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Editors Letter
Two years ago, I decided to try something completely outside of my comfort zone. I showed up in Memorial 300, the WSU dance studio, in September 2014 and auditioned for the 2015 Dancescape—an annual modern dance performance that takes place in February. That day I was full of nerves and the most self-conscious I have ever been about my dancing ability. My last studio dance experience was in second grade. Most of the other dancers had a decade of studio dance experience or more. That was last year. This year when I walked into auditions, the dancer’s from last year greeted me with smiles and hugs after the summer long hiatus from dancing. A hiatus during which, I’ll admit, I really missed the dance studio. Over the summer February Wellzine
I often found myself blasting music and In the 2016 Dancescape I am in direcdancing for an hour in my living room. tor Gretchen Cohenour’s piece, which is a beautiful modern dance inspired by In contrast to my first audition, auditioning the moon. This year’s Dancescape perfor this year’s Dancescape felt like coming formance, Feb. 18-20 in the Vivian Fuhome to one of the most loving, understand- sillo Theatre, is a blend of genres as our ing and welcoming communities I have ever choreographers explore styles from hiphad the privilege to be a part of at WSU. hop to salsa. You won’t want to miss it. Dancing has not only taught me to be incredibly comfortable in my own skin but it has also expanded my ideas of what my body is capable of doing. Furthermore, the WSU Dance community has created opportunities to dance in the Winona community. I danced with a group called Ignite, formed by one of my choreographers from the 2015 Dancescape, at the Boats and Bluegrass Festival this Fall and will perform with them again this Spring at Midwest Music Festival.
To me dancing is not only a challenge for my body but also a form of personal expression and exploration. Performing for a full audience is just icing on the cake.
Kim Schneider Photo Credit: Cover: Corey Dufault at the Lake Lodge By: Taylor Nyman Above: Dancescape 2015 “Ode to Swimme” By: Sydney Swanson
Contents
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Finding Your Health Care Professional
February Highlights & Other Events
Bored and Broke: Social on a Budget
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WSU Gymnastics Honors Lost Paint Your Palate with Cultural Food Teammate by ‘Smiling On’
Student Spotlight: MSUSA Diveristy Specialist
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Health & Wellness Services
Clinic
IWC 222 Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
Pharmacy IWC 130 Hours: Mon-Fri 1-5 p.m.
Written by Roxanne Zweber Health Promotion Intern
Choosing your Health Care Professional
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As open enrollment for insurance continues, students may be about to choose a new health care professional as their main health care provider. But what should you look for in a professional? What questions should you ask a potential health services professional? First you should make an appointment with a potential long-term clinic or professional. If you have pre-existing health concerns, consider a nurse with experience in your area of concern, such as sexual health or nutritional experience. Consider other factors such as clinic location, appointment wait time and the friendliness of clinic staff. The most important aspect of choosing a health professional is gauging your level of comfort. Usually this can’t be determined without making an appointment to see how you get along with the clinic and its style of service.
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When you’re in your appointment ask yourself these questions: Do they listen well and answer your questions? Do they use terms you understand and explain the ones you don’t? Do they spend enough time going through your examination? Are they personable and concerned with your health? The more questions you ask during an appointment about your health, the more you can get a feel of the style of service they can provide. If it’s a good style for you, then consider making future appointments and building a patient/health professional relationship. If you don’t feel comfortable during an appointment or just aren’t clicking with your nurse, that’s consider giving them another chance or try a different RN at the same clinic that may better suit your personal needs. At WSU Health & Wellness Services, there are multiple registered nurses and nurse practitioners that are well suited to address and treat student needs. Since the clinic is so located on campus, appointments are easy to arrange within your schedule constraints. Examinations are efficient and tailored to your specific health concerns. To make an appointment, stop by the IWC 122 or call 507-457-2326. Holly Fratzke, CNP Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner HFratzke@winona.edu
Mary Harms, APRN-BC Adult Nurse Practitioner MHarms@winona.edu
Wayne Kelly, MD Medical Director
Shari Harman, FNP-BC Family Nurse Practitioner SHarman@winona.edu
Thank you Jack Wellzine’s Graphic Designer has redesigned and put many hours into the Wellzine for the last two and a half years. In his final semester at WSU, he will be working as an information services intern with J.R. Watkins and is unable to design for Wellzine this semester. Thank you so much, Jack, for all the hard work you’ve put into this magazine. It did not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Good luck on your future endeavors!
