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…
Plans for a gazebo at Undine Park promise to resurrect a piece of the park’s history and add a new gathering place. The idea for a new gazebo at Undine Park came from the Laramie community itself thanks to the people of Friends of Undine Park. The park once had a large gazebo that stood…
A recent study by the University of Wyoming found that 4 out of 10 Wyomingites favor the Tea Party and its policies. This should not be surprising. Wyoming has a long history of valuing self-restraint and responsibility, and superficially that’s what the Tea Party stands for. Our culture revolves around personal responsibility, stemming from our…
Many UW students look to LCCC as a small part of their education, but the Albany county campus is now looking to upgrade to accommodate increasing attendance. Representatives from Laramie County Community College appeared at the Laramie City Council work session on Tuesday to propose a purchase for lots 7, 8, 9 and 10 of…
Fifty-five percent of Wyomingites believe climate change is happening, but only 42 percent believe it is anthropogenic, or caused by humans, according to a recent Yale study. Only one state, West Virginia, had a lower percent report a belief in climate change and no state had a lower percent report believing that climate change was human-caused….
Over 250 middle school and high school students along with 90 volunteers converged on campus Monday to go beyond standard expectations of scholarship and present about leaders of the American past. After a visit to Ohio and seeing National History Day first hand 35 years ago, retired historian Dave Kathka, decided to help introduce a…
Men of the University of Wyoming pranced and posed in the Education Auditorium on Saturday to raise money for The Safe Project, a group that advocates for survivors of stalking and family or sexual violence. Every spring Kappa Kappa Gamma holds “Mr. Wyoming,” a kind of pageant open to male UW students. In the past…
Laramie citizens filled city hall on Tuesday night to show support for the adoption of the Laramie Non-Discrimination Ordinance. Spencer Culver, a sophomore at UW and member of the non-discrimination task force, said the ordinance has been in the works since last summer. Culver and Bria Frame, another UW student on the task force, spoke…
Wyoming’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) office will close today, and I would love to think everyone at UW understands why this is unfortunate. Just a guess, I’ll assume this is probably not the case. The indicator of what people care about, social media, has been mute for anyone under the age of 40—Yik-Yak has…
The American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Wyoming office in Cheyenne is closing on Friday. The ACLU is an advocate of civil liberties, and according to their website, they are known for litigation, lobbying legislators, organizing grassroots activists and disseminating information about constitutional freedoms. Linda Burt, ACLU of Wyoming’s executive director, said the office is closing…
The Environment and Natural Resources Wilderness Festival concluded its final event at the Platte River Wilderness in Saratoga Saturday. Eighteen university students with a background in several different majors bonded over a fire, fajitas and a full moon. The students engaged in a group hike up the Platte River, when half way through, snow and…
UW received $250,000 from the Wyoming Legislature to replace its research aircraft, the Beechcraft King Air 200T, last month. Many UW researchers said the current aircraft, which has flown for UW research missions for 38 years, is reaching its capacity. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sets limits at 10,000 flight hours, and the research aircraft…
