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Way paved for Alex White house-party trial
Reporter: Kai Oehler Background: Search warrant's validity is issue in White case Background: Student election results
Quick search launched for WSU science deanWINONA, Minn., June 30 2006 -- A hurry-up search for an interim science dean has begun at Winona State University to fill a vacancy created by the promotion of Dean Nancy Jannik to an associate vice presidency of the university. A notice of vacancy was issued by Ken Gorman, interim academic vice president, with a July 17 application deadline. The appointment would be effective Aug. 1, when Jannik switches titles. Vernon Leighton of the Faculty Senate issued a call for three faculty positions on the search committee. The committee will convene July 13, Leighton said.
The vacancy notice specified that the one-year appointment would be open only within the university. The salary was listed as competitive. As dean, Jannik was at $123,500. The job decription states that the dean is responsible for instructional quality in seven departments with 90 profs. An earned doctorate is required in one of the disciplines in the college. Background: Next WSU science dean? Who knows
NCAA gigs Acorn State basketball practicesLOMAN, Miss., June 30, 2006 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association has banned the Alcorn State University women's basketball team from post-season play for three years for violating travel and other rules. An NCAA investigation concluded that coach Shirley Walker permitted four athletes, none of them full-time students, to travel with the team and receive travel expenses. Also, one of them was issued financial aid. Walker also exceeded the NCAA's weekly practice limits, did not allow the team a weekly day off from practice, and permitted uncertified assistant coaches to recruit off campus, according to the investigation report. Team practice logs were falsified, the report said. Also, the report said that Walker allowed her husband, a former Alcorn State men's basketball coach cited for major NCAA infractions in the mid-1990s, to act as a volunteer coach. That, said the report, violated the NCAA four-coach limit.
Constance at Konstanz on Constance in Constanze
College begins church management degreeBOSTON, Mass., June 30, 2006 -- High levels of naivite in managing Catholic institutions, as revealed in ongoing clergy sexual abuse scandals, has prompted Boston College to start the first U.S. grad program to train priests, nuns, and laypeople who manage Catholic parishes and organizations. Boston College, which is operated by the Jesuit order, said the degree will be avaiable to non-Catholics too.
WSU plans river photography workshopWINONA, Minn., June 30, 2006 -- A one-day workshop on river photography will be offered by Winona State University prof Drake Hokanson. Participants will shoot main and side channels of the Mississippi, boathouses and bluffs from the Winona State launch River Explorer. Canoes will be available for backwater locations, Hokanson said.
Ohio ACLU: Athletes have rights tooCOLUBUS, Ohio, June 30, 2006 -- The new Kent State University ban in varsuty athletes having Facebook.com pages has all the appearances of denying the students their First Amendment rughts, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio. Gary Daniels, spokesman for Civil Liberties Union, said the university has not made it clear why athletes should be forbidden from Facebook when other students aren't. There is no apparent correlation between the athletes in their roles as athletes and their use of these Web sites," Daniels said. Kent State has about 400 varsity athletes.Background: Kent State to jocks: No, no Facebook.com
Illinois trustees delay Chief Illiniwek decisionCHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 30, 2006 -- The University of Illinois board of trustees may take until next May to decide whether to rehire the controversial mascot Chief Illiniwek. Because the NCAA is forbidding Illinois from post-season games if it keeps the mascot, the team may forgo football and basketball tournaments, said athletic director Ron Guenther. Meanwhile, Chief Illiniwek is expected to dance on at least this coming year. Guenther said he believes the trustees are doing the right thing not to rush a decision.
Setback for Christian schools in California suitLOS ANGELES, Calif., June 30, 2006 -- A federal judge said he is inclined to dismiss parts of a lawsuit brought against the University of Californian by several Christian high schools for not accepting credit for certain church-based courses. Judge James Otero will make a formal ruling shortly. Meanwhile, the case is moving toward trial. Six students at Calvary Chapel Christian School and the Association of Christian Schools International contend that the university is violating their rights to free speech and religion by not counting the courses the high school's courses on student applications for university admission.
Judge: Visa delay needs timely resolutionNEW YORK, June 30, 2006 -- A federal judge ruled that the Bush administration cannot sit indefinitely on a visa application from prominent Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, who has been denied admission to the United States. Judge Paul Crotty gave the government until September to articulate why Ramadan should be denied a visa. Crotty said the government has had more than 18 months to study the visa application, which he called "more than adequate time." The government had used a provision in the post-9/11 Patriot Act to deny entry to foreigners whose political views it does not like. Judge Crotty said the government needs to be more specific to keep Ramadan out of the country and from teaching position at Notre Dame University. Ramadan is a scholar of Islamic philosophy and a forceful advocate on behalf of Muslims. Meawhile, he continues as a visiting scholar in England.
Next WSU science dean? Who knows
Democrats plan $75 reception with Al Franken
To jail for renting college out facilities
$2,500 reward for information on SMU fireWINONA, Minn., June 29, 2006 -- Investigators are stopping short of the word "arson" to explain the fire that destroyed Cotter Hall at St. Mary's University, but they have put up a $2,500 rewardfor information to solve unanswered questions. Assistant Fire Chief Jim Multhaup caleld teh fire "suspicious." Meanwile, Multhaup said, the city Fire Department and state fire marshals are continuing their investigation. The abandoned building was gutted early June 12.Crime Stoppers: (507) 457-6530, (800) 723-2020 Background: Investigation continues into SMU fire
Librarian who nixed Times subscription changes mindSAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 3, 2006 -- The New York Times is back in the University of the Incarnate Word library after the chief librarian canceled the subscription to protest the newspaper's exposure of a secret government anti-terror program. Mendell Morgan said he had been hasty in canceling the subscription, especially without to consulting library staffers. Why did he do it? "I wanted to send a message in protest," Morgan said in announcing he had renewed the subscription. He has been librarian at the Catholic college for more than 30 years.
Pawlenty chooses business-types for MnSCU vacaniesST. PAUL, Minn., June 29, 2006 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty appointed for people, all from the Twin Cities area, all with of whom he said have string links with the private sector, to the governing board of the state college system. They are:Said Pawlenty: "An effective MnSCU is a key to Minnesota's continued success and economic growth. These appointees understand the benefits of a strong partnership between higher education and the private sector."
Bush targets collegians on welfareWASHINGTON, June 29, 2006 -- The Bush administration has proposed new welfare rules to cut the number poor who now qualify for federal money to go to college. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says there have beem abuses. The department's proposed change has been published in the Federal Register, which opens a 60-day public comment period. Under new rules, as much as a year of vocational training would still count as work, but baccalaureate and advanced-degree programs would not. Stricken from eligibility would be most general-education courses. Also, only programs in which attendance is verified daily would count as work.
WSU student seeks answers in brother's deathWINONA, Minn., June 29, 2006 -- Eight months after a two-car collision claimed the life of recent Winona State University grad Ali Al-Mohsin near Rochester, his family still cannot obtain an accident report from the Minnesota State Patrol. His brother, Mohammed Al-Mohsin, has enrolled at Winona State from his natuve Saudi Arabia in part to bring closure to the accident for the family. This includes, he said, making sure "that the person who caused his death does not get away without punishment." The accident, on Highway 14 in Chester, was investigated by the Rochester District of the State Patrol. The accident occurred Nov. 4. Whether a citation was issued for the accident is unclear. A week after the accident, the State Patrol's Rochester spokesperson would not go beyond reading a cursory account of the accident. The account did not name the other driver.
The victim's brother, Mohammed, frustrated at the lack of a final accident report, has taken to writing letters to newspaper opinion pa hoespe of spurring the State Patrol for answers for his family. Mohammad Al-Mohsin arrived in early June. "It took eight months to process my visa, and I thought that was a long time," he said, "but I come to find out that it is taking even longer to get a police accident report." He wants justice: "It was a wrongful death, due to another car crossing into the oncoming lane of traffic. My brother was wearing his seat belt and obeying all traffic laws." Mohammad Al-Mohsin said he has considered hiring an attorney.
"It was very difficult for me to come to the U.S.A," Mohammad Al-Mohsin said, "but it will be even harder for me to leave without accomplishing anything. I need to finish this task to bring a better closure to my family and me. Background: Religious quest set timing for death
Cheerleader lawsuit claims sexual harassmentHUNTINGTON, W.Va., Jne 28, 2006 -- A former Marshall University female cheerleader has sued the university, claiming that male cheerleaders harassed her off the squad, which lost her a scholarship. The cheerleader, listed in court documents only as "K.C.," also sued the coach for doing nothing to prevent the harassment. The suit alleges there was "a pervasive environment of sexual harassment, abuse and discrimination." Coach Donna Dunn witnessed the harassment and even participated, accoridng to the suit. K.C. claims Dunn encouraged female squad members into bulimic behavior to lose weight. There was a university investigation of K.C.'s original complainy, which led to one male cheerleader being placed on probation. Other actions by male cheerleaders were dismissed as "playful" and "degrading" but not discriminatory.
Colorado chancellor moves to fire ChurchillBOULDER, Colo., June 28, 2006 -- The University of Colorado interim chancellor has begun the process to fire controversial prof Ward Churchill, who became a target of political unpopularity for an essay in which he likened some 9/11 terrorism victims to Nazi bureaucrats. Philip DiStefano, interim chancellor, issued a formal notice of intent to dismiss Churchill. DiStefano said the issue was not academic freedom but shoddy reseatch. University of Colorado faculty members "enjoy the freedom of expression that is the foundation of what they do in their scholarly pursuits," he said. But, he added, "we in the academy are held to high standards of integrity, competence, and accuracy, at the same time we freely engage in spirited, unimpeded discourse in the 'marketplace of ideas.'" Churchill now has 10 days to appeal DiStefano's action to a faculty committee on privilege and tenure.Backround: Another Colorado panel sides against Churchill
WSU comm prof reports on ethics relevancyWINONA, Minn., June 28, 2006 -- A Winona State University communciations prof, Tammy Swenson Lepper, presented a paper, ÒÔSo, Is She White?' Making Organizational Communication Ethics Relevant to Middle America," at the National Communication AssociationÕs biannual Communication Ethics Conference. The conference was at Duquesne University.
Kent State to jocks: No, no Facebook.comKENT, Ohio, June 29, 2006 -- The Kent State University athletics director, Laing Kennedy, has given varsity athletes until Aug. 1 to remove their personal profiles from the Facebook.com social-networking web site. Coaches and counselors will monitor Facebook.com for violators, Kennedy said. Athletes who don't remove their profiles risk losing their scholarships, he said. The site, with 7-million plus college students posting pages, has become known for ribald personal information and compromosing photos. Kenendy downplayed the image issue. Safety is the issue, he insisted: "We're really concerned about the safety of our student-athletes and some of the personal information some of them have on there," he said. Athletes who list phone numbers and addresses have been contacted inappropriately, either by strangers or sports agents, he said. Predators are also problem.
