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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U considers building new golf course

by Brian Bakst
Published October 11, 1996

More than 700 acres of University-owned land in Rosemount could become the home to a new University golf course at virtually no cost to the University. If the Board of Regents agrees to go forward with...

Americorps builds youth a bridge to U

by Chris Vetter
Published October 11, 1996

Trieu Nguyen was new to Minneapolis last year and wanted to learn more about his new community. Nguyen got that opportunity -- and earned money to attend the University at the same time -- by working...

Rape, robbery suspects held in Wisconsin

by Kamariea Forcier
Published October 11, 1996

Two St. Paul men suspected of raping two University students remain behind bars and beyond Minnesota state lines Thursday, after an Eau Claire County, Wis., judge set bail at $25,000 apiece. Antonio D....

A goal for 1997: No temporary housing

Published October 11, 1996

This fall, 251 freshmen learned their first lesson about bureaucracy at the University when it failed to place them in permanent housing as promised. Freshmen quickly discovered that even when finding...

U can dance if U want to for Safer Sex Week

by Joel Sawyer
Published October 11, 1996

Sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies are nothing to laugh at, especially when they are preventable. But laugh -- and learn -- is exactly what Boynton Health Service hopes students will...

Orders create tenure impasse

Published October 11, 1996

Former University of Minnesota Alumni Association President Fred Friswold said he is "sick at heart" of the "internecine warfare" over tenure issues being waged between University faculty members and the...

Board of Colleges dedicated to voice of St. Paul students

by Joe Carlson
Published October 11, 1996

The four miles that separate the St. Paul campus and Morrill Hall can seem like an unbridgeable chasm -- impossible for concerned students to cross. The St. Paul Board of Colleges is dedicated to countering...

Gophers setter assists U to victories

by Tim Klobuchar
Published October 11, 1996

Redemption came quickly for Gophers volleyball Coach Mike Hebert. Two years ago, while he was coaching at Illinois, Hebert first recruited, then rejected a high school All-American named Becky Bauer....

Board analyzes U housing, parking, financing

by Kelly Wittman
Published October 11, 1996

Using the state's credit rating to help fund the building of new dorms, as well as raising parking prices to help fund more tunnels on campus, were topics for Thursday's meeting of the Board of Regents...

Jesse Jackson visits campus with a message of ‘hope’

by Michelle Kibiger
Published October 11, 1996

It was like an old-time revival meeting, complete with an altar call. Only this time the converts were unregistered voters, and the preacher was the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Jackson stopped by Coffman Memorial...

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