The Minnesota Daily

Credibility eroding, tobacco giants talk

Published April 21, 1997

Last week's revelation that Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco are holding secret settlement talks with plaintiffs suing the tobacco industry represents a critical development in decade-long efforts to curtail...

Ellen’s gay … so are thousands of others

Published April 21, 1997

It has got to be a tough gig being a homosexual in the age of "political correctness." Who really cares that this is America, "the home of the free?" The country that prides itself on being the nation...

Michigan puts Gophers under .500

by Michael Rand
Published April 21, 1997

In a conversation Thursday afternoon, Michigan's Carol Hutchins didn't speak with the confidence one might expect of a coach who has led a team to four Big Ten titles in the last five years. The reason...

Morris chancellorwill retire in ’98

by Kamariea Forcier
Published April 21, 1997

In a campus assembly in Morris last week, University of Minnesota--Morris Chancellor David Johnson announced to students, faculty and staff members that he will retire in June 1998. "I feel I am seeing...

Jensen breaks U record, places first in decathlon

by Allison Younge
Published April 21, 1997

In his first decathlon of the outdoor season, sophomore Benjamin Jensen tallied 7,669 points to break the Minnesota all-time decathlon record and finish first at the Mount SAC Relays at Azusa Pacific...

Playoff hopes die for Gophers women’s golf team

by Ryan Schuster
Published April 21, 1997

The Gophers women's golf team's worst fears were realized this weekend as the team was eliminated from postseason competition in its last regular season meet of the year. Minnesota finished sixth out...

U signs guard to replace Jackson

Published April 21, 1997

The Gophers men's basketball team dipped into the junior college ranks to find a replacement for Big Ten Most Valuable Player Bobby Jackson, and it hopes it has one in Kevin Clark, a guard from Cowley...

Men’s tennis has worst finish under Geatz

by Aaron Kirscht
Published April 21, 1997

Gophers men's tennis coach David Geatz has played up the doubles performance of his team all season long. "We just don't lose the doubles point," he said earlier this season. "That's a huge advantage...

Elmo, accountable

Published April 21, 1997

"Elmo! Give an accounting of yourself!" God was standing waist-deep in the Red River on what used to be a county road. "Ah ... The serpent tempted me and I did--" "That's been done! And it doesn't apply...

Image portrayed by Spice Girls is counter-productive

Published April 21, 1997

The Spice Girls annoy me. It's not that I'm jealous of them because many men are gaga over them or anything like that -- they just really annoy me. They dress in ridiculous clothes, brag about being promiscuous...