Emails show DJ termination perhaps not so justified

New information, including emails from a private KSUA Listserve appear to show that KSUA's actual reason's for firing a local DJ were not as cut and dry as they previously stated...

Walker appoints Maitlen to Senate

Brandon Maitlen's bid for ASUAF president officially ended this week, with Maitlen's appointment to the Senate...

Ex-UAF professor looses his plane over drug charges

Former university professor Bob Logan gave up his airplane Tuesday as part of a plea agreement for drug charges stemming from his arrest last year...

UAF recycling director steps down

Jason Lazarus stepped down from his ASUAF recycling director position Friday, leaving no one on the student government's recycling staff to manage the program...

College experiences shaped candidate's future, helped decide current political path

Former Alaska governor Tony Knowles took a trip to the White House in May 2003, just a week before confirming that he was considering running for the U.S. Senate...

Editorial: Sun Star wins, sort of

You've probably heard the news.  We won our lawsuit.

Well, sort of...

Thom Walker: Welcome to UAF

Hello to all new students and welcome back to all returning students.  This year is going to be a great one for all of us.  We at ASUAF (Associated Students of the University of Alaska Fairbanks) your student government have lots of great activities and opportunities for you.  Opportunities like working for ASUAF....

The Sum of Its Parts: Suspect Zero Movie Review

David Fincher should be delighted.  His 1995 movie "Seven" stands as one of the most imitated thrillers of the last decade.  Rogue serial killers, troubled detectives, and a wide range of exploitative slayings have established a firm foundation for a plethora of copycats.  "Suspect Zero" is, unfortunately, a pale reflection of the original...

Professor bikes 4400 miles to work

After biking for seventy-nine days, traveling 4400 miles, and losing 23 pounds from when he set out in Houston, planetary scientist Robbie Herrick was still moving in mid-September. He had switched from bikes to boxes as he tried to get settled in his new home and his new job at the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute...

Memoirs of a Fake Outdoorsman

There is nothing normal about walking two thousand miles.  There is nothing delightfully mundane about completing a dirt trail that spans the eastern seaboard; you don't do it for kicks.  You do it because you're dying from some disease of the bowels.  You do it because you're white and you like doing painfully frivolous and overly demonstrative white things.  So why then, one could ask, did I hike the Appalachian Trail?  Frankly, I'm still not entirely sure...

Nanooks off to sloppy start, but potential is there

Despite home court advantage at the Midnight Sun Invitational early last week, the UAF women's volleyball team is off to a poor start with an overall record of 1-3 as of September 1st.  These first few games of the season are non-conference however, so the team need not worry too much as they address the problems with their play...