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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Kahn opposes tenure ‘tinkering’

by Chris Vetter
Published October 4, 1996

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, said the Board of Regents should leave the University's tenure code alone. If reelected on Nov. 5, Kahn said she will make sure that University concerns in general,...

Football wins have team in wonderland

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 4, 1996

All it takes is a quick look at the college football standings to see that something strange is going on: Minnesota is 3-0. But that's not the only unusual occurrence on campus this fall. Gophers receiver...

U Card offers many options

by Michelle Kibiger
Published October 4, 1996

University students and staff members can now grab some munchies from vending machines without having to dig change out of the depths of their pockets. Most campus beverage and food vending machines will...

U tennis learns to play without Gates

by Tim Klobuchar
Published October 4, 1996

While Tiffany Gates was injured last year, the Gophers women's tennis team had to face a whole season without the two-time All-Big Ten performer. As it turned out, Minnesota needed the practice. Gates,...

Reserves get chance for women’s cross country team

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 4, 1996

From the very beginning of team sports, athletes have been divided into two groups. One group is composed of those who compete on the field, and the other is made up of those who watch their teammates...

Fair offers a taste of student groups

by Tracy Ellingson
Published October 3, 1996

The two women giggled nervously as they extended their hands. "Go for it," said a man with dark glasses, "you need one." Freshmen Kate Nordstrum and Marnie McLaughlin snapped up a couple homemade brownies....

Mediation is key to endBoundary Waters feud

Published October 3, 1996

After several months of anticipatory cackling and rubbing of hands, several Minnesota delegates are dejectedly walking away from the 104th Congress without a battle over the motorization of the Boundary...

Who’ll be weenie at Sunday’s roast?

Published October 3, 1996

The first presidential debate of the season is set for this Sunday, and as usual it should be a fun night of screaming at the TV and wondering how politics got so screwed up. Of course it's all show --...

School’s ranking slip spurs talks of overhaul

by Joe Carlson
Published October 3, 1996

With nearly one in three professors at the University teaching in the biological sciences, the proposed reorganization of biology education might radically change the nature of education here. Or then,...

Merchants combat slow business with Dinkytown ‘stroll’

by Bei Hu
Published October 3, 1996

Amid the din of construction along University Avenue, this afternoon University students can participate in the third annual Dinkytown Passport Stroll. The stroll is sponsored by the Dinkytown Business...

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