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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

New trend, mixed views

by Michelle Kibiger
Published January 8, 1997

As universities across the country try to keep up with increasing demands and shrinking government support, traditional models clash with more corporate styles of management. The University is struggling...

Trespassers frequent U during break

by Jim Martyka
Published January 8, 1997

University Police enjoyed something of a break after classes let out in December. "It's been very, very quiet," said Detective Larry Anderson regarding campus crime over the past month. University Police...

U wrestlers avenge loss, top Nebraska

by Allison Younge
Published January 8, 1997

The Gophers wrestling team was looking for revenge Tuesday night from its loss against No. 3 Iowa State on Saturday, and Nebraska just happened to be the victim. Minnesota interrupted the Cornhuskers'...

Organizations prepare fee requests

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published January 8, 1997

About 35 campus organizations and services will begin on Friday their annual campaign to secure a slice of University students' tuition dollars. Nonacademic organizations both big and small must submit...

Women’s hoops loses at No. 25 Nebraska by 21

by Aaron Kirscht
Published January 8, 1997

The Gophers women's basketball team was run out of Nebraska's Delaney Center on Tuesday night, dropping a non-conference game to the No. 25 Cornhuskers, 68-47. The Gophers shot a dismal 30 percent from...

Students protestnew welfare law

by Kamariea Forcier
Published January 8, 1997

Their voices carried halfway across the State Capitol grounds -- blocked from reaching downtown St. Paul only by the interstate traffic roaring past. "Stop the war on the poor! Hey politicians, we're...

Student leaders failed on Yudof issue

Published January 8, 1997

While thousands of students sweated over final examinations during the second week of December last year, the Board of Regents nervously tiptoed through the presidential search process. After months of...

Gingrich voted speaker again despite controversy

Published January 8, 1997

Tycoon balloonist launches globe-circling endeavor LONDON (AP) -- A British tycoon's try at the first nonstop balloon flight around the world got off to a perfect start Tuesday, lifting off from a North...

Buggs trial nears, date for May’s set

Published January 8, 1997

Two important legal cases involving members of the University community face action in Hennepin County court soon. ù Louis Cardona Buggs is awaiting trial for the murder of University student Kami...

Student researches computer’s portrayal in the media

by Peter Kauffner
Published January 8, 1997

People who wanted a really hot computer in the 1940s yearned for "Girl Power," a proposed measure of computation speed. At least that's what copywriters for the John Plain Company of Chicago thought. They...

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