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Mustaches are “fur” everyone
We’re animals. Seriously though, we are. Every single last one of us is a ball of various and miraculous organs all working in concert to give us advantages in the adventure of surviving, thriving, as a creature, a human on Earth. The integumentary system is the organ system of hair, skin, nails, and exocrine glands; hair itself is a filament of protein that grows from follicles in the dermis.
Two photographers chosen for Larsh Bristol grant
Larsh Bristol, a University of Wyoming photojournalism graduate, died in 2006. His dedication lives on in a profound body of work and the Larsh Bristol $5,000 grant for costs associated with the study and pursuit of photojournalist excellence for UW graduate and undergraduate student photographers. Two University of Wyoming students, Jamie Lindsey and Tamara Rodgers, each received the $5,000 award this year due to it being the 10-year anniversary of the award.
UW Interfraternity Council wins marketing competition
The UW Interfraternity Council won a marketing competition with the pitch to create a unique and culturally differentiated plan to combat Wyoming’s suicide, depression and substance abuse and the communication problems that swirl throughout these difficult topics. The group will be using funding, up to $15,000, to bring speakers, educators and learning opportunities to UW’s campus beginning in earnest Fall 2018.
Cowboy Strong is really Wyoming Strong
The mountains, the myths and the legends of the Mountain West are ingredients in a recipe of strength unique to Wyoming’s inhabitants. The variety of ways Wyoming’s residents embody this strength gives rise to an ideal, an encompassing cultural strength known as, “Cowboy Strong,” but the buzz words fail to encompass all our strengths.
UW to host TACoS youth science camp
The University of Wyoming, the Wyoming Department of Education and private enterprise group Millapore Sigma are combining forces to give instructors and next year’s fourth through sixth-grade students a hands-on educational and entertaining opportunity for science, art and application based discovery.
UW summer camps promote science
The University of Wyoming is hosting numerous week-long summer camps beginning June 25 and ending July 20, designed and intended to be developmental launch pads for science, technology, engineering, art and math for kindergarten through 12th grade. Educators from Wyoming and a few from surrounding states will utilize the training as professional development in maintaining certification. Classes will also be taught at Central Wyoming College in Riverton.
UW BFA Exhibition bridges mediums
Daily life in this present time can be a rich emulsion of pointed commentary, digital tools and escapes, frankly, everything seems to be hyper. The artwork currently on exhibition in the University of Wyoming Visual Arts Building Gallery, April 2 through May 11, is the culmination and exceptional work of graduating Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) students, fueled by hyper-focused creative energy, hardened technical ability and depth of knowledge in art history.
Pride in community shows through cleanliness
The City of Laramie is asking students and community members to consider a day of meaningful community service once again this year in preparation for families arriving for graduation and as a general service to the natural environment. The annual community clean up is headed by The City of Laramie and many other Laramie businesses and community groups. An incredible amount of windblown trash accumulates throughout the city of Laramie during the winter.
Drones, harmless or a nuisance
Global concerns about safety, security, personal privacy and meaningful use all enter into consideration as drones are becoming far more sophisticated and widespread in their use. As drone use becomes more widespread and more readily available to the public consumer so do concerns about their safe and proper use. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in charge of licensure and safety for all unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
City snow removal faces budget constraints
As students returned from spring break or emerged from their weeklong hibernation, Laramie received 10 inches of extremely wet and heavy snow causing power outages and mobility issues throughout the valley. Some recent issues about changes to the sidewalk snow removal ordinance ranged from residents uninformed about their responsibilities as defined by lease agreements, to residents who remove snow without pause after every storm.
Avian activity on campus signals spring
Robins are back at UW and these gregarious migratory birds are one of the first signs of spring in northern latitudes while many other birds have started practicing their songs to attract mates and some have only barely reappeared such as rosy finches. “I was amazed to see rosy finches already strutting their stuff for the lady birds,” UW neighbor and amateur bird watcher, Mike Birkel said.
