Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, is expected to introduce a bill today that would give Minnesota residents full ownership of the Twins baseball team. Kahn, who is an opponent of Gov. Arne Carlson's...

As the University continues to wait for its turn at the Capitol, administrators say they are pleased legislators took time to acknowledge the school with $4.5 million for achieving demographic improvements. "I'm...

Although the University won't convert to semesters until fall quarter 1999, academic departments are already beginning to prepare for the switch by changing classes and curricula. To help coordinate the...

Constantly reminding him of his glory days as a Gopher, men's assistant gymnastics coach Brian Yee watches practice from the sidelines, vicariously re-living his memories through his gymnasts. Yee, a...

Nick Antila, the lone senior on the Gophers wrestling team, has proven himself to his teammates and coaches to be among the hardest working wrestlers on the squad. "Nick's work ethic is something to be...

When the University Theatre's play "The Good Person of Setzuan," opens tonight at Rarig Center, the audience will see an example of colorblind casting. Colorblind casting is a way of choosing actors for...

Gary Wilson, Gophers women's track and field coach, began his international recruiting two years ago with some simple e-mail correspondence. He made a handful of contacts through that medium, and conducted...

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia (AP) --The U.S. Air Force is hunkering down behind 64 miles of 8-foot fence, tons of barbed wire and a long stretch of scorpion-and-snake desert to escape the threat...

The Gophers women's gymnastics team set several goals before the start of the season -- setting a school-record team score was a major one. Minnesota did that last weekend, scoring 195 against No. 3 Utah. Their...

Just like a group of antsy kids in the back of a rambling station wagon, the Gophers women's basketball team must be asking themselves an age-old question: Are we there yet? Not quite, kids, but the end...