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WINONAN Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 Volume 88 Issue 2 Inside: Finding a place to park Justin Hiniker However, neighborhood and Winona State University News Winonan residents have complained that the staff and students, the committee parking congestion has become has determined guidelines for When given the choice between too much, prompting the city to restricting parking on the public Zipcars help students cruise parking on campus and parking create the Residential Parking streets surrounding main campus. around Winona on public streets, many people Permit Committee. choose the latter. It's not difficult Representing the city, to determine why: It's free. neighborhood residents, landlords, See PARK, page 3 Killing the environment, one Twinkie at a time Arts Accounts from Academicians "What are your thoughts on the current gnat infestation around campus?" Pitbull: Sound too sexy? Sports Football comes back from roadtrip 2-1 Permits would cost $20 andguest permits — a Women's cross country team is ;one-day permit for visitors to any residence in the regionally ranked affected area would cost $1 per day. Jake Rajewsky/Winonan Cars line King Street near Winona State University on Sept 10. A residential Parking Permit Committee, representing the city, neighborhood residents, landlords, and Winona State staff and students, has determined guidelines for restricting parking on the public streets surrounding main campus. (507) 457-5119 www.winona.edu/winonan Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 Zipcars offer a cheap way to cruise around town Brendan Moore Sept. 1. Winonan Ashley Groux, the first student to sign up for Zipcar, An alternative to traditional took the first ride in the new bus and shuttle services is here. Zipcars along with Kurt Lohide. Students and community The Zipcars on campus members have access to one of will further Winona State's three Zipcars, now available on collaborations with such campus. efforts as Sustain Winona, Two Toyota Matrixes and which specifically hopes to a Toyota Prius are in the lower Winona's fuel usage 5 parking lot in front of Kryzsko percent by 2012. On average, Commons. The idea originally students who become members taken from a bulletin sent out save approximately $600 a by a Minnesota school has been Month and $7,200 a year, over a year in the making. when compared to the costs of "We are always on the owning and maintaining a car. lookout for ideas that will prove Another important financial to further our environmental fact about Zipcars is there is no sustainability," said Kurt monthly payment to maintain Lohide, vice president of memberships. Winona State University "It makes good economic Financial and Administrative sense," Lohide said. Services. While the cost for Winona According to Zipcars State students and faculty to statistics, each Zipcar takes 15- become a member may only be 20 personally owned vehicles $35 per year, the opportunity off the road making it the next is also available to anyone in step in Winona State's going Winona for a slightly different green initiative. rate. "Having less cars on the road The fee for anyone not will help relieve the congestion affiliated with Winona State Fred SchulzeNVinonan of street parking," Lohide said Winona Mayor Jerry Miller speaks during a Zipcar special event Sept 1 at at a launch party for Zipcars See ZIP page 4 Winona Stale University. Zipcar provides students and employees the freedom of car ownership— for errands, entertainment or road trips—without the associated cost and hassle of owning a car. What you eat affects the environment Amanda Rehrauer impact on the environment." costs in calories... by the time cost becomes huge," she said. held the 3rd Local Foods Expo Winonan Jensen said eating foods you grow the foods that are Eating more plants is not the in March 2009." lower on the food chain, such involved in making Twinkies... only solution for becoming Agroecology students It seems as though everyone as plants, fruits and vegetables, that one Twinkie now equals more environmentally friendly. planted an herb garden behind is "going green" these days, saves energy and contributes to about 4,500 calories in energy "Eat less meat," she said. Pasteur Hall for use by and Winona State University is a more sustainable society. wasted. That energy could be "That's the number one thing Winona State dining services, no exception. "The estimated world used for feeding other people," you can do." and several Winona State Nancy Jensen, a registered population by 2030 is nine she said. Portion control and serving employees are involved in a dietician and health educator billion people," she said. "At A food's carbon footprint is sizes of meat should be no new gardening organization with Student Health Services, this point in time we have also dependent, for example, larger than the size of your called Winona. Community gave a talk Sept. 2 about what enough food to feed all the on how far it travels and by hand when you make a fist. Garden Plots, which opened we choose to eat and how it people in the world. But when which methods, and whether or In addition, Jensen advised its first community garden in affects the environment. we're pushing nine billion, we not it is packaged in recyclable eating locally and growing April. "We are tagged with the idea may have an issue." containers, she said. your own foods. In addition, Winona State that our cars are the problem, To conserve energy, avoid "When I counted the According to Winona State's is involved in a consortium that my SUV is creating processed foods. Jensen used ingredients on the Twinkie website, "Chartwells and called "Sustain Winona," problems for the environment," Twinkies as an example. label, it had over 40 ingredients. WSU expressed a common which, according to its she said. "That very well may "One cake is only 150 Each one of those ingredients interest in serving local food mission statement, commits to be. But really, what we choose calories... but if you are to look was processed, transported, on campus when the Campus "reducing greenhouse to eat almost has a greater at what we're adding in energy and this is where your energy Food Systems subcommittee See Eat, page 5 2 •News Purple Bike Program: A free way to get around Caitlin Johnson worker at the Student Resource Winonan Center, has worked with the bike rentals. No car? No bike? Too far to "The program has been going walk? No problem. really well," Fergunson said. The Purple Bike Program "It is very popular and we hope is a bike rental program for to get more bikes once the students that attend Winona program is more developed." State University. The program Fergunson said the process to started renting bikes to students rent a bike is easy. last spring, but officially started Just go to the resource desk, again on August 24. sign some papers and leave Chris Brignull, Community your student ID number. Affairs chair of Student Senate, The bike rental includes the helped to get the program up bike, a helmet and a bike lock. and running. The bike lock combinations are "We found bikes that had been changed between rentals. left behind and abandoned," Kayla Schwartzhoff, another Brignull said. "And we had student worker at the Student them fixed up." Resource Center, also works Brignull said Zach with the bike rentals. Wormwood, the Environmental Schwartzhoff said the bikes Club president, helped choose can be rented for five hours at a Jake Rajewsky/Winonan which bikes were the best to time and have to be back before . Bikes for the Purple Bike Rental Program are stored near prepare for the program. sunset. Kryzsko Commons.The program allows students to use bikes at no charge. Kolter Bicycle & Fitness Monday through Friday, the Guest Relations, runs the Purple and stay out until sunset. Members of the Bike Club Inc. then fixed up the bikes at a bikes can be rented from 8 a.m. Bike Program and takes care of "I think the program is a and the Environmental Club discounted price. until sunset and on Saturdays the day-to-day operations. great idea," Stern said. "It work at the repair center fixing There are eight bikes in the and Sundays, they can be rented "I help run the underlying promotes sustainable practices the bikes. program. All of the bikes have from 10 a.m. until sunset. infrastructure of the program," and is a green way for people To learn more, contact the purple handgrips. "The program is a chance for Stern said. "But there were a to get around." Student Resource Center at The bikes are kept between people to get out and exercise," lot of people involved in the He said that he was excited to (507) 457-2456. Prentiss-Lucas and can be Schwartzhoff said. "It is a way program." watch the program grow. rented at the Student Resource for the people to go 'green.' Stern said the bikes go out There is a bike repair center Center. Paul Stern, coordinator for every day.