Skip to Main Content
Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U leaders

by David Hyland
Published April 13, 1998

For University professor Ernie Retzel, gridlock applies more to his computer-aided research than to his morning commute from St. Paul. "I have to compete with World Wide Web traffic, image uploads and...

Inconsistency plagues men’s tennis again

by Ken Zimmer
Published April 13, 1998

The Gophers men's tennis team was rewarded with a pre-Easter treat Saturday before finding a rotten egg of reality in its basket on Sunday. The team upset Northwestern on Saturday 4-3, but fell in usual...

The heart and Seoul of a chemist: A family man packs up his home to research abroad

by Emily Dalnodar
Published April 13, 1998

Editor's note: About 50,000 students, staff, faculty members and visitors converge on the University's Twin Cities campus everyday. In the midst of this sea of people, it's easy to think of the strangers...

Two take first place for U women’s track

Published April 13, 1998

Minnesota's women's track team had a fair showing at UCLA this weekend, claiming two individual titles. Minna Haronoja set a personal record while winning the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:32.91. The Gophers...

Gophers trip on road, lose three of four to Wolverines

by Sarah Mitchell
Published April 13, 1998

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Young baseball players are supposed to have an edge over older ones in terms of speed and reflexes. That's why professional ballclubs offer high pay to the guys who opt not to play...

Pope’s plan meets virtual opponents

Published April 13, 1998

Despite being one of the oldest institutions in the world, the Catholic Church has never shied away from new information technologies. In 1454, the first book to come off Johann Guttenberg's printing press...

Northern Ireland’s battle has just begun

Published April 13, 1998

Ireland has always been Easter's nation. For Christians, the holiday marks not the end of Jesus' ministry but the beginning of a new covenant with God. Easter is an offer of salvation, not salvation itself....

Foreigners taken to Mexico City; Two photographers Beaten by police

Published April 13, 1998

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) -- Authorities escorted 12 foreigners -- including three Americans -- to Mexico City on Sunday, a day after they were arrested in a raid on a southern Mexican town...

Sorority objects to halfway house

by Brian Close
Published April 13, 1998

Residents of a sorority house in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood say criminal residents of a neighboring halfway house harass them and pose a threat to their safety. Officials for the Portland House, located...

Bunnies are more than just Easter candy

Published April 13, 1998

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (U-WIRE) -- It is highly hypocritical for a university that clings dearly to the tradition of streaking to now persecute selective, private and more tasteful nudity such as that in...

Accessibility Toolbar