Comedienne Kristina Wong brings laughs to campus
Good comedy is sometimes like that scratchy blanket at grandma’s house, it’s uncomfortable yet comforting at the same time. Nationally renowned Asian-American comedienne Kristina Wong is taking a humorous swipe at social injustice tonight, Tuesday, March 20 in the Union Ballroom at 7:00 p.m. and it’s FREE. Wong is known throughout the comedy world for her tough and persistent “Do It Yourself” attitude toward social injustices, marginalization and those with privilege.
Wyoming deliveries at your service
Admit it, you don’t want to go to Anong’s in your smelly pajamas at 1 p.m. for the massaman curry with chicken but you will if you have to, and you no longer have to go to many of your favorite non-delivery restaurants because Wyoming Deliveries is on on the job. Wyoming Deliveries is a new startup service in Laramie aiming to deliver a wide variety of goods to customers.
Small Wyo. towns use big sounds for economic gains
Wyoming’s lineup of music festivals and cultural celebrations grows every year with fevered demand from residents and tourists. Small towns like Laramie, Centennial, Medicine Bow and other rural areas are becoming economic beneficiaries on a regular basis from youthful creative events in their communities or merely by being on the route to and from events.
“Stand Your Ground” bill under alterations in state legislature
The “Stand Your Ground” bill, which protects people from prosecution after using lethal force in order to protect themselves, other individuals, or their property, is in the process of being amended and will now no longer do so. The “Stand Your Ground” bill, introduced by State Senator Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, stipulated that a person using lethal force to defend themselves does not need to attempt retreat from the conflict before exercising lethal force.
Native American center bridges culture, academics
The University of Wyoming Native American Education Research and Cultural Center is one of UW’s newest physical additions but the ties the university has to Wyoming’s Native American culture go back years in UW’s Multicultural Studies history. The primary goal of UW’s Native American Center is to provide academic, social and cultural support to the Native American students on campus and their communities while making the study of Native American cultures a foundation.
UW, COB host Wyo. oriented career fair
Today, in the UW College of Business, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the University of Wyoming will host a hospitality, tourism and outdoor recreation career day in conjunction with a state push to diversify and strengthen Wyoming’s economy under Gov. Matt Mead’s direction.
New city fees for sidewalk snow removal
Sidewalks become dangerous when snow collects, packs down and turns to ice, leaving behind remnants for days due to cold temperatures and clouds. Due to public safety concerns, The City of Laramie wants to remind city residents that sidewalks should be cleared by noon within one day after the end of a storm.
UW employee of the quarter punts pests
As University of Wyoming students, staff and faculty we all have experience with Wyoming’s beautiful outdoors and abundant wildlife, but when various creepies and crawlies like to come live with us, who ya’ gonna call? Mike Eaton, an equipment/maintenance/pesticide technician at UW Residence Life and Dining Services, is this quarter’s UW Employee of the Month. “If you can believe it, the biggest problem we run into is people not reporting a problem,” Eaton said.
The UW Student Newspaper Online
Academic life is difficult enough without the added stress and time needed to hold down a part or full-time job, as well as balancing extracurricular life and managing finances. Sprinkle in some pestilence and disease (courtesy of your roommates, neighbors and classmates) and a semester (an already expensive and well-coordinated four-month plan of academic attack), can be obliterating. Why do horrendously sick and possibly contagious college students come to class?! I’ve never understood it.
UW diversifies experience with innovation
Innovation, creativity and the interdisciplinary approach to research is part of the dynamic mixture of academic fields and research at UW, which mirrors a statewide push for economic engines to cooperate and support Wyoming’s economic needs. A new economic philosophy is taking shape in Wyoming under an umbrella of overlapping needs and UW students are poised to reap the rewards and begin the process of keeping our most valuable resource, young driven individuals, in the state.
UW STEAM powers Wyoming’s future
The development of Wyoming’s new economic strategy for diversification through ENDOW and the need to supplant fossil fuel extraction budgets with viable long term industries will not only support Wyoming’s economy but also the skilled graduates and families that make Wyoming their home. Across campus the term “STEAM” is used to describe the interdisciplinary combination of creative and industrial application. The term is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, art and math.
