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Monday, January 16, 2012
Volume 88, Number 27
Events Calendar Weeklong -`PQJQ\" 6IbQ 8MZ[MK]\QWV WN 0WUW[M`]IT[ Mon - Fri This event is free and open to the public and will take place at the Atwood Memorial Center’s gallery. The event is sponsored by the UPB Visual Arts comittee, the SCSU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, and the LGBT center. There will be a schedule for speakers for the event posted in the gallery.
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Civic Center renamed, expanded Michael Runyon NEWS EDITOR
The former St. Cloud Civic Center, now known as the St. Cloud River’s Edge Convention Center, received more than a new name at the ribbon cutting ceremony that ushered the newly renovated and named building to the public eye. Julie Lunning, the executive director of the chamber of com-
merce, said “When it was built originally, the Civic Center is what it was. It really evolved into a larger convention facility. With that, it really couldn’t be a civic center anymore. Then came the opportunity to call it something else. I know there’s been a lot of discussion involving the river initiatives in St. Cloud. Mayor Kliess chose that name and surprised everybody on the groundbreaking ceremony.” The construction of the
River’s Edge Convention Center began mid last year and ran ITT \PZW]OP \PQ[ aMIZ 1\ ÅVQ[PML around the expected deadline of late last year or early this year. The construction will add around 80,000 square feet of additional space. The current building is 100,000 square feet. 33,000 feet of the additional space will be used for exhibition space. The construction also added additional loading docks, back of the house catering and a larger lobby.
Convention Center manager Bill Dunsmoor spoke on what the plan was for the construction, saying, “First and foremost we designed a convention center convention hall. We did add retractable seating to the west wall of our facility which will enhance our current client base’s experience for general session auditorium speaking and will allow us to
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How diverse is SCSU?
Saffari’s dismissal: still no word
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Molly Willms MANAGING EDITOR
More than three months after the dismissal of Mahmoud Saffari, the administration has been able to provide us with a who, what, where, when and even a how. The area that remains fuzzy is the why. Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management Mahmoud Saffari was dismissed from his employment at SCSU in September of 2011. According to MnSCU’s administrator personnel plan (page nine), his dismissal was legal. The document stipulates that under the terms of his employment, MnSCU can terminate an administrator for any or no reason and at any time with adequate notice. That’s the how. Since they’re
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Stalking awareness month observed Meg Iserloth GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Every year, 3.4 million adults in the United States alone are stalked, reports StalkingAwarenessMonth.org. Because of this, the Stalking Resource Center, National Center for Victims of Crime, IVL \PM 7NÅKM WV Violence Against Women dubbed January “Stalking
Awareness Month” in 2004 and have been coming together every year since then to educate the public through events and the sharing of information on stalking. StalkingAwarenessMonth.org has many resources on their website, including statistics, facts, quizzes, activities, and ideas to educate others in the community about
stalking. Lee LaDue, the Coordinator of the Gender Violence Prevention program, said that nationally 13 percent of college women have admitted to being stalked since the beginning of the school year. However, this percentage only counts those who have gone into services, and many more have
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GREAT ‘Winnie the Pooh’ Page 9 GREAT Theatre will be performing ‘Winnie the Pooh’ at St. John’s University this weekend.
In the past several years, diversity has been the topic that has dominated headlines around the world. Change and growth have taken over, and everything from political systems to social classes have tossed old ideas to the side to Å\ QV _Q\P \PM _WZTL \PI\ Q[ \ISQVO shape around them. Minnesota has followed suit with this trend, with it’s colleges IVL ]VQ^MZ[Q\QM[ ZMÆMK\QVO ]XWV this change. In many ways SCSU is at the forefront of a constantly changing system. SCSU has many programs happening throughout the year that promote diversity across KIUX][ <PM 7NÅKM WN +]T\]ZIT Diversity (OCD) is one of the major organizers of these events. Their mission statement includes educating, providing scholarships and mentoring individuals until graduation.
Customer Service: the N]VLIUMV\IT[ 2 - 3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. The event will take place at Centennial Hall, room 351. The workshop will teach attendees how to better work with customers over the phone or in person and how to deal with irritated customers.
Wednesday
Volunteer and Service 4MIZVQVO NIQZ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and will take place at Atwood, in the main lounge. The event is designed to connect students and organizations that provide opportunities for volunteering. The event is sponsored by the Campus Department of Involvement.
Thursday
Budget Advisory Group 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and will take place at Atwood in the Mississippi room. The event is sponsored by Administrative Affairs and is an opportunity for discussion about the spring budget.
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Weather affects businesses
Page 16 The warm winter has hurt some businesses who rely on snowy Minnesota winters.