He was a freshman playing for the Gophers baseball team, and J.T. Bruett had barely turned 18 years old. To top things off, he was the team's starting center fielder. Minnesota coach John Anderson doesn't...

Since his first days in office, President Clinton has often bent over backward to show support for homosexuals and recognize gay issues. Those efforts make reports that the president will approve a bill...

MOSCOW (AP) -- The World Bank leader announced plans Thursday to lend Russia up to $1 billion to help its miners and farmers. Recent miners' strikes seriously threatened Russia's economic reforms. World...

A University graduate student has been awarded $12,500 to complete her doctoral dissertation. Patricia Rogers is one of eight scholars from the United States and Canada to receive money from the Getty...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Federal mediators are optimistic they can settle one of the state's hottest disputes over the future of two popular wilderness areas. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service...

At its May 2 meeting, the Faculty Consultative Committee began to bridge a gap between the Board of Regents and the professors. The committee, which represents faculty interests to the administration,...

Last month the University received $7 million from the state for the construction of an indoor tennis/ice rink facility. The funding assured that the Gophers tennis and women's ice hockey teams would...

In what some University professors describe as a "devastating" blow to educational and research activity, departments must increase the amount they pay the University to support graduate assistants beginning...

Elmo wakes up as he hears a small whistle of wind go past the window. Somehow Elmo slept late today, as his daytime soaps are about to begin. Elmo lives for his soaps. He was hoping for more rain, as the...

The date was Nov. 15, 1995. Taking a look back through one of the local newspapers, I was struck by how many "major" sports teams were playing at one time. There were the Minnesota Vikings, Twins and Moose...