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The Minnesota Daily

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...

Freshman U tennis player tops field

by Michael Rand
Published October 7, 1996

Highly touted Gophers freshman women's tennis player Nora Souska won the B singles championship of the Notre Dame Invitational on Sunday, defeating Michigan's Brooke Hart 6-3, 6-2. Souska, a native of...

Gophers throttle Minnesota-Duluth

by Tim Klobuchar
Published October 7, 1996

At some point during this season, the Gophers soccer team will have to exorcise the first-half demons that have plagued them all year. On Sunday against Minnesota-Duluth, however, the second half of the...

The Elmo Zeitgeist

Published October 7, 1996

The crowd was rapt, waiting to hang on his every word. His opponent was winding down a rambling opening statement. "Screw due electoral process," Elmo thought. "When you're a populist politician, might...

Changes come to Homecoming

by Joe Carlson
Published October 7, 1996

Elizabeth O'SullivanThe celebrations before the football game between the Gophers and the Michigan State Spartans will include events designed to draw participation from students faculty, students' parents...

Israeli-Palestinian talks fail to resolve dispute

Published October 7, 1996

EREZ CHECKPOINT, Gaza Strip (AP) -- At a dusty border checkpoint surrounded by fences and watchtowers, Israelis and Palestinians tried Sunday to rescue a peace effort bloodied by gun battles. But they...

Oops! Mistakes hurt U at Purdue

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 7, 1996

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- There was no finger-pointing, no single player or play to blame. And unfortunately for the Gophers football team, there was also no comeback. "We win as a team," defensive tackle...

The Board of Regent…

Published October 7, 1996

The Board of Regents spent their second day behind closed doors Friday, discussing legal issues stemming from the tenure debate. Much like Thursday, regents met with four attorneys representing the University,...

March on U.S. Capitol will support civil rights for Latinos

by Nancy Ngo
Published October 7, 1996

Members of the University community will travel this weekend to Washington, D.C., to march on the Capitol. They will be joined by several thousand protesters from around the country to show their support...

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