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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Arne snaps, calls for Final Four ‘do over’

Published April 1, 1997

In the wake of the Minnesota Golden Gophers Saturday loss to Kentucky in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Gov. Arne Carlson once again used his office to meddle in University affairs, calling for...

Navajos get some breathing space in dispute over land

Published April 1, 1997

PHOENIX (AP) -- Navajo families living on Hopi land who failed to sign a 75-year lease by a midnight deadline won't be evicted, as many Navajos feared, Hopi tribal officials said Monday. Navajo families...

Hey Clem! Let us celebrate our team

Published April 1, 1997

In Lexington, Ky., a winning basketball team is expected. It's applauded and enjoyed, yes, but it's expected. Eight national championships and the (former) all-time winningest coach in the game will do...

Destination: Minn.

by Tracy Ellingson
Published April 1, 1997

While many University students used their spring break as a chance to flee campus, prospective students made the school a prime vacation destination. But for some of these students, sacrificing the sandy...

City life not all it’s cracked up to be

Published April 1, 1997

The city is a dangerous place. Most everyone knows cities are the centers of crime, pestilence and indecency. In the city, people are unfriendly, devoid of values and definitely not Minnesotan. I've always...

Gophers cherish a great season …but won’t hang up Dancing shoes

by Todd Zolecki
Published April 1, 1997

INDIANAPOLIS -- It will take some time before the Gophers men's basketball team realizes what it has accomplished. Players said that this realization will come in a few weeks after all the madness has...

Macs: Crashing on campus?

by Jodi Compton
Published April 1, 1997

Many college students grew up with user-friendly Apple computers, and roughly half of the desktop computers on campus are estimated to be Apples. But all that might change in light of financial troubles...

Declaration offends many liberal Jews

Published April 1, 1997

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a direct challenge to most American Jews, a group of Orthodox rabbis declared Monday that the Reform and Conservative branches "are not Judaism at all." The 600-member Union of Orthodox...

Former American woman may lead Guyana

Published April 1, 1997

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- When he -- a Guyana man born of indentured Indian immigrants -- asked for her hand in 1943, her father threatened to shoot him. When she -- a Jewish woman from suburban Chicago...

Three cheers for Chicklets

Published April 1, 1997

"I want my 35 pesos....I want my 35 pesos!" The little boys voice ran through Elmo's dream. Elmo now longed for the Chicklets that he never bought. Maybe with the warmer weather today he could have fun...

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