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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Wrestlers win last two dual meets

by Allison Younge
Published February 23, 1998

The Gophers wrestling team cruised past Purdue, 28-8, and Northwestern, 32-6, on the road this weekend to cap off the dual meet season. While both matches lacked stomach-turning outcomes, they held significance...

Journalism

Published February 23, 1998

After working on the David Letterman show and for the FOX network as one of its first five employees, Jack Breslin was lured away from New York by the reputation of the University's journalism school. On...

Criminals won’t get off easier due to crowded jails

by Jesse Weisbeck
Published February 23, 1998

University lawbreakers doing time in the county jail can expect to have more cellmates than usual, based on record-breaking inmate numbers from the past two months. Hennepin County Jail detained a record...

Fund-raiser spent in tents

by Ken Eisinger
Published February 23, 1998

Danny Belle describes himself as a "street person" who has been homeless for "quite a few years." This weekend, however, Belle had some extra company on the streets. Members of Kappa Sigma fraternity...

Program gives taste of Korean culture

Published February 23, 1998

Mandatory military service and a job in his native Korea are what loom in the near future for University student Chang-sung Kim, even though all he wants to do is study. "It's terrible," Kim said. "I'm...

onday Feature: A day in the life of the University community

Published February 23, 1998

Monday Feature: A day in the life...

Faculty, staff members support MPIRG

by Emily Dalnodar
Published February 23, 1998

Amid political opposition, the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group recently found new and old friends. A group of eight University faculty and staff members, calling themselves Faculty in Support...

Speaker says rape is about more than force

by Valerie Schlegel
Published February 23, 1998

Law Professor David Bryden discussed proposals for redefining rape Saturday at the Medical School. He proposed eliminating the requirement of proven physical force in rape cases. The "force requirement"...

Battered women hit hard by welfare reform

Published February 23, 1998

President Clinton promised to change welfare "as we know it," and indeed he did, against the advice of some of his closest advisors. He signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation...

Grade inflation trend gets high and low marks from officials

by Sarah Hallonquist
Published February 23, 1998

As far as grades go, a B just isn't what it used to be -- and at the University, that's raising a few eyebrows. An analysis of the University's grades shows a steady climb in high marks over the last...

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