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Title transfer: One more step in WSU dorm plan| Missing from the title transfer ceremony was veteran builder Keith Schwab, who had been picked to build the new Sarnia dorm. Schwab had been a key figure in attaining the building and land but died before he could see the project to reality. His sons Pete and Ben attended the ceremony. At the ceremony Congressman Gil Gutknecht said he tried to speed up the Washington approval process when he learned that Schwab was terminally ill with cancer. Calls were made every day to the Pentagon for six months, Gutknecht said. |
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| WINONA, Minn, April 19, 2002 -- The WSU Foundation and Winona Area Veterans accepted the title to the U.S. Army Reserve building and property for a new Winona State University dorm for upper-division students. Three government officials delivered the title: Rep. Gil Gutknecht, R-Rochester; Col. Edward J. Binseel, deputy chief of staff for the Army Engineers; William Peterson, regional engineer. Receiving the deed were Mike Speltz, WSU Foundation president; Cal Winbush, university student affairs vice president; and Gerry Krage and Dick Adank, of the Winona Area Veterans. A subdued undertone at the ceremony was a decision by the city Board of Adjustment on Wednesday to deny a building permit. The dorm plan would have more people per square foot than city density limits allow. If that problem can be resolved, groundbreaking for the dorm is planned in the summer. Work began on acquiring the land from the federal government in February 2000 when the WSU Foundation and Winona Area Veterans signed an agreement seeking to acquire the Reserve Center property. The dorm would be next to the Soo Line tracks. The vets would convert the existing Reserve Center building for activities.
Reporter: Stacy Siepierski
Background: Proposed WSU dorm called overdue
Background: City denies variance request for dorm |
Proposed WSU dorm called overdueWINONA, Minn, April 19, 2002 -- Army land on Sarnia Street, formally acquired Friday for a new Winona State University dorm, comes at the right time, student President Jason Fossum said at the title transfer ceremony. With existing dorms at 120 percent capacity, the extra 350 beds in the proposed dorm are desperately needed, Fossum said. The university's housing vice president, Cal Winbush, said the dorm will not solve dorm overcrowding but will help to alleviate some of the problem. M.Sgt. Gerald Krage, representing veterans groups that will take over an old armory on the site, said: "Most people just see this building as brick and mortar, and see the property as a piece of land with healthy grass, but it's more than that to us. We trained for Desert Storm on this property, and watched our loved ones go off to war." Dorm construction is expected to begin this summer with occupancy possible by fall 2003.
Reporter: Will Albertsen
Sugar Ray managers called pain in you-know-what
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| WINONA, Minn., April 19, 2002 -- To Winona State University concert-goers, the California band Sugar Ray performance seemed to come off without a hitch, but backstage was something else. Joe Reed, in charge for Winona State, said he struggled with Sugar Ray's managers, mostly because they hadn't read his contract revisions. Reed said that the managers expected him to provide underwear, socks, alcohol and cigarettes for the band -- all things that Reed had removed from the contract in late February. Apparently the band throws away socks and underwear after each show. How about the bar and bottles in the band's set? Reed said those were stage props that didn't violate Winona State's booze-free policy. Reed, who has coordinated concerts for eight years, said that the managers were more difficult to deal with than most of the managers that he's dealt with in the past. "It was just a tug all day," Reed said. Sugar Ray's management was too tight on security, according to Reed, allowing only seven back-stage passes, one for Reed and six for students who were helping set up and tear down between acts. The managers were upset when 40 students showed up to meet Sugar Ray briefly before the show. Reed had said that he would bring only 25 students.
Reporter: Shane Hawley
Background: Sugar Ray setup expected to go well |
WSU's Minne remodeling permit cost $8,800WINONA, Minn., April 19, 2002 -- Winona State University will be completely remodeling the first and second floor classrooms in Minne this summer, in a remodeling project that will cost $1.3 million. The project, which will be done by Market and Johnson Inc., a company out of La Crosse, Wis., will not affect the offices that are around the perimeter of the building. In a building permit application, the university described the project as a "new classroom layout." The total cost of the permit for the renovation is $8,758 -- $4,935 for the permit, $3,208 for a city review to make sure the project complies with fire, building and other codes, and $616 for miscellaneous administrative fees.
Reporter: Shane Hawley
Background: City OKs $1.3 million Minne project
Five SMU employees retiringWINONA, Minn., April 19, 2002 -- Five veteran Saint Mary's employees at the Winona campus are retiring, the university announced. They are:Donald Alsum, biology department
Mariann Alsum, library
Warren C. Galbus, business administration department
Karen Kryzsko, art department
Audrey Sommers, maintenance department.
U.S. Senate wants closer tabs on alien studentsWASHINGTON, April 19, 2002 -- The U.S. Senate unanimously approved new background checks on student-visa applicants from countries that the State Department considers to be terrorism sponsors. The bill also would require colleges and federal officials to more closely monitor the movement of foreign students in the United States.
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WSU prof: How dandelions make it in the coldWINONA, Minn, April 19, 2002 -- Microclimates are the reason that plants such as dandelions can grow next to buildings when the air temperatures are too cold to encourage growth, said a Winona State University biology prof. In an interview Carol Jefferson, who specializes in plant ecology, cited her own tests: "When a thermometer is held under the bark of a tree it reads a much warmer temperature than it does on the outside." Just as dandelions grow in the heat radiated off buildings, humans also live within different microclimates. Jefferson said, "I am standing within my office and you are in the hall. My office is warmer than the hall, but you are getting better air flow." Because airflow to the ground level is almost non-existent, the heat radiated from the surface remains close to the ground, Jefferson said.
Reporter: Stacy Siepierski
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WSU president
2002: $182,199
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Tech president
2001:
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