Category archives for: Editorial

Moving out and moving on: The end of an era for The Sun Star

Elika Roohi Editor

I have this mental image of myself walking out of The Sun Star office in slow motion after the last issue hits newsstands and pumping my first in the air, set to a soundtrack that makes everyone sigh in relief

Growing up in a global world

Elika Roohi Editor

A month ago, when the Supreme Court was weighing in on the Defense of Marriage Act, my Facebook feed was awash in red and pink equal signs

The power of positive news: Reflecting on tragedy coverage

Elika Roohi Editor

Journalists are in the business of telling important stories–often sad ones

The Sun Star: It’s worth it

Elika Roohi Editor

About a month ago, I managed to secure some funding to attend the regional Society of Professional Journalists conference

Continuing construction: UAF tries to call legislature’s funding bluff

Elika Roohi Editor

Construction is set to begin soon, except–and here’s the thing–UAF doesn’t have the money for the building

Anything that’s not yes means no: Examining rape culture

Elika Roohi Editor

Looking at the impacts of the Steubenville rape case closer to home.

Remembering a persecuted past of Baha’is in Iran

Elika Roohi Editor

Last week in Iran, a Civil Engineering student was expelled from her university because of her religious beliefs

Keeping tradition alive

Elika Roohi Editor

This weekend is Winter Carnival, the often forgotten Nanook Tradition of UAF

A breakdown of UAF’s future construction plans

Elika Roohi Editor

Editor-in-Chief Elika Roohi explains the many new upcoming constructions around UAF

NWRC gives former exchange students a place to share stories

Elika Roohi Editor

This weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Juneau to attend the Alaska chapter of the Northwest Returnee Conference on Education Abroad

Sex trafficking and the Super Bowl

Elika Roohi Editor

This past Sunday, millions of people hung out eating nachos and watching the Super Bowl. At the same time, thousands of women were paraded around the United States by sex-traffickers.

New semester, new look

Elika Roohi Editor

The leadership of The Sun Star changes every year and subsequently the paper tends to reflect the inevitable change of editors

Reexamining the salary database

Elika Roohi Editor

The Sun Star salary database project was started in May 2011. It launched on The Sun Star website at the end of December 2011. It’s a noble project, but is it working?

Gaining perspective

Elika Roohi Editor

Occasionally reporters approach me with a story about a club or an organization or an event that they really want to write an article about.

It’s legal in Colorado, man

Elika Roohi Editor

Measures for pot legalization have been on ballots since 1972, when the question was first put up to the popular vote. Voters never went for it, until last Tuesday in Colorado and Washington state.

Fixing the Sun Star’s finances: 2012 edition

Elika Roohi Editor

At the beginning of last week, students involved with KSUA, The Sun Star, Concert Board and ASUAF approached nearly 400 students with a petition to get a question on ASAUF’s fall ballot to raise the ASUAF fee $7.

It’s not our extravagant spending that’s putting us in debt

Elika Roohi Editor

According to University of Alaska President Pat Gamble, crippling student debt is the fault of extravagant lifestyles students can’t support and not rising tuition.

It was all for the upvotes

Elika Roohi Editor

Gawker magazine recently exposed noted Redditer Violentacrez, a user that’s been called “the biggest troll on the Internet.”

UAF celebrates Ally Week

Elika Roohi Editor

This week, the Student Activities Office and Gay-Straight Alliance are working together to host Ally Week at UAF.

We know voting is important, so let’s actually do it

Elika Roohi Editor

Editor-in-chief Elika Roohi writes about the importance of voting for both small and big elections.

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