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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Students spend day at human rights fair

by Chris Hamilton
Published May 19, 1997

A group of students spent the afternoon diligently drawing a scrolling picture show dotted with stick-figure children chained to machinery. One of the characters held a sign stating "Nike is Bad." This...

More work needed in professor evaluations

by By Allan
Published May 19, 1997

In the Friday, May 16 news story "Senate changes romance policy," reporter Tom Lopez summarizes remarks I made to the University Senate at its Thursday meeting regarding the proposal to form a committee...

Quilt brings city residents together

by Joe Carlson
Published May 19, 1997

About 250 residents of southeast Minneapolis blanketed East River Flats park Saturday in celebration, representing the different aspects of their communities much like a quilt of images on display. The...

Elmo gets shafted

Published May 19, 1997

Elmo stared at the intramural softball schedule without blinking. He simply couldn't fathom the horror. His team, The Clownfish, was 2-2 and needed one more win to make the playoffs. But they had to face...

Dentists will learn to prevent abuse

by Bei Hu
Published May 16, 1997

Several years ago, dentists at the Family Dentistry Clinic, with the assistance of the University's Program Against Sexual Violence, managed a patient's escape from her abusive partner. Now, such piece-meal...

Pedestrian bridge offers quiet respite

by Joe Carlson
Published May 16, 1997

Poised above the reflecting waters of the Mississippi River, the East River Flats pedestrian bridge rests in a quiet enclave hidden down in the river gorge, away from urban bustle. Set about 300 feet...

University student in custody for alleged residence hall rape

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published May 16, 1997

Juan Pablo Adame, 24, had his first appearance on charges of 3rd-degree criminal sexual conduct in Hennepin County District Court on Thursday morning. Adame, a College of Liberal Arts senior, is charged...

Deneen makes good on unique middle name with U men’s track

by Susan Filkins
Published May 16, 1997

When junior hurdler Niles Deneen was born, his mother gave him the middle name Running. Ironically, the name Running had nothing to do with track at all. "My mother had an art professor in college named...

Union comes back to work at Med Center

by Jennifer Niemela
Published May 16, 1997

After almost five months on their own, former University workers at Fairview-University Medical Center voted to renew their severed ties to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. By...

Gophers are 14th after first day of NCAA regional

by Ryan Schuster
Published May 16, 1997

After the first day of the three-day NCAA Midwest Regional in Norman, Okla. on Thursday, the Gophers were tied with Tulsa for 14th place out of 21 teams with a one-round 297. Texas A&M was first with...

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