This is in response to Tuesday's opinion piece by David W. Fuller, "Domestic-partner benefits cheapen marriage," that questioned the right of same-sex domestic partners of University-employed gays and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Land mines kill unexpectedly and indiscriminately, and longtime activists Phillip Berrigan and his wife Liz McAlister said they won't rest until land mines are literally off the face of the earth. The...

If people want to fight, they will fight. No amount of intervention, even by the world's sole superpower, will stop them. And of all forms of conflict, ethnic clashes are the most deep-seated and difficult...

Soon after the final horn echoed through Williams Arena in the Gophers' NIT loss to Tulane last spring, Minnesota point guard Eric Harris began looking toward this season. He had a lot to prove to himself,...

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...

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...