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The Minnesota Daily

U tennis learns to play without Gates

by Tim Klobuchar
Published October 4, 1996

While Tiffany Gates was injured last year, the Gophers women's tennis team had to face a whole season without the two-time All-Big Ten performer. As it turned out, Minnesota needed the practice. Gates,...

Urban woes take root in rural towns

by Alan Bjerga
Published October 4, 1996

Editor's note: This is the conclusion of a four-part series on the University's commitents to outstate Minnesota. They talk about the environment. They talk about the proper use of manure and how to...

Men’s tennis re-starts after Japan trip

by Tim Klobuchar
Published October 4, 1996

The schedule for the Gophers men's tennis team tells a little lie. Technically, the fall schedule begins this weekend when senior Ben Gabler and sophomore Adam Selkirk travel to the Arizona State Invitational...

Revenue needed to fund planned Coffman facelift

Published October 4, 1996

Coffman Memorial Union was cut into pieces and devoured Thursday afternoon, as a cake bearing an image of the East Bank landmark was served to those attending a ceremony honoring Maggie Towle. The reception...

Haskins looks for assistant

by Todd Zolecki
Published October 4, 1996

The phone in Clem Haskins' office hasn't stopped ringing since Milt Barnes announced on Sept. 23 that he accepted the head coaching job at Eastern Michigan. Haskins credited his former head assistant...

Regents hold closed meeting

by Brian Bakst
Published October 4, 1996

After meeting in private Thursday for almost two hours longer than scheduled, Board of Regents members remained tight-lipped on the extent to which tenure was discussed. Eleven of the 12 regents, three...

Faculty hold tenure info forum

by Jim Martyka
Published October 4, 1996

While faculty members at an open forum Thursday expressed concerns regarding faculty unionization, many characterized the move as their only option. "We are vulnerable," said Faculty Senate Delegate Ed...

There will be c…

by Kristian Pope
Published October 4, 1996

There will be cheers. Jeers, too, maybe. No one is totally sure what the reaction will be on Saturday when Mike Hebert enters Huff Hall. In that University of Illinois arena, Hebert became a women's college...

Carlson should keep out of tenure debate

Published October 4, 1996

In Jan. 1993, Governor Arne Carlson wrote the Big Ten to protest the officiating in a Gophers basketball loss to Indiana. It was a laughable display of a politician trying to wield his clout far outside...

Polish poet wins nobel prize for literature

Published October 4, 1996

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- A shy, 73-year-old Polish poet who disavowed her Stalinist past to become an inspiration for movie makers and rock bands won the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday. Wislawa Szymborska...

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