.The Minnesota Daily sat down with University President Bob Bruininks at Morrill Hall on Monday to discuss research, Regents, faculty retention, baseball and the emergence of spring. As you probably read...

It's not the miraculous memory-erasing device from the 1997 hit movie "Men in Black," but it has a similar goal. Propranolol, a generic drug used to fight hypertension and now being considered to reduce...

I didn't want to spend my spring break traveling the country with a bunch of overstimulated college students on the Honky Tonk Badonkadonk Tour. I wanted to spend it with overstimulated college students...

University students overwhelmingly believe the price of the on-campus stadium will continue to increase, according to a Minnesota Daily poll. And, the poll said, though large numbers of students expect...

Slowly rising through the University ranks over nearly 40 years, the generally low-key Bob Bruininks developed a reputation for masterfully implementing tough policy. When he became president in 2002,...

Seeking a therapeutic dose of recreation on a recent Sunday morning, Bob Bruininks drove his GMC Envoy to a horse stable about an hour west of the Twin Cities. Every free weekend, the 65-year-old father...

The beer abruptly stopped flowing at a Southeast Como bar Sunday night while fire crews doused a blaze in an upstairs apartment. Though no humans were injured - a dog died - the fire displaced several...

Congressmen, mayors, state legislators and the University president welcomed approximately 1,500 college students of diverse sexual orientations to campus this weekend with letters in a sold-out conference's...

When hockey standout David Metzen first arrived at the University, he registered for classes at Johnston Hall. That was 46 years ago. And according to Metzen, now a member of the University Board of Regents,...

An apparent electrical fire early Saturday in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood left about 20 University students temporarily homeless. The house fire, on the 1300 block of 7th Street Southeast, destroyed...

Few people have heard of his homeland in the Horn of Africa, but Edao Dawano is willing to die for its freedom. The University biology sophomore effuses indescribable passion when talking about Oromia,...

Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and legislative leaders from both parties pledged Tuesday to limit University tuition increases when the Legislature reconvenes next month. At a wide-ranging news conference...

Take one part crops, a splash of wind, a hefty dose of entrepreneurial spirit and one esteemed public research university to create a recipe for Minnesota's energy future. Since the state boasts all these...

.John Binkowski, Independence What is your policy on immigration? One of my opponents tends to demonize immigrants as disease-ridden and crime-prone, and I just don't think that's the case. I think what's...

They're powerful, but they're real people. On Thursday morning a few members of the state Senate took an elaborate tour of campus to check out University construction requests and examine completed projects....

The "U' wants you to care about what happens in St. Paul. As the University Marching Band prepped the crowd, more than 400 supporters gathered at the McNamara Alumni Center on Wednesday night to push the...

Over the next few years, the University's Rochester campus might see drastic changes. "The Rochester area is projected to grow 70 percent in the next 25 years and its economy is growing even faster," Gov....

You might find her at Stub & Herbs. But if Sue Jeffers, owner of the near-campus bar, gets her way, she'll be moving to the governor's mansion. "Minnesota needs a new vision," Jeffers said after a...

It was never even finished. But 44 years after construction crews broke ground on the $1.3 million structure, the Science Classroom Building and its baffling stairwells might soon be demolished. As a part...

Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced his support Tuesday for three new University buildings, but turned down another multimillion-dollar project. At a news conference in St. Paul, the governor revealed his $811...

University officials aren't waiting until the state Legislature reconvenes to make their case to politicians. "We've been doing it since the (last) session ended " literally," said Todd Iverson, one of...

Washington Avenue Southeast businesses bustled with activity Monday. But in less than two weeks, many of the customers who frequent Stadium Village will return home for the holidays. From Dinkytown to...

Until recently, Jonathan Kim's hankering for home cooking was hard to cure. His parents live in Korea. When the computer science sophomore returned to school this fall, he noticed Yummy Yummy, a restaurant...

Hussein Samatar said he owes a lot to the Minneapolis Public Library system. Now he has a chance to give back. Since the mid-1990s, he and his family have clocked countless hours in Franklin Community...

When Campus Pizza opened 16 years ago, "Perkins and pizza" were the only late-night food options available to University-area residents, manager Jim Rosvold said. But since the 2003 Minnesota state law...

