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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

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...

Oil’s big three consider merger

Published October 8, 1996

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three of the world's biggest oil companies -- Texaco, Shell and Saudi Aramco -- may merge their U.S. refinery and marketing operations in a deal valued at $10 billion, the Wall Street...

Hockey freshmen lose hair over season’s start

by Michael Rand
Published October 8, 1996

No one could say for sure how long the tradition has been around. Some said three years. Some said four. Others said forever. But in looking around the Gophers hockey locker room Monday afternoon, one...

Lecturer addresses the world economy, workers

by Kamariea Forcier
Published October 8, 1996

World governments cannot ignore workers while pushing for economic success in the future, said Ethan B. Kapstein, the newly appointed Stassen Chair in International Peace at the University's Humphrey...

Former VP Lofquist, 79, dies

by Lynne Kozarek
Published October 8, 1996

Dr. Lloyd Henry Lofquist, former vice president of academic affairs and chair of the University psychology department, died Monday morning at age 79. Lofquist served as the vice president of academic...

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