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Ramaley: 4% tuition plan came from St. PaulWINONA, Minn., Oct. 31, 2006 -- University President Judith Ramaley said that there is a misconception that the 4 percent Winona State tuition increase proposed for fall originated with her. In a meeting with student leadership Ramaley said she wanted to "clear up the misunderstanding." The 4 percent figure showed up three weeks ago in a Ramaley presentation to the Student Senate but, she said, was based on a statewide recommendation that state Chancellor Jim McCormick has made to the state college system's governing board. Based on the chancellor's number, Ramaley put together a worksheet for students senators that projected how Winona State could use the new revenue.
The chancellor's proposal, which already has moved through the board of trustees' finance committee, calls for $177 million in new money from the Legislature for the next two years, as well as back-to-back 4 percent tuition hikes. The trustees will consider the proposal at its next meeting and pass it on to the Legislature, which convenes in January.
At her meeting Monday with student senators, Ramaley was asked by student President Carl Soderberg whether the $177 million state appropriation proposed by the chancellor for next biennium would be enough. It's too early to tell, she responded. With the proposed tuition increase, the state system would have a total of $275 million.
To a question from student Vice President Kari Winter about alternatives to tuition increases, Ramaley said the university could end up in serious trouble if it relied for its budget on enrollment growth. Ramaley said that Winona State lacks classroom and dorm space for the levels of student growth needed to meet budget requirements. Winter's inquiry was based on a student proposal from other state campuses for zero percent tuition increases.
To students' complaints that Ramaley has failed to consult them on policy issues, Ramaley said she is concerned about improving communication. "There needs to a means of communication over summer about changes being made," said Ramaley. Soderberg said he thought a good start would be email. Further down the line a summer meeting between Ramaley and student leaders might be a good idea, said Soderberg. Responding to specific Student Senate complaints about construction projects proceeding over the summer without conultation, Ramaley referred senators to a web page with updated status reports on pending projects.
Reporters: Bekka Buck and Katie Derus
Background: Ramaley's tuition plan: Up 4% for fall
Background: Students to chancellor: They're still still snubbing us
Background: Facilities planniung update
WSU student reports stolen laptopWINONA, Minn., Oct. 31, 2006 -- A Winona State grad student, Kylie Rogallas, had her laptop stolen form a campus office. The crime took place about noon Monday, police said.
Reporters Amy Sahl and Alex White
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DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 31, 2006 -- Jonte Flowers scored the final four points to lead Winona State University to an 88-86 exhibition men's basketball win over Drake University . Flowers scored on a reverse layup with 1:24 left to give Winona State an 86-85 lead. Flower then converted two free throws to push the Warrior lead to 88-85 with nine seconds left. Drake had one more attempt at tying the game but missed the first of three free throws and after making the second charity toss missed on the missed-free throw play.
Flowers finished with a game-high 28 points. John Smith had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Zach Malvik 15. Travis Whipple, who came off the bench, scored 11. Winona State was 28 of 61 from the field, 9 of 26 from three-point range and 23 of 32 from the free throw line. The Warriors also came up with 17 steals, 8 by Flowers. Drake controlled the boards 52-38.
WSU led 42-34 at halftime and was up by 11 at 40-29 with 2:40 left in the first half and by 13, 69-56, with 10:18 left to play.
Background: Statistics
MOTORCYCLE MOLLS
As is their tradition, advising and retention staff members at the Winona State University chose a theme for Halloween, this year motorcycle mamas: Barb Oertel, Jean Bellman, Sheila Rinn, Judi Becker Alford, Carolyn Kosidowski, Nancy Dumke, Toni Zaborowski, Jillian Quandt, Deb Huegel, Karen Johnson.
NEWS AND COMMENT
WINONA MEDIA WATCH |
UPBEAT NEWS
FROM WINONA MEDIA
The Winona Daily News reported modest circulation growth to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, up 1.2 percent from April through September -- on top of a 1 percent increase in the preceding six months. The daily circulation averaged 11,206 in the latest period. Sunday grew to 12,859. The gains were in line with small-circulation to medium-circulation newspapers nationwide, even as numbers continue to slip for major metro newspapers. Of the 20 leading U.S. newspapers, only two showed gains. The largest paper, USA Today, fell 1.3 percent to 2.3 million. Overall, newspaper circulation is off 2.8 percent daily and 3.4 percent Sunday in the latest six-month period.
WINONA POST. The Independent Free Papers of America recognized the Winona Post with second place for for general excellence. The award was based on several issues for stories and photos, advertising design and overall layout. Graphic artist Monica Veraguth won first place award for a Buffalo City Bash ad. New Editor Cythya Porter won second for coverage of the guilty plea of murderer Paul Allen Gordon. Porter also won third for her Postpartum column.
WINONA RADIO. The owners of Winona Radio, Jerry and Pat Papenfuss, have been inducted into the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in the Twin Cities. The Papenfusses have been in broadcasting more than 40 years. Besides all five Winona commecial stations they own stations in Blue Earth, Fergus Falls, Perham and Windom, Minn.
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R.I.P.: Harold S. JacksonLA CRESCENT, Minn., Oct. 30, 2006 -- A Winona State University grad, Hartold Jackson, 84, died at home after a long career as a music teacher. He held both bachelor's and master's degrees from Winona State.
PHOTOGRAPHER: CHAD LARIMER
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Obama stirs Democratic crowd for Klobuchar, WalzROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 30, 2006 -- Democratic superstar Barack Obama flew into Rochester to rally support for U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar and Congressional candidate Tim Walz at a standing-room-only Democratic campaign event. "If you're ready for leaders who will actually get the job done, leaders that you can trust, then you're ready for a change," the Illinois senator told a cheering crowd of 2,500 at the Mayo Civic Center. Klobuchar and Walz opened by reiterating their campaign themes. Then came Obama, telling the party faithful that he had visited with Minnesota voters on issues ranging from health care, the Iraq war to rising college tuition and knew that they were approaching the election in a "serious and steadfast manner." From Minnesotans, he said, he was hearing a common message: "We can do better." Said Obama: "There are better days ahead if we are committed to give our blood, sweat and tears to create something different." His closing words roused the crowd: "It's time to take back America, and you can help make this happen by voting for Amy Klobuchar and Tim Walz who have the audacity to hope for a better Minnesota and a better America."
In his comments, Walz cautioned the audience not to be distracted by attack ads and fear tactics. "Cast a vote for change," he said. Klobuchar urged the audience to "resist the politics of cynicism and fear and embrace the politics of hope." Intentionally Klobuchar was borrowing heavily on key phrases from Obama's new book, "The Audacity of Hope." The audience caught the reference, responding with applause and cheers. |
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| CAUTIONARY NOTE. In the biggest rally of the southern Minnesota campaign, Congressional hopeful Tim Walz cautions voters to be alert for attack ads at the 11th hour in the First District race. Walz and U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar shared top billing, although the headline speaker, to Walz' side, was Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. |
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Reporter: Alex White
Background: Walz sees Winona as key for Congress bid
Background: Races that campus people are watching
RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY
POSTED OCT. 30, 2006
SCHOOL TERRORISM. A 17-year-old Winona high school student was arrested for terroristic threats that prompted a lockdown at the school. Police Chief Frank Pomeroy said that arrest was at the youth's home without incident. Pomeroy said there were threats last week, which led to two days of lockdown, as well as another threat over the weekend in a telephone conversation. Background
SCHOOL WRITE-IN. School Board incumbent Susan Brown, who lost a bid in Seotenbver for a ballot spot to return to the board, announced she will be a write-in candidate for an at-large seat. On the ballot are newcomers Stacy Mounce Arnold and John Goplen. In the primary Brown was fifth. Background
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Walz sees Winona as key for Congress bidWINONA, Minn, Oct. 30, 2006 -- Democratic congressional candidate Tim Walz used harsh words against incumbent Gil Guknecht to fire up a friendly Winona State University crowd organized by campus Democrats. Walz said he was pleased that everyone was able to attend the event, unlike, he noted, a debate he had with Gutkknecht last week across town at St. Mary's University. That debate was closed to the public at Gutknecht's insistence. Quoting his opponent, Walz said: "Gutknecht said this race will be won in Winona County, and I said I hope so!" The Winona State crowd, about 150, cheered. Noting that polls show the race is dead even, Walz encouraged his supporters to get out and vote next week to ensure that "American values and grass-roots politics are put into action in Washington."
