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The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

Dayton is wrong on Iraq

Published October 8, 2002

Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., epitomizes the hypocritical stance of the leftist faction of the Democratic Party. His column, "Congress would be wise to go slow on Iraq," (Oct. 3) presents a biased interpretation...

Telescope endorsement embarrasses University

by Scott Laderman
Published October 8, 2002

Stanley Milgram, a researcher at Yale University, was curious about why people obeyed the Nazis during the Holocaust. Believing he might empirically help to develop an answer, Milgram set out in the early...

School vouchers leave no parents behind

by Matt Telleen
Published October 7, 2002

In late August, the Supreme Court ruled in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris that an Ohio school voucher program did not violate the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution. The government would give parents...

State auditor

Published October 7, 2002

I was not surprised to see that State Rep. Gregory Gray, a former auditor, won the DFL endorsement for state auditor last spring. I was shocked when he lost the September DFL primary to Carol Johnson,...

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,...

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...

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...

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