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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Kerr wins third golf tourney of year

Published February 19, 1998

Gophers men's senior golfer Robb Kerr shot an even-par 72 Tuesday to capture first-place individual honors at the 36-hole Bridges All-American Tournament in Bay St. Louis, Miss. As a team, Minnesota finished...

Construction delay will not push back opening

by Sarah Hallonquist
Published February 19, 1998

Cranes and bulldozers were supposed to follow on the heels of tubas and trombones that accentuated a November groundbreaking ceremony for a new alumni and visitor center. But construction on the University...

U.N. reducing staff in Iraq as precaution against attack

Published February 19, 1998

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The United Nations chief won the Security Council's blessing Wednesday to visit the Iraqi capital in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a U.S. attack, and the world body prepared...

Colleges offer buy now, enroll later plans

by Ingrid Skjong
Published February 19, 1998

If tuition rates grow as fast as 7-pound, 4-ounce Christina Leigh Richter will, her mother should consider setting aside cash now for the four-day-old's college education. "It's hard to think ahead that...

Inexpensive HIV treatment tested for poor nations

Published February 19, 1998

ATLANTA (AP) -- The rate of mother-to-child AIDS transmission was cut in half in Thailand by treating HIV-infected mothers with the drug AZT for less than a month, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. The...

A war of the sexes: study shows

Published February 19, 1998

NEW YORK (AP) -- Two genes lock in a tug-of-war to determine whether a mammal embryo will become a boy or a girl, a new study suggests. One of the genes, called Sry, has long been known as the master switch...

U is first to receive feminist

by Ken Eisinger
Published February 19, 1998

The University is the guinea pig for a feminist economics class that spans nine Universities, 10 professors, and thousands of frequent flier miles. Wednesday was the third instalment of the course which...

Tobacco company fights againstintroduction of high-nicotine deposition

Published February 19, 1998

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Saying the issue of high-nicotine tobacco is central to their case, the plaintiffs in Minnesota's tobacco trial on Wednesday argued jurors should see and hear testimony about the...

Barnes & Noble faces lawsuit over art books

Published February 19, 1998

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama grand jury indicted the nation's largest bookseller, Barnes & Noble, on child pornography charges involving the sale of books by noted photographers whose work includes...

Gophers set for Big Ten meet

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published February 19, 1998

While many people associate late February with signs that winter might be ending soon, it has a different significance for members of the Gophers women's swimming and diving team: an annual attempt to...

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