Metro & State

Minnesota has never elected a woman U.S. Senator, and only about 30 percent of state legislators are women. This year, voters have the chance to make a change, according to some campus organizers...

The sound of gunshots can give anyone a sense of insecurity. But one University student hopes to turn insecurity into crime prevention in the Prospect Park neighborhood.

Three candidates for Minnesota secretary of state were scheduled to debate Tuesday night at Coffman Union, and an unanticipated guest spiced things up with her late entrance...

For voters around the state there are two very common concerns: education and health care. Voters in the districts that include the St. Paul campus and surrounding area to the north are no different...

Along with marking the end of Hispanic Heritage Month, Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently declared Oct. 15 Latino AIDS Awareness Day in Minnesota...

As a health advocate, first-year nutrition student Ashley Sjostrand is a resource for many Territorial Hall residents. Although health advocates are not trained to specifically deal with eating disorders, Sjostrand said she helped a fellow high school gymnast who was bulimic. "She wouldn't really listen," she said...

The societal pressures to be thinner or look more attractive are everywhere. And eating disorders affect the GLBT community, just like any other, said Anne Phibbs, the director of the University's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office. "We're like everyone else in the sense that we have problems," she said.