With a celebratory cake decorated with the words, "Hip Hip Hooray!" the Office of Special Learning Opportunities staff opened their new office Monday in Johnston Hall. The office held an open house to...

The pseudo-debates, "soft-money" commercials and relentless spin-doctoring of the 96 elections are thankfully behind us. To no one's surprise, President Clinton won a second term by a substantial margin...

The veil of secrecy surrounding candidates for the next president of the University might be lifted this week. Board of Regents Chairman Tom Reagan said Friday that a list of three to five finalists for...

Whether it was because of the cold weather or the lunar cycle, it was a slow week for University Police reports. "The amount of crime ebbs and flows, and I can't really connect it to anything," University...

The score of Friday night's hockey game between rivals Minnesota and North Dakota resembled that of a well-pitched baseball game. Saturday night's score was more reminiscent of a low-scoring football...

This past summer, Apple Valley resident Phyllis Nickels watched as her two daughters walked down the aisle at their double wedding. One of them married a man. The other tied the knot with another woman. Nickels...

Officials in the University's men's athletics department were slow to act on information pertaining to Gophers hockey coach Doug Woog's 1994 payment of $500 to former player Chris McAlpine, according to...

Voters in California last week passed a controversial initiative prohibiting race or gender consideration in college admissions, government hiring and business contracting. The success of the measure,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gophers women's soccer coach Sue Montagne fixed her eyes on the scoreboard, almost as if she was trying to ingrain the image in her mind. Her team had just lost 2-1 to Northwestern in...

MADISON, Wis. -- With only 36 seconds remaining Saturday, the Gophers' defeat was almost complete. Wisconsin led by 17 points, and the Badgers had just recovered a Minnesota fumble. But the raucous fans...