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WebMaster's Note:Everyone have a safe and fun winter break. The Sun Star: Online Edition will be back up and operational first thing spring semester. If you have any comments, gripes or suggestions, please e-mail the editor! |
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Webmail on the fritz, Problems were result of server failure The run-up to finals week took a turn for the worse last Wednesday when a UAF e-mail server malfunctioned, at first causing extremely slow webmail access for all UAF users, which eventually resulted in a complete outage lasting from Thursday afternoon until midday Friday... The Wood Center has temporarily ceased the sale of tobacco, but it is not due to a decision by Chancellor Steve Jones... MyUA Portal targets Spring semester rollout despite delays The $4 million computer project, My UA Portal, was originally scheduled to be released for use by students and faculty by summer of 2005, however technical problems and statewide convergence have held up its release... More than 100 people attended a meeting of KUAC's Community Task Force last Wednesday to voice their opinions about the station, including the controversial program changes that were enacted in the summer... The Alaska state university system will receive millions of dollars of money from oil revenues in the form of donations from BP (British Petroleum) and ConocoPhillips... Grading the graders: The ins and outs of professor evaluations At the end of the semester, students are asked to fill out teacher evaluation forms, but what are these forms, and why must we fill them out? Do they have any real bearing on the teacher, and do teachers even read them and care?... UAF apparel made in developing countries As the Christmas spirit took hold last week, UAF students, faculty and staff were buying goods from campus stores. They might not know it, but much of the apparel sold on campus comes from nations whose human rights standards are much lower than those in the U.S... |
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Editorial: Presents for poochie Pet owners of UAF, I implore you—I'm slobbering and begging at you—please remember us dogs when buying gifts this holiday season. Far too often, your faithful four-legged friends are left out of the holiday gift giving and I say it's time for Fido, Killer and Bandit to join Mom, Dad and the rest of the names on your shopping list... |
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Cold weather pleasure: Sex in the dorms As students spend less time outside and more time indoors huddled under the covers, the important subject on students' minds (other than classes) becomes sex... Ladies and gentlemen, can I have everyone's attention? I have an important announcement: Classes are done. The only thing between the end of this semester and the start of winter break is a little thing called finals week... Club spotlight: The Arctic Aka dondo Club The aka dondo is known as the talking drum. Rural villages in western Africa used the instrument to communicate to each other, and the new Arctica aka dondo Club, or Africa Club, at UAF sees itself as a similar tool... Politically active citizens gathered on the fourth floor of Gruening last Thursday to attend an evening of workshops with the goal of promoting positive changes in the community through grassroots activism... |
The UAF hockey team fell to a 3-0 deficit in each of their games this weekend against the Spartans of Michigan State University, recovering to force a 4-4 tie on Friday, but taking the 3-0 loss on Saturday... One name still stands out after an NCAA rifle match in Colorado Springs, Colorado earlier this month: Matt Rawlings. A junior from Wharton, Texas, Rawlings led the Nanook rifle team... |
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