The Minnesota Daily

Blair, Labour’s win not so Clinton-esque

Published May 8, 1997

The people of Great Britain last Thursday elected Tony Blair prime minister by voting his Labour Party into power with a huge majority. The union-backed, traditionally liberal party will be running the...

Duluth hosts May’s regents meeting

by Jim Martyka
Published May 8, 1997

By this weekend, the University community might see a revamping of central administration, green lights for several key facilities projects and a first look at the second part of the school's biennial...

Success doesn’t stop Gophers throws coach from teaching

by Allison Younge
Published May 8, 1997

Lynne Anderson walked into her office at the Bierman Field Athletic Building on Wednesday after icing her painful right arm. The Gophers track and field throws coach was outside with her son the day before...

Haskins: Bluegrass no greener than U

by Todd Zolecki
Published May 8, 1997

Clem Haskins will return to his native state of Kentucky today, but it's not to interview for the head coaching vacancy at the University of Kentucky. There is speculation the Gophers men's basketball...

Abortion drug may not come to Boynton

by Max Rust
Published May 8, 1997

Although the Federal Drug Administration recommended the approval of the controversial drug RU-486, the outlook for getting the abortion pill on campus looks doubtful. The Student Health Advisory Committee...

A-bomb survivor shares her experience

Published May 7, 1997

Fifty-one years after Suzuko Numata lost her left leg to the American atomic bomb in Hiroshima, she no longer thinks of herself as a victim. "I always think of the innocent children and adults who lost...

Hill-MacDonald gets WNBA job

Published May 7, 1997

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Former Gophers women's basketball coach Linda Hill-MacDonald was named on Tuesday first head coach of the Cleveland Rockers of the WNBA, a women's professional basketball league. Hill-MacDonald,...

New law means tough penalties for stalkers

by Chris Vetter
Published May 7, 1997

Gov. Arne Carlson signed a tough, new anti-crime measure on Tuesday that lowers the burden of proof for prosecutors when seeking convictions for stalkers. Under the new law, which amends the original...

Diet drugs re-examined after woman’s death

Published May 7, 1997

NEW YORK (AP) -- The death of a Massachusetts woman who took diet drugs to fit into her wedding dress has increased scrutiny of an unapproved but widely used drug cocktail known as "fen-phen." Before Mary...

Coca-Cola exploits Nigeria, do you?

by By Guido
Published May 7, 1997

You're hot and thirsty. You've just finished four hours of studying calculus and psychology, and it's 1 a.m. The obvious solution is to quench your thirst and resolve your discomfort and, hey, the water...