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The Minnesota Daily



Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

The only thing standing between you and spring break

Published March 16, 1997

It's Friday of finals week. You're sitting in yet another study session, this one in Willey Hall 125. The room is full of restless students trying to get a clue about what your test -- your last test of...

The near-beating of a college professor

Published March 16, 1997

By the time you reach Kaplan, he is surrounded by the usual claque of admiring students, saying goodbye and making their final comments, as though they are graduating from high school instead of just having...

Acting fast, you ho…

Published March 16, 1997

Acting fast, you hop in the truck and hope that no one is looking. You prepare to chase the speeding car, but decide to search the truck first in hopes of finding your ticket. Slinking down in the seat...

Introduction

Published March 16, 1997

And now for something completely different. After another quarter of covering and untangling the affairs of the University, the Daily turns to the top item on current student agendas: spring break. This...

Do the mashed potato; do the mole!

Published March 16, 1997

Dazed and withdrawing into shock, you crawl from the burning wreckage that was your cab and realize that your body is engulfed in flames. You begin to scream and run away from the flaming pit of the cab. Your...

He’s got your

Published March 16, 1997

Half-way down the aisle, you notice something odd; your T.A.'s name, Melodie Seibert, is spelled wrong at the top of your test. How likely would it be that your T.A., who wrote the exam, would spell her...

Ask not what Ican do for you … but what you can do for me

Published March 16, 1997

You decide that making the speech might be worthwhile after all, since the disgruntled students seem to know something about the man. Hesitantly, you wade through to the center of the protesters and grab...

Sea of emptiness

Published March 16, 1997

With a sigh and a silent prayer, you head off in the direction of Anderson Hall hoping that the villain has not gotten too far ahead of you. Your feet pound the concrete floors as you pass one, two, three...

Eating your way out

Published March 16, 1997

Hearing a chorus of yodelers, you run backwards over the pedestrian bridge toward Northrop Mall. You trip over a frozen squirrel, somersaulting into another dimension. You land on a pinhead, suspended...

Taking the test

Published March 16, 1997

You try to put your lost ticket and the possibility of spending Spring Break with your sister in Eau Claire out of your mind long enough to take this one last test. You file into the lecture hall, take...

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