For the rally, at which U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klochur also spoke, the lower level of Kryzsko Commons at Winona State University was decorated with signs and buzzing with excitement. Walz, a Mankato school teacher who has frequented campus, was greeted by cheers and applause as he entered and walked among the students and other supporters to shake hands. State Rep. Gene Pelowski, of Winona, thanked campus Democrats for planning the rally. State Sen. Sharon Marko of Cottage Grove called on the party faithful to go "house by house, street by street, dorm by dorm" and "get out the vote."
Walz introduced Klobuchar, who was given a standing ovation. "People aren't joking when they say this is the most exciting race in the country!" she said.
Klobuchar told supporters that she would not be a rubber stamp for George Bush if elected and that she opposed the war in Iraq before it started and will continue to do so until the troops are brought home. "The war has turned into a civil war, and something must be done," she said. "We need to change our current plan of action in Iraq and start bringing troops home responsibly." The war was wrong from the beginning, Klobuchar said: "You don't go to war if you don't have a plan."
Klobubar accused the incumbent federal government of waste: "There was a $200 billion surplus during the Clinton administration, and we now have a $250 billion deficit because of irresponsible spending and decision-making in Washington." Klobuchar called for the federal government to get its fiscal act together. She said she would encourage pay-as-you-go rules and competitive bidding for contracts. Her plan, she said, would include closing corporate tax shelters and capital gains tax loopholes, and roll back tax cuts on the richest Americans.
On energy, Klobuchar said the United States is losing $250,000 a minute on foreign oil. If elected, Klobuchar promised, she would support more funding for research on alternative energy sources that will protect the environment and create more jobs for the American people.
She also faulted the incumbent government on higher education. Washington has cut student loans by $14 billion, she said. She added that has put together a budget that will get the country out of debt and give students this money back. "With a 90 percent increase in tuition at Winona State many students are forced to work another job," Klobuchar said. "This needs to be changed." Klobuchar said she identifies with families who were affected by the war, pregnant employees who need insurance, and college students who struggle to pay tuition.
Klobuchar called the campaign thrilling. "I will not rest until you can say I know Amy Klobuchar and she knows me," Klobuchar said. She acknowledged that that her Republican opponent, Mark Kennedy, may have a larger campaign budget, but, she said, he does not have people. The campaign, she said, is no longer about the money or television but about all of the people. Klobuchar was explicit in blaming President Bush for wrong-headed leadership. "I won't be following the lone star," she said in one of her favorite lines, a reference to the Texas roots of President Bush. "I will be following the North Star." The North Star will always lead you back on track like when being lost in the woods of Minnesota, she said.
About Democratic prospects nationally, Klobuchar said: "We are a party that is defining ourselves. The Americans are back, bringing back values and justice. We are the leaders that we have been waiting for." After the rally, the candidates headed to Rochester, where Democrats had arranged their campaigns' largest rally with Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
Reporters: Sarah Dotta, Jessica Pluth, Samuel Keane-Rudolph and Tiffany Zilch
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Jackson bond set at $5 millionWINONA, Minn., Oct. 30, 2006 -- Bond was set at $5 million for a Detroit-area man on a litany of murder-related and drug charges. In setting the bond, Judge Jeff Thompson told Jonathan Jenard Jackson, 34: "These are serious and extreme charges." Jackson asked for a court-appointed attorney. The charges originated with a grand jury that has been in session since Aug. 28 in a follow-up to the December 2004 murders of Stacy Smith, who was an on-again, off-again Winona State Unversity student, and her 10-year-old daughter. Also dying was an unborn child carried by Smith. Last month Detroit-based cocaine -dealer Paul Allen Gordon, 23, went to prison for life for the murders. In plea-bargaining Gordon implicated Jackson as his cocaine wholesaler, according to the prosecution. When Gordon fled by train for Detroit after the murders, it was Jackson who gave him cover and then arranged for him to go to the West Coast and get lost, the prosecution says. When arrested, Gordon was re-entering the United States from Mexico with papers on how to join the Army with a new identity.
Background: Grand jury indicts 2nd man in triple slayings
Autopsy: Drowning caused UW-La Crosse deathLA CROSSE, Wis., Oct. 30, 2006 -- Drowning was identified as the cause of death of a Universty of Wisconsin-La Crosse student, Lucas Homan, 21, in the Mississippi River at the La Crosse levee in September. The autopsy listed "cold water drowning." The autopsy confirmed earlier tests that found acute intoxtication -- a 0.32 percent blood-alcohol level. The drunkenness contributed to the death, the autopsy said.
Background: Drowning victim alcohol level at 0.32%
Background: Winona's dumpy riverfront seen as .blessing
WSU SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING NOV. 4, 2006
Oct. 29, 2006: Security guards responded at 11:15 p.m. to the Gazebo concerning a fight involving several students.
Oct. 30, 2006: Security guards and an ambulance crew responded at 1 a.m. to the Quad dorms due to a drunk student. The student was transported to the hospital.
Oct. 29, 2006: Vandalism was reported on the third floor of the Tau dorm at 11:35 a.m.
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NORTHERN SUN: THE WEEK AHEAD
Southwest Minnesota State (3-4, 4-5) at WSU (5-1, 7-2)
Missouri-Rolla () at Wayne State (4-3, 4-5)
Northern State (2-5, 3-6) at Upper Iowa (3-3, 3-6)
MSU-Moorhead (2-4, 4-5) at UM-Crookston (0-6, 0-9)
Bemidji State (6-0, 7-2) at Concordia St. Paul (4-3, 4-5)
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Gallaudet board reverses self on presidentWASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2006 -- The governing board of Gallaudet University rescinded its appointment of Jane Fernandes as president following weeks of faculty and student protests. In recent weeks, students blocked campus gates at Gallaudet, the nation's only university for the deaf. After the trustees announced their decisions, students began a celebration. Students on a hunger strike went to a hospital for medical check-ups. Critics of Fernandes said she was high-handed and a insufficiently strong as advocate for deaf people.
Background: Gallaudet profs say no to new president
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Choreographer to share collaboration experienceWINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2006 -- Choreographer and dancer Shawn McConneloug will discuss her artistic experience collaborating with other disciplines such as visual arts, composers and dramaturges. The presentation, at Winona State University, will include a performance by members of her Twin Cities-based dance company, McConneloug said.
Date: Thursday, Nov. 2
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Main Stage, Performing Arts Center
Cost: Free
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WSU wins social work grantWINONA, Minn., Oct, 29, 2006 -- The Winona State University social work department has been awarded a $68,000 for its Title IV-E Child Welfare work, said prof Ruth Charles. The grant provides stipends for students working in public child welfare agencies during their senior practicum and when they graduate. Thirteen social work students receive a $1,900 per semester stipend this academic year, Charles said.
WSU Foundation issues $500,000 in scholarshipsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 29, 2006 -- The WSU Foundation, the university's fund-raising arm, awarded more than $500,000 in scholarships to Winona State students this year. The total was announced at scholarship recognition program at which students thanked benefactors.
Minority college enrollment up 50%-plus WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2006 -- Minority-student enrollment at U.S. colleges grew 51 percent in the decade ending in 2003, according to the American Council on Education. The increase was due mostly to Hispanic and minority-female students, the report said. In all, minority students totaled 4.7 million at both undergrad and graduate levels in 2003. During the same period, the number of white students increased by 3.4 percent, reaching 10.5 million.
