Building Fresh

Wyoming is particularly familiar with the transfer culture because just last year two players transferred in Austin Haldorson and Keonte Vernon. In this ever changing landscape and overturn of college basketball Wyoming mens basketball head coach Larry Shyatt stays true to himself and his team. In recent years transferring has become part of the DNA…

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The End of My Trip

The Alternative Spring Breakers have officially returned to the frigid north. I have to say it was quite a rude awakening when we landed in Denver and the runway was lined with snow plows and we could see our breath as soon as we stepped off the plane, especially since we had been lying in…

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Trailwork, Bonfires, and Home

With a slight sunburn, bruises, and sore muscles I finish my fifth day in San Diego. I of course wear all of these things as a badge of honor earned from hard work and fun. Shoveling and hauling rocks on Sunday and Monday was definitely hard work, but nothing compares to the ocean kayaking that…

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Something More

What do you believe?  No really.  Do you believe in God?  Is there an afterlife?  Who is Jesus to you?  Was he merely a man, or was He who He claimed to be – the Son of God in human form?  These are important questions regardless of your current beliefs, and I have had the…

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Another Day in the Sun

But the miracle of nature was the great Mexican aloe, or maguey, whose clustering pyramids of flowers, towering above their dark coronals of leaves, were seen sprinkled over many a broad acre of the table-land. This quote about agave plants by historian William H. Prescott eloquently sums up most of our first day working at…

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On My Way

It’s nearly 1 a.m. and I am anxiously awaiting the trip to San Diego. I’m torn between actually trying to sleep or staying up to make sure I make it up in time and saving my sleepiness for the drive down and the plane ride. Ah yes, the plane ride….the one thing that truly makes…

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Meet Mandie Reish

Mandie Reish, a freshman from Littleton, Colorado and an animal and veterinary sciences major, is just one of the many students who will be participating in one of the alternative break trips in the upcoming week. As a freshman, this will be her first time participating in an alternative break. Mandie will be taking part…

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