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The Minnesota Daily

ophers get a quiet ending to an emotional season

by Michael Rand
Published March 31, 1997

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Ryan Trebil, a seldom-used freshman defenseman on the Gophers hockey team, haphazardly wrapped black tape around a box holding the team's portable stereo March 23 after Minnesota's...

Gophers finish 12th as hosts to NCAA championships

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 31, 1997

Over the weekend, the usually quiet University Aquatic Center was transformed into a loud, raucous arena during the men's NCAA swimming and diving championships. Throngs of people packed into the building...

Bishop surprises all at NCAAs

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 31, 1997

Before the start of the second day of the men's NCAA swimming and diving championships Friday night at the University Aquatic Center, freshman Gophers swimmer Bill Bishop fake jabbed at his teammates...

Hegener becomes U’s first women’s swim champion

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 31, 1997

Almost simultaneously, the two hands touched the wall through a spray of water on Mar. 21 at the women's NCAA swimming and diving championships in Indianapolis. Immediately, junior swimmer Gretchen Hegener...

Softball team gets swept by spartans

Published March 31, 1997

The Gophers softball team, which finished second in the Big Ten with a 17-6 record last season, got off to a slow start in conference play this weekend by getting swept in a three-game series at Michigan...

May receives 7 years of probation

by R. Scott
Published March 31, 1997

In a March 18 proceeding, Hennepin County Judge Peter Lindberg sentenced Jennifer Joan May to seven years of probation for firing a handgun in the office of University President Nils Hasselmo. The incident...

Future unclear for fast-on-his-feet leader

Published March 31, 1997

PARIS (AP) -- Marshal Mobutu must have been mortified, slinking into his collapsing capital to jeers and whistles to watch three decades of triumph recede like a film running in rapid rewind. In hilltop...

Coach is happy with end to long season

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 31, 1997

Gophers women's swimming coach Jean Freeman's words about her team's performance at the NCAA championships summed up the story of the meet. She was clearly pleased, but the occasional cracking of her...

Haskins proves his media critics wrong

Published March 31, 1997

In the middle of February last year, the Gophers were 14-10, 6-6 in the Big Ten and clinging to the slim hope of an NCAA tournament berth. Coach Clem Haskins' odd substitution patterns were the fodder...

State lawmakers considerfunding, saving and hazing

by Chris Vetter
Published March 31, 1997

Gopher pride swept every inch of the state during the past few weeks, and the marble halls of the state Capitol were no exception. The full House of Representatives joined with Goldy Gopher and members...

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