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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Registration vexing to some Extension students

by Brian Bakst
Published September 27, 1996

Teri Stephens was on track to graduate within the next two years. But Stephens' graduation date, along with others in the Regents' Scholarship program, may be delayed because of new registration restrictions...

Profs shed high profile to teach

by Brian Bakst
Published September 27, 1996

Few students who entered Marvin Marshak's Physics 1451 recitation knew that their professor held another job as one of University President Nils Hasselmo's top aides. Of the few Institute of Technology...

Dirty ploys muddy race for U.S. Senate

Published September 27, 1996

Sen. Paul Wellstone and his Republican challenger, former senator Rudy Boschwitz, don't agree on anything when it comes to the principal issues at stake in November's election. On taxes, the role of government...

BOSTON (AP) — Smok…

Published September 27, 1996

BOSTON (AP) -- Smoking even a few cigarettes a day appears to stunt the growth of teenagers' lungs, a Harvard University study has found. Previous research has shown that youngsters who smoke are more...

Center looks like, serves as crossroads

by Joe Carlson
Published September 27, 1996

The St. Paul campus has traditionally prided itself on its slower-paced, closely knit community. At the St. Paul Student Center, workers and administrators are trying to make the campus student union...

Guidebook maps out ways to make roads bike-friendly

by Jessica Steeno
Published September 27, 1996

Bicyclists may have an easier time commuting to the University campus because of new bike lanes and bike paths. Trina Driscoll, a research fellow in the University Landscape Studies Center, has written...

Freshman athletes cleared by NCAA

by Tim Klobuchar
Published September 27, 1996

While the NCAA has been constantly changing its academic requirements for incoming freshmen in recent years, student-athletes with grade point averages over 3.5 probably didn't give any new regulations...

DENVER (AP) — A ju…

Published September 27, 1996

DENVER (AP) -- A judge cleared the way for prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the Oklahoma City bombing trial, rejecting defense arguments that the punishment is cruel and unusual. U.S. District...

Activists campaign for animal rights

by Bei Hu
Published September 27, 1996

At a Tuesday animal rights rally, about 20 members of the Student Organization for Animal Rights debuted their new strategy to single out University researchers for their experiments on live animals. "We...

WCHA calls for unplanned financial review in 1996

by Michael Rand
Published September 27, 1996

The financial hot water Bruce McLeod bathed in as athletics director of Minnesota-Duluth may be spilling over to the WCHA. The WCHA's executive council, headed this year by interim Duluth athletics director...

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