Castro Cuba: "Hardly a glorious revolution"Miriam Potter has lived in Winona for 14 years with her husband and three daughters. "If you're willing to work hard and take chances, doors will open for you," said Potter. She has done volunteer work, assisted Cuban refugees, and been named Woman of the Year in Winona human services. |
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| WINONA, Minn., Oct. 11, 2001 -- The enthusiasm of Miriam Potter for the Castro Revolution in Cuba failed quickly when executions began, she told a Winona State University audience. In the 1950s Potter and her family followed Fidel Castro from Mexico, where he had been exiled, to Cuba. "We fully intended to participate in the building of a free, independent, and democratic society," said Potter, but then came the executions. "There were executions going on day and night and throughout the town we could hear them being shot at," said Potter. "Just for talking against Castro, you'd get executed." Potter's cousin was executed, but only after his blood had been drained for the army blood bank. Potter said children were taken away for training as terrorists. For one week a soldier came to Potter's home, watched their every move, and rummaged through the house, she said. Meanwhile, Potter said, her husband had to hide from being arrested. Her children had to hide with their grandparents in the woods, she said. Reporter: Sarah MundyBackground: Speaker on Latino immigrants |
Anthropologist: Latino newcomers here to stayWINONA, Minn., Oct. 11, 2001 -- A growing number of Latino immigrants are shaping Winona in foundamental and enduring ways, said cultural anthropologist Linda D'Amico in a presentation as part of Latin American History Day at Winona State University. D'Amico, who has studied 300 immigrants to find out how they are adapting, said the Latin population cannot be ignored. A third of Latinos in Winona have been here two to four years and are here to stay, she said. Hardships, she said, include not having insurance, not being able to rent, suffering ethnic discrimination and profiling, and working jobs under horrific conditions. Reporter: Amy VercnockeBackground: Speaker on Latino immigrants
Harriet Street partier fined $138WINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- A 22-year-old Winona State University man accused of obnoxious partying, Brian Roger Wacker, 22, paid a $138 fine in County Court. Wacker, of New Prague, Minn., was cited Sept. 28 at his house at 371 Harret St. Police were called by a neighbor at 10:19 p.m.
Chartwell not stocking up on boozeWINONA, Minn., Oct. 11, 2001 -- The city will look kindly on Winona State University requests to serve liquor at special occassions that campus caterer Chartwell has already booked, City Attorney Richard Blahnik said. Under city pressure, the university surrendered its regular license Wedensday, but Chartwell had already contracted five events at which it promised to have liquor available. The law allows temporary permits for 12 special events a year, Blahnik said.Background: WSU surrenders Chartwell license
SMU undergrad enrollment dipsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 11, 2001 -- Saint Mary's University has 1,368 undergrads at its Winona campus this fall. Because Saint Mary's is counting students in the De LaSalle Language Institute and in the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options program as undergrads this year, the actual undergrad enrollment is down 40 from last year's record. Of the undergrads, 1,302 are full-time and 66 part-time. New freshmen number 397. In addition, the university has 68 transfer, special and readmitted students. Total enrollment, including the Twin Cities grad program, is 5,399. Two affiliated institutes in Nairobi, Kenya, enroll another 183 students.
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Oct. 11, 2001 | FOOTBALL (MEN'S): The coaches' poll ranked WSU seventh regionally and 23rd nationally in Division II. SOCCER (WOMEN'S) St. Olaf 2, SMU 0. VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): St. Thomas 3, SMU 2. |
WSU students to Winona voters: Raise taxesWINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- The Winona State University Student Senate voted 14-7 to support a proposed school tax increase going to Winona voters Nov. 6. Speaking for the tax increase, Sen. Katy Mullen said a negative Senate vote would mean the Senate didn't support its own students. Noted Sen. Erin Olsen: "We are a teachers college." If the tax increase passes, Winona schools could avoid another round of faculty cuts. One goal would be to restore library and other services that were cut last year. The School Board has already voted to cut extra and co-curricular activities.
