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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Block parties celebrate night out against crime

by Michelle Kibiger
Published August 5, 1996

Crime prevention and neighborhood renewal will be the subject of lawn chair conversations Tuesday at National Night Out celebrations around the University. More than 30 neighborhood block parties are...

Deficit spending harms U.S. prosperity

by By Gregory
Published August 5, 1996

Will someone please send the editorial writers at the Daily to a remedial economics class? The editorial "Balanced budget may hamper, not help U.S.," published in the July 22 edition of the Daily, was...

Identifying suspect is tricky but justifiable

Published August 5, 1996

His face, name and history have been everywhere in the last week. Security guard Richard Jewell, 33, was hailed as a hero after spotting a suspicious backpack that ultimately exploded early July 27 in...

More detours in store for University area

by Jessica Steeno
Published August 5, 1996

Starting today, University commuters will have to cope with yet another detour. The area between Jones Hall and Fourth Street Southeast, Pleasant Street and 15th Avenue Southeast will be closed. It will...

Country flourishes by lowering taxes

Published August 5, 1996

Here's a trivia question for you. Who said, "It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut...

U takes part in repaying America’s war veterans

by Bei Hu
Published August 5, 1996

Milt Schoen, a Hennepin County Veterans Service Officer, remembers a homeless veteran who found a job using the employment service at Minnesota StandDown in 1993. A year later, the man was able to give...

Kempainen struggles to poor finish at Olympics

by Ryan Schuster
Published August 5, 1996

After months of speculation about his various physical ailments, University Medical School graduate Bob Kempainen ran to a disappointing 31st place Sunday morning in the men's Olympic marathon. He appeared...

Wage hike won’t helpU students

by Chris Vetter
Published August 5, 1996

Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed a minimum wage increase Friday that will raise the wage by 90 cents over the next year, from $4.25 to $5.15 an hour. President Clinton is expected...

FBI asks for help solving University-area bank heist

Published August 2, 1996

A southeast Minneapolis bank was robbed Wednesday, according to the Minneapolis office of the FBI. A man handed a teller at Twin City Co-ops Federal Credit Union on the 3100 block of University Avenue...

Gender suit not new for U

by Michelle Kibiger
Published August 2, 1996

Shirley Johnston and Dr. Patricia Olson, two former professors in the College of Veterinary Medicine, are suing the University for gender discrimination, claiming the University doesn't hire women for...

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