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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Fine print troubles hospital workers

by Lynne Kozarek
Published December 6, 1996

Tempers flared this week among the University employees affected by the University-Fairview hospital merger. The employees are upset because they are being called upon to sign away their rights to receive...

Tide washes away No. 16 Gophers

by Todd Zolecki
Published December 6, 1996

The Gophers men's basketball team said its recent No. 16 national ranking meant its players would be wearing big targets on their backs. They said teams were now gunning to knock out Minnesota. For most...

VP of finance to leave U

Published December 6, 1996

One of the main proponents of renovating the University's Southeast Steam Plant announced his resignation Thursday. Roger Paschke, treasurer and vice president for Finance at the University, resigned to...

Men’s hoops vows history will not repeat as No. 16

by Todd Zolecki
Published December 5, 1996

Don't get the Gophers men's basketball team wrong -- it enjoys its No. 16 national ranking as much as anyone -- it just doesn't want to cross the line between a confident team and one which expects to...

Computers may be required soon

by Peter Kauffner
Published December 5, 1996

Under current administration plans, the University will require every student to purchase a portable computer starting in 1999. Such a policy has been in effect on the Crookston campus for several years....

U prez finalists talk toilet paper

Published December 5, 1996

You've got to love those people on the Board of Regents. First they schedule the presidential candidate public forums for finals week, when most of us will be too busy or crazed to attend. Now we find...

General College article was off the mark

by By David
Published December 5, 1996

As a historian I am constantly amazed at the lack of originality displayed in the telling and the retelling of the "General College" story. The fact that General College continues to capture the attention...

Former professor may appeal race, sex discrimination case

by Kamariea Forcier
Published December 5, 1996

A former University assistant professor may appeal her case, which states she was unfairly denied tenure, to the highest court in the state of Minnesota. Beth Bertelson, attorney for former General College...

Parking monitors endure harassment

by Jessica Steeno
Published December 5, 1996

Nobody likes to get a parking ticket. But some drivers dislike it so much that they seek revenge. Three years ago, a campus parking enforcement monitor had her University-issued car stolen while she was...

We can send a man to the moon, but…

Published December 5, 1996

News of the possible discovery of ice deposits on the moon this week flooded the astronomy community with enthusiastic discussion of the potential for lunar colonization. Early Thursday morning, the unmanned...

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