At most business schools, the buck stops at a single office door. But at the Carlson School of Management, two full-time co-deans split responsibilities. Michael Houston, a longtime Carlson School professor,...

Iowa State University marketing senior Keith Dietzenbach said he's saved more than $600 since fall 2003 reselling old textbooks on www.cheggpost.com. "It's like a little recycling process I have," said...

Ladu Jada Gubek is a Sudanese immigrant, poet, teacher, University alumnus and, as of this month, a newspaper publisher. He's also blind. But to Gubek, that's more of a physical barrier than a mental one,...

Jesse Ross had no time to waste. The second-year University of California-Los Angeles masters in business administration student kept a brisk pace Friday afternoon at the Carlson School of Management,...

Besides teaching ethics and strategic management at the Carlson School of Management, 55-year-old Alfie Marcus is a prolific author. His new book, "Big Winners and Big Losers: The 4 Secrets of Long-term...

Harvard. Yale. Princeton. Dartmouth. In New York, Wall Street firms recruit heavily from these prestigious East Coast schools, while students from the Carlson School of Management and other Midwest institutions...

As long as University first-year finance student Nick Beste can remember, he's been coming up with "cockeyed ideas." Whether trying to develop a cell phone-controlled car starter or a Global Positioning...

By a close margin Tuesday, University-area residents chose Green Party candidate Cam Gordon as their next Minneapolis City Council member. Gordon received 2,481 votes, according to preliminary results,...

By the time November rolls around, Minnesotans usually brace for winter, packing away flip-flops and T-shirts. But Sunday morning, first-year Asian languages and literatures student Becky Dorff strolled...

Nothing was going to keep first-year art history student Mary Johnson from participating in the largest college Halloween party in the country, she said. Despite requests from Madison, Wis., and University...

A sea of business attire traversing the color spectrum descended upon the McNamara Alumni Center's Great Room on Tuesday. The people wearing them came to hear Robert Greifeld, president and chief executive...

For avid music lovers Trey Paterson and Jon Shane, selling Bob Marley brand shoes and kicking it with the Marley family was a dream come true. Five years ago, using Paterson's father's connections, the...

Some professors write books. Others submit papers for review. But most, unlike professor Norman Bowie, have never created a new field of study. Inspired by philosopher John Rawls - an acquaintance from...

After eight years working in corporate public relations in Chicago, Kevin VanDeraa said he wanted to open a bakery. He just didn't know what to call it. Out of countless brainstormed suggestions, he chose...

Avi Kumar said he learned he was performing at the Indian Student Association's Diwali celebration about two hours before the event. As people filed into Coffman Union's Great Hall - eventually more than...

After 10 years in the Dinkydome, TCF Bank will close Oct. 28 and move to the West Bank. Following a month of making the 15th Avenue Southeast property "Wells Fargo-ready," that bank will open its first...

A piece of bluff high above the Mississippi River on the West Bank is littered with empty beer cases, graffiti-laced highway barricades and random chunks of masonry. But where some see a polluted mess,...

This year, the Carlson School of Management admitted one student for every eight applicants. That will change by fall 2008 - if everything goes as planned and the Carlson School opens a new undergraduate...

A steady stream of University students filed into a Carlson School of Management classroom Wednesday, eager for their twice-weekly dose of inspiration. "It's build-your-own-sandwich day," said supply chain...

Each day, Sean Young commutes from his home in Fridley - a 10-mile trip to campus. Because he works at Varsity Bike Shop in Dinkytown, it's only appropriate to choose pedaling over driving, said Young,...

A postcard from 1954 recalls the pre-Metro Transit era, when trolleys ambled through the Southeast Como neighborhood, home to future Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. In the photo, next to the Como-Harriet...

In the early '90s, Osman Ahmed practiced medicine at a Kenyan refugee camp. At least he tried to. Without supplies, the experienced Somali doctor watched helplessly while his sick compatriots died from...

It's legal here - if you use the right words. Each day customers scour the inventory at Hideaway, a Dinkytown head shop, searching for their preferred tool to get high. But as far as the folks at the nine-month-old...

Before a packed Law School auditorium Tuesday, two constitutional law professors sparred over the controversial Solomon Amendment. The amendment, tacked onto a 1996 energy and water development appropriations...

