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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Crosswalks frustrate U pedestrians

by Heather Fors
Published June 8, 1998

Normally when Tom Swain approaches a stop light its green face gives him the go-ahead to cross, unfalteringly. But at 9 a.m. Friday morning, his good light karma made a change for the worse. At the corner...

Students bewildered by

by Emily Dalnodar
Published June 8, 1998

What began as a routine day turned into a tale of bewilderment and total disbelief for two University students Friday. Jon Redman and Adam Meyler did their usual wake-and-bake Friday morning before classes....

Student arrives in class early

by Coralie Carlson
Published June 8, 1998

Al Wais Layt, College of Liberal Arts junior, gave his professor a start Monday morning -- just by going to class. The political science freshman arrived to his 8 a.m. lecture on time, surprising even...

University’s agenda requires more money

Published June 8, 1998

As an evolving University that must change with the times, it is essential that a special legislative session be called so that the school can propose an emergency budget request. Things never go as planned,...

Intense preparation for courseregistration pays off for student

by Ingrid Skjong
Published June 8, 1998

George Taylor, like thousands of desperate underclassmen before him, has been through the harrowing process of registration before -- and failed miserably. Taylor, an Institute of Technology sophomore,...

Toilet paper bandit makes off with U’s rolls

by Jeremy Taff
Published June 8, 1998

University administrators seldom have trouble getting what they want. But when it was time for him to go, John Fecalton, executive vice president for the Department of Plumbing and Paper, ran out of wipe. Yelling...

Student achieves feat of homework completion

by Melanie Evans
Published June 8, 1998

Time stood still for Karen Ahab Monday at 3 p.m. Gently, she pulled the plug from the socket, stopping her alarm clock, commemorating her triumph forever. It was a moment to remember. For the first time...

Nation needs dynamic breakfast food

Published June 8, 1998

Ask yourself, what was the first European colony to fight for independence? What country first recognized freedom of speech, first banned child labor and first provided free public schools? The United...

Angry students bemoan their plights in group

by Brian Close
Published June 8, 1998

Life isn't always fun and games, mister. Sometimes it can be a real drag. That's the idea behind the creation of Students Angry and Down (SAD). The group's leader hopes to organize students who just don't...

Prof gives revealing lecture with unzipped fly

by Ken Eisinger
Published June 8, 1998

Professor Poor Schmoe left his barn door open. Wide open. Schmoe, an associate professor of North Iowan Studies, taught a lecture with his fly unzipped Tuesday. "This sort of behavior is not impermissible,"...

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