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…
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…
By Emily Gipson Many university faculty gave comment in The rising debate of AI usage expressing a sentiment of frustration at the potential rise in academic dishonesty as a result of more widespread access to AI tools. The ethics of AI have been considered since Alan Turing created a computer that could crack a cypher…
By: Monte Bluebird The recent Letter to the Editor by Seth Hustad makes the distorted claim that “society leaving God behind…brings more despair, hopelessness, and meaninglessness.” To substantiate this claim, Hustad cites a correlation between a decline in Christianity and a rise in political corruption, economic woes, and “debauchery.” In other words, Hustad would have…
By Seth Hustad It’s been 100 years since the roaring 1920’s. A time of loose morals, freedom, corruption, rampant debauchery, economic highs and lows, a pandemic, and as always Europe was a mess. It doesn’t sound too different now does it? We just got out of our pandemic. We also have lots of loose morals,…
By Emily Gipson “As white people, we don’t have room to respond because we can’t speak for people of color, …”, from Students Reflect on MLK Jr. Day, written by Grace Long and published in the University of Wyoming’s student newspaper Branding Iron on January 17th, 2023. I’m reminded, as I often am, of MLK,…
By Benjamin H. Newell Disclaimer: The following letter to the editor was written in response to the first message President Ed Seidel released to the University of Wyoming community and submitted for publication before the second message from Seidel was released. By now, everyone on campus has heard about the incident that happened last Friday,…
By J Tyler Ballance I used to do volunteer work for the Washington D.C. trans rights group, GenderPAC (now part of HRC). I wasn’t engaged in transitioning myself, I just wanted people who were trans to not be beaten or killed for their decision to live as transmen or transwomen. In recent years though, some…
Letter Provided by Randy Bunney from Fort Ripley, MN. Dear Editor, The BI’s article “Electric cars won’t cut it in Wyoming” reads like the writer is looking in the rear view mirror instead of ahead. Sure. EV battery performance sags, as you point out, during the winter. Tip of the hat to you there, as…
Guest writer response to “Should I get the COVID vaccine?” by Kathryn Mayers By Lawrence Zhou, graduate student in Communication and Journalism department I’m getting tired of masking. I’m getting tired of online classes. I’m getting tired of my airline miles wasting away, unused. I’m getting tired of my phone thinking I’m dead because I never…
Submitted by student Lexi McCoy I am writing to you today regarding my concerns and other classmates of classes staying in-person after the return of spring break. I would like to remind you of a year ago, nearly to the day, of when the University of Wyoming sent us out for spring break for two…
Submitted by Heather Kelly, parent of senior Brittney Jayo and sophomore Freddi Jayo of UW I am writing to address the decision to have a virtual graduation for the 2021 graduating students. I am very upset by this decision. The university has had a year to come up with a plan on how to carry…
