The Winonan - 1970S

Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 1970s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 10-3-1979 The inonW an Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1970s Recommended Citation Winona State University, "The inonW an" (1979). The Winonan - 1970s. 245. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1970s/245 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 - 1970s by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WINONAN Winona State University The Student Voice Vol. LVI, Number 3 October 3, 1979 Ice arena skating toward voters by Mike Killeen direction could delay or possibly Ice Facility Task Committee on the a great deal of credibility," Bone Association — have pledged over stop any plans for the arena. arena and see if they were within said. "A qualified outside agency $40,000 of the precommitted reve- A bond issue in early December the line. "We use them to advise us said that the figures were valid." nues. That figure represents over 50 could decide if the Ice Age comes to The general obligation bonds that on all of our bond issues," City percent of the projected first-year Winona by 1981. would be used would cost 1.02 Manager Dave Sollenberger said. "The bottom line of the report revenue. million dollars and would be spread was that the arena could be self- On Dec. 4, Winona voters will over a 19-year period. Interest on "The city council, before appro- supporting," Bone said. This was Springsted also agreed that pri- decide whether or not to build an the bonds would be 6.1 percent. ving the bond issue, wanted an based on the high concentration of vate management of the rink could indoor ice arena, a question that has independent, outside agency to see young people in the area and the make the arena run more profitable. haunted Winona civic leaders for At its Sept. 10 meeting, the if the facts were valid," task force commitments the arena has re- That would make it the only rink in the past several years. Winona city council placed the bond chairman Bob Bone added. ceived from seven institutions. the state that would be run by a issue on the Dec. 4 ballot by a 4-3 private organization. Should the public approve fund- vote: This action was taken follow- Springsted verified the commit- Those seven institutions — School ing for the arena at a cost of just ing the report of Springsted, Inc., tee's report and was in agreement District 861 (Winona High), Cotter "A private organization can oper- over one million dollars, construc- Public Finance Advisors. with the figures presented in the High, Winona State, St. Mary's ate it more efficiently than a tion could begin as early as the report, calling the revenue projects College, the Parks and Recreation bureaucracy could," Bone said. A spring of 1980. The city wanted Springsted to "quite realistic." Departments from Winona and However, a vote in the opposite verify the figures drawn up by the "That report gives our committee Goodview, and the Winona Ice Continued on page 2 Senate seats WSU campus slowly changing face filled by Billie Jo %rim by Barb Pretzman The 1979-80 Student Senate seats are full after a small turnout at the In order to meet the demands and Sept. 27 elections. fulfill the needs of a growing population of diversified Winona According to Steve Erickson, State University students, a num- Student Senate President, the turn- ber of changes are planned in the out was small because the candi- building and site developments ac- dates did not campaign heavily. cording to WSU President Robert Hanson: During the spring senate elections, not enough candidates ran to "The University has rapdily fill the existing senate openings. changed to a multi-purpose institu- These unfilled positions were placed tion with a large number of students in the "at large" category for the enrolled in programs such as busi- Sept. 27 elections. Normally, the ness, nursing, paralegal and liberal senate allots two at large positions. arts. This change in emphasis has Presently, there are nine in this required significant changes in the category. facilities of the institution," said Hanson. The newly elected at large Stu- dent Senators are Monica Gaska, According to WSU administrative Vikki Jessen, Tom Sivia, Jeff assistant John Burros, "Last year Cooper, Dianne Smith, Laura Span- Governor Quie recommended that ton, Sandra Ericson, Mike Richey capital improvements be made on and Daniel Spanier. Somsen Hall and the site development. Neither of these were funded Freshmen senators are Jeff by legislature, so they will be our Baker, Cindy Kunde, Kim Black, two priorities for this year." Marty O'Toole, and Kent Boskovich. '.0.0112P,. The remodeling of buildings un- Workers tore down houses on the south side of campus this summer to make