The Minnesota Daily

U men’s golf team prepsto end fall schedule in style

by Susan Filkins
Published October 18, 1996

The men's golf team will finish its fall season on the road this Sunday and Monday at the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C. The 15-team tournament includes a list of tough southern schools along with...

Slide-show shares galaxy

Published October 18, 1996

Looking down from space at the Himalayan Mountains and an erupting volcano in the Indonesian archipelago is old hat for some astronauts, but University students shared the view from space Thursday at...

Goaltenders use different methods in new lead role

by Michael Rand
Published October 18, 1996

Steve DeBus and Judd Lambert don't mind sharing. As half-time starting goaltenders for their respective teams last season -- DeBus with Minnesota, Lambert with Colorado College -- each player flourished. But...

Program battles rise in child abuse

by Bei Hu
Published October 18, 1996

A University program is bringing research results into classrooms and combating child abuse. The Child Abuse Prevention Studies program is "the only program that we know of in the country that's using...

Women’s swimmingholds a senior edge

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 18, 1996

Twenty-four years ago a college junior named Jean Freeman joined the Minnesota women's swimming and diving program as an assistant coach. When she took over as head coach for the 1973-74 Gophers swim...

U women’s hoops down to 8 players

by Todd Zolecki
Published October 18, 1996

Things keep getting worse for the Gophers women's basketball team -- and the season hasn't even started yet. Minnesota lost forward Sarah Schieber for the season on the Gophers' first day of practice...

Mmm, tastes like … Minnesota

by Lynne Kozarek
Published October 18, 1996

Call it Spam-chic. Never before has Minnesota's most famous processed-meat product featured so prominently on the menus at Coffman Memorial Union. But never before has University Food Services taken on...

Men’s swim team eyes second straight Big Ten championship

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 18, 1996

In 1926, Babe Ruth led the American League in home runs with 47, Calvin Coolidge was president and television hadn't been invented yet. It was also the last time the Gophers men's swimming team won the...

Flash-Frozen Elmo

Published October 18, 1996

Elmo, having been sitting in the grass enjoying the warm sunny skies, decided is was time for him to get a workout. "I know!" He told himself, "I'll walk across the country!" He then began to stroll, while...

Scholar says the media are less biased than ever

by Chris Vetter
Published October 18, 1996

In mid-July Bob Dole criticized NBC's "Today Show" host Katie Couric as being too liberal because she repeatedly questioned him about campaign funds he received from the tobacco industry. Politicians'...