The Minnesota Daily

Alumna wins student-teaching award

by Linda Hardin
Published October 30, 1996

Kathleen Kerr could be called a chameleon of the teaching world. The former University student and current history teacher at Fridley Middle School said she constantly tries to adapt to her students'...

Fans go as Sid goes with U football

Published October 30, 1996

Being greedy has become a cliche in our sports world. Everywhere you turn, money is being swapped for happiness. In New York, money brought George Steinbrenner a World Series title. In Minneapolis, greed...

Paper carrier’s car window shattered

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published October 30, 1996

A man had the driver's side window of his car shattered at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the Bailey Hall parking lot on the St. Paul campus. Brian Eldridge, a Star Tribune carrier for about three years,...

Grassroots Party high on ideas, growth

by Alan Bjerga
Published October 30, 1996

While Republican candidate Rudy Boschwitz and Democratic candidate Paul Wellstone campaign across the state to win Tuesday's U.S. Senate election, Minnesota Grassroots Party candidate Tim Davis works...

Food shipment prompts crush of famished children

Published October 30, 1996

MUGUNGA, Zaire (AP) -- The tent's dusty canvas walls quake in the crush of thousands of hungry children wailing, "Biscuit! Biscuit!" Taller boys press their faces to the mosquito-netting windows to plead...

U.S. House endorsements:

Published October 30, 1996

In 1994, Democratic incumbent Bruce Vento ran against Republican Dennis Newinski in St. Paul's 4th Congressional District. The voters returned Vento to office in 1994 and in 1996 he deserves the same. Vento's...

Conference football teams smell Roses

by Todd Zolecki
Published October 30, 1996

Five football teams remain in contention for the Big Ten championship with Northwestern and Ohio State on the inside track. The two teams are undefeated in the conference. Iowa, Michigan State and Michigan...

Green Party nominee talks at U

by Chris Vetter
Published October 30, 1996

The day after a presidential candidate spoke to a packed house in the Target Center, a lesser-known vice presidential candidate spoke to a smaller crowd on the University campus. Winona LaDuke spoke about...

Union continues merger resistance

by Lynne Kozarek
Published October 30, 1996

A rally at the Diehl Hall plaza was fraught with anger and concern Tuesday afternoon when hospital union employees gathered to protest the Fairview-University Hospital merger. About 80 American Federation...

Ohio State football sets pacefor rest of Big Ten, country

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 30, 1996

Late Saturday night, immediately after Gophers coach Jim Wacker ended his post-game press conference, a reporter approached him for a final question. "Coach, what do you think about the Ohio State game...