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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Small shift recorded in top prescription drugs for students

by Bei Hu
Published July 16, 1996

Boynton Health Service sold more birth control pills and antidepressants than any other prescription drugs in recent years. "For college populations, you should expect birth control pills to be on top,"...

E-mail sets off controversyover proposed pay switch

by Jessica Steeno
Published July 16, 1996

An e-mail message circulating among University union employees states that changing from a semimonthly to a biweekly pay schedule would result in a 6 percent pay cut, but University officials refute the...

Former hospital employee sues U claiming he was stabbed, then fired

by Kamariea Forcier
Published July 16, 1996

A former University janitor is suing the University as well as a former co-worker after being stabbed while on the job in 1994. Mychael McDowell, a University Hospital employee from 1992 to 1994, claims...

Professor tests animals despite threats

by Joel Sawyer
Published July 16, 1996

Psychiatry professor Marilyn Carroll has long been a target of animal rights activists for performing research on laboratory animals that she says is vital to understanding the mechanisms of drug addiction. In...

Puckett says goodbye to game, adoring fans

Published July 16, 1996

The bright lights that shine on the sports world dimmed a bit Friday as Minnesota Twins star Kirby Puckett announced his retirement at age 35. His sure-fire Hall of Fame career was cut dreadfully short...

Democrat group aims to ‘put fun back in politics’

by Chris Vetter
Published July 16, 1996

To some people, politics is about more than serious issues and partisan debates. It is also about getting people involved and having fun while working together on political events. Minnesotans for a Democratic...

Football woesoff field rivalthose on field

by Scott Bradley
Published July 16, 1996

Late last year, the men's athletics department extended Jim Wacker's contract through the 1998 season, believing the Gophers football coach was doing everything right except winning. Wacker's behavioral...

Openness key in presidenital search process

Published July 16, 1996

The unveiling of a blue ribbon search committee to help the Board of Regents select a new president was overshadowed by the shot that rang out about a month earlier in University President Nils Hasselmo's...

Scientists say U.S. nuclear sites vulnerable to natural disasters

Published July 15, 1996

LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) -- U.S. nuclear weapons production and storage centers are vulnerable to earthquakes, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters, government scientists warn. In worst-case scenarios,...

Kahn ready to raise taxes to support U

by Chris Vetter
Published July 15, 1996

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, likes to compare her political career to her zeal for marathons. "I treat issues just like I treat marathons," Kahn said. "I have a lot of tenacity and I keep on working...

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