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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Student-athletes’ image a concern

Published October 1, 1998

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Colleges and universities are out to get rid of the stereotype of the "dumb jock" -- students who play sports first and take care of academics on the side. Schools are offering...

Backed by Washington, Britain calls for urgent Kosovo meeting

Published October 1, 1998

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Backed by the United States, Britain on Wednesday called an emergency meeting of the Security Council to denounce the latest massacre of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. NATO proceeded...

Lost and found:

by Sarah Mitchell
Published October 1, 1998

Gophers middle blocker Stephanie Hagen took the long route to joining Minnesota's volleyball program. In fact, the Minnetonka, Minn., native might have even traveled a greater distance than some of her...

GOP proposes broad impeachment hearings; Democrats seek limits

Published October 1, 1998

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans unveiled broad, Watergate-style plans for impeachment proceedings against President Clinton on Wednesday, pushing aside Democratic demands to limit the scope of the...

Four Minnesota countries lose Medicare HMOs

Published October 1, 1998

MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) -- Medica Health Plans's decision to drop Medicare HMOs in four Minnesota counties gave rise to calls Wednesday for a federal lawsuit and a push in Congress to change the federal...

Conference marks partnership between U, southern colleges

by Amy Olson
Published October 1, 1998

Twenty-five faculty members and administrators from four historically black colleges visited with University professors and administrators for the first time Thursday for a two-day conference. The conference...

iMAC labs to reduce waits

by Jake Kapsner
Published October 1, 1998

The wait in line to get online just got a little shorter, thanks to a new kiosk of five computers in Coffman Union. The computers, all iMACs, are designated specifically for browsing e-mail and the Internet....

Clinton to announce 1998 surplus close to $70 billion

Published September 30, 1998

WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the final day of fiscal 1998, President Clinton will proclaim Wednesday that the administration expects the year's budget surplus to come close to $70 billion, knowledgeable federal...

Readers’ rep reviews Daily, takes comments

Published September 30, 1998

Editor's Note: Genelle Belmas is a doctoral candidate at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her areas of emphasis are media law and media ethics. It's no secret that the mass media suffer...

U joins forces to aid in projected food shortage

by Stacy Jo
Published September 30, 1998

In an effort to stave off a predicted food shortage in the next 25 years, the University is making initial connections with those who are expected to be among the worst-hit: American Indians. The College...

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