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The Minnesota Daily

Museum aims to spark kids’ interest

by Tom Lopez
Published October 11, 1996

Elementary school students had the opportunity to meet fire fighters, meet Smokey the Bear and witness a live forest fire Thursday -- all in the comfort of a University auditorium. The Bell Museum of...

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...

Opportunity knocks at career fair

by Michelle Kibiger
Published October 10, 1996

Several hundred Institute of Technology students left behind their lab coats and goggles to don suits, ties, skirts and blazers Wednesday. They left behind their computer-generated graphs and models,...

Suspects in rapes, robbery are arrested in Wisconsin

by Jessica Steeno
Published October 10, 1996

Two St. Paul men suspected of raping two University students Tuesday were arrested early Wednesday morning after a high-speed chase on Interstate 94 near Eau Claire, Wis. The men were driving a car belonging...

Students want U to cast a wide net in president search

by Tracy Ellingson
Published October 10, 1996

During the search for a new University leader, students have found a recurring theme among the school's former presidents -- each has been white and male. A group of seven University students gathered...

Deformed frogs popping up all over state

Published October 10, 1996

HENDERSON, Minn. (AP) -- Bruce Nelson was catching frogs for catfish bait last year when he realized something was horribly wrong: Some of the frogs had stumps for legs, and others had as many as four...

Palestinian police practice crowd control;Talks continue

Published October 10, 1996

NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- The "rioters" -- two dozen Palestinian police officers dressed in jeans and T-shirts -- hurled stones Wednesday at their helmeted colleagues, who took cover behind a phalanx of...

Ghost stories haunt nation’s campuses

by By Janet
Published October 10, 1996

College Press Exchange Almost every campus has its ghost story, and most stories are full of enough chilling details to send tingles up the spine. At Huntington College in Montgomery, Ala., the "Red Lady"...

Tenure reformon deck for Law School?

by Brian Bakst
Published October 10, 1996

Although the Board of Regents is constrained from changing tenure for the majority of University faculty members, regents are likely to present tenure changes specific to the Law School at the board's...

Gophers v-ball gets worked at Wisconsin, 3-0

by Tim Klobuchar
Published October 10, 1996

The Gophers volleyball team peaked a bit too early against Wisconsin on Wednesday night in Madison, Wisc. Not that a 6-1 lead in the first game is much of a peak, but in comparison to the rest of the...

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