UW student artwork soon to be showcased
Each fall semester students from all across campus and disciplines are invited to submit artwork for a professionally juried exhibition. Selected works of art are shown in the main gallery in the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center art museum and education center. The works of art not chosen for display at the museum are invited to hold their own Salon de Refuses in the lobby of the Visual Arts Classroom Building.
The UW Student Newspaper Online
As Wyoming’s historic cash cow, mineral wealth, continues to lose market value, Wyoming’s larger entities, both public and private, are investing in innovation and ways to keep our human resources in Wyoming. “Currently we’re only employing about 30 percent of our college engineering graduates in state,” University of Wyoming Dean of Engineering Michael Pishko said.
Pipe burst effects Classroom Building
The day before Christmas a main water line 16 feet under ground burst at the northeast corner of the Classroom Building filling the basement nearly to the first floor. “We really didn’t know anything about it until it was time to come back to work and we were just able to get our food truck delivery on the Friday before classes started,” Elements Café supervisor, Alex Faber, said.
ENDOW re-imagines supply, demand
The Governor’s directive to expand Wyoming’s diversification efforts, ENDOW (Economically Needed Diversification Options for Wyoming), met in Laramie to get public and student feedback that might solidify and condense a broader vision. “Now we’re wrapping up these preliminary findings and making some determinations about key components that need to be addressed,” Wyoming Director of Economic Diversification Strategy and Initiatives, Jeremiah Rieman, said.
The UW Student Newspaper Online
Wyoming may be one of the richest states in the Union but its main source of wealth, coal production, faces mounting environmental, economic and logistical challenges. Shrinking and extremely competitive markets for thermal coal, Wyoming’s economic boom, have made it necessary for Wyoming’s government to set up and fund a program, Economic Diversity Options Needed for Wyoming or ENDOW, that will research and develop strategies to keep Wyoming’s income and budget stable.
ASUW puts TPUSA RSO on suspension until 2019
This last week, Tuesday, Nov. 28, ASUW Budget and Finance Committee held a planned registered student organization (RSO) funding meeting where conservative activism RSO, Turning Point USA, is suspended from requesting funding and put on suspension for the remainder of the semester and for an additional year from the end of this semester. The ASUW Budget and Finance Committee cited three main reasons the funding would be revoked.
Game over for Laramie’s 8 Bytes Game Café
8 Bytes Game Café located at 207 S. 3rd Street is hosting their final weeks of “regular business” and will be closing after Dec. 16, the owner said. A general explanation was posted on the 8 Bytes Facebook page on Dec. 1. The building 8 Bytes occupies has gone through three commercial occupants over the past four years. A few community members who did not want to be identified say the building may be cursed.
The UW Student Newspaper Online
Last weekend was Small Business Saturday, a promotion founded by the American Express financial institution in 2010 to support community development, small businesses and promote diverse and vibrant communities according to the American Express website. “This was absolutely our best day yet, even beating our grand opening,” Laramie Soap Company Owner/Operator, Spencer Pittman, said.
UW police investigate Holocaust-denying flyers
Last week, UW police began investigating the distribution and placement of flyers throughout campus that claim the Holocaust was a hoax. The posters claim the Holocaust, a period of time when approximately 6 million Jewish people and 5 million others were killed across Europe and the Soviet Union, did not take place. The placement of the illegal litter coincided with both Holocaust Remembrance Week and a visit to campus by conservative speaker, Dennis Prager.
The Quarters begins winter renovations
A new company, Tailwind Management Group from Minnesota, has taken ownership and operations of the University of Wyoming’s Campus Habitat apartments, now named “The Quarters” at 2024 E. Binford St. The apartment complex features four-bedroom, two-bathroom, apartments throughout 10 buildings at the site. Residents received notification 50 days ago about the renovations and given different options about how they would like to go forward in vacating two of the complex’s buildings.
