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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U wrestlers drop road match

Published February 9, 1998

Allison Younge Staff Reporter The third-ranked Gophers wrestling team has been struggling through a midseason intensity slump during the past few weeks. After a 21-13 loss to Penn State Friday, February's...

Swimming teams dominate at tune-up for conference meet

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published February 9, 1998

It was a quirky weekend for the Gophers men's swimming team at the Minnesota Challenge. The evidence: ù The person who played the national anthem jumped into the pool with all his clothes on. ù...

Rock student saves band

by Jesse Weisbeck
Published February 9, 1998

Eric Ostermeier and John Rigg just wanted to check their e-mail late Thursday. But a simple elevator trip to the 14th floor of the Social Sciences building turned into a three-hour ordeal. "After five...

Baseball team honors 34-year assistant coach

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published February 9, 1998

Herb "Ike" Isakson began his coaching tenure with the Gophers baseball team in 1964 -- a time when high socks were not merely a fashion statement and the designated hitter rule did not exist. On Sunday,...

Diplomatic flurry in Iraq to try to avert U.S. air strike

Published February 6, 1998

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Diplomatic attempts to solve the Iraq crisis picked up speed Thursday, while China and France registered strong new opposition to an American military strike. Russian President Boris...

Teammates overshadow Killewald’s importance

by Tim Nichols
Published February 6, 1998

Minnesota's women's hockey program has become accustomed to the hoopla that has surrounded it throughout its first campaign. More than 8,000 fans showed up for the Gophers' first game. There has been...

Story: CS department ‘pathetic,’ Carlson says

by Allison Schlesinger
Published February 6, 1998

A representative of Gov. Arne Carlson said recent statements attributed to him regarding the University's computer science department need to be clarified. In a story in today's issue of The American...

Men’s hockey looks to cool off Wisconsin

by Aaron Kirscht
Published February 6, 1998

The Gophers men's hockey team is reeling. Minnesota is 17 points behind first-place Wisconsin in the WCHA, coming off a sweep by Michigan Tech and playing without its captain. And here's coach Doug Woog,...

Carlson students take initiative

by Ingrid Skjong
Published February 6, 1998

A life-sized dancing carrot promoting fruit juice and smoothies will punctuate one Carlson School of Management graduate's entrepreneurial debut tonight. Eric Strauss will host his Crazy Carrot Juice...

Legislators cut college funding short

by Brian Close
Published February 6, 1998

State legislators are not following a statute that recommends the amount of funding to the University, forcing administrators to put a higher tuition burden on students. The statute, updated in 1995,...

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