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The Minnesota Daily

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...

Women’s gymnastics starts year

by Michael Dougherty
Published January 5, 1998

The 1998 season for the Minnesota women's gymnastics team got off to a successful start Saturday evening. Molly Umland's Gold team defeated Mindy Knaeble's Maroon team 168.900 to 167.525 as the team held...

More questions than answers exist in college playoff debate

Published January 5, 1998

(AP) -- Here is where college football is at the start of 1998: Michigan, No. 1; Nebraska, No. 1. Where will college football be at the start of 1999? The new super alliance is supposed to eliminate a...

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...

Another area bank robbed as year ends

by Emily Dalnodar
Published January 5, 1998

A record-breaking year for Twin Cities area bank robberies came down to the wire as two men pulled off a heist in Dinkytown on New Year's Eve. On Wednesday morning at approximately 9:30 a.m., two black...

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...

Tax credit gives hope to freshmen and sophomores

by Sarah McKenzie
Published January 5, 1998

University freshmen and sophomores seeking relief from the hefty cost of education may soon find comfort in a new federal tax credit. The HOPE tax credit, signed into law by President Clinton last August...

Program turns U students into tutors

by Sarah McKenzie
Published January 5, 1998

While taking a stroll in her St. Paul neighborhood during winter break, Wendy Quesada, a College of Liberal Arts sophomore, bumped into a little friend. The little friend, accompanied by her mother, pointed...

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...

Several groups argue inconsistencies in compensation

by Jeremy Taff
Published June 20, 1997

Several University constituent groups spent Wednesday afternoon lobbying the Board of Regents for more money from the school's 1997-98 operating budget. Representatives from several committees voiced...

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