Chris Vetter With 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...

It's easy to get caught up in all that is wrong with the world -- especially on the editorial page. But once a year we set aside the time to think about all the things, great and small, that we have to...

The conference opener is a month away, but Big Ten women's basketball is already in full swing. Most teams enter their second week of nonconference play this weekend. The following is a team-by-team preview...

Officer Obie was looking at Elmo suspiciously. "We found your name on an envelope at the bottom of a pile of litter, and you'll have to come in to face charges." Elmo had to think fast. What could he say...

Correction In Monday's article "Professor, priest debate assisted suicide," the Center for Biomedical Ethics position on assisted suicide was misstated. The Center for Biomedical Ethics does not have...

The new and increased fees for admission, snowmobiling, boating and back-country camping will help raise an estimated $30 million to $50 million over three years for sites managed by the National Park...

Mars may seem as far away as graduation, but there are actually pieces of Martian rock kept at the University's Lunar and Meteorite Lab in Shepherd Laboratories. "We have thumbnail-sized pieces of a couple...

University of Texas at Austin Provost and Executive Vice President Mark Yudof did not have many fans among faculty when he took his current position two years ago. Many viewed the Philadelphia-native-turned-Texan...

am a victim. Sure, I know what you're thinking: How can a white male with a middle-class upbringing in 20th-century America possibly be maligned, defamed, cheated or otherwise shortchanged by society?...

When Gophers wrestler Jason Davids eyes his competition Friday in Madison, Wisc., at the Northern Open, he hopes to see a face from his past. Indiana's No.1-ranked Roger Chandler may compete, and if he...