I've attended three universities in my lengthy undergraduate career. The University of Minnesota is the most recent and the largest. As I walked through the campus this past fall, I enjoyed the change...

Mattel to remove hair-eating Cabbage Patch doll from store shelves WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mattel Inc. will pay consumers $40 for each Cabbage Patch Kids Snacktime Kids doll returned to the company in response...

The frigid winter winds were howling and Elmo had just finished his shift on the assembly line of the slinky factory. He pulled out of the parking lot in his wood panel Elmomobile Cutlass Cruiser and noticed...

As the state Legislature opens today, both legislators and University officials are gearing up for the fight to decide how much state money the University will receive this session. The University's chances...

The Gophers women's basketball team will travel to Lincoln, Neb., tonight for a nonconference game against the No. 25 Cornhuskers. Coach Linda Hill-MacDonald said it's rare to play a nonconference game...

The recent attempts to abolish affirmative action in college admissions in California seems on the surface to be a fair and objective means of allocating public resources. But beneath the surface is a...

The Gophers hockey team's Dec. 30 exhibition game against the Pori Aces of Finland wasn't a likely candidate to whip a half-empty Mariucci Arena into a frenzy. Fans probably assumed they would see a skating...

1996 was a bleak year for the University. From assorted institutional crises to another woeful season for the football team, Minnesota boosters didn't have much to cheer about. But with the new year comes...

Ever since Gophers sophomore Courtney James sat through a one-game suspension Dec. 15 against St. John's for violating a team rule, the forward has looked like a different player. Especially in Minnesota's...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The death of a 16-year-old girl in a high-speed car crash involving an official from the Republic of Georgia is stirring anger diplomatic immunity may protect the driver from possible...