The Minnesota Daily

Hawkeyes win Big Ten title

by Allison Younge
Published March 10, 1997

Even though the Gophers wrestling team finished second to Iowa in last weekend's Big Ten Tournament, Minnesota caused the highly respected Hawkeyes coach Dan Gable to think twice. "Minnesota is a strong...

Hartung takes Big Ten crown at 190

by Allison Younge
Published March 10, 1997

After scoring a single-leg takedown to win a Big Ten title at 190 pounds, sophomore wrestler Tim Hartung bounded towards Gophers Coach J Robinson and picked him up for a bear-hug, nearly knocking Robinson...

Ayers on the hot seat, future will be decided soon

Published March 10, 1997

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State President Gordon Gee said Sunday that Randy Ayers' future as the school's men's basketball coach will be decided in the next few days by athletics director Andy Geiger. "I...

Change of seasons makes for rough roads

by Richard Ennis
Published March 10, 1997

As spring draws near, those perennial asphalt annoyances rattle cars and trucks to their cores and damage tires, wheels and front ends. They even break windshields. "This is the worst year for potholes...

Crumbling campus buildings require constant renovations

by Jessica Steeno
Published March 10, 1997

If the University closed its doors for an entire school year, maybe then it would be able to bring all of its buildings up to par. The backlog of repairs and renovations that need to be done on the University's...

Yudof follows through with U

Published March 10, 1997

University administrators breathed a sigh of relief Friday when University President-elect Mark Yudof announced he would not seek the presidency of the University of Texas. Yudof, the provost at Texas'...

Hepatitis vaccine popular in food industry

Published March 10, 1997

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- Linn Smith watched warily for two years as a stubborn wave of hepatitis A washed across the Midwest, making its way toward Branson, where 60,000 tourists a day visit restaurants, ice...

Gophers to take no chances vs. Bobcats

by Aaron Kirscht
Published March 10, 1997

Since the NCAA tournament expanded to include 64 teams in 1985, a No. 1 seed has never lost to a No. 16 seed. That bodes well for the Gophers, who earned a first-ever top seed in the tournament on Sunday...

U tries for computer user-friendliness

by Peter Kauffner
Published March 10, 1997

Administrators hope technology initiatives mandated by University 2000 will make the University so user-friendly that soon, "Students at the University of Minnesota will never have to think again -- except...

Two men’s track stars place second at NCAAs

by Matthew Cross
Published March 10, 1997

Gophers pole vaulter Tye Harvey broke his own school record en route to placing second at the NCAA indoor track championships in Indianapolis on Saturday. Harvey's vault of 18 feet, 2 1/2 inches was surpassed...