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February Highlights
18th-20th
22nd-26th
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Dancescape 2016
Performing Arts Center Vivian Fusillo Theatre 7:30 p.m.
15th
Panel: How Gender Based Violence Affects Communities SLC 120, 7 p.m.
Weekly Programming
Healthy Mondays
Mondays, 7 p.m. The Well IWC 138
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Meditation 101
8th Keep It Classy Pro Tips on Sex
15th
Don’t be a Zombie
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29th
Healthy in a Weight-focused world
Think Before You Post
Health Hut Tuesdays Tuesdays, 11 a.m. IWC Hallway
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Financial Health Warrior Hub and Admissions
9th Frisky not Risky
16th
Get Well Kits
23rd
No Health Hut Assessment Day
Wellness Wednesdays
Wednesdays, 3 p.m. The Well IWC 138
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Cute or Creepy
10th
Healthy Relationships
17th
Yoga for Newbies
24th
Body Image
Other Events Wednesday 3rd
Wednesay 10th
Thursday 18th
Friday 26th
Deborah L. Swackhamer: “Land of 10,000 Lakes: Minnesota’s Water Future” Stark 103, 7 p.m.
CLASP Series: Colette Hyman, Stark 103, 7 p.m.
Summer Opportunities Fair Kryzsko Commons East Hall, All day
MN State Universities Job and Internship Fair Earle Brown Heritage Center, All day
Saturday 6th
Monday 15th
Tuesday 23rd
Saturday 27th
Miller Brothers Open House Stark 103, 1:30 - 3:45 p.m.
I love WSU Week Feb. 15-19, All day
Dessert Theatre Vivian Fusillo Theatre, 7 p.m.
THAD Presents 24-hour Theatre PAC Black Box Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Resume Rush Feb. 15-17, All day
Winona Symphony Orchestra Children’s Concert Harriet Johnson Auditorium, 10 a.m.
Symphonic Wind Ensemble Vivian Fusillo Theatre, 2 p.m.
Tuesday 9th
Panel: How Gender Based Violence Affects Communities SLC 120, 7 p.m.
LoveFest Kryzsko Commons East Hall
Common Book Author Q&A Stark 103, 7-8 p.m. RE Initiative Pactivist Training IWC 138, 4 p.m.
Wednesday 24th CLASP Series: Zach Strassburger, Esq., Stark 103, 7 p.m.
Sunday 28th
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Bored and Broke: Social on a Budget
Written by Johnna Miller
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Photo by Patrick Lamb
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rowing up in the inner city of Minneapolis gave me a love for living in a city that’s always so busy and has entertainment everywhere I turn. When I moved to Winona about five years ago I could not say the same. I am a Winona State graduate student but I also completed my undergraduate degree here. I am pursuing a degree in Biology- Ecology and I could not have picked a better place to do it. With the Mississippi river right outside my door and the various habitats provided by the bluffs and lakes, Winona is a diverse and fabulous place to explore. I spent most of my undergraduate experience exploring Winona’s great outdoors. Hiking to the top of Brady’s Bluff in Perrot State Park is my favorite. However these bitter cold months make it harder to get outside. I often spend my nights indoors doing crafts with my friends. I’ll admit, I was very wrong about Winona. There is a lot to do here but you do have to seek it out. Fortunately, because there are three colleges in this beautiful city, most of the activities are very affordable and college students can do them without breaking their budget. Winona is notorious for having a beautiful scenery, Get outdoors and explore it: • Observe White - tailed deer at Deer Park. • Take a 5.3 mile walk around Lake Winona. Or for $15 purchase a year pass at the Lake Lodge. It gives you access to activities year round (snowshoeing, broomball, ice skating, paddle boarding, kayaking etc.). • Explore the trails at Aghaming Park, Prairie Island, Holiznger lodge and Levee park. • Hike to the top of Garvin heights and see the outstanding overlook of the city. • Check out the St. Mary’s hiking and Skiing Trails. They offer lighted trails so you can continue your adventure after dark. • Visit a state park. Great River Bluff State Park (pictured on the left), Whitewater State Park and John Latsch State Park offer amazing hiking trails. • Visit the Outdoor recreation center. You may rent equipment or do free open climbing on Tuesdays and open paddling on Thursdays during the warmer months. WSU’s new rock climbing wall, located in Wabasha hall, is also free.
