John Mariucci is commonly known as the Godfather of Gophers hockey. To this day, the former player and coach is remembered as the man who made it the dream of every young boy from Minnesota to play for...

Elmo wiped cold sweat from his face and stumbled to the fridge. An exhausted haze blurred his vision as he pulled out a plastic bowl of tapioca pudding he'd opened yesterday in hour 38. He was now pushing...

In an attempt to reduce the campus pigeon population, University Environmental Health Services was forced to use its last resort earlier this month: get the birds drunk. Anyone who has recently noticed...

MANTA, Ecuador (AP) -- The Miami-bound cargo plane clipped a church tower and set an entire neighborhood ablaze, creating a wall of flames so hot that rescuers could only listen to the screams of the injured. "It...

Three words adorn the top of the bulletin board in the men's cross country and track locker room -- desire, determination and integrity. Gophers senior runner Tony Riter exemplifies all three. In his...

One is a 21-year-old University student. The other is a 24-year incumbent state representative. And they rarely see eye to eye on the issue of public policy. Republican Tom Gromacki, a College of Liberal...

The search for a successor to University President Nils Hasselmo is proceeding on schedule, said members of the search committee in charge of naming the next leader of the University. But considering...

As you probably know, Nils Hasselmo is stepping down this June, and we'll be needing a new University president. Student leaders say they want input in the selection process, which sounds like a wonderful...

Nuclear officers spend 50 percent of their career at sea and are away from their families more than two months at a time. Despite this, United States Navy Cmdr. Arnold O. Lotring spent the last two days...

Michelle KibigerNationally-known feminists Gloria Steinem and Candace Gingrich spent Wednesday in the Twin Cities, asking Minnesotans to get out the vote for Senator Paul Wellstone. Gingrich, the sister...