The ASUW Judicial Council has recommended Hunter McFarland, director of diversity for the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming, be placed on probation starting Jan. 22, 2018 from her position. This judicial council recommendation comes from McFarland violating the ASUW Code of Ethics, according to the Official Opinion of the ASUW Judicial Council. “It…
The sun will set before 5 p.m. for the next few months, meaning that students will rely on the lighting around campus to guide them in the dark. “I don’t usually walk around at night, but in the past when I had to I felt relatively safe,” art major Catherine Swaim said. “Like [the campus…
UW’s American Heritage Center Director, Bridget Burke, resigns and is set to complete her final day of work Friday, Dec. 8. “You know, I haven’t asked her too much about why, but with how bad morale has been on campus and it’s been tough to be an employee through all of the budget cuts,” Molly…
On Wednesday night, the University of Wyoming Debate Team hosted a debate against Turning Point USA, over whether student fees should be used to fund a controversial speaker. “I think it is very interesting how widespread phrases are about how bad we as people are at communicating,” Professor Travis Cram, of the communications department and…
As the 2017-2018 ski season in Wyoming and Colorado quickly approaches, the University of Wyoming Outdoor Program is prepped and ready to help students and faculty find their inner winter athlete. On Jan. 28, 2018, the UW Outdoor Program will have the first of their two Cross Country skiing clinics, and the Outdoor Program will…
Wyoming may be one of the richest states in the Union but its main source of wealth, coal production, faces mounting environmental, economic and logistical challenges. Shrinking and extremely competitive markets for thermal coal, Wyoming’s economic boom, have made it necessary for Wyoming’s government to set up and fund a program, Economic Diversity Options Needed…
This last week, Tuesday, Nov. 28, ASUW Budget and Finance Committee held a planned registered student organization (RSO) funding meeting where conservative activism RSO, Turning Point USA, is suspended from requesting funding and put on suspension for the remainder of the semester and for an additional year from the end of this semester. The ASUW…
“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States at the time, said in his famous address to a joint session of congress asking for them to…
ASUW met this Tuesday for their away meeting at the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center, gaveling in at 7:08 p.m. The meeting minutes for the previous meeting were approved unanimously while the agenda was approved following changes to its order due to appointments. For RSO Funding Board requests, the RSO Students Supporting Veterans appeared before the…
Since early November Chi Omega has been tabling at Breezeway Union and Washakie Dinning Center, carrying out their philanthropic event by helping Make-A-Wish Foundation through raising donations. The event is called “Believing at 7220,” is a letter writing campaign. Chi Omega partnered with Make-A-Wish Foundation as well as Macy’s Department Store. Macy’s Department Store will…
8 Bytes Game Café located at 207 S. 3rd Street is hosting their final weeks of “regular business” and will be closing after Dec. 16, the owner said. A general explanation was posted on the 8 Bytes Facebook page on Dec. 1. The building 8 Bytes occupies has gone through three commercial occupants over the…
Albany county and the City of Laramie will celebrate their 150th anniversary beginning May 4, next year. “The first scheduled event is on May 4 and it will be held at the Territorial Prison and there will be a reception,” Tim Viner, Historian, retired navy officer and a volunteer for the Laramie Plains Museum, said….
