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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

Opinion

Soccer euphoria is like no other sport

Published December 4, 2003

You're likely to understand this sentence: "The St. Louis Rams beat the Minnesota Vikings 48-17 at home in a battle of division leaders on Sunday." This sentence, maybe not so much: "Arsenal and Fulham...

Tonight’s dance party is the newest on-campus craze

Published December 4, 2003

If you listen carefully every Thursday at 10:55 p.m., you might be able to hear us. We're in the east lounge of Comstock Hall, on the first floor, dancing fervently to loud club music. From outside the...

The USA Patriot Act: They told you so

Published December 4, 2003

Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. Among other things, the act gave the Justice Department unprecedented discretion to eavesdrop on people's lives without judicial approval....

Many reasons to legalize marijuana

Published December 4, 2003

With supporters arguing for humanity, petitions are circling Minneapolis calling for a medical marijuana referendum. To be honest, medicinal marijuana is largely just a ploy to eventually legalize marijuana....

Real-life terrorism is scarier than Hollywood fiction

Published December 4, 2003

The 1998 movie "The Siege" depicts three terrorist bombings in New York. What is amazing is how many of the events the movie depicts have been played out within the last two years and how quickly events...

Fox chases U.S. approval at any cost

Published December 3, 2003

The six-year term of Mexico's President Vicente Fox reached its halfway point Monday. During his three years in office, Fox has struggled to achieve his most significant goal - improved relations with...

Expensive apartmentis not worth it

Published December 3, 2003

If anyone wants to learn how to profit from college students, they should register for Jefferson Commons 1001. The "unique student housing environment" on Huron Boulevard is anything but satisfactory....

The frustrating trade agreements of the Americas

Published December 3, 2003

Poor Robert Zoellick. After almost a decade of hard work on the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations, the U.S. trade representative had no choice two weeks ago but to spin what was obviously an...

A reflection on the journeys of life

Published December 3, 2003

My Thanksgiving Day journey began Nov. 26 in the frozenness of Minneapolis. The drive does not really get interesting until south of Rochester, Minn., when I leave behind the patchwork of suburbs and small...

Comparative advantage only works when the playing field is level

Published December 3, 2003

Shannon Fiecke's Monday column, "Steel tariffs are U.S. protectionism at its worst," misapplies basic principles of economics. Although Fiecke is correct that the tariffs imposed by the Bush administration...

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