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Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 2000s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 10-8-2008 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. 208. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s/208 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]. News for a campus community \IV INON Wednesday, Oct. '8, 2008 Volume 87 Issue 6 Students prepare for conference in Missouri By Amanda Rehrauer through 9, delegates will be She said the conference finding a program they can bring Winona State has been Winonan attending workshop sessions leaders are looking for students back to campus and implement sending students to the on ways to improve their that want to grow as student for the spring semester," Hoppe MACURH regional conference Ten Winona State University leadership in housing and leaders and want to improve the said. "They are also given a goal since 1971; many attendees are students and an adviser residence life, Kassy Hoppe, residence hall environment. of going out and meeting new repeating visitors. will be attending the annual the National Communications In order to help them do so, people from other campuses Hoppe has already attended Midwest Affiliate of College Coordinator for the conference, the students chosen will be and to start networking." four different MACURH 1 & University Residence Halls said. attending workshops with other The conference dates back conferences. This year's Regional Conference in Rolla, Hoppe, a Winona State delegates from several college nearly 50 years to 1960 when conference will be Hoppe's Mo. student, said students were campuses. the Association of College and second regional conference. Held at the Missouri selected to be delegates based "The delegates are given University Residence Halls Robin Johnson, a participant University of Science and on what they hoped to achieve the goal of attending all split into two smaller divisions, in the Regional Conference Technology from Nov. 7 during the conference. programming sessions and one being MACURH. See MACURH, page 3 Campus security releases new campus safety report By Courtney Zinter University in Pennsylvania, in Winonan 1986. It is designed to help students Each year, campuses and make informed decisions about universities are required to the schools they plan to attend. disclose information to the Don Walski, Director of community about certain Security at Winona State, said crimes on campus. it is important for students and Since 1995, Winona State their parents to know the rates University Security has been on campus. sending out a campus security Walski said the crime report report to the students. has a five to eight percent affect The report, which is comprised on students' decisions about of information from the past schooling. three school years, includes For the past few years, crime sexual assault, burglaries and rates have stayed about the alcohol violations among other same, with small increases or campus crimes. decreases in certain crimes Photo by Katherine Chickey/Winonan The report is required by the such as sexual assault and Winona State University security guard Andrew Walker checks freshman Kyle Patzner's Clery Act of 1990, named after burglaries. identification Thursday momin4 as he signs in at Lourdes Hall. Don Walski, director of a student was raped and killed security, released Winona State s most recent security report. in her dorm room at Lehigh See REPORT, page 3 International students Quietdrive concert If you consume, then Volleyball team: wins organize Global Awareness is a hit among recycle some, loses some Day students Phone: 507-457-51 . 19 www.winona.edu/winonan Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 Winona State University professor explains the increase in flying pests By Paul Solberg Winonan Aphids - not gnats - the problem insect around Winona for the past few weeks are gone 5% of c 11 Re because of cold weather. Robin Richardson, a biology professor at Winona State stud' repor University, said the aphids need warm weather to remain active fe tin so sse and cold weather causes them to no longer reproduce. they could not Aphids reproduce and live near soybean fields, which they function.* also feed on. The reason there are so many on campus is because the aphids overpopulate the fields and have to disperse to other areas, Richardson said. The aphids that disperse to areas other than a soybean field will eventually die off because there is nothing to feed on after hatching. "The problem is there is a big demand for soy these days," Richardson said. Aphids are reproducing so If you've been feeling sad, anxious or overwhelmed, much because farmers grow soybeans year after year, which creates a monoculture aphids 1,'" an anonymous mental health self-assessment. strive on, he said. If farmers rotate their crops Event information Here: each year, the aphid situation would not be so problematic. Richardson said last year it was not as noticeable because Wednesday, October 15 Dining Room E & F, Kryzsko Commons cold weather came early, which hindered reproduction. FREE POPCORN! ;40 In the fall, Richardson said, ,t2 aphids start out with no wings, , 1-2 p.m. Educational Panel Natioriat Depression Screening Day® 2-4 p.m. Depression Screening *(Spring 2007 ACHA-NCHA data) See APHIDS, page 4 News REPORT Continued from page 1 "We don't really have a lot here and that's really helped a perception. Bloedow's Bakery of crime, so you don't see a lot." "Criminals tend to drive lot of trends and stuff like In addition to entry where they are going, they Winona's hometown that," Walski said. "If we have requirements, other landscaping don't like to drive, get out bakery since 1874. a problem on campus, we're changes have occurred on and walk," Walski said. "If usually on it right away and campus since Walski started. you're afraid to walk through Featuring original donut, fix it right away so things don't "On campus, wherever campus, whether anything is rolls, and bread recipes. really get out of control." you're going you can see about going to happen to you or not, Though crime rates do not a block ahead of you," Walski that's still a concern of ours, 45 1 Broadway St. (507) 452-3682 vary much from year to year, said. "We make sure trees are so landscaping deals a lot with Walski said they have decreased cut high enough and bushes perception." since he started working at are low enough so when you're While campus crime statistics Winona State in 1995. He said walking on campus at night, remain low, security has worked it is difficult to know why the there aren't a lot of big bushes harder to make students feel 1-1eaeta Services rates have decreased, but he has where .people can be hiding." safe on campus, Walski said. some ideas. Walski said this kind "Entry requirements are a lot of maintenance decreases aopes everytAimg harder than they used to be, and crime rates and helps with now you're getting a lot better the perception of safety. In Contact Courtney at FAIL'S kilo peace quality of student," Walski said. addition, the landscaping [email protected] "You get a lot of good students design on campus adds to that ior yeti MACURH Continued from page 1 scAooe year... last year, said that she has put Mark Antony also said that their leadership skills. But when those the programs to good use this apart from the programs, whose "The whole conference is year. topics ranged from diversity an experience itself. There germs ATTACK and "The experience has to networking and improving is no other way to put it. It is you just can't fight definitely helped me," Johnson residence life as a whole, there unexplainable. The people said. "I am now a resident were keynote speakers along around you, the cheering, and BACK... assistant in Maria Hall and have with other events, such as a seeing what other schools do is used many of the ideas I gained dance, entertainment options, just purely amazing. You think at MACURH in my job." and a final formal banquet. you know what MACURH is, Health Services Former participants can attest Hoppe said that many of the but you have no idea until you not only to beneficial programs, delegates this year are new to the attend," Antony said. but to the active atmosphere conference, and hopes that they will be here to during the conference. Sarah will take back an understanding Janczak said that "there was of ways to better the esidence the rescue! never a dull moment the whole halls here on campus, and to Contact Amanda at weekend." find a new way of looking at [email protected] To Contact Health Services call New college nightclub to perform 507-457-5160 Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am- test trial at the American Legion 5:00 pm Friday: 7:30 am-4:00 pm By Kaarina Alfors The first event is expected be included to get the nightclub Winonan to occur Nov. 14. This will be project up and running. business department will be venue department. Emerson a trial event to find out how So far, indMduals have a Winona State student, Matt has a variety of connections in New developments continue successful the nightclub may already been chosen to start up Hoenke.