The Mountain West Conference announced the men’s and women’s all-conference basketball teams Tuesday. Four Cowgirl basketball players were selected as honorees, while only one Cowboy made the cut. Seniors Chaundra Sewell and Ashley Sickle and sophomores Kayla Woodward and Kaitlyn Mileto were selected from the Cowgirls, while senior Leonard Washington was picked for the Cowboys….
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…
The University of Wyoming’s new safety policy should be implemented beginning in May, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. Before the new policy is implemented, it will be reviewed by deans and department directors in March or April and then it will need to be passed by the Board of Trustees. While the policy…
The University of Wyoming Wrestling team took home the NCAA West Regional team championship Saturday in the Arena Auditorium. The victory means that the Cowboys have now won four consecutive titles. The win was not an easy one for the Cowboys, as they had to make up an 11-point deficit in the second session of…
The University of Wyoming Cowboys were looking to break a four game conference losing streak Wednesday night, and what better scenario than the Border War at home on Senior Night to do so? Things did not turn out that way however, as the Colorado State Rams clobbered the Cowboys 78-56. The Cowboys were outclassed all…
Remember when assistant Cynthia, Joan Cusack, asks Harrison Ford in Working Girl, “Can I get ya anything? Coffee? Tea? Me?” No? Okay, it was made way back in the nineties. Anyway, this quote reminds me of the hospitality of the European culture. Every single time I entered someone’s house in Europe, whether it was a…
Wyoming track and field athlete junior Mason Finley will represent UW at the 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Fayettevile, Ark. this weekend. He will be competing in the shot put event, which will take place at the University of Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track on Friday. According to his Mountain West athletic…
With the Cowboys and Cowgirls heading to the Mountain West Conference Tournament tournament next week, The Branding Iron wants to know your predictions. How far will UW go in the MWC tournament?How far will the Cowgirls go in the MWC tournament? How far will the Cowboys go in the MWC tournament? Let us know how you…
I am Rachel Wagner, a UW student from Fort Collins, Colo. majoring in Journalism and focusing on Public Relations. I am spending my spring semester studying abroad in Malaga, Spain, a city on the southern coast. My decision to study abroad was pretty simple. I had always wanted to learn Spanish, so I thought to…
The men’s regular basketball season wraps up this week, and the Mountain West Conference Championship tournament begins next week. The tournament will be held in Las Vegas, Nev. The first games will be played March 12 between the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds in the conference and the tournament finals will take place March…
