The Carlson School of Management's Golden Gopher Growth Fund received a $1 million contribution from Norwest Bank, bringing the fund's available resources to $2 million. The mutual fund, the only one of...

Fingering through the pages of the 1969 Roosevelt High School yearbook, school faculty admit time has done little to change the new governor. Though three decades have passed since Jesse Ventura, then...

While the majority of Americans spent the past few weeks celebrating the holidays with gifts, food and family, a large group of people spent this time in prayer, in fasting and in devotion. At the University,...

A small fire ignited sometime around 8 a.m. Monday in room 21 at Varsity Apartments on 15th Avenue Southeast, near campus. The Minneapolis fire and police departments arrived shortly after the fire was...

By studying organisms the naked eye can barely detect, two University researchers confirmed theories that diversity is important in biological communities. Inspired by questions at a 1993 conference in...

The idea of requiring college students to perform community service has gained followers in the last several years. Some smaller schools have even made a graduation requirement of what was once volunteer...

ST. PAUL (AP) When Dave Langsdale gets behind the wheel of his van, one of the first things he does is talk to it. "Drive," he says, speaking into a small microphone over the sun visor. The vehicle's on-board...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- The election of Pakistan's most conservative president in a decade is the latest sign of the strengthening influence of religious fundamentalism in this Muslim country. In a mosque...

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (AP) -- Mexico's government has taken out full-page newspaper ads denying involvement in the massacre of 45 Indians in Chiapas, distancing itself from an attack linked...

AMES, Iowa -- Even though the Gophers wrestling team earned a 20-15 victory over Iowa State on Sunday, Minnesota coach J Robinson said the team's performance was only a success on the scoreboard -- and...