News
SpringFest!
Whether you call it Springfest or Case Day, plenty of fun was to be had last weekend
Lomborg speaks on environmental dilemma
by Ben Abbott
Last Thursday in the Davis Concert Hall Bjorn Lomborg offered a creative and renewable way to conquer the lingering winter cold—heated debate. Lomborg, the controversial Danish superstar, presented his analysis of the “real state of the world” to a packed crowd of campus and community members.
Oscar-themed celebration honors student groups
Ashley Anklowitz
Saturday night’s first ever Student Organization Awards and Recognition or SOAR event was an emotional event that celebrated student organizations and leadership around campus.
Students analyze efficiency of commons trays
Tina Doessegger
The UAF campus generates a staggering amount of discarded paper, cans and left-over food. Can the Commons going trayless help?
Opinion/Editorial
Editorial
by Lacie Grosvold, Managing Editor
Entertainment
Student builds Lego Gruening
by John T. Bolds
MBA student Ty Keltner created a model of the Gruening Building using Lego bricks. The project cost him over $1,100.
The trials of touring punk band from Fairbanks
by Phil Hokenson
“Wanna tip this SUV?” asked a friendly resident of Orlando, Florida. Moments later, the Scurvies and a posse of PBR-swigging, mullet-sporting Metallica fans were overturning a Ford Bronco as a soundtrack of Queen blared from car speakers in the background. Several of the gentlemen present began trying to set the vehicle ablaze.
Back in the Day... 50 and 25 years go at UAF
by UAF Archives
Spring has sprung at Nerland hall and a tropical sea turtle washes up on the Alaska Peninsula.
“Amalgamation” brings music genres together
by Phil Hokenson
Synchronized headbanging, snarled vocals, huge gnarly guitar riffs, and… a keytar? The industrial madness of the Terror Train Orchestra was one of many highlights at “Amalgamation”, a multi-genre concert presented by Question Mark Records
Play highlights minor players from Shakespeare
by UAF Archives
Last weekend, the UAF Theatre department began showing Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” a hilarious look at two minor characters of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”
Say "Ah"
Donna Patrick, ANP
Q: What causes hemorrhoids?
Sports
Rugby club plays first match
Kortnie Westfall
Since January, the UAF Rugby Club has gotten off to a running and tackling start. The club, started by juniors Girard Gaul and Harley Gustafson, now has upwards of 30 players.
Search for hockey, basketball coaches underway
Kortnie Westfall
When hockey coach Doc DelCastillo resigned two weeks ago, much of the Fairbanks community was shocked. DelCastillo only had charge of the Nanooks for one season.