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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Student paid dearly after witnessing the protests in Beijing

by Kamariea Forcier
Published November 4, 1996

niversity graduate student Lili Pan's life was turned upside down in 1989 when he stumbled into the student protest in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The demonstration drew thousands of students...

Electoral college is where the election is truly won or lost

by Chris Vetter
Published November 4, 1996

Tuesday's presidential election presents Americans with clear choices for the nation's next leader. Citizens directly affect their destinies by sending individual votes that, when counted together, create...

U.S. defends pilot’s firing at Iraqi missile site

Published November 4, 1996

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. F-16 pilot fired a missile Saturday when he thought he was being targeted by an Iraqi missile site, but no Iraqi radar attempted to lock on to the aircraft, the Pentagon said...

Students take issue with harassment law

by Joel Sawyer
Published November 4, 1996

ittle did members of the Student Organization for Animal Rights know that their protest of a deer hunt in 1994 would spawn a battle pitting the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech against a Minnesota...

Professor fights for his intellectual freedom

by Bei Hu
Published November 4, 1996

resh out of college in 1948, Erwin Marquit lost his first job one day after he got it, when his employer found his name on a government blacklist as an active member of the Communist Party. It took Marquit...

Free speech:a traditionin Minnesota

Published November 4, 1996

arlier this year, The Minnesota Daily agreed to co-sponsor a week of events that would focus the University's attention on the First Amendment. University students, after all, have inherited a tradition...

Margaret Sanger: pioneer or racist?

by Bei Hu
Published November 4, 1996

When Sadie Sachs, recovering from an almost fatal self-induced abortion, asked a doctor how she could prevent another pregnancy, she was told, "Tell Jake (her husband) to sleep on the roof." The 28-year-old...

Dole would bring integrity, leadership to highest office

by By Jigar
Published November 4, 1996

Bob Dole has always been a soldier, from his trying World War II days to his dedicated years on Capitol Hill. This old soldier has come back for a battle on behalf of his country, and is deserving of...

Polls may stifle voters’ interest

by Tracy Ellingson
Published November 4, 1996

Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole says he will defy pre-election polls that show him trailing President Clinton, and win this year's election. Poll results, which have gained credibility with the...

Conference deals with end-of-life care

by Lynne Kozarek
Published November 4, 1996

Thomas Mann once said, "A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own." Families often face difficult choices when a loved one is dying of a terminal illness, but doctors also face ethical...

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