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The Minnesota Daily

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The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

Disappearances provide warning call for some

Published November 26, 2002

T By Tiffany Winter he past few weeks have been terrifying and stressful for many students. Four Minnesota college students have been reported missing and have not been found. As sad as this is, it is...

Thanksgiving: Just another day of empire

by Joel Helfrich
Published November 26, 2002

The other day, Minnesota Public Radio aired a documentary that asked the following question: "Is the United States becoming an empire?" I chuckled to myself and immediately thought every student at the...

Iowa’s marching band

Published November 25, 2002

This is in response to Jon Bottema's Nov. 21 letter "Not in our house." The Iowa band was invited with open, welcoming arms last spring, long before we knew what a great team the Hawkeye's would be this...

Eliminating welfare will not eliminate the cost of the disadvantaged on society

by Matt Telleen
Published November 22, 2002

Since the late 1990s, this country has enforced time limits on the welfare benefits that Americans can receive when they cannot support themselves financially. With the new Republican-controlled House...

Put on some lingerie

Published November 22, 2002

Tall, skinny, scantily clad women walked the catwalk Wednesday night during the Victoria's Secret fashion show. Feminist groups unsuccessfully tried to talk CBS out of airing the show. They saw this show...

Gays in the military

Published November 22, 2002

This letter is in response to Sam Glover's Nov. 20 editorial analysis "Military should recognize gays". I am not writing because I have problem with homosexuals in the military, but because Glover makes...

Iraq debate

Published November 22, 2002

After attending the public debate on the war with Iraq on Monday, I have to question reporter Nathan Hall's priorities in reporting the event in "Parliamentary debate winners argue against U.S. war with...

Not in our house

Published November 21, 2002

There was one thing that shocked me the most while witnessing the Gophers football game at the Metrodome on Saturday afternoon. Was it that Iowa fans nearly outnumbered Gopher fans? No. Was it that our...

Choose 25% Social Security taxes – or privatization

by Anthony Sanders
Published November 21, 2002

OK, I've written this column before, and I'll probably write it again. It's a recurring tale of woe that only gets worse by the year. However, I feel I am duty bound to try to improve things, so, once...

Friends of Israel responds

Published November 21, 2002

Friends of Israel, the fastest growing and most active student group on campus, has been under a lot of fire lately. It was attacked first in an irresponsible editorial by The Minnesota Daily, "Middle...

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