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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Professor reaps agriculture prize, $50,000

by Joe Carlson
Published November 15, 1996

He is a scientist with much to brag about, but University Professor of Agronomy Don Rasmusson is humble about the extent his work in barley crop varieties has affected agriculture. "Crop variety is only...

All five starters score double figures in win

by Todd Zolecki
Published November 15, 1996

Clem Haskins didn't like it when the Gophers men's basketball team allowed 67 points in an exhibition game last week against Lithuania. The coach constantly preaches defense and when his team allowed...

Study: cancer deaths on decline in U.S.

by Lynne Kozarek
Published November 15, 1996

The American Cancer Society released data Thursday indicating that for the first time the overall number of cancer-related deaths in the United States is on a steady decline. The study determined that...

California grad assistants to strike

by Sam Black
Published November 15, 1996

The strength of any union is its power to strike. At three of the campuses at the University of California next week, graduate student instructors intend to test their strength by marching out of class...

Tiny neutrino merits big project

by Peter Kauffner
Published November 15, 1996

University researchers are designing a $50 million facility in northern Minnesota to answer one of the most vexing questions in physics -- whether neutrinos have mass. The neutrino is sometimes called...

Women’s hoops team wins 94-70

by Aaron Kirscht
Published November 15, 1996

Apparently, Angie Iverson was the only one on the court who didn't know she was on the verge of breaking the Gophers women's basketball scoring record in Thursday's game against the Latvia-Lithuania Select...

U refocuses for NCAAs

by Aaron Kirscht
Published November 15, 1996

When she heard the news that Minnesota would play Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA soccer tournament, Gophers senior Mikki Denney thought she was dreaming. A native of Omaha, Neb., Denney had been...

Hospital workers set to sue U

by Joel Sawyer
Published November 15, 1996

Some University Hospital workers are expected to file suit against the University in federal court today demanding that the school live up to a contract it signed with union employees. The suit, which...

Hockey team thinks win streak vs. MTU

by Michael Rand
Published November 15, 1996

On November 11, 1995, the Gophers hockey team lost to Denver 6-4 at Mariucci Arena. Little did Minnesota know that it would be Feb. 2 until it lost again. What came between the two losses was 18 wins...

Injuries nag overachieving U volleyball team, hurt depth

by Tim Klobuchar
Published November 15, 1996

The Gophers women's basketball team, down to eight scholarship players, has the most notable labor shortage of any University athletic team. But it doesn't have the only one. The volleyball team started...

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