After serving in the military, returning to school full-time wasn't hard for Justin Riechers: It was "awkward." The aerospace engineering junior and co-president of the Veterans Transition Center was a...

Internships in Israel promote extremism, not education, according to an Israeli nongovernmental organization. NGO Monitor, which critically analyzes the international NGO community, released a full report...

The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a $100 increase to one component of fees for international student visas. DHS proposed the increase last week in the Student Exchange and Visitor Information...

With the Pakistan's Peoples Party victory in the parliamentary elections earlier this month, economic and military changes are underway - and in the future, the country's reputation could change as well. On...

The loud buzzer caused a few jumps and laughs, but a lot of interrogations. A fake metal detector at Al-Madinah Cultural Center's entrance in Coffman Union was part of an airport simulation the student...

Four students. Two countries. Similar missions. Three Save Yar and Ajak campaign members traveled to Juba, South Sudan over spring break, while business junior Leigh Kirschner volunteered in Lima, Peru. After...

While some students will continue living on campus next year, others will explore alternative living plans. Whether they're living at a fraternity house, an off-campus apartment or at home, students shared...

."Imagine grief, Mr. Kivuitu. Grief so fierce, so deep, it shreds the muscle fibers of your heart," wrote a Kenyan woman in a letter to Kenya's Electoral Commission Chairman Samuel Kivuitu. In...

While some seniors have time to spend on their post-graduation job hunt, those with student visas will have to fly back home - unless they apply for a different type of visa. Graduating international students...

Battling the issue of domestic violence may seem difficult, but doing little things can potentially make a big difference. One such effort has been taking place on campus. The Aurora Center for Advocacy...

Foreign language enrollment and economics have something in common - supply and demand. Demand for advanced foreign language classes in Persian, Swahili and Korean, among others, is not high enough for...

Super Tuesday isn't as exciting for some students as it is for others. Noncitizen students in the process of becoming citizens won't be able to participate in Minnesota's precinct caucuses tonight because...

When political science junior Kauwel Qazi visited Pakistan in December for a family wedding, she saw more violence and hunger than a happy celebration. "There is no concept of law and order at all," she...

More University students are heading south. To South America, that is. The desire to improve Spanish-speaking skills and engage in community service in an affordable environment attracts more students...

As a part of Martin Luther King Jr. week, the University Law School invited U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., to speak Friday about strengthening the community through public service, at the third-annual...

Healthy debates ensued as a fees advisory committee had its final meeting Thursday. The committee, which is working to improve the University's fees process, decided to form a working group to handle details...

Inspired by life's necessities and everyday objects, high school students designed fonts, clothes and water fountains at a University camp last week. Design Camp 2005 participants worked on their projects...

The type of music did not matter, but the quality and originality did. Producers of the WB's new "Strictly Original" music competition saw all different kinds of original music during the show's auditions...

Some University professors are looking at obesity from a different perspective. Instead of focusing on the biological aspects of obesity, the professors are looking at obesity from an economic standpoint...

ACorrections: The Daily misstated Cox's major goal. Cox said her major goal is to get the student government to concentrate on tuition issues as its number one priority. The Daily misquoted Cox's stated...

Tobacco sales on campus ended July 1 after a vote by the Twin Cities Student Unions Board of Governors. The board made the decision partly because tobacco sales at on-campus locations were dropping. Sales...

The American Refugee Committee gave a boatload of thanks and appreciation Thursday to more than 600 tsunami relief donors at the Ted Mann Concert Hall. The event's focus was to thank those who contributed...

A desire to learn how many different species of insects, mammals and birds live in Minnesota inspired a 24-hour biological survey at the Valley National Wildlife Refuge, hosted by the University's Bell...