The Reflection Room, on the second floor of the Union building, room 202, is designed to provide students and staff with a safe space to relax, reflect, pray, and meditate. “We call it the Reflection Room, but since we added the ablution basin, funded by ASUW Special Projects, and different furniture, it has become much…
The possibility of a Chick-Fil-A coming to the Wyoming Union has been a recent discussion around student representative groups on campus. The first mention of Chick-Fil-A en masse to students was a polling question from the ASUW executive branch Fall Student Issue Survey. “Personally, I’ve been hearing rumors about it for a few months,” Queer…
Monika Leininger mleinin1@uwyo.edu Whether you’re waiting for the bus, walking to class, or sitting at a traffic light, after visiting the “Slow Down” exhibit you are likely to notice the small, playful objects in life. The University of Wyoming will be hosting an art exhibit by Cody Anderson, senior art student, which will be featured…
Brady Cates bcates@uwyo.edu The Wyoming Union staff and a few outside consultants held meetings with all the stakeholders throughout the university to discuss what should be next for the Union last week. These meetings have brought an outside perspective to strategically look at how the Union is using its space and if there are opportunities…
Monika Leininger Mleinin1@uwyo.edu With the holidays just around the corner the University of Wyoming is hosting its annual holiday market on the main floor of the Union today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The holiday market will feature 70 vendors from the region selling a variety of special gifts and keepsakes for families, friends…
In this country we respect our flags a lot more than other nations across the globe. We do it to an almost comical degree and to a point where it starts harming our ability to connect with one another as a nation. There has been a lot of controversy kicked up over what is commonly…
Post-grunge alternative rock band hailing from Casper will be trekking to Laramie to play its first show in the Gardens at the University of Wyoming Union. Adolescent Behavior has been a band since 2009 and consists of Joseph Wheeler, Annie Wheeler, Logan Feezer and Connor Holder. Feezer and Joe Wheeler are the original members and…
The combined efforts of motivated students, faculty and staff have successfully prevented The Gardens from closing. At yesterday’s Union Board meeting following a reading of the board’s resolution favoring the continued existence of The Gardens, Executive Director of the Wyoming Union Eric Webb said The Gardens would not be entirely closed, but the food component…
Despite a petition with over 400 signatures, a WyoVocal post with over 354 votes and a series of meetings proving the venue could easily become financially stable, The Gardens is still slated to close at the end of the semester. In the previous weeks students attended a series of meetings with the Union Board members…
Dear Administration and Stakeholder of the Gardens: I am writing to express my opinion concerning the shutdown of the Union Gardens at the end of this academic semester. Given my background in epidemiology and public health, I feel I approach this issue with a different lens than most. First, I will address the public reasoning…
The sound of catawampus Americana music will fill the Union this Thursday when J Shogren Shanghai’d takes on the Gardens in the basement of the Wyoming Union. J Shogren Shanghai’d is a musical group that started off as Jason Shogren and his left-hand man Jascha Herdt, until Shogren was asked by local music promoter Jeff…
The Gardens is on its last leg. Rumors confirmed by Eric Webb, director of dining life and services, say the Gardens will be closing next semester. Alcohol on college campuses is controversial and rightly so, but the Gardens are more than a place to drink. They’re a place to socialize and to participate in the…
