Fabian Grund fgrund@uwyo.edu In most developed countries it is legal to buy alcoholic beverages at the age of 18. Only in Iceland, Japan, South Korea and the land of the free, the United States, the legal drinking age is over 18. Furthermore, the US has the highest legal drinking age with 21. European countries like…
Anthony Rodd arodd@uwyo.edu The 2016 Wyoming Legislature is in its third week of session discussing an array of bills, focusing less now on appropriations and more on public policy. One bill that legislatures are deliberating is Senate File 50, which would extend current statutes dealing with sexual contact between teachers and students from ages 17…
Holly Morgan hmorgan3@uwyo.edu With the Zika virus being declared a global public health emergency, the UW international program’s office has notified UW students studying abroad in “at risk” areas of the potential hazards. “The international programs office has contacted all students currently studying abroad in these regions, as well as those considering travel in the…
Josh Barta jbarta@uwyo.edu Facts and technicalities regarding the Richard Bohling trial will be presented to the jury today at the Albany County Courthouse. Bohling, former Albany County attorney, is facing five felony charges related to buying electronics with government funds under false pretenses. Bohling is also facing two misdemeanor charges – one count of official…
Alexx Sanchez asanch16@uwyo.edu Wyoming’s Public Safety Communication Commission (PSCC) has lowered its funding request from the Wyoming state legislature. PSCC Chairman, Mark Harshman, said PSCC did not ask for more money due to the budget shortfall. “We decreased the amount we were asking for due to some local organizations who were able to buy equipment…
Senuri Hettigoda shettigo@uwyo.edu ASUW’s senate resolution 2477, concerning a ban on e-cigarrettes on public university space, met with criticism and concern from both students and the community at large. Amanda Pittman, a member of the Laramie community who runs a vapor shop downtown, spoke to the senate regarding the resolution. “In the resolution 2477…
Jamie Hampton jhampto6@uwyo.edu Last year if you asked me what I was most excited about in the upcoming year, I would have said moving into my own apartment. Little did I know, I would have to put up with the annoying thing we call the bus system. We are only halfway through the fall semester…
The Laramie City Council’s public art plan took a step forward Thursday night, as city officials and citizens met to discuss the final version of the project. “Public art is something I feel for Wyoming and for Laramie is an opportunity to manage our image and improve how we are viewed,” resident Sonjia Weinstein said…
UW student emails are considered public record, but a committee of Wyoming legislators, the task force on digital information privacy, aims to change that. Though the university has yet to take a stance on whether student emails should be part of the public record. Chad Baldwin, director of institutional communications, said the emails fall alongside…
Laramie Police Department (LPD) is potentially one of the best law enforcement organizations in the nation, according to a report finished this week by the Center for Public Safety Management (CPSM). Leonard Matarese, CPSM director of research and project management, told the city council Tuesday he had not expected to find such a good police…
An art consultant orated in front of the Laramie City Council on Tuesday to showcase public art possibilities in Laramie. Renee Piechocki, art consultant for the Laramie Public Art Plan, discussed what could be done to spaces in Laramie such as Optimist Park—which could be used as a film screening space—or downtown alleys—a possible space…
A five-member committee of the UW board of trustees is charged with gathering input from the public concerning UW’s presidential search process. The committee formed in response to UW President Dick McGinity’s recommendation the board initiate a search for a new president. McGinity’s contract concludes in summer 2016. Appointed by board of trustees President Dave…
