Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 2000s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 4-7-2004 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" (2004). The Winonan - 2000s. 103. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s/103 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]. -vvi rvo-ria. State U -rtive-r i t), WINONAN 21 Wednesday, April 7, 2004 www.winona.edu/winonan Volume 82 Issue Committee to research gender studies center ■ Will address homosexual, bisexual, different cultures, disability and women's issues Heather Stanek •an interest in the center, includ- issues from multiple perspec- tions. WINONAN ing three men, she said. tives, you can't help but become She said such classes would Susanne Smith, a nursing pro- more tolerant," she said. be interesting for both students The Winona State University fessor who is involved in the (Homosexuals and bisexuals are) Berg said courses could focus and faculty. faculty senate approved a com- women's studies minor, said the a population on campus that does on the history of marriage, the "To me it's exciting. I would mittee to research a possible on- committee would be formed and issues and politics of gay and love to teach a course with pro- campus center for gender stud- hopefully meet before the end of not tiave a lot of visibility. lesbian marriage and literature fessors from across the disci- ies. the semester to come up with and culture of homosexual plines," Berg said. Tamara Berg, director of ideas and criteria. Susanne Smith groups. Berg said she intends to go to women's studies and spokesper- Students enrolled in the The center also could offer student senate in the fall to get Nursing professor son for the project, said the cen- courses also would have the special courses, including a class students involved in the commit- ter would focus on service learn- opportunity to do community bisexual orientation, she said. issues are ignored. every presidential election year, tee. ing, social interaction and multi- service for extra credit, she said. Smith said more homosexual- "We're a small university, so she said. Smith said the center would , disciplinary learning. Berg added that guest speak- ity and bisexuality classes are you would think it would be easy This course would be taught be valuable to Winona State "The New University has put ers, special events, book clubs needed because these groups to interact with one another, but by a professor of politics, a pro- because many cultural groups a lot of emphasis on multi-disci- and trips also could be integrated have little representation. it isn't because we are all so fessor in the communication are evolving. plinary learning. I would love to into classes. "It is a population on campus busy," Berg said. studies department and a histori- "It is an area of social change. see faculty team up to teach The center would not only that does not have a lot of visibil- She said multi-disciplinary an. The study of gender and culture courses," Berg said. address women's issues, but also ity," Smith said. learning would increase aware- Berg said students in the class is extremely important," she So far 12 professors have issues pertaining to different cul- Berg said although the univer- ness and acceptance for homo- would be taught to analyze polit- said. signed up to join the committee, tures, people with disabilities sity encourages acceptance sexuality. ical campaigns and issues, and and many more have expressed and those of homosexual and among students, gay and lesbian "When you learn about these the history of presidential elec- Student senate Flag proposals gain advisor resigns mixed support Erik McClanahan m en t Matthew Geiger WINONAN involved in WINONAN being the As patriotic as I am, The Winona State University faculty advi- Support continues to grow on the I don't want to wake Winona State University campus for Student Senate accepted the res- sor. Hofland up every morning ignation of its faculty advisor also said he a proposed plan that would give the and will be without an advisor didn't think American flag more "proper" and and see the Ameri- for the remainder of the school Dogwiler "respectful" exposure, as the univer- can flag outside my year. was quite sity's student senate voted Wednes- Toby Dogwiler, a geoscience sure what his Dogwiler day to support the plan. window. professor who had been advisor role was. The senate voted to Support all of Ezra Kazee to the student senate since Sep- Senate meetings tend to go on the recommendations suggested by a for a long period of time, some- flag task force assembled by Darrell tember 2003, declined to com- Former student senator ment on his reasons for resigning times five hours, and Dogwiler Krueger, university president, in as faculty advisor, but said his had issues with that because he is response to a plan originally pro- was drafted by task force members resignation was accepted on a family man, according to posed by the university's chapter of Kelly Herold, a communications March 24. Hofland. He said this is less of an the College Republicans. professor and advisor to the College Joe Reed, student union and issue for the student senators. The College Republicans' plan, Democrats, and Mick Reis, a student activities director, said the rea- According to Reed, Dogwiler which called for a flag to be put in senator, and it provided five sugges- son for the resignation was a dif- wanted to change the format of each of the 120 class rooms, was not tions for increasing the visibility of ference of opinion between the senate meetings because they included in the flag task force's pro- the flag. senate and Dogwiler. Reed is were too long. posal. Those suggestions include devel- also the second advisor to the "I don't agree with everything Chris Warrington/WiNoNAN When asked during the senate opment of an international flag plaza Student Senate. the student senate does either," A flag waves outside of Kryzsko Commons, as meeting why the Republicans' idea which, according to the official pro- "Toby didn't agree with the he said, "but you have to let stu- one of two outdoor flags at Winona State Univer- was not included in the task force's posal, would prominently display way the student senate was run, dents do their own thing." sity; the other is in front of Phelps Hall. A task official proposal, student senator the U.S. flag. and he tried to offer changes but Hofland and Reed both com- force decided that including more outdoor flags and member of the task force, Ryan The plaza would also feature they didn't accept his ideas," mented on Dogwiler's passion would be better than a flag in every classroom. Flynn said that the plan had received international flags, which the pro- Reed said. for and involvement with the stu- a lot of criticism and that it was clear posal says should be displayed in the East Cafeteria until the flag plaza's Michael Hofland, student sen- dent senate. liFor more dialogue about the flags the task force would not reach a con- ate president, said Dogwiler had According to Hofland, Dog- sensus decision on that suggestion. completion. problems with the time commit- wiler lost his temper in a recent turn to theA0p/Ed section on page 4 The plan the senate supported See Dogwiler, Page 2 See Flags, Page 3 Wellness Center budget about $10 million New ■ Memorial Hall addition budget increasing from original $2 million estimate Anne Jungen of university advancement, is portal WINONAN involved with the financial aspects of the Wellness Center. The new Winona State Uni- Schmidt said he expects the versity Wellness Center will cost system? center to cost around $10 million at least $5 million more than when it is finished. Erik McClanahan originally expected. He said that he is looking for WINONAN As of April 7, 2003, the cen- private donors for the construc- ter's building cost was projected tion of the center. As part of the New Univer- at $7,061,025 and the price con- Schmidt said he would not sity project at Winona State tinued to rise. reveal names of any private University, computer experts The 90,900-square foot Well- donors. have been working on a new ness Center was originally esti- Schmidt said that before the portal system that will most mated at less than $2 million. center is constructed, the com- likely replace Blackboard as a Nick Hartlep, chair of the stu- mittee would have to know way for students, faculty and dent senate all-university well- exactly how ,much money was staff to organize their interests ness committee, said the price of raised from private donors and on campus. the center rose because of the other revenue sources. Joe Whetstone, vice presi- increasing price of steel. "We won't be able to break dent of technology at Winona The center began as a small ground without a financing State, said the Information project, but as additions were plan," Schmidt said. Contributpd art Technology Department needs added onto the design of the cen- If the money to fund the cen- The Wellness Center, seen here in this artist's rendition, is expected to cost around $10 to establish new portals for the ter, the price went up, Hartlep ter is not covered by donors, million.