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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Myth of success fuels the will to chase befuddling white ball

Published April 22, 1998

More than 25 million Americans play golf. I would be happy to express the percentage of those who play the game well, but this keyboard can only handle so many zeros. With that said, I begrudgingly admit...

Maijuana useful in preventing wasting diseases

Published April 22, 1998

PRINCETON, N.J. (U-WIRE) -- Since the passage of Proposition 215 in California three years ago, the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has become a major issue for physicians, anti-drug policy makers...

Sun shines on Gophers’ bats in romp

by Sarah Mitchell
Published April 22, 1998

Members of Minnesota's baseball team looked drained as they headed to the locker room following Tuesday's game against St. Thomas. The reason for their exhaustion, however, was not that they had to battle...

Congress must clean environmental act

Published April 22, 1998

Earth Day ironically marks a day of ambivalence. Nationwide, Americans celebrate the day with conscious efforts to clean up wastes and recycle material. In Congress, this is matched by empty rhetoric about...

Memo reveals tobacco research delays

Published April 22, 1998

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Although Philip Morris Inc. identified cancer-causing nitrosamines in cigarette smoke in 1963, the company didn't begin working to remove them for 20 years, according to a memo introduced...

Sinatra returns to the hospital

Published April 22, 1998

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Frank Sinatra was examined by hospital doctors Tuesday in what his publicist described as a routine examination. The entertainer was expected to stay overnight at Cedars-Sinai Medical...

MSA hopefuls say they’re perfect mates

by Emily Babcock
Published April 22, 1998

Moments after a mutual friend introduced her to Kevin Nicholson, Brook Anderson knew they had a spark that could make a difference as leaders of the Minnesota Student Association. Nicholson, a College...

One Marshall player killed, three injured

by Alyson Walls
Published April 22, 1998

(U-WIRE) HUNTINGTON, W.V. -- One Marshall football player was killed and three others were injured Monday morning after a single-vehicle accident in Morehead, Ky. Kentucky State Police Trooper Tim Gibbs...

Palm Beach man charged

Published April 22, 1998

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) -- It was the closest the Fagan family has come to a reunion in 18 years. Stephen Fagan, a Palm Beach, Fla., socialite, was in court Tuesday to face parental kidnapping charges....

Pope headed to Mexico in January

Published April 22, 1998

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope John Paul II will visit Mexico in January, the 20th anniversary of a Mexican trip that helped set the tone of his papacy. The announcement was made Tuesday on Vatican Radio by...

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