The Minnesota Daily

SPAN members reflect on 50 years at U

by Jacqueline Couillard
Published May 30, 1996

Photos of smiling participants in the Student Project for Amity among Nations sit on Professor Theofanis Stavrou's file cabinet. A collection of theses written by SPANners after their time abroad rests...

Will you be affected by the change to semesters?

Published May 30, 1996

The University of Minnesota will change to a semester-based academic calendar starting in the fall of 1999. There are three full academic years (and four summer sessions) before this change. The table...

Lawsuits against the President can wait

Published May 30, 1996

President Clinton's friends and business associates, James and Susan McDougal and Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, were found guilty Tuesday on 24 of 30 Whitewater charges. The convictions raised further...

Orientation leadersget rigorous training

by Tina Joneja
Published May 30, 1996

For many University students, the end of spring quarter means a chance to forget about classes until September. But for students training to be orientation and registration leaders, the next school year...

Women’s pro hoops eye success

by Michael Rand
Published May 30, 1996

Like a spurned lover or a stumbling alcoholic, professional women's basketball is back, promising things will be different this time. With memories of past leagues that have come and gone, two new attempts...

Women’s club crew ends year

Published May 30, 1996

The Minnesota Rowing Classic held at Lake Phalen over the weekend provided a fitting showcase for the women's crew team. Minnesota competed against the club team from St. Cloud State and more experienced...

U’s minority faculty: recruited, not rising

by Kelly Wittman
Published May 30, 1996

Despite problems retaining faculty of color, the Board of Regents opted to deny tenure or promotion to several minority candidates. When the Board of Regents reviewed tenure and promotion recommendations...

U prof’s mediation programhelps victims face offenders

by Christine Tomlinson
Published May 30, 1996

To get justice, go to the source. Victims can do just that, thanks to a movement in criminal justice called victim-offender mediation. University professor Mark Umbreit helped start the movement, which...

New vice president excited over U’s diversity progress

by Nancy Ngo
Published May 30, 1996

When she took the position in March as the University's new associate vice president for Minority Affairs and Diversity, Nancy Barcelo wondered if she had made the right decision. She had been working...

Credit on campus: too available?

by Brian Bakst
Published May 30, 1996

Imagine never having to carry cash. Imagine having the ability to buy $350 worth of clothes when the balance on your checkbook reads only $245 and getting a free T-shirt besides. Sound too good to pass...