Ruth Bettendorf was a certified surgical technician for University Hospital up until a month ago. Although she kept her title in the change-over to the new Fairview-University Medical Center, she lost...

U-Pass representatives who sought the endorsement of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly will have to look elsewhere for student allies. GAPSA has declared its opposition to the proposed U-Pass...

The University expects to gain $20,000 in user fees from its first month of charging for Internet modem access. Under the new rules, people who dial into the University network from home are allowed 30...

"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...

In Chaska, Minn., population 16,000 and change, high school volleyball rules. The Hawks have made trips to the state tournament almost routine, and more often than not, come home with the championship...

Goodbye Rat. Hello Ox. Today begins the Lunar New Year, commonly known as the Chinese New Year -- but many other Asian countries also celebrate the holiday. The Chinese Emperor Huang Ti established the...

In recent weeks, we have been deluged by e-mail and newspaper messages calling for the establishment of a faculty union. The pro-union claims raise important questions and issues that discerning faculty...

Most of the attention surrounding the No. 8 women's swimming and diving team's 14-0 start has centered around the team's top guns Olga Splichalova, Jenny Hennen, Tanya Schuh and Gretchen Hegener. But...

Next week's faculty union election, in my opinion, will mark a major turning point in the evolution of the University. If the faculty members in the Twin Cities Instructional Unit vote for no union on...

Elmo just got off the phone with his good buddy Ronny Sassbottom. Elmo needed some ideas to make weather predicting more sassy. It was really quite simple for Sassbottom: "You need girls, Elmo, girls."...