COMMENT:
WSU STUDENT SENATE
STOP WHINING,
START FACT-FACTING
For the second semester in a row, the Winona State Student Senate has protested to the state chancellor that university President Judith Ramaley hasn't honored a mandate to consult the student leadership on policy changes. There has been merit in both complaints. The senators, however, continue to miss the fact that they have failed in their responsibility to their student constituents to be on top of issues. Like whiny 4-year-olds, senators are saying, in effect: "Give us what we want when we want it and, for the gods' sake, don't make us figure things out on our own." This hardly is leadership.
What triggered the latest Senate protest was Ramaley's report to the Senate on how she would spend a further 4 percent tuition increase. Her report was commendably detailed. She took questions at a Senate meeting about her plan. Sadly, Ramaley presented the plan too late for meaningful student dialogue. This was not in the spirit of the consultation requirement placed on her in state university system policy. Even sadder, though, is that student senators were so blank on issues that they were overwhelmed by Ramaley's information. Nobody could even frame an intelligent question.
The failure was Ramaley's, true. Also it was the senators. But the senators, to their further discredit, refused to accept responsibility for failing to know issues sufficiently to participate intelligently and effectively. Instead, they went whining to the chancellor that information wasn't provided them promptly and on a silver platter.
What should the Senate do? Tools are available, many of them journalistic. Learn the university governance infrastructure. Make person-to-person contacts in Somsen. Ask questions. Connect dots. Clearly, something is awry when senators say they have to read the CyberIndee for any idea of what's going on. Employing the state open-record law yields oodles of information. Meeting agendas and minutes are goldmines.
Most governmental units have investigatory arms. Congress has the Government Accountability Office. Minnesota has the state Department of Administration. Legislative units everywhere conduct fact-finding hearings. These all are models to consider. We recognize that student senators are volunteers. They're mostly uncompensated and busy with full class commitments. The reality is that the fact-finding work needs to be hired out. The Senate must reconsider its fiscal priorities and bring on a full-time person to head an office to track what's going on in Somsen, keep the senators informed, and recommend Senate action.
Where would $80,000 or so for such a position come from? It depends on whether the Senate considers student involvement in university policy more important than funding amusements. Now, fun and games consumes most of the student-activity moneys that the Senate controls. Priorities need readjusting. Another possibility: Ramaley always is drumming up proposals for projects to be funded from her tuition-derived L21 initiative. The Senate could tap into L21 funds. Hey, senators, it's student money. Whether to get serious about a student role in university policy, including tuition, which everyone regards as a major issue, depends on whether the Senate really wants to do its job representing student interests -- or just keep whining. |
Background: Comment: A facade of consultation
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NORTHERN SUN: STANDINGS
Bemidji State
Winona State
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Upper Iowa
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NORTHERN SUN WEEKEND GAMES
WSU 30, UM-Crookston 0
Bemidji State 23, Southwest Minnesota State 15
MSU-Moorhead 26, Northern State 15
Concordia of St. Paul 27, Wayne State 24
Mary 42, Upper Iowa 13
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Cops bust party, issue 18 ticketsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2006 -- Police gave out 18 citations at a raucous party at 69 E. Ninth St. at 11:09 p.m., Friday. At the morning police briefing Sgt. Chris Nelson said details would not be released until officers finish their report. Nelson said the renters did not come to the door the first time police arrived. If they had, he said, police wouldn't have issued citations but just asked everyone to leave.
Reporter: Kelsey OÕNeal
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Underdog Marauders unseat top-seeded WSU for title WINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2006 -- The Winona State University soccer season came to a sudden, disheartening end when the University of Mary scored in overtime to come up with a 1-0 victory in the Northern Sun championship game. The Warriors came into the title game No. 1-seeded. Mary battled through the eight-team bracket as the No. 5 seed. The winning goal was only the second shot on goal for the Marauders, who totaled five shots for the match. Winon State put up 23 shots and had eight shots on goal, several from close range. But the Warriors failed to find the back of the net and finished the year with a 14-5-2 record.
Background: Statistics
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WSU prof reviews politics of Jane AddamsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2006-- A Winona State Universty social-work prof, Ruth Charles, presented a paper, "Action Projects and Electoral Politics: Continuing the Tradition of Jane Addams," at the Minnesota Council of Social Work Educators fall conference.
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WSU boat heads south before river ices upWINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2006 -- The Winona State University floating classrooom and excursion vessel River Explorer has headed downriver to La Crosse, Wis., for the winter after its first full season. Biology prof Michael Delong, a project coordinator, said the boat made 38 trips, ranging from an hour to three days. Fellow coordinator Drake Hokanson said: "Our experience this year makes clear that this machine is a great teaching tool." The possibility of three-credit courses on the River Explorer next summer is being explored, he said.
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R.I.P.: Donald J. SmithNORTH ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 28, 2006 -- A St. Mary's College grad, Don Smith, died of cancer at age 74. Most of his career was in sales with Watkins.
Prof talks on undergrad social-work researchWINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2006-- A Winona State University social-work prof, John Collins, presented a paper, "Completing an Agency Based Research Project in the First Semester of Undergraduate Research: Learning from History to Meet Current Need in the Teaching of Research," at the Minnesota Council of Social Work Educators fall conference.
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WSU profs to examine science, arts linksWINONA, Minn., Oct. 28. 2006 -- A Winona State English prof, Rob Brault, will examine the role of science in science fiction in the continuing university lecture series "Does Science Matter?" Brault said he will discuss how authors use science ideas to explore aspects of human behavior. "The stories we tell are a way in which we create our culture, and science fiction is an excellent example of the expression of our hopes and dreams," he said. In a companion presentation, theater prof Dave Bratt will draw in his scholarship on playwright Tom stoppard to discuss connections between arts and humanities and physical science. Bratt said he will examine Stoppard's techniques Stoppard to incorporate science into his plays, including characters who are scientists.
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 1
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Stark Auditorium
Cost: Free
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SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING OCT. 28, 2006
Oct. 28, 2006: A student was cited for alcohol in the Quad dorm at 12:10 a.m.
Oct. 28, 2006: Security gurds and an ambulance crew responded at 6:30 p.m. to Maxwell Field concerning a soccer student who was injured. The student was taken to the hospital.
Oct. 28, 2006: Security guards responded to the Maria dorm at 11:40 p.m. concerning a drunk student. An ambuklance crew advised that the student not be taken to the hospial.
Oct. 27, 2006: Several students were cited for noise in the Quad dorms at 12:20 a.m.
Oct. 26, 2006: A dorm supervisor requested assistance from Security guards at 10:40 p.m. concerning an alcohol violation. Several students were cited.
Oct. 26, 2006: At 9:45 a.m. a serviceman reported theft from a pop machine at the East Lake dorm.
Oct. 26, 2006: A student reported at 11:35 a.m. that his unlocked bike was taken from outside of the Quad dorms the previous evening.
Oct. 26, 2006: A student was cited for a drugs at the Lourdes dorm at 8:20 p.m.
Oct. 26, 2006: Security guards cited several students at 1:15 a.m. for alcohol in the Quad dorms.
Oct. 25, 2006: A fire alarm sounded at 12:10 p.m. at the Tau dorm. There was no fire.
Oct. 25, 2006: Security guards received a report at 3:00 p.m. of a stolen LCD projector from Kryzsko Commons. The theft took place Tuesday between 3 and 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 25, 2006: Astudent reported 12 p.m. that his unlocked bike was taken from outside of Kryzsko Commons sometime during the previous evening.
Oct. 25, 2006: Security guards and an ambulance crew responded to Maxwell Field at 10:10 p.m. concerning an injured soccer player. The player was transported to the hospital.
Oct. 25, 2006: The theft of two LCD projectors from Kryzsko Commons was reported at 10:30 p.m. The thefts occurred sometime between 9:40 and 10:05 p.m.
