For 25 years, many have complained of the political potholes that line the road to membership on the Board of Regents. Legislators seem primed this year to smooth out the bumps with a streamlined selection...

It's been a busy two weeks here at the Readers' Representative desk, with readers commenting on everything from world news to sex. The world, the nation and the University An international student wrote...

It is a common complaint that ours is an impersonal campus, and indeed the campus is large. There are many students and faculty on it, and unless one is very sociable, one can spend years taking classes...

The United States' interests in Iraq are not worth fighting for, said a group of protesters Friday outside the Federal Building in Minneapolis. About 250 people demonstrated against United States involvement...

Following the Gophers' 88-78 win over Michigan Saturday, Wolverines senior Maceo Baston was willing to give his justification behind the tripping attempts, elbows and trash-talking that were prevalent...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Russian diplomats kept pushing for a diplomatic solution to the Iraq crisis, while an official Iraqi newspaper accused U.N. officials Sunday of giving the United States a "green light"...

Herb "Ike" Isakson began his coaching tenure with the Gophers baseball team in 1964 -- a time when high socks were not merely a fashion statement and the designated hitter rule did not exist. On Sunday,...

Eric Ostermeier and John Rigg just wanted to check their e-mail late Thursday. But a simple elevator trip to the 14th floor of the Social Sciences building turned into a three-hour ordeal. "After five...

When a superior team plays a squad of an obviously lower caliber, that inferior team is referred to as a "creampuff" or some other dainty pastry. Sometimes, when playing a creampuff, a team enters a place...

Allison Younge Staff Reporter The third-ranked Gophers wrestling team has been struggling through a midseason intensity slump during the past few weeks. After a 21-13 loss to Penn State Friday, February's...