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COURT CONVICTIONS
WEEK ENDING NOV. 19, 2005
IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION
Michael Robert Ames, 18, Prior Lake, Minn., $177.
Jacqueline Rose Bevers, 19, Hudson, Wis., $177.
Joshua David Breitung, 20, Onalaska, Wis., $177.
Laura Jean Congdon, 19, Hudson, Wis., $177.
Gage Chambers Davidson, 18, 468 W. Howard, $177.
Marcus Robert Fluher, 18, 457 Gould, WSU, $177.
Eric John Paul Gander, 20, Rochester, Minn., $502.
Joanna Marie Giraud, 19, Sparta, Wis., $177.
Sean Christopher Hall, 18, 202 Grand, $177.
Christopher John Heim, 18, Lewiston, Minn., $177.
Heather Ann Henseler, 19, 265 W. Ninth $177.
Justin Jay Charles Jensen, 19, 404 Huff St., $177.
Timothy Todd Johnson, 20, Utica, Minn., $177.
Shawn Matthew Madonna, 20, North Oaks, Minn., $$177.
Mark David Potter, 20, Altura, Minn., $377.
Angela Marie McSherry, 18, Ramsey, Minn., $177.
Lisa Johnson Ostrander, 18, 457 Gould, WSU, $177.
Wiliam Jay Prigge, 20, Lewiston, Minn., $377.
Stewart John Schuster, 19, 700 Terrace Heights , SMU, $177.
Adam Eugene Vaniten, 19, 457 Gould, WSU, $177.
Jordan Steve Yanjkowiak, 20, Mantorville, Minn., $177.
Jose Luis Zambrano Jr., Rochester, Minn,, $177.
LOUD PARTY
Jessica Lee Chadwick, 27, 850 E. Third, $250.
Melinda Lou Stutzka, 21, 112 E. King, $277.
Allen Hector Valdes, 21, 707 W. Fourth, $277.
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WSU SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING NOV. 19, 2005
Nov. 19, 2005: At 8:15 a.m. it was reported that a student hadn't been seen since the previous evening. Student eventually showed up.
Nov. 18, 2005: An individual was cited at 1:45 a.. for not checking in at the Sheehan dorm. Police issued a citation for minor consumption and alcohol. The individual was removed from campus.
Nov. 18, 2005: A student was cited at 10 p.m. for an alcohol violation in Maria dorm.
Nov. 18, 2005: A student was reported very drunk in the Prentiss-Lucas dormat 3:20 a.m. An emergency edical unitv was called. Police issued a citation for minor consumption of alcohol.
Nov. 17, 2005: A student was cited at 9:30 p.m. for an alcohol violation in the Maria dor.
Nov. 17, 2005: A window was reported broken in the Lourdes dorm at 10:18 p.m.
Nov. 17, 2005: At 1:35 p.m. a parent reported not hearing from a daughter in two weeks.
Nov. 16, 2005: A fire alarm sounded at Sheehan dorm at 10:15 a.m. It was a false alarm.
Nov. 16, 2005: At 3:50 p.m. a student reported an iPod taken from her room in the Lourdes dorm.
Nov. 16, 2005: An emergency medical team and security guards responded responded to the Tau dorm at 6:45 p.m. concerning a drug situation. The student was cited for a drug violation.
Nov. 15, 2005: At 1:30 p.m. a student reported that his unlocked bike was taken from a bike rack between Somsen and Phelps halls.
Nov. 14, 2005: A student reported at 3;15 p.m. that she was being harassed by a former boyfriend on and off campus.
Nov. 14, 2005: A Lourdes dorm supervisor requested security guards to help with an alcohol violation at 10:45 p.m A student was cited for alcohol and a drug violation.
Nov. 14, 2005: At 1:20 p.m. a student reported that his locker in the Performing Arts Center was opened and three textbooks along with some miscellaneous papers were taken. The theft took place sometime between Nov. 9 and 14.
Nov. 13, 2005: A student reported at 7:30 p.m. that his laptop was taken from Lourdes Hall, but he couldnÕt recall when.
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WSU 66, Southwestern Kansas 56 |
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Paddock spreads WSU'S L21 storyWINONA, Minn., Nov. 19, 2005 -- Winona State University sociology prof Todd Paddock led a panel at the Sociologists of Minnesota Annual Meeting in Minneapolis.ÊAccompanying him were students Lena Parrilli, Alicia Pearson, Jenna Rheault, and Emily Srock.ÊThe topic: "Creating a Multidisciplinary, Team-Taught Campus Village."ÊPaddock described the Learning Communities that are part of the Learning for the 21st Century Initiative at Winona State and facilitated a discussion on challenges that face interdisciplinary team teaching projects, particularly those emphasizing off-campus learning.
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SMU 3, St.Thomas 32 |
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St.Thomas 3, SMU 2 |
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WSU crewers row for a futureWINONA, Minn., Nov. 19, 2005 -- The Winona State University crew team is making ripples, medaling in every race of this fall's inaugural competition. The co-ed team, started a year and a half ago, practices three to six days a week on Lake Winona, depending on schedule and weather. Paal Haddal, a junior serving as stand-in coach, said the team needs a regular coach and more equipment. Haddal himself, a transfer student from Norway who has been rowing competitively for six years now, took on the Winona State club port coaching job by default. Nobody else had more experience. Haddal is looking at fundraising and grants to keep the club going. The club receives student-activity funding, and each member pays $30 dues. What's crewing cost? "A new boat is about $15,000, so itÕs a little hard to just do the normal types of fundraising," said Haddal. Haddal also wants to eventually have combined effort with local canoers and kayakers to build a water sports center and make it a community club instead of just collegiate.
Reporter: Andrea Heinrich
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SMU 62, Milwaukee Engineering 55 |
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Macalester 91, SMU 44 |
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Ransom theme for Ad Fed logo| WINONA, Minn., Nov. 19, 2005 -- A Winona State University senior, Kyle Bobeck, won his dues to the Winona State University chapter of the American Advertising Federation in a contest for a new club logo. Bobeck, an advertising major, created an edgy red and black ransom note logo. Now the club's events coordinator, Bobeck is coordinting a new contest to find a new logo to symbolizethe changes the club is planning. |
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Bobeck entry |
Reporter: Coral Brevig
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Macalester 121, SMU 86 |
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Prof reports on WSU river studiesWINONA, Minn., Nov. 19, 2005 -- Winona State University biology prof Michael Delong presented a seminar at the Iowa Institute of Hydrological Research on discharge-control trophic dynamics in river-floodplain ecosystems, ÊDelong covered his student research on large-river food webs performed over the last 10 years.
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St. Thomas 2, SMU 1 |
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Midwest's $250,000 WSU gift secureWINONA, Minn., Nov. 19, 2005 -- University sports promoter Dan Schmacher said whether Midwest Wireless remains the name of the Winona State football stadium is up in the air. After a meeting with executives at Mankato-based Midwest, Schumacher said the stadium is one of many lesser issues to settle in the $1 billion sale to Alltel. The deal still needs federal approval. Schmacher said, however, that he was assured that continuing payments on Midwest's $250,000 gift to Winona State in exchange for the company name on the stadium is secure. The question is whether the stadium, now partially built, will now be renamed Alltel. Answers will come after the sale goes through, he said.
