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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Gophers put trust in recent transfer

by Allison Younge
Published January 31, 1997

Five years ago, heavyweight wrestler Billy Pierce entered the Gophers lineup and became one of the best heavyweight wrestlers in Minnesota history. Pierce, a three-time All-American and 1995 Big Ten champion,...

High bar gives in men’s gym

by Susan Filkins
Published January 31, 1997

The Gophers men's gymnastics team practice was interrupted Tuesday afternoon when junior Bob Hubbard and the horizontal bar went flying towards the wall. Hubbard was working on his horizontal bar routine...

Gophers poised for big series

by Michael Rand
Published January 31, 1997

It is sometimes hard to tell what athletes like more -- using cliches or downplaying big games. You just scored 46 points, how does it feel? "I'm just happy I could help the team get a W'." It's the Super...

Traditions leave Japanese without organ donors

Published January 31, 1997

TOKYO (AP) -- Masanori Suzuki says a prayer of gratitude every night for the kidney transplant he received in the United States 12 years ago. "It's as though I live with an American I don't even know,"...

Tax credit would urge gifts to schools

by Chris Vetter
Published January 31, 1997

Legislators proposed a plan Thursday to generate more revenue for the University through private donations. Rep. Gene Pelowski, DFL-Winona, and Sen. John Hottinger, DFL-Mankato, introduced legislation...

Literacy, literature celebrated during Black History Month

by Elizabeth Reinecke
Published January 31, 1997

University staff and students will kick off Black History Month by joining more than 1 million readers in the United States, the Virgin Islands, Ghana and Kenya in their first African-American Read-In. Readings...

U swimmer a Schuh-in for national meet

by Ryan Schuster
Published January 31, 1997

Tanya Schuh emerged from the pool, dripping wet, with a wide smile on her face. She covered her mouth, still grinning, as she looked up at the scoreboard in astonishment. Her name and the time :54.24...

Alumni baseball game set for Monday

by Tim Klobuchar
Published January 31, 1997

Minnesota Twins Paul Molitor and Terry Steinbach head the list of Gophers alumni who will play in Monday's pro alumni game at the Metrodome. Other major leaguers that will play include Dan Wilson of the...

Hass she got the touch? Gophers think so

by Aaron Kirscht
Published January 30, 1997

When the basketball career of a star Gophers recruit was cut short by a rare medical condition two years ago, coach Linda Hill-MacDonald went in search of a player who could fill the void. It wouldn't...

Language lesson

Published January 30, 1997

It was a bleak, gray day, like the day before. Suddenly, Elmo heard a voice: "Parlez vous franáais?" Elmo knew this was something in a foreign language, something he had heard before. He answered, "Partly...

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