The Minnesota Daily

Yang and Warsame join City Council

by Jessica Lee
Published November 27, 2013

Following the 2013 city election, the Minnesota Daily is running a series profiling new City Council members. Beginning in January, Blong Yang and Abdi Warsame will represent City Council wards 5 and 6, respectively.

U transplants first breathing lung in the Midwest

by Katelyn Faulks
Published November 25, 2013

The University could use the new breathing device for heart transplants in the future.

COGS to split from GAPSA this summer

by Kyle Stowe
Published November 22, 2013

Come July 1, the University of Minnesota’s Council of Graduate Students will sever formal affiliation with the Graduate and Professional Student Association. COGS voted 34-1 with four abstentions...

Students could be left out of toxin tests

by Kia Farhang
Published November 13, 2013

Como property owners must agree to have their buildings tested.

A worldwide footprint

by Hailey Colwell
Published November 12, 2013

The University system owns land for various uses across the state, nation and world.

Como residents warned of potential harmful vapor

by Kia Farhang
Published November 7, 2013

The Minnesota Department of Health sent letters warning about the potentially harmful soil vapor.

Private loans linked to high student debt

by Nicolas Hallett
Published November 5, 2013

Private student loans are 7 percent of the market but 15 percent of the debt.

Neighborhood organizations to decide how they’ll spend Vikings’ money

by Alex Bitter
Published October 31, 2013

The Minnesota Vikings are looking for high-visibility projects to fund in the neighborhoods adjacent to the University of Minnesota ahead of their arrival at TCF Bank Stadium next year. At a meeting Wednesday...

Sequester cuts could hit grants

by Meghan Holden
Published October 31, 2013

The second round of sequestration cuts could threaten the Pell Grant.

Judge to decide later on Paterno family lawsuit

by Associated Press
Published October 29, 2013

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge said Tuesday he would decide later whether to allow a lawsuit filed against the NCAA by the family of longtime Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and...