Though they had to avoid puddles and occasional downpours Saturday night, the Spokes Pizza Collective employees peddled on. "There's no such thing as weather permitting," said Rachel Libon, a member of...

Nestled between a video shop and an abandoned liquor store, the Mediterranean Deli's neon lights invite Cedar Avenue pedestrians to stop in. On any given night, the five tables in the family-run restaurant,...

Next school year, for the second time ever, two women will lead University student government. In last month's All-Campus Elections, undergraduate students chose Emily Serafy Cox, the current Minnesota...

The Minnesota Student Association elected new leaders Tuesday at its final meeting of the school year. At the annual special-elections meeting, next year's MSA Forum members chose the group's new executive...

Simon and Garfunkel. Pedro. Tom Zearley. Though they weren't on the ballot, these are a few of the people who received votes in the recent All-Campus Elections. The majority of write-in votes were cast...

After overturning six fees recommendations, a University administrator created a panel to reform the perennially divisive Student Services Fees Committee process. Jerry Rinehart, the University's vice...

At night, when Blaine DeLair looks out of his window across 15th Avenue Southeast, he doesn't have much to look at. "What can you see?" said DeLair, a psychology sophomore. "Nothing." DeLair is one of...

GCorrection: The Daily incorrectly identified the next Graduate and Professional Student Assembly vice president for grants. Boris Volkov will be the next GAPSA vice president for grants. raduate and professional...

At one of the busiest Forum meetings of the year Tuesday, the Minnesota Student Association narrowly voted to oppose the University's proposal to close General College. When Forum speaker Kevin Wendt announced...

From computers throughout campus, undergraduate students began voting Wednesday for their next crop of student government leaders. The online polls close tonight, following the second and final day of...

Graduate student leaders asked University President Bob Bruininks on Wednesday for a commitment to involve students in future University decisions. "Students don't feel like they are a part of the decision-making...

Outgoing Minnesota Student Association President Tom Zearley said his term has focused on empowering students, from the budget process to the Board of Regents. "We've really been pushing representation...

Facing tough questions from student government leaders about the proposed General College closure, University President Bob Bruininks reaffirmed his commitment to University diversity at a Minnesota Student...

As the Minnesota Student Association presidential election approaches, many students said they know very little about the organization and even less about the upcoming vote. "Didn't they have an election...

WCORRECTION: Friday's Daily incorrectly identified the person who asked a question about Robert's Rules of Order. Former MSA Forum speaker Marty Andrade, a Daily colulmnist, asked the question ith less...

.Editor's note: The following article is the final in a series of four that looks at how well the University prepares students for life after college. Today's article looks at volunteering and internships. Biochemistry...

Undergraduate students will have five choices for next year's student body president. The All-Campus Elections Commission finalized the Minnesota Student Association presidential election ballot Tuesday....

As the 2005 Minnesota Student Association presidential campaign heats up, technology is playing a greater role than ever before, candidates said. MSA leaders and candidates said they keep updated on campaign...

Tony Gamble said he plans to go to Brazil to study the evolutionary relationships of lizards with money from several travel grants. But instead of receiving a Graduate and Professional Student Assembly...

University President Bob Bruininks pledged his "deep commitment" to graduate and professional students Wednesday. "It's hard to put into words," Bruininks said at the Graduate and Professional Student...

University President Bob Bruininks promised Tuesday to include student leaders in future discussions. "If you have comments and you send them my way, they don't end up in some circular file," Bruininks...

A University fees committee released its final recommendations Wednesday, prompting relief and distress among some student groups. Most of the funding decisions for the 31 fees-requesting groups mirrored...

A divided fees committee recommended deep cuts to several administrative units at public deliberations Monday at Coffman Union. The Student Services Fees Administrative Units Committee, mostly voting 3-2,...

Dozens of Radio K supporters spent much of last week lobbying the Student Services Fees Administrative Units Committee. They were attempting to persuade the committee to reverse its recommended cuts to...

More than 100 people packed the Student Services Fees Committee administrative units public hearing Wednesday, voicing distress and gratitude to the five-member panel. "Usually, we're the boring (hearing),"...

