It looked as though the UW Faculty Senate’s “Resolution Against State Preemption of Regulation of Firearms on UW Campuses” would remain in limbo after the senate once again failed to meet quorum. “We do not have quorum,” Ed Janek, Faculty Senate chair and educational studies associate professor, said. This pronouncement came following a lengthy role…
Exactly where Wyoming’s big game animals migrate throughout the year has long been a question that remains unanswered, but the Wyoming Migration Initiative is working on a solution. With 2014 being the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and the 30th anniversary of the Wyoming Wilderness Act, researchers at the University of Wyoming partnered with…
Senior night did not end well for the Wyoming Cowboys football team, as they lost to the Boise State Broncos 63-14. Head coach Craig Bohl said after the game, “It was a really disappointing performance and it’s not to detract from the fact that Boise State is a good team. We didn’t handle some adversity…
The Pokes “whipped” the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday. Wyoming, led by junior guard Josh Adams’ 14 points and seven assists, made 22 buckets on 22 assists and held Colorado to nine second half points in their 56-33 victory in Laramie Saturday afternoon. “First of all my hats goes off to Wyoming tonight,” Colorado head coach…
The Cowboy Saloon hosted the 13 best bartenders in the state last Friday as they vied for $2,500 and a championship belt buckle in the Wyoming Whiskey Bartender Shootout live drink mixing competition. The competitors advanced to the state finals by placing at regional competitions that were held in Casper, Cody, Lander and Laramie. The…
With Thanksgiving sneaking up on us, this means three things: lots of snacking, big meals and the never failing desserts. This may all boil down to some unwanted weight gain. Nobody wants that. That would be why I am going to tell you seven motivating things to get your cardio on! Number one: Go get…
The debate surrounding e-cigarettes is simple if there is a campus-wide ban on traditional cigarettes then there should be a ban on electronic cigarettes as well. They’re water vapor and don’t create second hand smoke. But think of it this way, minors can’t buy alcohol free beer. It may be labeled as alcohol free, but…
How the United States government should handle illegal immigrants has always been a subject of debate and a president’s promise of change manifested in words last night. President Barack Obama announced his plans for what he called “a broken immigration system.” The executive order contains several different components, the most controversial being the ability of…
Although prostitution is not on the forefront of crimes in Albany County, it may still be prevalent within the community. There have been six reported cases of prostitution since 2003, with two this year, according to the Laramie Police Department. The cases this year occurred on 19th and Grand Avenue on June 27 and were…
The college football playoff rankings are a complete joke. They are fast approaching BCS status. The Big-12 is being disrespected and misrepresented while Ohio State is receiving way too much credit. So the college football playoff rankings look like this: Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, Mississippi State, TCU, Ohio State and Baylor. My first issue with…
The Wyoming Cowgirls sent their seniors, Erin Kirby and Whitney Smith, off the right way with a win over Nevada in sweeping sets of (25-14, 25-19, 25-20). Wyoming is now 22-7 overall and is 11-5 in the Mountain West. In their final home match, Kirby had six kills and eight points, and Smith had five…
When one sees a piece of art, typically they are only seeing the finished product. They do not know about all of the hard work that went into creating it. The same goes for a wrestling team, where the team spends exponentially more hours practicing than they do actually wrestling. Head coach Mark Branch has…
