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Bulls-Eye name to bow out on Third StreetWINONA, Minn.,, June 19, 2005 -- The Bulls-Eye Beer Hall, a college hang-out with a reputation for under-age service, is being sold by Dan Nisbit to one of his old college customers. Nisbit, who has owned Bulls-Eye since 1998, said he wants to spend more time with a trucking company that he and his brother operate. Also, Nisbit said, he's married with two kids. The bar business isn't a good fit anymore, he said. Nisbit sold the building to Chris Semling, who will lease it to Tom McCasland who will hold the liquor license. The transactions were for $240,000 with Nisbit financing the deal.
Two years ago an exhaustive investigative project by Winona State University student journalist Brian Krans found Bull-Eye regarded among college students as the easiest place for under-21 drinkers to gain admittance. After the report, Nisbit put a clamp on employees against granting interviews. More recently, after repeated reports on overcrowding, far beyond fire marshal limits, Mayor Jerry Miller began pressure on Nisbit and other bar-owners to comply with safety regulations. Miller and Police Chief Frank Pomeroy also are pressuring against special drink pricing, like for two-for-ones, to encourage downtown bar customers from arriving early and drinking late.
McCasland, 31, has no experience in the bar ownership but said he has fond memories of Bulls-Eye from his days as a Winona State student. The bar, however, will bear his stamp, including a new name. McCasland announced a contest for a new name. The winner gets a $500 bar tab, he said. That will mean new signs -- which now spell Bulls-Eye vartiously as one word, two words and hyphenated words. McCasland said he also plans new decorating -- different colors, mirrors and new lights. Signs with the new name wikll be up for a grand-opening in mid-August when Winona State's fall semester begins. |
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So far WSU has 1,186 frosh registeredWINONA, Minn., June 19, 2005 -- In sumer registration last week at Winona State, 1,186 new students signed up for fall classes. Academic Vice President Steve Richardson said the registration went smoothly, including laptop distribution. Richardson said a overall satisfaction survey was stronger "on virtually every individual measure."
College students lend hand in air raceWINONA, Minn., June 19, 2005 -- College aviation students from Winona State University and Southeast Tech will provide logistic support for the Max Conrad Fiedld stop for women aviators in the 29th annual transcontinental Air Race Classic Tuesday morning. About 40 aircraft are participating. Winona is a stop between Lafayette, Ind., and Beatrice, Neb. Each aircraft travels to nine checkpoints in te four-day, 2,400-contest.
Southwest oils donated to WSU libraryWINONA, Minn., June 19, 2005 -- Three oil paintings by Southwest artist Dawson Napps, including "Afternoon Clouds at Two Rivers Dam," noted for its radiant and elaborate cloud formation, have been donated to the Krueger Library at Winona State University. Sociology prof Ervin Bublitz facilitated the donation with the help of Benson Fine Art of San Patricio, N.M. The Napps' paintings have been hung on the third floor of the library. The paintings include "Mountain Cottonwood," which illustrates Napps' love of trees, his favorite subject; and "Old Barn," a rural nostalgia piece.
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Napps, who died in 1994 at age 87, is considered a New Mexico landscape maste. His paintings won numerous awards. Dawson was an active member of the Roswell, N.M., art colony and painted with such notables as Peter Hurd, Bill Greenhaw, and Lester Carbell. His works have been exhibited in galleries and museums in Roswell, N.M.; Santa Fe, N.M.; Houston, Texas; and San Antonio, Texas.
WSU prep leadership week stars July 10WINONA, Minn., June 19, 2005 -- The Winona State University Leadership Institute begins its one-week high school prograsm July 10. Because the Minnesota Legislature is still in session, the Model Legislature program scheduled for late June has been combined with the high school Leadership program. The program invludes Covey sessions on habits of highly effective teens. outdoor team building and leadership activities. A middle-school porgram begins July 24.
Contact: (507) 457-5085
SMU speed options on agendaWINONA, Minn., June 19, 2005 -- Options for accident-prone Highway 14 at the confluence of Knopp and Gilmore valleys at St. Mary's University will be discussed at a public meeting. City Council member Al Thurley called the meeting. The state highway department has turne down a request to the speeds from 45 mph to 35. Remaining options include new turn lanes.
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Background: State: Highway 14 to stay at 45 mph
WSU SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING JUNE 18, 2005
June 16: A dorm supervisor reported at 12:03 p.m.that some of their property had been removed from East Lake dorm.
June 8 2005: An individual slipped in Memorial Hall at 8:08 a.m. a The victim was transported to the hospital.
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Women's groups honors Tech's DingfelderWINONA, Minn., June 18, 2005 -- The fundraising director at Southeast Tech, Diane Dingfelder, was named Businesswoman of the Year by Winona Women in Business. Dingfelder has been at the tech school since 1991.
COURT CONVICTIONS
WEEK ENDING JUNE 17, 2005
IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION
Nicholas Daniel Corcoran, 20, Rushfordl, Minn., $590.
Nathan Gene Engen, 20, Byron, Minn., $165.
Sterling Royce Haukom, 19, Rochester, Minn., $115.
Robin Scott Hoag, 18, Rochester, Minn., $165.
James Andrew Lindsey, 20, Stewartville, Minn., $165.
Trevor David Meyers, 19, Rochester, Minn., $145.
Andrew Lee Northhouse, 20, Rochester, Minn., $165.
