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AFTON GLANDER. Freshman, 5-4, guard, From Alma, Wis., Valedictorian, Presidential Award winner, conference all-academic. Basketball: first team all-state, all-star game participant. Three-time all-Northwest, all-area, four-time all-conference, 1,000-point scorer, four-time team best Offensive-defensive player, team captain. Volleyvball: All-area, all-conference, team best defensive player, team captain. Track and field: State participant in long jump, all-conference in 100, 200, 4x200 relay and long jump, team Captain. Softball: All-conference, team captain.

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KELSEY HOMEOOD. Junior, 5-6, guard, From Iowa City, Iowa, (Regina/Kirkwood Community College). Junior College: Member of Division II junior college national champion team. High school: Two-time all-state, Iowa City, Iowa athlete of the year, three-time all-district, four-time all-conference, two-time team aaptain.

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PAISLEY LARSON. Freshman, 5-foot-8, guard, From Kingsland High, Spring Valley, Minn. Three-time all-state, five-time all-conference. Conference all-time leading scorer for both girls and boys. Three-time team captain.

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TONI LIND. freshman, 5-9, guard. From Mabel-Canton High, Rushford, Minn. Academic all-s, four-time conference all-academic, all-state, three-time all-conference, conference player of the year, Mabel-Canton female athlete of the year, two-time most valuable player, two-time team captain.

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JENNY STEFFEN. Junior, 5-10, guard. From DePere, Wis. (Grand Valley State University in Michigan). Grand Valley: Member of 2005-06 NCAA Division II national champion team. High school: Two-year class president, four-year student council representative, three-year member of National Honor Society, Bellin Sports Medicine female athlete of the year, Lund Memorial Scholarship recipient. Basketball: Member of 25-2 and state championship team, two-time all-state, WCA all-star, four-time all-conference, all-time leading scorer, two-time team captain. Cross country: Sectional qualifier cross country. Track and field:: Sectional qualifier.

Cops put sudden end to loud party

Driver sober but not passengers

Prof evaluations flawed, changes proposed

$191,000 pay-off in failed Indiana search

Panel: Privacy law needs reinterpretation

Candidate seeks "marginal daily" change

WINONA, Minn., May 24, 2007 -- Business dean candidate Geofrey Mills would work at marginal daily improvements" in running the Winona State University business college, he said in an open forum. Mills emphasized efficiency, money, and gradual change. "If someone came in here and said that they were going to create the Harvard business school, I'd run like hell," Mills said. Asked about the proposed new building for the College of Business, the first question put to Mills, he said: "Where's the money?" He suggested improving the College of Business' connections with business professions on regional and national levels as an effective means of fundraising. "If the goal doesn't fit the resources, it's a pipe dream," said Mills bluntly. MORE Accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business is a "basic goal" towards building such relationships, he said. Mills said his strength was "working in unsettled environments to make transitions." AACSB accreditation could be a key part of the "phase transition" that he believes the College of Business is undergoing. Even so, Mills called AACSB accreditation "a low standard." He did not discuss opposing opinions towards pursuing accreditation. MORE Besides accreditation, Mills did not present any goals he would make incremental changes towards if hired. "You don't have a lot to overcome in terms of organizational design structures, curriculum, or graduate work," Mills said. MORE The majority of Mills' concerns involved business college and university administration. He said he saw the job of business dean as largely administrative. Mills did not address student issues at Winona State at all. MORE Mills has been involved in academic administration for 25 years, most recently as academic vice president at Notre Dame University-Louiaze in Beirut, Lebanon. Earlier he directed the College of Business Administration at the University of Northern Iowa through AACSB accreditation and reaccreditation in 1993 and 1998. MORE In the open forum Mills said he would spend four days a week in office and one day out or "externally." Mills focus on internal work differs markedly from the other two candidates, Charles Kroncke of South Florida-Lakeland and Bill Murphy of Winona State. Kroncke and Murphy stressed external funding, contacts and relations as an important aspect of the dean's job. Although Mills acknowledged that a dean was responsible for making business contacts, he said there was a "gray zone" in defining external and internal duties. MORE What would he to do with all of his internal time? He likened his "marginal daily improvements" the theory to a book written a page a day. With that daily improvement, said Mills, will come gradual progress and for progress he looks toward faculty. "I have an understanding of what it takes for faculty to make progress," he said and. What does it take? Time, adequate resources, such as travel money and software, and peace of mind by the faculty, he said. Faculty need to believe that the college is going to invest in them and that they will be awarded if successful and held harmless for failure, added Mills. MORE Mills seemed less imbued with accreditation than earlier candidates. Accreditation is mainly up to the faculty, he said. "Accreditation should be a basic not a strategic goal and schools should be meeting requirements anyway," he accused. While accreditation was one of the biggest challenges noted by the two other candidates, Mills said identifying the future of the school was a bigger challenge. "We need a vision that's within our resources," he said and added that that vision needs to meet the needs of the students and the Winona community. MORE Asked how he would approach constructing the proposed business building, Mills said he would rely on the capital cycle to allot money to the school before any major decisions. Fundraising would be needed also, he added. Mills suggested holding an architectural competition to garner the best design aesthetically and technologically. MORE Mills called himself well suited for the deanship because he was accustomed to "working in unstable environments to make progress." Minutes before, however, he said the business college at Winona State was comfortable and didn't "have a lot to overcome." He said: "I'm sure the college turns out students who get good jobs and become happy alums."

GEOFREY MILLS From Notre Dame in Beirut Mills has been involved in academic administration for 25 years, on three continents, including assistant and associate dean of business at the University of Northern Iowa from 1983 to 2000. He was academic vice president and busisness dean at the American College of Greece from 2000 to 2006. Currently he is academic vice president at Notre Dame University- Louaize in Beirut, Lebanon. He directed the business college at Northern Iowa through AACSB accreditation and reaccreditation in 1993 and 1998. Mills earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in economics from the University of Illinois. He taught at St. Bonaventure University from 1976 to 1981 and at the State University of New York at Geneseo from 1981 to 1983. He has also served as a visiting professor and a Fulbright Scholar at universities in Rome, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Korea and Norway. In his application materials Mills cited a "long-standing, deep, broad and passionate commitment to international education, multi- culturalism and the globalization of higher education."

