For the MTV buzz-word generation, character has become as important as family values and integrity. Families are supposed to teach character and schools are supposed to build it. Our personal past, family...

Bob Dole clicked his ruby-red slippers together and exited stage right from the Oz-like world of electoral politics Tuesday night. Democrats across the country were seen dancing the Macarena into the wee...

In many ways, Regent Jean Keffeler should be held responsible for changing the tone of the tenure debate and straining faculty/regent relations. Her advocacy of the layoff authority inherent in the Morris...

As the final seconds ticked off the Ohio Stadium clock on Saturday and ended Ohio State's 45-0 trouncing of Minnesota, most of the Gophers ran straight to their locker room. Starting running back Thomas...

Internet users could soon be surfing a three-dimensional map of a rat brain, thanks to some University computer science and neuroscience researchers. About 20 researchers, who together compose the Center...

To some, Christopher Columbus is a brave explorer. Others see him as a genocidal butcher. Thomas Jefferson is viewed by many as a great civil libertarian who helped guide the nation through its formative...

Eau Claire, Wis. -- Two men accused of involvement in an Oct. 8 rape and burglary of two University students will be coming back to Minnesota for trial. In Eau Claire County Circuit Court Monday, Puiassance...

The Gophers and Wisconsin have the same Big Ten records and Minnesota has won five of its last six matches. Still, if the Gophers beat the No. 13 Badgers on Wednesday at the Sports Pavilion, it will be...

In the past, Gophers men's basketball coach Clem Haskins didn't appreciate it when people described his team's nonconference schedule as a series of "cream puffs." Unfortunately, many of those games turned...

Margaret Sanger's portrait will remain in Wilson Library even if the Minnesota Student Association passes a resolution requesting the picture's removal. MSA members plan to cast their final vote today...