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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Greek systemoffers uniqueopportunity

Published October 14, 1996

In late November 1991, I wrote a song about what it means to have a brother. On one hand, the music and the lyrics poured out of me as I thought of my younger brother Ryan back home in Pennsylvania. But...

Help for depression available

by Alan Bjerga
Published October 14, 1996

The suicide rate among people ages 15-24 has tripled in the past 40 years, from 4.5 per 100,000 population in 1950 to 13.2 in 1990. Suicide is now the third-leading cause of death among adolescents. The...

Law profs get mild proposalon tenure

Published October 14, 1996

Staff Reporter Under intense scrutiny and left with few other options, the Board of Regents voted Friday to send the Faculty Senate a toned-down Law School tenure revision package. A tenure proposal drafted...

Most candidates ignore calls for clean ads

by Chris Vetter
Published October 14, 1996

The ad blares, "One thing you can be sure of, Dennis Newinski supports Newt Gingrich's extreme agenda. And if he's for Gingrich, he sure isn't for you." This is the end of a Bruce Vento -for-Congress...

A message for the next century

by Joel Sawyer
Published October 14, 1996

When the time capsule encased behind the cornerstone of the Basic Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Building is opened in 2096, the secrets it reveals will provide future Minnesotans with a glimpse...

Gophers women’s CC team runs poorly at big meet

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 14, 1996

Midway through the women's cross country team's season, its greatest foe seems to be the team's health, not their opponents on the course. Saturday at the Auburn Invitational in Auburn, Ala., Minnesota...

EVANSTON, Ill. -…

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 14, 1996

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Amid the shouts from the standing crowd, grunts from the battered players and screams from the frenzied coaches, one inaudible noise emanated throughout Dyche Stadium late Saturday afternoon: Tick....

Regents send biennial budget to governor

by Brian Bakst
Published October 14, 1996

Although it took an hour of debate and a rousing pep talk by Regent and ex-Gov. Wendell Anderson, the University's Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to send the school's two-year budget request...

Student’s life is remembered

by Alan Bjerga
Published October 14, 1996

At 9:15 a.m. on Friday, University senior Michael Griffin had an appointment for a depression screening at Boynton Health Service. His girlfriend, University sophomore Liberty Eggink, said seeking help...

Clinton is too shady about Bosnia policy

Published October 14, 1996

American troops began withdrawing from Bosnia last week amid heightened congressional criticism of the Clinton administration's all too inconspicuous plans to extend the U.S. peacekeeping mission beyond...

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