Before Barack Obama began his kick for healthcare reform, the most heated debates on campus were commonly centered on one subject: alcohol. Where to get it, what to buy to maximize and quicken intoxication,...

We are warned from childhood that money is the root of all evil, but a new University of Minnesota study may overturn this conclusion. Research by Kathleen Vohs, associate professor of marketing at Carlson...

With the multitude of budget cuts from household to national levels, it seems only natural that institutions such as the University of Minnesota would jump at the chance to generate additional profits....

We give a variety of reasons for practicing what used to be considered environmental philanthropy: genuine concern for the environment, a desire to protect our health or maintain the planet for future...

As we scramble to pay the rent, electric and grocery bills, we may forget that our individual finances are probably better off than our countryâÄôs. As the national debt surpasses $12 trillion,...

As college students, our needs and wants are at times indistinguishable. If we need a jacket, we want The North Face; we need food, but we want the dining-out experience over a to-go Happy Meal. Frustrating...

âÄúYou donâÄôt need it âÄôtil you doâÄù seems to be the age-old adage that accompanies the classic pro-coverage argument for health insurance. Sure, when youâÄôre...

Whether itâÄôs with a handshake or a ring, weâÄôve all done it: made a promise. When we were younger, we extended a pinky finger to link in a grand, sanctimonious gesture of veracity or...

âÄúA consciousness-expanding journey unlike any other âĦâÄù says U.K. journalist Gaia Vince. Matt Snyders of City pages recounts that âÄúâĦ all existence...

College students today are overwhelmed. With the rigorous world of academia, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and cramming in as many extracurricular activities as necessary for career success, there is...

There are two sides to every story. That is what weâÄôre told, anyway. Our government is founded on the basis of equality, on the impartial representation of everyone and anyone who may lay claim...

Rules are made to be broken; limits, to be tested. The causeless rebel in each of us has, at some point, held the same nonchalant, blasé conviction. Even so, there is a line; a line of accepted...

The pause, the over-the-shoulder glance, the avoidance of eye contact; weâÄôve all done it. WeâÄôve all stumbled from Walter Library in a daze of calculus or quantum physics to be greeted...

'Crisis.' The word has come to represent a situation of dubious severity, from losing oneâÄôs keys to the ballooning national deficit. Lately, however, it was used to describe MinnesotaâÄôs...

Alcohol consumption is an accepted tradition of collegiate life. Whether youâÄôre a first-year or a fourth-year, a microbiology major or a cultural studies aficionado, a sorority sister or a member...

During flu season, avoiding germs and preventing the spread of illness is condensed to a fluid stream of consciousness. Effervescent signs, DayQuil commercials and tissue-bearing friends all radiate the...

As the haze of excitement clears and the academic adjustment to college life is made, the general freshman reaction is as variable as the incoming class itself. More logical students buckle down and turn...

Transportation is a necessary evil of todayâÄôs society. In a world so dependent on technological advancement, the convenience of narrowing the distance between points A and B is more crucial than...

Anyone who attended Convocation during Welcome Week heard it. Most arenâÄôt sure who said it or what the actual message was, but the general public reached a consensus that the protest was, in...

On April 7 of this year, the American public did a double take when the prodigious increase in select iTunes music was finally implemented. Prepare for a repeat performance. In a recent CNET report, various...

If it is unclear by the flocks of Secret Service officials, road barricades and overzealous Republican protesters, the roaring cheers that shake the escalators indicate President Barack Obama is in the...

Today, almost a decade after the turn of the century, we Americans still lack an integral quality of any evolved nation: a basic respect for human life and the will to protect it. The United States is...