It’s that time of the year when students don long johns and pack two thermoses of coffee to stay warm and awake for a week of all-nighters. An entire semester often boils down to one big final. Naturally,...

Construction on campus has confused much of the University of Minnesota community for years. Next week will be no different, albeit with more finals and projects.  The University moved some of its...

Employment is an integral part of the college experience. It gives students a chance to pay their own bills, complement their coursework and peek into the real world. However, while students jump through...

A new dating app is generating buzz for being the “first-ever app for girls.” Launched in February, Lulu allows female users to rate male Facebook friends. So far, Lulu’s 1 million users...

Many students, faculty and staff received text alerts yesterday about an armed man seen in Anderson Hall. Students frantically spoke with classmates, updated Facebook statuses and sent texts to friends,...

A couple of days ago, I had a rather eye-opening social media experience. A Facebook friend of mine posted a link to the photo series “City of Brotherly Love” in which Philadelphia-based photographer...

President Barack Obama wrote an op-ed piece Sunday in the Huffington Post urging Congress to pass a ban on workplace discrimination against LGBT employees. In the article, Obama stressed the importance...

Ladies, Halloween is just around the corner, and we finally have an excuse to dress scantily and don a pair of animal ears, despite the forecast. As Cady said in “Mean Girls,” “In Girl...

Rapper Macklemore  promises you the world and more in his hit single “Thrift Shop.” With just $20 in his pocket,  Macklemore manages to find everything from Batman footie pajamas...

In our younger days we all relished the idea of group work. It was a guaranteed way to talk to your friends during class and a relief from doing an entire project on your own. It became less about the...

At this time in the semester we all get emails about taking our professors to lunch. While the incentive isn’t exactly overwhelming, students should take advantage of the offer. The University of...

The United States has a reputation of stability and functionality that other countries respect. However, due to the government shutdown, the rest of world is baffled as to how a superpower hit such a low. According...

This semester marks the first academic year that underage University of Minnesota students who drink are legally protected under the state’s medical amnesty law. Passed in May, the law allows minors...

If you’ve seen a campus protest or listened to the president during his 2012 campaign, you’ve heard that women get paid a measly 77 cents to a man’s dollar. However, this statistic doesn’t...

The University of Minnesota student body painted the campus maroon and gold, donned in their own Gopher pride, for homecoming over the weekend. Few colleges boast the impressive student population the...

The next time you order that tall caramel mocha, you should also hold a gun, according to Starbucks. The coffee giant’s CEO Howard Schultz recently made a statement, not explicitly banning guns,...

Apple has always been the technology of the fresh-faced youths of today. The notoriously liberal and youth-centric company takes great pride in comparing itself with its competitors. The “I’m...

Aug. 28, 1963, was debatably the most significant moment in the civil rights movement. On that day 200,000 people rallied at the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s momentous “I...

What really went right with Miley Cyrus’ performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards? Tabloids and pop culture journalists wasted no time in criticizing Cyrus for her dancing, singing and even...