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The Minnesota Daily

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...

An Oscar-night bash, North Dakota style

Published March 4, 1997

FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Invitation: Oscar Night Party. Location: Fargo Theater. Dress: Formal. (Only your finest long johns and big-hooded parkas, please.) RSVP: Yah sure, you betcha. The Fargo Theater is...

Surprise!

by Michael Rand
Published March 4, 1997

It's hard to tell at what point in the season the Gophers hockey team's odds of winning the WCHA regular season title were the worst. It could have been at the beginning, before the team's eight freshman...

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...

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...

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...

U’s Iverson is overlooked by Big Ten again

by Aaron Kirscht
Published March 4, 1997

The Gophers' Angie Iverson walked all over the competition for much of the season, leading the Big Ten in rebounding and finishing fourth in scoring. Her individual numbers made a case for being named...

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...

Men’s swim team second

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 3, 1997

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- One look at the Gophers bench Saturday night at the Counsilman/Billingsley Aquatics Center told the story of the Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships. Minnesota's swimmers...

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