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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,
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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
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"LP," 2006
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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.
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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 Parking Lot 3 on Center Street between Third Street and Fourth Street
between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.
Exceptions:
Ben Street between Fifth Street and Third Street.Ewing Street, easterly side, from a point 20 feet south of the south line of Fourth Street to a point 113 feet southerly thereof.Fourth Street between Harriet Street and Huff Street.Francis Street between Gilmore Avenue and Howard Street.Front Street. |
Probe starting into racial hate notesWINONA, Minn., Oct. 23, 2006 -- Police are researching suspects in two cases of racial-hate notes left for two Winona State University students. "We have asked the students to compile a list of possible suspects and people who have been to their homes," said Police Chief Frank Pomeroy. The couple, a black woman and white man who live separately, found notes that police regard as potentially threatening . Both of the notes were received at the victims' homes -- the woman's note on the outside of her door and the man's in his bedroom. Pomeroy said that the person who left the notes was probably someone the couple knew. The man's hate note, he said, was found on his night stand. There was no sign of breaking and entering, he said. "We feel that the students know who did this."
The victims are requesting that their identities not be revealed for fear of being hurt by whoever left these notes. The director of cultural diversity at Winona State, Alex Hines, noted that the woman is African. "In her country there is a lot of violence. Police are corrupt, and threats are taken seriously," Hines said. "This isnÕt a joke." Pomeroy suspects "someone who thinks they are funny." Even so, he said, "We take this very seriously." As soon as the victims provide a comprehensive list of people with access to their places, police will begin their questioning, Pomeroy said. "I am confident we will find out who is behind this and they will be punished," said Pomeroy.
In an interview Pomeroy said that hate crimes havenÕt been a serious issue in Winona, with 13 reports of racist behavior in the last 20 years. Hines said, however, that Pomeroy's numbers don't tell the whole story. "Things like this go on all the time, just aren't reported," Hines said. "I hear students on campus making racial remarks to each other all the time because it's cool or they don't know what it means and that's just not right." Pomeroy, who is white, regards Winona as "a very accepting community." The chief said: "We welcome other ethnicities with open arms."
In 1993 Pomeroy and Winona State created a cultural diversity task force to help fold diverse cultures into the community. Hines, now in his second year in Winona, leads the task force. "So far our efforts have been pretty successful," he said. The task force deals with not only racism but helps bring people from other cultures into the community, finds them work, and helps families finance housing.
Hines sees a upside to the hate notes. "No one cared about cultural diversity before an incident like this happened, and now I have people asking questions like how could this happen," he said. "we need to be proactive, not reactive, to make a difference for this generation."
Reporter: Brittney Richmond
Background: Hines: Race hate notes need attention
WSU marketing candidate: Consensus is keyWINONA, Minn., Oct.23, 2006 -- A candidate for assistant vice president for marketing at Winona State University, Bruce Smith, told an open forum that he would work to build consensus and give Winona State a unified voice. Smith said he would inform and consult students, faculty and staff concerning decisions, in effect empowering them. Internal communication is important, he said, because key stakeholders are those who attend and work at the university. "Keeping people informed is very important," said Smith. "Two-way communication is the key," he said. Everyone to have a voice in the final decision, he said. "You have to ask," he said. "You can't simply make things happen." Citing recriters who go to out to high schools as an example, he said: "It's a matter of relationship building, valuing the experiences of the admission representatives out on the road at high school college fairs."
Smith said he would like to introduce an integrated marketing plan at Winona State, as he did at Alexandria Tech. The Alexandria program, he said, was begun in July of 2002 and completed my December. Smith said he would improve marketing that is aimed at prospective students and build a stronger relationship between the university marketing and admissions operations. The current marketing relationship with admissions is not perfect, but it's getting better, said Smith, who had been on a whirlwind tour of campus.
Smith, one of three candidates, now is the director of university relations at Dakota State in Madison, S.D. To 15 people at the candidate forum, Smith expressed confidence that he would adapt easily to Winona State because of the many similarities with Dakota State. He also has background at Millikin University in Illinois and Alexandria Tech in Minnesota. About his work at Dakota State, Smith said: "I enjoy all aspects of my job."
Smith said he supports Winona State President Judith Ramaley's concept of university and community integration. He said he takes a special interest in community and emphasized the importance of being responsive to the local economy.
Smith claimed familiarity with the tools of marketing such as flyers, brochures, newsletters and magazines but, he said, he takes a special interest in Internet-based media. At Dakota State, Smith said, he started a searchable online database, a web cam program, and a blog, so that prospective students could read reviews from current students. "Research shows that students find colleges by ways of search engines and other websites," said Smith. How would he build a recruiting blog? Smith said he would collect names and phone numbers of students who are willing to provide information about the campus and programs. He said they would screen all entries. Smith said too that he would want to improve the Winona State homepage. Nothing is wrong with the homepage, but there is never any harm in improving it, he said.
What about budget? Smith said it's necessary to spend in order to make a return. "The days of if you build, they will come, are over," he said.
Reporters: Sarah Dotta, Laura Faschingbauer, Kirsten Freeman, Sheila Goodlund, Steve Lang, Anne Pilomonas and Tiffany Zilch
Background: Job finalist would revamp WSU marketing
Background: WSU narrows marketing exec search to three
Murderer's buddy charged in pistol-whippingWINONA, Minn., Oct. 23, 2006 -- A Detroit drug-dealer who taught the ropes to Paul Allen Gordon, now convicted in the 2004 Sugar Loaf murders, has been brought to Winona to face his own criminal charges. Jonathan Jenard Jackson, 34, was charged with instructing Gordon to pistol-whip a Winona man who was behind in cocaine payments. The assault occurred in early December 2004, an episode separate from the Dec. 16 murders of Winona State University student Stacy Smith, her unborn child, and her 10-year-old daughter. Jackson was charged Monday with a felony, specifically that he provided a 9-mm handgun to Allen, then 21, with instructions on how to intimidate competing Winona drug dealers by coming down hard on delinquent customers. Judge Jeff Thompson set bond for Jackson at $100,000. A hearing was scheduled for Nov. 2 before Judge Margaret Johnson.
Court documents filed by County Attorney Chuck MacLean say that Paul Allen Gordon was sent to Winona in August 2004 by Jackson to build a cocaine business. The documents fill in gaps in the story of how Gordon ended up in Winona: Jackson had seeb a market in Winona from earlier experience selling cocaine 60 miles upriver in Red Wing, Minn. Later, when Gordon got in trouble in Bentonville, Ark., Jackson loaned him $3,000 for an attorney and a deal for Gordon to pay it back from cocaine sales. Jackson also provided start-up money for the Winona enterprise. Allen traveled regularly back to Detroit to resupply his cocaine inventory. In one six-week period while Gordon was dealing in Winona, he had more than 100 calls to Jackson in Detroit.
Jackson and Allen went back 10 or 11 years, to when Jackson was selling drugs from Allen's boyhood bouse in Detroit, according to the documents. Jackson taught drug-dealing to the boy. Early in 2004, before Gordon moved into Winona, his career as an aspiring boxer was being managed by Jackson, the documents said.
MacLean, the county attorney, said that Gordon explained his relationship with Jackson during plea-bargaining in the Sugar Loaf murder case this summer. In September, before being sentenced for the Sugar Loaf murders, Gordon told more details of the relationship with Jackson. That gave prosecutors what they needed to charge Jackson for a role in the pistol-whipping. Jackson was arrested Oct. 5 in the north Detroit suburb of Troy and agreed to be returned to Winona. A conviction on the charge, aiding an assault, could mean at least five years in prison, perhaps 15, for Jackson. A second charge against Jackson, aiding and abetting second-degree assault, could mean an additional three to 15 years. Gordon, meanwhile, has begun serving a life sentence for the murders.
