Chris VetterWith the announcement of a state surplus of nearly $1.4 billion over the next two years, the University's chances of getting increased funding from the state might have improved. State officials...

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the communist countries of Eastern Europe has brought great changes in the balance of power, and has provided the United States with tremendous opportunity to reduce...

The Gophers volleyball team would be hard-pressed to deliver a better message to the NCAA selection committee than it did Friday night. The Gophers' spot in the NCAA tournament was secure, but the site...

World AIDS Day passed yesterday, and for the first time since the epidemic struck there is a glimmer of hope. With the success of a new class of drugs approved quickly by the Food and Drug Administration,...

Six decades ago, in the midst of the Great Depression, University administrators created a program that promised to help underprepared students earn a college degree. Since then, General College has served...

Second-year student Tayha Anderson speaks of a personal history that in many ways parallels the lives of other students in the University's General College. A single parent raising two children, Anderson...

When some University students get tired of reading biology, physics or Shakespeare, they turn to Spiderman, Wonder Woman or the Flash. Comic books are no longer just for kids. The stories provide more...

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Foes of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, struggling to maintain momentum after two weeks of protests, declared Sunday that they would take their movement to cities throughout...

With little discussion, the Board of Regents unanimously accepted an advisory search committee's slate of candidates to be finalists for University president. In Wednesday's special meeting, which lasted...

Josh Evans, a fourth-year University math major, draped himself over a sofa in a Pioneer Hall lounge. It was the day after Thanksgiving, and the only activity in the room was the ice hockey game on the...