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The Minnesota Daily

Military transport plane crashes in Spain, killing five

Published February 6, 1998

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A military transport plane crashed Thursday in a mountain range in central Spain, killing five people, the Civil Guard said. A CASA 212 from the Spanish Air Rescue Service smashed...

Datingpolicymight change

by Nancy Ngo
Published February 6, 1998

After almost 20 drafts since revisions began in September, a policy on regulating nepotism and consensual relationships at the University nears a final vote. The latest outline, discussed by a Faculty...

MSA rep resigns after filing suit

by Emily Babcock
Published February 6, 1998

The Minnesota Student Association's Matt Curry resigned from his position as representative to the University Board of Regents this week because of his involvement in a lawsuit against the board. Curry...

Computer research prepares for future

by David Hyland
Published February 6, 1998

A potential computer timebomb is ticking down on campus. There are only 694 days and counting until the turn of the century. And on New Year's Day, a glitch could reset University computers' internal...

Carlson students take initiative

by Ingrid Skjong
Published February 6, 1998

A life-sized dancing carrot promoting fruit juice and smoothies will punctuate one Carlson School of Management graduate's entrepreneurial debut tonight. Eric Strauss will host his Crazy Carrot Juice...

A bomb for a bomb yields bombs

Published February 5, 1998

So Saddam Hussein is one of those nasty dictators that the world would be safer without. And we, in the land of the free, have heard quite a bit of revelry over the past month about how sensible it will...

Net: These are stor…

Published February 5, 1998

Net: These are stormy days in Netland. Political sensitivities are at a peak, with readers valiantly defending our prized freedoms (and writing anagrams, of course). We won't even TOUCH Clinton today --...

Football class of ’98 could be the start of something big

by Michael Rand
Published February 5, 1998

A false appearance of happiness -- along with a sweaty brow and gritted teeth -- has accompanied many Gophers football coaches to numerous press conference podiums. Three decades of, at best, mediocre...

Electronic supervision helps deter hospital crime

by Jesse Weisbeck
Published February 5, 1998

With almost 30 percent of all Twin Cities patient admissions and more than 4,000 employees, potential security hazards at Fairview-University Medical Center are impossible to eliminate. But electronic...

Recruit’s ties to U coach go way back

by Ryan Schuster
Published February 5, 1998

More than 30 years ago, Gophers volleyball coach Mike Hebert and Dennis Berg were teammates on the UC-Santa Barbara men's volleyball team. Back then, Hebert had no idea that he would one day coach Dennis'...

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