Background: Gordon sentence: Five years in two cases
Background: Life sentence for Gordon in murders
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NORTHERN SUN: THE WEEK AHEAD
UM-Crookston (0-5, 0-8) at Winona State (4-1, 6-2)
Concordia of St, Paul (3-3, 3-5) at Wayne State (4-2, 4-4)
Upper Iowa (2-3, 3-5) at Mary (0-0, 4-4)
Southwest Minnesota State (3-3, 4-4) at Bemidji State (5-0, 6-2)
Northern State (2-4, 3-5) at MSU-Moorhead (1-4, 3-5)
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COMMENT:
CAMPUS JUSTICE
WSU STUDENT SENATE EARNS F
ON STUDENT RIGHTS
For five years the Student Senate has stood by silently while the university has prosecuted hundreds of Winona State students through a double-jeopardy judicial system. Not one senator has proposed even an investigation into administrators' blatant civil-rights abuse of students. The most frequent abuses occur when the cops charge a student with underage boozing. Typically the students pay their debt to society with a $177 fine. But to Winona State, the $177 is only a downpayment. At the behest of university administrators, the cops provide dupes of the tickets to the campus judicial officer to begin a second round of punishment. This punishment-on-top-of-punishment usually involves campus chores, like raking leaves. At least, the students aren't manacled and put in black-and-white chain-gang jumpsuits. Also, students are charged $20 for an alcohol-sensitivity course.
We understand why the Student Senate may find it distasteful to defend students accused of flaunting booze laws and of alcohol excesses. Thank the gods, nobody's getting guillotined. The issue, however, is important -- the constitutional right guaranted to every citizen, including students, not to be subject to a double trial for the same offense. Here we have the City of Winona meting out a punishment and then Winona State, as a state agency, doing it all over again.
How has the university gotten by with this outrageous egregiouspolicy? Primarily because the Student Senate has failed to represent student interests. The university justification is a wild extrapolation of a line in its student conduct code: "The university may initiate judicial proceedings for off-campus incidents including hazing when the violation adversely affects the educational, research or service function of the university." How does underage boozing affect the educational function of the university? Or the research function? Or the service function? The univerity, incredibly, is on the wrong side of the U.S. Constitution -- and, thanks to Student Senate torpor, getting by with it. |
Background: 63 students in dual justice tracks
63 students in dual NightCAP punishment tracksWINONA, Minn., Oct. 23, 2006 --Most of the 63 Winona State students cited in the federally funded alcohol sting Junior NightCAP in September have been levied punishments by the university's chief disciplinarian. Shirley Mounce said she has issued 20 hours community service time to 53 students so far. The students also are put into an online education course against alcholic excesses, which costs $20, and group therapy. Mounce said that only three of the 63 citations given to students were repeat offenders. "Typically we don't see many people back after they go through the assessment once because they learn their lesson," said Mounce. One student, she noted, had received two underage drinking tickets a week apart. The students were caught Sept. 8 and 9 when local and state police patrolled the downtown bar district, busted house parties and stopped intoxicated students walking the streets.
Mounce defended the policy of campus hearings for students even though offenses were almost all off-campus. "In 2001 the community came to us and said that students were damaging property, noisy and committing theft, so we began this program," said Mounce. The universuty's Student Conduct Policy states: "The university may initiate judicial proceedings for off-campus incidents including hazing when the violation adversely affects the educational, research or service function of the university." The policy has been critized as unconstitutional because students are liable also to municipal authorities for infractions, usually a $177 fine. It does put students into dual punishmet tracks for the same offense. Although hundreds of students have been put into double jeopardy since 2001, none has gone to court to test the university policy.
Mounce avoids discussing the constitutional issues, saying she just does her job. Police sent copies of citations for off-campus citations to Mounce for further action -- "probation," she calls it. The policy operates year-round. "Even if school is not in session, for example over summer break, students still have to go through our probation process because they are registered at the university," Mounce said.
Reporter: Brittney Richmond
Background: Nightcap cops called to WSU, SMU dorms
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WSU football coach up for Liberty Mutual awardWINONA, Minn., Oct. 22, 2006 -- Winona State University football coach Tom Sawyer has been nominated for Liberty Mutual coach of the year. Open voting continues online through Nov. 5, folowed by another round voting through Nov. 20 for 10 finalists. The winner will be recognized by Liberty Mutual, an insurance compsny with a $100,000 donation to the coach's favorite charity, as well as a $20,000 scholarship fund.
Background: Voting site
RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY
POSTED OCT. 22, 2006
WILKIE CHAPEL. The mystery-shrouded governance structure for the Wilkie steamboat tourism center deepened with a photograph in the Post showing a backyard chapel that had been donated to the Wilkie Board. Photographer Sarah Elmquist found the chapel, reportedy worth $265,000, behind a warehouse used by Paul Sweazy, chair of the Wilkie board. Sweazy earlier had been quoted that the chapel had been sold but that he couldn't remember details. The chapel had belonged to Adele Wilkie, whose heirs donated it to the Wilkie board in 2003 and shipped it from California. Background
FRED'S BACK. School Board member Fred Petersen is back from six months of bush-piloting in Alaska and is expected to take his seat at a Board meeting Thursday. When Petersen's absence became a media issue over the summer, raising questions about who was representing the people who elected him, his wife Alisa was appointed to fill in. Wifey-Poo Politics, critics called it. Petersen, angry at the news coverage, won't talk with reporters. Background
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Drunken-driving arrest on Main StreetWINONA, Minn, Oct., 22, 2006 -- A 19-year-old man was arrested for drunken driving early Saturday morning at Fifth and Main streets. The man's blood tested at 0.14 percent alcohol, said Police Chief Frank Pomeroy. The state regards 0.08 perecent as the max for legal driving.
Reporter: Kelsey O'Neal
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NORTHERN SUN: STANDINGS
Bemidji State
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Wayne State
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SECURITY REPORT
WEEK ENDING OCT. 21, 2006
Oct. 21, 2006: A student was cited for attempting to bring alcohol into Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 2 a.m.
Oct. 21, 2006: Security guards received a complaint of two unescorted men in the Sheehan women's dorm at 5 a.m. The dorm tenant who checked them in was cited for an alcohol and housing violations.
Oct. 21, 2006: Security guards cited several students at 10:36 p.m. for alcohol in the Lourdes dorm.
Oct. 21, 2006: Security guards cited a student for a noise and alcohol in the Conway dorm at 10:38 p.m.
Oct. 19, 2006: Security guards made contact at 12:35 p.m. with two students in a fight in the Sheehan dorm north parking lot. Neither wished to file a complaint. They were sent on their way.
Oct. 19, 2006: Security guards responded to Memorial Hall at 8:56 p.m. concerning an individual who was having difficulty breathing. An ambulance took the individual to the hospital.
Oct. 18, 2006: Security guards discovered a vehicle with a broken window parked in the 200 block of West Mark Street at 12:30 a.m. , Police and the stduent, a Winona State student, were notified.
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NORTHERN SUN WEEKEND GAMES
Bemidji State 28, WSU 7
Northern State 31, UM-Crookston 6
Mary 21, MSU-Moorhead 20
Concordia of St. Paul 43, Upper Iowa 14
Wayne State 27, Southwest Minnesota State 24
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R.I.P.: Roger E. PryzbylskiWINONA, Minn., Oct. 21, 2006 -- A Winona State University alum, Roger Przybylski, died at home of a heart ailment. He went into banking and rose to commercial-loan vice presdient at First National Bank, which later became Norwest. He retired due to health from a Bayport, Minn., bank in 1998.
