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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

MSA Forum decides

by Emily Babcock
Published May 13, 1998

Members of the Minnesota Student Association offered a pleasant farewell to their president, Jigar Madia, by compromising at the last forum meeting of the year Tuesday. The student association passed...

Tolerance easy until it’s face to face

Published May 13, 1998

For I was hungry and you gave me no food,I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,I was a stranger and you did not welcome me ...-- Matthew 25:42-43. My tolerance was being tested.I knew I was running low...

Provision suspends aid from drug users

by Coralie Carlson
Published May 13, 1998

Federal lawmakers want to give students another reason to just say no. In an effort at curbing skyrocketing drug use among young adults, the House quietly passed a provision barring students with drug...

U.S. population growth tops industrial countries

Published May 13, 1998

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Japan and more than a dozen European countries are likely to lose population in coming decades even while global growth accelerates, population experts say. The chief reason: Many young...

New osteoporosis drug

Published May 13, 1998

CHICAGO (AP) -- A new alternative to estrogen may offer older women many of the hormone's heart and bone protections without its most worrisome side effect -- an increased risk of breast cancer. However,...

Fired Miss Colorado gets crown back; pageant directors deny racism charges

Published May 13, 1998

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- An arbitrator on Tuesday reinstated Regina Flores as Miss Colorado, giving her back the crown she lost in a bitter dispute with pageant officials and awarding her $78,000...

Drug offenses should not affect education

Published May 13, 1998

When House members approved a higher education bill last week, they signed off many students from a chance to learn. Before amendments to the Higher Education Act pass through the Senate and President...

Two former Texaco execs acquitted of obstruction

Published May 13, 1998

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Two former Texaco executives were acquitted Tuesday of trying to hide or destroy documents that were being sought by black employees suing the company for race discrimination. Richard...

Geology students break some old ground

by Emily Dalnodar
Published May 13, 1998

While balancing on a rocky cliff at the Mississippi River bluffs, University students learned how their footholds formed from where an ocean once flowed. Students taking Geology 1001 stretched their legs...

Juror on trial for having affair

Published May 13, 1998

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- A Vancouver woman is on trial for obstruction of justice because she allegedly had an affair with an accused killer while serving on the jury that acquitted him. The...

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