UAA campus sees peak in break in, assault crimes
A male student was assaulted before entering the Student Union last Thursday morning around 10:00 a.m. The student’s name has not been released by the University Police Department. The victim was not...
View ArticleLow 4 year completion rate prompts “Stay on Track”
The UA system sees a graduation rate of 10 percent of their student in four years. At six years, the number increases to just 28 percent. Low graduation rates is just one of the issues UA hopes to...
View ArticlePiracy complaints prompt campus internet changes
By October of this year, the University had received 638 complaints of copyright violations from recording industries, and still rising. The number of complaints in 2010 reached as high as 878. Piracy...
View ArticleBed bugs sink their teeth into North Hall
Graphic by Nick Foote The number of bedbug cases in Anchorage has been dramatically increasing over the past few years, according to Eagle Pest Control owner Randy Beuter. “That would be an...
View Article“Hookup” site stays afloat amid allegations of copyright violation
UAAHookup – a combination of eBay, Match.com, and iSawYou – launched in late December from the hosting account of a man who only identified himself as “Vlad”. Example of a real ad at UAAHookup...
View ArticleNew position connects Honors College and CCEL
A New Year and a new semester finds UAA’s Honors College with new leadership. Dr. Judith Owens-Manley was appointed Interim Associate Dean of the College Jan 9 and will be handling the advising,...
View ArticleBedbug incident at dorms eradicated
One area where an outbreak of bed bugs was reported. Photo by Sam Rice Resident buildings at UAA have witnessed five separate incidences of bedbugs over the past three years – two of which occurred...
View ArticleChannel 9 provides no content for students
University of Alaska Anchorage currently has a television channel dedicated solely for their free use. GCI Channel 9, “UAA Tele-Campus,” has existed since 1972, when a mandate by the Federal...
View ArticleUA supports senate bill against suicide
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...
View ArticleThe cost of a condom
In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, Student Health & Counseling Center dedicated the 7th through the 14th to being Health Sexuality Week, including the spreading of one particular supply:...
View Article‘The Fault in Our Stars’– John Green
From the author of An Abundance of Katherines and Looking for Alaska comes a new-age Shakespearean tragedy, The Fault in Our Stars. Trading poison for cancer, John Green’s story revolves around Hazel...
View ArticleUA Interns join AK Legislative Session
UA Students from across Alaska have joined the Senate Bipartisan Working Group for the 27th Legislative session. The fours students are: Grace Abbott, interning for Senator Johnny Ellis’; Thomas...
View ArticleUAA campus unites for suicide prevention effort
A study conducted by the Center of Behavioral Health Research (CBHR) in the spring of 2011 concluded 15.3 percent of UAA students have seriously considered suicide at some point in their lives. An...
View ArticleBookstore not in red, deficit rumors dispelled
Rumors swirling through UAA’s student body have recently included the declaration that the campus bookstore is experiencing financial difficulties and is in a deficit. Alessandra Vanover and Bob...
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