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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

African-American studentshonored at awards ceremony

by Paul Sanders
Published May 30, 1996

Extra chairs were needed to accommodate the standing-room-only crowd of more than 300 award recipients and attendees at an awards ceremony sponsored by the African American Learning Resource Center in...

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...

NCAA update: Kerr 95th in first round, Rantanen 10th

by Kristian Pope
Published May 30, 1996

Firing a 6-over-par 78, Minnesota's Rob Kerr was in a tie for 95th place on Wednesday after the first round of the NCAA Men's Golf Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn. "The scores are kind of high, so...

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...

Sneaky Kerr sets sights on NCAAs

by Kristian Pope
Published May 29, 1996

Rob Kerr's unlikely win two weeks ago at the NCAA Central Golf Regional came as a surprise to many, including the Gophers' sophomore. But according to Kerr's coach, the win was inevitable. Kerr made up...

Newly broadcast Kennedy footage ‘fills in little gaps’

Published May 29, 1996

DALLAS (AP) -- TV footage broadcast for the first time Tuesday depicts events surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy, including scenes of him holding hands with his wife -- perhaps for the...

Many metro-area students fail test

Published May 29, 1996

ST. PAUL (AP) -- The test results are in, and many of the state's eighth-grade students failed. Thirty-seven percent of Minnesota's eighth-grade students didn't pass a basic reading test, and 24 percent...

Readers clarify stance on homosexuality

Published May 29, 1996

We wish to reply to the letters published in the Daily written in response to our article "Homosexuality can be spiritually transformed" (May 14). First, we wish to make a public and sincere apology for...

President couldn’t save his Whitewater partners

Published May 29, 1996

WASHINGTON (AP) --President Clinton was in a scheduling meeting in the Oval Office when word came from a Little Rock courtroom that seemed sure to revive the Whitewater scandal as a campaign issue. The...

Urban schools fail to meet basic needs

Published May 29, 1996

We have a crisis in our community. I'm not talking about welfare, teen pregnancy, crime or poverty. Yet, this crisis encompasses facets of all those problems. Last week, when the Minneapolis and St. Paul...

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