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...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Gophers football team quietly showered, changed clothes and boarded the bus Saturday following its 30-27 loss to Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium. Steve Kemph wasn't in a rush to...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- There was no finger-pointing, no single player or play to blame. And unfortunately for the Gophers football team, there was also no comeback. "We win as a team," defensive tackle...

Anthony Albanese, a freshman, drove to his hometown of Rochester, Minn., this weekend to crown this year's homecoming king at his high school. In his royal high school past, Albanese studied two languages,...

Imagine battling the flu, nervousness and dehydration all while running a 5,000-meter race. That's just what Gophers senior women's cross country runner Keri Zweig had to do during the Roy Griak Invitational...

The Board of Regents spent their second day behind closed doors Friday, discussing legal issues stemming from the tenure debate. Much like Thursday, regents met with four attorneys representing the University,...

Welcome to the 1996-97 academic year! This is my 27th fall quarter in the University of Minnesota community, and it is surely the most charged -- both with controversy and with the excitement of truly...

Highly touted Gophers freshman women's tennis player Nora Souska won the B singles championship of the Notre Dame Invitational on Sunday, defeating Michigan's Brooke Hart 6-3, 6-2. Souska, a native of...

The crowd was rapt, waiting to hang on his every word. His opponent was winding down a rambling opening statement. "Screw due electoral process," Elmo thought. "When you're a populist politician, might...

In Portugal, sea lampreys are worth about $23 a pound and are served with a sauce of blood and vinegar. In Minnesota, they are an unwanted nuisance. University professors at the Minnesota Sea Grant are...