The Minnesota Daily

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...

Deng left China with problems and promise

Published February 28, 1997

Deng Xiaoping's death and President Jiang Zemin's assertion of power last week were formalities -- Deng had been ill for years and China's government was prepared for a smooth transition. Yet world attention...

UCLA is top dog at the Hormel Classic

by Tim Klobuchar
Published February 28, 1997

If it was possible to come up with a nickname for a baseball lineup more lethal-sounding than "Murderer's Row," the 1997 UCLA Bruins would be the team to claim it. So far this year, the Bruins' stats...

Utah men’s hoops wins

Published February 28, 1997

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Andre Miller and Keith Van Horn each scored 12 points as No. 4 Utah beat Texas-El Paso 68-55 Thursday night. The Utes (22-3, 14-1 Western Athletic Conference) used strong runs on...

In-depth dictionary will trace words to their roots

by Peter Kauffner
Published February 28, 1997

Apples grow on trees, and the government prints money. And words -- words come from, well, other words. For example, the Lilliputians of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" lent their name to a synonym...

Student allegedly kidnapped in El Salvador speaks out

by Max Rust
Published February 28, 1997

In early September, third-year student Jeffrey Popowski left the University for the Central American country of El Salvador for an independent study of conflict resolution in Spanish. On Saturday afternoon...

Men’s swimming in first after Day 1

by Ryan Schuster
Published February 28, 1997

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- As the championship finalists of the 50-yard freestyle were announced Thursday night at the Councilman/Billingsley Aquatic Center, Minnesota's benched reacted in a wild, frenzied...

Union is the goal for University professionals

by Jennifer Niemela
Published February 28, 1997

While University faculty members spent much of the past year involved in a controversial union drive, a collective bargaining effort among University civil service workers gained momentum. And with a...

No rest for U; Hoosiers are next for men’s basketball

by Todd Zolecki
Published February 28, 1997

The Gophers men's basketball team might want about a week off to kick back, relax and celebrate its Big Ten championship. After the way it won the title, beating Michigan 55-54 in the game's final seconds...

Arizona beats Washington State

Published February 28, 1997

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- By now, everyone in the Pac-10 knows about Michael Dickerson, No. 15 Arizona's top scorer. Yet no one seems to know what to do about him. Washington State didn't come close Thursday...