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Warriors fizzle to Bemidji State in thirdBEMIDJI, Minn., Oct. 21, 2006 -- Winona State University was held to minus rushing yards and came up with only a defensive touchdown in dropping a 28-7 conference football decision to Bemidji State. The Warriors took a 7-0 lead on a 49-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Brent Yule and the extra-point kick by Mike Salerno in the third quarter. But Bemidji State countered with 14 points in the remainder of the third period. Bemidji added 14 more points in teh fourth quarter to knock the Warriors from the ranks of the unbeaten in the Northern Sun.
The game ended in a scoreless tie after the first 30 minutes. Both teams exchanged series to start the third quarter before Winona State finally put points on the board at 11:01. Tyler Perkette forced a Bemidji Stte fumble, and Yule scooped up the ball at the Bemidji 49 and raced untouched for the score. Winona State stopped Bemidji on the next series and took over at its 12, where Alex Wiese gained no yards on the first play of the series and then Aaron Boettcher was picked off by the Bemidji defense. The errant pass was turned into a touchdown and tied the game at 7-7 with 7:43 left. Bemidji took the lead for good on its final series of the third quarter. Wiinona State never posed another threat.
Four sacks and a bad snap from center cost the Warriors 70 yards rushing. Tthey finished the game with minus-38 yards rushing. Boettcher did complete 11 of 29 passes for 135 yards. The Warriors concluded the game with 97 yards in total offense. Marcus LaBadie, Kevin Michaelis and Yule all came up with 11 in total tackles and Perkette with 10.
Background: Staistics
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CONVICTIONS
WEEK ENDING OCT. 20,
2006
IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
UNDERAGE BOOZING
Matthew James Bernard, 20, 460 W. Fouth, $177.
Desirae Lila Donlan, 20, 1545 Homer Road 105, $177.
Cory Michael Halverson, 18, De Soto, Wis., $177.
Eli Joseph Hamann, 19, Preston, Minn., $177.
George Luis Hernandez, 18, St. Charles, Minn., $177.
Kimberly Ann Hewelt, 19, 408 Main 3, $177.
Katherine M. Loichinger, 19, 525 Grand, $177.
Tanya Jo Madson, 19, 364 W. 11th St., $177.
Jamar Calvin Marcelle Meeks, 20, 30 days and $177.
Erin Anne Przybyski, 19, 520 Center St., $177.
Keven Allan Rudow, 18, Aurora, Ill., $$177.
Christopher John Savage, 19, 323 W. Sanborn 2, $177.
Jordan Adrian Steinhoff, 20, La Crosse, Wis., $117.
Vilaskar Tata, 19, Lawrence, Kan., $502.
Matthew T. VanHorn, 19, 457 Gould, WSU, $77.
Matthew John Wakeski, 18, Arcadia, Wis., $177.
Thomas Matthew Wetor, 18, Belgium, Wis., $177.
Jennifer Pamela Wilmes, 18,264 W. Mark 1304, $177.
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Sheriff: County attorney wanted Ouellette checkedWINONA, Minn, Oct. 20, 2006 -- An investigation into City Council candidate Todd Ouellette's place of residence was authorized by County Attorney Chuck MacLean, according to Sheriff Dave Brand. Brand said that MacLean authorized the investigation after he receiving a complaint. "All I was told is that there was somebody who called and complained to the county attorney's office," Brand said in a phone interview. "The county attorney's office authorized an investigation, and we were requested to do it instead of the city." MacLean could not be reached immediately for details.
Brand said that the sheriff's department was given the task due to possible conflicting interests. "With the City Council, and Gerry Krage running, and with the city police department, it would have been a conflict of interest,Ó Brand said. ÒSo (Chief) Deputy Ron Ganrude authorized one of our detectives to investigate and look into it." Brand said that Ganrude appointed Rob Averbeck to investigate Ouellette, and it was Averbeck who cited Ouellette for driving with a revoked license after a candidate's forum Tuesday night. Ouellette, who was issued the ticket the next day, has denied that he operated a vehicle Tuesday night.
Reporter: Matt Huss
Background: Who sicced investigator into Ouellette?
Background: Races that campus people are watching |
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WSU ex-dean a finalist for top UW-La Crosse jobMADISON, Wis. Oct. 20, 2006 -- A former dean at Winona State University, Joe Gow, has made the short list of finalists for chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the state university system announced. At Winona State, Gow was dean of liberal arts. He left in 2004 to become provost and dean of the arts and sciences at Nebraska Wesleyan. Last summer he was named interim president at Wesleyan. The UW-La Crosse chancellor position became vacant when Doug Hastad resigned to become president of Carroll College in Waukesha, Wis.
Besides Gow, the finalists are:
Royce Engstrom, provost and academic vice president at the University of South Dakota
Patrick McGhee, deputy vice chancellor for academics and deputy president of the University of Central Lancashire in Britain
Virginia Sapiro, associate vice chancellor for teaching and learning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Beverly Schmoll, pharmacy dean at Wayne State University
Schmoll was a finalist for the UW-La Crosse chancellor position in 2001. Each candidate will spend a day at UW-La Crosse between Oct. 23 and 30. A state-level committee will interview finalists Nov. 1 in Madison. |
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In his Winona State days Gow enjoyed strumming at local coffee house settings
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Background: Former WSU dean now Wesleyan interim president
WSU student leader slowed by monoWINONA, Minn., Oct. 20, 2006 -- Winona State student President Carl Soderberg, who has been suffering from mono for nearly a month, now has been diagnosed with bronchitis. Violent coughing has made it difficult for Soderberg to conduct meetings. Soderberg said the coughing is also disrupting sleep. On average, Soderberg said he gets about four hours a night even though he lies down at 11 p.m. and wakes up about 8 a.m. Soderberg hopes that he'll get some rest now that he's been prescribed an antibiotic and a cough suppressant.
Soderberg said he's had mono for 3-1/2 weeks but wasn't diagnosed until Oct. 12. When Soderberg started feeling sick almost a month ago, he went to the Winona Clinic. A finger prick of blood came back negative. Despite the results, the doctor still suspected mono because Soderberg had all the symptoms and encouraged him to come back in a week if he was still feeling sick, he said.
Symptoms include extreme tiredness, a sore throat, swollen posterior lymph nodes, and white cakey stuff on the tonsils, said chief campus nurse Diane Palm. Palm said there's a possibility of testing blood too early because it can take five days before mono shows up on a blood scan.
Two weeks after visiting Winona Clinic, Soderberg was tested again on campus. This time it was a vena puncture, in which a vile of blood is taken for the scan. With a vena puncture it's possible to look at the slide under a microscope for a more accurate reading. "In a typical moderate case of mono, the person will feel crappy for about two weeks, and the next couple weeks aren't great, but they can manage," said Palm. Palm said mono typically lasts six weeks, but a person who has had mono will have a weakened immune system for a long time. Mono, popularly known as the kissing disease, is passed through saliva, but Palm said it can be contracted simply by sharing a drinking glass. That is how Soderberg suspects he contracted the virus: "I got it after a weekend, probably from sharing a drink with someone or something." Palm said that a person with mono will often have an enlarged liver and spleen. This is why students with mono are told that they should avoid alcohol, especially in large amounts. Since mono is a virus, there's not a whole lot physicians can do, said Palm. They can give the patient a steroid for the throat to help him feel better and recommend staying hydrated, said Palm.
