Caitlin Tan ctan@uwyo.edu Growing up in former East Germany and surviving WWII and the aftermath, Ilse Killian Tan never thought she would fall in love with the West, that being Wyoming. On a still German afternoon, an American jet pilot dropped a bomb on the high school Ilse Killian Tan and her sister were attending…
Rachel Allen rallen19@uwyo.edu Dec. 8, choreographers Jenifer Deckert, Margaret Wilson and Aaron Wood opened their collaborative dance show, “Passage,” at the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts. The show consisted of three segments, each choreographed by one of the three directors. The first section, “Arctic Dreams,” was the creation of Margaret Wilson. Aaron Wood created…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu Wyoming voters could decide next election if medical marijuana and hemp growing will become legal in the state. The initiative to legalize medical marijuana has received support from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML. If NORML receives 25,000 signatures of registered Wyoming voters by February 2016, medical…
Breann Lujan-Halcon blujanha@uwyo.edu Cowgirls basketball left Denver with their fourth win of the season with a 75-64 victory over the Denver Pioneers Wednesday afternoon. Senior guard Marquelle Dent led the Cowgirls with 21 points, 10 assists and six defensive rebounds, for the fourth double-double of her career. While boasting a season high in assists, her…
Jeremy Rowley Jrowley1@uwyo.edu When I was about 15 years old, I watched “The Sixth Sense” for the first time. I was in a hotel room for a hockey trip and the movie just happened to start playing on one of the channels. At this point, the film had been out for over a decade, but…
Holly Morgan Hmorgan3@uwyo.edu As finals week and winter break approaches, so does the annual time for students to return to family and traditions; however, for most international students at UW, family is not a car ride away; rather, they are a lengthy and expensive plane ride away, a cost that is not feasible for all…
Josh Barta jbarta@uwyo.edu The end of the fall semester is here which means most students will be receiving evaluation forms from their professors. Teacher evaluations give students the chance to voice their comments and concerns about the courses they are taking while giving teachers a point of view from which they can improve the course….
Take back your safety Nathan Forest nforest@uwyo.edu The attacks in San Bernardino had barely been over for an hour and already the Democratic presidential candidates were calling for stricter gun control. Time and time again they all parrot: “how can we let this happen?” The problem is that since California’s gun laws couldn’t stop this…
John Luke Fabian Jfabian1@uwyo.edu Twitter: @HouseFabian This past week wrapped up the first quarter of the NBA season for most teams. People, we could call the season today, and I think everyone would be okay with it. The defending champs, Golden State Warriors, continue to lay waste to the NBA as they improve the greatest…
Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu Real Women Real Bodies was founded in spring 2014 with the goal of promoting positive body image and challenging the hegemony of beauty cultures on campus. Sydney Stein is the current president of Real Women Real Bodies (RWRB), a junior studying communication and one of the founding members of the organization. “Body…
Anthony Rodd arodd@uwyo.edu University of Wyoming presidential candidate Laurie Nichols visited campus on Wednesday to address questions and concerns from faculty, staff and students. Nichols, a South Dakotan native, is the vice president of academic affairs at South Dakota State University. Nichols has a lengthy background at multiple land grant universities including Idaho State University…
Jamie Hampton jhampto6@uwyo.edu For Laramie local and Cheyenne native, Evan Gwin, music has always played a part in his life, starting in third grade with piano lessons. “Growing up, music was an important part of my family,” Gwin said. “My parents fostered an environment that promoted creativity and artistic expression, and music is what I…
