May 2, 2013

The Internet is for cat videos and memes, but it also can be a place to educate the world. Online classes, be they classes that have a professor lecturing over Skype or the phone or completely online, are the future of education. The fact of the matter is that it is easier to reach a large number of potential students all over the world, and for less cost over...

In the light of finals, I have become nostalgic looking at my year in Laradise. It has taken me awhile to appreciate her quirks, but this past year has made me realize that there are many things that I can only experience in beautiful Laramie, Wyo. Only in Laramie do you run into your professors at Walmart on a Saturday morning. There is a very specific kind of...

May 2, 2013

For most of our young lives, we are taught to make choices.  We learn when we are young that our wrong choices have consequences.  As we grow older and make the wrong choices, then the consequences become more severe, sometimes far more severe than we anticipate.  But when we make the right choices, a series of good things may come our way, as if Karma is...

May 2, 2013

Italy offers a rare insight into the ancient past through archaeological excavation.  Villa del Vergigno, the 1st century BCE remains of a Roman villa in Tuscany, Italy, is hosting an archaeological field school from June 24 to July 28.  So far, 11 students from UW are attending along with students from Florida State and the University of Oklahoma. Due to a...

May 2, 2013

The University of Wyoming’s enrollment reached a record high for the fall of 2012. The original count was over 13,000 and reached almost 14,000 by the end of the semester. This year’s enrollment was counted on the 15th day of the fall semester of 2012 as well as the 15th day of spring semester 2013. This day is used because it falls after the drop/add...