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Stelpflug: Clubs need to know budget rulesWINONA, Minn., March 31, 2006 -- A Student Senate treasurer candidate at Winona State University, Lindsay Stelpflug, says she has a personality that's right for the job. "I'm approachable," she said. "Students and senators need someone they feel comfortable talking to." Stelpflug, a sophomore political science and public administration major, says she thinks well of her competitor, D.J. Danielson, but says he has a "strong personality" that can be intimidating. Stelpflug describes herself as more open-minded. If elected, Stelpflug says her work as treasurer compared to her current duties as a sophomore senator would be less people focused and more "tedius," but, she added, she's ready to take on the paperwork.
Her main goal as treasurer, Stelpflug said, would be to educate clubs about rules of the Senate Student Activity Fee Committee, which she would run. A lot of clubs don't know that there is funding available for them through special request to the Student Senate, Stelpflug said. "I want my committee to go to individual club meetings and tell them the SAFC rules," said Stelpflug.
Stelpflug said she's not sure how much her salary would be as treasurer. (It's about $200 a month.) "The money is not at all an incentive," said Stelpflug. "I've put in a lot of work on the Senate in the last two years, and I did it for free."
One of the things Stelpflug says she looks forward to seeing clubs use the money issued by Senate to put on huge events. "It'd feel awesome to know that I had helped make that happen," said Stelpflug.
Stelpflug currently serves Senate Student Services Committee and the Working Documents Committee. Her experience of spending time talking to administrators would carry with her into the treasurer seat, Stelpflug said: "I've learned what games they play and how to anticipate what their next move." To improve communication with administrators, Stelpflug says at times the Senate needs to apply the philosophy: "They don't come to us, we go to them."
Stelpflug conceded she is now playing catch up to Danielson's early campaigning. A large sign hanging outside her house on Eighth Street is reaching students living off-campus, she said. Other campaign efforts include the neon green signs posted around campus, dorm door-knocking and a facebook.com group created by fellow Sen. Liz Jones. Danielson has his own facebook.com group created by junior Caitlin Duval.
Stelpflug said she and Danielson are appealing to different voter bases. Stepflug fears that Danielson might steal the votes of international students because of their endorsement of presidential candidate Rotney O'Shea. When it comes to the five-way presidential race, Stelpflug thinks she would work best with Carl Soderburg. Stelpflug says she's not extremely confident that she will win but is encouraged by the support of friends. |
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WSU student treasurer hopeful |
Reporter: Lydia Oglesby
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
WINONA, Minn., March 31, 2006 -- Police cited a Winona State University freshman for underage drinking at King and Winona streets on campus about midnight. Police had been called in the campus by security guards.
Hearing rescheduled in bar stabbingWINONA, Minn., March 31, 2006 -- A hearing for the man accused of stabbing a Winona bouncer multiple times has been rescheduled for 3 p.m., June 7. Friday's procedural hearing was rescheduled at the request of both the prosecution and defense. Jonathan Hanz Minor, 21, has been held in a Winona jail since he was arrested for the stabbing of a bouncer five times in the back at the Schyde's college bar downown. On March 9, Judge Jeff Thompson denied a request from Minor's father to release the son to his custody. Minor's father, Patrick, wanted to take him back to Arizona to straighten him out and to help him get treatment for alcoholism and finish high school. Minor continued to be held on $100,000 bond.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
Background: Release question before Judge Thompson
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JONATHAN
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O'Shea candidacy: On again? Off again?WINONA, Minn., March 31, 2006 -- The last-minute surprise candidate for Winona State University student president, Rotney O'Shea, told friends at a downtown bar Thursday that he's stopped all formal campaigning. Pressed on what he meant, O'Shea stressed that he was not dropping out of the race. Only a few hours earlier in a message to the CyberIndee, O'Shea had denied a rumor that he was quitting the race and listed a weekend campaign schedule. To friends at the bar, however, he said the only reason he decided to run was because other people kept pressuring him to. Now, O'Shea said, he realized the responsibilities of the president are more than he would like to take on and has stopped campaining. He also added that if he does receive enough votes to win he will fill the position of presidency to the best of his ability.
Background: O'Shea scotches rumors he's withdrawing
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
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ELECTIONS
CANDIDATE STATEMENT |
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| CARL SODERBERG
Candidate for president
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WINONA, Minn., March 31, 2006 -- A candidate for president of the Winona State University Student Senate, Carl Soderberg, was invited, as were all candidates, to submit a campaign statement. This is the news release announcing his candidacy:
Carl Soderberg, Senator representing the Junior Class is filing an application for the office of the President of the Student Senate at WSU. Carl has been committed to students since his inauguration into senate last fall. Early in the semester, it was obvious Mr. Soderberg took his position on senate very seriously and quickly became a prominent member of the senate, both on the floor of the meetings and on his committee work. Carl expressed interest in representing WSU at the monthly MSUSA conference to better understand how to get student's voices heard. After his first conference, Carl quickly wanted more responsibility within MSUSA and ran for a seat on the Internal Affairs committee in MSUSA. He then became the WSUSA alternate on that committee and at the first conference that held a meeting, he became a full member. When the position opened, he was appointed the campus representative of MSUSA. As a member of senate he works on four committees: Legislative Affairs, Working Documents, Mr. WSU sub-committee, and the student senate cabinet.
Throughout his year on senate Carl has become very passionate about several things on campus and in the state of Minnesota he would like to see improved upon. The prices of textbooks are outrageous. This is why Carl is advocating for a full textbook reform at WSU. We need to stop market forces from exploiting students who are attempting to receive an education that is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. We have reached a new point in the history of Minnesota recently. For the first time college students are now paying for more than half of their educations at public institutions. The legislature has cut our guaranteed base of tuition out from underneath us with almost no fight at all. Not only that but the federal government seems to think that we get too much aid as it is and cut 16 billion dollars from our federal aid programs. This is a huge problem WSU students are facing and most of them don't know about it.
Contact: Carl Soderberg |
CYBERINDEE CONTEST
APRIL FOOLERY
Following up on its textbook funeral publicity stunt, the Winona State University Student Senate announced a tuition funeral. Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be invited to lie in state before the mock burial. "Mock? Who said mock?" asked organizer Jared Stene.
To improve security, Schyde's bar is outfitting bouncers in Medieval chain mail.
A atudent committee on underage drinking said the members developed good ideas but just can't remember them.
Former student Sen. Mick Reis and presidential hopeful Jon Jacob have had a long talk, even shook hands and embraced and warmly, and announced they'll be runningmates.
A student president candidate at Winona State, Rotney O'Shea suggested replacing candidate debates with a beer-pong tournament.
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Earlier April foolery |
WSU student faces drunk-driving chargeWINONA, Minn., March 31, 2006 -- A Winona State University student was jailed for driving while intoxicated following a traffic stop early Friday, according to Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams. The student, 22, was stopped at 10th and Main at 1:21 a.m. He was ticketed with fourth-degree drunken-driving, no proof of insurance and a lane violation, Williams said. The man's blood alcohol level was 0.19, he said.
CYBERINDEE CONTEST
APRIL FOOLERY
Eager to learn anything about what she's doing next, the Winona State Student Senate sent university President Ramaley a microscopic microphone tucked inside a gift teddy bear.
At-large student Sen. DJ Danielson has upped his Rogain dosage to twice a week. He just wasn't getting results.
University President Juidth Ramaley announced plans to hold future discussions on student policy changes in an underground bunker.
Faced with a challenging bid for re-election, at-large student Sen. Alex White, infamous for the police standoff at his Halloween party, called in mommy and daddy to "handle the situation."
Rotney O'Shea flipped a coin again to determine whether to stay in the running for student president. The outcome is different every time.
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Earlier April foolery |
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WHAT PRECEDED
AND FOLLOWED THE SAVAGERY
THE SORDID EVENTS
WINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- The vicious pool cue-beating of a Winona couple in their 50s shocked decent people. Not only was it the ferocity of the attacks but also the apparent senselessness. Why had such a thing happened to innocent victims? The following is a reconstruction of events leading up to the early Tuesday attack and also the attack itself. The information is based on interviews and on court documents and proceedings. The acount includes fictitious names for the beating victims, who, initially fearing followup atacks, have asked not to be identified in news stories.
The chronology:
Sometime before the attack, John Michael Fitzgerald, 21, a Winona State University junior, and a buddy, Drew Nicholas Steinquist, 19, who grew up in Winona, partied at Steinquist's apartment. At the party was the younger son of the beating victims, who, in deference to his parents request for anonynity, is called Richard in this account. Richard had known Steinquist at least since their days as Winona High School classmates.
After Richard left the party, Steinquist discovered that his safe was missing. Everyone at the party attributed the theft to Richard. According to Steinquist, the safe had contained as much as $2,000 and between one and four ounces of marijuana, which, according to word on the street, would be worth between $300 and $1,600 in Winona.
Two days before the attack, Fitzgerald showed up at the home of Richard's parents and asked for him. Told that Richard didn't live there any more, Fitzgerald left without incident. Richard, who himself has a criminal record in Winona County, had in fact been kicked out of the house by his parents just days earlier, and wound up in Texas, where he was arrested on unrelated matters and remains jailed.
On the night of the attack, Fitzgerald and Steinquist drove Fitzgerald's Chevy Tahoe to the house of Richard's parents. Fitzgerald was drunk. Like always, he had his pool cue stored in a case in the truck. The two men broke into the house by pushing in a panel of plexiglass on the front door and turning the deadbolt lock. Steinquist, who wearing gloves, a bandana to covering his face, hid in a closet. Richard mother, whom we'll call Sarah, 55, was asleep with her husband upstairs but heard a noise and cautiously went downstairs. She held a flashlight in one hand and a cell phone in the other. It was then, around 1:30 a.m. that the vicious beating began.
Steinquist sprang from the closet and knocked Sarah Jones to the floor. Fitzgerald than began beating her. The husband, whom we'll call Robert, 57, heard his wife screaming and raced downstairs to find Fitzgerald bludgeoning his wife with a pool cue. Steinquist and Fitzgerald then ordered the husband to the ground and beat him as well. All the while, taunting the couple by saying their son Richard was illegitimate and had stolen $2,000 from them and that they were going to kill them. Fitzgerald then ordered Steinquist to tie up the couple, which he did with towels from another room. Fitzgerald and Steinquist then left. All told, the home invasion and beating lasted about an hour.
Steinquist ditched a piece of the towel in a neighboring yard. The two drove off to dump the gloves and pool cue in a dumpster of a grocery store. They then drove to a Kwik Trip, where Fitzgerald coolly bought a pack of cigarettes.
Meanwhile, the badly beaten couple struggled to free themselves to call for help. It took them about 20 minutes to break free from the towels. Sarah called 9-1-1 at 2:45 a.m. Both the husband and wife were rushed to the Winona hospital, then airlifted to Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse. Sarah's eyes were completely swollen shut. Paramedics initially thought that both the husband and wife had sustained fractured skulls because of their psychological conditions. Amazingly, neither suffered a broken bone or fracture. Robert was released after two days. Sarah has yet to be released, her eyes still swollen shut. The majority of the trauma was to their heads and necks.
The next day, another of the couple's sons, whom we'll call Jeff, arrived at the Winona Law Enforcement Center with Steinquist's roommate. The roommate told police that he had been at the party when the safe had been stolen and that Steinquist had blamed Richard. Using that information, and the initial criminal descriptions given by the victims, police obtained an arrest warrant for Steinquist. Steinquist was arrested later that morning while driving out of Winona on Highway 43.
In custody, Steinquist was quick to offer his confession and gave up Fitzgerald as an accomplice. Fitzgerald was arrested that night at his apartment. He also immediately admitted his guilt. Police then searched Fitzgerald's Chevy Tahoe and apartment and added to their list of evidence: the safe, clothes and shoes, the gloves and a bandana thought to have been worn by Steinquist, a pool cue, a pool cue case, the towel used to tie up the victims, and a Kwik Trip surveillance video of Fitzgerald immediately after the beating.
Fitzgerald and Steinquist remain in jail in lieu of $250,000 and $200,000 bail, respectively. The two men are next due in court at 9 a.m., April 13.
Reporter: Chandler MacLean
Background: Bond set for Fitzy, 'Quist
SMU jock claims arrest should not have occurred| WINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- The cops lacked sufficient cause to arrest a St. Mary's University hockey player near the Winona State campus last month, his attorney claimed in court. Cullum Seth Buetow-Staples, charged with stealing electronics from cards, was tackled by Winona Sate security guards and held until police arrived on Feb.10. In court on Thursday, Buetow-Staples' attorney, Rich McCluer, told Judge Jeff Thompson that police did not have sufficient legal reason to warrant the arrest. Thompson gave McCluer until April 17 to submit a written challenge to the arrest. The prosecutor was given until April 24 to respond. Then on April 25, Judge Thompson will decide if Buetow-Staples needs to appear in court again. Until then, Buetow-Staples is to stay in contact with his attorney. Buetow-Staples was accompanied in court by his mother and father. They left briskly after the hearing. |
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Reporter: Megan Buesgens
Background: SMU suspends hockey player
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WSU 8, UW-Stevens Point 3
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CYBERINDEE CONTEST
APRIL FOOLERY
The rockers Bowling for Soup hope that 100 people show up for their Winona State University concert because that would be their biggest crowd in history.
Wanting to bond with students, Winona State President Judith Ramaley scrapped her $50,000 inauguration plans for a "massive kegger," with raspberry beer, of course.
University President Juidth Ramaley announced plans to hold future discussions on student policy changes in an underground bunker.
The college bar Bulls-Eye has changed its name to Stingers and started a trend. Schyde's will become Stabbers.
New construction at Winona State calls for replacing all the sidewalks at the same time. To help students get where they're going, the curriculum committee created a new class: Flight 101.
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GUEST COMMENT
WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS
JACOB MASKING RECORD ON FEES
BY MICK REIS
Former College of Business Student Senator
In response to former Sen. Emile Wiener's commentary on the CyberIndee, no one has disputed that Jon Jacob, now a candiate for Winona State University Senate predient, worked on the tuition freeze campaign. What has been disputed is that his voting record does not depict a crusader of lower costs and fees.
Jacob has voted against decreasing the Student Union Fee.He attempted to amend a tuition motion to be higher.He only supported the higher health service fee.He voted against three year freeze on the parking permit costs, despite Director Mounce's acquiescence to the request.Jacob abstained from a vote opposing the New University Tuition increase, despite clear constituent sentiment.Jacob voted against adopting the first referendum's stance of the students stating that the New U cost outweighed potential benefits.
As for the disputed motion on withholding reimbursement from dissenting schools, it is no surprise Wiener would want to defend the motion that she and Jacob forwarded. It remains, however, that this viewpoint was seen as so extremist and embarrassing that two-thirds of the Senate carried an objection to even entertaining the motion. Even if it was well-intentioned, the motion was offensive, and the vast majority felt it was punishing other schools. It does not matter that it originated at other schools. Winona State has always been a leader in MSUSA and should continue to take its own stances and actions. Sanctioning another school for doing what they felt was in the best interest of their students, whether they were right or wrong, is not acceptable diplomacy.
To respond to Sen. Jacob's comments in a March 29 CyberIndee article, Jacob's ethics are still under question. If he had no conflict of interest with the Winonan, he should have disclosed his application status for a Winonan job to the Senate at the time of Senate debate on Winonan funding. His actions surrounding his indiscretion are questionable and concerning.
As for the student fee increases he supported, I will not quibble over how faulty his reasons for voting as he did. My point was not that Jacob was right or wrong but that his voting record does not align with his claims that he is an advocate for lower tuition and fees. If Jacob holds, as Wiener suggests, the view that students will pay more if there are clear benefits, this is fine. A number of people believe that quality and excellence are more important than access and affordability. If this is his stance, Jon Jacob should not mislead students into thinking he has always stood for access and affordability when his voting record shows the opposite. |
Background: Spend-happy? Jacob denies charges
Background: Jacob sees wrong-headed vendetta in critic
Background: Wiener defense of Jacob record
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
WSU STUDENT
ELECTIONS
CANDIDATE STATEMENT |
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| MELINDA SCHUCK
Candidate for president
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WINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- A candidate for president of the Winona State University Student Senate, Melinda Schuck, was invited, as were all candidates, to submit a campaign statement. This is Schuck's:
My name is Melinda Schuck and I would like to be your next student senate president. I'm a molecular biology major, with minors in Spanish and biochemistry. I am currently serving my first term on student senate as a senator for the College of Science and Engineering, and the chair of the Diversity Awareness Committee.
There are a few key factors that set me apart from the other candidates. First of all, I am involved in a variety of organizations beyond student senate. I've served as president of Environmental club for the past two years, both vice president and treasurer of Hispanic Association of Students, secretary of Art Club, and a board member on Intercambios. Through my positions in these organizations, I have gained valuable experience in coordinating events, leading meetings, and working closely with faculty and administration. This involvement also allows me to stay more connected with the student body as a whole. I feel that it is very important for student senate to stay connected to the general student body; otherwise, it is impossible for us to truly represent the students.
Secondly, and probably more importantly, my campaign has focused on attainable goals instead of vague annoyances with higher education in general. While the other candidates have impressive lists of grievances that may shock and anger students, I have set out clear goals that will improve our university. Involving students in making decisions by restructuring all-university committees to include a higher percentage of students, then pulling in students from related majors and clubs, informing students about pertinent issues in the legislature through special events and a series of short videos on the senate website, building stronger relationships with the administration; these are the issues we need to focus on in the coming year. Thank you for your support.
Contact: Melinda Schuck |
Ballot count Thursday: "The envelope, please"WINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- Ballot counting for the Winona State University Student Senate spring election will take place at 3:30 p.m., administrative assistant Erin Feger announced. President Ryan Flynn, election coordinator, preside. The count, in the Tye conference room in the Kryzsko student building, will follow the noon closing of online voting. The count usually is attended mostly by candidates and reporters but is open to all.
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
WSU STUDENT
ELECTIONS
CANDIDATE STATEMENT |
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| JARED STENE
Candidate for junior senator
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WINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- A candidate for a junior seat on the Winona State University Student Senate, Jared stene, was invited, as were all candidates, to submit a campaign statement. This is Stene's:
My name is Jared Stene and I am on track to accumulate over $40,000 of debt after I finish my undergraduate degree here at Winona State. Like many of you, the cost to attend this university will be paid for by loans, every single dollar I spend on tuition, fees, books, and rent matters in the long run. Right now my current and future debt is just a number on a computer screen, but after I graduate the price I pay for education will be a burden for a good part of my life. It is important now more than ever to keep costs low for everyone here at WSU. In the past year as a member of Student Senate and Chair of the Student Services Committee I have advocated to keep all costs of attendance low and affordable to protect the accessibility of Winona State for current and future students.
Last semester, the Rate Your Landlord project was launch by the Student Services Committee in order to provide information for us in making the right choice for living off campus. As your junior class senator I will continue to work to improve the current project and to have it evolve to something more than just a number rating for landlords. This semester our committee helped to create awareness about the rising costs of textbooks. I feel that it is important to continue dialogue between students, faculty, and administration to find alternative motives to keep the cost of textbooks down at Winona State. As your junior class senator, I will continue to advocate for a textbook rental system to keep textbook costs low.
I am asking for your vote to re-elect me to our Student Senate as your junior class senator. This past year has been a great privilege to serve and I feel that our work is not done in keeping the all costs of education low here at Winona State.
Contact: Jared Stene |
Reis, Jacob bicker over Roberts RulesWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- Parliamentary details of what happened at a contentious but almost-forgotten meeting of the Student Senate a year ago keep rearing their head in the current Winona State University student presidential race. The issue, raised by former business Sen. Mick Reis is whether Jon Jacob, based on his performance at the MSUSA meeting, has the interpersonal and diplomatic skills to be president. Reis says that Jacob, exasperated at the St. Cloud and Mankato delegation, seconded a motion to punish the dissidence. Jacob responded to Reis' point in an interview Monday that Reis had his facts scrambled. Jacob also said he didn't recall seconding the motion, as Reis had stated. To the Reis point that the motion was so offensive and embarrassing to the Senate as a whole that an "objection to the consideration of the motion" was not only voiced but carried, Jacob responded that such could never have happened under Roberts Rules of Order that govern the conduct of meetings. To all that, Reis says: "Patently untrue."