WSU science dean now associate vice president
Santa Cruz chancellor's suicide linked to stressSAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 28, 2006 -- The suicide of the chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz, Denice Dee Denton, has been linked to escalating campus criticism of her fisrt 17 months on office. Denton, who earned $275,000 year, had appointed her lover, Gretchen Kalonji, to a $192,000 job as faculty associate to the provost and director of international strategy development in the president's office of the University of California system. This was at a time when some university workers had not seen a raise for several years. Critics also had targeted Denton as a poster-child of executive excesses in the scandal-plagued University of California system. Her vulnerabilities included a $600,000 university-financed renovation on her campus house. The renovations included a $30,000 dog run.
Both Denton and Kalonji came from the University of Washington. Denton had been dean of engineering, Kalonji an engineering professor. They had been partners for eight years. Denton's reputation as a scholar was in electrical engineering. Denton, 46, had been on a medical leave as chancellor since June 15. She had missed commencement but was expected to return to work this week. Denton was known for her work to help young people, particularly women and minorities, to pursue careers in engineering and science. She had a long record of championing women's causes in the sciences and in academe in general.
At Santa Cruz she had become a lightning rod for criticism from diverse constituencies, including student activists, employee unions, alumni, legislators and political conservatives. Protesters had demonstrated at her home. Last year a window in her office was broken. Somebody threw a parking barricade through her bedroom window.
Denton held a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ Her research was in microelectromechanical systems and computer-chip design. At Santa Cruz she had vowed to build on the university's programs in space and physical sciences and to expand its international research. Denton also was committed to advancing the university's reputation for activism. In fact, a Spring 2005 protest against military recruiting on the campus landed UC-Santa Cruz on a Pentagon list of "suspicious" campuses that bore watching. Denton also said she wanted to counter the university's reputation as a party school and as a bastion of liberalism, both o which she called misperceptions. Background: Santa Cruz chancellor dead in suicide leap
WSU technology chief gets two-year appointment
WSU, Gateway in $6.5 million laptop extension
Pawlenty proposes college tuition waivers
WSU men's golf coach resignsWINONA, Minn., June 26, 2006 -- The men's golf coach at Winona State University, Mark Bambenek, resigned after 12 seasons. The announcement was made by Athletic Director Larry Holstad without explanation. This past year Bambenek earbed $60,600 at the university with duties that included directing the intramural program. For coaching golf he earned an additional $2,990. Holstad said that women's golf coach Robert Newberry would take over women's golf as an additional duty.
This past year, Bambenek's 12-player varsity team finished 13th place in the NCAA Division II nationals. The Warriors also captured the Central Region championship in NCAA super regionals, a NCAA Central fall championship, and a third straight Northern Sun conference championship. Four times Bambenek was named Northern Sun coach of the year four times. His teams never finished lower than third in conference championships and won six. Bambenek's players have been Northern Sun medalists five times, player of the year four times, all-academic eight times and all-conference 29 times.
Newberry just completed his ninth season as womenÕs golf coach. Hiss teams have won two copnference titles and have come in second seven times. During his tenure Newberry has advanced one player to the NCAA nationals and two players to regionals.
Bill Blank fly-by set for airshowWINONA, Minn., June 26, 2006 -- The annual Max Conrad Field Airshow will include fly-bys and performances by Bill Blank and his Super Decathalon, according to organizer George Bolon. There also will be static and flight displays of ultralight, radio controlled and experimental aircraft, and new production aircraft.
WSU workshop looks at river governanceWINONA, Minn., June 26, 2006 -- A Winona State University political scientist, Darrell Downsm will lead a day-long workshop on the Mississippi River in August to examine resource management and explore firsthand the issues that cause ongoing challenges to the river. Downs calls the workshop: "Who Runs the River?" Subjects include fish, wildlife and river-flow management and water quality. A visit at an Army Corps on the lock and dam system is scheudked.
Hatch names Dutcher as runningmateST. PAUL, Minn., June 26, 2006 -- Democratic-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Mike Hatch announced, as expected, that two-term state Auditor Judi Dutcher would join his ticket for lieutenant governor. She's a former Republicanm. Hatch called Dutcher "a big plus for the campaign." Said Hatch: "She was one of the first public officials to challenge the extreme elements that have taken control of the Republican Party, and she eventually had to leave the party to join the Democrats."
Hatch also said his latest poll, taken ahead of the Republican state convention, gave him a narrow margin over incumbent Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Hatch said he was encouraged that 13 percent of the voters were undecided: "Undecided voters indicate that they want a new governor." Background: Races campus people are watching
State colleges move to uniform calendarST. PAUL, Minn., June 25, 2006 -- Putting calendars into lockstep, the state college system trustees have ordered the semesters at all 32 campuses have the same starting date. For Fall 2007 fall semester will begin Monday, Aug. 27, at most colleges, including Winona State and Southeast Tech. A uniform start date will be extended to other campuses the next year. Fall 2008 semester will begin Monday, Aug. 25. Spring semesters also will have a common start date. Uniform start dates had been recommended by Chancellor Jim McCormick: "This change will provide a great deal of convenience and ease for students." The current system puts obstacles to students trying to transfer from one campus to another, McCormick said: "We want to remove any barriers we can." Last year 11,000 students took courses from two or more MnSCU colleges. Also, a common start date aligns deadlines for registration, financial aid, dropping and adding courses and other business processes at all campuses, he said.
Profs spurn anti-plagiarism toolsEDINBURGH, Scotland, June 25, 2006 -- Most profs at Napier College don't use the available told to catch student plagiarism, according to a study. Why? The process is too labor-intensive, the profs said. The study found that as few as 27 per cent of staff in one department were inclined to report plagiarism. Anti-plagiarism computer software introduced by the university last year has been largely unused, the study found.
Collector with X-Acto guilty of map theftsNEW HAVEN, Conn., June 25, 2006 -- Antiquities dealer Forbes Smiley III changed his plead to guilty for stealing antique maps from Yale University. Smiley was arrested last year after a library worker found an X-Acto knife blade the floor. Checking security video, investigators found images of Smiley removing an antique map from a book valued at $150,000. Later they found a map from a 17th-century book in Smiley's jacket. Other maps, worth more than $700,000, were in his briefcase. In court Smiley now has admitted to taking 97 maps valued at $3 million from museums and libraries in New York, Chicago and London, including 20 from Yale. Smiley, who has a degree in church history and classics and has theological training, has agreed to establish a restitution fund. He faces five to six years in prison.
UC-Santa Cruz chancellor dead in suicide leapSAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 24, 2006 -- The chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz, Denice Dee Denton, on medical leave from the campus, fell to her death from the high-rise Paramount apartments where her partner lived. The death was suicide, police said. Denton was 46. Police said that it was possible Denton fell as far as 400 feet. The body was spotted on a lower rooftop from a nearby hotel shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday, police said. Whether Denton's partner Gretchen Kalonji was home was not immediately clear. Denton's mother, Carolyn Mabee, in the apartment at the time, said her daughter had been depressed.
Arizona college classroms to display flagPHOENIX, Ariz., June 24, 2006 -- The Arizona Legislature passed a law requiring a U.S. flag and a copy of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights to be displayed in every public college classroom in the state. The flags would need to measure three feet wide.
Hutchinson on Independence ticket for governorST. PAUL, Minn., June 24, 2006 -- Public policy consultant Peter Huthinson, a former public=television executive, won the endorsement of the Independence Party for governor. Hutchinson won 90 percent of the vote at the party's state convention. Political activist Pam Ellison was sedcond. Also endorsed:Background: Races campus people are watching
Audit finds felons in Wisconsin college jobsMADISON, Wis., June 24, 2006 -- Fifteen convicted felons were on the payroll at eight of Wisconsin's technical colleges this spring, two of them as faculty, according to the state Legislative Audit Bureau. The employees included two child molesters and an armed robber. The Audit Bureau said the colleges haven't screened job applicants to determine whether a crimina record relates to the job. State law prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of someone's arrest record but prohibits hiring someoine whose record is substantially related to the job. The audit found that one in 866 technical college employees has a conviction record. An earlier audit of the larger University of Wisconsin system found a one in 1,050 ratio.
R.I.P.: Dorothy M. (Roth) PetrasLA CROSSE, Wis., June 24, 2006 -- Death claimed the former co-owner of May's Photo Service, whose Winona store has been a supply point fror generations of college photography students. Dorothy M. Petras died at a La Crosse rehab facility. She and her husband Andy, who died in 2005, owned the May's shops in both La Crosse and Winona.
Ballot taking form as September primaries nearWINONA, Minn., June 24, 2006 -- These are the 2006 races that Winona campus people are watching:
Soccer coach quits after badjocks.com photosEVANSTON, Ill., June 23, 2006 -- The women's soccer coach at Northwestern University, Jenny Haigh, resigned in the wake of a hazing scandal involing team members. Haigh, 33, a Minnesota native who played at the University of Wisconsin, said she appreciated the opportunity to have coached five seasons at Northwestern. She did not mention the scandal. Her team was 9-9-1 last season. In May the web site badjocks.com posted photos with freshman players at a party in underwear and T-shirts and blindfolded with hands bound behind their backs. Their bodies were written on in marker with Haigh's name on one player's leg. Several players have been suspended and more disciplinary action is planned.Background: Northwestern to play short-handed
Police make arrest in rape caseWINONA, Minn,., June 23, 2006 -- A Winona man, on probation for a 2003 rape conviction in Faribault, Minn., was arrested for a rape reported by a woman in an apartment entranceway downtown on June 2. Charged with three counts of rape and one count of assault was Amelioleona Janquese Mitchell, 22. Police said there were three sexual assaults on the woman, who is 19, with a switchblade held to her. Mitchell was held on $100,000 bond. Police said the rape followed cocaine and marijuana bargaining in a prolonged exchange that began in a Third Street alley.Background: Rape reported in downtown apartment foyer
College trustees split in upping MSUSA feeST. PAUL, Minn., June 22, 2006 -- State college system trustees endorsed a 10 percent increase in student fees to support the troubled Minnesota State University Student Association. The MSUSA fee will go from 39 cents per cedit hour to 43 cents -- or amost $14 a year for a typcial student. The association, a state-level lobbying group, had requested the increased ostensibly to improve services, which have slipped with the association struggling to pay legal expenses of $400,000-plus to settle lawsuits. Association leaders had kept the legal issues secret until news reports in April, which led trustees of the college board into a debate on what otherwise would be a routine issue.
