UAF in the news: week of Nov. 19, 2007

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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11/21/07

Women’s tourney up next
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Now, it’s the women’s turn to take center stage. The BP Top of the World Classic ended Sunday evening with an exciting championship game that went down to the final seconds as the Colorado State Rams downed the Portland State Vikings, and the Alaska Nanooks are hoping that the same kind of excitement will be generated this weekend at the Mt. McKinley Bank North Star Invitational Division II women’s tournament at the Patty Center. Read more ...

Rams rally to capture Classic championship
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
With the game on the line, nothing went as the Colorado State Rams had hoped.
The alternative wasn’t too bad, though. With his team trailing the whole game, Stuart Creason made the most of a busted play, clinching the Top of the World Classic title with the winning shot in its 64-63 victory over Portland State. Read more ...

Marine biology in action
Juneau Empire
Kristen Dunlap peeled back the fish’s ribs and peered into its guts. She poked at two tiny unidentified objects as three others crowded around waiting to get a good look. Read more ...

Stakeholders talk energy, fishing in North Aleutian Basin
Dutch Harbor Fisherman
Federal plans to lease a large chunk of the southeast Bering Sea and part of Bristol Bay for offshore oil and gas exploration won’t occur at least until 2011. Still, interested energy companies, fishermen, Alaska Natives, community leaders, environmentalists and others met in Anchorage last month to begin a dialogue on energy development in the region. Read more ...

Wells Fargo backs museum and military
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The University of Alaska Museum of the North has once again won the backing of Wells Fargo for its annual military appreciation events. Read more ...

Air quality of the great indoors
"¨SITNews
The National Safety Council once reported that Americans spend 90 percent of their lives inside buildings. The council didn’t say how Alaskans affected that number, but it’s a good bet most of us spend a lot more time indoors in winter. Read more ...

A positive outlook
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Like many college students, Ethan Nelson had little idea what career he wanted to pursue. The lifelong Alaskan took classes at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and earned an Associate of Arts degree, but nothing he studied really interested him. Read more ...