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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Campus spirits reborn in springtime

Published April 8, 1998

The crisis deepens with each passing day. It makes work ethics wane. It disintegrates discipline. Its photosynthetic rays paralyze students and instructors alike, threatening the University's land-grant...

Court: Mall fur protest not constitutionally protected speech

Published April 8, 1998

ST. PAUL (AP) -- State constitutional protection of free speech does not extend to the Mall of America simply because public money was used to build the Bloomington mall, the Minnesota Court of Appeals...

Missing student has disappeared before

Published April 8, 1998

A College of Liberal Arts sophomore with a history of mental illness and previous disappearances is missing. The last person to see 34-year-old Kelly Murray was a caretaker at the Seward Towers near the...

Relief pitchers shine as Gophers beat St. John’s

by Sarah Mitchell
Published April 8, 1998

Wins for the Gophers baseball team have become commonplace this year, but seeing the names Frank Wagner, Bob DeWitt and Brandon Kitzerow connected to a victory had been a rarity until Tuesday. Because...

Showdown with Wildcats next for U

by Michael Dougherty
Published April 7, 1998

Winners of 17 of their last 18 games and off to a 31-8 start, the 18th-ranked Gophers softball team faces a tough schedule over the next week. On Wednesday, Northwestern comes to town for a doubleheader...

U responds to lawsuit against student fees

by Brian Close
Published April 7, 1998

A lawsuit contesting the University's system of student service fee distribution moved ahead Friday, as the University submitted its formal reply to the suit. The federal case, brought by five University...

Legislature quick with tornado relief

Published April 7, 1998

ST. PAUL (AP) -- After tornado victims told of the widespread damage to their homes and communities, lawmakers moved quickly Monday to advance a $27.6 million tornado relief package. The House unanimously...

Illinois mascot is chief concern on campus

Published April 7, 1998

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (U-WIRE) -- This weekend the University of Illinois hosted the Conference on the Elimination of Racist Mascots. Figures from across the nation attended to unify activists, build coalitions...

Albanians appoint negotiating team, but refuse to talk to Serbs

Published April 7, 1998

eks of deadlock, Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders appointed a four-member negotiating team Monday -- but refused to start talks with the Serbian government without international mediation. The appointment...

Committee settles on$36 million

by oralie Carlson
Published April 7, 1998

After deliberating for three weeks over the higher education supplemental spending bill, a legislative conference committee wrote the University a $36 million check Monday for faculty raises and classroom...

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