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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Last chance to shine for track athletes

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published June 3, 1998

Most of this year's track and field season has been a study in opposites between Minnesota's men's and women's teams. The men have had their most successful season in 88 years of Big Ten history -- winning...

International group rallies for

Published June 3, 1998

GENEVA (AP) -- An exuberant group of children rescued from mines, sweatshops and servitude descended on Geneva today and inspired calls for the International Labor Organization to restrict child labor...

PUT UP YER DUKES…

Published June 3, 1998

PUT UP YER DUKES Net: Today we remember the birthday of Jefferson Davis. Who was Jefferson Davis, you ask? Well, while Jefferson Davis is now primarily remembered as the inspiration for the moniker Jefferson...

India to nuclear powers: Quit preaching, get rid of your atomic arms

Published June 3, 1998

NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Insisting his nation has a right to defend itself, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee told the world's five original nuclear powers Tuesday to get rid of their own atomic arsenals...

Student fees finance new

by David Hyland
Published June 3, 1998

With promises of quick access and even faster computers, College of Liberal Arts officials gathered Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening of a new computer lab. Liberal arts officials built the lab to...

MSA sets goals for summer, school year

by Emily Babcock
Published June 3, 1998

The Minnesota Student Association Forum met Tuesday for the last meeting of the school year. Association president Nikki Kubista told members they should treat the student government as a nonprofit organization....

Gun control is way to stop school shootings

Published June 3, 1998

In the past two years, juvenile crime steadily declined. But recent school shootings have given legislators and psychologists new reasons to explore what drives children to kill. Since October, 14 teachers...

Shuttle will bring back final American

Published June 3, 1998

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery thundered into orbit Tuesday on NASA's last voyage to Mir, a flight to bring home the seventh and final American to stay aboard the Russian space station. The...

Families of Flight 800 victims can sue for big damages, judge rules

Published June 3, 1998

NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge said Tuesday that the TWA Flight 800 explosion did not occur on the "high seas," a ruling that could make victims eligible for additional money in their lawsuit against the airline...

Banquet provides connections for alumni

by Heather Fors
Published June 3, 1998

Tables covered in white cloths lined sidewalks along Northrop Mall. Each promoted different programs at the University -- each connected the school as it is now with elements from its past. At the 94th...

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