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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U’s politics buffs mull high court’s ruling on Clinton

by Chris Vetter
Published May 28, 1997

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the president is not immune from civil and criminal lawsuits, opening up the possibility that President Bill Clinton could go to trial. The Court's...

School children get taste of life at U

by Douglas Rojas
Published May 28, 1997

Amanda Montgomery, a sixth-grade elementary school student, wants to be a lawyer or a wild cat trainer after she finishes school. And on Tuesday, she had the chance to visit the University for the first...

Institute appoints professor for elite fruit fly research

by Peter Kauffner
Published May 28, 1997

An extra pair of wings might not help a fly soar through the air, but the mutation might help scientists. And with an appointment from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to assist him, a University associate...

Air Force pilot seeks honorable discharge

Published May 28, 1997

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air Force bomber pilot Kelly Flinn can appeal her general discharge but is unlikely to succeed, Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said on Tuesday. Flinn, who indicated through her attorney...

Cafe mixed both idealism and food

Published May 28, 1997

It was late last Friday, and University senior Angela Scharfenberger was tired. "I don't know what we could have done," she said. "Things were kind of a mess." Scharfenberger was about to talk about the...

Students design concrete canoe

Published May 28, 1997

The tabloid press, specifically the Globe, has been under fire for questionable ethics in enticing Frank Gifford into a sex scandal with a woman whom the Globe had paid beforehand. The Globe does not consider...

Thirty-dollar smocks do not a hippie make

by By Kristin
Published May 28, 1997

I love the band Phish, yet as my boyfriend once eloquently stated, "I hate everything about Phish except the music itself." Call me closed-minded, but the past few Phish shows I've attended made my stomach...

Joan Lunden to leaveafter 17 years as host of ABC morning show

Published May 28, 1997

NEW YORK (AP) -- After 17 years of greeting bleary-eyed viewers with a smile first thing in the morning, Joan Lunden is leaving ABC's "Good Morning America" to concentrate on prime-time specials for the...

U wins suit, could recoup millions

by Jim Martyka
Published May 28, 1997

A federal court ruling in a case that originally could have cost the University up to $18 million now might provide an opportunity for the University and medical residents to retrieve money they have...

Esteemed professor of mathematics dies at age 60

by Tracy Ellingson
Published May 28, 1997

Mathematics professor Eugene Fabes' colleagues remember their peer as a caring man with a talent for bringing fun to his teaching and an international flavor to the University's School of Mathematics. Fabes,...

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