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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Jazz great awes students

by Alan Bjerga
Published September 30, 1996

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock gave several demonstrations Friday of the importance of timing to a University student audience at the Ted Mann Concert Hall. Hancock, who many critics consider the most prominent...

Gophers soccer team falls hard to rival Wisconsin

by Aaron Kirscht
Published September 30, 1996

The largest crowd in Gophers women's soccer history flocked to St. Paul on Sunday, hoping to catch the latest chapter of the Wisconsin-Minnesota rivalry. The games between the Gophers and the Badgers...

It wasn’t a pla…

by Kristian Pope
Published September 30, 1996

It wasn't a playoff game or a final four, but the Gophers volleyball team played Saturday like a Big Ten title was on the line. The fans at the Sports Pavilion felt it, too. All 1,311 stood during game-deciding...

Spanning the decades

by Lynne Kozarek
Published September 30, 1996

Editor's note: Each Monday, a story focusing on a person, place or institution that contributes to the unique culture of the University will be featured in the Daily.To most University students the Washington...

Not-so ‘pretty land’ braces for welfare cut

Published September 30, 1996

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) -- Amid a skyline of barren hills and grain silos, alongside a littered rail yard roamed by mangy dogs, live the residents of Tierra Linda, Spanish for pretty land. But this...

Men’s CC team flops in meet against elite

by Ryan Schuster
Published September 30, 1996

After dominating its first two meets in impressive fashion, the men's cross country team struggled Saturday. Minnesota took 15th place at the 19-team Roy Griak Invitational held at the University's Les...

Campus legends: Are they the truth or fiction?

by By Janet
Published September 30, 1996

When the bad news is that your roommate committed suicide, the good news is you'll get a 4.0 grade point average for the term. Since most student's academic work wouldn't be up to par in the aftermath...

Despite new halls, students await housing

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published September 30, 1996

Surrounded by a fireplace, a spacious living room and several windows overlooking campus, three students spend Saturday afternoons studying and listening to the radio. "I guess the only downside is there's...

Fairviewmerger delayed

by Joel Sawyer
Published September 30, 1996

Despite a planned Oct. 1 deadline for signing the paperwork finalizing the merger between University Hospital and Fairview Health System, administrators have pushed back the date. Officials from both...

Bus accident injures 25

Published September 30, 1996

BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) -- Twenty-five people were injured Sunday when their Minnesota-based tour bus hit an Interstate 90 toll plaza near Rockford and overturned. The bus was carrying 27 people, mostly senior...

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