Y Maggie Hessel-Mial ou hear talk about how people have become desensitized to violence. You read columns, articles and books about how people have become desensitized to violence. You turn on the television...

In late August, the Supreme Court ruled in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris that an Ohio school voucher program did not violate the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution. The government would give parents...

I was not surprised to see that State Rep. Gregory Gray, a former auditor, won the DFL endorsement for state auditor last spring. I was shocked when he lost the September DFL primary to Carol Johnson,...

I feel obligated to address the Oct. 3 article, "Middle East tensions spread to U students." As journalists, you have a responsibility to all of your readers to provide fair and objective reports about...

On Oct. 2, Luke Larson asked, "Why is it that American Indians are against building a telescope on sacred land but OK with building casinos on sacred land?" Well let's see. Perhaps it is because it is...

T By Dan Obst housands of years ago, our cavemen ancestors lived in a world drastically different than that in which we exist today. Their waking hours were spent in a struggle to find food, to find water,...

Luke Larson's letter to the editor, "Telescope debate," (Sept. 30) asks why casinos but not telescopes can be built on land sacred to American Indians. But this question confuses tribal land with sacred...

Interim University President Robert Bruininks presented the annual State of the University Address yesterday, using the speech to illustrate the period of transition the University is enduring. Considering...

A By Dr. Jeffrey Kahn new type of embryo testing is being offered by a growing number of fertility clinics as a way of improving the chances of a successful pregnancy. It involves genetic testing of chromosomes...

Erika Zurawski, a member of Students for Justice in Palestine and the Anti-War Committee, is quoted in the Oct. 3 Daily article, "Middle East tensions spread to U students," as saying (referring to supporters...