The Minnesota Daily

Youth find culture at festival

by Sara Goo
Published May 28, 1996

When an elementary school class visited campus Friday, University students tied white strings around the children's wrists. The significance of the strings was just one thing Marcy Open School students...

Thousands paytribute to veteranswho gave their lives

Published May 28, 1996

Doug Johnson cradled his 3-week-old granddaughter, Paige Vosson, while grandson Dillon Vosson, 4, placed a daisy at the foot of the Minnesota Vietnam Veterans Memorial in St. Paul. "I just wanted them...

U sends Grove and Simonsen to NCAA meet

by Tim Klobuchar
Published May 28, 1996

One year ago a specialist told Andrea Grove that a stress fracture in her back might prevent her from ever running again. She was inactive, about 12 pounds heavier than normal, and terrified that she'd...

Faculty decry disclosure of informal talk

by Kelly Wittman
Published May 28, 1996

The committee representing the interests of the University's faculty in the ongoing effort to change the tenure code has passed a resolution accusing Regent Jean Keffeler of effectively undermining the...

Council delays vote on zoning for steam plant

by Kamariea Forcier
Published May 28, 1996

Minneapolis City Council members postponed a vote Friday on a zoning ordinance that could prevent the University from renovating its steam plant. The zoning amendment would prohibit coal-fired power plants...

New system proposedto sort student groups

by Brett Knapp
Published May 28, 1996

Student organizations will see their relationships with the University on legal and financial matters more clearly defined if the Senate Committee on Student Affairs approves a proposal to revise certain...

Catholics disputechurch issues

by Molly Armstrong
Published May 28, 1996

Two leaders of the University's Catholic community agreed that a Nebraska bishop tried to draw the lines of the church too narrowly earlier this month when he excommunicated Catholics in his Lincoln,...

NBC’s ‘Friends’ pathetically infantile

Published May 28, 1996

As cultural phenomena go, the show "Friends" is as big as it gets. TV's premiere 20-something sitcom has it all: attractive stars, a hit theme song, a suitably quirky sense of humor, a choice time slot...

Limits on teen driversreasonable, necessary

Published May 28, 1996

With palms sweating and hearts racing, many Minnesota teens are feverishly studying their driver's training manuals in preparation for an upcoming exam. Hopes of climbing behind the wheel alone for the...

Last November, the …

Published May 28, 1996

Last November, the Gophers soccer team started an upward swing in the University women's athletics department by winning the Big Ten title. The department raised more eyebrows in December when it swooped...