Background: Midwest Wireless bought by Alltel
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St. Thomas 8, SMU 3 |
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Mardi Gras fundraiser at Rascals| WINONA, Minn., Nov 19, 2005--Mardi Gras in November? Twelve students from Tammy Swenson-Lepper's persuasion class at Winona State University will raise money for hurricane relief Sunday with what they call "Midwest Mardi Gras." The event will be at Rascals from 7 p.m. to midnight for anybody 18 or older. A $ 5 cover charge will go to hurricane causes, said Justin Dass, a spokesperson for Swenson-Lepper's class. The band Moondawg will play three sets, Dass said. There will also be pizza, karaoke, a juggler, a pictorial memorial of hurricane victims, and a raffle, he said. Noting that the legal capacity for Rascals is 205, Dass said the class hopes to press the limit. Said Dass: "Beads and masks will be freely distributed at the door." |
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151 E. Third St.
Raffle item donors:
Acoustic Cafe
Bub's
Perkins
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Reporter: Andrea Heinrich
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Bethany Lutheran 80, SMU 74 |
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Prof reviews suffragettes, politcal funding WINONA, Minn., Nov. 19, 2005 -- Winona State University historyb prof Kurt Hohenstein presented a paper, "The Liberty Bond Women as 1920 Campaign Fundraisers," at the American Legal History Society annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.ÊHohenstein was on a panel thjat examined the history of the U.S. campaign finance system during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. He tracked on how women from the suffrage movement first became successful Liberty Bond fundraisers and then used the experience to work as campaign fundraisers during the 1920 elections.
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UW-La Crosse 63, SMU 38 |
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Midwest Wireless bought by AlltelLITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 18, 2005 -- Minnesota-based Midwest Wireless, the namesake of the Winona State University football stadium, has been purchased by Alltel Corp. in $1 billon, Alltel announced. The transaction adds 400,000 wireless customers to Alltell 36-million customer base. Midwest opeates in southern Minnesota and adjacent parts of Iowa and Wisconsin. Alltel is in 26 states. The CyberIndee carried a report on a pending deal in April, but Midwest's public relations department denied the story. Also, Winona State athletic officials, who put the Midwest name of the stadium in exchange for a $250,000, were kept out of the loop.
Background: Midwest Wireless not in AllTell deal
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Northwest Missouri 75, WSU 69 |
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WSU student flees house fireWINONA, Minn., Nov. 17, 2005 -- A Winona State University student, up late cramming for a psychology exam, escaped a fire at her 110 High Forest house. Atanza Valentine, who rents the house, said she smelled smoke about 1 a.m. and found a back bedroom filled with smoke. Valentine immediately vacated the house and called 9-1-1. Within a minute two trucks, carrying eight firefighters, and four police squad cars arrived, Valentine said. The firefighters put out the fire within a half an hour. Firefighters blamed electrical wires in the attic. The bedroom where Valentine discovered the smoke was destroyed. "The ceiling is completely gone," she said. "I could see right through to the roof." Two mattresses the firefighers had dragged into the backyard were destroyed. Insulation and debris littered the bedroom and also the adjoining kitchen. "The house is pretty much ruined," Valentine said. She spent the rest of the morning at a friend's house.
Reporter: Kathleen Kulkay
WSU students axe away at Ramaley budgetWINONA, Minn., Nov. 17, 2005 -- Winona State student senators sent a firm message to university President Judith Ramaley -- don't be greedy at the expense of students. The Senate voted to support a tuition increase if only 8 percent for next fall, plus as much as $200,000 for rising energy costs. The Senate had been asked by Ramaley to endorse her proposal of 9.5 percent more tuition. The biggest blow to Ramaley was against her so-called L21 initative, short for the Learning for the 21st Century. Ramaley had wanted $370,000 of next year's tuition revenue earmarked for L21 hands-on, career-oriented curricular and other projects. The Senate agreed only to $100,000. In some ways, the Senate action was a replay of resistance to L21's predecessor, the New University initative of former university President Darrell Krueger. Krueger's proposed 10.5 percent hike failed in a humiliating showdown with student leaders in July before state college system trustees.
Ramaley has proposed diverting 2.2 percent of the university's general budget to L21 next year, with 60 percent of L21's new dollars, or $555,000, coming from reallocated resources within the university. Ramaley already has banked $700,000 for L21 from tuition in 2006.
In its report to the Student Senate, Tim Donahue of the Student Fee Management Committee, said the committee's goal had been to keep next year's tuition increase as close to this year's 7 percent. Donahue acknowledged that the 8 percent the committee was recommending is more than ideal, but, he said, there wasn't much else to be cut. The committee recommended cutting $75,000 from Ramaley's plan to raise the student wages on campus. Donahue noted that the campus minimum wage, $8.40 an hour, already substantially exceeds the minimum wage for of-campus jobs.
President Ramaley, at the Senate meeting, shook her head in wonderment at the student fee committee's rationale for cutting her tuition proposal from 9.5 percent to 8 percent and then plugging in $200,000 as a contingency for power and fuel. Committee members responded that the state college system may allocate $200,000 for rising utility expenses. If state trustees decide to bear the extra utilities expense, the university would have an extra "$200,000 to play with" if the money were not segregated, the committee said. Ramaley said she would know in December whether state trustees will provide additional utility dollars.
The university's chief financial officer, Scott Ellinghuysen, said prior to the Senate meeting that most of the need for a tuition increase comes from inflation, including updated state employee salaries over which administrators at the campus level have no control. Ellinghuysen said that the state appropriation for the new costs is basically nothing -- in fact only $11,588. Typically the state provides a couple million dollars for such mandated cost increases, he said.
The chair of the Minnesota State University Stident Association, Hal Kimball, who addressed the Senate, said that Ramaley's proposed 9.5 percent tuition increase is mid-range amomg MnSCU universities. MSU-Moorhead administrators have proposed 12.5 percent, he said, while Bemidji State is at 7.5 percent. St. Cloud State probably will be 6 to 8 percent, he said. Kimball said that the MnSCU Board of Trustees is considering a 9 percent cap on tuition raises.
After the meeting, Ramaley said that L21 will continue regardless. A "modest cycle" of L21 projects is currently being solicited, she said. Ramaley noted that as univerity president she has the final say on whether to accept the 8 percent tuition cap endorsed by the Student Senate. About substantial cuts for her L21 spending plans, Ramaley said: "I'll be studying the recommendation's implications."
Reporter: Kai Oehler Sarah Word
Strahota elected to at-large seatWINONA, Minn., Nov. 17, 2005 -- Sophomore Theresa Strahota won an at-large seat on the Winona State University Student Senate, defeating sophomore Abby Nickels 163-135. During her campaign, Strahota said that she was up-to-date on issues and responsibilities and felt capable of improving the university for present and future students. Strahota also said she would fight to keep student costs down while keeping academic and activity opportunities high. The at-large seat opened when Sen. Dan Flynn, a freshman, resigned. "I couldnÕt keep up with my classes and stay on," said Flynn. "It took up too much of my time, but I really enjoyed it while I was on."
The election was a supplemental election that the Senate runs in the fall and spring to fill vacancies.
Two new freshman senators were elected, Edjodamn Ativie and Jong Ha Jeon. Ativie received 86 votes Jeon 48. The two freshman seats were filled in the earlier fall elections by Becky Schomberg and Ron Kezeske, but both recently resigned. Ativie said that he will be active in speaking the mind of the freshman class. He said that he is qualified because of his love for people, interaction, involvement, and a genuine willingness to serve when called upon. Ha Jeon said that he would help make Winona State more exciting and comfortable. Ha Jeon stressed his high school student government experience. The two students were the only candidates for the two open freshman senator seats.
There was also two vacant graduate student seats and one vacant College of Business seat but no candidates. Paul White and Nick Hartlep both received three write-in votes for the Business seat and could join the senate if they choose. Senate Vice President Kari Winter, who ran the election, said she would contact White and Hartlep and to if either is interested. If both are interested, a run-off election would be held. There were no applicants or write-ins for the graduate seats.
