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  • Jeff Sherry
Jul. 26, 1996
CHICAGO -- In the ever-evolving world of college football, the Big Ten had become the country's land of antiquity. It was the one place where the game's old ways stood and tradition ruled. But
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Jul. 26, 1996
A chemical smell that has wafted through the West Bank campus since February should soon go away for a month before returning. The smell comes from the process of cleaning carcinogenic compounds from
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Jul. 26, 1996
Flight Recorder Offers Clues; Clinton Tightens Air Security NEW YORK (AP) -- In their first close examination of TWA Flight 800's cockpit voice recorder, investigators heard a "fraction-of-a-second
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  • Ryan Schuster
Jul. 26, 1996
When she was a ball girl for the Gophers in sixth grade, Kay Schmidt used to dream of playing college basketball at Minnesota. But now, all those dreams have faded. The starting Minnesota women's
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  • Paul Sanders
Jul. 26, 1996
To University researcher Katie Schmitz, household tasks considered tedious by some are activities that could provide insight into how women burn calories during their daily routines. And in the wake
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Jul. 26, 1996
A man charged with the murder of a University student is still in jail after a Hennepin County District Judge refused Wednesday to lower his bail. Louis Cardona Buggs is charged with murdering Kami Talley
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  • Jeff Sherry
Jul. 26, 1996
CHICAGO -- It took coach Gary Barnett and his Northwestern football team nearly all of last season to earn the media's respect. And it looks like the Wildcats might have to earn it again this season. A
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Jul. 26, 1996
Perhaps the only thing worse than the shameless commercialization of the Olympics has been NBC's overt nationalism. In this Olympic year, the ideals of pure competition and international spectacle have
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Jul. 24, 1996
Killings Mount While Government Reform Stalls, Rival Groups Battle ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Life seemed to be getting back to normal here this summer: Despite scattered attacks by Muslim fundamentalist
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Jul. 24, 1996
ATLANTA (AP) -- A true national championship in college football is now a reality. And the first game between the two top-ranked teams will be played after the 1998 season. ABC Sports officials said today
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Jul. 24, 1996
University President Nils Hasselmo restated Monday the need for University conversion to a biweekly pay system for all employees. "We cannot afford to have dual pay systems," Hasselmo said at his monthly
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  • Michelle Kibiger
Jul. 24, 1996
Several University classrooms are getting a face-lift this summer thanks to the state Legislature, which approved a $4.2 million funding request this spring to repair classrooms. Seven classrooms
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Jul. 24, 1996
Former Gophers Can Ergenekan and Bengt Zikarsky and incoming freshman Alexandre Massura all saw Olympic action Tuesday in men's swimming. Massura, competing for Brazil, and Zikarsky of Germany both
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  • Jessica Steeno
Jul. 24, 1996
A man was arrested Friday in Walter Library for exposing his genitals to a student studying there, according to a University Police report. University Police Officer Charles Miner was called to the
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  • Kamariea Forcier
Jul. 24, 1996
After two years of court delays, a jury heard opening arguments Tuesday in a gender discrimination case that two former professors filed against the University in U.S. District Court. The former professors
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