WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the adage that every joke carries an element of truth is accurate, then President Clinton is in trouble. Appearing before 3,000 journalists, politicians and celebrities at a gala...

Higher visibility of issues like the coming out of Ellen DeGeneres' character in this week's "Ellen" episode leads one writer to conclude that media are becoming more comfortable with discussions of homosexuality. Michelangelo...

HAMILTON, Mass. (AP) -- When TWA flight attendant Janet Collett flipped on the TV last summer and saw burning wreckage of TWA Flight 800 floating in the ocean off Long Island, she knew Warren Dodge was...

A survey by the University's Institute on Race and Poverty paints a mixed picture of racial attitudes in the Twin Cities area. Results of the survey, released last weekend and discussed at a national...

Editor's Note: This is the second in a weekly series, discussing the diverse neighborhoods surrounding the University's Twin Cities campus. On many spring afternoons, Dinkytown becomes a bustling hub...

Tunnels connecting the ecology building basement on the St. Paul Campus with other buildings used to be long corridors of dull space. Now, images on the walls depicting animal behaviors, plant communities...

In Finnish, my last name means, "peninsula." The NiemelÑ side of my family hails from the northeastern part of Finland, which is striped by narrow lakes that mark an ancient glacial path. I imagine my...

The Minnesota Daily's Board of Directors chose current marketing director Heather Burgess as 1997-98 business manager. She will take over in June as the paper's financial chief operating officer, handling...

Don't expect to hear stories of Gophers men's tennis coach David Geatz whooping it up at the Bierman building in celebration of his team's third-place finish in the Big Ten tournament. The Gophers have...

Glen Mason measures success in degrees. As the new Gophers football coach, he expects nothing less than a complete 180 degree turnaround. But for now, Mason is just happy to see a small turn in the right...