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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Saddam and the great Beanie Baby heist

Published March 3, 1998

(U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Well it's a-one, two, three, four, what are we (tentatively) fighting for? Good question. The situation, as reported by MTV News, the voice of our generation, is something...

Caucus is six-letter word for democracy

Published March 3, 1998

You probably won't go to a party caucus tonight. Most Minnesotans won't. But caucus turnout is always low, and Minnesota's confused electoral system only reduces participation. The state has for years...

Freely spending robbers captured

Published March 3, 1998

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- After a five-month manhunt, an armored car driver suspected of stealing $17 million from his company's vault was in custody Monday after being captured at a Mexican resort. David...

Vote set for Wednesday on proposed state park featuring Navy cruiser

Published March 3, 1998

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- Veterans Jack Burklund and David Wheat are active on opposite sides in the referendum that is expected to decide Wednesday whether Duluth will get a state park with the USS Des Moines...

Palestinians declare peace process dead, urge U.S. action

Published March 3, 1998

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Declaring the Mideast peace process dead, top Palestinian officials urged the United States on Monday to push Benjamin Netanyahu's Israeli government to honor its agreements. "Without...

Yeast infections threaten large percentage of children

by Melanie Evans
Published March 3, 1998

As an infectious disease specialist and a practicing pediatrician, Dr. Margaret Hostetter has seen the deadly yeast Candida Albicans attack, and sometimes kill, her young patients. "It was really the...

Individuality promoted in class by professor

by Rob Kuznia
Published March 3, 1998

To alleviate the perils of student apathy, Varghese Mathai says it is important for students to mentally take themselves out of the structured setting of a classroom and into a larger, more powerful whole:...

A user’s guide to finding yourself

Published March 2, 1998

My horoscope on Saturday said "adventures await, so get an early start." I slept in, of course, and then read the paper. Maybe, though, I was having my adventure while I was sleeping, running with the...

Top teams too strong for U men’s gymnasts

by Michael Dougherty
Published March 2, 1998

When you are 0-12 (0-6 in dual meets) and you've got the first- and third-ranked teams in the nation coming to town, there's a temptation to just duck and cover. But the Gophers men's gymnastics team...

nderstaffed Gophers no match for Badgers

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 2, 1998

INDIANAPOLIS -- The seven Gophers women's basketball players suspended earlier in the week by coach Cheryl Littlejohn for team rules violations stood silently underneath one of the baskets at the RCA...

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