Student fees, here we go again. Starting in the fall 2008 semester, a new $10 transportation fee will be added for all students enrolled in three or more credits. The fee, which was proposed by Bob McDonnell, director of UAA Parking Services, has been instated to cover most of the operation cost of the Seawolf Shuttle as well as the total cost of the contract with People Mover, which allows students to ride the city bus system for free by showing their Wolfcards.
The Rainbow Connection Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program is a nonprofit organization in Anchorage working to help people with emotional and physical disabilities improve their emotional, physical and mental health. The group claims to "emphasize abilities rather than disabilities.
The first time I saw Son Volt in Anchorage was about two years ago. I was in the balcony of the Egan Center, squinting at the band and rocking out in my stadium chair. The band returned on June 5, playing at the Bear Tooth's June First Tap where I got a much more up-close and involved experience of the band's live shows.
For Asia Brooks, the benefit of participating in tae kwon do is simple. "It makes me happy," said Asia, a participant in Champ Tae Kwon Do's summer training camp. At the camp, Asia doesn't just practice his tae kwon do skills. He gets to hang out with his friends, play in the park and even go swimming.
Free beer! Naked! Sex! Does that get your attention? With presidential nominees more or less finalized and congressional campaigns taking off, politicians are going to work toward getting students' attention for elections late in the year. Luckily for us, Obama doesn't have a saxophone, and so far McCain hasn't sported a "Vote or die" T-shirt yet.
When local photographer Dave Parkhurst first moved to Alaska in the late '70s, it was nearly impossible to find any photos of the northern lights. In fact, he had been told that the aurora borealis was impossible to capture on film, as it was a "special" kind of light.
Ed Peace, an instructor in UAA's automotive diesel program, died May 25 after an extended battle with lung cancer. Peace was 68. But for students and faculty, Peace's passing leaves behind a legacy far reaching and long lasting. Other faculty have said that Peace's passion for teaching and compassion for his students went far beyond the call of duty.
Former features editor Kaitlin Johnson ventures to the small southeast Asian country of Cambodia, which was devastated by genocide in the '70s. Three decades later, the nation is still struggling to recover. Johnson is working in the Children's Surgical Center, in the nation's capital Phnom Phen, while exploring Cambodian culture and blogging her experiences for you.
The aches and pains that come along with growing up have always played an important part in people's development. Michael Patrick MacDonald's new memoir, "Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion," explores those pains and shows how to accept them. "Easter Rising" is MacDonald's second book, and although it is set in the same city and boasts the same characters as his first, the two stories are hardly the same.
Hundreds of police and paramilitary troops stood watch and hand-picked onlookers cheered as the Olympic torch passed through the Tibetan capital on June 21, the scene of bloody anti-government riots three months earlier. No disruptions were reported, although the mood overall was far more subdued than at the torch's earlier stops in cities in China proper.
Authors speak on life and literature at Bookstore The UAA bookstore has been hosting authors to come in and speak about their books and the subjects included within them. Kaylene Johnson, the author of Sarah Palin's latest biography, came in to talk about what went into writing the book and her experiences with the Alaska governor.
Synesthesia: n. A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color. This is what N*E*R*D means by "Seeing Sounds." Of course, synesthesia is the only logical step after a month and a half Glowing in the Dark on tour with Kanye West.
Let's face it: Drama is everywhere, and it isn't going away. It's when the so-called real world starts looking like high school that things get really ridiculous.
SAN FRANCISCO - County clerk offices across California opened for their first full day of same-sex marriages on June 17, with hundreds of gay and lesbian couples ready to take the plunge in what in some cities was a party atmosphere. A gay men's chorus was singing on the front steps of San Francisco City Hall, brightened up by rainbow flags and supporters handing out cupcakes to happy couples.
Monday, May 19 Dust cloud triggers alarm 1:06 p.m. - A smoke alarm activated at the Auto/Diesel Building. At the same time, a construction contractor called to say that the alarm was probably due to a large amount of dust they had created. The Anchorage Fire Department was notified, and the alarm was canceled.
Seawolf Pride... Sally Strong … … For returning to UAA over the summer, setting up shop in the Rasmuson Hall lobby to feed hungry students on the west side of campus. Seawolf Chide... Obnoxious odors in the Student Union … … Harsh cleaners and roofing fumes are no fun for students studying hard for summer finals.
Chase turns sour for lemonade-stand robber TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Call it a lemonade standoff. A young girl whose lemonade stand was robbed of $17.50 chased the suspect into a nearby home and called police, who spent nearly an hour trying to coax the man into surrendering.
Wunderle earns Academic All-America honors UAA junior Nordic skier Raphael Wunderle was among 15 honorees named June 13 to the 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Men's At-Large Team. The team, voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America, recognizes the top male student-athletes in terms of both academic and athletic accomplishment from among NCAA Division II and III and NAIA schools.
Each year a number of triple-A titles are released to much fanfare, developers trumpeting them as watershed games that signal radical progress for the video game medium. "Halo 3," Grand Theft Auto IV," "Call of Duty 4" - basically, a lot of fours masquerading as the Second Coming.
