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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

WCHA teams more even this year

by Michael Rand
Published October 17, 1996

Moments after answering the telephone Tuesday afternoon, Denver hockey coach George Gwozdecky had to excuse himself for a minute. One of Gwozdecky's assistants -- who happens to be friends with an assistant...

Modern society robs women of spirit, body

by By Patrick
Published October 17, 1996

(University of Chicago)CHICAGO -- Slap. Punch. Sexually invaded. Bitch. Whore. Refusal of promotion. Whistles. And cat-calls. All of these elements, from a woman being raped to a woman being called a...

Plus-minus gradingin U’s near future

Published October 17, 1996

Members of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly approved a motion Wednesday to change the grading policy at the University. The proposed policy allows for the addition of pluses and minuses to the five-grade...

Women’s runners rest for final stretch

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 17, 1996

It is said that absence makes the heart grow stronger. The Gophers women's cross country team is hoping, however that it helps them recover from their various physical ailments. Coach Gary Wilson gave...

University professors are organizing, cyber-style

by Michelle Kibiger
Published October 17, 1996

The last time University faculty members voted to form a union, they sat at the same tables and discussed the issues over lunch at the Campus Club in Coffman Memorial Union. That was in 1981. Today, fewer...

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...

University Presi…

by Brian Bakst
Published October 17, 1996

University President Nils Hasselmo told more than 200 people in Rarig Center on Wednesday that the University is facing difficult times, but is well-prepared for the 21st century. "We are being tested...

Plan puts cars in neutral

by Bei Hu
Published October 17, 1996

The image of the University as a commuter school will soon change if Clinton Hewitt, associate vice president for master planning, has his way. Hewitt and his staff recently won the Board of Regents'...

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