Oct. 24, 2006: A student called for medical assistance from the Performing Arts Center at 12:50 p.m. Security guards assisted the student to the campus nursing station.
Oct. 24, 2006: Firefighters were summoned to the Sheehan dorm south parking lot at 8 p.m. regarding an an accidental car fire.
Oct. 23, 2006: Security guards detected a gas smell on campus at 11:30 p.m. Firefighters resonded but found nothing.
Oct. 21, 2006: Security guards spotted a student who was walking with a road sign near Huff and Ninth streets at 12:48 a.m. Police were notified, and they confiscated the sign and issued the student a citation for minor consumption.
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16 years late, WSU ex-student surrenders at jailhouseWINONA, Minn., Oct. 28, 2006 -- A former Winona State University student, now out of school and living in Minneapolis, is free on $1,000 bond on a 16-year-old drunken-driving charge. Patrick Sebastian Murray, 38, turned himself in last week on a long overdue warrant. The ticket, he said, had been haunting him. In 1990 Murray was arrested after running his pickup truck off the Mississippi backwaters causeway near Dick's Marina on July 14, 1990. Police tested Murray's blood-alcohol at 0.16 percent, well above the allowable 0.10 percent max at the time. When Murray didn't appear in court a couple weeks later, a judge issued a warrant for his arrest. Murray, however, didn't return to Winona State. The warrant sat gathering dust -- until Tuesday when he presented himself at the Winona jailhouse. Murray was booked as if the charge were fresh. Judge Jeff Thompson set Nov. 6 as a court date and let Murray go on $1,000 bond. The prosecution may have a problem if Murray challenges the ticket. The arresting officer, police Sgt. Tom Nyseth, won't be available for a jury trial. He died three years ago.
RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY
POSTED OCT. 27, 2006
LOCKDOWN, DAY TWO. Principal Nancy Wondrasch excused students to go home from the high school during the second day of a lockdown following a report that a student wanted to shoot people. About half the students were picked up by parents. Classes remained in session, but the school was locked to outsiders. A police watch included one officer carrying a semi-automatic rifle. The student reported to have made the threat has been barred from the school. Background
RIVER ILLNESS. A dozen pasengers on the Mississippi Queen cruise boat came down with a flu-like disease and disembarked for hospital treeatent in Hannibal, Mo. A week earlier 35 passengers were stricken. Sources said the owners probably would cancel the 520-passenger boat's scheduled fall foliage trip to upriver points, inluding Winona.
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COMMENT: ELECTION 2006
GUTKNECHT'S
TREPIDATION IN WINONA
New Ulm is Gil Gutknecht's kind of place. The farmers out there love him. The weekly paper, in fact, screens out letters favoring Gutknecht's Democratic challenger. Winona is another story. After almost three decades in politics, 12 in Congress, you would would expect some polish and slickness in dealing with uncomfortable situations. But Winona has Gutnecht spooked. He's obvious in his discomfort here. When he hits Winona, it's only in tightly controlled in-and-out photo-ops -- no give-and-take open forums. Sometimes he'll sit down for a studio interview at Winona Radio, where he's come to expect softball questions. But that's as close as he comes to real eyeball-to-eyeball accountabilty dialogue -- and it's not very close. Most requsts from student reporters for interviews over the years have gone unanswered. Rare exceptions have been by telephone, Gutknecht insulating himself by distance.
For the lone debate in the eastern end of the First Congressional District, last week at St. Mary's University, Gutknecht was so concerned about the possibility of insurgents in the audience that he tried, incredible as it seems, to keep the public out. It worked, except for St. Mary's students whom the university insisted be allowed to attend if the campus were to be site for the event. But then when Gutknecht arrived and learned that the debate would be televised, he was plainly irritated. He hadn't even wanted that. In the debate itself, he was uptight, his mannerisms stilted. Debate over, he immediately sped back to Rochester -- or maybe it was on to New Ulm. The point: He didn't linger in Winona.
Gutknecht, understandably, finds Winona unfriendly territory. We're a college town, with a high quotient of informed and intelligent people who ask the right questions. Gutknecht knows his record in six tems is vulnerable. In fact, the question is: "What record?" He can point to only one significant piece of legislation. He mentions his seniority from time to time on the campaign trail, but his tenure has been squandered. Among fellow members of Congress he's a nonentity. One power ranking has him near the bottom.
What we have been able to count on from Gutknecht has been a mindless rubberstamp for whatever is the GOP party line of the moment -- with one confusing exception in recent weeks: Gutknecht has flip-flopped on Iraq, driven it seems by disintegrating public opinion support for the Bush war. Oh, yes, in exchange for party loyalty Gutknecht has brought pork-barrel dollars back to southern Minnesota, but that's such a minimal expectation that it doesn't count for much. Unlike in New Ulm, where ribbon-cuttings and self-congratulatory news releases from Washington impress people, Winonans expect more.
Gutknecht's Winona problem flows too from the Daily News. The editorial board, correctly, has savaged Gutknecht for his broken promise on term limits. In 1994 Gutknecht signed the GOP-contrived Contract with America, vowing not to serve more than 12 years. In now seeking a seventh term, Gutknecht broke his vow -- and the Daily News took firm note. Then when a Gutknecht functionary tried to expunge the term-limit promise from the Wikipedia entry on the congressman, the Daily News savaged the Congressman again.
So what will happen on election day? We'll see if New Ulm can carry the district. |
Background: Comment: What SMU did right and did wrong
Background: Newspaper: Gutknecht's Wiki self-editing "reprehensible"
Background: Comment: The Gutknecht Conundrum
Background: Editorial: Time's up, Gil
Background: Gutknecht favors health, road delays
Background: WSU underpass a pork-barrel beneficiary
Background: Comment: Gil who?
COURT
CONVICTIONS
WEEK ENDING OCT. 27,
2006
IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
UNDERAGE BOOZING
Nicole M. Bailey, 18, Chicago, Ill., $177.
John Richard Berg, 20, Arlington Heights, Ill., $177.
Sean Michael Bowers, 18, Lake Geneva, Wis., $177.
Bradley Wellington Butler, 18, four days and $77.
Jeffrey W. Chitek, 18, Woodbury, Minn., $177.
Jamie Lynn Clifton, 21, 21 E. Sanborn, $202.
Joby Lee Davidsavor, 18, 575 Olmstead, $177.
Michael Steven Deluca, 20, 559 Olmstead, $%202.
Erik Paul Dunne, 20, Bloomington, Minn., $177.
Tyler James Erickson, 19, 407 Sanborn, $177.
Jeremy Joel Fox, 20, Chippewa Falls, Wis., $177.
Hilary Ann Framke, 19, Stillwater, Minn., $177.
Brittany L. Gittus, 20, Rocheester, Minn., $177.
Christopher John Guerink, 19, Elmwood, Wis., $454.
Jessica Lynn Heifort, 19, Hugo, Minn., $177.
Brett Louis Keys, 20, 362 Wilson, $177.
Caitlyn Ann Knutson, 20, 467 E. Fifth, $177.
Seth William Lamey, 18, 256 W. King, $177.
Cory Jason Marsolek, 19, 356 W. Ninth, $177.
Aaron Mark Meredith, 18, 213 W. Sarnia, $177.
Eric Paul Miller, 22, four days and $265.
Kyle Steven Olson, 19, St. James, Minn., $177.
Sarah Helen Papke, Hokah, Minn., $177
Kristina Louise Parthum, 18, 457 Gould, WSU, $177.
Mike John Pax, 20, 79 W. Sixth 1, $177
Alexis Xenia Penovich, 19, Hudson, Wis., $177.
Venessa Ann Petura, 19, Muskego, Wis., $177
Kate Marie Plakonko, 30, 457 Gould, WSU, $177.
Rebecca Lynn Pomeroy, 20, 85 Rivers Lane, $77.
Yang Marie See, 19, Rochester, Minn., $177.
Oulie J. Sengthongphet, 20, St. Charles, Minn., $177.
