The Winonan - 1980S

Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 1980s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 5-7-1986 The inonW an Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1980s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The inonW an" (1986). The Winonan - 1980s. 168. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1980s/168 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 - 1980s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Winonan Winona State University, Winona, Minn. Vol. LXIII, No. 29 May 7, 1986 No rules to follow Senate election results questioned By BILL POND Monday. "They ended up hold- News Editor ing it off by first ratifying the Inadequate preparations, a election results." lack of communication and nu- At last week's meeting, merous questions surrounding Krause said some inconsistenc- fair tallying of votes have sur- ies included students voting faced from last Tuesday's Stu- without university identification dent Senate election. or being turned away from the Final tallies released by elec- polls because their names had tion judge Jim Schmidt election been crossed off the voting list. night were changed Wednesday He also mentioned a pile of morning after it was discovered blank ballots had been misplac- junior votes had not been in- ed during the election and that cluded. It was also discovered the junior class tabulations had election judges failed to create been misplaced during the and have approved by Senate counting of the ballots, thus not actual election rules and proce- included-‘n the final results until dures, began counting ballots Wednes4y. before the polls closed, and Krause accused Student Sen- used blank ballots to tally elec- ate President Mike Ericson, also tion results in a room closed to an election judge, of telling stu- the public. dents who to vote for or who he Because of those and other felt was the better canidate. "At problems with the election, jun- no time did I tell anyone how to ior Senator Jeff Krause tried at vote. It would be an interpreta- last Wednesday's Senate meet- tion of someone's word against ing to have the election polls re- mine," Ericson said. opened. "I want3d to try to Krause gained 170 signatures Winonan photo by Brian Poulter bring it up before they ratified Wrong Way! the elections," Krause said See Screw up, page 6 Audrey DeBlon and Winona State student heading the wrong way down Washington at Bugsy's closes for good Patricia Loveless await the arrival of Winona the time of the accidant. There were no inju- City Police Thursday after the cars they were ries, and damage was estimated at more than driving collided at the intersection of Wash- $500. Last place for ington and Sanborn. Loveless was apparently University's decision kept quiet live music dies By JOHN MUGFORD Staff Reporter Students want divestment Saturday was the day the music died in Winona. Bugsy's Bar, the last club in Winona to offer live rock 'n' roll en- tertainment on a regular basis, closed it's doors Saturday night. policy known by media Bugsy's, 167 Johnson St., has been purchased by the Winona Port Authority for $75,000. By JANET MEISCH If a developer with a proven track record does not step forward Staff Reporter "Winona State has been the only by June 28, the city plans to tear the building down to make way for Patience has reached an end for two university or- state university in Minnesota to take a parking lot to serve the Kensington, 157 W. 3rd St. ganizations largely responsible for Winona State's this type of action." — Lanz The Port Authority is committed to helping the Kensington, a res- proposal last October to partially divest from busi- tored building housing several businesses and apartments, find nesses with divisions and subsidies in South Africa. more parking space. Bugsy's is on the block next to the Kensing- A memorandum was sent to University President will be taken by other state universities," said Dean ton, and a vacant lot would provide convenient and much needed Thomas Stark April 23 by those two organizations Lanz, a representative for the Students for Social Re- parking. asking why their request for press releases on the sponsibility. He and others hoped to get coverage on Frank Moran, associate owner and manager of Bugsy's, wouldn't proposal was not answered as promised. La Crosse and Rochester television stations and in confirm that the Port Authority forced Bugsy's out of business, but The university's proposed stand to partially divest Minneapolis and St. Paul newspapers. said officials made it clear business would not continue to go meant it would still do business with companies hold- Student Kurt Johnson, of United Campus Ministry, smoothly for Moran and his co-owners if they didn't sell. Moran ing subsidies in South Africa abiding by the Sullivan said he had approached University President Thomas owns the property with Joe Harter and Fred Wakeen, both of La Principles (which guarantees racial equality in the Stark recently about the issues. "The president said Crosse, Wis. work place). The university would not hold invest- to his knowledge a press release had been issued. According to Moran, Bugsy's business has been good. ments in firms whose primary business is located in When I informed him it had not been, he said he felt "We were still moving more half barrels (16-gallon kegs) than South Africa or with a bank making loans to the Re- at this time it would be inappropriate because all anyone in town," he said. "We moved 50 a week." public of South Africa. companies Winona State had investments in either The building that houses Bugsy's is an integral part of Winona's At the time of the proposal, representatives from had no connection with South Africa or, as in the history. Built in 1892 as the Winona Opera House, it was the city's Students for Social Responsibility and United Cam- case of one company, Tenneco, had complied with cultural center for four decades. pus Ministry accepted it on the condition the univer- the Sullivan Principles." When the building was converted to a movie theater in 1937, the sity would issue a press release on its decision. After Johnson said Stark told him he would send him a original brick facade was covered with stucco. six months of waiting, no press release has been formal letter stating the university's actions to confirm Since then, the building has housed a number of businesses, seen. the divestment policy. mainly taverns. On April 1, 1985, Bugsy's opened its doors. "The reason that the press release was requested Johnson said he would still like to see the press re- The Port Authority has set June 28 as the deadline for devel- was because Winona State has been the only state lease issued, but had also seen how the media have opers interested in restoring the building to step forward. university in Minnesota to take this type of action, and turned it's attention to other issues like the Libyan See Silence, page 6 if others hear about it statewide, then maybe action crisis, while forgetting the issue of Aparthied. Terrorism: a foriegn Theatre... Warriors student's view under the are champs! sea? Page 10 Page 12 Page 13 Page 2 . Winonan . May 7, 1986 Bike thefts increase during spring quarter By TISHA HARMS filed directly with the police. provided by the Department of recovered. storage, where it is kept for six Staff Reporter More bikes are stolen in the Transportation and Motor Vehic- "I've seen a lot of bikes on months, at the end of which it is Bike thefts are a problem at spring, Scheevel said, because les. Bike registration costs $6 campus that are left unlocked," auctioned if nobody claims it. Winona State University, and ac- more students have their bikes and lasts as long as the student Rugel said. "I've got a really Besides registering your bike, cording to Paula Scheevel, head on campus, and bikes are more resides in Winona. good lock and my bike was still Nyseth recommends that stu- of campus security, most thefts visible. Combining that with the Helmueller said that students stolen. My bike is not very expen- dents mark their bikes in other occur in the spring. fact that many Winona State stu- should register their bikes be- sive either," Rugel added. ways, too. "The more ways you Scheevel said ten bikes have dents refuse to lock their bikes cause a registration sticker dis- "The police don't go out look- mark that bike (such as with en- been stolen from campus so far up, or use inadequate locks when courages thieves and makes re- ing for bikes that have been graving)," Nyseth said, "the bet- this year, and that the problem they do, makes way for easy covery easier if the bike is stolen. stolen," Sgt. Tom Nyseth of the ter your chances of recovery (if exists because of the high con- thefts."A lot of the cheap locks "Most of the bikes that are stolen Winona Police Department said, the bike is stolen)." centration of bikes on campus. are like no locks at all," Scheevel are not registered." "but we do what we can to get Nyseth said that a student Though the number of thefts said. Scott Rugel, a Morey Hall resi- them back." whose bike has been stolen this year is not significantly high- Beth Helmueller, a university dent, had his bike stolen from the When the police recover a bike should file a report with the police er or lower than past years, night watch supervisor, is curren- Morey bike racks two weeks ago.

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