For Glen Mason, this recruiting season was the equivalent of trying to squeeze the entire "Godfather" trilogy into one evening. Mason was not hired as the Gophers head football coach until Dec. 14. With...

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...

Family members cried as Deborah Wood, former University student Kami Talley's mother, testified Tuesday in the trial of Louis Cardona "Butch" Buggs, the man charged with killing Talley. In an eventful...

The high volume of snow this winter has caused both the University and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to spend much more than they anticipated on snow removal. Paul Tschida, the assistant...

The University became the state's first higher education institution in 1851 -- seven years before the state itself was established. Almost a century and a half later, the University is still the state's...

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- It's a ritual. Every day, Beatriz Gumucio steps onto a 14th-floor balcony of a Lima apartment building to look down at the Japanese ambassador's compound and the mansion where her husband...

In the political hubris of the last legislative season, Gov. Arne Carlson banded together with both a former legislator and a former representative and proposed the high tuition-high aid policy for higher...

Bombs exploded last week in the bank and courthouse of Vallejo, Calif. A third bomb was discovered near the public library. The case was solved through classic police work: a combination of determining...

Elmo clapped for what seemed like the 100th time as the President proclaimed in glowing terms the state of the nation. He was ready to go out and build that bridge to the future and although Wednesday...

From California to Europe, the word is getting out about the Gophers men's basketball team. And the more people become aware of the No. 4 team in the country, the more Minnesota players want to stay away...