Reporter: Lydia Oglesby |
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WSU student president |
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Gutknecht, Walz to debate before SMU studentsWINONA, Minn, Oct. 20, 2006 -- The candidates for southern Minnesota's seat in Congress, Gil Gutknecht and Tim Walz, have agreed to a debate Tuesday at St. Mary's University. Although news reporters and St. Mary's students will be allowed to attend, nobody else is invited. The debate will taped for broadcast the next day. A Walz spokesperson said that Walz wanted the debate to be open but that Gutknecht didn't. There was no further explanation for the debate being closed other than that the candidates had agreed to six public debates and two closed debates. The Gutknecht-Walz race is being tracked nationally as one of the neck-and-neck elections that will determine whether Democrats or Republicans control Congress. Gutknecht, a six-term incumbent, is a Republican. Walz is a Democrat.
The debate is sponsored by the Minnesota Broadcasters Association. It will be at 4:30 p.m. in the Page Theater at St. Mary's and run 30 minutes. The moderator will be Gabe Manrique, dean of business at Winona State University. Questions will come from Winona Radio news director Darryl Smelser and St. Mary's prof Dean Beckman.
Background: Races that campus people are watching
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Somebody sicced a detective on Ouellette: Who?WINONA, Minn., Oct. 19, 2006 -- A Winona City Council candidate, Todd Ouelette, who claims to be living out of his car, was ticketed for driving Tuesday night with a revoked license after a candidates' forum. Todd said he was issued the ticket Wednesday. Winona County Chief Deputy Ron Ganrude confirmed Ouellette's report. "There was an investigator who was assigned to determine the location of Ouellette's residence and verify his eligibility to have a seat on the City Council," Ganrude said in a phone interview. "Mr. Ouellette had been saying that his residence is his car, so the purpose of the investigator following him or watching him was to see if he was, in fact, going back to his car as his residency."
The ticket was issued the day after a debate with Second Ward incumbent City Council member Gerry Krage at a League of Women Voters forum at City Hall. Ouellette is challenging Krage to represent the near West End ward. After the debate, some participants, including Ouellette, made a stop at nearby Bub's bar. Said Ganrude: "When (Ouellette) got in the vehicle, he drove away, so the sheriff's office issued a ticket for the violation." Ganrude declined to provide information regarding the name of the investigator: "That's what I don't wish to respond to."
The new charge would violate Ouellette's probation for a 2004 incident in which he refused a urine test after being stopped for drunken driving.
In an interview Ouellette denied that he operated a vehicle after the forum. Ouellette said that he walked the short distance from City Hall to Bub's, where he shared a beer with Krage. "I walked to Bub's bar and Krage and Councilman (Tim) Breza followed me in," Ouellette said. "Krage bought me a beer, and I was in there for an hour and a half. The next day, I got charged with driving with a revoked license." Ouellette said that he would get Krage to testify on his behalf about walking together, not driving, to Bub's. Krage, in a separate interview, denied seeing Ouellette either drive or walk to the bar. "I can't vouch for him," Krage said. "Right after the forum I shook his hand and hung out with some other people for about 10 minutes. My wife and I went across the alley to Bub's, along with Tim Breza and a couple of his family members, and we saw Todd at the end of the bar. I think that when I left, Todd was still there. Did he drive from City Hall to anywhere else? I don't know."
Krage denied that he had arranged for an investigator to track Ouellette. "I think that's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard in my life," Krage said. "I don't know where this would come from. I know it's not from the city, and it's not from me. It could be the county, it could be the state, and it could be from anywhere." Krage said the issue of Ouellette's residency is important: "It's a small race -- a City Council race -- but there is a tremendous importance in not messing with a system that has been successful for so long a time, meaning you must prove residency before you can run." About someone tracking Ouellette, Krage said: "Whoever financed it or whoever went with it, I don't know."
Ouellette's residence has been an issue since it was learned that the address he provided when filing his candidacy documents was open to challenge. On his web site, Ouellette denied news reports that quoted him as saying he lived in a car. However, Ouellette admitted to a judge at a hearing Tuesday on two assault charges that he does "live in a car in Ward Two." |
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Somebody was following him |
Reporter: Matt Huss
Background: Judge releases City Council candidate without bail
Background: City Council hopeful in transit
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Mayor eyes limits on all-you-can-drink dealsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 19, 2006 -- It seems that only the customers like the all-you-can-drink Thursday night specials at downtown bars. City officials don't like the binging and hooliganism that results. Bar owners lose money. At Winona State, university executives are stymied in trying to create on-campus Thursday night alternatives. Mayor Jerry Miller concedes that jawboning with bar owners hasn't worked. "Meetings have been held to eliminate the special, but nothing was happening so it was put on the back burner," Miller said in an interview. "But it looks as if it needs to be re-looked at."
The mayor said he had hoped that bar owners would come to recognize the economic reality that the Thursday specials build customer traffic but that the volume doesn't offset losses per drink: "If you gain business from having the special but continuously lose money because the price is so low, why would you want that kind of business?" Also, he said he had hoped that bar owners would recognize a social responsibility to discourage the excesses that he says the specials encourage. It didn't happen. Part of a solution, short of eliminating the specials, may be limits on their time frame, Miller said. The specials now run from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Other college towns, the mayor said, have passed ordinances limiting drinking specials. The mayor said he had hoped it wouldn't come to this.
In interviews, bar owners said the economics are a bit more complicated than the issue of Thursday night losses. Despite negative cash flow on Thursdays, the specials do generate repeat traffic on other nights, they said. Also, bar people bristle at the suggestion that they encourage binging. "As for promoting binge drinking, I don't think it does," said Schyde's manager D.J. Riemer. "That's everyone's own responsibility," In and of themselves, low-price specials do not promote binge drinking, Riemer said.
Mayor Miller sees a negative flipside to the argument that Thursday specials increase bar traffic on other days. Yes, he says, but it also encourage more drinking in general. "We have seen a change over the years in drinking patters among students, with Thursday nights becoming part of weekend partying," Miller said. "Some kids start drinking before they go out, then when they're out the specials encourage them to keep drinking until 1 in the morning," Miller said. Irresponsible behavior in the community results. He pointed to ongoing complaints from community residents about loud noise and vandalism.
Three downtown bars currently offer a $5 all-you-can-drink specials on Thursdays. Ryan Dunkerschmidt, bar manager at Brothers, said that because other bars offer the specials, Brothers is forced to compete. "If all the bars dropped the special we wouldn't have to have it," Dunkerschmidt said. Bothers doesn't make a lot of money off its Thursday special but doesn't want to lose customers to other bars, Dunkerschmidt said.
The reality of losing customers is real. Schyde's once experimenyed with a mug club special to replace all-you-can-drink Thursday specials. Customers bought a mug that entitled them to $1 refills. After losing a lot of business to other bars that kept the all-you-can-drink deal, Schyde's went back to all-you-can-drink Thursday special. "We want to get rid of the special and we have tried, but until other bars do the same it will not happen," Riemer said. He said that Schyde's has been trying to get the city to help get rid of the special but no progress has been made.
Although Miller talks about the possibility of the city imposing minimum prices on drinks, he favors a positive and reasonable solution coming from bar owners. "If the bar next door is offering all-you-can-drink specials and your bar needs to make money, offer different options like food specials to bring in another crowd," Miller said. "It all comes down to making the right decisions. Bar owners and college students need to decide what is good and what is bad for themselves and others around them."
Winona State student affairs vice president, Ruth Schroeder, says the university has been working against underage and binge drinking by organizing student activities and events. Schroeder said suppports Chemical Health Task Force that has worked with the City Council to eliminate all-you-can-drink specials. She pointd to some progress, including a City Council rejection of a proposal last year to allow bars to stay open past 1 a.m.
