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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

History offers Clinton survival tips

Published January 28, 1998

Ma, ma, where's my pa?Gone to the White House, ha ha ha! It looked like the end for Grover Cleveland. His 1884 presidential campaign was about to fall apart in a flurry of innuendo and accusations from...

Napping makes public placessleepy spaces

by Joe Carlson
Published January 28, 1998

For years, University students have engaged in the three R's of higher education -- reading, 'riting and resting. Sleeping on campus is a widespread phenomenon; students can be caught napping in nooks...

Kenya death toll rises to 55 as attacks escalate

Published January 28, 1998

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Raiders armed with automatic rifles, arrows and spears have killed another 22 people in central Kenya, police said Tuesday, raising the death toll in politically motivated violence...

Supplemental request will provide for renovations

by Nancy Ngo
Published January 28, 1998

Walking into Ford Hall, University students will soon see a majority of classrooms with refurnished seats and improved lighting -- and maybe even a place to plug in their laptop computers. Renovated classrooms...

Gene mutation helps adults and newborns

Published January 28, 1998

CHICAGO (AP) -- A gene mutation that slows the progression of AIDS in adults also helps newborns infected with HIV fend off serious illnesses associated with the disease, a study found. The mutation, which...

Ship sinks off Sumatra, at least 57 reported missing

Published January 28, 1998

ople were missing after a passenger ship sank in heavy seas off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, officials said Tuesday. Twenty-three people were rescued after the Sambu Sakti-1 sank before dawn Saturday...

British scientists show genetic cause for speech disorder

Published January 28, 1998

LONDON (AP) -- Researchers have proved a genetic cause for a severe speech disorder afflicting one British family -- a discovery that could lead to earlier diagnosis and improved treatment of childhood...

Mother charged with abuse at medical center

by Jesse Weisbeck
Published January 28, 1998

A mother allegedly abused her seven-month-old child Sunday evening at the Fairview-University Medical Center. According to a University Police report, the mother allegedly forced the infant's face into...

Clinton: College degree should be higher priority

by Brian Bakst
Published January 28, 1998

and Joe Carlson While labelling 1997 "the most important year in a generation for education," President Clinton delivered an emphatic plea Tuesday to make a college degree as universal as a high school...

Former interns try to dodge spotlight

by Andrew Donohue
Published January 28, 1998

Amid the media frenzy surrounding an alleged affair between a White House intern and President Clinton, past interns remain tight-lipped about their Washington experiences. Rebecca Mathern, a fourth-year...

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