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The Minnesota Daily

Hijacked Ethiopian plane crashes in Comoros Islands

Published November 25, 1996

MORONI, Comoros Islands (AP) -- Tourists clad in bathing suits watched from the beach Sunday as rescue workers pulled bodies from the partially submerged wreckage of an Ethiopian jetliner that ran out...

Gophers hang close but lose to Iowa

by Jeff Sherry
Published November 25, 1996

As the final minutes slowly ticked off the Metrodome clock Saturday night, the Gophers football team found itself in a familiar position -- behind. Iowa's 43-24 victory was well in hand, and the intensity...

Gophers sophomore to run at the NCAAs

by Ryan Schuster
Published November 25, 1996

Anna Gullingsrud's collegiate cross country career has followed a long and winding road with a disappointing pit stop along the way. But she's back where she wants to be. The sophomore will compete in...

20 killed, 80 hurt in Puerto Rico explosion

Published November 22, 1996

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The shops and restaurants were just opening on crowded Camelia Soto Street when an explosion blew apart a six-story building Thursday, turning windows into flying knives and...

Youth is bonus for U wrestling

by Allison Younge
Published November 22, 1996

The 1996-97 Gophers wrestling team may be young, but Coach J Robinson is confident in his team's experience and leadership. With no seniors and only three juniors, the Gophers youth might appear to be...

Rookie defensemen prove worth early

by Michael Rand
Published November 22, 1996

It's been nearly two months since the Gophers hockey team began practice, and freshman Ben Clymer still hasn't had a chance to catch his breath. He and his defensive partner Mike Lyons -- another freshman...

Alum endows $2 million chair

by Michelle Kibiger
Published November 22, 1996

University alumnus Lyle Berman gave the school an early Hanukkah present this week. Berman created a $2 million endowed chair for the Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible programs of the Classical and Near...

Jacobson to silence his tough critics

by Todd Zolecki
Published November 22, 1996

Only Sam Jacobson really knows what it feels like, but ever since the Gophers men's basketball player set foot on campus three years ago, he's been poked and prodded by just about everyone who has ever...

Obscene e-mail disturbs recipients, thwarts FBI

by Jessica Steeno
Published November 22, 1996

An e-mail message offering sales or trade in child pornography sent to addresses across the country, and received by many account holders at the University, continues to baffle the FBI. The message, sent...

Prof, support group address impotence

by Lynne Kozarek
Published November 22, 1996

Many people still consider frank discussion about sex a taboo. But for men suffering from impotence, a new University support group dispels some myths surrounding the disorder. "Impotence is the most...

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