Jose Alfredo Gasco Pontojo, 20, St. Charles, Minn., $265.
John Michael Savat, 19, 307 Valley Oaks Drive, $165.
Jeffrey Allen Smith, 18, St. Charles, Minn., $415.
Daniel Rubin Stutzman, 19, Rochester, Minn., $165.
Scott Joseph Wondrasch, 18, Rochester, Minn., $265.
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More college domestic partner benefitsWASHINGTON, June 17, 2005 -- The number of colleges with employee benefits for the partners of gay and lesbian employees continued to rise in 2004, according to the Human Rights Campaign. In all, 289 colleges offered health benefits in 2004 to the domestic partners of gay employees, up from 267 the year before.
Pittsburgh cancels classes at seaPITTSBURGH, Pa., June 17, 2005 -- The University of Pittsburgh dropped its Semester at Sea after an investigation into damage of the program's ship in a storm last year. There has been criticism both of the ship's design and of the route chosen for the voyage.
WSU signs 260-strikeout Wisconsin pitcherWINONA, Minn., June 16, 2005 -- A Rice, Lake, Wis., softball player with a 40-5 high school pitching record, Katie Hanson, has sign a letter of intent to play at Winona State University. Hanson's record inclouded 16 shutouts, an 0.87 earned run average and 260 strikeouts in 260 innings. Offensively Hanson finished prep play with a 1.011 slugging percentage. She slugged out 19 doubles, 17 triples and eight home runs in reaching a .520 batting average. Said Winona State coach Greg Jones: "Her offensive production will make an immediate impact in the middle of our lineup." Also coming to Winona State has been Brooke Meyer of Zumbrota, Minn., posted a .375 batting average and 56 stolen bases. Also signing has been Chelsey Ewing ofVerona, Wis. Ewing was a two-time all-conference and two-time most-valuable prep player.
Winona pushes ahead for Shakespeare stageWINONA, Minn., June 14, 2005 -- The City Council voted 4-0 to refile a request to the Legislature for $250,000 to assess possibilities for a theater, probably downtown, for the Great River Shakespeare Festival. The request didn't receive funding this year. The city has pledged $125,000 for the study and the festival an additional $125,000. The festival's producing director, Mark Hauck, said the vision is to expand Shakespeare productions beyond the summer -- the only season when the Winona State University theater, now used for the plays, is available. The proposed feasability study would dovetail with another city study for riverfront tourist development and a possible convention center.
SMU honors attorney alumWINONA, Minn., June 13, 2005 -- A 1975 St. Mary's grad, Patrick Salvi, a personal injury and medical malpractice attorney, has been named the year's distinguished alum by the university. Silvi's practice, with offices in Chicago and Waukegan, Ill., has 30 employees, the univerity said. He will be honored during homecoming the weekend of June 17 to 19. Also to be honored will be Brother Dominic Ehrmantraut of Nairobi, Kenya, a 1967 grad. Ehrmantraut is in his ninth year in charge of the De La Salle Christian Brothers in the Lwanga District of English-speaking Africa. He will receive the university's Religious Service Award. The Alumni Appreciation Award will be given to Tom Callen of Wauwatosa, Wis., a 1970 grad. Callen a member of the university's board of directors.
Rochester renews railroad objectionsWASHINGTON, June 13, 2005 -- Objections to a federal study on the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad's $2 billion dollar expansion to link Winona, Minn., with Wyoming coal fields have been filed by Olmsted County, the city of Rochester, and the Mayo Clinic. The objections, submitted to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, alleged errors, omissions and misjudgements. There has been continuing Rochester objections to the DM&E plan over noise and vibratrions on the route, which passes through the north end of downtown Rochester. The Surface Transportation Board report said about 88 homes and businesses would need sound-proofing, but the objections said the number may be as many as 1,07.
WSU picks up two right-hand pitchersWINONA, Minn., June 13, 2005 -- Two right-handed prep pitchers, Evan Buhr, Viroqua, Wis, and Kyle Hanken, Maple Grove, Minn., have committed to play for Winona State Universixty next season. Buhr was an academic all-district and conference scholar-athlete and a member of American Legion state championship team. Hanken, was on his high school academic honor roll for four years and an all-section and all-conference player. Winona State coach Kyle Poock called the players as "academically solid as they are athletic." Also signing with Winona State have been Kyle Collins, a catcher from Lindstrom, Minn., and Ronnie Olson, an infielder from Rochester, Minn. Collins and Olson too are outstanding scholar-athletes, said Pooch.
Gutknecht hires legislative aideWASHINGTON, June 13, 2005 -- A Minnesota native who has been an aide to Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., Jennifer Palmer, has beebn hired by Rep. Gil Gutknect, R-Minn., as his legislative assistant and news secretary. Palmer holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from George Washington University.
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as human rights issuesWASHINGTON, June 13, 2005 -- Stanford University is divesting its stocks in PetroChina aand other companies that have supported the Sudanese government, which has drawn worldwide criticism for human-rights abuses. Also being divested is stock in ABB, a utility and industry automatation provider; Sinopec, a Chinese petroleum and chemical company; and Tatneft, a Russian oil company. Students have been pressuring colleges to dump stock tied to Sudanese militias that have raped, killed and abused thousands of people. Earlier, Harvard divested $4.3 million of stock in PetroChina.
