Breann Lujan-Halcon blujanha@uwyo.edu When Carolina Panthers starting quarterback Cam Newton was about to be drafted into the NFL, Panthers owner Jerry Richardson asked the heisman winner to maintain a certain image. This image was what Richardson and many others thought a quarterback should be, a clean cut, strong but silent, inside of the…
Nathan Forest nforest@uwyo.edu Whether you love to eat game meats, like antelope, deer or elk, or hate it for that “gamey” taste, game meats, can be a healthier alternative to domesticated meats. Hunting is big business here in Wyoming, and in the U.S. as a whole where, every year, thousands of antelope, deer…
Kendyll Ferrall Kferral1@uwyo.edu Christmas came a few weeks early for the College Football Playoff selection committee. This last Sunday, the 12 members of the committee achieved what once seemed impossible in a sport famous for its debate and chaos come postseason play: agreement. No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Michigan State…
Matt Rooney mrooney3@uwyo.edu We open on the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico City. A lovely tracking shot follows the celebrating, skeleton-dressed crowd, landing on a man in a suit with a girl on his arm as he tails another man dressed all in white. The man is James Bond (Daniel Craig) and he…
Nathan Forest nforest@uwyo.edu The National Firearms Act (NFA) went into effect in 1934, in the midst of the depression when the mafia was having shootouts with machine guns and shotguns in the streets on a regular basis. Today, the economy is booming and crime has never been lower. Why is this outdated piece of legislation…
Austin Morgan Amorga14@uwyo.edu Free to ignore international doctrine, engage in projects at the expense of countries on the global periphery and enforce its interests with military force. Is this a definition of a hegemonic international power? Of a totalitarian state, perhaps? Neither. I argue, instead, that this has become the new definition of the international…
It’s 3 p.m on a Saturday and you are standing around with friends in the blistering heat, or the bitter cold, watching other people stand around slightly below you. If this behavior sounds strange, it shouldn’t. Everyone has done it at least once; it’s called attending a football game. It is also one of the…
Finals week is looming, and we’re all overwhelmed. Does it feel impossible to get to school or finish your work these days? It’s worth trying the following learned argument to convince your professors that it really is. To get to school or finish an assignment, you have to complete infinitely many tasks. This assertion has…
Chances are, you’ll be drinking some of the snow that fell last week. Our developed First World society insulates us from the long process that lets us turn on a faucet and get clean water. As far as we can see, the faucet opens and the water appears; we send it down the drain and…
Can you tell the story of baseball without steroids? Legitimately, when they write a book about baseball what would the chapters be named? Would there be a chapter about steroids and the ‘arms race’ between Sosa, Bonds and McGwire? The answer is simply yes. They brought fans into the game. Based on numbers from Major…
After some recent, should I say, backlash this week I would like to clear the air about something. First of all, shut up. Just shut your trap about the High Altitude Training Facility. I am no pawn for the Wyoming Athletic Department but I am in full support of the $44 million new training facility….
What the hell? How is it already March? Wasn’t it just last night that the Cowboys opened up their Mountain West season with UNLV on New Year’s Eve? Now the Wyoming community is anticipating the leave of five seniors from their team, and a possible Mountain West crown in Vegas. Hope springs eternal, I suppose….
