Now that Russia has completed an agreement condoning the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the U.S. Senate must consider whether the accord sufficiently addresses concerns about...

The Gophers' men's golf team ended their roller-coaster season appropriately over the weekend by failing to advance to the NCAA championships. Minnesota finished 17th out of 21 teams at the NCAA Central...

In his last scheduled visit to campus before moving to Minnesota on June 3, University President-elect Mark Yudof once again met with administrators and various faculty and student groups. But he also...

As Gophers freshman Nora Sauska began to climb the national tennis rankings, losing only once in her first 22 matches and reaching the top 40 by mid-season, she seemed like a sure bet to take her place...

Elmo found himself suddenly somewhere else, sitting naked on a warm linoleum floor. It was dark, so his eyes had to adjust. Where had he just been? The memory was recent but was fading quickly. He was...

Those "How a bill becomes a law" videos back in elementary school made things look so easy. A group of happy senators and representatives hammered out a solid piece of legislation, and an eager governor...

The University's budget moved a step closer to completion Thursday as both the House and Senate adopted the state's 1998-99 biennial higher education funding bill. The bill will go to Gov. Arne Carlson's...

A cold may no longer be a good excuse for skipping a workout. A researcher who deliberately sickened 45 people found that a typical head cold didn't even slow down their exercise. "They were working at...

Last spring, you may have seen Kristie Stiles at the front of political lines helping to wash Sen. Paul Wellstone's signature green bus. Or maybe you listened to her during one of her three-hour stints...

Certain parts of the 1997 season will gnaw at the Gophers baseball team for a long time: its 8-9 record in one-run games, Illinois' shocking and ill-timed sweep at Siebert Field in late April, and its...