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...

University President Nils Hasselmo told about 60 freshmen he was "as timid as you could be" when he started college. The outgoing University leader encouraged new students to become leaders themselves...

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,"...

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...

One size does not fit all, even when the item is office equipment. The University's Environmental Health and Safety Division has spent two years studying how to design office equipment to fit users' individual...

Elmo paced furiously around the room, football stats in one hand and a 40-ounce in the other. Everything that he once cared about was now meaningless. Fantasy football was everything. He had to win his...

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...

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...

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...