Just as social media and digital technology has transformed how individuals communicate, so too have they altered how newspapers present information.
“You’re seeing a lot of newspapers starting to use Facebook,” Stephanie Thompson, president of the Wyoming chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, said. “It’s a way to get the news out there as fast as we can.”
','Thompson, who also works as an editor for The Green River Star, said that newspapers across Wyoming have either integrated Facebook or Twitter—or both—into their news reporting. And if newspapers in the state have not begun to utilize social media into how they present the news, they probably will do so in the near future, she said.
Last week, The Green River Star developed its own Facebook page for the newspaper. So far, the newspaper has been posting bits of stories to lure readers from the Facebook page to the newspaper’s website, where they can get the complete story.
“We’re trying to get people to the website,” Thompson said. Eventually, The Green River Star will post background information on its reporters and post photography on the Facebook page, Thompson said.
“We just started it last week,” she said, describing how the paper’s Facebook page is a work in progress. “It’s very new. So they’re still getting information on there.”
Besides luring potential readers to the website, Thompson said that the Facebook page will also act as a forum for The Green River Star’s staff to communicate with members of the community. While the newspaper has created a Facebook page, it has not begun to integrate Twitter in into their news coverage. Yet, Thompson said reporters for the Green River paper—and newspapers across Wyoming—will likely use Twitter in their reporting in the future.
Thompson said that reporters would eventually be writing news on-location through Twitter using their smart phones instead of having to write using laptops. Thompson said that the greatest advantage of using Twitter, Facebook and their newspaper site was the ability to release breaking news in a timely fashion.
Instead of reading about events that happened the day before in the printed edition of the newspaper, readers can learn of the day’s events on the day that they happen. In regards to The Green River Star and other weekly newspapers in Wyoming, a reader who solely relies on the printed edition can wait up to a week to access local news.
Thompson said the main advantage of Facebook, Twitter and newspaper websites is that they allow audiences to read the news as it unfolds.
Email: Shane Staley
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is more than just a way to keep up with friends.
RSOs, UW offices and many other groups on campus are taking advantage of it and other social media sights to broaden their audiences.
Friday Night Fever is one of the RSOs on campus that uses Facebook as a way to expand their fan base. “We started our Facebook page a little over a year ago but only more recently have we started using Facebook ads,” Dillon Bennett of FNF said.
','“A lot of the advertising goes into actual ads on Facebook. We try to increase our friend numbers. After someone ‘likes’ us it becomes about the postings,” Bennett said.
With the postings, FNF tries to post as much media about upcoming events as possible. Recently, FNF has been taking pictures and videos from past events to get students interested in similar events coming up.
Since FNF has started buying ad space on Facebook, they have seen a definite increase in ‘likes’ on their page. FNF also uses WyoWeb to connect with students about events.
“With WyoWeb we send out press releases a couple of weeks before hand so they appear in the calendar,” Bennett said. That way on the day of the event, when a student logs into WyoWeb, it is one of the first things they see.
Another part of campus using social media is the Admissions Office. Involved in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype, the Admissions Office connects to a number of new and prospective students across the globe.
“I can’t think of a college I work with that doesn’t have a Facebook account, that includes this university and all of the U.S.” Associate Director of Admission Pepper Jo Six said.
Having the different forums has really made a difference. The UW Facebook page has close to 1,300 fans and receives around a post per day regarding questions about transcripts or other topics.
“It’s a nice, safe forum for students,” Six said.
“We find that Facebook is a great way for perspective students to learn about the university. They might not pick up the phone and call, but if they’re already on Facebook they might just send a quick message,” Mary Aguayo Assistant Director of Admissions said.
Members of Admissions, as well as students, work to keep the page updated and posts answered in a timely manner.
The Facebook page has been around for about two years and has been very successful. The Twitter and YouTube accounts have not been utilized as much, but they are both emerging social media from the school, Aguayo said.
Many colleges inside UW also have Facebook pages including Arts and Sciences, Business and Engineering.
“Clearly people are fining these to be beneficial,” said Aguayo.
Email: Lauren Kottenstette
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The introduction of Twitter into the world of sports has led to a curious paradox of what it means to get information from athletes and coaches.
According to tweeting-athletes.com, there are 3,012 identified professional athletes on Twitter. Sportscenter has begun to follow major sports news with responses from athletes via their Twitter accounts.
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The summer of Lebron was followed by tweets from nearly every athlete with a number of them broadcasted via ESPN to shed light on the reactions of the rest of the athletic community. NFL players are open to comment on actions that happen in baseball, and thoughts that were once ignored are broadcasted just because the accessibility is there.
Twitter has made the lives of athletes significantly more transparent; especially at the professional level where the authority of coaches doesn’t extend as far as it does in college.
The professional ranks have thereby had to adjust to the new media. For the fans, it offers a chance to watch players vent or hear them react to what’s going on in the world of sports.
Lebron James expressed his frustration with a critical media by tweeting that he was “Keeping a list” of those who had written or spoken negatively of his actions during this summer’s free agency period.
Recently, Charlie Villanueva tweeted about a feud between himself and Kevin Garnett. Villanueva’s comments at the beginning of November exposed a conflict on the court that would have otherwise been undocumented.
The effect of Twitter on sports is most notable in one of the most popular athletes on Twitter; Chad Ochocinco.
Ochocinco has 1,417,679 followers on his Twitter account. Ochocinco Tweets at a high rate with as many as a Tweet every ten minutes, according to Twitter. Ochocinco’s insights range from hints about upcoming celebration plans, to fines that he has incurred, to asking the people of Cincinnati if there is a delivery sushi place in his area.
While the introduction of such media has revolutionized the access to player emotions, it has also created headaches for teams and leagues that search for a way to contain the Twitter phenomenon in their locker rooms.
Twitter has led to concerns amongst professional teams regarding the dissemination of important team information. Roger Goodell, the Commissioner of the National Football League and Twitter user, has already said that athletes could be fined for their Tweets.
Tweeting during halftime and other “conduct detrimental to the league” will warrant a fine. Ochocinco was fined for Tweeting during a game and teams have cracked down on what players can and cannot discuss on social media sites, according to the National Football League.
While the Twitter race has complicated the dissemination of information, it has not yet led to a major movement against athletes use of the social media site. For now, at least, leagues have been willing to permit the 140 characters of expression by their players.
Email: Tom Hesse
Facebook is currently the most preferred service for sharing accounts for 78 percent of social network usage, according to socialnetworkingwatch.com. However, the evolution of social networks did not begin with Facebook; rather, the site’s popularity is the result of extensive attempts by various networking outlets that have all contributed to the progress social networking has made.
The internet has always been a medium for social activity. A Digitaltrends.com page titled The History of Social Networking states that long before Facebook was the now-archaic Bulletin Board System, which allowed users to share files and post messages to other users. Though the technology of the 80s and 90s restricted the potential of BBS sites, the concept resonated with the public and became popular. In the same era was CompuServe–a system that began to thrive in the 80s. Like BBS, it allowed users to share files and access events but it also provided the first true interaction between users and email. CompuServe didn’t invent email, but it was the first to offer email to the public. According to the Digitaltrends.com page, users could also join any of CompuServe’s thousands of discussion forums any time of day. Those forums proved to be incredibly popular and marked a big milestone in the evolution of social networking.
Many social networking sites existed throughout the 90s, but the next network that marked a major milestone was Friendster. A Social-networking.com page on the history of Friendster explained it is viewed as the original social networking site. It operated on the principle that an online community can only thrive between people that have common bonds and that there were plenty of ways to discover those bonds. This concept is what paved the way for subsequent online dating and business-oriented networks. LinkedIn arrived next on the scene and offered business people a way to connect with other professionals. Users on LinkedIn were referred to as ‘connections’ to emphasize the professional nature of the site.
MySpace arrived in 2003 and quickly became more popular than Friendster. It enabled members to access a wide array of media (predominantly music and music videos) through more intimate connections with artist’s actual profiles. Furthermore, it allowed members to create a unique space via funky, creative profile layouts and the ability to decorate with icons. With these new innovations, MySpace quickly garnered a membership three times the size of Friendster, reports a consumeraffairs.com page titled What’s Inside Myspace.com?
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Facebook was launched in 2004 by Harvard students and existed as a campus-oriented network for two years before it opened to the public in 2006. The site has since garnered more than 500 million members and is leading social networking. According to a report released by techcrunch.com that details the top 50 websites in September, other leading networks of this year include Youtube, Blogspot, MySpace, and Twitter. The data by Techcrunch.com ranks the networks by the number of unique visitors each received throughout the entire month of September.
Social networking continues to evolve. In order to remain a leader of the social networking pack, Facebook needs to constantly work to propel itself forward. Its founders recently announced the launch of Facebook’s own email service, specifying that the network will provide an @facebook.com email address to any user that wants one.
While many might find it hard to remember what life was life prior to Facebook, it is important to give credit where credit is due and to recognize that social networking is process that continues to evolve. Facebook may be the front of social networks today, but one should always be excited for the next networking milestone that technology brings us.
Email: Davis Bonner
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My favorite photo assignments aren’t athletic events, nor are they large events put on by campus organizations. My favorite photo assignments are the ones that allow me to document the everyday lives of college students.
I like them because we have the most unique lives—and I enjoy capturing them. The life that is the college life isn’t found in classrooms or lecture halls. It’s found in the cheap apartments around Laramie. It’s found in the students ranting outside of the Union.
','After a year and a half at UW, I am completely convinced that only those in our age group could live our lifestyles and get out alive.
Many students, myself included, live substantially unhealthy lifestyles largely due to the very fact that we’re college students.
On a good day, I’m able to make it to McDonald’s just in time to get a McGriddle (sausage egg and cheese) and a coffee (crude oil black) and make it to my 8 a.m. class. On a bad day, I’m on my third cup of coffee and shaking due to high levels of caffeine and a lack of food by the time my political philosophy class rolls around.
Many college students have stories similar to mine. We stay busy procrastinating (yes, procrastinating is an activity which keeps many college students quite busy), writing papers (often in a very short period of time) or studying.
Most college students survive off booze, caffeine—and in some cases—illicit drugs and cigarettes. It’s an interesting lifestyle to say the least.
Then, of course, there are the financial troubles that come with being a college student. I have woken up many times to find less than a dollar left in my checking account—and this isn’t unusual or surprising to me at all. In fact, I simply dismiss it as being just another part of the socioeconomic status of being a college student.
I don’t even flinch when I hear stories of my friends pulling consecutive all-nighters because they were up writing a paper or studying for an exam. Again, this is completely normal and to be expected.
I recently found myself preparing for an exam in Coe Library. There’s just something about the environment in libraries that is conducive to studying, or for those like me, procrastination. I had my laptop screen split into two screens: On one screen was my Facebook page, and on the other I was watching “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.” It just wouldn’t feel right for me to sit down and actually begin my assignment in a timely manner.
This is simply apart of the American college experience: getting drunk on the weekends, living off caffeine and Burger King, and being forced to get a Buck Double because you can’t afford anything else. The American college experience is poverty and decadence packed into a caffeine-filled and, for some, a pharmaceutically-driven rite of passage.
I wouldn’t have it any other way. We only get this experience once, so why not live off caffeine and Burger King and four hours of sleep (on a good night)?
So have another Buck Double or coffee. Smoke another cigarette, if that’s your thing, and enjoy the American college experience.
Email: Zach Spadt
It’s not often that I just commit a few hundred words to praising one member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, but Kevin Love deserves some love.
Love snatched 31 rebounds and 31 points in a single game. No player has put up a 30-30 game since Moses Malone back in 1982. None of this is news but, come on, why not give the guy his credit. No one’s done it since 1982! Not Shaq, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard or David Robinson.
','No one else has done it. Kevin Love did it against the New York Knicks and everyone’s favorite lazy power forward: Amare’ Stoudemire.
Kevin Love’s performance was awesome, not only because of the insane numbers, but because of the circumstances.
Love plays for the worst general manager, David Kahn, on one of the league’s most dismal franchises. Love makes about half of what teammate Darko Milicic makes.
Milicic plays about 20 minutes a game, and Love is still going out to try and win a game for a franchise that is headed to the NBA draft lottery.
Furthermore, Love managed to embarrass one of my favorite overrated stars. I was in New York for that game, and it was priceless to watch fans try and defend Stoudemire’s…well, I don’t want to call it a performance.
That would make it sound like he showed up.
But it was fun to watch fans defending their $100 million jogging expert. I always appreciate when an underpaid player with no incentive to show for himself manages to stick it to one of the league’s least motivated players.
Let’s face it; there is nothing for Minnesota fans to be excited about.
Johnny Flynn is hurt. Ricky Rubio still won’t show up, and David Kahn decided to pay everyone’s favorite draft pick $20 million because any time you get the chance to pay a never-was big man $4 million a year for laughable production, you got to do it.
Love is making an effort to break that cycle. It’s no secret that Love would rather be on a team that at least pretended like it had aspirations of winning.
Love deserves to be a contender, and when his contract runs out, I’m sure every team in the league is going to be hunting for the services of perhaps the best young power combination of forward/center, who doesn’t care about scoring.
Love will win an NBA title for no other reason than that he is such a valuable commodity, and that any halfway decent team would contend for the title with him on it.
For now, however, Love is in one of the three worst situations in basketball.
So, he went out and did everything he could for the T-Wolves. Not only did he produce an incredible stat line, but Love helped that team beat the Knicks.
Much of Love’s production came in the second half when the Knicks were leading by double digits.
Rarely do we find reasons to cheer an NBA player’s work ethic in the month of November.
So, when we do have a reason, it would be hypocritical not to.
Nice work Kevin Love and keep your chin up, surely the United Nations can prosecute David Kahn for crimes against humanity if no one can work out a trade for you.
Email the author: thesse@uwyo.edu
Imagine finding yourself in a terrible financial situation with outrageous rising debt and a dwindling income. What would you do?
You know that if you continue on the same path, eventually things are going to go terribly wrong and fall apart. Because of this, you can no longer sustain your current lifestyle without tragedy ensuing.
','You love your family. You want to plan for the future and have the financial stability to support them.
Would you create a new budget for the future that would save you money; would you trim back your spending and possibly find an additional income—all of which will come as a sacrifice to your standard of living?
And now, are you willing to make the same sacrifice for the love of your bigger family—your homeland—for the government of the United States of America?
A recent overview by the chairman of President Obama’s bipartisan commission on reducing the national debt outlined a politically provocative and economically ambitious package of spending cuts and tax increases.
If this decrease in spending and increase in taxes is implemented, American citizens will have to make many of the same sacrifices for their government that many are making for their families.
The sad thing is that no one expects this decreased spending and increased taxation to be implemented—not even the members of the committee.
When asking for individuals to make a sacrifice by accepting some of the plan’s more radical ideas, their response is a resounding “No.” The reason: the plan goes against both Democrats and Republicans and their opposing views on what is best for the country.
Proposed cuts to discretionary federal spending by $200 billion and raising taxes by about $100 billion between now and 2015 makes the Democrats and the Republicans unhappy with the proposed solutions. But it is time they each get it in their heads that this is not an issue that we can be split and have a working solution.
This is one of the biggest issues facing the U.S., not the mounting U.S. deficit per se, but the inability of the parties, representatives and citizens to come together to make the sacrifices needed to even start the process.
Almost all individuals agree that sooner or later, the mounting U.S. deficit will become a hindrance, and, eventually, a massive drain on the country. But agreement on the solution is far from certain.
The issue is that the deficit cannot be reversed through the well-understood traditional underpinnings of either party. By themselves, raising taxes or implementing spending cuts are not enough to save the country from an enormous fiscal dilemma in the future.
The solution must be a combination of raising taxes and spending cuts. The deficit is too large to be taken care of alone. Each party is already stating that they will stick to their traditional mantra through hell and high water. The incoming partisan government is setting itself up to be a failure to everyone if some compromises can’t be reached.
Currently, the government is over $13 trillion in debt, and it is only rising.
So how do we make sure the most partisan government in the history of the United States doesn’t become ineffective?
The solution is the greatest bipartisan gathering in the history of the U.S., not only in the national government, but across the nation, all the way down to each and every individual.
Half the reason politicians on each side of the aisle are afraid to change their positions from that of their parties’ traditional rhetoric is reprisal from their constituents in the next election.
If every citizen understands that the solution to the deficit cannot be one-sided, then the representatives will see also see it.
It must be understood that no single party—or their over-arching ideology—has the best solution.
This is where the sacrifice occurs. Eventually, as citizens, we will have to be willing to sacrifice some of the government funding and tax breaks we receive, which will hurt everyone—from top to bottom. Before this can happen, we must be willing to sacrifice our steadfast understanding that our ideology is the only right solution to solving the deficit crises.
The debt commission showed this. The plan, which would erase nearly $4 trillion from projected deficits through 2020 and stabilize the accumulated debt, is a collaboration of traditional understandings of the philosophies from each party. The plan also includes a few new “out-of-the box ideas” that make it a great starting point.
There is no way that the plan from the committee will pass without being torn apart by each party, and maybe it shouldn’t be passed all at once.
Maybe each idea should be presented individually to Congress so the merits of each proposal is discussed and given the fair attention it deserves.
But in the end, they need to be addressed by politicians and supported by citizens, who understand that bipartisan voting on the deficit will not, and cannot, save us.
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
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The rest of the citations are issued elsewhere on campus, often as a result of contact with pedestrians on main campus and during traffic stops.
The penalty for consumption of marijuana includes a monetary fine and possible jail time.
Samp said that if officers are able to meet their standard of probable cause, often students are issued a citation in either circuit or municipal court.
The fines can range up to $750 and a year in jail for possession or use of a controlled substance in misdemeanor amounts.
Yet to some students, the use of marijuana on campus is just something that is part of campus culture.
“As long as kids are passing school and they aren’t letting it interfere with responsibility it shouldn’t be an issue at all.
As long as they can continue on with their responsibility, marijuana is just fine in my book,” Claire Wooster, a student at UW, said.
Tyler Webber, a sophomore, agrees that the use of marijuana does not seem to be an issue for students or the university.
“I know a couple of people who use it, and they aren’t hurting as far as grades are concerned,” he said.
Tucker Bean, a junior, also stated that he did not think that it was an issue and that the abuse of alcohol by students was much more troubling.
Zachary Hanson, a senior, says that he has never witnessed marijuana use on campus, only suspected it, but says that he would not be surprised if it was something that happened regularly.
In terms of university and Laramie police departments addressing it, Hanson said that he does not think it should be a big priority.
“It is a law; we should observe the law. But there are other, more important things that could be addressed,” Hanson said.
The most popular age group for marijuana use is 18-25, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
In that age group, the drug is most popular with college students.
The Center for Disease Control reported this year that 30.2 percent of college students have used marijuana in the past year.
At UW, that would mean that 3,749 students have smoked marijuana in the last year.
This number does not come as a surprise for students at UW.
“I would say the number sounds pretty low from the experiences I have had,” Bean said.
Wooster said that she thought the number was low, especially because of all the students who are trying the drug for the first time as an experiment.
The problem is not just with college students.
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2009, 16.7 million Americans age 12 or older used marijuana at least once in the month prior to being surveyed.
According to the most recent numbers from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in Wyoming, 10 percent of the state reported using marijuana from 2004 to 2005, over 44,000 people.
Laramie’s position next to I-80 makes the town susceptible to marijuana, and drug dealers stop by while smuggling drugs across the country.
In 1996 the Office of National Drug Control Policy labeled Albany County a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol website, just a month ago troopers seized 35 pounds of marijuana approximately 19 miles east of Laramie on I-80, though the marijuana was not bound for Laramie.
To combat the use of marijuana and other drugs on campus, the UWPD has two certified Drug Recognition Experts on staff that can testify in court regarding illicit drug use.
Samp said that the police department, like the university administration, works hard to make campus safe for students, faculty and staff, which, as they see it, means enforcing the law against illicit drugs in a timely fashion, and utilizing the various resources UPWD has on campus and the City of Laramie.
“Often university disciplinary sanctions also apply through the Dean of Students office and/or Residence Life and Dining Services even if no citations were issued in a case,” Samp said.
To help students recognize the dangers and their potential addiction to marijuana, the AWARE program at UW has sponsored the electronic THC Online Knowledge Experience, or e-TOKE, which is a marijuana-specific brief assessment and feedback tool designed to educate college students about marijuana use.
Any student can take the survey online in less than 15 minutes.
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
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The cold weather means that many people—especially UW students—who would regularly ride their bikes or walk, take an automobile to get around.
This places more automobiles and their drivers on roads that would otherwise not be driving.
The problem with this is that the cold weather that motivates people to drive their cars also makes the roads, which the weather covers in ice, more dangerous. This creates an unsafe combination: more people in cars on roads that act much like an ice-skating rink. In turn, this leads to the increased likelihood of automobile collisions.
Not only do more cars and their drivers on Laramie roads make driving here more hazardous, it makes finding parking at UW a nightmare.
All those people taking the warm refuge of their car over the colder option of biking or walking also ensure that parking spaces in and around UW are scarce.
Under the best of weather conditions, you play hell trying to find a metered parking space on campus. But when you add the additional drivers that come with frigid weather, it will be a cold day in hell when you actually find parking on campus.
The snowy weather has much of the same effect on parking off campus, which here too, is difficult to find when the weather is warm.
Yet, when the flakes start falling, trying to find a parking spot can be an exercise in futility.
What makes the parking situation off campus even worse is that if you actually find a place to park, chances are its a restricted parking area.
So, when you think it was your lucky day to find that spot two blocks west of the Classroom Building, don’t be surprised when you return from class to find a ticket from the Laramie PD on your windshield.
But if you don’t want to try to find parking on or off campus there’s always the option of parking at one of the designated parking areas and then ride the TransPark bus to class.
Many people do just that. Yet, here too is another example of the weather impacting transportation.
As the temperature outside decreases, the number of passengers riding TransPark busses increases.
Two months ago you could go to a morning class riding a bus that was half-full. But when the cold moves in, you can expect that bus to be filled to maximum capacity.
There are times during the winter when the bus provides riders only with standing room.
Although the winter may not officially be here (that’s on Dec. 21), the weather that comes with it has returned.
And with the return of the cold come a number of transportation issues—more cars on icy roads, fewer parking spaces and larger crowds of passengers on the bus.
But don’t worry, warmer weather will return—in June!
Email the author: sstaley2@uwyo.edu
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','We spend a lot of time talking about how to spend as little money as possible or how to save in the most effective way, but rarely do we talk about giving money away. Here I have been writing about financial wellness and saving; (what does giving have to do with this?) Besides, college students don’t exactly have a lot of money to give. While this might be true in comparison to what we will all be able to give in the coming decades, it’s important to establish charitable habits now.
It’s important to realize that there are three things we can do with our money: spend, save or give. Each is a requirement of being responsible. Yet rarely do we ever think about giving. While we may not have thousands of dollars to give, remember that small things can make a big difference. Take your $40 ASUW student fee for example. You may not be happy about having to pay this, but it really isn’t that much in the grand scheme of things.
Your lifestyle is not drastically reduced because of this one expenditure. Based on the budgeted 9,250 students multiplied by two semesters, that total is nearly $750,000! So, on a micro level, $40 per semester isn’t that big of a deal. When the whole-dollar amount is banded together, great things happen. This includes the popular (and potentially lifesaving) program SafeRide, student radio, the RSO Funding Board and the Student Attorney Program, just to name a few services.
That being said, I challenge you to think of a creative or worthy cause for which to give $40. Maybe decide that you are going to sacrifice one evening of entertainment.
Invite your friends over to play a board game instead of going out.
This one-time gift can make a huge difference. If everyone on campus did this once, we could contribute $1 million quite handily.
Giving is important during these tough economic times. Most charities are suffering. This is because when corporations and individuals cut back, charitable giving is often the first to go.
Doing this once (giving $40) may not change the world, but it could do a lot. Think about how your life would be if when your income goes up (very likely after graduation), and your spending habits (percentage toward entertainment etc) didn’t change. Would you be happy with the lifestyle you lead? This is the season of giving; spend some time researching an organization or cause that you can associate with. Some organizations include Salvation Army, Red Cross, March of Dimes, Make-A-Wish, Habitat for Humanity and the Cathedral Home for Children.
While I’m tempted to let you off the hook by saying “If you don’t have any spare cash, consider volunteering,” I don’t want to let you off the hook.
Volunteering is incredibly important as well, but consider doing more.
Make a sacrifice and send some dollars to a worthy cause!
The Tea Party has made a name for itself by touting a message of pure Americanism.
The Tea Party’s America is the America our founders envisioned when they began the great experiment that is our country. In the Tea Party’s America, the Constitution and God are the only rulers.
','Tea Party darling Sarah Palin clearly understands this message. The theme of her speeches and articles is that of a government founded on the principles of representation (listening to the people) and individual liberties and—of course—upholding the basic rights our founders loved so much. I’m beginning to wonder if Palin, and by extension the Tea Party, understand what this actually means.
An article appearing in “Slate Magazine” last August tells the story of Palin’s squeaky-clean Facebook page. When Palin endorsed Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) for the U.S. Senate, a few followers of Palin disagreed with her endorsement and let their concerns be known via her Facebook page. Even those disagreeing with her in a respectful manner had their posts deleted.
“Why are these comments expressing disagreement with this endorsement being deleted?” read one post that was deleted. “Just because some of us disagree with the endorsement doesn’t mean that we don’t follow Sarah Palin. I just wish you would listen to me as a resident of the 3rd Congressional district.”
As much as Palin touts that she is someone who is simply traveling America listening to the views of its citizens, she seems pretty fond of silencing people who disagree with her.
Sarah Palin and the Tea Party are in some ways the antithesis of Americanism. They hold their rallies and appear before their supporters with a Bible in one hand and the Constitution in the other. I doubt most in the movement have read either documents.
They scream about American values and individual liberties, but these liberties only appear to apply to true Christian Americans. Want to build a religious center in New York? That’s fine, wait…it is a Christian Church, right? Want to take part in Civil Discourse? Okay fine, but you agree with us, right?
Palin and the Tea Party either don’t comprehend what it actually means to be in support of American values, such as individual liberties and religious freedoms, or they simply don’t care (I’m beginning to believe the latter). If they did, they would have been the first in line to support the Islamic center in New York that caused so much controversy. And they surely wouldn’t censor anyone who disagrees with them.
Let’s be honest: Sarah Palin and others in the Tea Party don’t care about these things at all. They’ve simply found a creative way to pander to voters by manipulating their fears and emotions.
I won’t deny that this technique wins elections—that was proven on this November’s Election Day. But their wins come at a cost. Campaign ads sponsored by the Tea Party ran across the country linking certain candidates to the “Ground Zero Mosque,” and many candidates won because of them. This January, Kentucky is sending first-term Senator Rand Paul (R) to Washington, who wants to repeal parts of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The Tea Party movement, if it is allowed to prevail, will set American progress back a few decades because those in it don’t understand that the freedoms and liberties they preach about do indeed extend beyond white Christians who agree with the conservative message. They don’t understand that Constitutional protections go beyond those in the white, Christian demographic.
Perhaps, instead of continuously monitoring their Facebook pages for dissenting posts to delete, they should pick up a Constitution and a copy of the Federalist Papers. Who knows, they might just learn something about the American values they preach.
Email: Zach Spadt
The Raiders beat the Chiefs in a pivotal battle for leader of the second worst division in football. With that, we’ll look at the worst division in football.
I’m fascinated by a division that, at best, will be won with nine wins and at worst—and I’m really rooting for this—won with a 7-9 record. For no other reason than novelty, here is my breakdown of the NFC west division.
The team we’re all rooting for: St. Louis Rams.
','Is there any reason to root against the Rams? Wouldn’t it be hilarious to see Sam Bradford lead the worst team in football from a year ago to the playoffs? I would laugh for days if I got to see the Rams, not only make the playoffs, but have home field advantage in the first round. The Rams lead the division with a 4-4 record. They have three home games left on their schedule and four divisional match ups left. This season looks to go down to the final game of the regular season on the road against Seattle. Rams! Seahawks! It’s the pivotal battle for the final spot in the playoffs. I have the Rams ending their season with a shot at the division title in the last game against Seattle which could push the Seahawks into the playoffs at 7-9.
The favorite…I guess: Seattle Seahawks.
Seattle has the best shot at this division; though I’m not sure why. Remember Matt Hasselbeck? Wasn’t he on the cover of Madden six years ago? A quarterback who never really dropped off. He just had what a statistician would refer to as a regression towards the mean.
This is a trait found most often in quarterbacks; though Hasselbeck didn’t have to suffer through it quite as badly as the quarterback for our next team. The Seahawks have four games at home, and I look for them to head into the final matchup against St. Louis with a 7-8 record.
Kurt Warner is still not taking my calls: Arizona Cardinals.
When you’re choosing between Max Hall and Derek Anderson, your fan base is probably turning over to see how Steve Nash is looking this season. Anderson is proof that making the pro bowl does not make you a good player, and Max Hall looks like he’s 5’ 10” even though he’s listed at 6’ 1”. Poor Larry Fitzgerald. Since I don’t want to bother looking at the Cardinals outlook, I’ll just take the next few sentences to say happy early Veterans Day to anyone who has served or is serving in our nation’s armed forces. Thanks for everything you do. You are the polar opposite of our last team in the NFC west.
This stopped being funny three weeks ago: San Francisco 49ers.
The 49ers were actually picked to win the Super Bowl a few months ago. Here’s what has happened since:
• An 0-5 start.
• “We want Carr” chant
• Troy Smith’s first legitimate shot at being a starting quarterback
• A loss to the Carolina Panthers
• Thankfully, a World Series victory by the Giants that made everyone forget.
San Francisco has two wins. Two! I think we’re done here.
It will come down to St. Louis at Seattle. As badly as I want to see the Rams storm into the post season with a losing record, I think we’re going to have to watch another rainy playoff game in Seattle.
Email: Tom Hesse
UW is not an Ivy League school, but it has many great things going for it. By the numbers, it is one of the great schools out there.
Starting with tuition, UW is one of the best schools for the price. Whether in-state or out-of-state, it is known for its affordable price. This is true even after the recent jump in the cost of tuition.
','In the 2009-10 year, UW almost ranked last out of all U.S. public doctoral institutions for its price of undergraduate resident’s tuition and fees with UW ranked 145 out of 150 for the cost of tuition for resident graduates.
Those are some good numbers for those individuals who are looking for an education at a nationally competitive university.
Another statistic that speaks to the school’s strength is the high acceptance rates of those who apply to UW with 96 to 97 percent of all applications that apply accepted for admission. This number is very high considering national standards. When you consider how UW is the only four-year institution of higher learning in the state, the acceptance rates are even more impressive. Although the acceptance rate is high, the enrollment rate is much lower, around 48 percent.
So how are our numbers nationally once the students are accepted?
A very important number to look at is UW’s fall-to-fall retention rate. It shows the number of students who are staying in college and not dropping out before graduating. UW is at 73 percent, which is the roughly the same as the national average of 76 percent.
Additionally, the UW graduation rate each year is almost the same as the national average for other public institutions. About 22 percent of students enrolled at UW graduate in four years; nearly 55 percent of students who start out as freshmen at UW eventually graduate from the institution.
UW’s ratio of 14 students for every faculty member is also an impressive number for being the only four-year public institution in the state.
Although the university and its administrators have stressed that they do not like national rankings from many publications, the school does not do terrible in them.
UW moved into the first tier of nationally ranked universities listed in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News Media Group.
UW ranked 153rd among all national universities and ranked 81st among public colleges. The rankings were out of more than 1,400 schools nationwide.
These numbers are excellent for the University of Wyoming nationally, though I am sure that many in the administration will argue that the university deserves to be higher.
It doesn’t stop there. The Princeton Review ranked UW in its best Western Colleges and Top Colleges.
The National Research Council ranks the University of Wyoming’s Department of Economics and Finance in the College of Business as the nation’s leader in faculty research output and eighth overall in research productivity. The review ranked 120 economic doctorate programs in the U.S.
UW’s department ranked in the top 10 in overall research productivity and quality, along with the economics departments at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of California-Berkeley Economics, University of Chicago, Harvard’s Kennedy School and the California Institute of Technology.
UW’s MFA Program in Creative Writing recently was named one of the top 50 programs in the country.
I’m sure there are many numbers and rankings that have been left out and probably deserved to be on this list, but the point is that if anyone needs proof of the high academic value of the school, you need only to look at the numbers.
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
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Wind that gusts across the landscapes of eastern Wyoming makes the region ideal for wind power operations.
However, just because the region is well suited for wind turbine farms doesn’t mean their future location in the state is certain.
','“Whether or not Wyoming will have a large stake in the growing wind energy is unclear,” Rick Stickland, team leader for AES Energy’s wind turbine in Arlington, Wyoming, said.
Strickland did not divulge the specific reasons for Wyoming’s uncertain future in regard to wind energy, but there are a number of reasons why much of the state may not be covered with wind turbines.
These reasons include taxes on electricity generated from the wind, the lack of power lines to take that energy to the market and public opposition to the industry’s growth.
In Joshua Wolfson’s article, “HD 36 candidates differ on wind taxes,” in the Oct. 1 issue of The Casper Star Tribune, Wolfson wrote how Republican Wyoming House District 36 candidate Gerald Gay said taxing wind energy could hurt the growth of the industry.
Gay’s opposition refers to a $1 per-megawatt excise tax on wind energy operations that recently passed the Wyoming state legislature.
“We are just starting over like we are the first place in the world that has got a wind farm,” Gay said.
The problem with Wyoming passing a law taxing wind energy is that companies may just choose to build their turbine operations in other states. This makes sense from a business standpoint. There is no reason for an energy company to build a wind farm here if they can build an operation in another state without such a tax.
The lack of power lines in many of the state’s ideal areas for wind energy operation may impede future development.
Whereas much of the wind farms currently are running in places adjacent along existing power lines, future operations will likely have to be located where such lines don’t exist.
In an Oct. 1 Associated Press article titled, “Panel: limit eminent domain,” Bob Moen wrote how the Wind Energy Task Force voted 5 to 4 to block private companies from using eminent domain to seize property from land owners to build energy-collecting lines.
“Eminent domain is the forced acquisition of private property for public use and has been used to build railroads, pipelines and other projects,” Moen wrote.
Although Moen’s article looks primarily at eminent domain in regard to the construction of new power lines, it also foreshadows one of the biggest impediments to the growth of wind energy in the state.
As of right now, the infrastructure — the lines to get the electricity to the power grid — does not exist. As for whether or not these new lines will be built, it will probably depend on less-than-sure agreements between private companies and landowners.
The last major impediment I see against wind energy growth in Wyoming is the potential for people opposing the future expansion of wind energy operations.
Wolfson wrote how energy with companies running “turbines towering 250 feet into the air, it’s a constant presence in the community.”
The question here is whether the people that live in the communities where future wind farm operations may be located will support or oppose the construction and running of these farms.
So, although eastern Wyoming may be an ideal location for future wind farms, it does not mean they will be located here.
Email: Shane Staley
','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-09 05:13:05','62','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-09 05:13:05','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','865','wind, energy, wyoming, lines, future, operations, power, state, ”, build, wrote, farms, growth, domain, companies, reasons, located, running, eminent, article','Wind that gusts across the landscapes of eastern Wyoming makes the region ideal for wind power operations. \r\n\r\nHowever, just because the region is well suited for wind turbine farms doesn’t mean their future location in the state is certain. ','0','28','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1388','Hate is not a Wyoming value','hate-is-not-a-wyoming-value','','Working as a photographer for The Branding Iron for more than a year, I‘ve covered many outlandish events in Laramie, but the circus on Simpson Plaza Monday is the most extreme in my memory.
The fiasco began Monday morning when an evangelist named Shawn the Baptist arrived to preach his message about the so-called dangers of sin and the path to hell.
By 12:30 p.m., Meg Lanker and students from the Secular Student Alliance arrived on the scene and were outside preaching against Shawn the Baptist’s message. Later that afternoon, Michael Richards, an African American student, joined in a Ku Klux Klan robe to counter and mock the radical evangelists.
','As I watched the growing crowd of students who joined in protesting the message of Shawn the Baptist, I realized that reason is indeed catching on in America. Even those from religious backgrounds are well aware the hatred inherent in Shawn the Baptist’s message must stop.
It became clear to me, and many other observers, that numerous suicides committed by members of the LGBT community are caused by this very type of hatred — and that it, too, must be stopped.
With a copy of the New Testament in hand, Richards began shadowing the evangelists and shouting the same things as they did. His actions exposed Shawn the Baptist’s message for what it truly is: Hate-filled rhetoric hiding behind the facade of peace and love.
The only difference between the two messages is that one was presented under the guise of “religion” and a twisted concept of love, and the other was presented from under the hood of a Ku Klux Klan uniform.
The manner in which students protested Shawn the Baptist will be long debated, and there will never be a clear answer regarding the appropriateness of the signs they held and the things they shouted. What is sure, however, is that students at this university made it clear that they will not stand for this type of hateful message.
Regardless of one’s creed, religion or political affiliations, we can no longer afford to stand silent as people continue to spread a message of fear and loathing simply because others have different beliefs.
Although the days of witch trials and stoning atheists are long gone, persecution still exists. In a way, we still stone people because of their religious beliefs, sexual orientation, etc., but instead of a physical stoning, it is more of a psychological stoning consisting of hate-filled rhetoric that drives some to the point of suicide.
In this sense, we have not improved from the days of stoning atheists, but we have become worse.
The days of religious persecution must stop because we should all be allowed to believe whatever we choose to. To believe there is nothing wrong with having religious beliefs, because whether one believes that God, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, created the Earth, it is truly a personal matter.
Beliefs don’t become problematic until people begin spewing a hate-filled message that says people who don’t have ‘X’ belief deserve to burn in hell, or that people who make certain lifestyle choices ought to be sentenced to eternal misery. That’s where we have problems. That’s where we have the potential for violence.
And that’s why I can’t help but applaud those who made a stand against Shawn the Baptist and his fellow radicals: Not because I have a problem with Shawn’s beliefs, but because I have a problem with anyone who comes onto the UW campus and preaches a message of hate.
Anyone who stood up to Shawn the Baptist, or even asked him a critical question, sent a loud and clear message that hate is not a Wyoming value.
That’s something for which we as UW students should be grateful.
Email: Zach Spadt
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Redundancy works in advertising, education and hygiene, but when you are only allowed to have five things, you had better diversify — such is the case in basketball.
','There is a fundamental flaw with the make-up of the Heat right now. I emphasize ‘right now’ because it could change. When Dwayne Wade and Lebron James are on the floor, one of them becomes dead weight for the benefit of the other.
It’s not to say that either is selfish. It’s just to say that what the Miami Heat are currently doing would be like putting Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson in the same backfield at the same time. Only one can be effective at a time and their talents cannot be utilized fully, unless one of them has the ball in their hands at a time.
This isn’t “Ocean’s Eleven.” You can’t just toss some stars together and hope it works. “Ocean’s Eleven” worked because the roles of the characters were well defined and there was no repetition of parts. In American Airlines Arena, Erik Spoelstra is trying to star two George Clooney’s.
The game is played with only one ball. The Miami Heat has two guys, who, for seven years, have been conditioned to believe that the ball is theirs for the taking. They have modeled their game to fit. It’s not selfishness. It’s what worked.
All top perimeter players are built into basketball offenses in such a way that the game flows through them and their ability to create off the dribble. When is the last time you saw a non-alley-oop highlight of Lebron James or Dwayne Wade scoring without putting the ball on the floor?
The offense of the Miami Heat is at an impasse when it comes to incorporating Lebron and Wade at the same time. The situation is only worsened by the lack of a true point guard on the team. Lebron has yet to show that he cannot run the point-forward position.
Wade has now transformed into a more talented, but less effective J.R. Smith. He can score at will and he provides great energy, but because another player supplies the brunt of the offense, Smith must take a back seat and play a more limited role.
The problem is that Smith is in a situation where he can come off the bench and provide excellent sixth-man services. The Heat don’t have that luxury. Smith backs up a defensive stopper in Arron Afflalo. The Miami Heat don’t have that because they have no bench. So Wade must be on the floor as a starter.
The Heat must look for either Wade or Lebron to step down in their roll. During the summer, every player voiced how Lebron would channel his inner Magic Johnson and become the NBA’s best facilitator. James can’t do that. He won’t. The man spent seven years scoring at will and it is unreasonable for us to believe that Lebron has it in his DNA to quit doing that which had us calling him the best player on the planet.
However, can Wade change? Wade won a championship by taking the ball to the basket in a one man show that had “Die Hard” enthusiasts saying, “One man can’t do all that!”
Dwayne Wade is one of the best talents the game has ever seen at getting to the basket. He carried teams and isn’t half the passer Lebron is. Wade is a scorer. Far more so than Lebron. Still, however, the onus is on Wade to change, not Lebron. From a strategic perspective, Miami Heat’s best chance to win is if Lebron carries the scoring load.
Wade is older and more banged up. Wade’s style of play takes a lot of hits. A transition in Wade’s game would lend itself to elongating his career and helping the Heat win. No one can match up with Lebron, which is why it makes sense for him to be a scorer first and a facilitator second. Wade must adapt a roll as a Kobe-stopper (he’s not), a sure-fire second scoring option (he is) and an option for Lebron on the fast break.
The true answer is that both players must change because neither can be expected to accept a new roll. They’re not young anymore. Their game is their game. Each must tweak one way or the other.
Dwayne must become a defensive force who moves better with the ball than anyone in the league. He has the talent to do so. Lebron must facilitate through his scoring and Chris Bosh, needs to play defense, rebound and try not to embarrass Wade and James when they’re at the club.
The Miami Heat team that started the 2010 season cannot win a championship. Can they change in time to do so?
I don’t know. Seven years of tape and inkling as to how basketball works says they won’t.
Email the author: thesse@uwyo.edu
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Wyoming is already a pretty easy state for a Republican to win; therefore it is an extremely tough state for any Democrat.
Currently, Republicans outnumber Democrats three to one in voter registration, and, currently, the right controls the Wyoming House and Senate and holds four of five elected state offices.
','This, combined with the national trend to support Republican candidates, is a perfect storm for the GOP.
The effect of all of these advantages has been obvious in the Wyoming races.
In the race for Governor, the last poll at the end of September had Republican Matt Mead up by 36% over Democrat Leslie Peterson.
This was combined with the fact the Wyoming Democrats barely had any opponents to run in the primaries to compete with the GOP in the General election.
At the national level, how many people could of named David Wendt as the Democratic opponent to the Republican incumbent, Rep. Cynthia Lummis?
Wendt started to go negative against Lummis in the last two or so weeks. Before that there was no story there, just a non-competitive race.
And the money gives proof to the obvious as first-term Rep. Lummis has raised more than 12 times the amount of money as Democrat David Wendt. As of Sept. 30, Lummis raised $693,000 to Wendt’s $57,300.
For the other races, the only competition is over who will be Wyoming’s next state superintendent of public instruction. Here, Republican Cindy Hill is in a legitimate struggle against Democrat Mike Massie.
Massie is a 16-year veteran of Wyoming politics. He was a senator in the Wyoming Legislature, and was originally thought of as the best candidate for the Democrats to take the governorship.
Hill lost ground when her former boss, Ted Adams, spoke out regarding Hill’s previous work as a Vice Principal in Cheyenne. Adams assertion that the district opted to cut ties with Hill because of her performance over the course of several years provided a late momentum swing for the Massie movement. Adams claimed that Hill’s resignation came after the district informed her that they would not grant her a new contract.
Though hill denies the allegations, all of this is leading up to the only seat Wyoming Democrats might win statewide.
The other races include just as easy wins for Republicans. Republican incumbent Secretary of State Max Maxfield is expected to easily survive a challenge from Democrat Andrew Simons of Laramie.
Some wins are so easy for Republicans this year that they didn’t even see a Democratic challenger at all. Republican State Treasurer Joe Meyer and newcomer Cynthia Cloud, the Republican candidate for state auditor, might as well walk into their respective offices as neither face opposition
A similar sweep of state senate and house seats will probably also occur, and to a lesser degree, party loyalty might even affect local city and county races.
So far, I have not mentioned a single third-party candidate. That’s because despite the effort that three libertarian candidates running for statewide offices put in, and Taylor Haynes write-in candidacy for governor, third-party candidates have little chance to win
This is a two-party nation for the most part. And with the support the Republicans are receiving, these candidates will be unable to spoil a single campaign this year.
So what will the impact be for the state if Republicans come close to sweeping the elections this year? Not much.
The Tea Party movement will probably have little impact on the decisions made.
As James King, a University of Wyoming political science professor, said in The Casper Star Tribune, “If you look at the whole, the message of the Tea Party is not particularly different from the message the Republican Party has had in Wyoming for the last several years, smaller government, lower taxes, less federal regulation.”
Our current Democratic governor (Dave Freudenthal) was pretty conservative, and the changes that will be implemented when Meade takes office could be described as “personnel changes”
The biggest change that might occur will be to education in Wyoming. A heated election led to many policy promises from the two candidates for superintendent of public instruction. Although both candidates favor supporting UW to the utmost
So please, remember to vote for the candidate you truly believe is best for the job. Care about the system and realize that voting is important.
Despite all the noise about the national election, Wyoming is already insulated from any national movement of change this year.
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-02 05:01:56','62','Max D\'onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-02 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','862','wyoming, state, republican, party, candidates, republicans, election, democrat, races, national, democrats, year, hill, candidate, gop, governor, movement, lummis, democratic, offices','When all is said and done, the story of the election in Wyoming will be the GOP sweeping the election.\r\nWyoming is already a pretty easy state for a Republican to win; therefore it is an extremely tough state for any Democrat.','0','16','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1391','Student vote makes a difference','student-vote-makes-a-difference','','Midterm elections may not garner as much attention from voters as presidential elections, but they are just as—if not more so—important.
Many voters may take greater notice to presidential elections (after all, you are voting for the leader of the nation). But when you vote in today’s midterms, you’re making decisions on local and state issues; you’re choosing state and local candidates.
By voting, you are determining the officials who will represent you. You will make decisions on ballot initiatives that will have an impact on your day-to-day life.
Nowhere is this truer than when looking at whether the 5th cent sales tax, officially known as the General Fund Excise Tax in Albany County, is renewed.
If voters decide to renew the tax, it means that between $4 million to $5 million will be available for general operating expenses in Laramie. This funding goes to support police, firefighters and road maintenance, just to name a few services.
If voters choose not to renew the tax, the city will have to go without millions of dollars and city services will probably have to be cut back. This could mean fewer firefighters and police to protect Laramie, and more potholes in the city’s roads.
While we may argue about government spending at the federal level, its government spending at the state and local level that immediately impacts our lives and communities. The 5th cent sales tax is just one example of this.
Who is chosen to become Wyoming’s next governor will personally affect every student who attends the University of Wyoming.
Wyoming’s governor appoints all of the members who sit on the UW Board of Trustees. These trustees determine the annual cost of tuition for attendance at UW.
Voters’ decision on who will be Wyoming’s next superintendent of public instruction will have a major impact on the state’s K-12 education system.
Wyoming’s next superintendent of public instruction will make choices concerning statewide testing procedures, oversee local school boards and act as the leader of the state’s public education system.
So if you thinking about staying home today, or that there’s no reason for you to vote, you should think again. Your vote will help determine the direction of our state for the next few years.
Sure, a presidential election may be more likely to grab attention and make you take notice. But if you ask me, it’s the midterms that will have the greatest impact on local communities, states and our individual lives.
So get out and vote today.
Email: Shane Staley
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Winter is here, and so are the constant sniffles and coughs associated with Cold & Flu Season. As we all know, there are some basic steps you can take to help avoid getting one of these nasty bugs. Things like washing your hands, eating healthy, or getting a flu shot all contribute to your overall well-being and reduce the chances of being down for the count and unable to study for those midterms or the rapidly approaching finals. But, there is one more contributor to immune system impairment: stress.
','One surefire way to get stressed is through your finances, or lack thereof. You know, “too much month at the end of the money.” While there is no cure for the common cold, there is a remedy for financial stress and that’s the dreaded word budgeting. What an awful idea right? Here I am trying to reduce your stress and bolster your overall wellness, and I just made you uncomfortable. Relax its ok.
Budgeting isn’t so bad. There are countless “budget wizards” or other programs (Excel) that make budgeting much simpler and almost painless. One of these sites is www.budget.cahscourse.com. This is also available through UW’s financial wellness website www.uwyo.edu/fw. Stress generally comes from pressure and uncertainty. While making a budget won’t necessarily increase your income or reduce your expenses, it can reduce your uncertainty and at least give you a game plan or a way to keep score. Take a few minutes (seriously fifteen is plenty) and make a budget. You will immediately feel relief and may even find some expenses that you can cut out so you’ll have more money to do something you’d really enjoy. After doing this, you will have at least one less factor getting you down. You’ll feel better about knowing where you are (even if it’s not where you want to be).
To review, colds and the flu are no fun, and by reducing your stress you’ll be healthier. Moreover, by staying healthy, you can avoid all those extra expenses of buying DayQuil, cough drops, TheraFlu, or prescriptions. As you know, medications are not cheap. While Student Health appointments won’t cost you any extra, the time spent is another cost you can avoid by staying well. While I know everyone at Student Health are good people, I don’t particularly care for Dr. visits. I think they might even appreciate you staying healthy too. This can be done by keeping a simple budget. Reducing the uncertainty of your financial life can relieve a lot of unneeded stress. I found an excellent definition I’ll leave you with by A.A. Latimer, “Budget: a mathematical confirmation of your suspicions.” Remember, if you have any comments or ideas about financial wellness, feel free to contact me. I’m in Union 020 (across from the Gardens), and my email is asuwexc1@uwyo.edu. Feel free to call the office at 766-5204.
Email the author: lfrye@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-29 02:16:58','147','Luke Frye','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-29 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','860','stress, budget, financial, reduce, budgeting, feel, uncertainty, wellness, expenses, you’ll, flu, staying, healthy, avoid, free, ”, “budget, cost, student, money','ASUW Executive Luke Frye talks about how budgeting money can lower your stress level and raise your health level.','0','13','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1393','Lodging Tax benefits Albany County, brings revenue to Laramie','lodging-tax-benefits-albany-county-brings-revenue-to-laramie','','Summers in Laramie, and at the university, are unique. This is mostly because students have returned home to their families and summer jobs, but summer also constitutes the few months of the year when the weather allows for citizens and visitors alike to really enjoy the city, and Laramie becomes a hot spot for vacationers avoiding the summer heat and travelers wanting to experience the “Wild West.”
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This summer alone, the Laramie Area Visitor’s Center recorded almost 2,200 visitors to its downtown location, and over 90,000 travelers visited the Summit Area Visitor’s center right off I-80 east headed into town. These tourists provide a much-needed boost to downtown businesses revenue, as well help to keep some of Laramie’s longest standing attractions in business, including the Laramie Plains Museum and the Wyoming Territorial Prison.
According to Friends of Albany County Tourism, “Visitors provided 13% of all sales tax collected in fiscal year 2009” and kept “1,720 people employed in the travel industry.”
These numbers represent the work effort by the Albany County Tourism Board to bring in tourists nationally and internationally. A website, visitor guide, Albany County brochures and comprehensive maps were created by the tourism board to better showcase Albany County as a tourist destination. Additionally, the tourist board mailed 7,235 visitor guides to people who requested them from the website, according to the Albany County Tourism Board.
In addition to bringing in tourists who spend money in Albany County, The ACTB provides up to $40,000 for grants for some of the city’s most exciting events, such as the Downtown BrewFest, High School Football Championships, the Dead Dog Classic, and the Ghost Tours of Laramie City, among others. Citizens can also place their events on the Albany County Tourism Calendar, which offers free advertising to all county events.
ACTB is also very active in UW Poke Pride on campus. The brown and gold steamboat flags around town are a direct result of ACTB, and these flags show incoming teams and out-of-town visitors the university pride felt by the community.
The ACTB is a nonprofit joint powers board funded by the 4 percent Lodging Tax. The tax is renewed every four years, and it is up for renewal this year. Visitors to Albany County pay the Lodging Tax when they stay overnight at any lodging properties. This is one of the rare taxes that citizens do not pay, yet benefits Albany County.
Without this tax, the Albany County Visitor’s Center would not be able to circulate visitors’ guides, operate the Laramie Area Visitor Center, provide money for events, and promote many of the Laramie attractions. The city of Laramie needs to renew this tax to continue the services that the tourism board supplies.
According to Friends of Albany County, “during the first fiscal year, 98,962 dollars were generated by the lodging tax. During Fiscal Year 2009, 672,644 dollars were generated by the lodging tax.” This proves that the services of the Albany County Visitor Center bring in tourists who spend money. These services help invite tourists, not only in the summer months, but in the winter as well. The ACTB publishes literature on snowmobiling, skiing and snowshoeing in the winter in Medicine Bow Forest.
This tax needs to be renewed. Citizens do not pay for this tax, and yet they benefit from the grants given to city events by the ACTB, the revenue to the city generated by tourists, and the county jobs created because of the tourism industry. On Election Day, please vote to renew the 4 percent Lodging tax.
Email the author: amcguiga@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-29 02:10:00','147','Ann McGuigan','2010-10-29 02:36:06','147','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-29 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','859','county, albany, tax, laramie, lodging, tourism, board, tourists, actb, summer, year, events, city, center, visitor, visitors, citizens, area, fiscal, pay','BI writer Ann McGuigan discusses the benefit of the 4% Lodging Tax for tourism and the city in general.','0','12','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1394','‘Splice’ full of blockbuster graphics, disturbing content','splice-full-of-blockbuster-graphics-disturbing-content','','In the Halloween spirit, audiences usually line up to rent the creepiest and scariest movies they can find.
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To honor this tradition, I rented the eerie thriller, “Splice.” Written by Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant and Doug Taylor, and directed by Natali, this film is one that will keep viewers in suspense from beginning to end.
Actors Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley play a married couple driven by their careers in genetic research. Clive (Brody) and Elsa (Polley) work for a nearly bankrupt company, which is only held aloft by the experiments the married couple conducts.
','After creating seemingly successful organisms by splicing DNA from a variety of animals, Clive and Elsa decide they should integrate human genes into their next experiment. However, this creates a moral dilemma when their employers think society is not quite ready to utilize humans for such new, dangerous scientific research.
Clive and Elsa secretly complete a project, combining animal genes with a young woman’s genes. The creature they produce is about to make them wonder if they have made a tragic mistake they cannot undo.
“Splice” is extremely successful at clearly portraying its ideas and metaphorical messages without confusing its viewers. It blends boundaries between what societies deem “humanistic” versus “animalistic,” and this blending offers discussion and thoughts on many topics, including animal testing, genetic research and the ethics involved.
“Splice” slides seamlessly from scene to scene, keeping the audience constantly wondering what’s going to happen next. The dark lighting and close-to-perfect graphics, mixed with the variety of environments in which the characters interact, make this movie very visually pleasing. These characteristics play largely to its advantage concerning the suspenseful, blockbuster aspect of this film.
However, one has to wonder if they are willing to sit through such a peculiar movie. Viewers will see some strange and sometimes disturbing content, due to the R rating for strong sexuality, nudity, violence and language. This content again works to blend societal boundaries, but some viewers may not be ready to cross those boundaries.
One may also see the decisions made by characters concerning the research done in this movie to be diminishing of the realistic aspect of the movie. But if viewers are looking for a blockbuster film with numerous moral and ethical issues surrounding it, make sure and rent “Splice.”
Email: Ty C. McNamee
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-28 04:26:17','62','Ty C. McNamee','2010-10-28 04:54:53','173','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-28 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','858','viewers, movie, research, blockbuster, clive, genes, boundaries, film, elsa, content, ready, successful, scene, genetic, disturbing, couple, play, moral, brody, married','In the Halloween spirit, audiences usually line up to rent the creepiest and scariest movies they can find. \r\n\r\nTo honor this tradition, I rented the eerie thriller, “Splice.” Written by Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant and Doug Taylor, and directed by Natali, this film is one that will keep viewers in suspense from beginning to end. \r\n','0','12','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1395','Running unopposed \'anything but democratic\'','running-unopposed-anything-but-democratic','','The very essence of democracy is choosing who will represent you in government. But I wonder what it says about democracy when candidates run unopposed for elected office.
Come Election Day, that’s exactly what you will see on the ballot, specifically when looking at candidates for Wyoming State Treasurer and State Auditor. Republicans Joe Meyer, candidate for State Treasurer, and Cynthia Cloud, candidate for State Auditor, run unopposed this election.
','This is disconcerting to my faith in state politics, and democracy as a whole.
While this is not to denigrate Meyer or Cloud, I can’t help but think that the absence of opponents makes their campaigns seem somehow superfluous. After all, it’s hard to call it campaigning when you have no opposition.
Maybe I have this wrong, but there has to be little or no reason for them to actually drum-up support for their campaigns.
This, while not an affront to either campaign, makes me feel disheartened about state politics.
I don’t know what it says about Wyoming that we can’t even provide voters with a choice—two candidates for each office—but what it says can’t mean anything good.
Their unopposed candidacies could just mean the two are the only ones qualified for the positions. This could be true. But it’s hardly good for state politics.
The fact that neither Republican candidate has a Democrat challenger does not inspire confidence in the strength of the Democratic Party in Wyoming. If anything, having no candidates on the ballot for State Treasurer or State Auditor speaks to the weakness of the party in the state.
Mayer and Cloud may be the only people who are interested in running for their respective offices. But if that’s the case, it hardly inspires confidence in Wyoming politics that we cannot even muster more than one candidate for our political offices.
The fact that candidates run unopposed also might seems to have a disengaging effect on Wyoming voters.
It means voters have no need to inform themselves of either candidates’ qualifications or positions on the issues faced.
If there were two candidates for both offices, voters could at least compare the two politicians records, their qualifications and their stances on the issues. But without a challenger, there is no need for voters to educate themselves about a candidate because they are already de-facto elected.
If anything, having two candidates at least engages voters who have to compare candidates. A single candidate for public office can hardly be considered engaging. If anything, it fosters apathy and indifference in voters.
But, it is what it is. We have one option for State Treasurer—Joe Meyer, and one for State Auditor—Cynthia Cloud.
Yet, what we don’t have is a choice. Having a choice implies having options, which we do not (unless you want to leave the ballot section blank for State Treasurer and Auditor).
If you ask me, the notion of political candidates running unopposed for office is anything but democratic.
Email the author: sstaley2@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-26 04:28:15','147','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-26 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','857','state, candidates, voters, candidate, unopposed, wyoming, auditor, treasurer, cloud, politics, meyer, running, ballot, run, democratic, offices, democracy, can’t, office, fact','BI Columnist Shane Staley discusses how the idea of democracy fails when candidates run for office unopposed.','0','23','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1396','Fifth cent tax protects essentials','fifth-cent-tax-protects-essentials','','When Election Day comes around, so much attention is focused on the politicians running for office that the proposals on the ballot go unnoticed.
Come Nov. 2, one of the most important proposals in the history of Laramie will be on the ballot and it must not be forgotten.
','The proposal is the 5th cent tax, officially known as the General Fund Excise Tax.
Why is it the most important proposal in the history of the city? Well, by not renewing this tax, the city—and every single person who lives or drives through here—will be hurt.
Why should I vote for the 5th cent tax?
First off, this is not a new tax. It has been in the county since 1986, and it contributes an average of 16 percent to the general city fund.
From there, the tax goes to fund police and fire services, parks, recreation, street reconstruction, graveling streets, dust control, sanding and snow removal, capital construction, community agencies and county road maintenance. These are things you rely on and use on a daily basis. These are not ridiculous expenditures that a bloated government needs to cut. These are essentials.
This tax provides between four and five million dollars to the general fund operating expenses in the City of Laramie. On top of that, for every dollar the city spends on grants, they receive on average three dollars in return.
Without the 5th cent tax, the city would be unable to receive money from those grants, some of which pay for a large portion of local firefighters’ salaries.
Currently, you pay six percent in sales tax and, if you vote for this tax, that won’t change. It will stay the same and you will be supporting your city the best way you can.
Of the first four percent of locally-paid taxes, the state keeps 70 percent and only shares 30 percent with Albany County and the City of Laramie. Most of the taxes we pay are not for citizens, but the 5th cent is different.
The county and city receive 99 percent of the revenues that come from the 5th cent tax. It is our taxes that go toward our community. It’s for the local community; it’s for us.
Another benefit from the sales tax is that Laramie citizens are not the only ones who pay it. People traveling through Laramie contribute between 13 and 18 percent of the revenue generated from the tax.
In 2010, the 5th cent tax provided $3,998,111 for Laramie, $675,000 for Albany County and $30,000 for Rock River.
And for those who believe the city does not need anymore money because our utility bills have gone up, it should be noted utility is an entirely different subject.
The city is required to run everything on that bill. The utility bill price going up is just like a business raising its prices when profits are low, much like gas or electric companies. The city is not trying to scam you. Laramie is trying to scrape by.
What happens if I don’t vote yes?
If the tax does not pass, the city will see even more substantial cuts than seen in the last few years.
First, it’s important to remember that the recession not only makes it tough on citizens but Laramie as well.
Since the sales tax is affected by the amount of money people spend or when the economy falters, the city does not receive as much money.
Over the last two years, the city has already made massive cuts to the budget and has had to lay people off. They’ve cut seven million dollars out of their general fund budget.
If the tax does not pass, the city will have to cut another four million dollars.
According to the City of Laramie, without the tax, essential services will have to take a hit.
These services include firefighting, police protection, street maintenance and repairs, snow removal and many more. Once again, these are essentials for Laramie citizens.
The money from the tax is also used to support city agencies like the Downtown Clinic, the Eppson Center for Seniors, the Laramie Youth Crisis Center and Interfaith-Good Samaritan.
Without the tax, these organizations will be unable to provide the full range of services they currently offer.
These agencies are essential to the City of Laramie, UW and the students and citizens in Albany County.
Finally, there is no way to replace this money if the tax is not renewed. It isn’t like the city can pull it out of a magic hat. It will merely cut the budget that has already been decimated by cuts.
Do we really want our city services, the ones that save and protect out lives, watered down to the point that they cannot perform their functions?
This tax needs to pass, if only to protect the essentials. You need to vote yes on the 5th cent tax on Election Day or we will all pay the consequences.
The noise rang out with a boom, much like an artillery shell. But the loud noise some attendees of Saturday’s Homecoming game heard at 6:00 p.m. did not come as a result of Wyoming scoring against Utah.
No, the loud noise came as a result of the framework of UW’s new tennis facility—located near the soccer fields—collapsed and came crashing to the ground. According to UW Director of Facilities Planning Roger Baalman, the structure collapsed as a construction crew was putting up the steel frame.
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While it’s great news that no one was injured or killed in the collapse, I have to wonder how and why the collapse happened. I also wonder what the prolonged time it will take to now finish the project.
So far, DC Steel Builders, the construction firm building the tennis facility, have been unavailable for comment on the collapse. The question is whether they would even be willing to divulge information concerning the incident. Doing so could be bad for business.
While I’m unqualified to give the reasons for how and why the tennis facility collapsed, my powers of observation tells me someone (or even multiple people) working for DC Steel Builders, or one of their subcontractors, screwed up.
The evidence of this screw-up lies in the twisted wreckage of what was supposed to be the framework of the new building. The screw-up can be seen strewn across the ground outside of the UW Soccer fields.
When a building that’s under construction comes crashing to the ground it is obvious that a mistake was made. The question seems to be whose mistake was it, how did it take place, and why. Sadly, these are not questions that will quickly be answered.
But I can understand why the company would not want to go into detail on the causes of a building collapse. It’s bad enough that you have the framework of a building you are constructing collapse, but explaining how such a thing happened has to be unpleasant.
Be that as it may, it can not be a good for any construction company to have their handy work come tumbling to the ground. After all, DC Steel Builders is in the business of building up structures, not allowing them to fall to the ground.
But the collapse may not have been the direct fault of the company itself. Subcontractors could bear could possibly some responsibility. Baalman said that the manufacturers of the materials used to construct the facility could also be at fault.
As for how long this collapse will set back the completion of the tennis facility is hard to say. Baalman said that he’s unaware of how long—if at all—the project will be setback.
But regardless of whether it will take longer to finish constructing the tennis facility, how the building came crashing down or why it happened, one thing is certain: someone—if not multiple people—screwed up.
If there were not mistakes made, the building would still be standing.
Email the author: sstaley2@uwyo.edu
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Between his senior season at Florida and the second half of the Baltimore Ravens game, I made some of the following comments more than once.
• Tim Tebow will make $12 in the NFL when it’s all said and done.
• I can see why you’d draft Tebow. What’s not to love about a slower version of the Wildcat Offense?
• I’m sure you can pencil him in for special teams player of the year.
• Following the 2010 NFL draft, I’ve been living in bizarre-o world where Tim Tebow’s a first round draft pick and nothing is the way it seems.
To Timmy and the rest of the Tebow family: I’m sorry.
At some point during the Baltimore Ravens/Denver Broncos game, I commented that if we couldn’t run the ball we ought to at least give it to our big and expensive first round draft pick.
During the past weekend’s game against the New York Jets, that is exactly what Josh McDaniels did. To my surprise, I was elated to watch our All-American meathead score his first touchdown.
I was a Tim Tebow fan.
I would like to see more of him in the complex offensive set the Broncos have given him. I would like to see him throw the ball. In fact, I would guess that at some point, Tim Tebow will throw a pass to Kyle Orton. It seems to be a logical gadget play. In the Broncos “Wild Horses” offense Kyle lines up as a wide receiver and stands around. Eventually Josh McDaniels is going to try and capitalize on a defense that sleeps on the quarterback lining up as a wide out. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time in the history of the forward pass, although, the prospect of Kyle Orton as a wide receiver makes this prediction more and more audacious.
There is a lot of upside to Tebow as an option in the Broncos offense. He provides a red zone option that most teams aren’t ready for (the jump pass might be resurrected with disastrous or comical results) and he gives the Broncos a wildcat formation that is unlike anything else in the league. Perhaps a wild cat that is closer to a spread offense will give the Broncos an option that creates mismatches for personnel in defensive sets. A regular defensive set for the wild cat would be out of position for an offense that had the potential to appear and function as a spread.
Here comes the “yeah, but” portion.
Kyle Orton is still performing like a pro-bowl quarterback. There is no possibility of him losing a starting spot to anything other than injury. Tebow is still a gimmick in this league. No different than what Pat White was expected to be.
Tebow is a powerful runner, but if he keeps acting like a glorified fullback then he’ll quickly take the same punishment as one. The quirky little sets they’re giving him now are fine, but they’re not outrageously effective and it’s certainly not enough to create a stir.
Tim Tebow is still a long way from proving himself as a passer in this league. However, he has earned more than $12. You can design an effective wildcat offense around him. He is better than just being a special team’s player.
He hasn’t done anything to show that the draft pick was a complete waste and I was wrong about him as a football player.
Email: Tom Hesse
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On Election Day 2010, roughly 60 percent of eligible U.S. citizens will not turnout to vote. Even fewer will take the time to vote for local officials.
Most people’s first reaction to this will be to say that it’s a blow to the democratic system. But when it comes down to voting on local elections, can people be blamed for not participating? I wonder if they should really care.
In Wyoming, the most important and well-known state seat open for election this year is the governorship. Compared to any other state seat, it attracts the most attention. It’s one of the few seats where most citizens, or at least the 50 percent of Wyoming voters that participate in mid-term elections, know who is actually running.
It should be noted that the number of non-participating Wyoming voters is higher than the national average.
Informed citizens will come out and vote for the governorship even though the polls might already predict a landslide victory for the Republicans. But what about the other state seats?
The Secretary of State is arguably the second most powerful elected position in Wyoming’s state government. But most people don’t know who the incumbent is or even what the position entails.
Other state positions, such as state auditor, state treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction are mostly self-explanatory. Yet, most people don’t care enough to research who the candidates are or what their stance is on issues prior to voting for the position.
This year, there is only one Republican and no Democratic competitor running for both the state auditor and the state treasurer seats. This is essentially putting the kibosh on the democratic process.
This is also seems to be the case regarding Senate and State Representative seats for the Wyoming Legislature.
In Albany County, half of the available seats feature candidates running unopposed.
So if no more than one party even wants to run for some of the top positions in the state government, should citizens be criticized for not participating in the process? Why should they even bother researching information on candidates if there is only one running?
And at the local level, almost no one can be blamed for not knowing who the candidates are or what positions they are running for.
Wyoming has decided that it trusts its citizens to make the best decision at a democratic level, whether or not they have two candidates to choose from.
In Albany County, voters have eight different seats to fill, from County Commissioner to County Coroner.
I am a political science major. That ensures much of my free time is dedicated to following politics. But I do not feel I’m qualified to choose who would be the best County Coroner through the democratic process.
Also at the local level, many times voters know the candidates on a personal basis, which may advise their decision on who they will vote for. They know them as neighbors or business associates, and thus they may be able to make a decision that is not completely uninformed.
But if the ballot asks the citizens of Wyoming whether a District Court judge will retain their position, I wonder how many people even care.
If voting is a civic duty that one is obligated to take part in as a member of a democracy, then yes, people must vote. But if you don’t want uninformed people voting, there is a solid argument that they should stay home and not participate at all.
It does seem unreasonable to ask our citizens to know who the most qualified candidate is for every potential state office.
The question is: “What is the correct number of elected officials to put on the ballot?”
Email: Max D’Onofrio
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-19 05:27:06','62','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-19 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','853','state, citizens, wyoming, candidates, people, county, democratic, seats, vote, voting, running, position, local, voters, don’t, decision, care, positions, level, coroner','On Election Day 2010, roughly 60 percent of eligible U.S. citizens will not turnout to vote. Even fewer will take the time to vote for local officials. \r\n\r\nMost people’s first reaction to this will be to say that it’s a blow to the democratic system. But when it comes down to voting on local elections, can people be blamed for not participating? I wonder if they should really care.','0','14','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1400','Soccer deserves increased audience','soccer-deserves-increased-audience','','From the mediocrity of Cowboy athletics, all the way to the national scene, in my time as a self-proclaimed college-level sports columnist, I have hovered over the mainstream sports for the most part.
\r\nIf for some inexplicable reason you happened to slip and fall face first onto the opinion page of the Wednesday edition of The Branding Iron, perhaps you realized some common themes in the writing you saw there. The Yankees, Tar Heels, Red Sox and Patriots are bad. The Wyoming Cowboys are a team worth watching, but sometimes need to be told exactly what they are doing wrong. And, of course, Brett Favre is a cool dude.
\r\nAlso, deeply embedded in my ramblings, you may have realized I believe there is not much room for politics in sports, and if there were, its name would most certainly not be Obama. Obama bashing aside, I realize this is a somewhat naive way of thinking.
\r\nSports are definitely a breeding ground for opinion and disagreement. A prime example: the 2010 World Cup this summer. An event with perhaps the most passionate following and with the most potential for violence, the 2010 World Cup, begins on June 12 in South Africa.
\r\nSome stubborn American sports fans still refuse to accept soccer as a sport. Who cares if you can’t use your hands and there’s a little bit of whining. If you don’t do anything else this summer, watch the World Cup.
\r\nMaybe Americans are still upset that foreigners still try to steal the name “futbol,” the name of America’s highest grossing sport.
\r\nCall it what you want, but believe me, it’s worth watching. If it means anything, and maybe it should, ESPN has jumped onto the bandwagon and is on for the ride as they plan to show every game of the 32-country tournament in spectacular HD on ESPN and ESPN2.
\r\nYou may have heard David Beckham is hurt and out for the World Cup, but this is the type of thing that ESPN would over-cover, because his wife is a rather good looking human being who used to sing in some goofy pop band. Though he may be just as pretty, he is an aging soccer player whose leadership will be missed on a talented, but shaky and young English team. England will not suffer too much without him. When a world-class soccer player comes to Los Angeles to play in the MLS, and he doesn’t dominate, it’s easy to tell he is past his prime.
\r\nWhat you should pay attention to is the fact that England is beatable. This matters because the U.S., the country most of us are from, is in a group with England, Slovenia and Algeria this year. Instead of watching Beckham gossip, pay attention to American players like Charlie Davies, Josey Altidore and Clint Dempsey. Also, there are players like Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo and Kaka that are downright exciting to watch.
\r\nIt’s a little like if the Super Bowl lasted a whole month and involved teams from all around the world. Even if you don’t care, it’s easy to tell that someone does.
\r\nAccording to the Associated Press, there are only 4 percent of the 2.8 million tickets that remain unsold. This is no surprise, packed stadiums of European soccer games are shown sporadically on American television.
\r\nI can only tell you so much. It comes down to just watching some of it and deciding for yourself. Back in February when the U.S. hockey team played Canada for Olympic gold, I watched my first full hockey game. I’ve never been much of a hockey fan, but that game was amazing, because I’m an American. Sappy patriotism aside, just watch some soccer. I promise your friends won’t make fun of you too much.
\r\nEmail the author.
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-28 00:16:59','66','Brad Estes','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-28 00:16:59','2010-05-11 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','852','soccer, world, sports, watching, american, it’s, cup, watch, espn, hockey, england, game, team, country, opinion, attention, realized, player, prime, summer','','0','5','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1401','Weekends different for the unemployed','weekends-different-for-the-unemployed','','Recent labor reports show the US losing over 90,000 jobs last month
For working people, it is a brief reprieve from the daily grind; for college students, it’s a break from the hustle and bustle of school.
Yet, I wonder what the weekend means to the more than nine percent of the American population that are currently without a job.
','It would seem that if you were one of the millions of out-of-work Americans, the weekends would have a hollow feeling to them.
Sure, the weekend’s a break. Even for those who are unemployed, if anything, the weekend can stand as the end of one week and the beginning of another week without work that is.
Reaching the end of the week provides the rest of us with a break from our routines; a refuge from the Monday to Friday repetitions that make up work and school life. For the unemployed, the weekend may just be two days when they are not filling out job applications or sending out resumes.
But even if the weekend may bring a respite from the stress and strain of looking for a job, if you’re out of work, it’s only two days before you are right back to the job search.
Those of us working or going to school at least know we have somewhere to go and something to do come Monday.
Besides being a two-day break from job hunting, the weekend has to act as a sad reminder of what the jobless are without; a job!
For the rest of us, the weekend represents a few days when we are not burdened by the responsibilities of our employment or education. For those without work, they’d love to have the burdens the rest of us return to in the new week.
After Saturday and Sunday are over, the unemployed have to face another week of looking for work in a market with too few jobs. Recent labor reports show the U.S. lost more than 90,000 jobs in September.
Those looking for work on Monday are actually looking for employment in an economy that—at least in the short-term—appears to be shedding, rather than creating jobs.
Not only does the weekend represent the end of another week looking for an elusive—if non-existent—job, it also represents the end of another week of available unemployment benefits.
As Saturday and Sunday close out the week, those collecting unemployment insurance know that is one week down from the finite number of week’s worth of benefits available to them.
But still, it could be worse. Many Americans have been jobless so long that they have run out of unemployment insurance benefits.
For them, the weekend can’t represent much more than the end of another week absent of work and income.
In such a bleak job market, many are grateful if they have a job or are enrolled in school. I know I’m thankful to be able to work part-time, attend school and have a rest at the end of the week.
I do not, however, look forward to graduating this spring.
I will then have to compete with millions of unemployed Americans to get a job in a market that’s not creating nearly enough of them.
It looks as though my future weekends may not be looking too bright either.
Email: Shane Staley
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\r\nWhat I do know is the controversy should have never gotten as far as it has. Those opposed to his visit claimed it was for safety reasons—that is a lie. The university buckled for political reasons, and they should have been dead honest about that.
\r\nWhat should have been just another speaker visiting UW to spend a few hours speaking, and then moving on, turned into a statewide controversy and a federal lawsuit. It’s not surprising—after all, everything in this state, and to a degree at this university, turns into a political football whether it is from the right or the left.
\r\nMany of the gubernatorial candidates somehow managed to meddle in the Ayers controversy. After all the talk about government intrusion, it somehow became their place to decide who gets to come to UW and speak. Donors to the university also managed to show their true colors: You expose our university to that terrorist, and you can forget about us funding it.
\r\nIn fact, it’s apparent the Ayers controversy wouldn’t be what it is if it weren’t for the 2008 presidential election. In reality, that’s all this is really about—rejecting everything that is even somewhat connected to the president.
\r\nThe financial reform package in Washington serves as another example. The bill, which would end bailouts and increase regulations on big banks and big businesses, is threatened by a Republican filibuster in the Senate. Republicans in Washington claim the bill encourages bailouts, but it doesn’t. The bill has a fund that liquidates failed banks and saves taxpayers, so big banks don’t profit while the little guy on Main Street dies like we saw in 2008.
\r\nSince taking office in 2008, the president and his fellow Democrats have done an outstanding job. We now have health care reform, and a different strategy in the “War on Terror.” The days of torturing captives at Guantanamo Bay are long gone, and we are incredibly close to comprehensive financial reform. Most of this has been done against an entire party of opposition.
\r\nThis won’t end—not as long as the Republican Party continues to cater to a party that is more concerned about campaign contributions and the far right. Take Republican Sen. Scott Brown for example. He received over $200,000 in campaign contributions from banks and their executives so he would block financial reform legislation. Then, what did he do? He pandered his friends from the Tea Party and told them he would block this bill. So much for honesty.
\r\nThe radical right will listen to anything that Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck tells them. Tell them Obama is trying to take away their guns—and they’ll cling to them like children. Tell them the president is a terrorist or that he is a Muslim—and they will surely cling to their Bibles. Tell them that a distinguished professor from the University of Chicago-Illinois plans to speak, who happens to have a questionable past—and watch the death threats and the monetary threats come rolling in like water.
\r\nObama received criticism during the presidential election for referring to the far right as people who are clinging to its religion and its guns, but there doesn’t seem to be much wrong with this statement. Many accuse the president of being the anti-Christ. Many think he is after their guns despite no such legislation. Others attack him because they think he is a Muslim. It sounds like the shoe fits.
\r\nThe Bill Ayers controversy is just the tip of the iceberg for the real issue at hand: The radical right’s deep fear of the president. When Ayers comes to Laramie this week, expect an interesting lecture on education, but also expect mass protest of things not even related to the man or his speech. It’s mob politics at its finest.
\r\nEmail the author.
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-26 22:06:49','66','Zach Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-26 22:06:49','2010-05-10 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','850','controversy, bill, university, ayers, president, banks, party, reform, it’s, 2008, big, republican, financial, threats, terrorist, legislation, block, radical, guns, managed','','0','10','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1403','A laugh at American politics','a-laugh-at-american-politics','','Glenn Beck held his Rally to Restore Honor last August, ironically on the same date and location as Martin Luther King Junior’s “I Have a Dream Speech.” Beck is considered by many to be the leader of the political phenomenon that is the Tea Party Movement. ','Those in the Tea Party want smaller government (but don’t ask them what programs should be cut), they want the communists out of the White House and by God they want their “alarmingly high” taxes to be cut. (Don’t try telling them that taxes are at an all time low.) In response to the Rally to Restore Honor, two famous satirical comedians have announced plans to host their own rallies. Comedian Jon Stewart has launched his Rally to Restore Sanity to be held October 30 and Stephen Colbert has also announced intentions to hold a rally the same day. I, like many “stoned slackers” as Bill ‘O Reilly likes to call politically active youth, have watched both Stewart and Colbert’s shows with great interest and admiration. Their satirical commentary on pressing political issues does a phenomenal job channeling the anger that many Americans have as a result of what amounts to failed government of the years.Thank you, Colbert and Stewart. Thank you for giving Americans everywhere something to laugh at during a political climate that has driven many to the point of insanity. Thank you for providing us with satirical relief from the utter stupidity that is our government. Thank you, and may you go down in history as two of the greatest Americans who ever lived.
Email the author: zspadt@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-15 17:35:35','62','Zach Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-15 17:35:35','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','849','rally, restore, political, satirical, americans, government, stewart, laugh, tea, don’t, party, announced, beck, held, cut, taxes, honor, colbert, issues, shows','An opinion article about Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert and the positive effect of their political satire.','0','11','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1404','Immigration reform problems continue to grow','immigration-reform-problems-continue-to-grow','','If you’re traveling to Arizona, you just might want to bring your passport.
\r\nRecently, the Arizona Legislature passed a sweeping, zero-tolerance immigration policy that promises to forever change the climate of the contemporary American immigration debate.
\r\n','\r\nArizona’s bill makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally and requires Arizona police to enforce federal immigration policy. Police will be required to question the legal status of anyone if there’s any sort of reasonable suspicion that they may be an illegal immigrant.
\r\nRace can be a factor, though not the only factor, in providing reasonable suspicion. This provision essentially requires everyone to carry identification with them proving resident status or citizenship. Failure to produce requisite identification would result in a misdemeanor and a $500 fine.
\r\nAdditional provisions of the law make it a crime for an illegal immigrant to solicit work (even with something as simple as a nod), or for businesses to hire these individuals.
\r\nMoreover, the law prohibits transporting or harboring illegal immigrants. Because this is a strict liability crime, something as simple as giving someone a lift to the gas station could result in an arrest, even if you didn’t know the person was illegal. Arizona’s radical approach to tackling immigration, coupled with state efforts to reduce social and education expenditures on illegal immigration, make it possibly the single most inhospitable state in the country for illegal immigrants.
\r\nArizona’s bill is buttressed by efforts from John McCain and fellow Arizona Republican Sen. John Kyl to increase security along the Mexico border through an increase of several thousand more border control agents, as well as increased law enforcement funding to combat human smuggling.
\r\nThis ultimately pushes President Obama to an unfortunate impasse. Obama promised immigration reform in his first year in office, and Democrats as of yet haven’t provided anything amounting to even a half-hearted proposal, let alone actual substantive reform.
\r\nImmigration reform seems to be irrevocably pushed to the backburner as financial regulation has moved center stage. Given the inevitability of deal-brokering, partisan posturing, tack-ons and filibusters, financial regulation is likely to see another drawn out, sustained grudge match.
\r\nIt’s unlikely legislators will have the stomach to tackle another complicated issue with promises of significant party strife and little room for compromise—especially one that asks such difficult questions as to what it means to be an American. This leaves immigration reform shelved for yet another year and millions of Latinos disenchanted with Washington.
\r\nIndeed, Latino Americans are responding en masse to broken campaign promises and general tepid inaction with rapidly escalating anger. Protests had already begun during the fever pitch of the health care debate as 200,000 Latinos descended upon Capitol Hill demanding their issues be addressed.The indifference and inattention paid by both the media and politicians only worked to further escalate the peril.
\r\nNow, Arizona’s radical reformation promises only to throw gasoline on the already mounting conflagration. Latinos are already promising to pursue a path of civil disobedience to force attention upon their plight. Even if Latino protests don’t eventually manifest themselves in violence, their repercussions will certainly be felt at the ballot boxes in November.
\r\nWith plummeting approval ratings, Democrats would do well to reconsider alienating a massive voting bloc who might hold the key to their re-election.
\r\nEmail the author
','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-22 23:13:36','124','David Zobell','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-23 00:13:19','2010-05-06 07:00:00','','','','0','0','848','immigration, illegal, reform, arizona’s, arizona, promises, law, latinos, crime, state, radical, reasonable, suspicion, obama, year, status, factor, result, john, immigrants','If you’re traveling to Arizona, you just might want to bring your passport. \r\n\r\nRecently, the Arizona Legislature passed a sweeping, zero-tolerance immigration policy that promises to forever change the climate of the contemporary American immigration debate. ','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1405','‘Revenue minus cost equals profit’','revenue-minus-cost-equals-profit','','There is a lot of talk about spending less and saving more in order to be more financially fit. This can be frustrating at times; who enjoys saving and not spending?Even if you are brown bagging lunch and being thrifty in your shopping, finances can still be tight. So, what other options are there? You can earn more money. While this is definitely a forward looking thought, it is an important one. ','If you are reading this article, you are probably working toward, or already have, a degree. This is one of the best ways to maximize your earning potential. On Saturday, during the College of Business Showcase, I heard Dean Hathaway talk about the unemployment rates of college grads versus high school grads. The numbers are about 3 percent and 12 percent, respectively. This is proof enough that earning a degree is vital to your future financial inflow (with some exceptions of course).It’s all about the bottom line; but what is the bottom line? I realize that some non-business majors may not frequent this idea in their vernacular. It means revenue minus cost equals profit. So, there are two ways to increase profit (for our purposes, we’ll assume profit is our disposable income that we can either save or spend). Spend less money or earning more or a combination of the two ideas will create the desired outcome: more money to save. Having a college degree puts you ahead of many, but, as the rate of people graduating from college increases, you need something else to differentiate yourself and get the job or earn the most.One idea is to complete an internship. The university does an exceptional job of promoting different internship opportunities through the CACS, Center for Advising and Career Services, in addition to your respective college. Keep in mind that there are many seemingly unrelated opportunities that you can, and should, take advantage of. While interning in DC for one of our Senators may not apply directly to Business Administration, Engineering, or Psychology, it provides an excellent experience that adds value to your education.Another way to oust your workplace competition is to study abroad. This is also a valuable experience in our increasingly global world. Chances are, the company you apply to work or intern for has an international presence.To review, there are two ways to save more money: spend less or make more. While it can be daunting to think one, two, or even five years into the future, it’s important to “Begin with the end in mind,” as Sean Covey says. Remember that maximizing your income potential is also a part of the equation, and doing this can often be more fun and exciting than finding ways to spend less money. Think about how you are using your time at UW to make yourself as employable as possible once you hit the job market.','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-15 06:57:05','62','Luke Frye','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-15 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','847','money, college, ways, save, while, business, earning, degree, job, this, profit, bottom, so, it’s, mind, potential, idea, apply, important, earn','An opinion article describing ways to better your financial status.','0','14','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1406','One-cent addition to sales tax funds the future','one-cent-addition-to-sales-tax-funds-the-future','','On May 4, Albany County will be hosting a special election to extend a one-cent addition to local sales taxes.
\r\nPlease, for heaven’s sake, go to the polls on May 4 and vote yes. You don’t even have to register before you get to the polling station. Go online to the Albany County Web site and find your polling place. Vote yes! Vote yes! Vote yes!
\r\n','\r\nNot a new tax
\r\nThis isn’t an additional tax. This is a sales tax that is already in place. In 1989, the citizens of Laramie voted yes on this tax, and now, it is time for renewal.
\r\nIf this tax passes, no one will see a difference in how much anything costs them. Sales tax in Laramie will still be 6 percent.
\r\nWhat If it Doesn’t Pass?
\r\nIf the tax does not pass, the city of Laramie will still need the money, and they will still take the money. ‘But how will they get it?’ you ask. ‘If I don’t pass the tax, they can’t get my money.’
\r\nOn the contrary. The city needs the money to keep itself up and running.
\r\nThe city has already taken a 20 percent reduction in its operating costs the last two years.
\r\nIf the tax doesn’t pass, you can expect to see your city bill grow enormously. The little blue and white piece of mail all Laramie city residents receive will be used to offset the loss.
\r\nThe unfortunate issue with this process of raising funds is only the citizens of Laramie can contribute, which means each individual will have to pay more than if they would have just passed the sales tax.
\r\nWith a sales tax, anybody who buys something in Albany County will help fund the county. Personally, I would rather be sharing the tax with those who are passing through town or visiting rather than pay all of it myself.
\r\nIt is all planned out
\r\nThere is no need to worry for those who want to know what their money is specifically going to fund. A Specific Purpose Excise Tax needs to list out exactly what the specific purposes of the tax are.
\r\nThe city and county have done just that. $16.7 million will be allocated for improvements to water and wastewater infrastructure, $5.8 million for city street improvements, $4.1 for improvements at the solid waste disposal facilities and $1 million for planning, design, property acquisition and construction of improvements and protection features at the well heads where the city draws water from.
\r\nThe cost of a city
\r\nIt is expensive to run a city. It is hard to make sure that everyone has water and a way to get rid of their sewage. It is expensive to maintain all the parks in town, the firefighters, police officers, court system, road conditions, the recreation center and all the other important facets of a city.
\r\nOn top of all that, Laramie cannot make revenues through too many avenues. It is hard to tax in Wyoming.
\r\nThere is no grocery store tax because the city was getting funds from the state. Those funds last year were cut by a huge amount—over half. Additionally, because of the recession less people were buying things so the revenue from any sales tax was down.
\r\nAll of this led to the budget cuts the city had to make, and Albany County was not busting at the seams with cash in the first place. Albany County is poor compared to most other counties in Wyoming.
\r\nMost of the taxes counties receive are through a mining tax. There is no mining in Albany.
\r\nThere is also no need to worry about too heavy of a sales tax. In Wyoming, it is impossible for a city to create a sales tax of more than 7 percent.
\r\nBefore this winter the city had known that it needed to fix pipes around town that were bursting under the roads for the last three springs because of the city’s old infrastructure.
\r\nThe city advocated in the last election to help fix this with a seven-cent tax.
\r\nBut the citizens voted no, and here we are.
\r\nI dare all of you to vote no on this tax and see what happens. All of you claim the government doesn’t do anything for you and all taxes are bad.
\r\nLet’s see how you react when you vote this tax down and the fifth-cent tax come the November election.
\r\nIt will be an experience for all the citizens to see how valuable the city of Laramie is to everyone on a daily basis.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-21 22:11:55','124','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-21 23:11:37','2010-05-05 07:00:00','','','','0','0','846','tax, city, sales, laramie, county, vote, albany, money, citizens, cent, funds, improvements, water, doesn’t, pass, percent, yes!, million, wyoming, taxes','On May 4, Albany County will be hosting a special election to extend a one-cent addition to local sales taxes.\r\n\r\nPlease, for heaven’s sake, go to the polls on May 4 and vote yes. You don’t even have to register before you get to the polling station. Go online to the Albany County Web site and find your polling place. Vote yes! Vote yes! Vote yes! ','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1407','Officials acted irresponsibly, prematurely','officials-acted-irresponsibly-prematurely','','
If you want to destroy a man’s character, you don’t have to go far beyond simply implying that he committed an unspeakably immoral act.
By this I mean the focus of both spoken and legal allegations sometimes isn’t centered on the actual crime itself, but rather the intent is to defame the good name of someone or of an organization.
On Tuesday afternoon, every student and employee at the University of Wyoming received an e-mail regarding an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity house on campus.
','The e-mail was generic, and I am sure it was like any other sent out to college students all over the U.S. when something happens on their campus. It simply requested that students having any information report it to UWPD.
The university sent out the email prior to conducting a thorough investigation of the house. Although I am certain the university will ultimately adhere to philosophy of “innocent until proven guilty,” the house has already received a death sentence in the court of public opinion.
The university should also realize that students who already knew about the alleged assaults were aware of them prior to the email.
A thirty word paragraph in a generic UW e-mail probably isn’t going to persuade them to come forward if they have no intentions to do so. The thirty word email did, however, tarnish the reputation of a fraternity with a long history of student involvement, scholarship and community service at both the local and national level.
Furthermore, according to Director of Institutional Communications Jessica Lowell, members of the fraternity are cooperating, and there is no evidence to show that members of the house were involved in the alleged assault.
University officials should realize the implications of sending out such emails. They should take the necessary precautions to limit a public relations nightmare for the fraternity.
This includes stressing the fact that no one in the house has actually been found guilty of any crime.
Regardless of the outcome of the ongoing investigation, the university acted prematurely, and more importantly, irresponsibly. Because the university chose to act in this manner, the reputation of not only the house is in question but also that of the Greek community as a whole.
Regardless of the outcome, these allegations will remain with the fraternity and its members long after the investigation concludes.
The university didn’t have to alert every student on campus to the specifics of the allegations—it was entirely too soon to act in such a matter.
Why hasn’t the university contacted people on the guest list before alerting the entire campus to the allegations? Surely they were aware of the implications inherent with sending such an alert to students and faculty.
People will remember the hysteria that follows hearing major news as such this. People will remember when they found out that this house is being investigated for sexual assault.
But don’t think—for even a second—that if these allegations turn out to be false, the results will be met with the same hysteria and gossip. People will remember the allegations. They won’t remember the acquittal.
I’m well aware that sexual assault is a crime and not to be taken lightly; a thorough investigation must ensue.
If the allegations are found to be true, those found to be involved should be severely punished. And yes, if the allegations turn out to be true, the reputation of the fraternity should suffer.
Those involved should have the common sense to realize that although sexual assault is serious, prematurely alerting several thousand students that someone has merely been accused of it is a serious matter.
By sending out a campus-wide email before taking the necessary preceding steps the good name of a fraternity and its members was severely tainted.
Finally, I simply urge students to respect members of the fraternity and allow the UWPD to carry out a thorough investigation.
The fraternity has done a tremendous amount of philanthropic work regarding crimes against women, so these allegations are incredibly hard to swallow.
Students, faculty and staff alike should remember that there is no evidence to show members of the fraternity are guilty of any crime.
Unless there is evidence to prove otherwise, they should be treated as if they are innocent and have done no wrong.
Email: Zachary Spadt
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\r\nDiversity
\r\nDiversity is a huge issue at UW, and there needs to be more work done to address it. According to the UW Web site, non-minority freshmen entering in 2008 saw a 72.3 percent retention rate, while minority students saw a 65.5 percent retention rate. Even more startling, transferring non-minority students saw a retention rate of 70.3 percent, while minority transfers saw a retention rate of 61.1 percent.
\r\nThis problem must be fixed.
\r\nOne solution to this problem is to increase diversity education. Perhaps making a diversity seminar facilitated by a UW professor a core aspect of orientation is a solution. Professors are willing to help facilitate such a program, but they have yet to be presented with such an opportunity.
\r\n','\r\nParking
\r\nAh yes, parking is the evil stepchild of college campuses. Every ASUW candidate and their mother promised better parking. However, not many candidates actually offer solutions to the problem—just better parking. The fact is that there’s not a lot ASUW can do, as there is only so much space available on which to park. The only two options I can think of are either tearing down the houses on Grand Avenue or putting up a parking garage. Obviously, there is a degree of sarcasm to this, although a garage is a good idea in future years.
\r\nInstead of “better parking,” ASUW should find ways to improve the shuttle system and Safe Ride/Night Owl programs. When I lived in the dorms and had a ‘P’ permit, I got very frustrated with waiting to be picked up. Bad parking wouldn’t be such an issue if we made getting to and from parking lots easier.
\r\nCommunication & Involvement
\r\nI’ve noticed these two issues go hand-in-hand. As a member of the Greek community, I often ask non-affiliated students if they’re going to an event put on by one of the houses, and their answer is usually “If I would have known about it earlier, maybe I would have.”
\r\nI’m the same way with non-Greek events. I strongly support the idea of one calendar on the university Web site which lists all of the events put on by RSOs. I’ve seen students do many great things when they get together to put on an event to raise money or just have a little fun. The key to making this a success is the communication factor.
\r\nThe ASUW Web site tends to be lacking when it comes to posting information about bills and meeting minutes. I think the solution to that problem is pretty simple: ASUW ought to do a better job keeping it up to date.
\r\nGood luck 2010-11 ASUW. You have many challenges ahead of you, but if you practice a little bit of common sense, you can accomplish many great things for this university.
\r\nEmail the author
','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-19 23:43:18','104','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-20 00:43:07','2010-05-03 07:00:00','','','','0','0','844','parking, asuw, percent, retention, diversity, rate, minority, students, web, put, problem, solution, challenges, site, making, idea, event, events, university, great','Terms for ASUW’s new leaders begin this week, and they face many, many challenges ahead of them. Some of these challenges include:\r\n\r\nDiversity \r\n\r\nDiversity is a huge issue at UW, and there needs to be more work done to address it. According to the UW Web site, non-minority freshmen entering in 2008 saw a 72.3 percent retention rate, while minority students saw a 65.5 percent retention rate. Even more startling, transferring non-minority students saw a retention rate of 70.3 percent, while minority transfers saw a retention rate of 61.1 percent. \r\n\r\nThis problem must be fixed.\r\n\r\nOne solution to this problem is to increase diversity education. Perhaps making a diversity seminar facilitated by a UW professor a core aspect of orientation is a solution. Professors are willing to help facilitate such a program, but they have yet to be presented with such an opportunity.','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1409','‘Karate Kid’ does not compare to original','karate-kid-does-not-compare-to-original','','“Karate Kid” could sure have used a “kick” of originality.
The film leaves one waiting throughout the entire movie for just one spark of creativity and inventiveness.
Actor Jaden Smith plays Dre Parker, a cocky yet endearing young boy. After moving with his mother from Detroit to Beijing, China, Dre soon finds out his newfound home isn’t what he was hoping for. Dre meets a Chinese girl named Meiying and wins her over with charm. It is then that a group of local Chinese boys enter the film, showing their dislike for Dre.
','After a physical fight with these boys, Dre decides he needs to be trained in the ancient martial arts practice, kung fu. However, the only person he feels can truly teach him this mastery is Mr. Han, played by Jackie Chan.
Jaden Smith has worked in other films prior to “Karate Kid,” portraying what I thought was a potential promising acting talent. However, he seemed a little over his head in such a hyped-up action movie.
Viewers may get frustrated with his attitude throughout the film and lack of emotional commitment. However, these negative qualities could be attributed to poor directing and a lack of true experience as a young actor. One hopes his next film will require him to take on more range as an artist.
“Karate Kid” seemed to have all the tools necessary to make a great movie: a well-known child actor, a veteran actor who is famous for his action films, a $40 million budget and an inspiring story line.
However, instead of the movie taking full advantage of these elements, it combined cheesy acting with a predictable plot line to create a full-fledged disaster of a film.
The racial stereotypes driven into the minds of the viewers are completely ludicrous, as “Karate Kid” portrays every Asian child as playing a stringed instrument, having overbearing parents or knowing martial arts.
Dre proved to have some “roundness” as a character, when throughout the film, he finally gains some respect for his mother and a hard work ethic. Mr. Han learns how to get through his issues and serve as a father figure to Dre. Even the leader of the Chinese boy gang shows some positive personality characteristics.
Clearly this movie was made for a child audience and lacks any substance. One may be appalled at how it could last more then two hours.
But if a viewer is looking for a family-friendly movie with an inspiring ending, make sure to watch “Karate Kid.”
Email the author: tmcnamee@uwyo.edu
Terms for ASUW’s new leaders begin this week, and they face many, many challenges ahead of them.
\r\n','\r\nSome of these challenges include:\r\n\r\n
Diversity
\r\nDiversity is a huge issue at UW, and there needs to be more work done to address it. According to the UW Web site, non-minority freshmen entering in 2008 saw a 72.3 percent retention rate, while minority students saw a 65.5 percent retention rate. Even more startling, transferring non-minority students saw a retention rate of 70.3 percent, while minority transfers saw a retention rate of 61.1 percent.
\r\nThis problem must be fixed.
\r\nOne solution to this problem is to increase diversity education. Perhaps making a diversity seminar facilitated by a UW professor a core aspect of orientation is a solution. Professors are willing to help facilitate such a program, but they have yet to be presented with such an opportunity.
\r\nParking
\r\nAh yes, parking is the evil stepchild of college campuses. Every ASUW candidate and their mother promised better parking. However, not many candidates actually offer solutions to the problem—just better parking. The fact is that there’s not a lot ASUW can do, as there is only so much space available on which to park. The only two options I can think of are either tearing down the houses on Grand Avenue or putting up a parking garage. Obviously, there is a degree of sarcasm to this, although a garage is a good idea in future years.
\r\nInstead of “better parking,” ASUW should find ways to improve the shuttle system and Safe Ride/Night Owl programs. When I lived in the dorms and had a ‘P’ permit, I got very frustrated with waiting to be picked up. Bad parking wouldn’t be such an issue if we made getting to and from parking lots easier.
\r\nCommunication & Involvement
\r\nI’ve noticed these two issues go hand-in-hand. As a member of the Greek community, I often ask non-affiliated students if they’re going to an event put on by one of the houses, and their answer is usually “If I would have known about it earlier, maybe I would have.”
\r\nI’m the same way with non-Greek events. I strongly support the idea of one calendar on the university Web site which lists all of the events put on by RSOs. I’ve seen students do many great things when they get together to put on an event to raise money or just have a little fun. The key to making this a success is the communication factor.
\r\nThe ASUW Web site tends to be lacking when it comes to posting information about bills and meeting minutes. I think the solution to that problem is pretty simple: ASUW ought to do a better job keeping it up to date.
\r\nGood luck 2010-11 ASUW. You have many challenges ahead of you, but if you practice a little bit of common sense, you can accomplish many great things for this university.
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I have sat in, and written about, nearly every ASUW meeting for the last year, and, in general, the Senate does a fine job. But, at least once a semester, the Senate does something that hits a nerve with me; they refuse to do the job they volunteered for.
Because of yet another instance of this last week, my confidence in student government has dropped to an all time low.
\r\n\r\n','\r\n
For the third time since I started writing for The Branding Iron, ASUW voted down a bill that would have required senators to get out of their chairs and actually work beyond sitting around a table on a Tuesday night, trying to hide their cell phones and text instead of paying attention.
\r\nAt Tuesday’s senate meeting, ASUW twice voted against a bill that would have required senators to attend two RSO events a semester. These are events that their organization funds. They would also have been required to write a review so the RSO Funding Board would have data about the success of events.
\r\nAttendance for these events would even count toward the one hour a week senators are required to put in at the ASUW office.
\r\nBut, how dare the authors of the bill expect their fellow senators to get out of their chairs and actually talk to the people they are trying to represent!
\r\nDuring their debate, senators argued that they didn’t want to micromanage RSO events and they would only give poor reviews because they didn’t want to attend the events anyway.
\r\nOne senator from the College of Business went as far to admit, “Why on earth would I fill out a survey if it’s not going to count toward my requirement?”
\r\nAnd this appears to be the attitude of many of the senators: ‘why would I do anything that isn’t going to directly benefit me?’ It is this lazy, selfish attitude of our senate that has prevented our university from living up to its potential, and it makes me sick.
\r\nASUW has no problem writing checks—for every event. I can recall only one instance they voted not to fund an event, and only because it was on a weekend before spring break.
\r\nEvery week, they spend thousands of student dollars, and every year, during budget meetings , they vote to increase student fees. Why not pay attention to the money that they spend instead of forcing students to pay more and more every year?
\r\nMoreover why, when they say they are in office to represent students, do they adamantly refuse to pass legislation that would require them to see what their constituents really want?
\r\nThis is not the first time ASUW has voted down this kind of bill. The first time I saw this laziness from the senators was last year when they voted down a bill that would have required them to volunteer for SafeRide once a semester.
\r\nSafeRide is an entity that ASUW spends more money on than any other program, and voting down this SafeRide bill proved the Senate has no problem spending well over $100,000 of your student fees; especially if it means they can slap ASUW’s logo on it, and they don’t have to get out of their chairs.
\r\nSafeRide is a fantastic program, and ASUW does a great job with it—a comment I can make from first hand experience as both a user and a volunteer—but what I don’t understand is why senators take for granted the facts and figures they get from the program itself as a correct representation of students’ feelings.
\r\nSenators would do well to recognize that if they want ASUW to have a reputation beyond that of a blank check, they should remember they ran for office to serve students. Students are not served when their representatives refuse to do more than sit behind a desk and text.
\r\nEmail Erin Jarnagin
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\r\n“They can inspire us to seek to understand the people that uttered them, to consider the course of our own lives, to laugh or merely to admire their mastery of language. However we use them, they will exist forever as a summary of the collective insights of society, communal knowledge passed on from one generation to the next” —Wikiquote.
\r\n','\r\nNo other quote may be so perfect to explain the wisdom, the power, the hilarity, the sadness, the insightful reasoning, the magic, the belief and the influence of quotations for all human beings.
\r\nIt is a universally shared cultural aspect of all civilizations, a universally shared respect toward the wisdom of the past.
\r\nIf it is an ancient holy text or a book from the “Twilight” series, individuals can find passages that carry profound messages for them.
\r\nThe power of a quote should never be underestimated.
\r\nQuotes have a fascinating ability to be able to capture the bigger picture, and at the same time be able to reach each of us on an individual level.
\r\nMany philosophers of old and new are forever immortalized in the social and academic world through small snippets of their overall greater concepts through quotes.
\r\nAlmost everyone has a quote they love, and some of us have hundreds or thousands.
\r\nSometimes they are planned; sometimes they are spawned through the miracle of an accident.
\r\nAt the same time not everything is deserving on canonization as an imperative quote but not all quotes will be meaningful to everyone.
\r\nQuotes are some of the most diverse but still powerful types of writing in the world.
\r\nMany times, quotes can do much more than just make us think about bigger universal ideas. Sometimes, they are able to influence us in other ways.
\r\n“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. ‘Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations’ is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more”—Sir Winston Churchill.
\r\nSome quotes are from ancient scholars who try to make us think upon reflective questions:
\r\n“If a man has no humaneness, what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness, what can his happiness be like?”—Confucius.
\r\nSome quotes try to make us laugh:
\r\n“Can we actually ‘know’ the universe? My God, it’s hard enough finding your way around in Chinatown”—Woody Allen.
\r\nAnd some try to do both:
\r\n“What’s another word for thesaurus?”— Steven Wright.
\r\n“I think I am, therefore I am. I think”—George Carlin.
\r\nQuotes are sometimes from famous works of literary genius:
\r\n“To be, or not to be: that is the question”— Shakespeare.
\r\nOther times, they are not.
\r\n“Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?”—President George W. Bush.
\r\nMany quotes can have individual meaning to some, and to others, the quote can be so unsubstantiated that it seems to be nothing but the ramblings of an insane individual.
\r\n“Ivan Ilych’s life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible”—Leo Tolstoy.
\r\nMany of these quotes are beaten into our heads from childhood and may never be forgotten as long as we are not wiped off the earth. Some of these quotes are famous political speeches:
\r\n“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate”—John F. Kennedy.
\r\nSome are famous lyrics:
\r\n“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one; I hope some day you’ll join us, and the world will live as one”—John Lennon.
\r\nOthers are just wonderful, classic, classy Hollywood lines:
\r\n“Hasta la vista, baby”—Arnold Schwarzenegger.
\r\nQuotes can be an inspiration for us. They can inspire us to expand our minds into new unexplored territory. They can free us from the restrains of the norm. They can help influence us to make art, and at the same time, be art:
\r\n“Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower”—Albert Camus.
\r\nA quote can be a poem, a novel, a picture, a path to a higher place, a new venture for those who are brazen enough to follow, a trigger for emotion and sometimes a quote just is:
\r\n“So it goes”—Kurt Vonnegut.
\r\nThe next time you see a quote that you think means much more to you than just what is on the surface, or the next time you see a quote that inspires you, or the next time you see a quote that makes you laugh or cry, make sure you write it down and share it with someone else; you never know what influence it might have.
\r\n“Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We’re unrehearsed”—Mel Brooks.
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Sristi Gautam (left) from Nepal performing at Diwali Night 2010 with Arup Dey (right).
As one of the most popular annual events at UW, Diwali Night, one of the biggest festivals among the people of Nepal and India, was again able to grab quite a large audience. Among other performances, Sristi Gautam, an international student from Nepal and a junior in Business Administration, added great glory by performing a dance to one of the famous Bollywood dance tracks along with Arup Dey who is doing his Ph.d in molecular and cellular life sciences. Both of them gained recognition for their previous dance performances in the International Talent Show in Spring 2010 (organized by the International Student Association, or ISA). Their performance in Diwali Night was considered one of the best by the audience, and it clearly showed their dedication, commitment, and hard work. During an interview with Gautam, she said that she is looking forward to performing in some of the upcoming events this year. Gautam is currently the secretary of ISA, as well as a DJ for ASUW Student Radio. Arup Dey is currently VP of Milap. Hopefully, we will get more chances to see performances like theirs in future UW events.
The Branding Iron wishes good luck to Arup Dey, Sristi Gautam and the entire dance crew, and we hope they will have a great time in UW.
Tiger is back! Lefty is winning and golf can be relevant again. But, this is something that always puzzled me: Of the country club sports (golf and tennis), what made golf more popular than tennis in America?
\r\nOn the surface, tennis has everything that Americans would want from a mainstream sport. In contrast to golf, tennis has the following things working for it: Tennis requires great athleticism. Tennis has much stronger rivalries. Tennis has younger athletes. Tennis is the only sport apart from the four-year phenomenon of the Olympics that can market both genders. In fact, you could make the case that the early Williams sisters’ era propelled women’s tennis ahead of men’s tennis until Nadal and Federer salvaged the sport.
\r\n','\r\nThe only thing that both sports have in common, apart from finesse, is that they both have boring fans. So, what better place to begin my list of how to make tennis popular again than with an overhaul of the fan base.
\r\n1. Can we stand up and cheer, please?
\r\nOn April 5, Jason Heyward, 20, hit a home run during his first ever Major League Baseball at-bat in a stadium of fans that weren’t all playing the quiet game. A 20-year-old (not to mention the most hyped player since Ken Griffey Jr.) went yard on a major league pitcher the first time he ever stepped into a batter’s box at the professional level. That is delivering under pressure. And, it was perfectly alright for the fans to make as much noise as they wanted.
\r\nThe point I’m trying to make is that if Heyward and baseball players around the world can hit home runs with a stadium full of screaming fans, then it’s time that some of these tennis players learned to play outside of the vacuum that is a tennis audience. Give me a reason to show up. Does anyone really want to go sit quietly in the hot sun for five hours? That’s not a fan experience.
\r\nI appreciate the views of the players’ J blocks. I like seeing the super model girlfriend who is as much in love with Marat Safin as I am, and I like seeing the strange pseudo-celebs (usually someone from The Dave Matthews Band). But, that’s more a novelty than it is a reason to go watch tennis live.
\r\nHow about some music? How about throwing T-shirts into the crowd after every ace? How about something other than a box of quiet, rich and boring people?
\r\n2. Tennis needs to invent itself some style
\r\nThere is a huge opportunity for personal expression that is going untapped in tennis. Tennis is even better than basketball for the proximity of the fans to the athletes. The more exposed the athletes are, the better the billboard on which to market themselves.
\r\nThis is not to say that I haven’t seen some well-crafted looks in the world of tennis. I have. There are certainly some styles going on that are cool enough to sell clothes.
\r\nThis is exactly why we need to take it up a notch. It took one guy wearing a head band in the NBA to get the ball rolling on wrist bands, finger bands, leg bands and my personal favorite—shooting sleeves. Perfect for style and predatory bird training. Why haven’t I seen someone wearing one of those on a tennis court? I think it would look great and give you a thug style that may intimidate your opponent. Or you might just look like an idiot with a shooting sleeve. Screw it, I’m ordering one online right now. I’ll get this trend started for better or worse. From now on, I’ll be that guy on the third court wearing the Nuggets-blue shooting sleeve.
\r\nAnd, if we’re to be taking cues from professional basketball, then we cannot overlook the world of tattoos. Certainly, tennis would be a great place to exhibit body art/mutilation of all kinds. Piercings, tattoos, lip disks and ceremonial tribal scars are about to make life very interesting for tennis officials at Wimbledon.
\r\n3. Chad Ochocinco
\r\nPut aside your feelings about the man formerly known as Chad Johnson. The man can market himself. In the single hardest sport to market individuality, Chad has made ‘Ochocinco’ a commodity. He sells himself in a way that is good for football, whether you like it or not. Amongst mothers and housewives, he is a favorite on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and the Ochocinco brand has taken individuality to another level in football.
\r\nTennis needs someone like him. Specifically, an American who can do what he does. America needs a tennis star and it needs a tennis star that is as skilled as he is marketable.
\r\nJohn McEnroe is still marketing rental cars to people who never saw him play. That is what a star can do for American tennis. Andy Roddick will not be appearing in commercials 30 years from now, unless someone goes into the business of selling broken dreams.
\r\nWhoever steps in as the next great American player needs to grab the spotlight with both hands and slap a shoe deal on it, because that’s what Americans want in their tennis.
\r\n4. Taunting
\r\nTaunting is fun and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Sportsmanship is overrated and I think you should be able to say whatever you want to the opposing athlete. It makes the rivalries better.
\r\nRemember the Agassi/Sampras spat from a few weeks ago? That was the closest tennis has ever been to a fight and it fizzled out before anyone could have any fun.
\r\nCharles Barkley is fond of saying that basketball players aren’t boxers and that’s why there’s a lot more talking than fighting. Yeah, but the talking is still fun. Of course, if you’re going to taunt you need a reason, which leads us to the fifth and final thing that tennis needs to regain its popularity in America.
\r\n5. Celebrations
\r\nWhat’s with this falling to the ground and putting your hands in the air after you win Wimbledon stuff? You just played a seven- hour match and you didn’t save anything for the victory? Rule No. 1 in sports: always have something left for the celebration.
\r\nTennis would be great for celebrations. Why not pay homage to Ryan Howard by crushing a few balls into the stands? How about spiking your racquet? Where are the overtly-complex high-fives with coaches? These players just won a major tennis tournament, it’s remarkable how few people in the world will ever do that.
\r\nWe’re being cheated when they don’t shamelessly celebrate a moment that we’ll never have. I don’t know what scoring a touchdown is like, so I rely on Ochocinco to explain it to me through his celebrations. Scoring a touchdown in the NFL looks like it must be a lot of fun. So much so that it induces spontaneous river dancing.
\r\nApparently, winning the French Open just gets your clothes dirty and sometimes makes you cry. I don’t want to see someone cry. I’ll hang out in the intensive-care unit of a hospital if I want to see that. I want to see someone tear off their shirt like Brandi Chastain. I want to see someone sack dance like Ray Lewis. I want fines issued for excessive celebration.
\r\nWhat’s the point of winning if you aren’t going to celebrate? It’s time that tennis started celebrating and it’s time that tennis was popular again.
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In the political fuss over the New York Islamic community center (with a prayer room) a couple blocks from \"Ground Zero,\" the Constitution\'s First Amendment supporting religious freedom has become a casualty. Some critics have argued that it does not apply, while others have used it as a tool of discrimination giving them the right not to have a particular religion in this place.
Neither is the case. The First Amendment was designed exactly for this situation and it stands solidly on the side of the Muslim association planning to build the center. That judgment may be politically controversial, and many do not agree with it, but it stands squarely in the middle of United States\' law governing treatment of religious groups. The legal position is straightforward.
First Amendment laws prevent the interference of government entities in religious matters and ensure our country\'s widely respected freedom of religion. The majority has regularly used it to uphold the rights of religious minorities against opposition. Historically, these minorities have included Quakers, Native Americans, Catholics, and most recently, evangelical Christians. Ironically, evangelical Christians, who are generally opposed to the Islamic center\'s construction, have in recent decades been highly active in the courts expanding our country\'s First Amendment rights of worship and assembly.
The most puzzling aspect of this controversy is the willingness to ignore or reject the Constitution\'s First Amendment as if it were optional. Optional! How can such an idea even arise?
The idea comes from viewing the Constitution like another important document, namely, the Bible. In the generalized, Protestant-derived worldview common in many segments of American society, the Bible is viewed as the founding work of the Christian religion, revealed by God through Moses and Jesus, prophets and disciples.
Similarly, the Constitution forms our nation\'s founding document. There is a strong tendency to view the founding fathers composed it as superior to normal men, possessing a prophetic vision that enabled them to shape this work to last. Although these men were not divine, there has recently been a movement to Christianize them and to downplay their deist and secular beliefs.
Both documents guide the communities for which they constitute the foundation. The United States looks to the Constitution and Christianity looks to the Bible as the ultimate authority. However, both works require ongoing interpretation to remain relevant and applicable to changes in society, technology, and communal growth.
It is the differing character of that interpretation that explains the notion that the First Amendment is optional.
In law, interpretation takes place through court decisions (the application of the law) and legislation (the writing of new laws). Specific interpretation can be challenged, usually through more court cases, but once the interpretations are made, they form part of the law. They become potentially applicable to any and all situations within the country. However individual authorities may treat a particular law, laws are legally not optional and the state provides enforcement means to ensure they are followed.
In religion, interpretation takes place differently. Individuals and organizations (e.g., churches and denominations) can interpret. Sometimes religious organizations have the means to enforce their interpretations of belief and practice (e.g. the Inquisition, pledges of belief), sometimes they do not.
Protestantism began as a rebellion (initially by individuals) against the interpretation of the Bible propounded by (the organization of) the Catholic Church. Protestants also rejected a number of books in that Bible (books now called the Apocrypha). In other words, Protestantism not only discarded centuries of interpretation of the founding Scripture, it changed the contents of that Scripture. Even as these radical changes took place, however, Protestants elevated the Bible as a whole, claiming that they were being more true to that sacred text.
That legacy leads many Americans whose worldview is informed by Protestantism to view the Constitution in the same way. The First Amendment and its history of legal interpretation can be rejected because they believe it is not \"true\" to the intentions of the Founding Fathers.
It is the intellectual equating of the Constitution with the Bible, and seeing the Constitution within the Protestants\' interpretive history of Scripture, that enables the notion that the First Amendment and its guarantee of religious freedom can be discarded. But since the Constitution is a legal document rather than a theological one, that position is false.
Flesher is director of UW\'s Religious Studies Program. Past columns and more information about the program can be found on the Web at www.uwyo.edu/RelStds. To comment on this column, visit http://religion-today.blogspot.com.
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\r\nWith the passage of the health care bill last month, upcoming midterm elections and even last week’s ASUW elections, it is fascinating to take a look at the factors behind elections.
\r\n','\r\nMany complain about candidates who aren’t honest, or news networks that don’t present the truth. But as pointed out earlier, don’t news networks broadcast what their target audiences want to hear? Further, do candidates in elections not campaign on what people want to hear?
\r\nAlbeit a cynical argument, it appears many are indifferent to the real issues at hand during elections. Rather, the concern lies in the better campaign, or maybe it’s a catchy acronym that gets votes. Perhaps, the real concern lies in the rhetoric spewed by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann.
\r\nAll of this leads me to ask: Is poor voter turnout such a bad thing?
\r\nQuite frankly, a political environment in which only 25 percent of citizens vote seems more ideal than an environment in which 85 percent of citizens vote, if the majority of the populous is uneducated and votes on shallow factors such as campaign slogans and what Beck or Olbermann told them to do.
\r\nThe truth is, we’re a pretty shallow nation, which is more interested in whether or not the health care bill allows for death panels (it doesn’t) than we are in the hard statistics of the bill. (To emphasize this point, I’m going to leave statistics out of this article.)
\r\nI sometimes can’t help but picture politicians, the media and even the upper class as puppet masters. They manipulate the masses with catchy campaign slogans and use scare tactics to make us believe things that are far from the truth. Take, for example, the Bill Ayers incident last week: People believed that he was coming to harm the school, when in all reality he was giving a speech on education. And ironically enough, after reading his editorial, I think the man had a pretty substantial argument.
\r\nWe scare too easily. People hear the words “communist” or “socialist” and panic. The puppet masters in Washington or on Fox News realize this, and they use it to their full advantage. They label all of Barack Hussein Obama’s policies as socialist or communistic, and Americans have a fit. So what if the health care bill is socialized? So are highways, schools, police services…and that beautiful thing we Wyoming students enjoy called the Hathaway Scholarship.
\r\nConversely, there are plenty of good buzz words that make Americans eager to go to the polls. As much as I support the president, I still have trouble understanding what “hope” and “change” actually mean. But hey, it got the right guy in office.
\r\nThe same applies to our own ASUW elections—many vote for the candidate who has the best signs or gives out the most candy. That being said, can someone please explain to me what “total campus representation” really means? Isn’t that the goal of ASUW in the first place?
\r\nThe petty rhetoric coming out of Washington, off the news networks or even out of ASUW campaigns isn’t going to end until the voting populous stands up and demands legitimate discourse on the issues, and not finger-pointing or scare tactics. (Hint: This may mean the death of two parties.)
\r\nAs long as we’re lazy and take the bait that is rhetoric and scare tactics, we can expect it to continue.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-12 22:56:18','124','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-12 23:55:55','2010-04-26 07:00:00','','','','0','0','836','news, elections, bill, truth, scare, campaign, asuw, argument, rhetoric, vote, media, networks, people, health, care, tactics, percent, real, statistics, hear?','Mainstream media is by far the biggest argument for capitalism. Truth be told, we can’t get enough of cable news networks—whether it’s CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News, we get to choose our own truths, thank you very much. ','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1417','Observations from a Townee','observations-from-a-townee','','Observations from a Townee
Max D’Onofrio
More than the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving or Christmas, it is the month of August that brings the citizens of Laramie together.
Just before the aspens take their fall colors and the mountains are fit for exploring, the citizens prepare for the annual onslaught of returning college students.
Though many students may take Laramie as their new home during the summer, the arrival of the students back into this sleepy summer town is far from unnoticeable.
1. Traffic, traffic, traffic. Without a doubt traffic is the first noticeable change in the community.
As UW is not located in a downtown metropolis, those who don’t like to get their clothes online or at Walmart will have to travel at least 45 miles to find suitable garments. This results in almost every student bringing a car, adding several thousand automobiles to the already tarnished (which is putting it lightly) city roads.
Though the traffic is noticeable, the citizens could learn to handle the situation calmly if the city didn’t decide every year to shut down at least two major roads just as the students come back.
Though some say it is an annual practical joke by a streets department, which is past its prime; the closures that infuriate the locals and confuse the newbies every year just add to the hell that convinces some the change from cars to horses came too soon for this town.
2. Wally World. Without a mall, “Da Walmart” is the place to be. Whether it be school supplies or chips galore, the local mega store has everything that a family needs at prices that, let’s face it, cannot be beat.
These low prices, and the absence of a Target, make Walmart not only the place for locals, but the first stop for students who need to spruce up their new room and buy some cheap food.
More muttering about the “damn students” can be found in Walmart than anywhere else.
It should be noted that the citizens of Laramie understand that they owe the livelihood of their town to the students. It is understood that without the university, and thus the students, this town would still be a one street light town that was bidding for the construction of a prison or mental institution.
Despite this silent acknowledgment, it doesn’t mean that Townees don’t have a right to complain about the annual influx of students that make lines long and parking lots packed.
3. Why so much noise?
Though the occasional stupid teen will take the opportunity to set off a firework a month before or after the Fourth of July, and Wyo Techers should be taught how to put a freakin’ muffler on their cars, UW students take the cake on the decibel meter.
Students can take a night of video games and Keystone Light to a level so loud that even their elderly neighbors with hearing aids are wondering where all the noise is coming from.
Just remember that many locals have been getting to bed at a decent hour for the last three months and when they come to your door at 3 a.m., the only reason they are grumpy is because you woke them up. They are done being in their 20s.
4. The biggest impact that students make is on the daily conversation of all locals. Be it at the grocery store, the hair salon or the dump, the one subject that beats the weather every time is chatting about the return of the college students.
“You notice the traffic this weekend? Students coming back a little earlier this year than I expected.”
“With the students back I can’t find a single three pronged converter anywhere in town.”
“ Remember not to go out for dinner this weekend, parents are bringing their kids into town and the restaurants are going to be packed.”
Be it only a few years or a lifetime, no Laramite misses the opportunity to chat with another local about the not-so-peculiar effects that the returning school year has on the city, and most wouldn’t know what to talk about if they didn’t have it.
5. As a local who has lived here since elementary school, the month of August in an opportunity for me to remind every person I meet that despite the fact that I go to UW, I am not a student, I am at Townee.
Be it the Thai place, city hall or Walmart, I take the opportunity to separate myself from those returning to the college.
I have been complaining about the returning college students since fifth grade, and I don’t plan to stop just because I go to school with them. Damn students.
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\r\n','\r\nIt was highlighted by moments in the first half like Cowboy linebacker Luke Ruff bursting through an open seam in the Texas line and blocking Justin Tucker’s punt, sending players scrambling for the loose ball and the entire stadium into bedlam.
\r\nThe 10-6 lead that resulted from the Cowboy fumble recovery in the end zone would not last, and Texas ultimately rallied, reeling off 35 unanswered points and dominating the second half of play. It was nevertheless a brief, but undeniably intoxicating taste of the excitement and significance of playing—and competing—on a national level with a major opponent.
\r\nIf a 2009 schedule featuring the historic home game with Texas was the captivating teaser, the 2010 Wyoming football schedule is undeniably the featured attraction.
\r\nThe Cowboys will play six teams that played in bowl games last season, including a return date with Texas in Austin in early September, and an anticipated home night game with Boise State the following weekend.
\r\nFor the first time since the 2004 season, Wyoming will play under the lights at War Memorial Stadium, welcoming Southern Utah to Laramie for a 7 pm kickoff on Sept. 4; the Cowboys, coming off of their 35-28 double overtime triumph over Fresno State in last season’s New Mexico Bowl, will attempt to only elevate last season’s successes by starting another bowl-hopeful campaign against Southern Utah.
\r\nThe following weekend, the Cowboys will travel to Austin, Texas to play the defending national-runners up in front of more than 100,000 people at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Although Colt McCoy is gone, a number of enormously talented players returned who helped propel Texas to a 13-1 campaign last season, and many preseason publications have the Longhorns again ranked in the top 5.
\r\nThe aforementioned contest with Boise State, slated for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18 at War Memorial Stadium, could be one of the most important home games in Cowboy football history and will be televised nationally on CBS College Sports.
\r\nThe Broncos completed an undefeated season with a victory over TCU in the Fiesta Bowl this past January, concluding the season ranked No. 4 in the AP poll. Boise State returns the majority of its core unit, and has even larger aspirations for the 2010 season: a national championship. For Wyoming, on the other hand, the game will represent another opportunity for the Cowboys to measure themselves side-by-side against one of the nation’s elite - but unlike in previous seasons, the Cowboys believe, and have reason to believe, that they can compete in a game of such magnitude.
\r\n“We looked at (the Texas game) as an opportunity to win last year, but we were just so off-base and didn’t understand how good we were as opposed to everyone else, and we just had no clue,” quarterback and reigning Mountain West Conference freshman of the year Austyn Carta-Samuels said. “Now we’ve played a year, we were 7-6 last season, had a good season, and we feel coming back that we can play with anyone in the country, so it will be fun to get out there and play that schedule.”
\r\nOther highlights include pivotal conference home games with Air Force and Utah, road trips to conference powerhouses BYU and TCU in October, and the season finale “Border War” contest with arch-rival Colorado State on Nov. 20 at noon in Laramie.
\r\n“It will be special, for sure. I look at the schedule on the whole, though, and there’s just opportunity everywhere,” Carta-Samuels said. “Whether it’s Southern Utah here at eight at night to try to come out and make a statement and win a game early in the season, or if it’s Colorado State in the last game of the year, there’s a lot of opportunity there, a lot of TV exposure, so we’ll be able to make a name for ourselves and we’ll be ready to play.”
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\r\nThere’s no excuse for people who decide to drink and drive in this town. Those who do so needlessly endanger the lives of innocent people.
\r\nBut, still, there are those who throw common sense out the window. They take the risk—not only of getting busted by Laramie’s finest—but also of killing themselves, other drivers, their passengers and pedestrians in their intoxicated attempt to get from point A to B.
\r\nThose drunk drivers who find themselves with flashing lights in their rear-view mirrors get exactly what’s coming to them when they are taken to jail.
\r\nDetainment is their just desserts for not only endangering others lives, but for not choosing other options for transportation.
\r\nAmong the different options to get around during a night of drinking—at least during certain days of the week—is SafeRide.
\r\nThe free shuttle service provided by ASUW operates on an on-call basis Thursday through Saturday night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
\r\nSome may lament about having to wait for SafeRide to come and pick them up, but a little waiting beats the $750 fine typically handed out in Laramie Municipal Court for first-time DUI offenses.
\r\nThe trick is to call ahead of time to get an idea of how long your wait might be.
\r\nA second option for safely getting around after consuming alcohol is bringing along a designated driver or having a sober person to call and pick you up.
\r\nSome may hate acting as a chauffeur to their drunken friends, but if you are willing to get drunk together, the least one of you can do is ensure the rest get home safely.
\r\nWhile lining out a ride may be embarrassing, most people are willing to lend a hand to make sure you don’t kill yourself or others.
\r\nFor those who would rather not rely on someone else to drive their intoxicated-self around, there is the third option of riding a bike.
\r\nWhile riding a bicycle while under the influence is still illegal, it surely is a better option than bombing down Grand Avenue drunk in your car.
\r\nBeing behind the handlebars of a bike is far safer than being behind the wheel of a car that weighs thousands of pounds.
\r\nIf all else fails, drinkers always have the fourth and most time-tested human mode of transportation: walking.
\r\nThis may be the most tiresome (especially when you’re drunk) method of travel, but it is preferable to a DUI, or even worse, smashing into other cars or people.
\r\nThat, and Laramie is small enough that you can easily go from one end of town to the other on-foot.
\r\nIn the end, drinking and driving is unnecessary. Those who drink and opt to get in their car and drive needlessly take the risk of being arrested while simultaneously endangering the lives of other innocent people.
\r\nSo be smart and choose one of the transportation options available to you besides driving after consuming alcohol.
\r\nIn doing so, you might just save the lives of other drivers, pedestrians, your passengers or even your own life.
\r\nWhen I look back in history, or hear of some of the things our elected leaders do, I must ask: How do such stupid people manage to hold office? And more importantly, why is it so hard for us to elect intelligent leaders on a national scale?
\r\nOur system of politics makes it too easy for people who are by no means qualified to hold office to win elections.
\r\nToday, it seems, if someone has the name recognition and money, he or she has an incredible advantage over the competition.
\r\nSome cynics, myself included, would even go as far to argue, a large number of elections—both on a national and local level—are merely purchased. With the average cost of a congressional campaign running into the millions, those without the necessary finances to even “kick off” a campaign have a minute chance of getting their names on the ballots for the primary elections.
\r\nHowever, this system of politics should come as no surprise to Americans. Perhaps, this reality begs a troubling question: How much control do we really have over elections?
\r\nPoliticians will inevitably raise millions of dollars from members of the upper class, and then they will finance massive political machines. Although some of our best leaders have come from aristocratic families, there has been a small number of elected leaders who have somehow managed to beat the odds and fight their way to the top, but these stories are too few and far between.
\r\nWhen candidates don’t have sufficient funds to make voters aware of their intentions, those with large amounts of money in the bank have an incredible advantage. During the first few months of an election (particularly in the primaries) candidates will go as far to use their monetary power to intimidate candidates and force them out of an election. Quality candidates are therefore left with little or no chance of holding office.
\r\nMonetary problems can be accounted for with donations from supporters (providing a candidate can get information about him or herself out in a cost-efficient manner), but the world of donations also has its inherent flaws. Take, for example, the 2009 Wyoming Congressional election. Outside sources (namely each candidate’s party) donated thousands in an effort to persuade voters using negative opinion. Residents of Wyoming will vividly remember checking their mail to find a card from Cynthia Lummis and/or Gary Trauner blasting the other candidate.
\r\nEven worse than the role money plays in elections, is the predictable manner in which parties come into and go out of power.
\r\nTwo years after Democrats won overwhelming majorities in both houses of Congress, they find themselves in a bad position: Republicans are already nipping at their heels. Apparently, Americans are slowly but surely wanting to move to the right again.
\r\nIt is a shame that we can’t somehow implement a law preventing ignorant people from holding office and voting. Indeed, the true flaw with democracy is that people voting for elected officials are vulnerable to the tricks of political campaigns. However, this fact does not excuse us from putting ignorant people into office.
\r\nMaybe the ultimate problem with the ways in which elections are run is our inability to dig deeper. Perhaps we really are swayed by flashy commercials and events put on by candidates. After all, democracy is merely an extension of capitalism, and those trying to sell themselves to the electorate are going to do whatever they can to sell themselves.
\r\nSo, it is time that we realize that there is more to our government and electoral process than what meets the eye. We have to realize that a candidate who cannot afford to hold extravagant campaign kickoff events, or who doesn’t have a famous last name, isn’t necessarily going to be a bad leader. Conversely, we have to realize that those candidates with millions in the bank before they even announce, and those with a famous last name, aren’t necessarily going to make the best leaders.
\r\nThe status quo is unfair, and set up to let only the privileged class hold office. Reforming the election system is desperately needed in order for more quality elected leaders to hold office.
\r\nIndeed, the only thing that stands in the way of reforming the election system is somehow putting those who can reform the system in office.
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-12 01:28:14','126','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-12 13:00:00','2010-01-26 07:00:00','','','','0','0','832','office, election, candidates, leaders, people, hold, system, elected, elections, candidate, millions, realize, campaign, money, congressional, find, needed, reform, cost, ignorant','When I look back in history, or hear of some of the things our elected leaders do, I must ask: How do such stupid people manage to hold office? And more importantly, why is it so hard for us to elect intelligent leaders on a national scale?','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1421','Tea Party takes American extremism too far','tea-party-takes-american-extremism-too-far','','Since its inception a little over a year ago, the Tea Party has broadcast itself as a non-partisan, grassroots movement aimed at budget deficit reform.
\r\nUndoubtedly, the prospect of trillions of dollars of debt hanging over the heads of future generations is a harrowing idea, and one that must be confronted. However, during the fever pitch of the health care reform debate, the Tea Party movement showed its true colors.
\r\nWhile espousing a message of an idyllic better nation, we instead view a concentration of the worst qualities America possesses. Instead of a broadly inclusive message aiming to benefit Americans on the whole in actual practice, we have seen a movement rife with ignorance, bigotry, prejudice, violence and militant extremism.
\r\nThe racially-tinged, bigoted rhetoric endemic throughout the Tea Party movement is hard to ignore. Where were the questions as Bush waged two wars, implemented tax cuts and pressed the trillion-dollar price tag bailout? We heard nary a peep of alarm as Bush dug the initial trillion-dollar hole. The Tea Party formed questioning the actions of Obama when they were essentially inseparable from the previous administration.
\r\nIt’s impossible to discount the presence of race in this sea of change. Upon Obama’s election, white nationalist organizations saw their Web site traffic skyrocket. These organizations were largely at the forefront of organizing the initial Tea Party rallies, spearheading recruitment and leadership.
\r\nThe very references that dot Tea Party Web sites, such as “states’ rights” and “heirs to the republic” are parallel to those used by supremacist, pro-segregation groups of the 1950s and ‘60s.
\r\nUltimately, this flare of white nationalism has been the emotional fuel behind the locus of the Tea Party movement. One has to ask, what do confederate flags and swastikas have to do with the budget deficit? What do signs defaming Obama as a Muslim or godless have to do with American policy?
\r\nA poignant example of the tension between political and prejudicial views erupted during the health care debate. Civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis, an icon who was almost killed during an Alabama march in the ‘60s, and fellow Congressional Black Caucus member Andre Carson, related a jarring encounter with a crowd of protesters screaming “kill the bill” and punctuating their chants with the N-word.
\r\nThe same day, openly gay Congressman Barney Frank reported being called a “faggot” by one protestor with laughter and cheers following from the crowd. What’s more, on the Monday following the signing of the bill, House Majority Whip James Clyburn reported receiving a fax of an image of a noose.
\r\nUnfortunately, the actions of the Tea Party have progressed beyond mere insults and epithets. On the eve of the health care vote, a brick smashed through a window of a Democratic Party headquarters in Rochester, New York. Affixed to the brick was a quote from Barry Goldwater that read, “extremism in the face of liberty is no vice.” This followed a disturbing pattern of shattered windows across the country with attacks upon a district office in Niagara Falls, a Democratic party headquarters in Kansas and an attack upon Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ office in Arizona.
\r\nThese heinous acts came directly following extremist militia leader Mike Vanderboegh’s exhortations to Tea Party members reading, “If we break the windows of hundreds, thousands of Democrat Party headquarters across this country, we might just wake up enough of them to make defending ourselves at the muzzle of a rifle unnecessary.”
\r\nThis is perhaps the most disturbing trend of the Tea Party movement on the whole. The adoration of the original Boston Tea Party and subsequent American patriot revolution isn’t based upon the position of the founding fathers as the progenitors of American democracy.
\r\nRather, there seems to be an intense idolization of the process of a violent revolution. Amongst what some have branded “hatriots,” there is a recurrent rhetoric to take up arms against the American government. There is repeated talk of a race war or a civil war, where the only ones left standing will be the ones with the most guns.
\r\nThe recent arrest of the Hutaree group in Michigan indicates that groups are more than willing to take actions beyond the mere rhetoric. The parallels between the far right extremist movement of the early ‘90s and the current white nationalist resurgence are hard to ignore.
\r\nIndeed, many leaders of current militia groups are the very same as the groups 20 years ago. Stockpiling of arms, fanatical defense of the second amendment and planned attacks against the federal government represent a disturbingly similar pattern.
\r\nEven as that group stood on the fringe, we still had to deal with the massive ramifications of Ruby Ridge, Waco and Oklahoma City. There’s no telling the possible damage this extremism could cause given its alliance with the Tea Party and subsequent wide-spread expansion.
\r\nThere are definite issues with the current actions of our government. Each and every American should be alarmed with the unprecedented deficit spending and the potential harm this promises upon future generations. However, the Tea Party is not the proper avenue to pursue the increased fiscal responsibility of our federal government.
\r\nFrankly, there is no excuse to see racial rhetoric side-by-side with political discourse. Let’s face it—the Tea Party is to tax reform as the KKK is to American race relations reform.
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\r\n','\r\nThe U.S. Constitution asserts in Article I Section 2 that an actual enumeration of the nation’s population be made in such manner as Congress shall by law direct.
\r\nThis section of the Constitution is referring only to the use of the census to specify the number of seats in the House of Representatives, but it is much more important than that.
\r\nThe census provides the figures that determine the number of electors each state receives for presidential elections. It is used by federal agencies and private litigants to compile data on race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, age and disability to monitor compliance with civil rights laws. It also determines where disparities exist and remediation is required.
\r\nThe information can also be used by the private sector to make important decisions about their businesses, including investment strategies, hiring plans and location of facilities.
\r\nObviously, the most publicized and noted importance of the census is the money, the moola, the greenback, the Benjamins, that it controls.
\r\nThe census numbers determine the allocation of hundreds of billions of federal program dollars.
\r\nThis includes the allocation of federal funding for education programs in states and communities, law enforcement, federal highway projects, aid to farmers and many other federally financed activities, as well as a wide variety of economic statistics that become the basis of the nation’s economic policies.
\r\nIn Wyoming this means the information from the 2000 census determined the state was to get $2.4 billion dollars in 2008.
\r\nIn Albany County alone, the federal grant money received in 2008 was $92 million.
\r\nThis puts the estimated average annual state tax revenue received per person in a municipality for FY09 at $443 and $390 per person in county.
\r\nThat is an extraordinarily large sum of money to just be doling out for statistics.
\r\nSome of the groups that receive the money in our county include Medical Assistance Programs, Highway Trust Fund, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Nutrition Programs, Education-Title 1 Programs, Special Education Programs and the Housing Certificate Program.
\r\nThese are really important programs for many individuals in our town, where the estimated median household income in 2008 was $12,000 less than the rest of the country and state.
\r\nThe millions of dollars that come into our county are decided by the information from the 2000 census, which only had a return rate of the census forms by mail in Albany County of 68 percent.
\r\nCurrently, for the 2010 census, Albany County is only seeing a return rate of 59 percent and Laramie is only seeing a return of 63 percent.
\r\nThe fact that the census is the constitutional duty of all U.S. citizens, that it controls so much money and that it determines so many decisions made by the government and public businesses, it would seem to make the return rate higher.
\r\nAs an American citizen and a member of your community, please mail back your census forms, and if you did not get one, please make the effort to fill one out. It takes only a few moments of your time and it controls billions of dollars that affect your life everyday.
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On March 30, 2010, officials at the University of Wyoming, citing “security threats” and “controversy,” canceled two talks I was invited to give in early April, one a public lecture entitled “Trudge Toward Freedom: Moral Commitment and Ethical Action,” and the other, a talk to faculty and graduate students called “Teaching and Research in the Public Interest: Solidarity and Identity.” I’d been invited in August, 2009, but one week before I was to travel to Laramie, I was told I had been “disinvited.”
In February, as the University began to publicize my scheduled visit, a campaign to rescind the invitation was initiated on right-wing blogs, accelerating quickly to a wider space where a demonizing and dishonest narrative dominated all discussion. A wave of hateful messages and death threats hit the University, and was joined soon enough by a few political leaders and wealthy donors instructing officials in ominous tones to cancel my visit to the campus. On March 28 an administrator wrote to tell me that the University was receiving vicious e-mails and threatening letters, as well as promises of physical disruption were I to show up. This is becoming drearily familiar to me, as I’ll explain.
A particularly despicable note from Frank Smith who lives in Cheyenne and is active in the Wyoming Patriot Alliance, said, “Maybe someone could take him out and show him the Matthew Sheppard [sic] Commerative [sic] Fence and he could bless it or something.” He was referring to Matthew Shepard, the young gay man who was tortured and murdered in 1998, left to die tied to a storm fence outside Laramie.
Republican candidate for Governor Ron Micheli released a letter he’d sent to all members of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees asking them to rescind the invitation. Matt Mead, another gubernatorial candidate, said through a press release that while he is a self-described “fervent believer in free speech and the free exchange of ideas,” that still allowing me to speak would be “reprehensible.” He concluded that I should have “no place lecturing our students.”
I sympathized with the University, and told the folks I was in touch with how sorry I was that all of this was happening to them. I also said that I thought it was a bit of a tempest in a tea pot, and that it would surely pass. Certainly no matter what a couple of thugs threatened to do, I said, I thought that Wyoming law enforcement could get me to the podium, and I would handle myself from there, as I do elsewhere. I said I thought we should stand together and refuse to accede to these kinds of pressures to demonize someone and suppress students’ right to freely engage in open dialogue. After all a public university is not the personal fiefdom or the political clubhouse of the governor, and donors are not permitted to call the shots when it comes to the content or conduct of academic matters. We should not allow ourselves to collapse in fear if a small mob gathers with torches at the gates. I wouldn’t force myself on the University, of course, but I felt that canceling would be terribly unfair to the faculty and students who had invited me, and would send a big message that bullying works. It would be another step down the slippery slope of giving up on the precious ideal of a free university in a free society.
No good. On March 30, 2010 the University posted an announcement of the cancellation of my visit with a long and rambling comment from President Tom Buchanan. He begins with the obligatory assertion that academic freedom is a core principle of the University, but quickly adds that “freedom requires a commensurate dose of responsibility.” We are charged to enact free speech and thought “in concert with mutual respect.”
Nothing that I did or said in this matter was disrespectful or irresponsible, and yet, in the absence of specific references, readers are led to imagine all kinds of offenses.
The announcement is punctuated with a deep defensiveness: anyone who thinks the University “caved in to external pressure,” Buchanan writes, would be “incorrect.” Anticipating what any casual observer would conclude, he builds a strained and somewhat desperate counter-narrative. Buchanan pleads that UW is “one of the few institutions remaining in today’s environment that garners the confidence of the public,” and that a speech by me would somehow undermine that confidence.
He concludes that “this episode illustrated an opportunity to hear and critically evaluate a variety of ideas thoughtfully, through open, reasoned, and civil debate, it also demonstrates that we must be mindful of the real consequences our actions and decisions have on others.” That’s some sentence, and while it’s impossible to know definitively what he’s referring to as the “episode” (it might be the public lecture itself, but then it could be the cancellation of the lecture, or even the barbarians at the gates threatening to burn the place down, or withhold funds, that would provide the opportunity to critically evaluate matters). It has an unmistakable Orwellian ring: we cancelled that lecture as an expression of our support for lectures! And it’s eerily similar to the classics: we destroyed that village in order to save it! Work will make you free! War is peace!
One of the truly weird qualities of the Buchanan statement is a hole in its center, the deafening silence concerning why the campaign against me was organized in the first place. The reason is familiar to me as noted: in the 1960’s I was a leader of the militant anti-war group, Students for a Democratic Society, and then a founder of the Weather Underground, an organization that carried out dramatic symbolic attacks against several monuments to war and racism, crossed lines of legality, of propriety, and perhaps even of common sense. And then during the 2008 presidential I was unwittingly and unwillingly thrust upon the stage because I had known—like thousands of others—Barack Obama in Chicago. The infamous charge that the candidate was “pallin around with terrorists,” designed to injure Obama, also demonized me. I’ve been an educator and professor for decades, but the hard right has accelerated the lunacy against thousands of folks— activists and artists, academics and theorists, outspoken radical thinkers—and wherever possible mounted campaigns exactly like the one in Wyoming. Often university officials stand up on principle and resist the howling mob, as they did recently at St. Mary’s in California; sometimes—as at a student-run conference at the University of Pittsburgh in March—they compromise, restricting access to talks and surrounding a speaker with unwanted and unnecessary police protection; sometimes, as in this case, the university turns and runs. It’s a sad sight.
Of course I wasn’t invited to speak about any of this, and it’s unlikely any of it would have come up without the active campaigning and noisy thunder from the relatively tiny group that is the ultra-right.
I would have focused my talk on the unique characteristics of education in a democracy, an enterprise that rests on the twin pillars of enlightenment and liberation, knowledge and human freedom. Education engages dynamic questions of morality and ethics, identity and location, agency and action. We want to know more, to see more, to experience more in order to do more—to be more competent and powerful and capable in our projects and our pursuits, to be more astute and aware and wide-awake, more fully engaged in the world that we inherit, the world we are simultaneously destined to change.
To deny students the right to question the circumstances of their lives, and to wonder how they might be otherwise, is to deny democracy itself.
It’s reasonable to assume that education in a democracy is distinct from education under a dictatorship or a monarchy; surely school leaders in fascist Germany or Albania or Saudi Arabia or apartheid South Africa all agreed, for example, that students should behave well, stay away from drugs and crime, do their homework, study hard, and master the subject matters; they also graduated fine scientists and musicians and athletes, so none of those things differentiate a democratic education from any other.
What makes education in a democracy, at least theoretically, distinct is a commitment to a particularly precious and fragile ideal: every human being is of infinite and incalculable value, each a unique intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual, and creative force. Every human being is born free and equal in dignity and rights; each is endowed with reason and conscience, and deserves, then, a sense of solidarity, brotherhood and sisterhood, recognition and respect. Democracy is geared toward participation and engagement, and that points to an educational system in which the fullest development of all is seen as the necessary condition for the full development of each, and conversely, that the fullest development of each is necessary for the full development of all.
In a vibrant and participatory democracy, we might conclude that whatever the wisest and most privileged parents want for their children is precisely the baseline and standard for what the wider community wants for all of its children. If children of privilege get to have small classes, abundant resources, and a curriculum based on opportunities to experiment and explore, ask questions and pursue answers to the furthest limit, if the Obama kids, for example, attend such a school, one where they also find a respected and unionized teacher corps, shouldn’t that be good enough for the kids in public schools everywhere? Any other ideal for our schools, in John Dewey’s words, “is narrow and unlovely; acted upon it destroys our democracy.”
We want our students to be able to think for themselves, to make judgments based on evidence and argument, to develop minds of their own. We want them to ask fundamental questions—who in the world am I? How did I get here and where am I going? What in the world are my choices? How in the world shall I proceed?—and to pursue answers wherever they might take them. Our efforts focus not on the production of things so much as on the production of fully developed human beings who are capable of controlling and transforming their own lives, citizens who can participate fully in civic life.
Teaching in a democracy encourages students to develop initiative and imagination, the capacity to name the world, to identify the obstacles to their full humanity, and the courage to act upon whatever the known demands. Education in a democracy is always about opening doors and opening minds as students forge their own pathways into a wider world.
How do our schools at every level—K-16—measure up to the democratic ideal?
Much of what we call schooling forecloses or shuts down or walls off meaningful choice-making. Much of it is based on obedience and conformity, the hallmarks of every authoritarian regime. Much of it banishes the unpopular, squirms in the presence of the unorthodox, hides the unpleasant. There’s no space for skepticism, irreverence, or even doubt. While many long for an education that is transcendent and powerful, we find ourselves too-often locked in situations that reduce schooling to a kind of glorified clerking that passes along a curriculum of received wisdom and predigested and often false bits of information. This is a recipe for disaster in the long run.
Educators, students, and citizens must press for an education worthy of a democracy, including an end to sorting people into winners and losers through expensive standardized tests which act as pseudo-scientific forms of surveillance; an end to starving public schools—including public higher education—of needed resources and then blaming teachers for dismal outcomes; and an end to the rapidly accumulating “educational debt,” the resources due to communities historically segregated, under-funded and under-served. All children and youth in a democracy, regardless of economic circumstance, deserve full access to richly-resourced classrooms led by caring, qualified and generously compensated teachers.
We might try now to create open spaces in our schools and our various communities where we expect fresh and startling winds to blow, unaccustomed winds that are sure to electrify and confound and fascinate us. We begin by throwing open the windows. We declare that in this corner of this place—in this open space we are constructing together—people will begin to experience themselves as powerful authors of their own narratives, actors in their own dramas, the essential architects and creators of their own lives, participants in a dynamic and inter-connected community-in-the-making. Here they will discover a zillion ways to articulate their own desires and demands and questions. Here everyone will live in search of rather than in accordance with or in accommodation to. Here we will join one another and our democratic futures can be born.
A primary job of teachers and scholars and journalists, and a responsibility of all engaged citizens, is to challenge orthodoxy, dogma, and mindless complacency, to be skeptical of all authoritative claims, to interrogate and trouble the given and the taken-for-granted. The growth of knowledge, insight, and understanding depends on that kind of effort, and the inevitable clash of ideas that follows must be nourished and not crushed.
As campuses contract and constrain, the main victims becomes truth, honesty, integrity, curiosity, imagination, freedom itself. When college campuses fall silent, other victims include the high school history teacher on the west side of Chicago or in Laramie or Cheyenne, the English literature teacher in Detroit, or the math teacher in an Oakland middle school. They and countless others immediately get the message: be careful what you say; stay close to the official story; stick to the authorized text; keep quiet with your head covered.
In Brecht’s play Galileo the great astronomer set forth into a world dominated by a mighty church and an authoritarian power: “The cities are narrow and so are the brains,” he declared recklessly. Intoxicated with his own insights, Galileo found himself propelled toward revolution. Not only did his radical discoveries about the movement of the stars free them from the “crystal vault” that received truth insistently claimed fastened them to the sky, but his insights suggested something even more dangerous: that we, too, are embarked on a great voyage, that we are free and without the easy support that dogma provides. Here Galileo raised the stakes and risked taking on the establishment in the realm of its own authority, and it struck back fiercely. Forced to renounce his life’s work under the exquisite pressure of the Inquisition, he denounced what he knew to be true, and was welcomed back into the church and the ranks of the faithful, but exiled from humanity—by his own word. A former student confronted him in the street then: “Many on all sides followed you…believing that you stood, not only for a particular view of the movement of the stars, but even more for the liberty of teaching— in all fields. Not then for any particular thoughts, but for the right to think at all. Which is in dispute.”
This is surely in play today: the right to talk to whomever you please, the right to read and wonder, the right to pursue an argument into uncharted spaces, the right to challenge the state or the church and its orthodoxy in the public square. The right to think at all.
This is some of what I would have discussed in Wyoming, but that will not happen, at least not this week. Canceling this talk underlines the urgency of having multiple and far-ranging speeches, dialogue, and discussions at every level and throughout the public square.
The cancellation of Bill Ayers really ruined my weekend. You see, I was already halfway done with a column about his speech in which I said that it was no big deal, and we got worked up over nothing. Too bad it never got that far.
\r\nUpon the cancellation of Bill Ayers’ visit to the university, an e-mail was sent out to the Young Constitutionalists’ list-serve stating that the cancellation is a victory for the university and that it shows that our voices should and will be heard.
\r\n','\r\nI found the part about our voices being heard delightfully ironic.
\r\nAyers’ history, without a doubt, is controversial. Many opposed his visit to the university because of his activities many years ago, which have been labeled as domestic terrorism (and I won’t contest that). Any reasonable person can see why his visit could be controversial, but reason will also tell us we may have overreacted.
\r\nAllowing Ayers to visit the university would have posed no harm, and it could have been educational. We like to forget that Ayers wasn’t coming as a former domestic terrorist, nor was he coming to spread far-left rhetoric at our university. No, Ayers was coming to speak about education and social justice issues. If he intended to tell us to blow up buildings, I could see reason for cancellation.
\r\nIt’s amazing that, at an institution of higher learning, we get worked up over a guest speaker because of his past. Of the people both at the university and throughout the state, who were so vehemently opposed to his visit (some threatened to pull their children from the university and others threatened to discontinue their support), I can’t help but wonder how many of those people actually knew the subject of his lecture.
\r\nIn some cases, the comments about Ayers’ visit were almost hilarious. Some were afraid of letting him near our state’s young people because we might not be able to handle his message. Others simply didn’t want him polluting the air with his thoughts.
\r\nBut who said we had to agree with him?
\r\nUW is a place for higher learning and discussion. It is a place in which we are not only allowed to discuss various ideas, but we are encouraged to discuss ideas whether or not we agree.
\r\nBut there are a few lessons which can be learned from the whole ordeal:
\r\n1. Discussion of ideas or ideals doesn’t necessarily imply agreement or adherence.
\r\nMany were planning on listening to Ayers to see what he had to say. I was one of those students. If he said something with which I disagreed, cool—at least I had a chance to listen to him speak. Who knows, he may have had some interesting points.
\r\nThe panic that his appearance caused was uncalled for. We are big boys and girls at UW, and if listening to a former radical suddenly makes us radicals, we’re probably not intelligent enough to be attending this university, or any university for that matter.
\r\n2. Can we please quit making everything into a political football?
\r\nAlthough it has been pointed out many times already, it still needs to be said: Having Bill Ayers give a talk at the university about social justice isn’t that big of a deal. However, the issue was arguably the biggest thing going on in our state last week. We have bigger fish to fry.
\r\n3. We should probably lose the fear mentality.
\r\nSometimes, it is easy to fear an idea and overreact. In high school, I found myself being interrogated by the chief of police because I compared my principal to Hitler over Facebook. One year later, we have the same mentality with the canceled Bill Ayers visit. Rest assured that a visit by Ayers wouldn’t have led to UW’s student body suddenly becoming an angry mob, hell-bent on violence. (Although some of the rhetoric coming from the far right may incite some violence, but alas, that’s for a different column.)
\r\n4. University officials need to be more open with students.
\r\nEveryone knows that the university gave into political pressure. Fine—they should have told us that instead of telling us that they canceled Ayers for safety reasons. We’re not dumb. After all, if the security risk for Ayers was high, I wonder what the security risk was for Vice President Cheney. Oh yeah, they let him give his speech.
\r\nC’mon guys. The man (who happens to be a distinguished professor on the subjects) was invited to give a talk on social justice issues and education. So let’s drop the fear mentality and accept the fact that this is an academic institution and as a result, people with whom we disagree may come and speak. We don’t have to agree with what they say. Listening to them isn’t going to turn us all into terrorists.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-05 23:08:32','104','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-06 00:08:06','2010-04-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','827','university, ayers, visit, people, coming, cancellation, bill, ideas, give, agree, justice, social, speak, mentality, fear, listening, big, ayers’, institution, higher','The cancellation of Bill Ayers really ruined my weekend. You see, I was already halfway done with a column about his speech in which I said that it was no big deal, and we got worked up over nothing. Too bad it never got that far. \r\n\r\nUpon the cancellation of Bill Ayers’ visit to the university, an e-mail was sent out to the Young Constitutionalists’ list-serve stating that the cancellation is a victory for the university and that it shows that our voices should and will be heard. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1426','Stupid, ignorant choice made by UW','stupid-ignorant-choice-made-by-uw','','With the cancellation of William Ayer’s speech on campus I can officially say I am going to a university that does not dedicate itself fully to making sure students receive the best education possible.
\r\nToday, I am ashamed to say that I am going to the University of Wyoming because it is obvious that we as a university are controlled by populous rhetoric and cannot stand up for what the university should represent—an academic society dedicated to the free flow of ideas.
\r\n','\r\nThe only group of people I am more upset at than UW is the people of Wyoming. Every single person who said that we should stop Ayers at the border and send him away is purely un-American. I am just as ashamed to say that his people are Americans as I am to say Bill Ayers is.
\r\nThe people who advocate violence in stopping Ayers from giving a speech about higher education responsibility on campus are a blemish on our community.
\r\nAyers is a nut job with insane beliefs who takes the completely wrong view by advocating violence to solve major issues, and I wish he were in jail for admitting that he used bombs to destroy government buildings that could have potentially killed and maimed innocent people.
\r\nAll of this is true, but Ayers is still an American citizen, who is entitled to all the rights and freedom that the people of Wyoming hold so dear.
\r\nWe have a system of laws in place that try their best to make sure that those who break our laws are held responsible. When the system does not work perfectly, it is not the place of American citizens to justify their own violence.
\r\nOne must support the laws all the time or never. There is no middle ground that can be fluctuated because of passion.
\r\nAyers faced our justice system, and he survived. It may not be the outcome we wanted, but it is the outcome we must defend because we believe in our country and the laws that make it strong.
\r\nAs for Ayers being invited to campus, I have never seen a group of people get so agitated at a speech that focuses on the differing educational responsibility of teachers in a democracy compared to other societies.
\r\nAyers was not coming to UW to spread speech that was intended to incite violence or to tell students how to make bombs. He was giving a speech on the reasonability of teachers and colleges in higher education.
\r\nThe fact that President Buchannan was happy with the decision to cancel the speech by Ayers seemed purely selfish and was not an opinion made to benefit the students but to calm controversy that was making the UW administration uneasy.
\r\nI wish there were more controversy. I wish that we were able to get speakers on campus who did more to raise moral and ethical questions for the students to ponder. We need more speeches that disagree with the beliefs of the majority.
\r\nThe cancellation decision by Francisco Rios, director of the Social Justice Research Center, who invited Ayers to speak, and UW’s approval of the cancellation, tells me UW does not trust the students at UW to be able to think for themselves.
\r\nMatt Haigler, ASUW president, hit the nail on the head when he said, “As students, we are more than capable of hearing speakers from each end of the political spectrum; be they radical or moderate, criminal or hero, sinful or saintly, without accepting whatever agenda they are prescribing. Cancellation of the event would be a grave disservice to our student population. They are smarter and more critical than they are being given credit for.”
\r\nAs for the threats of violence of those who wanted to stop Ayers coming to campus, this only tells me that Ayers might have been one of the first speakers I might have wanted to actually hear. Because I know he wasn’t here to talk about his old radical views, I can say all the threats were spawned by ignorance and stupidity.
\r\nWe have had many controversial speakers show up on campus. Recently, we had protests on campus when Dick Cheney showed up. There are prominent politicians and respected members of ourcountry calling for investigations of Cheney for war crimes, and we don’t cancel his speech?
\r\nI have told people for years that Wyoming is not so redneck and incompetent and prejudiced as people think, and that we as a people just like to make sure our freedoms are not encroached upon, but this week has told me I am probably wrong.
\r\nThis outrage from individuals who threatened to make sure their children don’t attend UW or Ayers’ presentation in advocating the beliefs and doctrines of Hitler make me sick.
\r\nI believe in the rights of free speech in our country and its justice system, and in the belief that the only way we can advance our society is through the free flow of thoughts in a community.
\r\nThe cancellation of Ayers appearance at UW is a blemish on our university and our state.
\r\nI hope the next time UW has a controversial speaker we will be able to hold our heads up high and not be so idiotic, irrational, incompetent and fearful.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-01 00:46:41','124','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-01 01:46:22','2010-04-14 07:00:00','','','','0','0','826','ayers, people, campus, speech, students, violence, cancellation, university, speakers, system, wyoming, laws, education, free, wanted, american, justice, beliefs, cheney, giving','With the cancellation of William Ayer’s speech on campus I can officially say I am going to a university that does not dedicate itself fully to making sure students receive the best education possible. \r\n\r\nToday, I am ashamed to say that I am going to the University of Wyoming because it is obvious that we as a university are controlled by populous rhetoric and cannot stand up for what the university should represent—an academic society dedicated to the free flow of ideas. ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1427','Shooting ourselves in the feet: Will we ever learn?','shooting-ourselves-in-the-feet-will-we-ever-learn','','I admire anyone who can get around the human quality that is laziness. I know I can’t.
I’ve tried, but I somehow manage to find myself procrastinating countless assignments and even this column. All of this leads to tremendous amounts of stress and poor quality of work. It could be prevented, but I never try.
\r\nOne would think, after going through four years of writing essays at two in the morning (or 30 minutes before class) in high school, this college freshman would have learned better, but I haven’t. And albeit a rather large stretch, our ability to repeatedly procrastinate is indicative of a deeper, more serious problem: We don’t learn from our mistakes.
\r\nMaybe we’re simply condemned to lifetimes of shooting ourselves in the feet. One would think that the 500 pound man sitting at the fast food restaurant two days before his heart transplant would learn that the food he is eating may play a direct role in his poor health. Or maybe he does know but is just so addicted to it that he can’t control himself.
\r\nAnd the inability to remember our mistakes and not repeat them is not only a problem on an individual basis. But it also has societal implications.
\r\nTake, for example, numerous cases in our country’s history in which the government loosened regulations on loans and other areas of the economy. Then, as a result, the stock markets collapsed and people lost their homes. Sounds kind of familiar, doesn’t it?
\r\nThen, of course, there’s our ability to constantly think we have the moral duty to police the world and get into wars and their aftermaths, which we cannot handle.
\r\nTake, for example, the Vietnam War, in which we sent American troops overseas to ensure that communism didn’t spread. After the war, many combat veterans came back with scars and wounds that went far deeper than physical wounds.
\r\nForty years later, we found ourselves sending troops to Iraq in order to essentially police the world (again). And as one would imagine, many troops are returning from combat with psychological scars, and they are not receiving proper treatment for these wounds. As a result. Some veterans are finding themselves living on the streets or fighting substance abuse problems—all of which are a direct result of our inability to apply the lessons we learned during the Vietnam War.
\r\nHowever, the problem goes back to laziness and procrastination. We simply put off the most significant issues at a governmental level and in our personal lives.
\r\nWith its back against the wall, Congress must solve the health care problem, and it must do so quickly. If Congress would have succeeded in solving the health care crisis during the Clinton or Bush administrations, we wouldn’t find ourselves in the mess we are in.
\r\nThe lesson is two-fold. First, we must realize that some issues are not going away. We must accept that if we don’t combat paramount issues, such as the deficit or health care when they aren’t in a crisis, then we will find ourselves in a much larger crisis than originally imagined.
\r\nThe most important lesson however, is quite simple: Fire can burn you.
\r\nOne would think we would have figured this out over what is literally redundant redundancy in or government and society, but we haven’t.
\r\nExpect Congress to loosen regulations on the banking industry and stock markets within the next 50 years; expect our economy to crash as a result of this.
\r\nExpect columns from me that aren’t up to par, because I decided to wait until just before the deadline to write them, even though I tell myself I won’t put it off next time.
\r\nWe say we won’t make the same mistakes; but let’s be honest, that’s probably a lie. We’ll continue to procrastinate, to deregulate the economy—just as the generation after us will, and after them, and so on.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-12-01 00:47:10','126','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-12-01 13:00:00','2009-12-15 07:00:00','','','','0','0','825','problem, health, result, mistakes, combat, troops, find, war, years, wounds, care, expect, congress, crisis, issues, government, regulations, procrastinate, inability, direct','I admire anyone who can get around the human quality that is laziness. I know I can’t. ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1428','Tom Izzo and the mystery of Michigan State','tom-izzo-and-the-mystery-of-michigan-state','','There are two schools that can make a claim to being the best men’s basketball team of the decade: North Carolina and Michigan State.
\r\nThe first is fairly obvious but that second team on the list puzzles me. Since 2000, the Spartans have racked up one national title (and are in contention for one this year) and five Final Four appearances, including this year’s trip to Indianapolis. Yet, I can never remember them being a supremely dominant force in college basketball the way that North Carolina was last year or how Syracuse in 2003. So, how is Michigan State so consistently good?
\r\nThe answer is definitely not in the talent they have. Spartan coach Tom Izzo has recruited some strong players but not anyone that can blow another team off the court with their athleticism. The best two players to come from Michigan State since their 2000 National Championship: Shannon Brown and Zach “I’ll-rebound-for-a-cupcake” Randolph. These two are fine players, but they’re not exactly making a run at MVP.
\r\nThe typical counter argument for looking at a college team’s success by examining its NBA potential is that many college championships are won by teams who are not composed of superstars. This is a valid point. There are currently more players from UCLA in the NBA (12) than any other program, and UCLA has won as many national titles in the last 10 years as I have; although they did have three straight Final Four appearances.
\r\nHowever, if a team is at all successful, shouldn’t they have some players who can fit in at the next level? It is a common misconception that Duke is under-represented in the league; however, the team that is most often associated with un-athletic white kids hoisting up three pointers actually has the second most active NBA players (10). The 2001 National Champion Blue Devils boasted a handful of future NBA players, including Carlos Boozer and defensive dynamos Shane Battier and Dahntay Jones (possibly the best-ever spelling of Dante).
\r\nIf the unquestioned best coach in college basketball gets to the Final Four twice in the last 10 years with a surprising amount of NBA talent, then what do we call Tom Izzo?
\r\nI’m not going to declare Izzo a better coach than Mike Krzyzewski (my spell checker just exploded) because I think Krzyzewski probably understands basketball better. However, I think Izzo will forever be able to do more with less.
\r\nWatch these two coaches during game action. After Baylor spent the last minute and a half of the first half of their Elite Eight game putting on a layup clinic you could see Krzyzewski’s half time tirade (which was effective) being conjured beneath his ever-reddening face. This style of coaching works for Krzyzewski and that works for his players. It works because the Blue Devils are typically a smart team with graduates not head cases (Shane Battier).
\r\nIzzo, on the other hand, has a far less professional team (head case alert: Zach Randolph). Yet somehow, Izzo can do something to his players during the tournament that pushes them to the Final Four every year. Izzo is more of a facilitator than Krzyzewski the field general is. Think Phil Jackson to Krzyzewski’s Greg Popovich.
\r\nBy the way, I understand that Krzyzewski coached team USA to a gold medal and didn’t treat them the same way he usually does his Duke teams. But, come on, it was team USA. Krzyzewski was a big part of their team, but it’s not like he had to tell them to get back on defense all that much. The things he had to do with that team revolved around concepts like “Hmm, the French seem afraid of Dwight Howard. Maybe we can do something with this.”
\r\nIzzo is a more versatile coach than Krzyzewski. Krzyzewski needs a foundation that he constructed himself. When Krzyzewski has a strong team that he built (2000-01 Blue Devils, 2008 Redeem Team) then the possibilities are limitless. Krzyzewski’s value is as much in his ability to see what works when building a team as it is in his ability to diagram a game. On the other hand, Izzo can do anything with any player. Izzo can draw value out of every player in the same way that working on a film with George Clooney automatically makes someone a better actor.
\r\nThis year’s Final Four boasts a strong field of storied coaching careers but if I was given a random college team that had to play a game for my life, I would pick Izzo to coach them.
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\r\n','\r\nDefense Secretary Robert Gates has introduced more stringent regulations that would make it harder for the military to expel service members based on their sexual orientation. Gates said the changes “provide a greater measure of common sense and common decency.”
\r\nThe notion that members of the GLBT community are unfit to serve their nation is,perhaps, one of the most shameful rules in our nation’s military. The belief that people are unfit to serve their country in any branch of the U.S. military is reprehensible at best, and is nothing more than bigotry.
\r\nBecause of their sexual orientation, DADT has kicked out people who are perfectly capable of doing their jobs and want nothing more than to honorably serve their country. People like Sgt. Lacye Presley, who while working as a medic in Iraq, saved the lives of people hit by a car bomb.
\r\nBecause of her heroic actions, Sgt. Presley was awarded the Bronze Star.
\r\nBecause of her sexual orientation, however, she was discharged from the U.S. Army—despite the fact that she saved countless lives.
\r\nThen there is the story of former Petty Officer Stephen Benjamin who, during a time of desperate Arab linguist shortages, was kicked out of the US Navy because of his sexual orientation, despite the immense value of his skills as a translator.
\r\nIf we are to truly call ourselves a nation of equality, the days of bigotry toward people of the GLBT community must end. Speaking on the subject, Rep. Patrick Murphy D-Pa., the first Iraq War veteran to serve in Congress, remarked “The ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy goes against the very fabric of what makes our country the greatest country on Earth—the fact that we’re all created equal.”
\r\nThe bigotry toward members of the GLBT community is nothing more than an unfair judgment against soldiers who are no different than straight soldiers. It doesn’t matter that Stephen Benjamin graduated near the top of his Arabic classes, or that Lacye Presley saved lives while risking her own. No, their service and contributions to our nation’s military are irrelevant because they are gay.
\r\nBigotry has been the story of our nation since its founding. Women didn’t earn their right to vote until the early 20th century. African Americans didn’t’ earn their full civil rights until the 1960’s and 70’s. Now it’s time for members of the GLBT community to earn their rights to serve their nation, to earn their rights to marry, to find happiness.
\r\nI like the Wyoming constitution’s take on the matter. Art. I, Sect. 7 states, “Absolute, arbitrary power over the lives, liberty and property of free men exists nowhere in a republic, not even in the largest majority.” I think we would do well to live by this philosophy.
\r\nI refuse to believe that we can truly call ourselves a nation of equality until members of the GLBT community are treated equally. This means working for legislation that prevents gays and lesbians from being discharged from the military. It means working for legislation in our own state which prevents them from being fired simply because of their sexual orientation. (UW professor and State Rep. Cathy Connolly has introduced legislation to prevent this from happening, but it has continued to fail.)
\r\nWhen that happens, we will become a nation of equality. Until then, laying claim to the title is merely hypocritical rhetoric.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-29 23:14:26','126','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-30 00:14:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','823','nation, orientation, sexual, members, glbt, people, community, serve, military, country, bigotry, lives, earn, equality, call, working, saved, legislation, rights, presley','It appears that the days of the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ program are finally coming to an end. Although it is too early to call it a victory, much progress has been made over the past few months. ','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1430','Availability only gain of health care reform','availability-only-gain-of-health-care-reform','','The passage of the health care bill has undoubtedly been the most divisive governmental action since the Iraq War.
\r\nEither Stalinist Russia or a Garden of Eden idyllic utopia has descended upon the U.S., depending upon which side of political discourse you subscribe to.
\r\nWhat’s most disturbing about the whole ordeal are the massive misconceptions about what health care reform has really accomplished.
\r\nThe biggest buzzword heard coming out of the political fire storm has no doubt been socialism. Let’s clear something up immediately: Anyone who supports the American public university system or the U.S. military is a supporter of socialism. Really, any allocation of funds down to city street improvements is socialism.
\r\nLet’s get beyond extremist rhetoric and fear mongering. We’re past the Red Scare and McCarthyism. We no longer don poodle skirts and marvel at the impossibility of sending something out into space. It’s time to grow up and analyze socialism like one of the best educated countries in the world instead of ignorant reactionaries.
\r\nEven so, the health care bill hasn’t created anything close to the socialized universal health care systems found in Europe or Canada. No, the bill has not created anything close to government-run hospitals. Read the bill. Not a single thing contained in its numerous pages calls for any sort of government-employed physician. Indeed, the basic institutions and overall delivery systems are virtually unchanged. Hospitals and doctors are going to remain relatively equal to what they are now.
\r\nMost importantly, we need to stop calling this is health care ‘reform.’ It’s not. Frankly, the new bill doesn’t make sure that everyone ha guaranteed health care. What it does is makes sure everyone has insurance. This has been a long time coming and honestly a completely necessary step.
\r\nThere is absolutely no good reason why an individual with diabetes should be refused insurance coverage merely due to a pre-existing health condition. There is no reason why an individual should lose their insurance because they develop a debilitating and costly condition. Unfortunately, it is these individuals who most need insurance that have all too often been prevented from receiving it.
\r\nInsurance reform has righted a long undeserved wrong. Good. Now what? Insurance may be provided, but there are no guarantees about the what quality and type of medical coverage is actually going to be given or how it’s going to be allocated.
\r\nI can make any kind of law mandating services for the entire American populace. Say every American should receive ice cream every night—that doesn’t say anything about how it’s actually going to happen. We’ve fixed a small part of a problem, expecting the whole thing to be cured.
\r\nUnfortunately, while insurance and health care are related, they are in no way interchangeable. Just because I have insurance doesn’t actually mean I can afford health care. The biggest problem facing the American public’s access to health services is the cost of these services. This was the case before the recent health bill and unfortunately after all the pomp, posturing and trillions of proposed expenses, this problem still hasn’t been resolved.
\r\nAccording to a recent study, more than 60 percent of Americans who go bankrupt do so because of unexpected, overwhelming medical bills. The vast majority of these individuals were well educated, middle class homeowners.
\r\nBut here’s the real kicker: Seventy-eight percent of these individuals had private insurance. Indeed, the major finding of the study was that in regards to long illness private insurance afforded little protection.
