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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Author describesrights violations

by Lynne Kozarek
Published October 9, 1996

A hushed audience listened Tuesday as Carmel Budiardjo recounted her years as a political prisoner in an Indonesian detention camp. Students, staff and several members of Women Against Military Madness...

Perot’s dance cardis mighty empty

Published October 9, 1996

DALLAS (AP) -- Ross Perot, who advocates a shorter campaign period, is cutting his own to the bone. With only one month left until Election Day, the Texan's calendar of public events is almost bare. He...

Kolander enjoys life after U hoops

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 9, 1996

Georgetown basketball player Kevin Millen rebounded his own missed shot and put it back up as the game clock moved into single digits of the 1993 NIT title game. Time seemed to stand still at Madison...

BWCA motorboat talks persist

Published October 9, 1996

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- Mediators say there's a glimmer of progress in the contentious talks over motorboats in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Motorboat advocates proposed Monday to again allow trucks to...

Law School to receive record grant

by Sam Black
Published October 8, 1996

The University Law School announced Monday that it was the recipient of a grant of record-breaking size. New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is donating $10 million to establish the Institute...

U’s safety division wins award for equipment study

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published October 8, 1996

One size does not fit all, even when the item is office equipment. The University's Environmental Health and Safety Division has spent two years studying how to design office equipment to fit users' individual...

Elmo the moron

Published October 8, 1996

Elmo paced furiously around the room, football stats in one hand and a 40-ounce in the other. Everything that he once cared about was now meaningless. Fantasy football was everything. He had to win his...

Vitality missing in Clinton-Dole debate

Published October 8, 1996

Throughout the 1992 presidential campaign, candidate Bill Clinton attempted to craft his image into that of his political idol, John F. Kennedy. While President Clinton moved away from that strategy this...

Panhandlers cluster at ‘compassionate’ U

by Jessica Steeno
Published October 8, 1996

A man was arrested Wednesday for panhandling on the 600 block of Washington Ave. S.E. Pedestrians in Stadium Village called police after they were harassed by the man. When police arrived they arrested...

Shared governance key to academic freedom

by By Craig
Published October 8, 1996

During a period of increased concern about our international competitiveness, America's higher education is seen as the best in the world. What explains our position of worldwide leadership? I believe...

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