Protestors gathered in front of the Fairbanks City Hall this past Saturday against Calif. proposition 8 in support of gay rights.

University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty searches are hampered by remote and unique location, bad salaries, and start-up incentives, according to a report released last month by deans, directors and vice chancellors.

The UAF Fire Department has experienced a wide variety of structural issues that have prompted debates amongst the University Administration since 1987; the resulting solution is that the department be re-built at a new location.

Last Monday, Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell spoke at UAF in an address on Alaska’s long-term economic future. He sought to reassure the audience that Alaska’s long-term economic future is rosy, but the data he presented sometimes contradicted his overall theme.

Robert Meyerowitz, honorary chair of journalism, endows advice to students; “Trying to keep an open mind means trying to be fair,” and Second, a mind can also be too open.

International Student Volunteers is living up to its purpose: To create an environment that combines conservation, education, community development, and recreation into the ultimate adventure travel program for participants who want to make a difference by volunteering in communities abroad.

The 18th annual Dead Writers celebration came to the Blue Loon Saturday for an evening of memory and laughs. The celebration reminded us that there may be hope for the proverbial afterlife long after these bodily vessels disappear.

As complaints arose over the various e-mail systems required by universities throughout the United States, UAF along with the Statewide Office of Student and Enrollment Services challenged themselves with finding a single e-mail service that would suit the needs of all local and statewide students.

The Tanana Valley Rifle and Pistol Club came to the Patty Center gymnasium last weekend to hold their bi-annual firearms bonanza for the Fairbanks community.

Dr. Eduardo Wilner, a member of both the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Biology and Wildlife, gave a lecture on Oct. 16 regarding evolution, its history, its primary theorists and its relevance to modern-day life. Wilner’s lecture was titled “To Be (a Monkey) or Not to Be: How Evolution Designed Some Dangerous Thinking.”

In a twist of fate, the University of Alaska Fairbanks was recently graded and subjected to the same scrutiny that all its students undergo. Far from making the Dean’s list, the University received a C minus overall from the Green Sustainability Report Card and a grade of 60 out of 100 from the Princeton Review.