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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Denney eyes third title ring

by Aaron Kirscht
Published October 31, 1996

In her first soccer game as a 6-year-old, Gophers senior Mikki Denney says she had no clue what was happening on the field. She was so misguided, in fact, that her father -- who Denney says is "super-competitive"...

Election day is nea…

Published October 31, 1996

Election day is near, and as we look back on this political season, what have we learned? President Clinton has "character problems," but we all knew that, and most of us either don't understand the issues...

Kelso will seek release of AHC’s embargoed funds

by Brian Bakst
Published October 31, 1996

State Rep. Becky Kelso said Wednesday she will propose legislation to release a $6.6 million appropriation for the Academic Health Center which legislators had tied to tenure reform. The DFLer from Shakopee,...

Halloween horror humbles host

by By Doug
Published October 31, 1996

NORMAN, Okla. -- At Halloween parties, beware of the small and sheeted. The wind shrieked through the oak tree outside my tiny apartment, sending a barrage of leaves swirling through the air. A faint...

There is a very…

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 31, 1996

There is a very noticeable void that fills the chlorine-filled air of the University's Aquatic Center. Something is clearly missing from the right side of the wall at the far end of the building. The...

NCAA too tough on recruits

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 31, 1996

In the age of college recruiting violations, scandals and sanctions against major collegiate athletics programs, the athletes themselves are often the ones who suffer the most. Such is the case with Chad...

PSO decries threats to academic freedom at U

by Joel Sawyer
Published October 31, 1996

Academic freedom faces serious threats from tenure reform and U2000, University President Nils Hasselmo's plan to restructure the school, said members of the Progressive Student Organization at a meeting...

China sentences dissident to 11 years in prison

Published October 31, 1996

BEIJING (AP) -- The trial lasted four hours, and the verdict was harsh: 11 years in prison for Wang Dan, one of the last active leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement. With Wednesday's...

Students get a preview of Nintendo 64

by Will Bourne
Published October 31, 1996

University students were given a technology fix as the 1996 Nintendo 64 Holiday Van Tour arrived in front of Coffman Union for its Minneapolis visit. When students entered the unmarked van on Wednesday...

OSU linebacker lives up to No. 45

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 31, 1996

Andy Katzenmoyer doesn't understand what all the hubbub is about. Katzenmoyer, an inside linebacker for the Ohio State Buckeyes, thinks of himself as just another player on the second-ranked team in the...

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