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The Minnesota Daily

Female Army trainees say rape allegations false

Published March 12, 1997

ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) -- Five women Army recruits accused investigators Tuesday of trying to coerce them into saying they were raped by superiors in a burgeoning scandal that has civil rights advocates calling...

Hasselmo, Yudof agree on U2000 goals

by Joel Sawyer
Published March 12, 1997

Editor's note: Halfway through the University 2000 planning process, its chief architect plans to retire. University President Nils Hasselmo will be succeeded in July by Mark Yudof, the current executive...

Military pilot supports missile theory

Published March 12, 1997

NEW YORK (AP) -- A military helicopter pilot who witnessed the explosion of TWA Flight 800 repeatedly told investigators he thought a missile struck the plane, a source said on Tuesday. The Air National...

Frontier fire adds fuel to string of arson incidents

by Jim Martyka
Published March 12, 1997

University Police responded to another fire in a residence hall early Sunday morning. This time, the fire was reported in Frontier Hall. According to police reports, an unknown person lit a poster that...

Purdue feels the pressure in tough NCAA bracket

Published March 12, 1997

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Brad Miller remembers Purdue's No. 1 NCAA seeding a year ago. He also remembers the pressure that came with it, something the young Boilermakers are glad to do without this...

Faculty evaluations should be public

Published March 12, 1997

Tomorrow I register for spring quarter classes, and like thousands of other students, I'll spend several agonizing hours diligently arranging my schedule. Hopefully, I'll avoid the physics professor who...

Welfare reform needsfinancial jump-start

Published March 12, 1997

President Clinton announced last week that the federal government will begin hiring welfare recipients as part of the nationwide initiative to meet the challenges of last year's reform law. This latest...

Vendor search concerns continue

by Nancy Ngo
Published March 12, 1997

Students and food service employees question whether their voices are being heard in the University's search for a food service partner. A public forum, held on Tuesday at the West Bank Union Auditorium,...

Zielinski is sparkplug for men’s swimmers

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 12, 1997

When sophomore Gophers men's swimmer Martin Zielinski stands next to his teammates, he looks like he doesn't belong on the squad. He is 5-foot-9, 170-pounds and only bench-presses 145 pounds, whereas...

If you can read this, you’re the problem

Published March 11, 1997

Internet addiction is becoming a major problem in this country. Some spend more than eight hours a day online. This is dangerous, because when people spend so much time reading online publications and...

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