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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

For the love of the game

by Tris Wykes
Published July 1, 1996

It's a big step down from the days of roaring crowds, charter flights to games and scholarships, but for a handful of former Gophers football players, the gridiron continues to call in the form of the...

Roethlisberger wins U.S. Trials

Published July 1, 1996

BOSTON (AP) -- Spills, skids and face plants -- not exactly a promising start for the men's Olympic gymnastics team. But former Gophers standout John Roethlisberger scored a 9.375 in the vault, his final...

U canoe enthusiasts protest BWCA changes

by Bei Hu
Published July 1, 1996

More than 60 canoeists paddled down the Mississippi River on Saturday to protest increased use of motorized vehicles in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park. Jennifer...

Rider still a valuable commodity to Wolves

Published July 1, 1996

Isaiah "J.R." Rider's three-year career with the Minnesota Timberwolves might soon come to an end, thanks to Rider's recent arrest in California and a proposed trade with Portland. Rider's inability to...

Program prepares high schoolers

by Michelle Kibiger
Published July 1, 1996

Going away to college is a big step for high school graduates, but 82 high school students decided to give it a trial run this summer in the University Summer Honors College. The program allows 11th-...

Study aims to improve medical communication

by Yolanda Sly
Published July 1, 1996

Women living with cancer of the cervix, vagina or ovaries might have less energy and experience more pain than their doctor's estimate, according to a study conducted at the University's Women's Cancer...

Perry says damage could have been less

Published July 1, 1996

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary William J. Perry acknowledged Sunday that the terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia would have been less deadly if Saudi authorities had granted a...

Drug sparks controversy

by Joel Sawyer
Published July 1, 1996

When the Food and Drug Administration approved the blood clot-dissolving drug Activase for the emergency treatment of stroke victims earlier this month, new hope was offered to the nearly 400,000 Americans...

Guerrilla Comedy lives up to name

by Michelle Kibiger
Published July 1, 1996

They perform their craft in a hit-and-run fashion. They strive for freedom like soldiers. Then they fade away, leaving laughter in their wake. Somehow the name Guerrilla Comedy fits the troupe of University...

Voters league aims to increase student involvement

by Chris Vetter
Published July 1, 1996

Colleges are not known to have high voter turnout, but the League of Women Voters hopes to change that. The league, a nonpartisan organization, started a chapter at the University a year ago and hopes...

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