Skip to Main Content
Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Cyclist traffic raises concern of U officials

by Heather Fors
Published March 30, 1998

With the warmer weather moving in, more University students will now hop on their bicycles to get around campus. And this increase in two-wheel traffic heightens University officials' awareness of potential...

Lawmakers busy while University vacationed

Published March 30, 1998

Spring break showed the University no reprieve from important events. Vacation news will no doubt be the talk of campus this week. Students in professor August Nimtz's Political Science 5478 class on African...

U’s Rantanen wins indoor track title

by Michael Dougherty
Published March 17, 1998

To hear college sports news coming from Indiana in the middle of March would normally conjure up images of college basketball and March Madness. However, junior pole vaulter Vesa Rantanen was the story...

Women’s hockey team gets bid to play in final four

by Tim Nichols
Published March 17, 1998

At about this time last year, the University of Minnesota was infected with March Madness because of the men's basketball team's success. Although the men's hoops team did not make the NCAA field this...

Women’s gymnasts cap home season with win

by Michael Dougherty
Published March 17, 1998

Hollywood could not have written a better script about Friday's Senior Night for the Gophers women's gymnastics team. The 18th-ranked Gophers avenged an early season loss to No. 13 Iowa State when they...

Women’s swimmers set to host NCAA Championships

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published March 17, 1998

As if the pressure of finals isn't enough, Minnesota's women's swimming and diving team has to deal with the NCAA Championships, starting Thursday at the University Aquatic Center. The Gophers are one...

STANFORD, Calif. (A…

Published March 17, 1998

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- The resume was imposing: a top seed, two national titles, a 59-game winning streak at home. Then along came Harvard. Bucking history and making it at the same time, Harvard became...

Men’s swimming team looks for top 10 finish at NCAAs

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published March 17, 1998

In a sport governed by split-times and hundredths of seconds, accuracy would seem to reign supreme. But current goings-on in the world of men's swimming and diving have left some scratching their heads. Voters...

Win over Mankato St. fails to impress U baseball coach

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 17, 1998

Gophers baseball coach John Anderson had a hard time putting his team's 9-7 come-from-behind win over Mankato State on Friday night at the Metrodome into words. During post-game interviews, Anderson was...

U men’s gymnastics team hopes to keep streak alive

by Michael Dougherty
Published March 17, 1998

While it isn't quite as notable a streak as Cal Ripken's, Gophers men's gymnastics coach Fred Roethlisberger has never had a squad finish in the bottom half of the Big Ten in his 26 years as coach of...

Accessibility Toolbar