AAUP drops Southern Nazarene censureWASHINGTON, June 13, 2005 -- The American Association of University Professors removed its censure of Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma. The college had been on the AAUP censure list since 1987, but the association said the climate for academic freedom and due process has improved. The association also removed its censure of Wingate University of North Carolina, citing revised policies on faculty appointments that are in line with the association's recommendations.
In other action, the association censured:
Meharry Medical College in Tennessee for firing 11 profs summarily even though they had been on the faculty long enough to have earned de-facto tenure. Also, the AAUP was bothered that the college had placed a 10-year maximum on tenure.
University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky because the administration forced a prof to choose between resigning and being fired after he created a web site critical of university officials.
Virginia State University for firing two profs who had been required to undergo post-tenure reviews. The association also found that the faculty had little opportunity to participate in institutional governance.
In all, 47 colleges are on the AAUP censure list for failing to uphold academic freedom or protect tenure.
House unit OKs more Pell fundsWASHINGTON, June 13, 2005 -- A House appropriations subcommittee approved a bill to raise the maximum Pell Grant. The bill would also wipe out a $4.3 billion shortfall that has plagued the Pell program. The panel rejected President Bush's proposal to provide larger Pell Grants to students who take a rigorous high-school curriculum or who agree to study math or science in college. The increase in the maximum Pell also would fall short of the $100 requested by the administration. Higher-ed lobbyists are expected to continue to push for a $100 increase. The Senate has yet to begin work on higher-ed spending.
The subcommittee approved only half of the $250 million that President Bush had requested for a new job-training program for community colleges. The subcommittee also cut $14 million from Perkins grants for job-training for students from low-income families. The bill would eliminate Byrd merit-based scholarships, which Presideng Bush targeted for elimination following criticism of his leadershipo style and policies by the program's namesake, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Wa. The bill also would eliminate Marshall grants for low-income and minority students prepare for law school.
Study: Charitable foundatioins in good shapeWASHINGTON, June 13, 2005 -- Despite slipping investment preformance, charitable foundations that provide about 25 percent of the private donations for U.S. colleges remained on a solid financial footing, according to the Commonfund Institute. Total average returns were 11.4 percent for 2004, compared with 17 percent in the 2003 according to the report. Commonfund based its report on a survey of 317 foundations and charities.
Illinois stiffens high-school standardsSPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 13, 2005 -- The Illinois Legislature voted to require at least two years of science, three years of math, four years of English, and two writing-intensive courses for high school students, which may mean an extra year to graduate for some freshmen beginning this fall. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, said he would sign the bill. The changes will be phased in.
Illinois stiffens high-school standardsTALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 13, 2005 -- Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, a Republican, signed a bill increasing the penalties for hazing. Hazing that results in serious injury or death is now a felony punishable by five years in prison. Putting someone at risk of injury is now a first-degree misdemeanor.
"Bingo!" shouts dumbfound NBC's RussertCAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 13, 2005 -- NBC news figure Tim Russert has been using the same commencement address for years -- at least 17 times. Suspecting that Russert would dust off the speech again for Class Day at Harvard, students created a bingo-like grid with pat phrases from the past speeches. Every time students completed a row, they shouted out "Bingo!" Not until it was all over did Russert figure out that he'd been figured out.
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HARBORMASTER. Former Mayor Tom Slaggie, an insurance agent, was named harbormaster for the Winona town celebration Steamboat Days.
TALL TREE. A 130-foot cottonwood, believed the fifth tallest in Minnesota, crashed into an historic home at 653 Johnon St. during a heavy sorm. The house was damaged but not seriously.
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Bob Jones U: Clothier Abercrombie "wicked"GREENVILLE, S.C., June 13, 2005 -- The Christian-proclaiming Bob Jones University has banned attire manufactured by Abercrombie & Fitch. A university policy cites Abercrombie's "unusual degree of antagonism to the name of Christ and an unusual display of wickedness in their promotions." The university's dress code specifies acceptable dress for different times of day and different social situations. Men may not wear hats indoors, except in the gym. Women's necklines may not dip more than four fingers below the collarbone.
Endowment deal troubles Florida A&MTALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 12, 2005 -- A dean at Florida A&M University, Percy R. Luney Jr., was placed on administrative leave after revelations that a donor had endowed a faculty chair for himself in the law school and then collected paychecks as a professor even though he never taught courses or showed up regularly. The donor, Shirley A. Cunningham Jr., a lawyer specializing in personal-injury and class-action cases, had proimised the school $1 million in 2001, with a $750,000 match from the state, in return for holding the endowed chair created with the funds. His compensation was $125,000. Responding to his being releived, Luney said he considered Cunningham a consultant, administrator and fund-raiser whose daily presence was not requried.
Texas nixed on State Scholars projectWASHINGTON, June 12, 2005 -- The U.S. Education Department said the state of Texas is failing in the administration of a program that encourages high school students to take rigorous courses -- a program that President Bush, a former Texas governor, has advocated as a model for the rest of the nation. An audit found that the State Scholars program did not properly account for $1.1 million in payroll, travel and other expenses. The Texas State Scholar program was created in the late 1980s and received a $9.6 million federal grant in 2002, Bush is pushing Congress now for $33 million to award an additional $1,000 in Pell grants to high school students who complete such a program.
Drug-tainted runner quits NCCA racesSACRAMENTO, Calif., June 12, 2005 -- The fastest sprinter in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Steve Mullings of Mississippi State University, withdrew from the NCAA championship meet after objections that he is is under an international ban for failing a drug test last summer. Technically, the ban did not govern NCAA events. Mullings had been scheduled to compete in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, along with the 4x100-meter relay, in the NCAA championships in Sacramento. His withdrawal was voluntary.
