Yik Yak is a social media app that has taken college campuses by storm, including the University of Wyoming. Around the United States, an app called Yik Yak has made itself a staple in the young adult community’s social media world. On this app, people are able to post whatever they want, anonymously. Yik Yak…
College students are going to engage in sex on a regular basis, whether it be casual or within a relationship. This is simply a reality that exists on campuses all over the country. The widespread adoption of online dating apps such as Tinder and Bumble has made it significantly easier for individuals to find and…
Andrew Server aserver@uwyo.edu This piece is not written in intent to be part of the overdone trend of bashing Millennials. It does not seek to continue the overdone and largely incorrect argument that “all Millennials are lazy.” I have great faith in my generation. That being said, far too many Millennials- particularly those Millennials in…
Rachel Jane Allen rallen19@uwyo.edu If you haven’t heard of this phenomenon, the Pink Tax is the price difference between men’s and women’s products. Particularly, it refers to the extra money that women pay for the same brands of the same products. As depicted in the graph, women pay more than men do for products like…
Brett Maciech bmaciech@uwyo.edu “Minecraft: Story Mode” may not be the most original or engaging experience, but its charm and simplistic story makes for a solid adventure for everyone. Mojang really did strike gold with “Minecraft.” No, it was more like striking gold at the end of a rainbow that had been hit by lightning and…
Austin Morgan amorga14@uwyo.edu “The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. [Things] lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.” Edgar Allen Poe’s famous passage in his “The…
Andrew Server aserver@uwyo.edu This primary election season has emerged to be one of the most perplexing cycles in recent history. Here we see a democratic socialist gaining considerable ground against an already considerably liberal candidate in the Democrat Party primary. Conversely, the Republican Party still sees its field far larger than many…
Nathan Forest nforest@uwyo.edu It should come as a surprise to no one that beards are making a comeback in a major way. In the U.S. beards are becoming especially prevalent with hipsters and with college age students. As a proud beard owner myself, I am here to let you guys know the ins and outs…
Jeremy Rowley Jrowley1@uwyo.edu When I was about 15 years old, I watched “The Sixth Sense” for the first time. I was in a hotel room for a hockey trip and the movie just happened to start playing on one of the channels. At this point, the film had been out for over a decade, but…
Take back your safety Nathan Forest nforest@uwyo.edu The attacks in San Bernardino had barely been over for an hour and already the Democratic presidential candidates were calling for stricter gun control. Time and time again they all parrot: “how can we let this happen?” The problem is that since California’s gun laws couldn’t stop this…
Matt Rooney mrooney3@uwyo.edu With all the new bits coming out about marginalization of groups and people I would like to point out something that is very hard for young, college-aged adults to believe: just because someone does not like the things you do or treats you like a huge tool, because you…
Brooke Schmill bschmill@gmail.com Something that has been a continual frustration for me since I have lived here is the lack of websites for small businesses. This annoyance kicked off about two years ago when I was new to town and looking for a hair salon. I could not find a website for a local business,…