About the writer Johnna Miller Johnnna Miller is a graduate student in the PSM program, majoring in applied research and management: Biology. She graduated from WSU in May with a degree in Biology: Ecology. In her free time she loves to hike and go to concerts. Taylor Swift is her absolute favorite so she’s seen her in concert four times. She also loves traveling. When she’s finished with school she wants to backpack through Europe and move to New Zealand to work with Aquacultures.
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See a show: • Check out UPAC. It is a student organization on campus that always has affordable events on campus (grocery bingo, Twins games, comedians etc.) Check out their upcoming events. • On Tuesdays at the Winona 7 movies are only $5. Plus you get free popcorn with a purchase of any beverage. • Check out local musicians at the Acoustic Cafe. They have free live entertainment every Friday and Saturday night from 8-10:30 p.m. • Mugshots Coffee House, located on West campus, has free entertainment every Thursday night at 8 p.m. Buff up on local history: • Learn about the Polish culture at the Polish Heritage Museum at no cost. February Wellzine
• Learn about the Watkins Company at the Watkins Heritage Museum and gift shop. The museum is free for everyone and explores the companies 146 year history. • The Winona County History Center has various exhibits and archives that you can see for only $3 with your student ID.
restaurants in town give a discount with your student ID (Ex: Mangos and Subway give 10 percent off). • Join a club! If WSU doesn’t have a club you love, you can create your own • Try a new work out class. The wellness center offers workout classes every day of the week
Use the perks of your Student ID: • The Minnesota Marine Art Museum has a beautiful collection of paintings by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and more. They also have rotating exhibits. Currently at the MMAM they have Washington Crossing the Delaware. Every Tuesday you get free admission with your student ID. • Go cheer on our warriors! There is free admittance to every sporting even on campus with your student ID. • Try a new restaurant. Many
Stay indoors: • Play board games. You can rent them with your ID from the dorms. • Throw a murder mystery party. • Have a movie marathon. There are many very affordable places to rent movies from in Winona ( Family video, video vision, Redbox). • Have a craft night with your friends. Walmart offers low-priced crafting supplies. • Get some friends together and make a scavenger hunt.
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• Throw a potluck. Good food and great friends make for a fun night. Volunteer Opportunities: Live Well Winona is an organization that has many opportunities throughout the area. They have something for everyone. The Winona Volunteer Services is another local organization you can donate your time to. When you volunteer there, it’s likely you’ll be distributing foord, clothing, information or helping with emergency assistance.
Winona is a beautiful city full of places that are just waiting to be explored. Invite your friends, meet new friends and try new things. The opportunities are literally right outside of your door.
Photo Credit: Above: Winona Lake Lodge By:Kim Schneider ‘16 Opposite: Holzinger Lodge Hiking Trails By:Kim Schneider ‘16
You can volunteer once or if you want, you can volunteer for the rest of your time here. Get outside, buff up on your history, and take full advantage of the perks that you get with your student ID. pg 10
Honoring Lost Teammate by ‘Smiling On’ Written byby Written Allison Mueller ‘17 Allison Mueller
There are no instructions on how to deal with the loss of a loved one. The grieving process is different for everyone, but what remains true for those affected by a death is that support is always needed.
“Smile On” headbands were sold and all four teams in attendance entered the gym holding signs to acknowledge the purpose of the meet. The invite was named for Baures’ “killer smile,” as Winona State head coach Beckie Rolbiecki described.
fair to show their desire to have their teammate’s legacy and memory live on.
