The Minnesota Daily

Russia’s streets fill with homeless children

Published April 21, 1997

MOSCOW (AP) -- When the authorities picked up Oleg and Sergei, the youngsters were sleeping in telephone booths with cardboard boxes for mattresses. Wild-eyed and filthy, as snapshots taken by social workers...

Crookston opens up to flood victims

by Lynne Kozarek
Published April 21, 1997

As the Red River continues to rise and wreak havoc on towns along the border between Minnesota and the Dakotas, about 3,000 people from the Grand Forks area have been evacuated to nearby Crookston, Minn. Between...

U’s Knaeble earns All-American honor

by Susan Filkins
Published April 21, 1997

The Gophers women's gymnastics team has managed throughout the course of the season to break just about every record it has ever set. This weekend, it continued to make history. For the first time ever...

Pair proposes a 12-month agenda

by Tracy Ellingson
Published April 18, 1997

Editor's Note: This is the last in a three-day series highlighting the candidates for the presidency of the Minnesota Student Association. Elections for all MSA positions will take place April 23-24. 'Tis...

U baseball must stop Ohio State’s offense

by Tim Klobuchar
Published April 18, 1997

Gophers baseball coach John Anderson once stepped off his own measurements of Ohio State's old ballpark, Trautman Field. The signs said it was 330 feet down the lines. Anderson came up with 305 and 320....

To eat meat or not: debate heats up

by Patrick Casey
Published April 18, 1997

Eating meat is either a natural human instinct or a destructive part of society, said participants of a debate held Thursday at Coffman Memorial Union. Meat eaters and vegetarians met to defend and discuss...

U-Michigan series is must win for both

by Michael Rand
Published April 18, 1997

Last season, the Gophers softball team hosted Michigan in the final weekend of the season with a Big Ten championship on the line. But Minnesota, which needed a sweep to win the title, dropped two of...

Former walk-on gets chance with U golf

by Ryan Schuster
Published April 18, 1997

When senior women's golfer Carolyn Klecker came to Minnesota as a freshman five years ago, golf was about the farthest thing from her mind. Klecker initially came to the University for it's aeronautical...

Institute lets seniors be scholars too

Published April 18, 1997

The last time Audrey Van Deren attended classes on campus, the West Bank didn't exist. These days, she passes the campus on her way to Coffman Memorial Union, the building where she attends some of her...

Mmmmmm!

Published April 18, 1997

Elmo's stomach growled as he watched the sauerkraut and mustard form a teetering, sloppy meniscus in the valley between the steaming bratwurst and the top of the bun. "Wow, what a great day for a barbecue."...