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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U women runners bear weather

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 27, 1996

A cloudy haze settled over the University's Les Bolstad Golf Course on Saturday, bringing with it cold and windy conditions for running. A crowd of more than 50 fans huddled together as they cheered the...

Students learn aboutmigrant lifestyle

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published October 27, 1996

Emily Schug remembers how rudely the checkout person at a Renville, Minn., supermarket treated the migrant workers in front of her. But when it was her turn to go through the line, the checker was pleasant...

Voting by mail gains support

by Chris Vetter
Published October 27, 1996

With the election only a week away, there is growing concern that students and other citizens of the state will not vote. Voter turnout has steadily declined over the past 30 years, as fewer people have...

Can double-duty cows, hybrid potatoes save the world?

Published October 27, 1996

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's shaping into the great debate for the 21st century: Can the world produce enough to feed another few billion people? Agronomists and other scientists say yes, and they want more...

Robots demonstrated for kids

by Peter Kauffner
Published October 27, 1996

Robots don't always cooperate with humans, as University students John Fischer and Dean Hougen discovered when their robot stopped last week in the middle of a demonstration for more than 20 elementary...

U hockey splits at UMD without Coach Woog

by Michael Rand
Published October 27, 1996

DULUTH -- Minnesota-Duluth hockey coach Mike Sertich seemingly has as many theories about the assassination of John F. Kennedy as he does about how to put together a winning hockey team. Ironically, his...

The surprise te…

by Tim Klobuchar
Published October 27, 1996

The surprise team of the Big Ten offered nothing out of the ordinary this weekend. The Gophers volleyball team lost a match to a team undefeated in the conference and beat one that was winless to remain...

Big Ten men’s hoops coaches talk tourney

by Todd Zolecki
Published October 27, 1996

CHICAGO -- Times are changing in the Big Ten, and if the majority of the men's basketball coaches get their way, a post-season conference tournament could be in place by as early as March 1998. The move...

One night on the University beat

by Jessica Steeno
Published October 27, 1996

I sat in the back of a University Police squad car for most of Friday night. It took more than five tries for me to learn that the car doors don't open from the inside and my shoes still bear scuff marks...

Wacker unhappy about last-minute TD

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 27, 1996

There were plenty of explanations for why Michigan threw a 40-yard touchdown bomb with 30 seconds left in the Wolverines' 44-10 thrashing of Minnesota on Saturday. Some people said Coach Lloyd Carr was...

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