What is U2000? Beyond the now-traditional refrain of "Nils Hasselmo's restructuring plan for making the University a world-class research institution," it's not an easy question to answer. Sometimes, it...

University administrators emphasized the importance of increasing graduation rates when they developed the University 2000 plan three years ago. Because the University is such an important contributor...

The Gophers baseball team temporarily solved its first-inning woes Wednesday night against Iowa State, but still needed some late-inning heroics to beat the Cyclones 6-5 at the Metrodome. Senior Bob Keeney...

and Peter KauffnerNathan Hunstad, a University sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts, could have been halfway done with his science degree. Instead, he called it quits after his first month at the...

Still a new program, Residential College invokes some of the oldest traditions in academia; administrators call the college a vision for the University's future. Perhaps one of the most successful new...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) --Colombia is temporarily suspending its drug crop eradication program, the government announced Wednesday in a direct response to Washington's decision decertifying it as an ally...

WCHA coaches would be wise to heed one of their favorite cliches this weekend: Just take things one game at a time. Considering three of the five first-round series in the league playoffs last year resulted...

Dolly, the cloned sheep, has taken the world by storm, and nothing will ever be the same. Dr. Ian Wilmut, a Scottish embryologist, announced on Feb. 22 that his lab had created the first mammal cloned...

The debate about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is once again heating up. Attempts to federally mediate a solution to this 33-year-old conflict have failed. A settlement can only come from...

Although they might not ever receive as much money from the lottery as Gopher 5 jackpot winners do, students at universities around the state might benefit from the gambling system in the near future. The...