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The Winonan - 2000S Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 2000s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 2-27-2008 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" (2008). The Winonan - 2000s. 195. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s/195 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]. \'‘ ednesda\ . February 27, 2008 Volume 86 Issue 17 Broadcasting live from WSU: News El ri101/1113 II All the pageantry- Greg Eichten Mr. and Ms, WSU WINONAN Winona State University's McCown competitions on Gymnasium was packed with hundreds campus of people on Saturday to see a live broadcast of the radio show A Prairie U Vagina Monologues Home Companion. perform for sixth The show, hosted by Garrison Keillor, started broadcasting at 4:45 p.m. and year ended around 7. Singing, skits, band performances, • Losinvf, weight for historical facts, and the news from Keillor's legendary Lake Wobegon are charity all part of A Prairie Home Companion's • normal routine. • Blood drive keeps Many people living in Winona got the opportunity to experience this WSU on track for entertainment live for the first time. 1000-unit goal The show was not only broadcasted from Winona on Saturday, but Winona was also the topic of many of the S performance's skits, jokes, and historical facts. II THAD class Simone Perrin, actor/singer/ combines dance accordionist for A Prairie Home Companion, grew up in Winona, and and science she talked with Keillor about her days at Winona State, including • writing Photo by Brady Whealon a The Ruckus actual letters on paper and taking Oral Garrison Keillor rehearses Friday night for the live Saturday broadcast of discusses Herbie Interpretation from Vivian Fusillo. A Prairie Home Companion in WSU's McCown Gym. "It's been a beautiful place to live, to Hancock's 'River- learn, to love," said Perrin. Princess Winona tried to correct him, justice. The Joni Letters' Keillor often gives his audience saying that she made up the story to try Another aspect of the show that gave it historical facts during his broadcast, and to increase tourism. some variety was the guest band, a Cajun ▪ Underbakke on Saturday the facts were all Winona This week's news from Lake Wobegon, band from New Orleans led by Marcia reviews Jack based. Keillor's fictional Minnesota small town, Ball. They performed several Cajun style He drew attention to the little known was of a Lutheran Pastor and a Catholic songs throughout the broadcast, including Black's "Be Kind fact that Winona was the number three Priest having a theological discussion one called "Peace, Love, Barbecue." Rewind" shipper of grain around the time of the over too much scotch, and of the flu, Keillor started a Prairie Home civil war, and if circumstances had played which liked to travel throughout the Companion in 1974 in St. Paul, Minn. a Quad hosts Healthy out differently it might have become school by means of vomit on children's Minnesota's largest city. shoes. Needless to say, Keillor's story Living Community Keillor also told the legend of Princess telling ability is unique, and any recount See PRAIRIE, page 3 Winona while a voice actor playing of his performance doesn't quite do it Phone: 507 457-5119 htt.://www.winona.edu/winonan Saving lives, one pinprick at a time Rachel Smith According to Kramer, high Sickness among stu- WINONAN schools and colleges blood dent deferred many reg- drives are especially important ular donors so walk-in in the campaign, provide about appointments were es- Winona State University's 25 percent of blood collected. pecially important, she Red Cross blood drive last "The students we work with added. week was part of the campus' are phenomenal. I've never Stene, who was in continuing effort to exceed this been disappointed," Kramer charge of the Student year's set goal of collecting said. "To be number one for Senate's public rela- 1000 units of blood. - five years in a row—that says tions efforts of the The 1000-unit goal will be a something about the students." blood drive, said she total of Winona State's blood The success of Red Cross believes Winona State drive in October, last week's blood drives extends off cam- is still on track to meet blood drive and another corn- pus as well. the 1000-unit goal for ing up in April. Of the 105 counties in North this year, despite Febru- It's a goal that is very near re- Central Region, Winona Coun- ary's unmet quota. alization, according to Winona ty ranks number nine. "This drive was suc- State's donor recruitment rep- In one year, the county col- cessful with the circum- resentative Joel Kramer. lects about 4,000 units of blood stances we were under," Kramer worked with Student and supplies blood to about 110 Stene said. "Giving Senate in setting up February's hospitals in the area, including blood has always been blood drive. Winona 1:1. ealth. a strong tradition on Winona State has ranked At the campus blood drive campus." number one of 67 colleges in last week, a goal quota was set This sense of tradition the North Central Region for to collect 145 units of blood at Winona State has en- the past five years. each day. couraged many students The region includes schools The goal was not met. Be- to continue Red Cross' from Minnesota, western Wis- tween the three days of the effort. consin and some from eastern blood drive, Tuesday, Wednes- Many of the students South Dakota. Another strong day and Thursday, 366 units of who came out to donate collegiate donator from the re- blood were collected. had donated multiple Jackie Hahn/WINONAN gion is St. Mary's University of Lower numbers may have times. Andy Osterhaus donates blood as Jeff Simon watches. Andy is one Winona which ranks number been a result of the flu season, "Ifyou can give blood, of more than 400 people who donated blood last week. 10. Sen. Caitlin Stene said. people need blood—it makes sense," senior Kristen Buckingham said. 507-452-8808 Other student donors, such Roommate that never leaves? as five-time donor Ali Bonum keep coming back to donate as OtArr get away from campus! part of a sense of duty. Bonum, a freshman, has ex- Come for drinks, sta. !)res$st! perienced the benefits of blood donation when she received PROPERTY MANAGEMENT blood transfusions to treat a & SALES CG'S LOUNGE AT THE QUALITY INN blood problem she had when she was younger. Main St & Broadway • Doil9 k cm is Bonum feels that she is in debt to these blood donors. A Great Place To Live! Dars. P Game/ "I owe them," Bonum said. Tenants Trust! "It only hurts for two seconds • Buzz, Ttivia and you can save three lives." 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Continued from Page for more iilformation :triai1 Michelle Camerer PRAIRIE ppAggqq4c,@gp,4i1,C,(41 Since then, the radio show has renowned. would be successful, and now gone through many changes, It is played on about 580 it's a good way of life." including moving to New York public radio stations, and For the, next few weeks A and then back to St. Paul. around 4 million listeners tune Prairie Home Companion will Other locations that the in each week. be broadcasting in its usual show has broadcasted from As printed in the show's location, the Fitzgerald theatre are Canada, Ireland, Scotland, program, Keillor recalls, in St. Paul. The broadcasts England, Germany, Iceland, "When the show started, it was begins at 4:45 p.m. Saturdays. and almost every one of the something funny to do with fifty states. my friends, and then it became Contact Greg a The show has become world- an achievement that I hoped [email protected] Akon to be spring concert Rachel Smith only students at a reduced price WINONAN of $25 for one week and any tickets remaining will be of- Nor andale The results are in for Winona fered to the general public for a State University's spring con- higher cost. community college cert this year—rapper Akon. "My guts are telling me that Winona State's entertain- we are going to sell out to our ment agent, Event Resources students," Reed said. "If you Plan your summer now. Presents Inc., has been working ask me, that's ideal." (to earn extra credits at Normandale) with representatives for Akon Additional funding for the for about a month and a half to concert was provided by Stu- approve the contract. dent Senate, who "overwhelm- Normandale is the best educntiona value, Here'swhy: ingly approved" the money re- The agents were negotiating Superb reputation with employers throughout the region on details such as airfare and quest.
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