Legislature OKs 3% annual state pay hike

Democrats cast doubt on Sallie Mae stock sale

Split gives Cloquet Indians control of campus

Fire claims Chicken Ridge strip joint

Lectures planned aboard WSU riverboat

• June 16: "An Evening with the Birds," led by Mike Kennedy, 4 p.m. Cost: $17-$26

• June 30: "The Multidimensional River," led by Reggie McLeod, 1 p.m. $17-$26

• July 7: "Meet the Mississippi," led by Cal Fremling, 1 p.m. $17-$26

• July 28: "Meet the Mississippi," again led by Fremling, 1 p.m. $17-$26

• July 28: "Photographing the Mississippi," led by Allen Blake Sheldon, 4 p.m. $25-$32

• Aug. 4: "The Multidimensional River," again led by McLeod, 1 p.m. $17-$26

Book-seller worries about books' future

Ex-con: Drop Golfview robbery charges

Surveys: Students consider majors first

Latest candidate experienced at deanships

WINONA, Minn., May, 22, 2007 -- a candidate for Winona State University business dean, Charles Kroncke, said he would re-evaluate the mission and vision of the business college and that re-evaluation would start by listening to the faculty. Kroncke, in academics more than 40 years, said if hired he would begin by talking with each faculty member and discussing their individual professional progress report from the past year That discussion would be repeated every year, he added. In addition, Kroncke said in an open forum for students, faculty and staff, he would organize a two-day or three-day retreat at which faculty would discuss where the school is going and give the curriculum a "completely new look." MORE This is the 21st century, he said, and it's "quite a different world." The business school needs to ask itself if it's "delivering the kinds of progress that will make us successful in the future," said Kroncke. MORE Kroncke's focus on faculty stemmed from a question by business prof Dan Sauers who asked Kroncke how he would handle faculty who were actively working against accreditation. Noting that accreditation by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business is both a goal and challenge for the incoming dean, Kroncke replied that it was a moral dilemma that the new dean would have to face. Kroncke said he would "have to change the hearts of those people" who don't want accreditation. Of those against accreditation he said they have a "moral obligation not to actively fight the changes that are desired by the leaders." MORE Kroncke said the overall structure of the business school needs to change. Writing is one key aspect of that change, he said. "I want to see writing infused at every level," said Kroncke. Not only is writing a must, he said, but professors need to read what the students are writing, talk with and have the students correct and resubmit their work. Writing is part of a "critical examination" and a focus on liberal arts that Kroncke called for. MORE He said students need to communicate, present, understand global economics and be able to read financial statements as well as write. "In four years," Kroncke said, "we need to increase the students' human capital" to increase their potential to be hired and that is done through liberal arts. In addition, he said he would increase course evaluations, institute teacher evaluations and organize a student advisory board. MORE Kroncke's new focuses stemmed from his desire to change business education into management education. Because of the broad spectrum that students with a business education get hired into, "we're not teaching business, we're teaching management," he said. MORE Kroncke said experiences he's had at previous universities will help him if hired at Winona State. "I've worked on the accreditation process many times," he said. Kroncke also noted that money would be an issue, especially in funding the business building proposed by the university president. To fund the building, he said, he would look to the private sector. Kroncke said there are alumni out there who would be willing to fund a building and the college needs to find them. MORE Kroncke was the second finalist to be interviewed by the search committee. The first finalist, Winona State prof Bill Murphy, was interviewed last week last week. The third and last finalist is Geofrey Mills. The public forum with Mills: Date: Thursday, May 24 Time: 9:45 a.m. Place: Somsen 213A The three finalists make up the third search for a business dean. The first search failed last fall when the only finalist to be interviewed said no. The second search failed in February after that finalist also turned down the job.

CHARLES KRONCKE 40 years in academics In more than 40 years in academe, Kroncke has mostly been in dean or director positions. Currently he is special assistant to the president and campus executive officer of the University of South Florida-Lakeland. Kroncke holds a bachelor's in economics and business from St. John’s University in Minnesota, a master's in business administration from University of Pittsburgh and doctorate finance,from the University of Minnesota. Kroncke has been dean of business at Auburn University, University of Texas-Dallas, St. John’s University of New York, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. He has been associate dean at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

Head injuries up in college sports

WSU prof named counselor of year

WINONA, Minn., May 21, 2007 -- Winona State University counselor education prof Mary Fawcett has been named the the state post-secondary counselor of the year by the Minnesota School Counselors Association. Fawcett has been at Winona State since 1998.

MARY FAWCETT With one of her nominators, Robin Alcala Saner, at the l MSCA conference in Brainerd, Minn.

Solons send trim college funding plan

Cops find bombs in car for Falwell funeral

Virginia Tech leader: Threat not clear at first

Nursing groups praises WSU faculty

Need a quick term paper? Don't ask Google

MIT to consider Darfur divestment

Heads roll in student-loan scandals

City OKs pedestrian underpass planning

WSU prof judges science grants

Barrone top regional baseball player

WAYNE, Neb., May 19, 2007 -- Winona State University senior catcher Ben Barrone has been named the Rawlings/ABCA All-Central baseball player of the year. Barrone, who leads the NCAA Division 2 in home runs, helped the Warriors to a Central Region tournament berth, a Northern Sun conference championship and a 29-15 record. Barrone was the only WSU player to be named to the All-Central first team. Junior outfielder Mike Wendland and junior pitcher Bryan Ruff were selected to the second team. MORE Barrone finished the Warrior season with 27 home runs, which tied him for fifth on the NCAA Division 2 All-time single-season list. That was also a single-season Winona State record. His 43 career home runs as a Warrior is another WSU record. Barrone did play one season for Minnesota State-Mankato and hit two home runs to give him 45 for his collegiate career. Background: MSU-Mankato 8, WSU 1

BEN BARRONE Division 2 All-Central player of year

Death claims U.S. News' college ranker

SMU receives continued accreditation

Three killed in campus-town shootings

Intelligent Design advocate loses tenure bid

BASEBALL (MEN'S) DIVISION 2 REGIONALS MAY 18, 2007 MSU-Mankato 8, WSU 1

Season ends downbeat for Warriors

Services skills day camp at WSU

November 2008 contests in early start

Democratic national convention, Aug. 25-28, Denver
Republican national convention, Sept. 1-4, Minneapolis

Bill to ease tuition for illegal immigrants

WSU tennis players make academic list

BASEBALL (MEN'S) DIVISION 2 REGIONALS MAY 17, 2007 Central Missouri 7, WSU 2

Warriors fall into losers' bracket

Lecture set on mothering fat kids

• Sept 19: Prof Linda D’Amico on finding from her Fulbright Fellowship to Bolivia at the Universidad de San Simon.