The results:
AT-LARGE (one vacancy)
Theresa Strahota
Abby Nickels
FRESHMAN (two vacancies)
Edjodamen Ativie
Jong Ha Jeon
EDUCATION COLLEGE (one vacancy)
Nick Hartlep *
Paul White *
GRADUATE STUDENTS (two vacancies)
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Reporter: Scott Swanson
Background: Two candidates square off for at-large seat
Cops resume alt-side ticketingWINONA, Minn., Nov. 17, 2005 -- Police wrote nine tickets for cars violating the city's winter-time alternate-side parking ordinance, ending an eight-day moratorium reportedly ordered by Mayor Jerry Miller. The new tickets coincided with the first significant snow fall of the season.
Background: Seasonal parking tickets: 337 in four days
Background: Police go soft on parking tickets
Senate cuts Winonan budget $4,000WINONA, Minn., Nov. 16, 2005 -- The Winona State Univerity Student Senate cut $4,000 from the budget request of the Winonan student newspaper for next year, which will leaves staff members using personal their own laptops and cameras for another year. After an hour of pleas from the Winonan staff, including the presentation of a broken camera and the rationales for more monery for salariesand printing, the Senate, voted 16-4 to hold the Winonan to a strict budget of $34,036. Kate Weber, editor, the cut not only delays needed equipment but rules out everyday supplies like stamps, staples and paper. "The budget of $34,036 will not even cover those basic expenses," said Weber.
The Winonan's existing equipment is decrepit or inoperable, Weber said. "We are currently using personal laptops and cameras, and if those go down, the paper goes down."
Members of the Student Fee Management Comitttee, which recommended the budget cut, said the Winonan was given a $10,000 budget increase last year with the expectation that computers, printers and scanners would be purchased and that the Winonan would be able to make revenue this year from additional advertisements and the efficiencies of the new equipment. Weber testified that the Winonan instead used last year's $38,036 to create a more professional business atmosphere by hiring more diverse majors rather than solely journalists -- not to purchase more effective equipment.
Photo editor Doug Sundin brought before the Senate an old Nikon camera, like those owned by the Winonan. It no longer operates, Sundin said, noting that he is using his personal camera for the Winonan. Sundin said that the Winonan needs money to buy new cameras because parts for old cameras are expensive. Why wasn't last year's funding used to b uy new equipment? Sundin said that he was afraid of spending money foolishly so he did not purchase new cameras sooner.
Weber said that it is too early to predict ramifictions of the $4,000 cut because it is impossible to determine the number of new hires or to project advertising revenue. It is not too early, however, to predict that the Winonan will need $38,036 for operating expenses next year. Even so, she added: "The Winonan made a commitment to put out a paper and will do so if we have $1 or $1 million." The Winonan, she said, will continue this year as it is, a business.A member of the Student Fee Management Committe
e, Tim Donahue, said the $4,000 cut was not to penalize the Winonan and did not represent comittee or Senate displeasure over the paper's content. Several senators felt strongly that if the Winonan requested an increase last year to purchase computers, printers and scanners, then the money should have been so used. At-large Sen. D.J. Danielson, a masscom major, suggested that the Winonan consider more Internet advertising and cut back on expenses. Sen. Richard Howden, elected from the College of Business, said that with the cut the Winonan will be forced to operate on a strict budget.
Reporter: Stacey Schuster
Background: Winonan marketing, personnel units at risk
Profs OK proposed two-year contractST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 16, 2005 -- Faculty at the seven MnSCU state universities voted overwhelmingly to accept a tentative contract agreement hammered out by their union, the Inter-Faculty Asscpaition, and MnSCU negotiators. The two-year agreement, whcih still needs state approval, was supported byu 94.2 percent of 1,056 union members who voted. Th margins raged from a high of 97.2 percent to a low of 86.4 percent.
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Bemidji State
Metropolitan State
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St. Cloud State
Southwest Minnesota
Winona State
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The next step in the ratification process is a vote by the MnSCU Board of Trustees in early December.ÊÊ The agreement then goes to a legislative committee that has the authority to put the contact into effect pending ratification by the entire legislature next year.
Background: Approvals expected for new faculty contract
Religious quest set timing for deathWINONA, Minn., Nov. 16, 2005 -- Former Winona State University student Ali Al-Mohsin, 27, who died Nov. 4 in a head-on collision, had been making a familiar trip back to Winona from visiting the Kasemkhani family, in Rochester, Minn. This time he was there not only to see his friends but also to buy lamb for Eid Al-Fitr, a holiday to celebrate the end of the Islamic holy month Ramadan. Usually Al-Mohsin spent the night before returning to Winona, but this time, despite the open invitation of Ahamad Kasemkhani to stay, Al-Moshin was anxious to return the 1991 Ford Explorer he had borrowed for the trip. Driving through Chester, Minn., on Highway 14 Al-Mohsin's truck was hit head-on by a vehicle that lost control.
Al-Moshin, a Saudi Arabian, had started college in the United States at Rochester Community and Technical College. There he took accounting with Sharjeel Arif. In the same class he also met Amir Kasemkhani, from Iran, and they too became friends. Aruf recalls working out together at the Rockenbach gym at the college.
Arif said Muslim traditions had to be bent a bit to prepare for Al-Moshin's body. The preparation usually is done in a graveyard but in Rochester it was at funeral home, Arif said. "When you see the body you pray the Dua, which is a wish to God to guide his soul and to give his family strength," he explained. "Then we perform Ablution, an especial way to clean the body with water. After the body is cleaned we cover it from had to toe. After that we go outside the room and pray the Sala-tul-Janaza, which is a special prayer for those who passed away. One person leads the prayer and all others follow him." The body was shipped to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 8 to be buried by his family.
Al-Mohsin had recently been graduated in business administration from Winona State.
A friend, Ash Basnet, said Al-Mohsin was was close to his host mother's family in Winona. "Actually, he was driving my friend's husband's car when he was killed," Basnet said.
Al-Mohsin had plans to visit his family in Saudi Arabia next month, after spending four years away from home. "How horrible for his parents to have sent their son to school for four years and have is body sent back. It is incredibly sad," Ash said.
Al-Mohsin was engaged to Rachel Hokenstad, a Winona college student. Friends remember him as a devout Muslim and outgoing student. "What is really sad is that he didn't like American tea so he bought ethnic tea and left it at my friend's house," Ash said, unable to hide her tears. "The last time I was at her house she showed me the tea he asked her to make whenever he was over to her house."
Reporter:
Leticia Graf
Background: A sad irony in WSU grad's death
A sad irony in WSU grad's deathWINONA, Minn., Nov. 16, 2005 -- On the day that Winona State University graduate-intern Ali Al-Mohsin died in a car wreck, his bosses at Benchark Electronics had decided to promote him. Al-Moshin never learned of the promotion. "He worked hard and deserved that promotion that he got," said Terry Coleman, who as production supervisor at Benchmark was his supervisor. "He is the last person that deserved that fate that he was handed." Al-Moshin, 27, was killed in a two-car collision in Chester, Minn., driving home to Winona, two weeks ago. At Benchmark he coposed parts and hardware. Said Coleman: "He was very pleasant to have around and went out of his way to be kind to everyone." Coleman described Al-Moshin as a reserved individual. "Now that he is gone I certainly wish that I would have tried to get to know him better."
