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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Secondhand smoke is bad for everybody

by Melanie Evans
Published January 15, 1998

University students take home more than the stale smell of cigarettes from a visit to their favorite crowded smoky bar or coffee shop. According to a study published Wednesday, secondhand smoke greatly...

University faces new discrimination suit

Published January 14, 1998

Yet another racial discrimination case has been filed against the University in federal court, bringing the total number currently in court to three. Despite University claims that the cases have no merit,...

Dear Dr. Date,I…

Published January 14, 1998

Dear Dr. Date, I have unnatural feelings for my girlfriend's female Great Dane. What should I do?-- Confused Don't tell your girlfriend. It's one thing for you to have a crush on one of her chums, quite...

Delusion: the key to a more perfect U

Published January 14, 1998

The results are in, and they are startling: According to Dr. Benjamin Karney, a psychology professor at the University of Florida, intimate relationships often succeed for somewhat surprising reasons....

U’s Whitfield out for year with injury

by Ryan Schuster
Published January 14, 1998

Ayesha Whitfield, a freshman shooting guard on the Gophers women's basketball team, will have surgery next week after suffering a season-ending knee injury in a Dec. 28 game at Iowa. The meniscus tear...

Gays, lesbians making strides despite wide discrimination

by Rebecca Teale
Published January 14, 1998

Gays and lesbians of Austria face severe legal discrimination, a University of Chicago researcher said in a speech Tuesday. Matti Bunzel, who is pursuing a doctorate in anthropology and history, shared...

The broccoli have feelings too, you know

Published January 14, 1998

(U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- I was standing in the kitchen when the discussion turned to footwear, and I received a compliment from my friend on my sneakers. I responded with thanks and proceeded to rotate...

Cloning offers more solutions than fears

Published January 14, 1998

George Lucas could be too late when, in 1999, his "Star Wars" prequels feature an army of cloned soldiers. America is already frightened by that very image, as well as designer babies and headless organ...

Spartans in, Jacobson out

by Tim Klobuchar
Published January 14, 1998

San Francisco 49ers coach Steve Mariucci and Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo have plenty in common. They grew up together in Iron Mountain, Mich. They both attended Northern Michigan University,...

Kahn might face another U challenger

by Coralie Carlson
Published January 14, 1998

State Rep. Phyllis Kahn usually crushes her opponents on election night, but a second-year University law student is determined to break the incumbent's string. Robert Fowler, an Iowa native, announced...

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