\r\nYes, possessing insurance may lessen the cost of massive health care bills, but problems still remain. The issue of the exorbitant cost of health care services remains for the insured and uninsured alike.
\r\nEven with the new health care legislation in place, the future cost of medical services is only expected to rise.
\r\nInstead of fixing the affordability of medical service, we’ve merely increased the availability. We’ve given insurance companies 32 million new customers, allocated billions of taxpayer dollars to increase their profits, all while somehow circumventing the core issue.
\r\nUntil the real key issue of cost is ultimately addressed, there will never be real, meaningful reform for the American people—insurance or not.
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The nineties fueled the popularity of the Internet and cell phones but they also staged the Lewinsky scandal and the popularity of boy bands. The eighties left us with fantastic classic rock for the ages, but they will never be able to make up for the hair that they so adored.
\r\nAnd just like the decades before us, the ’00 (pronounced “aughts”); will leave us with many things to not only be proud of, but also to be very, very ashamed of, things we will have to apologize to our grandchildren for.
\r\nHere we will try to make a list, not nearly complete, that will allow us to peer into the future to see what we will soon be ashamed of about this decade, if we aren’t already.
\r\nPeople should be most mortified of the vampire craze.
\r\nThough only a small sector of the American citizenry can be blamed for popularizing this, mostly girls between the ages of 10 to 25, everyone should be ashamed that such a mass market infiltrated so many sectors of everyday life. There are vampire books, movies, dolls, TV shows, etc.
\r\nIt would not be so embarrassing if it wasn’t for the fact that these vampires are not the ones of old; one that haunt children’s dreams, but they are lovey-dovey vampires that swoon more than they terrify. I predict that the ‘00 will be known as the saddest decade for the undead.
\r\nIn the same vain of the vamp fascination the “emo” crowd may be the most powerful look from the ‘00 that will tarnish our fashion reputation in the future.
\r\nThough these cliques, usually of “distraught” kids, may have come out of the neo-punks of the nineties, it will be the responsibility of these Hot Topic sycophants to tell their kids why they became an eyesore at every fountain at every mall in America and didn’t enjoy sunlight in the prime of their life.
\r\nThe most obvious, current, and maybe controversial choices in music are Kanye West and Lady Gaga. Though their music might not offensive to the ear, their attitudes may be offensive to almost everyone, which is not be only a reason for their success but the reason why their names appear first on this list.
\r\nAmericans don’t mind their rappers going off to jail for gun charges and gangster-related offenses, but we demand they at least learn common courtesy.
\r\nAs for Lady Gaga, it will not be too long into the future when people will be questioning why a woman who dressed in Kermit the Frog puppets was able to become so popular.
\r\nAlso, if the trend of old outdated rock stars performing at the Super Bowl half time show continues, I think Janet Jackson and her costume and choreographing team owes an apology to future generations. One nipple on national television should not subject millions of viewers to the horror of The Who in high definition.
\r\nMothers all across America would like an apology from the creators of SpongeBob Squarepants. These mothers can handle the songs of Dora the Explorer, but I do not doubt the relationship between the number of times that show is played and the number of Tylenol that those mothers who listen to it have to take is exponential.
\r\nDads of teenage daughters who are dragged to a play, movie or concert by either the High School Musical, Jonas Brothers, or Miley Cyrus (or is it Hannah Montana? I can never figure it out) also demand an apology from this decade. It is a small favor for such horrific duties they must perform as chaperones at these teentastic events.
\r\nThis decade also owes the following generations an apology for the deaths of George Carlin, Bernie Mac, Steve Irwin and Billy Mays, along with many others.
\r\nThough I wish I could fill up this whole paper with my ’00’s grievances a short list must suffice…(deep breath)….Green Heinz Ketchup, text speak, teens with cell phones, reality TV, Bluetooth headsets, Crocs, Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor, George Bush, Barack Obama, ruining Tiger Woods’ reputation, taking Conan O’Brien off Late Night, modernizing Cartoon Network, pirate obsessions, tramp stamps and all the other ones that you have thought of while reading this article. Sorry future generations.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-24 23:48:55','126','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-25 00:48:48','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','821','decade, future, apology, ashamed, generations, list, mothers, nineties, vampires, reputation, ‘00, vampire, people, kids, small, life, lady, high, demand, owes','Every decade has its great moments to be proud of, but this also means that every decade has its worst moments.\r\n','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1432','Sensationalism in the media must end','sensationalism-in-the-media-must-end','','I kind of like sensationalism—that’s why I write opinion instead of news-stories.
However, the once clear line between reporting and opinion is becoming increasingly blurred. An example would be the Obama administration’s war with Fox News and other biased conservative outlets.
\r\nAlthough the belief that Fox News is biased is by no means a stretch of the mind (especially considering the likes of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’ Reilly), it is also equally clear that Fox News isn’t the only biased major news outlet.
\r\nHowever, the Obama administration mysteriously has no issue with Fox News’ liberal counterpart, MSNBC.
\r\nI wonder why.
\r\nThe American media is a joke. It’s practically a cliché, but the majority of news networks only tell Americans what they want them to know. In a world in which knowledge is power, selective reporting is one of the best ways to manipulate the votes of the American people.
\r\nAs easy as it is to bash the mainstream media for affecting the outcomes of elections, the blame shouldn’t lay with them. Americans have access to unbiased news sources, but neglect these unbiased sources. They choose to do this for one of two reasons: Either they are simply too lazy, or they like the sensationalism that lies with the mainstream media.
\r\nI can see how laziness is a factor. With the easy accessibility of televised media, who wouldn’t want to sit on their couch and simply learn about the events through 30 second sound bites while eating a TV dinner. Sounds comfortable to me.
\r\nAlthough laziness is a key factor, I don’t think it’s the biggest. No, most of us just love the sensationalism that comes with most controversial stories in politics. We don’t want to hear about boring health care and stimulus debates when there is interesting stuff out there like John Edwards and Mike Sanford’s incidents of infidelity.
\r\nThe love of sensationalism in media is indicative of a superficial American republic. In a world in which reporting and journalism are considered to be obtaining 30 second sound bites, or two-sentence quotation, politicians must watch everything they say.
\r\nLast summer, a then-nominee for the Supreme Court found her entire career resting on a quotation that was a few sentences long. Talking heads, including the likes of Rush Limbaugh, ruled the airwaves with this quotation and Americans bought into it, not bothering to check her voting record.
\r\nWhen Michael Jackson died, all major political issues took a backseat in the mainstream media for nearly a month. As much as I would like to blame the media for forcing news related to his death down our throats for three straight weeks, the blame really doesn’t lay with reporters because news outlets are a direct product of capitalism.
\r\nThe mainstream media tells Americans what they want to hear. We didn’t care about the progress (or lack thereof) with the health care bill. We wanted to know the juicy details behind the King of Pop’s death. And why not? His death was interesting to a large number of Americans.
\r\nAs boring as it may get at times, it is paramount that Americans learn to read deeply into the issues that greatly concern them. We shouldn’t rely on the superficial reports of those at the major network outlets. This attitude is what has allowed many politicians to get away with many unknown acts that would lose them their seats, if only the American people knew about them.
\r\nThe biggest threat to our country is the uninformed voter, and we get this when we don’t delve heavily into issues.
\r\nIn order for our government to get back on track, the American people must stay informed on the facts behind issues.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-24 01:27:09','126','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-24 13:00:00','2009-12-08 07:00:00','','','','0','0','820','news, media, americans, american, sensationalism, mainstream, fox, issues, major, biased, outlets, people, blame, don’t, reporting, care, death, quotation, interesting, shouldn’t','I kind of like sensationalism—that’s why I write opinion instead of news-stories. ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1433','Cinderella teams symbolize tradition of college basketball','cinderella-teams-symbolize-tradition-of-college-basketball','','\r\n\r\n
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\r\nI firmly believe that having success picking an NCAA bracket is based on nothing besides pure dumb luck. Horseshoes and hand grenades take much more skill when compared with the good fortune that one must possess when filling out a bracket.
\r\n','\r\nThat being said, I am happy to share that my bracket has 13 of the Sweet 16 teams painted in yellow highlighter after weekend one of March Madness. What I am particularly proud of are that those picks include St. Mary’s over Villanova, Cornell over Wisconsin, and more importantly, no Kansas in the championship game. I would not be nearly as pleased with myself if those teams included No. 2 and 3 seeds.
\r\n“Cinderellas” provide excitement in the NCAA tourney and illustrate what college basketball should be. Even if it destroys my bracket, I root for all the lower seeds. Farokhmanesh and Northern Iowa over Kansas was a great example of this.
\r\nEveryone was so proud of President Obama last year when he picked No. 1 overall seed North Carolina to win it all. Because my spring break was exciting enough to watch Obama pick his bracket on ESPN, I had enough time to let this bother me. Because our fearless leader picked Kansas to win it all, the No. 1 overall seed just as he did last year, his bracket is pretty much finished. I posed the idea that if my bracket beats his, we should bring impeachment into the conversation. If his presidential duties include tourney analysis, then there should be consequences for such poor performance as his winning team not making it out of the second round. Sure, a lot of people picked Kansas to win it all, but he’s the president, and he should have known better.
\r\nIf you haven’t figured it out yet, I believe student athletes should be students plus athletes, not paid athletes driving SUVs and walking around with a cheerleader on each arm. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go and rent “He Got Game,” starring a young Ray Allen. Spike Lee will provide a very graphic example of the wining and dining of college athletes.
\r\nThe epitome of the student athlete dilemma will be played out on Thursday night when Cornell takes on Kentucky. A self-explanatory situation really, Cornell from the Ivy League where SAT scores hover around 1400 against Kentucky’s freshmen who don’t have to take the SAT because John Calipari fakes it for them; just ask Derrick Rose.
\r\nThe differences in athletics between the two teams are endless. While the Kentucky players are gods on campus and basketball is their religion, Cornell players don’t even receive scholarships for athletics. The two teams are being coined with the cliché of David vs. Goliath, and David has a real shot at a repeat performance against his large foe.
\r\nTake Cameron Indoor Stadium, for example. It only seats 12,000 and its wood paneling and close confines embody the spirit of a university basketball program. The atmosphere appreciates hard work and tradition while there is no room for flashing lights and hype inside its small confines.
\r\nThere is plenty of time for flashiness in the NBA. The NBA is full of sell-out players who don’t play defense until maybe the fourth quarter, and if not then, they don’t play until the postseason. Don’t get me wrong, the NBA is full of amazing athletes, with highflying plays and endless talent. However, don’t tell me that 150-135 scoring lines between the Nuggets and the Suns is good athletic competition. Turn on your game console and you can do that anytime you want.
\r\nSo, don’t complain about being out of your bracket pool. Just appreciate a few college basketball teams who are able to have success in the tournament as both students and athletes. After this weekend, they might all be gone with the powerhouses taking over, but until then, appreciate the tradition of what college basketball should be.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-24 00:32:51','104','Brad Estes','2010-03-24 00:54:23','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-23 07:00:00','2010-04-06 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','819','don’t, bracket, athletes, basketball, teams, college, cornell, kansas, nba, players, game, picked, tradition, win, performance, proud, include, endless, full, athletics','I firmly believe that having success picking an NCAA bracket is based on nothing besides pure dumb luck. Horseshoes and hand grenades take much more skill when compared with the good fortune that one must possess when filling out a bracket. ','0','0','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1434','Health care bill passage positive for all Americans','health-care-bill-passage-positive-for-all-americans','','After putting his presidency on the line, President Barack Obama has accomplished what was perhaps his biggest campaign promise: health care reform has finally passed.
\r\n','\r\nMany of the world’s most brilliant doctors practice in the United States, that can’t be argued. What can be argued, however, is that our health care system is broken. Many were vehemently opposed to the bill passing on Sunday, others were strong supporters and others found themselves on the fence.
\r\nMany argue that like the welfare system, some will take advantage of the system. Although definitely true, many people already freeload off the current health care system. I shudder at the thought of my tax dollars paying for someone’s lung transplant who chose to smoke cigarettes for the majority of his or her life.
\r\nThe fact that people will take advantage of the system is no excuse for not providing health care to those who have a legitimate need for it. We can’t deny health care to struggling families because bad people will take advantage of the system. This is merely punishing both.
\r\nMany Americans without health care aren’t lazy people who refuse to work. Many are hardworking Americans who can’t afford coverage because they lost their jobs or because they have preexisting conditions.
\r\nMany in this state argue that health care should be left up to the state government. This may be true, but I am left asking: If health care reform should be left up to Wyoming, why have we failed to act on it?
\r\nState Representative Dan Zwonitzer (R-Cheyenne) has brought a bill mandating that Wyoming insurance companies cover phenylketonuria, or PKU, a rare metabolic disease requiring highly expensive medical treatment. Rep. Zwonitzer introduced the bill during last year’s general session and this year’s budget session, only to have it die both times.
\r\nThere’s your chance at a step toward health care reform, Wyoming.
\r\nTo be fair, the health care savings account established by the legislature few weeks ago is a stride toward improving health care in our state, but in actuality it does little or nothing. It is simply asking too much of a family bringing in $30,000 a year to build up a sufficient health savings account.
\r\nIt’s also asking too much of any family to cover highly expensive medical conditions because they are preexisting. It is asking too much of families to cover conditions their insurance companies refuse to cover because they didn’t read the fine print.
\r\nIt’s easy for some to attack those who will benefit from the system. It’s easy to tout the ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ mentality when you’re not in the shoes of those who find themselves without coverage due to factors outside their control. If people put themselves in the shoes of a single mother who is working two jobs, but can’t afford coverage, or if people put themselves in the shoes of a family who has a child with a preexisting condition, maybe their minds will change on the bill.
\r\nThe health care bill that finally passed on Sunday prevents this from occurring. It provides a safety net to millions of hard working Americans who have either lost their health insurance or who are at risk of losing coverage. It provides a safety net for twenty-somethings fresh out of college who may have jobs, but don’t have coverage. It prevents families from being bankrupted by expensive insurance costs. In short, it does the right thing. It helps Americans.
\r\nSunday night saw the passing of what will become one of the most important pieces of legislation of our generation. After years of efforts to revamp the health care system to provide coverage and to prevent many from being forced into bankruptcy by ever rising insurance premiums, health care reform has finally passed.
\r\nIs it perfect? No. Will there be kinks that have to be worked out when the bill begins taking effect? Probably. But the legislation is a critical step toward a better health care system which protects all Americans, regardless of their condition.
\r\nAnd I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief at that.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-22 23:23:24','66','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-22 23:23:24','2010-04-05 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','818','health, care, system, bill, coverage, people, americans, insurance, reform, state, cover, can’t, left, wyoming, expensive, sunday, families, conditions, passed, advantage','','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1435','Obama’s diplomatic perplexity','obamas-diplomatic-perplexity','','The different responses from conservatives and liberals surrounding Obama’s recent bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito couldn’t be more wrong.
\r\nThe overblown response from the right wing’s wagging tongues paints Obama’s bow as a break in hundreds of years of tradition for presidents to abstain from deferential greetings to foreign royalty.
\r\nHowever, Obama’s bow is not even unprecedented as far as presidents go. During the first visit of a Japanese emperor in 1971, President Nixon bowed to the emperor and referred to him and his wife repeatedly as “Your Imperial Majesties.”
\r\nPresident Clinton also drew severe derision for his supposed bow.
\r\nThe hypersensitive conservative response is just a continuation in the increasingly pathetic attempt to color every action by our president as somehow unpatriotic and un-American. There’s no doubt that soon we will be hearing how somehow bowing is tied to Marxism and socialism and was one of Stalin’s favorite political devices.
\r\nObamapologists also err in their assessment of the bow as a mark of cultural deference. Traditional Japanese bows, like the one Nixon gave, are marked by no contact and a slight bend of the waist.
\r\nCertainly, an appropriate bow would have been a deft political maneuver, connoting respect and a break from the diplomatic failures of the past administration. However, Obama’s lurching, 90-degree handshake attempt was just jarringly awkward. Our president’s attempt at cultural understanding came across like a tourist whose knowledge of Japanese cultural intricacies spawns from a round of saketinis at Benihana.
\r\nInstead of conveying respect to the Japanese emperor, Obama’s obsequious failure was an embarrassment.
\r\nWhat really causes alarm is instead of seeming like an isolated incident, Obama’s bow seems to be indicative of a larger trend of diplomatic ignorance.
\r\nLast March, Obama’s treatment of Prime Minister Gordon Brown was appalling. After eschewing basic protocol, such as a welcoming press conference and dinner, British officials reported that the White House staff seemed completely unfamiliar with the expectations of a major visit from a British prime minister.
\r\nGiven this, it’s no wonder Obama went on to make an absolute fool of himself in a gift exchange with the British Prime Minster. Brown presented Obama with a penholder crafted from the timbers of the 19th century British warship, the HMS President. This ship helped stamp out the slave trade and its sister ship, the HMS Resolute, provided the wood for the desk in the Oval Office. Obama’s gift?
\r\nA collection of 25 DVDs of American classics that weren’t even formatted correctly to work on British players.
\r\nA month later, Michelle Obama hugged the Queen, breaking the No. 1 rule of royal family protocol. Hey, at least this time the Queen got an iPod instead of an unworkable copy of “Home Alone.”
\r\nObama’s diplomatic ineptitude caused a well-connected Washington official to state that our president fails to even fake an interest in foreign policy.
\r\nThe president’s diplomatic personality is in large respects completely representative of the perception of his regime and its subsequent effectiveness.
\r\nRonald Reagan was the president who won the Cold War without firing a shot.
\r\nBill Clinton was a master diplomat and produced the best state of U.S. foreign relations since Vietnam.
\r\nPresident Bush’s jingoist cowboy diplomacy turned off the rest of the world and painted all Americans as arrogant, culturally insensitive warmongers. Obama was elected in large parts for his perceived diplomatic subtlety. However, outside of photo-ops and sound bites, we have seen nothing more than a man who looks lost and out of his element.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-20 01:17:20','124','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-20 13:00:00','2009-12-04 07:00:00','','','','0','0','817','obama’s, president, bow, diplomatic, british, japanese, emperor, obama, prime, cultural, attempt, foreign, clinton, respect, political, american, nixon, ”, brown, ship','The different responses from conservatives and liberals surrounding Obama’s recent bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito couldn’t be more wrong. ','0','2','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1436','American corruption similar to free world’s','american-corruption-similar-to-free-worlds','','In America, we often pride ourselves as being watchdogs of the free world.
\r\nMaybe it comes from America’s defense against imperialistic land grabbing, militarism and authoritarianism during both World Wars. Certainly, throughout the Cold War, we embodied the democratic world juxtaposed against Stalinist socialist authoritarianism.
\r\n','\r\nThis has led to the contemporary situation in which America attempts to ensure popular sovereignty the world over. We’re constantly calling out countries for not conforming close enough to our standards of democracy and generally oppressing their people.
\r\nWe’ve even made aid dependent upon meeting whatever our standards are. We’re currently embroiled in the invasion of two sovereign nations with the ostensible purpose of weeding out corruption.
\r\nUltimately, we’ve created this notion of China, Africa, Russia, Latin America and the rest of the third world as composed of inherently corrupt governments compared to the democratic paradigm that America supposedly embodies. However, it’s becoming more and more apparent that we’re just as corrupt as the rest of the bunch.
\r\nFrequently, we cite the lack of legal rights and general denial of due process in foreign countries as indicative of their corruption. Dissenters in China and Africa are at best simply shut up if not indefinitely imprisoned or killed. Though it quiets increasingly as China continues to rise, America has based much of its Chinese foreign policy upon it. That could never happen in America. We have our Constitutional rights. We’re protected, right?
\r\nWell, there is that funny little thing called the Patriot Act. We lose our right to privacy as the government has wide discretion in monitoring potential terrorist communication. Really, is governmental wiretapping somehow more evil than American wiretapping just because we’re America and therefore blameless?
\r\nBarriers to illegal search and seizure are eliminated as probable cause isn’t even required. Even the most important substance of our legal rights, our right to a fair and public trial, is waived as we can be jailed without any charges.
\r\nFor instance, American citizen Jose Padilla was held in little more than a dark hole for three and a half years without hearing from a lawyer, engaging in any sort of trial or even being charged with anything. Throughout his three-year detention, he endured regular bouts of physical torture.
\r\nSad to say, it would actually be encouraging if this represented the limits of American government liberty abuses. Where Bush had authorized the illegal detention and torture of American citizens, the current administration has taken it an unbelievable step forward.
\r\nIn late December, the Obama administration authorized a missile strike against Anwar Aulaqi because he was suspected of meeting with terrorists.
\r\nYou read that right.
\r\nThis was an assassination attempt against an American citizen based on accusation and supposition. There was no trial, gathering of evidence or formal charges against Aulaqi, just merely accusations. Yet, based on conjecture alone, we authorized an assassination attempt against an American citizen?
\r\nOur other favorite fault to point out in the supposed corrupt third world are the bribes and other forms of money that line the pockets of politicians. But are political campaign contributions really all that different?
\r\nMaybe once upon a time, candidates received money based on campaign promises and future perceived benefit. However, in our current system, money is given with the expectation of immediate reward.
\r\nAt the beginning of the year, the current administration steered an immensely lucrative no-bid contract of $25 million to a Washington-based consulting firm for stabilization efforts in Afghanistan. Of course, it’s no surprise that the owner of this firm was a major party donor.
\r\nIt’s not like this corruption is isolated to the executive branch; actions such as these permeate the entire system.
\r\nIn 2008 alone, seven members of the House of Representatives sponsored $112 million of no-bid earmarks to clients of the PMA Group lobbying firm. These seven congressmen had received $350,000 in campaign contributions. What’s more, an ethics review committee had found that these representatives had specifically targeted fundraising efforts to PMA Group clients seeking earmarks, and an FBI investigation of PMA offices turned up corroborating evidence.
\r\nHowever, criminals will always protect their own. Even in light of evidence and federal subpoenas issued to campaign committee aids, the House ethics committee couldn’t be moved to do a thing.
\r\nWhat’s worse is the new trend going far beyond campaign contributions. Increasingly, former corporate executives are seen actively rewarding the companies they used to lead (along with the significant stock options they continue to hold).
\r\nWe saw this with the infamous Cheney-Halliburton scandal, as Cheney used his clout as vice president to steer hundreds of millions into the coffers of his former company.
\r\nThe recent bailout is an even more egregious example.
\r\nThe Obama economic team immediately following his election consisted of a sitting Citigroup executive, Michael Froman, and the son of another Citigroup executive, Jamie Rubin. Froman and Rubin hired Timothy Geithner to run the Treasury Department, who immediately rewarded them with the sweetheart deal of the bailout. In the words of one lead Democratic consultant, “Just look at the timeline of the Citigroup deal. Just look at it. It’s f---ing amazing. Amazing! And nobody said a thing about it.”
\r\nGeithner proceeded to block regulation of Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and AIG derivatives, while mandating future bailouts if the whole mess repeats itself. Froman proceeded to receive a $2.25 million bonus for the work he did.
\r\nSure, it’s immoral for a third world official to take a substantial cut off the top of foreign monetary aid, but that is nothing compared to the amorality of playing games with billions of dollars of taxpayer money.
\r\nIt’s clear the image we hold of America is incongruent with reality. Oh, America the land of the free and home of the brave where you too can be illegally jailed, tortured and subsidize executive bonuses.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-12 00:21:58','104','David Zobell','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-12 00:21:00','2010-03-25 07:00:00','','','','0','0','816','america, american, world, it’s, campaign, based, executive, money, corruption, citigroup, firm, administration, china, evidence, corrupt, pma, committee, trial, foreign, rights','In America, we often pride ourselves as being watchdogs of the free world.\r\n\r\nMaybe it comes from America’s defense against imperialistic land grabbing, militarism and authoritarianism during both World Wars. Certainly, throughout the Cold War, we embodied the democratic world juxtaposed against Stalinist socialist authoritarianism. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1437','Looking for bracket advice? Look elsewhere','looking-for-bracket-advice-look-elsewhere','','\r\nNCAA basketball is the best thing on TV right now.
Tiger is taking time off to legally change his name to Cheetah, the NFL uselessly covered the combine, and I won’t even take the time to use a multi-syllable word that NASCAR fans haven’t learned on Blue Collar television, or whatever those crazy rednecks watch, to insult their “sport.” While we’re on the subject, and to completely perplex NASCAR fans, we will begin with a large made up word: Bracketology.
\r\n','\r\nThere are those who spend the better part of their lives talking about the “Bubble Watch.” I am not one of those people. Personally, I stopped watching bubbles when I was a kid, right about the time I stopped believing in bracketology. Bracketology is about as real as Santa Claus—also something I stopped believing in around that time. Santa spends all year deciding who the good kids are and who the bad kids are, so the analogy lies in that presents are comparable to tourney bids. Try and keep up.
\r\nThe only person who really understands bracketology is that little autistic code breaking kid named Simon from “Mercury Rising,” whose movie career most certainly peaked and then died when “Secondhand Lions” debuted. I guess, that is quite an accomplishment for an actor with autism. So, unless you are going to enlist Bruce Willis to go find little Simon and use him to attempt to decipher your 65-team bracket, just do it yourself. Just remember, he may be an autistic savant, or he could just be the blind kid who was duped into buying a headless bird from Lloyd in “Dumb and Dumber.”
\r\nThe NCAA tournament is perfect chaos in sports. I say it is perfect chaos because I compare it to its counterpart in college which would be football. College football has chaos perfect, a situation where the real national champion is determined by a computer with numbers instead of on the field with scoring. Crazy, I know.
\r\nAlso, those who think the NCAA tourney should be expanded to 96 teams are surely the same idiots who masterminded the college football post-season. That assumption didn’t take much detective work though; just think, 96 teams would mean more money and that’s what the BCS bowl system is all about. Of course, coaches would love that, since a No. 1 seed vs a No. 96 seed match-up would mean a greater chance of winning, which means job security.
\r\nInteresting note closer to home: the hiring of a football coach financially handcuffs the athletic department, creating job security for a basketball coach even when his players keep quitting.
\r\nAnyway, as for your brackets you have several choices when it comes to advice. There’s ESPN’s Joe Lunardi who has a made-up Ph.D in bracketology. Or, you could listen to Bobby Knight, who has officially sold out to ESPN after sporting that magnificent tweed beret last Saturday night during the Duke- North Carolina game that, along with his tan jacket, made him look like a couch from a ‘70s style living room. Or, maybe just pick the prettiest jerseys like some girls do.
\r\nMy point is that anyone who tries to tell me they can out-pick my bracket based on anything besides luck is probably a North Carolina fan. Stay in your NIT bracket pools this year Tar Heel fans. The NCAAs are for the big boys this year.
\r\nSure, the final four teams aren’t as hard to pick, especially this year when the mid-majors are as weak as they have ever been, but that’s not the fun part. The fun part is being the only one to pick Wofford to go to the Sweet 16. It’s about being a man, or a woman of course; I’m not here to discriminate.
\r\nIf you’re interested, I’m picking Duke to go to the Final Four. I know they will be picked as the first No. 1 seed to go down because they are not an attractive pick; too many goofy Zoubek-like white guys and not enough John Wall-phenom flashiness.
\r\nCall me crazy, but I liked the day when “student athlete” was still a usable term in college sports. John Calipari tells his players he will buy them a Denali filled with strippers if they learn how to read by March. Laugh, but it’s true. Reading is not encouraged at schools where he coaches. Otherwise he would have read the recruiting rules and avoided some probation for the schools he no longer coaches for. This might anger Kentucky fans, but just think about the March Madness they will experience when their team loses in the Elite Eight.
\r\nI like to cut down my readers as I go. I lost the NASCAR fans in the first sentence, the politically correct readers with the autism comments and then got rid of the North Carolina and Kentucky fans in the last few paragraphs. So, for anyone still reading, congratulations. We can all hope our teams don’t lose to Belmont or Virginia Commonwealth University in the first round.
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Last week, Gov. Dave Freudenthal announced that he wouldn’t seek a third term as Wyoming’s governor and the Wyoming GOP breathed a sigh of relief.
Riding a wave of popularity unheard of by many governors, Gov. Dave leaves behind a legacy of nonpartisan, common sense politics we Wyoming citizens value so much.
\r\n','\r\nMany predict the GOP will manage to work its way into the governor’s mansion, and there are already three declared candidates. If one counts Colin Simpson—who many believe will run—you are left with a very crowded GOP primary.
\r\nIs it going to be an exciting primary? You bet.
\r\nThe GOP needs to be smart about who they choose to put into the governor’s office. We need a governor who will practice the fiscal conservatism we saw under Freudenthal, but who also has the common sense to be a socially liberal Republican.
\r\nOver the years, Wyomingites have come to value a government which, for lack of a better term, stays out of our private lives, and it would be wise for the GOP to pick a similar candidate during the primary elections.
\r\nWhen speaking to a crowded capitol building during his kickoff announcement, Ron Micheli spent a good portion of his speech telling supporters he would protect the sanctity of marriage and his pro-life values. He then told the room he would also protect our citizens from a federal government that insists on infringing on the lives of others. Am I the only one who sees a conflict of ideologies with this?
\r\nIndeed, this contradictory idea of telling the federal government to back off while continuing to insist on infringing on the lives of others is, perhaps, one of the biggest flaws with many officials within the Republican Party.
\r\nWhen Republicans realize a socially liberal, yet fiscally conservative platform is their best bet, they will have fewer problems winning elections at both the state and national levels. Indeed, I like any candidate who promises to stay out of my personal life while promising not to spend all my money.
\r\nMany Americans are fed up with members of both parties who continually define what their rights are, and yet these same Americans also insist on taking the rights of others away.
\r\nTake, for example, those like Micheli who are angry with a federal government which encroaches on the rights the State of Wyoming holds dear. Many are angry, and many would like to see the federal government back its regulations off a degree or two. However, those in the same crowd insist on limiting the liberties of many, whether it’s gay marriage or the rights of my stoner friends to smoke homegrown cannabis in their garages.
\r\nThe best government is perhaps a government which is as libertarian as possible, while still maintaining a degree of regulation on its citizens. Libertarianism is the most beautiful form of government. It allows me to get high in the comfort of my home if that’s what I choose to do, while also allowing Wyoming to make its own laws and regulate its people as it sees fit. Can anyone say lower drinking age?
\r\nBut we can’t take libertarianism too far. There will always be a need to regulate corporations so they cannot continue to put Americans out of jobs and essentially profit from the money of tax payers, but there is a degree of compromise that must be found.
\r\nThis compromise can be found in Wyoming by going to the polls and choosing a governor who will remember to keep all of our liberties dear to him or her. This means staying out of the personal lives of Wyoming’s citizens, while also telling the federal government to back off. Doing either/or is merely a contradiction.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-09 01:15:42','124','Zachary T. Spadt','2010-03-10 02:23:52','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-09 01:14:02','2010-03-22 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','814','government, gop, wyoming, federal, lives, rights, citizens, telling, governor, insist, socially, americans, degree, liberal, crowded, primary, life, regulate, marriage, protect','Last week, Gov. Dave Freudenthal announced that he wouldn’t seek a third term as Wyoming’s governor and the Wyoming GOP breathed a sigh of relief. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1439','Self-interest: truly the lowest common denominator','self-interest-truly-the-lowest-common-denominator','','![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2009/11/19/wiley_online.jpg\")
One of my biggest contentions with the mainstream ideology of our country is the widespread, unhealthy infatuation with the concept that every person’s main motivation is their own self-interest.
This line of thought is quite frequently espoused by those in business circles. It is endemic to our very culture, though it is clearly based in one of the primary tenets of economic theory: that human beings will attempt to maximize their own well-being or wealth. This idea has been applied broadly to political and philosophical subjects as well. The “realist” school of international political analysis is a clear and direct translation of the principle of self-interest from its original economic basis to a broader social construct.
\r\nIt is a fairly easy task to debunk this myth. All we have to ask is, “Do people ever make decisions that are not in their best interest?”
\r\nAnybody will answer that question in the affirmative. Everybody makes mistakes—ever been in a car accident? Nobody’s interest is served by a car wreck, and yet they occur rather frequently.
\r\nWe might suggest a revision based on this clear-cut refutation of such a simplistic epigram. Perhaps it is not that people act in their best interest, but that people attempt to act in their best interest. That would seem a whole lot more accurate and definitely leaves room for people making mistakes. One may think they are benefitting themselves by speeding to get to work on time and unfortunately discover that, to their detriment, their vehicle careens out of control into a ditch.
\r\nBut do people even “attempt” to help themselves in all situations? A superficial examination of the fundamental nature of our behavior will reveal that people can have many motivations other than self-interest or self-preservation. Don’t we ever just do something “for the fun of it?” Of course, we are all capable of being silly or irresponsible or immature, and it is not always an accident when we behave in irrational ways. Or perhaps I am the only one who has ever blown off a homework assignment, knowing it needs to be done, in favor of hanging out with my friends. Something tells me I am not.
\r\nThis returns us to another simple premise which is held sacred within the fields of business and economics. The principle to which I am referring is none other than that of “rationality.” Despite the inherently obvious defects with such an idea, economists maintain that “humans behave rationally.” The reasoning behind this is obvious—it is a necessary component of the first concept I mentioned, for if we are not rational, we are incapable of even “attempting” to benefit ourselves—but it is nonetheless a bloody stupid basis for our entire economic system.
\r\nHumans are neither entirely rational nor entirely self-serving. This is my opinion, and I don’t really think it should be too controversial. Everybody recognizes the inevitability of occasionally acting stupid because we have all done it.
\r\nEverybody has done something nice for someone at some point, with no expectation of reward. At least, I prefer to believe that we all have that capability for selfless generosity, even if some do not exercise it regularly. To believe anything else would be truly pessimistic and despite all accusations to the contrary, I am no pessimist.
\r\nIf we can recognize at a personal level that these principles are patently false, why do we permit a system of economic exploitation rooted in these pernicious prevarications? These outright lies serve as justification for a horrifying milieu of atrocities, all in the name of “rational economics,” which are far from rational. Rather, economics is, in large part, a rationalization of a philosophical system with a shiny veneer of “scientific” numerical calculations.
\r\nNo matter how you crunch those numbers, you cannot remove from sight the systematic oppression which is evidenced by the persistent presence of poverty. More appropriately, I should say that this oppression is exemplified not by the poor, but by the magnificently wealthy few among us who have managed to serve their own interests best. It is not a bad way to behave, I suppose, if you do not mind hoarding a larger share of resources and junk than the rest of us, but it does seem rather greedy in view of the plethora of people who must try to scrape by with virtually no food and no money. Of course, in the capitalist mindset, these people are competitors in a magnificent economic game, and they have lost. More importantly, their loss reaffirms the superior “sportsmanship” of the tiny sectors of the population who control the vast majority of the world’s food supply.
\r\nI’ve heard that altruism is never genuine, because the altruist undoubtedly has some ulterior motive. I think this idea reveals more about the person espousing it than anything else. How depressing that some people actually believe this tripe—they must be real jerks.
\r\nEven if it were true that generosity is actually some perverted incarnation of greed, that’s still no reason not to try it sometimes, rather than dedicating our efforts toward explicitly avoiding it.
\r\nIf you demand to be allowed to always serve yourself, you must recognize the ultimate counterargument: that being entirely selfish has its obvious disadvantages, and a truly selfish attitude is, ironically, self-defeating.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-19 02:06:56','124','','2009-11-19 02:24:45','126','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-19 20:00:00','2009-12-03 14:00:00','','','','0','0','813','people, interest, economic, behave, rational, idea, ”, serve, economics, system, based, obvious, recognize, don’t, political, philosophical, car, clear, attempt, food','One of my biggest contentions with the mainstream ideology of our country is the widespread, unhealthy infatuation with the concept that every person’s main motivation is their own self-interest.','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1440','Why Democrats desperately need health care','why-democrats-desperately-need-health-care','','Just a year into the Obama presidency, Democrats already seem to be in an unthinkable position.
\r\nRiding a wave of general anti-Republican populism, Democrats loomed large last November, winning control of house, senate and presidency. The trouncing was so widespread and thorough that some pundits predicted it marked the end of the Republican Party as we knew it.
\r\n','\r\nAt the very least, the GOP was scrambling, caught beneath a Democratic vice grip threatening to ramrod legislation as it desired. It’s hard to reconcile this not-so-distant past bubbling with goodwill with the current bleak present and future.
\r\nJust a year in and Obama is already facing a crisis. Nearly every group responsible for his victory now feels abandoned, demoralized and betrayed.
\r\nLabor hasn’t seen any of the union support or domestic worker protections they were promised. Latinos are upset because nothing amounting to any serious action on immigration reform has even been paid cursory lip service.
\r\nAfter being promised such reform in Obama’s first year, the entire movement now seems dead. Environmentalists feel betrayed, as Obama has broken a campaign promise by now embracing nuclear power. Peace activists couldn’t be more upset as the Guantanamo Bay prison is still in operation and little has changed in regard to American military efforts in Afghanistan or Iraq.
\r\nThe young voters that made such a critical difference last November have cooled on the superstar candidate, throwing off political engagement in favor of increased apathy. They are unlikely to show up in remotely similar numbers in any upcoming elections.
\r\nUsually, when presidents abandon their base, they see increased support from the center, but Obama is also losing the independents.
\r\nA year ago, Obama boasted a 70 percent approval rating, including 65 percent among independents. This has now plummeted to 44 percent overall and a shockingly dismal 29 percent approval amongst independents. Without his party base or independents, it’s hard to imagine where exactly Obama can turn now. This malaise of discontent is already spreading from the presidency and into general perceptions of the Democratic party.
\r\nRepublicans have been able to cash in upon the reform zeitgeist Obama ushered in and effectively use it against him. In many eyes, the Obama administration is no different than the Bush administration preceding it.
\r\nThe Obama administration is now synonymous with the status quo the American people thoroughly renounced a year ago. Instead, this populism has coalesced into the tea party movement that is unabashedly opposed to the Democratic Party platform.
\r\nIndeed, this Democratic Party opposition has already manifested itself at the ballot boxes in New Jersey, Virginia and Massachusetts. Republican candidates ran upon what were little more than Democrat debasement campaigns and were successful—even in traditional liberal strongholds.
\r\nMore than anything, this was a direct message from the American public to the Democratic Party of clear performance dissatisfaction.
\r\nUnless something changes quickly, this evidences disaster during senate elections in nine months.
\r\nPolitical handicappers are already predicting a Republican landslide in the coming November with the GOP assuming control of the senate.
\r\nThis could mean two years of Democratic political dominance with nothing to show for it.
\r\nThis is why health care is so important. Every other major objective of the Democrats has already nosedived.
\r\nCap-and-trade legislation has floundered, financial reform has stalled and domestic worker protections were gutted. Health care is all they have left.
\r\nDemocrats desperately need something to hang their hats on during November elections. At the very least they need something to show for two years in charge.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-05 02:32:27','104','David Zobell','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-05 02:32:06','2010-03-18 07:00:00','','','','0','0','812','obama, party, democratic, democrats, year, republican, percent, november, independents, reform, senate, administration, political, american, presidency, health, care, show, elections, support','Just a year into the Obama presidency, Democrats already seem to be in an unthinkable position. \r\n\r\nRiding a wave of general anti-Republican populism, Democrats loomed large last November, winning control of house, senate and presidency. The trouncing was so widespread and thorough that some pundits predicted it marked the end of the Republican Party as we knew it. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1441','The dreadful, awful, horrendous roads','the-dreadful-awful-horrendous-roads','','\r\n![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/03/04/Max.jpg\")
It is ridiculous! It is absurd! It is unimaginable! It is the condition of the roads in Laramie.
The poor state of the roads right now is something for us to be ashamed of as a town. The gazillion potholes that one can find on almost any street are enough to drive anyone as mad as a hatter.
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When going for a drive in Laramie, one must be prepared for an off-road experience: Make sure you have a spare tire, a tire iron, a jack, food, blankets and anything else one will need to survive the divots.
\r\nBefore the start of January my street had zero potholes, now I have to avoid at least 4, and my street is not a busy street.
\r\nI expect the potholes to be fixed by the end of the summer in just enough time for me to work on my rally skills with a swerve left and right just to get out of my neighborhood.
\r\nThe uncommonly horrendous conditions comes from two factors: the weather and the economy.
\r\nPotholes occur when snow and ice melt as part of a seasonal freeze-thaw cycle.
\r\nThe resulting water from the thawing of the snow seeps beneath the pavement through cracks caused by traffic. As the temperatures cool to freezing at night, the water becomes ice and expands below the pavement, forcing the pavement to rise.
\r\nAs the weight of traffic continues to pound on this raised section and the temperature once again rises above freezing, a shallow divot occurs under the surface and the pavement breaks, forming a pothole.
\r\nThis year’s abnormally repetitious freezing and thawing cycle is causing havoc on our roadways. It also makes it difficult to lay down hot or cold asphalt patches.
\r\nAccording to WYDOT, one of the most atrocious of all streets, Grand Avenue, will be getting all dolled up this week. People driving on Grand Avenue, which is not under the city’s jurisdiction for repairs as it is considered a highway, should already see some improvements.
\r\nThis may not be enough for a street that looks like it belongs more in a war-torn town than it does in Laramie.
\r\nDespite the condition of the road, look for nothing more than small repairs to the potholes, as any real construction is too much money for the state.
\r\nThis is where the second factor affects our streets in a major way: the economy.
\r\nThe city and the state departments, just like most Americans, are coping with a low bank account. Now the state has close to one billion dollars in a rainy day fund, but they just don’t think it is raining enough, so the city’s street department and WYDOT have to make due with the limited funds they have.
\r\nIf the state were ever to repair Grand Avenue in a major way, they would only be able to reconstruct the whole street as it is not ADA compliant. The reconstruction would lead to a multi-million dollar project, something that doesn’t seem that terrible to me. Let’s stimulate the economy!
\r\nThe city can have a little less blame as voters of Laramie made their job harder. Last year, the citizens of Laramie failed to pass a seventh cent tax that would have helped fund construction of infrastructure.
\r\nThe city’s issues include not is not only potholes, but an aging water and sewer system as well. These are major concerns.
\r\nIn May, I hope the people of Laramie make the right decision and vote yes to continue the sixth cent tax.
\r\nIf they don’t, they can expect to find the city charging your utility bill to make up for it.
\r\nPeople tend to forget the government does for them until the government stops providing that service.
\r\nI hope the unbearable conditions of the roads do not only help invent some new swear words, but also that come this May, it also serves as a reminder of all that your tax dollars do for you.
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\r\nWe tried it at a party once and now we can’t make it through the Winter Olympics without checking to see what Mel Kiper Jr. thinks about the Sam Bradford’s 12-pound weight gain.
\r\n','\r\nThe NFL combine is in full swing, and for some reason, I actually know this. I know this because everyone knows this and everyone studies it like there’s going to be a test involved.
\r\nThis fascination with the NFL combine has to stop. Jamarcus Russell is guaranteed $32 million dollars in his contract because of combine reports.
\r\nLast season, the 6’6” bench candy threw three touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Don’t you think that if you walked on an NFL field and just threw nothing but screen passes, you might be able to rack up those statistics?
\r\nThe professional sporting world has become obsessed with numbers. Football teams are drafting wide receivers who can cover 40 yards in 4.3 seconds but who can’t catch a football (strangely enough, this was the same team that picked Russell).
\r\nWhatever happened to watching game film on these players? Ray Rice was a quality four-year starter at Rutgers and somehow dropped to the 55th overall pick. This was partly because of a loaded running back draft class, but also because teams didn’t like his combine work out. Drew Brees is a Super Bowl MVP, but 31 teams came up with reasons for not drafting him in 2001.
\r\nRight now, Gerald McCoy is sliding ahead of Ndamukong Suh because people like his quickness better. McCoy is an outstanding player but the whole nation watched a boy named Suh tear through the Texas offensive line with more ferocity than the big bad wolf when he was still laying waste to little pigs. So, why are we finding ways to knock a guy who controlled a game from the nose tackle position?
\r\nPro days and combine workouts have flooded the football world. Soon they will supplement a player’s 40 time in place of the name of the school he went to when they announce a pick at the draft. Jerry Rice would have been considered slow by current scouts but I can think of 1,549 reasons why I would have still liked to have had him on my team.
\r\nThere is value in the NFL combine. It is helpful to have tangible data to categorize players with. However, when we take this data and study it in every conceivable way, then we work ourselves into an abyss of coherent and reasoned knowledge. The time that goes into evaluating players has created a strange paradox where, simply to do so, people try to spin players a different way every week. In order to keep the draft interesting, talking heads must try and put out an original idea about the same four players every week.
\r\nThat’s why Gerald McCoy is moving up on draft boards. People watched Suh and knew he was the consensus No. 1 pick four months ago, but it’s hard to turn that into several hours worth of television. Eventually, someone has to make the case for McCoy because they need something to do.
\r\nThere is certainly a reason that analysts survive. It is interesting and the public will always love it. However, when the April 22 NFL draft rolls around, people are going to have studied Tim Tebow so many times that they won’t remember why they were concerned about him in the first place.
\r\nLeave the NFL alone for a little while. The offseason is captivating, I won’t deny that fact. But for your sake and for the sake of the league, it’s time to give the research a rest. An extensive inquiry with your television remote will reveal that there is a pretty good NBA season going on right now, and it could prove to be more fun than picking apart the broad jump of an offensive tackle from the University of Maryland.
\r\nThere’s still a week before Thanksgiving, but as this is my last column before Turkey Day, it’s important to give thanks for things going on in the sports world right now.
\r\nFirst of all, I am thankful that the Cowboys have five wins right now, one away from a bowl game, with two games remaining. This is important to be thankful for as No. 4 ranked TCU is coming to Laramie this weekend and it will take more than a small miracle for Wyoming to walk away with less than a double digit loss.
\r\nIt is also important to be thankful for the bologna-BCS college football postseason system that allows a six-win Wyoming team to earn a bowl bid. There are other things to be thankful for when discussing Cowboy football, like the ease of the schedule that allowed for five wins so far, or maybe that BYU didn’t beat us by more than 52 points.
\r\nNegative, backwards thankfulness, I know, but even last week’s nail-biter fourth quarter comeback against San Diego State did not inspire confidence.
\r\nIt took the better part of three quarters for the Cowboys’ offense to awaken, as it had been sleeping for about a month. Let’s hope it doesn’t go back to sleep because the Colorado State game is in less than two weeks.
\r\nSo, though a bowl appearance may come with a bitter taste and a brooding feeling of guilt that it is undeserved, Cowboy fans are thankful nonetheless.
\r\nNext, I am thankful for parody in college football. Though parody in college football befuddles the BCS computers to a point of fat-guy-PC-failure worthy of mocking in a Mac commercial with Justin Long, it is a good thing.
\r\nLet me explain. TCU sits at 10-0 right now and has played three more ranked opponents than Texas this year. Texas’ strength of schedule is weak, and though that will be overlooked by the BCS and friends, TCU has blow-out wins over BYU and Utah while Texas struggled against conference opponents Oklahoma and Texas Tech, neither of which are ranked right now.
\r\nSo it is important to say thanks, not that TCU will probably be left out of the national championship game, but that there continues to be so much controversy in the BCS system that maybe someday our grandkids will see a college football playoff system. That’s called distant-future-thankfulness.
\r\nI am also thankful for five wins in my fantasy football league, because although five is not many, it is more than four.
\r\nI am thankful for college basketball in November, because there is nothing better than watching balding men with too much makeup for HD television wave their hands around and argue about preseason rankings in November when it doesn’t really matter until at least January. You know who you are Dicky-V and Bill Raferty.
\r\nI am thankful for the Packers-Lions game on Thanksgiving day, because not only do the Packers need to gain ground on the traitor Brett Favre and his purple people-eating companions, but there is nothing better than watching grown men wearing baby-blue uniforms get smacked around a football field for three hours with a stomach full of turkey.
\r\nSo be thankful for the little things in sports this year, and even if you are a Lions fan, maybe they will let you play in the Big Ten next year. As Cowboy fans know, the BCS is much more forgiving than the NFL playoff system.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-18 01:08:32','104','Brad Estes','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-18 13:00:00','2009-12-02 07:00:00','','','','0','0','809','thankful, football, college, bcs, important, wins, tcu, game, system, sports, cowboy, bowl, texas, ranked, year, playoff, schedule, lions, november, watching','There’s still a week before Thanksgiving, but as this is my last column before Turkey Day, it’s important to give thanks for things going on in the sports world right now. ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1444','Montana senator shows he \'actually cares about us\'','montana-senator-shows-he-actually-cares-about-us','','\r\n![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/03/02/Zach.jpg\")
Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat from our neighbor to the north, is fighting diligently to ensure the passage of comprehensive financial reform legislation that not only prevents another economic crisis from occurring, but also looks out for the average Joe, who is at a constant struggle to make ends meet—which leads me to say, “Wow, a senator who actually cares about us.”
The fight, however, is nowhere near being won. The banks are putting up their strongest fight yet, and in order to prevent this legislation from passing, they have launched major ad campaigns consisting of nothing more than flat out lies insinuating that this legislation will hurt the economy and cost people jobs. I like to think these efforts are the result of banks not wanting to be held accountable.
\r\nFinancial reform is one of the most important issues currently being debated in Congress and it is, perhaps, one of the few issues on which there is little room for compromise.
\r\nOne key aspect of the financial reform bill included a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. The agency, acting independently, would regulate and levy fines on corporations and banks that partake in unfair and predatory lending and business practices.
\r\nBut it appears that plans to create this agency have stalled, and Democrats are being forced to settle for an agency that doesn’t act independently, but rather serves as a branch under the Treasury Department or other existing government agencies.
\r\nIndependent agency or no independent agency, the passage of financial reform legislation that holds businesses accountable for their actions is critical in preventing another ‘Great Recession’ like the one we are currently recovering from.
\r\nIt is sickening to watch as banks take billions in tax payer dollars, and as soon as the market begins showing signs of recovery, they continue their unethical practices of predatory lending and high-risk loans. Then, the banks launch multi-million dollar ad campaigns (I wonder if any of those ads were paid for with bailout funds) in an attempt to fool the American people into thinking that regulation will hurt the economy.
\r\nBut I believe Americans are smart enough to realize the necessity of more stringent regulation of banks and credit agencies, and I believe that Americans realize that corporate greed is largely the cause of the financial mess in which we now find ourselves.
\r\nAnd that’s where Senator Tester comes in.
\r\nSenator Tester is one of those rare common sense politicians that you wish there were more of. When the banks targeted Montana with their ad campaigns in an attempt to sway voters into opposing financial reform, Tester had no problem lashing out at these corporations and exposing them for what they were.
\r\nIn short, he’s an American’s politician who keeps his constituents and all Americans his key priority.
\r\nAnd he’s continuing to do just that.
\r\nRecently, Tester cosponsored a bill that is coming to be called the “Pay It Back Act.” The Pay It Back Act takes unspent and paid- back money from the bail outs and pays off the national deficit. The bill also requires that returned investments from the sale of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stock be used to help pay down the national deficit.
\r\nIt’s refreshing to finally see a U.S. senator who has the common sense to not only hold banks accountable for their actions, but also has the courage to say to the banks, “Hey, you’re still alive at the expense of the tax payers; now it’s your turn to help the tax payers out.”
\r\nIt’s simply common sense politics. And frankly, there’s not much of that left anymore.
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\r\nFor most, if not all of human history, the quest to simply fill an empty stomach has been man’s most pressing need. Even as we’ve placed men on the moon, built robots and successively smaller versions of mP3 players, we still haven’t solved history’s oldest quandary. Even though we can bust out a smart phone and watch “Pants on the Ground” while tweeting about our favorite Lady GaGa sexual innuendo, we’re still not very far removed from our mastodon-hunting ancestors.
\r\n','\r\nThe paramount problem confronting the human race at the turn of the ice age is the very same as the one that plagues us in the age of the hockey stick graph. Then came biotechnology.
\r\nGenetically modified crops were supposed to be the final savior for a history of human starvation. They promised increased yields, lower levels of work, resistance to weeds and insects, decreased pesticide use and increased nutritional value. Genetically modified crops supposedly marked a pinnacle in human evolution.
\r\nThis was a culmination of man’s mastery of nature. Most importantly, man’s oldest obstacle could now be thrown aside.
\r\nOr so we were told. Everyone bought the story hook, line and sinker.
\r\nOne can’t really blame farmers. Always looking for the next big technology fix, anything promising higher yields, time and management savings and overall higher profits is an understandable pursuit. Bleeding heart university agriculture programs invested almost all of their research and development initiatives toward biotechnology research and development. They understood the significant possible rewards. These reactions are expected; the results however are not.
\r\nRather than producing the ultra-nutritious super-crops we were promised, if anything, we now dine on a deleterious staple.
\r\nThe American Academy of Environmental Medicine has called for a moratorium on GM foods, stating that they pose a serious health risk. Citing several animal studies, the AAEM concluded “there is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects” and that “GM foods pose a serious health risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function, reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic and genetic health.”
\r\nInstead of profiting farmers, GM crops have arguably made their plight much worse. GM seed developers like Monsanto have essentially turned farmers into glorified sharecroppers.
\r\nFor millennia farmers have saved seeds from season to season. Seeds are planted in the spring, harvested in the fall, re-claimed and planted again the following spring.
\r\nNot so with Monsanto. Farmers using Monsanto seed must sign a contract promising not to re-claim their seeds. Instead, farmers are forced to buy new Monsanto seed year after year. Individuals who save seeds are presented with multi-million dollar lawsuits. Regrettably, farmers find few suitable alternatives as Monsanto holds a 90 percent stranglehold on the American seed market. They have no choice but to keep buying. This functional monopoly has led Monsanto to jack up prices of both its seed and pesticide, knowing full well farmers have no choice but to pay.
\r\nMost egregiously of all, GM crops haven’t even delivered on their promises. None of the GM crops currently on the market are modified for increased yield. The ostensible purpose for genetic modification of crops hasn’t even been pursued.
\r\nMoreover, agronomists for the University of Nebraska concluded that GM soybeans actually have lower yield than conventional crops. Between 1995 and 2003, U.S. soybean farmers saw $1.28 billion in lost revenues.
\r\nGM corporations have instead focused upon pesticide producing, herbicide-ready plants. But the benefits of these crops have been short-lived. Much as our crazed use of antibiotics has created deadly super-strains of bacteria, GMO crops have created super strains of resistant insects and weeds. As a result, pesticide use has actually gone up, not down.
\r\nAlthough initially pesticide use declined, recently we’ve seen a 73 million pound increase of pesticide in the U.S. Brazilian government agencies reported a 60 percent increase in the consumption of the active ingredients in soy herbicides.
\r\nAnd where do we stand in regard to world hunger? GM crops are actually contributing to the food crisis rather than solving it.
\r\nIn 2007, Monsanto’s rise in the price of seeds helped lead to a surge in worldwide food prices. Subsequently, 100 million more people were pushed into poverty.
\r\nGM crops are actually produced primarily for livestock feed and the production of biofuel. Throughout South America, the expanding focus upon GM crops is actually hampering other food production industries, leading to increased poverty and hunger.
\r\nParaguay saw GM foods cover half of its total cropland, but subsequently see a 6 percent increase in poverty. This rising poverty is endemic worldwide. Experts predict the number of the world’s hungry to double in the next 15 years and reach a total of 1.2 billion. Monsanto is expected to see returns as the global food crisis deepens with a projected 74 percent growth in revenue.
\r\nThe promises of genetically modified foods have fallen flat by any measure. Instead of a savior, we seem to have groomed an Antichrist. Instead of benefiting our health, we see toxic damages.
\r\nAmerican farmers are held hostage by a genuinely evil corporation. Worldwide starvation levels are increasing even as GM food penetration increases.
\r\nSure, genetically modified foods might have the potential to aid us in all the ways commonly claimed, but they will not do so in their current form.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-26 01:21:59','104','David Zobell','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-25 07:00:00','2010-03-11 07:00:00','','','','0','0','807','crops, farmers, monsanto, foods, health, pesticide, seeds, modified, seed, food, increased, genetically, human, percent, poverty, american, man’s, increase, worldwide, million','As long as there have been humans, there have been starving humans. \r\n\r\nFor most, if not all of human history, the quest to simply fill an empty stomach has been man’s most pressing need. Even as we’ve placed men on the moon, built robots and successively smaller versions of mP3 players, we still haven’t solved history’s oldest quandary. Even though we can bust out a smart phone and watch “Pants on the Ground” while tweeting about our favorite Lady GaGa sexual innuendo, we’re still not very far removed from our mastodon-hunting ancestors. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1446','‘Cowboy ethics’ code creates headlines for Wyoming','cowboy-ethics-code-creates-headlines-for-wyoming','','![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/02/24/Max.jpg\")
\r\nWhenever Wyoming makes it to the headlines of the major news corporations it usually creates a feeling of state pride for me, even if the headline is “Deer creates havoc in Wyoming liquor store” or “Wyoming, the meth capital.”
\r\nThis week, Wyoming was able to gander front news coverage from an AP story on Senate File 51 from the Wyoming Legislature.
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Posted by at least ABC, CBS and NYT on their Web sites, the story comments on the Wyoming Legislature’s want to instill “cowboy ethics” in state law.
\r\nSF 51 would adopt the “code of the west” as the state’s official code. The “code of the west” is derived from the book “Cowboy Ethics” by James P. Owen and consists of 10 mottoes to live by.
\r\nI own this book and am familiar with the concepts, but when I first discovered SF 51 while covering the State Legislature for The Branding Iron, I immediately called anyone who I thought would enjoy a good laugh.
\r\nThe language for each of the codes to me was quite ridiculous.
\r\nSome include: “Live each day with courage,” “Take pride in your work,” “Be tough, but fair”,,“Ride for the brand,” “Talk less, say more,” “When you make a promise, keep it” and “Know where to draw the line.”
\r\nI couldn’t believe that during a budget session that also included bills on taxation of wind energy and creating minimum jail sentences for convicted child molesters there was this bill.
\r\nBut I realized that I was wrong. I wasn’t wrong about the fact that the bill didn’t include some hilarity. Some of the sayings in the “code of the west” are somewhat ridiculous, to say the least, but this doesn’t mean the bill isn’t important to Wyoming.
\r\nMany states have codes that they wish to see employees of the state government follow. These codes have the same symbolic nature as any state motto, state bird, state fish or state pasta.
\r\nThe difference with the state code is that it may resonate more with who Wyoming is as a people in this day and age.
\r\nWyoming citizens enjoy their individuality and they have the understanding they believe in something and they would like to see this same belief in their government. That is not a bad thing, it is noble.
\r\nWyoming elects their representatives based off the characteristics embodied in the “code of the west,” so why can’t the elected officials be reminded of them when they are in office? Shouldn’t those who work for the government also embody the same ethics that the citizens of Wyoming embrace?
\r\nAccording to the Casper Star-Tribune, SF 51 sponsor Rep. Jim Anderson, R-Glenrock, said adopting the code would encourage better ethical practices in business and society.
\r\nI am not really sure if any employee of the state will actually give the code any consideration, but if they did, I am sure that Rep. Anderson would be quite right.
\r\nThere is certain nobility to a cowboy, and that nobility is carried in his ethics.
\r\nA few, maybe the majority, will imagine the cowboy in his Hollywood persona: A bandit on horseback, the kind of people who filled up the Wyoming Territorial Prison, outlaws.
\r\nThose from Wyoming will see the cowboy as something different. The solitary soldier on the plain who has a job to do by a deadline, and that job will get done.
\r\nFor many, it may be more personal. It may be a father, a brother, a mother or their grandparents.
\r\nIn Wyoming, a cowboy is a symbol of a dignified, loyal, gracious, righteous and noble individual.
\r\nThese cowboy ethics are just trying to help embody these characteristics into the state government.
\r\nKirk Douglas, who once starred in a movie called “Lonely are the Brave” based off the book “The Brave Cowboy.”
\r\nThe movie, which was considered by Douglas to be his favorite, followed h\r\n\r\nim as a cowboy who was not yet ready to convert to the new American society.
\r\nThe audience gets to see the experience of a man, who deplores fences and prefers a horse and saddle to an automobile, be bullied by society to make him conform to the 20th century.
\r\nWyoming is the brave cowboy. The “code of the west” is one way to make sure that we as a state remember our roots and remember that such a code, the cowboy code, is who we are and not to shun it so quickly.
\r\nAs not only a state, but city employee in Wyoming I am proud to have the “code of the west” to follow.
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\r\nAll of the Christmas commercials about deals at various stores have really put me in the mood to spend all the money that has already been burning a hole in my pocket. (Which isn’t much for this poor college kid, but that’s beyond the point.)
\r\nWasn’t there some sort of buffer zone between Halloween and Christmas? You know—a month which had its own holiday? I think it had something to do with family, eating copious amounts of food and watching college football.
\r\nNah.
\r\nThis holiday is distant in my memory, but I vividly remember the day after. Not for the faint of heart, “Black Friday” gets all of us in the mood for the joyous holiday we know as Christmas.
\r\nEvery year, millions of Americans wake up in the wee hours of the morning in order to stand in line outside of various stores across the country. Then, when the doors open, they pour in, scrambling to find the best deals.
\r\nLast year, a Walmart employee was trampled to death by customers eager to get a deal.
\r\nHappy holidays.
\r\nMy battle cry used to be, “Well, at least we still have Thanksgiving.” Those days have passed. Our ability to commercialize any time for celebration is one of the worst things about capitalism. (And yes, I am a cheerleader for capitalism.)
\r\nOnce upon a time, I could at least maintain my sanity without being bombarded with ads before the holiday of football and stuffing my face. But not now.
\r\nNope, and I’m certain that someday I will get to hear about great “back-to-school” Christmas gifts. You laugh now.
\r\nIt would be nice to unleash my idealistic tendencies and say that I view Christmas purely as the time of year for being with family. But alas, I have fallen victim to the commercialized spirit of Christmas.
\r\nWhen I lived at home, it was always a time of the year to be spent with family, but it was also a time of the year to beg for some sort of expensive item I would otherwise have to work to afford. And admittedly, I usually got this expensive item.
\r\nJust imagine one holiday season in which there were no commercials advertising all of the amazing deals you could get on jewelry, toys or whatever your mind can imagine. Wouldn’t that be nice? But wouldn’t it also be weird?
\r\nNot seeing commercials urging me to spend money in the spirit of the holiday season would weird me out to the point of fear—tremendous fear of pending global destruction.
\r\nAlthough there is a strong possibility of this being another one of my idealistic rants, I am sure that I am not the only one who is fed up with the commercialization of our holidays. I was once amused by the people who stood in line outside of stores, and then I learned of the stampedes of people charging through the store in order to get a few bucks off a game console. Is this what we want the holiday of joy, peace and love to be?
\r\nHopefully, I’ll manage to not give myself a heart attack over purchasing the right gift for a loved one.
\r\nMaybe, I’ll be able to sit on my lazy butt for the duration of the holiday season without a worry in the world of getting the right gift and not leaving anyone out. Probably not, but it’s a thought.
\r\nPoor Thanksgiving. It’s still a week away, but I’m already ranting about its overshadowing commercialized brother.
\r\nIt’s probably a good thing we keep forgetting about Thanksgiving—it’s assuring to know that I won’t have to risk my life in order to get a good deal on a turkey. At least for now.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-17 01:15:18','104','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-17 13:00:00','2009-11-30 07:00:00','','','','0','0','805','holiday, time, year, christmas, it’s, season, stores, family, order, commercials, thanksgiving, poor, deals, holidays, people, football, capitalism, wouldn’t, i’m, line','Poor Thanksgiving. \r\n\r\nAll of the Christmas commercials about deals at various stores have really put me in the mood to spend all the money that has already been burning a hole in my pocket. (Which isn’t much for this poor college kid, but that’s beyond the point.) ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1448','Winter Olympics breeding ground for Hollywood stories','winter-olympics-breeding-ground-for-hollywood-stories','','![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/02/23/Brad.jpg\")
\r\nSure, it was cool to see the American hockey team beat Canada at their own game on Sunday night, but for the Winter Olympic games, that’s about as exciting as it gets.
\r\n','\r\nIt was said that NBC was actually expecting to lose money from televising the Olympics. This is understandable. I would rather watch “The Office” on Thursday nights than watch men’s curling or figure skating. I guess we will all just have to wait until after the Olympics for Pam to have her baby.
\r\nMy lack of enthusiasm toward the Winter Olympic games would be best described as an overall indifference toward the situation. It’s not that I don’t appreciate sports other than the big three that America markets: basketball, football and baseball—I will watch as much of the World Cup this summer in South Africa as humanly possible. I guess with the Winter Olympics there are so many of the sports that are just so downright boring and need a little bit of ‘wow’ factor. Hollywood provides that.
\r\nKurt Russell captured the inspiration of the 1980 men’s hockey team that beat the evil Soviet team with the movie “Miracle.” Makes sense, because no one knows how to capture the tension of the Cold War like Walt Disney.
\r\nBobsledding was exciting in that movie with Uncle Buck and the Jamaicans, but live on television without the comical racial stereotypes it’s just not the same. So many things were confusing about that movie that it is unnecessary to discuss them. Perhaps it would have been better if they would have cast a different overweight-early-nineties comedian who died before his time, like Chris Farley.
\r\nThose downhill luge and skeleton sports, other than being obviously dangerous, don’t provide much for admiration of athleticism. I don’t often like to go down to the local sledding hill and watch kids hop on a sled and ride it to the bottom. Invigorating for a 10-year-old, yes, but other than the fact that hanging out at kids’ play areas is “Dateline”-creepy, its boring. No Hollywood reference, here, but I did say “Dateline.”
\r\nThose guys on the curling team look like reject extras from the movie “Dodgeball.” A bunch of “Average Joes” wearing tap dancing shoes sliding stones around on ice. The commentators said that one of them runs a bar, “back in the real world.” When I think Olympian, I don’t think bar owner.
\r\nPerhaps the most entertaining part of the Olympic coverage that I have seen so far was Stephen Colbert trying to speed skate.
\r\nFinally, I refuse to watch figure skating unless Will Ferrell and Jon Heder revolutionize the ice dancing competition with a two-man figure skating team. “Blades of Glory” was no doubt one of Will Ferrell’s less intelligent movies, but hilarious nonetheless. The American guy, gold-medal winner in men’s figure skating Evan Lysacek, resembles Chazz Michael Michaels, who of course, “is figure skating.”
\r\nPoor movie references aside, the Olympics just don’t do it for me. It usually takes a while for the hangover of football season to wear off, and it doesn’t help when all of a sudden people around the world in spandex are prancing around on ice calling it a sport.
\r\nI will rely on Bobby Knight on ESPN commentating semi-interesting college basketball games until the NCAA tournament starts in a couple of weeks.
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\r\nThis is the first attempt at securing gay rights in an extremely socially conservative state. As such, these policies have been lauded by gay rights activists, especially given the fact they received the endorsement of the influential LDS church.
\r\nAfter all, the church’s expansive role in California’s Proposition 8 ballot initiative was highly publicized and widely criticized. California’s Mormon residents were encouraged by the first presidency of the church to do all that they could, including donations of means and time, to support the initiative that legally defined marriage as only between a man and a woman. Church members heeded the call as they flooded neighborhoods, going door to door. Appeals toward campaign contributions were extremely successful, as well as estimates toward church members’ financial support of the campaign number as high as $20 million.
\r\nThe church members’ influence was profound in what ended up being a narrow victory for Proposition 8. Gay rights activists responded particularly vehemently to LDS support. Chapels and temples across the country were widely picketed. Some gay rights leaders even called for a full boycott of Utah. Salt Lake City’s recent ordinances can then be seen as a sort of reconciliation.
\r\nThe church has stated that it supported the initiative because they protect essential rights, while at the same time maintaining a traditional view of marriage. Undoubtedly, this was a victory for gay rights activists as this represents an unprecedented furtherance of civil rights protections.
\r\nBut I wonder what has changed? These common-sense protections come as a sort of compromise, providing for some rights, but denying others. Rather than representing a massive breakthrough in civil rights, the Salt Lake City ordinances represent a microcosm of the hypocrisy of contemporary gay rights legislation.
\r\nCompromise in equality is an inherently contradictory notion. Equality is a package deal.
\r\nIt’s not a la carte. We cannot pick and choose invidiously which portions of fundamental rights can be afforded to differing segments of the American population. Compromise in civil rights legislation does nothing more than create a second class of citizens. Touting the importance of anti-discrimination laws while at the same time refusing to confer marital rights thereby denies the equality this ordinances are designed to enforce. With the repudiation of separate but equal came the eradication of anti-miscegenation laws.
\r\nEquality for black Americans didn’t just come through abolishing segregation, codified prejudicial practices or latent discrimination. Rather, it came through the conference of all the rights and privileges enjoyed by any other citizen, from a proper public education to marital freedom.
\r\nMany have stated that it should simply be the providence of the states to decide invidiously whether or not to recognize same-sex marriage. After all, although the federal Defense of Marriage Act may officially define marriage as between a man and a woman, states are left free to decide for themselves what they legally recognize. Accordingly, several states have ratified same-sex marriages with varying degrees of equivalency to those enjoyed by other Americans. It’s simply not ethical to put issues of equality up to vote.
\r\nIt’s hard to imagine segregation, separate but equal and institutionalized discriminatory practices being struck down by the process of vote in the 1960s American south. These codified prejudicial practices would not have fallen without federal influence. Without Title 9, the massive gains in equality between the sexes would not have been observed.
\r\nThe federal government has a fundamental obligation to enforce equality against the forces that oppose it. Simple disagreement, whether it comes from tradition, philosophical or religious differences are not legitimate reasons for preventing any American citizen from enjoying their rights. This obligation must come even in the face of oppositional consensus. Popularity does not equate to rectitude.
\r\nAll that gay citizens really desire is to be recognized equally, not to be treated as second-class citizens.
\r\nIt doesn’t matter if you call marriage a civil union, or whatever construed politically sensitive term. They simply want the rights of any other American. They’re not asking to be married in your churches, chapels, temples, synagogues or mosques. They just want to get married period.
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\r\nStates’ rights are important. Gun rights are important, too. Sanity is, perhaps most important.
\r\nTry telling that to certain members of the currently convened Wyoming State Legislature.
\r\n','\r\nIf any state legislature is aware of the ever-popular activity that is fighting the Obama administration, it is the Wyoming State Legislature. The newest fad for a few members is to push through “symbolic legislation” in an attempt to tell the evil federal government that we will not stand for the anti-gun legislation that has been passed by the even more evil Obama administration.
\r\nWait a minute: What anti-gun legislation?
\r\nThe most recent bill to pass Congress allows people to carry weapons in national parks. With this in mind, I am led to believe the motive behind the symbolic legislation in the Wyoming House is simply intended to pander the emotions of the far right. Speaking on a bill allowing people to carry concealed weapons without permits, Rep. Frank Peasley (R-Douglas) remarked that the federal government is increasing restrictions on the right to carry and Wyoming must stand up to the evil government before it’s too late. But hasn’t Congress recently eased up restrictions on guns?
\r\nAnd then there’s House Bill 0095, which explicitly states Wyoming has the right to regulate weapons made in the state and that the federal government cannot interfere with weapons made in the state.
\r\nBut it gets better—The bill goes on to state that any U.S. officials who attempt to enforce federal gun laws on guns made in Wyoming can expect to face up to a $10,000 fine, two years imprisonment or both. State officials attempting to enforce federal laws in the same manner can expect to face a $2,000 fine and a year imprisonment. It will be interesting to see how this works out with the federal government the first time we attempt to fine a federal official for doing his or her job.
\r\nGun rights are important, but maintaining a degree of sanity in the legislative process is equally important, if not more important. Organizations such as the NRA and members of our legislature tend to lose their sanity pertaining to issues dealing with gun rights by attempting to pass ridiculous laws that have no real meaning or implications.
\r\nOf course, this is an election year and as a result, we see many state legislators tripping over each other to speak on these “important” issues. Because the number of guns manufactured in Wyoming is so insignificant (I know the gun I’m caressing right now surely wasn’t), one can conclude nothing else but that this legislation is merely a symbolic attempt to pander the voters of Wyoming before an election.
\r\nI can’t help but wonder: How many of the legislators who spoke in favor of these symbolic bills are actually as concerned about gun rights as they say they are? I am led to believe they aren’t as interested in gun rights as they are in getting reelected.
\r\nWe will continue to see this as the popularity of attacking the president and federal government increases: Instead of working with the federal government to compromise (Did you know compromise is actually considered a curse-word by the NRA?), those running for office will continue to attack the president and only dig our country into a deeper hole. Our legislature is doing a good job of that right now by wasting its time debating insignificant symbolic legislation in order to increase its approval ratings instead of debating important legislation that actually plays a role in the lives of Wyoming’s citizens.
\r\nBut, that’s just the cold reality of politics.
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\r\nThe Cowboys didn’t show up. They forgot football was a contact sport, and they paid the price: 52-0.
\r\nA few weeks ago, after a column I wrote about the shutout the Cowboys received from Colorado on Sept. 19, I received several e-mails about the “unkindness” and “lack of Poke Pride” that I displayed in my analysis of the game and the overall state of Cowboy football.
\r\nThere might be criticism of Cowboy football’s sub-par performances in my columns, and these criticisms may be harsh.
\r\nIt’s like covering the Detroit Lions. Sometimes you forget your covering a legitimate tackle football team.
\r\nThere would be no point if I were to placate the football team every week and say, “Hey, good job. At least you didn’t lose by 60 points,” or “Nice job earning that one first down in the second quarter.”
\r\nMaybe some have fanhood that befuddles me, following blindly no matter the circumstances. I understand that to a point, but I guess I have never lived in Detroit.
\r\nDo not make the mistake of thinking that I don’t like the Cowboys. I’m from Wyoming. I went to games as a kid, and I like the Cowboys, but at the same time, I am not above criticizing them when they disappoint.
\r\nThere have just been too many embarrassing moments for Cowboy fans in recent years. Perhaps the most disappointing is the inability to save any dignity against Utah schools. There was Joe Glenn’s guarantee of a win over Utah two years ago, which culminated in Utah attempting an onside kick when they already led by more than 40 points before taking the ball down the field for another touchdown. Glenn then decided the best way to deal with this was to flip the Utah coach the bird, landing himself some rare national coverage on ESPN. Any publicity is good publicity, but these days, any Cowboy publicity is turning into bad publicity.
\r\nIt’s sad to think that in the state of Utah, they must have running bets on how bad they can pummel the Cowboys this year.
\r\nYes, the Cowboys have won some games this year, and they won some games last year, but they came against nobody. Wins this year include Weber State, UNLV, Florida Atlantic and New Mexico. That sounds like a list of No. 16 seeds from the NCAA basketball tournament.
\r\nPerhaps the most valuable win in the past two years came against Tennessee when the Volunteers’ coach was on his way out and Tennessee was reeling. All the hapless Cowboys had to do was give them a little push and they went down hard.
\r\nIt’s ironic that paper bags are brown because it will be ideal fan attire when fans begin to cut the eyes out of them, place them over their heads and wear them to the TCU game on Nov. 21.
\r\nFurthermore, I want TCU to win. Wyoming really has nothing to gain from destroying TCU’s BCS-bowl hopes. The Mountain West elite already have to pound Wyoming as hard as they can, just to quell the belief that the bottom feeders in the conference keep the rest of the conference from getting an automatic BCS bid.
\r\nCallous, perhaps, but all the same, maybe the Cowboys should drop down to the FCS division of college football and play schools like Weber State and Montana every year. Then, maybe I’ll find this poke pride that I’m lacking and finally be able to say, “GO POKES!”
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\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-11 00:50:28','104','Brad Estes','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-11 13:00:00','2009-11-25 07:00:00','','','','0','0','801','cowboys, football, cowboy, year, utah, state, fans, publicity, it’s, years, games, wyoming, win, tcu, good, job, ”, point, team, game','The frustration of Cowboy football fans has bordered on embarrassment recently, and last Saturday, frustration toppled over into downright embarrassment. ','0','2','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1452','Bad Cowboys’ hoops season inspires little passion from students','bad-cowboys-hoops-season-inspires-little-passion-from-students','','The other day in class, I overheard two students talking about how lately, head basketball coach Heath Schroyer’s wife has to go grocery shopping at night so she won’t get heckled by fans upset by the state of Cowboy basketball right now.
\r\nThe students didn’t seem to understand why fans would act this way towards a coach’s wife. This example points to the difference between laramie resident fans and UW student fans.
\r\nAfter Wednesday night’s 23-point loss to the New Mexico Lobos, the Cowboys are 9-17 overall and 2-10 in conference play.
\r\nTwo weeks ago, A.J. Davis left the Cowboy basketball program. Schroyer would not comment further on the situation.
\r\nSix scholarship players have left the program under Schroyer this year, including Thomas Manzano and Davis. Manzano left in December because of personal reasons.
\r\nSchroyer was hired in 2007, and since has an overall record of 40-49. His contract was renewed before this season to extend through 2014. Those who are more passionate about Cowboy basketball may call for the firing of Schroyer. However, after just hiring a new football coach and extending Schroyer’s contract, firing him would cripple the athletic program financially for a few years.
\r\nThe real question is why Cowboy basketball is greeted with such little passion from students.
\r\nJoey Ladmirault, a senior communications major, discussed why he doesn’t go to games, “I don’t go to UW games, because there is no energy in the players, students, and atmosphere. Coming from someone who has been to games at LSU, Kansas and Ole Miss, there is no traditions that we have that stand out, and total lack of enthusiasm that goes hand-in-hand with college sports.”
\r\nAnother student commented, “I don’t go to Cowboy basketball games because of the lack of talent—and most likely we will lose. Plus I hate how cocky they are [the players] when they’re so bad,” said a junior in architectural engineering who wished to remain anonymous.
\r\nStudents are disappointed with Cowboy basketball, so the passion is not there. Some students would go to sporting events for the quality of play, while others just go for something to do.
\r\nFor example, when talking to freshman students, the intrigue of going to a college game is enough to get them to go to games. For upperclassmen, they need something more.
\r\nOther students said that they don’t know why there are no night games in the football stadium, or that there is no energy in the Arena-Auditorium when it’s only half full. The students create the energy, so it’s lacking if they don’t show up for games.
\r\nThe point Ladmirault made about the lack of energy and enthusiasm is the one to pay attention to. Students won’t go to games and cheer something that they are not enthusiastic about.
\r\nIt’s true that UW is not a school that students go to for athletics, and it may not be fair to compare the Cowboys to teams like the LSU Tigers. However, it is fair to demand something from the Cowboys.
\r\nThere are sports that inspire a following lately at UW, such as the wrestling team and the football team. The wrestling team has been ranked nationally for two years now, and after the New Mexico Bowl win in December, there are things to be excited about for the future of Cowboy football.
\r\nAs for inspiring passion in Cowboy basketball, there might be a long way to go.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-19 03:02:06','126','Brad Estes','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-19 03:01:50','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','800','students, basketball, cowboy, games, football, schroyer, don’t, energy, passion, fans, lack, team, it’s, cowboys, left, program, bad, mexico, student, years','The other day in class, I overheard two students talking about how lately, head basketball coach Heath Schroyer’s wife has to go grocery shopping at night so she won’t get heckled by fans upset by the state of Cowboy basketball right now.','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1453','Civil rights should never be put up for vote','civil-rights-should-never-be-put-up-for-vote','','It took many years for women to gain suffrage rights. Eventually though, they were allowed the right to vote. Now, we ask ourselves how we ever withheld their basic rights.
\r\nIt took hundreds of years for the African American community to gain its basic rights (some might argue it’s still an ongoing battle). Now, many look back and wonder how we could have ever treated them the way we did, and those who fought for their rights are hailed as heroes.
\r\nThis was different during the time of the actual fighting, but now we look back on them with great respect. In some cases, we even erect statues in their honor. We can’t forget the Black 14 were indeed kicked off the UW football team. But, in our generation’s eyes, they’re heroes.
\r\nOur generation finds itself in a civil rights struggle of its own: The right of the GLBT community to find happiness. The movement appears to be gaining momentum with the recent passage of the Matthew Shepherd Hate Crimes Bill, but there is still much work to be done. Those who fight for the rights of gays and lesbians are often looked down upon by their peers.
\r\nWe must realize that the issue of gay rights will someday come to pass, and we will be accountable for the sides we took on the issue.
\r\nJust as those who took a stand for women and African Americans are now looked upon as good men and women, those who stand for gays and lesbians will be looked upon in the same light. The generations who come after us will ask, “Why did this issue take so long? Why did we choose to limit the basic civil liberties of others?” There will be no good answer to these questions.
\r\nLast Tuesday’s verdict on Maine’s Question 1 outlawing gay marriage was a devastating loss for advocates of gay rights, but the fight is not over. When I see people working so diligently to prevent those from obtaining marital rights, simply because they’re different from them, I have to ask myself, “Why?”
\r\nIs it because allowing gays and lesbians the right to marry is somehow detrimental to society? Surely this can’t be the reason, with “straight” marriages having the success rate of a coin toss, there isn’t much wiggle room for those opposed to gay marriage. With more marriages ending in divorce, which inevitably leads to children growing up in single-parent houses, should we ban all marriage because of its inherent danger to society?
\r\nOr is it because it’s “just not right?” Who are we to define right and wrong if no harm is done. The purpose of any ban is to protect the general populous from any harm done by others in society.
\r\nWhat harm does gay marriage do to us? Unlike murder and theft, there is no harm presented by those who choose to obtain a gay marriage.
\r\nSome may indeed compare the moral questions associated with gay rights to other “moral” issues such as murder or theft, but this is comparing apples to oranges. Allowing a gay couple to live peacefully in their home has no positive or negative effect on society as a whole, so why withhold their rights?
\r\nAre we just afraid? Does our society have such a homophobia that we cannot allow people who are different from us marital rights?
\r\nAs a straight male, I really don’t care what my friends choose to do with their significant others, so why should one’s sexual orientation matter? Do we think that we’ll somehow become one of “them” if we allow them a chance at happiness. Shouldn’t love for another human being be all that is required to marry?
\r\nOthers cite religious beliefs as a reason not to allow gay marriages. However, no one is forcing churches to recognize these marriages under their religious beliefs. If gay marriages are allowed in statutes, it will not affect the church’s stand on gay marriage as it shouldn’t.
\r\nOpposing gay marriage for religious reasons is perhaps one of the most contradictory reasons for opposition to the issue. Gambling is morally wrong under many religions, but it is perfectly legal in many states. Pre-marital sex is also wrong, and it is perfectly legal as well. The book of Leviticus also tells us not to consume shrimp, and not to plant two crops in the same field. Should we outlaw Red-Lobster and force farmers to discontinue these practices? Or should some in the religious community quit picking and choosing which biblical ground they’re going to obey and disobey?
\r\nThere are issues which should never go up for vote by the American people, and civil rights are among these issues. The masses have no right to dictate what two consenting adults choose to do, and this includes obtaining a marriage license. And yet, people will continuously insist they control the lives of other people, regardless of whether or not the issue affects them. Not only is this wrong, but incredibly un-American because it doesn’t allow for individual responsibility—one of our country’s biggest values.
\r\nLike slavery and women’s rights, the issue of gay rights is not going away until their basic rights and liberties are granted. As time goes on, some of us will choose to stand up for the rights of the GLBT community, and some of us will choose to oppose their civil liberties.
\r\nI will never understand why people choose to oppose the basic marital rights of the GLBT community, but I have to ask: How does this affect you? How does allowing these people to marry hurt the sanctity of marriage? Why can’t we realize that the sanctity of marriage or any relationship lies in what those in the relationship make it.
\r\nJust as your neighbor’s marriage has no influence on your marriage, allowing gays and lesbians the right to marry should have no influence on your marriage either.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-10 01:25:57','126','Zachary T. Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-10 13:00:00','2009-11-24 07:00:00','','','','0','0','799','rights, gay, marriage, people, choose, issue, basic, community, marriages, civil, allowing, marital, lesbians, stand, wrong, gays, harm, religious, american, they’re','It took many years for women to gain suffrage rights. Eventually though, they were allowed the right to vote. Now, we ask ourselves how we ever withheld their basic rights. ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1454','Green technologies boost Chinese future','green-technologies-boost-chinese-future','','![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/02/19/David.jpg\")
\r\nToo much has been made over the last five years over China’s meteoric rise. Inevitably, the conversation turns to analysis concerning the general erosion of America’s power. No doubt, this will soon evolve into talk of Chinese assumption of American hegemony. We better all start learning Chinese now, because they’re going to own us one day. Unfortunately, this is going to be another one of those columns.
\r\n','\r\nIn the past I’ve taken exemption with this supposed assumed destiny. Yes, China may own substantial portions of our debt, their revenue is still largely based around cheap labor. This symbiotic relationship virtually ensures long-term status constancy. Most damningly, China’s prodigious growth smacked more of malignancy, doomed to fail, rather than any sort of long-term stable development. I refused to believe in future Chinese dominance unless they implemented national policies befitting of a world power rather than a flare-out. Well, call one critic silenced. China’s current green development policies look to leave the United States in the starting blocks as they lay the groundwork for their future of the preeminent world power.
\r\nChina is making a virtue of the liability of lagging behind the United States and the rest of the industrialized world where it comes to infrastructure. Instead of being bogged down by their late start, they’ve decided to leapfrog us entirely by simply moving ahead to next generation hybrid and electric car technologies.
\r\nExtensive government subsidies and tax incentives have been implemented for cities switching their bus and taxi fleets over to hybrid or electric vehicles. Further research and development of electric cars is seeing a heavy government endorsement. Additionally, Chinese citizens are receiving a government boost with hefty tax credits for the purchase of hybrid and electric vehicles as well as electric car charging station construction already underway in Beijing and Shanghai. China’s already looking to become the leader of the pack when it comes to hybrid and electric cars. Indeed, China is looking to surpass America’s hybrid and electric car penetration by 2011.
\r\nSimilarly, the Chinese are leaving the United States in the dust when it comes to high-speed rail. China is blazing ahead with plans to implement a European style rail system, investing $300 billion by 2020. In comparison, the U.S. will only spend $8 billion on rail development. The numbers of the Chinese rail project are staggering with 16,000 miles of new track, 117 million tons of concrete, 110,000 jobs on the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai leg alone, and 20,000 future permanent train engineer jobs. The end result will be a massive system linking every major Chinese city and servicing 90 percent of the Chinese population. This turns the classic “America’s too big for rail” argument entirely on its head. China faces the same size constraints, yet is not dissuaded from the wisdom of rail. Moreover, in ten years they will have a system the United States should have had three decades ago. By that time it will frankly be miraculous if we even have a proposal ready to be filibustered.
\r\nChina has already become the standard in renewable energy production. This year the Chinese vaulted past all nations to become the number one producer of wind turbines, and that market share is only going to increase. Additionally, China produces 50 percent of the world’s solar panels with an expected 70 percent in the coming years.
\r\nForget outsourcing, Chinese have already seized the jobs and industry of tomorrow. Unfortunately, this looks like a race we’ve already lost, as it will be nearly impossible to keep pace with China’s booming market.
\r\nThis soaring industry has led to massive benefits. The Chinese are looking to triple their 2020 wind power capacity goal. Already, they’ve become the world’s largest wind market, passing the United States and Europe. Additionally, they’ve already met their 2020 goal for solar power capacity. As China is leaving their own expectations and the rest of the world in the dust, the U.S. has yet to even start setting goals.
\r\nGlobal warming or environmental protectionism isn’t really behind any of China’s actions. Rather, China has shown with abundant clarity that environmentalism isn’t even the slightest concern. Chinese actions with the Three Gorges Dam construction showed they didn’t even care about the destruction of an entire ecosystem. The Chinese have also shown absolutely no consideration for carbon emissions as they single-handedly sunk last year’s Copenhagen climate talks.
\r\nNo, China isn’t pouring money into electric cars, high-speed rail, and wind turbines because of some deep seeded care for polar bears.
\r\nNo, beyond any of the moral underpinnings of green technology, the Chinese see the big picture. Fossils fuels will almost certainly be exhausted in our lifetime. By necessity we will have to find alternatives. However, it’s asinine to continue using exorbitantly expensive sources when there are abundant, essentially free alternatives. There is no reason to continue to be held hostage to the whims of oil-fueled tyrants, when energy independence is within our grasp.
\r\nRegardless of the existence of global warming, the amount of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere, or whether the oceans will rise by a millimeter or a foot—embracing green technologies is simply the smart thing to do. The Chinese understand this and we don’t.
\r\nWhile we sit focused on hockey stick graphs, God’s thoughts on the Prius, and Al Gore’s beard, the Chinese are busy building for a future we aren’t prepared for. You can be sure the Chinese will be more than willing to sell us a Shanghai-made electric car when the last SUV runs out of gas. Of course, we’ll also need to purchase Chinese electricity to power the battery. No, we won’t all be speaking Chinese in the future, but sure might wish we did.
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\r\nThis figure has been the guiding force behind the recent intense health care debate. Many have asserted that the very fact this number is so large indicates a failure in the current system and the free market. They contend that insurance companies have let us down, and it is the government’s responsibility to make up the difference.
\r\nFor a country that is supposedly the pinnacle of human rights, democracy and modernity, there is simply no excuse for nearly 50 million Americans to be unable to attain quality health care. However, in reality this arbitrary figure is grossly misleading in every sense.
\r\nLet’s look at the truth behind the 47 million uninsured Americans.
\r\nTypically, we have the impression of uninsured Americans. However, in reality, a large proportion of America’s uninsured are relatively affluent, with 38 percent, over 17 million, making over $50,000 a year. Of that 17 million, nine million make over 75,000 a year.
\r\nThe reason for this vast population of uninsured is primarily youth. The largest segment of the population that is currently uninsured is comprised of individuals between 18 and 29.
\r\nFinancially comfortable young Americans often choose not to purchase insurance because they believe they won’t get sick. What’s the point in spending thousands of dollars a year on expensive premiums when medical care isn’t viewed as necessary?
\r\nAnother 10 million of the uninsured Americans aren’t even illegal citizens. Say what you will about the immigration debate (I happen to side with amnesty), but individuals who aren’t even legal citizens of this country are not being defrauded if they are denied health care. Simply living within our borders doesn’t qualify someone as having a fundamental right to be insured.
\r\nA further 12 million uninsured Americans are eligible for assistance through Medicare and Medicaid. However, they simply haven’t enrolled into the programs.
\r\nThe most common bond that applies to these tens of millions of Americans isn’t the deleterious condition of poverty. Rather, it is the conscious choice to forego insurance. It’s the choice not to pay for insurance even though it can be afforded because it is not believed to be necessary. It’s the choice to live illegally in a country knowing that entails putting one’s health at risk. It’s the choice to eschew government assistance simply out of a lack of desire to fill out paperwork.
\r\nOf course, there are individuals that make more than would qualify themselves for government assistance, but still earn too little to afford insurance. The individuals who encompass the chronically uninsured, in all reality, only amount to roughly eight million. That’s one-sixth of the number usually reported. Undoubtedly, there is a problem when any large number of individuals are unable to afford health care.
\r\nThis clearly indicates that some sort of reform is indeed necessary. The current system is broken and needs to be fixed. However, after months of debate, we have seen very little substantive effort to really rectify this problem.
\r\nThe current Pelosi bill is an abject failure to enact any sort of necessary health care reform. This is because the goal of recent health care legislation has not been aimed at reducing cost, but only in increasing availability. Sure, Pelosi’s bill makes health care available to everyone, but it doesn’t make health care affordable for everyone.
\r\nBecause the government option will be based around covering everyone, including those individuals that are currently being denied coverage due to extreme pre-existing conditions, the public option will actually be more expensive than existing private premiums. The vast majority of Americans will continue to choose private insurance. Instead of creating an alternative market to compete with private insurers, if anything, the government will increase their business through mandatory insurance stipulations. In fact, estimates from the Congressional Budget Office indicate that only 2 percent of Americans will actually elect to purchase the government option. Honestly, all of this fuss for 2 percent of the population? Not to mention that coverage of those individuals will come with a price tag of $1.05 trillion.
\r\nWhat Americans actually need is a real reform of the current system. Instead of focusing on increased availability, we need to focus on increased affordability. The inordinate cost of health care in this country is an issue that affects all Americans, whether they have insurance or not. Simply having the option to buy insurance through the government does little to alleviate the hundred thousand dollars in medical bills that often accompany major procedures—and that’s with insurance absorbing a large part of the difference.
\r\nThere wouldn’t even be a debate about the cost of insurance if the cost of medical services was affordable. Health care reform needs to include reforming insurance companies and reducing the cost of their services rather than legally mandating more customers. Reform should include curbing the extreme profits of pharmaceutical companies when Americans pay twice as much as Canadians and Mexicans do for the same exact drugs. Most importantly, the health care reform Americans deserve should include a general reduction in the overall cost of medical services.
\r\nThe current proposals do nothing to accomplish this reform, if anything, they promote this broken system and make outrageous profits a matter of national policy.
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\r\nThe administration at UW tries their best to make all students happy with campus, but they do not always succeed. This column is dedicated to what students feel are the biggest issues at UW.
\r\n1. PARKING, PARKING, PARKING
\r\n\r\n','\r\n\r\nBy far, this is the biggest issue for all students and probably for most teachers.
\r\nEven before I started attending UW, and only went to Laramie High School, I would complain about the parking issues on campus.
\r\nThe construction on all the buildings does not help either. Of course students are thanking TransPark for increasing the price of the metered parking. The students really appreciated that. Most students would like to see a parking garage.
\r\nNow, there was a survey commissioned by the university, which stated it was more cost-effective to build a bus system than build a parking garage. Don’t care.
\r\nThe convenience of having a parking garage would make almost any expense worthwhile. I say this as a student and as someone who lived close to campus and used to get his parking spot taken outside his house by other students.
\r\n2. TRANSIT
\r\nThe only thing worse, according to the students, than the parking is the bus system.
\r\nStudents complain the bus system is slow, late and undependable. They also do not enjoy having to go to campus, or close to campus, to park when they are just going to have to take a bus anyway.
\r\nThe bus system is better than nothing, but it is not good.
\r\nASUW recently turned down a proposed plan by TransPark to create another bus line down Grand Avenue. This was done in part because the ASUW committee had heard too many complaints about the transit system as a whole.
\r\nIf we can’t get a parking garage, we should at least fix this.
\r\n3. CONDITION OF SIDEWALKS
\r\nStudents are sick of the snow and ice on the sidewalks.
\r\nBeing more of a seasonal issue, this complaint is not No. 1 but it may spark more casual conversation between students than any other.
\r\nIt appears students understand it is sometimes difficult for the campus maintenance crew to keep up with all the snow that piles up. Because it has snowed only a minimal amount of times since school started, they would like to see the sidewalks maintained better, especially with the ice.
\r\nSand dumped down on the sidewalks is not sufficient. Bikers complain it makes it dangerous for them. People who are walking complain that the ice just turns to water one day and than will be slick for a week after that when it re-freezes.
\r\nKeeping up on making sure large pockets of ice do not form on campus should be a bigger priority for the school.
\r\n4. CONSTRUCTION
\r\nThe construction is not an easy problem to fix.
\r\nStudents find the constant work being done around campus annoys them almost everyday.
\r\nIt causes road closures, pedestrian route closures, parking issues, loud noises distracting during a test and more. In the end, it is to make sure that the campus is better overall, but sometimes it is just too much for the students.
\r\nMany also feel that the construction is silly and that the money could be used in more efficient ways to benefit the campus, like a parking garage.
\r\n5. FREE SPEECH!
\r\nThis has to do with the people who try to give you stuff outside the Union everyday.
\r\nThose people may be hated more than any other individuals or groups on campus.
\r\nIf they are asking you to join Greenpeace or to join the Church of the Latter Day Saints, these people are considered annoying. Even the Dominos guy may be exiled by the campus just for trying to do his job.
\r\nThese people should get the message, “We don’t want your damn pamphlets!”
\r\n6. PARKING AGAIN
\r\nI was told by multiple people this needed to be on here twice.
\r\n7. ETC.
\r\nJust to sum up a few more smaller issues in a nice easy list, some which are outside the control of the university: The loud pipes in the A&S building, the faulty electronics in almost every classroom but especially the panels outside of the rooms in the Classroom Building, the lack of a “college town” for students to go to (Subway, Quiznos, the Library and Fat Burrito do not count), lack of prestigious speakers on campus, the Public Speaking requirement, the long line at Panda Express, bad athletic teams, no alcohol at athletic events (this one almost got its own number), and the multitude of other complaints from students on campus.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-18 00:10:19','66','Max D\'Onofrio','2010-02-19 16:58:51','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-17 07:00:00','2010-03-04 14:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','796','students, campus, parking, bus, people, garage, system, issues, complain, sidewalks, construction, ice, school, don’t, close, university, student, lack, building, snow','The administration at UW tries their best to make all students happy with campus, but they do not always succeed. This column is dedicated to what students feel are the biggest issues at UW.','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1457','Health care reform misguided goal','health-care-reform-misguided-goal','','Forty-seven million uninsured Americans.
\r\nThis figure has been the guiding force behind the recent intense health care debate. Many have asserted that the very fact this number is so large indicates a failure in the current system and the free market. They contend that insurance companies have let us down, and it is the government’s responsibility to make up the difference.
\r\nFor a country that is supposedly the pinnacle of human rights, democracy and modernity, there is simply no excuse for nearly 50 million Americans to be unable to attain quality health care. However, in reality this arbitrary figure is grossly misleading in every sense.
\r\nLet’s look at the truth behind the 47 million uninsured Americans.
\r\nTypically, we have the impression of uninsured Americans. However, in reality, a large proportion of America’s uninsured are relatively affluent, with 38 percent, over 17 million, making over $50,000 a year. Of that 17 million, nine million make over 75,000 a year.
\r\nThe reason for this vast population of uninsured is primarily youth. The largest segment of the population that is currently uninsured is comprised of individuals between 18 and 29.
\r\nFinancially comfortable young Americans often choose not to purchase insurance because they believe they won’t get sick. What’s the point in spending thousands of dollars a year on expensive premiums when medical care isn’t viewed as necessary?
\r\nAnother 10 million of the uninsured Americans aren’t even illegal citizens. Say what you will about the immigration debate (I happen to side with amnesty), but individuals who aren’t even legal citizens of this country are not being defrauded if they are denied health care. Simply living within our borders doesn’t qualify someone as having a fundamental right to be insured.
\r\nA further 12 million uninsured Americans are eligible for assistance through Medicare and Medicaid. However, they simply haven’t enrolled into the programs.
\r\nThe most common bond that applies to these tens of millions of Americans isn’t the deleterious condition of poverty. Rather, it is the conscious choice to forego insurance. It’s the choice not to pay for insurance even though it can be afforded because it is not believed to be necessary. It’s the choice to live illegally in a country knowing that entails putting one’s health at risk. It’s the choice to eschew government assistance simply out of a lack of desire to fill out paperwork.
\r\nOf course, there are individuals that make more than would qualify themselves for government assistance, but still earn too little to afford insurance. The individuals who encompass the chronically uninsured, in all reality, only amount to roughly eight million. That’s one-sixth of the number usually reported. Undoubtedly, there is a problem when any large number of individuals are unable to afford health care.
\r\nThis clearly indicates that some sort of reform is indeed necessary. The current system is broken and needs to be fixed. However, after months of debate, we have seen very little substantive effort to really rectify this problem.
\r\nThe current Pelosi bill is an abject failure to enact any sort of necessary health care reform. This is because the goal of recent health care legislation has not been aimed at reducing cost, but only in increasing availability. Sure, Pelosi’s bill makes health care available to everyone, but it doesn’t make health care affordable for everyone.
\r\nBecause the government option will be based around covering everyone, including those individuals that are currently being denied coverage due to extreme pre-existing conditions, the public option will actually be more expensive than existing private premiums. The vast majority of Americans will continue to choose private insurance. Instead of creating an alternative market to compete with private insurers, if anything, the government will increase their business through mandatory insurance stipulations. In fact, estimates from the Congressional Budget Office indicate that only 2 percent of Americans will actually elect to purchase the government option. Honestly, all of this fuss for 2 percent of the population? Not to mention that coverage of those individuals will come with a price tag of $1.05 trillion.
\r\nWhat Americans actually need is a real reform of the current system. Instead of focusing on increased availability, we need to focus on increased affordability. The inordinate cost of health care in this country is an issue that affects all Americans, whether they have insurance or not. Simply having the option to buy insurance through the government does little to alleviate the hundred thousand dollars in medical bills that often accompany major procedures—and that’s with insurance absorbing a large part of the difference.
\r\nThere wouldn’t even be a debate about the cost of insurance if the cost of medical services was affordable. Health care reform needs to include reforming insurance companies and reducing the cost of their services rather than legally mandating more customers. Reform should include curbing the extreme profits of pharmaceutical companies when Americans pay twice as much as Canadians and Mexicans do for the same exact drugs. Most importantly, the health care reform Americans deserve should include a general reduction in the overall cost of medical services.
\r\nThe current proposals do nothing to accomplish this reform, if anything, they promote this broken system and make outrageous profits a matter of national policy.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-06 01:59:49','104','David Zobell','2009-11-06 02:32:12','104','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-05 07:00:00','2009-11-07 03:30:00','','','','0','0','795','americans, health, care, insurance, million, uninsured, reform, individuals, government, cost, current, simply, large, system, option, country, choice, debate, medical, private','Forty-seven million uninsured Americans. \r\n\r\nThis figure has been the guiding force behind the recent intense health care debate. Many have asserted that the very fact this number is so large indicates a failure in the current system and the free market. They contend that insurance companies have let us down, and it is the government’s responsibility to make up the difference. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1458','Ten things I learned from All-Star weekend','ten-things-i-learned-from-all-star-weekend','','I spent the weekend at the three-day international party known as the 2010 All-Star weekend. It was my first time at the All-Star game, and here are the 10 things I learned from my three days in Dallas, Texas.
\r\n','\r\n10. Rain or snow, wind or cold—the
\r\nparty must go on
\r\nDallas was cold over All-Star weekend, but the party was still hot. The low temperatures were a deterrent, but for real fans of the NBA and for people from Wyoming who deal with cold weather, the festivities continued. Which leads me to my next point…
\r\n9. People from Wyoming are expected to be tough at All-Star weekend
\r\nSurprise, surprise, there was not a huge Wyoming fan base at the All-Star game. So when people asked where I was from, they got an answer that they don’t usually hear. For some reason, Wyoming is the most awe-inspiring place one can hail from. Those same people also assumed that living in Wyoming entailed a cabin with perpetual snowfall. I heard the phrase ‘well, this snow must be nothing to you’ more times than I heard ‘Deep in the Heart of Texas.’ Wrestling coach Mark Branch has the motto “Cowboy Tough” for his wrestling squad and apparently at All-Star weekend, Wyomingites are all seen to be “Cowboy Tough.”
\r\n8. Being put on the giant TV at Cowboys’ stadium is a bad thing
\r\nWhen you spend three days at the biggest party in the world and then you are placed on the world’s largest HD television, you look like an extra from the “Thriller” music video. An audience of 108,713 people had the chance to see 25,000 square feet of me looking like a seedy used car salesmen. Not one of my finer moments.
\r\n7. Cowboy Stadium is…
\r\nNearly every adjective in the dictionary can be inserted after that phrase. Anything other than small, or synonyms of that word, can describe this building. The game was played at Jerry Jones’ brand new facility which seats over 100,000 people. Bill Simmons referred to it as the “Death Star,” and I’m going to steal that from him because the thing looks like it may lift off from the ground and start destroying planets at any time. When the building was less than 50 percent full I heard the place get louder than the A-A got during the second overtime of the Cowgirls’ NIT semi-final game against Kansas State.
\r\nThe world record attendance for a basketball game was set there and I’m pretty sure they were nearing in on the world record for the cost of a soda.
\r\nBy the way, in case you wanted a beer, 16 ounces of the ever-exquisite Miller Light would have cost you $8.50. That’s a little over 53 cents an ounce. I guess you’re definitely living “the high life” now!
\r\nThe other low spot for the stadium? Free T-shirts. I knew that there was no way I was getting one. A T-shirt cannon wouldn’t have had a chance. They would have needed a T-shirt intercontinental ballistic T-shirt missile to get to me.
\r\n6. Omri Casspi has a following
\r\nCasspi is the first Israeli-born player in the NBA. He’s also well liked, so much that I met two people who had flown over from Israel to watch him in the rookie challenge.
\r\n5. These guys are impressive
\r\nIt is absolutely necessary for any fan of basketball to watch these guys when they are relaxed and having fun. They float around from event to event and when it all culminates with the game itself, you get a really good show. A must for anyone who can’t themselves leap 44 inches into the air, grab a lob pass with one hand and throw it down like it owes you money.
\r\n4. All-Star halftime shows trump Super Bowl halftime shows
\r\nUsher, Shakira and Alicia Keys all preformed live for the All-Star game and it was quite a show. I don’t even like Usher and I had fun. It was a much better concert than what the senior citizens gave us for the Super Bowl halftime. However, I do have one thing to say in defense of The Who: At least the old guys dressed like real human beings. Usher was wearing capris. Leather capris. With a breast plate! I was trying to think of a way to help you visualize it and this was the best I could do: Usher looked like a Spanish tennis player going to a biker convention shortly after he appeared as an extra in the movie “Gladiator.”
\r\nShakira looked like a cast member from “Mad Max: Beyond Thunder Dome” who had gotten into a glitter supply. And Alicia Keys, well, Alicia Keys was actually well dressed. I guess 1 out of 3 isn’t bad. If you could hit a baseball 1 out of 3 times in the majors, then you’d be one of the best hitters who ever played.
\r\n3. Most NBA players don’t care about their college careers
\r\nI asked three players about their college teams. None of them seemed really enthused about their alma mater. When asked about how good Syracuse would be with him this year, Johnny Flynn responded, “Eh, look how good they’re doing without me.”
\r\n2. All-Star weekend is a place for the young and the young at heart
\r\nEveryone bounces around like they’re 15 at All-Star weekend. I saw a 50-year old in a dunk contest on an eight-foot rim. All-Star weekend is the fountain of youth. At least until the third day when they plaster your face on the world’s biggest HD television. The youth vanishes in a big hurry then.
\r\n1. NBA all star weekend only leaves you with one question when it’s all over
\r\nWho’s coming with me next year?
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-17 02:45:42','124','Tom Hesse','2010-02-17 02:57:24','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-17 02:44:33','2010-03-02 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','794','star, weekend, game, people, wyoming, ”, usher, nba, party, world, halftime, don’t, asked, alicia, keys, shirt, heard, guys, place, good','I spent the weekend at the three-day international party known as the 2010 All-Star weekend. It was my first time at the All-Star game, and here are the 10 things I learned from my three days in Dallas, Texas. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1459','A suggestion for greater expression','a-suggestion-for-greater-expression','','If there’s one thing I’m absolutely certain of, it is this: I am a terrible writer. If you’ve read my column before, I’m sure you can corroborate. My style is awkward, my sentences too long and the line of logic is sometimes difficult to follow amidst a cacophony of tangential details.
\r\nNonetheless, I continue to produce this drivel for public consumption, and I also insist on doing it in my personal style. I do not imagine that it will change anybody’s mind, or that it will produce any tangible effect on any person or population. The intention, for the most part, is simply to express a viewpoint—whether it should be considered “opinion” or something else is a whole other topic for discussion. The point is: I do not ask for a reaction (as an English teacher might), only for consideration.
\r\nAside from my desire for some consideration, however, I have an ulterior motive: I hope to motivate others to take pride in their beliefs, but without descending to the level of absolute dogmatism. The expression of thought is a subject which fascinates me, and I enjoy the idea of people engaging in spontaneous conversations about deep philosophical subjects (kind of like a Richard Linklater film). I think the best way to sponsor public participation in relevant political and social discussions is to provide a forum, which is a function that a community-oriented media outlet provides. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how to convince others that they also should feel free to throw their hats in the ring.
\r\nOne of the primary theses I have stuck to, throughout the course of my tenure as a columnist at this college newspaper, is that our system is not a democracy by any means.
\r\nCertain sectors of the population receive a disproportionate amount of the national and global wealth, and these sectors are unsurprisingly the people who receive the most benefits from governmental policymaking in the United States. This is not a revolutionary thesis, and it is (in my opinion) borne out by a variety of historical examples and statistics.
\r\nHowever, it is also my contention that the process of creating a society with true equality and liberty begins with voluntary public participation in political discussions. Depressingly enough, most people choose not to participate in public discussion at all, deferring to the “wisdom” of the people appointed and chosen to be our stewards of thought and opinion—the “talking heads” on TV.
\r\nAs an advocate of direct democracy, I consider the lack of public participation in policy formulation to be an atrocity.
\r\nIt is also especially poignant to witness firsthand the factors that I estimate are the primary contributors to especially low voting turnout by younger sectors of the population. Without a doubt, I think that the lower numbers of voters in our age group signals the general mentality of our generation. Our attentions are perfectly diverted from anything meaningful, as we have grown up in an age of perpetual distraction.
\r\nThere is little I can do to reverse these trends, but I can at least call ’em like I see ’em. It would be an uplifting sight to witness people taking out their earbuds and hands-free units and talking to one another, but I’m not one to hold my breath waiting for social revolution.
\r\nWriting is one way of expressing an ideology, but it is even simpler to make a point of conversing about the experiences and concerns we share as people. This also has the positive side effect of removing the “monster-next-door” mentality, which arises when people don’t know their neighbors and spend all their time watching crime dramas.
\r\nIf we turn our eyes down while passing one another, if we spend all our time in a private domain of our own creation, if our only socialization occurs by necessity in the workplace, then it is certain that there will be no representation of our needs. We often respond to the world’s lack of attention to us by tuning it out, which is an odd manner of dealing with a rather looming difficulty we all share in common.
\r\nWe, as a people, must learn to express ourselves in a meaningful and coherent way, and find ways to address our differences without relying upon simplistic constructs and old standbys.
\r\nWe must simultaneously address our problems and one another, or else the approach is self-defeating; hence the need for public review of ideas and concepts which might affect their lifestyle, and the need for an engaged population with an interest in the disparities between what we need and what we get.
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\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-05 03:57:31','104','Wiley Combs','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-05 13:00:00','2009-11-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','793','people, public, i’m, population, participation, sectors, democracy, discussion, point, receive, effect, meaningful, age, express, ’em, share, discussions, social, political, thought','If there’s one thing I’m absolutely certain of, it is this: I am a terrible writer. If you’ve read my column before, I’m sure you can corroborate. My style is awkward, my sentences too long and the line of logic is sometimes difficult to follow amidst a cacophony of tangential details.','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1460','Being Greek means being proud','being-greek-means-being-proud','','![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/02/16/Zach.jpg\")
\r\nImagine that you are in an organization which, on a national scale, has raised millions of dollars to go to various philanthropic organizations. You have played a part in helping the community in which you live, and you are very active in the university community.
\r\nSeveral of your members are actively involved in student government and other campus groups. Your group promotes scholarship, service and responsible living, but to some people not affiliated with your group or similar groups, you are looked at in a negative light.
\r\nYou’re Greek.
\r\n','\r\nYou’re a part of a community which—to some who are not involved—is looked upon as a confusing mix of Sigmas, Phis and Kappas. You’re looked at as a group of people who contribute little or nothing to the community in which you live.
\r\nBut you know the truth. You know that there is something beyond what people see on the surface—whether their image is that of wild parties or darkly-lit ritual ceremonies. You understand that a great deal of your affiliation means that you will give service to your fellow men and to the world.
\r\nAnd you do your best to ensure this goal is met.
\r\nRecently, the Wyoming Chapter of ?AE donated $2,000 to the art museum. They were rewarded by President Buchanan, with a dinner at his house, where he donated $2,000 right back to the fraternity.
\r\nLast semester, Tri-Delta held a highly successful pancake breakfast that raised a great deal of money for St. Jude’s Research Hospital. A few weeks ago, I watched as a few members of my fraternity, FarmHouse, shaved their heads in honor of people suffering from leukemia or lymphoma. (For the record, I did not shave my head.)
\r\nI could go on about the philanthropic events of both fraternities and sororities, but a word limit prohibits that. I can say, however, Greeks do a great deal for the community, and it is high time they are associated with the good they do and not the negative aspects of a few.
\r\nA common myth of fraternities is that members are binge drinkers and their lives are defined by wild, out-of-control parties. Although some members of fraternities do their fair share of drinking, don’t a great deal of unaffiliated students do the same?
\r\nSecondly, many fraternities place checks on who can drink in their houses or events by strictly enforcing the drinking age. One fraternity, for example, places markings on people’s hands that are not old enough to drink, while those who are of age receive armbands. If a person is caught drinking who is underage, he or she is removed from the party. (And yes, this system works when enforced.)
\r\nHazing is another problem facing fraternities and sororities, but its existence is often blown out of proportion.
\r\nMany fraternities not only have strict anti-hazing policies but also have open door policies, emphasizing new member education policies which are appropriate for TV. Further, various fraternities have launched extensive anti-hazing initiatives and have zero-tolerance policies for the mistreatment of new members or pledge members.
\r\nIt can be further argued that many nationwide initiatives to stop hazing are led up by fraternities and sororities. Although we acknowledge the problem of hazing in our midst, most of us are strongly opposed to any activities involving the mistreatment of others and will work diligently to prevent its occurrence.
\r\nOne cannot attend many student senate meetings without quickly noticing the majority of ASUW senators are affiliated with the Greek Community, and our Student Body President, Matt Haigler, is also affiliated with a fraternity. Leadership is something all of us Greeks value and will always value.
\r\nOur involvement as leaders goes far beyond student government, as many leaders of our country are affiliated with fraternities. In fact, 48 percent of our nation’s presidents, 76 percent of our senators (with 43 percent of the current senate having affiliation) and 85 percent of U.S. Supreme Court justices have Greek affiliation, yet surprisingly, only 2 percent of the total U.S. population is affiliated with Greek letter organizations. Many CEOs of Fortune 500 Companies are also associated with fraternities and sororities.
\r\nOur own Alan Simpson (one of the greatest U.S. senators this state has ever sent to Congress) is a member of AT?.
\r\nSuccess and personal growth are both hallmarks of being Greek—not out-of-control parties and binge drinking. We aspire to build our new members—not break them down with hazing and other demeaning activities.
\r\nWe members of the Greek community embrace the fact that we are just that—members of the Greek community, and we aspire to live up to the standards of those who came before us. I’m not so naïve that I believe that going Greek is for everyone—and I respect everyone who chooses not to be Greek—but I do believe we are doing great things for this university and community, and it’s time we are looked at in this light.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-16 01:38:51','66','Zachary T. Spadt','2010-02-17 03:23:58','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-15 07:00:00','2010-03-02 14:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','792','fraternities, community, greek, members, hazing, affiliated, great, percent, looked, sororities, fraternity, student, deal, policies, drinking, people, group, you’re, affiliation, live','Imagine that you are in an organization which, on a national scale, has raised millions of dollars to go to various philanthropic organizations. You have played a part in helping the community in which you live, and you are very active in the university community. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1461','On the practical tenets of feminism','on-the-practical-tenets-of-feminism','','I’m not particularly fond of generalizations, but in this instance, I feel comfortable expounding a philosophical truism which I think is “acceptable”: everyone, regardless of gender, should be a feminist.
\r\nThose who are interested in social justice issues are likely in agreement with me on this point, if they are not absolute hypocrites. Widespread respect for the basic principles of equality is something members of most social orders would benefit greatly from; it does not take a degree, or even “membership” in an (traditionally-regarded) underprivileged group, to grasp this concept. The reasons should be entirely obvious to anyone; however, in spite of humanity’s predisposition for self-congratulation on the basis of our unique ability to reason, acceptance of simple logical theses—including the integral value of all human beings—is not a trait that comes naturally to those who distinguish themselves based upon historically- and culturallybiased definitions. Chief among these historically-based cultural precepts is the belief that women must somehow relegate themselves to a different role in our society than that of men.
\r\nFrom the outset, there is little evidence to support any philosophy which allows such a pervasive condition of inequality to exist. Nonetheless, subtle hints of gender discrimination persist in supposedly “gender-neutral” areas of belief. Even the field of cultural anthropology, which practices its rubric of examination under the pretense of unbiased observation of all human cultures and groups, takes no major exception for the unqualified statement that “men are stronger than women.”
\r\nIt may seem, at first, that this statement has its basis in concrete evidence. Females generally have less muscle mass than males and they are physically smaller, right?
\r\nFortunately, this assertion has little grounding in reality. It would be equally “true” to say people of Asian descent are generally shorter than those with Caucasian backgrounds. If you see no problem with either sentiment, you probably consider “Mein Kampf” to be a classic of the 20th century—which indicates a dramatic degree of illiteracy (on several levels). If, however, you are curious about the basis of my argument, please read on.
\r\nIn order to define a “group,” or subset of the human species, one must provide rules to delineate members of that group from other people. At face value, this may seem to be a necessity of operational definitions, but it is an idea which is unsupported by any real social need. It is, quite substantially and literally, a principle of exclusion. How does one define the term “women” in a concise and accurate manner, other than by referring directly to their exclusion from the category of “men?”
\r\nIn relation to this definitional “necessity” (which is largely a product of the humans who preceded us on this planet), we must ask why women are therefore weaker, or less capable.
\r\nSome may be huffing and puffing at this point, self-assured in their belief that the scientific world has given us evidence “proving” that women, by virtue of their sexual role, have certain characteristics which inevitably distinguish them from men: this is referred to as “sexual dimorphism.” These people are likely to be disappointed when they discover that the only certainty in such a study of sexual differentiation is that everyone (in either sex) resembles a shade of their sex’s physically-possible spectrum. With the realistically-based addition of transsexual, transgendered or intersexed humans to the equation, the distinction becomes unquestionably muddied: how do we determine what “percent” male or female any individual is? Despite the apparently metaphysical nature of this inquiry, it has far too much basis in reality—infants born with two sets of genitalia are, by standard practice, surgically “modified” to reflect one or the other sex.
\r\nPremature prescription of sexual identity is an overtly harmful and oppressive action, which even a true bigot can understand (as an exercise, consider the possibility that you could have been on the other side of this supposed binary).
\r\nClearly, the race cannot be divided between two simple dualities (in any area of our social understanding, reaching far beyond the scope of sexual simplifications). Yet we accept, often with placidity, the undeniable contemporary disparity between the two officially-recognized “sexes,” males and females. This disparity is evidenced by the wage gap, the blatantly superficial nature of female sitcom characters and such persistent clichés as the concept of “female hysteria” brought about by the regular process of menstruation and ovulation.
\r\nOf course, other genders which lie along the spectrum of human experience are even further devalued by our discriminatory evaluation of the “sexes,” but their status is predicated largely upon the ignorance inherent to the broadly accepted two-sex dualism.
\r\nIf we are ever to evolve beyond the psychological limitations pioneered by our racist and bigoted predecessors, considerations such as these should be at the top of our list of concerns.
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Looking for a surefire list of tips to generate engaging, emotionally healthy relationships with women? Relationships are a tricky, tricky thing, and the learning curve is tortoise slow. However, as I get closer to 40 every day, I’ve managed to accumulate three pointers to catch all the single ladies out there.\r\n','\r\n1. Get your addictions on the poker table early. Call of Duty, Flavor of Love, taking pictures of your pets in Santa hats—whatever your quirks are, use them to your advantage. For instance, I recently went on a date with a lovely young dancer. And though I tried to avoid my affliction, I soon found the conversation veering irreversibly toward it. My addiction? I call it chocolate huffing. The term refers to the process of pouring a package of cocoa mix into one’s mug, tapping the package lightly to remove excess and then sealing the papery package to your lusty lips. You then breathe deeply, once, and let the artificial majesty of cocoa dust your lungs. It is the ultimate in synaethesia— tasting with your respiratory system. Mmm, tastes like Chrismakwanzika.
\r\nBelieve it or not, this character flaw actually gets quite a few laughs. Is he joking? Is he a crazy? You see, when I say get your addictions out there, I really mean turn them into memorable anecdotes she can tell her friends about. Then when her friends meet you they can be like “Hey, you’re chocolate-huffer-guy”, and you’re welcome, ice broken.
\r\n2. Come from a dysfunctional family? There is nothing more seductive than a man who was raised by a single parent and thus never knew what it was like to have a father/mother come home from a tedious day/night of work and finish the discipline/dinner preparation their mother/father started. Simply stated, women will spin themselves like dreidels trying to teach you what love is. If you say “Well when I was two we were getting our fishing poles ready to go out fishing by the lake but I tripped and I started crying and it made Dad walk out on his marriage”, chances are she’ll make a noise like a baby-bird being stepped on. Which means success!
\r\nIt’s not that I’m telling you to cry. I’m just saying that at every opportunity you should tell her a story that will make her cry. This is a lot like chocolate huffing: mixing things, whether emotional or sensory, just makes the experience that much more intense. I’ll leave it to you to see how fine the line between bawling and backrub actually is.
\r\n3. Popular media has proven that women enjoy saying the exact opposite of what they’re feeling. If you’ve seen Titanic, you know that women will only say “I’ll never let go, Jack” immediately before letting go of your frozen arms and sending you to a watery grave. It’s a fun pastime for them, much like criticizing that Rob Schneider shirt you always wear. Thus, when a woman tells you she’s “just not that in to you” she’s really testing your devotion. Whenever I hear a girl go on and on and on about how much she doesn’t like me, I get excited knowing all the cutesy activities we’re going to be doing! Can you say building heart-shaped kites? Writing indie songs together on the ukulele? Rolling around with a ball of string? All of these are great date ideas by the way.
\r\nAs my sixty year old love mentor once told me: La donna es mobile! This means girls are fickle, more difficult than cleaning a family fish tank when you’re, let’s say, a dolphin. Which I mean wow. Just remember: perseverance, much like Obi wan Kenobi, is your only hope. If things aren’t going well naturally, the best thing to do is “force” it.
\r\nIt seems like Wyoming should have a nice easy warm-up game against Weber State this weekend before the likes of Colt McCoy and company come to town next weekend. However, coming off arguably its best season in the Big Sky conference ever, the Wildcats return its quarterback, who threw for over 4,400 yards and 36 touchdowns last year, and two star defensive players. So, I will just hold my breath until Saturday afternoon and think positive thoughts.
\r\nCollege football season, personally my favorite sports season of the year, is upon us. Its only weakness would be the BCS; the biggest problem in the sports world other than maybe lack of drug testing in baseball or Favre playing for the Vikings.
\r\nHowever, after years of complaining about the BCS, it’s obvious that there is nothing a fan can do right now. It’s all about the money and the sponsors for the bowls, and there is no feasible solution right now. So, I realized that college football has something that other sports don’t: absolute mayhem. Yes, other sports may have it, too, but college football’s mayhem is flawless.
\r\nA team can have a near-perfect season, stained by one squirmy Texas player’s missed tackle in the last minute that results in a loss to Texas Tech, and still not have a chance to play for the national title. Or just ask Utah. They know what it feels like to be perfect, but just not perfect enough.
\r\nIt’s not fair of course, but we aren’t talking about fair. We’re talking about beating Alabama soundly, so-called SEC powerhouse, having no losses to your name and still finishing out of the top spot. It’s not about fair; it’s about money.
\r\nDon’t mistake good mayhem for bad mayhem, because it’s just plain old mayhem. It’s the old cliché of watching a train wreck. It is fun watching teams try to be perfect, and at the same time even more fun watching them fail.
\r\nWatching USC get first choice out of the top 100 recruits in the nation every year and then be dominated up and down the field by Stanford or Oregon State one week out of the year so they fall just short of the title game is just good television. Sure, if you are a USC fan it is not fun, but that’s what it’s all about. Pain and anguish and then the small hope that a team can still rebound by the end of the year and be rewarded by those brilliant computers of the BCS.
\r\nEveryone, or at least real fans, love to see the juggernaut go down. I felt no sadness when Tom Brady tore up his knee last year and was out for the season; I was happy. Plus, he had more time to go practice his best Abercrombie pose and model for cologne ads. I’m not sad when the Yankees miss the playoffs, and what they are doing this year with their half-a-billion-dollar offseason is just downright frustrating.
\r\nYes, it is hard to argue that Florida was the best team last year. Their defense was so fast that the Big 12 spread offense was no match, and their offense was so well executed and run by so many talented future NFL players that they were probably the real No. 1. And, until proven otherwise, they are probably the real No. 1 this year, all the way to their third BCS title in four years.
\r\nThat prediction is pretty easy to make, but they could lose to Ole Miss or LSU this year. Also, Texas will be carrying their hate for the BCS’s actions last year all around the country this year as they try to make their way back to the top. That’s the beauty of the broken system: watching the giants fall and try to get back up.
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Loan-lenders have significantly ramped up their lobbying efforts to derail President Obama’s Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. The bill, which Obama called a no-brainer, will bar private lenders from the student loan industry.\r\n\r\n
After all, the student lending market has ballooned into an insanely lucrative industry. Lenders banked $56 billion from unsuspecting students in 2008 alone. Not to mention, it’s hard to find a more consistent market than college students in need of money. Reforming the lending industry to prevent these predatory demons from holding students hostage any longer is long overdue.
\r\nThe CBO estimates that removing these private lenders would save $87 billion over the next ten years. That $87 billion would be reinvested in education through Pell Grants and other educational initiatives. Clearly, lending reform is indeed a no-brainer. However, it’s only one piece of the puzzle to fixing American higher education.
\r\nA recent 2009 College Board report revealed a 6.5 percent increase in college tuition, bringing the average annual cost of higher education to $7,020. Colleges simply took the lead from the usurious corporations they seem so fixated upon emulating. Much like Wall Street raided public coffers to unload troubled securities, or credit card companies simply hiked up interest rates, colleges simply covered their losses by hiking up fees.
\r\nLittle mention was made of reigning in university presidents’ multi-hundred thousand dollars salaries. Massive school improvements stayed on schedule nationwide.
\r\nAt Wyoming we’ve even heard tuition and fee increases bandied around in the same breath as gym renovation. UCLA went as far as to loan the state of California $2.3 million and additionally raise tuition by $2,000, claiming there wasn’t enough money to go around.
\r\nIt’s too easy to dismiss these tuition increases simply as products of the recession. Closer scrutiny reveals the average tuition at four year public institutions has increased by 76 percent since 2000. Annual tuition increases have simply become the norm. These tuition increases are coupled with a myriad of hidden fees and charges that would make a credit card CEOs jealous.
\r\nAmerican higher education has lost sight of its original purpose in the social good of educating a wide populace. On its way to becoming just another big business, the U.S. university system has become unaffordable.
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The struggle for a democratic academy has all but been lost as low-income families increasingly find themselves unable to send their children to college. The College Board advised parents to set aside $79,000 for one child’s education. This simply is unfeasible for all but a sliver of the population. The issue of cost is compounded with financial aid programs’ inability to keep up with the inflationary spiral of tuition increases.
\r\nThirty years ago, a Pell Grant covered 77 percent of a four year degree. Today, it only covers 35 percent. The purchasing power of most, if not all, scholarships has significantly diminished as they are simply unable to cover the full cost of tuitions, books, room and board.
\r\nAs a result the only recourse available for many students to pursue a college education has been massive borrowing. Indeed, loans have essentially become an expected part of the college student experience. Two-thirds of college students are forced to borrow, with an average debt load of $23,000. However, debt-laden college graduates often find an eroded job market with few prospects or simply discover the diploma to be largely worthless. They are then forced to return to school and borrow even more money just to be able to find suitable work.
\r\nThe average additional debt is $25,000 for a master’s degree, $52,000 for a doctoral degree, and $79,000 for a professional degree.
\r\nThe American rat race takes close to 70 percent of its participants and places them in a fifty-foot hole before they can start running. This is simply a horrendous practice, yet it has become routinized. This is a broken system that must be fixed. Removing private lenders treats a symptom of the plague currently affecting America’s students, but it completely bypasses treating the disease.
\r\nThe Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act is simply a pittance unless runaway college tuition costs are curbed. There is simply no justification for a system two-thirds of Americans can’t afford, that burdens students with an average of $25,000 and all for a diploma that is largely viewed as trifling. Without education reform, the U.S. simply will not be able to compete in the future.
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Oh, Sarah Palin. When one of my friends told me Palin was resigning, I laughed, figuring she was playing a joke on me. Surely, one of the media darlings of the Grand Old Party would not do something so ridiculous. So I turned on Fox News, where GOP happenings are reported on a 24-hour news cycle. Sure enough, there was Palin rambling about basketball and fishing and “politics as usual.” Side effect: I had to rewind on my DVR to realize Sarah Palin was really bailin’.
I suppose I should not be surprised. This is the same woman who quit her elected position as city councilwoman to run for mayor of Wasilla. And then she quit in her second term to run unsuccessfully for Lieutenant governor. And then she quit her job on the gubernatorial-appointed Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in January 2004, protesting what she called the \"lack of ethics\" of fellow Republican members. She finally became governor in 2006, resigning in 2009 with nearly two years left in her term. Side effect: Apparently when the going gets tough or the grass looks greener, Palin quits.
\r\nPalin is an expert at portraying herself as a victim of the vicious liberal media and, her favorite, “the political blood sport.” But what she doesn’t understand is that if you dish out, you need to be able to take it. Politics is a brutal game, and when you accuse your opposition of being friends with terrorists or fire people because they annoy you, expect retribution of some sort. Side effect: Palin demonstrates a largely thin skin behind that affable, “you betcha” wink.
\r\nPundits are speculating that Palin resigned to prepare for a 2012 presidential run. This would be an incredible misstep. Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee remained governors while running for president, albeit turning over power to lieutenant governors – something Palin never did. The closest thing to a possible reason I could decipher was that she was trying to save the people of Alaska from needless spending on ethics complaints. This is a favorite of hers – Palin is apparently the most ethical politician who ever lived, resigning to save Alaska from invalid, expensive ethics investigations, resigning from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission because of other people’s lack of ethics. Side effect: When a politician claims she’s done nothing wrong, but still resigns, speculation abounds.
\r\nPalin threatened to sic her attorneys on bloggers that report allegations of a federal investigation regarding building contracts and dubious spending. Palin pushed through a massive and overpriced sports complex while mayor of Wasilla and an abundance of “coincidences” have crawled out from under rocks since. Spenard Building Supplies supplied materials for Palin’s home, which are oddly the same materials used to build the complex. Palin’s home was built at the same time as the complex. Spenard also is a financial contributor to Palin. Todd Palin told Fox News that he built the two-story, 3,450-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bath, wood house himself, with the help of contractors he described as \"buddies.\" As mayor, Palin blocked an effort to require the filing of building permits in the city, and there is no public record of who those \"buddies\" were. The FBI will neither confirm nor deny a federal investigation. Since Palin took office, her approval ratings have sunk from 89 to 54 percent. Side effect: Palin is sick of being picked on, so yet again she’s going to take her ball and go home.
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With the Wyoming Legislative session under way this week it gives a chance for Wyomingites to realize how lucky they are to have such a system in their state. \r\n','\r\nThis is not in reference to the idea of democracy as a whole or the fundamental concept of being able to live in America. This is more specific to Wyoming as a state.
\r\nThe Wyoming Legislature has many restrictions compared to other states, but the biggest is the amount of time that they can meet.
\r\nThe Wyoming Legislature is only allowed to gather for 40 days on odd-numbered years and 20 days on even-numbered years.
\r\nWith some states having their legislative sessions lasting all year, this is not very much time, but the benefits of such a system are appeal directly to Wyomingites.
\r\nWyoming is a place where citizens know its state legislature on a first name basis and interact with them day to day.
\r\nWith a short legislative session, Wyoming’s representatives spend more time being citizens than they do being government officials.
\r\nThis keeps them in touch with what the people of the state really think.
\r\nThere is hardly a better way for a representative to know what their constituents feel on major issues than by interacting with them in person 11 months out of the year.
\r\nThis gives a personal touch to the governmental process that can sometimes disconnect itself from the people when deliberating.
\r\nHere, the legislature knows that they are held responsible for their actions in Cheyenne when they go home.
\r\nThis creates a very responsive group of representatives for the Wyoming citizens to rely on.
\r\nAs much as the people of Wyoming enjoy such a system, it puts a strain on their representatives.
\r\nIt keeps Wyoming legislators in closer touch with their constituents for most of the year, but it means they do not enjoy the same accommodations provided to full-time legislators in larger states.
\r\nOur legislators do not have individual staff, nor is their lodging in Cheyenne the best.
\r\nQuoted from the Wyoming Legislature’s Web site:
\r\n“Staff services for Wyoming legislators are provided by a small permanent central staff agency (the LSO) and by temporary session staff. Office accommodations are similarly austere. Except for a few officers of the House and Senate, members of the legislature are not provided offices in the Capitol nor do they maintain full-time offices in their districts. While in session, the “office” of a typical Wyoming legislator consists of the legislator’s desk on the floor of the House or Senate and one or two file cabinet drawers in a committee meeting room.”
\r\nMost have full-time jobs they have to maintain in their hometown even during legislative session.
\r\nThis creates a system where representatives are charged with not only handling the many issues of the tenth largest state in the union in an extremely short period of time (juggling over 100 bills in one session) but also handling any issues that arise at their day-to-day job.
\r\nThe system is one that gives the citizens of the state the responsive, responsible representatives that they want, but not without a cost to those who give up their time to help the state every year.
\r\nDespite the picture I painted of a strained legislature who does much with little, I urge all those who care about the state as a whole to participate in the democratic system and contact their representatives about issues they feel are important.
\r\nThe Wyoming Legislature Web site is a marvelous tool for those who want to participate and for those who just want to learn a little more about what is going on in Cheyenne for the next two weeks.
\r\nOn the Web site, constituents can not only find out who their senator and representative is, but are given their address, cell or home phone, e-mail, and information about their occupation, family and organizations they participate in.
\r\nThis means nothing without a response from the legislature, which in Wyoming seems to come to ease to most people, even when a representative is trying to juggle a legislative session and their job and family at home.
\r\nRecently, it has become even easier for the Wyoming electorate to participate in the legislative session.
\r\nAny senator or representative can be contacted through a hotline for both houses or can leave comments about individual bills through the new online hotline.
\r\nCitizens can leave comments of up to 140 characters on individual bills for representatives to see.
\r\nAll senate and house bills are also easily available in full text online along with the podcast of the day’s legislative session.
\r\nIf it is in response to the state’s health care bill, the states budget, a bill to tax wind energy or a bill to ask the national legislature to stop meddling in Wyoming’s affairs, go tell your representative what you, the people who it affects, think.
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I stayed at the museum on the last day of operation until now-former curator and director Brent Breithaupt shut off the lights and locked the door. There were children everywhere all day. Big Al towered over the crowd as kids looked up and roared mightily. I spoke with Matt Lusk, a UW graduate student in the Geology program. As we talked, the conversation shifted to kids enjoying the museum.
\r\n“It’s just sad that kids will no longer get to see the museum in the capacity that it’s been open,” Lusk said. “I know they have to make budgets cuts…There’s two little kids right now.” His voice caught as I turned around and saw a young girl chasing her giggling brother as she yelled, “I’m a t-rex!” Side effect: We both had to shift the topic back to fundraising because it was less painful.
\r\nIt is no secret that I have vehemently opposed many of the budget cuts. I understand personnel cuts were probably necessary as well. What I do not agree with is people herded into “budget” meetings under false pretenses. It was not a budget meeting in the traditional sense. It was a budget meeting to say, “We’ve got a new budget and you’re not in it. Need a tissue?” When I have asked faculty or staff for comments, I have received plenty of off the record responses tinged with fear. The lack of transparency is lamented in emails and comments I receive daily. But faculty and staff are not necessarily upset by the layoffs. As one faculty member said, “It’s a brutal fiscal environment.” What is upsetting is the lack of transparency, the suddenness of the layoffs, and the cruelty inherent in an en masse firing. Faculty and staff are afraid to speak out because they are not convinced their heads won’t roll in the name of fulfilling UW’s mission statement. Side effect: An undercurrent of dread running through the staff and faculty can also affect the mission statement.
\r\nDan Neal of the Equality State Policy Center is more forgiving than I am. He said, “President Buchanan is a respected leader. He’s stuck in a very tough position.” But he encourages UW leadership to be open about its decision-making process instead of continually telling the public to read the convoluted white papers. Neal said, “The university can talk publicly about its personnel decisions so long as it does not speak of any one employee specifically. There’s great interest on campus, in Laramie and around the state.”
\r\nNeal is also troubled that 83% of those laid-off were women. He said, “Here’s a good example of the fundamentals underlying our society. Often the jobs that are last hired, first fired are held by women, and going back to the question about how the University made its decisions, it would be interesting to know whether this was considered. It’s an aspect of the institutionalization of the gender pay gap.”
\r\nState House Rep. Seth Carson-D, Laramie is also dismayed at the handling of the budget cuts. In an open letter to his constituents, Carson wrote: “When actions are poorly made and obvious to hundreds of my constituents, I must convey the following. I greatly disapprove of the overall approach, outreach, response to the community, and overall lack of creative budget resolution that is supposed to be mission driven….Additionally important is the signal this sends to students, donors, alumni, and most importantly, young children that don’t understand why they can’t see the dinosaurs anymore.” Side effect: I’m not the only one asking why.
\r\nThe answer seems to be a simple question of money. I am heartened to see the group Friends of the S.H. Knight Geological Museum step forward to raise money to reopen the museum. I am not discouraged by criticism I receive, such as an anonymous, vaguely threatening email reading: “Do not continue the attacks on the administration that runs this university so well. It is unwarranted and will have consequences, I assure you.” But I recognize now is the time to move forward. Side effect: I encourage the university to do the same by answering the public’s questions instead of churning out meaningless statements.
\r\nemail the author: questions24@gmail.edu
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\r\nHowever, you know all this, and while Manning’s postseason record took a powerful hit, we should not fail to recognize the real loser in this Super Bowl: The Who.
\r\nThe Who set the gold standard for old guys looking bad at the Super Bowl. I don’t want to sound like some young whippersnapper (whatever that is) who doesn’t appreciate music from older generations, but the NFL really needs to reevaluate their halftime entertainment. I like The Who. I like Tom Petty. I like Paul McCartney, and I don’t have a problem with Bruce Springsteen, but let’s be honest, everything I like about those musicians happened 30 years ago.
\r\nI’m told that, at one point, The Who was a band that was as cool as the music they play. I wasn’t alive for those glory days however. And speaking of “Glory Days,” I think it’s about time that Springsteen started reminiscing about them rather than singing about them at the Super Bowl.
\r\nThe Who were painful to watch on Sunday. I know there are people who grew up with this band but parading them out in that condition is like watching one of your friend’s dogs be kept alive for six months longer than it should be. At a certain point, it’s just sad and depressing.
\r\nI mean, who do you think needed more cortisone on Sunday: Dwight Freeney or Pete Townshend? I think I saw Townshend wince before he started in on his iconic windmill guitar strumming.
\r\nI know the whole Janet Jackson thing put the fear of God into everybody, but I think the NFL can relax a little now. One botched halftime show and the NFL now refuses to get a performer who doesn’t come with an AARP recommendation.
\r\nIt’s one thing to be cautious because you have a large audience but it’s a little absurd to pretend like a modern music industry doesn’t exist.
\r\nSince the Jackson incident, we’ve had one old white guy after another (with the exception of Prince) put up on stage and they all give us the same thing—classic songs that sound bad because they’re originating from a voice that’s over 50.
\r\nThen of course, there is the new tradition of the lead singers for these bands pulling out a harmonica and playing into the microphone because they need to make up for the fact they can’t sing anymore. Does anyone actually believe these guys are really playing the harmonica? Have you ever noticed that it is suddenly the clearest sound from the whole band despite the fact that the lead singer is awkwardly holding it directly on top of the microphone, which is already cupped by his hands? I’m not saying that they’re faking it. I’m just saying that whatever sound you’re hearing is not coming from that guy’s mouth.
\r\nIt’s time for a change to the Super Bowl halftime show. Get somebody fresh. Get someone that can still touch their toes.
\r\nMusicians are supposed to be cool. Sixty-five percent of guitars are sold to guys trying to impress girls.
\r\nThe only people impressed by The Who on Sunday were the people who manufacture artificial hips.
\r\nIt’s painful to watch top level rock-stars perform at subpar levels for the biggest audience they’ll ever have. No matter how famous a musician is, 100 million people can really only happen once.
\r\nThe Super Bowl halftime show should be for modern stars and not for legends of the past to boost their sales one last time.
\r\nI love the music of this older generation, which has become a frequent guest at the Super Bowl. But if they’re going to play, they might as well play “taps.”
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One of my favorite books is “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. It follows Francie, a young girl living in poverty in pre-World War I New York City. Francie grows up with voracious love of books and learning after discovering the local library. When I read about her, something clicked. I understood her, even though she was two generations before my time. I have never forgotten Francie and her struggles to be educated. Side effect: I empathized with Francie and her thirst for knowledge.
It is this thirst for knowledge that led me to spend summers at the library. I would walk to the Defiance Public Library in my hometown of Defiance, Ohio and spend hours perusing the shelves, inhaling the scent of so many books and making myself dizzy with the possibilities of endless knowledge. For six years, I volunteered for the summer Storytime program and made paper-bag Native American headdresses with feathers, among other craft projects. I can remember helping one little boy sound out the word “Apache” after writing it on his headdress. He giggled with glee when he said it correctly and shouted, “I readed it, see? I learned it!” Side effect: It was my sincere hope to pass my love of learning and reading to those younger.
\r\nI brought this love of learning with me to college at the University of Wyoming. I still believe in the higher power of education. I read of UW’s decisions to close the geology museum and cut other programs, including the Outreach school and over $4 million from the university libraries with disbelief.
\r\nI tried to get specific answers from Jessica Lowell, Director of Institutional Communications, and President Tom Buchanan when writing news stories. Both repeated the same tired talking points about making difficult decisions in keeping with UW’s core mission of teaching, research and outreach.
\r\nHow in the hell is cutting the geology museum, along with its curator, Brent Breithaupt, in keeping with its mission? Breithaupt is an internationally recognized researcher in paleontology. He gave tours to schoolchildren and educated them about dinosaurs while inspiring the kind of wide-eyed wonder only seen in a child’s face when the wheels begin to turn. Side effect: With the museum’s closure next week, the children lose access and the man who gave them access to that knowledge willingly at no cost.
\r\nAnd the Outreach programs. Please explain how this is in keeping with the UW mission of outreach. By its very definition, this is one of the biggest ways UW reaches out to the community. The libraries will suffer with this loss of funding. The university is turning its backs on the students, the Laramie community and the people of Wyoming. I pressed President Buchanan for answers and reiterated my request for a personal statement. I received nothing but silence and a swift kick back to Lowell. Side effect: UW’s refusal to answer questions about its core mission makes it appear insincere at best.
\r\nI have read the documents and I have seen the numbers. I understand cuts were necessary. The estimated median household income in Laramie in 2007 was $34,084. The median income for public-university presidents in 2008 was $427,400 with benefits. In 2008, the UW Board of Trustees voted unanimously to increase Buchanan’s base salary by $50,000 to $350,000, plus his contract benefits, including an annual $42,000 housing allowance, an estimated $6,000 for a UW vehicle and insurance, and 22 days of vacation annually. Other universities in crisis have seen their presidents give back part of their annual salary after receiving raises. I asked Buchanan if he felt the Board of Trustees should give him another raise. Again, I received no answer. Side effect: Usually it’s “ask and ye shall receive.” Buchanan has received more than enough and dare not ask this year.
\r\nBack in my home state of Ohio, they’re facing an unprecedented budget crisis. It was with a heavy heart that I read of Governor Ted Strickland proposing a nearly 50 percent budget cut to the state library budget. I spoke with a high-school classmate of mine, Stephanie Small, who is now the public relations director at the library I so loved. She explained that many libraries and their staff now face uncertain futures.
\r\nStrickland was part of a PR campaign that showed him looking very gubernatorial reading a book in a chair with “Read” spelled out in block letters above his head. UW President Tom Buchanan continues to wage his own PR campaign about UW’s core mission after saying the budget cuts wouldn’t affect UW’s core mission. Side effect: It’s hard to understand you, sir, when you speak out of both sides of your mouth.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-06-30 17:45:44','115','Meg Lanker','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-06-30 07:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','783','side, effect, mission, core, buchanan, uw’s, library, francie, outreach, read, university, budget, 000, knowledge, learning, public, president, received, keeping, love','Side Effects editorial. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1470','Palin presidency bad for country','palin-presidency-bad-for-country','','undefinedAdding more fuel to the fire that is the rhetoric of the far right, Sarah Palin recently remarked that a run for President “is possible.”
\r\nClearly, she’s saying, “Yes, I’m going to run.”
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The far right’s infatuation with Palin is, perhaps, merely a political mystery to which there really is no solid answer; and the popularity of Palin is indicative of the many problems our country faces with political awareness.
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Take, for example, the increasing popularity of attacking President Obama and Congress. The popular line is, “What has President Obama done since taking office?” Others on the right love to attack the President for his lack of political experience, but Palin brings little experience to the table as well.
\r\nDuring her tenure as governor of Alaska, Palin faced the all-too-infamous scandal that is trooper gate. But, she also told the federal government “Thanks, but no thanks,” after she said the bridge was essential for the town of Ketchikan’s prosperity during her campaign for governor.
\r\nThen she was selected as Sen. John McCain’s running mate during the 2008 Presidential Election, arguably sinking the Senator’s campaign. Her spoofs during the campaign were gold for comedians with her remarks about seeing Alaska from Russia and her immense knowledge of Supreme Court cases.
\r\nThe road for Palin after leaving the campaign has been just as entertaining. The fiasco began after remarking on her Facebook page last August that the health care plan created “death panels.” Now, Palin tours the country, offering little to say of real sustenance aside from the usual rhetoric that we have a bad president and that he is sinking our country.
\r\nAlthough her face value is great for the Republican Party, Palin will have little long term effectiveness for either the Republican Party or our country. She enjoys high ratings, not because she brings ideas to the table, but because Americans are unhappy with the way this country is being run and will listen to anyone who is willing to attack the President. Because Palin does this so eloquently, it is natural for Americans to like her.
\r\nHowever, when and if Sarah Palin finds herself in any Federal office, her popularity will begin to diminish when Americans learn she is bringing nothing to the table aside from a few socially conservative acts prohibiting gay marriage and abortion.
\r\nFurther, she has done nothing to display any form of character during her political career. She resigned from the governorship of Alaska under the guise of being harassed by the media. Immediately after, she began a national tour which consists of nothing more than attacking those on the left. With this in mind, I am left to question: Did she really think people would believe her during her resignation speech.?
\r\nThe answer: yes.
\r\nThe Republican Party needs to abandon those on the far right who do nothing but oppose the President’s policies simply because they’re his policies. The ideal presidential candidate for many Americans is one who is socially liberal and fiscally conservative. But, we won’t see this happen as long as the likes of Palin and Fox News continue their reign of the Republican Party. Sadly, the evangelical right would never allow a candidate of this description to make it through the primaries and thus we will find ourselves with either a president on the far right, or another four years of Obama—which doesn’t sound too bad.
\r\nAs President Obama’s popularity dwindles, and it becomes easier to “punish” the president by supporting anyone and everyone who will publically attack him, it becomes easier to support politicians who offer nothing but petty rhetoric. However, we must remember the rhetoric of those on the right is equally as dangerous to our well-being as the rhetoric on the left. If Palin somehow finds herself in the Oval Office, it will be with detrimental results, and we will see a president who is no more effective than President Obama.
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How many more?
Dr. George Tiller, gunned down May 31 in church because Scott Roeder vehemently opposed abortion. William Long, a soldier just out of basic training, shot June 1 as he walked in front of a recruiting center by Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad because he thought American soldiers deserved to die for what they had done to Muslims. Holocaust Museum security guard Stephen Jones, murdered June 10 by elderly white supremacist James von Brunn. This country has seen three shootings in the name of political and religious ideology within three weeks. Side effect: Those who believe the frontline of battle is everywhere are crawling out of the woodwork.
\r\nWhen I wrote before of the dangers of extremist language given legitimacy and the chilling, fearful undercurrent of apocalyptic hyperbole found on Fox News and other media, I received several angry emails. One writer said, “Your [sic] retarded and when your [sic] burning in hell then you will learn.” When I wrote of the Department of Homeland Security’s report about the rise and potential for right-wing extremism, I received an email stating, “You an [sic] all your liberal cronys [sic] are just trying to keep good conservatives from rescuing this country from Hussien [sic] and his fascism.” Side effect: What seemed obvious to me was apparently a slight to others.
\r\nWell, about that rhetoric. In March, U.S. Representative Michelle Bachmann said, \"I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us \'having a revolution every now and then is a good thing.\'” She added that the Republican party needs \"to do everything we can” to be sure the Democrats do not “secure a power base that for all time can never be defeated.\" On June 11, Hal Turner, a Connecticut blogger, surrendered to authorities and was charges with inciting injury to persons or property. Turner urged readers to \"take up arms\" against Connecticut lawmakers and “to put down this tyranny by force.” Side effect: In March, Bachmann’s statements were a joke. In June, law enforcement is no longer laughing.
\r\nAnd about that Department of Homeland Security report. Conservative radio host Michael Savage declared that the government was out \"to take your freedom and guns,” predicting \"a Reichstag fire in this country within one year.\" The Reichstag fire in 1933 was pivotal to the establishment of Nazi Germany. Frequent Fox commentator Michelle Malkin wrote an opinion piece titled \"Confirmed: The Obama DHS hit job on conservatives is real,\" saying, \"the piece of crap report issued on April 7 is a sweeping indictment of conservatives.\" The report was actually ordered by the Bush administration and finished under Janet Napolitano’s watch.
\r\nProgressives aren’t alone in their trepidation. Fox News anchor and commentator Shepard Smith, reporting on the Holocaust Museum shooting, said, “They [DHS] were warning us for a reason – not about something political or social or anything else. It was a warning to us all. And it appears now that they were right.” On another Fox show, Smith spoke of the escalating amount of hate-filled emails he receives daily, saying, “The email has become more and more frightening. It’s not a new thing. It’s been happening over the past few months…There are people now who are way out there on a limb. I mean, they are out there in a scary place.” He proceeded to read an email he called “a representative sample” from a person who claims “Hussein” cannot be president because he is not a U.S. citizen and won’t release his birth certificate. The writer condemned Smith for telling people to get over the belief that Obama is not a U.S. citizen. Side effect: Conservatives are calling for Smith’s head on a platter, some literally, for defending the DHS report and speaking of the inflamed sentiment he sees daily.
\r\nSmith wondered aloud, “If you believe abortion is murder, at what point do you go out and kill someone who is performing abortions?” It’s when people like Bill O\'Reilly demonize the legal conduct of doctors like George Tiller. It’s when every political and moral issue in America is boiled down to a siege on American values daily on Fox’s Glenn Beck show and MSNBC’s Moring Joe. It’s when a report warning us about those with a siege mentality is mocked on those same networks with derision and howls of “Stop picking on us!” These right-wing talking heads are ineptly, indirectly encouraging this mayhem by defending people who possibly want to kill others they see as destroying American values as simply “unjustly singled out” by a government report. When you have a bully pulpit, you are accountable for what you preach. Side effect: Until those like O’Reilly and Beck are held accountable for their smirking stoking of the fire, expect that fire to consume more victims.
\r\nemail the author: questions24@uwyo.edu
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Much has been made over the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United vs. FEC, which significantly altered definitions of free speech and regulations of corporate political spending.
\r\nMany have lashed out against the ruling, stating that a politically motivated court overturned a century of law and precedent in order to kowtow to corporate interests.
\r\nStrident voices across the political spectrum have stated that the Citizens United ruling opens the door to political bribery and corruption. One representative called it the worst Supreme Court decision since Dredd Scott.
\r\nKeith Olbermann stated that with this decision, “within 10 years every politician in this country will be a prostitute.”
\r\nPresident Obama even stated that the “ruling strikes at our democracy itself” and opens the flood gates for special interests to spend without limits in our elections.
\r\nThey all couldn’t be more wrong.
\r\nThe actual facts of the case are fairly benign. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Citizens United (a non-profit group focusing on restoring traditional American values) produced a documentary critical of candidate Hillary Clinton. Citizens United sought to show the film before the Democratic primaries through DirecTV on demand. Additionally, they produced 30-second spots to promote their film. It’s easy to ask what’s all the fuss over.
\r\nAfter all, this was not a big oil, banking or pharmaceutical company. This is simply a grassroots, non-profit organization run by public contributions of Americans who espouse a certain political ideology.
\r\nThe ability of Americans to band together and promote their political views is in essence the basis of our democratic system. All they wanted to do was promote a film that discussed a political candidate. Does a film critical of Hillary Clinton really seem that egregious?
\r\nHowever, under the provisions of the McCain-Feingold Act, for-profit and not-for-profit corporations and unions were banned from broadcasting electioneering communications in the 30 days before a presidential primary and in the 60 days before the general elections.
\r\nAlthough Citizens United was a non-profit operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare and political activism, it was still a corporation, and was thereby banned from the very purpose for which it was established. It wasn’t just the views of Citizens United that were being censored, but rather the entirety of the thousands of individual Americans who chose Citizens United as a representative of their political views.
\r\nEach and every one of these individuals lost their paramount constitutional right of free speech in the political process. Their right to criticize and evaluate a candidate for the presidential office was suspended.
\r\nThe real issue at stake in this case was censorship of free speech, and more importantly, censorship of political speech.
\r\nShould the ACLU be banned from airing political advertisements in the weeks leading up to an election because they are technically a corporation? (The FEC thought so in 1984 when they moved to ban the ACLU’s criticism of Reagan’s civil liberties during his run for re-election.)
\r\nShould labor unions be prohibited from publicly airing their grievances against NAFTA because they too are considered to be corporations? What about a hypothetical ad run by Planned Parenthood criticizing Sarah Palin’s abortion policies? That too would be impermissible as Planned Parenthood is also a corporation.
\r\nThese are all political organizations representing the views of the American public. To restrict their ability to voice their political opinions defrauds each and every American citizen’s right to engage in political debate.
\r\nMoreover, I was not aware of the stipulation of our constitution that being on a corporate payroll suspends one’s right to a political voice. The idea that allowing corporations to spend money on political endorsements will whitewash important issues and obstruct political pluralism is patently absurd.
\r\nFor-profit corporations do not represent a monolithic entity comprised of one view on all issues.
\r\nRather, as we’ve seen from indirect campaign donations, corporations represent a widely varied palette of political ideologies representative of America as a whole. What Citizens United has done is given everyone from the NAACP, the ACLU, Whole Foods and GE an overdue reprieve from censorship in the political process.
\r\nWhat Citizens United does not do is open the floodgates of corporate bribes in our political system. The decision merely permits corporations to spend money on political endorsement and advertising.
\r\nUnder the ruling, corporations are still prohibited from making direct contributions to political candidates. This is an important distinction. Unlimited spending on television commercials is far different than unlimited spending directly into campaign coffers.
\r\nThe issue of the amount of corporate money going directly into politicians’ pockets is indeed an issue.
\r\nOlbermann is at least 20 years behind in his analysis; politicians in this country already are prostitutes.
\r\nWashington is swamped with PAC and lobbyist bribes. One can’t help but wonder about the effect millions of dollars given to our representatives by the Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had upon the sweetheart bailout deal.
\r\nThat is the time of campaign reform that is vitally necessary, not what Americans can access through DirecTV on demand on a Friday night.
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\r\nOne of the main arguments used for listing cats as predators is that cats kill birds and therefore can kill endangered birds like sage grouse. This argument is spurious at best. In a 2000 report by the World Conservation Union surveying 1,173 threatened bird species, habitat loss was the most important threat, affecting 83% of the bird species sampled. If cats were the biggest threat against sage grouse, engineering and construction companies wouldn’t have to stop work during sage grouse mating season. Side effect: The argument falls apart when critically examined.
\r\nIn addition, Wyoming animal cruelty statutes do not protect stray cats. Cats can be taken by any means, and there is no requirement that these methods be humane. Theoretically, three high school students could find a stray cat with a collar and ID tag, kick it to death for fun, and face no punishment. Wyoming defines felony animal cruelty as “knowingly and with intent to cause death, injury or undue suffering, cruelly beats, tortures, torments, injures or mutilates an animal resulting in the death or required euthanasia of the animal.” This is punishable by a fine of up to $5000 and/or imprisonment up to 2 years. The law further gives exemptions for hunting or predatory animals among others. The lack of a collar and a loving home does not mean that a cat is incapable of “undue suffering.” It can be argued it is exceptionally brutal to murder a feral cat, since feral cats by nature are terrified of humans. Side effect: Torturing stray cats isn’t a crime as long as the ID tag doesn’t list your home address.
\r\nIf having cats listed as nuisance predators had any positive effects, other states would have followed Wyoming\'s lead. Even states that have done considerable research on urban-suburban cat predation, like Wisconsin, have not suggested listing cats as predators. In fact, when the Wisconsin legislature voted to list stray cats as predators several years ago, the governor refused to sign the measure. Side effect: Wyoming is the only state to allow needless death of stray cats without just cause.
\r\nIt is a crime to shoot a dog for fun. But not a stray cat. In many rural areas of Wyoming, feeding stray cats is a crime warranting a fine and a citation ordering the “offender” to trap and dispose of the stray cats. Those who feed stray dogs are heroes. Cats are not predatory animals in the same class as coyotes, and yet, Wyoming puts them in the same class. Several measures have been introduced before the Wyoming state legislature to remedy this, but all measures have been met with fierce opposition by animal control and the Wyoming Fish and Game. Side effect: Legislators brave enough to take this on are laughed at and threatened.
\r\nI own three cats. It turns my stomach to think that if, God forbid, one of them got outside, any of the three could be killed for no reason other than being a stray. There’s Noelle, who could be mistaken for a feral cat due to her shyness. She loves belly rubs and drinking from the tap. There’s Rocco, a hypoallergenic cat with indoor allergies. He loves to chase a laser light. There’s also Marley. He loves to flip foam balls into the air and chase them all over the house. These are not predatory animals. They have names, collars, tags, personalities and are loved. These are vulnerable animals in need of protection. I cannot fathom the type of person who can look into a furry little eight-pound cat’s face and pull the trigger. Side effect: Apparently, the Wyoming legislature can, and is comfortable with that thought.
\r\nemail author: questions24@gmail.edu
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Traditionally, the week of the Super Bowl is reserved for picks and analysis.
\r\nI’m not going to do that. No one wants to see me analyze for 600 words.
\r\nThat being said, I will concern myself with the second most important thing surrounding the Super Bowl—gambling.
\r\nA lot of money will be lost on Sunday and most of it will fall to the prop bet. Those bets that allow people to wager on who will score first, who the MVP will be and other small nuances that make the gambler feel as though they’re actually in charge. So, for Super Bowl XLIV, here are my top five prop bets that I wish actually existed:
\r\n5. Over/Under 1,000 television remotes damaged during the game:
\r\nEveryone has a friend who loves their team just a little bit more than he does his remote control. If you don’t have this friend, then you are the one who is highly invested in replacement remotes. At some point, a fan of either of these teams will watch a play that is illogical, irrational or just plain boneheaded and that fan will respond in kind—by throwing his remote. I would bet the under. Saints fans just seem happy to have a team in the Super Bowl and Colts fans love Peyton Manning too much.
\r\n4. Over/Under 1 minute and 42 seconds for the National Anthem:
\r\n(Actually, this one really exists on some sports books.) I like our National Anthem but every year as a result of too much hype surrounding the event, I start watching way too early and end up having to sit through the whole thing. Carrie Underwood is singing it this year. I don’t know if I’d bet on this and because it’s an actual prop, I feel the best advice I could give would be to use the break for National Anthem to add another layer of greasy salty goodness to your homemade nachos.
\r\n3. Over/Under three sightings of Kim Kardashian:
\r\nReggie Bush’s girlfriend is sure to get some air time, though I’m not sure why. (Side note: When the Lakers visited the White House, Lamar Odom’s wife, Khloe Kardashian, was photographed shaking hands with Barack Obama. This is definitely a low-point for the Obama administration.) I think I saw her twice on the broadcast of the NFC title game so I would bet the over because this game is more widely covered and is likely to not be as close.
\r\n2. Total yards gained by both teams vs. total calories you consume while watching the game:
\r\nThis is a no-brainer. Always bet the calories. If both teams rack up 600 yards, we’re still not up to the amount of calories that you’ll consume in the first half. Face it, every year you go to a party and you eat, even if you’re not hungry. If this bet existed, I’d bet the calories. Although if this bet existed, then Vegas would probably make the odds so unfavorable that there’d be no point in playing it.
\r\n1. Peyton Manning Super Bowl ads vs. Peyton Manning touchdowns:
\r\nWho doesn’t love Peyton Manning? Advertisers love him. Wide receivers love him. Everybody wins! So, why not pit these two up against each other? Is Peyton Manning more marketable than he is dominant? Probably not. I would bet the touchdown passes. Regardless, Peyton will find a way to entertain America.
\r\nBy the way, Colts over the Saints 31-23.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-03 01:51:19','104','Tom Hesse','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-03 13:00:00','2010-02-17 07:00:00','','','','0','0','778','bet, peyton, super, manning, game, love, bowl, calories, prop, existed, point, national, anthem, over/under, teams, year, don’t, consume, remotes, friend','Traditionally, the week of the Super Bowl is reserved for picks and analysis. \r\n\r\nI’m not going to do that. No one wants to see me analyze for 600 words.\r\n\r\nThat being said, I will concern myself with the second most important thing surrounding the Super Bowl—gambling. ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1475','Economic Situation Worsens','economic-situation-worsens','','As the economic situation across the country worsens, lawmakers are forcing themselves to think creatively to make up for severe budget shortfalls. In many states, lawmakers are considering so-called “sin taxes” on many vices. Taxes on soda are already facing federal consideration after tax increase of $1.01 on most tobacco products took effect April 1. Side effect: Sinners pay an increased penance.
\r\nMany states are not comfortable with tax increases on struggling, law-abiding citizens, but these same states are also at ease with arresting people who are unable to pay court-ordered fees and fines and locking them up. On the surface, this sounds logical – people ordered to pay fines are being punished by the court for some kind of offense against the state. However, logic disintegrates when thinking about people like Valerie Gainous. In 1996, she was convicted of writing bad checks; she paid restitution and performed community service. In early 2009, she received a letter telling her that she was again facing jail time for failing to pay $240 in leftover court fees, which she could not afford. In Florida, judges often throw debtors in jail when the defendant cannot pay. Side effects: Incarceration makes it likely that fines will never be paid, since defendants often lose their jobs by being absent, and taxpayers pay extra to arrest, house, and prosecute indebted defendants.
\r\nThe Constitution forbids jailing people solely over debts, but officials insist that, technically, they are jailing people because they violated court orders. This argument is used in Wyoming, especially with crimes involving court-ordered drug treatment costs. Wyoming has slowly shifted the focus on drug crimes in most counties from retribution to rehabilitation. This falters in practice because no matter the treatment ordered by the court, the offender must usually pay out of pocket. Very few criminal defendants have health insurance that will pay for even a part of substance abuse treatment. The defendant is court-ordered to comply with all aspects of treatment, including paying the bill. Wyoming currently has two facilities operating on a sliding fee scale – otherwise, an uninsured patient must pay the entire cost upfront at private treatment center. The average cost of 30 days of inpatient treatment is $7,000. Treatment centers are not often willing to negotiate payment plans – drug addicts are traditionally a credit risk. Side effect: By default, defendants are court-ordered to pay bills that are often out of reach.
\r\nGainous differs from most Wyoming defendants threatened with incarceration. Wyoming typically jails those with fines as a last resort. Frequently, judges in Wyoming are forced into a Catch-22 by the law. The treatment facilities deserve to be paid, but it is completely immoral to jail someone who cannot pay treatment bills – any other type of bills would be a civil matter, and imprisonment for non-payment is not an option. Annually, college students account for more than 155,000 liquor law violations and more than 26,000 drug arrests – this is not including underage drinking citations. Those convicted of drug offenses can not only face massive treatment bills and court costs, but the loss of federal financial aid. The financial costs of even a minor drug offense are enormous. Side effect: Lip-service measures like court-ordered drug treatment at private facilities are as effective as a band-aid on a bullet wound.
\r\nShannon Russell, the supervisor of the Leon County Court collections department in Florida, said, “People come in and say, ‘I can’t pay this.’ My answer is, ‘You shouldn’t have gotten arrested.’ ” This overly simplistic, condescending argument does not help those who have committed a crime and are now attempting to better themselves. “Shouldn’t have” does not translate to anything but hopelessness. UCLA released a study in 2007 that found, even without considering the direct value to addicts of improved health and quality of life, allocating taxpayer dollars to substance abuse treatment is a wise investment. Forget Pepsi and Twinkie taxes. States must stop irrationally rounding people up for debts that are often smaller than the cost of arresting those debtors and instead focus on the development of highly successful, inexpensive drug courts or state-funded rehabilitation programs. The motivation to become a functioning member of society is removed when that society is perceived as fundamentally unjust. Side effect: Rehabilitation becomes a sick retribution on those who genuinely need help.
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\r\nThe study compared college student responses to a personality survey in 1938 with responses to that same survey in 2007 and found several factors trending up, including a feeling that \"the rules don\'t apply to me,\" depression and anxiety.
\r\nThe authors of the study rightly point out that none of this tells us why a generation is growing up gloomy (they dither that maybe it\'s because we\'re in a more superficial society). At the same time, some academics question whether it\'s really happening at all, since we\'re talking about the results of a single survey, and a demographically very different cohort may have taken it this time around. It\'s also possible, I\'d like to add, that the people in those more stoic times answered the questions with a tad more reticence than the people in these \"Let it all hang out (and tell Oprah about it, too!)\" times.
\r\nAnd—one more caveat—I think it\'s great that kids do feel they can admit to psychological misery and avail themselves of help. (So thank—sort of— Oprah.)
\r\nBut it is also quite possible that American young adults are, as the study suggests, simply less resilient today than the young adults in the Depression—which wouldn\'t surprise me one whit.
\r\nNot that I pine for the days when kids milked cows or mined coal. (Doing the dishes? That\'s another story. Picking up the towels that don\'t just magically head back to the bathroom on their own? Hallelujah!) But in the normal course of growing up, children were—until very recently—expected to really help the family out. This not only gave parents a cheap source of labor but also gave kids an easy source of purpose and pride.
\r\nAnother essay I was reading the other day talked about how we give our kids so many \"virtual\" opportunities to grow up but so few real ones these days.
\r\nYes, you can go abroad, my 18-year-old darling—with a college program that organizes everything for you, right down to a meal plan. Yes, you can help build a village, my 22-year-old dumpling—and leave after three weeks with the schoolhouse unfinished but your course work done. There\'s nothing bad about these programs, but they can\'t possibly instill the same kind of self-esteem that comes from actually doing something on one\'s own. That\'s why it\'s called \"self\"-esteem, not \"college-organized\"-esteem.
\r\nAdd to all this babying the extra whammy that for some reason, our kids believe we expect them to rule the world and make millions (I don\'t know why they think we expect that, but often they do) and you are bound to end up with some self-flagellating young folks who just feel they are not making it. In her book \"A Nation of Wimps,\" “Psychology Today\'s” Hara Marano documents the stories of kids breaking down on campus when they\'re finally—and suddenly—given grown-up freedom. These are kids whose loving parents fought their battles and edited their papers and chose their classes. Sometimes those parents even pick up the phone and call their kids\' professors.
\r\nThe kids feel 3 years old.
\r\nWhat would help? Well, I don\'t think anyone\'s opting for a new Depression. But giving kids more independence and responsibility as they\'re growing up is a great idea. Simple things, such as babysitting jobs and paper routes and maybe even writing their own college essays.
\r\nOur kids don\'t have to wake up at dawn and bale hay to thrive. But to play \"pretend grown-up\" while being kept a child is harder than any game. And there isn\'t even a winner.
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\r\nIn December 2006, John Edwards announced his candidacy for President in New Orleans from the yard of a partially finished home previously destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. It was an uphill battle from the start. His wife, Elizabeth Edwards, a breast cancer survivor, made the painful announcement in March 2007 that her cancer had metastasized and was “incurable, but treatable.” And yet, the Edwards family soldiered on, Elizabeth not looking at all ill, just slightly weary. By the beginning of 2008, Edwards lagged far behind in the primaries and on Jan. 30, he announced that he was suspending his candidacy. During his campaign, there was no indication of the tawdry scandal that would seal his political fate. Side effect: John Edwards being discredited was more shocking than the actual, somewhat mundane events themselves.
\r\nIt was difficult to believe the initial reports of John Edwards’ unfaithfulness with a no-name sometimes videographer, sometimes astrologist. He seemed so devoted to his family, especially his cancer-stricken wife. The other woman, Rielle Hunter, didn’t exude the quiet grace with which Elizabeth Edwards carried herself. Besides, the story was coming from The National Enquirer – not the most reliable news source. But slowly, the story gathered steam, and finally barreled through the AP wires after The National Enquirer published grainy photos of Edwards holding a baby in a hotel room with Rielle Hunter. The accompanying article, where the reporter described chasing Edwards into a bathroom to get a quote, shook supporters to the core. A politician caught committing adultery was nothing new. The shock was from the realization that John Edwards wasn’t this honest and plainspoken man after all. Supporters of Edwards saw him as a golden crusader, a clear-cut warrior for the impoverished. He was mortal after all, and a sleaze to boot. Side effects: Half in Ten, the anti-poverty organization Edwards chaired, has erased all mention of him from their website, his supporters felt betrayed and his career was destroyed.
\r\nI don’t pity Edwards. I was repulsed when he explained to ABC News that he fell victim to “an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that you can do whatever you want.” He further explained his rationale by saying, “You\'re invincible. And there will be no consequences.\" However, the most nauseating part of the interview was when he insisted he cheated on his wife while her cancer was in remission and said it in all seriousness. I hoped to God that his family was not watching this slick display of pathological narcissism.
\r\nStill, the damage that Edwards wrought with his faithlessness will not be cleared any easier than the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina he used as a backdrop. The saga is now more vulgar with Elizabeth Edwards’ new book, Resilience. In the book, she blames Hunter for her husband’s betrayal, writing, “It didn’t occur to me that at a fancy hotel…where he sat with a potential donor to his antipoverty work, he would be targeted by a woman who would…wait for him outside the hotel hours later when he returned from a dinner, wait with the come-on line ‘You are so hot.’” Blaming the other woman absolves the philandering husband from blame. I have a different explanation: Nothing happened that John Edwards did not want to happen, except for perhaps the cute little baby who bears a striking resemblance to Edwards and that Elizabeth refers to as an “it.” Elizabeth also confides that she knew about the affair in 2006 and writes, “He should not have run.” Side effect: The Edwards family appears closer to Jerry Springer than Camelot.
\r\nOne prevalent tragedy weaving through this narrative is that the grandiose plans John Edwards spoke about enthusiastically to reduce poverty had a genuine basis in reality. Half in Ten, crippled by the loss of large donors after Edwards’ downfall, is a shadow of its former, ambitious self. As is John Edwards. His political career is ashes, and the feds are investigating whether or not he used campaign funds to quiet Rielle Hunter. It is somehow fitting that this whole unseemly matter was first exposed by a celebrity tabloid specializing in the obscene. When the dust settles, what is left is a woman with inoperable cancer, two little children clinging to her side as she remembers what gift she told her fiancé, John Edwards, to give her when they married 31 years ago. She said all she wanted was for him to be faithful. Side effect: That is all the supporters of Edwards wanted as well.
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The relationship between a fan and Brett Favre is easily, though disturbingly comparable to marriage. Though I have never been married, from what I have heard, there is certain turmoil that comes with the happiness.
Instead of elaborating on my well-known love-affair-like fanhood of No. 4, I will put it simply that I am OK with Favre’s last throw being an interception. He’s cooler because of it. His imperfection and rough-and-tough swagger was what made him great.
\r\nAny real Brett Favre fan knows that even though he was a gunslinger to rival cowboys of the old west, he was never going to ride into the sunset. Such an ending in the NFL is so rare that few have actually been able to do it.
\r\nI could sit here and argue that the officiating in the NFC Championship game was horrible or that Adrian Peterson did his best to fumble away the game.
\r\nHowever, all of that does not matter. It may really be over this time, and because of that fact, it’s time to give him some respect.
\r\nDiscussing his real retirement has an air of the uncertainty of Tupac’s death. Even though it may take a drive-by shooting to rival the rapper’s alleged death to keep Favre off the field for good, it may be over this time.
\r\nI may eat my words and Favre may come back, or he might just release a rap album of his never-released songs never to be seen again, only to be talked about as the greatest rapper of all-time.
