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The Winonan - 1980S Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 1980s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 9-18-1985 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" (1985). The Winonan - 1980s. 142. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1980s/142 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]. RAs say "basic training" tough but good By DALE KURSCHNER ses resumed this fall in order to RA's trained together from 5:30 time spent together benefited the "Fitness is part of the wellness Chief Editor be prepared for their duties this a.m. to 8 p.m. each of the five staff's unity and preperation. model. It provides strength for Out of bed at 0530 hours, run year. days. "During a whole week of 24 carrying on other types of learn- to exercise facility by 0600 hours, "They (Winona State's housing "They worked us hard and we hours a day training, you really ing," said Ferden. As for where non-stop workout for 45 minutes, directors) really kept us busy, but learned from it," Roger Frandrup, get to know your self and the Oth- he got his ideas for the program, breakfast at 0700 hours — the it brought us together as a staff," second floor Prentiss RA said. "It ers," third iloor Richards RA Ferden said they came from look- beginning of "basic training" said Becky Winter, Sheehan Hall prepared us for what was ahead Dana Nolte said. ing at other colleges and universi- camp for 29 Winona State stu- resident coordinator. and I needed that. Some things This year was quite different in ties and combining some of their dents four weeks ago. "I was an RA last year so a lot occurred that I wouldn't have its training procedure than past RA training procedures with Those students are this year's of it for me was review, but for been ready for otherwise." years because it was based on a some of his own ideas. resident assistants at Winona most of the others, I think it was Frandrup wouldn't say what "wellness model," according to The fitness idea, getting up at State. They, along with the uni- new." Winter said. She felt that those things were because he the man who set up the week and 5:30 every morning to do aero- versity's four dorm directors, this year's training was more in- wanted to protect the rights of thought it resembled military bics and calisthetics for 45 trained extensivily during a five tense and said the staff spent those involved. basic training, Housing Director See RA's, page 3 day period the week before clas- more time together as a unit. The Other RAs agreed that the John Ferden. MP Winonan Winona State University Volume LXIII, Number 3 September 18, 1985 Ulf New on-campus hair salon does well its first two weeks By JANET MEISCH to come on to Winona State's campus, and BILL POND and will offer students hair services and Staff Reporters various hair products. Students can get their hair cut by pro- According to Student Union Director fessionals this year without having to Charlie Zane, the idea for a hair salon has leave Winona State's campus. been floating around for some time, but A new hairstyling salon, Hair kut II, never materialized because businesses began operating in the lower level of knew there would be a three month lag Kryzsko Commons two weeks ago and during the summer when most of the uni- will offer students a shampoo and haircut versity's students head home to work. for $6.50. Mike Harrold, co-owner of Hair Hut and The first two weeks produced more Hair Hut II, said he became interested in business than originally anticipated, ac- having a salon on campus two years ago cording to Sheryl Harrold, co-owner of the when he noticed his downtown location Hair Huts and manager of the Hut II oper- was attracting a large college clientele. ation. "We figured most students would Zane said that about 75 percent of the have had their hair cut before returning to Harrolds' business was estimated to have school in the fall," Sheryl"said. "We were been drummed up by college students. so busy the first two weeks, we had to The actual cost to the Harrolds of oper- turn students away." ating their business in the student union She said many students have been tell- will be their lease fee of $280 a month, ing their friends and roommates about the which will go into the student union service, adding that the operation has re- budget for general use, Zane said. ceived a lot of positive responses. In contrast, the Winona State Bookstore As for how much Hair Hut II took in rents its space for $1,300 a year while stu- monetarily during the first two weeks of dent affairs offices have to pay approxi- operation, Sheryl would only say, "We're mately $9,000 a year, Zane said. Winonan photo by Mark Hoffman doing well enough to pay the bills." See Hair, page 3 Mike and Sheryl Harrold are the co-owners of Hair Hut in the Commons. Hair Hut II is the first outside business WSU to pay $42,000 extra for 2+2 By PATRICK McILHERAN vantaged" firms. Weyandt said that according to of the project's cost — should on jobs in Rochester, which is too News Editor Nels Johnson was the lowest state law, 10 percent of the sub- count toward filling the state's far from the firms for them to When the ground is broken this bidder, saying they would build contracting business on state minority quota. He says Weyandt make a profit. week for the new $1.7 million dol- the structure for $1,689,000, construction projects must go to is being unreasonable in expec- Weyandt said he had no choice lar Winona State University while Weis is charging the state such "socially and economically ting the Winona firm to find sub- in passing over Nels Johnson — Rochester Center, construction $1,730,951. The reason Nels disadvantaged" firms. In addi- contractors to spend 10 percent the state legislature passed the will start with a contractor who is Johnson was passed over, ac- tion, a certain percentage of the of its money at. hiring law, and he simply must charging the state nearly $42,000 cording to James Weyandt, direc- money the state spends must be He noted that Nels Johnson enforce it. Tremain said Weyandt more than the lowest bidder tor of the state's department of spent with such firms. The me- made "a good faith effort" to find and the state were being inflex- would have. procurement, was because it did chanical contracting — heating enough subcontractors to spend ible in the enforcement. General contractor for the proj- not give at least 10 percent of its and ventilation — on the center is the 10 percent with. The firm State Senator Pat Kronebusch, ect is Weis Builders, of Roches- subcontracting business — spe- being installed by a "disadvan- called all of the available subcon- who represents Winona, agrees. ter. Two other contractors — one cialized work it hires specialist taged" firm. tractors on the list the state She says she and other lawmak- of them Nels Johnson Construc- firms to do — on this job to firms Dick Tremain, spokesman for provided it with, but could only ers will try to change the subcon- tion, of Winona — were passed owned by women, the handi- Nels Johnson, said that his firm find enough disadvantaged firms tracting quotas to let contractors over because their bids did not capped, blacks, Hispanics, Amer- asserts that the money the state to spend about five percent at. like Nels Johnson win the con- is spending on the mechanical Most, he said, were based in the meet the state's quotas for giving ican Indians, or other state-ap- See Contract, page 3 subcontracting work to "disad- proved minorities. contracting — about 20 percent Twin Cities, and would not take Prof plays for Trip to the Conversion students Orient attempt fails Page 7 Page 12 Page 13 Page 2 Winonan September 18, 1985 New phone system may be fixed soon at least they'll get through." By DALE KURSCHNER phone system's 38 trunk lines to would use the phones more dur- Peak and Slock said they are Chief Editor get out. ing the evening and the faculty working on increasing the num- A major problem for Peak and Problems with Winona State's Peak said the administrative and administration would use it ber of trunk lines (each line han- the new phone system is its new- new phone system should be cor- system is geared to handle 20 during the day," Peak said. "The dling one call) from the current ness. "We're kind of a pace set- rected within three weeks, ac- calls going out and 18 calls com- night demand is so great there's number of 38 to "whatever is ter here (in Minnesota's univer- cording to Scott Peak, Prentiss- ing in at any particular second in not enough trunk lines to handle needed." sity system) and the University of Lucas dorm director and man in time. them." "We're doing a busy study Minnesota is just starting to con- charge of on-campus student The 730 rooms, however, are Sept.
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