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U forgoesannual clean air drive

by Kamariea Forcier
Published May 17, 1996

The University did not join Metropolitan Council Transit Operations on Thursday in promoting the sixth annual Bus, Bike, Or carPool day, known as B-bop day. In the past, the University has promoted the...

U tennis team not fazed by up and down season

by Michael Rand
Published May 17, 1996

Forget about Valley Fair's new attraction, "The Wild Thing." The Gophers men's tennis team has been the biggest roller coaster ride in Minnesota this season. The Gophers, favored to five-peat as Big Ten...

Kerr leads U golfers to 7th

by Kristian Pope
Published May 17, 1996

Rob Kerr is one of the Gophers golf team's young guns. A former junior champion in his native Quebec, Kerr redshirted the 1994-95 season and knew that he would be among several qualified underclassman...

Asian fashions a matter of culture

by Sara Goo
Published May 17, 1996

Calling it a "fiesta for Asian culture," organizers from the Philippine Students' Association are preparing for their third annual fashion show on Saturday at Coffman Memorial Union. The fashion show...

Re-engineering a crucial goal for U

by By Leo
Published May 17, 1996

The opinion piece authored by Dr. Carol Wells ("Tenure revisions driven by administration," April 18) regarding the re-engineering effort and the roles of the Academic Health Center administration, CSC...

Former U president discusses funding

by Joel Sawyer
Published May 17, 1996

A credibility gap exists between research universities and society, former University President Dr. Kenneth H. Keller told 50 University staff members Thursday at the Earle Brown Continuing Education...

Softball team wants revenge

by Jeff Sherry
Published May 17, 1996

The Gophers softball team had learned its NCAA fate only an hour earlier. It was Sunday night, about 9:30 p.m., and Minnesota was still celebrating its recent regional tournament bid. There was so much...

Women’s track using no excuses

by Tim Klobuchar
Published May 17, 1996

Athletes tend to spout the same explanations as to why they push their injuries aside near the end of the season. To name a few: "You can't use injuries as an excuse." "There's no tomorrow." "I'm not...

New fossils suggest some dinosaurs unique to Africa

Published May 17, 1996

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was a fierce and toothy hunter that raced across lush African plains to catch and rip apart its prey 90 million years ago. "I would not have wanted to be around when it was on the...

Help for students is out there, MSA members find in Washington

by Brett Knapp
Published May 17, 1996

Four members of the Minnesota Student Association returned from Washington, D.C., this week with information to help students pay off school loans. Catherine Hogue, Mary Jane Sommerville, Willow Najjar...

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