Although philosophy Professor Geoffrey Hellman has been working to clarify the concepts that underlie modern physics and mathematics, he knows that gaining any public recognition will be an uphill struggle. "People...

Bill Gates is everywhere. His tousled hair, stooped posture and disheveled attire routinely graces the covers of national magazines. The A&E cable network declared his life story the "Biography of...

Gophers' center Angie Iverson and Penn State forward Angie Potthoff have more in common than the obvious. Both are the centerpieces of their team's respective offenses. Both average double figures in...

Early last week the Daily editorial cartoonist John Nilsen presented a cartoon that had but one purpose -- to portray Christians as crazy killers who go around bombing abortion clinics. Let me first say...

Obviously, the Gophers hockey team benefitted the most from the past weekend of play in the WCHA. After all, Minnesota jumped from a tie for third place into sole possession of first, leaping past St....

For college students, the new year doesn't always mean a fresh start. January and February can become a stressful time for students on a limited budget as they struggle to balance holiday credit card...

"Star Wars" will re-open this Friday in theaters across America. The film will take most of us back to childhood memories and a time when our world was very different. It was a world in which we had sent...

Just a block away from the University's Superblock of student dormitories is a tiny classroom inside of a house, overflowing with chatter, laughter and love. This is the classroom of Kathleen Macosko,...

Among those interviewed Monday for the five open seats on the University's 12-member governing board were current Regent H. Bryan Neel and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland. The end of...

GROZNY, Russia (AP) -- Barely two years after Russia poured troops into this tiny Muslim republic, Chechens voted triumphantly Monday in elections dominated by the separatist leaders Moscow tried so hard...