Americans need to decide just what they mean when they talk about "character." Right now, it is a slippery word, having more to do with whether a person is liked than whether that person behaves well....

PRINCETON, W. Va. (AP) -- Nasty weather battered the nation from coast to coast Thursday, with a powerful storm pelting northern California, strong winds slamming the East Coast and snow blanketing an...

The Gophers men's hockey team is reeling. Minnesota is 17 points behind first-place Wisconsin in the WCHA, coming off a sweep by Michigan Tech and playing without its captain. And here's coach Doug Woog,...

State legislators are not following a statute that recommends the amount of funding to the University, forcing administrators to put a higher tuition burden on students. The statute, updated in 1995,...

A potential computer timebomb is ticking down on campus. There are only 694 days and counting until the turn of the century. And on New Year's Day, a glitch could reset University computers' internal...

When the Supreme Court ruled Linda Brown was entitled to attend an all-white elementary school, John J. Cound said he foresaw the beginning of the end of "separate, but equal." Cound, now a University...

College of Human Ecology adviser Doris Wiehe wanted to buy a coat for her daughter-in-law. She found one Thursday at an unlikely place: the St. Paul Student Center. The long blue coat she bought for $3...

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A military transport plane crashed Thursday in a mountain range in central Spain, killing five people, the Civil Guard said. A CASA 212 from the Spanish Air Rescue Service smashed...

Upon entering their 13th weekend of the competitive season, the third-ranked Gophers wrestling team is hoping that the notorious number brings Minnesota a two-match eastern sweep. So far this week, however,...

The Minnesota Student Association's Matt Curry resigned from his position as representative to the University Board of Regents this week because of his involvement in a lawsuit against the board. Curry...