Says Reis: "Jacob claims that an objection to the consideration of a motion cannot be made if the motion has been seconded. This is entirely incorrect. Roberts Rules of Order, 10th edition, by which the Senate runs, states very clearly: 'If an original main motion has been made and a member beleives it would do harm for the motion to even be discussed in the meeting, he can raise an Objection to the Consideration of the Question, provided he does so before debate has begun or any subsidary motion has been stated; the assembly then votes on whether the main motion shall be considered (and if there is two-thirds vote against the consideration, the motion is dropped.)' For reference, debate begins after a motion is made, seconded, and stated by the chair. Clearly an objection can be made and in this case one was. I know because I made the objection and it was carried." |
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MICK REIS
Spar on whose memory is better and who's the master of Roberts Rules or Order |
Background: Spend-happy? Jacob denies charges
Background: Jacob sees wrong-headed vendetta in critic
Background: Wiener defense of Jacob record
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
WSU Asian students cook up native menusWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- The Winona State University Asian American Club annual dinner, this year called "Taste of Asia," will premier "P.S. I'm Asian," a documentary by club members about their everyday challenges. Live performances will include Vietnamese dancers, organizers said. Cultural booths will offer Hmong vegetable chicken fried rice, Vietnamese shrimp chips, Cambodian tamarind chicken wings, Philippine pancit, and Korean kim chi.
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: Door open 6 p.m., competition 6 p.m.
Place: Student Union, Kryzsko Commons
Cost: Not announced |
COMMENT
THUGS BEHIND BARS
SUPERB POLICE WORK
In less than 24 hours Winona police captured the two thugs who, by their admission, burst into the home of a sleeping middle-age couple who then were beaten mercilessly for the better part of an hour with a pool cue. This was superb police work -- quick, definitive, indicting. Of course, we want the accused men, Fitzy and Drew, to have the opportunity of a legally sound defense and full judicial review. But from all appearances at this point, with both behind bars awaiting more court dates, our streets are safer.
Police moved quickly after finding the brutalized couple. Investigators managed to get fragamentary information from the husband and wife despite being swollen and bruised and barely able to speak. Within 12 hours the cops cuffed Drew Steinquist. Within another seven hours, the cops had John Fitzgerald.
The drugs aspect of the case cast a troubling shadow on the community. Considering that Fitzy is a Winona State student, there also is new concern about drug violence as a campus issue. These are, indeed, scary times although less so with these guys in jail. Thank you with special gratitude to our men and women in blue. |
Background: Bond at $250,000 for Fitzy, $200,000 for Steinquist
Background: Verbatim: Police case for probable cause
Howden gives up second candidacyWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- Incumbent business Sen. Rick Howden, who put himself on the Winona State University Student Senate ballot for two offices, has withdrawn his name from the senior senator race. Howden had been under critcism for "double dipping," as also have been DJ Danielson, Jon Jacob and Thersa Strahota. Howden's withdrawal leaves only Danielson on next week's ballot for three senior Senate seats. For two College of Business seats, Howden and Candice Rempala are the only candidates.
Remaining with dual candidacies are Danielson, for a $200-a-month salaried position as Senate treasurer as well as for a senior Senate seat; Jacob, for a salaried position as president, also at roughly $200 a month, as well for as liberal arts Senate seat; and Strahota, for both a liberal arts and a junior seat, neither of which is salaried.
The announcement of Howden's withdrawal from the senior race was made by student President Ryan Flynn, who is supervising the election. No on else has withdrawn, Flynn said. |
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Background: Comment: The shame of double-dipping
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
O'Shea scotches rumors he's withdrawing| WINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 --
A candidate for student president at Winona State University, Rotney O'Shea, denied a rumor that he is withdrawing from the five-way race. O'Shea said his door-knocking campaign is on course and going full bore: "I am going to Lourdes today, Sheehan Hall tomorrow and International Club event Saturday." What of the rumor? To a reporter checking out the story, O'Shea said: "One reason you might heard that I am withdrawing is that as I campaigned last week I went to student clubs and was asked if I would resign because of my background, and I said I would if students want me." To resign, he said, is not message he from picked up. "I am campaigning 'til next Thursday mid-day," he said. That's when online voting ends. |
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Reporter: Sam Molter
Background: O'Shea: Forget old rep, I've grown up
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
Jacob sees wrong-headed vendetta in criticWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- A candidate for the Winona State University Student Senate presidency, Jon Jacob, dismissed criticism from a former senator as some kind of vendetta. Jacob, 25, accused Mick Reis, a former business senator, of grand-standing in an op-ed piece on the CyberIndee. "Mick hungers for controversy," Jacob said in an interview. "If he can't find it, he creates it. Not one thing in that letter is true." In the piece, labeled as commentary, Reis said that Jacob has not been the hard-nosed advocate for lower tuition and fees that he has portrayed in his campaign. Reis said that Jacob has rarely said no to a fee increase and his voting record negates his work for a failed tuition freeze last year. "Everything in the letter was his opinion," Jacob said.
To Reis' point that Jacob is "double-dipping" by running both for president and for re-election as a liberal arts senator, Jacob said he has valuabloe Senate experience that can serve students well either as president or as a senator. Running for the liberal arts seat is not a back-up plan, as Reis put it, Jacob said, but instead it's an assurance that his voice will continue to be heard as a student advocate.
To an arcane parliamentary point by Reis that Jacob had "seconded a motion that was intended to punish St. Cloud State and Metro for disagreeing with the other schools" at a meeting of the Minnesota State University Student Association, Jacob called Reis flat-out wrong. "First of all, if a motion has a second, it cannot be objected to," said Jacob. "If there is a second, it must go to the floor for debate." Jacob said that he doesn't recall seconding the motion. Still displeased about events leading up to the motion, Jacob said the "punished" schools had left a conference after wasting everybody's time for three hours.
Jacob conceded that in an interview that reis was correct that he has voted at various times for higher student fees but always for good reason. About a proposed 3 percent increase in health service fee that he favored, Jacob acknowledged that he supported the proposal as something that would have only a piddling effect on student costs. "I voted for the 3 percent increase because it made the difference of 10 cents per credit," he said. "That's only $1.20 more per semester." The majority of senators favored only a 1.59 percent increase.
Reis' commentary criticized Jacobs' claim to be a voice for Winona State students when, according to Reis, Jacob sometimes has given priority to his personal interests. Reis pointed to Jacob as self-serving in advocating a major increase in the Winonan student newspaper budget while simultaneously seeking a salaried posiition from editor Adam Crowson. Jacob responded in an interview that he didn't accept Reis' portrayal of what happened. The issue was broader, said Jacob, citing a student petition circulated by Winonan editors for the budget increase: "Two-hundred eighty students said they didn't want the cut from the Winonan. I advocated the increase because I was listening to what the students wanted." |
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Reis' opinions not warranted by the facts |
Reporter: Marissa Block
Background: Spend-happy? Jacob denies charges
Background: Reis' slant on Jacob candidacy
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
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DREW NICHOLAS STEINQUIST
High drama at first court appearance
Tearful families, still bruised and
swollen beating victim
Prosecutor: "A vicious, unimaginable crime"
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Bond for Fitzy: Quarter-million dollarsWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- Bond was set at $250,000 for a Winona State University junior whom police say was the prime aggressor in a savage pool-cue beating of a middle-age couple Tuesday. Judge Jeff Thompson set the bond for John Michael Fitzgerald, 21. A second man accused in the case, Drew Nicholas Steinquist, 19, a Winona High grad, was ordered to also remain in jail pending further court appearances unless he can post $200,000 bond. The men appeared separately and without legal counsel. The purpose of the hearing was for them to hear the charges against them and for bail to be set.
At the hearing was the man who was tied up and beaten. His wife remains hospitalized in La Crosse, Wis. Also in court were the parents of Fitzgerald and Steinquist. The courtroom was packed with more than 30 people.
Steinquist was escorted to his seat before Judge Thompson. Still sporting the scruffy beard and coiffure in his arrest mug photo, and dressed in neon-orange jail garb, Steinquist seemed timid and afraid. He nervously twitched his leg, and spoke softly when addressing the judge. Thomson asked Steinquist if he understood the charges. "I think so," Steinquist said. Steinquist was asked if he could afford an attorney. "Um, I think so," he replied.
Prosecutor Chuck MacLean was first to speak after the judge read the charges. "This was by any measure a vicious and unimaginable crime," MacLean said. "Both victims spent days in the hospital after being airlifted from their home. The woman's eyes were completely swollen shut." Thompson asked Steinquist if he would appear in court and stay law-abiding if granted a conditional release, to which Steinquist replied: "I don't know what you're asking I guess." Thompson then set unconditional bail at $200,000. Steinquist buried his face in his hands and shook his head before being escorted away.
Fitzgerald, also in jail-house orange, was less outwardly remorseful when his turn came. Said Maclean: 'I have detected no remorse from this man, except for his plight." MacLean said that Fitzgerald had played a larger role in the beating than Steinquist. "He was the primary aggressor and planner," MacLean said. "It was his pool cut, he was the get-to and getaway driver, and delivered all of the blows to the victims."
Fitzgerald responded with noticeably heightened remorse, becoming softer and more subdued with his words. He said he was sorry about what happened and was not a flight risk. "I'm feeling a lot of remorse over this matter," said Fitzgerald in his defense. "I'm a college student here, and I have no reason to leave." Fitzgerald offered his desire to move on: "I really want to finish this semester, and I want to check myself into treatment." Fitzgerald, who had been drinking on the night of the beating, said: "I have a problem, and I want to get help." He choked up: "I'm ashamed and embarrassed by what I've done." Fitzgerald wiped tears from his eyes and shook his head as Thompson set unconditional bail at $250,000. Asked if he could afford an attorney, Fitzgerald replied, "I'd like to apply for a public defender, just in case."
Afterward, in the courthouse lobby, the mood was somber. The families of Fitzgerald and Steinquist lined one wall of the lobby. Standing nearby was he male victim of the beating, a small man, age 57, his eyes black and puffy and nearly swollen shut. Some of his family stood opposite him. Steinquist's father, Dave Steinquist, obviously grief-stricken, approached the man and clutched his hand. "I'm sorry for what my son did to you and your family," he said, tears in his eyes. "I didn't raise him like that." Steinquist's father then said he hoped his son was punished to the full extent of the law. "It's OK," the beating victim replied.
Later, the mothers of Fitzgerald and Steinquist embraced in a long hug and quietly consoled one another. Steinquist's father walked out of the courthouse alone and stood silently as he stared off into the distance.
Judge Thompson scheduled the next appearance for Fitzgerald and Steinquist for 9 a.m., April 13, before Judge Margaret Johnson.
Reporter: Chandler MacLean
Background: Defendants face 154 years prison each
Background: Hospital releases husband in Winona beating
Background: Police list early investigation findings
Fitzy, 'Quist each face 134 years prisonWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- The maximum sentences against two men accused of brutally attacking a Winona couple early Tuesday morning would run up to 134 years in prison -- yes, 134, and yes, for each of them. John Michael Fitzgerald, 21, a Winona State junior, and Drew Nicholas Steinquist, 19, were brought from jail to the courtroom of Judge Jeff Thompson on Thursday to be informed formally of the charges. The judge recited the charges -- felony kidnapping, first-degree burglary, and second-degree assault. Each of the kidnapping charges carries a maximum sentence of 40 years and a $50,000 fine. The three burglary charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years and $35,000 fine max. The assault charges carry seven years and $14,000 max. Fitzgerald and Steinquist were arrested Tuesday and charged with entering a West Fourth Street home in the middle of the night, tying up the terrfied husband and wife, and beating them with a pool cue for the better part of an hour. The couple, age 57 and 55, whom police call "innocent victims," almost died.
Steinquist, a recent Winona High grad, appeared before Thompson first. He appeared dazed and shaken. He responded to Thompson's questions, "I think so," and "I don't know what you're asking, I guess." To the judge, prosecutor Chuck MacLean called the incident a "vicious crime" on "completely innocent people" and asked, in the men's separate couirt appearances, that both be kept in jail pending further proceedings rather than released on bail. The beating was so severe, said MacLean, that the wife's eyes were swollen completely shut.
Steinquist is believed to have had the first physical contact with the victims by pushing the woman to the floor, MacLean said. He added, though, thay Steinquist seems to have "some genuine remorse -- in retrospect." In contrast, MacLean said, he detected no remorse in Fitzgerald, whom he called "the primary assailant." Fitzgerald owned the pool cue that was used as a weapon, he said. "He poses a blatantly obvious risk to public safety,Ó MacLean said. Thompson set bail at $250,000 for Fitzgeraldd an $200,000 for Steinquist.
Steinquist said nothing when Thompson set his amount. Fitzgerald, however, asked that Thompson reconsider his bail. "I'm a college student here," Fitzgerald said. "I have no reason to leave." The Winona State University business major said he wants to complete the semester and then check into an alcohol treatment center. "I know I have a problem and I want to fix it," he said. Both men had been drinking prior to their stop at the Fourth Street home. Fitzgerald said he was "ashamed and embarrassed" and alluded to the support given by his family.
Thompson said that the bail issue can be reconsidered at the next court appearance ar 9 a.m., April 13, before Judge Margaret Johnson.
Fitzgerald filed for a public defender. Steinquist said he would hire an attorney.
Reporter: Elena Grimm
Background: Hospital releases husband in Winona beating
Background: Police list early investigation findings
Hospital releases husband in Winona beatingWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- The 57-year-old Winona man beaten repeated with pool cue has now been released from Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wis., two days after the assault. The wife remains hospitalized in fair condition. Police say the couple, who have asked not be named in the news, were innocent victims of thugs who forced their way into the West Fourth Street house early Tuesday looking for drugs and money they said had been stolen by one of the couple's sons, who until recently lived with them. The woman's eyes were swollen shut from the beating, according to the criminal complaint. Two men broke into the coupless home about 1:30 a.m. and beat them in an assault that lasted an hour, police said. The assault weapon, police said, was a pool cue.
Reporter: Amy Vergin
Background: Fitzy, Steinquist to see judge Thursday
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Police list early investigation findingsWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2006 -- This is the police statement, signed by Deputy Chief Tom Williams, to support a request to Judge Jeff Thompson for a warrant to arrest Winona State University junior John Michael Fitzgerald for the beatings of a husband and wife at their Fourth Street house:
STATEMENT
OF PROBABLE CAUSE
The Complaint states that the following facts establish probable cause:
At about 2:45 a.m. on March 28, 2006, a female called 9-1-1 to report that she and her husband had been beaten by two men, who had broken into their house in the City and County of Winona, Minnesota. Officers arrived and found both victims appeared to have been severely beaten. Officers were able to determine from the two victims that have had been sleeping that early morning when they heard a noise downstairs. The wife went downstairs to see what it was. Shortly thereafter, the husband heard his wife screaming downstairs. The husband then went downstairs in time to see the two men beating his wife with a stick. The two men then ordered the husband to the ground where they then beat the husband as well. Throughout the beating, among many other comments and threats, the two men made statements to the effect that the couple's young son was illegitimate, the son stole $2000 from the men, and the men were going to kill the couple.
The beating and home invasion lasted about one hour. The husband and wife were able to describe the two men. One was a White male, about six feet tall with brownish-red hair. That man had a bandanna on his face throughout the incident. The second man said he was about a quarter Hispanic, and the husband described that man as about five feet nine inches tall, weighing about 270 pounds. Toward the end of the beating, the man with the bandanna tied the husband and wife up with towels from the scene, then left the house. It took the husband and wife about twenty minutes to break free from the towels with which they had been tied up. The wife then called 9-1-1. Husband reported that the larger man had come to the husband's and wife's residence the Sunday before the attack, looking for the couple's son ("Young Son"). The couple had kicked Young Son out of the house just says earlier. On that Sunday, the larger man left without incident after asking for the couple's Young Son. The husband, on that Sunday, saw the larger man leave in an SUV after looking for Young Son.
The wife was air-lifted to the hospital for treatment of her injuries, particularly her head injuries. The helicopter later returned to also transport the husband to the hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Another of the couple's sons ("Older Son") reported that his brother ("Young Son") had left for Texas a few days before. Later, Older Son came to the law enforcement center with a young man who reported he was the roommate to Drew Nicholas Steinquist, DOB: 8-24-86. The roommate reported that he had been at a party recently with Young Son and Steinquist and others. After Young Son left, they noticed Steinquist's safe was missing, so everyone attributed the safe theft to Young Son.
Officers located Young Son in jail in Texas and Young Son acknowledged that he had stolen Steinquist's safe. Young Son reported where he had discarded the emptied safe, and officers, in fact, did find the empty safe there.
Officers encountered Steinquist driving in Winona and executed a felony stop. Steinquist was arrested and reported the following. Steinquist reported that he and John Michael Fitzgerald, DOB: 6-22-84, had broken into the husband and wife's house together. Officers had earlier found the plexiglass in the front door had been pushed in with entry gained by reaching in and turning the deadbolt lock. Steinquist reported he was wearing gloves and a bandanna, and hid in a closet when they first entered. Shortly thereafter, a female came downstairs, and Fitzgerald then ordered Steinquist to tie up the female and male and Steinquist did so using a towel from the house. Steinquist and Fitzgerald then left. After they left, Steinquist and Fitzgerald threw the pool cue used in the beating and the gloves in a dumpster behind a Winona grocery store. The officers recovered matching items from a dumpster at that location. Steinquist said a piece of the towel he used to tie up the victims was thrown into a neighbor's yard. Officers recovered a piece of towel from a neighbor's yard that matched the towel that had been used to tie up the victims.
Officers have briefly discussed the husband's and wife's injuries with the medical care providers at the hospital. The medical care providers report the following. The victims suffered no fractures, but remain hospitalized at the time this Complaint/Warrant is being drafted. Both of the wife's eyes are completely swollen shut.
Officers have located Fitzgerald's residence and Steinquist remains in custody. Fitzgerald's driver's license indicates Fitzgerald is five feet, eleven inches, and 245 pounds.
A warrant is required for public and officer safety as this dangerous offender is apprehended as soon as possible. |
WSU black club sponsors "Idol"WINONA, Minn., march 30, 2006 -- The Winona State University Black Cultural Awareness Association is sponsoring the second annual Winona Idol competition, Organizer Ben Brako said the competition is similar to television's "American Idol" but compressed in a single night."
Date: Friday, April 7
Time: Door open 6 p.m., competition 7 p.m.
Place: Somsen Auditorium
Cost: $5 |
Fitzy, Steinquist to see judge Thursday| WINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- The men arrested for a middle-of-the-night assault on a husband and wife at their house will go before a judge Thursday to be advised formally of the charges, police said. Winona State University student John Michael "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, 21, and Nicholas Steinquist, 20, were arrested Tuesday within 24 hours of the beatings. Steinquist was stopped in his truck west of Winona in the afternoon. Then police, acting on information from Steinquist, obtained a search warrant and tsearched Fitzgerald's house and automobile Tuesday night. According to police, the search of Fitzgerald's rented house turned up a substantial amount of money, half of a pool cue, a black hooded pullover that Fitzgerald was believed to have been wearing during the assault, several prescription drugs and a controlled substance pill. It was a pool cue that police say was the "dangerous weapon" used in the repeated beating of the couple at their West Furth Street house. In Fitzgerald's car, a Chevy Tahoe registered to his mother, police found more money, the other half of the pool cue, and a blue bandana believed to have been worn by Steinquist during the assault, police said. |
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DREW
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Reporter: Mark Chryst
Background: Man accused in beatings a WSU junior
WSU student reports losing computer to thiefWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- At 8:30 a.m. Danielle Florian reported that her WSU Gateway laptop had been stolen from her home on the 50 block of East 2nd St. over night on the 28th. So far police have no details, no suspects and no leads.
Reporter: Mark Chryst
GUEST COMMENT
WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS
JACOB DILIGENT
FOR TUITION FREEZE
BY EMILIE WIENER
Former Freshman and Liberal Arts Senator
Winona State University
I would like to set the record straight on Student Senate presidential candidate Jon Jacob and the accusations made against him by Mick Reis (CyberIndee, March 28) Jacob worked harder then almost any student at Winona State on the tuition freeze campaign last year. Only a handful of students were actively involved in the campaign on campus, and Mr. Jacob was one of them. Any time a phone call needed to be made, an email sent, a table needed to be staffed, he was there.
As for the issue with other state universities, Mr. Reis is completely off base. The motion that was brought up against the schools was not to punish them. It was a motion that was brought up by other schools in the system first, because some students were not happy that their student fees were going to pay for hotel rooms and transportation for groups that dealt with adversity by leaving, instead of working out their differences.