Land Sybounheuang, 19, St. Charles, Minn., $554.
Yang See, 19, 450 Mankato Ave., $402.
Wesley Eric Steege,19, Dousman, Wis., $177.
Kevin Phillip Sweeney, 19, Libertyville, Ill., $177.
Jessica Lynn Thron, 20, Stillwaterk Minn., $177.
LOUD PARTY
Christine Lea Brown, 25, 675 Olmstead, $277.
Chad Wayne Chartier, 30, 575 Olmstead, $227.
Brian Paul Getchel 19, 256 W. King, $277.
Shusma Mabar LaValla, 20, 279 Sioux St., $277.
Curtis Pederson 20, 279 Sioux St., $277.
Judy Prather,47, 720 E. Fourth, $177.
Carl Philip Schroeder, 20, 157 E. Eghth, $177.
Jeffrey W. Warner, 20, Menomonie, Wis., $177.
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Grand jury indicts 2nd man in triple slayingsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2006 -- A grand jury concluded that there is sufficient reason for a Troy, Mich., man to face trial for a role in the Christmas-time murders of a Winona State University and her unborn child and 10-year-old daughter two years ago. Indictments were returned against Jonathan Jenard Jackson, 34, of a Detroit suburb. According to county prosecutor Chuck MacLean, Jackson was the cocaine source of drug-dealer Paul Allen Gordon, who committed the murders. Also, according to MacLean, Jackson had coached Gordon in his cocaine buisness in Winona. Jackson's role in the murders has been unclear in publicly available court documents, but MacLean produced eough evidence to convince the the grand jury to indict on eight counts, three of aiding and abetting first-degree murder and also of helping Gordon flee after the murders.
Judge Jeff Thompson scheduled a hearing for Jackson on Monday. At the hearing Jackson will be informed formally of the indictment. The counts of aiding and abetting first-degree murder each carry a possible life sentence. |
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In the north Detroit suburb of Troy, the cops wanted to arrest Jonathan Jenard Jackson, 34, for charges in Winona. Pretending to be a roofing contactor, a cop knocked at his door with a roofing offer. It was an easy guise. A house nearby was being roofed. Unsuspecting, Jackson answered the door. That confirmed for the cops that he was home and who he was. It wasn't that Jackson was a stranger to the police. He had faced felony drug charges twice -- once in the last year and once in his early 20s.
Later, after the roofing guise, cops moved in on Jackson as he was he was raking up autumn leaves from his lawn. That was last week. Jackson was extradicted without contest to Winona over the weekend on charges related to a pistol-whipping by his younger buddy, Paul Allen Gordon, in December 2004.
Meanwhile, a Winona grand jury was considering evidence that links Jackson to Gordon and the December 2004 Sugar Loaf murders. Gordon already is serving a life prison for the murders.
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Background: Murderer's buddy charged in pistol-whipping
R.I.P.: Mary Madelaine Crozier-SauerST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 27, 2006 -- A St. Mary's College alum, Mary Crozier-Sauer, 41, died at home of cancer. She held a degree in social work from the College of St. Catherine. She was a lobbyist for the Childen's Home Society of Minnesota.
WSU grad adjusts to high-crime police dutiesWINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2006 -- Adjusting to Big CIty police work after coming out of college in Winona was a challenge, a 2003 WInona State criminal-justice grad told students. Melissa Trettin, who was hired by Denver after graduation, was assigned to the high-crime Second District, where friction between African American and Hispanic factions is part of daily life. Officers "need the right mindset" to manage situations they encounter, Trettin said: "The ability to remain calm in extremely dangerous situations is a key factor." Trettin said she will spend 3-1/2 years with a general unit to become eligible for specialized work with SWAT teams or narcotic squads. Trettin acknowledged the Winona State chapter of the Peace Officer Student Training Association for helping her to find a job after graduation. It was Trettin and criminal-justice pof James Kobolt who started the chapter in 2003. At Tritten's presentation, Kobolt said he hopes to help current students into Denver internships.
Reporter: Alex White
Walz, Gutknecht differ on federal higher-ed recordWINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2006 -- Congressional candidate Tim Walz called for a change in priorities for higher-ed. In an interview, Walz said that Congress has set up a system for higher-ed "to make a lot of money for the banking industry." Walz, who is challenging First Congressional District incumbent Gil Gutknecht, called student debt levels "unbearable." More subsidized loans and other assistance need to be created, Walz said. In the 30-minute program, "Let's Rap," Gutknecht, who is seeking a seventh term, defended government support for students. Gutknecht said when he went to Congress Pell grants totaled $5.5 billion a year and has grown to $12.2 billion. That, he said, is more than 10 percent growth in Pells per year -- triple the inflation rate. Gutknecht said, however, taxpayers can't afford to continued 10 percent increases foe Pell grants. He called for pressure on colleges to hold down their costs and also tuition.
Reporter: Jon Jacob
Background: Audio: 30-minute public affairs program
Background: Congressional hopeful: College loan debt must be cut
Background: Races that campus people are watching |
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ORIGINAL PHOTO
Larimer says he shot Democratic congressional candidate Tim Walz, squinting into the sun, at a military veterans event. |
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GOP ADAPTATION
A few days later Larimer says he spotted his photo in a Republican ad on behalf of Congressman Gil Gutnecht. Attack messages were superimposed. |
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WSU photographer: Republicans stole my photoWINONA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2006 -- A Winona State University junior, Chad Larimer, called on southern Minnesota television stations to yank an ad from the National Republican Campaign Committee that he says includes a photograph he took and which is being used without his permission. The photograph, of Democrat Congressional candidate Tim Walz, was cropped from a photo that had appeared first in a Walz ad, Larimer said. He said he had sold the photo to the Walz campaign for one-time use and the Republicans pirated it for an attack ad on behalf of incumbent Congressman Gil Gutknecht. In his letter to station managers Larimer said: "This blatant copyright infringement must stop." Larimer said he had attempted to contact the National Republican Congressional Committee to ask that the ad be pulled: "They do not respond to me." Larimer, who is studying public relations at Winona State, said in his message to station managers: "As a college student I do not have the means to hire a lawyer and file a cease and desist order. I ask you to pull this ad in good faith."
Background: Races that campus people are watching |
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Bethel 2, SMU 0 |
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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY
POSTED OCT. 26, 2006
SCHOOL LOCKDOWN. Principal Nancy Wondrasch locked the doors at the high school after a report that a student had threatened to shoot students. Classes continued, but nobody was allowed in or out without a police check. Police Chief Frank Pomeroy called the threat credible.
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WSU sportscasters win regional awardsWINONA, Minn., Oct 26, 2006 -- Two Winona State University broadcast students, Andrew Liebetrau and Seth Tegtmeier, won first place for a radio sports package and play-by-play sports radio announcing in a National Broadcast Society regional contest. Fellow students Zach Smith and Mike Williams received honorable mention for their chapter website. The chapter was named regional chapter of the year. Samantha Gronlund, chapter president, accepted the award.
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Gustavus Adolphus 3, SMU 1 |
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Student faces prison in vote fraud caseWINONA, Minn., Oct. 25, 2006 --A 19-year-old Winona State University student charged with vote fraud faces possibly five years in year prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted. Abigail Anne-Mariee Kremer is charged with voting twice. According to court documents, this is what happened: On Oct. 13, 2005, Kremer applied for an absentee ballet with Nobles County listing her legal residence in Wilmont, Minn. The next week, on Oct. 22 Kremer filled out the absentee ballet and returned it to Nobles County. Then on Nov. 8, Kremer voted again in Winona, registering in person and listed her Winona State dorm address. In registering in Winona, Kremer was asked if she had previously voted and she responded "yes" that she was previously registered in Wilmont.
