The student worker

April 26, 2010 • Vincent Calderone, Guest Contributor  
Filed under Human Interest, Opinion

Working a part time job and attending college full time is, “stressful sometimes, but it’s mainly time management,” says UAA student and Starbucks employee Carol Wintters.  “What you need to do and what you want to do are often not in sync.  With me, school obviously comes first, then my job.” For... Read more »

CHS student wins Spirit of Youth Community Scholarship

March 15, 2010 • Meg Mielke, Editor  
Filed under Academics, Human Interest

Out of the two students winning the Prudential Spirit of the Community Scholarship in the state of Alaska, one of them is a senior at Chugiak High School. Esther Smith was selected, after being nominated by Chugiak High (via Candi Dixon of the career resource center), from a pool of other Alaskan... Read more »

Scholarship pageant; not beauty pageant

December 14, 2009 • Colton Fullmer, Guest Contributor  
Filed under Community, Events, Human Interest

Kara Affleck never knew she could win money for her appearance and talents until she became a contestant at the Miss Bear Paw Pageant this past summer. “I was in it for the money,” said Affleck Although Kara Affleck didn’t win the crown at the Bear Paw Pageant, it got her ready for the Miss Chugiak/Eagle... Read more »

Far far away

November 23, 2009 • Janine Lehmann, Guest Contributor  
Filed under Human Interest

If you hear the word “foreign exchange student” you probably don’t think a lot about it. Possibly for you it is just a person from another country. But behind this phrase and this person is so much more than could ever imagine “Usually, if somebody asks you if you are an exchange student and... Read more »

I’m not in Germany anymore

November 23, 2009 • Wesley Rabung, Guest Contributor  
Filed under Human Interest

Every year millions of students go to school all over the state of Alaska but thanks to the American Field Service or AFS, we have students not only from the state of Alaska but from all over the world. “It’s so different [from home], Alaska is so cold and so dark!” said Barbara Wehrheim, an exchange... Read more »

What it’s like to be an exchange student

November 23, 2009 • Aziza Sapargasimova, Guest Contributor  
Filed under Human Interest

We all know that nowadays there are a lot of different exchange programs for teenagers that are 15 to 18.  And the purpose of these programs is to give people a chance of better understanding new cultures, learning foreign languages, and representing their home countries. One such lucky person is... Read more »

Life for the deployed soldier and his family

November 23, 2009 • Ashley Brenton, Guest Contributor  
Filed under Human Interest, Nation & World, Opinion

Since September 11, 2001 countless numbers of families have had to overcome separation because of long-term military deployments. “It’s very hard to be away from the ones you love most. I hate missing all the important days: birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. It’s knowing that they’re... Read more »