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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

MSA leaders reflect on year

by Tracy Ellingson
Published May 16, 1997

Helen Phin came into the Minnesota Student Association office late Thursday afternoon ready to hand over her desk, her keys and her duties as the organization's president to her successors. "It's over...

Senate changes romancepolicy

by Tom Lopez
Published May 16, 1997

Despite criticisms from some administrators, the University Senate voted nearly unanimously to amend the consensual relationship provision of its sexual harassment policy at its meeting Thursday. The...

Sauska set to make impression

by Aaron Kirscht
Published May 16, 1997

As Gophers freshman Nora Sauska began to climb the national tennis rankings, losing only once in her first 22 matches and reaching the top 40 by mid-season, she seemed like a sure bet to take her place...

Tennis ignored in new arena plan

Published May 16, 1997

Those "How a bill becomes a law" videos back in elementary school made things look so easy. A group of happy senators and representatives hammered out a solid piece of legislation, and an eager governor...

Students honored at award ceremony aim for proactivity

by Joe Carlson
Published May 15, 1997

An imaginary wheel spins in the mind of University graduate student Ruby Jones, and motivates her to raise two children while working and completing her master's degree in social work. "Basically, (the...

Old research center may not become dorm

by Joel Sawyer
Published May 15, 1997

High construction and maintenance costs might scuttle plans to renovate an East Bank campus landmark into student housing, University officials say. Plans to renovate the 73-year-old Mineral Resources...

Hiring coach Hill-MacDonald is Rockers’ first mistake

Published May 15, 1997

Just as the Women's NBA strives for respect and looks to knock off its chief competitor (the American Basketball League), its franchise in Cleveland does something rash by hiring former Gophers women's...

Hill-MacDonald defends new job

by Aaron Kirscht
Published May 15, 1997

More than a few jaws dropped and plenty of eyebrows rose on May 6, when the Cleveland Rockers -- one of eight teams in the upstart Women's NBA -- announced that former Gophers coach Linda Hill-MacDonald...

It’s hard to find romance in a crystal ball

by By Heather
Published May 15, 1997

It seems I have been playing amateur psychologist lately. Friends, neighbors and people I don't even know have been bombarding me with their dating woes. A typical conversation goes something like this:Friend:...

U hosts agricultural event for city kids

by Douglas Rojas
Published May 15, 1997

For many metro-area elementary school students, watching a chicken egg hatch or petting a piglet are unfamiliar episodes in the urban landscape. But Tuesday and Wednesday, they had the chance to do those...

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