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WSU surrenders Chartwell liquor licenseWINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- To comport with a state law to keep a booze-free buffer around state university campuses, Winona State agreed to give up its liquor license. John Ferden, a university executive who works with campus caterer Chartwell, said he would not challenge the revocation of the license triggred by the law. The university held the license on behalf of Chartwell for catering campus weddings and special events. It had been granted in 1999, at a time the city was unaware of a 1998 law banning new liquor lcienses within 1,200 feet of the campus. Background: WSU gets campus booze OK
| Winona State had a heavy commitment to Mascot before it went belly-up. Hundreds of hours were put into lobbying for administrative and Student Senate support last year. Data and hundreds of pictures were collected on students. It took a year for Winona State to get into Mascot, in part because it required approval from the attorney general. What to do now? Winona State network administrator Tobias Schmidt recommended that students save any data they have stored on Mascot. He has no means of saving anything because he has no control over Mascot servers. |
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| Out of cash, WSU Mascot portal closes FridayWINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- The ballyhooed college student-oriented Mascot web portal, to which Winona State University had a major stake, will go dark on Friday, the victim of a deteriorating economy. Advertising didn't materialize to pay the company's bills, Mascot said. At Winona State, a campus network systems administrator, Tobias Schmidt, said he learned of the shutdown plan on Monday: "WSU had nothing to do with Mascot being closed," said Schmidt. "We were all really hoping Mascot would really work out." University webmaster Rick Rhone, meanwhile, is looking into other web portal programs to replace Mascot. In September students were invited to join the Mascot network and sign up for a free account. Since then more students and clubs have joined the network and posted messages. Students could view event calendars, post messages on the swap and ride boards, and chat online. Reporter: Lauren Freeman |
Police: Injured rugby player was boozingWINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- A Winona State University junior who fell off a float during Winona State University's Homecoming parade was cited for underage consumption of alcohol, police confirmed. Matt Ahlberg, 20, tripped and fell backward off the bed of a parade truck on Huff Street. He dropped four feet to the pavement. At the hospital a doctor closed the forehead wound with three stitches. At the scene, the injury seemed more serious. A rescue team, worried about spinal injuries, used a headboard to transport Ahlberg. So much blood was on the pavement that crews used absorbent granules to soak it up. Ahlberg was conscious throughout, a teammate said.Background: WSU probes parade boozing
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WSU committee considers sports booze rulesWINONA, Minn., Oct.10, 2001 -- The Student Athlete Advisory Committee is pondering a comprehensive code of conduct, including an alcohol policy, for all Winona State University varsity athletes. Coaches now control policies for their individual sports. The Northern Sun Conference, to which Winona State belongs, considered a league-wide policy on drinking in 1999. Dialogue has been continuing since. According to committee co-President Jennifer Jepson, the possibility of a code was brought up by Larry Holstad, the university's athletic director, and Ken Blume, the committee's faculty adviser. "This idea won't fly with coaches without a united front from us," said Jepson. At the committee's latest meeting, Oct. 8, all sports were represented except football. Historically at Winona State the football team has a reputation for heavy partying. Club sports like rugby and Fisbee would not be covered by a varsity conduct code.Reporter: Brian Weber
WSU forensics team starts at fourthWINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- The Winona State University forensics team took fourth place at the North Dakota State University tournament, the team's first outing. Coach Tracy Routsong called the performance "an excellent start." Results:Krista Lindemann, fifth for prose, seventh for program oral interp, and sixth for a duo with Jessica Samens.Ryan Clover, first for poetry, third for program oral interp, third place for a duo with Lance Morgan, and fifth for a duo with Shannon O'Brien.Lance Morgan, sixth for program oral interp, fourth for poetry, and third for a duo with Clover.Shannon O'Brien, first for after-dinner speaking, fifth for a duo with Clover. Jean Prokott, fifth for program oral interp.Jessica Samens, sixth for a duo with Lindemann.
WSU probes Homecoming parade boozing WINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- An investigation into boozing on at least one Winona State University Homecoming parade float was ordered by student affairs Vice President Cal Winbush. Winbush said he expected to have a complete picture of what happened by Friday. In one incident, rugby player Matt Ahlberg, 20, fell off a truckbed as the parade was moving down Huff Street. On Wednesday the Winonan student newspaper quoted Zach Bauer, rugby club president, that Ahlberg was not "super drunk." Bauer acknowledged, though, that Ahlberg had been drinking before getting on the truck. Bauer didn't confirm whether there was drinking on the float. Bauer's words, quoted by the Winonan, seemed to distance the club from Ahlberg: "He was drinking before he got on the float. There wasn't much we could do about it." Police said that parade-goers complained about empty beer cans being thrown into the crowd. Background: Police chief: WSU parades may be toastBackground: WSU student hurt in parade fallBackground: Students reported boozing on parade float
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Scattered showers didn't dampen picket-line energy as the strike by about one-fourth of Winona State University's workforce went midway into its second week. Mediation sessions were scheduled in St. Paul for Thursday to resume dialogue on contract issues in the statewide AFSCME and MAPE strike. |  |
Without booze reforms, WSU parades may be toastWINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- Whether Winona State University is ever issued a city permit again for a Homecoming parade depends on whether student behavior problems, mostly involving liquor, are corrected, said Police Chief Frank Pomeroy after a weekend of drunken Homecoming revelry. "It was not a good display for the university," said Pomeroy. He cited excessive drinking before and during Saturday morning's Homecoming parade, including boozing on the floats. A drunk rugby player fell of one float and suffered a head injury, the chief said. Drunk students on several floats threw empty beer cans to people, including young children, lining the parade route, Pomeroy said: "The community shouldn't have to deal with behavior such as this." If the university is allowed to have future parades, Pomeroy promised more police to monitor alcohol consumption. This year, Pomeroy said, his officers were too tied up directing traffic to issue citations.Reporter: Kim O'DonnellBackground: Cops bust parties with warrants, dogBackground: WSU Homecoming arrest toll: 56Background: WSU student hurt in parade fallBackground: Students reported boozing on parade float
WSU bio student researches larvaeWINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- A Winona State University biology student, Sharon Loebner, presented a paper, "Effect of Location in a Navigation Reach on Hydropsychidae Larvae Abundance," at the annual meeting of the Mississippi River Research Consortium.
