20%-plus growth in WSU fund drive
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 30, 2008 -- The annual employee and retiree fund drive at Winona State University has surpassed its $100,000 goal, said project chair Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest. A total of 360 donors gave $102,500, which was more than $12,000 more than the previous year, she said. Retiree donations more than doubled from the previous year, Rahoi-Gilchrest said. This, combined with all drive donations, brought giving to $337,700 for fiscal year, she said.Warriors jump to No. 3 nationally
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 30, 2008 -- Winona State University took another jump in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas rankings and moved to No. 3 after a pair of victories. The Warrior soccer program has fared so well in the national poll. Last week the Warriors won a Northern Sun conference match 1-0 in overtime against Upper Iowa and a nonconference 3-0 over Lewis. Meanwhile, Winona State The effort has retained its No. 1 spot in the NSCAA/Adidas regional rankings. The Warriors have a seven-match winning streak and three straight shutouts. On the season the Warriors have come up with five shutouts in nine matches.Anti-abortion group reports banner stolen
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 30, 3008 -- A banner posted by Citizens Concerned For Life at Windom Park on Huff Street was stolen, the anti-abortion organization reported. Deputy Police Chief Paul Bostrack said the banner was thought to have disappeared over the weekend. The sign, valued at $120, promoted a prayer chain and an anti-abortion event at the park next Sunday.| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 29, 2008 An ambulane called to the Sheehan dorm at 4:26 p.m. for a student feeling faint took her to the hospital. |
MSU-Moorhead freezes hiring
MOORHEAD, Minn., Sept. 29, 2008 -- With declining enrollment, Minnesota State University-Moorhead has stopped hiring. The freeze is intended to help cope with $3.2 million budget deficit, said university President Edna Szymanski. The deficit is $300,000 more than officials estimated before students arriver for fall classes. Full-time enrollment is off 1 percent this fall, with a concomitant loss in tuition revenue. Szymanski said the hiring freeze applies to most positions and may mean 40 faculty will be left vacant next school year.WSU again in College Best Buys ranking
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 28, 2008 -- Winona State University has been named among 100 Best College Buys in the United States for the 13th consecutive year. The university's chief recruiter, Carl Stange, couldn't be more pleased. Stange said that being in the Top 100 recognizes Winona State's continuing success at being competitive academically in the current economic times.
The publication 100 Best College Buys is an independent ranking of the value and quality of colleges by Institutional Research and Evaluation of Rome, Ga. The report profiles colleges that are the highest rated academically but also have the greatest value as a function of academic quality, cost of attendance and financial aid.
Criteria include on-campus dorms and meals, entering freshman with a high school grades or college-entrance scores above the national, and out-of-state tuition below the national average.
In 2008 IRE researched 1,453 accredited colleges, of which 1,060 responded. Winona State is the only Minnesota school included this year. The publisher notes that institutions do not pay to be included.
Some colleges decline to participate in data collection for college rankings because criteria and uneven and in some cases statistically misleading. Also, some colleges object at how highly ranked colleges use the information in marketing and leave relevant details to the fine print or unmentioned. Winona State, through the administrations of both presidents Darrell Krueger and Judith Ramaley, has made a big deal of rankings in promotional literature to high school students and their parents. |  100 BEST COLLEGE BUYS Mark of distinction? Or fodder for misleading marketing ploys? Roughly one in three colleges spurn the game |
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 27, 2008 Several students were cited for alcohol and drugs in the Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 11:30 p.m. |
Pierce falls in ITA semifinal
KEARNEY, Neb., Sept. 28, 2008 -- Winona State University's Heather Pierce saw her quest for a national championship berth in singles play come to an end when she lost in semifinal play of the ITA regional women's tennis tournament. Pierce lost to Marina Bugaenco of Minnesota State University-Mankato in three sets. Pierce won the first set 7-, but then lost 6-1 and 10-3. Pierce and Mary Hesterman did reach the finals of their No. 1 Doubles bracket before beating Miriam Evanglista and April Hirad of Metro State of Denver 8-6. Winona State 's Courtney Zinter also lost in the consolation finals, dropping an 8-2 decision to No. 5 Morgan Forsyth of Colorado-Pueblo.Background: Pierce reaches regional semifinals
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Warriors wins seventh in row
| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 28, 2008 -- A pair of quick goals in the first half led No. 5-ranked Winona State to a 3-0 nonconference women's soccer victory over Lewis University. The victory, Winona State's fifth shutout of the season, extended the Warriors' winning streak to seven. Gina Florian gave the Warriors their initial lead at 36:07. Melissa Sellier made it 2-0 lead 54 second later. Florian and Sellier assisted each other's goals. In the second half Martha Curtiss converted a shot on assists from Lauren Sturdivant and Jordyn Strege. Anna Belpedio recorded the shutout for Winona State, stopping two shots on goal. For the game the Winona State defense allowed only shots. Details: Statistics |  WINNING SHOT Junior midfielder Martha Curtiss makes it 3-0 |
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Warriors in 2nd tie in Riverport Classic
| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 27, 2008 -- Winona State University shot the low team score of the day and went on to tie for second place in the three-team Riverport Classic at the Cedar Valley course. The Warriors totaled 332 on the first day of the 36-hole tournament and then came around with a second-day total of 321 to finish with 653 total and a tie with Augustan. The winner, Minnesota State Mankato, was two strokes lower. Mankato State's Lisa Moline was medalist with 157 a three-stroke advantage. Winona State's Courtney Sovereign shot the low round for the final day with a four-over par 76. Sovereign tied for third with a 161 after opening the tournament with an 85. Warrior teammate Tara Christensen had the second lowest round of the second day with a 79 and completed the two-day event with a 163 and a tie for sixth with fellow Warrior Michelle Narveson. Also cracking the Top 10 for the Warriors was Hilary Botton with consecutive days of 82 for a 164 and an eighth-place finish. Details: Statistics |  COURTNEY SOVEREIGN Low round in finale |
Stabbed bouncer sues bars for injuries
| WINONA, Minn., Sept. 27, 2008 -- A former Winona State University football player who was stabbed outside a downtown bar, Steve Adams, has filed multiple legal actions for $300,000 for his injuries. Adams claims that his assailant, a 20-year-old man, had been served alcohol before the stabbing at Stingers, Gabby’s, Brothers, Bub’s and Schyde’s. Adams, who was a Schyde's bouncer, was at the bar off-duty when Jonathan Hans Minor showed up with a buddy. The stabbing occurred outside Schyde's after the Minor had been escorted out. Adams, 25 at the time, claims severe pain and suffering from the stab wounds, psychological harm, medical expenses, and lost earnings. He also says he has lost his wage-earning capacity as a result. Adams also seeks $50,000 from Minor himself. Background: Bar stabbing trial again delayed |  STEVE ADAMS Five knife penetrations |
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Medalist honors to WSU's Kirk
| HAYFIELD, Minn., Sept. 27, 2008 -- Winona State University got the better of Minnesota-Crookston 300-307 in a me's golf match at the Oaks course. Winona State's Jon Kirk captured medalist honors by totaling a one-over par 73 for the 18 holes. Ryan Peavey followed in a tie for second with a 75. Brady Strangstalien and John Anderson each came in with 76s to tie for fifth. Rounding out the top ten action for Winona State was Tyler Whitely and John Gosz, who each shot rounds of 78 to tie for 10th. Details: Statistics |  JOHN KIRK One over par |
| COURT CONVICTIONS WEEK ENDING SEPT. 27, 2008 IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT UNDERAGE BOOZING Stephanie A,. Alverson, 20, Bloomington, Minn., $180. Andrew R. Carlson, 19, Maplewood, Minn., $330. Bernard J. Conley, 18, Janesville, Wis., $180. Joshua D. Curry, 19, 227 W. Fourth, $180. Grady L. Erickson, 20, 700 Terrace Heights 107, SMU, $330. Royce M. Farmer, 19, 677 Huff, $180. Brittni M. Jessessky, 18, 1680 W. Broadway, $180. Caitlin L. Leichtman, 19, Grand Meadow, Minn., $180. Jovina A. Lorge, 19, Oakdale, Minn., $180. Colin W. McDonald, 18, Elelndale, Minn., $180. Erin E. Pelzel, 20, Fairfax, Minn., $180. Mitchel J. Pfaff, 20, 350 W. King, $180. Corey C Shaaf, 20, 261 Orrin, $20. Ty C. Shatzer, 19, La Crosse, Wis., $180. Tanner K. Sutherland, 18, Apple Valley, Minn., $180. Brent A. Vyvyan, 19, Eagan, Minn., $180. Colin J. Wegman, 20, McHenry, Ill., $180. LOUD PARTY Jonathan L. Splitt,18, 253 W, Fifth, $960.
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MSU-Mankato derails stats-strong Warriors
MANKATO, Minn., Sept. 27, 2008 -- Despite what the stats might indicate, Winona State University lost 35-32 to Minnesota State-Mankato in a conference football game. Mankato State scored its winning touchdown with 2:05 to play and then held off the final desperate drive by the Warriors. The loss spoiled an efficient day for Winona State running back Andrew Verboncouer, who rushed for four touchdowns on just five rushing attempts. Verboncouer scored on runs of 6, 12, 5 and 5 yards, which came at 5:26 of the final quarter. That was the last Warriors' score.| MORE |
Winona State outscored the Mavericks 25-21 in the final 30 minutes of play. The big difference came on special teams. Winona State failed to convert extra-point attempts three times
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Winona State, which came into the game as the NCAA Division II leader in turnover margin, came up with for more turnovers on three interceptions and one fumble recovery. The Warriors then made good use of those turnovers. Three were converted into points. But Mankato State forced the Warriors into four turnovers of their own and also ran back a kickoff for a touchdown. Again the Warriors held the difference in most offensive categories -- first downs 24-23; passing yards 317-296; total offense 462-447 and trailed only in the final rushing yardage 151-145.
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Randy Spring led the Warriors in rushing with 96 yards. Verboncouer finished with 27 yards Greg Preston was 16 of 28 for 241 yards and a 28-yard touchdown pass to Tyrre Burks. Brent Yule was all over the field for the Warriors for ten solo tackles and three assisted for a team-high 13 total tackles. Lucas Wolf had two of the three Warrior interceptions. Elliott Gaulke added the other.
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Pierce reaches regional semifinals
KEARNEY, Neb. Sept. 27, 2008 -- Winona State University's Heather Pierce advanced to the semifinal round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional women's tournament. The 17th-ranked Pierce won a pair of singles matches, 6-2, 6-1. before defeating Amanda Ferrari of Southwest Minnesota State 2-6, 6-2, 10-4 to advance to the semifinal match. In consolation No. 1 bracket doubles, Pierce and Mary Hesterman won twice by 8-3 and 8-2. The Warriors' Courtney Zinter remained alive in consolation singles with an 8-0 and an 8-6.This kid's no magician
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 26, 2008 -- Apparently hoping the cops wouldn't notice the sleight of hand, a Winona State University sophomore eased a hand with a cup behind his back. The magician's trick didn't work. One cop's eyes caught the movement: "What you have there?" One whiff gave it away: Whisky, the classy stuff, Canadian CLub, it turned out, even if in a plebeian red plastic cup. Then the cops asked what was in the guy's backpack. There, the cops reported, they found 9.6 grams of marijuana and paraphernalia. That, at 12:20 a.m., ended a loud party near Wabasha and Johnson streets. The college student, age 19, was cited him for underage drinking and possession of a marijuana and n of drug paraphernalia.No pity for vomiting drunk
WINONA. Minn., Sept. 26, 2008 -- Police ticketed an 18-year-old woman who was vomiting on the curb outside the Prentiss-Lucas dorm at Winona State University about 1:45 a.m. She was 18.| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 26, 2008 Police and security guards responded at 1:45 a.m. outside the Lourdes dorm for a highly drunk individual. Police issued a citation for minor consuming. A student reported at 7:30 a.m. that the rear window of her vehicle was damaged while parked at the East Lake dorm. Police were notified. |
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Warriors tip Upper Iowa in overtime
FAYETTE, Iowa, Sept. 26, 2008 -- After five shots on goal, one by Lauren Sturdivant made it for No. 5-ranked Winona State University in a 1-0 overtime overtime women;s soccer victory over Upper Iowa. Sturdivant put up seven of the Warriors' 16 shots and five on goal. That fifth came at 4:19 into the extra period. On defense Winona State allowed Upper Iowa only six shots, four on goal. Amanda Diehm made all four of the saves. It was the fourth overtime match of the season for the Warriors and the fourth shutout victory.Details: Statistics
Bank pledges $500,000 gift to WSU
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 25, 2008 -- Merchants Bank has pledged a $500,000 gift to Winona State University, the largest in the bank's history. The gift was announced by Rod Nelson, bank president, at a ground-breaking ceremony for the university's $18 million gym and academic facility. Of the pledge, $200,000 is dependent on matching gifts from Winona State alumni and other donors. The Merchants gift is from the bank and Merchants Financial Group.
Speaking at the ground-breaking, university President Judith Ramaley emphasized the importance of partners in university fund raising. Ramaley is a member of the Merchants board of directors. Background: Building earns greenness score $10 million fund drive launched | AT WELLNESS CEREMONY  NEW ARCHITECT'S RENDITION The wellness building is among projects being funded from the new $10 million Winona State fund-raising campaign. |
Colgate student fined for violent message
HAMILTON, N.Y., Sept. 25, 2008 -- A Colgate University senior has paid $5,000 in restitition to police and ambulance agencies for their trouble in addressing concerns about a note that was perceived as a threat to shoot students. The student, George So, also wrote aplogies. So was traced as the source of the note and charged with disorderly conduct. In hislast March note on the site Juicy Campus, So speculated that "someone put the effort into writing a big long serious suicide note informing all readers that he would kill over 100 kids, they could shut down the school. Nice." The campus the judicial systems did not act to suspended or expel So.Background: Student arrested for web threat
Prof: What poetry means to me
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 24, 2008 -- A retired Winona State Universuty English prof, Orval Lund, will discuss the importance of poetry in his personal and professional life as a scholar and professor.Date: Wednesday, Oct. 8
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Second floor, Krueger Library.
