The Minnesota Daily

Mason gets players’ immediate vote

by Michael Rand
Published January 6, 1997

Until Tuesday morning, most members of the Gophers football team will virtually know the same as the general public about the man hired to take the struggling program out of the Big Ten basement. Because...

Sun Devils will have tough time bettering 1996 season

Published January 6, 1997

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Now that Arizona State has had a couple of days to shake off the sting of its Rose Bowl loss to Ohio State, the Sun Devils are facing the challenge of trying to get back. To accomplish...

South American antidrug efforts are failing

Published January 6, 1997

LETICIA, Colombia (AP) -- Dawn lifts the mist off the jungle canopy, and somewhere near this Amazon River outpost a small plane roars just above the treetops carrying a load of semi-processed cocaine into...

Controversy, job demands lead to small regent pool

by Joel Sawyer
Published January 6, 1997

Serving as a member of the Board of Regents can be a thankless task. No pay, long hours, and an endless barrage of criticism makes the job unattractive to many. And that is a problem, especially with...

Mason signed to rejuvenate Gopher football program

Published January 6, 1997

The University named former Kansas head coach Glen Mason its new football coach on Dec. 14, ending weeks of speculation that followed former coach Jim Wacker's Nov. 12 resignation. Mason received a six-year...

The Metrodome: It lost its luster fast

Published January 6, 1997

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- On April 6, 1982, a cold, snowy day in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Twins welcomed the Seattle Mariners for the first game ever played in Metrodome. A day later the teams played again...

AFSCME and U settle issue of severance pay

by Jessica Steeno
Published January 6, 1997

Union employees of the former University Hospital dropped a lawsuit against the University last week, just days before the hospital's merger with Fairview. The lawsuit, filed in November by the American...

Mason goes to work for U

by Todd Zolecki
Published January 6, 1997

and Michael RandThe 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....

President-elect promises a new era of excellence

by Joel Sawyer
Published January 6, 1997

Mark Yudof, executive vice president and provost of the University of Texas at Austin, will become the 14th president of the University in July. Yudof accepted the position after the Board of Regents...

Ramps lower early a.m. rates

Published January 6, 1997

Early-morning commuters can now enjoy a break from high parking rates at two University parking ramps. University parking services announced Thursday they had expanded off-peak hours at the East River...