Freshmen traditionally play the lost and confused students on campus. But they have company this year as even seniors try to navigate the new semester-based system. The 130-year-old University goes through...

Unusual combinations sometimes go surprisingly well together: peanut butter and jelly; men and women; even corn and Bacillus thuringiensis. Bacillus thuringiensis, commonly called Bt, is a naturally occurring...

Jean-Nickolaus Tretter collects gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender materials. He started doing it 20 years ago and now owns more than 3,000 local, national and international items. Books, political...

Israel celebrated its 51st birthday Wednesday. While people in the homeland celebrated with rock concerts and all-day parties, members of the University's Jewish community listened to Hebrew folk songs...

Three men clad in bright colors sit on the stage and harmonize their voices into a single phrase: "Welcome to African Nite." They repeat the chant over and over in different tones as audience members sway...

Ron Jones went to college for drafting before taking a job as a welder and later as a truck driver. He had a livable wage and a nice home. Then the seizures started. Since March last year, Jones has lived...

University degree programs require several prerequisites for graduation: composition, math and science. Next on the list could be community service. It might happen in California, and the concept isn't...

Until the crisis in Yugoslavia broke out, many people couldn't point to Kosovo on a map. "I knew Kosovo was in Eastern Europe, but I didn't really know in particular where it was," said Justin Holt, a...

Among the many reasons students take college courses, graduation isn't always on the top of that list. "I'll be here forever," said Jon Padden, a University Institute of Technology sophomore pursuing degrees...

A 7-year-old Serbian boy named Bogdan recently sent an e-mail to his friends who live in the United States: "Dear Zare and Andrija, I have just spent 24 hours in the basement. You should congratulate us....

A collaborative decision by University officials and a host of other agencies will coat the interior walls of the new $35 million University Gateway center with used paint. Designers are not running low...

Northrop Auditorium turned 21 years old in 1940, but could never have alcohol. State legislators took a step to change this Tuesday. The House of Representatives passed the Omnibus Liquor Bill by a vote...

The reign of evil ended Thursday when students rallied around junior Marshall Goodman as he set aglow the feared Rodent Towing truck. Rodent Towing Company, the famed nemesis of poor, earnest students...

In one year, Stadium Village gained four fast food restaurants: McDonald's, Taco Bell and a Dairy Queen/Orange Julius. All are in the same building. Despite nearby competition from Arby's/Sbarro and Stub...

Imagine Internet software that performs parenting functions: monitoring what children are allowed to see, learn and explore. Imagine this parent is manufactured by a private corporation with its own capitalist...

Calling today's employment seekers the "plastic silverware of the corporate job market," business writer Ron Lieber suggests starting your own business. Lieber spoke to more than 300 people Tuesday at...

Sub-Zero restaurant has a new weapon to even the odds against local competition -- beer. Business has been slow since the establishment opened in June. Owners Alex Davis, Gary Davis and Jim Helvig attribute...

After spending five years and thousands of dollars on a University education, Eric Strauss finally worked his way up to Chief Carrot Peeler. It's not a hard luck story. Chief Carrot Peeler is actually...

The Gopher Hole closed its doors in March because of problems with alcohol and mainly underage drinkers. If Sub-Zero, the building's new tenants, close their doors soon, it will be from lack of alcohol. When...

Behind the facade of an innocent-looking cafe lurks the markings of one very hip Dinkytown music scene. Bon Appetit Mediterranean restaurant appears quite normal at first glance: bright, colorful decor,...

A surge of Republicans flooded the State Office Building in St. Paul on Monday morning to file for candidacy, headed by gubernatorial candidate Norm Coleman. Minnesotan Republican candidates showed their...

With a chain saw clipped to his climbing belt, University gardener Joe McIntosh swings from limb to limb of damaged trees, cutting them down one branch at a time. Early summer storms ravaged Twin Cities...

Dusty, moldy, old and in-the-way junk -- 800 tons of it -- is out of University buildings and into recycling centers. Some of the more interesting items they found sit on display at Morrill Hall. University...

When the Twin Cities needed to reduce the Canada goose population, city officials turned to University goose researcher Jim Cooper. Since beginning a controversial program that puts adult geese on the...