Mr. Jacob holds the view that many students share. They do want to pay more money unless there are reasons that seem justifiable. I encourage any student who has any questions about Jacob's stance on any issue to email him and find out his true stance and his reasons behind that stance, instead of taking the word of someone else. |
Background: Whose voice would Jaob be?
African, Caribbean percussion to mark concert WINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- A percussion concertr byWinona State University and Cotter High School musicians will feature guest artist Phil Faini, who is known for traditional rhythms of Africa and the Caribbean. The school bands will be directed by Neal Roellich of Cotter and Rich MacDonald of Winona State. The concert includes 30 percussionists.
Date: Thursday, April 6
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: St. Cecilia Theater at Cotter High
Cost: Free |
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ONE AND SAME
The John Michael Fitzgerald arrested for a savage beating Tuesday is the same John Michael Fitzgerald who was evicted from WSU dorms in 2004 after a bloody fight in Morey Hall.
This snapshot is from a friend in happier days.
The arrest warrant against Fitzgerald lists two counts each of kidnapping,first-degree burglary, first-degree assault, second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. |
Man accused in beatings a WSU juniorWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2006 -- One of the men facing serious jail time for a brutal beating in a West Fourth Street house Tuesday, John Michael Fitzgerald, 21, is a junior at Winona State University. Fitzy, as he's known among friends, is a major in business administration and a minor in marketing, according to university records. He also is the same John Michael Fitzgerald who was evicted from the dorms in 2004 after a bloody altercation in the Morey dorm. No charges were filed in the 2004 fight with varsity football player Phil Capuzzi because, said police, it seemed both men were at fault. Both were punished, however, through the university's internal judicial process although the university never disclosed specifics. Both Fitzgerald and Capuzzi acknowledged, however, that they had been evicted.
The second man arrested in the Tuesday beating of a husband and wife, age 57 and 52, at their Fourth Street home, Drew Nicholas Steinquist, 20, has no Winona State connection showing in university records. He is a graduate of Winona High. Steinquist was arrested Tuesday afternoon after being trailed by police for several miles. Police had a warrant for Steinquist's arrest but waited for reinforcements before stopping his vehicle. Fitzgerald was arrested, also on a warrant, at his residence about 10 p.m. Fitzgerald, who began his Winona State studies in 2002, is from the St. Paul, Minn., suburb of Oakdale.
Reporters: Chad Larimer and Sam Molter
Background:
Court time set for men in drug beatings
What happened in February 2004 |
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Brawlers both evicted from dorms
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SMU president honored in PhilippinesWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2006 -- The president of St. Mary's University, Craig Franz, recently was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of La Salle in the Philippines. Franz, of the Christian Brothers religious order, was recognized for his lifetime of ministry as a leader in education.
Neighbor: Son was intended target in beatingWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2006 -- People on the West Fourth Street block where a husband and wife in their mid-50s were beaten early Tuesday have been told by plice that the neighborhood is safe. Police have disclosed few details of the incident through the news media, but one neighbor, speaking on condition of anonymity, he said that investigators told her that the two assailants actually were intent on beating up the couple's son, but he wasn't there. The neigbor said she was unsure whether the son lives at the house. She described the couple, now hospitalized in La Crosse, Wis., as "friendly and nice." She said she would talk to them when passing the house and the husband would approach her when he saw her in the grocery store or around town. The woman, who has lived in her house for seven years, said the neighborhood "used to be bad but has gotten better." She said last summer she had suspicions about drugs at another house a few doors down and told police. Things have gotten better since, she said.
Reporter: Katy Smithson
Background: Neighbors shed light on drug assaults
Background: Court time set for men in drug beatings
Study: Conservatives not penalized in gradingWASHINGTON, March 29, 2006 -- Conservative and liberal students do equally well in courses with hot-button political content, according to a study in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The study analyzed sociology, cultural anthropology and women's-studies courses of the type in which conservative activists have claimed are hard for conservative students to get a fair shake. The study found no difference in the grades between conservative and liberal students. The study also found that conservatives tend to earn higher grades in business and economics courses. The study was conducted by Markus Kemmelmeier of the University of Nevada at Reno, Cherry Danielson of Wabash College, and Jay Basten of the University of Michigan. The study follows two others, published within the past seven years, that found that conservative students tended to earn slightly lower grades in majors such as sociology and anthropology.
Spend-happy? Jacob denies chargesWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2006 -- Student Senate presidential candidate Jon Jacob denied a conflict of interest in voting to increase the budget of the Winona State University student newspaper last year while applying for a paid poisiton on the staff. Jacob, a student senator at the time, acknowledged in an interview Monday that he has taken a lot of flak for favoring the proposed $4,000 Winonan budget increase, but, he said, what may appear to have been self-serving was not what it appeared. His only motivation was to do right by the students, Jacob said: "I know that it will look otherwise, but that is not how it was." Had the increase passed, the fee charged to students would have been less than 1 percent increase over the year before, Jacob said. Even had the request passed, Jacob said, the Winonan would have had to struggle to stay out of the red. "Taking $4,000 off of the top of their budget would give them enough for salaries and printing costs," he said. "That's it. Not even enough for an AP wire subscription -- something every newspaper needs."
The student activity fee reserve, in effect a surplus from which the Winonan money had been requested, was projected to approach $1 million by the end of the fiscal year, Jacob said. He quoted the university's student activities director, Joe Reed: "It's your money, use it."
Jacob, one of five candidates for president, has been under criticism as a spend-happy senator on a wide range of student budget issues. The attacks, including a highly critical op-ed piece on the CyberIndee by former business Sen. Mick Reis, have undermined Jacob's claim as a presidential candidate that he would be strong as a crusader for student fiscal interests. Reis pointed to Jacob attempting to push the Senate last year for a higher tuition increase than the the 4.3 percent recommended by a commnittee. Also, Jacob has been criticized for voting against 1.5 percent in the student health fee last year because he favored 3 percent.
Asked in an interview Monday why he had favored increasing the health fee 3 percent, Jacob said that 3 percent more or less reflected the rate of inflation. With all the renovations pending in Maxwell Hall, where the campus nursing station is located, the health services operation needed extra money, Jacob said: "It's better to be prepared than to suddenly come back to students next fall to ask for an increase of 7 percent because we're in the red." |
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But the Winonan needed the money, and health services may have
MICK
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Sees Jacob as poor steward of student fees |
Reporter: Ruth DeFoster
Background: Comment: Whose voice would Jacob be?
Background: Jacob cites his record on tuition-freeze project
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
Court time set for men in drug beatingsWINONA, Minn, March 29, 2006 -- Two men arrested for a brutal beating in a West Fourth Street house early Tuesday may be taken before a judge Thursday morning to be formally informed of multiple charges against them. John Michael Fitzgerald, 21, and Drew Nicholas Steinquist, 20, were arrested separately Tuesday on warrants accusing them on two counts of kidnapping, first-degree burglary, first-degree assault, second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. Both men are listed as Winona residents, but police have not released their addresses. Because they were arrested on warrants, county prosecutor Chuck MacLean is not under the usual 24-hour deadline to arrange an initial court appearance.
Meanwhile, the brutalized husband and wife, age 57 and 55, remain hospitalized in La Crosse, Wis., Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams described their condition as stable with no broken bones. They had been tied up and beaten. A pool cue, which police believe was the assault weapon, was recovered from the couple's house, William said. Police Chief Frank Pomeroy said they were innocent victims.
Police also recovered a safe containing money and drugs, Williams said. The safe, police believe, had been stolen from another Winona address. Williams said the assailants believed the couple had knowledge of where the safe was and who took it. The theft had not been reported to police before the incident. |
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DREW
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Arrested
Tuesday afternoon |
Reporters: Megan Buesgens and Chad Larimer
Background: Neighbors shed light on drug assaults
O'Shea: Forget old rep, I've grown upWINONA, Minn., March 30, 2006 -- Winona State University student presidential candidate Rotney OÕShea told reporters who questioned his 2.7 GPA, his police record for alcohol violations and lying to the press that he's changed. "I've made mistakes, which I regret," O'Shea said at a news conference. "That was me in the past." O'Shea says during his five years as an international student, he's grown up and is ready to lead. He said one way he is making himself ready to lead is by arranging a less than full 12-credit schedule next semereter that will allow him to devote ample time to the presidency. Repeatedly in the wide-ranging news conference, O'Shea told reporters that he would put "110 percent" of himself toward the role of student president.
About his first encounter with police, for an open-container in a moving vehicle, O'Shea said he was new to the United States at the time and didn't know Minnesota. In England, where he had attended high school, 18-years-old can drink legally, he said. About a partying reputation, he said, that too in behind him. Natty in a tailored suit and tie, O'Shea didn't address a 2005 campaign issue involving a photo of a shaved cat on his web site. At the time he told reporters the cat had been his mother's. The cat, whom he said was christened King, was well taken care of since he inherited the animal. It was alla cock-and-bull story. The photo, which raised questions of a perverse sense of humor among a imal-lovers, had been lifted from another website.
To reporters who pressed O'Shea on his B-minus grades and whether such "underachieving" would carry over into his presidency and if he's capable of giving 110 percent. O'Shea called hismelf a good student who loves to learn in classes for his three majorsÑSpanish, education and adventure tourism, along with his minor in political science.
When he does graduate, after his sixth year of college, O'Shea said he plans to go to Africa to teach Spanish. O'Shea says his experiences with traveling and being an international student make him an ideal advocate on campus for issues facing international students. If elected, O'Shea promised to go to international clubs and make them aware of the funding that is available through special request. As a student senator, O'Shea cited his crusade to increase the minimum wage at campus caterer Chartwells, where many foreign students are employed and which had failed to match the state minimum wage. O'Shea himself works at Sub Generation in the Smaug. On his facebook.com profile he says, "I am the guy that makes your subs so if you wanna talk stop by. You might get a free sub."
Along with helping international students, O'Shea said he's committed to keep education affordable for students and improving communication with university President Judith Ramaley. When it comes to Ramaley's L21 reforms for the Winona State, formerly known as the New University project, OÕShea said he voted against it because of costs. "I think L21 is a good idea," said O'Shea, "but can every student afford it, and will every student benefit from it?" He said he has serious doubts. In the next week, O'Shea says he will be very visible as he campaigns by knocking on every door he can find. |
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Reporter: Lydia Oglesby
Background: Other reporters' news conference accounts
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
Governor candidate: Collegians are 2006 keyWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2006 -- Minnesota politics are broken, said gubernatorial hopeful Peter Hutchinson at Winona State University. In an address to the Student Senate, Hutchinson outlined his plan as an Independence party candidate: "We always say: not right, not left, just forward." Partisan politics have become more about which party wins than who has a better plan to better the state, he said. "The real test is not which party wins but whether the people of Minnesota are better off," said Hutchinson.
College students comprise the core of his supporters, Hutchisnon said. "In this election there will be 2.2 million votes cast," he said. "I know that the votes that will make a difference are right here on this campus. You are the voters that are least attached and the most open to possibilities of what can happen in Minnesota." He made two pitches to Winona State students:
Get involved in the gubernatorial electionGet involved in his campaign.
Asked to rate Tim Pawlenty's performance as governor, Hutchinson said he's not impressed. Hutchisnon said his experience as a superintendent working with Pawlenty led him to believe that the governor would accomplish greater things. But, he added: "Pawlenty does not fit the definition of leadership. He's not changing our state for the better. I rate him pretty low."
Hutchinson said that he sees health-care reform as the key to increase funding to higher education. "Every new dollar that comes into the state government goes into health care," he said. "The health-care system must be reformed before funding will be improved."
Asked about Pawlenty's campaign for a new four-year university in Rochester, Hutchinson responded that he wasn't sure if the plan was sustainable. "I still havenÕt seen the plan," he said. "I just want to be confident that this will work and that we won't be disappointing citizens with promises we can't keep."
Reporter: Ruth DeFoster
Background: Races campus people are watching
Neighbors shed light on drug assaultsWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2006 -- Neighbors have been aware of drug activity in the neighborhood west of downtown where intruders broke into a house, tied up a couple in their 50s, and beat them bloody with the blunt end of a pool cue early Tuesday. In announcing two arrests in the case, Police Chief Frank Pomeroy said drugs definitely were a factor in the case. The couple, whose names have not been released for fear of retaliation, have been at a La Crosse, Wis., hospital for their injuries. A neighbor, interviewed Wednesday morning while raking laves, said the couple who were beaten lived with their son in the house. The neighbor said she slept through the police call, a little before 3 a.m., Tuesday, but that the neighborhood was abuzz with talk all day yesterday.
Another neighbor said that she didn't know what happened because she sleeping during the incident. The woman also said that she did not know the family well but she pointed down the street: "They live in the gray house down there." The house, 676 West Fourth St., is a blue-painted brick. The woman said had seen the suspects' car drive by that night. The woman did not want her name included in news stories.
A few houses away from the assault, another neigbor, also asking not to be named in news stories, said that his wife awoke around 1:30 in the morning to loud screaming. The man, who has a night-shift job, was not at home: "I was working, and she was alone with the children, and so she did not get up," said the man, a student at Winona State and the father of three young children. "We don't interact much with the neighbors so we don't know what the gossip is on the street," he said. " However, my wife has seen the brown-cream van that is supposedly the suspects', driving around in the neighbor the past couple of days." Too, he said there has a lot of activity with drugs in the Fourth and Sioux streets area.
Another neighbor said he was awakened by sirens during the night but didn't think much of it. He said he knew the last name of the couple who were beaten but did not know them well. He said a neighbor across the street had told the police he saw the car that the men were driving.
A neighbor down the block said too that the neighborhood has had several drug problems. She said she had heard that the condition of the victims was not good. "I actually did not wake up to all of the sirens and commotion early Tuesday morning," said the woman. The woman also said the neighborhood was patrolled heavily with police throughout the day yesterday. About the victims she said they were "nice people." Their son, she said, son owns several properties in the Winona area. She believed he is in his mid-20s.
Two houses from te crime scene, another neighbor said he slept through the arrests and didn't learn about the situation until later in the day when they noticed a number of police cars in the neighborhood. The man said he hadn't noticed any activity at the residence that set it apart from the rest of the neighborhood. He said he understood that the assailants might have been looking for a different resident of the house who was not home at the time.
Reporters: Mark Chryst,Ruth DeFoster, Craig Fitzsimmons, Jeff Grier, Jenica Metzek, Ashley Schultz and Laura Spielmann
Background: Two arrested in Fourth Street beatings
Cops arrest two in West Fourth Street beatingsWINONA, Minn., March 29, 2006 -- Police have arrested two men in the savage beating of a couple in the Winona State University neighborhood early Tuesday. John Michael Fitzgerald, 21, and Drew Nicholas Steinquist, 20, were in jail on warrants for kidnapping, first-degree burglary, first-degree assault, second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The warrants are two counts for each offense. Police said that Steinquist was arrested during a traffic stop on at 2:05 p.m., Wednesday, at Highway 43 and Honey Locust lane. Fitzgerald was arrested at his residence at 10:30 p.m.
The assault occurred at a house in the 650 block of West Fourth St., near Sioux, where a husband and wife, age 57 and 55, were tied up and beaten. The woman wiggled free and called police at 2:52 a.m. The couple was rushed to the Winona hospital, then airlifted to a La Crosse, Wis., hospital and reported to be in guarded condition. They had been beaten with a pool stick, police said. Initially, police said, they had no description of the assailants because the man and woman were so badly beaten they could not provide a detailed interview, said Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams. Police have acceded to the couple's request not to have their names released, Williams said.
Williams said that police understand that the assailants were looking for a third person whom they thought lived with the couple but who was not at home. Apparently, Williams said, the intruders were looking for a safe containing money and drugs. From what police had been able to piece together, the safe had been stolen earlier from one of the assailants, Williams said. Williams said the couple had an encounter with one of the assailants a few days earlier but he said he couldn't offer more detail.
The house is six block west of the main Winona State campus and few blocks north. The neighborhood has many college student rentals.
Williams said the woman in the house heard knocking on the door downstairs and went to check. The husband, hearing her screaming, went downstairs and saw two men, one with a bandana over his lower face, beating her. The men, he said, ordered the husband to lie down. The assailants tied them up and beat them, Williams said.
The arrest of Steinquest occurred after police spotted him in a brown Oldsmobile Bravada sport utility vehicle and called in reinforcements, Williams said. The vehicle turned onto state Highway 43, near the Holiday Inn junction with Highway 61, and proceeded up through the bluffs to Honey Locust Lane, a dead-end road across from the old county landfill. There, with eight officers from three agencies, the arrest was made.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
Kazee calls self "emotional guy," take it or leave itWINONA, Minn., March 28, 2006 --Student Senate presidential candidate Ezra Kazee told reporters at a news conference that his Winona State University friends encouraged him not to run for president because heÕs an emotional guy. "Yeah, I piss a lot of people off, I'll admit it," Kazee said. "If you want an emotional leader, that's what you're going to get from me. If you don't want an emotional leader, vote for someone else." Kazee, a fourth-year political science major, acknowledged blowing up from time to time but always has professional respect for people around him -- and expects the same in return.
Kazee began serving Student Senate at age 24, as a freshman in 2002. Asked about his 2003 resignation from Senate, Kazee said he had problems with Senate President Mike Hofland: "I am a pessimist. He was a...I canÕt think of the opposite word for pessimist right now." Kazee said that Hofland gave him an ultimatum -- resign or be impeached. Kazee quit, although he said that, now more mature, he would not handle such a situation the same. Kazee said he's grown up a lot since his early days on the Senate and gained skills in working with others.
Kazee said that as president he would do whatever it takes to find out what's important to students. One idea he suggested was bringing a root beer keg to the lower hyphen section of the Kryzsko student building and inviting students to sit and chat. "I believe I should be available," Kazee said. "If that means I need to skip a class to help someone IÕll do that even if I'm just to sit and have coffee with someone."
Currently Kazee is enrolled only in an online course and living in Fairbault, Minn. To get to Winona, he commutes by bus because impaired vision doesn't permit him to drive. Next year, Kazee plans to live at the East Lake dorm to be more accessible.
Kazee said that attending to his son and issues dealing with the estate of his parents have kept him away from campus much of this year but that heÕs confident that Vice President Kari Winter, who is running unopposed for re-election could fill in during his absence. "I know IÕm bad at time management," Kazee said, "but being president will help me to budget my time." |
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EZRA
KAZEE
Seeking student presidency |
Reporter: Lydia Oglesby
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
Ramaley inaugural budget reaches $50,000WINONA, Minn., March 28, 2006 -- The committee raising money for the April 7 inauguration of Winona State Univeristy President Judith Ramaley has collected more than $50,000, said committee member Mike Speltz. Many of the donations are in-kind, such as the printing of invitations, Speltz said. The donors will be listed on a program being printed for the ceremony, he said.
Reporter: Shanthal Perera
Background: Ramaley inaugural fundraising hits $14,000
Schuck stands by f*ck campaign postersWINONA, Minn., March 28, 2006 -- Winona State University student presidency candidate Melinda Schuck said in a news conference Tuesday that she would not take down her campaign posters that read, ÒIf you give a f*ck vote Melinda Schuck." Schuck said the posters are working at attracting attention to her campaign. Said Schuck: "I'm leaving them. Freedom of speech." Schuck, a third-year biology major in her first term as a student senator, said: "I would hope that they don't see them as completely vulgar. I tried to censor it. I have other posters that are slightly more serious."
In a prepared opening statement, Schuck said, "As president, I would work to increase student involvement in the decision-making process." Schuck said she would increase involvement with students and administration through scheduled meet and discuss sessions and more meetings with university President Judith Ramaley. The main focus of her presidency would be, she said, to work to improve the communication between the Student Senate and the student body. Schuck proposed keeping students informed on current issues with a series of short videos posted on the Student Senate website.
Asked about the perception of townspeople about Winona State students, Schuck made a distinction between booze-theme t-shirts at homecoming, which university administrators tried to suppress, and behavior. "We have to worry about our actions," Schuck said.
Schuck, who is involved in a variety of organizations beyond Student Senate, said she is stepping down from leadership roles in other clubs to focus on her presidency campaign. |
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MELINDA
SCHUCK
Science senator aspiring to Senate presidency |
Reporter: Megan Buesgens
Background: Schuck campaign posters raise eyebrows
Background: Other reporters' accounts of news conference
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
WSU plans basketball victory parade |
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MOMENT
Team portrait
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WSU plans basketball victory paradeWINONA, Minn., March 28, 2006 -- A victory parade for Winona State University's first-ever national championship men's basketball team won is planned for Saturday. The parade route, similar to homecoming, will run down Huff Street from Broadway to Mark and then continue down Mark. The parade will end near Main. A rally and reception for the trophy presentation will at 11 a.m. in McCown Gym. Speakers will include university President Judith Ramaley, Mayor Jerry Miller, athletic director Larry Holstad, coach Mike Leaf and leading scorer Dave Zellmann.
