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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Return of the Jedi, return of the hype

Published January 30, 1997

Almost 20 years ago, buried in the back of the Daily's A&E section, was a curt pan of a summer action movie. "It's as good an excuse as any for air conditioning in the summertime," read the review....

Hold the carcass and pass the salad

Published January 30, 1997

It all started in about sixth grade when I saw the movie "The Elephant Man." After the show my family and I went back home and started fixing spaghetti. As I pushed around little wedges of ground beef...

American Indian studies may regain tenured faculty

by Jennifer Niemela
Published January 30, 1997

After nearly two decades in the academic wilderness, the Department of American Indian Studies stands poised to regain tenured faculty, a status the department lost in 1980. The department will gain a...

Coffman wish list: Naps, food and beer

Published January 29, 1997

An ambitious renovation of Coffman Memorial Union is scheduled to begin in 1998, with the hope that a remodeling can transform our underused union into a hub of student activity. Currently, 10,000 people...

Small bowel surgery is big deal

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published January 29, 1997

The recipient of Fairview-University Hospital's first small bowel and liver transplant heads home today. Three-year-old Courtney Macht will be released from Fairview-University Medical Center just over...

DNR says no to state emergency deer feeding

Published January 29, 1997

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Minnesota deer will suffer and die because of the harsh winter, but Department of Natural Resources officials said Tuesday the state should not interfere with nature's course by feeding...

Gophers football team says, ‘If we build it …’

by Tim Klobuchar
Published January 29, 1997

Gophers football recruits from outside Minnesota, who have the misfortune of visiting the school during the winter, tend to have one reaction when they first step off the plane: brrr. Elk River native...

Trying topull together

by Joe Carlson
Published January 29, 1997

Biology at the University will have a different face in coming years if proposals currently being discussed by faculty members and administrators are implemented. But although basic goals motivating the...

Jury hearsabout day of slaying

by Jim Martyka
Published January 29, 1997

Family members walked into the courtroom wearing buttons with a picture of University student Kami Talley to hear lawyers make opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of Louis Cardona "Butch" Buggs, the...

Students should care about faculty pay

Published January 29, 1997

If the University hopes to become a Super Bowl-caliber institution of higher learning in the coming century (as University 2000, an administrative restructuring blueprint, purports), it must adequately...

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