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The Minnesota Daily

Study says pills may lessen risk of prostate cancer

Published May 20, 1997

DENVER (AP) -- New research raises the possibility that beta carotene pills could help ward off prostate cancer among men who skimp on fruits and vegetables. The findings, part of a big study of physicians,...

U mightcertify asbestos workers

by Jessica Steeno
Published May 20, 1997

Though more than 3,000 different commercially available products have asbestos in them, administrators at the University's Twin Cities campus are most concerned with the large number of ceiling tiles...

Removal of asbestos is a lengthy task

by Nancy Ngo
Published May 20, 1997

The University has actively removed asbestos from its buildings for the past six years. The projects won't necessarily be getting smaller, nor will the University be asbestos-free anytime soon. Officials...

Star-struck Elmo

Published May 20, 1997

Elmo stirred in his seat as Baring Som, the fresh, new surfer-metal band out of that sleepy little northern California town, left the stage in a flurry of screams and hoots. Now it was time. Elmo couldn't...

Lentaris quits U swimming team, goes home to Greece

by Ryan Schuster
Published May 20, 1997

Junior swimmer Manolis Lentaris has started swimming again following two seasons of turmoil at Minnesota that saw him suffer various injuries, academic troubles and motivational problems. This time, however,...

Tax-credits shouldn’tfund private schools

Published May 20, 1997

The Minnesota Legislature is about to enter a special session that could drag deliberations about a K-12 education bill well into the summer. Although extra sessions are a burden on the taxpayer, they...

Higher ed bill moves slowly

Published May 20, 1997

The fate of the University's 1998-99 biennial budget was still unknown late Monday night as the Legislature wrapped up its 1997 session. The state's higher education funding bill, which includes the University's...

U’s ‘student regent’ is a regent first

by Jim Martyka
Published May 20, 1997

Sitting in the middle of a crowded coffee house sipping an almond latte, Jessica Phillips speaks quietly but with enthusiasm. A casual observer would be unlikely to pick her out from the mass of students...

Help save the Dineh Nation at Big Mountain

by by Steve
Published May 20, 1997

The history of the white colonization of North America is replete with atrocities committed against the continent's original inhabitants. In his mad search for gold, Christopher Columbus slaughtered and...

Listeners get Frisbees, not judgments

by Sarah Hallonquist
Published May 20, 1997

A different breed of mall preachers took to their soapboxes on Monday on Northrop Mall. Six Episcopal priests each took their turn preaching the Gospel, while members of the University Episcopal Center...

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