With all 44 rooms under construction, a new front lobby and name, the owners of the former Gopher Campus Motor Lodge remain undecided on the fate of the nine-foot gopher in the front yard. "It may be possible...

ST. PETER, Minn. -- The trees guiding Highway 169 into downtown St. Peter tell the story of the last year. Patches of the leafless trees have recovered, standing straight as the day before the big storm....

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Gothic stone walls, vaulted wood-lined ceilings, glowing stained-glass windows and graceful banquet rooms of the Indiana Memorial Union seem more suited for a king and queen than...

and Sean Madigan While the recent closing of the Newman Center stirred the emotions of many campus parishioners, other centers around the state and the Big Ten report continued success. The Newman Center,...

By sending their tuition checks to the Global Campus, University students assume they have bought a dream quarter studying abroad. For the more than 100 University students annually traveling to Cuernavaca,...

An ugly incident in Ford Hall on Monday left one University student in jail, one teaching assistant in the hospital and one meter stick missing. Dominic Arnold, a third-year physical therapy student, was...

Slowly weaving his way in and out of campus back roads, University Police Officer David St. Cyr is becoming quite familiar with the parking habits of University students and staff. He can even describe...

Donning a baseball cap and tennis shoes outside of Coffman Union on Wednesday, Reform Party gubernatorial candidate Jesse Ventura did not match the wardrobes of his usually slick-dressed competition. Ventura's...

The U.S. Senate approved a $520 billion spending package Wednesday, which President Clinton swiftly signed, raising the maximum Pell Grant by $125 per year and boosting the annual budget for medical research...

The University hit a record mark in donations for the 1997-98 fiscal year, raking in $134 million from charitable gifts. The University Foundation, which oversees all the University's fund raising, released...

Minneapolis Police homicide detectives continue the pursuit of two suspects in connection with the death of a University student who was fatally injured Aug. 23 at Grandma's Saloon and Deli at 1810 Washington...

Three University students got the band back together Saturday night, tossing aside the bitterness of last month's breakup. The band Gnat will begin practicing again Wednesday evening after bassist, Jonathon...

More Asian-American-focused classes will speckle University course guides beginning next fall due to the hiring of four professors in the College of Liberal Arts. The move beefed up CLA's Asian-American...

Flying white discs and words of love and peace shared the Northrop Mall air Monday as students took in a game of Frisbee and some spiritual advice. In the second annual Preach-off and Frisbee Toss, the...

During peak recruitment season, Roxanne Rockvam spends few days in her quaint Williamson Hall office. Instead, Rockvam, a recruiter in the Office of Admissions, fills her work days with highway travel...

and Scott M. Larson Arab Student Association members moved their peace signs outside Wednesday after a bomb threat forced the evacuation of Coffman Union. At 9:36 a.m. Wednesday, the Minneapolis Bomb...

While many internships involve brewing coffee and making copies, two University-sponsored internship programs ask students to investigate their personal views of diversity. The Diversity Institute for...

An anti-land mine demonstration Thursday morning outside of Alliant Techsystems ended in the voluntary arrests of 57 protesters, three of whom are University students. The protest, part of an ongoing...

Literally or figuratively, Sylvester Stein runs well. A key figure of South Africa's liberation movement in the 1950s, Stein often had to run from authorities as editor in chief of the anti-apartheid...

Singing, dancing and big blue slices of cake marked an all-out birthday party Thursday on the steps of Northrop Auditorium. The only thing missing was a birthday boy. The party, sponsored by the Hillel...

On the wall hangs a huge blown-up photograph -- a worn portrayal of a Native American family with three kids surrounding their emotionless father. One simple message is scribbled over the picture in oil...

Discussion surrounding national drug policies struck at the vein of debaters at a public forum Monday. The forum, held at the University Law School, was sponsored by the Open Debate Project and focused...

The Queer Student Cultural Center passed out black stickers with a pink triangle Wednesday to remember forgotten victims of the Nazi concentration camps. The effort, a collaboration between Spring Pride...

With the setting of the Wednesday sun came Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. And as the darkness brought the day of remembrance, it also carried with it an event that University organizations have...

The University might be adding a new combination of three greek letters to its list of fraternities. In a quest to become the first Latino fraternity on campus, the University organization Hermanos Unidos,...

A conference planned to discuss the 100 years following the Spanish-American War will be held this weekend at the University, despite the absence of two keynote Cuban speakers. Because of U.S. diplomatic...

