Winona State University OpenRiver The Winonan - 2010s The Winonan – Student Newspaper 1-20-2010 The Winonan Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2010s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The Winonan" (2010). The Winonan - 2010s. 2. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2010s/2 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The Winonan – Student Newspaper at OpenRiver. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Winonan - 2010s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WINONAN Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 Volume 88 Issue 12 Inside: Officials urge students to be counted Students account for one third of the population in Winona News Why the Census is Important One-year Census information affects the anniversary of numbers of seats your state the smoking ban occupies in the U.S. House of Representatives. When you do the math, it's easy to see what an accurate count of residents can do for Arts your community. OK Go: The information the census A Prince collects helps to determine influence? how more than $400 billion of federal funding each year is spent on infrastructure and services like: Hospitals Job training centers C Google Schools Senior centers Sports Bridges, tunnels and other public works projects Emergency services Women's www.2010.census.gov basketball Rory O'DriscolVWinonan defeats Wayne Bob Bambenek, the City Recorder, discusses the importance of completing census State 71-67 forms Wednesday morning at the Riverport Inn in Winona. Amanda Rehrauer "We view WSU as extremely important," bucks. For every 100 people that fail to Winonan County Recorder Bob Bambarek said. "It's participate, the state of Minnesota will lose a huge part of the community." $1 million — money that can be put towards At the Winona County Recorder's Mayor Jerry Miller added, "We have to improving highways, disaster relief, and of Office meeting Wednesday, attendees make the people realize the significance of course, our own Winona State University. brainstormed ideas on how to get people to being counted." Also in danger, if enough people fail to participate in the Census this year, keeping Bambarek said that just a dozen missed fill out a form, the state could lose a college students as a top priority. forms per county will cost the state big See CENSUS, page 6 (507) 457-5119 www.winona.edu/winonan Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 New Web site offers opportunity, confusion Brendan Moore life at Winona State. Winonan "I think it's very attractive. 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Marketing and Communication However, according to Cristeen Custer. Boudreau, no matter how well U, ;>4? 4 .4 • Among the changes that were you manage a Web site there made for web2010, the new site will always be some problems Contributed photo by Winona State University has been redesigned with a new using the Web site. Web2010, Winona State University's new Web site, launched Jan 14. look and feel that better reflects See Web site, page 7 New travel study could cost more money Jenn Holt and it has been put forward as complicated, less flexible and Now, student's airfare would the destination early to set up. Winonan a recommendation to Faculty more expensive. "I traveled be purchased for them, which "About four years ago, a Senate, by the Administration, to east Africa all by myself," would take away the freedom bio professor was in Nepal Last semester, Winona with the recommendation of said Parkhurst, "it's made me a of shopping for a flight and conducting research with WSU State University's Travel the Travel Study Advisory better person for it and it was all price that is flexible to the students on the affect of altitude Study Advisory Committee Committee. under the university's name." student. on humans. It was a great trip recommended a new regulation If passed, the new safety Parkhurst made her own "It's a risk management and he ran it two or three times to the Winona State Faculty stipulation, under Travel Study travel study program and found issue," said Riley. "Ultimately, in alternate years. The air travel Senate that would change the Regulation 3-34, would require a host family by herself. "We if something bad happens entailed stops in Minneapolis, way student's air travel would that a Winona State faculty all know Americans are a little during the travel episode and New Jersey, Germany, India, be regulated. member would travel with sue happy and the University the university representative Nepal," said Riley. "When it The new regulation, if passed all students to and from their has to watch their backs, but is not with the students, the was time to return from Nepal, by the Faculty Senate, would be destinations, within the United this regulation will only stiffen liability is that of WSU because it was found that the airline, for "the safety of students," said States and abroad. students abilities to find a it received payment for the trip. flying the students between Roger Reily, chair of the Travel In the past faculty members program that fits them best," The parents have a reasonable Nepal and India, had gone out Study Advisory Committee would go to the destination a Parkhurst said. expectation of their children of business. Furthermore, if and associate professor of day or two before the students One of the arguments to the being cared for safely." the students did not make their Recreational Tourism and arrived to get things set up and potential regulation is that Riley believes that because connection in India they would Therapeutic Recreation. in order, and stay a day or two students would have to fly more often that not, travel have missed all their other The Travel Study Advisory later. out of the Minneapolis — St. studies include more than connections." Committee has discussed the Winona State senior Paul International Airport. one faculty member, and one It is instances such as these, need for a faculty member Cassie Parkhurst feels the Previously students were able faculty member could travel that has the Travel Study to travel to and from the new regulation, if passed, to find airfare out of the airport with students and the other destination with student groups will make traveling more nearest to their hometowns. faculty members could go to See TRAVEL, page 7 2 •News Campus construction going strong Alyssa Homan Winonan Construction projects are running smooth, say Winona State University officials. The two biggest projects to date are the construction of the new and improved health center and the new residence halls. Another renovation was also made to the student club office and the Winonan office over winter break. The once cramped and homely room was given a makeover, which opened up the area, allowing much more profitable use of the space provided. "There was a survey sent to students asking what they needed, and the most pressing issue seemed to be the need for more space," said Tracy Rahim, associate director of student activities and leadership. The entire space was given new flooring, a new paint job and the old walls were replaced and repositioned. Rahim said that the room does not have an official name yet. "We are trying to decide on Jake RajewskyiWnonan a good name for the room, so Construction continues Thursday on Winona State University's Integrated Wellness Center, to be completed this fall. The new fitness center will include about 14,000 square feet of space. if students have any ideas they should feel free to contact me or Joe [Reed] with their prevalent now than ever.