\r\nYes, everyone will remember the last interception, but they should remember the brutal beating he took all game long at 40 years old.
\r\nThey should remember the way he played through the pain, and led a team from mediocrity to almost the best in the NFC this year.
\r\nPackers fans forgave him for the betrayal of putting on the Vikings colors, and NFL fans even started to forgive him for the re-anti-un-retirement plague he brought to their television sets every off-season.
\r\nThey forgave because there’s no other quarterback like him. Sure, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady may be talked about as better quarterbacks in the end, but Favre will always be Favre.
\r\nManning and Brady are compared but no one is compared to Favre. Show me another player take a hit roll out, underhand a throw to a receiver for maybe four yards, and then get up and smack a referee on the rear end—all while wearing a smile that makes him look 35 years younger.
\r\nIf you think Peyton Manning is funny, YouTube Brett Favre and Kenny Mayne or Brett Favre sound bites and watch as Favre walks around snowing Green Bay naked to prepare for the cold season as a Packer.
\r\nIn the end, it’s about how he played the game. Sure, he has the numbers—good and bad—but people watched Brett Favre for the death blossom spirals that he could wing into the endzone.
\r\nSo here’s to Favre. May he stay away this time, because if he puts on a Bears jersey next season I’m not sure that’s something I can forgive.
\r\nEmail the author.
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\r\nI am thrilled this legislation finally passed. U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette D-Colo., who cosponsored the measure, said, “Every hate crime is an attack on the liberty and equality valued by every American. This legislation will provide state and local law enforcement agencies with resources they need to investigate and prosecute hate crimes, while also protecting the exercise of free speech and religious expression provided under our Constitution.” Side effect: Crimes of hate and bias against those in the GLBTQ community can be investigated thoroughly without being compromised by lack of funding or resources.
\r\nHowever, I am ashamed of our lone representative, Cynthia Lummis. Lummis voted against this legislation, in lockstep with every U.S. House member of the GOP. Ryan Taylor, Lummis’ press secretary, said Lummis voted against it because it is a “state’s rights” issue. This is an egregious insult to the people of Wyoming. The city of Laramie will never fully recover from the horrific, hate-motivated murder of Matthew Shepard. On Oct. 7, 1998, Matthew, who was openly gay, met Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson at the Fireside Bar in Laramie. They offered Matthew a ride and drove him to the outskirts of town, where he was robbed, pistol-whipped with a .357 Magnum, tortured, tied to a fence and left to die alone on the bitter, windy Wyoming prairie. He was discovered 18 hours later, comatose and still tied to the fence. The deputy who first responded said the only spots not covered in blood on his brutally disfigured face were the tracks made by his tears. He never regained consciousness and died on Oct. 12 at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo. Police arrested McKinney and Henderson shortly thereafter, finding the bloody gun as well as Matthew’s shoes and wallet in their truck. Each man received two consecutive sentences of life in prison. Side effect: Laramie is forever associated with the bigotry that provoked this atrocious murder.
\r\nRep. Cynthia Lummis is from Cheyenne and graduated from the University of Wyoming, the same school Matthew Shepard attended. He never got to graduate—his life was mercilessly taken from him before he completed his studies. Lummis is a mother, and she voted dispassionately against the legislation as Judy Shepard, Matthew’s mother, looked on. Judy Shepard has tearfully testified numerous times before Congress about Matthew dying from a beating so severe that his brain stem was unable to regulate his vital signs and his skull was crushed into his brain. His parents live every day with the knowledge that this vicious violence was inflicted upon their son because he was gay.
\r\nI cannot fathom the callousness that allows Rep. Lummis, who lived so close to Laramie, to hear this heart-wrenching testimony, to know what happened and yet vote no. At least Former Representative Barbara Cubin, who was ineffective at best, sponsored a U.S. House resolution in 1998 condemning the murder and bringing national attention to the crime. Cubin said, “We cannot lie down, we cannot bury our heads and we cannot sit on our hands. We will not stand for the arbitrary killing of other people due to any hateful act of intolerance.” Rep. Cubin recognized the anguish felt by the residents of Wyoming. Rep. Lummis failed to make this sorrow out over her slavish devotion to the GOP. Side effect: Rep. Cynthia Lummis punted her responsibility to the citizens of Laramie and the state of Wyoming with a feeble, vague “state’s rights” explanation.
\r\nRep. Lummis is no better than Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., who said, as Judy Shepard sat in the gallery, “I also would like to point out that there was a bill—the hate crimes bill that’s called the Matthew Shepard bill—named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay.”
\r\nIt wasn’t an “unfortunate incident.” It was a sickening display of hatred. I cannot imagine the pain that Judy Shepard felt as someone who never knew her son dismissed his killing as an “unfortunate incident.” Sgt. Rob DeBree, the chief investigator on the case, said, “They knew damn well he was gay ... It started out as a robbery and I sincerely believe the other activity was because he was gay. That is one thousand percent torture, what occurred to that boy.” She is no better than State House Rep. Frank Peasley, R-Converse, who said Laramie needs to “get over the whole Matthew Shepard thing” in February during the judiciary committee vote on HR 17, The Defense of Marriage Amendment. Side effect: If Wyoming voters send Rep. Cynthia Lummis back in 2010, we’re no better either.
\r\n“Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible repugnance, unsteadiness, cheeriness or elucidation.
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Poor Mr. Obama, one year in office and you really seem to have your hands full. Your approval ratings are continuing to plummet, health care is becoming more of a dream than a reality and the GOP just retook a Senate seat in what was once thought to be a Democratic stronghold.
It should come as no surprise that Obama has had a rough first year in office, between his plummeting approval ratings and the victory of Scott Brown in Massachusetts. Indeed, I would almost go as far to say, one could see this coming.
\r\nThink back to the 2008 election—everyone was ecstatic over this soon-to-be president. On Inauguration Day, Joe Schmoes and political pundits alike hailed this new era in politics, hoisting the president to be a deity, not a mere human like the rest of us.
\r\nIt’s easy for us to forget that, the president inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and on top of that, he inherited two wars. In short, he had his plate full.
\r\nApproval ratings aside, the President hasn’t had such a bad first year in office. The passage of the stimulus package last winter has helped to save jobs, and it has arguably kept us out of a depression. In addition to the stimulus package, Obama has established efforts to remove troops from Iraq and concentrate our efforts on Afghanistan. Were these popular actions? Probably not, but they were incredibly necessary.
\r\nOf course, one cannot forget what is arguably Obama’s biggest initiative since taking office: Health care reform. Health care reform will perhaps be the biggest loss to the president as a result of what seems to be bipolarity among voters. With the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts, the passage of solid health care reform suddenly becomes unlikely.
\r\nObama’s low approval ratings are indicative of one of the biggest flaws in election politics: Americans are incredibly impatient, and want to see results immediately. This is the same reason the once highly popular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have become so unpopular, and it will also be the same reason Obama becomes increasingly unpopular as well.
\r\nOur expectation of politicians to give us the world is their downfall. When Obama took office, Americans expected the nation to rise out of an economic crisis overnight. Some expected the passage of health care reform the next day, and others expected all the world’s problems to be solved. When this didn’t happen, Americans were angry; they blamed the president, and then decided they wanted to elect GOP members into Congress to find out of they could do a better job.
\r\nThe campaign theme of those seeking office this fall will inevitably concentrate on the disappointment Americans are feeling as a result of Obama not being Superman, and this strategy will probably win a great number of elections. After all, failure is always the best weapon to use against someone who is in office.
\r\nLow approval ratings have always been the plague of our leaders and will always be the downfall of our elected leaders. I almost pity our presidents and our congressmen. We expect them to solve all of the world’s problems upon taking office, and when they fail, a lynch mob assembles outside of their homes.
\r\nPoor Mr. Obama, you came into office with the weight of hopeful Americans on your shoulders, and when you failed to deliver to their every need, the mobs assembled on your lawn, and the American people lost all faith in hope and change. Poor Mr. President, you can feel faith in your abilities slowly slipping away. Indeed Mr. President, even you are not immune to the harsh realities of Washington Politics.
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I feel that same foreboding yet again. Since March 1, over 90 people have been killed in senseless, seemingly random shootings. On April 3, a gunman killed 13 people and wounded four others before killing himself at a community center for immigrants in New York. On April 4, three Pittsburgh police officers were killed by a man fearing “the Obama gun ban.” In Alabama, 10 people died in a rampage that spanned two towns. In North Carolina, eight people were killed at a nursing home. A father murdered his five children in Washington as they slept. Last week, another father killed his wife and three young children before killing himself in Middletown, Md. He left six notes detailing his depression and his $450,000 debt. Turn on the news and it’s one shooting after another after another. Side effect: The shootings become a nebulous, singular tragedy.
\r\nThe second amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. In many states, obtaining arms to bear is easier than buying Sudafed. In Wyoming, along with over 20 other states, a private citizen can sell a weapon at a gun show to anyone. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agent Tom Mangan explains, “If I go to a gun show and state ‘this is my private collection,’ I am not required by law to ask you for identification, ask you to fill out any paperwork or conduct a background check.” This loophole leads to untraceable, readily available firearms. The majority of people who attend and sell at gun shows are law-abiding citizens. However, at a gun show I attended in 2004, one private collector featured M16s and M4 carbines. He enthusiastically told one camouflage-clad man, “The U.S. Marines use these bastards! You can blow a man’s heart out with these!” Side effect: High powered, semi-automatic weapons can be obtained by anyone from an unscrupulous private collector.
\r\nRight now, our gun control policy is nothing but writing shooters off as paranoid, sick individuals and bringing flowers to candlelit vigils. Most gun control measures are fervently opposed by the right and the left, but recently, anti-gun control obsession has a dark undercurrent. Web sites hailing Glenn Beck’s rants about the unfounded “Obama gun ban” and his bizarre “War Room” discussion as heroic are flooding the Internet. On Feb. 20, Glenn Beck and assorted “experts” discussed possible civil unrest and revolutionary scenarios by militia groups, while saying, “I hope to God this never happens, but it might, especially if Obama moves forward with this gun ban.” Fringe pro-gun advocates are organizing under the banner of “Molon labe,” which is Greek for “come and get them.” One site lauds Timothy McVeigh as an unjustly executed political prisoner and points out, “We grossly outnumber them—if we organize. How can even 30 cops stand down every Molon labe patriot who bands together in defense of each other?” Side effect: The combination of a crumbling economy and massive financial and governmental corruption are creating a perfect, unrecognized storm ripe for violence.
\r\nOur Founding Fathers were undoubtedly concerned about potential tyranny with an unarmed populace, but I cannot see how they would be at ease with gun show loopholes, accessible high-powered assault rifles, and fear-mongering pundits whipping listeners into a froth over an imaginary gun ban. Our nation cannot continue insipid, reckless denial over the need for federal regulation of the gun trade. Registries are not an invasion of privacy. Every time a car changes hands, it must be registered. Waiting periods are not unreasonable—I cannot fathom one legitimate reason for a person to need a gun right now, and not five days from now. Background checks are performed by nearly every would-be employer. We must also renew the assault weapons ban and clarify what guns are banned. A .22 caliber semi-automatic hunting rifle has a legitimate purpose in the hands of a private citizen. An AK-47 does not. Unfortunately, these measures cannot prevent all gun violence—in most mass shootings, the perpetrator’s weapons were legally possessed and registered. But we cannot sit idle any longer. Side effect: Until we can have a rational, coherent debate on gun control, the U.S. will see many more candlelit vigils and families left asking why.
\r\n“Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible repugnance, unsteadiness, cheeriness or elucidation.
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Apparently, hope and change only have a one-year shelf life. At least that’s what we learned from Massachusetts two nights ago.
Scott Brown’s upset victory of Ted Kennedy’s vacated senate position was certainly an eyebrow raiser.
\r\nFirst, Brown has filled a spot that had been held by democrats (let’s face it, an inheritance chain of Kennedy’s) for the greater part of the last century. Even simply for the sake of history and the power of precedent, Brown’s contradiction to these notions is impressive.
\r\nHowever, Brown’s triumph didn’t come in a borderline, politically divided state. Rather, Massachusetts appeared to be an impregnable liberal stronghold.
\r\nAfter all, this was a state Obama carried by 24 points. This was a true blue state through and through, along with California and New York, one of the crown jewels of the liberal empire.
\r\nAt the outset of the race, Brown even making a close call of the vote would have represented a minor victory. To actually win was considered something of an impossibility. Not only is the simple victory impressive, but how Brown accomplished this feat was an eye-opener—one that will be sending political shock waves for months.
\r\nBrown did not resort to any of the capitulation usually required of republicans running for major office in Massachusetts. There were really no compromises or whitewashing of conservative ideologies in order to make himself a more palatable candidate. If anything we had the complete opposite extreme.
\r\nThe campaign appeared far more like something you’d see coming out of Wyoming than Cape Cod, with Brown bragging about his truck and employing an “aw-shucks” rhetoric.
\r\nBrown can be viewed as the first chosen candidate for the newfound “tea party” electorate. He appealed broadly to these sensibilities with a no-nonsense, simplicity-inflected approach that contrasted sharply with typically utilized political jargon. Brown’s message was almost entirely based on tea party’s key government reductionist platform. Almost exclusively, Brown trumpeted the idea of constricting government size and spending and turned the health care proposal into a punching bag. Against the odds these strategies led to reach ramifications.
\r\nMost importantly, Massachusetts’ voters responded to these tactics. Tea party strategies proved successful in electing their first candidate. What had largely been dismissed as a passing fad seems to be cementing itself into a genuinely powerful socio-political movement.
\r\nAgain, let us be reminded of the importance of Massachusetts as a stage. This isn’t a victory for a tea party candidate in a give-away rustbelt or Midwestern state, this is a victory in a bastion of liberalism. The tea party movement now has proven supporters and a promise of extreme viability. If the tea party’s ultraconservative message can be successful in a place like Massachusetts, it can work anywhere.
\r\nThe lagging republican party that appeared on the verge of utter collapse following its beat down last election now appears to be regaining its legs. They now have a clear message that reaches to a wide range of Americans regardless of party affiliation, in sharp contrast to the convoluted mess we saw out of the McCain/Palin ticket. This message is finding willing ears.
\r\nBy attacking the current administration’s fiscal policies, especially pointedly criticizing the health care bill, Brown was essentially drawing a line in the sand and asking Americans to take sides. Voters responded in kind by electing Brown based on promises to vehemently oppose current government initiatives. Polls of Massachusetts’ voters revealed a growing dissatisfaction with the administration and general democratic policy.
\r\nCredit reform ended up with little more than ludicrously elevated interest rates. Health care reform evolved into nothing but a big, wet kiss for insurance and pharmaceutical companies. The hundreds of billions of dollars of the American public’s tax dollars have simply funded massive bonus packages and record corporate profits while the unemployment rate continues to climb and the average American’s quality of life dwindles.
\r\nIt’s clear that Obama’s rhetoric is ringing hollow with the crowds as we continue to see variance with what he preaches. Most damningly, Brown and the tea party message was embraced as an alternative to the status quo, an embodiment of change and hope to a disillusioned America.
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\r\nThe movement has support from numerous Fox pundits, plus millions of Fox News radio and cable followers. The movement was born two months ago when on-air CNBC editor Rick Santelli ranted about staging a “Chicago Tea Party” to protest the president’s bailout programs. The movement spread with protestors gleefully invoking the Founding Fathers dumping tea into the Boston Harbor to protest taxation by King George. There’s a big problem with this comparison: The colonists had no representation. The people at these tea parties do have representation. The representatives in the House and Senate were democratically elected, as opposed to being a part of an oppressive monarchy. Side effect: The point of “no representation” is significantly weakened.
\r\nBut perhaps tea party protestors should be taken seriously. On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, spoke of Texas’ long independent streak at a tea party as the crowd began chanting “Secede, secede!” Interestingly enough, the crowd began chanting “USA, USA!” after Perry left the stage. Perry said he doesn’t think Texas should secede from the union, but added that Texans are getting fed up with Washington and that it’s unknown what that might lead to one day. Protestors at the rally held signs that read, “We came unarmed…this time.” Side effect: The tea parties give the truly paranoid and delusional legitimacy.
\r\nSo, who’s stirring up the paranoia? Fox News devoted a full day of coverage to the events, while insisting it was not promotion. Yet on the April 13 edition of America’s Newsroom, co-host Bill Hemmer said, “Can’t get to a tea party? Fox Nation hosts a virtual tea party. You can check it out on the site for the location of a tea party in your area.” But before anti-tax fervor, Glenn Beck was furiously stirring up gun proponents on Bill O’Reilly’s show. Beck said, in reference to the Alabama man who shot 10 people in a rampage, “But as I’m listening to him, I’m thinking about the American people that feel disenfranchised right now. They feel like nobody’s hearing their voice. The government isn’t hearing their voice…How do you not have those people turn into that guy?” Bill O’Reilly quickly tried to act as the voice of reason, insisting that people like that have some kind of mental illness. Beck maintained, “You don’t think people get pushed to the wall?” The following week, Beck interviewed an NRA spokesperson about how our gun rights are vanishing under Obama’s watch. But, it’s not just Beck. During a March 18 webcast of FoxNews.com’s “Freedom Watch,” Andrew Napolitano introduced a segment about “what the government has done to take your liberty and your property away.” Then, he welcomed onto the show the 9/11 conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who began ranting about “exposing” the New World Order and the threat posed by an emerging “global government.” Napolitano let him spout off then said, “I appreciate what you’re exposing.”
\r\nRecently, the Department of Homeland Security released a report titled, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” Those covering the tea parties emphasized different parts of the report, especially a part of the summary detailing people who may be particularly vulnerable to recruitment by these extremists. The report read, “The return of disgruntled war veterans could swell the ranks of white-power militias” and foster “rightwing extremism in the United States, including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.” Beck seized upon this, claiming the government was contemptuous of our veterans. Not so. The report details the outreach these groups make to veterans with combat training who are having difficulty finding work and assimilating back into their communities. The potential for violence is there. Side effect: The anti-government sentiment can boil over severely.
\r\nThese tea parties, championed by so-called “populist” heroes on Fox News are at best, misguided people manipulated to gain ratings, at worst, possible recruiting grounds for rightwing extremist movements. Fox News is negligently stroking both into a frenzy. I respect the right to protest the government, but these protests, mixed with guns and resentment, have the potential for violence. Side effect: The terrorism we may need to be most concerned about now is that which comes in the form of patriotism.
\r\nDescription of bottom: “Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible antipathy, dizziness, incredulity or perception.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-04-17 01:34:46','106','Meg Lanker','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-04-17 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','769','tea, people, fox, ”, party, government, side, beck, parties, effect, news, day, tax, protest, report, movement, bill, read, began, wednesday','This Wednesday was tax day, and for many Americans, it was the day where last-minute annual payments to Uncle Sam were quickly calculated and mailed. However, this April 15th saw a different kind of tax day in the form of tea parties. The tea party movement, breathlessly “covered” (read: promoted) by Fox News, encouraged people to march on their state capitols to protest the bailouts and the stimulus packages. Watching the coverage Wednesday, I veered between abject horror and disgust. A man at a tea party waved a sign reading, “Stimulous [sic] slave” and was dressed like Lady Liberty with a pig mask. He screamed into the mike held by a CNN reporter, “We’re demanding no taxation without representation! This is a very serious movement!” Side effect: It is hard to take anyone in a pig mask waving a misspelled sign seriously.\r\n\r\n','0','2','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1484','A salute to football’s gunslingers','a-salute-to-footballs-gunslingers','','On Sunday, fans of professional football will get to see the greatest gunslinger in the history of quarterbacks. That day, Brett Favre will take the field for a shot at his third Super Bowl appearance. Favre’s hand has only one lonely championship ring. This is surprising, considering that Favre is in the conversation for greatest quarterbacks of all time. So why does the greatest gunslinger of all time only have one Super Bowl victory? Because he is the greatest gunslinger of all time.
\r\nGunslinger is much more than a word to describe a gifted quarterback who takes chances. The gunslinger is the reason football players are cool. It is a state of mind. It is the fire inside a select few that drives them in ways which make head coaches call for celebrations and defibrillators. It is both Achilles and Achilles’ heel. A gunslinger is a player so special, that to put them in the most important position in sports is both an act of genius and of lunacy.
\r\nThe line that separates quarterback from gunslinger is thin. It’s something special that transcends sports.
\r\nYou know that friend you have who has a 2-27 record with girls who are way out of his league? Whatever drives him to that is the same thing that drives Jay Cutler to lower his shoulder rather than to slide. It’s why Aaron Brooks wasn’t afraid to leave the pocket and it’s why Austyn Carta-Samuels kept his legs moving on every play against Fresno State.
\r\nThat mentality is present in all walks of life, but it is when we put that personality in charge of an offense that we see its true magic.
\r\nWhen your favorite team is captained by such an individual there is no telling how many television remotes you’ll throw, how much hair you’ll lose or how many times you’ll celebrate in a way you didn’t think possible.
\r\nA gunslinger is why the top 10 plays on Sports Center exist. Every Monday morning you can expect to see him there, sometimes for good and sometimes for bad. The gunslinger is the player that leaps off the screen and into your heart. One magnificent comeback and you’re hooked; one terrible game and you’re suicidal.
\r\nThat’s the way it is with a gunslinger as quarterback.
\r\nFor every terrible decision and every bad throw there is a terrible decision with a throw that defies the football gods and resonates around every water cooler in America.
\r\nThe gunslinger cannot change, yet despite this, every fan hopes that somehow there will be a coach who can harness the awesome skills of these athletes and rid them of the poor decisions. But it is the poor decisions that make them who they are.
\r\nSure, these athletes can change (2005 Jake Plummer before the collapse against the Steelers in the AFC championship game) but they will always revert back to what made them special (2005 Jake Plummer during the collapse against the Steelers in the AFC championship game).
\r\nIs that which makes a gunslinger only found in certain human beings? Is it perhaps a remnant of the primitive, wild, uncaged lives of our ancestors that clings to a few gene strands in a small group of lucky/unlucky individuals? Or, does it reside in all of us, something that only a select few dare release? Whatever it is, it is why Brett Favre can beat the Saints on Sunday. It is also why Brett Favre can beat Brett Favre on Sunday.
\r\nTo Favre, to all the gunslingers in the NFL and to the gunslinger inside each of us: keep throwing. Keep scrambling and keep making decisions like the laws of physics don’t apply to you. It is the gunslinger that makes life worth living and it is the gunslinger that I salute.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-20 03:39:09','126','Tom Hesse','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-20 13:00:00','2010-02-03 07:00:00','','','','0','0','768','gunslinger, favre, brett, greatest, terrible, you’ll, throw, time, quarterback, drives, decisions, championship, game, sports, it’s, special, sunday, football, collapse, jake','On Sunday, fans of professional football will get to see the greatest gunslinger in the history of quarterbacks. That day, Brett Favre will take the field for a shot at his third Super Bowl appearance. Favre’s hand has only one lonely championship ring. This is surprising, considering that Favre is in the conversation for greatest quarterbacks of all time. So why does the greatest gunslinger of all time only have one Super Bowl victory? Because he is the greatest gunslinger of all time. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1485','First Amendment rights in danger','first-amendment-rights-in-danger','','Since I began writing this column, I have received numerous e-mails from people who either agree or disagree with me. I sent a reply to one such e-mail, explaining that the First Amendment not only gives me the right to write this column and publish it, it also allows him to e-mail me and articulate his profane displeasure. He replied, “Yeah, well the Founding Fathers [expletive] that one up, huh?”
\r\nUnfortunately, his view was supported by many high school students in January 2005. In a study conducted by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, more than 100,000 high school students at 544 high schools across the United States were surveyed about the First Amendment. The results were rather disconcerting. Researchers began by reading the text of the First Amendment to students and asked them whether or not it went too far. Thirty-five percent of students thought that the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees. Twenty-one percent said they did not know enough about the First Amendment to even give an opinion, but 44 percent of those students who did express an opinion said the First Amendment goes too far. Half believe the government can censor the Internet.
\r\nThe freedom of the press is in danger as well. Only 51 percent of students thought newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories. The study concluded that nearly three-fourths of high school students either do not know how they feel about the First Amendment or admit they take it for granted.
\r\nThis is unusual. The foundation found that, historically, 30 percent of Americans have felt the First Amendment goes too far, with that number rising to nearly 50 percent in the wake of 9/11 and the passage of the woefully misnamed Patriot Act. The Patriot Act represents the most sweeping attack on civil liberties ever witnessed in the United States.
\r\nFrom wiretaps without warrants to libraries asked to turn over lists of books checked out by patrons, the nation began to represent George Orwell’s worst nightmare. I found myself worrying, having frequently checked out Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals from the local library before finding a battered copy on my father’s bookshelf. When the Patriot Act passed, I was a military journalist and was told what and when to write. I was an official mouthpiece of the U.S. Navy, but I knew what I was getting into when I enlisted. Still, I remember making a crack about the First Amendment to my editor. She coolly looked at me and said, “You’re a U.S. Navy sailor. You have no rights.” This mind-set is extending into civilian life in the form of the War on Terror. But this amorphous, unending War on Terror has become the War on Civil Rights, and is it apparent when half of high school students think the government should control what the newspapers print. The students in this survey were most likely in middle school on 9/11. I was 17, and ready to ship out after boot camp. I was terrified, as was the rest of the nation, but I still questioned the necessity of the Patriot Act.
\r\n“Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs (usually) every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible defenestration, gregariousness, incipiency or edification.
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\r\nBoth sides just stuck one toe in the water, easing China’s border restrictions and allowing in Western goods. The liberalization of China to Western exports was an impossible dream realized, as suddenly one billion people were added into the global market. Businesses crawled over each other to race into the newly opened borders, drooling at the prospects of tens of millions of more customers to snatch up laptops, iPods, and Britney Spears albums.
\r\nHowever, what had begun as little more than puppy love evolved into a situation of necessity. Chinese bases of operations and an eye toward Beijing appeal became prerequisites for survival in the modern multinational business world.
\r\nSuddenly every company had to embrace walmartization with outsourcing as much as possible to cheap Chinese factory production or risk being stamped out. Businesses lobbied for as few trade restrictions as possible, and our representative acquiesced, doing anything possible to keep China happy. We were head over heels.
\r\nThe American-Chinese love affair for most parts was a match made in heaven, the perfect symbiotic relationship. We possessed the cutting edge technology they needed to bring their country up to pace with the rest of the 21st century world, while China offered plentiful, cheap, efficient labor. America offered the best university system in the world, while China contained millions of driven would-be Ph.Ds who were more than willing to fill in the gaps created by our underachieving students.
\r\nMost importantly, China was more than eager to buy up billions of dollars of our debt to continue to fuel American over-consumption. We were just like two halves perfectly complimenting each other. It looked like this relationship was meant be.
\r\nHowever, a funny thing happened along the way. China realized that the 10 they had shacked up with just wasn’t a 10 anymore. America had put on a few pounds. The impassioned, driven country now spent all of its time watching reality shows. That cute little debt problem that had brought the two together in the first place had evolved into a caustic addiction. The recession last year may have been the final straw. China has emerged and they realize they really don’t need us anymore. While we strive to return to the status quo, China looks towards a future of change.
\r\nThere’s a well-known phenomenon in China known as the smiley face curve, representing the stages of production and profit margins of modern multinational business. Imagine for a second a smile. The upper left peak of the smile represents market evaluation, product development and research. Towards the bottom curve of the smile we find manufacturing and assembly of the parts. This curve rounds up into name-branding and retail. American businesses are responsible for the two peaks of the smile, while the Chinese handle the bottom curve.
\r\nWhile this situation has generally worked well for both parties, the Chinese have realized something. Though the bulk of the work lies in the manufacturing bottom curve, almost all the money can be found in the two peaks. China pours considerable effort in the form of cheap labor and receives little return proportionate to the American companies. Though ipods are almost entirely assembled in China, it isn’t until they are stamped with an Apple logo and presented with the right electro-indie song that they really start to generate returns.
\r\nHowever, China is no longer content to sit in the bottom part of the curve, and they are progressively realizing that they don’t have to.
\r\nThe recession has marked an end of Chinese dependence upon America. If anything the pendulum has swung completely the opposite way. China no longer needs us to fulfill their technological needs; we’ve already given them everything they need for the future. Relying on American debt and consumption has already proven to be so potentially destructive that it is no longer desirable to pursue that trade policy.
\r\nThis is especially true as the former necessity of the American markets is steadily being replaced by China’s rapid expansion with other trading partners. Chinese companies are no longer looking to supplement American companies, they are now looking to replace them. The Chinese government is re-embracing the old-fashioned industrialization policy and once again implanting tariff and subsidy protectionist policies.
\r\nInstead of curtailing policy to meet American business needs, China is now focusing on improving their own fortunes. The idyllic corporate profit paradise has come to an end. American giants like Microsoft, Boeing and Intel have begun to complain about the difficulty of doing business in China.
\r\nMany business opportunities are being limited exclusively to companies who develop their technology within Chinese borders. We are increasingly losing head-to-head battles within China, and American companies are rapidly responding.
\r\nGoogle’s recent withdrawal from China is representative of the larger American business disillusionment with China. More and more businesses are growing dissatisfied with the progressing state of Chinese-American trade. As China continues to dismantle reforms and embrace protectionist policies, this dissatisfaction will just continue to rise. It’s likely that many will follow Google’s lead and determine they can do without the Chinese market.
\r\nWe soon will no longer be looking at the Chinese as partners, but rather as competition. Make no mistake, a trade war is already brewing and we’re already feeling the ramifications.
\r\nBrazil and Japan, possibly America’s strongest ally, refused to acquiesce to Chinese price demands on an iron contract, even though China represented a 50 percent share of the market. After years of generally ignoring Taiwan in an effort to appease the Chinese, America suddenly reversed this policy.
\r\nIn our recent weapons trade with Taiwan we made a direct challenge to Chinese power and demonstrated that our dalliance with the Chinese had come to an end. China is already responding in kind.
\r\nA recently leaked FBI report stated that China currently employs a network of 180,000 spies devoted to cyber-terrorism against the U.S.. They were responsible for as many as 90,000 attacks against American businesses in 2009, using malware to incite debilitating and costly damages.
\r\nMore alarmingly were successful forays into the State Department, the Commerce Department, the FBI, Naval War College and even copy several terabytes of information from the costliest Pentagon weapons program ever. The report concluded that China is committed to not only steal American military secrets, but also generally develop a network capable of destroying vital American infrastructure.
\r\nLike any break-up, the rapid deterioration of Chinese-American relations is alarming and could get ugly fast.
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\r\nUnfortunately, Facebook stalking is the only socially accepted form of watching someone. Sending non-stop Facebook messages, however, is the online equivalent of leaving phone messages of heavy breathing.
\r\nMost girls are about as complicated to have fall in love with you as dogs. Instead of the messages that aren’t getting a response, just do the simple things: feed her, tell her she’s a good girl, rub her and give her a bedtime treat.
\r\nIntelligent girls require a little more work, but I am assuming you are watching this girl and not talking to her because she is attractive, not because you are interested in having conversations with her. After all, a woman can use her mouth for way more interesting things than talking.
\r\nWhat do I do if the only friends I can keep like anime?
\r\nFirst of all, gross. If you are so desperate for companionship that you are venturing to associate with an anime fan, you need to establish some ground rules. Set a quota for how many of these people you will establish with. Mine is the questionably high number of two. If you do establish friendships with someone who likes anime, it is completely acceptable to not talk to them in public places. Finally, you need to tell them that dressing up is not an option and explain that the only way you are wearing a costume is if it guarantees sex afterward.
\r\nHey John Daly, where did we go wrong?
\r\nPlayoffs? Don’t even talk to me about playoffs. As so beautifully sputtered by ex-Colts coach Jim Mora, it’s playoff time in the NFL. But there’s something more concerning happening in sports right now. It’s prudent to discuss the ever-declining lack of class and ever increasing bad behavior in sports today.
\r\nThere was a day when a college football player could safely get a concussion without the fear of being locked inside an equipment shed.
\r\nThere’s no better place to begin discussing controversy in sports than steroids and baseball. Mark McGwire came out and admitted to steroid and HGH use during his career. Simple answer: No Hall of Fame. These drugs are illegal to everyone who doesn’t play professional sports, so there should be real consequences like there are in the real world. Some might say that everyone was doing it at the time, so what can you do? If that’s the case, then everyone who used is not a Hall of Famer. Cheating is cheating, and doing drugs is doing drugs.
\r\nDraw all the parallels you want between different eras and different styles of training, but if they are calling it cheating, they should punish it in that way.
\r\nAnother almost unbelievable scandal is the one involving Texas Tech football. With the Texas Tech versus Mike Leach situation, forget about sons of ESPN analysts, boosters wanting to get rid of coaches and just think about mistreatment of players. For college coaches who mistreat players comes another simple solution: use common sense. Concussions deserve medical attention, not solitary confinement.
\r\nThere are simple solutions to all of these bonehead moves. Like with Tiger Woods. I honestly don’t care about anything going on in his personal life. The next time he is golfing and hitting 35-ft putts and winning trophies, I will pay attention. It was interesting to see ESPN contacted John Daly, who has had his share of personal problems, to see if he had any advice for Woods. Maybe Woods just needs a night out on the town with ole Daly so they can drink away his woes.
\r\nFinally, Gilbert Arenas should be banned from the NBA. It’s past time to set an example for athletes who think it’s OK to play with firearms. Star athletes with lots of money do not reside above the law. In fact, they are in the spotlight so they should be held to a higher standard. Kids who watch the NBA and see players with guns will think that’s just as cool as playing professional basketball. These players are role models and should be expected to behave as such. Plus, guns kill people. I’m not sure if Gilbert knows that.
\r\nThe ranting is almost over. I promise. It’s just that this has been going on in sports for a long time. Everyone seems to forget Michael Jordan had an affair during his career, or that Charles Barkley is somewhat of a degenerate gambler and Kobe Bryant was accused of rape. Take away the fame, the talent and the money, and these offenses result in public ridicule.
\r\nDon’t get me wrong, Michael Jordan was my favorite player and is still the best player to ever play the game. Sir Charles is a funny dude, so it’s easy to forget how they live their lives. In some ways I don’t care, but we live in a world where athletes’ lives are portrayed on SportsCenter.
\r\nSo, it’s not all black and white. If SportsCenter turns into Entertainment Weekly, then so be it. We can only hope that someone will start to hold athletes to a higher standard.
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After national criticism, Bachmann backpedaled, calling her comments “metaphorical.” Last week, on Sean Hannity’s radio show, Bachmann said, “We are at the point of revolution and we can’t let the Democrats achieve their ends any longer.” She continued, “Right now I’m a member of Congress. My job here is to be a foreign correspondent, reporting from enemy lines.” She said she is only protecting the freedom passed down from previous generations, warning, “this may be the time when that link breaks,” and encouraging the American people to “rise up,” adding, “We can never forget that the founders were rebelling against a governmental authority that abused their taxation power. And that was the tyranny. That’s exactly what’s happening right now.” She still insists she’s speaking metaphorically, but repetition tends to lend truth. Side effect: Bachmann is treading dangerously close to advocating sedition.
\r\nU.S. Code: Title 18,2385, “Advocating overthrow of Government,” forbids treason, reading: “Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States … by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence … shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.” As a U.S. citizen, Rep. Bachmann has the right to free speech. But free speech is not absolute. In 1940, Congress enacted the Smith Act, making the advocacy of “overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force and violence” punishable under law. Currently, only speech explicitly inciting forcible overthrow of the government remains punishable under the Smith Act. Side effect: As long as Bachmann speaks in the abstract, she’s a sensationalist, not a traitor.
\r\nThe First Amendment also does not protect “fighting words.” In Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment does not protect “fighting words, those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.” Bachmann is championed on extremist right-wing blogs as a “freedom fighter” for advocating revolution and “breaches of the peace.” “Atlas Shrugs,” a blog authored by Pamela Geller, espouses armed revolution and claims the financial crisis was “deliberate, planned, staged. On Sept. 11, the Federal Reserve noticed a tremendous draw down of money market accounts in the USA to the tune of $550 billion in a matter of an hour or two. This was a Financial Terrorist Attack on the seventh anniversary of 9/11.”
\r\nGeller interviewed Bachmann on Wednesday. Bachmann continued advocating resistance to the Obama administration, saying, “Make sure his first term is his last term. And then we have to be extremely bold, if we are fortunate enough to win the presidency in 2012. We have to be extremely bold in our agenda for freedom, we need a freedom agenda.” Geller campaigns for opposition to “President Hussein” by any means necessary. The comments on her blog range from, “I am growing more scared every day! We have to do something as a nation, while we still have time,” to “Osama bin Laden promised al-Qaeda would attack the American economy! Now, how much is Obama being paid by bin Laden, I wonder?” Finally, “Logical American” writes: “Can we get enough people together to sucede [sic] from the union? It is becoming obvious that one party wants to enslave the whole U.S. for now and all generations.” Side effect: Revolutionary metaphor becomes encouragement.
\r\nReaders of Geller’s blog obviously take comments like this seriously, with one reader writing, “Smith and Wesson could make sure Obama’s first term is his last.” Still, I do not support charging Rep. Bachmann with treason. However, if a democratic representative had said anything similar to her statements, the public would swiftly demand at the very least, the national party step in and reprimand the representative. There’s not similar outrage on the flipside, and it’s a damn shame. The GOP should firmly warn her that revolutionary metaphors add nothing to the debate and distract from bipartisan discussion. This warning could include the possibility of an official reprimand by the U.S. House. Instead, there is a yawning void filled with the babble of Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Sean Hannity and Matt Drudge. Side effect: Instead of bipartisanship, Bachmann’s ridiculous antics publically represent the GOP.
\r\n“Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible loathing, instability, joviality or illumination.
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\r\nLeBron is downright amazing but so is Kobe Bryant, and with Manning, Tom Brady gives him a run for his money as the best quarterback. Tiger is an easy pick though. Who’s his contender? Phil Mickelson? I don’t think so, Tiger is No. 1, No. 2 and maybe even No. 3; Mickelson is somewhere after that.
\r\nSunday afternoon, Tiger won his first tournament since returning from knee surgery. It took all 72 holes, and every last stroke to capture the victory, but with a birdie putt on the 18th, Tiger completed another dramatic victory, this time at the hands of Sean O’Hair.
\r\nO’Hair carried a four-shot advantage going into his final round at Bay Hill, but this also earned him a final round pairing with Tiger. Like many before him, he felt the power of the Tiger. I am not sure if pressure is a strong enough word to describe playing with Tiger on Sunday.
\r\nPressure is taking a final, pressure is the stuff in your car tires, playing with Tiger on your tail on Sunday is something else. Hit the ball in the rough a couple of times and something starts to weigh down on you and eventually will bury you into the neatly cut short green grass.
\r\nIt’s comparable to playing with a real tiger; striped, furry and full of teeth, there is a hungry carnivorous wild animal biting and chomping at your ankles as you attempt to focus on your golf shot. Even Siegfried and Roy couldn’t golf with a tiger on the course, but maybe they shouldn’t be playing with big cats anymore anyway.
\r\nI wouldn’t call myself an avid golf watcher, but even someone who doesn’t watch a second of golf can appreciate Tiger’s clutch performance.
\r\nI don’t care what anyone says, watching him take that last stroke, backpedal and then rise into a celebratory fist pump while the crowd explodes is one of the coolest things to watch in sports today.
\r\nTiger’s fist pump is one of the best celebrations in all of sports. There are things like the Lambeau Leap and the Adam Waddell dunk-flip that are pretty special, but Tiger’s fist pump is above the rest.
\r\nWhen he does it, it gives chills and signals finality, and if Tiger is nailing a putt and giving the one-arm-bicep-flex, you know it’s over.
\r\nIn a sport with a little more parody, Michigan State, Connecticut, Villanova and North Carolina have all advanced to Detroit for the Final Four.
\r\nI am man enough to admit that I am in last place, or near last place, in every one of my bracket pools. But, the fact that Adam Sandler picked a perfect 16 for 16 for the first round makes me feel alright about the way my bracket has underachieved.
\r\nEven though I would like to see the big upset that has not really happened yet this March, it will most likely be Connecticut and North Carolina in the championship.
\r\nRationality is an important consideration in any human endeavor, whether it be the most banal personal activities or the complex area of politics. It is an aspiration which is rarely achieved, but often admired. The rise of the concept of rationality accompanied the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, when the forefathers of our modern scientifically focused era, such as Sir Isaac Newton, rejected wholesale the religious foundations on which society had been built for millennia. “Separation of church and state” is a tangible representation of this tried and true philosophy.
\r\nWith respect to modern political, social and cultural subjects, rationality is a fleeting enterprise. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the anarchistic field of international relations. Great powers seek to serve their own interests regardless of the global impacts that their actions may involve (climate change, anyone?). For instance, the U.S. and other leading “developed” nations frequently use third world countries as tools to advance their nations’ political agenda. “Free trade agreements,” like NAFTA, are modern incarnations of former colonial orders, such as the British Empire, which treated the resources, peoples and customs of other cultures (such as India and China) as subordinate to their own interests.
\r\nAlong with the concept of rationality, the Enlightenment also brought the modern concept of democracy, which isn’t the implementation of a rational framework, but rather an inefficient premise designed to ensure that people’s needs are at least represented, if not met. Unfortunately, the exclusion of certain parties from so-called democratic political processes renders the ideal of democracy ineffective but also serves to distort the image that people all over the world have of powerful and nominally democratic nations.
\r\nWith all the current talk of stimulus payments, bailouts and bank nationalization, it is too easy to believe that responsibility for the resolution of our economic dilemma rests entirely in the hands of those in power.
\r\nThis is an over-essentialization of the complicated nature of an intentionally designed globalized economy. Such an economy is bound to have unpredictable effects, on both the developing and the developed economic spheres. The necessary interplay of the two demands consideration, most importantly because of the increasing power which resides within the corporate framework of burgeoning multinational corporations. As long as the operations of America’s “democratic” government revolve around principles of deregulation, these companies will continue to find safe haven not only within our borders, but also within the broader scope of America’s imperial ambitions.
\r\nOne hopes this perpetuation of hierarchal modes of control will be met with the most sincere opposition on the part of the people whose very existence is threatened, on occasion, by capitalism. This is not a pipe dream; indeed, populist movements throughout the world—notably, South and Central America—have succeeded repeatedly in voicing their concern with the operation of their own societies. Unfortunately, populist movements are most remarkable in their commitment to the values of democracy, but are often treated as dangerous revolutionary coups or establishments by our own duly elected representatives. The examples are numerous, but some of the better known “villains” of the past century have been leaders such as Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, whose primary claim to fame is the successful rejection of the industrial order which is directed, largely, by the U.S. For their crimes, Chavez and Castro have been the subject of much vilification, as well as repeated assassination attempts.
\r\nWithin the realm of geo-politics, democracy is as important a concept as it is domestically. The United Nations, formed under the auspices of preventing the threat of world war, is the essence of democracy, possibly more so than our own government. Such a postulation is easily verified by viewing the voting record of the U.S. in the General Assembly and the UN Security Council. With few exceptions, U.S. ambassadors (and occasionally our allies of convenience) maintain a stance which is overtly hostile to international consensus. Such actions are not respectful of the basic premises of democracy, and should not be considered, unless our leaders are willing to forego their assumed title of “democratic representatives.”
\r\nOn Monday it was announced that it seems an international conference on pacifying Afghanistan will include two unlikely partners for peace, the United States and Iran. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will attend the U.N.-sponsored conference Tuesday in the Netherlands as will Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Medhi Akhundzadeh. This takes place just after a successful joint talk in Moscow that also included representatives from Iran and the United States.
\r\nThe relationship between these two countries for the last 30 years has been strained, to say the least, but the high road of patching relations with Iran is the right road to take. The U.S. executive administration previously treated the Islamic Republic of Iran with no respect and grouped it into the infamous “Axis of Evil,” but now the time is perfect for President Barack Obama to mend this relationship.
\r\nTo do so, both sides will have to be understanding and be ready to commit to some form of “Quid Pro Quo”. The thought process in Iran and America has changed to be more open minded in recent years and the stage is now set for such a turn of events. Obama and Clinton have both made it clear that they would be willing to go to the table and talk with Iran if both sides treated each other with an open mind. Obama recently sent a video to the Iranian leadership and its’ people offering a “new day”.
\r\nIranian leaders, not only in parliament, but also President Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei are also trying to find a way to obtain talks between these two countries. These joint talks over Afghanistan in themselves show that Iran knows diplomacy is the best route.
\r\nJust last month, during the current Iranian government’s 30th anniversary, Ahmadinejad said with regards to the United States that, “…The Iranian nation is ready to hold up talks, but talks in a fair atmosphere with mutual respect.”
\r\nIt may appear that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was unmoved by the recent hand outstretched by Obama. Khamenei responded with a speech saying that Americans “chant the slogan of change but no change is seen in practice,” but as Nathan Gonzalez, author of “Engaging Iran: The Rise of a Middle East Powerhouse and America’s Strategic Choice,” said on his blog, there is a very important reason for Iran’s reluctance to change its tone overnight.
\r\nIt is due to a political trend Gonzales calls the “cult of anti-Americanism.”
\r\n“This is Iran’s anti-American brand,” Gonzales said. “One that has been the face of the country since the 1978-1979 revolution toppled the U.S.-backed king.” Gonzalez mentions President Richard Nixon’s infamous 1972 meeting in China, during which Mao Zedong apparently couldn’t believe that U.S. policymakers had taken his “anti-imperialist” propaganda to heart.
\r\nHenry Kissinger wrote: “[Mao] laughed uproariously at the implication that anyone might be taking seriously a slogan which had been scrawled for decades on placards and on the walls of public buildings all over China.”
\r\nIn Iran, the cult of anti-Americanism has inspired government-sanctioned murals that depict the United States as a wretched country, and the phrase “death to America” is still something of a national political slogan.
\r\nThe change will not take place over night. In Obama’s recent news conference, the president spoke about the word persistence, and how that was going to play a big part in his foreign policy. This is where that policy will serve Obama well. This does not mean that Obama should take his time, only that he should not feel discouraged if at first Iran does not jump to cooperate.
\r\nObama should make as much progress as possible with Iran before their elections in June. If he waits, he could be dealing with a new politician instead of Ahmadinejad and there is no way of telling how that politician would respond to the U.S. administration.
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Ever wonder why a piece of paper with a green-colored picture and a number on it can get you a sandwich, coffee or house? To simplify things greatly, dollars get you things because people agree that dollars are valuable. The same thing is true across the planet with any number of currencies, from the Egyptian Genaeh to the Chinese Yuan; but the dollar is special, and last week its special status was called into question.
Why is the dollar special? Unlike other currencies, the American dollar is the world’s reserve currency, basically meaning any government or bank will accept it as a means to pay off a debt. This special status is a result of a group of agreements between major governments signed in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in 1944 that made the development of the world’s modern financial system possible. Since then, economic crises have come and gone, but the American dollar has remained the currency of choice for international exchange.
\r\nBut that might be changing. On March 23, the governor of the People’s Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, delivered a speech calling for the creation of a new international reserve currency that would not be tied to any single nation and overseen by the International Monetary Fund.
\r\nMr. Zhou’s reasons for calling for a new currency are fairly clear for anyone familiar with China’s economic policies. As a major exporter of manufactured goods and an important trading partner with the U.S., China has come to have enormous reserves of American dollars from both sales of its products and purchasing of American treasury bonds to ensure continuing demand for its goods from American consumers.
\r\nFor the past several decades, this reserve of dollars has helped to fuel China’s remarkably high economic growth and allowed it to be relatively protected from financial difficulties. Whenever the government required additional funds for a program or needed to encourage an industry to develop, China could use its currency reserves to finance the project.
\r\nSo long as the American economy continued to grow and the American government remained able to inspire certainty about the value of the dollar, these policies were sound. The recent financial crisis changed this, and as the value of the dollar fluctuates and foreign nations begin to lose confidence in the dollar, China has begun to view its dollar reserves as a possible liability and not a sound asset.
\r\nTo combat this, Mr. Zhou suggests the creation of an SDR, or Special Drawing Rights, a sort of currency used to settle debts across national borders and based off of a weighted average of several major global currencies like the dollar, euro, yen and pound. Using this system, China and other nations reliant on large currency reserves would be protected from fluctuations of any single currency; a problem in one nation’s economy, like the U.S. economy, couldn’t hurt every other nation’s economy.
\r\nThis would hurt the U.S. economy by decreasing the value of the dollar. However, nearly every other nation would benefit. Ultimately, it is doubtful if we can prevent the shift to something like the SDR. Rather than fight these developments, we need to prepare for the day that a few dollars will buy a sandwich in Wyoming but you’ll need a few SDRs to buy a sandwich in Beijing or Paris.
\r\nLast month, a man knocked on the door of my apartment and asked if I knew Jesus. I told him I wasn’t interested, but I took his pamphlet detailing “How to get to Heaven from Wyoming” with instructions written like driving directions. I chuckled at the image of a holy portal to Heaven on I-80. I respect his right to share his faith as long as he respects my desire not to hear it and I do not become rude just because an individual whose faith directs him to “spread the good news” knocks on my door. However, I am apprehensive about the evangelical groups banging on Congress’ collective door, pressuring them with threats of blackballing or lost fundraising unless Congress enacts morally-driven legislation. Side effect: A dangerous encroachment on the First Amendment.
The First Amendment reads, in part, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Evangelical pastors gleefully, yet correctly, point out that the U.S. Constitution does not explicitly say there is a separation between church and state. However, the separation is implicit and the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld it multiple times. James Madison argued, while drafting the Constitution, that government has no business dictating what to believe in religious matters or deciding which side to support—symbolically or financially—in religious questions. According to Madison, most religious conflicts come from churches seeking political power. Side effect: Our Founding Fathers strove to create a nation with the right to practice any faith or none at all.
\r\nMany evangelicals refuse to acknowledge this. Evangelical pastor D. James Kennedy wrote, “But the fact is, the United States of America was conceived and brought forth by Christians ... this was, from the start, a Christian nation.” Not so. Madison’s initial draft of the First Amendment read, “The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship.” Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites.” The Founding Fathers feared religious groups gaining control of the U.S. government. Regrettably, this began to happen in the 1970s and culminated with the election of George W. Bush in 2000. Bush is an evangelical Christian who, in 2003, told a Palestinian delegation, “God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East.” Side effect: a man believing he was acting under divine directives governed America for 8 years.
\r\nI grew up in Defiance, Ohio, which has about one church for every 129 people. Wednesday, I spoke with Bruce Gerencser, a former ordained Baptist minister who spent over 25 years leading fundamentalist, evangelical churches. He lives 20 minutes from my hometown and now describes himself as a “political and religious liberal.” On his journey from fundamentalist preacher to open-minded progressive, he writes, “I don’t see much of God in Christianity. After a lot of study and research I came to the conclusion that I could not rationally sustain the doctrines of inerrancy and inspiration.” Illustrating the Calvinist bootstrap ideals espoused by the evangelical movement, he described a young pastor who reads his Web site. Bruce said, “I wrote a post on unemployment. He commented that the unemployed were lazy. I wrote a post on food stamps and he said he would NEVER EVER take food stamps. I told him never and ever are great food to feed hungry kids. This young man cannot envision a world where he can’t work or is unable to.” Side effect: This view, disseminated by the neo-conservatives, is foolishly negligent with the dire economic straits many families now face.
\r\nI have no issues with religion itself. I agree with Bruce when he says, “Religion is fine as long as it doesn’t trample over others or force others to convert.” My problem lies in religious figures slithering into government and demanding legislation in the name of God, the children, morality, etc. Neo-conservative evangelicals have hijacked religious freedom and twisted it into bastardized logic. Conservative Barry Goldwater said, “I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of ‘conservatism.’” After 9/11, Pat Robertson said, “We have insulted God at the highest levels of our government. God Almighty is lifting his protection from us.” I cannot support anyone who says if I don’t believe in a certain brand of God, innocents will die. Neither did our Founding Fathers and neither should any responsible American. Side effect: Religious freedom is restored to what it was intended to be—freedom of or from religion.
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I may not have a social or sex life, but I’ve read a lot of books and I keep up on reality TV, so I am qualified to answer any question that plagues you. If you have any questions about anything, I am the expert. E-mail questions to sfahrenk@uwyo.edu.
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Acting cool—my forte—is easier than it seems. I suggest constantly wearing dark sunglasses, indoors and outside. Granted, this may give you more points on the douche-bag scale, but there is no easier way to hide those little baby tears every time you see your old beau. You may also want to try the “I don’t care, watch me make out with every man I meet” route, otherwise known as a weeknight on Sorority Row. Throughout it all, just remember—you can’t keep a boyfriend and nobody wants to be with you.
\r\nIs a dead-baby joke an acceptable start to a conversation?
\r\nUntil last week, I would have said, “No, you must first introduce yourself before utterly offending whoever you are having a conversation with.” Spring break, however, showed me the light on the appropriate time for an inappropriate joke: there is none. Now, I see that names are unnecessary pieces of information at the beginning of a relationship. Instead, make a dead-baby joke first thing. This will weed out all the people that you don’t want to be friends with in the first place. Thanks to one obnoxiously inappropriate freshman, my new life motto is: if you can’t handle a baby in a blender, you can’t handle being friends with me.
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National attention for Wyoming in the sports media world is not common, unless some gangly high school kid chucks a winning three-quarter court shot in a basketball game granting he and his team 15 seconds of blurry home video footage fame with a coveted number six placing on SportCenter’s Top 10 plays. However, there is not much chance of a Wyoming athlete getting national coverage of their efforts.
I mention this because last week, Adam Waddell went from a relatively unknown Wyoming Cowboy basketball player to YouTube viral video sensation with his back flip dunk.
\r\nFor those of you who have not seen this highlight and are thinking that back flip dunk sounds nearly impossible, let me make clear that the back flip occurred after the ball went through the rim. Also, if you are thinking that a back flip after a dunk is a celebration to rival Ocho Cinco’s post touchdown exploits, let me also make clear that the dunk and back flip all dunk-flipped in one motion. Waddell put the ball through the rim, his hands slipped off the front and his momentum carried his legs up and over his head, landing him on his back.
\r\nI understand completely what Waddell was trying to do. Everyone personalizes their jams with acrobatics and flashy moves before putting the ball down. Nate Robinson just jumps off of an invisible trampoline; Vince Carter covers his eyes with his arm before dunking; Dwight Howard goes into a phone booth, puts on a cape and leaps a building in a single bound all before actually throwing the ball through the rim; LeBron James likes to lower the rim with his mind powers first so he gets to dunk as hard as he can on an eight-foot basket; Michael Jordan just decided to walk through the air for a few seconds first.
\r\nBut Waddell had a new twist to the age-old phenomenon known as the slam-dunk. He was going to dunk and then do moves. And even though his landing would have made Kerri Strug wince, in a way, he revolutionized the fast break dunk.
\r\nFrom the floor of his X-gamer/gymnast slam dunk landing, Waddell has gone from SportCenter’s Top 10 plays, to No. 1 on their Not Top 10 plays, all the way to the “Today” show Tuesday morning. Some schools are in the Sweet 16 this week, but Waddell is March Madness at its finest.
\r\nAs for the Sweet 16, I would rather not refer to it as that. These cleverly positive alliterate terms such as Sweet 16 and Elite Eight are slightly upsetting with the current state that my bracket is in. Thanks to teams like Cleveland State, Virginia Commonwealth University, Xavier and Purdue, my bracket is not so good. For some reason this surprises me. Every year I am so overly optimistic about my beautifully filled-in bracket that I am dumbstruck and devastated the Monday after the first two rounds.
\r\nThough my final four teams survived, for some reason I was unimpressed by the lack of “madness” that this weekend produced. Sure there were a couple upsets but when it came down to it, Arizona was the biggest surprise.
\r\nSo I don’t feel totally defeated, because how much guts does it take to pick all 1-through-4 seeds, one 5 and one 12 seed in the Sweet 16? Well, I’m going to bitterly say it does not take much thought, manliness or whatever you want to call it to make picks as simple as that.
\r\nSo when you win a million dollars, or a 60-inch LCD TV on www.ESPN.com, or $13.50 and a half of a case of beer in your friend’s Facebook bracket pool, just know that it will not be as sweet as it could have been if you would have penciled North Dakota State into your Final Four. Sure it would have been wrong, but it would have felt so good if you were right.
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I should’ve known better, but on Monday I happened to pick up a copy of the New York Times. As usual, my initial impression was not a positive one. The Times attempts to portray itself as a reputable news source, but their stories are usually so laden with loaded language that one could hardly regard what they deem “fit to print” as “news.”
The “liberal” slant inherent to the Times’ reporting approaches absurdity on the Op-Ed page, where one has no choice but to accept the customary pronouncements of Paul Krugman and Thomas Friedman, who represent the Times’ wide range of editorial opinion: on one hand, we have a pro-globalization advocate, on the other we have a radical pro-globalization advocate. On Monday, I dutifully ignored Krugman’s column, but looked instead to the left, where Jean Strouse was comparing our current situation to the Bank Panic of 1907. I found the comparison poignant, but Strouse seems to have missed the boat entirely.
\r\nIt’s been a century since the panic of 1907, so one might expect a few details to be missed when discussing such a historical event. The editorial in question, however, manages to deliberately ignore historically relevant facts, representing J.P. Morgan as the country’s savior in a time of great economic turmoil. Strouse, a published biographer of Morgan, finds nothing troubling in the notion that “Morgan had for decades been acting as the country’s unofficial lender of last resort,” who “operated like a general” in 1907 when he “quietly took charge of the situation.”
\r\nIt goes strangely without mention that J.P. Morgan used his financial holdings as a weapon, spreading rumors about competing businesses to push them to bankruptcy. Westinghouse Electric, a company which dared to oppose Thomas Edison’s General Electric, was a well-documented victim of Morgan’s market manipulations; the company’s stock collapsed due to rumors spread by Morgan that the company was insolvent, and their financial backers (like competing banks) suffered mightily, contributing largely to the panic. This is but one example of J.P. Morgan’s cut-throat business practices, but Strouse—and the Times—would prefer to ignore such items; the result of a banking panic is almost always a public demand for what is known as a “protectionist” economic policy (the opposite of a free market), which does not vibe well with their views.
\r\nWhat followed the panic of 1907 can only be described as unmitigated consolidation of the banking industry. (Sounds familiar, right?) Senator Nelson Aldrich, the “General Manager of the Nation”, whose effect on our modern economic system cannot be understated (he also pushed through the 16th amendment, allowing a federal income tax) was the political force behind the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank, a governmentally endorsed rehash of J.P. Morgan’s “financial trust.” The third U.S. central bank, conceived during a secret meeting of Morgan’s closest cohorts at the Jekyll Island Club, still executes a massive amount of authority in its role, and it is a rare occasion when the U.S. economy is discussed without the obligatory mention of “the Fed.”
\r\nIn light of J.P. Morgan’s actions as one of the original “robber barons,” it’s virtually unconscionable to hold him up as a standard for comparison, especially during an economic crisis. However, Jean Strouse would have us believe that the financier “had a large sense of public duty,” though “he had not shouldered the falling church out of pure altruism.” This is an understatement of enormous proportions; once Morgan’s teams “had determined that a trust was essentially healthy, the bankers supplied it with cash, matching their loans dollar-for-dollar with the trust’s collateral assets.” It is statements like these, which equate loans with cash, that reveal the real purpose of Strouse’s commentary: to create support for further deficit spending, on “behalf” of the federal government, by the Federal Reserve, to subsidize corporate business.
\r\nStrouse’s worship of Morgan’s business practices is not only selective in the extreme, it is also self-contradictory. She concludes that “no single figure, much less a private banker, could wield the kind of power in today’s gargantuan collapsing markets that Morgan had a hundred years ago,” representing the ideology of the Times, which maintains that all markets are free and competition is ubiquitous. Two paragraphs later, Strouse sees no problem in asserting that “only [Federal Reserve Chairman] Bernanke is formally in a position to exercise that high authority now.”
\r\nThe philosophy of democracy requires a diffusion of authority, rather than its concentration in the hands of the few. If anyone took the time to read Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations,” they would notice that a real free market would share the same qualifications. Democracy and the free market are promising ideas. Neither has been realized. Without a doubt, though, the progression of either—or both—will not occur in a world where J.P. Morgan is revered as a hero for engineering a panic and using it to further his own ends. Revisionist historians will be quick to forget the faults of the past, especially when they too clearly represent the misguided politics of the present.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-25 01:32:22','103','Wiley Combs','2009-03-26 23:41:59','62','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-25 20:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','755','”, morgan’s, morgan, panic, strouse, times, 1907, economic, market, free, federal, business, reserve, authority, bank, practices, situation, thomas, jean, strouse’s','I should’ve known better, but on Monday I happened to pick up a copy of the New York Times. As usual, my initial impression was not a positive one. The Times attempts to portray itself as a reputable news source, but their stories are usually so laden with loaded language that one could hardly regard what they deem “fit to print” as “news.”','0','9','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1498','Chinese cinema creates competition for U.S.','chinese-cinema-creates-competition-for-us','','If there has been one artistic medium that Americans have excelled in, it is without a doubt film. While several other nations’ film industries are well known throughout the world for their films, the volume and distribution of American film is unequaled. However, this causes extreme amounts of frustration to film companies elsewhere in the world looking to expand their business. This frustration is beginning to provide viewers around the world with a wider and more interesting selection of films no matter where they are from.
Recent developments in Chinese film companies provide an excellent example. DreamWorks’ 2008 film “Kung Fu Panda” started a great debate within China’s film industry, focusing on the question of why such a film had been made by an American company and not a Chinese one. The film utilized elements of China’s traditional culture, staples of Hong Kong action films and comedies, and even China’s Giant Panda, the country’s iconic animal. Many in China’s film industry came to believe that this film should have been made in China long before an American company could have even considered it, and in a race to create big budget, distinct Chinese films began.
\r\nAround two weeks ago, the latest of these films was announced, a biographical film on the life of Confucius, China’s most well-known philosopher and possibly China’s most revered and influential figures. With well known action star Chow Yun-Fat to play the role of Confucius and financial backing from the Chinese government, the movie is expected to be a box office success in China.
\r\nWhile many commentators have questioned the motives of such a film and the choice of an action star to play a philosopher, many others expected it to have a significant impact within China’s film industry and result in a focus on China’s preeminent philosopher.
\r\nIf this film does become as successful as its creators hope, it will join “Red Cliff,” a two-part film released late last summer that set the record for box office sales in China, as a success drawing on Chinese historical figures and sources. This film drew from the historical chronicles of the Three Kingdoms period of China’s history.
\r\nReviewers both within and outside of China, like those at The Korea Times, declared that “Asian cinema sees the birth of a movie with grandeur—in both budget and inspiration—of epic franchises like ‘The Lord of the Rings’” with the opening of the film.
\r\nClearly, many are seeing a rise of the Chinese film industry in the success of these films.
\r\nWhat will the rise of Chinese cinema mean? For Hollywood, more competition, just as the rise of India’s film industry meant several years ago. For Chinese film, an increased interest in creating works that appeal to audiences outside of China is certain. For moviegoers around the world, the result can only be a good thing as new and better films from different places become available.
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An examination of the EFCA shows the bill does not “kill secret ballots” or demand that employees join and form unions. It simply gives workers another route to unionization. In order for a workplace to organize under current U.S. labor law, an employee must request blank cards from an existing union. Fellow employees sign the cards, indicating their support for the union. Once 30 percent of the workforce has signed the cards, the employer may decide to hold a secret ballot election on the question of unionization.
\r\nIf the majority of votes favor the union, the National Labor Relations Board will certify it as the representatives of the employees for the purpose of collective bargaining of benefits and wages. If enacted, the EFCA would require the NLRB to certify a union without directing an election if at least 50 percent of employees signed cards; however, employees may still request a secret ballot election if 30 percent of employees petition for one. This legislation does not take away the secret ballot—employees can request it. In reality, under current law, employers still have the choice on whether or not to hold the election to allow the employees to gain union representation. Side effect: One-hundred percent of employees can petition for unionization and an unprincipled employer can still say no and deny the election by secret ballot.
\r\nNot surprisingly, Wal-Mart is among the leaders against the EFCA, banding with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to form “Operation Workforce Airlift.” U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donohue praised the senators who oppose the bill as the “first Marines hitting the beach” to defeat a “job killer” of a bill that would violate American democracy and bring further ruin on a beleaguered economy. It’s not surprising that Mr. Donohue opposes this bill—he sits on the board for XM radio, Union Pacific Corporation, and Sunrise Assisted Living Inc., a provider of senior living services in the U.S., Canada, the UK and Germany.
\r\nWhat would Mr. Donohue or Wal-Mart have to gain by supporting this bill? According to them, nothing. They say they would see an increase in labor costs, which would be passed along to consumers. It appears nasty all around, until the consumer thinks about how these low prices came into being. Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, was rumored to have his hair cut by the local barber until Walton died, a $5 expense that he never supplemented with a tip. Walton was obsessed with low prices for consumers, and handily defeated union organization.
\r\nWal-Mart employees receive 73 cents in wages and benefits to every $1 a Costco employee receives. Costco employees were at the same wage level—until Costco began unionizing. Costco, one of Wal-Mart’s main competitors, finished with higher than predicted fourth-quarter profits in December 2008, one of the few companies to actually improve over first-quarter projections. The idea of higher prices rings false. At Costco, a 42-inch Vizio LCD flat screen TV costs $799.99. The same TV at Wal-Mart retails for $1,097.00—a difference of $297.01. Side effect: Costco still has low prices and pays their workers a living wage.
\r\nAs for the communist groups supporting card check? The Bulletin story references the Communist Party USA and Democratic Socialists of America as saying: “We need to pass the EFCA, which would give card check union recognition, so that when the majority of employees in a company sign union cards, you would have a union, without giving employers the opportunity to use every legal and illegal trick in the book to fight the union.” Both groups also applaud the appointment of Hilda Solis, the daughter of working class immigrants, as Secretary of Labor. Side effect: Sensationalism without substance.
\r\nThe EFCA is not the radical boogeyman Big Business is making it out to be—instead, it is a simple addition to our current labor laws, giving employees more rights. Unions brought this country the 5-day, 40-hour workweek, child labor laws, and living wages. The U.S. just posted the largest job loss since the Great Depression. Perhaps it is time to stop fearing unions and allow employees to unionize if they wish. Side effect: The working class, touted as the backbone of this country, can rightfully carry that title without humiliation.
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In February, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas said that the U.S. is moving toward “socialist republics,” adding, “Lenin and Stalin would love this stuff.” Not quite. Lenin and Stalin aimed to send the rich to concentration camps, not raise their taxes. They oversaw the executions and internment of over 3-4 million citizens, including clergy, children, the poor and homosexuals. Side effect: An effective, faulty, wholly offensive linking of socialism to totalitarian fascists by the right wing.
\r\nThe only link between socialism and communism is that both end with “-ism.” Socialism advocates collective and governmental ownership and administration of the main means of production, goods and services. Communism advocates elimination of private property and assets, making goods and wealth owned and equitably distributed by the state. Nowhere in Barack Obama’s plan does he advocate the redistribution of private property and wealth among all citizens. Nor does he have plans for state-sponsored gulags— just increased educational funding, revitalization of decaying infrastructure, job creation and universal health care.
\r\nHowever, the “Red Scare” is a favorite fear-mongering instrument of the conservative right wing, just like comparing Bush to Hitler is a favorite among the ultra-left. The majority does not understand and yet fears the terminology bandied about by radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh refers to the president as “Comrade” and declares America the “U.S.S. of A.” It is effortless for the left to dismiss Limbaugh as an incendiary entertainer. However, when Michael Steele, Chair of the Republican National Committee, used those exact terms in describing Limbaugh’s program recently, he was met with derision by GOP officials and apologized meekly to Limbaugh, saying, “I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh. There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.” Side effect: Democrats are crowing that Rush Limbaugh is the de facto leader of the Republican Party.
\r\nWell, the joke’s on the Democratic Party. This is a chilling proposition. He has made a living as an inflammatory “commentator” but is also an appealing potential demagogue. The under-educated working class embraced his philosophies and wisdom because he speaks their language and paints liberals as clueless elitists. Limbaugh says on his Web site, “Americans who want to are continuing to improve their lives—and those who don’t want to, aren’t. The bottom 50 percent is paying a tiny bit of the taxes, so you can’t give them much of a tax cut by definition. Understand that the so-called rich are about the only ones paying taxes anymore.” Last year, he signed a renewal contract with Clear Channel Communications for $50 million a year through 2016, amounting to $400 million total. Full-time Clear Channel radio station staff earns an average of $24,000-$29,000 a year. Limbaugh is championed as a friend to the working man, fighting the insidious socialism sweeping our government. Side effect: Americans are fed false information about what capitalism and socialism really entail.
\r\nI’m sorry, but socialism is already here. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are socialist programs by definition. The Bush administration investing billions of taxpayer dollars in the banking industry socialized much of the financial sector. But only the risk was socialized—the profits remained privatized. The odds of the U.S. sinking into a depression continue to rise and so does the ire of the American people. Karl Marx would argue this is prime time for a working class revolution. Instead, protests are held all over the U.S., advocating the return to pure capitalism. Last week, on Chicago’s South Side, a man jumped on a bench in Daley Plaza in front of 400 plus people and shouted, “If we max out our credit cards, we don’t just go get more credit cards. Capitalists, raise your hands!” The crowd cheered wildly. Capitalism is driven by the continuous generation of profit. A capitalist market would allow businesses to fail: It’s the nature of the beast. Nowhere has capitalism been better implemented than China—stronghold of “Pinko Bastards” according to Limbaugh. The U.S. owes billions of dollars to China and their workers continue to produce massive amounts of goods at slave wages to stock Wal-Mart. Side effect: Our country is mortgaged to China and we better hope they don’t foreclose.
\r\nAs a machine becomes more efficient, the worker becomes less valuable. As the economy weakens, the worker becomes expendable in the name of continual profit generation. The constant search for profit in the financial sector has left our economy in shambles. If the American working class continues to get its direction from Limbaugh, Huckabee and other ultra-right conservatives waving the red flag, needed economic reforms will not happen. Side effect: Americans will see what a breadline looks like without opening a history book.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-06 01:30:15','105','Meg Lanker','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-06 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','752','limbaugh, socialism, side, effect, ”, working, capitalism, class, favorite, profit, goods, year, taxes, don’t, communism, left, rush, million, generation, advocates','“Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible abhorrence, volatility, spontaneity or insight.','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1501','Right-wingers mistakenly confuse socialism for communism','right-wingers-mistakenly-confuse-socialism-for-communism','','There’s a new dirty word rising up from the depths of post-election animosity. “Socialism” has replaced “liberal” as the right wing’s favorite new epithet.
In February, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas said that the U.S. is moving toward “socialist republics,” adding, “Lenin and Stalin would love this stuff.” Not quite. Lenin and Stalin aimed to send the rich to concentration camps, not raise their taxes. They oversaw the executions and internment of over 3-4 million citizens, including clergy, children, the poor and homosexuals. Side effect: An effective, faulty, wholly offensive linking of socialism to totalitarian fascists by the right wing.
\r\nThe only link between socialism and communism is that both end with “-ism.” Socialism advocates collective and governmental ownership and administration of the main means of production, goods and services. Communism advocates elimination of private property and assets, making goods and wealth owned and equitably distributed by the state. Nowhere in Barack Obama’s plan does he advocate the redistribution of private property and wealth among all citizens. Nor does he have plans for state-sponsored gulags— just increased educational funding, revitalization of decaying infrastructure, job creation and universal health care.
\r\nHowever, the “Red Scare” is a favorite fear-mongering instrument of the conservative right wing, just like comparing Bush to Hitler is a favorite among the ultra-left. The majority does not understand and yet fears the terminology bandied about by radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh refers to the president as “Comrade” and declares America the “U.S.S. of A.” It is effortless for the left to dismiss Limbaugh as an incendiary entertainer. However, when Michael Steele, Chair of the Republican National Committee, used those exact terms in describing Limbaugh’s program recently, he was met with derision by GOP officials and apologized meekly to Limbaugh, saying, “I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh. There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.” Side effect: Democrats are crowing that Rush Limbaugh is the de facto leader of the Republican Party.
\r\nWell, the joke’s on the Democratic Party. This is a chilling proposition. He has made a living as an inflammatory “commentator” but is also an appealing potential demagogue. The under-educated working class embraced his philosophies and wisdom because he speaks their language and paints liberals as clueless elitists. Limbaugh says on his Web site, “Americans who want to are continuing to improve their lives—and those who don’t want to, aren’t. The bottom 50 percent is paying a tiny bit of the taxes, so you can’t give them much of a tax cut by definition. Understand that the so-called rich are about the only ones paying taxes anymore.” Last year, he signed a renewal contract with Clear Channel Communications for $50 million a year through 2016, amounting to $400 million total. Full-time Clear Channel radio station staff earns an average of $24,000-$29,000 a year. Limbaugh is championed as a friend to the working man, fighting the insidious socialism sweeping our government. Side effect: Americans are fed false information about what capitalism and socialism really entail.
\r\nI’m sorry, but socialism is already here. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are socialist programs by definition. The Bush administration investing billions of taxpayer dollars in the banking industry socialized much of the financial sector. But only the risk was socialized—the profits remained privatized. The odds of the U.S. sinking into a depression continue to rise and so does the ire of the American people. Karl Marx would argue this is prime time for a working class revolution. Instead, protests are held all over the U.S., advocating the return to pure capitalism. Last week, on Chicago’s South Side, a man jumped on a bench in Daley Plaza in front of 400 plus people and shouted, “If we max out our credit cards, we don’t just go get more credit cards. Capitalists, raise your hands!” The crowd cheered wildly. Capitalism is driven by the continuous generation of profit. A capitalist market would allow businesses to fail: It’s the nature of the beast. Nowhere has capitalism been better implemented than China—stronghold of “Pinko Bastards” according to Limbaugh. The U.S. owes billions of dollars to China and their workers continue to produce massive amounts of goods at slave wages to stock Wal-Mart. Side effect: Our country is mortgaged to China and we better hope they don’t foreclose.
\r\nAs a machine becomes more efficient, the worker becomes less valuable. As the economy weakens, the worker becomes expendable in the name of continual profit generation. The constant search for profit in the financial sector has left our economy in shambles. If the American working class continues to get its direction from Limbaugh, Huckabee and other ultra-right conservatives waving the red flag, needed economic reforms will not happen. Side effect: Americans will see what a breadline looks like without opening a history book.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-06 01:30:12','105','Meg Lanker','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-06 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','751','limbaugh, socialism, side, effect, ”, working, capitalism, class, favorite, profit, goods, year, taxes, don’t, communism, left, rush, million, generation, advocates','“Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible abhorrence, volatility, spontaneity or insight.','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1502','Unlikely leader represents House District 22 well','unlikely-leader-represents-house-district-22-well','','Last election, I organized for Gary Trauner’s campaign. He ran for the U.S. House seat left thankfully vacant by Barbara Cubin. I worked non-stop, coordinating campaign events, finding volunteers to make calls every night, etc. Side effects of this job: I found out I could outwork the other guy and still lose. I was also amazed by the sheer amount of energy required to run for office. Even the most qualified candidates can be blunted by bone-soaking exhaustion.
I felt that exhaustion after Trauner lost the election. But instead of it distancing me from the political arena, losing sharply honed my will to be involved in politics. I kept my eyes open for the next opportunity. Andrew Simons, who worked on the Trauner race in Teton County, told me about an unbelievably close state House race—the Democratic candidate, Jim Roscoe, won in the general election by a mere four votes—2,991 to 2,887. But due to 11 voter registration errors in House District 22, the State Canvassing Board ordered on Nov. 12 that a new election had to be held in Alpine Nov. 25. Andrew was now managing Jim Roscoe’s special election campaign. I immediately drove eight hours to Jackson and volunteered for now Rep. Jim Roscoe D-Wilson. Side effect of the special election: Not only did Jim Roscoe win, he proved that an everyday person can win.
\r\nMany Wyoming districts have a history of sending the same politician back every election cycle. Side effects: Districts can wind up electing a politician to warm a seat and people thinking of running are intimidated by trying to unseat the incumbent. Jim is the antithesis of a career politician. He has never held public office of any kind until now. He is plain-spoken and hard-working, beginning his own general contracting firm in the early nineties. When I asked Jim later about why he chose to run, he said, “I felt as though I truly have the same goals and values of this diverse district and could represent it.” Side effect of Jim Roscoe representing HD 22: He balances keeping constituents happy in heavily Republican Sublette and Lincoln counties and strongly Democratic Teton County.
\r\nOne issue surrounding Jim’s district was whether or not to impose an ad valorem tax on helium in Sublette County—essentially, whether or not to tax helium in the same manner as other minerals. Exxon Mobile sent lobbyists to vigorously oppose House Bill 287, which proposes the helium tax. Jim is co-sponsoring the bill, along with several other legislators. It’s not surprising they oppose it, considering Exxon Mobile is the only company producing helium in Sublette County—25 percent of the world’s helium market at its Shute Creek facility. Currently, Exxon doesn’t pay ad valorem taxes on the helium it produces from federal land, but the bill plugs the loophole. Side effect of the bill: Wyoming gets a $2 million chunk of a mineral tax that is not dependent on the coal-bed methane industry.
\r\nJim fought hard for the bill, as 20 percent of that $2 million goes to energy industry dependent Sublette County—a county that saw employment slow significantly in 2008. According to the FDIC’s Regional Economic Conditions report, employment growth in Sublette County was 14.1 percent in 2006, 18.9 percent in 2007, but was only 5.2 percent in 2008. Employment growth in Sublette County is slowing and unemployment rose in 2008 for the first time since 2003. Jim is concerned about the people of Sublette County getting a fair deal, as they should.
\r\nOn Feb. 9, Jim told the Casper-Star Tribune that he thought he’d waited too long on getting in two bills, but one, the helium tax bill, might move through the House. Wednesday, the bill went back to the House with a minor amendment and the House did not concur. Jim’s next challenge is to work with the co-sponsors of the bill to see the amended version pass in the House. Side effect: This beneficial bill may now die due to possible House and Senate squabbling over trivial details.
\r\nHD 22 is now seeing Jim, who felt “lost and bewildered” on his first day in the legislature, co-sponsoring and working to pass legislation that only benefits his district, but the entire state of Wyoming. When I volunteered with his campaign, I didn’t knock on any doors during the canvasses in Alpine because Jim wanted to talk to each voter himself. After one canvass, Jim and Andrew wrestled with flashlights, wires and signs, hanging them up on an extremely windy night. Jim got back in the car, and said, “Boy, are you guys tired? I sure am tired.” Walking an entire precinct is draining, so it’s no wonder Jim was worn out. What strikes me most about Jim is he never had any intention of running for office, but saw it as “a new road to try.” Side effect of Jim trying a new road: House District 22 has strong, common sense representation from a leader coming into his own.
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\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2009-02-27 01:22:02','105','Meg Lanker','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-02-27 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','750','jim, house, bill, sublette, election, side, helium, county, district, effect, tax, percent, roscoe, campaign, andrew, ”, felt, wyoming, 2008, exxon','Last election, I organized for Gary Trauner’s campaign. He ran for the U.S. House seat left thankfully vacant by Barbara Cubin. I worked non-stop, coordinating campaign events, finding volunteers to make calls every night, etc. Side effects of this job: I found out I could outwork the other guy and still lose. I was also amazed by the sheer amount of energy required to run for office. Even the most qualified candidates can be blunted by bone-soaking exhaustion. \r\n\r\n','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1503','America must not forget Bush regime mistakes','america-must-not-forget-bush-regime-mistakes','','In 2002, when the Bush Administration began talk of a military strike against Iraq, a student at Pennsylvania State University asked Bush how he slept at night. Bush replied, “Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of [Dr. Seuss’s] Hop on Pop.” I do not use this quote in order to mock former President George W. Bush. It illustrates a rather striking quality about our former president – his wide-eyed, naïve outlook. Side effect: America had a president who slept perfectly fine while contemplating a military action that would almost surely kill thousands of civilians.
\r\nThe key is that he is now former President Bush. He is now president of nothing, having presided for two terms over the creation of the biggest federal deficit in history, a disastrously unplanned war with an over-stretched military and a severe tattering of international relations. However, the American people must remember that Bush alone is not responsible for this mess. Bush had an entire band of thieves in his administration that pulled the strings far more than Americans are comfortable stomaching. Bush was debatably too much of a simpleton to have masterminded such a catastrophic disaster without some sinister help.
\r\nTake Dick Cheney: He insisted that, without a doubt, Saddam Hussein had contacts with Al-Qaeda and possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, even though he knew the intelligence was faulty at best, claims Bush parroted and still insists were at least “partially true” or “based on the intelligence we had at the time.” Cheney outrageously said “the vice presidency is a unique office that is neither a part of the executive branch nor a part of the legislative branch,” a claim any 10th grade government student would study dubiously. When asked about his assessment of Iraq as a “major success” in light of two-thirds of Americans no longer supporting the war, Cheney merely replied, “So?” Side effect: America saw a president who was alternately a cowboy figurehead and whipping boy while a secretive faction of politicians and advisors ran the executive branch behind closed doors.
\r\nAmericans cannot simply put the past behind them. President Barack Obama ran on hope and change, and more than half of Americans, hungry for anything but Bush, embraced Obama’s message. The Obama campaign ran a very tech-savvy, slick PR campaign that drew in droves of young voters. Don’t get me wrong – I supported Obama. But those who voted for Obama and fervently embraced his inspirational message of hope and change must continue to cast a critical eye to be sure they get the change they voted for on Election Day. Too many people feel that because Obama was elected, everything is going to be alright. Not so. The administration just hastily passed a $787 billion stimulus package, bringing the deficit to well over a trillion dollars. This is in hopes of creating a few million jobs and stopping a deflationary spiral that could plunge the US, and many other countries, into an economic depression previously unseen. There are no guarantees it will work.
\r\nThe Obama administration cannot be granted a free pass for simply bringing change. Democrats must reach across the aisle to a very battered GOP base still bitterly licking its wounds. The Democrats also must think about the direction of the party – break too far left, and the possibility of the neo-conservative base retaking the legislative branch in 2010 becomes more than a slim chance. If the Democratic Party breaks too right for lefty tastes, it leaves a disengaged left base that helped elect Bush in 2004 by not voting because it didn’t matter.
\r\nTo carry any weight with voters, Democrats cannot focus on social, divisive issues like abortion and must focus on the economy. On Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI met with Nancy Pelosi to tell her Catholic politicians must “work … in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development.” I appreciate His Holiness taking an interest in our country. But the time and energy of our politicians would be much better spent focusing on making sure that the 17.4 percent of children living in extreme poverty are cared for and fed. This is more pro-life than intruding upon the rights of women and their bodies. Side effect: America takes care of those already here, as opposed to who might or might not be born.
\r\nThe Bush regime left the remains of an inefficient rule of the rich. The Obama administration must begin to repair our economy or be soundly removed piece by piece in 2010 and 2012. It is time for liberals, Democrats, progressives, or whatever they want to call themselves to move forward, stop the Bush-bashing, and be sure the American people see lasting, enduring change. America cannot forgive and forget – after all, in 2008 Bush himself said “One of the things important about history is to remember the true history.” Side effects of not forgetting: America can move forward and ensure this tragic debacle never happens again.
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\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2009-02-20 01:23:06','106','Meg Lanker','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-02-20 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','749','bush, president, obama, america, ”, change, administration, –, branch, democrats, side, americans, history, cheney, politicians, people, time, ran, military, effect','In 2002, when the Bush Administration began talk of a military strike against Iraq, a student at Pennsylvania State University asked Bush how he slept at night. Bush replied, “Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of [Dr. Seuss’s] Hop on Pop.” I do not use this quote in order to mock former President George W. Bush. It illustrates a rather striking quality about our former president – his wide-eyed, naïve outlook. Side effect: America had a president who slept perfectly fine while contemplating a military action that would almost surely kill thousands of civilians.\r\n\r\n','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1504','Valentine’s Day signifies love’s many forms','valentines-day-signifies-loves-many-forms','','The season of [[Valentine’s Day]] is upon us, having descended shortly after [[New Year’s]] in the form of candy hearts next to discounted candy canes. This weekend marks a day I alternately love and loathe. I abhor it for its commercialism, its emphasis on the perfect romantic gift, and its unrealistic expectations. I love it—not because of any material gains on my part—but because I am amused by the spectacle of many of my male friends wondering if [[Applebee’s]] or [[Chili’s]] is more romantic. Side effect: I wind up picking out cards and flowers for their girlfriends.
Valentine’s Day places emphasis on romance versus love, just like Modern Bride places emphasis on the “most perfect day ever!” versus the actual marriage. Philosophers and every day people have tried to define love since the beginning of recorded history. Rapturous poems spilled forth from [[Shakespeare]]’s pen and are misquoted in Hallmark cards. Women and men alike agonize over if they should say those three little words. Side effect: Millions of dollars in profit for Hallmark, millions of seconds of uncomfortable silence when those three little words are said and the reply is “um, you too.”
\r\nWe all just want to be loved, right? Love is normal—in fact, author Anaïs Nin wrote, “The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.” Webster’s Dictionary defines love as, “A tender, passionate affection for another person … sexual passion or persistent desire.” Think about those first days of infatuation that parallel obsession. It’s thrilling. Side effect: Love and obsession can overlap, sometimes pathologically.
\r\nThe early stages of love can resemble the neurological and behavioral symptoms of substance abuse and bipolar disorder. According to [[Dr. John Marsden]] of the British National Addiction Center, love is addictive, akin to cocaine. Using brain imaging, his team discovered that the same areas of the brain are active when abusing drugs and also when in love. In 2007, a study on love conducted in Switzerland concluded that those studied who had fallen in love recently slept less, acted compulsively, and were more likely to engage in risky behavior, such as reckless driving. In other words, the symptoms of love were akin to symptoms of hypomania (a lower level of mania) in bipolar patients.
\r\nBut that’s just romantic love, right? Case in point of non-romantic love and obsession: [[Nadya Suleman]], an unemployed, single mother who just gave birth to octuplets in California. Her mother, who cares for Suleman’s other 6 children, said in an AP interview that her daughter was obsessed with having children. Suleman has no job, no income, is on food stamps, and is about to enter a demanding master’s degree program in counseling. She plans on supporting her children through student loans and the school’s free day care facilities.
\r\nHer reasons behind giving birth to so many children are disastrous. She characterizes her early childhood as “dysfunctional” and said that she always wanted a large family. “That was always a dream of mine, to have a huge family, and I just longed for certain connections and attachments with another person that I really lacked growing up,” Suleman said in an interview with NBC. Financially, she said that “Money is necessary to raise children … but to me, it is superfluous in contrast to the importance of my kids.” Suleman must have realized it’s not entirely superfluous—her publicist set up a Web site to accept donations.
\r\nWhat disturbs me is that Suleman claims she is looking for the love she didn’t get as a child. How will she give 10 children under the age of four the attention and love they deserve? Suleman is placing this burden on them. She says “Everything I do revolves around my children. I’ll stop my life for them and be with them. And how many parents do that?” Usually, dealing with a dysfunctional, lonely childhood involves therapy, not having 14 kids through in-vitro fertilization. The octuplets will go home to a tiny 3 bedroom house, where Suleman’s other 6 children are fed in shifts. Her expectations are wholly unrealistic. She expects to care for 14 children, 3 of which are disabled, complete a master’s degree, and have a picturesque, blissful life. Side effect of 14 children vying for mom’s attention: the cycle of feeling unloved will continue.
\r\nLove can be beautiful, but like The Force, it has a dark side. Suleman’s children will most certainly have a rough childhood. Perhaps they will grow up and find what they are looking for and be happy. Perhaps Suleman will as well. I will never understand love but I do not want to attempt to quantify it. Side effect of trying to understand love: You can miss what’s right in front of your face.
\r\n“[[Side Effects]]” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible adulation, piety, delusions or consciousness.
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Well, I suppose it’s time for Rep. Frank Peasley R-Converse/Platte and Rep. George Bagby D-Carbon to find some Spiderman underoos in big boy sizes, because they were both a demonstration in political cowardice at Tuesday’s judiciary meeting to discuss the Defense of Marriage Amendment, HJ 0017, which would invalidate all same-sex marriages and civil unions in Wyoming performed out of state.
\r\nLet’s start with Peasley. This is a man who likened governmental controls on smoking to edicts of the Nazi Youth manual and a former surgeon general to Adolph Hitler in a bizarre, 20-minute tirade. At the judiciary committee meeting, he ranted about testimony from Laramie – the “most tolerant city in Wyoming” – told gay people to stop being victims, and said Laramie needs to “get over the whole Matthew Shepard thing.” Side effect: it is difficult to take you seriously ever again.
\r\nI find the following quote from the [[Casper-Star Tribune]] quite interesting: “Wyoming, we brag, is the last bastion of freedom, and I have seen it erode away every time we pass one of these,” Rep. Frank Peasley said about anti-smoking legislation Jan. 29. He then voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Amendment this Tuesday. Side effect of this yes vote: The bill now will take up valuable time that could be used to pass legislation that would fix deteriorating roads and give children health care.
\r\nPeasley wants to protect my freedom to smoke to death, but not to marry a woman, if that was my choice, outside the state of Wyoming and have this state recognize my marriage. Peasley will encroach upon freedom if it is politically advantageous for him to do so. Never mind telling a community to simply “get over” the horrific murder of one of their own that gave Laramie national infamy – this was an astonishingly yellow display from a blowhard who pretends to be a self-styled freedom-fighter. Side effect: Converse and Platte counties have ineffective, spineless, party-line representation.
\r\nNow on to Representative Bagby. Sir, I’m not sure if you remember filling out the Issues Position Test, also known as the Political Courage Test, from Project Vote Smart. Project Vote Smart is a non-partisan organization that collects data on candidate’s voting records and stances on the issues. The Issues Position Test is a test that candidates fill out to gage how they would vote on certain issues, such as same-sex marriage.
\r\nWell, sir, you’ve now failed to pass muster on political courage. You voted for this amendment. Yet, on a test of your political courage, on the question “Should Wyoming recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?” you wrote “Yes.” Side effect: an astounding show of weakness from Carbon County’s representative – who also wrote on the same test that his legislative priorities are “Tranportation [sic] and highway infrasture [sic]... Healthcare…”
\r\nNow, I would like to commend Representative Mary Throne D-Laramie for her political courage in opposing this bill from the outset. Throne was the lone representative on the judiciary committee targeted as a “no” vote by WyWatch Family Institute, and later, in a nationally sent e-mail alert by Focus on the Family Action. Throne endured hundreds of phone calls and e-mails about this bill. This campaign of harassment went on for over a week, with e-mails and calls pouring in nationally. Side effect: Mary Throne was battered verbally for over a week before voting on this measure.
\r\nThrone voted no because she said she couldn’t allow discrimination in Wyoming’s constitution. She also said that the people shouldn’t vote on rights being taken from any segment of society, pointing out that the civil rights movement would have died swiftly had the people in Georgia voted on the measure. She added that in order to amend the constitution, there should be a “compelling public policy argument” to do so – pointing out, ironically enough, that Wyoming has an incredibly high divorce rate.
\r\nI agree. Wyoming has the third-highest divorce rate in the nation, and now legislators are discussing divorcing happily married couples instead of funding education. Side effect: Wyoming is a political laughingstock for discussing something that will affect a smaller group of people than the population of Midwest, Wyo. Voters cannot completely deduce a candidate’s political courage in an election – candidates will say anything. However, once candidates prove themselves gutless, voters must send them packing. Side effect of not doing so: We’re no better than them.
\r\nThis week, we received a harsh reminder of typical January weather, but most Wyomingites aren’t surprised by snow in winter. This week, I examined the list of proposed bills for this legislative session and received a harsh reminder about why we aren’t quite “The Equality State.” I was not surprised. Senate Joint Resolution 2 – “The Defense of Marriage Act” is sponsored by Senator Curt Meier R-LaGrange. Lawmakers propose similar legislation nearly every year, but this year, conservatives are emboldened by similar legislation passing in liberal California and the support of out-of-state evangelical groups. This bill reads, in part, “A marriage between a man and a woman shall be the only legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.” Side effects of reading this bill: an insane desire to camp on the steps of the State House, and profound frustration.
I decided I wanted some input on this bill from reliable sources. Fortunately, my dear friend Ben Corley, put me in touch with esteemed former U.S. Senator Al Simpson. I thought Ben was insane contacting Al Simpson about same-sex marriage, but as soon as I began talking with him, I realized I fiercely agreed with a Republican. Side effect of this recognition: profound enlightenment.
\r\nSimpson gave this example to explain legal issues surrounding the bill: “Wyoming does not recognize common-law marriages. But if a couple moves to Wyoming, and are married under the common-laws of another state, then the state of Wyoming recognizes that marriage. The courts cannot legally invalidate another union between two people that is recognized by another state.”
\r\nCurrently, under law, Wyoming is obligated to recognize all marriages performed in other states. Side effects of this state law: Wyoming must also recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions performed in other states.
\r\nI feel same-sex marriage should simply be legal and I strongly disagree with anyone who says otherwise. And there are many people and groups who say otherwise. In the interest of presenting both sides, I contacted Curt Meier and Becky Vandeberghe, chair of the political action committee WyWatch Family Institute. Curt Meier did not return my phone call for comment.
\r\nWyWatch Family Institute’s motto is “Guarding Faith, Family, and Freedom in Wyoming.” WyWatch is lobbying heavily in support of the bill. “A lot of what we do is educating citizens about the legislative process and how to get involved,” Vandeberghe said. Vandeberghe cited Massachusetts as an example of voters not having a say on this issue. “Massachusetts has gay marriage because liberal judges who were appointed made it that way. This is about giving Wyoming’s people a voice in this decision.”
\r\nFocus on the Family Action, a Colorado-based evangelical group, and the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based Christian legal group, are currently advising WyWatch. Last Friday, Focus on the Family Action began making telephone calls to voters in key senate districts urging them to contact their legislators in support of the amendment. California recently saw the side effects of out-of-state involvement with in-state legislation. Proposition 8 passed in November, banning same-sex marriage. It saw intense support from the Mormon Church, which urged its members to donate to pro-Prop 8 organizations.
\r\nAccording to Vandeberghe, WyWatch’s aim is to “protect traditional marriage in Wyoming. Every state that has put this on the ballot has passed it.” This scares the hell out of me because she’s right – 30 states have passed similar legislation.
\r\nThe main side effect of my conversation with Vandeberghe: I realized her motivation is similar to my motivation in writing this column: The belief and support of a cause. I disagree with her completely, but am pleased I talked to her. Side effect of civil discourse without both sides: An ill-informed public.
\r\nThis proposed amendment would effectively invalidate legal marriages. As of Tuesday, the Senate version of the bill was stalled in the Education Committee, but a carbon copy is scheduled to hit the House floor. Regarding the bill itself, Al Simpson said, “I can’t imagine anything more inhuman, insensitive and unfair.” I agree. I feel it is a same-sex couple’s right to have their marriage recognized, just like heterosexual and common-law marriages. This bill also represents unnecessary government intrusion into citizen’s private lives. Simpson said it best: “Wyoming people believe in getting the government out of their lives. It’s the precious right of privacy, the precious right to be left alone. Why can’t we extend that to all our other fellow human beings?” Well said, sir, well said.
\r\n“Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology and criminal justice. Side effects of reading her column include possible disapprobation, apoplexy, commiseration or awareness.
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Think about the term “side effects.”
It’s the quick voice-overs of Viagra commercials. “Side effects may include nausea, cardiac arrest, and temporary blindness, etc…” Merriam-Webster defines side effects as, “Secondary and usually adverse effects.” Typically, this is referring to the effects of prescribed drugs. But not every side effect is adverse and comes in pill form.
I read the news online compulsively. Side effects of my hedonistic media consumption include increased rage, temporary hopelessness and occasional bouts of elation. Reading the news Monday, I saw: “Bush to give farewell address Thursday night.” I silently cheered, remembering the inauguration next week.
Side effects of reading that headline included brief euphoria, followed by vague uneasiness. I am thrilled the U.S. government almost gets the equiv
alent of a playground do-over. I say “almost” because this now-dismantled regime leaves behind tattered foreign relations, a devastating war and a shattered economy. The grievous mistakes made by this administration would be a comedy of errors if they were not such godforsaken tragedies.
To soothe my irate soul, I looked for a heartwarming human interest story. I read about Dorothy Taylor and Duane Williams. Taylor, 84, and Williams, 82, were married Saturday in Illinois after a spontaneous kiss. The couple played bridge together for about a year at their assisted living center when Williams mustered the courage to kiss Taylor. They impulsively decided to get married within a week. The groom’s son said “the spark of love” inspired his father. Side effects of this story included a soothing effect, followed by saying “awww…” out loud and getting odd looks from strangers.
I think it’s marvelous that Duane and Dorothy felt a “spark of love” and were motivated to share their lives. It reminds me of another elderly couple who felt that same spark over 50 years ago. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were the first same-sex couple to be married in California after same-sex marriage became legal in 2008. Martin and Lyon became partners in 1953. They were not only devoted to each other, but to the advancement of GLBTQ rights, forming the first national lesbian organization in 1955.
After the California Supreme Court voided their brief marriage in 2004, Lyon said, “Del is 83 years old and I am 79. After being together for more than 50 years, it is a terrible blow to have the rights and protections of marriage taken away from us. At our age, we do not have the luxury of time.” Martin and Lyon married June 16, 2008 at City Hall in San Francisco. Martin was in a wheelchair, but stood for the ceremony. On Aug. 27, 2008 Martin died with her wife by her side. Side effects of reading this poignant love story include profound sadness at the loss of a fiery advocate for GLBTQ rights and renewed rage at the idea that their love story was somehow shameful because they were two women.
On Nov. 4, 2008, 52 percent of voters in California voted for Proposition 8, dubbed “Proposition H8” by its detractors. Prop. 8 repealed the legalization of same-sex marriage. Side effects of this legislation include the possible nullification of over 18,000 same-sex marriages, the denial of civil rights to an entire population and opening the door to moral legislating by slim majorities.
I say moral legislating because proponents of Prop. 8 breathlessly urge Californians to think of the children. They maintain same-sex marriages “hurt society.” So does intolerance. They claim keeping same-sex marriage legal will force California to redefine marriage. If the U.S. Supreme Court had not redefined marriage in 1967 with Loving v. Virginia, interracial couples still could not marry. Not surprisingly, society did not fall apart.
I think of Del and Phyllis, and all other committed same-sex couples who supposedly threaten the sanctity of heterosexual marriages like Ted Haggard’s.
I have many dear friends in the GLBTQ community. When I read a beautiful story like Duane and Dorothy’s, I think of the beautiful stories that may not ever be written due to societal injustice. Side effects of these realizations include ardent disbelief and marked fury that certain types of love stories are defined as perverted and unnatural.
Occasionally, I vow to stop reading the news. Some days, I do not get my twice-daily dose. Side effects of me not checking the news include an eerie sense of liberation coupled with the feeling that I’m about to miss something momentous. So, to feed my habit, I get CNN text alerts on my phone. That way, when earth-shattering news breaks, I’m always able to lose my mind over it.
“Side Effects” by Meg Lanker runs every Friday. Lanker is a sophomore majoring in psychology. Side effects of reading her column include possible boredom, excitation, indifference or enlightenment.
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It’s that time of year again: I’m broke and I am being forced to spend obscene amounts of money on textbooks. My question: where can I find cheap (or at least less expensive) textbooks?
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Good question. The education system of today really rips students off for books each semester. First, hope that your courses do not require books that are brand new or are specially made for UW as these are always more expensive. Then, get online. Start by looking through the UW classifieds (you can access these through WyoWeb). You should also check out Wyoming Craigslist. Then start searching for the ISBN on Ebay, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Textbooks.com. I have used these sites and it seems the best deals are typically on Amazon, but occasionally I can find the book cheaper on another site. Try to buy as many books from one site as possible because sites often will provide free shipping after a particular dollar amount. Also call the local library. The university and local public libraries often have books that you will use throughout the semester. Develop a good relationship with the librarians as they can easily use interlibrary loan to obtain books for you. Keep in mind that although you cannot check out the book for an entire semester, you can often renew your books or even photocopy a few sections to save dough. If all else fails, go to the University Bookstore and break your bank account to buy books that you’ll never use again. Try to keep your books in good condition to increase your resale value. Then save the money earned to help with this problem next semester.
I am tired of compromising my style and fashion in order to be warm. I want to stand out from the crowd but I have to put on two sweatshirts, a coat and snow pants to keep from freezing. How can I look cute and stay warm this winter?
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Layer, learn to layer. Begin by slipping on a pair of tights underneath your jeans. Wearing a skirt? Try layering two or three pairs of tights to add warmth and style to your outfit. Invest in a few good pairs of legwarmers. The best legwarmers cling tight at the top of your calf, just below the knee and stay close to the leg all the way to just below your ankle. These will help keep your legs and feet warm without adding much bulk. For the top half, use more layering techniques. Start off with a tank top and then add a long-sleeved shirt. The top layer can be a cute vest, a fun jacket or simply another long-sleeved shirt. When you layer your outfits you can adjust to the weather. Too warm? Take off a shirt. Cold? Put the shirt back on. To keep your outfits entertaining, accessorize with bright, unique jewelry, scarves, shoes and bags. For outerwear, be certain to bring your scarf, hat and gloves. Try to make the best of winter by wearing the cutest coats you can find. There is no real answer to the cold weather problem but remembering to stay positive, and learning to layer can certainly help. Also, consider investing in an insulated travel mug so you can bring hot cocoa to warm your insides.
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by Sasha Fahrenkopf sfahrenk@uwyo.edu
juicycampus.com is vulgar, shocking, and at times, cruel. Is it necessary? Not at all. Should it be taken off the internet? Absolutely not.
The website, regardless of how offensive, is not in violation of any legal standards. If something that is untrue is posted on the site, the creators have protected themselves legally with their terms and agreement that you agree to every time you are on the site.
juicyCampus ask the viewers to, \"…consider whether the comment states a fact or an opinion.\" If the statement is an opinion it is not in any legal violations because everyone is allotted an opinion. If the statement is presented as a fact, on the other hand, and it is false, it can easily be protected by the parody clause of the first amendment.
The fuel that is seems to be lighting the debate under this site is not that of legality, but of ethics. The public is in outrage because this site is allowing anonymous posting of practically anything. Apparently, asking who the \"horny girls of Columbia summer school\" is just not an acceptable thing to be reading on the internet.
I encourage people that find the website repulsive to take a minute and cruise through some of the posts. Not only are ridiculous, the posts are quite evidently from people who do not even attend the school and are just looking for somewhere to write something vulgar.
However, to call this website unethical is a personal and irrelevant argument. Personally, I have no ethical dilemma with anonymous, untrue, unrealistic posts. If your ethical limits find the site to be shocking and wrong, then here\'s what can be done: don\'t access the webpage.
The website doesn\'t cross any lines that haven\'t been crossed before and that won\'t be crossed again. In fact, Boredat.net is the exact same concept with the exact same content.
However, Boredat isn\'t receiving heat from the media for its vulgar posts. It seems juicyCampus is not being attacked because what it is doing, but instead because it became a popular website while doing it. It\'s the soccer mom\'s dream to attack this site because it is the bullying of the new generation.
When talking about the legitimacy of this website, I have been asked the same thing every time, \"What if there were vicious rumors about you on the site? Would you think the website was okay then?
Honestly, if someone was thinking about me and decided to post a rancid statement, than I would react the same way I would if that person had chosen to say that same thing to me personally; I would feel awkward and embarrassed and then brush it off. Rumors will always be spread about people, and putting it on the internet for everyone else to see does not make the rumor any worse, it just makes my name known.
There is no such thing as good gossip and juicyCampus is merely taking the \"bathroom wall\" (their original site name), and putting it on the internet.
The website is mean and crude and nothing I would generally partake in, but it is not wrong. It is a public forum, and these forums are all over the internet. Eliminating juicycampus.com would not fix the vulgarity or crassness of the internet.
Con
by Jacqui Frost jfrost@uwyo.edu
“Remember that you are reading a web site run by people you don\'t know, containing comments made by people you don\'t know, concerning events which may or may not have occurred. You should take everything you read with a large grain of salt.”
This is what the owners say you should do when you see a false statement on Juicy Campus. This statement completely contradicts what they say in their terms and conditions. In these conditions it states that when people use their site, they agree not to use the site to “violate or solicit the violation of any applicable local, state, national or international law, infringe the rights of any third party, including but not limited to intellectual property rights and privacy or publicity right, or upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any content that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, tortuous, defamatory, obscene, libelous, or invasive of another\'s privacy.”
Just about every comment I have read while visiting this site is defamatory, obscene and invasive of another’s privacy and it does not look like the owners are doing much removing of this content.
While the creators have made it clear that they are not liable for anything said on the site they created, they are not holding others responsible for what they are saying either. People are pretty much free to say what they want about whoever they want, including faculty and people they don’t even know. One such post is titled “sex with professors” and asks which professors students have slept with. An actual professor is named.
I’m all for freedom of speech but this site is crossing the line ethically. The owners of this site don’t know if comments are true or not and have no way to screen them for accuracy. If students are “jokingly” posting that they slept with a professor and that information spreads to others, those professors could get in serious trouble.
Not only is this site being used for posting immature and possibly harmful information, an issue that is becoming more apparent is that of libel and defamation. Most of the people that are being discussed in these posts are not public figures and therefore would not have a hard time building a strong case and suing.
One of the many critical comments Juicy Campus received from the Chronicle of Higher Education was that “employers now routinely search the web for the names of prospective employees. It was recently reported that 43% of recruiters do so when searching to fill senior executive positions. Anonymously posted and potentially libelous gossip can wreck careers and ruin lives. This site, and its posters, should seriously evaluate their legal liability. A big settlement can also ruin a poster’s life.”
This site is likely to be shut down once the lawsuits start but another thing to consider is why do college students find it necessary to revert back to acting like 13-year-olds spreading childish rumors about each other? Just because you can say horrible things about strangers doesn’t mean you should. I think the owners of this site at are fault because they set up this site for gossip but the posters are even more to blame for using it in such malicious ways.
Dear Editor,
\r\nI must congratulate Ann McGuigan for writing a pointed OpEd article that will surely stir debate on campus. I am sure that many will feel belittled or unfairly attacked by Ann’s comments, but she blatantly displays an issue that is all too common on many campuses across the nation.
\r\n','\r\nWhen I was an undergraduate, I knew many students that were education majors because it “let them party more” or because there were “a lot of hot girls” in education. I also knew many students that could not “cut” engineering, math, or business so they became education majors. I have never known a student to go in the opposite direction for academic reasons.
\r\nI certainly appreciate that there are students that take a lot from the education courses and become excellent teachers, but sadly I think they are the exceptions and not the norm. I personally have known many excellent teachers; one in particular chose to teach in the gang infested schools in southern San Diego over the rich La Jolla schools—because she understood she could make a real difference for some of those kids. Many of these same teacher’s friends openly complained about the quality of their peers in general.
\r\nI hope that Ann’s article will make many think and consider this important issue. Education is in many ways this state’s and nation’s most important natural resource, and we must ensure that it is not squandered.
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Lee Lang
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\r\nWhat could have easily been presented as an earnest and heartfelt suggestion for education reform has come across as a terribly naïve and hurtful diatribe, pointing the finger at (who else?) those pesky, ignorant teachers.
\r\nAlthough I have not a single aspiration to become a lawyer, doctor, accountant, or work in any other profession Ms. McGuigan deems worthy of esteem, I still foolishly consider myself to be “bright and hard-working.” I’m also smart enough not to expect everyone to carry my perspective on education. However, unlike Ann, I don’t believe that composing a negatively-worded and judgmental letter is going to spark the progressive overhaul that’s desperately needed in American public schooling.
\r\n','\r\nWhile I won’t argue that I didn’t have any of my own personal frustrations with the banality of some of my education courses, I would be lying if I didn’t say I felt inspired and challenged with others. That being said, I have the sneaking suspicion that I would have felt that way regardless of what I was studying.
\r\nIf anybody expects to go to college for four years and graduate an expert in their field, they are presented with a massive reality check before too long. I didn’t register for classes under the impression that I was about to receive a neatly wrapped tool kit on how to be a fantastic teacher. During the process of my residency, I learned and grew more in a day of teaching than in my years as a student. Rather than curse what you consider my poor education, I quickly realized that there is no reasonable way in which a four-year program can prepare someone for the reality of being an educator, and it’s ignorant to write a shamelessly critical epistle when you fail to recognize the fact that the majority of how someone learns to teach happens when they’re actually standing in front of a classroom.
\r\nWhile there are, of course, crucial topics that need to be addressed, discussed, and introduced during the undergrad experience, teaching happens to be a vocation where the most knowledge comes from experience and on-the-job training. A cynical outsider can argue that we are sending woefully unprepared teachers into the hot seat. Fortunately most educators (who consider themselves to be lifelong learners) understand that with every class and every year there will be growing pains and opportunities to change.
\r\nI’m happy this letter has opened up a dialogue about a critical issue, but it bothers me that it has done so because of its biting tone. As an instructional assistant and a soon-to-be teacher, I hope the flippant way the author demeans the very people who care the most about students is something that can stay out of future discourse.
\r\nI am eternally grateful for the “slackers, idiots, and crazies” who have chosen to devote their lives to educating us Wyoming idiots. As an aspiring teacher, I can’t wait to take my unrelenting optimism and continue to believe I’m actually in a position to make a difference in a part of the world. I understand that in doing so, I run the risk of being judged by the large handful of people like Ann, who’ve got it all figured out and will continue to dish out advice lined with hurtful stereotypes. That little slice of reality doesn’t bother me so much, but that’s probably because I’m a future teacher...I hear they’re not so bright.
\r\nBailey K. Bertch
\r\nUW Alum
\r\nImagine being summoned against your will to appear before a tribunal to defend your “suitability.”
You are never told what the accusations are. You are never allowed to confront your accuser. The tribunal decides you are not “suitable” and renders its judgment against you.
This is not a scene from “Kafka” or “The Crucible.” This is what happened to me at the College of Law last year.
The Board of Advocates is a student-run, faculty-advised organization that facilitates competitions at the College of Law. The bylaws set out its duties, responsibilities and procedures.
I had been involved in a harmless prank, having nothing to do with the board. But, due to a conflict of interest involving a board member and school politics, the board decided to get involved.
According to the bylaws, the board had no authority to summon me. Assuming they did, any action was time-barred, I had the right to see the accusations and I was entitled a trial-type hearing. They denied me all these rights.
','Meanwhile, the student member of the board was e-mailing the accusations to the student body. The e-mails contained inaccurate and defamatory information. No one knows how many students received these malicious e-mails. My peers knew more about the hearing than I did.
When asked what authority the board had, the faculty adviser referred to confidential precedent, the details of which could not be revealed.
She said my proceeding would remain confidential, too. Meanwhile, everyone at the school had access to the details of my “confidential” hearing. This should have been a red flag.
At the hearing, the other faculty adviser attacked me personally. He brought up a complaint I had made regarding my perception of racially insensitive conduct. He told me I did not consider myself a professional. The president of the board told me I was not to discuss what happened with anyone.
The board decided I was not “suitable” to represent the school and relayed that decision through rumor. Nearly six months later, the dean determined the board had no authority to make such a decision. Conveniently, the student who had orchestrated the charade had already graduated unscathed.
This was a hazing, no different than a pledge being demeaned, harassed and emotionally distressed. The faculty advisers did not just allow it, they participated.
There were proper disciplinary procedures in place if needed. This was not one of them; this was the very definition of a kangaroo court. I never imagined I would witness such disrespect for fundamental principles of justice at this school and am truly disappointed.
Matthew Riehl
Third-year, College of Law
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Dear Editor:
\r\nI am writing both as a concerned citizen and a person of Christian faith to publicly voice my strongest opposition to the Arizona-style immigration legislation scheduled for introduction this week in the Wyoming legislature.
\r\n','\r\nIn Scripture, the ethical responsibility of extending hospitality to strangers is a key requirement of faithfulness. The overall theme of the Bible’s teaching is summed up in Leviticus 19:34: “The alien who resides among you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.” In the New Testament, Jesus tells us to welcome the stranger (cf. Matthew 25:35), for “what you do to the least of my brethren, you do unto me (Matthew 25:40).”
\r\nWhy is the matter of immigrant justice such a concern of the Jewish and Christian faiths and what bearing does it have on the current immigration debate in our country? In short, the biblical mandate reminds us that injustice anywhere leads inexorably to injustice everywhere. Whenever there is a class of people without rights, without voice, without legal recourse and protection, it endangers not only that group, but threatens the well being of society as a whole.
\r\nPeople from all walks of life can agree that the immigration system in this country is broken: our need for comprehensive reform is clear. Regrettably, so-called “tough enforcement” bills, patterned after Arizona’s SB1070 do little to address the problem in substantive terms, but instead, appeal to the basest tactics (racial profiling and inhumane detentions) without ever addressing the root causes of migration.
\r\nWouldn’t our local and federal legislatures be better served by supporting fair and comprehensive immigration reform that: reunites long-separated families separated due to visa backlogs, protects worker rights, reforms inhumane detention processes, makes the visa system more efficient, and most importantly, provides a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants so they can pay taxes, learn English, and contribute as productive members of our society?
\r\nWe are all God’s children and we are called to care about the well being of all people—including our immigrant brothers and sisters. Our communities suffer when U.S. immigration laws offer no hope for undocumented immigrants, separated families, or exploited workers to achieve a better life. I encourage you to join me in asking our state and federal legislatures to work for solutions rooted in hope rather than fear.
\r\nRev. Joe Bair
\r\nDouglas, WY
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My friends and I were having a discussion the other day about being harassed by the cops at parties. It seems they always want to ask questions and we were debating about whether or not we actually have to respond to their questions.
So my question for you is, if the cops come to a party that I happen to be at and want to ask me questions, do I actually have to answer questions asked by them, or can I just keep my big mouth shut?
Sincerely,
Big Mouth
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Dear Big Mouth,
The quick answer is no, you do not have to answer questions asked by the law enforcement officers. You have the constitutional right to remain silent.
In general, you do not have to talk to law enforcement officers (or anyone else), even if you do not feel free to walk away from the officer, if you are arrested or if you are in jail. You cannot be punished for refusing to answer a question.
In fact, it is a good idea to talk to a lawyer before agreeing to answer questions and ultimately, only a judge can order you to answer questions.
This, however, is only general information and if you should have a more specific question we invite you to come and talk to us by making an appointment with the UW Students’ Attorney by stopping by Room 128, Knight Hall or by calling (307) 766-6347.
Thanks for your question!
SAP
A few weeks ago I went out bar hopping with my friends and while we were in between bars I really had to take a leak. All of the bars had long lines to get in and I couldn’t hold it anymore so I ducked into the alley way behind a dumpster and did my business.
Afterwards my friend told me that I could get into trouble for that but she didn’t know what the punishment was. Can you tell me, for future reference, what sort of trouble I can get into for relieving myself in the alley way?
Sincerely, Bird Bladder
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Dear Bird Bladder,
Assuming that you are referring to an incident here in Laramie, then yes, your friend is correct in that you can, in fact, get into trouble for “taking a leak” in the alley way. In fact (as of this writing), the Municipal Code for Laramie (the “Code”), Title 9, Chapter 9.12.140 specifically deals with urination in public places and states that “a person is guilty of disorderly conduct if he or she urinates in the streets, sidewalks, alleys, parks or other public places of the city.”
Title 1, Chapter 1.28.010 of the Code provides “…the violation of any…provision…or ordinance, rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine of not more than [$750.00].” If you were to get caught by the Laramie Police Department you would likely receive a ticket and have to deal with the Laramie Municipal Court.
While the action of peeing in the alley way may seem harmless enough this can be pretty scary stuff and it is important for you to know that not all town ordinances/codes are so lenient. In fact, some places consider peeing in public “public indecency” which not only can carry hefty fines and the possibility of jail time but can also, in certain situations, lead to sex offender registration!
The Moral of the story is to find a bathroom next time and avoid the potential hassle in the future. However, if you should find yourself “caught in the act” in the future or if you just want to know more specific information, you can make an appointment with the UW Students’ Attorney by stopping by Room 128, Knight Hall or by calling (307) 766-6347.
Thanks for your question!
SAP
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Dear SAP,
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I’m a 22 year old UW student and I rent a house with my younger sister and some of her friends (not UW students). My sister and her friends are not 21 years old yet, so they are always asking me to buy beer and other alcohol for them.
I’ve done it in the past because I don’t want to be the “lame” older sister, but I’m worried about getting into trouble if I continue buying them alcohol. Can you provide me with any information on this issue?
Sincerely,
Lame Older Sister
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Dear Lame Older Sister,
We know that it is hard to want to be the party killer; however, it is against the law to provide alcohol to minors (here defined as anyone under the age of 21). Anyone that provides alcohol to minors can be charged for each minor that alcohol is provided to.
In addition, if you own, rent or occupy any residence and you have a party and allow minors to consume alcohol in your residence, even if you did not furnish the alcohol to them, you can then be fined for each minor that has been consuming alcohol.
It is also illegal to transport alcohol in your vehicle with the intent to provide it to minors. In this case, the minor does not even have to be present or in possession of the alcohol. It is enough that you are transporting it to the minor. Anyone that is caught transporting alcohol to minors in a vehicle could face a fine, jail time and suspension of their driver’s license.
It is also against the law for anyone to assist a person that is under the age of 21 in obtaining alcoholic beverages. In other words, you cannot provide people under the legal drinking-age with alcohol.
For example, if you and your sister look a lot alike (which many siblings do) and you provide her with your ID so she can buy alcohol herself, you would be in violation of the law.
Long story short, even though she and her friends/roommates may pester you for it, it’s probably not worth it in the long run. A few hours of partying are probably not worth the legal problems that come with it.
However, if you should find yourself in trouble with the law for this in the future or if you just want to know more specific information, you can make an appointment with the UW Students’ Attorney by stopping by Room 128, Knight Hall or by calling (307) 766-6347.
Thanks for your question,
SAP
In the past week, it has been unsettling to read The Branding Iron as it has called ASUW “lazy” and unaccountable. I would like to set the record straight and give the students of this university my cause for voting against a bill proposed last week that has marked myself and other senators as lazy.
I do not feel my fellow senators and myself are lazy.
What Sen. Joel Defebaugh and last week’s Branding Iron writer have failed to mention in their articles is the true debate we all heard in the Senate Chambers over this bill.
','Had the debate been whether or not senators should attend RSO events, I would have voted yes; however, the majority of the debate was centered on the issue of RSO autonomy.
Several senators who voted yes on this bill used phrases like, “this is our money” and we are “giving” that money to the students. Senators who voted yes also argued there should be feedback for the RSOs and for the funding board that can determine future funding.
The money ASUW grants RSOs is not “our money,” it is the students’ money. Y’all pay student fees and as Sen. Defebaugh writes in his editorial, some of that money funds the student government.
As a Senate, we are representing that money and its intention to better this campus and the education students receive at UW. The fact that yes-voting senators feel ownership over students’ money scares me.
Second, what has neither been represented in last week’s article, nor in Sen. Defebaugh’s is there were several amendments made to this bill.
In fact, it was startling how many violations of the ASUW bylaws were present in this piece of legislation. After said amendments were made, this bill was an entirely different document than the original.
This signaled to me there was a need for those in favor of this legislation to re-write it and bring it back to ASUW. Also, I feel it is my duty as a senator to represent all students of this university to the best of my abilities and I did my best to hear both sides of the bill before voting.
In this case it was clear to me that there was a huge flaw in this legislation: ASUW’s sudden power over RSO’s future funding.
If this legislation passed, it was argued that the ASUW funding board would have say over future funding of events based on their past evaluations, as made by respective senators.
What right does ASUW have to tell RSOs what they can and cannot do at their events? It is not our duty as a student government to judge the events of our student body and punish them with lack of future funding because of unforeseen obstacles that may occur at their events.
If this legislation had been structured in a way that we would evaluate events based on their commitments to ASUW funding board then yes, I would have voted in favor of this legislation, but that was not the case.
The evaluation form presented with this legislation was biased and to some senators very offensive. For example, respective senators would evaluate things such as entertainment of an event, and based on their personal opinion would decide if that event was entertaining enough to be funded in the future. Ridiculous. Who are we, as a small body of representing students, to say what is entertaining or not at events we may have no previous knowledge of whatsoever?
My final voting issue was based on the remarks of the ASUW ex-officios. For those who do not know, ex-officios to the Student Senate are representatives of many student groups such as Greek Life, Student Athlete Advisory Council, etc. These representatives cannot vote but have every right to voice their opinion in all Senate matters.
When we debated this legislation, two ex-officios (the representatives from United Multicultural Counsel and Residence Halls Association) both urged a no vote as they were also worried that ASUW should not police student events and determine their funding based on the unforeseen. I listen to those I represent and the ex-officios are a prime example of students without voting powers telling ASUW what they want for our university.
I voted no on this legislation because I feel it must be rewritten: we are not entitled as senators to consider student fees as a “gift” we grant to students holding an event.
As written, this legislation takes away from RSO autonomy and because I listened to the students in this matter, I feel it is not a piece of legislation that would benefit the student body.
If those voting decisions make me a bad senator then so be it. I feel I was voting in the interests of our student body and would vote similarly again.
I do encourage the yes-voting senators to rewrite this legislation, remove the funding boards oversight of RSOs and provide an unbiased evaluation for said events. If this is done, I will vote yes. I think it is our duty as senators to be present at the events we fund, but we have no right to tell students how they should run their events.
If any student would like to give me feedback on this issue I would love to hear from them as I always want to be an outlet for students to have their voices heard in their elected student government. My email is: asulliv9@uwyo.edu
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From pitch to their falsetto voice, one of UW’s student choirs, The Singing Statesmen, will take their musical talents across Wyoming throughout this week.
\r\nFrom Wednesday to next Monday, the group will perform in Glenrock, Afton, Lander and Cody in front of the towns’ high school students.
\r\nThe Singing Statesmen will be finishing their tour in Cody, where the Wyoming All-State Music Groups will be meeting.
\r\n\r\n','\r\n“We will perform for all of the students who auditioned into the Wyoming All-State Band, Orchestra and Choir, as well as music educators from across the state, and family of the All-State students,” said Lamartine.
\r\nThe group was chosen based on their involvement and dedication to UW’s fine arts program, specifically the local musical scene.
\r\n“The UW Singing Statesmen are a high-profile men’s choir that focuses on fine choral literature representative of various style periods and vocal traditions from the western choral tradition, specifically cowboy and western songs associated with the state of Wyoming,” Nicole Lamartine, director of choral activities for UW and conductor of The Singing Statesmen, said.
\r\nThis group is comprised of 50 to 60 male students from UW and is a non-audition choir. All students interested are excepted.
\r\n“This ensemble is available to both music majors and non- music majors and represents a community of musically interested students from across campus,” Lamartine said.
\r\nIn 2008, Lamartine came into the position of choral activities director.
\r\nAlong with teaching music education curriculum, conducting and applied voice, Lamartine conducts the Singing Statesmen, the Collegiate Chorale and advises the male the a capella group, Happy Jacks.
\r\nThe Singing Statesmen’s tour of Wyoming specific goal is to address and encourage singing potential in Wyoming.
\r\n“The ensemble has toured Wyoming with the objective to promote male singing to students at the high school and community college level,” Lamartine said.
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\r\nThe department will perform three different shows this semester, and two of the shows host their auditions this week.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nAll students are welcome to audition, according to department chair Leigh Selting. Information can be found on the call board located outside the theatre and dance office inside the Fine Arts Building.
\r\nMonday night auditions were held for “Books on Tape,” a comedy written and directed by UW professor William Missouri Downs.
\r\nTheatre and dance student Noelia Antweiler preformed in Downs’ play “Seagulls and a Cherry Tree” last year and is prepared for this round of auditioning. “I definitely spend a lot of time alone so I can practice and prepare,” Antweiler said.
\r\nAntweiler also prepares by meeting with her scene partner and being physically and vocally ready for the audition.
\r\nThose who auditioned for “Books on Tape” will find out Tuesday if they received the part.
\r\nAuditions for “Chicago” will start Wednesday. The musical will be directed by Selting, conducted by Michael Griffith and vocally conducted by Patrick Newell.
\r\nWednesday will consist of the singing audition, and Thursday will be dancing and singing. Callbacks can be expected on Friday.
\r\nAnyone interested in auditioning for “Chicago” can find information about the required songs by going to the theatre and dance office, Selting said.
\r\nUW student Corey Winfield will also be auditioning for both shows this semester. “It’s always good to have something ready, be it a monologue or a song. Always have something in your head that’s ready to go,” Winfield said. “That way you’re not tripping or stumbling over your words, even if it’s a spur of the moment ‘read this’-type audition.”
\r\n“Chicago” has been preformed on Broadway and has won six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy award.
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“Marry me, Peter!!!!” the high school girls cried out in cacophonous unison toward the Danish a cappella singer during the baSix concert Saturday. BaSix performed as the closing concert for the UW Vocal Jazz workshop that concluded Saturday.
The UW Vocal Jazz Ensemble teamed up with other a capella groups: the Betty’s, Lookin’ for Treble and the Happy Jacks to begin a music-filled weekend for Wyoming and Nebraska high school jazz singers.
','Students from Big Horn, Rawlins, Tongue River, Newcastle and Rock Springs along with students from Nebraska high schools participated in this year’s vocal jazz workshop, hosted by the UW Vocal Department.
The Betty’s, an all-female a cappella group, kicked off Friday’s opening concert with a variety of genres from 1950’s bebop to more modern European pop.
The group used the concert to reach out to students, saying the only requirements were “to be a girl and to like pink.”
The next group to perform was Lookin’ for Treble, a mixed a capella group still in its developmental stages. The group sang songs that were arranged by members of the group.
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The Happy Jacks, one of UW’s most notable vocal ensembles was the next to last act. Formed from the larger ensemble the Singing Statesmen, the Happy Jacks are another student-run group, under the advising of Nicole Lamartine. Lamartine took the group to China last year to perform at Shanghai Normal University.
The music performed by the Happy Jacks took the audience on a wide gamut, from country to hip-hop and a slow ballad.
The final group to perform was the Vocal Jazz ensemble, under the tutelage of Ben Markley, an award-winning jazz composer and pianist.
This is Markley’s first year at the helm of the ensemble.
On Saturday, the students participated in a range of studios, vocal coaching and workshops with members of the various ensembles and ultimately the Danish a capella group baSix.
In the same style of the UW ensembles, baSix performed covers of well-known music, as well as a variety of their own award-winning work.
The group worked with the high school students for a portion of the afternoon, rehearsing a song entitled “Angel” by Robbie Williams.
The 128 students joined baSix on stage during the second half of their concert.
The Danes encouraged audience participation, kept the energy high and received three standing ovations from the audience.
Local band Nineteen Cent Feast’s newest song, “This Sharp Chain/Grow Up” featured in an independent film titled \"Frivolous Creatures.\"
\r\nThe film is written and directed by Jake Grissom of Austin, Texas. Chris Bucheit and Laramie resident Cameron Maris comprise Nineteen Cent Feast.
\r\nBoth band members said they were honored to contribute to the film. “It\'s a film about two friends who start a business together, and how the business starts to fall apart due to their relationships/issues with women,” Bucheit said. “It\'s amazingly written, and the acting is superb.”
\r\n“They needed an original song for one scene, so [Bucheit] wrote a little one-minute tune for the movie, which turned into a four-minute mini-opus for our band,” Maris said. “The opening monologue that I read is from Peter Shaffer’s play ‘Equus,’ which is our favorite piece of fiction ever written. It’s all about the pain of growing up and losing that childlike sense of wonder and passion and being forced to conform to society’s concept of what ‘normal’ looks like. That’s kind of what the song is about, too, so I found it apt.”
\r\nNineteen Cent Feast came about when Maris and Bucheit met at Casper College in 2000 where both were studying theater.
\r\n“We started a little pop-punk band called Zapruder. Zapruder and played mostly cover songs of the Blink-182/Green Day variety and sometimes friends would come over and sing along,” Maris said. “At that point, it became pretty clear that we were compatible with each other as far as music goes, and we’ve been making music ever since.”
\r\nBucheit said the band has never played publicly in Laramie. “We played our first live performance impromptu at the South by Southwest Music and Film Festival 2009,” he said.
\r\nThe band’s unique name has a fairly simple origin. Bucheit said it all started at Perkins in Casper. “It was the end of the fall semester, and we were ready to go home for the break,” he said. “[Maris], a couple of weeks earlier, had gained a $25 voucher toward his next meal at Perkins restaurant because they had screwed up his order. We had practically been living on Ramen Noodles, so when we went there we ordered as much food as our voucher would allow. Tons of glorious food, and after it was all said and done, all we owed was 19 cents on our bill. So we had a feast for only 19 cents.”
\r\nSeveral of their songs deal with love and loss, but the band is not without a sense of humor. On their self-titled EP, the band covers rapper M.I.A.’s song “Paper Planes.” Maris said, “Chris came and visited Laramie for three days last fall, and we wanted to take the opportunity to record something while we were in the same room. I had suggested an ironic, folky, campfire like singalong version of the song with vocal sound effects, and so we sat down and recorded it in like a half-hour. It’s a really great, joyful little song.”
\r\nNineteen Cent Feast’s music is available for download on MySpace, but “Paper Planes” is a free bonus track on the actual CD only, which is available by emailing nineteencentfeast@gmail.com
\r\n\r\nStudents are invited to dance for a cause at this weekend’s 12-hour dance marathon. The fundraising event will be held in the Wyoming Union Ballroom from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The event will provide 12 hours of non-stop dancing to new genres of music, changing on the hour.
\r\n“At campuses all over the United States, dance marathons are taking place and we think that it’ll be a really awesome event to have at our campus, one that can turn into a UW tradition, bringing students and community members from all different groups together for one night to support a really great cause, while having a lot of fun,” Danielle Bamberg, president of Face AIDS, said.
\r\nFace AIDS is a new student organization that calls for more involvement and awareness of AIDS, with a current focus on starting the initiative in Rwanda.
\r\nMore than 3 million people across the globe died of AIDS in 2005, and over 75 percent of these deaths were in Africa, with a large proportion of the deaths in Rwanda.
\r\n“Rwanda is the country that Face AIDS directly works with and the people that started this RSO were three students that worked in Rwanda,” Bamberg said. “One of them visualized partnering with health agencies to help Rwandans after seeing the devastating effects.”
\r\nBamberg said that Face AIDS is working to provide a comprehensive health care program offering basic needs to the people of Rwanda.
\r\n“We believe that if you don’t have the basics then you can’t function,” Bamberg said. “We have chosen this course because the government there is very receptive to partners in the health profession.”
\r\nAll proceeds will be dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS in Rwanda, Africa. Face AIDS, Friday Night Fever, the College of Health and Sciences and the Campus Activities Center are co-hosting the event.
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Ten years ago in Laramie, Elton John sang his song “Candle In the Wind” for Matthew Shepard as he had done before in tribute to Marilyn Monroe and Princess Diana.
“And it seems to me / you lived your life / like a candle in the wind / never fading with the sunset / when the rain set in … your candle’s burned out long before / your legend ever will.”
\r\nJim Osborn was at the concert, held not long after Shepard’s murder in October 1998. Osborn had been friends with Shepard, and he said he was listening for “Candle In the Wind” that night.
\r\nAfter its release as a single in 1997, John has only performed the song a few times. He did play it that night.
\r\n“His comment before he sung it was, ‘I haven’t done this song in quite a while, because I really didn’t want to. It just feels right tonight.’ For me, it really kind of encapsulated what I was thinking about and feeling about Matt. I think music has the power to touch us no matter what the song is about,” Osborn said.
\r\n“I think there are universal experiences. Everyone knows what it’s like to be picked on; to miss and wish for more time with someone,” Osborn said. “The song felt right to me.”
\r\nSir Elton John is a member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation’s honorary board. In a conversation he had with Matthew’s mother and foundation executive director, Judy Shepard, he agreed right away to have a fundraiser concert during the 2009 Shepard Symposium on Social Justice.
\r\nIn that conversation, John chose Laramie for the location, Thomas Howard, the foundation’s programs director, said.
\r\nSales from the concert will benefit the foundation. Howard said the foundation supports educating and affirming young people nationwide, since what happened to Matthew was “not an isolated event.” Rather, it can happen anywhere and “it’s a problem we all have to deal with,” Howard said.
\r\nIn addition to his involvement in the Matthew Shepard Foundation, John is founder and chair of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
\r\nTonight’s show is a stop on John’s tour, which has continued off and on since the release of “Rocket Man: Number Ones” in March 2007, two days after he turned 60.
\r\nThe album has 17 of John’s classic and chart-topping songs from the 1970s to the 1990s.
\r\nJohn “has sold more than 200 million records and continues to add innovative work to his personal repertoire of 29 consecutive Top 40 hits, 35 gold and 25 platinum albums,” according to a release on the Matthew Shepard Foundation Web site.
\r\nSince 1997, “Candle In the Wind” has been the best selling single of all time at 33,000,000 copies, according to John’s official Web site.
\r\nJim Osborn said that he is “excited to have Elton John back on campus. The first concert here was a very touching and memorable occasion, and just a good time. The fact that it’s being done in connection with the symposium is all the better.”
\r\nHe described what it was like seeing John last time, which might predict how attendees will feel tonight: “It was, in some senses, surreal to see Elton John performing where I watched the Cowboys’ basketball games.”
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A unique University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance event, Awaken/Shift, hits the stage combining various types of dance with a live music concert on campus this weekend.
“This concert represents an exciting opportunity for theatre and music patrons both to experience a crossover between these two performing arts,” Kathy Kirkaldie, the Fine Arts coordinator, said.
\r\nAwaken/Shift will allow ballet, modern, jazz and vertical dance along with live music to come together in one concert, Kirkaldie said. The concert will feature the UW Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble II and pianists Theresa Bogard and Rubia Santos. Kirkaldie said she believes this is the first time the jazz ensembles and the theatre and dance department have performed in a joint concert.
\r\n“It presents several different styles of dance and music, from contemporary ballet and Brazilian music to 1930s and 40s jazz dance and music,” Kirkaldie said.
\r\nShe said the event will showcase the department’s best dancers and will feature original works by dance faculty including Lawrence Jackson, Marsha Knight, Margaret Wilson and by former faculty member Vincent Brossau.
\r\n“The faculty has spent a lot of time choreographing pieces that are visually breathtaking,” Cory Klements, a dancer performing in the show, said.
\r\nThe first act will open with a ballet piece by Knight entitled “Sonancias,” followed by “Predator by Jackson” which is a modern dance piece that explores the thrill of the hunt, Kirkaldie said. A dynamic modern dance will follow by Brosseau titled “Rippling Souls.” This piece features percussive music and the use of 7-foot poles.
\r\nThe second act will open with a vertical dance piece by Wilson and Neil Humphrey called “Stuart’s Dream.” This piece will have performers suspended into the air in harness and fabric. Wilson’s modern dance piece “Kaleidoscope” is designed to create a visualization of the music, and closing the concert will be Jackson’s “Speakeasy,” a 1930s and 40s jazz dance.
\r\n“From the lighting to the live music and dances, every aspect of this show has been put together beautifully,” Klements said.
\r\nThe event will be of interest to any UW student because it gives them a chance to experience something that may be new to them, Klements said.
\r\n“The dance and music departments have worked very hard to put together a show that showcases their brilliant talents, and people need to see what other departments around campus have been working on,” Klements said.
\r\nAwaken/Shift continues at 7:30 tonight and Saturday night.
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Award-winning Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter will perform in the University of Wyoming Cultural Programs’ concert series tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Concert Hall. It is the third of the series’ four spring concerts.
On choosing Fliter to perform at the university, UW Cultural Programs Director Dr. Cedric Reverand said, “We couldn’t wait to book her, not only because she’s a wonderful pianist, but also because her name is much easier to spell [than Anderszewski].”
\r\nHe added, “We know a Gilmore judge and he told us that when the panel met after reviewing dozens of performers, they all agreed without debate that Fliter was head and shoulders above any other pianist.”
\r\nFliter will begin tonight’s concert with the “Italian Concerto in F” by J.S. Bach before performing a number of waltzes by Frédéric Chopin. After a brief intermission, she will cap off the recital with Robert Schumann’s “Symphonic Etudes.”
\r\nIn the end, Reverand said he believes the concert will be extremely entertaining for students and the public.
\r\n“She’s one of the greatest pianists in the world,” he said. “How many times do you expect to see something like that in Laramie?”
\r\nIn 2006, Fliter became the most recent recipient of the $300,000 Gilmore Artist Award. The award is given out only once every four years “to an exceptional pianist who, regardless of age or nationality, possesses broad and profound musicianship and charisma and who desires and can sustain a career as a major international concert artist,” according to her Web site.
\r\nFliter is only the fifth pianist to receive the prestigious award.
\r\nTickets for tonight’s concert can be purchased at the Fine Arts Box Office. The cost is $15 for students and senior citizens and $18 for the general public.
\r\nEach year, the UW Cultural Programs’ concert series seeks to bring in a variety of artists who are nationally and internationally prominent. During last year’s Cultural Programs’ concert series, UW played host to a performance by Piotr Anderszewski, the 2002 recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award.
\r\nThe fourth and final concert of the spring series will take place April 17 with a performance by Quartet New Generation, a contemporary ensemble of female recorder players from Amsterdam.
\r\nReverand said the women have specially built instruments that sound more like organ pipes than standard recorders.
\r\nHe said, “It’s wacky compared to what we usually do, but the fact that it’s contemporary should make it really fun.”
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-04-01 23:05:35','106','Rob Ketcham','2009-04-01 23:21:59','112','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','1999-11-30 07:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','731','concert, fliter, award, ”, pianist, series, cultural, artist, programs’, reverand, gilmore, spring, students, public, contemporary, “we, recipient, performance, tonight’s, perform','Award-winning Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter will perform in the University of Wyoming Cultural Programs’ concert series tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Concert Hall. It is the third of the series’ four spring concerts. \r\n\r\n','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1527','Collegiate Chorale performance shows group’s accomplishments','collegiate-chorale-performance-shows-groups-accomplishments','','The Collegiate Chorale sounded the best in many years at Monday night’s concert according to Nathan Owen, long-time choir member. This seemed true, as the choir’s performance was dramatic and created a mood around the well-selected pieces of music. The chorale sang difficult pieces with ease and performed in three different languages: English, German and Italian.
\r\n“Our choir discussed the issue of product versus process,” Amy Deibert, a chorale member, said. “I think the product really showed what we have accomplished.”
\r\nThe concert consisted of eight songs performed by the male and female University of Wyoming students who make up the Collegiate Chorale. The event was titled “Spirit of the Night”, with each song pertaining in some way to the night, whether it was about the stars and moon, things that happen at night or night as a metaphor, Director Nicole Lamartine said.
\r\nThe Collegiate Chorale highlighted soloists Gwen Van Baalen, Anne Schatz and Jennifer Erickson. The choir was accompanied on piano by Lisa Rickard and for one piece, cellist Beth Vanderborgh.
\r\n“My favorite piece we performed is ‘La Passeggiata’ because it is upbeat, fun to sing and it tells the story of two lovers,” Michael Russell, a chorale member, said.
\r\n“La Passeggiata” is a mini, six-minute opera by Gioachino Rossini. Another favorite piece was “Water Night” by Eric Whitacre. “Water Night” is one of the most popular pieces of American choral music, Lamartine said. The piece lets the choir create amazing sounds and the harmonies are amazing, Deibert said.
\r\nThe Collegiate Chorale sang with strength as they moved through each piece with energy and sounded in tune for their a cappella pieces. Even when the choir created dissonance, as asked for in one piece, they sounded put together and dynamic.
\r\n“The best part of Collegiate Chorale is experiencing an amazing choir and that I get to learn something new every day,” Russell said.
\r\nLamartine told the audience that it is a pleasure to share music with them and also said goodbye to four chorale members who will not be returning next year.
\r\n“I treasure each moment we’ve been able to share our music together,” Lamartine said.
\r\nOwen will graduate with a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance. A graduate student in vocal performance, Brianne Roney, will also be leaving.
\r\nThe other two students not returning are non-music majors, Charli Raben and Caitlin McKernan.
\r\n“Lamartine has made such a great impact musically and has been an incredible mentor,” Owen said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-31 22:59:52','99','Caitlin White','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-04-01 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','730','chorale, music, collegiate, choir, ”, piece, lamartine, performance, pieces, member, night, performed, sounded, amazing, owen, night”, share, “i, vocal, russell','The Collegiate Chorale sounded the best in many years at Monday night’s concert according to Nathan Owen, long-time choir member. This seemed true, as the choir’s performance was dramatic and created a mood around the well-selected pieces of music. The chorale sang difficult pieces with ease and performed in three different languages: English, German and Italian.','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1528','A Cappella Group Returns to Friday Night Fever','a-cappella-group-returns-to-friday-night-fever','','\r\n![\"\"](\"images/stories/bw_promo_web.jpg\" "\\"Courtesy\\"")
Tonight, the University of Wyoming will welcome a cappella group Eclipse during Friday Night Fever. The show will begin at 9:00 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Ballroom.
The six member group consists of Jake Despain, Shayne Taylor, Paul Hansen, James Case, Dan Kartchner, and Kevin Jones. According to the band’s official website www.eclipsesingers.com, the Utah-based band met while performing at a public relations/ambassador-oriented group in the department of Programs and Entertainment at Utah State University. Following the band’s formation, they began covering popular songs and performing them around campus and Logan, UT and in April 2001 released their first album “Once”. Cover songs that were featured on the band’s first album include “King of Pain” by the Police, “Africa” by Toto, and “All My Life” by K-Ci and JoJo. Eclipse has released four other albums since then, including one Christmas album.
\r\nFollowing the release of their first album, Eclipse gained recognition at the Northwest Regional Harmony Sweepstakes Competition where they won first place and went to the National Competition just one month after the release of their album.
\r\nLater that same year, Eclipse was asked to perform at Opening Ceremonies for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. They later had the opportunity to be the opening acts for artists such as Brooks and Dunn, Nelly Furtado, and Train.
\r\nThis will not be Eclipse’s first time performing at UW. “They were coming to the Denver area and they’ve been on campus before and they were hugely successful,” Liz Atwood, Late Night Program Adviser, said of the group’s return to UW. “This time I’m expecting it to be an even bigger event than it has been in the past,” Atwood said.
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\r\nIt is impressive and rare that he can actually sing, with a sweet raspy voice that is hard not to love.
\r\nNash starts with “Money Intro.” While many are rapping about meaningless sex, Nash starts with lyrics “Girl, I’m in love with you baby … Ain’t just tryin’ to get in your clothes.” He collaborated with the arrogant Kanye West on the third track, which turns into an obnoxious part of the record. But he quickly redeems himself on the fourth track, “My Love,” which is delightfully tender and fun to listen to because of his collaboration with Mariah Carey.
\r\nWith the track “Love vs. Money,” the album’s namesake, the rapper poses the age-old question of whether money without love can create happiness.
\r\nThe album continues promisingly with tracks such as “Fancy,” and “Right Side of My Brain,” which showcase his singing. The-Dream delivers some dance tracks, too, including a hip-hop duet with Lil’ Wayne titled “Let Me See The Booty” which is a cliché rap hit with a banging hook.
\r\nThis Atlanta native raised the bar with his creative twist of urban-electronic R&B.
\r\nThe “Love vs. Money” album is an utter smash with every beat. The record dropped on March 10 and is making a huge impact on the charts.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-25 23:04:32','106','Elise Welch','2009-03-27 20:39:10','62','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-26 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','728','”, album, love, nash, money, track, “love, urban, r&, spot, deserves, starts, tracks, rap, record, dance, including, delivers, dream, singing','The fresh, new album, “Love vs. Money,” from Terius “The-Dream” Nash deserves the number two spot on the Billboard Top 200. The album swaggers between R&B, urban soul and a splash of rap with some noteworthy collaborations. \r\n\r\n','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1530','Happy Jacks take stage Saturday','happy-jacks-take-stage-saturday','','Humorous renditions of pop songs and classical pieces will be performed this weekend. The top male vocalist group, the Happy Jacks, will be on stage Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Education Auditorium.
\r\nThe free concert will be “a family friendly atmosphere with a mix of comedy and music; it is going to be funny,” Shelby Means, manager of the group, said.
\r\n“It’s just not a concert; it’s a comedy as well, with audience involvement too!” Karl Heimbuck, front man of the group, said.
\r\n“These 10 talented gentlemen will be singing a range of contemporary pop hits, some classic rock and a twist of arrangements from musical director Erik Stratton and Jacob Gantz,” Means said.
\r\nThe group has a unique sound, one that is undeniably different with their use of a cappella to create an illusion of instruments, and their incorporation of comedy into the performance is a delight, Means said.
\r\nThe show will highlight a compilation of cover songs by Todo, Cake and even a creative take on Baroque period artist Fredrich Hendel’s “Hallelujah.”
\r\n“It’s going to be really funny; The ‘Holla Back Girl’ chorus from Handel’s ‘Hallelujah’ is a really fun one that one of the members created,” Heimbuck said.
\r\nThe Happy Jacks have toured to various schools, clinics and concerts all over Wyoming. Over spring break, the group traveled to Lyman, Mountain View, Cokeville, Rock Springs, Green River and Rawlins.
\r\n“This is just the beginning, they were just invited to represent Wyoming in Shanghai, China at Shanghai Normal’s 50th anniversary,” Means said.
\r\nThis University of Wyoming student-led group was originally created in 2004 by Michael Krueger and is auditioned from the UW Singing Statesmen.
\r\nThe all-male a cappella group is comprised of 10 UW students who have diverse backgrounds and majors ranging from math to business administration.
\r\nMembers include Heimbuck, Stratton, JC McCann, Jacob Gantz, David Webber, Mike Morgan, Westin Grabow, Jacob Means, Jordan Willie and Jake Humphrey.
\r\nWhile some students had the chance to soak up the sun and surf in pristine oceans during last week’s spring break, the focus for one University of Wyoming project will now turn to a different kind of wave—airwaves.
\r\nWith hopes of getting off the ground in the first part of April, ASUW Director of Campus Communication Liz LeSatz has been “busting butt” to work out the kinks in launching the UW Student Radio Station.
\r\nBecause they have yet to acquire a broadcast license, she said the station will have to begin with online programming until they can take advantage of both mediums.
\r\nOverall, LeSatz said she has extremely high expectations for the radio station, hoping to start a student-run project full of all different kinds of programming, whether it’s music, talk or club sports that aren’t normally publicized.
\r\n“The way that our station will be formatted is that there really isn’t a format, and that’s the cool thing about a community radio station,” she said. “There’s going to be a lot of variety and diversity.”
\r\nIn order to make the station as diverse as possible, LeSatz said she is looking for any and all students that are interested in serving as disc jockeys.
\r\nWith different DJs being interested in playing several different genres of music, she said it should make it easy for listeners to be able to tune in at a time when they can listen to programming of their preference.
\r\n“We really want students to be able to make it their own and make it what they want,” LeSatz said. “Eventually, we’ll be able to create a programming schedule so people can tune in because it’s music they want to listen to.”
\r\nIn addition to finding DJs, she said she is welcoming help from anyone who is interested in assisting the station, whether it’s additional radio talk show hosts, staff organizers and schedulers or electrical engineering, marketing and business majors.
\r\n“We’d like to make this as all inclusive as we can to get as many people involved from as many different backgrounds,” LeSatz said. “I think it will be a neat opportunity to see how a radio station runs and help be a part of the development of this.”
\r\nShe added, “I really encourage people to get involved and be a part of making history and making this station a lasting part of the University of Wyoming.”
\r\nFor those interested in participating in the UW Student Radio Station, LeSatz said she can be reached at (307) 766-5204 or asuwexc4@uwyo.edu.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-23 23:09:58','103','Rob Ketcham','2009-03-24 05:07:42','62','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-23 07:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','726','station, radio, ”, lesatz, student, part, programming, interested, music, students, it’s, people, tune, involved, listen, “i, talk, university, project, djs','While some students had the chance to soak up the sun and surf in pristine oceans during last week’s spring break, the focus for one University of Wyoming project will now turn to a different kind of wave—airwaves. ','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1532','Third Eye Blind performs at A&S Auditorium','third-eye-blind-performs-at-aas-auditorium','','![](\"images/stories/20081114/20081114thirdeyeblind.jpg\" "\\"Jeremy")
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INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1533','First-time author’s novel excels','first-time-authors-novel-excels','','One of my favorite ways to discover a new author is to read authors that have been recommended by an author I already love.
\r\nThis was the case when I read first-time author Diane Setterfield’s “The Thirteenth Tale,” which is about a fictional novelist named Vida Winter who, after a lifetime of being a public mystery, was finally giving the true story of her life.
\r\nBy the time she is near death she had hundreds of different life stories told in the media.
\r\nWhat was interesting to me about “The Thirteenth Tale” was that it really questions the meaning of truth in our lives. When asked why she was so inventive about her past, Winter answers, “Is the truth better than a good story?”
\r\nI know whenever I tell a story, even one that happened quite recently, I embellish it. I stretch out the parts that make me look good and diminish the parts that don’t.
\r\nIs that any different than lying? If you don’t like your own story in life, why not invent one? Long after the actual event is over, it is how the story is recounted that will be remembered.
\r\nWinter had gone through a great deal of tragedy in her childhood, stories that she didn’t want to deal with. She didn’t bring the skeletons from the closets; instead she dressed them up and put them out on display as completely new people.
\r\nIn the novel, Winter says that all writing is autobiographical.
\r\nShe says that writers don’t take all characters directly from real life and don’t recount events as they truthfully happen.
\r\nInstead, they take what they have gone through and all the memories they have and put them in a “compost heap” where the ideas and memories rot and blend together until they become fertilizer for other great ideas to come.
\r\nI thought this was a great metaphor for the creative process of writing, and I really enjoyed listening to what went into the compost heap of this great author’s life, even if she was a fictional character.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-25 23:35:54','106','Ashlee Burke','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-26 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','724','life, author, winter, don’t, great, story, time, ideas, fictional, writing, stories, put, memories, truth, good, didn’t, read, deal, parts, author’s','One of my favorite ways to discover a new author is to read authors that have been recommended by an author I already love. \r\n\r\n','0','12','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1534','Netbooks offer more affordable technology option for students','netbooks-offer-more-affordable-technology-option-for-students','','![\"\"](\"images/stories/20090324/encased.jpg\" "\\"Sara")
If anyone should be fired up about the growing “interconnectedness” of the human race, it should be institutes of higher education, who are already in the business of information gathering and dispersal.
Technology progresses rapidly. Because of this, many of us are relegated to a frustrating cycle of hand-me-down, second-hand, or discount electronics—from graphing calculators, to phones, to computers, etc. Many more cannot even afford these modern “conveniences” in their cheapest incarnations.
\r\nAs I type this on a borrowed laptop on Google Docs, I am forced to admit that I am in the unfortunate latter group. The campus computer labs are my office, and the Internet is my briefcase. This is a social, academic and professional setback, and I am not alone in experiencing it. It is for this reason that I must ask: why not supply free or cheap laptops for students?
\r\nThe advent of the “Netbook,” an affordable, Internet-driven facsimile of the traditional laptop, makes such a project possible. At the very least, the idea should be subject to experiment, and not just discussion.
\r\nAn average price tag of $200-$300 is still daunting, but the secondary benefits and profits from the initial investment bear themselves out, over time. Furthermore, leasing or renting options give a wide range of possibilities for implementation and cost reduction, which must be considered before preemptively discounting the notion of a “student laptop” program.
\r\nIf “free” isn’t possible, the university could still purchase bulk supplies of Netbooks at discounted rates, and offer them to students on a payment plan. This is providing students (at least, lower-income students) with Netbooks would guarantee that those who can’t afford the technology can still keep up with the curve, which would mean an up-to-date, technologically-literate workforce for the state of Wyoming.
\r\nFurthermore, it would decrease the need for maintenance, upgrade and re-purchasing of university-owned computers. More programs could be dependably offered through the UW Outreach School. This is a tremendous cost-saving measure, as it removes the cost of facility use, and the average number of students in an online class is much greater than traditional classes—increasing the student/teacher ratio, thereby increasing the efficiency of university distribution of tuition fees for any given class.
\r\nThe point is this: students cannot be left behind as technology and information soar ahead. Costs are always a concern, but the objectives, in this case, are parallel with those of higher education. It would be inconsistent to argue that the costs were prohibitive, considering the enormous price we pay for the tertiary benefits of higher education in the first place.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-12 23:16:24','105','Wiley Combs','2009-03-24 05:04:24','62','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-13 20:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','723','students, technology, education, university, cost, higher, netbooks, price, traditional, hand, costs, computers, afford, laptop, class, average, offer, benefits, information, affordable','If anyone should be fired up about the growing “interconnectedness” of the human race, it should be institutes of higher education, who are already in the business of information gathering and dispersal. ','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1535','Films bring creativity with a twist','films-bring-creativity-with-a-twist','','
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The movies reviewed this week take viewers on a rollercoaster ride of creativity.
“Killers,” the first film viewed this week, definitely utilizes this “suburbia with a twist” theme. The film was directed by Robert Luketic. It stars Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl, along with supporting actors Tom Selleck and Catherine O’Hara.
After getting dumped by her boyfriend, Jen (Heigl) goes on vacation with her parents (Selleck and O’Hara). It is there where she meets Spencer (Kutcher), the suave and charming man who sweeps her off of her feet.
However, one quickly finds that the seemingly perfect love in the movie “Killers” is about to escalate into a full-fledged action adventure.
“Killers” has its witty and funny moments. The film’s action scenes are seamlessly put together and will have the viewer constantly curious as to who will be chasing Spencer and Jen next.
However, the film becomes repetitive and lacks of realistic conflict. If one is looking for an amusing, action-filled adventure of love and suspense though, watch “Killers.”
Continuing with this week’s theme, the next movie featured is “The Joneses.”
Directed by Borte, “The Joneses” is an original and captivating film.
The movie stars Demi Moore, David Duchovny, Amber Heard and Ben Hollingsworth as the Jones family.
When Steve (Duchovny), Kate (Moore), Jenn (Heard) and Mick (Hollingsworth) move into a new, ritzy neighborhood, the entire community is immediately enamored by their extraordinarily lavish lifestyle.
It is only as the movie progresses that the viewer finds out this family might not be so perfect after all.
“The Joneses” is immensely creative and filled with raw, human emotion.
It manages to address several problems that plague our society today, while still keeping the story realistic.
The film’s ending may cause the viewer to ponder if it really works with the general tone of the movie, and the film can also be predictable at times.
However, this does not deter from this movie’s outstanding qualities, and if a viewer is looking for a film with imagination, rent the “The Joneses.”
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\r\nThe Collingwood family drives to their summer house for a vacation. The Collingwood’s daughter Mari (Sara Paxton) then goes into town to visit her friend Paige (Martha MacIssac).
\r\nAround this time, a gang of criminals are attempting to escape the area. The two girls end up in the wrong place at the wrong time when they cross the gang’s path. The gang’s leader Krug (Garret Dillahunt), along with Krug’s brother Francis (Aaron Paul) and girlfriend Sadie (Riki Lindhome) decide to kidnap the girls.
\r\nAfter a few brutal scenes, Mari is able to escape by swimming up the lake. Unable to find her because of an incoming storm, the gang finds shelter at the Collingwood house. The Collingwood’s offer the gang a place to stay, not knowing what the group has done to their daughter.
\r\nMari makes it to the house and her parents discover who is staying there. The two parents then take it upon themselves to strike revenge against the people who have hurt their daughter.
\r\nThe film will play on Discount Tuesday for $6 at the Trans-Lux Fox Cinema at 7:25 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
\r\n“The Last House on the Left” is rated R for some nudity and drug use, language and sadistic violence including rape and disturbing images.
\r\nThe future lies in the hands of one man in a gripping, action thriller titled “Knowing.”
\r\nIn 1959, a group of students drew pictures to put into a time capsule. Instead of drawing a picture, one girl filled her entire page with rows of random numbers.
\r\nFifty years later another group of students opened the capsule and each given one of the sheets of paper. The girl’s cryptic message lands in the hands of Caleb Koestler (Chandler Canterbury) whose father John (Nicholas Cage) discovers that the random numbers actually predict every major disaster of the last 50 years.
\r\nAs the numbers are examined more closely, John realizes that the document still foretells three additional disasters that have not happened yet, the last of which somehow seems to involve John and Caleb.
\r\nWith the help of the now deceased mysterious girl’s daughter, Diana Wayland (Rose Bryne) and granddaughter, Abby Wayland (Lara Robinson), John takes it upon himself to prevent the ultimate disaster that hints at destruction on a global scale.
\r\nThe film plays at the Trans-Lux Fox Cinema for $6 on Discount Tuesday at 7:10 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
\r\n“Knowing” is rated PG-13 for disturbing images, disaster sequences and brief strong language.
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Watch how a family learns important lessons from their adorable yet neurotic dog in “Marley and Me.” The film is based on the book by journalist John Grogan.
\r\nThe comedic film follows the relationship of John (Owen Wilson) and Jen (Jennifer Aniston) as they set out to face the challenges of work and starting a family. Their beloved dog Marley is by their side through it all.
\r\nWhen Jen becomes increasingly interested in having a baby, John buys her a puppy named Marley as a trial run.
\r\nFrom puppyhood to adulthood, Marley continues to be a rambunctious dog that is always getting into trouble.
\r\nLuckily, Marley’s antics give John tons of material for his column. Marley also provides a good laugh as he scares away the pet sitter, gets kicked out of obedience school and even chews through the dry wall.
\r\nWhile Marley’s actions place him in the world’s worst dog category, the dog proves to be the couple’s most faithful friend.
\r\nThe film also stars Alan Arkin from “Little Miss Sunshine” as John’s boss and Eric Dane from “Grey’s Anatomy.”
\r\nThe film plays at the Wyo Theater at 7 p.m. for $3.
\r\n“Marley and Me” is rated PG for suggestive content, language and thematic material.
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“A Christmas Carol” may have never been told this way before. Instead of the Charles Dickens tale being told about Scrooge’s second chance, the OpenStage Theatre Company of Fort Collins looks at Scrooge’s old partner Jacob Marley, and his path to salvation in “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol.”
Performances will be at 8 p.m. on Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11,17, and 18 and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. on Dec. 5, 12, and 19 at the Open Stage Theatre Company in Fort Collins.
','OpenStage is located at Art Lab, 239 Linden St. in Old Town Fort Collins.
“Charles Dickens did an excellent job of making us worry about Ebenezer Scrooge’s redemption in “A Christmas Carol,” but why is it we never worry about the ghostly Jacob Marley? We rarely, if ever, give a thought to Marley’s motive in returning from the grave to redeem his penury partner,” an OpenStage Press release said.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students, seniors and parties larger then ten. The matinees are $15.
When tickets start to sell out during individual performances, the price will increase.
On Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. there will be a “pay-what-you-can performance.”
Donations are accepted at the door and there are no advanced tickets sales.
Last year OpenStage preformed “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” and the audience response brought it back for another holiday season.
This year’s production features the original actors from last year’s show Brian Hughes, Ken Benda, Will Ferrie and Jake Offen.
Last year’s production won several OpenStage OPUS awards including Best Ensemble Cast.
The OPUS Awards are voted on annually by OpenStage donors, season ticket holders and artists.
“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’ is very much “Dickens” but from the perspective of Marley’s ghost. They play is an incredible blend between dynamic storytelling and a fully dramatic performance,” OpensStage’s theatre production artistic director Denise Freestone said in the release.
“Both humorous and emotionally powerful, it creates a compelling and magical story of salvation and redemption through the eyes of Jacob Marley,” Freestone said in the release.
Freestone is also the director of the play.
Childcare is available on Friday, Dec. 3 and 17 provided by Young People’s Learning center. To make a reservation call 970-221-6730.
More information concerning tickets, times and other Openstage shows can be found on their website, www.openstage.com.
Openstage is a non-profit organization currently in its 38th year.
Email: Lauren Kottenstette
A chance to discuss the importance of art with some of Wyoming’s most well-known artists will be offered by the University of Wyoming Art Museum. Tonight will kick off the UW Art Symposium titled “Public Art and Community: Inspiration and Reflection.”
\r\nIn reference to the symposium, Travis Hoff, publicist for the UW Art Museum, said that “the main focus will be on sculptures, but it’s not so much about presenting art as it is talking about art and it’s place in the community.”
\r\nThe symposium begins today at 1 p.m. with registration and will last until 5 p.m. Saturday. Registration will take place at the UW Conference Center at the Hilton Garden Inn with the opening reception taking place at the UW Art Museum.
\r\nAfter the opening reception, the first event will be an Art Slam at 7:30 p.m. conducted by sculptors John Henry, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Jesus Moroles followed by a question-and-discussion segment.
\r\nSeveral internationally renowned artists will be at the conference as well as artists from Wyoming and Colorado that will discuss their art for the event.
\r\nStudents will be allowed into this conference for free with their student ID. The price for non-students is $125 for the entire event or $75 for one day.
\r\nHowever, the Art Slam and the 20:20 discussion, a presentation given by artists and art leaders in Wyoming, are free and open to the public.
\r\nThroughout the conference, there will be several events including the showing of the documentary “Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational” and different art talks on Friday and Saturday with a speech by Senator John Schiffer and Nancy Schiffer on the importance of the role legislators have in supporting public art.
\r\n“It’s been coming together since last May and all through the summer and it opened in September. We’re hoping to keep it going and either get new sculptures or renew our loan on the sculptures we have right now,” Hoff said.
\r\n“I feel pretty confident about it. We’re pretty positive and there’s a lot of interest in the event,” Hoff said in anticipation for the event.
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\r\n“There’s going to be a lot of students who have already left town for spring break, but it’s going to be great for any student that’s not leaving until the weekend or is still in Laramie that wants to come and have some fun,” UW graduate Matt “Mooch” Willford said.
\r\nStarting at 8 p.m. this evening at JJ’s Bar, Willford will be the master of ceremonies for a comedy night to help promote his weekly Internet radio show in Denver called “Laugh Room Radio.” Admission is $5 per person at the door.
\r\nIn addition to Willford, comedians Roger Norquist, Sam Tallent and Brent the Great will be performing, led by the headlining act of Dick Black.
\r\nA Denver native, Black has opened for and shared the stage with numerous comedy legends, some of which include Dave Chappelle, Eddie Griffin and Pauly Shore.
\r\nBlack’s performance appeals to a wide variety of audiences, ranging from opening for hip-hop group Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony, to performing in smaller college towns like Laramie.
\r\nFor his routine, Willford said Black puts on more of an adult-appropriate show, hitting on topics like social issues and daily life, quickly allowing audiences to adapt to his calm demeanor and captivating humor.
\r\nRooted in the Denver comedy scene for the past eight years, Black is a Friday night regular at Club 404 and performs nearly 30 shows a month.
\r\nBrent the Great and Norquist are co-hosts on a weekly Internet radio show called “Marijuana Radio.” Brent the Great has opened for notable comedians Cheech and Chong, as well as Norm McDonald. He has also had the honor of performing a Def Comedy Jam show.
\r\nWillford said Tallent, who is also out of Colorado, is more of an improviser, resulting in a great deal of interaction with the crowd.
\r\nAfter graduating from UW with a bachelor’s in architectural engineering in December, Willford made the move to Denver in order to take advantage of the city’s bigger comedy scene.
\r\nSoon after the move, Willford and Black teamed up to start “Laugh Room Radio,” as both are now co-hosts of the weekly Internet radio show. The weekly show can be heard live every Thursday at 7 p.m. on www.laughroomradio.com. Currently in its sixth week, all previous episodes are currently archived on the site and can also be downloaded on iTunes.
\r\nTonight’s show will be the third time Willford has hosted a comedy show at JJ’s. He last performed at the same venue on Jan. 3, 2009, with comedians performing in front of a crowd of nearly 130 people.
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\r\nAnyone who understands the tenets of the emerging emphasis on “cloud computing” will immediately reject such discussions as the most banal form of corporate pandering, since there is little practical difference between the three—other than compatibility issues with Firefox that coincidentally happen to occur most frequently with Microsoft-related Web sites.
\r\nA browser is an outdated piece of technology, a leftover from the early days of the Internet, when Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web as we know it, with the key aspect being the ability to use hypertext to link many documents across a wide-ranging network. Berners-Lee was responsible for the creation of the first web browser, Nexus, which used his newly designed hypertext system to navigate. Hypertext, a revolutionary idea, provided a workable framework for the embryonic development of the Internet.
\r\nHowever, the time of the browser has come and passed. With high-speed Internet access spreading across the face of the country, it is no longer necessary to rely upon simple text protocols to disseminate information. The invention of the World Wide Web signaled a drastic change in our understanding of computers and communications networks: from the idea of a centralized computer with multiple terminals, to the concept of linking multiple independent processing units to form a greater whole.
\r\nThe browser was a tool of transition. It was necessary to provide a means for people with personal computers (with different corporate operating systems) to access the Internet without abandoning the software already installed on their computer. Now, in the age of the Netbook, we can imagine a system which requires minimal personal computing power, and maximum efficiency in communication. The browser is a relic of the past, and we should be looking to integrate the concept of Internet connectivity directly into our computer design.
\r\nThis cannot happen as long as Microsoft sells expensive operating systems and insists on packaging a browser with them. In a world of emerging computing “clouds,” operating systems, as we know them, are no longer necessary. The browser becomes the operating system. Our technological focus should be on connectivity and network integration (aka Google), not the latest memory-draining personal software.
\r\nTo welcome back students, FNF is offering the traditional Friday movie as well as another special treat.
\r\nFree laser tag for all UW students will be held from 9 p.m. to midnight on Friday January 14 in the Union Ballroom. Also there will be three showings of “The Social Network” at 6:30, 9 and 11:30 p.m. in the Union Family Room.
\r\n','\r\n“Students should attend FNF events because we put on free, quality entertainment every Friday night,” Lead Student Programmer for FNF Julianne Friesen said.
\r\n“We always show first-run movies, which are movies that are still in theaters and have not been released on DVD yet. We try to put on events that Laramie doesn’t have such as laser tag, concerts, comedy shows, and different, unusual activities.”
\r\nThere is no other opportunity for laser tag in Laramie. Buisness major April Hughes is excited for Laser tag.
\r\n“Bring it on, I will go Rambo,” Hughes said. “If Chuck Noris played this Laser tag I think I could beat him.”
\r\nAll FNF events are made possible by student fees and take place on campus.
\r\n“FNF is great if you are looking for something to do and don’t have a lot of money—which is most college students. We aren’t just something for freshmen students to do; FNF is for every full or part time fee-paying student. Every week is completely different and 2011 is packed full with awesome events,” Friesen said.
\r\nSome other events that FNF will be hosting this semester include a performance by Dead Prez, a hip hop duo, known for their underground, political, and conscious hip hop style at 9 p.m., Friday, Jan. 21 in the Union Ballroom as part of MLK Days of Dialogue.
\r\nUW Idol will have open call auditions on Friday, Jan. 28 in the A&S Auditorium, with the semifinals and finals to follow later in the semester. Students compete for the chance to win prizes. 1st place receives $1,000; 2nd place, $500; 3rd place, $300; and Audience choice Award, $100.
\r\nBattle of the Bands, Triple Feature Movie Night and other events will also take place throughout the semester.
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Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
\r\nAs part of Student Activities Council’s Monthly Film Series, “The Tillman Story” will have a free showing at 7 p.m. Jan. 13 in the Education Auditorium.
\r\n“The Tillman Story” is a documentary about Pat Tillman who in 2002 was a defensive back with the Arizona Cardinals, but traded in his jersey for a United States Army uniform.
\r\nOn April 22, 2004 Tillman was on patrol in Afganistan when he was killed during a reconnaissance mission near the border of Pakistan.
\r\n“While the Army’s story painted a glowing picture of the fallen soldier and athlete, some of the details sounded suspect to Tillman’s family, and in time they began asking questions,” according to an online preview of the film.
\r\nThe SAC started the film series in December.
\r\n“We hope that this new venue and carefully selected films will bring more students and community members in from the cold to see these awesome films,” SAC graduate assistant Stephanie Long said.
\r\n“[SAC] wants to bring films to the students that they wouldn’t get a chance to see elsewhere in town, but may have heard of. Rather than risk the winter drive to Ft. Collins of Denver on potentially icy roads in the dark, students can simply walk to the newly renovated and updated Education Auditorium and see these acclaimed films for free,” Long said.
\r\nThere are two steps SAC has to take when choosing a movie. First they gather nominations from the film committee on the council. Next SAC coordinates with the Laramie Film Society to make sure the two groups do not accidentally show the same movies.
\r\n“The story of Pat Tillman giving up his football career to enlist in the military and go to Afghanistan is an inspiring one to say the least. Now that reports of a high level military cover up of the circumstances surrounding his death have surfaced, everyone is interested in the truth. We all want to know what really happened,” Long said.
\r\nFilmmaker Amir Bar-Lev directed the documentary
\r\nFuture films include “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” a documentary about street art in Los Angeles, which will show Feb. 10. “Public voting will be held to determine this film from a list of Spirit Award winning films,” Long said of the March film.
\r\nThe final film of the semester will be “Buried” and will be shown on April 14.
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\r\nFerguson will perform her senior violin recital free of charge at 7 p.m. tonight in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
\r\n“A senior recital is a required component of the culmination of your musical study at UW. It provides the opportunity for you to show your family and friends how much you have learned and grown as a musician,” Ferguson said.
\r\n','\r\nFerguson started playing the violin at the String Academy of Wyoming when she was six years old. She also plays the viola and is planning on switching to viola later this year.
\r\nOne of Ferguson’s professors is Sherry Sinift, who teaches studio violin and violin pedagogy at UW and is a supervising teacher for the UW String Project. Sinift also performs with the Summit Chamber Players, another ensemble on campus.
\r\n“My relationship with Sarah Ferguson is exceptional in that I have known her and been her teacher throughout elementary, junior high and high school as well as during her college years,” Sinift said.
\r\nFor all music majors, a recital is required as part of their degree. “Sarah is a music education major, but she is an ambitious student who takes her playing seriously, so she has chosen to go beyond the music education recital requirements and give a recital that would meet the requirements for a violin performance degree,” Sinift said.
\r\nFor the recital, Ferguson will be performing works from J.S. Bach, Ludwig von Beethoven and Samuel Barber.
\r\nWhen Ferguson performs Beethoven, she will be accompanied by Jun Guo, an international student from Shanghai.
\r\n\"The most difficult part about preparing for my recital was simply learning all the notes. I’m playing some pretty challenging repertoire. It’s very time consuming and a lot of hard work to put together a recital that is prepared, both technically and musically,” Ferguson said.
\r\nBut to Ferguson, it is worth it.
\r\n“The most rewarding part has been the gratification of all the hard work that I put into my recital. It pays off in the form of a really well-prepared, exciting program. Also, the reception cake afterwards is not bad, either,” she said.
\r\nFerguson plans to audition for graduate schools and pursue a master’s degree in viola performance. “Someday, I hope to play in an orchestra and teach privately,” she said.
\r\nPrayers and Squares, a ministry started by St. Matthews Episcopal Church, has made thousands of quilts and quilt squares for community members in need in order to share hope and faith.
\r\nThe group was founded three years ago by a group of women in Bernardo, California. It is an ecumenical ministry, meaning all faiths are open to join, where people come together and create quilts for people who are going through life-changing events, Pastor Marilyn Engstrom said.
\r\nThese events range from a cancer diagnosis to surgery to the birth of a baby. The group designs a quilt for the individual while taking into consideration colors and interests that person may enjoy.
\r\nThey then hand-tie the quilt. “With each knot a prayer is said,” Engstrom said.
\r\n12 to 20 people create the quilt, and many come from different church denominations.
\r\nA few years ago, a member of the ministry wanted to make a quilt for a soldier but knew that a quilt was too large for the soldier to take. Instead, Prayers and Squares made a single quilt square for the soldier, Engstrom said.
\r\nMembers of his unit thought the square was a great idea and word got back to the group.
\r\nSince then, Prayers and Squares have made over 6,000 quilt squares for men and women in the military. Each has a special note on the square, such as, “We love and appreciate you. As you carry this prayer square, may you be reminded that you are never alone. We pray for your protection and that God gives you peace and brings you home safely.”
\r\nMany of the squares are carried in soldiers’ pockets and on helmets.
\r\nGroups like Engineers Without Borders and UW nursing students who have traveled to other countries have also received squares. These squares are brown and gold, while the soldier prayer squares are red, white and blue.
