The Minnesota Daily

Bill would increase grant amounts

by Tracy Ellingson
Published January 30, 1997

Sen. Paul Wellstone says he hopes to buck the trend of the last two decades and provide students with the maximum amount of money authorized for the federal Pell Grant program. Wellstone introduced legislation...

Defense attorney objects to conduct

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published January 30, 1997

Jurors in the trial of Louis Cardona "Butch" Buggs heard medical testimony and saw diagrams of Kami Talley's bullet wounds and autopsy results Wednesday. But the real fireworks didn't start until the...

Flynt exposed at Coffman discussion

by Kathryn Herzog
Published January 30, 1997

The critically acclaimed and award-winning movie, "The People vs. Larry Flynt," portrays Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt as a champion of the First Amendment. But some local feminist and anti-pornography...

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...

Faculty Senate versus union representation

Published January 29, 1997

Collective Bargaining: What are the issues and the joint roles of collegial governance and the bargaining agent? As discussion of collective bargaining increases over the next several weeks, the Twin Cities...