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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

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...

Cline’s relay team misses mark

Published August 5, 1996

Former Gophers men's track star Keita Cline ran a great second leg for the British Virgin Islands' Olympic 400-meter relay team Friday. Unfortunately, the team did not qualify for the second round. Cline...

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...

Bad odor causes biguproar inU area

by Michael Weinbeck
Published August 5, 1996

People who live and work in the Prospect Park area, which borders the East Bank campus on its east side, are raising a stink over an odor that has plagued the neighborhood since the beginning of summer. The...

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...

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...

Project focuses on structural weakness in airplanes

by Michael Weinbeck
Published August 2, 1996

Recent airline disasters have brought new relevance to a Navy research project that aims to improve aircraft safety. The $5 million project, funded by the Office of Naval Research, seeks to develop a...

U men’s basketball team gets top seed

Published August 2, 1996

The seeding committee for the San Juan Shootout basketball tournament has selected the Gophers men's team as the No. 1 seed for the 1996 event, which will take place in late November and early December. The...

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