The Minnesota Daily

D secret is simple for U’s Crowley

by Michael Rand
Published January 30, 1997

For the first two-thirds of the Gophers hockey season, whispers about defenseman Mike Crowley were commonplace. Psst. What's wrong with Crowley? He's not scoring. He doesn't look the same.' Then the junior...

Interactive Newseum tells story of journalism

Published January 30, 1997

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tourists who visit the White House, the Capitol and the Supreme Court will soon be able to learn about what some people call the fourth branch of government -- journalism -- at a high-tech...

Hass she got the touch? Gophers think so

by Aaron Kirscht
Published January 30, 1997

When the basketball career of a star Gophers recruit was cut short by a rare medical condition two years ago, coach Linda Hill-MacDonald went in search of a player who could fill the void. It wouldn't...

Language lesson

Published January 30, 1997

It was a bleak, gray day, like the day before. Suddenly, Elmo heard a voice: "Parlez vous franáais?" Elmo knew this was something in a foreign language, something he had heard before. He answered, "Partly...

Return of the Jedi, return of the hype

Published January 30, 1997

Almost 20 years ago, buried in the back of the Daily's A&E section, was a curt pan of a summer action movie. "It's as good an excuse as any for air conditioning in the summertime," read the review....

Hold the carcass and pass the salad

Published January 30, 1997

It all started in about sixth grade when I saw the movie "The Elephant Man." After the show my family and I went back home and started fixing spaghetti. As I pushed around little wedges of ground beef...

American Indian studies may regain tenured faculty

by Jennifer Niemela
Published January 30, 1997

After nearly two decades in the academic wilderness, the Department of American Indian Studies stands poised to regain tenured faculty, a status the department lost in 1980. The department will gain a...

Bill would increase grant amounts

by Tracy Ellingson
Published January 30, 1997

Sen. Paul Wellstone says he hopes to buck the trend of the last two decades and provide students with the maximum amount of money authorized for the federal Pell Grant program. Wellstone introduced legislation...

Defense attorney objects to conduct

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published January 30, 1997

Jurors in the trial of Louis Cardona "Butch" Buggs heard medical testimony and saw diagrams of Kami Talley's bullet wounds and autopsy results Wednesday. But the real fireworks didn't start until the...

Flynt exposed at Coffman discussion

by Kathryn Herzog
Published January 30, 1997

The critically acclaimed and award-winning movie, "The People vs. Larry Flynt," portrays Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt as a champion of the First Amendment. But some local feminist and anti-pornography...