Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 1990s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 1-17-1996 The inonW an Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1990s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The inonW an" (1996). The Winonan - 1990s. 149. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1990s/149 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 - 1990s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. NEWS EDITORIAL VARIETY SPORTS The moral of the story? The Voucher System is Body Art: Tatoos, body Women'sTrack with Don't send beer in your going to hurt the whole piercing - the body as a impressive season opener child's school lunch. educational system canvas at UW-La Crosse See pg. 3 Editorial, pg. 4 Variety, pg. 7 pg. 10 Winona State's First Student Newspaper WINONA STATE UN VERSITY L B ARY Established in 11 11111 111111 1922 3 0106 00366 7184 Winona, Mn. 55987 Volume LXXIV Issue 11 Wednesday Jan 17 1996 Lucky Papa John's requests that block between uff, Harriet be 1- hr parking By CHRIS DRAGO effect from 8 am until 10 pm daily. News Reporter One problem that might arise from & KAREN SIEBER the one hour parking would be the News Editor lack of parking spaces during the day on Tuesdays and Thursdays when classes are two hours long. Parking spaces near Winona State Jaworski thinks that "WSUis a great University may soon become a little school, but we're going to have this harder to come by if a request made by parking problem until they build some a local business is granted. sort of parking ramp or something." Marc Jaworski, owner of Papa City Engineer Bill Malin said, "Ba- John's restaurant is planning to request sically, it's not the city's responsibility that Mark St., between Huff and Harriet to arrange parking for the students, streets, be converted into one-hour even though we try to make the most parking. The parking is to be used for we have available." customers of businesses around that Those who dispute this proposal area. think that the parking lot behind Papa According to Jaworski, Papa John's John's, currently used by Jaworski's has suffered considerable revenue apartment tenants, be turned into cus- losses due' to inadequate parking for tomer parking. its customers. Malin said that the city is planning "I've been forced to close my restau- a traffic study, in which the request rant for lunch 3 days of the week,"said will be investigated and brought be- Jaworski. The parking problem has fore the city council for a vote. had a tremendously detrimental effect Jaworski said that he is confident on my business, and has cost me that his request will be approved and Joshua Smith/Photo Editor $25,000 this year." that it will benefit not only himself, but Jaworski plans to request that 11 also the community. Justus Fry prepares to tow a car In the red parking lot on Huff doors in all the residence halls, parking services decided to side spaces be converted to one-hour park- Malin and Jaworski have talked Street next to the cafeteria. Residents had until 10:00 Saturday with the students and not require them to pay the fine. Barricades ing. It would only cost a total of $345 to about the proposal, but Malin said that morning to remove their cars so the lot could be plowed. Cars were placed in the lot entrances 24 hours in advance to notify convert the area into parking spaces. Jaworski has not yet submitted a re- "I'm not doing this just for me. The remaining In the lot on Saturday were towed to sections already residents that the lot would not be in service Saturday morning. quest. spaces would also benefit the other "Everything I do is directed toward clear of snow. Normally owners of the towed cars would have to Snow removal of the campus lots generally takes place on the businesses in the area that don't have giving something back to the students pay a $20 ticket for not removing their cars. However because Saturday following a snowfall. enough parking," said Jaworski. and community," said Jaworski. signs announcing the snow removal were not placed near the The restricted parking would be in SkillsNet matches Laptop computers may be on resumes with job laps of WSU students by 1998 openings for free dents attending any form of higher keep after graduation. By REBBECCA EBNET education. The program may be in effect by "WSU has the best networking pro- 1998-99, with partial funding from the News Reporter Following this trend, the Student gram in the State system and this is a State Legislature, but would also re- Senate at Winona State University is way of making WSU better, and for the sult in an estimated $500-1,000 tuition By KAREN SIEBER • Put your name on the top of your he use of computers has be- currently working on a proposal for T students to become more knowledge- increase for students, although no fig- resume. come a necessary part of daily life fot each student to obtain a laptop com- News Editor able," said Senate member Tracy ure has been set. • Do not list personal information most people, and especially for stu- puter at the time of registration and Kuehnin. like D.O.B., marital status, SS # or citi- "We are looking into it [the pro- The Minnesota Department zenship. gram] very carefully - if it doesn't help of Economic Security is now pro- • Put your most important data the students, it's not worth the money," viding a service called Minnesota first. SkillsNet will use the first 80 skills. said Keuhnin. ,AVAQ(004.\‘WiiPMW SkillsNet for those people who are • Identify your skills by using jar- A survey was conducted by the looking for jobs. gon, keywords, and buzzwords asso- Senate earlier in the year, and the ma- People can scan their resumes ciated with a specific job or skill. jority of the students questioned felt into the SkillsNet database, listing Look at help-wanted ads and job de- the program was an idea worth con- their education, experience and up scriptions for ideas. sidering. 'There has been some opposition to 80 job skills. Resumes in the da- • List only your last five jobs or .4././ • • tabase are then continuously your last ten years of work experience. to the program from the students who scanned against job openings that • Record degrees and certifications already own their own computers, al- are listed through Job Service. New with year of graduation. though this is a small number," said Keuhnin. jobs are listed every day for pro- • Use one inch margins and plenty ii i spective employees. The search is of white space to distinguish between Although no decisions have been done according to skill rather than topics. made, WSU plans to purchase 9,000- specific job titles. • Use a font size of 10 to 14 points. 9,500 laptops from IBM or Apple due Thousands of jobs are listed with Avoid decorative fonts, italics and to their popularity and compatibility the service including managerial, underlined text. with other systems. The laptops would technical, professional and clerical • Avoid graphics and shading . have a varied selection of software, openings. All private Minnesota • Omit parenthesis or brackets also undecided, but would include employers as well as state agencies around telephone area codes. Netscape, email and PALS, all acces- have access to SkillsNet. • On the back of the last page put sible from the Residence Halls with- According to Joyce Lain your SS # and the area you are willing out modems by 1998. Kennedy, author of The Electronic to work in. 'There are many benefits to a pro- Resume Revolution, by the end of • Do no use staples or fold your gram like this including an increased the decade, 80 percent of medium- resume. chance of being hired after gradua- to large-sized companies will be • Proofread for readability, visual tion," said Keuhnin. processing resumes by computer. appeal and typos. A computing center would be or- The SkillsNet program saves ganized so that in case of damage or time and money for those who use For more information or assistance malfunction, students could obtain a it; there is no cost to use the pro- with the SkillsNet program, students different laptop while the original is gram. When a resume is matched can contact Bev Keiper at Winona's repaired. In the event of theft, the owner with a job, the person is notified Job Service office at 453-2%1, or the of the computer would be responsible before the resume is sent to the campus student job service represen- for filling out a police report and pos- sibly paying an insurance deductible employer. tative at 453-2920. The job service also Joshua SmNh/Photo Editor Minnesota Job Service recom- offers resume and interviewing work- mends the following tips for pro- shops at their office with Saturday WSU students may all have a personal laptop computer If a Student Senate proposal Is granted. See Laptops, page 3 ducing a quality resume: classes available. PAGE 2 • The WINONAN NEWS January 17, 1996 The Winonan, Winona State University's first student newspaper established On? By Nikki Kaiser in 1922, is managed, funded, and operated by, and for the students of Winona What's Going State University.