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A sad story: Goldy the Gopher gets punched by a professor
Mike Hlas Mar. 9, 2011 11:48 pm
Minnesota mascot Goldy the Gopher is a rodent. There are no two ways around it.
But did Goldy deserve to get punched by a 60-year-old math professor at a recent University of Minnesota gymnastics meet? Does anyone deserve to get punched by a 60-year-old professor?
You be the judge.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune story chronicling this unseemly moment in Gophers sports history can be found by
clicking here. It's not a pretty tale.
Goldy in happier times, with U. of Minnesota librarian Wendy Pradt Lougee

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