University of Alaska Fairbanks - Denali Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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Dissecting Joe Student What makes the UAF student different from his collegiate peers across the country? It ' s hard to pin down some of the intangibles — how can you measure a college community on a scale of mellow or laid back ? How do you identify the average student at a university whose diversity is a hallmark? Well, we couldn ' t do it without sponsoring an essay contest on the topic, and who would want to wade through all those papers anyway? But we did send reporter Paul Gruba out to identify some of the characteristics of that elusive creature, the average UAF student. Here are a few. UAF has 25.5 miles of designated ski trails. However winter canoeing is virtually unknown. (In other words, we forgot why we put this paddle in the picture.) UAF students take an average of 5.5 years to graduate. Listed in order, the three most popular majors at UAF are Business Administration, Education and Biology. The Average student breakfast at the Commons consists of: 13.5 oz. juice, 9.5 oz. milk, 4 oz. coffee, 2 oz. tea soft drink, 1.5 oz. cold cereal, 2.5 oz. meat, 2 oz. scramlbed egg, 3 4 oz. fresh egg 1 3 omelette, 2.5 oz. hash browns, 3 4 slice of bread, one pastry, and one piece of fruit. The average winter temperature in the Fairbanks area is 11.9 degrees Farenheit. It costs $51,783 per day to run UAF. Although 51 percent of the lower division students are female, 55 percent of the up- per division students are male. About 60 percent of the 1,349 dorm residents are males. Last semester 34,135 books were checked out at Rasmunson Library. 818 transactions are made daily at the Wood Center Desk. Half of the purchases are of candy. An average of 35 people play pool each day at Wood Center. Photo by Mike Belrose 84 percent of UAF students are Alaska residents, and 22 percent are from other places. Headlines 25

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STH9DENTLLPE % ' 7 V Within the realm of the Student Life section there lies a great many memories, far more than paper can hold. But the individual can look upon these photographs and recall the joyous times shared as a student. Each person pictured, and those who are not, are special individuals: people who have shared love and friendship with each other for the past year. Hopefully this section can bring together the warmth of these diverse worlds which we live in, and show just how close we really are. V » Student Life 27