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Cardinals snap five-game losing streakWINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2005 -- ÊEric Luzzi had just one word to say after his Saint Mary's University men's soccer team snapped its season-opening five-game winless streak: "Finally." The Cardinals finally scored a goal,Êtheir first since the second half of their season-opening game against Simpson. The Cardinals scored single goals in each half en route to a 2-1 win over Carleton. "We needed a performance like this, and we needed to get the win for our effort," said Luzzi, whose team had opened conference play with a 2-0 loss at Hamline four days earlier. Matt Montgomery netted his first collegiate goal less than 20 minutes into the opening half as SMU took a 1-0 lead into the locker room at the half. Mike Schmitt pushed the lead to 2-0 with an unassisted tally 13 minutes into the second half. The Knights cut the lead to one, 2-1, on a goal by Thomas Ashton 10 minutes after Schmitt's goal.
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WSU 45, Western New Mexico State 34 |
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Warriors win offensive duelSILVER CITY, N.M., Sept. 17, 2005 -- Winona State and Western New Mexico hooked up in an old fashion offensive shootout with the Minnesotans coming out on top of 45-34 nonconference college football matchup. Bottom line: Winona State came up with 24 points in the first quarter, which proved too much for the Mustangs to overcome. The contest produced more than 1,000 yards in total offense.
Sophomore quarterback Drew Aber and senior wide receiver Brian Hynes that did most of the shooting for the Warriors. Aber, in his first collegiate start, went 17-for-25 for 365 yards and four touchdown passes. Hynes came up with nine catches for 234 yards and three of those scores. Scott Peters was on the end of the other scoring pass from Aber. Alex Wiese scored on the ground for Winona State's other score. Freshman Mike Salerno converted all six of his extra point attempts and added a 31-yard field goal. John Tackman led the Warrior defense with 13 total tackles on eight solos and five assisted tackles. Tackjman also had two fumble recoveries, a pass break up and two tackles for loss.
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Southwest Minnesota 3, WSU 1 |
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Warriors drop matches to SouthwestWINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2005 -- Winona State University lost in four games to Southwest Minnesota State in Northern Sun conference men's volleyball. The Warriors opened with a 30-22 victory and the lost a tough 31-29 Game Two but from fell by counts of 30-16 and 30-24. Megan Pulvermacher led WSU with 13 kills. Lisa Dobie totaled 37 assists. Annah Benson tallied 19 digs. Kiersten Arendt and Pulvermacher each had four total blocks.
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Bar stings catch Dog patch, Rollin' InnWINONA, Minn., Sept. 17 , 2005 -- The cops conducted underage sales stings at 11 outlying booze oulets -- compliance checks, they call them. Nine passed. The sting agents, two 19-year-olds, got the booze they ordered at the Dog Patch in Troy and the Rollin' Inn in Rollingstone. Both establishments face criminal charges, said community health services educator Amie Queensland. The underage decoys were turned away at Pete's Inn in Dresbach, Twin Bluff's Tavern, the Pickwick Inn, Bergie's Bar in Ridgeway, the Witoka Tavern, the L-Cove Bar in Minnesota City, Cenex Mart in Rollingstone, Bucks Bar in Minneiska, and the Stockton Valley Saloon and Grill.
WSU SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING SEPT. 17, 2005
Sept. 17: At 12:50 p.m. Security guards assisted an individual car whose window was broken on Sarnia Street by a baseball from Maxwell Field.
Sept. 17: Several students were cited for an alcohol violation in the Lourdes dormj at 2:30 a.m.
Sept. 17: A student was cited for attempting to bring alcohol into the Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 1 a.m.
Sept. 14: A student reported at 4 p.m. that she was being harassed by a male student on campus.
Sept. 9: Eleven individuals were cited for alcohol violations by the police on streets and sidewalks adjacent to campus.
Sept. 12: A student reported at 4:30 p.m. that she was receiving harassing phone calls and text messages.
Sept. 11: An individual, who was not a student, was issued a citation for minor consuming near the Maria dorm at 1:50 a.m.
Sept. 11: An individual, who was not a student,. was removed from Lourdes dorm after being found roaming the halls .
Sept. 10: On 9/10/05 at 8:50 p.m. a student was cited for trespassing in the Prentiss-Lucas at 8:50 p.m. after being restricted from the building.
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Club-wielding man arrested at Schyde's| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2005 -- Police responded to a call at 1:13 a.m. that a man was swinging a club in the parking lot at the college bar Schyde's. A 38-year-old Winona man was arrested. Nobody was injured. The club, police said, was a wooden board. |
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SMU 2, Carleton 1 |
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Nebraska-Omaha 329 (1st), WSU 330 (2nd) |
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Warrior JV second at Wayne StateWAYNE, Neb., Sept.16, 2005 -- Winona State University's junior varsity squad placed second in the Wayne Inviational. The Warrior squad came up with a 330 total, one stroke behind the junior varisty squad from the Nebraska-Omaha. Winona State placed five players in the top ten. Jill Staudt was third with an 81. Carlissa Gabrielson, Samantha Wolfe and Jess Nelson all scored rounds of 83 to tie for fourth. At 84 Mari Nelson tied for eighth.
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WSU (14th) |
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Wayne State 3, WSU 0 |
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Warriors Lose conference openerWINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2005 -- Winona State University dropped its Northern Sun conference opener in three volleyball games to Wayne State. The Warriors lost by 30-17, 30-28, 30-28. Kaylan Lati led the Warriors with 14 kills. Lisa Dobie came up with 34 assists. Rudi Balich totaled 13 digs. MeganPulvermacher tallied four total blocks.
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WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
ALEX WHITE |
Plans a rootbeer keg at gazeboWINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2005 -- Besides playing varsity football at Winona State University, taking 13 credits and starting his own online business, Alex White is running for a Student Senate at-large seat. Hows can he handle it all? It's good to be busy, White said: "It keeps me going." Football alone takes three to five hours a week, he said. The advertising business, which he is building with a friend, will be located at http://www.winonabusiness.com, he said. White, a sophomore studying public relations, has just transferred from South Dakota State University.
His campaign plans? A root beer keg at the campus gazebo on Monday and handing out flyers.
On the Senate, he said, one of his main goals would be finding ways to encourage students to stay in town over the weekends. How? "Have more going on," he said. White acknowledged that he doesn't know what issues are before the Senate, but he wants to "throw out ideas to make the Winona a more positive and active campus."
White has experience on his high school student council for four years, including three years as an officer. He was involved in Future Community Career Leaders of America for four years in high school. He was also a class officer for four years and class president for two years.
Reporter: Justi Nicholson
Background: The election slate
Gas prices have a flipside: Homesick cureWINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2005 -- Soaring gasoline prices may force college students to make fewer trips home on the weekends, which could lead to an easier transition into college life, says Pat Ferden, chair of the Winona State counseling center. Students who have trouble battling the homesick feelings, mostly freshmen, may find the cure in making fewer trips home, Ferden said. The counseling center has tried to sponsor more on-campus activities over the weekends, she said. Weekend activities give students an opportunity to make new friends more quickly, she said. Another posiitve result of gas prices, she said, can be car pooling as well as using public transportation, both of which help students make new friends -- as well as saving money on gas.