Background: With loophole, drug-staking runner compete
Athlete pleads guilty in Baylor murderWACO, Texas, June 12, 2005 -- A former Baylor University basketball player, Carlton E. Dotson Jr., pleaded guilty to murdering a teammate two years ago. Dotson faces from five years to life in prison. What led to the murder is not clear. The body of Patrick Dennehy, who was Dotson's friend and roommate, was found six weeks after his death in a waterlogged field near the campus. The death led to an investigatiion of the Baylor football program that resulted in several officials resigning. Among rules violations disocvered was that Coach Dave Bliss had improperly arranged for tuition payments for two of his players, including Dennehy. Bliss was accused also of providing investigators with false information to cover up the scandal, including a suggestion that Dennehy had paid for his tuition through drug deals. Bliss also allegedly encouraged players and staff members to lie too.
Background: Football cults
Mercer may keep lid on campus crime logs ATLANTA, Ga., June 12, 2005 -- The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to review a ruling that a private university can seal its campus police records from public scrutiny. A former Mercer University student who alleged that she had been raped on the Macon, Ga., campus, had sought incident reports. The federal Clery Act requires colleges to maintain a public crime log that lists the nature, time, date, location and disposition of incidents but does not compel institutions to make more detailed information available. The college refused to turn over the records, arguing that its police force was not a public agency.
R.I.P.: Scott A. Morey>ERIE, Ill., June 12, 2005 -- A Winona State University alum, Scott Morey, 35, died at home in Erie. He grew up in Spring Grove, Minn.
WSU SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING JUNE 11, 2005
June 8: An individual slipped in Memorial Hall at 8 a.m. and was takento the hospital.
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Todd Oulette gets his HBC cable moment>WINONA, Minn., June 9, 2005 -- Sometime-Winona State University student Todd Oulette, a thorn in the side to local powers-that-be, won airtime on the Hiawatha Broadband cable channel for a one-time showing of his latest 30-minute tirade against local officialdom. His program attacked the Establishment although obscurisms and nonsequiturs left some barbs less than clear. One of Oulette's targets has been Gary Evans, a former Winona State vice president who now is the chief executive at HBC. Oulette said he had run into resistance winning airtime despite federal law that requires cable companies to provide access to citizen-created programming. He noted his programs got run only once while other local productions at the HBC and Charter cable companies are rerun over and over. Even so, Evans said, every Oulette program has been run on HBC's public-access Channel 20.
Meanwhile, Evans has sought a restraining order against Oulette for concern that HBC employes would be harassed and threatened. He called Oulette "bothersome." Two years ago, Oulette was banned from the office of the Winona State newspaper, the Winonan, after he complained that his letters to the opinion page were passed over. One of his targets at Winona State had been Nick Ridge, a campus Republican leader who later ran for the Legislature. Ridge told police that Oulette came up to him unprovoked at a downtown street corner at mid-day in April 2004 and punched him. Ridge did not pursue a charge. There also was a 1999 charge in Arlington, Va., that Oulette swore profanities and dumnped coffee on a city employee. That charge, a misdemanor of assault and battery, was dropped.
Oulette said both HBC and Charter, make it too difficult for citizens to air their material. It can take months, Oulette said, calling the community power structure a clique: "They all know each other. They all love each other." His tirades against the media go beyond the Winona cable cahnnels. Oulette has used numerous aliases, saying using another name sometimes is the only way he can get ink. He acknowledges that he has come to be regarded as a crank whose utterances are ignored.
Oulette maintains a web site whose targets have included Rep. Gil Gutknecht, R-Minn., whom he accuses of using the U.S. flag to promote his accomplishments. This, says Oulette, violates a District of Columbia ordinance against using the flag in advertising. Oulette, 37, got news attention in 1995 after winning an audience with Presient Bill Clinton to push for greater efforts to find missing soldiers in Vietnam. Oulette had hitchhiked to Washington and spent 18 months in a vigil outside the White House. He claimed he was arrested at one point trying to scale a perimeter fence at the White House. |
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Incoming WSU president visits campus| WINONA, Minn., June 9, 2005 -- President-designate Judith Ramaley has wound up another unheralded, getting-to-know-you week at Winona State University, mixing personal business and pleasure amid campus meetings. Ramaley, in black slacks and a colorful summery polyester blouse, dropped in on the weekend Dakota Homecoming at Lake Park. She also closed the deal on her house at Waterford Estates near suburban Homer. On campus she met with outgoing President Darrell Krueger and his cabinet, as well as attending a Covey leadership retreat at the Tau Center. This was Ramaley's second visit to Winona since her appointment was announced in April. Neither visit was announced except to those with whom Ramaley had appointments. Ramaley begins her duties July 18. Krueger had been schedueld to leave in June, but state Chancellor Jim McCormick asked him to postpone retirement until Ramaley is in place. |
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"Congress shall make no law..."WASHINTON, June 9, 2005 -- The U.S. Education Department issued guidelines for schools, including colleges, to comply with a new law requiring instruction on the U.S. Constitution. The guidelines are general: A campuswide assembly would do, or the distribution of information in classes, or sponsorship of an Internet chat. The Education Department said it will not monitor compliance. The requirement, in a law proposed by Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., has been closely watched by college faculty as a possible precedent for Congress to set curricular requirements.
