The Minnesota Daily

Groups get peek at fees process

by Tracy Ellingson
Published February 19, 1997

Campus organizations that entered the race last month for a slice of 1997-98 student fees got their first good look at how they're faring in the quest for funds. The three subcommittees of the Student...

Student council faces financial crisis

by Tom Lopez
Published February 19, 1997

Two hours after learning of a recommended 24 percent decrease in funding for the Council of Graduate Students, council president Tom Foster discussed the group's future in its Tuesday general assembly...

Unions must evolve to meet new realities

Published February 19, 1997

Things look rather bleak for American unions. President Clinton ordered American Airlines' pilots back to work on Saturday just a few hours into a strike. Detroit newspaper workers ended a 20-month strike...

Penalties mar Gophers-UMD series

by Michael Rand
Published February 18, 1997

Examine these facts carefully: The Gophers hockey team is the most penalized squad in the WCHA. Minnesota-Duluth is No. 2 in that category. When the teams met for a series in October, they combined for...

Iverson voices concerns about teammates’ play

by Aaron Kirscht
Published February 18, 1997

The Gophers women's basketball team seems to practice and play hard, but week after week -- with a rare exception -- the results are the same. A casual look at the score of Sunday's game with Indiana,...

Zaire vows to intensify bombing, rules out talks

Published February 18, 1997

KINSHASA, Zaire (AP) -- Government forces bombed three rebel-held towns in eastern Zaire on Monday and vowed to intensify the attacks, which witnesses said killed at least six people. It was the sharpest...

New poll ranks past, present presidents

by R. Scott
Published February 18, 1997

A dark horse broke into the top 10 this month as Dwight Eisenhower advanced to No. 9 in a poll of the best presidents. The rankings, published this month by William Ridings and Stuart McIver, are the...

Internet maintenance by moral police

Published February 18, 1997

As a new-media practitioner, my life is closely tied to technology. It's my livelihood. My current job doesn't exist without the World Wide Web and the Internet. This is why it's discouraging to know that...

International swimming recruits ride U’s waves

by Ryan Schuster
Published February 18, 1997

Perhaps the most intriguing storyline surrounding the Minnesota Challenge swimming meet during the weekend involved two athletes who aren't even members of either Gophers swim teams. Not yet, anyway. The...

Winter reflections

Published February 18, 1997

Elmo stared at his sledding companion in disbelief, wondering how someone could be so stupid. "Hey Chodo," Emlmo said, "I don't think you should go down that icy slope standing on the sled." But Chodo...