The Minnesota Daily

It’s OK, you can keep the past with you

Published July 17, 1998

Anyone who has ever moved will confirm that goodbyes are never enough to satisfy our regrets for what we know we will miss. The final handshakes and farewells usually wind up being either more or less...

GM broke promise to UAW in Michigan

Published July 17, 1998

General Motors Corp. is losing more than $80 million each day because of the United Auto Workers strike in Flint, Mich. UAW workers started the strike early in June, claiming GM had violated numerous contract...

Little Falls ethanol plant troubled

Published July 17, 1998

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) -- The future of the troubled Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative is uncertain after six mechanic's liens worth more than $400,000 were filed against the plant. The liens involve...

Woods fires 65, shares lead at British Open

Published July 17, 1998

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) -- Tiger's back, at least for a day. Tiger Woods grabbed the lead in a major tournament Thursday for the first time since winning the Masters, shooting a 5-under 65 to tie John...

U.N. pulls human rights mission out of Rwanda

Published July 17, 1998

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- The United Nations said Thursday it will pull its human rights mission out of Rwanda by the end of this month after failing to agree with the government on a new mandate. Four days...

Grad students call for more in new

by Jeremy Taff
Published July 15, 1998

The University's Board of Regents passed a policy Thursday giving graduate assistants better health care coverage, but students say it's not enough. With little discussion, Regents approved a plan that...

GM asks court to intervene in United Auto Workers’ strikes

Published July 15, 1998

DETROIT (AP) -- With losses mounting fast and no end in sight to a pair of crippling strikes, General Motors Corp. went to federal court Tuesday for help in breaking the impasse. GM asked a judge to force...

National panel explores

by David Hyland
Published July 15, 1998

The precarious future of Medicare brought two U.S. Senators and four congressmen to a public forum at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Monday. The National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare,...

U lays out plans

by Kane Loukas
Published July 15, 1998

As development staff plan for the year 2000 and beyond, private contributors and their donations represent significant factors in edging the University into the top national rankings. Still in its preliminary...

U.S. drug czar seeks to soothe Dutch anger over policy remarks

Published July 15, 1998

VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- U.S. drug czar Barry R. McCaffrey sought Tuesday to ease Dutch anger over his criticism of the Netherlands' permissive drug laws, saying he has "high respect" for the country despite...