Reporter: Joel Shirek
WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
SARAH WALKER |
Aspiring to a life in public serviceWINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2005 -- Winona State University freshman Sarah Walker has a passion for politics. "I fell in love with it in grade school and my parents thought I was completely crazy." Walker is a political science major and running for the freshman seat in the upcoming student senate elections. Although she has little legislative experience, the Eden Prairie, Minn., native hopes this election and the seat can be a stepping stone for future goals. "I want to be a U.S. senator," she said. But, she added, she also knows this isn't just some position to put on a resume. "I have an agenda and for me itÕs bringing together everybody on campus."
Diversity is the theme of Walker's campaign, "This is such a diverse campus and we can learn so much about ourselves by learning about the other people who are here," she said. "We need to take advantage of that." She said she wants to get international and exchange students more involved: "I want more people from different backgrounds together. That way we can enhance our learning experience."
On tuition Walker takes a hard line: "Tuition is going up, and that is inevitable. Whatever I can do to help keep it down I will, but in some cases it is the students' responsibility. There are opportunities that are offered that aren't being taken advantage of. As far as tuition goes I am more concerned about our independent students."
Walker, on campus now three weeks, said Winona State has yet to let her down: "I haven't heard anything wrong with this campus, and I want to keep it that way." Walker learned about Winona State through her grandma. When she visited she was impressed how beautiful the campus can be and wants to keep it that way too, she said. She chose Winona State partly to stay close to home and to her father, who suffered a heart attack not long ago. "It's just one of those things. I have to be able to get home because family is important."
Reporter: Phil Dawson
Background: The election slate
WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
KRISTINA DURIVAGE |
She sees problems, will listen for othersWINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2005 -- Talking about what needs fixing at Winona State University, Student Senate candidate Kristina Durivage talks about campus wireless connections in Kryzsko Commons that don't work and about bicycles being chained to the handicap-access rail at the Watkins art building. But, Durivage says, she knows there are other issues. As a senator, she said, she would have an ear turned to what's on students' minds. "Being open to what other people have -- things that I don't see," is important, she said.
Although without Senate experience, Durivage, a junior studying computer science, said she's willing to learn the issues. A former senator is advising her on details and the Senate structue, she said. Learning Senate procedures is important, she said, to facilitate student understanding of issues. If she didn't understand something, she is not afraid to ask people questions, including senators, Durivage said. The heart of her Senate responsibilities as an elected representative of science and engineering students, she said, would be nurturing flow of information among students.
Durivage said she was concerned about the scorn that university administrators expressed toward students last year for opposing a proposed tuition surcharge. Her candidacy was inspired by the "strength of the people that opposed" the surcharge, she said.
About criticism of Senate Vice President Kari Winter for withholding the names of candidates in the current campaign for a week. Durivage deferred. She understood and respected both side, she said. In her mind the issue had been overblown.
Durivage said she could handle Senate duties in addition to her 16-credit course load and a teaching assistant job. The Sudent Senate requires at minimum two office hours and attendance of meetings, a total of four to six hours a week. What about the tedium of legislative work? "Boring details aren't boring if you're going to get results," Durviage said. She also pointed out that her class schedule is over at 2 in the afternoon and that the prof for whom she is a teaching assistant, Paul Schumacher, is generally flexible. Schumacher knows about her candidacy, she said. |
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Reporter: Kai Oehler
Background: The election slate
WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
RON KEZESKE |
Frosh campaigns to widen his circleWINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2005 -- Winona State University freshman Ron Kezeske said that he's ready to listen to the people if elected to a Student Senate freshman seat. "I am a learner and a listener." Kezeske said. Asked what he would do if elected, Kezeske said he would listen to what the people wanted and then see what he could do about it. Kezeske said he already knows a lot of students with his early membership in College Republicans and the snowboarding club. He's campaigning to expand his circle and get his name better known. Campaign flyers are being printed. Friends are making campaign t-shirts. Kezeske said that he doesn't have a budget for the campaign. About campaigning he said he just wants to have fun.
Kezeske, from Stevens Point, Wis., was involved with the Student Senate in high school. He was a class officer and student government president. From that experience, Kezeske said, he's well aware of what the Student Senate is and what the responsibilities are. Kezeske has been following what the Student Senate has been up to. Tuition issues have been the Senate's biggest victory, he said.
Being honest and upfront are qualities that Kezeske thinks will help him win. "Being upfront is one of the most important things to be when you have a responsibility like being on the Student Senate," he said. Kezeske is one out of four freshman running for three open seats. What about his rivals? "We are all in the same boat because we are freshman and we don't know what the competition is like."
Kezeske, a political science major, said he is committed long term to the Student Senate. If elected, Kezeske said, he plans on being a member of the Student Senate for all four years and running for president. And later? Kezeske said college is all about learning, preparing for life, and having fun. |
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Freshman Senate candidate |
Reporter: Lauren Ashby
Background: The election slate
Students urged to know their civil rightsWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- A Winona State University political scientist, Matt Bosworth, said that citizens run the risk of losing their constitutional privileges if they passively let others do their thinking for them on constitutional issues. Speaking at a campus Constitution Day panel, Bosworth said the Constitution has profound effect on people's lives whether they recognize it or not. As an example, he offered that the Constitution does not expp=licitly say that individuals have a right to privacy but that the Supreme Court has concluded that the right is implied. Then, when the federal government, acting on the court's interpretation, tried to tell doctors that they couldn't discuss abortion with patients because of patient privacy rights, doctors fought back by arguing that they are entitled to free speech under the constitution, Bosworth said. His point, he said, is that citizens have an unfortunate tendency to let the court system handle issues like free speech and privacy when it is citizens who should be speaking up for their rights. To his student audience of about 40, Bosworth said: "To act on your rights you need to understand your rights. We need to take the constitution away from the courts and live it."
Introducing the panel, liberal arts Dean Troy Paino told students that Pesident Bill Clinton came up with the idea of Constitution Day and that Congress recently mandated that schools receiving federal funding, including Winona State, are obligated to recognize the day. Although the official date is Saturday, Sept. 17, Winona State recognized on Thursday with the panel.
Reporter: Stacey Schuster
Background: What was Robert Byrd thinking?
Background: Constitution Day? What to do?
WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS:
BECKY SCHOMBEREG |
Candidate misses interview appointment| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 15. 2005 -- While most Student Senate candidates at Winona State University are busy campaigning and fielding interviews, freshman Rebecca Schomberg is missing in action. Schomberg, one of four candiates for three Senate seats, had seemed eager when asked for a news interview, but she didn't show. E-mail followups went uanswered. Schomberg, of Onalaska, Wis. is a 2005 graduate of Luther High School in La Crosse, Wis. She was homecoming queen. For the Winona State Student Senate, Schomberg is up against Haley Carlock, Ron Kezeske, and Sarah Walker. Online voting begins Tuesday. |
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Freshman Senate candidate with high-school homecoming tiara |
Reporter: Coral Brevig
Background: The election slate
Fund drives aim for December relief tripWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- If fundraising works out as planned at Winona State University, two buses of campus people and a truck of supplies will travel to the hurricane-stricken Gulf coast in mid-December to help with the recovery. Computer Science prof Joan Francioni, a New Orleans native who has family who were severely affected, launched the project, and fundraisers have sprouted all over campus. Student Senate President Ryan Flynn said the Senate is available to facilitate ideas for generating more funds. "Come to us, and weÕll get you somewhere," Flynn said. A website is being constructed as a resource to help people become involved.