In a 10-4 vote, trustees endorsing the increase were Will Antell, representing 6th Congressional District; Cheryl Dickson, 4th Congressional District; Ivan Dusek, 5th Congressional District; Clarence Hightower, at-large; Carol Ley, representing community college students; Lew Moran, 5th Congressional District; David Olson, at-large; Tom Renier, 8th Congressional District; Christopher Schultz, representing community colleged students; and Ann Curme Shaw, at-large.
Opposed were Duane Benson, Minneapolis, holding an at-large seat; Michael Boulton, representing university students; Ruth Grendahl, 2nd Congressioal District; and David Paskach, at-large.
The trustees voted 11-3 to approve a more modest 3 percentfee increase, from 30 cents per credit hour to 31 cents, for the Minnesota State College Student Association, which represents community college students. Endorsing the MSCSA increase were Will Antell, Cheryl Dickson, Ivan Dusek, Clarence Hightower, Carol Ley, Lew Moran, David Olson, Tom Renier, David Paskach, Christopher Schultz and Ann Curme Shaw. Opposed were Duane Benson, Michael Boulton and Ruth Grendahl. Background: Student leader: "Too busy" to discuss MSUSA Background: Comment: MSUSA finances: Why so much? Background: New revelation: MSUSA legal bills top $400,000 Background: MSUSA seeks 10% student fee hike
Students bristle at "foolish weasels" depictionBOZEMAN, Mont., June 22, 2006 -- Three Montana State University students objected to a prof's painting that depicted them as "foolish weasels." They filed a libel suit. The painting by retired art prof Francis Noel titled "Six Foolish Weasels and Two Puffed up Suits," with the words "Busted" and "Architectorture," was displayed in the campus art and architecture building after accusations of cheating. The students were later exonerated at a campus hearing. The suit is against Noel and his wife, Joanne Noel, in whose architectture class the students had been accused of cheating. The state attorney general's office, which is defending the ptofs, called the suit frivolous and said it ignores the right to free expression. The students' attorney said there is no protection under the constitution for for humiliating students with false information.
College finance exec fired without fanfare
State chancellor pay raise to $286,000ST. PAUL, Minn., June 22, 2006 -- State college system trustees approved a 5 percent pay increase for Chancellor Jim McCormick. He goes from $272,000 to almost $286,000. The chair of the Board of Trustees, Robert Hoffman, praised McCormick for creating "a cohesive, efficient system that delivers academic excellence, meets students' needs for a rich and satisfying higher education experience and primes the economic development pump in cities and towns across Minnesota." The system includes Winona State, Southeast Tech and 30 other colleges. McCormick, 68, was hired in 2001 from the Pennsylvania State University System. where he also was chancellor. His Minnesota contract is through 2010 subject to annual salary reviews.
North Central athletic league courting WSU?
Candidates venture tepidly onto FacebookBALTIMORE, Md., June 22, 2006 -- While self-revaltions about ribald collegiate lifestyles on the Facebook social-networking site have been the undoing of student political figures, some big-time politicians have ventured onto the site with personal pages. Maryland gubernatorial hopeful Martin O'Malley, a Democrat who is mayor of Baltimore, lists U2 and his own Celtic-rock band as his favorites. A rival candidate Doug Duncan, also a Democrat, lists his favorite movies as "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and the Kevin Kline comedy "Dave." Neither discusses dating, drugs or sex.
Feds nix help for debt-drowning college gradsWASHINGTON, June 22, 2006 --The U.S. Education Department has rejected a proposal to help low-income college-loan borrowers with unmanageable federal student-loan debt. James Manning, acting assistant secretary for postsecondary education, said new rules are not necessary. In a letter to the Project on Student Debt, which had asked for a review of the rules on behalf of students, parents and college officials, Manning said: "We regulate only if absolutely necessary and then in the most flexible, most equitable, and least burdensome way possible. We have decided that the rule-making process proposed in your petition is not consistent with those principles at this time." The Project on Student Debt had complained that rules for borrowers who are unemployed or in otgher economic hardship are "inconsistent, confusing, and contradictory" and do "not provide clear and meaningful protections to borrowers who make good-faith efforts to meet their obligations."
Investigation continues into SMU fireWINONA, Minn., June 22, 2006 -- Although arson is suspected, the cause of a fire that destroyed 130-year-old Cotter Hall at St. Mary's University remains a mystery. Fire Inspector Larry Strange said that inspectors are trying to eliminate possible accidental causes. Some issues need to be resolved before a final determination, Strange said. He declined to be specific. There was no electrical hookups to the building, a former mansion-conversion that had been used as a dorm. In recent years the bulding had been used for storage.Background: Fire destroys historic SMU building
Virginia tracks sex-offenders applying for collegeRICHMOND, Va., June 22, 2006 -- A staet law has gone into effect requiring Virginia colleges to submit personal information about anyone applying for admission to the state police to be checked against registries of sex offenders. The law, passed by the last Legislature, did not specify whether sex offenders should be barred from admission. The law does not apply to already-enrolled students because of restrictions in federal privacy regulations
WSU counselor offers tips on efficient job helpWINONA, Minn., June 22, 2006 -- The chief job counselor at Winona State University, Vicki Decker, discussed "visioning" to address staffing and budget problems at a meeting of the Minnesota College and University Career Services Association.Ê
North Carolina athletics "gaming" the systemRALEIGH, N.C., June 22, 2006 -- A new policy approved by the North Carolina Legislature to offer in-state tuition discounts for gifted out-of-state students on full scholarships, in effect to increasing the number of scholarships for bright students with scholary promise, is instead being used mostly to attract varsity athletes, the newspaper the Charlotte News & Observer reported. Of $5.2 million for the program, $3.4 million is going to jocks, the newspaper said. The newspaper cited data from the state university system. The biggest beneficiaries of the program are athletic departments and booster clubs, which are making their scholarship dollars go further. Legislators were flabbergasted at the newspaper report of what's happened. "It's a giveaway that should not be given away," said State Rep. George Cleveland, R-Jacksonville, who had sponsored the tuition discounts in the Legislature. "People have figured out how to game the system."
SMU hires recruiter chief for Winona campusWINONA, Minn., June 22, 2006 -- A 1978 St. Mary's grad, Karen Sullivan, has been appointed to the new university position of Winona campus admissions director. Vice President Tony Piscitiello said that Sullivan, a Winona native, knows the Chicago market well, which should strengthen recruiting. Earlier she was in student recruitment Mac Cormac Junior College, Barat College, and Mallinckrodt College in the Chicago area. Also, Piscitiello said that Sullivan knows international markets. Most recently Sullivan has been admissions director for the Cotter Catholic schools in Winona. In the late 1970s she was assistant admissions director at the now-defunct College of St Teresa in Winona.
Dixie Chicks tap law prof as bloggerSAN DIEGO, Calif., June 22, 2006 -- When his law students ask prof Junichi Semitsu how he spent the summer, he can say he hung out with the Dixie Chicks. Semitsu, of the University of San Diego, is the official blogger for the country-music group's rearranged-to-include-Euorpe summer tour. And he's on salary. Semitsu was asked to do the blog for his track record with his own blog Poplicks.
WSU hosts Elderhostel Shakespeare eventWINONA, Minn., June 22, 2006 -- An Elderhostel event at Winona State University will include a lecture of "Romeo and Juliet" by the staff of the Great River Shakespeare Festival, organizer Pauline Christensen said. The event, limited to registrants 55 and older, includes a July 9 matine performance.Contact: Pauline Christensen at (507) 452-6152
NCAA: Some coaches abusing text-messagingINDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 22, 2006 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association is on to coaches who use text-messaging to skirt restrictions on unfair telephone contacts with recruits. An NCAA committee has recommended a limit on text messaging between with recruits. Currently the NCAA has no rules restricting how often coaches can send notes via cell phone. The committee has recommended text-messaging be allowed onky between 4 and 8 p.m. weekdays and between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. weekends to avoid times when high-school recruits should be in class.Background: Oklahoma on NCAA probation list for phone calls
Prof discusses controls on river organic matterWINONA, Minn., June 22, 2006 -- A Winona State University biology prof, Mike Delong, gave an invited presentation, "Transported Organic Matter in Large Floodplain Rivers: Evidence of Hydrological Controls," at the annual meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography in Victoria, B.C.ÊThe presentation included research done by biology students in the Large Rivers Study Center at the university.
North Dakota to leave NCAA Division IIGRAND FORKS, N.D., June 21, 2006 -- The University of North Dakota, which already plays Division I in some varsity sports, announced it will shift its remaining athletic programs to Division I the year after next. This will take North Dakota out of the Division II North Central Conference. The North Dakota decision prompted quick speculation that rival University of South Dakota, also a North Central member, might also move to Division I. That would leave the conference with five members, one less than needed to be recognized by National Collegiate Athletic Association as a league:
Kasson sprinter to run for WSUWINONA, Minn., June 21, 2006 -- JA perennial state track qualifier, sprinter Jennifer Bradford of Kasson, Minn., has signed documents to enroll at Winona State, university track coach Mason Rebarchek said. This year Bradford qualified in the state Class A qualifier in the 400-meter run and 4x400 relay. Twice she has been named to all-state team, twice to the academic all-state team, and thrice to the all-conference team. Here are Rebarchek's fall recruits, all frosh, with their high-schoool accomplishments:
Penn pulls out of genocide-related investmentsPHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 21, 2006 -- The University of Pennsylvania will bar investments of its endowment assets in seven oil companies operating in Sudan as well as in obligations of the Sudanese government. University President Amy Gutmann said the Baord of Trustees made the decision is a response to the genocide in the Darfur region. The investment restrictions are aimed at:
Gutman said the managers of commingled funds in which the university invests will be instructed to avoid association with the companies Background: Washington regents: No Sudan investments
Former WSU dean now Wesleyan interim president
Former WSU dean a Colorado-Pueblo presidency finalist
Heavy-handed Iowa campus management?DES MOINES, Iowa, June 21, 2006 -- The Iowa legislature announced an inquiry into whether micromanagement by the Iowa Board of Regents has driven away top university officials. Departing recently have been the president of the University of Iowa, David Skorton, who went to Cornell, and the university's athletics director, Bob Bowlsby, who went to Stanford.
Lemonade? Trinkets? Your choice at WSUWINONA, Minn., June 21, 2006 -- Through lemonade and trinkets, school-age children at Maxwell Children's Center at Winona State University are learning how to pick a product, decide the best location and price, market the product, and make the biggest profit. Three lemonade stands are going up Thursday on campus. Freezies and handmade keychains are available in front of Somsen Hall, handmade magnets and keychains at the aluni gazebo, and handmade keychains and picnic weights outside Kryzsko Commons. Proceeds will go to Ready, Set, School! program.
