The Minnesota Daily

Health officials vacate U buildings

Published March 11, 1997

Gaseous odors outside Kolthoff and Smith Halls on Monday evening forced the University's Department of Environmental Health and Safety to evacuate the buildings and block off the immediate area for about...

Trial is suspended for fourth time

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published March 11, 1997

Because of complications with prosecuting attorney Anne Taylor's pregnancy, Hennepin County Judge Allen Oleisky continued Puiassance Andersen's trial again. The case has been postponed on three other...

Obesity has increased in children

Published March 11, 1997

CHICAGO (AP) -- Hold the french fries and turn off the television. A new study confirms the need for more young people to do just that. The study, published in the March issue of the journal Pediatrics,...

U2000 prompts re-evaluation of GC

by Kelly Wittman
Published March 11, 1997

For James W. Reed, a teaching assistant in General College, that college was the key to his higher education. Although the threats made by administrators last winter to close the college did not shake...

Clinton angry FBI kept mum about Chinese

Published March 11, 1997

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House officials and the FBI clashed in a rare public quarrel Monday after President Clinton complained he should have been alerted about the agency's suspicions that the Chinese...

Diversity: U’s daunting task

by Lynne Kozarek
Published March 11, 1997

Editor's Note: This is the seventh in an eight-day series on the U2000 initiative.Few questions elicit answers as diverse as that of what diversity itself means. It's an issue administrators and members...

If you want happiness, just follow the recipe

by By Jessica
Published March 11, 1997

It's all about balance; getting the right mixture of beans, sauce, crumbs into a green bean casserole or, as I found out the hard way on Saturday, the right amount of Hershey's chocolate sauce, brownie...

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...

California paper renews rumors of missile in Flight 800 crash

Published March 11, 1997

NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal investigators on Monday disputed the latest report that TWA Flight 800 may have been downed by a missile, saying the evidence doesn't support that conclusion. A joint statement...

Computers Suck

Published March 10, 1997

"Aaahhh...!!!" Elmo cried in frustration, as his computer locked up on him once again. "Please hold while I connect you to the next avaliable service technition," the recorded voice on the end of the line...