The Minnesota Daily

Dramatic decline in AIDS deaths reported nationally in 1997

Published February 3, 1998

CHICAGO (AP) -- AIDS deaths across the United States dropped a stunning 44 percent in the first half of last year, showing the power of new treatments to control the disease. Doctors have known almost...

Tuitionwaiver might change

by Sarah Hallonquist
Published February 3, 1998

As federal courts chip away at race-based college programs, University officials will consider broadening criteria this month for a tuition waiver that now targets nonresident minority students. While...

Annan proposes doubling amount of oil Iraq can sell

Published February 3, 1998

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan recommended Monday that the Security Council double the amount of oil Iraq is allowed to sell. The United States indicated it would go along with an...

Scholarship set up in memory of Dave Moore

Published February 3, 1998

The family of the late WCCO-TV anchor Dave Moore is setting up an endowed scholarship fund that will go to two University students every year. The University Foundation took the lead in a fund-raiser aimed...

44-point loss sends women’s hoops to new low

by Ryan Schuster
Published February 2, 1998

Just when it seems things can't get any worse for the Gophers women's basketball team, something else happens to top the team's past failures. Over the weekend Minnesota (4-17 overall, 1-10 Big Ten) suffered...

Sightseeing and being seen in Japan

Published February 2, 1998

TOKYO -- I sit among the nighttime whispers of lovers in the granite plaza of the Tokyo City Hall in the heart of Shinjuku. I'm smoking a cigarette I bought from a machine and thinking thoughts about people...

Palestinians reject plan for 10 percent Israeli pullback

Published February 2, 1998

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Sunday rejected a plan for a limited Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, but Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called his response...

Women’s gymnasts beat No. 11 OSU

by Michael Rand
Published February 2, 1998

The No. 10 Gophers women's gymnastics team rebounded from its first loss of the season last weekend by defeating No. 11 Ohio State 193.500 to 191.575 Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. Sophomore Judy Cavazos...

Transit safety is up due to timed lights

by Heather Fors
Published February 2, 1998

Buses travelling down the Transitway often encounter lights just as they change. It isn't a matter of impeccable timing on the part of the drivers. It's part of a new light system installed at the roadside. The...

U-owned property spawns debate

by Joe Carlson
Published February 2, 1998

Steam towers and concrete support beams from the ground on a University-owned tract of farmland in the southern suburb of Rosemount. Few remember when and why the odd-looking structures were built, more...