Prosecutor's Fitzy file three inches thick
Reporter: Kai Oehler Background: Hearing delayed in Fitzy beating case
Jimmy John's sub shop opening on Third
Mayor: Drop Huff underpass from city budget
Colleges urged to rethink travel safety policiesWASHINGTON, June 19, 2006 -- Colleges can do a better job of ensuring student safety on bus and van trips to athletic contests and other events, according to a new report. The American Council on Education, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and United Educators Insurance recommended employing only experienced drivers and prohibiting students from driving large numbers of passengers. Myles Brand, NCAA president, said: "As we benefit from increased mobility, we must refocus on safety." Brand recommended that college administrators re-evaluate their transportation safety policies.
WSU rapist enters fourth prison year
Consultants: Johnson Street as new Winona coreWINONA, Minn., June 18, 2006 -- A grand avenue linking regal Somsen Hall at Winona State University with the river front is envisioned in a consultants' plan for comprehensive redevelopment of downtown and the Mississippi riverfront. URS consultants unveiled their recommendations at a public meeting with an emphasis on Johnson Street as a 10-block "avenue of continuity." The street has historical and cultural significance, including Somsen Hall, the public library and Levee Park. The plan would change Johnson from a backstreet corridor for Winona State students to stagger home from the bars. Prominent on Johnson now are Schyde's drinkery, Brothers bar and after-hours eatery Hardee's.
Other recommendations: Background: Huff underpass in city budget draft Background: WSU's Manifest Destiny: Onward to Lake Winona Background: Wilkie sealed as unsafe Background: Daily News: Raze the Wilkie
WSU profs urged to order texts on-campus
Congressional Democrats list higher-ed goalsWASHINGTON, June 19,2006 -- Democrats would restore $12-billion in cuts to federal student aid for colege sudents if they wrest control of Congress from the Republicans, according to the House minority leader. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., laid out the party's agenda in a news release outlining points for Democratic congressional candidates. Peloski said too that Democrats favor lowering interest rates on student loans to 3.4 percent and increasing the tax deductibility of education costs.
SMU jock pleads to felony theft
Texas Southern ex-prof to prison for 10 yearsHOUSTON, Texas, June 19, 2006 -- A former tenured English prof at Texas Southern, Dottie Malone Atkins, 66, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing from university programs she managed at the school. Atkins had pleaded pleaded guilty to fraudulent paperwork for reimbursments and payments. Atkins said she needed the money to help pay off more than $300,000 in gambling losses. Prosecutors said Atkins stole $76,000 from 2000 to 2002. Atkins admitted to $38,000.
Fighting mad, North Dakota to sue to keep Sioux nameGRAND FORKS, N.D., June 19 -- The North Dakota higher-ed board voted unanimously to go to court to challenge National Collegiate Athletic Association penalities against the Univcersity of North Dakota for insisting on keeping the "Fighting Sioux" nickname and Indian head logo. The state's attorney general, Wayne Stenehjem, said the NCAA had failed to follow its own precedures in barring the university from postseason gaMESunless it dropped the nickname, which the NCAA has deemed hostile and abusive to American Indians. Stenehjem said an NCAA committee had used constantly changing standards in deciding which colleges could continue using nicknames of American Indian origin and which could not. The NCAA's constitution requires that major decisions be approved by two-thirds of its college membership, Stenehjem said. No vote was taken, he said: "This was done more or less by fiat." The suit will be financed with donations, a board spokesperson said.
Hearing delayed in Fitzy beating case
Background: Wilkie sealed as unsafe
Beleagured SUNY-Alfred president leavesALFRED, N.Y., June 19, 2006 -- After three difficult years as president of the State University College of Technology at Alfred, Uma Gupta, has resigned. Profs had faulted her management style and decisions. In February the Faculty Senate complained of a "high incidence of mutual suspicion, lack of civility, hostile discourse." Gupta, a native of India, earlier was technology dean at the University of Houston. A SUNY-Alfred spokesperson said Gupta would become head of a SUNY-wide project to increase female and minority enrollment in math, science, engineering and technology. She will work out of an office at another campus.
Mormon college fires prof for gay-marriage viewPROVO, Utah, June 19, 2006 -- A part-time philosophy teacher at Brigham Young University, Jeffrey Nielsen, has been fired for writing a newspaper opinion column that challenged the Mormon Church's opposition to same-sex marriage. The church operates the univerity. Four days after the column ran in the Salt Lake Tribune, the chair of the Brigham Young philosophy department, Daniel Graham, sent Nielsen a letter of dismissal:Nielsen had taught at Brigham Young for several years and was scheduled to teach classes summer, fall and winter. Nilesen, hismelf Mormon, is not alone in being fired for views inconsistent with church doctrine:
Grand jury: Big-spending president not criminalCONCORDIA, Kan., June 19, 2006 -- A grand jury refused after a six-month investigation to indict the former president of Cloud County Community College, George Knox, who had been accused of inappropriate spending. The 15-member grand jury found insufficient evidence. The grand jury said in a statement that tehre had been "frivolous spending and poor management" but nothing criminal. The grand jury criticized the college board for iadequate supervision of a college credit card issued to Knox, which, it said, was used for a number of personal purchases that offered no true benefit to the college. The purchases included electronic equipment, a great number of books, and more than $16,000 for travel and meals. Knox also had hired out boarding and grooming of his dog and used colleeg funds for at-home delivery of national newspapers. Knox resigned in May 2005 to become president of Labette County Community College in Parsons, Kan.
Huff underpass in city budget draft
For training, employers bypass collegesWASHINGTON, June 18, 2006 -- Employers don't look much to colleges to provide employee training, according to a new survey. Eduventures Inc., the consulting firm that conducted the survey, reported that employers spend $13.3 billion a year on third-party training with only about 5 percent at colleges. Employers ranked two-day workshops as the most valuable training format and 15-week programs as the least.
Attorneys to interview hospital witnesses in Minor case
Another Colorado panel sides against ChurchillBOULDER, Colo., June 17, 2006 -- The Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado seconded a previous investigation that prof Ward Churchill, infamolus for comparing some victims of at the World Trade Center to "little Eichmanns," had committed serious research misconduct. Six members recommended that Churchill be fired. Two recommended suspension without pay for five years. One recommended suspension for two years without pay. The recommendations have nothing to directly with Churchill's "Eichmann" comment in an essay, but it was outrage over the comment that triggered reviews into Churchill's scholarship. Churchill responed to the latest report by calling the investigation a sham and that the allegation of "research misconduct" involves "nothing more than a few footnotes and questions of attribution to quibble over."br />
The Standing Committee also recommended tighter faculty hiring procedures. Churchill was hired directly into a tenured position without the usual lengthy history as an academic. Background: Committee adds to Colorado prof's woes
Judge delays Kiselicka pre-trial date
Tech sees Learning Center move as problematicWINONA, Minn., June 16, 2006 -- A plan to move the Winona Area Learning Center to the Southeast Tech airport facility has been grounded, according to Scott Hannan, the school district's academic direcrtor. Hannan said that space to be created by vacating Tech porgrams would not be available in time for fall classes. Also, Tech does not want to bound into a lease that could complicate its plans to sell the building, he said. The Learning Center now is divided between a main building and a former auto-repair shop across the street in the 900 block of Broadway.Background: School learning center may go to airport Background: Southeast Tech loses aviation program
More nepotism questions at Alabama collegesBIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 15, 2006 -- The Alabama School Board, which is investigating the state community chancellor for having relatives on the payroll, is itself living in a glass house, the irmingham News reported. Four of the eight elected board members reviewing the chancelllor's case themselves have relatives paid by the system, the newspaper said. Citing payroll records, the newspaper said:
Caylor, Bell and Byers have defended Chancellor Roy Johnson publicly. Bell called the questions about Johnson having family on the payroll "a witch hunt." Johnson, meanwhile, has said that his relatives had their jobs before he became chancellor. Johnson said he neither hired the relatives nor tried to influence promotions or pay raises. Background: Report: It pays to be chancellor's kinfolk
WSU employees donate $62,000WINONA, Minn., June 15, 2006 -- The annual employee fund drive at Winon State has raised $62,000, more than two-thirds of way to the $90,000 goal, the university's advancement office reported. Five offices and departments were reported at 100 percent participation so far: Accounting, advancement, bookstore, chemistry, Counseling Center. Last year $80,000 was raised.Background: WSU employee donations pass $53,000
WSU expects 1,200 frosh next weekWINONA, Minn., June 14, 2006 -- Next week approximately 1,200 new feshmen and their families at expected at Winona State University to register for their first semester. This is the largest registration of the season, for which the university has projected a freshmann class of about 1,700 again this year. Barbara Oertel, the universty's advising director, said the first group next week will arrive Monday, June 19, and the last group will leave on Friday.This is the cycle of events to be repeated daily:
R.I.P.: Roger H. (Harry) BusdickerWINONA, Minn., June 14, 2006 -- A founder of Hal Leonard Publishing, the world's largest sheet music company, Harry Busdicker, died at age 88 at a nursing home. After graduation from Winona State Teachers College in 1938, he taught music in high school. He also directed the Winona State band and played in the Hal Leonard Orhestra. He was known for a great clarinet. With Everett and Harold Edstrom he formed the music-publishing company in 1947. He was president and co-chair until 1985 when the partners sold the company. He retired the next year. The family said the ashes would be buried in a clarinet.
Court supports campus e-mail eavesdroppingWASHINGTION, June 14, 2006 -- A federal appellate panel ruled 2-1 that the Federal Communications Commission was within its authority to require Internet service providers, including colleges, to redesign their networks so law-enforcement agencies can easily eavesdrop on online communications. The opinion, written by Judge David Sentelle and supported by Judge Janice Brown, said: "The commission reasonably concluded that mixed servicesÑsuch as broadband Internet accessÑare partially covered by the statute." Judge Harry Edwards, who dissented, wrote: "What we see in this case is an agency attempting to squeeze authority from a statute that does not give it."Background: Judge irked at FCC in college intranet case
Cash-short, Rockford College asks state bailoutROCKFORD, Ill., June 14, 2006 -- Rockford College, a private liberal arts college, asked the state of Illinois for $500,000 to help with a cash-flow crunch until students pay fall semester tuition. The college, enrollment 700, is in danger of missing payments during the summer of a $6.3 million to Chase Bank and on payments of $4.1 million dur to vendors. In Springfield, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he wants to help but needs to see a plan. The governor's budget spokesperson, Becky Carroll, said long-term options include a merger with Northern Illinois University. The college is the only four-year higher-ed instutition in Rockford. Northern Illinois is 50 miles away in Dekalb.
