The smell of hot apple pie wafting out from the kitchen made Elmo's mouth water. He flipped on the television to occupy his mind until the pie finished baking. A weatherman was saying that there was a...

For Gophers senior heavyweight Billy Pierce, it all started in a small, dirty wrestling gym at Minneapolis Roosevelt High School. The practice mat wasn't even regulation size. But that didn't matter to...

A student who planned to organize a boycott of the University blood drive because he believes it discriminates against homosexual men has changed his tactics. Sean Wherley, president of the University...

Although the title of Al Franken's book -- "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" -- aggravated some University Bookstores customers, the former Saturday Night Live actor spoke to more than 400 people without...

Members of the media have become entirely too close to the politicians they are supposed to be covering, a former U.S. congressman said Wednesday. "The first dilemma at the national level is the incestuous...

Sarah Cecka played for the first time as a member of the Gophers women's basketball team on Nov. 26, 1994. Less than 15 months later, she is preparing to play her last game on Minnesota's home floor. The...

Employees at the Amoco station on University and 10th avenues -- in the heart of construction territory -- sat on their hands all day Thursday. Business was dead. "Usually, we get about 15 or 20 cars...

After weighing issues concerning academic freedom, autonomy and money, state legislators relaxed conditions placed on funding for the Academic Health Center. A bill that passed the House Education Committee...

When Wisconsin hosts the Gophers hockey team this weekend, the seniors from each team will be playing in their final WCHA regular-season series. And following tradition, both teams have looked to those...

Tom Chicoine made only one mistake on his recruiting visit to Minnesota last year, and it was a big one. A student host took the prospective tennis player to the Minnesota-Wisconsin hockey game at Mariucci...