The Minnesota Daily

Yudof listens to AHC’s concerns

by Jim Martyka
Published February 26, 1997

Finishing up an extended weekend visit to the University, University President-elect Mark Yudof addressed concerns from Academic Health Center faculty members Tuesday at an open forum in the Mayo Memorial...

U.S. says Mexican corruption hinders drug war

Published February 26, 1997

WASHINGTON (AP) --President Clinton outlined Tuesday how he wants to spend the 5 percent increase he's seeking from Congress to fight drugs next year as U.S. officials acknowledged the battle has been...

Sioux goalie proves he is for real

by Michael Rand
Published February 26, 1997

Gophers players said three weeks ago that they didn't know how good North Dakota goalie Aaron Schweitzer was after firing just 51 shots on the freshman in a two-game series. Six games later, Schweitzer...

James Earl Ray’s case should be re-examined

Published February 26, 1997

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. After an international search, James Earl Ray was captured and confessed to killing the civil rights leader. Because Ray...

University Web site explores treaty rights, civility

by Lynne Kozarek
Published February 26, 1997

The question of Indian treaty rights simmers beneath the surface of Minnesota public affairs, boiling over from time to time with a judicial decision or a burned effigy. Now, the University has entered...

El Salvador incidentsparks protest rally

by Max Rust
Published February 26, 1997

The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador held a demonstration Tuesday afternoon in response to the kidnapping of a University student. About two dozen people stood outside the Federal...

I do like them, green eggs and ham

Published February 26, 1997

A colleague of mine recently wrote a column about life as a vegetarian. She obliquely argued that the vegetarian lifestyle is a better alternative to the polysaturated, artery-clogging path upon which...

Stadium deal for Twins might threaten U baseball

by Tom Lopez
Published February 26, 1997

When the Legislature begins to debate construction of a new Twins stadium this week, they will also be indirectly debating the fate of Gophers baseball. "It all comes down to what importance Gophers baseball...

U makes its budget pitch

by Chris Vetter
Published February 26, 1997

For the first time since the Legislature opened in January, University administrators on Tuesday got down to the nuts and bolts of their budget request at the Capitol. With several weeks of campaigning...

The fees committee misinterpreted its role

by By Tom
Published February 26, 1997

Why should the campus community care that the Student Services Fees Committee is dismantling the Council of Graduate Students? After all, isn't COGS just for graduate students? Apart from a few cranky...