The college's interim president, Richard Kneedler, said $1.1 million is due over the summer. The college has nearly $200,000 in commitments from board members. Also, it selling two pieces of art for $300,000. Rockford has had money problems since leasing a campus in London in the 1980s. The college abandoned the London operation a few months ago. To make ends meet, the college has sold part of its campus and cut program over the years. Meanwhile, Paul Pribbenow, president since 2002, has resigned to become president at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
WSU sends three to Luoma leadership trainingWINONA, Minn., June 14, 2006 -- Three Winona State University faculty and staff members have been accepted into the state college system's Luoma Leadership Academy: Ann McDonald, leadership institute director; Catherine Schmidt, music prof; and Theresa Waterbury, institutional research director. The academy is an 18-month program on leadership theories, practices and skills for higher leadership. Fifty-four individuals state-wide will participate
Support expressed in racist threats case
Background: Hate messages litter porch, yard
Another college drops entrance examsGENEVA, N.Y., June 13, 2006 -- Hobart and William Smith Colleges has made standardized tests, including the SAT, optional for applicants. President Mark Gearan said a review of the exams showed the scores were of only marginal value in assessing curiosity, conscientiousness and critical thinking. Hobart and William Smith thus joined a growing but small number of colleges not requiring a standardized test.
Washington regents: No Sudan investmentsSEATTLE, Wash., June 13, 2006 -- University of Washington regents changed its endowment policy to prohibit the university from directly investing in companies that support the Sudanese government "in its continuing sponsorship of genocidal actions and human rights violations in Darfur." The regents said that they were aware of one investment, in Royal Dutch Shell, which does business with the Sudanese government and that the investment, less than $1 million, would be sold. An estimated 200,000 people have been killed and 2 million displaced in the Sudan region of Darfur.Background: Princeton to fund managers: Avoid Sudan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| TORONTO, Ontario, June 13, 2006 -- Profs John Vivian of Winona State University and Peter Maurin of Mohawk College continued their collaboration with the fourth Canadian edition of the college textbook "Media of Mass Communication." In promotional material, publisher Pearson Education Canada called the book the leader in Canadian mass communication texts. The book has been extensively revised to increase Canadian content, the publisher said. The core U.S. text, by Vivian, was introduced in 1991 and enters its eighth edition update for fall classes at U.S. colleges. Background: Media text into Indonesia translation |  FOURTH EDITION Canadianized |
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WINONA, Minn., June 12, 2006 -- Fire destroyed Cotter Hall, a former dorm, at St. Mary's University. The bulding, the oldest on campus was unoccupied. No one was injured. Firefighters arrived about 2 a.m. to find the two-story three-story brick building engulfed in flames. The building, abandoned as a dorm in 1989, had been used mostly for storage in recent years. Lost were desks and chairs stored in the building. Cotter Hall. built as a mansion long before St. Mary's College was established, overlooks the present-day Winona East End and Goodview from Terrace Heights off the Highway 14 cut in the bluffs.
A university spokesperson, Bob Conover, called the fire "highly suspicious." There was a report of breaking glass about 30 minutes before the fire call came in. The fire marshal will investigate. An arson was considered a possibilikty because the building had been empty for years and didn't even have electricity. Ironically, Conover said, the university had begun plans to renocvate the building. Fire Capt. David Ritter said it appeared that the building would need to be razed. One section had collapsed and another section was wobbly, he said. An insurance investigator had been summoned by the university.
The fire burned undetected until a little before 2 a.m., when people in a West Wabasha Street neighborhood, a mile away, woke up to the smell of smoke. Firefighters drove around to find the fire, finally tracking the smoke to Terrace Heights and tree-obscured Cotter Hall. There they found the fire. It took 2-1/2 hours of pumping water into the structure to stop the fire. The remains were still smouldering in the afternoon.
Cotter Hall bore the name of Joseph Cotter, the first bishop of the Winona Cathoolic diocese. Before being named bishop, Cotter was the pastor of the Church of St. Thomas in Winona. He was bishop from 1889 to 1909. In 1915 when Bishop Hefren was shot in an assassinatiion attempt, he was treated in ciotter Hall by the Mayo brother doctors.
|  COTTER HALL Historic St. Mary's mansion once was talk of the town
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| EVANSTON, Ill., June 11, 2006 -- Northwestern University placed several women soccer players on disciplinary probation and suspended them from next season for violating the university's policy against hazing. Originally tyhe univefrsity had suspended the whole team pending an investigation. All soccer players, however, will be requiired to perfrom community service and attend counseling sessions on hazing. The dsicoline follows the appearance of m ore than a dozen photographs with players dressed only in their underwear and blindfolded with their hands bound. In the photos, two women are lap-dancing on members of the menÕs soccer team. Northwestern investigates "bad jocks" photos |  SOME TAMER PHOTOS The site Bad Jocks says its photo record of the Northwestern women's soccer team affair includes 46 images. |
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ROCHESTER, Minn., June 10, 2006 -- After the seventh ballot, Attorney General Mike Hatch won the state Democratic endorsement for governor. The victory came after State Sen. Steve Kelely, D-Hopkins, lagged 55.3 percent to 43.3 percent and asked his supporters to switch to Hatch. State Sen. Beckey Lourey, D-Kerrick, dropped out after the fourth ballot but is expected to challenge Hatch in the September primary election. Hatch, attorney general for two terms, focused on November in his acceoptance speech when he will face incumbent Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Referring to once being ostracized from the party, Hatch said: "I want to thank you for letting me come home." In 1990 he had done the politically unthinkable, challenging incumbent Democratic Gov. Rudy Perpich, and lost. This is Hatch's third bid for governor.
Hatch turned away questions about his choice for runningmate, but speculation has focused on former Republican Judi Dutcher, who once served as state auditor. At one point Hatch had courted Patty Wetterling for lieutenant governor, but, after abandoning a bid for the U.S. Senate she decided instead to run for Congress from central Minensota. There have been Democrats urging Hatch and Lourey as a dream ticket.
As attorney general Hatch has feuded what the agencies in the Pawlenty administration over environmental and agriculture issues. One of his themes is that Big Business is being allowed to ignore state regulations and laws in pursuit of profits. He has targeted big feedlot proposals in southern counties. Hatch also has criticized cutbacks under Pawlenty in education funding, including higher-ed. |  MIKE HATCH Onward against Pawlenty |
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WSU SECURITY REPORT WEEK ENDING JUNE 10, 2006 June 12, 2006: Security guards responded to alarms in the Lourdes and Maria dorms at 5:15 a.m. The alarm system had malfunctioned. June 10, 2006: An alarm was activated in the Sheehan dorm at 8:45 a.m. Security guards and firefighters nconcluded it was a false alarm. June 10, 2006: On 6/10/06 at 5:00 p.m. Security guards responded to an alarm at the Lourdes dorm 5 p.m. It was a false alarm. June 9, 2006: At 12:24 p.m. security guards responded to the Pasteur science building, where a construction worker was trapped in an elevator. Maintenance personnel freed the trapped man. June 9, 2006: An alarm was activated in the Stark nursing and engineering bulding at at 12:43 p.m. An overheated elevator was blamed. June 8, 2006: At 10:08 a.m. a number of WSU banners were reported missing from campus. |
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COURT CONVICTIONS WEEK ENDING JUNE 10, 2006 IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT UNDERAGE BOOZING John Paul Lask, 18, 1223 W. Third, $177. NOISY PARTY Patricia Kay Woodford, 166 W. Sixth, $277.
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ROCHESTER, Minn., June 9, 2006 -- Hennepin County's attorney, Amy Klochubar, easily captured the Democraic endorsement for the U.S. Senate on the first ballot at the state party convention. In asking for the endorsement, Klochubar took swipes at the Republican candidate, Congressman Mark Kennedy, who is the choice of the Texas-rooted Bush administration. Said Klochubar: "When I'm your next U.S. senator I won't follow the Lone Star. I'll fo;low the North Star." Klochubar also cast her net widely for support in the coming campaign, praising past state Republican leaders including Govs. Elmer Anderson and Arne Carlson. The U.S. Senate seat now is held by Dmocrat Mark Dayton, who is retiring.
Klochubar won endorsement with 78 percent of delegates on the first ballot. Opposition was mostly from Peace First, an anti-Iraq war activist group in the part. Klochubar has been firm against the war but says Peace First's call for an immediate funding cut-off it impracticable. Immediate withdrawal would mean abandoning U.S. troops in the field, she said.
Klochubar still faces an intraparty challenge from Ford Bell, who skipped the endorsement process to take his case to rank-and-file Democrats in the September primary. On Iraq, Bell favors a full withdrawal by January. |  AMY KLOCHUBAR Onward with campaign for Dayton seat |
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WINONA, Minn., June 9, 2006 -- County prosecutor Chuck MacLean wants a "substantial prison sentence" for Jonathan Hans Minor for the stabbing of bouncer Steve Adams at Schyde's drinkery in February. With maximum penalties of 20 years each on charges of first-degree assault and first-degree burglary, at first glance, turning the keys and throwing them away might seem like the appropriate cliche. But with Minnesota being a "guideline state," which relies heavily on prior criminal history for sentencing, Minor would likely spend far less time in prison if convicted, according to Rich McCluer, one of his defense attorneys. Minor has a court record, but McCluer noted that the cases weren't felonies that could elongate sentences. The convictions have been for drunken driving and minor consumption.
Asked in an interview about sentencing guidelines, McCluer pulled a reference book off a shelf and opened to a complex grid of felony offense levels that determine incarceration length. The grid, according to McCluer's tutorial, demonstrated that Minor, if convicted could be sentenced to 86 months for first-degree assault and 48 months for first-degree burglary. Consecutively, the sentences would total 11 years and two months in a state prison. But the time could be reduced if Minor avoided trouble in prison. With "good time," as McCluer called it, a sentence can be reduced by one-third. This would render Minor's 11 years into seven years and 5-1/2 months. Also, McCluer said, judges sometimes opt for concurrent sentences, meaning that sentences for multiple convictions are served simultaneously. Assuming Minor is convicted and the judge decides on concurrent sentences, he could do as little as four years. Of course, with earlier release, McCluer pointed out, comes probation.
