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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Ballot amendment calls for new support for state’s public schools

by Bei Hu
Published November 6, 1996

Minneapolis residents approved a referendum Tuesday that will allow their school district to retain several hundred teachers who were hired to improve student's performance by reducing class sizes. With...

The Race for Cloud 9

Published November 6, 1996

Elmo clutched his lucky rabbit's foot in one hand, and a half-empty box of Fig Newtons in the other. Running for office in Cloud District 9wasn't like the old days, especially for Elmo. He could feel the...

Although Presi…

by Michelle Kibiger
Published November 6, 1996

Although President Bill Clinton's second term election was a surprise neither to Minnesotans nor voters in the rest of the United States, the fact that Clinton barely achieved a majority of the popular...

MSA wants Sanger’s portrait to remain

by Brett Knapp
Published November 6, 1996

Margaret Sanger's portrait is safe from the Minnesota Student Association, but Tom Gromacki said the issue is not dead. MSA members voted at their Tuesday forum 27-8 to reject a resolution requesting...

Reform Party’s Shilepsky backs federal budget reform

by Jessica Steeno
Published November 6, 1996

Spirits were high among Reform Party candidates and supporters Tuesday night as they gathered to watch the election results unfold at a hotel room in Brooklyn Park. Although they were not winning, party...

No honeymoon for Clinton this time

Published November 6, 1996

University students Paul Kluge and Christopher Boik failed to unseat incumbents in races for state senator and representative, respectively, in Austin and New Ulm, Minn. The race for representative in...

Yeltsin surgery a success; full recovery predicted

Published November 6, 1996

MOSCOW (AP) -- Boris Yeltsin's heart bypass surgery was pronounced a success Tuesday and surgeons predicted a full recovery, easing anxiety that has hobbled Russia for months. Yeltsin could take back his...

Unionization won’t threaten research funds, quality

by By Roberta
Published November 6, 1996

There is a widespread false impression among University faculty members that collective bargaining is inconsistent with quality. In addition, rumors have been circulated that collective bargaining will...

Veteran Kahn coasts to a victory

Published November 6, 1996

Democratic State Rep. Phyllis Kahn wasn't particularly worried Tuesday night about winning her 13th term to the State Legislature. Kahn, who represents District 59B, which includes the West Bank Campus,...

Twenty-one-year…

by By Sam
Published November 6, 1996

Twenty-one-year-old College of Liberal Arts junior Tom Gromacki not only lost the Margaret Sanger debate in the Minnesota Student Association Tuesday, but he also failed in his bid to become Minnesota's...

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