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...
Elmo jerked awake. "DAMMIT!" he screamed, seeing his clock read 11:23. He was late once again for his early class and he knew his prof was getting rather annoyed with his constant tardiness. This was not...
Dinkytown holds an ancient secret within its borders. The region's preeminent center for Shiatsu massage is at students' fingertips, but most don't even know it.
The Minnesota Center for Shiatsu Study...
The Gophers volleyball team will take an ambitious trip this weekend.
The journey will cover both the north and south poles of the Big Ten standings, as the Gophers travel to first-place Michigan State...
You have to wonder if North Carolina women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance has a little Genghis Khan in him, the way his team has dominated the college ranks over the last decade.
Genghis, who oversaw an...
Students who feel overwhelmed at the University can find plenty of people who share the frustration.
A 1996 campus survey reported that only 22 percent of the students thought that the University placed...
When Karal Ann Marling was a child, her mother entered one of her drawings in a coloring contest. Her reward for winning the competition was a trip to meet Walt Disney.
"He said, 'Someday maybe you'll...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Learning disabled swimmer Chad Ganden sued the NCAA on Thursday, claiming it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to let him compete for Michigan State this year.
Ganden,...
As the weather in Minnesota gets colder, the Gophers men's cross country team is just starting to heat up.
The Gophers are hoping that their good showing last Saturday will carry them through this weekend's...
A movement to mandate HIV testing for all pregnant women is rippling across the nation because of research about preventing mother-to-child transmission of the AIDS virus. But some Minnesotans feel there...
