The Northern LightStories from the current online edition of The Northern Light.Bomber visits Alaska to celebrate anniversary, remember World War II veterans- July 29, 2008 With the Alaska's 50th anniversary looming, a special guest from far away landed at UAA's aviation center. On June 25 a restored 1944 B-25 bomber, nicknamed the "Pacific Prowler," made its first stop in Anchorage, all in an effort to remember World War II veterans.http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2008/07/29/News/Bomber.Visits.Alaska.To.Celebrate.Ann... UAA's youngest students pitch in to save environment- July 29, 2008 With the university and the rest of the world pushing for sustainability, even the youngest students at UAA are finding ways to get involved. Maranda Williamson and her Honeybees - eight students, all between the ages of 4 and 5 - have spent every Wednesday for the last month picking up trash around UAA.http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2008/07/29/News/Uaas-Youngest.Students.Pitch.In.To.Sa... Letter to the Editor- July 29, 2008 IM program inefficient for car collectors Here we go again. Yet another IM Program panel, public hearing and vote. This time it was vote to retain the program with modifications. What modifications The department is not yet releasing that information. According to a writer at the ADN new vehicles will not need IMís for four years rather than the current two and vehicles 1967 and older will not need to pass immersions.http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2008/07/29/LettersToTheEditor/Letter.To.The.Editor-33... Cambodian experience inspires action, not apathy- July 29, 2008 I went to Cambodia to learn more about genocide. From 1975-79 a communist party called the Khmer Rouge killed over 2 million Cambodians in what has come to be called "The Killing Fields." I wanted to hear the stories of survivors and their children. I wanted to know how people can keep living after they'd lost everything.http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2008/07/29/Features/Cambodian.Experience.Inspires.Act... 'Puddle City Racing Lights'- July 29, 2008 On paper, Matthew Thomas Dillon's band Windmill does not sound all that special. He's a singer-songwriter from England who plays the piano and writes songs about heartbreak. It sounds like a Coldplay or a Keane album. But in actuality it sounds more like a Flaming Lips or a Why record ghostwritten by Elliott Smith.http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2008/07/29/MusicReviews/puddle.City.Racing.Lights-339... Doctor sees need, brings medical skills to impoverished region- July 29, 2008 Walking among the crowd that gathers daily outside the office at Children Surgical Centre there are some graphic sights. Children sitting in their mothers' arms display their empty eye sockets. Young men's burns bubble over with rancid pus. There are women wearing scarves to cover their melted faces; the acid victims.http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2008/07/29/Features/Doctor.Sees.Need.Brings.Medical.S... Sports Briefs- July 29, 2008 Nilsson signs pro contract in Spain Former UAA basketball standout Maria Nilsson has recently signed a contract to play professionally in Europe, joining the EFMO team in Spain's second division. The club, located in Aviles on the northern coast of Spain, finished sixth in last season's LF2 league standings and finished third the previous year.http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2008/07/29/SportsBriefs/Sports.Briefs-3395278.shtml |