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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

What a drag: a snowboarder’s trip to Japan

Published February 18, 1998

(U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- By now, we have all heard about Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati. The gold-medal-winner for the men's giant slalom had his medal taken away after a drug test revealed THC...

CLA hopes to revitalize the humanities

by Colleen Winters
Published February 18, 1998

The College of Liberal Arts might provide 47 percent of the University's undergraduate instruction, but it only receives 23 percent of the Twin Cities' campus instructional budget. The underfunding has...

New bus transfers give riders two-way tickets

by Heather Fors
Published February 18, 1998

By summer, students who ride Metro Transit buses will have the Twin Cities at their fingertips without having to dig too deep into their pockets. Riders will be able to get their hands on a ticket to...

rofs offered benefits to retire

by Melanie Evans
Published February 18, 1998

Medical School administrators, wrestling tight budgets and pressures to reinvigorate the college, are considering an early retirement proposal for senior faculty. The one-time-only offer would release...

The NHL should take notes during the Olympics

Published February 18, 1998

For those of us used to watching National Hockey League games, it has taken some time to adjust to some of the crazy notions put forth by the Olympic version of the sport. If one listens intently, phrases...

Federal budget not truly balanced in ’99

Published February 18, 1998

Predictably, Congress is not hesitating to spend a projected federal budget surplus. Almost $9.5 billion in black ink could be on the books within a year, and almost that many spending proposals are on...

Thanking court, first Serbs to surrender plead innocent

Published February 18, 1998

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The only Bosnian Serbs to surrender to the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal pleaded innocent Tuesday -- and thanked U.S. diplomats and NATO troops for helping them get to the...

Gunslinging at the global corral

Published February 18, 1998

We now join this tragedy in progress: It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a gun to keep the village safe, he thought to himself as he reached for his six-shooter to face another crisis....

Alcohol consumption linked to boost in breast-cancer risk

Published February 18, 1998

CHICAGO (AP) -- Women who drank two to five alcoholic drinks daily had a 41 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer than women who did not drink, a new analysis that combined several studies has...

Wisconsin tries to avoid late swoon

by Aaron Kirscht
Published February 18, 1998

With little more than a month remaining in the 1996-97 season, the Wisconsin men's hockey team was tied for second place. But an onslaught of injuries caught up with the Badgers, and they didn't win a...

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