Cotton candy, horse manure and country music made Elmo's weekend trip to the rodeo a huge success. "Cowboys are so cool," Elmo thought."Maybe I should try to cut a calf and ride a bull just like the olden...

The need for student governance isn't just a need for representation, but also a symbol of the power of students choosing how they want to be represented. On any college campus, it is imperative for student...

Before Saturday's swim meet against Iowa at the University Aquatic Center, Gophers women's swimming coach Jean Freeman allowed all of her seniors sign up for one event in which they wanted to compete....

On Saturday night, about 20 minutes after the Gophers hockey team wrapped up a sweep of Northern Michigan with a 2-1 win, Minnesota players began filtering out of the locker room wearing their usual dress...

With only two home meets scheduled this season, the Gophers men's gymnastics team was counting on a victory Saturday in their home gym. The No. 10 Gophers did just that by defeating No. 4 Michigan State...

The Gophers hockey team is now 30 games into its season and still waiting for the consistent offensive production that players insist is just around the corner. Every weekend seems to produce one or two...

Two more games, two more losses for the Gophers women's basketball team. What had been a familiar refrain for Minnesota this season was forgotten, at least for a while, in the hubbub surrounding their...

Tuesday and Wednesday's faculty union elections mark the decisive battle in a yearlong war between professors and the Board of Regents over the future of tenure at the University. The tenure code the...

How the brain thinks is something less of a mystery today, thanks to the work of two University scientists. Some cells in the brain, called glial cells, were previously thought to have little function...

"I did not kill Kami Talley." That is what Louis Cardona "Butch" Buggs, the man charged with killing Talley, told jurors Thursday while testifying in his murder trial. With the prosecution resting its...