At the Wharf convenience shop in Kryzsko Commons, campus caterer Chartwells is donating a bottle of water for every bottle purchased. Clubs have placed shopping carts around campus to collect supplies that will be sent to the survivors. The money is intended to cover costs of travel and supplies. The volunteers will drive down on two buses followed by a truck of basic supplies, like blankets and clothes.
If all goes well, the trip, beginning Dec. 16, might be followed with another mission at spring break, Francioni said.
Reporter: Kristen Elicerio
| WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS: AT-LARGE SENATOR |
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
KING LENOX
My name is Kind Lenox, and I am answering the call. Yes, the call of a senator at-large position. I am a transfer student from Hibbing College. I am a junior (pre-med). Coming to Winona State University was not a difficult choice for me, because I believed I made the right choice. There is so much to tap from WSU either as a student or as faculty member. On the other hand, there is also so much to miss out of, which is why I am answering this call. My goal as a senator is to "serve" you.
We all have wonderful ideas that if implemented can change WSU student body for good. Variety of issues ranging from: parking, housing, boarding, security, and cultural diversity are important in our daily living and we want the best. This task does require not just a servant, but also a faithful one. I do believe I can be that instrument that will stand in the gap for all WSU students at the at large level to speak and listen when we ought to. I want to leave one of my favorite quotes for you to ponder on while getting ready to vote. "Many are called, but few are at their desk".
King's footnote: Love, Peace, and Joy is an heavenlly language we ought to use on earth. Remain blessed and God's Speed.
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WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
DAN FLYNN |
Flynn: Values underlie my viewsWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- Winona State University frosh Dan Flynn, who is running for an at-large Student Senate seat, sees himself as a value-oriented kind of guy. Flynn said in an interview that he believes his values are deeply rooted in the belief that no one person is better than another. "Should I be elected, I will never, ever be unattentive in listening to fellow students' concerns and ideas, and I will promise that I will at least bring the concerns and ideas up at a session," he said. "I guess that is really why I am running -- to make sure that no student's voice is left out."
Flynn said he has no resume-building goals in his drive for the Senate: "I'm not running to put this on a job application or on a graduate school application. I'm running because I think there is much progress to be made in this school." One issue that Flynn plans to bring to the Senate includes saving money by paying campus guards less and use the revenue to get a major band to put on a free concert at the end of the year. If elected, Flynn will also try to have the Senate try to work with school administrators to relax what he sees as the strict yet ineffective way that the university deals with underage drinking. It's a big issue, he acknowledged, saying he would do anything in his power to help. Flynn also wants to initiate a committee to help make Winona State more widely known.
Flynn said he is no stranger to leadership. In high school he was class president for two years and involved in civic and community initiatives. When a junior, Flynn said, he and a friend led an effort to get a condom distribution program. The project received state-wide recognition, he said. Also, he said, he was active in distributing funds,through student government to the community organizations that students care about.
Flynn claims he has an ability to listen to student concerns, bring them to the Senate and address those concerns, and then, along with the other senators, do something about them. "I want to make it so that when a student has a problem or a concern, they know, for surem that the senate will at least bring it up in a session," he said. "Should the students expect any less?" |
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DAN
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At-large Senate candidate |
Reporter: Kara Fritze
Background: The election slate
Israel-Palestinian issues film at SMUWINONA, Minn., Sedpt. 15, 2005 -- A sequel to the film "Arab and Jew -- Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land" will be shown at Saint Mary's University as part of a campus series on Israeli and Palestinian culture, education and art. A film crew led by Rob Gardner revisits people featured in David K. Shipler's 1988 ÒArab and Jew," which was based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book. The filmmakers reexamine deeply symbolic and emotional issues, including the right of return, the holy city of Jerusalem and the West Bank Jewish settlements.
WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
SCOTTY RYAN |
Candidate calls self a speaker, a listenerWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- A Winona State University junior running for an at-large Student Senate seat, Scotty Ryan, said he strongly believes that the students' voice should be heard. He wants to be thet voice. Ryan said in an interview that his involvement with the National Broadcasting Society has given him substantial speaking and listening experience. He's also been involved with campus radio station KQAL. Ryan, a masscom major specializing in broadcasting, is a Winona High grad.
Although he lacks experience on the Senate, Ryan said he is no stranger to Senate issues. He pointed to his work as a news reporter covering the Senate for the CyberIndee campus news site last year.
Ryan considers himself neither a Democrat nor a Republcian. "I vote for the candidate that impresses me the most," he said. "If it's a Republican or Democrat, it really doesn't matter as long as I like their platform." He said he has no platform set in stone but wants to win votes by participating in as many interviews and debates as possible. He said he is willing to discuss any issue and will put forth his best effort to try to improve a given situation. His campaign strategy? Yet to be determined, he said. "College is about getting an education, meeting people, having fun, learning to live on your own, and preparing for your life," Ryan said. About his rivals in the five-way race for four at-large Senate seats. Ryan said he persoally knows only classmate DJ Danielson. "I just hope itÕs a nice, clean race," Ryan said, adding that he doesn't expect otherwise.
Reporter: Maggie Lindquist
Background: The election slate
Expert: Unfairness in ballot delay slightWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 --A Winona State University political scientist, Darrel Downs, said that he doesn't disagree with the decision to withhold releasing the names early entries for Student Senate candidates until they could be released simultaneously. "If the Senate wants to wait until they can release the entire ballot at the same time, that's OK," Downs said. Last week student President Ryan Flynn defended withholding candidate's names from the public, saying that it would be unfair if some candidates had a longer time to campaign. Downs, however, doesn't quite buy that line of reasoning. "Announcing their candidacy would seem reasonable that there would be some advantage," said Downs. "The advantage comes from name recognition, but I don't know that it's a big advantage."
Downs acknowledged that it would be unthinkable for election supervisors in larger-spectrum politics to withhold candidate names. "In the larger universe, candidates selectively and tacitly determine when they announce their candidacy," said Downs, "It's a little different from student elections." Downs noted that students could start their own campaigns any time they want.
Another Winona State polysci prof, Edward Guernica, said the Senate should make its own rules or student elections: "If they want to wait and release all of the candidateÕs names at the same time, that's up to them."
The decision to delay relasing names was that of Senate Vice President Kari Winter, who is supervising the election. Erin Feger, who lost a close race for vice presidency to Winter last spring, said that she agrees with Winter's decision. Winter sinmply didn't release names in adbvamce, Feger said. "Kari made the right decisions," said Feger, "She was following the by-laws." Feger noted that Winter didn't try to bar candidates from making their candidacy public. "If the candidates want, they can get their names out there," she said.
