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The Minnesota Daily

Kosovo talks team formed without rebel army

Published August 14, 1998

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) -- The leading ethnic Albanian politician unveiled a new team Thursday to negotiate the future of Kosovo with the Serb-led government, but failed to win the backing of rebels...

U.N. envoy urges Iraq to cooperate with arms monitors

Published August 14, 1998

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- An envoy of U.N. chief Kofi Annan urged the Iraqi leadership Thursday to change its mind and agree to cooperate with arms monitors in their ongoing inspections of Iraq's banned weapons...

Social work school unites on

by Amy Olson
Published August 14, 1998

After years of negotiating multiple buildings on two campuses, two parts of the School of Social Work look forward to celebrating the millennium by moving in together. McNeal Hall on the St. Paul campus...

Bowl plan guarantees matchup of top teams

Published August 14, 1998

AP -- You've got your BYUs, FSUs and LSUs. Your OSUs, TCUs and UCLAs. In college football, though, there is now only one set of letters that matters -- BCS. As in Bowl Championship Series. As in a new...

U salutes high schoolers’

Published August 14, 1998

Keynote speaker Clay E. Simpson Jr., an official from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said that while the number of minority students who applied to U.S. medical schools increased in...

Football freshmen take the field

by Murali Balaji
Published August 14, 1998

They stepped onto the field, giddy and apprehensive, but ready to play. For incoming Gophers football recruits, this week's freshman camp offered a chance to shake off any early jitters while trying to...

Study links academic success

by Stacy Jo
Published August 14, 1998

A recent University report suggests providing accommodations for students with disabilities might be a key factor in improving their classroom performance, further closing the educational gap between...

U alum

by Jeremy Taff
Published August 14, 1998

Joining the ranks of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former University Vice President for Institutional Relations Tom Swain received an honorary degree Thursday night at the Frederick R. Weisman...

Undergraduate scholars showcase summer projects

by Stacy Jo
Published August 12, 1998

For a group of University and out-state undergraduates, spending the summer researching with professors provided a unique opportunity to prepare for graduate school and connect with faculty. As a culmination...

Both boys guilty in Jonesboro school shootings

Published August 12, 1998

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- One of the boys in the Jonesboro schoolyard massacre pleaded guilty and the other was convicted Tuesday, bringing a swift end to the deadliest in a string of school shootings that...

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