Editor's Note: The Academic Health Center, which includes seven health care schools and the University Hospital and Clinic, hired the CSC Index consulting firm last June. In an effort to make profound...

Not long ago, I was part of a group of mostly white students that attended a diversity workshop sponsored by the University. The format was pretty much what you would expect: dialoguing, role-playing --...

Firing a 6-over-par 78, Minnesota's Rob Kerr was in a tie for 95th place on Wednesday after the first round of the NCAA Men's Golf Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn. "The scores are kind of high, so...

The University's Institute of Technology receives a major portion of its budget from outside research. As some federal sources dwindle, IT is looking for ways to solicit more industrial funding. Last...

DALLAS (AP) -- TV footage broadcast for the first time Tuesday depicts events surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy, including scenes of him holding hands with his wife -- perhaps for the...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- The test results are in, and many of the state's eighth-grade students failed. Thirty-seven percent of Minnesota's eighth-grade students didn't pass a basic reading test, and 24 percent...

Before arriving at Midway Stadium one morning last week, I was expecting a laid-back atmosphere at the field the St. Paul Saints call home. Granted, the independent Northern League baseball team had signed...

We have a crisis in our community. I'm not talking about welfare, teen pregnancy, crime or poverty. Yet, this crisis encompasses facets of all those problems. Last week, when the Minneapolis and St. Paul...

WASHINGTON (AP) --President Clinton was in a scheduling meeting in the Oval Office when word came from a Little Rock courtroom that seemed sure to revive the Whitewater scandal as a campaign issue. The...

Many students who want to give themselves an educational advantage after graduation take the time to complete double majors. The University's policy of issuing them only one diploma for this expenditure...