Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 1970s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 10-10-1979 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. 246. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan1970s/246 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 4 October 10, 1979 New tarp sheds light on concerts SCAC buys covering for Memorial floor by Deb Benson At that time, SCAC began looking into the possibility of buying a "The students at WSU should durable covering to be used on the have a place to hold concerts and gym floor for protection. If this other cultural activities without purchase was made, SCAC claimed, problems of accommodations, noise, more concerts could be held and a or destruction of school property," sizable amount of people could be says Marcia Silsbee, Social Cultural accommodated. Activities Committee (SCAC) chair- person. Although the search for quality covering was carried through by This statement was made in Silsbee, Frank Conroy, and SCAC reference to the request made by members, the administration and SCAC members to purchase a new purchasing department personnel -000"XeSeaGrdOrlier,00.1%.,,,, vinyl cover for the New Memorial were apprehensive about the proj- 1/7.'1,, • • Hall gym. The necessity for the ect. Two requisitions were made for covering became a reality two years approximately $4,000 from the ago when several burn holes were '78-'79 student budget and some- made in the floor during a concert. what over $3,000 from the '79-'80 The damage was not repairable. budget and the Student Activities for a total cost of $7,896. A decision to hold a concert The new vinyl floor coverings lie in Memorial Hall, waiting to be taken to Phelps Hall. outdoors to avoid a similar incident After months of delay, a mutual [Photo by Marianne Ottmann] resulted in complaints by some agreement between the SCAC community members that there members and the administration - covering would arrive in time for a is secured in twenty-one rolls and it been made by the physical educa- would be just too many people was reached, and the purchasing concert to be held on October 20. weighs approximately 7,000 lbs. tion department and President making too much noise. WSU ad- arrangements were underway. However, delivery before that time One damaged roll was found. The Hanson that it be moved to the ministration then said no concerts was -questionable. - problem now exists as to where it basement of Somsen Hall. would be held without a covered It was the hope of students and can be stored. It is now located in floor. the SCAC committee that the The covering has now arrived and the gym itself but the request has Although the covering does be- long to the students, it can be requested for use by contacting - SCAC for any activities sponsored Homecoming theme hails 70s by WSU and the Winona commu- by Barb Pretzman nity. It is the plan of SCAC to hold a concert in early December as a "A Salute to the 70's," is the Homecoming week begins on will take place from 4-7 p.m. at Lake led by the cheerleaders. At 8:00 tryout for the new flooring. The theme for this year's Homecoming. Thursday, Oct. 11, with the prelimi- Park. p.m., the Homecoming Coronation benefits of the purchase have re- According to Homecoming Chair- nary king and queen elections to will take place in Memorial Hall. sulted in the ability to accommodate man Jean Bently, "We decided on take place in the cafeteria, the Tuesday, Oct. 16, brings the 500 4,500 people in comparison to past this theme because 1979 is the last Smog, and Minne' Hall. card tournament in the Student Saturday, Oct. 20, winds up the facilities in which only 1,200 could year of the decade and we thought Union Smog at 6:00 p.m., and the week with the parade beginning at be accommodated in the bleachers. we'd like to bring all the events that On Monday, Oct. 15, the intra- second tournament of the intramur- 11:00 a.m. Following the parade will occurred in the 70's together." mural co-ed flag football tournament al flag football from 4-7 p.m. at Lake be the kick-off for the Warriors Silsbee comments on the time and Park. Homecoming game against the effort needed to get the job done, Huskies of Michigan Tech. The "We finally have what we asked for Wednesday, Oct. 18, finds us week will come to a climax with a and it's great. We do have a problem competing for prizes in the Lake semi-formal dance in the East about storage but we hope nothing Festival activities at the Bandshell. Cafeteria, presenting "Cirrus" from else prevents us from using it (the The "Way Out Wacky Games" are 9:00-12:00 p.m. gym floor). Concerts and other scheduled for 3:30-6:00 p.m. These activities which have been a con- games test a competitor's skill in the This year's Homecoming activi- stant request by students, will now egg toss, tug-o-war, frisbee horse- become a reality." shoes; and bucket brigade. Food Continued on page 5 Service has scheduled a picnic at the Lake Park to take place from 4:00-6:15 p.m. Dinner will not be Inside served in the cafeteria on Wednes- day. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., the River City Jazz Band will play dixieland jazz at the Bandshell until 7:30 p.m. New face for WSU page 2 The final elections of the king and queen will be announced on Thurs- day, Oct. 18. "Weavin' Way," (a bluegrass band) sponsored by the Disco rocks on page 4 Social Culture Activities Committee (SCAC), will play in the Morey- Conway courtyard from 5:00-7:00 p.m. A celebrity look-alike contest will be held during the dance and prizes will be awarded for the best Changed man page 14 costumes. The way-out wacky games of last year proved both exciting and very interesting. This year's games will be just as zany. Friday, Oct. 19, leads us to the [Photo by Marianne Ottman] pep rally on Kryzsko Commons Mall Page 2 October 10, 1979 Campus traffic eliminated in future by Deb Gehring The most obvious difference will terraced for easier accessibility and If the $500,000 recently requested proposed site renovations. The be the absence of streets. All better appearance. from the State Legislature is ap- amount is meant to cover only major If all goes according to plan within cross-campus traffic will be on foot, proved, the excavation and terracing construction elements, said Burros. the next two years, there will be no and parked cars will be only in Another big difference will be a will begin within the next one-and-a- Trees,benches,flower beds,flagpole5 streets through the main campus parking lots. Even the parking lots bench-encircled, raised plaza. ThE half years. and display kiosks will be built 01 grounds. The campus, according to themselves will be screened by area will be grass-covered and open installed as funds become availablf WSU administrator John Burros. either foliage or by raised mounds. for playing frisbee or just for Of course,the requested funds are for those purposes. will be more like a park and less like The recently added mound between studying in the sun. not enough to complete all of the an institution. Minne and Sheehan is an example of the type of "screening" which will Projected changes have been be used. carefully arranged and mapped on a WSU master plan. The plan, com- The campus core — the area missioned in 1976 and still being between Kryzsko, Minne, Perform- refined, is meant to supply guide- ing Arts and Gildemeister — will lines to be used when a change for also be different. The presently the campus is under consideration. boxed-in Kryzsko courtyard will be InterDesign Inc., the company which drafted the plan, used pre- corrections vious traffic studies to decide which areas should be completely covered The date of the WSU, SMC tug and which should be left open. The of war was incorrectly reported as drawings and plans were done by being October 15. The correct date landscape architects. is October 13. Harold Skjelvostad, and Inter- Last week's clown Photo essay Design representative, who has featured the photos of Dave Onnen. been working on the more recent refinements said the plan, once The Winonan falsely reported carried out, would make the campus that the faculty was awarded a more diverse and atmospheric. Ac- delegate assembly day, March 28. cording to Burros, a more aesthetic March 14 is the day set aside for grounds will give students a sense the delegate assembly. of campus identity. 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