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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Elmo’s favorite rag

Published April 4, 1997

Elmo sat in the coffee shop reading one of his favorite parts of the Daily, the A&E. It was a ragged copy he found on the floor. Elmo was on campus Wednesdays and Fridays, so he wasn't able to get...

Gophers must stop Hoosiers this weekend to finish at top

by Michael Rand
Published April 4, 1997

The type of finish the Gophers softball team experienced Wednesday night could foreshadow how the rest of their season is going to unfold. In compiling a 23-6 non-conference record, Minnesota played its...

U hopes to regain edge at Indiana

by Ryan Schuster
Published April 4, 1997

Minnesota's women's golf team is hoping that a trip to Indiana this weekend will help them scrape away the cobwebs that accumulated during its three-month layover. The No. 17 Gophers will compete Friday...

Higher education funds discussed at Coffman

by Chris Vetter
Published April 3, 1997

Federal support for higher education drew more than 150 people, including Sen. Paul Wellstone, to the Coffman Memorial Union Theater on Wednesday. Wellstone sponsored a forum, which included university...

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...

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