September 2015 Archive

Twenty-one states have enacted legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of one’s sexuality, and Alaska has been grappling with the same question since 2008, when similar legislation failed. Now, as the Anchorage Assembly considers its own expansion of anti-discrimination legislation, members of the community react with mixed emotions ranging from enthusiasm to fear of encroachment on their rights. Join us for a public debate that will attempt to shed some light on this complex controversy. [...]

Every school year at UAA kicks off with a three-day, three-river whitewater tour stretching from Cooper Landing to Chickaloon. Take a trip down the Kenai River with students in Beginning River Rafting, one of many adventurous course offerings in the outdoor leadership program at UAA.

Do yourself a favor and learn a second language. Viorica Marian, now a professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, is a world-recognized leader in psycholinguistics, studying how multiple languages change our thoughts, behaviors and even the way we see the world (yes, literally).