By Caitlin Tan ctan@uwyo.edu Laramie is home to three college institutions, around 30,000 people and a high intensity drug trafficking area (HIDTA). Consequently, Albany County Sherriff David O’Malley said the drug scene in the county is “alive and thriving well.” In 2015, Laramie police officers made 80 arrests for possession of marijuana, as well as…
Caitlin Tan ctan@uwyo.edu Wyoming Governor Matt Mead announced in a letter to the president yesterday the state will stand in solidarity with 30 other governors opposing the entrance of Syrian refugees into their state’s borders. In light of the Paris attacks, Mead said President Barack Obama’s plan to allow 10,000 refugees seeking asylum into the…
ctan@uwyo.edu Caitlin Tan Vice President of Administration Bill Mai spoke at Tuesday’s ASUW meeting discussing the state fiscal shortfall and the consequences it may have on the university. Upon Gov. Matt Mead announcing the state faces up to a $200 million budget shortfall the university has implemented hiring and spending freezes that could have ripping…
Changing one’s values or opinions is never easy. It requires setting one’s pride to the side and admitting one is wrong. This is something I’ve come face-to-face with in the past month, and it has been unsettling to say the least. The small Wyoming town I’m from, Pinedale, celebrates the Green River Rendezvous annually for…
Skye Swoboda-Colberg began dumpster diving eight years ago when he was in high school and he continues the practice today as a UW graduate student. “I rode my bike to Safeway and there’s this alleyway out back, and one day I just kept going and noticed dumpsters and looked in and low and behold I…
UW student Josh Barta wants to bike from Nebraska to the east coast before the start of the fall semester. Josh Barta is always pushing his athletic ability, from crack climbing at Vedawoo to long distance running to playing on the UW rugby team; however, this spring he found himself in need of another extreme…
Three UW rodeo students will be competing against the best in the nation at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) this next week. Both Tylor Bond, petroleum-engineering senior, and Brady Dinwoodie, geology senior, are advancing to the CNFR for the third time in their careers. Bond qualified in steer wrestling while Dinwoodie will compete in…
A shooting incident in the Medicine Bow National Forest (MBNF) is prompting officials to examine current target shooting regulations in the area. Perry and Leslie Irving, long-time Laramie locals, were driving in the Pole Mountain area March 27 when a target bullet hit their van. “The bullet was pretty much about head height and a…
The UW rodeo team competed at the Laramie Rodeo May 1 – 3, the last state rodeo competition before national finals.
Over 1,000 UW student and Wyoming residents gathered at UW Thursday, April 30 to break a world record for the most people swing dancing in sync at one time.
As a result of recent student suicides at UW, Corine Gardner felt lingering feelings of her depression creep up. “Its really hard when you have thoughts about suicide to see someone actually commit suicide,” she said. “I think that it hurts because you are fighting this battle and you see somebody else losing that battle.”…
Local yogis came together Saturday for a day dedicated to downward dog, donations and community bonding. The sixth annual Laramie Yoga Day, held at Blossom Yoga, encouraged donations to the Laramie Soup Kitchen in exchange for yoga. Originally an international event, Vicky Peters, founder of Laramie Yoga Day, said she wanted the event to be…