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Mayor
"It all comes down to making the right decisions.
"Bar owners and college students need to decide what is good and what is bad for themselves and others around them."
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WSU exec wants more Booze Bus ridershipWINONA, Minn., Oct. 19, 2006 -- Concerned about booze-fueled student rowdiness after the bars close, university Vice President Ruth Schroeder wishes more students would hop the Safe Ride Bus to get home. "Disruption in the neighborhood as students return home late at night is lessened and students benefit from having a safe form of transportation so they aren't putting themselves or others in harm's way," Schroeder said. Last spring, ridership on the Booze Bus, which shuttles between campuses and downtown bars, averaged 44 on Thursdays, 117 on Fridays and 123 on Saturdays. "These numbers are a little low," Schroeder said in an interview. "I would definitely like to see an increase to around 150 or more on Saturday nights."
Schroeder, whose vice presidential responsibilities are student affairs, said more promotion of the shuttle is needed. Downtown bars don't have posters and ads for the shuttle. At Brothers bar, manager Ryan Dunkerschmidt said his staff watches for customers who are too drunk to drive. "We will call them a taxi," he said. What about the Booze Bus? "No, I don't think we have anything up about the Safe Ride."
The Booze Bus stops at Huff Street at Kryzsko Commons at Winona State and has multiple stops downtown. The bus also goes back and forth to St. Mary's. The service, funded by the colleges and the community, is free to riders.
Mayor Jerry Miller likes the shuttle, which, he noted, keeps students from driving. Miller said in an interview that he has received a lot of positive remarks from the community. "I have not heard any negative remarks about the Safe Ride service, and we will continue to support Winona State and St. MaryÕs with funding," he said. Miller sees the possibility of expanding the service. "If there is a need to add more buses in the future, we will definitely look into that possibility. " Miller said. The mayor acknowledged, though, that the City Council had considered discontinuing the shiuttle in 2004 after drunken riders took perverted delight shifting their weight all together to rock the bus. A crackdown solved the problem, and Miller doesn't dwell on it: "The bus has been seen rocking back and forth a little going down the street, but unless it tips over I think we have a good thing going here." |
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WSU student affairs vice president |
Reporter: Jessica Pluth
Background: Booze Bus driver: Enough, I quit
Nursing bake sale raises $245WINONA, Minn., Oct. 19, 2006 -- Winona State University nursing majors raised more than $245 for breast cancer awareness by seling homemade cookies and cherry cake. Prof Elizabeth Harrison said customers at the Pasteur atrium event included parents and janitors . "One individual bought an item for $1 and wrote a check for $50," said Harrison.
Reporter: Stacy Brogan
Riverboat disabled; cruises canceled| WINONA, Minn., Oct. 19, 2006 -- More than 500 people who booked Winona State-sponsored river cruises on the La Crosse-based steamboat Julia Belle Swain Steamboat this weekend won't be making the trips. The Swain's boiler broke. Kristin Schumacher, the university's assistant student activities director, said that refunds are being arranged for four buffet cruises scheduled for Family Weekend. Repairs will take four to six weeks, Schumacher said. |
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Job finalist would revamp WSU marketingWINONA, Minn., Oct. 19, 2006 -- Winona State's current marketing plan needs a lot of work, according to the marketing vice president of Merchants Bank, who is a finalist for a new university executive position for marketing and communications. Greg Evans said that an effective marketing plan should include market research on location, target groups, the competition, and pricing. Evans said he has a strong work ethic and exeprience in marketing that would improve Winona State's current marketing. Evans noted that he works with Winona State interns at Merchants Bank. About his current position, as one of the bank's senior vice presidents, Evans said that he is is pleased with his job but would be honored to work for Winona State. "There is no other institution I would leave the Merchants for," he said. Evans added, though, that he was not certain if he would leave the bank to come work for Winona State. His comments were in an open campus interview.
Evans already works with students as a board member of the Warrior Club, an athletics booster group. Evans holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from Valparaiso University in Indiana. His early carrer was in newspapers. Since 1989 he has been in marketing at Merchants. Evans is a past president of the Minnesota Bank Marketing Association.
At the open interview, Kristin Schumacher, assistant director of student activities, asked Evans about his experience with Winona State students and his thoughts about them. "Students are the life-blood of the university," he responded. Evans also called students "core stakeholders" in the university. Evans said, too, that he applied for the job was because Winona is his hometown and because Winona State is "vital for the growth of our community." Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest, a communications prof, asked Evans what his reaction would be to people who believe that a good institution will attract more students on its own merits. Telling a story and communicating well, Evans responded, is a "necessary component" of good marketing. Brett Ayers, of the university's publications department, wondered what qualities Evans possesses that will enable him to create a "buy in" effect for the university. "I'm an influencer," Evans answered. "Observation of my work ethic and competency of communication allow me to better influence people." Evans said he is not afraid to make mistakes if he takes the job. Each mistake made is a learning opportunity, he said. Ayers also asked Evans if he had a creative vision for Winona State. "Work I do involves being creative, but I am not a creative genius," he said. "I am a strategist."
"The most important ingredient to success is that the person be a good fit with the other members of the administrative team," Evans said. He has worked with university President Juidth Ramaley, who last year was appointed to the Merchants board of directors. In the new posistion, an assistant vice presidency, he would repprt to advancement Vice President Jim Schmidt.
Elaborating on his thoughts for Winona marketing, Evans said a product cannot be known in today's world without good marketing. If there is not an effective plan to let Winona State be known to others, the marketing plan fails, he said. Evans faulted the current Winona State program to recruit minorities wih a geographically limited advertising in the Twin Cities, Chicago and Milwaukee. Evans said would advertise nationally.
Reporters: Stacy Brogan, Amy Semelhack and Paul Solberg
Background: WSU narrows marketing exec search to three
Background: WSU president named to bank board
Candidates spar on strength of their Ward 2 rootsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 19, 2006 -- Winona City Council candidates squared off at the League of Women Voters forum, which ranged from relevant city-related issues, to veiled shots at one of the candidates. Midway through the discussion, a question from the audience was posed to the two Second Ward candidates -- Todd Ouellette and Gerry Krage -- inquiring whether it was important for a City Council member to be a property-owning taxpayer. "Absolutely not," Ouellette responded, who says she lives in his car. "There's no law that says you have to be, and it has nothing to do with anything." Incumbent Krage, a COuncil member for 21 years whi hasnÕt been challenged in a decade, disagreed: "I know what the law says, but I really think it is important because it shows you really have some skin in the game," Krage said. "If you're going to be talking about raising taxes and all different property-related problems that come along, to be a fellow property owner goes a long way toward becoming an effective council member."
Ouellette, beginning with his opening speech, defended himself and his checkered past. On the other hand, Krage promoted his accomplishments and long-time service to the city. The two agreed in the beed for a downtown parking ramp and funding for the arts. Strikingly dissimilar poisitions showed, however, when a member of the audience asked how the city could provide "a more welcoming atmosphere toward diversity." Krage noted a recently established plan to halt discrimination. He said that the city was working closely with police. Ouellette, however, blamed police for discrimination problems and called for Police Cheif Frank Pomeroy to be fired. Ouellette said that Pomeroy had ignored a discrimination issue that he said he himself had brought to the chief;s attention. "If you are serious about discrimination issues -- whether they be racial or religious -- the first place you have to start is with law enforcement authorities," Ouellette said. ÒI'll definitely be against having Frank Pomeroy as my police chief."
