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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

University-made turkey vaccine could save millions

by Branden Peterson
Published September 18, 2002

A University professor has helped stop the spread of a virus that cost Minnesota turkey producers $90 million in losses during the past six years. The Department of Agriculture recently approved a vaccine...

DNR will use dogs, hunters to kill bear

by Brad Unangst
Published September 18, 2002

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will use dogs and hunters to find and kill the bear that attacked a University researcher Sunday. Dennis Stauffer, spokesman for the DNR, said on Wednesday...

Judicial candidates can voice opinions for the first time

by Andrew Pritchard
Published September 18, 2002

For the first time since 1974, Minnesota judicial candidates are able to speak their minds during their campaigns. That permission was granted by a 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court ruling at the end of June that...

A stronger euro makes for poorer traveling students

by Nathan Halverson
Published September 18, 2002

A depreciating dollar and slumping economy have left students interested in studying abroad with some tough choices. The euro is up more than 15 percent on the dollar over the past two years, which means...

DFL combats student apathy with fund-raiser at a bar

by Nathan Hall
Published September 18, 2002

The Minnesota DFL sponsored an unorthodox fund-raiser at a University-area bar and grill Tuesday night in hopes of attracting the college vote. U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., had planned to make an...

Minneapolis Mayor starts voting drive to increase turnout

by Libby George
Published September 17, 2002

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak launched Voting Power Twin Cities on Monday, a program designed to increase local voter turnout by 10 percent. "Voter turnout in the primaries is the lowest it's been in modern...

After attack, DNR might send hunters to kill bear

by Brad Unangst
Published September 17, 2002

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials are considering the use of conservation hunters to kill a black bear that attacked a University wildlife researcher near Milaca, Minn., Sunday afternoon. "This...

George Washington U. professor sues McDonald’s

Published September 17, 2002

WBy Kathryn Bangs The GW Hatchet George Washington University ASHINGTON (U-WIRE) - Overweight Americans might already blame fast food meals for their size, but after a George Washington University professor...

Bush demands compliance as U.S.-Iraqi tensions mount

Published September 16, 2002

HBy Beth Fukumoto Ka Leo O Hawaii University of Hawaii ONOLULU (UWIRE) - President George W. Bush went before the United Nations General Assembly in New York Thursday to ask that Iraq be forced to disarm...

South Korea’s Kim has an unhappy ending

Published September 16, 2002

SEOUL, South Korea (Washington Post) - This should be the golden year for Kim Dae-jung, insist those who remain loyal. His final year as the president of South Korea, they say, ought to be filled with...

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