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The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

Daily needs to review policy on personnel matters

by Bastiaan Vanacker
Published December 2, 2002

A few weeks ago, The Minnesota Daily's board of directors suspended the Daily's editor in chief, Todd Milbourn, for the remainder of fall semester. According to Daily President and board member Shanna...

Library hours during finals week

Published December 2, 2002

I would like to respond to the Nov. 21 editorial "Extend library hours during finals week." The editorial articulated the importance to students of having extended library hours during finals week and...

Use stadium money for scholarships

Published December 2, 2002

The Gophers play football at the Metrodome, which is less than three football field-lengths from campus. The Minnesota Student Association, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and the University's...

Forget thanks, give a tip instead

by Roxanne Sadovsky
Published November 27, 2002

Will we stuff ourselves into the typical glazed cranberry coma? Or will we unpack the take-home therapy kit and go around the table, saying what we are thankful for? Which one of us (this time) will vow...

Victoria’s Secret

Published November 27, 2002

This letter is in response to Gina Lang's Nov. 25 letter "Put on some lingerie," in which she states her approval for the televised Victoria's Secret runway fashion show. Lang states in her letter that...

Israeli policies in Palestine

Published November 27, 2002

The Nov. 26 column "Israeli policies are unjust for neighbors" by Sana Ansar makes a convincing case that a problem exists but makes no effort to solve it. Israeli policies are in response to a largely...

ESL teaching assistants confuse some students

Published November 26, 2002

E By Chitra Vairavan very other day, for approximately 50 minutes, students watch their teaching assistants babble on for the class period about concepts few students in the class understand. Does that...

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...

Israeli policies are unjust for neighbors

Published November 26, 2002

T By Sana Ansar he heartache of the present day Mideast conflict lies in the tiny strip of land popularly known as the Holy Land. Believed to bear testimony to the existence of sites of religious significance...

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