Reporter: Scott Swanson
Winter releases ballot names
Students denied early ballot info
Two students file candidacy papers
WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
DJ DANIELSON |
Danielson: Campus communication betterWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- Communication on university decisions needs include students, said DJ Danielson, a fourth-year Winona State University mass communication major running for one of the four at-large positions on Student Senate. "This is a new time we are seeing with the new president, and it's a great time to make improvements," said Danielson. Now only a little more than two weeks in the new semester, he said he's already seeing communication improving with new university President Judith Ramaley. He sees his role as that of a communicator: "The responsibility of a senator is to gauge all students' views and become a voice for them."
Danielson said a priority issue for him is cutting down tuition increases, which he blames on shrinking government funding. On town-and-gown issues, he expressed concern about City Council efforts to cut down on student housing near campus to persevere the historic neighborood. The Council, he said, is ignoring the reality of Winona State's dramatic enrollment growth to 8,000 or so. "The students at WSU are a large part of this community," said Danielson. He agrees that it is important to persevere the history of Winona, but he said that the university part of that history.
Danielson was unsuccessful, by 18 votes, running to represent liberal arts students during last spring's Student Senate elections. Spring elections were highly competitive, he said. His tactics for winning this election are the same: "Word of mouth is extremely effective." He encouraged communication: "I invite questions and concerns. It is important to vote, no matter who you vote for. It is a simple way to get your voice heard." |
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At-large Senate candidate |
Reporter: Kristen Elicerio
Background: The election slate
College loan defaults at record lowWASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2005 -- The rate at which college grads default on their federal student loans has dropped to an all-time low of 4.5 percent, U.S. Education Department reported. Defaults, measured as delinquencies within 12 to 24 months of leaving college, have been falling since all-time peak of 22.4 percentm in 1990. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said that the default has fallen due coordinated efforts of colleges, lenders, loan-guarantee agencies, and the her Department of Education. The result, she said, has been "a significant savings to taxpayers."
WATSON TO HOLMES:
"WHERE'D THEY ALL GO? AND WHY?" |
THE CASE OF THE
VANISHING FOOTBALL FANSWINONA, MINN., Sept. 15, 2005 -- Although fan exuberance was uncontained at kick-off for the Winona State University's first two home games, not so after halftime. This concerns Athletic Director Larry Holstad, who says the crowd can significantly affect the outcome of a game -- especially at the Midwest Wireless stasdium: "Our place here is so intimate, when fans get into the game, when they get excited, the players notice and the atmosphere changes," Holstad said in an interview. "Fans are a part of the event. They can make it better and they can make it not so good."
By one measure, attendance is at record levels -- 4,468 by the university's records for the North Dakota game. That number, though, is misleading. The student section, under the north-end goal post, is deafening with the cheers and taunts at kick-off. But as half-time hits it's random voices. Jennifer Merkel, a junior who rarely misses a game, attributes the emptying bleacher phenomenon to the Warriors' success in recent seasons. "Some of the excitement is lost when our team is 30 points above the visiting team," she said. Or 30-plus points behind as in the North Dakota game.
Varsity golfer Krista Tauscher thinks boozing is part of the explanation, noting that the stadium, like the whole campus, is an alcohol-free zone: "When the buzz is gone they leave for more." Lots of students go to the games for the wrong reasons, Tauscher said. For many students it's a social event more than team loyalty, she said. Even so, she added, a packed stadium makes a difference:
"The morale of the team obviously goes down when the fans disappear."
Reporter:
Jennifer Pachan
WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
KRISTINA DURIVAGE |
Senate hopeful inspired by activismWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- Inspired by the Student Senate's success in squashing a proposed Winona State University tuition surcharge last year, junior Kristina Durivage decided to add her voice for student causes. Durivage has declared her candidacy for a college of science and engineering Student Senate position. About the tuition surcharge, which university administrators said was needed for changes under a so-called New University program, Durivage said nobody ever adequately explained where the money how the money would be spent. When university President Darrell Krueger called student leaders "ignorant" for opposing the surcharge, Durivage said, she realized how little the student body's view could matter to some people.
Reared in Neenah, Wis., Durivage came to Winona State her freshman year to major in computer science. Focusing her studies on human-computer interaction, she hopes someday to help design more user-friendly computer programs. After being at Winona State two years, she thinks that the campus wireless dependability could be improved. As a senator, Durivage said, she would seek a seat on the Senate's technology committee. Noting that senators are required to join two committees, Durivage said her second preference would be a committee that would be the most beneficial for science and engineering students.
Durivage is taking 16 credits this semester, a full load. She also holds a teaching assistant position for prof Paul Schumacher, correcting assignments, overseeing labs, and tutoring.
Acknowledghing she has no previous Senate experience, Durivage said she hopes to learn more about the university issues to do a good representing science and engineering students. College, she said, is "a huge learning experience."
On the major election issue so far, Senate Vice President Kari Winter's delay in announcing candidates' names, Durivage said the issue had been blown out of proportion. Winter probably had logical reasons for her delay, she said. Voting begins on line Tuesday, Sept. 20. |
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Science and engineering Senate candidate |
Reporter: Coral Brevig
Background: The election slate
NEW COLLEGE RANKING:
WSU 18TH FROM TOP |
WHO, WHO, THY LOVE,
IS THE FATTEST IN THE LAND?WINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- Winona State University students as a group are among in the 20 fattest colleges in nation, according to a survey reported in the October issue of Men's Fitness magazine. The report set off a tither among students carrying bowlsful of jelly as well as the leaner, meaner crowd. Steve Juaire, a phy-ed prof, dismissed the ranking, criticizing "poor criteria."
The ranking came from data generated by college-admission testing company Princeton Review, which, with Men's Fitness, interviewed 10,000 students at more than 660 colleges. Questions included how many pounds students had gained or lost since the beginning of school and how often they work out.
The number of campus-convenient bars was also factored in. Juaire said that a direct survey of all the students would have been more credible. Though Juaire disagreed with the Winona State ranking, he conceded that alcohol consumption does not contribute to fitness. Juaire said that students could be taking in 2,000 to 4,000 calories every night that they choose to consume alcohol and the extras that seem to go along with a night out, like pizza, nuts, popcorn or other high-calorie drinks mixed with alcohol. He called the ranking a wake-up call for Winona State students concerned about their health, noting that Winona many on-campus and off campus opporuntities for a student to lead active, healthy lifestyles.
Winona State ranked 18th between the University of Cincinnati and the University of Maine. Topping the list of the fattest schools were the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; University of New Orleans; Mississippi State University; Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; and Portland State University.
Strange as it may seem to Winona State students, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, which has a more heavy-duty boozing reputation and a larger bar district, was ranked as the 10th fittest college. Brigham Young led the list of fittest colleges, followed by the University of California, Santa Barbara; Boston University; University of Vermont; and Northwestern University. |
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Reporter: Sarah Word
Diet expert: College carries bulge riskWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- Over-concern about weight gain can backfire, according to a nutrition prof at Winona State University. "The more worried and afraid of it that the student is, the more likely the student is either going to overeat or, worse yet, develop an eating disorder," Alice Brako said. The answer, Brako said, is a combination of exercise and 'smart eating choices."
