The Winonan - 2000S

Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 2000s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 11-7-2007 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. 188. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s/188 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, Nov. 7, 2007 Volume 86 Issue 10 INSIDE: "LAH"TS News Shanthal Perera LAYSIAN CULTU WINONAN ■ Smoking ban More than 200 students, faculty and survey results community members packed Winona State University's East Hall at Kryzsko revealed Commons last Saturday evening for the 2007 Malaysian Dinner. IN Security report: The event, which was sponsored by the Malaysian American chapter alcohol, drug, sex at Winona State University, was a offenses rising celebration of Malay, Chinese and Indian culture and cuisine which makes up Malaysia's diverse culture. III The secrets to "There's no other country as diverse as us to my knowledge," said studying and Albert Teo, president of the Malaysian test-taking American chapter at Winona State, who hopes to make the Malaysian dinner an annual event. Malaysia has one of the world's Arts most multi-ethnic populations, with Indians, Chinese and Malays existing U Women's Re- in relative harmony in a moderate Islamic society. The country is situated source Center in Southeast Asia and is home to 27 honors WSU million people. student This year's dinner, titled "Let's Say Lah," consisted of dances and games ■ Flood relief from all three of major ethnicities of Malaysia. The word "Lah" was concert raises explained by senior Sue Lynn Lee as a Fred Schulze/ WINONAN $1,000 suffix added to a sentence, similar to the Guests were welcomed to the Malaysian Dinner by a traditional Chinese lion dance, Canadian "eh." which turned into an intense dual between the half lion half dragon like creatures. This art form began in ancient Persia and was adopted by the Chinese, who make up While dances and games were aplenty, an important segment of Malaysia's diverse population. more unusual art forms such as the "teh II Roberts re- tarik," meaning pulled tea, had the views Japanese audience enthralled and entertained. cup to the other which formed a long trail Amidst the ethnic dances was a Teo himself took the stage with of poured tea, sometimes stretching more performance by Japanese student Takafumi horror film sophomore Thiruchelvam Rajagopal from than three feet. The audience also got an Onodera, who mixed a Portuguese style Malaysia to perform the art of making opportunity to taste the pulled tea later in adopted by Malays with American hip-hop "teh tarik," by pouring the tea from one the evening. and break dancing. See MALAYSIA, Page 5 Phone: (507) 457-5119 http://www.winona.edu/winonan This is just a test Test anxiety workshop relieves pre-test jitters Sarah Burgen about healthy study habits. test anxiety, where the student that it is important to set aside of the above when unsure in a WINONAN Cultural Diversity Director doesn't cover the material well an area solely for studying. multiple choice test and making Alexander Hines said that Study habits can change enough, and true test anxiety, "Many students study in an outline before beginning an many students come to college tremendously from high school where the student experiences their bedroom, which is very essay exam. not knowing how to study for a physical and emotional seniors to college freshmen. difficult," she said. She also said to look for their classes. Lynda Brzezinski, an response — "the brain shuts The students present keywords in lectures such as, "Students come into college down." associate professor in the admitted to wanting to take a "You will see this again." studying seven hours a week," counseling center, led a free In order to avoid this anxiety, nap when they studied in their Hines said that the main Hines said. The appropriate she said that rather than length workshop last Monday about bedroom. purpose of these workshops amount is much more than test anxiety and how students of study time, it's important to Other main points that is to help students cope with that. can overcome it. focus on frequency. Brzezinski emphasized were stress. His main hope was that There were four students This workshop was part of The example she gave was time management, healthy more students take advantage present at the workshop, where a weekly series about college walking on a path in the woods. amounts of sleep and not of the free workshops. Brzezinski covered studying success through the counseling If you walk slowly on the path procrastinating. and test-taking tips. for a long time, the path doesn't center, advising and retention, She