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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Speaker says romance fades fast

by Andrea Onstad
Published February 16, 1998

If Valentine's Day was a disappointment, don't worry -- it's all a hoax, said one critic of romantic love. University alumni and campus minister James Park presented a "Romantic Love is a Hoax" seminar...

Volunteers organize to meet needs of migrant workers

Published February 16, 1998

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) -- The migrant workers who arrive in Rochester each spring and summer to work in canning plants come with little or nothing. Once they arrive, they need to find housing, food and...

Gophers softball team splits six games in inaugural tournament

Published February 16, 1998

returning from last season's team that finished 37-19. Senior Wendy Logue started three games for Minnesota, and despite her 1-2 record, pitched strong. Logue went 17 innings and struck out a team-high...

Avoid false dichotomy when funding MnSCU

Published February 16, 1998

Editor's note: This is the last in a series of Monday editorials that examine the state budget surplus. Prosperity has its own paradoxical challenges. In Minnesota, the challenge before the House and Senate...

U.N. team begins mapping Iraqi presidential sites

Published February 16, 1998

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A U.N. team began mapping Iraq's presidential compounds Sunday, attempting to help resolve one of the main disputes in the crisis over U.N. inspections of suspected weapons sites,...

Reputation of J-School faces ups, downs

by Chris Hamilton
Published February 16, 1998

Editor's note: This article is the first in a two-part series about the University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and plans for its future. The School of Journalism and Mass Communication...

Five-goal third sinks Gophers

by Aaron Kirscht
Published February 16, 1998

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- If it had any hope of earning a split in a weekend series with North Dakota, the Gophers men's hockey team knew it had to avoid the same sorry start that decided the opener, a 4-2...

U women’s gymnasts lose blowout at Utah

by Michael Dougherty
Published February 16, 1998

Disappointed and frustrated were two words Gophers women's gymnast Mindy Knaeble used to describe how she felt about her team's performance in Friday night's dual meet with second-ranked Utah in Salt...

Researchers study infants for learning of language

Published February 16, 1998

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Careful what you say. Baby's listening. Research into infants and language suggests that babies begin to pick up speech and can even tell apart different languages at a very early...

32 killed in three attacks in Algeria

Published February 16, 1998

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Armed men killed 32 people in three weekend attacks in Algeria, including 17 people whose throats were slit, security forces said Sunday. No one claimed responsibility for the...

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