Cost: Free
Contact: Joe Mount at 507-457-51477
WSU faculty in benefit recital
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 24, 2008 -- A Winona State University faculty recital, featuring faculty soloits and chamber music, is in rehearsals to benefit the campus chapter of the National Association for Music Education. Performing works of Claude Debussy, George Handel and Thelonious Monk will be Paul Vance, cello; Eric Brisson, piano; Suzanne Draayer, soprano; Daniel Sheridan, clarinet; Rich MacDonald, vibraphone; Larry Price, piano; Harry Hindson, saxophone; Richard Hammergren, trumpet; Mike James, guitar; and Sharon Martin, flute. For Sheridan, new to Winona State faculty, the recital will be a debut. Funds raised will go for students to attend conferences and host workshops.Date: Tuesday, Sept. 30 |  DANIEL SHERIDAN WSU debut |
Quietdrive signs late for WSU concert
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 24, 2008 --The Minneapolis acoustic band Quietdrive will perform Tuesday at Winona State University, student activities director Joe Reed told the Student Senate. Reed cautioned, however, that a contract has not been signed. Reed said he was hesitant to make an "official announcement," noting that the last major concert scheduled for campus, featuring rapper Akon, was canceled on short notice. "We're really hoping this gets done by the end of the week," Reed said.| MORE |
Although most major concerts require an admission fee for tickets, the Quietdrive performance will be free to Winona State students, Reed said.
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Why are arrangements running so late? Quietdrive created a time crunch by confirming its availability only last Friday, Reed said. An upside for student, Reed said, is that the band agreed to reduce its fee because of the short notice. Quietdrive typically charges $7,000 to $8,000, Reed said. The concert will be only $1,500.
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The band, which is releasing its album "Deliverance" Oct. 9, will perform in Somsen Hall.
Reporter: Jeff Grier
Background: Spring concert now a no-go
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 24, 2008 A student cooking triggered a fire alarm in the Lourdes dorm at 10:15 p.m. |
Iowa fires execs after rape case probe
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 24, 2008 -- Two University of Iowa have been fired for mishandling a report on a rape in a dorm. Sally Mason, university president, said she asked student services Vice President Phillip Jones and legal affairs Vice President Marcus Mills to resign after an external investigation concluded mishandling. When Jones and Mills declined to resign, Mason fired them. Jones and Mills had been singled out for not removing two varsity athletes from the dorm, here they lived with their accuser. Also, the investigation concluded that Jones and Mills failed to protect the woman from retaliation and harassment by other athletes.Background: Report faults Iowa in football rape accusation
Nursing prof examines hydration, oldsters
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 24, 2008 -- A Winona State University nursing prof, Diane McNally Forsyth, wrote an article with two grad students and Mayo colleagues, "Hydration Status of Geriatric Patients in a Psychiatric Hospital," in the journal Issues in Mental Health Nursing. The article is being used by Forsuth's nursing students.NCAA holds form on Arkansas track sanctions
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 23, 2008 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association has affirmed penalties against the men's track-and-field program at the University of Arkansas. The Division I program had appealed a ruling that it surrender two national titles for recruiting violations. The NCAA found that an assistant coach had provided a key athlete, Tyson Gay, with impermissible lodging, transportation, and academic assistance. Gay, the 2007 100-meter and 200-meter world champion, won an individual NCAA title and was a member of an NCAA-champion relay team.University halts course that seemed Obama-leaning
AMHERST, Mass., Sept. 24, 2008 -- The University of Massachusetts dropped a course after e-mails surfaced that a chaplain had solicited students with a promise they could earn academic credit by campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The chaplain, Kent Higgins, had urged students to "activate" themselves through a two-credit course through, presumably, a faculty "sponsor" for canvassing for Obama. The university said that it had been misled into believing that e students would be doing nonpartisan work but that Higgins' e-mail message suggested otherwise. Higgins has responded that said he had never intended to limit students to Obama.Nine slain in Finnish college massacre
KAUHAJOKI, Finland, Sept. 23, 2008 -- A student opened fire at a small vocational college and killed 10 students. Others were wounded. Witnesses said the shooter, a 22-year-old man, walked into a classroom of 20 to 30 students who were taking a test about 11 a.m. The man started firing a semiautomatic handgun. One report said the man, wearing a ski mask, had entered the building with a large bag. The shooter later shot and fatally wounded himself in the head. The man, Matti Juhani Saari, died at a hospital. Attendants said that no family or friends showed up before the man died.
Kauhajoki, population 15,000, is in a sparsely populated western Finland rural area 200 miles from the Finnish capital Helsinki. The Kauhajoki School of Hospitality, whose curriculum includes kitchen and skills-based training, has about 200 students and 40 faculty, mostly part-time. |  INTERNET POST The day before the shootings, Kauhajoki police questioned a man about four videos posted on YouTube firing a pistol at a shooting range. One was a short-range view up the barrel of a 22-mm pistol. |
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 23, 2008 A medical team and security guards went to the Lourdes dorm at 11:45 p.m.to check on a student's welfare . Student was OK. A student reported that she was harassed by several men near the Performing Arts Cen ter about 6 p.m. At 12:55 p.m. a student reported being harassed near the library. |
Text-messaging be weak link in crises
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 23, 2008 -- Colleges may be pursing the wrong technology for communicating during a campus shooting crisis, says prof Patrick Traynor at Georgia Tech. The architecture of text-message alert systems can be overwhelmed in a large-scale emergency, Traynor said: "Such systems will not be able to deliver a high volume of emergency messages." Experiments have found the networks are incapable of meeting the usual 10-minute alert goal and can block 911 calls.WSU prof editing new poetry 'zine
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 22, 2008 -- A Winona State University English prof, Nicholas Ozment, has been named co-editor of the poetry webzine Every Day Poets. Every Day Poets launches Nov. 1, with a new poem daily. Ozment has written several flash-stories in a sister zine, Every Day Fiction.
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Warriors 2nd in Bridges invitational
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 22, 2008 -- Winona State University came up with a 300 team total to finish second in the 36-hole Riverport Inn men's golf tournament at the Bridges Golf Club. The Warriors had a 311 total in the first 18 holes but came back with a 300 total to finish with a 611 total -- 15 strokes behind Minnesota State-Mankato. Bemidji State's Casey Hill, who played in the individual portion of the tournament only, was medalist with a 141 total. Hill followed his one-under par round of 70 in the first round with an even-par in the second round. Winona State had three players in the top ten. Brady Strangstalien shot 71 on the second day to tie for third with a 149. John Anderson was 77-74 and John Kirk 75-76 to tie for eighth.Details: Statistics
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FIRST IN WINONA
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 22, 2008 -- The $18.5 million multipurpose gym and health building at Winona State will be the first sustainability-rated structure in Winona, the university announced. The structure, for which construction begins next week, has a silver rating on the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council. On the Council's 69-point evaluation scale, silver is the third tier for energy and environmental design:
•Platinum: 52-69 pointsPoints are awarded in 37 categories, including erosion and sedimentation control, innovative wastewater technologies, optimal energy performance, recycled local materials, carbon dioxide monitoring, thermal comfort, and said,daylighting and views. The university did not announce categories in which the new structure scored well.
•Gold: 39-51 points
•Silver: 33-38 points
•Certified: 26-32 points
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Ground-breaking for the 90,000-square-foot facility, which will house classrooms, health care and facilities for fitness, recreational sports and varsity athletics. will be Thursday. Scheduled to speak are Judith Ramaley, university president; Rep. Gene Pelowski, D-Winona; Bruce Svingen, faculty president; David Obray, student president; banker Greg Evans, orthopedic surgeon Jeb Griffith, an alum and Mary Jo Strauss, of the WSU Alumni Society. The university announced that Rod Nelson, president of Merchants Bank, will make a special announcement concerning funding for the facility.
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The ground-breaking:
Date: Thursday, Sept. 25
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Place: Howard and Johnson streets
Colleges peek at Facebook for admissions decisions
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2008 -- High school students need to know that college admissions officers may be examining their Facebook and MySpace pages, according to a study by the test prep company Kaplan.The study found that one in 10 admissions officers has looked at an applicant's social-networking profiles, with 38 percent forming a negative impression. About 25 percent of those admissions officers said the effect was positive. Kaplan said many students don't like Facebook and MySpace checks. Is it fair? Forty-six percent of student respondents said no.Faculty jazz trio plans WSU show
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 21, 2008 -- The Price-Graham-MacDonald trio, comprising Eric Graham on acoustic and electric bass, Rich MacDonald on drums and vibraphone, and Larry Price on piano and clarinet, will performs standard jazz and original compositions at Winona State University. Price and MacDonald are music profs at Winona State, and Graham at Century College in St. Paul.Date: Tuesday, Sept. 23 |  ERIC GRAHAM RICH MACDONALD LARRY PRICE |
University drops debate after YouTube video
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 21, 2008 -- The University of Pittsburgh has withdrawn from tournaments held by the Cross Examination Debate Association after a video surfaced on YouTube of a prof, who was serving as a judge, in a profanity-laced argument with a coach The incident took place in March at a national tournament. The coach for a team from Fort H.ays State University, William Shanahan, got into a shouting match with a judge, Shanara Reid-Brinkley of the University Pittsburgh. At one point, Shanahan, who has since been fired, dropped his pants and exposed his BVDs. Both profs shouted profanities. The University of Pittsburgh called Reid-Brinkley's behavior was "unacceptable" and a violation of the faculty code of conduct.Background: Wardrobe malfunction?
Flag-desecration charges dropped against teen
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 22, 2008 -- Facing a probably impossible First Amendment obstacle, County Attorney Chuck MacLean will not prosecute a teen-ager for burning a U.S. flag at the high school. Police had ticketed the student, who is 14, under a Minnesota flag-desecration law that predates U.S. Supreme Court decisions that say flag-burning is allowable as a civil liberty.| MORE |
The student had written lyrics on a flag he had bought, then burned holes in the flag with cigarettes and ripped it to pieces in a boys' bathroom. It seemed like a political protest, but the boy's rationale was not quite clear other than to goad some classmates during the Republican national convention.
Background: Prof: Constitution protects flag-burning
Background: Winona flag-burning case
Prof gigged for grading assistance
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 21, 2008 -- A professor at Indiana University-South Bend, Otis Grant, has ben sanctioned for allowing an outsider to grade student work. The university declined to state what the sanctions will. An investigation, promoted by student complains, identified the corrector as Riane Hunter, who has identified herself as a graduate assistant but who, the university said, is neither an employee nor enrolled. Grant teaches law and society.Cheney ordered to preserve records
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2008 -- Historians and other scholars may get a crack, after all, at the records of the shadowy Vice President Dick Cheney. Ut had been feared that Cheney might destroy the documents. The lawsuit, filed by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, has been supported by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Society of American Archivists, and historians Stanley Kutler and Martin Sherwin. The injunction issued by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is to prevent the possibility of "irreparable injury" to the historical record if the vice president's office destroyed or failed to preserve documents while the case proceeded.Boozed-up WSU student flees cops, caught
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 20, 2008 -- A Winona State University junior was ticketed for underage drinking after fleeing police, who were investigating a report of a man making threats. The man, 20, was quickly caught. The incident, on the he 100 block of West Mark Street, occurred about 10 p.m.
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WSU 8th at Mustang invitational
MARSHALL, Minn., Sept. 21, 2008 -- Winona State finished the two-day, 17-team at the Mustang women's golf invitation in eighth place with a 98-over-par 674. Megan Placko shot a final-round 81 at the par-72 Marshall Golf Club and tied for ninth at 158 for the Warriors.Details: Statistics
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Kasten hat trick leads Warriors
CROOKSTON, Minn., Sept. 21, 2008 -- Amelia Kasten came up with a natural hat trick in leading No. 7-ranked Winona State University to a 6-0 soccer over the University of Minnesota, Crookston in a Northern Sun conference match. Kasten scored the first three goals for the Warriors, two in the first half at 17:52 and 43:11 and then added her third goal at 50:57 of the second period. Heidi Woerle assisted on the Kasten first goal, Megan Rowland came up with an assist on the second goal. Cori Beard and Jordyn Strege helped with assists on Kasten's final goal. Melissa Sellier scored the fourth Winona State goal with Leslie Schumacher assisting on the play. Lauren Sturdivant tallied the final two goals, 1:34 apart to wrap up the scoring. Warrior goalkeeper Amanda Diehm recorded the shutout by having to stop only one shot. UM-Crookston came up with only three shots in the game. WSU finished with 26 shots, 16 on goal.Details: Statistics
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 21, 2008 Firefighters responded to a false alarm at the Wabasha rec center at 9:17 p.m. |
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Frosh Fahey kicks WSU record field goal
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 20, 2008 -- In a warm September homecoming game, Winona State University capitalized on six turnovers the kicking of freshman, Cullen Fahey to defeat its top rival of recent years, Concordia of St. Paul, 37-10 in a Northern Sun conference football game. Fahey set a Winona State record with a 47-yard field goal. Last week Fahey was named the Northern Sun special teams player of the week, partly on the strength of a field goal attempt from 44 yards out, which equaled the second longest in Winona State history. The old record was in 1997.
The Warriors picked off three Concordia passes, recovered three fumbles and turned three of those six turnovers into touchdowns and 21 points. Fahey recorded 13 kicking points --(four extra points and three field goals. Fahey record field goal, in the fourth period, was a three-pointer. The 13 points is the second most points scored by a kicker in a single Winona State game.
Senior running back Andrew Verboncouer continued to be a Warrior scoring machine. Verbancouer scored his sixth and seventh touchdowns in the Warriors' first four games of the season.
On offense the Warriors managed 229 yards rushing and 178 passing. Randy Spring finished with 103 yards on 16 carries Verbancouer totaled 96 yards on 10 attempts. Greg Preston led the passing with 116 yards on eight of 16 attempts. Preston connected on touchdown passes to Justin Thomas, his first collegiate score, and to Tyrre Burks.
