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The Minnesota Daily

Gophers prepare for Nebraska at regionals

by Jeff Sherry
Published May 14, 1996

The Gophers softball team was still flying high Monday from its NCAA regional bid, and its players sounded supremely confident of their chances in Lafayette, La., this weekend. "Now that we have a chance...

U’s financial future worries Gov. Carlson

by Jessica Burke
Published May 14, 1996

In a letter to Board of Regents Chairman Tom Reagan, Gov. Arne Carlson chastised the University because he said it will run up a $300 million debt by the year 2000. But Carlson has those numbers wrong,...

Homosexuality can be spiritually transformed

by By Michael
Published May 14, 1996

On April 22, the Daily published Galen Johnson's opinion piece on why same-sex marriages should be allowed ("Same-sex marriages should be made legal"). We wish to make what may be termed a "Christian response." In...

U computers need upgrade

by Brett Martin
Published May 14, 1996

The University is gearing up to spend nearly $8 million to upgrade a computer system that currently cannot recognize the coming millennium or the impending conversion from quarters to semesters. "The...

U sponsors Nobel winner’s lecture

by Kaana Smith
Published May 14, 1996

Amid laughter and applause, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison spoke Monday at Northrop Memorial Auditorium about the connections and divisions between literature and history. "Recorded history is insufficient...

Doyle is Big Ten freshman of year

Published May 14, 1996

The Big Ten named Gophers golfer Matt Doyle freshman of the year on Sunday at the conference championships in University Park, Pa. Doyle, an All-Big Ten selection, is the only conference freshman who won...

AmeriCorps offers tuition alternative

by Angie Ness
Published May 14, 1996

University junior Robert Hobot found a method of paying for college other than savings accounts or loans. Along with a full load of classes, Hobot works 40 hours a week teaching job-training skills to...

AIDS not a heterosexualepidemic, researcher says

by Sarah Kneece
Published May 13, 1996

The virus that causes AIDS does not pose an epidemic threat to the United States' heterosexual population, a University of Chicago researcher told a group of University of Minnesota students and faculty...

When Ben Gabler,…

by Michael Rand
Published May 13, 1996

When Ben Gabler, a junior on the Gophers men's tennis team, finishes his playing career, he may want to consider becoming an ESPN analyst or a professional gambler. When asked about Minnesota's No. 6...

G”tterdmmerung

Published May 13, 1996

Elmo felt his cynicism becoming contagious. He felt the years piling up behind him, half-interesting experiences and half-appreciated efforts and what to show for it all? Larger waistline, smaller hairline,...

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