Helen Phin came into the Minnesota Student Association office late Thursday afternoon ready to hand over her desk, her keys and her duties as the organization's president to her successors. "It's over...

Despite criticisms from some administrators, the University Senate voted nearly unanimously to amend the consensual relationship provision of its sexual harassment policy at its meeting Thursday. The...

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...

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...

An imaginary wheel spins in the mind of University graduate student Ruby Jones, and motivates her to raise two children while working and completing her master's degree in social work. "Basically, (the...

High construction and maintenance costs might scuttle plans to renovate an East Bank campus landmark into student housing, University officials say. Plans to renovate the 73-year-old Mineral Resources...

Just as the Women's NBA strives for respect and looks to knock off its chief competitor (the American Basketball League), its franchise in Cleveland does something rash by hiring former Gophers women's...

More than a few jaws dropped and plenty of eyebrows rose on May 6, when the Cleveland Rockers -- one of eight teams in the upstart Women's NBA -- announced that former Gophers coach Linda Hill-MacDonald...

It seems I have been playing amateur psychologist lately. Friends, neighbors and people I don't even know have been bombarding me with their dating woes. A typical conversation goes something like this:Friend:...

For many metro-area elementary school students, watching a chicken egg hatch or petting a piglet are unfamiliar episodes in the urban landscape. But Tuesday and Wednesday, they had the chance to do those...