UA’s current president is Pat Pitney, who recently announced her retirement on Nov. 13. The board is now searching for a new ...

The Creekside Eatery hosted the 2025 Comfort and Cheer Dinner for students as part of the Fuel Up for Finals events. Students ...

A commentary on the pollution that plagues the beautiful state of Alaska.

Thinking of the barren, frigid interior of Alaska can send a chill down your spine — not just from the cold temperatures there, but from the tall tales of strange happenings many brush off as good ...

Disclaimer: A version of this story was revised using ChatGPT and submitted as a class assignment. No AI was used in the writing or editing of this version. When I came back to UAA in 2022 to study ...

In early March 1973, 34 brave souls and their dogs departed Anchorage with a 1,049-mile journey lying ahead of them. 20 days, 49 minutes, and 41 seconds later, Dick Wilmarth of Red Devil, Alaska ...

This story is a part of The Northern Light’s investigative series into art culture on campus, which follows different groups at UAA and their experience with campus art. The Planetarium and ...

On a Saturday afternoon, it was standing room only at Anchorage’s only romance bookstore, Beauty and the Book. Five authors were gathered for a panel on romance books, sharing everything from book ...

UAA had a lot to say about their sexual preferences — so much to the extent that we couldn’t include it all in the print. The Northern Light is here to share the rest of the results collected by the ...

Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, rock band Geese has carved out its own niche over the years. Geese released “Getting Killed” in late September to critical acclaim. The opening track “Trinidad” grabs ...

“Sinners” is a film about the son of a preacher named Sammie — played by Miles Canton — who works on a plantation in Clarksdale Mississippi in the late 1930s. Sammie is invited by his twin cousins, ...

I joined UAA as a freshman in fall 2024. Later that semester, I became involved with USUAA, UAA’s student government. I was thrilled by the opportunity because I had, and still have, big ambitions for ...