University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel is asking the university system to pay off $6.8 million in debt at the Duluth campus — though it won't affect the $5.2 million in budget cuts set to take affect next year. "It will help to put them on a much firmer financial foundation for the future so that they can begin their strategic planning … with a fresh start," Gabel told the Board of Regents Friday morning.
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