\r\nThe popularity of Prayers and Squares has also grown to include a Junior Prayers and Square ministry.
\r\nIt started when a group of grade school girls came in during the summer to volunteer.
\r\n“It’s become an after school program,” Engstrom said. This group includes students from late elementary to junior high. They have started designing their own quilts that are given to teachers and fellow classmates in need.
\r\nRecently, Prayers and Squares received a grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming to continue growing the ministry. With the grant, five new sewing machines and other equipment was added.
\r\nAnyone interested in volunteering with Prayers and Squares can attend meetings that are held from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Tuesdays in the Gild Room at Hunter Hall at 104 South Fourth Street.
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The annual gala holiday celebration concert will have two performances on Sunday, the first at 2 p.m. and the second at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
The gala has been an annual concert for the university since before the tenure of current choral director Nicole Lamartine, who is one of the featured conductors for the event.
','According to Lamartine, the Concert Hall can accommodate 700 people, and most years both event times are completely sold out, as was the case last year.
“This event is a performance that includes most of the UW choirs and the wind symphony. It has a combined total of more than 150 singers and 60 wind players. We have been preparing since the end of October,” Lamartine said.
The gala includes performances by the Laramie Civic Chorus, the UW Wind Symphony, the Bel Canto women’s choir, the UW Wind Symphony Woodwind ensemble, the UW Singing Statesmen, the UW saxophone Ensemble and the full Wind Symphony. The concert will incorporate performances from combinations of the different groups.
There will be a total of 15 different pieces performed throughout the night.
The gala will be conducted by three different members of the fine arts faculty; James Bowyer, Robert Belser and Lamartine.
Bowyer was the recent recipient of a doctorate degree from the University of Washington and conducts Bel Canto and the Civic Chorus.
The last conductor will be Belser, who is conducting the Wind Symphony and all of the performances with any sections of the Wind Symphony.
Belser will also conduct the pre-concert music in the lobby, which will be performed by TubaChristmas.
In 2000, Belser was the recipient of the John P. “Jack” Ellbogen Award for Meritorious Classroom Teaching.
“I think that it is a favorite event for the performers and the Department of Music, and it is a great way to connect to Laramie as a whole, both UW and community members,” Lamartine said.
Email the author: dbonner1@uwyo.edu
Graduate students, on top of taking and teaching classes, must form a thesis that is worked on for the better part of their program.
The Department of History faculty are coming together this week to help second year graduate students during the History Graduate Student Showcase Tuesday from 3:10 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the History Building Room 155.
“The showcase will highlight three of the Department of History’s graduate students who have made significant strides in their original research projects for their master’s thesis,” JoAnna Poblete-Cross, the organizer of this event and chair of the Events and Colloquium Committee in the Department of History, said.
Three students will be participating: Jacqueline Antonovich, Robert Lang and Xinyuan Mao.
Antonovich’s graduate work focuses on U.S. history, and she specializes in women’s history. Her presentation is on “Female Juvenile Delinquency in Progressive-Era Colorado; Western Perspectives on Gender Deviancy.”
Lang’s graduate work has centered around U.S. history with a specialization in American Indian history.
“Western Battle/Massacre Sites and the Development of American Memory,” is Lang’s presentation title.
Mao has chosen to focus on Chinese history. She will be presenting on “The Ethnic Minority Policy in the Republic Period in China.”
“The most difficult thing is trying to work a paper that will be over twenty pages into a concise ten page paper. I’ve had to consider what is most important to present, what I feel most comfortable presenting and how to inform the audience [of] other information I intend to include in future work on this topic,” Lang said.
All three of these students have devoted massive amounts of time into this presentation.
Graduate students in the history department generally work with two members of the faculty and one member outside the department.
This event allows them to have valuable feedback the would not otherwise get.
This is also a great opportunity for undergraduate students to experience a part of graduate school.
Each student has condensed their current thesis work to around 10 pages in order to provide a 10 to 20 minute presentation.
“Most conferences try to group presenters into panels based off of the topic of the papers. That way, presenters and the audience can see what other people with similar interests are working on. For the colloquium, we only have three presenters, so we were all put on the same panel,” Lang said.
“The colloquium allows the professors to see what we are doing as well. It also benefits the graduate students because it gives us the opportunity to hear valuable feedback from other professors that we might not get otherwise,” Lang said.
The commentator for this panel will be professor Robert Dewey, who teaches and researches British, European and Pacific histories.
“Research in archives is one of the most exciting aspects of the practice of history. Come and check out the variety of stories and approaches that researchers use to write history. Refreshments will also be provided,” Poblete-Cross said.
Email: Davis Bonner
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Last week in the Fine Arts Concert Hall, OIAG presented the world première of their opera entitled “Rats, Rats and more Rats or … How Stinky Italian Cheese Saved the Day!” for grade school children from the Laramie area.
','OIAG is centered on performing for grades K-5 and travels to grade schools throughout the state to teach, through music, children lessons about being themselves and being kind to one another.
So far, OIAG has performed for more than 7,000 children throughout Wyoming and South Dakota.
“I also wanted to introduce opera in a fun and energetic way. After all, they are our future audiences. A lot of the small, rural schools or the less fortunate schools in larger towns never have the opportunity to see a production like OIAG,” Larry Hensel, the director of OIAG said.
“I started OIAG because I wanted to give our students the opportunity to see the power that a live musical and theatrical production can have on young audiences,”
For the members of the cast, performing shows is its own reward.
“I chose to do OIAG because I love to sing and it sounded like such a blast to get an opportunity to sing for children. I just love to see the children’s faces when we perform. OIAG is fantastico,” castmember Jennifer Erickson said.
This opera was written by Hensel and has music adapted from Giaoachino Rossini’s operas and includes familiar tunes such as the “Barber of Seville.”
“I can’t seem to find anything that fulfills our needs of a larger cast, really, really good music, and a shorter production (35-40 minutes). So I started to write and arrange my own, using music that’s in the public domain,” Hensel said.
The group wears Chuck Taylor All Star hi-top sneakers.
The current show is about a group of street rats and a pair of house cats who are unhappy with their lot in life and wish for a change.
They encounter a mysterious gypsy woman, who offers to magically switch their situations. They also meet the gypsy’s sidekick: a happy, stinky Italian cheese.
The group gets their wish; the cats become rats and the rats turn into cats, much to their delight. However, after a time they wish for their old ways. Later in the story, one of the cats is kidnapped, taken to the stinky sewer and ultimately rescued by the entire troop.
In the end, the group learns from the cheese that it is all right to be yourself and to be content with your life the way it is.
The costumes and sets for the production are created for OIAG by the Department of Theatre and Dance and add an extra element of the theatre to the performance.
“I couldn’t do these productions without the remarkable, remarkable work of professor Lee Hodgson in the Department of Theatre and Dance. His costumes are always incredible, and perfect, and help to tell our story in a vivid and visual way,” Hensel said.
Email the author: dbowman6@uwyo.edu
When one hears the phrase, you don’t know jack, they begin to question how knowledgeable they are.
However, after watching the movie, “You Don’t Know Jack,” audiences may begin to associate that phrase with a new set of ideas.
','Written by Adam Mazer and directed by Barry Levinson, this film will take viewers on a realistic and contemplative journey.
“You Don’t Know Jack” revolves around the story of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Dr. Kevorkian, played by Al Pacino, hits the headlines in the 1990’s when he decides to assist in the suicides of numerous terminally ill persons.
By creating a machine that inserts drugs intravenously into his patients to assist tem in their suicides, Kevorkian becomes more and more famous throughout the world.
His small group of supporters includes his sister (Margo Janus), a laboratory technician (John Goodman), a lawyer (Danny Huston), and the president of Hemlock of Michigan (Susan Sarandon).
These advocates for “Dr. Death,” as many call him, work hard to give people the choice to end their lives if they have incurable diseases.
Unfortunately, when Kevorkian begins to defy the government, judicial system, and millions of people disgusted by his ideals, his life quickly unravels.
Pacino is a veteran actor with outstanding capabilities, and “Kevorkian” solidifies this actor’s talents. He took on his character with full power and intensity, making one believe fully in this biographical journey.
Janus, Goodman, Huston, and Sarandon also managed to pull their weight on set, working perfectly with Pacino and creating realistic chemistry on-screen.
This story was one where viewers can truly believe they are watching the story of Jack Kevorkian unfold. The costumes, actors, lighting, and visual effects create an extremely authentic adventure.
This film is more about capturing raw emotion of characters and less about huge blockbuster ratings. “You Don’t Know Jack” prompts its audience to take in the facts and stories behind each patient dealt with by Dr. Kevorkian.
However, viewers may find the film a bit repetitive and slow, with little “big screen action” happening.
It can be difficult to watch a movie that simply portrays real-life. With some supporting his ideas and some literally calling him a murderer, viewers will consider in their own minds what they truly believe and how ethics fits into this movie.
So if you’re looking for a film with substance and true humanistic qualities, then rent “You Don’t Know Jack.”
Email the author: tmcnamee@uwyo.edu
The Outdoor Program will be conducting its first avalanche prevention and awareness course of the year Saturday.
The group will be conducting some basic training on using location beacons, survival strategies in avalanche conditions, and will conduct a discussion on the implications of snow pack on the possibility of an avalanche occurring.
','Chris Laursen, one of the leaders for the avalanche awareness course, explained that despite the relative scarcity of avalanche occurrences in the Snowy Range, there is a need to be aware of these dangers when participating in any kind of outdoor activity in an at-risk area.
“These things are dangerous. If you are hit by a serious avalanche, you have roughly 15 minutes of air to breath before you die. Our goal is to provide resources to students so they can be prepared in how to handle these situations,” Laursen said.
The training session will focus primarily on prevention and response.
“Avalanches are dangerous, and the survival rate is low for people who face them. The main goal is obviously to avoid them entirely. But there are some steps you can take if you find yourself facing an avalanche.”
The session will cover basic use of beacons, which are used to find the location of someone who is trapped in an avalanche.
These beacons are available for rental, along with a variety of other outdoor winter gear, at the Outdoor Program office, which is located in Half Acre Gym.
According to Laursen, there are four environmental factors that can create ideal avalanche conditions.
“First you have the angle and slope of the terrain. Second, there is the way in which the snow is compacted. Third, there is the critical loading of the snow, or the amount of mass on the slab of snow. Last, you have the natural triggers, like sunlight or temperature,” he said.
Laursen said the group would also cover how to handle whomping, which is a term for when a weak layer of snow breaks, causing the snow to collapse or crack.
There will be a more technical training session available in the spring for students looking to become Avalanche 1 certified.
“The spring course will provide students with more in-depth knowledge on working with beacons, handling risky terrain, and how to react in the case of an avalanche,” Laursen said.
The program has received very good reception, “we have our training session on Saturday filled up, and we are expecting an equally good response next semester,” Laursen said.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
Three different specialists spoke Wednesday night about North Korea’s history, the life of its people and what their military capabilities mean for the United States in a panel discussion, “SOS North Korea: Confronting the Nuclear and Human Security Challenges of Kim Jong-il’s DPRK.\"
The first panelist to speak to the audience was foreign affairs analyist with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Min Suh Son.
','Son explained much of the history of the divide between North and South Korea. She said Korea was originally colonized by Japan and then “liberated” by the United States with the bombing of Japan during World War II.
After the bombing, the country was divided by spheres of influence from the U.S. in the south and Russia, which shares a small border with North Korea.
When the countries were entirely separated after a civil war, Kim Il Sung became the first president of North Korea, she said.
Though the civil war never technically ended because of the refusal of South Korea to sign a peace treaty, relations between the two countries were steadily developing along a positive path.
In 2000, the leaders met for the first time since the countries had split and, in 2007, the first train crossed the demilitarized zone between the countries.
All of that changed, however, when North Korea decided to test nuclear weapons, Son said.
After Son spoke, Nicole Finnemann, director of Research and Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute spoke about her time in the country.
Finnemann told students that it is notoriously difficult to be able to visit North Korea and to do so one has to go through many legal channels and must be invited by the government of the country.
She spoke about the two North Koreas, the one they allow tourists and the public to see and the other much poorer, part that the government of the country tries desperately to cover up.
She said when traveling down the streets of Pyongyang, the country’s richest city, travelers can see new buildings, all painted and modern. However, she said, the back sides of those buildings are not painted, many of them do not have windows or are completely unfinished and do not have plumbing.
She also said although the country prides itself with being educated with the majority of its population having the ability to read, the schools children attend are schools on how to be good citizens and most of the population really is illiterate.
The citizens of North Korea are also critically malnourished, a problem that caused the stunt of the growth of many children and now on average, North Koreans are four to six inches shorter than their South Korean peers.
This problem is not one that hasn’t attempted to be addressed by the international community, however, the government refuses to allow food aid to go directly to the people, particularly if it bears the name of a country besides North Korea, Finnemann said.
She said the country tires to maintain a policy of self reliance and although the policy is not possible for North Korea at this time, they put up a façade to convince their own people that they are self reliant.
Finally, Kevin Logan, the FBI’s first Senior Intelligence Officer for North Korea spoke about the country’s military capabilities.
Logan said North Korea’s is the fifth largest military in the world and 70 percent of that military is located less than 90 kilometers away from the de-militarized zone between the countries.
Logan said this could be because the country has hopes of reuniting the peninsula under communist rule as has been their goal, or simply in self defense from South Korea.
He also spoke about North Korea’s nuclear program. He said they began creating plutonium weapons in the late 1980s and highly enriched uranium in the 1990s.
The United States estimates that North Korea has the capability to make between five and ten nuclear weapons. Logan also said FBI is aware of North Korea’s Chemical and biological weapons but are so far unsure about the extent of their biological weapons program.
One of the largest problems is that North Korea is supplying its technology and capabilities to other countries that could threaten U.S. interests such as Syria, Yemen, Pakistan and Egypt, Logan said.
He said it was important for students to realize that though North Korea has put on a façade to fool its own citizens and the rest of the world, they still can pose a threat to the United States.
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Many may wonder what it is like to represent their state in the Miss USA Pageant. Kaitlyn Davis, Miss Wyoming USA 2011 and student at UW, has the chance to find out this spring.
“I have always done pageants. Since I do go to college here at UW I wanted to be a part of representing Wyoming,” Davis said.
','This year’s Miss Wyoming USA Pageant was held Sept. 26 in the Natrona Country High School Auditorium in Casper.
The pageant is scored on three different events: swimsuit, evening gown and interview.
“I smiled at the judges, answered questions intelligently, and tried not to slip and fall on stage,” she said.
There is no talent section to this pageant, so Davis will not be making music with wine glasses like Sandra Bullock in “Miss Congeniality.”
Having the crown placed upon her head made for a great day in her life, she said. “I feel honored to be able to represent all of the amazing and talented women I competed with. It is still very surreal.
“I feel so honored to represent the state of Wyoming. I look forward to the Miss USA competition in the Spring on NBC.”
Despite the fact that Davis’ family has traveled from state to state, and most recently to California, she still considers herself to be a Wyomingite.
Now in her junior year at UW, Davis is a business administration major. “By being a business major, I became a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, an honorary business organization on campus,” Davis said.
“My goal for the future has always been to be on the Food Network. I would love to have my own cooking show and I feel like the experiences I have this year will prepare me to be more poised and confident in pursuing my goals. More recently, I plan to host another bake sale in Laramie for an organization called Share Our Strength,” she said.
Look for Davis in the Miss USA 2011 Pageant in Las Vegas on NBC.
Email the author: dbonner1@uwyo.edu
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The International Student Association will be hosting their annual Etiquette Dinner from 6 p.m. to midnight this Saturday in the Union Ballroom.
“[The] Etiquette Dinner is an effort to introduce and promote the culture of different countries to the campus community,” Vagaban Subedi, events coordinator for ISA said.
','Each year, this formal dinner is given a different theme based on countries or regions that are represented at UW. Speakers from the represented areas are invited to speak on their cultures and etiquette, which is usually accompanied with a short visual presentation.
“There is a dinner right after the informative speeches in which the food from the represented region is served,” Subedi said.
East Asia is this year’s theme. Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Mongolia and China will be represented, Subedi said.
There will be a speaker from China, South Korea, Malaysia and one from Indonesia.
Following the dinner, a dance will feature international and English music.
“It is a great opportunity to learn about East Asia, their culture and their etiquettes, [and] how they represent themselves. And it is also a great opportunity to taste the food from different countries at once, which is a rare opportunity,” Subedi said.
With the dinner, ISA hopes to increase interaction between students.
“We consider the term international as ‘inter-national,’ which includes American students as well,” Subedi said.
The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Tickets are required and were given out Wednesday and Thursday. ISA works to introduce the culture from all countries on campus.
“Etiquette Dinner is probably the biggest effort in [the direction of] this goal. We basically represent the countries turn-by-turn based on the student representation. Availability of the interested students, vendors who can provide the food from the selected countries is the main factors,” Subedi said.
In past years, themes have included South Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. Next year another part of the world will be showcased.
“ISA is looking to see the diverse university community come to the event. A lot of times American students do not show interest in the events organized by the international students. We are expecting to see the American students as well. How much do the American students know about East Asia? Again since it is “International Etiquette Dinner” we want to welcome Inter-national community,” said Subedi. ISA believes cultures enhance if shared with others.
During Friday Night Fever tonight ISA will be set up in the Union Ballroom. This event is free and open to students (no tickets required). Tables representing various countries will be present so students can learn about different cultures.
International Pizza and deserts will be served. Students can and learn how to write their names in different languages, get henna tattoos, and experience wearing dresses from different countries. “ISA believes cultures enhance if shared to others,” said Subedi.
Email the author: lkottenstette@uwyo.edu
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The holiday season is once again upon us and for this time of memories and merriment, one holiday tradition is coming to UW; the performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker.”
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2-4, and at 2 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Arts and Sciences Auditorium. The ballet fantasy is about a young girl, Clara, who receives a nutcracker doll for Christmas. During the story, the nutcracker comes to life in her dreams.
','For ballet dancer Ashlie Smith (pictured above, front center), the role of Clara is her dream come true.
“I have been in the ‘Nutcracker’ twice before, both in Laramie, and it is always well done,” she said. “I was absolutely thrilled to find out that I had received the role of Clara—it is a role that I have always wanted to play.” Smith has been dancing for 18 years.
The ballet is performed at the university every four years, and is a vast undertaking, including students, members of the community and children in the cast.
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The UW version of “Nutcracker” varies from the norm, however, being that it has had a “Western” theme since its 2006 production. Marsha Knight, one of the choreographers for the performance, said that while the tradition is still there, they have been able to put a “Laramie twist” on the piece, resetting the ballet in the 1890’s in the Ivinson Mansion with new scenic drops and western inspired costumes.
“The project of a total scenic overhaul of the piece necessitated a two-step process,” Knight said. “Three drops were designed and painted by professor emeritus Ron Steger for the 2006 production, and this year’s ‘Nutcracker’ will include the completed scenic designs with three new portals, a vista of the Laramie Valley inspired by M.D. Houghton, which will be seen during the overture and a new act II drop,” she said.
Some of the Western themed variations for the “Nutcracker” include folk heroes like the “Hole-in-the-Wall-Gang” and “Cattle Kate” as the romantic models for the mice in Clara’s dream, who are battled not by Russian soldiers, but by the U.S. Cavalry, as well as the interior and exterior of the historic Ivinson Mansion featured prominently in the backdrops.
“Symbols of this early Laramie settlement—of cowboy rope, timber saws, railroad, the \'university life’ on First Street and so on—are embedded in the designs,” Knight said. “We are presenting something very unique with this ballet, the beauty is in the details.”
Email the author: dbowman6@uwyo.edu
For those who cannot wait until Nov. 25 to roll around, the Student Activities Council will host Thanksgiving early.
From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today in the Union ballroom, SAC will host its free Thanksgiving dinner. Seats are limited and tickets to reserve seats are being handed out at the Information Desk in the Union.
','This is the first year SAC is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner.
“This is a new endeavor for us,” Sarah Brown, an SAC member, said.
The idea sprung from the success of the free breakfast in Prexy’s Pasture the SAC held earlier this year. The breakfast was such a hit for both the students and the staff, who enjoyed the free food and coffee, that a Thanksgiving dinner was the next idea.
“It was a celebrative effort” from everyone in SAC, Brown said.
UW Catering is providing food and refreshments for the dinner.
“We went with traditional Thanksgiving,” catering manager Michael Kottenstette said. “We worked with Stephanie Long of the Student Activities Council to plan this meal. It’s a really great idea and is going to be a lot of fun.”
The dinner will include sliced turkey breast, mashed potatoes and gravy, cornbread stuffing, sweet potatoes and apples, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce and dinner rolls.
For dessert, pumpkin and a variety of fruit pies will be available.
Of the 250 tickets available for the dinner, only 70 tickets remained Tuesday afternoon. Initially, the tickets required a student ID for pick-up, but the event is now open to the public as well.
In addition to dinner, the Laramie High School Jazz Band will be performing throughout the night.
“The Laramie Naughty Pines, Laramie’s roller derby team, are doing the waitressing. It’s a buffet style dinner, but they’ll be refilling drinks and bussing tables in their skates,” Brown said.
Email: Lauren Kottenstette
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As a part of Geography Awareness Week, geographer Andrew Marcus will speak about new ways to study rivers in his keynote speech Thursday 4:10 p.m., in the Business Auditorium.
“A well respected geographer, who has done some exciting research on new methods of studying rivers,” the faculty sponsor for the geography club, Carl Legleiter said of Marcus.
','His speech is titled “New Views of the River: A Geographer’s Perspective.”
Geography Awareness Week is an annual, nationwide event organized by National Geographic.
Geography Club public relations chair Hannah Gunderman said that the event “emphasizes the importance of geography.”
“Awareness of geography is important because a lack of knowledge about geography affects people’s ability to understand economic and political world affairs,” Gunderman said.
Each year, Geography Awareness Week has a different geographical theme. This year’s theme is “Fresh Water” and consists of three educational speakers and the annual geography knowledge bowl on Wednesday night.
Ellen Wohl from Colorado State University will also give a talk titled, “What should these Rivers look like? Historical Variability and Human Impacts in the Colorado Front Range.” She speak at 4:10 p.m., today in the Business Auditorium.
James Meacham, senior research associate and InfoGraphics Lab Director from the University of Oregon will speak at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, also in the Business Auditorium. His speech is titled “Atlas cartography: Exploration and Experience in the Mapping of Oregon, Yellowstone, and the Mongolian Altai.”
All the events for Geography Awareness Week are open to the campus community and the public.
For more information, contact Richard Vercoe at rvercoe@uwyo.edu or Stephanie Bartlett at sbartlet@uwyo.edu.
Gamma Theta Upsilon, which is the geography club on campus, will have a table set up in the Union breezeway Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Email the author: jmagrum@uwyo.edu
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On Tuesday at 2 p.m., Double-bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons will bring his expertise of Flamenco music to UW and give a free clinic on Flamenco music. The clinic will be in the band room of the Fine Arts building.
','Flamenco is a type of music and dance that originated in Spain, specifically in Andalusia.
“Renaud and Kiko and Pascal can do a session about Flamenco music and how it is part of the fiber of the music Renaud composes and that they play,” Janelle Fletcher-Kilmer, director of the Fine Arts Outreach, said.
The clinic will be followed by a concert that is on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Concert Hall. This event costs $20 for the general public and $17 for UW students.
“I’ve seen them do this at Western Michigan University,” Fletcher-Kilmer said. “Kiko is a genuine Flamenco guitarist from Toulouse in the south of the France, a place where Flamenco culture is strong. Pascal is a percussionist and is also from Toulouse. This presentation could have an appeal to students interested in Flamenco, to guitar students and to percussion students.”
Garcia-Fons is an artist, who likes to explore mixed music styles.
“From this point forward [Garcia-Fons] worked independently, allowing his adventurous spirit to liberate him from the technical limitations of his instrument in favor of greater freedom to improvise and to explore music at the crossroads of jazz, traditional, and contemporary music,” according to Garcia-Fons’ biography on his website. “Ten years into this journey, he decided to add a fifth string to his bass, enabling possibilities well beyond the idea of the double bass as an accompanying instrument and particularly the option to be one of an ensemble’s improvising voices.
Combining this innovation with his con arco and pizzicato techniques, he reached an unprecedented level of performance. Some began to call him the ‘Paganini of the double bass.’
While this has been a great compliment, a more accurate comparison is to Astor Piazzolla, Jimi Hendrix, and Paco de Lucia—artists who have advanced the possibilities of their instrument on the force of self-directed study and research,” reads the biography
This event is both new and unique to the university, and this is Garcia-Fons first trip here. “They guys are very nice and can show students how unique musical elements work,” Fletcher-Kilmer said.
Email: Davis Bonner
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UW’s Association of Black Student Leaders is hosting this year’s Kwanzaa celebration today at 6 p.m. in the Dick Cheney International Center.
Every culture has its own celebrations during the winter season; Western cultures celebrate Christmas, while other cultures have their own festivities such as Hanukkah for the Jewish, New Years for the Chinese and Kwanzaa for the African-Americans.
Kwanzaa was started by Maulana Karenga and serves as a weeklong celebration honoring African heritage. This celebration began December 26, 1966.
','“This Kwanzaa event is meant to inform the UW and Laramie community about a custom that not many know about or that some may have misinformation or misconstrued ideas about. It is also meant to bring diverse people together to celebrate the seven principles of Kwanzaa; unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith,” Sonia Gahimbare, president of ABSL, said.
Poetry, songs, drums and food are all part of the Kwanzaa ceremony. ABSL will be conducting the ceremony, while members of the Wyoming Association of Student Africans will supply the drumming for the event.
Along with the entertainment, there will be a potluck dinner. Food is free of charge, and participants are encouraged to bring a dish.
Karuma, the main celebration of Kwanzaa, is traditionally held on Dec. 31.
“It is a way to bridge the gap between black persons everywhere and celebrate their shared history. It is also a way to celebrate black persons and their struggle, triumph, resilience, and accomplishments,” Gahimbare said.
“I hope that students will come and join in this Kwanzaa celebration to gain some cultural competence about this tradition, to meet people they probably would not have had the opportunity or setting to meet otherwise, and to celebrate unity and the coming together of human beings because we all have had struggles and triumphs, we have all had to be resilient and we have all had accomplishments. I almost left out to come and eat some good food,” Gahimbare added.
ABSL is a recognized student organization that is open to everyone. All that ABSL asks is that members are passionate about black culture and spreading diversity, she said.
If interested in ABSL, there are many events coming up for Black History Month (in February), including an annual Soul Food Dinner, a Breakdancing/Graffiti workshop and panel discussions.
Email: Davis Bonner
','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-16 04:56:49','62','Davis Bonner','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-16 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','702','kwanzaa, celebration, absl, black, celebrate, food, student, ”, , gahimbare, history, unity, persons, people, african, coming, event, meant, meet, bring','UW’s Association of Black Student Leaders is hosting this year’s Kwanzaa celebration today at 6 p.m. in the Dick Cheney International Center.\r\n\r\nEvery culture has its own celebrations during the winter season; Western cultures celebrate Christmas, while other cultures have their own festivities such as Hanukkah for the Jewish, New Years for the Chinese and Kwanzaa for the African-Americans.','0','10','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1560','Discovery Days to be held this weekend','discovery-days-to-be-held-this-weekend','','
This Saturday will be the first of three Discovery Days held this year, which provides prospective students with information about UW.
The Office of Admissions and Pre-College and Student Visit Programs will host the event.
','“UW Discovery Days gives prospective students a chance to engage in a number of activities including tours of campus, informational sessions on each college and a resource fair, which gives prospective students the opportunity to speak with various Recognized Student Organizations that are present on campus,” Mary Aguayo, assistant director of Pre-College and Student Visit Programs, said.
The event will also provide prospective students the chance to visit some of UW’s unique facilities on campus such as the Geology Museum, the planetarium, the interior and fashion design areas, the UW Honors House and the nutrition and food labs.
Discovery Days also includes a “nuts and bolts” informational session where prospective students will be able to ask questions regarding the various challenges associated with transferring to UW from other colleges within Wyoming and nontraditional student related issues.
Aguayo said the typical demographic of students who attend the event is varied.
“It’s a pretty evenly mixed group. We have prospective students from both Wyoming and out-of-state and also have a number of nontraditional students who are looking at continuing their education,” she said. “While the age group we see at this event is largely traditional students trying to make their decision on which college they will attend next year, the nontraditional prospective students are well represented.”
According to Aguayo, the yearly series of events has been well attended in the past, averaging between 500-600 students in total.
Discovery Days will be held in the spring semester on Feb. 19 and April 2.
“We also offer individual campus tours to prospective students and families by appointment through our office and I encourage anyone who is interested in attending UW to take advantage of these opportunities,” Aguayo said. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and include lunch at the Washakie Dining Center.
Prospective students participating in the event are asked to arrive at the Union at 8 a.m., for check-in and to visit the resource fair.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
This weekend Laramie plays host to six emerging authors and publishers for the UW MFA Creative Writing Program’s Writer/Publisher Symposium.
The authors will spend Friday and Saturday working with students in the MFA Creative Writing program to acquaint them with the world of small-business publishing.
','Assistant professor Andrew Fitch is one of the professors working with the symposium.
“There have been symposiums for several years and in the past they have been with emerging writers—writers who are well-known in the literary world but not very well-known outside yet. All that is different about this year is that we’ve tried to focus on writers who are involved in the world of publishing,” he said.
This includes authors who have their own presses, edit magazines or run their own magazines.
“The idea is for there to be group discussions and for our MFA students to get to know some of these writers. We try to do it in this concentrated way so that everyone gets together and has time to meet people that they’ll have a good rapport with,” Fitch said.
The MFA Creative Writing Program has tried to find a wide array of authors and publishers to bring to the symposium.
“All these people are people whose writing we admire,” said Fitch.
“But beyond that, we’ve tried to find a couple of people who are interested in putting out books, a couple of people who do journals, specifically online journals, and then a couple of people who edit for someone else’s publication.”
The goal of the symposium is to give MFA students a sense of the alternative jobs that are in their field once they graduate.
“People who are involved in the publishing and literary world realize how important personal connections are,” said Fitch.
These connections often happen informally and help out the writer later. Personal connections do not happen overnight, but instead happen over a long period of time when writers and publishers have common interests and goals.
The writers and publishers in attendance to the symposium are Kazim Ali, Eula Biss, Julia Cohen, Anna Moschovakis, Mathias Svalina and Lynne Tillman.
Along with lecturing at the symposium, each author will read excerpts from their books, which will be followed by a book-signing.
The feature reading will take place at 5 p.m., Saturday at Second Story Books downtown.
The event is free and open to the public.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
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Along with the cost of attending a university abroad, international students have to deal with struggles, like not having family within 500 miles of where they\'re studying.
','Two international students attending UW, and addressing these problems, were involved in serious accidents this fall.
Sonia Nana was in a car accident on I-80 this semester.
Pushpa Khanal, was hit by a vehicle on Willett Street in Laramie in September. Khanal is undergoing physical therapy in Fort Collins.
The international community of UW has rallied around these two students in an attempt to provide for them.
One of these efforts, a fundraiser titled Karma, will be held on Saturday at 6 p.m., in the Education Auditorium. Tickets are on sale at the breezeway table in the Union, or they can be purchased at the door of the event. All proceeds will go to Nana and Khanal.
Eight international student organizations have come together to put on a fundraiser for these two students.
The event will showcase different cultural activities from the organizations.
“We will be putting on a fashion show showcasing the fashion of Africa along with a dance performance called Zoupe Deculle,” said president of the Wyoming African Student Association Edward Offei. “As international students we have to make our voices heard, and we do that through showcasing our culture.”
It’s time to enjoy a night at the movies without the movie theater price.
Friday Night Fever is hosting a triple feature event with an opportunity to see three Hollywood blockbusters. Shows start at 6:30 p.m., 9:00 p.m., and 11:30 p.m., Friday in the Union Ballroom.
','“Inception,” the first film of the evening, stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page. Directed by Christopher Nolan, this contemporary sci-fi action film is “set within the architecture of the mind,” according to the film’s website.
“Your mind is the scene of the crime.”
With twists and turns, Inception keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.
If science fiction is not something you like, check out “Twilight: Eclipse.” Directed by David Slade and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
This film blends the fantasy of vampires and werewolves with a modern-day story of young love. Bella, a mortal, loves the vampire, Edward, and though their love has faced many hardships—the toughest is just ahead.
An army of evil vampires has been created and is coming to seek revenge on Edward and Bella. The only chance they have to survive is if Edward and his family team up with a pack of werewolves.
Eclipse is the third installment of the Twilight Saga-based on the books by Stephenie Meyer.
The third film will be “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.”
The story follows Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), an average guy in a band with some friends. His world changes when he meets Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), the girl of his dreams.
But before they can start dating, Scott finds out he must battle and defeat Ramona’s seven evil exes.
The movie has received praise on its use of ground-breaking visual effects. It is directed by Edgar Wright, the director of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead.
All movies are free and Friday Night Fever will give out free popcorn to everyone in attendance.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-05 03:27:45','62','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-05 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','698','film, ”, friday, directed, night, edward, eclipse, scott, evil, world, vampires, start, pilgrim, werewolves, movies, love, bella, mind, movie, story','Friday Night Fever is hosting a triple feature event with an opportunity to see three Hollywood blockbusters. Shows start at 6:30 p.m., 9:00 p.m., and 11:30 p.m., Friday in the Union Ballroom.','0','13','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1564','Engineers Without Borders works to bring water to Kenya','engineers-without-borders-works-to-bring-water-to-kenya','','Engineers Without Borders hosted a talk Thursday about ongoing research on subsistence consumer merchants.
Dr. Jose Rosa spoke about the motivations behind pushing for subsistence merchants and their overall effects on developing and underdeveloped countries. Rosa is a professor of marketing and sustainable business practices here at UW.
','EWB is an international organization with the purpose of “creating a world where everyone can meet their basic human needs,” Amanda King, the UW chapter’s president said. The organization is separated between state and regional chapters, with both student and professional levels in each.
“We put members into different teams that travel around the world to different countries,” King said. These teams then see if each location can benefit from the EWB’s services. “We ask if the place is a good fit for what we can offer, and if it is, we’ll make a formal commitment to them,” King said.
EWB’s UW chapter has multiple projects underway. The group’s first project, started in 2005, helped build a school in the village of Panabaj, Guatemala, after mudslides had struck the town following a hurricane.
The group has also helped in Africa where they are working to bring clean water to Kenya, according to King.
Once a commitment has been made to a location, EWB will stay to help develop the area for five to 10 years.
The group recently sent a members to Honduras. “We hope to build a hub clinic there, so nurses don’t have to hop on buses and spend a long time getting supplies,” King stated. “Architecture students have already drafted a plan and we will be working on the water component.”
She added that the organization is a good path of professional development for all students at UW. “What people don’t seem to realize is that you don’t have to be an engineer. I’m president of the chapter and I’m not even an engineering major.”
Email the author: rlind1@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-05 03:20:43','62','Rhanden Lind','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-05 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','697','”, king, organization, don’t, water, “we, countries, working, good, students, ewb’s, teams, president, professional, members, group, world, location, engineers, helped','Engineers Without Borders hosted a talk Thursday about ongoing research on subsistence consumer merchants. \r\n','0','12','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1565','COHC to host Health Fair','cohc-to-host-health-fair','','The College of Health Sciences will host its fourth annual health fair to offer students and community members a variety of health services free of charge.
The event will take place 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday in the Union Ballroom.
','“This event is a great opportunity for students and the community to come and get a general snapshot of their overall health situation,” Jessica Hopper, pharmacy student and organizer of this year’s fair, said.
“Younger students don’t often think about their health care situation,” Hopper said. “While we are not diagnosing specific conditions, we are offering services that can help in catching some health problems early.”
“We will be offering a number of services that should prove to be very beneficial to individuals looking to get a general idea of their overall health.\"
Services provided will include blood glucose testing, osteoporosis screening, rapid HIV testing, blood pressure testing, depression screenings and sexual and reproductive health information.
The event will also offer acupuncture treatment, hearing and vision tests and information about the importance of immunization.
“We generally get a pretty even split between students and members of the community,” Hopper said. “We also get a very broad spectrum of people from the ages of 18 all the way to 75,” Hopper said.
The program is also a venue for the students in the College of the Health Sciences to gain valuable experience in their field of study.
“Student groups within the College of Health Sciences run the various health services stations, which gives students valuable experience in their specific field of study,” Hopper said.
Third year pharmacy students will also be participating in the event. They will answer any possible questions students may have about prescription drugs. While the event is free, individuals who wish to receive a full blood workup will pay a fee of $25. Individuals requesting a full blood workup are asked to fast for at least twelve hours before the procedure.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
Editors Note: The acronym \"COSC\" in the headline was intended to be \"COHC\", for College of Health Sciences. The Branding Iron Online apologizes for the misprint.
','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-05 03:15:54','62','Bob Kubichek','2010-11-12 04:41:40','147','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-05 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','696','health, students, ”, services, hopper, event, blood, sciences, college, fair, individuals, testing, “we, community, general, workup, situation, study, cohc, pharmacy','The College of Health Sciences will host its fourth annual health fair to offer students and community members a variety of health services free of charge.\r\n','0','14','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1566','Annual book sale Saturday','annual-book-sale-saturday','','
In the basement of the Albany County Public Library, about a half a mile of shelves are filled with books looking for new owners. The fall book sale at the Albany County Public Library is almost here.
The book sale starts at 12 p.m. on Saturday and will continue through the week. On Sunday, the library is open 1 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., closed on Monday, and open Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. On the final day, the sale will be open from 1 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
','“We’d like the students at the university to know the tremendous resources we have here at very inexpensive prices. Classics, science, just about every subject of used books that have been donated,” chairman of the book sale Penny Schenker said. The volunteer group Friends of the Library helps raise money for the public library when it holds the book sale.
Starting on Wednesday, the prices drop 25 percent and Thursday almost every book in stock drops to 50 percent off. Nov. 13, the final day of the sale, is a five-dollar bag day, when a full grocery bag costs only $5.
“It’s a great way to build your library.” Schenker said.
At the end of the sale, the books will be recycled so the Friends of the Library can start with an all new selection of books for sales next year. All the books at the book sale are donated by the community and withdrawn books from the library. This year, Friends of the Library is using some new technology to help get the best price for book lovers and the library alike. Their small machine plugs into a cell phone and allows the user to scan books to see how rare they are.
If Friends of the Library do stumble across a rare book, they send it to a book dealer to sell it.
In the past, a yearbook from 1910 was donated from West Point Military academy the year Dwight D. Eisenhower graduated.
A dealer helped sell the book and the profit, like all books from sale, went to help the Albany County Public Library.
“I always came to the book sales,” Friends of the Library volunteer Mary Vrooman said.
“And then I retired and I had time to focus on things that I love; and I love books.”
Email: Lauren Kottenstette
','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-04 04:50:59','62','Lauren Kottenstette','2010-11-04 04:54:01','173','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-04 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','695','library, book, sale, books, friends, public, ”, day, year, donated, open, albany, county, dealer, final, thursday, sell, prices, percent, rare','In the basement of the Albany County Public Library, about a half a mile of shelves are filled with books looking for new owners. The fall book sale at the Albany County Public Library is almost here.','0','14','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1567','Comedian talks safer, saner college sex','comedian-talks-safer-saner-college-sex','','Students will have the opportunity to hear from comedic guest speaker Cindy Pierce about safer and saner sex in college at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Union ballroom.
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',' Pierce travels to college campuses all over the country to give her presentation “Ringing the Doorbell: Saner, Healthier Sex in College.” Her position is that if students are going to have sex, they should make it good, informed sex and not take the decision lightly.
She will address many tough topics such as consent, safe sex, self-sex and abstinence.
Using her style of honesty and humor, Pierce hopes to take the most personal and sensitive topics about sexual health and make them easier to understand and talk about.
According to her website, Pierce wants college students to feel better about sex so that healthier decisions can be made and better experiences can be had.
After the event, students will be able to ask questions, as well as talk with Pierce about sex in general.
The atmosphere will be open and relaxed, and students are encouraged to sit back and enjoy a comical take on an often serious topic.
Not only popular on stage, Pierce is also the co-author of the book “Finding the Doorbell: Sexual Satisfaction For the Long Haul.” The comic has been performing her stage shows for audiences and college students for a few years.
For more information about this event or more information on Cindy Pierce, students can visit campuspeak.com or contact Kate Steiner, the program coordinator with the Dean of Students Office, at ksteiner@uwyo.edu.
Email the author: ccravens@uwyo.edu
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what it means.
Welcome to the Day of the Dead! The Movimiento Chicano de Aztlan sponsored their annual sugar skull workshop Tuesday in the Wyoming Union Skylight Lounge, where students had the opportunity to not only decorate miniature skulls made from sugar but also learn about the tradition of the event.
','The misconception of sugar skulls is a fairly simple mistake to make; one usually associates skulls with death. In the case of sugar skull art, this is only half true. The skulls do represent death, but also life.
Sugar art is rooted in the 17th century when Italian missionaries brought it to the new world.
Because Mexico had vast quantities of sugar, and churches could not afford to adorn their sanctuaries with European décor, clay molded sugar decorations soon began to appear in many religious Mexican festivals. The skulls themselves represent a departed soul and typically had the name of the deceased written on the forehead, according to the group’s flyer. However, on Tuesday, the students painted the skulls with bright colors for a more fun-filled hour.
They would then be placed on the home of a friend or on a gravestone to honor the return of that particular spirit.
Bryana Wilson and Anna Thomas were two of the first to participate in this year’s event.
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“We are both English [education] majors,” Thomas said.
“We are taking the Chicano history class, and we are doing this for extra credit, but we would have come anyway,” she said.
Traditional sugar skulls are very labor intensive and are made in small quantities in the homes of sugar makers.
However, sugar artisans are slowly slipping into extinction as pre-fabricated and imported candy skulls replace the handmade variety. The sentiment of the tradition is not one of remembering death, but remembering how a person lived.
The painting of the skull is a time when families and friends can gather to remember their loved ones and to talk about their memories.
The Service Leadership and Civic Engagement Office concluded its three part leadership series with a discussion on how to run and participate in a successful and productive meeting Monday.
The series, which was organized and managed by SLCE graduate assistant Rachael Sherman, focused on helping students recognize their own leadership styles and how to best use their natural skills in a broad variety of real world settings.
','“This series is not just for students looking to beef up their skills in a boardroom or at a conference table,” Sherman said.
“The goal of this event is to help students identify what kind of leaders they are and to help them develop their own unique leadership styles in a way that will make them most effective in a variety of situations both on campus and off.”
Monday’s workshop, led by Becky Adair from Residence Life and Dining Services, focused on helping students develop a clear sense, both of their own personal skill sets, and of the skills their colleagues may have that they lack.
It also looked at personality traits that can negatively impact the productivity of a meeting.
Adair began the workshop by having the students engage in a role-playing game that mimicked a meeting of a chess club. She first assigned one student the job of running the meeting.
Next, after having the leader step out of the room the rest of the students in attendance were assigned various annoying characteristics meant to challenge the leader’s ability to run a productive meeting.
The mock meeting of the chess club was assigned the task of developing a plan to increase the club’s membership.
While the meeting began with the idea of setting up a mixer in order to attract more members, it quickly lost focus as various students demanded a new strategy to grow membership.
“At some point in your life, you will have to work with people who have these kinds of difficult personalities and it’s important to recognize these traits in others and in yourself,” Adair said.
Following the role-playing exercise, Adair gave a presentation that included strategies and tips on how to keep meetings productive, even when faced with difficult or disinterested team members.
According to Sherman, the leadership development series was well attended.
“I think overall it went really well, and I encourage students to come and participate in our next leadership series which we will be holding during the spring semester.”
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
In the year 2050, the world’s population demographic will have changed immensely from the norm of the last 200 years.
On Monday evening in the Classroom Building, Jack Goldstone, the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, explained about the major population changes that are happening now and the effects they will have on the economy and security in the future.
','“Students will be looking for jobs and living in a world that is very different from the one we have lived in for the last 20 years, so they need to know,” Goldstone said.
His speech was based on his essay, “The New Population Bomb: Four Mega-Trends That Will Change the World,” which was the lead story in the January/February 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs.
Goldstone believes that the four major trends will change the world. They include large emerging markets in the world economy from currently developing economies, aging and shrinking workforces in developed countries, the impact of the huge population in the Islamic countries and their understanding of the world, and the new face of the developing urban world instead of a rural world.
Goldstone used current and predicted population trends to support his arguments.
In his arguments, Goldstone said all of the growth of the global labor force will be in developing countries in the coming years, and the growth of labor force in the U.S. will be a fraction of what it is now.
He also said over the next 40 years in the U.S., the number of people who are 60+ and working will increase more than people working from age 15-59, and that 89 percent of children under 15 are growing up in developing countries, mostly in traditionally Muslim countries.
“I have worked on the consequences of population change for political stability and economic growth for my whole career, usually in historical cases, but now I am looking towards our future,” Goldstone said.
While here, Goldstone also participated in some undergraduate classroom lectures in addition to his larger lecture Monday.
Goldstone has been on the faculty at Northwestern University and the University of California-Davis and has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University and Caltech.
He has written over 100 research articles and is the author or editor of 10 books.
He has also been a consultant for the U.S. State Department, the FBI, and the Agency for International Development, helping to devise measures and strategies to cope with failing and failed states.
Goldstone also led a National Academy of Sciences study of United States Agency for International Development democracy assistance programs and ways to evaluate their impact.
He has been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and received grants from the MacArthur Foundation.
His current research focuses on the conditions for building democracy and stability in developing nations, the impact of population change on the global economy, international security, and the cultural origins of modern economic growth.
Goldstone came to UW as part of Phi Beta Kappa’s Visiting Scholar Program, which gives universities with Phi Beta Kappa chapters the opportunity to bring about a dozen distinguished scholars to their schools.
The men and women participating during 2010-2011 will visit 63 colleges and universities, spending two days at each one, meeting informally with students and faculty members, taking part in classroom discussions, and giving a public lecture.
According to their website, Phi Beta Kappa celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.
Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities.
Phi Beta Kappa sponsors activities to advance studies of the humanities, the social sciences, and natural sciences in higher education and in society at large.
Co-sponsors for the speech included the History, Political Science and International Studies departments.
Friday evening, the UW Union transformed into a spooky hall of games and candy at the annual Safe Treat event. Children of students, faculty and from the Laramie community participated in the event in a variety of costumes and outfits.
','The event began in the Union and later transitioned to the Washakie Dining facility and students’ residence halls.
The event aimed to “provide a safe, fun environment” for children and their families to celebrate the Halloween holiday, according to the event flyer.
Meanwhile, for the women of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, this weekend was a sweet success. The sorority hosted its annual 24-hour pancake cook off, which some of the sisters affectionately call “DHOP.”
The event is tailored to raise money for the Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital; the sorority’s philanthropy. The women of the sorority took shifts watching the door, cooking and cleaning for the 24-hour event.
There were a variety of pancakes and toppings available for patrons, including a home made banana syrup.
The sorority had a raffle which included a 25 dollar gift card donated by First Interstate Bank, dinner for two at Luciano’s Italian Restaurant, a gift certificate to Anong’s Thai Cuisine or a gift certificicate to Bath and Body Works.
The group raised almost $4,600 overall.
Email the author: dbowman6@uwyo.edu
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The annual UW Safe Treat lasts all of Friday evening for the families of Laramie.
','The Residence Life and Dining Service Department and the Residence Halls Association are teaming up once again to host Safe Treat. “It\'s a chance for local families to do their trick-or-treating in a safe and warm place instead of outside in cold Laramie,” Becky Adair, residence life area coordinator, said.
There are many aspects to Safe Treat. Candy is provided to volunteer residents who will open their doors to trick-or-treaters from the community. Games and prizes will be put on during Safe Treat in the lower level of the Washakie dining facility for families, provided by each Hall Senate.
“RAs help plan, advertise, organize, decorate, host, guide, feed, stuff candy bags, clean up, etcetera for Safe Treat. All RAs are involved in some way, either before during or after the actual Safe Treat event,” Adair said.
“It\'s nice when people do [participate in Safe Treat], especially because you get to see the happy little looks on kids\' faces when they get candy. What kid doesn\'t love candy, after all,” RA Mike Schedel said.
Schedel, as well as other RAs, has been working hard in preparation of Safe Treat.
“We\'ve been putting up posters as well as having sign-up sheets on our doors. When the students sign up for Safe Treat, we make sure that their doors are decorated and that they have the sign on them telling kids ‘We have candy,’” Schedel said.
“I used to be in a job that required a lot of running around and keeping supplies high. I actually look forward to doing that again, because I love delivering things like that and it gives me something to do constantly, so I\'ll be pretty active,” Schedel said.
“This is fun not just for the hundreds of kids [and parents] in costume, but also for the students who may miss their siblings back home, or just miss the fun of Halloween,” Adair said.
“It\'s a safe, warm, fun way to spend this popular holiday, while giving our residents a way to serve and interact with the local community they\'re a part of for at least 9 months a year,” Adair said.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-29 01:54:12','147','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-29 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','689','safe, treat, , candy, ”, schedel, fun, adair, kids, families, community, doors, trick, sign, residence, students, host, ras, life, “it','Every Halloween, SafeTreat serves as both a fun volunteer opportunity for students and a safer trick-or-treating experience for Laramie children.','0','11','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1573','SAC, FNF host movies and pumpkin carving Friday','sac-fnf-host-movies-and-pumpkin-carving-friday','','Most people associate scary movies and carving pumpkins with what Halloween is all about, and combining the two really makes it a party. All that is needed after that is candy corn, a dark room and some popcorn.
This year, the Student Activities Council and Friday Night Fever are putting together a scary movie triple feature and a pumpkin carving contest, the best of both worlds.
','Both events start at 4:30 p.m. in the Union Ballroom on Friday.
Stephanie Long, a graduate assistant for The Student Activities Council, talked about the SAC’s decision regarding the movie choices.
“The Student Activities Council decided at our meeting that we wanted to show a variety of films in order to appeal to an array of different interests. We chose one new horror film, one 1963 classic thriller, and one horror comedy. All three films will be shown during each time slot. This reflects the kind of theme format we\'ll be using as we start our SAC Film series, beginning November 18 at 7:30 in the Classroom Building, room 129,” she said.
The triple feature show includes “The Haunting” at 4:30 p.m., The 2010 version of “Nightmare on Elm Street” at 7 p.m., and “Shaun of the Dead” at 9:30 p.m.
The first movie, “The Haunting,” is a 1963 film about Dr. Markway searching for the existence of ghosts in an old, eerie mansion.
The newest installment of “Nightmare on Elm Street” is the second movie of the night. This is the story of a man who hunts his victims in their dreams.
“Shaun of the Dead” is the comic relief after the first two horrors and the third movie of the night. Shaun decides to get his life back on track by winning his girlfriend back in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.
Along with these three movies, there is also going to be pumpkin carving contest. FNF has put this program on for the past three years, and the graduate assistant for FNF, Sagan Myers, said “We provided a hundred pumpkins and they were gone within ten minutes of the event starting.”
FNF will provide all the tools needed to make a masterpiece. Myers also stated, “We only provide one pumpkin to each person and provide all the tools and stencils.”
So if you’re looking for some fun this Halloween, pull some seeds out of a pumpkin while enjoying all different scary movies.
Email the author: dbonner1@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-29 01:47:43','147','Davis Bonner','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-29 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','688','pumpkin, movie, ”, carving, movies, fnf, night, council, “the, provide, friday, activities, film, scary, student, graduate, tools, assistant, myers, 1963','Friday Night Fever and the Student Activities Council are hosting a pumpkin carving contest and a three-part horror film series this Friday.','0','17','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1574','ASUW & Marketing plan Alumni Banner project','asuw-a-marketing-plan-alumni-banner-project','','
ASUW is heading a collaborative effort with UW’s Institutional Marketing Department to hang banners around campus with UW alumni names printed on them.
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The Alumni Banner Project is intended to promote pride on campus and the new gold banners are hung on poles and light fixtures around campus, said ASUW vice president Liz Brown.
So far, six banners located in the Union parking loop are the first of many banners to be placed across the entirety of campus.
These banners increase the overall feeling of a campus culture at UW, and are designed to promote and showcase student, faculty and staff pride at UW.
The idea was created after ASUW president Cameron Nazminia went to an orientation visit at Colorado University Boulder with his sister and saw their alumni banner projects.
Nazminia was inspired when he returned to have a similar project on UW’s campus.
“I honestly think that it does help students buy into campus,” Brown said. “A lot of students were very excited to see them up.”
The alumni who are currently already on the banners come from UW’s pre-cleared distinguished alumni list. The banners that are soon to come will be chosen based on the choice of UW public relation check and a special committee.
The six alumni who are already on banners include William Robertson Coe, June Etta Downey, Emma Howell Knight, S.H. “Doc” Knight, Aven Nelson, UW Professor and President and Nellie Taylor Ross.
The project was launched on homecoming weekend and funding came from sponsors who endorsed the project.
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-21 03:11:04','62','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-21 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','687','banners, campus, alumni, project, asuw, president, uw’s, banner, pride, promote, brown, ”, nazminia, , students, knight, marketing, choice, based, mdonofri@uwyo','ASUW and the Institutional Marketing Department are planning a joint project to promote campus pride, by hanging banners with alumni names printed on them.','0','12','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1575','Katrina exhibit opens at Gallery 234','katrina-exhibit-opens-at-gallery-234','','It has been 5 years. Houses have been rebuilt and formerly displaced families found their way back to the place where wind and water took everything from them. While New Orleans is not making headlines anymore—and some districts have been repaired—the Big Easy is still suffering.
','“When I first arrived, at a glance, the city looked new and restored. The further I moved away from the more tourist areas and got into the neighborhoods that had less money, it was a stark difference,” Becca Skinner, a social work major and artist, said. “Maybe 1 in 5 houses have been restored. When I left, after witnessing so many injustices to the residents there, my heart was really broken for these people.”
Skinner has traveled to many places across the U.S. to combine her two passions, photography and social justice. Her New Orleans trip was sponsored by the Campus Activities Council and the pictures she took will be on display in the exhibit \"Ghosts of Katrina: Five Years Revisited,” which will be held Thursday in gallery 234, room 004 of the UW Union.
The exhibit is an account of Skinner’s journey in the affected areas and her experiences. “I really went all over the city. I spent a good amount of time in the Lower 9th Ward—a neighborhood that was severely affected by (Hurricane Katrina). I spent time here, because I wanted to talk to people who had lost their homes and I was hoping that people in the area were willing to talk about it with me,” she said.
These stories are a way for Skinner to understand the pain of the residents living in the still destroyed quarters, so that she can partake in bringing change to the region. “There were so many that lost their homes, were displaced and have had a tough time recovering from this,” she said. “I am excited to share the knowledge I learned down there, because the first step to change is knowledge.”
And along change, recognition is something that New Orleans’ residents desperately need. “I completely think that Katrina victims have been forgotten about. Unfortunately with time, people\'s priorities have been shifted and the people of New Orleans have been put on the back burner. In all honesty, before this trip, I had forgotten,” Skinner said. “It\'s important to photograph the 5 year difference because so much is still left to do. With toxic chemicals floating through houses and buildings and mold growing on walls, my immune system was pretty affected. But yet, children play around these buildings every single day and breathe in all of this terrible stuff—it shouldn\'t be happening.”
Skinner’s contribution to bringing change comes through the exhibit. The pictures displayed will be able to be purchased and half the proceeds will be donated to the Make It Right foundation.
According to the foundation’s website, “More than 4,000 homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.” Two years after the initial destruction, Hollywood actor Brad Pitt toured the city and the ward, which still lay in ruins. “He founded Make It Right to build 150 affordable, green storm resistant homes for families living in the Lower 9th Ward,” according to the website.
To get involved with Skinners cause, one can visit the exhibition, which will be accessible until Nov. 11, listen to the changes in culture and life she experienced during her talk on Friday at 4 p.m. at the Albany County Public Library or directly donate to the foundation.
For Skinner, her work is just the beginning. “There is still so much work that needs to be done and people that need to be reached. It\'s far from being over,” she said.
Email the author: ddemic@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-20 07:00:00','62','David Demic','2010-10-21 02:43:39','147','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-21 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','686','”, people, skinner, katrina, time, change, homes, exhibit, years, talk, 9th, “, city, affected, ward, work, houses, residents, orleans, social','Becca Skinner, a social work major and photographer, presents her photo journal exhibit, Ghosts of Katrina, which depicts the most devastated areas of New Orleans.','0','9','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1576','Leadership lecture series continues','leadership-lecture-series-continues','','The Service, Leadership and Community Engagement office kicked off its Leadership Development series Monday with a discussion on how students can better identify and understand leadership skills.
','The series, which has been setup and managed by Rachael Sherman, will focus on helping students recognize their own leadership styles, and to show students how to best use their natural skills in a broad variety of real world settings.
“This series is not just for students looking to beef up their skills in a board room or at a conference table,” Sherman said before starting the first workshop on Monday.
“The goal of this event is to help students identify what kind of leaders they are, and to help them develop their own unique leadership styles in a way that will make them most effective in a variety of situations, both on campus and off,” Sherman said.
Monday’s session focused on showing students how to identify personal strengths and weaknesses, and how to most effectively use these strengths in group interactions. Sherman introduced the session by asking the question, “If I say that I am a leader, what does this really mean? What exactly is a leader?”
Associate Professor Kent Drummond from the Marketing and Management Department led Monday’s event.
“I think this is a great opportunity for students to learn about something that has lifelong importance,” he said.
The second installment in the series will take place Oct. 25 in form of a panel discussion called \"What Does Your Leadership Look Like?” This panel will be made up of both students and faculty, and will be focused on examining how people are different, and how these differences have helped them to become leaders.
“Everyone possesses different skills, and it’s important to not only know yours, but also be aware of what others can do,” Sherman said. “Leadership is about more than being the loudest in the room; it’s about learning how to work with others and encouraging everyone to do their best.”
The third and final session in the series will take place Nov. 1 and tie everything together in a practical application where Becky Adair from Residence Life and Dining Services, will be talking about unique ways to make meetings more productive and possibly even more bearable.
This session will be looking at how everyone has their own set of unique leadership skills, and how to work productively with individuals with different sets of skills. Sherman highlighted the importance of these lessons by presenting a common group dynamic situation.
“You know what skills you do or do not have, you know that someone else might possess a skill that you lack, and now you have a meeting or group project with everyone and you have to find a way to make it work,” Sherman said.
Both talks for the leadership development series will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 211 in the Business Building.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-21 01:23:55','62','Bob Kubichek','2010-10-21 01:30:15','147','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-21 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','685','leadership, students, skills, sherman, series, ”, session, identify, place, work, room, group, unique, styles, variety, it’s, leaders, event, strengths, monday’s','Service, Leadership, and Community Engagement office will host a lecture on leadership on Oct. 25th','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1577','Spencer Bohren performs at UW','spencer-bohren-performs-at-uw','','At 8 p.m. this Thursday in the Education Auditorium, renowned guitarist Spencer Bohren will perform a show for students, faculty and community members.
“Spencer Bohren is a Wyoming native who now calls New Orleans home,” Michael Lange, coordinator of student activities and programs, said. “He is an amazing blues singer and guitarist as well as a great educator.”
','“Spencer Bohren’s music resonates with the ambience of the rivers, roads, and bayous of the American South. He has a marvelous gift for sharing his great love for America’s wealth of traditional folk, blues, gospel and country music with audiences of all ages,” according to a UW news release.
SAC first noticed Bohren’s talent three years ago after one of UW\'s board of trustees suggested he play at UW and Bohren was brought in. “He was great,” Lange said.
“This year the program is a collaboration between SAC and gallery 234 (formerly the ASUW Gallery),” Lange said.
Currently the gallery is featuring work by student photographer Becca Skinner in a show called \"The Ghost of Katrina, Five Years Later.\"
“Since Spencer was from New Orleans and this show was happening we thought it would be great to combine the two events,” said Lange.
“The atmosphere of his New Orleans home subtly informs each performance. What’s more, the stories that preface the songs are often as well received as the songs themselves,” according to the UW press release.
Bohren’s talent does not just stop at the stage. “His documentary performance, Down the Dirt Road Blues, mesmerizes students all over the world, and American Roots Guitar workshops are popular with musicians of all ages and backgrounds,” according to the UW press release.
Bohren also offers an exhibition he calls Petits Mysteres with or separate from shows that features some of his visual art.
In combining Bohren and Skinners work the two have also planned an outreach session. The session will take place at 4 p.m. Friday at the Albany County Library.
A reception for Skinner’s art show in gallery 234 will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in gallery 234 before Bohren’s show.
Bohren has played at festivals across America as well as in concert hall throughout Europe.
According to the UW press release; “In a world filled with synthesized pop music, Spencer Bohren defines artistic integrity.”
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-21 01:17:14','147','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-21 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','684',' , ”, bohren, gallery, show, release, lange, spencer, bohren’s, great, 234, music, blues, orleans, press, performance, work, “he, guitarist, songs','Spencer Bohren, guitarist and Wyoming native who now resides in New Orleans, will perform this Thursday.','0','9','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1578','Ski Week kicks off','ski-week-kicks-off','','The Nordic Ski team is riding in on an avalanche of events to start the season. This week is UW Ski Week and a blizzard of free presentations, clinics and speakers are to come.
UW Ski week kicked off yesterday, Monday Oct. 18 with the Nordic Ski Team sprint race around Prexy’s Pasture. The team strapped on roller skis and raced around Prexy\'s starting in front of Half Acre Gym. Free pizza was also given.
','Yesterday afternoon, the Ski Team held a fundraiser, which included Cross Country ski tuning and free ski waxing.
From noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the West Ballroom of the Wyoming Union, UW Ski Week will host an Avalanche Awareness Presentation.
Dan McCoy, director of the Outdoor Program, will give a presentation on the importance of avalanche awareness in the backcountry.
He will also provide some basic information about how avalanches occur and ways to read the snow for signs of instability, according to a UW press release.
Then from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. that same day in the Skylight Lounge in the Wyoming Union, the Wyoming Alpine Ski Club will hold a ski wax and tune clinic and drop-off.
“A wax will cost $10 and a full tune will cost $20,” according to the UW press release.
The fundraiser will help pay for the race fees, travel costs, lift tickets and other fees associated with alpine ski racing in the Rocky Mountain Conference.
“Equipment that is dropped off during this event will be wax or tuned over the next few weeks and returned to their owners as quickly as possible,” according to the press release.
From noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Union Ballroom, UW Ski Week continues with an ACL Injury Prevention lecture for winter sports athletes.
Dr. Matthew Bundle from the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion will present ways to prevent ACL injuries.
That same day there will be two showings of “Light The Wick” at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Auditorium.
“This film production company originated in Jackson Hole, WY and has become a world renowned maker of some of the best ski movies each year,” according to the release.
The Student Activities Council and Ski Week worked together to bring the film to UW this year for all winter sport enthusiasts.
UW Ski Week will close with their final event at 7 p.m. Thursday in room 129 of the Classroom Building with a lecture from professional telemark skier Nick DeVore.
Originally from Aspen, Colorado, DeVore has traveled to Morocco, Italy and Alaska to ski. He also has a telemark ski camp in Portillo, Chile that is open for any age, expert telemarkers (able to ski all blacks).
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
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Acclaimed flutist Richard Sherman will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Fine Arts Concert Hall. His performance will focus on music by various French Composers.
With a reputation of puffing cigars and scotch, having star-status in the field of comedy and a knack for making the most mundane stories humorous, Ron “Tater Salad” White will shine with a comedic performance at the UW Arts and Sciences Auditorium tonight as part of Homecoming Week.
The show will begin at 8 p.m. and the doors will open at 7 p.m.
','White started his storytelling career in Texas.
On his way to success and fame, he encountered several struggles, including “bouncing around to comedy clubs and driving to gigs in his beat-up Nissan pickup truck,” according to his official website.
Beginning his career in 2000, he went on Comedy Central’s “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” with fellow comedians Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy.
Ever since, he has achieved several successes, including two Grammy nominations, several best-selling CDs and DVDs of his stand-up routines and a notable best-selling book on The New York Times book list, according to the website.
In 2006, he had a primetime cable show called “You Can’t Fix Stupid,” which was wildly popular. He has also appeared on several late night shows throughout the years such as “The Late Night Show with David Letterman” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
His last project was a stand-up show filmed in November 2008, which was released in 2009.
White will be touring various locations around the country throughout the spring of 2011.
Tickets are available at the Wyoming Union information desk, the Fine Arts box office or online at http://uwyo.edu/finearts.
Email the author: erideou2@uwyo.edu
Ask the average person on the street about the Laramie Community Theatre, and they won’t be able to tell you much. In fact, most Laramie citizens aren’t even aware that Laramie has a community theatre, but it does. Recently several UW students auditioned and were cast for roles in the LCT’s upcoming performance of Samuel Beckett’s famous play, “Waiting for Godot.”
“Not many people know about us,” said LCT board member and director of Waiting for Godot Aimee Olmstead. “Right now, we’re considering, somewhat jokingly, having our slogan changed to ‘Laramie Community Theatre: We Do Exist!’”
Yet, despite issues with publicity, LCT still strives to bring the art of theatre to the city of Laramie. Their main stage is located on the north side of the Laramie Civic Center on 7th and Garfield.
Waiting for Godot, written by famous European playwright Samuel Beckett, will be LCT’s main summer production. Four UW students were cast in this two-act play: Clayton Stubbs, Ian Kisluk, Kevin Sutherburg, and Kim Platt.
Godot is a tragicomedy about two men – Estragon and Vladimir – who are waiting for a man called Godot for reasons unknown but believed to be pertaining to money. While waiting, they look for any possible distraction, even contemplating suicide, to keep amused and stave off the unbearable boredom of waiting. It has been largely hailed by the theatre community as a prime example of “theatre of the absurd” and is performed by many professional companies worldwide.
Two performances are scheduled for July 9 and 10. Tickets are available and will be sold at the theatre between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m. Tickets are $7, but children under 12 and seniors over 65 can get in for $5. The house opens at 7:30 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m.
Photos from a rehearsal of \'Waiting for Godot\'
The streamers are flying and the campus is preparing to host the Utah Utes for the annual UW homecoming game.
In addition to the game though, the Student Activities Council will be sponsoring the Homecoming Dance at 9 p.m. Thursday in the Union Ballroom.
This year’s performers will be Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band. Chancey Williams is a UW alumnus, who graduated with a degree in political science as well as a master’s degree in public administration.
','All the original members of the band attended UW, including guitar and keyboard player Gabe Springsteen who died in a car accident on the way to a show in Buffalo in 2006.
“Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band brings a unique Wyoming sound to UW, creating a loyal local following,” Mike Lange, coordinator of student activities and programs at UW, said. “The Student Activities Council knew immediately Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band would be the act of choice for this year’s homecoming dance.”
This will be the fifth year they have performed at UW.
Along with the Homecoming Dance in the Union Ballroom, the first floor has been decorated to show school spirit in brown and gold and the theme of “Poke Pride is UW Pride!”
Homecoming Week brings many events to raise school morale and spirit. These events include the eleventh annual 5k Kick Off run, the ASUW pig roast, as well as the homecoming parade before the football game kick off.
Email the author: tbrott@uwyo.edu
Being the second oldest program west of the Mississippi, the Summer Theatre Program has been in operation at the University of Wyoming since 1954. Productions are performed within a six- to eight-week session in June and July each year.
The play Three Days of Rain, written by American playwright Richard Greenberg (1958-present), is performing at 7:30 p.m. from June 22 to June 26 in the Fine Arts Center. The play centers on Walker, his sister Nan, and their childhood friend, Pip, who all meet in an unoccupied loft in lower Manhattan in 1995 to divide the legacy of their late fathers. Their fathers were partners in a renowned architecture firm. In an effort to bring some peace to their own lives, the three search for clues that might explain what had gone on between their fathers, and the women in their lives decades before. The story then shifts to that earlier time, with the same three actors portraying members of the previous generation in the same loft, during the fateful 1960 \"three days of rain,\" which gives the play its title.
Assistant Professor John J.O’ Hagan is the director of Three Days of Rain. He chose three professional actors to work on the play with him. “We have rehearsed for eight days, and almost eight or nine hours per day.” Professor O’Hagan said. “It is so lovely. I believe audiences will be attracted by the beautiful romantic story.
The tickets for Three Days of Rain are almost sold out, according to the box office.
Noel Coward’s Private Lives is the last show of theatre festival, and it will be staged from July 6-10.
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10 PM | Union Ballroom | Engineering, Science and Technology Career Fair |
4 PM | Classroom Bldg., Rm 310 | Video Rally w/ President Barack Obama |
7:30 PM | Fine Arts | UW Theatre Dept. presents Fuddy Meers (required for THEA 1000-02) |
8 PM | A&S Auditorium | Punch Brothers in concert |
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
10 PM | Union Ballroom | Business Career Fair |
7:30 PM | Fine Arts | UW Theatre Dept. presents Fuddy Meers (required for THEA 1000-02) |
Thursday, September 30, 2010
7:30 PM | Fine Arts | UW Theatre Dept. presents Fuddy Meers (required for THEA 1000-02) |
Friday, October 1, 2010
7:30 PM | Fine Arts | UW Theatre Dept. presents Fuddy Meers (required for THEA 1000-02) |
Saturday, October 2,
2010
2 PM | Wyo Theatre (5th and Grand) | Forewarned: A Steampunk Escapade free viewing for the public. The movie was filmed and created in Laramie. |
7:30 PM | Fine Arts | UW Theatre Dept. presents Fuddy Meers (required for THEA 1000-02) |
Sunday, October 3, 2010
2 PM | Fine Arts | UW Theatre Dept. presents Fuddy Meers (required for THEA 1000-02) |
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The longest day of the year is a special time at the University of Wyoming Art Museum, and this year marked another in a long line of successful solstice celebrations.
On Monday, families, friends, community members and out-of-state visitors gathered together in the rotunda at the center of the museum to watch as the building’s architecture counted up to the solstice. The room was inspired by a kiva, a ceremonial chamber of the Pueblo Indians, and has a large coin centered in the floor. The coin is surrounded by four lines that point North, South, East and West. As the time nears noon the solar tube that’s built into the room’s ceiling allows the sun to shine directly on the coin.
“Keying in to the seasons and the wonderful sunshine that we get in Wyoming is why we have this celebration,” Wendy Bredehoft, Education Curator for the museum, said. “It’s a fun event [and] everyone gathers around to watch the circle form. They all cheer and clap when the circle finally hits the coin.”
This year, over 150 people witnessed the sun shine through the ceiling and slowly form a crescent shape close to the coin. Before long, a small circle appeared and grew to join the crescent in completing a circle of light roughly the size of a silver dollar. This afternoon celebration has been part of the museum’s annual festivities since the Centennial Complex was built in 1993.
“The building is based on the representation of a village at the foot of a mountain, with the cone being the mountain,” Bredehoft said. “In the Rotunda Gallery there are 12 narrow glass windows that circle the room, representing the 12 months, the seasons, and the passing of time. It was really conceived to be part of the landscape.”
The Summer Solstice marks the crest of the season’s daytime hours, and after Monday, the amount of light in the daytime started decreasing. Along with the gathering in the rotunda at noon, astronomer Ray Martin set up filtered solar telescopes on the museum’s terrace which let people look directly at the sun while it was at its highest point. Those who looked through the telescopes were able to view activity on the sun’s surface, and, although the sun was fairly inactive that day, a few sun spots were visible.
“It is one of those community events that draws people every year,” Heather Bender, Master Teacher at the museum, said. “It’s really cool that the architecture is so aligned with the environment it’s in. Everybody was friendly and helpful and in good spirits, letting the little guys crowd up front.”
Being new to the museum staff, this was Bender’s first year celebrating the Summer Solstice with the community.
The solstice celebration is a tradition that will continue for years to come, and the museum staff hope the enthusiasm and excitement that the community bring will continue with it.
“We really love it that the folks that come share this moment with us,” Bredehoft said. “The Summer Solstice is an important event all over the world, and we get to share it with many different cultures.”
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Cary Judd played on Wednesday in the skylight lounge in the Union. The concert and buffet was put on by the Campus Activities Center summer program which provides a “wide variety of events for students,” according to their website.
This concert is the first in a series of events, which includes a Brazilian youth soccer camp scheduled for June 28th and a singularity barbeque, which takes place in August.
Cary Judd is from Moose, Wyoming and has been pla
ying music since he was a child. Listening to him talk about his hometown in between songs,
he described it as “more of a village or tribe. There was no one to be in a band with, so I made this one,” said Judd referring to his solo music career. His latest album, “Goodnight Human,” released on March 3, 2009, is an interesting mix of poppy yet soulful music. According to Judd’s website, “his goal is to expand beyond the regional touring I’ve done and develop into an artist whose songs are heard and appreciated throughout the country.” His songs were inspired by his trip to China, and his old girlfriend who left him for the same country, he said in the middle of his concert.
Although the concert was meant to take place in Prexy’s pasture, the threat of rain moved the concert and buffet inside.
Julianne Friesen, a coordinator for the CAC’s summer programs said, “We were hoping for good weather, but when we realized that the weather was bad we frantically called the caterers and Cary Judd. Everything turned out just fine.”
The summer programs coordinators put up signs around campus and the Union advertising the change of venue. According to Friesen, “we have food for 175 people but we are hoping for more.”
Judd was scheduled to play from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., and at 12:15 p.m. the skylight lounge had plenty of people eating and listening to his music. In addition to UW students, faculty, and staff, summer orientation freshmen took part in the festivities. Judd was surrounded with his sound equipment on the makeshift stage, and he sounded amazing.
“He was really excited about coming to UW,” said Friesen, “and we were definitely excited to have him.”
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Poetry isn’t just for the English classroom anymore. Instead, UW students can compete in the Student Activities Council’s first Poetry Slam.
The Poetry Slam will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the downstairs area of the Wyoming Student Union.
The event is open for any student to bring his or her own poems, raps, monologues or any prepared spoken word genre they have.
A poetry slam is a competition between poets, who present their works to an audience and are then judged by randomly selected members from the audience, according to poetryslam.com.
The five selected judges are instructed to give a numerical score of 0 through 10 based on the poets’ content and performance.
Poets get 3 minutes plus or minus a 10 second grace period to recite their poem for the judge’s approval. The high and low scores are thrown out and what remains is the score they receive.
Nolan Goubeaux, a graduate student at UW, said that slam poetry can be viewed as a break in the rules.
“I like how it brings individualization to the poetry, it gives them more grounds for expression and for realism, it breaks the rules in a sense,” he said.
Goubeaux first saw poetry slams performed in Chicago while at a national forensics tournament.
There are two types of slams, invitational and open. In an open slam, the competition is open for anyone to compete in the event.
In contrast, the invitational format requires the contestants to be invited to share their works. Most invitational events have multiple rounds in which the competitors must win or place in prior competitions to move on to the next round.
Some events are of a competitive nature, while others are not; they simply allow the performers to showcase their talents.
Poetry Slams are the brainchild of a construction worker named Marc Smith from Chicago. According to poetry slam’s website, he first had the idea in 1984, wishing to breathe life back into the open mic format.
In 1986, Smith approached Dave Jemilo with the idea of performing a weekly poetry competition on Sunday nights.
Jemilo welcomed his idea and the Uptown Poetry Slam was created at his nightclub, the Green Mill.
Poetry Slams have since grown and are now an internationally recognized event with competitions all over the world including Canada, Germany, Nepal, Australia, Singapore as well as many others.
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The University of Wyoming Summer Music Camp, which is held during June 6-12, has had 62 years of history. Located in the Fine Arts Center of the University of Wyoming, the UW Summer Music Camp is an admirable place to study and make music in a wonderful mountain setting. It has become an irreplaceable music festival to the students in the state of Wyoming and the surrounding region. This year, the festival emphasizes friendship, music, and fun activities. The camp is for the students ranging in age from 6th through 12th grade. Over 100 students have been attracted to this camp.
The classes of the Summer Music Camp are extensive, well-chosen and include concert band, jazz band, orchestra, choir, and keyboard classes.
“We have chosen almost the same classes for several years, but we actually made some changes for this year,” said director Brad Williamson, “such as guitar and piano classes which we did not have before.” The camp has also added beginning level and advanced level to make more opportunities for different levels of students.
The staff of the music camp includes 12 faculty members and 30 undergraduate and graduate students. They were selected not only for their expertise and passion, but also for their ability to work with student musicians in a way which is engaging and entertaining.
“Faculty is the most important resource for our music camp,” Dr. Williamson said.
The additional activities of the camp are faculty recital, jazz night, dance night, movie night and solo and ensemble night. These enable the summer music camp to be more interesting. Students who want to perform in the Solo and Ensemble nights must audition for the chance. The camp also provides social activities to students, such as volleyball and swimming.
”We chose to join the camp to get more performance experience and friendship,” said Anne Crecca, the parent of a 9th grade student. “We like the excellent staff, wonderful classes and good learning experience,” she said.
Clay Gookin, a sophomore Trombone player said,” I want to get better in the band, and I believe summer music camp at UW can help me.”
“I hope it will be the best music camp since we have had it,” Dr. Williamson said. “Based on what students need and are interested in, we will make more chances for student musicians in the future.”
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From left to right: Robin Hardesty, Roberta Johnson, and Jane Gonzales, all from Laramie, WY.
It was a beautiful late summer day over in Curt Gowdy State Park on Saturday, August 28; a perfect day for a run down the trails. It’s no surprise, then, that over 150 people turned out for the first annual Antelope Dash, an 8 mile foot race to benefit the Nature Conservancy.
The race started at 8 in the morning at Granite Reservoir and wound its way through the Stone Temple trail system in Curt Gowdy State Park. Participants had the option of walking or running either an 8 mile course or an easier 4 mile course. The participants were all different ages and from different places, from Laramie and Cheyenne to as far as Ft. Collins. Some were even UW students, such as Jane Gonzales, who is pursuing her Masters in Accounting at the College of Business.
The race was hosted by the Nature Conservancy, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of America’s state and national parks, and other natural resources. It served a double purpose; to raise money for the Nature Conservancy and expose participants to the beautiful natural setting that can be found in Curt Gowdy and the Vedawoo area. Race organizers were impressed with the turnout, and are planning on holding the race again a year from now, where they hope they can attract more participants from UW and the Laramie and Cheyenne areas.
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After much controversy, Bill Ayers spoke to a full capacity crowd of 1,100 on April 28 at the UniWyo Sports Complex at the University of Wyoming. Here are some highlights from his presentation.
Photos by Cody Connor and Charlynn Schmiedt.
BI Online Reporter Kevin Sutherburg hits the campus sidewalks and interviews students about summer classes at UW.
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Last weekend, KISS played in Frontier Park. At one point, Gene Simmons bit the head off of a bat and broke a guitar over the stage. Fire spewed out from the edges of the stage, sometimes a little too close to the audience, and KISS came back for a very long encore. According to one KISS concert viewer, “It was definitely the longest encore I have ever seen.”
The carnival was in full swing. Games and rides lined the walking paths, and the popular “carnies” called out to the passersby. Some games attracted more crowds than others, and the most popular games on Saturday night were the “shoot the star,” “break the bottle,” “break the plate,” and the “ring toss.” Unfortunately, these games, more often than not, leave the player empty-handed, but most people only play for the fun; the giant stuffed animals hang more as a distant incentive than a realistic winning.
Brooks and Dunn played on Saturday night to another full crowd. While Brooks and Dunn played very different music compared to KISS, more than a few of the KISS crowd returned for Saturday night’s performance. Brooks and Dunn played many of their hits, including: “Play Something Country,” “Cowgirls don’t cry,””You can’t take the Honky Tonk out of the girl,” “Only in America,” and “My Maria.” They also put on a great concert with confetti flying out of the stage at the end of the performance and a three song encore.
The Buckin-A Saloon, popularly known as the “beer tent,” is another staple of Frontier Days. Although to enter into this tent, one needs to be 21 or older. The tent offers cold beer and country swing to those willing to wait in line for the popular saloon. The Younger Brothers Band was back for another year and was rocking the tent on Saturday night. They are well known for their popular performances in Denver, Las Vegas, and the Cowboy Bar right here in Laramie.
The rodeo continued on both Saturday and Sunday with some great performances from all the contenders. There are nine daily rodeos at Cheyenne Frontier Days, over forty bucking bulls, and over 70 saddle and bareback broncs in each performance. This is more than any other rodeo, according to their brochure. The PBR challenger events were hosted on Monday and Tuesday nights at Frontier Park. On Monday night, the challengers were in top form with eleven out of the forty riders scoring. Of course, all of the rodeo events come with varying degrees of risk, and more than one bull rider looked like he was in pain after getting bucked off.
Cheyenne Frontier Days is one of the best rodeos in the country, and the city of Cheyenne doesn’t let anyone forget. People from all across the country and the world come to this rodeo to see “real western cowboys and cowgirls,” according to one rodeo audience member.
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\r\nJohn McConnell, a philanthropist and peace activist, created Earth Day in 1968. McConnell decided to set the vernal equinox, March 20, as the official Earth Day. He chose the vernal equinox because it was 1 of 2 days in the year the sun equally distributes light between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
\r\n','\r\nSimultaneously to McConnell, Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson was promoting an Environmental Teach-In event April 22. His message focused on the effects of pollution and environmental degradation in the U.S.
\r\nBecause of his efforts in establishing Earth Day, Sen. Nelson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award given to civilians.
\r\nEarth Day was met with astonishing success in the U.S. Over 20 million Americans took part in rallies, protests and other gatherings during the first year.
\r\nThe first Earth Day led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. It also aided in passing acts for endangered species, clean water and clean air, according to www.earthday.net.
\r\nIn 1990, Earth Day went global, due to the efforts of environmental activist Denis Hayes.
\r\nApproximately 200 million people in 141 countries became involved in Earth Day. His global movement boosted recycling efforts worldwide, according to www.earthday.net.
\r\nToday, one billion people from 190 countries take part in Earth Day.
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The Laramie Enduro has been held annually for 7 years. It is the final race in the Rocky Mountain Ultra Series. While it is geared toward “weekend warrior” cyclists, some professional riders also participate.
“It’s a very popular race,” said race director Rich Vincent. “This year we decided to cap the participants at 500 with the first 300 guaranteed a spot. Those first 300 slots filled up in exactly four minutes and 42 seconds after registration opened.”
There were some minor issues securing a second permit from the US Forest service for the race.
“Our five-year permit expired last year,” Vincent said. “We went to apply for another one, and it took quite a while.” The Forest Service in Medicine Bow has reportedly been busy dealing with an outbreak of beetle-kill among the pines. This was one of the reasons for the delay.”
The race is a grueling 70-plus mile course of bike trails and service roads within the Medicine Bow National Forest. The riders will climb from 7,500 feet to about 15,000 feet during the course of the race. The race route takes cyclists past high plains, aspen and pine forests, and the rock formations at Vedauwoo. The race begins at 7 a.m. on Saturday.
Proceeds from the race benefit several local non-profit organizations, including the American Red Cross of Wyoming and the Medicine Bow Mountain Bike Patrol. Race sponsors include local businesses such as Fine Edge Ski and Cycle, Pedal House, Altitude restaurant, and TriHydro Co. In addition, many local businesses have pledged to contribute to the post-race festivities, which include food and drink for the racers and fans.
For more information on the race, or if you wish to volunteer for race support, visit the Laramie Enduro website at http://laramieenduro.org.
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\r\nStarting Thursday, the Albany County Public Library will open its doors for a used book sale to raise money for the library. Beginning at noon, the sale will go till 7:45 p.m.
\r\n','\r\nAfter the first day, the sale will run from 1 to 4:45 p.m. Friday to Sunday.
\r\n“The people of Laramie are so generous with their donations,” librarian Kathy Marquis said. Many of the books being sold are from local donors. In the past, they have had only one sale per year, but with many donations over the last few years, the library is able to have more sales, Marquis said.
\r\nFriends of the Library, a volunteer group that is separate from the library, organizes and holds the sales. “Not only does it raise money for the library, but it also recycles the books, getting them to people who want them,” chairman of the book sale Penny Schenker said.
\r\nSchenker has been chairman of the book sale for 21 years and a member of Friends of the Library for 31 years. In 2006, Friends of the Library raised $28,189 from book sales and it has been rising ever since. Last year, the library raised over $32,000.
\r\nEach donated book is sorted out, picked by a librarian and placed on sale. Marquis helps pick out the adult level books while other librarians from the teen and children’s section help select books for their readers.
\r\n“One of the great things [about Friends of the Library] is how they know their audience and what Laramie wants to buy and they get good prices,” Marquis said.
\r\nAre you free on August 14 and looking to volunteer for a good cause? Join Team UW and be “Buckin’ for the Cure!”
Team UW is the University of Wyoming’s walking/running team that will be participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Cheyenne on August 14. If you have been around campus this summer, you have more than likely spotted the bright pink signs pinned to the bulletin boards, or maybe you have been stopped in the Union by a volunteer at the team table. One way or another, there is one surefire way to get yourself signed up for the race, and it is to sign up online at http://komenwyoming.org/ to ensure your spot on Team UW. Once logged on, you can sign up to participate as an individual or on a team. Do you have several individuals who want to join up with you? You can create your own team with a set of personalized fundraising goals. You can also choose between varying races, such as the 5k competitive run or the one mile noncompetitive run/walk.
Members who have joined Team UW not only get to participate on the largest team of this year’s race but are also eligible to win great prizes, such as tickets to Elitch Gardens, golf passes to Jacoby, and tickets to Colorado Rockies or Wyoming Cowboys games. For a complete list of prizes, visit Team UW’s blog at http://teamuw.blogspot.com. If you are concerned about transportation or want to get to know other teammates, contact Wilma Varga at wilmav@uwyo.edu. Wilma is this year’s team leader and can get you in touch with teammates, as well as get you other information regarding the race.
As of July 27, there were over 30 registered teams for Race for the Cure, and nearly 600 participants signed up. At the top of the fundraising standings was Team UW with almost $4000 raised for the cause. The list is also comprised of several other teams, such as Hiking for Healthy Hooters, Peaks and Valleys, and the Wyoming Rocky-ettes. All participating teams have pledged to raise over $13,000 for this year’s Race for the Cure. This money will aid in breast cancer research, prevention and education. Donations are encouraged if you cannot attend the festivities on August 14.
If you want to get involved but can’t make it to the race, you have several other options for participation. For example, you can donate to the cause, sponsor one of the participants, or sign up to be a Spirit Walker. The Spirit Walk is for those individuals who cannot make it on race day, but would still like to be counted and considered a participant. It is an excellent way to be part of the overall movement, even if you cannot be physically present to walk or run the race. For last minute questions, concerns, or other ways to help out, contact Wilma Varga at the email address listed above.
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www.sendsilencepacking.org
www.activeminds.org
The Snowy Range summer dance festival is known to bring some of the most talented dancers to Laramie to study and participate in dance and choreography classes. The instructors are some of the best in the country. The festival takes place July 14 through July 23.
“The festival is definitely a success this year,” according to festival director Jennifer Deckert. “We have a stable and steady program, and we are continuing to refine it.”
The festival brings in about 60 students ages 12 and up, eight studio teachers and six full-time dancers. These full-time dancers and teachers include Maurice Watson, Shayne Mishoe, Anne Mueller, Tony Waag, Susan Massey and Daryl Thomas. Watson is a contemporary dancer; Mishoe dances and teaches ballet; Mueller is also a ballet dancer and teacher; Waag teaches tap; Massey teaches dance; and Thomas is a professor of dance at Western Oregon University.
The cost is over one thousand dollars for the festival, including room and board, but scholarships are available to those who qualify. At the end of the festival, the Trey McIntyre project comes in and performs a show with the students.
“The students dance half of the show, and the project dances the other half and provides advanced classes to the students,” Deckert said.
The students are placed in classes according to their skill level, and this is always a “smooth placement,” according to Deckert. The festival is good exposure for the UW theatre and dance program because many of the participants join the dance program because of the festival.
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\r\nFord’s Made in America program, supported by the Ford Motor Company Fund, has invited one orchestra from each state to perform Schwantner’s new song, “Chasing Light”.
\r\n','\r\n“It’s very exciting, it’s hard and it takes concentration,” Dr. Michael Griffith, director of orchestral activities, said.
\r\nThe UW Symphony Orchestra is 1 of only 3 colleges selected to play the piece.
\r\nOriginally, the song was a poem inspired by a New Hampshire sunrise.
\r\nWhenever the opportunity presents itself, Griffith takes the opportunity to play new and innovative music.
\r\n“Sometimes we do original repertoire, but sometimes we want to be cutting edge, and that is what this is,” Griffith said.
\r\nOther pieces performed throughout the night include Aaron Copland’s “An Outdoor Overture,” music by John Corigliano from the film “The Red Violin” and Debussy’s “Violin Sonata,” which will feature UW’s Department of Music’s Sherry Sinift as the violin soloist.
\r\n“The Debussy piece is misty and vague, music from ‘The Red Violin’ is much more dramatic and ‘An Outdoor Overture’ is much more western,” Griffith said. “This is not your grandfather’s orchestra; it’s much more contemporary.”
\r\nAudience members may recognize Corigliano from his musical score for the movie “Alien” or Copland from his background music in the “Beef, it’s what’s for dinner” commercials.
\r\n“When I am preparing for a new concert, I get very excited. I can’t think about any other concert at the time, so that makes it so each concert is equally as exciting,” Griffith said.
\r\nBecause this is the last performance of the year, there will be some students from the orchestra leaving the direction of Griffith in May.
\r\n“It’s a part of teaching. Although I am going to miss them, I am very excited for them and the next stage of their life,” Griffith said.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-20 23:59:50','124','Adrienne Morency','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-21 00:59:34','2010-05-04 07:00:00','','','','0','0','661','”, griffith, orchestra, music, concert, it’s, symphony, song, excited, takes, exciting, play, “the, corigliano, red, outdoor, piece, opportunity, night, “it’s','The UW Symphony Orchestra will complete their year by being 1 of only 50 orchestras in the country to bring Joseph Schwantner’s new music to life at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night in the Fine Arts Concert Hall. \r\n\r\nFord’s Made in America program, supported by the Ford Motor Company Fund, has invited one orchestra from each state to perform Schwantner’s new song, “Chasing Light”. ','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1601','Non-profit utilizes art for activism, visits UW','non-profit-utilizes-art-for-activism-visits-uw','','As the weather warms up in Laramie and school comes to an end, several guests will make an appearance—bees.
\r\nToday, bees of a different sort will make their first appearance at UW.
\r\n','\r\nBee Hive Collective, a non-profit business that believes in activism through art, will be making a stop in Laramie to share their beliefs and art this week.
\r\nBeginning in 2000 in New England, the Bee Hive Collective groups have spread across the country and to Canada and Mexico, according to its Web site.
\r\n“Our mission is to cross pollinate the grassroots by building connections between activists that use words and those that speak in pictures to help create more accessible, powerful campaigns for the important issues of our time,” Anna Guyton, an organizer of the event, said.
\r\nBee Hive Collective uses a variety of non-traditional ways to spread its word.
\r\n“We like to use a lot of strategy to get the word out. Also, we use other ways than normal ways to have our viewpoint known, especially through the use of art,” Guyton said.
\r\nThe group is a non-profit organization that depends on private donors to keep funded.
\r\nThe group uses “speaking tours” to spread their word each year.
\r\nAfter the group compiles all of their research for the project they are working on, they then send the information to their graphic department to make a graphic or sometimes multiple graphics to spread the message.
\r\n“Our illustration process is collaborative, too, and the poster travels where it needs to go to have worker bees draw on it,” Guyton said.
\r\nAccording to its Web site, they create collaborative, hand-illustrated posters of dizzying intricacy, which are patchwork “quilts” of personal stories related to them in their travels by communities in the global south.
\r\nThe Bee Hive Collective group will make its stop in Wyoming on the 21st and have their show in the Wyoming Union Ballroom from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event is free, but donations will be accepted.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-20 23:57:14','124','Mark Schafer','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-21 00:56:52','2010-05-04 07:00:00','','','','0','0','660','spread, collective, hive, bee, group, art, ”, profit, word, ways, guyton, stop, site, create, graphic, event, wyoming, collaborative, travels, “our','As the weather warms up in Laramie and school comes to an end, several guests will make an appearance—bees.\r\n\r\nToday, bees of a different sort will make their first appearance at UW.','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1602','VIDEO: Sigma Alpha Hot Dog Eating Contest','video-sigma-alpha-hot-dog-eating-contest','','Sigma Alpha sorority hosted their annual Hot Dog Eating Contest on April 17th. Teams of 4 from different societies and Greek houses competed and got their chow on.
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UW is host to six choir ensembles, and at 7 p.m. Thursday, both the Singing Statesmen and Bel Canto choirs will perform their annual spring concert in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
\r\n','\r\nSinging Statesmen is a non-audition choir made up of 60 men. They are led by Director of Choral Activities Nicole Lamartine.
\r\nBel Canto is an all-women’s choir consisting of 40 members, directed by Professor James Bowyer.
\r\nA variety of music will be performed by the Singing Statesmen, from Renaissance to more humorous selections. Songs include “O Lux Beatissima,” a song dating back to the Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 1228, “O Vos Omnes,” an acappella piece, and “Dies Irae,” a poem from the 1200s put to music.
\r\nBel Canto’s selections include “Niska Banja,” translated to “Let’s go to the baths of Nis where we shall kiss, kiss, kiss,” “Le Sommeil de L’Enfant Jesus,” a traditional French carol, “Nodle Kangbyon,” a poem describing the Nodle River in South Korea, and “No Time,” an arrangement combining two camp meeting songs.
\r\nBoth choirs consist of non-music majors and music majors, performing two to three concerts each semester.
\r\nBoth Bowyer and Lamartine hope the spring concert will encourage non-music major students to join the choirs. Both Bel Canto and Singing Statesmen hope to continue their growth for next semester. Singing Statesmen reached record numbers this year, growing from approximately 45 members last year.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-15 00:32:32','126','Chelsea Huck','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-15 01:32:26','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','657','”, singing, statesmen, music, bel, choir, concert, year, choirs, canto, kiss, spring, hope, selections, semester, lamartine, majors, songs, “o, poem','UW is host to six choir ensembles, and at 7 p.m. Thursday, both the Singing Statesmen and Bel Canto choirs will perform their annual spring concert in the Fine Arts Concert Hall. ','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1605','Biennial powwow expands schedule to three days in order to encourage more student involvement','biennial-powwow-expands-schedule-to-three-days-in-order-to-encourage-more-student-involvement','','This weekend at the War Memorial Fieldhouse, members from two UW groups, the American Indian Study Program and the American Indian Study Alliance will host a powwow.
\r\n','\r\nThe event has taken place at UW each even numbered year for the last 29 years.
\r\n“This year, we wanted to do something more, so we decided to have events in the three days prior to the powwow to try and encourage more people to the powwow,” Tanaya Morris, an organizer of the event, said.
\r\nStarting at noon Saturday, the powwow will begin with the first of two grand entries for the day. The second grand entry will take place at 7 p.m. . Sunday will also feature a grand entry starting at noon.
\r\nThroughout the powwow, Native American dances will be performed and Native American art will be sold.
\r\nThe master of ceremonies this year is Pine Ridge, South Dakota’s Will Peters. Patrick Iron Cloud Sr. will be the arena director and Irene Snake is the 2008-10 Keepers of the Fire Powwow princess, Morris said.
\r\nAnother event sponsor is UW’s Keepers of the Fire RSO who, according to their Web site, are celebrating their 39th year on campus. Keepers of the Fire work to create and preserve cultural diversity on campus.
\r\nDuring the powwow, there will be numerous events, including a dance contest in which contestants will be judged on different levels, including creativity and regalia.
\r\nPrize money will be awarded to the best dancers depending on their age level, Morris said.
\r\nThe event will host the Keepers of the Fire princess contest and a drum contest as well.
\r\nAll events this weekend will be free and open to the public.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-15 00:29:39','126','Mark Schafer','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-15 01:29:27','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','656','powwow, event, fire, year, american, keepers, grand, contest, morris, events, indian, study, native, host, place, encourage, noon, days, starting, entry','This weekend at the War Memorial Fieldhouse, members from two UW groups, the American Indian Study Program and the American Indian Study Alliance will host a powwow.','0','9','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1606','Piano trio highlights latest faculty recital','piano-trio-highlights-latest-faculty-recital','','Throughout the year, faculty in the music department perform for the public. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Fine Arts Concert Hall, three professors will perform in “Faculty Recital Series—An Evening of Piano Trios.”
\r\n','\r\nThe faculty members performing are Theresa Bogard on piano, Beth Vanderborgh on cello and John Fadial on violin.
\r\nThree trios written for piano, violin and cello will be performed.
\r\n“These recitals represent opportunities for students and the community at large to hear their home town players in action, players who are recognized internationally,” associate professor of violin John Fadial said.
\r\nThe faculty of the music department are all professional performers, Fadial said. While many of them tour and perform off campus, it does not provide an opportunity for the communities of Laramie and UW to be a part of their performances.
\r\n“If faculty go on tour or perform at other universities, which is the norm, they can’t bring their students along,” Fadial said.
\r\nMembers of the music department host between 15 and 20 recitals each year on campus.
\r\nBeginning the next academic year, UW will be hosting composer Jennifer Higdon. Hidgon’s music is performed around the globe by major orchestras and ensembles. She is also an instructor at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
\r\nShe will be participating in a series of residencies. Students, faculty and members of the community will have an opportunity to work with Higdon, Fadial said.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-15 00:28:01','126','Chelsea Huck','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-15 01:27:54','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','655','faculty, music, fadial, perform, piano, year, students, violin, ”, department, members, higdon, opportunity, players, campus, trios, cello, performed, tour, recital','Throughout the year, faculty in the music department perform for the public. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Fine Arts Concert Hall, three professors will perform in “Faculty Recital Series—An Evening of Piano Trios.”','0','9','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1607','Turkey Shoot raises interest in Army ROTC','turkey-shoot-raises-interest-in-army-rotc','','Students had the chance to test their aim and win a turkey during the Army ROTC fourth annual Turkey Shoot.
\r\n“They like it. They think it’s really fun,” William Cordell, a cadet in the University of Wyoming Army ROTC, said, describing the response participants had after testing their shooting skills during the shoot Thursday and Friday in Prexy’s Pasture.
\r\nFor $2 a person, participants were allowed to test their shooting skills on a video simulator that featured a large screen and replicated plastic M-4 rifles, housed inside of a large black tent, both of which were provided by the Wyoming Army National Guard.
\r\nThe winners of this year’s Turkey Shoot were Jeremiah Bailey and Jesse Noe. Bailey won with 409,500 points, 100,000 more than any other participant.
\r\n“Basically, it’s a huge video game,” Eli Varney, a cadet in the UW Army ROTC, said. “It’s kind of like Duck Hunt, only 100 times better.”
\r\nThose who took part had their accuracy tested on the simulator by shooting prairie dogs. Where they hit the prairie dogs—head shots were worth the most points—and how many dogs were shot determined a shooter’s accuracy. The most accurate shooter each day won a free turkey.
\r\nThe primary purpose of the shoot was to “raise awareness of Army ROTC” on campus, Varney said.
\r\nThe event started four years ago, when an ROTC cadet wanted to hold an event allowing students to test their shooting skills while increasing their interest in and awareness of ROTC at UW. The idea of holding a turkey shoot right before Thanksgiving was considered a unique way to raise interest in ROTC.
\r\nThe money UW Army ROTC raises through the shoot will be used to fund traveling and other expenses associated with different competitions ROTC take part in, such as the “Army 10-miler,” a race in Washington D.C., and the “Baatan Death March Memorial,” a 26.2 mile race held in White Sands, NM.
\r\nDuring the past two years, UW Army ROTC has won the “military heavy” division of the marathon, where members were marching with 35-pound packs while wearing their full uniforms.
\r\nStudents smiled as they stood in line waiting to try their aim Friday, looking eager.
\r\n“We’ve had a constant flow of people who wanted to shoot,” Vaney said, explaining how students were enthusiastic to try their accuracy on the simulator.
\r\nHe said around 75 people took part in the shoot Thursday. Around the same number of people were expected to take part in the event as it drew to a close Friday afternoon.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-24 01:16:59','126','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-24 13:00:00','2009-12-08 07:00:00','','','','0','0','654','rotc, shoot, army, turkey, ”, shooting, part, students, won, cadet, people, simulator, accuracy, skills, friday, event, test, interest, prairie, dogs','Students had the chance to test their aim and win a turkey during the Army ROTC fourth annual Turkey Shoot. ','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1608','Acclaimed nonfiction writer Diane Wilson to present her new book','acclaimed-nonfiction-writer-diane-wilson-to-present-her-new-book','','At 6 p.m. Wednesday in Classroom Building, Room 310, the American Indian Studies Program and American Indian Studies Alliance will host a public reading by Diane Wilson. The acclaimed creative nonfiction writer will present her new book, “Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past.”
\r\nContaining the real-life account of her mother, a Native American child abducted and brought to a specialized boarding school, Wilson delves into her Native American heritage. She uses her mother’s first-hand account and her own imagination to depict Native Americans’ survival of the Dakota War of 1862 and their relocation from Minnesota to South Dakota.
\r\n','\r\nPublished by Borealis Books in August 2006, she won the 2006 Minnesota Book Award for the Memoir, Autobiography and Creative Nonfiction category.
\r\nWhile researching and working on “Spirit Car,” Wilson won the Jerome Travel & Study research grant from the Minnesota Historical Society and two residencies at Norcroft Writer’s Retreat.
\r\nWilson’s works appear in The American Indian Quarterly, The Reader, The View from the Loft, Wolf Head Quarterly, Minnesota Women’s Press and Pioneer Press.
\r\nFrom 2002 to 2004, Wilson served as editor for the Minnesota Literature, a newsletter providing information on interests of the Minnesota writing community.
\r\nWilson served as a board chair member of SASE: The Write Place. She also served as editor and founder of The Artist’s Voice, a publication for artists to write about their personal work.
\r\nToday, Wilson works for Dream of Wild Health, a Native American-owned 10-acre farm in Minnesota.
\r\nWilson lives with her artist husband, Jim, and dog Milo.
\r\nWilson contributes her inspiration to her daughter Jodi and other family members, according to a UW news release.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-12 23:26:48','124','Rebekah Johnson','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-13 00:26:34','2010-04-26 07:00:00','','','','0','0','653','wilson, minnesota, american, native, served, indian, dakota, book, nonfiction, creative, “spirit, acclaimed, account, write, 2006, won, editor, ”, car, diane','At 6 p.m. Wednesday in Classroom Building, Room 310, the American Indian Studies Program and American Indian Studies Alliance will host a public reading by Diane Wilson. The acclaimed creative nonfiction writer will present her new book, “Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past.”','0','9','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1609','American Indian Studies hosts film festivalmai','american-indian-studies-hosts-film-festivalmai','','The American Indian Studies Program will be hosting a four-film festival at 6 p.m. Thursday in Classroom Building, Room 129.
\r\nThe first film, “In the White Man’s Image,” taken from the PBS series “American Experience,” analyzes the historical labors of Congress to civilize Native Americans.
\r\n','\r\nIn order to civilize the Native Americans, Congress mandated children be removed from their homes and placed in special Native American schools.
\r\nNative American children were forced to stay at these specialized schools for years without being able to see their families.
\r\nIn these schools, Congress forced children to disregard their own language and traditions and assimilate to a European lifestyle.
\r\n“Where the Spirit Lives,” directed by Bruce Pittman, covers the story of a young Native Canadian girl abducted and taken to boarding school. She battled to maintain her culture and identity after being ripped from her family and forced to learn the foreign ways.
\r\nThe third film, titled “The Battle for Whiteclay” is directed and produced by Mark Vasina and describes the state of Nebraska’s refusal to discontinue alcohol sales to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the adjacent town of Whiteclay.
\r\nThis century-old battle led to crippling poverty and catastrophic alcohol abuse in this reservation, affecting 4 of 5 families.
\r\n“The Battle for Whiteclay” documents Frank LaMere, Duane Martin Sr., and Russell Means as they travel through Whiteclay to Nebraska’s State Capitol.
\r\nThese men struggled to end all alcohol sales in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
\r\nThe last film, “Skins” is based upon the novel by Adrian C. Louis. Set in the fictional Beaver Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota, this film describes the journey of Lakota Sioux tribal police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge as he searches for his alcoholic brother.
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\r\nSalt-n-Pepa aren\'t the only ones talking about sex. SexPERTS is one RSO always willing to talk about sex.
\r\nSexPERTS is a peer education group that provides accurate and constructive information on sexual health, President Molli Adami said.
\r\nApril is STD Awareness Month, and this week is AIDS Awareness Week. Every Friday this month, SexPERTS will have a table in the Union from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will promote the national Get Yourself Tested Campaign.
\r\nOne out of 2 sexually active people will get an STD by the time they are 25, according to the campaign’s Web site. The SexPERTS table at the union will have free condoms, lube, dental dams, female condoms, information and STD trivia.
\r\n“We are all very devoted to reproductive health and encourage positive sexual encounters, healthy relationships, acceptance of all sexual orientations, getting tested and making the best and most informed decision for yourself,” Adami said.
\r\nAs president, Adami helps organize presentations, HIV testing opportunities, recruits new members and other events. “Oh, and I store thousands of condoms at my house,” Adami added.
\r\n“The Wyoming Department of Health HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis Program has been extremely supportive of our needs and supplies all of the materials we provide to students and the Laramie community,” Adami said. “They have been our absolute lifesavers since the Wellness Center was closed in August.”
\r\nSexPERTS also was able to help Laramie Reproductive Health when they offered free HIV testing last Monday. During the Tour de Laramie, SexPERTS will have a Bar Blitz day.
\r\nSexPERTS does a couple of Bar Blitzes each semester around high bar traffic times like homecoming, midterms, finals, Valentine’s Day, and spring break. For each, they provide several bars with condoms, lube, and information for their patrons, Adami said.
\r\nSexPERTS now provides free condoms on all SafeRide vans, in the Rainbow Resource Center, and hopes by the end of the week to have a basket on the east counter of the Union information desk.
\r\nAs the lights went down and the audience exploded with noise, it was obvious that the night would be one to be remembered.
\r\nThe multi platinum record selling band, The Fray, played to a full crowd at the Arts and Sciences Auditorium Saturday night.
\r\nAs soon as their debut record, “How to Save a Life,” was released in 2005, the band became a hit and the anticipation for their 2009 record only increased.
\r\n“I’ve never seen a band perform with such intensity before. They had the entire audience engaged and it seemed like everyone enjoyed the performance,” UW communication major Alexis Schreiter said.
\r\n“Heartless,” by Kanye West, was performed and dedicated to all Wyoming residents.
\r\nFor any who have previously attended one of their concerts, this was not the first time a different genre of music was performed by The Fray
\r\n“Their version of ‘Heartless’ was better than the original, but compared to when they sang ‘Hips don’t Lie’ in Red Rocks, it was not nearly as entertaining,” UW social work major Crystal Wunder said.
\r\nA funny side to lead singer Isaac Slade was shown when he joked about the Laramie crowd being very similar to a Japanese crowd.
\r\nThe Fray had stepped off stage in an attempt to make the crowd believe the concert was over, but the crowd knew there would be an encore.
\r\nSlade came back to the stage amongst a crowd of screaming fans, yelling louder than at any other point in the concert.
\r\nAs soon as he began to play the piano, silence fell among the crowd and the song instantly stopped. Slade made references to Japan, commenting on the similarity of the crowds from two different countries.
\r\n“As soon as he made the joke, I cringed and hoped that there weren’t any [Japanese] in the crowd who were overly offended. Then I laughed in disbelief at how stinking cool he was for cracking jokes during such an intense show,” graphic design and journalism major Dyann Diercks said.
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\r\nFNUW is presenting their first cultural show to celebrate the Nepalese New Year.
\r\n','\r\nIn the past, they have organized and been a part of other events, including movies and potlucks. They have also participated in the International Education Week.
\r\nThe Celebrate Nepal event will feature different parts of Nepalese culture. FNUW is bringing guest music artists from Denver, Nabin Shrestha and Suresh Pradhan, who will be playing the table and flute. The 2010 ISA talent show-winning performance, a Nepalese girls dance group, will also perform.
\r\n“The main attraction will be the fashion show, where we will showcase costumes from various parts and ethnic groups from Nepal,” Arati Basnet, president of FNUW, said. Music professor Rodney Garnett’s band, Chutney, will perform a Nepali tune ,in addition to a blue grass band performing.
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The cultural and musical show will begin at 5:30 p.m. the A&S Auditorium.
\r\nFollowing the cultural show, an authentic Nepalese dinner and after party will be held at 8 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Ballroom
\r\nTickets will be needed for the dinner and are available at the Union Information desk.
\r\n“Basically, audiences will get a chance to experience various aspects of Nepal such as traditions, culture, music, costumes, ethnic groups, food and also have fun at the same time,” Basnet said.
\r\nFNUW was started by a group of 10 Nepalese students attending UW in 2007. They wanted to educate students on Nepal and help Nepalese students attending UW, Basnet said.
\r\n“The thing that interests people about Nepal is its culture and tradition which plays very important role in our lives. Its rich culture, geography and people are the interesting things about Nepal,” Basnet said.
\r\nBasnet has served as president of FNUW since 2007 and enjoys everything involved.
\r\nThe number in FNUW has grown to 55 students.
\r\nA common misconception about Nepalese is they all live high in the Himalayan Mountains, however, that is not true. While much of Nepal does include the Himalayas, some of the geography consists of river valleys, Basnet said.
\r\n“I live in the part of Nepal where it never snows,” Basnet said. “So that is a different thing for me.”
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Studio classrooms will open their doors to the public to browse through examples of this semester’s best student work, which will include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork and graphic design.
The art department will host Open Studios from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight in the Fine Arts Building.
Refreshments will be offered at each studio area.
This event will offer a rare glimpse at the entire spectrum of finished and in-progress artwork produced by students.
Art department head Ricki Klages encourages anyone who appreciates art to attend, regardless of his or her major.
“Student work often doesn’t get shown because it’s not completely polished or ready for display. But these pieces are just as relevant and important as those in a gallery,” Klages said. “It’s also great to see artwork in context, in a lively studio environment. There’s an energy that happens in a studio that you just can’t get in a pristine, sterile gallery space.”
During Open Studios, The Student Art League will invite the public to bid on miniature artwork at the “4 or More” silent auction in the lobby of the Fine Arts building from 5 to 10 p.m. Faculty and students receive panels measuring four inches by four inches to paint, draw or use any other media on to create a small work of art. These pieces will be hung from the box office kiosk in the center of the Fine Arts lobby.
Bids will be taken in increments of $4. For bidders wishing to purchase a piece immediately, there is a “buy-it-now” price of $44.
“All of the art is student and faculty original work, and they all make wonderful holiday gifts,” Beth Cochran, president of the Student Art League, said.
Proceeds from the auction will go to The Student Art League, which funds awards for the Annual Student Juried Exhibition in the spring semester, the annual Salon des Refusés exhibit, life-drawing sessions for University of Wyoming students and the Laramie community, trips to artistic hot-spots in Denver, and other activities.
With the exclamation of “Bingo!,” one lucky player could walk home with a video gaming system.
\r\nFriday Night Fever will be hosting Bingo Night from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday in the Wyoming Union lower level.
\r\n','\r\nPrizes include DVDs, board games, UW gear and small electronics. During the two blackout rounds, prizes include a video gaming system and LCD TV. Over $1,500 were spent on prizes.
\r\nBingo will continue until all the prizes have been awarded.
\r\nThe night will begin with straight bingo. The first person to fill a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally win. As the night progresses, however, FNF will introduce other versions of Bingo, including kite and four-corners.
\r\nIn kite Bingo, a player covers a five-space diagonal line. In addition to filling out a diagonal line, a player must cover a corner on either side of the diagonal line, making the pattern look like a kite and tail.
\r\nFNF has sponsored Bingo Night every semester for several years due to its popularity.
\r\nFNF will also show “When in Rome” at 6:30 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. in the Union Family Room.
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At 7:30 p.m. Friday, the UW Vocal Jazz Ensemble will perform in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium.
\r\n“We have to go over to the A&S Auditorium because they have better acoustics,” Nicole Lamartine, director of choral activities, said.
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The night will begin with “Bye Bye Blackbird” by Ray Henderson, performed by the UW Jazz Ensemble; Max Harrington on trumpet, Rex Amend on the saxophone, Nathan Smith on the piano, Alex Minier playing bass and Sean Francis on the drums.
\r\nThe 10 students in “The Evolution,” or the UW Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Lamartine, will perform three tunes with the rhythm section.
\r\n“My favorite piece that we will be performing is ‘Blues for Elise,’ originally by Beethoven, because they take the classical and make it jazzy by taking part of Van Morrison’s ‘Moon Dance’ and incorporating it into the song,” Lamartine said.
\r\nThis semester, the Vocal Jazz Ensemble has focused largely on performing scat, an arrangement of incoherent sounds in movement with different chord changes.
\r\nThe concert will then have four solo performances featuring Gwen Van Baalen, performing “If I Didn’t Care” by Jack Lawrence, Ben Kessler singing “My Buddy” by Walter Donaldson, Elly Kozlowski performing “Indian Summer” by Victor Herbert and Jenna McLean singing “Steppin’ out with My Baby” by Irving Berlin.
\r\nThe concert will end with a performance of “Hey, What’s Your Name?” by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.
\r\n“The Vocal Jazz Ensemble is made up of a very good group of voices this year,” Lamartine said.
\r\nWhile this concert is presented only once a semester at UW, the group has been busy performing for other functions and helping out with high school student seminars.
\r\nShe said it was never going to be her who was affected by a drunk driver. But she was wrong.
\r\n“I always said it was never going be me,” Rachel Huaglid said concerning her attitude towards drunk driving prior to enduring a head-on collision that would eventually lead to the loss of her right leg.
\r\nHuaglid spoke of the possible consequences of impaired driving to an audience assembled during the Victims Impact Panel Tuesday night at the Albany County Public Library by telling the story of the April 10, 1992 crash that led doctors to inevitably amputate her leg.
\r\nThat day in 1992, Hauglid’s life was forever changed when someone driving under the influence of alcohol smashed into the motorcycle her and a friend were riding, critically injuring both of them.
\r\nOn that day, Hauglid and her friends had decided to cruise their bikes around looking for parties to attend. And then, her ride abruptly ended.
\r\n“Someone was involved with a crash. It was me,” Hauglid said.
\r\nHer recollection of the immediate events following her and her friend’s head-on collision with the drunken driver of a late-70s model American truck are hazy, Haiglid said. She remembers “waves of pain” passing through her body and feeling the “blood between her toes,” but she has no memory of the first responders on the scene.
\r\n“I don’t remember the firemen coming,” Hauglid said. “I just remember thinking I was in a lot of pain.”
\r\nShe has no recollection of the two days in the hospital following the accident. During that time, Hauglid’s grandmother consented to doctors’ requests to amputate her leg while her mother consented to the hospital disposing the limb.
\r\nDuring her speech, Hauglid presented the audience with photos of her leg just before its amputation. The photos showed her leg mangled below the thigh, exposing her femur, knee cap and flesh that once surrounded her leg. What once was her calf and shin had become a mess of twisted bone, muscle and skin.
\r\n“The grill [of the truck] shredded my leg,” Hauglid said. “I guess I tore the license plate with my knee.”
\r\nAfter doctors amputated her leg, Hauglid said she continued to feel pain in the area that once had been her leg.
\r\n“I remember feeling pain in a leg that wasn’t there,” she said.
\r\nHauglid struggled emotionally immediately following the accident and in the years following.
\r\n“I almost passed-out,” Hauglid said, speaking of first seeing her missing leg after returning home from the hospital. “I went through a couple years of depression.”
\r\nIn the years following the accident, Hauglid said she eventually pulled herself out of the depression.
\r\nWith the aide of a prosthetic leg, she began taking part in activities—namely dancing and down-hill skiing—things she enjoyed prior to the accident.
\r\nThe 17 years following the accident have provided Hauglid with continuous challenges.
\r\nShe had to take two separate driving tests in order to regain her drivers license after the crash—one while driving with her prosthetic leg—the other without it, Hauglid said.
\r\nThe loss of her leg also limits activities Hauglid can take part in with her children, she said, explaining how her prosthetic leg prohibits her from being able to swim with her kids.
\r\nEven with the challenges that have come since the loss of her leg, Hauglid said she is grateful for her life today.
\r\nPrior to her accident, she said she would never have wanted to live after facing a disfiguring accident. Today her feelings have changed.
\r\n“I’m thankful that I’m alive,” she said.
\r\nHauglid’s story stands as a potential warning of the dangers of drinking and driving.
\r\n“It happens right here in Laramie. People still get hurt” when others choose to drink and drive, Richard Avery, a retired officer for the Laramie Police Department and discussant at the Victims Impact Panel, said.
\r\nAvery said he won’t tell people not to drink, but he urges them to find other ways home besides driving—whether it’s getting a sober ride, walking or even riding a bike.
\r\n“What I always tell people is to find another way home,” he said.
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\r\nA range of instruments, including saxophones, trumpets, trombones, piano, bass, drums and guitar will be featured, in addition to vocalists.
\r\n','\r\nJazz studies is an interactive program in the music department offering students a choice of academic jazz courses, including Jazz Ensemble I & II.
\r\nIt offers students a chance to exhibit their talents in festivals, clinics and concerts throughout the year.
\r\nJazz Ensemble II will attend the Greeley Jazz Festival at the University of Northern Colorado in two weeks, along with the Wyoming Jazz Ensemble, the UW Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the UW Jazz Combo.
\r\nThe Greeley Jazz Festival is a four-day event held every third week in April. It brings co-professional and student jazz groups across the nation to Greeley for performances, Scott Turpen, director of the UW jazz studies, said.
\r\nThis year marks the 40th Annual Greeley Jazz Festival.
\r\nThe festival is open to over 275 bands from colleges, high schools, middle schools, combos and jazz vocal groups.
\r\nOver 7,500 musicians participate annually in the main stage concerts, workshops and day-time performances, according to www.arts.unco.edu.
\r\nThe Greeley Jazz Festival is a non-competitive program educating young musicians and is one of the largest of its type in the world, Turpen said.
\r\nThe festival will feature bands, including the Northern Colorado Voices, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, UNC Vanguard Combo and the UNC Jazz Lab Band, who won the 2005 and 2006 DownBeat Magazine Award for best college big band.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-07 00:38:43','124','Rebekah Johnson','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-07 01:38:30','2010-04-20 07:00:00','','','','0','0','641','jazz, festival, ensemble, greeley, including, &, studies, unc, musicians, northern, year, colorado, concerts, band, students, schools, groups, performances, program, bands','UW’s jazz studies and music department will be hosting the Jazz Ensemble I & II performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium.\r\n\r\nA range of instruments, including saxophones, trumpets, trombones, piano, bass, drums and guitar will be featured, in addition to vocalists.','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1621','VIDEO: Census Day 2010','video-census-day-2010','','As snow finally begins to disappear, the grass and sidewalks begin to see the light of day and at Wyoming Kart Racing, the racetrack is once seen again.
\r\n','\r\nOpened for their summer hours, Wyoming Kart Racing is ready to do business—as long as the weather is good. Wyoming Kart Racing is an entertainment business where high-performance karts are rented to race on a quarter mile sprint track, manager Jenny Loveridge said.
\r\nThe track is equipped with hairpin turns and elevation changes. Rental karts are capable of hitting 50 plus mph on the track.
\r\nThey offer event packages for private parties and hold public races frequently throughout the season.
\r\nThe track requires drivers to be at least 16 years old and possess a valid driver’s license. “Private races are 10 minutes long with one to five drivers pushing their limits to win. Each race is filled with adrenaline, competition and fun,” Loveridge said.
\r\nPublic races are held too. People are asked to come in prior to the event to get a qualifying lap time on the timer kart, but everyone is welcome to enter if they show up by the listed deadline. Public races are broken into heats of five drivers with the winning drivers advancing to the second round.
\r\nThe top three winners receive prizes and medals in a ceremony following the races.
\r\nYet, weather can still be a problem. “Some days, we can’t be open due to track conditions. So, we advise people to always phone before heading out to check track conditions and availability,” Loveridge said.
\r\nThey are open in the winter after they convert the karts for the icy track. Snow karting is a lot of fun and also a good way to practice winter driving skills, Loveridge said.
\r\nWyoming Kart Racing is located 12 miles south of Laramie, just off Highway 287.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-01 00:24:34','126','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-01 01:24:26','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','639','track, kart, races, racing, loveridge, wyoming, drivers, public, karts, weather, winter, good, open, fun, ”, people, long, event, race, conditions','As snow finally begins to disappear, the grass and sidewalks begin to see the light of day and at Wyoming Kart Racing, the racetrack is once seen again.','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1623','Student actors to debut one-act shows','student-actors-to-debut-one-act-shows','','One of the main places for an actor to gather information about their character is from the director. Actors will step into the director’s shoes in the Theatre and Dance Department’s student-directed One Acts.
\r\nCurrently, eight students are enrolled in Directing II, a directing class taught by assistant professor John O’Hagan.
\r\n“In Directing I they learned the basic tools of directing,” O’Hagan said. “In Directing II, they hold onto all the tools from Directing I and bring their interpretation, their concept, their theme to the audience. Now they have to think, how do I take that play and make it my own?”
\r\nThe eight one-acts have been split into two groups. Each group will perform a 2 p.m. matinee show and 7:30 p.m. evening show, alternating on Saturday and Sunday.
\r\nSince the beginning of the semester, the students have been working on directing their very own one-act plays. Auditions were held, student actors cast and over the last few weeks, actors and directors have been working for this weekend’s performances.
\r\n“This has been a real challenge. It’s brought my acting to a new level,” student actor Cameron Rush said. “It’s definitely stuff that isn’t comfortable to do in front of an audience so it’ll be interesting to see how the audience reacts to it.”
\r\nRush is acting in two of the student-directed one acts. “It’s always interesting to work with a new director. Every director has something new to offer an actor,” Rush said.
\r\n“It’s been a challenging but exciting experience, especially being in two different shows. It’s really cool to see two different kinds of directing, but they’re both really successful,” student actor Spencer Duncan said.
\r\nStudent directors include Harlan Post, Christian Munck, Kristal Burk, Craig Erpelding, Katie Stearns, Will Goodell, James Hockenberry and Mark Mieden.
\r\nMieden is directing “Whiskey Town,” a play of two characters. Rush and fellow student Shanna Dana are the actors. “The only thing I regret is not having a bigger cast, but it’s been really great working with Cameron and Shanna,” Mieden said.
\r\n“I’ve always wanted to direct something and this has been a great opportunity,” Mieden said.
\r\nFor more information about times and plays, visit the Theatre and Dance page on UW’s Web site.
\r\nThe University of Wyoming’s first musical of the fall season, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will premiere with a double cast.
\r\nDouble casting happens when one production casts multiple times and actors take turns with different performances.
\r\nThe first cast will perform at 7:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow in the Education Auditorium.
\r\nUW Theatre and Dance major Chloe King will play Logaianne Schwartzandgrubenierre in one of the casts. “Double casting is crazy. You get to see someone else in your role, saying your character’s lines,” she said.
\r\nThe second actor playing Logainne, Caitlin Denney-Turner, had an additional opinion. “It’s really interesting to see two perspectives on one character,” she said. “You can see another outlook and use it to build your own character.”
\r\nThe tuneful and off-beat show stars an oddball group of elementary schoolers and adults that seem to have the same amount of maturity, according to a UW news release. The cast together makes it a comedic hit throughout the musical.
\r\nIn the musical, each student comes from their own elementary schools, where they were spelling bee champions. Therefore, the musical is made up of wildly unique oddballs, according to the UW news release.
\r\nThis includes one character Leaf, the helmet and superhero-cape-wearing “stupid guy” who’s sweetness and smarts shine through at the end of the musical, according to the UW news release.
\r\nThe cast did deal with the dangers of H1N1, as the virus was caught by a of couple actors. Last minute changes had to be made, but the show was able to continue as planned.
\r\nFor theater freshman Mariah McKay, the musical has been a good introduction to the Department of Theatre and Dance. “It’s been a really unique experience,” she said.
\r\nStudent tickets can be purchased at the door each night before the performances.
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\r\n','\r\nGarde was born in 1923 in New York and attended UW on the GI Bill of Rights in the 1940s. Before attending UW, Garde spent three years at the College of New York as a science major and three years in the military working with the Air Force in the Philippines.
\r\nGarde was a student assistant at the art museum and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1949 from UW.
\r\nHe studied art with surrealist Leon Kelly, abstract expressionist George McNeil and Ilya Bolotowsky, a geometric abstractionist.
\r\nLater, Garde returned to the College of New York to earn his Masters of Fine Arts and Art Education. For two years, Garde taught secondary education in New Jersey before working at a commercial interior design company in New York.
\r\n[Garde’s evocative compositions and rich surfaces convey forms or figures that range from highly simplistic to psychologically complex. An abstract expressionist, Garde’s introduction to those influences was while he was a student at UW, according to a UW news release.
\r\nThe 2010 exhibit celebrates Garde’s 50 years he has painted. This is the first major presentation of Garde’s work. His first solo presentation was in 1970 in New York. Garde now exhibits regularly, mainly in Florida and Maine.
\r\nIncluded in the exhibit are paintings of many of the things Garde has explored and studied throughout the years.
\r\nMany pictures display vases, chairs, puppets, portraits, pinnacles and crossroads.
\r\nGarde uses a technique called strappo, one he invented early in his painting career. Strappo consists of transferring dried paint onto paper.
\r\n“I am interested in what paint can do, making marks that expressively respond to my thoughts and actions,” Garde said.
\r\nIn 1968, Garde went to the art department at Nassau Community College in New York as a professor. He once again taught art in secondary education at Port Washington, N.Y. in addition to painting.
\r\nNow retired, Garde lives in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where he travels between his studios in Maine and Florida.
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Ok, I’m going to give in and talk about resolutions. If you are like me, I’m sure you are sick of hearing about New Years resolutions by now (maybe because we haven’t been doing so well at keeping them).
\r\nAfter reading Tuesday’s editorial on the topic, I decided I should add to what was said.
\r\n','\r\nMost of us do make resolutions about bad habits involving substances and health, but who has made resolutions for financial health? As we know, financial wellness is directly linked to overall health. Why is it we so easily overlook this important aspect of our lives? Well, it’s not too late.
\r\nI am on the first week of my resolutions, and it’s going alright. Don’t be discouraged if you haven’t made a financial resolution yet. After all, why is one day of the year better than any other to begin making better choices? I say today is always the best day to make changes. You all can hold me accountable: I’ve decided to stop buying lunch and instead pack it and to walk to campus (which takes 15 to 20 minutes) rather than drive and park (in the pay lot especially). While these aren’t significant, and I’m already wavering a bit in my commitment, I’ve decided that’s OK. If I make one or two better choices a week, that’s all that matters.
\r\nOne good choice often leads to another, and before you know it, you have accomplished a major positive life change.
\r\nI encourage you to consider what small change you can make tomorrow, or next week that will save you $10 a week. This seems small, but if you save $40 to $50 a month that could be up to $600 a year. What could you do with $600 a year? How about a small vacation? Maybe a new electronics product perhaps? Better yet, you could actually save the $600 and put it away in permanent savings or a rainy day fund for when you have to replace your radiator (that may or may not have just happened to me).
\r\nIt’s not too late to make a positive change, however small it may be.
\r\nOne of the definitions of a resolution is “the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.” Decide a course of action for you, and do it. Don’t be discouraged if you stumble, get up and try again.
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\r\nBut instead of looking at what motivated the shooter or why he committed such a horrendous act, it would seem now is a good time to look at what the possible ramifications of Saturday’s tragedy could be.
\r\n','\r\nSadly, it appears that greater space, both literal and figurative, will be placed between citizens and politicians that are elected to represent them. A further sense of alienation between American citizens and their political representatives will likely continue because of this.
\r\nOne of the things I am sure will come as a result of Saturday’s attempted assassination and mass murder is a more robust security force to protect members of both the U.S. Congress and Senate against the threat of such violence. It would not surprise me to see politicians with security details that are more reflective of the U.S. President than that of members of the Congress or Senate.
\r\nBut as security increases, so too will a physical barrier between politicians and their constituents. As more police and guards surround those elected on our behalf, these representatives will be even more removed from the people they were voted to serve. And with such a wall between them and their political leaders, people will probably be less inclined to try and engage in a dialogue with said leaders.
\r\nThe shooting may also affect the willingness of politicians to engage their constituents openly, and in public.
\r\nAccording to a Jan. 12 Associated Press report titled, “Dad pursued Ariz. massacre suspect before shooting,” Rep. Giffords was shot at a shopping center while taking part in what was referred to as “Congress on Your Corner.” During such events, Giffords would meet and speak with voters in her district out in the open, in public places.
\r\nIt’s doubtful politicians are actually beaming at the prospect of going out into public arena and engaging with voters while one of their own sits in a hospital bed after trying to do just that. If anything, these sorts of forums for open government, such as “town hall meetings,” are likely to grow less frequent.
\r\nIf these kinds of forums grow fewer and fewer, the distance between politicians and citizens will grow larger than it already is.
\r\nWith the potential for increased security around them, a lack of willingness to take part in open forums like “Congress on Your Corner” and fear that they may be attacked, members of both Congress and the Senate may turn their attention inward.
\r\nAs these elected officials’ attention may be turned inward, it will only detach them from their constituents and increase their attachment to entrenched special interests, i.e. political lobbyists.
\r\nSurely those lobbyists will have greater access (more than they already do) to our representatives than voters if these politicians choose to retreat from the public realm and surround themselves with security. Yet, after Saturday, how could anyone blame a member of Congress for feeling safer meeting with a lobbyist than with individual members of the public. After all, lobbyists generally want something from our elected officials, but it’s not to shoot them in the cranium.
\r\nBut when it comes to engaging openly with the public, a senator or congressional representative can never be sure that some lone gunmen may not be in the crowd waiting to gun them down. Many politicians may largely remove themselves from the public eye
\r\nThis will surely not enamor the voting community with their politicians. If anything, it will reinforce the whole concept that our elected representatives are beholden and serve at the behest of special interests; at least moreso than they are to the people they’re supposed to serve.
\r\nThis will most likely increase the sense of disillusionment many have towards government.
\r\nSo while you can blame partisan political rhetoric for motivating the shooter, this means little or nothing in contrast to the ramifications that may come as a result of the massacre.
\r\nNone of which bodes well for increasing the contact between those elected officials and those they are charged with representing. Nor does it enhance the likelihood that public’s faith in their representatives is going to increase—not at least anytime soon.
\r\n\r\n
Email the author: sstaley2@uwyo.edu
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\r\n42 percent of the state’s 2007-08 high school graduates who attended a Wyoming college needed remedial help in college math in 2008-09, and 24 percent needed help in reading, according to the Wyoming Department of Education. The scarier news is that most of these students earned at least a 3.0 in high school. Luckily, educators across the state agree that the Wyoming education system needs to improve, but how do we fix the problem?
\r\n','\r\nThe newly elected school superintendent Cindy Hill advocates for more teacher accountability, local control, personal commitment, and test reorganization.
\r\nI agree with all of these goals. Yes, if a teacher cannot teach, fire him. If a test is flawed, restructure it. If local control works, keep it. But, these goals seem too evident. These are the changes we are seeing throughout the country in education reform. These are not new ideas thought up by Cindy Hill in response to an education crisis in Wyoming; these are suggestions by national policy makers in response to a national decline in education.
\r\nI am asking how we fix this problem in Wyoming. This state is unique because of its large size and secularity. Those born in Wyoming most often stay in Wyoming, and that creates an education circle. A voluntary survey conducted in 2007 showed that 80% of UW Education graduates stay and teach in Wyoming.
\r\nI heard recently from a friend that if a student can’t cut it as an engineer, he moves to a business major. If he can’t hack it in the business department, he becomes a political science major, and, finally, if he fails political science, he becomes a teacher. If this is true, we can assume that our teachers are not the best and the brightest of the state, but, instead, the slackers, idiots, crazies, and those “nice” students who generally can’t figure out what they want to do.
\r\nThis is also a national phenomenon. According to a best jobs of 2010 survey published in the Wall Street Journal, “teacher” was placed right above “sewage plant operator” and right below “appliance repairer.” This shows, pretty decisively, that a student needs to be either highly committed to becoming a teacher or simply has no other options. Nobody wants to graduate from college and have the same public image as a handyman.
\r\nAccording to CBS’s moneywatch.com, education majors across the nation graduate with the highest GPAs of any other major. I don’t think that this is because education majors are so much smarter than the math, chemistry, and physics majors, but, instead, the education classes are much easier. Many students take education courses to boost their GPAs in order to be accepted into more difficult programs, such as business.
\r\nWyoming teachers with whom I have spoken hope to continue on to become principals and administrators in Wyoming. Many of them will do online graduate programs from some unheard of college. These “graduate” programs are geared for teachers who need something cheap and easy and, consequently, offer quick degrees that carry little in terms of real academia. So, we are left with the worst students becoming education majors; education majors becoming teachers in Wyoming; teachers participating in easy graduate programs and becoming administrators and principals.
\r\nThis has wide reaching implications for the state and for Cindy Hill’s theory of teacher accountability. Teacher accountability only works if those who are evaluating the teachers are better learned than the teachers. However, administrators, principals, and even State superintendent Cindy Hill were all educated by the University of Wyoming’s education department. Does this mean that we have not, in fact, put our children’s future in the hands of the best qualified for the job, but instead those people who couldn’t make it in any other field?
\r\nI say yes. We have, unwittingly, failed as a state and as a nation. Teaching is one of the hardest jobs in this country. Yet, we make our education program the joke of the university. Change the program and make it more difficult. We need to see students that can’t cut it in the education department become business majors, instead of the other way around.
\r\nThis is easiest in a state like Wyoming. I mean, 80% of education graduates go on to teach in the state. This means that if we make a conscious effort to be the best, most highly educated state in the nation, we could go a long way by simply changing the education department. Require an entrance exam, a year of residency, tough classes and even tougher professors. Bring in the best teachers and administrators from across the nation to show that teaching is not about curriculums, rubrics or lesson plans.
\r\nIf our teachers are the best writers, readers, mathematicians in the state, high schools will improve. In time, the state will improve as more businesses are started or come to Wyoming in response to the better education and smarter graduates.
\r\nUntil we change the program, Wyoming high school students will be taught by mediocre and unmotivated teachers. Students will then enter college with little preparation in math and writing and will take remedial courses. The brightest, most hardworking students will become lawyers, doctors, accountants, and scientists. The worst students…well… they will become teachers.
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Yet, most of us will not see these changes. If you ask me, the reason for failing to make our resolutions a reality lies is the temporary nature of New Year’s resolutions.
To put it simply, most of us lack the long-term commitment to see such a thing to completion.
We all probably know someone who has a bad habit—binge drinking or smoking cigarettes—that they promised they would quit.
For most of these people, such a change will not last long into the year. I’ve known people who swore off drinking on New Year’s only to pick up their bottle the very next weekend.
And the smokers that promised themselves to put out their cigarettes for good on Dec. 31 were, in all likelihood, lighting up on Jan. 1 and Jan. 2; they will likely smoke every day for the rest of the year.
Both smokers and drinkers possess the ability to put their harmful habits behind them, but few actually will.
That is because to cease doing either takes a great amount of perseverance and struggle in opposition.
Another common New Year’s resolution is to get in shape and start exercising regularly.
Getting in shape is a great goal to set, but it will only happen with commitment and continual, regimented work.
Surely, many students will be hitting up Half Acre in the first few weeks of the semester, but whether they will be crowding the gym two months from now is another question all together.
Some will succeed at getting into shape; others’ commitment and discipline will wane as the weeks and months progress.
Along the lines of getting into shape, some people swear that they will finally start eating healthy.
This is yet another objective which is theoretically great, and, certainly, many made such a commitment or resolution this year. But,whether they see the resolution through is doubtful at best. If our country’s current obesity rates say anything, it’s that people will likely continue with their detrimental diets.
After all, the call of fast food beckons all around.
Yeah, we can resist temptation and opt out for the salad over the burger—at least for now. But how many will continue to do so as the year continues?
Whether it’s eating right, getting into shape or quitting a self-destructive habit, making such changes requires sustained commitment, determination and inner-will.
These changes require sustained resolve.
That’s why most New Year’s resolutions are doomed to fail; they are commitments absent resolve.
TCWho?
\r\nThe real champion of the underdogs is Matt “looks like the manager at Radio Shack, only taller” Hasselbeck and the now 8-9 Seattle Seahawks.
\r\nSeattle’s 41-36 victory over the former champions was nothing more than a farce, and as a fan I couldn’t have asked for anything more.
\r\nMaybe this win is a sign that Pete Carroll—with the blood of the USC football program still on his hands—and the Seahawks have all bought into the high-energy style that helped propel USC to the top of college football, well, that and numerous NCAA violations.
\r\nThere was more to this win than a collective spirit of nothing-to-lose and limitless energy. Pete Carroll did not single-handedly inspire this team; although his tactics certainly played a large part in what this team accomplished.
\r\nThe beautiful thing about what Seattle did on Saturday was that it reminded us that the most dangerous weapon on the football field is a team with something to prove. There is perhaps no feeling that can will a team to win more than a feeling of disrespect.
\r\nSince the second week of the season, there was no doubt in the sporting world that the winner of the NFC West was not going to belong in the playoffs. The Rams and Seahawks jockeyed for the position of “worst team to ever make the playoffs” the entire season. Throughout the season, Seattle knew that their success would ultimately be deemed a failure.
\r\nOn The Onion website there was a story explaining how New Orleans had earned a first round bye since they drew Seattle in round one.
\r\nLas Vegas opened the point spread by favoring New Orleans by 10 and a half points at Seattle.
\r\nCountless commentators joked about the Seahawks deciding between Charlie Whitehurst and a washed-up Matt Hasselbeck for the starting quarterback position.
\r\nThe NFL began discussing the implementation of a rule that would require a team to have at least an 8-8 record to make the playoffs.
\r\nSeattle’s best receiver was a well-known head case that had been out of football for two years.
\r\nSeattle’s best running back was a well-known head case that vanished in Buffalo.
\r\nThe 7-9 Seattle Seahawks could not beat the New Orleans Saints.
\r\nHowever, Seattle’s washed up quarterback threw four touchdowns, one of which went to former head case Mike Williams and another to 34 year-old Brandon Stokley. Meanwhile, Marshawn Lynch ran for 131 yards including the game-sealing touchdown, when he broke eight tackles and vaulted himself into a permanent place with NFL playoff highlights.
\r\nFinally, Pete Carroll coached an incredible game; the same Pete Carroll who floundered in his first attempt to coach in the NFL and who left the USC program in shambles.
\r\nSeattle was the most dangerous team during wildcard weekend, and they made a huge statement for the NFL. A team with something to prove is a team no one should want to play.
\r\nHowever, for me, 7-9 Seattle meant something more. Last semester, I wrote a satirical piece diagramming who could win the NFC West.
\r\nI desperately hoped that the division would be won with a losing record, and having my wish granted made the season for me.
\r\nWhen the Seahawks made the playoffs, Pete Carroll said that he thought it was “pretty cool” that they were the first team to make the playoffs without a winning record.
\r\nI have one last request of the Seahawks and that is for Pete Carroll to stand at the pre-game press conference this week and tell the reporters with a straight face that this is a big game for them because it gives their team a shot to get back to .500 on the season.
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\r\n\r\n','\r\nYet, I am not alone. Untold numbers of students all across campus are now in the end-of-the-semester homestretch. Many will spend the next week trying to complete a half of a semester’s worth of studying and coursework.
The library and computer labs that dot campus are filled with student’s rushing to complete their work on the final papers of the semester.
Yesterday afternoon, I saw one young woman who had to be typing at 90-words-a-minute, rushing to complete her research. What surprised me was the stress that was evident on her face did not deter her from banging out what had to be three pages in 20 minutes.
I suppose stress and procrastination can bring the best out of some people. If I could use pressure as motivation to produce work so fast, I would have had the rest of my assigned writing done last week.
Then there are the students who are trying to complete the reading of multiple chapters, if not books, right before they are to be tested on the material.
Some will be able to break the work load down into chunks, which they will be able to complete over the next week.
Others will surely have to finish the bulk of their reading the night before the work is due. Yet this is not really what can be considered reading; it’s more like scanning.
For some, covering such a large amount of material will not have much if any effect on their grades. For others, trying to do so much with so little time will turn out to be disastrous for their GPA this semester.
And of course, there will surely be those students who, besides just having to rush to complete the last of their reading and projects, will also cram overnight for their final the next day. They will take to their notes, reading them over and over for hours until its test time.
Once again, this may work to some students’ advantage. But for others, such studying techniques will have a devastating effect on the grades they receive on their finals. Surely they would have done better had they kept looking studying their notes over the past few weeks.
Some will fret and strain over whether they put up a strong enough effort towards their classes. Some will wish they had more time to prepare. But we will all know soon enough whether our efforts were enough.
It is what it is. Finals are here, whether you like it or not.
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that there seems to be quite enough money in the piggy bank.
If this is a problem, then all worries should be laid to rest because here is a comprehensive list of unique and homemade gift ideas, at reasonable prices.
','First on the list is the Bodum New Kenya 17-Oz Coffee Press which can be found forless than $20.
According to justthebestgifts.com, “In 2004 the Bodum coffee press received the American Culinary Institute’s award for best French press coffee maker.”
Second up is the sixth generation 8GB Ipod Nano. According to apple.com, “iPod nano has been completely redesigned with Multi-Touch—the same technology that makes iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch so amazing.
Now it’s half the size and even easier to play. And everything you want to hear is just a tap or swipe away.” The Nano is less than $150.
The top rated gift for men on askmen.com was sports or concert tickets. “For Who? For any man who’s single, divorced, dating, young or old, enjoys sports, and loves to watch his favorite team live. Or, if you’re not the sporting type, maybe she can excite you with concert tickets to your favorite rock band,” Peter Richmond, a product review consultant for askmen.com, said.
One of the top gifts for women, according to gifts.com, is the Kindle Wireless Reading Device. “The all-new Kindle has a new electronic-ink screen with 50 percent better contrast than any other e-reader, a new sleek design with a 21 percent smaller body while still keeping the same 6-inch-size reading area, and a 17 percent lighter weight at just 8.5 ounces,” gifts.com says. The Kindle is can be found from $100-$200.
For those who are a little more strapped for cash, there are also a few top homemade gifts offered. The first of these is Snowman Poop. According to budget101.com, to make this you simply put a load of marshmallows in a brown paper bag and attach a poem.
At Home Magazine named its number one homemade gift as, “Baked cakes/truffles.” Different recipes for holiday treats are plentiful with a simple Google search.
Whatever your final gift ideas may be, there is no denying that there are numerous items available to those with all wallet depth.
Email the author: dbonner1@uwyo.edu
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It’s the week before finals and most of us would agree that it is the one that strains our sanity more than finals week itself. Writing 20 pages of text, roughly making up some 16,000 words? Check. Fumbling with PowerPoint to make graphs look interesting in that grand presentation? Check. Taking the time to breathe? We’ll see about that.
','While students have given this week the endearing name of “Dead Week,” the stress most students experience is nothing to trifle with. More assignments and scholastic pressure, as well as the seasonal change, can have severe effects on the mental health of students.
Unless you are a semiprofessional procrastinator, you should take the time to cope with that stressful class, problems with the significant other or whatever else might be freaking you out. The university offers a few options for that.
One of these is the “End of Semester De-Stresser” Friday.
For the adventure seeker, there will be a mechanical bull to shake tense muscles—by making you hold onto a wildly rocking mechanical monster, whose only purpose is to throw you to the ground.
However, if you prefer actual relaxation, massages will be available as well. Other de-stressors will range from video games to cotton candy. If any of this sounds like your kind of coping, make sure to go by the lower level of the Union at 9 p.m.
Tips for Coping
- Develop a support group on campus
- Stay active
- Stick to a sleep schedule; avoid all-nighters
- Avoid stimulants like nicotine and caffeine
- Provide support; communicate and listen
Courtesy: Center for Disease Control
Another campus option is to pay the UW Counseling Center a visit.
The center offers individual, couple and group sessions and you can set a time for treatment for the whole semester if you would like. The service is free and you definitely don’t have to be a nut-job to use it.
But when you look for support, you might not even need professional help. It can be as easy as talking to your family or a close friend. The Center for Disease Control lists suicide and depression as one of the greatest health risks to college students.
One way to prevent this is to seek out the support one finds when talking about issues such as poor grades, dissatisfaction with oneself or perhaps too many expectations set by parents with someone they can trust.
Whatever the issues are you might be facing, find the coping mechanisms that help you the most. Studies have shown that something like watching TV can be a good break to take your mind off of things.
However, studies also show that engaging in avoidance coping too often will not help you with chronic stress. By avoiding a big issue, more stress will build up over time, which will leave you feeling drained.
Just remember, this week and finals week are just two weeks of your life. Now that’s something not worth stressing about.
Blizzards and scanners and familial obligations, oh my!
It’s no joke, and it certainly isn’t news, that traveling during the holidays can feel like an exercise in surviving your own private zombie apocalypse. Staring down the barrels of family pressure, a nationwide body scanner boycott and a regional blizzard to beat the band, any girl could get down, and this columnist is no exception.
','Preparing for my trip to DIA, trying desperately to appease the looming ghost of dread and paralyzing anticipation, I have only my single, perennial panoply of psychological fortitude: fashion. And while I know that looking absolutely fabulous is the only way I’ll survive the lumbering hordes of emotional refugees, flying out of DIA from Laramie presents some significant problems for the concerned fashionista.
First, there’s the life-threatening conditions one must endure to simply reach the airport. What’s more, once you get your glamorous self to the terminal, there’s every fashionable traveler’s bête-noir: security, with its shoe doffing, belt loosening, jacket crinkling policies. When one factors in the nightmare and expense of checking a bag, the natural tendency is to sacrifice glamour, don the sweats, and compromise. Fashionistas persevere! In winter, there is every reason that style and utility can be synonymous.
To wit: First, in spite of snowmageddon, you have to get to the airport with a pair of shoes that won’t wreck your style for the next week. The danger, of course, is that an otherwise well coordinated fashionisto might ruin a perfectly good outfit with some perfectly hideous boots (ladies, I know big boots are in style, so you should be fine, but clunky boots with a suit or other masculine ensemble is just a disaster). Some nice loafers will be fine for the car, and a breeze at security, but an emergency pair of boots is essential on the interstate, even in the nicest weather. Put the boots in the trunk and forget about them, you’ll be glad you packed them when you bust a flat 30 miles south of Cheyenne.
Second, once you get to the airport, the situation with security and luggage is manageable if you layer your foundational outfit and pack your other essentials in a carry-on. Layering, while functional, gives you the chance to look totally gorgeous. Go for broke with your basic outfit; this will enhance your glamour while in-transit, and give you the flexibility for the appearance of several outfits once you reach your destination. For guys, a nice wool three-piece and overcoat should get you through the holiday, providing the sort of formality some families may encourage for a Christmas feast, while at the same time providing the warmth and versatility for a night on the town. This ensemble might not let you breeze through a body scanner, but it will let you avoid checking a bag, and a heavy wool jacket will tolerate the abuses of the x-ray machine. Ladies, you can avoid checking a bag, while at the same time securing warmth and versatility, by looking absolutely fabulous when you hit security. Consider leggings, leg warmers, and slippers with a cable-knit sweater and wool coat. Stuff a pair of jeans, a dress, and a change of undergarments in a carry-on and voila! If all of this sounds too drab, you’re forgetting the accessories. There’s no time like winter for scarves, hats and sunglasses, essential accoutrements for the wind, snow, and sun. Doesn’t anyone else get emotional just thinking about the possibilities!?!?
Good luck out there, true believers, and just remember, by getting extravagant with your primary ensemble, you’ll not only turn heads when you descend on Podunk, USA, but you’ll cut a dashing figure through our nation’s ever-frantic transportation hubs. Here’s wishing you ‘Happy Holidays,’ fashionistas of Laramie.
Email: Steven Norton
At one point, it was conceivable that the Mountain West Conference could contain Utah, BYU, TCU, Boise State, Nevada, San Diego State and Air Force; seven teams that could compete with the top-six of any conference.
Now the Mountain West is hemorrhaging talent and making the Big 12’s debacle from this summer look like a misunderstanding. Unlike the Big 12, the Mountain West has no way of holding onto their teams. The tradition in the Mountain West was not as strong as that in the Big 12. Furthermore, the geography of the Mountain West did not lend itself to a logical conference as the Big 12’s did.
','The Mountain West Conference is now headlined by Boise State, Nevada, SDSU and Air Force. That’s the optimistic view.
The pessimistic view is that Boise State will find a way into the Big 12 or the Pac 10 and Nevada and Fresno State will abandon their plans to leave the Western Athletic Conference, which could mean the death of the Mountain West Conference.
Somewhere in the middle lies a conference that won’t compete nationally but will be very competitive within itself.
What has happened to the Mountain West is not a good thing…unless you play sports at UNLV, New Mexico, CSU or Wyoming.
What has killed our conference, just might save our program. If you thought Wyoming was in trouble this season, imagine if they played in a conference that could conceivably contain seven nationally-ranked teams—eight if Fresno State was on an upswing.
If Wyoming is lucky enough to be in a conference in three years, then they might be lucky enough to be in a conference that they can actually win in. Addition by subtraction you might say.
For the Mountain West in general though, it is the greatest “what if” in the history of the conference. The memory of Utah beating Alabama is a memory of a team that couldn’t leave fast enough.
The “mid-major” teams, for lack of a better term, had a chance to build a conference that could compete with the Southeastern Conference. Instead they opted to join those conferences. It is the most frustrating example of “if you can’t beat them, join them”.
The success of building a Mountain West super conference was entirely dependent on cooperation. Cooperation is something college football, the NCAA and the human race in general is uncomfortable with. Building a super conference is not as safe as joining one.
It’s hard to blame those teams. It would be hard to blame Boise State if they decided to back out of joining the Mountain West.
College football is perhaps the most corrupt sport in America and you can’t blame the teams for chasing the money any more than you can blame politicians for mud-slinging. Everyone does it and to not do so is to be left behind. Schools need money and the BCS has it. You can’t blame the teams for chasing it. As Omar from “The Wire” would remind us, “It’s all in the game, baby, it’s all in the game”.
Email: Tom Hesse
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The release of more than a quarter-million secret cables includes brutally candid assessments of world leaders and previously undisclosed details of nuclear and antiterrorism activity.
','It represents the most embarrassing and potentially damaging disclosure of American diplomatic material in decades, according to many major news outlets and analysts.
So what can the U.S. do to ensure its diplomatic relationships with other countries in the future?
The exact same thing you would do if you accidently released emails to all your friends calling them insulting names: you might have to apologize.
In the documents released by WikiLeaks, it was noted that diplomatic officers were supposed to undertake certain duties that might be labeled as spying.
Now their new duty is to give the largest and most candid apologies the U.S. has ever handed out.
The insulting nature of the documents is so widespread that the U.S. could not just compensate each ally with a gift to make up for the bad nature of the secret documents.
When your secret emails bashing your friends were released, you would not be able to take each friend out to dinner and give them a gift to make up for the insult. In the case of the U.S., such a gift could come in the form of potential military technology and financial aid.
Also: All you did was call them silly names, it isn’t like you ran over their cat or invaded their country. An apology should be enough.
Just as with the emails to friends, we all know we do it, and all the countries in the world know that they also make the same kind of harsh judgments on U.S. leaders.
Any country could have had an embarrassing secret leaked that involved name-calling. And the U.S. would have forgiven them because everybody, even countries, make bad judgment calls with nicknames—and forget that words can hurt too.
Just because we labeled French President Nicolas Sarkozy as an “emperor with no clothes,” and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai as “driven by paranoia,” that doesn’t mean that a diplomatic fury against the U.S. should occur.
And can’t we all agree with the representations of the labels anyway? Or is this one of those things where, even if the documents got it right, because it is insulting we have to say it is not true?
On Monday, Hillary Clinton confirmed that she was confident, based on conversations in recent days with foreign ministers of several countries, that the administrations’ relationships with other governments would survive any upheaval.
But of course, not all of these documents were not just name-calling. Some, such as the documents detailing the frustration of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, might actually be hurtful. But even though they could have been hurtful, it appears not to be so.
The documents seemed to detail several Arab nations’ hostility towards Iran—most notably Saudi Arabia—with King Abdullah repeatedly implored Washington to “cut off the head of the snake” while there was still time.
But the Iranians chalked Abdullah’s statement up to American psychological warfare that would not affect the country’s relations with other nations.
So if a man such as the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who found out his neighbors apparently wanted his country attacked from the documents, can ignore the release, shouldn’t other nations? .
Daniel W. Drezner, a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, pointed out in an article for Foreign Policy, that there were no big lies in the release.
Maybe there were things you wish someone wouldn’t have heard: but there were no lies, scandals or scary realizations—just a lot of red faces.
So in the end, what will be the implications of the release? Most likely, a lot of apologies and a lot of changes to the security standards for the State Department.
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Internet and social media makes it easy to stay in touch with friends and family across the world. Social networking sites Craigslist and Google make it easy to find whatever, or whoever a user may want in a matter of minutes.
While this easy access is beneficial to family members and friends trying to connect, with it comes a lack of privacy—and in many cases a lack of safety—a concern that hits close to home.
','Recently, a Casper man was convicted of raping a woman after he responded to a rape fantasy ad posted on Craigslist by a man the victim had a brief romantic relationship with.
The convicted rapist, Ty Oliver McDowell, responded to the ad, believing he was speaking to his soon-to-be victim Sarah Kostovny, a 2007 UW graduate and alumnis of Chi Omega sorority, according an article in The Casper Star-Tribune.
According to the article, after the man who posted the advertisement, Jebidiah James Stipe, learned Kostovny had become engaged, he called her to get her address to send her an engagement gift. McDowell was convicted of three counts of first-degree sexual assault and Stipe was convicted of conspiracy to commit sexual assault.
It doesn’t take a Craigslist ad for predators to find their next victims though, and social networking sites make it easy for them to find targets, allowing users to post information like phone numbers, addresses and current cities on their profiles.
Although most sites allow their users to customize privacy settings, it is important to keep in mind that when something is posted on the internet it stays there, even after it has been deleted.
Yes, that means even racy photos, once deleted from a Facebook wall, can still be found by future employers who dig deep enough.
These sites have also been playing a role in the hiring process, and universities and other organizations have been known to look at sites to learn more about potential students or members.
Off-handed posts and inappropriate information are often enough to remove one from consideration for a position for a job, on a team or in an organization.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
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\r\nWhen he was a sophomore in college, professor Christopher Caskey-Russell reached a turning point in his college career.
\r\n“I was sitting in an economics class, listening to the teacher say that all his students should be reading the Wall Street Journal daily by now, and I realized that I could never be that kind of person.
\r\nIt was kind of like a breaking point for me,” Caskey-Russell said.
\r\nCaskey-Russell’s band made an album and played for a few years, but after some time, he realized that particular walk of life was not going to provide him with financial stability, he said.
\r\nNow, Caskey-Russell is a multi-talented English professor with an affinity for American Indian Studies and has been teaching at UW since the fall of 2004. Caskey-Russell teaches four American Indian studies courses.
\r\nAmerican Indian Literature is a course offered for English or American Indian Studies credit and is offered at the 2000, 3000 and 4000 levels. The professor also teaches American Indian Film.
\r\n“American Indian Humor, another class I teach, incorporates film, music and stand-up comedy, among other things,” Caskey-Russell said.
\r\nWhen asked what spurned his interest in Native American studies, Caskey-Russell said: “My mother is Native American. I belong to the Tlingit family. That culture has always interested me, being part of my heritage.”
\r\nThe professor’s environmental roots also differ a good deal from the arid, frosty environment of Laramie. Caskey-Russell started out in the damp state of Washington.
\r\n“I’m from a town near Seattle called Bellingham,” he said.
\r\nCaskey-Russell attended Western Washington University, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
\r\nAs a grad student, Caskey-Russell went on to the University of Oregon in Eugene, where he received his doctorate.
\r\nBefore taking time off from school, he originally pursued a career in business, but once he returned, he decided that reading and writing were really his strong suits, and what he actually wanted to pursue. Caskey-Russell then turned his focus to English.
\r\n“It’s not always the best idea to pursue something that will give you economic success if it won’t give you any personal success,” he said.
\r\n“I think trying to achieve personal and spiritual growth is far more rewarding than mere financial growth and students should pursue something they love to do.”
\r\nThe adviser and teacher had passed through Laramie on the way to his previous job at the University of Iowa, but it wasn’t until he paid the campus a visit that he actually grew a fondness for the town.
\r\n“I really like the small town feel of Laramie, and I love all the things you can do outdoors here. I like fishing, hiking, camping, all those kinds of things,” Caskey-Russell said.
\r\n“It’s also a good place to raise a family, and I’m glad that my family and I are here.”
\r\nThe Center for Volunteer Services on campus will be hosting a babysitting mixer put on by the Wyoming Women’s Foundation at 6 p.m. today in the Wyoming Union Room 302.
\r\nThe idea of the event is to bring together community members and UW students with children with UW students who are babysitters.
\r\nIt also gives student babysitters more opportunities to meet the community and create job connections.
\r\nCommunity members are encouraged to attend and bring their children. Parents will get to see their children interact with prospective babysitters and find a sitter who is the best fit for their child.
\r\n“This is a social event where parents can bring their children and feel more comfortable with the quality of their babysitter while they are at work,” Emily Parsons, AmeriCorps member, said.
\r\nParsons said events like the mixer are important because there is such a lack of childcare in the state.
\r\nAccording to the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, there is a shortage of childcare in the state which can result in high employee turnover and decreased productivity.
\r\nAccording to the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, the lack of childcare can force many parents to accept lower paying jobs or to not work at all.
\r\nWith events like the babysitting mixer AmeriCorps and the Wyoming Women’s Foundation hopes to help provide qualified, affordable childcare and decrease the negative effects stemming from its shortage.
\r\nThis is the first year of the babysitting mixer on campus and is part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
\r\nThe Student Health Service has H1N1 flu shots for certain groups of students, faculty and staff. The flu shots are only an initial supply for the Student Health Service.
\r\nCurrently, students, faculty and staff up to the age of 24 and anyone 25 to 64 years of age who have a medical condition are eligible for the vaccine. The cost for the flu immunization is $3.
\r\nThough the H1N1 vaccine is free, the Student Health Service charges an administrative fee to cover the cost of bringing in additional nursing staff to help with the increase in patients.
\r\n“Definitely we recommend getting protected against the H1N1 flu, along with getting protected form the seasonal flu every fall,” Joanne Steane, director at Student Health, said.
\r\nThe target groups were set up by the Center for Disease Control for when there is limited supply of the vaccine. To ensure those who are most at risk can get the vaccine. Albany Country Public Health has determined that those target groups will be enforced as the county only has a limited supply of H1N1 vaccines.
\r\n“Last week, the target groups were even narrower. So when we first got the vaccine, we had to use those very narrow target groups,” Steane said. “This week the target groups have been widened.”
\r\nThere has been a nice mix of students and staff receiving the vaccine, Steane said, though because of the current target groups, there have been more students than staff.
\r\nThe change came after Albany County Public Health felt that the initial target groups were saturated enough that the target range could be widened.
\r\nThe current target groups could potentially broaden if Albany County were to get additional amounts of the H1N1 vaccine or when Albany County Public Health feels that the current target group has been saturated.
\r\nThe vaccine was first offered two weeks ago to the initial target groups. The target groups broadened to its current status only a few days later.
\r\nSoon, Student Health will be receiving flu mist as well.
\r\n“People who may not like shots will have an alternative delivery option,” Steane said.
\r\nStudent Health have been utilizing the flu vaccine at a steady pace according to Steane.
\r\n“Everyone should watch their e-mails because as the situation changes, we will be updating information,” Steane said.
\r\nIndividuals who want to get the vaccine should visit Student Health at their regular clinic hours from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
\r\nStudent Health asks people receiving the vaccine to wear a short-sleeved shirt to help facilitate immunization. There is a 20 minute waiting period after vaccination to ensure there is no reaction.
\r\nAfter conducting a survey about bike use on campus and learning that over 60 percent of survey participants ride a bike to campus, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Committee plans to get serious about bike traffic.
\r\nThe BPS committee conducted a survey of 254 people, asking students and faculty about their biking habits.
\r\nResults showed that about 66 percent of the campus rides a bike to campus and 35 percent do so daily.
\r\nThe survey also asked questions about biking rules on campus.
\r\nA large majority of respondents, 87 percent, did not know it is illegal to ride bikes over 10 mph on campus, and 71 percent did not know they needed to register their bike with the Laramie or UW police departments.
\r\nMatt Caires, chair of the BPS committee, said he hopes to increase awareness about bike safety on campus through flyers and potentially a group on Facebook.
\r\nThe committee has hosted several workshops, which had low attendance, so they hope to go to groups already established and provide them with information about biking safety, Caires said.
\r\n“I caution people who bike to really slow down. We haven’t had any serious accidents, but if bikes don’t slow down, its just a matter of time before we do,” Caires said.
\r\nUW is in a transition period from a driving campus to a campus more friendly to bikes and pedestrians, Caires said.
\r\n“UW wasn’t built for bikes. Just five years ago, you could drive on Prexy’s,” Caires said.
\r\nResults from the survey also showed a concern for a lack of bike parking. It is illegal to park a bike anywhere but a bike rack.
\r\nThe university spent $40,000 last year upgrading and increasing the number of bike racks. However, there is still a high demand for racks near the Classroom Building, the Wyoming Union and the Engineering Building.
\r\nAnother concern of BPS and survey respondents was weather and the safety hazards it causes. Bad weather was cited as the number one reason bikers would pursue other means of transportation.
\r\nOften in the winter, bike lanes get icy and difficult to use. BPS hopes to keep the paths more clear during the winter months, Caires said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-13 03:34:53','104','Erin Jarnagin','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-13 13:00:00','2009-11-27 07:00:00','','','','0','0','242','bike, campus, survey, caires, percent, bps, safety, committee, bikes, biking, weather, results, respondents, showed, racks, concern, slow, ”, hopes, people','After conducting a survey about bike use on campus and learning that over 60 percent of survey participants ride a bike to campus, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Committee plans to get serious about bike traffic.','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2034','Class looks to improve perception of mental illness','class-looks-to-improve-perception-of-mental-illness','','One of the University of Wyoming’s communications classes contributes to fighting depression on campus by building the framework for research that could later affect the university’s handling of mental illnesses. The class, Advanced Persuasion, is under the direction of professor Eileen Gilchrist.
\r\nMental illness is a nationwide issue. Statistics from the Web site the students worked with, www.campuscalm.com, said 50 percent of students who start college drop or fail out. Among those, 33 percent face failure in their first year. Educational burnout ranges among the top reasons for these alarming numbers. Moreover, students claim that stress is the biggest life issue that has an impact on their studies.
\r\nAccording to an Associated Press “College Stress and Mental Health Poll” from last spring, 85 percent of the students in the poll reported feeling stressed on a daily basis. Approximately 2,200 college students from 40 colleges and universities were polled. According to them, their main concerns for school work and grades even top financial stress.
\r\nMost alarming is that 6 out of 10 students reported that they felt so stressed that they couldn’t get their work done on one or more occasions. One extreme result reported was suicide. Ninety percent of suicide victims have a diagnosable mental disorder.
\r\n“This semester, we divided into groups that individually researched different aspects of mental illnesses, such as the history, the stigmas and clichés portrayed in society, as well as media representation of mental illnesses,” Dane Schulze, a student who took the class because it is required but is now convinced of its importance, said.
\r\nTheir major interest was how persuasion techniques were used to create a certain image in American society.
\r\n“Historically, mental illness was associated with violence,” Schulze said. This influenced people’s perception of the topic in a negative way even today, as the class work showed. Today’s media have an even stronger impact.
\r\n“One just has to think about movies to see how mentally unstable people are always the source for evil,” John Rotellini, communications major, said.
\r\n“In news reports, sometimes, the fact that a criminal had a mental illness is even known before the name,” Schulze said.
\r\nAll this contributed to the creation of the stigma of mental illnesses. They increase the fear of people with problems to seek help because they are afraid of social exclusion.
\r\n“People still are often called crazy lunatics, even by friends, when they are mentally unstable. The result is that they do not seek help from psychiatrists or therapists,” Rotellini said.
\r\nOne of the class’ goals was to show these images were exaggerated.
\r\nDepression mostly shows in the form that people feel constant sadness, for which there is not always a logical reason. This often results in a change of lifestyle, “for example in the form that a person gives up activities that he or she once enjoyed,” Rotellini said.
\r\nAccording to the class’s Internet research, a major depressive disorder can be recognized when a person demonstrates at least two weeks of depressed mood or loss of interest.
\r\n“But what we wanted to show is that it is OK to have a mental illness,” Christine Henschler, a student in the class, said.
\r\nUW also has two departments that offer free treatment for students, Rotellini said. One is the Mental Health Office in the International Cheney Center, and the other is the UW counseling center on the third floor in Knight Hall. Both offer testing, counseling and medical consultation. Moreover, the counseling center offers counseling for couples and substance abuse.
\r\nThe work of these departments is further complemented by the UW’s Wyoming Chapter of Active Minds, which was started this year. Their main activity consists of informing students about the scope of the problem and offers assistance.
\r\n“They are the most welcoming people. They are so helpful,” Henschler said.
\r\nAwareness is also another goal of the students’ class.
\r\nIn college, the major support network consists of friends, Henschel said. So, a basic step is to make students aware of clichés so that “they are more open to get help or to push friends to get help,” Rotellini said.
\r\nFor that purpose, the class created a student survey. It was based on the knowledge gained through research about the stigmas that form the image of mental illness. It was sent out to a few hundred students two weeks ago, asking how mental illness is perceived among students. The results have not yet been evaluated.
\r\nA second survey will be sent out in two weeks. The goal is to observe the changes compared to the first survey.
\r\nThe research will be used to create a “significant push toward the university’s handling of the problem,” said Schulze. “Increasing awareness of the problem and of the organizations that offer help will create a new university climate concerning mental illness.”
\r\n“I think we are giving a major contribution to shaping a positive conception of mental illness,” Rotellini said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-13 03:33:57','104','Ulrike Wiehr','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-13 13:00:00','2009-11-27 07:00:00','','','','0','0','241','mental, ”, students, illness, class, rotellini, major, work, counseling, illnesses, schulze, research, percent, people, form, college, survey, stress, friends, student','One of the University of Wyoming’s communications classes contributes to fighting depression on campus by building the framework for research that could later affect the university’s handling of mental illnesses. The class, Advanced Persuasion, is under the direction of professor Eileen Gilchrist. ','0','14','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2035','Hospice smooths transition','hospice-smooths-transition','','Providing support to near-death individuals and their families in the community is the mission of one Laramie non-profit organization.
\r\n“We provide holistic support to individuals during the end of their lives,” Richard Naumann, community relations coordinator for the Hospice of Laramie, said.
\r\nThe Hospice of Laramie takes a “social, spiritual and holistic approach” to providing support and care to individuals who are near death, and their families, stressing quality of life over quantity, Naumann said.
\r\nHospice provides physical and nursing care, along with pain management. A staff of nurses, certified nurse’s assistants, a social worker, a chaplain and trained volunteers work with the patient’s family and primary care physician to offer “the best quality of life for the patient” at the end of their lives, the Hospice of Laramie Web site said.
\r\nThe organization cares for the individual, not their disease or illness, Naumann said.
\r\n“Our care is focused on the person with the illness, not the illness itself,” Naumann said. “What drives our services is the needs of patients.”
\r\nMuch of what the organization does is to teach members of families to be confident and capable of caring for, and comforting, their loved ones during the time they have left with them, Naumann said.
\r\n“A lot of what we do is education,” he said.
\r\nThe hospice combines the work of their staff with families to care for dying patients, Naumann said.
\r\n“The most valuable service is the team approach,” he said.
\r\nOne of the most important services the organization provides is on-call care, Naumann said.
\r\n“Our physical cares services and our nurses provide 24-hour care,” Naumann said. “All of our services are just a phone call away.”
\r\nAnother valuable service is providing care and allowing patients lives to end in their homes.
\r\n“I want to be home,” is what most patients tell him when they are facing the prospect of death, Naumann said.
\r\nThe hospice provides services in the place they call home, whether home is a house, apartment or nursing home, he said.
\r\nThe hospices also provides families with emotional support during the time of their loved-ones’ death, Naumann said, offering them the services of a social worker/bereavement counselor before, during and after their family member’s death.
\r\nOn a typical day, the staff of the hospice helps between two and three patients, while at other times, they have between 10 and 12 patients, Naumann said. In its 26-year history, the hospice has helped bring support to over 500 patients, he said.
\r\nFor dying patients, their families and the community as a whole, death should not be seen as just a sad end of a life, Naumann said.
\r\n“It’s not a time of hopelessness and helplessness. There is still living to be done,” Naumann said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-13 03:18:22','104','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-13 13:00:00','2009-11-27 07:00:00','','','','0','0','240','naumann, hospice, ”, care, patients, services, families, death, support, organization, laramie, home, life, illness, call, lives, time, staff, community, providing','Providing support to near-death individuals and their families in the community is the mission of one Laramie non-profit organization. ','0','31','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2036','Women leaders to discuss workforce diversity','women-leaders-to-discuss-workforce-diversity','','“On the Road to Distinction: Recognizing Women Leaders in Wyoming” will bring together women providing leadership in business, education, politics and the environment at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn.
\r\nThis event will bring together those women who are providing leadership in Wyoming for the future, according to the Women Student Leaders Web site.
\r\n“On the Road to Distinction: Recognizing Women Leaders in Wyoming” is an annual event, which incorporates changes and additional implementations by students over the year.
\r\n“The event gets a new face every year with the same chief goal in mind,” Katie Kleinhesselink, coordinator of the Center for Volunteer Service, said.
\r\nThe occasion is a student-created conference and is aimed largely at students.
\r\nDay-of registration will start at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, and will be followed by several workshops ranging in topics from feminism to women’s health to diversity, Kleinhesselink said. Afterwards, a dinner will be held for attendees.
\r\nThe workshops will also involve the subjects of women in politics and the WYWF wage project. This project is aimed at raising awareness of the gender wage gap in America, and encourages women to demand equal pay.
\r\n“Five awards will be handed out to five women who have excelled in leadership positions, also,” Kleinhesselink said.
\r\nOnline registration for the event has been closed, but day-of registration can still be made. Student registration costs $10, and non-student costs $25. Scholarships are available for those who wish to attend but cannot make the payment. Those who wish to apply for one of these 10 scholarships may do so at www.uwyo.edu/womenleaders.
\r\nStudents interested or with a major or minor in Women’s Studies are encouraged to attend, Kleinhesselink said.
\r\n“I would encourage students to attend because the event shows how diverse the workforce has the potential to be. It shows that any one, no matter their race, gender, religion, any kind of background, has the ability to excel in society,” Kleinhesselink said. “The workshops also show people how to become good leaders in a hands-on fashion. Any one interested in getting involved with these types of issues is strongly encouraged to join.”
\r\nThe event is sponsored by the Student Leadership and Civic Engagement and will be hosted by the Women Students Leaders of the University of Wyoming. Any further questions about the event can be directed to Women Student Leaders at (307) 766-3296.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-13 03:17:05','104','Emma Knox','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-13 13:00:00','2009-11-27 07:00:00','','','','0','0','239','women, leaders, event, student, kleinhesselink, students, registration, ”, leadership, attend, workshops, year, “the, shows, interested, scholarships, encouraged, costs, wyoming, women’s','“On the Road to Distinction: Recognizing Women Leaders in Wyoming” will bring together women providing leadership in business, education, politics and the environment at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn.','0','15','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2037','Transfer student enrollment sees increases','transfer-student-enrollment-sees-increases','','Student enrollment has increased at the University of Wyoming with an 11.6 percent increase in transfer students.
\r\nUW has 1,097 transfer students this year, which is 114 more than last year and 173 more students, or at an 18.7 percent increase, from two years ago.
\r\nSome of the changes that might have contributed to the raise in enrollment of transfer students came from the close coordination between the community colleges and UW, Sara Axelson, vice president of Student Affairs, said.
\r\n“We do have active recruiting in all the community colleges,” she said.
\r\nStudents who transferred from in-state colleges account for 72.3 percent of transfer students. This year, the highest amount of resident transfers came from Casper College, 13.9 percent, with Laramie County Community College coming in at a close second with 12.7 percent of the transfer students.
