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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Frontier fire adds fuel to string of arson incidents

by Jim Martyka
Published March 12, 1997

University Police responded to another fire in a residence hall early Sunday morning. This time, the fire was reported in Frontier Hall. According to police reports, an unknown person lit a poster that...

Purdue feels the pressure in tough NCAA bracket

Published March 12, 1997

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Brad Miller remembers Purdue's No. 1 NCAA seeding a year ago. He also remembers the pressure that came with it, something the young Boilermakers are glad to do without this...

Faculty evaluations should be public

Published March 12, 1997

Tomorrow I register for spring quarter classes, and like thousands of other students, I'll spend several agonizing hours diligently arranging my schedule. Hopefully, I'll avoid the physics professor who...

Welfare reform needsfinancial jump-start

Published March 12, 1997

President Clinton announced last week that the federal government will begin hiring welfare recipients as part of the nationwide initiative to meet the challenges of last year's reform law. This latest...

Vendor search concerns continue

by Nancy Ngo
Published March 12, 1997

Students and food service employees question whether their voices are being heard in the University's search for a food service partner. A public forum, held on Tuesday at the West Bank Union Auditorium,...

Zielinski is sparkplug for men’s swimmers

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 12, 1997

When sophomore Gophers men's swimmer Martin Zielinski stands next to his teammates, he looks like he doesn't belong on the squad. He is 5-foot-9, 170-pounds and only bench-presses 145 pounds, whereas...

Buffalo herd faces jeopardy

Published March 12, 1997

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With more than half of Yellowstone's wild buffalo herd destroyed, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said Tuesday that continued killing of the animals is threatening the survival of a...

Revolution Elmo

Published March 12, 1997

Elmo -- one of those commuters -- was getting on the highway this morning when he had an urge. "It's been a while since I've listened to REV 105's soothing, molasses-voiced Brian Oake and his special friend,"...

WCHA tournament comes down to top five seeds

by Michael Rand
Published March 12, 1997

Unlike last year's WCHA Final Five, there are no surprise teams headed to the St. Paul Civic Center for the league tourney this weekend. Last season, the lower seeds won three of the five first-round...

U2000 used as bait in hunt for money

by Chris Vetter
Published March 12, 1997

University officials have worked the last two months convincing legislators in the House and Senate's higher education committees that the University needs a funding hike. The 21 legislators are responsible...

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