The Big Ten named Gophers golfer Matt Doyle freshman of the year on Sunday at the conference championships in University Park, Pa. Doyle, an All-Big Ten selection, is the only conference freshman who won...

Amid laughter and applause, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison spoke Monday at Northrop Memorial Auditorium about the connections and divisions between literature and history. "Recorded history is insufficient...

The Gophers baseball team ended its season Monday with a crescendo, winning 3-2 at Siebert Field against Iowa. Minnesota (15-12 in the Big Ten, 30-26 overall) won its last three games to finish the conference...

Last Friday night, a crowd of more than 60,000 men descended on the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The vast majority of them were middle class, clean-cut and casually dressed. It was obvious from their...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Energy Department said Monday it will import about 20 tons of nuclear waste from research reactors in 41 countries to prevent the weapons-grade material from being used for bombs. "The...

In a letter to Board of Regents Chairman Tom Reagan, Gov. Arne Carlson chastised the University because he said it will run up a $300 million debt by the year 2000. But Carlson has those numbers wrong,...

Sue Markham, the associate vice president for Facilities Management, announced her resignation Monday. She will step down June 14. "It's like leaving family," said Markham of her decision to resign and...

Elmo woke up on the floor next to the bed. Not a good way to start the morning. After hauling himself through the usual morning routine, he paused as he turned the deadbolt on the door. He looked up and...

The University is gearing up to spend nearly $8 million to upgrade a computer system that currently cannot recognize the coming millennium or the impending conversion from quarters to semesters. "The...

With the end of his life in sight, a cancer-stricken Minnesota teen-ager hoped for the opportunity to write a fitting conclusion to his all-too-short life story. The Minnesota chapter of the Make-A-Wish...