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: 10.m.
Place: Huff Street
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GUEST COMMENT
WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS
WHOSE VOICE WOULD JACOB BE?
BY MICK REIS
Former College of Business Student Senator
Winona State University
Let me be among the first to congratulate Jon Jacob on his presidential candidacy. Let me also be among the first to challenge his record. Jon Jacob has already made many questionable comments that do not align with his record.
First, Jacob said recently he would be a fulcrum "relaying students' wishes to administrators." However, Jon Jacob acknowledges that he ignored the student voice on the issue of the New University. Not only did he not partake in a highly important vote, on which his constituents had made themselves crystal clear in not one but two referendums, he voted against adopting the referendum results as the position of Senate. Recently, in defending his actions, Jacob echoed what administrators said about students. They were blinded to its strength by its cost. Students were not blinded (or ignorant). They were abundantly clear that they acknowledged some benefits, questioned others, did not feel it warranted its surcharge, and in the end, did not support the plan. Does Jacob plan to only funnel student concerns that he agrees with? His voting record and recent statements suggests this.
Second, Jacob paints himself as an advocate of lower tuition. It is true he worked on the tuition freeze campaign and lobbied at the Capitol (as did most, if not all, senators). However, when the Senate last year proposed supporting a 4.3 percent increase, Sen. Jacob attempted to amend it to be in support of a higher increase. Jacob also voted in favor of a 3 percent increase in the health service fee. Following that motion's failure, he voted against a 1.59 percent increase. Apparently that was "too low" for this "advocate" of low costs.
There is also the issue of Jacob "double-dipping" on the ballot. At best his decision to run for both president and a back-up of liberal arts senator is tacky and ungracious. At worst it is blatantly self-serving. This is not the first instance of questionable ethics. Jacob advocated fiercely for the Winonan's budget this year. This may be admirable student advocacy until it is revealed that Jacob also had an application in with the Winonan for an advertising position. The Senate floor is the place for student advocacy, not job interviews.
As president, Jon Jacob would have a significant diplomatic role to play with the other MnSCU schools and the Minnesota State University Student Association. On April 27, 2005, Jacob seconded a motion that was intended to punish St. Cloud State and Metro for disagreeing with the other schools (right or wrong) so fervently that they left the conference. This motion was seen as so offensive that an "objection to the consideration of the motion" was not only voiced but carried. Such a parliamentary move is done only when the body feels a motion is so embarrassing that it will not even justify its sentiments by allowing debate and a vote on the motion. This is an example of the divisive, extremist Sen. Jacob has been. Punishing a school for disagreeing is not diplomacy nor is such strong-armed contempt toward dissent a characteristic admirable in a president.
Jacob's respect for student voice has been appalling. He has exhibited behavior and ethics that, in my opinion, make him a poor choice for president. He has not been a hard-nosed advocate for lower tuition and fees. He has rarely said no to a fee increase and his voting record negates his work on the tuition freeze. There are too many questions Jacob must answer about his record. Students cannot afford to risk electing such a questionable candidate. |
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
Student bagpiper lined up for inaugurationWINONA, Minn., March 28, 2006 -- A student bagpiper has passed an audition to play at the inauguration of Judith Ramaley as Winona State University's president, said inaugural committee member Sally Mogren. Music prof Donald Lovejoy recommended the bagpiper, a woman, and Zeiher has set up a meeting with her this week. The pipies wll play during procession that will lead into Memorial Hall for the ceremony, a recognition of Ramaley's pride in her Scottish heritage.
Reporter: Shanthal Perera
Background: Bagpipes for a Scottish lass?
Treasurer candidates spar on feesWINONA, Minn., March 28, 2006 -- Experience on the Student Senate doesn't count for much if it isn't used to help students and their pocketbooks, treasurer candidate DJ Danielson lectured to Lindsay Stelpflug in a Winona State University debate. Danielson was responding to a point by Stelpflug that she
has more Senate more experience, along with more fiscal experience. Stelpflug has been on the Senate two terms. Danielson fired back: "It's not just how much experience you have. It's what you do in that time." Danielson cited his history, which he said is one of fighting for what the students want.
Danielson charged that Stelpflug too often has sided with university administrators for fee increases. Danielson said Stelpflug's voting record shows she hasn't always favored students. Stelpflug shot back that student opinion is important but so is at least listen to the administration to hear what both sides have to say.
Danielson and Stelpflug espoused different ideas about what being Student Senate treasurer means. Danielson said the job is important beyond being just a money person. The treasurer, he said, should fight for student causes on a broad range of issues. Stelpflug defined the position more as organizing funds, especially money that goes to clubs and organizations on campus, as well as informing other Senate members about the financial process.
Incumbent student president Ryan Flynn, who served as moderator, asked the candidates for their opinion about the Learning for the 21st Century initiative of university President Judith Ramaley. Stelpflug said: "I don't know a lot about it. I've sort of stopped following it. I think the projects are giving us a good name, and we are benefiting from it." Danielson disagreed: "I have been following the project. We need to look deeper into these programs to see how much additional knowledge and benefits really come from it."
Reporter: Katy Smithson
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
Who will run
this time?WINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- These are the 2006
races that Winona campus people are watching:
WSU STUDENT
ELECTIONS
CANDIDATE STATEMENT |
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| DJ DANIELSON
Candidate for treasurer
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WINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- A candidate for treasurer of the Winona State University Student Senate, DJ Danielson, was invited, as were all candidates, to submit a campaign statement. This is Danielson's:
I have the experience, ambition, and dedication necessary to be the treasurer of the WSU Student Senate. As a senator this year, I have been an advocate for fiscal responsibility and my voting record speaks for itself regarding this. Whenever new or increased fees have been proposed to the senate by university administrators, I have not been afraid to ask questions of them, and when necessary, disagree with them on behalf of students. I have advocated for lower tuition both in the senate and at the MSUSA level. As treasurer, I would be leading the Student Fee Management Committee, and it is crucial to have someone in that position that is detail oriented, not intimidated easily, and going to fight on the behalf of students. I possess these qualities.
As treasurer, I would be approachable and helpful for clubs seeking funding. WSU has a tremendous amount of organizations, and most of them plan events which require additional funding beyond what they are able to raise themselves. I plan on creating a ÒFrequently Asked QuestionsÓ document for clubs concerning the rules for receiving money from SAFC, which I would also chair.
I do not feel that the treasurer is simply "the money person." I have fought for students on issues such as textbooks (the textbook funeral), renting (the Rate Your Landlord site, testifying before the City Council against the 30 percent cap), parking, student debt, free expression, and others. On the Executive Board, I will keep advocating for students.
My experience includes Vice Chair of Student Services, Senate Working Documents, the Campus Dining RFP committee, and the university Lyceum committee. I look forward to having the honor of serving WSU students as treasurer next year.
Contact: DJ Danielson |
WSU STUDENT
ELECTIONS
CANDIDATE STATEMENT |
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| ROTNEY O'SHEA
Candidate for president
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WINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- This statement was distributed by Rotney O'Shea. a candidatre for Winona State University student president, at a news conference with campus reporters:
As student senate president I will be the strongest voice advocating for you. I will work my hardest to ensure students are part of the decision-making process on campus, by improving consultation process with President Ramaley, student senate, clubs and other organizations. Student consultation helps the university make better decisions for the future.
I underestimated the value of being involved in the student senate during my early years in college. However, I gradually became involved in more and more clubs and became aware of important issues on campus. For instance, the potential budget cuts and tuition increases that are likely to limit enrollment of students.
I think there are many valid reasons I am a good candidate for this position. To start off with, my two and a half years senate record shows that I have stood up for students and faced hard decisions such as voting against the New University project now called L21. Also, as diversity awareness chair I have been involved in promoting cultural diversity issues. Another important position that I have held is being an international student. Due to my unique understanding for challenges that students face, especially international students, I fought to increase the minimum wage across campus and Chartwells.
An important belief that I have is that challenge leads to growth. I assert that by holding the student senate president position and challenging the student body to become involved, I can contribute to the growth of the University as a whole. I personally feel that this University has given me five years of great experience. Therefore, if I am elected, I will give my time and effort to this position in representation of the student body. Thank you for your time and your support, your voice is important to me. |
Political fair draws candidates from near, farWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 --An Election Fair to promote interest in the November elections has been scheduled at Winona State University. The fair includes Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Independents. The president of the Winona State College Democrats, Rick Howden, said one goal is "to get people more active in the political process."The fair also is an opportunity for candidates to recruit campaign interns and volunteers, Howden said.
Tim Walz, a Democrat running for the Minnesota First District congressional seat, is scheduled to attend. Howden said Walz is also is expected to stay for the campus Democrats meeting at 7 p.m. Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch, a gubernatorial candidate seeking the Democratic endorsement, is also expected to attend. Also scheduled to take part are Sharon Ropes, the recently endorsed candidate for the Minnesota District 31 Senate seat; Rebecca Otto, candidate for state auditor; Mark Ritchie, candidate for secretary of state; and Steve Kelley, a gubernatorial candidate seeking the Democratic endorsement.
Date: Thursday, March 30
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Place: Kryzsko Commons
Cost: Free
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Background: Races campus people are watching
| BASEBALL
(MEN'S)
WSU 9, Bemidji State 7
WSU 4, Bemidji State 0 |
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Warriors sweep Bemidji State againWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- For the second day in a row Winona State University gained a Northern Sun conference men's baseball doubleheader sweep of Bemidji State. The Warriors came up with three runs in the sixth inning for a 9-7 victory in Game One. In the second game the Warrirosjumped out to a 4-0 lead and held on for a 4-3 win. A two-run double by Brian Menard keyed the three-run sixth for Winona State in Game One. Menard would eventually come around to score on a wild pitch for a Warrior insurance run. Menard drove in three runs, had two hits and scored two runs in the game. Reggie Stevens came up with two runs and scored twice. Matt Ruben, the third of Winona State 's four pitchers, earned the win. Ben Baronne came on in relief in the seventh to claim the save.
A three-run first inning gave the Warriors an early cushion in the nightcap. Andrew Kes, Kyle Rodenkirk and Brent Maxwell all drove in runs in Winona State's opening frame. A RBI-triple by Joe Magee in the second inning proved to be the game-winning hit. Brad Bjerke pitched the first six innings. Barrone tossed the seventh for his second save of the day.
Background: First game statistics
Background: Second game statistics
Call goes out for candidate statementsWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- The CyberIndee issued an invitation for statements for candidates for the Winona State University Student Senate for publication online. Statements should not exceed 300 words and should be accompanied by a current photograph in .jpeg format to be published the statement. Statements will appear verbatim on the CybderIndee.
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
Cops cite two WSU men for underage boozingWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- Police officers ticketed two Winona State University students for minor consumption Sunday morning. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said both men, age 19 and 18, received minor consumption tickets at 365 W. Tenth St.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
Soderberg sees student apathy as core problemWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- Student Senate presidential candidate Carl Soderberg said that apathy is the biggest problem at Winona State University. "I do not see apathy as a problem, I see it as the only problem," he said in a news conference. Apathy, he said, is the sole reason that students are now facing record textbook prices and tuition hikes.
If elected, said Soderberg, he would address apathy by bringing about reform in the Student Senate. He said he would push to transform the public relations committee from meer do-good projects like blood drives into an vehicle for rallying student interest in imporatnt issues. Grassroots organizing and in-your-face politics will help the public relations committee achieve this goal, he said. "Setting weekly rather than monthly goals for the public relations committee will enable this committee to better inform students about issues that affect them," said Soderberg. "It's about relating to students, not bombarding them with information. We have to show students that what we do affects them," he said.
Asked how he would deal with secretiveness by university administrators about policy changes that affect students, Soderberg said that he Student Senate committee chairs need to track the administration. "Each chair and committee needs to work more closely with the Vice Presidents," he said. "Ending student apathy solves this problem."
Like other candidates for the presidency, Soderberg emphasized lowering textbook prices and capping tuition. Asked what sets him apart from competitors, Soderberg referred to his "plan," as he did repeatedly during the news conference. "I have a clear vision of what I want the Student Senate to do," Soderberg said. "My goals make me believe that I will be more effective." |
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CARL
SODERBERG
Talks about "his vision" |
Reporter: Ruth DeFoster
Background: More reporters' news conference accounts
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
WSU student reports laptop lost at libraryWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- A Winona State University student contacted police dispatchers March 22 to report a lost laptop. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said that Benjamin Njogu reported losing his laptop while at the library. Njogu did not request for an officer to respond, just that he wanted to inform police that he had lost his laptop, Williams said.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
WSU student trips, falls; police make arrestWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- Police arrested a 20-year-old Winona State University student who flung them a finger and ran while they were investgating a traffic accident. The man, 20, tripped and fell. He was cited for minor consumption, obstructing legal process, disorderly conduct and fleeing an officer, according to Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams. The incident was about 10:50 p.m., Thursday. Williams said thay officers were at a traffic accident at Fourth and Huff streets when the man approached them. According to witnesses, the mjan proceeded to extend his middle finger towards officers while shouting vulgarities. One of the officers instructed the man to "come here" and the man ran, according to witnesses. The chase was short, as the man tripped and fell, Williams said.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
COMMENT
WSU STUDENT ELECTIONS
DOUBLE-DIP POLITICS
Three incumbent Winona State University student senators, sad to say, don't seem to grasp the concept that their job is to represent specified constituencies. Rick Howden has filed candidacy papers for both a senior senator seat and a businerss seat in April's election. Why? Howden, it appears, wants to remain a Senate fixture no matter his constituency. If he is fails for one, he has a backup.
A reasonable question for seniors is whether Howden wants more to represent them or to represent business students. Business students should press him with the same question. Clearly, the interests of the senior-class cohort and the business cohort don't always coincide. No matter to Howden. Either he sees himself as infinitely adaptable to any constiuency, chameleon-like, or doesn't give a damn about being a representative -- just staying on the Senate.
Howden's not alone with the double-dip insurance trick. Jon Jacob filed for both Senate presidency and a liberal arts Senate seat. Theresa Strahota filed for both a liberal arts and a junior Senate seat.
The respectable thing for Howden, Jacob and Strahota to do is to decide whom they are best qualified to represent and withdraw their multiple candidacies. Then they can focus their campaign energies on establishing meaningful contact with voters whom they regard themselves as uniquely suited to represent. |
Background: WSU Student Senate ballot
Schuck campaign poster raises eyebrowsWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- A campaign poster for Winona State University student presidency candidate Melinda Schuck with an implied vulgarity appeared on campus Monday. Schuck, an incumbent science senator, is one of five candidates for the presidency. The poster, inexpensively photocopies on 8-1/2 by 11-inch sheets, include an online address to the Senate ballot. Voting begins next week.
| MELINDA
SCHUCK
What rhymes with Schuck? |
Background:
WSU Student Senate ballot |
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GUEST COMMENT
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
DON'T FORGET
STEPHEN COVEY, ALAN PAGE
I enjoyed the CyberIndee's prestige rating of Winona State University commencement speakers. Yes, Winona State could and should have higher profile commencement speakers. People with national reputations do, in fact, do commencement addresses and sometimes at small schools where they get even greater media attention. There have been notable speakers at Winona State. Author Stephen Covey and Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page come to mind. |
Background: Commencement speaker prestige rating
Vandals smash, gouge WSU student's carWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- A Winona State University student, Gunnar Zollinger, 20, told police that someone had smashed out the rear window of his car at Harriet and Eighth streets. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said that a tool that was used to smash the window left gouges in the paint and the rear spoiler. Williams had no damage estimate. There were no suspects, he said.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
Boettcher named to league honorST. PAUL, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- Winona State University starting pitcher Jade Boettcher has been picked as a Northern Sun conference pitcher of the week. Boettcher tossed a one-hitter in the Warriors' 3-0 victory over Bemidji State. Boettcher gave up only one walk and struck out four in helping the Warriors set a 2-0 mark in the Northern Sun.
Cops bust Sunday night partyWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- A Winona State University student was busted for a loud party Sunday evening, according to police. Officers responded to a noise complaint at 11:57 p.m. Sunday at 408 W. Eighth St., said Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams said. The Winona State student, age 22, was ticketed for a loud party.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
Ballot set for WSU student electionsWINONA, Minn., March 27 2006 -- These Winona State University students met the noon deadline to appear on the spring ballot for Student Senate, said coordinating clerk Erin Feger. Feger said the candidates all have been screened to confirm they meet grade and other requirements for Senate offices. No write-in candidacaies have yet been announced.
PRESIDENT
Jonathon Jacob
Ezra Kazee
Melinda Shuck
Rotney O'Shea
Carl Soderberg
VICE PRESIDENT
Kari Winter
TREASURER
DJ Danielson
Lindsay Stelpflug
LIBERAL ARTS SENATOR (two seats open)
Jonathon Jacob
Scotty Ryan
Jared Stene
Theresa Strahota
EDUCATION SENATOR (two seats open)
None
BUSINESS SENATOR (two seats open)
Rick Howden
Candice Rempala
SCIENCE SENATOR (two seats open)
Kristina Durivage
NURSING SENATOR (two seats open)
Tonya Balow
Dustin Tino
GRADUATE SENATOR (two seats open)
Hua Yao
SOPHOMORE SENATOR (three seats open)
Gerald Strauss
SENIOR SENATOR (three seats open)
DJ Danielson
JUNIOR SENATORS (three seats open)
Theresa Strahota
A.J. Schuler
Alex White
Jared Stene
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WSU soul dinner canceled; schedule blamedWINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- The soul food dinner at Winona State University, a tradition for 15 years, has been canceled. Alex Hines, the university's director of cultural diversity, blamed scheduling conflicts. The dinner will be held next year, he said. The soul, sponsored by Black Cultural Awareness, a student club, has been associated with Black History Month as an uplifting event for the African American community and to highlight awareness of black accomplishments. Last year the theme was "Harlem Renaissance Revisited" with Southern fried catfish and sweet potato pie. The dinner usually has been prepared by campuses caterer Chartwells, but last year the students put in great effort to prepare the meal themselves.
Reporter: Lauren Ashby
Who will run for
Student Senate?WINONA, Minn., March 27, 2006 -- This is the
status of key contests in the Winona State University spring
student elections:
PRESIDENT
Ryan Flynn
(junior / polysci): Incumbent; not seeking re-election
Jon
Jacob (senior / broadcasting): Incumbent liberal arts senator; announced candidacy
Ezra
Kazee (junior / political science): Former student senator; has declared candidacy
Rotney
O'Shea (senior / education-Spanish): incumbent senior senator; has declared candidacy
Melinda Schuck (junior / biology): Incumbent science senator;
has announced candidacy
Carl Soderberg (junior / global studies): Incumbent junior senator; has announced
candidacy
VICE PRESIDENT
Kari
Winter (junior / political science): Has announced for re-election
TREASURER
Laura
Berens (junior / nursing): Incumbent; plans to leave Winona
State after spring semester
DJ Danielson (junior / masscom): Incumbent at-large senator; has announced for treasurer
AT-LARGE (four seats)
D.J.
