The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador held a demonstration Tuesday afternoon in response to the kidnapping of a University student. About two dozen people stood outside the Federal...

A colleague of mine recently wrote a column about life as a vegetarian. She obliquely argued that the vegetarian lifestyle is a better alternative to the polysaturated, artery-clogging path upon which...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. After an international search, James Earl Ray was captured and confessed to killing the civil rights leader. Because Ray...

When the Legislature begins to debate construction of a new Twins stadium this week, they will also be indirectly debating the fate of Gophers baseball. "It all comes down to what importance Gophers baseball...

Students at the University's Medical School will soon learn therapies dating back hundreds of years alongside the cutting edge of modern medicine. A report issued by the Academic Health Center's Complementary...

Elmo sat alone by the window. He saw a yellow bird perched outside. "Little bird," Elmo asked, "did your lady friend leave the nest again? That is very sad -- makes me feel so bad." Bad like the bleak...

Gophers guard Bobby Jackson and Northwestern's Evan Eschmeyer were on Monday named co-Big Ten men's basketball players of the week. Jackson, a senior from Salisbury, N.C., averaged 16.5 points and six...

In a bit of last-minute campaigning for state funds, University administrators went before legislators Monday to again stress the importance of technological improvements on campus. The meeting before...

Every day 20,000 people use the University bus system. For many, bus riding becomes a routine part of the day: a chance to get from one campus spot to another and occasionally see a familiar face. Perhaps...

It's doubtful that the Gophers women's basketball team ever expected to go into the Big Ten tournament, which begins this weekend, as a favorite. Then again, maybe they did. "I didn't know where'd we...