The Minnesota Daily

U hockey splits at UMD without Coach Woog

by Michael Rand
Published October 27, 1996

DULUTH -- Minnesota-Duluth hockey coach Mike Sertich seemingly has as many theories about the assassination of John F. Kennedy as he does about how to put together a winning hockey team. Ironically, his...

Voting by mail gains support

by Chris Vetter
Published October 27, 1996

With the election only a week away, there is growing concern that students and other citizens of the state will not vote. Voter turnout has steadily declined over the past 30 years, as fewer people have...

Grassroots candidatearrested at protest

Published October 25, 1996

Phil Willkie, the Grassroots Party candidate from the 4th Congressional District, was arrested Thursday morning for trespassing at Alliant Techsystems in Hopkins. The 4th district encompasses all of the...

Spartans freshman men’s swimmer sues the NCAA

Published October 25, 1996

CHICAGO (AP) -- Learning disabled swimmer Chad Ganden sued the NCAA on Thursday, claiming it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to let him compete for Michigan State this year. Ganden,...

Second six to run for U women’s CC

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 25, 1996

Four Gophers cross country runners jogged on one side of the street while a fifth ran alone on the other side. Practice had just concluded Wednesday, and the runners were finishing their cool-down jog...

U football tries to avoid fall

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 25, 1996

Last year the Gophers ended their football season at Iowa's Kinnick Stadium, with a 45-3 defeat and an emotional exit from the field. Weeks of frustration welled up on the way to the locker room, and...

Gophers soccer looks to crumble mighty Tarheels

by Aaron Kirscht
Published October 25, 1996

You have to wonder if North Carolina women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance has a little Genghis Khan in him, the way his team has dominated the college ranks over the last decade. Genghis, who oversaw an...

Fans: ‘Say it ain’t so Mr. Woog’

Published October 25, 1996

When Gophers hockey coach Doug Woog was busted for giving a former Gophers defenseman $500 to finish his schooling, it was hard to look at the coach as anything more than a sympathetic guy who chose to...

Ohio State preps to avoid embarrassment at Iowa

Published October 25, 1996

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan State's big hope for the future is a freshman who hasn't played yet and is recovering from a back injury. But the status of young Mateen Cleaves dominated much of the...

In Zaire, refugees flee rumored impending attack

Published October 25, 1996

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- An exodus of 300,000 Hutu refugees from camps in eastern Zaire grew more chaotic Thursday as rumors spread that Tutsi rebels were planning to attack the provincial capital. U.N....