The Winona election was on school taxes. A proposed tax increase passed, with college students making the margin. Opponents of the increase have made Kremer a poster-child for their argument that Winona State people abused the election process by mobilizing students, many of them transient in the community, to increase property taxes long-time resdients for many years into the future. The only vote fraud case, however, has been against Kremer.
At a hearing on Oct. 12 Kremer requested a public defender. The attorney, Karin Sonneman, waived the right to an immediate hearing and enterd a plea of not guilty. A jury trial was ordered for Dec. 12 with Judge Jeff Thompson. In the meantime, Kremer remains at liberty although there were many conditions of release. She had to post bail of $5,000, complete booking, remain law-abiding, make all future court appointments and maintain contact with her attorney.
Reporter: Brittney Richmond
Background: WSU student in vote fraud case: I'm innocent
Madonna seen as developmental key for adopteeWINONA, Minn., Oct. 25, 2006 -- Madonna will offer her adopted Malawian child, David Banda, a good environment, a Winona State psych prof says. Critics accuse Madonna of using her wealth and fame to circumvent Malawian law in adopting the child, but Janette Williams, who holds adoctorate from the University of Illinois, diagrees. Since Banda is 13 months old he had a high risk of developing an insecure attachment to a caregiver, William said. Attachment usually starts at 6 months and is formed by the end of the first year, said Williams. Williams said any child over 12 months is at a high risk. Madonna's wealth should help her provide Banda with a stimulating environment to improve attachment, said Williams. Attachment is defined as an emotional tie between one person and another that lasts a long time.
Banda's mother died after childbirth. He was taken to an orphanage byhis father when he became sick at 5 weeks. Williams said prolonged institutionalization will put anyone at more risk for insecure attachment. However, the window of creat ing secure attachment isn't consistent, said Williams. The orphanage Banda was adopted is upset because Malawi law forbids non-residents to adopt Malawian children. Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, neither of whom is Malawaian, were granted an interim adoption for 18 months.
Williams said that every child deserves to be happy and that it is better to try to form an attachment than never at all. Williams agreed that people are too hung up on MadonnaÕs wealth and popularity. She said the real news is that one fewer child is in an orphanage and has a caregiver again. Even if Banda has an insecure attachment, most problems fade by late adolescence or adulthood, said Williams. Lourdes, 9, and Rocco, 5, are Madonna's two other children.
Reporter: Paul Solberg |
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WSU German prof proposes study-abroad courseWINONA, Minn., Oct. 25, 2004 -- Winona State University German prof Lillian Ramos has created a new study-abroad course open to the Winona community. The course would be a version of the existing Elementary German 102. Ramos worked up details with the mayor of Kirn. Classes, meals and living quarters would be at nearby Castle Dhaun. The course, which Ramos says would be fast-paced, would meet three hours a day from June 2 through June 23. A limit of 28 students has been set tentatively. "We can't have too many people, being such an intense course, Ramos said. Ramos estiamtes the course would be less than $4,000.
Reporter: Dave Busse
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MSU-Mankato 3, WSU 1 |
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Why not frolic in the Halloween spirit? "Ohh, you mean they don't do this in Congress?" No, don't think so. "Or City Council?" Not lately. "OK, maybe it wasn't such a swell idea." |
A pre-party party on company timeWINONA, Minn, Oct, 25, 2006 -- Winona State University student senators wore Halloween costumes to their weekly meeting as a prelude to a party at Sens. D.J. Danielson and Jason Bauman's place. Sen. Caitlin Powers, elected from the senior class, was a teenage mutant ninja turtle. Sen. A.J. Schuler, from the junior class. was a railroad engineer complete with handle-bar moustache. Danielson, elected from the senior class, wore a grotesque mask that he said represents what he will look like in a few decades. To Danielson, liberal arts Sen. Jared Stene, in jesting reference to Danielson's Independence Party loyalties, asked: "Is that what you expect you'll look like if you continue voting IP?" Senate President Carl Soderberg, dressed as Caesar, pounded his gavel and said, "Cut the undercurrent." Danielson said he woke up at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday -- "practically the crack of dawn," he called it -- to start preparing the meat for the party. Danielson announced that senators would also dine on potato salad by Sen. Theresa Strahota, elected from the junior class, and pumpkin pie by Sen. Alex White, also from the junior class.
Reporter: Lydia Oglesby
School candidate cites record in re-election bidWINONA, Minn., Oct. 25, 2006 -- School Board candidate Natalie Siderius laid out her positions to strengthen curriculum and improve facilities in a presentation to the Winona State University Student Senate. Siderius distributed fluorescent yellow flyers listing reasons for college students to vote for her re-election. These included her support of full and efficient use of available building space; educational partnerships with neighboring universities, including Winona State; and stable funding for classroom instruction. Siderius stressed the importance of voting, noting that the 2005 school referendum passed by only 14 votes. Liberal arts Sen. Jared Stene asked Siderius the average class size in Winona schools. It had been 30 to 40 in the high school, she said. After the last referendum was passed it's now 24 students, she said. Siderius had other numbers. "The average age of books in the high school library was from 1971," she said, "and now we have newer materials being brought in."
Reporter: Alyssa Franklin
COMMENT:
NO SENSE OF COMMONWEAL
WHAT SMU DID RIGHT
AND DID WRONG
After the people who run St. Mary's University agreed to host a debate between Congressional candidates Gil Gutknecht and Tim Walz, they were told that the debate wouldn't be open to the public. To their credit, they responded: "Not at our place." Good for them. On something as important in a democracy as a candidate debate in a contest for southern Minnesota's seat in Congress, the public should not be kept out. To the Minnesota Association of Broadcasters, which arranged the debate, St. Mary's was firm that its students not be excluded. The broadcasters and candidates agreed to St. Mary's terms.
So far, so good. But what about the rest of us? Not to insist that the debate be fully open was a sad demonstration of the culture of insularity that we see too often from St. Mary's. The institution made a strong point on behalf of its own but forgot the larger public good.
The debate was important. Of eight debates between Gutknecht and Walz during the campaign, only one was shceduled in Winona. This was the opportunity for those of us in the eastern reaches of the First Congressional District to see the candidates interact on issues. Because of St. Mary's insensitivity to the Commonweal, all we got were abbreviated newspaper and web accounts filtered through reporters. A day later we started getting gavel-to-gavel television and radio coverage but with all the inadequancies of the electronic media's limitations of microphoning and always-too-few cameras.
Compounding the St. Mary's failure was that Winona State University business prof Gabe Manrique chose to participate as moderator. He too should have put his foot down. In all of this, the Minnesota Association of Broadcasters, as sponsors of the debate, bears heavy responsibility for bowing to candidate preference for less than an open debate. The guilty parties all need to ask themselves some fundamental questions about what makes a democracy a democracy. |
Background: Gutknecht, Walz spar on merits of railroad loan
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WSU 13, Upper Iowa 0 |
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Gutknecht forces a drive-by wave at protestorsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 24, 2006 -- As his car left Tuesday's debate at St. Mary's University and passed a group of protesters, Congressional candidate Gil Gutknecht waved but with a disgruntled expression. Emily Maguire, vice president of Winona State College Democrats, who organized the protest, said she saw Gutknecht's exiting reaction an indicator that the protest was a success. The protesters waved signs objected that the debate had been closed to the public. Gutknecht passed the gauntlet of protestors immediately after the debate, which he left promptly. His Democratic challenger, Tim Walz, stayed in the Page auditorium, site of the debate, to entertain student questions. At the protest, near a St. Mary's campus entrance, Maguire said she was encouraged by the honks and cheers of support from passing motorists on Highway 14.
Maguire and Tasha Swalve were the only Winona State students protesting. A St. MaryÕs student and five other people also protested, holding pieces of tag board boasting marker-written messages such as "Rep. Gutknecht Hides Behind Doors (and Bush)" and "Gil, What Are You Afraid of?" Maguire admitted disappointment at the protest turnout, which she blamed on last-minute planning and schedule conflicts.
