In August, a study counted 110 homeless people in Albany County, and some are still braving the weather and living outside right in Laramie. The Albany County Homeless Taskforce conducted the study, and it was the second homeless survey to take place in the county, with the first in January, counting 124 people. Paul Heimer,…
A Loaf ‘N’ Jug gas station on Third Street was robbed last Wednesday, and the suspect is still at large according to the Laramie Police Department. LPD reported the suspect to be a white male around 5-foot-8-inches, wearing jeans and a green hoodie; he also covered his face with a white bandanna. The man was…
If you were to walk to any newspaper stand on campus and pick up a Wyoming newspaper, whether it is local or statewide, upon opening you are almost guaranteed to find a story in which the state of Wyoming or its interests are at odds with the federal government. Whether it is a specific organization…
Agreements are underway between Wyoming community colleges and UW to make the transfer to UW for Wyoming community college students more efficient based on the development of a new two plus two degree plan. “The plans will include a four semester sequence of course work for an associate’s degree at the community college and then…
On Wednesday the “Abortion, Women’s Rights and Human Rights in Transitional Perspective Seminar” was held at the Cheney International Center. Veronica Undurraga, law professor at Universidad Adolfo in Chile and lead scholar on global reproductive rights, and Elinor Burkett, visiting senior scholar in global studies, were the two guest speakers presented at the event. Undurraga…
A little less than one week ago, Pew Research Center published a survey wherein United States citizens from four different generations were asked ten political values questions in order to determine what ideological make up permeated each generation. Jocelyn Kiley and Michael Dimock authored the article, which sums up its findings bluntly within the title,…
[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…
As of this week 40 states across the U.S. have reported cases of Enterovirus 68 (EV-D68), including Wyoming with two cases. One of the cases occurred in Campbell County and the other in Park County. While more cases are expected to pop up in the coming days, many Wyoming hospitals are already on the watch…
On Monday evening at 6:42 p.m. the University of Wyoming Police Department responded to a sexual assault complaint near the UW apartments on 30th Street and Willett Drive, according to a news release from UW. According to the release, the incident took place when a juvenile male, who is alleged to have committed the…
The week of September 21– 27 is Banned Books Week, a week created by the American Library Association designed to celebrate the freedom to read and to educate about the dangers of censorship. Both the City of Laramie’s library and Coe Library are observing the event. Each year, the ALA compiles lists of books that…
The U.S. Census Bureau released a report about the economic performance of the U.S. and the 50 states. The report shows that Wyoming’s economic performance outstands the national average as well as most of the states. Robert Godby an Economics professor at UW said, “They are not much different from the past [reports] except that…
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…