Reporter:
Mike Stonelake
Background: WSU grad remembered with kind words
WSU grad remembered with kind wordsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 16, 2005 -- A recent Winona State University grad who was killed in a traffic accident near Rochester last week, Ali Al-Mohsin, was easy going and friendly, according to Ahmed El-Afandi, his faculty adviser. Al-Moshin was a charitable person who was always kind to everyone, El-Afandi said. Al-Mohsin, 27, was a business administration major, had been completing a year-long internship at Benchmark Electronics. In an interview El-Afandi recalled visits from Al-Mohsin at the Winona Islamic Center after he graduated. "He was cheerful and always smiling," El-Afandi said. His friends thought he was a nice guy who was sincere and always giving, El-Afandi said.
El-Afandi drove to Rochester to prepare Al-Mohsin's body according to Muslim tradition. On Thursday the body then was sent to Saudi Arabia. A campus memorial service was held last Friday. Al- Mohsin is survived by his parents, Fehema and Abdullah, and nine brothers and sisters, Nethal, Mohammed, Fatima, Zahra, Zainab, Hasan, Souckanah, Hussein and Ghadir.
Reporter: Jon Resheske
Background: WSU students honor classmate
WSU Child Center to receive $400,000WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2005 -- Congress agreed on and passed a bill that includes $300,000 for the National Child Protection Training Center at Winona State University. The Center had sought $3 million, but Victor Vieth, executive director, said the grant plus a recent private gift will see the Center through the next couple of years. Otherwise, he said, cutbacks would have been neessart. The center, trains police, judicial and social services people nationwide on child protection, was founded two years ago with funding from a parent agency and initial federal funding at $993,000 a year.
Background: $250,000 gift to child protection agency
Snow weight, power line kindle WSU treeWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- A tree behind Maxwell Hall at Winona State University caught fire when a snow-laden branch dropped onto a power line. No one was injured, but the branch burned brightily, sending glowing ashes into the air. Firefighters blocked Johnson and Wabasha streets as the branch burned itself out. An Xcel utility crew later repaired the line.
Bad alarm blamed for SMU fire callWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Firefighters blamed an alarm at St. Mary's University on a malfunctioning smoke alarm on a second floor. The alarm sounded at 4:51 p.m.
Pascal is focus for faith, reason lectureWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- The contributions of the French philosopher Pascal in sorting out faith and reason will be examined by Winona State language prof Rosine Tenenbaum in the university's continuing "Faith and Reason" lecture series. Tenenbaum's topic: "Pascal's Art of Convincing, or Can You Induce Faith Through Reason?" Tenebaum noted in an interview thar Pascal was both a scientist and a religious man who viewed faith and reason as separate domains that held no bearing over one another.Date: Thursday, Nov. 17
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Stark Auditorium
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King spurns questions on party stand-offWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- A varsity football player at Winona State University who was jailed after a police stand-off at a Halloween house party, Kenny King, denied an interview request concerning the party. After a reporter's numerous e-mail attempts to reach him, King replied: "I will have decline, sorry!" In what seemed a less-than-serious closing, he signed off: "Adios amigo, Mr. King." The missing comma was between "Adios" and the noun of direct address "Amigo" was his.
King and housemate Alex White, also a football player, face numerous charges involving the city ordinance that limits kegs one to a party. Police reported finding four kegs, one with requried registration tags. King was jailed, then released on $1,500 bond posted by a woman friend, on outstanding warrants from Ely, Minn., for skipping court appearances on multiple motoring violations. King had been enrolled at an Ely community college. In the stand-off, partiers locked the doors on police who had been called on a noise complaint. The stand-off last four hours. Twenty-three tickets were issued. |
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Reporter: Lauren Ashby
Background: Frosh: Rapist-rights group my brain-child
Background: Senator-jock misses court date
Background: The price of partying
Background: 23 tickets in party stand-off
Background: Authorities ponder new charges
RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY
POSTED NOV. 15, 2005
MARITIME MUSEUM. The assistant director of the University of Colorado Museum, Danielle Benden, was appointed director of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum beuing built in Winona. Benden is a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse grad in museum studies.
COURTHOUSE AWARD. The Cast Stone Institute presented an award to Ameican Artstone of New Ulm, Minn., for its restoration work at the Winona County Courthouse. The award was for the most difficult manufacturing process of the year. The $1.8 million, three-year project was completed in 2004.
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Police go soft on parking ticketsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Quoting unnamed sources, the Daily News reported that police under orders from Mayor Jerry Miller have stopped issuing alternate-side parking tickets. Reporter Jeff Dankert could not get confirmation from Miller or from Police Chief Frank Pomeroy. Miller did confirm, however, that autumn leaves have been mostly cleared from the streets. Miller also said the public has been cooperating and following the law, which allows parking on only one side of the street for five months beginning Nov. 1. Police had issued 447 tickets in the first eight days of the month, then, suddenly, none. It is expected that ticketing will resume when snow necessitates winter plowing, Dankert reported.
Background: Seasonal parking tickets: 337 in four days
Background: Verbatim: City parking ordinance
At stake: Winonan marketing, personnel unitsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- When the Winona State University Student Senate puts the Winonan budget on the chopping block on Wednesday, the issue will not be life or death, according to Katie Kuntz, the newspaper's marketing director. Enough funds would remain for salaries and printing, Kuntz said -- but, she added, little else. The funding requested for next fiscal year would have helped the newspaper to develop its new human resources departments, which Kuntz called "much needed," and also to build up her marketing department.
With the $4,000 cut proposed by a student-activity fee committee, the human resources and marketing departments most likely would be eliminated, negating all the hard work that's gone into creating them, she said. Kuntz acknowledged that the Winonan was functioning fine prior to the addition of a human resources and marketing departments but too few students were aware of the paper. Kuntz admitted that she herself attended Winona State for a year and without knowing there was a student newspaper.
For Kuntz, her position as marketing director is actually an internship. "I learn things in classes and then do them at work." Said Kuntz, "It is great real life application, one I feel will be beneficial to me in the future." Right now Kuntz has two interns working with her on marketing development for the paper. The department just started and has a lot more growing to do, she said. About the possible cuts, Kuntz said: "We have put in so much effort to get more students aware of and reading the Winonan that it would be a real shame to have to start all over next year without the resources we had this year."
Asked if she felt the Senate was cutting funding due to disapproval of the newspaper content, Kuntz pleaded ignorance: "I've heard the rumors, but I don't know any members of the Senate, so I have never heard anything from any Senate members personally, but anything's possible." The cuts were proposed by Senate Treasurer Laura Berens and endorsed by a committee whose members include student Sens. Jon Jacob, Sachin Padhye, Lindsay Stelpflug and Jared Stene, former Sens. Tim Donahue, Ezra Kazee and Caitlin Powers, and non-senator Derek Huydema.
Reporter: Dana Kelly
Background: Editor caught unawares at budget mess
Howell as roadblock to new WSU fundsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Winona State Univerity administrators got a not-so-subtle reminder about money earmarked by the Legislature to tear down Howell Hall -- spend it or lose it. Members of the House's capital investment committee and several legislative aides, on a campus tour to consider future building needs, took note that Howell was still standing. Rep. Gene Pelowski, D-Winona, pointed out that the university is obligated to raze the building this fiscal year. Former university President Darrell Howell had made a srong pitch for funds to raze Howell, then let the project drift as other campus construction projects took priority, including the Pasteur science remodeling.
While guiding legislators through the oldest parts of Maxwell Hall, including five floors of the musty old library stacks, administrators tried making a case for $11.2 million for renovation. But there across the sidewalk stood Howell as a hulking reminder that already-approved funds are unspent. Krueger, now retired, had a vision of replacing Howell with a landscaped mall featuring another campus clock and fountains. Although the money was on hand, delays occurred when nobody could figure out where to relocate existing Howell tenants, including the masscom department's television studio, with the general campus space shortage caused by the gutting of Pasteur.