State: Highway 14 at SMU to stay at 45 mphST. PAUL, Minn., June 9, 2005 -- A campaign by St. Mary's University prof Mary Fox and her students for a lower speed limit on Higwhay 14 at the campus has been turned down by state highway engineers. District highway engineer Michael Schweyen said there is no evidence that dropping the limit from 45 mph to 35 mph would prevent accidents. In fact, Schweyen said, driver habits could create uneven traffic flows if the limit were changed and make the section of highway more hazardous. Schwyen said, however, the 55-mph westbound sign would be moved further up Stockton Hill to discourage drivers from accelerating before they're through the intersections at the Gilmore and Knopp valley roads.
Fox, who lives in Knopp Valley, has been a long-time crusader for changes in the Highway 14 rise to Terrace Heights, which has a blind top before dropping to the main campus entrance, the Living Light Church entrance, the Gilmore and Knopp intersections and several driveways. Last fall Fox's students gathered 1,375 signatures to cut the sped limit. The City Council voted to pass the citrizen concern on to the state Department of Transportation, which controls speed limits.
Schweyen said that a dedicated turn lane would be consieed for the main entrance to St. Mary's, to the Immaculate Heart Seminary and to Gilmore and Knopp valleys.
Madison musician crowned Miss WinonaWINONA, Minn., June 8, 2005 -- A University of Wisconsin student, floutist Pam Chapman, was crowned Miss Winona. Chapman promised to promote mental and physical fitness during her reign. At Madison she majors in political science. First runner-up was St. Mary's University student Destiny Kenner.
Shakespeare Elderhostel at WSUWINONA, Minn., June 8, 2005 -- An Elderhostel class, for people 55 and older, has been scheduled at Wiunona State University for July 17 to 23 in conjunction with the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Festival staff will conduct sessions. The festival begins June 24 with rotating performances of "Richard III" and "Much Ado About Nothing."
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PIGGIES GALORE. The County Commission voted 3-2 for Sauer farms to build a 2,100-hog feedlot near exurban Lewiston, Minn., despite protests from neighbors. Voting for the feedlot were commissioners Dave, Stoltman, Dwayne Voegeli and Marcia Ward. Against were Duane Bell and Jerry Heim.
SCHOOL TAXES. The School Board is considering a referendum for the November ballot to increase the current $2 million-a-year referendum for general expenses. Also being consideed are additional referendums for building and maintenance and upgrades and for technology.
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Knight against faults college sports budgetsINDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 8, 2005 -- The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, a watchdog group, renewed its criticism of college athletics spending, saying NCAA has made misleading claims that increases have been necessitated by government requirements for more women's sports. The fact is that the funds allocated to women's programs has remained steady during the past two years, the Foundation said.
3 WSU faculty-staff scholarships awardedWINONA, Minn., June 8, 2005 -- A music-ed senior, Amanda Berg, was among three winners of Winona State University faculty-staff scholarships for next year. Other recipients were Denise Weinkauf in geology and Narayan Paudyal in computer science. Since the faculty-staff scholarship was created in 1986, 54 students have received awards, said university Vice President Jim Schmidt.
WSU prof likes new food pyramid choicesWINONA, Minn., June 7, 2005 -- A Winona State University nutrition prof, Alice Brako agrees with revisisons to the food pyramid by U.S. Department of Agriculture because they reflect a range of lifestyles. The new MyPyramid, as it's called, has 12 versions for individual activity levels with an emphasis on fruits and vegetables, followed by grains and then a small portion of fats, oils and sugars. "The best things for your body are fruits and vegetables," said Brako. The old food pyramid was unclear and it did not fit everyone's lifestyle and food habits, said Brako. The new pyramid will provide a better balance diet, she said. Most important, individuals need to listen to their body and what it needs, said Brako. If a person notices unwanted changes in their body, they need to change to a different diet that fits their lifestyle, said Brako. For example, Brako said, many people try the low-carb Atkins diet for a short period but quit because their body does not agree with the diet.
Reporter: Ashley Yoss
Bush seeks job-training fundsWASHINGTON, June 7, 2005 -- President Bush's proposed budget for next year includes more than $400 million for short-term job-training initiatives and for community colleges, said Sally Stroup, the administration's top higher-education official. New programs, part of the president's platform for re-election, would strengthen community colleges and the for-profit sector, Stroup said. For job training program, Bush seeks $284 million in the 2006 fiscal year to finance loans for about 377,000 students, including dislocated, unemployed or older workers. The loans would be geared toward students who "can't get into the aid system," Stroup said. A second proposal would provide $112 million for community colleges to create dual-enrollment programs that let high-school students earn college credit. Bush also would finance state efforts to improve policies for granting credit to students who transfer colleges.
R.I.P.: Thelma M. SchellhammerST. CHARLES, Minn., June 7, 2005 -- A Winona State Teachers College alum, Thelma Schellhammer, died at a Rochester, Minn., hiospital at age 94. She had grown up in Eyota, Minn.
