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The Minnesota Daily



Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Camp arouses girls’ interest in sciences

by Jennifer Franklin
Published July 29, 1996

Many studies done on girls just entering puberty find that girls' participation in science courses drops off severely as they enter their teens. Susan Marino, head of the Program for Women in the Institute...

City council stallssteam plant action

by Bei Hu
Published July 29, 1996

In hopes of talking further with the University about its steam plant plans, the Minneapolis City Council decided Friday to postpone voting on a proposed zoning code amendment until September. If passed,...

Misunderstanding poverty in the U.S.

Published July 29, 1996

The debate about cuts to welfare programs at all levels of government has thus far focused on the minor technical differences separating Republican and Democratic proposals. Zero critical attention has...

Regent, mayor willtry to compromise

by Bei Hu
Published July 29, 1996

University officials hope a proposed meeting between Board of Regents Chairman Thomas Reagan and Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton will reconcile differences about the future of an outdated steam...

Haskins, family brave bombing

by Matthew Cross
Published July 29, 1996

Gophers basketball coach Clem Haskins was in earshot of the pipe bomb explosion in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. Haskins, who is an assistant coach and chief administrator of the U.S. men's basketball...

U student hopes to win seat in Minnesota House

by Chris Vetter
Published July 29, 1996

Austin, Minn., is a large union town, with a big Hormel plant and a powerful Hormel union. The town has consistently voted for Democrats for years, but is completely surrounded by Republican districts...

Buggs’ hearing delayed,bail stays at $1 million

Published July 26, 1996

A man charged with the murder of a University student is still in jail after a Hennepin County District Judge refused Wednesday to lower his bail. Louis Cardona Buggs is charged with murdering Kami Talley...

Olympics are world’s games, not America’s

Published July 26, 1996

Perhaps the only thing worse than the shameless commercialization of the Olympics has been NBC's overt nationalism. In this Olympic year, the ideals of pure competition and international spectacle have...

Changes highlight Big Ten kickoff

by Jeff Sherry
Published July 26, 1996

CHICAGO -- In the ever-evolving world of college football, the Big Ten had become the country's land of antiquity. It was the one place where the game's old ways stood and tradition ruled. But that appears...

U tests how women work off calories

by Paul Sanders
Published July 26, 1996

To University researcher Katie Schmitz, household tasks considered tedious by some are activities that could provide insight into how women burn calories during their daily routines. And in the wake of...

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