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See page 3 See page 5 See page 7 ■ INSIDE \IV Violent Femmes concert in pictures. 011 See page 10 TE L F Established m 1922 I I I 0 111 CI 3 0106 00362 4490 Wednesday, April 22, 1998 Winona State University's First Student Newspaper Volume 76, Issue 18 Students voice concern about Smaug prices By Meg Ryan If ,prices are so ridiculous, why do any other costs, including dish wash Staff Writer students eat at the Smaug? ing, paper products, etc. As a result, For one, meal transfer is a favorable We're here to ARAMARK and the Smaug must put Dollars & Cents some limits on the meal-transfer pro- Winona State University students alternative to the cafeteria. serve the students; gram to continue to make a profit. Smaug prices compared to a local often feel like the school values mak- "I get sick of the caf," freshman that's our job. We Meal plans are a great economical ing a profit over the quality of services: Holly Bernu, who visits the Smaug value for eating in the cafeteria, espe- grocery store tuition is too high, textbooks are over- about two times a week, said. want to keep our cially with its all-you-can-possibly- priced and what's with that MSUSA Freshman Rob Young, who patron- customers pleased stuff-in-you-face policy. Even paying z iee? izes the Smaug close to 14 times a and returning. s Smaug Grocery Store $5.75 (the non-meal plan price) to eat The latest Winona State sector to week, said, "I like having hot food supper in the cafeteria is an incredible come under fire for a form of extortion right when I want it." -Mary Simota, campus value if you compare it to other all- Orange $1.50 16 oz Sale price 99 cents is the Smaug, the cafeteria's down- Simota said she wasn't sure if stu- servics director you-can-eat buffets, such as Old Coun- Juice: bottle half gallon stairs, fast-food counterpart. dents think that since the Smaug is on- try Buffet, which charges over $2 more. One recent Smaug fiasco occurred campus, it should be less expensive 99 You are paying for the convenience of when ARAMARK tried out a new way than, say, other fast-food chains or Half pint milk: 60 cents 25 cents not having to shop for food, cook or of paying for salads, charging 30 cents convenience stores. clean up after yourself. per ounce. As it turned out, some sal- "Between classes, I don't have time dinner in the cafeteria for a student not 6 oz. Yoplait But still, $1.50 for orange juice? $1.00 63 cents ads ended up costing upwards of $4 to to go home or drive to Burger King," on the meal plan costs $5.75. There is good, solid reasoning behind yogurt: $9. junior Jill Nasgovitz, who is not on the Also, meal transfers are only at cer- it, Simota says. The salad priceas since been meal plan, said. "You have to bring $6 tain times of the day. "In the spring, we do price compari- changed to 23 cents per pound. 'The with you (to the Smaug) if you want That, Simota said, is one big mis- Single serving 70 cents 8 for $2.75 or sons with information we receive from salad-weighing was not handled in the anything to eat!" conception. A person on the 14-meal cereal: 34 cents each local competitors, like Pizza Hut and proper fashion," Mary Simota, campus Students on the meal plan may plan pays $31.92 per week, or $4.56 McDonald's and other ARAMARK services director, said. "We did learn "transfer" meals from the cafeteria to per day, for an average of two meals. schools, which include Mankato State Single package $1.25 our lesson." the Smaug; that is, they are allotted a Typically, those students choose to eat and St. Cloud State. We take similar ACT II micro- Students complain that other Smaug certain dollar amount to use in the lunch and dinner seven days a week. items and look at the portion sizes and prices are excessive, as well. Examples Smaug in place of one of their meal- On any given day, if they use one wave popcorn: what they're charging." cited include $1 for a cup of yogurt; $3 plan meals. transfer meal in the Smaug, they re- In fact, WSU's prices are the lowest for a sub sandwich with two slices of For transfer meals, a student is al- ceive $3.65 of food in one meal. That meat and $1.50 for 16 ounces of orange lowed $3.35 for breakfast and $3.65 leaves ARAMARK only 90 cents for the second meal of the day, as well as See Smaug, page 2 juice. for both lunch and dinner. However, A new perspective Kulikowski, Lambert in race for student senate president By Kathy Garland Staff Writer The Student Senate elections are up and running for the 1998-99 school year, and the final day to cast votes is Tuesday, April 28. The presidential candidates for this year's election are incumbent Ryan Kulikowski and challenger Robert Lambert, who currently holds a posi- tion on the Student Senate. For both candidates, the advantages of being involved in Student Senate are mainly to keep the student body up-to- date with the problems and accom- plishments that occur on campus. As Kulikowski stated, "Being in- volved in the Student Senate helps you to help your friends be informed of Freshman Robert Lambert Junior Ryan Kulikowski what's going on." Lambert also believes keeping chan- and experise to deal with those issues." the senate and maintain higher goals nels of communication open to the The two candidates have cam- for the chairs. student body is an important factor. paigned rigorously with posters in ev- Lambert's main goal is to bring the The decision to run came easily to ery building. Kulikowski and Lambert Student Senate back to the students Todd Martin/Photo Editor Kulikowski, this year's current Stu- have both made it a point to get out and and give them the chance to develop dent Senate president. He has learned meet with as many different clubs, their own voice. Lambert pointed out The crowd railing holds back determined fans at the Violent Femmes concert in McCown from mistakes here and there but would organizations, students and other indi- that "the Student Senate has been drift- Fieldhouse Saturday night. like to give it another try "without viduals as possible. ing away from the students, and my dealing with that learning curve." Each candidate has a different plan plan is to bring it back." Lambert, on the other hand, feels for his future as the possible Student Candidates for vice president are it's time for a change in the Senate and Senate president. Kulikowski wants Dan Trueter and Becky Rahn. Bill believes there needs to be someone keep his focus towardPublic Relations Shearer and Theresa Tennies are Celebration of Native American who can step up and take charge of that and what keeps the people informed of runnning for treasurer. change. "I see problems with the way the Senate's goals and what doesn't. Due to next week's press time, elec- Senate deals with students and univer- He has a plan to appoint really good tion results will be posted on the Stu- tradition 'Honors the People' sity issues. I feel I have the experience chairpeople for each committee within dent Senate window. Singing, dancing, ceremonies and crafts at fourth annual powwow Essar snags Professor of the Year By Jennifer Walter dinating the event, but said Native ber four has great significance in the Staff Writer By Michelle Wolf Americans will actually run the pow- Native American culture. It represents News Editor The Professor of the Year award, for 1998, went to wow. such things as the four earthly skin "It is a real Professor David Essar. A part of Native American history Powwows are celebrations that com- types and the four seasons. honor, especially This honor was decided at pre-registration for spring will soon be coming to the Winona bine singing, dancing and ceremonies. Wilkinson started the annual pow- quarter, when the students had the choice to vote for their because it comes State University campus. The Winona Intertribal dancing gives everyone a wows in 1995 with $5,000 from the favorite professor at Winona State University. from the stu- State Native American Heritage and chance to participate in a clock-wise Lyceum Committee, which then be- "It is a real honor, especially because it comes from the Awareness Club and the WSU Ly- dance. came co-sponsors of the event.