Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu University of Wyoming students shared their stories and struggles as Latino students working with the U.S. immigration system at an event sponsored by the Albany County Democratic party. The main focus of the event was to examine the legal, political and humanitarian issues of the immigration and citizenship system in the U.S….
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu Cheyenne resident Earl H. Mercer was sentenced to three to eight years in a state penitentiary for leading police on a car chase with a stolen van. Mercer led authorities from Fort Collins into Wyoming where he was then arrested on July 16, 2015. Mercer was traveling north form Fort Collins at…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu A University of Wyoming student pleaded not guilty to the offense of aggravated assault-bodily injury with a deadly weapon at his arraignment Monday morning. A felony charge punishable to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Meshari Aldhafeeri, 32, is accused of stabbing a UW student Feb. 26 in the parking…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@wyo.edu Liberal Arts, English, History, Philosophy, Fine Arts and Music. What do all these majors have in common? They all made Forbes magazines list of “the top ten worse college majors”. The means Forbes used to determine that these are “inferior degrees” were ineptly based off the average yearly income of people with…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu The University of Wyoming announced three Presidential finalists for the ongoing presidential search Friday. The finalists chosen by the UW search committees are Duane Nellis, president of Texas Tech University; Laurie Nichols, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at South Dakota State University and Jeremy Haefner, provost and senior vice…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu The Laramie City council passed ordinance amending the regulations for mobile home parks, manufactured home communities and recreational vehicle parks within Laramie. These alterations to the existing ordinance could increase difficulties for local trailer park residences and owners. “I think this is one of the stupidest ordinances I have ever seen,” Robert…
During a day of remembrance on Nov. 11, holocaust survivor Estelle Nadel came to the University of Wyoming to tell her story of surviving one of the darkest phases of humanity in the 20th century. Nadel, a child survivor of the Holocaust, shared her story to many young college students. Nadel’s story began in Poland,…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu Tuesday night the city council met for public hearings and a work session, with the meeting beginning with concerned citizens asking for reform of the city’s mosquito control program. “Fogging likely effects humans, we need to make it safer for the public,” Christie Palmer, a concerned citizen with a masters in biology,…
Point: E-Cigs: A Harmless Hit Rachel Allen rallen19@uwyo.edu You’ve seen them on campus. The “cool kids” always have them in different colors and designs, like Bic lighters. People use them as they’re leaned up against something. White rings fill the air, sometimes followed by the subtle scene of oranges or artificial watermelon. E-cigs. An e-cig…
