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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

Goldy’s coming out

Published October 16, 2002

I attended the University from 1978-83 and was a marching band member. At that time, Goldy Gopher was a member of the band. I was personally acquainted with several people who wore the suit. They served...

Everything counts in baseball

by Josh Linehan
Published October 16, 2002

It could be any town near the middle of the nation, but this one is yours. There is but one rule: You have to be quiet during this part, as we come out of the trees and approach the metal fence near centerfield. Coming...

Post-war Iraq plans will anger many

Published October 16, 2002

Although the George W. Bush administration has not yet officially decided whether to invade Iraq, it has recently released tentative plans for the occupation of a post-war Iraq and the transition to a...

Police brutality

Published October 15, 2002

We are three University students who consider ourselves responsible college students and citizens. Friday night, we went to a good friend's party. We were there to have a good time - not to get drunk or...

Forget the present – we’re living in the future

by Max Sparber
Published October 15, 2002

It is time for a radical re-envisioning of Ö well, of time itself. We have been living in a dream of the present for too long now, and it is time we admitted the awful truth to ourselves: We are not living...

Telescope contract

Published October 15, 2002

I am an alumna of the University and as an apprenticing bricklayer, I helped restore Coffman Union. I have never felt more ashamed to have attended or worked for this pillar of research and learning. The...

Closed hearings violate First Amendment rights

Published October 15, 2002

In a scenario which is becoming increasingly and exasperatingly familiar, the Justice Department is foreclosing public debate. When the public, as the petulant child, asks why, the Justice Department's...

How to fit in as an abroad student

Published October 14, 2002

A By David Jack Norton s the fall semester accelerates to full speed in Minnesota, many students' thoughts turn to studying or vacationing abroad in the coming year. To help prepare young globetrotters,...

Hockey tickets

Published October 14, 2002

I wrote a few weeks ago about how I am a senior who will be graduating in May, but that this still did not guarantee me hockey season tickets. Shortly after I wrote my letter to the Daily, my group was...

War on Iraq

Published October 14, 2002

As a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard, I might be called up to fight in the war with Iraq. But I wonder if this threat of war could have been avoided? Saddam Hussein is a very powerful man and...

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