Put a Republican and a Democrat together in the same room and they will likely argue what role the government should play in people's lives. The debate over the government's role in protecting the public...

Gophers women's basketball coach Linda Hill-MacDonald says a turning point for the upcoming season, which begins today, actually occurred in the final game of the 1995-96 season. Minnesota was matched...

What was threatening to be an early-season runaway for North Dakota has turned into a six-team power struggle in the WCHA standings. The Sioux still sit atop the league with a 6-2-0 record after being...

At a packed press conference Tuesday morning, Gophers football coach Jim Wacker took a moment to discuss how emotional a person he can be. "I cry and laugh a lot," he said. "And I'm not going to apologize...

In Alexandria, Minn., it is illegal for a man to have sex with his wife if he reeks of garlic, onions or sardines. Across the border in Connorsville, Wis., a law prohibits a man from shooting off a gun...

What was Elmo to do? He was stranded with his ex-lover on a desolate island -- just as that smooth-talking model with the European accent had planned. Elmo was supposed to be back in Salem, marrying his...

Few people would think that spending a Thursday night watching "Friends" would be required for a graduate studies research project. But for Cheri Anderson, watching soaps and dramas on television is all...

We, the elected leadership of the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, are concerned about the breakdown in the University's system of shared governance represented...

Red and blue swirls, representing warm and cold currents, collide on a map of the North Atlantic Ocean. This ocean current simulation, called the Miami Ocean Model, is one of the research projects associated...

The billboards and bus signs advertising U Care have only been on display for a few months, but the University-run program has served the community's less fortunate patients for more than a decade. The...