The Board of Regents approved a $700,000 increase in funding for the reconstruction of Jones Hall at a committee meeting Thursday. The funding will go toward masonry work on the outside of the building. The...

Media consolidation is hurting local broadcast and radio stations because they are not working for the public interest, a Federal Communications Commission member said Thursday. "We need to make sure we...

A population increase for Republican Southern states makes it harder for Democrats to win presidential elections, said a visiting scholar Monday at the University's Center for the Study of Politics. "It...

Despite a projected $700 million state budget deficit, the University will still see an increase in its funding from the state, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Wednesday. Although State Finance Commissioner Peggy...

A U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday to not hear an appeal challenging same-sex marriage in Massachusetts has sparked a familiar debate on campus. Several conservative groups asked the Supreme Court to...

Former Minnesota Gov. and University Board of Regents Chairman Elmer L. Andersen died Monday night. He was 95. Andersen, whom some called the last moderate-to-liberal Republican, was governor from 1961-63....

After four years of double-digit tuition increases, University President Bob Bruininks said he does not predict those types of increases in the next two years. Last week, the Board of Regents approved...

President George W. Bush won his bid for re-election Wednesday. His Democratic presidential challenger, Sen. John Kerry, conceded Wednesday morning after a long night of waiting for Ohio's poll results....

President George W. Bush won his bid for re-election on Wednesday. His Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, conceded Wednesday morning after a long night of waiting to get poll results from Ohio. Bush...

University students overwhelmingly support Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, according to the latest Minnesota Daily poll. Sixty-one percent of those polled said they would vote for Kerry,...

Even after Tuesday, the campaign for the Socialist Workers Party will continue, said the party's vice presidential candidate, Arrin Hawkins. "We use the campaign to expose the working class to politics,"...

>What is your position on same-sex marriage? Should same-sex marriage be dealt with at a state or federal level? John Kerry and John Edwards believe that every American should have the opportunity to...

Rep. Martin Sabo, D-Minn., has served U.S. Congressional District 5 since 1978 and is now seeking his 14th term in office. Sabo said his experience in Congress and his 17-year tenure in the Minnesota House...

Hollywood celebrity Ashton Kutcher said he voted for President George W. Bush in 2000 because he thought the president was a "good old boy." Now, in 2004, the star of "That '70s Show" and MTV's "Punk'd,"...

Lashing out at Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, Vice President Dick Cheney said Americans should vote for stability and not a candidate whose positions "shift with the wind." Cheney spoke...

The nearly complete Arizona observatory, which the University partially owns, will be dedicated today. Leonard Kuhi, head of the University's astronomy department, wrote in an e-mail that he is looking...

In a unique showing of four different parties with four different ideologies, the candidates for the State House District 59B debated Wednesday. Incumbent Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis; University...

Water, water, water. When it comes to the environment, water quality will be the main concern in the upcoming elections, said Marty Broan, project manager at the Minnesota League of Conservation Voters....

Filmmaker Michael Moore preached to his liberal choir Friday night in an event to incite students to vote. "This is the only time we'll ask you (to vote)," he said. "Just try it." Moore, director of "Fahrenheit...

Americans are unsatisfied with the two national parties, so they're starting to support alternatives, independent vice presidential candidate Peter Camejo said. But, he said, support doesn't equal votes...

When former Gov. Jesse Ventura was elected in 1998, he garnered the highest percentage of youth vote in state history - 11 percent, a party official said. "The reality is if 30 percent of people in the...

Almost 95 percent of University students consider politics somewhat or very important, according to The Minnesota Daily's latest poll. The poll, conducted through e-mail from Sept. 27 to Thursday, found...

As one of the top issues in the upcoming presidential election, it seems everyone has an opinion on the United States' involvement in Iraq. The issue of Iraq will be a part of the foreign-policy debate...

The real test of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's character began at home, the candidate's stepson said. Andre Heinz, son of Teresa Heinz-Kerry, spoke to a group of approximately 75...

