Controversy can cast a long shadow -- a lesson that Ron Hustvedt, editor of the Duluth campus newspaper, is learning the hard way. Nine months ago, the UMD Statesman published a satirical April Fool's...

People who wanted a really hot computer in the 1940s yearned for "Girl Power," a proposed measure of computation speed. At least that's what copywriters for the John Plain Company of Chicago thought. They...

On Jan. 1, 1997, the federal line item veto, which allows the president to strike specific items from spending bills without vetoing the bill in its entirety, went into effect. The line item veto was first...

Tycoon balloonist launches globe-circling endeavor LONDON (AP) -- A British tycoon's try at the first nonstop balloon flight around the world got off to a perfect start Tuesday, lifting off from a North...

University Police enjoyed something of a break after classes let out in December. "It's been very, very quiet," said Detective Larry Anderson regarding campus crime over the past month. University Police...

The Gophers women's basketball team was run out of Nebraska's Delaney Center on Tuesday night, dropping a non-conference game to the No. 25 Cornhuskers, 68-47. The Gophers shot a dismal 30 percent from...

While thousands of students sweated over final examinations during the second week of December last year, the Board of Regents nervously tiptoed through the presidential search process. After months of...

and Chris VetterThe fate of the University's budget request hinges on the outcome of several unique and weighty issues facing the state Legislature as it opens its session today. The Legislature will...

More than a year of negotiations between the University and Fairview Health System culminated Monday in the signing of two documents at a ceremony. In front of representatives from both institutions,...

A former University employee is suing the school for allegedly breaching a contractual agreement. Pamela Young, who spent four years as senior administrative director in University President Nils Hasselmo's...