After reeling off nine straight wins with a doubleheader sweep of North Carolina and a 7-0 romp through the Triangle Classic in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., the Gophers women's softball team heads to Columbus,...

A season ago, the Gophers men's hockey team returned home from its series with Colorado College with a win and a tie. Those three points propelled Minnesota to a final-weekend showdown with Wisconsin,...

When University administrators peered into the cave of campus safety last November, they spotted a sleeping bear. Now, they're rousing the beast out of its one-year hibernation with hopes to improve security...

Although prosecutors said DNA evidence points to alleged rapist Antonio Burton's guilt, the woman who analyzed the evidence has made mistakes in the past. Prosecuting attorney Steve Redding called to...

Many of the University's Asian students face a serious problem: Their funds for school are drying up. Because of the collapse of several Asian currencies, the dollar value of money sent to students by...

Along with paper and pens, students will need another tool when they come to the University in the fall of 1999 -- a computer. Over the past year, the University's Council of Undergraduate Deans has discussed...

Worried about a shortage of workers, Steve Forbes urged colleges Wednesday to beef up the pipeline of technology-savvy graduates. Before more than 150 local business leaders and University President Mark...

HAVANA (AP) -- Elected to a fifth term as president, Fidel Castro vowed socialism in Cuba will outlive him and denounced a U.S. aid proposal for the island. Castro's seven-hour speech to the opening of...

Beginning spring quarter, students enrolled in College of Liberal Arts courses can use an Internet program to find course information or interact with their classmates. The World Wide Web program, called...

Coach Cheryl Littlejohn on Monday suspended seven members of the Gophers women's basketball team for violating team rules late Sunday night. Littlejohn notified her players of the suspensions Monday during...