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Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
Old Goat or Don Young? Which Scapegoat Have We Wrought?
by Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Calendar of Events

Cartoons
Oh, Galena!
by Dan Darrow

Iraq election
by Joel Cunha

walking on water
by Jamie Smith

Editorial
Generational Locks of Hair and Love

Firebreak
column by Sarah Wolfe

EVFD Survey
public announcement

Do It On the Dome: The Chili Feed
public announcement

Letters to the Editor
Matt Reckard
Richard Seifert

Library News
Being a Librarian: Multi-tasking at the Reference Desk, ca. 1890
a play by Dennis Stephens

Books, Auction, Drama! A Librarypalooza of a Fundraiser
by D. Helfferich

poetry
"Window at Tiffany's"
"January Sunrise"
by Ruth Murphy

"Tsunami 2004 thoughts"
by Lorelle Heacock Becton

"BOIL ME"
by Marjorie Kowalski Cole

"Invitation"
by Cam Leonard

Postal News
New Trainhouse for Old Engine
public announcement

The EPC's Been Busy!
by Sandra Dauenhauer

The Stork Report
"Woo-Hoo!" Says New Dad
Owen Richard Benning-Kruse
by D. Helfferich

Ray's View from the Lump

Victuals & Drink
The Deft Palate
Where's the Beef? Big Daddy's satisfies big appetites
restaurant review by
Mary Haley

Video Dreamland
Garden State
Troy
The Village
The Forgotten
Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy
movie reviews by Thela Clayton

Now we are six!

FEATURES

The Arctic Refuge Numbers Game
by Richard A. Fineberg

Figures never lie, but liars have been known to figure. Ted "the Hulk" Stevens and environmental advocates both have used ANWR statistics to their political advantage, but what is really going on with those numbers?

BiPolar 2005 Artwork
photo essay by
Amy Luick

Photographs from the Ester side of the transcontinental simultaneous art show: see this year's website put up by Craig Mazur and previous shows in McMurdo, Antarctica.

Comeback in Cowtown
music review by
David A. James

Dale Watson is back, and he sounds good. Country music hasn't sounded this good since Merle Haggard stepped out of San Quentin determined to pursue an honest living.

Ester's Arsenic
by Dru Heskin

A lethal metal that often keeps company with gold, arsenic is becoming more tightly regulated, and with good reason.

Stupor Bowl 2005
by "Bonecrusher"
Billington

Nobody lost their snowpants this time...

UAF Women's Art Group
announcement by Shanna Karella

The Vagina Monologues, Boob Art, and Art of Survival are events organized by this diverse bunch of artists and performers.

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