In his closing comments, Krage defended Pomeroy. "In the over two decades of service on the City Council, one of the proudest things I can recall is when we chose Frank Pomeroy as our chief of police," Krage said. "I've been very proud to work with him all these years, and he's done an outstanding job." Ouellette closed by responding to Krage's earlier comments of not having "any skin in the game." Ouellette said opposed wasting money and "taxing people into oblivion." |
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Challenger would fire police chief
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Reporter: Matt Huss
Background: Judge releases City Council candidate without bail
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Author relates past, present women's issuesWINONA, Minn., Oct. 18, 2006 --Ninety-five percent of women feel that something is wrong with their body, Marge Piercy, author of "Sex Wars," told 100 people in a Winona State University audience. Although Piercy's topic was women's rights in the post-Civil War era, she focused partly on contemporary women's topics like body image, abortion and contraception in reading poems that set the tone for her lecture. Those contemporary issues have roots in history, Piercy aid, drawing on "Sex Wars," which is about the lives leaders in the early women's rights movment, including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Asked about how much she fictionalized the book, she said "almost all of the book is historical," addng, though, "I've fudged a tiny bit." Piercy lectured on the post-Civil War lifestyles of women in New York City at a time when women were trying to gain a voice in society. "History is a myth, a myth that is constantly changing," said Piercy after explaining how she tried to draw suggestions for current world situations from her research. Piercy made connectiosn to the Iraq war and 21st-century politics. Asked about what kind of research she did for the book, Piercy said she researched down to even what the post-Civil War women ate.
Reporter: Kelsey O'Neal
Background: WSU speaker to tackle post-Civil War feminism
Candidate opposes war but supports soldiersWINONA, Minn., Oct. 18, 2006 -- Returning soldiers from Iraq need support, the Democrat seeking the Winona-centered seat in the State Senate told Winona State University student senators. Sharon Ropes, who served as a Navy officer for five years, said she opposes the war but was quick to add: "You can oppose the war, but you still should support the warriors>" The warriors, she said, are only following orders. Ropes said a positive implication of the war is that people now understand why moving towards energy independence is important: "We need to get off foreign oil." Ropes listed renewable energy alternatives as ethanol, biomass, solar power and wind. The Student Senate has allowed candidates to pitch their platforms at Senate meetings all fall.
Ropes, a registered nurse for 30 years, expressed concern with the cost of healthcare in Minnesota. "I've been doing a lot of door knocking and I swear every other house is suffering in some way," she said. Many people can't afford coverage because it costs as much as their mortgage, she said. Ropes said many college students will feel the pinch of health-care costs when they are graduated and no longer covered under their parents' plan. It's probably going to cost $500 a month, she said.
About college tuition, Ropes said college should be affordable. She called rising tuition outrageous. "Higher education should be nearly free," she said Ropes, who serves as president of the Minnesota PTA, the largest child advocacy organization in the state, has two kids in college herself and understands tuition problems. "It will be easy for me to convince other senators to vote my way because I am in the majority party, and the Democrats are not going to lose any seats this year," said Ropes. She also pledged support for the environment: "For those of you who care about clean water and clean air, I'm there."
Reporters: Sarah Botzek, Paul Solberg and Amy Sahl
Background: Races that campus people are watching |
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Students to chancellor: They're still still snubbing usWINONA, Minn., Oct. 18, 2006 -- Simmering discontent over being excluded from university policy has boiled over in a formal protest by the Winona State Student Senate to the state college system chancellor. In a letter to Chancellor Jim McCormick, student President Carl Soderberg charged that there has been "a lack of consultation" with the Senate by university administrators on policy decisions that affect students. Soderberg focused on the move of the popular Maxwell workout gym to a temporary facility two blocks off campus. "What concerns the Student Senate and myself is the lack of input the students had in the discussion of which route to take and the subsequent lease of said building," Soderberg said. Soderberg did not mention university President Judith Ramaley by name, but the letter echoed a similar document from the Senate to McCormick last spring over Ramaley policy decisions that students learned about fait accompli weeks after the fact.
The Maxwell gym, as well as the campus nursing station, are being moved to newly leased space at the former Cotter Junior High at 101 E. Wasbaha St. The move, set to occur during winter break, is necessitated by the pending renovation of Maxwell Hall. The estimated cost of the lease, $750,000 a year, and of the renovation of the old Cotter buildings, $650,000, was cited by Soderberg. "We feel that as students we should be given time to share our thoughts with the administration when it comes to such a substantial amount of money committed to acquiring a building," he stated.
Soderberg acknowledged in the letter that he had met with the university's finance and administrative affairs vice president, Scott Ellinghuysen, toward the end of August. But, he said, the Senate felt "more adequate discussions were warranted." The letter was sent in accordance with MnSCU policy 2.3, which states Òstudent representatives shall be given the opportunity to participate in system conferences and issue forums that are a part of the policy development and/or decision-making process." |
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WSU student president |
Background: Verbatim: Student Senate letter to chancellor
Background: Ramaley promised to fix communication lapses
WSU enrollment growth leads state universitiesST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 18, 200 6 -- With a 2.1 percent more students this fall, Winona State led the MnSCU state universities in enrollment growth, accoridng to a system compilation. Overall, the system's university enrollments are down 06 percent. The headcount:
St.Cloud State
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The truer measure of enrollment pressure on university resources is full-time equivalency, which calculates enrollment by fiding the headcount into students' total class load. On full-time equivalency, Winona State grew 3.5 percent this fall. Only St. Cloud State also scored an FTE gain this fal, 1.3 percent -- less tahn half of Winona State's increase. Among all the universities, FTE enrollment dropped 0.3 percent. Why the decline? The system central office listed these possible factors:
More students taking online courses. This fall, more than 26,500 students are taking online courses, a 36 percent increase.
Easier protocols to transfer between two-year colleges and universities. In northwest Minnesota, enrollment grew significantly at three community and tech colleges largely due to a pilot program that provides coordinated access to online courses.
A declining pool of high school grads. The number of new Minnesota grads, which peaked in 2004 at 63,300, has declined to 60,600.
Improving economy. Enrollment tends to drop when people have an easier time finding jobs.
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Driver in Sawyer, Mettille wreck pleads guiltyWINONA, Minn., Oct. 18, 2006 -- The drunken driver who smashed into a car and critically injured two Winona State University coaches in December, Katelyn Appelwick, 18, pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Judge Jeff Thompson scheduled sentencing for Nov. 17. In court on Wedensday, Appelwick pleaded guilty to two felony counts of criminal vehicular operation resulting in substantial bodily harm. In exchange for the guilty pleas, prosecutor Nancy Bostrack agreed to dismiss eight other counts, including driving while intoxicated. The plea agreement, which remains subject to Judge Thompson's aproval, precludes a jury trial. The plea arrangement calls for three years of supervised probation for Appelwick, and 10 days in jail this Christmas season, and 30 days in jail in 2007 and again in 2008. In addition, Appelwick must undergo chemical dependency evaluation and complete 240 hours of community service. Appelwick, whio was graduated from Cotter High in May, now is freshman at the College of St. Benedict near St. Cloud, Minn.
