Spencer Hu shu2@uwyo.edu Just the other night I was having a heart-to-heart with my friend who told me he was struggling with his drug use. Not necessarily that his use was getting in the way of him being effective in society but rather, he just thought that he shouldn’t do it anymore. He kept saying…
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…
Matthew Fabian Mfabian1@uwyo.edu This time last year, I was hopelessly addicted to chewing tobacco. That might even be an understatement. When I woke up in the morning, my first thought was to throw in a chaw. During classes, I continually wondered when my next dip would be. I wasted unbelievable amounts of money on the…
Nathan Forest nforest@uwyo.edu The biggest news in the gun community lately has been the introduction of the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) to Congress. The bill is being introduced by Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) with the backing of the American Suppressor Association. The legislation aims to remove suppressors or “silencers” from the National Firearms Act (NFA)….
Austin Morgan Amorga14@uwyo.edu “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Chairman Mao understood the fundamental rule of his time—that political power had to be won through force. However, Mao failed to predict the most radical inversion of this formulation of power: the gun retired for the drone, power traded for violence and,…
Jeremy Rowley jrowley1@uwyo.edu “Steve Jobs” is not a biopic. It does not try to tell the story of the much-beloved Apple Computers. In fact, the film does not even really try to tell a story at all. But, when the credits started to roll, I found myself upset that the movie was over. Rather than…
Jeremy Rowley jrowley1@uwyo.edu An original story is a hard find in the world of movies. For every “Edge of Tomorrow,” there are five “Avatars.” Yet, sometimes that is not a bad thing. Sure, “The Lion King” is just Hamlet with animals in Africa, but it was terrific. It highlighted the quality that can come out…
Counterpoint: It’s Halloween. Wear what you want. Andrew Server aserver@uwyo.edu Somewhere down the line, Halloween has evolved from a day to dress up in scary and macabre garb in order to ward off bad spirits to a day where one may choose to still dress spookily, but also have the opportunity to dress in humorous…
Selfie-sticks are for the self-indulgent Matt Rooney mrooney3@uwyo.edu Things I think selfie-sticks should be used for: 1.) Mega back-scratcher; 2.) Reaching cookies on the top shelf; 3.) Lightsaber battles and; 4.) Fending off perverts. One thing they should not be used for is attaching your phone to and then taking more pictures of your big…
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…
This week my mom bought me a tiny can of pink pepper spray with a keychain. It freaked me out. She also bought herself two of those little pink cans “for the moose when I’m hiking.” Side note: if anyone has seen a tiny can of pepper spray stop a charging moose let me know….
