The Winonan - 1980S

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Inside Who's pulling Showing off Off to a the strings? at Max's good start W Page 2 Page 10 Page 13 Winona State University Volume LXI, Number 11 December 14,198 IFO Board to review settlement by Jim Riccioli relations, said it would be time since union officials are the Dr. David Simpson, IFO state- really had any move towards "inappropriate to discuss only ones who've seen the wide president, publicly stated arbitration." . The Board of Directors of the details" of the tentative settlement. shortly after the negotiations Two days before the IFO Inter Faculty Organization will agreement before the IFO Samit said that he was broke off in October that the scheduled a meeting to consider meet Saturday to review the negotiating team presents it to satisfied with the negotiations, union hadn't expected talks to filing for arbitration, the tentative settlement reached last the board Saturday. though he "would've been extend to that point. Talks broke chancellor's office called back week between • the state and "We've had problems which happier if we would've finished off again in early November when the union on Nov. 21. The talks union and will decide whether to were difficult to resolve," Samit several months ago." union negotiators walked out of remained continuous until the recommend approval or said. "I can't predict whether the "But I don't think that these the meetings and threatened to settlement was reached last disapproval of the package to settlement will be accepted by negotiations were unusually file for arbitration. week. union members. the faculty, but I'm fairly certain long," he said. "The talks for the "They (the IFO negotiating The two negotiating teams met The agreement was reached that the IFO's negotiating team 1981-83 contract began in team) did not tell us anything Monday to proofread and correct after eight months of will recommend it to the board." Decmeber of 1980 and ended in about arbitration and the the written package in negotiations which had broken Dr. Wayne Dunbar, negotiator October of 1981. This time, we mediator never declared preparation for its presentation off twice within the last three and Winona State faculty didn't start until April." impasse," Samit said. "We never to state and union officials. months, prompting union member, also refused to predict officials to threaten arbitration or the outcome of Saturday's board a potential strike of the IFO's meeting, or how individual 2000 State University System faculty will react to the proposed Rochester plan clarified faculty members. package. Representatives from the state "I'm not about to predict what by Carolyn M. Goetzinger Earlier this year, Winona State the construction of the proposed and IFO met Monday to finalize each individual member's President Thomas Stark said he building. agreements packaged into a reaction will be," Dunbar said. Winona State's plan to better was in favor of a proposal that December 2 Olmsted County tentative settlement but "One person may be happy while meet Rochester's educational called for the construction of a $2 tied the sale of the former negotiators remained reluctant to another may be irate." needs was further clarified last million Winona State building on Rochester State Hospital campus release details of the contract. He said the "totally week, and the proposal picked up the Rochester Community to the four-year college program. Jack Samit, the chancellor negotiated agreement" was "too financial support from the College campus and the The county bought the hospital office's director of labor complex" to summarize at this Rochester community. spending of $1 million for grounds from the state a year ago associated improvements to for $1, after the state closed the RCC. hospital in a budget-cutting The new building would house move. The agreement for the sale upper division and graduate specified that the county was courses for Winona State, and required to turn over any profits the two schools would share from sale of the property to the parking, classroom, library, book state. store, food service, health service Perpich agreed to a county and recreational facilities. request to amend the agreement Under the so-called "two-plus- to allow the county to keep the two" proposal, undergraduate profits for two projects, including students would take courses construction of a new Winona offered by RCC for the first two State building. years of their education and then The "two-plus-two" plan has would take junior and senior level drawn criticism, most notably courses offered by WSU at the from the Winona community. At a new building. meeting in Rochester last week Gov. Rudy Perpich is among with members of the Commission those who have endorsed the on the Future of Post-Secondary idea of a four-year college Education, skeptics from Winona program in Rochester. However complained that the proposal his Commission on the Future of could lead to the decline and Post-Secondary Education eventual elimination of the challenged proponents of the Winona campus. plan, particularly the Rochester But Stark says that Winona community to come up with some front money to help fund Continued on Page 3 One-acts a success despite criticism by Forrest Davis night's performance. Dr. John Kane, vice president of student Three student-directed one-act affairs, attended the opening to plays went on as scheduled last monitor the crowd, but reported week in the Performing Arts no incidents. Center, despite charges of The play's director, Blayn bigotry directed toward one of Lemke, a senior from the productions. Stewartville, described the play State Sen. Pat Kronecusch, IR- as an examination of what could Rollingstone, had criticized happen "when a power Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It organization exudes power and All For You, by Christopher does not take changes in society Durang, as bigoted and mocking in mind." of Jesus Christ and Christians. "In this situation," he said, The play sparked controversy "Durang uses Catholicism as the due to its satirical presentation of method of showing this power. It the Catholic Church's view of could be used in the military or it current social issues. could be used in education, but No, she's not eating her mitten. Junior Shirley Johnson chewed on a sucker while she talked to a The production of the play had he has chosen Catholicism." friend between classes yesterday. Ear muffs and mittens are now standard apparel as winter has attracted so much controversy In the play, four of Sister set in at Winona State. (photo by Douglas E. Smyth) that the university had Mary's former students return to considered hiring an off-duty police officer to attend the first Continued on Page 10 Page 2 December 14, 1983 Bookstore committee set up to improve input by Ken Korczak $60,000 in profits each year. The profits are deposited in Publishers, students, faculty, Merchants National Bank, along the State University Board, the with various other sources of Fritotv National Association of College revenue from Winona State, laver favorites Stores - who is pulling the strings making up a general fund. on the bookselling business at A $20,000 checking account is Winona State? maintained from this general According to Dick Schaber, fund, which is used to conduct bookstore manager, the Winona bookstore, and other university State bookstore belongs to the business. students. The rest of the money accures "It's your bookstore," Schaber interest at the current rate. This told journalism students at a money is then prorated back to press conference with a the university. newswriting class. "We're there Most profits from the to serve you, with the lowest bookstore are used for prices and the best service presidential scholarships, possible." according to Varner. All potential But Schaber admitted that freshmen and sophomores are neither he nor the students have eligible to receive these any control over the price of scholarships. books. Despite the scholarships Book prices, for the most part, provided to the students, student are controlled by the publishers. discontent with the bookstore They set the prices of the books remains high. according to their needs. The Jerry Varner, Winona State publishers receive about 60 cents Business Manager, says he does of each dollar students spend on not know what to do about Freshman Debbie Hagen looks disgusted after giving her check to Ada Tobin to pay for her books. Hagen books. student discontent. paid $25.90 for two books. (photo by Douglas E. Smyth) The bookstore then marks the "The bottom line is that we are recommendations to President books up 20 percent, which is in subject to the publishers when it sell a book back to the bookstore who want to be on the committee. Stark on how the situation might accordance with State University comes to the price of books," he for 50 percent of what you paid It will consist of four Senate be improved." Board regulations. All tolled, the said. "Nobody can control the for it, I don't think it's that bad.

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