Football games between the Gophers and Purdue have been a little out of control the past three years. It's not what you'd expect from two teams who have struggled to get out of the conference basement....

Gov. Arne Carlson announced Wednesday that he has a plan to jump-start tenure discussions between the Board of Regents and University faculty members. Carlson's office has begun forming a three-member...

He recorded 311 points in his high school career, a Minnesota record. He notched hat tricks in five of his last six high school state tournament games. In the other game, he scored twice. He's the ninth...

Academic Health Center officials moved closer to joining the University faculty movement to unionize Wednesday when they obtained a cease-and-desist order from the Bureau of Mediation Services. Professor...

The National Research Scholarship Service compiles an annual "Top 10" list of strange awards offered to college students. Here's a few oddball endowments that have made the list: The Women's Western Golf...

The first presidential debate of the season is set for this Sunday, and as usual it should be a fun night of screaming at the TV and wondering how politics got so screwed up. Of course it's all show --...

ANCON, Peru (AP) -- A Peruvian plane slammed into the frigid Pacific Ocean on Wednesday after its navigation system failed, leaving the pilot lost amid the dense early-morning mist. All 70 passengers and...

After weeks of listening to the opposing sides in the tenure debate, students spoke out about their fears of both a weakened tenure code and a possible faculty union. About 15 students turned out Wednesday...

The two women giggled nervously as they extended their hands. "Go for it," said a man with dark glasses, "you need one." Freshmen Kate Nordstrum and Marnie McLaughlin snapped up a couple homemade brownies....

An open field, a few plastic cones and a Frisbee is all it takes to start up a game of Ultimate Frisbee. As one of the fastest-growing sports on college campuses around the nation, Ultimate Frisbee has...