gave test taking tips to Sarah can be reached at According to Brzezinski, student services and the athletic become as worn as if you take the students, which included [email protected]. there are two types of test the path many times. department to teach student eliminating extra-long answers anxiety: lack of preparation Brzezinski stressed the fact in true/false tests, choosing all Art faculty show their colorful side Dana Kudelka Scott Plummer, Don out. Three eclectic shows a few of his older WINONAN Schmidlapp, Chuck ceramic pieces, "Vaguely works. "View from Garvin Between the downtown Aydlett, Michael Knox and Vogish," "Madly Mod,' Heights", which was Winona County Rodney Nowosielski. and "OMG QPdol," are painted in 1988, is painted Historical Society and Park, an art education also assembled out of in calm colors and gives the Minnesota Marine professor at Winona acrylic fur. the viewer a different Art Museum adjacent to State, a mixture of works These three pieces interpretation of Winona. the Mississippi River, in the exhibit. Park's range in color from "Interior (Homage to Winona has a lot of art. artwork consists mostly of electric blue to neon William Bailey and Winona State University colorful acrylic paintings, pink. The colors add a Thomas Klaverkamp)" also offers its own share all named "Untitled". sense of abstracted art to was painted in 1971. of artwork to students. Coughlan, an adjunct the human eye, allowing Aydlett, an adjunct art From Oct. 24 to Nov. art professor at Winona the viewer to take in the professor at Winona 14, the Watkins Gallery State, has numerous vibrant colors and fur. State, has two hand-built in Paul Watkins Hall drawings and etchings in Schmidlapp, an art pieces in the exhibit. is showing the exhibit, the exhibit. Coughlan's professor at Winona State, "Follow-Recognize" is a "Then and Now: Faculty drawings, titled "Spirals displays his oil paintings glazed earthenware piece. Show." I," "Spirals II," "Spirals in the exhibit, each in "Harebrain" is an under The exhibit allows III" and "Maple Seeds their own subdivisions. glazed stoneware piece Winona State art Suite I," "Maple Seeds "Mississippi River, North with pencil markings professors to show off Suite II," use charcoal, of Winona, MN" is a very added. "Harebrain" his or her artwork in the graphite, and pastel. wide panoramic-sized shows a small hare with exhibit, which is free and Coughlan also has five pastel. This piece puts the anatomical insides open to everyone in the etchings on display. the viewer in the middle sketched on the outside community. Plummer, an art of the Mississippi, as if of the stomach. The exhibit features professor at Winona on an island, giving the Knox, a frequent work from faculty State, brings a sculptured viewer an angle of the contributor to exhibits side to the exhibit. Mississippi not usually around Winona, has members within the art Katherine Chickey/ WINONAN department, including With pieces ranging noticed. 12 stoneware pieces Anne Scott Plummer's "Walking Man," made of Dr. Seho Park, Mary from ceramics to While the other artists' on display. Two of the low-fire ceramic, is on display at the Faculty Art Coughlan, Anne stoneware to cast iron, pieces were more recently Plummer's pieces stand created, Schmidlapp See ART, Page 7 Exhibit at Watkins Gallery through Nov. 14. 2 News Survey: Smoking not wanted on campus Greg Eichten Diane Palm, director of Education Sen. Terri Burke and found that there were no sent to the constituency groups, WINONAN health services, announced the raised the point that it was short spurts of identical voting and eventually a decision was Three thousand Winona survey's results at last week's possible for students to vote in a short period of time. reached to make their campus State University students and student senate meeting. several times if they, tried hard Burke, however, spanned her smoke-free. faculty responded to a campus Eighty-eight percent of the enough. Burke herself voted 22 voting over several days, and Gores also stated that survey in which 74 percent of survey's respondents were times. rotated logging in as a student, Moorhead conducted research respondents said they would students, making more than She pointed out that it faculty member and staff. on other campuses that had favor a policy that prohibits 2100 students in favor of the gone tobacco free, and found the use of tobacco on campus smoking ban. 74 percent of respondents favor that property on the edge of the grounds. Palm informed the student campuses were not negatively Winona State University senate that a recommendation a tobacco-free campus.

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