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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...

Reality TV is symptom of bigger problems

by By Paul
Published March 3, 1997

Your Feb. 25 editorial on reality television shows, "Ultimate fighting is worst of real TV trend," contained at least one valid point; namely, that such television shows are entirely gratuitous, and probably...

Fees committee tightens its purse strings

Published March 3, 1997

Despite concerns that its budget would be slashed, the Council of Graduate Students emerged from Saturday's Student Services Fees Committee meeting with its 1997-98 budget completely intact. A fees subcommittee...

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...

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...

Teacher retells tales of tolerance

by Melanie Evans
Published March 3, 1997

In the town of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., on the outskirts of the Bronx, Jack Zipes first experienced the bigotry and intolerance that would later become the focus of his life's work. Growing up Jewish in the...

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 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...

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...

U2000: A plan in flux

by Joel Sawyer
Published March 3, 1997

Editor's note: Today the Daily kicks off a series of articles about University 2000, the often-cited but frequently misunderstood administrative plan to improve education and research at the University. With...

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