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The Minnesota Daily

Miscues cost men’s gymnasts shot at national meet

by Susan Filkins
Published April 7, 1997

A great deal of excitement surrounded the No. 7 Gophers men's gymnastics team's chances to qualify for the NCAA championships, but the heightened feeling ended in a huge letdown. The team said it felt...

Third MSA ticket barely makes race

by Tracy Ellingson
Published April 7, 1997

A third ticket entered the race for the Minnesota Student Association presidency and vice presidency just under the wire Friday, but it wasn't in time to gain the fourth and last major campus organization...

Cigarettes kill, but still taste good

by By Philip
Published April 7, 1997

Liggett Group Inc., one of the big five cigarette makers, recently admitted what the rest of the conscious world has known for at least a few decades: cigarettes are addictive and can kill you. This revelation...

Pitchers’ fortunes change this season

by Tim Klobuchar
Published April 7, 1997

The variety of bad weather that descended upon Minneapolis this weekend might have caused the cancellation of the last two games of the Minnesota-Michigan series, but the Gophers still learned more about...

Improved singles play boosts Gophers

by Aaron Kirscht
Published April 7, 1997

With the stretch run of the Big Ten men's tennis season in full swing, Gophers coach David Geatz knew the team needed more production from the singles spots to meet its goal of sweeping the rest of the...

Conference on BWCA launches lobbying effort

by Lynne Kozarek
Published April 7, 1997

Days after mediation efforts over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area broke down, the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group held a conference to discuss motorized vehicle access to the wilderness area and...

Senate stingy with U

by Chris Vetter
Published April 7, 1997

University officials were dumbfounded Friday after the Senate Higher Education Committee completed its appropriations bill, which would give the University much less state funding than officials expected. "When...

Gophers women earn trip to NCAAs

by Susan Filkins
Published April 7, 1997

When the Gophers women's gymnastics team sat down for dinner Saturday night after competing in the Central Regional Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., they decided to order dessert, something they do...

Rantanen breaks record in pole vault

by Allison Younge
Published April 7, 1997

Sophomore pole vaulter Vesa Rantanen catapulted into the Gophers men's track and field record books Saturday at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas. "Rantanen gave us an outstanding performance," assistant...

Learning from lights in the sky

by Peter Kauffner
Published April 7, 1997

Most of us have to wait until the sun sets before we have the opportunity to view comet Hale-Bopp. But if the afternoon sky is clear, researchers in the University's astronomy don't wait for dark -- they...

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