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The Minnesota Daily

Sign language has been left out of the equation

by By Kelly
Published January 13, 1997

Instead of focusing on whether the CLA language requirement is "too much" or "too little" I would rather bring your attention to what I think the main issue is in the CLA language requirement debate:...

Nazis purged Jewish academics fromscience, author says

by Peter Kauffner
Published January 13, 1997

The Nazi terror against German Jews didn't begin with Kristallnacht, the 1938 "night of shattered glass" that inaugurated an era of unprecedented public violence against the Jews. Rather, the terror started...

Elmo: Packers by 15

Published January 13, 1997

Elmo had worked in Las Vegas for nearly 44 years and was the best odds-maker in the business. Anyone who wanted a sure-fire winner would call his 1-900 number. And with the Super Bowl between Green Bay...

Telescope has eye to sky for 100 years

by Elizabeth Reinecke
Published January 13, 1997

Once considered a tool that would propel the University's Department of Astronomy into the next century, the campus' first telescope is celebrating its 100th birthday. Originally on the banks of the Mississippi...

Media botches Ebonics debate

Published January 13, 1997

Media pundits and political commentators throughout the nation continue to blast a barrage of ill-informed, racially charged assaults on the Oakland School Board's decision to legitimize Ebonics, a vernacular...

Gophers grab No. 8 rank with win

by Todd Zolecki
Published January 13, 1997

It's tough to say when it started, but ever since the Gophers men's basketball team began its 10-game winning streak more than a month ago, the team has slowly developed a confidence and swagger thathasn't...

Gophers miss chance to take first in WCHA

by Michael Rand
Published January 13, 1997

Just as there is never a bad time to win, there is also never a particularly good time to lose. No matter when losses come, they count equally on a team's record. At the end of a season, few people remember...

Regent race gets underway

by Joel Sawyer
Published January 13, 1997

The race for the Board of Regents officially began Friday with the announcement of candidates to fill five seats on the 12-member governing board. The announcement by the Regent Candidate Advisory Council...

New faces shine for Gophers track teams

Published January 13, 1997

Several new faces on the Gophers women's track and field team gave early indications Saturday that the team could improve on its lower-half finish in the Big Ten a year ago. Five of the eight events won...

Nevers finally plays after long wait

Published January 13, 1997

Tom Nevers stepped onto the Mariucci Arena ice for the pregame skate-around on Friday night with a certain swagger about him. He let his stick follow him on his left side as he circled the rink like the...

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