The visiting legislators, also, were shown dazzling architectural renderings for an expansion of Memorial Hall, the athletics building. The expansion would includen a workout gym to replace a gym temporarily in Maxwell. The Memorial project would be funded through a combination of state capital bonding funds, private donations, and student activity fees, the legislators were told. Meanwhile, a source close to the visiting delegation said that inaction on the Howell poses serious questions about how well Winona State has used existing state funds and whether the university's argunments for new projects can be trusted.
Howell was built cheaply in the 1960s as an add-on to venerable Phelps Hall, now home to masscom and psychology. Howell has fallen into disrepair with maintenance deferrals because of the pending demolition. Howell tenants include academic support offices and a 70-student classroom, besides the television studio. The masscom department has suggested moving the studio down the hall to the Phelps gym, which now is an underutilized dance studio. The question has been where to relocate the dance studio, which is the heart of a growing curricular program. There too are questions about sites for classes scheduled in the Howell classroom.
Background: Howell razing a year away
Editor caught unawares at budget messWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- The editor of the Winonan student newsaper at Winona State University, Kate Weber, acknowledged that a one-time $10,000 budget increase from the Student Senate to buy office equipment last year was not spent as planned. Weber, new as editor in August, said that neither she nor fellow Winonan managers were aware that the Senate had specified that the money go for equipment. Now the Student Senate, which authorized the one-time $10,000 budget supplement last year, wants to trim the Winonan budget. The trimming would set back Weber's plan to improve reporting with a larger staff and make other operational upgrades.
Only computer monitors were purchased last year with the $10,000 supplement, no desks or other equipment, Weber said. The unspent funds, about $6,000, were mostly rolled over into this year's budget. Weber said she and other Winonan people this fall were unaware of the intent of last year's budget increase from the Senate. "There was bad communication among people here, which resulted in poor follow-through," said Weber. She did not name her predecessor as editor, Adam Crowson, now graduated, but Crowson largely played Winonan fianances close to his vest. He has since been graduated.
The Winonan budget erupted as an issue when Laura Berens, Student Senate treasurer, proposed cutting $4,000 from the Winonan next year to bring the newspaper's budget back to last year's operating budget levels. Last week Berens proposed the cut to the influential Student Activity Fee Management Committee, which in a split vote decided to forward the Berens recommendation to the full Student Senate. Because several fee committee members are senators, Weber said she feared the Senate would go along. Weber said she would be be present when the Senate considers the Berens plan and will be a strong voice from the gallery againt the cut and also to answer senator questions. |
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Winonan editor inherited confusion
ADAM
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Made successful case for $10,000 but didn't spend it
ESSENTIAL LESSON FROM FINANCE 101:
Operating budget: For recurring expenses, including payroll and production
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Reporter: Kristen Elicerio
Background: Records show Berens hatched Winonan cut
Shorty's faces $400,000 bill to rebuildWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Four-hundred thousand dollars is what's stopping local residents from sitting down to a famous Shorty's meal and ice cold beer. Reconstruction costs have more than doubled since Hurricane Katrina siphoned building materials to the Gulf, said Shorty's co-owner Terri Fakler. A fire Aug. 6 destroyed just about everything except the brick shell of Shorty's, at Market and Center, midway between the main Winona State University campus and the East Lake dorm. Contractors have recommended a full gutting of the building.
Fakler had previously vowed to reopen before the September celebration of 100th anniversary of Winona State football, but that just was not in the cards, Fackler said.
The structure was insured, but Fakler said she will still need the $400,000 to rebuild. There is an account currently set up at Winona National Bank to raise money for ShortyÕs re-opening, but, Fakler said, she as well as her husband are not the type of people to go begging. Currently Fakler is researching different federal and state grant possibilities to raise money for a down payment on a loan to get the ball rolling on reconstruction.
Just in case, the Faklers have consulted a real-estate agent for an appraisal, which would be preliminary to selling the property, but she added that they are doing everything they can to avoid having to sell. The kitchen and everything in it was destroyed. The fire was so hot that some frying pans burned to ash, said Fakler.
Fakler is hopeful for a complete remodel, with an emphasis on the restaurant. There is no need for regulars to worry though, said Fakler. The menu, although updated, will retain lots of favorite dishes, she said.
Reporter: Dana Kelly
Background: Shorty's future? It depends
Records show Berens hatched Winonan cutWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- A $4,000 cut in the Winonan student newspaper budget, to be considered Wednesday by the Student Senate, originated with Senate Treasuer Laura Berens, according to minutes of the Student Fee Management Committee. Berens was not immediately available to explain her reasoning, but Berens has a record of criticism against campus news reporting. The president of the Student Senate, Ryan Flynn, is uncertain of all that went into the committe recommendation. "I'm not completely certain as to every person's reasoning," said Flynn.
Flynn said, however, that he understands that an issue is the Winonan's handling of Senate appropriations under past editor Adam Crowson. The issue is money earmarked for capital improvements, mostly computers. "The case was made last year that the Winonan was seriously short of money and needed a desperate increase," he said. "The Senate gave them an increase, and later it was discovered that the Winonan, in fact, had over $6,000 in carry-over funds in their budget." Also, he said, there was a budget increase last year to buy equipment, which is not a recurring expense. "Since this was one time, it is no longer justified to remain in their budget."
Currently $38,036 from student activity fee moneys goes towards the Winonan. If the $4,000 cut was passed, the decision would be made by the Winonan staff on whether it take affect this year or next. However, Flynn said, the $6,000 carry-over suggests that nothing needs to be cut. |
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Reporter: Holly Larson
Background: Senator: Winonan misspent equipment funds
Music prof writes 2nd anthologyWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Winona State University music prof Suzanne Draayer wrote a second anthology of 19th-century Spanish songs, "Canciones de Espana," which has been published by Scarecrow Press. The anthology, in high and low keys, is a compilation of works by composers born between 1775 and 1875. Many of the songs were published only once, some as early as 1810. The volume contains 29 songs by 20 different composers. Said Draayer: "This is such an important body of literature, completely forgotten by Spanish publishers and musicologists." She said she hopes her two volumes will keep alive "the lovely songs of Spain."
Draayer said she became interested in Spanish music in her doctoratal work at the University of Maryland. A friend returend from Spain with 20th-century Spanish songs not available in the United States. "I have been interested in Spanish music since," said Draayer. "ItÕs amazing that although we study European art music, we really only study the music of Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain. Spanish music also deserves study and performance."
Draayer has made several trips to Spain and London since 1999 to collect songs for the anthologies. "The three major libraries in Madrid hold treasures of gorgeous 19-century songs," she said. Draayer called the repertoire important because so many U.S. students study Spanish in high school. Also, she said, U.S. audiences respond to Spanish rhythms and melodies."
Draayer collaborated with a Winona State music grad, Ryan Demlow, who transcribes the music into a software program forcorrections to be made and keys to be altered. |
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WSU music prof
BRIANNA
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Soprano student
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Senator: Winonan misspent equipment fundsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- The Student Fee Management Committee at Winona State University recommended a $4,000 cut in the student-fee subsidy for the Winonan student newspaper because money from a one-time supplement to buy equipment was never spent, said student Sen. Sachin Padhye, a committee member. Padhye said the Winonan was given an extra $10,000 for this year to buy computers, printers, scanners and other technology. That gave the Winonan a total of $38,000 -- 37 percent more than the year before, he said. The proposed $4,000 decrease, taking the Winoan subsidy down to $34,000 next year, would still be a substantial increase if the one-time capital expenditures for equipment were not counted, he said.