Defensively the Warriors gave up 269 yards passing but held Concordia to 22 yards rushing by recording three sacks and seven tackles for minus yardage Freshman cornerback Lucas Wolf led the Warriors with eight total tackles on seven unassisted and one assisted tackles. Wolf also came up with a forced fumble and an interception that he returned for 28 yards.Tony Hill came up with an interception. Brent Yule picked off the other errant Concordia pass. Details: Statistics |  CULLEN FAHEY 47-yard field goal  ANDREW VERBONCOUER Sixth and seventh touchowns of season |
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 20, 2008 Several students caused a disturbance outside of Sheehan dorm at 1:23 a.m. but left when security guards approached. An non-student who passed out on the lawn at the Lourdes dorm was sent in his way at 2:20 a.m. A student was removed from the stadium at 2 p.m. but returned and was arrested for trespassing. An ambulance was called at 2:20 p.m.for a student was feeling sick at the stadium. An ambulance was called at 2:05 p.m.for a man feeling sick at the stadium. A at 2:03 p.m. student was arrested for disorderly conduct and minor consuming at the stadium. Security guards responded at 2:28 p.m. to a report of a student feeling sick. An ambulance crew was summoned. |
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WSU bids good-bye to winning streak
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 20, 2008 -- Winona State University saw its three-match winning streak come to an end when No. 3-ranked Concordia defeated the Warriors 3-0 in Northern Sun conference volleyball. The Warriors lost on scores of 25-17, 25-13 and 25-17. The Warriors had a mere .040 hitting percentage. Rudi Balich paced the Warriors with six kills. Mollie Bjelland recorded 16 assist. Carmen Stankowski had two service aces. Defensively, Bjelland had nine digs and Alysha Pettit had the lone Winona State block.Details: Statistics
| COURT CONVICTIONS WEEK ENDING SEPT. 20, 2008 IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT UNDERAGE BOOZING Matthew D. Mettert, 20, 116 W. Wabasha, $180.
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Beer-in-hand-tips off cop
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2008 -- A Winona State University student was charged with underage boozing after police spotted him walking near Wabasha and Winona streets with a beer in his hand. The man, age 19, blew .09 blood-alcohol, 12.5 percent above the legal limit, in a sobriety test, said Deputy Police Chief Paul Bostrack. | SOCCER (WOMEN'S) SEPT. 20, 2008 WSU 4, MSU-Moorhead 1 |
Florian scores twice against MSU-Moorhead
MOORHEAD, Minn., Sept. 19, 2008 -- Gina Florian scored twice as No. 7-ranked Winona State University defeated Minnesota State-Moorhead 4-1 in Northern Sun conference soccer. Florian's first goal broke a 1-1 tie at 49:20 of the second period. Florian's second goal came at the 83:12 of the match came with an assist from Lauren Sturdivant. In the first period Sturdivant put the Warriors on the board at 9:11. Kendall Straessle and Sarah Colleran hooked up for the Warriors' third goal when Straessel scored at 57:04. Goaltender Amanda Diehm had five saves. In all, Winona State finished with 25 shots, 19 on goal. MSU-Moorhead got off 11 shots, with six on goal.Details: Statistics
| CROSS COUNTRY (WOMEN'S) ST.OLAF INVITATIONALSEPT. 20, 2008 UW-La Crosse (1st) 52, St. Olaf (2nd) 67, UM-Duluth (3rd) 73, MSU-Mankato (th) 101, WSU (5th) 112, Bethel (6th) 164, Macalester (7t) 166, St. Catherine (8th) 243, Carleton (9th) 267, Augsburg (10th) 292, North Central (11th) 325, North Iowa Area Community College (12th) 341, Martin Luther (13th) 350 |
Warrior women 5th at St. Olaf meet
NORTHFIELD, Minn., Sept. 20, 2008 -- Winona State University placed four runners in the top 30 and placed fifth in the 13-team St. Olaf cross-country invitational. The Warriors totaled 112 points. Jenna Southworth paced the WInona State effort with a third-place 23:02 among the 192 runners. Steph Smith and Allie Glassbrenner followed for Winona State in 21st at 24:20 and in 22nd at 24:21. Madeline Heinrich rounded out the top 30 Warrior finishes in 27th at 24:43.Details: Details
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Warrior men 10th at St. Olaf
NORTHFIELD, Minn., Sept. 20, 2008 -- Winona State University placed 10th out of 12 teams in the St. Oalf Invitational 2ith 302 points -- a sprry 121 behind leader Minnesota State-Moorhead. Bryan Lindquist turned in the best Winona Syate performance, 40th-at 28:02 out of 187 runners. Ryan Nelson at 29:13 followed in 61st, Ryan Ledin at 29:18, 62nd, and Ryan Slack at 29:43, 65th.Details: Statistics
Loitering leads to underage boozing ticket
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2008 -- A Winona State University sophomore was cited for a minor consumption early Friday after police became suspicious of him for hanging around a backyard near Fifth and Washington streets. Deputy Police Chief Paul Bostrack said that a sobriety test found the man, age 20, had a .23 blood alcohol content, almost triple the legal definition for impairment.$200,000 bail in break-in, fondling case
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2008 -- A Winona man arrested on a complaint that a woman was molested at her home near Winona State University, Jason Michael Cieminski, 27, was charged with two counts of sexual misconduct and burglary. Judge Nancy Bostrack set bail at $200,000. Cieminski was arrested on a downtown street about 5:30 p.m. by an off-duty police officer who recognized him from a description provided the woman who filed the complaint. The woman said she was asleep in her bed when she realized a man was touching her intimate parts through her clothing. The man fled on a bicycle, taking some electronic gizmos, the woman said. She reported the incident about 7:20 a.m.| MORE |
Judge Bostrack denied Cieminski a request to be allowed to leave jail for his job. Prosecutor Chuck MacLean had argued against release, saying that Cieminski was a man unable to control his impulses and was a threat to public safety. Cieminski's record includes a 2006 burglary for which he is on probation, MacLean said.
Background: Off-duty cop makes connections
Nursing prof describes teaching model
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2008 -- A Winona State University nursing prof,Diane McNally Forsyth, wrote an article, "Teaching in the Affective Domain for Institutional Values," in the Journal of Continuing with Julie Neumann, a Mayo nursing ed specialist. Forsyth and Neumann describe a model to teach Mayo nursing staff about values and philosophy.
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WSU runs volleyball streak to three
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2008 -- Winona State University won its third straight women's volleyball conference match by sweeping St. Cloud State. The Warriors controlled most of the match by posting 25-18, 25-15 and 25-19. Carmen Stankowski led the team with 17 digs. Rudi Balich had 13 digs. Mollie Bjelland 12. Bjelland added 27 assists. Shannon McGowan helped the Warriors with three service aces. Bjelland and Jenna Padley each had two total blocks.| MORE |
The streak began with a home victories against St. Mary's and was followed up with the Warriors' first ever victory over St. Cloud State on Huskies home court.
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| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 19, 2008 Security guards chased a student who jumped over a campus memorial at 12:42 a.m. Police made an arrest for underage alcohol consumption. A student reported at 10:30 p.m. that his vehicle was broken into in the Sheehan dorm south parking lot. Security guards discovered water running onto the floor from faulty plumbing in the East at Kryzsko Commons at at 2:30 a.m. Maintenance workers were called. At 7:10 p.m. a student reported the theft of his bike from outside of Kryzsko Commons. Police were notified. Security guards cited a student in Kryzsko Commons for alcohol |
WSU EX-PRESIDENT
HEADING TRUMAN STATE
KIRKSVILLE, Mo., Sept. 19, 2008 -- The retired president of Winona State University, Darrell Krueger, has been appointed interim president of Truman State in Missouri. Krueger, quoted frequently as having second thoughts about retiring when he did at Winona State, said he was pleased to be of service at Truman -- a kind of homecoming. Before Winona State, Krueger spent 16 years as fiscal vice president at Truman State University. For two years prior to that appointment he taught political science at Truman. Krueger retired from Winona State in 2005.
Said Krueger: "I am thrilled to be returning to a university and community that my family and I love. I look forward to working with the campus community to continue to move the university forward." Since Winona State, Krueger has been in Cedar City, Utah, helping manage family-run sheep lands.
A national search for a successor to Dixon is expected to begin soon with an appointment effective next fall. Krueger, 68, is not expected to be a candidate.
At Truman State, Krueger succeeds Barbara Dixon, who resigned formally this week after five years. The university has tried to put a pleasant spin on Dixon's departure, but tension had been building between Dixon, age 65, and the university's governing board. A severance agreement stipulates that neither Dixon nor the board would make "negative comments" about the other. The agreement is specific that the board would not disparage Dixon's job performance and conduct.
Dixon has deferred questions about her departure. To the St. Louis newspaper the Post-Dispatch, Dixon said only this about her relations with the governing board: "We did not have a big huge blowout." Dixon acknowledged a series of "friendly" conversations with the board over her role and priorities that, she said, could not be resolved. The Post-Dispatch quoted the university's attorney that the board had voted unanimously in June against a $10,000 deferred bonus to Dixon. According to Dixon's contract, the bonus was an annual payment at the board's discretion to reward satisfactory performance.
Dixon will continue as a consultantship with her $205,000 salary for one year. The consultantship apparently ill be done from afar. Dixon is moving to Michigan. Her resignation is effective Oct. 15. Krueger takes her mantle the next day. |
Truman State, enrollment 5,700, was formerly Northeast Missouri State. |
OFF-DUTY COP
NABS BREAK-IN SUSPECT
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 19, 2008 -- A 27-year-old Winona man has been arrested after a Winona State University neighborhood break-in Sunday in which a woman reported waking up to a stranger touching her groin. The man will be charged with fourth-degree sexual criminal conduct, said Deputy Police Chief Paul Bostrack. The man also will be charged with first-degree burglary and theft, Bostrack said. The woman, 21, said the man left when she woke up. She then woke two housemates and called police. She gave the police a description of the man.
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The intruder was believed to have entered the house, on the 100 block of West Seventh Street, though an unlocked door. The victim said the man left on a BMX-style bicycle. Missing was a $150 iPod Nano, a $300 black iPod, a $250 digital camera, and a bra.
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On Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. an off-duty police sergeant identified a man fitting the woman's description at Third and Main streets. The man was questioned and taken into custody. The black iPod was recovered, police said.
Reporter: Randy Fish
College boozers new best friend: Twitter
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 19, 2008 -- The microblog service Twitter, through which users blast messages to cellphones, has become a guide for college party-hoppers and is driving people nuts in the Loyola Marymount University neighborhood. The partying has become out of control, with students learning instantly about hot party spots. Too, the cops are hobbled by Twitter because revelers can issue warnings to everybody as police are closing in. One cop, quoted by a Los Angeles news station, described "100 or 150 kids" filing out of a house with "all the things lighting up in their hands" with a microblogged warning.Report faults Iowa in football rape accusation
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 19, 2008 -- The University of Iowa mishandled a rape alleged against two varsity football players in a campus dorm. according to an independent investigation. Administrators failed to alert the university's governing board to the allegation and also failed to offer adequate counseling to the women when she was interviewed about what happened. The investigation, by the law firm Stolar Partnership, based in Dallas and St. Louis, found no evidence of a cover-up by the university.| MORE |
Meanwhile, the football players, Abe Satterfield, 20, and Cedric Everson, 19, have pleaded innocent and are awaiting trial. The woman said the rape occurred in October in a vacant dorm room.
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The woman's mother went public with allegations that her daughter. also a varsity athlete, was harassed by football players and other athletes for making her report. The mother said too that university President Sally Mason and Vice President Phil Jones distanced themselves from her daughter's situation. The Stolar Partnership report faulted university policies concerning sexual assaults and recommended a "comprehensive review" and immediate changes.
Prof: Constitution protects flag-burning
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 18, 2008 -- The Minnesota flag desecration law probably would not survive a court test, says a Winona State University political scientist who specializes in constitutional law. Asked about a Winona high school flag-burning case, Matt Bosworth told the Winona Daily News that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that flag desecration laws infringe on First Amendment free speech rights. Exceptions, Bosworth said, could be writing a death threat on a flag or the flames jeopardizing public safety. About the Winona high school case, Bosworth said it looks to him like a strong case to challenge the ticket, if not the law itself.
The Minnesota statute makes it a misdemeanor to mutilate, defile or cast contempt on the flag intentionally or publicly or to place words, marks or designs on the flag that don't belong there. The law also bars the flag in advertising.
The Supreme Court dealt with the issue in 1989 in overturning the conviction of Gregory Lee Johnson in Texas courts for burning a flag at the Dallas City Hall during the Republican national convention five years earlier.Johnson poured kerosene on the flag and set it on fire as demonstrators shouted; "America, the red, white and blue, we spit on you. You stand for plunder. You will go under." Johnson was convicted and sent to jail for a year. Background: Winona flag-burning case |  MATT BOSWORTH Polyci prof |
Flowers signs to play in Sweden
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 18, 2008 -- Winona State University basketball all-American Jonte Flowers has signed to play professionally for the Solna Vikings of Stockholm in the Swedish Obel league. Flowers signed a one-year contract. Financial terms were not announced. The Solna Vikings, founded in 1999 won the league's gold medal in 2003 and 2008. League play that begins in October.Warriors now ranked 7th
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 18, 2008 -- Winona State University leaped to No. 7 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas nationa =l soccer rankings. The Warriors came up with one victory during the week and up from No. 12. At 7, the Warriors are highest the've ever been. With that 1-0 win over Concordia University, St. Paul the Warriors took over the No. 1 spot in the NSCAA/adidas regional rankings.| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 18, 2008 A student was cited at 10:43 p.m. for attempting to bring alcohol into the Tau dorm. A suspicious male was reported in the library at 9:57 p.m. and told to leave. |
Four clues enough to find medallion
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 18, 2008 -- Nosing around the library on a hunch, Ben Trappen found the Winona State University Homecoming medallion and laid claim to a $50 prize. Trappen, a senior, found the medallion on the shelf behind copies of the WSU Scrapbook. It was instantly plain he was in the right place. Four Homecoming buttons were marked: "Congratulations."| MORE |
Trappen found the medallion after four clues, one revealed each day starting Monday:
| CLUE NO. 1: Happy Birthday, WSU; Happy Birthday, WSU; Happy Birthday, WSU. Good luck with the clues. | CLUE NO. 2: I bet you're stumped. The clues get you pumped. Make sure to check every nook and cranny. Four buttons this year to up the ante. | CLUE NO. 3: Look under, look below, Check outside, be thorough. Remember the "Happy 150th Birthday" theme. And try not to let the chase make you scream. | CLUE NO. 4: There are four medallions, All hidden in one place. How will you ever find them, With a book in your face? |
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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED SEPT. 18, 2008 FLAG BURNING. A 14-year-old high school student has been charged under a state law that forbids flag desecration, the Winona Daily News reported. The teen could go to jail for 90 days and be fined $1,000. The incident occurred Sept. 5. Police said the student had wanted to excite his friends. He had scribbled lyrics on the flag, used a cigarette to ignite it and then scattered remnants around the bathroom.
