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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

New series format highlights Big Ten

by Tim Klobuchar
Published April 4, 1997

It might not be as revolutionary as the major league's adoption of interleague play, but the Big Ten is making a scheduling change of its own this year. Now, the first (Friday) and last (Sunday) games...

Women’s gymnasts need help to get to NCAAs

by Susan Filkins
Published April 4, 1997

Women's gymnastics coach Jim Stephenson walked up to senior Kristen Vandersall while she stretched during Wednesday afternoon's practice. He smiled at her with encouragement and said, "Come on Vanny,...

Visitors see differences in Cuban, U.S. farming

by Douglas Rojas
Published April 4, 1997

When most students think about spring break they probably picture a vacation in Mazatlan or the Bahamas. However, for some students and local farmers, traveling to Cuba was not only a break activity,...

Albania illustrates crisis of confidence

Published April 3, 1997

All economically advanced societies are structured and bound by a common faith -- the belief that money has value. It is this trust that generates the order that holds a nation -- and increasingly the...

Republican leaders are supporting the elite class

by By Joe
Published April 3, 1997

I have been watching with growing dismay how Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and the other leaders of today's Republican Congress have abandoned the principles and virtues of the Reagan Revolution. I...

hio State finds basketball coach

Published April 3, 1997

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Jim O'Brien, who coached Boston College for 11 years, was hired Wednesday to take over a struggling Ohio State men's basketball team after two other candidates rejected the job. O'Brien...

Softball sweeps Mankato State

by Michael Rand
Published April 3, 1997

For the first six innings of game two of the Gophers softball team's home-opening doubleheader Wednesday against Mankato State, Minnesota wasn't offered much of a welcome home present. The rain and cold...

Deal with pharmaceutical company challenges new office

by Kelly Wittman
Published April 3, 1997

A $1 million contract with a major pharmaceutical company catalyzed the development of a new office within the Academic Health Center, a boost that could open the door to much more corporate-sponsored...

Pluses and minuses to grading policy

by Jim Martyka
Published April 3, 1997

While administrators ponder whether or not to enact a uniform grading system policy for the University, advocates of the policy recently decided to make a few changes to the plan. One major change proposed...

Route 52 may get reprieve

by Lynne Kozarek
Published April 3, 1997

The University's Route 52 bus service might receive a stay of execution, albeit a temporary one. University Parking and Transportation Services is attempting to scrape together $350,000 to keep Route...

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