Danielson (junior / masscom): Incumbent; has announced for treaSurer
Theresa
Strahota (sophomore / masscom / polysci): Incumbent; has filed candidacy papers for junior seat
Scotty
Ryan (junior / masscom): Incumbent; announced for liberal arts seat
Alex
White (freshman / masscom): Incumbent
BUSINESS (two seats)
Rick Howden
(junior / business): Announced for re-election
Candice
Rempala (junior / business): Undecided about re-election
bid
EDUCATION (two seats)
Jason Slack
(junior / education-history): Announced for re-election
Vacant
LIBERAL ARTS (two seats)
Maggie
Bambenek (senior): Plans to resign during spring
semester
Jon Jacob
(junior / masscom): Has announced for presidency
SCotty Ryan
(junior / masscom): Incumbent at-large senator; announced for liberal arts seat
NURSING (two seats)
Dustin Tino
(nursing): Undecided about re-election
Kristina
Durivage (junior / computer science): Announced
re-election
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (two seats)
Melinda Schuck
(junior / biology): Announced for re-election
Tonya Balow
(junior / nursing): Announced for re-election
GRADUATE STUDENTS (two seats)
Vacant
Vacant
SENIOR CLASS (three seats)
Rotney O'Shea
(senior / education-Spanish): Incumbent; has announced for president
Ryan Predmore
(senior / political science): Incumbent
Vacant
JUNIOR CLASS (three seats)
Liz Jones
(junior / political science): Incumbent
AJ Schuler Has filed candidacy papers
Carl Soderberg
(junior / global studies): Incumbent; as announced for presiency
Theresa Straholta Incumbent at-large senator; has filed candidacy papers for junioor seay
Brent
Ylvisaker (junior / political science): Plans to seek
election as senior senator
SOPHOMORE CLASS (three seats)
Lindsey Meyer
(sophomore / elementary education): Incumbent; plans to seek election to
junior seat unless she transfers to another college
Jared Stene
(sophomore / masscom): Incumbent; undecided
Lindsay
Stelpflug (junior / undecided major): Incumbent; lans to seek Senate
office but unsure which
FRESHMAN CLASS (three seats)
Ejodamen
Ativie (freshman / pre-med): Incumbent; undecided
Jong Ha Jeon
(freshman / masscom): Incumbent; plans to return home to South Korea
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Background: Indian environmentalist to speak at WSU
Charge: Russian leader Putin plagiarizedWASHINGTON, March 27, 2006 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, plagiarized a management textbook by two University of Pittsburgh profs for a dissertation for his economics degree, according to scholars Clifford Gaddy and Igor Danchenko at the Brookings Institution. Whole pages were lifted verbatim, including tables and diagrams, the Brookings scholars said. The source, they said, was a 1978 book, "Strategic Planning and Policy," by William King and David Cleland. The book, available in a Russian translation, was cited by Putin in his bibliography but there was no specific citations for lifted material, accoridng to Gaddy and Danchecnko.
Rape charged at lacrosse team partyDURHAM, N.C., March 27, 2006 -- The Duke University men's lacrosse team has been told by the university to forfeit two games following allegations by a woman that she had been raped at a team party. Duke President Richard Brodhead acknowledged discrepant versions of what happened but said severe penalties against individuals are possible. Brodhead pledged university cooperation with the police investigation. DNA samples have been taken from 46 team members. The woman, not a Duke student but enrolled at another North Carolina university, was at the party as a professional dancer, sources said. Some underage team members were drinking alcohol, the sources said.
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Warriors open Northern Sun season with sweepWINONA, Minn., March 26, 2006 -- Winona State University pitcher Jade Boettcher tossed a one-hitter against Bemidji State, helping the Warriors sweep a baseball double-header. Boettcher allowed no runs while striking out four batters and only allowed two runners to reach base over seven innings. The Warriors offense only had one hit but managed to scrape together three runs. Winona State's lone hit came off the bat of first baseman Andrew Kes in the first inning. Catcher Ben Barrone, outfielder Brett Maxwell and Kes each drove in one run for Winona. The victories improved the Warriors record overall to 8-6 and in the Northern Sun conference to 2-0.
Bemidji's Salamone Bryant allowed only one hit but walked seven batters and allowed three runs. Catcher Matt Asche had the only hit for the Beavers. A crowd of 282 fans came out to enjoy the game and the weather.
Game One was a slugfest for Winona State that featured homers by shortstop Reggie Stevens and third baseman Ryan Manske. The Warriors hitters pounded out 14 hits and scored 13 runs. The final score: 13-4 victory. Stevens hit a line drive homerun over the left field fence in the third. Manske hit a towering bomb over the wall in right field in the fifth driving in three. Josh Schultz recorded the win for Winona, giving up four runs off five hits while striking out two in four innings of work. Chad Schwegel picked up the loss for Bemidji, giving up eight runs in less than three innings. Designated hitter Jay Horner drove in three runs on two hits. Bryan Ruff pitched three scoreless innings in relief for the Warriors.
Reporter: Joel Shirek
Background: First game statistics
Background: Second game statistics
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News conferences set for presidency candidatesWINONA, Minn., March 26, 2006 -- The five declared candidates for the student presidency at Winona State University have accepted invitations to conduct news conferences with student reporters. The news conferences, in the Phelps 109 journalism lab, will be at:
Jon Jacob
Carl Soderberg
Rotney O'Shea
Melinda Schuck
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Because of scheduling problems, O'Shea's news conference has been changed from originally arranged time to 9:30 a.m., Tuesday. The news conferences, arranged by j-profs Ellen Severson and John Vivian, will begin with candidate statements, followed by questions from student reporters. Participation is limited to reporters, whose coverage will posted on the CyberIndee.
Background: WSU student ballot taking form
COMMENT
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
IN A WORD, INCREDIBLE
The wondrous purple afterglow is everywhere at Winona State. University people are bathing in the perhaps once-in-a-lifetime glory of the Warriors men's basketball team. What an incredible accomplishment -- 22 victories in a row culminating in the 2006 national championship. Top-scorer Dave Zellmann couldn't find words for the experience beyond "incredible." He said it again and again. Nobody else on a university campus, which has no shortage of high-end vocabularies, could put it better: Incredible, incredible, incredible. |
Background: WSU wins national championship 73-61
Release question before Judge ThompsonWINONA, Minn., March 26, 2006 -- The attorney representing Jonathan Hanz Minor in a college-bar stabbing could ask again for his client to be released to his parents custody in Arizona. Judge Jeff Thompson, who denied the request March 9, said that the release could be re-introduced on Friday when Minor appears before Judge Margaret Johnson. Meanwhile, Minor remains in jail. In the stabbing, outside Schyde's bar on Feb. 7, bouncer Steve Adeams was stabbed at least five times in the lower back. Adams is recuperating but has recurring spasms and hasn't returned to work. Minor, 21, is from the Twin Cities suburb of Anoka.
In court March 9, MinorÕs attorney, Richmond McCleur, asked judge Thompson to modify the conditions for Minor's release so he could stay with his parents in Arizona until his next court appearance. Minor's father, Patrick Minor, who now resides in Arizona with Minor's mother, was also present at the hearing. McCleur said that Patrick would take his son back to Arizona, where he could reside with his parents and help his dad in the constuction business. McCleur said that Minor's parents would bring him back to Winona for his next court appearance and also get him counseling in Arizona. Patrick Minor said, "We would like to get help for Jonathan. He needs to finish high school and attend A.A."
Prosecutor Charles MacLean shot to his feet in response, telling Thompson that said that Minor had told the person in the car with him on the way to Winona for a night of drinking, "If someone fucks with me, I'm going to carve them up like a turkey." That, MacLean added, "he certainly did." Police documents quote the friend as saying Minor, as they cruised down the highway to Winona, showed him a four-inch blade. At the hearing Thompson took three to four minutes of silence to think about the father's request to take his son home before denying it.
During the hearing, MacLean said that Minor has been tampering with witnesses. He also said that since Minor has had nine incidents on his criminal record, all dealing with alcohol or assault or both.
When Judge Thompson asked Minor, who was wearing an orange jumpsuit sized 2XL, if he had anything to say, Minor said no. During Minor's previous court appearance on Feb. 8, he had a cast on his right arm for wounds he suffered in the stabbing. At the March 9 hearing, he the cast had been replaced with a white brace on his right arm. he wore a gold watch on his left arm. |
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Reporter: Megan Buesgens
Background: Schyde's bouncer healing from stab wounds
Background: No Arizona sunshine for Minor
Background: Anoka man charged in Schyde's stabbing
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WSU prof endorses Bush school lawWINONA, Minn., March 26, 2006 -- A Winona State University education prof, Mary Guy, supports President Bush's controversial No Child Left Behind law to force states to be accountable for quaity in public schools. "The federal government is doing a good job and making education go further then it has in awhile," Guy said in an interview. Guy acknowledges concerns that the federal government is taking over education. The critics should worry instead, she said, about children falling through the cracks in the existing patchwork of state and local school systems. "We need accountability in all states," said Guy. The nation needs basic credentials that all students must pass, she said. The Bush Administration is fine-tuning the No Child Left Behind law to allow appropriate exceptions, such as for severely disabled children. "Even for the severely disabled children, it might take them longer to learn and more people will have to work with them to achieve something, but they too must learn," said Guy.
Reporter: Ashley Schultz
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Ropes wins Democratic endorsement for State SenateRUSHFORD, Minn., March 26, 2006 -- Democrats endorsed Sharon Ropes, a former Winona School Board member, to seek the State Senate seat being vacated by Bob Kierlin, R-Winona. Ropes received the endorsement over Winona State University speech prof Kelly Herold, who then asked his supporters to join the Ropes campaign. Ropes had run an unusually heavy campaign for the endorsement. In 2002 she also ran, against Kierlin, but lost narrowly. The primary election for the parties to make their official choice of candidates for the November ballot is Sept. 12. This time, with Kierlin out of the picture, Ropes likely will face either Brenda Johnson of Chatfield or Lewis Relman Jr. of Utica, both of whom are seeking the Republican endorsement.
At the Democratic Senate District 31 endorsement convention in Rushford, incumbent District 31-A State Rep. Gene Pelowski, D-Winona, won support for an 11th term. La Crescent farmer Ken Tschumper was endorsed to challenge 31-B incumbent Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston.
Background: Races campus people are watching
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FINALS AT NCAA DIVISION II NATIONALS
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WSU NO. 1 IN NATION.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 2, 2006 -- The momentum couldn't stop as Winona State University, rolling on 21 successive victories, kept Virginia Union at bay to win the NCAA Division II national men's baksetball championship. The score: 73-61. Winona State sophomore John Smith ended the three-game Elite Eight run with 55 points, 41 rebounds and 16 blocked shots. Smith was named the tournament's outstanding player. The Warriors led the championship game from the git-go, building a 13-4 lead within four minuites. With 6:03 left in the first half, the Warriors moved into a 35-17 advantage on a layup by Zach Malvik.
The national championship was the first ever for Winona State in men's basketball. The initial 13-4 lead cazmed with the three-point field goal shooting of David Zellmann and Jonte Flowers. In the streak that led to the 35-17 advantage in the opening half,Zellmann converted two more three-pointers. Zellmann finished the half with 15 points. But Virginia Union, the defending national champion, would not quit. The Virginians cut Winona State's 18-point lead in half and trailed 38-29 at the halftime break.
Virginia Union continued its comeback with the start of the second half and moved to within 54-49 with 8:32 remaining. But that was when the Warriors went on a little run of their own and moved out to a 13-point 64-51 lead with 4:45 to play.
One final charged by Virginia Union brought the Falcons within seven, 66-59, with 2:11, but Zellmann provided the final dagger and ripped a three-pointer to bring the Warriors back up by 10. From there two free throws each by Quincy Henderson and Zellmann sealed the Warrior victory.
Through it all sophomore John Smith had his third solid game in the Elite Eight round. Smith finished with his third straight double-double in the Elite Eight and his seventh straight in postseason play by the Warriors. Smith totaled 13 rebounds and 10 points, came up with six blocked shots, and one assist and steal each. For that he was named the player of the game by Chevrolet and CBS and most outstanding player of the tournament.
Zellmann led Winona State scoring with 26. Flowers totaled 15, Henderson 12, and Malvik 10. It proved to be the third straight game the Warriors had four of its five starters score in double figures and five players total score 10. The big difference came from three-point range where Virginia Union was just 1 of 11, the Warriors 10 of 25.
Background: Statistics
Background: Warriors to championship finale
SMU jock back in court on theft chargesWINONA, Minn., March 25, 2006 -- A St. Mary's University hockey player, Cullum Seth Buetow-Staples, who was arrested for felony theft on Feb. 10 near the Winona State University campus, is scheduled for next court appearance Thursday. The hearing will be at 1:30 p.m. before Judge Margaret Johnson. The appearance was rescheduled from March 9 by Judge Jeff Thompson.
Reporter: Megan Buesgens
Background: SMU suspends hockey player
PHOTOGRAPHER: LAURA DITTMAR
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A government minister has agreed to meet with Paris protest leaders to discuss their objections to a law that denies job protection to college students and other young workers. Major protests have disrupted Parsisan life for days.
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British media lecturer speaks at WSUWINONA, Minn., March 25, 2006 -- A lecturer in advertising from the London College of Communication, Chris Bullar, will speak at Winona State University on differences in media in Britain and the United States.
Date: Monday, March 27
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Maxwell 212A
Cost: Free
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Traffic stop not so routineWINONA, Minn., March 25, 2006 -- A 19-year-old Winona man motorist and his Winona State University passenger were pulled over early Saturday at Sixth and Winona streets for a simple equipment violation, a rear brake light not working. But the police found much more. The cops cited the driver for fourth-degree degree drunken driivng, minor procession of alcohol, possession of a small amount of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, open container and no proof of insurance. After he failing field sobriety test, with a blood-alcohol level of 0.09, the driver was taken into custody. The incident was at 12:48 a.m. The passenger, 19, was also charged with underage consumption and possession of drug paraphernalia. The passenger had a blood-alcohol of .16. He was cited but not arrested.
Reporter: Noelle Snow
WSU students see Maxwell blueprints; vote yeaWINONA, Minn., March 25, 2006 -- AFter reviewing architects' pictures and layouts, the Winona State University Student Senate endorsed plans for rebulding Maxwell Hall. A hub for students services on the second floor will be where students go for answers to quick questions or referral to specialists whose will be consolidated from their current scattered sites on campus. Said Dave Peterson, of the architect firm Holabird& Root: "If the questions students have need to be followed up by someone else the employees behind the hub will be very helpful in finding the answer." Peterson said the building will be built around technololgy. Anothher tenant of the former librray, the National Child Protection Training Center, will help undergrad students in several acaemic discipolines learn eliminating child abuse, Peterson told senators. There will be a mock house for students to gather evidence in abuse cases and to learn what to look for. There will also be a mock courthouse, a witness stand, and conference rooms, he said.
Reporter: Ashley Schultz
Background: WSU Maxwell funds pass St. Paul hurdle
Background: WSU in talks to buy Cathedral School
COMMENT
PRESTIGE RATING
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
Will Winona State this year overcome its penchant for local yokels, hack politicians, in-system administrators and left-overs as commencement speaker? Oh, yes, until this year there also were FODs -- Friends of Darrell the former university president. With rare exception Winona State historically has set its sights low. It's sad commentary on a college's self-image to think small. Even if your politics make a visit by George Bush to Winona State distasteful, what a coup -- and the president chooses one college a year, not always a biggy, for a commencement address, in addition, of course, to one military academy. Why not us? We're told that nobody here ever has thought to ask. How about a Nobel laureate? Or the national poet laueate? Or Meryl Streep? Jessica Lynch? Jann Wenner? Rick Warren? The Dalai Lama? Tommy Frank? Robert Kennedy Jr.? Helen Thomas? Elliott Spitzer?
As we await the university announcement for this spring, here's a prestige ranking of commencement speakers at other colleges:
TOP TIER
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Anglican archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, and the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Marymount University, Arlington, Va.: Colin Powell, former U.S. secretary of state
Loyola University, New Orleans: R.W. "Johnny" Apple Jr., associate editor of the New York Times
Berkeley College, White Plains, N.Y.: Mortimer Zuckerman, editor in chief, U.S. News & World Report and publisher of New York Daily News
MID-TIER
University of Oklahoma at Norman: Katie Couric, co-anchor of NBC "Today Show"
Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, N.Y.: Jane Bryant Quinn, commentator on personal finance
Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, Kan.: Kyra Phillips, CNN news anchor
Harcum College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Suzanne Roberts, host of "Seeking Solutions With Suzanne" on the Comcast
Mitchell College, New London, Conn.: Richard Ingram, former president, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Roanoke College, Salem, Va.: U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va.
Central College, Pella, Iowa: Mary Vermeer-Andringa, president and chief executive of Vermeer Manufacturing
BOTTOM TIER
Still awaiting invitations: Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay, Jim Frey
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Street violence has disrupted Paris life with protests, mostly by college students, against a new law that allows youg peopl to be fired capriciously during their first two years in a job. Public transportation has been affected.
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Utica farmer seeks Kierlin Senate seatWINONA, Minn., March 25, 2006 -- Beef and hog farmer Lewis Relman Jr. declared his candidacy for the State Senate, making it a two-way race for the Senate District 31 seat being vacated by Bob Kierlin, R-Winona. Chatfield Vice Mayor Brenda Johnson, an instructor at the Rochster college, announced earlier. Relman, who farms bear Utica, sais he would work to create jobs and lower property taxes. He has not held public office before but is vice chair of the Winona County Republicans. Relman announced his candidacy at the county Republican convention. A Johnson-Relman showdown for the party's District 31 endorsement will be at an endorsing convention. Relman is a St. Mary's College grad.
Background: Races campus people are watching
COURT
CONVICTIONS
WEEK ENDING MARCH 25,
2006
IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION
Vikki Ho Cheung, 20, 457 Gould St., WSU, $177.
Christopher Stanley Gozdal, 18, Stockton, Minn., $554.
Branden James Nation, 20, 253 Olmstead St., $277.
Adam Patrick Parkers, 19, DeSoto, Wis., $277.
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Atmosphere to launch WSU fall rock-bashes?| WINONA, Minn., March 25, 2006 -- Loose hopes for a spring concert by hiphoppers Atmosphere at Winona State University have been scuttled. Joe Reed, student activities director, said the calendar has become too tight to arrange for Atmosphere in addition to the April concet of Bowling for Soup. Reed said he will work these coming weeks to book Atmosphere for fall. The university has never had a big-name albeit second-tier fall concert before. |
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Reporter: Laura Spielmann
Background: Hooch signed up for WSU concert
Jacob sees self as communication in-betweenWINONA, Minn., March 25, 2006 --For Jon Jacob, the Winona State University student presidency that he's seeking is all about communication. If elected, he would be fulcrum, he said, relaying students' wishes to administrators and administrators' wishes back to students. At a news conference Jacob, a broadcasting major, said his experience at campus radio station KQAL and the Winonan newspaper would help him to fulfill his role as a communciator between students and administrators. With university President Judith Ramaley under heat from Student Senate for lack of communication on important student-related issues, Jacob said the solution is for studentsto "be nosy." He said he would like to utilize the campus media more in communicating information between students and administrators.
Jacob said the Senate rquest to the state colleges chancellor against Ramaley are appropriate because, he said, clearly she has violated MnSCU policy that requires consultation on changes that affect students. "This has not happened yet," said Jacob, noting that the chancellor hasn't acted on the Senate request.
On the pocketbook issues, Jacob preicted that tuition would be one of the biggest battles students will face in the coming year. "We cannot be complacent," he said. "We must push forward." Citing his work on the Tuition Freeze project last year, Jacob promised to work to keep tuition costs down in the hope that tuition will someday again be affordable for students seeking higher education.vOne way to keep tuition down, Jacob said, is to increase state support for higher education through more revenue. He did not have a plan for bringing in more state revenue but mentioned that taxpayers may be more apt to hand over tax money to the government if they knew their money was going for higher-ed.
Jacob conceded that last year he supported former university President Darrell Krueger's New University plan even though he did not like the $1,000 tuition surcharge. He acknowledged ovewhelming student opposition to the Krueger plan, saying students were blinded to the plan's strenths because of he price. ssudents may have suported the plan if they were not given the burden to pay for it, he said. As a senbator last year Jacob did not uniformally vote against the Krueger plan even after the first overwhelming student referendum against it.
At the news conference Javcob was less clear about his support for Ramaley's spin-off of Krueger's New University, which she calls Leadership in the 21st Century.vJacob currently serves on the student fee management committee.
Jacob stressed that the most important thing for a student president to represent is oneself. "I'm just gonna be me," he said. For the news conference he wore a WSU t-shirt. He said he sees teh Student Senate becomin less of an "elitist group" made mostly of Greek society members into one that is representative of students. "That transition is not complete," he said. "Unfortunately the student body still sees senate as an elitist group."
One way to change the student perception, he said, is to focus more on public relations. Jacob would like to introduce a Senate mixer next fall, an informal gathering of senators and students to get to know one another. Jacob also said senators should gtet out more. To the reporters assembled fro the news conference, all masscomn students, he suggested that senators hang out more in the Phelps masscom reading room. Senators must mingling more with other students, he said.
Meeting and greeting students is part of Jacob's campaign plan. he said he would engage uin door-knocking and hang up "some" posters. Overall, he said he will conduct a low-profile campaign, much as he did last year for liberal arts senator. He joked that name recognition will help, referring to referred to the nursery rhyme charcter John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.
