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The Minnesota Daily

Binge-drinking campuses targeted

Published October 9, 1996

CHICAGO (Reuters) --Universities known as binge schools have agreed to join the American Medical Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in a precedent-setting multimillion-dollar effort to...

IRA claims responsibility for bombing

Published October 9, 1996

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- The Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility Tuesday for the double car-bomb attack on the British army's headquarters here, which wounded 31 and brought Northern...

Coaches expect No. 2 to win big

by Todd Zolecki
Published October 9, 1996

College football fans were shocked a few weeks ago when Arizona State upset two-time defending national champion Nebraska. It seems fans have watched the Cornhuskers dominate for so long that they forgot...

Finnish academic does Elvis Latin-style

Published October 9, 1996

HELSINKI, Finland -- He is an unlikely rocker. And the dapper, graying Finnish academic ensconced in a downtown recording studio is making an unusual record. Its title: "Rocking in Latin." Jukka Ammondt,...

U, ‘Cats face same old biz

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 9, 1996

A lot has changed since the last time Northwestern and Minnesota faced each other on the football field. The most notable difference, of course, is that the Wildcats are now the defending Big Ten champions. But...

Hiring of women’s hockey coach pending

Published October 9, 1996

The naming of Minnesota's first women's hockey coach will likely come at the end of October or early November, said Donna Olson, the chairwoman of the committee assigned to seek out candidates for the...

National group goes to bat for faculty

by Jim Martyka
Published October 9, 1996

Supporting University faculty during the current tenure crisis, whatever course of action they may choose, is the mission of one of the nation's largest faculty organizations. The American Association...

U fraternities prepare for Homecoming

by Kamariea Forcier
Published October 9, 1996

While some University students spent their Tuesday evening studying inside coffee shops or dorm rooms, at least one group of students spent the day decorating their house. For Homecoming. "We've been...

In an effort to…

by Sam Black
Published October 9, 1996

In an effort to get their stance on tenure on the record before the Board of Regents' October meeting, both the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and the Graduate School's student assembly, the...

Study examines youth job trends

by Joe Carlson
Published October 9, 1996

A new University study is focusing on why high school and college students drop out, and what skills students need to ensure a livable wage. "The study is basically a look at the educational and economic...

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