University Chronicle

It all started with a conversation.

That conversation resulted in the craft shows taking place in Atwood this spring.

Kelsey Kaeding, senior at SCSU, got started planning her first event the first time she sat down with Brandy Favilla, owner of Brandy’s Boutique.

“We met up here, at Caribou,” Favilla said, “and got her trained in on using the tools to register exhibitors.”

Kaeding, who has two other jobs as well as being a full-time student, said she had no idea who Favilla was when they first got in touch, but said they talked for hours the first time they sat down together.

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Shun Jie Yong

Thumbing through the paper archives of the University Chronicle, it’s clear that a lot has changed since 1988.

Cartoons were edgier, hairstyles were fluffier and Michael Vadnie was the new adviser on the block.

In one of his early columns, Vadnie praised the outoing adviser, J. Brent Norlem.

He went on to talk about the ethics of journalism.

He channeled Tom Sawyer as he writes, “‘I’m afear’d’ I’ve got bad news. I’ve got lots of questions about ethics. Not many answers.

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It’s been over three years since the first students moved in to Coborn Plaza Apartments.

It was a symphony of firsts for the university: first off-campus student housing, first private partnership for residence halls, and first rooms with built-in kitchens and private bathrooms.

“In the first few years of operation, we were watching very closely to see if this experiment was a good thing or a bad thing,” said Dan Pedersen, director of Residential Life.

According to the numbers, it was good: there were no significant conduct or GPA differences between on-campus residents and those living in Coborn Plaza.

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Atwood Food Shelf

Plans for a food shelf to be opened in Atwood have been put on the back burner, partly due to Atwood renovations.

A group of staff, faculty, and students hoped to create a campus food shelf that would be open in March.

The plans were put aside after a trip to visit a college food shelf at Normandale Community College.

Atwood director Margaret Vos said the trip made the group realize the complexity of the project.

Vos said they weren’t aware that the food shelf had to be licensed. They also need a full-time staff member to run the food shelf.

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It is hard to describe the feeling one gets when stepping foot into the Dream Center on 16th Ave N. in St. Cloud.

Three rows of tables surrounded by miss-matched chairs, a half-finished puzzle in the corner. Posters and flyers containing religious pictures adorning the walls.

The coffee pot and water jug on the counter next to bagels. The constant in and out of men going about their day. Some sipping coffee at the table. Others, shooting the breeze. One fixing a chain. The smells of an upcoming meal waft through the air. It is among these one finds some of St. Cloud’s forgotten, St. Cloud’s voiceless.

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258. This number has been seen on shirts in Stewart Hall and Atwood, not to mention other places around campus.

258. The number, according to Jessica Johnson, Marketing and Communications manager at the United Way of Central Minnesota, is an approximation of homeless students enrolled in the St. Cloud school district last year.

And as Johnson said, this number is speculated to be around 320 right now with the potential of increasing.

In partnering with the United Way to raise awareness about the growing problem in the community, the mass communications public relations class, COMM 438: Cases and Campaigns, is working together to get the attention of SCSU students about the issue of homelessness among children.

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Carolyn Ruth A. Williams is an individual determined to make a difference in the fields of science and education.

Williams is Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs and leads Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Initiatives at SCSU.

According to her biography on SCSU’s website, her degrees include Harvard University, Post-Doctorate Studies; Cornell University, Ph.D./M.A.; Northwestern University, M.A.; Hawaii University, Certificate Asian Studies; and Tennessee State University, B.S.

Williams worked for several other universities before coming to SCSU, including Cornell University and Vanderbilt University.

When Williams first began her work at SCSU, she was determined to help improve the level of education in science.

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Winter in Minnesota this year has been prolonged to the point where flood levels could be above normal for the upcoming spring.

Snowfall in St. Cloud for these past few months has had some record-breaking numbers in some fields. April of this year has already surpassed the old record of 15.6 in., set in 1928.

When all of the snow melts, could there be flood damage?

“Basically yes and no,” Bob Weisman, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at SCSU says. “The trouble is the ground is frozen, so the leftover water is pretty much going to run straight into the rivers and lakes.”

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The first panel of the First Amendment Forum was about reflections on practices, challenges, and the evolution of journalism.

The panel was moderated by Rene Kaluza, training director for the St Cloud Times.

The other members of the panel were Reed Anfinson, owner/publisher of the Swift County Monitor in Benson; Julie Bergman, co-owner of Page 1 Productions in East Grand Forks; Tim Hennagir, editor of the Monticello Times; and Tom West, editor/general manager of Morrison County Record in Little Falls.

The panel begin with the question, “What is the key to journalism?”

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The merit of community journalism was analyzed at the 41st annual First Amendment Forum at SCSU on Friday, April 19 at 1:20 p.m.

Expert Panel, WCCO-TV reporter Reg Chapman freelancer Taleiza Calloway, online reporter for Lake Minnetonka Patch Jay Corn, and Mille Lacs County Times reporter and columnist Lesley Toth discussed the future of reporting.

The panel was divided on the issue of social media.

Corn, who specializes in using the internet for journalism, defended the medium even as the others critiqued his craft.

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