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  |   | VINTAGE COLLECTABLE Not just one but four buttons have been created for access to select Winona State University homecoming activities. Price: $1 each. Where to buy one or all: Student Union Desk, Kryzsko Alumni Office, Somsen 206 Friday pepfest, main courtyard Friday pepfest, main courtyard |
Scooters become a campus walkway issue
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 18, 2008 -- Students seeking to save on gas have been buying up scooters all around the country to commute to campus, but some go too far and too fast. At the University of Arkansas, students are hopping on their scooters to go from class to class and, say campus police, endangering pedestrians. The cops are issuing tickets for weaving in and around people on foot. The 100-miles-a-gallon machines can go 70 mph.Minimal pomp at New Hampshire crowning
DURHAM, N.H., Sept. 17, 2008 -- The new president of the University of New Hampshire, Mark Huddleston, told a crowd at his inauguration that the ceremony cost hardly anything and would leave almost no carbon footprint. The ceremony was in contrast to extravagant affairs, some with budgets upward of $200,000, that have come to mark inaugurations of U.S. college presidents.Guest artist leads WSU improv jam
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2008 -- A guest dancer-in-residence at Winona State, Jen Stone from George Washington University, will lead a contact improvisation jam at the university. Stone studied with Steve Paxton, contact improvisation's creator. She has performed improvisation with the Zen Monkey Project and Daniel Burkholder/The PlayGround for more than a decade.Date: Wednesday, Oct. 1
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Second floor, Krueger Library.
Cost: Free
Contact: 507-457-5147
Yale site to predict grades
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 17, 2008 -- A Yale University junior, Dan Loewenherz, is building a web site that uses algorithm to predict what grade a student will earn in a class. Predictions are based on grades that students have earned in other courses. Loewenherz will post grade-distribution graphs and a comparison of workloads for different courses and instructors. Loewenherz dubbed the site Gradifi.Student cleared of changing grade records
PLEASANT HILL, Calif., Sept. 17, 2008 -- A jury acquitted a Diablo College student of using his job in the admissions office to change 15 of is grades to As, accepting the student's argument that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that he had done it himself. The verdict ended a twi-week trial for Erick Martinez. His attorneys claimed that three other student employees, also charged in the case, conspired against him. The other student workers have pleaded guilty in a scheme to change for cash. One case involved more than $4,000 and 15 grade changes.Prof shares top to assess thinking skills
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2008 -- A Winona State University philosophy prof, Kevin Possin, wrote an article, "A Field Guide to Critical-Thinking Assessment," in the September issue of the journal Teaching Philosophy. Possin offers a non-technical guide to assess how well students acquire critical thinking skills.What's going on in high school math?
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2008 -- Incredible as it seems, about 80 percent of college students in remedial math classes somehow averaged grades -- 3.0 on a 4-0 scale -- in high school, according to a new study. A group advocating more rigorous high school standards, Strong American Schools, said its national survey of 688 students found other startling information:• More than half of the students in bonehead math courses claimed to have been good students in hugh school who worked hard and nearly always completed their assignments.The report cited federal data that 43 percent of students at public two-year colleges and 29 percent of students at public four-year colleges take remedial courses. These course, the report said, cost about $2.5 billion a year.
• Almost 60 percent said their high-school classes were easy.
• almost 50 percent said their high-school classes should have been more rigorous.
Royalty named for Homecoming weekend
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2008 -- Student votes have been tallied for the Winona State University Homecoming court of royalty:
Queen Court:
Kali Kotz
Majerowicz
Lizzie Robinette
Annelie Schmittel
Rachel SteinKing Court:
Jake Bauer
Taz Landry
Ryan Lewandowski
Kyle Miller
Paul Snell
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 17, 2008 A trouble alarm sounded at 8:20 a.m. in the Prentiss-Lucas dorm. Maintence eas notifie. At 4:43 p.m. a student reported the theft of his bike from campus. He had last seen the bike Aug. 21.. |
Making a case for integrating diversity
WINONA, Minn.,Sept. 17, 2008 -- The scholarship underlying the Inclusive Excellence Initiative, which promotes diversity at Winona State University, will be outlined by the university's cultural diversity director, Alex Hines, and prof Chuck Ripley. Hines said that studies show that diversity improves learning and, contrary to some conventional wisdom, does not lower standards.Date: Thursday Sept. 25
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Memorial 300
Cost: Free
Contact: 507-457-5206
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60 FEET OF CAMPUS SAGA. One section of the WSU story from 1858 onward.
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New WSU mural depicts campus history
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 17, 2008 -- A 60-foot mural depicting the changing identity of Winona State back to its days as a normal school to produce teachers for a frontier society has been hung in the Phelps classroom building at the university. The mural, by marketing specialist Brett Ayers and graphic designer Angela Kronebusch, draws on purple as the university's signature color and offers a chronology of events and trends in the 150 years since Winona State has been in existence. It mural went up Wednesday, on the eve of homecoming. The university's sesquicentennial coordinator, Beth Halleck, said the mural will be a permanent addition to Phelps Hall. Phelps was chosen, she said, because it is one of the university's oldest buildings.| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 16, 2008 A student reported being harassed by another student at the Rochester ampus in. early September At 3:50 p.m. a student reported being harassed by another student in the dorms. |
WSU setting up campus crisis cadre
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 16, 2008 -- To handle emergencies, including massacres as occurred at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois, the security chief at Winona State University is organizing cadre of people to organize evacuations of buildings. Don Walski said "building captains," as he calls them, will be trained to provide leadership for evacuations and lockdowns. Captains will manage evacuations, check assigned areas, and coordinate emergency operations.| MORE |
Walski already has chosen some building captains. He is looking for volunteers for these additional buildings: The library, the theater building, and the Gildemeister, Minne, Stark and Watkins classroom buildings.
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Walski is putting together an orientation for captains, including sessions on bomb threats, first aid and weather checks. A Federal Emergency Management Administration course is being considered, he said.
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An initial task for building captains, he said, will be to introduce themselves to people in their areas so they can take charge in an emergency. They will need to know evacuation routes and shelter places within their buildings, he said.
Background: 31 dead in Virginia campus shootings
Background: Shooter bursts i kills seven at Dekalb
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WSU so far, so good in league race
ST. CLOUD, Minn., Sept. 16, 2008 -- With 15 kills Carmen Stankowski led the Winona State University defense in opening its women's volleyball onference season with a 3-2 victory over St. Cloud State. In the final set, the Warriors trailed before catching up 10-10. St. Cloud countered to take a 14-13 lead only to have Stankowski come back with a pair of kills to tie the match at 15-all. Jessi Peterson and Jenna Padley then added the final two kills for the Warriors to win.| MORE |
It had appeared appeared that the Warriors were going to sweep the Huskies after winning the first two sets 25-21 and 25-15. Then St. Cloud State came back to tie up the match at two sets apiece, 25-18 and 26-24. The match then came down to the fifth set and it proved to be a nail-biter, but the Warriors battled to win 17-15.
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Trailing Stankowski's 19 kills was Peterson finished with 17 and Rudi Balich with 15. Mollie Bjelland directed those kills with 53 assists. Defensively Balich and Peterson led the Warriors with 24 and 23 digs. Padely tallied a match-high five blocks.
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Ike's punch affects Ohio Valley colleges
GARY, Ind., Sept. 16, 2008 -- Although losing punch after devastating the Texas Gulf coast, Hurricane Ike swept into the Ohio Valley and caused massive power outages and flooding that closed numerous colleges. The Indiana University Northwest campus in Gary shut down due to flooding. Four of Ivy Tech Community College's locations closed because of damage. Winds ripped off a roof section at Ivy Tech's Sellersburg campus. The University of Louisville in Kentucky ended classes at Tuesday evening and canceled classes the next morning.WSU runner named league's best of week
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 16, 2008 -- Winona State University's Jenna Southworth has been named Northern Sun conference women's cross country runner of the week. Southworth placed second in the 6,000-meter race at the St. John's Invitational at 23:04. Southworth's time was the third best in Winona State history.Warriors ranked No. 9 regionally
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 16, 2008 -- The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ranked Winona State University at No. 9 in the Central Region. The Warriors are coming off a third-place finish in the St. John's Invitational..Prof chronicles WSU basketball title bids
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2008 -- A Winona State prof who's a leader of the Warrior basketball fan pack, Tim Hatfield, has written a book, The Run," which chronicles the team's three-year championship run. The 237-page book debuts Friday at Winona bookstores at $15. After the homecoming parade Saturday, coaches and team members will sign copies on campus. Hatfield said the book includes interviews with players, coaches, behind-the-scenes people the players' families and fans with color photographs. Hatfield is on the university's education faculty.| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 15, 2008 A trouble alarm in the Maria dorm sounded at 8:49 a.m. The service company was notified. |
League notes Fahey debut points
| ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 15, 2008 -- Winona State University freshman placekicker Cullen Fahey has been named the Northern Sun conference football special teams player of the week. Fahey scored his drvrn points, the first of his college career, by going four-for-four in extra point attempts Saturday against Bemidji State. Fahey made his only field goal attempt from 44 yards out, which equaled the second longest in Winona State history. Fahey also punted seven times for a 36.4 average. His longest was from 43 yards with four falling inside the 20-yard line and one sailing into the end zone for a touchback. Background: WSU 31, Bemidji State 7 | CULLEN FAHEY Second longest field goal attempt in WSU history |
Movie stuntwoman among sports inductees
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2008 -- A member of the 1987 Winona State national champion gymnastics team who now moonlights as a movie stunt performer, Gina Born, has been named to the university's sports Hall of Fame. Born is among four inductees this homecoming week. Also being inducted: 1950s basketball player Don Klagge, alum golfer Kirk Thompson, and college baseball coach Mo Weber. The inductees will be featured in the Homecoming Parade and at the football game Saturday. A recognition banquet:Date: Friday, Sept. 19
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Tau Conference Center
Cost: $18
Contact: 507-457-5027
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Gina (Vitale) Born. A gymnast at Winona State with a 1990 with degrees in elementary ed, special ed and coaching. All-American on bars, beam and all-around. Has done mission work in Honduras. Now a middle school phys-ed teacher who performs stunts for Minnesota-based movies.
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Kirk Thompson. All-conference golfer 1990-94, NCAA academic all-American and NAIAI all-American. Holds a 1990 bachelor's degree and 1999 master's in education in 1999. Now a high school math teacher and basketball and golf coach in Plainview, Minn. Has coached three state participant golfers. His as well basketball teams have gone to state two of the last five years.
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Maynard "Mo" Weber. Assistant baseball coach under the legendary Luther McCown after World War II. Holds a 1950 Winona State degree in history and a master's in education from the College of William and Mary. Coached at the William and Mary. Now retired, President of the WSU Alumni Society Chapter in northern Virginia.
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Don Klagge. Holds 1960 bachelor's and 1964 master's degrees from Winona State. Lettered in basketball with 1,157 career points in 90 games with 371 points one season. President of the old "W" Club, a booster group. Former president of the alumni board of directors. Member of the university's wellness building planning committee.
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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED SEPT. 15, 2008 DERAILMENT. An eastbound Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern freight train derailed Monday morning 1-1/2 miles up Garvin Brook from Minnesota City, dumping 16 cars, some carrying soyban oil, some ccarrying grain. No one was injured. The derailment was on a straight-away in an area rebuilt after the August 2007 floods that wiped out much of the railroad's right-of-way. The accident happened about 8 o'clock.
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Realtor, coach among honored WSU alums
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2008 -- A 1980 Winona State grad, Jeanine McShea, has been named a distinguished alum by the university's Alumni Society. So has Warrior basketball coach Mike Leaf, a 1985 grad with a 1989 master's. Other alums singled out for recognition during homecoming this year: John Freund, is distinguished young alumni; Muriel and Dave Arnold, distinguished service; Pat and Dan Rukavina, distinguished service; and Robert Keister and Joseph Emanuel, distinguished staff. A recognition banquet:Date: Thursday, Sept. 18
Time: 6 p.m
Place: Tau Conference Center
Cost: $20
Contact: 507-457-5027
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Joseph Emanuel. Teaching biology at Winona State from 1949 to 1982. Held the Thomas Stark award for outstanding community volunteerism in the community in 2005, for his work w Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, American Cancer Society, St. Anne Extended Health Care, Red Cross and the YMCA. He died in April Emanuel published the only Winona County listing of flowering plants and took his expertise throughout the community.
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John Freund. Holds a 1985 Winona State bachelor's degree in business. As student director of Social Cultural Activities Committee he was responsible for bringing the rock band Cheap Trick campus. Co-founder of ShowCase Corp., a business intelligence and data warehousing firm in Rochester, Minn. with more than $40 million in sales worldwide. Most recent innovation is Nabbit, a free application that allows users to tag or "Nabb" content heard on the radio or seen on television through mobile phones. Lives in Eagan, Minn., with his wife and two children.
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Robert Keister. Held a graduate-assistant coaching job while studying for his Winona State master's, then took over the wrestling program. After completing his master's in 1962, he was offered a full-time teaching and coaching assignment. Line coach in football and track coach, eventually advancing to head football and track coach. Led Winona State to 1973 all-conference football championship in 1973, al though a player eligibility technicality later voided this title. Coached track until 1991. Taught phys-ed education until 1993 retirement.
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Mike Leaf. Holds a 1983 bachelor's degree in elementary ed from St. Mary's University and a 1985 bachelor's degree and a 1989 master's in phys-ed from Winona State. Eleven years as assistant men's basketball coach. 10 as head coach. Led the Warriors to five Northern Sun conference championships and NCAA Division II national championships victory. Four-time conference coach of the year.
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Jeanine (Semrad) McShea. Holds a bachelor's degree in business administration. In student government. In the Chicago real estate for 20 years, with @properties, since 2003, as managing broker and sales vice president. @properties is the largest privately held residential real estate firm in Chicago. A member of the Chicago Association of Realtors Board of Directors. Rearing three children with her husband John, a 1979 Winona State alum.
