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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Final word given on fees

by Nancy Ngo
Published March 2, 1998

The student services fees committee kept one theme in mind when it made final recommendations for next year's quarterly allocations: the best service to the most people at the best price. Committee members...

Fatal fall from bridge ruled a suicide by police

by Jesse Weisbeck
Published March 2, 1998

A 45-year-old Minneapolis man died at about 7:45 p.m. on Thursday when he jumped from the 10th Avenue Bridge just south of University Avenue. The man hit the gravel ground near several sets of train tracks...

Four goals can’t cheer up the Gophers’ Smith

by Aaron Kirscht
Published March 2, 1998

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- His four goals and an assist against Colorado College on Saturday may not have earned Gophers junior Wyatt Smith the win he wanted, but they did get him a longer shower. Smith...

Men’s hockey loses pair of road games

by Aaron Kirscht
Published March 2, 1998

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- In 1806, when Zebulon Pike attempted to reach the mountain peak that would later bear his name, he said, "It can't be done." The Gophers men's hockey team must know how ol' Zeb...

Gophers win ugly in home finale

by Tim Klobuchar
Published March 2, 1998

As is the custom after the last game at Williams Arena every season, the Gophers men's basketball team did a lap around the raised floor after their 59-54 win over Northwestern on Saturday, reaching down...

EPA studies company’s fumigant use

by Joe Carlson
Published March 2, 1998

An investigator from the Environmental Protection Agency has been appointed to examine possible mishandlings of a deadly fumigant by a local milling company. Archer Daniels Midland Milling Co. owns a...

Burma’s military regime arrests 40, breaks up alleged terrorist plot

Published March 2, 1998

RANGOON, Burma (AP) -- Burma's military regime has arrested 40 people it accuses of planning to bomb government buildings and embassies and assassinate the country's leaders. A government spokesman, Col....

Surplus means money for some, but not for U

by Sarah Hallonquist
Published March 2, 1998

The state should start shopping for a bigger piggy bank, but the University won't get to tag along. Gov. Arne Carlson unveiled a $592 million addition to the projected state budget surplus Friday, but...

Treaty case doesn’t deserve day in court

Published February 27, 1998

Treaties between Native Americans and the U.S. government have always had their opponents. These agreements -- designed largely to facilitate white settlement -- are often contested in court. Earlier this...

Old Dutch dips into pockets, chips in for women’s athletics

Published February 27, 1998

Old Dutch Foods announced Thursday it has signed on for the next five years as a charitable contributor to Gophers women's athletics. During the length of partnership, Old Dutch will contribute $150,000...

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