The Minnesota Daily

Schindler’s scripting slants movie’s history

Published February 10, 1998

The Oscar nominees will be announced today. But the Academy Awards are not always the best indicators of a film's quality. For instance, even "Schindler's List," perhaps the least commercial of past major...

Financial aid

by Brian Close
Published February 10, 1998

Two recent White House proposals could change the amount of students' financial aid, though early drafts are drawing criticism. The first proposal would change the data required by students and parents...

Comeback sparks new focus for U

by Ryan Schuster
Published February 10, 1998

Silver linings have been hard to come by this season for the last-place Gophers women's basketball team, but that's just how the team described its two close weekend losses to conference leading Illinois...

Prof elected chairwoman of civil rights committee

by Rebecca Teale
Published February 10, 1998

An outspoken advocate of minority rights, General College writing professor Lisa Albrecht will have a louder voice on multicultural issues this year as chairwoman of the Minneapolis Commission on Civil...

DeBus rewarded for weekend

by Aaron Kirscht
Published February 10, 1998

Gophers goaltender Steve DeBus received his second Defensive Player of the Week award of the season on Monday in return for his stellar weekend against Wisconsin. He stopped 54 of 55 shots in the Gophers'...

Campus greeks face slow enrollment

by Nick Doty
Published February 10, 1998

Sascha Matuszak When Kathy Anderson reminisces of being a sorority girl at the University in the 1960s, her eyes light up and she speaks with envy. The Kappa Kappa Gamma alumna remembers many students...

Blood donors desperately needed at U

by Stacy Herrmann
Published February 10, 1998

Nancy Hudson is alive today because of blood donors. And the 48-year-old from Bloomington is on the forefront of a campaign to get more people to donate blood. The University's second blood drive of the...

Delay expected in robbery suspect’s trial

Published February 10, 1998

After one year, four months, three postponements and four defense attorneys after allegedly raping two University students, Antonio Burton was expected to finally stand trial today in Hennepin County...

Legislature suspends blood drive over discrimination charges

Published February 10, 1998

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's parliament suspended its blood drive Monday after an Ethiopia-born legislator charged racial bias, saying he was the only lawmaker not asked to donate blood. "This is serious...

Huisentruit investigators interested in questioning rape suspect

Published February 10, 1998

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities said Monday they want to know more about a former Iowa man being held in Minnesota on rape charges to determine if he was involved in the disappearance of a television...