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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Michniovaite wins regional,

Published November 16, 1998

Minnesota junior Rasa Michniovaite won the 1998 NCAA Midwest Regional meet in Augusta, Kan., on Saturday with a time of 17:07.4 for 5,000 meters. Michniovaite's win is the first ever for a Gopher at an...

Regents plan budget request to Legislature

by Heather Fors
Published November 16, 1998

With a budget request of $1.28 billion approved Thursday, University regents went to the drawing board Friday to sketch a strategy to bring in the money from the state. University President Mark Yudof...

U’s bowl hopes blown by Indiana

by Murali Balaji
Published November 16, 1998

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Gophers prepared for Indiana's freshman phenom quarterback Antwaan Randle El all week. But in the end, their bowl hopes were blind-sided by his brother, cornerback Curtis Randle...

U ponders lost opportunities

by Murali Balaji
Published November 16, 1998

Moments after the Gophers' 20-19 loss, coach Glen Mason put his hands over his face in dejection. He, like his players, was at a loss for words over what had just happened. As the team bus was boarding...

New bill poses old censorship questions

by Emily Dalnodar
Published November 15, 1998

Imagine Internet software that performs parenting functions: monitoring what children are allowed to see, learn and explore. Imagine this parent is manufactured by a private corporation with its own capitalist...

‘Free speech’ wins in KQRS case

by Melanie Evans
Published November 15, 1998

Supporters called it an olive branch. Critics labeled it a sell out, or a buy off, or censorship. But media law specialists agree: KQRS-FM's recent apology, over radio host Tom Barnard's refusal to apologize...

Forced student fees at issue

Published November 15, 1998

The last issue The Minnesota Daily printed for the 1979 school year featured front-page photo illustration of a Christ figure on a crucifix with dead students strewn around it on Northrop Mall. It was...

Communications Decency Act receives an upgrade

by Jake Kapsner
Published November 15, 1998

A new law takes effect Saturday that limits the places underage Internet surfers can point to with their browsers. Called the Child Online Protection Act, the law aims to reduce child access to commercial...

PSO lives, dies by First Amendment

by Coralie Carlson
Published November 15, 1998

Students wielding homemade posters and shouting "One-two-three-four, we don't want your racist war," protesters curtailed a speech by former United Nations Ambassador Bill Richardson last winter at the...

Attorneys get current at ‘media bar’

by Genelle Belmas
Published November 15, 1998

NEW YORK -- Attorneys of what is colloquially known as the "media bar," scholars and analysts offered their opinions on the current state of media law at the Practising Law Institute's 26th annual Communication's...

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