Jockeying for five open seats on the University's Board of Regents began in earnest Thursday as seven of the 23 candidates for the board underwent preliminary interviews with the Regent Candidate Advisory...

Forests of majestic white pines covered Minnesota as recently as a century ago, but today only a few small strands of the tree survive. With another century about to begin, the University chapter of the...

Sam Jacobson didn't just take center stage at the Gophers men's basketball game Thursday night against Iowa. He stole the show. In a game that determined who would own first place in the Big Ten, Jacobson...

Considering the Gophers hockey team is facing Michigan Tech -- a squad with only two WCHA wins -- this weekend hardly seems to qualify on a list of Minnesota's most important series of the season. The...

Sometime in the past generation, Coffman Memorial Union changed from a bustling center of campus life into a relatively sleepy outpost on the periphery of most students' lives. University administrators...

On her 18th birthday, gymnast Jenny Mazzone experienced a nightmare. It started in her club gym in Sparks, Nev. It ended in the emergency room. "I twisted my knee inwards and heard it rip," Mazzone said. Attempting...

Society must acknowledge that there are both innocent and voluntary victims of illnesses, said a University alumnus and visiting professor Thursday at a seminar sponsored by the Program in Human Rights...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut center Kirk King will be suspended for the rest of his senior season for accepting improper gifts, pending an appeal of an NCAA ruling by the university. A source, speaking...

Something separates Gophers sophomore swimmer Jonathan McLeod from the rest of his teammates. Others celebrate their performances and joke loosely during practice. McLeod remains a picture of concentration. His...

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Cancer experts who were supposed to settle a furious controversy over whether women should start having mammograms at age 40 or age 50 decided Thursday to leave the decision up to...