Global and Area Studies, commonly known as international studies, is amazing. I think it might be one of the best programs on campus, although I am highly biased (it’s one of my majors after all). I’ve found it one of the best ways outside of international travel, to learn about the world. I’ve learned about…
Shaun King will visit UW tonight at 6 p.m. in the Union Ballroom as the keynote speaker for the Good Mule Project. “We decided to bring Shaun King to campus because we thought it was important for the UW and Laramie communities to be informed about social justice issues that have been happening around the…
Sea, the final frontier. This is the voyage of the U.S. Research Vessel Atlantis. Its six-week mission: to discover how ocean crust forms and stumble upon unknown hydrothermal vents. Barbara John and Michael Cheadle, professors in the geology and geophysics department led a researcher cruise for six weeks in January, when they made the discovery…
Tuesday’s meeting of ASUW ran late as the senators discussed Senate Resolution No. 2545. SR No. 2545 “Proposed Mandatory Student Fee Increases for Fiscal Year 18” states that ASUW supports UW’s increase in student fees. The resolution was introduced over Spring Break when the senate was out of session. Information about proposed student services fees…
A future nonprofit is being set up to encourage Wyoming women to run for public office. Wyoming Women Rise, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created to encourage more women to run for public office. The organization was founded by Samantha Case, a former UW Genders and Women Studies. “The hope is that the organization will…
Laramie is 5,000 miles from Europe, making it difficult to travel there on a good day. However, the European Horizons UW chapter is bridging that gap. European Horizons is US think-tank, founded in 2015 at Yale University, devoted to starting conversations about the transatlantic relationship and producing research about that relationship. There are 32 chapters…
Dean Blackburn updated ASUW on the future of the Union on Tuesday night, speaking about where certain programs would be moved to. “We’re going to relocate the Veteran’s Student Center, which is currently in Knight Hall, will move onto the third floor of the union,” Blackburn said. “There’s a major fundraising effort going on right…
I’ve never wanted to go into politics. I’ve wanted to write about politics but I’ve never wanted first-hand experience. Until this past weekend when I participated in Model Arab League in Denver. Model Arab League is a political simulation, much like model UN. Instead of representing member states of the UN we represented member states…
Tuesday night’s ASUW meeting featured Robert Godby, chair of the programmatic fees committee, and ASUW senator Daniel Kerbs, to give an update on the status of the implementation of programmatic fees. Originally, there would have been two fees: one for the college and one for the specific program. Now both fees have been…
While Robin Barry may focus on couple and family relationships in the psychology department, it was not where she had intended to go. “My life has been a bit of a winding path,” Barry said. Graduating with a BA in communication and political science, Barry found herself fundraising for the American Heart Association….
Human emotion is a funny thing, especially when you’re a journalist. When I wrote the article concerning House Bill 182, I could feel my jaw drop as I read through the legislation. It states that a pregnant woman who is seeking an abortion must be informed by her doctor that she has a right to…
A new abortion bill proposed by the House of Representatives would give pregnant women the option to hear the fetus’ heartbeat before having an abortion. House Bill 182 would require physicians and nurses to inform the woman that she has a right to an ultrasound and to hear the heartbeat 24 hours prior to the…
