{"id":1036,"date":"2017-01-03T10:34:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2017-01-03T10:48:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:48:24","slug":"greetings-warriors-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/greetings-warriors-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UkoZxXDjPXw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s question<\/strong>\u00a0(with apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow does a state school, great jewel,<\/p>\n<p>born out of academic excellence, diversity, and service,<\/p>\n<p>dropped in the middle of a begotten spot<\/p>\n<p>on the Mississippi River,<\/p>\n<p>despite challenges deliver?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greetings, Warriors! 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(with Apologies to Roger Angell and Ian Frazier)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Greetings, Warriors!\u00a0 Times are tough<\/p>\n<p>But we are made of sturdy stuff.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a challenge, to be truthful,<\/p>\n<p>But these students keep us youthful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The world would be much dimmer, man,<\/p>\n<p>Without Ms. Nicole Zimmerman.<\/p>\n<p>Need a good idea-seeder?<\/p>\n<p>Look no further than Chris Veeder!<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that we\u2019re progenitors<\/p>\n<p>Of outstanding Student Senators.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt the students need us \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s admit they also lead us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want discussions that go deep?<\/p>\n<p>Makes friends with the Council of KEAP.<\/p>\n<p>So FORGE ahead! And make a chum!<\/p>\n<p>Spend some time with Full Spectrum!<\/p>\n<p>Watch a sport! See a play!\u00a0Exert<\/p>\n<p>Yourself to hear a fine concert!<\/p>\n<p>Whilst on this campus, shame on you,<\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t find something to do!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make some noise! Up those whoops<\/p>\n<p>In support of student groups!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students! They are the reason why.<\/p>\n<p>Their gift to us: they edify<\/p>\n<p>The work we do in these rough times<\/p>\n<p>As we dream of warmer climes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the\u00a0<u>why<\/u>, but what\u2019s the\u00a0<u>how<\/u>?<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s the tiller at the plough?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Student learning, our core mission,<\/p>\n<p>Helps all this come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you teachers, thank you coaches,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, staff, for your approaches!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, every last advisor,<\/p>\n<p>Helping make each student wiser!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, all IT insiders,<\/p>\n<p>All eWarrior providers.<\/p>\n<p>To rise above adversity:<\/p>\n<p>Inclusion and Diversity!<\/p>\n<p>And to all Advancement staff<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks!\u201d shall be your epitaph.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all Deans, and let\u2019s accrue<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to each GMW!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Cabinet, and let\u2019s bless<\/p>\n<p>Res Life, TRIO, each OAS,<\/p>\n<p>Chartwells, Wellness, Kryzsko, the Libe!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, every scholar and scribe.<\/p>\n<p>Each toils to max capacity<\/p>\n<p>Embodying veracity!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, deep in December,<\/p>\n<p>Warmth and light are but an ember.<\/p>\n<p>Past the solstice Wintertide,<\/p>\n<p>In darkness bitter: please abide,<\/p>\n<p>Look out toward the break of dawn.<\/p>\n<p>Bravely now to soldier on<\/p>\n<p>Toward the light. \u2018Cause here\u2019s the thing:<\/p>\n<p>Soon comes the Dawning of the Spring,<\/p>\n<p>Arising, Equinox Vernal,<\/p>\n<p>Sigil of values eternal:<\/p>\n<p>All things equal and all things fair,<\/p>\n<p>All things honest.\u00a0 And so, forbear:<\/p>\n<p>All motives pure, all gestures kind,<\/p>\n<p>All places warm, all goals aligned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So banish fear, and banish dread,<\/p>\n<p>Let all things cold be banish\u2019ed,<\/p>\n<p>For soon a brighter day will dawn.<\/p>\n<p>Winona State will carry on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In short\u00a0<\/strong>(with renewed apologies to Mr. Miranda):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re just like dawn\u2019s break,<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re bright, light, and wide awake,<\/p>\n<p>And we are not throwing away our spot!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s question\u00a0(with apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda): &nbsp; \u201cHow does a state school, great jewel, born out of academic excellence, diversity, and service, dropped in the middle of a begotten spot on the Mississippi River, despite challenges deliver?\u201d &nbsp; Greetings, Warriors! 2016 (with Apologies to Roger Angell and Ian Frazier) &nbsp; Greetings, Warriors!\u00a0 Times are tough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[163,116,7,6],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","tag-president-poem","tag-warriors","tag-winona-state-university","tag-wsu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-03-at-10.14.58-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}