• Sept 26: Steve Richardson, former academic vice president. and his artist wide Cathy Richardson on the revival of the studio art glass movement.

• Oct. 3: Judith Ramaley, university president, and Sally Johnstone, academic vice president Johnstone, their topic to be determined.

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• Oct. 10: Student Senate, the topic to be determined.

• Oct. 17: American Democracy Project, the topic to be determined.

• Oct. 24: Prof Sharon Mansur on her cultural and artistic experiences in the west Africa country of Benin.

• Oct. 31: Profs Bruno Borsari and Chuck Ripley on their summer course focused on the Mississippi River aboard the university launch River Explorer.

• Nov. 7: Prof Eric Brisson, with a lecture-recital from the classical piano repertoire.

• Nov. 13: Prof Greg Schmidt and Brian Ohmn the Western”movie genre as an influenced on 1950s McCarthyism and the political ideology of the Cold War.

Charges face WSU pair after lark

Internal candidate eyes external funding

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Jimmy John's sub shop opening on Third

WINONA, Minn., May 16, 2006 -- After a year of planning, Winona State University grad Chris McClellan and buddy Troy Finnigan have installed a kitchen and booths for a Jimmy John's Gourmet Subs shop downtown. They plan to open June 5. The shop will be next to Rascals bar.

SANDWICH SHOP BRAND 155 E. Third St.

Bush swipes at anti-ROTC campuses

Skidmore grad arrested for phone threat

Search chair surfaces as dean candidate

WINONA, Minn., May 16, 2007 -- Winona State University will hold an open forum with its own Bill Murphy, who is a finalist in the ongoing search for a dean of business. Murphy, currently the business college's marketing chair, is one of three candidates in this the third round of searches for the dean. Two previous searches failed when candidates said no. MORE As an 18-year veteran at Winona State, Murphy has been the director of the College for Kids program for the past five years. He also active in the Winona Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber honored him as its Volunteer of the Year in 2001. Murphy has spent more than 30 years in higher ed. Before WInona State he was at Western Kentucky, Pittsburg State and Northeast Louisiana. MORE Ironically, Murphy co-chaired the past two search committees. The other co-chair, liberal arts Dean Troy Paino, was unavailable for an interview the morning before the forum but in February he told reporters that the committee set the bar high for candidates. That high bar may have resulted in a lack of candidates, he said in an earlier interview with a reporter. MORE The search for a business dean has spanned almost a year now with the two failed searches. A marketing professor from the Arkansas-Fayetteville declined the position last fall and the business dean from Wisconsin River-Falls withdrew her candidacy in February. Looking back at the two failed searches, Paino said in February he would have recommended to the committee that the bar not be set so high. In February, Paino admitted that deanships are usually not hard to fill. He noted that Winona State faculty could apply but noted that a lot of professors don't want to give up their flexible hours, teaching and research time. The open forum: Date: Wednesday, May 16 Time: 1:30 p.m. Place: Somsen 321

BILL MUPRHY Seeking deanship after 18 years on faculty

Fire damages East Mark house

Report: Sophs are WSU's neglected class

Hit-run warrant issued against soldier

Sociologist awarded SMU special degree

BASEBALL (MEN'S) NORTHERN SUN TOURNAMENT MAY 12, 2007 WSU 9, Wayne State 7

Warriors fall into losers' bracket

WAYNE, Neb., May 12, 2007 -- Ben Barrone hit a pair of home runs and drove in five runs to help lead Winona State University to a 9-7 win over Wayne State in the championship game of the Northern Sun conference baseball tournament. The victory automatically qualifies Winona State for the NCAA Division 2 regional tournament. Barrone broke the single-season Winona State home run record in the bottom of the eighth when he launched his 26th round tripper, a three-run blast to left. The hit broke a 6-6 tie and give the Warriors the lead for good. Earlier Barrone hit his 25th home run, which was his 41st and broke the Winona State career home run record. MORE It was a two-run shot in the first inning that helped Winona State take a 4-3 lead after Wayne State scored three runs in the top half of the first. Wayne State regained the lead with two runs in the fourth and made it a 6-4 game with a lone run in the fifth. But Winona State came back to cut the lead on a sacrifice fly by Ronnie Olson in its half of the fifth. MORE In the eighth Olson led off with a walk and, after a failed sacrifice bunt attempt, went to second on a wild pitch. Brett Maxwell then plated Olson with a single to right. Wayne State did not help itself with an error that allowed Maxwell to reach second on Dru Mickelson's ground ball. Barrone then followed with the game-winning blast. Barrone added more heroic exploits by coming in to pitch the ninth. Barrone did give up a run, but came up with a strikeout for the final out of the game and was credited with the save. MORE Donny Erdall, the third of four Winona State pitchers, was credited with the victory. Background: Statistics

BEN BARRONE Two homers, five runs

TRACK AND FIELD (WOMEN'S) NORTHERN SUN CHAMPIONSHIPS MAY 12, 2007 Mary 210 (1st), MSU-Moorhead (2nd), WSU 115 (3rd), Wayne State 93 (4th), Bemidji State 55 (5th), Northern State 30 (6th), Concordia of State Paul 15 (7th)

Warriors break three school marks

MOORHEAD, Minn., May 12, 2007 -- Winona State University broke three Warrior records and placed third in the Northern Sun conference women n's track and field championships. Jess Devine had a hand in two of the records. Devine placed second in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.45 seconds. She teamed up with Samantha Lisowski, Nikki Olson and Nicci Johnson in placing second in the 4x100-meter relay in 48.45 seconds. The other record also came in a relay event, with Adi Luedtke, Lisa Meyer, Theresa Pawelko and Jennifer Bradford finishing second in the 4x400 at 3:55.56. MORE Bradford was also second in the 400-meter dash at 58.7 and Nicole Lonning was second in the shot put at 42 feet, 8 inches. Third for the Warriors was Pawelko in the 800-meter run at 2:19.08, Allie Glasbrenner in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 12:5.90, and Chelsey Brown in the shot put 40-11 3/4. MORE Winona State did not field a men's team.

