NEW YORK (U-WIRE) -- The groupie syndrome emerged in the early days of rock n' roll. It is not surprising that young women were attracted to the hedonistic glamour of the music world. What is harder to...

"Fat" is not a dirty word, was the message at a size-acceptance celebration Saturday at the Como Park Pavilion. More than 20 people attended a potluck picnic to celebrate the first International Size...

When students vote for president and vice president of the University's Minnesota Student Association on Tuesday and Wednesday, they need to select the two candidates who have realistic goals for what...

Among shelves of books, a collection of chairs and a table full of vegetarian morsels, a conclave of humanitarian activists assembled at a West Bank bookstore Friday to plan an illegal journey to Iraq. body...

Editor's note: About 50,000 students, staff, faculty members and visitors converge on the University's Twin Cities campus every day. In the midst of this sea of people, it's easy to think of the strangers...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The loudest cheer at this weekend's Drake Relays wasn't for a race or a star athlete. Instead, the biggest ovation came for ... the pole vault? Drake Stadium rocked Saturday as Kellie...

Donna O. Johnson will never forget the words of her undergraduate adviser and professor. He told her black women were unfit for engineering. She went on to receive an A in his course, preside over several...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Iraq demanded Thursday that the United Nations end its crippling trade embargo, accusing U.N. arms inspectors of spreading "fallacies and lies" about its weapons program. In Washington,...

THE RESULTS ARE IN ... ... and we are intrigued. Our foray into public opinion research, the Woobie Poll, is complete, and we find we have some interesting findings.First, we would like to thank the 30...

For Anya Benda, the best part of Thursday's Take Our Daughters to Work Day wasn't a lesson about women's career aspirations. It was the silly putty the Society of Women Engineers made. "I liked putting...