and Chris VetterAlthough the precedent does not stand in Minnesota, some University students hope a recent federal ruling that bans mandatory student service fees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Business interests and environmentalists have endorsed a campaign for new high-speed and conventional railroad passenger service in the Midwest. The nine-state proposal, with Chicago...

A loud cheer emanated from the stands in the University Aquatic Center at the Minnesota Invitational on Nov. 24 as swimmer Jenny Hennen's name was announced. Even though she is only in her first year...

Just minutes before the Gophers volleyball team started play Wednesday night, women's athletics director Chris Voelz made her rounds through the Sports Pavilion, with an eased look of contentment on her...

At least one of three candidates for the job of University president is looking at another presidential position at a different school. Judith Ramaley, president of Portland State University, started a...

Don't get the Gophers men's basketball team wrong -- it enjoys its No. 16 national ranking as much as anyone -- it just doesn't want to cross the line between a confident team and one which expects to...

Under current administration plans, the University will require every student to purchase a portable computer starting in 1999. Such a policy has been in effect on the Crookston campus for several years....

You've got to love those people on the Board of Regents. First they schedule the presidential candidate public forums for finals week, when most of us will be too busy or crazed to attend. Now we find...

As a historian I am constantly amazed at the lack of originality displayed in the telling and the retelling of the "General College" story. The fact that General College continues to capture the attention...

A former University assistant professor may appeal her case, which states she was unfairly denied tenure, to the highest court in the state of Minnesota. Beth Bertelson, attorney for former General College...