Abbey Williams awilli63@uwyo.edu Becoming a U.S. citizen is a process full of applications, tests and paperwork, but can be rewarding, as well as a sigh of relief. Laramie residents Julia Stetler and Dr. Mirolov Tomschik completed their process to become U.S. citizens Monday afternoon along with five other candidates at Central High School in Cheyenne,…
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…
Haiti. The nation of Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has about 80 percent of its population living in poverty, according to cia.gov. In addition, only 48.7 percent of people 15 and over are literate, in comparison with the U.S. who has the best and most technologically advanced economy in the…
Casey Terrell reports on the G20 Summit in Australia where Vladimir Putin and President Obama were both in attendance.
The Four Corners region in the southwest United States enjoys a sort of relaxed notoriety. The “four corners” of the Four Corners belong to four of the more tidily quadrilateral states: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Tourists like to stop by for a quick jaunt, crossing four states off the bucket list in the…
Scotland rejected independence on Thursday, Sept. 18, when 85 percent of the electorate showed up calibrating a 55 percent to 45 percent vote, continuing their 307 year-old union with the United Kingdom. Arguing for independence, the Scottish Nationalist Party believed Scotland would prosper as an autonomous state, while their opponents, the more conservative…
Loss is, without a doubt, the most difficult struggle we face as a species. It is universally difficult and, naturally, is followed by a painful period of mourning. When our nation was faced with the loss of nearly 3,000 of its citizens all within a short few hours, it became undeniable that things would not…
