No one could say for sure how long the tradition has been around. Some said three years. Some said four. Others said forever. But in looking around the Gophers hockey locker room Monday afternoon, one...

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...

Dr. Lloyd Henry Lofquist, former vice president of academic affairs and chair of the University psychology department, died Monday morning at age 79. Lofquist served as the vice president of academic...

LISBURN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Bombers struck at the center of Northern Ireland's security Monday, detonating two car bombs inside the British army's heavily defended headquarters and raising fears...

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...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- For the past year, community agencies and churches that serve Hmong, Hispanics, Russians and other immigrants in Minnesota have been encouraging them to apply for U.S. citizenship. Now,...

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...

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,"...