Archive of: Weekly Ed Opinions
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Congratulations, graduates!Beginning today, hundreds of young adults from this community will proudly march in front of teary-eyed parents to receive their high school diplomas. It will be a moment none of them will forget. |
May Issue 3 2013 | |
Begich beaten up for an independent voteAlaska Sen. Mark Begich has been trashed in the most vicious way during the past week for his vote against expanding background checks on gun purchases. Agree or disagree with his vote, he doesn’t deserve the abuse. |
May Issue 2 2013 | |
No laughing matterIt was a horrific scene. Behind Eagle River High on April 24, two vehicles had collided. Bloody bodies were strewn about the wreckage. As one student lay dying, another was being questioned by a police officer about her involvement in the crash. Emergency personnel rushed to and fro, doing what they could for the injured. |
May Issue 1 2013 | |
Summer is on its way!Punxsutawney Phil was a bit off. On Feb. 2, the world’s most famous groundhog emerged from his winter den and didn’t see his shadow, foretelling a quick spring and early summer. Yeah, right. |
April Issue 4 2013 | |
Terror too closeTerror hit too close to home Monday, when two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. More than 40 Alaskans — including three from Chugiak-Eagle River — signed up for this year’s event, arguably the world’s most famous footrace. In the minutes after the attack, people around the world and right here at home were gripped with fear for their friends, family and loved ones potentially in harm’s way. |
April Issue 3 2013 | |
Vandalism un-AmericanSomeone in Eagle River vandalized several political signs on Election Day, a cowardly and un-American act if there ever was one. Who committed the vandalism is still unknown, although there are several disturbing facts about the incident that leave us wondering about the campaign of an Anchorage Assembly candidate and her supporters. |
April Issue 2 2013 | |
An apologyIn our March 28 edition, the Star ran a column that painted an unfavorable picture of a local restaurant’s vegetarian eating options (“No Meat, No Problem,” Page 13). |
April Issue 1 2013 | |
Let it snow!Ok, so the big snowfall we got recently might have come as a springtime surprise, but let’s think positive. |
March Issue 4 2013 | |
Say anythingSometimes the struggles of life can seem unbearable. In just 24 short hours, we’ve got to figure out how to manage work or school, exercise, family, friends, relationships, entertainment, social media…the list goes on and on! Simply getting up in the morning can be a real chore when what we’d really like to do is stay under the covers and hide from the world all day. |
March Issue 3 2013 | |
What a race!Sterling’s Mitch Seavey won the 2013 Iditarod Tuesday night, outracing Two Rivers musher Aliy Zirkle to the finish line by a little more than a half hour. |
March Issue 2 2013 |
