Elmo was talking to his friend, Sally, on the phone while pondering what he should do this weekend. Sally informed Elmo that she was attending the Leadership Retreat that she saw advertised all over campus....

Attorney General Janet Reno's decision not to appoint an independent counsel to investigate alleged campaign abuses in last year's federal elections has undermined the legitimacy of campaign finance laws....

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- In the havoc of the 1960s -- and even in the quieter times of the '70s and '80s -- Penn State's Black Caucus was right there, staging sit-ins, making demands. The '90s have been...

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...