With up to 125 personnel cuts looming over the heads of University of Wyoming employees, it is easy to forget that faculty and staff have been fighting a three-year long battle with the UW administration. Specifically, university employees have applied and been denied raises in wages over the last few years. UW President Tom Buchanan and the university...

Jun 28, 2012

The ruling has finally come, and it came with tremendous amounts of misinformation. It is not secret that the politicians and media of the contemporary era thrive on exceptionalism. Yesterday was an extraordinary example of this phenomenon. In the hours following the ruling, it was nearly impossible for most of us to determine what the court’s ruling meant...

Jun 28, 2012

For the average student, federal and commercial loans have been a necessity to pay their way through college. Until 2010, the average student would pay around 15 percent of their income back to the government for the loans. These need-based loans are to assist students in paying for their education while giving them a feasible interest rate and a manageable...

Jun 28, 2012

Due to drought conditions and the impact on Wyoming farmers and ranchers, Governor Matt Mead has asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to issue an agricultural disaster declaration for all of Wyoming, except Teton County. “Wyoming farmers and ranchers are struggling to work through serious impacts caused by drought,” Mead said. If the declaration...

Jun 28, 2012

I recently have been engaging in a sizzling romance where the rant and rave began immediately once his shirt hit the floor. He began by passionately kissing me and then slowly nibbling on my ear. Before I knew it, we both had stripped down to our birthday suits and I kept hoping he would not notice my out-of-breath panting, sighs or eyes rolling back in my head....