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AIDS award renamed to honor Wellstone for outreach work

by Andrew Pritchard
Published December 3, 2002

The late Sen. Paul Wellstone did not live to receive the Minnesota AIDS Project's lifetime achievement award, but his name will be present whenever the award is conferred in the future. The project gave...

Jenkins’ mother criticizes police investigation

by Courtney Lewis
Published December 2, 2002

The search for Chris Jenkins, the missing Carlson School of Management senior, will continue but without the same intense police investigation. Jenkins' mother, Jan Jenkins, said that she is displeased...

Tofu-turkey arrives on the Thanksgiving dinner table

Published November 27, 2002

M By Dan Solomon ove over Thanksgiving turkey. There's a new bird in town. Well, maybe not a new bird, rather a fresh spin on the traditional Thanksgiving centerpiece. It's tofu, an option vegetarians...

Center receives $9.5 million to assist Ukrainian business

by Nathan Hall
Published November 26, 2002

The University Center for Nations in Transition has received a $9.5 million grant that will be used to train Ukrainians interested in learning Western-style business practices over the next five years. The...

Light rail’s imminent arrival spurs neighborhood concerns

by Courtney Lewis
Published November 25, 2002

Area residents are concerned that neighborhoods around the Light Rail Transit's Hiawatha corridor will not be developed by the time trains start running in roughly 18 months. Michael Krause, executive...

Disappearance of Brainerd woman not linked to Jenkins

by Monica LaBelle
Published November 22, 2002

Brainerd police say the disappearance of Erika Dalquist, 21, is unrelated to three other recent reports of missing young adults in Minnesota and Wisconsin. "That's what we've pretty much felt all along,"...

Local communities mostly oppose proposed stadium

by Emily Johns
Published November 22, 2002

Minneapolis community organizations are weighing in on the stadium debate with the University's Board of Regents. These community organizations, many of which were present during Memorial Stadium's heyday,...

Web site assists social outreach workers and low-income families

by Nathan Hall
Published November 21, 2002

Minnesota social workers and the low-income families they serve got a leg-up from the University and the Internet on Monday. The University's Children, Youth and Family Consortium and the state's Children's...

Some counties fail to report Wellstone votes

Published November 20, 2002

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Nine counties didn't report votes for the late Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone in time for a Canvassing Board meeting Tuesday, even though state law required it. Secretary of State...

State agencies help to rid Minnesota of hidden meth labs

Published November 19, 2002

S By Emily Johns everal Minnesota state agencies recently completed a program to help Minnesota communities clean up hidden methamphetamine labs. The Minnesota Department of Health, the Bureau of Criminal...

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