The Minnesota Daily

Record of student apathy is pathetic

Published June 4, 1997

Apathy. Thousands of University students are suffering from it. Some of them think the University experience revolves around partying all day and all night -- only leaving their apartments to go for more...

Mixed messages: clown, preachers meet on mall

by Douglas Rojas
Published June 4, 1997

God created french fries on the third day to be dipped in ketchup. Or so Ronald McDonald said on Tuesday on the Mall in front of Northrop Memorial Auditorium. Three students placed a plastic statue of...

State passes gay marriage prohibition

by Chris Vetter
Published June 4, 1997

A new state law signed on Monday by Gov. Arne Carlson bans gay marriages in Minnesota and denies recognition of gay marriages performed in other states. The law, called the Defense of Marriage Act, was...

Doll in a wheelchair challenges our fears

Published June 4, 1997

In Barbie's dream world everything is pink, the girls are pretty and the boys are eunuchs. But even Barbie had to open her eyes to a broader vision of the world recently with the release of Share-A-Smile...

Body of missing professor recovered

Published June 4, 1997

A University professor missing since Monday in northeastern Wisconsin was found dead Tuesday night, authorities there reported. Larry L. Cummings, 59, a professor of strategic management and organization,...

Parkos to take shot at All-America this week

by Susan Filkins
Published June 4, 1997

Two weeks ago at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Champaign, Ill., senior thrower Dani Parkos stepped up and claimed her second career Big Ten title. With a personal best throw of...

Mexican ambulance near border searched by U.S.

Published June 3, 1997

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Mexican ambulance crews in Tijuana, upset by a recent inspection by American customs agents, are threatening to leave injured Americans short of the border. The ambulance crews typically...

Community hopes to revitalize area

by Joe Carlson
Published June 3, 1997

More than 120 people gathered in Van Cleve Park recently to discuss the future of their Southeast Minneapolis neighborhood. Community members placed affirmative neon green and cautionary blaze orange...

Crowley to remain at U

by Michael Rand
Published June 3, 1997

Mike Crowley, a junior defenseman on the Gophers hockey team, decided late Sunday night to reject the latest contract offer from the NHL's Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Unless the Ducks make a counter-offer during...

U community reflects on McVeigh trial, verdict

by Jennifer Niemela
Published June 3, 1997

Although it occurred more than two years ago and 700 miles away, the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City stirred reaction at the University when Timothy McVeigh was found guilty...