Tuesday's Minnesota Student Association meeting mainly focused on the group's bylaws, which some Forum members said was "a waste of time." "Enough of this addiction to bureaucracy and minutia. Let's get...

University physics professor Paul J. Ellis died of a heart attack Sunday in his St. Louis Park, Minn., home. He was 63. Colleagues said they remember Ellis as an exceptional educator and researcher. "Eulogies...

Two Student Services Fees subcommittees released their initial funding recommendations Tuesday, leaving some student-group leaders disappointed and others elated. This year, 31 student groups asked the...

DULUTH, Minn. - Four graduate student leaders from the University's Twin Cities campus traveled north Monday to help create a graduate student government at the University's Duluth campus. "We definitely...

After the Student Services Fees Committee denied The Wake student magazine's funding request last spring, leaders of the year-old student group were distraught. "You people will be destroying The Wake,"...

The University undergraduate and graduate student governments rejected a position statement Tuesday that asked for University administration to cap next year's tuition increases at 5.5 percent, regardless...

After splitting in 1990, the undergraduate and graduate student governments often sparred, leaders of both groups said. "There was just bitter blood between the two organizations," said Karen Buhr, executive...

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly has trimmed some fat from its budget but will maintain important services, group leaders said. GAPSA leaders will present their approximately $380,000 2005-06...

The annual fight for a piece of the Student Services Fees pie continues this week. Forty University organizations have asked for approximately $22.7 million from the Student Services Fees Committee, which...

Though graduate student government leaders refuse to take sides in the debate about a new graduate employee union, they said they have a role in the conversation. "Our mission is to provide a forum for...

After two years in Middlebrook Hall and one in Riverbend Commons, Patty Dickmann said, she's ready to sign her first lease. "I just want to be a conscious buyer," said Dickmann, a physiology and psychology...

The Minnesota Student Association gave its support Tuesday to Boynton Health Service's plan to offer all students summer care. The position statement, which passed by a vote of 22-16 with three abstentions,...

With training complete, Student Services Fees Committee officials say they hope this year will not be marred by the controversy that surrounded last year's process. Committee members got their first glimpse...

When the University considers closing graduate programs, it should let students know, members of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly said Wednesday. By a vote of 21-4, GAPSA passed a resolution...

When Grant Schwartz works as a peer adviser in the College of Liberal Arts honors office, a Guster album is usually playing in the background. A co-worker said Schwartz - a fourth-year English student...

As a child in Golden Valley, Minn., Dan Miller said, he loved Minneapolis. Miller said he took pride in the city's landmarks - such as the Walker Art Center's "Spoonbridge and Cherry" sculpture - and the...

Amid heated debate Tuesday, the Minnesota Student Association reversed its position regarding endorsements on campus election ballots and approved its annual fees request. MSA approved a position statement...

The Minnesota Student Association is ready for a productive semester, group President Tom Zearley said. This semester, MSA said, it plans to spread the word about rental surveys and get students involved...

College Republicans Vice Chairman Tony Richter said he wanted to transcend partisanship after a divisive election season. Inspired by a speech from Staff Sgt. Andy Davis, who talked about his experiences...

Most days, Deb Stull Erickson commutes more than 100 miles between her home in Marine on St. Croix, Minn., and the University, where she is an editor in the Office of Human Resources. But Fridays, she...

The Archibald Bush Foundation, a regional nonprofit organization, donated $990,000 last month to the University of Minnesota system. The money will be split among four of the University campuses as part...

Health-care issues deserve more than a superficial exploration, Americans for Informed Democracy President Luke Robinson said Tuesday. That's the message Robinson said he hopes resonated with the 50 people...

More than 85 people, from interested citizens to University faculty and staff, met at the Radisson Metrodome on Wednesday morning to discuss "The Economics of Disability." During the four-hour conference,...

Housed in two small rooms in Appleby Hall, the General College's Student Parent Higher Education for Low-Income People Center was "busting out of the seams," Director Susan Warfield said. So in August,...

The federal government is considering changing the way it keeps track of students. U.S. Department of Education officials are studying whether to require all U.S. colleges to release specific information...

Job seekers who butter up interviewers might have an advantage over those who promote their qualifications, according to a recent study. The report, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology's August...