Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 2000s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 10-22-2003 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" (2003). The Winonan - 2000s. 88. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s/88 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]. on_ a St t ANi -r-1 C_iniversi t I 22, 2003 N Co NAN Wednesday, October www.winona.edu/winonan Volume 82 Issue 6 WSU senior dies after heart failure Majel Olson wake," Emilie Loquai, one of Kunce's "She was part of the Pacific Chal- ing her at the graduation ceremony in WINONAN friends, said. lenge in New Zealand and Australia," December. Her memorial service was held ,on another friend, Wendy Prochno, said. Kunce's death is the third sorority An unexpected heart failure took the Saturday with a video that included "She also was also a nanny in Italy for death in less than two years and now life of a Winona State University senior music and photos. two years." every Winona State sorority has been Thursday, Oct. 9. There was a memorial service held Kunce had an. internship in a mental affected. Twenty-two-year-old Beth Kunce, for Kunce in Winona on Saturday, Oct. hospital and worked for the Southeast- In January 2002, Nicole Zanoni, a who was majoring in therapeutic recre- 18. ern Minnesota Center for Independent 21-year-old senior member of Delta Phi ation with an adventure tourism minor, She held the position of historian in Living and REM, a home for metally Epsilon sorority, died in a car accident was found Sunday, Oct. 5 in a state of her sorority, Phi Theta Chi, and was handicapped people in Rochester, near Tomah, Wis. cardiac arrest. made alumni of the society in December Minn_ Then in July of that year, Pam She was rushed to the Oregon State 2002. "For SEMCIL and REM, Beth Koelsch, the 22-year-old president of Hospital in Salem, Ore., where she was Kunce was also active in the Thera- worked with two boys, one with Down Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, was in a in a coma until Thursday night when peutic Recreation/Recreation Club, syndrome and the other with cerebral motorcycle accident on Hwy. 14 and she died. where she was co-president for a semes- palsy," another friend, Krista Meyer, was thrown from 'the cycle and died on The wake was held Monday, Oct. 13 ter.and in intramural volleyball and soft- said. "She definitely got more accom- impact. and the funeral was on Tuesday, Oct. 14. ball. plished in her 22 years of living than Kunce is survived by her two older "Roughly 350 people came to her To add to all of her Winona activi- anyone could have." sisters, Lori and Tracy, and her parents, funeral and double that came to the ties, Kunce was also a traveler. The university will be acknowledg- Tom and Chris. Submitted Photo See Kunce, Page 3 Beth Kunce Campus security Who do you love? Alumni director's Ex-cops as husband fights cancer Anne Jungen guards? WINONAN Dean Johnson Michael Zeiher might owe his WINONAN life to the kindness and donations of the Winona community and Winona State University is dis- Winona State University faculty. cussing the possibility of adding Zeiher, the lead pressman at more personnel with law-enforce- Winona Printing, is fighting a rare ment background to campus secu- bone cancer that has spread to his rity. lungs. "It's something that came up in He has had extensive surgery discussion," Don Walski, director at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, of Winona State security said. Minn., and is currently undergo- Walski said in order to get peo- ing chemotherapy and physical ple with more law enforcement therapy. background, he would have to Zeiher's wife, Kim Dehlin Zei- Submitted Photo gothrough various steps before it her, is the director of alumni rela- Michael Zeiher, left, and would take effect. tions and a graduate of Winona wife Kim, are having a ben- "It's something that a lot of State. efit for Zeiher's growing other universities are doing," Wals- A benefit has been set for medical costs from bone ki said. Nov. 16 to raise money for Zei- cancer treatment. That could mean that student her's growing medical costs. "Some of the kind people I work positions would be trimmed A group of individuals from work with approached me about and replaced with full-time perma- Winona State, Saint Mary's Uni- doing a benefit and I was a little nent security officers. versity and Central Lutheran reluctant," Dehlin Zeiher said. "If someone had law enforce- Church have joined together to Dehlin Zeiher said she talked ment