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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Magazine hosts campus event at Coffman Union

by Lynne Kozarek
Published October 1, 1996

Many students walking by Coffman Memorial Union Monday were drawn to bright tents pumping out loud music as part of the Glamour 4.0 College Tour. The fashion magazine and 22 of its advertisers visited...

Board of Regents not the enemy of tenure

Published October 1, 1996

Few issues have been so frightfully misunderstood as the effort by the Board of Regents to stimulate modernization of the University tenure code. At the board's urging, the University administration and...

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...

Boy chosen to receive diabetes drug in trial

Published October 1, 1996

Daniel Mikos, a 13-year-old boy from Roscoe, Ill., will be the first person to receive oral insulin at the University as part of the nationwide Diabetes Prevention Trial. The trial tests individuals for...

College pioneersfirst automated job line at the U

by Joe Carlson
Published October 1, 1996

In addition to their bank account balances and voice mail messages, some University students can now get information about jobs and internships over the telephone. Students and alumni from the College...

Discontent paves way for Reform Party

by Chris Vetter
Published October 1, 1996

The current Democrat-Republican system has been in place since the United States elected Abraham Lincoln as president. Both parties have kept growing larger and gaining more power. However, a growing...

President of student assembly prioritizes goals for the future

by Sam Black
Published October 1, 1996

"We aren't a sexy organization, but we play an important role and the people who sit on committees enjoy what they do," said Bruce Bomberek, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. Bomberek,...

Faculty draw closer together to unionize

by Jim Martyka
Published October 1, 1996

Members of two prominent faculty groups discussed their recent decision to work together on the issue of unionization Monday with about 100 faculty members. Executive members of the American Association...

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...

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...

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