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New Hampshire-born Russ Dow first set eyes on Alaska when he was 18 years old. It ruined him for predictable life back East and he made Alaska his permanent home in 1936.

Kenneth Odia was on the verge of losing his home when Alaska Legal Services Corp. helped him find a way out of his plight. Now, a UAA Think Tank discussion focuses on how to help ALSC find ways to close the 'civil justice gap.'

Student staff at the UAA Gear Room serve as excellent resources for your next big Alaska adventure. They're knowledgeable on the gear, able to make repairs and recommendations, and equally itching to get outside themselves.

Rosa Parks galvanized a movement when she refused to give up her seat on a bus. Shortly thereafter, Freedom Riders like Dr. Lafayette took to the interstate buses, exercising their federally recognized rights across the still-segregated South. He visits UAA on Thursday.

Is this a meteorite? Was that an earthquake? Can I still make a living as a gold miner in Alaska? All day long, UAA alumnus Greg Durocher fields the nation's pressing geology questions for USGS, answering phone calls, emails and Facebook posts from across the country.

Just think of them as the 'Green Cross.' The UAA grounds crew—who keep the campus clean and green—have a special facility in the Student Union where sick plants can go for some extra TLC.

UAA art professor Garry Mealor teaches a class in figure drawing to a group of young doctors in Anchorage—all overworked, overtired interns, halfway through their first year of residency. Since physicians spend their time thinking about how to fix the human body, Mealor's drawing class is an effort to get them to think more creatively about their careers.

Santa brought the Seawolf Debate team the opportunity to travel to Malaysia for the World Universities Debating Championships last month. They took off on Christmas day to face the best collegiate debaters in the world. 'Invariably the students come back better debaters,' said Steve Johnson, head coach.

Medeia Csoba DeHass' desire to be an anthropologist ignited in the living room of her home in Hungary in the 1980s and brought her around the world to Alaska, where she studies the impact of Russian Orthodoxy on Sugpiaq and other Alaska Native cultures.

Simone Penker and Morgan Cook picked one of the more physically taxing routes to graduate school—competing as NCAA Div. I gymnasts as undergrads—but they're proud of all they're achieving as part of a competitive team.