Sporting tie-dyed T-shirts and khaki shorts, four physics professors squirted cold water at a decompressed metal barrel. The barrel imploded with a loud pop; screams of delight erupted from the youthful...

The cast and crew of a forthcoming New Line Cinema film written by University alumna Lona Williams shot a scene on campus Thursday night. The new film, called "Sugar and Spice," is being billed as a dark...

Shaping ideas into reality is no longer an after-graduation goal for architecture students. University students took the study of architecture to the next level this summer when they drew and constructed...

The bald eagle is back. President Clinton announced July 4 that the bald eagle will be removed from the endangered species list effective July 2000. The Raptor Center, based on the University's St. Paul...

Brats and classical music melded this weekend as Orchestra Hall hosts its 20th annual "Viennese Sommerfest" this month. In an effort to create a festive atmosphere reminiscent of Vienna, Peavey Plaza --...

The College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences presented "Exploring Our Global Community: People, Food, and Agriculture," a first-of-its-kind global summit designed to improve international...

As another term winds down, students will try to regain some of the money they grudgingly spent on books by selling them back to University Bookstores. Many will be unsatisfied with the results. "I think...

The American Association of University Professors, which advocates better salaries and conditions for American university professors, updated its blacklist of college administrations June 14, adding two...

Lavell Henderson, professor emeritus of biochemistry, died May 29 of a heart attack in the garage of his home in Sandy, Utah. It was his second major heart attack in 10 years. He was 81. Henderson, who...

Jeffrey Kimpton hit the ground running. Since he was accepted as the new director for the School of Music in March, he has visited the campus four times to meet with faculty members, get budget insights,...

At Friday's monthly Board of Regents meeting, Scott Roethle, along with three other student representatives, presented what University President Mark Yudof called "one of the most comprehensive student...

A new survey in the University's political science department shows that 95 percent of students don't give a shit about percentages regarding public opinion. "I don't care," said music student Ida Wanna,...

The University Brass Quintet played "The Star Spangled Banner" as the ROTC color guard presented the colors at the dedication of a new flagpole Thursday. About 20 people attended the short ceremony at...

Carrying bloodied sheets, people dressed as ghosts wearing stilts towered above the crowd of about 300 people during a protest Thursday in Minneapolis. The protesting crowd moved a few blocks down Nicollet...

University students might prove hard to track down for the upcoming 2000 census, said Will Craig, chairman of Minneapolis' Complete Count Committee, at a press conference on Wednesday. Craig, who joined...

Lights and shadows, eerie music and polished acting blended in Crisis Point Theater's production of "Scenes from an Execution." The play, written by Howard Barker, premiered May 14 in the Rarig Center's...

Cold wind blew from Lake Calhoun onto a crowd of people donning coats and flowers Saturday morning. Some cried and held each other as they huddled together around a new memorial. The memorial was dedicated...

With wild gestures and a devil-may-care attitude, writer Sherman Alexie sparked a group of admiring listeners to laughter Tuesday afternoon. The Native American poet, novelist and screenplay writer drew...

Last night, as Minnesota Student Association presidential candidate George Morris answered the phone at the Delta Theta Sigma fraternity, the atmosphere was relaxed. His running mate, Kelly Hite, listened...

To the audience chant of "one, two, three!" a red-tailed hawk, held captive a moment before, leapt into the sky and circled high above the admiring crowd as they shielded their eyes from the sun. An estimated...