Students and instructors gathered to voice chagrin regarding potential educational amendments at the University of Wyoming. A meeting held Wednesday afternoon in the Classroom Building concerning the proposed changes to the USP curriculum became tense and heated as faculty members and interested parties claimed sides in the ongoing debate. The new curriculum is proposing…
The buzz over the controversy of orca treatment in the SeaWorld resorts has been ongoing for nearly a year now. After the documentary Blackfish was released in January of 2013, the public has had its eyes opened to the veiled operations occurring at the resorts. Currently the state of California is trying to pass a…
Professors and administrators plan to protest the university’s proposed curriculum involving the Global and Diversity requirements. The University of Wyoming attempts to offer a vast assortment of classes in order for students to fulfill these University Studies Program’s (USP) in order to graduate with a well-rounded and knowledgeable education. Recently, a handful of administrators have…
The University of Wyoming hosted the Vagina Monologues this past week once again. The play, written by Eve Ensler, debuted in New York City on Valentine’s Day in 1998. The script includes 14 true accounts of rape, abuse and women’s views on sexuality gathered by Ensler in dozens of interviews. The movement is centered around…
Wyoming will join several other state legislatures in having a vested interest in suicide prevention as the House of Representatives passed the Jason Flatt Act and forwarded it to the Senate last week. The Jason Flat Act will provide school districts with the funds to instruct teachers and school administrators on suicide prevention education. According…
The Association of Black Student Leaders organized a showing of the film ‘12 Years a Slave’ on Friday, continuing their celebration of Black History Month. The Association of Black Student Leaders (ABSL), together with Friday Night Fever and the African American and Diaspora Studies Department (AADS), presented the movie as part of an ongoing exhibit….
