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...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- With the international community threatening to intervene, Zairian Tutsi rebels declared a cease-fire Monday in eastern Zaire and agreed to allow aid agencies to try to get Hutu...

The Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action may decide by Wednesday whether a complaint alleging discrimination by the diversity and outreach director for the University's Office of Student...

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...

A man found camping out in the boiler room of an apartment building on the 700 block of 15th Ave. S.E. was arrested for trespassing Saturday by Minneapolis police, a police report stated. According to...

Spotted owls and other endangered species may not always be worth saving, according to contemporary environmental-resource theories being discussed this quarter at the University. Instead of saving individual...

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...

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...

Contrary to popular belief, a victim of sexual assault who wore a short skirt and plunging neckline on a date should not be blamed for instigating the attack, said University professor Kim Johnson. Many...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A credit card war is brewing, just in time for the holiday shopping rush. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., the nation's second-largest issuer of credit cards, is offering sharply...