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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Cedar Riverside festival draws national headliners

by Michelle Kibiger
Published August 16, 1996

For those who love music, food and fun, Sunday will be the day to head down to the Cedar Riverside community in Minneapolis and take in the sounds, sights and smells. Organizers of the 13th annual Cedarfest,...

Minnesota students score high overall on ACTs

Published August 16, 1996

(AP) -- Minnesota's college-bound students rank near the top on their American College Testing exams despite recent criticism by state officials about the quality of the state's schools. Minnesota students...

Lack of funds may lead to school layoffs

Published August 16, 1996

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota schools may be forced to lay off thousands of employees next year unless the Legislature can bail them out from a $232 million money shortage, school officials said. "It...

Hospital staffdownsizes as merger nears

by Bei Hu
Published August 16, 1996

University Hospital officials reported a significant staffing reduction as more than one 10th of its employees have left. As officials continue to plan a merger with Fairview Health System that would...

New leukemia treatment found

by Joel Sawyer
Published August 16, 1996

Researchers at the University's Cancer Center may have found a new treatment for people suffering from a common form of leukemia. The researchers developed a therapeutic agent that destroys myeloid leukemia...

Foundation selects ’96 Puckett scholar

by Michelle Kibiger
Published August 16, 1996

Kirby Puckett may no longer be gracing the Metrodome with his fielding and hits, but his legacy will live on through the education of several University students. In 1994, Puckett and his wife Tonya began...

Carr ready for season

Published August 16, 1996

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- The word "interim" is gone. Lloyd Carr now has a four-year contract to be Michigan's football coach. If he wants it to be extended, all he has to do is win Big Ten championships...

GOP appeals don’t match party agenda

Published August 16, 1996

Speakers at the Republican National Convention laced their addresses with disingenuous promises to restore mainstream American values and cultivate diversity and tolerance during their prime time television...

Worker alleges rape in Fraser Hall lounge

by Jessica Steeno
Published August 14, 1996

A woman was allegedly raped Aug. 5 at 8 a.m. in a Fraser Hall employee lounge. The woman reported last week that a man touched her through her clothing, but Monday she changed her report to say she had...

Research administration vice president to leave U

by Bei Hu
Published August 14, 1996

A.R. "Tony" Potami, whose name is almost synonymous with research administration, will leave the University on Aug. 15 to head the William C. Norris Institute. "It's an opportune time for me to try something...

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