Anchorage police investigating the abduction of a barista are asking for the public’s help. Police ask anyone who was in the parking lot of the midtown Alaska Club on Tudor Road last Wednesday night between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to call them. Samantha Koenig was abducted from the Common Grounds Espresso coffee shack located [...]
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UA supports senate bill against suicide
February 6th, 2012 by Teresa Kennedy
University of Alaska has declared support for the Alaska Legislatures’ new efforts to battle the state’s high suicide rates among youth. Senate Bill 137, also entitled the Jason Flatt Act, would require a minimum of two hours of suicide awareness and prevention training for education personnel in grades 7-12.
UA has joined a large coalition of Alaskan organizations supporting the bill.
Crimes of the Week! January 26-February 3
February 4th, 2012 by TNL Staff
Breakdown of the shady happenings around UAA campus between 1.26.12 and 2.03.12. Over 22 calls were investigated in the span of one week. Wondering if anything happened near you? Curious if that cop car you saw was investigating something? Figure it out in this weeks Crime Bulletin! Crime Log 1.26.12 Includes simple assaults, larcenies, hit [...]
Crimes of the Week! January 20-26
January 30th, 2012 by TNL Staff
Crimes that occurred around UAA campus on 1.20.12 through 1.26.12 investigated by UPD UPD Crime Log 1.20.12 Includes incidences of assault, larceny, a housing violation, and traffic accidents.
Crimes of the Week! January 13-19
January 22nd, 2012 by TNL Staff
A list of crimes that occurred around UAA campus between January 13 and January 19, 2012 UPD Crime Log 1.13.12 Includes seven traffic incidences and two incidences of larceny among other infractions.
Polar Plunge raises 300,000K
December 19th, 2011 by TNL Staff Special to The Northern Light
By Tara Nokelby Friends, family, co-workers, and UAA students came together last Saturday for the 3rd Annual Polar Plunge at Goose Lake to support Special Olympics Alaska. The “Polar Plunge” helps 2,000 statewide athletes in sport training and competition. Nearly 250 teams have raised $300,288 so far! On Dec 17, individuals and teams dressed up [...]
Personal crisis led to Cheseto’s disappearance
December 6th, 2011 by Matt
Marko Cheseto woke the day of his disappearance, Nov 6, feeling unhappy. The star track runner from Kenya was having a tough year, and the difficulties were accumulating into one morning. On Feb 19, his cousin, countryman and teammate, William Ritewiang, committed suicide. A few weeks later, Cheseto was hospitalized after, what police reports imply, [...]
4As responds to 30 years of HIV
December 4th, 2011 by Matt
It’s been 30 years since the first case of HIV appeared in San Francisco and New York. Gay men in these cities were entering hospitals with rare forms of cancer and unusual infections, despite being young and in their 20s. With so little known about the disease—what to call, where it came from, how it [...]
UAA ROTC cadets request early registration
November 7th, 2011 by Nicole Luchaco
Tensions ran high at the last USUAA meeting as 11 ROTC Army cadets sat poised and resolute, attentively anticipating their opportunity to address the board, to petition them for a precious commodity: time. More specifically, the proposed resolution put forth by Senator Cody Kelsoe on behalf of the Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC), would grant [...]
UA Board of Regents pass FY 2013
November 6th, 2011 by Matt
The Board of Regents approved a 924M operating budget last Wednesday. The BOR does not anticipate any new construction, but will focus on maintaining and operating current buildings. Renovations to UAA sites are listed in the graphic below. The BOR approved a request to ask the state for 4.1 percent more than expected. The BOR [...]
Data, methodology questioned as Anchorage is named fifth dangerous city
November 3rd, 2011 by TNL Staff
Jonathon Taylor Earlier this month when Forbes released its list of the most dangerous cities in the nation, Anchorage came in at number five. Now questions are being raised about the validity of the report and whether the methodology used to create it was flawed. Forbes used data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) [...]
Falsely imprisoned for twenty years, Steve Barnes speaks at UAA
November 1st, 2011 by Grace Hawkins
Steve Barnes fell between the cracks of court room justice when he was tried and convicted for a crime he did not commit.
On Sept 18, 1985, Kimberly Simon was found dead on the left side of a dirt road in Utica, New York. Three days later, Barnes, then 19, was called in for interrogation.
Integrity of process questioned for UAF engineering building
October 19th, 2011 by Matt
The former associate dean of engineering, Grant Baker, is speaking out against an under the radar, last minute change to UAF’s engineering building. Approved by the Board of Regents during a special session Sept 20, the amendment expands the gross square foot of UAF’s proposed engineering building by 140 percent. Board of Regents SPECIAL MEETING [...]
Students mourn the death of Carman Fabiano
October 11th, 2011 by Matt
Carman Alexandra Fabiano introduced herself as Alex. Some called her Lexi. Professors and fellow students were inspired by her. Even those who only saw her in passing could only say great things. Her death has clearly affected the UAA community. Friends changed their display pictures to ones that showed them and Alex. A [...]
