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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

New-look Purdue offense features more options

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 2, 1996

It was the quintessential gameplan for a Big Ten football team. And for three years, the Purdue Boilermakers ran it to near perfection. Run up the middle. Run off-tackle. Run the opposition over. From...

Agriculturalresearchers face changes

by Alan Bjerga
Published October 2, 1996

Editor's note: This is part two in a four-part series on University services to outstate Minnesota through extension services and experiment stations. STAPLES, Minn. -- Mel Wiens is demonstrating the...

New CLA dean plans for future

by Brian Bakst
Published October 2, 1996

Outgoing College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean Robert Holt and new dean Steven Rosenstone jointly addressed the CLA Assembly on Tuesday regarding the recent accomplishments and future goals of the college. "The...

MSA committee makes life smoother for students

by Tracy Ellingson
Published October 2, 1996

While members of the Minnesota Student Association usually address large policy issues at their biweekly forum meetings, one of the group's committees prefers to focus its attention on making the little...

Israeli policy led to Jerusalem bloodshed

Published October 2, 1996

Defenders of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line politics have presented his position as the only way to secure peace for Israel. Netanyahu's actions, including the decision to reopen...

Utah joins 16 states in tobacco lawsuit

Published October 2, 1996

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah is suing the major tobacco companies, becoming the 17th state to try to recover the millions of dollars spent on Medicaid bills for citizens suffering from smoking-related illnesses. Minnesota...

U student dies after long fight with leukemia

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published October 1, 1996

Wesley Whiteside characterized his son as a fighter, someone who would never give up. But even the best fighters face bouts they can't win. On Sept. 2, Che Whiteside, University wrestler and circulation...

Future depends on faculty unionizing

Published October 1, 1996

If the Board of Regents has its way, tenure as we know it at the University of Minnesota will be a thing of the past. The administration will possess the power to axe whole departments with impunity. It...

Body found near campus

Published October 1, 1996

A man's body was found hanging from a tree with his hands tied behind his back Monday near the Mississippi River, according to a Minneapolis police press release. The body was found near the intersection...

Rural service tradition at risk

by Alan Bjerga
Published October 1, 1996

Editor's note: Although the bulk of the University's Twin Cities campus resources are devoted to Twin Cities student and community needs, one of the University's responsibilities as a land-grant institution...

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