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The Minnesota Daily

Students question funding decisions

Published March 11, 1998

A roomful of students Tuesday said their organizations should receive more money than the Student Services Fees Committee allotted them last week. Some also said the fees process should change. In attendance...

Blaine man’s body found

by Joe Carlson
Published March 11, 1998

A Chicago police diver discovered a body Tuesday thought to be a Minnesota man who had traveled to Illinois to watch Gophers basketball and disappeared over the weekend. The body, found in the Chicago...

Youth smoking expert a reluctant witness

Published March 11, 1998

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Cigarette advertising is an important influence on children when they decide to begin smoking, an expert witness maintained Tuesday in Minnesota's tobacco trial. But Cheryl Perry...

Internet porn is focus of policy

by Heather Fors
Published March 11, 1998

Stripping the Internet of pornography is the focus of a major debate heating up institutions around the country. The University is not immune. Though supporters of the 1996 Communications Decency Act...

Train bomb kills 10 people, injures at least 80 in Pakistan

Published March 11, 1998

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- The third bomb in two days to explode in a crowded public place tore through a train Tuesday as it pulled into the Lahore station. Ten people died and more than 80 were injured. As...

Israeli soldiers fire on Palestinian van at roadblock

Published March 11, 1998

soldiers opened fire Tuesday on a van carrying Palestinian workers at a West Bank roadblock, killing three passengers and wounding at least four others. The Israeli army arrested two soldiers who fired...

WCHA playoffs: intriguing match-ups, few surprises

by Aaron Kirscht
Published March 11, 1998

It's not quite a tournament on the scale of the NCAA men's basketball free-for-all, but the WCHA postseason begins on Friday with five best-of-three series. The top five teams in regular season play --...

Latino group no lo quiere Taco Bell pooch

Published March 11, 1998

o quiero Taco Bell," says Dinky. "No me gusta Dinky," says Gabriel Cazares, president of the Tampa chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens. Cazares called the ad "immigrant bashing," "insensitive,"...

Puzzling risk factor for Alzheimer’s found in blacks, Hispanics

Published March 11, 1998

CHICAGO (AP) -- Blacks and Hispanics have a puzzling, additional risk factor that makes them much more susceptible than whites to Alzheimer's disease, researchers say. It's been known since 1992 that people...

Grant review is difficult process

by Melanie Evans
Published March 11, 1998

The preparations began on a Friday. Dr. Greg Vercellotti cleared his calendar and his desk for the weekend. Senior Associate Dean for Education in the Medical School, Vercellotti returned to his office...

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