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Health service tests positive
As patients wandered through Boynton Health Service's sterile hallways for examinations Friday, the doctors, nurses and administrators underwent an evaluation of their own.
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Monday Feature: Weighing in
It's 4:15 p.m. in the Gophers' wrestling practice room. Following an intense, hour-long workout on the mat, Minnesota's two-time All-American Chad Kraft is ready for circuit training. Jumping from the stationary bike to free weights to stair climbs, Kraft works to prepare himself mentally and physically for his next grueling match. "The sport requires such a discipline," Kraft said. "It's so hard with the workouts, cutting weight and everything; it takes so much responsibility that when a person puts that much into it -- it's almost like it's all or nothing."
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Protestors' plea: Don't attack Iraq
The United States' interests in Iraq are not worth fighting for, said a group of protesters Friday outside the Federal Building in Minneapolis. About 250 people demonstrated against United States involvement in Iraq. Students from the Progressive Student Organization and the University-YW joined other local groups and citizens in a coalition to stop the country from going to war with Iraq.
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Rock student saves band
Eric Ostermeier and John Rigg just wanted to check their e-mail late Thursday. But a simple elevator trip to the 14th floor of the Social Sciences building turned into a three-hour ordeal. "After five or 10 seconds, we realized we weren't moving anywhere, " said Ostermeier, a graduate student in political science.
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Ryder takes the wheel for U
Same buses, same faces, same fare. The only difference is in the name. Workers at Medicine Lake Lines learned Friday morning that as of March 2, Ryder Student Transportation will take over the bus company. Medicine Lake Lines currently provides busing services to the University.
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Route to regency might be shortened
For 25 years, many have complained of the political potholes that line the road to membership on the Board of Regents. Legislators seem primed this year to smooth out the bumps with a streamlined selection process.
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Students dance the night (and the day) away
Morning isn't the usual time for college students to start dancing on the weekends. But from 10 a.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday, more than 100 people participated in the first annual Dance Marathon at Coffman Union. The event, which included four bands, food, contests and awards, raised more than $1,000 for Gillette Children's Specialty Health Care.
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Events focus on black history
Homework, meetings and social lunches were all put aside Friday at the Africana Student Cultural Center. Instead, leaders from community groups took over the room to show students how to get involved beyond the campus realms. The center hosted a civic and community groups exploration as part of its Black History Month celebration. This year's celebration, which happens every February, started at the Africana center on Jan. 30 with an opening dinner.
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Kids get chance to skate with Gophers
Six-year-old Nick Krier insists he will be on the Gophers hockey team in a few years. "Make that about 15 years," Coach Doug Woog told him. Krier, a kindergartener at Holy Trinity Catholic School in St. Paul, got a chance to meet his idols at the annual " Skate with the Gophers" community event at Mariucci Arena on Sunday. "I play hockey," he emphatically told goalie Willy Marvin, who was autographing Krier's hockey jersey.
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Officials end teens' plan for murder spree
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- A 15-year-old boy and two of his friends are charged with killing the boy's father as part of a plot police say would have ended with all of their parents dead. "After murdering their parents, they planned to make a cross-country murder and crime spree," sheriff's spokeswoman Michal Holder said.
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