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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Renovated riverfront dorm is a great idea

Published January 15, 1997

The University has announced its intentions to renovate the current Mineral Resources Research Center and convert the space into apartment-style student housing. Opened in 1911, the building sits on the...

Gender isn’t the same thing as sexuality

by By Patrick
Published January 15, 1997

Fag. Dyke. Sissy. Lesbian. Bisexual. Homosexual. Does wearing an earring make me something other than heterosexual? What about going to a gay club? Men putting mousse in their hair? Women wearing high-top...

MSA to request increase in funds

by Tracy Ellingson
Published January 15, 1997

The Minnesota Student Association voted Tuesday to ask the Student Services Fees Committee for more money in the 1997-98 school year. If the committee grants the group's request for a 13 percent increase...

Illinois deals U buzz kill

by Todd Zolecki
Published January 15, 1997

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Minnesota point guard Eric Harris described it as a sting. That's exactly what a 96-90 loss to Illinois on the road feels like -- a sharp pain. It feels worse when the Gophers men's...

It’s no longer foreign to study abroad

by Kamariea Forcier
Published January 15, 1997

If University students don't like the idea of four more months of winter in Minnesota, one office on campus is encouraging them to leave. But only temporarily -- to study abroad. According to a recent...

Judge: jury pool is racially balanced

by Jim Martyka
Published January 15, 1997

A judge ruled Tuesday that the pool of possible jurors for the murder trial of Louis Cardona "Butch" Buggs adequately represents blacks and is not prejudiced, striking down a defense motion made Monday. "The...

Public art can draw attention

by Joe Carlson
Published January 15, 1997

"The big silver thing by the bookstore" is both a common reference point for East Bank pedestrians, and one of several examples of public art on campus. The true purpose of public art is debatable, some...

Police respond to football fans’ scuffle

by Jim Martyka
Published January 15, 1997

As the National Football League's best teams battled each other in the playoffs over the weekend, emotions ran high for at least two Minnesota Vikings fans. Two men were charged with assault Friday night...

Legislators: Minnesota loses in deal

Published January 15, 1997

Dear Legislator, Last week a Brinks armored security truck flipped over while driving across a highway overpass in a poor district of Miami, Florida. Food stamps, coins and bills rained down from the heavens,...

Alaska coach alternates his goalies each score vs. Huskies

by Michael Rand
Published January 15, 1997

Had he gone into commercials instead of hockey, Alaska-Anchorage hockey coach Dean Talafous might have been typecast in Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercials. The mid-1980s advertising campaign for the...

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