Padhye said the Winonan, in fact, had not spent the $10,000 earmarked for equipment but instead used it for salaries and printing expenses. He also said the Winonan started this year with a carryover of $6,000, which the paper had said would be spent cover debts.
The Student Fee Management Committee's recommendations go Wednesday to the Student Senate. Committee members are student Sens. Jon Jacob, Sachin Padhye, Lindsay Stelpflug and Jared Stene and students Tim Donahue, Derek Huydema, Ezra Kazee and Caitlin Powers.
Reporter: Stacey Schuster
Background: Subsidy cut would put Winonan at $34,000
Winona seminarian-molester in prisonST. CLOUD, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 --A former St. Mary's University seminarian, John Patrick Webster, is in prison for parole violation after an incident in a Macy's department-store men's restroom. Webster, 40, had been on parole on a 1998 Winona County conviction of molesting a boy at a seminary-sponsored retreat. The order for Webster to go behind bars was signed in Winona by Judge Larry Collins for not only the Macy's offense but failing to report the offense to his probation officer. The Macy's arrest took place April 5. Assuming good behavior, Judge Collins' order will allow Webster to leave the St. Cloud state prison March 13.
In the Macy's incident, at the Mall of America, a customer reported a man in a men's room had exposed and grabbed his genitals. A security guard went into the restroom, spotted the man in a stall, and went into a stall two doors away. The guard, according to police reports, heard the man move to stall next his, climb atop the toilet seat, and peer down into the guard's stall. Confronted, the man left. Webster was arrested getting into his car in the parking lot, police said. Webster was charged with interferring with privacy, a misdemeanor, in Hennepin County District Court.
Webster had been on parole for a June 1997 incident during a retreat for boys as young as 6 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary at St. Mary's University. Webster, a 1997 seminary grad, had returned from an assignment in Faribault, Minn., for the retreat. The mother of a 15-year-old boy signed a complaint that Webster had gone to her son's bed after the 11 p.m. lights-out and carresed the boy's chest and put a hand into the boy's shorts. The boy was almost asleep when he realized that someone was on his bed, the mother said. She said her son, troubled over what happened, told her about it three days later. In court Webster said the boy's tale was exagerrated although he conceded that he had been sitting on the boy's bed and may inadvertantly have touched his boy's chest. He also said he left promptly when the boy seemed uncomfortable.
The jury didn't buy Webster's plea of innocent to the charges, two sexual assault felonies. Judge Collins sentenced him to 10 years probation. Webster appealed but lost. In 2003 he applied for a discharge from probation which was denied.
Background: Jury to seminarian in sex case: Guilty
Mankato Democrat seeks at-large seatWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Winona State University sophomore Abby Nickels, running for an at-large position on the Student Senate, said she enjoys being in a political atmosphere and revels in current issues both locally and nationally. Nickels, a Mankato native, came to Winona State with high school student council work and political experience in her local 2004 Democratic caucus. She is supporting Democrat Tim Walz for Congressin 2006. Walz was her high school geography teacher. "He pushes the rules to educate people on different beliefs in order to deplete an egocentrical nation," she said.
As a nursing major, Nickels plans to become a family practitioner -- not the first U.S. female president as her friends and family have always guessed. She said she would like to lobby for healthcare issues eventually.
About her competitor for the Student Senate, Nickels conceded that Theresa Strahota may have an edge because she is involved in student organizations and did some campaigning. Nickels said, however, that she has been to several Senate meetings and says she is well aware of campus issues. It wouldnÕt take much for her to fit in with the other senators, she said. In fact, Nickels is already good friends with some other senators, including her boyfriend Jason Slack. Those people directly influenced her decision to run, she said.
If elected, Nickels said, her first action would be to get settled in by catching up on campus events and, as required of all senators, joining two committees right away. She hopes for an assignment on the graduation committee.
She plans on a near normal 15-credit academic load spring semester. Currently unemployed, Nickels said she should would have plenty of time to devote to Senate business.
Reporter: Coral Brevig
Background: Two candidates square off for at-large seat
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People, politics link intrigues candidateWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Winona State University sophomore Theresa Strahota, seeking an at-large position on the Student Senate, said she's interested in the relationship between politics and people. Strahota already is Quad dorm secretary for the campus dorm Council, works with public relations for Council, and represents the Council at weekly Senate meetings. She is a double major in public relations and political science shooting for a career in corporate communication or campaign management.
In addition to her dorm Council work, Strahota plans to take 17 credits next semester, probably six classes, and also work as campus security 16 hours a week. In an interview she said she doesn't like dead time and has always been an overachiever. Hoping to win election to the Senate, however, she said she has cut back on work hours and left the International Association of Business Communicators because of scheduling conflicts.
Being a student senator, Strahota said, would allow her to be more involved with university. She said she loves knowing what's happening around campus and learning about people from every background.
Strahota's campaign has been based on posters, talking to classes and hoping that word of mouth will put her ahead of the other candidate, Abby Nickels. Strahota said she doesn't think of Nickels as a competitor. Either of them would do well in the Senate, she said. Staghota also said that Nickels has not responded to a request to meet with her. As a senator Strahota promised to talk with students first hand for their opinions on issues. She described herself as very approachable.
Reporter: Coral Brevig
Background: Two candidates square off for at-large seat
Subsidy cut would leave Winonan at $34,000WINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- The editor of the Winonan student newspaper at Winona State University, Kate Weber, is reeling from a budget setback meted out by a Student Senate committee on Monday. The Student Fee Management Committee voted to recommend slashing next year's Winonan subsidy by $4,000 -- 10.5 percent. The Winonan had proposed to keep the same $38,000 subsidy as this year. Weber had not asked for any new money for next year, hoping to keep the paper together another year on its current $38,000 from student fees. Decreasing the Winonan subsidy to $34,000 would provide only the absolute minimum to keep the paper running and doesn't allow for needed equipment upgrades, Weber said.
The committee recommendaton caught Weber by surprise. She found out about the decision only because a committee member who voted against the decrease warned that it would be on the Student Senate agenda on Wednesday. When she inquired as to the reason behind the budget cut, she never got a solid response, Weber said. "We want to save money as much as the next person, but we need to do our job foremost," said Weber. The proposed cut, now a formal committee recommendation to the Senate, won't allow the Winonan to do its job as well as otherwise, she said.
Weber denied a report that senators disgruntled with the Winonan are behind the proposed cut. "The Winonan has nothing personal with the Senate," she said. "There is no Winonan versus Student Senate tension."
Minutes of the student fee committee meeting have not been posted, but Weber said she understands that there was an effort to cut the student life fee funding by 10 percent across the board, which directly affects Senate-supported campus clubs. In the end, targeted budgets included the Snowboarding Club and the campus art gallery. Their Senate subsidies, however, are less than the Winonan's and the cuts would be only a quarter of the cut planned for the Winonan.
Reporter: Coral Brevig
Background: "Politics" alleged in proposed Winonan cut
Two candidates square off for at-large seatWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Two Winona State University students are vying for an at-large Student Senate created by the resignation of freshman Dan Flynn. On the ballot are Theresa Strahota, a sophomore, and Abby Nickels, a sophomore. The online election started at noon Monday and runs through noon Thursday.
In a statement, Strahota said that she was up-to-date on issues and responsibilities and feels capable of improving the university for present and future students. Strahota also said she would fight to keep student costs down while keeping academic and activity opportunities high. Nickels said that she has the time and commitment necessary to be a senator. She characterized herself as organized and politically active. She noted that she participated in the 2004 presidential election caucus in Mankato, Minn.
