Of the estimated 5,500 new freshmen, about 87 percent have chosen to live on campus, the U reports. Thousands of first-year students are moving into residence halls and apartments this week. University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and his wife, Karen Kaler, were greeting first-year students moving into the U of M SuperBlock residence halls Monday.

When a student wrote that she wanted to "stab a certain someone in the throat," the university responded by giving her a failing grade and a psychological exam. U of M lawyers argued at the Supreme Court that the punishment did not violate the student's First Amendment rights.

A formal request from the University of Minnesota regents will ask the state Legislature for $170 million. The money will be spent on building and renovation projects. The U of M plans to contribute nearly $40 million in addition to the state funding for a university budget of $209 million.

A 19-year-old man, reportedly a University of Minnesota student, is in a critical condition after falling five stories from an apartment building.

Ten incoming freshmen this fall at the University of Minnesota will become the first to take part in a program geared toward improving retention and graduation rates for black men on campus. The university has some of the highest gaps in graduation rates between black and white students of any flagship university in the country.

Rioters overturned cars, started fires and looted stores in Dinkytown after the Gophers won the NCAA hockey tournament in 2002 and 2003. With the team possibly headed to the championship round on Saturday, campus and city police are putting together a "fairly significant police deployment plan," which includes plenty of officers as well as surveillance cameras.

It won't make light-rail construction go away, but new technology may help ease the ride to class at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campuses. The Campus Connector and other shuttles provide more than 3.7 million rides per year. New QR codes will help riders with smart phones plan their trips more precisely.