Winona State University OpenRiver The inonW an - 2000s The inonW an – Student Newspaper 4-16-2003 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. 80. https://openriver.winona.edu/thewinonan2000s/80 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]. vvi cyri a State er ,s, I t WINONAN Wednesday, April 16, 2003 www.winona.edu/winonan Volume 81 Issue 22 Negotiation only option in North Korean conflict Finke Romaine Kazee Kristen Berns Reed predicts a nuclear war would be with their issues," Reed said. The question that Reed answered for the WINONAN very evident if a war starts between the Unit- ed States and North Korea. crowd was how the United States got to In collaboration with Asia Week at where it is today with North Korea. Winona State University, Professor Edward Reed said the United States failed in New student Reed, associate director of the East Asian negotiation with North Korea to stop sus- Studies Program at University of Wisconsin- pected nuclear weapon development. Madison, was invited to discuss the topic War is unthinkable, "The United States still doesn't know for "Diplomacy or Catastrophe in Korea: The but very possible if sure if North Korea has nuclear weapons. Choice is Ours" on April 9. Because of this, the Clinton administration senate budget Reed, who has traveled extensively to good diplomacy almost went to war with the country," Reed both North and South Korea to promote and said. Reed said the war was prevented help dialogue between the two countries, isn't acted upon. thanks to the help of Carter, his negotiation efforts and an agreement between the United discussed the possibility of failure in diplo- Edward Reed macy between the United States and North States and North Korea. Reed said that United States inspectors controversial Korea if the country is next on the United Associate director, East State's "axis of evil" list. had been in North Korea up until two months "My opinion is that the United States Asian Studies program ago when North Korea's government kicked technological improvements Lauren Elizondo enterprise has just begun. The issue in North at UW-Madison them out. at the time. The total amount WINONAN Korea is extremely urgent," Reed said. "North Korea has gone back in time to the of money that went towards Reed said that because Korea is divided same situation they were at in 1994. The the salary raise was $775. Reed said that the repeat of war with Korea, where the first Korean War killed into two countries there will always be a process that Carter tried to start stopped and Tony Romaine, student Winona State University over 2 million Koreans and wiped out a problem. "This is a problem with the Kore- we still don't know if North Korea has senate president, said, "After Student Senate's new budget whole culture, is beyond his imagination. ans. It's a Korean issue and should be solved See North Korea, Page 4 has caused some controversy serving in this position, next around campus. year's president, vice presi- A student wage freeze was dent and treasurer deserve passed one month ago. This more in salary." said that the wages of students Romaine assured that who worked on campus, such everything else had been bud- WSU hosts sexual assault forum as work study and student geted for and the salary help, would remain the same increase did not mean there Katie Rademacher r Vir"Wa'r, next year and would not was a budget increase for stu- WINONAN increase like they had in the dent senate. past. The money leftover was allocated to different areas A forum was held at Winona Normally the student State University last Tuesday wages would increase the such as travel expenses and committees. about sexual assault and the same percentage as the tuition options that sexually assaulted "I think the greatest service increases each year. Because victims have. of the states budget crisis and is going towards our execu- tives," said Romaine when he Winona County Sexual wage freeze student senate Assault Inter-agency Council is voted to pass the student wage commented about allocating the money to be more of ser- one of six Minnesota communi- freeze at WSU as a sort of a ties currently serving as sites in vice to WSU. He said that good will gesture to the rest of the Model Protocol: Test Site the states. Senator Ezra Kazee senate was important because it fights for the rights of stu- Project. said, "We like to help do our Within each community, four part." dents on campus. The salary raise for the disciplines were required, law Following the student enforcement, prosecution, victim wage freeze, the student sen- executives and chair members was voted on twice. The first advocacy program and medical ate voted on a resolution that services. pertained to the Winona State time around ended with 15 votes opposing the raise A community and university budget crisis. forum was held in Maxwell at They suggested a 2.5 per- and five for it. The second and final vote ended with 13 for 7 p.m. in the leadership room. cent wage cut in the adminis- The forum opened with seven tration's salaries. This salary and 11 opposing the raise. "It was like a slap in the representatives from different reduction is half of what a areas of the community and face to the administration," usual raise would be. school who are involved in the Meanwhile, as the resolu- said Kazee, who voted the whole budget down. sexual violence program. tion was being voted on, the After the introduction to the Dusty Finke, student sen- student senate also voted on forum there were break out ses- its new budget bill which ate vice president elect for next year, also opposed the sions that allowed anyone to ask entailed a salary increase for questions and talk about sexual student senate president, vice budget. Finke said, "There wasn't as much discussion on violence. president, treasurer and six A table was set up for the uni- chairs. the topic as there should have versity perspective of sexual Doug Sundin/WLNoN AN The salary increase would been." He plans on taking 2.5 per- assault and the implications of WSU adjunct professor Chuck MacLean fields questions and describes to participants boost each the president and drugs and alcohol. Jim Lanik an vice president up to cent of the salary he will be why the criminal justice system takes so long during the Community Forum Agenda getting next year and donating investigator and Bill Spitzer, $200 more than this year deputy sheriff, both of the during Sexual Assault Awareness month. it to a scholarship on campus. along with lesser salary Winona Police Department were Finke will also be using the increases for the chairs. present at the forum. laws, education and prevention," coming to Winona, and being Another asked was " if a col- raise he will receive to buy Kazee said, "It is a "Preventing alcohol will also Spitzer said. dealt on the college campus?" lege student who is under the age name plates for the senators. hypocrisy to increase the prevent the number of other A female present at the forum "Drugs are coming in from of 21 decides to report sexual "If there is still money left executive member's salary casualties, it's a win-win situa- said, " If a sexual assaulted vic- Chicago, but the police depart- harassment and is under the after I donate to each senator, while imposing a wage freeze tion," Spitzer said. tim has been drinking will they ment has already dealt with the influence of alcohol will they be and suggesting a salary reduc- I will contribute more to the always test for the date rape main guy who was bringing busted for under age drinking?" scholarship," Finke said. Spitzer also told the group tion to the administration." that a lot of paroling is done in drug?" drugs into Winona," Spitzer said. "Most sexual assaults happen The major cut that con- Romaine said, "Things are Spitzer said that its part of the Spitzer didn't believe that with alcohol beverage intake getting taken out of context Winona to prevent as many tributed to the salary increase drinking incidents as they possi- protocol, other drugs are also Winona was targeted more, but along the line, but the issue is not was made on the technology because of the different ways tested for as well. he said, "Winona is between how drunk you are, it just doesn't administration, student wages bly can. improvement line. "The Winona Police Depart- Rhonda Barnes, a woman at Minneapolis and Chicago, and compare to what's being dealt This $1,000 fund was cut and student senate are budget- it's just another stop." ment believes in enforcement of the forum asked, "Are drugs See Sexual assault, Page 3 because there was no need for ed." Faculty members recognized for distinguished service Brian Krans affairs, said Chuck Bently of the counseling cen- WINONAN ter was an "excellent ambassador of the universi- ty." Mass communication professor Dennis Pack has led the video production program at Winona Whether here for one month or 30 years, State since 1978.