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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Softball team hopes the hits start coming soon

by Michael Rand
Published April 25, 1997

An informal poll of Gophers softball players concerning the team's hitting in the past seven games would likely draw these results: "Unproductive" -- 0 votes. "Unproductive is not a strong enough adjective"...

Volunteers will get to cut classes

Published April 25, 1997

The University will give time off to students, faculty and staff who wish to join a campus effort to rebuild flood-ravaged areas in Minnesota and North Dakota, officials announced Thursday. The plan calls...

Neuron research offers hope

by Bei Hu
Published April 25, 1997

About four years into her dissertation research, University neuroscience student Lois Kehl's investigation into pain-transmitting neurons took a surprising turn. In the study published in today's Science...

Yemen: world’s best place to be kidnapped

Published April 25, 1997

MA'RIB, Yemen (AP) -- When American diplomat Haynes Mahoney landed in the lair of Yemeni kidnappers, he was greeted with neither ransom demand nor brandished Kalashnikov. Instead, a poem was recited in...

Golfer excels following return to game

by Ryan Schuster
Published April 25, 1997

Golf has been a major part of sophomore men's golfer Bill Thompson's life since he was a toddler. He got his first set of golf clubs when he was just 4 years old and grew up playing with current PGA competitor...

At polls, students say they don’t want a revolution

by Peter Kauffner
Published April 25, 1997

Student government revolutionaries Derek Shemon and Jason Strid were executed in the polls Thursday, finishing a distant third in the Minnesota Student Association presidential race. The dark horse candidates...

Years of neglect haunt old buildings

Published April 25, 1997

Deferred maintenance -- a euphemistic term for years of neglect -- has left the University with a backlog of building repairs and renovations. The amount of money the University needs to bring decaying...

Beeler adds injury to insult

by Todd Zolecki
Published April 24, 1997

The Gophers softball team wants Shannon Beeler at the plate when the bases are loaded. She's a player who makes the clutch hit appear routine; in her two-year career with the Gophers they have been. The...

University samples food services

by Nancy Ngo
Published April 24, 1997

The eight-member food service evaluation team has unanimously voted to recommend that the University negotiate a partnership contract with ARAMARK Corporation. As a result, an administrative presentation...

Why is our student voice so off key?

Published April 24, 1997

Boy, my brain hurts today. I'm just not sure which ticket to vote for in the Minnesota Student Association elections. Let's see. Should I vote for the people who want to fight for "progressive justice?"...

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