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The Minnesota Daily

TV show

by Nancy Ngo
Published April 17, 1998

Students from as far away as Mankato State University stopped by the Twin Cities campus Thursday to voice their discontent over a nationally televised show that included footage of the University's queer...

Disciplined Hrdinova leads U tennis

by Mark Heller
Published April 17, 1998

Imagine the difficulty of coming to the United States from a foreign country -- speaking the language, learning your way around, understanding which symbols mean what, meeting new people. Now imagine...

Two students make Earth Week

by Emily Dalnodar
Published April 17, 1998

Recycling, conserving energy, riding bicycles -- these are all ways students can help carry out the messages of Earth Week throughout the year. A 28-year tradition, Earth Day has blossomed into a full-week...

Police look into three church fires

Published April 17, 1998

TORONTO (AP) -- Police opened an arson investigation Thursday after fires broke out at three Toronto churches. Two Roman Catholic churches were damaged and a Protestant church serving mostly blacks was...

Baseball team hopes to stymie

by Sarah Mitchell
Published April 17, 1998

Illinois has all the components needed to build a dominant college baseball empire: a veteran defense, aggressive pitching, a productive offense and a head coach who has rarely uttered the word defeat...

Storms kill 4 in Tennessee and Arkansas

Published April 17, 1998

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tornadoes tore through Tennessee and Arkansas Thursday, blowing out windows and ripping off roofs in downtown Nashville and splintering mobile homes in rural areas earlier in the...

Capitalism receives criticism from

by David Hyland
Published April 17, 1998

For University graduate student Yeon-Taek Ryu, a Thursday forum on the Asian economic crisis brought him essential information about the financial hemorrhaging in his native country. "I don't know much...

Labor protest halts production at Korea’s third largest auto firm

Published April 17, 1998

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Thousands of Kia Motors Corp. workers spilled into the streets today to protest what they called government moves to sell the debt-ridden firm to a South Korean conglomerate. The...

Tape it up: Smith chairman of sack board

by Tim Klobuchar
Published April 17, 1998

A month ago former Gophers defensive end Lamanzer Williams dropped off an instructional videotape for his old teammate, senior Rufus Smith. The tape included offensive lines and varying degrees of stripping...

Health care coverage sparks debate at forum

by Michelle Moriarity
Published April 16, 1998

Health care coverage for dependents and restorative dental care were some topics of heated debate Wednesday at an open forum for graduate students. About 75 graduate students assembled at the St. Paul...

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