The debate, the only one between Gutknecht and Walz in Winona, was closed to the public except for St. Mary's students. Maguire said one of the reasons that Gutknecht had given for keeping the debate closed was insufficient seating in 455-seat Page Theater. Crowding turned out, however, not to be a problem. There were only about 75 in attendance.
Reporter: Lydia Oglesby
Background: Gutknecht, Walz spar on merits of railroad loan
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WSU marketing candidate sees website potentialWINONA, Minn., Oct. 24, 2006 -- The Winona University website needs an overhaul, a candidate for a new asistant university vice presidency for communications and marketing said. At a question-answer session, Bob Otterson, from North Dakota State College of Science, was asked by uiversity graphics specialist Patricia Malotka what he saw as weaknesses. Otterson said the website looks clean but is hard to navigate. "I would love to see what we can do about showing the physical facility," said Otterson. "The physical facility here is such an asset." Brett Ayers, in the university's publications department, said: "You hit the nail on the head."
Otterson said his goal is to become a college vice president. "I need to start somewhere," he said. At Wahpeton, N.D., he is director of marketing and communications. He is responsible for positioning, promoting and projecting the college's image. Winona State faulty President Mary Kelser asked Otterson why he would want to make the move to Winona State. "I'm fairly content where I'm at, and I have a great relationship with my employees," said Otterson. "But I want to be a vice president someday, and I need to start somewhere." Otterson holds a 1985 bachelor's degree in communications from Augustana College. He has a grad degree in masscom and journalism from South Dakota State.
To a question from Ayers about challenges faced at North Dakota State, Otterson said the college image needed updating. "We needed to focus on introducing upcoming events, not past ones," said Otterson. Kesler asked Otterson for ideas to grab hold of and strengthen. Using internal talent to improve communications would be beneficial, said Otterson.
At Wahpeton, Otterson said he saw an immediate need for dramatic publications improvement. The publications that were being used in 2002 dated back to 1974, he said. Otterson said he integrated a fresh look for a five-page spread view book. He said he had not had a chance to look at Winona State publications. He likened his management aproach to a team. It takes a good kicker, a reliable holder, a trusty long snapper and all the people to do the blocking to get a successful end result, a field goal, he said.
Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest, a communications prof on the search committee, said that more than 50 applicantions were received but few met the requirements. Applicants were required to have either a bachelor's degree with five years of related experience or a master's degree with three years of related experience." Applications came in from all over the country," said Rahoi-Gilchrest. She said the committee, which now has interviewed three candidates, will make a recommendation by next week. |
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BOB
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Third candidate for assitant vice presidency |
Reporters: Sheila Goodlund and Paul Solberg
Backround: WSU marketing candidate: Consensus is key
Background: Job finalist would revamp WSU marketing
Background: WSU narrows marketing exec search to three
PHOTOGRAPHER: LYDIA OGLESBY |
CHILLY
RECEPTION
Student Democrats, wearing blindfolds for effect, gather outside St. Mary's Universty to make a statement against a debate being closed between Congressional candidates Gil Gutknecht and Tim Walz. The students, about a dozen, blamed Gutknecht for insisting that the public be kept out. |
Gutknecht, Walz spar on merits of railroad loanWINONA, Minn., Oct. 24, 2006 -- A closed-door debate between Democratic Congressional candidate Tim Walz and Republican incumbent Gil Gutknecht, open only to St. Mary's University students and news reporters, came fully equipped with protestors. The protesters, organized by Winona State University student Democrats, carried hand-made signs that blamed Gutknecht for keeping the debate closed to the public. Several read: "Gil What Are You Afraid Of?" The protesters were on Highway 14 adjacent to the campus. Inside the auditorium, the hitches were only technical. Television lighting problems delayed the start.
Gutknecht said he favored a $2.3 billion federal loan for a controversial upgrade of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad tracks to accommodate more trains. "We need railroads," Gutknecht said. "Get steel on steel and off the roads." There has been major opposition to the upgrade of the railroad in Rochester, the main population center in the First Congressional District. Walz said that he too favors the DM&E upgrade. "But," he added, "with this being the largest loan given to a private company in United States history, they need to be responsible." DM&E's Rochester critics, led by Mayo Clinic, have characterized the railroad's boondoogle that could never be repaid.
Walz, a high school teacher, called education an "investment for the future." Competition with the rest of the world is an education issue, Walz said: "While America is making it difficult for students to go to school, China is making it easier." Gutknecht acknowledged that tuition has tripled the rate of inflation in past years, but, he said, more government Pell Grants and loans have been given out. Gutknecht spoke against maximum access to highe education: "My opponent said that everyone should be able to go to college. Well, I just don't agree with that." There aren't enough jobs for all the grads, said Gutknecht.
Health care is "in crisis," said Walz. Healthcare now costs twice as much as ever, he said. "When it comes to healthcare the American people are asking for it, the economy is demanding it, and morally we need to supply it," Walz said. Gutknecht fired back that he helped pass a bill last year allowing citizens to order prescription drugs from Canada. "A person that needed a one-month supply of pills would spend $400 here and get the same amount for $82 in Canada," Gutknecht said. Importation of prescription drugs is good for America, he said. "Is this the answer? No, but itÕs a step in the right direction," Gutknecht said. The Walz position on the issue: "Tweaking" the current health-care program is not going to fix the problem.
The 30-minute debate was limited to questions from a panel, but it turned personally partisan at the end when the candidates were asked to address a single question to each other. Gutknecht pressed Walz on whom he would favor, if elected, for Speaker of the House. Walz responded: "He wants me to tell you I'm going to vote for Nancy Pelosi so he can put it in a commercial," Walz said, referring to the California Democrat who's a lightning rod for Republican critics. Walz said he would make the decision for Speaker of the House when he got to that point but is in no allegiance to anyone other than the people in this district. Then, in a barbed reference to Republican Florida Congressman Mark Foley, who has resigned in a scandal involving teenage House pages, Walz said: "When I vote, I'll make sure that it there won't be a scandal coming out of Florida."
About 70 St. Mary's people attended the debate in the Page Theater auditorium. Two uniformed officers were on duty. There were light-security checks at the door consistent with the limitation against public attendance.
Reporters: Bekka Buck, Sarah Botzek, Katie Derus, Alyssa Franklin, and Kelsey O'Neal
Background: Protest planned at SMU gates ahead of debate
Background: Mayor concerned over train saftey
WSU black leader decries racist notesWINONA, Minn., Oct. 24, 2006 -- The first Interracial Awareness Week at Winona State was especially geramne in the wake of racial hate notes surfacing against two university students, said Ben Brako, president of the Black Cultural Awareness club. About the notes, directed at an interracial couple, Brako said: "There have been many other incidents involving racism, but this was the one that crossed the line." Even despite Interracial Awareness Week, which ran Oct. 16 to 19, Brako said, "This will not be the last event involving this." The idea of the awareness week was to promote diversity. "We are trying to see what we can do as an organization to combat racism," Brako said. "It does exist here at Winona, but many times it is hidden."
Reporter: Alyssa Franklin
Background: Probe starting into racial hate notes
How are shopping, beer linked? On same program WINONA, Minn., Oct. 24, 2006 -- A Winona State University physics prof, Nathan Moore, will discuss the science of shopping in a campus lecture. Statistical physics offers insights into finding quick, efficient ways to navigate the aisles on busy Saturday morning grocery expeditions, Moore said. The lecture is part of the How Science Matters series at Winona State. After Moore, geoscience prof Toby Dogwiler will discuss the geology of beer. Dogwiler said he will trace the evolution of beer brewing, including styles of beers and how different types of beer can be traced to both local customs in beer making and the chemistry of the water source. Thus, the local bedrock geology and associated aquifers have influenced local beer styles, he said.
