and Joel SawyerUniversity President Nils Hasselmo said Friday that the school will do whatever it takes to attract a top-notch football coach to replace Jim Wacker, who announced his resignation Tuesday. "We're...

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...

Gov. Arne Carlson is expected today to name McKnight Foundation Executive Vice President Michael O'Keefe as Jean Keffeler's replacement on the Board of Regents. The appointment would come more than two...

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...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Upon learning that her team would play Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Gophers women's soccer coach Sue Montagne said she liked their chances. Granted, the Huskers...

When she heard the news that Minnesota would play Nebraska in the first round of the NCAA soccer tournament, Gophers senior Mikki Denney thought she was dreaming. A native of Omaha, Neb., Denney had been...

Six meets and two-and-a-half months of preparation have passed since the men's cross country team started its season. Saturday morning in Champaign, Ill., the Gophers will race in the most important competition...

Many people think of the diagnosis of HIV as a death sentence, but Michael Kaplan said it was the beginning of a "new life," one of activism and awareness. Kaplan, who is gay and HIV-positive, spoke to...

Clem Haskins didn't like it when the Gophers men's basketball team allowed 67 points in an exhibition game last week against Lithuania. The coach constantly preaches defense and when his team allowed...

This year's presidential campaign was the most expensive in history -- expenditures doubled those of 1992. With elections hinging on media saturation (meaning expensive TV ads) the conventional wisdom...