The Minnesota Daily

Two IU football recruits to play basketball as well

Published February 6, 1997

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana received signed letters Wednesday from 24 football recruits, including a pair whose decision may have been influenced by a promise from basketball coach Bob Knight. Levron...

Swiss banks open fund for Holocaust victims

Published February 6, 1997

GENEVA (AP) -- Hoping to end an acrimonious dispute with Jewish groups, three Swiss banking giants announced today they would contribute $71 million to open a humanitarian fund for Holocaust victims. Switzerland...

In the beginning, God didn’t create me

Published February 6, 1997

Last Friday, despite my trepidation over almost all things religious, I attended a Shabbat dinner at Hillel, the Jewish student center. Boyfriend is taking a Jewish studies class in which he must have...

Watch out folks, the end is nigh … again

Published February 6, 1997

In case you may have missed the news, there's an alien invasion trailing the heels of comet Hale-Bopp. Yep, that's right, a spaceship four times the size of Earth is hiding in the comet's tail, steering...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C….

Published February 6, 1997

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Jeff Capel and Roshown McLeod made key shots down the stretch Wednesday night as No. 8 Duke beat No. 2 Wake Forest for the first time in 10 meetings 73-68, likely denying the...

U gets in position for top three

by Todd Zolecki
Published February 6, 1997

The hype surrounding the No. 4 Gophers men's basketball team got a little bit crazier Wednesday night after it beat Penn State 85-70 at Williams Arena. Not because the Gophers earned its 20th win of the...

U satisfied with recruiting class

by Tim Klobuchar
Published February 6, 1997

For Glen Mason, this recruiting season was the equivalent of trying to squeeze the entire "Godfather" trilogy into one evening. Mason was not hired as the Gophers head football coach until Dec. 14. With...

Eerie silence on important union questions

by By Marvin
Published February 6, 1997

Next week's faculty union election, in my opinion, will mark a major turning point in the evolution of the University. If the faculty members in the Twin Cities Instructional Unit vote for no union on...

Group offers new plan to select regents

by Joel Sawyer
Published February 6, 1997

The procedure for selecting regents to the University's 12-member governing board might be radically altered if the Legislature adopts recommendations offered by a citizens' committee last month. The...

Elmo so sassy

Published February 6, 1997

Elmo just got off the phone with his good buddy Ronny Sassbottom. Elmo needed some ideas to make weather predicting more sassy. It was really quite simple for Sassbottom: "You need girls, Elmo, girls."...