It is the time when leaves fall from the trees, a harvest moon lies low in the sky and carved pumpkins flicker on doorsteps. Halloween is here. Today many consider Halloween in terms of tricks and treats,...

In 1992, America was in the middle of a recession, entangled in an inept aid mission in Somalia and facing an ever-growing deficit. In that election year, President Bush asked the American public if they...

Midterms and the mid-point of the Big Ten volleyball season converge this week, making this an appropriate time to conduct a different examination. The Gophers were picked to finish eighth by conference...

Although the Martin Luther King Program has been serving minority students in the College of Liberal Arts for 28 years, the advising office hopes to extend its reach to more students and programs in the...

In her first soccer game as a 6-year-old, Gophers senior Mikki Denney says she had no clue what was happening on the field. She was so misguided, in fact, that her father -- who Denney says is "super-competitive"...

Election day is near, and as we look back on this political season, what have we learned? President Clinton has "character problems," but we all knew that, and most of us either don't understand the issues...

The University community is ripe with critics of the administration. Supporters of the traditional land-grant college bemoan the ubiquitous U2000 plan and groan every time admission hurdles are raised...

There are currently many arguments in vogue concerning the rights of gays and lesbians to marry. It is anathema to a democracy to even have such dialogue. The rights of gays and lesbians to marry should,...

Citing precedent-setting First Amendment cases as the backbone of his argument, Attorney Scott Johnson is asking the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a decision that stated that two University...

Kathleen Kerr could be called a chameleon of the teaching world. The former University student and current history teacher at Fridley Middle School said she constantly tries to adapt to her students'...