As prosecutor, MacClean is well aware of the variables, which he explained in an interview is why he's filed a laundry list of charges including three for assault: Multiple charges for a single incident are a common backup tack by prosecutors in case a roadblock develops in pursuing the severest charge. Why the burglary charges? According to witnesses, Minor had been told to leave Schyde's and was escorted out -- and then returned. As an incident separate from the stabbing, allegation of re-entry could mean additonal prison time without constituting double jeopaardy for the stabbing, MacLean said. |  JONATHAN HANS MINOR If convicted, his prison time could range from four to 11 years  STEVE ADAMS Recovering but lower-back stab wounds remain problematic |
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| Kerry Daly | 6-2 | Middle hitter / right side | National Honor Society member, seven-time MSHL gold academic achievement winner, member of two-time national qualifying junior Olympic Club Adidas select teams, all-state, all-conference, member of state tournament consolation team 2004, member of section championship team 2004, two-time member of conference championship teams, sixth Minneapolis Star Tribune metro leader in kills (365) and total blocks (76), MVP, team captain, 37 percent kill percentage, 89 percernt attack percentage, 29 service aces (volleyball); all-state academic, all-conference (basketball) |
| Carmon Stankowski | 5-8 | Outside hitter | Three-time academic excellence winner, all-state, state all-tournament team 2005, three-time all-conference, three-time MVP, two-time team captain (volleyball); named to Top 100 Wisconsin players, member of 2003 state tournament team, two-time all-conference, two-time MVP, Team Captain Basketball; State qualifier long and tripe jump, Two-Time all-conference triple jump, 400-meter dash, all-conference long jump, team captain (track) |
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| LAKE GENEVA, Wis., June 9, 2006 -- The University of Chicago has sold the 109-year-old Yerkes Observatory, once a premier astronomical facility, to a developer to build a resort and homes on 45 acres of the grounds. The developer, Gary Dower, has agreed to preserve the observatory and its telescopes as an education center for astronomy. The university has promised to donate its proceeds for a local group to operate the center and also for continuing University of Chicago astronomical research. The 40-inch refracting telescope at the Yerkes observatory, at the time the largest telescope in the world, was used for important discoveries until bigger reflecting telescopes came along, notably those at Mount Wilson and Mount Palomar in California. |  NEXT STEP Resorts, upscale homes to share Lake Geneva grounds |
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| BEAVERTON, Ore., June 8,2006 -- -- Winona State University senior basketball guard David Zellmann has been named to the Division II Bulletin 2006 all-American team. Zellmann, who helped guide the Warriors to the Division II national championship, was named to the third team. It is the third all-American team Zellmann has been named to this year. He was also selected by Daktronics and Basketball Times. |  DAVE ZELLMANN WSU guard |
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| BAY CITY, Wis., June 8, 2006 -- A home-made bomb killed a Navy medic from Bay City, Jaime Jaenke, 29, and a fellow medic in Iraq, the Pentagon confirmed. Jaenke was in a Humvee when the bomb was detonated. Survivors include a daughter. Jaenke held a nursing diploma from the Iowa Falls, Iowa, community college. In Bay City, at the head end of Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River, she was an ambuance medical technician working out of Ellsworth, Wis. She also was in the Navy Reserve. Her rank: Petty officer first class. Background: Comment: When will the killing stop? |
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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED JUNE 8, 2006 HATE MESSAGE. Somebody littered racist hate messages and life-threats around the house of Christina Wevley, a white woman with two black children. The message seemed to be: Move out of the neighborhood. Wevley had moved into a modest hosue near Mankato and Second streets last month. Police launched an investigation to idenify the source of the messages. One message:
BYE, SYLVESTER. Sylvester's Fitness Center closed down because of declining membership in the crowded Winona field of workout and fitness gyms, said owner Jason VanGundy. Sylvester's had been operating four years.
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| ST. CLOUD, Minn., June 8, 2006 -- The man accused in a triple homicide whose victims included a Winona State University student in 2004, Paul Allen Gordon, 23, arrived at the St. Cloud state prison to begin sentences for drugs and assault. Gordon was transported from Winona, where he was sentenced last week. The St. Cloud prison, a close-security institution built in 1889, is the state prison system's intake facility for male adults. Gordon will be serving five years and eight months on convictions from a back-alley Winona drug bust and pistol-whipping a cocaine customer. Those crimes were in the weeks before the murders during Gordon's five-month Winona sojourn. For the murder trial, scheduled for September, he will be returned to Winona. Background: Prosecutor: Gordon case sequencing worked |
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WINONA, Minn., June 18, 2006 -- The 21-year-old man charged with stabbing a bouncer at Schyde's drinkery in February "wasn't slurring or stammering" during a police interview at a hospital 14 hours after the incident, a police investigator testified. The lucidness of Jonathan Hans Minor was an issue in a hearing Wednesday because his attorneys are seeking to have the hospital interview discarded as evidence. Police investigator Jerry Olson told the court that Minor "was obviously very tired" during the Feb. 8 interview but seemed to understand his rights. Referring to pain-killers from surgery for a serious finger wound, Olson said: "There may have been some effects of the medication." Also, toward the interview's end Minor had said he wanted to sleep, Olson said. Asked whether Minor had asked for questions to be repeated, Olson answered yes, once or twice, but it was nothing that would alarm him enough to discontinue the interview. In fact, Olson said, if Minor were in a questionable mental state he would have forgone the interview to begin with.
To a question from prosecutor Chuck MacLean, Olson said that Minor spelled his name accurately when asked, as well correctly recited his zip code. Olson said that Minor was cognizant enough to say that he would "choose the questions he will answer." Topics he avoided were knife-related and friend-related questions, Olson said. MacLean asked whether held true to not answering knife and friend questions. "He followed through with those" and avoided them throughout the interview, Olson said.
During the interview, when asked to recount events from the night before, Minor asked to make a phone call to his friends to help him recollect, Olson said. Olson denied the request, he told the court, "to get the best interview possible, not tainted by his friends." Olson said that one's account of events can be altered by another person's version.
Minor asked how serious of trouble he was in, Olson said. Olson testified that he explained that first-degree or second-degree assault charges would probably be filed, to which Minor asked what that meant as far as punishment. "I did advise him that it was a relatively serious offense," Olson said, telling Minor that the bouncer, Steve Adams, had stab wounds in his back. However, Olson said he did not give Minor an estimate of what sentence a conviction would carry because he could not recall off the top of his head.
One of Minor's attorneys, Rich McCluer, acknowledged that Olson that has had experience interviewing hundreds of intoxicated people but pressed him on his experience interviewing people right out of surgery. McLuer asked: How many? "Not many," Olson replied. McCluer also asked of Olson's experience interviewing people coming out of anesthesia. Olson answered he had none. Asked by McCluer if he held drug-recognition certification, Olson replied that he didn't but had narcotics experience with many drugs, including prescription drugs like Oxycontin, a strong pain killer likened to a synthetic heroin. MacLean interjected for the prosecution, pointing out that street drugs and their prescription brethren are used in medical setting, naming Oxycontin as an example. Olson said he had training on the effects of central nervous system depressants and stimulants as well.
The issue of Minor's comptence to be interviewed after surgery and anesthesia was not settled at the hearing on Wedensday, which lasted almost an hour. Hospital personnel will be interviwed at a follow-up hearing June 15.
Before Judge Jeff Thompson arrived for the hearing Wednesday, Minor was turning around and talking with his sister, who is from Anoka, Minn. He smiled occasionally. The sister is the second family member to appear at his hearings, the first since March when his father came from Arizona.
When the hearing began, MacLean asked Olson for background on his expertise. As investigator for now one year, Olson said he does not investigate any specific types of crime more than others. "Whatever we get that day," he told MacLean. However, Olson said he was in the narcotics division more than seven years. He said that he couldn't say precisely but that he's interviewed "a hundred or so acutely intoxicated people" as well as hundreds of sober people while on the force and has kept up with his police education. |  JONATHAN HANS MINOR Did he know what he was saying doped-up after surgery? |
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| Mark Jundt | Sophomore | 6-1 200 pounds | Wide receiver | Woodbury, Minn. (University of Minnesota) | Jared Smiley | Sophomore | 6-3 310 pounds | Offensive lineman | Wautoma, Wis. (University of Wisconsin) | All-conference offensive and defensive lineman. | Troy Young | Junior | 6-2 205 pounds | Defensive back | Houston, Texas (Aldine/Tyler Community College: Two-year starter). | All-district defensive back, all-district quarterback, conference defensive MVP, conference offensive MVP (football); conference defensive player of the year (basketball); district champion 300-meter hurdles (track). |
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| Sam Baker | 6-3 195 pounds | Quarterback | Robbinsdale, Minn. (Armstrong) | Member of state semifinalist team, section championship team and back-to-back conference championship teams, three-year letterwinner. | |
| Justin Beal | 6-4 260 pounds | Offensive lineman | Marion, Iowa (Linn-Mar) | Academic letterwinner, two-year letterwinner | |
| Joey Beltrame | 6-1 180 pounds | Quarterback | West Dowling, Iowa (Dowling Catholic) | ||
| Trevin Bune | 6-3 212 pounds | Tight end, | Menomonie, Wis. | National Honor Society, honor roll student, honor card student, all-state, all-conference (football;) all-state (basketball) | |
| Alex Carlson | 6-4 260 pounds | Defensive tackle | Minneapolis, Minn. (Hopkins) | All-conference defensive MVP, team captain (football); four-year letterwinner, team captain | |
| Casey Clark | 6-4 260 pounds | Offensive lineman | Sun Prairie, Wis. | All-conference, MVP, team captain | |
| Cody Dummer | 6-3 220 pounds | Defensive end / lLinebacker | Waterford, Wis. (Union). | All-state, two-time all-county, two-time Southern Lakes, two-time all-conference, MVP
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| Joe Ellestad | 5-10 175 pounds | Wide receiver | Fond du Lac, Wis. (St. Mary Springs) | All-conference defensive back | |
| Jason Enos | 6-3 270 pounds | Offensive lineman | Crystal Lake, Ill. (South) | Member of state semifinalist team 2005 and quarterfinal team 2004, all-area, all-conference, offensive and defensive lineman MVP, team captain | |
| Zach Fielder | 6-6 310 pounds | Offensive lineman | Oshkosh, Wis. (North) | Shrine Game participant, all-conference | |
| John Fiscus | 6-2 240 pounds | Defensive tackle | DeForest, Wis. | Two-time all-conference, ESPN Radio all-conference, team captain | |
| Elliot Gaulke | 6-1 210 pounds | Linebacker | Belmont, Wis. | National Honor Society, Four-Year Honor Roll; Wisconsin Football Coaches Association all-region linebacker and running back, member of Shrine Game, two-time all-Madison area, Dubuque all-area, three-time all-conference linebacker, two-time all-conference running back, career rushing record with 3,312 yards, career tackle record with 343 total tackles (football); all-conference (basketball); three-time state discus qualifier (track)