College carries a risk of gaining weight because students, especially freshmen, are in a new environment with an option for eating everywhere. "A lot of kids come from situations where they're very active in high school in sports and other activities," she said, "and they come to college, and they're no longer competing or doing anything that makes up for that." Brako advises students to become familiar with exercise options and set up a plan for regular exercise right away. Find an activity that is enjoyable, she said, noting that Winona has many choices, including a campus fitness center -- or even a walk or jog around the lake or neighborhood. Campus services included nutritionists and dietitians, she said. Classes are offered in yoga, pilates and water aerobics.
For some students, weight gain may be good, Brako said, noting that some students actually lose weight in college.
Background: Emily Huppert
WSU STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS:
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Frosh candidate calls self approachableWINONA, Minn., Sept. 14, 2005 -- Winona State University freshman Ron Kezeske said he has the time and energy to give his fellow students his full attention if elected to a Student Senate freshman seat. High school experience from Stevens Point, Wis., as a class officer and student government president, gives him insight on the responsibilities of Winona State senators, Kezeske said. Hearing students is important but listening and taking proper action is the answer when problems arise or decisions need to be made, he said. Kezeske said he has a knack for making people feel comfortable and takes initiative when change is necessary or work needs to be completed. He is one of four declared candidates for three frosh seats in online elections that begin Tuesday.
Kezeske characterized himself as honest, ambitious and motivated. He said he would communicate student views on campus beauty, tuition, book prices and dorm life to people who make final decisions. "I am a student too, and I am dealing with the same environment as everyone else," Kezeske said. "But I want to be heard and I want to represent for students who are silent, and I do not refrain from speaking about important issues."
Kezeske believes he's approachable. So far his campaign has been talking to students in the dorms to let people know who he is, what he stands for, and what he's capable of doing. He has not invested a lot of time explicitly in campaigning. Rather, he said, he's worked at developing relationships with fellow students so they are comfortable with his decision-making abilities and know he would look out for their well-being. |
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Reporter: Stacey Schuster
Background: The election slate
WSU students share Tanzania experienceWINONA, MINN., Sept. 15, 2005 -- Fourteen WSU students who participated in a travel-study program to Tanzania over the summer will present their experience through displays of African art, student projects, slide and video presentations, stories and conversation.
Date: Friday, Sept. 23
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Place: Science Lab Building 120
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CANDIDATE STATEMENT
DJ DANIELSON
My name is DJ Danielson and I want to represent you on the Winona State Student Senate in an at-large position. With very high voter turn-out in referendums and elections on-campus, as well as showing considerable strength at the state level, students have made sure that their voices must be heard.
As a member of the Senate, I believe I can help increase the strength of students. The fight to keep tuition as low as possible is a continual one, and I truly believe we can be victorious. We are facing other issues as well such as parking, cultural diversity, and student housing. I will fight on the behalf of students on each of these issues as well.
I have been the host of the Mr. WSU event the past two years, so I have valuable experience working with Senate. As a past floor president in the Quad, I have seen that a campus organization can be fiscally responsible. I believe Student Senate can continue to be responsible with finances from within. As a student reporter, I have witnessed multiple senate meetings, and in particular, the relationship between students and university administration. I believe improvement can continually be brought to this relationship.
As a student body, united we stand and divided we beg. To reach me with questions or concerns, e-mail me at dadaniel3114@winona.edu To find out more about me, please visit my personal website at www.djdanielson.tk. Thank you, and please remember to vote starting September 20, online, at www.winona.edu/studentsenate.
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Prof to examine creationism, DarwinismWINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2005 -- A Winona State University biology prof, Robin Richardson, will examine conflict between religious fundamentalism and evolution in the continuing Faith and Reason series at Winona State University next week. James Armstrong, an English prof, will offer personal reflections on "Faith, Reason and the Professor."
Date: Thursday, Sept. 22
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Stark Auditorium
Cost: Free |
Background: Philosopher opens faith, reason series
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CANDIDATE STATEMENT
DANIEL FLYNN
Hello, my name is Daniel Flynn and I am running for Student Senate. My expereince in student government goes back to my high school. I was class president twice, and was always involved in student government. When I was a junior, a friend and I lead a initiative to get a condom distribution program at my high school. It recieved state-wide publicity. I have also been very active in allocating funds from student government to local charities and civic organizations in my community. So as you can see, I have experience when it comes to effective student governence.
The primary reason for my candidacy is to open-up relationships between students and their student represenatives in the senate. I want to advance the idea that the senate is always there for you. I promise that if I am elected, I will never ever be unattentive to students concerns, and ideas, and I promise that I will at least bring them up in a Senate session.
I am not running to put "Student Senator" on a job application or an application for graduate school. Too many people do that already. I am running because I think there is much room for improvement at our school. I think we should try to get our school more known. I also think we should try to do our best to relax the strict and ineffective underage drinking policy here at Winona State. I do not know how much say the Senate has in that, but I promise that I will do what I can. But my candidacy is primarily based on the premise that I am always open to listen to concerns or suggestions from fellow students, and I will do my best to address those concerns, and ideas with the rest of the Senate. |
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Cardinals fumble Bethel openerWINONA, Minn., Sept. 14, 2005 -- Bethel College cruised to a dominating 30-10 win in the opening game and never looked back in handing the St. Mary's a 3-0 volleryball loss in their conference opener. "We did not play well, plain and simple," said St. Mary's coach Mike Lester. The scores: 30-10, 30-27, 30-28. The Cardinals couldn't do anything right in the first game, losing 10 of the first 13 points and 20 of the first 23. Lisa Engdahl led the Cardinals with a match-high 14 kills and 10 digs. Desiree Larson chipped in 15 digs. Megan Roesler collected four aces.
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House OKs child-protection fundsWASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2005 -- Funding for the National Child Protection Training Center at Winona State University passed another hurdle, winning House approval. Three million for the center was included in a larger appropriations bill passed 371-52 by the House. The funding still needs Senate approval. Included too was $7.5 million for American Prosecutors Research Institute, some of which will go to the Winona State-housed center for training child-abuse prevention officers.
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Cardinal blanked as offense hibernatesST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 14, 2005 --ÊThe St. Mary's University men's soccer team, still searching for a victory, saw their offensive woes continue as Hamline handed the Cardinals their fourth straight shutout loss, 2-0. Hamline, extending its season-opening winning streak to 4-0, scored a pair of first-half goals 13 minutes apart, then played smothering defense in shutting down the Cardinal offense. Ryan O'Connor finished the game with eight saves in goal for the Cardinals. Andrew Clement stopped St. Mary's lone shot on goal -- Êa second-half shot by senior Mike Boland with five minutes remaining.
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Stolen WSU laptop count: NineWINONA, Minn., Sept. 14, 2005 -- A student laptop computer leased from Winona State University was reported stolen from a home near Broadway and Wilson streets, police said. By the CyberIndee's count, it was the ninth reported laptop theft this schoool year.
