With the holiday season underway, the City of Laramie is decking the halls with a Christmas Parade and Downtown Tree Lighting on Friday. The Downtown Tree Lighting will take place at 5:45 p.m. at Second and Ivinson streets. Right after the tree lighting, the Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Spectators can…
In November, three news organizations moved to sue the University of Wyoming for keeping the names of the final candidates for UW president from the public. The news outlets felt the public has the right to know who will be Buchanan’s successor, but the university has said that it hopes to attract more candidates who…
The American Heritage Center will receive remediation as soon as school is out in May 2013. World-class architect Antoine Predock designed the Centennial Complex from 1986 to 1993. In 2013, an architectural firm from Sheridan will remediate the building. Lead architect, Dale Buckingham, of Buckingham Architects, has a goal of remediating the building with the…
Concerts and Convocations, UW’s own committee of entertainment marketers, works to bring in big name entertainers to the university. Boys Like Girls, The All American Rejects and Easton Corbin are only some of the acts Concerts and Convocations has brought to campus this semester. This club is all about attempting to bring in a diverse…
Luke Martinez has been a key player for the Cowboys so far this season. He established himself as one of the top scorers in the Mountain West Conference last season and started 31 games for the Cowboys. Now he is UW’s athlete of the week. This season, he is making even more of an impact….
The fundraiser hosted by students from the class “Images of a Continent, Old, and New: Exploring African Cultures” continues this week as there are still T-shirts and perishable items left to be sold. The fundraiser was held to raise money for Harakati ya Kilimo-Uhifadhi, a nonprofit organization that was founded by the course’s instructor, Gatua…
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees voted 9-3 to support the UW Faculty Senate in its three-year endeavor to implement a plus/minus grading system. The current straight-grade system (i.e. A, B, C, D) will be replaced in fall 2014 with a plus/minus system (i.e. A, A-, B+, B, B-). Discussion on the change began…
The University of Wyoming Men’s Hockey club lost a hard fought battle on home ice against Metro State on Saturday. While Metro State played with a team of only 10 men, UW could not get past their defenses and lost 3-2 in the final minutes of the game. Photos: Denise Caskey
The University of Wyoming will hold fall commencement ceremonies this week. The multicultural graduation celebration will start of the ceremonies at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Wyoming Union Yellowstone Ballroom. The College of Arts and Sciences program, along with a ceremony for College of Agriculture and Natural Resources graduates, will be held at 4 p.m….
The NCAA and the National Association of Basketball Coaches are auctioning off 75 paintings of the 75 years of March Madness coaching that led teams to the NCAA Basketball Championship. One of those paintings depicts former UW coach Everett Shelton, who led the 1943 team to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship. “Coach Everett…
