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The Minnesota Daily

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...

Yudof reuses Texas ideas

Published January 5, 1998

Editors note: This is the first of a three-part weekly series that will examine University President Mark Yudof's record at the University of Texas-Austin and his plans for the University. Chris HamiltonAUSTIN,...

Hospital merger going well

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published January 5, 1998

Admissions are up, the debt has disappeared and optimism reigns supreme as the University Hospital's merger with Fairview Health Systems heads into its second year. One year after the merger, the partnership...

Tax credit gives hope to freshmen and sophomores

by Sarah McKenzie
Published January 5, 1998

University freshmen and sophomores seeking relief from the hefty cost of education may soon find comfort in a new federal tax credit. The HOPE tax credit, signed into law by President Clinton last August...

Women’s hockey team going strong in first year

Published January 5, 1998

The Gophers women's hockey team has made several statements in its inaugural season to indicate Minnesota is not an average first-year program. Although the Gophers won the Princeton Thanksgiving Tournament...

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