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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

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...

Budget cuts threaten inclusivity training programs

by Nancy Ngo
Published September 27, 1996

Students and instructors often have a variety of learning and teaching methods, but the extent to which efforts to develop a multicultural curriculum inclusive of these interests will continue is in doubt. John...

Survey says faculty worried about future

by Jim Martyka
Published September 26, 1996

As University faculty members and the Board of Regents continue to take opposite stands on the issue of tenure, a survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors shows that tension...

Tenure and U: What students stand to lose

Published September 26, 1996

In the past few weeks, the local print, television and radio journalists closely followed the dispute between the University Board of Regents and our faculty and administration. The crux of the dispute...

University’s right to sell hospital is questioned

by Joel Sawyer
Published September 26, 1996

The leadership of over 1000 embattled American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees at the University Hospital delivered what they hope will be a blow to the merger between University Hospital...

An armed student is a happy student

Published September 26, 1996

When I first heard that a woman fired a shot into the ceiling of University President Nils Hasselmo's office, my initial thought was, "What a fruit loop." But as the summer drew to a close, I started...

Forming student groups becomes more complex

Published September 26, 1996

In the past, setting up a University student group has been a matter of filling out a few pages of paperwork. But this year, officers of each group must also attend a meeting before the end of October...

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