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The Minnesota Daily

Tampa center signs with U

Published May 19, 1997

The Gophers men's basketball team added some depth to its corps of frontcourt players Friday when it signed 6-foot-10 Antoine Broxsie. The center/forward from Tampa, Fla., will help replace big men John...

Students spend day at human rights fair

by Chris Hamilton
Published May 19, 1997

A group of students spent the afternoon diligently drawing a scrolling picture show dotted with stick-figure children chained to machinery. One of the characters held a sign stating "Nike is Bad." This...

More work needed in professor evaluations

by By Allan
Published May 19, 1997

In the Friday, May 16 news story "Senate changes romance policy," reporter Tom Lopez summarizes remarks I made to the University Senate at its Thursday meeting regarding the proposal to form a committee...

Quilt brings city residents together

by Joe Carlson
Published May 19, 1997

About 250 residents of southeast Minneapolis blanketed East River Flats park Saturday in celebration, representing the different aspects of their communities much like a quilt of images on display. The...

Elmo gets shafted

Published May 19, 1997

Elmo stared at the intramural softball schedule without blinking. He simply couldn't fathom the horror. His team, The Clownfish, was 2-2 and needed one more win to make the playoffs. But they had to face...

U students create new fashions for annual show

by Max Rust
Published May 19, 1997

Although Minneapolis might not be a mecca for fashion, nine new lines of clothing lit up the University campus this weekend, all creations spun by students. Nine senior clothing design students showed...

OSU wins Big Ten baseball tourney

Published May 19, 1997

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- This time, Ohio State's baseball team figures it got things right. A week after watching Michigan win the Big Ten regular-season championship on the same field, the Buckeyes turned...

NATO plan skirts Russia’s concerns

Published May 19, 1997

Now that Russia has completed an agreement condoning the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the U.S. Senate must consider whether the accord sufficiently addresses concerns about...

Euphoria, revenge as rebels consolidate hold on Zaire

Published May 19, 1997

KINSHASA, Zaire (AP) --Rebel soldiers sealed their hold on the capital Sunday with a mix of discipline and brutality, setting up sites for defeated government troops to turn in weapons -- and then executing...

Gophers play it cool before Big Ten meet

by Susan Filkins
Published May 19, 1997

The Gophers' last regular season track meet, called the Minnesota Last Chance Meet, should have been titled the "Minnesota Last Chance Meet for all teams except the Gophers." "It was a hell of a day if...

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