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[email protected] Past Issues Search past issues of Brief: SUBMIT To subscribe or unsubscribe Vol. XXXIV No. 1; Jan. 7, 2004 INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1. Top Stories U presents stadium findings to Governor's Stadium Commission. Memorial service for Gisela Konopka will be Jan. 9. 2. News and Announcements Nominations sought for several U awards. Mileage allowance changes. 3. Campus Events and Information Legislative Network's annual legislative briefing will be Jan. 22. 4. Links 1. Top Stories RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ON-CAMPUS GOPHER FOOTBALL STADIUM were presented to the Governor's Stadium Commission by U officials on Jan. 6. The commission, which is charged with making recommendations regarding Twins baseball and Vikings football facilities, invited the U to present the findings of its recently completed stadium feasibility study. The study recommends a 50,000-seat, open-air, on-campus facility at a projected cost of $180 million, with another $42 million needed for site preparations and infrastructure improvements. For more information on the feasibility study, see http://www.umn.edu/stadium/ PRESIDENT BRUININKS HAS BEEN NAMED "MINNESOTAN OF THE YEAR" by Minnesota Monthly in their January 2004 issue. Bruininks was honored for his handling of "one of the U's most challenging years--and one of its most successful." A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GISELA KONOPKA, who died Dec. 9 at age 93, will be held Jan. 9, 10 a.m-12 p.m., Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center.