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The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

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...

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 Ă– 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...

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...

Apathetic University

Published October 14, 2002

In response to Steve Snyders' column about the apathetic university ("It's time to challenge an apathetic University," Oct. 11), I would have to say that I completely disagree. Admittedly, I only transferred...

Bush remains silent on nation’s poverty

Published October 14, 2002

As any person who has watched television past midnight on any given night can testify, there are a slew of late night television ads that cajole viewers to contribute money to charitable organizations...

Responsibilities come with rights while handling patents

Published October 11, 2002

L By Daniela Morales and Greta Bauer ast year there was a push from students at the University to pressure the administration to address the ethical dilemmas produced by its contractual relationship to...

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