On the ballot for two open freshman Senate seats are Edjodamen Ativie and Jong Ha Jeon. Ativie has promised to be an active spokesperson for fellow freshmen. His qualifications, he said, include a love for people, interaction, involvement, and a genuine willingness to serve. Ha Jeon said that he wants to help make Winona State more exciting and comfortable. Ha Jeon stressed his high school student senate experience. Student Senate Vice President Kari Winter, who is supervise the election, said Ativie and Ha Jeon will both join the Senate barring an extremely large number of write-ins. The two freshman vacancies resulted from the resignations of Becky Schomberg and Ron Kezeske. Said Winter: "They resigned because of personal reasons and family stuff." Both, she said, wanted to keep their grades up. "The Student Senate requires a lot of time," she said. "It is a big commitment and the students may not have realized this. It's understandable."
Election results will be announced Friday evening. The election is one of two supplemment elections, one in late fall, the other in the spring, to fill Senate vacancies.
Other currently open seats are a College of Education seat, created when Michael Henke quit, and two graduate seats for which there were no candidates either last spring or now.
Reporter: Scott Swanson
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"'TWAS ME, NOT ALEX"
Frosh: Rapist-rights group my brain-childWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- Winona State University frosh Matthew Hardy, who created an online organization called Raped By Police and listed his buddy, Student Sen. Alex White, as president and rapist rights activist, now says that White had nothing to do with it. White, meanwhile, has declined repeated interview requests about the Halloween party that led to a massive confrontation with police and prompted Hardy to create "a rapist rights group" online. Although Hardy posted information about his phantom group on the website FaceBook.com, which has millions of college participants, he said he was unhappy that the CyberIndee had reported on it.
"I am just emailing you to let you know that Alex White took no part in creating a Raped By Police group that referred and tied Alex to in the Nov 7th story," said Hardy in a grammar-fractured message to a reporter. "I am the sole creator of the group, and I created it upon my own free will. People who posted comments on the forum posted them at their free will as well and by no way were influenced by anyone." The posting has since disappeared from Hardy's page. He did not explain why White, on his own FaceBook.com page, had a link to the White rapist rights posting.
Meanwhile, the police investigation of the party continues. White, 20, is accused of violating city noise and keg ordinances and of underage consumption. Other charges in the four-hour police pincer movement around the barricaded house, are possible, police say. White's roommate, fellow football player Kenny King, also has been charged.
Hardy, who was at the party, spent his first year of college at the University of South Dakota. At Winona State, where he enrolled this fall, Hardy is a freshman without a declared major. White is a fellow transfer student, also in his feshman yer after a year at South Dakatoa. King also is in his first year at Winona State, a transfer student from Vermilion Community and Technical College in Ely, Minn.
In the now de-posted rapist rights posting, which carried the title "Raped by the Police," Hardy invited students to post comments about being harassed by police the night of the party. On the site Hardy claimed the goal was to create a record of police abuses, implying that information on FaceBook.com somehow would be critcical in exonerating the partiers. At the end of the stand-off, police issued 23 tickets as Halloween-costumed reveles filed out of White and King's house at 560 E. Broadway. Hardy was not among those charged. Estimates have ranged from 75 to 100 on the number of partiers inside the house when the doors were locked to thwart police. Other revelers had departed as police approached.
In complaining about the CyberIndee report on his posting, Hardy said he was upset that readers would conclude that White, a student senator and varsity football player, was the creator. Asked to elaborate on his e-mail complaining about CyberIndee coverage, Hardy never replied.
Reporter: Holly Larson
Background: Senator-jock misses court date
WSU students honor classmateWINONA, Minn., Nov. 15, 2005 -- In memory of a recent Winona State student Ali Al-Mohsin, who died in a car wreck two weeks ago, the Student Senate supplied flowers at a campus memorial service. Student President Ryan Flynn said the flowers were an expression of sympathy to the Al-Mohsin family. The memorial service was Friday. Al-Moshin, from Saudi Arabia, was graduated in May and was completing an internship at Benchmark Electronics.
Reporter: Emily Huppert
Background: Service set for WSU car-crash victim
Background: Collision kills recent WSU grad
In debt? Get it off your chestWASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2005 -- The student-advocacy organization Public Interest Research Group has created a website, Student Debt Yearbook, to increase awareness about the growing debt that students face to to stay in college. The site, modeled on the popular FaceBook.com, site lets students post photographs of themselves along with their names and information about their colleges and majors. Students are encouraged to post how much they expect to owe when they graduate. The site also urges students to write letters to newspaper editors. An e-mail address for the U.S. Education Department's Commission on the Future of Higher Education is provided. Christine Lindstrom, director of the PIRG higher-ed program, said the site is intended to deal with student concerns about loan debt by starting a discussion that will affect national policy-makers and campus administrators.
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WSU senator-jock skips court dateWINONA, Minn., Nov. 14, 2005 -- Inveterate party-guy Alex White failed to appear for a court hearing on charges brought 1-1/2 weeks ago after a neighbor's noise complaint escalated into a four-hour standoff between police and guests. White, 20, was scheduled to be arraigned before Judge Maragret Shaw at 8:15 a.m., but, according to Judge ShawÕs clerk, he did not show up. According to the Winona County court administrator's office, the date and time of the first court appearance is listed on the initial ticket. The court clerk said that it is not uncommon for a person to fail to appear for an initial court date. "They either lose their tickets or do not understand them, so we give them one last shot before we issue a warrant," she said.
According to the court administratorÕs office, the court will wait a few weeks and then reschedule the arraignment. White will be notified by mail of his new court date. If he fails to appear this second time, the court will issue a warrant for his arrest. The court clerk said that missing an arraignment hearing generally is not damaging to a defendant because the judge does not really notice. If a person misses a second date, the judge definitely does notice and there is a possibility it could affect the casem she added.
White is charged with minor consumption, a noise ordinance violation, possession of more than one keg, and possession a keg without registration.
White's housemate, Kenny King, 22, is charged with noise ordinance violation, possession of more than one keg and possession a keg without registration. King is scheduled for arraignment Nov. 21.
WhiteÕs failure to appear lends credence to speculation that he may be prparing to plead not guilty to one or more of the charges. White did not respond to a messages left by a reporter about the issue. He has previously sourned questions about the Halloween party the night of Oct. 27, saying that he was busy and has been told by Winona State football Coach Tom Swyer not to talk. White is on the varsity football team. He is a freshamn studying public rolations, although he has taken no PR courses yet. In addition, he is in a first term on the Student Senate.
Reporter: Alison Pauseth
Background: The price of partying
Background: 23 tickets in party stand-off
Background: Authorities ponder new charges
Speaker: Seek to know others' feelingsWINONA, Minn., Nov. 14, 2005 --The teaching of tolerance is a major obstacle in racial reconciliation, according to Grammy aAard-winning Native American musician Bill Miller, who spoke to Winona State University students. "I don't want be tolerated, I want to be loved," said Miller, who encouraged students to reach out to people who are different. He also spoke on the negative aspect of assimilation, which he blamed for destroying uniqueness and beauty of people. Miller wanted students not to be informed be statistics and lectures but rather to be transformed. Speaking of differences, Miller told students that they didn't have to accept what others say or feel but to understand that their feelings are real.
Miller, who at a young age was spat on and called a timber nigger, admitted there are many angry Native Americans who have every right to be angry. He said pride, pain and fear form boundaries between the majority and minorities, who are each living in their own circles. He continually encouraged students to open their eyes, reach out and take a Native American out for lunch. Miller, who had a difficult childhood, also spoke on the challenges he had to overcome to reach success and fulfillment. He told student not let people stick negative labels on their lives and advised students to not stop pursuing their dreams. Referring to music as a gift to praise his maker, Miller wanted students to find their own gift.
