On September 13th, 1955, 55 delegates were elected to attend a special Alaska constitutional convention at UAF’s Student Union Building (later named Constitution Hall) The number of delegates elected, 55, was chosen to mirror the 55 delegates that went to Philadelphia to create the original Constitution between May 25 and September 17, 1787. Frank Peratrovich, a Southeastern […]
“Diesel touches almost everything Americans buy,” said one expert. The price of diesel fuel hit another record high on Friday, thanks in large part to President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran. New data released by the American Automobile Association showed the average price of diesel in the US increasing to $6.06, a 14% increase over the […]
“What haunts me,” said one anti-war activist, “is how little accountability there has been for those who lied us into war—and how those same lies are now recycled to justify the attack on Iran.” Twenty-five years later, Republican politicians are still using 9/11 to justify war in the Middle East. And they’re still lying shamelessly. During remarks […]
On September 12th, 1922 (some sources cite the 13th), the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines was dedicated in Fairbanks. It is the farthest north institute of higher learning, the first college to be created in Alaska, and the last grant college to be established in the United States. The college was established five […]