Gophers wrestling coach J Robinson calls it "the lion's den." With a 94-1 match home record -- dating back to 1983 -- Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena engulfs its opponents with intimidation.
"Teams fear Iowa...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Earth formed like a snowball collecting material over about 100 million years, said Professor Claude Allegre of the University of Paris, before the first of his two lectures on Thursday.
Allegre spoke...
After playing Penn State tonight, the Gophers women's basketball team will head to the Poconos for a little rest and relaxation.
Just kidding.
The Gophers, losers of 29 straight Big Ten games, could probably...
Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Education Committee struggled Thursday with the impact that welfare reform would have on higher education. After almost two hours of discussion, legislators...
Gov. Arne Carlson designated education as his number one spending priority, but fell about $100 million short of the University's requested increase.
The governor laid out his $20 billion 1998-99 spending...