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| Michael Henderson | 6-2 215 pounds | Defensive lineman / long snapper | Iowa City, Iowa (Regina) | Four-year honor roll, member of Student Council, Three-year academic all-district; member of Class 1A state championship team 2005, ranked No. 44 nationally as a long snapper (football); Three-Year letterwinner, team Captain (soccer0; letterwinner (wrestling) | |
| Marty Hyland | 6-3 235 pounds | Defensive end | Lombard, Ill. (Montini Catholic) | Member of National Youth Leadership Forum; Chicago Sun Times Illinois Top 100 players, played in National All-Star.com Bowl, played in Illinois Shrine All-Star Game, member of 2004 4A state championship team | |
| Ryan Jirgl | 6-1 195 pounds | Linebacker | Wausau, Wis (East) | National Honor Society, academic scholar, honor roll student, member of Shrine Bowl north team, all-state, all-region, all-conference, team captain (football); all-conference, two-time team captain (basketball); all-conference (baseball) | |
| Trevor Johnson | 6-6 210 pounds | Tight end | Stacey, Minn. (Chisago Lakes) | Three-time conference all-academic, all-state, all-metro, all-conference (football); two-time all-conference (basketball) | |
| Cole Kraft | 5-10 175 pounds | Wide receiver | Menomonie, Wis. | Four-year honor roll member; member Division 2 state championship team in 2002 and state runner-up in 2003, unanimous all-state punter, Eau Claire Leader Telegram all-Northwest player of year and first Team Punter, two-time all-Northwest, three-time all-conference, team captain (football); three-time all-Northwest, three-time all-onference, two-time captain
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| Tyler Lackas | 6-3 215 pounds | Defensive end / linebacker | Markesan, Wis. | Conference defensive player of year, two-time all-conference Linebacker, all-conference fullback, team captain | |
| Pete Langehman | 6-4 220 pounds | Defensive end | Eldridge, Iowa (North Scott) | two-time all-conference academic team, member of Shrine Game, Quad City-area tough man team, state playoff participant, two-time all-metro as a tight end, two-time all-conference tight end, all-conference linebacker, team captain (football); letterwinner (basketball); letterwinner (track) | |
| Amir Ross | 6-3 190 pounds | Quarterback | Midlothian, Ill. (Bremen). | All-area, two-time all-conference, two-time MVP, passed for 3,500 yards, 37 touchdowns, rushed for 921 yards, 16 touchdowns | |
| Ryan Rothwell | 6-4 285 pounds | Defensive lineman / offensive lineman | McFarland, Wis. | All-state defensive tackle, all-area defensive tackle, three-time defensive lineman all-conference, three-time offensive lineman all-conference | |
| Brandon Stanek | 5-11 170 pounds | Running back / defensive back | Winona (Senior) | All-conference, special teams MVP, three-year starter | |
| Travis Steele | 6-3 190 pounds | Defensive back | Caledonia, Minn. | Member of state runners-up team 2005, two-time all-conference (football); 100-meter state champion 2004, thirrd State 4 x 100 relay team 2004 (track) | |
| Eric Swan | 5-11 195 pounds | Defensive back | Fennimore, Wis. | Finalist for Wisconsin High School Heisman Award 2005, all-region, conference offensive player of year, two-time all-conference defensive back, all-conference running back (football); two-time all-conference (baseball)
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| Tyler Wegner | 6-0 170 pounds | Defensive back | Omaha, Neb. (Millard North) | Member of Class A state championship team in 2003 and 2005 and state runner-up team in 2004 Football; two-year starter and letterwinner (baseball) | |
| Josh Williams | 6-1 215 pounds | Linebacker | Mukwonago, Wis. | All-conference |
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ROMEOVILLE, Ill., June 7, 2006 -- A former Winona State University football captain, mostly recently a sports fund-raiser, Dan Schumacher, has been named athletic director at Lewis University in this west Chicago suburb. Schumacher, 38, will supervise 19 NCAA Divsion I and II varisty sports, with his major responsibility being to create a football program and build a stadium. He holds a 2005 master's degree in educational leadership and administration. In a news conference Schumacher said his appointment constituted "the perfect next step" in his career path.
Schumacher, who is from Chicago, arrived at Winona State in 1985 intent on football. He was twice team captain and earned an-American status. After grdaution he joined TCF, a Minneapolis-based banking firm, and later Conseco Finance. He was hired in 2002 at Winona State as director of athletic development. Schumacher raised $3 million for Winona State athletic facilities. This included negotiating naming rights for Maxwell Field with Midwest Wireless. The Warrior Club, a booster organzation, raised $500,000 for sports scholarships under Schumacher.
Lewis, enrollment 4,300, is a Christian Brothers college. The college declined to disclose Schumacher's salary as athletic director. At Winona State he earned $65,200 -- $56,800 basic with a $8,500 market adjustment. |  DAN SCHU- MACHER Four years in WSU role |
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| LWINONA, Minn., June 7, 2006 -- PITTSBURG, KS -- A Winona State University senior, wide receiver Brian Hynes, has been named to the Don Hansen's Football Gazette NCAA Division II all-America team. Hynes was named to the first team. Hansen's is the fifth all-America team to which Hynes has been named for the 2005 season. In all, six Winona State players received Hansen's all-America honors. Senior center Nate Daniels and junior linebacker John Tackmann were named to the second team. Senior defensive lineman Roy Kratt, senior safety Luke Lokanc and junior offensive lineman Chris Zimmerman received honorable mentions. |  BRIAN HYNES Wide receiver |
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| WINONA, Minn., June 6, 2006 -- A St. Cloud State University junior, Karissa Kujak, sang her way into the title of Miss Winona at the annual talent and beauty pageant. Kujak, whose parents live in Winona, offered a presentation on the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization, which she said would be a centerpiece of her reign. This was Kujak's second time in the pageant. Last year she won the Spirit Award. Runnerup this year was Nicole Glenna, a Winona State junior in education. Background: SMU, WSU candidates in Miss Winona field |  KARISSA KUJAK Pledging into Big Brothers and Big Sisters at St. Cloud State, with "big brother" Dustin Goslin |
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WINONA, Minn., June 5, 2006 -- The criminal defense attorney representing Jonathan Hans Minor in a February bar stabbing plans to challenge the legal validity of statements that police attribute to Minor after the incident. Rich McCluer said in an interview that police took the statements "not too long" after the stabbing when Minor was in severe pain and on hospital pain-killers. The statements were taken "right after surgery" to reattach a nearly severed finger. "Medical trauma, post-anesthesia and fairly serious pain-killers" were affecting Minor, McCluer said. The issues are expected to come up Wednesday when Minor, 21, of Anoka, Minn., is schedueld for another court hearing. In the stabbing, at Schyde's drinkery downtown, off-duty bouncer Steve Adams was stabbed in the lower back after escorting Minor out of the place. Minor wasn't yet of the 21 legal drinking age. Adams, a former Winona State University football player, is recovering. It's been noted, too, that bar patrons described Minor as belligerently intoxicated at the bar, which raises additional doubts about the validity of whatever he told police at the hospital soon thereafter.
If the police statements attributed to Minor are excluded, McCluer said, "it can strengthen the defense." Any admissions of guilt or other statements hurtful to Minor's legal standing then would be suppressed, he said. The opposite is true, he said, if the judge rules the statements usable and valid.
McCluer declined to discuss whether a plea agreement is in the works, citing client confidentiality. It's "usually premature" to be making offers before an omnibus hearing, which is scheduled for Wednesday, because it isn't yet decided what evidence is usable. McCluer noted that some cases, particularly involving drugs, commonly are resolved with early plea agreements because the contitutionality of a police search can be addressed easily and an entire case thrown out. If the prosecutor sees a case as weak with a high likelihood being thrown out, the prosecutor is more likely to negotiate a plea agreement earlier. About the Minor case and the hospital statement taken by police, McCluer said: "The statement is a piece of evidence but not all the evidence." Throwing out Minor's statement could alter how much leverage he would have in plea bargaining, McCluer said.
Before either side considers plea bargaining, both the defense and prosecution need to weigh medical reports, testimony from bystanders and witnesses, as well as the police statement tagged to Minor. For Minor to consider plea options now could be unwise were he to take a potentially poor offer before knowing exactly where he stands in the case, for better or worse, McCluer said.
In a separate interview, the county prosecutor, Chuck MacLean, said that suppressing evidence can have a further complication. It's possible, he said, that either side might want to use additional evidence stemming from evidence that has been suppressed. For example, if a follow-up investigation based on Minor's original statement revealed new evidence, that would be derivative, or downstream evidence, according to MacLean. But were the judge todismiss Minor's original police statement, he said, the new evidence could not be used unless an independent source backed the newly discovered findings. As MacLean puts it, once the court dismisses evidence, derivative use is "the fruit of a poisoned tree."
At the hearing on Wednesday, McCluer said he would ask that the case be dismissed because Minor didn't have probable cause to stab Steve Adams, the bouncer. Asked about such a possible motion from McCluer, MacLean said he anticipates the motion, which he called routine. "Rarely works," he said.
In earlier hearings, McCluer has asked twice that Minor's $100,000 bail be reduced and also that Minor be transferred from jail to a facility for treating chemical dependency. The judge turned down the requests before, but McCluer said he may ask again -- although not at Wedensday's omnibus hearing. According to court documents, Minor was denied transfer to a treatment facility because he had spurned opportunities to attend in-jail Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. McCluer would not discuss whether he advised Minor to go or not to go to AA meetings. Recommendations to clients are "individual to each case," he said. He noted too that "inmate-held meetings" have "confidentiality issues with AA monitored by the state."
MacLean said he's prepared to repeat his argument again to keep Minor in jail if McCluer again seeks bail reduction or transfer to a treatment facility. Minor is an "untreated, violent offender" who is too great of a risk to public safety to release into a minimally guarded treatment facility or temporarily set free through reduced bail, MacClean said. | JONATHAN HANS MINOR Will a bedside hospital statement taken by police survive court scrutiny? |
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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED JUNE 5, 2006 LAST CALL. Mayor Jerry Miller, desperate for someone to take over the Wilkie steamboat tourism albatross on the riverfront, called a public meeting for ideas on what to do. A group called Winona Steamboat Association, with Paul Sweazey as president, has left the replica river boat fall into disrepair. It's assumed the Seazey group will abandon the boat when its lease expires on in Seoptember. The boat is on city property. HOCKEY ARENA. The Bud King Ice Arena will be expanded and upgraded in a $260,000 contract approved by the City Council. Improved locker rooms will be included. The contract went to Kreofsky Building Systems of Plainview, Minn. MURDER-SUICIDE. Police Chief Frank Pomeroy eased East Side concerns about public safety by declaring the gunshot deaths of a couple at their Zumbro Street house was a murder-suicide. Amanda Sue Meyer, 23, was shot by her live-in boyfriend Ian Patrick Burke, also 23, who then shot himself, Pomeroy said. Both were shot once in the head.
