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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

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...

Oral supplement may prevent diabetes

by Michelle Kibiger
Published September 27, 1996

Researchers in the University's Clinical Research Center are testing a new drug that may prevent the onset of one type of diabetes. The University is one of 10 centers across the United States participating...

Taiwanese troupe performs on campus

by Nancy Ngoand
Published September 27, 1996

Students in Coffman Memorial Union Thursday afternoon caught an impromptu performance of acrobatic tumbling and dancing by the Chinese Youth Goodwill Mission. The group was at the University to stage...

Gophers host high school-college meet

by Ryan Schuster
Published September 27, 1996

This weekend the nation's best high school and collegiate cross country teams will converge on the University Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul. They will run in the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday,...

$400,000 in aid returned to state

by Tracy Ellingson
Published September 27, 1996

Despite ever-increasing tuition and calls for higher levels of aid, the University returned to the state $400,000 in unused financial aid from the 1995-96 school year. According to a report by the Higher...

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