University English professor John Hurrell said students today are more passive than in the early 1960s when anti-war activism prevailed around campus. "That was the beginning of the anti-war protests,"...

LEFORS, Texas (AP) -- Lefors is having trouble even giving its land away. There were 14 winners in a land giveaway put together by the tiny Texas Panhandle town in hopes of boosting its tax base and school...

Gophers men's swimming coach Dennis Dale wore a look of concern as he nervously paced beside the University Aquatic Center pool Saturday night. Looking at Dale you would never guess that his No. 11 Gophers...

Minnesota's men's cross country squad suffered from a bad case of jet lag over the weekend. The Gopher's flight out of Minneapolis on Friday night was delayed because of a rain storm. The team was forced...

While many of his Harvard Law School peers were making six-figure incomes and working in corporate legal firms in 1971, John Herman was working out of a shabby office and taking home considerably less...

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed suit against the University in federal court Friday, demanding severance pay when the hospital merges with Fairview Health...

Steve DeBus said he has no idea who Wally Pipp is. And Gophers hockey coach Doug Woog said that DeBus, the team's starting goalie, does not need to worry about why Pipp's name is important in the context...

This morning, Elmo's car key twisted off in the door's frozen lock. A jagged metal chunk stuck out of the hole like a fractured bone; Elmo dolefully examined the remainder of the truncated key in his hand....

Gulf War veterans suffering from a wide range of debilitating illnesses have struggled for years to convince the government to examine their possible exposure to chemical agents during the conflict. After...

Cross country isn't supposed to be a contact sport. Try telling that to the Gophers women's coach Gary Wilson. Two Minnesota runners got pushed to the turf Saturday morning during the NCAA District IV...