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…
On Friday night the Union Gardens was filled with laughter as two comedians entertained students before the ever-stressful “dead week.” Friday Night Fever brought in Troy Walker and Vinnie Montez, two Denver area comics. Montez off-stage has a reserved personality that may come from 16 years of experience as a police officer. “There are so…
A study released by a research team at the University of Wyoming has the potential to aid in cancer research via frog cells. The study focused on what factors regulate the size of a cells nucleus. On December 4 a paper about the study written by Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology Daniel…
Maybe you don’t watch it because you don’t understand it. Maybe you have a preconceived notion that it’s boring. Maybe it’s because you don’t follow the teams, the players or the standings. Maybe it’s because as an American the only futbol you are watching is played in pads and a helmet. Whatever the reason is…
Clean air can be taken for granted, but with proposals for higher air quality standards, multiple areas in Wyoming will have to be reevaluated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggested updates to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone pollution, or smog, this past week, moving the current standard from 75 parts per…
The billions Americans spend annually during Black Friday aids the national economy in a major way, making it a vital fiscal event throughout the U.S. This year Black Friday sales were down. The National Retail Federation announced on Monday that Black Friday sales dwindled online and in stores. However online sales statistics that included Thanksgiving…
So the recent elections have come and gone with the Republicans winning resounding victories all across the board. I suppose some congratulations are in order, or they would be if I had the memory of a sea sponge. You see, I remember this thing that happened a year and some change ago. It was that…
Diabetes; a word most people hear, but few fully understand. November is National Diabetes Month, and this year’s focus is raising awareness about the disease and its burden in the United States. Kyler Gallinger, the mother of a type 1 diabetic, said that awareness is key if organizations that fight diabetes area going to…
I lost a family member this past week. He still walks and talks, lives and breathes, but he is now gone forever. My grandfather may be alive but he suffers from the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and as a family the decision was made this week to put him in a permanent care facility…
Oil prices have dropped to its lowest price per barrel for the first time in the last 4 years, influencing a larger number of people to travel. Although prices are falling nationally, Wyoming is placed as the 45th highest oil price average out of the 51 states including Washington D.C. The nation has not recovered…
Boo! Did I scare you? Probably not. Ebola! Did I scare you? Maybe that did the trick. With Halloween approaching, it seems that Ebola has more people shaking in their boots than the scariest time of year. I agree; it can be scary. A fever can turn into bleeding internally and externally until a miraculous…
Some diseases, disorders, or injuries can be frightening because their eventual result is death. However, there are other afflictions that are terrifying to contemplate because they represent not an end to life, but rather a drastic and unimaginable change in the way we live. One such case is spinal cord injury. Depending on the site…
