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17-year-old Gophers recruit drafted fifth-overall by Coyotes in NHL Draft

by Kent Erdahl
Published June 30, 2004

Wheeler became the highest Minnesota native selected in the NHL Draft.

Steele, Busse honored

by Dan Miller
Published June 23, 2004

Adam Steele and Cassie Busse were both awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor this past weekend for their accomplishments in athletics and academics. Steele was a member of Minnesota's runner-up 4X400-meter...

Vatican team sees a creator in the creation

by Geoffrey Ziezulewicz
Published April 22, 2004

SAFFORD, Ariz. - Though the Vatican has operated a telescope on Mount Graham since 1993, the Rev. Christopher Corbally said the church is not focused on astronomy in the name of finding a higher power...

Mountain is part of Apache spirituality

by Kari Petrie
Published April 22, 2004

SAN CARLOS, Ariz. - Passing among them a staff with a small stone and a feather attached to it, young Apaches ran up Mount Graham in the annual spirit run last July. Running is a large part of the history...

Activist teaches Apaches their traditional culture

by Kari Petrie
Published April 22, 2004

SAN CARLOS, Ariz. - Apache spiritual leader Wendsler Nosie said he went to the mountain to pray. His daughter was preparing for her Sunrise Dance ceremony, which commemorated her entrance into womanhood....

All sides put value on environment

by Geoffrey Ziezulewicz
Published April 22, 2004

SEditor's note: Today's reports conclude a two-part series on the Mount Graham telescope project, which the University voted to join in October 2002. AFFORD, Ariz. - The Swift Trail, which leads to the...

In the woods, another U facility

by Geoffrey Ziezulewicz
Published April 22, 2004

TUSCON, Ariz. - Fifty miles west of Mount Graham and its Large Binocular Telescope, on the other side of Coronado National Forest, sits another telescope the University uses. The University has owned the...