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Author bringing Mansfield U to WSU
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2008 --Author Anne Ursu, whose novel "Spilling Clarence" won a Minnesota Book Award, has been scheduled to speak at Winona State University. Clarence is Ursu's own Lake Woebegone, an imagined MInnesota town that's hometown to the just-as-imaginary but not far-fetched Mansfield University. Ursu also has another novel, "The Disapparation of James." She has also written a fantasy trilogy for young readers, "The Cronus Chronicles." In addition, Ursu has written for Salon.com, ESPN.com, Glamour m magazine, and The Washington Post Book World.Date: Monday, Sept. 22
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Baldwin Lounge, Kryzsko Commons
Cost: Free
Contact: Deb Cumberland at 507-47-5444
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WSU 6th in league race
WOODBURY, Minn., Sept. 15, 2008 -- Winona State University held the sixth spot in the first of three rounds to the Northern Sun conference men's golf championship at the Eagle Creek course. The Warriors, the defending conference champions, finished the first of 36 holes with a total of 600, on rounds of 302-298. Winona State 's Brady Strangstalien, two-time conference medalist, stood in a four-player tie for second place with a two-day total of 145, three strokes off the pace. Teammate Ryan Peavey is tied for 15th with a 150. This season there are three rounds to the tournament with a final total of 126 holes. Next is two days of 54 holes Sept. 29-30 in Hastings, Minn. The final 36 holes will be played April 12-13 in Lake City, Minn.Details: Statistics
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Warriors 6th at Concordia tournament
LAKE ELMO, Minn.,Sept. 15, 2008 -- Winona State University wrapped up the two-day 36-hole Concordia fall women's golf invitational at sixth out of 11 teams at the Tartan Park course. The Warriors carded rounds of 335 and 336 for a 671 total. Team medalist for the Warriors was Megan Placko, who came in seventh with rounds of 77 and 86 -- 10 strokes behind the leader. Tara Christensen tied for 20 for the Warriors with 170 and Courtney Sovereign was 22nd with 171.Details: Statistics
30 days jail for Ouellette in Ridge assault
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 15, 2008 -- An assault against a student Republican leader at Winona State University has, four years later, put gadfly activist Todd Ouellette behind bars. Ouellette, 41, was sentenced to 30 days by Judge Mary Leahy. In March a jury had found Ouellette guilty in an April 2008 attack on Nick Ridge, a Winona State senior who had led a campaign for U.S. flags in every campus classroom. Ouellette was outspoken against the flag campaign, which in the end failed. Ridge's watch was broken in the altercation, and charges followed. Ridge said that Ouellette had run across Third about bar-closing time, tackled Ridge, an punched him repeatedly.
Ouellette had been a campus character, at one point making himself such a nuisance in the office of the Winonan student newspaper that he was banned. He gained new notoriety in running for the City Council in 2006, claiming he was a resident of Ward 2. His residency in Ward 2 was never confirmed although he claimed his car was parked there and he that he slept in the vehicle. Ouellette, also, was the subject of legal action asserting false campaign rhetoric.
After sentencing Monday, Ouellette was taken immediately to jail. Because of credit for seven days already served, he will be free in early October. He was ordered to pay $150 to Ridge for the broken watch and Ridge's mileage. Ridge, now graduated from Winona State, lives in Chicago. Ridge, before leaving Winona, ran for the Legislature but lost to long-time incumbent Gene Pelowski.
In court Ouellette said he suffers chronic pain but isn't on medication, his point apparently being for leniency. Ouellette also said that jail would be pointless because already he has suffered "public humiliation." He said he been subject of ongoing "false news reports." It was a rambling discourse, in which Ouellette said he's been trying to leave Winona for five years but keeps getting dragged back by false charges: "It's time to get me out of town." His point seemed a contradiction of his 2006 return to seek the City Council seat and subsequent talk of running for mayor this year. Prosecutor Kevin O'Laughlin said Ouellette has a record of denying responsibility for his actions.
With the 30-day sentence, Judge Leahy went along with Ouellette's court-appointed attorney, Dennis Rutgers, who said a longer sentence would be punishment for Ouellette exercising his right to a jury trial. O'Laughlin had sought 90 days. |  TODD OUELL- ETTE No, the judge didn't throw the key away |  NICK RIDGE Judge: Due $50 for busted watch |
Background: Ouellette guilty for punches over WSU flags
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 4, 2008 An individual who had been restricted from the Prentiss-Lucas dorm wasfound inside at 10:40 p.m. and removed. |
Hurricane Ike closes Texas campuses
BEAUMONT, Texas, Sept. 14, 2008 -- Many colleges along the Gulf Coast of Texas will be closed because of power outages caused by Hurricane Ike, most through Tuesday and some into Wednesday. Lamar University and three affiliated institutions in Beaumont, Orange and Port Arthur may be closed all week, maybe longer, because of flooding and debris. The hurricane's eye bore into the coast about 2 a.m., Saturday, at 110 mph with a 14-foot sea surge. Power went out to 5 million people. The Texas state system campus in Orange was flooded with several feet of water, said Chancellor Charles Matthews.
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Bemidji State takes conference drubbing
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 13, 2008 -- With a 24-0 lead after three periods, Winona State University overwhelmed Bemidji State in a conference football game. The final score: 31-7. The Warriors took that lead on a pair of touchdown runs by Andrew Verbancouer, two yards in the second quarter and three yards in the third quarter. Quarterback Greg Preston started the scoring with a one-yard run in the opening period. Winona State added a closing score in the fourth quarter when Ellis Minor rambled in from 23 yards out on a pass from quarterback Amir Ross.
The lone Bemidji State score, at 8:05 of the fourth period, was a 20-yard was from Derek Edholm to Gorge Kadlec. Jesse Sundby kicked.
Winona State freshman Cullen Fahey cracked the collegiate scoring ranks by converting all four of his extra point kicks. Fahey also booted the 44-yard field goal that gave Winona State its 24-0 third period margin.
Defensively the Warriors came up with two turnovers and turned those into 14 points. The turnover first came after Elliott Gaulke came up with a fumble recovery in the third quarter and on the other BSU turnover came when Craig Martindale picked off a Bemidji State pass. The Warrior defense had 5-1/2 sacks and nine tackles, holding Bemidji State to 281 yards offense. Gaulke led the Warrior defense with nine total tackles.
Winona State had 336 yards in total yards. Randy Spring led the Warrior rushing attack on 73 yards in 13 carries. Preston finished with 13 completions in 24 attempts for 141 yards. Todd Burkoth was the leading receiver with four catches for 83 yards. Details: Statistics |  TODD BURKOTH LEADS RECEIVERS Four WSU catches for 83 yards |
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 13, 2008 Security guards were called about a drug violation in the Lucas dorm at 8:28 p.m. An ambulance was called to the Lourdes dorm at 12:24 a.m. for a drunk student. The student was taken to the hospital. Security guards called police at 3 p.m. about individual at the stadium wearing a police-style uniform and making comments. The individual was told to remove the uniform or leave. |
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Belpedio's 1st collegiate victory a shutout
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2008 -- Winona State University turned on the defensive clamps to defeat Concordia of St. Paul 1-0 in nonconference soccer. Martha Curtiss came up with the only goal. Curtiss took a pass from Amelia Kasten and hit a crossing shot that caught the right corner of the goal at 5:54 into the contest. From there the Winona State defense allowed not a single shot. Freshman Anna Belpedio was the beneficiary of the defensive help by her teammates. Belpedio recorded her first collegiate victory -- a shutout in her first collegiate contest. In all the Warriors came up with 21 shots with nine on goal and one finding the corner of the net.Details: Statistics
Cheaters' GMAT scores canceled
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2008 - Test scores have been cancelled for 84 students who cheated on a standardized test required to get into grad school, the Graduate Management Admission Council said. The students had paid to get a sneak peek at questions. An investigation found that 12 people had posted live questions from the test on a Web site called ScoreTop.com.
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Southworth at 23:04 to pace Warriors
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn., Sept. 12, 2008 -- Winona State University placed five runners in the top 25 in finishing third in the St. John's cross country invitational. The Warriors totaled 71 points Jenna Southworth came in second at 23:04 in a field of 139 runners. Steph Smith cracked the top 15 with a 14th place effort of 24:17. Allie Glasbrenner made the top 20 with 18th place clocking of 24:42. Rounding out the top 25 efforts for the Warriors was Madeline Heinrich in 22nd (24:49) and Amy Pawelko in 25th (24:54)
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Slack, Ledin pace Warriors to 8th
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn., Sept. 12, 2008 -- Winona State University placed eighth in the St. John's cross country invitational. The Warriors totaled 195 points. Individually, Ryan Slack and Ryan Ledin placed 50th and 51st in the 143-runner field. Slack at 29:20, Ledin four seconds later.| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 12, 2008 An individual who had been restricted from campus was found in Kryzsko Commons at 8 a.m. Police cted the individual for trespassing. A high school football player was injured at the stadium at 10:42 p.m. and taken by ambulance to the hospital. |
Voter registration cards at Constitution display
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 12, 2008 -- A taped reading of e U.S. Constitution will mark Constitution Day on the 211th anniversary of the signing of the document that established the republic. A multimedia display includes high-resolution scans of the original document, said prof Kara Lindaman, organizer. Lindaman said voter registration cards will be available.Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Place: Krueger Library Rotunda
Powerful legislator oppose Amethyst drinking age
TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 12, 2008 -- A campaign endorsed by 130 college presidents to lower the legal drinking age to 18 has stirred the ire of state Senate president. Sen. Richard Codey, a Democrat, who is a a former acting governor, is putting pressure on New Jersey college presidents not to join the Amethyst Initiative for a lower drinking age. Codey has demanded that the colleges submit alcohol policies for review by the Legislature. To Codey, the Amethyst Initiative is counterintuitive. To the college presidents Codey said: "As educators, I'm sure you understand the ill effects of drinking, both on long-term health and immediate safety."Background: 100-plus college leaders: Drop liquor age
150th birthday celebration just keeps happening
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 11, 2008 -- For months Winona State University has been celebrating its 150th anniversary. So, asked Homecoming student co-chair Brian Rice, why not go with just "Simply Happy Birthday" for a theme. The celebration begins Thursday and continues through the Saturday football game against Concordia of St. Paul -- and, undoubtedly, beyond into the night with the usual less-than-formal celebrations.| MORE |
The traditional parade begins at 10 a.m., Saturday, at Broadway and continues along Huff Street to the Washington Street parking lots. More than 100 parade units are signed up, said coordinator Joe Reed. After the parade, the public is invited to the university's Sesquicentennial birthday party in the main campus courtyard.
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Reed again tis year s having fun with the annual medallion hunt. A daily cue is reported online on the Indee, in WSU Update and on campus radio station KQAL. Whoever first finds the medallion, hidden somewhere on campus, wins $25 -- or $50 if wearing a homecoming button. Buttons are available at $1 at the university alumni office in Somsen 206.
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Events:
MondayBackground: City OKs Warrior Waddle run
Medallion Clue No. 1 (See Indee, Update, KQAL)
Tuesday
Medallion Clue No. 2 (See Indee, Update, KQAL)
Movie: "Iron Man," 7:30 and 10 p.m., Somsen Auditorium
Wednesday:
Medallion Clue No. 3 (See Indee, Update, KQAL)
Thursday
Medallion Clue No. 4 (See Indee, Update, KQAL)
Alumni College: Professor for a Day, all Day
Second City Comedy Troupe, 7:30 p.m., Somsen Auditorium
Friday
Medallion Clue No. 5 (See Indee, Update, KQAL)
Alumni College: Professor for a Day, all Day
Club Fair, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., near Alumni Gazebo
Pep Fest, noon, Solarium Outdoor Stage
Volleyball: WSU vs. St. Cloud. 7 p.m., McCown Gym
Coronation, 7:30 p.m., Somsen Auditorium
Saturday
Warrior Waddle 5K Run, 8 a.m., East Lake Winona
Parade, 10 a.m., Huff Street
Sesquicentennial Party, 11:15 a.m., Center of Campus
Football Game, WSU vs. Concordia of St. Paul, 1 p.m.m
Warrior Club Sports Auction, 4 p.m., Kryzsko Commons
Background: Medallion clues posted daily
Winter parking rules subject for meeting
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 11, 2008 -- The City Council will discuss the alternate side parking ordinance at an informational meeting.Date: Monday, Sept. 15
Time: 6:45 p.m.
Place: Wenonah Room, City Hall
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 11, 2008 A suspicious man outside of the Quad dorm at 2:50 a.m. but was gone when security guards arrived. |
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RECENT DAYS IN THE CITY POSTED SEPT. 11, 2008 FASTENAL SETTLEMENT. The industrial supplies company Fastenal, based in Winona, will pay $10 million to settle a law suit by employees who claim they had been denied overtime and break pay. Fastenal denied wrong-doing, saying the settlement is intended to end the litigation. The suit originated at stores in California and Pennsylvania. The settlement will be divided among more than 2,000 employees, averaging somewhat less than $5,000.
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The loss snapped Winona State's unbeaten streak at 19.
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"This would be a creation for students by students," Majerowicz said. Although optimistic about the project, Majerowicz conceded that he has had problems co-coordinating with student leaders from the other colleges. Some e-mail from the St. Mary's Student Senate has seemed critical, he said. The St. Mary's criticism, he said, may be just the viewpoint of one senator, not St. Mary's students in general. Also, Majerowicz said, the Southeast Tech Student Senate is without a president. Even so, he said, information about the project is being passed on.
Reporter: Jeff Grier
Background: City leaders calls for student involvement
University checking degree validity
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 10, 2008 -- The University of Louisville launched an investigation into allegations that a doctorate had been awarded to John E. Deasy, a nationally prominent school administrator, after attending only one semester. University President James Ramsey said he is appointing a committee to review whether "any improper or questionable behavior" occurred. Said Ramsey: "If someone received a degree he did not earn, we would have no choice but to recommend rescinding that degree." The newspaper the Louisville Courier-Journal reported Tuesday that Deasy was awarded the doctorate in 2004, even though he only completed nine credit hours at the university.| MORE |
Deasy's resume lists earlier courses, credits beyond his master's, at the University of New York dating to 1994. Deasy also has credits from a joint program from the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College. He also did work at State University of New York-Albany, Typically a doctorate is a three-year program with no more than six credits accepted from other universities, although as many as 12 are allowed in exceptional circumstances.
