The Winonan - 2000S

Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 2000s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 10-24-2007 The inonW an Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The inonW an" (2007). The Winonan - 2000s. 186. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s/186 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 - 2000s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 -Volatile S6 issue INSIDE: The new face News - ■ Presidents discuss of technology more commu- Greg Eichten are in the hands of Winona State faculty nication, what's WINONAN and students for the purpose of assessing whether an ultra-light laptop is feasible for ahead in tuition The gig is almost up. At the end of next year. the 2007-08 school year Winona State Nathan Lynne, the technology chair a Higher ed law- University's laptop contract with Gateway of the student senate and a person in makers visit will expire. possession of one of these Thin and Lights campus Winona State will have to engage in a explained some of its features. "It's lighter new contract with a new computer vendor and smaller, the screen flips both ways, for next year, and Gateway is an unlikely and it has a biometric scanner to log you III The not-so- bidder because the company's government on using your thumb print." said Lynne, 'friend'ly face and education operations have been "It has the same stylus; except it also has acquired by MPC Corporation, formerly an eraser on the other end and I've been of Facebook known as Micron Computers. getting a battery life of about five hours. This means that over the next several Overwhelmingly, people have had a good months many faculty and students will reaction to it." be working hard to get a laptop contract E-learning will gather the impressions Arts in place. Next year, students might be of the Thin and Light from its users carrying around a Dell, HP, Lenovo, or sometime around the end of October. 111 WAGS depart- Toshiba among other possibilities. They will assess whether things like the ment hosts fair The process of getting new laptop keyboard, weight, and processing speed models every two years starts with the are satisfactory. trade sale formation of a group called the Request "The data they gather will be given to for Proposal (RFP) team, which will be the RFP team, which will then help the comprised of students, faculty, and IT team decide whether to include a request I Roberts raves: members. for companies to have an ultra-light laptop *Across the The first goal of the RFP team will be in the package they offer Winona State," to assess the laptop needs of Winona State said Ken Graetz, director of E-learning. Universe' gets and find out what students, faculty, and IT After the RFP team has a good idea of an A+ personnel want from their laptop program. Winona State's laptop needs, their second This will involve a lot of data gathering, goal will be to assemble an RFP document including focus groups and surveys. that will request computer vendors to put III The Ruckus: One study that E-learning is conducting together a bid on the laptop program and Photo Illustration by Andrew Link/ The most right now involves the Gateway E155-C, explain how they could meet Winona WINONAN an ultra-light laptop that is being referred State's requirements. Different aspects The "Gateway Thin and Light" is being underrated to at Winona State as the "Gateway Thin of the bid will likely include financial tested by Nathan Lynne, technology chair guitarists and Light." of student senate. Gateway's contract A small number of these light laptops See LAPTOP, Page 3 with Winona State will soon expire and new options are being explored. Phone: (507) 457-5119 \\ NN \\,\N in0I11.CCIU \\ State higher ed leaders visit campus, hear needs Reps. Rukavina and Pelowski assess Winona State's needs and gather feedback from students Student Health Services wants YOU! Stephanie Trask spring, a compromise held Minnesota State Colleges and Being healthy does not only WINONAN tuition at a 4 percent increase Universities (MnSCU). consist of exercising and eating Sexual health issues Minnesota State DFL Rep. and was signed by Gov. Tim Although MnSCU funding right. It also involves getting • Health screenings Tom Rukavina, chair of the Pawlenty for the 2007 and 2008 increased $151 million, a 12 - High blood pressure House Committee of Higher academic years. percent increase, over the next regular check-ups and paying Cholesterol Education, said during his visit Because universities can't biennium, he said that it is time attention to your genetics. Some • Risk of heart disease to Winona State University raise tuition higher than 4 for MnSCU to appropriate common, male related, health Tuesday that students need percent, the restricted income money in necessary areas. to voice their wants at the means that universities will MnSCU was appropriated legislative level in order for the have to cut programs to make $68 million for instructional an aPP°Intment at Student Health Servi (es state to end tuition increases. ends meet. technology, which accounts for an becom ealthier male. abasha check-up and physical! 507-457-51 6 www.winono.edulheolthservices Voter turnout barely visible at 3.5 percent istry; Kristen Claeys, nursing; Compiled by and Kelley Leland, biology/ WINONAN staff pre-medicine. The sophomore seat went to A mere 290 students, or 3.5 Rachel Schromen, law and so- percent of the Winona State ciety. University student population, David Obray, law and soci- turned out to vote in the student ety/business/communication senate fall general election. studies, won the senior seat. There are still four open seats The College of Business seat Jackie Hahn/ WINONAN to fill — two College of Science went to Caitlin Stene, market- Rep. Tom Rukavina, left, and Rep. Gene Pelowski, right, address student and faculty con- and Engineering seats and two ing/pre-law. cerns during a visit to Winona State University last week. The lack of state support and Graduate Studies seats. The College of Nursing and mis-spending of funds can be resolved only by student lobbying, both representatives Vice President Emily Fee- Health Sciences seat was won stressed. han, who chairs the election by Erica Turner, nursing. committee, said that applica- Three out of four at-large "Wear a T-shirt that says on "This will ultimately end a huge amount — more than 40 tions are out to fill the remain- winners have been determined: the front your name and major, up cutting university programs percent — of the total budget. ing seats and are due Monday John Kolade, law and society/ and on the back write loudly because there will not be This is three times more than the by noon. business; Savannah McKinley, and clearly how much debt money to sustain everything amount proposed by the House Applications are available political science/mass commu- you'll be in, and wear it around each school has," Rukavina and seven times more than the at http://wwvv.winona.edu/stu- nications; and Kelley Leland, the state Capitol," Rukavina said during the student-faculty Senate's proposed funding. dentsenate. biology/pre-medic,ine.The said. "They'll hear you." discussion. This allocation to Fall supplemental elections fourth seat is still pending. Even when the student Rukavina, who strongly instructional technology is will take place Nov. 5-8. No applications were re- organizations and higher supports lower tuition rates, is meant to improve capabilities The winners of the fall gen- ceived for two open seats in the education advocates statewide aware of the rising costs and eral election are as follows. College of Science and Engi- called for a tuition freeze last the problematic spending under See VISIT, Page 5 The freshman seats were neering and two open seats in won by Jacob Hite, biochem- Graduate Studies. 2 News Presidents meet and discuss university issues Shanthal Perera has evolved since their first students to cough up an of student consultation in but said that there is room for WINONAN encounter when Ramaley took additional $1,000 over the important decisions. improvement. The university president the reigns. course of four years. Praising former student senate Also discussed was the need and vice presidents met with "We've developed a really Ramaley's maiden voyage president Carl Soderberg for to begin tuition discussions the student senate president good working relationship. at Winona State was also being the "driving force behind soon, something that is typically and senators last week for an She's very easily accessible to eventful as the student senate it," Stene was happy with the not addressed until the spring. hour-long discussion of issues me and I am easily accessible to was displeased with a lack state of student consultation, The senate voted at their ranging from tuition increases her. It's a two- meeting to begin discussions to the prospects of a college way street," soon and may support smoking ban. said Stene. Minnesota State Universities The feeling at last week's Relations StudentAssociationpreliminary Meet and Discuss session bet w e en stance of a 3 percent increase, ended in an overarching call student and Stene said, pending that that more frequent discussions university additional funding is not taken are needed. presidents have from campus budgets but from At the student senate meeting been less than other funding sources, such as two days later, the senate passed satisfying in MnSCU's budget.

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