JESS DEVINE Two school records

WSU uninvolved in loan kickbacks

Pedestrian struck, injured; driver flees

WINONA, Minn., May 9, 2007 -- When the California band Cake performed at Winona State University, their contract called for enough backstage and hotel provisions to stock a small organic grocery store. A review of the fine fine print in the 23-page contract provided a $40,000 guarantee for the April 21 performance plus, on even days of the month: • Small sealed bottles of mayo and mustard. • Four organic Haas avocados. • Hot smoked trout and salmon (not lox), gourmet cheeses vegetables and bread. • Soy Chai (five small individual packages). • Amy's frozen breakfast or other burritos three vegetables and three others. MORE On odd-number days: • Six "Balance", "Go-Lean" or "Cliff" energy bars. Chocolate, peanut butter, banana and almond. • Five small packages of Primal strips, Tofurky jerky or other vegetarian jerky. • One jar of organic (non hydrogenated) peanut butter or raw almond butter. • Newman's own lightly buttered microwave popcorn. • One package of Flakey Flix cookies (preferably vanilla, chocolate OK). MORE The some of the following items or "snack items" should be placed in the dressing includes: • One six pack of Coke. • Fruit plate with all organic fruit such as Fuji apples, bananas, nectarines, tangelos and pears. • Six Honest tea or Tazo brand iced tea beverages (single serving sizes!). • Mixed deli sandwiches or deli tray (suitable for four to five people) with cheese, crackers with predominately white meats (grilled turkey and chicken), roasted or grilled vegetables and smoked marinated tofu. • Eight cans of Red Bull. MORE The contract specified, in all-caps, "ABSOLUTELY NO PIZZA" in their catering menu. MORE More routine were contract specifications for equipments, stage size and security guards, two to the right of the stage, two to thw left, and six i n front of stage.

CAKE CONCERT The nonsense that concert organizers put up with JOE REED WSU student activities director and concert organizer Reed declined access to the Cake contract to a reporter even though the $40,000 concert guarantee was with with student activity funds. Reed offered no explanation, just that he wouldn't do it. Under state open-record laws, such documents must be available to any citizen for review. The contract was provided only after a reporter filed a request to university Vice President Scott Ellinghuysen.

Governor vetoes higher-ed funding

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 8, 2007 -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed the two-year higher-ed funding plan that had passed both houses of the legislature by a wide margin. Pawlenty, a Republican, said the bill would provide too much on-going spending. The governor also expressed displeasure that the Legislature had not included several of his own higher-ed spending priorities. Also, Pawlenty didn't like a provision that would require two members of labor on the now business- and industry-dominated governing board of the Minnesota state college system of which Winona State and Southeast Tech are part. MORE The veto stirred howls from legislators and higher-ed interests. Faculty lobbyist Russ Stanton expressed dismay at Pawlenty's charge about the Legislature's plan to increase higher-ed sending. Much of the new moneuy in a $95 million increase would have funded Pawlenty initiatives, Stanton said, although he noted that the Pawlenty programs would have been one-time expenditures. Faculty and other higher-ed interests had made a case with legislators that one-time projects further undermine the ongoing funding needs for higher education by starving campuses of inflation adjustment money. The veto, critics said, seems more generated by Pawlenty being peeved that his pet projects did not get all the legislative support he had proposed. MORE Other Pawlenty critics accused him of being veto-happy after losing sway with the Legislature after the Democratic resurgence in the November elections. Pawlenty's red ink on the higher-ed buikll is his fifth veto of a major budget bill from the Legislature. He has threatened more. MORE What now? There could be an attempt to override the veto, especially considering the wide enough margin the higher-ed bill had in both houses, specially the House. Another scenario is a back-room compromise on all of the budget bills with a single mega-budget bill. MORE Among specific objections listed by Pawlenty for the veto: • The governor's self-labeled Achieve proposal was not funded. Pawlenty had wanted a $314 per course scholarship for high school students for taking advanced courses in high school. Instead, the Legislature had included a couple of small pilot programs. • The governor said the bill included "special interest" projects that would impede flexibility needed by the state college system governing board. This mystified Russ Stanton of the statewide professors' union: "Actually, the higher-education Bill has far less money in fenced line items than what the governor had proposed." • Pawlenty's Minnesota GI Bill would have been funded at less than he proposed. Legislators had concluded that there would be enough demand to use the money that the governor proposed, and, if demand exceeded expectations, more funding could be provided next year.

TIM PAWLENTY Critics call him "veto happy"

WSU names Rochester director

WINONA, Minn., May 8, 2007 -- A Wisconsin community-college administrator, Craig Johnson, has been named director of WInona State University operations at the Rochester Minn., campus. Johnson will be responsible for overall operational management, including marketing, student recruiting, and outreach. Johnson will begin in July. The appointment was announced by Christine Quinn, a university associate academic vice president for Rochester. MORE Johnson currently is campus administrator at Moraine Park Technical College in West Bend, Wis. Since 2000 Mr. Johnson has provided general supervision of campus operations, Earlier he was an administrator at the University of Minnesota. He taught at Winona State in the mid 1980s. Johnson holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a master's and a doctorate in in higher-ed administration from the University of Minnesota, as well as a second master's in art history from Tulane University.

