Winona State University OpenRiver The Winonan - 2020s The Winonan – Student Newspaper 2-19-2020 The Winonan Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2020s FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / Vol. 100, No. 18 winonan.org Winona State University’s Student-Produced Newspaper Since 1919 Ellgen shares support of Safe Transfer legislation KRISTIN KOVALSKY academic transcript. The legislation will hold students One in five students on college news reporter “Currently there is no record in violation of campus sexual campuses are reportedly affected [email protected] or process of that, so if a student assault policies accountable if they by gender-based violence. inona State University is transferring out, it just shows choose to transfer. Perpetrators of gender-based WStudent Senate president up on their transcript,” Ellgen “It is a known thing that someone violence tend to commit these Ben Ellgen is planning to write to said. “There is a similar statute in will get in trouble, typically male crimes more than once before any state legislators in support of the New York and Virginia, otherwise students, they will get in trouble, action is taken against them. Safe Transfer legislation. there’s no state laws anywhere else. they’ll get suspended, there’s The idea to write the letter came The proposed legislation requires In Minnesota, they are trying to varying degrees of punishment,” from students at the University that any student who violates introduce a bill that would replicate Ellgen said. “They’ll get in trouble, of Minnesota, who were seeking campus sexual assault policies will this and implement this system and then they’ll just hop to a support for the legislation. have their crimes shown on their here.” campus across the state.” Continued on page 63, Letter. Administrative fee raises questions around university foundation The WSU Foundation is committed to funding new initiatives that meet the needs of students to improve their learning and experience, MOHAMMED ISLAM preparing them for an ever-changing world. photo editor [email protected] MADELYN SWENSON was between July 2018 and June These requests are then that I proposed for a use of the sports editor 2019. processed through the Finance 1% in administration fee is to take [email protected] The 1% administrative fee was Committee Review Process. on that software budget for us,” uring the 2017 fiscal year, taken from the total endowment Northam was unable to explain Northam said. Dthe Winona State University and not each individual scholarship the rationale of her predecessor for Northam said another reason for Foundation announced a 1% fund. However, each fund choosing to start the administrative the administration fee is to bring administrative fee to donors contributed an amount to the fee before having all of it allocated. the WSU Foundation closer to through an annual letter. However, administrative fee that was equal There are ideas floating around what other foundations are doing. some donors have alleged that the to the percentage it added to the about what it could be used for, Most colleges, both in the foundation gave them no notice of endowment, meaning the bigger such as paying for the software MinnState system and nationally, the fee, instead electing to hide the donations had a larger fee than the needed to run the foundation. have some kind of administrative money withdrawal from donors. smaller ones. Northam said there are two fee, Northam said. Andrea Northam, interim vice The administrative fee also has types of software used. One is to “I’ve seen fees as high as 5% president of advancement, said its own written policy which was track donor information and call and 8%. There’s lots of different the administrative fee was not a put into effect in Oct. 2019. This reports. The other is used for the ways across the board that the result of the budget deficit. The document is not public. scholarship side of the operations. administrative fees apply,” administration fee predates the As of now, the money from the Northam said because the Northam said. budget deficit. administrative fee has not been university and the foundation Phil Sonnenberg, director of The administrative fee was allocated to anything specific. The are different entities, having the university advancement finance, originally discussed and a policy behind the administrative software paid for by the foundation said there is no way the WSU notification allegedly was sent to fee states that the fee will be held would provide data privacy for Foundation administrative fee donors in 2017. The first time this in its own account and allocated by donors. could be raised. fee was taken out from donations individual requests. “That’s actually one of the things Continued on page 2, Foundation Men’s basketball sees another split Winona State host LEAD week CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS At halftime Winona State was up HANNAH HIPPENSTEEL make each year a new experience sports reporter 24-18. features reporter because nothing stays the same— [email protected] Despite only making one three- [email protected] from the student and professional he Winona State University pointer and shooting only 25% rom Feb. 10-14, a series speakers to the schedule,” Marosi- Tbasketball team played their from the field, the Warriors kept Fof events were held which Kramer said. last home games of the season this the lead because they were able to created LEAD Week. This series Throughout the week, events weekend. get to the free throw line. culminated at the end of the week ranged in their content and context Both games were rematches of The Cougars shot 45% from the with a cumulative LEAD Summit, in relation to leadership and close games earlier in the season. field but they did not make any which was held on Feb. 15 from 9 the university theme of career In the first game, the Warriors three-point attempts or free throws. a.m.-2 p.m. in East Hall. readiness. would take on University of Sioux The Warriors began the second Sixty people attended the summit Students and staff had an Falls who they lost narrowly to in half with two made free-throws by and participated in leadership opportunity to speak with overtime in the first meeting. senior guard, Caleb Wagner. sessions and activities. alumni on job obstacles and The game would start slowly as The Cougars then went on an 8-0 Lindsay Marosi-Kramer, assistant how to overcome them, attend both could not get much going, and run to tie the game at 26. director for student activities, a spoken word performance by the Warriors did not get their first Winona State responded with Greek life and leadership, has Ebony Stewart and experience points until 14:19 left in the half. three jumpers to get the lead back planned the week and summit for an afternoon centered around As the game went on, the to six. the past three years. interactive leadership activities put Warriors would get it together as But later in the second half, the She was assisted by a group of on by the Recreation Tourism and they took a 15-14 lead with 5:13 Cougars would take a 36-35 lead nine student volunteers to plan Therapeutic Recreation (RTTR) remaining in the first half. with 8:09 left in regulation. and execute the week’s events and department. The Cougars would get the lead culminating summit. back briefly before the Warriors “I like the ebb and flow of would regain it. Continued on page 7, Basketball. planning this week. It helps Continued on page 5, LEAD. 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020 THE WINONAN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Meet the photography staff... Shannon Galliart Natalie Tyler Kristen Carrie According to Andrea Northam most colleges in the MinnState system and nationally have some kind of administrative fee. “I’ve seen fees CONTRIBUTED as high as 5% and 8%...”Northem said. issue of contention,” Northam said. The tension between the equation went wrong. Foundation “Perhaps it was just something that foundation, donors, students “Most donors are thinking that didn’t stand out and they looked at and others started in December the 1% fee is applied to their Continued from page 1. their financial statements and then when the first statement with the individual principles,” Sonnenberg moved on with their life.” fee came out. This tension was said, “when the fee is being He said that it is in the policy In an email, President Olson escalated after Mitch Madland applied to the total foundation written about the administration stated that donors were notified posted in a Facebook group called endowment.” fee. two to three times each. “Wazoo’s List” on Jan. 27. For example, the Madlands One other thing the Wally Madland said there was “Students and Alumni, did you have less than 1% of the total administrative fee could be used a meeting between himself, five know that the WSU Foundation endowment, which results in for is a capital campaign, which other donors, President Olson and took over $400,000 from you that $418.83 that they pay for the is when a nonprofit organization Northam in December about this was designated to scholarships? administrative fee. selects a short period of time to issue. All without permission and Sonnenberg said the scholarship focus on getting as many donations In that meeting, President transparency,” Mitch Madland itself was not touched, just the for as much money as possible. Olson stated that he could not do wrote in the Facebook post. money the Madlands’ originally The university has not been anything about the administrative The reason Mitch Madland said donated.