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For two years Deasy has been superintendent of the giant Prince George's County school district in Maryland. News reports about Deasy's doctorate have linked him to directing a $375,000 grant to a University of Louisville research center that was run by a former dean who now is the focus of a federal criminal investigation. The dean, Robert Felner, who resigned in June, is under investigation for allegedly misappropriating a $649,000 grant. It was Felner who reportedly oversaw Deasy's doctoral dissertation.
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Two years before Deasy received the doctorate, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in California, of which he was superintendent, awarded a contract to Felner's organization, the National Center on Public Education and Social Policy, to conduct surveys in Deasy's school district for $125,000 per year, according to the Courier-Journal.
Background: Recent degree validity issues:
West Virginia University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Winona State University
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 10, 2008 A false fire alarm was activated in Lourdes Hall at 5:20 p.m. |
WSU enrollment at record 8,450
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 10, 2008 -- Winona State University enrollment has reached the highest in history -- 8,450, ahead of a year ago by 2 percent. The count includes part-time students, so, the university said, actual full-time equivalent enrollment is 7,989, compared to last fall's 7,792, an increase of 2.5 percent. The freshman class numbers 1,877 new students, an increase of more than 8 percent.| MORE |
Chief recruiter Carl Stange said that Winona State remains in high demand in part by preparing students to creatively, responsibly and adaptively apply their knowledge and skills to real world problems. "One of the activities that impressed me last year was how our students stepped up to help the region in its time of need after the 2007 floods," Stange said. "When prospective students and parents see us working together during a crisis, being proactive as a community, they want to become a part of this university community."
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Too, Stange noted, Winona State is viewed favorably with appearances in various rankings. These include listing on Best in the Midwest by The Princeton Review for the fifth consecutive year, ranking 13th among top public institutions in the Midwest Region Master's Category by U.S. News & World Report, and being listed as one of America's Best College Buys for 12 consecutive years.
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Retention from last fall's freshmen is 74 percent, compared to 72 percent last tear, the university reported. The percentage of students graduating in four years is up 6 percent to 25.6 percent, the university said in an almanac-like news release.
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Of the total 8 headcount, 7,726 students are at the main campus or west campus in Winona, 697 are at Rochester, and 27 are in custom training or off-campus.
Museum chief quits after painting lost
WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 10, 2008 -- The director of an art museum at Wellesley College, David Mickenberg, resigned following disclosures that a 20th century painting by Fernand Leger, worth $3 million, had disappeared. The college announced the resignation but declined comment on whether there was a connection with the lost Leger.Background: Valuable Leger painting missing.
College GOP leader quits after "fat lips" post
SELINSGROVE, Pa., Sept. 10, 2008 -- The executive director of the Pennsylvania College Republicans, Adam LaDuca of Susquehanna University, resigned amid a furor that he had posted a mention of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's lips online. On his Facebook page LaDuca wrote that Obama was "nothing more than a dumbass with a pair of lips so large he could float half of Cuba to the shores of Miami (and probably would.)" LaDuca also had called civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. a hypocrite. The Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans has apologized for LaDuca's comments.Background: Races that campus people are watching
Winona County voter turnout light
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 10, 2008 -- Turnout for the primary election Tuesday was 4,003 was light, according to Winona County elections chief Cherie MacLennan. The number was 13.5 percent of 29,687 eligible voters. Republicans and Democrats turned out in nearly equal numbers. In all, 1,891 Democratic ballots cast and 1,869 Republican ballots cast. There were 134 nonpartisan ballots and 80 crossover ballots.Background: Races that campus people are watching
Probe ordered in police conduct at football game
GREENVILLE, N.C., Sept. 10, 2008 -- An investigation was launched into what appeared on videotape to be police violence against football fans at an East Carolina University game. In one video, an officer restrains a fan and throws him to the ground. Whether the officer was with campus police or another jurisdiction is not clear in the video. Five non-campus police agencies typically help with security at East Carolina games. Campus Police Chief Shelton said he may reconsider how games are policed: "We will look at who we have trained with, who we know the best, who we're most comfortable with."| MORE |
Shelton said he was sickened at the incident: "Undue or excessive use of force will not be tolerated." The incident happened as fans rushed the field after the game against West Virginia.
Study: College students smoking less
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2008 -- College students are smoking tobacco at the lowest rate since 1980, according to the American Lung Association. About one in five students smoked in 2006, compared with almost one in three in 1999, the report said. why the drop? Primarily because of the increased price of cigarettes and expanded smoke-free laws and policies, the report said. White students and members of fraternities and sororities report particularly high smoking rates, according to the report. The association recommended that college enforce smoke-free policies and sponsor cessation groups.Fellman, Herold face off for School Board
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- School Board member Kelly Herold, a Winona State University communications prof, may be in for a tough race to retain his rural seat on the board. Greg Fellman, accounting director for Franciscan Skemp hospital-clinic in La Crosse, Wis., won 286 District 4 votes for one of two November ballot slots. Herold won 184. Eliminated were retired Winona State education prof Jean Leicester, who received 176, and David Kulas, who received 62 votes even though he had resigned from the race.Background: Races that campus people are watching
R.I.P.: Marvin J. Schultz
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- A former Winona State College janitor, Marvin J. Schultz, 90, died at a nursing home. He also held jobs as a commercial fisherman; a press operator and a supper club cook.Davis to challenge Walz for Congress
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- Mayo physician Brian Davis, who has served as Republican County treasurer n Rochester, decisively defeated veteran state Sen. Dick Day of Owatonna to carry the GOP banner against incumbent Tim Walz from the southern Minnesota congressional district. Davis won 17,200 votes, 67 percent, in the Republican primary. In Winona County, Davis, a political newcomer who frames himself as a conservative and calls himself a "maverick," outdrew Day 3:1.| MORE |
Walz, of Mankato, took every vote, almost 21,000, in the Democratic primary. He is seeking a second term. Unopposed Independence candidate Greg Mikkelson, of Lake Crystal, took all his party votes, about 1,000.
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Diehm garners league defense honors
| ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- Winona State University goalkeeper Amanda Diehm has been named Northern Sun conference soccer defensive Player of the Week. Diehm helped the Warriors to a pair of victories, pitching a 1-0 shutout over Fort Lewis and then holding Northern Michigan off for a 2-1 overtime victory. For the week, Diehm came up with nine saves. |  AMANDA DIEHM Nine saves for week |
WSU moves to 12th in ranking
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 9, 2008 -- The National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas ranks Winona State University nationally at 12th, up eight spots. The Warriors won two matches in the past week. In the central region the NSCAA/Adidas rankings moved the 3-1-0 Warriors up to share the No. 1 spot with Metro State of Denver.SMU enrollment up 4.7%
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- Fall undergrad enrollment at St. Mary's University is up 4.7 percent to 1,413, including part-timers. Frosh total 404, the second-highest in history. The undergrad total includes 1,334 full-time Winona-campus undergrads and 79 part-time students. Enrollment in grad and professional programs will be released later, the university said.In November: Coleman vs. Franken for U.S. Senate
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- Comedian Al Franken easily beat six other candidates for the Democratic nod for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota setting up a showdown with Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. In the Republican race, Coleman trounced his only challenger, expatriate Jack Shepard, who lives in Italy. Franken win 164,000 votes for the Democratic nomination, or 65 percent. Priscilla Faris was second with 30 percent. In the Republican contest, Coleman with 190,000 votes, defeated Shepard 91 to 9 percent.| MORE |
Also on the November ballot will be Dean Barkley of the Independence Party. He easily defeated six opponents with 6,700 votes, or 57 percent. Barley was briefly in the Senate as an appointee of Gov. Jesse Ventura in 2002 to complete the late Paul Wellstone's term.
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In Winona County, Coleman received 1,625 votes (89 percent) from people choosing the Republican ballot, Franken 1,355 (74 percent) from Democrats, and Barkley 40 (38 percent) from Independence.
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Miller, Russell to mayoral ballot
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- Mayor Jerry Miller and his frequent critic, Clarence Russell, prevailed in a four-way contest that narrowed the field in the mayoral race to two for the November ballot. Miller, a three-term incumbent, compiled 1,050 votes, or 54 percent. Russell, a former Goodview city clerk, won 704 votes, or 37 percent.| MORE |
Eliminated were Haakon Nelson, a distant third at 119 votes, and John Skalitzky, 53 votes.
Background: Races that campus people are watching
Illinois named top wired college
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2008 -- The top wired campus in the United States is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, according to a ranking by PC Magazine. The university's giant research facilities were a factor, the magazine's editors said. So were a broad range of tech courses that include robotics and hacking. No Minnesota college made the top 20 list:
University of Illinois
Kansas State University
University of Utah
Bentley College
Pomona College
Boston College
Eckerd College
Hollins University
Stanford UniversityUniversity of Oklahoma
Loyola University of Maryland
Olin Engineering College
Rice University
Villanova University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
Bowdoin College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aviation navigation training offered
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- Aviation trainer Larry Oliver will conduct a session on global positioning aviation at the Southeast Tech airport facility. Attendance partially qualifies pilots for the annual federal ground training requirements, said Winona State University aviation prof George Bolon.Date: Wednesday, Sept. 24
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: MSC-ST Aviation Airport Campus building
Contact: George Bolon at 507-452-1937
County race narrowed to Kaehler, Spitzer
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- The County Board race for District 3, comprising western and northern parts of the county, has been narrowed to Mena Kaehler and Rudie Spitzer. Both are from St. Charles. In an election to narrow the field, voters gave 350 votes to Kaehler, a cattle farmer and agricultural products business owner. That was 33 percent. Spitzer, a retired dairy farmer, won 330 votes, or 30 percent. The seat is being vacated by Jerrt Heim, also of St. Charles. Eliminated were Bernie Siebenaler with 261 votes (24 percent) and Steen Herrick with 104 (10 percent).Background: Races that campus people are watching
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Warriors take home opener over cross-town rival
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 --The Winona State University volleyball team reeled off a three-set victory over St. Mary's 25-11, 25-15, 25-17, the first Warrior victory in their last six tries and second of the young season. Freshman Jessi Peterson led Winona State with 10 kills. Junior Carmen Stankowski put away eight kills and notched 10 digs. For Winona State the game never got too far out of hand. With the Warriors up 14-10 in the second set sophomore Mollie Bjelland rallied together a string of eight consecutive points on serve, all but putting the set away for the Warriors.
Senior Courtney Runge paced the Cardinals with seven kills and eleven digs. Brittany Cherwinka had 16 assists, contributing more than half of the Cardinals' 22 kills.
The loss dropped St. Mary's to 7-3 on the year, while the Warriors victory moved the team to 2-7 heading into conference play next week. Winona State will travel to St. Cloud to take on the Huskies Sept. 16. The Cardinals next take on Coe College on Friday. Reporter: Jack Chandller Details: Statistics |  CARMEN STANKOWSKI Eight kills, 10 digs |
LOCAL ELIMINATION PRIMARIES
IN SEPTEMBER
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 9, 2008 -- Candidates on the November ballot:
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Races that Winona campus people are watching:
U.S. PRESIDENCY
John McCain (Republican): Arizona senator
Barack Obama (Democrat): Illinois senator
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U.S. SENATE
Minnesota
Dean Barkley (Independence)
Norm Coleman (Republican incumbent)
Al Franken (Democrat)
U.S. HOUSE
District 1 (southern Minnesota)
Brian Davis (Republican)
Greg Mikkelson (Independence)
Tim Walz (Democrat): Incumbent
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MINNESOTA HOUSE
District 28-B
Mostly Wabasha County
Steve Drazkowski, Wabasha: (Republican): Incumbent
Linda Pfeilsticker, Wabasha (Democrat)
District 31-A
Mostly Winona County
Gene Pelowski, Winona: (Democrat): Incumbent
Rhett Zenke, Winona: (Republican)
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MAYOR
Jerry Miller: Incumbent
Clarence Russell
CITY COUNCIL
1st Ward (Far West End)
Al Thurley (Incumbent)
CITY COUNCIL
3rd Ward (Central city, including WSU)
Deb Salyards (Incumbent)
CITY COUNCIL
At-large
Debbie White: Incumbent
Jim Kerkenbush:
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COUNTY COMMISSION
3rd District (western townships, Altura, Elba, Rollingstone, St. Charles)
Rudie Spitzer, St. Charles
Mara Kaehler, St. Charles
COUNTY COMMISSION
4th District (downtown, West End)
Dave Stoltman: Incumbent
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SCHOOL BOARD
3rd District (central city)
Vicki Englich
Michelle Langowski
Ruth Marg
SCHOOL BOARD
4th District (Dakota and rural, exurban areas to south, west)
Greg Fellman:
Kelly Herold (incumbent)
SCHOOL BOARD
5th District (Goodview, Stockton and rural, exurban areas to north, west)
Fred Peterson (incumbent, not seeking re-election)
Gary Shurson
Mike Lafky: Has withdrawn candidacy but names remains on ballot
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Warriors middling in Augustana meet
AUGUSTANA, S.D., Sept. 8, 2008 -- Senior Megan Placko shot 154 for fourth place to help the Winona State University women's golf team to a sixth place finish in the Augustana Invitational. Concordia of St. Paul won the invitational, shooting 627. Winona State finushed at 654. Tara Christensen shot 161 for the Warriors, Emma Schmitz shot 169, Courtney Sovereign shot 175, Michelle Narveson shot 176 and Nicki Robertson shot 179. Christy Lucken of Minnesota State-Mankato shot 150 for medalist honors.Details: Statistics
STARTING A SUCCESSFUL YEAR BY DAVID OBRAY Winona State Unversity Student President
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| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 8, 2008 An ambulance team took an individual from the Pasteur cassroom building to the hospital at 2:07 p.m. The individual had passed out. |
WSU profs write text on writing
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 8, 2008 -- Two Winona State University English profs, Paul Johnson and Ethan Krase, have co-authored a book, "Theory and Practice for Writing Tutors." Johnson is former director of the Winona State Writing Center, Krase the current director. The book is published by Prentice Hall.School Board race loses candidate
STOCKTON, Minn., Sept. 8, 2008 -- A candidate for the Winona School Board, Mike Lafky of exurban Stockton, has withdrawn his candidacy for the District 5 seat. Lafky said he had "overestimated his familiarity with issues in the district and underestimated the time to become knowledgeable." Lafky's decision leaves Gary Shurson of Goodview unopposed in the November election. Incumbent Fred Petersen of Rollingstone is not seeking re-election.Background: Races that campus people are watching
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WSU's Strangstalien 26 shy of medalist
BEMIDJI, Minn., Sept. 8, 2008 -- Sophomore golfer Brady Strangstalien led Winona State University in the Bemidji State Invitational, shooting 153. In all, the Warriors were 10th at 616 in the two-day 36-hole tournament. A St. John's team won at 576. For Winona State, Ryan Peavey shot 153 and John Anderson shot 154. Joe Schoolmester of St. John's was the medalist at 137.Details: Statistics
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Third overtime of season for Warriors
MARQUETTE, Mich., Sept. 7, 2008 -- Gina Florian knocked in a shot in overtime play and to list Winona State University to a 2-1 nonconference women's soccer victory over Northern Michigan. It was the third time in four matches that winning two. Florian put the ball in the back of the Northern Michigan net 5:24 into the extra period.| MORE |
Winona State had gone up early on Northern Michigan when sophomore, Lauren Sturdivant scored an unassisted goal at the 7:52. Northern Michigan tied the match 1-all at 62:58. After that Winona State had three shots on goal in the remainder of the half but failed to get the game-winner until Florian pulled off the trick in overtime.
