The Minnesota Daily

Gophers beat Indiana, celebrate with trophy

by Todd Zolecki
Published March 3, 1997

The Gophers men's basketball team wasted no time enjoying its Big Ten championship after a 75-72 victory over Indiana on Saturday afternoon. This house party, unlike the one at Crisler Arena last Wednesday,...

U hockey title takes different path than basketball’s title run

by Michael Rand
Published March 3, 1997

In a span of six hours, two Minnesota sports teams celebrated conference championships. For the first time in the school's history, the men's hockey and basketball teams won their respective league titles...

U tops two Big Ten foes in weekend meet

by Susan Filkins
Published March 3, 1997

A number of times this season the No. 15 Gophers women's gymnastics team has found itself in a close meet, at home, entering the final rotation. Time after time, there have been few worries since Minnesota's...

Women’s hoops surprises Badgers in first round

by Aaron Kirscht
Published March 3, 1997

INDIANAPOLIS -- Coach Linda Hill-MacDonald's 95-year-old grandmother has spent the better part of the last two seasons praying to St. Jude, the patron saint of hopeless causes, for help in curing what...

U takes a share of WCHA

by Michael Rand
Published March 3, 1997

The water bottle exited senior Nick Checco's hand and skidded across the floor of the Gophers locker room during the second intermission Saturday night, leaving the rest of the players stunned. The Gophers...

U takes new confidence into Big Tens

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 3, 1997

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Gophers men's swimming and diving team had an air of confidence about them this weekend at the Big Ten championships that was not there a year ago. Minnesota's improbable upset...

U.S. must pay its United Nations debt

Published March 3, 1997

Kofi Annan, the new secretary-general of the United Nations, has been on the job for seven weeks and already the United States is on his case. Although President Clinton appealed for payment of America's...

Baseball team drops game to No. 2 UCLA, 13-5

by Tim Klobuchar
Published March 3, 1997

For the first three innings at least, the Gophers and No. 2 UCLA were engaged in an unlikely pitching duel Sunday at the Metrodome. Gophers senior left-hander Mike Diebolt was silencing the bats of the...

U works hard to protect environment

by By Fay
Published March 3, 1997

"How does the University affect Minnesota's natural environment?" A response to this question must consider the fate of the wide variety of chemicals used in research, teaching, clinical and maintenance...

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...