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The Minnesota Daily

U soccer loses at Penn State

by Aaron Kirscht
Published September 26, 1996

Every season has its share of tough losses, but the Gophers women's soccer team was trying desperately to avoid one Tuesday at unranked Penn State. The road trip is historically one of the season's toughest;...

Women’s golf team improves over summer

by Tim Klobuchar
Published September 26, 1996

The season has barely begun, but Gophers women's golf coach Kathy Williams thinks her team already has some momentum going. A successful summer by several Gophers has helped Williams believe her team...

U seeks candidates to fill its top position

by Kelly Wittman
Published September 24, 1996

Since University President Nils Hasselmo announced last year that he intends to retire next July, the clock has been ticking on the University's search for a new president. Members of the University community...

St. Paul campus has own charms

by Joe Carlson
Published September 24, 1996

The occasional smell of manure on the St. Paul campus is, to some faculty members, preferable to the more common odor of automobile exhaust in Minneapolis. Yet some students who attend the University...

U freshmen re-stock women’s tennis team

by Michael Rand
Published September 24, 1996

For the first time since 1989, the Gophers women's tennis team is heading into a year on the heels of a winning season. Last year's squad finished 16-8, including a 9-4 conference mark and a tie for third...

Freshman fights jitters to help U beat Syracuse

by Michael Rand
Published September 24, 1996

Tyrone Carter was a little nervous. The Gophers freshman, who averaged three touchdowns per game as a high school senior in Pompano Beach, Fla., was preparing for his first start as a college player and...

Can you believe it? U football is 3-0

by Jeff Sherry
Published September 24, 1996

In one week, a back-up safety has become a front-line scorer. A walk-on kicker has become a big-money performer. And a ridiculed football team has become a gutty, confident unit. The Gophers upgraded...

Gophers soccer starts strong in bid for repeat

by Aaron Kirscht
Published September 24, 1996

On the heels of a Big Ten title and a slew of individual awards, the Gophers women's soccer team had some high expectations heading into the 1996 season. And thus far, they haven't disappointed. The team...

U should have more pride in itself

Published September 24, 1996

In a promotional campaign several years ago, one of the University's more prominent alumni, Garrison Keillor, called this institution "one of the glories of this state." Those eloquent words appeared on...

Bar owner stabbed, killed in altercation

Published September 24, 1996

The owner of the Viking Bar, located at 1829 Riverside Avenue S., was stabbed to death Sept. 17 by a patron who was asked to leave. Scott Dennis Nelson, 44, tried to make the man leave the bar and the...

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