The Minnesota Daily

Jews, Muslims both lay claim to sacred site

Published October 11, 1996

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Muslim clerics delayed opening a new prayer hall in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound Thursday, sidestepping -- for now -- confrontation over the most sensitive spot in the Israeli-Arab conflict. The...

Interdenominational group promotes cooperation

Published October 11, 1996

They confront tasks as mundane as placing ads and as lofty as negotiating the differences between spiritual paths. Cooperative Campus Ministries is a group of seven religious organizations that coordinate...

Trip to Michigan no longer flanks ‘Easy St.’ for U soccer

by Aaron Kirscht
Published October 11, 1996

Michigan can be beautiful this time of year. Sure, the state is famous for its cars, but the scenery in the upper peninsula is what makes Michigan really special. The Gophers women's soccer team probably...

Museum aims to spark kids’ interest

by Tom Lopez
Published October 11, 1996

Elementary school students had the opportunity to meet fire fighters, meet Smokey the Bear and witness a live forest fire Thursday -- all in the comfort of a University auditorium. The Bell Museum of...

U runners head south for important meet

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 11, 1996

The heat is on for the Gophers women's cross country team, not just figuratively, but literally, too. Not only does the team start the brunt of their regular season schedule this weekend, but they also...

U hockey faces tradition vs. BU

by Michael Rand
Published October 11, 1996

Two years ago in Providence, R.I., Minnesota and Boston University were battling for the right to play in college hockey's national championship game. The Terriers scored four third-period goals to defeat...

Carlson names membersof tenure mediation panel

Published October 11, 1996

Two members were named Thursday to Gov. Arne Carlson's three-member panel to try to ease strained relations between the Board of Regents and University faculty members. Carlson intervened in the University's...

Regents hear plan to restucture U’s debt

by Kelly Wittman
Published October 11, 1996

A plan to restructure the University's debt will save the school more than half a million dollars a year in interest payments. At a meeting of the Board of Regents Financial Operations Committee, Roger...

From softballs to golfballs, Klecker has found her swing

by Susan Filkins
Published October 11, 1996

When Gophers women's golfer Carolyn Klecker was 13 years old, she would go to the golf course with her dad. She carried her ball to the green to putt and chip every chance she got. In high school, she...

U considers building new golf course

by Brian Bakst
Published October 11, 1996

More than 700 acres of University-owned land in Rosemount could become the home to a new University golf course at virtually no cost to the University. If the Board of Regents agrees to go forward with...