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Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 1990s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 1-14-1998 The inonW an Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1990s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The inonW an" (1998). The Winonan - 1990s. 191. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1990s/191 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 - 1990s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. News Opinion Sports Bomb threat delays classes in `Laptop U' has positive outlook for Women's hoops win NSIC opener Minne Hall Jan. 6. future WSU students. against Moorhead State 66-42. See page 3 See page 4 See page 7 INSIDE "Free to Be You and Me" hits the main stage of the PAC Friday and Saturday. See page 3 NONA 111 UNIVERSITY L BRA Y Winona', Established in 1922 3 0106 00366 7051 Wednesday, January 14, 1998 Winona State University's First Student Newspaper Volume 76, Issue 9 New library, technology for WSU By Lauren Osborne resources will take place over the 1999 Bazillion and Leighton also said News Editor spring vacation and will be ready for that the new building will have more student use in March of 1999. electronic resources, concealed wir- All furniture and shelving present ing and digital communication sys- After being talked about for the in the current library will either re- tems (as opposed to analog). In addi- past few years or so, the building of main or be disposed of. tion, Bazillion would like to introduce the new library has finally become a Maxwell Library will be renamed a wireless network in the near future. reality for Winona State University Maxwell Hall and will be converted "We're going to integrate technol- students and community members. into an academic building with class- ogy into the fabric of the building," The project, started this fall, is still rooms into which the College of Edu- Bazillion said. Far from its predicted completion date, cation is targeted to move. The new Although the library project is but according to Dean of Library and library has not yet been named. worth approximately $2 million, fees Information Services Richard Government Documents Librarian for consultants, architects, inspectors Bazillion, weather has been near-per- Vernon Leighton, who was part of the and several types of engineers boosted fect for working conditions. Although original planning committee for the the worth of the entire contract to due to the extreme temperatures this construction of the new library, is look- about $13.5 million. weekend, workers ceased construc- ing forward to "the ability to more The governor's current budget in- tion and resumed Monday morning. easily configure resources in the build- cludes funds for the classroom con- The partial basement and founda- ing." version and parking, which will be tion have been completed, as well as With the reference desk currently available along parts of Johnson and some work on what will be the first on the second floor and resources Mark streets. The university is also floor. stashed in corners of the current build- considering the purchase of 1.5 blocks The library is expected to be ready ing, Maxwell Library is somewhat for permit parking between Johnson for the Minnesota State Colleges and unorganized and, according to and Washington streets near the site of Universities (MnSCU) inspection in Bazillion, "not user friendly." the new library. December of 1998. Bazillion hopes to arrange the new According to Leighton, the origi- The transfer of books and other library logically and conveniently "so nal building plans called for two links when people come in they will see to Minne Hall and the Performing what they need to see...know where Arts Center, which would boast a snack We're going they are and how to get where they bar and an art gallery totaling a couple want to go." million dollars. to integrate The future building will consist of "The state-level people cut that two floors and a mezzanine, which out," Leighton said. "The project got technology into Bazillion said is the closest something trimmed of bells and whistles, but we can get to being a floor without actu- got the core." the fabric of the ally being called a floor and being Aside from granting Bazillion a required to comply with floor regula- Shown here are the south and east sides of the new library. A sketch of the building's main bigger office, the completed new li- building. tions.. entrance is not yet available. brary building will provide WSU stu- The first floor will house the refer- dents and community members with -Richard Bazillion ence and periodicals sections, class- of the hook collection and study space, to become the main technology center employee (a gallery manager) and will an improved resource center and tech- rooms and both individual and group and the mezzanine will accomodate of the WSU campus with its myriad Dean of Library and he complete with at least 70 high-end nology station, as well as more places study areas in addition to the prized the government documents, older pe- technological changes. computers equipped with CD-ROM and means by which to learn and study. Information Services Information Gallery. riodicals and compact shelving and The new extensive technology sta- and advanced software and will be The second floor will also have will he bordered by study carousels. tion, appropriately named the Infor- capable of performing many multi- 1 computers and will hold the majority Bazillion expects the new library mation Gallery, may demand a new media tasks. Winona man confesses to November assaults Credit card Four other suspects named in racially-motivated attack of four WSU international students By Jeff Kocur his plea bargain when he confessed to stick out of the window. The victims Winona State were concerned for their driver of the vehicle with a descriptiotn trouble for one of the charges and named four threw the stick back at the car, prompt- safety after this incident, but he has Editor-at-Large of the car and license plate number. others involved in the assault. ing the occupants to exit the car and heard very little reaction from them The driver agknowldged the incident, students Three months after four interna- The incident occurred early the chase the victims. after Bruss' confession. but did not confess to making any AP- Credit cards can be the tional students at Winona State Uni- morning of Oct. 11, 1997. According Bruss caught up with the victims, Bruss was apprehended that night racial comments. ultimate seduction for a college versity were assaulted, a rural Winonan to the victims complaints, they were and, according to the criminal com- after the driver of the car took off with Bruss has not been sentenced yet, student. They're so simple to has confessed to the assaults. walking in the area of 6th and Wilson plaint, assaulted them. The victims some of the other assailants. He ad- and he could recieve up to a year in jail use, they offer her everything Timothy Bruss (19) was charged streets when a car pulled up and began were punched and thrown to the ground tted to officers that he was involved and/or a $1,000 fine. she could possibly want to buy, with four counts of fourth-degree yelling racial slurs at them. by Bruss. in the fight, and that he was "a little "I doubt if he will see anything and they make it easy for her to assault motivated by bias. Three of The vehicle then circled back, Deputy police thief Don Walski racist." close to that." Walski said. "The pen- not think about the conse- those charges were dropped as part of yelled more racial slurs, and threw a said that international students at Walski was able to track down the alties rarely go that high." quences. They're also a neces- sary part of modern life. She Kids go cable Maria Hall not for WSU can't rent a car without one, and she needs one as a form of iden- By Angela Cabreana dents," Prentiss-Lucas Hall Director tification. News Reporter Mark Spieler said. "We felt it was But credit cards can be a trap better to put three first-year students for the unwary. They can pur- Ask anyone who was in an over- in one room rather than put a first-year chase the most expensive pizza flow room. Winona State University student with an upper classrnan." your child ever buys, and they has had problems with on-campus It's difficult to accurately predict can be the reason she never gets housing this year. what next year's housing situation will out of debt and never has any The WSU Housing Office fried to he. Each consecutive year the first- money to save or invest. purchase Maria Hall from St. Theresa's year student numbers rise, and the Your college student doesn't College last year but didn't acquire it. amount of avai lable housing can't keep have to be shockingly irrespon- This 200-bed hall would have greatly up with the demand for on-campus sible to take her first credit card cased the overflow problems that many housing. down to the mall and max it out; first-year students experienced this "We won't know how many stu- she just has to be a little..