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The Minnesota Daily

Gophers volleyb…

by Tim Klobuchar
Published October 18, 1996

Gophers volleyball coach Mike Hebert was talking in front of his team as practice began Thursday when he tossed something at Katrien DeDecker. The object turned out to be a black T-shirt wrapped in plastic,...

‘Governance with teeth’

by Brian Bakst
Published October 18, 1996

With a faculty union election looming in the University's future, clarifying what a potential union would resemble tops the agenda for union organizers. Retaining a faculty governance structure and avoiding...

Home HIV test raises difficult questions

Published October 18, 1996

"I feel a lot better now that I know," concludes a young woman in a TV commercial for Confide, the first do-it-yourself HIV test. Granted, for the overwhelming majority of people who will test negative...

U soccer faces foes, weather at home

by Aaron Kirscht
Published October 18, 1996

Football players have a reputation for being tough. But look closer: They wear pads, play only once a week and -- here in Minnesota, anyway -- have a big white Teflon dome over their heads. The Gophers...

Kremlin upheaval: Yeltsin ousts Lebed as Security Chief

Published October 18, 1996

MOSCOW (AP) -- Sacked by a livid Boris Yeltsin amid charges he was plotting a coup, national security chief Alexander Lebed wasted no time Thursday serving his own gruff notice: He will be out to campaign...

Indecision reigns at faculty meeting

by Kelly Wittman
Published October 18, 1996

Two Faculty Senate committees debated but could not decide whether to take definitive action regarding two proposed plans for revisions to the Law School's tenure code. At a Board of Regents meeting last...

U looks for pass rush vs. Spartans

by Jeff Sherry
Published October 18, 1996

Until last week, it didn't really matter. It wasn't much of an issue. But, the Gophers football team is suddenly in a hurry to improve its pass rush. The numbers show the need. Through its first five...

Second debate another yawner for students

by Tracy Ellingson
Published October 17, 1996

A chuckle here and a groan there were the only audible reactions from the nearly 20 University students in Coffman Memorial Union watching Wednesday night's presidential debate. The second of two showdowns...

U freshman golfer adjusts to life in America

by Susan Filkins
Published October 17, 1996

Eighteen months ago Gophers freshman golfer Martin Le Mesurier never thought he would leave his home in Southampton, England, to play in the states. But life was becoming routine in England, and he was...

WCHA teams more even this year

by Michael Rand
Published October 17, 1996

Moments after answering the telephone Tuesday afternoon, Denver hockey coach George Gwozdecky had to excuse himself for a minute. One of Gwozdecky's assistants -- who happens to be friends with an assistant...

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