On the walls that line the second floor of Morrill Hall hang about 20 photographs of what is being called the last great resistance movement in the world. The photographs are part of an exhibit named...

Alexandra Zuber and Sara Smith are roommates. They share a friendship, a small room in Middlebrook Hall and a community service organization. The organization, Students building Awareness through Volunteer...

ST.PETER, Minn. -- The TV vans have left St. Peter. The 6 o'clock news is back to the same old footage and the viewers are no longer forced to see the horrific live shots of tornado damage in what was...

Former Institute of Technology dean and mastermind of covered skyways Athelstan Spilhaus died Monday at age 86. Spilhaus served as IT dean at the University for 18 years, spanning the 1950s and 1960s....

University-sponsored 4-H clubs will legally be allowed to discriminate against homosexuals if state legislators have their way. The House is withholding nearly $40 million in state funds from the University...

The Cook County Medical Examiner's office identified the body of a man found Tuesday in a channel of the Chicago River as Blaine resident Trevor Hoheisel. Through surveillance camera footage and the night's...

Two roommates were arguing on the fate of a blown-out television set dropped from the Washington Avenue Bridge. One said it would explode like a small bomb. The other said it would topple and crunch like...

For the past couple of months, University students have been working diligently on a celebrity murder trial. But the case will never see state or federal courts. The University's Pre-Law Mock Trial Council...

A collegiate crusade against the annual U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings has been launched nationwide with the support of University administration. National frustration surrounding...

University students now have access to everything from carpool bulletin boards to drink specials at their fingertips through a new Internet site. The national site, at www.collegestudent.com, provides...

After a three and a half year hiatus, Alpha Tau Omega fraternity rejoined the University community Monday night. Beginning with the initiation of its first 24 members since 1994, the fraternity continued...

For someone who spent her childhood in the cornfields of Indiana, Minnesota is a Midwest homecoming for Christine Maziar. Maziar, the newly appointed dean of the graduate school and vice president of...

Officials from the FBI, CIA and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the University on Wednesday. But no guns were raised and no apprehensions were made. The federal agents visited campus...

In March 1991 Jeff Stewart was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole after being convicted of growing 37 marijuana plants. Because of mandatory minimum-sentencing laws, his sentence...

Leaders of electronics businesses from around the world met Tuesday in a ceremony to christen the University as the sole North American link of a new global trade network. In conjunction with the launching...

After sitting through two hours of testimony Wednesday, the state committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance was forced to delay its decision on a bill regarding automated teller machine fees until...

Amid the media frenzy surrounding an alleged affair between a White House intern and President Clinton, past interns remain tight-lipped about their Washington experiences. Rebecca Mathern, a fourth-year...

With plans of a summer celebration honoring Hubert H. Humphrey II in the works, the Minnesota Student Association did its part this week to further enhance the festivities by sending an official invitation...

Honoring the work of Graduate School Dean Mark Brenner was at the top of the Council of Graduate Students' agenda Wednesday during its first meeting of the quarter. The biquarterly assembly, which took...

The Minnesota Student Association buried weeks of turmoil Tuesday by finalizing an alternates list for the 1998 Student Services Fees Committee. By revoking last week's veto of the alternate list, MSA...

Greater respect for diversity and a global perspective will define the 21st century lawyer, according to guidelines set in a recent conference. Law professors and deans from universities across the country...

Riding the heels of consumer outcry and published reports, state legislators announced plans Wednesday to introduce a bill that could dramatically alter automated teller machine surcharge fees. The group...

Handling the emotional moguls of what can seem like endless weeks and years of graduate school is becoming easier for students thanks to a series of workshops being run by University Counseling and Consulting...

College and university students around Minnesota said they are more concerned about urban development than ever before, a current survey showed. The survey, titled "Land Use and Urban Development in Minnesota,"...

and Sascha Matuszak A prolonged debate over the selection of Student Services Fees Committee members involving MSA and GAPSA was politically put to rest Tuesday as both groups approved a final committee. However,...

A year ago, Alan Sokal was an obscure physics professor. But a controversial article, filled with false and misleading information, has vaulted him to the forefront of academic debate. Sokal spoke Friday...

A new University seminar gets criminology students out of the classroom and into a different kind of research lab -- a prison cell. As part of a graduate seminar in criminology, sociology professor David...