Jacob, who currently commutes an hour from Plainview, Minn., said he plans to live in Winona if elected president. Already he has taken a leave from his third-shift factory job to campaign, he said. |
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Other reporters' news conference accounts |
Reporter: Elena Grimm
Background: Jacob cites his record on tuition hike
Background: WSU student ballot taking form
Background: Other reporters' news conference accounts
WSU Maxwell funds pass St. Paul hurdleST. PAUL, Minn., March 24, 2006 -- The Minnesota Senate approved a bonding bill with bipartisan support to borrow $11.1 million to renovate the old Maxwell library building at Winona State University. The funding is in a Senate package of $990 million for construction and remodeling at state facilities. The Maxwell project includes classrooms, offices and a space for the National Child Protection Center. The House has yet to act on its version of a bonding bill, which is still in committee hearings. The Senate bill also includes $400,000 to design an addition to Memorial Hall at Winona State with indoor running track, weight room, gym and classrooms. The Memorial project, however, has less priority than Maxwell. Too, the Senate version includes $250,000 to design a permanent Winona home for the Great River Shakespeare Festival. The Senate bill also includes $5.1 million science lab and classroom upgrades at tech schools and to fund new vocational programs.
PHOTOGRAPHER: LAURA DITTMAR
PARIS PROTESTS
Police fired tear gas and arrested hundreds of protesting students Thursday in Paris. One group of students was beaten, with one student hospitalized with a serious head injury. For days 10,000s of students have been protesting a new law that allows employers to fire anyone under 26 without explanation during a two-year trial employment period. The law was designed to create jobs. |
U.S. student surprised at Paris protestsWINONA, Minn., March 24, 2006 -- An American student studying in Paris says that French protests by college students are akin to a circus. "I've never seen so many people congregated in the same place," said Laura Dittmar, a 20-year-old from Hollins University in Virginia. The demonstrations are in protest of a new labor law that allows French companies to hire employees 25 years old or younger for a two-year trial, during which they can be fired without cause. The protests, largely carried out by college students, have attracted international attention as violence has increased. In a phone interview, Dittmar said that she'd run into the protests on two separate occasions: once on the subway and again on the Rue Mont Parnasse.
During her first encounter, said Dittmar, so many students piled onto the train that it was impossible for her to get off. A French man had to work his way through the crowd and keep the doors open to let her off, she said. She encountered more protests on the Rue Mont Parnasse on her way back to her apartment. There were definitely leaders and followers in the street protests, Dittmar said. "There were cars and trucks that were leading the protest," she said. "It was like a giant parade. The students had signs protesting the new law. There was also a man that had a torch and alcohol in his mouth and would blow on it to create a huge flameÑlike you'd see at a circus." Easily thousands of students were involved, Dittmar said.
Asked if she supported the protests, Dittmar said she did not. In the United States, workers can be fired without cause in most lines of work, she said. "Look at everything the French get for free from their government already," Dittmar said. ÒThey receive free universal health care, and their college educations only cost about 200 euros a year. I wouldn't be complaining if I were them."
Reporter: Ruth DeFoster
Cops nab WSU driver at .18 alcohol levelWINONA, Minn;., March 24, 2006 -- A Winona State University student was arrested for driving while intoxicated early Friday after he was pulled over by police for without his headlights. The student, 22, was stopped at 1:20 a.m. and ticketed for fourth-degree driving while intoxicated. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams. Williams said the man's blood-alcohol level was 0.18.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
Harvard pulls Sudan-tainted investmentsCAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24, 2006 -- Harvard University announced that it wil sell its investments in the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. to protest the company's connections to the Sudanese goverment and human-rights violations in Sudan. The Sudanese government, according to the U.S. State Department, has praticed genocide, killing thousands of civilians, in Sudan's Darfur region. Other universities, including the University of California, also haved dumped investments in companies that are tolerabt of Sundaese goverment activities in Darfur.
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SEMIFINALS AT NCAA DIVISION II NATIONALS
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WARRIORS TO CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 23, 2006 -- A "never say die" attitude again propelled the Winona State University men's basketball team to rally from behind, this time from a 15-point deficit, to defeat Stonehill College 83-73 in the semifinal round to the 2006 NCAA Division II nationals. The victory pits the Warriros on Saturday against defending national champion Virginia Union University, which beat Seattle Pacific University 68-63 in the semifinals. The
victory extended the Warriors' winning streak to a school-record 21 games. Going into the title game, Winona State is 31-4 and Virginia Union 28-6.
After the Warriors took a 4-2 lead early in the game, an extremely cold shooting effort to start the first half led to a 38-23 deficit with 2:43 left before intermission. But the Warriors lit a little spark by closing out opening period scoring the final five points -- field goal and a free throw by Curtrel Robinson and David Zellmann's only field goal in 11 attempts in the first half. By the break Winona State had closed the deficit to 38-28.
From there the Warriors used two scoring streak to eventually record the win. The start of the second half found the Warriors going on a 24-13 run to take a 52-51 lead with 11:09 to play. Jonte Flowers sparked that run with 11 of the points, while John Smith tallied five, Zach Malvik four ,and Quincy Henderson and Zellmann two each. The game did get tied one more time at 56 with 8:03 left in regulation play, but WSU ran off 12 unanswered points -- two three-point field goals by Zellmann and a three-pointer and a layup by Henderson -- for a 68-56 lead with 5:40 left. Stonehill then would get no closer than seven points.
Zellmann finished as the Warriors' leading scorer with 21 points, Smith recorded his sixth straight double-double in postseason play with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Smith also continued to stuff his numbers with three blocked shots, two assists and one steal.
For the second straight game in the Elite Eight the Warriors finished with four of the five starters in double figures. Flowers and Henderson came up with 13 and 11 points respectively. Malvik, who has been battling an injured leg, came off the bench to help key the Winona State rally with 12 points.The Warriors dominated the boards 49-37 with 16 offensive rebounds.
The brackets:
QUARTERFINALS
Seattle Pacific 79, University of Montevallo 65
Virginia Union 65, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 58
WSU 86, Barton 78
Stonehill 69, Tarleton State 59
SEMIFINALS (THURSDAY)
Virginia Union 68, Seattle Pacific 63
Winona State 83, Stonehill 73
CHAMPIONSHIP (SATURDAY)
Noon CDT:Winona State (31-4) and Virginia Union (28-6)
Background: Statistics
Background: Warriors close in on Elite Eight title
Speaker: To be creative, covet your timeWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- Strategic management consultant Neill Archer Roan called on Winona State University students be creative in their work and life. "It matters," he said. "Your ability to be innovative is what will make you employable. I'm serious as a heart attack." Roan, a motivational speaker who makes the campus circuit, said people in general overwhelmed with an incredible explosion of information that wears them oiut and get in the way of time to be creative. It's almost as if people have a fundamental breakdown from the massive amounts of information, Roan said. The strategy for crativity is to focus, Roan said. Allow time for yourself, he said. Be selfish and allocate the most productive time of your day to doing what's most important to you, Roan said. Once you are able to focus and take this time for yourself, you will be able to direct more attention to becoming creative, Roan said. "Creativity has been called the currency of our time," Roan states. "If you can create value for other people, it will sustain you in ways you would not believe."
Reporter: Jednica Matzek
Background: Speaker to discuss "Renewal Through Creativity"
Law aims at solon-teacher "double dipping"TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 23, 2006 -- The widespread practice of state universities putting legislators on the payroll as teachers would end in Florida under a proposal by the chair of the Florida Senate ethics committee. Sen. Bill Posey, a Republican, would also bar public colleges from hiring elected county and munucipal lawmakers. Posey calls it "double dipping" when legislators receive public funds for both legislative and teaching duties. The Senate ethics committee has passed the measure.
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SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING MARCH 25, 2006
March 25, 2006: Security guards checked on a student in the Quad dorms at 8:54 p.m. regarding a call from a parent. The student eventually was located.
March 25, 2006: ecurity guards assisted a dorm supervisor with a disturbance in the Quad dosm at 1:45 a.m.
March 24, 2006: trouble alarm sounded in Somsen Hall at 6:45 a.m. Security guards and Winona firefighters responded. Nothing found.
March 23, 2006: An LCD projector was reported missing from a room in Kryzsko Commons. The theft took place sometime between 9 and 10:00 p.m.
March 22, 2006: Firefighters responded to a fire alarm in the Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 12:30 a.m. No fire.
March 22, 2006: A student who had been banned from the Sheehan dorm was found in the main lobby at 11 p.m.
March 22, 2006: Security guards removed an unwanted individual from campus at 11:40 p.m.
March 22, 2006: A fire alarm was activated in the Quad dorms by a student cooking.
March 21, 2006: At 8:a.m. Security guards responded to the Phelps dance studio where a student had fainted. The student was conscious when guards arrived and did not want medical attention.
March 20, 2006: A student reported at 11:48 a.m. that she locked herself out of her room and placed her purse by her door prior to getting another key to get back in. When she returned she discovered items missing from her purse.
March 20, 2006: A student reported at 11:25 p.m. that she was being followed by a male individual on campus. The male said and did nothing. The subject was eventually identified and removed from campus.
March 19, 2006: A student reported at 11:12 p.m. that she was being harassed by an ex-boyfriend.
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Jacob cites his record on tuition hikeWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- Affordable tuition a top priority if he is elected Winona State University student president in April, liberal arts Sen. Jon Jacob declared in an interview. Jacob said he has a strong record battling against tuition increases, albeit with limited success considering the 10.5 percent this year and 9 percent this coming year. Jacob, in the Senate now for two years, said he was a major player in behind-the-scenes work for the 2005 student Tuition Freeze project against tuition increases: "I was big at getting the word out about the campaign and getting the students up to the Capitol to meet with legislators." Jacob also feels he worked hard on the Call Your Legislator campaign of 2004 with, he said, about 100 calls a day to legislators against a pending tuition hike. Alas, the Legislature did nothing to head off increases already approved by the state colleges board of trustees.
Can students be more successful on tuition this coming year? It's question, Jacob said, of finding ways to command respect for "the student voice." Jacob feels that first-year university President Judith Ramaley is doing a better job at "realizing they have to keep costs to students down" than did Darrell Krueger, her predecessor. Ramaley did, however, win trustees approval for next year's 9 percent tuition hike. At this point, Jacob said, "I don't think they yet understand the power of student voice."
The ultimate answer to tuition, he said, is convincing the Legislature to increase revenue through taxes to help students pay for tuition. "Increasing taxes would put the burden of paying tuition more on the state population as a whole," Jacob said.
In his own case, Jacob said, he doesn't have any problem making his current tuition payments, which as a full-time student not living on campus is around $3,300 per semester. But paying off his school loans is going to be difficult, Jacob said. He expects his current student loans of $25,000 will swell to $30,000 to $35,000 by the time he graduates. "It's going to take a big chunk of my life to pay these off," he said.
Asked how he intends to win the five-way contest for president, Jacob said he's the kind of guy with whom voters can relate. He invoked the name of former student President Dusty Finke. "I want to come across as a normal guy, kind of like Dusty Finke was," he said. "Even if you didn't know him, you knew of him." He said too that he would focus on his experience. He is a former vice chair of the Senate technology committee and current vice chair of the student activity fee committee. He has been involved with radio, newspapers, and the mass communication and athletic departments. Jacob also feels that being the incumbent liberal arts senator will help because he "represents one on the most diverse groups on campus."
Background: WSU student ballot taking form
Background: Lib-arts senator to seek presidency |
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Liberal arts senator
Applications for all Student Senate offices are due by noon Monday.
Online voting is April 3 to April 6. |
Sales lag for WSU international dinnerWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- The International club at Winona State University has sold only 78 tickets for the club's annual dinner so far. Korma Aguh, club president, said that last year a whopping 350 tickets were sold. Although only a bit more tgahn a week away, on April 1, Aguh still hopes to come close: "We aim to sell 300 this year." The club plans an ad in both the Winona Post and the Daily News, he said. Due to construction the annual dinner will be at the Lourdes dorm instead of the usual east cafe. "In total, we aim to feed 400 people -- 300 seated guests, and 100 volunteers," Aguh said.
In the past, campus caterer Chartwells has prepared the dinner. This year about 10 club members are preparing the meal with dishes from Romania, African, Malaysia, Japan, Bulgaria, Vietnam and Nepal. Freshman Belinda Agyapong is preparing an African dish called fried plantain. Saki Hamada is making tempura shrimp from Japan. Other dishes include chicken curry, tomato pickle, pilau masala, and cashew curry.
Date: Saturday, April 1
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: Lourdes Hall
Cost: $5 to $10; kids free
Contact: (507) 457-5303 |
Reporter: Lauren Ashby
Business senator to seek second termWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- First-term business Sen. Rick Howden said he is seeking a second term in the Winona State University student elections.
Background: WSU student ballot taking form |
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HOWDEN
Business senator |
Debate set for Tuesday for top racesWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- The Student Senate-sponsored debates for three executive positions in the Winona State University student govermnment will be at 6 p.m., Tuesday, in Baldwin Lounge at Kryzsko Commons, announced Senate secretary Erin Feger. The executive positions are president, for which five candidates have announced; vice president, with one announced candidate; and tresurer, also with one. The deadline for filing candidacy papers is Modnay noon.
Background: WSU student ballot taking form
Accrediors OK WSU student health serviceWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- The student health service at Winona State University has won accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Diane Palm, campus health director, said the accreditation means that the service has passed a series of nationally recognized standards. More than 2,300 U.S. ambulatory organizations hold accreditation.
Displeased Kaplan faculty try unionizationWASHINGTON, March 23, 2006 -- More than 50 faculty members at the online Kaplan University, claiming that administrators have tried to bully them to inflate student grades, are attempting to create a union. Instructors who give bad grades risk getting fired, according to organizers. If the unionization movement suceeds, Kaplan would become the first for-profit online institution with a unionized faculty. Kaplan, which is owned by the Washington Post, has more than 50,000 students nationwide. Besides grade inflation, instructors said, administrators have instructed them to allow students to re-do work on which they have been caught cheating or plagiarizing.
At-large senator declares for lib-arts seatWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- First-term student Sen. Scotty Ryan filed papers to run for one of the liberal arts seats on the Winona State University Student Senate. Ryan, a masscom junior, was elected to an at-large Senate seat in September.
Background: WSU student ballot taking form |
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SCOTTY
RYAN
Masscom major |
Hooch signed up for WSU concertWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- The opening band for the Bowling for Soup concert at Winona State University will be the bluesy, hip, emotional rockers Hooch from La Crosse, Wis., said Joe Reed, who handles arrangements for the university's student concerts. The concert is schedulled for April 22 at McCown gym. The Hooch album "Kick the Dog" includes " Pay Up," "Addiction" and Holy Man."
In a report to the Student Senate, Reed said that tickets will be on sale to Winona State students on April 3 for $10. Students will be able to buy as many tickets as they want. After April 8, he said, tickets will be open to the general public for $15. "I'd love to say we will be sold out after that first week," Reed said. A maximum of 3,500 tickets, McCown's capacity, can be sold. |
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"Kick the Dog" |
Reporter: Laura Spielmann
Background: Coming soon: Bowling for Soup
Drunk-driving record follows coachDOVER, Del., March 23, 2006 -- An hour after Kevin Willard was offered the head men's basketball coach job at the University of Delaware, the offer was withdarwn. Univeristy President David Roselle made the decision after learning that Willard had been convicted of driving-under-the-influence two years ago. His appointment would be a poor example for students, Roselle said. Willard had been assistant coach at the University of Louisville
Students challenge drug-triggered aid denialsPIERRE, S.D., March 23, 2006 -- A student group has sued the federal government over the cosntitutionality of a federal law that denies financial aid to students with a drug conviction. The class-action suit was filed by Students for Sensible Drug Policy Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union in the names of three students with drug convictions. The suit is in U.S. District Court for South Dakota. The law was recently amended to apply only to students convicted while receiving financial aid. The law origianlly denied aid to students who have been convicted any time, including before they started college. The suit seeks not only to to prevent the government from suspending aid but also to restore aid to students who were previously banned from the student-aid programs.
The students make this case in the suit:
"These would-be students, unable to afford ever-increasing tuition, are barred from receiving the financial aid that would allow them to pursue their dreams solely because they were convicted of a drug offense. While any nondrug offender, from a murderer to a shoplifter, can receive financial aid, an individual who is caught with any amount of a controlled substance, including a small amount of marijuana, is automatically denied aid by the federal government."
The constitutional issue, according to the suit, is that the law violates the equal protection guarantee by putting students in double jeopardy by allowing the U.S. Department of Education to punish citizens who already have paid their debt to society.
One-third of students pay WSU fees onlineWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- Paying tuition electronically is becoming more popular among Winona State University students. More than one-third of the spring semester payments were made electronically, said Dave Thorn, head of the accounts receivable. "Electronic payments are the absolute, most reliable and most convenient way for students to make tuition payments," Thorn said, "Students are able pay their tuition in their dorm at 1 a.m. if they want to, and they don't have to wait for the building to be open, or have to wait around in lines." The electronic payment method has only been available about a year. Last spring only 327 students paid their tuition electronically. To use the system, students use their school identification number, their school PIN number, a nine-digit bank routing number, and their bank account number.
Reporter: Tom Wilder
WSU student discovers car burgledWinona, Minn., March 23, 2005 -- A Winona State University student reported his car being broken into Wednesday. Adam Tyrell Dombek told police that he parked his car the night before around 8 at Hilbert and West 10th Street and in the morning realized that the car had been broken into. Dombek lives on the Winona State west campus. A lock puller was used to remove the key cylinder, police said. Dombek reported an MP3 player, headphones, and a wallet with two credit cards and $140 in cash stolen.
Reporter: Rachel Conrad and Amy Vergin
WSU music prof adds to anthologyWINONA, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- A Winona State University music prof, Suzanne Draayer, recorded the texts and accompaniments to her latest song anthology, the second volume of "Canciones de Espana: Songs of Nineteenth-Century Spain." The book was published by Scarecrow Press and recorded under the FMR Coach Me label.
WSU's Menard receives league baseball honorST. PAUL, Minn., March 23, 2006 -- -- Winona State University infielder Brian Menard has received player of the week baseball honors from the Northern Sun conference. On the Warriors' Florida trip Menard hit .500 with an .800 slugging percentage. He posted two doubles, one triple, one home, run five runs batted in and scored 13 runs.
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QUARTERFINALS AT NCAA DIVISION II NATIONALS
WSU 86, Barton 78 |
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| ZELLMANN HITS 2,012
En route to Winona State's Elite Eight opening round victory, Dave Zellmann scored 18 points to bring his Warrior record to 2,012. John Smith led Winona State with 25. |
THIS FOR REAL?
PINCH ME
WARRIORS CLOSE IN
ON NATIONAL BASKETBALL TITLE
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 22, 2006 -- In nail-biting overtime, Winona State University rallied to defeat Barton College of North Carolina 86-78 in the first round of the national men's basketball championship. The victory catapulted the Warriors into a semifinal match for Thursday night against Stonehill College of Massachusetts.
The brackets:
QUARTERFINALS
Seattle Pacific 79, University of Montevallo 65
Virginia Union 65, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 58
WSU 86, Barton 78
Stonehill 69, Tarleton State 59
SEMIFINALS (THURSDAY)
5 p.m. CDT: Seattle Pacific (26-5) and Virginia Union (28-7)
7:30 p.m. CDT: Winona State (30-4) and Stonehill (27-7)
CHAMPIONSHIP (SATURDAY)
Noon CDT
Winona State went on an 11-2 run in the final three minutes of overtime play to post the victory. The game had gone into overtime when Barton tied the contest at 70 with 32 seconds left. Winona State bad a couple of final tip-ins at the bucket before the final buzzer, but a pair of John Smith efforts rolled out and the game went into overtime. Winona State scored first in the overtime and the game would be tied four more times before Barton took a 76-75 lead with 3:15 left. But from there it was all Winona State.
All-American David Zellmann, who surpassed the 2,000-point career mark in the game, and Joe Invalson would score back-to-back lay-ups for the Warriors to give WSU a 79-76 lead with 2:23 to play. Then Smith and Zellmann each converted a pair of free throws and Zach Malvik capped off the Winona string with one of two free throw attempts. In the extra period Winona State went 10 of 12 from the line.
In the first half Winona State built 26-12 lead with 12:56 left before the intermission. The Bulldogs then raced to a 43-38 lead by the break. In the second half Barton's lead grew to 56-44 with 14:54 to play before Winona eventually tied the game at 63 with 5:59 left in regulation.
