn., April 4, 2005 -- A Southwest Minnesota State prof, Jeff Kolnick, proposed changing the curricular backbone of Minnesota state universities from three-credit to four-credit courses. The change would mean students would need fewer courses to graduate, Kolnick said, but these courses would each have greater depth. Kolnock noted that St. John's, St. Benedict, St. Olaf and Augustana all use a system of four four-credit classes per semester. So does Metropolitan State in the state university sytem. Kolnoick said he came up with his proposal in thinking through how profs could become better at what they do by teaching fewer classes.
He called on the state profs' union, the Inter-Faculty Organization, to consider his proposal. He said the change could be achieved without an increased cost. "I recently served on an IFO/MnSCU task force designed to figure out the cost associated with lowering the standard teaching load from 24 credits a year to 21 or 18," he said. "My impression of the meeting was that MnSCU is extremely reluctant to reduce our credit load and will work hard to block such a proposal from succeeding." But going to a standard of four-credit courses could reduce the standard load for most faculty from four classes a semester to three. "This would necessitate that we leave the credit requirement for graduation the same, thus reducing the number of classes we need to teach each semester and that our students need to take in order to graduate," he said. "Since we will still be teaching a standard load of 24 credits and meeting the same number of hours with our students, MnSCU incurs no cost."
Kolnock acknowledged a system-level snag arel.ated to the current transferability requirement for courses among collehges, which uses a three-credit backbone, but, he said, that can be addressed.
He called for the IFO union to begin discussing a the pedagogical differences between offering degrees "with fewer classes but with greater depth."
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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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