The Minnesota Daily

Arizona claims title in overtime

Published April 1, 1997

INDIANAPOLIS -- A box of national champion T-shirts and baseball caps arrived behind Kentucky's bench with two minutes left in regulation during Monday night's NCAA men's basketball title game against...

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...

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...

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...

State’s birth rate dropping

Published April 1, 1997

ST. PAUL (AP) -- The number of births in Minnesota has dropped every year since 1990, women are having children later in life and there are fewer women of fertile age in the state, according to a report. The...

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...

Preparations go ahead for first break-in trial

by Jodi Compton
Published March 31, 1997

One of four men accused of an off-campus burglary and rape incident is going to trial this week in Hennepin County District Court. Puiassance J. Andersen, along with several acquaintances, is charged...

Three U wrestlers take 3rd at NCAAs

by Allison Younge
Published March 31, 1997

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Gophers 142 pounder Jason Davids had trouble sleeping after a disheartening 10-4 loss in the NCAA semifinals to Indiana's Roger Chandler. For the third time this season, Chandler's...

Wrestlers take third at NCAA championships

by Allison Younge
Published March 31, 1997

CEDAR FALLS Iowa -- One single point was the difference for the Gophers' third place trophy at the NCAA wrestling tournament held at Northern Iowa's UNI-Dome. "One of our goals was to bring something...

nd of the road:

by Todd Zolecki
Published March 31, 1997

INDIANAPOLIS -- Years from now this Gophers men's basketball team will be remembered. Not because it lost to Kentucky 78-69 in the Final Four, but because it got there in the first place. And that accomplishment...