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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

United States is not on track with federal education goals

Published November 20, 1996

WASHINGTON (AP) -- America has made little headway in reaching eight national education goals set for the year 2000, according to a panel monitoring the project. "At our present rate of progress, we're...

MSA approves new committee amid protests

by Tracy Ellingson
Published November 20, 1996

Five of last year's members returned to the student services fees committee, despite protests from several Minnesota Student Association representatives at the organization's forum Tuesday at Coffman...

Faculty, students reserve judgment on candidates

by Jim Martyka
Published November 20, 1996

After months of speculation, the University community finally knows the final candidates for the next University president. Now, student and faculty leaders are focusing their attention on whether the...

Three-way tie for first in WCHA is welcome sight

by Michael Rand
Published November 20, 1996

The race for an early season lead in the WCHA is a dead heat, as Minnesota, Colorado College and North Dakota sit atop the league with 7-3 records nearly one-third of the way into the league schedule. Minnesota-Duluth,...

With the “publi…

by Sam Black
Published November 19, 1996

With the "publish or perish" rule at major research institutions such as the University, a shift in the way university presses decide what to publish has endangered the traditional tenure-track of research...

U men’s club soccer team goes to nationals

by Keith Richotte,
Published November 19, 1996

As one Minnesota club team started its conference season successfully, another University club team looked for continued success in the postseason. The Minnesota's men's club soccer team, which is ranked...

MSA will vote on new fees committee members

by Tracy Ellingson
Published November 19, 1996

A Minnesota Student Association selection group has chosen 13 students to serve on the Student Services Fees Committee. MSA members will vote on the proposed slate of students, which includes both MSA...

Suicide spurs concern, talks

Published November 19, 1996

Employees of Boynton Health Service and University Counseling and Consulting Services passed out suicide-prevention fliers to students this weekend, following the suicide of a Middlebrook Hall resident. A...

Post-mortem conducted on failed Mars mission

Published November 19, 1996

MOSCOW (AP) -- With their Mars spacecraft lost in the Pacific Ocean, Russia's beleaguered space scientists tried to pinpoint what went wrong and conceded Monday they don't have the money for another try. Space...

The Twin Cities, black and white

Published November 19, 1996

The problem of the 20th century," wrote black philosopher W.E.B. Du Bois as the 1900s were just beginning, "is the problem of the color line." As we draw ever closer to century's end, the problem of the...

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