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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U to be examined by accreditation team

by Kelly Wittman
Published May 13, 1996

Students aren't the only ones to face a mid-quarter test. The University is up for accreditation inspection this week. The University will have an opportunity in the next few days to show off the improvements...

Drum is heart of powwow

by Sara Goo
Published May 13, 1996

It may have been a little chilly to be outdoors all day, but on Saturday Philip St. John and Vincent Charett sat on chairs surrounding their powwow drum, waiting for the powwow to begin. Although St....

AIDS not a heterosexualepidemic, researcher says

by Sarah Kneece
Published May 13, 1996

The virus that causes AIDS does not pose an epidemic threat to the United States' heterosexual population, a University of Chicago researcher told a group of University of Minnesota students and faculty...

Chancellor’s wife loses cancer fight

Published May 13, 1996

Jean Johnson, 63, wife of David Johnson, the University of Minnesota-Morris chancellor, died of cancer Friday. Johnson was an English teacher and secretary who later completed library studies and began...

When Ben Gabler,…

by Michael Rand
Published May 13, 1996

When Ben Gabler, a junior on the Gophers men's tennis team, finishes his playing career, he may want to consider becoming an ESPN analyst or a professional gambler. When asked about Minnesota's No. 6...

Museum’s Betty Crocker exhibit a Mother’s Day hit

by Alan Bjerga
Published May 13, 1996

Betty Crocker was at the Weisman Art Museum on Sunday for Mother's Day. She was on the wall. She walked the halls. On the international holiday of motherly love, Betty couldn't be escaped. "It was planned,"...

Iowa, U knock each other out

by Matthew Cross
Published May 13, 1996

Sometimes selfishness can take a team a long way. At least it did for the Gophers baseball team this weekend. Minnesota (14-12 in the Big Ten, 29-26 overall) was virtually eliminated from postseason play...

Golf team takes4th at Big Tens

by Kristian Pope
Published May 13, 1996

Behind senior Aaron Barber's tie for fifth place, the Minnesota men's golf team placed fourth at this weekend's Big Ten championships at the Penn State Blue Course in University Park, Pa. Barber led all...

UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity house burns hours before graduation

Published May 13, 1996

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- An early morning fraternity house fire killed five people Sunday, bringing tragedy to the University of North Carolina campus just hours before annual Mother's Day graduation...

Wellstone fights while Republicans cry foul

Published May 13, 1996

Although this year's Senate race won't be decided for another six months, Republican Party leaders are already anxious and on the attack. Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Chris Georgacas recently charged...

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