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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Private food vendor starts talks with the University

by Tracy Ellingson
Published May 14, 1997

and Nancy Ngo The University's lone food service candidate has proven it is smitten with the school, as it takes the first steps toward establishing a relationship with the institution. For the next three...

Conflicts addressed in relationship policy

Published May 14, 1997

The University Senate policy on consensual relationships is slated for revision at Thursday's Senate meeting. At present, the existing policy warns against "the possible costs of an apparently consenting...

Floating through reality: needing salvation

by By Alex
Published May 14, 1997

"I've spent 15 years in a life raft -- 15 years -- now I've got something to say. Stay in your lifeboats, people, stay in your life boats. It's murder out there, murder. Sharks patrol these waters." --...

Smith has big plans for UK basketball

Published May 14, 1997

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Tubby Smith expects to carry on the winning tradition at Kentucky. "There's no reason we can't be as successful and to maintain this level of excellence that has already been established...

Andy Richter, late-night sidekick, entertains at U

by Andy Donohue
Published May 13, 1997

and Joel Frozena When asked what the biggest benefit of being late night's last sidekick is, Andy Richter said, "I get to park my tank anywhere." Actor, writer and comedian Richter spoke on Monday night...

Grand Forks water now safe to drink

Published May 13, 1997

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Residents were told on Monday that their tap water was safe to drink, nearly a month after flooding ravaged the city and prompted plans to prevent future floods. An order to boil...

West’s silence speaksvolumes to Turkey

Published May 13, 1997

Tensions in Turkey are reaching explosive levels in the wake of rumors that a military coup is just around the corner. Citizens of that Middle East country are bracing for what could be the fourth such...

Bad planning is real deferred maintenance

by By Thomas
Published May 13, 1997

Your April 25 editorial, "Years of neglect haunt old buildings," which addressed the University's $1 billion deferred maintenance problem, raises a broader issue, of which building repair is only one...

Playboy representatives aren’t fazed by protests

by Jack Wheeler
Published May 13, 1997

Many of the women who have appeared in Playboy pictorials have gone on to become actresses and models -- even doctors and lawyers, said representatives from the men's magazine. But some students and staff...

Mandela’s party admits anti-apartheid atrocities

Published May 13, 1997

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's governing African National Congress admitted Monday that it committed bombings, murders and torture in its fight against apartheid -- sometimes killing innocent...

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