Riding the linguistic wave that is transforming Spanish from a foreign language into a domestic one, the University's Spanish department this year has more students than it can teach. Enrollment in the...

Emily Schug remembers how rudely the checkout person at a Renville, Minn., supermarket treated the migrant workers in front of her. But when it was her turn to go through the line, the checker was pleasant...

Never underestimate the power of coaching. Minnesota men's cross country coach Steve Plasencia outran his own runners, and the rest of the field Saturday at the University's Les Bolstad Golf Course in...

As the Metrodome game clock ticked down to zero, and the few remaining fans awoke from their slumber, and the Michigan Wolverines triumphantly hoisted the Little Brown Jug above their heads -- the answer...

As a student of elementary education, diversity and multiculturalism come up quite often in my studies. These terms have been bandied about by individuals trying to prove how politically correct or tolerant...

Only one thing embarrassed Clem Haskins about the Gophers men's basketball scrimmage Saturday -- the spelling on some of his players' new uniforms. Minnesota's duds, designed by Champion, had Miles Tarver's...

When they go to the polls next week to choose a representative to the U.S. Senate, Minnesota voters can influence the kinds of social and economic policies the federal government will pursue during the...

Robots don't always cooperate with humans, as University students John Fischer and Dean Hougen discovered when their robot stopped last week in the middle of a demonstration for more than 20 elementary...

CHICAGO -- Times are changing in the Big Ten, and if the majority of the men's basketball coaches get their way, a post-season conference tournament could be in place by as early as March 1998. The move...

DULUTH -- Minnesota-Duluth hockey coach Mike Sertich seemingly has as many theories about the assassination of John F. Kennedy as he does about how to put together a winning hockey team. Ironically, his...