The Winonan - 2000S

Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 2000s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 4-8-2009 The inonW an Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The inonW an" (2009). The Winonan - 2000s. 222. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s/222 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The inonW an – Student Newspaper at OpenRiver. It has been accepted for inclusion in The inonW an - 2000s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. News for a campus community II VI: IA1 I NI 0 IRAN New honors requirements for graduation anger some By Caitlin Johnson a 3.25 GPA or above. Now, the Cum Laude, 3.75 for Magna back a year. be graduating with honors," Winonan honor requirements are higher. Cum Laude and 3.90 for Lauren Pierson, a Nursing Pierson said. "It feels like I am The new requirements Summa Cum Laude. major at the Winona State not being recognized for all my Winona State University for graduating with honors These changes were Rochester Center, said she was hard work." changed the requirements for will go into effect this May originally supposed to go into not happy about the change in Pierson said that she first graduating with honors. In the for graduation. The new effect last May for the 2008 honor requirements. learned of the change in 2005 course book, to graduate requirements for graduating graduation. However, the "I've worked hard to keep my with honors a student must have with honors will be 3.60 for university decided to push it grades up and I thought I would See HONORS, page 3 Spring concert receives low attendance but few glitches By Jennifer Holt The event planning process Winonan begins near the end of October when a list of bands and Winona State University's comedians who are touring Spring Concert went off colleges is released. with few glitches Friday, The bands are selected as college and high school through a mid-agent out students gathered in McCown of Green Bay called Event gymnasium to see Drive A, Resources Presents, Inc., and Secondhand Serenade and The the mid-agent works directly Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. with the band's agents. The gym was not very The list that was released crowded as some may have in November 2008 included a anticipated because tickets wide variety of acts from The did not end up selling out to Kings of Leon to DMX. Winona State students. The list then breaks down by Joe Reed, director of the price, what locations certain student union, said 3,200 bands are performing and dates. tickets would have had to be "I really want students to sold in order to break even on enjoy the concert, but it's Photo by Rory O'Driscoll/Winonan overall event costs. impossible to please everyone," Winona State University students and community members attend the UPAC spring concert "It's a bidding process, and Reed said, "especially since Friday night at McCown Gymnasium. The concert featured The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and were competing with colleges college students have such a Secondhand Serenade. Attendance was low this year compared to events in the past and universities from all wide variety of taste in music." over the country," Reed said. Sophomore Ali Bonum said "Whatever money we bid, that she had a great time at the we can expect to add another concert. $20,000 due to catering costs and other hospitality demands." See CONCERT, page 4 Wellness Center & A with Criticizing the Baseball team takes a construction Seconhand Serenade useless four-win sweep finally underway Phone: (507) 457-5119 http://www.winona.edu/winonan Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Construction around campus shows signs of progression By Jessica Larsen services, said it was a student Winonan led effort to preserve these trees. Winona State University The other trees on the broke ground for the Wellness construction site have been Center near Memorial Hall. taken down and disposed of Miron Construction Repairs on Maxell Hall have Company, out of Neenah, Wis. been coming along smoothly is leading the project. Unlike after the building suffered the new dorm, construction water damage on Jan. 14 when insurance was not an issue. The a sprinkler system failed just construction is going smoothly before 6 a.m. and is on schedule. The sprinkler that failed in The playground equipment the building is located on the previously on the land has been fourth floor, in an attic area. saved for future use. Most About 20 offices were likely it will go to the Child damaged, including Care Center on campus. Admissions, Cashier and Some of the trees that Graduation Services. were taken down on the new Borton Construction has construction site have been since been repairing the Photo by Nick Furlong/Wmonan saved due to their rareness. building. Tiles used on the roofs of West Campus buildings may need to be replaced. Charles Moburg, One tree is staying in place and The third floor offices have student senator, said there is a rule that requires the university to use large amounts of is being worked around. moved back in and the first and money to buy tiles from Italy, as opposed to buying from a nearby source. Kurt Lohide, president of finance and administrative See CAMPUS, page 4 Diversity and Inclusion students attend White Privilege conference By Caitlin Johnson students were from college and Winonan high school. Ker Lor, a student at Winona State and part of the Inclusion. and Diversity Office, went to the White Privilege Conference. Eight students from Winona "I like how we took high State University's Inclusion school students," Lor said. and Diversity Office and the "They can take this experience Student Senate Diversity and learn from it and carry it Awareness Committee traveled with them." to Memphis, Tenn. to attend the The conference had more White Privilege Conference. than 500 people in attendance. This is the tenth White Privilege It was a combination of keynote Conference that has been held. speakers and workshops. According to the University Katherine Chickey, a student of Colorado at Colorado at Winona State and member Springs, "the annual White of the Student Senate Diversity Privilege Conference (WPC) Awareness Committee, said the serves as a yearly opportunity students from Winona State to examine and explore who attended the conference difficult issues related to white went to different workshops privilege, white supremacy and so they could learn and share Photo by Katherine Chickey/Winonan oppression." different information. Members of Winona State University's Diversity Awareness Committee/Diversity and Inclusion The students from Winona The conference dealt with Office attended the 10th Annual White Privilege Conference last week in Memphis, Tenn. This State joined students from diversity and oppression. year's theme was "Taking Responsibility: Awareness, Healing, and Social Change." Minnesota and Wisconsin for Chickey said the title of the their trip to Memphis. The conference was an eye opener, 2 - News Fastenal founder speaks on economic development By Tim Brennan Fastenal is the fastest growing Winonan full-line industrial distributor in the nation. More than 2,300 The presence of stores across the United States entrepreneurial people as an are owned and operated by aspect necessary for positive Fastenal. economic development was Fastenal contributes a net one idea Fastenal founder Bob $75 million to the Winona Kierlin stressed during his community each year and speech in the Winona State represents about 12 percent University Science Laboratory of Winona's economic base, Center. Kierlin said. Kierlin shared his ideas about Kierlin's presentation economic development in centered on aspects necessary today's changing marketplace for economic development to people young and old on at the city, state, and national Wednesday, April 1. level. During his speech, Kierlin Kierlin emphasized the said, "Higher education importance of keeping money promotes entrepreneurial in circulation within a city. people." Fastenal was an example of His ideas about developing a business that keeps money the economy encouraged within the city of Winona. students to continue with their Goods are sold from Fastenal to college education despite the people outside of Winona and a difficulties of finding a job large amount of that money is after graduation in a suffering brought back to Winona. economy. In terms of state development, Stephanie Ritter, Public Kierlin spoke about the large Relations major at Winona amount of competition between State, spoke her thoughts about states to acquire major plants attending college during an for economic development. economic recession. Rather than having states "Opportunities (in college) search for plants, Kierlin said are there to challenge yourself states should encourage start- and open up to new ideas," she up businesses and existing said plants to expand. In order Another Winona State for start-up businesses to student, Shannon O'Hern, expand, the presence of young did not seem as optimistic. "I entrepreneurial people is would not want to be looking necessary to the state, Kierlin for a steady job as a college said. graduate right now." Kierlin also said another Kierlin founded Fastenal aspect necessary for states to Photo by Fred Schulze/Winonan in 1967 and now serves as develop economically is Fastenal company founder Bob Kierlin shared his ideas about economic development in Chairman of the Board at the today's changing marketplace to students and community members April 1 at Winona State company. See FASTENAL, page 4 University's Science Laboratory Center. HONORS Continued from page 1 requirements at the end of know who to put me in touch Barsness and Pierson both Pierson said that she knows the honor's scale.

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