In a meeting to discuss the upcoming election, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak pledged to do everything possible to get more students to vote at Coffman Union on Wednesday. It is "borderline obscene" for...

Time is running out for Congress to renew a bill that governs many aspects of higher education, including student financial aid and federal funding. The Higher Education Act regulates federal funding and...

The general election might be a month and a half away, but students itching to get out to the polls can do so today for the primary election. Voting locations will be open on campus from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m....

In honor of their service, about 1,000 Minnesota National Guard and Reserve troops and their family members have received tickets to Saturday's Gophers football game. Looking to reward the troops in some...

Santa Claus might not be in town, but the Target store in the Quarry shopping area is cashing in as if he were. In the past week, University and other college students have been shopping at the store more...

During the last two weeks at the Minnesota State Fair, thousands of people got a closer look at many of the University's activities. Throughout the 12-day event that ended Monday, fairgoers walked through...

University graduate Craig Boe is one of many bar patrons faced with various smoking ban ordinances across the metro area. Boe, who calls himself a "militant nonsmoker," said he spends his time with a group...