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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

El Salvador incidentsparks protest rally

by Max Rust
Published February 26, 1997

The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador held a demonstration Tuesday afternoon in response to the kidnapping of a University student. About two dozen people stood outside the Federal...

I do like them, green eggs and ham

Published February 26, 1997

A colleague of mine recently wrote a column about life as a vegetarian. She obliquely argued that the vegetarian lifestyle is a better alternative to the polysaturated, artery-clogging path upon which...

Stadium deal for Twins might threaten U baseball

by Tom Lopez
Published February 26, 1997

When the Legislature begins to debate construction of a new Twins stadium this week, they will also be indirectly debating the fate of Gophers baseball. "It all comes down to what importance Gophers baseball...

U makes its budget pitch

by Chris Vetter
Published February 26, 1997

For the first time since the Legislature opened in January, University administrators on Tuesday got down to the nuts and bolts of their budget request at the Capitol. With several weeks of campaigning...

The fees committee misinterpreted its role

by By Tom
Published February 26, 1997

Why should the campus community care that the Student Services Fees Committee is dismantling the Council of Graduate Students? After all, isn't COGS just for graduate students? Apart from a few cranky...

MSA: No fees for U Pass

by Tracy Ellingson
Published February 26, 1997

The Minnesota Student Association has put its official stamp of disapproval on the University's Parking and Transportation Services' U Pass program, citing unreasonable funding proposals as its reason...

Professor’s work is a family affair

by Jacqueline Couillard
Published February 25, 1997

Door decorations outside of Professor of Chemistry George Barany's office speak volumes about his values. His children's drawings add color to the ivory wall on the right. Black-and-white clippings of...

Geometry funding at a downward angle

by Peter Kauffner
Published February 25, 1997

The University's Geometry Center specializes in techniques for visualizing abstract mathematical concepts. But more recently the center has found it necessary to visualize a future without federal funds. While...

Hasselmoaddressesongoing issues

by Jim Martyka
Published February 25, 1997

A steam plant, a $100 million lawsuit, admissions figures, tenure and the University's budget request could constitute a week's worth of seminars about University administration. But University President...

Jackson honored again by Big Ten

Published February 25, 1997

Gophers guard Bobby Jackson and Northwestern's Evan Eschmeyer were on Monday named co-Big Ten men's basketball players of the week. Jackson, a senior from Salisbury, N.C., averaged 16.5 points and six...

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