Smith continued to have a torrid tournament season with 17 rebounds, 25 points, 7 blocked shots, 2 assists and 1 steal in 44 minutes of play. Zellmann improved his Winona State scoring record to 2,012 points, finishing with 18 points. Winona State also got 13 points from Curtel Robinson and 10 points from Quincy Henderson before each fouled out.
Background: Statistics
Background: Warriors To play Barton in Elite Eight
Background: Warriors beat Northern, advance to Elite Eight
First four prez hopefuls have filed papersWINONA, Minn., March 22, 2006 -- Four Winona State University students have met all of the ballot qualifications for Student Senate president, said incumbent Ryan Flynn, who is serving as election committee chair. Flynn said he has the required paperwork from Jon Jacob, Ezra Kazee, Melinda Schuck and Carl Soderberg. He said he was expecting papers from Rotney O'Shea. The deadline for filing candidacy documents is Monday noon. Asked whether he would endorse a candidate, Flynn said: "Because I am election committee chair I have to remain unbiased, and I can tell you I support whatever candidate gets the most votes." The student constitution specifies that KaruI winter as vice president bruns elections, but she asked Flynn to take over becvause she herself is a candidate for re-election.
Flynn hinted as early as December that, although a junior and eligible for second term, that he would retire."The presidency is really a full-time job," Flynn said, explaining that he would like to take some time to focus on school. His advice to whoever wins the seat in the upcoming election is to Òstay focused, and to remember who your boss is, the students."
Asked whether a student president could do the job if not living on campus, which is a campaign issue because Jacob commutes from an hour away in Plainfield, Minn., Flynn said it's a question that's up to individual candidates and students to decide. "It's a hard position," Flynn added. |
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FLYNN
Senior senator |
Reporter: Chad LarimerTom Wilder
Background: WSU student ballot taking form
O'Shea makes presidency a five-way raceWINONA, Minn., March 22, 2006 -- A two and one-half year veteran of the Winona State University Student Senate, Rotney O'Shea, announced his candidacy for Senate president, making it a five-way race. O'Shea, of Irish and Peruvian lineage, said he sees the election as "an opportunity to bring international student issues at the forefront." O'Shea had waffled on seeking a Senate position: "I was not going to run for Student Senate next year because I thought that did enough in fighting for students against lower tuition and high text book prices during my two years and a half there," he said. O'Shea said that Winona State has never had a foreign student as president.
Announcing their candidacies earlier were Jon Jacob, Ezra Kazee, Melinda Schuck and Carl Soderberg. |
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ROTNEY
O'SHEA
Senior senator |
Reporter: Ashley Schultz
Background: WSU student ballot taking form
Background: O'Shea sees diversity as his niche
Background: Partying, arrest record a campaign issue
Lourdes dorm theft reported to police WINONA, Minn., March 22, 2006 -- A Winona State University freshman reported the theft of several items from her purse Monday at the Lourdes dorm. April Rose, 18, reported the theft at 1:17 p.m., police said. Rose said she had returned to her dorm around 2 a.m.. and discovered that she was locked out of her room. She said she had left her purse and coat by the door and went to a friend's room. An hour later, after a dorm supervisor unlocked the room, she discovered the items missing from her purse: a Motorola picture cell phone she valued at $200, $15 in cash, and prescription eyeglasses in a white case with a ribbon. Rose also reported the theft of a Casio Exilim camera worth $300 about a month ago from the Purple Rooms on campus.
Reporter: Ruth DeFoster
Charges dropped in "racial profiling" caseSAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 22, 2006 -- Criminal charges against a San Francisco State University prof arrested last fall after a scuffle with campus police have been dropped. "The interests of justice can be best served not in the criminal courts, but within the university community, employing the university's extensive procedures for responding to incidents involving faculty," said District Attorney Kamala Harris. Prof Antwi Akom, whose field is black studies, was stopped by police in his locked office building after 11 p.m. in October. Akom said he was roughed up and has accused the police of racial profiling. Police said he was abusive. He was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.
Background: Black prof claims racial harassment
| INCIDENT AT 560 E. BROADWAY |
15 days jail time for Halloween partierWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- A Winona State University student has been sentenced to 15 days in one of the last cases resulting from the Halloween party police stand-off. Judge Jeff Thompson convicted Brian J. Grabau, now 21,, for underage liquor consumption, his second such offense. The 15 days in local confinement must be served within the next year. Grabau was also sentenced to adult-supervised probation for one year. Grabau's probation terms require that he remain law abiding, refrains from all alcohol and controlled substance use and submit to random urine sampling. Also, Grabau was fined $177.
Grabau, of Kasson, Minn., had been cited for underage liquor consumption and obstruction of legal process on the night of Oct. 27 after police gained access to the Alex White-Kenny King party house at 560 E.Broadway. Officers answering a neigborhood noise complaint had been locked out of the police, prompting them to call in reinforcements and seek a search warrant for admittance. The underage consumption charge against Grabau was jacked up when it was discovered he already had a previous underage consumption convictin from a month earlier. a Grabau plead not guilty to both charges in November and again in January. Grabau also was charged with obstruction of legal process after, pplice said, he provided false identification clkaimed to be "Brian Hoffman." That charge was dismissed by Judge Thompson. |
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BRIAN
GRABAU
His cell is waiting
KENNY KING
ALEX WHITE
Party hosts
King has paid $2,000-plus in penalties
White case still in courts |
Reporter: Marissa Block
Background: Warrant issued in Halloween party aftermath
No tuition refund for injured WSU skierWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- A Winona State University junior hurt in a ski class, Mark Chryst, will not receive a tuition refund, said David Thorn, the university's director of student accounts. University policy is not to give refunds after the 20th day of class, Thorn said. Chryst was injured at Mount La Crosse on Feb. 24 when an out-of-control skier crashed into him. He suffered from a mild concussion, a black eye and face cuts. There were only two classes left. "I did not want to make a big deal out of the accident," Chryst said. "I had three fractures in my face. Getting money back was the least of my concerns." Chryst's tuition for the semester which was $5,309.25 plus a fee of $100 for the ski class. At Mt. La Crosse there was an option of renting skis for $48 a semester, which Chryst did.
Reporter: Ashley Schultz
Background: WSU student skier rammed, bruised, cut
WSU outfielder is league player of weekST. PAUL, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- Winona State University outfielder Abby Kacena has been named the Northern Sun conference softabll layer of the week. Kacena helped Winona State to an 8-2 mark in the recent Warrior trip to Florida. Kacena hit .565 with an .826 slugging percentage. She also had 13 hits, three doubles, one home run and drove in 12 runs.
Big Brother cares what you say about "W"ASHEVILLE, N.C., March 21, 2006-- A Mars Hill College student, Tim Willis, was monkeying around on his computer and substituted President Bush's name for President Kennedy in the lyrics of the Misfits' 1978 "Bullet." The result had Bush's "bullet-ridden body in the street." Amused at himself or whatever, Willis posted his adaptation to his myspace.com Web page. Soon the U.S. Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the president, was knocking Willis' door and demanding to his hard drive to review all its contents. Willis, a frosh, said he meant no harm. The agents told him he could face fiev eyars in prsiuon for threatening the preswideny, but, OK, just don't be dumb again. Will Mars Hill College take any campus discipline? Probably not, the college said.
Prof expects to be fired for vulgaritiesFAYETTEVILLE, Ark., March 21, 2006 -- The University of Arkansas reassigned a music prof after a student complained about foul language and adult humor in a music-appreciation course. The prof, Kabin Thomas, who had taught the course for 10 years, said he doubts that his current contract will be renewed. The dean who ordered the reassignment, Donald Bobbitt, said the complaint about off-color remarks culminated complaints about Thomas' competence. Thomas defended his record as a teacher: "I didn't change a damn thing in 10 years of teaching."
Speech: Diverity, unity on changing campusWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- The Winona State executive who ran academics for six years, Steve Richardson, will give one of his last presentatioins at the university. Richardson, who resigned as academic vice president in September, will offer a presentgatiion, "Singing from the Same Songbook, or Do We Grow Together or Grow Apart?" in the university's Athenaeum series. About the presentation Richardson said he will talk about the increasing opportunities on campus to grow as individuals and as an organization: "We may find ourselves banding together more tightly or we may find our interests and loyalties diverging. As we grow, how may we maintain a common sense of direction and still realize our personal dreams and hopes?" Richardson will leave the university this spring.
Date: Friday, March 24
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Athenaeum, Krueger Library
Cost: Free |
Background: WSU academic chief resigns |
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Former WSU academic vice president |
Want to salsa? Hispanic club has lessonsWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 --The Hispanic Association of Students at Winona State University is sponsoring its biannual Carnaval Latin Dance. The evening includes dance lessons for salsa, meringue, bachata and cumbia, as well as pinatas,, door prizes, a dance contest and refreshments.
Date: Friday, March 24
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Kryzsko Commons
Cost: $3 to $5
Contact: Lisa Perez |
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| THE BYRON BOYS
Patrick Arthur Campbell, 23, the man who fought with Winona State dorm council President John Huggenvik outside of Brother's Bar, is on the young woman's left. His brother, Joe Campbell, 21, on the other side, is a Winona State engineering major, and according to police reports, was the link between the fighters after, it is alleged, he was antagonized by Huggenvik. |
Dorm leader mum on street corner slugfestWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- The Winona State University dorm council president, John Huggenvik, 21, has yet to resolve legal complications stemming from a drunken bar fight on Jan. 26. The second-year dorm leader is scheduled to appear in court April 3 for a pre-trial hearing. In his first court appearance on Feb. 13 Huggenvik pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct for his part in a slugfest with a Byron, Minn., man outside of Brothers Bar in downtown Winona. The pre-trial hearing will afford Huggenvik two options:
Reach a plea agreement with the city prosecutor and enter a guilty plea to a lesser offense.Maintain his innocence and eventually go to trial.
Huggenvik's combatant, Patrick Arthur Campbell, 23, was also charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Like Huggenvik, Campbell initially pleaded not guilty. However unlike Huggenvik, Campbell reached a plea agreement with the city prosecutor last Wednesday and pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of petty misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Campbell was ordered to pay a $100 fine in addition to $77 in court fees. Campbell could not be reached for comment.
Contacted by phone Monday, Huggenvik declined a request for an interview: "I choose not to comment to the press." Huggenvik has also kept his legal difficulties under wraps from fellow dorm council members and his dorm constituents, according to Cassie Hoppe, the council's executive treasurer. "None of the council members know anything about it," Hoppe said. Now two months after the fight, Hoppe said the issue had not come up in any of the weekly dorm council meetings. In addition, Hoppe said there had been no formal discussion of the incident at the dorm council executive level. Asked if she thought the dorm council should be informed of the presidentÕs legal troubles, Hoppe responded, "I donÕt think so." Freshmen council member Adam Grunz echoed HoppeÕs sentiments. "I don't know anything about it, and I have nothing to say," Grunz said. "It doesn't bother me. I don't care."
The initial police report indicated that Huggenvik had agreed to assist authorities in a criminal assault complaint against Campbell. However on Monday, the office of the county court administrator reported that Campbell had no such pending charges.
The dorm council, officially titled Inter-Residence Hall Council, comprises dorm tenants elected by their peers. Every spring council members elect the executive members through an internal election for the next year. |
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Dorm Council
president
BROTHERS
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Reporter: Chandler MacLean
Background: WSU dorm leader presses for fight charges
WSU Japan Club serves up yaki-toriWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- The Winona State University Japan Club will wind up its annual Japan Fair with a dinner of traditional food. The menu includes harusame salad (lettuce, egg, rice noodles, cucumber and tomato), yaki-tori (baked chicken with sauce), niku-jyaga (stewed potato, onion, green peas, with or without beef), okonomi yaki (unsweetened pancake with sauces), deep-fried tofu with mushroom sauce, dora-yaki (dessert), and steamed or fried rice. Exhibits will include origami, calligraphy, a tea ceremony, traditional Japanese clothing and toys, karate and drum performances, and modern and traditional Japanese fashion show.
Date: Saturday, March 25
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Lourdes Hall
Cost: $3 to $6 |
Status report: Changing WSU booze perceptionsWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- A multi-prong program to cut down student boozing at Winona State, especially binge-drinking, is picking up momentum with university President Judith Ramaley cheering the campaign on. The university "is up to the challenge," she said in an interview: "It is extremely important for us to work with students to work for the university's health and safety." Police Chief Frank Pomeroy logged 80 detox cases in the city last year, compared with 42 in 2004 and 20 in 2003. To that, Ramaley said that underage drinking and binge-drinking are cause for "great alarm" for college administrators nationwide. The question, she has said, is how to combat Winona State's highly visible drinking culture.
At Ramaley's instigation, university student affairs vice president Cal Winbush and health educator Ruth Schroeder put together a document, "A Call to Action: Making the Links Across the Community in Preventing Underage and High-Risk Alcohol Use," which called for "a comprehensive response to underage and high-risk alcohol use." Proposed were:
A social norms campaign in the dorms to demonstrate that heavy boozers are not typical.
Student research into underage and high-risk alcohol use at the university.More alcohol-free weekend and late-night student activities as alternatives to drinking. Continued enforcement of the minimum drinking age.Training identify high-risk drinkers and get tehm into early intervention.Restorative justice programs with offenders serving out penalties in off-campus community service.
Schroeder has statistics from a 2004 survey that 45 percent of Winona State students participate in high-risk drinking, which is defined clinically five or more alcoholic beverages on one day within two weeks. Schroeder says that the national average ranges from 44 to 46 percent, which puts Winona State in the middle. With new initiatives Schroeder hopes for a 5 percent drop in high-risk drinking at WSU in the next year and 20 percent in the long term.
Schroeder has been involved in a campaign with a group of student athletes to underscore the harm that can come from alocholic excess. The group, including an athletic trainer, a baseball coach, three baseball players, a football player, a golfer and a track runner, has assembled a plan to encourage more responsible drinking. The group, with $5,000 from the National Collegiate Athletic Association, is planning a social norms campaign to disillusion younger students of the common perception that everyone in college drinks and gets trashed all the time. Schroeder has data to counter the idea that boozing is the norm. Her 2004 survey found that 18 percent of students did not drink and another 24 percent had not consumed alcohol in the previous two weeks.
The university's student activities director, Joe Reed, and assistant Kristin Schumacher have working more weekend activities, including music and comedy, as a substitute to going out and drinking. Reed said that more alternative activities are3 possible but that he has only a $70,000 budget. He hopes for a larger budget next year.
The February the UPAC student amusements hosted the National Save a Life Tour that brought a drunken-driving simulator into the Kryzsko student union for students to see what it is like to be drunk behind the wheel drunk. "If we can change one student's mind on driving drunk, we will have success," said Reed. Also, Reed said, the completion of the new Kryzsko solarium, which includes an indoor and outdoor stage, will offer more space for campus-based, non-alcohol actvity. There also are plan for the Smaug, a student gathering place, to stay open as late as 11 p.m., as well more food vendors and a coffee-house atmosphere.
Nobody believes student boozing can be eradicated, Reed said: "What can you do to stop a drinking culture that has been going on for 100 years?" Reed believes, however, that the alcohol excesses can be reduced gradually over time.
Reporter: Sam Molter
Legislature expected to up Pawlenty spendingST. PAUL, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- The Minnesota Senate and House are likely to increase the campus construction and renovation budget proposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, according to Russ Stanton, lobbyist for the state faculty union. Stanton said the increase may be significant. Pawlenty has proposed $142 million for the MnSCU campuses, which include Winona State and Southeast Tech. The MnSCU system has requested $142 million. Stanton quoted Sen. Keith Langseth, D-Glyndon, author of the Senate bonding bill, as asking why the governor, a Republican, doesn't like MnSCU. The higher-ed section of the bonding bill, which would borrow funds for the capital improvements, will be heard in both the House and Senate Higher Education Committees this week.
Background: Legislature sets campus construction hearings
Campus fall leads to $15.8 million verdictSCHENECTADY, N.Y., March 21, 2006 -- A jury awarded $15.8 million to Union College student for injuries when she fell into a manhole on the campus. Mary Ann Nolan claimed the college was negligent for nolt restoring the manhoel cover after, apparently, a snow plow scaped it off. Nolan, a senior, stepped into an open manhole in a dark parking area and and fell hip-deep. Nolan said she has constant pain in her lower legs and must inject herself every day with an anticoagulant to prevent deep-vein thrombosis. The college said it would appeal.
WSU prof conducts multi-college bandWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- A Winona State University music prof, Donald Lovejoy, served as guest conductor for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Honor Band at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Lovejoy conducted Frank Ticheli's "Postcard," as well as the premiere of Carol Barnett's "Dance Club Tirana."
Prof defends Mardi Gras as "a mental break"WINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- Despite critics who saw a disconnect in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans staging its annual Mardi Gras festival, Winona State University political science prof Ed Guernica sides with the decision to go ahead. "The celebration has allowed those people with nothing left a mental break from Katrina." Guernica said in an interview. Guernica, who lived in New Orleans before joining the Winona State faculty last year, said that Mardi Gras has become more than just a big blowout. "It is a time when the city makes money from tourists and a time to celebrate before Lent starts," he said.
Guernica noted Katrina's impact, with only 15,000 hotel rooms booked instead of close to 40,000. Half of the city'shotel rooms are still occupied by people who lost their homes, he said. The Mardi Gras turnout of 350,000 this year was only about a fourth of the typical 1 million-plus, said Guernica.
The celebration, he said, needed to happen to lighten up the attitudes and bring back happiness. Continuing the tradition was the right thing to do, he said. "Mardi Gras has only been canceled on account of wars," he said. "I am glad it was not canceled because of the ruined city. It was a good thing that brought happy spirits and attitudes to such a depressing place," said Guernica.
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First candidates file for junior seatsWINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- Two Winona State University students, AJ Schuler and Theresa Strahota, have declared their candidicies to represent the junior class on the Student Senate, election supervisor Ryan Flynn said. Strahota was elected last fall as an at-large senator. This will be Schuler's first bid for the Senate. Flynn said he expects more candidates to file by the March 27 deadline. Three junior seats are open.
Reporter: Laura Spielmann
Background: WSU student ballot taking form
WSU children's play: "Many Moons"WINONA, Minn., March 21, 2006 -- The play "Many Moons," written for children by Charlotte Chorpenning, is in rehearsal at Winona State as the university's 38th annual children's show. The play, based on the short story by James Thurber, is directed by prof Vivian Fusillo. The scenic design is by prof Peggy Sannerud. The costumes are designed by student Erin Dostal and created by staff costumer Susan Bratt. The sound and lighting designs are by Jamin O'Malley as a senior capstone project. Ther production is not recommended for children under 5.
Date: Friday, March 31, and Saturday, April 1
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center Main Stage
Cost: $3 to $7
Contact: (507) 457-5235 |
Speaker recalls Cultural Revolution horrorsWINONA, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- Growing up as a Red Gard militia member during the Cultural Revolution in China helped Fan Shen never to lose sight of dangers lurking all around, he told a St. Mary's University audience recently. Shen, a prof at the Rochester college, said he joined the Red Guard when was 15. For 10 years Shen burned books, ransacked homes and imprisoned non-Communists in hopes of safeguarding Communist ideals. "It was tough psychological training," said Shen. "It toughened my personality and taught me to not worry about the small things in life."
Shen, author of the book "Gang of One," told a crowd of 50 that he came te realize he wanted more from life and started hoping for a better life through education. During the revolution, 1966 to 1976, all schools in China were closed, so Shen read book upon book until, he figures, he was the equivalent of a senior in high school. Shen also taught himself Russian and English, which, when he was found out, prompted the authorities to jail him and almost kill him, said Shen. After five weeks of interrogation he was released. In 1976, when the Revolution ended, Shen was allowed to take a three-day entrance exam to get into college. Sixty million people took the exam, and five percent were accepted t, said Shen. After four years in college in China, Shen won a scholarship to Nebraska. Shen said he chose then to live permanently in the United States because he has no fears here. "The minute I step off the plane in China, fear surrounds me," he said.
For his speech Shen wore the original red cloth on his right arm that read ÒRed Guard Capital Middle School-Red Guard Committee,Ó along with a red pin of Mao Zedong, the Chinese dictator at the time. Earlier this fall Shen spoke at Winona State University, promoting his book, which is now part of the Common Book Pilot Project program that brings together a community of learners through discussion of a single work.
