The Stadium Task Force's recommendation last Tuesday to construct two stadiums is thrusting hope back into the agendas of Minnesota's financially ill football and baseball programs. The recommendation...

An athletics departments report released Tuesday has University officials scratching their heads - and their pocketbooks - in an attempt to eliminate budget shortfalls facing intercollegiate sports. University...

With the help of a $36 million federal award, the University's military computational science program will enhance the research it began 12 years ago. U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo, D-Minn., a member of the House...

The fate of the Twins could soon be in the hands of the team's biggest fans if two Minnesota legislators have their way. Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, and Sen. Ellen Anderson, DFL-St. Paul, brought...

Amid budget shortfalls, the University is evaluating the financial future of its athletics departments and weighing options, including the elimination of sports programs. University officials will provide...

Economists and politicians nationwide are questioning professional sports teams' cries of financial woes. During last Thursday's Stadium Task Force meeting, one member questioned the validity of Major...

Legislators and a Twins official lobbied Thursday for the use of public funds to build a new stadium during the Stadium Task Force's second meeting. Sen. Dean Johnson, DFL-Wilmar, and Rep. Harry Mares,...

Richard Martin, a retired University communication disorders professor and researcher, died Oct. 26 from complications with diabetes in Tucson, Ariz. He was 70. Colleagues, former students and family remember...

Last weekend travelers took to the skies and experienced few setbacks during the first major holiday since the Sept. 11 attacks, despite added security. An increased number of Thanksgiving travelers gave...

The state-appointed Stadium Task Force met for the first time Tuesday to set an agenda and listened as former Twins stars pleaded to keep professional baseball in Minnesota. The former fan favorites testified...

A Minneapolis City Council-initiated committee has developed a plan to build a new ballpark and keep the Twins in Minnesota. Now, it's up to the team to accept the plan. In spring 2000, the 17-member Citizens...

CROOKSTON, Minn. - The adventure to a Crookston bastion of Twins baseball history begins when the vehicle leaves Interstate 94 and embarks on Minnesota's Highway 9 - where civilization's absence procures...

As state and national governments race to devise a plan that will save the Minnesota Twins, support for the baseball team pours in from fans statewide. The state's Stadium Task Force will meet Tuesday...

As Afghanistan's northern alliance troops advance across Taliban strongholds, U.S. government officials say they want to restrict any attempt the faction might make to rule the country. The Taliban has...

The University could be looking to mirror the plans of other Big Ten institutions to jump-start its ailing graduation rates. The University of Iowa faced the same problems of lower-than-average four- and...

"If you build it, they will come." The words whispered to Kevin Costner's character in the late 1980s blockbuster "Field of Dreams" carry new meaning in today's sports world. In the sporting industry of...

While the airline industry waits for the federal government to come to terms on security measures, a flight bound for the Twin Cities on Thursday was forced to land in Detroit after a passenger discovered...

University President Mark Yudof sent a memorandum to college deans last week, supporting a 13-credit minimum for students each semester to keep them from dropping out or hindering the University's lagging...

Most students who have completed a University course have penciled in the circles of at least one professor evaluation. These evaluations are meant to improve curriculum and determine instructor effectiveness....

As anthrax fears change mail-handling procedures across the country, University residence hall employees must now refuse care packages, cookies, homework and anything else dropped off by non-common carriers. The...

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni recently intensified its campaign to reinstate the University's humanities department. Following last month's terrorist attacks, ACTA called for increased education...

As the leaders of the University's academic departments continue to discuss the institution's six-year graduation rate, student representatives offered their own remedy Thursday. The Minnesota Student...

As the nation's snowballing fear of anthrax rolls closer to an avalanche, University postal service employees and customers remain, for the most part, calm. The University Academic Health Center had a...

The University's four-year graduation rates have officials looking for strategies to help students get through required programs efficiently. The Council of Undergraduate Deans formed a subcommittee last...

The Minnesota National Guard's reserves are well stocked and prepared to defend the nation despite the deployment of nearly 1,500 troops statewide. Guard troops are monitoring safety at three Twin Cities...

The Department of Transportation released its most recent airline safety recommendations Monday, one day after U.S. and British military aircraft pounded Taliban sites in Afghanistan. According to a press...

Unemployed airline workers shifted the blame from low passenger demand to their former employers in a Wednesday meeting before the Senate Select Committee on Air Transportation and Economic Security. Airline...