CRAIG JOHNSON WSU's new Rochester director

MSU-Moorhead goes tobacco-free

Senate OKs 12.5% college funding hike

WSU exec to national presidency

WINONA, Minn., May 6, 2007 -- The chief administrator at the Winona State University operation in Rochester, Christine Quinn, has been elected president of the National Association of Branch Campus Administrators. Quinn, at Winona State six years, is an associate academic vice president. Her doctorate, from the University of Minnesota, involved partnership development and innovative curriculum design and delivery.

CHRISTINE QUINN National office

Employees average $200 in WSU gifts

Compromise reached for higher-ed funding

WSU dorm probe finds lapses galore

WINONA, Minn., May 4, 2007 -- The long-awaited Reis report into the Tau-Maria dorm mess that ignited a student revolt this spring at Winona State found lapses galore, including an exploitation of student knowledge about how the system works and running rough-shod over student rights. The report said that disciplinary warnings to student dorm supervisors must be "standardized and subsequently followed." Lapses in the firing of four dorm supervisors in February had been in an ambush group interview by campus dorms chief Paula Scheevel, in violation of employment practices and without a scintilla of counsel on appeal procedures. The Reis panel said in the report that it didn't see the lapses as malicious but that they needed to be corrected. MORE The report was filed last week by the chair of the investigation, Winona State alum Mick Reis, and released five days later by university President Judith Ramaley. The release was in an e-mail message to students. Ramaley did not issue a copy to the news media, consistent with her efforts to control information from the university that reflects negatively on her. The report was solution-oriented, not fault-finding, in its thrust. Even so, without naming Ramaley, the report fund communication lapses "at the highest level." MORE The report was drafted Mick Reis, a recent graduate of DePaul University who majored in business in two years at Winona State. He was prominent as a student senator. MORE The report was commissioned by Ramaley, who first underestimates the level of student dissatisfaction with fairness and due process when Scheevel fired the dorm supervisors. Angry at a deaf ear from Ramaley, students senators lodged a complaint with state Chancellor Jim McCormick. He instructed Ramaley to investigate. Meanwhile, a 10-day hunger strike riveted attention of a worried McCormick on the mess, which he was hoping wouldn't catch the attention i=of the Twin Cities or national news media. It didn't. There also was a petition with 116 student signatures. A Facebook site for student outrage cropped up spontaneously. MORE The Reis panel's members had no direct connection with the dorm firings or subsequent disciplinary threats against sympathetic fellow student employees. Ramaley did, however, craft the Reis committee's charge narrowly to focus on less explosive issues -- like where communication went wrong.

