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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Analyst says Clinton’s budget won’t help Minnesota students

by Chris Vetter
Published May 6, 1997

Proposed changes in federal Pell Grant awards would not help students but instead would save money for the state, said government officials on Monday at the Capitol. Lisa DeReinee, the state's department...

Child domestic violencecase dismissed in court

Published May 6, 1997

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) -- With their pretend marriage in shambles, fifth-graders Cody Finch and Katie Rose Sawyer faced each other in domestic violence court on Monday and swore they'd never, ever speak...

High school science team challenges judges

Published May 6, 1997

CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) -- The Los Angeles high school team that won a national science quiz for a second straight year on Monday knows enough to argue points of astronomy and biology with the judges. Challenging...

Apathy toward MSA elections unlikely to change soon

by Tracy Ellingson
Published May 6, 1997

This year's Minnesota Student Association elections proved once again that when it comes to voting for the University's student leaders, apathy always wins. This year's president and vice president-elect,...

Professional workers wrap up voting on union

by Jennifer Niemela
Published May 6, 1997

Today marks the last day of voting in the University professional workers' union election, with ballots in the mail-in vote due at the state Bureau of Mediation Services by 4:30 this afternoon. The ballots,...

Mr. Spock talks of his long and prosperous life

Published May 6, 1997

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (College Press Exchange) -- Leonard Nimoy, who would later become famous as Mr. Spock in the "Star Trek" series, had a brush with greatness 41 years ago. While trying to re-establish his...

Table set for Gophers baseball against ‘Cats

by Tim Klobuchar
Published May 6, 1997

The Gophers baseball team knew going into its weekend series at Iowa that it had to win the series to have a realistic chance at catching Illinois or Purdue -- the two teams tied for third-place -- and...

U will likely be left out of NCAAs

by Michael Rand
Published May 6, 1997

Gophers softball coach Lisa Bernstein-O'Brien figured her team would have a chance to play its way into an NCAA tournament bid. But since Minnesota finished tied for sixth in the Big Ten and missed the...

Rules change for working moms

Published May 6, 1997

I bet politicians didn't have any idea they were voting about the role of women in society when they pushed for welfare reform. Gov. Arne Carlson last week proudly signed into law a welfare-to-work bill...

Publisher recalls book on world religions

Published May 6, 1997

NEW YORK (AP) -- Simon & Schuster said on Monday that it is recalling all 4,000 copies of a children's book, agreeing with a Muslim group that the book unfairly portrays the prophet Mohammed as a bloodthirsty...

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