WSU student election rules postedWINONA, Minn., Sept. 13, 2005 -- These are rules for Winona State University student elections, posted by Student Senate Vice President Kari Winter in her capacity as election supervisor:
Student life fee money, or supplies purchased with student life fee money, shall not be used for campaign purposes.
Writing on all University walls, sidewalks, or on classroom chalkboards for campaign purposes shall not be permitted.
Campaign materials shall not be displayed within five feet of the Student Senate office.
Posting regulations shall be determined by individual building policies. These policies shall be available in the senate office.
Candidates may not remove, destroy, or deface other candidates' material, nor encourage or knowingly permit others to do so.
Candidates must follow the Inter-Residence Hall Council and Housing Department guidelines for campaigning in the residence halls.
Candidates shall not linger in the immediate vicinity of a Senate operated polling place on election day candidates shall not campaign or attempt to persuade anyone in the process of voting.
Any individual found to violate the campaign rules shall remain on the ballot.
The election committee shall make a recommendation to the judicial board regarding violations after the closing of the polls. Upon hearing the recommendation, Senate shall take action. |
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WSU golfer named player of weekST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 13, 2005-- A Winona State University varsity golfer, Kevin Loeffler, was named the Northern Sun conference player of theweek. Loeffler was awarded medalist in tying for first place in the 10-team St. Thomas Invitational. He came in with a final 36-hole total of 146. Loeffler also placed second during the past week in the dual meet between the Warriors and Saint Mary's University. He carded a 75.
Kentucky judge decides campus electionLEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. 13, 2005 -- A state-court judge has declared the runner-up for student government president at the University of Kentucky, Rebecca Ellingsworth, will take the office, even though she lost by 171 votes. Judge Gary Payne sided with Ellingsworth, who had been declared the winner in a campus judicial process that disqualified the top vote-getter, William Nash, for exceeding campaign spending limits. Nash, who also is homecoming king, spent $616 on his campaign -- $16 more than the limit. Nash defended breaking the campaign rules by noting that the amount involved was trivial and that more flagrant campaign-spending violations had occurred in the past and gone unpunished. Nash also argued that some justice on the student Supreme Court, which disqualified him at the campus level, had conflicts of interests that included working on Ellingworth's campaign and other projects. Justices have denied any conflict.
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Panhandle State (0-3) at Wayne State (0-3) *
Bemidji State (2-1) at UW-River Falls (0-1)*
UM-Crookston (0-3) at Augustana *
MSU-Moorhead (0-2) at UM-Duluth *
Southwest Minnesota (2-1) at Upper Iowa (1-2) *
MSU-Moorhead (0-2) at Concordia-St Paul (2-1)
Northern State (1-2) at St. Cloud State *
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Southwest Minnesota (2-1) at Upper Iowa (1-2) *
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Study: Law profs lean DemocraticEVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 13, 2005 -- Politically active profs at leading law schools tend to be Democrats, according to a study by Northwestern University law prof John McGinnis. At of the top 21 law schools listed in U.S. New & World Report, 81 percent of the faculty contributed "wholly or predominantly" to Democrats a 5:1 margin over donations to Republicans. Writing in the Georgetown Law Review, McGinnis said that colleges that proclaim a commitment to campus diversity should feel a "logical compulsion to be very worried" about the imbalance.
Student ballot unveiledWINONA, Minn., Sept. 13, 2005 -- These are the Winona State University students who met a Tuesday noon deadline to file candidacy papers for Student Senate vacancies. The Senate's vice president, Kari Winter, who is election supervisor, announced the names at 12:09 p.m.:
FRESHMAN
Three seatsHaley Carlock
Ron Kezeske
Becky Schomberg
Sarah Walker
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Four seatsDJ Danielson
Daniel Flynn
King Lenox
Scotty Ryan
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Background: Students denied early ballot info
Background: Two students file candidacy papers
WSU prof wins $300,000 ecology grantWINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- A Winona State University biology prof, Mike Delong, received a two year $300,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a project entitled "Exploratory Research: Determination of Ecological Thresholds Through an Historical Perspective of Trophic Dynamics."ÊDelong said he project will use chemical signals from museum specimens for the construction of food chains from a number of rivers in the United States.
Specimens date from the late 19th century to the present and will provide a way of looking back in time to ascertain how rivers have responded to the construction of dams, levees and other human activities, he said. Jeff Anderson of the math faculty Êis a co-investigator on this study, which includes stipends for up to four students. | |
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Goal at Stingers bar: Undo bad repWINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- With a new name for the old Bulls-Eye bar, new owner Tom McCasland hopes he's on his way to refurburshing the Third Street joint's shabby reputation. It's now Stingers. "This is not the same old Bulls-Eye, and I want people to realize that," said McCasland in an interview. McCasland acknowledges that Bulls-Eye had a bad reputation, which became cemented after a massive survey by Winona State University student journalist Brian Krans in 2003 found Bulls-Eye regarded as the easiest bar in town for minors to get into. Things are different, said McCasland: "I told my employees to 'card hard.' They know that if they don't they will be fired."
To draw some attention to the changes, McCasland sponsored a contest in July to rename the bar. The prize: a $500 tab. There ended up being more than 500 entries, from which the bar's staff chose Stingers, a name submitted by Patty Mueller of Winona and Neil Bolstad of La Crosse, Wis. They split the $500 bar tab at the bar's grand opening on Aug. 27.
McCasland has repainted the place and added bar stools, along with more decorations, mirrors and an additional bartender's station. The bar also was given a good cleaning. "This place was a hole, and we wanted to get a fresh start," said McCasland.
McCasland is running specials to get people to stop in and see the changes. On Sundays and on Winona State football game days, 20-ounce tap beers are $1.50. They come in a purple plastic purple football cup to take home.
McCasland said that he may try having a DJ on the weekends to draw the college crowd. He is a 2001 Winona State grad. Formerly an elementary phy-ed teacher.
Reporter: Alison Paulseth
Background: Bulls-Eye name to bow out on Third Street
Background: 10 easiest bars for under-21 crowd
Cops pinch 119 underage boozersWINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- In their annual Operation Nightcap Junior, cops ganged up on young revelers in the bar and party district with 119 arrests Friday and Saturday nights. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said 103 citations were for underage boozing. Most of the others were for lying to officers about age and ID loud partying, possessing marijjuana paraphernalia, littering, having an open bottle in public,and driving after license suspension. "We need to do what we can to curb underage drinking and disrupting behavior in the city. We hope that this sent a message to students that we are serious," Williams said.
Fifteen officers were on foot patrol in the Winona State University university neighborhood and downtown bar districts on Friday, 16 on Saturday. The usual city force was bulked up for the operation with additional officers from the State patrol, the county sheriff's office and outlying Goodview, Lewiston and St. Charles police departments. In all, Williams said officers made contact with 202 individuals.
This was the third year of a fall semester Operation Nightcap Junior. This was the first year, however, that the crackdown hadany officers and extended two nights. Most of the violations carry a $165 fine.