MICK REIS Chaired limited-scope investigation

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Mom supported son's hunger strike TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE WSU COMMENCEMENT Remembering pajama bottoms at Mugby WINONA, Minn., May 4, 2007 -- College brings insights to students but also memories, the student commencement speaker at WIniona State University told fellow grads. Paul Warzecha on the official student attire of pajama pants and morning studies at the Mugby just-off-campus coffee shop. On a more serious note, Warzecha, an elementary-ed major, said the Class of 1007 would be stepping out of the university's auditorium doors, not on to a campus but into a world full of new challenges. Warzecha quoted John Mayer's song "Waiting on the World to Change," urging graduates to prove Mayer wrong by being agents of change in the world. The university's symphonic wind ensemble opened the ceremony playing the traditional "Pomp and Circumstance" as cameras strobed the river of students in black gowns, gold tassels and purple sashes flowing into Memorial Hall. The near-full capacity audience of proud mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, friends and relatives came to witness the 390-plus class of afternoon graduates. There also was a morning ceremony. MORE In his address Warzecha remembered dropping off his older brother at Winona State in 1998 and wondering about the changes his brother would go through. Five years later Warzecha made that same trip to Winona from Cambridge, Minn., in his brother's old car, feeling surrounded by change. He said goodbye to his family and experienced firsthand what his brother must have felt. PAUL WARZECHA Student speaker Reporter: Ezra Firkins Background: Two students to address WSU grads TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE VERBATIM THE CYBERINDEE IS YOUR NEWS SOURCE OF RECORD WSU dorm review finds "multiple lapses" WINONA, Minn., May 4, 2007 -- This is the report of the Reis Review Panel, which examined a narrow window of the failures that contributed to ongoing student dissatisfaction this spring with dorm governance practices at Winona State University: TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: President Judith Ramaley Michael Reis, Review Panel Chair April 30, 2007 Review Panel Report MORE At the request of President Judith Ramaley and WSUSA President Carl Soderberg, a review panel was formed to examine and discuss the series of reactions and concerns that developed in response to the termination of four student employees (Resident Assistants) early this spring semester. The panel was comprised of Chris Humble, Director of Enrollment Services at Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical, Shari Klippenstein, former Dean of Student at St. Mary's University of Minnesota, Justin McMartin, state chair of the Minnesota State Universities Student Association (MSUSA), and Shannah Moore, Communications Director for MSUSA. The review panel was chaired by Michael Reis, a graduate of DePaul University, a former WSU student and parliamentarian. MORE The purview of this panel was to identify problematic communication trends surrounding the termination of four Resident Assistants (RAs). The review panel did not dwell on the details of the personnel actions other than to identify what distinguished this situation from those before it. This deliberation focused centrally on communication that took place between university staff, the four former employees, and the residence hall students after the fact. The review panel did not address the legitimacy of the terminations themselves. MORE The panel met on April 10, 2007 and conducted interviews with the following people: • Paula Scheevel, Director of Residence Life • Ruth Schroeder, Acting Vice President of Student Affairs • Tamara Merkouis, Tau-Maria Hall Director • Brandon Nagel, WSU Student • The four terminated RAs (unnamed by request) • Tess Arrick-Kruger, WSU Legal Services • Carl Soderberg, WSUSA President MORE In the interest of transparency, the review panel also allowed an open forum period. This was attended by two WSU students, Josh Martin (Student Senator) and Chad Richardson (IRHC President). The panel also received several emails and letters from WSU Students. MORE The review panel met a second time on April 27, 2007 to finalize recommendations in this report. These recommendations were arrived at by consensus and articulated in this report by the review panel chair, Michael Reis. MORE Recommendations 1. There are several areas in training that appear to be lacking. This lapse has occurred on all levels, from student leaders to high administration. There is a general lack of knowledge of students' rights in the MnSCU system, as well as familiarity with existing grievance procedures. • There should be increased training on how to effectively communicate FERPA and other personal issues, particularly legal limitation on disclosure. MORE • Some level of sensitivity training should be incorporated, to keep involved parties consistently aware of the human aspect, which is crucial when dealing with young people. This is also important because all events in a university setting should serve to educate and prepare students for life following college and so a certain level of compassion must be present, even in unpleasant situations. To create a nurturing educational process, students must be treated with respect and dignity, regardless of the circumstances. MORE 2. Residence Life must make certain that expectations of RAs are made clear at all times and the termination policy, including both possible causes and the process, are clearly and intricately discussed even as early as initial training. MORE 3. Residence Life must review and clarify all of its written documents regarding RA expectations and employment agreements. • Language must be clarified. Some documents are referred to as "contracts", which can be misleading when referring to at-will employees. • The "fish bowl" nature of the Resident Assistant's life should be clarified. Although the review panel is aware this is extensively discussed in training, we still recommend further discussion. Particularly, Residence Life must make explicit when RAs are accountable as RAs for their actions even when not on university property or even in the city of Winona itself. MORE • The warning procedures RAs must be standardized and subsequently followed. The review panel noted some inconsistency in this particular procedure, including verbal warnings being used as a substitute for the written warnings called for in the employee agreements. Although the panel does not believe these inconsistencies are intentionally malicious, it does lead to the appearance of impropriety. Once clarified, Residence Life must follow the same handling procedures for all cases. MORE 4. Winona State should create a "checklist" for handling the departure of Resident Assistants (not only in the case of dismissal, but also resignation or leaves due to illness, etc). Again, a standardized procedure should be created. The policy should address: • How residents are informed of the RA's departure. Numerous students expressed they would have appreciated being told by the departing RA in a floor meeting, rather than through email. Though this may not be appropriate in all cases, it should be an option in most cases. If a floor meeting is held, the review panel suggests the appropriate Hall Director and a representative from counseling services be involved in properly handling the meeting. MORE • How to protect both the RA and the university from criticism and outcry resulting from misinformation or no information at all. This returns to the earlier recommendation about increase training on how to sensitively and sincerely discuss FERPA-protected and other sensitive issues. Students will not be satisfied with trite clichés (e.g. "I can't respond, because of FERPA.") and so staff must be trained on how to respond to FERPA questions so as to genuinely address the person's concern, while not disclosing protected information. MORE •Develop a policy on how to handle the stabilization of the floor and transition to a new RA. The option of an "exit meeting" between the departing RA and appropriate Residence Life staff should be developed, to impart necessary information if the departing staff member is so inclined. Counseling services should also be made available to residents as needed. The review panel recognizes the importance of the RA in many residents' personal constellations and that the loss of that person can be upsetting and surprisingly disruptive. MORE • Address safety concerns arising from the departure. The university must have a way of identifying particularly volatile floors and a means of securing and stabilizing the situation. All students should feel safe at all times in their residence halls. If the floor has had a history of upsetting events, the departure of the RA may aggravate the situation and increase safety concerns for some residents. The university must approach replacing some RAs