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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Kinder, gentler NCAA is a welcome change

Published January 24, 1997

The National Collegiate Athletic Association demonstrated a surge of faith in individual programs last week when it gave athletes permission to take jobs. The decision was a welcome surprise, considering...

Date of union vote is set

by Jennifer Niemela
Published January 24, 1997

The state set a date for the faculty union election. On Feb. 11 and 12, the remaining University faculty members will vote on whether or not to unionize. Josh Tilsen, the Bureau of Mediation Services...

Gophers shut down Woolridge, Hawkeyes

by Tim Klobuchar
Published January 24, 1997

Late in Thursday's loss to the Gophers, Andre Woolridge tried something a bit different. Woolridge, frustrated by a miserable shooting performance and his team's 14-point deficit, tossed an alley-oop...

U braces for hostile confines of Carver-Hawkeye Arena

by Allison Younge
Published January 24, 1997

Gophers wrestling coach J Robinson calls it "the lion's den." With a 94-1 match home record -- dating back to 1983 -- Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena engulfs its opponents with intimidation. "Teams fear Iowa...

Sam I am! Jacobson rocks the Barn

by Todd Zolecki
Published January 24, 1997

Sam Jacobson didn't just take center stage at the Gophers men's basketball game Thursday night against Iowa. He stole the show. In a game that determined who would own first place in the Big Ten, Jacobson...

Regent candidate interviews underway

by Joel Sawyer
Published January 24, 1997

Jockeying for five open seats on the University's Board of Regents began in earnest Thursday as seven of the 23 candidates for the board underwent preliminary interviews with the Regent Candidate Advisory...

Minnesota’s pines are threatened

by Lynne Kozarek
Published January 24, 1997

Forests of majestic white pines covered Minnesota as recently as a century ago, but today only a few small strands of the tree survive. With another century about to begin, the University chapter of the...

Coffman’s planned face-lift aims to improve its popularity with students

by Jessica Steeno
Published January 24, 1997

Sometime in the past generation, Coffman Memorial Union changed from a bustling center of campus life into a relatively sleepy outpost on the periphery of most students' lives. University administrators...

McLeod enjoys U after Olympic disappointment

by Ryan Schuster
Published January 24, 1997

Something separates Gophers sophomore swimmer Jonathan McLeod from the rest of his teammates. Others celebrate their performances and joke loosely during practice. McLeod remains a picture of concentration. His...

Prof provides perspectives on earth’s age

by Jacqueline Couillard
Published January 24, 1997

Earth formed like a snowball collecting material over about 100 million years, said Professor Claude Allegre of the University of Paris, before the first of his two lectures on Thursday. Allegre spoke...

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