Police investigate anti-Holocaust flyers
Last week, UW Police began investigating the distribution and placement of flyers throughout campus that claim the Holocaust was a hoax. The posters claim the Holocaust, a period of time when 6 million Jewish people and 5 million others were brutally hunted, tortured and killed across Europe and the Soviet Union, did not take place. The placement of the illegal litter coincided with both Holocaust Remembrance Week and a visit to campus by conservative speaker, Dennis Prager.
The UW Student Newspaper Online
Dennis Prager, conservative columnist, radio host and speaker, will be speaking at the University of Wyoming today. The event has been titled, “Socialism Makes People Selfish.” Red, white and blue posters can be found throughout campus featuring a pock-nosed, cigar-smoking graphic of Prager. Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a conservative nationally recognized non-profit, is hosting the speaker on campus.
Student art league travels to Wyoming Arts Summit
Thursday afternoon through Saturday morning, University of Wyoming Visual Arts students will be in Lander, Wyoming, for the Wyoming Arts Summit sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council. The summit is a two and a half day conference focused on supporting and improving the arts and artistic livelihoods across the state. The summit also gives educators a chance to earn credit toward their licensure.
Dome of Doom opens its new doors
For months Wyoming basketball fans have waited to return to a Dome of Doom un-marred by the signs of construction and future improvements. The University of Wyoming’s revamped Arena Auditorium reopens Friday, Nov 3.
The UW Student Newspaper Online
The City of Laramie and the University of Wyoming held four public meetings the first week of October about the possibility of changes to 15th Street between Ivinson Avenue and Willett Drive. Discussed possible changes include timed gates restricting access to motor vehicles at certain times, an overpass or underpass walkway or completely closing 15th to motor vehicles. “The next big step is a report from the University of Wyoming to the UW Board of Trustees by Nov.
Artwork made in the wild tours of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming Outdoor Studio class, a summer visual arts class focusing on outdoor and natural subject matter while creating work outdoors, recently sent their work with UW painting professor, Patrick Kikut, and a couple students from the class to install the UW student work at Sheridan College’s student gallery.
Laramie artists gather for ‘Sketch Crawl’
University of Wyoming Visual Arts students and some Laramie fifth grade art students joined a UW visiting artist, Paul Heaston, in the town square at 1st Street and Grand Avenue at 9 a.m. Saturday morning to discuss, disperse and draw Laramie’s downtown urban landscapes. “There’s just a different level of portability with sketching and drawing,” UW visiting artist, Paul Heaston, said.
Wyo. Game and Fish weaves local art, environment and science
Last spring the Wyoming Game and Fish Department joined with the Wyoming Arts Council to provide an opportunity for artists to display their work in the department’s new regional office. The call for art was made public in May 2017 to which 36 artists from across Wyoming responded to. Artists were required to present and explain their visions and works to a selection committee.
UW, Laramie propose changes to 15th Street
The City of Laramie and University of Wyoming began public meetings and comment sessions the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 3, to resolve what is to be done to “unify” the campus or create a safer and stronger continuity between campus east of 15th Street and campus west of 15th street. “There is absolutely no way you can completely shut down the only north-south artery through 13 blocks of campus spanning east to west,” said resident at 9th Street and Ivinson Avenue, Richard Covell.
ASUW proposes changes to 15th Street
The City of Laramie and University of Wyoming began public meetings and comment sessions the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 3, to resolve what is to be done to “unify” the campus or create a safer and stronger continuity between campus east of 15th Street and campus west of 15th street. “There is absolutely no way you can completely shut down the only north-south artery through 13 blocks of campus spanning east to west,” said resident at 9th Street and Ivinson Avenue, Richard Covell.
UW welcomes Native American center to campus
On Friday, the University of Wyoming hosted the grand opening of the new Native American Education Research and Cultural Center located in the building that used to be the University of Wyoming Honor’s Program on the corner of 10th Street and Ivinson Avenue. “That tent was packed! I was fortunate to get a seat. I thought the opening was really beautiful. The drums, prayers and speeches all were heartfelt and meaningful,” UW Painting Professor Patrick Kikut said.
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