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The Minnesota Daily

TV actor shares insights with students

by Melanie Evans
Published May 12, 1997

It is possible for actors to live off of soup, cheese and tax returns while working for the "big break," said actor Richard Hatch -- and he speaks from experience. "We had a big bag of about 500 cans...

Cash: Don’t leave home without it

by By Simon
Published May 12, 1997

Not to sound dire or anything, but credit cards are spelling out doom for our culture. Plastic is burning the bridges between the money we have and the money we think we have. Here on campus, a part-time,...

PSO rallies for tuition freeze

by Jennifer Niemela
Published May 12, 1997

The Progressive Student Organization staged a rally Friday in front of Morrill Hall to protest rising tuition rates at the University. The rally, which attracted about 15 people, was intended to protest...

Regents say steam plant can’t be moved

by Lynne Kozarek
Published May 12, 1997

Joel Sawyer DULUTH -- University officials gave Gov. Arne Carlson the cold shoulder Friday when they rebuffed his offer to negotiate moving the University's southeast steam plant off the Mississippi River. In...

Stadium Village wary of new developments

Published May 12, 1997

Editor's note: This is the fourth and last in a series examining the diverse community surrounding the University. Joe Carlson Stadium Village initially grew up around Memorial Stadium many years ago...

Iran launches relief efforts after quake kills 2,400

Published May 12, 1997

QAEN, Iran (AP) -- Convoys of buses, trucks and pickups rushed volunteers over narrow dirt roads Sunday to the remote mountains of northeastern Iran, where the death toll from a powerful earthquake reached...

Elmo hates the state

Published May 12, 1997

All year long the guys from Bushwood awaited the arrival of Narvapalooza 2. The original Narvapalooza turned out to be the best party this side of Guam, and the four chums wanted to make it a repeat success....

Service concealed logging records

Published May 12, 1997

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Combing through 11,000 pages of court documents, environmentalists trying to stop logging in part of the Snake River basin found records the Forest Service claimed didn't exist about...

U’s season ends with NCAA loss

by Aaron Kirscht
Published May 12, 1997

The Gophers women's tennis season came to an abrupt end Friday, losing 5-2 to Indiana in the first round of the NCAA Midwest regional tournament. And while coach Martin Novak said he was satisfied with...

Boaters on the St. Croix river face a set of new restrictions

Published May 12, 1997

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) -- New restrictions on boating in the St. Croix River are the latest effort to prevent the spread of zebra mussels into the scenic waterway on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. Zebra...

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