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,...

Albanian parliament passes state of emergency

Published March 3, 1997

TIRANA, Albania (AP) --Facing growing anti-government unrest, parliament declared a state of emergency on Sunday, allowing the army to be deployed to ensure public order and weapons to be used to protect...

U gets edged by No. 1 Buckeyes

by Susan Filkins
Published March 3, 1997

Upon conclusion of the No. 13 Gophers men's gymnastics team's dual meet with No. 1 Ohio State Saturday, Minnesota coach Fred Roethlisberger approached the scoring officials table frantically looking for...

Police make arrest in Sanford Hall fires

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published March 3, 1997

University police arrested a University student Sunday whom they suspect was connected with several incidents of arson in Sanford Hall over the past two weeks. Sgt. Joe May said a 19-year-old University...

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...

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...

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 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.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...

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...