Laramie has recycling problems again as Ark Regional Services have announced they will shut down their recycling program in May. Big Hollow Food Coop Manager, Marla Peterson, estimates they fill the Ark recycling dumpster twice a week with cardboard. “There’s no way the city’s smaller curbside bins could handle that kind of volume,” Peterson said. Brooks…
The Academy Awards ceremony is like the Super Bowl for uncoordinated nerds who hit nails with a wrench. It’s the best time of year to celebrate the greatest artistic medium in the world with a prestigious, anatomically incorrect golden statue, and thanks to a charming host and a bevy of worthy films it was the…
The Cowgirls had an off night last Saturday at the Taco Bell Arena. A poor shooting game and numerous turnovers resulted in the 13 point loss to the Boise State Broncos. By the end of the game the Cowgirls shot for 40 percent from the field (18-for-45) and committed 18 turnovers, culminating in the disappointing…
Our generation is a guinea pig to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). According to the Non-GMO Project, GMOs are in approximately 80 percent of conventionally processed food and more than 90 percent of the soy, cotton, canola, corn and sugar beets sold to United States consumers. Genetically modified foods are banned in more than 60 developed…
With their historically risky and controversial decision-making, Wall Street and investors are often called selfish, greedy and perhaps evil. John Nofsinger of Washington State University suggested that universal human biases and emotions are responsible for many poor investment decisions. The Finance Professor made his case in his “It’s Not Just Fear and Greed” presentation last…
Wyoming will join several other state legislatures in having a vested interest in suicide prevention as the House of Representatives passed the Jason Flatt Act and forwarded it to the Senate last week. The Jason Flat Act will provide school districts with the funds to instruct teachers and school administrators on suicide prevention education. According…
Wyoming started off hot but cooled off fast in a 72-63 loss to Boise State on Saturday evening in the Arena-Auditorium. Sophomore guard Josh Adams hit his first four shots and scored the teams first nine points on 3-of-3 shooting from deep to help Wyoming build a 21-4 lead at the 13:33 mark of the…
