The Minnesota Daily

Gophers to get test at No. 25 Nebraska

by Aaron Kirscht
Published January 7, 1997

The Gophers women's basketball team will travel to Lincoln, Neb., tonight for a nonconference game against the No. 25 Cornhuskers. Coach Linda Hill-MacDonald said it's rare to play a nonconference game...

Basketball Gophers are a joy to watch

Published January 7, 1997

1996 was a bleak year for the University. From assorted institutional crises to another woeful season for the football team, Minnesota boosters didn't have much to cheer about. But with the new year comes...

Mattel to remove ha…

Published January 7, 1997

Mattel to remove hair-eating Cabbage Patch doll from store shelves WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mattel Inc. will pay consumers $40 for each Cabbage Patch Kids Snacktime Kids doll returned to the company in response...

K-12 education, Twins among competitors for funds

by Tracy Ellingson
Published January 7, 1997

and Chris Vetter The fate of the University's budget request hinges on the outcome of several unique and weighty issues facing the state Legislature as it opens its session today. The Legislature will...

Universities unwittingly cater to wealthy

by By Robert
Published January 7, 1997

The recent attempts to abolish affirmative action in college admissions in California seems on the surface to be a fair and objective means of allocating public resources. But beneath the surface is a...

Spock, E.T. and the holy Vader

Published January 7, 1997

I've attended three universities in my lengthy undergraduate career. The University of Minnesota is the most recent and the largest. As I walked through the campus this past fall, I enjoyed the change...

Frigid freakin’ tire

Published January 7, 1997

The frigid winter winds were howling and Elmo had just finished his shift on the assembly line of the slinky factory. He pulled out of the parking lot in his wood panel Elmomobile Cutlass Cruiser and noticed...

Woman sues U about job loss

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published January 7, 1997

A former University employee is suing the school for allegedly breaching a contractual agreement. Pamela Young, who spent four years as senior administrative director in University President Nils Hasselmo's...

U vies for state funds

by Chris Vetter
Published January 7, 1997

As the state Legislature opens today, both legislators and University officials are gearing up for the fight to decide how much state money the University will receive this session. The University's chances...

Mason goes to work for U

by Todd Zolecki
Published January 6, 1997

and Michael Rand The past three weeks have been anything but quiet for new Gophers football coach Glen Mason. Since men's athletics director Mark Dienhart announced Mason as Minnesota's new coach Dec....