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The Minnesota Daily

Women’s swimming team takes first place at quad meet

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published February 2, 1998

It was an interesting weekend for Minnesota's women's swimmers and divers. Pool records were set, meet records were swum -- and freak accidents occurred. Along the way, Minnesota beat Illinois by a margin...

Sri Lankan army: 300 rebels killed in major attack

Published February 2, 1998

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lankan troops beat back an assault by separatist rebels Sunday, killing 300 guerrillas and dealing rebel forces their worst military setback so far this year. Twenty soldiers...

Refs toss Haskins in loss to IU

by Tim Klobuchar
Published February 2, 1998

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- One week ago, Gophers coach Clem Haskins threatened to undress on the sidelines if officials didn't start calling more fouls against Minnesota's opponents. Barely four minutes into...

U.S. readies forces in Persian Gulf; Iraq trains civilian defense force

Published February 2, 1998

give guns and grenades to civilians in case of attack, a U.S. commander in the Persian Gulf declared Saturday that U.S. warplanes are capable of weeks of "devastating" strikes on Iraq. While both sides...

U budget plan worthy

Published February 2, 1998

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of Monday editorials that will examine the state budget surplus. So far, legislators appear to take the $1.3 billion state surplus as an invitation to spend...

Women’s hockey gets two wins

by Tim Nichols
Published February 2, 1998

In the world of women's hockey, one of the major issues is who has the better talent pool, the United States or Canada. After this weekend, the United States can at least claim dominance over the province...

Spirit of Ramadan recalls Bosnian Muslims

Published February 2, 1998

Editor's note: The following opinions column originally appeared in Thursday's Daily but was cut short by a production error. The text appears here in its entirety. Over the past month, Muslims here and...

Men’s swimmers take triangular meet

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published February 2, 1998

The men's swimming and diving team got exactly what it expected over the weekend in Madison in its first Big Ten action in more than two months. The Gophers mauled Wisconsin, 219-116, and won a tough...

Net: Happy Groundho…

Published February 2, 1998

Net: Happy Groundhog Day, one and all! WAKE UP AND SMELL THE SCUM From Shawn Fein: Hey Wake Up Call, I think you're stuck in one of those dreams where you wake up from a dream in your dream, so you're...

DR. DATE’S INTRO TO NETSEX

Published February 1, 1998

What if you could have the wildest sex ever? Here's the offer: Do anything you want, be anyone you can imagine, and then walk away unharmed and most importantly unknown. This is the appeal of netsex:...

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