differently than others and have a mechanism for locating well-trained staff. The replacement RA is entering a formed but disrupted community and that brings different difficulties than beginning as an RA in fall to an inchoate floor community. MORE • Identify a uniform procedure for handling terminations. A well-defined decision making process should be identified. Some suggestions are quantifying investigation processes to some degree, as well as clarifying involvement of the Hall Director when the decision is made at a higher level, as well as how and when staff, particularly other RAs should be informed. • Notably, the road to termination must be clarified. The review panel suggests a policy that standardizes sit-down meetings between the relevant supervisor and trouble RAs, including written documentation these meetings occurred and the issues discussed, signed by both parities. If such a policy is developed, it must be followed uniformly. • Letters explaining termination must be issued upon request. MORE 5. The university must stress to its employees, including those at the highest level, the importance of considering student grievances, which are by nature significant, with an open and sincere attitude. Oversight must exist within the university community. • During an initial meeting where students are expressing their concerns, a supervisor should not immediately uphold their subordinates' decisions. A final verdict should not be reached at the same meeting the incident is reported. Although such a decision may be reasonable and valid, students will not feel listened to if they perceive no investigation has gone into their expressed concern. • A good faith attempt at arbitration at a higher level should be made to settle the dispute between student and staff, even if there is no formal appeals process. MORE 6. A grievance policy specific to Resident Assistants should be considered. Resident Assistants are unique among campus jobs. The financial benefits of being an RA make it incomparable to other on-campus employment therefore protections may be merited for RAs which would not be merited for other on-campus employees. • A review panel should examine both institutional and systemwide grievance and appeals procedures and determine if they are applicable to employment. • If inapplicable to employment, some method of appeal and oversight should be developed. MORE 7. Students must be better informed of their rights as students in MnSCU system. • MSUSA and WSUSA should aid in this education. • Students should be informed of all appeal rights whenever relevant (e.g. informing students of grade appeals procedures when discussing objection to a grade). Although informal methods may be discussed and advised, knowledge of the official procedure should always be imparted. • Students should be informed of the grievance procedures at the end of their termination meeting. Students should not have to explicitly ask for this information, particularly using esoteric terms. For example, a student should not have to say "how do I file a grievance?" to be informed of the process but should be informed if he or she asks "What can I do?" MORE 8. Winona State University should engage in a dialogue to quantify and clarify its internet usage policies, particularly regarding speech in electronic broadcast mediums. • Electronic modes of communication have rapidly changed in the last decade, as well as their acceptance in varying circles (e.g. email as a legal document). Speech on social networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook must be explicitly and clearly addressed and policy defined. This policy should be distributed to students through as many avenues as possible. MORE • The University is encouraged to take part of this discussion system wide and to seek advice and resources from other institutions and technical staff. • If expectations for student employees are different than those of other students, it should be unmistakably communicated in policy. • Returning to better training, training on the different generational perspectives of internet usage and the internet as a personal space is recommended. MORE As a general summary, the review panel encourages a greater level of training. This training is not only informational but also regarding a level of sensitivity and a gentle reminder of the university's mission to prepare students for the outside world. This educational component must be present in even the most unfortunate lessons. An emphasis in training on effective communication that is both unequivocal and kind is recommended. MORE Regarding policy, greater clarity and quantification is recommended. More quantified polices protect both students and the university. Standardized handling is vital to a community wherein every member feels equally treated and respected. MORE Students in these situations also require some degree of closure which can be brought about by some form of appeals process. Without this closure and belief their concerns have been heard, situations can spiral into larger debacles. The panel believes this lack of closure was a factor in this communication breakdown of this situation. Letters of termination that clearly iterate both the cause for dismissal and the available appeals process can help provide answers for students, as well as an atmosphere which assures students there is oversight of decisions, as well as consideration of their concerns. MORE The aforementioned recommendations have been made after careful review of the events following the Residence Life terminations and discussions with multiple interested parties. It is the hope of the review panel they will result in meaningful discussion in the Winona State community. NEWS GLOSSARY WSUSA: Winona State University Student Association, the elected entity to represent students resident assistant: dorm supervisor, usually a salaried student; informally called RAs Inter- Resident Hall Council: Elected student governing council for dorms; also known as IHRC Minnesota State Universities and Colleges: The state higher-ed system that includes seven state universities, community colleges and vocational colleges; known by the acronym MnSCU, pronounced "MINN-skew"; the system does not include the University of Minnesota nor its satellite campuses Residence Life: Campus-ese for dormitory administrative structure Tau-Maria halls: Dorms at the Winona State West Campus under a single administrator FERPA: Family Educational Rights an Privacy Act, a 1974 federal law designed to protect student privacy but which many universities use to seal a broad range of inconvenient information from public dissemination; also known as the Buckley Amendment Background: Probe filed on dorm dissatisfaction TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE WSU SECURITY REPORT WEEK ENDING MAY 5, 2007 MAY 1, 2007: At 2:21 p.m. a student reported the theft of an athletic bag and contents from the Athletic Training Office in Memorial Hall. MAY 1, 2007: At 9:14 p.m. a student reported that she was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance on campus several days earlier.Police were notified. TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE BASEBALL (MEN'S MAY 3, 2007 WSU 11, St. Cloud State 3 PHOTOGRAPHER: PAUL SOLBERG SAFE Winona State senior Kyle Rodenkirk reaches for the ball while Bruce Thompson, from St. Cloud State, touches first base." MORE Warriors end season 11-3 over St. Cloud WINONA, Minn., May 3, 2007 -- Winona State University closed out its home baseball schedule with an 11-3 nonconference victory over St. Cloud State University. Senior Ben Barrone led the Warrior charge with his 22nd and 23rd home runs of the season, both two-run round-trippers in the first eighth innings. Sam Henriksen also hit a solo home run in the sixth and added a two-run double in the seventh. Brett Maxwell added a pair of runs batted in and Ronnie Olson finished with two hits. Dan Burch, the first of four senior pitchers to take to the mound for the Warriors, was given credit for the victory. Burch and Matt O'Brien each pitched three innings, Lee Trocinski hurled a pair of frames and Barrone closed out the game by striking out the side in the ninth. Background: Statistics TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE 49 grads cited as leaders in WSU majors WINONA, Minn., May 3, 2007 -- In a recognition ceremony, certificates were presented to 49 Winona State University grads who were selected by the faculty in their respective departments as the outstanding student.Deans of the university's five colleges made the presentations: MORE Elise Avers, German Jason Bauman, nursing Christopher Beach, computer science Alison Behrens, athletic training Tait Berg, econ Marc Binney, physics Emily Brenner, accounting Jennifer Byrns, business ed Castro-Sheely, Heileen, Spanish Kristi Dargiewicz, marketing/acct'g Katie Evers, recreation Kathleen Fahrman, law and society Amanda Finley, psychology Jamie Friend, exercise Robert Gaul, art Jacqueline Gessner, history Emily Hagel, finance Emily Hagel, stats Ryan Hanscch, Paralegal