“Her smile could melt the world. It was radiant and so bright and beautiful,” Rolbiecki said. “That smile’s not going to die, and we’re not going to let it die.”
According to Rolbiecki, this meet was also therapeutic for the team, as she and the other coaches recognized that everyone was going to grieve in different ways. She said following the loss of Baures, if the team was having a rough day and people were not coping well, they would quit practice and talk about what they were feeling.
Rolbiecki said the meet is all about celebrating who Baures was and what she The Warriors honored Baures’ memory Fri- gave to Winona State and the commuday, Jan. 15 by holding the Brooke Baures nity. The team would like to make this “Smile On” Memorial Invite. At this meet celebration of Baures’ life an annual af-
“I think the best therapy for them was to be together, grieve together, and hold each other and talk about it together,” Rolbiecki said. “I got strength from [the athletes] as much as they drew strength from me.”
A little over a year after the death of teammate Brooke Baures, the Winona State University gymnastics team still seeks and provides support to those touched by this tragic loss. Baures died on the job at a Fountain City, Wis. restaurant during which she was struck by a dumbwaiter, or food elevator.
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another, counseling was available to the athletes and coaches in addition to a multitude of people reaching out at Winona State. They also received sentiments from gymnastics teams across the country during this difficult time. Cards and flowers from gymnastics teams in Florida, Maine, California and other states came in as the magnitude of this loss was felt far and wide.
affected by this loss face unanswered questions and hardships, making the grieving process even harder, said Rolbiecki. “The thing that we all struggle with is the ‘why.’ We still don’t understand how what happened could have happened,” Rolbiecki said. “It was such a freak tragedy. If we could have an answer and come to peace with that I think we could all rest easier, but that unknown is still out there.”
“The gymnastics community as a whole is a very small, close-knit community, so when one of its own dies like that it’s What the team chooses to focus on now is the a tragedy to all of us,” Rolbiecki said. joy Baures brought to every one she met and her dedication to the team and sport she loved. Even as those who knew and loved Baures gathered and reached out to provide sup- Rolbiecki said, “Brooke’s desire for us would port for one another, the pain of this be to move on as a team and celebrate who we sudden loss will always be felt. With a are as athletes and do the very best we can.” tragedy such as this, the team and others
With the love for their fallen teammate in their hearts and the support of everyone surrounding them, the Warriors won two events and took second place at the Brooke Baures “Smile On” Invite.
Photo Credit: Above: WSU gymnastics at “Smile On” Memorial Invite By: Allison Mueller ‘17 Opposite: Brooke Baures Contributed by: WSU Gymnastics
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Paint your Palate with Cultural Food Written by Rina Namiwa ‘17
If you ask me, rice is more appetizing than pizza. Meanwhile free pizza is a lure to attract college kids to extracurricular activities on campus. Don’t get me wrong, I like pizza. But Japanese people don’t really eat pizza, and pizza is a dish that we only have on special occasions such as birthday dinner. Surprisingly, Domino’s pizza costs around $25-35 there. Eating is an essential part of your life and food often reflects the culture of a country. You grow up eating your country’s cuisine. Japanese people usually have rice, miso soup and a couple side dishes cooked with meats or fish. February Wellzine
It wasn’t until I started living in another country that I missed simple Japanese food such as sticky rice and miso. A friend of mine from Oklahoma who lived in Japan told me that he missed pizza. I didn’t get it at that time when I had never left my country. When you are away from your homeland, you’ll miss your family and friends, but what I miss most is food, especially my grandma’s cooking. I miss the times we eat together. Food is sharing and bringing people together at a table. Why does food bring happy memories to us? When I ate at home, it was always with my friends and family. In Japanese
culture, food and traditional customs are strong. We have seasonal customs to gather and eat together—Hanami, Imoni-kai, Oshogatsu (New Year Celebration) and so on. Here I eat with friends. I cook for them from time to time. I love sharing Japanese food with them, whether they like the food or not. Japanese people have regional preferences in taste like the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western regions of the U.S. I’m from the northwest part of Japan, where people consume salty food such as pickled vegetables. This is because we preserve food with salt during a long winter. People in the region of Japan that I’m from consume a lot of Natto. Natto, fermented soybeans, is my comfort food. Every one of
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my friends who tried Natto hated it. Natto If you want to try food from other cultures, is one of the healthiest foods in the world. Winona State holds dinner nights such as Korean Night, Pho Night and Malaysian It is served with soy sauce and other condi- food night year-round. The International ments such as mustard, radish pickles and Dinner will take place in April, where intergreen onions but my favorite combination is national students share their cultures with Natto with cheese and dried whitebait fish. students and others in the Winona area. Some describe Natto as smelling like feet but I love it! I even love the sticky webs you see hanging from the chopsticks. That does not sound or look appealing at all, but Natto is comfort food, at least for many Japanese people and me. Natto reminds me of fun college memories. I enjoy sharing this Natto experience with my friends and appreciate the curiosity and willingness to try the distinguishing Japanese food.