Reporter: Alison Paulseth
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Goalie Kramer takes league honorWINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- Winona State University senior goal-keeper Kathryn Kramer was named the Northern Sun conference soccer player of the week. Kramer came up with a shutout in the 2-0 Warrior victory over Bemidji State University and shared a shutout in the 5-0 victory over the University of Minnesota, Crookston. For the two matches Kramer came up with five saves.
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WSU unveils online newspaper archiveWINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- A new searchable research database, the Winona Newspapers Project, is up and running and available for public brwosing at Winona State University. In a brief ceremony, acting library Dean Troy Paino unveiled the online archive of three Winona newspapers from the 19th century: the Winona Argus, the Winona Daily Republican, and the Winona Republican Herald. "The database can be accessed by anyone, anywhere, anytime," Paino said, noting that the archives will be available both to students and community members. The database is expected to be completed by the end of September,but is already functional and accessible through the Winona State library website, Paino added.
Mark Peterson, director of the County Historical Society, said that the society already is using the database on a daily basis.Peterson called the daabase "a goldmine for anyone doing research about the Winona area." The digitization project, he said, is one of the first of its kind for local newspapers. "Winona State University is on the cutting edge with this database. The technology was already there. People thought that it couldn't be done, or that it was too expensive of a project. But Winona State did it," Peterson said.
The project included digitizing microfilms of the newspapers from 1855 to 1924. Special funding from the Minnesota Legislature helped get the project going, said Winona State acquisitions librarian Joe Mount. Depending on future funding and continued support from the Minnesota Historical Society, which supplied the microfilms at cost, the library will add more years of the newspapers, Mount said.
Reporter: Alison Patnaude
Background: WSU opens historic newspaper archive
What to do in storm aftermath? DonateWINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- People attending a Hurricane Katrina panel discussion at Winona State University made themselves clear: They wanted to know how they could help, as much as they wanted to know the science underlying the devastating hurricane, even from 1,204 miles away. Red Cross executive director Kevin Huddleston said his organization is nowhere near the $1 billion it needs.
The opportunity for people to become involved, especially locally, has never been greater, Huddleston said. So far the Winona chapter has raised $33,000 and has enlisted 150 volunteers to spend three weeks in the disaster area. "It's rough, it's tough, but we have people giving up vacation time to help from Winona," he said. For cash donations, he suggested a 1-877-LOVED-1S hotline and Red Cross website.
Jennifer Anderson, a geoscience prof, said she wondered about what a small city like Winona could do for such an enormous tragedy. "We're at a state university," she concluded. "We can learn." Another geoscience prof, Steve Allard, said that southeast Louisiana, which received the brunt of the storm, is the Mississippi River's drain basin. The equivalent of 14 truckloads of soil a minute, which would otherwise sustain Louisiana's coastline, are now being deposited into the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, he said, Louisiana's coast, which would normally take the initial force of an inbound hurricane, has been diminished
Reporter: Kai Oehler
Background: Disaster panel scheduled at WSU
Warriors 2nd in Tommies golf meetST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- Winona State University placed second in the St. Thomas Invitational men's golf tournament. The Warriors finished 603, one stroke behind Gustavus Adolphus. Warrior sophomore Kevin Loeffler received the medalist honors. Loeffler posted rounds of 75 and 71 for a 146 total to tie with two other golfers before being awarded the mdalist honor. Bret Toftness came inÊfourth at 147.
Patriot Act hits judicial roadblockBRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- The Patriot Act, which gives FBI agents extraordinary snooping authority, should not be used to gag libraries whose records are reviewed by agents to see who's reading what, a federal judge ruled. A Conencticut library had protested being gagged by the law. Judge Janet Hall said the government was being overzealous in barring library employees from even talking about the fact their records were part of an FBI investigation. "Revealing (the library's) identity will not harm the investigation," Judge Hall wrote. The library people who were gagged are "suffering and will continue to suffer, irreparable harm," she said.
Ann Beeson, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney on the case, said she was "extremely pleased." Gagging a library violates the First Amendment and is "profoundly undemocratic," Beeson said.
Although Judge Hall cast doubt on the Patrtiot Act gag provision, she told the library to hold off identifying itself publicly until the government decides whether to appeal to a higher court. All that public records have revealed about particulars of the case is that the library is an active member of the American Library Association and the Connecticut Library Association and that the FBI was probing its records to check up on someone it suspects as a terrorist.
Background: Judge looks at Patriot Act secrecy
Projection: College enrollment upwardWASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2005 -- College enrollment in the United States will continue an upward until at least 2014, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Total enrollment is expected to go up by 15 percent to 20 percent from 2002 to 2014, according to the center's projections. This includes 16-percent growth in undergraduate enrollment, 22 percent in graduate enrollment, and 32-percent professional programs. Private college enrollment is expected increase 17 percent, public 19 percent.
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Prof studies athlete diet, body typeWINONA, Minn., Sept 12, 2005 -- A Winona State University health prof, Dawn Anderson, presented a report, "Changes in Dietary Intake and Body Composition of College Women Volleyball Players over a Competitive Season," at the International Society of Sports Nutrition Conference.
Report: Frosh clueless on expectationsWASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2005 -- States must do a better job aligning elementary and secondary schools with colleges to help improve the transition of students from high school to college, according to a report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research, and the Institute for Educational Leadership. The report called for better alignment of courses, financial aid, accountability and data systems. Many students have no idea what is expected of them in college, the report said. The report also called for linking state financial-aid with the level of student preparation for college.
Study: Most profs like their jobsLOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 12, 2005 -- College profs are largely satisfied with their jobs although frustrated by the level of preparation students bring to college for academic work, according to a national survey by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. Asked if they would want to be a college professor if they were strating their careers over, 55 percent answered "definitely yes." Eighty-three percent answered yes.
More than 40 percent of professors see most of the students lacking the basic skills for college-level work. Fifty-six percent cited working with underprepared students as a source of stress. Only 36 percent feel that most students were well prepared.
The survey, conducted every three years, found the professoriate moving left politically. Compared 1989, more professors now identify their political orientation as liberal or far left. The percentage who see themselves as middle of the road politically has fallen from 40.3 percent to 29.2 percent, consistent with the general popuilation's polarization. On other value questions, 53 percent said that becoming an authority in their field was important, down from 66 percent in 1989 Almost 43 percent said that being well off financially is essential very important or essential in 1989, compared to 36 percent in 1989.
WSU journalist helps Katrina victims| LAKE GENEVA, Wis., Sept. 12, 2005 -- A 2004 Winona State University journalism grad, Paul Sloth, has returned to his reporting duties at the Lake Geneva News after joining a convoy to Baton Rouge, La., to help people dislocated by Hurricane Katrina. Sloth stayed in a shelter with families from New Orleans "doing what little I could," he said. Sloth said he decided at the spur or a moment to make the trip. "The Hurricane Katrina stuff got me so worked up, much like Sept. 11," he said. "This time I didn't feel quite as powerless." He left worked early and joined an inner-city Milwaukee minister for the trip south. He spent three days in Baton Rouge. |
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Fund-raising cancer relay plannedWINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- The overnight Winona Relay for Life cancer fund-raiser will be April 22, said Michelle Povlich, president of the Winona State University chapter of Colleges Against Cancer. This will be the third year of the event at Winona State. Last year the relay drew 300 students and community members and raised nearly $32,000. This year, Povlich said, the organization hopes to get more local area survivors of cancer involved. A special ceremony will acknowledge those who have battled the disease, she said.
