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The Minnesota Daily

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The Minnesota Daily

Mankato State making strides vs. WCHA foes

by Aaron Kirscht
Published January 5, 1998

It may be too early to call Mankato State a rival on par with Minnesota-Duluth or St. Cloud State, but the Mavericks served notice over the weekend of their intentions to play with the big boys in the...

Wrestling team rallies to beat ISU after slow start

by Allison Younge
Published January 5, 1998

AMES, Iowa -- Even though the Gophers wrestling team earned a 20-15 victory over Iowa State on Sunday, Minnesota coach J Robinson said the team's performance was only a success on the scoreboard -- and...

Music for the body and mind

by Douglas Rojas
Published January 5, 1998

Seventy-eight year-old Ray has been playing the violin since childhood. As an adult, he turned his talent into a career and performed professionally. These days, he has trouble remembering who his wife...

New deanof grad school appointed

by Nancy Ngo
Published January 5, 1998

University President Mark Yudof imported his second Texan to fill an administrative post when he named Christine Maziar the vice president for research and dean of the graduate school last month. Her...

Early games expose U’s strengths, weaknesses

by Tim Klobuchar
Published January 5, 1998

The Big Ten schedule, which began with Friday's loss to Purdue, will ultimately determine whether the Gophers men's basketball team's season is successful. Minnesota's non-conference action over winter...

Conservative days ahead with election of orthodox president

Published January 5, 1998

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- The election of Pakistan's most conservative president in a decade is the latest sign of the strengthening influence of religious fundamentalism in this Muslim country. In a mosque...

Gophers shut out four straight opponents in early season

by Allison Younge
Published January 5, 1998

Six matches into the season, the Gophers wrestling team has successfully fulfilled its high-ranked expectations -- so far. Minnesota captured a handful of dominating victories over the holiday break. "The...

Program turns U students into tutors

by Sarah McKenzie
Published January 5, 1998

While taking a stroll in her St. Paul neighborhood during winter break, Wendy Quesada, a College of Liberal Arts sophomore, bumped into a little friend. The little friend, accompanied by her mother, pointed...

Five-minute spurts bring Gophers down in opener

by Jim Schortemeyer
Published January 5, 1998

The good news for the Gophers women's basketball team Friday was that they played thirty minutes of hard-nosed basketball. Unfortunately, the first five minutes of each half put the Gophers in a hole...

Another area bank robbed as year ends

by Emily Dalnodar
Published January 5, 1998

A record-breaking year for Twin Cities area bank robberies came down to the wire as two men pulled off a heist in Dinkytown on New Year's Eve. On Wednesday morning at approximately 9:30 a.m., two black...

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