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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

U improves in four of five areas

by Chris Vetter
Published February 21, 1997

As the University continues to wait for its turn at the Capitol, administrators say they are pleased legislators took time to acknowledge the school with $4.5 million for achieving demographic improvements. "I'm...

Web site aids new curricula change

by Jennifer Niemela
Published February 21, 1997

Although the University won't convert to semesters until fall quarter 1999, academic departments are already beginning to prepare for the switch by changing classes and curricula. To help coordinate the...

Yee shows love for gymnastics as coach

by Susan Filkins
Published February 21, 1997

Constantly reminding him of his glory days as a Gopher, men's assistant gymnastics coach Brian Yee watches practice from the sidelines, vicariously re-living his memories through his gymnasts. Yee, a...

Lone senior is model for U wrestling team

by Allison Younge
Published February 21, 1997

Nick Antila, the lone senior on the Gophers wrestling team, has proven himself to his teammates and coaches to be among the hardest working wrestlers on the squad. "Nick's work ethic is something to be...

Casting method disregards race

by Nancy Ngo
Published February 21, 1997

When the University Theatre's play "The Good Person of Setzuan," opens tonight at Rarig Center, the audience will see an example of colorblind casting. Colorblind casting is a way of choosing actors for...

International recruits help Gophers

by Tim Klobuchar
Published February 21, 1997

Gary Wilson, Gophers women's track and field coach, began his international recruiting two years ago with some simple e-mail correspondence. He made a handful of contacts through that medium, and conducted...

Air Force improves security to ward off terrorists

Published February 21, 1997

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia (AP) --The U.S. Air Force is hunkering down behind 64 miles of 8-foot fence, tons of barbed wire and a long stretch of scorpion-and-snake desert to escape the threat...

Women’s gymnasts are moving on up

by Susan Filkins
Published February 21, 1997

The Gophers women's gymnastics team set several goals before the start of the season -- setting a school-record team score was a major one. Minnesota did that last weekend, scoring 195 against No. 3 Utah. Their...

Women’s basketball not quite there yet

by Aaron Kirscht
Published February 21, 1997

Just like a group of antsy kids in the back of a rambling station wagon, the Gophers women's basketball team must be asking themselves an age-old question: Are we there yet? Not quite, kids, but the end...

Scandals must make us smarter voters

Published February 21, 1997

Since President Clinton's second-term inauguration, Congress, the news media and special prosecutors have shelled the White House with subpoenas and accusations. But Clinton's approval ratings have never...

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