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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Coaches have similar style, careers

by Tim Klobuchar
Published November 21, 1996

The coaching careers of Mike Hebert and Chuck Erbe have always had a unique symmetry -- meeting each other in similar ways and always successful. Both coaches served as assistants for one another at some...

Center offers tips for stress reduction

by Michelle Kibiger
Published November 21, 1996

Students need more than winter survival kits to bear the added stress at the end of the quarter. They need effective time and stress management skills. Marilyn Becker, the acting director of the University's...

Government looks at spermicides’ effectiveness

Published November 21, 1996

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) -- The government is casting doubt on how well decades-old contraceptive foams and gels actually prevent pregnancy. But its scientific advisers said Wednesday the spermicides do...

Big Ten men’s hoops to gain respect

by Todd Zolecki
Published November 21, 1996

Two straight years of NCAA tournament disappointment hasn't helped squash the idea that the Big Ten has taken a big step down from the nation's top men's basketball conferences. Coaches hope this is the...

Aluminum bats not good for college game

Published November 21, 1996

Gophers baseball coach John Anderson typically stresses the importance of pitching and defense to win games. He insists that these aspects of the game also win championships. With the advanced technology...

Graduate student debt is skyrocketing

by Tom Lopez
Published November 21, 1996

Graduate and professional students across the country face mounting debts with no relief in sight. Since 1993, borrowing jumped 74 percent. "I think it constitutes a prospective crisis on the horizon,"...

Purdue women’s basketball player suspended for violation

Published November 21, 1996

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Purdue women's basketball player Ukari Figgs will miss the Boilermakers' season-opener because of a one-game suspension for violating NCAA rules, the university announced Wednesday. The...

Physics prof blasts holes in science of Star Trek’

by Peter Kauffner
Published November 21, 1996

With real-life spaceships crashing into the Pacific replacing the Soviet Sputniks which once circled the skies, millions of Americans now explore space vicariously with the starship Enterprise and its...

Duluth drags feet on grading

by Jim Martyka
Published November 21, 1996

A new plus-minus grading policy which once seemed likely for the University system is stalled, as Duluth campus officials wait to consider the proposed changes. The Morris, Crookston and Twin Cities campus...

Usually bumper stic…

Published November 21, 1996

Usually bumper stickers, no matter how hard they try, don't move me to contemplate their meanings or take action for the causes they promote. Visualize world peace? Yeah, OK, now what? Think globally,...

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