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Wacker packs bags, heads south for good

Published December 4, 1996

Former Gophers football coach Jim Wacker said his final goodbyes Tuesday afternoon at the Bierman Athletic Building and headed south to Texas. "We're all packed up and ready to go," Wacker said. "The kids...

GAPSA emerges from financial troubles

by Tom Lopez
Published December 4, 1996

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly approved its 1997-98 budget last night, marking a symbolic end to the financial woes facing the organization since 1995. "We're pretty straightened out now,"...

Wisconsin students win federal case over fees

Published December 4, 1996

MADISON, Wis. (U-wire) -- A federal judge on Friday ruled that UW-Madison students do not have to fund organizations they do not support. In a landmark decision that has shocked and outraged UW authorities...

Agricultural site is grounds for a debate

by Joe Carlson
Published December 4, 1996

Editor's note: This is part three in a three-part series about the University's response to urban sprawl in the Twin Cities.Seen from a car, the paved roads lined with neat suburban lawns and cookie-cutter...

Union voter eligibility still undecided

by Jim Martyka
Published December 4, 1996

Now that the inclusion elections are over, University and faculty lawyers met Tuesday to discuss voter eligibility in the upcoming faculty union election. The Crookston campus' status in the union vote...

Former student admits to theft

Published December 4, 1996

Hennepin County prosecutors charged a former University student Tuesday with stealing money and merchandise from Gray's Campus Drug. Matthew D. Falk, 23, worked for the Dinkytown drugstore for about two...

MPIRG delays

Published December 4, 1996

The Minnesota Public Interest Research Group and Minnesota Student Association postponed MPIRG board elections scheduled for today until the second week of winter quarter. The two groups decided last week...

With subway bombing, terror returns to Paris

Published December 4, 1996

PARIS (AP) -- A bomb tore apart a packed subway car in the heart of Paris on Tuesday, killing two people, wounding dozens and bringing fears of a new bombing campaign like the one that terrorized the city...

Presidential finalists to visit campus next week

by Joel Sawyer
Published December 4, 1996

The three finalists for president of the University are coming to town. Next week, the finalists will visit the University and meet with the Board of Regents, faculty, students and local media in public...

Tenure proposal and supporters are suspect

Published December 4, 1996

Sullivan II is a proposed new tenure code for the University that on Dec. 5 will be considered by the Faculty Senate. It is the second version of a policy offered by Law School Dean Thomas Sullivan as...

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