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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

Daily bias

Published October 7, 2002

I feel obligated to address the Oct. 3 article, "Middle East tensions spread to U students." As journalists, you have a responsibility to all of your readers to provide fair and objective reports about...

Casino land

Published October 7, 2002

On Oct. 2, Luke Larson asked, "Why is it that American Indians are against building a telescope on sacred land but OK with building casinos on sacred land?" Well let's see. Perhaps it is because it is...

Technology leads to isolation from others, the world

Published October 7, 2002

T By Dan Obst housands of years ago, our cavemen ancestors lived in a world drastically different than that in which we exist today. Their waking hours were spent in a struggle to find food, to find water,...

Should we be able to choose our kids?

Published October 4, 2002

A By Dr. Jeffrey Kahn new type of embryo testing is being offered by a growing number of fertility clinics as a way of improving the chances of a successful pregnancy. It involves genetic testing of chromosomes...

Tensions on campus

Published October 4, 2002

Erika Zurawski, a member of Students for Justice in Palestine and the Anti-War Committee, is quoted in the Oct. 3 Daily article, "Middle East tensions spread to U students," as saying (referring to supporters...

Sacred land?

Published October 4, 2002

Luke Larson's letter to the editor, "Telescope debate," (Sept. 30) asks why casinos but not telescopes can be built on land sacred to American Indians. But this question confuses tribal land with sacred...

Bruininks’ address is mostly reasonable

Published October 4, 2002

Interim University President Robert Bruininks presented the annual State of the University Address yesterday, using the speech to illustrate the period of transition the University is enduring. Considering...

Protest is not dead

Published October 4, 2002

The mouths of the country's citizens are not quiet, as the editorial board would have us believe. Thursday's editorial, "The changing image of the protester," (Oct. 3) while a strong endorsement for the...

Drunken screams and roaring bikes: Uptown noise overwhelms

by Roxanne Sadovsky
Published October 3, 2002

Zaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhtatingtingtingtingrollwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh! I'm still working on the translation, but I'm a little rusty in speaking street. I don't quite know how to conjugate honking. If this...

Media likes to jump on bandwagon for news hype

Published October 3, 2002

E By David Jansen ssentially every news story released this summer was frightening or depressing. Perhaps it is yet another symptom of a post-Sept. 11 mentality, where we now share personal turmoil on...

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