HARBOR DREDGING. A $1.4 million dredging project began at the commercial harbor. Muck is being trucked along Riverview Drive to the new Pelzer Street railroad overpass. HISTORIC BANNERS. The Winona Historic Preservation Commission plans to hang red banners reading "Historic Downtown Winona" to mark sites on the National Historic District list. Twenty banners will be hung on Second and Third streets. BLAME THE LIGHNING. The failure of Courthouse air conditioning last week, which even had a judge disrobing to his shirtsleeves, was due to lightning. Repairs, estimated at $15,000, are expected to be covered by insurance/
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WINONA, Minn., June 5, 2006 -- The chief finance officer at Winona State, Scott Ellinghuysen, has been named the university's vice president for finance and administrative services. University President Judith Ramaley, who made the announcement, said the appointment is for two years with a national search to find a permament successor. The appointment of Ellinghysen is effective June 12.
Ellinghuysen is a 1988 Winona State grad. He joined the Winona State administration in 1989 as a financial analyst and then as comptroller and chief financial officer. He holds a 1997 master's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. As vice president Ellinghuysen's responsibilities include business and budget, the bookstore, contracts, facilities, legal affairs, personnel, and security. These functions formerly were under student affairs and facilities Vice President Cal Winbush, who has retired, and administrative Vice President Tess Kruger.
The appointment was Ramaley's first of a man to a university vice presdidency. Earlier Ramaley chose Sally Johnstone, of the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications in Boulder, Colo., as academic vice president and Ruth Schroeder, campus health educator, as interim student affairs vice president. The only remaining vice president whom Ramaley inherited from retired university President Darrell Krueger is fund-raiser and lobbyist Jim Schmuidt. |  SCOTT ELLING- HUYSEN New WSU administrative and facilities vice president |
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WINONA, Minn., June 4, 2006 -- Mayor Jerry Miller quietly has been seeking volunteers for a city committee to coordinate site selection and preliminary planning for a permanent home for the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Miller said he wants representatives from several constituencies, including Wnona State University, whose theater facilities have been used for the festival's first three seasons. The mayor sees a committee of about a dozen members to include downtown, riverfront and festival people. The committee, subject to City Council approval, would have $250,000 from the state Legislature to hire a theater design company.
Most discussion has pointed to city land on the riverfront downtown, with a theater folded into a convention center that the city hospitality industry has advocated. In its first three seasons, the festival has bulked up summer tourism. Background: Winona Shakespeare funds in funding package | "ROMEO AND JULIET" "TWELFTH NIGHT" June 30-Aug. 6  JERRY MILLER Developing list for City Council |
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| Date: Friday, June 9 Time: 10:30 a.m Place: Kryzsko Commons Cost: Free |
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| Date: Wednesday, June 7 Time: 7 p.m. Place: Winona Middle School Cost: $10 to $13 |
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| MSU-Mankato | Trafton Hall addition | $32.9 million |
| St. Cloud State | Brown Hall and math-science addition | 14.0 million |
| MSU-Moorhead | MacLean Hall renovation | 9.7 million |
| St. Cloud State | Riverview Hall renovation | 4.5 million |
| Winona State | Maxwell Hall renovation | 11.2 million |
| Bemidji State | Repair and betterment | 2.6 million |
| St. Cloud State | Repair and betterment | 2.3 million |
| Winona State | Repair and betterment | $2.3 million |
| MSU-Moorhead | Repair and betterment | 2.2 million |
| MSU-Mankato | Repair and betterment | 1.4 million |
| Bemidji State | Science hall addition | 700,000 |
| Winona State | Memorial Hall renovation | 400,000 |
| MSU-Moorhead | Lommen Hall renovation | 300,000 |
| Metropolitan State | New classroom building | 300,000 |
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WSU SECURITY REPORT WEEK ENDING JUNE 3, 2006 June 2, 2006: A fire alarm was activated at Lourdes dorm at 1:36 p.m. A power outage was responible. June 2, 2006: A fire alarm was activated at Somsen Hall at 1:58 p.m. Workers had caused the alarm to go off. June 2, 2006: A staff member reported at 3:38 p.m that her vehicle parked in the Kryzsko turnaround was damaged by a hit-and-run driver. Police were notified. June 1, 2006: At 5 p.m. an individual reported the loss of her purse near the Tau dorm at 5 p.m. The purse and contents recovered and returned. |
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COURT CONVICTIONS WEEK ENDING JUNE 3, 2006 IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT UNDERAGE BOOZING
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WINONA, Minn., June 2, 2006 -- The 68-month prison sentence imposed Thursday on Paul Allen Gordon constitutes "huge strides" on "the path to justice," county Attorney Chuck MacLean said. Gordon still faces a murder trial. The Thursday sentences were for a drug bust and a separate assault in the fall of 2004. About the sentence, by Judge Jeff Thompson, MacLean said: "We accomplished everything we wanted to in these two cases." MacLean had put together a prosecution strategy to obtain convictions for the lesser crimes before the murder trial to establish Gordon as a Level X1 felon with 6-plus criminal history points. At 6-plus, Gordon would face a longer term if he is also convicted of the December 2004 strangulation deaths of Winona State University psychology major Stacy Smith and of her grade-school daughter at their Sarnia Street apartment. The murder trial is scheduled for September.
Explaining his strategy MacLean said that a 6-plus criminal history "could dramatically increase Mr. Gordon's presumptive prison sentence in every case that has yet to be resolved." A first-conviction felon, for example, would face a presumptive 25-1/2 years in prison for a homicide but a felon with six-plus criminal points would be 35-1/2 years.
After the sentencing MacLean credited two assistants, Kevin O'Laughlin and Tom Gort, who handled the drug and assault cases. He also commended "the courage of victims and witnesses who came forward" and Winona police for their investigations. Background: Gordon sentence: Five years in two cases |
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WINONA, Minn., June 1, 2006 -- The man awaiting trial for the 2004 homicides at Sugar Loaf Apartments, Paul Allen Gordon, 23, was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison Thursday on convictions for lesser crimes in the weeks before the murders. The murder trial, fro the deaths of Winona State University student Stacy Smith and her 10-year-old daughter and unborn child, is scheduled for September The sentences on the lesser cases, a drug arrest and pistol-whipping a cocaine customer, were issued by Judge Jeff Thompson. The five years and eight months is on a plea-bargain admission to cocaine possession in a bust in a Third Street, alley two years ago on Halloween night. A jury conviction in another case, using a loaded handgun to strike a man who was behind on his drug payments, drew a shorter sentence. The sentences will be served concurrently, the judge said.
Gordon has a head start on prison time. He will be credited for the 518 days he has been held since heing arrested at the Mexican border in Janaury 2005 -- 1-1/2 weeks after the Sugar Loaf murders. He would be eligible for parole in mid-2010.
At the sentencing Gordon showed no emotion. His attorneys in the cocaine and assault cases, public defender Sam Jandt and private attorney Rich McCluer, were at his side. An attorney in the pending murder cases, public defender Candace Rasmussen, was also in the courtroom.
In all Gordon was sentenced Thursday on five criminal counts, the terms to run concurrently: Judge Thompson ordered Gordon to reimburse Winona County $1,653 for the costs of extraditing him from California. Gordon spent several weeks in a San Diego, Calif., jail until federal marshals could schedule him into a cross-country prisoner van shuttle with stops at prisons in San Bernadino, Calif.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Rochester, Minn. With Gordon going now to a state prison, the county will save further local incarceration expenses, MacLean said. Judge Thompson also ordered Gordon to pay a range of surcharges totaling $385 -- the standard $77 in court costs on each of the five charges. Prisoners typically work off court expenses and fines from nominal wages for prison jobs. Gordon, also, was ordered to submit biological specimens for DNA typing. Background: |
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WINONA, Minn., June 1, 2006 -- For a street brawl, even a stabbing, everybody already knew the epicenter of Winona crime was the corner outside Brothers Bar on Third Street, but now a St. Mary's University grad student has quantified it. Liam Sorensen released an analysis of crime for four years beginning in 2001 by time, date, site and type. Third and Johnson, at the west end of the downtown district, has five times the incidence of any other single location. The intersection not only has Brothers on one corner but two other college bars, Schyde's and Stingers, are within half a block. Recent months have included a stabbing at Schyde's, in which ex-Winona State football player Steve Adams was critically wounded, and a street brawl involving Winona State dorm council President John Huggenvik.
Other crime "hot spots" identified by Sorensen's mapping: Sorensen said that crime on Sarnia Street declined after Winona State opened the East Lake dorm for juniors and seniors near the Franklin cross street. |  BROTHERS Other big college bars within an easy stagger: Schyde's, Stingers |
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| MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 1, 2006 -- The University of Wisconsin system pressured a bank to stay on as a corporate sponsor of a university sports conference that includes Winona State in Minnesota, according to the newspaper the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In correspondence to a vice president of U.S. Bank, the chair of the Wiscosnin Intercollegaite Athletic Conference noted that the university did a lot of business with the bank and that the bank should reconsider its $20,000-a-year sponsorship. A state audit concluded there was no violation of ethics laws, the newspaper reported, but the revelations didn't look good. What happened was that U.S. Bank declined in January to become a sponsor of the conference, which is an arm of the Wisconsin system and includes the nine state universities as well as Winona State gymnastics. The letter was from Julius Erlenbach, who also is the UW-Superior chancellor. Meanwhile, a conference official and a university system associate vice president were looking into pulling the conference's business with the bank. |
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| ST. PAUL, Minn., June 1, 2006 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he will discontinue his weekly radio show because of federal restrictions that could complicate both radio licenses and his re-election campaign. The show, he said, would end June 30. |  TIM PAWLENTY Minnesota governor |
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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED JUNE 1, 2006 TUNNELING UNDER. The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern created a coalition of 14 Rochester, Minn., groups that favor the railroad's $2.5 billion expansion into Wyoming. The coaltion will consider tunneling under the city to address Mayo Clinic's opposition to the route just north of downtown. HOUSING MARKET. Overbuilding during recent years of cheap mortgages has glutted the Winona housing market. Not since the 1980s have more houses been on the market, County Recorder Bob Bambenek said. For-sale signs stay posted an average of six months, Bambenek said.
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| ACE REPORTER CITATION  LAUREN ASHBY WSU JOURNALISM STUDENT For persistsence in pursuit of difficlt truths
COVERAGE Black club leader worries about club autonomy Club veep disputes Wilkins' Soul Food account Hines spurns interview, comments briefly Comment: A mother's pride, disgust WSU foreign students foresee dinner price hike Why no Soul Dinner? Club leader faults WSU admin Reporter details frustration at Ramaley's no's WSU blacks splinter over in-your-face project Sales lag for WSU international dinner Schuck stands by f*ck campaign posters OTHER ACE REPORTERS IN GOOD COMPANY |
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