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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Kremlin upheaval: Yeltsin ousts Lebed as Security Chief

Published October 18, 1996

MOSCOW (AP) -- Sacked by a livid Boris Yeltsin amid charges he was plotting a coup, national security chief Alexander Lebed wasted no time Thursday serving his own gruff notice: He will be out to campaign...

Indecision reigns at faculty meeting

by Kelly Wittman
Published October 18, 1996

Two Faculty Senate committees debated but could not decide whether to take definitive action regarding two proposed plans for revisions to the Law School's tenure code. At a Board of Regents meeting last...

U looks for pass rush vs. Spartans

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 18, 1996

Until last week, it didn't really matter. It wasn't much of an issue. But, the Gophers football team is suddenly in a hurry to improve its pass rush. The numbers show the need. Through its first five...

U men’s golf team prepsto end fall schedule in style

by Susan Filkins
Published October 18, 1996

The men's golf team will finish its fall season on the road this Sunday and Monday at the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C. The 15-team tournament includes a list of tough southern schools along with...

Slide-show shares galaxy

Published October 18, 1996

Looking down from space at the Himalayan Mountains and an erupting volcano in the Indonesian archipelago is old hat for some astronauts, but University students shared the view from space Thursday at...

Goaltenders use different methods in new lead role

by Michael Rand
Published October 18, 1996

Steve DeBus and Judd Lambert don't mind sharing. As half-time starting goaltenders for their respective teams last season -- DeBus with Minnesota, Lambert with Colorado College -- each player flourished. But...

Program battles rise in child abuse

by Bei Hu
Published October 18, 1996

A University program is bringing research results into classrooms and combating child abuse. The Child Abuse Prevention Studies program is "the only program that we know of in the country that's using...

Love your brother, not his boyfriend

Published October 17, 1996

Here at the University, we can't stay away from controversy to save our lives. We're always doing something crazy -- hacking away at tenure, trying to close General College, merging with hospitals. The...

Spartans football team suffers identity crisis

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 17, 1996

Practice had just ended for the Gophers football team Wednesday afternoon when defensive tackle Raymond Baylor was pulled aside for what sounded like a simple question: What's the first thing you think...

Sci-Fi fans are in luck:’more awful, old movies’

Published October 17, 1996

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -- There's still a pink plastic flamingo outside Best Brains Inc. The mailbox reads, simply, "BRAINS." Inside the bland, light-industrial suburban building, the walls are adorned...

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