Feds try censoring botulism article PALO ALTO, Calif., June 5, 2005 -- The federal government called on the National Academy of Sciences not to publish research by Stanford Univerity business prof Lawrence Wein on biological terrorism for fear it could used by terrorists. Wein and grad student Yifan Liu discuss how a botulism attack on the nation's milk supply could be thwarted. In Washington, government spokesperson Marc Wolfson said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services the U.S. Food and Drug Administration consider the paper "a road map on how you could use botulism toxin to taint the milk supply." Bruce Alberts, president of the National Academy of Sciences, has pulled the paper from its May 30 online edition of ana academy journal and is reviewing the article. Wein has already been published on the issue. In the New York Times he recently called for stricter regulations to ensure that the milk supply "is vigilantly guarded, from cow to consumer."
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HOMICIDE ARREST. Police arrested Matthew B. Balzrina, 21, of La Crosse, Wis., at a friend's house in Winona for the death of a La Crosse friend's woimanfriend, who had been found dead in her burning La Crosse home.
PHONES OUT. A dump truck, its bed still upright, pulled down an overhead telephone line at Wilson and King streets riday afternoon. The driver was charged with inattentive driving.
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Advice: Don't bow to guns, badgesSEATTLE, Wash., June 5, 2005 -- College officials need not respond to questions from federal agents who show up on campus asking about foreign students, lawyer Angelo Paparelli, who specializing in immigration law, told a packed conference of the Association of International Educators. "People are very easy to intimidate when agents with guns and badges show up unexpected," said Paparelli. "But individuals do not have to consent to requests for information." He encouraged foreign-student officials to seek expert advice immediately, usually the college's general counsel or registrar. With the government's increased tracking of foreign students and more surprise campus visits by agents, college officials should have a clear policy in place on whatro to do, Paparelli said.
Jennifer Wissink, of San Francisco State University, said agents sometimes are overzealous. She told of a visiting scholar was arrested on campus because of a computer glitch that has messed up records of several foreign scholars. Wissink hurriedly gathered documents showing that the scholar's legal status was in order. He was released later in the day, but, said Wissink, he should never have been arested. She has requested the glitch be fixed but it hasn't.
At the conference, campus officials complained that the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, called Sevis, a post-9/11 centralized government database hat tracks foreign students, is remarkably unforgiving of small technical errors. Gloria Zarabozo, of Diablo Valley College in California, told of a Colombian student who was stopped on returning through San Francisco because of an error a college official entered into Sevis. Airport agents hauled the student to jail in handcuffs without even calling the college to check the facts, Zarabozo said.
With loophole, drug-staking runner competeMISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss., June 5, 2005 -- The fastest man in college sports, Steve Mullings, is still running for Mississippi State University even though he failed a drug test in his native Jamaica last summer and has been banned from international competition. U.S. college sports are not under the jurisdiction of the International Association of Athletics Federation, which banned Mullings. "Unfortunate," said IAAF spokesperson Nick Davies. Last month Mullings won the 100-meter dash in the NCAA Mideast Regional championships. He has run the fastest time of any collegian in the event this year, 10.06 seconds.The NCAA spokesman hasa new rule going into effect in August to prohibit this from happening again.
Chicago firm to remove Pasteur asbestosWINONA, June 5, 2005 -- Remodeling is about to begin at the Pasteur science building at Winona State Univerity. Campus facilities manager Dick Lande says BCI Asbestos Abatement Co. of Chisago City, Minn., has been awarded the contract to remove hazardous asbestos. Bids for the general remodeling project are scheduled to be opened on June 14. The entire project is estimated to cost just over $11 million from the Leguislature's 2005 bonding bill. Pasteur will be used mostly for dry labs and science faculty offices. It will be ready for occupancy for Fall 2006.
Law relaxes journalist poll restrictionsST. PAUL, Minn., June 5, 2005 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty has signed a bill into law to give the journalists greater access to polling places on Election Day. The law replaces a recent change that required journalists to have written approval before entering a polling place. The law also limited reporters to 15 minutes. The new law retains some checks on media access. Reporters can't talk to people inside polling places. Reporters, also, are required to stay at least six feet away from people until they leave.
Fritz back as GOP First Distrct chairNEW ULM, Minn., June 5, 2005 -- The Republican chair for the First Congreesional District, Jaye Fritz of Minnesota City, has been re-elected. The First District, which stretches across southern Minensota, is represented by Republican Gil Gutknecht of Rochester.
2004 Winona voter turnout: 87%WASHINTON, June 5, 2005 -- Minnesota had the nation's highest voter turnout in the 2004 general election, the Bureau of the Census reported. Seventy-nine percent of eligible voters went to the polls, up from 70 percent in 2000. Nearly 87 percent of Winona County voters cast ballots, better than 86 percent in 2000. Among states, Wisconsin was second in 2004 with 77 percent. Nationally, voter turnout was 64 percent, up from 60 percent in 2000.
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LEE-PULITZER A DONE DEED
Despite some unhappy shareholders who wanted more money, shareholders of Pulitzer Inc. have approved the sale of their signature newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as well as other papers, to Lee Enteprises, owner of the Winona Daily News. The sale makes Lee the fourth largest newspaper publisher in the nation with 58 daily papers. In circulation, Lee now has 1.7 million a day, fourth largest in the nation.
Lee paid $1.4 billion for the Pulitzer properties, all of it borrowed from Deutsche and SunTrust banks with Lee newspapers as collateral. It's an eight-year loan. This puts pressure on Lee to maintain profit margins or liquidate properties.
