Purple letters stare down at me in a friendly-enough font. They might as well be a vampire saying, accent and all, “I vant to suck your blood.” The backdrop is the nothingness that surrounds West Laramie. This is it. The place I sell my body, or part of it. It hasn’t been an easy summer….
The country is shifting away from mandatory minimum sentencing – a type of punishment already rare in Wyoming. The only man in Missouri serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for non-violent marijuana-related offenses is being released after more than two decades in prison thanks to a commutation from the state’s governor. A…
The city is looking toward reworking the parking permit system found on the streets bordering campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods, with the earliest possible changes implemented next summer. The system as it stands now will remain in place for the academic year. City councilors were unable to achieve a consensus on the general direction…
Legislators are reworking a bill to protect private student emails from the public record, taking into consideration the concerns of journalists, students and UW administrators. The task force on digital information privacy, a committee of the Wyoming legislature, proposed the original bill because legislators saw the state’s public records laws as so open to interpretation…
The board of trustees could announce UW’s next president as early as December or January—a month or two sooner than the original timeline suggested. Alberto Pimentel, who will represent the consultant firm Storbeck Pimentel throughout the presidential search, said an earlier decision could help lock in the board’s top choice. “There’s going to be half…
Laramie’s ban on concealed carry is unenforceable under state law and the city council plans to remove the ban from its municipal code. The council held its first reading a motion that would bring local ordinances into line with state statute 16-8-401, which defines the right to keep and bear arms a “fundamental right” and…
The half-sized black and white local music monthly known as “The Zine” has been found in coffee shops and bars downtown since its first issue came out in February. Now that its originator Charlotte Romero is headed for a new job in Idaho, the responsibilities of editorship will fall to Kath Yarkosky, a UW art…
Hemp extract is now a legal remedy available to Wyoming citizens who suffer from epileptic seizures. House Bill 32 passed without the governor’s signature and restricts the decriminalization of hemp extract possession only for individuals meeting certain criteria, but cannabis legalization activists say this new legislative allowance is a progressive step in the right direction….
Local business to expand A local start-up that now does business all over the world could apply for a $3 million grant from the Wyoming Business Council’s Business Ready Community program. Bright Agrotech, a manufacturer of indoor farming equipment which specializes in hydroponics, got its start in the UW Technology and Business Incubator system. Now…
A City of Laramie Citizen Survey conducted by the University’s Service and Analysis Center (WYSAC) collected data on what locals thought of their city and the way it is run. Results were based on 533 questionnaires completed online and sent in through the mail. “The important thing is the purpose of this survey and that’s…
The board of trustees chose members of the university community to serve on two committees aimed at thinning the presidential candidate pool. It’s the next step on the lengthy path to finding UW’s next president—a path that’s designed to be more open than the last presidential search, which was closed to most input. “I think…
Like a lot of American students, I was assigned to read “To Kill A Mockingbird” as an underclassman in high school. I agreed with the teacher it was a good, well-written book, but I kindly informed her “Harry Potter” and “Ender’s Game” and “Artemis Fowl” were all much more interesting. I think a lot of…