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Amanda Diehm took the victory in the nets with four saves.
Hoax e-mail slams Illinois greeks
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 7, 2008 -- An e-mail purportedly from the University of Illinois chancellor, Richard Herman, said that campus greek organizations "present themselves as prestigious, yet are discriminatory, serve to perpetuate social inequality, especially with respect to the opposite gender, and promote a lack of diversity." Big problem: The chancelor neither wrote nor sent the message, but it was widely believed to have come from him and irritated a lot of frat and sorority people. The message, the work of a prankster, went to every account at the university.CHARGE: WSU ELECTRICAL WORKERS
SHORTCHANGED $27,000
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 7, 2008 -- A nonunion electrical contractor at the Winona State University high-rise Sheehan dorm, Voltmer Inc., paid its crew almostb $27,000 less than legally required prevailing wages over the summer, the Winona Daily News reported. Reporter Kevin Behr cited documents obtained by the newspaper. The Minnesota Department of Industry and Labor, which enforces the state law on prevailing wages, confirmed it is investigating the issue. The Daily News cited payroll documents for a nine-week period.
Last spring Voltmer, of Decorah, Iowa, won a $445,000 contract to rewire Sheehan, a project that was still in progress as student-tenants were arriving for fall classes. The payroll documents obtained by the Daily News spanned May 12 to July 18. The documents show that employees were shirted $26,977.37.
Violations of state wage requirements usually are resolved with a contractor paying back wages to employees and a fine. Fines can be $700 a day for violations and 90 days in jail for culpable managers and iverseers. The Daily News quoted James Honerman, spokesperson for the state Department of Industry and Labor, that a review is underway. Details of the investigation, he said, are sealed from public review.
The complaint apparently originated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical workers, which randomly monitors state contract documents involving non-union companies like Voltmer. The union has picketed Winona State in the past for contracts to non-union companies. A union complaint triggered an investigation last year into a project awarded at Minnesota State University-Mankato to a non-union contractor. In the MSU-Mankato agreed to close the case after the contractor promised to pay $21,800 to 13 workers, in effect making up the shortfall below the required prevailing wage.
A union investigator, Derek Backus, told the Daily News that he videotaped Voltmer workers at Sheehan. Backus said some electrical workers were paid $36.08 an hour, 15.9 percent less than required as prevailing wage on state contracts. TBackus said his expeience is that shortchange their employers "pocket" the difference. Workers who are shorted often are reluctant to make an issue of it for fear of their jobs, Backus said.
By law, fines and penalties can be levied against a contract officer. At Winona State the university vice president responsible for facilities, including construction and repairs, Kurt Lohide, told the Daily News that the Voltmer contract was specific in requiring compliance with state wage requirements. Lohide joined the university only in July.
The Voltmer case is the second in a year for Winona State involving compliance with government requirements. Last fall the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration accused the university of endangering 80 workers by not posting notices about hazards from asbestos removal. The projects included three dorms in which hundreds of students resided. |  SHEEHAN CONTRACTOR Non-union company from Iowa |
Background: Asbestos worries center on Lourdes, Richards, Shepard dorms
Background: WSU claims campus safe despite asbestos charges
Background: Federal charge: 80 WSU workers exposed
Background: Inspector: WSU ignored worker safety
Background: WSU exec: Asbestos e-mail was groupthink
Background: Student services chair: What, me worry?
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 7, 2008 Security guards cited several students for alcohol violation at the Quad at 1:46 a.m. Security guards cited several students for alcohol at the Quad dorm at 12:30 a.m. Security guards investigated a noise complaint in Prentiss-Lucas dorm at 12:15 a.m. and cited a tenant for alcohol . A student was cited for attempting to bring alcohol into the Lourdes dorm . at 2:11 a.m. Firefighters responded to the Prentiss-Lucas dorm regarding a fire alarm, which, it turned out, had ben triggered .by a student cooking. Security guards reported suspicious man in Kryzsko Commons at 5:30 p.m. |
WSU grad to St. Mary's Press
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 7, 2008 -- A Winona State University grad, Beth Martinka, has joined St. Mary's Press as design coordinator. The press, housed at St. Mary's University, publishes Catholic school books and materials.WSU'S PAST TO HAUNT
CEMETERY EVENT
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 7, 2008 -- Haunting spirits from Winona State University's past, including Minne Hall namesake Nels Minne, will make appearances just ahead of Halloween, according to well-known and usually accurate seer Kathy Turner. Minne will be joined in ghostly appearances by another former Winona State president, William Phelps, after whom Phelps Hall is named, she said. Turner predicted the appearances, during daylight, at Woodlawn Cemetery on Oct. 11 and 12.
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Turner, chair of the Winona Historical Society's annual cemetery walk fund-raiser, said that at least seven probably more, Winona State characters, all buried at Woodlawn, would be emerging from behind tombstones and landscape features in the forested Woodlawn coulee to mark this year as the 150th anniversary of the university's founding.
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To make arrangements, Turner said she has been in preliminary contact through mediums with an array of people going back to the days of the Winona Normal School. Among them:
• Mary Inglis, once house mother at the ladies' dorm.
• Charles Morey, A grad who became a professor.
• John Ford, a physician who sat on the governing board.
• William Drew, a committee member who helped raise funds to open the school
• Ethel (Timberlake) Laird-Dunmore, an early grad who taught many years in Winona.
• George Pauley, who owned the first ladies' dorm.
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Turner said she also had contact with other Winona State characters who are not buried at Woodlawn but promised to top do what they can to make the event. These include, she said, eccentric history prof Henry Hull, who took pride as a thorn in the side of a series of Winona State presidents.
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Typically the Woodlawn walks attract 1,400 curious people curious about Winona's past and what lurks among the headstones.
Date: Saturday, Oct 11, and Sunday, Oct. 12
Time: Walks at 12 and 3 p.m.
Place: Woodlawn Cemetery
Cost: $3 to $6
Lawsuit pending against student loan firm
ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 6, 2008 -- New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will file lawsuit against the student loan company Goal Financial, alleging misleading marketing tactics, the New York Times reported. Cuomo's investigators found that Goal gave gifts, including iPods, to borrowers who applied for federal loans, the Times said. The Times' sources also said that incentives were awarded to students who persuaded their classmates to apply. Misleading advertising also will be alleged.| MORE |
Cuomo has made an issue of improper behavior in the student loan industry. Under pressure from Cuomo, dozens of lenders and colleges have paid millions of dollars in settlement costs and agreed to change their practices. Also, Cuomo is reported close to agreement with more loan companies about marketing tactics.
| COURT CONVICTIONS WEEK ENDING SEPT. 6, 2008 IN WINONA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT LOUD PARTYING Matthew A. Rockwell, 19, 560 Harriet, $180.
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Warriors rumble over Wolves in home opener
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 6, 2008 -- The Winona State University football Team posted a whopping 525 yards of total offense on the way to a 39-14 a conference victory over Northern State. The Warriors, whose opening-week offense struggled in a 28-21 loss to Michigan Tech, were led by a three-headed monster at running back as seniors Randy Spring, Carey Rottman and Andy Verbancouer accounted for 330 yards of rushing and four touchdowns. Spring rushed for 188 yards on 28 carries and one touchdown. Verbancouer, a fullback, went for 82 yards on the ground and two scores. Rottman carried five times for 66 yards, adding a score as well.
Winona State was led through the air by junior transfer Greg Preston at quarterback. Preston completed 21 of 30 pass attempts and connected with Warrior receivers for two touchdowns. in his Maxwell Field debut, freshman wideout Hakeem Bourne-McFarlane snatched three receptions for 53 yards. One of those catches was a 40-yard haul that put Winona State up 20-7 in the second quarter.
Northern State's one-man show on offense was not enough. Runningback Travis Ve'e rushed for 108 yards and had five receptions for 27 yards. Ve'e had the only two scores for the Wolves on the day.
On defense, Winona State forced Northern State into five turnovers, converting 19 points from the extra possessions. Cornerbacks Craig Martindale and Brent Yule had interceptions for the Warriors, as did linebacker Cody Dummer. The victory moved Winona State to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the Northern Sun conference.
The Warriors will take on Bemidji State next Saturday at Maxwell Field. Kick-off: 1 p.m. Reporter: Jack Chandller Details: Statistics |  RANDY SPRING HAS THE BALL In all, he rushed for 188 yards on 28 carries and one touchdown |
College budget hikes mark Palin's tenure
JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 6, 2008 -- Although only two years in the governorship of Alaska, Sarah Palin has received early high marks on higher-ed issues. The University of Alaska system received a 7 percent increase in operating funds for this year. The university had sought increases for career high-demand fields, including health and engineering, and fund research into climate change, energy and biomedicine. The state, also, tripled the university's budget for deferred maintenance. Enthusiasm for Palin on higher-ed as a priority may be soft, however, say critics. Rising tax revenues from the booming petroleum industry have not required her to make many tough budget choices.Background: Races that campus people are watching
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 6, 2008 Security guards called police to the Huff Street bus stop at 12:47 a.m. regarding several disorderly individuals. One individual was arrested for underage boozing. Security guards ordered several individuals were to leave campus at 11 p.m. |
R.I.P.: Lorraine H. (Zenner) Untiet
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 6, 2008 -- A 1974 Winona State College grad, Lorraine Untiet, 85, died at a nursing home. She had taught since 1947 in rural schools, and later taught kindergarten in Winona. Her original teaching certificate was from Stevens Point Teachers College in Wisconsin in 1943.| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 6, 2008 Police arrested an individual at Eighth and Huff sat 1:38 a.m.treets for underage boozing. |
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Warriors drop two more in Lewis tourney
ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Sept. 6, 2008 -- The Winona State University women's volleyball team lost to Saginaw Valley State of Michigan and to host Lewis in the final day of the Flyer Festival. Against Saginaw Valley, the Warriors made it a tussle by going five sets. Winona State won the first sets 25-15 and 25-19, but Saginaw then won 25-21 and 25-20. The final match ended 15-12 for Saginaw. Against Saginaw, Carmen Stankowski had 14 kills for Winona State, 47 assists, 29 digs and seven total blocks.| MORE |
In the match with No. 25-ranked Lewis, Winona State lost 25-9, 25-16 and 26-24. Mollie Bjelland had 14 assists, Shannon McGowan seven blocks, and Jessi Peterson a team-high five kills.
ON WSU FACULTY 1996 TO 2000
EX-PROF'S CREDENTIAL CLAIMS
IN DOUBT
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 5, 2008 -- A former Winona State University prof who was hired after submitting resumes claiming to hold two advanced degrees, including a doctorate, cannot substantiate the legitimacy of the degrees, the Winona Daily News reported. Kulas, 61, who has appended the title "Dr." to his name for years, lists a 2000 doctorate and 1998 master's degree from Hamner University in Wales. Reporter Nolan Rosenkrans of the Daily News said there is no evidence that the Wales institution exists. Kulas joined the Winona State faculty part-time in 1996 and taught business and computer science. In 2000 he became full-time as an assistant professor, which usually is a beginning academic rank for someone with a doctoral degree. The position, however, did not require an advanced degree.
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Kulas, who holds a Winona Stare bachelor's degree, has ben a member of the university's Alumni Society board of directors. He has active in civic organizations, including Kiwanis. Hi teaching inck=ludes courses at the Onalaska, Wis., high school.
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The Daily News began checking Kulas' educational history as part of his candidacy in next week's primary election for the School Board. Kulas learned of the newspaper's interest last Friday. By Tuesday he had decided to withdraw his School Board candidacy, citing chronic back pain. Kulas, who lives in rural Wiscoy Valley southwest of Winona, has not returned phone calls since the Daily News revelations. Numerous web sites for his business activities, which include web design, continue to list him as "Dr. David Kulas." On the sites Kulas refers to a lengthy employment record but does not list academic degrees.
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Kulas also ran for a Winona School Board seat in 1999 but finished third. This time the seat that had been sought by Kulas is held by Winona State communications prof Kelly Herold, who is seeking a second term.
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At Winona State, the Daily News article sent shutters trough administrators and faculty colleagues, some of whom had participated in formal search and hiring processes. He taught in both the Computer Science and the Business Administration departments. The newspaper quoted a university spokesperson, Andrea Mikkelsen, that candidates for the faculty are required to submit transcripts before they are hired. Many candidates choose to submit transcripts earlier in the process, but it generally is known that the university's credential verification is spotty. The usual practice is to assume a transcript with a college's seal is accepted at face value, sources familiar with university personnel practices said. Mikkelsen said the university will not release the Kulas transcripts from its personnel files for public review. Kulas himself said he does not have copies of the transcripts anymore, the Daily News reported.
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A web site credited to Hamner University Alumni Affairs called it "a distance-learning university. The site had been taken down. The university itself is defunct as far as he knows, Kulas said. The Daily News quoted Kulas that the university dates to 1877 and was in operation until 2000. The Daily News reported checking extensively and found no in British agencies responsible for higher-ed with any record of its existence.