room for parking. The graduate school senator is der the renovation project will [Photo by Dave Malcomson] William J. "Buffy" Goodrich. include Somsen Hall, Watkins Hall, and Phelps Hall, in addition to the Office, Office of Development and building to store the kiln in has been site development. University Relations, and the Aca- made. demic Computer Center. nside First renovations at Somsen Hall With the largest number of The sculpture, drawing, and will include: the installation of majors at WSU being Business graphic facilities are also over- toilets, elevators and ramps for the Administration and Economics, crowded. Plans have been made to Richard III page 6 handicapped, enclosing the four parts of 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors must build a ceramic studio, convert the open stairwells, remodeling of the be remodeled to accomodate stu- present ceramic studio into the financial aids office, the audiovisual dents. drawing studio, upgrade fume hood/ UFO News page 7 and regional campus office, and ventilation, and convert Room 105 restrooms, replacement of the A number of improvements con- into a woodshed. single-glazed high energy loss win- cerning site development are al- dows, and general cleaning and ready evident. Burros commented, The enrollment of students in the Just clowning painting. "We only know the cost for the site current nursing program will re- development ($500,000), the rest is quire the entire second floor of around pages 8-9 The auditorium needs range from being worked on by architects. The Phelps Hall. The construction of a 30 941 new seats to the replacement of program will be presented to legis- station cardiovascular Rehabilita- spotlights on stage. Somsen Audi- lature in Nov." tion lab, modernization of class- torium is used for freshman orienta- rooms, installation of elevators, air- tion, convocation, large lecture Watkins Hall has 25 students conditioning, the enclosure of stair- Bemidji over classes, public speakers and enter- enrolled in ceramics instructions, tainers. Remodeling on the second but it can only safely accommodate Winona page 14 floor would focus on the Registrar's 12-15. The request for an additional Continued. on page 5 Page 2 October 3, 1979 Ice arena Dudley Riggs performance Continued from page 1 boards, and permanent seating for a not all fun and games 15-member board of directors would minimum of 800 spectators. be set up, similar to the setup by Lee R. Christopherson and the orchestra had played Cho- ring to the artistic needs of the currently used at Westfield Golf Winona State President Robert pin. The people may have loved the performers. Course. Hanson said in January the pros- While the audience laughed at the Chopin program, but it would not pects of WSU fielding a college performance of the Dudley Riggs have been what was called for in the On Monday, Sept. 24, Silsbee However, the report stated that hockey team were not good because Brave New Workshop, campus pro- contract. It's a matter of principle. spoke with a representative of SRO the key to the arena being self-sup- of the high cost of a hockey moters of the show were concerned They knew we didn't want a 'best of Productions, agents for Dudley porting is the growth of area hockey program. over what they felt was a violation show, but that's what we received." Riggs, who apologized for the programs. "The report said that if of their contract with the organiza- incident, calling it a "regrettable hockey catches on and explodes, it "Our position is that the arena tion. SCAC members met after the misunderstanding." He said that (the arena) could be self-support- would be a real good thing for the performance with members of the "Tippecanoe and Deja Vu" is a ing," Sollenberger said. community, but to add another The appearance on Sept. 21 of the Dudley Riggs company and let their repertory show beginning Nov. 1 at sport such as hockey would be Minneapolis based company was the views be known. The company's Dudley Riggs Etc. in Minneapolis. It Bone felt that hockey would catch difficult. We cannot afford hockey," first fall quarter offering of the stage manager insisted that "Tippe- also happens to be a "Best of Dudley on in Winona when and if the arena Hanson said. Social Cultural Activities Commit- canoe and Deja Vu" was a repertory Riggs" show. is built. Currently, only Cotter and tee (SCAC) and had been promoted show that contained new, as well as St. Mary's field hockey squads. Winona is currently the largest as an original production of "Tippe- old, material. SCAC would like to maintain the city in the state of Minnesota canoe and Deja Vu." appearance by the Dudley Riggs The arena's present plans call for without an indoor , ice facility.

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