On Wednesday, April 17, I sat in on the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission meeting that took place in Riverton. The Zoom meeting had reached its maximum capacity of 500 participants, and the Holiday Inn conference room was packed with members of the public. For the next two hours, the Commission listened while members of…
University students have a reputation for keeping strange hours. I personally often find myself finishing papers at ungodly hours of the night, kicked out of the library after it closes to skulk around online for final pieces of research. In the process, I often turn to the Internet Archive, a non-profit dedicated to preserving a…
Enacted in 1972 as a part of the Education Amendments, Title IX is one of the most well known government statutes with an incredibly broad scope in education today. Only 37 words, it states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits…
Concert prices have skyrocketed over the last few years. Concerts that used to cost 50 dollars have now doubled and sometimes tripled in price. Everyone knows about the Taylor Swift fiasco with the Eras tour tickets, but other artists are charging more as well. Artists like Noah Kahan, Hozier and Zac Bryan have tickets being…
By Louise Larrew and the Wyoming Young Communist League The Wyoming Young Communist League strongly opposes the platforming and defending of transphobic speakers such as Riley Gaines on campus, and we condemn The University of Wyoming’s running defense for rampant transphobia under the guise of “free speech”. Riley Gaines’ visit does not occur within a…
The Branding Iron wanted to further investigate sportsmanship at the University of Wyoming. Both Chad Baldwin, the spokesman for the university, and Tom Burman, the athletic director for the university were contacted for an interview. Burman declined. Sportsmanship at UW has been an ongoing theme throughout publication, dating as far back as 1925. Although it…
Media literacy needs to be taught, or it will be Gen Z’s downfall. The digital natives, AKA the people born or brought up during the age of digital technology from an early age, are now in charge. Not only does this mean that the first generation of digital children will be in control, but it…
The Big Event took place on Saturday, October 14th at a variety of locations across Laramie. From 10 a.m. to around 1 p.m., students and volunteer crews worked on tasks such as pulling weeds, raking leaves and cleaning up trash. One location crews were supposed to be was at the intersection of 1st and Garfield…
To be an artist takes time, dedication, and skill. Countless hours of practice have gone into each unique piece of art created by an artist. To some, however, this dedication is overwhelming. Enter AI image generation. Why spend hours drafting, sketching, coloring, and rendering when you can type a few sentences and have a unique…
Recently, the Branding Iron was contacted by the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming (ASUW) student government regarding our reporting of their weekly meetings. It was stated, conveyed by ASUW Vice President Jessica Petri via email, that according to the ASUW bylaws the “processing” portion of the meeting is not allowed to be reported…
This past summer, I stepped out of my comfort zone here at the University of Wyoming campus and into an environment that was incredibly different from anything I have ever known. Thanks to a program called the Center for International Experiential Learning (CIEL) I saw, heard, and felt things that no textbook or news article…
This editorial was originally published in the September 26, 2023, edition of the Branding Iron. Although I have only found myself operating in the world of journalism for about two years, going on three, one industry concern has been made clear from the very beginning: print is dying. The question of survival for the journalism…
