Though the presidential election is more than a year and a half away, and primaries aren't until next spring, many students have already begun organizing and rallying. Groups supporting and opposing candidates...

For most students, an internship is essential in laying a foundation for a career. And for those who vote, follow politics or are just interested, interning at the Legislature might be a perfect fit. Political...

The Minnesota Daily Board of Directors has selected new newspaper leadership for the coming year. The three new members of the office of the publisher for the 2007-2008 school year were named in late March. Journalism...

The annual University Lobby Day at the state Capitol provided a forum for praise and criticism amidst the dreary weather Wednesday. Students, faculty members, staff and alumni from all five campuses -...

Liberian students at the University have considerable concern with friends and family facing the possibility of returning to Liberia. Last September, the Department of Homeland Security determined that...

Former University of Wisconsin lecturer Kevin Barrett's new book, "Truth Jihad: My Epic Struggle Against the 9/11 Big Lie," is due out this month. The work, a culmination of Barrett's now infamous class...

A 20-member joint House and Senate committee voted Tuesday evening on the governor's picks to fill four open seats on the University Board of Regents. In a meeting that went an hour overtime, and sent...

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison returned to his alma mater Thursday evening to speak to a packed audience in the Walter F. Mondale School of Law building. Ellison, a 1990 graduate of the law school, discussed...

University supporters in the Legislature are fighting for biotech funding to help Minnesota compete with other states. Two University biotechnology ventures, the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology...

In 1873, one year after the Bell Museum was established by state legislative mandate, Heman Gibbs donated a piece of farmland for a one-room schoolhouse at what is currently the southwest corner of Cleveland...

A bill to repeal the current law prohibiting ticket scalping is heading through the state Legislature. The current code makes reselling a ticket for more than the face value a misdemeanor punishable by...

The University is again in litigation with the Internal Revenue Service over University medical residents' Social Security taxes. Both the University and the Mayo Clinic have filed suits seeking restitution...