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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U delegation to visit Asia

by Brian Bakst
Published November 14, 1996

University President Nils Hasselmo, Board of Regents Chairman Tom Reagan and six other University representatives will embark Tuesday on a two-week, three-country tour of Asia. The entourage will meet...

U.S. and Cuba both violate human rights

by By Alan
Published November 14, 1996

In Mayra Gomez's letter ("Cuba's human rights abuses trivialized," Monday) on Cuba's socio-political conditions, she claims that she "would make the same claim for the United States but that is not my...

Plane was alerted to approaching jet in India crash

Published November 14, 1996

CHARKHI DADRI, India (AP) -- As a Kazak cargo plane flew head-on toward a Saudi jetliner, controllers told its pilot to watch out for the 747 in the clouds ahead. The pilot asked how close it was. "Fourteen...

Study links suicide and public welfare spending

by Michelle Kibiger
Published November 14, 1996

Put a Republican and a Democrat together in the same room and they will likely argue what role the government should play in people's lives. The debate over the government's role in protecting the public...

Midwest region features top talent in men’s basketball

Published November 14, 1996

(AP) -- Cincinnati, with relentless clawing by its defense and incessant jawing by coach Bob Huggins, has reached the NCCA Tournament's Elite Eight three times in the last five years. Could this be the...

Elmo’s Books

Published November 14, 1996

"But this rough magic I here abjure," Elmo soliloquized in Ariel's absence, "and when I have required some heavenly music to work mine end upon their senses that this airy charm is for, even in today's...

On wheels, on foot, ballet company dazzles U’s eyes

by Joe Carlson
Published November 14, 1996

Of the three dancers who made their way onstage, only two danced on their toes. The third, Mary Verdi-Fletcher, coasted in her wheelchair. "People need to see that they can achieve their dreams and aspirations...

Women’s swimmers tryto continue hot streak

by Ryan Schuster
Published November 14, 1996

The No. 10 Gophers women's swimming and diving team will face it's toughest test to date this weekend when it goes against No. 11 Nebraska on Saturday night at the University Aquatic Center. After winning...

Islam Awareness Week aims to combat stereotypes

by Tom Lopez
Published November 14, 1996

With a traditional Islamic invocation Monday, the Muslim Students Association began Islam Awareness Week, five days devoted to giving the student body a better understanding of the Islamic faith. "The...

Grant allocates teenage pregnancy study

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published November 14, 1996

University researchers are taking a closer look at teenage sexual behavior in hopes of lowering the pregnancy rate among adolescents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded the...

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