Those who know me know I do not have much to say in support of unions in their negotiations with management. I believe most offers the unions are offered are fair or reasonable. I am the University's token...

The ascension of an openly gay minister to the Episcopalian bishopric this summer ruffled feathers around the globe. Conservatives decried the decision as an abomination. Some Episcopalians threatened...

You know who you are. Occasionally you find yourself standing outside in the snow between classes. Maybe you wait an extra 20 minutes for a table at a half-full bar and grill. Or, perhaps, you yearn for...

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...

The University doesn't have one community that every student can identify with. The main reason for this is the size of the University's student body, which spreads out over three large campuses. Finding...

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...

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,...

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...

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...