Opinions on Iraq vary around campus

America should finish work in Iraq, then slowly move out. That view appears widely held on campus following recent elections in the war-torn nation, according to a non-scientific survey by journalism students last week...

Murkowski proposes 260,000-acre land grant to UA

The University of Alaska could be getting a huge chunk of real estate if Gov. Frank Murkowski gets his way...

Beer-smuggling ex-prof. touted as "Real-Life Indiana Jones"

Former UAF economics professor and ex-Fairbanks North Star Borough Assemblyman Bob Logan was featured in the National Enquirer last week under the headline, "Real-life Indiana Jones: College Professor by Day, Bootlegging Pilot by Night."

UAF ROTC earns top rank

The ROTC program at UAF has been named the "Best Small School Program" in their brigade...

Talkin' Trash

ASUAF's recycling program has always been on shaky ground. When all-star director Jason Lazarus stepped down last September, ASUAF scrambled to pick up the pieces, and with a constant shortage of volunteers, the department looked to be in trouble. But, with the help of eco-friendly activists like Jeffrey Wells, UAF's recycling looks to be heading towards greener pastures...or whiter snowfields, or...less dirty...things...associated with landscapes...

Student investors dip into the market, make a little moola

Making money for UAF is what the Student Investment Fund is all about. Managed entirely by business majors taking the two-semester Student Investment Fund class, the student-endowed fund has gone from an initial investment of $100,000 in 1991 to more than $389,000 today...

Police Blotter

Editorial: I really don't know love at all

I thought I hated Valentine's Day.

Floyd's "Animals" deserve another listen

Perhaps it is the fact that there are only five tracks on the whole album, or the related consequence of long, orchestrated songs that far extend standard radio time, but most Floyd fans agree: "Animals" is the most underplayed album ever put out by Pink Floyd....

Roses are red, violets are blue...

Hearts and roses, reservations and lacy lingerie; all sound so romantic, but what's the perfect way to spend your Valentine's Day?

"Sure Shot"

Valentine's Day is upon us. Tired of the roughly 68 movies involving John Cusack holding up a boom box for some ice princess he's better off without? Me too. Here are some suggestions for this most conspicuous of holidays that might surprise you. So stop giving money to the likes of Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts and try something new...

UAF Takes Besh Cup #6

Thomas Oyberg led the final race of the cross-country competition Sunday afternoon, gliding across the finish line 20 minutes ahead of Kjetil Hagtvedt Dammen of UAA (who won the overall Besh Cup). This was the only race from the Besh Cup Oyberg participated in. Oyberg arrived in Alaska last August and is pursuing a business degree through the UAF. Born in Skjak, Norway, he has participated in hundreds of races, and stands a fertile chance of making the top cut of the NCAA...