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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Protester feels effects of hunger strike

by Ken Eisinger
Published April 15, 1998

Eric Tollefson is eating again. The sophomore in the Chinese program resumed eating Sunday when his temperature reached 102 degrees, but continued to protest along with his peers this week. "I show my...

Yudof plan: good news for J-School

Published April 15, 1998

When Mark Yudof was named University president a year-and-a-half ago, some constituents were concerned with "the vision thing." No one argued the Texas provost's competence, but the bespectacled pancake...

U softball swept by Hawkeyes

by Michael Dougherty
Published April 15, 1998

Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa. The Gophers softball team was as far away from heaven as it could possibly be on Tuesday, as it lost both games of a doubleheader against No. 22 Iowa, 1-0 and 2-0, in Iowa...

Candidates vie for human resources position

by Jeremy Taff
Published April 15, 1998

Try making sure 30,728 full- and part-time University employees have all their paperwork filled out and their disputes handled. That's part of the task awaiting one of three finalists for the vice president...

Suharto government cracks down on protesters

Published April 15, 1998

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Hundreds of students at several universities demonstrated Tuesday against rising food prices, with some protesters also calling for economic and political reforms, including...

Documents indicate tobacco lawyers-researchers consulted

Published April 15, 1998

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. considered removing research reports from its files to protect itself from lawsuits, according to a letter introduced Tuesday in Minnesota's tobacco trial. "Once...

Warmer weather brings

Published April 15, 1998

As more bicyclists dust off their rides from winter storage and tool around campus, bike thieves are taking advantage of the increased numbers. In the past week, 10 bikes were reported stolen on campus....

Police break up Tehran demonstration over mayor’s arrest

Published April 15, 1998

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Riot police swinging clubs dispersed 4,000 people demonstrating Tuesday in support of Tehran's mayor, whose jailing has turned into a showdown between hard-liners and moderates in...

Dear Dr. …

Published April 15, 1998

Dear Dr. Date,It's hard being gay, and even harder when you're trying to meet someone at a place as large and impersonal as this University. You never know if the guy standing next to you that's...

Havel undergoes emergency surgery in Austria

by Sarah Mitchell
Published April 15, 1998

President Vaclav Havel, vacationing in Austria, underwent emergency surgery Tuesday for what a doctor said was an intestinal perforation. After an operation in Innsbruck that lasted about three hours,...

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