Laundry loses change machineRUSHFORD, Minn., Dec. 20, 1998 -- Somebody stole an $800 change machine from Top Hat Laundry, 217 W. Third St., where many Winona State University students do their wash. An attendant reported the machine missing a little before 9 a.m. How much was in the machine wasn't known.
Pepsi builds 'em like tanksWINONA, Minn., Dec. 20, 1998 -- A wannabe thief knocked over a Pepsi machine in the alley behind Third Street Liquor. An employee found the machine at 2:34 p.m. Whoever did it didn't get inside. The money was still there. So was lots of frozen fizz. City Council to revisit WSU parkingWINONA, Minn., Dec. 19, 1998 -- Again, Winona State University is asking the City Council to close campus streets so they can be greened over. The Council earlier said no because parking spaces would be lost, but now, says the university, its intentions are firm to bulldoze houses south of the Memorial gym and build 273 parking slots. The new university plan is scaled back from the last time. Now it wants to close streets only from the Pasteur science building to Maxwell library. Lost would 40 parking slots.
Mid-year WSU class graduatedWINONA, Minn., Dec. 18, 1998 -- Degrees were conferred on 225 Winona State students in the university's first mid-year graduation ceremony.
WSU biz-com group up and goingWINONA, Minn., Dec. 17, 1998 -- After two years inactivity, the Winona State University chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators has elected officers and resumed operations. Elected president: junior Reid Gisslen. The adviser is public relations prof John Weis. WSU student awarded plastics moneyWINONA, Minn., Dec. 16, 1998 -- A Winona State University research assistant, engineering sophomore Darin Grinsteinner, won a Plastics Pioneers scholarship. Besides near-perfect grades, Grinsteinner has held numerous jobs in the composites industry. WSU graduation to be on cableWINONA, Minn., Dec. 15, 1998 -- The mid-year Winona State University graduation ceremony will be shown live Dec. 18 on cable channels 20 in Winona and Rochester, campus television chief Dennis Pack said. A rebroadcast will be at 7 p.m. If you don't tape it yourself, tapes will be available at $15, Pack said.
Punk agrees to banishmentWINONA, Minn., Dec. 14, 1998 -- A 17-year-old kid facing a host of drug and weaponscharges was told to leave town. Judge Dennis Challeen gave JoJo Simmons 24 hours to pack. The judge told Simmons if he got in trouble in those 24 hours, he would have the book thrown at him. The cops gave Simmons back some jewelry they had confiscated, including Gangster Disciples earrings.
Prof: Weather causing grade slideWINONA, Minn., Dec. 14, 1998 -- A mild December is hurting student grades, said photojournalism prof Terry Schwarze at Winona State University. "Attendance and grades were down on the last test," Schwarze said. "I think it's due to this abnormally nice weather." For weeks, daytime highs have frequently been in the 50s.
Grover: Two busts but innocentWINONA, Minn., Dec. 14, 1998 -- A man arrested for drugs under his stairs and forgetting a bag of cocaine at a motel told the judge he's innocent. Brian Grover, 18, was told to stay in jail until further proceedings. Cheerleaders get money for FloridaWINONA, Minn., Dec. 14, 1998 -- Cheerleaders were granted $1,000 by the Winona State Univerwsity Student Senate to go to a national competition in Orlando, Fla. In addition, the Senate loaned them $4,100 against their student budget for next year. The cheerleaders explained they had been able to come up with only $660 through fundraising.