Photo Credit: Above: Tama Konnyaku By: Rina Namiwa ‘17 Opposite: Natto Mochi By: Rina Namiwa ‘17
Keep in tune with these gourmet events where you can experience new foods and cultures. You can get your feet wet first before going to pricy restaurants and then you can expand your palate and make it colorful.
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Student Spotlight
With: Ashlyn Crawford, MSUSA Diversity Specialist
Photo by Kim Schneider ‘16
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s a woman of color at Winona State, Junior Ashlyn Crawford, 21, knows she’s in the minority—but that has only motivated her to work toward making Winona State a more inclusive environment.
Crawford, from Minneapolis, Minn., is studying legal studies with a minor in intercultural communications. Crawford is deeply involved with diversity groups and issues at Winona State including the Women of Color Association (WOCA) and KEEP Council as well as MSUSA as their Diversity Specialist. In her spare time Crawford dances on the hip-hop team. What’re your goals as the Diversity Specialist for MSUSA? My main focus is WSU so I focus on issues involving diversity at Winona State and bring them to a larger scale, like MNScu, the entire mnscu program. Basically I just focus on what our diversity looks like, how it can change and how were going to do that. I [have] noticed that Winona State has gotten better with their diversity…but overall there’s a lot of things that we’re lacking. So my goal is to put on more student-based events outside of speakers that come: getting students who aren’t all ready a part of diversity inclusion [or] getting other students involved or aware of diversity at Winona State.
Interviewed by: Kim Schneider ‘16 Kim Schneider is a senior at Winona State and will graduate in May 2016 with two bachelor of art’s degrees in Mass Communications Journalism and English Writing. In her spare time, Kim enjoys yoga, dancing and playing guitar.
How are you involved in WOCA? I do all the public relations so any upcoming events that we have, I try to put them on Facebook. I made our logo and club case. Basically I work with the president the vice president, were’ all on the exec board. This semester we’re putting on an event called the juke joint [in April], which is our first really big event. It has some historical context. Slaves had events called juke joints where people would dance and sing…It’s like a party basically. Our juke joint will include a speaker, student performers, spoken word, dancers, musicians. There will be a soul food meal. (In April) What do you hope to accomplish by being involved in diversity groups on campus? My main goal is to make other students who are looking for a safe haven, to make them aware that the KEEP center is there and WOCA is there. My freshmen year, there was no KEEP center, there was no WOCA…I think it’s important to know that there are other students like you. That’s why I got involved, to make people aware. My freshman year, I knew there were students of color, but I feel like there was no central area for us all to be in one space. There weren’t clubs designed for people of color, or women of color. [It’s good to] know that these clubs are here. You’re around like-minded people that have experienced similar things at Winona State or just in life. What do you want to do after you graduate with a paralegal degree? After I graduate, I’m going into the air force as [an Intelligence Officer]. From there I can apply to take law classes. But right after I graduate I will just be working as an officer in the Air Force. My brother’s in the Air Force and my dad was in the navy, so it kind of runs in the family. I was thinking about doing it after high school but decided to go to college. It’s just kind of like a continuous plan. pg 16