Miller was one of eight children of Mohigan and German parents who grew up on the Mahicanuk reservation. Miller won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album entitled "Fush-Ya Heay Ka," which means "bird song/" Miller has been on the road for 28 years having played with Pearl Jam, Tori Amos, Vanessa Williams and many more. Besides his success in music, Miller is also a father of five children and has been married 25 years.
Reporter: Shanthal Perera
WSU team 5th in computer contestWINONA, Minn., Nov. 14, 2005 -- A Winona State University team of computer science students, calling themselves Last Digit of Pi, finished fifth in the North Central Regional ACM Programming Contest at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Contests were time-based problem-solving to test program skills. Inall, 185 teams competed from Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ontario, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Students expected to balk at tuition planWINONA, Minn., Nov. 13, 2005 -- Whether new Winona State University President Juidth Ramaley can wave a magic wand may be determined Wednesday when she is scheduled to pitch a tuition hike to the Student Senate. As requited by state college system regulations, Ramaley will seek Senate response to her proposal to increase tuition 9.5 percent next fall. The increase would push tuition past $5,300 a year for Minnesota residents. Last year the Senate objected to tuition hikes proposed by Darrell Krueger. In a hugely embarrassing hearing for Krueger before state college system trustees, the Senate prevailed to holding Winona State to the same tuition increases maxdes as other the state's other public universities. The trustees' decision hobbled the New University initatives for which Krueger sought a 10 percent tuition surcharge to be phased in over four years.
Like Krueger's plan, Ramaley wants new money for controversial New University
initatives that Krueger was pushing, although she's renamed them L21 as shorthand for her more grandiose label, "Learning for the the 21st Century." Her plan includes raising student wages for campus jobs in proportion to the tuition increase. This would push wages to $9.20 an hour, compared to the current $8.40, according to Scott Ellinghuysen, the university's chief financial officer.
The Senate is expected to make a separate recommendation to the state college system board of trustees. The powerful Winona State Student Fee Management Committee has recommended holding any tuition increase to 8 percent by triming Ramaley's proposed student wages and emergency fuel reserve fund, as well as carving out her new L21 spending. About wages, student President Ryan Flynn said it's merely robbing Peter to pay Paul to raise tuition and then give the new dollars back to students.
The timeline on tuition is tight. The Student Senate must send a consultation letter to the Minnesota State University Student Association on its position by Wednesday and all budget material then nust be handed over to the MnSCU, the state college system, before Nov. 21. The timeline has been compacted from the usual spring schedule. |
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Reporter: Shanthal Perera
Background: Is Ramaley going down Krueger path?
Background: President expalins L21 to doubtful students
Background: Krueger testy in showdown with students
Background: Trustees spurn last-ditch NewU plea
Background: Trustees refuse WSU's NewU funding
"Politics" alleged in proposed Winonan cutWINONA, Minn., Nov. 13, 2005 -- The Student Senate at Winona State University is considering cutting $4,000 from the budget of the Winonan student newspaper next year, a source at the newspaper said. The source said Winonan editors suspect the move is motivated by some senators' displeasure with Winanon content. "I'm curious to see if any other clubs got their funding cut," said the source. "If the Snowboarding Club didn't lose anything, that says something about the Senate." Hands-on experience for masscom students and university news are more important than leisure groups, the source said. The source, who has management responsibilities at the Winonan, also expressed concern that cut is unmindful of pending increases in printing costs and newspaper's progress in upgrading its salaried staff. The source described the issue as "politics versus the press."
The agenda for the Senate's scheduled meeting on Wednesday was not posted, but the source said that editor-in-chief Kate Weber had been summoned to the meeting. The source said that the rationale for the cut would be that the newspaper ended last year in black ink. If the cut occurs, as the source understand it, $4,000 will go into a reserve to be spread among clubs. |
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INCIDENT AT 560 E. BROADWAY
THE PRICE TO PARTYThis is the legal fallout for partying college students after the four-hour showdown with police at a Halloween party the night of Oct. 27:
Total fines to date: $531.
Bail: $1,500.
Jail: One overnight.
Michael AmesTicketed Oct. 28
Mehgan FlemingTicketed Oct. 28
Marcus FluherTicketed Oct. 28
Joanne GiraudTicketed Oct. 28
Paige GilliganTicketed Oct. 28
Brian GrabauTicketed Oct. 28
Sean HallTicketed Oct. 28
Nicole HalversonTicketed Oct. 28
Heather HenselerTicketed Oct. 28
Jake HoeppnerTicketed Oct. 28
Justin JensenTicketed Oct. 28
Zachary KendallTicketed Oct. 28
Kenneth KingTicketed Sept. 22 at a party; hearing scheduled for Nov. 21; arrested Oct. 28 on outstanding warrants from Ely, Minn.; jailed, then released on $1,500 bond; charged keg ordinance violations Oct. 28; arraigment scheduled for Nov. 21
Charles Merlin Klein, 110 HightowerTicketed Oct. 28. Paid $177 fine Nov. 12.
Angela McSherryTicketed Oct. 28
Dana OaksTicketed Oct. 28
Jarred OhrTicketed Oct. 28
Lisa OstranderTicketed Oct. 28
Holly Joanne Pajak, 16, 256 W. NinthTicketed Oct. 28. Paid $152 fine Nov. 12.
Jordan YankowiakTicketed Oct. 28
Adam Van ItenTicketed Oct. 28
Alex WhiteTicketed Oct. 28Charged keg ordinance violations Oct. 28; arraigment scheduled for Nov. 14
Daniel ZielskiTicketed Oct. 28
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Google eyes online book rental| NEW YORK, Nov, 13, 2005 -- The Google search engine company, rapidly expanding into new enterprises, plans to rent copies of books online for a week at a time, sources said. The source, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, said one publisher has been approached by Google with the project. The plan involves only trade books, not textbooks, at this point. Readers would pay 10 percent of a book's retail price for one week of online access. Books would not be downloadable. In California, Google declined to confirm the report. |
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Who will run this time?WINONA, Minn., Oct. 24, 2005 -- These are the 2006 races that Winona campus people will watching:
$100 laptops on way but not to WSUTUNIS, Tunisa, Nov. 13, 2005 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has designed a $100 laptop designed for school children in developeing countries. At a demonstration at a United Nations technology conference, Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the M.I.T. Media Lab, said 5 million to 10 million units could be built by early 2007. Plans, he said, include distribution in Brazil, Thailand and two dozen other countries that have expressed interest. Governments coujld buy the units for schools instead of textbooks, accoridng to entrepreneurs who are bidding to build the devices. Negroponte sees a markety of 100 to 150 million units. There may be U.S. applications. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has proposed buying one for every junior high school and high school student in his state. Romney's proposal carries a $54 million price tag.
The devices, housed in high-impact plastic, would have a power adapter for use where electricity is available. Otherwise, power would be generated with a crank. An eight-inch diagonal screen would be smaller than most laptops. For word-processing the screen would be high-resolution monochromatic. For Internet browsing the screen would be low-resolution color. There would be wireless capability, including networking with other units in areas without Internet access.
Several companies are bidding the build the devices. Start-up funding has included $2 million each from Advanced Micro Devices, Brightstar, Google and Red Hat. Steve Jobs of Apple Computer reportedly offered to donate the Apple OX X operating system but was turned down in favor of an open-source system with which students can tinker. Bill Gates of Microsoft has been in on planning. The first units will use a microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices and a Linux-based operating system from Red Hat. Software includes word processing, a Web browser, e-mail and, for tinkering, a programming system.
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