Cops busting parties with warrants, dogWANTA PARTY?The first mistake of Homecoming drunks at two Winona State-area parties was asking the groovy girl on the sidewalk if she wanted to join the party. Sure, what's it cost? Two bucks for a cup, which means free refills for the whole night. Big mistake, guys. The groovy girl was an undercover cop. The rest of her team came back with a warrant and a drug-sniffing dog. The new police tactic worked first at 518 Grand St, then at 335 W. Sanford St. |
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| WINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- Police tried a new tool, arrest warrants, in cracking down on college parties over the weekend. The warrants allowed searches as part of the raids, said Deputy Police Chief Andrea Foss. At one party, at 518 Grand St., a State Patrol dog sniffed out several bindles of marijuana packaged for resale in the backpack of a 20-year-old man. By the time the cops were done, the man was charged with felony possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and minor consumption of alcohol. At another party busted with an arrest warrant, at 353 W. Sanborn, police cited three tenants and a dozen revelers.Background: Arrest toll: 56Special report: Cops & Kegs: College kids in trouble |
AFSCME: Mediation will fail without better offerST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- Gov. Jesse Ventura will have to put more money on the table if renewed contract negotiations are going to make any progress, a spokesperson for the striking AFSCME union said. About mediation sessions scheduled for Thursday, Dan Dinndorf said the meetings will be pointless without more than the 3 percent increase offered by the state when negotiations failed Sept. 29. The union had scaled down its proposal to 5 percent. Background: Ventura sticks to tough talk
COMMENT: DEAR PARENT
TELLING MOM AND DADPressure is mounting against campus boozers at Saint Mary's. In a bold departure from a policy that had shielded students who violate alcohol policies, the university now is writing letters home to the parents after each offense. The new policy, enacted by university President Louis DeThomasis, will not end all disruptive behavior, but adding parental pressure will have some effect. If nothing else, Brother Louis is sending the right signals. |
Comment: No more diaperingComment: Booze-free dormsComment: Disenroll the drunksComment: Screen out the drunks
WSU philosopher presents Descartes paperWINONA, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- A Winona State University prof, Ed Slowik, presented a paper, "Holism and Mechanism in Descartes' Natural Philosophy," at the Minnesota Philological Society annual meeting.
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Ventura sticks to tough strike rhetoricST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- Gov. Jesse Ventura kept to his tough-guy language about the state employee strike. In a radio show Ventura repeated that he is willing to give striking AFSCME and MAPE union members a better deal only if he can generate savings by cutting the state workforce. An alternative, raising taxes, is out of the question, Ventura said. He repeated that the Legislature has bound his hands with a budget cap. The fact, though, is the Legislature fully funded the governor's request for state employee compensation adjustments.Background: MAPE: State must improve offer
COMMENT: MISCREANTS
AIN'T IN DIAPERS ANY MOREIf President Darrell Krueger at Winona State were serious about curbing underage boozing, he could stop shielding disruptive students from the scrutiny of exposure. Krueger should order his campus disciplinary officer to release details of boozing offenses, including offender names. Although some perverted miscreants might revel in publicity, public exposure would chill a lot disruptive behavior. For years Krueger has ducked the exposure issue, saying his hands are tied by federal law. He cites the so-called Buckley Amendment that protects student grades as private. In a dubious stretch,Krueger somehow also classifies disciplinary records as educational records. The Buckley Amendment has been distorted to cover up unpleasant campus realities for too long. It's time to treat student boozers like adults. They deserve the same glare of exposure for their on-campus antics as they would in the courts for off-campus behavior. Stop treating these perpetrators of disruption as if they were still in diapers. |
Comment: Booze-free dormsComment: Disenroll the drunksComment: Screen out the drunks
MAPE: State must improve offerST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 10, 2001 -- The state president of the striking MAPE union, Deb Schadegg, said the Ventura Administration needs to improve its offer at renewed contract talks Thursday. "If we're meeting to talk about dollars already allocated, it's not enough," Schadegg said. The strike by MAPE and the fellow AFSCME union, the largest state employee strike in Minnesota history, began Oct. 1. The state had offered a one-time 4 percent pay increase. The union's last proposal was 4.6 percent a year for two years. Health insurance also is an issue. Background: Negotiators resuming talks
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Louis DeThomasis
SMU president
2000 total: $139,281
Darrell Krueger
WSU president
2001 total: $152,130
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001 total:
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