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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Students question O’Keefe, other regent candidates

by Tracy Ellingson
Published February 6, 1997

During a reprieve from a long legislative interview process, some regent candidates vying for open seats spent time answering questions from the people whom their decisions will affect most if they are...

Policy changes proposed for GAPSA

by Tom Lopez
Published February 6, 1997

To members of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Taking steps to eliminate problems before they arise, GAPSA members instituted two policy...

Two IU football recruits to play basketball as well

Published February 6, 1997

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana received signed letters Wednesday from 24 football recruits, including a pair whose decision may have been influenced by a promise from basketball coach Bob Knight. Levron...

Sioux hockey says, We are the champions’

by Michael Rand
Published February 5, 1997

Although the playing of the song "We are the Champions" at Ralph Engelstad Arena following North Dakota's 6-2 win on Saturday against Minnesota may have been a bit premature, the Sioux are definitely...

Professor’s innovation captures attention

by Peter Kauffner
Published February 5, 1997

Although nearly a dozen reporters have interviewed electrical engineering Professor Stephen Chou since his single-electron transistor was unveiled in Science magazine last week, he insists that his newfound...

U considersbus pass plan

by Lynne Kozarek
Published February 5, 1997

The University wants to trade its current Route 52 bus service for a hike in student service fees and a universal student bus pass. Parking and Transportation Services introduced plans to redesign campus...

Country-wide business scam hits U

by Jim Martyka
Published February 5, 1997

A University instructor reported receiving a letter from a Nigerian doctor soliciting money for a supposed business partnership. The letter, signed by Dr. Jeff Bada from Lagos, Nigeria, read, "We are...

Bargaining unit will protect academic freedom

Published February 5, 1997

Academic freedom -- freedom for unrestricted inquiry and expression in our research and teaching -- is the foundation of our profession and of a free society. Most of us presume that tenure is sufficient...

FBI forensic follies reveal flawed system

Published February 5, 1997

Bombs exploded last week in the bank and courthouse of Vallejo, Calif. A third bomb was discovered near the public library. The case was solved through classic police work: a combination of determining...

Embassy hostage’s wife weathers long wait

Published February 5, 1997

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- It's a ritual. Every day, Beatriz Gumucio steps onto a 14th-floor balcony of a Lima apartment building to look down at the Japanese ambassador's compound and the mansion where her husband...

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