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The Minnesota Daily

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The Minnesota Daily

Government, rebels fight war of words over Chiapas

Published January 5, 1998

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) -- Mexico's government has taken out full-page newspaper ads denying involvement in the massacre of 45 Indians in Chiapas, distancing itself from an attack linked...

New year brings hope for flood victims

by Melanie Evans
Published January 5, 1998

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. -- Scott Balek's first trip back home to First Street following the April 18 flooding was to clean out the few remaining items that survived the river water that touched his bedroom's...

Coalition questions U stock shares

by Emily Dalnodar
Published January 5, 1998

Through letter-writing campaigns and protests, the Minnesota Free Burma Coalition hopes to persuade the University to divest its stocks worth more than $1 million in a company doing business in Burma. Their...

Voice-operated van helps veteran drive again

Published January 5, 1998

ST. PAUL (AP) When Dave Langsdale gets behind the wheel of his van, one of the first things he does is talk to it. "Drive," he says, speaking into a small microphone over the sun visor. The vehicle's on-board...

Merger plan worth a closely watched try

Published January 5, 1998

Meeting its winter break deadline, the Communications Studies Task Force submitted its report to College of Liberal Arts Dean Steven Rosenstone. The task force proposed a marriage between a journalism...

Around the Country

Published January 5, 1998

Green Bay 21, Tampa Bay 7 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The Green Bay Packers better have eliminated the rust. Their next opponent, the San Francisco 49ers, won't be as charitable as the Tampa Bay Bucs. "Each...

Retired mediaprof, 94, dies

by Heather Fors
Published January 5, 1998

Raymond Nixon, a retired University journalism professor and international communications scholar, died Dec. 15 in Bloomington, Minn. He was 94. Nixon, who retired in 1971, was often referred to as the...

U loses long-time friend, professor

by Sarah McKenzie
Published January 5, 1998

At his retirement dinner in 1988, Bernard (Jim) Haxby said good-bye to colleagues at the University, but not for the last time. Haxby, 76, continued his relationship with the Department of Electrical...

NCAA berth caps volleyball season

by Allison Younge
Published January 5, 1998

While the 1997 Minnesota volleyball season might best be described as four head-spinning months of extremes, advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament left the Gophers on the upswing. After...

Dr. Date’s guide to bras

Published December 4, 1997

Banking on the success of last year's Guide to Men's Underwear, I bring you a whirlwind tour of the loved and hated bra. Undergarment enthusiasts fetishize it but most women see it as a necessary evil...

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