Halloween‘s festive, hard-partying atmosphere was shattered in Laramie when a UW student was killed during one of two fights at house parties. Joseph McGowan, 21, was injured while attempting to intervene in a fight involving several individuals between the late hours of Friday night and early hours on Saturday. Another fight took place in the…
Few authors have such a fine-toned blend of whimsical observational comedy and insight into the human condition the way David Sedaris does. During his visit to the University of Wyoming’s Arts & Science Auditorium on Friday, the author gave a lively performance of readings of his own and others’ writing, as well as a…
Some UW faculty members and other regional constituents are calling for a more diverse Board of Trustees and other appointed boards via a petition. While Gov. Matt Mead said he would do his best to represent diverse interests in the state in upcoming appointments, some board members think the appointment process has been unfair. A…
[Revisions to this article have been made] Campus security is an on-going issue with little agreement at colleges across the nation. Some argue guns make campuses safer, but others strongly disagree. The University of Wyoming is now having the conversation, as policy makers across the board are bringing the conversation to campus. The faculty senate…
Opinions, in their very essence, are divisive and we have no shortage of that in this country or this university. America is arguably more polarized than at any point in any living person’s time as polarized coalitions feud with no foreseeable compromises. When the Branding Iron ran staff writer Jeremy Rowley’s column on 9/11, it…
In a statement released Tuesday, Halliburton, one of the nation’s largest oil companies, said it had reached a $1.1 billion settlement resulting from an accident at the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. An explosion and fire on April 20, 2010 left 11 dead and caused a “massive and on-going spill” into the gulf,…
The silence of Laramie summers is either serene or eerie, depending on the person. However you felt it, the silence was shattered on Friday as almost 2,000 students flooded onto campus with their loved ones for Move In Day. Everywhere, from downtown to Walmart, lit up with life as the Resident Life and Dining department…
The new Associated Student of the University of Wyoming executive leaders do not think small. They are not just looking to fill their predecessors shoes, but instead put on their own shoes and start running, Vice President Ricardo Lind-Gonzalez said. The VP, along with President Ahmed Balogun, have a slate of challenges they are seeking…
Laramie is not the first town that comes to mind when thinking of punk and hardcore shows. Mellow or fun dance party is usually the name of the game. However, those weirdos in black clothes somehow find a way to squeeze in their obscure get togethers consisting of instruments that are way too loud and…
The amount of bizarre, and sometimes worthless, news on the internet seems to have no limit. In fact, if one pays attention to what’s trending on social media, news stories of lesser importance are probably read more than stories that really impact the world in a significant way. So where does that leave the story…
ASUW election primaries ended with record-setting numbers this week. Not only were historic highs set in the number of votes cast and the number of candidates running, but the President-Vice President race ended with a less than 0.1 percent edge for the victors. Two Presidential-Vice Presidential candidates and two candidates for College of Arts and…
UW student Matt Rooney’s Sunday evening was disrupted suddenly by a knock on his window that ended with the 21-year-old junior having to leave his apartment for the remainder of the evening. “I was watching South Park with my pup and a man knocked on my window and said, ‘You need to come outside right…
