When astronaut Susan Helm first went into space, she didn't realize the height to which she had gone. "I grew two inches taller in space," Helm said. "That I did not expect. That was because the spinal...

Sascha Matuszak Students opening their mailboxes to find windfall grant payments this quarter better hold on to the money. The maximum amount of Minnesota State Grant money was mistakenly paid by the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Theodore Kaczynski admitted Thursday he is the anti-technology terrorist known as the Unabomber, pleading guilty in a deal with the government that will send him to prison for...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Yasser Arafat demanded on Thursday that Israel turn over 60 percent more of the West Bank as President Clinton moved to set up a U.S.-run meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

Geographically, senior captains Ty Bathurst and Jeremy Rients are the "Odd Couple" of the Gophers men's swimming and diving team. Bathurst hails from Albuquerque, N.M. Although the Rio Grande flows through...

A congressionally commissioned panel slapped universities with the brunt of the blame for runaway tuition costs, a study released Wednesday concluded. The writers of the National Commission on the Cost...

After a six month wait, political science Professor Virginia Gray grabbed a seat this week for a popular teaching improvement workshop. High enrollment in such University-sponsored workshops is indicative...

Seeing cars stranded on the side of the road during a Minnesota winter is no rarity. Phrases such as "glad it's not me," come to mind when passers-by witness these poor souls working on their cars or...

It was predicted, because of the state's strong history in the sport and the stockpile of talented players that tradition produces, that the Gophers women's hockey team would be competitive in this, its...

January might be too late for students seeking protection against the headaches and fatigue of influenza from a flu shot. The shot is most effective if received in October, before the advent of the flu...