Family commitment and a desire to see their dad win another election brought President George W. Bush's twin daughters Thursday to St. Paul, the two said. Jenna Bush and Barbara Bush, both 22, spoke to...

Out-of-state students' votes could mean twice as much in the upcoming presidential election. A flaw in voting systems in the United States allows people who recently moved to a new state to file absentee...

Registering students to vote is an important part of educating them to be U.S. citizens, and the University is doing its part to spread the knowledge, officials said Monday. "Any role the University can...

College students who vote in the upcoming presidential election can change the world, said Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, said yesterday. Kucinich spoke to a group of approximately 440 students at Macalester...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's daughter said she used to be apathetic about political issues. Never a part of her father's past campaigns, Vanessa Kerry said she was more focused on...

With a federal law that bans assault weapons expiring Monday and a state law easing access to hand guns in limbo, the future of gun control is a shot in the dark. Although other issues might overshadow...

In exchange for two years of community service, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry said the government will pay for four years of in-state public college tuition if he is elected. The Massachusetts...

Between voting for a presidential candidate and hob-knobbing with Triumph the Comic Insult Dog, University student Missy Graner said she had a full week at the Republican National Convention. The political...

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards said there is a need to create more jobs and provide adequate health care Monday at a rally on Harriet Island. Edwards spoke to a crowd of 12,000...

For nearly 20 New York city blocks, a sea of activists marched toward the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden last week, said University employee and advocate Anh Pham. "You couldn't...

A group of Apache tribe supporters met Wednesday at Morrill Hall to reiterate its discontent with the University's decision to participate in the Mount Graham telescope project. Six of the approximately...

SAN CARLOS, Ariz. - Apache spiritual leader Wendsler Nosie said he went to the mountain to pray. His daughter was preparing for her Sunrise Dance ceremony, which commemorated her entrance into womanhood....

SAN CARLOS, Ariz. - Passing among them a staff with a small stone and a feather attached to it, young Apaches ran up Mount Graham in the annual spirit run last July. Running is a large part of the history...

A ceremony will be held at Van Cleve Park today in memory of Brian Heiden, Amanda Speckien and Elizabeth Wencl, the three University students who died in a Dinkytown house fire last September. University...

SAN CARLOS, Ariz. - From the Apache reservation, the Mount Graham telescope looks like a small, white box positioned on top of the green mountain jutting out of the sand. But tribe member Sandra Rambler...

With several of its key provisions up for renewal next year, activists and officials continue to debate the USA Patriot Act's effect on First Amendment rights. Passed in October 2001, the act grants federal...

Gregory Hestness has been a student, a parent and has even patrolled campus as the Minneapolis Police Department's deputy chief of police. Now, Hestness is trying out a new role: assistant vice president...

Jerry Rinehart knows how to work as part of a team. While in college, the University's new associate vice provost for student affairs joined with other students in a folk jug band to put himself through...

Struggling to walk down the sidewalk in front of Centennial Hall on Saturday morning, a student carefully balanced his computer monitor on top of a pile of clothes in a large blue cart. Suddenly, the cart's...

University President Bob Bruininks is pushing ahead with a plan to provide approximately $10 million in new scholarships. Staff, students and legislators praised the plan, which is an attempt to cushion...

A day after the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled the University Board of Regents is subject to two state public information laws, experts offered their opinions on the decision. One media member and a...

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday the University Board of Regents is subject to two state public access laws, and required the board to release the names of finalists from its last presidential...

Board of Regents members said last week that defining the University's mission during tough economic times will be a goal for the next two years. Regents outlined two-year goals at their annual retreat,...

The University could be facing a legal showdown over its new policy banning guns. The policy, passed Friday by the Board of Regents, prohibits students, employees and visitors - even those with legal conceal-and-carry...

University police arrested five protesters for interrupting a Board of Regents meeting Friday, delaying it for an hour as they called on the University to end its involvement in the controversial Mount...

Students and legal experts say the University might be overstepping its bounds with a new effort to prevent off-campus student riots. Regents approved a policy in June that allows the University to discipline...