\r\nThough the number of students transferring from Casper College stayed at 152 for the last two years, the percentage of total transfer students did drop from 15.5 percent, showing more increases in transfers from other colleges in the state.
\r\n“We really have such a strong community college system in Wyoming. We really see it as a good thing when a student either starts here first, or goes to a Wyoming Community College and then moves on to here,” Axelson said.
\r\nSome transfers are from students who left and then came back to UW and most of them are taking advantage of the Hathaway scholarship, she said.
\r\n“We know we have nice increases as a result of the Hathaway program really working. Students going to a community college then coming here, or going out of state and then realizing, gosh, I think I will come back to UW and still be able to use the Hathaway.”
\r\nAxelson also said that timing could be a major factor for students coming to UW, just depending on the individual student and whether they are in a good place to transfer.
\r\nThe majority of the students transferred in as full-time students. The majority of students from out of state transferred from Colorado. The largest increase of students transferring from one state was from Nebraska at 27.3 percent.
\r\nUW tries to encourage international students who go to Wyoming community colleges to transfer to the university through the UW Passport Program.
\r\nLast year, international transfer students doubled, though this year they settled out and fell slightly, though still more than UW has seen in the past.
\r\nThis year, UW saw 44 students or 4 percent of their transfer students come from international backgrounds. This is an increase of 63 percent from two years ago.
\r\n“The real story is that we are fairly even for new freshmen for fall, though that is coming off of last year with our biggest freshman class ever. Transfers have increased, and we know Hathaway is making a difference, and we saw the increase mostly from in-state,” Axelson said.
\r\nAll analyses on enrollment are from the 15th day of the semester after students are no longer allowed to drop or add classes. All statistics are compiled and organized by the Office of Institutional Analysis.
\r\nAccording to Axelson, there are more students at UW than the statistics show, as enrollment continued to grow throughout the semester.
\r\nThe University of Wyoming has embarked on a planning process to guide the long-term physical development of the main campus. It will try to enhance connectivity, open space and support of campus services, while maintaining Laramie’s historic character.
\r\nThe Long Range Development Plan’s goal is to develop and implement a technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable plan. The LRDP will affect all members of the community as it will be a guide for the many future projects on campus.
\r\n“It doesn’t speak to any specific body,” Roger Baalman, director of Facilities Planning and the university architect, said. “It just gives directions when you are placing a facility, or something on the campus, as to is it compatible with that zone or not, and how you go about making that decision as to were you place, and how much space around the facility has to be considered, and how to access it with transportation, and all of those kinds of issues.”
\r\nIt will give structure to new student housing, walking and bike paths, improved street crossings, academic core expansion, improved open spaces, parking supply and location and new research facilities.
\r\n“The campus has never really had a document that ties so many things together,” Baalman said.
\r\nThe planning process has included a variety of campus forums, stakeholder interviews, meetings with campus staff, students, faculty members and the community at large.
\r\n“We have made ourselves pretty available to people who are interested in the development of campus,” Baalman said. “And yes, it has all been good feedback. It has helped us frame what kind of direction that campus should go long term.”
\r\nThe outcome of these discussions is to help elaborate on the preferred scenario of campus growth and expansion.
\r\nThere were also a series of sessions with an advisory team and a policy team.
\r\nThe goal of the final product of this process will be an integrated development plan that contains long-term directives and guidelines for the improvements that UW will implement to realize its vision.
\r\n“To me, it is a document that the institution has probably needed for quite a number of years because there have been so many decisions made on sighting of buildings on a somewhat ad hoc decisions and no real guidance for making those kinds of decisions,” Baalman said.
\r\nA key step in the creation of a long range plan for the UW campus is to quantify and understand the supply and demand for space able to be developed.
\r\n“It is more a guidance document as opposed to a specific dictation,” Baalman said.
\r\nThe LRDP lays out zones on campus dictating what area should be mostly related to just academics, which areas should focus on a living zone, where athletic facilities should be focused, along with other potential zones where specific types of buildings should be grouped.
\r\nThe LRDP will be presented to the Board of Trustees this month and then the board will have the opportunity to consider it for acceptance in their January meeting.
\r\nNo funding is implemented or connected with LRDP, as it is just guidelines for other plans for the future.
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\r\nThe Wyoming Chapter of the Wildlife Society collects otter scads within the Rocky Mountain National Park in order to survey how many otters live on the banks of the Colorado River, Jeremy Pelsinski, the president of the RSO, said.
\r\n“Going out with a bunch of people twice a year, in spring and in fall, means a lot of fun for everybody who participates,” Pelsinski said.
\r\nFor member Deborah Boro the group means spending active, but relaxing, time outdoors and “a lot of s’mores,” she said.
\r\nThe trips allow the RSO to make a river otter population survey, Pelsinski said.
\r\n“River otters had been reintroduced 30 years ago. But since a canal had broken in 2003, flooding the otter habitat, the otter population had been barely present,” Pelsinski said. “Now they start coming back, but very slowly.”
\r\nThe organization collects scads for graduate students of the bio-sciences in order to make a DNA analysis, Pelsinski said. This showed them not only approximately how many animals were now present, but also their genders, which is crucial to predict population growth.
\r\nThe data the students collect is important for the graduate research and the university’s wildlife and biology publications. Moreover, they are often the scientific basis for wildlife management policies.
\r\n“If our data showed for example that there is an overpopulation of some species, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, or any other responsible department, could react accordingly,” Pelsinski said.
\r\nOne of the organization’s basic goals is to encourage sustainable and responsible wildlife management. The group wants to support policies that serve wildlife conservation, Pelsinski said. Population decimation, if necessary to secure the ecological equilibrium, is a part of that.
\r\n“But another advantage of projects like this is that the students who participate gain hands-on field experience that is not only good for their resumés, but as well to sharpen their understanding of responsible wildlife management,” Pelsinski said.
\r\nWildlife is a competitive field in which it was not always easy to find jobs, he said. Thus, the organization’s second goal is to advance the students’ skills to provide a framework for extensive networking, Pelsinski said.
\r\nA major part of the Wildlife Society’s activities serves this purpose. Their annual “Beast Feast” for example, which took place last Saturday, serves primarily to raise money. The event was created by students to finance the chapter’s various trips and travels to conferences in their academic field.
\r\nIt is a dinner to which everyone participating brings a wild game dish.
\r\n“But it is important that the meat has been respectfully and sustainably hunted, as well as that all the animal’s parts are being used,” Pelsinski said.
\r\nLast year, six of UW’s biology, zoology and related majors students took part in the annual Wildlife Society Conference. They all flew to Monterey, Calif., to listen to renowned speakers and to take part in workshops and seminars about current ecological research.
\r\n“In these workshops, we are told, for example, how to access our professional field, how to get the good wildlife jobs, or simply how to build resumés,” Pelsinski said.
\r\nPeople from all over the U.S. were present, a major part of which were students.
\r\n“This serves us very well to not only extend our knowledge about different parts of our field, since everybody has specialized interests,” Pelsinski said.
\r\nIt was also a good way to begin networking in the field.
\r\nThe society’s networking starts with the chapter’s meeting.
\r\n“We always have guest speakers who talk about questions of interest for our members,” Pelsinski said. The speakers are usually graduate students, professors or professionals in the field. Their shared expertise serve for offering additional knowledge that “people rarely hear in the classroom,” Pelsinski said.
\r\nFurthermore, the chapter gets job advertisements from major environment and wildlife organizations and for opportunities for summer jobs or field projects that the chapter gives directly to its members.
\r\nThe student chapter of the Wildlife Society meets every other week at 7 p.m. in the Biological Sciences Building, Room 309. The meetings are open for students from every field.
\r\n“The important thing is that they have an interest in outdoors and in wildlife management,” Pelsinski said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-11 02:03:48','104','Ulrike Wiehr','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-11 13:00:00','2009-11-25 07:00:00','','','','0','0','236','pelsinski, wildlife, ”, field, students, part, otter, important, chapter, rso, population, management, major, present, serves, jobs, graduate, good, responsible, networking','A University of Wyoming RSO spends part of its time collecting otter scad next to the Colorado River to provide information for important wildlife research. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2040','Professor to give lecture on residential segregation','professor-to-give-lecture-on-residential-segregation','','A University of Wyoming architectural engineering assistant professor will present a position paper, which examines three landmark housing projects initiated in California after World War II.
\r\nProfessor Anthony Denzer will give a presentation on residential racial segregation titled “California’s Postwar Suburban Cooperatives: Race, Design and the FHA” at 3:10 p.m. today in the History Building, Room 155.
\r\n“This paper examines three landmark cooperative housing projects initiated in California after World War II in order to probe the relationship between social values and design against a backdrop of institutional resistance,” Professor JoAnna Poblete-Cross said.
\r\nThree projects, the Community Homes, Mutual Homes Association, and Ladera Cooperative, will be highlighted in this presentation. Out of these three, two of the projects accepted race restrictions in their residential plans in the time period after WWII.
\r\nThese three projects were chosen because of their alternative approach combating the newly emerging “Levittown Pattern” of the era. The projects also “generally shared a similar social makeup and a commitment to modern architecture, raising the possibility that they might be understood as part of a common movement,” according to additional information given by Poblete-Cross.
\r\n“This presentation should be intriguing for students interested in architecture as well as history. The speech will encompass issues of both,” Poblete-Cross said.
\r\nIn his paper, Denzer explored how each project originally set out with the intention of racial integration, and how needs for funding changed that aim. Denzer also explored how each particular group dealt with the issues of financial, political and racial tensions, and the effects these issues had on the projects. The main conclusion drawn from Denzer’s paper was that “the most progressive group on the issue of race sponsored the most innovative design, while the cooperatives that opted for political compromise exhibited [relatively] less radical forms of architecture, landscape design and community planning.”
\r\nDenzer is an assistant professor of architectural engineering. He holds a Doctorate in Architecture from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is certified as an LEED accredited professional by the Green Building Council and has been named a sustainable engineering education scholar by the National Science Foundation.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-10 01:15:02','126','Emma Knox','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-10 13:00:00','2009-11-24 07:00:00','','','','0','0','235','projects, professor, design, architecture, denzer, paper, ”, race, cross, residential, presentation, california, poblete, issues, racial, engineering, social, homes, community, history','A University of Wyoming architectural engineering assistant professor will present a position paper, which examines three landmark housing projects initiated in California after World War II.','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2041','Board scheduled to vote on tuition raise proposal','board-scheduled-to-vote-on-tuition-raise-proposal','','After the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees votes on a proposed tuition increase, students may find themselves paying more for attendance over the next four years.
\r\nThe board will vote on proposed tuition increases during an upcoming meeting in November.
\r\nThe board will vote on whether to increase in-state and out-of-state undergraduate tuition by 5 percent, 7.5 percent or 9.9 percent annually over the next four years. If the increase in tuition passes, they will go into effect in the 2010-11 academic year.
\r\n“They want to do a structured program over four years,” ASUW President Matt Haigler said.
\r\nThe four-year plan for the proposed tuition increases would be implemented instead of doing year-by-year increases in tuition, Haigler said.
\r\nThe four-year plan is meant to make it easier for students and their families to better prepare and save for the cost of attendance at UW, Haigler said.
\r\nIn a recent editorial news release, University of Wyoming President Tom Buchanan said, “I also believe that a predictable slate of increases will help families plan for their students’ expenses.”
\r\nThe funds from possible tuition increases would not go to fund the university’s general budget. Instead, most of the extra money will go to funding improvements at Coe Library, Haigler said.
\r\n“It’s not like its going into a general pot,” Haigler said. “They’re not just collecting money.”
\r\nCoe Library was hit especially hard by the budget cuts that took place this past summer, Haigler said.
\r\nSome students might not be affected by the tuition increases because of the funding they receive through Hathaway Scholarships, Buchanan said.
\r\n“Even with modest increases, students with the top level of the Hathaway Scholarship will still receive enough to cover their tuition,” Buchanan said.
\r\nNon-traditional and out-of-state students would be affected most by the proposed tuition increase.
\r\n“If tuition goes too high it may have adverse effects,” Haigler said.
\r\nThe extra tuition costs will add stress for those paying both tuition and dormitory costs, Dominik Kazmar, an undeclared freshman, said.
\r\nKazmar said that the increase in tuition will cause pain for much of the student population.
\r\nWhile the increases may hurt some students, even with the highest proposed tuition increase, cost of attendance at the university will still be one of the lowest in the nation, Haigler said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-06 02:19:47','124','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-06 13:00:00','2009-11-20 07:00:00','','','','0','0','234','tuition, increases, haigler, students, ”, increase, proposed, year, board, years, percent, plan, attendance, state, buchanan, vote, university, kazmar, families, paying','After the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees votes on a proposed tuition increase, students may find themselves paying more for attendance over the next four years.','0','20','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2042','Student fees may see increase','student-fees-may-see-increase','','University of Wyoming students may see an increase in mandatory student fees of $40 for the 2010-11 school year as voted on by ASUW.
\r\nThough the amount of other fee increases are still unclear, ASUW voted at their Oct. 20 meeting to increase student fees by 2.9 percent.
\r\nA representative from the accounting office stated that the numbers voted on by ASUW are not yet ready for proposals though they will be presented to the Board of Trustees at this month’s meeting.
\r\nSen. Kalib Simpson said, “I feel very comfortable with the increases. The budget and planning committee was really transparent in their presentation to the senate. We are not trying to increase services. We are just maintaining the services we already provide.”
\r\nMandatory student fees help pay for services at the Wyoming Union and for student services, which are broken down into fees allocated to ASUW, Student Media, Student Health Services, intercollegiate activities, recreation and transit fees.
\r\nThe fees also pay for free services on campus, such as Friday Night Fever activities, recreation at Half Acre Gym and visits to Student Health physicians.
\r\nStudents also pay fees to the specific college they attend.
\r\nThis year, student fees amount to about $450.
\r\n“I think our fees work very well for us, and I don’t mind them,” Sophie Kesterman, a graduate student, said.
\r\nHowever, some students feel that the fees they pay to specific colleges do not benefit them.
\r\n“When I was an engineering major, I could see how they were used, but this year I am in the College of Agriculture and I don’t know where they go,” Jennifer Kellen, a junior, said.
\r\nThe ASUW Chair of the Budget and Planning Committee, Sen. Shannon Thomas, said she spent about six weeks researching and working to arrive at these figures.
\r\n“A few years ago, we had no increases, so last year, we had to have a huge increase,” Thomas said.
\r\nASUW wanted to avoid a large increase in the coming years ,and to avoid it, students will be seeing small increases in fees throughout the coming years, Thomas said. Not increasing fees by a little bit each year sets ASUW behind schedule to maintain competitiveness for employment and benefits, Thomas said.
\r\nSeveral students disagreed with his sentiment, however.
\r\n“I am a little disappointed. All of these increases are a little overwhelming. I don’t know how I will pay for it,” Martha Ramos, a sophomore nursing major, said.
\r\nWhile many students are unhappy about the fee increases, they agree that they do see their dollars working for them on campus.
\r\n“I see the benefits of the fees. I don’t really need cash to do anything on campus. Between shows and recreation, all you really need is your WyoOne card,” Tyler Harran, a freshman from North Carolina, said.
\r\nProposals for fee increases will be presented to the Board of Trustees at their meeting on Nov. 19.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-06 02:15:24','124','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-06 13:00:00','2009-11-20 07:00:00','','','','0','0','233','fees, student, increases, asuw, services, ”, students, increase, year, pay, “i, thomas, don’t, campus, meeting, recreation, fee, voted, years, committee','University of Wyoming students may see an increase in mandatory student fees of $40 for the 2010-11 school year as voted on by ASUW. ','0','32','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2043','Student fees may see increase','student-fees-may-see-increase','','University of Wyoming students may see an increase in mandatory student fees of $40 for the 2010-11 school year as voted on by ASUW.
\r\nThough the amount of other fee increases are still unclear, ASUW voted at their Oct. 20 meeting to increase student fees by 2.9 percent.
\r\nA representative from the accounting office stated that the numbers voted on by ASUW are not yet ready for proposals though they will be presented to the Board of Trustees at this month’s meeting.
\r\nSen. Kalib Simpson said, “I feel very comfortable with the increases. The budget and planning committee was really transparent in their presentation to the senate. We are not trying to increase services. We are just maintaining the services we already provide.”
\r\nMandatory student fees help pay for services at the Wyoming Union and for student services, which are broken down into fees allocated to ASUW, Student Media, Student Health Services, intercollegiate activities, recreation and transit fees.
\r\nThe fees also pay for free services on campus, such as Friday Night Fever activities, recreation at Half Acre Gym and visits to Student Health physicians.
\r\nStudents also pay fees to the specific college they attend.
\r\nThis year, student fees amount to about $450.
\r\n“I think our fees work very well for us, and I don’t mind them,” Sophie Kesterman, a graduate student, said.
\r\nHowever, some students feel that the fees they pay to specific colleges do not benefit them.
\r\n“When I was an engineering major, I could see how they were used, but this year I am in the College of Agriculture and I don’t know where they go,” Jennifer Kellen, a junior, said.
\r\nThe ASUW Chair of the Budget and Planning Committee, Sen. Shannon Thomas, said she spent about six weeks researching and working to arrive at these figures.
\r\n“A few years ago, we had no increases, so last year, we had to have a huge increase,” Thomas said.
\r\nASUW wanted to avoid a large increase in the coming years ,and to avoid it, students will be seeing small increases in fees throughout the coming years, Thomas said. Not increasing fees by a little bit each year sets ASUW behind schedule to maintain competitiveness for employment and benefits, Thomas said.
\r\nSeveral students disagreed with his sentiment, however.
\r\n“I am a little disappointed. All of these increases are a little overwhelming. I don’t know how I will pay for it,” Martha Ramos, a sophomore nursing major, said.
\r\nWhile many students are unhappy about the fee increases, they agree that they do see their dollars working for them on campus.
\r\n“I see the benefits of the fees. I don’t really need cash to do anything on campus. Between shows and recreation, all you really need is your WyoOne card,” Tyler Harran, a freshman from North Carolina, said.
\r\nProposals for fee increases will be presented to the Board of Trustees at their meeting on Nov. 19.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-06 01:46:58','104','Erin Jarnagin','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-06 13:00:00','2009-11-20 07:00:00','','','','0','0','232','fees, student, increases, asuw, services, ”, students, increase, year, pay, “i, thomas, don’t, campus, meeting, recreation, fee, voted, years, committee','University of Wyoming students may see an increase in mandatory student fees of $40 for the 2010-11 school year as voted on by ASUW. ','0','5','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2044','RSO is ‘wunderbar’','rso-is-wunderbar','','The recently founded German RSO “Dahoam in Wyoming GmbH & Co. KG,” Bavarian for “at home in Wyoming Corp” is working to help overcome the stereotypes concerning Germans.
\r\n“One cannot go into a bar without hearing Nazi or fascism jokes all the time,” the club’s president Karen von Harbou said. Although her generation had nothing to do with World War II or the Nazi regime, the topic is still present.
\r\nMany people think being German is a synonym to not having humor or to being strict.
\r\n“We are passively resistant to these images,” von Harbou said. “We want to show how Germans are really like; give the Germans a better status in the minds of the people. People associate being German with the people they meet here.”
\r\nThe group’s main focus is to “connect students with German background, a German major or minor or any other interest in the German language, society and culture,” von Harbou said. She is a German teaching assistant from Munich, Bavaria.
\r\nMoreover, its purposes are to represent German students on campus, as well as take part in “fostering a broad educational, social, cultural and linguistic enrichment” at the university, von Harbou said.
\r\nTwice a month, the German RSO gathers at their “Stammtisch” in The Gardens in the Wyoming Union. This is the word for the typical Bavarian jovial “drinking a beer together,” von Harbou said.
\r\n“We are talking German with Americans and adjusting clichés,” she said.
\r\nOne of the German club’s tasks is to help American students with questions about Germany. Approximately 150 Americans learn German at UW. If they need information about studying or working in Germany or help with funding or finding an apartment, the organization is there, von Harbou said.
\r\n“We try to offer orientation in every possible way,” she said.
\r\nSince their founding at the beginning of the semester, the circle of 44 members have tried to get involved in campus activities. They participated in the 2009 Homecoming Parade and won second place for their creative float.
\r\nLast Friday, they had a table in the Union for the Safe Treat event. The club organized a balloon dance, which is a German game for children.
\r\nThe organization’s main problem is lack of money. The club is beginning to think of ways to overcome this. They plan on introducing a German movie night and are considering initiating a real Oktoberfest on campus next fall.
\r\n“Nothing is decided yet, but people can be sure they will see a lot of us in the coming time,” von Harbou said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-05 04:07:58','104','Ulrike Wiehr','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-05 13:00:00','2009-11-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','231','german, ”, harbou, von, people, “we, rso, students, campus, germans, wyoming, main, nazi, beginning, club, club’s, time, union, bavarian, americans','The recently founded German RSO “Dahoam in Wyoming GmbH & Co. KG,” Bavarian for “at home in Wyoming Corp” is working to help overcome the stereotypes concerning Germans.\r\n','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2045','Increases in tuition to affect programs','increases-in-tuition-to-affect-programs','','ASUW heard two University of Wyoming vice presidents concerning increases to tuition for the final time before the issue will be discussed at this month’s Board of Trustees meeting.
\r\nDoug Vinzant, the vice president of administration, and Sara Axelson, the vice president of student affairs, spoke to ASUW about tuition increases for professional programs.
\r\nThe framework is similar to that of the undergraduate tuition changes with increase options at 5 percent, 7.5 percent or 9.9 percent. These increases would happen every year for four years.
\r\nHowever, increases in tuition for professional programs come from college differentials as well as increases from the university.
\r\nIf the Board of Trustees decides to vote to adopt the 5 percent increase framework, the College of Law will see an increase of $50 per credit hour for the fiscal year of 2011. The current resident tuition price is $302 per credit hour.
\r\nVinzant said $120,000 of the $180,000 would go directly to enhancements to the College of Law.
\r\nResident students in the School of Pharmacy would see an increase of $62 per credit hour if the 5 percent plan is adopted by the board at the meeting. Non-residents would see an increase of $79. The cost per credit hour is currently $275, Vinzant said.
\r\nStudents in the MBA program will see the highest increase. For residents, the proposed plan would increase tuition from $183 per credit hour to $509 per credit hour in the first year. Non-residents who already pay $523, would see a raise in price of $726 per credit hour. This is due to the restructuring of the program, Vinzant said. This was the last of three presentations to ASUW by the vice presidents.
\r\nIn other business: The Recognized Student Organization Funding Board allocated $1,000 to Face Aids for their 2009 World Aids Day event.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-05 04:06:40','104','Erin Jarnagin','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-05 13:00:00','2009-11-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','230','credit, hour, increase, tuition, increases, percent, board, vinzant, vice, asuw, residents, programs, 000, year, college, framework, professional, program, students, university','However, increases in tuition for professional programs come from college differentials as well as increases from the university. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2046','Students defer tuition increase by saving money on textbooks','students-defer-tuition-increase-by-saving-money-on-textbooks','','With the expected raise in tuition, students are searching for other ways to save money.
\r\nAccording to Jay Puckett, the Faculty Senate chair, a good way for students to save money is by evaluating where they buy their books for school.
\r\n“I am not prepared to comment on a plan, or how it would be done, but I do know that my daughter is taking courses. I teach courses and there is a lot of money to be saved on buying books online,” Puckett said.
\r\n“With tuition increases forth coming, I think that the increases could be more than offset by more effectively buying books.”
\r\nPuckett said he didn’t have anything against the University Bookstore.
\r\n“I am not critical of the book store at all. They have the costs associated with delivering the book in that manner. But than there is an alternative delivery system out there,” he said.
\r\nPuckett said that he merely felt that if there was a way to help students save money, then they should look into the option.
\r\n“The question is, ‘Is there a better method systemically that can be provided to the students that is just inherently more efficient?’,” Puckett said.
\r\n“There are some downsides to buying online.”
\r\nMatt Haigler, ASUW president, said he was still going to buy his books online from the bookstore because of the benefit he felt he gained.
\r\n“Personally, I buy my books from the bookstore because it is easiest and I know I am going to get the right editions and they are all going to be there. If I go the week before, it is going to take me 10 minutes to do it, or I could spend three hours online looking it up,” Haigler said.
\r\nHaigler also spoke about how there are places students could save money to offset the potential raise in tuition prices.
\r\n“You could buy one less six-pack every week, or not go to Taco Bell. I don’t know if encouraging students to offset their tuition cost by not shopping at the bookstore is a good idea,” Haigler said.
\r\n“I think there are a couple benefits for students to buy their books at the University Bookstore,” Misty Eaton, the University Bookstore manager, said. “One is faculty are submitting their exact request for all their course materials, supplies, exact books, editions and things like that.
\r\nSo, as a bookstore, we make the effort to have those exact books. It takes some of the guesswork out of going online.”
\r\n“The other thing we are doing is getting as many used books as possible to keep those costs down,” Eaton said. “So if there are used books out in the market place, we are sourcing everyone that we can, plus buying books back directly from students to go back into UW circulation.”
\r\nThe bookstore also has a reservation program where students can submit their order online, and a week before school starts, they can go in and pick up their books all packaged for them.
\r\nBooks bought from the University Bookstore can also be brought back if the students end up dropping or withdrawing and many online sites do not have that return policy.
\r\nEaton said she felt it was too hard to tell if the bookstore would see an impact if tuition fees go up.
\r\nBrian Hughes, a junior, buys his books from the bookstore.
\r\n“I have heard a lot of students who get their books online, and if you can get them cheaper, I would look at that more as an option,” Hughes said.
\r\nKrist Jessup, a junior, said that the raise in tuition will affect how he buys his books and thinks that he will definitely go to a media retail Web site to save a little money.
\r\n“The courses I teach, I currently don’t go through the bookstore. I just send them to reference and say find your book online. They do. There is no problem. They get them in a couple of days, and they are saving 40 to 50 percent,” Puckett said.
\r\n“I think that students can help themselves. The alternative to buying online is always there.”
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\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-05 03:52:57','104','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-05 13:00:00','2009-11-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','229','books, ”, students, bookstore, online, tuition, money, puckett, “i, buying, save, buy, haigler, university, offset, eaton, courses, book, felt, raise','With the expected raise in tuition, students are searching for other ways to save money. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2047','Law School curriculum undergoes overhaul','law-school-curriculum-undergoes-overhaul','','College of Law students can expect to see changes to the first-year curriculum next fall.
\r\n“Law school, the first year, is made up entirely of required courses and these courses include the basic foundational topics such as contacts, tort, civil procedure, property, legal writing, criminal law and Constitutional law, all of which we require,” Dee Pridgen, the associate dean of the College of Law, said. “The changes we made were not to eliminate any of those courses but to reduce the number of required credit hours that a student would have to take.”
\r\nThe current curriculum has six credit hours for contacts, tort, civil procedure and property over two semesters and five hours required over Constitutional law. There are also four required hours for legal research, writing and appellate advocacy.
\r\n“If you do the math, you can see you can’t get all that done in one year,” Pridgen said. “So, what the faculty did was to cut back on most of those subjects.”
\r\nSome of the changes include contracts being cut back from six to five hours and civil procedures will start in the fall instead of spring semester.
\r\n“This change allowed students to get into advanced courses a little bit sooner,” Pridgen said.
\r\nIn the past, six of the credit hours would have rolled over to the first semester of the student’s second year.
\r\n“It wasn’t a huge change. Mostly, we just cut back one credit hour in several classes, freeing up our second-year students to take courses of their own choosing in their second year,” Pridgen said.
\r\nThe College of Law’s accrediting body, the American Bar Association, did a study recently that showed there was a strong national trend to reduce the number of required credit hours for a student’s first year foundational
courses.
The law school did have a town hall meeting with the students over the change to the first-year change in the curriculum before they actually had a meeting with the faculty.
\r\n“I think most people are happy with what we did,” Pridgen said. “The feedback I got from students seems to be that they are pretty happy with it.”
\r\nBy the second year the students are ready to move on to advanced learning, like skill courses, or choosing more specific areas where they are more interested.
\r\nThe law school revisits at their curriculum every five years, but if changes need to be made beforehand, they will be looked at, Pridgen said.
\r\n“It is an ongoing process with law schools across the country to periodically reevaluate their curriculum and adapt and make changes to keep up with the times, and our law school is no different,” she said.
\r\nLast year, the law school took steps to eliminate its elective requirements that it had for their students.
\r\nThis upcoming year, the law school has taken it upon itself to examine the second- and third-year curriculum.
\r\nThe law school is also, with the reduction on the required curriculum, working on improving advising for the students to make sure they make informed choices.
\r\n“We are trying to develop some better advising tools and advising information for the students,” Pridgen said.
\r\nOne of their long-range goals is looking at the percentage level that their graduates pass the bar at and making changes to their curriculum if they must to improve that percentage.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-05 03:51:49','104','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-05 13:00:00','2009-11-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','228','law, year, ”, curriculum, students, school, hours, pridgen, courses, required, credit, change, college, civil, advising, cut, advanced, bar, student’s, “the','College of Law students can expect to see changes to the first-year curriculum next fall. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2048','Philosopher speaks on health care reformma','philosopher-speaks-on-health-care-reformma','','The philosopher Thomas Pogge came to the University of Wyoming to speak on health care reform Tuesday.
\r\nPogge’s speech discussed the issue of nearly 18 million people who die annually from poverty-related causes, and how the Obama Administration could substantially reduce this burden by supplementing the rules that govern pharmaceutical innovation.
\r\nThese rules, established by the World Trade Organization, cause advanced medicines to be priced beyond the reach of the poor and steer medical research away from diseases concentrated among them.
\r\nPogge argued that these rules should be complemented with a program called the Health Impact Fund. The HIF, program financed by many governments, would direct some pharmaceutical innovation toward the most serious diseases, including those concentrated among the poor.
\r\nPogge believes that it would make HIF-registered medicines cheaply available to all, and that it would be an incentive for innovators to promote the optimal use of their HIF-registered medicines.
\r\nPogge, with University of Calgary economist Aidan Hollis, is currently spearheading this initiative to establish a Health Impact Fund.
\r\nPogge has been called one of the most important people in the “first wave” of work on global justice.
\r\nHis book “World Poverty and Human Rights,” is regarded as one of the most comprehensive works on global justice. Pogge has also written extensively on moral and political philosophy, including other books on cosmopolitanism and extreme poverty. His portfolio of work also includes extensive writings on political philosophy, especially on John Rawls and Immanuel Kant.
\r\nPogge is the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University and Research Director at the Centre for Study of Mind in Nature at the University of Oslo. He is one of the foremost political philosophers in the area of global justice.
\r\nPogge received his doctorate from Harvard University with a dissertation supervised by John Rawls, an important American philosopher and a leading figure in moral and political philosophy.
\r\nBefore his current position, Pogge was an associate professor of philosophy and a professor of political science at Columbia University.
\r\nPogge’s lecture, “Health Care Reform for the U.S. and the World’s Poor,” was a 2009 Kaiser Ethics Lecture and was co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy.
\r\nThe Kaiser Ethics Project, who sponsors the Kaiser Ethics Lectures, is funded by the Curt Kaiser Foundation and encourages the development of applied ethics content for new or existing courses or university programs.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-09-02 23:50:29','104','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-09-03 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','227','pogge, university, philosophy, political, ethics, health, kaiser, global, philosopher, hif, rules, medicines, poor, poverty, justice, professor, care, program, called, concentrated','The philosopher Thomas Pogge came to the University of Wyoming to speak on health care reform Tuesday. ','0','22','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2049','SafeRide now on game days','saferide-now-on-game-days','','The Associated Students of the University of Wyoming approved a bill that will provide funding to allow SafeRide to run during the day during football game days.
\r\nBill 2249: Game Day SafeRide went before the senate for its second reading Tuesday night. The bill will provide SafeRide with enough funding to run the service from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the six scheduled home football game days.
\r\nThe bill stated the service would “increase responsible behavior and safety as well as serving as an effective community outreach opportunity.”
\r\nAfter adding four amendments to the bill, the senators discussed the bill.
\r\nSenator Amy Berry was concerned with the start time of the service. Starting at 9 a.m. could possibly be seen as ASUW enabling or supporting the pre-gaming activities that often happen on game days, Berry said.
\r\nThe service would alleviate traffic and give easy and safe access to the game, ASUW President Matt Haigler said.
\r\nThe senate was also concerned with SafeRide having enough volunteers to ride with paid drivers.
\r\n“The program is always run on volunteers, game days or not,” Senator Ellie Platte said.
\r\nSince it is a pilot-program, ASUW should wait and see how the number of volunteers goes, Senator Ben Weaver said. If something doesn’t work it can be changed, he said.
\r\n“Plenty of students are active and interested and will be there to volunteer,” Senator Amy Rieser said.
\r\nAfter the third reading of the bill, the senate approved the bill through a roll-call vote. The legislation will now travel to the Board of Trustees for their approval before SafeRide will officially run on game days.
\r\nASUW’s guest speaker, Vice-President of Student Affairs Sara Axelson, told the students the Student Affairs Office is “focusing on students first.”
\r\n“As a university we listen to you,” Axelson said.
\r\nASUW has a significant voice, Axelson said. As a member of ASUW, the role each of the senators play is important, she said.
\r\nAxelson discussed the recent budget cuts with the student government. The university hated to cut positions and hated to affect people, Axelson said.
\r\nMembers of ASUW inquired on the possibility of an increase in tuition for students in the 2010-11 school year.
\r\nThis possibility is under a process of review and has undergone general discussion with the Board of Trustees, Axelson said.
\r\n“I want to be real clear, nothing has been decided,” she said.
\r\nIn past years, the university has not had to raise resident undergraduate tuition and fortunately, UW has not had to go to double-digit tuition raises like so many other states, Axelson said.
\r\nWith these budget cuts, Student Affairs tried to have the least amount of effect on students, she said.
\r\nHowever, Student Affairs is moving forward and has outlined items the office will focus on this year, Axelson said. One of which is non-traditional students.
\r\nNon-traditional students make up more than 20 percent of undergraduates enrolled at UW, Axelson said.
\r\nThe Student Affairs office will also focus on veterans and their needs, sustainability and actively engaging students and making sure those students go on to graduate, Axelson said.
\r\nIn other business:
\r\nThe Senate approved funding for the Recognized Student Organization of Swing Club to be used for a Halloween dance in the form of $1,700.
\r\nThe Senate also approved funding for the RSOs of the Agricultural and Community Resources for Everyday Sustainability and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences to be used for a Consumer Issues Conference entitled, “Food Safety, Security and Sources: A Recipe for Tough Times” in the form of $7,750.
\r\nThe senate also approved the ASUW governing document for student radio.
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\r\nThe University of Wyoming is hosting a celebration of life today for former professor and poet Craig Arnold from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Centennial Complex Lobby. Arnold passed away last spring while researching volcanoes for a new book he was writing.
\r\n“It is going to be an event that will celebrate and honor Craig, for the work he did here, for the person he was. A chance for the community here to get together and to say good-bye,” Peter Parolin, head of the English department, said. “It will be hard, but it is appropriate to have an occasion that will mark the passing of a very dynamic faculty member we had the privilege of working with.”
\r\nArnold was in Japan at the time of his death as part of the U.S.–Japan Friendship Commission’s Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship.
\r\nArnold was an accomplished poet who won many awards. He was the author of two poetry books, “Shells,” published in 1999, and “Made Flesh,” published in 2008.
\r\n“He [Arnold] had traveled all over the world, to not only read his work, but to give presentations on poetry,” Parolin said.
\r\nThe book “Shells” brought Arnold much credibility as it won him the prestigious Yale Series of Public Poets. Arnold’s poems and reviews are also featured in three volumes of “Best American Poetry” and widely elsewhere.
\r\nAmong his awards and honors are the Rome Prize, a Fulbright Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship and the Hodder Fellowship from Princeton.
\r\n“Made Flesh” was also a finalist for the New Criterion Prize and the Pitt Poetry Series.
\r\n“His poems are complex in lots of ways, but you get it, it is not obscure. It is very passionate and sensual,” Alyson Hagy, an English Department professor, said. “He was a great poet, a great writer, great lecturer and great organizer of events.”
\r\nArnold graduated from Yale in 1990 with a B.A. in English, and received his doctorate in Creative Writing from the University of Utah in 2001.
\r\nArnold had been teaching at UW for the last five years. He taught within the creative writing program and the Honor’s Program for the freshman English class.
\r\n“For me, stepping into Dr. Arnold’s classroom was like stepping into another realm. I honestly had never encountered a teacher like Dr. Arnold, and I’m not sure I will again, but I do know that in 16 weeks, those of us in that ‘realm’ were transformed from scared freshmen into confident students, with a little bit of added flair,” Caitlin Wallace, a student of Arnold’s, said.
\r\nArnold also taught a class he created on literature and food, which was widely sought by students.
\r\n“Anybody who went to see Craig recite his poems knows he is a performance artist and that is true of his teaching, too. He really cared about and believed in his teaching, and that really sort of made all the difference,” Duncan Harris, head of the Honors Program, said. “He was fascinating to watch, and underneath the games and the play, he was deadly serious about what he was teaching, and that sincerity, that commitment, transferred itself to the students, who I think really appreciated him.”
\r\nCraig Arnold is survived by his 15-year-old son; long time girlfriend, Rebecca Lindenberg; and his brother, Chris Arnold, who was very influential in the search for Arnold after he was reported missing.
\r\n“He is a dynamic teacher, and a dynamic figure in the poetry community, in Laramie and nationally,” Parolin said. “When he got here he started local poetry slams that got students at the university, the high school and local people involved, standing up and reading their poetry. He was a dynamic and multitalented person.”
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\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2009-09-01 23:02:20','104','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-09-02 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','225','arnold, ”, poetry, craig, fellowship, english, great, dynamic, teaching, poet, students, “he, writing, creative, parolin, poems, arnold’s, program, university, published','The University of Wyoming is hosting a celebration of life today for former professor and poet Craig Arnold from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Centennial Complex Lobby. Arnold passed away last spring while researching volcanoes for a new book he was writing. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2051','Services benefit all students','services-benefit-all-students','','The University of Wyoming offers many services that are designed to benefit each student.
\r\nSafeRide is one such organization that was created by the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming as a free weekend public transportation system.
\r\n“SafeRide is a judgement-free ride on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights around the Laramie community,” Michael Pule, coordinator of SafeRide, said. “Its primary goal is to reduce drinking and driving in the community.”
\r\nThe shuttle service is not just for UW students but is available to anyone in the community.
\r\n“I think very highly of the work that the students involved in the SafeRide program are doing. At the end of the spring 2009 semester, SafeRide had provided over 160,000 rides to the Laramie community,” Pule said.
\r\nThe shuttle system is divided into two services, a fixed route and an on-call service. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night from 7 to 10 p.m., SafeRide completes a fixed route with designated shuttle stops only. Then, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. the shuttle service will pick up and drop off passengers at any location in Laramie. To use the on-call service a student simply needs to call (307) 766-7433 for a ride.
\r\nWhile many students may not be able to afford medical treatment, UW’s Student Health Services is designed to care for a student’s medical needs at a smaller cost. Student Health is located in the Student Health/Cheney International Center on the south side of Prexy’s Pasture.
\r\nDuring the fall and spring semesters, Student Health is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Student Health is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursdays and is closed weekends and holidays.
\r\n“It’s helpful to have a health center on campus so that students can get care easily,” Becky Baltakis, a junior in Elementary Education, said. “It’s great that they offer flu shots and it’s easy to call in to make an appointment if you’re sick.”
\r\nThe service is paid for by mandatory fees for a full-time student, according to the Student Health Services Web site. Eligible students benefit from unlimited visits to staff physicians and nurses. Services that Student Health provides for an extra charge include the pharmacy, laboratory, allergy immunotherapy, immunizations, orthopedic clinics, medical supplies and medical or surgical procedures.
\r\nStudent Health operates a full service pharmacy with prescription and non-prescription medications. The pharmacy is able to process most prescription insurance plans.
\r\n“Prices are kept to a minimum for students; lower than area pharmacies,” the Web site said. The pharmacy is currently closed but is expected to open soon.
\r\nThe UW Counseling Center serves all students. Any person enrolled in at least one credit hour at UW is considered to be a student and is eligible for counseling services. Counseling services are free of charge for students.
\r\nThe counseling staff are trained to help students cope with the stress that can interfere with their schooling. The staff helps students with problems concerning academic progress, daily living, adjustment to university life, substances and relationship issues, according to the UW Counseling Center Web site. The center is also set up to aid students who need help when suffering from depression or anxiety.
\r\nThe counseling center staff consists of licensed counselors and psychologists, and doctoral and masters-level graduate students working to complete their training in counseling and psychology.
\r\nThe UW Counseling Center is located at 341 Knight Hall. To make an appointment stop by the center during walk-in hours for an initial interview session with a counselor and to fill out a few forms. A counselor will then provide a student with a future appointment or give a referral to another agency that will best suit that student’s needs.
\r\nWalk-in hours are 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. daily. If a student has an urgent problem, crisis intervention services are also offered at the center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. A student with an after-hours emergency should call (307) 766-8989.
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The University of Wyoming recently announced budget cuts to many programs and departments, but one cut is garnering attention nationwide.
\r\nThe Geology Museum will close its doors permanently July 1 after the Board of Trustees voted to permanently discontinue its funding. This vote not only shutters the museum to the public, but the director and curator, Brent Breithaupt, has been fired. Breithaupt worked as curator of the museum for nearly 29 years and is worried about the status of what he calls “my life’s work.”
\r\n“I have devoted so much of my life to this, other people have prior to me and this is an incredible loss to the university, to the city and to the state,” said Breithaupt.
\r\nGraduates of UW and Laramie residents have written numerous letters voicing their concern over the museum’s closing.
\r\n“With a small, hard-working, and very professional staff, the museum has educated countless school children, UW students and visitors, passing tourists, and international researchers,” said Laramie resident and UW alum Barbara Love in a letter to the Casper-Star Tribune June 14.
\r\n“People from all over the world know and love Breithaupt and appreciate the incredible job he does ... no one, no one outside Wyoming remembers Fennis Dembo or any other Wyoming athlete,” said UW alum Dr. Donald B. McGowan of Kailua Kona, Hawaii in another letter. McGowan received his Ph.D. from the Department of Geology and Geophysics and works as a Senior Research Scientist at the Pacific Basin Foundation.
\r\nDr. Brent Deacon, assistant professor of psychology at UW, was visiting the museum with his two young daughters Tuesday and said the museum’s closing disappointed him.
\r\n“The Geology museum is one of the truly unique and wonderful attractions at the University of Wyoming, and it’s a terrible shame for it to close down because people who visit campus won’t be able to see it. I’m here with my two and four-year-old daughters, and we come here often. It’s our favorite thing to do in Laramie,” said Deacon.
\r\n“I was stunned. I’m still stunned. I will probably be stunned for years,” Breithaupt said of his reaction to the Board of Trustee’s decision to close the museum. “The museum is the oldest existing museum in the State of Wyoming. It began prior to statehood with the opening of the University in 1887. It has a tremendously long legacy on campus,” Breithaupt said.
\r\nUW alum Mark Travis echoed Breithaupt’s statements.
\r\n“It is a great loss to a great and long-standing institution,” he said. “Most of Wyoming\'s fossils find their way to museums in big cities far from our borders. It would be a tragedy if Wyoming no longer had the capacity to display our most valuable rarities such as fossils.” Travis graduated in 2006 from UW with a B.S. in Geology and worked at the museum under its work study programs.
\r\nTravis also said that the museum is invaluable to children with budding interests in geology.
\r\n“Where will our future geologists come from if we don\'t have the museum?” he said.
\r\nCurrent UW students also are dismayed at the museum’s closing.
\r\n“It’s a real shame because it’s one of the really relaxing places to go on campus and view the art and the exhibits,” said Jason White, a UW senior in psychology.” I don’t understand why they couldn’t make cuts elsewhere.”
\r\nBreithaupt said the museum has provided a tremendous amount of visible outreach to classes both on and off campus through programs he and others have developed over the past hundred years, gaining the university international recognition.
\r\n“This program and the legacy of this program is internationally known.” said Breithaupt. “It’s internationally known because of my work and the work of others over the last hundred years. So you eliminate a program with international standing, international recognition, international outreach…it’s just amazing.”
\r\nJune 30 will be the museum’s last day of operation.
\r\n“The doors are closing, and the lights are being switched off and it will become a big storage facility,” said Breithaupt.
\r\nVice President and UW Provost Myron Allen summarized the university’s plans in a memo released Wednesday. Allen said although the museum is closing to the public, there will be no change in the ownership of the museum’s exhibits and specimens and UW faculty members and their students can still access the display collections for purposes of university-level teaching and research.
\r\nDirector of Institutional Communications Jessica Lowell said the Board of Trustees and UW President Tom Buchannan carefully considered many different options in cutting the budget to keep instruction a top priority.
\r\n“If you look at the white papers that were produced to gather input, you’ll see that many different options were offered up to help us reach the objective of a reduction in our general fund of 10 percent or $18.3 million. In considering options, we chose to lessen the impact to our degree programs and our areas of distinction in teaching and research,” said Lowell. Lowell also said any future opening of the museum to visitors will be a determination of the Department of Geology and Geophysics and the availability of resources.
\r\nBreithaupt found out about the board’s decision in Switzerland from family and friends. He had traveled there to give a talk about UW’s geology program, the museum’s collection and his own research on dinosaur tracks.
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Saying goodbye to the old west entrance for new construction projects this Tuesday, William Robertson Coe library opens its new north doors. The new entrance can be found by the south-east entrance to the Union. With the new section of the library nearing completion, the old library sections will now go under renovation projects. Along with the relocation of books, the Book and Bean store is now relocated near the new North entrance.![\"\"](\"images/stories/20090403/creditcards.jpg\" "\\"Lenna")
A nationwide processor of debit and credit card transactions for nationwide retailers announced the theft of cardholder information, which could potentially affect a number of University of Wyoming students.
Heartland Payment Solutions, a payment processor, announced that it had learned it was a victim of a security breach within its processing system in 2008, in a recent news release. The processor, which authorizes 99 percent of attempted transactions and works with over 250,000 businesses nationwide, announced a list of compromised cards, the owners of which were then contacted by their card providers.
Due to the large number of compromised cards, it is possible that nearly every credit union, savings and loan center and bank in the country that issues debit and credit cards will have some customers affected, First Interstate Bank said.
No merchant data, cardholder Social Security numbers, unencrypted personal identification numbers (PIN), addresses or telephone numbers were involved in the breach, Heartland Payment Solutions said. No checking account numbers were compromised either, so there is no need for customers to change account numbers on their checking accounts, First Interstate Bank said.
\r\nJust because a card is listed as compromised does not mean that fraudulent activity has taken place, First Interstate Bank said. It just means that the debit or credit card was on the list of compromised cards and that the potential for fraud does exist.
\r\n“Heartland apologizes for any inconvenience this situation has caused,” Robert Baldwin, Heartland Payment Solutions’ president and chief financial officer, said. “Heartland is deeply committed to maintaining the security of cardholder data, and we will continue doing everything reasonably possible to achieve this objective.”
\r\nAffected cardholders will be issued new cards in order to ensure no credit fraud, First Interstate Bank said. First Interstate Bank recommends that every cardholder, no matter what financial establishment he or she uses, should check to see if any accounts have unauthorized transactions. If so, the customer should request a new card and destroy the old one.
\r\nCompromised cardholders were also told to notify vendors on new account numbers if the card holder has any automatic payments charged to their card, First Interstate Bank said.
\r\nOne such compromised cardholder is University of Wyoming student Jacob Swan.
\r\nSwan’s bank gave him instructions similar to that of First Interstate Bank and is also sending him a new debit card with a new PIN.
\r\n“Having to switch my automatic payments to a new account will be a little inconvenient, but I’m glad that the issue was caught early and that I didn’t have any fraudulent activity on my card,” Swan said.
\r\nVISA has taken steps to safeguard their users due to the recent breach at Heartland Payment Solutions, a news release said.
\r\nVISA recently issued a statement that announced the removal of Heartland Payment Solutions from its list of Payment Card Industry certified service providers, due to the serious amount of compromised cardholder information.
\r\nBy doing this, VISA has made it easier for the card brand to help card issuers recover from financial losses due to the compromised cards, the news release said.
\r\nIt will also make it easier for VISA to impose an estimated $150,000 worth of fines on the card processor where the breach occurred.
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\r\nThe ASUW Senate was evenly split on Bill #2239, with 13 senators for and 13 against the legislation. The legislation required a two-thirds majority to pass.
\r\nDespite the Senate moving into Committee of the Whole to discuss the item, the hour-long discussion yielded no recommendations regarding the action.
\r\nSenator Alex Smeaton critiqued the habit of “raiding the reserve” every time a potential expenditure was proposed. Executive of Finance Matt Scott said that funding CowboyBookSwap would reduce ASUW’s Reserve Fund to its minimum possible level for the next fiscal year.
\r\n“Keep in mind, tonight we did approve a total of $6,000 for two RSO events,” Senator Danica Day, author of the legislation, said.
\r\nDavid Primus, the founder and president of www.CowboyBookSwap.com, was present for the meeting, in order to answer questions. Also present were several representatives of the University Bookstore.
\r\n“If ASUW wanted this service, we believe we can provide the cheapest way to do it, and one that’s already being used,” Primus said.
\r\nPrimus maintained that the service’s continuation was questionable without outside funding, since the Web site is currently provided to students with no fee attached. According to the Web site’s founder, the group which maintains CowboyBookSwap is composed largely of volunteers, and the free service has consistently failed to produce a profit.
\r\nShawn Zeigler, Interim Manager of the University Bookstore, said that the bookstore’s book swap is “not that successful.”
\r\nPrimus alleged that he had never seen more than 21 books listed on the competing book swap’s Web site.
\r\nZiegler implied that the “knee-jerk reaction” to approve funding for CowboyBookSwap was a “Pavlovian response” which should be discounted. According to Ziegler, CowboyBookSwap is making “under a percent” of an impact currently on the bookstore’s textbook sales. “It’s very minimal,” Ziegler said.
\r\n“To us, the value is in what students are saving,” Primus said.
\r\nSince October 2005, more than 2,500 students have signed up for CowboyBookSwap, and more than 25,000 books have been listed on the Web site.
\r\nPrimus estimated “conservatively” that students had saved a total of $65,000 since the Web site’s inception, adding that he personally believed that students had saved more than $100,000.
\r\nMany senators agreed with Amy Berry’s sentiment that ASUW has a “symbiotic relationship” with the University Bookstore.
\r\nSeveral senators mentioned that constituents had sent in e-mails supporting the passage of the bill. Senator Jonathan Ingebrigtsen stated that he had received more than 50 e-mails from within his own college.
\r\nA parka-dressed dance troupe will give an interesting take on theater performance this weekend on campus.
\r\nThe Norwegian dance and theatre troupe Jo Stromgren Kompani will perform “Polaroid: What’s really going on around the North Pole” tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Arts & Sciences Auditorium. The show is part of the UW Department of Theatre and Dance program and introduces a guest artist, choreographer and producer Jo Stomgren.
\r\n“Polaroid” is an innovative performance that breaks down language barriers in a twisted sort of way. Associate professor Margaret Wilson said she found the troupe after travelling in Greenland and thought that UW could showcase them.
\r\n“Choreographer Jo Stomgren does very specific works on social issues of all flavors and varieties,” Wilson said. “It’s a unique experience to see this different type of theater.”
\r\nThe show is described as provocative because of the lack of clothes on the performers. Their clothing is limited to parkas and underwear and allows the audience to fully focus on their actions, which also should further break down barriers.
\r\nWilson explains that “Polaroid” provides a “simple way of looking at life.” Performed in the Greenlandic language, gesture is key to the performance.
\r\n“Sometimes words aren’t important or actually get in the way of what we are really saying,” Wilson said. “This performance, with four women and one man, is a communication with movements, showing when they are happy, sad, in conflict, etc. Human interaction is sometimes influenced by other aspects of our life, but we aren’t that different.”
\r\nThis performance is free and open to the public.
\r\nStudents will have the opportunity to attend “Heart Mountain as Home: Foretop’s Father in the 21st Century,” from noon to 1 p.m. Friday in the Agriculture Building Room 316. The Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center Geospatial Forum is sponsoring the event.
\r\nThe forum will focus on the ways Heart Mountain functions as an important landmark in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming and how it has affected wildlife, indigenous people and other people of the area.
\r\nDuring World War II, the Heart Mountain Relocation Center served as a camp for over 10,000 Japanese Americans who were detained through the course of the war. The talk will focus on part of a larger effort to develop an electronic cultural map of Wyoming.
\r\nThe forum will use Google Earth, video clips of Crow elders from the Wyoming Heritage Project and other cultural geography to look at how Heart Mountain will and will not be home to people in the 21st century.
\r\nThe presenter will be Adjunct Professor of the Religious Studies Program and African American Studies Program Mary Keller.
\r\n“I cover the archaeological record of Native American presence, track the history of Peace Councils and treaties that gave the land to the Crow [Apsáalooke], and then reduced the reservation from 33 million acres to eight million acres, all north of the Wyoming/Montana border,” Keller said.
\r\n“Using video clips of Crow elders describing how the mountain is their home, the paper opens up ground for considering what it means to live in Wyoming when there are multiple worlds that exist on the same ground,” she said.
\r\nWyGISM, based out of the University of Wyoming, works with development, education and outreach associated with geospatial data and analysis in Wyoming. The center features projects across Wyoming, the Rocky Mountain region and beyond.
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The 13th annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice will start today and run through Friday. All events hosted by the symposium are free and open to the public.
The Shepard Symposium on Social Justice, an annual event at the University of Wyoming since 1997, has evolved into a major national conference, seeking to engage participants in discussion and analyses of strategies and actions that can eliminate social inequality.
\r\nThe Shepard Symposium will begin at 7 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Ballroom with the movie “Straightlace,” which takes a powerful look at how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are shaping the lives of American teens. The film will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the director, Debra Chasnoff.
\r\nFollowing the movie at 9 p.m., the fourth annual hip-hop event in the Wyoming Union Ballroom will feature Rosa Clemente, hip-hop activist, community organizer, journalist and 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate. Collected Elements, a local hip-hop group, will also participate.
\r\nOn Thursday at 11 a.m., Eli Clare will speak on disability, queer and transgender identities and social justice. Clare will also present a poetry reading at 12:30 p.m.
\r\nA screening of “It’s Still Elementary,” a film presenting a moving story about the power to ignite positive social change through documentary film and grassroots organizing, will take place at 4:15 p.m. Thursday.
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At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, the symposium will have it’s keynote address in the College of Education Auditorium called “Gay Civil Rights & Its Impact on the Individual, Business and Community” given by Elizabeth Birch, civil rights activist and former executive director of the Human Rights Campaign.
\r\nOn Friday at 11 a.m. the endnote event takes place with Beth Loffreda, UW Associate Professor and author of” Losing Matt Shepard: Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay Murder.”
\r\nAt 1:30 p.m. the symposium will show the Lifetime Movie, “Prayers for Bobby,” followed by a panel discussion on the parenting-child relationship of an emerging LGBTQ identity.
\r\nOn most of the day on Thursday and the morning half of Friday, the symposium will host many concurrent events, speeches and presentations on matters of social justice.
\r\nThough the Shepard Symposium is not hosting the Elton John concert on Friday at 8 p.m., the show was timed in accordance with the end of the symposium and all ticket sales from the event will go to the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
\r\nThe symposium changed its name in 2002 to honor the work of the Shepard family and the memory of their son, Mathew Shepard, a UW student. The symposium works as a living reminder of the need for information and dialogue about social justice concerns in America.
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Less than one-fourth of the University of Wyoming’s student population voted in the 2009 Associated Students of the University of Wyoming’s primary election, which took place March 23-25.
“According to election officials, this year’s primaries saw a relatively high number of voters. I hope that this continues into the general election,” Tyler Neasloney, sophomore ASUW senate candidate, said.
\r\nIn the area of the ASUW executive branch candidates, which are the pairs running for president and vice president, the results noted a 20 percent voter turnout, according to an ASUW document circulated after the primary.
\r\nIn this area of the primary election, 1,807 of the 9,048 eligible students voted.
\r\n“We would always like to see more students taking the time to voice their opinions on campus, but I am pleased that students were willing to take the initiative to vote in the primary,” Angela Barrett, junior ASUW senate candidate, said.
\r\nOut of three pairs campaigning for the president and vice president positions in ASUW, candidates Mathew Haigler and Danee Hunzie and Rey Fuentes and Jenny Reese will continue on to the general election.
\r\nHaigler and Hunzee received 753 votes while Fuentes and Reese received 614, according to the ASUW results document.
\r\nThe candidates running for a position as a College of Business senator were also included in the primary election.
\r\nStudents within the College of Business were allowed to vote in this candidacy.
\r\nThe six College of Business candidates continuing on to the general election are Katie Cusack, 105 votes; Phillip Abernathy, 104 votes; Barrett, 98 votes; Neasloney, 94 votes; Desirai Lopez, 89 votes and Fidensio Simental, 78 votes.
\r\n“I am so excited to find out that I had made it through the primary. If the opportunity to show how effective a leader I can be is given to me, I will promote the interests of my college and every student with integrity and hard work,” Cusack said.
\r\nThe College of Business primary had 154 of the 861 eligible College of Business students vote. This gave the College of Business election an 18 percent voter turnout.
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“I was not pleased that every College of Business student did not choose to take an active role in deciding who represents them,” Cusack said.
\r\nThis type of turnout was expected because of misinformation, Cusack said. Many students Cusack spoke to were not even aware that the primary was taking place.
\r\nASUW also had trouble with their newly integrated voting system through WyoWeb, according to a UW news release.
\r\nStudents who voted through WyoWeb were encouraged to re-vote through a secure link that was sent to their e-mail accounts.
\r\nCusack and Barrett both hope for an increase in voter turnout for the general election.
\r\n“It’s very important that students make the effort to be aware of how their student fees are being spent and who is making the decisions about changes on campus,” Barrett said.
\r\nThe student opinion is essential to ASUW, since it is one of the most efficient venues for students to voice their concerns and advocate for their interests, ASUW President Kelsey Day said.
\r\nThe more students who get involved and cast their vote, the more legitimate ASUW can become, Day said.
\r\n“If you think ASUW does nothing and your vote does not matter, you are not only mistaken, you are allowing that attitude to continue,” Day said.
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The Associated Students of the University of Wyoming presidential and vice presidential candidates Rey Fuentes and Jenny Reese, along with several others, have filed a formal complaint with ASUW regarding the upcoming elections.
\r\nThe complaint, filed Monday, cites Article IV, Section 5(B) of the ASUW Bylaws, which states “general elections will be held 12 a.m. the second Monday in April through 5 p.m. the following Wednesday.” According to a memorandum from the 20 complainants, the date cited in the ASUW working documents directly conflicts with this year’s senate-approved elections schedule, which sets the election dates April 6-8.
\r\nMaintaining the integrity of senate procedures was the focus of the complaint, according to Jenny Reese. “Fair is fair,” Reese said.
\r\n“Anyone who believes the bylaws are the true working documents of ASUW should support this,” Fuentes said.
\r\n“I think having the judicial council make the decision is the proper way to handle this,” Fuentes said, advocating a consistent interpretation of ASUW’s documents.
\r\nThere are two possible solutions, ASUW adviser Matt Caires said. Either the senate could take action, or the judicial council could work to ameliorate the dispute. Caires described this year’s approved elections schedule as a “subsidiary” or “ancillary” document to the ASUW by-laws, possibly subject to interpretation.
\r\nPresidential candidate Matt Haigler argued that the elections should “stay where they are,” in part because “ASUW has already paid a lot of money for advertising.”
\r\n“Ideally, ASUW shouldn’t break its bylaws, but there’s another issue: If they change it, it also violates another bylaw, and I think that you’ll actually see less voter participation if we move it,” Haigler said. The ASUW bylaws limit complaints to ten days after any supposed infraction. Since the senate voted on the elections schedule Feb. 3, the formal complaint may have come too late for action to be taken, former ASUW Chief Justice Haigler said.
\r\nReportedly, the ASUW Elections Committee is concerned about the possibility of re-scheduling, because they have already printed election T-shirts embroidered with the disputed dates.
\r\n“Ultimately, the judicial council gets to do what they decide,” Caires said. Caires also mentioned that “the senate created the problem; the senate needs to fix the problem.”
\r\nCaires speculated that the judicial council would not have a solution to propose at this evening’s meeting, and encouraged the council not to rush their decision.
\r\n Finishing a nighttime test run in Thursday\'s snow, Matt Straka cruises around on his group\'s two-person moonbuggy. The contraption will compete in Alabama next week, April 3rd and 4th, in NASA\'s mechanical engineering competition \"The Great Moonbuggy Race.\" Last year a UW team placed 4th, and Straka has hopes to beat that ranking with the new design.
A suicide survivor support group has become available recently for those affected by suicide at the University of Wyoming and in the Laramie community.
\r\nThe group is starting April 13 in Education Room 44. Anyone in the community may come to the meeting to share experiences or listen to others for support.
\r\nThe support group has been in the process of development since January with the help of second-year Master’s student Suzanne Knapp; doctorate student in the Department of Counselor Education, Michael Bishop; and a second-year pharmacy student Ashley Colyer.
\r\nNo other similar group exists. The grieving process after a death by suicide can be very complex. People may face extreme anger at the deceased.
\r\n“I wanted to start this group because my 22-year-old brother killed himself in 2001,” Colyer said.
\r\n“I absolutely adored him and I miss him every day. There were no support groups in my hometown at the time and my family felt very isolated. Over Christmas break this year I thought, maybe it’s time for a support group in Laramie,” Colyer said.
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Newly approved Chief Justice Kelsey Kurtz delivered a Judicial Council ruling to the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming Senate Tuesday night, indicating “that the financial policy was violated by ASUW on Feb. 3, 2009, when funds were allocated to Colleges Against Cancer.”
The Judicial Council used a Black’s Law Dictionary definition to justify their ruling that “Colleges Against Cancer is a charitable organization unable to receive funding as per ASUW Finance Policy, section III, and subsection A, clause 5.”
\r\nSenators Amy Berry, Jessie Berry and Dixie Thoman lodged the formal complaint to the ASUW Judicial Council on Feb. 16. The decision on the complaint was made under the supervision of former Chief Justice Matt Haigler, who resigned from the position due to the announcement of his ASUW presidential candidacy.
\r\nThe ruling does not affect the funds, which have already been allocated to the group. Rather, the judicial branch of ASUW recommended that the senate outline the definition of a charity more strictly in relation to their finance policy, which prohibits funding for charitable ventures.
\r\n“Whether we violated the finance policy or not, I think that the money’s already been given out,” Senator Benjamin Kinney said, concluding that the focus was now on “moving forward.”
\r\nThe violation occurred, according to the ruling, because “the funds benefitted the constituents of the organization, rather than the students of the University of Wyoming.” According to Chief Justice Kurtz, the section of the ASUW Finance Policy in question is in compliance with the Wyoming State Constitution.
\r\n“By allowing it, even though it was a good cause, it opens up a lot of wormholes for other organizations to kind of take advantage of student fees,” Kurtz said.
\r\nKurtz said that she thought that the senate was good at following the finance policy, and hoped that they would follow a “neutral definition” when student fee allocation was involved.
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This January, the American International School in Gaza was hit by Israeli rockets, destroying the school and leaving more than 250 students with a questionable future concerning their education.
Rebecca Dryer, a 2007 graduate from the University of Wyoming, decided to step in and help these students. Dryer started the organization Books4Gaza with the intention of helping these students finish their education.
\r\n“What matters is these students have to start from scratch and somehow get the textbooks and library books they need to continue their studies. No one should be denied an education, especially because of lack of materials,” Dryer said.
\r\nThe goal of Books4Gaza is to collect 15,000 books to replace the AIS Gaza library and raise the $10,000 it will take to send the books from Denver to Gaza. So far Dryer has collected 1,223 books and $300.
\r\n“Of course it’s going slower than I would like,” Dryer said. “But I get what I can and am doing everything I can think of to spread the word and tell the country about this venture.”
\r\nBooks4Gaza is looking for any books newer than 1990 and appropriate for kindergarten to 12th grade students. Dryer has been working on this project since the end of January and the goal is to have the books and money ready to send by August 2009.
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Books4Gaza has received donations from individuals, schools and even thrift stores.
\r\nThey have also been working through the Muslim Student Association at UW to raise all the books and funds that they can.
\r\n“One dollar donated to Books4Gaza from 10,000 people already covers the projected cost of sending the books from Denver to Israel,” Dryer said. “It’s amazing what a lot of people can accomplish with only a little effort, and of course the more people that know about the venture, the easier it will be to accomplish our goals.”
\r\n“Please, let everyone know. Obviously the more people, the more books, the more money and the faster those kids can get back to studying,” Dryer said.
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\r\nThe Criminal Justice Club and department will be hosting the fair, which will be the 23rd annual event held at the University of Wyoming.
\r\nRepresentatives from several agencies are slated to be in attendance, including state and regional offices and federal bureaus, as well private companies and firms. The UW College of Law and other graduate programs will also be present.
\r\n“The recent economy has limited the number of representatives this year, but the event should still be very attractive for those seeking work in these careers,” Laurie Sanchez, office manager for the Department of Criminal Justice, said.
\r\n“Our hope is that we can get enough foot traffic, which the representatives really like to see, to make up for the absences,” Sanchez said.
\r\nThe event, which is free and open to the public, also provides door prizes for those who attend.
\r\nIn addition, the opportunities for hiring and internships provided at the fair are usually very generous, according to representatives from the department.
\r\nNotable agencies scheduled to attend include the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service, as well as state offices such as the Wyoming Department of Corrections and the Wyoming Department of Family Services.
\r\nAny interested individuals are encouraged to bring their resume, dress professionally and be ready to represent themselves well.
\r\nThe first annual University of Wyoming Relay for Life walk, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, will take place in Half Acre Gym April 17-18. Participation will cost $10.
\r\nThe event came to UW by promotion of the new RSO, Colleges Against Cancer, which was created on campus last fall. Currently, Colleges Against Cancer has around 20 students involved and they hope Relay for Life will bring an additional 200 students, faculty and staff to the event.
\r\n“Relay for Life is an awareness-raiser about the progress against cancer as much as it is a fundraiser,” Lindsay Kowalski, event chair for UW Relay for Life said. “Individuals who are willing to give their time and energy to this exciting event, as a volunteer or participant, have made a commitment to fight back against this disease and let the community know that you can beat cancer.”
\r\nTeams of eight to 15 people will gather with sleeping bags and tents to join in the nation’s largest fundraising walk.
\r\nThe walk brings together all different types of life to join forces and fight for the same cause: eliminating cancer.
\r\nThis event will take place separate from the Laramie community event that happens during the summer months when most students are gone.
\r\nStudents are encouraged to participate in this year’s theme, superheroes, by wearing superhero costumes, creating team logos, etc.
\r\nThe American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a health problem in the United States through research and education. The ACS has local offices in 3,400 communities and 13 regional offices across the United States.
\r\nThe Associated Students of the University of Wyoming’s primary election hit a snag Monday, resulting in the necessary dismissal of several hundred votes. ASUW Adviser Matt Caires said the snafu revolved around a glitch in the software that allowed students to vote multiple times via WyoWeb.
\r\n“Some people are even saying that they were voting up to 10 times on WyoWeb,” Caires said.
\r\nASUW President Kelsey Day discovered there was a problem when she attempted to vote on Monday morning. After voting once, Day was able to vote again.
\r\nFrom 12:01 a.m. on Monday to 2 a.m. on Tuesday, several hundred votes were cast by students using WyoWeb. StudentVoice, the company that provides the voting software for ASUW, patched their program at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, which effectively resolved the issue.
\r\n“Any votes that came in through WyoWeb won’t be counted toward the final primary results,” Caires said.
\r\n“From the data we have right now, the votes that have to be discounted from Monday have not skewed the election results,” Caires said.
\r\nNonetheless, the possibility exists that one of the candidates may cry foul. In that instance, any appeal for a reconsideration of the votes would have to go through the ASUW Judicial Council. A difference of less than 5 percent between the numbers of votes received by two candidate pairs would be significant grounds to ask for a judicial review, Caires said.
\r\nStudents who voted on Monday are encouraged to give it a second try.
\r\n“If you’re wondering if your vote counted, if you have any question, vote again,” Caires said.
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Today’s featured conversation with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews has been rescheduled for April 15.
\r\n“A Conversation with Chris Matthews: The Presidency of Barack Obama” is part of the Simpson Speaker Series Program and will still be held free to the public in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium.
\r\nThe new time has yet to be established.
\r\nAt the event, Matthews will discuss the recent economic crisis and the new team charged with facing it, as well as other challenges for President Obama.
\r\nMatthews is the provocative host of “Hardball with Chris Matthews.”
\r\nHe is also a distinguished political commentator. Throughout his career, he has covered a wide array of significant events, including presidential elections since 1988, the Good Friday Peace Talks in North Ireland and the first all-races elections in South Africa.
\r\nHe has also achieved distinction in print journalism as Washington Bureau Chief with the San Francisco Examiner and served for 15 years in politics, four of them under Jimmy Carter—as well as a popular portrayal by Darrell Hammond on “Saturday Night Live.”
\r\nMatthews has been awarded, among other accolades, the David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.
\r\nRetired Wyoming Senator Alan K. Simpson and UW’s Distinguished Simpson Professor in Political Science Peter Simpson are moderating the event.
\r\nIn the past, the Simpson Speaker Series has brought such notables as Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush, as well as Wyoming governors and other political leaders.
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The ASUW primary election started yesterday and will continue until 5 p.m. tomorrow.
An eligible voter is any University of Wyoming student who pays student fees.
\r\nStudents are only allowed to vote for candidates in their college, excluding presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The primary allows for twice the number of allotted senate seats for each college to be applicable in the upcoming election. For the College of Business, only six candidates vying for three positions will be allowed to run in the general election.
\r\nThe primary also picks only two tickets to run against each other in the general election for the executive positions of president and vice president.
\r\nThere are three tickets running to compete in the general election for the executive office: Rey Fuentes and Jenny Reese, Matt Haigler and Danee Hunzie, and Benjamin Kinney and Caitlin Wallace.
\r\nStudents can vote through any computer that has Internet access. The voting ballot can be accessed by clicking on the symbol in the upper right hand corner of the screen in WyoWeb labeled “vote.” Students have also received an e-mail in their university account containing a link to an electronic ballot.
\r\nStudents with disabilities can use paper ballots. These ballots will be available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the union.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-23 23:13:40','104','Max D\'Onofrio','2009-03-24 05:07:25','62','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-23 07:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','205','election, primary, students, candidates, college, general, vote, allowed, vice, asuw, run, presidential, university, executive, tickets, positions, tomorrow, ballots, ballot, student','The ASUW primary election started yesterday and will continue until 5 p.m. tomorrow.','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2071','Survey: Most UW undergrads oppose lowering drinking age','survey-most-uw-undergrads-oppose-lowering-drinking-age','','[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story was written and submitted by students in Professor George Gladney’s News Writing & Reporting class—COJO 2100.]
In a recent campus survey about drinking behavior and attitudes of University of Wyoming undergraduates, slightly more than half said the drinking age in Wyoming should not be lowered to 18.
Roughly one out of four respondents who gave a reason said if a person is old enough to serve in the military, the person is old enough to drink legally. About one in five said university students will drink regardless, and 17 percent agreed with the statement that Europeans have the right idea—moderate drinking is OK with eating and simple relaxation with others; it’s nothing to make a big deal about.
The non-scientific straw poll relied on a random sample of 173 students. Students were surveyed in late November and responses were anonymous, although some students gave permission for their name to be used.
Other highlights of the survey included after the break:
• Approximately one out of four respondents rated UW as a “big party school,” but a larger number—roughly a third—said it is not much of a party school or had no idea.
• Twenty-two percent said drinking has negatively affected their academic performance.
• About one in five said drinking has led them to engage in unprotected sex.
• Close to one half said they first drank to excess before graduating from high school, but close to one in three said they’re non-drinkers or don’t drink during a typical school week.
• Forty-one percent of the respondents described themselves as occasional social drinkers, 19.7 percent as moderate drinkers, and only 5.2 percent as heavy drinkers.
Fully 17.3 percent said that in a typical school week they drink only one day, while 20.8 percent said two days and 12.1 percent said three. Not quite one in 10 said they drank four or more days. Only12.1 percent said they had ever been cited by police for an alcohol-related offense.
About one third of the respondents rated the campus police as highly or moderately effective concerning problems associated with drinking at UW, but a larger percent (42.2) said the same of the city police.
Asked whether fraternities are best known for community service and philanthropy or casual drinking, 59.5 percent of students agreed with the latter. Approximately 15 percent said fraternities are best known for community service and philanthropy, and 24 percent gave other reasons or had no opinion.
Several students cautioned not to be swayed by stereotypes, warning that many people have the wrong idea about fraternities. David Allan Collins, a freshman mechanical engineering major, said all Greek organizations “take alcohol-related problems very seriously, and they strongly advocate safe alcohol consumption practices, such as not drinking to excess and not drinking and driving.”
Collins added, “People must understand that for any Greek organization, academics and responsibility come first, and having fun comes second.”
Approximately one in three respondents said UW’s alcohol-related programs are moderately effective, while 23.7 percent said not effective and only 5.2 percent said highly effective. Fully 36.4 percent didn’t have an opinion
Fully 42.8 percent of the sample said they’ve never heard of AWARE (Alcohol Wellness Alternatives, Research & Education), UW’s new alcohol program. Another 27.7 percent rated AWARE as moderately effective, while 21.4 percent said it was not effective and 7.5 percent said it was highly effective.
Asked about the effectiveness of the SafeRide program, well more than half (57.2 percent) said they never use it. About one in four said they use it sometimes, 10.4 percent said often and only five students said always.
Seventy percent of respondents said SafeRide does not need improvement, but several respondents said hours and days of operation should be expanded and include summer. Several respondents said the vans should operate in the wee hours of the morning beyond 2 a.m.
One respondent added, “It would be nice if it took people around that don’t live on campus.”
Brittany Parsons, a journalism senior, said, “I think SafeRide needs to be better about safety and making people wear their seatbelts, and not allowing too many people in the van.”
Concerning the question of dropping Wyoming’s legal drinking age to 18, one student opposed the idea, saying a person’s brain is not fully developed before age 21 and damage might occur.
Maria Stoughton, a sophomore nursing major, said if parents fulfill their responsibility to teach their children about alcohol abuse and the danger of drinking and driving, students should already know how to drink responsibly when they go off to college.
Mike Morris, a junior chemistry major, said “behavioral patterns have shown that young people in Wyoming frequently abuse alcohol when it is available, and increasing that availability only exacerbates the problem.”
A memorial for Perrin T. Recks was held Monday night at the University of Wyoming Foundation House. Recks’ body was found outside his workplace at the Wyoming Survey and Analytical Center early in the morning on September 22.
University of Wyoming Police Chief Troy Lane said that investigations showed Recks died of an apparent suicide, but would not discuss the details further.
Professor Ulrich Adelt had Recks in African American Music last spring. “He was quiet, but he knew a lot about music,” Adelt said. “I remember he was the only student in the class who knew an avant-garde jazz musician I mentioned in class.”
Adelt said he could tell Recks was always prepared when he came to class, he just didn’t speak up a lot. “He was kind of in his own world. I feel like he had a lot going for him, he just didn’t take advantage or express it,” Adelt said. “He seemed very intelligent but he didn’t necessarily want to share that with others.”
Even though Recks didn’t speak up a lot in class, Adelt said his death still took him by surprise. “I didn’t see it coming at all—there are always quiet students in class. When this happens to someone this young, it is very tragic.”
Trent Holder, Recks’ coworker at WYSAC, said that he was shocked and saddened at the news as well. “He was never stressed or upset about work or life and seemed very easy going, which is why it was such a surprise for everybody,” he said. “He was always a nice guy, but he was quiet and I never saw him outside of work.”
The University Counseling Center is prepared to help students, staff and faculty deal with this tragedy. “We don’t usually see faculty and staff on a regular basis, but in this situation we will,” Dan Socall, director of the Counseling Center, said. “We wouldn’t turn anyone away in a crisis.”
The Counseling Center offers free consultations to students and staff who have questions about whether someone they know may be at risk of depression or suicide. The counselors can discuss warning signs and what to do if the person is at risk.
“One of the most effective ways if a friend needs help is to offer to walk them over to our center,” Socall said. “Offering your support and care is what to do at first, and throughout the whole situation. If you are feeling over your head, call us and we can help you figure out what to do.”
The Counseling Center also offers a “Gatekeepers” program, which trains anyone on campus to recognize distress and suicide signs, and how to get help. Socall said that the more people that are able to recognize the signs of suicide and depression, the better.
“90% of suicidal people are ambivalent,” Socall said. “They will let it slip to someone, because they want people to know, and recognizing the slip is the opportunity to get them help.”
In 2005, Wyoming was tied with New Mexico for the fourth-highest suicide rate in the country, following Montana, Nevada and Alaska according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and www.suicide.org. In 2004, suicide was the third-leading cause of death among Americans ages 10-24.
For more information on the “Gatekeepers” program or for any questions about suicide or suicide prevention, contact the University Counseling Center at 766-2187.
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\r\nJoe Riis graduated from UW with a degree in Wildlife Biology and Environment & Natural Resources.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nPresenting a series of wildlife photographs from across Wyoming, Riis retraced his two-year project that led him through the Grand Teton National Park to the Red Desert in order to track, study and document the Wyoming Pronghorn migration. Initially, former UW grad Emilene Ostlind wrote essays on the Pronghorn migration but eventually asked Riis to help assist her on the project known as “Pronghorn Passage.” Coming only into contact with each other throughout the winter and spring seasons in order to share collected data, Riis describes his approach to discovering the pronghorn migration route.
\r\n“I walked the migration twice and that’s how, more or less, I figured out exactly where they were going. I was either following footprints or actively watching them, and after that I went to cameras,” Riis said.
\r\nNever wanting to disturb the animals in their natural habitat, Riis refrained from using flash at all times and instead resorted to what he calls “camera traps.”
\r\n“Essentially it is a just a normal, nice camera with a really wide-angle lens hooked up to an infrared-V and when the beam is broken it tells the camera when to take the picture,” he said.
\r\nBesides the rare occasion of having a black bear devour one of his cameras, Riis was able to gather images that depict the enduring hardships and dangerous conditions these animals are forced to overcome. Rapid-flowing rivers and busy highways serve as just two examples Riis presented as barriers to the pronghorn’s natural progression to the southern part of the state.
\r\n“One of the other issues with antelope is that they go under fences and if the wire is not at least 12 to 16 inches, they cannot go under and sometimes become caught in the fence because they are forced to jump,” he said.
\r\nEfforts are being made to improve the fences in order to allow easier, safer access to pronghorn.
\r\nRiis hopes that the Wyoming Pronghorn migration will also become the first national migration corridor and that, with time, other parts of the migration route will be designated as a protected area within Wyoming as well.
\r\n“All we’re trying to do is bring awareness to animal migrations, animal movements and try to help people realize that these animals need to move as temperatures change and as this planet shifts,” Riis said. “So we focused on the antelope but more of our goal was to help people visualize animals in their own backyard.”
\r\nThough his initial intentions for attending UW may have been for the opportunity to rock climb and snowboard, Riis’ passion for the outdoors has led him into the backcountry of Wyoming as a wildlife photojournalist as well as across the globe to parts of Asia and Africa with National Geographic to address current environmental issues and take pictures of large, meat-eating felines.
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\r\nSize:
\r\n40,000 square feet
\r\nThree floor levels
\r\n114 seat lecture hall
\r\n36 seat teaching laboratory
\r\nPublic meeting areas
\r\nSeminar rooms
\r\nOffices
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Functions:
\r\nUW vertebrate Zoology Collection
\r\nProgram in Ecology (PiE) administrative offices
\r\nWyoming Natural Diversity Database (WYNND)
\r\nThree UW core research facilities: the Stable Isotope Facility (SIF), the Nucleic Acid Exploration Facility (NAEF), and the Macromolecular Core Equipment Facility (MCEF).
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\r\nThe award is given to a president who exemplifies leadership to create a campus environment where learning and campus life are not undermined by the misuse of alcohol, according to Outside the Classroom and United Educators.
\r\n\r\n','\r\n“The award is managed by Outside the Classroom and United Educators. They are passionate about harm reduction and alcohol awareness so we can maximize the success of students nationally,” Sara Axelson, vice president of student affairs, said.
\r\nNominators were asked to talk about how societal conditions drive alcohol use and the magnitude of the alcohol-related problems in universities.
\r\nBuchanan cited in his acceptance speech that, at UW, these examples are easy to find because 25 percent of students in Wyoming have reported drinking before the age of 13 and 72 percent of arrests and citations from the UW Police Department involve alcohol.
\r\n“Across the nation, college and university presidents have to face the fact that young people coming to the university are already experienced with alcohol,” he said.
\r\nNominators were also asked to talk about how their president has taken an active stand on alcohol and made prevention of its misuse a priority for their institution, as well as created new initiatives to change student norms away from alcohol use.
\r\n“President Buchanan’s commitment to addressing alcohol issues and success in decreasing both alcohol use and its adverse effects are models for the entire higher education community,” Janice Abraham, CEO of United Educators, said in a press release.
\r\nBuchanan has implemented alternative late night programs for students, mandatory online alcohol education and AWARE, which is a nationally recognized alcohol education and intervention program.
\r\nHe is also the leader of the A-Team, a coalition of campus and community members to change campus, local and state laws and policies surrounding alcohol.
\r\nAccording to a press release from Outside the Classroom and United Educators, from 2007 to 2009, student binge drinking dropped by 24 percent, in part because of Buchanan’s work.
\r\nThere was also a 29 percent decrease in students reporting alcohol interfering with academics and a 40 percent decrease in drunk driving, according to the release.
\r\n“It’s really very rare for you to see something like what is happening here at the University of Wyoming,” Brandon Busteed, founder and CEO of Outside the Classroom, said.
\r\n“You have not only many staff across the university start to get involved in a very important way, but you also see a very committed and dedicated university president who doesn’t just talk the talk but is a very on-the-point leader in espousing his belief that this is an important issue to address,” he said.
\r\n“The kind words are humbling, but this is an award for the university. It is not an award for me, and it is an award for the hard work of our faculty, our staff and of our students,” Buchanan said.
\r\nBuchanan was given $20,000 for the university, which he dedicated for use by the AWARE program.
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Andrew Hammond was found dead in his vehicle early on the morning of Jan. 1, after his car apparently slid off the road into Spring Creek near Seventh Street.
According to LPD, Hammond’s body was discovered at 6:45 a.m., after a neighbor notified LPD that Hammond’s Nissan Xterra was sitting immobile in the middle of Spring Creek.
\r\n','\r\nIn an interview published in The Laramie Boomerang, LPD commander Mitch Cushman confirmed reports that although Hammond had sustained minor injuries when his vehicle slid off of the road, he was apparently able to walk. Cushman also confirmed that police found a small amount of blood on the steering wheel.
Evidence from the scene indicates that Hammond exited the SUV and walked around the vehicle before reentering it and attempting to drive it out of the creek.
It is unclear as to why Hammond did not seek assistance by either walking to one of the nearby houses or using his cell phone, which was found in his pocket.
County coroner Kathleen Vernon confirmed that the apparent cause of death has been ruled as exposure to the elements. Temperatures on the morning of Jan. 1 were reported as being one degree, with a wind chill of 30 degrees below zero. Vernon said that whether drugs or alcohol were a factor could not be determined because toxicology tests were not yet finished.
Andrew Hammond graduated from Niobrara County High School in 2005 where he played on the school’s golf and basketball teams. He was also involved in Future Business Leaders of America. In 2009, Hammond graduated from UW with a BA in business administration.
While at UW, Hammond was involved in the business honorary --Alpha Kappa Psi and his interests included hunting, fishing, wakeboarding and snowboarding.
Services were held in Lusk at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church last Wednesday.
Coe Library saw a large budget reduction this fiscal year, but Dean of Libraries Maggie Farrell said staff and faculty are working hard to reduce the impact felt by students returning in the fall.
\r\nFarrell said the libraries on campus, including Coe, will see reduced hours in the fall, but the cut in hours will be during times with low impact on students, such as Friday evenings.
\r\n“While this is a difficult time for UW, I am confident that the decisions we are making in the libraries are thoughtful with the students’ needs foremost in our thinking,” said Farrell.
\r\nThe campus libraries felt a budget cut of $4.3 million, an amount that is half of the regular budget.
\r\n“As a result, we will only have limited purchasing of books for the academic year. It is hoped that half of the reduction will be restored in July 2010 and if so, then this reduction in the book purchasing will be partially restored next year,” Farrell said. “This will be a significant impact on the students and faculty but we believe we can recover the book collection and services once the Wyoming economy improves for a long-time, minimal impact.”
\r\nFarrell said UW libraries have a very strong interlibrary loan program and can easily obtain books through Prospector from academic libraries along the Front Range as well as through international lending.
\r\nThe construction on the new Coe Library will be completed this fall, with a grand opening scheduled for Nov. 19, 2009. Farrell said the new expansions at Coe will greatly benefit students in areas of research and learning.
\r\n“We will have 20 group study rooms, larger and flexible spaces that permit students to work in groups, improved spaces for the IT student lab that allows more computers and using computers in a group setting,” she said.“In addition, we have two classrooms that are significantly better than our previous classrooms and our librarians use these rooms for information literacy courses and working with faculty on integrating research into courses.”
\r\nThe Book and Bean is open and has been expanded, with Residence Life and Dining expanding their food offerings this fall.
\r\n“The space will mirror the activities and services that we have been providing,” Farrell said of the café, “and I believe students will be very pleased.”
\r\nUW had planned to expand its library collections to achieve membership in the Greater Western Library Alliance, but, according to Farrell, the time frame for applying for membership is pushed out further than originally planned to 2012. Farrell was involved in many of the discussions regarding the budget cuts at UW, some of which were controversial, but she said the president and provost were aware of the impact of the budget decisions.
\r\nRenovation of the libraries in and around campus is almost complete. Farrell said the former Science and Technology Library was converted into the Library Annex with compact shelving for storing older print journals and government documents. After Coe is complete, volumes will be transferred from the Annex to Coe.
\r\n“All printed materials, 1.5 million, will be in their final locations by the end of 2009,” said Farrell.
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Over the past several years, the economic recession has created hard times for everyone, but despite the concerns, the University of Wyoming’s Foundation has stayed strong in the numbers of donations it has received.
Through the generosity of alumni, corporations, friends of the university, and other foundations, UW’s Foundation over the past few years has been able to continually receive a little more than $30 million on average per year in private support.
','Appointed by the University Board of Trustees to raise, receive and manage private gifts to maximize support for UW, the Foundation’s average yearly donations have exceeded any previous period.
The money, which supports the university’s infrastructure, students, faculty positions and many other programs, is a vast improvement from a decade ago when the Foundation was averaging only $10 million dollars per year.
“Private giving has escalated dramatically at the university over the past decade,”
Ben Blalock, president of the Foundation, said, “The University of Wyoming has remained strong in the hearts and minds of our alumni and friends.”
Though the economic downturn has had an effect on the fundraising effort, the dollar totals have remained much stronger over the last few years than estimated.
Blalock believes a major reason for this steady level of donations is due to the fortunate position of the school—in a state where the economy has remained reasonably strong.
With the average number of donors to the school numbering around 24,000 annually, the university is always striving for continuous improvement despite its surprising stability.
An independent, nonprofit corporation with a Board of Directors comprised of 36 members that has been part of the university for more than 48 years, the Foundation fits a specific niche that helps fund many specific projects on campus.
“Donors tell us how they want their dollars to be designated and then we send those dollars over to the University of Wyoming so they end up in the hands of students and support faculty positions, and other programs,” Blalock said.
The contributions of the Foundation to the university’s overall budget are a single digit percentage, but Blalock believes that the foundation contributes to a margin of excellence at UW.
“When it comes to extra dollars to strengthen faculty positions, to do more in facilities, when it comes to strengthening scholarships funds, many times those extra dollars come through private gifts,” Blalock said.
The Foundation also invests the private assets short-term so they can be spent when the need is there for the university, or depending on how the donor has designated them.
of a bank for the University of Wyoming. We receive gifts, we invest those dollars, we account for the dollars, we follow up with donors so they have a record how their dollars are being used,” Blalock said.
Other dollars are for endowment purposes, which are invested in a long-term investment strategy so they can grow.
The foundation also has many fundraising programs that are aimed toward alumni and corporations in an effort to seek their contributions.
Work is also done with other foundations that are set up to make contributions that are for philanthropic, potentially to UW.
According to Blalock, the larger gifts come through personal meetings that the foundation has with companies and individuals; from talking to them about making a difference at UW, and provide them the opportunity to direct dollars to the university from proposals the foundation creates.
The Foundation is also response to the donors’ potential interests.
“The major giving conversations is very much a key part of what we do here,” Blalock said.
And as the university shows more success in all areas of academics, research, and athletics, the more donors and dollars it draws in.
Individuals see the momentum at the university and are more likely to want to donate to keep it going, Blalock said.
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
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The Wyoming Department of Health is warning residents to take precautions against West Nile virus.
West Nile virus (WNV) can cause potentially serious illness in humans, according to the Department of Health. Mosquitoes spread the virus by feeding on infected birds and then biting people. Over the past several years, Wyoming has seen human cases of WNV reported as early as May and as late as October with late summer and early fall as the typical peak times.
\r\nJim Fahey, service hydrologist for the National Weather Service out of Riverton, said the rain helps the drought conditions that have gripped Wyoming for several years, but can lead to an increase of standing water – a potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
\r\n“You’re about 136 percent of normal for the precipitation in usually the three wettest months,” said Fahey. “So you’re doing quite well.”
\r\nThe Wyoming Department of Health has several recommendations on their website to lessen the potential of contracting WVN this year using the “Five Ds” – Dawn, Dusk, Dress, Drain, and DEET.
\r\nMost mosquito species prefer to feed at dawn or dusk, so they recommend avoid spending time outside during these times.
\r\nWhen outside, the Department of Health recommends wearing shoes, socks, long pants and a long-sleeved shirt, especially during times when mosquitoes are most active. Clothing should be light-colored and made of tightly woven materials to keep mosquitoes away from the skin.
\r\nMosquitoes breed in shallow, stagnant water. To reduce the chances of breeding, property owners should get rid of standing water by draining or removing it.
\r\nThe Department of Health also advises using an insect repellent containing DEET. When using DEET, be sure to read and follow the instructions on the product’s label. Other insect repellents such as Picaridin or oil of lemon eucalyptus are also highly effective. Insect repellant should be re-applied as necessary according to the directions on the bottle.
\r\nFor more tips on protecting yourself or your family from West Nile Virus, visit the Wyoming Department of Health’s website at http://wdh.state.wy.us/, or visit their office at 6101 Yellowstone Road, Suite 420 in Cheyenne.
\r\nemail author: questions24@uwyo.edu
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While the nation\'s capitol enjoys a 65-foot Jackson Hole Christmas tree, Laramie celebrates the season with a festival of individually decorated pine trees.
To help kick off the Laramie holiday spirit the annual Festival of Trees will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at the Centennial Complex, 2111 Willett Drive, across from War Memorial Stadium.
','The Festival of Trees is a silent auction and tree lighting reception hosted by the UW Art Museum.
“The Festival of Trees is an annual event that is made possible through volunteer decorators in the community and is a combination of the silent auction and the Lighting of the Trees reception. Members of the Laramie community, as well as the UW community, participate in this annual event,” Beverly Schroeder, administrative assistant to the Art Museum, said.
Participating community members decorate a tree that will be sold at the silent auction.
“There is no set theme; the participants decide themselves what they would like to do and we always end up with a great variety of trees,” Schroeder said.
Along with the trees, the silent auction will include many pedestal items like pre-lit wreaths and wall hangings and holiday creations from local florists.
This is the 18th annual Festival of Trees and it is open to the public.
“The proceeds from the silent auction help to support the Art Museum programs and to aid in supplying scholarships for all ages,” Schroeder said.
One of the trees included is a “Forever West” tree, decorated by Gov. Dave Freudenthal and his wife, Nancy.
“Santa’s Garden,” a tree decorated by the UW president’s office, will also be up for bid. The art museum decorated two trees this year calling them the “Nutcracker Suite” and “Candy Warhol.”
First Interstate Bank, UW Football and Habitat for Humanity have also decorated trees for the Festival of Trees.
The silent auction continues on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and ends on Saturday at 2:30 p.m..
“People can come to preview the decorated trees and place advanced bids while they enjoy and evening of music, refreshments, and holiday lights,” Schroder said.
Email: Lauren Kottenstette
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A fundraiser for a non-profit organization took place Tuesday afternoon in the Union to help rural communities in Kenya.
Hrakati ya Kilimo-Uhifadhi, the organization, helps communities in Kenya receive books and other supplies to help improve its schools.
Freshmen from the Synergy Program class Images of a Continent, Old and New: Exploring African Cultures, sold bracelets in the union breezeway.
','“It’s going really well,” Brandice Kennedy, fundraiser student project leader, said. “People are always interested in helping those less fortunate.”
Course instructor Gatua wa Mbugwa said that he gave his students the idea, but that they were the ones who put forth all of the effort. Even the bracelets, inscribed with the message, “Helping Save Kenya,” came from the students of the class.
“They discussed and came up with the ideas,” Mbugwa said.
“We thought that people wear bracelets, and that it was a good conversation sparker,” Kennedy said. “We wanted to help the humanitarian project, as a class. The hardest part was trying to figure out how exactly we wanted to market it to people.” The rest was easy, as Mbugwa helped getting in touch with the organization.
Mbugwa worked closely with Harakati ya Kilimo-Uhifadhi, which helped the students get their operation off the ground and said he would like to make the project an annual event.
Mbugwa will be taking students, including those helping with the fundraiser, on a trip to Kenya this summer to show them what their work has done for the communities.
“I want that connection to study abroad projects. I want them to see what they’ve helped do there,” Mbugwa said.
Email: Rhanden Lind
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Arun Gandhi was born in the midst of apartheid in South Africa where hate was rampant. When he was 10-years-old he was beaten by white children because he was too black and beaten by black children because he was too white.
It was at that point that he decided he wanted to fight back, and also the point that his parents sent him to India to stay with his grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi.
','Arun came to UW Tuesday to speak about his and his grandfather’s views on nonviolence and the culture of violence in world society today.
He shared lessons that his grandfather and his parents taught him about how to live nonviolently and to teach others to do the same.
First, Gandhi told students about one of the first lessons he learned from his grandfather, a lesson about anger.
His grandfather told him to not deny anger or try to suppress it, but to use it intelligently. Mahatma told Arun that anger is like electricity and can be used for the good of humanity when it is not used for the destruction of humanity.
Arun said he was told to keep an anger journal with the intention of finding a solution to the problem, and the commitment to finding that solution.
He also told the audience that it is important to do mental exercise to be able to control one’s mind and that going to school is not enough of a mental exercise.
“We fill our minds with knowledge, but if we don’t have the mental strength to process that knowledge it won’t do us much good,” he said.
He added that when he was young his grandfather would make him look at something that brought him pleasure, such as a flower or a painting, for one minute before he was to close his eyes and try to hold that image in his mind’s eye for as long as possible.
In that way, he was able to control his mind and learn to channel anger into positive action.
Gandhi also told students of a story in which he decided to throw away a pencil.
He told the audience how his grandfather turned the throwing away of a pencil into a lesson about violence against nature and violence against humanity.
His grandfather told him the making of the pencil required use of the world’s natural resources and when that pencil hasn’t been fully used, it wastes the world’s resources causing overuse of the resources.
This in turn leads to violence against humanity because it takes away resources from the world’s poorest people.
This passive violence, he said, leads to anger, which in turn, leads to physical violence.
Gandhi ended his talk with a story he said his grandfather loved to tell.
There was a king who wanted to learn about peace, and to do so he went to a sage outside of the city to ask him about peace and how to spread it.
The sage went into the back of his house and handed the king a piece of wheat. The king, not wanting to show his ignorance took the wheat home and put it in a little golden box.
For days he thought about it until he finally gave up and asked one of his advisors. The advisor told him that the idea was simple, if the king kept the wheat in the little golden box it would eventually rot.
But, if the king would plant the seed and let it grow, he would have a whole field of wheat.
The advisor said it is the same with peace, if a person keeps the seeds of peace in their heart and doesn’t share it, the seeds will die with them. But if he shares it with others it will spread.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
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With the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming primaries in full swing, the Branding Iron sat down with each candidate to give the students an idea of who they might be voting for.
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Fuentes
\r\nRey Fuentes is a junior at the University of Wyoming and a lifelong Wyoming resident from Evanston. He is a political science major with a religious studies minor. He was the president of the College Democrats, is a member of Amnesty International and was a student facilitator for the Good Mule conference.
\r\nFuentes has worked with ASUW in the past; fundraising for RSOs, but he was candid about the fact that “the big defining thing about our campaign is that we don’t have that senate experience.” As to the other candidates, “they definitely do have the senate background that I think, in their eyes, is valuable. In our eyes, I think not having that background is just as valuable.
\r\n“The biggest problem and one of the things that we want to change is communication with the electorate. We are going to be talking with them again, we’re going to be bringing up issues again with them, because that’s the only way we’re going to get things done,” Fuentes said.
\r\nFuentes said that ASUW should improve their online presence as well as relying on more traditional forms of advertising.
\r\n“We’re committed to helping students one-on-one, we’ve made a promise to continue communication. And from our background, I think, it’s proven that we can get results from the groups we’re involved in. And I think the results will be taken to the next level with the administration,” Fuentes said.
\r\nWhen asked what issues concerned him, Fuentes said that the two primary concerns he had been hearing regarded construction and parking. Fuentes suggested reaching out to the community to help alleviate parking problems around campus.
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Haigler
\r\nA lifelong Laramie resident, Matt Haigler has studied abroad in Guatemala, worked in the SLCE office and ran the Pokes Vote campaign. He is an energy systems engineering major who has participated in Engineers Without Borders. Haigler has served on the ASUW Judicial Council for two years and was the council’s chief justice during this year.
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Haigler said a large part of his platform is ensuring that ASUW’s programs are being efficiently run.
\r\n“We aren’t really interested in bringing on a bunch of brand-new programs. We want to make sure the programs that ASUW has run efficiently and properly, so that when new ideas come up that are really good—like the radio station, or SafeRide—that they don’t have to say ‘well, this is just another idea,’” Haigler said.
\r\nHe mentioned that RSOs might become more dependent upon ASUW funding if departmental budgets are reduced and that such a situation would highlight the need for more efficiency in ASUW operations.
\r\nHaigler said that all the currently funded programs were important to the students and recommended saving money elsewhere. Haigler referenced the cost of ASUW’s shirts and name tags as another area where money might be better spent. “That annoys people. It annoys me that a student fee is going to clothe ASUW members,” he said.
\r\n“One thing that’s really important is making sure that it meets the needs of the students,” Haigler said when asked about the student radio station. “It needs to be through the students, because they’re the ones who are going to make it successful.”
\r\nHaigler said he believes that the station should eventually be allowed to run independently of ASUW. “It doesn’t make sense to have the government running the media,” he said, adding that housing the station within Student Media might make sense.
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\r\nBenjamin Kinney, a current ASUW senator, is a second-year law student from Torrington. He has attended UW for seven years and has received two degrees from the university, one in political science and one in Russian. Kinney has been president of Freshman Senate, served multiple terms in the ASUW Senate, worked as an executive assistant to the vice president and covered ASUW for the Branding Iron.
\r\nKinney said that he is the only ticket in the election with senate experience.
\r\nKinney highlighted three campaign priorities: fees, the student radio station and support for campus groups and organizations. According to Kinney, “as a student government, we are a facilitator for campus programs.”
\r\n“I’ve always been a big proponent of having student representation with student fees,” Kinney said. “If I could wave a wand and make it so, the ASUW student body would be the end of the student fee discussion. This is the money that students are contributing to student programs, and I feel like the ASUW senate and their input and their involvement in that process should be the end of the discussion on student fees.”
\r\nThe presidential candidate stated that experience was important in responding to possible budget cuts. “We need to understand in ASUW that student fees are a part of the mix of tuition and everything else that students are paying for here. As the university goes through that, it’s a good time for us to look at our own programs, to look at our own financial house and see if we’re really being responsible and doing the things we need to do.”
\r\nRegarding the student radio station, Kinney said he was “ecstatic,” and mentioned it as an item “on the top of his list.” However, Kinney added that “we’re a student government; it’s not our business running a radio station,” and predicted that ASUW might transfer control to Student Media at some point in the future.
\r\nKinney made a guarantee to students: “If you want to take five minutes and sit down with me, I guarantee you at the end of that conversation, I’ll be the person that you want to be your ASUW president.”
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With a crowd standing below and instruments in hand, the bands were ready to rock at this year’s Battle of the Bands in Cheyenne at the Old Community House in Lions Park.
One of the bands playing was a band from Laramie.
Sorry No Sympathy, which has been playing together for about a year, consists of five members: lead vocalist Chase Corrigan, first guitarist Jesse Riter, second guitarist Trevor Kuma, drummer Blaise Turcato and bassist Sean Mcgee.
Sorry No Sympathy competed against five other bands this last Saturday night, and finished in third place.
Battle of the Bands was the first competition for the group. Wyoming’s Battle of the Bands is split into two tiers: the preliminary round and the final round, both held in Cheyenne.
','The band was formed and named by Turcato and Corrigan. Riter followed close behind, and the three started out in Corrigan’s garage writing their first song, Riter said.
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“We then got our bass player, Shawn McGee, who moved down here from Cheyenne to play with us. Then we recently picked up “A Silent Demise”’s guitarist Trevor Kuma to play second guitar,” Riter said.
“Our band plays heavier music. I guess the genre we fit best into is metalcore,” Mcgee said. Metalcore is a fusion genre that blends aspects of metal and hardcore punk.
“Making it to finals was an amazing feeling. We were very honored and humbled to make it to the finals, because any other band could have easily made it,” Corrigan said.
“I think the best quote I heard was after we played our set. We were packing up all our equipment up into the van and this younger kid who was right in front of me while we were playing came up to me and said, ‘You guys have so much energy. That was one of the best live shows that I’ve seen in Cheyenne.’ I think that this quote really described Battle of the Bands that night, because all of us really gave it our all to put on a fun, energy-filled show,” Riter said.
The band used their energy to woo the crowd, and it was needed with the stiff competition at the event.
“The band that won is a full-time touring band, so needless to say they knew what they were doing. The band that took second was easily the most technical band that played, and everyone else was pretty experienced as well. Most, if not all, have toured across the country,” Turcato said.
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Tuesday nights in the Union, slip on a pair of blue suede shoes and hit the dance floor.
UW Swing Club meets at 7 p.m. every Tuesday in the Union next to The Rolling Mill Café.
\"It\'s really a great opportunity to get some exercise and learn how to dance,” club president Charles Fournier said. “Its something else to do on campus. It’s active, it gets you to be involved with other people and it keeps a culture and tradition alive that’s been in the states since the early twenties.”
','The type of Swing the club teaches is known as Big Band Swing. They teach the Charleston, the Jitter Bug, the Lindy Hop and Boogie-Woogie.
Along with weekly dancing in the Union, the club is always planning new events. Earlier in the year, they hosted a Halloween dance.
Tonight, the Swing Club will host their annual winter dance in the Union Ballroom.
“We call it our Winter Dance, but it’s pretty much just another opportunity to go and dance,” Fournier said.
The club is busy planning for next semester as well with a dance on Valentine’s Day and other workshops.
According to Jennicka Jones, club vice president, everyone is welcome to attend the free club meetings and dances.
“You don’t have to know how to dance and you don’t have to have rhythm because we teach you how to have rhythm,” she said.
Lessons for beginners are offered at every meeting and guests can come and go as they please because lessons are not on a strict weekly basis. Even dancers without partners are welcome, and they will be paired up upon arrival.
Jamie Fegler and Zack Anderson are regular members of the club.
\"It’s different every time you come. You get a lot of experience dancing with other people. It’s a lot of fun,” Fegler said. “I was involved with ballroom dance when I was in high school and there is not really any of that on campus so swing is a good way to keep up with dance,” Anderson said.
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A view of a snowy Prexy\'s Pasture Tuesday morning. A high of 35 is expected through this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. There is a 40 percent chance of snow tonight, and a 50 percent chance Thursday.
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On Sept. 21, Nepali student Pushpa Khanal was hit by a vehicle on 30th Street and Willett. The driver struck Khanal with the front of the vehicle and drug her approximately 55 feet, according to a UWPD incident report. Khanal suffered multiple injuries and was transported to Invinson Memorial Hospital with suspicion of head and spine injuries.
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Shortly following the local medical response, Khanal was brought to Medical Center of Rockies in Colorado via helicopter to ensure her stabilization.
“I was unconscious for four or five days after the accident. I don’t even remember myself crossing the road,” Khanal said. “I didn’t know what happened to me. I came to know after my roommates told me about it.”
Khanal said she was diagnosed with a broken ankle, fractured clavicle, two break points on her femur, some back injuries and a minor brain injury.
Since the accident happened at the beginning of the fall semester, Khanal was forced to drop out of classes in order to attend physical therapy session in Fort Collins, Colorado.
“I had to drop all my classes this semester and I’m going to start next semester. It’s going to take maybe three more months with the therapy,” she said.
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Khanal, who has been steadily improving and is able to walk with braces and crutches, has received support from family, friends and the international student community at UW. “My parents came here a couple weeks ago and my friends, roommates and everybody is helping me,” she said.
UW support comes in the form of the International Student Association, as well as other international student RSOs, which have united in order to establish and extend an international student emergency fund. The fund was designed to help Khanal as well as another international student who has been in an accident with medical and other financial burdens.
“We were devastated when we heard about the news. [We thought] if we were in her place, what would happen to us,” vice president for ISA Murtaza Hussain said.
To Hussain, it is important to raise emergency funds to help international students.
“The insurance [international students] have at the school is horrible,” he said.
The RSOs are planning events to raise money, including the Karma show scheduled for Nov. 13 and breezeway tables in the Union. So far, the organizations have raised $400.
According to Hussain, the problem with raising the money is awareness among non-international students.
“There is always this barrier,” he said. “[Americans] feel they can’t be part of international student events if they’re not international.”
It is the RSOs goal to overcome that barrier by raising awareness around campus through increased exposure.
“Culture is something that you teach and learn,” Hussain said. “As an RSO, we need to teach—and how do we teach? We overcome that barrier.”
Email: David Demic
Laramie has a variety of breakfast establishments, but the International House of Pancakes is not among them. While this may be sad to some, this weekend your pancake dreams will become a reality with the 24-hour local Delta House of Pancakes, or DHOP.
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This Saturday, the members of the Delta Delta Delta sorority are hosting their annual 24-hour pancake breakfast, from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday.
“Tri-Delta has been putting on the 24-hour pancake breakfast for many years. It is our largest fundraiser for the year,” April Streff, philanthropy chair of Delta Delta Delta and organizer for the event, said.
For five dollars, students can shovel down as many pancakes as they can handle—all for a good cause. The proceeds will go to the Saint Jude\'s Children’s Research Hospital.
“Saint Jude’s is our national philanthropy,” Streff said. “The hospital is for children with forms of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases. The great thing about Saint Jude\'s is because of organizations such as Tri-Delta and Up Till Dawn, parents and families of patients never have to pay a cent toward treatment.”
Saint Jude Children’s Hospital is located in Memphis, Tennessee, so for many families it is difficult, or impossible, to get their child the care they need. However, because of the philanthropic acts of groups like Delta Delta Delta, families do not have to worry.
“Travel and housing is paid for while the patient is receiving treatment,” Streff said.
Streff hopes to have another event benefiting Saint Jude\'s in the spring. The sorority is considering hosting a 5K race to benefit the hospital.
“Even if it is not affordable to donate right now, just getting the word out about Saint Jude is very important.
“Saint Jude patients are getting the chance to go to college and beyond because of the donations and fundraising efforts. All children have dreams and we are helping them reach those [dreams] by supporting such a wonderful organization,” Streff said.
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ASUW passed a piece of legislation Tuesday night creating a committee to look into the SafeRide-TransPark merger along with a Judicial Comprehensive Review and Reform Act which will make clear the separation of power of the judicial branch from the legislative branch of ASUW.
The merger has recently been a controversial issue within ASUW. Accordingly, when the bill was sent to the Student Interest and Policy Planning Committee, the vote was split two to two and had to be broken by committee chair Joel Defebaugh who voted in favor of the bill, giving it a due pass recommendation to senate.
Last week, vice president Liz Brown, author of the bill, brought the bill to the senate for first reading and encouraged all senators to “do their homework.” Senators had several opportunities to speak with representatives from both Transit and Parking Services as well as SafeRide last week.
The bill, which passed with a vote of 27 to 2, created a committee to explore the idea of SafeRide, which is currently ASUW’s largest program in terms of funding, moving under Transit and Parking Services.
During the meeting, Brown said all of the questions regarding whether or not TransPark might change the programs would go to the committee who would be researching the merger.
Sen. Pat Hurley said he felt there has been a lot of animosity toward the bill and senators should remember that the bill would only make a committee to explore the options, not implement them.
“If you vote no, you are saying you don’t want to hear anything they have to say about [the merger],” he said.
The Senate also passed the Judicial Comprehensive Review and Reform Act which was given a due pass recommendation by the Constitution Committee.
During discussion of the bill, senators talked about the need to clearly define the separation of power between the branches of ASUW and, in particular, not allowing judicial members to author or sponsor legislation.
Chief of staff Liz Rader said this was important because if the bill needed to go to judicial council for any reason, the justice who authored or sponsored a bill would have to excuse himself or herself from the decision making process and it is important to have a full judicial council when making decisions.
The bill also asked vice president of Student Affairs Sarah Axelson to not to make a decision on Judicial Council decisions until after the appeal period for students is over.
Before the bill passed, when a Judicial Council decision was to be appealed, the decision went to the vice president of Student Affairs for comment. The appeal period for students is five days after the decision is made, after which the appeal goes to the dean of Student Affairs, currently Dave Cozzens, to be decided.
Previously, senators said the problem was that the vice president of Student Affairs could make their decision and add comments on the Judicial Council’s ruling before the student had an opportunity to appeal. The appeal would then go to the dean of Student Affairs, who is an employee of the vice president of Student Affairs, making the possibility of a biased outcome of the appeal more likely.
In other business, ASUW Senate approved a new senator, Didi Gonzales from the College of Education, following the resignation of Sen. Jace Elson.
They also approved former senator Andrew Ssekajja as a Judicial Council justice for a two-year term.
RSO Funding Board granted $6,150 to the International Student Association for their International Education Week to take place in November.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
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Making a difference in someone’s life does not have to be difficult.
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It can be as simple as a smile, a compliment, or in some cases, a can of soup.
From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, students who wanted help others broke into teams to gather food for a local food bank.
Spooky Sprint, organized by the SLCE Office, brought in more than 500 canned and dry food goods for the Good Samaritan Interfaith food bank.
“Last year we had an event like this called Trick or Eat that had wonderful results,” Katie Kleinhesselink of SLCE said.
','About 30 students split into four teams and canvassed the neighborhoods around campus, gathering canned and dry goods.
While it was done in the spirit of competition, the real winner was the food bank.
“It is a race,” Liz Malm, one of the organizers of the event said. “But really, everyone is a winner. We have prizes, but the event is what’s important.”
The students braved the chilly afternoon with shopping carts borrowed from Albertsons and knocked on doors and gathered bags that had been left out earlier in the day.
The SLCE posted flyers earlier in the week asking for donations and telling donors they could leave food outside their home for the students to pick up.
“It was a lot of fun,” Tina Mathews, a participant, said. “We had a good response and met some new friends.”
“We just gave two hours of our time and made a big difference,” Gabriel Grubach, a Serbian exchange student, said.
Email: DJ Bowman
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“There was no better ambassador for Wyoming,” Herb Dieterich said.
The group sentiment was one of loss, but also the lighter side of professor Bantjes.
“We will miss him a lot and remember him always,” one member said.
Email: DJ Bowman
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“Braaains,” the shuffling body moans.
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Slowly, they slink closer. The pale skin deprives them of any human resemblance, but there are more clues to what these monsters are. Their ragged clothing has been shredded to the point of barely clinging to their bodies, while the last semblance of their faces have pieces of brain and blood stuck to it.
Going along the upcoming Halloween festivities, Laramie will see a spawn of the humanoid monstrosities: Zombies. For most these are fictional characters, but how would it feel to see a band of undead clawing at the window of a local restaurant?
Not so far from fiction, Laramie will see its second annual Laramie Zombie Pub Crawl on Friday.
To spread the vibe, the event starts with a four band show: Dynamite Face, Shotgun Shogun, Super Czar and Three Hole Punch. These bands will play at the 3rd Street Cowboy from 8 p.m. until 12 p.m. The event will require a $ 3 entrance fee.
The pub crawl starts at midnight and continues until 2 a.m. Going with the theme, zombies will travel on foot only. To meet, the mass of zombies will meet outside the 3rd Street Cowboy following the bands’ performances.
While most zombies are welcome, the show and crawl are for zombies 21 and over only. “Zombies are encouraged to stay in character as much as possible. However, they are also expected to obey the laws of the city and common decency. If you are going to drink, drink responsibly. This is the Second Annual Laramie Zombie Pub Crawl, and we would like to be able to do it again,” event coordinator Sam Smith said.
Next to enjoying a night out drinking beverages, the fun part of being a zombie is “to try and stay in character,” according o Smith.
For those looking to live up to such a character, there are a few things that can be done to fit the zombie part. Any shop that sells Halloween costumes will have the materials that are needed to “get your zombie on,” according to Eric McKillip, one of last year’s participants. The attire usually consists of ripped, torn or old clothes. To enhance the costume, face paint can invoke the feeling of a fresh corpse facial tint or wounds through red bloodstains. “Lots of corn syrup, like in the cheap horror movies; it’s the way to go,” McKillip said.
After the basics are accounted for, there is room for individual creativity. Jessie Brandt, a former zombie, said, “A friend, at the beginning of the night, splattered some fake blood on the top of my head. It ended up drying and crusting over, which everyone said made it look like I had been freshly pick axed.”
Brandt also stated, “Its just something fun for the 21 to 35 age group to get together and do where we can still act like kids in an adult manor. Zombies started getting really popular and someone said, ‘Hey, for Halloween, lets get a bunch of buddies together, dress up like zombies, and go out to the bars,’ and as long as everybody keeps it fun and responsible we can do it for years to come.”
So if a zombie happens to be shuffling by in a bar, mumbling about eating brains, don’t be frightened. Just offer them a drink.
Email: Davis Bonner
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Dozens of men in heels were strutting around Prexy’s Pasture on Wednesday night for ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,’ an event to raise awareness of rape and domestic violence toward women.
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Kate Steiner, Greek Life program coordinator and coordinator of the event, said the proceeds raised by the walk will go to the Albany County SAFE Project, an organization dedicated to combating rape and domestic violence in the area.
Over 30 men strapped on heels of all kinds and walked three laps around the pasture. Many held signs saying “yes means yes, no means NO!” and “Hey Hey Ho Ho, sexual assault has to go!” Many of the participants also chanted the phrase “two, four, six, eight, down with violence, down with hate.”
The walk raised over $430 dollars for the Albany County SAFE Project. However, Steiner urged all those attending to encourage others to donate. “I’d like to raise over a thousand dollars this year,” She said.
Donations are accepted over the SAFE Project hotline (307) 742-7273, via the foundation\'s website or can be dropped off at their office on 312 Steele St.
The participants gathered in the Union Gardens before the event to register themselves, sign a pledge and a
waiver. Dean of Students Dave Cozzens then gave a speech for the participants.
In his speech, Cozzens said that the walk was meant to help men understand the truth about women’s issues. He also mentioned to keep in mind the “horrible instances” on the UW campus as symbols of “what we as men have to do.”
Later, Cozzens strapped on a pair of size 16 red, glittery heels and joined in the walk himself.
Sophomore Alex Woempner of Sigma Alpha Epsilon said, “The walk was enlightening. Walking in heels is a lot harder than it looks. It’s very painful. I feel like [the walk] definitely made an impression.”
Greek Life was the primary sponsor of the event, along with several local businesses. In its four-year history, this is the first time Greek Life has hosted the event. Greek Men Against Violence had previously sponsored the walk, but a recent drop off in membership prevented them from doing so this year.
“We have a good working relationship with [the project],” said Steiner.
She went on to note that the fraternities and sororities on campus have contributed to the Albany County SAFE Project, saying, “a lot of people from Sigma Alpha Epsilon have completed the 40 hour training to man the hotlines at the SAFE Project.”
Email: Rhanden Lind
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The beginning of the addition to the Indoor Tennis Facility collapsed during the football game Saturday.
At about 6 p.m., while most students were at the Homecoming football game, the metal framework for the addition collapsed.
Roger Baalman, director of Facilities Planning, said the construction crew was working on erecting the steel frame for the building when it collapsed.
','Ariel Jensen, sophomore at UW, witnessed the collapse. “I was in an RV tailgating, and we were listening to the game on the radio and heard a huge noise and saw all of the dust from the metal collapse,” Jensen said. “We ran over to the fence and the workers up in the cherry picker were yelling a lot and their crane had to help get them off safely. I believe some other men made sure no one was under the collapsed metal.”
Baalman said no one was hurt in the collapse.
The additional indoor courts were just approved in May and were expected to be completed this February. The project had a $2.75 million estimated construction budget.
“We won’t know how long it will set the project back, if any,” Baalman said.
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DC Steel Builders, the construction company working on the project, was unavailable for comment.
The new indoor courts will replace the outdoor courts north of the existing indoor tennis facility and are designed to have support facilities such as locker rooms, restrooms and storage. The facility has been part of UW’s Capital Facilities Plan since 2006, according to a May 2010 news release.
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Uranium mining has become a viable source of energy as the nation and the world move away from fossil fuels and other carbon producing forms of energy. It is an issue that hits close to home in Wyoming.
Though Wyoming has only one mine, the state is the leading uranium producer and contains the largest uranium ore reserves in the U.S.
Wyoming’s Cameco Corporation’s Smith Ranch-Highland mine in Converse County is the largest U.S. uranium production facility, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
','However, the issue of mining in the state has been relatively controversial.
If not mined properly, uranium can cause water pollution if it enters a water source; this has detrimental effects on livestock and wildlife and could cause increased health risks.
Some environmental protection actions have been taken against uranium mining in the past such as the Black Hills Mine in 2006, where a campaign sought to end efforts in order to protect wildlife populations, as well as local ranchers.
“There has definitely been a change of opinion about uranium in the past 30 years. After the Three Mile island event, nuclear power has a reputation as dirty power,” Robert Frost, UW geology professor, said. “Done well, in the site mining of uranium is probably the most ecologically friendly type of uranium mining there is.”
Mineral taxation and mining are part of the economics that support the university’s development and financial backing for grants.
“Good paying jobs like chemists are among the benefits of uranium mining,” Glenn Catchpole, chief executive office of Uranerz Energy Corp, said in a UW News article. “Opening 12 in-site mines could provide between 1500 and 2400 jobs.”
Email: Tiffany Massengill
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Stories of the Silent Witness, real life stories of two women murdered by their intimate partners in Albany County, were read at the SAFE Project’s Candlelight Vigil Wednesday night.
SAFE Project honored those who have been affected by domestic violence as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
“The Candlelight Vigil is a time to remember those who died due to domestic violence,” Brittany Parsons, the SAFE Project outreach coordinator, said.
In addition to the readings, participants gave testimonials. During the testimonials, participants were able to talk about their experience with domestic abuse. Everyone in attendance was allowed to participate whether they preferred to talk about their own experience with abuse, share how a loved one’s abuse has effected them or show support for those who have suffered.
Matt Gray, associate professor of psychology at UW, gave a speech at the vigil. Gray is the head of the Trauma Treatment Clinic in Laramie. He spoke about working with victims of domestic violence and how “post-traumatic stress-disorder plays into the dynamics of abuse,” according to the SAFE Project press release.
As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month Green Life will host \"Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,\" which will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Union Gardens. The march will take place in Prexy’s Pasture. All proceeds go to SAFE Project.
The event encourages men to take action to prevent sexual violence.
and is a fun way to educate the community about domestic violence. SAFE Project has been campaigning for victims of domestic violence since 1980. They offer support and other services for victims of domestic violence, as well as sexual assault, rape, stalking and child or elder abuse.
Email: Jamie Magrum
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In November of 2009, a task force created by Gov. Dave Freudenthal to examine distance education, video conferencing and other IP-based communications, came up with two recommendations for the state.
The task force recommended the creation of a Wyoming distance learning center for the state, which could help facilitate other operations, as well as integrate the various video conferencing systems that it currently supports.
The efforts of the task force are aimed at focusing these strategic state resources so that they can better serve the residents of Wyoming.
The Center for Excellence and Innovation in Distance Learning and Technology, which was established this year will be administratively housed at UW and led by Elizabeth Simpson.
The Wyoming Distance Learning Center is designed to help anybody who is interested in distance education and to focus, integrate and enhance distance-learning opportunities, according to the co-chair of the task force Maggi Murdock, the associate provost for Academic Affairs and the dean of the Outreach School at UW, said.
They are not going to offer classes or take over to tell people what to do, Murdock said. The university will only offer support for distance education for K-12, community colleges, UW and other learning programs, Murdock said.
It is also not easy for a teacher to take what they are teaching now, in a face-to-face format, and make an easy transition into a distance delivery that is actually effective, Murdock said.
Teaching through a virtual network calls for learning different skills, not only for presentation, but also for organization and technical knowledge. This is one area where the Distance Learning Center can help.
According to the recommendation from the task force, the center must be independent, centrally funded and legislatively mandated to provide the authority, responsibility and accountability necessary to make the center efficient and effective.
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The second recommendation is to create integrated video conferencing systems for the state.
There are many different video conferencing networks that are incompatible.
Almost every state department, the Education Department, the Game and Fish Department, the Wyoming Work Force, and the university has its own network.
The biggest issue is that most of these systems are incompatible with each other. To communicate with other departments, one would need a telecommunication station for almost each network.
The recommendation from the task force would make sure all state agencies would use one video conferencing system for ease of communication, called the Video Conference Enterprise.
“We need them to be compatible so that they can be a strategic asset for the state,” Murdock said.
The benefits of an integrated system of video conferencing include not only ease of communication, but the benefits that come from not having to drive across the state for a meeting.
The new system will help save time and money though gas and vehicle maintenance, and will make it safer for workers, especially in the winter months when the driving risks increase.
The task force, which still meets once a week, is composed of not only state officials from a wide array of departments, such as Education and Telecommunication, but there are also members from community colleges across the state and from UW.
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Mary sat silently with tears in her eyes; looking at the chair her best friend had occupied just a few hours before. She hadn’t noticed anything amiss, but there was something different about the way her friend had said goodbye.
Mary was shocked; she had just received a call that her best friend had just committed suicide.
Mary is a pseudo name chosen to protect the person’s true identity. The story is true.
People who commit suicide affect a circle of people around them; whether it is someone they knew personally or had an indirect relationship with.
It is a growing problem, and this week, UW is making an effort to raise awareness about suicide.
“In your college career, you’re going to hit bumps in the road. That’s what we’re here for,” Brenda Tracy, mental health counselor and outreach coordinator, said. “What we want is for people to not just ignore signs and symptoms, not just to think it’s just going to go away.”
The university does not have a high suicide rate, with about zero to two a year, Tracy said. However, Wyoming is fifth in the nation.
“There’s a lot of factors,” Tracy said. “Wyoming has isolation, access to alcohol, guns and the ‘cowboy up’ mentality.”
In an effort to help quell this growing problem, the UW Counseling Center started the UW Lifesavers Initiative, which provides training to students, staff and faculty to help identify at risk students.
These “gatekeepers” will help recognize signs and symptoms of suicide, know what resources are available and know what actions to take, making that first crucial step in crisis intervention.
Although mandatory training for UW faculty and staff is not yet a reality, efforts are being made to raise awareness of depression and suicide prevention.
“We have a new instructional video for all faculty and staff about how to approach troubled students,” Tracy said.
Thoughts of depression and suicide often leave people feeling lost and alone, and programs like the Lifesavers Initiative are not the only option available to students.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is another readily available alternative, especially if students are uncomfortable talking face to face.
According to the organizations website, anyone who is having suicidal thoughts, encountering abuse or violence, having economic problems, or has sexual orientation issues, loneliness or relationship problems is encouraged to call their hotline at 1-800-273-TALK(8255).
For more information about what you can do if you feel a fellow student is at risk, go to http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/UCC/.
The streets of Laramie will see an increase in foot traffic Wednesday as boys and girls from five local grade schools will participate in the third annual International Walk to School Day.
Beitel, Indian Paintbrush, Lindford, Slade and Spring Creek Elementary schools will participate this year, according to Kari Geldert, a volunteer for the program and UW student.
While walking to school is an environmentally conscious effort, the main focus of this program is to raise awareness of the health benefits of walking. Childhood obesity is on the rise and only one out of four Americans get their daily-recommended exercise, according to the group’s flier.
In an Albany County School District parent survey conducted in March of 2007, 69 percent of students get to school in a vehicle, while 27 percent ride the bus, leaving four percent who walk or ride their bike.
The Institute of Medicine recommends 60 minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity, which equates to walking or jogging at least a four to five mile-per-hour pace. Participating in the Walk to School Day is the program’s way of getting students and parents to make better choices by “implementing an easy way to get your daily exercise,” according to the flier.
The City of Laramie is providing “Safe-Routes” for the parents and children as they make their way to and from school.
The routes were engineered by the city to be used year-round and are the safest routes from school to home and vice versa. Each route has updated signs, crosswalks and sidewalks, and is color-coded, according to the Walk to School flier.
Besides the health and environmental benefits, parents can interact with each other to and from school; money can be saved by not having to purchase fuel and participating in activities is a good way to build strong family relationships.
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Raghu Raj performs the introductory dance Sunday evening during MILAAP\'s annual Diwali Night. Raj said the dance he performed was unlike other Indian dances in that it relied heavily on expressions. Diwali, which signifies the victory of good over evil, and is also known as the Festival of Lights, is considered a national festival in India and Nepal.
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After a rough start last year, ASUW Student Radio re-launched earlier last week.
Last year, the radio station incurred some problems when the station’s volunteer disc jockeys would play music they did not own, putting ASUWSR at risk of being sued by music companies.
“Last year, I don’t know if all of the right questions were asked, or if they just never looked into it,” ASUWSR General Manager Zachary Taylor said.
In order to fix the problem, the radio station has spoken with the legal department and is seeking to follow its licensing agreement to a higher standard, Taylor said.
“With the help of Dan Adams, the AmeriCorps intern, we put together a 16-20 page training manual,” Taylor said.
In order to avoid those same legal issues, the station has purchased a library of music including 250 disks. Taylor said he wanted to establish a firm foundation and has made sure the station has money set aside for new music.
Taylor said because there is a library, some DJs could feel constrained since they all have to draw from the same library, but he is working to fight that.
“It’s fun to be able to play whatever you want on the air; and if the legal aspects worked, then that would be great,” Taylor said.
The radio station has also been collaborating with other college stations in the area to see what they have done when setting up their station.
However, because ASUWSR relies solely on online streaming, it is difficult to model other stations.
The station’s main goal is to get a FM transmitter, in addition to getting more listeners, Taylor said.
The radio station last year played some less-than-mainstream music including “Barbie Girl” by Aqua, Taylor said. During one radio show Taylor did last year he played nothing but his favorite Disney songs from when he was younger.
“Generically, we are an Alt(ernative) Indie station, which is very college,” Taylor said. “One DJ likes to play electronic and trans, but it is still part of who we are and what we do.”
This year the station has about 35 DJs, who have gone through training; there are another 10 to 20 interested who get more interest during Sunday training sessions, Taylor said.
Since the station just started with a training program, there have been several kinks to work out, Taylor said.
It was difficult in the beginning to get experienced DJs to come to the training program, but once they understood why they needed training and what problems needed to be fixed they were willing, Taylor said.
The station has also set up programs to help RSOs and other campus organizations do podcasts about once a week.
The radio station wants to work toward helping the campus and become an integral resource for the campus community, Taylor said.
Though the station launched just last year, there have been several other UW student radio stations including ones in the 1960s and the 1980s, both of which were shut down.
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On campuses all across America underage drinking occurs. UW is no different.
“Underage drinking at any university is an issue,” Dean of Students Dave Cozzens said. “It is a concern we have across the nation on college campuses.”
According to Cozzens, UW has an especially hard time combating the issue because of the state’s lax cultural attitude towards underage drinking.
“Everybody wants a piece of that forbidden fruit, and alcohol is known to be something that people like to try and do as part of the culture,” Cozzens said. “It always has been, and it probably always will be to some degree, (part of that culture).”
Cozzens believes because of the states “lackadaisical” approach towards culturally enforcing underage drinking laws, the large portion of students who come to UW as freshman carry an attitude with them, which leads to the perpetuation of the problem, he said.
“We have a double whammy in terms of underage drinking: Just a general notion that college students drink and that’s the way it is; and the University of Wyoming has this added issue of how the states respond to it culturally,” Cozzens said.
Recent national data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that the highest prevalence of alcohol dependence in the U.S. is among 18 to 20 year olds, and according to the Wyoming Liquor Division underage drinkers consume around 20 percent of the alcohol purchased in Wyoming.
“Students think ‘Ahhh, just a right of passage, I will have a few beers and everybody does it, whatever.’ But the problem is that about 5 percent of the student population have major alcohol dependence problems and that will eventually become alcoholism—and that is ugly,” Cozzens said.
The university sees the epidemic of underage drinking as a “big concern” according to Cozzens, but noted the university has realistic goals.
“We are very concerned about it, and we are also very thoughtful about it,” Cozzens said.
“We know that it is here, that it isn’t going away, that we can’t fix it, but we have to constantly keep programming around it.”
The goal of the university and programs such as AWARE is harm reduction, which means the university tries to help students who choose to drink, drink in a way that is least likely to harm them or others.
Though the university would like drinking to not be a big problem among underage students, they understand the inevitability of it and have taken up the mantra of “safe, legal and responsible.”
“It is an old song we try to sing with a different melody,” Cozzens said. “We are always looking for new and interesting ways to get the word out.”
The university is not trying to implement prohibition on campus, but is trying to make sure students realize their boundaries.
Students often drink to excess and that is the danger, Cozzens said.
“The safe consumption of alcohol, the responsible consumption is the most important aspect,” Mike Samp, assistant chief for the UW Police Department, said. “What we don’t want to see happen is someone binge drinking to the point where they have to go to the hospital, or even worse, with an alcohol related death.”
Ten to 12 students a year, according to Samp, are transported to Ivinson Memorial Hospital for alcohol poisoning or alcohol related injuries.
Not surprisingly, the majority of alcohol related citations on campus are to minors under the influence, usually around the residence halls.
“It is certainly a problem here, but as I said earlier, with a new influx of people every year you are never going to be able to stop that. You just try to educate those people, so they can be responsible when they drink,” Samp said.
The AWARE program runs most of the programs organized on campus to educate students on the effects of drinking. The program focuses on harm reduction instead of a substance abuse prevention programs that utilize fear-based approaches.
One of the main programs run by AWARE is an alcohol education session for those who received a ticket or warning for alcohol-related violations.
“We see it as education, though I am sure the students see it as punitive,” Cozzens said.
A-Team, a campus-community coalition, has been successful in interacting with the community to help curb underage drinking.
The A-Team works to develop, recommend and assess best practices in policy, prevention, intervention and enforcement to reduce underage drinking and excessive alcohol use.
Some of the projects the A-Team has been involved in include alcohol policy recommendations to the Laramie City Council, working with local judges to curb underage drinking, UW alcohol policy recommendations, increasing student involvement in alcohol discussions and decisions, and improving communication between students, departments and agencies on alcohol issues.
A new program that has only been used by the university for the last three years is the AlcoholEDU requirement.
UW asks each member of the entering class to complete the online, non-opinionated alcohol education program, which is used at over 450 campuses nationwide.
Both President Buchannan and Dean Cozzens agreed to mandate AlcoholEDU, because they believe it was crucial to get incoming freshman the information they needed.
The course uses science-based research to educate students about alcohol and its effects in order to help make sure that students can make educated and informed decisions on drinking.
“We are seeing some pretty good results, in that our students are being more thoughtful, choosing to have a designated driver and more of those things.” Cozzens said.
Though Samp, a member of the AWARE program’s A-Team, is very optimistic about the work they have done over the past 7 years, he realizes that it is a constant struggle.
“I think that only through a change in society … you are ever going to get some trend in society towards a reduction in underage drinking,” Samp said.
“The city, as well as the university, has been proactive on this issue. It is just what more can you do.”
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Undine Park will have a pinkish hue on Saturday due to the I Love Life 5K race and one-mile walk hosted by a Laramie breast cancer support group.
“This is the second year we are holding the event,” race organizer and breast cancer survivor Christiane Dechert said. “After my diagnosis in 2008, I started running, and organizing a 5K seemed to make sense.”
The I Love Life support group is formed of women who have had breast cancer in the last three years. They gather together to offer support by seeking educational opportunities and forming “pink” friendships, according to their website. They also have presentations to help women prepare for their medical journey as they experience the trials of breast cancer.
While I Love Life has made donations to larger foundations in the past, the funds from this year’s event will be allocated for women in the local support group with breast cancer.
Last year, the event was successful with about 120 walkers and runners participating in the event, according to Dechert.
“We are hoping that we will increase participation this year,” she said. “The course is exactly five kilometers and can be ran or walked. There is also a one-mile option that can be ran or walked.”
Official time will be kept on the 5K course, but not the one-mile course.
Dechert said the group puts on the event because prior to this there was not a race for breast cancer awareness in Laramie.
“During breast cancer awareness month, Laramie did not have a 5K race,” she said. “It is very important for me to raise awareness for breast cancer and our local support group. In part, due to efforts like ours, funding for breast cancer research is actually in better shape than for other cancers.”
That being said, a true cure for breast cancer is still far away because of the various types of breast cancer.
“Actually, there are many different types of breast cancers and some are more deadly that others, which makes research so complicated,” Dechert said.
Registration for the event begins at 8 a.m. at Undine Park with the event starting at 9 a.m. Those who wish to participate can go to the support group’s website to find a suitable method to register.
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Zach Spadt
zspadt@uwyo.edu
During its weekly meeting Tuesday night, ASUW allocated $3,900 in RSO Funding Board requests.
The Senate allocated $1,700 to the Swing Dance Club.
It also allocated $2,200 for Up ‘til Dawn, an RSO whose mission is to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
The RSO will be holding a letter writing campaign in early November. The event has been held for three years, with last year’s event raising $10,000 for the hospital.
In response to concerns that the RSO Funding Board is low on funds, ASUW Director of Finance, Luke Frye told the Senate during his report, “It’s not necessarily a bad thing that we’re low on funding. We’re funding good, quality events, but it is good to know where we are.”
At the time of his report, the funding board had about $11,000 left to give out to various RSOs on campus.
In other business, ASUW Director of Diversity and Student Outreach, Paul Weaver, resigned from his position for personal reasons according to ASUW Vice President Liz Brown.
Other members of the executive branch will be handling his duties until someone else takes over.
The Senate also heard the first reading of Bill #2292, the RSO Funding and Accountability Act.
If the bill passes the committee, it will be debated and voted on at the next meeting.
The bill is sponsored by Senator Brian Dugas from the College of Health Sciences.
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This weekend, UW was a colorful cultural hub as the Chinese Students and Scholars Association held their annual Mid-Autumn Festival in the Union ballroom.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, celebrates the end of the summer harvest where families get together and celebrate with a feast including a traditional treat known as moon cakes.
Moon cakes are usually round or rectangular pastries with a thick, creamy filling that sometimes contains yolks from different eggs. They are exchanged between family and friends while everyone celebrates the festival.
Many students enjoyed the moon cakes this year, although they were not the traditional moon cakes that normally contain an egg in the center. Due to FDA rules, traditional moon cakes cannot be brought into the U.S. from China.
Along with moon cakes, students enjoyed a karaoke contest, games, traditional singing, prizes and a speech from the Associate Dean of College of Health Sciences Jun Ren. The speech addressed the importance of the Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as the importance of Chinese student body interacting well with others.
“I feel this year was a success; better than last year’s event,” President of the Chinese Student and Scholars Association Zheng Ying said. “There was more interaction from the audience this year.”
During the karaoke contest, students and their family members participated in traditional singing. Most students performed in Chinese, but the event included a student translator for non-Chinese speakers.
Roughly 300 students bought tickets for the event.
“We hope to encourage more non-Chinese students to come to the festival,” Ying said. “That way we can show them the true meaning of the festival and what we do.”
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With the new Wildcatter Stadium Club and Suites addition, War Memorial Stadium looks nicer than ever.
The addition of premium seating to the east side of the stadium has been under construction for two years and was finally finished in late August, just in time for the 2010 football season at UW.
The Wildcatter addition contains 12 luxury suites, 256 indoor club seats and a private lounge area.
The luxuries include over 50 flat screen televisions and granite counter tops throughout the structure from the bar tops to the bathrooms.
Also included are $600,000 dollar windows in the suites that open by remote, the same windows found in Yankee Stadium.
There are also oversized theater style seats and artwork depicting the history of UW.
“As far as the luxury, the amenities, the finishes, all granite, all real wood, all the tiles, all those kinds of things, we are second to none,” Josh Rebholz, senior associate Athletic Director for Development, said. “It is as nice or nicer than even the major stadiums like Coors Field or Invesco Field.”
Donors who recently traveled down to Texas for the football game and stayed in the university’s visiting boxes said the Wildcatter addition blew away the Texas stadium boxes with their amenities. However, Texas has 120 suites compared with 12 at UW, said Rebholz.
Many box holders can’t believe they are in Laramie and at War Memorial Stadium.
“It has been pretty amazing,” Rebholz said.
The stadium addition has been in the works for over 10 years, but when the state implemented their matching funds program, the idea was finally able to move forward.
UW started fundraising in 2004 and ended up with $19 million, which, combined with the state matching funds, totaled $38 million.
Originally, the plans included only an addition of suites, but over time turned into a bigger project, which required more funding.
In total, UW received 108 individual donations of $25,000 or more.
“It didn’t cost the university anything,” Rebholz said.
“We don’t have any debt on it.”
The university could see large returns from the renovation.
“This year it will generate $600,000 to $700,000 dollars in revenue,” Rebholz said.
Completely full, the boxes could generate up to $900,000.
“That goes back to all 17 of our athletic programs,” Rebholz said. “They will all enjoy the benefits of our new funds.”
Individually, the cost is $40,000 for a suite per year on a three, five or seven year basis.
The club seats run $2,500 dollars a seat per year for one, three, five or seven years, which is about $415 dollars a game.
All the suites are sold out for the next three years.
Two suites are permanently reserved for the director of athletics and president of the university.
Forty seats are also reserved for the UW Foundation and president and athletic department guests.
“You have to be invited to use those, but we use them to take care of the best UW donors,” Rebholz said.
Recently renovated areas of the stadium include the upper west concourse, the upper east concourse, the lower east concourse and a new scoreboard. The next project is to renovate the lower west concourse that has remained nearly untouched since the original construction of the stadium in 1950.
“We have got to generate that revenue to get that completed, which we would like to do in the next year or two,” Rebholz said. “That is where most of our season ticket holders are, and so we definitely want to try and provide them the best game atmosphere possible.”
UW is looking to put $200,000 to $250,000 worth of renovations into the press box to make it media friendly.
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Wyoming is unable to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the current state law, Gov. Dave Freudenthal told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a letter Thursday.
The letter was in response to the EPA’s Tailoring Rule, which requires states to be stricter on regulating greenhouse gases.
In the letter Freudenthal wrote, “The Wyoming Environmental Quality Act prevents the State of Wyoming from regulating greenhouse gasses. Authority to do so would require legislative action to amend the statute and any discussion on that possibility would not occur until the 2011 Legislative session, long after your January 2, 2011 deadline for the implementation of the Tailoring Rule.”
The governor’s letter continued, stating that the he has serious concerns about the EPA’s implementation timelines.
“Given that there are dozens of petitions concerning not only the Tailoring Rule, but also the foundation for that rule, there is a high likelihood that any permitting strategy imposed on the states at this juncture is premature,” according to Freudenthal.
Due to state legislation, the governor requested that the EPA reconsider both its Tailoring Rule and the timeline for its implementation.
Freudenthal also informed the EPA that he intends to submit additional comments by the October 4, 2010 deadline.
The current Tailoring Rule was triggered by a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a case concerning vehicle tailpipe emissions, Massachusetts v. EPA in 2007.
Wyoming is not the only state that has concerns about the EPA’s new rule.
The EPA told 13 states they need to toughen up their rules to regulate greenhouse gases by January 2, 2011. These states are including Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and Texas.
According to the EPA, if the states do not comply, the federal agency will step in and regulate the emissions instead.
The EPA has opened the proposal for comment.
Although Wyoming is not among those 13 states, Freudenthal has concerns that early involvement is necessary as a potential contention with the EPA and may be inevitable under the rule.
Texas officials have emerged as the most vocal critics of the EPA’s plans to enforce their climate rules. Earlier this month, Texas officials said that the EPA unlawfully attempted to force states to “pledge allegiance to its rules.”
Arizona is also in a similar situation. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill in April blocking state agencies from regulating greenhouse gases without express legislative approval.
Ben Grumbles, director of Arizona’s Department of Environmental Quality and former EPA water chief under President George W. Bush, told The New York Times that the law blocks state regulators’ authority to issue greenhouse gas permits.
“We definitely, I think, as a state, would benefit from EPA going back to the drawing board on the tailoring rule and its efforts to give us all more time to develop effective programs and to have an overarching congressional approach to this,” Grumbles said.
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in the case of California vs. The Entertainment Merchants Association and Entertainment Software Association; a case that has sparked discussion over the sale of violent video games to minors.
The case centers on a California law, which imposes a fine of up to $1,000 to anyone who sells or rents certain kinds of violent video games to minors.
','According to the California law, the violent games in question are legally defined as “Those appealing to a deviant or morbid interest of minors, offending community standards and lacking serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.”
A recent Rasmussen poll found that 54 percent of Americans think that violent video games contribute to increased levels of violence in society.
The poll also found that 69 percent said they are at least somewhat concerned about the violent content in video games, and out of that percent, 48 percent expressed that they have very serious concerns about the impact these games may have to society.
Though they were concerned, 71 percent of respondents also favored leaving the responsibility of what kinds of games minors can purchase up to the parents rather than the states.
Public opinion among students at UW is reflective of national trends, with most responding that while there are serious concerns regarding the implications of these video games, the primary responsibility of what kinds of games a minor is allowed to purchase should rest with the parents, not the state.
Roxanne Rounsborg, a sophomore in the nursing program said, “I feel like it’s like seeing an R-rated movie; if their parents will pay for it, and are okay with them playing it, then it’s their business.”
Rachel Bouzis, a senior studying marketing and English held similar sentiments.
“I don’t know that age restrictions are necessary, if people have an inclination toward violence, they’re going to be violent. By the same token, if kids want to play a certain video game, they’re going to find a way to play the video game. I believe it’s a parent’s responsibility to monitor what their children [play], as opposed to the courts,” Bouzis said.
According to comments made by justices, the case has been met with skepticism in the Supreme Court.
During oral arguments, justices expressed concerns about the California law.
“You’re asking us to create a whole new prohibition, which the American people never ratified when they ratified the First Amendment,” Justice Antonin Scalia said in an NBC article.
Justice Anthony Kennedy had similar concerns and said that California is “asking us to go into an entirely new area where there is no consensus.”
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
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A recent report issued by the Military Times Edge ranks UW within the top 20 U.S. schools for Veterans.
The report, which ranked the top one hundred schools for Veterans, looked at a pool of over 4,000 colleges in order to make its determination.
UW is 18th on the list, beating out several accomplished universities, including George Washington and Columbia.
','According to the Division of Student Affairs Veterans Services, UW\'s high rating comes on the heels of a series of improvements to Veterans services provided on campus.
Recently, UW began to implement recommendations from a task force, which reviewed the needs of Veterans on campus. One improvement has been the establishment of the Veterans Services Center, which now serves as a centralized office to provide various services to student-Veterans.
The office is located in room 241 in Knight Hall and is available to all students that have served in the military.
According to the report, UW also received 4 1/2 stars out of a possible five for its level of available financial assistance.
UW did score lower on the quality of the campus culture, receiving only a 2 1/2 star rating.
According to the Military Times Edge, the report looked at four basic criteria when developing its rankings.
First, the report looked at the financial opportunities available to Veterans at the colleges. It also considered scholarships, discounts and waivers specifically for Veterans and their dependents.
Relaxed residency restrictions for in-state tuition and policies, which protect veterans in case of late-arriving benefits, were also taken into account.
The report examined participation in the service members’ Opportunity Colleges Consortium and Degree Network Systems and acceptance of military learning subject tests for academic credit, as well as school policies regarding military related withdrawals.
Also, the report looked at the percentage of veterans in the student body and faculty. Programs such as ROTC, local student veteran organizations and the training of faculty and staff in veteran related issues.
It assessed the number and types of staff designated to work with veterans, including the number of students receiving work-study allowances from the Veterans Affairs Department.
Finally, the report looked at efforts to reach out to veterans, acclimate them to campus and create a veterans\' community, including mentorship programs, special orientation sessions, service projects and academic support.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
The legal battle over the U.S. military\'s official policy on homosexuality known as “Don\'t Ask Don\'t Tell” has gained enormous amount of national attention recently.
The case calling this policy into question, Log Cabin Republicans vs. United States of America, filed in 2004, has only recently made its way into the courtroom.
','The Oct. 12 decision, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips, placed an injunction on the continued implementation of DADT, finding that the policy stands in direct violation of both the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S Constitution.
The temporary freeze of DADT lasted a total of eight days, and was overturned in a decision handed down Oct. 20, by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The court found in favor of the Justice Department, agreeing to continue to allow the Pentagon to handle the policy and its implications internally.
\"Don\'t ask don\'t tell is the only legal form of discrimination, archaic and outdated, like the homophobia that causes it to persist,\" UW sophomore Matthew Duran said.
As the legal battle over DADT makes its way through the federal court system, debate around the merits of the policy has intensified across the country.
Sophomore Brody Tate, a strong supporter of the policy being repealed, said,
“This nation was founded on freedom from persecution and now we reject our own Americans from fighting. It’s ridiculous what this nation can see as free when they are turning it into a privilege.”
Tate Mullin, a senior in political science, echoed this sentiment and defended the lower court’s decision to halt the policy.
“The lower court’s freeze on the ban was a massive, big step forward for civil rights,” he said. He also said he has “… hopes that the ninth circuit’s decision is reversed, so we are not denying equality and freedom to the very same people who are defending it.”
The largest point of frustration among those who oppose DADT appears to be the contradictory nature of asking a soldier to fight for a set of ideals, when the right of personal choice is not granted.
The prevailing view amongst those who do not see DADT as problematic seemed to follow the argument that DADT should stay in place—not as a tool of discrimination or subjugation but for the functional roll of keeping sexuality out of the military unit as much as possible.
Despite Wyoming’s reputation for being a traditionally conservative state politically, students at UW who spoke on the topic proved to be either supportive of ending the DADT as a policy, or indifferent to it.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
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Top: Jon Schmidt singing part of Viva La Vida from Coldplay
The LDSSA kicked off the Fall Semester with a community clean-up and a free concert. The Latter Day Saint Student Association (LDSSA) is an RSO geared toward service and helping the community at large. On September 11, the LDSSA supported the annual Laramie Community Clean-up. Eight members of the LDSSA and several volunteers from the community cleaned along the highway, planted trees, and participated in other service activities to help the Laramie community. A free community breakfast was held before the cleanup.
LDSSA hosted a free public concert September 1, at Prexy\'s Pasture on the UW campus. The crowd enjoyed the musical talents of Jon Schmidt, an LDS pianist/songwriter from Salt Lake City, Utah. Schmidt, a master pianist, was invited by the LDSSA as part of the University\'s Week of Welcome. Schmidt, a new age composer, reached people at all age levels playing songs from serious classical ballad to jazz to popular music. He performed songs from his own collection, as well as songs from Billy Joel, Cold Play, U2, Vince Girardi and Taylor Swift. The concert was sponsored by local businesses and private donors in order to make the concert free for all to attend.
The next event that will be on the agenda for the LDSSA as well as for the community is the 2nd annual I Love Life 5K / 1 Mile Walk or Run Race for Laramie Breast Cancer Support. The certified 5k will take place 9 a.m., Saturday October 2, 2010 at Undine Park. Register early athttp://www.ilovelifelaramie.org/events.html or race-day registration will be at 8 a.m. the day of the race. For more information, e-mail Christiane at ilovelifelaramie@live.com or call 760-5144.
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\r\nThe incident occurred around 9 a.m. Wednesday in the eastbound lane near the Rasmussen Road Interchange, Exit 170, which is about three miles west of Wamsutter, according to a WYDOT news release. Over 20 vehicles were involved in the crash including numerous semi trucks, passenger cars and trucks and one motor home.
\r\n','\r\nThe crash was triggered when a tractor-trailer truck jack-knifed and partially blocked travel lanes, early reports indicate, according to the release. A second truck overturned in its attempt to avoid the first truck. Subsequent collisions occurred as traffic began to slow to a stop behind the original crash scene. Often vehicles will collide while trying to stop before running into a crash, Bruce Burrows, a WYDOT spokesman, said. While these occurrences are not physically connected to the initial crash, they are still considered to be part of the original incident, Burrows said.
\r\nThe fatality occurred in a passenger vehicle that slid into a larger truck and then was hit by another truck, according to the release.
\r\nAt least five injured motorists were transported to Memorial Hospital in Carbon County in Rawlins. Two of the injuries were serious and required extrication from crushed vehicles, the release said.
\r\nRumors of a pedestrian, or pedestrians, being killed or injured were unconfirmed, the release said. As of late Wednesday afternoon, WYDOT had no further information on this topic, Brurrows said.
\r\nThe chain-reaction crash resulted in a lengthy road closure, according to the release.
\r\nBoth lanes of I-80 were closed. The eastbound lane was closed due to the crash, and the westbound lane closure occurred so emergency vehicles could safely reach the scene.
\r\nAfter the initial crash, I-80 remained closed for three hours between Rock Springs and Rawlins.
\r\nDozens of other vehicles were caught up in the situation but were not damaged.
\r\nMany Highway Patrol troopers were on scene, with assistance from WYDOT maintenance workers, Carbon and Sweetwater County sheriffs, deputies and ambulance crews.
\r\nThe road conditions during the time of the crash were foggy with icy pavement surface, the release said. However, the road was open, which meant it was passable, Burrows said.
\r\nWYDOT is unsure at this time if the vehicles in the incident were traveling too fast for conditions. Burrows said that will be an issue they further investigate.
\r\nIn such conditions, WYDOT recommends for motorists to decrease their following distance and travel slow enough to meet the conditions, Burrows said.
\r\n“Take it slow on ice and snow,” Burrows said, explaining this is WYDOT’s slogan for such road conditions.
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\r\nGov. Matt Mead spoke to the 61st Legislative session about jobs and economy, connectivity, infrastructure, assisting communities, streamlining government, education and dealing with federal issues.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nJobs and economy
\r\nRegarding jobs and economy, Mead said Wyoming needed to diversify its economy and focus its efforts toward Wyoming’s “natural advantages,” such as energy and tourism.
\r\nMead also encouraged the manufacturing of wind turbines in Wyoming to promote job growth. Mead promoted “natural gas-fired turbines.” These turbines use natural gas to provide power when wind is not optimal.
\r\n“I am skeptical about man-made global warming without more and better science.”
\r\nHowever, he said he supported carbon injection technology and enhanced oil recovery.
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Connectivity
\r\nMead addressed increasing technology improvements to enrich personal lives and improve state government as well as other aspects of technology improvements. He proposed enhancing and adding more fiber optics to Wyoming rural communities.
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Infrastructure
\r\nMead called for improvements to be made toward the state’s infrastructure to enhance tourism and business. He said he supported additional supplemental appropriations for highways.
\r\nHe said, “the recommended $52 million in supplemental funding this year makes reasonable progress on highway construction.”
\r\n\r\n
Assisting communities
\r\nMead emphasized the importance of financially supporting local communities.
\r\nMead said, “specifically, I support diverting one half of one percent of the statutory severance tax on minerals and splitting it into thirds—one-third to local governments, one-third to highways and one-third to the state’s rainy day fund.”
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Streamlining government
\r\nMead addressed streamlining state government by reiterating his support for legislation that would consolidate the Department of Workforce Services and the Department of Employment.
\r\nMead asked for the authority to allow him to appoint the head of the Health Care Financing Unit.
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Education
\r\nMead described the Wyoming education funding as “spending on a Cadillac education plan and not getting Cadillac results.”
\r\nMead called for more rigorous testing to measure both student and teacher progress. Mead said he was interested in having charter schools move forward in Wyoming. He said he felt they could provide new ideas toward education.
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Dealing with federal issues
\r\nSpeaking about federal issues concerning Wyoming, Mead said the federal health care bill was bad policy and costly. He said he felt the law would significantly raise Medicaid rolls.
\r\nMead said the cost of the lawsuit would be approximately $1,000.
\r\nHowever, the state Senate Minority Floor Leader John Hastert and House Minority Whip Mary Throne said the litigation fund created would be around $2 million dollars in a press release after the address.
\r\nMead said he did support state healthcare solutions such as the expansion of healthcare. He added he felt the expansion of the program would allow for more data to develop more effective and less costly healthcare options.
\r\nAdditionally, Mead also said he wanted a “balanced approach” when dealing with Wyoming minerals.
\r\nAfter the main points, Mead said misuse of prescription drug use was an issue as it exceeded “all other illegal drug and drunk-driving deaths combined.”
\r\nThe state democratic response to the address said Mead addressed vital issues to Wyoming. However, the democrats felt Mead called for legislation that gave Wyoming contractors preference over state workers.
\r\nThe state democrats also endorsed funding the Healthy Frontiers program.
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The deaths of six people and injuries of eight others outside a Safeway in Tucson, Arizona has resulted in a firestorm of finger-pointing from both the right and the left sides of the political spectrum.
\r\nRep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot while hosting an event she called, “Congress in your Corner.”
\r\n\r\n','\r\nA Federal District Judge and a nine-year-old girl were killed in the shooting, according to NPR.
\r\nMany people on the left claim that prominent conservatives, such as Sarah Palin and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, openly fuel rhetoric that is increasing hostile.
\r\nOn the right, commentators such as Glenn Beck have called for increased security, insisting repeatedly that, “there are nut jobs on both sides.”
\r\nAs the fiery rhetoric rises around the country, some students at UW seem to share similar views about the tragic events that took place last Saturday, according to one student’s interview.
\r\n“I think the extreme violent rhetoric constantly coming from public figures like Michele Bachmann, Sharon Angle and Sarah Palin validates actions such as this in the minds of irrational people who are extremely anti-government,” Will Welch, a chemistry major, said.
\r\n“You can’t blame [public figures] personally for the shooting, but you can blame them for implicitly endorsing this kind of action in their daily public discourse.”
\r\nOther students voiced their opinions as well.
\r\n“I think it’s a very tragic event, and a grim reminder of how our society handles mental illness,” Sonny Montoya, a senior in political science, said. “Had this obviously disturbed young man gotten on someone’s radar, he could have received the help he needed and prevented this senseless crime from happening.”
\r\nGiffords is in critical but stable condition in a Tucson hospital with her attending physicians expressing cautious optimism about the likelihood of her recovery.
','1','8','0','38','2011-01-11 05:28:50','62','Bob Kubichek','2011-01-14 20:56:28','62','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-11 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','1','0','18','”, people, rhetoric, students, tucson, giffords, called, shooting, event, blame, public, “i, tragic, political, sarah, palin, , arizona, left, sides','The deaths of six people and injuries of eight others outside a Safeway in Tucson, Arizona has resulted in a firestorm of finger-pointing from both the right and the left sides of the political spectrum. \r\n','0','302','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2311','Italy\'s Berlusconi in prostitution probe','italys-berlusconi-in-prostitution-probe','','ROME (AP) -- Prosecutors are investigating whether Premier Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage girl from Morocco and then abused his power in trying to cover up the encounters, officials said Friday....','','-2','6','0','44','2011-01-14 13:40:00','62','By ALESSANDRA RIZZO','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-14 13:40:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','1','0','0','','','0','29',''); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2116','Private Group Aims to Bring the Geology Museum Back From Extinction','private-group-aims-to-bring-the-geology-museum-back-from-extinction','','The lights were turned out in the University of Wyoming’s Geology Museum Tuesday but supporters aren’t giving up.
\r\nBeth Southwell has volunteered at the museum for 18 years giving tours and assisting with research. She also works for Uinta Paleontological Associates, a consulting company helping to prepare dinosaur bones collected from the natural gas pipeline near Laramie.
\r\nSouthwell said she and other fellow volunteers and Laramie citizens were saddened by the “precipitous closure of the museum without any effort to put in any stopgap measures or efforts to raise the money to replace the budget cuts.” This led Southwell and others to form private group, independent from UW, called The Friends of the S.H. Knight Geological Museum.
\r\n“We hope to raise awareness of what’s been going on, encourage people to write to the trustees, the state legislature, and the governor,” Southwell said. “Hopefully we will influence them to change their decision or find an alternative source of funding to keep the museum alive on campus.”
\r\nSouthwell is pragmatic about the need for fundraising. “It appears it was simply a matter of money and was caused by a state shortfall in funds,” Southwell said. “Therefore, we hope to raise the money to replace the budget shortfall and thereby prevent the permanent closure of the museum.”
\r\nThe Friends of the S.H. Knight Geological Museum will have a booth at Laramie’s annual ‘Freedom has a Birthday’ Independence Day celebration Saturday in Washington Park.
\r\n“We want to talk to people and explain that we don’t want the extinction of the museum,” Southwell said. “We’re trying to do everything we can to keep it viable.”
\r\nSince the museum is a public facility, any fundraising will be a public and private partnership, Southwell said. Until an endowment fund can be created, the group has set up a bank account at First Interstate Bank for donations. Those interested in donating can ask to deposit to “The Friends of the S.H. Knight Geological Museum” account.
\r\nThe Friends of the S.H. Knight Geological Museum’s website is at www.keeplaramiedinos.blogspot.com and includes links to the latest news on the closure and their efforts to re-open the museum. The website also links to an e-petition, which had 2,460 signatures as of Tuesday evening. Their Facebook group for updates and discussion, “Save the University of Wyoming Geological Museum,” had reached 2,794 members by Tuesday.
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email the author: questions24@gmail.edu
','','-1','11','0','34','2009-07-03 20:32:14','115','Meg Lanker','2009-07-15 19:15:10','115','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-07-03 14:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','164','museum, ”, southwell, geological, group, friends, knight, money, raise, private, closure, tuesday, hope, public, “we, links, state, account, efforts, budget','','0','30','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2117','WyoOne I.D. cards to be redesigned for Spring 2011, will include emergency contact info','wyoone-id-cards-to-be-redesigned-for-spring-2011-will-include-emergency-contact-info','','
Starting this spring, the WyoOne identification cards all students receive will feature a new design. ASUW and the WyoOne office planned and executed the redesign in about three weeks, Liz Rader, ASUW chief of staff, said.
The new design affects the back of the I.D. and will include six phone numbers, which “will help students if they are away from other resources,” Lynne Swearingen, WyoOne I.D. manager, said.
','The numbers are contacts for the Wyoming Union Info Desk, WYDOT Road Conditions, ASUW, UW Dean of Students, SafeRide and UW Police. Another new element will be the ASUW logo. The re-design was partly funded through $300 business discretionary funds, according to Rader.
The committee that decided what would be chosen to be displayed on the back included ASUW president Cameron Nazminia, vice president Liz Brown, Rader, adviser Matt Caires and dean of students Dave Cozzens, Nazminia said.
Some of the groups that were left out included Night Owl, I.D. Office, Residence Life and Dining, Student Health, Admissions, Financial Aid and Registrars Office, according to Rader.
The reason for picking the final six numbers were space restrictions and that the excluded services can be reached through the numbers included, such as the Wyoming Union Info Desk, she said.
“One more good [number to include] would have been a crisis hotline, such as a suicide prevention hotline.”
Rader, along with Nazminia and Brown, were the driving force behind the re-design this semester and, along with good timing, lead the swift implementation. “Our supplies were running low, so it was the time to order new card stock,” Swearing said, explaining why the I.D.s are being changed in the middle of the school year.
She also said that students who already own a WyoOne I.D. will not have to buy a new one, as well as “no [additional] charges for the cards.”
Swearing said she appreciates the convenience and safety ideas students brought to her office. “ASUW is willing to work with us and we with them. It is good for us to work with students,” she said.
The initial idea for the re-design came from Rader. “Originally, it was Liz [Rader’s] idea,” Swearing said. “I went to GASCA, a student conference at Texas A&M … and that’s where I got the idea for the I.D. cards,” Rader said. “I didn’t initially do it, since I didn’t have the contacts.”
Email: David Demic
','-1','11','0','34','2010-12-03 05:25:13','126','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','62','2011-01-14 20:51:11','2010-12-03 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','163','”, students, rader, asuw, design, wyoone, cards, office, numbers, liz, idea, swearing, included, info, nazminia, good, hotline, student, work, brown','Starting this spring, the WyoOne identification cards all students receive will feature a new design. ASUW and the WyoOne office planned and executed the redesign in about three weeks, Liz Rader, ASUW chief of staff, said.','0','48','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2118','Controversy continues over UW cuts','controversy-continues-over-uw-cuts','','The controversy surrounding University of Wyoming budget cuts has increased with announcement of a raise for qualifying faculty and staff.
\r\nUW cut 45 jobs and announced the closure of facilities such as the geology museum and the wellness center. Other cuts included the absorption of graduate school administration into the undergraduate programs, X-ray service at Student Health and a $4.4 million cut to UW’s libraries.
\r\nQualifying staff and faculty will receive a raise this year of nearly four percent, according to UW President Tom Buchanan’s office. This was accounted for by the Board of Trustees in their budget determination. The raise was promised before the cuts were announced.
\r\nIn an email to the Branding Iron, Director of Institutional Communications Jessica Lowell would not disclose information about the staff that were terminated or the salary increases.
\r\n“We’re not going to discuss personnel matters,” Lowell said. “We worked through a long process to arrive at our strategy for meeting our budget objectives while still doing what we do: teaching and research.”
\r\nWyoming residents have railed against the decisions made, including the geology museum’s closure and the fact that the budget decisions were made in Jackson Hole at Spring Creek Ranch, which describes itself online as a \"year-round luxury resort.\" Rooms at the resort this time of year start at $250 a night and range as high as $1,800 for a four-bedroom, four-bathroom mountain villa.
\r\nFour trustees flew to the annual retreat on the state plane in May, with three bringing their wives, Lowell said. The trustees received a discounted rate of $239, with room costs covered by funds in a separate account.
\r\nTrustees said they had considered moving the meeting in March, but that the contract had been signed. Cancelling the meeting in Jackson would have cost the university $8,236, according to the board.
\r\nOne trustee, Dr. Taylor H. Haynes, of Cheyenne, said it is common practice for the plane to fly trustees to meetings, stopping at airports near their homes to pick them up. He acknowledged that the meeting had the \"appearance\" of being expensive in the face of budget cuts.
\r\nLowell said three other trustees and their wives took the state plane to Jackson: Board President Chuck Brown and his wife, Katie, of Wheatland; Trustee Jim Neiman and his wife, Kristy, of Hulett; and, Trustee Howard Willson and his wife, Belenda, of Riverton. An assistant to university President Tom Buchanan, Kim Reichert, of Laramie, was also on the flight.
\r\n“In the end, I made the final decisions on the specific reductions that would be made,” Buchanan said. “The decisions made in this process were the most difficult I have ever made in my professional career…Undeniably, the hardest of all the decisions involved the elimination of positions, because, ultimately, the decision impacted the lives of 45 valued colleagues.”
\r\nBuchanan declined to address any specific questions about layoffs raised by the community, including the termination of an employee with cancer. Buchanan said the elimination of positions was related to program eliminations or efficiencies and “the identity of the individual staff members, their performance, or their personal circumstances were unrelated to the decisions made and, for the most part, unknown.”
\r\nemail the author: questions24@gmail.edu
','','-1','11','0','34','2009-06-26 19:02:33','115','Meg Lanker','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-06-26 07:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','162','decisions, trustees, budget, ”, cuts, meeting, staff, buchanan, lowell, board, president, trustee, jackson, wife, university, raise, plane, year, resort, controversy','UW Budget cuts/salary increases','0','33','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2119','Positive outlook for university budget, substantial cuts not expected in campus\' near future','positive-outlook-for-university-budget-substantial-cuts-not-expected-in-campus-near-future','','
A year and a half after cutting $18.3 million dollars from its budget, UW sees strong financial times on the horizon.
The first sign of a positive trend is that its plan to implement the budget cuts in three years has already been completed in half the time, with no additional cuts.
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“It is good news, because it means we got through all the actions that had to be implemented more than a full year ahead of the budget plan,” Doug Vinzant, vice president for administration, said.
Gov. Freudenthal’s full endorsement of UW’s supplemental budget request, except for one item, has also attributed to the positive outlook of the school’s administration.
“On the horizon, the university is stabilized,” Vinzant said.
Items on the request include increased spending for libraries, equipment for the new BioSaftey Laboratory 3 lab and planned renovation of the existing fine arts facility.
Freudenthal is recommending directing $50 million from Abandoned Mine Land funds for the construction of a new science, technology, and engineering mathematics buildings, in combination of additional support for other science and energy related programs.
“All of those things point to the university not just stabilizing, but taking a step forward; if all those recommendations are enacted by the legislature,” Vinzant said. “That is pretty remarkable [to go] from a year and a half ago to were we are right now.\"
Freudenthal has also recommended compensation adjustment, or a salary program for state employees to make up for actions taken during the budget reductions, which would affect UW employees.
All actions still must be passed by the Wyoming legislature in their upcoming session next year.
The reason for the improvement in the revenue picture for the university comes from the estimation-exceeding revenue increase for the state.
Vinzant also said that a reason for UW’s strong recovery stems from strong support that Freudenthal has given to the university. Which included his work to strengthen academics programs, specifically energy related programs.
Looking towards the future, Vinzant said that the university has every reason to believe that governor-elect Matt Mead is going to be supportive of the university as well.
“We are going to work with him and do our best to make sure that he is aware of what our needs are,” Vinzant said. “We are looking forward to working for him.”
He said no actions taken from the budget reductions have had any unexpected consequences for the university.
“I don’t think that there is anything out of the list of actions, that were put into place, where the consequences, or impacts, were fundamentally different from what was anticipated,” Vinzant said. “But when you have to make reductions of that magnitude, it does have adverse impacts. But that set of actions was very thoughtfully, and very deliberately, crafted to minimize the impact.”
Vinzant said that the budget cuts of 2009 are permanent.
“As difficult as budget reductions are, I will also say it’s a situation where they force you to think very carefully about institutional priorities, and to examine things very carefully, and that was done here very thoughtfully and in a very deliberate manner,” he said.
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
At a special meeting of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees May 30, the board approved funding for domestic partnership benefits. Staff members have fought for the measure for several years, both based on equality and practicality, stating offering the benefits would make UW more competitive when recruiting faculty. ASUW also approved a resolution in April, stating their support for adopting the benefits.
\r\nThe approved plan will create a program under which vouchers for health insurance coverage will be offered for domestic partners of UW employees of either sex and is patterned after those at other universities.
\r\nUW administrators have been considering such a move for several years. While many staff members looked at the plan as offering equality to same-sex partners, the board saw it as a smart business move.
\r\n\"UW competes nationally and internationally for faculty members,\" UW Provost Myron Allen said. \"The range of institutions against whom we compete includes research universities and corporations that offer domestic partner benefits. More than half the companies of the Fortune 500 offer them. At the university level, 42 percent of colleges and universities surveyed by College and University Professional Association for Human Resources offer them.\"
\r\nTwo years ago, the board of trustees directed the UW administration to retain a consultant qualified to help UW evaluate the feasibility of providing health insurance coverage for domestic partners. In July 2008, Buck Consultants delivered a report to university officials that concluded a voucher program was the most appropriate mechanism.
\r\nHowever, the board\'s vote directs that the system be implemented only when UW President Tom Buchanan determines it is fiscally feasible to do so. Currently, it is unknown when the program will be put into practice. UW recently announced sweeping budget cuts affecting target and educational programs, along with personnel.
\r\nemail author: questions24@gmail.edu
','','-1','11','0','34','2009-06-11 18:44:00','115','Meg Lanker','2009-08-05 17:12:49','80','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-06-11 07:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','160','domestic, board, benefits, university, years, members, universities, offer, approved, partners, program, health, equality, stating, offering, coverage, insurance, faculty, sex, plan','The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees May 30, the board approved funding for domestic partnership benefits. ','0','22','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2121','Amnesty International letter writing event in Union tonight','amnesty-international-letter-writing-event-in-union-tonight','','
Along with Friday Night Fever’s De-Stresser events, Amnesty International will be hosting a letter writing event tonight in the Union Gardens at 9 p.m.
Writing letters to governments and other authorities that abuse human rights is how Amnesty International began their campaign, Conor Mullen, president of UW’s chapter of Amnesty International, said. “It’s such a simple act that really anyone, anywhere can do it. Overloading the post offices and mailboxes of the tyrannical influences can, and do, help free prisoners of conscious.”
','Amnesty International is a worldwide movement with 2.8 million supporters in more than 150 countries who work to end severe human rights abuse.
“Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards,” Mullen said.
Tonight’s event will be a “hot cocoa social of sorts,” Mullen said. “Paired with some on-the-spot activism.” Members of Amnesty International will be writing letters on behalf of prisoners of conscious and advocating Amnesty International’s mission—human rights for all—while they sip their hot cocoa.
With this event, Amnesty International is hoping to meet new people, introduce them to the group and promote the organization’s mission of protecting human rights for everyone.
The group promotes human rights for everyone by targeting specific instances where some rights are not being observed at all.
Amnesty International is not connected to any form of government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. Their funding mostly comes from their membership and public donations.
Currently, Amnesty International is working on a specific campaign on campus in which they are attempting to gain a guarantee from a third party monitor that apparel displaying UW’s name, or logo is made while practicing fair labor.
Amnesty International is working to guarantee that no UW clothes are made in sweatshops.
“We are not saying that UW clothes are made in sweatshops,” Mullen said. As of now, UW is signed on with the Fair Labor Association, which has some strong ties to the very companies it is overseeing, Mullen said.
He said that this can create a conflict of interest.
“[There is] a need for a stronger, more independent type of oversight,” he said.
In the past, Amnesty International has organized film festivals, music festivals called Jamnesty and teach-ins, which are workshops where people learn about specific issues.
On campus, Amnesty International is a small group that is usually run by four or five people, and Amnesty International is always looking for new members.
Mullen said Amnesty International would like to have dedicated volunteers, who would help keep the group and its projects going. To get involved, anyone can drop by the group’s information table on Mondays in the Union breezeway, or contact Mullen at cmullen@uwyo.edu.
Email: Jamie Magrum
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\r\nThe bill, Credit Cardholders\' Bill of Rights Act of 2009, H.R. 627, includes language allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons on to National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service public lands.
\r\nThe Senate passed the bill by a vote of 67-29 and the House passed the bill by a vote of 361-64.
\r\nThe amendment, the Preservation of the Second Amendment in National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges Act, S. 816, allows gun owners to carry concealed weapons in national parks if the concealed weapons permit holder is authorized to do so on similar state lands in the state in which the national park or refuge is located.
\r\n\"The Wyoming delegation has fought to open up national parks to responsible gun owners in the past and we won that fight,\" said U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.
\r\nIn December 2008, a rule was implemented to allow concealed weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges. That rule was soon challenged in court. The U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C. ruled that an environmental study was needed before the new rule change could be accepted. With H.R. 627 signed into law, the courts no longer have to wait for a final decision on the environmental study.