Judge Thompson said he would allow the two Winona State coaches, Tom Sawyer of the football team and his companion, Connie Mettille of the volleyball team, to present personal statements at the sentencing. Meanwhile, Appelwick is free from custody. Both Sawyer and Mettille have largely recovered from their injuries. They were broadsided Dec. 28 when Appelwick, drunk on raspberry-flavored vodka, drove through a stop sign at Franklin and Mark streets. Mettille took off all of spring semester with a brain injury that resulted in short-term memory loss. |
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Teen driver |
Background: Probation for Appelwick's vodka-source buddy
Background: Trial set for teen driver in coaches' injuries
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Students protest "lack of input" in WSU policyWINONA, Minn., Oct. 18, 2006 -- This is the text of a Winona State University Student Senate letter to state colleges Chancellor Jim McCormick:
Chancellor James H. McCormick
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
500 Wells Fargo Place
30 East Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Greetings Chancellor McCormick,
I am writing to inform you about the lack of consultation the Winona State Student Senate received regarding the leasing of the old Cotter Junior High School in Winona. As you are well aware, the Maxwell building is being renovated and space is needed to house the various departments and services located there now. Over the summer the administration decided to sign a contract with the Cotter school board to lease the old building for around 750,000 dollars per year. This building, along with the recreation center across the street, requires their own renovation in order to fit our needs. This additional renovation will cost the university upwards of 650,000 extra dollars. What concerns the Student Senate and myself is the lack of input the students had in the discussion of which route to take and the subsequent lease of said building. We feel that as students we should be given time to share our thoughts with the administration when it comes to such a substantial amount of money committed to acquiring a building. The actual consulting of this lease consisted of Scott Ellinghuysen, the Vice President for Finance and Administrative Affairs, and myself holding a meeting where VP Ellinghuysen told me about the signing of the lease. This meeting took place towards the end of the summer right before classes started again. We understand that the decision needed to be made over the summer and that it would be highly difficult to get a formal student senate approval. We do, however, feel that more adequate discussions were warranted. Please accept this letter in accordance with student involvement in MnSCU Board Policy 2.3. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Carl Soderberg
President, WSU Student Senate
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Background: Students to chancellor: They're still still snubbing us
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WSU 3, Upper Iowa 1 |
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Arendt's 20 kills lead WSU to victoryWINONA, Minn., Oct. 17, 2006 -- Kiersten Arendt had 20 kills and three Winona State University players came up with double-doubles in a 3-1 volleyball victory over Upper Iowa. Winona Stte won the first game 30-20 but was upended 30-25 in Game Two. The crowd exploded with cheers as Arendt nailed a kill within the 10-foot line to win the third match 30-22. From there the Warriors worked their way to a 30-19 victory in the foruth match. Carmen Stankowski, Megan Pulvermacher and Lisa Dobie all recorded double-doubles for Winona State. Stankowski added 14 kills to go along with 10 digs, while Pulvermacher posted 11 kills with 22 digs and Dobie recorded 55 assists with 10 digs. Rudi Balich led the Winona State defense with 26 digs.
Reporter: Dave Busse
Background: Statistics
Judge releases City Council candidate without bailWINONA, Minn, Oct. 17, 2006 -- A Winona City Council candidate, Todd Ouellette, was released without bail in a court hearing over a sidewalk altercation with a candidate for the Legislature during the 2004 campaign. Todd Ouellette, himself now a candidate for the Second Ward seat on the City Council, was charged with two counts of fifth-degree assault, both misdemeanors, based on a report by Nick Ridge to police. Ridge, at the time of the incident, was recently graduated from Winona State University and the Republican candidate for the Minnesota House District 31-A. In a hearing Tuesday, Judge Mary Leahy allowed Ouellette to be released provided that he complete his booking with police by the end of Wednesday and that he keep the court informed of his current address. Ouellette, whose address on his City Council candidacy papers has been challenged, was asked by Judge Leahy where he lives physically. He began responding that local newspaper coverage has maligned him over where he lives. In no-nonsense terms, the judge pressed Ouellette for a straight answer. "I live in a car in Ward Two," he said.
Leahy gave Ouellette the opportunity to post $3,000 bail and, thus, be released without having to abide by court-ordered conditions. Ouellette declined, responding that he was "bankrupt." Leahy then allowed Ouellette to be released on his own recognizance on condition that he not make contact with Ridge or Ridge's family or coworkers. The judge told Ouellette to come back to court for arraignment on Nov. 6. Ouellette asked for a delay, noting that the 6th is the day before the City Council election in which he is challenging Second Ward incumbent Gerry Krage. Judge Leahy rescheduled the hearing for 10 a.m., Nov. 17.
In an interview outside the court chamber, Ouellette said Ridge has contacted him "a couple of times." Ouellette said too that he contacted Ridge a couple of times. "But I've never contacted any of his family members," Ouellette said. In a telephone interview Ridge, now living near Chicago, disagreed. "He's a pest," Ridge said. "He sends me emails at work, and he sent an email to a coworker of mine. He's called me at work a few times. HeÕs talked to my parents. When you have somebody going through all that effort to track you down and find out where you live, it's really disturbing." Ridge also said that the only contact he made with Ouellette was in response to emails telling him to leave him and his family and friends alone.
Legal proceedings over the incident, which occurred two years ago, were put on hold when Ridge, after losing his bid for the Legislature, moved to southern California to begin a full-time job. The distance, he said, would have made it difficult to participate in the prosecution. Ridge said he received a phone call from Winona County assistant attorney Kevin O'Laughlin about six to eight weeks ago, asking whether he would be able to testify if the case were continued. "I said I'd be able to cooperate," Ridge said. Ridge said he wants compensation for a watch that he says was damaged in the April 30, 2004, incident. He values the watch at $60.
What happened back then? This much is known from police reports. The incident happened about 1:15 in the morning on a sidewalk in the Third Street bar district. Beyond that, what happened depends on who you listen to. Ouellette, 36 at the time, says that Ridge, then 22, a conservative Republican, had called him an "asshole" and "a liberal bastard." Ouellette said that Ridge was obviously intoxicated and tried to attack him. Oulette says he acted in self-defense. Ridge, however, called Ouellette's account laughable. "He ran up from behind and tackled me and punched me in the back of the head," Ridge said. "I don't know where he would have self-defense -- that's kind of amusing. I absolutely never threw a punch." Ridge said he's never hesitant to articulate his opinions. "But," he added, "that doesn't mean somebody needs to be violent. It's not against the law to be of legal age and have a few beers in a college town, but it is against the law, regardless of where you're at, to attack someone." |
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TODD
Ouellette
Free on bail |
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NICK
RIDGE
Leave me alone |
Reporter: Matt Huss
Background: Campus GOP leader punched on street
Background: City Council hopeful in transit
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Without winning, Galchutt wins Senate seatWINONA, Minn., Oct. 17, 2006 -- The run-off election scheduled to settle tied write-in votes for vacant Student Seate seats has been canceled. Student Vice President Kari Winter, who supervises Senate elections, said the elections committee canceled the election because of lack of interest. The election had been scheduled for Oct. 11 but only one candidate had filed an application by the application deadline at 5 p.m. the previous Sunday. "The committee felt our time could be used more efficiently doing other things, rather than having a run-off election for one person," said Winter. The committee recommended that the lone person expressing interest, Ian Galchutt, who field for an at-large vacancy, be appointed by the Senate immediately.
Reporter: Lydia Oglesby
Background: Voter turnout merely 2.6%, lowest in four years
Background: Comment: The early Soderberg failure |
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IAN
GALCUTT
New senator at-large |
WSU students win Hal Leonard music scholarshipsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 17, 2006 -- Two Winona State University music students, Alan Rewitzer and Chris Sesvold, have won the latest Hal Leonard scholarships, which were set up in memory of the music-publishing company's founders. Rewitzer is a sophomore trumpet performance major who is involved in the university jazz and winter pep bands. Sesvold is a freshman music education major who is involved in Jazz Club, the National Association for Music Education and the Winona Symphony . The Hal Leonard awards are renewable for eight semesters. To date, nearly three dozen students have benefited from the Hal Leonard gifts.
