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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Colleges may benefit from lotteries

by Chris Vetter
Published March 5, 1997

Although they might not ever receive as much money from the lottery as Gopher 5 jackpot winners do, students at universities around the state might benefit from the gambling system in the near future. The...

Cross-program studies gain support

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published March 5, 1997

Multiple University departments contribute to the Department of Conservation Biology. About 60 graduate students in the program study social, political, economic and biological aspects of conservation....

U men’s basketball looks toward future

by Todd Zolecki
Published March 5, 1997

Selection Sunday officially kicks off the NCAA men's basketball tournament, otherwise known as March Madness, in four days. The Gophers, however, who hope to get a No. 1 seed and reach the Final Four,...

Gore made fund-raising calls from office

Published March 4, 1997

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Al Gore, under fire for his aggressive role in campaign fund raising, acknowledged Monday he solicited donations from his White House office but insisted he did not do...

How to build high-performance writing

Published March 4, 1997

At the end of a long, dark tunnel, I think I saw a glimpse of spring. The weather was warmer last Sunday and the sun was out. My spirits lifted as I thought about the adventures I had last summer with...

Surplus could fund worthy programs

Published March 4, 1997

With Minnesota's budget surplus estimated at $2.3 billion, Gov. Arne Carlson is kicking around the idea of giving some money back to taxpayers -- $700 million, in fact. That works out to about $350 per...

Center preserves, analyzes data on chimpanzees

by Peter Kauffner
Published March 4, 1997

As an agricultural leader, the University is well-known for its research on cows, pigs and other livestock. African apes are not among the state's most noted subjects. But on the St. Paul campus, primates...

Woog savors moment in light of

by Michael Rand
Published March 4, 1997

His voice cracked and the tears began to flow despite his best efforts to hold them back. As Gophers hockey coach Doug Woog addressed the Mariucci Arena crowd late Saturday night, memories of an emotionally...

University’s status as research institute scrutinized by NIH

by Kelly Wittman
Published March 4, 1997

The "exceptional" rating the University received from the National Institutes of Health in August 1995 and the troubles caused by mismanagement of the ALG program have cast a shadow over research at the...

Students reflect on history month

by Douglas Rojas
Published March 4, 1997

As Black History Month drew to a close Friday, students of all colors danced, sang and joked hand-in-hand while novelist Arthur Flowers played the harmonica and recited his work in the Coffman Memorial...

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