I am a Mountain Dew fanatic. So spending my spring semester abroad in Salzburg, Austria, (infamously known for the scenes from "The Sound of Music") where Pepsi products run scarce and Coca-Cola consumes...

U.S. troops in Iraq are annoyed with their treatment by the U.S. government. Julian Borger, writing for The Guardian in late August, said many bitter editorials have lately appeared in, of all places,...

Rarely is there a time on campus when I can't rely on my little slab of laminated paper to get me out of a difficult situation. Never mind that the magnetic strips haven't worked since fall 2002, or that...

I write to ask you to withdraw my pending nomination." These were the words that ended Miguel Estrada's two-year struggle for nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals, an intense drama driven by race, power,...

Masses of new students have come to the University bearing mini-fridges, white boards and dry-erase pens that will soon be stolen. Their faces joyfully light up at the sight of University Avenue on a Saturday...

Given all the recent talk over Minnesota's new handgun law, I thought I might be able to add some new ideas to the discussion. Last February I was called to active duty to fight in the recent war. My role...

An interesting thing happened over the summer: Police in New Jersey foiled a plot by three teenage boys to stage a military-style assault on their high school. The teens were arrested en route to the building...

With the world watching, Charles Taylor, under intense pressure from President George W. Bush, African leaders and a two-prong rebel onslaught, boarded a plane last month for exile in Nigeria. This historic...

When presidential candidate Al Sharpton was asked about his views on gay marriage, he replied, "That is like asking do I support black marriage or white marriage." Mr. Sharpton's words bring up an interesting...

In 1997, the Gophers athletics department hired Glen Mason to restore the football program to respectability. Six years and millions of dollars later, Minnesota still has not won a Big Ten championship....