These are Lee's new dailies (with circulation):
St. Louis, Mo., Post-Dispatch (284,000)
Tucson, Ariz., Daily Star (113,000)
Provo, Utah, Daily Herald (32,000)
Bloomington, Ill., Pantagaph (47,000)
Santa Maria, Calif., Times (19,000)
Napa Valley, Calif., Register (18,000)
Coos Bay, Ore., World (13,000)
Hanford, Calif., Sentinel (13,000)
Dekalb, Ill., Daily Chronicle (9,000)
Flagstaff, Ariz., Daily Sun (11,000)
Park Hills Mo., Daily Journal (8,000)
Lompoc, Calif., Record (6,000)
Lihue, Ha., Island Times (9,000)
Rhinelander, Wis., Daily News (4,000)
These were already owned by Lee:
Escondido, Calif., North County Times (92.000)
Madison, Wis., State Journal (91,000) (jointly owned)
Munster, Ind., Times (83,000)
Lincoln, Neb., Journal Star (75,000)
Davenport, Iowa, Quad-City Times (53,000)
Billings, Mont., Gazette (46,000)
Sioux City, Iowa, Journal (43,000)
Decatur, Ill., Herald & Review (35,000)
La Crosse, Wis., Tribune (33,000)
Glens Falls, Post-Star (33,000)
Casper, Wyo., Star-Tribune (30,000)
Rapid City, S.D., Journal (29,000)
Missoula, Mont., Missoulian (29,000)
Carbondale, Ill., Southern Illinoisan (28,000)
Bismarck, N.D., Tribune (27,000)
Longview, Wash., Daily News (29,000)
Racine, Wis., Journal Times (28,000)
Twin Falls, Idaho, Times-News (21,000)
Madison, Wis., Capitol Times (19,000) (jointly owned)
Orangeburg, S.C., Times and Democrat (18,000)
Mason City, Iowa, Globe Gazette (18,000)
Albany, Ore., Democrat-Herald (17,000)
Butte, Mont., Standard (14,000)
Helena, Mont., Independent Record (14,000)
Auburn, N.Y., Citizen (11,000)
Winona, Minn., Daily News (11,000)
Mattoon, Ill., Journal Gazette (11,000)
Corvallis, Ore., Gazette-Times (11,000)
Beaver Dam., Wis. (10,000)
Columbus, Neb., Telegram (9,000)
Maysville, Ky., Ledger Independent (9,000)
Muscatine, Iowa, Journal (8,000)
Fremont, Neb., Tribune (8,000)
Beatrice, Nevb., Daily Sun (7,000)
Chippewa Falls, Wis,. Herald (6,000)
Charleston, Ill., Times-Courier (6,000)
Elko, Nev., Free Press (6,000)
Shawano, Wis., Leader (6,000)
Portage, Wis., Daily Reporter (5,000)
Baraboo, Wis., News Republic (4,000)
Hamilton, Mont., Ravalli Republic (4,000)
Burley, Idaho, South Idaho Press (3,000)
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College sports lag in minority hiringORLANDO, Fla., June 4, 2005-- More women but fewer minorities are being hired in college athletics, according to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. The report, in the form of a report card, gives college athletics a B-plus for hiring women and a B-minus for minority hiring. Colleges are doing a good job of hiring women for administrative positions and hiring African-Americans to coach basketball, according to the report, but a poor job of hiring African-Americans to coach football. Especially among athletics directors and conference commissioners, the leadership of college sports remains overwhelmingly white, the report said.
COURT CONVICTIONS
WEEK ENDING JUNE 3, 2005
IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION
Christopher Michael Jacus, 19, Red Wing, Minn., $165.
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College enrollment up 15% in decadeWASHINGTON, June 4, 2005 --The number of college students rose 15 percent in the decade ending in 2003, according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The number of graduate and undergraduate students increased to 16.6 million. Enrollments of minority students grew to make up nearly 30 percent of the total. Hispanic students made the biggest gains in that decade, constituting 10 percent of the overall enrollment, up from 4 percent. Some 13 percent were black in 2003, up from 10 percent. Asian students made up 7 percent, up from less than 4 percent in 1993.
NEWS AND COMMENT
WINONA MEDIA WATCH |
COCAINE IN OUR BACKYARD
Every so often the presence of cocaine in Winona smacks us in the face. Like the drive-by shooting outside Chucker's, now Schyde's, in 1998. Like the murder of Winona State University student Stacy Smith and her 10-year-old daughter in 2004. Now comes a remarkable series of articles that the Daily News just completed. Every full-time news reporter, two editors too, examined cocaine from multiple angles to give us a firmer grip on the problem -- far better than does coverage of day-to-day events, like an arrest here and there or a shooting or a jail sentencing.
The series is the greatest journalistic contribution to the community to date by editor Darrell Erlick, now in charge less than a year. We have a keener sense of the role of cocaine locally. Some readers may see it as a less a problem than they had supposed. Others may be shocked. Whatever the effect, there is no question that the series has left us all better informed. Importantly too it resonated with readers. During the series' eight-day run, on front page above the fold, street sales in the city were up about 100 a day. That's a telling barometer of connecting with the community for a small-market daily.