Kimberly Harbal, biology Jodi Henriksen, special ed Ryan Holzer, prof'l studies Andrea Ifft, communication Marit Janssen, elementary ed Eric Jech, criminal justice Matthew Kiefer, community health Courtney Kish, masscom Travis Kowalski, social science Stacia Krajco, comm'n, lit Mallery Luker, health promotion Meggan Massie, theater Isaac Matzek, physical ed Elisabeth Miller, English Megan Olson, math (teaching) Charissa Olson, social work Alicia Pearson, sociology Christopher Popp, math Douglas Portis, geoscience Adam Roden, mg't info systems Joseph Salveson, art (teaching) Kyle Savelkoul, human resources Jonathan Schulz, chemistry John Tackmann, life science (teach'g) Laura Tell, French Ashley Wilke, human resources Kari Winter, public administration Pajyeeb Xiong, global studies Roxanne Ybabez, medical tech Brent Ylvisaker, polyscience Elizabeth Zwald, elementary ed TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE SOFTBALL MAY 2, 2007 WSU 7, UW-La Crosse 4 WSU 8, UW-La Crosse 4 TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE SOFTBALL MAY 2, 2007 UW-River Falls 3, SMU 2 UW-River Falls 2, SMU 1 TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE BASEBALL May 2, 2007 SMU 6, Concordia-Moorhead 5 SMU 6, Concordia-Moorhead 5 TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE Death claims SMU English prof WINONA, Minn., May 1, 2007 -- A veteran English prof at St. Mary's University, Urban Lucken, died Saturday at age 94. Lucken had been in the Christian Brothers Lasallian order 76 years, H earned a his bachelor's degree in English from St. Mary;s in 1935, and went on to earn his doctorate in English from Catholic University of America. During his career, Luken taught at all seven of the Christian Brothers universities. MORE Upon completion of his doctorate, Lucken returned to St. Mary's in 1940 and taught English, French and German until 1946. He returned to St. Mary's from 1951 to 1959, during which time he served as chairman of the English department, and again from 1964 to 1967. After nine years at Lewis University in Lockport, Ill., he again returned to St. Mary's in 1976. One year later, he was named director of alumni programs and special events and organized homecoming, parents' weekend, Candlelight dinners and graduation. He retired in 1984. MORE His thoughtful insights, and inspirational teaching style will be remembered by many, said fellow brother Paul Grass: "We English majors at St. Mary's College in the 1950s feasted on Brother Urban's courses, including 18-century and Victorian literature. When he walked into the classroom, a hefty tome or two balanced on his hand, palm up, we knew we were about to experience a master at work, teaching us 'the best that has been thought and said.' Intelligence, wit, and a prodigious memory, combined with a love of opera and of baseball: what better recipe for excellence in teaching and mentoring?" MORE Funeral services were scheduled for Wednesday in St. Thomas More Chapel on the campus. A visitation will begin at 4 p.m. and funeral Mass at 5 p.m., followed by a reception at the brothers' residence. Burial will be Thursday at St. Mary's Cemetery/ TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED MAY 1, 2007 SAFE AND SOBER. The Winona City Council has accepted a state grant to bring awareness to speeding, drunk driving and seatbelts. The grant will fund advertising campaigns, additional police coverage during college partying weekends, and police training. A banner will be hung at Fifth and Mankato streets from May 21 to June 3: "Buckle up, Click it or Ticket." Taco Bell and Pizza Hut coupons will be available to police to hand out to motorists who may have been pulled over for minor infractions, like a broken headlight, and found not to be wearing seat belts. Reporter: Ezra Firkins EARLIER NEWS IN THE CITY TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE Warrior golfers earn league honors ST. PAUL, May 1, 2007 -- Winona State University's Morgan Proshek was named to the Northern Sun all-conference first team as voted on by the league women's golf coaches. The announcement came as no surprise, as the senior was also named league golfer of the year earlier last month. Winona State senior Nikki Wilson and sophomore Megan Placko were named to the all-conference second team. This was the first year that votes have been tallied to decide all-conference teams. Previously, the honors went to the top ten finishers in the conference championships. However, Proshek would have garnered player of the year honors under the old system as well, since she took home the Northern Sun championship by a margin of six strokes back on April 17. MORE First Team Morgan Proshek, WSU Rachael Schmidt, Upper Iowa Erin Oakland, Southwest Minnesota State Rochelle Schmidt, Upper Iowa Kelly Godwin, Concordia of St. Paul Second Team Nikki Wilson, WSU Laura Taylor, Upper Iowa Abby Oakland, Southwest Minnesota State Megan Placko, WSU Jacquelyn Hauser, Concordia of St. Paul MORE Player of the Year Morgan Proshek, WSU Newcomer of the Year Laura Taylor, Upper Iowa Coach of the Year Chad Markuson, Upper Iowa TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE SOFTBALL (WOMEN'S) MAY 1, 2007 SMU 6, St. Olaf 2 SMU 8, St. Olaf 5 TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE Report filed on WSU dorm unhappiness WINONA, Minn., May 1, 2007 -- An external investigation into communication breakdowns in the firing of four popular dorm supervisors at Winona State has been submitted to university President Judith Ramaley. Mick Reis, committee chair, said it would be up to Ramaley to release the findings. The committee's report was based on documents and on testimony at thee hours of hearing, Reis said. Witnesses included the fired form supervisors, but, on the advice of university attorney Tess Kruger, their testimony was in a closed-door session. The committee had an open forum at which three students testified, but the session was not announced beyond student leaders. The news media were not invited although reporters, had they communications learned of the session, would not have been excluded, Reis said. MORE The committee was appointed by Ramaley, who was under pressure from state Chancellor Jim McCormick to review what went wrong in the firings, which occurred in February, and the massive student protests that followed. Ramaley, said Reis, limited the committee's charge into communication lapses -- not into assessing the dismissals or finding fault with the administrators involved. It was Paula Sheevel, the university's dorms director, and Ruth Schroeder, acting academic vice president, who presided over the dismissals and the escalating students protests that followed, including a 10-day hunger strike by Brandon Nagel, now a student senator, and three others. MORE The Reis committee comprised Reis, a former student senator who has spent the past two years at DePaul University; Shari Klippenski, former dean of students at St. Mary's University; Chris Humble, enrollment director at Southeast Tech; Josh McMartin, of Southwest Minnesota State; and Shannah Moore, communications director for the Minnesota State University Student Association. Although having the appearance od being an external review panel, the members were chosen at the recommendation of Winona State auxiliary services DIrector John Ferden and student President Carl Soderberg. MORE Reis said that panel members were required to sign confidentiality statements about the inquiry. The panel met for one session of hearings and then held a video-conference call to develop a consensus for the report to Ramaley. The report, Reis said, ran 2,000 words over 6-1/2 pages. MORE Reis was not sure what Ramaley intends to do with the report. One value of the hearings, he said, was that he saw the hearings as "a means of closure" for the fired students. The students, Jon Buchberger, Mara Meyer, Timm Simondet and Kjersten Sakala, were called into an ambush meeting Feb. 2 by Paula Scheevel and together confronted with information from an anonymous letter and fired on the spot. Student consensus has been that Scheevel over-reacted to the charges in the anonymous letter. Although the letter has never been released, insiders have reported the charges were petty. MORE The situation escalated when Scheevel's supervisor, university Vice President Ruth Schroeder, declined to interceded. As university president, Ramaley herself brushed student objections aside until a petition, combined with a Student Senate complaint to the state chancellor, was written. Pressure further mounted against the university's student-insensitive handling of the situation with the Nagel hunger strike. MORE Told by the state chancellor to conduct a review, Ramaley crafted the charge to Reis committee to focus only on communication failures. In effect, Ramaley restricted the Reis committee from examining the judgment exercised during the growing crisis by her staff, specifically Schroeder and Scheevel, and also of herself. TO EARLIER ITEMS TO TOP TO HOME TO NEWS ARCHIVE

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