The Minnesota Daily

U to headsouth forNCAA regionals

by Jeff Sherry
Published May 13, 1996

The NCAA confirmed Sunday night what Gophers softball coach Lisa Bernstein was hesitant to say all weekend: Minnesota's 44-16 season was good enough to earn a regional bid in this year's NCAA tournament. The...

Chancellor’s wife loses cancer fight

Published May 13, 1996

Jean Johnson, 63, wife of David Johnson, the University of Minnesota-Morris chancellor, died of cancer Friday. Johnson was an English teacher and secretary who later completed library studies and began...

Michigan keeps grip on another title

by Jeff Sherry
Published May 13, 1996

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A week earlier Michigan's softball team defended its Big Ten regular season title from Minnesota, leaving the Gophers upset over their second-place finish. On Saturday, Michigan defended...

Drum is heart of powwow

by Sara Goo
Published May 13, 1996

It may have been a little chilly to be outdoors all day, but on Saturday Philip St. John and Vincent Charett sat on chairs surrounding their powwow drum, waiting for the powwow to begin. Although St....

Golf team takes4th at Big Tens

by Kristian Pope
Published May 13, 1996

Behind senior Aaron Barber's tie for fifth place, the Minnesota men's golf team placed fourth at this weekend's Big Ten championships at the Penn State Blue Course in University Park, Pa. Barber led all...

America leads the world in justice

Published May 13, 1996

Writer's note: Every now and then, I believe it is important to reflect on why America is the leader it is. I have argued for this country's interests in past columns regarding several issues that involve...

UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity house burns hours before graduation

Published May 13, 1996

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- An early morning fraternity house fire killed five people Sunday, bringing tragedy to the University of North Carolina campus just hours before annual Mother's Day graduation...

U’s journalism schoolregains accreditation

Published May 10, 1996

The University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication returned to full accreditation status Saturday. The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication recommended the accreditation...

Smith puts football behind, becomes baseball leader

by Matthew Cross
Published May 10, 1996

The Gophers baseball team had just won its third of four games at Northwestern, and after shaking hands with the Wildcats the team gathered in a huddle around senior third baseman Rob Smith. The Menomonie,...

NCAA

Published May 10, 1996

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- The NCAA has certified 19 football bowl games, including the first one to be played on foreign soil. The third-place finisher in the Pac-10 will play an at-large team in Auckland,...