Quarterback nominated for national award

University of Wyoming sophomore quarterback Brett Smith has been named to the 2012 Manning Award Watch List on Monday. As a true freshman in 2011, Smith earned First Team Freshman All-America honors from CollegeFootballNews.com and Second Team Freshman All-America recognition from Yahoo! Sports. The native of Salem, Ore., Smith was named the Mountain West Conference…

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Penn State football receives punishment

Once known for the slogan, “success with honor,” Joe Paterno’s legendary Penn State football program is being dragged through the mud, and his statue being torn down, over the scandal that erupted within the university last November. In June, former Penn State defensive coordinator and member of Paterno’s staff, Jerry Sandusky, was found guilty of…

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Wyo band gives 'skacoustic' performance

Wyoming-based ska and reggae band “It Gets Worse” performed Wednesday in the University of Wyoming Simpson’s Plaza. The performance was part of a weekly concert series sponsored by the Campus Activities Center. With half of its members from Laramie and the other half from Cheyenne, “It Gets Worse” is an eight-piece band that came together…

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Trip to see 'Hairspray'

Both University of Wyoming students and non-students can enjoy a live performance of the musical “Hairspray” Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Carousel Dinner Theater in Fort Collins, Colo. Tickets, available at the Wyoming Union information desk, cost $20 for UW students and $25 for non-students. The ticket price includes admission to the show, dinner and…

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Trustees approve campus renovations

The University of Wyoming performing Arts Building and Half Acre Gymnasium will see significant improvements and expansions, and White Hall will be upgraded to a modern student residence hall. UW’s Board of Trustees voted Thursday to issue $39.7 million in bonds to help fund major renovations and expansions of three campus buildings, and to refinance…

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Fire 90 percent contained

According to an Associated Press release, the Sawmill Canyon Fire in 90 percent contained. The Sawmill Canyon Fire, which erupted on July 14, was caused by a Colorado National Guard unit training with explosives. started a wildfire that has scarred about 22 square miles in southeast Wyoming, according to a preliminary investigation released Thursday by…

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Professor helps solve HIV case

By using such examples as virus duplication and adaptation, as well as a criminal case in which he was an expert witness, David Mindell, adjunct professor at the University of California, San Francisco, gave his case as to why evolution exists in his lecture, “Life’s Diversity and Genealogy” on July 17 at the Berry Biodiversity…

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Amstrup receives prize

Steven C. Amstrup, an adjunct professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Zoology and Physiology, was selected from among a group of six finalists to receive the 2012 Indianapolis Prize, the world’s leading award for animal conservation. Presented by the Indianapolis Zoo, the biennial prize includes an unrestricted award of $100,000 and the Lilly…

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