Gloria O'Neill

Regents, leadership must make tough choices, pursue smart strategy to secure University of Alaska's future.

It should come as no surprise to us that Alaskans in rural areas are moving to urban centers in what may be unprecedented numbers. The astronomical cost of energy affects everything in rural Alaska. For many, the most fundamental basics of life -- food from the grocery store, heat, even the fuel required to subsistence hunt -- have become just too costly to bear.