University President Mark Yudof will dust off his professor's cap next fall to teach a class about the U.S. Constitution. Trying to set an example for other administrators and faculty who say they don't...

When Gertrude Stein said, "A rose is a rose is a rose," she probably wasn't thinking about a consumerist, market-driven economy. In a society where someone can walk into a grocery store and find at least...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Angry demonstrators pounded their fists on Gov. Mike Huckabee's vehicle Tuesday after he fled a conference that they crashed. About 250 protesters, complaining that ex-welfare...

Faculty members from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system voted on Monday to authorize a strike. Officials from the system, comprised of seven state colleges and universities, said the...

I am pleased that such a lively discussion has developed regarding the Portland Halfway house, which is what I hoped the Daily articles would foster. But in light of some recent commentary, some response...

Sleeping is a human need, but Gophers third baseman Matt Scanlon takes the necessity to an extreme. Freshman reliever Kurt Haring estimated his roommate averages 11 hours of sleep a day. But while Scanlon...

VUKOVAR, Croatia (AP) -- Forensic experts started digging Tuesday at a mass grave in the war-devastated eastern city of Vukovar -- a site where they expect to find more than 1,000 bodies. The victims are...

Bike repair in return for walking the neighbor's dog. Getting chiropractic adjustments for tutoring a child. These are a few random exchanges made in the Community Barter Network, a free neighborhood...

And the hits just keep on coming for the Gopher Campus Motor Lodge. Thieves stole the motel's symbolic replica of the old Goldie Gopher on Friday. The 29-foot gopher-on-a-pole was laying on the ground...

WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUNFrom Concerned Reader: I am very disappointed in the Net lately. Net: That's NetWORK to you, punk. Who cares about the MSA elections? Net: Well, about 10 percent to 15 percent vote...