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  • Kristian Pope
Sep. 24, 1996
Four injuries didn't prevent the Gophers volleyball team from four victories at the Eagle Classic in Boston this weekend. With Tara Baynes on the bench resting an injured back, and Katrien DeDecker,
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  • Ryan Schuster
Sep. 24, 1996
As Steve Plasencia crossed the finish line at the U.S. men's Olympic Track and Field Trials in the 5,000-meters last June, it marked an important transition in his life. Plasencia didn't win the
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  • Michael Rand
Sep. 24, 1996
The Gophers men's tennis team departed on Sept. 13 for a 10-day trip to Japan during which they competed against several Japanese universities. But the number of miles Minnesota logged on its journey
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  • Chris Vetter
Sep. 24, 1996
This election year is critical to the Democratic and Republican parties. The Democrats hope to regain ground in Congress, while the GOP strives to keep control of both houses as its presidential candidate
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  • Bei Hu
Sep. 24, 1996
The chance that University officials will jump-start renovation on the Southeast Steam Plant by the end of this year grew less likely when the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Citizens Board convened
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  • Jeff Sherry
Sep. 24, 1996
Saturday's 35-33 upset of Syracuse kept the Gophers football team unbeaten this season. It also got the team a step closer to keeping its coach. A previously unknown clause in coach Jim Wacker's
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  • Nancy Ngo
Sep. 24, 1996
Students at the University may not only lose their way geographically, but lacking knowledge of the numerous educational and cultural resources available in a diverse campus they may feel lost academically
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Sep. 24, 1996
In a promotional campaign several years ago, one of the University's more prominent alumni, Garrison Keillor, called this institution "one of the glories of this state." Those eloquent words appeared
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  • Nick Doty
Aug. 18, 1996
Gophers women's tennis coach Martin Novak recently told a reporter, "You're gonna see a lot of excitement this year." Novak's comment about his team's outlook showed great optimism, and justifiably
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  • Nick Doty
Aug. 18, 1996
When a team wins four consecutive Big Ten championships, the expectations for the next season are obviously going to be high. The Gophers men's tennis team exceeded expectations for the 1995-96 season
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Aug. 16, 1996
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- The word "interim" is gone. Lloyd Carr now has a four-year contract to be Michigan's football coach. If he wants it to be extended, all he has to do is win Big Ten championships
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Aug. 16, 1996
ST. PAUL (AP) -- The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it will negotiate with a private consortium to build a $97 million fiber-optic network along the state's freeways. Under the proposal,
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Aug. 16, 1996
Editor Charged in Connection with Anti-Semitic Story TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- The author of an article calling Jews "vampires" and blaming them for Georgia's woes was arrested Thursday and charged
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  • Chris Vetter
Aug. 16, 1996
One of the seemingly forgotten steps in the Minnesota political process is the primary leading up to the general election. Although Minnesota Republicans and Democrats both seem to have picked their
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Aug. 16, 1996
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota schools may be forced to lay off thousands of employees next year unless the Legislature can bail them out from a $232 million money shortage, school officials said. "It
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