\r\n\"Commonsense and the rule of law have prevailed,\" said U.S. House Representative Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. \"I am pleased this overwhelmingly bipartisan effort was signed into law so quickly. Thankfully, the power to govern firearm possession on Park Service lands now goes back to state and local laws instead of unelected bureaucrats and anti-gun activist judges.\"
\r\nIn Jackson Hole, local officials will have a “back-and-forth dialogue” with the federal government to implement a new law allowing concealed weapons at Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, officials said Tuesday.
\r\nIn Wyoming and other states, officials are aiming to have consistency while still maintaining the state’s right to put the new law into practice. The office of the Department of Interior issued a statement saying the office will provide guidance to states that allow guns in national parks.
\r\nNot everyone is happy about the ruling. In an interview with Jackson Hole Weekly, Ted Kerosote said that both animals and humans deserve a refuge from guns, and in national parks, where wildlife is habituated to humans, they run the risk of deadly encounters.
\r\n“I fear that wildlife will be shot because of frightened, armed people,” he said. “Here, with so many black bears habituated to people, and now grizzlies, I worry about people carrying firearms, using the rationale of self-defense.”
\r\nKerosote added that signage encouraging park visitors to use pepper spray, which he says works better than guns, should be a priority.
\r\nOfficials have already stated that signage with each park’s rules on concealed weapons, such as any off-limit areas, will be prominently displayed at each park entrance. In an official statement, a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior said it has nine months before the law will go into effect, giving it ample time to put “public safety and the safety of our employees as our foremost consideration.”
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Recent shakeups within the ASUW executive branch have led to the resignations of two executives.
Unrelated to the executive resignations, Michael Pule, coordinator of SafeRide, also resigned last week. Pule was not available for comment on his reason for leaving.RECENT
','Tyler Neasloney, a senior marketing major who served as the director of public relations and marketing during the 2009-2010 school year and again this fall, and CJ Young, a senior in criminal justice who also served in both this year’s and last year’s executive cabinet, both resigned last week.
Neither could be reached for comment regarding the resignations, ASUW president Cameron Nazminia cited, “Basic fundamental, philosophical differences between the two executives and the administration about what student government should and should not be focusing on.”
“We are simply going in a different direction,” Nazminia said.
ASUW vice president Liz Brown also commented on the resignations, saying that they were voluntary, and that the contributions that both Young and Nealsoney provided to ASUW were appreciated, and that they will be missed.
Brown said issues including “independent motivation”, and “production output levels” were factors involved in Young and Nealsoney’s decisions to resign.
While the former executives reportedly resigned out of their own volition, a number of ASUW senators and volunteers have expressed concerns regarding the circumstances surrounding the matter.
Chief among these concerns has been a question as to whether Young and Nealsoney were given the choice to resign or face termination.
Brown said that these were only rumors.
Although a number of ASUW senators did comment off the record to the BI regarding the resignations, none were willing to provide further details.
ASUW has struggled with maintaining a consistent executive branch this semester, with the resignation of former director of diversity and student outreach Paul Weaver earlier this year, as well as the resignations of many senators in the legislative branch.
Email: Bob Kubichek
','-1','11','0','34','2010-12-03 05:09:02','62','Bob Kubichek','2010-12-03 05:13:45','173','62','2011-01-14 20:51:16','2010-12-03 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','157','asuw, resignations, executive, young, executives, branch, brown, , senators, resigned, comment, resign, concerns, nazminia, senior, served, number, student, director, marketing',' \r\nRecent shakeups within the ASUW executive branch have led to the resignations of two executives. \r\nUnrelated to the executive resignations, Michael Pule, coordinator of SafeRide, also resigned last week. Pule was not available for comment on his reason for leaving.\r\n','0','67','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2124','Laramie\'s Response to California Banning of Same Sex-Marriage','laramies-response-to-california-banning-of-same-sex-marriage','','
The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage, by a 6-1 vote Tuesday.
\r\nProp. 8 passed in November and overturned a previous judicial decision on same-sex marriage by adding the ban to California’s state constitution. In the ruling, the court also said that 18,000 marriages performed before Prop. 8 passed were still legal.
\r\nThe court’s move means the issue will likely appear again on the state’s ballot, but two noted attorneys who represented opposite sides in the Bush-Gore election battle nine years ago are challenging Proposition 8 in federal court.
\r\nFormer U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who represented George W. Bush, and David Boies, who represented then-Vice President Al Gore, filed a preliminary injunction in federal court Wednesday morning that calls for restoring marriage rights for gays in California until the legal battle over Prop. 8 is concluded.
\r\nThe broader suit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, argues that Prop. 8 creates a class of “second-class citizens” and thereby violates the U.S. Constitution. “This unequal treatment of gays and lesbians denies them the basic liberties and equal protection under the law that are guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment,” the suit states. Olson and Boies are suing on behalf of two same-sex couples that were denied marriage licenses due to Prop. 8.
\r\nOther California groups are banding together to push another ballot initiative to reinstate same-sex marriage in the 2010 election cycle. One such group, Courage Campaign, is urging its members help raise funds for advertising in the 2010 election and begun airing a 60-second television ad to encourage support for same-sex marriage.
\r\nThe effects of the decision were felt in Wyoming, where House Bill 17, a measure to define marriage as only between heterosexual couples, was hotly debated in the State House due to its non-recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states.
\r\nSome Laramie residents feel the Prop. 8 ruling will not stall the same-sex marriage movement, and could incite younger voters to be active in support of same-sex marriage in Wyoming.
\r\n“The ASUW vote in support for domestic partner benefits this spring is a great example of this,” said Matt Stech, a recent UW graduate. “Many, if not most students at UW, think it is fine to love whomever you choose, and believe in equal recognition. Twenty years ago this was not the case. I believe that in the next few years, shifting demographics, compassion, education and empathy will win equal access to civil unions in California and eventually Wyoming.”
\r\n\"This is not a matter of opinion, morality or sexuality,” UW student Cameron Maris said. “This is a matter of freedom and civil rights for every American. Even though the names and faces are different, this is the very same civil rights struggle that Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks fought. Proposition 8 is a lost battle in a very big war, and I have no doubt that despite these setbacks, the fight for equal marriage rights will be won on a federal level.\"
\r\nKyle Bushbaker of the student GLBTQ group Spectrum referred to the bill’s passage as, “a sad decision and a return to the dark ages for civil rights.”
\r\nThe California Supreme Court considered only the constitutionality of the measure at the state level. The suit filed in U.S. District Court could ultimately force the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has been traditionally divided on same-sex marriage.
\r\nThe Student Activities Council (SAC) cancelled its usual Thursday night film this week in preparation for the end of the semester. However, due to the popularity of the SAC Film Series this year, the films will resume next semester.
The films hosted by SAC are unique from those shown at Friday Night Fever because the Thursday films are usually foreign films, Indy films, or just those that never came to a theatre in Laramie.
','“Since the Film Series is in its first year, we are always looking for input from students and the community on how to make this program even better,” said SAC representative, Stephanie Long. “The Student Activities Council is made up of volunteer students who meet weekly to help bring diverse forms of entertainment to the student body, and anyone can join.”
Films next semester will begin with Black Swan staring Natalie Portman at 7 p.m. on Jan. 13 in the Education Auditorium. Just like this semester, films will show on the second Thursday of every month.
SAC film events are free for both students and members of the community. SAC meets every Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. in the Thunder Basin Room in the basement of the Union.
“Anyone is welcome and encouraged to stop by and give their input for new and ongoing programs sponsored by SAC,” said Long. The films are put on by the Film Committee, a division of SAC.
For more information or to sign up for the SAC email list, please contact Stephanie Long at shanson5@uwyo.edu.
Students can stop by the SAC information table every Wednesday in the Union breezeway.
Email: Cali Cravens
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The Student Senate voted on three pieces of legislation at Tuesday night’s meeting, with one bill awarding $7,500 from the general reserve to sponsor a spring break trip to Washington D.C. for 12 students.
The Student Senate voted on three pieces of legislation at Tuesday night’s meeting, with one bill awarding $7,500 from the general reserve to sponsor a spring break trip to Washington D.C. for 12 students.
Along with the spring break trip, there was a bill to require senators to volunteer for SafeRide once per semester and two bills were proposed to change some of the internal structure of ASUW in an elections reform act and committee reform act.
On the spring break trip, the students will be given the opportunity to meet and interact with a federal congressional delegation as well as sight see in the nation\'s capital.
Although ASUW is sponsoring the trip and the coordinators are looking for outside funding, students would be required to pay about $400 for the weeklong trip.
However, some senators felt the bill was an inappropriate use of the general reserve fund.
“I see it as a PR trip where 12 students will have a phenomenal trip with ASUW footing part of the bill, and I don’t think that’s right,” said one senator.
The coordinators of the trip said they would like to see it become an annual event that ASUW sponsors.
The bill passed by a vote of 24-2.
The senate also discussed, and once again voted down, a bill that would require senators to volunteer for SafeRide once per semester during their term.
This is the third time in three years that a similar bill has come before senate and each time the bill has failed.
“I like this bill because I realize SafeRide has a lot of issues finding volunteers,” Sen. Noah Hull said.
yes on the bill and said he thought the only way to fix the problems with the program is go to and see what those problems are by volunteering.
Senator for the College of Business Katie Cusack disagreed.
“I think we all come into a job with a job description and this was not in the one we had, it’s not fair to change a description half way through,” she said.
Senator for the College of Health Sciences Bryan Dugas responded to her comments.
“I don’t think our description is changing, our job is to help and serve students its not changing at all,” said Dugas.
Senator Phil Abernathy, said that he didn’t feel volunteering for SafeRide guaranteed that he would talk with any of his constituents from the College of Business.
After the meeting, Senator Alex Sullivan-Brink, who also voted no, said he didn’t think ASUW should force senators to do the things they should already be doing.
During the meeting senate also awarded $3,750 to the Chinese Students and Scholars association for its Chinese New Year celebration to take place next semester.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-12-02 05:22:58','62','Erin Jarnagin','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-02 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','154','bill, trip, students, asuw, senate, senator, spring, break, senators, saferide, meeting, ”, “i, voted, description, 500, job, college, semester, ','The senate also discussed, and once again voted down, a bill that would require senators to volunteer for SafeRide once per semester during their term. \r\n','0','48','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2127','Genome research contributes to science journal','genome-research-contributes-to-science-journal','','
A recent article published in the journal Science Express received contributions from University of Wyoming researchers.
The article, “Plasticity of animal genome architecture unmasked by rapid evolution of pelagic tunicate,” discussed the group’s recent work, which achieved the successful sequencing of the entire genome sequence of a kind of tunicate known as Oikopleura dioca.
','The successful sequencing of the Oikopleura dioca is important because of the evolutionary turnover of duplicate genes within the organism. Tunicates are a group of underwater saclike filter feeders that are found mostly on the ocean floor.
“Gene duplication is a fundamental process enabling the evolution of new molecular functions, as species diverge in evolution, and potentially also as cancer cells evolve. Understanding the dynamics of, and constraints on, duplicate genes is important to understanding functional differences between genomes,” David Liberles, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, said.
The research on the Oikopleura dioca gene sequence coincided with ongoing work in the Statistics Department by associate professor in the department, Snehalata Huzurbazar’s, who was seeking ways to improve models for gene duplicates.
Ph.D. students Anke Konrad, molecular biology, and Sarabdeep Singh, statistics student, were two other contributors to the research, according to a UW news release. Liberles said that he and his colleagues have been working on this specific area of research for a number of years.
“Research in my group characterizing the fates of duplicated genes began in 2003 with the work of former postdoctoral researcher Nick Braun, and has continued with two graduated Ph.D. students, Shruti Rastogi and Tim Hughes,” he said. “The modeling framework used in the study began with a paper published with Tim Hughes in Journal of Molecular Evolution in 2007.”
Liberles also said other groups at University of Wyoming involved in genome sequencing projects include Alex Buerkle [in botany] on a pine species and Naomi Ward [in molecular biology], who has been involved in multiple bacterial genome sequencing projects.”
Liberles’ involvement with Daniel Chourrout (of University of Bergen, Norway) was his first venture into a large scale-sequencing project.
“We have recently become involved with Webb Miller [of Penn State University] on another large scale sequencing project to characterize gene duplication comparatively in primate species,” he added.
The genome sequencing project was an international collaborative effort involving research groups in Europe, Canada, Japan, the Universities of Wyoming, Iowa and Oregon and the National Institutes of Health.
Email: Bob Kubichek
','-1','11','0','34','2010-12-01 05:11:38','62','Bob Kubichek','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-12-01 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','153','sequencing, genome, ”, molecular, research, evolution, dioca, work, project, department, liberles, gene, species, involved, genes, oikopleura, journal, university, wyoming, duplication','A recent article published in the journal Science Express received contributions from University of Wyoming researchers. \r\n\r\nThe article, “Plasticity of animal genome architecture unmasked by rapid evolution of pelagic tunicate,” discussed the group’s recent work, which achieved the successful sequencing of the entire genome sequence of a kind of tunicate known as Oikopleura dioca.\r\n','0','56','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2128','Places still left for Good Mule\'s South Dakota trip','places-still-left-for-good-mules-south-dakota-trip','','
The Good Mule Project has a few slots left for its South Dakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation trip. There are scholarships available for students who wish to apply.
The date for the trip is still being determined but will take place after finals.
Students will work on Geothermal Energy Projects, work to understand the culture of the Sioux nation, and will take a trip to the Wounded Knee Museum, among other projects during the trip.
','“Good Mule Project is an education-based, free speech organization that helps students at UW become better advocates for any cause they feel passionate about,” Alex Sullivan-Brink, Good Mule coordinator, said. “Good Mule focuses on three areas of need and development: Social justice, diversity, and sustainability.”
Good Mule allows any student with a cause or promotion to come in and receive help to achieve their goals. In November, they received $15,000 from ASUW\'s special projects budget, and will use most of the money to improve recycling on campus.
“This will hopefully increase environmental awareness on campus as well as raise money from the recycling which could in-turn help lower student costs here at UW in the future.”
Good Mule puts on events each semester, inviting guest speakers, putting on film series, and hosting other conferences and awareness events.
This spring, Good Mule plans to bring guest speaker Leslie A. Newman, author of the book “Heather Has Two Mommies.” Newman last spoke at UW when she spoke on behalf of Matthew Shepherd after his death in 1998. The organization is also planning a presentation on \"art as a form of activism\" on and off campus during the Martin Luther King Days of Dialogue in January.
The annual Good Mule Conference is Feb. 12-13 and applications are available online at thegoodmule.org. For more information about The Good Mule Project, or about upcoming events, students are encouraged to contact Alex Sullivan-Brink at asulliv9@uwyo.edu.
Students can also stop by the group\'s office in the lower level of the Union.
Email: Cali Cravens
Across the world there is an effort to create a cleaner and friendlier environment, and UW is doing its part.
Over the last decade and with the help of staff, faculty and students, a strong effort has been made to become an environmentally sustainable campus.
','The biggest efforts from the university have come from the formation of the Campus Sustainability Committee and the Climate Action Plan from university president Tom Buchanan, which details the goals of the university towards being an environmentally sustainable campus.
“I think we are making great progress in advancing sustainability at the campus,” Jill Lovato, Co-Chair of the Campus Sustainability Committee, said.
Through these efforts, the university has maintained sustainability through energy efficiency in its buildings, with additions including more efficient windows, transportation, manage and growing a recycling program, and sustainability education and awareness.
The Campus Sustainability Committee has also hosted events to make sure that the university is always engaged in sustainability.
This has included participating in RecycleMania 2010, a contest to measure the amount of trash and recycled materials collected at more than 600 schools nationwide to determine which participants had the highest recycling rate. UW placed in the top 30 percent of schools participating.
In total, participating colleges collected more than 84 million pounds of materials during the 10-week competition.
The committee also hosted the Wyoming Sustainability Summit 2010, a statewide conference intended to provide a forum for local leaders and interested citizens to learn about environmental, social and economic sustainability.
The summit provided a venue for sharing information about challenges and successes with sustainability initiatives and how to successfully address these issues in residences, businesses and communities.
In other efforts to promote sustainability, in 2007, UW became a charter member of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, with Buchanan charging the Campus Sustainability Committee with administering the commitment’s requirements.
As part of the commitment, UW completed the Climate Action Plan, which guides the institution in achieving its sustainability goals. It is intended to be a living document and will be updated periodically as new technology becomes available or budget opportunities change.
The Climate Action Plan states, “As the only four-year institution of higher learning in the state, UW has a responsibility to provide high-quality opportunities for academic learning, teaching and research about sustainability, climate policy, climate science, and energy.”
It is clear from the plan that the university is not just dedicated to creating an environmentally friendly campus, but helping to contribute through education and research to create a sustainable world.
In general, the first part of the plan focuses on education and reductions in energy use through behavioral change and facility upgrades, evaluation of alternatives, and limited implementation of promising initiatives.
With its many construction projects on campus, UW has dedicated itself to sustainable efforts by requiring that all new construction and major renovations strive to meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design silver standards.
LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most, according to the U.S. Green Building Council’s website.
This includes energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to the impacts on those resources.
Currently, under the assessments as stated, the College of Business is at a higher standard than required by UW; at Gold standard. The new Kendall House has been expanded and remodeled to pursue silver certification.
According to Roger Baalman, the Facilities Planning Director and University Architect, the university was reaching for LEED certification before the university’s requirements, and is now looking for at potentially following LEED certification for existing buildings and maintenance.
Lovato said that the university cannot help the sustainability of the campus fully without the help of the students, faculty and staff.
“Everybody has a part to play,” Lovato said, “Everyone should be involved.”
The University of Wyoming will dedicate its new biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory, which will allow new research and diagnostic abilities for certain select agents, or microbes that are on the federal list of controlled bugs.
The dedication will take place in west Laramie today.
“As there are several of these microbes that are natural in the Wyoming environment, the facility will allow us to do our routine, diagnostic and research into better cures, vaccines, and things like that,” Frank Galey, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, said.
Examples of diseases that are seen naturally in Wyoming’s wildlife and livestock include brucellosis, rabbit fever and the plague.
The facility will allow targeted research on animal diseases deemed important to Wyoming that is not currently possible with existing, less-complex facilities.
“If someone has an animal that might have one of these diseases, they need to send it to a laboratory to get it diagnosed, and, previously, UW was very restricted in this ability,” Galey, who also heads the Wyoming Brucellosis Coordination Team established by Freudenthal in 2004, said.
Previously in Wyoming, the state had to turn these cases over to the federal government, but now, according to Galey, UW can work with these cases in-house.
Galey stated that it really makes sense to be doing this research here in Wyoming, as UW has one of best teams when it comes to brucellosis.
Since the Department of Homeland Security was established following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, research with these diseases can only be conducted in BSL-3 laboratories.
According to Galey, the facility allows all research to be preformed safely with many built-in redundancy safety measures to the laboratory.
The main department that will be using the facility is the Department of Veterinarian Sciences, along with individuals associated with the Department of Molecular Biology.
Galey said that the facility will allow UW and the state to provide a better service to the citizens of Wyoming.
The facility will also benefit UW faculty who do their research on these microbes and the graduate students who support them.
The new BSL-3 laboratory is unique with only a few operational facilities like it across the United States.
Scheduled speakers at the ceremony include Gov. Dave Freudenthal, UW President Tom Buchanan, UW Board of Trustees chairman Jim Neiman and Galey, followed by a reception and tour of the facility.
Support for the laboratory came from numerous groups, including the Wyoming Stock Grower’s Association, Gov. Freudenthal and the Wyoming State Legislature, Galey said.
Groundbreaking for the facility was last June.
The 20,000 square-foot addition contains a 1,280 square-foot BSL-3 lab, a 2,600 square-foot BSL-2 lab, plus other work rooms.
The 5,860 square-foot renovation of the existing Department of Veterinary Sciences building, which houses the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, includes modifications of the existing BSL-2 lab and conference and administrative offices.
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
The Rainbow Resource Center is the recent recipient of a $580 check from regional TriO Programs.
TriO Programs is based out of the office of Student Educational Opportunity and is designed to help individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
With the funds, the center plans to expand some of its resources such as educational categories of their library as well as adding genres to their library such as bisexuality and pansexuality. The RRC aims to provide a safe and supportive environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning and queer individuals and their families, according to Emily Hart, the RRC funding coordinator.
“We are very grateful to the wonderful donation by the regional TriO Programs as is our many students,” she said.
The RRC serves over 3,000 UW students as well as many community members.
Email:DJ Bowman
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-18 05:16:14','62','DJ Bowman','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-18 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','149','programs, trio, rrc, center, educational, rainbow, individuals, library, students, resource, $580, regional, check, funding, coordinator, hart, bisexual, emily, “we, families','The Rainbow Resource Center is the recent recipient of a $580 check from regional TriO Programs. \r\nTriO Programs is based out of the office of Student Educational Opportunity and is designed to help individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.','0','37','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2132','Understanding UW’s Veterans','understanding-uws-veterans','','UW will host Understanding Student Veterans at 9 a.m. today in the Union Ballroom.
“We wanted to do something for our veterans,” Shelley Dodd, member of Division of Student Affairs, said. “The Professional Development Committee was looking for topics of interest to employees.”
Many organizations affiliated with veterans have been notified.
“We’ve been spreading the word out with a lot of people, so we’re looking for a pretty big outcome,” Dodd said. “The event will showcase a talk given by Dr. Steven Price of the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Cheyenne, as a guest speaker.”
Dolores Cardona, Associate Dean of Students, said she is excited to have a speaker that was recommended by students.
Price also works in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado as a local recovery coordinator and is a social work professional.
Price will discuss his experiences with veterans, as well as issues and concerns student veterans face here at UW. Cardona said that the talk will “give us a real basic overview of working with veterans.”
Cardona will provide opening statements for the event. The event is “aimed mostly at student affairs staff,” Cardona said, but the event is also open to students and the public. “Anyone who wants to learn can come,” she said
Understanding Student Veterans is the latest part of an initiative to make college easier for veterans.
“The university has responded extremely well to veterans coming back from being deployed,” Cardona said. She added that since February, over 330 students received veteran’s benefits. “That’s probably not all of them currently enrolled,” Cardona said. She expects that number to rise in the future.
This is not the first initiative UW has taken in support of its student veterans. Understanding Student Veterans comes after the UW Veterans Services Center’s own event, held last week at the Alumni Association House. Cardona said that the university plans to host another similar event in January.
The Division of Student Affairs wanted to schedule the event close to Veteran’s Day.
Email:Rhaden Lind
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-11-17 05:01:41','62','Rhaden Lind','2010-11-17 05:04:45','173','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-11-17 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','148','veterans, ”, student, event, cardona, students, affairs, understanding, “the, price, veteran’s, talk, professional, initiative, wanted, division, university, dodd, speaker, host','UW will host Understanding Student Veterans at 9 a.m. today in the Union Ballroom.\r\n“We wanted to do something for our veterans,” Shelley Dodd, member of Division of Student Affairs, said. “The Professional Development Committee was looking for topics of interest to employees.”\r\n\r\nMany organizations affiliated with veterans have been notified.','0','36','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2133','Meecham talks GIS today','meecham-talks-gis-today','','As a part of Geography Awareness Week, Dr. James E. Meecham, senior research associate for the Department of Geography at the University of Oregon, will speak to students about his experiences mapping Yellowstone National Park and Oregon using Geographic Information Systems from 4:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. today in the College of Business Auditorium.
“Coming from a scientist and instructor, understanding GIS is about both the systems and the underlying ideas. GIS is a division of study that has grown tremendously and will continue to be an important application to many professions and fields of study,” Steven Prager, associate professor in the Department of Geography at UW, said.
','GIS is a set of tools used by a broad range of professions including those in geography, natural resource management, marketing, rangeland management and dynamics, geo-demographics and transportation.
Meecham’s speech will focus on mapping Yellowstone National Park and Oregon and how GIS functions as a blend of traditional map technology and the digital technology that it has grown into.
GIS is both science and technology combined, and is being used all over the world. It has grown increasingly popular.
The university offers classes for students interested in GIS.
“Here on campus, students of any major can acquire a concentration, or minor in GIS, or they can major in it through the Department of Geography,” he said. “GIS can compliment many majors on campus, and is strongest when coupled with another subject.”
One of the university’s resources concerning GIS is the Wyoming Geographic Information Systems Center.
WYGISC is a campus support center to help students and faculty with applied research and service. It provides outreach to the state as well as professional training.
“The center gives resources such as technical advice on how to best access and use GIS, providing data to create maps and special analysis, and training in software, internships, and practical experience,” Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck, director of WYGISC, said.
More information about GIS can be acquired through WYGISC forums or by contacting the UW Department of Geography.
Email: Cali Cravens
For the past 15 years, the Women’s Action Network, an RSO at UW, has focused on raising awareness on gender issues across campus.
“I think the biggest interest this year is for WAN is to let people know that this is a place to come and talk about these issues, to talk about our concerns for gender equality, the way we perform our gender, ideas about masculinity and femininity in this culture at large,” Danielle Pafunda, assistant professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and the faculty supervisor for Women’s Action Network, said.
','Throughout the year, WAN focuses on having at least one event per month on campus to help further their goals.
The biggest event is the Take Back the Night Rally they host every April.
Hosted on almost every college campus in the U.S., WAN uses the rally to bring attention to issues like domestic abuse, sexual violence against women, public issues for women and other similar issues.
Each year, the RSO brings in a variety of speakers and performers to the rally.
Other activities throughout this last year included participating in the Women’s Leadership Conference, a showing of “Twilight” followed by a break down of the gender dynamics in the movie and brown bag conversations.
The topics of the brown bag conversations have ranged from whether or not one should change their last name after marriage to how one balances work with taking care of children.
Anyone is invited to join the brown bag conversations and the last event had attendance of about 40 people, according to Pafunda.
“The interests are pretty wide-ranging. We are looking at stuff in pop culture, public safety, public policy issues and looking at more theoretical and applies issues,” Pafunda said.
Currently, WAN is starting a “mentorship” program to help teach individuals that want to participate in the RSO to make a difference on campus.
The “mentorship” includes teaching individuals how to organize large events, hold fundraisers, work with other groups on campus and other important tactics for running an effective Recognized Student Organization.
They are also planning a chalk-writing campaign around campus soon for anyone to come out and write their favorite slogan for gender equality.
According to Pafunda, WAN is time flexible.
“We like to be able to accommodate people’s schedules, to get engaged and get involved … but not have to make a lifetime commitment if they don’t have time for it,” Pafunda said.
She also noted that WAN is not just for women.
“We have had a lot of guys as part of Women’s Action Network in the past,” Pafunda said.
“Gender is as crucial to men as it is to women, as it is to anyone on the gender spectrum.”
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
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“We hope this training will help women on campus understand how to make a difference and hopefully inspire them to run for positions in ASUW student government for this coming year,” Liz Brown, ASUW vice president, said. Brown will be the training coordinator for the event.
','The event was developed by the American Association of University Women, assisted by Running Start, a program that strives to show young women the importance of running for student government leadership positions, and also by ASUW.
According to the ASUW website, the goal of “Elect Her” is “to encourage and train young women to run for the student government on their campuses.”
Registration for this event will open in January and the training will be in February 2011.
The event will be paid for by the university, and approximately forty people, both men and women, will be able to attend the all-day event. There are no requirements to attend, but there are a limited number of spots available.
Matt Caires, assistant dean of students and ASUW advisor, said he hopes that programs like \"Elect Her\" will inspire the female leaders on campus to do more with their time here at UW.
He also said he is proud that UW was chosen for this event along with schools like Northern Illinois University, Duke University, Wright State University and the University of Alabama.
“It is time to take the nervousness away from these women and help them make this university, as well as ASUW, even better,” he said.
The conference was set to take place during February during ASUW student applications, which become available the first week of February and end the first week of March 2011.
Other options for leadership incentives include a four-part workshop about ASUW hosted by Matt Caires in the early spring semester and the National Conference of Women’s Student Leaders.
For more information on this event and the other leadership programs on campus, students can contact Caires at caires@uwyo.edu, or Brown at asuwvp@uwyo.edu.
Email: Cali Cravens
Weight Watchers now has a program at UW. The program, dubbed Weight Watchers at Work, started at the end of September under a provisional trial period.
“Weight Watchers at Work is a slight spin on the traditional program to help members lose weight,” Tammy Scott, Weight Watchers liaison to UW, said.
The program is the outcome of the UW Wellness Committee, she said. “There were some budget cuts; our hands were tied. We’re thrilled to have a program on campus.”
','To work around the cuts and other stipulations, Scott and others brought Weight Watchers to UW apart from the school. UW does not aid the group financially.
Weight Watchers at Work is in the middle of its first 17-week program, which ends in February. After that, the group will have to find a means to continue to pay for its space on campus.
“We’ve been sponsored for six months, but after that, we have to find a way to pay for our room,” Scott said.
Currently, 23 staff and faculty members attend the weekly meetings.
“We have a good support group. It helps to keep people accountable,” Scott said.
She also said that having the program at UW has cut down on the time she has to devote to it. So far, only staff and faculty have become members, but the program is open to students as well.
“Anyone can still join, even though we’ve started our first program,” Scott said.
Meetings for Weight Watchers at Work are every Tuesday at noon.
Email: Rhaden Lind
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Ellen J. Kennedy, executive director of World Without Genocide, spoke at UW Monday night. Her talk also included Rwanda, Cambodia and Bosnia.
World Without Genocide is a non-profit organization based out of William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota.
','She began by showing students pictures of people affected by the genocides. She first spoke about a girl named Alice from Rwanda, where 800,000 people were killed in 100 days. In all, almost one million people were killed in the genocide.
She said that though governments around the world continue to say “Never again,” genocide continues to happen because there is no political motive to stop the killing.
“Every genocide has multiple layers to it,” Kennedy said.
As for the Darfur genocide, she said at a local level the conflict is resource-based. On the regional level, it is a tribal and ethnic dispute, and on the national level, it is a political conflict.
She said this is not a new conflict but it has become more lethal because of the new weapons. Also, the government has been polarizing the Arab population against the African population.
Kennedy explained to students the process of the genocide in Darfur. She explained how the government bombs African villages, after which the government’s soldiers come into the villages to attack the remaining population. She added that there is also an extensive amount of gender violence in Darfur, and women as old as 80 and as young as six months are being brutalized.
She told students that though resolutions came to the U.N. Security Council 17 times, they were all vetoed by Russia and China. Kennedy added that the two countries have oil and weapons interests in Sudan.
“There is great fear that the violence will break out into a genocide that is country-wide,” Kennedy said.
By 2009, the situation in Darfur had turned into genocide by attrition - genocide by starvation and disease. Kennedy said even polio had broken out in the internally displaced persons camps.
“Genocide in the 21st century is going to become more dangerous that genocide in the 20th century,” she said.
She attributed this to resource scarcity of water, food and fuel as well as population growth, increasingly lethal weapons and a psychology of violence.
She said she believes there is racism that has gone into the lack of effort to stop the genocide. Because it is taking place in Africa where the people do not look like the majority of people in the U.S., it is even easier for the country to shut its eyes, she said.
Kennedy also talked about the stages that take place in cases of genocide.
First was classification of people followed by creating symbols for such people. Third was dehumanization, then organization, preparation, extermination and finally denial.
Kennedy finished by speaking about the stages in genocide prevention and what bills have gone to the government to aid in this prevention and how students can get involved to help stop these atrocities.
Email:Erin Jarnagin
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Beaver will give an overview of her graduate research, she will give results and what the implications of those results might be to Wyoming and its citizens.
The project started after the Wyoming Game and Fish division noticed a herd of elk had split into two sub-herds, with one staying migratory and the other becoming residential.
The biggest issue was that the herd that stayed migratory was having a lower pregnancy rate compared to their former (now residential) members of the herd.
Working in association with a doctoral candidate in the Department of Zoology and Physiology, Beaver looked at how plants might be affecting the two different herds to explain some of the odd behavior and biological discrepancies. This involved studying potential availability of plants to the elk, along with the nutritional value.
The Friday botany seminars have been a staple at UW for over 16 years.
Such seminars are an opportunity for graduate students who plan on graduating at semester, to fulfill their seminar requirement and also provide a chance for doctorate students to have a presentation before their thesis defense. Next to UW students, the seminars also features speakers related to biology from around the world.
“We have seven different areas of expertise in the department, and anybody in the department can bring in a speaker,” Jan O’Dell, the office associate in the Department of Botany, said.
All members of the university and the community are invited to come and listen to the free seminars every Friday.
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
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ASUW discussed the need for two students to fill open spots on an Implementation Committee at its meeting Tuesday. The committee will be tasked with transferring the operation of SafeRide to Transit and Parking Services by July 1, 2012.
The committee\'s responsibilities will also include collecting information to clarify and set the final details of the merger, and conducting interviews and opinions from comparable universities, UW administrators and students, according to the senate bill that created the committee.
Students in the committee will work with the vice president and two senators from ASUW, Elizabeth Whitt from Transit and Parking Services, as well as Matt Caires, ASUW advisor and Michael Pule, ASUW program coordinator.
The Implementation Committee will be required to report to the senate and ASUW president once each semester and will report its final analysis in the spring of 2012, according to the bill.
“It is a student program and student input is very important to Transit and Parking Services, which has made that a priority since day one,” ASUW vice president Liz Brown said.
In other business, UW president Tom Buchanan visited the senate for the first time this semester to discuss university studies requirements in the undergraduate curriculum and college ranking systems.
Buchanan said the university is planning to go back through the university studies requirements to see what has been working and what has not in order to make the necessary changes.
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He added that the requirements have become increasingly complicated and a stumbling block when students change majors.
He was not concerned about the content of the courses, but rather the structure of the requirements.
Buchanan also said the Provost’s office has issued a white paper for the discussion about the requirements.
Finally, he talked about university ranking systems.
“There are as many different rankings as there are weekly magazines,” he said. Adding that the system which he believes gives some of the best information is the Integrated Post Secondary Data System. It requires all universities to give the federal government the same information for publication.
The data system does not put universities on a list of where they rank as compared to the other institutions around the nation, instead universities are given the opportunity to compare themselves to 12 other schools to see how they stack up.
Buchanan said the universities UW chose to compare itself with were a mix of regional institutions as well as institutions he says UW aspires to be similar to.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
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University of Wyoming Singularity held its first annual Veritas Forum on campus Tuesday night. The event showcased Mary Poplin, an author and teacher at the Claremont Graduate College.
Singularity is a coalition of UW’s campus ministries to bring Christian speakers and events to the campus. According to Singularity’s Veritas Forum video, the forum was held to reach a wider audience of students.
According to their website, Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life’s hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ in all aspects of life.
Poplin discussed the declining state of Christianity in colleges today.
','She said that although colleges had originally been created as Christian institutions, citing Harvard and Yale as examples, more and more colleges no longer accept the religion as important to schooling.
“Colleges cannot ignore the Judeo-Christian ideology. One must look at all world views,” Poplin said.
She said that being a Christian and a college professor has made life harder for her. When talking about first turning to Christianity, she said, “I knew that once my colleagues found out, they wouldn’t look at me in the same way.”
Poplin said that at first, she had trouble teaching different ideologies while her own was diminished but learned that she did not “mind teaching things I think are a lie, as long as I can teach things that I think are true.”
Poplin went on to discuss her time with Mother Teresa and her influence in Calcutta, India.
She noted how her time with Mother Teresa had been crucial in her growth as a Christian.
She said secular paths to self-knowledge were to be rejected, since “The only way to safely achieve self-knowledge is by knowing that God exists and forgives you.”
She finished the speech by submitting three propositions imperative to the audience: Secular pursuits diminish a college’s quest to search for truth, rejecting Judeo-Christian ideologies violates the idea of pluralism, and that such rejection, in fact, limits ideas.
From there, she opened the forum to questions and answers from the audience.
Email: Rhanden Lind
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-28 04:21:46','62','Rhaden Lind','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-28 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','140','christian, poplin, forum, veritas, ”, colleges, campus, audience, mother, time, teresa, events, students, life, questions, secular, christianity, knowledge, college, judeo','University of Wyoming Singularity held its first annual Veritas Forum on campus Tuesday night. The event showcased Mary Poplin, an author and teacher at the Claremont Graduate College.','0','36','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2141','ABSL panel discusses racism, discrimination','absl-panel-discusses-racism-discrimination','','The Association of Black Student Leaders sponsored a panel this week comprised of Lawrence Jackson, Dr. Tracey Patton, Boubacar Sylla, Chaundra Sewell and Chelan Landry in order to discuss several topics, including racism, discrimination toward and stereotyping of black athletes.
The panel was designed for both students and teachers to share their experiences and allow other members of the UW community to ask questions, as well as compare and contrast their experiences to those of the panel members.
The panel expressed varying points of views, which were based on their experiences as both educators and as students on campus.
Jackson, a member of the Department of Theatre and Dance, discussed the topic as it relates to his career as a black, male dancer.
','Patton, director of African American and Diaspora Studies, provided a presentation on the rodeo culture and how racism, discrimination and stereotypes play a role in it.
The last three panelists Boubacar Sylla, Chaundra Sewell and Chelan Landry, are all members of the UW men’s or women’s basketball teams. Sylla, a senior from Paris, talked about the comparison between his experiences in basketball and how they compare and contrast with his time in France, as well as his time here in Wyoming.
Sewell and Landry told of their experiences as not only female athletes but also black female athletes, and how that shaped who they are today.
Overall, the panel hoped to dispel myths about racism, discrimination and stereotypes here on the UW campus, and help those in attendance have a better and more tolerant understanding of the people around them.
ABSL has been responsible for many other programs here on campus including: The Black 14 Panel, the Annual Soul Foods Dinner, Knowledge at Noon and other events that display the African American culture.
The ABSL is an RSO and is open to all UW students and faculty.
If you are interested in attending, the association meets Tuesdays in room 202 in the Union.
Students looking for more information about events sponsored by ABSL, or about the program in general, can contact co-presidents Sonia Gahimbare at sgahimba@uwyo.edu or Courtney Holder at cholder@uwyo.edu.
Email: Cali Cravens
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Brent Ewers, an associate professor of Botany and Ecology, recently spent nine months in New Zealand and will share his experience with UW during his seminar, “There and Back Again: An ecophysiological perspective on the uniqueness of New Zealand flora.”
The seminar is scheduled to take place Oct. 22 in room 223 of the Aven Nelson Building at 3:30 pm.
Ewers traveled to New Zealand to study the physiological adaptations of the indigenous plant life and to try and understand how the plants’ physiology impacted its ecology.
New Zealand is an excellent setting to study plant life due to the unique nature of both its plant and fauna. This microcosm provides scientists with a powerful laboratory in which to study how and why these plants adapt the way they do.
One particular example of New Zealand’s unique organisms was the Moa.
“The Moa, which was a species of flightless bird that could grow to a height of up to eight feet tall, was entirely unique to New Zealand,” Ewers said.
Ewers said before arriving in New Zealand he was presented with two different schools of thoughts regarding the adaptations of the plant life in New Zealand.
“The first school of thought says that the Moa is the reason we have a specific kind of plant adaptation. Essentially, the Moa filled the niches that other animals would normally fill in the ecosystem,” he said. “The second school of thought says that the adaptations we see are due to environmental effects.”
Ewers arrived in New Zealand with the hypothesis that major contributory factors in the flora’s adaptations were due to climate, specifically drought conditions.
However, Ewers explained that after conducting his study, he found quite the opposite to be true.
“The data I have collected and have analyzed thus far rules out the drought adaption quite a bit, which brings back the Moa explanation, which is not what I expected at all,” he said.
He said he concluded his thoughts on his findings saying that, “The real take home message here is that this bird that has been extinct for thousands of years seems to still be influencing the adaptations of this flora.”
While this seminar is naturally geared towards students and faculty in the biological sciences, Ewers is hoping students from all areas of study will attend and have the chance to learn more about the lessons that are being learned from New Zealand.
“I’m going to show a lot of really nice pictures from the time I spent in New Zealand. Also, I’ll be showing some pictures of the strange bird life that still survives in New Zealand today. And anyone who has an interest in science can enjoy that.”
“The majority of my 50 minute presentation should be extremely accessible to anyone with a general interest and curiosity in this kind of science, so I encourage students and faculty to come,” he said.
Email: Bob Kubichek
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According to the Associated Press, the Obama administration is projecting that the deficit for the 2011 budget year, which began Oct. 1, will climb to $1.4 trillion. Over the next decade, it will total $8.47 trillion.
Though Students at UW say they do not know exactly how to solve the issue, they all noted that the continually increasing deficit is a major issue.
“I think it is terrible. I think something definitely needs to be done about it,” Brody Tate, a sophomore at UW, said, “It is a major problem that they are spending more and more money we don’t have.”
According to Hillary Wellborn, a sophomore and vice president of the College Republicans, it is disgusting that we are in that much debt, but it does not surprise her.
“When you see the amount of spending that is being done in Washington and these almost trillion dollar bills that are passed, how can we be surprised,” Wellborn said.
Leslie Brazil, a junior and president of the College Republicans, is mostly worried about how the deficit will affect future generations. Brazil believes Washington is passing a lot of bills and making all their decision without really considering the consequences of it down the road.
“And it is not just President Obama, it was President [George W.] Bush; it is Republicans, it is Democrats. No one is reading the bills or paying attention to what is in them, and they are going to do a lot more harm than good and affect us more than anybody,” Brazil said.
The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that the deficit for the 2010 budget year that ended Sept. 30 will total $1.29 trillion. That’s down by $125 billion from the $1.4 trillion in 2009, the highest deficit on record, according to an Associated Press story.
Charles Busby, a senior, sees the government as a business and believes that a good business can’t run in a deficit for as long the government has without failing in the future.
According to Jordan Evans, a sophomore, there is no way to get out of the debt.
“I don’t think there is anyway out of it, and I think it will pretty much just keep getting deeper and deeper and I have no idea what the solution could possibly be,” Evans said.
President Obama has appointed a bipartisan commission to study the deficit and recommend policy changes. Those recommendations are expected in December, after the elections, and the panel needs the backing of 14 of its 18 members to trigger a congressional vote.
Building that level of consensus will be difficult as republicans are strongly opposed to a plan that includes tax increases to chip away at the deficit and democrats are less inclined to move a package that relies solely on spending cuts.
One of the contentious plans that will have a major affect on the economy are the Bush era tax cuts.
The Republicans are fighting to renew all of the tax cuts while Obama and the Democrats want to extend the tax cuts for every family making less than $250,000, but let them expire for the wealthiest households.
The difference between the two parties amounts to $700 billion that will be added to projected deficits over the next decade if the tax cuts for the wealthy are extended along with the other tax cuts.
Wellborn believes that the tax cuts are good and that they should be expanded for everyone, despite the monetary loss of revenue for the government.
“People shouldn’t be punished for being rich. It is only fair,” Wellborn said.
Busby agrees, but because he thinks that the tax cuts will allow people to spend more money and create more revenue over all.
But not all students are in favor of raising the taxes for everybody.
“I hate taxes as much as anybody, but as much debt as we have, we have to pay for it somehow,” Lauren Ruttinger, a junior, said. “But, I also know that there are a lot of people making under $250,000 that are unemployed, or can’t afford much more expense.”
Daniel Forman, a junior, would rather not see them expanded for anybody, as he believes the government needs the revenue to bring down the deficit
But there are other ways to bring down the deficit.
Peter Howard, a senior, thinks that the solution is not tax cuts, but government cuts.
“I think it is the wrong way to go,” Howard said. “I am definitely not one of those Tea Party guys, but I think we need to do what some of the European countries have successfully done and practice austerity. We need to cut back on spending quite a bit, sort of all purpose spending.”
Email: Max D’Onofrio
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The five recent teen suicides have caused for outcry in the media and the LGBT community. An example is the Larry King Live show of Oct. 4th, where celebrities, including comedian Wanda Sykes and fashion expert Tim Gunn openly expressed their thoughts on bullying, sexual intolerance and other factors that lead to the deaths.
Next to public awareness through news media, there are individual-based initiatives for suicide prevention. One such individual is Jamie Tworkowski, the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms.
“To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit dedicated to providing hope and inspiration to those suffering from depression, suicide, self injury and addiction,” Sagan Myers, graduate assistant for FNF, said. “Their mission is to provide hope and help for those suffering from these issues and also to invest directly into treatment.”
In order to share the mission and increase awareness, Tworkowski will speak Friday night at 9 p.m. in the Agricultural Auditorium.
He began his work when he helped a friend with treatment by selling T-shirts over the internet. This concept expanded into many different products offered on twloha.com.
Along with the selling of clothes, he wrote the tale of a young woman, who fought for sobriety and life, and posted it in a blog, which attracted a large number of responses and boosted the program to what it is today.
With the increase of popularity, bands including Switchfoot, Anberlin and Paramore pledged their support for the cause. One such supporter is musician Noah Gundersen, who will play after Tworkowski’s speech.
The night will wrap up with a meet and greet session where the TWLOHA clothing line will be presented for sale.
The proceeds collected during the evening will be used for suicide prevention. “I think its a really great cause and a great way for those who may need help to get what they need,” Myers said.
Email : Davis Bonner
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It could be someone’s sibling, parent or child. The terminal disease is a slow and painful endeavor during which patients most often endure months—if not years—of continuous bone marrow biopsies, a painful experience they will never forget. Their only hope, and the only known cure to the disease, comes in the form of a donation.
Yet, the problem for many people with leukemia is the lack of donors available.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday in the Union, students, faculty and staff and the local community will have to opportunity to place themselves on the bone marrow donor registry.
Registering as a potential donor means they will have the chance to give a bone marrow transplant to someone with leukemia or another life-threatening disease, if they are found to be a good match.
This is the third year for Gwen Van Baalen to help organize the event and it holds particular poignancy for her, since she lost a brother, to whom the event is dedicated, to leukemia
Justin was part of the 70 percent of people who need a marrow transplant, but cannot find a suitable match in their own family. That means for about 10,000 patients per year the only hope for a cure is to find a suitable match outside their family, and currently, only four out of 10 find that match, according to the National Marrow Donor Program.
Because of these statistics, it is crucial to build the marrow registration base.
“The registration is an opportunity for individuals to join the registry of potential donors,” Van Baalen said. “It’s important to have a huge potential donor base, because not every patient who needs a transplant finds a match in their family, and it can be really difficult to find a match, particularly for minorities. So the bigger the pool of donors, the more likely it is that patients with leukemia and lymphoma will find a proper match,” she said.
According to Van Baalen, if one wants like to join the registry of potential donors, he or she should be in general good health, and must be between the ages of 18 and 60 years old.
There are a number of disqualifying factors, but many such as having a tattoo recently or being overseas do not preclude from becoming a potential donor.
The process of entering into the registry is simple.
“At the registration, you won’t be drawing blood, you won’t be donating bone marrow—nothing like that,” Van Baalen said. “You’ll just be doing a cheek swab and some paperwork.”
If someone is a potential match, the registry will contact him or her, and often, that is as far as it goes, Van Baalen said. However, if you are a good match to someone in need, there are two types of donation possible.
According to the donor program’s website, the majority of donations do not involve surgery. Most likely, the patient’s doctor requests a peripheral blood stem cell donation, which is non-surgical and very similar to donating blood.
The second way is actual surgery, but donors typically go home the same day they donate. A small sample of liquid bone marrow is extracted from the pelvic bone and donors usually complained of soreness and stiffness. The marrow then regenerates within 4 to 6 weeks, according to the website.
Less than one percent of the entire registry eventually gets matched, so it is very important for potential donors to keep up to date with their email, phone number and mailing address, Van Baalen said.
There will be free food at the event, to help those who are giving up their lunch or free time to join the registry.
“It’s so easy to join, and you can potentially have such a huge impact on someone’s life,” Van Baalen said. “You can give someone their life back.”
Further information on qualifications and other factors can be found on National Marrow Donor Program’s website, www.marrow.org, or be acquired during the event.
The additional indoor courts had just been approved in May and were expected to be completed this February. It had a $2.75 million estimated construction budget.
“We won’t know how long it will set the project back, if any,” Baalman said.
Email: DJ Bowman
A competitive paraplegic cyclist will lecture UW students on reaching their goals and overcoming adversity in her keynote speech at a Women’s Leadership conference Wednesday.
Tricia Downing was an able-bodied competitive cyclist whose life was engrossed in sports. She established herself as a competitive cyclist from 1997-2000. Downing earned a master’s degree in Sports Management and worked at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
She was the press officer for the USA Table Tennis team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and for the USA Swimming Team at the 1997 World University Games in Italy, according to campuspeak.com.
Downing’s life changed abruptly when she was hit head-on by a car while training on her bicycle in Golden, Colorado in 2000. She suffered a chest level spinal cord injury and was left paralyzed from the chest down.
Nevertheless, when Downing was released from the hospital, she committed to live life to the fullest.
Today, she is a physically challenged, yet first-rate athlete. She is the first female paraplegic to complete an Ironman distance triathlon. Her injury did not take away her desire to challenge herself to achieve all she can in sports and in life.
“Reaching Your Finish Lines,” is a speech that will leave students with the tools they need to achieve their goals and overcome obstacles.
Downey emphasizes the importance of having a support system that includes mentors and coaches as well as cheerleaders.
She also stresses the importance of using “power words,” said campus peak.com.
Her speech includes stories of her athletic adventures and lessons that she has learned along the way that help her cross her own finish line despite the obstacles.
“Having made the transition from able-bodied cyclist to a world-class physically challenged athlete, Trish knows the space that lies between fear and achievement,” said campuspeak.com
Besides her existing sports pursuits, Downing is working with the University of Colorado, Boulder Disability Services Department to develop a leadership program for students with disabilities.
She is also the director for Camp Discovery, a camp for women in wheelchairs who want to explore fitness opportunities as well as create a support system of other women who have experienced mobility disorders/disabilities.
The Women’s Leadership Conference starts at 3 p.m. and includes eight workshops. The topics of the workshop include resolving conflict in the workplace, mentoring, finances, community coordination, politics, negotiation, body image awareness, and networking.
The Keynote speech given by Downey will be at 7 p.m.
The event was organized by Women Student Leaders on campus, said Kate Steiner, program coordinator in the Dean of Students office. It is free and open to the public.
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The UW Symphony Orchestra is set to host the second concert for their “Heroes” season in the Fine Arts concert hall and, from the concert lineup, it looks to be exhilarating.
As part of the Eminent Musicians in Residence series, the UWSO will feature two pieces by Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon.
The Eminent Artists in Residence series is designed to engage the most prolific and compelling artists of the 21st century.
','This is Higdon’s second of four residencies for the series.
The concert will include her pieces entitled “Light” and “To the Point.” “Light” is a “colorful and driving overture for full orchestra,” according to a UW press release. “To the Point” is a rhythmic piece written specifically for strings.
In addition to the Higdon pieces, the UWSO prepared Sir Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto. The piece was composed in 1919 right after WWI. According to Ted Libbey, a writer and critic for NPR, Elgar poured his concern and emotional distress from the war into the concerto, utilizing the cellos “rich toned yet brooding personality and its searing, dark timbre.”
Playing the solo cello parts for the concerto is UW faculty member Beth Vanderborgh. Vanderborgh began her tenure as a UW faculty member in the summer of 2008. She also serves as the principal cellist for the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and has performed on four continents, including recitals at the Kennedy Center and numerous festivals, according to the press release.
Filling out the rest of the concert will be a piece composed by Samuel Barber and another by French impressionist composer Maurice Ravel.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Barber, the UWSO is performing his most popular work, “Adagio for Strings.” The piece has been featured in such films as Platoon and Elephant Man. Barber was also a two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for music and died in 1981.
Ravel’s piece, “Tomb of Couperin” is what the UWSO music director Michael Griffith calls “lilting impressionism,” because it is “spirited and bouncy, even while using the rich harmonies of one of France’s finest composers, according to the press release.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and it is advisable to purchase tickets as early as possible. Tickets for this evening’s event are available at the Fine Arts box office or at www.uwyo.edu/finearts.
Email: DJ Bowman
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At UW, if a student misses a class for a family emergency or a university-caused conflict, the student must obtain an authorized form to prove the legitimacy of their absence.
Many students might find this policy annoying, sometimes even insensitive, and see it as a way to protect teachers from having students skip out on class.
Dolores Cardona, associate dean of students, said the policy actually protects students from teachers more than anything else.
','According to Cardona, in other schools, each individual teacher decides whether a student missed class for a legitimate reason, which can lead to a conflict if one teacher is a stickler for attendance and refuses to see the absence as legitimate.
With the policy, UW has maintained for the last several decades that the teacher must allow a student to make up the work he or she missed if the absence is university-excused.
“For students, it is in their best interest to, first of all be in class, and second, it gives them a process to make up that work that they missed,” Cardona said.
According to UW Regulation 6-713, students may receive a university-excused absence for an unavoidable family situation or emergency, an unavoidable personal obligation (i.e. jury duty), an academic class obligation, a personal hardship or a university-sponsored event.
To receive a university-excused absence, the student will either have a teacher or university representative ask the Dean of Students Office or the student must present evidence of the reason for their absence.
Students commonly request excused absences for funerals, and, according to Cardona, students are generally gone three days, which is the usual number of days UW is willing to grant to students.
Any more and UW believes that the student is taking advantage of the system.
To prove absences, students must present two forms proving the death of the individual.
The Dean of Students Office prefers a copy of the obituary from a newspaper and another form, such as a guide from the ceremony.
After the student presents their evidence, which is collected and saved by the Dean of Students Office, either a member of the office, or a board created to address the absences, approves the absence within 24 to 48 hours.
Although the process seems insensitive and callous, the faculty is pretty good about absences, Cardona said.
“Every once in a while, you have a stickler who really isn’t quite sure about the absence; so they rely on our office to make sure it is a legitimate absence,” she said.
Cardona said with the evidence presented by the student, the university is able to defend its decision to give the student an excused absence.
She also said it depends on information given by the students, and the university has a standard it follows.
“Sometimes students make personal choices, and if you are going to miss class that is your personal choice to do that, but that doesn’t mean necessarily that it is a good choice,” she said.
Students cannot receive excused absences for routine doctor or dentist appointments, jail-time, pre-planned vacations, weddings, and celebrations.
“We generally try to tell students that they need to make school a priority.” Cardona said, “We want students to make sure they are successful.”
Email : Max D’Onofrio
UW hosted the Pokes Vote debate for the candidates for superintendent of public instruction and Wyoming state governor Tuesday in an event that will be broadcasted on Wyoming Public Radio Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m.
Throughout the event, audience members were given the opportunity to submit the questions the candidates were to answer. The event was mediated by Bob Beck of Wyoming Public Radio.
All three candidates for governor: Matt Mead, Leslie Peterson and Mike Wheeler all participated in the event, as well as both candidates for Superintended of Public Instruction, Cindy Hill and Mike Massie.
The gubernatorial debate began with a question about the candidates’ qualifications for the office and all called on their experiences as small business owners in the state.
“I think the experience of county commissioners is one of the best to bring to the job, said Leslie Peterson.
In her rebuttal she said, “When I was a realtor in Jackson Hole I was in small business and had to sign the front of the checks, as they say.\"
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“As a small business owner I understand the importance of watching every detail, and as the governor I don’t plan to do this on my own,” Mike Wheeler said.
“My plan is to reduce our state budget by half. I know I can find the bottom and make the difference.”
Matt Mead said, “Every year we are forced to go through a budget process and I am proud to say we did a good job. My wife and I are in the private sector and we know the challenges of making payroll and healthcare.”
The candidates were also asked, if they believe the science behind climate change and how they would adjust the state’s policy to reflect their beliefs about climate change.
The candidates agreed that whether or not they believe in climate control, Wyoming has the opportunity to be at the forefront of developing new energy technology.
“We will have to adapt to the world’s perception, I personally believe that climate change is happening and that it is man-made,” said Peterson. “We should be the very best people in the world at figuring this out.”
Wheeler said Wyoming provides about 40 percent of the nations coal and that he is a great supporter of wind energy technology.
Mead said he is a skeptic of whether or not climate change is man made but he does think the state needs to move forward on developing cleaner energy than having to purchase it from other places.
“It’s a great opportunity, (Carbon Dioxide) sequestration and capture not only addressed that issue, but it’s a good opportunity,” he said.
The candidates spoke about several other issues including veterans services, especially those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to which the candidates agreed the state needs to support the veterans and that the state needs to welcome the soldiers back and work to address all of their issues.
Both Mead and Peterson said they supported and appreciated Governor Freudenthal’s work to support the departing and returning troops.
During the superintendent for public instruction debate between Hill and Massie, the candidates were asked how they felt about vouchers for private schools.
“I oppose vouchers and I don’t think the superintendent should support them,” said Massie. He said Wyoming has the ability to make the public schools in the state the best in the country.
However, Hill said she supported options for families and students and that Wyoming needs to view students as people and not money.
They were also asked what they would do about teachers who are not doing a good job, to which Hill answered that it was important to have strong instructional leaders in schools. She said, Wyoming needs to give the schools back to the students.
Massie said he felt most of the teachers in the state are doing well but he felt that once a year they should be given an evaluation. He said if they were evaluated to be below standards, they should be given all of the support and resources available, but if after a year they were still below standards they should no longer be able to teach.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
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A science reporter for The New York Times spoke to UW students and faculty about the future of U.S. Space Exploration, a beat that he has been covering for the last few years.
Kenneth Chang addressed attendees about the new policies the Obama Administration signed Monday. The president signed the NASA Authorization Act of 2010, which is a three-year plan for about how much NASA will be spending.
The act outlines the amount of money NASA is allocated for fiscal years 2011 through 2013, which ranges from $19 billion to $19.96 billion.
In general, support for the space program has been falling for the last several presidential administrations, Chang said.
He told students how the Bush Administration had started to plan to go to the moon again by 2020 and use it as a stepping-stone to travel to Mars.
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Chang also spoke about the rise of the commercial space industry.
Currently, NASA has been talking about sending citizens into space. However, there is no infrastructure for the program and one trip could cost as much as $50 million.
Chang informed students about Robert Bigelow’s project to make shuttles to send citizens up to space for as low as $200,000 and to sell the shuttles to countries that do not have a space system.
Chang received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Princeton and a doctorate from the University of Illinois.
“As the years progressed, I realized I was getting less and less interested in physics or less and less focused on physics, and I think my knowledge of physics decayed,” Chang said.
In the middle of deciding what he wanted to do he had an internship with The San Francisco Chronicle, he said.
“It was a revelation that I could actually do writing and science,” he said.
After that he went to a science-writing program at UC Santa Cruz, Chang said.
“It’s a one year program designed to take disgruntled, bored, incompetent scientists and turn them into writers,” he said.
“I knew I could write a short news article, but it was an opportunity where I could try to do longer things, and if it didn’t quite work that’ because it didn’t have to be publication ready, because it was a class assignment.”
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After finishing the program at Santa Cruz, Chang went on to do several other internships, finally ending up at ABCNEWS.com as the science producer before being hired at The New York Times where he has been for the last ten years.
He said his favorite story was about the American Museum of Natural History leaving Pluto out of its astronomy exhibit while it was still considered a planet. Chang said the exhibit only included Pluto in a small section in what was called the icy bodies after the exhibit’s renovation in 2000.
The Rose Center had been open for a year and only the New York Post mentioned that they had left out Pluto, Chang said.
He said after he wrote the story, he saw a ripple effect which included a plaque on the exhibit talking about the controversy surrounding Pluto’s status as a planet.
Chang said the most important thing for aspiring journalists is to figure out where they want to go and what steps they need to take to get there.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
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Three Wyoming writers will read from their works at a free public event at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct., 13 at the Albany County Public Library.
UW’s MFA Creative Writing Program and the Albany County Library Foundation sponsor the readings of authors Laura Bell, C.J. Box and Mark Jenkins.
“The MFA program is delighted to support the library’s recognition of the range and excellence of writing in the state of Wyoming. It is a real pleasure when the MFA can collaborate with the Laramie community this way,” says Beth Loffreda, the UW program’s director.
Bell’s work includes “Life in the Saddle: Writings and Photographs” (1995) and “Thunder of Mustangs: Legend and Lore of the Wild Horses” (1997). Recipient of two literature fellowships from the Wyoming Arts Council, Bell also has received the Neltje Blanchan Memorial Award and the Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award.
A native of Nashville, Tenn., her memoir and first published book, “Claiming Ground,” has landed on several regional bestsellers lists. The book recounts her years as a shepherd in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains.
She has lived in Greybull working for the National Forest Service, and in Shell as a bookstore and art gallery caretaker. Bell currently lives in Cody and works for The Nature Conservancy since 2000.
Box is the author of 11 novels. Winner of the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction, Box’s short stories have been featured in America’s Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings. His novel, “Blue Heaven,” won an Edgar Award for Best Novel of 2008 and has been optioned for film. Another book, “Nowhere to Run,” was featured on the New York Times best seller list.
A Wyoming native, Box has worked as a ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, a small-town newspaper reporter and editor, and co-owns an international tourism marketing firm with his wife.
In 2008, Box was awarded the “BIG WYO” Award from the state tourism industry.
Jenkins currently is a National Geographic magazine writer.
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Over the last two years, three incidents of sexual assault were reported to the UW Police Department, according to the Annual Campus Security Report.
The statistics included not only committed acts, but also attempted forced sexual offenses, and stated one case in 2009 and two cases in 2008.
In the report released last week, the numbers were lower than those reported to other non-law enforcement agencies.
The report requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to disclose statistics about crime on, or near campus throughout the academic year.
In 2006, 3,068 institutions—or 77 percent of two and four-year colleges and universities—reported zero sexual offenses. Another 501 reported just one or two.
According to a survey conducted by The Center of Public Integrity in 2006, 49 out of those 58 crisis-services programs and clinics recorded higher reports of sexual offenses in a recent one-year period than the average yearly figure submitted by their schools in their annual reports.
The Albany County SAFE Project, a community resource for sexual assault victims, states that the actual number of victims is probably much higher.
Brittany Parsons, outreach coordinator for the SAFE Project, told Wyoming Public Radio most sexual assault victims are afraid to reach out for help after they are attacked.
\"We know that sexual assault victims don\'t report to the police department for various reasons,” Parsons said. “They might be intimidated by the police department, embarrassed or afraid of what will happen next. But we know sexual assaults are happening and that they\'re not getting reported, and in actuality less than 10 percent of victims will never report to law enforcement.\"
For the 26 cases of sexual assault in Albany County SAFE Project saw for 2008 and 2009, Parsons said many of those were UW students who felt more comfortable going to a resource unaffiliated with the university.
Another explanation for the discrepancy is that not all sexual offenses in college occur on campus.
According to Mike Samp, assistant chief of police for the UWPD, there are many reasons why victims do not report their assaults to a law enforcement agency.
These include fear that they may not be believed, the police will not do an adequate job, reprisal from the assaulter and the possibility the case will not be prosecuted correctly.
“The main thing is we want to ensure that the victims get the chance to report if they want to and get the services that they need either way,” Samp said.
According to Kelly Collini, executive director of the Albany Country SAFE Project, the UWPD and UWw do a great job dealing with the issue in a serious manner when a sexual assault takes place.
“We have had good response from the university when we have a victim on campus,” Collini said.
Despite the low numbers, the month of September has seen an unfortunately high number of sexual offenses on campus.
Three cases of sexual offenses have already been reported to the UWPD.
RSO Funding Board has about $11,000 left to give out to organizations for events for the remainder of the semester as of last week’s ASUW meeting, RSO Funding Board Chair Katie Cusack said.
During meetings, several senators have become concerned at the low amount of funding the board has left.
Several have expressed concern about allocating large amounts to organizations on campus because the funding board may not have funding left at the end of the semester.
However, according to the RSO Funding Board, the process is on a first come, first serve basis and no event should be refused funding because of concerns about having money left over.
College of Law Sen. Will Reese has said during Senate meetings that it is important for organizations to show a good faith effort to secure funding from sources outside of ASUW for their events before requesting large sums from ASUW because funding is so low.
Funding board requests which total more than $1,000 must be brought before the ASUW Senate for approval.
RSOs requesting money last spring for events taking place this fall was the reason for the low amount of remaining funding.
The funding board allocated money from this semester’s budget to events that would take place this semester, but in doing so spent most of its budget last year, which has created concerns for groups requesting funding this semester.
“RSOs became proactive and requested funds for this fall last spring,” Cusack said.
The funding board has about $60,000 for activities for next semester but RSOs are already starting to request funding for the spring, she said.
The Senate may choose to allocate some of the money from the ASUW reserve fund to the RSO Funding Board for the remainder of the semester. However, the issue will first have to be discussed at the Budget and Planning Committee meeting, which will take place Tuesday.
According to the ASUW Finance Policy, the reserve is made up of extra student fees, which are put into the reserve at the end of the year. Access to reserve funds is monitored by the Budget and Planning Committee.
The reserve is used to secure the ongoing development of activities, programs and the advancement of ideals of ASUW, according to the policy.
Recently, the funding board allocated large amounts of money to the Chinese Student Association’s Moon Festival, the Betty’s collaborative concert with Jubilee and an event for Alpine Ski Club.
There are several more requests exceeding $1,000 coming before the Senate at Tuesday’s meeting.
“More programs are being held, you should take advantage of them because it’s your money,” Cusack said.
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At the Board of Trustees’ first meeting of the academic year, it was announced that UW topped the $100 million mark for external funding for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
This is the first time in the university\'s 123-year history that it has broken the historic milestone.
\"This is the work of the faculty,\" Vice President for Research and Economic Development Bill Gern said. \"One-hundred million is a milestone number and truly speaks to our hiring strategies as a university, the quality of our faculty and their ability to compete for funding.\"
In total, UW\'s Research Office logged $101.6 million, which is up from $81 million last year and $78 million two years ago, making it 24 consecutive years of increased external funding.
The external funds raised are used to support faculty research, research centers and institutional projects, as well as student educational opportunities.
Of the $101,631,246 million, an estimated $13 million was awarded through federal stimulus funding, leaving roughly $89 million in faculty generated and student educational opportunity funds.
The university also announced its institutional fundraising priorities for the next year.
The Fine Arts, Performing Arts, non-traditional students, community outreach, energy resources development and athletic excellence are among the targeted items for fundraising.
\"Our fundraising efforts will continue to support priorities designed to achieve the vision established in our university plan,\" President Tom Buchanan said at the meeting. \"We also recognize that as the needs of our students have changed, our need to support them, whether they are non-traditional students, military veterans or students who may have only the time to attend part-time, must change with them.”
The Board of Trustees unanimously voted on its consent agenda, approving a list of changes in regulations, including changing the name of the Women’s Studies Department to “Gender and Women’s Studies.”
The board approved the first step in engaging with companies to begin negotiations with the first ranked team, Sampson Construction of Cheyenne, for Construction Management at Risk services for projects supported by the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Education Fund of Wyoming.
The project will benefit the over 11 buildings on campus, including the Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Animal Science/Molecular Science and Geology.
The university will also move forward in negotiations on a public/private agreement to develop housing in place of the old Summit View Apartments student housing that are in the process of being demolished.
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The Board of Trustees voted to extended President Tom Buchanan\'s contract through June 30, 2014, at their meeting Friday.
There were no other changes made to Buchanan’s contract, which was set to expire June 30, 2012, a UW News release said.
The board emphasized the extensive progress the university made in recent years as the reason for the contract extension.
\"The Board of Trustees values Tom Buchanan\'s leadership of the University of Wyoming,\" UW Board of Trustees President Jim Neiman said in a recent UW News release. \"These are exciting times for the university and the board, and I want to ensure the progress we have made will continue through the next four years.\"
Under Buchanan’s leadership, several projects have been completed including partnerships in the NCAR Wyoming Supercomputing Project and the High Plains Gasification Advanced Technology Center.
\"UW is growing in ways we could not have predicted even two years ago,” Buchanan said in the news release, “With our recent federal awards to support our carbon research and the announcement of our recent gift from Neltje that will advance our reputation in the arts on a national scale, I am looking forward to our next round of accomplishment.”
The board is responsible for approving all contract extensions within UW administration.
This is Buchanan’s second contract extension. Last year, during the financial cutbacks at the university, the board voted to extend Buchannan contract instead of offering him a raise.
Buchanan earned his Masters of Science degree from UW in 1975. After getting his PhD from the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1979, he returned to Wyoming as an assistant professor in the Department of Geography.
Over the next 30 years, Buchanan rose through the faculty ranks to professor and since then has had various administrative positions before becoming president, including department head, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and vice president for academic affairs.
On July 1, 2005, Buchanan was appointed the 23rd president of UW.
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The driver of a TransPark Express Shuttle did not set the parking brake when he stepped off the bus at about 1:40 p.m. on Sept. 10.
The accident resulted in damages to both the bus and a business building gate, Jessica Lowell, director of Institutional Communications at UW, said in an email.
The shuttle rolled into a gate that allows access to the dumpster area, damaging the gate, which is now being repaired.
No one was on the shuttle at the time of the accident, and the shuttle only sustained scrapes, which are also being fixed, Lowell said.
TransPark is now reviewing its policies and procedures with drivers to ensure that such incidents do not occur again, Lowell said.
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ASUW Student Radio General Manager Zach Taylor told the Senate that Student Radio has music on the way that is legal. “I’m extraordinarily happy,” he told the Senate. The Senate later moved into RSO Funding Board Requests. The Betty’s, a music group, requested $4,600. The Betty’s plan to sponsor a band from Seattle, Washington. Jubilee, the band the Betty’s invited, plans to raise money to help fight against human trafficking of slavery and forced labor.
Senator Alex Sullivan-Brink expressed concerns with the funding board request. “With limited funds, I think it would be premature for them to come to ASUW with a large funding request when they haven’t raised much money,” he said. Senator Katy Cusak told the Senate, “I don’t believe this request is premature. I would commend the Betty’s for coming in early and being so proactive.”
The Senate then heard a request from the Chinese Student Association. The Association requested $2,900 to hold their Autumn Moon Cake Festival. Some Senators were concerned that the organization has only raised $150 for the event. Senator Will Reese from the College of Law said, “I think it’s a great organization, but this is where I’m going to draw the line in the send. You have to see more outside funding.”
The Senate ultimately approved the request and also approved a $1,410 request for a Muslim Ramadan dinner.
The Senate passed a bill honoring Ruben Narcisse, a freshman linebacker who was killed in a car accident early Monday, September 6. The bill allocated $2500 to assist with the production of 5,000 “Always a Cowboy” t-shirts. Some senators had concerns with the bill because they felt that it was giving special treatment to a high profile student. “I have a difficult time supporting the higher profile students on campus when we don’t do the same for others,” Cati Calvetti, Senator from the College of Arts and Sciences said.
Senator Bryan Dugas responded, “I almost feel like we’re saying we’re against the high profile status.” “Just because we’re not able to do this for every student, doesn’t mean we need to turn our back on them,” he told the Senate. The bill passed on a 16-9 vote.
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Erin Jarnagin
ejarnagi@uwyo.edu
A UW history professor was involved in a car crash Friday night that resulted in his death, according to a staff and faculty email released from Arts and Sciences Dean Oliver Walter.
Wyoming Highway Patrol confirmed Adrian Bantjes, a professor in the History department, was killed in a car crash near Saratoga that also involved his wife and daughter. As of Monday the accident report had not been filed.
Bantjes was a specialist in Latin American history and specialized in the cultural and political history of Mexico during the 20th century, including the Mexican Revolution.
He is the author of “As if Jesus Walked on Earth, Cardenismo, Sonora and the Mexican Revolution.” He was also working on another book on Mexican popular religion during the revolution, according to his UW website.
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UW football player killed
Erin Jarnagin
ejarnagi@uwyo.edu
Shortly after their victory against Southern Utah Saturday night, four UW football players were involved in a one-vehicle car accident on Highway 287 that resulted in the death of one and the injury of three others.
Linebacker, Ruben Narcisse, 19, was killed Monday morning when the driver of the Toyota Tundra he was riding in fell asleep at the wheel, Colorado State Patrol said in a UW news release.
Also injured were Trey Fox, 19, of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; C.J. Morgan, 18, of Aurora, Colorado and J.J. Quinlan, 19, of Everett, Washington.
Narcisse and Morgan were taken to the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado where Morgan remains in fair condition, according to the release.
Fox and Quinlan were taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital, where they have since been discharged, the head nurse said.
There was no evidence that drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash, Sgt. John Hahn, Colorado State Patrol spokesman, said in the release.
The football team cancelled its usual Monday press conference with the coach and several players.
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Energy Symposium
Erin Jarnagin
ejarnagi@uwyo.edu
Several UW professors will be part of the Global Energy Symposium, which is taking place today in Jackson.
The symposium will focus on the global energy business environment, the roles of China, Russia and Asia in the energy market as well as “Peak Oil” and threats to U.S. national security.
It will feature several directors and professors of UW programs from several different departments.
Mark Northam, Director of the School of Energy Resources, Jean Garrison, Director of the International Studies Program, as well as Phil Roberts, Associate Professor of History, and Ronald Surdam, Director of the Carbon Management Institute for the School of Energy Resources will all speak.
The program, Global Competition for Energy: Implications for Wyoming and the World, will focus on geopolitics of energy and how the United States and Asia will play a major role in the energy future.
The symposium will be in Jackson today but will move to Riverton and Rock Springs on Thursday.
In Riverton, the symposium will take place at 9:30 a.m. at Central Wyoming College. In Rock Springs it will start at 2:30 p.m. at Western Wyoming Community College.
The symposium will resume in October in Cody.
During the October session, it will focus on the same issues, but will feature Wyoming Energy and Telecommunications Policy Advisor, Rob Hurless, Director of the Women’s Studies Program, Marianne Kamp, and Peter Wold, President of Wold Oil Properties as well as Garrison, who will participate in the symposiums this month.
The programs are sponsored by UW’s School of Energy Resources, International Studies Department, and History Department. Receptions will follow the events.
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On Aug. 4, California judicial courts made a historical concerning the debate on same sex marriage.
Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California overturned California’s Proposition 8 (or the California Marriage Protection Act) on the basis of unconstitutionality.
“Because Proposition 8 is unconstitutional under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses, the court orders entry of judgment permanently enjoining its enforcement,” according to the ruling. “Plaintiffs have demonstrated by overwhelming evidence that Proposition 8 violates their due process and equal protection rights and that they will continue to suffer these constitutional violations until state officials cease enforcement of Proposition 8.”
With Proposition 8 overturned, same sex marriages will now be able to be conducted in California legally.
“California is able to issue marriage licenses to same-sex
couples, as it has already issued 18,000 marriage licenses to same-
sex couples and has not suffered any demonstrated harm as a result,” according to the ruling.
With an appeal in process and due in December, the final decision will likely be made before the Supreme Court.
“Currently, the Defense of Marriage Act bars recognition of same-sex marriage at the Federal level. The Supreme Court would overturn that if they uphold Vaughn Walker\'s ruling,” Meg Lanker, a senior in psychology and criminal justice, said.
To Lanker, who has been a social activist for nearly 10 years, the judge’s decision to overturn was positive news. “I was ecstatic about the recent overturn,” she said.
She sees definite parallels between the Civil Rights movement of the 60s and the Gay Rights movement the U.S. is displaying in our current age. “We have the majority attempting to strip rights from the minority,” Lanker said. “It was argued that marriage between races was unnatural, harmful to society and just wrong. That sounds ludicrous now.”
With an appeal in the making and a potential Supreme Court decision within the next few years, implications might reach Wyoming courts as well.
But the issue is not new to this state. In February 2009, the state legislature discussed the HJ 17 bill. “Ultimately, the measure failed on the house floor,” Lanker, who demonstrated against the passing of the bill, said.
For others, the Walker’s overturn came with disappointment. “We commend the people of California for the passing of Proposition 8 and we are disappointed that it has been overturned,” David Fonda, President of the St. Andrew’s Lutheran Student Fellowship, said.
The debate over marriage rights has sparked controversy over what marriage actually is. In Fonda’s view “ Marriage is, and should remain, what God designed it to be. To seek to change or alter the foundational concept of marriage--one man and one woman living together in love and faithfulness for life-- is an attempt to remake what God has given in our image.”
Derik Buescher, Chi Alpha Campus Ministry Director, said that out of a religious perspective, homosexuality is nothing the Bible sanctioned, which can lead to mistreatment. “There are things scripturally that prove homosexuality is not right,” Buescher said. “The problem I see is when they say God gave them their homosexuality. I don’t think you can scripturally prove that.”
“I don’t want to sound anti-homosexual,” he said and went on to say that he has many homosexual friends and that the GLBT community is welcome among Christians, albeit with varying degrees.
However, Buescher said that “I think a lot of Christians would be OK with civil unions.”
To others on campus, religious and legal issues combine. “I think that the judge overruling Prop 8 goes against your rights as an American to vote,” Dustin Kanada, a senior in mechanical engineering, said. In his opinion, it was the people who voted the judicial system into place and hence they should receive the ultimate say, he said.
“What’s a piece of paper saying they’re married? Why can’t they just live the life they have been? I understand their want to be a recognized couple, but if the rest of the country doesn’t think they should receive that piece of paper, that’s when the legislative system comes in,” Kanada said.
And yet, members of the GLBT community saw the decision as a victory. “I see it as a victory for sure,” Cody Mehrer, a sophomore in graphic design, said.
While for media and debate platforms the issue can turn into a mere legal argument, to lesbians, gays and others, court decisions have emotional impacts. “It’s pretty disheartening that this issue can go to majority vote. Civil Rights should be more protected by the government and the constitution,” Mehrer said.
To her, it is not just the right to marry, but the recognition of misuse when it comes to terminology. “There’s the overarching use of terms like ‘fag’ or ‘gay,’” she said. “In high school, I couldn’t walk down the hallway without hearing them. Even though they weren’t using the term against me, it felt like they were. Those sort of things just remind you that you’re different.”
Yet, the most important message Equal Rights have for the GLBT community is recognition of their equality. “Being gay isn’t who I am, it’s just one part of me,” Mehrer said. “I don’t choose to wake up one day and be different and be discriminated against by a large part of the population, especially in Wyoming.”
In the end, it will narrow down to the judicial system weighing the impacts of same sex marriage. To Lanker, the effects of marriage inequality are more tangible than same sex marriage opponents’.
“The stories of people hiding their true sexual orientation are heart-wrenching--I know people who have described the devastating psychological consequences of hiding their sexual orientation and trying to be straight,” she said. “If society fell apart because of same-sex marriage, we\'d see that in Massachusetts. Last I checked, it still exists.”
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On Wednesday, the University of Colorado at Boulder announced that it is considering a discontinuance of its School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
\r\n','\r\n“We want to strategically realign resources and strengths currently existing on the CU-Boulder campus to ensure that course and degree offerings meet the needs of students, the labor market, our campus mission and the communications needs of a rapidly changing global society,” Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, said Wednesday in a CU News Center post.
\r\nThe emergence of information technology throughout the last decade has catalyzed a shift in the media industry. According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, newspaper readership decreased from 58 percent in 1993 to 34 percent in 2009. Print media, while still alive, is declining.
\r\nThis shift has prompted CU to re-evaluate its journalism program and to explore what options the institution may have to improve it, according to the post.
\r\nYesterday, DiStefano met with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Dean Paul Voakes to discuss the vision for the new academic program, according to the news post.
\r\nAccording to the CU News Center post, the vision is not a new idea on the CU-Boulder campus; rather, it has been discussed for several years.
\r\nThe process, legally referred to as a “program of discontinuance,” will be directed by the Academic Review and Planning Advisory Committee and will commence on Sept. 1.
\r\nSimultaneously, the university will launch an exploratory committee created to consider a new academic program of information and communication technology, the CU news post said. The committee will forward its recommendations to the provost by the end of the fall semester.
\r\n“The media landscape is changing fast, and profoundly,” Voakes said in a CU press release yesterday. “The methods of gathering, presenting and delivering news and information have moved into areas that even 10 years ago we couldn’t have imagined. We need to redefine journalism, advertising and media education to reflect those changes.”
\r\nCU’s ultimate goal is to essentially upgrade the journalism program to meet modern needs and keep up with the quickly evolving field, the CU post said.
\r\n“The schools and colleges attracting excellent students, and preparing them for the new media and networked Information Age environment, are schools that while acknowledging the critical role the press and journalism have played in our democracy, approach information and communication technology broadly and comprehensively,” DiStefano said in the post.
\r\nTransformations similar to this have already occurred at several peer institutions across the country, the news post said.
\r\n“More than 30 schools and colleges have been created across the nation to respond to the changing media and communications digital landscape including UC-Berkeley, Washington, Rutgers, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Michigan and Wisconsin,” Provost Russell Moore said in the post.
\r\nIn the CU press release, Voakes said no changes will be implemented at UC in the immediate future.
\r\nAny changes the chancellor ultimately decides on would not be put into effect until Fall 2012 at the earliest.
\r\nAdditionally, he said that a discontinuance of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication would not affect the 731 students currently studying there - those students would be able to complete their degrees.
\r\n“The SJMC has been continuously accredited for the last 62 years, which puts us among only a few dozen JMC programs in the country,” Voakes said in a CU press release. “We’re proud of our record to date, but we simply refuse to rest on laurels, and discontinuance – the ugliness of the term notwithstanding — is the avenue that will enable quick and truly substantive change.”
\r\nWyoming may have use for more than $17 million in educational funding under the Education Jobs Fund Program, but Gov. Dave Freudenthal did not apply for the money, because it would only be able to be used to save teaching jobs, the governor’s press secretary said.
\r\n“We don’t have an educational funding short fall,” Leigh Anne Manlove, press secretary for Gov. Freudenthal, said. “Wyoming’s K-12 education is 100 percent funded.”
\r\n“There were too many restrictions,” Manlove said. “It can only go to save teachers’ jobs.”
\r\nFreudenthal was interested in applying for the money, which is meant to curtail teacher layoffs in other states, but as the money does not go to either paying for the construction of new schools or to fund higher education, the governor decided against applying, Manlove said.
\r\n“The governor wanted to use that money to build a couple schools,” Manlove said.
\r\nIf teachers are being laid off from local school districts it is not because of a shortage of money or decisions being made at the state level, Manlove said.
\r\n“How a school district chooses to spend its block grant is up to the district,” she said.
\r\nThe state funding for education comes from a block grant based on the number of students in a given school district, Manlove said.
\r\nEven though Freudenthal made the decision not to apply for the educational funding, it does not mean the state will go without it.
\r\nManlove said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan would be the one who determines how educational funding allocated for Wyoming is spent.
\r\nIn comparison to other states that face not only teacher layoffs, but also cuts in other programs, Wyoming is in a comparatively comfortable situation where education funding is concerned, Manlove said.
\r\n“We’re extremely lucky,” she said.
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Jerry Kennedy
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Running for: County Commissioner
Issues:
Fiscal responsibility and services.
UW Impact:
Provide a save environment for students.
Fifth Cent Tax:
We need the 5th cent tax to pass!
Student Vote:
I am concerned about binge drinking; it needs to be curtailed, but I am not sure of how it can be stopped. It is a national trend that is very dangerous for students and others.
Eric Lewis
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Running for: County Commissioner
Issues:
Economic development.
UW Impact:
UW is an integral part of he community. I believe that the communities working together (along with students) have set up some good programs.
Fifth Cent Tax:
I support what the tax stands for.
Student Vote:
The students, professors and UW employees account for a large number of taxpayers. When a student purchases books, beer or bedding, they pay taxes that run our local and state government.
Tim Chesnut
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Running for: County Commissioner
Issues:
Wind energy.
UW Impact:
Inform campus about county government.
Fifth Cent Tax:
Fairest tax on the books. The people of Albany County have voted for the 5th cent tax every year since the 1970s.
Student Vote:
When I was in college, UW was always in Playboy’s Top 10 Party Schools as it remains today. We don’t need big brother on every corner, but we do need education about downfalls of partying.
Klaus Hanson
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Running for: City Council
Issues:
Budget, jobs and service
UW Impact:
Continue communication with UW administration.
Fifth Cent Tax:
Absolute “must” for the city and the county.
Student Vote:
I know their situation first-hand, having
been a faculty member at UW for over three decades.
Lee Kempert
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Running for: City Council
Issues:
Budget, infrastructure, and economic development
UW Impact:
Two areas I would work to see the City more involved with are SafeRide and the A-Team.
Fifth Cent Tax:
I support the 5th cent sales tax.
Student Vote:
My experience includes administrative, budgeting, personnel management, conflict resolution, organizational development, interpersonal relations, identifying individual and community needs and management training
Roger McKinley
Issues:
Water supply, pipes and drainage. No liquor license renewals, issues or transfers.
UW Impact:
Less alcohol induced student deaths.
Fifth Cent Tax:
No comment available.
Student Vote:
No comment available.
Paul Weaver
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Running for: City Council
Issues:
Active representation and community involvment.
UW Impact:
Students are important and deserve recognition. Address parking and snow removal. Set up a formal group of city council members and UW administrators.
Fifth Cent Tax:
I support the renewal of the 5th cent tax.
Student Vote:
While drinking is a problem, there is no magic bullet solution. We badly need to have more entertainment options that do not require either drinking or driving out of town.
Dave Paulekas
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Running for: City Council
Issues:
Infrastructure, economic development, streets, communication, water lines and sewer system.
UW Impact:
Stronger community-university relationship.
Fifth Cent Tax:
No comment available.
Student Vote:
Students are a tremendous asset and should be involved in local government and in volunteer boards.
Bryan Shuster
Running for: City Council
Issues:
No comment available.
UW Impact:
No comment available.
Fifth Cent Tax:
No comment available.
Student Vote:
No comment available.
Richard Bohling
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Richard Bohling, Republican candidate for Albany County Attorney running for re-election, has spent the last twenty-four years in the field of the law, thirteen of those years as prosecutor.
As Albany County Attorney, it is his job to prosecute cases against individuals who commit crimes within the city of Laramie itself. While Bohling admits that a large portion of the job does involve prosecuting very minor offenses, such as alcohol incidents where minors are involved and small quantity marijuana possession cases, he also deals with cases and issues that have a very large impact on individuals’ lives.
As the acting Albany County Prosecuting Attorney, Bohling has focused on expanding and developing a number of community programs that provide services, support and training to those involved in law enforcement, and to those who have been impacted by criminal activities and to individuals who are on the path of rehabilitation.
Successful programs Bohling has been involved in include the implementation of an Albany County Drug Court program, youth diversion programs through Big Brothers Big Sisters and the establishment of the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), which trains officers to better conduct sexual assault investigations.
“One of the very serious issues we deal with in Laramie is sexual assault,” Bohling said, “The majority of the sexual assault cases we see are acquaintance rape.”
Bohling said this, “Creates a very difficult problem for officers when it comes to investigating these crimes.”
“Most officers are trained to investigate sexual assaults between two strangers, which meant we needed to expand the kind of training we offer. So that’s what we did when we established SART,” he said.
Another issue within the community that Bohling expressed serious concern about is the level of alcohol abuse in Albany County. “This is not just some myth,” he said.
Bohling further explained the severity of the problem when asked about the average blood alcohol level of individuals arrested for criminal activities.
“Yes, this is a college town and alcohol is used very common, but when you have the average blood alcohol level of people coming into our jails at .15, that indicates that this is a very serious problem.”
While this is clearly an area of concern, Bohling believes a way to improve this is to continue to improve programs that deal with young offenders, as juvenile criminal activity often leads to more serious long term offences.
Bohling’s involvement with students at UW has included more than just “seeing a few of them from time to time in the court room,” as he put it.
“I don’t want to see UW students in that court room. It gives me no pleasure at all to have to prosecute young talented people.”
Bohling has worked with fraternal organizations to discuss alcohol related issues, and also works with the university on community programs such as SART. He indicated that his work with UW administrators to ensure that UW remains a safe environment for young people has also been an area of prime concern.
“We need to make sure students are safe in this community,” he said.
“This has been no easy job to say the least,” Bohling conceded “but I absolutely love it. I have an opportunity to help make a direct difference on my community in a very positive way.”
Tony Lopez
Tony S. Lopez, Democratic candidate for Albany County Attorney, is running his campaign with a focus on improving the community’s access to the County Attorney’s Office and continuing to support programs like drug court.
Lopez explained his views in the Pokes Vote Student Voter Guide.
On the issue of community access, Lopez said, “There is a great need for change of competent leadership in the Albany County Attorney’s Office, a return to fundamental, rational and open standards of communication, accessibility and accountability to all Albany County citizens, including effective legal assistance, and guidance to the county offices and law enforcement agencies.”
Lopez has also been a local supporter of diversion-based rehabilitation programs, which give nonviolent offenders the opportunity to remain in the community while under intense supervised probation.
These programs include “early intervention, drug testing, counseling and supervision,” Lopez said.
He also said, “It has been a successful alternate to criminal prosecution and serves both adults and juveniles with focus on rehabilitation.”
Laramie currently runs a number of these programs including the county drug court program, intensive supervised probation programs and juvenile diversion.
Lopez sees the issue of juvenile justice as critical to the community.
He explained his plan in the voter guide saying that he plans to, “Promote education of and open dialogue with parents of children in the juvenile court system, so the parents can be more able to assist their children to comply with probationary terms.”
Lopez sees the role of parental involvement in helping their children through the judicial system as crucial to preventing juveniles from reoffending.
“With full investment and commitment by the parents, commingled with support and intervention of the judicial system, minors can learn from their mistakes and be more productive citizens,” he said.
Lopez has been a member of the Wyoming State Bar since 1982, and spent two years as chief prosecutor in Albany County Attorney’s Office.
He has also worked in the field of private practice, focusing on criminal defense, personal injury and family law. While working as a private practice attorney, he worked in the office of Zimmers, Bluher and Lopez.
In 2007, Lopez was confirmed as a Municipal Court Judge for the City of Laramie while continuing his practice.
Lopez also cited his military career, noting that he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in 1974 and served as infantry officer and selected for Captain.
In 1978, he resigned in order to attend the University of Wyoming Law School.
BOB KUBICHEK
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Cindy Hill
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Cindy Hill, the Republican candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, said believes she will improve her office by giving meaningful local control to school boards. Hill believes that by giving school boards the information they need to effectively manage what is happening in their schools, Wyoming will preserve local control by being able to appreciate the results of those efforts coming from the classrooms. “Having served as an educator for more than twenty years, I know how important it is to serve the students by focusing education on the classroom and not bureaucracy,” Hill said. “Too many leaders seem to be more interested in growing the system instead of focusing on Wyoming’s teachers, parents, and students.” She said she does not believe in altering the block grant system where each school district gets to decide how their resources will be spent, but she does recommend utilizing four simple tools, or pieces of information, to collaborate with, not mandate, school boards and communities on how dollars are spent in their school districts to achieve better educational outcomes.
These four tools are funding/spending, assessment tools, stakeholder feedback, and collaboration.
She believes that the biggest issue in the race is PAWS testing, which has generated a large amount of distrust of the Department of Education.
Hill knows that assessments have always existed in education in one form or another, and that they are an essential ingredient for accountability. Though she does not dispute that there must be accountability in education, she said she believes that there are assessment tools that are timely, useful, and reduce the amount of time spent away from instruction.
“Testing is merely a tool—not the end to be served,” Hill said, “Stated differently, tests should serve us, we should not be serving the tests.”
Hill states that she is committed to ensuring that UW remain able to meet the needs of their students and in remaining flexible and responsive to the needs of those who will employ graduates of UW.
She believes students should vote for her because she has the experience in public education that is necessary to perform the task at hand and ensure that the educational needs and outcomes of the students of the university are heard and met.
“It is time to focus on each student and not growing government. I will work closely with the university to ensure that the results that professors, students, parents, and our communities are seeking are achieved,” Hill said, “As your Superintendent of Public Instruction, I will focus everyone back into the classroom.”
According to Hill, for 24 years her focus has been on improving educational outcomes for students through instructional leadership, by listening to faculty, parents, and students, with the greatest respect for those on the front lines.
She believes that through her ardent and unwavering focus on students, she brings a unique set of skills and practical “in the trenches” experience in growing kids and improving schools.
“Throughout my career, I have always been committed to growing each student who walks through the classroom door because I value the potential of every student,” Hill said.
Mike Massie
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Mike Massie, the Democratic candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is clear on the campaign trail, that his one and only priority will be making sure that the children of Wyoming get a quality education. “This is a key to success in our times,” Massie said, “A quality education fulfills the spirit on which our nation was founded by giving every student the ability to pursue life, liberty and happiness.”He believes that the biggest issue that he would face in office is ensuring that Wyoming’s children can get good jobs as a result of the education they receive. According to Massie, Wyoming is spending $1 billion per year on K-12 education, yet graduation rates are too low, the need for remedial work is too high, and third-grade reading proficiency is dropping.
To improve the quality of education, Massie says he will increase parental involvement in their children’s education and make sure that well-prepared teachers are spending as much time as possible teaching students. Course standards will be rigorous, and schools will offer a comprehensive selection of courses that include vocational education.“A quality education is like a sturdy stool, it has four legs and will serve you for a lifetime. The four sturdy legs of the education stool are parental involvement, good teachers, rigorous standards and a complete offering of courses,” Massie said.
“As State Superintendent, I will pursue all of these.”
Massie believes that the Wyoming Department of Education does not need to be bigger, just better at supporting parents, teachers and local school districts in achieving quality education.
If voted the next Superintendent of Public Instruction, he has vowed to work closely with UW, as a nonvoting member of the Board of Trustees, and with the College of Education, not only with teacher training, but also in developing and resources for existing teachers.
Massie believes that UW students should vote for him because he has a proven track record of effectively fighting for and collaborating to create programs like the Hathaway Scholarship Program.
He has thirty years of experience in education and sixteen years of service in the legislature, along with serving on the Education Committee, acquiring a comprehensive understanding of Wyoming’s educational system and helping pass important legislation, such as the Hathaway Scholarship Program.
“I have helped pass other key educational legislation, including full-day kindergarten, full funding for special education, gifted and talented programs, vocational education classes, libraries, creation of the School Facilities Commission and higher salaries for educators,” Massie said.
Also while on the Appropriations Committee, Massie helped balance the state’s $8 billion budget, where he states he gained a great deal of knowledge about state budgeting and management.
Massie also touts that he has experience of seeing education from all sides, as a parent, an educator, an administrator, and a legislator, will help him make the right decisions, along with his presently work as a director of a private organization devoted to developmental preschools.
“Through these experiences and those in the legislature, I have a demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups and bring them together to successfully achieve common goals,” Massie said.
Email : MAX D\'ONOFRIO
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Albany County has 22 precincts and 28 different polling places because some of those precincts are large geographically and each precinct has a different set of races, according to Karyn L. Spears of the elections in the Albany County Clerk’s Office.
“Each precinct has a different set of races depending on how the state has apportioned the State House and State Senate districts and how the City of Laramie divides up the Wards,” Spears said.
In this general election Spears said there are 24 different ballot styles and no two are the same.
Electors vote for U.S. House, State Constitutional Officers and County Officials as well as judges, school board, hospital board, conservation district directors and two ballot propositions concerning sales tax, Spears said.
Spears said precincts 41-3-2 and 41-4 have polling places on campus at the American Hertiage Center.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
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Matt Mead
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As a graduate of the UW Law School, Matt Mead, Republican candidate for Wyoming Governor, believes that it is critical now and in the future for the university to continue to excel, not only in terms of building and the colleges, but in terms of making sure that the students who graduate there are top notch.
“I think the university in recent years has really done a lot, and I think the future is very bright,” Mead said.
As governor, he said he will make sure that the board of trustees is composed of a good group of individuals who have independence of thought and he will make sure that he works closely with the president and the faculty there.
Mead, as governor, would continue to seek out projects, and private partnerships, that not only help the private sector, but provide a great opportunity for the university and the students of the university.
He also is concerned with making sure that the connectivity to UW around the state and the world is top notch in its ability to share information through emailing, and video networking. Mead said he believes students should vote for him because he is a pragmatic and bold individual, who is relatively young.
He also thinks that Wyoming has such a great future ahead, that they should just be moving forward in great advancements in technology and connectivity and technology in energy.
According to Meade, one of the biggest concerns is money for our towns and counties.“Towns and counties are the backbones of the state, and if they are doing well, the state will be doing well,” Mead said,
“And so I will be visiting with the legislature if elected on how to find some steady revenue streaming for out towns and counties.”
Specifically, Mead wants to look at using discretionary funds from the state’s reserve accounts to give money back to Wyoming town and counties.
He would also like to see the legislature deal with health care issue in the state, education issues, water issues, and a large list of other important issues to Wyoming.
Mead’s energy policy would be one that continues to promote the use of Wyoming’s natural resources while continuing to encourage and improve technology.
“All of us want to have a balanced approach to have it as clean as possible,” Mead said.
“And when we can do so, and have it commercially viable, such as carbon capture and carbon sequestration, I think you can not only address part of the clean issue but also create great commercial application.”
Because Meade wants to continue to be able to produce Wyoming’s coal, oil, gas, and uranium, with the sweeping idea of clean energy, he is looking towards UW, and Wyoming as a whole, to continue to say that they not only want to develop these materials here, but want to have the world’s foremost expertise on being a leader in technology in not only clean energy, b
ut how we produce our energy.
“I want people to think, this is not only the place to get energy, but this is the place to go to learn about energy,” Mead said.
Taylor Haynes
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Taylor Haynes, an independent running for Governor of Wyoming, says as governor, he will
address the needs of the university in the same manner as he has addressed them as a member of the Board of Trustees for UW.
“I will use in-depth information and the Academic Plans melded with the needs of the State,” Haynes said, “The university is a key driver of the future of Wyoming, so its well being is critical to us all.”
Haynes believes that if elected, present UW students should expect things to be as they are now on campus, but that they should also expect a much deeper job market to develop over the next several years.
He said he believes that the future that UW students are working for in obtaining their educations will only be secure and bright with the implementation of a Constitution-based, free-enterprise-friendly system of government in Wyoming. It is Haynes’ goal to provide exactly that for the future students of Wyoming as well as other residents o the state.
Yet, while potentially serving as Governor, Haynes would not neglect his ties to the university.
“Governor Freudenthal’s administration had a policy of being engaged with the university,” Haynes said. “I plan to continue to work closely with UW to advance it and the state.”
As governor, Haynes plans to communicate with the citizens via Town Hall meetings. He states that this style of government to public, and vice versa, is more suited to his mode of communication.
In the next legislative session, Haynes said he would like to see the legislature exert greater state sovereignty in its statutes.
Concerning funding for towns and counties, he plans to propose to the Legislature a formula based on their population and infrastructure needs.
His administration will also aggressively encourage the responsible development and use of all of our natural resources.
Leslie Peterson
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Leslie Petersen, the Democratic candidate for Wyoming Governor, says she believes that students should vote for her because she will be a different point of view to Wyoming.
“With three congressional members that are republican, and a republican governor, we are going to hear just one voice in Wyoming about what is going on in the nation, and what our policy should be,” Petersen said.
Peterson also believes that students should vote for her because she is the most experienced candidate in actual governing.
She is a big proponent of UW and, as governor, would help support it to be one of the best schools in the west.
“As governor I will do everything I can to support the university financially, and just in general, making the people of Wyoming, all over the state, making them as proud of the university as possible. It is just a wonderful institution,” Petersen said.
Peterson also believes that the future of Wyoming and the university lie in the technology and research that will help Wyoming’s energy minerals be used in cleaner way, and she believe that the focus for much of the research we will be done at the university.
Additionally, Petersen would love to see a program where business and government go together, to create internships so students can work in Wyoming businesses during the summer in the hopes that they will be conformable and knowledgeable about Wyoming businesses, and stay to support or create them.
The biggest statewide issue for Petersen is more predictable and reliable funding for the towns and counties.
“I feel as if they have been treated in a somewhat uneven and arbitrary fashion over the past few years,” Petersen said.
“We need to have roads that are paved and plowed, and good sewerage treatments systems, and good 911 response systems, and all of those things. So I am going to be advocating for better funding for our towns and counties.”
Mike Wheeler
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Mike Wheeler is a Libertarian candidate running for Wyoming governor. Wheeler was unavailable for comment, however, on his web site, Wheeler states that gun rights, health care, clean water and education are some of the important issues during this campaign.
As far as health care, Wheeler’s website says he believes Wyoming’s population is small enough that it could have a very effective healthcare system.
According to his website, as governor, Wheeler will fight for Wyoming and try to show the rest of the nation that a small group of like-minded people really can change the world.
He also said the current one-size-fits-all approach to education has failed and that he believes parents need more choice when it come to their children’s education.
He said if competition is not introduced into education, the children of Wyoming will not be able to compete in the modern economy.
“I would like to see Wyoming take an aggressive approach towards bolstering our economy on an individual level.
We need new industry (hemp production comes to mind) in this state that people can build upon,” he said to Pokes Vote.
“My platform is pretty simple. Stop federal intrusion, reduce government spending and increase personal freedoms in the Sovereign State of Wyoming,” Wheeler also said to Pokes Vote.
He said students should vote for him because he feels their future is at stake.
“The two party system will not change! It is time for the sleeping giant to rise up and support a candidate that holds your best interests at heart.”
I will fight tooth and nail to create opportunity here in Wyoming so that you can earn a wage in the field of your study that is solid and prosperous,” he said to Pokes Vote.
Wheeler is originally from southern Colorado and moved to the state of Wyoming in 1994.
He owns three small businesses in Natrona County and is committed to Wyoming and the economic prosperity of the state and local community.
Email: Max D\'Onofrio
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Every two years, Wyoming citizens engage in their right to vote for their representatives.
At UW, while political involvement is strongly encouraged, there is a set of rules for what people can and cannot do while campaigning for office on campus.
','The regulations for on-campus political activities come from two sources.
First, the State of Wyoming has legislation in place. This legislation clearly defines what activities are not appropriate for public employees to engage in while running for office.
Second, UW has its own set of policies that govern where, when and to what extent individuals running for public office are allowed to use campus as a venue for political campaigning.
The Wyoming state laws governing public employees who are running for office are very straightforward.
According to Wyoming election law, “No public employee, state legislators included, may use public resources for political campaign purposes.”
This includes office supplies, office work time and work-related emails including those issued to UW employees.
On campus, political campaign activities are not highly regulated and put the most emphasis on how candidates can use the space of the university.
According to the Office of Governmental and Community Affairs, “External users may use designated bulletin boards to advertise their events and may be assessed fees, charges and deposits for use of university facilities.”
This means that campaigns do have to go through some additional channels in order to conduct activities such as reserving a table in the breezeway or utilizing a Union conference room.
These regulations are however no different from any other external organizations that wish to use the University’s facilities.
The Office of Governmental and Community Affairs policy also states that “persons or groups who are university internal users [faculty, students, staff, recognized student organizations] are treated as external users when acting as private citizens or in a manner unrelated to university purposes, i.e. campaigning for a particular candidate, including hosting events at UW for an individual candidate.”
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
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\r\nSunshine grabs a football and throws it 60-some yards and hits the formerly-racist-but-now-accepting-of-his-black-teammates linebacker Gerry Bertier in the shoulder pads.
\r\n','\r\nI hear this is how Austyn Carta-Samuels’ brief two-year career began at the University of Wyoming. That’s of course leaving out the fact that we already had a quarterback, because all we had was Dax Crum. Also, Carta-Samuels best attribute as a signal-caller was not his arm; it was his ability to use his legs. I won’t go as far as to say he throws like a girl, because that’s a third grade insult, but I will say that he throws like he’s from California. (Nor am I suggesting that the Cowboys had any sort of racial divide like in that movie, just to clear that up)
\r\nI guess the only thing that makes sense about this analogy is the blond haired kid from California.
\r\nLast year I saw an absolutely poignant photo of the football star someone caught while shooting a basketball game. Carta-Samuels, sporting a tight, white polo shirt with the collar popped up ever so stylishly, wearing a backwards LA Dodgers hat with his arm around some young lady right in the front row of the AA – like he thought he was LeBron or something.
\r\nI guess I’m not surprised he left, I’m just surprised there wasn’t a one-hour special on The Mtn., where he proclaimed that he was “Taking his talents to South Beach.”
\r\nThe first way our program is going to get any better is if Christensen can build a recruiting base over a few years. In the months since the Cowboys finished their season, that hasn’t exactly happened.
\r\nStrong safety Shamiel Gary, kicker Ian Watts, wide receiver David Tooley, and, of course, the ‘Magna’ Carta-Samuels have all left the program.
\r\nAside from “Remember the Titans” analogies, perhaps the other thing that the exit of Carta-Samuels brings to mind is similar exits of players from the Cowboy basketball team during the past few years. Scholarship players have bolted from the hoops team like it was going out of style in the years since Heath Schroyer has been coach.
\r\nApparently, it’s becoming an epidemic in the likes of overrated athletic programs on this campus, i.e. football and basketball.
\r\nI understand the desire to leave a place like Laramie, especially in mid-January. California sounds really nice this time of year. On top of the ruthless, frigid weather, I couldn’t imagine playing for the Cowboys, it’s hard enough to watch them.
\r\nNot that anyone cares, but I also don’t believe he can be viewed as a highly desired prospect. There are deceiving statistics that might make teams think so, but all you have to do is watch him play.
\r\nHe threw for 3,655 yards and 19 touchdowns with only 13 interceptions in two seasons, and he rushed for 758 yards and six touchdowns. The Cowboys won nine games and lost 13 that he started.
\r\nI don’t see him as a quarterback that can sustain drives, and I don’t believe that he’s anything more than a high school-style, running quarterback that is entirely too hesitant to throw the football sometimes.
\r\nYes, he played a tough schedule both years that he was here. Yes, his receiving core and offensive line wasn’t outstanding. But the one thing I always wanted to see, and never did, was a big upset win from the guy.
\r\nIn the past two years, Wyoming played No. 2 Texas (eventual BCS national runner up), BYU, TCU and Utah in 2009 when they were all very good teams, No. 3 Boise State this year, and another run against TCU and Utah this year. TCU won the Rose Bowl and Utah was ranked all season.
\r\nThere’s no question that this schedule was quite formidable, but here are a few more stats that stick out to me.
\r\nOf his nine wins, not one came against a ranked opponent, and the combined record of the teams that the Cowboys defeated in the last two years with Carta-Samuels under center (all but two) is 43-66. Six of those points came from 1-AA Independent Southern Utah, which Wyoming beat 28-20 this year at home, and Wyoming’s combined margin of victory in seven of Carta-Samuels’ nine wins was 26 points. It’s largest margin of victory in that stretch was eight points.
\r\nThe two wins not included in that stretch were against CSU this year when the Cowboys won 44-0, and their 2009 win over New Mexico 37-13. By the way, New Mexico has had two straight 1-11 seasons, with it’s one win this year coming against Carta-Samuels and the Cowboys.
\r\nIt’s not that he didn’t do some good things as a true freshman, but that bowl run still seems to me as six wins against teams the Cowboys were supposed to beat. It was the same story this year. Three wins against teams we were supposed to beat – and not a single other win for that matter.
\r\nDid you ever notice how NFL teams switch quarterbacks after three losses even if it’s not the quarterback’s fault sometimes? I think Cowboy fans can view this as that sort of shift – even if it wasn’t a decision made by the coaching staff.
\r\nSure, it’s obviously harsh to blame all this on one kid from California, but I’ll be the first to say I’m not devastated by his departure.
\r\nLater bro’, hang ten.
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With tradition and bragging rights on the line, Wyoming managed to pull off its first conference win.
','The Cowboys pummeled Colorado State 44-0 in front of their home crowd at War Memorial Stadium; a rout that was Wyoming’s most lopsided victory in the 102-game history of the Border War.
Sophomore running back Alvester Alexander etched his place into Cowboy football lore, rushing for 147 yards and a school record five touchdowns.
“The coaches told me they were going to put it on my shoulders, so I needed to show them that I could carry that load,” Alexander said in the post-game press conference. “It was nice to have those big holes to run through. The offensive line practiced hard all week and then told me that they were going to block up front. They really did great.”
Alexander’s five rushing touchdowns surpassed the previous Cowboy record of four, which had stood since Myron Hardeman rushed for four scores against Utah State in 1977, and Dabby Dawson equaled that mark against San Diego State in 1998.
Alexander’s performance was matched by the Cowboy defense, which dominated Colorado State, limiting the Rams to just 162 yards of total offense and sacking freshman CSU quarterback Pete Thomas six times.
It was Wyoming’s first shutout since 2006, when the Cowboys blanked CSU 24-0 at War Memorial Stadium.
“I don’t know if I could have written a better script on how I wanted this game to go,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said. “The great thing about it is that our kids have never stopped working hard all season, or quit during a game—they just kept pounding away. They believed and put it all together today. It was exciting to have them play that way and it was nice to send out the seniors with a performance like this. What a great feeling for everyone.”
On an afternoon where nothing seemed to go wrong for Wyoming, they got off to a good start when quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels came through on a pair of big plays midway through the first quarter of a scoreless game.
Facing third and one from his own 46 yard line, Carta-Samuels connected with sophomore receiver Chris McNeill for a 16-yard pickup to keep the drive alive and, on the ensuing play, Carta-Samuels scrambled 37 yards down the field to the CSU 1-yard line.
Alexander then punched the ball in from a yard out for his first score of the afternoon to give Wyoming a 7-0 lead with 8:05 remaining in the quarter.
On the following Ram possession, the Cowboy defense pressured Thomas into making the first of many mistakes of the afternoon. As Thomas threw into coverage, the ball was intercepted by junior Wyoming cornerback Tashaun Gipson, who returned the ball 26 yards to the CSU 14-yard line.
Ian Watts then kicked a 20-yard field goal to extend Wyoming’s lead to 9-0. On the Cowboys’ next offensive possession, Wyoming again marched down the field, finishing with a 34-yard touchdown burst from Alexander.
Carta-Samuels, who ended the day completing 23 of 32 passes for 267 yards, added a 4-yard touchdown run midway through the second quarter, giving Wyoming a 23-0 lead at the half.
Alexander scored three more times in the second half, capping his day with touchdown runs of 1, 34, 21, 29 and 8 yards.
Junior defensive end Josh Biezuns recorded 3.5 sacks, four tackles for loss and a forced fumble on the afternoon.
Alexander and Biezuns were named MWC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for their performances.
Two senior contributors took the field for the final time as Cowboys on Saturday.
Safety Chris Prosinski and receiver David Leonard ended their respective college careers with the impressive win.
Prosinski had seven tackles, bringing his career total to 373, which ranks fourth in school history.
Leonard moved up to eighth place in school history on the career reception list, hauling in six catches against CSU to bring his career total to 153.
Email the author: mmorri18@uwyo.edu
Rivalry.
The venerated tradition of college football; a game between two celebrated foes, where emotions run high as the snow-capped Rocky Mountains, and where the significance of the matchup is transcended only by each team’s inexorable will to win.
All of the antecedent circumstances surrounding Saturday’s Border War matchup between Wyoming and Colorado State would seem to indicate a game of relative inconsequence.
The bowl aspirations of both teams fell along with the leaves weeks ago and have since been swept off in the November wind, leaving both teams with the barren realities of enormously disappointing seasons.
','Wyoming (2-9, 0-7) is still winless in conference play this season, and the Cowboys were beaten handily by UNLV last Saturday–one week after falling 34-31 on the road to a previously winless New Mexico team.
The Rams (3-8, 2-5) were crushed 49-10 by BYU in their home finale last Saturday, and a once-proud Colorado State program, which appeared to be on the rise two years ago—after CSU won the 2008 New Mexico Bowl—now stares directly at the prospect of a second consecutive three-win season.
And yet, united by the frustrations of fruitless seasons and by the history and tradition of a rivalry more than one century deep, Wyoming and Colorado State will indubitably step onto the field of War Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon and play as intensely and as passionately as they have all season.
“It’s important because it’s our rivalry game and that makes it the most important game on our schedule,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said in his Monday press conference. “It’ll always be the most important game on our schedule. It’s big to the people of the state of Wyoming, it’s big to everyone in our fanbase, our alumni and the kids in our program.”
It’s perhaps of escalated importance to Colorado State, as the Rams still feel the sting of last season’s 17-16 defeat to Wyoming - a contest in which then-true freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels guided the Cowboys on a thrilling game-winning drive which culminated in a 33 yard Ian Watts field goal with 1:27 remaining.
Colorado State players, on the other hand, sat at home watching on television as Wyoming celebrated in jubilation, and the Rams could only have been thinking about what could have been if they would have stopped Carta-Samuels and spoiled the Cowboys’ bowl hopes. The Rams, doubtlessly, were thinking ahead to November for another shot at Wyoming.
Pete Thomas has turned some heads in the conference in his first season at the helm for the Rams, passing for 2,565 yards and 11 touchdowns, and although Thomas has been inconsistent at times—also throwing 12 interceptions—he is a formidable challenge for a Cowboy defense, which has been torched each of the previous three weeks.
On the other sideline, Carta-Samuels is still looking for a definitive performance in 2010, a season after winning MWC Freshman of the Year honors.
It isn’t that Carta-Samuels has struggled—he’s completed 59.1% of his passes—but the Cowboy offense has been stagnant for most of the season, and while Carta-Samuels hasn’t surpassed the 200 yard passing mark since week one, it’s in rivalry games where great players often rise to the occasion and etch their legacies definitively into the histories of a program.
There’s no shortage of reasons to believe that players all over the field – wearing brown and gold and green and gold - will be up to the occasion on Saturday.
It’s the final time outstanding senior contributors Chris Prosinski (366 career tackles, fourth all-time in Cowboy history), David Leonard (147), and Marcell Gipson will take the field as Cowboys.
It’s the opportunity to hoist the Bronze Boot in triumph and hold bragging rights over a fierce rival.
It’s the Border War, and it’s still about as good as it gets for college football in November.
Here’s some things UNLV and Wyoming have in common going into Saturday’s game: Five-game losing streaks, struggling defenses, incomplete performances, basement conference standing, and indubitably disappointing seasons.
The parallels between the Rebels and Cowboys are many, but perhaps the most pronounced similarity between the two slumping teams is their shared conviction to avoid a last-place finish in the Mountain West Conference.
','That is precisely what is on the line for the Cowboys and Rebels, with the game’s loser crowned conference bottom-dweller.
Although Wyoming was saddled with one of the toughest schedules in all of college football, the Cowboys were unable to stay competitive in its four games against ranked opponents, faltering to a 2-6 start.
The Cowboys hit rock bottom in Albuquerque last Saturday night, falling on a field goal as time expired to a New Mexico team, which had lost 19 of its previous 20 games.
“That was the absolute most difficult loss of my career,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said on Monday during his weekly press conference. “I thought we played well in a number of different areas and didn’t come away with the victory in a game I thought we should’ve won.”
Things of late have hardly been better for the Rebel camp.
UNLV was embarrassed last Saturday in Provo in a 55-7 shellacking at the hands of BYU, in a game where the Rebels were outgained by nearly 400 total yards.
It was the culmination of a five-game losing streak during which the Rebels have been outscored by the opposition 239-59.
The Rebels rank 115th nationally in both scoring offense and defense, while the Cowboys find themselves ranked 113th and 97th respectively – forcasting an evenly-bad match up for Saturday.
Optimism on Offense: Dormant for most of the season, the Cowboy offense has finally kindled under a few “PROVERBIAL” sparks over the past two weeks. Wyoming racked up 536 yards against New Mexico.
The Cowboys had three 100-yard rushers against the Lobos, as running backs Alvester Alexander and Robert Herron, and quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels eclipsed that number, marking the first time since 1995 that Wyoming had accomplished that in a game. Alexander’s 94 yard touchdown run was the second longest in program history.
Wyoming turned the ball over four times against the Lobos, however, a deciding factor in the Cowboys’ ultimate loss and something Christensen stressed must change if Wyoming wants to win another game this season.
Senior receiver David Leonard had one reception against New Mexico, keeping his streak of consecutive games with a reception alive at 24.
Runnin’ Rebels without a Cause: One of the largest impediments to UNLV’s success this season has been its incapacity to establish anything on the ground. The Rebels have cracked the 100-yard barrier just four times this season, and UNLV has only 874 total rushing yards to its credit.
Quarterback Omar Clayton is an established and capable playmaker, but Clayton’s inconsistency has been evident throughout the season. The senior has completed 100 of 182 passes for 1,082 yards and 6 touchdowns - including a stellar 194 yard, three touchdown effort in the Rebels’ sole win of the season over New Mexico - but Clayton struggled last week against BYU, completing just three of eight passes for 13 yards and an interception before being relieved.
Hitting the History Books: The Cowboys have had more success against UNLV than against any other conference opponent in recent years.
Wyoming holds a 5-1 record against the Rebels dating back to the 2004 season, and the Cowboys are 3-1 in their previous four games at Sam Boyd Stadium (including a 24-21 triumph over UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl).
University Stadium in Albuquerque had resonated for the past 11 months as a hallowed ground of sorts for the Wyoming Cowboy football program.
For the time being, however, Albuquerque will only evoke nightmares of one of the most humbling losses in recent Cowboy history.
','New Mexico kicker James Aho drove a 38-yard field goal attempt through the uprights as time expired, giving the Lobos a 34-31 victory — their first of the season — over the Cowboys and sending Wyoming (2-8 overall, 0-6 MWC) to the basement of the Mountain West Conference as the only winless team in conference play.
“I can’t say enough about how proud I am of that team in the locker room,” New Mexico head coach Michael Locksley said in the Lobos’ post-game press conference. “We were able to make plays in all three phases today. Our defense may have given up a bunch of yards, but they were capable and able when they needed a big stop or a turnover.”
A galvanized Lobo team, which was committed to avoiding a winless season, dealt Wyoming its fifth consecutive loss despite being outgained by the Cowboys by over 100 yards on offense.
Lobo true freshman quarterback Stump Godfrey, in his first career start, completed 16 of 20 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns helping New Mexico rally from a 21-7 first half deficit.
“I can’t say enough great things about Stump Godfrey and about how he came and executed in tough situations,” Locksley said.
Godfrey completed two passes on third downs to keep Lobos’ game-winning drive alive and rushed for a third first down on third and three from the Cowboy 28-yard line with under a minute remaining to set Aho up with a shorter field goal attempt.
Wyoming churned up 536 yards of total offense against New Mexico, but committed four turnovers, three of which were in the red zone, and a fourth that resulted in a New Mexico touchdown.
“When you turn the ball over four times inside the 10-yard line, you’re not going to win very many football games,” head coach Dave Christensen said in Sunday’s Wyoming Tribune-Eagle.
“If we don’t get that straightened out, we won’t win another game this year.”
Although the Cowboys fell behind 7-0 early in the first quarter, Wyoming responded with a flurry of big plays to take command of the game early on.
Alvester Alexander tied the game with a 1-yard plunge into the end zone with 2:34 remaining in the first quarter after the Cowboys broke off an eight play, 73-yard drive, which was keyed by Robert Herron’s 40-yard scamper.
In the second quarter, quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels succeeded with sophomore receiver Chris McNeill on a 50-yard touchdown strike to extend the Cowboy lead to 14-7, and on the subsequent Cowboy possession, Alexander broke off Wyoming’s longest play from scrimmage of the season.
Alexander gashed the Lobos on a 94-yard touchdown jaunt - the longest of his career - and the Cowboys seemed to have a comfortable lead at 21-7.
That was when things took a turn for Wyoming.
Godfrey led the Lobos on an 11-play, 76-yard drive, which was capped off with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Lucas Reed.
Wyoming blew an opportunity to extend its lead before the half when Carta-Samuels was intercepted deep in Lobo territory with 43 seconds remaining.
Although the Cowboys produced three 100-yard rushers — Alexander, who finished with a career high 151 yards and three touchdowns, as well as Herron and Carta-Samuels — Wyoming simply made too many crucial mistakes on Saturday to come away from Albuquerque unscathed.
In the second half, Herron lost a pair of fumbles in the Lobo red zone that negated potential scoring drives, and the Cowboys gave up 17 fourth quarter points.
Email: Mike Morris
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','That scene seems distant now for a 2-7 Cowboy team that was eliminated from post season eligibility in last weekend’s 48-38 loss to San Diego State. During the San Diego State post game press conference and throughout this week Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen emphasized the importance of building momentum for next season by finishing the season strong. The Lobos (0-8) have lost 19 of their last 20 games, and New Mexico ranks 118th in the country in total offense and 119th in total defense. Last season New Mexico entered its final two home games with a 0-9 record. That weekend, New Mexico nearly upset a ranked BYU team, and the following weekend the Lobos finally put together a complete game and upset CSU 29-27.
The Lobos lost starting quarterback B.R. Holbrook to a shoulder injury in their 38-14 loss to Colorado State last weekend, but freshman Stump Godfrey showed some flashes in relieving Holbrook, passing for 82 yards and a touchdown and adding another 72 yards on the ground. The Lobo defense has been porous, allowing 454.3 yards per game.
The Cowboy offense surpassed the 300-yard mark with 338 yards last Saturday against San Diego State.
Quarterback showed some command on offense Austyn Carta-Samuels putting together his best performance of the season, passing for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns. Senior Cowboy receiver David Leonard had his best game of the season against San Diego State last weekend, catching seven passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns.
The game will be televised on the Mtn., and starts at 4 p.m. Saturday
Email the author: mmorris@uwyo.edu
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It was a nearly perfect afternoon of football for Wyoming Cowboy fans.
And ultimately, a scintillating, back-and-forth thriller between the Wyoming Cowboys and San Diego State Aztecs – the very type of epic shootout that Cowboy fans have been waiting for the entire season - which was rife with drama and big plays until the final gun had sounded.
The only imperfection was in the game’s final outcome.
Ryan Lindley threw for 365 yards and three touchdowns, including a 59-yard strike to DeMarco Sampson with 4:56 remaining, to lead the Aztecs (6-2, 3-1) to a 48-38 victory over Wyoming and help San Diego State clinch bowl eligibility for the first time since 1998.
The loss was devastating for the Cowboys (2-7, 0-5) as Wyoming was eliminated from postseason eligibility, ending aspirations of a second-consecutive bowl appearance under head coach Dave Christensen.
“Obviously, it’s very disappointing to give up so many big plays in a game that we played so well in other areas. When you score 38 points with an offense that has been struggling, it should be enough to win the game,” Christensen said following the game, citing blown coverages in the defensive secondary as a critical issue factoring into the loss. “There are positives, but in the end we gave up way too many passing yards.”
Trailing 6-0 early in the second quarter, Cowboy linebacker Oliver Schober recovered a misfielded punt at the San Diego State 13 yard line, giving Wyoming the excellent field position it needed to capitalize for its first lead of the game.
Two plays later, Wyoming quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels rolled to his right and threaded a pass through an Aztec defender to Cowboy receiver Zach Bolger, who made the catch and then fought through a tackler and into the end zone to give Wyoming a 7-6 lead with 11:28 remaining in the first half.
On the ensuing Aztec possession, Wyoming’s special teams again came through in a big way.
Luke Ruff broke through the San Diego State line and blocked a punt on 4th down, giving Wyoming excellent field position for a second consecutive possession; the Cowboys capitalized with a 30-yard Ian Watts field goal to extend their lead to 10-6.
That lead was short lived.
The Aztecs took the ball down the field on the ensuing possession and Lindley connected on his first major play of the afternoon, threading a deep pass across the middle to Sampson, who took off 56 yards for the touchdown to give the Aztecs a 13-10 lead.
The Cowboys answered with an eight play, 41-yard drive which was capped with a 13 yard scoring strike over the middle from Carta-Samuels to David Leonard, pulling back in front by a 17-13 margin.
The Aztecs answered just before the half, however, as Lindley converted two critical third downs on a nine play, 80-yard drive and ultimately found D.J. Shields on a 14-yard scoring strike to give San Diego State a 20-17 lead headed into the break.
Brandon Sullivan scored from a yard out midway through the third quarter to extend San Diego State’s lead to 27-17, but the proverbial seesaw of momentum continued to shift as the game wore on.
Wyoming answered with a seven play, 80-yard drive of its own, capped by a brilliant Carta-Samuels fade pass to Leonard in the southwest corner of the end zone for a touchdown.
Although he was initially ruled out of bounds on the play, replay officials confirmed that Leonard – who had seven receptions for 75 yards and extended his streak of games with a reception to 23 – kept one foot down, and the touchdown brought the Cowboys back within three.
That was where things began to go awry for Wyoming.Lindley led the Aztecs back down the field on a 10 play, 71-yard drive that was keyed by two more crucial third down conversions and a controversial pass interference call. Sullivan added his second scoring plunge of the afternoon from a yard out to give the Aztecs a 34-24 lead with 14:15 to play.
Following a Carta-Samuels interception on the ensuing possession, Sullivan scored for a third time—again from a yard out – to further extend San Diego State’s lead.
And that’s when things truly got interesting.
Trailing by 17 with 12:26 remaining, Wyoming refused to go quietly into the sun-drenched afternoon.
Alvester Alexander broke off a 49-yard scamper, setting up Carta-Samuels for a 20-yard quarterback draw for a touchdown on 4th and one. On the ensuing San Diego State possession, Wyoming cornerback Tashaun Gipson intercepted Lindley’s pass and returned it into Cowboy territory.
Three plays later, and Alexander rushed 17 yards into the end zone to bring the Cowboys within three at 41-38.
On an afternoon defined by big plays, however, it was Lindley and the Aztecs who came through with the clutch heroics, as the junior quarterback found Sampson for the game’s definitive touchdown with just under five minutes to play.
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One of the most thrilling fourth quarter comebacks in Mountain West Conference football history transpired on a Saturday night at Qualcomm Stadium last November. It was also the last game the Wyoming Cowboys and San Diego State Aztecs stepped onto a football field together.
Trailing 27-6, Wyoming reeled off 24 unanswered points in the game’s final 15 minutes to stun the Aztecs and keep the Cowboys’ bowl aspirations alive.
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The Cowboys’ comeback spurred Wyoming to a berth in the New Mexico Bowl, where head coach Dave Christensen capped his first season in Laramie with a 35-28 double overtime victory over Fresno State.
The Aztecs, on the other hand, were eliminated from postseason contention with the loss and left to spend the next nine months thinking of what could have been if only they had not collapsed against UW.
This year, the Aztecs stand as the surprise team of the season in the MWC with their 5-2 (2-6) record and a 27-25 victory over then-No. 23 Air Force, two weeks ago.
On the other hand, the Cowboys’ season can only be described as one of disappointment.
Wyoming (2-6, 0-4) concludes October sitting at the basement of the MWC, still searching for its first conference victory, and needing to win all of its remaining games to stay alive for a return to the postseason.
The Cowboy offense has been particularly anemic throughout most of the 2010 season. In last week’s 25-20 loss at BYU, the Cowboys were held to 173 yards of total offense. Wyoming only had 22 yards of total offense early in the first quarter before finally getting the wheels rolling during its late comeback effort.
The Cowboys rank last—120th nationally—in total offense at just 225.0 yards per game. Wyoming has eclipsed the 300-yard mark just once, in the season opener against FBS opponent Southern Utah, and the Cowboys have been held under 200 yards four times this season.
Conversely, the Aztec offense has had an impressive season. San Diego State enters Saturday’s contest with the 19th-ranked offense in the country (449.6 yards per game), and it has been the Aztecs’ balance and stockpile of talent at skill positions that has set San Diego State apart so far.
Quarterback Ryan Lindley is touted by many scouts as a legitimate NFL prospect. The junior ranks 17th nationally with 270.0 yards passing per game and has thrown for 1,890 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Freshman halfback Ronnie Hillman has established himself as a dangerous weapon in the backfield for the Aztecs. Hillman has rushed for 849 yards and 11 touchdowns, averaging 6.24 yards per carry.
The recent series history between the Cowboys and Aztecs tilts in Wyoming’s favor. The Cowboys have won three of their past four meetings with San Diego State and four of the past six. Wyoming only holds a better record against UNLV in terms of MWC opponents dating back to 2004.','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-29 02:26:32','147','Mike Morris','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-29 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','102','yards, season, wyoming, aztecs, offense, cowboys, diego, san, state, game, cowboys’, victory, total, loss, mwc, postseason, hand, record, comeback, touchdowns','The Cowboys face off against the revenge-thirsty Aztecs, who owe their postseason elimination last year to UW.','0','33','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2180','Rally in fourth quarter not enough for Cowboy win','rally-in-fourth-quarter-not-enough-for-cowboy-win','','
Thoroughly dominated for over three quarters of play on Saturday against BYU, the Wyoming Cowboys nearly reverted to the uncanny comeback, which guided them to a New Mexico Bowl victory in 2009.
Despite just 23 yards of total offense at the conclusion of their first possession of the fourth quarter, the Cowboys nearly conjured up a comeback in the game’s final eight minutes.
','BYU quarterback Jake Heaps threw a 12-yard touchdown to Luke Ashworth with 12:34 remaining in the fourth quarter, providing the definitive score of the Cougar’s 25-20 win over Wyoming and helping BYU (3-5) notch a pivotal victory in MWC showdown between two longtime rivals which met for the final time as conference foes Saturday.
The loss dealt a devastating blow to the postseason hopes of Wyoming (2-6), which now must win all four of its remaining games in order to attain bowl eligibility.
The Cowboys again left LaVell Edwards Stadium winless Saturday—something which has eluded Wyoming since 1987—but it was the manner that Wyoming lost; battling back so valiantly only to come up empty-handedly at the final gun, which made this loss so excruciating for the Cowboys.
“The bottom line about this game is that we just did not make enough plays,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said following the game. “We dug ourselves in an early hole with mistakes and could not overcome it. On that final drive Austin (Carta-Samuels) played like we know he can play but we just didn’t finish.”
After Heaps’ touchdown to Ashworth put the Cougars ahead early in the fourth quarter by a 25-13 margin and the Cowboys were unable to answer on the subsequent possession, things looked bleak for Wyoming.
When the Cowboys’ successive punt was partially blocked and the Cougars took over at the Wyoming 24-yard line, things quickly went from bad to worse.
The Cowboy defense stiffened and held BYU to a field goal attempt, which was blocked by Wyoming cornerback Marcell Gipson.
The play sent a wave of momentum across the Cowboy bench, and, for the first time that afternoon, the Wyoming offense answered the call.
Carta-Samuels found Chris McNeil on a pump-and-go fade route for a 16-yard touchdown, bringing the Cowboys within five with 6:43 remaining and galvanizing a Wyoming team which had seemed all-but-depleted just moments before.
On the Cougars’ following possession, Cowboy defenders Oliver Schober and Chris Prosinksi made a crucial third-down stop of JJ Di Luigi a yard shy of a first down, forcing a BYU three-and-out and giving Wyoming one final chance for a game-winning drive.
Carta-Samuels, who passed for 110 yards and a touchdown, did everything in his power to keep the Cowboys’ hopes alive.
Facing a do-or-die, fourth and nine from the Cowboy 43-yard line, “The Magna Carta” stepped up in the pocket and found Zach Bolger over the middle for 20 yards, picking up an imperative first down.
Unfortunately for the Cowboys, the push by Carta-Samuels ran out just shy of the end zone.
Wyoming moved to the Cougar 25 yard-line, but BYU’s defense forced three consecutive incompletions. One was an intended pass to David Leonard where a defender appeared to make contact with Leonard while the ball was still in the air, but no foul was called, setting Wyoming up with a final fourth down.
“We really started executing in the fourth quarter,” Christensen said. “Guys started making plays and everyone played their tails off. Things weren’t going well for awhile, but we still had a chance to win. They just made better plays on the last drive.”
Email the author: treese@uwyo.edu
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\r\nThroughout the week leading up to the game, the Cowboy defenders could only sit and listen as national football analysts repeatedly belabored the point that heavily-favored Fresno State\'s high-powered offensive attack, specifically second-team All American running back Ryan Mathews, would be far too much for Wyoming to handle.
\r\nAnd when the definitive moments finally came, it was the ardent-hearted Cowboy defense - not Fresno State\'s highly-touted offense - which emphatically rose to the occasion.
\r\nWyoming twice turned away the Bulldog offense in overtime - including a dramatic four-play goal-line stand at the one yard-line in the first overtime period - and true freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels threw a game-winning 13 yard touchdown pass to David Leonard to lead the Cowboys to a thrilling 35-28 double overtime victory over Fresno State.
\r\nIt was the Cowboys\' first bowl appearance since their 24-21 triumph over UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl, and in an eerily similar fashion to that game, Wyoming (7-6) again rallied from an 11 point fourth quarter deficit and pulled through in the game\'s closing moments.
\r\nIf the first of 34 postseason bowl games is any indication, we\'re in for quite the bowl season over the coming weeks.
\r\nAfter Mathews scored on his second touchdown run of the day, a 5 yard scamper with 13:59 remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Bulldogs (8-5) a definitive 28-17 lead, things looked bleak for the Cowboys.
\r\nCarta-Samuels, however, had been at his very best in the fourth quarter throughout his freshman campaign, leading four game-winning fourth-quarter comebacks during the regular season, and the Magna Carta saved his best for last, guiding a scintillating comeback in the closing moments of regulation which will be remembered in Cowboy lore for years to come.
\r\nFollowing Mathews\' score, Carta-Samuels led the Cowboys immediately back down the field on a 7 play, 72 yard drive which was keyed by a 30 yard completion to Zach Bolger on 3rd and 13.
\r\nCarta-Samuels capped the drive with an 11 yard touchdown strike over the middle to a dragging Leonard, who broke free from coverage on a short slant route and raced into the end zone to pull the Cowboys within five.
\r\nFollowing a two-point conversion pass to Greg Bolling, the Cowboys pulled within 28-25 with 10:15 to go.
\r\nOn the ensuing possession, Fresno State relied upon its workhorse halfback to grind down the clock - and Mathews, who finished with 144 yards and two touchdowns - obliged, moving Fresno State to the Wyoming 30 yardline after a series of positive carries.
\r\nFacing third-and-four, Mathews broke through a hole and appeared to have another Bulldog first down, but Cowboy defensive end Mitch Unrein stripped the ball from Mathews and recovered the fumble, giving the Cowboy defense an enormous stand and setting up the most dramatic drive in recent Wyoming history on the ensuing possession.
\r\nBeginning at the Fresno State 26, Carta-Samuels carried for one yard - the first play of 19 on a 54 yard march with time winding down in the fourth quarter.
\r\nFour times on the drive, Wyoming faced fourth-and-game, and on all four attempts, the Cowboys stepped up with the moxie and the conviction of folktale legends of the wild West.
\r\nFacing 4th and 2 from his own 34 yardline, first-year head coach Dave Christensen took a riverboat gambler\'s chance and opted for a fake punt; Austin McCoy received the snap and rolled to his right, lobbing a perfect pass under pressure to Leonard, who secured the catch just past the first down stick.
\r\nThree plays later, and Wyoming faced another 4th and 2; this time, it was Carta-Samuels, as ACS raced around the end for 8 yards and another conversion.
\r\nThree plays later, and more deja-vu for the Cowboys. This time, on 4th and 4, the Magna Carta stepped up under pressure and made a crucial throw to a sliding Leonard for another first down at the Bulldog 35.
\r\nFollowing a 20 yard pass to Zach Bolger, the Cowboy offense stalled on three straight plays, setting up Ian Watts with a 37 yard field goal attempt with under 30 seconds remaining.
\r\nWith an entire season hanging in the balance, the true-freshman walk-on kicker again stared down the uprights and, as he has so many times this season, again came through in the clutch, hitting the 37 yarder to send the game to overtime.
\r\nOn the opening possession of the first overtime, Fresno State drove deep into Cowboy territory, but an exhausted Cowboy defense stiffened one more time, twice turning away Mathews from the one, then stopping quarterback Ryan Colburn on a quarterback sneak, setting up fourth-and-goal.
\r\nFresno State stuck with its All American.
\r\nWyoming stuck with its defense\'s unrelenting heart and determination.
\r\nMathews was met high by linebacker Josh Biezuns, while safety Chris Prosinski wrapped up the star Bulldog\'s legs, stopping the halfback inches short of the end zone and eliciting a surge of emotion which rolled across the Rocky Mountains all the way from Albuquerque to Laramie.
\r\nAnd - somehow - the drama was still only ascending.
\r\nWatts\' game-winning 40 yard field goal attempt sailed wide left, sending the game to a second overtime.
\r\nIn that period, however, these comeback Cowboys never showed signs of panic.
\r\nCarta-Samuels finished the day with 201 yards passing and three touchdowns, along with 71 yards rushing, and the Magna Carta had one final shimmer of magic remaining in his right arm.
\r\nFacing heavy pressure, Carta-Samuels stepped up in the pocket, rolled to his left, and lofted a pass to the corner of the end zone for Leonard.
\r\nThe junior receiver went over the top of a Bulldog defender, hauled in the pass, and came down just inches from the sideline - giving the Cowboys a lead they would never relinquish and sending a large Wyoming fanbase into utter bedlam.
\r\nWhen Colburn was finally sacked on a desperation fourth-down attempt by a barrage of Wyoming defenders, another classic Cowboy comeback was complete - and this one considerably sweeter than any of the others.
\r\nA field swarmed by exultant Wyoming fans.
\r\nAn 11 point fourth quarter rally.
\r\nA double-overtime bowl triumph in the first season of Dave Christenen\'s head coaching tenure.
\r\nThis was no ordinary New Mexico Bowl.
\r\nNo, for these Wyoming Cowboys, this was truly as good as it gets.
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The plot sighed with déjà-vu, and the outcome of Saturday’s 30-6 Homecoming loss to No. 11 Utah was all-too familiar for the Wyoming Cowboys.
It was an anticipated showdown with one of the nation’s premiere teams—an opportunity to notch a farfetched, yet undeniably momentous upset, over a ranked opponent.
It was also a slow start prompted by several crucial early miscues.
And, ultimately, a decisive defeat at the hands of a Utah team which, simply put, executed at a higher level in nearly facet of the game than Wyoming.
','The Utes jumped out to a 23-0 lead at the half, scoring 16 second quarter points and prompting much of the crowd of 20,014 at War Memorial Stadium to head for the turnstiles well before the action on the field had ceased.
“I thought in the second half we competed very well, but I thought there was an area there in the second quarter where we really didn’t compete well,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said in the postgame press conference. “We are capable of playing better than we played —obviously, my hat is off to Utah, they are an exceptional football team. At this point in time, we have got to play flawless football when we’re playing top 10, top 25 teams if we’re going to have a chance.”
Facing an early 3rd and 2 from the Cowboy 45 yard line, Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham dialed up a little trickery in an attempt to silence a lively crowd and take the spirit out of a motivated Wyoming team.
His offense was more than happy to oblige.
Jordan Wynn handed the ball off to Matt Asiata, who pitched back to Wynn on a flea-flicker play; Wynn looked down the field and found a wide-open Luke Matthews for a 45 yard touchdown strike, which gave the Utes a 7-0 lead just over three minutes into the game.
The flea-flicker was nearly a copy of the exact same play which No. 3 Boise State used to put away the Cowboys in the Broncos’ 51-6 decision over Wyoming on Sept. 18, and, just as in that game, the long touchdown was a harbinger of things to come for the Cowboys.
Against Utah on Saturday, however, Wyoming did not relinquish the game quite as easily.
On the Utes’ subsequent drive, senior Cowboy cornerback Marcell Gipson hauled in a leaping interception of a Wynn pass, appearing to swing the momentum back in the Cowboys’ favor.
The Cowboys then came through with a pair of big plays to move the ball deep into Utah territory for an apparent answer to the Utes’ early score.
Wyoming quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels connected with the wide recevier David Leonard for 31 yards on 3rd and 5 from the Cowboy 25 yard line, and two plays later, Carta-Samuels scrambled away from ferocious pressure and found a diving Travis Burkhalter down the sideline.
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Wyoming moved the ball to the Utah 11, but a reverse on 2nd and 5 to Burkhalter went awry when the senior receiver fumbled the handoff exchange, and the miscue backed the Cowboys up to a 3rd and 20 situation. Wyoming was unable to convert, and on fourth down, kicker Ian Watts missed a 38 yard field goal, as what appeared to be the defining drive of the season for a struggling Cowboy offense ultimately yielded nothing.
“I thought we had a couple drives going there early – you know, you’ve got to get the ball in the end zone, or you’ve got to get some field goals,” Christensen said. “You’ve got to get some points on the board, or it makes it very difficult on the defense.”
“I think we saw that we could move the ball, but we talked about it before the game and we talked about it throughout the week: we have to execute when we’re down in the red zone, especially against a good team like that,” Leonard added. “When you have an opportunity to score, you have to put points on the board.”
After a Joe Phillips field goal gave Utah a 10-0 lead, Wynn found DeVonte Christopher on a 16 yard scoring strike to extend the Utes’ lead, and Eddie Wide added a 6 yard scoring scamper to cap Utah’s 23-0 halftime lead.
Utah’s defense clamped down on the Cowboys throughout the evening, limiting Wyoming to just 183 yards of total offense.
Backup quarterback Dax Crum’s 10 yard touchdown pass to Leonard with 7:23 remaining in the fourth quarter accounted for the Cowboys’ only score, ending a drought of nearly eight consecutive scoreless quarters for Wyoming.
The Cowboy defense was able to hold Utah’s vaunted scoring attack well-below its 49.0 points-per-game average, and the Cowboy secondary intercepted Wynn three times on the evening.
“We pride ourselves on getting takeaways, and I felt that the defense came through in getting our hands on the ball,” junior cornerback Tashaun Gipson said.
“It’s a six game season, and that’s what we’re focused on,” Leonard added. “All of the goals that we wanted to achieve at the beginning of the season are still at hand.”
“We’re not going to mope about this loss, we’re going to continue to work to get better and work towards achieving our goal, which is to play in the post-season.”
Email: Mike Morris
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\r\nWHEN FRESNO STATE HAS THE BALL:
\r\nBulldog running back Ryan Matthews is not just a good ballcarrier out of the backfield. He\'s a bona fide weapon possessing next-level caliber talent and capable of altering the complexion of an entire game. Matthews finished the regular season with a spectacular 1,664 yards rushing and 17 touchdowns, and those numbers are not flukish, inflated statistics as a result of playing weak competition throughout the season. Matthews has repeatedly stepped up his game against top-notch competition; in three of the four losses suffered by the Bulldogs this season (against teams - #25 Wisconsin, #3 Cincinnati, and #6 Boise State - with a 34-3 combined record, respectably), Matthews churned up 107, 234, and 145 yards, with four touchdowns in those games. Meanwhile, in Fresno State\'s fourth loss, a 52-14 humbling at the hands of an 8-4 Nevada team, the entire course of the game changed when Matthews was injured midway in the second quarter; Fresno State, trailing 17-14 when Matthews went down, allowed 35 unanswered points to close that game. That should be an indication of just how important Matthews is to this offense. Matthews\' 151.2 yards per game rushing average led the nation.
\r\nThe Cowboy defense will have to contend with Matthews throughout the afternoon, a player who truly is an NFL prototype with his stellar combination of strength, balance, vision, and speed. He does not possess world-class breakaway speed, but he is very quick to hit the hole and makes his cuts decisively; his ability to maintain speed while moving laterally truly sets him apart from most backs at the collegiate level. The combination of Matthews and a big, physical Bulldog offensive line (for example, 350 pound guard Devan Cunningham) does not bode well for a Cowboy defense which has struggled against the run at times during the season. The Cowboys allowed stronger, more talented offensive teams such as TCU, BYU, and Utah to repeatedly run rampant in those games, and the Cowboys even struggled with stopping the run against Colorado (Rodney Stewart: 127 yards, 2 TD) and Colorado State (Leonard Mason: 119 yards).
\r\nMeanwhile, Bulldog quarterback Ryan Colburn is a solid passer in his own right, completing 60.2% of his passes for 2333 yards and 18 touchdowns with just 11 interceptions. Unlike Matthews, Colburn is an unlikely NFL prospect, and his mobility is a bit suspect, but he\'s a solid pocket passer who can step up and create offense when necessary. Colburn\'s top weapon, senior receiver Seyi Ajirotutu, is a home-run threat with blazing speed who could also possibly forge his way onto an NFL team; Ajirotutu\'s 7 touchdowns and 13.98 yard-per-catch average should raise eyebrows from the Cowboy camp.
\r\nMany national analysts who have probably paid considerably more attention to statistics than actual game tape have cited the Cowboys\' suspect defense (allowing 27.3 points per game) as the determining factor in an allegedly inevitable blowout. However, the 41-10 and 44-10 margins against #2 Texas and #4 TCU (top-notch competition) are not indicative of how well the Cowboy defense played in the first halves of both games; Wyoming led Texas 10-6 with under a minute remaining in the first half and left Heisman-contender Colt McCoy repeatedly flustered with a number of mixed blitzes and coverage schemes. Meanwhile, the Cowboys were tied 10-10 with TCU late in the first half after safety Chris Prosinski (one of the two best player on the Cowboy defense/team) picked up a Horned Frog fumble and returned it 93 yards for a touchdown. Breakdowns in both of those games, coupled by stagnent offenses, caused the defense to ultimately cave, but Fresno State\'s defense is nowhere remotely comperable to the top-5 defenses boasted by Texas and TCU which forced the Cowboys to punt time and time again. Although the 52-0 and 24-0 shellackings at the hands of BYU and Colorado were poor showings, the Cowboy defense has been much more stoic this season than statistics would leave you to believe, especially in the red zone.
\r\nWyoming head coach Dave Christensen has reiterated the importance of containing Matthews and limiting open-field, big-play runs throughout the past two weeks. Because the Cowboys utilize a 3-4 scheme, much of this will fall on the shoulders of Cowboy linebackers Weston Johnson, Gabe Knapton, Brian Hendricks, and Mike Neuhaus. It is imperative that the linebackers fight off the Bulldogs\' zone-blocking scheme and get to the point of contact quickly, or else Matthews will spend most of his day in the Cowboys\' secondary, if not in the end zone. Nose tackle Fred Givens needs to have a big game for the Cowboys, as he needs to use every bit of his 315 pound frame to clog the middle; Givens might not make many tackles, but he could be a tremendously valuable asset for the Cowboys if he comes with his best game, as Givens will have to consume blockers and free up the Cowboys\' linebackers for mid-range stops. Prosinski is a solid run-stopper and an excellent tackler who also will be integral to defensive success by sneaking up as essentially a fifth linebacker. Meanwhile, senior defensive end John Fletcher, who has meant everything to this Cowboy defense during his tenure in Laramie, needs to pour his heart and soul into this game; Fletcher is capable of fighting off blocks and stopping runs to the outside, but he also will need to function as a pass-rusher once Fresno State decides to open up the passing game with Colburn. Fletcher could be an X-factor in the game, and I would not be surprised to see him end up being the Cowboys\' defensive MVP.
\r\nWith everyone expecting Matthews to shoulder much of the load early in the game, do not be shocked if Fresno State takes a couple of early shots to Ajirotutu early in the game to try to open things up in a hurry.
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WHEN WYOMING HAS THE BALL:
\r\nTrue freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels has been nothing short of a sensation for the Cowboys this season, and what the Magna Carta has accomplished in his freshman year cannot simply be quantified by statistics. Four times over the course of the year, Carta-Samuels has willed the Cowboys to late, come-from-behind victories, and in each of those four instances, \"willed\" was the appropriate word, as Carta-Samuels seemed to take the entire offense upon his back and simply convert in key situations. Carta-Samuels is an excellent scrambler who is certainly a duel-threat quarterback when it comes to breaking down this game. Although ACS has passed for only 1,752 yards and seven touchdowns on the season (with nine games as the starter) he has progressively gained more and more confidence, and against Colorado State in the regular season finale, he looked nothing short of a veteran.
\r\nThe Cowboys have struggled, however, with protecting Carta-Samuels in their six losses; in each of those games, it seemed as though the opposition lived in the backfield, and Carta-Samuels was picking himself up off the turf just as frequently as he was throwing passes. The offensive line has struggled, and the Cowboys have not established a consistent running game, although true-freshman Alvester Alexander has shown signs of promise against weaker competition and secondary-option Brandon Stewart is a gamer with very good speed.
\r\nWhere fortune sides with the Cowboys, however, is that Fresno State\'s weaknesses sit directly across from where Wyoming has struggled; the Bulldogs are not stout up front, struggling immensely with stopping the run and notching just nine total sacks on the course of the season.
\r\nSuccess for the Cowboys will depend upon whether or not Wyoming can establish a balanced attack and give Carta-Samuels time to throw when he does indeed drop back to pass. Alexander is a strong runner who needs to pick up 5 or 6 yards a carry for the Cowboys in this game, and look out for Stewart to come up with a game-breaker role if he can find the edge; in the open field, Stewart can easily take a play anywhere from 30 yards to the end zone with his breakaway speed. It would be to the Cowboys\' benefit to run a number of zone-read option sets from the with Carta-Samuels in the shotgun and perhaps both Alexander and Stewart at his side; the Bulldogs have struggled with running quarterbacks, and a number of designed quarterback options with Carta-Samuels would be crucial for the Cowboys.
\r\nAnother X-factor for Wyoming\'s success in this game depends upon the Cowboys\' receivers ability to find seperation from defenders; aside from junior David Leonard (70 receptions, 645 yards), the Cowboys receivers have struggled to beat cornerbacks off the line of scrimmage and find any sort of open space, and therefore the Cowboy offense has struggled immensely with the passing game - not just this season - but since 2007. Leonard is a good possession receiver, but he lacks the size, speed, or elite athleticism of a big-play, go-to receiver; still, Leonard is fundamentally sound, a decent route runner, and has reliable hands, so expect to see #33 with the ball in his hands quite a few times.
\r\nWith Leonard as the only established receiving threat, however, the Bulldogs will likely key in on #33, which means it will be imperative for another receiver to step up. When he arrived to the program in 2006, Greg Bolling was touted as the breakout star of the program formerly dubbed as \"Receiver U,\" a big-time playmaker in the mould of former Cowboy standout Jovon Bouknight. Fast-forward four years later, and Bolling\'s career has largely been a disappointment, as the 6\'2, 180 pound receiver from Aurora, Colorado has struggled to live up to the lofty expectations placed upon him when he arrived. There would be no better time for Bolling to step up and make an impact than in the final game of his career; Bolling is the kind of streaky receiver who could alter the course of a game if he gets hot, and if he can come up with a few early plays, it would free up other targets such as Leonard, Zack Bolger, and Travis Burkhalter to open up the passing game. #84 has all of the physical tools and capabilities, and it\'s possible that he could be the surprise player to rise to the occasion for the Cowboys with the sense of urgency of the final game of his collegiate career hanging over him.
\r\nOne final crucial playmaker on the Cowboy offense is former starting quarterback Robert Benjamin. Although Carta-Samuels replaced him as the starter early in the season, Benjamin is one of the best all-around athletes on the team, and he is a capable receiver, as well as a viable option for a number of \"gadget\" plays such as double-reverse passes, etc. It would be wise for Wyoming to try to get #11 at least a few touches over the course of the game.
\r\nPREDICTION: This game will be closer than many experts are projecting, as Fresno State\'s struggles up front will allow Wyoming\'s offense to produce more efficiently than they have in the Cowboys\' six losses (five of which were against top-notch defenses). Stewart is a crucial option out of the backfield, and his speed and agility could be enormous to the success of the Cowboy offense. As mentioned, don\'t be shocked if there is a surprise contributor in the Cowboy receiving corps, whether it is Bolling, Burkhalter, Bolger, or Benjamin.
\r\nThis also won\'t be a cakewalk for Ryan Matthews. Wyoming\'s linebacking corps is very solid, and the leadership on the defense is exceptional. Colburn will be throwing into one of the best secondaries in the conference. Again, the play of Givens, Fletcher, and Mitch Unrein on the line will determine whether or not the Cowboys can slow down Matthews.
\r\nUltimately, the talent on the offensive side of the ball for Fresno State is a bit overwhelming, and the big offensive line will wear down the 3-4 front, opening up a big second half for Matthews, Colburn, and the Bulldog offense. Wyoming will answer back nobly - Carta-Samuels will not be intimidated by the high-stakes of a bowl game - but in the end, expect a Bulldog team which controlled the ball for an astonishing 44:00 against Cincinnati to have just a bit too-much firepower for Wyoming to handle.
\r\nFresno State 35, Wyoming 28
\r\nMVP: Ryan Matthews, running back, Fresno State
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The ball wobbled through the incessant drizzle and teetered through the chilly Ohio-air like a three-wheeled Radio Flyer that had seen better days.
And it could not have found its target more perfectly.
Senior Wyoming receiver David Leonard has certainly had his fair share of moments during his four seasons wearing the Brown and Gold, but completing his first career passing attempt for a touchdown in a pivotal road game?','
“Oh God,” Leonard joked as he recalled his touchdown pass to Chris McNeill on a reverse-pass gadget play in the second quarter of Wyoming’s 20-15 win over Toledo on Oct. 2. “I don’t think I’ve ever been more nervous for a play in my life.”
With just over eight minutes remaining in the second quarter, Wyoming quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels took the snap and handed the ball off to running back Alvester Alexander.
Alexander quickly gave the ball off to Leonard, who jaunted back to the right and looked down field, spying a wide-open McNeill down the sideline.
With eyes as wide as dinner saucers, Leonard stepped up and let fly a pass which will hardly be remembered as the Sistine Chapel of spirals—but a pass which nevertheless will resonate as an unforgettable moment in the senior receiver’s career.
One of many.
“You know, that’s definitely something I’m going to tell my friends about back home and people who didn’t get to see it,” Leonard reflected on his 37-yard touchdown pass to McNeill, who caught the ball and took off down the sideline for the score.
“I just won’t tell them about how bad the ball looked when it was in the air. We’ll leave that part out.”
Truth be told, there was nothing pretty about the pass.
Then again, it could not have been a more fitting play for Leonard - who has never been the fastest or flashiest player on the field, but nevertheless gets the job done every time.
The senior from Overland Park, Kansas may be a little green when it comes to throwing the ball, but Leonard knows a thing or two about catching passes.
One hundred and twenty-eight things, in fact.
Leonard has hauled in 128 receptions for 1,245 yards during his tenure with Wyoming, and the senior’s consistency as a go-to receiver has become more and more impressive with each passing week of his career.
Leonard has caught a pass in 20 consecutive games for the Cowboys, and despite a slower-than-anticipated start in the 2010 season he remains the premiere target in the Wyoming passing attack this season.
Following a 2009 campaign in which Leonard caught 77 passes (the fourth-highest single season mark in Wyoming history) for 705 yards and three touchdowns, Leonard leads Wyoming with 22 receptions for 219 yards this season headed into the Utah game.
It’s been Leonard’s steady productivity over the past four seasons which has returned some of the pomp to a program which was once affectionately dubbed “Receiver U,” and with each mounting reception, Leonard moves closer and closer to the company of some of the elites who have graced the position’s storied history at Wyoming.
Names like Marcus Harris, Ryan Yarborough, Wendell Montgomery, Ryan McGuffey, Malcom Floyd, and Jovon Bouknight.
And while it’s unlikely that Leonard’s face will ever ultimately grace the proverbial Mt. Rushmore of receivers at Wyoming, Leonard’s consistency at the position won’t soon be forgotten nor will a few of his most celebrated moments that resound throughout Cowboy lore.
Leonard has never been a “big play” receiver – he has just five career touchdown receptions to date - but instead has quietly, efficiently found ways to get open and make crucial catches.
“We always talk about how it takes 11 guys on the field to make a play, and it’s really been the other 10 guys on the field who have been putting their faith in me,” Leonard commented regarding his consistency as a receiver. “The coaching staff has put its faith in me in calling plays.”
“The other guys have simply enabled me to put myself into a position to make a play, so the other guys have definitely been what has always allowed me any successes I’ve been fortunate enough to have.”
There’s a lengthy list of those successes, which lines Leonard’s career at Wyoming.
The receptions, the downfield blocks and the intangible leadership, which is renowned for in the locker room and on the field all define the senior captain.
And, yes, even the wobbling passes on trick plays.
But is there one definitive play that Leonard will reflect upon his career and remember?
“Man, you know, I’ve had some great ones, but I’m not sure if there’s just one.”
Not even a certain fade route in double overtime on a December evening in New Mexico?
“You know, yeah. That’s definitely a memory I’ll hold close to me forever. That was really just about as good as it gets.”
Leonard had already hauled in a crucial fourth quarter touchdown pass to help the Cowboys rally from an 11-point deficit and force overtime in the Cowboys’ thrilling 35-28 victory over Fresno State in last season’s New Mexico Bowl.
But on third and goal from the 13-yard line of the second overtime period, Leonard etched his place permanently in the echoes of Wyoming Cowboy lore.
Carta-Samuels scrambled and lofted a pass through the chilly New Mexico air to the corner of the end zone. And it could not have found its target more perfectly.
“I’ll never forget that feeling,” Leonard said. “There’s only one way to top it, and that’s to go back and do it all over again this season.”
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After a 20-15 victory at Toledo, the Cowboys look to carry some of that rekindled momentum into a showdown with yet-another top-five opponent when they travel to Ft. Worth to play undefeated TCU Saturday.
It was the manner in which Wyoming won in Toledo, however, which gives the Cowboys perhaps at least a few more beacons of hope that the upcoming showdown against TCU will go less tempestuously than their previous two match ups against nationally top-ranked opponents this season.
The Cowboys jumped out to a 20-0 lead over a Rocket team, which had been on a three-game winning streak, and although Wyoming’s offensive production (266 total yards) was still a bit scanty, the Cowboy defense answered the call and shut out Toledo for nearly three quarters.
“It was vital,” senior UW receiver and team captain David Leonard said. “We knew going into the game that this would be a huge game. For us to get our confidence back and to get on the right track again, it was definitely a vital game.”
Although the win was integral in reviving the spirits of the Cowboy fan-base and the team’s psyche, Wyoming now must move forward for a much larger challenge.
A Texas-sized challenge.
Top Frogs: #5 TCU has dominated all opposition en route to its 5-0 start, outscoring its opponents by 207-62.
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The Horned Frogs rank 10th nationally in scoring offense, racking up 41.0 points per game, and the TCU defense is even more steadfast. TCU yields just 12.4 points per game and is the fifth best in the country, and the Horned Frogs pitched their first shutout of the season in a 27-0 drubbing of CSU last weekend.
“You talk about team speed, and they exemplify that,” Leonard said regarding TCU’s defensive excellence. “They have speed from the defensive line positions to the linebackers to the secondary, and when you look at the secondary, they have guys who have experience, and who have played in big games before. It’s a challenge for us.”
Senior defensive end Wayne Daniels leads the way for the TCU defense, recording 4.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss this season.
Return to the Spotlight: The match up with TCU marks the Cowboys’ third appearance against a top-five opponent this season. Wyoming lost previously at Texas by a 34-7 margin, and the Cowboys were pounded at home the following weekend by #3 Boise State, 51-6.
“You improve after every game, whether you win the game or you lose the game,” Leonard said. “You’re going to take something away from it and work on that, and continue to strive to be a perfect team. We know we have the talent to play with just about anyone—it’s just a matter of going out there and playing Wyoming football and executing.”
Horned Frog Nightmares: Wyoming has beaten TCU just one time since the Horned Frogs joined the conference in 2005 (the Cowboys’ lone win was a 24-21 victory in Laramie in 2007), and the outcomes of the games have been anything but memorable.
TCU has outscored Wyoming 174-58 in the teams’ previous five meetings, and the Horned Frogs have hammered the Cowboys by scores of 54-7 and 45-10 the past two seasons.
Start Fast, Finish Strong: The score of last season’s 45-10 decision is deceptive as to how the game actually transpired. Wyoming was tied at 10 with TCU with six minutes remaining in the first half after Cowboy safety Chris Prosinski returned a fumble for a touchdown to tie the game.
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After closing out September with three consecutive losses against stiff competition, Wyoming Football (1-3, 0-1) looks to rebound on a pivotal trip to Toledo Saturday night when the Cowboys play the Rockets at 5 p.m.
The Rockets, however, should be nothing short of a handful for Wyoming.
Toledo upset Purdue 31-20 on the road last weekend to push its record to 3-1, and the Rockets have won three straight after being humbled in their opener by Arizona.
Here’s a closer look at Toledo for a game, which could have a significant bearing on the seasons of both teams.
Blasting off: The Rockets enter this weekend’s matchup coming off their biggest win of the season. It was Toledo’s searing start that helped the Rockets hang on at Purdue.
Sophomore quarterback Austin Dantin tossed a pair of first quarter touchdown passes to Eric Page and Danny Noble, and Toledo jumped out to a 17-0 lead at the half before a stunned crowd at Ross-Ade Stadium.
The win capped a strong September for the Rockets, who also posted road victories over Mid-American Conference rivals Ohio (20-13) and Western Michigan (37-24).
The Rockets’ lone setback, a 41-2 thrashing in their opener against Arizona, has become less of an eyesore, as the Wildcats have since climbed to No. 14 in the national polls with a perfect 4-0 record.
Dynamic Dantin: One of the crucial ingredients to the Rockets’ early success has been the efficient play of Dantin. Against the Boilermakers, Dantin hit on 24 of 31 passes for 209 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and the Rockets’ fleet-footed commander added 64 yards and two more touchdowns on the ground.
Dantin has completed 70.1 percent of his passes for 587 yards and five touchdowns and has proven to be a dynamic weapon on the ground as well, gaining 137 yards and four more scores.
Under pressure: The Toledo defense forced three turnovers and sacked Purdue quarterback Rob Henry twice last weekend.
The Rockets’ defensive intensity has been evident for the past three weeks; against Western Michigan, Toledo registered seven sacks, and the Rockets’ 12 sacks in their first four games ties them at tenth nationally.
A page out of Toledo’s playbook: One of the most explosive play makers on Toledo’s roster, wide receiver Eric Page finally found his top form against Purdue last weekend. Page brought in 10 catches for 94 yards and an early touchdown. The sophomore has 23 receptions for 250 yards so far this season, but he looked to be back to his 2009 form – when he caught 82 passes for 1,159 yards and seven touchdowns – last weekend.
To the trenches go the spoils: One of the most important questions of Saturday’s matchup will concern whether or not Wyoming’s defensive front seven can be disruptive enough to stump the Toledo offensive attack.
The Cowboys’ rank 116th nationally in rushing defense (253.0 yards per game), and Wyoming has registered four sacks this season.
However, Toledo has not been particularly explosive on the ground this season. The Rockets’ 111.5 yards rushing defense per game ranks 97th nationally.
Getting the wheels rolling again: The Cowboys’ ground game has been slow, as Wyoming has rushed for just 61.75 yards per game (118th nationally). Wyoming took a giant step forward last weekend against Air Force, however, rushing for 174 yards. Sophomore running back Alvester Alexander had his best game of the season, picking up 123 yards on the ground and scoring a pair of touchdowns.
Bouncing back: The Cowboys’ 1-3 start has been indubitably disappointing, but Wyoming’s three losses have also all come against top-tier opponents.
Last weekend, the Cowboys played neck-and-neck for 57 minutes with an Air Force team that is perhaps one victory away from a top-25 ranking, something Wyoming Head Coach Dave Christensen pointed out as being encouraging in his weekly press conference Monday.
“I was disappointed in the loss, but I certainly was not disappointed in the effort put forward by the team,” Christensen said. “Every game – particularly close games – comes down to one or two plays. I think we improved as a program, I thought that Air Force is an excellent football team. I thought we did everything we could, we had a chance with three minutes to go to win the game.”
In a season canvassed with memorable plays, Wyoming quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels took his place under center with time winding down in the fourth quarter and his team trailing by two points to rival Colorado State—and stared directly into the teeth of the biggest play of the season.
\r\nFacing fourth and six from the Wyoming 47-yard line with time dwindling and a bowl bid, the Bronze Boot and an exhilarating victory over a bitter rival hanging in the balance, Carta-Samuels stepped up to the line of scrimmage and took the snap.
\r\nCarta-Samuels rifled a seven-yard dart to Greg Bolling at the CSU 46, one yard past the first down marker, moving the Cowboys into Ram territory.
\r\nFive plays later, the Cowboys were in position to attempt a game-winning 33-yard field goal.
\r\nTrue freshman Ian Watts, a walk-on kicker, lined up at the far left hash-mark for a chance at another game-winning field goal.
\r\nWatts had made two previous game-winners this season. “The previous two were to win the game, but if I missed it would still be tied. If I missed this one, we would lose, so this was a lot more pressure and I actually felt more nervous on this one than any other kick I’ve taken this year,” Watts said.
\r\nWatts made the field goal, giving the Cowboys a 17-16 lead with 1:27 remaining—a lead Wyoming would not concede.
\r\nThe game ended when freshman Wyoming cornerback Ghaali Muhammad intercepted CSU quarterback Jon Eastman’s fourth down pass with 38 seconds remaining. Wyoming is heading to a bowl game in just the first season of head coach Dave Christensen’s tenure.
\r\nThe 17-16 victory over the Rams gave Wyoming (6-6) the sixth win necessary to clinch bowl eligibility.
\r\nWith undefeated TCU almost certainly headed to a BCS bowl and the Mountain West possessing more bowl game tie-ins than bowl-eligible teams, the Cowboys are all-but guaranteed a postseason game, rumored to be a spot in the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 19.
\r\n“At the beginning of the year, there was no respect for this program and the only thing you can do about it is go out and win some games,” Christensen said. “We were picked ninth. We won outright fifth in the league. We’re going to a bowl. We got the Bronze Boot back. I’d say that’s a pretty good year for our team.”
\r\nThe coach from Everett, Wash., was smiling when he hoisted the Bronze Boot trophy for the first time, and his players gave him every reason to be so delighted—particularly his true freshman quarterback.
\r\n“He’s such a great, great competitor,” Christensen commented on the play of Carta-Samuels.
\r\nCarta-Samuels completed 13 of 21 passes for 137 yards and rushed for 34 yards and a pair of huge touchdowns, including a 49-yard scramble which gave the Cowboys a 14-13 lead on the second play of the fourth quarter.
\r\nOn that play, Carta-Samuels took off on a designed run around the end and raced down the sideline, stiff-arming Ram cornerback Nick Oppenneer on his way to the endzone.
\r\n“Coach and I had a conversation at halftime about how we are a fourth-quarter team and when we put it together, it was exciting,” Carta-Samuels said. “There was so much on the line and so much to play for.”
\r\nWhen Carta-Samuels and the Cowboys finally responded with the 13-play, 69-yard drive to win the game, they left little doubt about the character of this team.
\r\n“This is the best,” Christensen said. “I took a team that was not supposed to do anything and look what they’ve done. It’s been an unbelievable experience for me. And what great, great players I have to work with.”
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There are many ways the game day football can travel to War Memorial Stadium.
For instance, having an army jump team parachute into the field, land near the 50-yard line and hand the football to the referees. This is exactly what will happen at Saturday’s game.
SSG Howie Sanborn has been a demonstrator on the Golden Knights for three years.
“The Golden Knights are the Army’s official Aerial Demonstration Unit,” Sanborn said. “We perform parachute demonstrations throughout the country to display the Army’s abilities and to thank our fellow Americans for the support they show us while we are deployed.”
LTC James Leas is an assistant professor of Military Science.
“The jump team will exit a C-130 Cargo transport plane flown by the 153rd Air Wing of the Wyoming Air Guard out of Cheyenne, WY at approximately 1200 (12:00 p.m.) on Friday and freefall for a short time and then deploy their canopy and land,” Leas said.
The Cowboy vs. Air Force game this weekend is the Military Appreciation game.
The Army Golden Knights are only a portion of the events for the game.
“The university is going to recognize all Wyoming residents that are veterans by inviting them onto the field prior to the game to help the band and cheerleaders form the tunnel that the Cowboy Football team runs through to get on the field,” Leas said.
During halftime, the university will honor UW graduates that have served.
All UW graduates who have served in conflicts from World War II up to Operation Iraqi Freedom will have their names read.
“They are sending out four soldiers, and I think that two will be a ground team to ensure that they help recover the parachutes, have communications with the plane and determine wind reading to assist the jumpers,” Leas said.
In preparation for the event, the Army Golden Knights will have a practice jump on Friday.
“The practice jump on Friday will be into the stadium, but it will be just like the game day jump,” Sanborn said. “Myself and SFC Will Fleming will exit a C-130 Aircraft from about 3000 ft. above the stadium, deploy our parachutes at 2000 ft and then fly into the stadium with the game ball.”
Sanborn and the rest of the jump team are excited for this Saturday’s jump, he said.
“We hope to see all the Cowboy fans cheering for us on Saturday for the game, and we will be hanging out after the jump to sign autographs and answer any questions about the U.S. Army or Freefall Parachuting,” Sanborn said.
EDIT: The kickoff for the Wyoming v. Air Force game will be at 12 noon, not at 1:00 PM as previously stated. The Golden Knights will be perfoming their jump at this time. The Branding Iron apologizes for this error.
For nearly 25 minutes during Saturday’s game, it appeared as though the No. 4 TCU Horned Frogs were gasping for breath in the thin Laramie air.
\r\nTheir undefeated season, and perhaps national championship aspirations, were in peril in an unlikely location, jeopardized by an even more unlikely opponent.
Faced with what appeared to be a classic trap game against a Wyoming team that the Horned Frogs had utterly dismantled in a 54-7 shellacking just one season ago in Ft. Worth, TCU looked to avoid a letdown.
With perhaps the most monumental season in the program’s history on the line, the Horned Frogs calmly stared into the heart of adversity and overcame.
\r\nAfter Wyoming free safety Chris Prosinski returned an Ed Wesley fumble 98 yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 10 with 6:00 remaining in the first half, the 15,031 in attendance at War Memorial Stadium giddily began to believe their team could pull off a shocking victory, and the entire college football nation briefly went on upset alert.
\r\nHowever, just as championship teams do, the Horned Frogs responded—quickly and emphatically.
\r\nGreg McCoy took the ensuing kickoff—a high, arching pooch kick—at TCU’s own 19 yard line and patiently followed his blockers until he found a crease and took off searing down the sideline for a touchdown.
\r\nIn the blink of an eye, the tie was vanquished, and so, too, was all doubt about the game’s outcome.
\r\nMcCoy’s touchdown ignited the Horned Frogs (11-0), who would score the game’s final 35 points, clinch at least a share of the Mountain West Conference title, and move one step closer toward perfection.
\r\n“It could have been worse,” TCU head coach Gary Patterson said following the game.
\r\nIt did not come quite as smoothly as some of TCU’s recent victories, but the result was very much the same.
\r\nIt was about time for a sliver of drama.
\r\nAfter outscoring their opponents 233-53 in their previous five victories, the Horned Frogs struggled at times with Wyoming (5-6), uncharacteristically committing four turnovers and allowing the scrappy Cowboys to stick around late in the first half.
\r\nTCU’s inexorable defense, however, was more than enough to stymie Wyoming until the Horned Frog offense finally found its stride. Once that happened, it was business as usual for the talented Texans.
\r\nThe esteemed Horned Frog defense yielded just five first downs to the overmatched Cowboys, holding Wyoming to 178 yards of total offense.
\r\nMeanwhile, TCU rolled up 507 yards of offense, erupting on an offensive barrage following McCoy’s kickoff return for a touchdown.
\r\n“This is one of the best running teams I’ve seen since I’ve been here,” Prosinski said regarding TCU. “They’re physical and athletic, plus the offensive line is very physical and get up the field and make blocks. A lot of credit should go to their offensive line.”
\r\n“There is no question that TCU deserves that No. 4 ranking,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen added. “They are an excellent football team and we knew all along that they have no weaknesses and are very strong in all areas.”
\r\nThe Cowboys did open the game by showing some signs of life against TCU’s elite defense, answering the Horned Frogs’ first touchdown with a scoring drive of their own.
\r\nQuarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels found David Leonard on a 43-yard completion and then hit Greg Bolling for 26 more yards to move the Cowboys deep into Horned Frog territory.
\r\nThat drive, however, stalled at the TCU 1 after Carta-Samuels could not connect with a wide-open Greg Genho on third-and-goal, and Wyoming opted to kick a field goal.
\r\nThe Cowboys would not find any sort of offensive rhythm the rest of the game.
\r\n“Austyn did some good things today. He competes and battles every play, so he’ll be fine,” Christensen said. “He’s a true freshman that’s getting better.”
\r\nThe victory leaves TCU just one win away from a perfect regular season, and with 1-10 New Mexico on the schedule next week, it appears as though the BCS system remains the Horned Frogs lone opponent in the way of a national championship berth.
\r\nMeanwhile, for the Cowboys, a similarly-fortuitous opportunity awaits next Friday, as Wyoming will face rival Colorado State in the Border War with fierce bragging rights – and a bowl bid in Christensen’s first season as head coach – on the line.
\r\nAs always, the emotions will run high, and the stakes will run even higher.
\r\n“I talk about having so many things to play for with one last game,” Christensen said. “I think it would be a pretty good year if we can take care of business next week.”
\r\nWyoming and Colorado State play at noon Saturday in Fort Collins, the game will be televised on the Mtn television network.
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The pomp and circumstance of the biggest home game of the season for the Wyoming Cowboys faded quickly into the Laramie sunset.