Northwest Airlines' layoffs of 4,500 Minnesota workers without severance will send at least half those people in search of state assistance, Northwest officials said Wednesday. They joined Sun Country...

The federal government assuaged the airline industry's concerns last week when it allocated $15 million toward its financial pain. Now the state looks to assist at least 10,000 people squeezed out of the...

In the wake of this month's terrorist attacks, some airline passengers are looking twice at who is buckled in next to them. "I am kind of nervous," said Sandi Gannott, a national trainer for a product...

Northwest Airlines announced Friday it would immediately lay off 10,000 employees because of a 20 percent drop in flight routes. The cutbacks are a result of low flight demand stemming from the Sept. 11...

Northwest will announce Friday workforce reductions it will make in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the East Coast. Several other airlines of similar size have already announced cutbacks this week. On...

The Bush administration and Congress told the nation's airline industry Tuesday it can expect quick, multi-billion-dollar relief to help cope with financial woes. The industry has requested $24 billion...

Northwest Airlines announced Saturday it plans to reduce its systemwide flight schedule by 20 percent. The fourth-largest airline in the world and Minnesota's third-largest employer, Northwest has annual...

At a candlelight vigil in the shadows of Northrop Auditorium on Tuesday night, students were scared, frustrated, angry and disheartened; but above all else, they were together. "In all the news you heard...

The University lost a versatile professor, and the students a unique leader, when Allen Burton, a University kinesiology professor, died Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 47. Joanne...

Providing Minneapolis with free public transportation headed Friday's discussion between Cam Gordon, Green Party candidate for the 2nd Ward of Minneapolis' City Council, and University students. "I want...

A Russian man could end up in prison because he allegedly broke a U.S. Internet-file-sharing statute. University computer science graduate students want to free him to ensure they are not next. Dmitry...

University students, faculty and staff can expect to face difficult journeys to and from the Twin Cities campuses this year. A combination of construction and diminishing parking makes going to class a...

Lack of affordable housing is a nuisance for most University students. While all students will pay more this fall for their residence, a lucky few will see vast improvements to the place they call home. Additions...

Two of Minnesota's most prominent businessmen will co-chair a commission designed to advise Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor James H. McCormick. Glen Taylor, CEO of Taylor Corporation...

The old brick walls and mid-19th century architecture of the historic Marcy-Holmes neighborhood echo of a place where a major city began. The Marcy-Holmes neighborhood is the birthplace of Minneapolis...

The University's lower-than-average six-year graduation and retention rates dominated the Council of Undergraduate Deans' agenda Thursday morning. Among the U.S. News and World Report's top 50 public institutions,...

Taking the first drink of alcohol at an early age could mean much more than a simple collapse under peer pressure. In a study published in the August issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental...

The Board of Regents had its first chance to meet with the four newly appointed members Thursday and Friday. Regents, during the two-day retreat at the St. James Hotel in Red Wing, attempted to create...

Sensitivity to emotions and First Amendment rights to freedom of speech often clash. Now, a small north Minneapolis community college is entering the battle. Jon Willand, history professor at North Hennepin...

Soil contamination issues recently proved a roadbump for the Coffman Union renovation project. A commercial waterproofing substance known as coal tar, used to waterproof the union's original underground...

Lower-than-expected state allocations for higher education and unusually high tuition increases are not confined to Minnesota's public universities. Tuition has been inversely related to the economy for...

Monday marked the beginning of construction on the Gateway Alumni Center outdoor plaza and the end of a University parking option. Situated on the corner of Washington Avenue Southeast and Oak Street,...

The University Society of Automotive Engineers placed 43rd overall at a multi-event competition held in Detroit last month. The SAE entered a vehicle designed and built by students. Had it not been for...

The University Veterinary Medical Library holds one the largest and most extensive collections of its kind in the world. However, leaky roofs are endangering a significant portion of the library's material. "If...

It's 7 a.m. Saturday and 9,100 runners are preparing for the 25th anniversary of Grandma's Marathon in Duluth. The night before, runners, along with their families and friends, consumed 300 kegs of Miller...

Tuition is not the only thing students will soon be paying more for: Parking rates will also increase twice in the next four months. This is the second set of increases in as many years. Starting July...

The Board of Regents discussed a plan Thursday to give students a new option for transportation around the metro area: the light Rail transit system. The rising cost of fossil fuel energy sources is one...

Coffman Union was the center of the University's East Bank campus and a meeting grounds for University students from its opening in 1940 until fall 1999. That year, the Minneapolis campus student union...