You learn a lot about life when you're covering the Gophers men's basketball team. Somehow, by some random act of God, I've done that for the past two years. I went to the Final Four, saw Indiana coach...

Despite the fact that it had noting to do with higher education or the University, the moment Gov. Arne Carlson signed the welfare reform bill was the most memorable moment of the recent legislative session...

Wacker. The name alone is enough to make you smile. Throw in an infectious personality and a fruity vocabulary, and you'll have a decent picture of the man that oversaw one of the most memorable periods...

Black and white portraits of past wrestling All-Americans lined the walls of the hallway leading to the secluded Gophers wrestling office at the Bierman Field Athletic Building. My stomach turned as I...

With apprehension, I approached the top floor of the Armory building; there I was to meet with a couple members of the officers crew in the University's Army ROTC unit. I was new to The Minnesota Daily...

I am told that the World and Nation page is one of the most read sections in the Daily. It is also, I have heard, the main source of news on national and international events for many students. For the...

When I first received the assignment of covering men's and women's gymnastics for the Daily, I was both excited and a bit hesitant. I knew only a couple minor details about Gophers gymnastics. One, I...

Maybe it's a sign of the times, a result of new-found independence or just a form of expression. Whatever the causes, the University and its athletic teams have seen an increase in the number of tattoos...

After months of delays, several University departments from the health sciences moved into their new offices Thursday inside the Basic Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Building. Administrators announced...

After 44 years of teaching at the University, geology professor Robert Sloan will deliver his last lecture today. "Some people talk about dinosaurs; some people are dinosaurs," said Sloan, who has taught...