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The ostensible site of Hamner University was the village of Penley, near the England border in Wrexley Borough. Not much is left of Penley itself, although it was site of a government hospital founded after World War II for Polish soldiers and their families who fought Germany. The hospital, once with 2,000 patients, has only eight remaining. The village of Penley comprises only a few dozen shops and homes in Wrexley Borough, population 25,000, many of them Poles whose families have been there since World War II. No one has a recollection of there having been a university there.
College leaned too far in awarding degree
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 5, 2008 -- Two deans at Virginia Commonwealth University have resigned after an investigation into a degree being awarded to a former Richmond police chief even though he had not completed the 30 credit hours in residency, as required by the university's accrediting agency. The university said that Jon Steingass, dean of the university College, and Robert D. Holsworth, dean of humanities and sciences, faced removal had they not stepped down voluntarily. At issue was a requirement that 25 percent of a student's courses be the institution awarding the degree. The investigation concluded that former Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe had not completed the required 30 credit hours on the Virginia Commonwealth campus. The agency said that some faculty and staff members felt pressure to go along with issuing the degree.| MORE |
The degree, issued in 2007, was a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. Monroe had been allowed to transfer 118 credit hours toward a degree requiring 120 credits. Most of the credits came from the University of Phoenix and the FBI Academy. The university's internal investigation found, further, that Monroe had satisfied only 15 of 28 academic requirements for an interdisciplinary studies, the report found that Mr. Monroe had satisfied only 15.
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Virginia Commonwealth faces a possible sanction from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, a regional accrediting agency. Meanwhile, the university said it has taken corrective action to avoid a recurrence.
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Anonymous tips led to the investigation. Monroe, meanwhile, has been named chief of the Charlotte, N.C. The position required having an undergraduate degree.
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Warriors drop two 5t Flyer Festival
ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Sept. 5, 2008 -- Winona State University suffered a pair of losses in the first day of women's volleyball in the Flyer Festival at Lewis University. The Warriors lost their opening match in three games to Michigan Tech and then lost 3-1 to Northern Michigan in a nightcap. For Winona State, Kerry Daly had team-highs of eight kills and four blocks against Michigan Tech. Daly added 11 kills and nine blocks against Northern Michigan.| MORE |
Rudi Balich, the Northern Sun conference defensive player the week before, led Winona State with 14 digs against Michigan Tech. Balich added 16 against Northern Michigan. Shannon McGowan paced Winona State with 25 digs against Northern Michigan. As setter Mollie Bjelland had 22 and 47 assists for Winona State in the two matches. Jenna Padley came up with a team-high 14 kills in the match with Northern Michigan.
Cops quell noisy drunk on Huff
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 5, 2008 -- Police cited a 19-year-old man for underage drinking after being called to the Huff and Howard at Winona State University. The man had been yelling and stirring a commotion. The incident about a little before 1 a.m.Police name new school liaison officer
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 5, 2008 -- A Winona State University grad with the city police department, Andy Mohan, has been promoted to a new Liaison position with schools Mohan, 33, has been with the Police Department 3-1/2 years, most recently in the investigation unit.False ID lands reveler in jail
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008 -- Police shut down a loud party at 279 Sioux St. about 10:30 p.m. and cited two partiers for underage consumption and haulto jail ed one of them for lying about his identity. When police arrived, officers saw seven or eight people flee. They then found two others, age 20 and 19, hiding inside. They were ticketed for underage drinking and failure to leave a loud party. The 19-year-old was jailed after showing someone else's ID card and giving a false name and age| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 4, 2008 Security guards were sent to the Lourdes dorm 11:40 p.m. for disorder outside. Firefighters responded to a false alarm at the Nett Center at 7:47 a.m. |
GOP silent on new government tuition aid
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008 -- The Republican platform that came out of the party's national convention cites past GOP positions favoring tax incentives for families to save for college but is silent on expanding student aid. The platform expresses support for private lenders in the student-loan marketplace. The platform, the party's policy statement, also calls for simplifying the federal student-aid application and reward process, which it calls "byzantine." In this, the platform echoes campaign calls by its new party leader, John MCCain, to streamline federal aid and educational tax benefits for students and families.| MORE |
Also, the platform says, a presidential commission is needed to review government regulations regarding the double-digit tuition increases of recent years. The document praises colleges that divert endowment funds into student aid. Although short on increasing government aid for colleges and students, the platform says that higher-ed can be important in increasing U.S. economic competitiveness globally.
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The platform opposes discounted in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, which departs from McCain positions. McCain has favored fast-track paths to legal residency for some illegal immigrants who have two years of college, The immigrants then would be eligible for federal student-loan and work-study assistance.
Background: Campaigns that campus people are watching
Pioneer WSU grad recalls Argentine ventures
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008 -- A Winona State Normal School grad who was part of tradition of women who ventured to the "wilds" of Argentina in the late 1890s and early 1900s will recount her experiences when she revisits campus. Vanessa Fernandez-Greene will discuss projects to found teaching colleges and their impact on the country's present educational system.Date: Wednesday, Sept. 17
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Second floor, Krueger Library
Drummer to perform African repertoire
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008 -- Ethnomusicologist and composer Sowah Mensa, originally from Ghana, will perform African drums at Winona State Universety. Mensa now directs directs African music snsembles at Macalester College and the University of St. Thomas.Date: Thursday, Sept. 11
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: Tau Center Rotunda
Cost: Free
Open beer can will do it
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 4, 2008 -- Police ticketed a reveler outside a loud house party near Fourth and Carimona streets for public alcohol consumption. The man, 20, had an open can of beer. Neighbors had called police about the party at 10 p.m.City Council member calls for student involvement
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 3, 2008 -- City Council member Debbie White told Winona State University student senators that student involvement in the community is vital to the city. White, speaking at a Senate meeting, stressed involvement through partnerships and voting. The students do a lot for the city, and the city does a lot for students, said White, a first-term Council member up for re-election in November. White encouraged the Senate to promote voter registration but added that students must be aware of what is going on if they are to vote intelligently on local issues.| MORE |
Senators peppered White with questions, among them proposed changes in city parking rules. Changes being considered are parking permits for city streets and modifying the city's alternate-side parking ordinance. White said she would enjoy a partnership with students to look into alternative forms of transportation. Possibilities, she said, include expanding city bus lines and encouraging bike riding. About parking, White said the City Council recently formed a committee to look into the issue of parking permits.
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About plans or a non-alcohol nightspot for college students, White said that underage drinking is a big concern, She expressed openness to ideas about solutions. White, a former part-time theater faculty member at Winona State, said she would work with the university to help combat underage drinking.
Reporter: Jeff Grier
Anti-poverty advocate speaks at WSU
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 3, 2008 -- The author of several works on public education, Jonathan Kozol, will speak next week at Winona State University. Kozol's works include "Death at an Early Age" and "Illiterate America." Kozol's Winona State topic: "A New War on Poverty: Equality and Opportunity in America." His "Death at an Early Age" won the 1968 National Book Award in science, philosophy and religion. His "Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America," received the Robert F. Kennedy Book award for 1989 and the Conscience-in-Media Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.Date: Thursday, Sept. 11 |  JONATHAN KOZOL Anti-poverty advocate On the speaker circuit Kozol is represented by American Entertainment International Speakers Bureau of Allston, Mass. His usual fee is $5,000. |
MSU-Mankato students bristle at booze sanctions
MANKATO, Minn., Sept. 3, 2008 -- The Student Senate at Minnesota State University-Mankato voted unanimously against supporting new sanctions for students caught drinking off campus. University administrators have proposed academic probation, a $50 fine and a two-hour alcohol education class for first offenses. A second offense means a $100 fine and a four-hour remedial class. On the third offense, students face eviction from dorms, suspension from class, even expulsion. The sanctions are modeled largely on a Minnesota State-Moorhead, rules that went into effect last year.| MORE |
The MSU-Mankato student vote against new the sanctions is symbolic. It must be considered by university administrators but is not a veto.
Klobuchar headlines Obama rally at WSU
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 3, 2008 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., will speak at a Winona State s rally Friday for the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The county Democratic office has invited all area DemocratsDate: Friday, Sept. 5Background: Races that campus people are watching
Time:4 p.m.
Place: Kryzkso Commons
Cost: Free
WSU placement chief heads state group
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 3, 2008 -- The job placement coordinator for Winona State University grads, Vicki Decker, has been elected president of the Minnesota Association of Colleges and Employers. The association promotes communication between employers and campus job placement staffs.Castro daughter's tour includes WSU, Tech
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 2, 2008 -- A daughter of Cuba strongman Fidel Castro, Alina Fernandez, will speak at Winona State as part of the university's marking of Hispanic Heritage Month. Fernandez, of Miami Fla., will speak the same day also at Southeast Tech and the Winona high school. The Winona State cultural diversity director, Alex Hines, said Fernandez, who is on a national speaker circuit, will discuss her childhood and how she discovered she was the illegitimate daughter of Castro.Date: Thursday, Sept. 25 |  ALINA FERNANDEZ Disaffected daughter On the speaker circuit Fernandez is represented by Wolfman Productions of Southbury, Conn. |
Bishop: Conscience and pro-choice candidates
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 2, 3008 -- Winona Catholics have been told by their bishop, Bernard Harrington, that the church forbids them from voting for pro-abortion candidates for public office, but he qualified the admonition by adding that voting for a pro-abortion candidate is OK if it's for other reasons. Conscience is the issue, Harrington said, explaining that conscience is formed in light of moral truths, such as the truth that deliberately taking life is immoral. Catholics have the obligation of forming their conscience and selecting candidate who will do the most to promote the common good, he said.Background: Races that campus people are watching
Former SMU dean leaves art museum
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 2, 2008 -- The executive director of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Larry Gorrell, resigned effective last Friday without public explanation after two years. Gorrell, 60, former arts dan at St. Mary's University, described his work at the museum and the staff in glowing terms. In a prepared statement, museum board chair Rachelle Schultz said: "Larry has been an important part of our growth, and we thank him for that." Museum board chairwoman Rachelle Schultz said in a press release. Gorrell had been at St.Mary's 16 years before resigning as dean to head the museum. He said he has no definite plans.Background: Museum dredge exhibit hits obstacles
Background: SMU dean to lead new marine art museum
R.I.P.: Melanie Marie Albrecht
MINNESOTA CITY., Minn., Sept. 2, 2008 -- A Winona State Universty honors grad, Melanie Albrecht, 49, of suburban Minnesota City, died at a nusing home. She was an alum also of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Design and was known for her paintings.| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 2, 2008 Ana ambualnce crew responded to Maxwell Hall regarding a sick individual. A friend already had escorted the individual home. |
Virginia Tech adds crisis message displays
BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 2, 2008 -- Electronic message boards have been installed in more than 100 Virginia Tech classrooms and elsewhere on campus to deliver information during emergencies. The signs normally display time and date, which can be overridden with emergency alerts. The displays, each two feet wide, are part of new measures for emergencies following a campus massacre last year.Kulas drops out of School Board race
MONEY CREEK, Wis., Sept. 2, 2008 -- A former part-time Winona State University computer prof, David Kulas, has withdrawn as a Winona School Board candidate from the rural southwest section of the school district. Kulas blamed ongoing back problems. County Auditor Cherie MacLennan said that voters will find Kulas on the primary ballot next week because the ballots were already printed. Remaining in the 4th District primary race are Greg Fellman, a financial executive with Franciscan Skemp hospital-clinic in La Crosse, Wis.; incumbent Kelly Herold, a Winona State communications prof; and Jean Leicester, a retired Winona State education prof. The primary will reduce the field to two for the November ballot.Background: Wiscoy retiree running for School Board
Background: Races that campus people are watching
"Who's been sleeping in my bed?"
WINONA, Minn., Sept. 2, 2008 -- This isn't quite a story about the Three Bears, but a Winona State University student told police that when he returned to his apartment Tuesday after a few days out of town that someone had been sleeping in his bed. There was damage too. A mirror had been pulled off the wall, a glass ornament damaged, a picture broken and tossed in the backyard, but nothing was missing, the man told police. Entry appeared to be through a window next to a porch, police said. The tenant said he discovered the break-in at 8:30 a.m. He had been out of town for a week.R.I.P.: Ronald Gene Putz
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Sept. 1, 2008 -- A Winona State College alum, Ronald Putz, 73, died at a hospital after leukemia-triggered complications. Most of his career was in nursing home administration in Missouri. Earlier in Minnesota he was active in politics. In 1970 he ran for the State Senate.Colleges weather Hurricane Gustav
NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 1, 2008 -- College campuses along the Gulf coast were evacuated in orderly fashion before Hurricane Gustav pounded into the U.S. mainland with winds as severe as 110 mph. Evacuations began Friday. Colleges employed plans developed after the 2006 devastation from Hurricane Katrina. At Loyola University students submitted personal evacuation plans with contact information before departing. Throughout the area, campuses suffered minor damage this time. Louisiana State-Baton Rouge lost power in 80-mph winds and driving rain. Tulane had downed limbs and roof damage. With fingers crossed that there will be no post-storm flooding, colleges were resuming classes as early as Thursday. Others put off class until Monday.Prof wins benefit of doubt on bra comment
EL CAJON, Calif, Sept. 1, 2008 -- A Grossmont College instructor accused of asking a student to show him her bra in exchange for a passing grade must be reinstated, a judge ordered. Judge Charles Hayes questioned whether account of the student, Yu Yu Chen, a native of Taiwan, was an accurate because of her limited English skills. She might have misunderstood, the judge said. Chen has claimed that she went to Timothy Cliffe, who taught physical geography, to change her grade from an F to a C when, she said, he asked to see her bra. Cliffe denied seeking sexual favors although admitted to a sarcastic comment that likened course grades to bra sizes.| MORE |
Judge Hayes' decision overturns the college's decision to fire i. The decision also trumped another judge who earlier concluded that Cliffe had engaged in "immoral conduct."
| WSU SECURITY REPORT SEPT. 1, 2008 A student was cited for alcohol outside of Kryzsko Commons at 12:14 a.m. An individual with alcohol in the north Sheehan dorm parking lot was told to leave campus at 1:08 a.m. A report of vandalism was received from the Maria dorm at 1:20 a.m.. Security guards responded to a malfunctioning trouble alarm at Lourdes Hall at 1:08 p.m. A broken window was reported at the Minne classroom building at 12:10 p.m. |
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