SMU webmaster joins ColemanWINONA, Minn., Dec. 14, 1998 -- Saint Mary's University webmaster Mike Campbell, who also is Republican county chair, is leaving to join the staff of St. Paul, Minn., Mayor Nick Coleman. Campbell's duties: Lobbying the Legislature for St. Paul. In the November gubernatorial election, Campbell helped Coleman carry southeast Minnesota. Bracy: Cops didn't announce selvesWINONA, Minn., Dec. 14, 1998 -- The cops busted in without warning, which wasn't right, said a Winona man facing drug charges. Further, Antonio Bracy, 21, told the judge, the cops didn't tell him he had a constitutional rjght to remain silent. The judge granted a second hearing on Bracy's allegations. Inside the apartment where Bracy was arrested, along with Antonio Johnson, 21, and Tena Carpenter, 18, was a Gangster Disciplines gang rulebook. Tech anticipated enrollment dropWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 1998 -- The shift to semesters at Red Wing-Winona Tech was a factor in this year's 3 percent enrollment loss, said President Jim Johnson. But, he noted, Tech was ready. Anticipating some loss, Tech had trimmed its budget by 5 percent. Such was not the case statewide, prompting the state colleges board to now request a bailout from the Legislature to make up for tuition shortfalls.
WSU banner-carriers namedWINONA, Minn., Dec. 13, 1998 -- Six of Winona State University's smartest juniors will carry college banners at the mid-year graduation ceremony Dec. 18. The junior with the best grades, Sara Karlstad in computer science, will lead the procession with the university banner. Carrying college banners will be juniors with the highest grades in their college:
Anybody seen the shadowy Pac?WINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 1998 -- Nine months after the Fitzgerald's dance-hall shooting, police still haven't found the man who was the shooter's target. The man, known only by the nickname Pac, fled the Fitzgerald's parking lot when the shooting began. Pac hasn't surfaced since. If he turns up, Pac would be a key character in the case against G-Bone Perkins, who is charged with the shooting. A negative in returning: G-Bone says Pac had abused him and his girlfriend while robbing them.
E-portfolio program wins awardWINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 1998 -- The electronic resume program at Winona State University, a favorite of President Darrell Krueger, won the 1998 Minnesota College Personnel Association award for innovation. The program, called WINGS, teaches students to build a portfolio of their undergraduate work and put it on a CD-ROM. Masscom prof Dennis Pack is in charge. Santa can't find WSU chimneyWINONA, Minn., Dec. 12, 1998 -- Santa had to come in the door at the Winona State University Alumni House to see kids who gathered there for gifts and treats. He had elves in tow. Gloria Miller, alumni director, said the party was intended "to build more relationships between the university and the community."
G-Bone faces five more chargesWINONA, Minn., Dec. 11, 1998 -- More charges from the Fitzgerld's dance-hall parking lot shooting piled up against G-Bone Perkins. Prosecutor Steve Schleicher lodged five more charges, for second-degree assault, on behalf of five bystanders who were frightened. Because of the new charges, Judge Lawrence Collins delayed the trial to Jan. 12.
Physicist explores effects on whirlinessMANKATO, Minn., Dec. 11, 1998 -- A Winona State University physics senior, Michael Matney, reported on his research on oscillating Weisenberg effects at a meeting of the Minnesota Association of Physics Teachers. Matney's research, at Ohio State University, was funded by the National Science Foundation. WSU mag looks at busing, cabbingWINONA, Minn., Dec. 11, 1998 -- A new issue of Bravura, the Winona State University masscom magazine, hit the newsracks inside the Winona Daily News. In the 28-page issue, built on transportation as a theme, Sheena Picks wrote about the Philipps bus company that hires many college students as drivers. Jackie Jedynak wrote about Yellow Cab, another student employer.
Woman hurt in Minne fallMANKATO, Minn., Dec. 11, 1998 -- Rescuers took a woman to the hospital after she fell at the Minne classroom building at Winona State University. The woman, 37, bruised the back of her head.
Drive-by witnesses to testifyWINONA, Minn., Dec. 11, 1998 -- The prosecutor in the G-Bone parking-lot shooting case plans to call five eye-witnesses at the trial beginning Dec. 15. Prosecutor Steve Schleicher said many of the 100-plus people, mostly college students, were genuinely frightened, many in tears, by the shots. The bullets flew as revelers were coming out of Fitzgerald's at closing time.
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