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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Badger

by Coralie Carlson
Published June 1, 1998

Wisconsin residents at the University have received good and bad news regarding their 1998-99 tuition rates. University students from Wisconsin will benefit from a tuition increase of 4.9 percent though...

At least 2,500 killed in powerful Afghanistan earthquake

Published June 1, 1998

FAISABAD, Afghanistan (AP) -- Soldiers dug hundreds of bodies from flattened homes in remote northern Afghanistan on Sunday and aid workers flew in supplies for an emergency medical clinic to help survivors...

Severe thunderstorms knock out power, damage buildings

Published June 1, 1998

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Houses, apartment buildings and businesses were peeled open Sunday in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, the result of severe thunderstorms and high winds that tore through overnight. A...

Rosa Parks hospitalized in good condition after falling at home

Published June 1, 1998

DETROIT (AP) -- Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was in good condition Sunday after suffering a fall at home the previous day. Mrs. Parks, 85, was hospitalized at Detroit Medical Center, where tests to...

Men’s golfer stuns NCAA field

by Aaron Kirscht
Published June 1, 1998

This won't do much to quiet those Tiger Woods comparisons. Long-hitting Gophers golfer James McLean, a 19-year-old freshman from Wahgunjah, Australia, who's been in the United States for just five months,...

Polling in north marked by showdown in Tripoli

Published June 1, 1998

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- The second round of nationwide municipal elections, widely seen as launching a new chapter in Lebanon's troubled history, turned into a showdown Sunday between the current prime...

Controversial Broadway

Published May 29, 1998

NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite death threats, an off-Broadway theater reversed itself Thursday and agreed to produce a controversial play about a gay Christlike figure. "In our 25-year history, we have never...

Newt uses blunt language, not diplomacy

Published May 29, 1998

PITTSBURGH, Penn. (U-WIRE) -- Well done, Newt Gingrich. Congratulations! You deserve a medal for the outstanding display of diplomacy you've shown on your trip to the Middle East. Seemingly determined...

Spring Jam to face family-oriented future

by Emily Babcock
Published May 29, 1998

The traditionally greek, alcohol-driven and off-campus Spring Jam celebration made the transition to an on-campus, dry and community-oriented event this year. The reviews are now in, and they vary. The...

Students get word in with regents

by Jeremy Taff
Published May 29, 1998

For once the Board of Regents sat back and quietly listened while students and faculty took the floor. Students had free reign Thursday at the annual budget forum in the theater of Coffman Union. They...

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