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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Portrait sparks MSA debate

by Tracy Ellingson
Published October 23, 1996

Minnesota Student Association members decided Tuesday that they need more information in order to support the removal of a portrait from Wilson Library. The group sent a controversial resolution regarding...

Graduate School considers revamping assistant pay

by Sam Black
Published October 23, 1996

Tuition remission benefits, which are offered to graduate students who assist in teaching and research, assures students they won't have to worry about paying school bills. Mark Brenner, dean of the Graduate...

Goalie makes Bulldogs tough to beat

by Michael Rand
Published October 23, 1996

It's generally a given that a hockey team will struggle between the pipes the season after a four-year starting goaltender graduates. Things certainly looked that way for Minnesota-Duluth this year. The...

New dean brings creative ideas

by Kelly Wittman
Published October 23, 1996

As a professor at the University of Michigan, new College of Liberal Arts Dean Steven Rosenstone liked doing something many of his colleagues didn't -- teaching introductory-level classes. One of his...

Downtrodden Elmo

Published October 23, 1996

As Elmo sat, he grew wary of his position in life. He longed for a brand new wave of insight to come sweep him into a wonderland of pure joy. "There is no chance of that happening" he told himself. To...

Yeltsin was right in ousting Lebed now

Published October 23, 1996

Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Premier Mikhail Gorbachev dismissed a troublesome member of the Politburo, Boris Yeltsin. Ironically, Yeltsin found himself in Gorbachev's position last Thursday...

Michigan football cautious about letdown vs. Gophers

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 23, 1996

Just past the midpoint of the season, Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr has plenty of things on his mind. But the Big Ten title isn't one of them. "I'm not concerned with the Rose Bowl at this point,"...

Firestorms destroy homes in Southern California

Published October 23, 1996

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) -- Fleets of helicopters and airplanes roared through Southern California canyons Tuesday, dropping water on erratic, wind-blown wildfires that have burned 95 houses and injured six...

Committee adds idea to existing tenure proposals

by Jim Martyka
Published October 23, 1996

A third tenure proposal for the Law School has been added for the University's Faculty Senate to look at during its Thursday meeting. But, unlike the other two proposals, this calls for the senate to...

Steam plant clears hurdle

by Bei Hu
Published October 23, 1996

The University's plan to renovate its Southeast Steam Plant moved a step ahead Tuesday at a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's citizens board meeting, when members voted six to one in favor of an air...

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