After months of accusations and investigations, College of Veterinary Medicine professor Robert Morrison will step down as director of the University's Swine Center on July 1. Throughout the year, New...

What began as a routine day turned into a tale of bewilderment and total disbelief for two University students Friday. Jon Redman and Adam Meyler did their usual wake-and-bake Friday morning before classes....

Disability Services wanted its students to bridge the gap between academia and the work place. The Office of Special Learning Opportunities looked to branch out to students with disabilities. Together...

A few extra seeds in the garden have the power to feed those less fortunate. Plant a Row for the Hungry is a program asking professional and hobby gardeners to plant an extra row of produce each season. As...

Every time a toilet in Milwaukee flushes, the University's lawns get a little greener. An organic fertilizer made from sewage water is getting its first trial at the University this spring and summer....

Joking about getting suckered into hard labor, several University students spent Monday afternoon planting trees in the hot sun. Members of the Student Society of Arboriculture bedded four more trees...

Some say he inspired a wave of vegetarianism unparalleled by previous efforts; others find his theories miscalculated and erroneous. An upcoming lecture might help clarify some of the conflict. John Robbins,...

While balancing on a rocky cliff at the Mississippi River bluffs, University students learned how their footholds formed from where an ocean once flowed. Students taking Geology 1001 stretched their legs...

Already victim to urban sprawl and commercial exploitation, the Blanding's Turtle faces an intensified population decline unless scientists find a way to intervene. A two-day conference Thursday and Friday,...

In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the locals take water quality seriously. Local experts are addressing the state's water purity rating at the sixth biennial Minnesota Water Conference. This year's focus is...

Amidst squawks, squeaks and howls, veterinarians and volunteers tend to the cries of baby animals injured from falls or left without mothers. Spring is a busy time for the University's Wildlife Rehabilitation...

Transit Police found a man dead Saturday in a bus shelter at University and 26th avenues southeast. Responding to a call from a westbound Route 16 bus driver, Transit Police arrived to see the man lying...

Students and community members flooded Blegen Hall Saturday to learn about the history of urban sprawl and its potential future effects. About 100 people attended "The Costs of Sprawl," which offered...

The St. Paul campus just got a bit greener. A group of University students and staff members planted the first in a long line of trees on the campus Friday in celebration of Arbor Day. The ceremonial...

Earth Day descends upon the University bearing the same message instilled 28 years ago on its inception: Take care of the planet. But a lot has changed in three decades. The depletion of the ozone layer...

Fighting ATM fees and advocating cheaper housing will be the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group's two top agenda items next year, members decided Sunday. An assembly of about 35 -- some students...

Recycling, conserving energy, riding bicycles -- these are all ways students can help carry out the messages of Earth Week throughout the year. A 28-year tradition, Earth Day has blossomed into a full-week...

A wolf enthusiast drew packs of people into the St. Paul Student Center Monday night. David Mech, a world-renowned expert on wolves, spoke to a crowd of more than 100 about the wolf's upcoming change...

Editor's note: About 50,000 students, staff, faculty members and visitors converge on the University's Twin Cities campus everyday. In the midst of this sea of people, it's easy to think of the strangers...

Food safety week has come and gone, but food officials say food awareness must remain. And they hope a proposed revision of state health codes from the Minnesota Department of Health to protect food safety...

Every Monday a group of elders file into a room at Coffman Union to talk the straight dope. The University's ElderLearning Institute, a community program for people of retirement age, sponsors a new class...

New Prairie Township community members are squealing on a top official in the University's Swine Center for what they call conflict of interest. They accuse Robert Morrison, University professor and director...

If commuters had to wait 36 hours to get through a toll booth on the highway, road rage would be the norm. But that's how long some barge workers wait to get through the locks and dams on the Mississippi...

Northern marshes are being turned into empty, desecrated mud flat wastelands. The culprit? Snow geese. These marshes are the breeding ground for snow geese. Once destroyed, some fear the species will...

Was she born with them? Are they fakes? Or could it be something else? Something like -- the Wonder Bra. Modern miracle of the 1990s, the Wonder Bra has found its way under America's blouse and America...

HIV prevention programs are essential not only to fighting the disease early but also to reducing overall medical costs in the future, according to a recent study. Through means of outreach, referral...