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The Minnesota Daily

Challenger explodes following perfect lift-off

Published June 4, 1996

(AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Following an apparently flawless launch, a catastrophic explosion blew apart the space shuttle Challenger 74 seconds after lift-off Tuesday. The explosion occurred about the...

Students who enli…

by April 6,
Published June 4, 1996

Students who enlist now for any division of active military service will be given their credits and any seniors will be granted their degrees just as if they had remained throughout the semester: according...

Strike!

Published June 4, 1996

September 28, 1989 Elma and Elmo have formed a union and are picketing this column. Although their editor is confident that the imps will faithfully resume their weather telling duties, temporary adjustments...

Profs want free tuition for poor

by April 9,
Published June 4, 1996

Spurred to action by the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, eight professors are asking the University Faculty Senate to adopt a policy of "free tuition for poor people," particularly of...

This spring’s fina…

Published June 4, 1996

This spring's finals edition of The Daily reprints important and interesting stories that have run in the newspaper since it was first published in 1900. Reporters dug through old issues of the paper and...

Doctors debate AIDS testing

by June 26,
Published June 4, 1996

Gay men should use a blood test for the AIDS virus when the test becomes available, then limit their sexual partners accordingly, says Dr. Frank Rhame, head of infection control at University Hospital. Rhame...

Hibbing’s heroes:Mic and Mac

by Lisa Harris
Published June 4, 1996

Editor's note: This article appeared shortly before Kevin McHale -- now Minnesota Timberwolves Vice President -- finished his four-year career with the Gophers. In 1995, he was voted Minnesota's player...

Secrecy veils U laboratories engaged in defense research

by Bill Caldwell
Published June 4, 1996

Minnesota has become one of America's great national defense research centers, but only confidential reports closely guarded in administration files can tell how great. The air of secrecy lingers over...

’99 percent chance’U males to be drafted

Published June 4, 1996

Editors Note: This is the first of a series of articles about the college man and the draft. "From The President of the United States to ... "Greetings: "You are hereby ordered for induction into the...

Major tenure change to wait

by Lynne Kozarek
Published May 31, 1996

After several months of heated discussion about tenure, the Faculty Senate affirmed a new sense of cooperation Thursday at its final meeting of the academic year, but much work remains to be done on tenure...

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