The race for an early season lead in the WCHA is a dead heat, as Minnesota, Colorado College and North Dakota sit atop the league with 7-3 records nearly one-third of the way into the league schedule. Minnesota-Duluth,...

Four Big Ten football coaches will lead their players onto the field one last time Saturday before leaving their respective schools, after three weeks of dismissals and resignations. Since Indiana fired...

Although animals die in some laboratory experiments, University officials said scientists conduct their research for the good of humanity -- not to torture the helpless. "People who do animal research...

Lynne KozarekA University student suffered a bizarre form of harassment Monday in Diehl Hall. According to the University Police report, the woman was walking in a stairwell when two men walked past...

Employees of Boynton Health Service and University Counseling and Consulting Services passed out suicide-prevention fliers to students this weekend, following the suicide of a Middlebrook Hall resident. A...

MOSCOW (AP) -- With their Mars spacecraft lost in the Pacific Ocean, Russia's beleaguered space scientists tried to pinpoint what went wrong and conceded Monday they don't have the money for another try. Space...

The problem of the 20th century," wrote black philosopher W.E.B. Du Bois as the 1900s were just beginning, "is the problem of the color line." As we draw ever closer to century's end, the problem of the...

Welfare will be a major issue in the state Legislature, and some state officials want to make sure that children are a top priority in upcoming debates about how welfare money will be spent. Because of...

Before the Gophers volleyball team's weekend road matches at Purdue and Indiana, Coach Mike Hebert figured his team needed three wins to solidify its place as an NCAA tournament selection. Minnesota got...

As fall quarter draws to a close, so does the search to replace University President Nils Hasselmo. Candidate interviews for the position will end Dec. 13 and the regents will announce the name of the...