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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Despite new halls, students await housing

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published September 30, 1996

Surrounded by a fireplace, a spacious living room and several windows overlooking campus, three students spend Saturday afternoons studying and listening to the radio. "I guess the only downside is there's...

Philanthropic students bike the South

by Michelle Kibiger
Published September 30, 1996

University graduate Randy Stillinger spent the Fourth of July in Roswell, New Mexico. The "UFO Capital of the World" did not disappoint him, and he has the evidence to prove it. The pictures of what he...

It wasn’t a pla…

by Kristian Pope
Published September 30, 1996

It wasn't a playoff game or a final four, but the Gophers volleyball team played Saturday like a Big Ten title was on the line. The fans at the Sports Pavilion felt it, too. All 1,311 stood during game-deciding...

Jazz great awes students

by Alan Bjerga
Published September 30, 1996

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock gave several demonstrations Friday of the importance of timing to a University student audience at the Ted Mann Concert Hall. Hancock, who many critics consider the most prominent...

Spanning the decades

by Lynne Kozarek
Published September 30, 1996

Editor's note: Each Monday, a story focusing on a person, place or institution that contributes to the unique culture of the University will be featured in the Daily.To most University students the Washington...

Women’s CC runs well at home meet

by Ryan Schuster
Published September 30, 1996

The rolling hills of green grass acted as a launching pad for the women's gold cross country race this weekend at the Roy Griak Invitational. Providence junior runner Maria McCambridge broke the one-year...

Bucking a trend toward apathy

by Chris Vetter
Published September 30, 1996

Student apathy toward politics is growing, according to recent research. Even in this election year when politics is usually on peoples' minds, fewer students are discussing the issues. Research conducted...

Not-so ‘pretty land’ braces for welfare cut

Published September 30, 1996

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) -- Amid a skyline of barren hills and grain silos, alongside a littered rail yard roamed by mangy dogs, live the residents of Tierra Linda, Spanish for pretty land. But this...

Bus accident injures 25

Published September 30, 1996

BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) -- Twenty-five people were injured Sunday when their Minnesota-based tour bus hit an Interstate 90 toll plaza near Rockford and overturned. The bus was carrying 27 people, mostly senior...

Campus legends: Are they the truth or fiction?

by By Janet
Published September 30, 1996

When the bad news is that your roommate committed suicide, the good news is you'll get a 4.0 grade point average for the term. Since most student's academic work wouldn't be up to par in the aftermath...

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