Reporter: Jenica Matzek |
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WSU motorist nabbed after foot chaseWINONA, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- A Winona State University student was charged with driving while intoxicated after fleeing from police on foot early Monday morning. The student had been pulled over at Sixth and Sioux at 3 a.m. for driving without using his headlights, according to Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams. The student then led police on a short foot chase, Williams said. Police cited the student for fourth-degree drunken driving, refusing to submit to a breath test, carrying an open bottle, driving without headlights, not having a Minnesota driver's license, and fleeing, Williams said.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
WSU-area Spring Break burglaries reportedWINONA, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- Three Winona State University students came back from Spring Break and found their places burglarized. according to Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams. Adam Falk, who lives on the 150 block of 10th Street, reported he was missing a DVD player valued at $200, eight DVD movies and $2 in loose change. Williams said the burglar gained entry by cutting the screen and opening the window. Adam Herrmann reported his Winona State laptop had been stolen from his bedroom at his place on the 600 block of Wilson. There was no sign of forced entry to the bedroom, Williams said. Thomas Lentz reported a break-in at the house he shares with Abraham Wilkemeyer and Michael Welhouse on the 400 block of Wilson Street. Lentz reported an X Box video game system with two controllers and two to three games, a Play Station 2 video game system with two controllers and two to three games, 40 to 50 DVD movies and $125 in cash plus $50 in change had been stolen. Williams said there was no sign of forced entry, adding that a window on the porch was left open. The three burglaries appear to be unrelated, Williams said. Police have no suspects, he said.
Reporter: Chad Larimer
Candidacy forms due by March 27WINONA, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- Candidacy declaration forms for Winona State University student elections will due by noon, Monday, March 27, said Erin Feger of the elections committee. Online voting will be April 3-6 with ballot counting the afternoon of April 6, Feger said. The Student Senate will sponsor debates for candidates for president, vice president and treasurer, she said. Already having announced their candidacies for salaried positions have been:
President: Jon Jacob, Ezra Kazee, Melinda Schuck, Carl Soderberg
Vice president: Kari Winter
Treasurer: DJ Danielson
Background: WSU student ballot taking form
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Nominees named for CyberIndee prizesWINONA, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- Five student journalists from Winona State University have been nominated for reporting that has appeared in the CyberIndee, faculty publisher John Vivian announced. "These all are energetic, enterprising reporters who have great news careers ahead of them," Vivian said. The nominees, with links to their work, are:
Megan BuesgensChandler MacLeanKai OehlerShanthal PereraMollee Sheehan
The Paul Corrigan Prize dates to 1992 and the Adolph Bremer Prize to 1998. A new prize, bearing Vivian's name, will be awarded for the first time this year. All carry a $500 cash prize. "Considering the quality of journalism on the CyberIndee in recent months, it is an honor for the nominees to make the cut," said Vivian. The Winona State masscom faculty will choose the winners from Vivian's recommendations. The prizes will be presented in April at the annual masscom department banquet. In the meantime, a second round of nominations is possible, Vivian said.
Background: Previous journalism prize winners
Indian environmentalist to speak at WSUWINONA, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- Native American activist Winona LaDuke will speak at Winona State University on ÒHonoring the Earth." LaDuke was the Green Party vice presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000. She, an Ojibwe-nrolled member of the Mississippi Band of Anishinaabeg, was named Ms. magazine's 1997 woman of the year. She is the founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project in Minnesota, the Indigenous Women's Network, and the program director for the Honor the Earth Fund.
Date: Monday, March 27
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Somsen Auditorium
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WSU speaker to discuss "Renewal Through Creativity" WINONA, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- A Washington-based consuiltant on health care, the arts and other subjects, Neill Archer Roan, will speak at Winona State University in a discussion entitled "Renewal Through Creativity: Strategies for Thriving in an Institutional Context." Roan is a published poet and author.
Goat-case frat guy turned over to Humane SocietyBOWLING GREEN, Ky., March 20, 2006 -- Freshman Trenton Jackson acknowledged in court that there was sufficient evidence to convict him for animal cruelty in a goat-rape case at a Western Kentucky University frat house. Under what's called an Alford Plea, Jackson did not admit guilt but put himself at the judge's mercy. He was placed on 12 months probatation with 120 hours of community service under direction of the Humane Society. The case originated when police, investigating a loud party, found the billy goat in a storage room at the Alpha Gamma Rho house. Frat members said that blind-folded pledges were going to be made to believe they were having sex with the goat. A veterinarian who later examined the goat reported damage to the animal's rectum. Jackson said he chose the Alford plea rather than go to the expense of fighting the charge. Meanwhile, the national AGR oragnization has expelled all its Western Kentucky members.
Background: Frat suspected in fuck-a-goat bash
Budget woes led to Case Western resignationCLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20, 2006 -- The president of Case Western Reserve University, Edward Hundert, resigned after weeks of fierce criticism about a $40 million deficit in last year's $800 million budget. Hundert's proposal for $17.2-million in cuts this year faced faculty opposition that resulted in a vote of no-confidence, almost always a dath knell for a university president. Hundert had been president since 2002, when he proposed an aggressive five-year expansion and improvement project funded with a proposed deficit to eb made up from private donations and federal grants that didn't materialize sufficiently.
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MORE TEACHERS. Nine more teachers will be hired to make up for some past layoffs to meet enrollment shifts, the School Board decided. Five new teachers will be at the high school, three at grade schools, and one at the middle school. High school enrollment for fall is projected to be off 20 and at middle school off 88. Elementary enrollment is project to grow by 14.
SIGN OF SPRING. The first towboat of the season, the Bruce R. Birmingham and nine barges filled with coal, locked through the Tremepleau dam at Trempealeau, Wis., at 3:20 a.m and the Fountain City, Wis., and 9:50 a.m. The coal was destined for the elecricity-generating plant at Alma, Wis.
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California regents sever Sudan linksLOS ANGELES, Calif., March 20, 2006 -- University of California regents voted to sell investments in companies that do business with the government of Sudan to protest ethnic-based atrocities. Managers of the university's endowment and pension have been instructed to divest all shares of the nine public companies, which include two Chinese oil companies. In a prepared statedment, teh rents said the companies "were clearly shown to be providing monetary or military support to the government ... while showing little or no interest in the situation Darfur or in helping to improve the welfare of the Sudanese people." The regentsd also are sending letters to four other companies to stop doing business the Sudanese government.
Marijuana decrimialization bill passes hurdleST. PAUL, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- The Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-4 to legalize marijuana for specific medical conditions. The bill, co-cponsored by Sen. Bob Kierlin, R-Winona, made it through the Senate Health and Family Security Committee last session but was then referred to Judiciary Committee. To become law, the bill will need full Senate and House approval plus Gov. Tim Pawslenty's signature. In its current form, the bill would eliminate criminal penalties for prescribed marijuana use by patients with AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and other painful and deadly illnesses.
Latin scholars to boycott U.S. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 20, 2006 -- The Latin American Studies Association, irate that the Bush administration refused to issue visas to Cuban scholars who had planned to attend the association's annual convention in San Juan, voted to hold future meetings outside the United States. The vote was unanimous. The association said that decrying visas was a violation of academic freedom.
Background: U.S. to Cuban scholars: Stay out
WSU prof's text into Indonesia translationWINONA, Minn., March 20, 2006 -- A textbook by Winona State University journalism prof John Vivian, "The Media of Mass Communciation," has been licensed by the international rights division of publisher Allyn & Bacon for translation in Indonesia. The Indonesia edition's publication date will be 2008. The book, now in its eight edition, is the most widely adopted survey of the mass media at U.S. and Canadian colleges. The book also is being translated for students in India and China.
Mugging victim who blamed poor lghting wins $300,000KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 19, 2006 -- A former University of Tennessee student was awarded $300,000 from the university for brain damage from a mugging in a poorly lit campus garage. The university had argued that the student's assailant bore the sole responsibility for the vicious attack, but the student said the poor ligghting faciliated the attack. The $300,000 award was the largest that state law permits. The attacker is in prison.
Background: 145 of 399 WSU fixtures not illuminated
Warriors To play Barton in Elite EightSPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 19, 2006 -- Winona State University will open its play in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight against Barton College in Game Three of the quarterfinal round. Winona State is 29-4 and the No. 1 seed from the North Central Region. At 28-3, Barton College of Wilson, N.C., is the No. 1 Seed from the East Region. The tournament will be at the MassMutual Center in Springfield on March 22, 23 and 25.
The brackets:
MARCH 22 QUARTERFINALS
Noon: University of Montevallo, of Alabama, (22-10) and Seattle Pacific University (25-5).
2:30 p.m. Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (25-6) and Virginia Union University (27-6).
6 p.m.Winona State University (29-4) and Barton College, of North Carolina, (28-3).
8:30 p.m.: Stonehill College, of Massachusetts (26-6) and Tarleton State University, of Texas, (27-6).
MARCH 23 SEMIFINALS
6 and 8:30 p.m.
MARCH 25 CHAMPSIONSHIP
1 p.m.
Background: Warriors beat Northern, advance to Elite Eight
COMMENT: TEXTBOOKS
SO MUCH FLAILING
WITHOUT FACT OR VILLAIN
Textbook prices are easy to hate. So too groceries. Not everything in life can be free, which makes the latest crusade of the Winona State University Student Senate so pathetic. The senators flail and gesticulate, expending tremendous energy, but they haven't been able to identify a villain nor to articulate a solution.
As for villains, they've tried. Authors were one target. The fact, though, according to the only data available, from a Text and Academic Authors Association survey, is that authors average $5,000 a book. That's not much of a return on a project that takes years of work.
How about publishers as villain? Out of what can only be excused as ignorance, some senators have pulled that tired line about obscene profits. Major textbook publishers, whose earnings are public record, are only mediocre money-makers for investors. The Winonan student newspaper has published a breakdown chart on where students' textbook expenditures go. There are no secrets, no villains.
Through the Minnesota State University Student Association, senators have influenced a couple of state legislators to investigate the issue. Why not? There are legislators as demagogic as Winona State student senators at stirring a frenzy to attract constituent attention. But it's all frenzy, no substance. Anybody who looks at the issue will realize there is no answer. It's a fact that textbook cost. Nobody likes tuition either, but learning, dear, senators, isn't free -- and the free ride ended with high school graduation. You're grown-ups now.
So what will all the Senate's self-generated kerfuffle accomplish? Not much. Oh, politically it has short-term return, but voters aren't dunderheads. They see through demagoguery soon enough and turn the rascals out. In the meantime, some senators would be wise to spend more time with their textbooks than fighting them. Finals are coming soon. |
Background: Legislation pending on text prices
Legislation pending on text pricesST. PAUL, Minn., March 19, 2006 -- Two Republican legislators, State Sen. Claire Robling, R-Prior Lake, and State Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City, have agreed to introduce a bill to create a fact-finding state task force on college textbook pricing. The legislation has not beenm drafted, but Travis Reese, vice chair of the Minnesota State University Student Association, said the task force will focus on "fact finding and information gathering." Reese said MSUSUA, of which Winona State is part, called on Robling and Urdahl. Robling, R-, is a member of the Senate Higher Education Committee, and Urdahl, R-, of the House Higher Education Committee, to introduce the legislation. The proposed task force would be a unit of the state Office of Higher Education, Reese said. The goal, he said, is ultimately to lower textbook prices. "We need to make sure publishing companies are using fair practices and to ensure students do not have to make choices between rent and buying their books," said Reese, who is from Winona State. Reese uses the words "a need to regulate" in talking about textbook prices but is short on specifics for doing it.
The MSUSA partnership with Rohling and Urdahl was forged after students at Winona State held a mock textbook funeral Feb. 23 to protest textbook priceds. Testimonials from students were forwarded to MSUSUA. Reese said that the testimonials will play a key role in generating support for the textbook bill. Reese said the testimonials will be provided to legislators after the bill is written, and MSUSA begins lobbying the state legislature. If hearings are scheduled, MSUSUA will work with both Senate and House higher-ed Committees and "to provide them with as much information as we can,Ó Reese said.
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Reporter: Chandler MacLean
Background: Chuckles hard to suppress at textbook dirge
COMMENT: CUM LAUDE
RIGHT MOVE
THE WRONG WAY
Cum-laude graduation honors were not quite a joke at Winona State University but, starting at 3.25, they weren't the distinction they should be. New education Dean Cecilia Rokusek deserves recognition for pushing for higher standards. For students enrolling this fall, cum laude will move 3.6, magna cum laude to 3.75, and summa cum laude to 3.9.
The laurels for the change, however, stop at Rokusek. The Deans Council approved the change in secret session. To their discredit, the deans find closed-door Medieval decision-making expedient. Academic Vice President Ken Gorman endorsed the change, apparently without alerting fellow Vice President Cal Winbush, who is responsible for student affairs, that students would have a stake in the change and should be consulted. Then President Judith Ramaley signed off on the change with not even a courtesy note to the Student Senate.
If this were a lone lapse in the compliance of the Ramaley crew regarding the state-level MnSCU Regulation 2.3, which requires student consultation, we would not be concerned. But a lone lapse it was not. Evidence is amassing that Ramaley is a paternalistic manager who will do what she thinks is good for students regardless of what students think, consultation be damned. It's a castor-oil approach to management that departed parenting in the 1960s and was abandoned byh academe along with en loco parentis in the 1960s. This is not what we expect in a 21st century university president. |
Background: Ramaley OK'd higher laude levels in December
Background: Students peeved at WSU president
Background: Comment: Extend the honeymoon
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Semimary dubious of Erickson booze, sex habitsHUDSON, Wis., March 19, 2006 -- A Winona-trained seminarian had such an alcohol problem, as well as a murky sexual history, that he was admitted to St. Paul Seminaryonly provisionally, seminary records show. The Rev. Ryan Erickson, ruled the likely murderer in two Hudson funeral home shootings, spent more than on a bar stool than kneeling in prayer, according to one report by a seminary superior in the documents. The documents obtained by Catherin Munkttrick, Hudson city attorney, from the seminary. They contain the latets revelations about Erickson, who hanged himself in Decemeber 2004 as police closed in on him as the murderer. Other documents suggest he killed the proprietor of a Hudson mortuary, who had learned of altar boy liaisons. A college intern at the mortuary was also killed.
There has been an investigation into how much seminary and church officials knew of Erickson's proclivities. He served in Diocese of Superior parishes in Wisconsin, in Hudson and later in Ladysmith. Documents show concern about Erckson's sexual habits earlier when he started college at St. Mary's Seminary of the Immaculate Heart in Winona. There was a police investigation at the time into a report on a sexual assault on a teen-age boy in Vilas County, Wis., the summer before. No legal charges were filed. The documents from St. Paul Seminary, where Erickson went after Winona, have no explicit reference to information being forwarded on the Vilas County case. The seminary admissions committee, however, noted "allegations of some form of sexual misconduct." |
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Background: Bishops spurn murder victims' families
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Moisture blamed for SAT scoring errorsPRINCETON, N.J., March 19, 2006 -- The contractor that scores SAT college entrance exams, Pearson Educational Measurement, blamed "abnormally high moisture content" in answer sheets for errors in correcting 4,000 exams recently. Moisture caused the answer-sheet paper to expand, so scanning machines missed correctly penciled-in circles. The problem apparently originated in the Northeast, where heavy rain soaked some cartons of filled-in exam sheets. The cartons then were shipped to a Pearson warehouse in Austin, Texas, where the moisture contaminated more ecams before they were scanned for scoring.
Background: SAT exam goof-up hits 4,000 students
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Study: For frosh, volunteerism a priorityLOS ANGELES, Calif., March 19, 2006 -- Volunteerism has a hold on thuis year's college freshman has as never before been measured, according the latest tracking survey incoming freshmen from the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. Two of three college freshmen in the 263,000 annual survey said that helping people in difficulty is essential or very important -- the highest percentage in a quarter-century. A record 83 percent said they volunteered at least occasionally during their senior year of high school. A More than 26 percent, also a record, saw said a very good chance that they would volunteer while attending college, up 2.2 percentage points from last year. Why the surge for volunteering? Survey director John Pryor said that factors mayb include Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami and other recent natural disasters.
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FBI interrogation riles Pomona CollegePOMONA, Calif., March 19, 2006 -- A Pomona College professor, Miguel Tinker-Salas, a Venezuela native who is sharply critical of U.S. foreign poliocy, was questioned by FBI agents sheriffÕs investigators about his views. The agents arrived unannounced at the professor's office and asked whether the Venezuelan government had influenced what he teaches, the Los Angeles Times reported. The agents also asked students outside his office what they thought of his teaching, according to the Times. Hearing of the agents on campus, PomonaÕs president protested "the chilling effect this kind of intrusive government interest could have on free scholarly and political discourse." Tinker-Salas is professor of Latin American history. He has been criutical of U.S. relations with Venezuela, whose leader, Hugo Ch‡vez, has worked at stronger relations Iran.
Audit ordered into "quiet" UCal paymentsSACRAMENTO, Calif., March 19, 2006 -- The president of the University of California, Robert Dynes, promised new transparency into the employee salaries and benefits. Dynes was responding to San Francisco Chronicle revelations about hidden compensation. The Chronicle reported $871 million had gone to 8,500 employees in bonuses, moving allowances, stipends and other "quiet" disbursements last school year. To a legislative committee Dynes said: "I've heard of things that I did not know were going on." He said he has ordered an external audit of the compensation of senior managers, changes in the awarding of severance packages, and the appointment of an independent committee on compensation and disclosure policies.
Study: Newspapers spurned Holocaust victimsBOSTON, Mass., March 19, 2006 --More than 70 prominent journalists and j-profs have petitioned the Newspaper Association of America to acknowledge that its predecessor organization was "wrong to turn its back on Jewish refugee journalists fleeing Hitler." The petition follows recently published research by Laurel Leff that U.S. journalism schools, unlike most other disciplines, did hire any displaced European scholar during the Holocaust. Leff said her research led her to letters by Harvard government prof Carl Friedrich that had tried to place German-Jewish journalists in U.S. journalism schools. She also found Friedrich was denied a request for 10 minutes at 1939 American Newspaper Publishers Association to discuss the issue. The current president of the newspaper association, John Sturm, called the allegations serious. He said the association's own records show no request from Friedrich to speak.
Lawmaker to profs: Speak clear English or elseST. PAUL, Minn., March 19, 2006 -- Profs at state colleges should be able to commuunicate with students in the English language, says State Rep. Bud Heidgerken, R-Freeport. He has proposed a law requiring the state colleges system to identify and fire profs who lack "clear English pronunciation." Heidgerken said he is responding to student complaints that they have dropped courses, sometimes delaying their graduation, because they couldnÕt understand a prof from another country. Heidgerken said the University of Minnesota has the same problem. The state constitution prohibits the Legislature from meddling in University of Minnesota affairs, so Heidgerken's bill, although requiring MnSCU campuses to act, only requests the University of Minnesota to do so.
Officials at the state-college system say foreign students who teach must pass a spoken-language test. About profs themselves, their faculty colleagues ascertain their English communication skills in hiring and review processes. The MnSCU officials stopped short of saying Heidgarken is full of hot air but said complaints from students are rare.
The Heidgarken bill resembles legislation in the North Dakota last year. That bill, which critics called xenophobic, passed but only after being watered down. As passed, the North Dakota law gave students the power to complain about incomprehensible instructors with a formal investigation assured.
Heidgerkern is a graduate of St. Cloud State and himself a former teacher. |
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WSU sends dancers to regional
conferenceWINONA, Minn., March 19, 2006 -- Three Winona State University pofs and 18 students participated in the American College Dance Festival AssociationÕs regional conference at the University of Iowa. GThe contingent performed "Trajectory Altered Slightly,Ó choreographed by prof Sharon Mansur; "Sava River, by student Heidi Draskoci-Johnson; and "Multiplicity," by student Susie Soukaseume. All three dances premiered on campus last month in Dancescape 2006. Participating were faculty members Gretchen Cohenour, Sharon Mansur and Tammy Perry and students Ken Abbott, Stephanie Bedner, Michelle Berth, Ria Billeck, Sarah Bird, Lizzy Brumm, Heidi Draskoci-Johnson, Jessica Draskoci-Johnson, Allison Engelsma, Annette Gifford, Courtney Kish, Kelli Luttig, Silviano Mayorga Jr., Carly Moore, Susan Soukaseume, Sally Stenzel and Angela Williams.
Mid-level college workers earn 3.3% moreWASHINGTON, March 19, 2006 -- The median salary for mid-level college administrators rose 3.3 percent in this school year, according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The increase last year was 3 percent. Although better this year, the increase fell short of the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers 3.4 percent. The data came from 1,163 public and private colleges. Staff physicians were the highest paid at $127,300. Lowest salary were security guards at $25,100.
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Tech president
2001:
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