The Cowboys’ second escapade into the national spotlight in as many weeks yielded no shortage of pregame hype or anticipation—and perhaps even a few farfetched hopes of a monumental upset.
And then Wyoming stepped onto the field with the Boise State Broncos – the #3 team in the country indubitably lived up to its billing.
“Our team came out with great energy and great emotion, and I’m pleased with how hard they played,” said Boise State head coach Chris Peterson in a news release.
His team showed few signs of rust after a 12 day layover from their 33-30 victory over Virginia Tech in the season opener.
“The kids did a great job preparing; they took this team very seriously.”
The Broncos wasted no time in silencing a feverish, sold-out crowd of 29,014 at War Memorial Stadium and asserting their place amidst the national elite, jumping out to a 31-0 lead in the game’s opening 18 minutes.
After a 63-yard drive, which culminated in a 24 yard Kyle Brotzman field goal to give the Broncos a 3-0 lead, Boise State quickly capitalized on the game’s first major mistake to extend its lead and bury any Cowboy momentum or pregame reverie of an upset bid.
On Wyoming’s subsequent possession, an errant snap on 3rd and 17 that went completely past Cowboy quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels was batted around on the ground and ultimately recovered in the end zone by Bronco defensive end Shea McClellin, giving the Broncos a 10-0 lead just 6:30 into the game.
Three minutes later, Boise State struck again. On first down from the Cowboy 42 yard-line, Moore handed the ball off to running back D.J. Harper, who pitched the ball back to Moore to set up the flea-flicker play.
Moore then threw a perfect 58 yard strike to receiver Austin Pettis who caught the ball in stride and raced into the end zone, giving the Broncos a commanding 17-0 lead over a Cowboy team which simply could not keep pace—offensively or defensively—with Boise State.
“We started slow,” Wyoming linebacker Brian Hendricks said, according to the release. “There’s no excuse for it. They took advantage of it and jumped on us early.”
With 11:41 remaining in the second quarter, Moore dropped back and launched a perfect spiral which cut through the Laramie twilight and landed in the arms of Titus Young for a 49 yard touchdown, giving Boise State a 31-0 lead which all but ended any uncertainty about the game’s outcome.
“I would compare Kellen Moore with Colt McCoy,” Wyoming safety Shamiel Gary said in the release, “He has control and composure with his team and really has a feel for the game.”
The rout was a major letdown for a Wyoming team who was hoping for a performance more reminiscent of the Broncos’ previous trip to Laramie.
Boise State outgained Wyoming 648-135 and held the Cowboys to negative 21 yards on the ground; the Broncos recorded 4 sacks and 12 tackles for loss on the evening.
A dropped interception by Gary on Boise State’s opening drive—as well as a Chris Prosinski interception of Moore which was negated by a roughing the quarterback call—were just a pair of moments which emblemized the way the night unfolded for the Cowboys.
“(Boise State is) an unbelievable football team, they’re an exceptionally well-coached football team. They’ve got great personnel. They execute at a high level. They don’t make mistakes,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said in the release. “If you make any mistakes at all—and we made plenty of mistakes tonight—they’re going to take advantage of it.”
Carta-Samuels, who completed 12 of 21 passes for 156 yards with a touchdown and a pair of interceptions, found fullback Greg Saydjari on a 35 yard strike with 6:21 remaining in the third quarter for the Cowboy’s only score of the game.
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\r\n','\r\nThe Cowboys’ success was one of the surprise stories in the Mountain West Conference in 2009, and it was in large part due to a tremendous core of newcomers who quickly stepped up their game to the collegiate level.
\r\nMake no mistake about it, Wyoming’s 7-6 season and 35-28 double overtime victory over Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl last December were team efforts.
\r\nThe Cowboys were led by a composed and talented group of veteran players whose toughness helped Wyoming pull through six games that were decided by a touchdown or less.
\r\nFrom Shamiel Gary’s three-interception game in the season opener against Weber State to the dynamic playmaking ability of “Cardiac” Carta-Samuels, the newcomers to the Wyoming program provided many of the definitive moments of the 2009 season.
\r\nNow, as Wyoming prepares to embark upon one of the most difficult schedules in the nation, its returning players will need to raise their level of play.
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Here are five fresh faces that could help the Cowboys get there:
\r\n#35 Oliver Schober: In terms of impact, there is perhaps no one more equipped as an immediate difference-maker than the 6’0, 240-pound junior linebacker from Munich, Germany. Schober’s physical maturity and athleticism have had people from the Cowboy camp giddy since his initial commitment to Wyoming. Schober showed great range in taking snaps as the middle linebacker with the first and second team defenses. Schober has demonstrated great versatility and will double as the Cowboys’ kickoff man.
\r\n#2 Mazi Ogbonna: The junior college transfer from Snow Community College adds depth and capability to a Cowboy receiving corps. Ogbonna has been adept at finding separation from defenders, and he is deceptively strong and physical as a downfield blocker despite only being listed at 194 pounds. “Mazi is a great addition to our receiving corps,” Travis Burkhalter, senior receiver, said. “I think you’ll see him integrated in the offense this year and make a lot of plays for us.”
\r\n#95 Patrick Mertens: After the departures of standout defensive linemen John Fletcher and Mitch Unrein, the Cowboy defensive line seemed to be something of a question mark headed into the 2010 season. The emergence of Mertens, along with the proficiency of linebacker-converted defensive ends Gabe Knapton and Josh Biezuns, has changed that perception completely. Mertens was active throughout fall camp from his defensive tackle spot; he figures to team with fellow sophomore Mike Purcell as a starter in the middle.
\r\n#20 Nehemie Kankolongo: Although Cowboy fans will have to wait until week two to see Kankolongo on the field, the wait should be worth it. The true freshman running back from British Columbia possesses speed, vision and a physical build a bit reminiscent of Devin Moore – the Cowboys’ all-time leading rusher who played for Wyoming from 2005-2008. Kankolongo should give the Cowboys another dynamic option alongside Alexander in the backfield.
\r\n#14 Marqueston Huff: The true-freshman from Texarkana, Texas has already been taking snaps with the Cowboys’ second team defense at corner, and he has impressed with his speed and athleticism. Huff will have the opportunity to learn from two of the best corners in the MWC, Marcell and Tashaun Gipson, and should contribute depth to an already-stacked secondary.
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An impressive comeback victory over San Diego State last weekend is a thing of the past when discussing this weekend’s match-up with the No. 4-ranked TCU Horned Frogs.
The Cowboys sit one win away from bowl eligibility, but they may have to wait one more week to get it.
In their most recent home game, Wyoming lost to BYU 52-0; TCU beat BYU 38-3. If those scores are indicative, the Cowboys could lose by 90, but score comparisons don’t necessarily illustrate how teams will match up.
Wyoming sits at 5-5 overall and 3-3 in conference play. Last week, Austyn Carta-Samuels led a fourth quarter comeback in San Diego to save the Pokes’ bowl hopes. There are two weeks left to get the one win needed for bowl eligibility.
So, even though a trip to Fort Collins is never an easy one, the Pokes could have another chance to get that sixth win after Thanksgiving in the Border War if things don’t pan out this weekend.
Last time TCU came to Laramie in 2007, the Cowboys won 24-21. This year, TCU is on a different level, and they are receiving comparisons to another team from the Lone Star state. Though it doesn’t come with the Longhorn hype, this is the second top 5-ranked team from Texas to visit Laramie this year.
TCU was supposed to be tested last week against Utah, but instead, they romped past the Utes 55-28. The Horned Frogs have not missed a beat this year, as they have soared to No. 4 in the BCS rankings and in all major polls. They have even received talk of playing in the national championship game because they have played more ranked teams than Texas.
After Texas was snubbed for a national championship berth last year, it’s unlikely that such a situation would unfold again if Texas finishes undefeated. Texas and TCU both have two games remaining; Texas plays Kansas this weekend and Texas A&M after Thanksgiving, while TCU has New Mexico after Wyoming. With both teams undefeated, Texas would likely play the winner of the SEC championship, Alabama or Florida, in the title game.
Wyoming will look to avoid becoming a stepping stone for TCU as they look to put up BCS-style points at the end of their season. TCU beat Wyoming 54-7 last year in Fort Worth, and the Cowboys hope that home field advantage can help them stay afloat on Saturday.
Wyoming and TCU play at noon on Saturday at Jonah Field in the Cowboys’ last home game of the 2009 season. Next weekend, the Pokes will travel to Fort Collins for the Border War to face Colorado State, who sits at the bottom of the Mountain West, having not won a conference game this year.
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Tom Hesse
Much has been made of the daunting schedule that awaits the Wyoming Cowboys football team and for good reason. The Cowboys have a schedule that screams .500 but for a team that’s on the rise, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Boise State, TCU, BYU, Utah and Texas await the Cowboys this year and, of those games, only the Utes and Horned Frogs have to deal with 7,200 feet. A majority of fans would associate the letter ‘L’ with each of those match-ups and the minority of fans would be hard pressed to argue with them.
The rest of the Cowboys’ season features four home games against Air Force, San Diego State, Colorado State and the season opener against Southern Utah Saturday. Additionally, the Cowboys’ bus will have to make stops in Toledo, Albuquerque and Las Vegas.
Many fans have taken the position that an improved Cowboys team will manufacture fewer wins this year. I take no issue with the assertion that our team may struggle, but I do take issue with the attitude surrounding this schedule.
I’m a fan. I don’t want to see my team pick up three wins against Division II teams in an attempt to con their way into a bowl game.
Last year’s team had heart. Last year’s team had character and a tough schedule. Why can’t I ask for this to be recreated?
In being around the Cowboys this preseason, I’ve noticed the general feeling on the team is one of pride. Our team wants to beat the best to be the best and, as a fan, that has me giddy.
Wyoming is a small program. Even if we won every game, we wouldn’t be given the opportunity to be the best team in the nation.
College football is a sport where small conference teams can’t earn respect with a spotless record. However, college football is a sport where the upset is the most satisfying in sports and that is what I want from the Cowboys.
I want a last second play in the Border War to decide our team’s postseason fate. I want Wyoming to crash the BCS-crashing Broncos.
Nothing would make me happier than for Boise State to come up short of their potential national championship bid because of a team of kids with too much attitude to roll over for the teams they “can’t” beat.
Perhaps Dave Christensen was dealt a bad hand when he took over the program, but would it not be a better legacy to see Christensen pull this program into prominence by slaying the dragon rather than ignoring it?
What if Wyoming knocks off one of the Giants? What would fans trade to see Brown and Gold headlining Sports Center after ruining a shot at a perfect season?
Wyoming is not a team of legacy. Cowboy fans remember individual moments of shock and triumph, not dynasties. The ecstasy that permeated the air during Wyoming’s first half against Texas was a feeling that pharmaceutical companies can’t replicate.
Cowboy fans love the underdog. The Mountain West Conference loves the underdog. It’s one of the most cherished possessions of the conference.
Why should Utah have all the fun? I love that our team is considered to be better but projected to do worse.
As a Cowboy fan, I would feel cheated with anything less. I’m glad the team is excited about playing teams that are expected to slaughter them. If I could choose one characteristic for my team, that would be it.
So don’t fear the schedule that the Cowboys have been given; they certainly don’t.
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While steady rain showers drenched the field on Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium, it was ultimately the tenacious effort of the first team Wyoming defense that bogged down the 2010 Brown and Gold game.
\r\n','\r\nAfter allowing the No. 1 Cowboy offense to drive 68 yards on 17 plays, resulting in a 26-yard field goal by sophomore kicker Ian Watts, the No. 1 defense stiffened throughout the remainder of the afternoon, hurrying sophomore quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels nearly every time he dropped back to pass.
\r\nUltimately, the disruptiveness of the top-tier Cowboy defense, particularly the front four on the defensive line, was the reason the Gold team defeated the Brown team, 13-6. The Gold team had members of the No. 1 defense and the No. 2 offense, while the Brown team consisted of members of the No. 1 offense and the No. 2 defense.
\r\nTrailing 3-0, Gold team senior quarterback Dax Crum led the No. 2 offense to a pair of touchdowns in the second and third quarters, as Crum finished with a game-high 113 yards passing, completing 11 of 16 attempts.
\r\nRedshirt freshman running back Andrew Meredith capped an 11 play, 78 yard drive for the No. 2 offense against the No. 2 defense, plowing in from a yard out to give the Gold team a 7-3 lead midway in the second quarter.
\r\nEarly in the third quarter, Crum led another strong drive, moving the Gold 53 yards in 10 plays. Junior receiver Mazi Ogbonna capped the drive with a 9-yard touchdown run on a reverse sweep, giving the Gold team a formidable 13-3 lead.
\r\n“We wanted to see how the No. 1 offense matched up against the No. 1 defense in our final scrimmage,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said. “I was very pleased with our defense. They didn’t give up a touchdown.”
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“By having a few guys out, particularly on the defensive line, we were able to find some guys who we think can help us next year who might not have gotten as many reps this spring if everyone was healthy. We’re going to have about six D-linemen who weren’t out here this spring that are going to have a chance to play, so it was nice to get a look at a lot of younger guys in the spring.”
\r\nIt was the commanding performance of that defensive line corps. Junior defensive ends Josh Biezuns and Gabe Knapton, who converted from their previous linebacker positions in the off-season to complement the Cowboys’ new 4-3 defensive scheme, quickly answered all questions about whether or not they could make the transition.
\r\nBoth players were a force in the backfield throughout the game, repeatedly pressuring Carta-Samuels and closing down any running lanes for starting halfback Alvester Alexander.
\r\nBiezuns recorded 5 tackles and a sack, while redshirt freshman defensive tackle Patrick Mertens turned in arguably the most emergent performance of the afternoon.
\r\nMertens finished the game with a team-high 8 tackles and 2 sacks.
\r\nIt was a performance that spoke for the potential depth of a defensive line which was largely perceived as makeshift headed into spring practice.
\r\nAlthough junior college transfer defensive tackles Kurt Taufa’asau and B.J. Sumter won’t arrive until the fall, along with highly-touted high school defensive line recruits Riley Lange and Sonny Puletasi, the performance of the defensive front four on Saturday only indicated that the Cowboy defensive line should be solid in 2010.
\r\nThe afternoon wasn’t quite as fortuitous for Carta-Samuels and the No. 1 offense.
\r\nThe reigning Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year battled not only the pressure of the Cowboy defense, but also a driving rain which dampened field conditions and the Brown Team’s offensive attack.
\r\nCarta-Samuels completed 13 of 20 passes for 83 yards on the afternoon. However, he was sacked four times on the afternoon, and the No. 1 Cowboy offense failed to reach the end zone for the second time in as many scrimmages.
\r\nAfter a 14 play, 71 yard drive late in the fourth quarter which led the Brown Team deep into Gold territory, the No. 1 offense staggered, and the defense came away with a goal-line stand resulting in an 18 yard Watts field goal. The Brown Team would get no closer the rest of the way.
\r\n“Offensively, I always go back to a comment Bo Schembechler made to me,” Christensen said. “Coach Schembechler said ‘If you’re offense is ahead of your defense in the spring, it’s going to be a long season.’ I thought about that today on the sideline, so according to Bo, I like the way today’s scrimmage went.”
\r\nTwo of the resounding sources of optimism for the Cowboy offense headed in to the summer were the duo of junior college transfer receivers from Snow Community College in Utah.
\r\nOgbonna flashed his play-making potential on the touchdown run and added 3 catches for 38 yards for the Gold Team.
\r\nMeanwhile, his junior college teammate Dejay Lester came away with the highlight of the day, reeling in a spectacular diving catch in coverage for a 36 yard completion. It was Lester’s only catch of the day.
\r\nSenior wide receiver David Leonard picked up right where he left off in 2009, leading all receivers with 9 receptions for 49 yards for the No. 1 offense.
\r\nOne area of concern for the Cowboys, however, was the special teams.
\r\nThe soggy weather dampened the kicking game, as Watts missed two field goals and an extra point, while Ogbonna misfielded a punt in the second quarter, resulting in a turnover.
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\r\nBI: What did you learn from your battles with Jordan Shipley and the Texas receiving core last season?
\r\nGipson: It made me like that I could play with the best receivers.
\r\nBI: At the end of your press conference last year following the Texas game you said that you felt the Cowboys should have won the game. Does that fuel you for this year’s match up?
\r\nGipson: I feel like, honestly we should win every game. It’s not just Texas.
\r\nBI: What is the best thing about UW athletics?
\r\nGipson: All the changes that Coach Christensen has put in. New gear, better stadium; it’s all been great.
\r\nBI: If you could change one thing about UW athletics what would it be?
\r\nGipson: More stipends. Definitely more stipends, but in all seriousness they’re doing a good job as is.
\r\nBI: What is your favorite thing about playing football in Laramie?
\r\nGipson: The small town atmosphere. I’m from a big city in Dallas, Texas so you don’t get that kind of atmosphere.
\r\nBI: Who is faster, you or your brother?
\r\nGipson: I’m the fastest person on the team so he ain’t even compete.
\r\nBI: Who has better style?
\r\nGipson: I’m going to say me on that too.
\r\nBI: What is the best thing about playing football with your brother?
\r\nGipson: The chemistry we got.
\r\nBI: What is the worst thing about playing with your brother?
\r\nGipson: There’s so many good things, but I would say us dealing with each other’s attitudes.
\r\nBI: Do you have any hidden talents?
\r\nGipson: My hidden talent would probably be that I sing songs with my daughter.
\r\nBI: Does Coach Christensen have any hidden talents that we might not be aware of?
\r\nGipson: He’s kind of a joker. People think he’s serious all the time but he’s got a sense of humor too.
\r\nBI: Best place you’ve played?
\r\nGipson: Tennessee
\r\nBI: Worst place you’ve played?
\r\nGipson: Florida Atlantic
\r\nBI: What players do you admire?
\r\nGipson: Darrelle Revis and Champ Bailey.
\r\nBI: What do you most want to accomplish before you’re finished with your football career?
\r\nGipson: Most definitely catch an interception. That will probably be a big thing for me.
\r\nBI: Who has the best nickname on the team?
\r\nGipson: I would probably have to say myself. They call me Low-So. Or other than that it’s Pro-Boogie [Chris Prosinski].
\r\nBI: Favorite movie?
\r\nGipson: Paid in Full
\r\nBI: Favorite food?
\r\nGipson: Enchiladas. But only my mama’s, though.
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A helpless contingent of Cowboy fans who made the trip to San Diego could only watch in dismay as Wyoming’s bowl hopes faded quietly into the cavernous realms of a mostly-empty Qualcomm Stadium.
Trailing 27-6 with just 15 minutes remaining, playing in a venue in which the Cowboys hadn’t been victorious since 1995, and nursing a languid offense which had scored just 16 points in its previous fifteen quarters of play, the odds for a Wyoming comeback were about as keen as Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost winning big at next year’s Oscars.
San Diego State was just moments away from celebrating a crucial conference victory and moving one win closer to bowl eligibility.
And the Cowboys?
They were apparently well on their way to a long trip back to Laramie, again on the wrong side of another agonizing loss to a conference rival on the road.
“Show’s over, folks. Nothing left to see. Everybody pack up and let’s get this show on the road.”
There was just one catch.
Someone forgot to tell Wyoming to stop playing.
Instead of letting the game slip away, the Cowboys refused to quit, conjuring up a whirlwind of heart and determination in the type of defiant effort which often defines the entire course of a season.
Fifteen minutes later, Wyoming had pulled off the unthinkable: a thrilling fourth quarter comeback which will be affectionately etched in Cowboy lore for years to come as “The Rally in Cali.”
The Cowboys (5-5) reeled off a series of clutch plays in the fourth quarter to climb back into the game, with true-freshman walk-on kicker Ian Watts’ 43 yard field goal with 23 seconds remaining capping the implausible 30-27 comeback victory over a stunned Aztec team.
Shakespeare would have been hard-pressed to write a more dramatic finish.
For three quarters of play, the Aztecs were almost entirely in control.
Brandon Sullivan rushed for 105 yards and a pair of touchdowns for San Diego State (4-6), and when halfback Walter Kazee punched in a one yard touchdown to put the Aztecs on top 27-6 with 2:19 remaining in the third quarter, there seemed to be little doubt about the game’s outcome.
Then, seemingly out of the blue, a proverbial bolt of lightning struck the field at Qualcomm Stadium.
It all started with the Cowboys trailing by three touchdowns and facing a 3rd and 13 situation late in the third quarter.
With his back against the wall, true freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels stepped up and made a play – a play, though it didn’t seem feasible at the time, which may have saved Wyoming’s season.
Carta-Samuels hit Zach Bolger on a 31 yard pass to keep the drive alive, and then he found true freshman tight end David Tooley on a 28 yard strike to move the Cowboys into striking distance.
Three plays later, on 3rd and 8 from the San Diego State 10, Carta-Samuels scrambled away from Aztec pressure and took off for the end zone, diving past the goal-line just before he was met by an oncoming defender to score Wyoming’s first touchdown of the game.
With 14:49 remaining in the game, the Cowboys had cut the Aztecs’ lead to 27-13, and a wave of momentum raced across the field.
As their true freshman quarterback intensely ran back up the Wyoming sideline and was mobbed by his teammates, a furious streak of energy raced across the entire Cowboy team.
The Cowboy defense answered promptly, stuffing the Aztecs on three consecutive plays and forcing a punt.
On the next possession, Carta-Samuels navigated the Cowboys back down the field, and with 10:26 remaining, true freshman halfback Alvester Alexander took a handoff and broke into the clear, racing 33 yards for the score.
Somehow, the game which was all-but-decided just minutes prior was now a barnburner – and the drama was just beginning.
Clinging to a seven point lead and trying to run out the clock, San Diego State drove back down the field to the Wyoming 12 yard line before the Cowboys finally slowed the Aztec offense.
Kicker Lane Yoshida was in position for a chip-shot 28 yard field goal to put the Aztecs up by two scores and all-but-clinch the victory with just over five minutes remaining.
Yoshida’s kick, however, was blocked by Cowboy defensive tackle John Fletcher, and as an exuberant Cowboy team erupted on the sidelines, everyone in Qualcomm Stadium began to believe that the improbable was truly unfolding.
\"The blocked field goal was the most pivotal play of the game, because they had a chance to go up by 10,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said. “To scoop up the ball and get great field position, that\'s probably the biggest play of the fourth quarter.\"
Carta-Samuels and the Cowboys took over at the Wyoming 38, and as the Cowboys began to march down the field, “The Magna Carta” began to write a bit of history of his own, leading the biggest drive of his young career with the guile of a polished veteran.
Carta-Samuels, who completed 16 of 22 passes for 246 yards, hit Tooley for 18 yards on 3rd and 12 from midfield, then capped the drive with a thrilling 9 yard strike across the middle to Tooley, tying the game at 27.
“We started making plays,” Christensen said. “When it came time for the fourth quarter, we played extremely well.”
On the ensuing kickoff, the Aztecs fumbled a high Wyoming pooch kick, and when true freshman Kenny Browder recovered the ball, the jubilance of the Cowboy sideline seemed to reverberate all the way from San Diego back to Laramie.
The fumble recovery set Watts up with the most important – and most nerve-wracking – kick of his life.
Facing a 43 yard attempt with 23 second remaining and with one of the most incredible comebacks in recent program history hanging in the balance, Watts stepped up to the ball and sent it flying into the San Diego night.
When the ball soared through the goal-posts and landed softly in the netting, a muffled roar erupted from the corner of Qualcomm Stadium, as Cowboy players and fans alike celebrated in stunned exaltation.
And somehow, some way, the game still wasn’t over.
Quarterback Ryan Lindley led the Aztecs to the Cowboy 45 with six seconds left, enough time for one more play.
Lindley launched one final pass into the chilly San Diego air and the Hail Mary pass fell – for one frozen moment in time - in the hands of an Aztec receiver in the end zone.
The ball slipped out and bounced harmlessly to the turf, sealing what was perhaps the Cowboy comeback of the decade.
Just another Saturday night in San Diego? Hardly.
Email the author: MMorri18@uwyo.edu
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\r\n','\r\n“Man, that’s a good question,” Kankolongo said, a 5’11”, 200-pound true-freshman running back from Coquitlam, British Columbia, who came to Wyoming this semester as part of the Cowboys’ 2010 recruiting class.
\r\nAfter the name Bronko Nagurski was mentioned, in reference to the legendary bruising fullback who reigned atop the entire football stratum in the 1920s and ’30s, dominating the game at the University of Minnesota and later with the Chicago Bears, Kankolongo’s eyes lit up.
\r\n“Oh, yeah, Bronko Nagurski, of course. I’ve heard of him,” Kankolongo said. “Now I’m going to have to go back and do some research on him.”
\r\nThe Wyoming football program and its fans can only hope Kankolongo will be running in Nagurski’s footsteps in coming seasons.
\r\nAfter rushing for over 4,000 yards and scoring 55 touchdowns in his combined junior and senior campaigns at Centennial High School, Kankolongo traveled over 1,000 miles to contribute to the ongoing offensive renaissance under second year Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen.
\r\nAlthough he was rated as a three-star prospect by both Scout and Rival’s online recruiting services, Kankolongo was recruited primarily by just one other school—Idaho—and came to Wyoming only after asserting himself on the radar of Christensen and his staff.
\r\n“I sent film out here to the staff, and they gave me the number of [offensive line coach Pete Kaligis], who became my recruiter. From there, I came down here on a Greyhound bus in June for [Wyoming’s] camp. Things worked out, and when I got back home, I had an offer.”
\r\nIf his high school highlight film is any indication, Kankolongo could be a Canadian diamond in the rough for the Cowboys.
\r\nKankolongo is good news for a team looking to bolster its running attack, which ranked No. 74 nationally at 136.2 yards a game in 2009.
\r\nKankolongo enrolled at UW a semester early in order to get a headstart on learning the offense, taking reps in spring practice and working in the Cowboys’ strength and conditioning program.
\r\n“It’s been tough,” Kankolongo said. “Right now, I’m the youngest guy out here. From the lifting, to the classes, to the studying, I’ve been pretty much tossed right into it, so it’s been a tough transition.”
\r\nIt has also been a transition that has mandated a higher level of maturity, something that the intensely-focused, soft-spoken Kankolongo has been up to the task to fulfill.
\r\n“I’ve got to grow up pretty quickly,” he said. “It’s good, because there’s a little gap between me and the rest of the guys. I’m a freshman, so I understand, but I’ve got high expectations for myself, so I’ve got to keep working.”
\r\nPhysically, Kankolongo appears mature beyond his years, giving reason to believe the freshman could contend for playing time and make on-field contributions in his first season with the team.
\r\nAfter all, it was only a year ago that then-true freshman Alvester Alexander took the helm of the Cowboys’ ground attack, rushing for 640 yards and 7 touchdowns, including 137 yards and a score in Wyoming’s 38-25 double overtime triumph over Fresno State in last December’s New Mexico Bowl.
\r\nAlexander returns for 2010, but second-leading rusher Brandon Stewart left the program this spring, taking with him nearly 500 yards of ground production and leaving a hole in the running back depth chart.
\r\nIt’s a hole that Kankolongo, as well as senior Darius Terry, will try to fortify.
\r\n“I think depth-wise, we’re alright,” running backs coach Jason Ray said. “Losing a guy who played a significant amount of time in Brandon will set you back a bit. But at the same time, Darius is a very intelligent player, and the fact that [Kankolongo] came in early, as a mid-year kid from high school, that helps us a lot.”
\r\nDoes this mean that Kankolongo will be ready for field action on week one of the 2010 season against Southern Utah?
\r\n“I don’t know,” Ray said. “I think from a standpoint of his maturity level, he’s very mature for being 17, 18-years-old. He’s very strong, his physical maturity is very good and he’s only going to get stronger. It’s just a matter of beating the learning curve, adapting to the speed of the game.”
\r\nIn an ever-evolving game where having a multifaceted backfield of runners capable of carrying the load is becoming mandatory, the Cowboys will need players like Kankolongo and Terry to produce in order to wear down stronger defenses.
\r\nIn Wyoming’s six losses last season, the Cowboys averaged just 84.7 rushing yards a game, a disparity which improved depth at the halfback position will undoubtedly address.
\r\n“I think the depth at running back right now is a lot better than it’s been in the past, so I think we’ve got a lot of great competition there,” Christensen said. “There’s no huge gap between our backs right now; they’re all performing.”
\r\nReplacing an entire defensive line is never an easy task for a second year head coach attempting to revive a football program.
\r\n','\r\nEspecially when that group of departing seniors is John Fletcher, Mitch Unrein, Fred Givens and Mike Neuhaus.
\r\nGone from the program are four defensive standouts who accounted for 41 combined sacks and 76.5 tackles for loss dating back to 2006—not to mention the intangible qualities of leadership and experience.
\r\nFletcher and Unrein are especially mountainous losses for the Cowboy program, as the duo truly anchored the defensive front over the past three seasons. Fletcher was the team’s only bona fide pass rushing threat, totaling 24 sacks in his four seasons with the team; Unrein was a dependable, rock-solid force on the other end of the line, coming up with one of the signature plays of Wyoming’s 35-28 double overtime victory over Fresno State in the 2009 New Mexico Bowl when he stripped Fresno State star running back Ryan Matthews in the closing minutes of regulation and recovered the ensuing fumble.
\r\nGiven the magnitude of these departures, it comes as no surprise that head coach Dave Christensen went after a deluge of defensive linemen in his 2010 recruiting class, concentrating 5 of his 9 defensive recruits on the line.
\r\nDefensive Line: With Fletcher, Unrein, Givens and Neuhaus departed, the Cowboys’ top returning contributors on the line are Mike Purcell, Alex Stover and Marcus Felker – players who combined for just 15 tackles in the 2009 season. Christensen’s concern for the immediate reloading of the line was evident in the recruitment of a pair of standout junior-college teammates, Kurt Taufa’asau and B.J. Sumter of New Mexico Military Institute, are expected to come in and contribute for the Cowboys next season. Taufa’asau, a 6’2”, 285 pound tackle, is one of the Cowboys most highly-touted recruits, earning a three-star rating from Rivals.com and receiving First Team All-Western States Football League honors in 2009. Sumter, a 6’1”, 310 pounds at defensive tackle, broke the all-time combined three-lift record at New Mexico Military with a total combined lift of 1,215 pounds in the bench, hang clean and squat.
\r\nTaufa’asau and Sumter are joined by three high school recruits on the line, headed by Riley Lange, a 6’3”, 245 pound end from Parker, Colorado who was the No. 13 overall recruit in the state of Colorado and earned a three-star rating from Rivals.com. Lange, who reportedly runs a 4.65 in the 40, recorded 135 tackles, 15.0 sacks and 20.0 tackles for loss in his senior season at Ponderosa High School; a dynamic combination of athleticism and power, Lange could be a potential successor to Fletcher as the leader on the Cowboy defensive front. Sonny Puletasi, a 6’3”, 220 pound lineman from Lawton, Okla., earned First Team All-State Defensive honors from The Daily Oklahoman, high acclaim for a player hailing from the high school football Mecca of Oklahoma. Finally, Tyler Strong, a 6’3”, 275 pound lineman from Longmont who was also recruited by Colorado, Colorado State, and Nebraska, recorded 90 tackles, 5.0 sacks, and two interceptions in his senior season at Niwot High School.
\r\nLinebacker: Standout linebacker and team-captain Weston Johnson, who totaled 222 tackles during his Wyoming career, is gone, but the Cowboys return their linebacking core of Gabe Knapton, Brian Hendricks, and Josh Biezuns, each of whom still has two seasons remaining with the program. Still, the Cowboys added to their already sturdy linebacker corps by signing Oliver Schober, one of the most intriguing prospects in the entire 2010 class. Schober, a 6’0”, 240 pound linebacker from Munich, Germany, was noticed playing amateur football for the Munich Cowboys and the German National Team by David Odenthal, a former player of Christensen. Schober’s reported 40-time is 4.57, and although his game will invariably require some tweaking to adjust to the speed and quality of the FBS college game, the exceptional athleticism and punishing hitting capability demonstrated on Schober’s highlight tape makes him a candidate to watch from the 2010 class.
\r\nDefensive Backs: Wyoming should boast one of the top secondaries not just in the Mountain West Conference, but in the entire nation, in the 2010 season. Nevertheless, Christensen and his staff took strides to reinforce the future depth of this unit, bringing in three more defensive backs in the 2010 class. Junior-college transfer Austin Daniels was one of just two Wyoming signees to earn a three-star rating from Scout.com (six players earned three-star ratings from Rivals.com), and totaled 55 tackles, 11 pass breakups, two interceptions and 2.0 tackles for loss in his sophomore season at Mt. San Antonio Community College. Dylan McElveen, a 6’1”, 175 pound defensive back from University Park, Illinois, earned Honorable Mention All-State honors from the Chicago Tribune and flashed the athleticism, instincts, and upside of a potential ball-hawk at the collegiate level in his highlight tape. Marqueston Huff is a three-star prospect on Rivals.com who intercepted three passes, turned in 85 tackles, and forced three fumbles his senior year at Liberty-Eylau High School in Texarkana, Texas, earning All-Northeast Texas and All-District honors in the process.
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With the wide-reaching smiles and giddy enthusiasm of kids on Christmas morning, Wyoming football head coach Dave Christensen and his staff assembled in front of a congregation of media and members of the public at the Wyoming Athletics Room of the Rochelle Athletic Center on Wednesday afternoon to present their respective haul after months and months on the recruiting trail: the Wyoming Cowboys football recruiting class of 2010.
\r\nChristensen’s second recruiting class during his tenure as head coach for Wyoming spans from Munich, Germany to Pago Pago, American Samoa. As Christensen and his staff reiterated on Wednesday, it also spans a myriad of skilled and athletic players who will help form the future core of the program.
\r\n“We’re excited about this class,” Christensen said, commenting on the 23 student-athletes who joined the Cowboys. “I think that from a depth standpoint, we addressed players on both sides of the lines. We wanted to add speed at the receiver position, and we did that. We brought in a lot of other guys with great athleticism, so we addressed our needs across the board.”
\r\nChristensen made it clear that, although his staff’s intentions are always to bring in a balanced group with talent spread across the board, the 2010 class places specific emphasis upon addressing concerns on the offensive and defensive lines and in the wide receiving corps.
\r\nThe Cowboys added a pair of highly-touted defensive line recruits in Riley Lange, a 6’3”, 245-pound end from Parker, Colo., and Kurt Taufa’asau, a 6’2”, 285-pound junior college transfer from American Samoa by way of New Mexico Military; both players were ranked by www.rivals.com as three-star recruits, and Lange was rated the No. 13 overall recruit from the state of Colorado.
\r\nWyoming also signed five offensive linemen in the class, headed by Daniel Fleischman, a 6’6”, 290 pound player from Issaquah, Wash., who was rated as the No. 24 overall recruit from that state. Christensen and his staff took special consideration to recruit offensive linemen based not just on strength, but athleticism as well, and that was an attribute that the coaching staff excitedly claimed as being present in this class.
\r\nMeanwhile, the Cowboy receiving corps are bolstered by a pair of junior college transfers from Snow Community College in Utah; DeJay Lester and Mazi Ogbonna are players that Christensen noted as possessing the speed and route-running agility to make an immediate impact in the Cowboy offense, as both should be able to spread the field and open Wyoming’s play-calling capacity even more.
\r\nThe notions of finding talent, signing prospects from a wide national and international recruiting base, and expanding connections and the Cowboy football recruiting prestige were especially exciting to Christensen and his staff.
\r\n“We signed kids out of 13 states, three different countries,” Christensen said. “We’ve expanded our worldwide recruiting to Canada, Germany and Samoa; who knows where we’ll go next year.”
\r\nThe three international recruits include Taufa’asau, 6’0”, 240-pound linebacker Oliver Schober from Munich, and Nehemie Kankolongo, a 5’11”, 200 pound running back from British Columbia rated as a three-star prospect by www.rivals.com
\r\nThe 2010 class consists of 17 high school recruits and six junior college transfers, and with the stirring impact of Christensen’s 2009 class still resounding throughout the Cowboy program and its fan-base, expectations for this year’s group are similarly high.
\r\nDuring the 2009 season, a number of true freshmen stepped up as key contributors en route to the Cowboys’ triumph in the New Mexico Bowl last December. Quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels led that group, earning Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year honors after quarterbacking the Cowboys to five fourth-quarter comebacks, including one in Wyoming’s 35-28 double-overtime victory over Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-05 03:07:07','126','Mike Morris','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-05 13:00:00','2010-02-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','82','christensen, class, recruiting, pound, cowboys, staff, wyoming, football, 2010, recruits, ”, college, cowboy, players, recruit, mexico, offensive, samoa, group, state','With the wide-reaching smiles and giddy enthusiasm of kids on Christmas morning, Wyoming football head coach Dave Christensen and his staff assembled in front of a congregation of media and members of the public at the Wyoming Athletics Room of the Rochelle Athletic Center on Wednesday afternoon to present their respective haul after months and months on the recruiting trail: the Wyoming Cowboys football recruiting class of 2010. ','0','16','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2200','The Rally in Cali! Pokes Stun San Diego State with Classic Fourth Quarter Comeback','the-rally-in-cali-pokes-stun-san-diego-state-with-classic-fourth-quarter-comeback','','The fourth quarter was a mere formality.The game was all but over, and the Wyoming Cowboys were going to drop their fourth consecutive contest.
A helpless contingent of Cowboy fans who made the trip to San Diego could only watch in dismay as Wyoming’s bowl hopes faded quietly into the cavernous realms of a mostly-empty Qualcomm Stadium.
Trailing 27-6 with just 15 minutes remaining, playing in a venue in which the Cowboys hadn’t been victorious since 1995, and nursing a languid offense which had scored just 16 points in its previous fifteen quarters of play, the odds for a Wyoming comeback were about as keen as Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost winning big at next year’s Oscars.
San Diego State was just moments away from celebrating a crucial conference victory and moving one win closer to bowl eligibility.
And the Cowboys?
They were apparently well on their way to a long trip back to Laramie, again on the wrong side of another agonizing loss to a conference rival on the road.
“Show’s over, folks. Nothing left to see. Everybody pack up and let’s get this show on the road.”
There was just one catch.
Someone forgot to tell Wyoming to stop playing.
Instead of letting the game slip away, the Cowboys refused to quit, conjuring up a whirlwind of heart and determination in the type of defiant effort which often defines the entire course of a season.
Fifteen minutes later, Wyoming had pulled off the unthinkable: a thrilling fourth quarter comeback which will be affectionately etched in Cowboy lore for years to come as “The Rally in Cali.”
The Cowboys (5-5) reeled off a series of clutch plays in the fourth quarter to climb back into the game, with true-freshman walk-on kicker Ian Watts’ 43 yard field goal with 23 seconds remaining capping the implausible 30-27 comeback victory over a stunned Aztec team.
Shakespeare would have been hard-pressed to write a more dramatic finish.
For three quarters of play, the Aztecs were almost entirely in control.
Brandon Sullivan rushed for 105 yards and a pair of touchdowns for San Diego State (4-6), and when halfback Walter Kazee punched in a one yard touchdown to put the Aztecs on top 27-6 with 2:19 remaining in the third quarter, there seemed to be little doubt about the game’s outcome.
Then, seemingly out of the blue, a proverbial bolt of lightning struck the field at Qualcomm Stadium.
It all started with the Cowboys trailing by three touchdowns and facing a 3rd and 13 situation late in the third quarter.
With his back against the wall, true freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels stepped up and made a play – a play, though it didn’t seem feasible at the time, which may have saved Wyoming’s season.
Carta-Samuels hit Zach Bolger on a 31 yard pass to keep the drive alive, and then he found true freshman tight end David Tooley on a 28 yard strike to move the Cowboys into striking distance.
Three plays later, on 3rd and 8 from the San Diego State 10, Carta-Samuels scrambled away from Aztec pressure and took off for the end zone, diving past the goal-line just before he was met by an oncoming defender to score Wyoming’s first touchdown of the game.
With 14:49 remaining in the game, the Cowboys had cut the Aztecs’ lead to 27-13, and a wave of momentum raced across the field.
As their true freshman quarterback intensely ran back up the Wyoming sideline and was mobbed by his teammates, a furious streak of energy raced across the entire Cowboy team.
The Cowboy defense answered promptly, stuffing the Aztecs on three consecutive plays and forcing a punt.
On the next possession, Carta-Samuels navigated the Cowboys back down the field, and with 10:26 remaining, true freshman halfback Alvester Alexander took a handoff and broke into the clear, racing 33 yards for the score.
Somehow, the game which was all-but-decided just minutes prior was now a barnburner – and the drama was just beginning.
Clinging to a seven point lead and trying to run out the clock, San Diego State drove back down the field to the Wyoming 12 yard line before the Cowboys finally slowed the Aztec offense.
Kicker Lane Yoshida was in position for a chip-shot 28 yard field goal to put the Aztecs up by two scores and all-but-clinch the victory with just over five minutes remaining.
Yoshida’s kick, however, was blocked by Cowboy defensive tackle John Fletcher, and as an exuberant Cowboy team erupted on the sidelines, everyone in Qualcomm Stadium began to believe that the improbable was truly unfolding.
\"The blocked field goal was the most pivotal play of the game, because they had a chance to go up by 10,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said. “To scoop up the ball and get great field position, that\'s probably the biggest play of the fourth quarter.\"
Carta-Samuels and the Cowboys took over at the Wyoming 38, and as the Cowboys began to march down the field, “The Magna Carta” began to write a bit of history of his own, leading the biggest drive of his young career with the guile of a polished veteran.
Carta-Samuels, who completed 16 of 22 passes for 246 yards, hit Tooley for 18 yards on 3rd and 12 from midfield, then capped the drive with a thrilling 9 yard strike across the middle to Tooley, tying the game at 27.
“We started making plays,” Christensen said. “When it came time for the fourth quarter, we played extremely well.”
On the ensuing kickoff, the Aztecs fumbled a high Wyoming pooch kick, and when true freshman Kenny Browder recovered the ball, the jubilance of the Cowboy sideline seemed to reverberate all the way from San Diego back to Laramie.
The fumble recovery set Watts up with the most important – and most nerve-wracking – kick of his life.
Facing a 43 yard attempt with 23 second remaining and with one of the most incredible comebacks in recent program history hanging in the balance, Watts stepped up to the ball and sent it flying into the San Diego night.
When the ball soared through the goal-posts and landed softly in the netting, a muffled roar erupted from the corner of Qualcomm Stadium, as Cowboy players and fans alike celebrated in stunned exaltation.
And somehow, some way, the game still wasn’t over.
Quarterback Ryan Lindley led the Aztecs to the Cowboy 45 with six seconds left, enough time for one more play.
Lindley launched one final pass into the chilly San Diego air and the Hail Mary pass fell – for one frozen moment in time - in the hands of an Aztec receiver in the end zone.
The ball slipped out and bounced harmlessly to the turf, sealing what was perhaps the Cowboy comeback of the decade.
Just another Saturday night in San Diego? Hardly.
Email the author: MMorri18@uwyo.edu
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The fourth quarter was a mere formality. The game was all but over, and the Wyoming Cowboys were going to drop their fourth consecutive game.
\r\nA helpless contingent of Cowboy fans who made the trip to San Diego could only watch in dismay as Wyoming’s bowl hopes faded quietly into the realms of a mostly-empty Qualcomm Stadium.
\r\nTrailing 27-6 with just 15 minutes remaining, playing in a venue in which the Cowboys hadn’t been victorious since 1995, and nursing a languid offense which had scored just 16 points in its previous 15 quarters of play, the odds for a Wyoming comeback were slim.
\r\nSan Diego State was just moments away from celebrating a crucial conference victory and moving one win closer to bowl eligibility.
\r\nThe Cowboys were well on their way to a long trip back home, again on the wrong side of another agonizing loss to a conference rival on the road.
\r\nHowever, instead of letting the game slip away, the Cowboys refused to quit, conjuring up a whirlwind of heart and determination in the type of defiant effort which often defines the entire course of a season.
\r\nThe Cowboys (5-5) reeled off a series of clutch plays in the fourth quarter to climb back into the game, with true-freshman walk-on kicker Ian Watts’ 43-yard field goal with 23 seconds remaining capping the implausible 30-27 comeback victory over a stunned Aztec team.
\r\nFor three quarters of play, the Aztecs were almost entirely in control.
\r\nBrandon Sullivan rushed for 105 yards and a pair of touchdowns for San Diego State (4-6), and when halfback Walter Kazee punched in a one yard touchdown to put the Aztecs on top 27-6 with 2:19 remaining in the third quarter, there seemed to be little doubt about the game’s outcome.
\r\nThen, seemingly out of the blue, the Cowboys started scoring. It all started with the Cowboys trailing by three touchdowns and facing a third and 13 situation late in the third quarter.
\r\nWith his back against the wall, true-freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels stepped up and made a play.
\r\nHe hit Zach Bolger on a 31-yard pass to keep the drive alive, and then he found true- freshman tight end David Tooley on a 28-yard strike to move the Cowboys into scoring distance.
\r\nThree plays later, on third and eight from the San Diego State 10, Carta-Samuels scrambled away from Aztec pressure and took off for the end zone, diving past the goal-line for Wyoming’s first touchdown of the game.
\r\nWith 14:49 remaining in the game, the Cowboys had cut the Aztecs’ lead to 27-13, and a wave of momentum raced across the field. The Cowboy defense answered promptly, stuffing the Aztecs on three consecutive plays and forcing a punt.
\r\nOn the next possession, Carta-Samuels navigated the Cowboys back down the field, and with 10:26 remaining, true freshman halfback Alvester Alexander took a handoff and broke into the clear, racing 33 yards for the score.
\r\nSomehow, the game which was all-but-decided just minutes prior was now a barnburner—and the drama was just beginning.
\r\nClinging to a seven point lead and trying to run out the clock, San Diego State drove back down the field to the Wyoming 12-yard line before the Cowboys finally slowed the Aztec offense.
\r\nKicker Lane Yoshida was in position for a chip-shot 28 yard field goal to put the Aztecs up by two scores. Yoshida’s kick, however, was blocked by Cowboy defensive tackle John Fletcher.
\r\n“The blocked field goal was the most pivotal play of the game, because they had a chance to go up by 10,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said. “To scoop up the ball and get great field position, that’s probably the biggest play of the fourth quarter.”
\r\nCarta-Samuels and the Cowboys took over at the Wyoming 38, and as the Cowboys began to march down the field, “The Magna Carta” began to write a bit of history of his own, leading the biggest drive of his young career with the guile of a polished veteran.
\r\nCarta-Samuels, who completed 16 of 22 passes for 246 yards, hit Tooley for 18 yards on third and 12 from midfield, then capped the drive with a thrilling 9-yard strike across the middle to Tooley, tying the game at 27.
\r\n“We started making plays,” Christensen said. “When it came time for the fourth quarter, we played extremely well.”
\r\nOn the ensuing kickoff, the Aztecs fumbled a high Wyoming pooch kick, and when true freshman Kenny Browder recovered the ball.
\r\nThe fumble recovery set Watts up with the most important—and most nerve-wracking—kick of his life.
\r\nWatts hit a 43-yard field goal with 23 seconds left to give the Cowboys a 30-27 lead that they would not surrender.
\r\nWatts and Carta-Samuels each earned MWC player of the week honors for their late game heroics.
\r\nWyoming sits one win away from bowl eligibility with only two games remaining, and next up is BCS buster TCU
\r\nwho is undefeated at 10-0. The Cowboys take on the Horned Frogs at noon Saturday in War Memorial Stadium.
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\r\nWyoming, (4-5 overall, 2-3 MWC) took a shellacking from BYU at home last weekend, 52-0, and will look to rebound and earn their first victory since Oct. 10 before welcoming in top 10 powerhouse TCU next weekend. A 6-7 record is the best the Cowboys can offer to the bowl committee, so wins against San Diego State and Colorado State Thanksgiving weekend will be crucial to postseason hopes.
\r\nSan Diego State also is 4-5 overall and 2-3 in the MWC, and they are coming off a win over New Mexico last weekend. They have Utah and UNLV left on their schedule as win opportunities if they wish to become bowl eligible.
\r\nAlso in his first year as head coach, San Diego State head man Brady Hoke has had similar success to first-year head coach Dave Christensen this season. Both coaches led their teams to conference wins over New Mexico, but both coaches have fallen to Air Force and BYU.
\r\nThough it may not seem like it, the Cowboys are still right there in striking distance of a bowl berth. There are five bowl opportunities for Mountain West teams every year—Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, New Mexico Bowl and Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl. TCU is on pace to earn a BCS bowl bid so there may be a chance for six Mountain West teams to see postseason play this year.
\r\nColorado State and New Mexico are already eliminated from bowl chances, and BYU, Utah, Air Force and TCU have already earned bowl bids, so this weekend’s game between the Cowboys and Aztecs has more implications than it might reveal. If the Cowboys beat the Aztecs and Colorado State in two weeks, even if they fall to TCU, they could still finish fifth in the Mountain West with a 6-6 record. Their fate would be left up to the bowl committee.
\r\nIf the Cowboys want to win on Saturday, their offense will need to improve. In the last three games, they have totaled 10 points with one offensive touchdown, and they have been shut out twice in their last three games.
\r\nChristensen was named offensive coordinator of the year by www.Rivals.com in 2007, but the Cowboy offense has not shown that offensive prowess yet in Laramie.
\r\nWyoming and San Diego State take the field at 8 p.m. Saturday in San Diego. The game will be televised on the Mtn.
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Just one weekend ago, the Wyoming Cowboys stood toe-to-toe for 55 minutes with nationally ranked Utah, falling just short in the fourth quarter. Going against BYU on Saturday, however, the Cowboys never stood a chance.
Max Hall threw for 312 yards and four touchdowns for the No. 25 BYU Cougars (7-2) and completed an astonishing 20 of 22 passes, picking apart a helpless Cowboy defense from the game’s onset in a commanding 52-0 pummeling of Wyoming (4-5).
\r\nIt was BYU’s sixth consecutive victory over Wyoming and, in similar fashion to the Cougars’ previous routs of the Cowboys, the Cougars extended their despotism over Wyoming by dominating every single facet of the game.
\r\n“I think our players responded well [from BYU’s 38-7 loss to No. 4 TCU two weeks ago],” BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall said following the game. “We played a much improved Wyoming team that played everyone, except for a half against (#2 Texas), very closely. We played very clean football and played well from beginning to end.”
\r\nThat would be an understatement. The rout was the Cowboys’ worst margin of defeat since a 59-0 loss to BYU in 1985, and it marked the first time Wyoming was shut out at home in nine years.
\r\nThe game was over almost when it began as Hall found J.J. Di Luigi on a 44-yard touchdown pass just 4:43 into the game on the Cougars’ opening possession, capping a seven play, 80 yard drive on which BYU appeared to be enjoying a Saturday afternoon walk in the park on a beautiful November day in Laramie, not a football game. The game was over before the half with scores including a 79-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to wide BYU receiver McKay Jacobson.
\r\nAt that point, the Cougars held an astonishing 223-12 edge in total offense, and Hall had already amassed 265 yards passing by the end of the first half leaving the Cougars ahead 31-0. Putting up 21 more points on the hapless Cowboys in the second half, BYU finished with a 52-0 win.
\r\nThe crushing loss was enormously disappointing for the Cowboys, who seemed to have plenty of momentum after competing valiantly against a ranked opponent on the road the previous weekend.
\r\nPrior to the game, it seemed a probable scenario that the Cowboys could even notch their first win over a ranked opponent since 2002 by upsetting the Cougars on their home turf.
\r\nInstead, Wyoming turned in perhaps not only its flattest effort of the season, but the entire decade.
\r\n“This is a disappointing performance by our football team. We came out and didn’t compete from the beginning to the end of the game,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said. “It is so uncharacteristic of what this group has done the entire season. I’m searching and don’t have a lot of answers right now.”
\r\nWe’ve competed well, even though we didn’t win every game, but they played hard in those games. This was disappointing how our kids came out.”
\r\nQuarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels threw for 108 yards, but the true freshman was swarmed throughout the game by BYU defenders, repeatedly pressured, sacked, and utterly battered by a physical Cougar defense which simply smothered Wyoming every time it had the ball and overwhelmed the Cowboys’ offensive line.
\r\nThe nightmare of offensive struggles, which has persisted since midway through the 2007 season still confounds Christensen and his program. The loss marked the third time this season the Cowboys have been shutout, and Wyoming has managed just 20 total points in its five losses. It was also a sobering reminder of just how wide the gap between elite programs in the conference, such as BYU, and the Cowboys remain. Wyoming has now been outscored 245-51 in its past six meetings with the Cougars, this one the most lopsided of all.
\r\n“We just have to come back and stay positive,” said Wyoming free safety Chris Prosinski, who led the Cowboys with 16 tackles. “We have three games left in the season and need to bounce back against San Diego State next week.”
\r\n“I can guarantee you that there is no quit in this coaching staff or this football team,” Christensen said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-10 02:27:46','126','Mike Morris','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-10 13:00:00','2009-11-24 07:00:00','','','','0','0','78','wyoming, byu, game, cowboys, ”, cougars, played, season, loss, football, “we, time, yard, ranked, christensen, team, disappointing, win, yards, hall','Just one weekend ago, the Wyoming Cowboys stood toe-to-toe for 55 minutes with nationally ranked Utah, falling just short in the fourth quarter. Going against BYU on Saturday, however, the Cowboys never stood a chance.','0','22','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2204','Different Year, Same Blowout','different-year-same-blowout','','Just one weekend ago, the Wyoming Cowboys stood toe-to-toe for 55 minutes with nationally-ranked Utah, conceding nothing before the #16 Utes ultimately rallied with two late scores in a 22-10 victory.
On Saturday, however, the Cowboys never stood the scantiest of chances.
Max Hall threw for 312 yards and four touchdowns for the #25 BYU Cougars (7-2) and completed an astonishing 20 of 22 passes, picking apart a helpless Cowboy defense from the game’s onset in a commanding 52-0 pummeling of Wyoming (4-5).
It was BYU’s sixth consecutive victory over Wyoming, and, in similar fashion to the Cougars’ previous routs of the Cowboys, the Cougars extended their despotism over Wyoming by dominating every single facet of the game.
“I think our players responded well (from BYU’s 38-7 loss to #4 TCU two weeks ago),” BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall said following the game. “We played a much improved Wyoming team that played everyone, except for a half against (#2 Texas), very closely.”
“We played very clean football and played well from beginning to end.”
That would be an understatement.
The rout was the Cowboys’ worst margin of defeat since a 59-0 loss to BYU in 1985, and it marked the first time Wyoming was shut out at home in nine years.
Hall and the Cougars blew Wyoming completely out of War Memorial Stadium and might as well have run the Pokes halfway to Cheyenne; BYU outgained Wyoming 543 to 225 in total offense, and the Cougars had smothered all doubt about the game’s outcome in little more than in the bat of an eye.
Hall found J.J. Di Luigi on a 44 yard touchdown pass just 4:43 into the game on the Cougars’ opening possession, capping a seven play, 80 yard drive on which BYU appeared to be enjoying a Saturday afternoon walk in the park on a beautiful November day in Laramie, not a football game.
Following a 36 yard Mitch Payne field goal to put the Cougars up 10-0 at the end of the first quarter, BYU unleashed an offensive onslaught of epic proportions, and it didn’t take long for the proverbial Cowboy floodgates to burst wide open in the second quarter.
Hall quickly guided the Cougars on a six play, 37 yard drive, completing three passes on the drive, including a two yard play action touchdown to Manase Tonga, who waltzed into the end zone as if the duo was playing pitch-and-catch in the front yard.
The next time the Cougars touched the football, it resulted in a 79 yard touchdown connection from Hall to McKay Jacobson, who broke free streaking down the sideline and caught a brilliant spiral from Hall in stride for the easy score to put the Cougars up 24-0.
At that point, the Cougars held an astonishing 223-12 edge in total offense, and Hall had already amassed 265 yards passing by the end of the first half; BYU added another score when Tonga cruised 6 yards into the end zone for a touchdown, giving the Cougars a 31-0 lead at the break.
Hall added a fourth touchdown pass midway through the third quarter, hitting Di Luigi on a 15 yard strike to put the Cougars up 45-0.
The crushing loss was enormously disappointing for a Cowboy team which seemed to have plenty of momentum after competing valiantly against a ranked opponent on the road the previous weekend.
Prior to the game, it seemed a probable scenario that the Cowboys could even notch their first win over a ranked opponent since 2002 by upsetting the Cougars on their home turf.
Instead, Wyoming turned in perhaps not only its flattest effort of the season, but the entire decade.
“This is a disappointing performance by our football team. We came out and didn’t compete from the beginning to the end of the game,” Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen said. “It is so uncharacteristic of what this group has done the entire season. I’m searching and don’t have a lot of answers right now.”
“We’ve competed well, even though we didn’t win every game, but they played hard in those games. This was disappointing how our kids came out.”
Quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels threw for 108 yards, but the true freshman was swarmed throughout the game by BYU defenders, repeatedly pressured, sacked, and utterly battered by a physical Cougar defense which simply smothered Wyoming every time it had the ball and utterly overwhelmed the Cowboys’ offensive line.
The nightmare of offensive anemia which has persisted since midway through the 2007 season still is confounding Christensen and his program.
The loss marked the third time this season the Cowboys have been shutout, and Wyoming has managed just 20 total points in its five losses.
It was also a sobering reminder of just how wide the gap between elite programs in the conference, such as BYU, and the Cowboys remains.
Wyoming has now been outscored 245-51 in its past six meetings with the Cougars, this one the most lopsided of all.
“We just have to come back and stay positive,” said Wyoming free safety Chris Prosinski, who led the Cowboys with 16 tackles. “We have three games left in the season and need to bounce back against San Diego State next week.”
“I can guarantee you that there is no quit in this coaching staff or this football team,” Christensen said. “We will put together a game plan for San Diego State and try to get a victory.”
Email the author: MMorri18@uwyo.edu
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\r\nBack on Oct. 10, the Cowboys defeated New Mexico at home. This weekend, BYU will come to town, and the Cowboys will take on their second Utah school in as many weeks.
\r\nThe Border War against CSU is not the only rivalry game on the Cowboys schedule. BYU is a rival, too, and over the past few years, Wyoming has not come out on top. They would like nothing more than to beat BYU at home.
\r\nThe Cougars have won eight of their last nine against the Cowboys. They are 8-3 coming off a bye week since they joined the Mountain West Conference, and they put a 44-0 whooping on the Cowboys last year in Provo.
\r\nWyoming is one-third of the way through the Mountain West powerhouses, after losing in Utah last weekend after a late Carta-Samuels dropped pass turned into an interception, and the Cowboys’ Halloween upset bid fell short with a 22-10 loss.
\r\nThe Cowboys played well though, and after an impressive performance against Utah on the road, they get BYU in Laramie. Wyoming is 3-1 at home this season, and will look to improve on a 2-2 conference record this week with only four games remaining. Bowl hopes are slipping away if the Cowboys cannot win on Saturday, sitting at 4-4 overall. Anything less than a 7-5 finish will not be impressive enough to earn the Cowboys a postseason appearance.
\r\nThat means the Cowboys would have to knock off one of the top teams they have left in the Mountain West along with road wins over CSU and San Diego State, this week against BYU or two weeks from now when TCU comes to town. This week is the week to do it because TCU is downright scary. They are worthy of their Top-10 BCS ranking.
\r\nBYU is still ranked in many of the nation’s Top 25 polls, and after a 38-3 loss to TCU in Provo two weeks ago, they will look to bounce back in Laramie. BYU’s defense is not that of Utah’s or TCU’s as they have allowed a lot of points this year. Wyoming and Carta-Samuels will look to get back on track after two straight conference losses and beat BYU at home for the second time in three years.
\r\nWyoming travels to San Diego State next weekend, before their final home game of the season, when they face TCU on Nov. 21 at War Memorial Stadium.
\r\nThe Wyoming football program landed a pair of tight end recruits to become targets in the new spread offense. The twosome of T.J. Smith of Tulsa, Okla., and David Tooley of Moberly, Miss., will look to bring the Cowboys potential as offensive weapons in the passing game.
\r\nT.J. Smith – Freshman
\r\nSmith played his high school ball at powerhouse Booker T. Washington High School and was named to the 5A All-District III team. The big tight end was an integral piece of Booker T. High’s 2008 Oklahoma 5A State Championship team. Playing the tight end position his senior season, Smith snared 27 passes and rumbled for 444 yards on his way to six touchdowns. As a junior, Smith played wide receiver, where he caught 46 passes for 929 yards, and found the end zone 13 times. The 6-foot-3-inch, 215-pound Smith was an outstanding high school athlete. In addition to excelling on the gridiron, T.J. also stood out on the hardwood as a three-year letterwinner in basketball. Smith comes from a football family; his father played at Northeastern State, and his uncle played Oklahoma State. The tight end was also recruited by the Big XII Conference’s Kansas State.
\r\nDavid Tooley – Freshman
\r\nDuring Tooley’s senior football season, the Cowboy-to-be grabbed 57 balls and gained 921 yards, while scoring seven touchdowns. Tooley’s senior campaign earned him Second Team All-State Class III honors, as well as All-District and All-Area accolades. The 6-foot-5-inch tight end helped lead Moberly High School to a 7-4 record and the Missouri state playoffs.
\r\nTooley also returned kicks for Moberly, racking up 456 yards on 18 kickoffs, and running back punts for a 25.3 yard average per return. Tooley also played defense, where he racked up 54 tackles, and was a three-year letterman in track and field. The tight end was also recruited by Kansas State and Big XII power Missouri.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-04-01 23:50:47','106','Skyler Corcoran','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-04-02 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','75','smith, tight, state, played, tooley, high, yards, school, moberly, big, football, senior, team, booker, missouri, district, season, tooley’s, inch, kansas','The Wyoming football program landed a pair of tight end recruits to become targets in the new spread offense. The twosome of T.J. Smith of Tulsa, Okla., and David Tooley of Moberly, Miss., will look to bring the Cowboys potential as offensive weapons in the passing game. \r\n\r\n','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2207','Cowboy defense hopes for continued success under Christensen','cowboy-defense-hopes-for-continued-success-under-christensen','','Spring Football
\r\nWhen the Joe Glenn era ended at Wyoming last season, defensive coordinator Mike Breske’s era ended with it.
\r\nThe Cowboys had been a top-ranked unit under Breske nearly his whole tenure. When Dave Christensen was hired to take over as head coach, he decided to retain only one coach from the former staff, Marty English. With that, English received a promotion from linebacker’s coach to defensive coordinator.
\r\nMany eyes will be turned to the defense this spring to see if they can pick up where they left off with the 3-4 defensive scheme.
\r\nDefensive Line
\r\nThis could arguably be the best and most experienced unit on the Cowboy roster. Senior All-Conference performers John Fletcher, Mitch Unrein and Fred Givens will anchor the defensive front. Behind the big three are sophomores Marcus Felker and Alex Hays, freshman Dylan Kildahl, senior Mike Neuhaus and sophomore Alex Stover.
Linebackers
\r\nDefensive Coordinator Marty English worked with the linebackers in the previous system and will still specialize in this area. The group will be led by seniors Weston Johnson and Zeb Whipp and sophomores Gabe Knapton and Brian Hendricks. There is plenty of depth at linebacker as Jimmy DeAndrea, Alex Toney, Matt Barella and Bryson Studnicka return. The Cowboys added one outside linebacker’s coach to the staff this year in Mike Fanoga, who may add an extra eye and experience to the unit.
Defensive Backs
\r\nThe secondary could see various changes this spring, and the first will be with new coach Alex Grinch. Wyoming will return one of the top cornerback tandems in the Mountain West Conference with Marcell and Tashaun Gipson. Also in the mix for playing time will be seniors TJ Atwater and Tramaine Brown, as well as junior Keith Lewis and freshman David James. Junior Chris Prosinski will be the focus of the safety corps and junior JaMichael Hall will prepare for his first action. The new coaching staff will add a solid group of freshmen this summer to the unit, but this spring many players will be jockeying for position on the depth chart.
\r\nThe Cowgirl volleyball team did not end their season the way they wanted to last week with a tough loss to BYU Wednesday and another defeat to Utah Friday. They finished 22-10 and 7-9 in the Mountain West Conference.
\r\nThe Cowgirls were bested by the Cougars in a five-set thriller with final scores of 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 16-25, and 9-15.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming could not hold the momentum gained from a two-set lead going into the fourth set as BYU (14-16, 9-7) tied things up at 2-2. The damage had been done as the Cowgirls saw the match slip away with a fifth set loss.
\r\nThere was no answer for Utah two days later on Senior Night as UW succumbed to a tough sweep in their last match of the season by a score of 27-29, 14-25 and 20-25.
\r\nTwo Cowgirls recorded double-doubles against BYU as senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney tallied 10 kills and 12 digs and sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy racked up 10 kills and 11 digs. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester added 11 kills and five blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nSenior outside hitter Stephanie Snow led the Cougars with 15 kills and senior right side hitter Christina Measom added 12 kills and six blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nThe Utes (17-14, 11-5) proved to be too much for Wyoming on Senior Night recording the sweep, 29-27, 25-14 and 25-20.
\r\nWyoming fought hard in the first set before losing a heartbreaker by two points in extra play. They never really regained that intensity from the first set en route to the loss in their final home match of the season.
\r\nIn the final match of their collegiate career, senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney led Wyoming with 12 kills. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester added seven kills and five total blocks and senior setter Barbara Lasic tallied 26 assists and 11 digs in their final match, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nFreshman outside hitter Morgan Odale led the Utes with 12 kills and redshirt junior middle blocker Danielle Killpack added 11 kills and seven blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nUW finished the 2010 season with its first winning record since 2002 and their most conference wins (seven) since 2006. The Cowgirls will graduate four seniors in rightside hitter Dani Bedore, setter Barbara Lasic, outside hitter Lauren Whitney and middle blocker JennaRae Jester.
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The Cowboy and Cowgirl basketball teams started their seasons on positive notes notching home wins over the weekend.
The Cowgirls opened their season on Friday against the University of Denver Pioneers. The game was a hard fought, defensive battle that the Cowgirls eventually won 64-58.
“That’s about as tough of an opener as you want to begin the year,” Cowgirl head coach Joe Legerski told Wyoming Athletics.
','“I thought the game was played extremely well. We talked at halftime that the first four minutes out of the break were very important. We came out with great energy and made a push from a four point to an 11 point lead. It got us into a comfort zone even though Denver made a couple of runs at us, and it really dictates how you want to play defense and what you want to do offensively.”
The stellar play of Cheyenne native Hilary Carlson willed the Cowgirls to victory. Carlson posted a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Carlson was helped by senior guard Aubrey Vandiver, who added 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
Sophomore forward Ashley Sickles came off the bench to add seven points of her own in 13 quality minutes.
UW was outshot by the Pioneers, but their aggressive play ultimately won them the game, shooting 36 free throws to Denver’s 13.
The Cowboys dominated their season opener, beating the Division III Kean University Cougars 92-58 Saturday.
The Cowboys started the game slowly, going down 12-6 early in the game, but the Pokes went on a 21-2 run and never looked back.
The Cowboys were led by senior forward Djibril Thiam, who scored a team-high 18 points while grabbing six rebounds. Junior forward Afam Muojeke played in his first game since a Jan. 20 knee injury forced him to miss the remainder of last season. Muojeke played well, scoring 14 points in just 11 minutes of action.
Making the best of his first career start, sophomore forward Amath M’Baye tied a career-high with 14 points. Sophomore guard Desmar Jackson also contributed to the dominating win, scoring 12 points and grabbing eight boards.
The Cowboys defense limited the Cougars, allowing Kean to shoot only 31 percent from the field while the Cowboys shot 57 percent.
The Cowboys defense forced Kean to commit 18 turnovers and limited their own turnovers to nine.
Email: Tyler Reese
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The Cowgirl volleyball team goes back on the road to take on Texas Christian University and New Mexico this week as they enter the home stretch of their conference schedule.
Wyoming sits in fourth place in the Mountain West Conference with a record of 6-5 and an overall record of 21-6.
','“Every weekend in the Mountain West is a big weekend for us,” head coach Carrie Yerty said. “TCU’s going to be fired up because we beat them at home, and New Mexico has pretty much solidified second place in the conference so far this season. For us to go on the road it would be great to get a split, it would be unbelievable to get a sweep.
“We’re going to focus first on doing what we need to do to take care of TCU,” she said. “We know that the Hester sisters are big forces in the Mountain West and we also have to focus on Christie Hudson.”
Yerty added that the Cowgirls will have to succeed at blocking at the net and blocking on defense, as well as serving aggressively.
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The Cowgirls are currently led by sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy who is averaging 3.29 kills per set and 2.59 digs per set. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester leads the team in blocks with 1.40 per set, according to Wyoming Athletics.
TCU is led by senior outside hitter Irene Hester, with 3.66 kills per set and her sister, junior middle blocker Kristen Hester, who has 0.93 blocks per set, according to TCU Athletics.
Senior outside hitter Lisa Meeter leads New Mexico this season with 3.23 kills per set and junior middle blocker Ashley Rhoades, who is averaging 0.99 kills per set, according to Lobos Athletics.
Thursday’s match at TCU begins at 5:30 p.m. and will be televised on The Mtn. Saturday’s match against New Mexico will begin at 1 p.m.
His eyes immediately lit up, and even if he would have tried his damnedest, it’s unlikely that Darius Terry could have possibly concealed the enormous grin which flashed across his face following the final preseason scrimmage for the University of Wyoming football team.
\r\n“Oh man, I’m ready to go right now. Right now. I’m so excited, I can’t even tell you,” he said.
\r\nAnd while it’s hardly an anomaly to be giddy on the cusp of another autumn of college football, Terry has every reason to feel slightly more feverish about the forthcoming season than most.
\r\nAfter redshirting his freshman season in 2006, Terry spent the past two years backing up two guys whose names are familiar to anyone who has recently taken a glance at the UW football all-time record book: Devin Moore and Wynel
Seldon.
Perhaps the most celebrated and prolific backfield tandem in program history, Moore and Seldon combined to rush for 5,635 yards from 2005-08; Moore became Wyoming’s all-time rushing yardage leader last season, concluding his stellar career with 2,963 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns, including a 1,301 yard season in 2008.
\r\nMeanwhile, buried behind the productivity and consistency of the “Thunder and Lightning” combination of the two stars, Terry received few in-game touches.
\r\nThe junior from Colorado Springs, Colo., carried the ball just 17 times for 42 yards during his first two seasons as an eligible player, spending much more time watching Moore dazzle with his quick feet and blazing speed, and Seldon pound through defenders like a charging bull.
\r\n“I sat back for three years,” Terry said. “It was frustrating for me at times because, of course, you get here and you want to play. It was a long wait, but I’ve learned patience and discipline from the experience.”
\r\nPatience and discipline are, to be certain, excellent virtues to possess in the realm of football, but shouldn’t a team replacing two of its all-time best halfbacks with a player whose career rushing yardage totals 42 yards be just the slightest bit concerned?
\r\nIf Terry’s offseason ascent from relative unknown to potential breakout star is any indication, the Cowboys have nothing to worry about.
\r\nAfter assuming the top position of the depth chart at halfback in the spring, Terry was consequentially elected by his teammates as one of four team captains—the only junior on the team to attain such standing.
\r\nIt was a gesture indicative not only of Terry’s character, but also signifying the team’s own belief that he is indeed the man capable of succeeding the two departed stars and, if it be necessary, carrying the Cowboy offense on his shoulders—a mark of leadership and tireless drive he takes after the man he is trying to replace.
\r\n“I learned a lot about leadership from Devin, and I’d like to do a lot of the things that he did during his time here. Whether it’s taking handoffs, running kickoffs back, whatever, I want to do whatever I can to help this team win games.”
\r\nTerry’s speed and vision should complement head coach Dave Christensen’s new spread offensive scheme soundly, as the former high school track star is shifty enough to break away downfield if given just enough open space to maneuver.
\r\nTerry put some of this ability on display in the preseason, rushing 14 times for 119 yards and a touchdown in the team’s first scrimmage and demonstrating a knack for consistently picking up positive yardage.
\r\nWhile Moore and Seldon were unmistakably prolific over the past few seasons, the rest of the offense struggled so mightily that the two backs were left to shoulder almost all of the offensive load—a strategy which ultimately became all-too predictable, limiting the capacity for Moore and Seldon to break free with defenders almost always keying in on the run with the rest of the offense posing no threat.
\r\nTerry noted that the new spread offense, especially with the addition of dual-threat, mobile quarterbacks in Robert Benjamin and Austin Carta-Samuels, should result in more fluid ball movement and open running lanes. Potential zone-read option formations will keep defenders guessing as to whether the quarterback will keep the ball and scramble, hand it off to a speedy back or throw downfield.
\r\n“I think having [Benjamin and Carta-Samuels], who can take off and run at the quarterback spot, takes a lot of the pressure off the running back because the defense can’t just key on the running game. They’ve got to be aware of the threat of the running quarterback, and that threat can really open up the field for the offense to maneuver.”
\r\nRegardless of the role he will assume on offense this season—a plethora of creative options exist in the spread offense, including lining up as a receiver or potentially even being used in the ever-popular Wildcat formation —Terry will approach his opportunity to be a leader with eagerness, confidence and wisdom, all learned from studying under the tutelage of two of the best to ever don the brown and gold.
\r\n“[Moore and Seldon] are like my big brothers. I still talk to them at least once a week if I can,” Terry said, attributing some of his personal growth as a player to the lessons learned from the departed tandem.
\r\n“I had been with them for three years and they really taught me how to watch film, what to look for in breaking down a defense, helped me with improving my practice habits. They’re just two great guys in general, not just two good football players, but two good people.”
\r\nNow, as he prepares to step onto Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium—finally— as a starter and a leader, Darius Terry runs perhaps not in the daunting shadows of his mentors, but in their footsteps instead as the next great running back at the University of Wyoming. His time, indeed.
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\r\nThe nightmare got a little more terrifying after Moss’ latest performance on Wednesday night in Fort Worth.
\r\nThe junior TCU guard ravaged the Cowboys with 27 points and 10 rebounds–both season highs–helping the Horned Frogs cruise to a commanding 78-60 win.
\r\n','\r\nTCU (10-8, 1-2 MWC) used a 12-2 run at the conclusion of the first half to break open a tight contest, allowing the Horned Frogs to take what would prove to be an indomitable 39-23 lead into the break.
\r\nMoss had a Texas-sized hand in the Horned Frogs’ overwhelming performance.
\r\nA premier performer against the Cowboys throughout his career–Moss had scored in double figures in three of his previous four contests against Wyoming, playing a crucial role in each of TCU’s 3 victories during that span – Moss took things to another level on Wednesday.
\r\nMoss poured on the points, shooting 9-17 from the field and knocking down six shots from beyond the arc, and the 6’2” guard showcased every bit of his athleticism against the Cowboys, creating matchup problems all over the court and concluding the evening as the game’s leading rebounder.
\r\nWhen the Ronnie Moss highlight show wasn’t dazzling the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, it was a slew of other Horned Frogs who stepped up to pave the way.
\r\nForward Carlon Green dropped 16 points in his best conference performance to date, and Nikola Cerina, Amric Fields, and Greg Hill all were in double figures with 10 points each.
\r\nIt was a disappointing performance from the Cowboys (8-9, 1-1 MWC), who were coming off their biggest victory of the season – a 67-66 thriller over New Mexico after Francisco Cruz’s buzzer beater nipped the Lobos.
\r\nThere would be no heroics this time, as a dismal outside shooting performance doomed Wyoming.
\r\nThe Cowboys hit just four of 18 attempts from beyond the three-point arc, compared to the Horned Frogs’ sharpshooting 10-21 performance.
\r\nCruz led Wyoming with 16 points, and Amath M’Baye added 13, but Wyoming simply could not establish any offensive rhythm against TCU–a poor showing which was due in part to the injury bug which has plagued Wyoming all season.
\r\nSenior forward Djibril Thiam did not make the trip due to a nagging turf toe injury, and junior guard JayDee Luster did not travel either as a result of a hip pointer injury he aggravated in practice this week.
\r\nJunior forward Adam Waddell, who has been hampered all season with an Achilles injury, showed signs of brilliance against New Mexico on Saturday, scoring 16 points and pulling down eight rebounds in just 23 minutes of play.
\r\nWaddell’s effectiveness was limited against the Horned Frogs, though, as the ankle flared up again during the week and slowed the Cowboys’ big man down.
\r\nWyoming took perhaps an even more disheartening shot on Wednesday when it learned that junior guard Afam Muojeke will miss the remainder of the season due to severe knee injury which also ended his 2009-10 campaign and has lingered ever sence.
\r\nMuojeke had been severely slowed by the injury whenever he was able to make it onto the court this season, but he apparently reinjured the same knee
\r\nSources indicated that Muojeke will likely undergo surgery next week.
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As the ball careened off the rim once, and then again, hope faded to an imperceptible glimmer for Wyoming, and it appeared all but certain that the Cowboys and fourth-year head coach Heath Schroyer would once again come up heartbreakingly short in a crucial conference game against a top opponent.
Sophomore wing Daylen Harrison grabbed a rebound and fired a desperation heave from the corner in the game’s dwindling moments, but Harrison’s shot clanged off the side of the rim and - for the briefest of moments - the ball hovered over the court like an errant balloon.
A forest of arms rose up under the hoop, and the Arena-Auditorium trembled under the tension of the baited breaths of 4,404 people as the clock ticked down to :01.
With a sea of tumult thrashing about around him, Francisco Cruz grabbed the loose ball and - falling backwards - threw up one final prayer.
The buzzer sounded. The net rippled. A celebration of brown and gold erupted.
And a team’s entire season – and identity - may have undergone a complete transformation in the blink of an eye.
Cruz’s floater over the outstretched arm of New Mexico forward Alex Kirk proved to be the clincher in Wyoming’s 67-66 win over the Lobos on Saturday—ending a thriller of white-knuckle proportions which was anything but just another conference game for the Cowboys.
“It was a big win for our program and our team, and it was great for our kids,” Schroyer said in his press conference following the game.
Photo: DJ Bowman
“New Mexico is an unbelievable program with outstanding players and coaches. For us to get a win over a quality program like this is a big step in the right direction for our team.”
In a season which has been – in its young lifespan – tumultuous at best, and often thoroughly disappointing, Wyoming (8-8, 1-1 MWC) finally played to its potential and put together the signature win it has been searching for – and perhaps the very win Schroyer has been searching for throughout the past four seasons.
Hampered by nagging injuries to two of its top contributors – juniors Afam Muojeke and Adam Waddell – Wyoming had looked shaky in its first 15 contests of its 2010-11 campaign, as inconsistency and youth plagued the team in disappointing non-conference setbacks to Northern Colorado, North Florida, South Dakota, UC Irvine, and Wisconsin-Green Bay.
The memories of a dismal 2009-10 season began to resurface after Wyoming blew a 13-point first half lead in its conference opener at rival Colorado State, as the Rams outscored the Cowboys 36-21 in the second half and ultimately put Wyoming away by a 73-60 margin.
Against New Mexico on Saturday, however, the Cowboys stood toe-to-toe with a formidable, 12 win team, conceding nothing to the defending conference champions.
Wyoming shot the ball well, hitting on 52.4 percent of its shots, and the Cowboys kept pace with the heavily favored Lobos thanks largely to two gutsy bench performances.
Harrison – who had struggled noticeably from the field in recent performances and did not see action against CSU - had a career afternoon, scoring 17 points on 6-7 shooting and pulling down four crucial rebounds.
“I thought Daylen was spectacular,” Schroyer said. “This was the Daylen we thought he could be. He was aggressive, and made the most of his opportunities today.”
Perhaps even more critical – and encouraging for the rest of the season – was the stellar performance from Waddell.
The 6’10 big man has been hobbled by an Achilles injury dating back to last season – missing a good portion of the nonconference season – but on Saturday he showed up in dominant fashion, even if his health still is not at 100 percent.
Waddell came through with 16 points, eight rebounds, and a pair of blocks in just 23 minutes of action – an impressive performance, which gives renewed optimism to Wyoming’s inside game if Waddell’s health continues to improve over the course of the season.
“We had no post that could guard Waddell,” New Mexico head coach Steve Alford said.
“Waddell did a heck of a job.”
“To have a healthy Adam Waddell, it really makes a difference,” Schroyer added.
Still, despite the efforts of Harrison, Waddell, and Desmar Jackson, who added 15 points of his own, it appeared as though it would be all for naught for the Cowboys when senior Lobo guard Dairese Gary, who led New Mexico with 24 points, sank two free throws to give the Lobos a 66-65 lead in the game’s waning moments.
A year ago in Laramie, UW went the distance with a leviathan New Mexico squad which finished the season 30-5, only to falter in the game’s closing moments and lose a 70-68 heartbreaker.
The Cowboys never recovered from the loss, struggling throughout the rest of the season and finishing with a 3-13 conference mark.
This year was different though, and only time will tell just how significant of a win it was.
The Cowboys ended their season with a loss to the Air Force Falcons on Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas. In the No. 8 vs. No. 9 play-in game, the No. 9 seeded Falcons controlled the game for most of the way, defeating the No. 8 Cowboys for the second time this year, 59-40.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming (10-20) was back in Las Vegas after dropping a 74-56 loss to UNLV on Saturday at the Thomas and Mack Center. With their only prospect of postseason play being an improbable conference tournament run, the Cowboys were just looking to move to the next round as they took the court against Air Force (9-21). The teams had split the season series 1-1, with Air Force earning its only conference win all season against the Cowboys, while Wyoming had just beaten Air Force 59-49 on March 2.
\r\nThe game was within reach for Wyoming as they kept the game within single digits until a late second half run by the Falcons put it away. The run ended with a backdoor pass from point guard Todd Fletcher to Michael Lyons, who finished with a dunk and sealed the win for the Falcons.
\r\nWyoming was led by freshman guard Desmar Jackson, who had 18 points and five rebounds, while Adam Waddell had 12 points and four rebounds. For Air Force, senior Grant Parker finished with 15 points and three rebounds leading his team in the paint.
\r\nPoint guard, floor leader and team captain JayDee Luster was unable to play for the Cowboys as he was limited by injury for the later part of the year.
\r\nJackson ran the team from point guard for most of the game, playing 39 minutes, but the Cowboys fell behind early in the first half when they were plagued by turnovers, giving the ball away four times in the first four minutes.
\r\nThe Falcons finished with 17 points off of Cowboy turnovers, and they controlled the game for most of the way. Their dribble penetration created open looks for shooters and they maintained their lead by knocking down threes. The Falcons finished 7-21 from behind the arc.
\r\nAir Force will move on to play No. 1 seed New Mexico, who is 28-3 on the year. The Falcons played the Lobos to a close 59-56 loss on Feb. 20, but the Lobos are looking to earn a high seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament and hope a strong performance in Vegas will impress the selection committee.
\r\nAfter a season plagued by injury and several instances of players quitting, the Cowboys and their young team will hope to get better next year. Afam Muojeke will return after season-ending knee surgery earlier in the year, and Desmar Jackson, who garnered the only postseason MWC all-conference award, winning third-team all-conference, will be some of the players the Cowboys will look for improvement in next year.
\r\n
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The Cowboy and Cowgirl basketball teams tip off the regular season this weekend in the Arena-Auditorium.
The Cowgirls will square off against the Denver University Pioneers Friday at 7 p.m. Coming off an impressive defensive showing in their exhibition game, the Cowgirls will look to continue to play well at both ends of the court. UW is led by senior guard Aubrey Vandiver, who tallied 15 points and eight rebounds in 28 minutes against Colorado Christian. Senior forwards Hilary Carlson and Jade Kennedy both expect to be contributors this season, and scored 14 and 10 points respectively in the exhibition game. Sophomore Chaundra Sewell also played well against CCU, scoring 14 points and grabbing nine rebounds off the bench.
','The Cowgirls will need to put the offensive pressure on the Pioneers, who allowed only 21 points in their exhibition game against Regis University.
The Cowboys tip off their regular season on Saturday at 8 p.m. against the Kean University Cougars.
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The Cowboys start their regular season after an impressive showing last Saturday against Peru State, putting up triple digits in a 100-55 victory.
Sophomore guard Desmar Jackson looks to build on his freshman season. He is off to another fast start, leading the Cowboys in scoring with 20 points against Peru State. Fellow sophomore Amath M’Baye threw in 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Newcomers Francisco Cruz and Joe Hudson will look to contribute immediately. Junior forward Afam Muojeke hopes to rebound from a season-ending knee surgery a year ago and return to his award-winning form.
The Cougars are led by senior forward Jonathan Jones, who led the team in scoring a year ago. One key advantage the Cowboys will have over the Cougars is height. No player on the Kean roster is taller than 6’7” while the Cowboys have seven players 6’7” or taller.
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\r\n','\r\nWyoming (10-20, 3-13) opens the Mountain West Conference Tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas with a play-in game match-up with the Air Force Falcons (9-20, 1-15) this afternoon at 3 p.m.
\r\nWhile most of the public’s attention this week will be diverted to the tournament campaigns of conference titans New Mexico, BYU, UNLV and San Diego State, the Cowboys simply hope to put together their most proficient and concise basketball of the season.
\r\nFor a young and inexperienced Cowboy crew gaining a little momentum and cultivating as much confidence as possible could be the best possible remedy for a Wyoming team that hopes to put the regular season in the past and start anew in the postseason.
\r\nIt’s “all-in” for Wyoming this time in Las Vegas.
\r\nRound number one pits the Cowboys against the same Falcon team Wyoming defeated one week ago in Laramie, a win that snapped an excruciating eight-game conference losing streak.
\r\nIn that game, Wyoming rallied from a two-point halftime deficit, as senior forward Ryan Dermody hit four clutch three-pointers in the second half to help the Cowboys escape with a 58-49 victory and avoid falling into last place in the MWC standings.
\r\nDjibril Thiam led the Cowboys with 13 points, while emerging true freshmen Desmar Jackson and Daylen Harrison notched 12 and 11 points, respectively.
\r\nThe two teams split the season series, however, as Air Force upset the Cowboys in Colorado Springs on Jan. 30 to snap a 22-game conference losing streak.
\r\nJunior Falcon guard Evan Washington scored a career-high 23 points in Air Force’s 70-63 victory. The Falcons dominated the perimeter, knocking down 11 three-pointers on the afternoon.
\r\nWashington joins senior forward Grant Parker as one of the Falcons’ most prolific playmakers on an offense that has otherwise struggled throughout the season, averaging just 56.7 points a game.
\r\nOver the past eight weeks, Jackson has materialized as the Cowboys’ preeminent offensive threat, earning third-team all-conference honors as a true freshman and giving hope to the program’s future.
\r\nAfter Afam Muojeke, then the second-leading scorer in the MWC, was lost for the season to a left-knee injury on Jan. 20, Jackson stepped into the spotlight for the Cowboys and has showed no signs of looking back.
\r\nIn the wake of Muojeke’s injury, Jackson has averaged 18.5 points a game during an 11-game tear, asserting himself as an emerging star for the future in the MWC landscape.
\r\nTournament No. 1 seed New Mexico (28-3) will look to bolster its already stellar NCAA tournament resume by running the table this week.
\r\nLed by MWC player of the year Darington Hobson, a MWC tournament championship could send the Lobos’ stock sky-rocketing even higher, as New Mexico eyes a potential No. 2 seed in the Big Dance.
\r\nThe Lobos, ranked No. 8 nationally at the conclusion of the regular season, will await the winner of the Wyoming/Air Force play-in game at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
\r\nShould the Cowboys advance past Air Force, it will set up an interesting match-up between Wyoming and one of the hottest teams in the country.
\r\nThe Cowboys pushed New Mexico to the brink in Laramie on Jan. 16, as Wyoming had multiple chances to tie the game in the final minute of play before the Lobos ultimately escaped with a 70-68 victory.
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The Cowboys are led by talented junior forward Afam Muojeke, sophomore guard Desmar Jackson, as well as junior center Adam Waddell, senior forward Djibril Thiam and junior point guard JayDee Luster. Muojeke and Jackson were the top two scorers on last season’s team.
','“We’re off and rolling. I really like our group,” Cowboy head coach Heath Schroyer said. “We have one senior in Djibril and a redshirt junior in Adam Waddell. We have a great mix of guys with high basketball IQs and a great mix of guys who can really shoot the ball.”
The Cowboys are returning all five starters and return nine letterwinners from a season ago. The pokes were one of the youngest squads in the nation last year and their inexperience showed as the team finished 10- 21 with only three conference victories.
This year the pokes look to regain their composure and prove something in the Mountain West Conference. Wyoming was picked second to last in the preseason rankings, being favored ahead of only the Air Force Academy by voters.
“The guys we brought in are every bit we thought they’d be. We’re excited for the year and excited to see these players mature and hopefully make a big impact in the conference,” Schroyer said.
Regular season play will commence on Nov. 13 against Kean University in Laramie. Other notable nonconference games for the Cowboys include: North Florida on Nov. 18, Western Illinois on Nov. 20 and Missouri on Nov. 23. The game against Missouri is part of the Cancun Challenge held in Cancun, Mexico from Nov. 23 through Nov. 24.
Wyoming will go up against several talented teams this season, including a few that made it to the NCAA Tournament in March: conference foes New Mexico, who fell to Washington in the second round, Brigham Young, who lost to Kansas in the second round, and UNLV, who lost to the Sweet Sixteen team Northern Iowa. Missouri also made the Big Dance and lost to eventual Final Four team West Virginia.
Other postseason teams on Wyoming’s schedule this season include MWC member Colorado State (CBI Tournament), Indiana State (CBI Tournament), Wisconsin-Green Bay (CBI Tournament), South Dakota (CIT Tournament) and Northern Colorado (CIT Tournament).
The Wyoming-Indiana State contest is part of the Mountain West Conference/Missouri Valley Conference Challenge and will be played in Laramie on Dec. 4. This is the only nonconference game that will be televised, airing on The Mtn. Sports Network. All 16 of Wyoming’s conference games will be televised. Wyoming’s conference home opener against New Mexico will be televised on CBS College Sports, as will their home game against Colorado State and road game against Utah. The rest of the conference matchups will be televised on The Mtn. Sports Network.
The longest home stretch for the Cowboys this season will be during nonconference play from Dec. 14 to Dec. 28 when they play Denver, Western State, Centenary College, Wisconsin-Green Bay and Kennesaw State.
The Mountain West Conference Championship will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada beginning March 9 and will also be televised on The Mtn.
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After an eight game skid, the Wyoming Cowboys were finally able to get their third conference win Tuesday night in Laramie. With only two games remaining on a somewhat disappointing season, the Cowboys won 58-49, defeating the Air Force Falcons.
The two low-ranking conference teams battled for the 8 and 9 seeds in the upcoming conference tournament held March 9 through 12 in Las Vegas. The win earned the Cowboys the No. 8 seed and the Falcons take the No. 9 spot.
\r\nLone senior Ryan Dermody put up 12 points on four threes and recorded four rebounds for the Cowboys on senior night. Djibril Thaim led the Cowboys with 13 points, Desmar Jackson had 12 and freshman Daylen Harrison recorded a career high 11.
\r\nWith the win, the Cowboys improve to 10-19 overall and 3-12 in conference. Without a deep conference tournament run, postseason play is out of the question for the Cowboys.
\r\nAfter losing Afam Muojeke back in January the Cowboys knew it would be tough, but when that loss was compounded by the team’s third leading scorer A.J. Davis leaving the team for unspecified reasons, the Cowboys have struggled.
\r\nThe eight game losing streak began around the time Muojeke went down forcing the young Cowboy team to search for leadership on both ends of the floor. Different players have stepped up each night but one leader has not emerged. The Cowboys will look to next season when they can hope to build a core group of starters that can build chemistry on the floor.
\r\nWyoming will finish up the regular season play Saturday in Las Vegas against UNLV while the Falcons will head home to take on San Diego State. The game is at 4 p.m. Saturday in Las Vegas and can be followed live on www.wyomingathletics.com. The Cowboys will be back in Vegas March 11 to attempt to salvage something from their season with a strong showing at the conference tournament.
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\r\nWith his team clinging to a one-point lead on the road and the crowd at the Arena-Auditorium coming to life for the first time of the afternoon, senior TCU guard Edvinas Ruzgas slipped out of traffic and got free in the corner for an open look.
\r\nAs he stepped into an arching jumper from the perimeter, Ruzgas simultaneously drove the proverbial dagger into the hearts of the Wyoming faithful—another painful blow to a Cowboy season which has been anything but memorable over the past few weeks.
\r\n','\r\nRuzgas’ clutch 3-pointer with 2:24 remaining gave the Horned Frogs a 68-64 lead, and TCU slammed the door shut on the Cowboys in the final two minutes, closing on a 11-4 run which secured the Horned Frogs’ 76-68 victory on Saturday.
\r\nCenter Nikola Cerina scored 21 points and pulled down seven rebounds for the Horned Frogs (12-14, 4-7 MWC), and Ronnie Moss chipped in 15 for TCU, team which took the lead with 4:15 remaining in the first half and never ceded it the rest of the game.
\r\n“We made some timely shots,” TCU head coach Jim Christian said. “We took care of the basketball, and then we had a guy in Nikola [Cerina] who could score on top of the basket, which we haven’t had. He’s starting to emerge, and it’s becoming a weapon for us.”
\r\nFor a third time in four meetings between TCU and Wyoming, Ruzgas knocked down a clutch shot late in the game to seal the victory for the Horned Frogs.
\r\nMore importantly, the Cowboys found themselves on the wrong end of the scoreboard for the fifth straight game, falling to 9-16 on the season and 2-9 in the MWC standings.
\r\n“It’s hard to lose, and I hate it as much as anyone, but I told our kids that when you’re young, you have to learn something from every game and work to get better from every experience,” Schroyer said following the game.
\r\nAlthough the Cowboys jumped to a 29-25 lead, a 14-2 TCU run in the final four minutes of the first half put the Horned Frogs in control for the rest of the game. TCU seemed to have the perfect answer to Wyoming every time the Cowboys were close enough to strike.
\r\nTwice during the final five minutes, Wyoming was able to whittle the Horned Frog lead to just two points.
\r\nBoth times, TCU countered with the types of clutch plays that come as a result of experience—something that the underclassmen-fronted Cowboys simply could not compensate for.
\r\nWith just under four minutes to play, the Cowboys trailed just 63-61, and when the Cowboy defense forced an errant 3-point attempt from TCU forward Zvonko Buljan, it appeared as though Wyoming would have a chance to tie the game.
\r\nA rebounding lapse by the Cowboys, however, allowed Moss to sneak under the basket, grab the loose ball and lay the ball up for an easy basket.
\r\nTwo and a half minutes later, it was Ruzgas’ key shot that again pushed Wyoming away from the TCU lead.
\r\nGreg Hill, who had 12 points, knocked down one final 3-pointer with 1:18 remaining to put the game away for the Horned Frogs.
\r\n“We’ve had to really simplify a lot of things defensively just due to experience,” Schroyer said. “When you get into this time of the year, a lot of times you’ve got to make a lot of adjustments on the fly, and we have a hard time doing that. That’s cost us.”
\r\nIn the midst of a stretch where the Cowboys have lost 8 of their last 9 games, Wyoming still found some signs of hope in the strong performances of freshmen Desmar Jackson and Amath M’Baye—players who are only now earning their stripes, but could be forerunners of brighter days in the future.
\r\nJackson scored 22 points, 14 of which came in the second half, pulled down five rebounds and had four assists to lead Wyoming. M’Baye added in 14 points and five rebounds.
\r\nOn a depleted team where leading scorer Afam Muojeke is out for the season with a knee injury, workhorse center Adam Waddell is hobbled by a nagging ankle injury (playing limited minutes against TCU) and key contributor A.J. Davis recently left the program, players like Jackson and M’Baye have asserted themselves as leaders on a young team that is gaining experience for the future of the program with each passing week.
\r\n“It’s a silver lining. These kids will have their day, and this experience that they’re getting is invaluable,” Schroyer said. “When you play [freshmen] Desmar Jackson and Amath and [Arthur Bouedo] and all those guys so much and you go through these lumps, it will pay dividends down the stretch.”
\r\nEveryone wants to win. These kids will have their day.”
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The Cowboys Basketball team played their only exhibition game of the season Saturday night and defeated Regis University 78-60.
“I am very pleased with the way that we played tonight. We have so many new guys out there, and there are things we need to improve on, but I am pleased with our overall performance tonight,” said Wyoming basketball head coach Heath Schroyer. “We had a couple stretches where we had all five of our starters in for an extended period of time and they really geared it up and looked good.”
\r\nThere are definitely a great number of new players among the Cowboys, as eight Cowboys took the floor for the first time against Regis. Junior Rob Watsabaugh, sophomores Arthur Bouedo, JayDee Luster, Thomas Manzano and Boubacar Sylla, as well as freshmen Daylen Harrison, Desmar Jackson and Amath M’Baye all played in their first game for the Cowboys.
\r\nFirst time starters for the Cowboys included point guard JayDee Luster, Boubacar Sylla and Djibril Thaim.
\r\n“We have a great point guard who does a nice job of pushing the ball, which we saw tonight. We need to continue to work on our spacing of the floor around him, as that creates a lot of scoring opportunities,” Schroyer said, referring to the team’s captain, and new floor leader, JayDee Luster, who finished with eight points and 11 assists.
\r\nSylla is a towering 7’2” center and gave the Cowboys some new size inside. “Regis brought some hard matchups for us tonight. It was hard for some of our guys, especially Boubacar [Sylla], who was playing against a guy that was 6’5”,“ Schroyer said. “He had a difficult time keeping them on his back, but it has been a long time since there has been a presence like Bouba in the paint. We will get better at getting him the ball”
\r\nThe Cowboys were led by Thaim, who scored 24 points and was perfect from the field scoring 9 of 9. His career-high last year was 12, but since it was an exhibition game the 24 point showing won’t be recorded as a career high for the junior.
\r\n“I’ve been saying this for a while, Djibril [Thiam] is a prime for a breakout year,” said Schroyer. “He is just so versatile and causes huge matchup problems for opponents.”
\r\nAs for the lone returning starter who played Saturday night, sophomore Afam Muojeke scored 18 points in only 22 minutes. Last year Moujeke broke the Mountain West Conference scoring record for a freshman.
\r\nWith all of the Cowboy fans in town for the highly anticipated and perhaps disappointing BYU game, the attendance for the exhibition game was recorded at over 6,000.
\r\n“I was very excited about the crowd that we had tonight, over 6,000 for an exhibition game is impressive,” said Schroyer.
\r\nThe Cowboys open their regular season against South Dakota State at 7:30 p.m. this Friday in the Arena Auditorium.
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\r\nWith time dwindling in the second half of UNLV’s 78-50 victory over the Wyoming Cowboys—and the game’s outcome already long-decided—Cowboy guard JayDee Luster stepped up with a defender in his face and let a high, arching three-pointer fly from well beyond the arc.
\r\nLuster’s shot, however, fell nearly a foot short of the rim and merely whisked the bottom of the net.
\r\nThat one play provided an adequate synopsis of how most of Wednesday evening’s showdown at the Arena-Auditorium with a top conference foe went for the Cowboys.
\r\nWyoming (9-13) was unable to keep pace with the Rebels (18-4), who jumped out to a 40-27 halftime lead, then opened the second half with a commanding 12-2 run to put the game well out of reach.
\r\nJunior forward Matt Shaw came off the bench and erupted for 16 points to lead the UNLV offensive attack, and junior guard Tre’Von Willis added 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in a strong showing by a Rebels team which was trying to keep pace at the crowded top of the Mountain West Conference standings.
\r\nWith a crucial showdown against conference-frontrunner BYU slated for Saturday which could determine the course of the regular season MWC title, UNLV showed no signs of looking past the Cowboys, leading by as many as 30 points in the second half and hitting 18 more shots from the field than Wyoming did.
\r\nThe Rebels’ depth was clearly on display as well, as the UNLV bench accounted for 36 of the Rebels’ 78 total points.
\r\nThe Rebels, a bubble team for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in ESPN’s most recent Bracketology predictions, took another step toward joining BYU and New Mexico as likely Mountain West teams to make at-large appearances in the Big Dance.
\r\nWyoming, on the other hand, was looking to rebound from a disappointing 70-63 loss at Air Force last Saturday which snapped the Falcons’ 22-game conference losing streak.
\r\nInstead, the Cowboys turned in perhaps their most sluggish performance of the season, shooting just 28.6 percent from the field, committing 14 turnovers, and missing 14 free throws, as Wyoming fell to 2-6 in the MWC standings.
\r\nSenior forward Ryan Dermody came off the bench to lead the Cowboys with 12 points and 7 rebounds in a losing effort, and Desmar Jackson and Amath M’Baye both also came off the bench to score 11 and 10, respectively; the Cowboys’ starting five, however, combined for just 17 points on the evening.
\r\nThe Cowboys have ample reason, however, to shake off the disappointing night and bounce back in a hurry, especially with their conference record reeling.
\r\nWyoming will travel to Ft. Collins to play rival Colorado State on Saturday evening at 7 p.m., and with last month’s sour 83-73 loss to the Rams still lingering in the Cowboys’ memories, there would be no better remedy for this Cowboy malady than a little sweet revenge.
\r\n“The first half of conference play is over,” Wyoming head coach Heath Schroyer said following the game. “We’ve had some challenges, losing Afam [Muojeke] for the rest of the season and having Adam [Waddell] banged up with a variety of injuries. But we have to get the guys that we have available ready to go. Saturday is a rival game, and I believe our guys will respond to the challenge.”
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In the wake of an 81-66 loss at the hands of No. 13 Brigham Young, the Wyoming Cowboys’ season staggered backwards to an uncertain crossroads. Even worse, the Cowboys left Provo in an especially anxious state with an injury to their top scorer, sophomore guard Afam Muojeke.
Freshman guard Tyler Haws led BYU with a career-high 24 points, commanding a Cougar team which was never truly in jeopardy against the Cowboys on Wednesday night.
\r\nThe win propelled the Cougars to a 19-1 record (4-0 MWC), the second-best start in school history, as BYU extended its dominance over the Mountain West Conference—and continued its ascent in the national rankings.
\r\nAfter taking a 41-33 lead into the locker room at the half, the Cougars jumped out to a 15-5 run in the opening 7:35 of the second half, and Wyoming (8-11, 1-4 MWC) was never able to edge back any closer than 10 points throughout the remainder of the game.
\r\nJunior guard Jackson Emery added 15 points for the Cougars, and Jimmer Fredette, the leading scorer in the MWC, chipped in 11 for a BYU team that cracked the 80 point barrier for the 13th time this season.
\r\nMeanwhile, the upset-minded Cowboys took a serious blow to the chin when Muojeke went down with a knee injury midway through the first half after a hard collision with Haws and did not return to the game.
\r\nHead coach Heath Schroyer indicated in the post-game press conference that Muojeke would receive an MRI on Thursday to determine the severity of the injury.
\r\nMuojeke, the Cowboys most prolific offensive play maker throughout the season, had ranked second in the MWC in scoring, averaging 17.9 points a game and was also contributing 4.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists a game.
\r\nSophomore center Adam Waddell rose to the occasion in Muojeke’s absence, leading the Cowboys with 15 points on a 6-10 performance from the field.
\r\nArthur Bouedo scored 13 points, and JayDee Luster added nine, but the Cowboys struggled from the perimeter, especially from the line throughout the evening, hitting just 14 of 26 free throws.
\r\nThe loss was the Cowboys’ third consecutive conference setback since Wyoming’s dramatic come-from-behind victory over San Diego State on Jan. 9, and it leaves the Cowboys in second-to-last place in the conference standings with a 1-4 record.
\r\nNext up for the Cowboys is Utah on Jan. 27. The Utes are coming off a 70-68 home loss to San Diego State and will host Air Force Saturday before coming to Laramie. Utah and Laramie both sit toward the bottom of the early Mountain West rankings. Utah sits one place above Wyoming in third-to-last and Air Force is without win in conference play at 0-4.
\r\nWyoming will have Saturday off to rest, and the Cowboys will look to snap the losing streak and right the course of their season in a crucial matchup against Utah (9-9) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Arena-Auditorium.
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While most students were enjoying their spring break, the Wyoming Cowboy basketball team was wrapping up its season with the Mountain West Conference tournament and post-season play.
On March 12, Wyoming kept alive the now five-year streak of the No. 6 seed upsetting the No. 3 seed in the tournament as they knocked off the University of New Mexico Lobos, 75-67, just one week after falling to the Lobos in their final regular season game.
\r\nAfter being swept by the Lobos in the regular season, Wyoming got the victory when they needed it most in the postseason. Wyoming trailed most of the first half, but caught fire from the field in the second half as they outscored New Mexico 46-34 after halftime. They did most of their damage from behind the 3-point line, as they went 10-for-19 from beyond the arc in the game. Cowboy seniors Brandon Ewing and Sean Ogirri led the way, with Ewing going 4-for-7 and Ogirri shooting 5-for-9 from the 3-point line.
\r\nThe hot-shooting Cowboys were looking to continue their season as they squared off against Utah in the semi-finals. The Cowboys, however, could not find the same shooting touch they displayed against New Mexico and had no answer for Luke Nevill as the Utes rolled into the title game with a 68-55 victory.
\r\nUtah jumped out to a 19-4 lead that essentially sealed the deal for the Utes. The fantastic foursome of scorers in Ewing, Ogirri, Tyson Johnson and Afam Muojeke only managed a combined 37 points; as Ewing and Ogirri were the only two to finish in double figures with 13 and 12, respectively.
\r\nHowever, Nevill, the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, had anything but an off night. The senior played 39 minutes and made 8 of his 12 shots from the field to finish with 23 points. He also dominated defensively in the paint as he pulled down 15 rebounds and blocked four shots.
\r\n“It’s hard to establish a post presence against [Nevill],” Cowboy coach Heath Schroyer said after the game. “When you’re always playing from the perimeter, it’s really tough.”
\r\nWith their regular season and MWC tournament play in the books, it was now up to the selection committee’s of various postseason tournaments to decide if the Cowboys would play again in the 2008-09 season.
\r\nAlthough Wyoming didn’t get the National Invitational Tournament bid they were hoping for, the Cowboys were invited to play in the Second Annual College Basketball Invitational and hosted Northeastern University out of Boston, Mass. March 17.
\r\nThe Pokes attempted to muster as much luck of the Irish as they could on St. Patrick’s Day, but came up just short in the 64-62 loss to end their season.
\r\nLed by none other than Ewing, the Cowboy senior did all he could to lead his team to a victory, but came up two points short. Ewing finished his career scoring the final six points for his team, including a 3-pointer to end the game.
\r\nEwing led all scorers with 22 points, while Muojeke finished with 16 and Adam Waddell had 11.
\r\nThree seniors played their final game in a Wyoming uniform: Ewing, Ogirri and Johnson.
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The buzz was undeniable. Sports writers, commentators, even fellow teammates couldn’t stop talking about it.
Even Afam Muojeke himself couldn’t do much to avoid the hype surrounding his fantastic play this season. Still, with all the fanfare the freshman has generated this year, Muojeke has done his best to stay focused and play well for the sake of his team not for himself. In the end, one could probably say things went well for the 2008-09 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year.
\r\nBut things didn’t start out so easy.
\r\nBorn and raised in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., Muojeke had to deal with a lot of the hardships associated with growing up with what he called “a lot of distractions” in New York. But like many who grew up on the famed street basketball courts in the Big Apple, basketball proved to be his ticket away from those distractions.
\r\nDuring his junior year of high school, Afam enrolled in the basketball powerhouse prep school, Genesis One, in Mendenhall, Miss. Genesis One is known for producing a plethora of Division-I ability, and Muojeke proved to be the next talent in that long tradition as Wyoming coach Heath Schroyer said that Muojeke “has all of the tools to be a fabulous player.”
\r\nAfter averaging just over 22 points in his two seasons in Mississippi, Muojeke chose Wyoming in a long list of Division-I schools.
\r\n“New York is a busy place, but Mississippi and Laramie are spread out and a lot alike,” Muojeke said. “About all there is to do is play basketball and go to school, but that’s a good thing.”
\r\nMuojeke looked every bit the player capable of producing at the college level, but hit another bump in the road when he came down on his knee wrong in one of his first practices as a Cowboy.
\r\n“It was really hard, and a lot of people were telling me how much I could have helped the team [last year],” Muojeke said about his redshirt year. “But Brad Jones really helped me through it, and I’m kind of thankful that it happened.”
\r\nOpposing teams and coaches throughout the MWC likely aren’t so thankful that Muojeke had that extra year to ease his transition to the much faster college game, as the redshirt freshman 11th top scorer in the conference.
\r\nBut Schroyer couldn’t be happier to have Muojeke’s playmaking abilities around for three more years, especially after such a successful freshman campaign.
\r\nJust days before his first career double-double of the season against Air Force in late January, Schroyer sat down with his young phenom and talked to him about becoming a more complete player.
\r\nThe scoring was definitely there, but Schroyer wanted him to “help this team more and have him become a more well-rounded player.”
\r\nHow did Muojeke respond?
\r\nNot only did he notch a double-double in scoring and rebounds, but he proceeded to average nearly 7.5 rebounds a game from that point on, in addition to consistently producing on the offensive end.
\r\n“Afam just continued to get better throughout the year,” Schroyer said. “He’s just a freshman, but such a coachable kid and he really wants to be the best player he can be.”
\r\nThat well-rounded play was noticed by everyone who watched him lead all MWC freshmen in scoring and rebounding as he garnered Freshman of the Year honors.
\r\n“He’s going to be a special player in this league for a long time,” Schroyer said.
\r\nNow Muojeke only has to ponder if the hype that is to come next season will be for Player of the Year.
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Unfortunately for the Cowgirls, the Horned Frogs were too much to handle Wednesday night, giving Wyoming arguably their toughest loss of the season, going down 68-47 to an impressive TCU team.
\r\nSenior guard Aubrey Vandiver gave Wyoming their first lead at 7-6 with a fade away jumper on the baseline before TCU went on a 7-0 run to make the score 13-7. The Cowgirls would take the lead again at 18-17 after a crowd-rousing layup from senior forward Hillary Carlson.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nTCU would eventually end the first half with a 27-24 lead after a last second lay-in by sophomore forward Starr Crawford.
\r\nCrawford led the way for the Horned Frogs in the first half with six points and seven rebounds in just 14 minutes of play.
\r\nVandiver was the star of the first half for Wyoming going 5-8 for 11 points while Carlson added six points and four rebounds.
\r\nWyoming got off to a sluggish start in the second half allowing TCU to expand their lead to 38-26 at the 15:54 mark. TCU’s largest lead of the game was 22 points at the 1:18 mark.
\r\nThe Cowgirls shot a meager 36.5% from the field and senior forward Hillary Carlson had one of her worst outings of the season, going scoreless in the first half.
\r\nSophomore forward Chaundra Sewell was tops for the Cowgirls in points and rebounds with 18 and 9. Vandiver added 16 points for the Cowgirls.
\r\nHead coach Joe Legerski said in his postgame conference that TCU was the best team they’ve played all season and there’s a reason why they won the conference last season. He emphasized the fact that TCU has a very balanced team, seven players had between 6 and 11 points, and is hard to guard collectively.
\r\n“You don’t come into this place and think you are going to have a game like this. They have an excellent team and we were fortunate to play really well,” TCU coach Jeff Mittie said after the game. “You know how tough it is to come up here and leave with a win because [Wyoming] has such a quality team… it feels good.”
\r\nThe Cowgirls head to Salt Lake City to take on Utah squad on Wednesday, January 19th at 3 p.m.
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\r\nTheir other five victories were against Westminster (Utah), Washington State, Montana, Utah State, and New Mexico. They also beat Montana-Western in an exhibition matchup. The Cowgirls’ record currently stands at 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the Mountain West conference.
\r\n','\r\nWith momentum on their side, the Cowgirls continue conference play tonight against the Texas Christian Horned Frogs (10-6, 2-0) in the Arena-Auditorium at 7 p.m.
\r\nThe Cowgirls and Horned Frogs are two of the best teams in the Mountain West Conference so far this season. TCU currently sits at third in MWC standings while Wyoming boasts the top spot. So far TCU has the highest scoring offense in the MWC with 71.1 points per game while Wyoming possesses the best scoring defense allowing only 54.7 points per game. Additionally, both teams rank in the top five in the MWC in most major statistical categories.
\r\nWyoming is led by senior forward Hillary Carlson, who was recently named the MWC Co-Player of the Week and averages 18.5 points per game. Senior guard Aubrey Vandiver leads the team with 9.9 rebounds a game and is second on the team with 17.7 points a game, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nSenior guard Emily Carter leads TCU with 19.7 points per game and senior guard Helena Sverrisdottir is tops on the team with 4.3 assists per game while adding 17.3 points per game, according to TCU Athletics.
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Mike Morris:
The Cowboys picked up their most significant win of the season - and perhaps in recent program history - on Saturday when junior guard Paco Cruz hit a desperation shot at the buzzer to give Wyoming a 67-66 win over a good New Mexico team.
Wyoming had been shakier than a first-time snowboarder on a double black diamond in its first 15 contests, but against New Mexico, the Cowboys finally, finally played to their potential and put together a complete 40 minutes. It was the type of performance which - if the Cowboys can find a way to replicate it - gives reason to believe Wyoming can truly be competitive throughout the remainder of the MWC conference schedule. The intensity and toughness of a returning Adam Waddell was especially reassuring, as Waddell put up 16 and 8 against the Lobos in just 23 minutes, and New Mexico simply had no one who could match up with the 6’10 big man on Saturday.
If Waddell’s health continues to improve and the Cowboys continue to develop chemistry and depth - Daylen Harrison had 17 points off the bench against the Lobos - Wyoming men’s basketball will experience a truly exciting spring for the first time in years.
The status of Afam Muojeke’s injured knee still presides over the team’s post-season aspirations, and Muojeke is still nowhere near being able to channel his capability to be one of the most dominant scorers in the entire conference.
The Cowboys will need to continue to improve and develop over the remainder of the conference schedule and try to lock up a five or a six seed for the conference tournament in March.
If by then Muojeke’s knee has healed enough for him to be an effective scorer, Wyoming will be very much capable of putting together a magical 3-game run in the MWC tourney and, yes, dancing with a little March Madness.
As for the Cowgirls, a stellar 11-3 start - by an experienced squad which seems to improve with each game - has expectations soaring in Laramie.
A conference title, 22 or more wins, and an appearance in the NCAA tournament all seem more and more possible with each passing victory by the Cowgirls.
Zach Greubel:
After the men’s basketball team’s embarrassing loss to Colorado State and before their thrilling victory over New Mexico I thought conference play might be the same as it was last season- atrocious. However, the win against the Lobos may spark new life. Granted, they beat San Diego State at this point last season and still had a miserable season in conference play. On the bright side, junior center Adam Waddell is back from injury, hopefully for good, and gives the Cowboys some leadership on the court. Plus, they did just beat one of the best teams in the conference. We’ll see if the win against New Mexico maintains momentum through their conference season.
The Cowgirl basketball team looks primed for another promising season in conference play. They’ve already beat Colorado State, by 40 points, and New Mexico but have their first big conference test against Texas Christian on Wednesday night. They’re the best team in the conference right now and shouldn’t stray too far from the top of the conference standings throughout the season.
Brad Estes:
The men’s loss to CSU was not encouraging. It reminds me of a team that came up short and couldn’t finish games so many times last year. The buzzer beater New Mexico win is a good win, any win is a good win for the Cowboys. After a non-conference schedule that wouldn’t have scared a high school team, its hard to make predictions for the rest of the year. Losses to teams like South Dakota, North Florida and Green Bay make it difficult to believe that the team can win consistently.
San Diego State and BYU are both impressive teams and ranked in the top 10, and those games might be worth going to see just for that fact. It all depends on how many times the Cowboys decide to show up and play like they did against New Mexico. The losses are more telling than the wins so far, and until the wins start to add up a little more, I will wait to call them even a fifth place finish in the conference.
The Cowgirls are playing well and are coached well, so they will be at the top of the conference all year. Forty point victories over conference opponents are always encouraging. A win against TCU at home tomorrow night would also be big. As a young team, the only thing to be worried about would be consistency late in the year, but so far the Cowgirls have been just that.
Tom Hesse:
I usually peg the Cowgirls for a team that comes on late in the season but they’ve looked like world beaters in their first two conference games. They should have beaten CSU without question but I didn’t see an 83-43 dismantling in them and their ten-point win in Albuquerque showed a convincing road win that I wouldn’t have looked for in a team that is a little on the young side. The Cowgirls haven’t lost in nearly a month and if they take care of the home court this Wednesday, I think they have a real shot at one of those top three spots in the conference.
I was critical of the Cowboys early in the season and I’m still not sure to make of them. All I know is that Francisco Cruz’s intangibles made him a favorite of mine early in the season and his shot to bury the Lobos has made Cruz my favorite player to watch. If the Cowboys can play half as scrappy as they did against New Mexico for the rest of the season then They have a legitimate claim to the upper half of this conference. That CSU loss still hurts and the MWC is incredibly tough this year but I’m very excited to see this team against UNLV, BYU and SDSU. There are a lot of things to like about this team and they’re still evolving. I’ll optimistically stick them at fifth in the conference with a shot at fourth.
Two bitter Mountain West Conference rivals battling for their post-season lives, the 7,142 people in attendance could practically cut the tension on the court with a knife. In a battle to the bitter end, the Wyoming Cowgirls came up just short in the third-round of the WNIT to BYU, 67-63, at the Arena-Auditorium Thursday night.
\r\nWyoming (21-12) got off to a slow start, while BYU (23-9) came out red hot. It wasn’t until the 10:40 mark of the first half when the Wyoming took its first lead. Hillary Carlson hit a layup making the score 16-14. The Cowgirls lead increased to 19-14 after a Jade Kennedy three-pointer, which capped off an 8-0 run.
\r\n','\r\nThe Cowgirls built a 26-18 lead, but BYU silenced the deafening crowd with a 14-0 run to seize momentum. Emma Langford stopped the bleeding with a driving shot in the lane to cut the Cougar deficit to 32-28. BYU eventually took a 34-32 lead into the locker room. The Cougars were 6 of 8 from beyond the arc in the first half; Coriann Wood went 4-for-4 shooting the three and had 15 points at the break. Carlson had 12 for Wyoming.
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The Cougars would come out fast in the second half and opened a 10 point, 48-38 lead, and the crowd again was silent, well, for the moment. Wyoming countered with a 7-0 run to get within three and the Dome of Doom roared.
\r\nHowever, BYU came back with a 5 straight of its own to take a 53-45 lead with 10 minutes remaining.
\r\nWyoming head coach Joe Legerski called upon Aubrey Vandiver to step up. The redshirt junior scored the Cowgirls next seven points, but her team still trailed 57-52 with just under six minutes remaining. After each team traded 3-pointers, Carlson cut the deficit to 60-57 with two free throws. Vandiver hit two free throws at the two minute mark to cut the Cougar lead to one. Kristen Scheffler tied it at 60 with 90 seconds to play. On the ensuing BYU possession, Haley Hall scored her fourth point off a driving layup to give the Cougars the lead back with just over a minute to play. Jazmine Foreman later laid in an offensive rebound to give BYU a 64-60 lead. Vandiver cut the deficit in half on a layup with 18 seconds left.
\r\nWood missed the front end of a one-and-one and Vandiver took the ball coast-to-coast and drove the lane and drew the foul, but only made 1 of 2 from the charity-stripe. BYU closed the game out with three free throws to end the Cowgirls season.
\r\nThe home crowd stayed and gave the Cowgirls a much deserved standing ovation on what was a great season. Wyoming will return its entire roster for next year, so the future indeed looks bright for the Cowgirls.
\r\n“We had a really good season and we consistently improved throughout the season,” Vandiver said. “That game was a lot of fun. It was exciting and we fought back. Overall it was a really good season.”
\r\n“They [BYU] shot really well tonight,” Langford said. “Every time we got it down to two points, they would find a way to come down and get another basket and keep that lead; we fought hard and they played better tonight.”
\r\nVandiver had game highs of 20 points and 11 rebounds for another double-double. Carlson and Langford followed with 18 and 15 points each. The Cowgirls shot 40 percent and was 17 of 21 from the free-throw line (.81).
\r\n“I think Wyoming is a very good team, they are very classy and give credit to their crowd, they were awesome, what a great atmosphere for my teams,” Cougar head coach Jeff Judkins said.
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The Cowgirl basketball team will work to better their record with six home games and two conference games over Christmas break.
\r\nTheir home slate begins Saturday, when they will host the University of Idaho Vandals at 12 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium. They host three more games, Westminster (Utah) on Dec. 11, Wisconsin on Dec. 15 and Washington State on Dec. 18 before taking a two-game road trip. The Dec. 15 tilt between the Badgers and Cowgirls will be a televised on the The Mtn. Sports Network—a rematch of the 2007 WNIT championship game played at the Arena-Auditorium in front of a sold-out crowd, which the Cowgirls won convincingly, 72-56.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nThe Cowgirls will then head to Missoula, Montana on Dec. 21, to face off against the Montana Grizzlies and will continue on to Logan, Utah to play the Utah State Aggies Dec. 23 before taking a week off, when players will head home for the holiday.
\r\nAn exhibition in Rock Springs, head coach Joe Legerski’s hometown, against Montana-Western will mark the post-Christmas return of the Cowgirls Dec. 30.
\r\nThe New Year brings the beginning of conference play for the Cowgirls, as they will host CSU on Jan. 5 and travel to New Mexico on Jan. 8.
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It was a tight game that came down to the final minutes, but the Wyoming Cowgirls didn’t make the plays down the stretch, and the San Diego State Aztecs beat the Cowgirls 60-51, in the second round of the 2010 Conoco Mountain West Conference Tournament Wednesday night.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nComing into the game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev., UW coach Joe Legerski stressed that offensive rebounding was his biggest concern when it came to beating the Aztecs. The Cowgirls did just that, dominating the offensive rebounding battle 23-12 and outrebounded San Diego State 43-37 overall. There was just one problem; the intense rebounding effort didn’t result in enough points. Wyoming had good looks, but the shots didn’t fall tonight, as the Cowgirls only shot 30 percent, which included 20 percent from beyond the arc (4 of 20) and 58 percent at the free-throw line (7 of 12).\r\n
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Hillary Carlson carried her team for most of the night and had 17 of her game high 25 points in the first half. She also did her part on the glass with a game high of 18 rebounds.
\r\n“I thought Hillary Carlson was just huge tonight,” Legerski said. “[She] literally kept us in the basketball game; had 17 at the half, 25 total, eight offensive rebounds, and played 39 minutes. I tried to give her a break, but when she’s carrying the load tonight, it was very important to keep her in the basketball game.”
\r\nJade Kennedy hit a big three-pointer to give the Cowgirls a 49-48 lead with four minutes remaining.
\r\nHowever, in the final four minutes, Kennedy and Kristen Scheffler missed wide-open treys and Carlson missed the front end of a one-and-one. The Aztecs wilted away any hope of a Cowgirl victory by scoring 12 of the last 14 points for the final margin.
\r\n“I think we had our opportunities,” Carlson said. “I had a couple free-throws ahead of me. They didn’t go in. Kristen [Scheffler] had an open three that just didn’t go in. The defense, you know, they always make it tough. Those were the shots that we needed too. Make the play, stay in the game. They just didn’t go in for us; credit San Diego State for playing good D [defense].”
\r\nKennedy and Aubrey Vandiver had eight points apiece, while Vandiver also pulled down 11 boards.
\r\nQuenese Davis led the Aztecs with 16 points. Coco Davis, Paris Johnson and Jessika Bradley recorded 14, 13 and 11 points respectively. Johnson also had a team high 12 rebounds.
\r\nWyoming (19-11) will find out Monday if they’re one of the 128 teams selected for post-season play. If selected, the likely destination for the Cowgirls will be the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. This year, the WNIT expanded its field to 64 teams. The Cowgirls last participated in the WNIT in 2007 when they won the tournament championship over the Wisconsin Badgers 72-56.
\r\n“I talked to this group. I think they’re deserving of a post-season bid, but we’re not on the committee to make that decision,” Legerski said. “This is one of the best groups I’ve been associated with. They put up big numbers; 19 wins is an amazing season. Hopefully, we have a chance to still play, but I’m not going to lose sleep over it or worry about it. We’re going to go home and take a few days off and get back into school, then we wait and see what happens. And if it does, we’ll get right back after it and be ready to play.”
\r\nSan Diego State (19-10) advances to play the BYU Cougars on Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center at 3:30 p.m., in Las Vegas.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-12 00:33:20','104','Bobby Abplanalp','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-12 00:33:10','2010-03-25 07:00:00','','','','0','0','57','cowgirls, game, points, ”, didn’t, play, minutes, aztecs, “i, state, final, diego, san, carlson, rebounding, legerski, percent, tournament, offensive, season','It was a tight game that came down to the final minutes, but the Wyoming Cowgirls didn’t make the plays down the stretch, and the San Diego State Aztecs beat the Cowgirls 60-51, in the second round of the 2010 Conoco Mountain West Conference Tournament Wednesday night. ','0','24','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2232','Cowgirls fall to No. 15 Rams, look forward to BYU, Utah','cowgirls-fall-to-no-15-rams-look-forward-to-byu-utah','','The Cowgirl basketball team will work to better their record with six home games and two conference games over Christmas break.
','Their home slate begins Saturday, when they will host the University of Idaho Vandals at 12 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium. They host three more games, Westminster (Utah) on Dec. 11, Wisconsin on Dec. 15 and Washington State on Dec. 18 before taking a two-game road trip. The Dec. 15 tilt between the Badgers and Cowgirls will be a televised on the The Mtn. Sports Network—a rematch of the 2007 WNIT championship game played at the Arena-Auditorium in front of a sold-out crowd, which the Cowgirls won convincingly, 72-56.
The Cowgirls will then head to Missoula, Montana on Dec. 21, to face off against the Montana Grizzlies and will continue on to Logan, Utah to play the Utah State Aggies Dec. 23 before taking a week off, when players will head home for the holiday.
An exhibition in Rock Springs, head coach Joe Legerski’s hometown, against Montana-Western will mark the post-Christmas return of the Cowgirls Dec. 30.
The New Year brings the beginning of conference play for the Cowgirls, as they will host CSU on Jan. 5 and travel to New Mexico on Jan. 8.
Jade Kennedy hit a career high six three-pointers and the Wyoming Cowgirls ended the regular-season with a dramatic come-from-behind-win 78-73 over the UNLV Lady Rebels Saturday afternoon in the Arena-Auditorium.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming, (18-10, 9-7 Mountain West Conference) finished tied for fifth place in the MWC standings with New Mexico and will be the No. 6 seed in the 2010 Conoco MWC Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev., which sets up a rematch with tournament host and No. 7 seed UNLV (13-17, 6-10 MWC) tonight.
\r\nThe Cowgirls led 61-48 in the second half and appeared to have the game under control, but then the shots stopped falling, as they went without scoring for three minutes. The offensive drought enabled UNLV to storm back with 13 unanswered points and they ultimately took a 67-63 lead, capping off a 19-2 run.
\r\nWith the UNLV lead cut in half, Kristen Scheffler came off the bench and hit a three-pointer, giving the Cowgirls the lead for good. Clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch sealed the deal for the home team. Wyoming finished the regular season with a home record of 11-2.
\r\nKennedy led the Cowgirls with a career high 23 points on 7 of 10 shooting and was 6 of 9 from downtown. Aubrey Vandiver recorded her 15th double-double of the year with a solid 22 point and 10 rebound performance. Wyoming shot 50 percent from beyond the arc and were 43 percent from the field overall.
\r\n“I thought today’s basketball game had several stars,” UW coach Joe Legerski said in a news release. “Jade Kennedy was unbelievable in the first half, shooting five through seven from beyond the arc and 17 total points. She ended up getting us going. Rebecca Campigli and Chaundra Sewell were two players that gave us a lift off the bench and playing extended minutes. Then, you take a look at Aubrey Vandiver. We’re up three points with 29 seconds and Jade misses her second free throw. Aubrey gets the rebound for a tie up and we get another opportunity. It really changed the way we played defense, but that rebound by her is a player with a big heart and making a play. Her numbers were tremendous with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and it’s to the point you expect that from her. I was happy with the fan turnout today, especially with everything going on today in Laramie. It was nice to see people come out.”
\r\nThe Cowgirls will meet UNLV for the third time this season in the first round of the MWC Tournament tonight at 8 p.m. The two split the season series with each team winning on its home floor.
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The Cowgirls traveled to Northridge, California over Thanksgiving break and returned to Laramie with a little extra weight in their luggage—a tournament championship trophy.
In the first game of the Woodland Hills Holiday Inn Thanksgiving Basketball Classic Friday, the Cowgirls played the Chattanooga Lady Mocs.
Led by the strong play and double-double performance of senior guard Aubrey Vandiver, the Cowgirls were able to escape defeat and head to the championship game against the Wichita State Shockers.
“Aubrey played as good a 40 minutes that I’ve seen from a player,” Cowgirl head coach Joe Legerski told Wyoming Athletics.
“Not only did she have 31 points and 14 rebounds, she had a great defensive performance as well. I thought we came out and executed the game plan from the beginning, hit some shots, which gave us confidence. Chattanooga is a good basketball team. They’ve won their conference several years in a row and made it to postseason. This is a big win for us as a program.”
Vandiver ended the game with a career-high 31 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Hillary Carlson added 10 points and three boards, while Kristen Scheffler chipped in with eight points of her own.
The Cowgirls led by six at halftime, but a Chattanooga comeback capped off by a three-pointer with less than a minute to go tied the game at 65. Vandiver continued her aggressive play, drawing a foul with less than thirty seconds left and hitting the game clinching free throw. Strong defense and a late steal by forward Jade Kennedy allowed Wyoming to hold on for the 66-65 win.
The win led the Cowgirls to the championship game against the Shockers, who defeated host Cal State Northridge to make their way to the championship.
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The Cowgirls fell behind early but were able to ride the strong play of Vandiver and Carlson to an eight-point victory.
Vandiver ended with 13 points and seven rebounds while tournament MVP Carlson finished with 18 points and nine boards. Both were named to the All-Tournament Team. Bec Campigli chipped in 14 points to help the Cowgirls earn the championship.
“It was a tremendous performance against a good Wichita State team,” said Legerski.
“It came down to so many big plays from so many people. We always count on Hillary and Aubrey but I thought Bec (Campigli) gave us a big lift in the first half with 14 points and then the effort by Chaundra Sewell. The group as a whole and which they performed as a whole was a tremendous performance.”
The Cowgirls ended their road trip last night in an 8 p.m. tip-off against UC Irvine in Irvine, California. Look in for results in Wednesday’s edition of The Branding Iron.
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Wyoming (16-10, 7-7 MWC) fell to fifth place, while Utah (18-9, 9-5 MWC), who has won five straight and 6 of its last 7, sits in a second-place tie with BYU. This sets up a MWC showdown between the two in-state rivals Wednesday night in Provo. The Cowgirls have lost two straight and were swept by the Utes for the third straight season, this was only Wyoming’s second home loss of the year.
A back-and-forth defensive battle continued all game, with neither team leading by more than six points. With Utah leading 18-13, the Cowgirls went on a 9-0 run and led 24-22 at the half. The Cowgirls only shot 28 percent in the opening frame, while Utah shot 39 percent.
\r\nUtah took its biggest lead of the second half at 43-38, but the Cowgirls scored eight straight points, four of which were from the free throw line, to regain the lead, 46-43.
\r\nHowever, Wyoming would turn it over on two of its next three possessions and the Utes scored the next five points to take a 48-46 lead they would never surrender.
\r\n“It was a tough loss. We were in it at the end and just didn’t come up with it. It was really a tough loss at home,” Vandiver said. “I hope we get a shot at them [Utah] in the [MWC] tournament so that we can redeem ourselves.”
\r\n“A real difficult loss today,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said. “I knew it was going to be a possession by possession game. We talked going in that [Kalee] Whipple is going to get her points and we just got to make sure we can limit what other people can put on the board today. More importantly, we need to score. When the game was over in Salt Lake, it was the same scenario. That game was 52-47 and today it was 52-48. We have to be able to come up with more points. It was a difficult shooting night for us; we have not had many evenings like that at home. Hopefully we grow from this and get better.”
\r\nWyoming shot only 30 percent from the field, which is a season low at home this year and were just 3 of 17 from beyond the arc.
\r\nCarlson led the Cowgirls with 13 points and Kennedy recorded 12, while Vandiver pulled down a game high 12 rebounds to go along with seven points.
\r\nWhipple led the Utes with a game high 17 points, but was held to just 5 of 19 shooting, Taryn Wicijowski and Badon had 12 and 10 points respectively. Halie Sawyer led her team with 11 rebounds.
\r\n“She [Whipple] is a tremendous player,” Legerski said. “I thought Emma Langford did as good of a job [defensively] as you could possibly ask of her. Holding her 5 of 19, 1 of 7 [three pointers], but to her credit she ended up getting to the free throw line, none bigger than the play she made in the last minute to draw the foul.”
\r\n“Emma did a really great job. The last few times that we’ve played Whipple, she’s lit us up for like 30. I think that’s one of the best jobs we’ve done on Whipple. Emma did a fantastic job,” Vandiver said.
\r\nWyoming will try to finish conference play above .500 when they hit the road for the final time this regular season to take on Air Force at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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\r\nAfter being ousted in the third round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament by conference foe BYU, the Wyoming Cowgirls return to the court with aspirations of a return to the post season.
The Cowgirls compiled a very difficult schedule for their season in hopes of gathering experience for a team that wants to compete at a national level.
','“We put a very aggressive, challenging schedule together for them to compete in,” head coach Joe Legerski said.
The Cowgirls will play at home against Washington State and Wisconsin and on the road against Creighton and the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
The Cowgirls will have a strong idea about their starting line up with their strength coming primarily from senior guard Aubrey Vandiver and senior forward Hillary Carlson. Seniors Randi Richardson and Jade Kennedy round out a very confident group of UW starters.
“Right now we’re still looking for that fifth starter. We’re really good four-on-four but the game’s not played that way,” Legerski said.
The team is currently looking for that last piece from sophomores Ashley Sickles and Brenna Freeze who are both expected to contribute as well as junior Kristen Scheffler, who will be a big contributor if she can return from a back surgery she had last May, according to Legerski.
Carlson and Vandiver lead the way for the Cowgirls in nearly every statistical category, so they will be expected to log some serious minutes this season.
Carlson led the team in points and field goal percentage while Vandiver led the way in minutes, rebounding and steals.
“We (the Cowgirl seniors) try to lead by example and I think everyone on the team is capable of stepping in and filling the roles that we play,” Vandiver said.
UW is currently picked to finish fifth in the conference; a position that Legerski feels is fair.
“We have a lot of great leadership but there’s certainly a drop off in experience after that core group. A lot remains to be seen about this team but we’re confident in our group of players,” Legerski said.
“Our team blends really well, we have a good mix of talent but there will definitely be a period of growing together during the season as we look to see who is going to step up in which spots,” Carlson said.
The Cowgirls will open the season with an exhibition game on Nov. 2 against Colorado Christian University in Laramie. Wyoming’s first regular season game will be played at home against Denver on Nov. 12.
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The Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team will look to bounce back against the Utah Utes Sunday afternoon after a heartbreaking 51-48 road loss to rival BYU.
\r\nThe Cowgirls are currently fifth in the Mountain West Conference standings, while Utah sits in third. A win over the Utes would put the Cowgirls in a tie for third.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming (16-9, 7-6 MWC) has two regular-season games remaining after the contest with Utah—at Air Force and home to play UNLV before heading to Las Vegas, Nev., for the MWC tournament.
\r\nUtah (17-9, 8-5 MWC) will finish at in-state rival BYU and host Colorado State. The Utes come in on a four-game winning streak and victors of 5 of their last 6, led by reigning MWC Player of the Week Kalee Whipple.
\r\n“Utah is playing extremely well right now. Led by Kalee Whipple,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said. “She is definitely a first team all-conference player and she’s had great basketball games against us. She’s a very difficult match-up for us because she can take you inside; she can shoot the ‘three,’ she shoots the ball extremely well on the curls, and we’re going to have to be our very best to just try and slow Kalee down.”
\r\nRoad woes for the Cowgirls continued against the Cougars last Saturday, but Wyoming had an opportunity at the end to win. The Cowgirls led 46-44 with less than five minutes to go, but BYU ended the game on a 7-2 run to steal the win.
\r\n“It’s encouraging that we talk about coming down to the last four minutes and making a play,” Legerski said. “Unfortunately, BYU made the plays in the last two minutes and came away with the victory. We need to step up and shoot the ball better from the free-throw line on the road. You need to execute in every phase of the game on offense and defense. I believe this team has overachieved this season. To go into the year without any seniors and trying to mesh a different group, you go through the issues that any team deals with throughout a season, but I’m very happy with what we’ve done.”
\r\nJunior guard Aubrey Vandiver played a full 40 minutes to pace the Cowgirls with 20 points and 11 rebounds for her 14th double-double of the season, while Emma Langford chipped in 15 points. Both teams played stifling defense, as the Cowgirls were held to 28 percent shooting and BYU was held to 37 percent. The Cowgirls however, left valuable points on the board by only going 17 of 28 from the charity stripe.
\r\n“I think Aubrey [Vandiver] has had a tremendous junior season,” Legerski said. “After sitting out last season, it took her a while just to be able to get her basketball stamina back. Right now she is the only player in the Mountain West Conference that is averaging a double-double in points and rebounds [13 points and 10 rebounds a game] and that is just an unbelievable effort. She is playing on the guard line for us and to be able to rebound the way she does is one of the many reasons why we’ve had a successful season.”
\r\nWyoming will take the hardwood against the Utah Utes at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Arena-Auditorium.
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After scoring only one goal in their first two games, the Cowgirls soccer team found the back of the net five times this weekend picking up W’s against the University at Buffalo and the University of Idaho.
The Cowgirls opened the weekend by trouncing the Buffalo Bulls 3-0. Liz O’Reilly opened up the offensive flood gates early in the second half by finishing on a pass from Cassie Sheffield.
Katie Amsberry continued the point production with a goal from 20 yards out with a breakaway goal in the 70th minute. The Cowgirls wrapped up their day with a late goal from forward Ellen McCormick.
\"I am pleased with our effort, and the three goals we scored were all excellent finishes,\" head coach Danny Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics.
On Sunday, the Cowgirls brought the intensity to the net once more, netting two goals in a 2-0 victory over the Idaho Vandals.
The Cowgirls waited until after the half to make their statement on the scoreboard. Nahiomy Ortiz and Sheffield provided the offense with a goal each securing the Cowgirls weekend home stand.
\"I think all five of our defenders played really well and we were able to limit their offensive chances which was the key for us,\" Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics.
The Cowgirls’ depth at goalie was on display as they started Meagan Burke against Buffalo and Courtney Merkle against Idaho. The sophomores each had one save in their games.
Aggressive offense will once again be the key on Thursday when the Cowgirls face Colorado College in Laramie. \"We will enjoy this, but get ready for Colorado College on Thursday who is an NCAA tournament quality team,” Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics.
The Cowgirls will kick off against Colorado College at 4 p.m. on Thursday at the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex in Laramie.
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\r\nThe tired, distraught glances on the faces of Wyoming freshman Desmar Jackson and junior Djibril Thiam following the Cowboys’ 85-63 loss to No. 14 BYU on Saturday exemplified the agonizing past month of basketball for the Cowboy team.
\r\n','\r\nFor over 30 minutes, a Cowboy team driven almost entirely by underclassmen, kept pace with one of the premier teams in the nation, flustering the high-octane Cougar offense into a lackluster shooting performance and keeping within striking distance of BYU until late in the second half.
\r\nYet, when the Cougars’ myriad of experience and talent finally took precedence down the homestretch and BYU (25-3, 10-2 MWC) closed on a 26-12 run, Wyoming (9-18, 2-11 MWC) was left once again staring at an all-too familiar, frustrating result —the Cowboys’ 11th consecutive loss to BYU, and Wyoming’s seventh straight loss this season.
\r\n“It’s really tough,” Thiam said. “You lose game-after-game. At one point, you just ask yourself what you do wrong. You know, you lose at home, you lose away, and we just keep trying to learn from our mistakes. Some of them keep coming back.”
\r\nThe Cowboys hung closer than most had anticipated on Saturday, but it was once again a case of a young unit, which showed resplendent signs of promise for the future but was simply overmatched in the present.
\r\nPrior to Wyoming’s first meeting with BYU on Jan. 20, the Cowboys appeared to be on the verge of pulling together as a young, competitive team capable of testing even the most formidable waters of the Mountain West Conference.
\r\nIt was on that Wednesday night in Provo, however, when Afam Muojeke, the second-leading scorer in the conference, went down with a season-ending knee injury in an 81-66 loss.
\r\nIn the wake of that night, the team has been blasted by a whirlwind of adversity.
\r\nGuard A.J. Davis left the program in early February, second-leading scorer Adam Waddell has been hobbled with an ankle injury and the Cowboys have won just one game since then, trying to establish a team identity with a number of young reserves being thrust into the spotlight.
\r\nThe Cowboys overcame an early 10-0 deficit, a stretch where Wyoming was scoreless in the game’s first six minutes, and kept pace with the Cougars for much of the afternoon.
\r\nTwo minutes into the second half, Waddell knocked down a mid-range jumper to bring the Cowboys within 42-35, the closest margin Wyoming would be able to narrow for the rest of the game.
\r\nOn the other end, however, BYU star guard Jimmer Fredette, the conference’s leading scorer, knocked down a key three to extend the Cougars’ margin back to double digits; Fredette finished with 22 points.
\r\nThe two teams traded possessions and baskets for the next six minutes until Wyoming, once again, opened the door for a potential major upset.
\r\nCowboy senior forward Ryan Dermody stepped up and hit a clutch three with 10:45 to go to pull the Cowboys within 59-51, and as the 5,154 in attendance at the Arena-Auditorium came to life for the first time of the afternoon, it appeared as though Wyoming was rallying in the face of its sternest competition of the season.
\r\nOn the other end of the floor, however, it was the Cougars who emphatically rose to the occasion, just as top teams are expected to do.
\r\nSenior Jonathan Tavernari got free off a screen in the corner and buried an open jumper from behind the arc with 10:09 to go, once again putting the Cougars back on top by double digits, and effectively extinguishing the upset flames of the Cowboys.
\r\nTavernari was once again a piercing thorn in the Cowboys’ side, as he has been throughout the past few years in the rivalry, knocking down clutch shot after clutch shot and finishing with 17 points off the bench.
\r\n“I thought JT [Tavernari] played one of his smartest games of the season as far as offensively picking spots and when to dribble the ball up,” BYU head coach Dave Rose said. “He’s playing with a lot of confidence and playing to win.”
\r\nFreshman guard Tyler Haws added 22 points for the Cougars. BYU has a pair of home games next week with San Diego State (20-7, 9-4 MWC) and No. 15 New Mexico (25-3, 11-2), which should decide the fate of the Mountain West Conference regular season title.
\r\nMeanwhile, despite the loss, there were a number of reassuring signs for the Cowboys.
\r\nJackson, who came into the game averaging 16.7 points a game in his previous seven, continued his emergence as a star of the future for the Cowboy program, scoring a career high 26 points and knocking down 4 of 5 shots from beyond the 3-point arc.
\r\n“Dez [Jackson] was really good tonight,” Wyoming head coach Heath Schroyer said. “He is proving that he is going to be a force to be reckoned with in this league. Dez has worked a lot on his perimeter shot to go with his ability to get to the basket. The credit goes to him for his hard work.”
\r\nWaddell looked healthier and more athletically capable than he has been since aggravating an ankle injury on Jan. 27, and Thiam was stout inside as well, contributing 12 points and seven rebounds.
\r\n“We have a week off before our next game [Saturday at Utah], and I think the rest will be good for several of our players who had injuries they’ve been playing with,” Schroyer said.
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\r\nThe Wyoming Cowgirls never trailed and moved ahead of the New Mexico Lobos in the Mountain West Conference standings with a convincing 78-55 victory last night at the Arena-Auditorium.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming (16-8, 7-5 MWC) sit in a 3rd-place tie with San Diego State, while New Mexico (14-10, 6-6 MWC) falls to fourth. The Cowgirls avenged a 74-61 loss to the Lobos back on Jan. 16.
\r\nThe Cowgirls opened the game up on a 7-0 run, sparked by five quick points from Aubrey Vandiver and the Cowgirls led by as many as 11. Wyoming went five-for-11 from three-point land in the first half and shot 50 percent overall in the opening frame. However, the Lobos only trailed by six at halftime.
\r\nIn the second half, the Cowgirls would pull away, as the Lobos went ice cold from the field and Wyoming capitalized with a 24-6 to open the half and built a 60-36 lead.
\r\nIn the Cowgirls last game, TCU used a 22-6 run to end the first half and ran away with the game. UW head coach Joe Legerski was pleased with how his team responded in the second half.
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“We need to try and push the basketball and just try to keep the pace of the game up,” Legerski said.
\r\n“We go into halftime pretty confident in knowing that the other team is going to bring the energy and intensity and we need to match it by keep building on our lead,” Hillary Carlson said.
\r\nNew Mexico would get some momentum going when they cut the lead to 17, but Jade Kennedy hit back-to-back three’s followed by another from Kristen Scheffler and the lead was the biggest of the night for the Cowgirls at 74-48 and the Lobos fate was all but sealed.
\r\n“I thought Jade Kennedy made some big shots for us in the second half,” Legerski said. “She ends up going 4-of-7 from three (point land) and really helped us out offensively and I thought Randi Richardson was tremendous distributing the basketball and keeping the energy level high, which is what she does best for us.”
\r\nCarlson had a game high 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting to go along with seven rebounds. Vandiver, Kennedy and Emma Langford pulled down 15, 14 and 13 points respectively, while Richardson dished out 10 assists. The Cowgirls shot a scorching 58 percent from beyond the arc and 51 percent overall, while also winning the rebound battle 45-42.
\r\nThe Cowgirls will hit the road and take on the rival BYU Cougars 2 p.m. on Saturday in Provo, Utah.
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The Wyoming Cowgirls look to avenge an early Mountain West Conference loss to the New Mexico Lobos.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming (15-8, 6-5 MWC) currently sit in third place in the MWC standings with San Diego State and New Mexico (14-9, 6-5). The Cowgirls are looking to break at least that tie with the Lobos and be alone in third place behind BYU and league leading TCU.
\r\nIn the Cowgirls’ last game, TCU (No. 23 A.P., No. 25 Coaches) used a 22-6 run in the last nine minutes of the first half to turn a one-point deficit into a 15-point halftime lead and cruised to a 78-59 victory.
\r\nUW head coach Joe Legerski said he and his team are practicing to make sure the Lobos don’t go on a major run like TCU did.
\r\n“You have to find ways when you’re struggling to get easy baskets, whether it’s getting to the free throw line, getting a put-back [shot], and come up with a steal to a transition layup,” Legerski said. “They’re [New Mexico] going to make it very difficult in a half court setting to be able to score. It seems that’s been the trend in this league. You look at the games that have been played; there are more games in the low 50s if not the high 40s. Teams are making it very difficult for each and every one to go out and score in the half court game.”
\r\nPerhaps the similar style of play for each team within the MWC has resulted in such close league standings.
\r\n“The biggest thing is you have to hold home service,” Legerski said. “We’re tied for third in the league with what seems like everyone. There is one game that separates third place from eighth place, so each of the last five games is going to be very critical as we go down the stretch here and our home games are very important.”
\r\nThe Cowgirls, who are 9-1 at home this year, will once again get a chance to hold serve on their home court and separate themselves in the MWC standings against the New Mexico Lobos at 7 p.m. tonight in the Arena-Auditorium.
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The Wyoming Cowgirls led the whole way and avenged an early conference loss to the San Diego State Aztecs winning 63-51 last night at the Arena-Auditorium for their second-straight victory.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming (15-7, 6-4 Mountain West Conference) now sits in a fourth-place tie in the MWC with San Diego State (14-8, 6-4).
\r\nThe first half was the Hillary Carlson and Jade Kennedy show, as the duo combined for 21 points and four 3-pointers. With the Cowgirls leading 24-22, Kennedy hit consecutive trey’s at the end of the half to give her team a 30-22 lead.
\r\n“I was really happy,” Kennedy said about her last two 3-pointers. “To go into the half with that big of lead was good.”
\r\nBoth teams traded baskets for the first few minutes of the second half with the Aztecs gaining momentum trailing 38-30 before Kennedy hit Carlson for a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to put Wyoming up 11 and seize full control of the game. The Aztecs would get no closer than nine points the rest of the way.
\r\nAubrey Vandiver made the crowd roar with a couple of circus shots with the first one being on the next possession when she was fouled going up on the right wing and threw up a prayer that was answered to fire up the crowd. She made the free throw for the old fashioned 3-point-play and the score was 44-30 in favor of the home team.
\r\nWyoming led 49-36 and the shot clock winding down when Vandiver had no choice, but to throw up an off balance 20-footer with a hand in her face that was banked in as the horn sounded and the crowd again went crazy, as Vandiver sprinted down the floor with her fist in the air.
\r\n“I think we just got the ball to the right people and let them take care of the ball and let them bring the ball up the court and was patient on offense and took some time off the clock,” Cowgirls point guard Randi Richardson said.
\r\nClutch free-throw shooting from Vandiver and Carlson would seal the deal for the Cowgirls down the stretch to shut the door on San Diego State.
\r\nCarlson had a game high 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds, while Vandiver also had a double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds. Sixteen of her points came in the second half. Emma Langford and Kennedy scored 11 points apiece and the Cowgirls won the battle of the boards 50-43 and held the visitors to 29 percent shooting.
\r\n“We just came in knowing that we were going to get hit and get shoved,” Kennedy said about battling for rebounds. “We would go for the big offensive rebound and shut them [San Diego State]down. We knew that’s what we had to do.”
\r\nSan Diego State was led by 12 points from Morris and Quenese Davis had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds with Allison Duffy also chipping in 10 points.
\r\nThe Cowgirls will be in action again at 11 a.m. this Saturday when they travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to take on the No. 24 TCU Horned Frogs. Wyoming beat TCU 73-67 in Laramie in January.
\r\n“We just have to prepare like we did for this game,” Vandiver said about TCU. “We need to consider it a home game and I think that will help our focus. If we come in focused and play aggressive like we did tonight, then we can beat anybody.”
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\r\nThe Cowgirls opened up the season winning their first seven games and received a vote in the AP Top 25 Poll, before losing at Washington State 63-50. Junior shooting guard Aubrey Vandiver had a double-double in the loss with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
\r\nWyoming got back to its winning ways with two straight wins over the NAIA Dakota State Trojans in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Wyoming shootout in Casper and then returned to Laramie to defeat the Weber State Wildcats.
\r\nThe Cowgirls won both games by a combined score of 180-94. Hillary Carlson and Kristen Scheffler recorded season highs of 26 and 21 points respectively against the Trojans, as Wyoming shot 51 percent from the field. The game with Weber State was no different: The home crowd saw the Cowgirls shoot 51 percent, while Vandiver had another double-double of 16 points and 17 rebounds.
\r\nThe Cowgirls then welcomed PAC-10 foe University of Oregon. Wyoming lost to the Ducks last year in Eugene 51-45. Oregon made its first trip to Laramie since the 2007 WNIT, where the Cowgirls edged the Ducks 64-62 en route to their tournament championship run.
\r\nHowever, Wyoming was not as fortunate this time around, as the Ducks rushed out to a 17-point halftime lead and defeated the Cowgirls 78-66.
\r\n“I was pleased with the effort of the team in today’s game,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said to www.wyomingathletics.com. “To dig such a big hole at the beginning of the game, which at one point was 22 or 24 points, it became an issue for us to battle back. We pulled to within 11 with 12 minutes to go and we had a couple of opportunities and they just didn’t fall. Oregon made plays and it’s very difficult to simulate that kind of pressure in practice. We got better as the game went on but it was determined in the first eight minutes of the game how the tempo would affect us.”
\r\nLegerski and his bunch packed up and hit the road for three straight games beginning with a trip to Boise, Idaho to take on the Broncos out of the WAC, to finish up the non-conference schedule.
\r\nDespite Vandiver’s career high 29 points to go along with 11 rebounds, the Cowgirls suffered a 73-67 loss.
\r\n“Aubrey was excellent tonight with 29 points and 11 rebounds,” Legerski said. “She single handedly kept us in the game and you just keep asking more of her. We talked about going to the bench a little bit more and trying to keep us fresh, but it’s difficult to keep a player like her off the floor. We just need to have other players be able to step up and help her out.”
\r\nConference play began for the Cowgirls with an opening road trip down U.S. Highway 287 to Fort Collins, against Border War rival Colorado State. Wyoming led most of the way and held off the Rams for a 64-61 victory.
\r\nThe next game was in Southern California against the San Diego State Aztecs, and Emma Langford had a season high of 21 points, but the visitors were overwhelmed by the home team and fell 65-50.
\r\n“I was really pleased to see Emma have a break out game,” Legerski said to www.wyomingathletics.com. “Not only with her scoring but she had six assists, three steals and two blocks. She really did a great job keeping us in the game. I’m happy with the fact that we are 1-1 with two road games to begin the conference season, but we have to go home and defend our home court against TCU.”
\r\nThe Cowgirls have played very well this season, but have yet to record a signature win. They will get their chance tonight against a nationally-ranked TCU team that comes in on a seven-game winning streak and victors of 9 out of its last 10, which includes wins over Kansas and Texas A&M out of the Big-12.
\r\nTip-off against the TCU Horned Frogs is at 7 p.m. tonight in the Arena-Auditorium.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-13 01:12:16','104','Bobby Abplanalp','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-13 13:00:00','2010-01-27 07:00:00','','','','0','0','44','game, cowgirls, wyoming, points, ”, state, tcu, season, rebounds, conference, legerski, double, home, games, ducks, road, winning, team, oregon, trip','The Wyoming Cowgirls come into tonight’s game against the No. 22 nationally ranked TCU Horned Frogs with a 10-4 overall record and an even 1-1 record in the Mountain West Conference. TCU is 12-3 and sits in first place in the MWC at 2-0. \r\n','0','29','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2245','Cowgirl basketball team tames Montana Grizzlies in home opener','cowgirl-basketball-team-tames-montana-grizzlies-in-home-opener','','Never trailing, the Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team used a 17-2 run to end the first half to rout the Montana Lady Grizzlies 68-38, Sunday afternoon in the Arena-Auditorium.
\r\nWyoming is now 2-0 on the young season after earning a hard fought 65-62 win over the Denver Pioneers on the road Friday night. Montana, the defending Big Sky Champion, dropped to 0-2 after falling 72-64 to Colorado State also on Friday.
\r\nThe Cowgirls used tough defense to stifle the Lady Grizzlies shooting, holding them to 19 percent from the field in the first half, while Wyoming shot 46 percent to lead 39-17 at the break.
\r\nThe rout continued in the second half, as the Cowgirls led by as many as 38 points, 68-30 with less than five minutes to go, but Montana would score the last eight points in the final margin.
\r\nWyoming shot 44 percent for the game and held Montana to 25 percent. The Cowgirls also dominated the glass with a 49-35 rebounding advantage, won the assist battle 21-6 and their bench outscored the Lady Grizzlies bench 23-9.
\r\n“This is a rarity when you have a score of this nature,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said. “Montana over the years wins and wins at an alarming rate (Montana beat Wyoming 71-64 last year in Missoula). ”
\r\nForward Emma Langford led a balanced attack with 13 points with true freshman Chaundra Sewell chipping in 11.
\r\n“Chaundra (Sewell) has great energy and a great competitiveness and drive to succeed,” Legerski said. “She goes after every loose ball and really works hard. I think she’s learning what it’s about to play at this level and that’s what’s important.”
\r\n“It’s still kind of strange to me to be in a big arena with all the fans screaming,” Sewell said. “It’s a lot more difficult than high school, but I’m getting use to it and loving it.”
\r\nThe Cowgirls will head to the Peace Garden State next week for two games starting with the North Dakota Fighting Sioux at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Grand Forks, followed by a visit to Fargo to take on the North Dakota State Bison Friday at 5 p.m.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-17 01:53:35','126','Bobby Abplanalp','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-17 13:00:00','2009-12-01 07:00:00','','','','0','0','43','montana, ”, wyoming, percent, cowgirls, grizzlies, lady, state, friday, points, sewell, dakota, hard, north, cowgirl, “it’s, great, big, shot, bench','Never trailing, the Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team used a 17-2 run to end the first half to rout the Montana Lady Grizzlies 68-38, Sunday afternoon in the Arena-Auditorium. ','0','22','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2246','Cowgirl basketball\'s past, future story','cowgirl-basketballs-past-future-story','','It was a rebuilding year. By implementing new techniques on the court, starting young players and getting boosts off the bench, the University of Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team finished conference play seeded fifth, but were eliminated from the Mountain West Tournament in the first round with a 64-56 loss to Colorado State.
\r\nWyoming coach Joe Legerski, however, said he was pleased with this team.
\r\n“We were able to close out the year with a .500 [conference] record at 8-8,” Legerski said. “We started out the season 0-4 in conference play and won eight of our next 12 [games]. It’s a great accomplishment to come back from.”
\r\nWyoming finished with an overall record of 16-14, quite a fall from last year’s unprecedented NCAA Tournament bid, and the previous season’s WNIT Championship title.
\r\nConsidering the Cowgirls lost four starters from last year’s successful team, Wyoming fared well, thanks in large part to changes in the starting roster and key players off the bench.
\r\nYounger players highlighted the team’s scoring, like by freshmen Emma Langford and Kristen Scheffler, who averaged 10.5 and 10.3 points per game, respectively. Senior Megan McGuffey chipped in 10.7 points per game, and sophomore Hillary Carlson led the team with her 11.8 points.
\r\nThese four players earned postseason recognition when the league announced its All-Conference team.
\r\nCarlson was named to the Second Team All-MWC for the first time in her career, ranked in the MWC’s Top 15 in scoring, blocks, shooting percentage and free throw percentage. McGuffey merited Third Team All-MWC and placed eighth in rebounding in the league.
\r\nLangford, who dominated the court off the bench, received the Sixth Man of the Year Award, and Scheffler garnered Honorable Mention All-MWC, and her long shots put her at second in 3-pointers made.
\r\n“It’s the first time in history that we’ve had five winning seasons in a row,” assistant coach Gerald Mattinson said after the loss to the Rams in Las Vegas. “It’s been a good year, and it’s time to get ready for next year.”
\r\nWith McGuffey and fellow seniors Elisabeth Dissen and Rebecca Vanderjagt departing the Cowgirl program, the Cowgirls are losing a combined 19 points per game.
\r\nChanges made during this season will work their way into the play book for next season, Legerski said.
\r\n“Some of the changes [we’ve made] were zoning in the second half of the season,” he said. “I think we’ll incorporate that into our overall scheme. We’ll play man [defense] as well as zone. We may be looking to try to up the tempo more.”
\r\nPerhaps the biggest difference between the two seasons will be a key returning player in Aubrey Vandiver, who didn’t see a minute this season after being redshirted due to an illness. The junior was a 2007-08 Third Team All-MWC selection.
\r\n“It will be nice to get Aubrey back on the floor,” Legerski said. “She has a great deal of leadership. She’s an experienced third-team All-Conference player. That’s quite a bit to lose. Looking at it now, it’s nice to know we have Aubrey.”
\r\nVandiver will most likely be a starter next season. Teammates like Langford, Scheffler and Carlson are also likely to participate in the tip-off. The fifth starter could be a number of people.
\r\nBut, as many saw this season, it is likely a new face will be starting in place of sophomore guard Randi Richardson. In Scheffler and Langford, Legerski found two freshmen capable of playing extended minutes, starting from the first minute.
\r\nAt this point, the Cowgirl basketball program has signed two players: Chaundra Sewell of Broomfield, Colo., and Sara Wilson of Grant, Neb. They will both enter as freshmen.
\r\n“We are excited about the additions to the Cowgirl basketball family,” Legerski said. “Chaundra is one of the best wing players in the state of Colorado, and will have a major impact on our program. Sara is a tremendous shooter and will bring depth and skill to our backcourt.”
\r\nSewell boasts a high school career highlighted by two All-State and one All-Region selections.
\r\nMoreover, the 6-foot-1-inch forward was named All-Conference three times, as well as the State Tournament MVP in 2008, while her team earned two state championship titles in 2007 and 2008.
\r\n“She’ll fit into this team as a 3-4 player,” Legerski said of Sewell. “I’m excited about what she brings to the program.”
\r\nA two-time Player of the Year, Wilson helped her team to a 64-4 record over three years. Her high school, Perkins County, secured the Class C-2 State Championship in 2008 and was the runner-up in 2007.
\r\n“[Wilson] is a two guard that shoots as well as anyone we have,” Legerski said of the 5-foot-9-inch player. “She may have a bigger adjustment to make, coming from such a small school. But her basketball skill is very advanced.”
\r\nLegerski said there would be more recruits announced later, as the staff is still searching for players who will fit well within the program.
\r\nOver the summer, Legerski seeks to progress by taking steps on an individual level to better the whole. Legerski said younger players need to improve and the new additions will need to prove themselves on the hardwood.
\r\n“Summertime is when they have to work on their game,” Legerski said. “We have to become more physical as a team. You always have to hope you stay healthy. That may be bigger than anything we can do, make sure we have all players returning and all players stepping on the floor.”
\r\nAnd with the loss of graduating seniors, it will be up to other players to take charge and step up.
\r\n“One of the nice things we have going is that we have three of our top four scorers coming back in Hillary, Kristen and Emma,” Legerski said. “That’s a good place to start. We’ll see who steps forward. You never know if it’s going to be somebody in the program, or somebody we’re adding.”
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-30 22:06:35','106','Kendall Hickman','2009-03-31 21:33:01','112','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-31 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','42','”, legerski, team, players, season, state, program, year, conference, cowgirl, player, basketball, game, langford, starting, mwc, it’s, scheffler, play, “we','It was a rebuilding year. By implementing new techniques on the court, starting young players and getting boosts off the bench, the University of Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team finished conference play seeded fifth, but were eliminated from the Mountain West Tournament in the first round with a 64-56 loss to Colorado State. \r\n\r\n','0','35','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2247','Wyoming-Air Force soccer game to decide last spot in Mountain West Conference Tournamen','wyoming-air-force-soccer-game-to-decide-last-spot-in-mountain-west-conference-tournamen','','
The Cowgirl soccer team will play their final regular season game Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex against the Air Force Academy Falcons.
','Wyoming (7-9-2, 1-3-2 in the Mountain West Conference) enters their final regular season game after a successful showing last weekend when they shut out TCU and tied the No. 17 New Mexico Lobos. For their efforts last weekend, Cowgirl forward Liz O’Reilly was named MWC Offensive Player of the Week, and goalkeeper Courtney Merkle was named Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
Air Force (8-9-1, 1-5 MWC) is led by sophomore forward Stephanie Patterson with five goals, four assists and a total of 14 points on the year. The Falcons head to Laramie having lost five of their last six games but still have a chance to make it to the conference tournament.
The winner of Saturday’s game will claim the final spot in the MWC Women’s Soccer Championship, which begins Nov. 3 in San Diego.
After last weekend’s play against New Mexico, Cowgirl head coach Danny Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics, “We put ourselves in position to win against Air Force next weekend, and we are in. We know Air Force is a very good team and we will have to bring it all next Saturday.”
The Cowgirl soccer team picked up a much-needed conference win and also played the No. 17 team in the nation to a 1-1 tie.
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The Cowgirls first took care of the TCU Horned Frogs on a wet and muddy pitch Friday at the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex.
','In the 10th minute, freshman Cowgirl forward Liz O’Reilly added another assist to her ongoing ascent up the single season assist chart, passing to a wide open Jerrica DiVincenzo, who headed it past the TCU keeper for the goal and 1-0 lead. The assist moved O’Reilly into a tie for all-time first place on the Wyoming single season assist list.
“Liz served in a great ball and all I had to do was put my head on it and finish it,” UW senior midfielder DiVincenzo told Wyoming Athletics.
The second half grew colder, and both teams struggled to find shots. The UW defense, led by MaKenzie Meade, stole the ball with 52 seconds left, allowing Meade to shoot and score the clinching goal, leading to a 2-0 Cowgirl victory.
“I think we played very smart in the back today, TCU is one of the most explosive teams we have played all year and we did a great job of neutralizing their chances,” UW head coach Danny Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics.
“This was a must win game for us and I am very pleased with how we played today.”
On Sunday, the Cowgirls squared off against the conference leader, and No. 17 ranked, New Mexico Lobos. The first half began with an offensive onslaught by the Lobos, who shot two corner kicks and had one shot deflect off the crossbar. The Lobos kept the pressure on and got a go-ahead goal in the 15th minute.
Lobo Jennifer Williams stole the ball from the UW defense and sent a pass to teammate Jael Fanning, who beat Cowgirl keeper Courtney Merkle on a low shot to the corner. The game went to halftime with a 1-0 Lobo lead.
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The Cowgirls began the second half as the aggressors, shooting corner kicks and having one of their own shots bounce off the crossbar.
The UW aggression would pay off when O’Reilly, was awarded a penalty kick in the 82nd minute. O’Reilly’s penalty shot beat the Lobo keeper low and left, tying the game 1-1. Both overtimes remained scoreless, and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.
“I think we were a little lethargic in the first half and gave up the early goal to New Mexico, but I think we really picked up the energy in the second half,” UW head coach Danny Sanchez said.
“We kept it tight defensively in the second half and we were able to get a goal of our own.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-26 04:05:38','147','Tyler Reese','2010-10-26 04:25:48','173','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-26 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','40','goal, ”, cowgirl, tie, game, shot, played, assist, tcu, o’reilly, keeper, head, ball, minute, cowgirls, win, lobo, wyoming, corner, lobos','The Cowgirl soccer team defeats the TCU Horned Frogs 2-0, then tied with the New Mexico Lobos 1-1 over the weekend.','0','43','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2249','Soccer team falters over weekend, loses two games ','soccer-team-falters-over-weekend-loses-two-games-','','The Cowgirl soccer team had another rough weekend, this time falling on the road to the UNLV Rebels and San Diego State Aztecs.
The Cowgirls first defeat came in Vegas, dropping their match against the Rebels. UW struck first when Jules Candaleria took a long shot and put it past the UNLV keeper. UNLV quickly answered with a goal in the 16th minute, tying the game 1-1. Both teams had chances to take the lead before halftime, but both defenses ultimately prevailed, leading to a 1-1 halftime score.
','The second half began quickly when Cowgirl Liz O’Reilly passed to a streaking Ellen McCormick who out-ran the UNLV defense and put a shot past the UNLV keeper, giving UW a 2-1 lead in the 49th minute. O’Reilly’s assist was her seventh this year, moving her into a tie for second place on the single season assist list. The Cowgirl lead was short-lived, however, when Rebel Amanda Forrester scored her second goal of the match just one minute later. The game went back and forth until the 83rd minute, when conference goal leader Ashleigh Shoughro scored and sealed the UNLV victory, 3-2.
On Sunday, the Cowgirls attempted to revive their efforts against the San Diego State University Aztecs. The UW offense was alive early, but they could not keep up the fervent throughout the whole game. In the 27th minute, Aztec Soledad Gomez slipped the ball past Cowgirl keeper Courtney Merkle, giving SDSU the 1-0 advantage. Despite more pressure from UW, the score remained 1-0 at the half.
The Cowgirl defense again faltered in the 54th minute, allowing SDSU’s Britney Bennett to score from 18 yards out. Despite outshooting the Aztecs, the Cowgirls eventually fell by the score of 2-0.
“I felt we played well for a few stretches today, but we didn’t defend certain set pieces and it cost us the game today,” Wyoming head coach Danny Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-19 05:15:24','62','Tyler Reese','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-19 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','39','minute, unlv, cowgirl, game, score, goal, aztecs, cowgirls, lead, keeper, put, scored, quickly, today, assist, giving, defense, shot, soccer, halftime','The Cowgirl soccer team had another rough weekend, this time falling on the road to the UNLV Rebels and San Diego State Aztecs.\r\n\r\nThe Cowgirls first defeat came in Vegas, dropping their match against the Rebels. UW struck first when Jules Candaleria took a long shot and put it past the UNLV keeper. UNLV quickly answered with a goal in the 16th minute, tying the game 1-1','0','40','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2250','Cowgirls look for first conference win with home games against TCU, New Mexico','cowgirls-look-for-first-conference-win-with-home-games-against-tcu-new-mexico','','The Cowgirls come home this weekend looking for their first conference wins against the TCU Horned Frogs and the New Mexico Lobos.
','On Friday 3pm, the Cowgirls will welcome TCU to the Madrid Sports Complex. The Cowgirls (6-9-1, 0-2-1 conference) enter having lost six of their last eight games and winless in conference. TCU (7-8-1, 1-3) also comes in on a losing streak, having lost their last two conference home games. The Horned Frogs are led by junior forward Jordan Calhoun, who leads the team with six goals and 15 points. The Cowgirl defense must slow Calhoun if they wish to come away from this game with their first conference win.
Sunday’s 1pm game features the New Mexico Lobos. New Mexico (10-1-3, 4-0-0) comes to Laramie ranked 17th in the nation. The Lobos have won their last six games, allowing only one goal over that period. They beat #8 ranked BYU 1-0 last Saturday in Albuquerque. The Lobos are led by junior forward Jennifer Williams, who leads her in both goals (8) and assists (6). Lobo keeper Kelli Cornell is averaging an astonishing low 0.28 goals per game, tops in the conference. The Cowgirl’s offense, led by conference assist leader Liz O’Reilly, surely have their work cut out for them if they wish to crack the defense of the Lobos.
Email the author: treese@uwyo.edu
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The Cowgirl soccer team will take a long road trip this weekend to square off against the UNLV Rebels and San Diego State Aztecs.
The Cowgirls (6-7-1, 0-1-1 in conference) will make their first stop in Las Vegas to take the pitch against the Rebels (8-5-0, 0-2-0).
UNLV is led by offensive power and senior forward Ashleigh Shoughro who has scored ten goals this year, giving her the top rank in the conference.
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UNLV enters the matchup on a two-game losing streak, having lost their first two conference games to New Mexico and TCU.
The Cowgirls hope to add to UNLV’s streak with a win on Thursday.
After Vegas, the Cowgirls will turn their attention to the San Diego State Aztecs.
The Aztecs (3-8-3, 1-1-0) are having a rough year, having seven of their eight losses come from one-goal defeats.
The Cowgirls hope to avenge a 2-0 defeat in Laramie last season.
The Aztecs are led by Michaela DeJesus, who has three goals and three assists on the year.
These are the final road games of the year for the Cowgirls, who head home next weekend to continue conference play against TCU and New Mexico.
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The Cowgirls played well with Brigham Young University for a half, but ultimately the No. 12 Cougars were too much for UW.
UW fell behind early, allowing Cougar Kassidy Shumway to steal the ball deep in the Cowgirl defense and fire a high arcing shot past UW keeper Courtney Merkle. BYU’s offensive pressure continued, but the Cowgirl defense and goalkeeping responded, keeping the score at 1-0.
In the 27th minute, the Cowgirls answered with a goal of their own. Midfielder Liz O’Reilly lofted a free kick across the Cougar penalty box to teammate Kayla Davis, who headed the ball past the BYU keeper, tying the game 1-1. O’Reilly’s assist moved her into third place on the Wyoming single-season assist list.
BYU tried to respond before the half ended, but the teams headed to the locker rooms at halftime in a 1-1 tie.
“I was pleased that we did not hang our heads after giving up the first early goal, and we were able to come back and Kayla (Davis) scored a very nice goal,” UW Head Coach Danny Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics.
The second half did not go nearly as well for the Cowgirls. Although the UW offense started strong, shooting twice in the first 10 minutes, the BYU defense was too much for the Cowgirls to crack.
In the 63rd minute, Brigham Young’s Lindsi Lisonbee put the Cougars up for good, shooting a free kick past Merkle into the top left corner of the net. The BYU offense pressure continued in the second half, tacking on goals in the 68th and 74th minute. The Cowgirl offense could not respond, and the whistle sounded on a 4-1 Wyoming defeat.
“BYU is a very good team and in order for us to the result we wanted, we needed to play for 90 minutes, not just 45. We will take some positives from this, but we will need to pick it up and be ready for Utah next week,” Sanchez said.
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Players from across the world dueled for ball control and kicked up grass and dust, while an unrelenting sun blazed their sweat-drenched bodies.
