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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U Card to be usedin copy machines

by Michelle Kibiger
Published September 30, 1996

University students and staff members are now able to use their U Card to do more than just check out books at the library. Students can now use their U Cards as copy cards at all the University libraries,...

U football team enjoys week off

by Jeff Sherry
Published September 27, 1996

The Gophers football team is off to its best start in nearly a decade. It just knocked off a Top 25 team and picked up some votes in the national polls. Public interest and player confidence are peaking. Yet...

Fair-weather friend

Published September 27, 1996

Elmo rearranged his bouquet nervously, tucked the chocolates under his arm and adjusted his clip-on tie. One big sigh, then ring the doorbell, he thought. Ding dong! To his surprise, Elma's mother answered....

Congress drops provision to BWCA bill

Published September 27, 1996

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An attempt to reopen three truck portages in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area was all but dead for this year after managers of a public lands bill dropped the proposal from their legislation. The...

Faculty groups discuss union list with U lawyers

by Jim Martyka
Published September 27, 1996

University lawyers met with faculty members Wednesday morning to discuss who would be eligible to vote in a union election if the state decides enough professors signed cards requesting an election. Members...

Big Ten season opens for Gophers volleyball team

by Kristian Pope
Published September 27, 1996

There's no hiding now. The Gophers volleyball team opens up its Big Ten season tonight and Coach Mike Hebert has two familiar foes to deal with in his first weekend. "Anyone who sees that we're going...

U campus boasts two new residence halls

by Joel Sawyer
Published September 27, 1996

The University has long been thought of as a commuter campus, lacking a stronger sense of community because of the large numbers of students living away from campus. This fall, University officials hope...

Sharing the road is key to safety

by Jessica Steeno
Published September 27, 1996

Biking near the University, one of the most congested traffic areas in the state, can be much safer if motorists and bicyclists adhere to some simple rules of the road. "Bicyclists are responsible for...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind…

Published September 27, 1996

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- A Purdue basketball recruit says he did not meet with Boilermakers assistant coach Frank Kendrick during a time last summer when such contact was forbidden by the NCAA. The...

Palestinian police battle Israeli troops

Published September 27, 1996

NETZARIM, Gaza Strip (AP)-- Yasser Arafat's security forces battled Israeli troops throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip Thursday, and thousands of Palestinians attacked two isolated settlements in the...

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