Winona State University OpenRiver The Winonan - 2010s The Winonan – Student Newspaper 4-6-2011 The Winonan Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2010s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The Winonan" (2011). The Winonan - 2010s. 36. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2010s/36 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The Winonan – Student Newspaper at OpenRiver. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Winonan - 2010s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WINONAN Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Volume 89 Issue 22 otxp„, STATE TisipENT SENATE Student Senate elections set for spring Amy Brinkman its spring general elections Wednesday, April 14 at noon. said. "The state mandates that Student Life funds. It also Winonan process, in which, ultimately, Student Senate serves a vital all major campus decisions approves all campus fees and the student body will decide role in students' lives at Winona be consulted by the Student changes to tuition, Linehan said. Next week, Winona State which students will serve State, which few students Senate," including initiatives If the Student Senate University students have the as president, vice president, outside the Senate could such as the bike rental serves as a voice for students, power — the power to elect their treasurer and various senator likely articulate. According program and campus financing students must be willing to fellow students to some of the positions for the next year. to Jack Linehan, current and construction projects. share their concerns with the university's most influential The elections committee vice president of Student The Student Senate also Senate. However, student body student roles on campus — will accept applications for all Senate, the group serves controls the allocation involvement in Senate affairs those in the Student Senate. positions until April 7 at noon. as "the voice for students." of $170,000 to student The Winona State Student Online student voting will "Students are the customers organizations and Senate is in the midst of begin Monday, April 11 and end at our university," Linehan approximately $1 million in See SENATE, pg. 5 News Arts ;Sports - Rice artwork Arturo Ui Warrior baseball created for arrives at Winona holds 9-game internationa State dinner winning streak 4 Wednesday, April 6, 2011 World Vision policy advisor encourages students to "right" human wrongs Chelsea Filipovich the upcoming generation that when all of the sudden, supporting 300-college heart breaks for this more Winonan we are aware of world issues each audience member was campuses around the than any other heart in the so that we can change them," hypothetically trafficked nation that are participating world and [as Intervarsity] Slavery is something most Ethan Kastello, student into slavery. East Hall went in raising awareness we want to be affected by people think about in regards leader of Intervarsity's black as sirens blared and of human trafficking. what God is affected by." to Abraham Lincoln and the social justice team, said. people on the microphone As Eaves' said at Eaves, who traveled from Emancipation Proclamation. Intervarsity invited Jesse expressed to the audience Thursday's event, "[Winona Washington D.C., began his Many people don't realize that Eaves, policy advisor for that they had been trafficked. State University] is on the talk by telling a story of a there is a current estimation World Vision, to come speak Their only way to freedom forefront of changing this young boy named Masood. of 27 million trafficked to Winona State regarding was by accepting a black issue." When asked why Masood was a child looking slaves, which makes our his personal witness of "Human Wrong: Trafficked" Intervarsity is in support of for work, food, and shelter time period the largest in the human trafficking and to bracelet and to invite others World Vision's involvement due to his running away history of worldwide slavery. encourage students to get to Eaves' speaking event. on our local campus, When this global issue involved in advocating Intervarsity purchased Blackwell said, "God's See TRAFFIC, pg. 4 became local at last week's for millions of voiceless 1,100 black bracelets prior social justice promotional slaves. Prior to Eaves to the social justice event event sponsored by presentation of "Righting a and went through every Winona State University's Human Wrong" on Thursday one of them in one week of FINGALL HALL Intervarsity Christian night, Intervarsity set the promotion. The bracelets Privately owned Student Housing Fellowship, students scene at their large group promoted World Vision's Looking for Housing near Winona State University?? found themselves in a life- meeting the week before. social justice campaign: Fingal! Hall is 1 minute from WSU campus altering situation as they Alex Blackwell, staff Human Wrong. The campaign were informed of the tragic with Intervarsity Christian represents an initiative Save money and Save time truths that lie within human Fellowship, said that to end child slavery, also Contact us at 507-452-4637 trafficking. "It is extremely 150 students attended known as human trafficking. Email [email protected] www.fingallhall.com important as American's and Intervarsity large group World Vision is currently Watch for Important Information Regarding... ✓ exchanging/returning your laptop ✓ the graduating student laptop sale Check your Winona State e-mail account! Email is how we communicate with you! 2 •News Networking dinner provides learning opportunity Jo Harren That is, until this year. Career possible, there was a lot of "It's a neat kind of unique attention, so we can inform Winonan Services graduate assistant organizing and contacts that opportunity because a lot of you of events that are coming Nate Gehring said only 16 needed to be made, as well these skills you don't get to up? Is there something that College students are no students signed up for this as sponsors to be established. practice until you're in the we're forgetting? Would you strangers to social networking year's networking dinner, set Career Services student environment, inthe interview, on like to see an event with a with sites such as Facebook to be held March 31, causing worker Steven Speltz was a lunch outing, in a networking different focus?" Speltz said. and Twitter at their fingertips, the event to be cancelled. in charge of advertising event," Gehring said. "The departments, clubs, but professional networking is Gehring said that in the past, the dinner and assisting Students are given the organizations on campus are somewhat of a new concept. 55-70 students have attended Gehring with preparations. opportunity to learn how to here to serve the students. Winona State Career the etiquette and networking Speltz said he attended the network, dress professionally So I encourage students to Services provides students dinners and he was hoping for etiquette dinner this fall and and how to handle themselves take advantage of this fact." with two opportunities each the same numbers this year. found it to be very beneficial in a professional dinner meeting The Career Services year to learn and practice "A lot of work went into by giving him an opportunity or interviewing situation. department is hoping to professional etiquette and it behind the scenes so to learn how to act in a Speltz said lack ofparticipants receive feedback from networking skills each year it's a little frustrating and professional dinner setting and could be due to how difficult it students about what changes with the Etiquette Dinner disappointing," Gehring said. said students should take is to grab students' attention. could be made in the future. in the fall and Networking He said that in order to advantage of such events. "Career Services had a Associate Director DeAnna Dinner in the spring. make the networking dinner "I believe that the skills difficult time reaching the Goddard said students are learned at this event are students. We put up flyers, encouraged to post a comment applicable to any major," sent out e-mails, put an on the Winona State Career Speltz said. "Students advertisement on the monitors, Services group on Facebook, EDSTROM PROPERTIES should take advantage of contacted clubs and faculty but facebook. com/WinonaC areer. Renting to students for 35 years! such opportunities because none of these seemed to click learning that takes place Efficiency,1,2,3 and 4 bedrooms available with students," Speltz said. through txperiences outside All locations close to WSU Speltz echoed others in Career the classroom is an important Heat included and laundry on site Services by wondering how to part of the college experience." Prices range from $329 - $389 each reach the student body better. 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Kastello said, escape of home, Masood was He gently encouraged "In my mind, freedom is deceived into working for a students to pray, give and the basic right of humanity, hotel where he was ordered be aware of their everyday and we need to fight for it." to work daily for little to purchases, and/or act.