A record breaking $4,103,408 was raised this year in donations from 6,292 donors on the University of Wyoming’s annual Giving Day; a 40.9% increase from the $2,421,333 that was raised in 2021. With the donor goal this year being set to 3,800 donors, UW surpassed that expectation by 65%, according to the University of Wyoming…
Anthony Rodd arodd@uwyo.edu The University of Wyoming invited jr. high and high school students from across the state Saturday and Monday for the Wyoming State Science Fair. The students in attendance presented research projects in the form of posters on an area of personal scientific interest in one of 14 fields such as microbiology, engineering…
Alexx Sanchez asanch16@uwyo.edu During the weekend the University of the Wyoming held its fourth annual World Languages Day or WLD in the education building. Middle school and high school students came from around the state as far as Cody to visit the campus and to learn about the languages offered at UW. The students visited…
Andrew Server aserver@uwyo.edu I have drafted several opinions in the past regarding freedom of speech and expression on other campuses. These pieces have been drafted in hopes of bringing to notice how the First Amendment is experiencing blatant infringements within other universities nationwide. However, now I must direct a similar critique against our very own…
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…
Michael Rotellini Mrotell1@uwyo.edu If you are reading this then you’re probably a lot like me- trying to live on a poor college student budget. Well, going on my third year at the university, I like to think I’ve picked up quite a few tricks that will help you survive on a dime and even save…
Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu The Fencing Club hosted a fencing tournament on the University of Wyoming campus on Sunday, which members are calling a great success. “This was the biggest tournament in the history of the University of Wyoming,” Amanda Markus, sophomore and secretary of UW’s Fencing Club, said. “We had 34 registered fencers, which was…
Alexx Sanchez asanch16@uwyo.edu Last Thursday, Michael O’Brien, Technical Effects Lead for Pixar Studios, visited the University of Wyoming to discuss with geology and graphic design students about the latest project he worked on called “The Good Dinosaur.” O’Brien said “The Good Dinosaur” is different from other Pixar movies because he thinks that Pixar took…
Monika Leininger Mleinin1@uwyo.edu Biodiversity and conservation winners announced This week the UW Berry Biodiversity institute will be presenting lifetime achievement awards to Richard Baldes, of Fort Washakie, and Wayne Hubert, of Laramie. The two individuals have done extensive work to protect wildlife and the nation’s biodiversity. Baldes is acknowledged for his work to protect…
Austin Morgan Amorga14@uwyo.edu I am a member of the radical left; an advocate for social, political, and economic justice and a critical theorist—I have an investment in political correctness. However, I am also a cynic, and in my cynicism, I am wary of political correctness in certain contexts. It was once said that all ideologies…
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…
Matthew Fabian Mfabian1@uwyo.edu In an earlier article, Nate Forest claimed that football is nothing more than people standing around with people slightly below them also standing around. That statement was so erroneous, that Roger Goodell actually spat out his steak and martini while thinking about his $44 million salary. To start, I’m going to make…