Reporter: Dana Kelly
WSU musicians to preview their CDWINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2005 -- Four Winona State music profs will kick of the university's Athenuem cultural series with jazz selections from their soon-to-be released CD "Jazz Explorations." The group is comprised of Richard Hammergren, trumpet; Mike James, guitar/bass; Larry Price, piano; and Rich MacDonald, drums/vibraphone.
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Richardson leaving WSU at end of yearWINONA, Minn., Sept. 11, 2005 -- Although he's now resigned as academic vice presdient, Steve Richardson will continue on the Winona State payroll until the end of the year to update university policies for department academic reviews and faculty and staff development. It's a major job, Richardson said in an interview. He explained that he will be laying the framework and processes for others to continue after he leaves the university. The "how" and "who" of these internal changes, which he called integral to the development of the university for the 21st century, has been in question for a long time, he said.
In part the project is a continuation of the New University initiative that has been the core of Richardson's work the last couple of years. Time constraints and other responsibilities prevented him from completing the project in full, he said. Now he can concentrate on the task of revisiting university policies. "Program quality is the ongoing work of the university," Richardson said, adding that he expects to make a mark on for the better.
About resigning, Richardsojn said: "Time to do something different." He has been academic vice president for six years under President Darrell Krueger, who retired in July. It is widely thought that Richardson will be seeking a university presidency elsewhere in these coming months. Asked about his transition from academic vice president to his new Winona State special position, he answered, "I'll take my time."
Richardson said he did not know whether new university President Judith Ramaley intends to take advantage of his departure to restructure the university's executive-level staffing. With Richardson's resignation, Ramaley now has two vacancies among five vice presidencies. In announcing Richardson's resignation and his new responsibilities, Ramaley said a national search for his successor woujld begin early this fall. With an upbeat tone, Richardson spoke positively in the interview about his resignation and new duties. He denied any hard feelings. Ramaley also had an upbeat tone in announcing the resignation to faculty and staff: "I am pleased that he will continue to support the development of the university for the 21st century in his new role." |
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Reporter: Kai Oehler
Background: Academic vice president steps down
Background: Comment: The grace of Steve Richardson
WSU j-grad covering Gulf disasterROCK ISLAND, Ill., Sept. 11, 2005 -- A 2004 Winona State University journalism grad, Brian Krans, was tapped as an embedded reporter to accompany a Davenport, Iowa, disaster relief team to help with hurricane relief on the Gulf coast. Krans, with the Rock Island, Ill., Argus-Dispatch Leader, will travel with volunteer city employees. The group plans to spend seven to 10 days in the stricken region, but Krans said a decision on where and when hadn't been made. "I'll be given a 48-hour or less notice before we ship off in a convoy to get to some town effected by the hurricane," Krans said. As a reporter, he will be on his own -- shooting photos, writing, sending stories back -- while the makeshift group of cops, firefighters, public works people and other volunteers try to clean up the yet-to-be determined town. For the trip Krans had to round up his own supplies and everything including shots.
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BRIAN
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QUICK SPORTS
SEPT. 11, 2005
SOCCER (WOMEN'S)
WSU 2, Bemidji State 0.
SMU 1, Benedictine 0.
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Three weekend detox casesWINONA, Minn., Sept. 11, 2005 -- Police had their hands full with young drunks over the weekend, beginning with a foot chase near Mankato and Ninth streets. Police, called to a fight about 9:10 p.m., Friday, found only a 20-year-old man who took flight. Police caught the guy, who put up a fight, said Deputy Chief Tom Williams. He had a blood alcohol content of .323, four times the legal limit, Williams said. The man was taken to the hospital to have his stomach pumped. Police on weekend patrols also sent two other men to detox. An 18-year-old was found passed out in a residential yard at 2:50 a.m., Saturday. The man, who tested at .18 blood-alcohol, was cited for underage drinking and taken to sent to detox. Police also found a 22-year-old man unconscious at Seventh and Dacota streets on Saturday at 3:19 a.m. He too had his stomach pumped.
In another case, police were called to the Prentiss dorm at Winona State University at 5:57 a.m., Saturday, for an 18-year-old, who was cited for minor consumption of alcohol. Williams said the number of underage drinking citations and detoxifications has risen since Winona State's academic year began. To counter the problem, police have resumed campus neighborhood foot patrols and are looking for parties and suspicious activities, Williams said.
Reporter: Stacey Schuster
COMMENT: WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS
SO MUCH AT RISK
Anyone pondering whether to run for office will survey the field first to decide whether to toss a hat in the ring. In this fall's student elections at Winona State University that's difficult if not impossible. Election supervisor Kari Winter has refused to announce candidates who have filed. She'll wait, Winter says, until the filing deadline is past. Incredibly, the names of candidates for student officer are Winter's little secret. This has never happened before in Winona State student elections. And this is America? Doesn't the Student Senate operate in a democratic context? Shrouding the names of early candidates in secrecy can serve only to limit voter choices on the ballot because some possible candidates, unable to review the field, may well choose not to run.
In her capacity as Senate vice president Winter runs student elections. What she is doing is tragic. Whether she realizes it or not, Winter has put at risk the great strides the Senate has made in establishing itself as serious, representative body as manifested last spring in robust campaigns and a record number of candidates. We had a three-way race for president, a five-way race for junior senator, a record voter turnout. Candidates had time to get their platforms into campus dialogue. Voters had time to assess the issues. Journalists had time to cover the campaigns.
This fall the campaign already has been stunted by Winter's decision to compact the process. And why? We haven't heard a good reason. Clearly, her decision is not supported by the Senate constitution, whose founders, in the tradition of open government and open elections, never contemplated such deviancy from the standard practices in democratic societies. |
Comment: What planet is Kari Winter from?
Comment: Let's have open elections, not secrecy
Comment: Hey, Kari, get off your keister
Background: Students denied candidate names
Background: Two students file candidacy papers
Background: Election rules
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SMU 1, Benedictine 0 |
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Cardinal road show five in rowWINONA, Minn., Sept. 11, 2005 -- After nearly two weeks and five games, the Saint Mary's University women's soccer road show came to a close with a 1-0 victory over Benedictine. The victory, with goalkeeper-turned-forward of Jennifer Johnson scoring the decisive shot, pushed the Cardinals season-opening winning streak to five. With the score knotted 0-0, Johnson was moved to forward late in the game. he netted her first goal goal of the season with less than eight minutes remaining for the one-goal victory. Said coach Tony Guinn: "We needed a goal, and Jennifer is one of our best all-around athletes, so I figured maybe she could give us the boost we needed. Fortunately, she made me look like a genius." At the net Johnson teamed with Melissa Paulson for the three-save shutout.
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