experience it'd be advanta- plan the benefit. to her husband and he thought it geous to the university," Walski "They're good people, active was a good idea. said. in their church, caring people," "I'm just so touched at how Security personnel with a law- Ann Kohner, assistant to the vice many people want to do some- enforcement background would president of Winona State and one thing like this," Dehlin Zeiher earn more than student-help's cur- of the event organizers, said. said. "It's a vehicle for support, rent rate of eight dollars and some Kohner said when she heard emotional and moral." odd cents an hour. AJ Mike was diagnosed in April, she All the money raised from the FORGE, member Lori Spahn chalks the sidewalks with slogans like, Walski said the elimination of brought the idea of doing a benefit benefit will go directly to Zeiher's "Love Your Body," and, "You're Beautiful," last Tuesday night to promote some student help positions and the to Dehlin Zeiher. medical expenses, Kohner said. addition of professional full-time National Love Your Body Day; which was Oct. 15. She and other FORGE "The medical expenses are members not only chalked all over the sidewalks, but all over campus. Michael Zeiher Benefit really high. He's having some See Guards, Page 2 There were slogans in bathroom stalls and class boards on Wednesday. Nov. 16 experimental treatments done that 4 p.m. to 8 p.m they don't know are going to be Elks Lodge. completely covered by medical The cost is $8 for adults and insurance," Kohner said State Supreme $4 for children 10 and under. The medical expenses are There will be also be a almost $200,000, Dehlin Zeiher baked ham dinner and raffle at said. Court justices come the benefit. An account, the Michael Zei- For ticket information and her Benefit Account, has been questions contact Michael Zei- made at Merchant's Bank for to WSU, WSHS her Benefit Committee Mem- contributions. bers at 457-5419. A $1,000 anonymous donation Emily Wilson state funding. See Benefit, Page 3 WINONAN As part of their visit, the justices also visited Winona Senior The Minnesota Supreme Court justices High School on Tues- Wireless network up visited Winona State University last Mon- day. John Yehambaram "Wireless networking is shared day. High school stu- technology with a 10 megabyte They spent the earlier part of the day WINONAN dents had the chance link. Whoever is connected to the joining in the rededication of the newly- to listen to oral argu- network with wireless networking restored Winona County Courthouse. Wireless networking has been ments of an actual must share it with other users as A community dinner in honor of their installed in all Winona State Uni- medical malpractice well. Think of wireless network- visit was held that evening at Winona versity academic buildings, which case appealed to the allows students, staff and faculty ing as merging into a highway State's Kryzsko Commons. Minnesota Supreme where there can be lots of cars, According to ticket sales, approximate- Lea Iverson/WINONAN to access the schools network sys- Court. Minnesota Supreme Court. associate justice Sam and at times fewer," Whetstone ly 200 people attended the dinner. tem without plugging in to a jack. Chief Justice Kath- Hanson speaks to A Winona State Audience last said. Justice Paul Anderson praised Winona Joe Whetstone, vice president leen Blatz said that Tuesday in the Performing Arts Center. Hanson told Wireless networking is much State president Darrell Krueger for his of technology at Information although the justices the crowd of about 150 people the ins and outs of the slower than plug-in connections, work at the university. Technology Services, said now participated in a few highest court in Minnesota. but it does have its perks, Whet- "He helped WSU find the proper niche student, staff and faculty have the different events in freedom to move around while stone said. in the MnSCU (Minnesota State Colleges focusing on improving four areas: access Winona, they make trips like the one they being connected to the school's He said it could help professors and Universities) system," Anderson said. to justice, technology, conditions for chil- made to Winona primarily for the stu- network. and students gain access to the Anderson said he thinks , the most dents. dren and families and increasing public Whetstone said this is a new campus network in classrooms important issue facing higher education is trust and confidence. "It is when we have the opportunity to technological advance that is where there is no connection.