Democrat Larry Pogemiller needs to hold onto his seat in the Minnesota Senate if his party hopes to keep its majority in the state Legislature. Several special elections stemming from scandal and resignations...

Since the beginning of the season, the Gophers football team has described itself as closer and more unified than last year's squad. That became apparent at the end of its 30-27 loss at Purdue on Saturday....

The University Law School announced Monday that it was the recipient of a grant of record-breaking size. New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is donating $10 million to establish the Institute...

A man was arrested Wednesday for panhandling on the 600 block of Washington Ave. S.E. Pedestrians in Stadium Village called police after they were harassed by the man. When police arrived they arrested...

The first of two debates between presidential candidates Bob Dole and Bill Clinton on Sunday provided few surprises and did little to change the minds of University voters. "It was the battle of the soundbites,"...

World governments cannot ignore workers while pushing for economic success in the future, said Ethan B. Kapstein, the newly appointed Stassen Chair in International Peace at the University's Humphrey...

Throughout the 1992 presidential campaign, candidate Bill Clinton attempted to craft his image into that of his political idol, John F. Kennedy. While President Clinton moved away from that strategy this...

During a period of increased concern about our international competitiveness, America's higher education is seen as the best in the world. What explains our position of worldwide leadership? I believe...

History is in the making for the University janitors and food-service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320. The union, which acts as collective bargaining agent for some 9,000 public-sector employees...

Southern Minnesota is Republican country and has elected Republican state senators for years. One University student hopes to change that tradition, however. Paul Kluge, a University Institute of Technology...