
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
May 7 2013 | Posted in
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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
Apr 30 2013 | Posted in
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Journalists are in the business of telling important stories–often sad ones
Apr 23 2013 | Posted in
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About a month ago, I managed to secure some funding to attend the regional Society of Professional Journalists conference
Apr 16 2013 | Posted in
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Construction is set to begin soon, except–and here’s the thing–UAF doesn’t have the money for the building
Apr 9 2013 | Posted in
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Looking at the impacts of the Steubenville rape case closer to home.
Mar 26 2013 | Posted in
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Last week in Iran, a Civil Engineering student was expelled from her university because of her religious beliefs
Mar 5 2013 | Posted in
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This weekend is Winter Carnival, the often forgotten Nanook Tradition of UAF
Feb 26 2013 | Posted in
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Editor-in-Chief Elika Roohi explains the many new upcoming constructions around UAF
Feb 19 2013 | Posted in
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This weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Juneau to attend the Alaska chapter of the Northwest Returnee Conference on Education Abroad
Feb 12 2013 | Posted in
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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.
Feb 5 2013 | Posted in
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The leadership of The Sun Star changes every year and subsequently the paper tends to reflect the inevitable change of editors
Jan 29 2013 | Posted in
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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?
Dec 4 2012 | Posted in
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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.
Nov 20 2012 | Posted in
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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.
Nov 13 2012 | Posted in
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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.
Nov 6 2012 | Posted in
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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.
Oct 30 2012 | Posted in
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Gawker magazine recently exposed noted Redditer Violentacrez, a user that’s been called “the biggest troll on the Internet.”
Oct 23 2012 | Posted in
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This week, the Student Activities Office and Gay-Straight Alliance are working together to host Ally Week at UAF.
Oct 16 2012 | Posted in
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Editor-in-chief Elika Roohi writes about the importance of voting for both small and big elections.
Oct 9 2012 | Posted in
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