What do we know now thanks to the Daily News? Cocaine comes to Winona mostly from Chicago because of our proximity just off the Chicago-Minneapolis corridor. The stuff sells for five times as much in our alleys than in Chicago. The profit margins are good arguments to legalize drugs. Cocaine has little following among Winona college students. It's mostly a lifesyle in older stratas with probably 600 to 700 local buyers. Police have a fairly good sense of who's selling and who's buying. Sellers tend to be out-of-town blacks, buyers to be townie whites. Many users become second-tier peddlers to raise money to support the habit. Unlike some small cities, cocaine is preferred locally to meth. Both, however, ruin lives. But there is hope. In a lengthy, candid interview, Winona's worst Bad Girl rfom the late 1990s, Teena Carpenter, talks about turning her life around in prison and starting anew with hope for a future as a solid citizen -- matrimony, motherhood and a career.
We expect the Daily News to take top honors for its work when the Minnespta Newspaper Association announces its next journalism awards.
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Background: The night they died
Colorado foundation spending now publicDENVER, Colo., June 2, 2005 -- Gov. Bill Owens of Colorado, a Republican, signed a bill requiring foundations that raise funds for the state universities to make public their records of expenditures on behalf of those institutions. The law addesses concerns about how donations to the University of Colorado Foundation had been used.
Texas leaves tuition up to collegesAUSTIN, Texas, June 2, 2005 -- Legislators defeated a plan to take back the authority to set tution from public universities. Some lawmakers wanted to take back control of tution because of rapid tuition increases since colleges were given more freedom to set their own rates. Last year tuition jumped 16 percent.
Texas colleges to have student regentssAUSTIN, Texas, June 2, 2005 -- The Texas House of Representatives passed passed a bill to add a student to the governing boards of the state's public coleges. The governor would appoint student regents to two-year terms from pools of applicants named by college administrators. Student regents would not have the right to vote.
Louisiana lawmakers may relax tuiton controlBATON ROUGE, La., June 2, 2005 -- A bill has been proposed in the Louisiana Legislature for the governing boards of public-colleges to have more freedom to raise tuition and fees without the Legislature's approval. The legislation would let rates rise according to a six-year plan laid out by the state's higher-education coordinating board. The bill also would require colleges to provide more financial aid to needy students. The colleges also would have more latitude to increase faculty salaries to compete with other states.
Domestic-partner benefits fail in WisconsinMADISON, Wis., June 2, 2005 -- The Wisconsin Legislature rejected a proposal to give the University of Wisconsin System $1 million to pay for health coverage for employees' domestic partners. University officials had argued that they needed the benefits to help the system recruit and retain faculty and staff members. Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, favored the plan, noting that the University of Wisconsin was the only Big Ten institution that does not offer doemstic partner benefits.
Some U.S. scholar visas now five yearsWASHINTON, June 2, 2005 -- Under a new State Department policy, some foreign scholars soon will be issued five-year visas instead of three. The change in J visas help guarantee the continuity of work conducted by multinational research teams on advanced scientific projects, said Victor Johnson of Association of International Educators.
Students have lower plastic balances dueWASHINTON, June 2, 2005 -- College students are carrying slightly less credit-card balances than four years ago, according to Nellie Mae, a major provider of student loans. Students carried an average outstanding balance of $2,169, a 7 percent drop, the Nellie Mae report said. About 76 percent of undergrads had their own credit cards in 2004, down from 83 percent in 2001.
Who will run this time?WINONA, Minn., June 1, 2005 -- These are the 2006 races that Winona campus people will watching:
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College enrollment up 15% in decadeWASHINGTON, June 1, 2005 --ST. PAUL, June 3, 2005 -- A plan for trimming state operation if the Legislature and Gov. Tim Pawlenty don't agree on a budget by June 30 has been prepared by Attorney General Mike Hatch. The plan calls for minimal state services, especially for safety.
Congress wants list of colleges that ban ArmyWASHINGTON, June 1, 2005 -- The U.S. House voted 336-92 to require the secretary of defense to list colleges that are not providing equal access to military recruiters and ROTC programs. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., who sponsored the proposal, said that colleges that restrict military recruiting should be denied federal funds. That language, however, is not binding.
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Congress ponders fire prevention stepsWASHINGTON, June 1, 2005 -- Four new federal laws to improve fire safety for college students are being drafted in Congress in response to six deaths in dorms and off-campus housing this spring. In a news conference, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, called on students to put pressure on their elected representatives to support the legislation. Eighty students have perished in fires since 2000, Jones said. One bill would require colleges to disclose fire-safety information about dorms and campus buildings to students and their parents. Ed Comeau, director of the Center for Campus Fire Safety, said many campus fires could have been prevented if students had been properly educated. "Most fire-prevention education stops in the sixth grade," he said. "We want to change that." Comeau said many fires start from smoking products and disabled smoke alarms. Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., proposed a tax incentive for landlords who install automatic fire sprinklers in off-campus housing. Another measure would help pay for the installation of sprinklers in dorms.
Oregon diversity plan on holdEUGENE, Ore., June 1, 2005 -- The president of the University of Oregon, David Frohnmayer, has delayed action on a proposed five-year diversity plan and sent it back to the faculty for fuller development. The draft plan called for assessing profs on their "cultural competency." It also called for hiring 30 to 40 professors in the next seven years in diversity fields like race, gender, disability and gay studies. Many profs objected. In an interview with the Chroncile of Higher Education, chem prof Michael Kellman said: "I was hired to teach chemistry and do research. I wasn't hired to be evaluated and even interrogated about cultural competency, whatever that is." A letter signed by 24 profs had called the plan "frightening and offensive."
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Darrell
Krueger
WSU president
2003: $211,836
Louis
DeThomasis
SMU president
2001: $155,245
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
$125,000
OTHER
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