The Minnesota Daily

Search process for president is crucial

Published May 16, 1996

Now that the University is no longer preoccupied with the annual chores of fighting for state funding and creating a budget, it's time to begin choosing a new University president.Former Minnesota governor...

Heterosexism can be spiritually transformed

Published May 16, 1996

About a year ago, I had a conversation with a member of Christians in Action. He claimed to "love" homosexuals and care deeply about their welfare. In the course of our conversation, I mentioned that my...

Musel, Mathern pensive over term

by Brett Knapp
Published May 16, 1996

After a year of serving as president of the Minnesota Student Association, Matt Musel found himself locked out of the group's office Wednesday morning. Musel and former Vice President Rebecca Mathern...

Despite late start, Michalek catching up to his rivals

by Scott Bradley
Published May 16, 1996

"Beat Boon." That was Paul Michalek's goal heading into the 1992 state high school track and field meet as a senior at Bloomington Kennedy. The person Michalek was hoping to beat was Jason Boon, a senior...

Researchers study obesity through genetics

by Jessica Steeno
Published May 16, 1996

Obesity is a medical mystery that might be solved through genetics, Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, professor and researcher at Rockefeller University in New York, said Wednesday during a lecture at Moos Tower. The...

Woman graduatesafter 49 years

by Laurie Kemp
Published May 16, 1996

Thanks to her mother's prodding, Minneapolis native Anita Alexander will graduate from the University this spring -- 49 years after she first enrolled. Now a Chicago resident, Alexander, 66, entered the...

Elmo misses the boat

Published May 16, 1996

Elmo awoke to some annoying dance tune on the radio, suddenly remembering he was late for an audition for an acting position on the Showboat. In a scurry, he cooked up some cheese omelets, drank a big...

Promise Keepers group ought not inspire fear

Published May 16, 1996

I would like to comment on the column written by Steve Macek in Tuesday's Daily on the so-called "new church of the macho Jesus" from the viewpoint of someone who actually attended the event. It amazes...

Early season woes prove costly for U

by Matthew Cross
Published May 16, 1996

The Gophers baseball team played its final game of the 1996 regular season Monday knowing there would be no practice the following week. Minnesota is not accustomed to being left out of the Big Ten playoffs,...

Body in river identified as St. Paul woman

by Jim Martyka
Published May 16, 1996

Investigators from the Hennepin County medical examiner's office on Wednesday identified the body of a woman found dead in the Mississippi River near the East Bank campus earlier this week. Through fingerprint...