Date: Thursday, Oct. 26
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Wednesday,
Cost: Stark Auditorium
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WSU prof exhibits large acrylicsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 25, 2006 -- A Winona State University art prof, Seho Park, has mounted a series of large acrylic paintings in a Winona State exhibit in Watkins Hall. Park's paintings are composed of gestural brushstrokes layered over the entire canvas, with .color as form,
Date: Through Wednesday, Nov. 15
Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays
Place: Paul Watkins Gallery
Cost: Free
Contact: Anne Plummer at (507) 457-5395 |
"LP," 2006
A 30-inch by 30-inch acrylic on canvas painting intended to move the viewer's eye in a continuous, exuberant path. |
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Physics prof: Atmospheric gases create crisesWINONA, Minn., Oct. 24, 2006 -- Global warming is the reason Hurricane Katrina was so devastating, according to Winona State University physicist Richard Shields. In a presentation last week Shields blamed the warming on the Industrial Revolution that began in the mid-1600s, when humankind learned to use fossil fuels. The rise in intensity of natural disasters comes from the rise in the level of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Shields said. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is higher than it has ever been in recorded history, Shields said, and the reason is because the world is using more fossil fuels. Nearly every American has at least one car, and most of those cars burn gasoline, which leads to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, Shields said. Shields said that at current rates the planet is "going to burn 80 percent of its oil in 14 years." However, he added, alternate energy sources are being researched.
Shields said ethanol, a corn-based fuel, is one of the more significant immediate alternatives to gasoline, which is a fossil fuel. Solar, wind and hydraulic power are other ways to decrease a dependency on oil, he said.
Shields expressed concern about the hole in the ozone, a high-atmophere player that filters skin-damaging ultraviolet rays. In the mid 1990s, perhaps just in time, the United States started banning chemicals that caused the holes to grow, he said. Slowly the planet's ozone layer is starting to go back to its "equilibrium," Shields said. He shared a "personal theory" that any problem the planet is put into the planet can find a way to recover from. Shields said he is optimistic about the planet's condition. If people decide they would like the planet to recover, Shields said, they will start to switch to more energy-efficient sources.
Reporter: Charlie Moburg |
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Protest planned at SMU gates ahead of debateWINONA, Minn., Oct. 23, 2006 -- Student Democrats at Winona State University plan to demonstrate against the public being barred from a debate between Congressional candidates Gil Gutknecht and Tim Walz. Emily Maguire, vice president of the campus Democrats, blamed Gutknecht, the six-term incumbent, for insisting that the debate be closed. "We will be carrying signs and wearing blindfolds to show that Gil is keeping us in the dark," Maguire said. The debate is scheduled for 4 p.m., Tuesday, at St. Mary's University. Originally only reporters were to be allowed to attend with radio and television coverage delayed until the next day. At St. Mary's insistence, its students and faculty later were aallowed to attend but nobody else.
Why the debate is off-limits to the general public is unclear. Gutknecht's people claim there is a standing agreement to eight debates during the campaign-- six open, two closed. Walz people have said that Walz has always favored open debate. At Winona State, Maguire blames Gutknecht for the restrictions. "We want access to our candidates," she said, noting that none of the debates so far has been in the Winona area. "Listening later on the radio is not enough," she said. Maguire empahsized that the demonstration would be peaceful.
Deonstrators will gather at Winona State at 2:45 p.m. for car-pooling to the Highway 14 entrance to St. Mary's, she said. To those arranging their own transportation, she said: "Be there by or before 3 p.m. Gutknecht is expected 3:30 to 3:45." It is possible that St. Mary's could raise barricades from other campus entry points for Gutknecht and Walz, but that is a contingency that Magurie did not address in sending a planning message to supporters. Maguire said demonstrators may hang around until after the debate "so Gutknecht sees us on his way out." Magurie said the demonstration will not be on SMU property.
Background: Gutknecht, Walz to debate before SMU students
Background: Races that campus people are watching
WSU Republicans invite House Speaker SviggumWINONA, Minn., Oct. 24, 206 -- The speaker of the Minnesota House, Steve Sviggum, will at Winona State University as a guest speaker, the campus Republican Club announced. Sviggum, first elected in 1978, is from Kenyon in Goodhue County.
Mayor concerned over train safteyWINONA, Minn., Oct. 17, 2006-- Mayor Jerry Miller has asked the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad for information concerning the safety of people who live along the right-of-way if rail traffic increases damatically, as planned. Miller said he wrote a letter to the railraod after a meeting in Rochester, Minn, at which concerns about train wrecks with hazardous material near downtown hopitals was on the agenda. Miller said that safety in Winona is just as important as in Rochester. Miller said that despite dozons of DM&E derailments in recent years, there haven't been any major accidents. But, he added, it's only a matter of time before something goes wrong. Miller reminded City Council members at a recent meeting that hundreds Winona State University students live along the railroad tracks. Many Winona houses, he said, are within 100 ft of the tracks.
The rairoad's plan is to add more trains to Winona daily from Wyoming coal fields. The increase in trains, Miller said, would add to street congestion at crossings.
Reporter: Danette Gunther
Accounting prof co-authors budget case studyWINONA, Minn., Oct,. 24, 2006 -- A Winona State Universiuty accounting prof, Gloria McVay, and David Cooke, chief financial officer at Park Nicollet Health Services, wrote an article, "Beyond Budgeting in an IDS: The Park Nicollet Experience," in the journal Healthcare Financial Management.
Two probes under way into Ouellette residencyWINONA, Minn., Monday, Oct. 23, 2006 -- The investigator ordered to trail City Council candidate Todd Ouellette in order to verify his residency was from the Winona County Attorney's office, according to Assistant County Attorney Kevin O'Laughlin. In a phone interview Monday, O'Laughlin said that the county attorneyÕs office had received concerns regarding OuelletteÕs residency and sent an investigator to verify the location of the Ward Two candidate's home. O'Laughlin confirmed taht the investigator, whom he refused to name, followed Ouellette and witnessed him operate a vehicle after Tuesday night's League of Women Voters forum at City Hall, and then relayed the information to Sheriff's Deputy Ron Averbeck, who cited Ouellette for driving with a revoked license. O'Laughlin verified previous reports that the county attorneyÕs office requested that the sheriffÕs department investigate Ouellette, who has said he lives "in a car in Ward Two."
Two investigations into Ouellette's residency are under underway, OÕLaughlin said. "We've asked the sheriff's office, and the sheriff's office did have Investigator Averbeck assisting on the matter, but we also have a person internally in our own office who is assisting on the matter as well." O'Laughlin said that the investigation is still ongoing, since Ouellette's residency has yet to be determined. "I'm not going to go into how the investigation is proceeding," O'Laughlin said. "But I can tell you that the investigation is proceeding."
O'Laughlin said that the county attorney's office has obligations under Minnesota election laws to investigate election concerns and that Ouellette, who denied operating a vehicle after the forum, could easily put an end to the matter by revealing where he lives. "Mr. Ouellette could announce where he lives and where his car is parked in about 10 seconds," O'Laughlin said. "That would resolve much of the concern and much of the issue real quick."
Reporter: Matt Huss
Background: Sheriff: County attorney wanted Ouellette checked
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Winter parking rules in effect TuesdayWINONA, Minn., Oct. 23, 2005 -- The Winona aternate-side parking ordinance goes into effect at 1 a.m., Nov. 1. The ordinance
CITY CODE 61.56
ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING
No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle on any street or in Municipal Parking Lots 1 and 3 in the city on any day from November 1st to April 1st between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., except as hereinafter provided:
On even-numbered calendar dates vehicles may be parked on the near
side of the street adjacent to lots and houses which have been assigned
even numbers in accordance with Section 25.06 of this Code;
On odd-numbered calendar dates vehicles may be parked on the near
side of the street adjacent to lots and houses which have been assigned
odd numbers in accordance with Section 25.06 of this Code.
On even-numbered calendar dates vehicles may be parked in Municipal
Parking Lot 1 on Second Street between Center Street and Lafayette
Street between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.
On odd-numbered calendar dates vehicles may be parked in Municipal Pa |
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