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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Last-minute voters sought

by Tracy Ellingson
Published April 24, 1997

Minnesota Student Association presidential hopefuls Corey Donovan and Jigar Madia found they had similar ideas about the best places to do some last-minute campaigning Wednesday. Madia, who stood outside...

Researchers warm up to superconductivity

by Peter Kauffner
Published April 24, 1997

Even diehard Minnesotans consider 40 below to be a bit nippy. But researchers in the University's Superconductivity Center conduct experiments at temperatures just above absolute zero, 460 degrees below...

Yudof plans to streamline U administration

by Kamariea Forcier
Published April 24, 1997

and Joel SawyerA new organizational structure could change the face of the University's administration, if a plan announced Wednesday by President-elect Mark Yudof is approved by the Board of Regents...

U set to raise faculty pay, but some remain doubtful

by Jim Martyka
Published April 24, 1997

Even as a legislative conference committee fights over how much money to give the University in the next two years, University administrators are preparing to implement a plan that will raise faculty...

Moptop Elmo

Published April 24, 1997

Elmo awoke from his golden slumbers and saw her standing there. It was Elma. "Elmo, I've got to get you into my life," she cried. "Well," Elmo said, "you're no lovely Rita, but I think we can work it out....

Students unaware of MPIRG candidates

Published April 24, 1997

During today's all-campus elections, students who pay the student services fee for the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group when they register have the opportunity to elect members to the organization's...

Ellen — two steps forward and one step back

by by Mark
Published April 24, 1997

ep, I'm gay!" Ellen DeGeneres says on the cover of Time magazine. On April 30, on campus, in the Twin Cities and all over the country, parties are planned to celebrate that her character, Ellen Morgan,...

Med students, others consider abortion issues

by Max Rust
Published April 24, 1997

As one of the most controversial issues in American society today, abortion has recently provoked action and discussion among University students. At a dinner event jointly sponsored by Health Students...

CLA faculty brainstorms ideas for future

by Jennifer Niemela
Published April 24, 1997

When he became the dean of the College of Liberal Arts in October, Steven Rosenstone promised to engage his college's professors as partners in shaping CLA's future. He began to fulfill that promise Wednesday,...

Volunteers clean up winter’s leftovers

by Lynne Kozarek
Published April 24, 1997

Dozens of people fanned out across East River Flats Park on Wednesday with garbage bags in hand, scouring the ground for a winter's-worth of litter during an Earth Week clean-up. Volunteers at the park,...

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