Feb 13, 2013

The Cheyenne chapter of One Billion Rising will host its V-Day event at 10 a.m. on Feb. 14 at the Depot Plaza in Cheyenne. “It’s an international event that brings awareness to violence against women,” One Billion Rising Cheyenne coordinator Shelly Montgomery said. One Billion Rising is an organization that defines itself as a “global strike” to bring...

Feb 13, 2013

After much deliberation ASUW voted 20 to seven to adopt ACRES farm as an ASUW program. Senate bill 2386, a bill to make ACRES farm an ASUW program, heard debate from both sides as well as from representatives from the farm. “We provide Washakie with a small amount of produce but I would argue that we indirectly affect every student,” said ACRES...

Feb 13, 2013

The Citizens’ and Students’ Self-Defense Act was created to allow anyone 21 or older with a concealed carry permit to bring a firearm into any public school or college. Although the bill passed in the House, the bill was killed by the Senate while keeping legislators’ score cards with the NRA untarnished. This lack of action was prompted by education...

Feb 13, 2013

During the weeks leading up to Feb. 14, people find store shelves decked in shades of pink and red and stocked with heart-shaped boxes of chocolates and other fancy symbols of love. The day has been called the “holiday built by Hallmark” because greeting card sales sky rocket during the first weeks of February. Within the last few years it has also been...

Feb 13, 2013

If you cannot be on your favorite football team, then you might as well create one. That is where the various leagues of fantasy football teams come into play, an expanding association where grown-men design mock teams to win money and get full privileges to ridicule each other. A fantasy football team is defined as an interactive competition where you can...