Background: New Busdicker music scholarship at WSU |
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ALAN
REWITER
Trumpeteer |
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CHRIS
SESVOLD
Jazz musician |
Treasures Galore scholarship to WSU senior| WINONA, Minn., Oct. 17, 2006 -- A Winona State University senior, Janet Koball, a social science and history teaching major, has won an academic scholarship from the Treasures Galore consignment shop. Koball said she is especially appreciative because she is a self-supporting single parent. She is a member of Education Minnesota Student Program, Kappa Delta Pi and the History Association. |
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JANET
KOBALL
Career goal: Teaching |
Coming Out Day draws mere 30 WSU studentsWINONA, Minn., Oct. 16, 2006 -- Despite the efforts of Winona State University student organizers, the annual National Come Out Day once again was sparsely attended. An estimates 30 people participated. Activities included the film "Touch of Pink." Lesbian speaker Deidre McCalla dropped in on her national campus tour to support equal rights.
Reporter: Alex WhiteBackground: Coming Out Day
Stadium assaults mar WSU homecomingWINONA, Minn., Oct. 16, 2006 -- Two harassment incidents, one involving university President Judith Ramaley, have left a dark cloud over the Winona State homecoming celebration. The first incident occurred when Ramaley ventured into the student section during the football game. Ramaley was accosted by a drunken student, who, witnesses said, attempted to twirl or dance with her and then slapped her ass. Security guards rushed in and removed the student, Matt "Tweety" Tverberg, 21, from the stadium. A second incident, more disturbing, occurred half an hour later. According to several witnesses, a faculty member was verbally assaulted and threatened by a group of students. The faculty member, who has asked not to be named, was called a "fucking dyke." That incident, too, drew security guards. The Winona State security dispatcher logged the incidents as occurring at 2:45 p.m. at 3:15 p.m. Asked for details, campus secruity Director Don Walski said more information would not be released due to data privacy and federal restrictions. According to Walski's security incident log, both incidents were referred to the university's affirmative action office.
At the time of the Ramaley incident, the football stadium was packed and dozens of people saw what happened. Although attempts to reach Tverberg for an interview have been futile, friends have him given credit for the incident involving Ramaley on the Facebook.com social networking website. In reference to the Winonan student newspaper, which first reported the Ramaley incident, a Winona State student wrote on Tverberg's Facebook page: "U MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WINONAN!!!!!!!!." Another Facebook entry, on Tverberg's site two days after the incidents, is obscure but appears to refer to the incident involving the faculty member: "Hey We are some real classy guys HEY DYKES!"
Reporter: Chad Larimer
Background: Winonan report
Background: WSU security incident log
East Side break-in leads to burglary chargeWINONA, Minn., Oct. 17, 2006 -- A 20-year-old man was arrested in a break-in and assault on the near East End on Thursday afternoon, police said in a belated report. The man had made phone calls arguing over money and then went to a woman's residence at 529-1/2 E. 7th St. and made threats and broke into the house through a basement security door, police briefing officer Chris Nelson said. The woman, whose name was withheld by police, locked herself in her room and phoned 9-1-1 while a man in the house restrained the invader from entering the woman's room, Nelson said. Police arrived and arrested te man as he was leaving. Nelson said that when the man recognized one of the officers, he said: "You wrote me that bullshit ticket. I ain't saying shit to you." Police took the man to jail. The incident occurred at 4:16 p.m., Thursday, but wasn't included in daily police breifings for four days pending completion of the full report, Nelson said. The man faces a first-degree burglary charge, Nelson said.
Reporter: Rob Thoresen
Speaker sees Minnesota Nice role in racismWINONA, Minn., Oct. 16, 2006 -- "Minnesota Nice" may be to blame for making racism "as big or bigger a problem in Minnesota than in any other state," according to an anti-racism activist speaking at Winona State University. Tim Wise, author of "White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son," said that attitudes like Minnesota Nice hide racial issues. Majorities, he said, often see racism only in terms of individual bigotry or prejudice, while minorities who are subject to it often see it as a systemic form of discrimination that may not even be intentional.
"We live under the mythology that education is the great equalizer," Wise said, making a point that education was created by an elite with "the mentality of the slave owner." Although major instances of overt racism are rare on college campuses, Wise said, such instances are a poor measure of racism in higher education. Wise said that the educational system is inherently biased due to what he called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat is the belief that being a member of a minority group that is prejudiced against causes an unfair decrease in performance simply due to awareness that prejudice exists, even if the specific member has not suffered as a result of a direct act.
The solution, according to Wise, cannot be an attitude of "colorblindness," in which people simply pretend that race does not exist. Wise said colorblindness is racist because it ignores the experiences of minorities that, he said, are largely defined by race and ethnicity. It also implies, said Wise, that majorities choose to accept minorities in spite of their race. Wise argued that schools can only begin to eliminate racism when they admit that they "are struggling because they won't acknowledge that their original purpose was not to create equality" and address both past and present racism.
Reporter: Samuel Keane-Rudolph
City declines to waive Eyes Wide Open park feeWINONA, Minn., Oct. 16, 2006 -- The City Council voted against waiving a fee for the use of Windom Park by the Eyes Wide Open exhibit. Council member Tim Breza pointed out that everyone who uses the park pays a fee and that the exhibit is a national one that has enough money to easily cover the fee. Moments after the vote, a man came forward to ask again for the fee to be waived. The man said the exhibit is not the actual national one and therefore does not have access to national money. He also stated that fees were based on use of the gazebo, which the exhibit would not be using. The usual city charge for the gazebo is $45 per two hours. There is no fee structure for other park uses. Mayor Jerry Miller responded that the vote had already been made so the decision could not be changed but that the man was welcome to try to get it on the Council's next agenda. Council member Al Thurley was the only one who opposed the motion to not approve the request.
Reporter: Katie Derus
Background: War casualties exhibit due at WSU
Ballot choices for NovemberWINONA, Minn., Oct. 16, 2006 -- These are the 2006
races that Winona campus people are watching:
WSU blood drive collects 411 unitsWINONA, Minn., 0ct. 16, 2006 -- Winona State University surpassed its goal in a blood drive last week, collecting 411 units of blood. Senior Sen. DJ Danielson, a spokesperson for the Student Senate, which sponsored the drive, said the goal originally had been 100 units a day. But after exceeding the goal on the first day, Tuesday, the goal was raised to 120, he said. The daily tallies were 127, 147 and 137, Danielson said. Three people are able to use one unit of blood, so Winona State could be saving thousands of lives, said Danielson. "We are the No. 1 state university in the area as far as number of donations," he said.
Reporter: Stacy Brogan
Background: Volunteers sought for blood drive
City Council declares a Unified WeekWINONA, Minn., Oct. 16, 2006 -- The City Council accepted the recommendation of a Winona State University gender-studies coass nd proclaimed this as National Unified Week in Winona. Prof Cindy Killion, whose class drafted the proclamation, said the goal was to create awareness of intolerant behavior against people "who simply are different." Students desccribed the project as hopefully extending beyond one short week. The stduents said they want to craete awareness through furtehr events, including a Nov. 15 rally for an inclusive community.
Reporter: Katie Derus
Background: Gender-studies class seeks end to bias
UNDER-AGE
BOOZERS
WHO GOT
CAUGHT
BEING
STUPID
DON'T
TELL
THEIR
MOTHERS
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CAMPUS
SALARIES
Judith
Ramaley
WSU president
2006:
$217,200
Louis
DeThomasis
SMU president
2001:
$155,245
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
$125,000
OTHER
SALARIES
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