While it was not a FIFA World Cup, the UW Soccer Fiesta 2010 did have some of the same objectives.
One of the event’s goals was to connect dozens of cultures through the world’s most popular sport, while providing a peaceful and entertaining environment.
The International Student Association and the Wyoming African Student Association hosted the cup.
According to Vanessa Baguet, president of ISA, 16 teams registered for the cup, two of which could not particpate. The teams were allowed to range from seven to 10 players, “…so if we do the math, we probably had between 112 and 160 players plus their supporters,” Baguet said.
In the end, the total number of people at the event stood at around 200, including all students involved in the event’s organization including ISA, WASA and ASTEC, who provided technical support.
To decide the winner, the cup was split into four groups. Within the groups, the teams battled in a knock-out system against each other until finals.
The Green Falcons and The Unknowns were the two teams that made it into finals.
The Green Falcons were an all-Saudi men’s team, while The Unknowns was completely comprised of Americans.
Kolten Powell, the goalie for The Unkowns, said the name came to him last minute.
“There is really no good reason we chose that name, I’m afraid,” Powell said. “I had to think of a name quickly and it sounded mysterious—like maybe we are really good, but no one knows us.”
AbdulAziz Alhubil, goalie for the Green Falcons, said their name was in tribute of Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team, nicknamed “Green Falcons.”
For the American team, the cup was a way to connect with the other countries and cultures represented.
“We got to play against and meet people from Sri Lanka, India, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Italy,” Powell said.
In the end, the Green Falcons beat The Unknowns 6-1 to claim the Soccer Fiesta 2010 cup.
According to Associate Director of Admissions, International Students and Scholars Jill Johnson, interaction between international and American students needs to be furthered.
“I think there is just not enough back and forth between international students and domestic students on campus,” Johnson said. “The likelihood that any graduate will get into the job market and not have interactions with people from another country on a professional basis is decreasing all the time. It is important that students are ready for that.”
The university has about 750 international students on campus—a number that has been increasing steadily over the last years, she said.
For WASA president Darlington Sabasi soccer was a simple way to teach students about the rest of the world.
“Being great soccer lovers, enjoying the world cup that was being held on the African soil for the first time and realizing that soccer is the sport that unites us all, we (Sabasi and WASA vice president Edward Offei) decided to pursue this idea,” Sabasi said.
Events organized by international student organizations are an opportunity for American students to broaden their horizons.
“The events are designed to celebrate unique and different cultures and to share that with the campus community,” Johnson said. “As a community, we really shouldn’t waste the opportunity to learn about the wider world around us.”
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The Cowgirl soccer team had an up and down weekend, beating the Boise State Broncos on Friday, but losing to the New Mexico State Aggies on Sunday.
The Cowgirls entered Friday’s game having lost two straight games on the road and looking to rebound against Boise State at home. The game started quickly with the first shot coming in the eighth minute from Cowgirl Olivia Mohtadi. Boise State answered the Cowgirls’ offensive intensity by taking the next four shots of the game.
UW goalkeeper Courtney Merkle continued her great season and stopped all first half shots. The Cowgirls took the lead in the 28th minute when Carmen Blume passed to Nahiomy Ortiz who ripped a shot from 35 yards out to put the Cowgirls up 1-0. Merkle stopped all second half shots, including a string of four consecutive Bronco shots within the final five minutes, preserving the Wyoming lead and helping defeat the Broncos 1-0.
“Boise came out attack minded and had an early chance on us, but after that I felt we really limited their chances,” Wyoming Head Coach Danny Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics. “Courtney (Merkle) had a couple great saves that were really the key to this match, along with us limiting their chances.”
Wyoming hosted New Mexico State on Sunday at the Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex. The Cowgirls again began the game quickly when freshman Ellen McCormick fired the first shot of the game in the first minute.
In the 20th minute, Cowgirl Liz O’Reilly passed to a streaking Blume who put the ball past the Aggie keeper giving the Cowgirls the 1-0 lead going into halftime.
The second half, however, was all about the Aggies. In the 64th minute, Aggie Crystal Burns passed through the Cowgirl defense to fellow Aggie Lauren Cope who beat Merkle in the top right corner of the goal. Sixteen minutes later, Burns shot the ball herself from 30 yards out, beating Merkle in the top left corner.
The Cowgirls furiously attempted to tie the game in the next ten minutes by three shots on goal, but all were ultimately batted away by the Aggie goalkeeper Mikalea Bitner. The game ended with a score of 2-1 and a UW loss.
“I felt the first thirty minutes we played some great soccer. We got some early chances and scored a very good goal,” Sanchez told Wyoming Athletics. “The second half New Mexico State just took it to us. We fell into a shell and they deserved to win this game. We need to refocus because we begin conference play Saturday and it is against BYU.”
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The Cowgirls were bested by the Cougars in a five-set thriller with final scores of 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 16-25, and 9-15.
','Wyoming could not hold the momentum gained from a two-set lead going into the fourth set as BYU (14-16, 9-7) tied things up at 2-2. The damage had been done as the Cowgirls saw the match slip away with a fifth set loss.
There was no answer for Utah two days later on Senior Night as UW succumbed to a tough sweep in their last match of the season by a score of 27-29, 14-25 and 20-25.
Two Cowgirls recorded double-doubles against BYU as senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney tallied 10 kills and 12 digs and sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy racked up 10 kills and 11 digs. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester added 11 kills and five blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Senior outside hitter Stephanie Snow led the Cougars with 15 kills and senior right side hitter Christina Measom added 12 kills and six blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Utes (17-14, 11-5) proved to be too much for Wyoming on Senior Night recording the sweep, 29-27, 25-14 and 25-20.
Wyoming fought hard in the first set before losing a heartbreaker by two points in extra play. They never really regained that intensity from the first set en route to the loss in their final home match of the season.
In the final match of their collegiate career, senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney led Wyoming with 12 kills. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester added seven kills and five total blocks and senior setter Barbara Lasic tallied 26 assists and 11 digs in their final match, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Freshman outside hitter Morgan Odale led the Utes with 12 kills and redshirt junior middle blocker Danielle Killpack added 11 kills and seven blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
UW finished the 2010 season with its first winning record since 2002 and their most conference wins (seven) since 2006. The Cowgirls will graduate four seniors in rightside hitter Dani Bedore, setter Barbara Lasic, outside hitter Lauren Whitney and middle blocker JennaRae Jester.
Email the author: zgreubel@uwyo.edu
The UW volleyball team fell to No. 15 Colorado State Thursday. Their record with two matches left to play is 22-8 and 7-7 in the MWC.
','Colorado State (24-3, 13-1) showed why they are among the best in the nation as they swept Wyoming, 20-25, 21-25 and 13-25.
Sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy led the Cowgirls with nine kills and seven digs.
Redshirt freshman middle blocker Reese Roehrkasse tallied seven kills and three block assists, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Senior outside hitter Danielle Minch led the way for the Rams with 15 kills. Senior outside hitter Jacque Davisson and redshirt junior opposite hitter Katelyn Steffan each added nine kills for Colorado State.
The Cowgirls played the Rams well in the first two sets, scoring into the twenties in each set. The second set was close in the beginning with the score tied 8-8. The Rams scored nine out of the next 11 points, and they eventually won the set, 21-25. In the end, Wyoming could not find any momentum after the first two sets and lost in the third set by 12, and the Rams finished the sweep.
Wyoming will conclude their regular season with two conference matches at home against BYU on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and against Utah on Friday at 7 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex.
The first match of the Cowgirl volleyball team’s final home stand will be against conference-leading and No. 15 Colorado State (23-3, 12-1) at 5 p.m. tonight in the UniWyo Sports Complex.
Wyoming (22-7, 7-6) split their last two matches on the road, beating Texas Christian and falling to New Mexico.
','Head coach Carrie Yerty was content with the split but knows the importance of tonight’s match against CSU. “I expect CSU to be a battle like it always is,” Yerty said. “Sometimes records and scores don’t mean a lick when you’re talking about who’s right across the border.”
Yerty added that the Border War prospect doesn’t really make a difference as far as the team being excited to play. “I don’t think it takes a lot to fire our team up on a regular basis and it certainly doesn’t take a lot to fire them up for CSU. Any time you can play a top-15 team that’s a natural rival you’re going to be fired up and they’re certainly ready.”
The Cowgirls are led by sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy who is averaging 3.30 kills per set. Senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney averages 2.61 kills a set and senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester leads the team with 1.37 blocks per set, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Senior outside hitter Danielle Minch leads CSU this season with 3.32 kills per set while redshirt sophomore middle blocker Megan Plourde averages 1.56 blocks per set to lead the Rams, according to CSU Athletics.
“I know that [CSU Head Coach] Tom Hilbert will have his team prepared,” Yerty said. “I know those seniors will want to avenge [their loss against New Mexico] last weekend. I know they’re getting ready for the postseason and fine-tuning things. We’re going to have to play at the very top of our game to beat CSU.”
Wyoming’s final regular season matches this season will be against BYU and Utah next week in Laramie.
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Cowgirl volleyball will close out its season tonight 7 p.m. at home in the UniWyo Sports Complex against the UNLV Lady Rebels.
Senior libero and Monument, Colo., native Jessica Kagarise will play her last game as a Cowgirl.
\r\n“We look forward to a very competitive match against UNLV on Thursday,” UW head coach Carrie Yerty said to Wyoming Athletics. “It will be the final match for senior Jessica Kagarise and we hope to come out on top with a victory.”
\r\nWyoming enters tonight’s match with a record of 12-18 overall and 2-13 in the Mountain West Conference, while UNLV comes in at 8-15 overall with a 5-9 mark in the MWC, including a hard fought five-set win in Las Vegas over the Cowgirls back on Sept. 22. UNLV leads the all-time series 19-11 and has won seven straight matches against the Cowgirls.
\r\nThe Lady Rebels are coming off a straight-set win at home over TCU, while Wyoming suffered straight-set defeats to rivals BYU and Utah on the road.
\r\nThe last match against UNLV was the conference opener for both teams and saw the Lady Rebels come back from a two-set deficit to steal the match from the Cowgirls in five-sets (14-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-8).
\r\nWyoming had a pair of double-doubles in the match with Jodi Purdy leading the way, recording 20 kills and 11 digs, while teammate Dani Bedore notched 18 kills and 11 digs.
\r\nSara Nehf got a double-double for UNLV, adding 15 kills and 11 digs with Cursty Jackson recording a team high of 18 kills with four block assists.
\r\nThe Cowgirls are coming off a straight-set loss to Utah on Saturday and will look to bounce back against UNLV. The Cowgirls went 0-2 on their Utah road trip losing in straight sets to both Utah and BYU.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-19 02:18:58','126','Bobby Abplanalp','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-19 13:00:00','2009-12-03 07:00:00','','','','0','0','30','unlv, match, cowgirls, straight, wyoming, set, rebels, utah, kills, win, lady, double, digs, conference, byu, sets, recording, road, coming, close','Cowgirl volleyball will close out its season tonight 7 p.m. at home in the UniWyo Sports Complex against the UNLV Lady Rebels.','0','22','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2259','Cowgirls go 1-1 during final road trip of season','cowgirls-go-1-1-during-final-road-trip-of-season','','The Cowgirl volleyball team (22-7, 7-6) split their final road trip of the season last weekend as they beat TCU in four sets on Thursday night and fell to the New Mexico Lobos in three sets on Saturday night.
Against TCU, the Cowgirls won the first set 25-21 before losing a hard-fought second set 23-25. The next two sets were won by Wyoming as they finished the Horned Frogs with scores of 25-18 and 25-16.
','“Going to TCU and beating them on their home floor was big,” head coach Carrie Yerty said. “We played well and hopefully that will carry us into some momentum coming home.”
Wyoming was led by sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy against TCU who recorded a double-double with 16 kills and 16 digs, both leading the team. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester added five blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
TCU senior outside hitter Irene Hester tallied a team leading 16 kills for the Horned Frogs and senior middle blocker Christy Hudson added a double-double of her own with 10 kills and 10 digs, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Wyoming’s final road match of the season was not one to remember as they suffered a three-set sweep in Albuquerque Saturday, 21-25, 15-25, 19-25.
“It was unfortunate that we had to play New Mexico right after they beat CSU because they were pretty fired up,” Yerty said. “[They are] peaking and going to represent our conference well at the NCAA Tournament.”
After their close loss in the first set, Wyoming could not rebound and only managed a meager hitting percentage of .106 for the entire match.
Jodi Purdy lead the offense again with eight kills. Senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney added five kills and 11 digs, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Lobos were led by junior outside hitter Kelly Williamson who racked up a team high 15 kills. Current MWC Player of the Week Lisa Meeter added a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs.
The Cowgirls will take on No. 15 Colorado State as they begin their final home stand at 5 p.m. Thursday in the UniWyo Sports Complex.
The Cowgirl volleyball team was on the wrong end of a hard-fought battle against San Diego State last Thursday as they fell to the Aztecs in four sets, 23-25, 25-23, 16-25, 19-25.
Wyoming (19-6, 4-5) had two players in double-figures with senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney recording 18 kills and sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy pounding down 10 kills.
Purdy added a team high 15 digs, and senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester led the team with five blocks and a .438 hitting percentage, according to Wyoming Athletics.
','San Diego State (12-12, 5-5) also had two players in double-figures with freshman outside hitter Summer Nash, who led the team with 15 kills, and freshman outside hitter Raegan Shelton, who added 14 kills.
Junior outside hitter Paije Pearson led the Aztecs with seven blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Cowgirls were down 8-11 in the first set before scoring eight consecutive points to take a 16-11 lead.
Unfortunately, Wyoming gave up their hard earned lead and suffered a tough first set loss, 23-25.
Wyoming was determined to come back from the first set as they began the second set with a 7-3 lead.
San Diego State scored the next five points to take the 7-8 lead. It wasn’t looking good for the Cowgirls when the Aztecs were leading 15-19, but Wyoming went on their second 8-0 run of the match to take the lead at 23-19 and eventually won a close set, 25-23.
San Diego State won the next two sets by scores of 25-16 and 25-19 as the Cowgirls failed to maintain their momentum from the second set.
This week, the Cowgirls will continue their conference schedule at home.
The Cowgirls will welcome the Air Force Academy Falcons and UNLV Rebels to Laramie this week for two important matches as they approach the home stretch of their conference schedule.
Wyoming will take on the Falcons Thursday at 7 p.m. and the Rebels on Saturday at 1 p.m., in the UniWyo Sports Complex.
The Falcons bring a record of 4-19 (1-9 in the MWC) to Laramie, and UNLV carries a record of 8-16 (3-7 in the MWC)—the two worst records in the conference.
Purdy leads the Cowgirls this season with 3.25 kills per set, 4.04 points per set, and 0.40 service aces per set.
Purdy is also second on the team with 2.56 digs per set. Whitney is second on the team with 2.54 kills a set, and senior middle blocker Jester is tops on the team with 1.43 blocks per set. Sophomore libero Jadranka Tramosljanin leads the team with 4.26 digs a set, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Senior outside hitter Caroline Kurtz leads the Air Force Falcons this season with 3.58 kills per set and is second on the team with 2.49 digs per set. Senior libero Kelly Spencer leads the team with 3.42 digs per set, and senior middle blocker Nichole Stillwell averages 0.71 blocks a set to lead the team, according to Air Force Athletics.
The UNLV Rebels are led by senior outside hitter Sara Nehf who averages 3.26 kills per set and 3.59 points per set. Freshman middle blocker Madeline Westman leads the team with one block a set and, senior libero Kela Lau Hee averages 3.60 digs a set to lead the team, according to UNLV Athletics.
Next week, the Cowgirls go back on the road to take on the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian on Nov. 11 and New Mexico Lobos on Nov. 13.
Cowgirl volleyball will close out its season tonight 7 p.m. at home in the UniWyo Sports Complex against the UNLV Lady Rebels.
\r\nSenior libero and Monument, Colo., native Jessica Kagarise will play her last game as a Cowgirl.
\r\n“We look forward to a very competitive match against UNLV on Thursday,” UW head coach Carrie Yerty said to Wyoming Athletics. “It will be the final match for senior Jessica Kagarise and we hope to come out on top with a victory.”
\r\nWyoming enters tonight’s match with a record of 12-18 overall and 2-13 in the Mountain West Conference, while UNLV comes in at 8-15 overall with a 5-9 mark in the MWC, including a hard fought five-set win in Las Vegas over the Cowgirls back on Sept. 22. UNLV leads the all-time series 19-11 and has won seven straight matches against the Cowgirls.
\r\nThe Lady Rebels are coming off a straight-set win at home over TCU, while Wyoming suffered straight-set defeats to rivals BYU and Utah on the road.
\r\nThe last match against UNLV was the conference opener for both teams and saw the Lady Rebels come back from a two-set deficit to steal the match from the Cowgirls in five-sets (14-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 15-8).
\r\nWyoming had a pair of double-doubles in the match with Jodi Purdy leading the way, recording 20 kills and 11 digs, while teammate Dani Bedore notched 18 kills and 11 digs.
\r\nSara Nehf got a double-double for UNLV, adding 15 kills and 11 digs with Cursty Jackson recording a team high of 18 kills with four block assists.
\r\nThe Cowgirls are coming off a straight-set loss to Utah on Saturday and will look to bounce back against UNLV. The Cowgirls went 0-2 on their Utah road trip losing in straight sets to both Utah and BYU.
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The match will begin at 8 p.m on Thursday.
The Cowgirls swept San Diego State earlier this season in Laramie and hope to experience a case of déjà vu on the Aztecs’ turf.
Wyoming brings a 19-5, 4-4 record into San Diego and is fourth in the Mountain West Conference standings while the Aztecs possess a record of 11-11, 4-4 and sit fifth in MWC standings.
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Sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy leads the Cowgirls this season with 3.29 kills per set. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester leads the team in blocks with 1.44 a set and sophomore libero Jadranka Tramosljanin averages the most digs with 4.3 per set, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Junior outside hitter Kyley Sexton, who averages 3.08 kills per set, leads the San Diego Aztecs. Sophomore middle blocker Andrea Hannasch averages a team-leading 1.32 blocks per set and sophomore libero Kristi Jackels leads the team with 3.62 digs per set, according to Aztec Athletics.
Following their matchup with San Diego State, the Cowgirls will return home to face off against the Air Force Academy Falcons on Thursday, Nov. 4 and the UNLV Rebels on Saturday, Nov. 6.
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Wyoming (19-5, 4-4) led the Rams 12-9 in the first set but Colorado State went on an 8-1 run and led 17-13 late in the first set. The Rams’ lead proved to be insurmountable as the Cowgirls eventually lost the set, 25-20.
','The Cowgirls got off to a nice start in the second set as well with a 7-4 lead over CSU. It was a seesaw battle before the Rams went on a 4-0 run late in the set to bring the score to 17-13, eventually winning 25-17.
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The Rams took an early lead in the third set and never looked back as they denied the Cowgirls a lead the entire set. Wyoming kept it close for most of the set before CSU went on a 5-0 run to expand their lead to 21-16. It was too big of a deficit for the Cowgirls to make up and the Rams finished the sweep with another 25-17 set victory.
Senior outside hitter Jacque Davisson led the Rams with a double-double of 12 kills and 10 digs, while senior outside hitter Danielle Minch added 12 kills and a team-leading four blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Cowgirls were led by senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney who tallied seven kills. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester totaled five kills and four blocks and redshirt freshman outside hitter Calli Miller also added five kills, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Colorado State (19-2, 8-0) will face off against the Cowgirls again Nov. 18 in Laramie.
Wyoming will continue conference play for their only match this week on Thursday night at 8 p.m. against San Diego State in San Diego.
Colorado State boasts one of the best women’s volleyball teams in the country. They are ranked 15th in the nation and sit atop the Mountain West Conference standings.
Wyoming has the task of playing this team on their home turf, a team that has lost only one game in Fort Collins this season, and is riding an eight game winning streak prior to their match against Denver Thursday night.
','“CSU is a great team. They’re not ranked 15th in the country because they haven’t been playing well,” volleyball head coach Carrie Yerty said.
Despite the rival aspect and “Border War” hype in this match, Wyoming has respect for their conference foe. “I take a lot of pride that we get the opportunity to play CSU and be in the same conference as a team that’s 15thin the country,” Yerty said.
She said that despite their national ranking and success, the Cowgirls won’t be intimidated against the Rams. “[CSU head coach] Tom Hilbert and I go way back and he knows we’re going to bring our best effort and we’re going to be ready to play and go after it. I’m sure he’s going to do the same.”
Wyoming (19-4, 4-3) and Colorado State (17-2, 7-0) boast the two best overall records in the conference. The Cowgirls are led by sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy, who is fourth in the conference in kills with 3.39 per set and second in service aces with .40 per set. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester ranks second in the conference in blocks with 1.43 per set and sophomore libero Jadranka Tramoslijanin leads the conference in digs, averaging 4.40 per set. She is fourth in service aces with .33 per set, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Redshirt sophomore Megan Plourde has been a big part of the Rams’ success this season. She is second in the conference in hitting percentage at .367 and leads the conference in blocks with 1.54 per set, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Wyoming will head to California next week as they face another conference opponent in San Diego State.
Email the author: zgreubel@uwyo.edu
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\r\nThe match with Rutgers will kick off the annual UniWyo Cowgirl Classic. The two-day tournament will also feature the South Dakota State Lady Jackrabbits and the Idaho State Lady Bengals. The Cowgirls will face the Lady Jackrabbits at 7 p.m. Friday, and then conclude the tournament at 7 p.m. Saturday against the Lady Bengals.
\r\nThe Cowgirls are coming off a disappointing 5-20 season, but coach Carrie Yerty feels the key to get the season off on the right foot is to win home tournaments like the one this weekend.
\r\n“Our goal is to win our host tournaments,” Yerty said. “That’s why I went and recruited the kids that we have because we want to put a team out there to compete and win. The youth of our program, we’re getting them comfortable and getting them experience for our Mountain West Conference season. That’s going to be critical.”
\r\nThe non-conference schedule includes a variety of regional teams, as well as major conference teams, such as Arizona State out of the PAC-10 and Rutgers out of the Big East. Yerty also thinks this schedule will help her team heading into conference play.
\r\n“I think we’ve got a selective schedule this year,” she said. “We play teams from different conferences and have a real diverse schedule and ideally you want to pick your preseason schedule and use it as a preparation for your conference schedule. We’ve got Arizona State and they’re going to be a real nice challenge for us, and we’ve got Rutgers as we open up, so I’m expecting a little bit of jitters.”
\r\n“There is really a variety of teams from all over the place,”
Jessica Kagarise, libero/setter, added. “This will help our goal towards playing the teams better in our conference.”
Fortunately for the Cowgirls, their first six games will be in the friendly confines of the UniWyo Sports Complex, as they will host the UniWyo Cowgirl Invite following the UniWyo Cowgirl Classic.
\r\n“I think that allows our new kids to feel more comfortable in our home environment,” Yerty said of the opening schedule. “It also allows them the opportunity to get adjusted at school prior to heading out on the road.”
\r\nIn addition to helping the newcomers adjust to the University of Wyoming, Yerty has asked Kagarise, the lone senior on the team, to provide leadership for the young players.
\r\n“Me and some of the other returners have a bunch of leadership roles like establishing expectations for all of our freshmen and keeping the team together,” Kagarise said. “One thing we really need to focus on is gelling together as a team and just being able to be comfortable with each other on the court and just working hard every day. Staying focused for the entire season is a big part of that and to not lose focus for a couple weeks or a month and just keep that focus through the entire season.”
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The Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team went from swept to sweeper last week as they suffered a tough loss at home Thursday night against the New Mexico Lobos, but came back Saturday with a rejuvenating win over TCU.
In the first set of Thursday night’s match against New Mexico the Cowgirls got off to a quick start with an 8-3 lead. They would not give up that lead until the Lobos tied the set at 22-22 and eventually won 26-24. The Cowgirls fought hard throughout the entire match but seemed to lose some swagger after the tough first set loss, never recovering en route to a 24-26, 21-25, 22-25 loss at home.
','UW sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 14 digs and senior outside hitter Lauren Whitney added six kills, according to Wyoming Athletics.
New Mexico (11-8, 3-3) was led by senior outside hitter Lisa Meeter who also tallied a double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs. Junior middle blocker Ashley Rhoades added nine kills and three blocks, according to Wyoming Athletics.
On Saturday, Wyoming quickly kissed the Frogs goodbye in their first set, recording a .583 hitting percentage en route to one of the most lopsided sets of the season with a score of 25-11. They would eventually sweep TCU, 25-11, 25-22, 25-22.
Purdy recorded another double-double against TCU with 13 kills and 11 digs. Senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester added nine kills and three blocks. TCU (12-8, 3-3) was led by junior outside hitter Jordan Raines who tallied eight kills and seven digs, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Cowgirls (18-4, 4-3) continued play last night against Colorado Christian University. Results were not available before the print deadline.
They will head to Fort Collins Friday for a clash with conference power and nationally ranked Colorado State.
Email: Zach Greubel
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Email the author: zgreubel@uwyo.edu
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The Cowgirls had three players in double figures, led by reigning Mountain West Conference Player of the Week Jodi Purdy who totaled 13 kills and 10 digs. Redshirt freshmen Calli Miller and Reese Roehrkasse added 11 kills and 10 kills respectively, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Sophomore libero Jadranka Tramosljanin added a career high of 31 digs, and senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester led the team with six blocks.
','The Cowgirls went down 17-10 in the first set but came back to even the score at 18-18 before UNLV finally came out on top, 25-22. The first set did not seem to rattle Wyoming as they dominated the second set en route to a 25-15 win.
The Rebels would not let the Cowgirls continue their momentum through the third set and fended off the Wyoming squad for a 25-17 victory. The Cowgirls evened the match at two sets apiece by winning the fourth set, 25-17, and took the contest into the fifth and final set.
Wyoming (17-3, 3-2) got out to a 3-0 lead in the fifth set and looked primed to finally take care of the Rebels, but UNLV would not be pushed aside and eventually got the best of the Cowgirls.
Despite the tough loss against the Rebels, Wyoming was determined to rebound when they faced off against Air Force on Saturday night.
The Cowgirls came out strong, not wanting to lose two straight conference matches on the road. “We were able to refocus on what we had to do. It’s not any secret that we know how tough road wins are,” Head Coach Carrie Yerty said. “We got caught in a lull [against UNLV] and were able to reevaluate where we are in practice and what kind of team we want to be.”
The team swept the Falcons, 25-20, 25-21, 25-20.
Sophomore outside hitter Purdy once again led the Cowgirls with 13 kills while senior middle blocker Jester added five blocks and three service aces.
The Falcons proved to be a handful for the Cowgirls, scoring in the twenties in each set, but the Cowgirls overcame adversity and prevailed in the end.
New Mexico and Texas Christian will be visiting Laramie this week with the Lobos on Thursday night and Horned Frogs on Saturday. Thursday’s matchup is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex and Saturday’s showdown with TCU is at 1 p.m.
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Cowgirls move to 16-2, return to road for two matches
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The Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team took advantage of the comforts of home Saturday night as it defeated conference foe San Diego State (7-9, 2-2) for their second conference win of the season.
After trailing early in the first set, the Cowgirls buckled down and fought back for a 25-23 first set victory. Wyoming was down 7-3 before narrowing the Aztecs’ lead to one at 8-7. The Cowgirls eventually tied it up at 13-13 before going on a 7-3 run to lead 20-16 and finally winning the set 25-23. Wyoming found their rhythm as they won the next two sets en route to a sweep of their conference foe (25-23, 25-14, 25-18).
Wyoming (16-2, 2-1), led by sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy with 14 kills, became more confident as the match went on. It showed in the second and third sets, when the Cowgirls only committed four errors to the Aztecs’ ten, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Coach Carrie Yerty knows the fans played a big role in the Cowgirls’ first set comeback and ultimately in their sweep.
“I think any team coming into Laramie is probably not going to like their visit here,” Yerty said. “The environment is electric, the girls get fired up, and [the UniWyo Sports Complex] is a great arena, if not the best volleyball-only arena in the Mountain West Conference.”
Redshirt freshman Reese Roehrkasse added six kills for the Cowgirls while sophomore libero Jadranka Tramoslijanin led the team with 12 digs, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Aztecs, who hit -.009 for the match, were led by junior outside hitter Kyley Sexton with nine kills and true freshman outside hitter Raegan Shelton with seven kills, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Cowgirls will be back on the road this week as they take on UNLV Thursday in Las Vegas and the Air Force Academy Falcons Saturday in Colorado Springs. Thursday’s matchup against the Rebels will broadcast live on The Mtn. Sports Network at 7:30 p.m.
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The Wyoming Cowgirls opened conference play last weekend, losing to Utah on Thursday night and beating BYU on Saturday night.
The Cowgirls got off to a strong start in their match against the Utes, winning a hard fought first set, 28-26. Twenty-four of those points came from kills. Utah (6-8, 1-1) proceeded to win the next three sets and won the match 3-1, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Utes beat the Cowgirls by scores of 25-15, 25-20 and 25-19 in subsequent sets after the Cowgirls first game victory.
Sophomore outside hitter Jodi Purdy led the team with 13 kills and 13 digs, according to Wyoming Athletics.
“I’m really pleased with how we played; I think the first game against Utah was absolutely beautiful, we played a fantastic match but just weren’t able to sustain it,” Head Coach Carrie Yerty said.
Wyoming wouldn’t go down without a fight in the fourth and final game. After trailing 18-11, the Cowgirls fought back to 22-18 in favor of Utah. The Utes lead turned out to be insurmountable, however, as they went on to win the set, 25-19.
The Cowgirls didn’t want to begin conference play with an 0-2 start and made sure they didn’t on Saturday night beating Brigham Young University (3-11, 0-2) for the first time in six years and winning in Provo for the first time since 1984.
Purdy again led the way with 14 kills. Jadranka Tramosljanin aided the winning effort with 25 digs, according to Wyoming Athletics.
Yerty was proud of the team for their efforts away from home, she said.
“Road wins are a precious thing. We played very well in a very hostile environment; we showed maturity and were able to execute,” Yerty said. “We were able to stay composed because of our experience and because we have the ability to look passed ourselves and focus on our game plan. The difference [against BYU] was that we had already been in an environment like [the one at Utah].
Wyoming (15-2, 1-1) will continue conference play Saturday night when they host San Diego State at 7 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex.
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The Cowgirl volleyball team hit their first stumbling block of the season last weekend in their loss to Boise State University at the UniWyo Cowgirl Classic.
The Cowgirls won three of their four matches this weekend, but it was the final match against the Broncos that proved to be the first challenge for the Cowgirls in their non-conference schedule.
Boise State swept the Cowgirls in three close sets. The Broncos scored the last three points of the first set to win 28-26, according to Wyoming Athletics.
In the second set, the Cowgirls led 22-18 at one point before the momentum, and the points, switched back to Boise State for a 26-24 win, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The Broncos put Wyoming away in the third set, but not before the Cowgirls went on a 14-4 run to even things up at 21. Unfortunately, it was not enough as the Broncos completed the sweep with a 25-23 win.
While the Broncos added a punctuation mark onto the tournament, the Cowgirls still walked away with three more non-conference victories against the University of Portland and the University of Texas-Arlington on Friday, as well as a victory over the University of Northern Colorado on Saturday.
Portland took the Cowgirls to four sets. Wyoming took the first two sets by scores of 25-18 and 25-22 before falling in the third set at 24-26. The Cowgirls put the Pilots away in the fourth set with a score of 25-16, according to Wyoming Athletics.
In their second match on Friday, the Cowgirls swept UT-Arlington by scores of 25-15, 25-17 and 25-22.
The next day brought the eleventh win of the season for the Cowgirls with another sweep, this time of the Northern Colorado Bears. The Cowgirls downed the Bears by scores of 25-23, 25-18 and 25-20.
“You always head into the pre-season hoping to win every match,” Wyoming head coach Carrie Yerty told Wyoming Athletics. “We knew heading into this weekend that this would be some of our toughest opponents. Northern Colorado is a great team that has gone to the NCAA tournament.
“We’ve just been taking it set by set and match by match. Dani (Bedore) played like a senior should play, and she did a great job. She’s had an excellent fall. Northern Colorado did a good job of neutralizing Whit and Jodi, but Dani stepped up along with our middle blockers.”
The Cowgirls now sit at 11-1 with one invitational left before they enter the conference schedule. The Cowgirls will play their last non-conference invitational in Spokane, Washington at the Zags Classic. The Cowgirls will open against Gonzaga on Friday and will play Idaho and Seattle University on Saturday.
Tom Hesse
In one weekend, the Cowgirl volleyball team eclipsed their nonconference record of last season by sweeping the UniWyo Wyoming Invite.
In straight sets, Wyoming volleyball defeated Southern Utah and Central Arkansas on Friday before dispatching Northern Arizona in similar fashion. The Cowgirls stumbled for the first time in their late match against Murray State where they needed four sets to take down the Racers.
The Cowgirls’ success did not travel without individual accolades in the passenger seat. Wyoming senior middle blocker JennaRae Jester was awarded the MVP of the invite and senior opposite hitter Dani Bedore was selected to the all-tournament team, according to Wyoming Athletics.
The team opened the tournament with a dominant performance over Southern Utah. The Cowgirls took the first set 25-13, then completed the sweep with victories of 25-18 and 25-23 in the final two sets of the match.
Against Central Arkansas, the Cowgirls were equally impressive winning the first three sets with scores of 25-18, 27-25 and 25-18.
\"This was a great way to start the year,\" Head Coach Carrie Yerty told Wyoming Athletics. \"The players were excited to see someone else besides their teammates across the net. We had an opportunity to work in several players, which helped them gain some experience. We blocked tremendously well today with 20 block assists. I\'m proud of them. Senior Dani Bedore was solid with ten kills and a .450 hitting percentage along with Camille Coffman who had three blocks and a .455 hitting percentage. We had a lot of people step up and play well.\"
The Cowgirls avoided the first day hangover by breaking into Saturday with scores of 25-16, 25-14 and 27-25 in their sweep of Northern Arizona. Against Murray State, the Cowgirls started with a 25-20 victory before faltering in the second set, 27-29. After a close second set, the Cowgirls regained their composure to take the next two sets by scores of 25-21 and 25-20.
“I really appreciate the effort we had at the end of the match to come away with the victory,” Head Coach Carrie Yerty told Wyoming Athletics. “To come back, stay calm and aggressive that wouldn’t have happened a year ago. They really stayed composed, but stayed aggressive even when we were behind.”
The Cowgirls will take their undefeated record to DeLand, Florida for the Stetson University Invitational this Friday.
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\r\n','\r\nThe Cowgirls, who finished 13-18 last season, are focused on a strong start to their nonconference schedule.
\r\n“We want to win ball games,” Carrie Yerty said “We want to win our nonconference season, every game.”
\r\nThe Cowgirls finished with three nonconference wins last season.
\r\nThe lack of injuries to the team is sure to help Yerty’s squad in starting the season with more nonconference wins than they had all of last season.
\r\n“Everybody is healthy and strong,” Yerty said, “No injuries.”
\r\nIn three seasons, Yerty has put together a team that she feels is bigger and more talented than the Cowgirls have seen in years past.
\r\nMost notably, the 2009 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year Jodi Purdy exemplifies the team that Yerty is trying to build. Purdy was named to the Preseason All-Conference team, according to the MWC.
\r\nThe UniWyo Sports Complex will host a litany of matches this weekend. Along with Southern Utah and Central Arkansas, Wyoming will square off against Northern Arizona University and Murray State University on Saturday.
\r\nThe team will play its first game on Friday against the Thunderbirds of Southern Utah at 1:30 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m. matchup with Central Arkansas.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-08-27 05:25:49','126','Tom Hesse','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-08-27 06:25:14','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','15','season, team, nonconference, yerty, university, cowgirls, ”, southern, arkansas, utah, central, “we, schedule, wyoming, win, injuries, game, host, volleyball, uniwyo','The Cowgirl volleyball team gets their first shot at the 2010 season this Friday when they kick off their nonconference schedule with a pair of match-ups against Southern Utah University and the University of Central Arkansas at the UniWyo Wyoming Invite. ','0','36','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2274','Intramural Sports hosts basketball, tennis activities','intramural-sports-hosts-basketball-tennis-activities','','As part of its summer activities, University of Wyoming Intramural Sports will host a 3 on 3 basketball league, as well as a tennis tournament starting on July 7. Both events, much like all leagues and tournaments offered this summer, are free of charge and open to anyone interested in watching.
“All intramural events are open to the public, and often there are friends or organization members who attend games or activities,” Joe Book, Intramural Sports Coordinator, said.
Spectators and players have the chance to attend all intramural events for about three to five weeks.
“Basketball games are played on Mondays and Wednesdays in Half Acre Gym from about 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and tennis matches are scheduled randomly throughout the week at the UW Tennis Complex,” Book said.
Participants can be UW students, staff and spouses who have registered at the Intramural office prior to the event. While there are no requirements on skill for any given sport, various starting levels are offered for most of the events, ranging from recreational to very competitive.
“Most intramurals are free of charge. The only events that cost are events that utilize revenue-generating facilities like golf, paintball or bowling,” Book said.
While the main focus of intramural sports is to offer activities around Laramie, some sports do start participating in regional and even national competition.
“Some teams have taken advantage of opportunities to compete in regional and national intramural tournaments, particularly in flag football,” Book said.
In 2006, a women’s flag football team competed and won in a regional tournament in Nebraska.
“They also participated in the National Intramural Flag Football Tournament in Pensacola in 2006 and in Dallas in 2007,” Book said.
But there are options other than competition for students to get involved with intramural sports.
“The Intramural Program hires students as officials for about seven different sports during the year, and students have the opportunity to advance to office and supervisory positions after meeting minimum requirements and going through an interview process,” Book said.
According to the intramural Web site, office staff has a starting pay rate of $7.75, officials start at $8.25 and supervisors are paid $8.50 and hour. Employees will then receive a 15 cent raise after every two semesters.
For further information on the programs and a complete list and schedule for summer sports, individuals can visit the intramural Web site found on www.uwyo.edu, or call the intramural office at (307) 766-4175.
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\r\nBasketball, which garners some of the largest participation numbers, wrapped up before spring break and now the Intramural Sports office is offering a whole new slate of events, ranging from indoor soccer to a T-shirt design contest.
\r\n','\r\nAccording to intramural coordinator Joe Book, the list of events gets bigger every year, but indoor soccer continues to bring in the most players.
\r\nSign-ups for indoor soccer end today and play will begin this weekend. Men’s, women’s and co-ed teams exist, and the team meetings for this event will be held at 6:30 p.m. tonight. The games are played in the new indoor practice facility next to War Memorial Stadium.
\r\nAnother popular sport is dodgeball, with sign-ups also ending today and the team meeting at 6 p.m. tonight. Dodgeball has a more laid-back environment, but is competitive nonetheless. There are both men’s and women’s teams.
\r\nOther popular sports like softball, tennis and golf all begin in April. Sign-ups for softball are open from March 29 through April 7, and leagues are open for men’s, women’s and co-ed teams. Tennis doubles and a golf scramble (weather permitting) will take place in late April with sign-ups open in mid-April.
\r\nThe seemingly endless list of events includes competition like the home run derby, co-rec tube water polo and badminton doubles. The full list of offerings with sign-up times and other information can be found online at www.uwyo.edu/imsports, or in the Campus Recreation booklet.
\r\nAccording to the Web site, the Intramural Sports Program’s goal is to provide students, faculty, staff and even their spouses competition opportunities of a wide variety.
\r\nThe Intramural Sports office is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is located in Half Acre, Room 206. Information like previous champions, sign-ups, and a calendar of events can be found in the office.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-24 01:03:41','104','Brad Estes','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-24 02:03:11','2010-04-06 07:00:00','','','','0','0','13','sports, intramural, sign, events, ups, indoor, office, april, open, list, teams, women’s, spring, men’s, competition, soccer, softball, tennis, golf, doubles','As students get back from spring break and prepare to work through the last few weeks of school, the Intramural Sports office offers a whole new list of competition to help get through the end of classes.\r\n\r\nBasketball, which garners some of the largest participation numbers, wrapped up before spring break and now the Intramural Sports office is offering a whole new slate of events, ranging from indoor soccer to a T-shirt design contest. ','0','21','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2276','Cowboy hockey team ousted at regionals','cowboy-hockey-team-ousted-at-regionals','','\r\nIt was an agonizing, all-too-familiar result for the UW club hockey team. Standing on the precipice of a berth in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division III National Tournament, the Cowboys were hoping to strike jackpot in Las Vegas.
\r\n','\r\nInstead, they went home empty-handed.\r\nA long and successful 2009-10 campaign came to a disappointing close for Wyoming on Saturday, as the Pokes fell 4-1 to Dordt College in the second round of the Pacific Regional Tournament at the Sobe Ice Arena.
\r\nWyoming needed a second-round victory at regionals to advance to the national tournament in March.
\r\nWyoming knocked off Fresno State 4-2 in the first round of the tournament on Friday morning, but the Cowboys were unable to rebound from a calamitous start against Dordt the following afternoon.
\r\n“It’s pretty disappointing, especially for the seniors,” graduate student goaltender Kenny Ainsworth, who was playing in his final regional tournament, said. “The whole team really wanted to go, and we knew we needed a win on Saturday.”
\r\nThe two teams split the regular season series, as Wyoming had defeated Dordt 9-3 in November.
\r\nThe Blades (11-8) dropped the Cowboys 4-1 in mid-January.
\r\nThe Blades won 4-1 again on Saturday. Jordan Janz led Dordt with a pair of goals and an assist, and Nate Woudstra and Brandon Fast both added scores to supplement the Blades’ resounding victory.
\r\nFast got the Blades onto the scoreboard just five minutes into the contest and set the tone for Dordt’s most complete and concise performance of the year.
\r\nLater in the first period, Dordt was able to exploit Wyoming’s penalty woes to bury the Cowboys in a deeper hole.
\r\nWith three Wyoming players in the penalty box, the Blades took advantage of an extended 5-on-3 power play and cashed in when Janz found the back of the net with 3:23 remaining in the period. Janz burned Wyoming one more time early in the second period, scoring with 15:16 remaining to push the Cowboys to the brink.
\r\nWoudstra’s goal with 9:02 left in the second came during a Wyoming power-play, effectively extinguishing any hopes of a Cowboy comeback.
\r\nJake Bates scored the Pokes’ lone goal with just three seconds remaining.
\r\nWyoming mounted plenty of offense, but Dordt’s goaltender Ted Gibbons turned away 37 of 38 shots.
\r\n“[Gibbons] played out of his mind,” Ainsworth, who made 37 saves of his own in the losing effort, said. “He played outstanding throughout the game and we just couldn’t find the back of the net. [Team captain Elliot Bauder] put it best in the locker room after the game, when he talked about how bitter the loss felt. He made a point to emphasize to all of the younger guys on the team just how much this stung so that they will work even harder next season to get to the next level. We were so close, and it’s tough to walk away from that.”
\r\nThe Regionals trip was not without its bright moments for the Cowboys.
\r\nWyoming put together a commanding performance down the stretch against Fresno State in the tournament’s opening round, putting away a feisty Bulldog team by a 4-2 margin.
\r\nBates, Will Alpsteg, Taylor Freeman and Billy Ross all notched goals for the Cowboys, while Elliot Bauder and forward Mitch Nelson had two assists apiece; Ainsworth stopped 22 shots in the victory.
\r\n“It was a great season. This was the best team I have ever played on, and we always had a hell of a time everywhere we went,” Ainsworth said, emphasizing the camaraderie and friendships made on a club level team. “You get to play the game with a bunch of people who love to play the game. You end up with a bunch of great friends, and it’s a good time throughout the whole year.”
\r\nThe Cowboys’ season has one final stop: the North Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs, which will be held this weekend in Fremont, Neb.. The tournament has no bearing on nationals, but it represents one final opportunity for the Cowboys to end their season—and for seniors to end their careers—on a triumphant note.
\r\nWyoming will play Iowa State in the opening round at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.
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\r\nThe final tune-up for the postseason was quick, painless and lacking the slightest trace of competition.
\r\nAs Wyoming club hockey head coach Shawn Rockey was quick to point out, the rest of the way will be anything but that for a Cowboy hockey team ardently determined to make a return trip to the ACHA Division III National Tournament for the first time in years.
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“We don’t like to play [a game like this], especially going into regionals, but it’s just the way the schedule breaks down and there’s nothing we can do,” Rockey said following his team’s 11-0 pummeling of Colorado School of Mines on Friday night at the Laramie Community Ice Arena.
\r\n“It’s certainly better than losing a game, of course. Right now, we’re just taking it one game at a time headed into regionals.”
\r\nPerhaps a slightly more formidable test headed into the Pacific Division Regional Tournament in Las Vegas this weekend would have appeased Rockey and his team.
\r\nThe game’s outcome was never in doubt from the opening puck drop, as a focused Wyoming team dispatched the overmatched Orediggers with systematic precision, lighting up the scoreboard and bombarding Mines with flurries of shots on the offensive end.
\r\nForward Erik Blomberg notched a hat trick, and Mitch Nelson added a pair of goals as Wyoming closed its regular season with a 19-11 record; eight different Pokes found the back of the net on the evening.
\r\nWhile it was the type of contest which often precipitates complacency, Rockey said he was pleased his team played a clean, efficient game, particularly on the defensive side of the ice.
\r\nSenior goaltender Kenny Ainsworth was sound in the net, stopping 17 shots and earning his first shutout of the season; the Cowboy backline, which Ainsworth and Rockey affectionately dubbed “The Thumpers,” physically manhandled the Oredigger forwards and cleared most scoring threats with ease.
\r\n“[Pitching a shutout] is good for Kenny. The confidence is huge for a goalie because goalies are really superstitious and it’s important that he goes into regionals on a hot streak and playing confidently and executing well,” Rockey said.
\r\nWyoming will play Fresno State (14-13) in the first round of the regional tournament on Friday morning. The Cowboys will have to put together their best stretch of hockey this season, as Wyoming must win its first two games at regional to qualify for the national championships, held March 10-13 in Estero, Fla.
\r\nWith a storied program history—a D-III National Championship triumph in 2000-01 and an encore national runner-up run in 2001-02—and a group of seniors who are desperate to play at nationals for the first time in their careers, the stakes could not be higher for the Cowboys this weekend.
\r\n“A lot of the guys on the team right now have never had that opportunity,” Rockey said. “I was on [the 2001–02 team], and it was a blast. We’ve had the seniors talk to the younger guys and say, ‘Hey, this is our last chance, we’ve got to do it now,’ so yeah, I think there is absolutely that sense of urgency.”
\r\nIn the Cowboys’ previous contest with Fresno State this season, Wyoming won a 2-1 nail-biter in Cheyenne on Nov. 13.
\r\nAnother semester, another intramural schedule begins for the Campus Activities department. The activities offered are as varied and numerous as ever.
\r\nAs football season comes to an end, basketball season begins.
\r\nSunday, teams from the 5-on-5 basketball league began play in Half Acre Gym. Though sign-ups for possibly the most popular spring intramural have passed, there are many other opportunities for intramural competition coming up.
\r\nFree agents are as real in intramural sports as they are in professional sports, although at a decreased level of skill. Players still wishing to play in the intramural basketball league can simply find a team of friends they wish to join and be added to the team before tournament time or simply sign up on the free agent list in the Intramural Sports Office located on the second floor of Half Acre Gym.
\r\nIf it is a sport, then it is probably on the Intramural Sports Office’s list of events. From 8-ball competitions for the pool sharks on campus to swim meets for Michael Phelps wanna-bes the list of events is chock-full of opportunities to get involved in some competition.
\r\nStarting in February are sports like wrestling and indoor track, and sort-of-sports like table tennis, wiffleball and wally-ball.
\r\nIn March, there are gambling opportunities with the NCAA basketball pool competition. As usual, the prize is an intramural T-shirt.
\r\nAs the semester progresses, and the weather gets warmer, more events will pop up on the radar. Softball and indoor soccer are popular events in the spring with sign-up deadlines coming in March. Even a golf scramble competition is available in April if weather allows.
\r\nFor any questions or sign up information, the full spring intramural schedule can be found online at www.uwyo.edu/Imsports.
\r\nAlso, Campus Activities pamphlets are available all around campus in places like the Union and the Classroom Building. To sign up for any events, just go to Half Acre and the Intramural Sports Office.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-27 02:21:18','126','Brad Estes','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-27 13:00:00','2010-02-10 07:00:00','','','','0','0','10','intramural, sports, events, sign, campus, basketball, competition, spring, list, opportunities, acre, semester, activities, free, full, coming, schedule, popular, march, office','Another semester, another intramural schedule begins for the Campus Activities department. The activities offered are as varied and numerous as ever.','0','26','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2279','Rugby ends successful season','rugby-ends-successful-season','','As most Cowboy football fans are still recovering from the disappointing loss against BYU last weekend, there is one team on campus that may lift their spirits. The University of Wyoming women’s club rugby team just finished a nearly perfect season. The women won all three of their season games that weather allowed them to play. The team, comprised of mostly newcomers, has meshed well together.
\r\n“The key to our success is teamwork. We just all play really well together,” first-time player Hailey Voycheske said.
\r\nFor nearly half of the team, this fall marked their first time playing rugby. The majority of the team had never played before coming to UW. This is a fact that goes completely unnoticed when considering the team’s season. This year, the hard work put forth by the team overcame their youth. Having already qualified for the NCAA Tournament, these girls will look to next semester when the season resumes after winter break.
\r\nNow that the fall season is over for women’s rugby, the spring season will bring a lot of away games for the Cowgirls. While they prepare for the NCAA Tournament, they may have one make-up game to play at home. Their season will restart in April, but the work for these girls hasn’t stopped.
\r\nFor schedules and more information on the women’s club rugby team, visit Wyoming Club Sports on the UW Web site. As with all club teams at UW, rugby is open to any students interested in trying out.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-11 00:33:33','104','Jenny Hall','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-11 13:00:00','2009-11-25 07:00:00','','','','0','0','9','season, team, rugby, club, play, women’s, girls, tournament, work, fall, ncaa, wyoming, time, games, teams, open, qualified, site, web, resumes','As most Cowboy football fans are still recovering from the disappointing loss against BYU last weekend, there is one team on campus that may lift their spirits. The University of Wyoming women’s club rugby team just finished a nearly perfect season. The women won all three of their season games that weather allowed them to play. The team, comprised of mostly newcomers, has meshed well together.','0','29','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2280','Intramural sports begin spring season','intramural-sports-begin-spring-season','','It’s that time of year: March Madness is closing out the basketball season, baseball is just around the corner and football is too far in the future to think about right now. So it’s the job of the Intramural Sports Program at the University of Wyoming to keep even the most laid-back sports enthusiast going in this slump.
\r\nAnd keep it going they have. Fifteen separate events have started since the beginning of the semester, including a slam-dunk contest, inner tube water polo, a track meet and table tennis.
\r\nThe basketball league, the biggest event, offered men’s, women’s and co-ed teams and featured 130 teams, according to intramural sports coordinator Joe Book. Fifty teams participated in the water polo league, an event Book called “the most fun event you’ve never played.”
\r\nMost recently, Half Acre played host to a 4-on-4 co-ed volleyball tournament the Saturday before spring break.
\r\n“If students are here on a weekend, it’s a great time to get your buddies and play in a tournament,” Book said. Thirty teams joined in on the volleyball action.
\r\nWith sports like wallyball and whiffleball, it seems like an impossible task not to keep the intramural sports calendar full of entertaining events. And the upcoming post-spring break activities are as varied as they are entertaining.
\r\nBadminton, swimming, indoor soccer, co-ed volleyball and dodgeball kick off before the end of the month.
\r\nThese events are sure to please. Book cited volleyball, dodgeball and indoor soccer as the biggest events in this segment.
\r\nFor the record-breaking number of students expected to participate in indoor soccer, playing in the new indoor facility will become a reality.
\r\n“We’re thrilled about playing there,” Book said. “There’s a big soccer community on campus.” Both men’s and women’s teams will compete.
\r\n“Events like this in grade school were always a fun thing to do,” Book said. “You didn’t have to do calisthenics or push-ups or run a mile. You got to go play dodgeball.”
\r\nThe 5-on-5 dodgeball league is played in the main gym of Half Acre.
\r\nAn expected 50-60 teams will participate in co-ed volleyball, which is offered on numerous occasions throughout the scholastic year.
\r\nRegistration for soccer, volleyball and dodgeball ended Wednesday, but Book said the program will still take registering teams to let them play, at the very least, in the tournament at the end. Play for these sports began Sunday and Monday and will run until the end of April.
\r\nOther events offered in this portion of the program—badminton doubles and the swim meet—are single-day events on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Students can register on or before those days.
\r\nTo register a team, visit the intramural sports office on the second floor of Half Acre.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-30 22:03:24','104','Kendall Hickman','2009-03-31 21:42:19','112','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-31 20:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','8','sports, book, teams, events, ”, volleyball, soccer, intramural, dodgeball, play, indoor, tournament, spring, acre, it’s, students, event, offered, played, league','It’s that time of year: March Madness is closing out the basketball season, baseball is just around the corner and football is too far in the future to think about right now. So it’s the job of the Intramural Sports Program at the University of Wyoming to keep even the most laid-back sports enthusiast going in this slump.','0','23','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2281','Cowboy baseball sweeps opening weekend','cowboy-baseball-sweeps-opening-weekend','','The reigning District VIII champion Wyoming Cowboy baseball team started their title defense with a sweep of conference rival Western State College over the weekend. The Cowboys defeated the Mountaineers from Colorado in all three games by scores of 20-17, 15-13 and 9-4.
\r\nPlaying in only their fifth game of the season, the Cowboys took a quick lead and held on for the victory.
\r\nSkyler Joy, Travis Belt and Jordan Mette all reached base safely and scored the first three runs of the game as freshman Dustin Stallings brought them all home with a triple to deep center. Three hits and two walks again loaded the bases for the Cowboys, and after a home run by Britt Marsh, the Pokes quickly led 9-0.
\r\n“Every batter reached base and scored in the first inning, which was impressive considering we haven’t seen much live pitching,” Wyoming coach Aaron Lozano said. “It was important for us to come out and set the tone like we did.”
\r\nThe Pokes continued to pour on the runs as they scored seven more on hits by Chance Marshall, Sean Schoonover and a home run by Belt.
\r\nDown 14-1 going into the fourth inning, Western State got things going on the offensive end, with plenty of help from Cowboy miscues. In their top half of the fourth, the Mountaineers plated 12 runs on four hits and four Cowboy errors to pull within one.
\r\n“We lost our intensity and focus for one inning, which we can’t afford to do later in the year,” Lozano said. “Luckily we were able to recover and score some more runs when it counted.”
\r\nGame two produced almost as many runs as game one; the Cowboys edged Western 15-13.
\r\nIn the first inning, Western State scored three runs off Cowboy pitching starter Stallings. Wyoming answered with two of their own in their half of the first, in a back and forth trend that would continue the rest of the contest. In the fifth and sixth innings, Western erupted for six runs to take an 11-7 lead.
\r\n“We could have easily died after falling behind in the sixth,” Lozano said. “But the guys battled when it mattered and we were able to score eight huge runs, including five with two outs.”
\r\nLooking for the sweep going into Sunday’s game, Kelly Helbig shut down the potent Mountaineer offense, giving up only four runs while striking out three.
\r\nThe Pokes scored four runs in the first off a triple by Stallings and a Covello single, and one more in the third after singles by Marsh, Schoonover and Will Lee. Another four runs crossed home plate in the fifth as the Pokes finished with nine runs to Western’s four.
\r\nLeading the way for the Cowboys in the series sweep was freshman Joy, who garnered NCBA Player of the Week honors after going 6-for-11 with seven RBI’s, two walks and seven runs scored.
\r\n“Everyone hit the ball really well this weekend,” Lozano said. “We made quite a few mistakes defensively but will improve as we get more games under our belt.”
\r\nThe Cowboys will play three games this weekend against conference foe Colorado College. Game times are tentatively set for noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. on Sunday.
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\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-26 23:20:53','105','Britt Marsh','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-27 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','7','runs, ”, game, cowboys, scored, western, cowboy, pokes, lozano, inning, home, weekend, games, “we, wyoming, hits, belt, stallings, sweep, state','The reigning District VIII champion Wyoming Cowboy baseball team started their title defense with a sweep of conference rival Western State College over the weekend. The Cowboys defeated the Mountaineers from Colorado in all three games by scores of 20-17, 15-13 and 9-4.','0','19','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2282','Cowgirl tennis doubles team ends play at ITA All-Am. Championships','cowgirl-tennis-doubles-team-ends-play-at-ita-all-am-championships','','![](\"images/stories/-2010/10/13/tennisteaser.png\")
Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2010)—The doubles team of Simona Synkova and Kim van Ginkel concluded play at this year’s ITA All-American Championships, on Friday, at the Riviera Tennis Club.
The 32nd ranked team of Synkova and van Ginkel fell to the fifth ranked Josipa Bek and Keri Wong of Clemson, by an 8-4 score. The Cowgirls were up 4-3 and had a chance to earn a break to put them up 5-3, but Clemson played tough and would win the game to tie it up at four all.
','“We had a great start and got an early break but we couldn’t hold on to the lead,” said head coach Kati Gyulai.
“We kept executing well but Clemson stayed tough and didn’t give us anything. We are happy to see where we are at this point in the fall season.”
This top hard court event of the fall collegiate season features the top players in Division I.
The tournament includes six rounds of prequalifying and qualifying matches which began on Saturday, October 2, 2010. The Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships are hosted by the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. for the 26th consecutive year.
The Cowgirl tennis team will be back in action beginning next Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the Mountain Regional Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev.
The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team split a pair of Mountain West Conference matches last weekend in San Diego, Calif., as they edged host and No. 75-ranked San Diego State, 4-3, and fell 6-1 to the No. 36-ranked UNLV Rebels.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming (12-7, 3-3 MWC) came from behind to win a pivotal doubles point against San Diego State, which proved to be the deciding factor in the tough road match.
\r\n“We fought very hard today,” UW coach Kati Gyulai said. “We were down in doubles 6-3 and hung in there to come back and win it in a tie-breaker, which put us up 1-0. At that point, we truly believed that we could win and we played like it. We are extremely happy about this victory.”
\r\nKim van Ginkel and Simona Synkova of UW fell behind 6-3 to sisters Roxanne Ellison and Sierra Ellison in the No. 1 spot, but battled back to win, 9-8 (1). Cowgirls Alexandra Kovacs and Rebecca Berger won easily over Julia Trunk and Julia Wais at the No. 2 position, 8-2, while Paloma Navarro and Sarah Summerfield fell 8-2 to Alicia Aguilar and Olivia Colman of SDSU, 8-2.
\r\nSynkova, van Ginkel and Berger won their singles matches, and Summerfield, Kovacs and Sasa Nemcova lost.
\r\nThe following morning, the Cowgirls were overwhelmed by a strong UNLV team, who clinched second place in the MWC behind champion Utah. The Rebels swept the doubles matches and stormed through the singles events until Nemcova got UW on the board with a three-set win over Rumyana Terzieva, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6), in the final match of the day.
\r\nWyoming will conclude its regular season this week with Front Range trips to rivals Colorado State and Air Force. The Cowgirls will be in Fort Collins to face the Rams at 1 p.m. on Friday and then head to Colorado Springs and play the Falcons at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-19 23:01:57','126','Bobby Abplanalp','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-20 00:01:42','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','5','win, san, doubles, state, fell, matches, diego, cowgirls, rebels, wyoming, won, ”, julia, summerfield, point, match, berger, ellison, tennis, singles','The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team split a pair of Mountain West Conference matches last weekend in San Diego, Calif., as they edged host and No. 75-ranked San Diego State, 4-3, and fell 6-1 to the No. 36-ranked UNLV Rebels.','0','36','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2284','Tennis ends final home stand with two wins','tennis-ends-final-home-stand-with-two-wins','','The Wyoming Cowgirls tennis team finished their final three-game home stand with a 2-1 record.
\r\n','\r\nWyoming (11-6, 2-2 Mountain West Conference) shut-out non-conference foe North Dakota, 7-0, then followed that up with an emotional 4-3 win over BYU.
\r\nIt marked the first time the Cowgirls have beaten BYU in school history.
\r\nThe final match of the weekend was against the first-place and No. 39-ranked Utah Utes, and the visitors proved to be too much for the Cowgirls, as the home team fell, 7-0.
\r\nOverall, it was a good weekend for the Cowgirls, but the high-spirited emotion that came from a win against BYU, may have ultimately altered the focus of head coach Kati Gyulai’s young squad.
\r\n“Utah is a good team, and I thought they executed much better under pressure than we did,” Gyulai said. “We fell apart. It just wasn’t there for us emotionally, mentally, physically. We lost three, three-set matches. That’s the difference of how you execute under pressure and we did not execute.”
\r\nHowever, against North Dakota, senior Sarah Summerfield won her 65th career singles match over Katie Callison, 6-2, 6-1, to move into first-place on the all-time UW women’s tennis wins list.
\r\n“It’s pretty cool,” Summerfield said about her record. “It’s a good feeling. I’m really glad I can leave my mark here for a little while, so the other girls can try and beat me in that.”
\r\n“She knew the pressure was on and she played with a lot of energy,” Gyulai said about Summerfield. “We’re very happy for her. I think it is a very well deserved award for her. Let’s hope she can keep winning and set the record even higher for the next person.”
\r\nAgainst the BYU Cougars, it came down to the last two singles matches with Wyoming needing to win both. Each match went three sets, and each match the Cowgirls were victorious. Kim van Ginkel and Sasa Nemcova edged BYU’s Megan Price and Liza Ezhova, 6-2, 6-7 (7-4), 6-1, and, 6-1, 6-7 (8-6), 6-1.
\r\n“The first set, I played pretty well, it was really fast,” Nemcova said about her singles win. “The second set, I got nervous and she [Ezhova] started to play better. I had 6-4 in the tie-break, but I was not able to finish it. Thanks to coach, she came to my curb and she helped me, and I was able to win the last set.”
\r\n“We knew today was going to be really tough against BYU,” van Ginkel said. “We’ve never beat them before and we knew we could beat them, because we have a really strong team this year. Everyone found a higher gear today.”
\r\nWyoming will be back on the road for the rest of the season, as they continue MWC play against San Diego State and UNLV. The matches will be this weekend in San Diego, Calif., at 3 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m Saturday.
\r\nThe Wyoming Cowgirls tennis team began Mountain West Conference play in Fort Worth, Texas, with a win over New Mexico and a close loss to host TCU.
\r\nWyoming (9-5, 1-1 MWC) shut-out the Lobos 7-0 for its first win over New Mexico in school history.
\r\n','\r\n“This was a good win for us and a great way to start conference play,” UW head coach Kati Gyulai said in a news release.
\r\nSimona Synkova and Kim Van Ginkel kicked things off for the Cowgirls with a convincing 8-2 doubles victory over Ashley Bonner and Anya Villanueva of UNM. Alexandra Kovacs and Rebecca Berger won 8-4 over Michaela Oldani and Amy Shippard, while Carly Van Hollen and Sarah Summerfield cruised to an 8-2 win against Elaine Bourdages and Laura Richardson to give Wyoming a 1-0 lead.
\r\nThe Cowgirls dominated the singles events. Kovacs won the first match 6-2, 6-1 over Villanueva, and Summerfield beat Bonner 6-1, 6-1. Synkova defeated Kristen Eggleston 6-3, 6-2, Berger downed Richardson 6-0, 6-2, Van Ginkel ousted Oldani 6-0, 6-0, and Sasa Nemcova bested Manumea Durie 6-3, 7-5 to complete the shutout.
\r\nThe next day, Wyoming took defending MWC champion TCU down to the wire, but the Horned Frogs hung on for a hard-fought 4-3 win.
\r\n“I am proud of our team for the way we competed,” Gyulai said in a release. “We found a higher gear that we have been looking for all spring, and we continue to believe that we can beat anybody in this conference.”
\r\nThe Cowgirls got off to a good start, as Synkova and Van Ginkel won the opening doubles match 8-4 over Kayla Duncan and Katarina Tuohimaa of TCU, but the Horned Frogs won the two other doubles matches. Nina Munch-Soegaard and Maria Babanova beat Berger and Kovacs 8-4, while Gaby Mastromarino and Idunn Hertzberg also defeated Van Hollen and Summerfield 8-4.
\r\nIt was a back-and-forth battle in the singles competition, and it came down to the end. Munch-Seogaard of TCU beat Summerfield 6-3, 7-5, but Kovacs won the next match for UW, defeating Duncan 6-3, 6-2. Tuohimaa earned a tough victory for the Horned Frogs 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 over Synkova. The Cowgirls won the next two matches to tie it 3-3, as Berger downed Hertzberg 6-2, 6-3 and Van Ginkel bested Babanova 6-1, 6-3. However, it was Mastromarino winning the deciding match against Nemcova 6-0, 6-0.
\r\nAfter spending over a month on the road, the Cowgirls return home for the final time this season to host three matches against non-conference foe North Dakota and MWC rivals BYU and Utah. The matches are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Friday, while the Saturday and Sunday matches are slated for 10 a.m.
\r\nThe Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team dropped a close match to the Denver Pioneers Friday, 4-3. The doubles team of Carly Van Hollen and Sarah Summerfield picked up the only doubles win for the Cowgirls, while three Cowgirls recorded wins in singles play.
\r\n','\r\nThe doubles win for Van Hollen and Summerfield came over Pioneers Lorinda Boothman and Mikele Smith by a score of 8-1. Winners for the Cowgirls in singles play were Simona Synkova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, over Sophia Bergner; Rebecca Berger in straight sets over Boothman 7-5, 6-1; and Sasa Nemcova in straight sets 6-0, 6-2 over Smith.
\r\nThe Cowgirls’ loss to the Pioneers wrapped up their non-conference schedule with an 8-4 record.
\r\nLast year, the Cowgirls went 1-7 in the Mountain West Conference with their only win coming over the Air Force Falcons.
\r\nThe Cowgirls look to improve on last year’s conference record when they play on the road this weekend against the New Mexico Lobos and the TCU Horned Frogs.
\r\nThe Cowgirls take on the Lobos at 1 p.m. Friday and then the Horned Frogs at 9 a.m. Saturday, both in Fort Worth, Texas.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-29 22:46:22','104','Brad Estes','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-29 23:46:10','2010-04-12 07:00:00','','','','0','0','2','cowgirls, conference, doubles, pioneers, win, play, summerfield, lobos, smith, tennis, hollen, boothman, singles, van, team, record, loss, sets, straight, horned','The Wyoming Cowgirl tennis team dropped a close match to the Denver Pioneers Friday, 4-3. The doubles team of Carly Van Hollen and Sarah Summerfield picked up the only doubles win for the Cowgirls, while three Cowgirls recorded wins in singles play.','0','32','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2287','New Jersey tennis player closes out senior season','new-jersey-tennis-player-closes-out-senior-season','','Sara Summerfield’s tennis career has been characterized as much by her triumph over adversity as it has by her success.
\r\nLike many athletes who come to Wyoming, Summerfield experienced a huge transformation during her time spent in the Cowboy state. After all, there’s high elevation and low population.
\r\n','\r\n“I was really nervous and excited when I first came to Wyoming. It was kind of like an adventure coming all the way from New Jersey. It took some time to adjust, but now I love it, and I am grateful for my time here,” Summerfield said.
\r\nShe came out of the gate strong in her freshmen season, posting a 7-4 singles record in the fall of 2006 which eventually led to All-Mountain West Conference honors. She was the third Cowgirl ever to claim that honor as a freshman.
\r\nSummerfield was recognized again by the conference as a junior, becoming the second player in school history to receive All-Mountain West Conference honors twice.
\r\n“The moment that sticks out the most in my career is getting All-Conference my freshman and junior year. Also, tearing my ACL my freshman year was an unforgettable moment,” Summerfield said.
\r\nThe ACL tear stole her chance for honors during her first conference competition.
\r\nDuring her comeback in the spring, Summerfield showed no signs of having lost anything, winning 5 of her first 6 matches after coming back from injury. Summerfield went on to finish with a singles record of 14-7.
\r\nSummerfield’s junior campaign gave her the fifth most career wins in school history with 54. As an exclamation point on the season, she paired her All-Mountain West Conference selection with Academic All-Conference honors.
\r\nWith a successful senior season so far, Summerfield is well on her way to closing out a storied Cowgirl tennis career and still has goals for her last season.
\r\n“I really want us to get ranked. This has been one of my major goals for the past four years and this year, we are really close. I also want my team to win the Mountain West Conference or at least to finish in the top three and to garner all conference honors again,” she said.
\r\n“The best thing about UW tennis has been being able to compete as a Wyoming Cowgirl and to be able to represent the state of Wyoming as an athlete. I also have really enjoyed traveling with the team and competing against some of the best schools in the nation,” Summerfield said.
\r\nHer career may be drawing to a close, but with so much accomplished already, she has no illusions about how she wants to leave this program. “I want to be remembered as a great tennis player from Wyoming,” Summerfield said.
\r\nThe Cowgirl tennis team has a record of 8-3 this spring. They are scheduled to travel to the University of Denver for a match-up on Saturday if weather permits.
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With the exception of one, all of students who participated in The Branding Iron poll said that Facebook is the primary online social network service they use; many check the site a number of times a day.
','The results are no surprise.
Simply walking through Coe Library and looking at what websites students have displayed on their screens gives a clear indication that Facebook is not only popular but critical to social interaction for people of this generation.
The majority of students polled answered that they log on to Facebook either from a PC or a mobile device at least three to four times a day.
Due to the increasingly advanced web capabilities of cell phones, Facebook has become accessible on most mobile devices.
Other, lesser-used, social media sites included Twitter, Tumlr, Flikr, Foursquare, Myspace and various blogging platforms.
Platforms like Twitter have also maintained some degree of popularity among students at UW. Approximately 10 percent of students polled answered that they use Twitter at least once a day.
Twitter, a social network service that allows users to post simple one hundred and forty character status updates, was used primarily by students who use other forms of social media as well.
Blogging platforms such as Tumblr, Wordpress, and Blogger were used by only a small number of students.
These blogging platforms allow individuals to write articles, upload media, and update readers on news, essentially giving them the ability to run their own webpage at no cost.
As new social networking platforms continue to become available on the internet, it is difficult to say whether Facebook will maintain its dominance.
Following the launch of Facebook in 2004, the popular social network Myspace increasingly decreased in popularity, now it is used by only a small portion of students.
Whether Facebook will receive its own challenger in the future is difficult to say, but, for the moment, Facebook is without a doubt the primary platform for social media at UW.
Email: Bob Kubichek
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This year’s dances welcomed several up-and-coming bands from around the area. On the main stage Thursday night, Y Bar 4 entertained the crowd at 8 p.m. On Friday and Saturday, crowds two-stepped to Bryan Ragsdale at the stage set up in front of Martindale’s Western Store. Outside the Buckhorn Bar, cover bands played the night away. On Saturday, people lined up to hear Jason Boland play inside the buckhorn, while others gathered to watch the mechanical bull. Camera flashes popped from all directions as individuals hoped to catch their excitement on film and have proof of their memories the following morning.
The street dances encompass most of downtown Laramie, with the barriers set up from 3rd street to the train tracks, and Altitude down past the Salvation Army. This area is closed off most of the weekend for the carnival, and at night, turns into a 4-block dance floor. A steady stream of headlights can be found making their way downtown from the Albany County Fairgrounds after the rodeo. Most anticipate the cut-loose atmosphere of downtown after a long day of riding. It is hard to get into many of the places downtown, but no one seems to mind. They are there for the dancing, the music, and the food stands set up along the streets. On street dance weekend, everything you need can be found in the streets.
To keep order in all of the chaos, the Laramie Police Department make rounds, both on foot and in their patrol cars. Safety is a big concern, as most of the dancers downtown are drinking. They urge individuals to walk to their destinations or have a designated driver handy to pick them up when the night is done. SafeRide was also gearing up for the busy weekend, posting on their Facebook page that they “Got a busy Jubilee Days weekend ahead!” The Street Dances are all about fun, but individuals cannot throw all caution to the wind. Responsibility and safety both have to be present in order to ensure a good time for all.
Next year’s Jubilee Days will fall on the same weekend, with July 4 kicking things off. For more information regarding next year’s activities, including the street dances, check the Laramie Jubilee Days website at www.laramiejubileedays.net. You can also become a fan of Laramie Jubilee Days on Facebook for up-to-date information and events.
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A year after the doors were said to be closed indefinitely, the University Of Wyoming S.H. Knight Geological Museum still stands strong.
With little hope for the future of the museum, Director Brent Breithaupt announced last year that the last day the doors would open for this piece of the university’s past would be June 30, 2009. Now, almost a year after the doors closed, community members, students, faculty and visitors are still welcome to venture into the museum under the watchful eyes of Big Al.
Individuals who felt strongly about the museum’s closing quickly stepped into action. Soon after June 30, ‘Friends of the S.H. Knight Geological Museum’ advocacy group was formed. This non-profit group supported the decision to re-open the museum full-time, and it got the ball rolling by donating $8000 early last fall.
This initial donation soon inspired others to help crusade for one of the oldest pieces of UW culture. The city of Laramie was abuzz with Geology Museum enthusiasm, which quickly led to additional donations.
In late August 2009, the once indefinitely closed doors of the S.H. Knight Geological Museum re-opened to the public but only on a part-time basis. Without the guidance of a director, the museum hours were cut considerably, limiting open hours from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. These hours are still in effect today.
Enthusiasm for the museum is still high, and University of Wyoming supporters and alumni Brainerd and Anne Mears took the next step needed to seeing the museum re-opened. In early September 2009, the Mears established the S.H. Knight Memorial Endowment fund of $1.14 million. This money was well over the needed $50,000 required by UW President Tom Buchanan’s fund matching program. $750,000 was set aside by President Buchanan to ensure that anything donated would automatically be doubled. Since the Mears initial donation, community members and organizations have been donating constantly, ensuring that the museum’s doors will stay open for longer than anyone originally expected.
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“If we can develop an endowment of about $2.5 million then the Geological Museum can have a yearly operating budget of about $100,000,” UW Geology and Geophysics Department Head Art Snoke said.
Snoke expressed that the operating cost of the museum before it closed last fall was approximately $90,000, and since budget cuts caused the museum to close, there hasn’t been money available to fully maintain and staff the facility. He also said that, unfortunately, the matching money set aside by President Buchanan is set to expire as early as Aug. 31, 2010, so donations are still greatly encouraged. Fortunately for those who are crusading for the museum, progress is being made.
“People ask about the museum. What’s been going on; why is it only part time. It seems like nothing is happening,” said Snoke. “While I don’t see us changing our operating hours much in the next few years, we’re doing a lot of other things. We’re in the process of building a new exhibit on whales right now, and we have plans for two or three more new exhibits soon.”
According to Snoke, there has been a lot happening under the surface in preparation for the future.
“The museum is far from being inactive, this year has just been a planning year,” Snoke said. “We just renovated the website, and I think we’re going to see a lot of action this next year. We’re dedicated to building the groundwork for a totally re-invented museum. It’s going to be constantly changing.”
The battle to permanently re-open the SH Knight Geological museum is still being waged by community members and diligent supporters, but as of yet the $2.5 million outlined by Snoke has not been raised. With the loss of matching funds scheduled for late this summer, the members from the Geology and Geophysics department who now staff the museum hope to have some larger donations sprout up in the next month or two. While the future of the museum was once bleak and uncertain, the reality of its re-opening has been an inspiration to those who wouldn’t stand to watch it close.
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For five years, Laramie has held an annual festival where anyone over the age of 21 is able to sample and rate some of the finest brews in the country. This festival is known as Brew Fest.
Since 2006, the Downtown Laramie Business Association (DLBA) has sponsored the event. Karen Robillard, a member of this organization, and a number of other volunteers, work together to organize the festival each year.
“We begin planning in February for the summer event,” Robillard said. The group members invite breweries from around the country to join in the festivities and prepare a booth. The organization handles all aspects of the event.
“This year, we had 28 breweries join us. Those 28 breweries brought a total of 65 beers to sample,” Robillard said.
This year, the festival had roughly 65 individuals volunteer their time to assist the association on the day of Brew Fest. The planning committee must take into account things like, “securing sponsorship money, contacting volunteers to pour beer, work the admissions tent, set up and clean up, inviting breweries to attend the festival, and all of the other details that make the day happen,” Robillard said.
There was a wide assortment of breweries who were invited to join the festival this year from a variety of places. The Wyoming breweries were: Altitude Chophouse & Brewery, The Library Sports Grille and Brewery, Snowy Mountain Brewery and Snake River Brewing. Some other breweries that attended were Grand Teton Brewing Company, Deschutes Brewery, Oskar Blues Brewery, Del Norte Brewing, Blue Moon Brewery, O’Dell Brewing Co, as well as many more.
Each booth is judged in two different categories: one by the panel of judges and the other by the public. Snake River Brewing out of Jackson Hole won the first and second place “Judges Choice” category. Altitude Chophouse & Brewery from Laramie took third in “Judge’s Choice” and The Library Sports Grille and Brewery out of Laramie took first place in the “People’s Choice” category.
The organizers offer two different entry fees to accommodate the needs of all of those who want to attend the event.
“We sell a $25 armband, which is an all-day pass. These participants can drink unlimited samples all day. We also sell a $5 armband where the participants can buy $1 tokens and each token can buy one beer sample,” Robillard said. This option, according to Robillard, is very convenient for those participants who only want to sample a few beers, or who want to stay for a limited amount of time.
Food is provided throughout the day by the Vedauwoo Volunteer Fire Department. The department provides a BBQ for the event as a fundraiser for their organization. This year, the cost for a meal was $8 a plate.
Brew Fest costs around $15,000 to coordinate by the Downtown Laramie Business Association. “The Brew Fest is the DLBA’s major annual fundraiser,” Robillard said. Other community events that the DLBA coordinates in order to promote Laramie’s downtown area are the Farmer’s Market; Jubilee Days Pancake Breakfast and weekend entertainment; the Gem City Car Classic; and kids’ Halloween trick-or-treating. The DLBA also donates to other projects to help develop and improve the downtown area. One of the many areas that these contributions have gone towards is the development of the downtown plaza on the corner of 1st and Grand.
“For the past two years, our profits have benefitted the plaza project,” Robillard said.
In 2006, the annual Brew Fest event held 250 participants. This year, there was an estimated 2000 participants. The event has grown “exponentially” each year, Robillard said, “and we have high hopes for the future.”
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Wyoming\'s section of Interstate 80 is often just a way through to some other destination for about 13,000 drivers that use the road on any given day. I-80 is one of the most traveled roads in the state, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Truckers especially use I-80 because of its convenient cross-country route. It is the second-longest Interstate highway in the United States, spanning from San Francisco to Teaneck, N.J.
WYDOT representative Sherman Wiseman said, \"Half of Wyoming\'s traffic [along I-80] is trucks.\"
This dramatically increases costs for keeping the highway in good condition. A WYDOT presentation states that one truck causes as much wear and tear on roads as 4,000 passenger cars. Operational costs and projected traffic increases have led to consideration of making I-80 a tollway in Wyoming. This has generated controversy in recent years, sparking argument about who should pay for maintaining the highway. Currently, no decision has been made.
Heavy truck traffic and high altitude turn parts of I-80 into hazardous areas, especially during the wintertime. Closures during the winter months are common either due to harsh weather or crashes. WYDOT statistics reported 218 crashes along I-80 in 2005, with 109 injuries and one fatality.
The corridor between Laramie and Cheyenne is a section under constant threat of closure due to harsh weather and wrecks.
Hazardous weather, high altitude and an endless stream of semis may feel more like an obstacle course than a road to passenger vehicles simply making their way through. However, I-80 offers a few distractions to drivers looking for a break.
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A statue of Abraham Lincoln stands tall alongside Interstate 80 at its highest point of 8,640 feet. It doesn\'t sit there just to mark the summit, however. It used to stand in tribute to the Lincoln Highway, which still exists today as US 30 alongside I-80. The statue stood at its summit of 8,835 feet. It was moved to its current location in 1968 when I-80 was built.
University of Wyoming art professor Robert Russin was commissioned to create the sculputure of Lincoln in 1959 in honor of Lincoln\'s 150th birthday. He built the bust out of clay in Mexico City over eleven months. The thirty pieces were then transported and assembled. Lincoln now sits atop 35 feet of granite.
The Lincoln Monument sees its share of visitors from all around the world.
\"We had people from over 30 different countries visit last year,\" said Sarah Coffin, an information center specialist at the visitor center. She said the monument saw 82,000 visitors in 2009.
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Seemingly in the middle of nowhere sits a 60-foot granite pyramid a few miles off of I-80.
Nothing surrounds it now. In the mid-to-late 1800s, however, the area was home to the highest point on the original transcontinental railroad. Nearby was a small rail town, Sherman, at 8,247 feet.
According to the plaque just in front of the pyramid, Union Pacific built the Ames Monument in 1882 in tribute to brothers Oakes and Oliver Ames. They were major financiers of the transcontinental railroad.
The town of Sherman disappeared in 1901 when the railroad tracks were moved south. All that remains is a small cemetery. It can still be found a few hundred yards away from the monument.
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The Tree Rock is not a peculiar site just because the small pine appears to be growing out of solid rock. Its location is peculiar as well; it resides in the median on I-80 just outside Buford.
This tree \"fascinated travelers since the first train rolled past on the Union Pacific Railroad,\" according to information on the plaque. Railroad workers would \"give the tree a drink\" when they stopped at the location.
The plaque explains how the tree actually grew through a crack in the Sherman granite that surrounds it. The tree is a limber pine. Limber pines can live as long as 2,000 years, according to the plaque. The age of the Tree Rock is unknown.
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The sign says it all: Buford is a community of one. It consists of one house and the Buford Trading Post, a convenience store. Its nearly central location between Laramie and Cheyenne makes Buford a popular stop for travelers. It is the only location between the cities for food, fuel and free wi-fi.
Many people are fascinated by Buford\'s \"population one\" sign and stop just for the novelty.
\"We see a lot of tourists,\" said Judy, an attendant at the convenience store. She did not wish to give her full name. \"We get some truckers, too,\" Judy said, but mentioned that tourists far outnumber the truckers.
For those wondering, Judy is not the lone resident of Buford.
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If wind turbines are visible to the left while heading east on I-80, Cheyenne is nearby.
The turbines are a recent addition to the otherwise barren landscape. The first project, called the Happy Jack Windpower Project, began operation with 14 turbines in September 2008. The Silver Sage Windpower Project went online in October 2009, adding 20 more.
Each turbine stands 262 feet tall from ground to hub, said Greg Efthimiou, a representative for Duke Energy. He said each blade is 142 feet long and weighs 18,000 pounds.
The turbines generate 71 megawatts of power at maximum capacity. That is enough to power 21,300 homes, based on figures from the American Wind Energy Association. Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power customers receive most of the energy produced, but 12 megawatts go to Platte River Power Authority customers in Colorado.
The turbines generate power when wind speed is anywhere between nine and 55 mph. When winds exceed 55 mph, the wind turbines automatically shut off.
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\"We have several safety measures in place that shut them off when that happens,\" Efthimiou said. \"We can also control the turbines from our headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.\"
It should be noted that the wind turbines are not a tourist attraction. They operate on private property and Duke Energy does not give tours. People interested in the turbines can take Happy Jack Road (Wyoming 210) for a closer look.
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\r\nThe first play, “A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking,” by John Ford Noonan, is a two character comedy. It centers on Maude Mix, who deals with her annoying new neighbor, Hannah Mae, while dealing with the fact that her husband is on a getaway with his secretary. Directed by Dr. Rebecca Hilliker, the play will run June 8 through 12.
\r\nFrom June 22 through 26, “Three Days of Rain” will perform. The seriocomedy, directed by UW theater professor John O’Hagan, will bring in three guest artists. John Goodson, Jason Pasqua and Stephanie Long will all be performing alongside UW theater students.
\r\n“At this level and during the summer, we have guest artists come in on both sides of the curtain,” O’Hagan said.
\r\nDuring Snowy Range Summer Theatre, everything runs at a fast pace. “We run very quickly in the summer. We have nine days to put up a show before opening,” O’Hagan said. In comparison, during the school year, the department has four to six weeks of rehearsals before opening night.
\r\nSnowy Range gives student actors an opportunity to see what a professional production is like, including the time put in during a short period.
\r\nThe third show scheduled is “Private Lives” by Noel Coward. Running July 8 through 12; it is directed by theater professor Lee Hodgson.
\r\n“I’m excited to do this show,” theater student Sam West said. West will be performing in “Private Lives,” and last fall, West was John Proctor in “Crucible,” and this spring, he is Horatio in “Hamlet.”
\r\n“I’m looking forward to doing a production where I don’t have to worry about homework or classes at the same time,” West said.
\r\n“I’m really excited to work with Lee [Hodgson]. I really liked his work in ‘Crimes of the Heart,’” West said.
\r\nAll three plays will show at 7:30 p.m. in the UW Fine Arts Studio Theater each night of their run.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-23 00:01:54','104','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-23 01:01:23','2010-05-13 07:00:00','','','','0','0','563','”, summer, west, theater, show, snowy, john, range, “i’m, theatre, run, plays, directed, o’hagan, june, guest, days, professor, opening, “private','The 2010 Snowy Range Summer Theatre is scheduled to perform three plays over the first half of summer break. \r\n\r\nThe first play, “A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking,” by John Ford Noonan, is a two character comedy. It centers on Maude Mix, who deals with her annoying new neighbor, Hannah Mae, while dealing with the fact that her husband is on a getaway with his secretary. Directed by Dr. Rebecca Hilliker, the play will run June 8 through 12.','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1701','Biking 101 to teach basic skills, maintenance','biking-101-to-teach-basic-skills-maintenance','','Spring is here. Break out your bikes and get ready for a summer of wheeling recreation.
\r\nFrom noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, the Women’s Leadership Program will be sponsoring a bike workshop.
\r\nLocated in Simpson’s Plaza, the workshop will be hosted by Lindsey McKissick, a representative of The Pedal House.
\r\n','\r\nIn the event of poor weather, the bike workshop will take place in the basement of the Union. The workshop focuses on teaching basic biking skills to students and demonstrating a bike tune-up.
\r\nStudents are welcome to bring their own bikes to the workshop to gain a hands-on learning experience.
\r\n“Lindsey is a great role model and leader, and she can help others learn beneficial skills,” Rachael Sherman, UW student and SLCE graduate assistant said.
\r\nThough the event is geared toward women, all students are welcome to attend.
\r\nWLC is part of SLCE, student leadership and civic engagement. SLCE promotes leadership and civic engagement by providing leadership programs and student resources. In addition, SLCE provides resources for academic courses and research opportunities for students.
\r\nThis bike workshop event is part of an ongoing spring program that WLC has been sponsoring.
\r\n“Women’s Leadership is all about showcasing the skills that women have, and showing that women really can do anything,” grad assistant Rachael Anne Silberling Sherman said.
\r\nWLC plans to host more workshops if this one is successful.
\r\nIn addition to teaching basic bike skills and tune-up tips, the WLC will provide free pizza.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-19 23:12:13','104','Rebekah Johnson','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-20 00:11:59','2010-05-03 07:00:00','','','','0','0','562','workshop, leadership, skills, bike, students, slce, wlc, event, women, basic, student, civic, ”, tune, part, rachael, teaching, resources, addition, engagement','Spring is here. Break out your bikes and get ready for a summer of wheeling recreation. \r\n\r\nFrom noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, the Women’s Leadership Program will be sponsoring a bike workshop. \r\n\r\nLocated in Simpson’s Plaza, the workshop will be hosted by Lindsey McKissick, a representative of The Pedal House.','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1702','Sustainable fashion to take center stage','sustainable-fashion-to-take-center-stage','','On Wednesday, Phi Upsilon Omicron will present a fashion show about reinvention of style and resources.
\r\nThe Sustainable Fashion Show will be at 6 p.m. in the Garden’s Lounge. It will combine style with some of the most innovative fabrics possible. The show is free and open to the public.
\r\n','\r\n“The sustainable fashion show is an exciting event on campus at the University of Wyoming that will be displaying the innovative designs of several students and faculty in the FCSC [Family and Consumer Sciences] department,” Phi Upsilon Omicron president Molly Janak said.
\r\nPhi Upsilon Omicron is an organization that supports education. “Being in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, it is important to us to promote advancements and trends in the textile and apparel industry,” Janak said.
\r\nAs president, Janak organizes the RSO’s events and activities that help promote the Phi Upsilon Omicron theme, “A Century of Enlightenment.”
\r\n“My role with the fashion show has been organizing the various aspects of venue, staging, lighting, programs, seating, etc., as well as all marketing and promotions,” Janak said.
\r\nThe best part of the fashion show for Janak has been seeing how the designs have taken shape. “The garments created are truly amazing and I am so proud to be a part of this event,” Janak said.
\r\nYet, there have been several challenges with the event. It has been a challenge in “creating awareness of the immense resources that are used in textile and apparel production and how the public can aid in making this process more sustainable,” Janak said.
\r\nAt 7:30 p.m. Thursday, students will have the opportunity to listen to Mongolian musician Ariunbold Mijiddorj accompanied by Lisa Rickard in the UW Art Museum.
\r\nMijiddorj will perform with his specialty instrument, the morin khuur, known as a horse-head fiddle.
\r\n','\r\nThe strings of the instrument are made of horse’s tail hair and strung upright, where they link directly to the horse-head shape at the top of the instrument.
\r\nThe morin khuur is important for ceremonies, accompanying dances, songs and long stories in Mongolian culture.
\r\nBecause the horse is greatly cherished in Mongolian culture, the horse-shaped instrument holds significant meaning.
\r\nHe will discuss the history and characteristics of the instrument, stories surrounding it, its role in Mongolian culture and history and playing techniques, Rod Garnett, UW professor of music, said.
\r\nHe will perform for an hour and a half. A contortionist will perform alongside him. Afterwards, Mijiddorj will discuss Mongolian culture and other aspects of their music.
\r\nThe relationships between nature, animal and man, as well as traditions and the nomadic Mongolian life highly influenced by Mongolian art, according to the Mongolian Center for the Arts Web site.
\r\nThe gestures and elaborate costumes are a venue for Mongolian culture to communicate across different generations.
\r\nMijiddorj brings this culture to Denver, where he performs with other Mongolian artists.
\r\n“I expect he has been playing since he was very young. He probably started as early as 5 or 6 years of age,” Garnett said.
\r\nFor the past 20 years, the musician has performed in Mongolia and internationally with the Mongolian National Folk and Dance Ensemble.
\r\nHe studied at the Music College of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, but for the past seven years has been a resident of Boulder, Colo.
\r\nMembers of the Wyoming Mongolian community will help translate for Mijiddorj.
\r\n“They are very excited to have a famous Mongolian in Laramie,” Garnett said.
\r\nThe performance is sponsored by the UW Department of Music, the Wyoming Arts Council and the Wyoming Council for the Humanities and will be free to the public.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-14 01:31:26','104','Adrienne Morency','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-14 02:31:14','2010-04-27 07:00:00','','','','0','0','560','mongolian, culture, instrument, horse, mijiddorj, music, perform, head, wyoming, garnett, years, morin, stories, ”, khuur, playing, fiddle, discuss, mongolia, council','At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, students will have the opportunity to listen to Mongolian musician Ariunbold Mijiddorj accompanied by Lisa Rickard in the UW Art Museum. \r\n\r\nMijiddorj will perform with his specialty instrument, the morin khuur, known as a horse-head fiddle. ','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1704','Mile High Music: Trevor Hall to stop in Laramie before performing at festival','mile-high-music-trevor-hall-to-stop-in-laramie-before-performing-at-festival','','\r\n','\r\n
Hall grew up in South Carolina, where music had a large influence on him, according to a UW news release.
\r\nHall made his first record at age 16, and after high school he worked with producers Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews and John Mayer. Hall is looking forward to making an acoustic album, “This is Blue.”
\r\nHall has toured and played with artists, including Stevie Nicks, Rusted Root, Matisyahu and Colbie Caillat.
\r\n“One of the members of SAC loves his music, so we thought it would be a great idea to bring him out to campus for everyone to enjoy,” Lange said.
\r\nSAC is responsible for bringing people like Hall to UW. “The entertainers SAC brings to campus all come down to who the students want to see,” Lange said. “To give input on what band, comedian and lectures you want to see on campus, join the committee.”
\r\nUW’s main rival Colorado State’s mascot might be the Ram, but that hasn’t stopped UW from raising its own flock of sheep through the UW animal science wool research facilities.
\r\nThe sheep flock is used for a variety of reasons, ranging from the study of wool to studying the habits of livestock sheep.
\r\n','\r\n“One of the reasons why UW has the sheep flock is to study their wool output and the different fibers that make up the wool from season to season,” Brent Larson, sheep livestock manager, said.
\r\nSheep have been important science and research subjects for sometime, including Dolly, a sheep in England that became the first mammal to be successfully cloned in 1996.
\r\nIn addition to research purposes, the sheep flock at UW is also used for 4-H members.
\r\n“It’s not all science. We also use the sheep to help teach proper care for the animals, which includes everything from grooming them correctly to making sure they have proper nutrition. We sometimes have a 4-H group or two come in and learn from our sheep,” Larson said.
\r\nSome of the sheep at UW go on to serve careers in other parts of agriculture.
\r\nA few have served as participants in mutton busting contests around Wyoming, a child-like version of bull riding, while others have been sent to ranches around Wyoming, Larson said.
\r\nMost of the UW flock consist of offspring of the current flock and also a variety of private donations.
\r\n“Sometimes ranchers might end up with a bigger flock than expected or they might have to give sheep away for other reasons, so we end up with a few sheep here and there. It can be beneficial for the sheep because our facilities actually keep the sheep warm during the winter and they are under constant care from the students and faculty,” Larson said.
\r\nApril weather in Wyoming allows students to utilize the Outdoor Program’s numerous recreational activities provided each month.
\r\n','\r\nActivities for the month include caving trips, kayak pool sessions, rock climbing, bike maintenance sessions, as well as the final Friday Night Bouldering Series for 2010.
\r\n“Experience is not necessary for any of the trips, except for the Sinks Canyon Rock Climbing trip,” Dan McCoy, assistant director of campus recreation, said.
\r\nNormally, the Outdoor Program accepts 10 to 12 students for each trip. Currently, each of the trips are around half full.
\r\nFor most of the activities, equipment is provided along with transportation. If the trip is overnight, meals are provided.
\r\nApril 17 and 18, the Outdoor Program is having an all-woman rock-climbing trip to Vedauwoo.
\r\nPrior instruction will be given at the pre-trip meeting on tying knots, harnesses, commands and general safety.
\r\nParticipants will then spend their time going over different types of climbs and either return to Laramie Saturday night or have the option of staying overnight.
\r\n“Even in April, the weather is touch and go. One year, we had to cancel every trip we had planned because the weather was nice during the week, but then during the weekend, it either rained or snowed,” McCoy said.
\r\nIf trips are canceled, participants are notified in advance and completely refunded.
\r\nWhile the Outdoor Program does have a few trips planned for the month of May, there are none for students to participate in during the summer due to low participation in the past.
\r\nThere are caving trips planned for incoming freshmen, though.
\r\nAnyone interested can find out more at www.uwyo.edu/op or visit the Outdoor Program’s office on the first floor of Half Acre Gym.
\r\nUW’s annual Sagecon event will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day this weekend in the Classroom Building.
\r\nSagecon is free to the public. Organizers of the event ask guests to check in to get a head count.
\r\n','\r\nSagecon will feature Filking, music of science fiction and fantasy genres and a flash fiction writing contest, as well as other events. A full list of scheduled events can be found on Sagecon’s Web site at www.sagecon.org.
\r\n“These are typically things that might appeal most to geeks and nerds but we’ve had many other types of people take an interest in the past,” Glen Lenmitz, one of the organizers of Sagecon, said.
\r\nA broad audience of participants is expected at Sagecon due to the wide variety of topics offered.
\r\nPublished sci-fi author and professor of astronomy at UW, Michael Brotherton will be speaking at the event.
\r\n“One of the main goals for Sagecon is to bring people together and have fun,” Lenmitz said. “Ultimately, it’s an opportunity to get everyone together and have fun sharing the things we enjoy.”
\r\nWhile Wyoming may not be the most opportune place for Sagecon to occur due to its relative lack of sci-fi resources, Sagecon still hopes to draw a large crowd. Wyoming still holds some significance to the world of sci-fi since the movie “Starship Troopers” was shot in Hells Half Acre.
\r\nSagecon adds a distinct Wyoming flavor to its program, especially through the name and the use of its logo.
\r\nThe name Sagecon is largely based on one of the main plants defining the Wyoming countryside. The primary logo, a stylized jackalope, is drawn from its use as the Wyoming state fictional creature.
\r\nThis event is one of a kind in the state, according to Lenmitz.
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\r\n','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-01 02:32:19','104','Mark Schafer','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-01 03:32:04','2010-04-07 07:00:00','','','','0','0','556','sagecon, wyoming, event, ”, lenmitz, sci, organizers, due, logo, fiction, events, people, fun, author, main, state, fantasy, place, brotherton, opportune','UW’s annual Sagecon event will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day this weekend in the Classroom Building. \r\n\r\nSagecon is free to the public. Organizers of the event ask guests to check in to get a head count.','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1708','Titanic resurfaces in lecture','titanic-resurfaces-in-lecture','','Nearly every student has learned about the Titanic in past history courses, but now students have the opportunity to interact with a character of the ship.
\r\n“Sinking In: The Titanic Awakens” from 3 to 4 p.m. today in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium is “a living history program about the historical significance of the Titanic ship and the tragedy we all associate it with in American, global, nautical engineering and ethical research and discovery history,” Amanda King, freshman living adviser for Freshman Senate, said.
\r\n','\r\nThe speaker of “Sinking In,” Lowell Lytle, has seen the Titanic where it now rests—two and a half miles under the Altantic. “Lowell discusses the impact that the Titanic and its story had, or has, on our country, the world, the field of nautical engineering, artifact recovery and research, as well as the human cost and impact of the tragedy,” King said.
\r\nLytle began his professional career by opening his own theater company, so his program is not a traditional “stand-up-and-lecture-the-audience” program, according to King. Instead, he uses a “living history” program, taking on the persona or character of an individual involved in the historical event. In the Titanic’s case, Lytle portrays the ships captain, Edward Smith.
\r\nFreshman Senate, Phi Alpha Theta and the history department’s Honor Society are co-sponsoring the event, which is free and open to the public.
\r\nOrganizing the event for Freshmen Senate began last October. This is the first living history lecture at UW.
\r\n“It has been long in the making,” King said. “The most rewarding aspect of this endeavor has really been the look on people’s faces when we start talking about Lowell’s program and what he will be doing.
\r\nAlthough every program on this campus has some type of educational component, we are offering a program that is also very entertaining and fulfilling.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-01 02:31:21','104','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-01 03:31:10','2010-04-07 07:00:00','','','','0','0','555','program, titanic, ”, history, king, lecture, senate, living, event, lytle, freshman, engineering, nautical, historical, impact, “sinking, research, ship, character, began','Nearly every student has learned about the Titanic in past history courses, but now students have the opportunity to interact with a character of the ship.\r\n\r\n“Sinking In: The Titanic Awakens” from 3 to 4 p.m. today in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium is “a living history program about the historical significance of the Titanic ship and the tragedy we all associate it with in American, global, nautical engineering and ethical research and discovery history,” Amanda King, freshman living adviser for Freshman Senate, said. ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1709','Trio of UW musical ensembles to perform free spring concert','trio-of-uw-musical-ensembles-to-perform-free-spring-concert','','In the last two years, three new musical ensembles have begun at UW.
\r\nThe three ensembles include the UW Trumpet Ensemble, UW Horn Ensemble and the UW Trombone Collective.
\r\n','\r\nAt 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Fine Arts Concert Hall, the groups will be performing a free concert.
\r\nDr. Scott Meredith, professor of trumpet and director of the UW Trumpet Ensemble, said. “The horn ensemble is new this year and the trumpet and trombone groups were formed last year.”
\r\nIn the fall, the trumpet ensemble perform a regular concert, Meredith said. They also attended the Rocky Mountain Trumpet Fest at CSU.
\r\nEarlier in the spring, they performed at the Wyoming Music Educators Association Convention. Additionally, they performed at the opening ceremony of the Wyoming State Legislative session in Cheyenne.
\r\nAfter an audition, a quartet from the group was recently chosen to compete at the National Trumpet Competition in Washington D.C.
\r\n“This was a great experience, as we competed with trumpet studios from some very prestigious music schools, such as The Julliard School and the Manhattan School of Music,” Meredith said.
\r\nWith 18 members, the trumpet ensemble is comprised of the entire UW trumpet studio, she said. The horn studio has about nine students, and the trombone ensemble includes four students.
\r\n“We play all kinds of music,” Meredith said. “We will play everything from jazz [with rhythm section] to chamber music composed specifically for our group to transcriptions of pop and classical tunes. It really is for everybody.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-31 01:46:36','104','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-31 02:46:13','2010-04-13 07:00:00','','','','0','0','554','trumpet, ensemble, music, ”, concert, meredith, ensembles, trombone, horn, students, “we, play, group, musical, wyoming, school, studio, groups, performed, year','In the last two years, three new musical ensembles have begun at UW.\r\n\r\nThe three ensembles include the UW Trumpet Ensemble, UW Horn Ensemble and the UW Trombone Collective. ','0','0','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1710','C.J. Box to read, sign new Joe Pickett series novel','cj-box-to-read-sign-new-joe-pickett-series-novel','','Mystery, terror, courage and thrilling suspense all emerge in the upcoming novel “Nowhere to Run.”
\r\nFrom 7 to 9 p.m. April 5 in the American Heritage Center, C.J. Box, an acclaimed mystery writer, will visit UW to read from his forthcoming book and sign copies.
\r\n','\r\nBox has written 11 novels and the Joe Pickett series. “Nowhere to Run” is the 10th novel in the series.
\r\nIn it, Pickett is a fictional Game and Fish warden in Wyoming. In “Nowhere to Run,” Pickett finds himself in his last week as game warden in the mountains of Baggs, Wyo.. However, what was supposed to be an uneventful last week in Baggs turns out to be deadly.
\r\nBased on a true event, Box uses the fictional Pickett to describe a real warden’s encounter with twin mountain men, Caleb and Camish Grim, who are allegedly linked to the disappearance of the Olympic runner Diane Shober.
\r\nThe novel brings Pickett into close brushes with death and leads him to contemplate greed and governmental corruption.
\r\nBox has won the Edgar Award, the Anthony Award, the Prix Calibre 38 Award in France, the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award and the Barry Award, according to a UW news release.
\r\nIn addition, Box was an L.A. Times Book Prize winner. In 2007, he was named Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.
\r\nBox hails from Wyoming. He has worked as a ranch hand, fishing guide, newspaper reporter and editor for small towns, surveyor and co-owns an international tourism marketing firm with wife Laurie Box, according to the release.
\r\nThe Albany County Public Library is co-hosting the event with the American Heritage Center and Second Story Books.
\r\nUW is the first stop on Box’s book tour.
\r\nCopies of “Nowhere to Run” will be available for purchase with part of the sales going toward the Albany County Public Library.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-31 01:45:15','104','Rebekah Johnson','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-31 02:45:01','2010-04-13 07:00:00','','','','0','0','553','box, award, pickett, “nowhere, book, series, albany, library, county, run”, copies, public, game, event, mountain, release, baggs, week, writer, warden','Mystery, terror, courage and thrilling suspense all emerge in the upcoming novel “Nowhere to Run.”\r\n\r\nFrom 7 to 9 p.m. April 5 in the American Heritage Center, C.J. Box, an acclaimed mystery writer, will visit UW to read from his forthcoming book and sign copies.','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1711','Lecturer to show art, development correlation','lecturer-to-show-art-development-correlation','','According to the research of an acclaimed linguist, art may be doing much more than inspiring the human mind.
\r\nFrom 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. today in the Classroom Building, Room 129, Shirley Brice Heath will present, “Moving the Human Eye and Mind: The Grounding of Cognition in Visual, Musical and Literacy Arts.”
\r\n','\r\nFor 30 years, Heath has been working with children to help create art and has found a relationship with art cognition. Through the process of theory art, Heath has been able to promote cognitive development in children.
\r\nIn her lecture, Heath will discuss the importance of developing the artistic mind as it is fundamental to cognitive development. The imagination and creativity of the mind aids in acquiring knowledge and developing thought structure.
\r\nHeath, a linguistic anthropologist, will discuss her research, which primarily focuses on in-classroom creative programs such as visual, musical and dramatic arts.
\r\nHeath researched how extended participation in art programs affected childrens’ attention to visual detail, structured behavior and problem solving.
\r\nShe observed how the arts could affect a child’s success in scientific, organizational and mathematical knowledge.
\r\nHeath believes a strong connection exists between the arts and sciences, cooperatively building an effective learning system.
\r\nThroughout her life, Heath has taught at numerous universities across the world including Stanford University, the University of London and Brown University.
\r\nShe has won the McArthur Prize for her educational ethnography “Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in communities and Classrooms.”
\r\nIn 2004, Heath published a series for teachers with Shelby Wolf on visual learning. In 2005, she wrote another series about learning through science projects, drama and art.
\r\nHeath has studied youth-based community organizations in numerous nations and studied how these groups apply themselves to social justice, educational inclusion and environmental projects.
\r\nIn 2000, Heath won an award for her documentary titled “ArtShow,” featuring four interracial community organizations in the U.S. and the young leaders that have arisen in them.
\r\nIn 2005, she produced two other short documentaries on youth organizations striving to sustain agricultural and environmental structures.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-29 23:53:15','124','Rebeka Johns','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-30 00:52:41','2010-04-12 07:00:00','','','','0','0','552','heath, art, mind, visual, arts, organizations, development, learning, university, ”, environmental, musical, children, cognitive, community, knowledge, series, 2005, projects, programs','According to the research of an acclaimed linguist, art may be doing much more than inspiring the human mind.\r\n\r\nFrom 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. today in the Classroom Building, Room 129, Shirley Brice Heath will present, “Moving the Human Eye and Mind: The Grounding of Cognition in Visual, Musical and Literacy Arts.”','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1712','Statesmen rock Carnegie Hall over break','statesmen-rock-carnegie-hall-over-break','','The corner of 57th and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan has been making history for over a hundred years. It is home to one of the world’s most infamous concert halls, providing over 250 classical performances every year.
\r\nOver spring break, UW’s own The Singing Statesmen performed in Carnegie Hall.
\r\n','\r\nIn an earlier interview, Statesmen director Dr. Nicole Lamartine recounted her first performance fondly at the hall. She said to be on that stage is one of most rewarding experiences in a musician’s life.
\r\n“I want these young men to feel that,” she said.
\r\nThe Statesmen performed Mozart’s “Solemn Vespers” in front of Carnegie’s 2,804-seated auditorium.
\r\n“As a musician, that was probably the highlight performance of my life,” junior music education major Michael Jaycox said.
\r\nWould he do it all over again?
\r\n“Yes,” Jaycox said. “In a heartbeat.”
\r\nThe performance marked the first time the Statesmen sang Mozart’s piece in front of an audience. A professional pianist and four soloists helped the Statesmen’s performance stand out. Jaycox said their talent, commitment and professionalism were “mind blowing.”
\r\nSophomore architectural engineering and music performance major Nathan Stroud agreed.
\r\n“The actual singing and rehearsing with the director was an amazing experience,” he said.
\r\nStroud said he most enjoyed the impeccable acoustics the hall offered. “It was a really neat experience to sing and hear the ring seconds after it passed,” he said.
\r\nThe Statesmen spent a total of four days in the Big Apple. Each day presented a rigorous four-hour rehearsal session for the choir to fine tune their voices and prepare for the big night. The rest of the time, the Statesmen had free time in the city.
\r\nThey visited the popular tourist destinations, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, and spent time paying homage at Ground Zero. By night, they saw a variety of shows on Broadway.
\r\nJaycox said that New York City actually made him feel “anonymous” compared to his small-town college life.
\r\n“Here in Laramie, it’s so small that everyone knows you,” Jaycox said. “There, you don’t see the same two people twice, ever.”
\r\nJaycox said his favorite New York moment was “probably just having the experience of being in a different city and seeing all of the culture and all the different shows.”
\r\nFor Seattle-born Stroud, the city experience was a relief.
\r\n“It was just a complete change from what we have here,” Stroud said. “You are able to go out anytime during the day and have something to do. You’re never bored.”
\r\nThe Statesmen’s four days in the metropolis was the experience of a lifetime.
\r\n“Carnegie is the hall to perform in,” Jaycox said. “And to do that was awesome.”
\r\nThe Singing Statesmen are comprised of 60 males from a variety of backgrounds. Performing for Laramie and the UW community for six years, the Singing Statesmen are brought together by a sense of camaraderie and vocal talents.
\r\n“It’s a really good way for all music majors, whether or not they sing, to strengthen their music abilities,” Stroud said.
\r\nIt is one of two choirs that does not require a strenuous auditioning process prior to joining. The Statesmen learn standard repertoire, history, how to sight-read, the language of music and the art of performing.
\r\nStudents who attended this year’s Summer Jam on Wednesday learned about UW’s summer course offerings and were able to enter a drawing to win a mountain bike.
\r\nStudents who were anywhere near the Skylight Lounge in the basement of the Student Union during lunchtime heard live music, free giveaways and appearances of some Cowboy football players.
\r\n','\r\nSummer Jam took place in order to increase awareness and promote the summer session 2010 courses being offered at UW. Summer session at UW takes place from May 17 to August 6 and offers over 400 courses, lasting anywhere from one to 12 weeks. Summer session also offers field courses, study abroad courses and research opportunities.
\r\nMiguel Rosales is the coordinator for this year’s summer session. This is his first year as coordinator.
\r\n“I think Summer Jam went very well,” Rosales said. “The band drew a crowd. Our announcements drew people to pick up the giveaway items as well. I think it was very successful.”
\r\nSummer Jam was put on by the office of UW Summer Session and Winter Courses. In order to help promote awareness of summer courses, the office gave away items including T-shirts, gym bags, water bottles, pens, pencils and highlighters, as well as free pizza and soda.
\r\nStudents entered a drawing for a chance to win items, such as a $50 gift certificate to the UW bookstore, three paid credits of tuition and fees for summer session 2010 and a mountain bike from All Terrain Sports valued at $500.
\r\nAnother part of Summer Jam was the appearance of three Cowboy football players. David Leonard, Austyn Carta-Samuels and JayDee Luster, who volunteered their time to help give away some of the prizes and promote the 2010 summer session.
\r\nLive music was performed by local band, The Upbeat Project. According to Rosales, two or three of the band’s members are students at UW.
\r\nOver 150 students attended the event.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-25 00:03:45','124','Amy Hammer','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-25 01:03:26','2010-04-07 07:00:00','','','','0','0','550','summer, session, courses, students, jam, 2010, music, rosales, items, promote, players, cowboy, football, order, free, place, office, awareness, offers, drew','Students who attended this year’s Summer Jam on Wednesday learned about UW’s summer course offerings and were able to enter a drawing to win a mountain bike. \r\n\r\nStudents who were anywhere near the Skylight Lounge in the basement of the Student Union during lunchtime heard live music, free giveaways and appearances of some Cowboy football players. ','0','2','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1714','Training provides tools to save lives','training-provides-tools-to-save-lives','','\r\nCommodore Wilbert E. Longfellow began the American Red Cross Life Saving Corps in 1914 to reduce the number of lives lost as a result of drowning, according to the Red Cross Web site.
\r\nBeginning this weekend, anyone over the age of 15 and wishing to be trained under the American Red Cross will have the opportunity to participate in the American Red Cross Lifeguard Training class.
\r\n','\r\nClasses will begin at 6 p.m. Friday at Half Acre Pool and will continue at Corbet Pool through Saturday and Sunday. A second session will run through the weekend of April 9.
\r\nThe class will be taught by Donna Earley, project coordinator, and six other lifeguarding students.
\r\nLifeguards teaching the class were required to take this class previously. Now, they are using this class to learn how to train others in lifeguarding.
\r\nThe class requires all participants to complete a swim test, which requires them to swim 300 yards continuously using numerous different strokes in a certain order. Course participants learn the skills to become a professional lifeguard, including the job responsibilities, patron surveillance skills, rescue skills and First Aid including CPR and AED skills.
\r\nThose who pass the preliminary test will continue to train for five days. Afterwards, they will be considered highly trained.
\r\nEarley has seven people signed up for the class, with a limit of 12 to 15 people.
\r\n“I’ve never had a class of 20 before, and while I think I could do it, I don’t think the outcome would be as good,” Earley said.
\r\nEvery year, this class is taught at UW and is nationally recognized by the Red Cross.
\r\n“Every different organization has their own training for lifeguarding, but the American Red Cross Training is one of the most recognized, and it is basically the standard for lifeguard training,” Earley said.
\r\nAnyone interested in training to become an American Red Cross certified lifeguard is required to sign up by Thursday at noon.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-24 00:47:38','104','Adrienne Morency','2010-03-24 01:01:01','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-23 07:00:00','2010-04-06 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','549','class, cross, red, training, american, lifeguard, skills, earley, lifeguarding, continue, trained, pool, learn, taught, participants, people, ”, recognized, including, test','Commodore Wilbert E. Longfellow began the American Red Cross Life Saving Corps in 1914 to reduce the number of lives lost as a result of drowning, according to the Red Cross Web site.\r\n\r\nBeginning this weekend, anyone over the age of 15 and wishing to be trained under the American Red Cross will have the opportunity to participate in the American Red Cross Lifeguard Training class. ','0','25','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1715','Campus events celebrate women','campus-events-celebrate-women','','\r\nThey have smaller brains. They can\'t drive. They certainly don\'t belong out of the kitchen. Women\'s History Month is devoted to ending these and other stereotypes women continue to face by celebrating and honoring women across the world.
\r\n','\r\nIt’s March and once again time to celebrate Women’s History Month.
\r\nWomen’s History Month began in the 1970s in order to better recognize the history of women and struggles they have surpassed.
\r\nThe Education Task Force of the Sonoma County California Commission on the Status of Women decided to declare March as Women’s History Month. The month complements the already established International Women’s Day March 8, according to www.womenshistorymonth.gov .
\r\nFor the past 30 years, the National Women’s History Project has celebrated women’s history by providing information, educational material and programs to raise awareness.
\r\nThis year, the theme is “Writing Women Back into History.” This theme encompasses all the previous themes to celebrate the 30-year anniversary.
\r\nWomen’s History Month at UW is hosted by the UW Gender and Women’s Studies Program. Several events will be hosted this month to commemorate women.
\r\nAt 4 p.m. Thursday in the Classroom Building Room 306, the Women’s Studies Program will host “My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered: An Art Historical Look at Transgressive Victorian Women.” It will explore the lives of four Victorian women who fought through scandal and established their own identity. The women include Lady Dilke, Millicent Garret Fawcet and Sarah Grand.
\r\n“Who Needs Feminism Anyway? Russia and Gender Rights” by Marianne Kamp will discuss the struggles for Russian feminists at 4:10 p.m March 25 in the Classroom Building Room 133.
\r\nCecilia Aragon will discuss the Educational Book Series “Heroes and Saints and Other Plays” by Cherrie Moraga at noon March 26 in Ross Hall Room 109.
\r\nThe Women’s Studies Program will host a film discussion on “Don’t Fence Me In” at 7 p.m. March 29 in the Classroom Building Room 129. The film celebrates women of Wyoming, followed by a discussion led by Cathy Connolly.
\r\nA brown bag round table discussion on “Say My Name: Marriage and Identity” will be at 12:15 p.m. March 30. It will cover whether or not women should keep their name, take their husband’s name, or hyphenate. Guests are invited to bring their own lunch.
\r\nThe last event for Women’s History Month will be a Take Back the Night Rally/March at 4 p.m. April 13, starting in the Union Gardens.
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Grab a coffee, get comfortable at one of the tables and start a conversation with those around you…in Spanish. This is Café Español, an event put on by Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, every week.
“Café Español is a place for anyone and everyone who speaks Spanish, is enrolled in a Spanish class, needs help with their Spanish homework, is interested in studying abroad, meeting other students who speak Spanish, or is just interested in learning Spanish or practicing their language and listening skills,” Shaina Case, Sigma Delta Pi President, said.
\r\nCafé Español meets from 4 to 5 p.m. every Friday in the Union behind Rolling Mills Café.
\r\n“Learning a new language is difficult, and making errors while speaking Spanish is a daily occurrence,” Case said. “Café Español is available in order to give students the chance to speak freely in Spanish and learn from their mistakes. It provides a relaxed atmosphere for students, who may not feel comfortable speaking in class, to speak with their classmates on a one-on-one basis.”
\r\nThe members of Sigma Delta Pi, along with professors, attend each week. “There are not very many opportunities for Spanish majors and minors to practice their Spanish outside of our classes, so Café Español provides students with yet another ability to continue their Spanish education,” Case said.
\r\nThe university, despite offering a Spanish degree, rarely plays host to the foreign language. “We get a lot of interesting looks because we only speak Spanish during Café Español, which makes passersby do a double take,” Case said “It is awesome to hear Spanish on campus.”
\r\nEmily Hind, assistant professor of Spanish, and lecturer assistant Carlos Salas are advisers of Sigma Delta Pi. “We would like to help learners of Spanish and native speakers of Spanish strengthen an identity as UW students who speak Spanish in a largely English-dominant environment,” Hind said.
\r\nBut Café Español is not Sigma Delta Pi’s only event. “We are also planning a salsa party for April. [Spanish] lessons will be provided, and we will have live music,” Hind said.
\r\n“It will certainly be a relaxed and fun environment in celebrating the Spanish culture,” Case said.
\r\nAt noon today in Union Room 202, “Money Talk” will be hosted by the Women’s Center and Student Leadership and Civic Engagement is directed toward college-age women, to help them become financially independent.
\r\n','\r\nThe presentation will be given by Cole Ehmke, State Specialist for Personal Finance of the Cooperative Extension Source. Ehmke is an educator in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics through the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
\r\n“Money Talk” will discuss family issues and give women advice on how to budget money and independence.
\r\n“Whether it’s life in or out of college, starting a family, or life after divorce, these changes make a major impact not only on your wallet but how in control you feel about your own life. If you are in control of your finances, that is a major step toward being in control of your life and there is no better time to start learning about how to manage your finances than when you’re in college,” organizer Dakota Dye said.
\r\nThis is the first year the Women’s Center will be hosting “Money Talk.” The program can be accessed through CES’s Community Development Education Initiative Team.
\r\n“Money Talk” is open to any women on campus wishing to learn budgeting tips or tips on how to support themselves and their future families.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-09 02:10:18','66','Rebekah Johnson','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-09 02:10:18','2010-03-22 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','546','“money, life, college, women, talk”, control, center, ”, ehmke, finances, family, money, women’s, tips, major, talk, dakota, starting, you’re, manage','','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1718','Wyo. band shares state inspired music','wyo-band-shares-state-inspired-music','','\r\n![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/03/09/Crossland.jpg\")
Local music heroes and one of few bands who play the wackadoo, Jalan Crossland is bringing their unique country sound to campus.
At 8 p.m. Wednesday, the Jalan Crossland Band will be performing for the public in the Union Ballroom.
\r\nJalan Crossland Band songs are a mixture of life in the backcountry of small towns and the different personalities of the three members.
\r\nThe band is composed of Crossland on guitars, banjo and vocal; Shawn Kelley on bass and vocals and Andy Phreaner on drums, percussion, wackadoo and vocals.
\r\nCrossland himself is from one of Wyoming’s low population towns; Ten Sleep.
\r\nGrowing up in a small town did not inhibit Crossland to become inspired to write country. It was his inspiration.
\r\n“Gossip is even better when you sing it,” Crossland said on his band home page, www.jalancrossland.com.
\r\nThe music reminisces on life’s hard times. They also have a sense of humor and optimism.
\r\nFor the next eight months, the band has mapped out a scattered tour through Wyoming, with a few appearances in Utah and South Dakota.
\r\n“Winter has been allowed to get too long. Let’s all get together and dance and whoop it up,” Crossland said in his February newsletter.
\r\nFor the past 10 years, Crossland has either traveled solo or with his band to different states and countries.
\r\nAfter a stop in South Dakota, a review said in the Weekly News, “when he stops at the end of a song, you realize you forgot to breathe.”
\r\nThe band has traveled to Europe and Australia and has made appearances in The New York Times, No Depression and “Fingerstyle Guitar” magazine.
\r\nCrossland experimented with numerous other music genres until he landed on his true home, country.
\r\nThe first instrument Crossland played was a banjo, and while he admits it brings him a large amount of joy to play it, his main instrument is the guitar.
\r\nOver the past three years, the band has put together three different CDs including “Poorboy Shanty,” “Moonshiner” and “Trailer Park Fire & Other Tragedies.”
\r\nIn 1997, Crossland placed second in the Winfield National Guitar Fingerpicking competition.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-09 02:08:21','66','Adrienne Morency','2010-03-10 02:48:05','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-09 02:08:21','2010-03-22 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','545','crossland, band, ”, music, country, jalan, small, banjo, towns, vocals, times, south, dakota, appearances, years, guitar, traveled, home, instrument, wackadoo','','0','21','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1719','Alabamian shares her journey to ‘wild West’','alabamian-shares-her-journey-to-wild-west','','\r\nLeaving the hospitality-filled South for the wild West and exchanging the miserably hot, humid summers of Alabama for the snow-filled, icy winters of Wyoming, Hannah Lewis knew being an exchange student at UW would be remarkably different than anything she had ever experienced in her life.
\r\n','\r\nYet, as a 20-year-old junior advertising major at the University of Alabama who had lived in the southern state her entire life, Lewis was more than ready for the change.
\r\n“When you live somewhere for so long, you eventually get tired of being around the same people all the time and dealing with the same expectations day after day,” she said. “Going to UW through Alabama’s National Student Exchange program really allowed me to get away from all that.”
\r\nAfter arriving in Laramie mid-August of last year, Lewis did not have much time to acclimate herself to the town or the campus because of a strenuous band camp schedule. As a member of the color guard for UW’s Western Thunder Marching Band, she said eight-hour practices were held each day of band camp in preparation of performances for the fall football season.
\r\nWhile most people would gripe at the thought of practicing 40 hours in one week, Lewis said it was easy compared to the work her marching band did in Alabama.
\r\nOnly a year before, she had been spinning flags as a member of UA’s 400-student Million Dollar Band, one of the most highly regarded college bands in the country. Over the duration of the Crimson Tide’s football season, Lewis said she practiced for 15 hours each week and performed at games each weekend, regardless of location.
\r\nLewis said she is thankful to have experienced being a part of both marching bands because there are huge differences. “Members of the marching band are like celebrities in Alabama. Students and Crimson Tide fans get really excited for the halftime shows. Getting away from all that pressure was a relief.”
\r\nLewis said she appreciated the smaller, more laid-back band experience at UW. “The band director knew my name here. I’d be surprised if the UA band director even recognized I was in his band.”
\r\nOnce band camp concluded and the fall semester began, Lewis was better able to take in all that Laramie had to offer, starting with UW’s campus.
\r\nAt UA, she said she was accustomed to a far larger campus, filled with traditional brick buildings with stately columns and covered with lush shrubbery.
\r\nAt UW’s campus however, Lewis said she enjoyed the smaller setting and loved the refreshing stone buildings.
\r\nShe was quick to point out one part of UW’s campus that didn’t come close to matching up against UA’s—Prexy’s Pasture. While Wyoming residents and students most likely believe this is one of the most spacious parts of campus, Lewis said it was miniscule compared to UA’s 22-acre quadrangle known as The Quad, surrounded by the main buildings and occupied by groves of trees.
\r\n“Even though UW’s campus is significantly smaller, there were a lot of things I liked about it more than Alabama’s,” she said. “The diverse flower arrangements everywhere are very welcoming, and you can’t beat how beautiful the campus is when there’s snow on the ground.”
\r\nAlthough many Wyomingites have come to despise the white flakes because of their association with subzero and miserable winters, Lewis said she was “as giddy as a kid on Christmas morning” during the winter’s first snowfall.
\r\n“Feeling and hearing the crunch of the snow beneath my feet while walking to class was one of my favorite discoveries during my time in Wyoming,” she said. “We’ve never gotten more than an inch of snow the entire time I’ve lived in Alabama, so it was cool to see so much snow so frequently.”
\r\nAfter completing marching band season and a semester of classes and surviving Wyoming’s weather, Lewis is now back at UA, where she will attend school until she graduates with a bachelor’s degree in advertising next May.
\r\nLewis said she is able to appreciate everything she never knew she would miss about her home state and campus now that she is back.
\r\n“I’m happy here now,” she said. “I finally feel like I made the right decision to go to school here in the first place, but I really think I needed Wyoming to figure it out.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-09 02:05:26','66','Rob Ketcham','2010-03-10 02:47:56','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-09 02:05:26','2010-03-22 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','544','lewis, band, ”, campus, alabama, snow, uw’s, marching, wyoming, time, student, year, knew, smaller, season, buildings, filled, camp, day, state','','0','5','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1720','Pi Beta Phi hosts Pie Fest, raises illiteracy awareness','pi-beta-phi-hosts-pie-fest-raises-illiteracy-awareness','','Have you ever wanted to throw a pie in someone’s face? Students will get the chance from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the Pi Beta Phi House at 1502 E. Sorority Row.
\r\n','\r\nEvery year, the sorority holds its Pie Fest to raise money for the national philanthropy, First Book, and the local philanthropy, Raising Readers in Wyoming.
\r\nIlliteracy has increased in the United States, according to the Office for Technology Assessment of Educational Progress. One in 5 adults, or 20 percent of the United States population, are functionally illiterate. Sixty percent of America’s inmates are illiterate, and 85 percent of all juvenile offenders have problems reading.
\r\nRaising Readers in Wyoming is an organization that encourages parents to read to their young children by providing families new books as part of the well child health care visits.
\r\nFirst Book provides children from poor families with their first book, taking steps to end illiteracy in the United States.
\r\n“We are really hoping to raise a lot of money for our local and national philanthropies,” Pi Beta Phi member Heidi Deisch said. “I cannot wait to pie people in the face this year, especially since it was so much fun last year.”
\r\nSometimes, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and sometimes, what happens in Vegas, ends up on national television.
\r\nAt 2 p.m. today on CBS, 2003 alumna Jennifer Howdshell will be featured with her artwork on the game show series “Let’s Make a Deal,” hosted by Wayne Brady.
\r\n','\r\nFor the past year, Howdshell has been the art teacher at St. Lawrence Catholic School in Laramie and she also paints in her spare time.
\r\nWhen she and her husband Jonathan decided to become contestants on “Let’s Make a Deal,” she decided to paint a portrait of the host, Wayne Brady.
\r\n“Everyone that saw it, loved it,” Howdshell said. “They all said the way it was colored reminded them of the Barack Obama picture, which wasn’t even my intent.”
\r\nDuring the show, Howdshell presented Brady with the picture.
\r\nBecause Howdshell had made a deal on the show, he could not accept the present from her, although he did sign it.
\r\n“I just wanted to give him a nice present since he brings laughter and joy into so many people’s lives. I wanted to do that for him through my art,” Howdshell said.
\r\nProfile pictures are Howdshell’s favorite to paint. Since her appearance on the show, she has painted profile pictures for Ellen Degeneres, Stephen Colbert and Oprah.
\r\n“When I was young, I felt like drawing people was so hard, so I wanted to master it and now that I have, I love it,” Howdshell said.
\r\nBeginning this May, and continuing throughout the month of June, Howdshell’s work will be featured in Grand Avenue Pizza.
\r\nNumerous paintings will be shown advertising health for everyone, especially children.
\r\n“I just feel like nutrition is a really important thing with kids and people need to be more aware of it,” Howdshell said.
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A new RSO on campus combines rough riders and students looking to do some good for the community.
The club, the UW Collegiate Horseman’s Association, began meeting in December with only seven members. Currently, the group has more than 20 members.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nOfficers of the club include President Lisa Eckhardt, Vice President Lindsey Hankins, Secretary Elizabeth Sitzman and Treasurer Nigel Miller.\r\n
\r\n
They hosted their first event, the First Annual 4D Barrel Race, Feb. 20. The event raised money to support the fledgling club.
\r\nTwenty-five open exhibitors and two youth participants participated.
\r\nThe RSO is planning fundraisers in the community. The events will include barrel racing, clinics and team roping.
\r\nThe UWCHA also plans to put on a number of community service projects.
\r\nThe association plans to attend the annual Collegiate Horsemanship Association Convention in the spring of 2011 in Fort Worth, Texas. The convention is a chance for students to explore different aspects of the horse industry.
\r\n“At the conventions, we tour several different equine facilities that are prominent in the industry,” member Jodi Alley said.
\r\nAnyone interested in learning more about horses or the UWCHA can attend their meetings at 6 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month in the foyer of the Animal Science Building.
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Table tennis has been a unique sport for the United States: In the 1970s, during what became known as the Ping Pong Diplomacy, table tennis players from the United States played the Chinese in China, helping mend relations between the two countries.
Even though UW doesn’t need to mend relations with China, students can still play table tennis on a weekly basis.
\r\n','\r\nStarting at 6 p.m. every Tuesday in the Wyoming Union Skylight Lounge, there are usually a couple of games of table tennis being played during the weekly meetings of the UW Table Tennis Club.
\r\n“Around eight people on average come every Tuesday. The Union has four table tennis tables. The Union Events Office often rolls out only two for some reason, which sometimes results in people waiting for their turn to play even though it does not have to be the case,” Anton Kim the Table Tennis Club president said.
\r\nThe Table Tennis Club started sometime around 2005, although none of the current members know for sure because its original members have graduated.
\r\nAttendance for the club is free and sometimes free pizza is included.
\r\nIn addition to the weekly meetings, the RSO has competed in a few tournaments.
\r\n“Since Jan. 1, 2010 we have had five competitions. Two organized by our club, two by the Intramural Office and also this year we were lucky to host the regional table tennis competition,” Kim said. “In fact, one of our guys and two of our girls are going to the national rounds.”
\r\nA singles’ competition is scheduled for the end of March and in April the annual match-up between the Table Tennis Club and Math Club will take place, Kim said.
\r\n“I like table tennis because through this sport I improve my hand-eye coordination, get to hang out with people way cooler than I am,” Kim said.
\r\nEven if a student is new to table tennis, they are encouraged to play against club regulars.
\r\n“Come and start playing, that is the best way. People in our club usually do not mind showing novice table tennis players a technique or two,” Kim said.
\r\nEven though there are a limited amount of spots available for playing, the more experienced players are usually willing to let new players play first.
\r\nKim’s journey to UW and the president of the Table Tennis Club took a detour through Afghanistan, where Kim first got involved in table tennis.
\r\n“Starting in July 2006. I was managing a road-building project in Afghanistan then. Our employees were stressing out because they had to work in a dangerous environment,” Kim said. “I purchased a table tennis table for them to help them relax after work and it worked like a charm. Everyone was addicted within a week.”
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\r\n','\r\nThe event is at 7:30 p.m. March 4 through 6 in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium and will feature students performing a spectrum of styles including classical ballet and contemporary dance.
\r\nA modern piece by Jennifer Deckert, “Insight,” is set to open the performance. It highlights daily life and its distractions. Portraying the meditative peace disturbed by outside influences, this dance strives to illuminate a path back toward tranquility.
\r\nThe Artistic Director of the American Repertory Ballet, Graham Lustig, will present “Catavina.” This classical ballet, choreographed in 2008, was originally performed during the Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival in 2009 by Bat Abbit, the Ballet Master for the ARB.
\r\n“Catavina” is named after Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat, opus 130.
\r\n“Echoing the music’s sense of ever uplifting harmonies, I was filled with images of the yearning of earthbound creatures wishing to take flight—perhaps a metaphor for the journey of a soul. Both individually and at times collectively, the wing, both graceful and powerful, connects the dancer toward one airborne dream,” Lustig said.
\r\nMarsha Knight, a UW ballet professor, will re-stage “Catavina.”
\r\nPeter Pucci will present his contemporary work, “My SweetLove,” staged by UW dancers in January.
\r\n“My SweetLove” portrays the strong affection shared by lovers as well as the love and closeness related with family and friends. It also encompasses religious love.
\r\nThe concert ends with “Requiem [Mass for the Dead]” by Lawrence Jackson. This contemporary ballet is accompanied by Arvo Part’s music.
\r\nTickets are available through the Fine Arts Box Office.
\r\nVoices from all over Wyoming will be filling the Laramie air this weekend.
\r\nAt 8 a.m. on March 5, the UW Department of Music will be hosting the annual Rocky Mountain Festival of Voices.
\r\n','\r\nAll choirs across Wyoming were invited to visit Laramie to better their vocal skills with Director of Choral Activities Nicole Lamartine and vocal professor James Bowyer.
\r\nFor two days, the top high school students of Big Horn, Gilpin County, Green River, Guernsey Sunrise, Lander, New Castle, Star Valley and Walden will sing with UW’s Collegiate Chorale.
\r\n“Students are too busy for us to assume they have the time to completely prepare a piece to perform when they get here, so we will all practice it together,” Lamartine said.
\r\nThe high school students will practice alongside the Bel Canto Women’s Choir and Singing Statesmen, in addition to the Collegiate Chorale.
\r\nStudents will also be accompanied by M-Pact, a four-man a cappella group teaching a master class performing at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
\r\n“If we decide they are one of the outstanding soloists, we will include them in our final performance,” Lamartine said.
\r\nThe visiting students will also be given the opportunity to have mini-voice lessons, giving them a real taste of what UW would be like.
\r\n“Even if the students are not planning on becoming music majors, they will be able to see what it would be like,” Lamartine said.
\r\nUW also offers a vocal jazz workshop in the fall of each year.
\r\nDue to recent budget cuts, the workshop isn’t expecting as many students as in previous years.
\r\n“Schools have to cut some of their traveling expenses,” Lamartine said.
\r\nAfter a nine-year absence, violist Mary Cowell will return to UW as a featured soloist in the Summit Chamber Players Concert at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
\r\n','\r\nCowell will play with both UW faculty members and students.
\r\nShe will begin with a piece entitled “Romance for Viola and Piano” accompanied by Rubia Santos, assistant professor of piano study.
\r\n“Brandenburg Concerto No. 6” by Bach, a piece played with two viola soloists and one cello soloist, will also be performed.
\r\nThe last piece will be “Viola Quintet in G Minor” by Mozart. Cowell will perform with violinists Sherry Sinift, violin instructor, and John Fadial, assistant professor of violin.
\r\nThe Summit Chamber Players consist of UW faculty members and featured guests.
\r\nIn addition to performing regionally, the Summit Chamber Players perform nationally.
\r\nCowell began playing the violin at age five. At age 16, Cowell spent a year studying violin in Russia at the Far East Institute of Music.
\r\nBefore UW, Cowell changed from playing the violin to the viola and studied under James Przygocki, a viola professor. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music at UW then went to the Cleveland Institute of Music to earn her Professional Studies degree. After the Cleveland Institute of Music, Cowell studied at Indiana University for two years.
\r\nCowell has been a member of several orchestra ensembles, including the Cheyenne Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Boulder Philharmonic and the National Repertory Orchestra. Currently, Cowell plays with the Colorado Symphony in Denver as third chair violist.
\r\nDuring her music career, Cowell has worked with musicians from the Philadelphia Strings Quartet in Washington and with the Cavani Quartet in Oregon.
\r\nCowell and her husband Myron, who also plays the viola, traveled to Gmunden, Austria in 2001 to perform at Schloss Ort during a summer music festival.
\r\nCowell resides in northern Denver with her husband and two children.
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\r\n','\r\nJessica Ford, Katie Hurrell, Megan Koltizka, Liz Webb and Mccabe Jones, members of the UW equestrian team, have all qualified for regionals March 6 in Omaha, Neb.
\r\nThe team competes throughout the school year. They travel to Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and throughout Wyoming to compete.
\r\nThe competitions are hunt seat equitation, a form of English, rider-foward style riding.
\r\nThe UW hunt seat team is ranked first in the region this year and many individual riders have qualified to compete in regionals and zones.
\r\nMost of the team will travel to Texas for zone finals followed by nationals in Lexington, Ky.
\r\n“We could have up to 12 people possibly qualify to go to nationals,” Webb, vice president of the team, said.
\r\nWebb has also qualified to compete as a representative of the region at nationals in the Cacchionne Cup, a competition for “the open rider that accumulated the most points throughout the season in each region,” Webb said.
\r\nTeam president Jones has qualified for Western Regional’s March 7 at the University of Nebraska. There will be one more western show this season before regionals Feb. 13 and 14 at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
\r\nAside from riding horses, the team is involved in the community, both on and off campus. They volunteer, participate in fundraisers for the community and host ‘schooling shows,’ beginning shows for riders and/or horses without much experience, at the Hanson Teaching Arena.
\r\nThe team welcomes new members year-round. To find out more information, students can e-mail Jones at mjones51@uwyo.edu.
\r\n“We invite all levels of riders to join the team. There is something for everyone,” Webb said.
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\r\nTropic weather, green landscapes and Atlantic water sweeping across your feet—not quite the Wyoming description.
\r\n','\r\nAlthough this is Professor Kenton Walker’s favorite environment, he has lived in Wyoming for the past 20 years.
\r\nIn 1991, he moved here to take a position available in accounting. Since then, he has not moved away.
\r\nHis high school and undergraduate college years were all spent in Whitewater, Wis., and at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
\r\nAfter he received his bachelor’s in accounting, he moved to Golden, Colo., to work for Adolph Coors.
\r\nAfter three years, he decided a master’s degree would suit him well, so he moved back to Wisconsin.
\r\n“Once you start working for a company, there is a pyramid and once you get to the top of that pyramid you could end up waiting ten years for a promotion and I didn’t want to do that,” Walker said.
\r\nIn 1986, he ventured to Texas A&M to receive his Ph.D in accounting.
\r\nFor three years, Walker resided in New Zealand, where he taught for one year and spent the rest of his time at a consulting firm.
\r\nHe later spent six months in Fiji, teaching a semester at the University of South Pacific.
\r\nSo what brought him back to wonderful Wyoming?
\r\n“The best thing I could ever say about Wyoming is that no one lives here and that’s what I tell everybody,” Walker said.
\r\nAlthough he no longer occupies his time with downhill skiing, he still finds joy in playing basketball and golfing.
\r\nWhen he has the chance, Walker travels to Hawaii.
\r\nKawai is his island of choice and he has managed to take a trip there for the past five summers.
\r\n“I spend at least four to six weeks there every time and I would recommend it to anyone,” Walker said.
\r\nIf he had a choice, he said, he would reside in Sheridan for six months and a day out of the year and spend the rest of his time in Kawai.
\r\n“The extra day is for tax reasons and that’s all,” Walker said. “There is nothing else like walking along the beach and having that water brush over your feet.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-24 01:50:54','66','Adrienne Morency','2010-02-24 02:27:20','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-23 07:00:00','2010-02-09 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','535','walker, time, years, ”, accounting, moved, wyoming, spent, whitewater, choice, professor, kawai, that’s, rest, year, months, pyramid, spend, “the, wisconsin','','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1729','Pep band inspires fans to cheer for players','pep-band-inspires-fans-to-cheer-for-players','','UW school spirit doesn’t end with football season, so why should the band have to? Even though Western Thunder Marching Band has hung up their instruments for the season, the UW basketball pep band helps keep school spirit alive during basketball games.
\r\n','\r\nThe pep band played at volleyball games, wrestling meets and swim meets. They performed at over 30 events this winter, including traveling to Casper with the basketball teams for the Casper Shootout.
\r\n“The majority, but not all, of these students were members of the Western Thunder Marching Band this past fall,” Dr. Brad Williamson said. “Like the marching band, approximately one third of the band are music majors and the rest represent a variety of majors across the university.”
\r\nAs director, Williamson attends all of the games and conducts most of them. Drum majors Michael Jaycox and Lynn Hartley also lead the pep band in rehearsal and performance.
\r\nJaycox has been involved with pep band for three years now; two of the years have been as a conductor for the band. “I think the best part of pep band is that, unlike marching band where there are so many people, pep band has a more close knit feeling,” Jaycox said. “And, from my perspective, I get to know everyone a lot better than I do in marching band.”
\r\nPep band keeps busy with their extensive music repertoire. “This year, the pep band rotates through over 50 songs from game to game,” Williamson said. “The music is primarily rock music from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and today.” But they also play jazz, swing, funk and Broadway.
\r\n“These students join the pep band because they love to play and they enjoying supporting UW athletics,” Williamson said.
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\r\nStudents will spend seven weeks increasing their education through the university and will get the chance to tour China.
\r\n','\r\nIn order to be able to go, students must complete four semesters of Mandarin here at UW.
\r\n“If a student was interested in beginning a study abroad program in China without this level of experience it would take a minimum of at least four months studying there and practicing spoken Chinese, before he or she was at the same level as the students travelling to China in this program,” Yan Zhang, a modern and classical languages professor, said.
\r\nAs long as students meet the class requirements, credit will be earned at UW toward the new Chinese minor.
\r\n“Students will gain the advantage of seeing the world from the perspective of China’s major commerce hub at the conflux of the two faces of a culture simultaneously modern and ancient,” Zhang said.
\r\nLike the other study abroad programs, students will have the opportunity to travel to nearby countries and attractions while they are in Shanghai.
\r\nIn Shanghai, there are attractions such as The Bund, a water-side promenade where musicians gather to play, according to the Travel China Guide Web site.
\r\nThe No. 1 commercial street in China is also in Shanghai. Nanjing Rd offers 600 shops which provide products ranging from souvenirs to clothing.
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\r\nBrian Degenfelder feels the rising expectations for this upcoming performance and is experiencing both excitement and nervousness for what is to come.
\r\nDegenfelder is no stranger to music. Only a freshman, he has made singing and music a dominant part of his life.
\r\nWhile majoring in business administration, Degenfelder still makes room to take several choir and vocal classes, including Singing Statesmen, Civic Chorus, as well as a piano class.
\r\nDegenfelder began singing in his junior year of high school and earned a vocal scholarship to UW.
\r\nDegenfelder enjoys playing the piano, photography, running, listening to music and hanging out with friends.
\r\nDespite being nervous, Degenfelder has a great attitude about the competition.
\r\n“I’m a little nervous but I’m also very excited to perform. It’s really fun to actually get to sing in a competition with fellow students and see what other talents they have to offer. I’m just ready for the night to come, to have fun and to share music with everyone,” he said.
\r\n\r\n
Matt Cook
\r\nMatt Cook, a sophomore, has an interesting story prior to UW Idol.
\r\nCook attended the University of Oregon and the University of Montana during his first year of school. At both universities, he participated in track as a walk-on to the teams.
\r\nHe also kept himself involved by participating in football and cheerleading.
\r\nDespite the activities, Cook was involved in, he still felt both schools were not right for him and decided to try UW.
\r\nWith a brand new start before him, Cook has deviated from sports and tried something new—singing in UW Idol.
\r\nGrowing up, both of Cook’s parents were members of the Air Force and it’s band, giving him confidence on stage.
\r\nCook competed in and won a karaoke contest at the University of Oregon his freshman year. He also starred in the high school musical “Li’l Abner” his junior year.
\r\nAlong with his singing experience, Cook has played the cello for eight years.
\r\nDuring this competition, Cook has loved performing on the big stage in front of the large audiences.
\r\nCook knows his strengths lie in classical style singing, much like that of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
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Ever wonder where your shirt was really made or what conditions the employees had to work under?
\r\nThe RSO, Amnesty International, led by president Connor Mullen and vice president Emily May, work to grant human rights in companies with poor working conditions.
\r\n','\r\nThe purpose of the group is to protect people from being denied freedom, justice, dignity and truth throughout countries all over the world, according to the Amnesty USA Web site.
\r\nIn order to get the word out, UW’s Amnesty program has yearly campaigns, letter writing sessions, yearly concerts and film festivals.
\r\nFor the past two years, the main campaign has been to address the fair and unfair trade in the UW Bookstore.
\r\nFor any of the clothing in the bookstore without a UW logo on it, there is a possibility it was manufactured in a sweatshop.
\r\nMany people working in sweatshops are underpaid and have poor working conditions.
\r\n“At one point, Russell had to close down a factory of theirs because people were rioting for fair wages, but instead they just closed down,” May said.
\r\nEventually, Russell opened back up and began to pay their employees fair wages.
\r\nThe letter writing sessions include students writing to the government in different countries, asking them to either charge the people they have arrested or to let them go.
\r\n“Our letters do really help, at least 50 percent of the people that we send letters to take action,” May said. Occasionally, students will also send letters to prisoners, which have shown to help them get through tough times.
\r\nThe concerts are one way to gather donations from other people to pay for services they donate.
\r\nJamnesty takes place once a year for a few months, featuring local bands performing at the Gardens in the Union.
\r\nOnce a year, a film festival is held featuring documentaries from all across the world.
\r\nBecause most of the money the RSO has is given by the members, any other financial help is greatly appreciated.
\r\nFor anyone looking to become part of the group, weekly meetings are held at 1:30 p.m. on Mondays upstairs in the Union.
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In elementary school, parties were devoted to Valentine’s Day; images of our favorite princess or cartoon, or action figure decorated each valentine handed out. Now gifts, cards or a simple greeting is given to showed those we care, all in the name of St. Valentine.
But who is this saint of flowers, boxes of chocolates and love?
\r\n','\r\nValentine’s Day contains remnants of Catholic and Roman traditions, according to www.history.com. The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.
\r\nThe first Valentine is believed to be a priest during the third century in Rome. In an effort to enlist more men in the army, Roman Emperor Claudius II barred any young men from marrying. Valentine ignored the decree and continued to marry young lovers in secret until he was found out and sentenced to death.
\r\nThe second legend is Valentine himself sent the first valentine, to his love while he was in prison. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed ‘From your Valentine,’ an expression that is still in use today, according to www.history.com.
\r\nThe date of Feb. 14 is another mystery. One legend says the holiday has originated from the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, according to www.theholidayspot.com. The festival took place Feb. 15 and celebrated fertility. The rise of Christianity in Europe saw many pagan holidays being renamed for, and dedicated to, the early Christian martyrs.
\r\nToday, many different countries celebrate Valentines Day. In Japan, a woman gives gifts to any man she chooses Feb. 14, and then on White Day, March 14, the men return the favor to the women, according to www.stvalentinesday.org.
\r\nIn South America, Valentine’s Day brings about festivals often lasting days. Many European countries also celebrate Valentine’s Day. In the U.S., valentines do not come cheap. In 2007, $16.9 billion was spent nationwide on valentines, according to www.MSNBC.com.
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\r\nHidden in the sagebrush, waiting for something to happen, when finally a glimpse of an antelope is spotted; this is what they had been waiting for.
\r\nAt 7 p.m. tonight, a pronghorn passage multimedia presentation by Emilene Ostlind, environmental writer, and Joe Riis, wildlife photographer, will be shown in Room 310 of the Classroom Building.
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The presentation will document the 300-mile migration patterns of pronghorn antelope through western Wyoming.
\r\nRiis and Ostlind received money for the two-year project through the Haub School Creative Activities and Research Grant.
\r\n“While biologists and local residents have known about this migration for years, no one has documented it as intimately as Joe and Emilene,” Daniel McCoy, UW Outdoor Program director, said.
\r\nProtecting the pronghorn antelope and making their journey safer is the importance of understanding the migration pattern.
\r\nAfter the caribou migration of 1,500 miles in Alaska, the pronghorn migration in Wyoming is the second largest.
\r\nThe migration begins in Grand Teton National Park, where the antelope spend summers.
\r\nOnce winter approaches, the animals are no longer able to dig down to the sagebrush, so they move to a more ideal location.
\r\n“Many animals, including the pronghorns, head for the Green River Valley where they dead end at I-80,” Ostlind said.
\r\nAfter the presentation, Ostlind and Riis are hoping more safety precautions will be made to help the migration patterns of pronghorns.
\r\nThere are certain areas where vehicle and antelope collisions are high, but with the information the project presents, an overpass may be in the near future.
\r\n“The worst place is Highway 191 at Trapper’s Point. At one point, signals were installed to warn drivers, but they could only do so much,” Ostlind said.
\r\nWhile the migration pattern was easy to follow, for nearly two years neither Ostlind nor Riis spotted the antelope they were tracking until the very end.
\r\nOnce the key spots were located, spotting the antelope became much easier. This is what will be shown at the presentation.
\r\nOstlind is a UW, 2000 triple major graduate with degrees in humanities/fine arts, environment and natural resources, and Spanish; she is now working on her graduate degree here.
\r\nRiis graduated in 2008 with a dual degree in wildlife biology and environment and natural resources.
\r\nHe is now on-site, photographing tigers in Africa for “National Geographic.”
\r\n“We decided to sponsor this event because Emilene Ostlind has been an employee with the outdoor program on-and-off since 2001; Joe Riis worked for us as well. This is an opportunity to showcase what our leaders/instructors are up to, and what they are doing in real life,” McCoy said.
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\r\n','\r\nThis Valentine\'s Day, ditch the cliché box of chocolates and upgrade to the Singing Statesmen Singing Valentines. This is the fifth year the Singing Statesmen Men’s chorus will be running their yearly fund raiser by providing singing valentines for a small price.
\r\n“The Singing Valentines come in a variety of packages that one can purchase via an online form on Facebook,” Director Nicole Lamartine said. “Each valentine includes one song and, depending on the package purchased, a card, roses, chocolate strawberries, chocolate roses, cookies.”
\r\nTo order a Singing Valentine on Facebook search “Statesmen Singing Valentines” and follow the link provided.
\r\n“A small group of Statesmen will go into classes, places of business, offices, restaurants or other specified locations and present the singing valentine, along with other package items, to the special person,” Lamartine said. “Time, location, and song can be chosen by the person ordering the valentine.”
\r\nThere are 60 members in The Singing Statesmen. Each valentine will be presented by a group of four to eight men, but if someone ordered “The Royale,” 30 to 60 men would serenade that special someone.
\r\nValentines will be given Thursday through Sunday to anywhere within Laramie. The song options include \"Lollipop,\" \"L-O-V-E\" or \"In the Still of the Nite.\" Anyone can choose a package, song and any addition or gifts in the À la carte section.
\r\nEach year, a committee is formed to help choose the songs, prepare singers and prepare the packages. This year’s committee includes Aaron Herrera, Leonard Kosirog, Erik Stratton, and Spencer Duncan.
\r\n“We’re basically glorified wranglers,” Duncan said.
\r\n“The best part about singing valentines is the fact that it not only supports the Statesman,” Duncan said, “but it helps support our University, it builds moral. When people see a group of guys singing to a person not only does it affect the person they are singing to but everybody around them. It’s also a great way to surprise or embarrass your loved ones.”
\r\nThe Statesmen will surprise the recipient just about anywhere. “You name it and if it’s a considerable place to go, we can make it,” Duncan said.
\r\n“We are very excited about this year and hope everybody can participate in the awesomeness,” Duncan said. “It goes to a great cause.”
\r\nColleges Against Cancer is an RSO with a plan to make a big difference. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site, cancer causes 1 in every 4 deaths and with such shocking numbers, CAC wants to help make a change.
\r\nNext week, CAC will host Kissing Away Cancer in the Union. “The event is aimed toward raising awareness about cancer, but more importantly, it allows people to honor and remember those who have fought the battle of cancer or are currently fighting cancer,” President of CAC Stephanie Johnson said.
\r\nMembers of CAC will donate their time to help Kissing Away Cancer. “As a nursing student, I have seen the effects that cancer can have on a person and their family. Cancer has even touched my own family. I want to get involved in any way that I can to try and raise public awareness about it and encourage people to donate to help fund research and find a cure,” Katie Kipper said.
\r\nCAC’s main plans are to raise money for the event.
\r\n“People can come and donate any amount of money they want to and in return receive a decal to write the name of anyone they would like to honor or remember,” Johnson said.
\r\nThe decals will hang in the Skylight Lounge in the Union. “The donations we receive will be going directly to Relay For Life that will be hosted at the University of Wyoming this coming spring,” Johnson said.
\r\nJeff Wilson joined CAC last semester. “I feel it’s important to show support for those suffering from cancer as well as those related to its victims. Those who support cancer research are not impersonal to the human aspect of the situation,” Wilson said.
\r\nThis is the first time the UW chapter of CAC will host Kissing Away Cancer, but other chapters have hosted the event in the past.
\r\n“Anyone can donate money to a cause and while this is a necessary and gratitude-worthy act, it’s also impersonal,” Wilson said. “Kiss Away Cancer brings a more personal element to the fight against cancer by reminding us that cancer victims are fellow human beings, not simply a statistic that needs to be reduced.”
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There have been some difficulties for CAC, “The most difficult part is recruiting people to help chair the events. We are a fairly new RSO to UW, so we are hoping that by continuing to host events on campus we will be able to spread the word about our organization,” Wilson said.
\r\nAny students interested in helping CAC can contact sjohns90@uwyo.edu.
\r\n“It’s a great cause,” said Kipper. “We have many wonderful people working together on this, and I’m proud to be a part of it.”
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\r\nYet, as the proud owner of three black belts and an unpaid position as a grappling instructor, there aren’t many challengers of any size who can keep up with this one-time national martial arts champion.
\r\n“Whenever I’ve prepared to fight someone bigger than I am, I’ve never even given a second thought to their size,” Mumme said. “No matter what the situation is, my mindset toward my opponent has always been ‘You’re going to lose.’”
\r\nThat intense and confident mindset is exactly what jumpstarted Mumme’s practicing of martial arts at the relatively young age of six.
\r\nOne day, while his mother’s friend, Joe Pacheco, was over at their family’s house, a scrappy Mumme jumped on Pacheco and declared he was going to kick his butt. Giving in, Pacheco played along until Mumme landed a solid punch to his face.
\r\nAt that point, Mumme said Pachecho, a local boxing and karate instructor in Cheyenne at the time, offered to teach him “how to throw a real punch.”
\r\nFor years after, Mumme informally learned various aspects of karate from Pacheco, but he said he didn’t receive any formal training in martial arts until he moved to Lompoc, Calif., when he was 11.
\r\nAfter moving back to Cheyenne in the ninth grade, Mumme said he almost got in a fight with a fellow student named Jeremy Johnson. In the end, the two decided not to trade blows and Johnson ended up inviting Mumme to train at his father’s martial art’s school—J and P’s TaeKwanDo Karate Kickboxing Association.
\r\nBefore joining the Navy at the age of 20 in 1998, Mumme was able to earn his green belt in karate while under the instruction of Willie Johnson at J and P’s.
\r\nWhile stationed in San Diego, Mumme said he would travel to Tijuana to participate in cage fights. Fighters who could withstand three 30-second rounds of street-style fighting against locals were given $500.
\r\n“The competition was generally pretty easy for me, and it was cool to cage fight just like you see in the movies,” Mumme said. “Plus, the $500 I made at the fights was some of the easiest money I’ve ever made in my life.”
\r\nAfter serving his time in the Navy, Mumme said he returned to Cheyenne in 2002 and immediately began teaching a karate class at J and P’s. Because he had earned his black belt in Jiu-Jitsu while in San Diego, Johnson was quick to have Mumme pitch in as a martial arts instructor.
\r\nFor the next four years, Mumme taught grappling and karate classes while training as hard as he ever had in his entire life. The hard work he put in those four years would pay off at the 2006 EXCEL Karate League National Championships.
\r\nAt the competition, which was held in Salt Lake City, Mumme accrued the most points out of all the competitors in his division, making him the national champion in the men’s Jiu-Jitsu 170-180 pound black belt forms and sparring division.
\r\nAs if being a national champion wasn’t enough for Mumme, he also earned his second black belt at the competition, this time in karate. After showing up a man giving a Jiu-Jitsu presentation, Mumme said Johnson presented him with the black belt, the first time he had ever done so in front of every other person who had received a black belt from his school.
\r\nFour years later, Mumme is still teaching the same grappling class at J and P’s, but that’s the only class he is able to fit in his schedule, due to him finishing his degree from the outreach school at UW.
\r\nAfter completing 12 credits this semester, he will graduate in May with his bachelor’s degree in psychology.
\r\nAt the moment, Mumme said he isn’t completely sure what he wants to do after college, but he did admit that he wants to leave Wyoming. No matter where he lives though, he said martial arts will always be a part of his life and he’ll always teach.
\r\n“I plan on opening up a school wherever I end up going,” Mumme said. “I’ll always be involved in martial arts, but I don’t know to what capacity.”
\r\nMost of all, Mumme said he will continue to teach his students that size doesn’t always have to be an issue when it comes to the physical aspect of fighting.
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\r\n“It should be in the fridge within two hours” at 70-degree temperature, Judy Davis, environmental health specialist for the City of Laramie, said.
\r\nThe timely storage of food is one step individuals can take to prevent getting foodborne illnesses. The sooner you store leftover foods, the better, Davis said.
\r\n“Temperature abuse is a leading cause of foodborne illness,” she said.
\r\nThe guidelines for cooked food is that it’s best cooled from 135 to 70 degrees within two hours, while food should be cooled from 70 to 41 degrees within four hours, Davis said, emphasizing that drawing the temperature from 135 to 70 degrees is “the most crucial time” for cooling food in order to avoid foodborne illness.
\r\nOne scenario of food being contaminated is leaving leftovers in carry-out boxes in your car on a warm day for more than the recommended four hours. By the, a person runs a reater risk of getting a foodborne illness, Davis said.
\r\nAlready-contaminated food that sits out too long also runs an even greater risk of inflicting food poisoning on those who don’t refrigerate their food quickly enough, Davis said.
\r\n“The longer it [contaminated food] sits in temperatures the more likely it is to develop microbes,” she said.
\r\nFood that is cooked at home has the potential to inflict foodborne illnesses in people.
\r\n“A lot of foodborne illnesses happen in the home,” Davis said.
\r\nWhether you\'re bringing home leftovers from a restaurant, leaving some of your carryout for later or saving the remains of dinner, the best step to take with food is “take it immediately” to a refrigerator, Davis said.
\r\nSome people may have eaten contaminated food, but never became ill as a result.
\r\n“Probably a lot of people left out food [too long] and didn’t get sick,” Davis said, describing how individuals not taking ill to food poisoning may make them unaware of the risks of contaminated food.
\r\nMany people get food poisoning as a result of contaminated food—whether it’s been contaminated prior to cooling or by being left out too long—without ever realizing it, Davis said, explaining how different types of food borne illnesses mask a common stomach flu.
\r\nIf food has been handled safely and cooled in adequate time, it is typically good for seven days, Davis said, describing the time-frame ready-to-eat-food—such as deli meats, soft cheeses and already-cooked food—can be safely stored in a refrigerator.
\r\nIf you have doubts about the freshness or safety of food you have stored away, Davis advises you “throw it away.”
\r\nKarate has been around as a self-defense martial arts method since the early 19th century and has continued to develop ever since.
\r\nAn RSO since the 1976-78 school year, making it one of the oldest RSOs on campus, the Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo has been teaching students the art of karate.
\r\nMembers practice the traditional martial arts of Karate, Kobudo (ancient Okinawan weapons), Shinjo-Ryu Iijutsu (sword techniques), Dai Yoshin-Ryu Kempojutsu and Kobujutsu (throwing and grappling art).
\r\n“Our club offers something unique to UW in that we provide a time honored art-form that not only is fun, but also useful for students in the real world,” Sensei Lenny Martin, instructor of the club, said.
\r\nThe club is affiliated with Juko-Kai International, the Okinawa Martial Arts Union and Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate/Kobudo Kai.
\r\nClasses meet Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Both beginning and advanced classes are held each day, usually running for an hour.
\r\nKarate meets Mondays, Kobudo meets Tuesdays and self-defense and Jujutsu meet Thursdays. All of the classes take place in the Education Building gym.
\r\nThe club focuses on three different forms in their teachings: Kihons, or basic techniques; Katas, the forms; and Bunkai, the applications of the art.
\r\nAn open dojo is held on the weekends on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon.
\r\n“In the past, a number of campus and off-campus clubs have received special training through our club and many more come each year. Such groups like Air Force ROTC and just about every sorority and fraternity have sent their members to our group at one time or another,” Martin said.
\r\nStudents can also receive PEAC 1001 credit for taking the classes. Permission needs to be attained from both the instructor and UW officials.
\r\nBecause the club uses the Education Building’s gym, a $50 fee is included for the course. This fee also maintains the club’s RSO status. The minimum fee for a student to begin the course is $92, which includes the $50 fee and a $36 fee for Gi, the uniform, and a $6 fee for Obi.
\r\nFor those wanting to enroll for the Kubudo courses, fees grow to $102 for the use of weapons.
\r\nMore information about the Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo club can be found by contacting Florence Teule at fteule@uwyo.edu or Sensei Lenny Martin at uwkarateclub@gmail.com and by visiting their Facebook group, searching for UW Seyio.
\r\nIn order to participate in the group, a student must be at least 18 years old.
\r\nFebruary brings the beginning of Black History Month, a nation-wide and federally recognized celebration looking back over the history of African-Americans.
\r\nBlack History Month began with Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926, according to www.cnn.com. Woodson, a son of former slaves, earned his master’s at the University of Chicago and Ph.D from Harvard. Upset with how society paid little attention to African-Americans’ past, he took it upon himself to emphasize the importance of their roles in history.
\r\nIn celebration of Black History Month, the Wyoming African Students Association will be hosting African Awareness Week Feb. 15 through 20.
\r\n“We deliberately planned our events to coincide with Black History Month this year. That way we will take advantage of the attention given to Black history,” Tesfaye Deboch, WASA president, said.
\r\n“This year’s theme for African Awareness Week is ‘Celebrating African Heroes and Heroines,” Deboch said. “We will be presenting a few African heroes and heroines, their role in African history and their overall influence on the current generation.”
\r\nAll events taking place during African Awareness Week are free but require tickets, including the Southern African Dance lesson class at 4 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Union Gardens. “[We’ll] have Boulder, Colo.-based African band perform and teach Southern African dance,” Deboch said.
\r\nThere will also be African Cuisine night at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 in Washakie Center.
\r\n“The week-long series of events culminates by providing an opportunity to taste some delicious African food from Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Angola and a few other countries,” Deboch said.
\r\nTickets will be distributed on Feb. 15 and 16 in the Union. “We have 300 tickets for students and faculty, and we go on first-come, first-served basis,” Deboch said.
\r\nWASA has over 80 members, including graduate and undergraduate students. All of the events have been coordinated with the Association of Black Student Leaders.
\r\n“We have a very committed executive committee that plans and executes several activities throughout the year. This year as usual, ASUW sponsored our activities and we are grateful about it,” Deboch said.
\r\nBlack History Month, however, is a celebration beyond the university.
\r\nWoodson established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. He also founded the group’s publication, the Journal of Negro History, according to CNN.
\r\nWoodson created Negro History Week based around two important men in African-American history, Fredrick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
\r\nDouglas, an escaped slave, was one of the most influential abolitionists and was a widely known Civil Rights leader. Lincoln is known for his political force as president for demanding the freedom of African-American slaves in the Emancipation Proclamation.
\r\nNegro History Week evolved into Black History Month, or African-American Heritage Month, in 1976.
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\r\n“It should be in the fridge within two hours” at 70-degree temperature, Judy Davis, environmental health specialist for the City of Laramie, said.
\r\nThe timely storage of food is one step individuals can take to prevent getting foodborne illnesses. The sooner you store leftover foods, the better, Davis said.
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“Temperature abuse is a leading cause of foodborne illness,” she said.
\r\nThe guidelines for cooked food is that it’s best cooled from 135 to 70 degrees within two hours, while food should be cooled from 70 to 41 degrees within four hours, Davis said, emphasizing that drawing the temperature from 135 to 70 degrees is “the most crucial time” for cooling food in order to avoid foodborne illness.
\r\nOne scenario of food being contaminated is leaving leftovers in carry-out boxes in your car on a warm day for more than the recommended four hours. By the, a person runs a reater risk of getting a foodborne illness, Davis said.
\r\nAlready-contaminated food that sits out too long also runs an even greater risk of inflicting food poisoning on those who don’t refrigerate their food quickly enough, Davis said.
\r\n“The longer it [contaminated food] sits in temperatures the more likely it is to develop microbes,” she said.
\r\nFood that is cooked at home has the potential to inflict foodborne illnesses in people.
\r\n“A lot of foodborne illnesses happen in the home,” Davis said.
\r\nWhether you\'re bringing home leftovers from a restaurant, leaving some of your carryout for later or saving the remains of dinner, the best step to take with food is “take it immediately” to a refrigerator, Davis said.
\r\nSome people may have eaten contaminated food, but never became ill as a result.
\r\n“Probably a lot of people left out food [too long] and didn’t get sick,” Davis said, describing how individuals not taking ill to food poisoning may make them unaware of the risks of contaminated food
\r\nMany people get food poisoning as a result of contaminated food—whether it’s been contaminated prior to cooling or by being left out too long—without ever realizing it, Davis said, explaining how different types of food-born illnesses mask a common stomach flu.
\r\nIf food has been handled safely and cooled in adequate time it is typically good for seven days, Davis said, describing the time-frame ready-to-eat-food—such as deli meats, soft cheeses and already-cooked food—can be safely stored in refrigerator.
\r\nIf you have doubts about the freshness or safety of food you have stored away Davis advices you “throw it away.”
\r\nAs competition for employment in the region grows, fewer UW employees are leaving their positions while the number of applicants for new job openings grows.
\r\n“The overall job market in Laramie is not as plentiful as it used to be,” Nancy Olson, employment manager for the UW Department of Human Resources, said.
\r\nAs a result of the lack of employment opportunities in the area—and across the country—the majority of workers at the university are staying in their current positions as opposed to seeking-out other work.
\r\n“People aren’t leaving work [at UW],” Olson said. “They’re staying put.”
\r\nThose who might otherwise be inclined to leave their jobs realize the stiff competition for employment could make finding new work arduous—if not impossible.
\r\nNationwide unemployment stands at 10 percent, and employers across the country slashed 85,000 jobs in December, according to a recent report in USA Today. The unemployment rate for Wyoming has more than doubled from 3.2 percent in November 2008, to 7.4 percent in October 2009, according to a recent report in The Casper Star Tribune.
\r\nBesides competition for employment, many workers have not been leaving their jobs at the university because they lost funding for retirement when the stock market collapsed in 2008, Olson said.
\r\nAs a result, some may be staying at their jobs to regain some of the money they lost for retirement. For others it has meant postponing retirement until a later date.
\r\nWhile UW employees are not leaving their jobs, more and more applicants are seeking out slots for limited job openings at the university.
\r\n“There are more people applying for fewer positions,” Olson said.
\r\nIn 2007, there was an average of 12 applicants for every job opening at the university. Today, there is an average of 25 people seeking out work for a single position.
\r\nCompetition is not the sole culprit for the growth of the high numbers of applicants at the university. Budget cuts at UW have also played a major role in the lack of available positions on campus because the school is not hiring employees it might otherwise.
\r\nThe university is also taking measures to ensure positions being created are truly necessary and that the applicants are qualified.
\r\n“Before we can even advertise a position it has to have VP (Vice President of UW) approval,” Olson said. “They’re being very selective.”
\r\nWhile the job market at UW may appear less-than appealing, Olson said that it is still brighter than other areas across the state and the country.
\r\n“We do have positions. We are still hiring,” she said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-12 01:52:44','104','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-12 13:00:00','2010-01-26 07:00:00','','','','0','0','521','”, positions, olson, university, job, applicants, jobs, employment, competition, leaving, work, market, seeking, staying, retirement, percent, employees, position, people, report','As competition for employment in the region grows, fewer UW employees are leaving their positions while the number of applicants for new job openings grows. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1743','Museum store implements new consignment program mailto:','museum-store-implements-new-consignment-program-mailto','','From out of the ashes of 2009, like a phoenix reborn, UW’s Art Museum store has re-opened its doors for the new year with a new face and a fresh business model.
\r\nAs part of last weekend’s opening reception, the museum and its store welcomed the public for the first time in 2010.
\r\nLocated in the Centennial Complex at 2111 Willet Drive, the museum store complements the adjoining art galleries with its collection of fashionable fineries and signed works of art. For the past month, this hidden gem had been closed for inventory and reorganizing.
\r\nEvery year, the store goes through a series of transformations in an attempt to enhance the current exhibition, or simply keep things fresh, and this year’s new look brings with it an ever-expanding collection of unique pieces.
\r\nAs part of a new and evolving consignment program, and in keeping with the mission statement of bringing the world of art to Wyoming, the museum store is now displaying and selling works of art for artisans all over the country.
\r\n“The most important thing about this year is consignment,” manager of retail operations Rosanne Chapp said. “We’ve had a real turnover in inventory, a great variety, and almost everything we’re getting is a signed piece of original art.”
\r\nSince July 2009, the museum store has been experimenting with its consignment-centered business model, obtaining pieces of art for a pre-determined period of time to try and sell them for the respective artist. Based on the success seen so far, Chapp plans to actively expand her collection of consignment pieces in 2010. By doing so, she hopes to accommodate the New Year’s challenges, as well as build the store’s reputation as a presence on campus.
\r\n“I really think this kind of business model could be the wave of the future for museum stores like ours,” Chapp said. “It’s a challenge to keep the quality constant, but we do it because we’re part of the museum. It’s become a real diamond in the rough. We have a great merchandise mix, gift wrapping, and are located just north of the AA with plenty of free parking.”
\r\nChapp has been managing the museum’s store for almost ten years, restocking the shelves and reinventing the space year after year. She enjoys creating and maintaining the atmosphere that the community has grown to love and plans on continuing to do so.
\r\nShopping in the Museum Store is part of the whole experience when coming to the museum. Depending on the exhibit showing, the public can buy exhibition related items to
\r\ntake home as a souvenir or gift such as posters, catalogs, post cards and art-related books.
\r\nUW Student Steven Elkins found the museum while looking for a job a year ago, and now he’s become part of the Museum Store experience as well.
\r\n“I’ve been here for almost exactly a year and I don’t plan on letting the job go until I graduate. I love it,” Elkins said. “I’d been at the university for two and a half years and never actually been in the building until I came looking for work. If you’ve never been here, and even if you’re not into art, it’s a great opportunity to see something new and really unique.”
\r\nFor more than a decade the University of Wyoming Art Museum Store has been supporting the cultural image that the museum has established on campus. From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, and 10 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, the public has the opportunity to view and enjoy the one-of-a-kind selections for sale. As a growing business, and an expanding gallery in itself, the store continues to surprise and impress students, faculty and staff and community members year after year in its efforts to bring the world of art to Wyoming.
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\r\n“Asking for help is a hard, hard thing to do,” Stacey Danhem, office manager for Interfaith-Good Samaritan of Laramie, said in describing the apprehension of increasing numbers of people who are in need of the services offered by Interfaith but may be too proud to ask.
\r\nBased out of an office in the southeast corner of the Laramie Plains Civic Center, Interfaith provides down-on-their-luck Albany County residents with food, hygiene products and clothing, as well as temporary vouchers for housing, gas and transportation, and in some circumstances, funding for medical needs and expenses.
\r\nThe primary goal of Interfaith is “to cooperate with other organizations and agencies to assist women, men and children in crisis situations,” Tom Martin, executive director of Interfaith Good-Samaritan of Laramie, said.
\r\nIn their mission to aid those in crisis, Denham, Martin and the volunteers that make up the staff of Interfaith see first-hand the hardships felt by more and more people—especially families—because of loss of employment or loss of unemployment insurance.
\r\nAs a result of one spouse losing a job, having their hours seriously reduced or running out of unemployment benefits, the other spouse takes on the role as primary bread-winner for the family. Budgets are pushed to the limits—if not wiped out—as they struggle to keep roofs over their heads and the bills paid.
\r\n“It creates a much heavier stress-burden within the family unit,” Martin said. “The trust breaks down between family members.”
\r\nOne of the major problems Martin encounters from families and individuals seeking the organization’s services is not having money to pay for food, which drives some to great lengths to avoid going hungry.
\r\n“What happens is there is no money for food and one of the adults brings home food from the dumpster and asks the family to eat it,” Martin said. “We don’t want to see anyone go hungry. We live in a country where that’s not supposed to happen.”
\r\nThe food provided by Interfaith keeps many people fed while the organization helps them make contact with the Wyoming Department of Family Services to undergo the interview process to obtain food stamps. This is part of the organization’s mission—“to cooperate with other organizations and agencies”
\r\nIn the last year, the state family services department reported that the number of Wyoming residents using food stamps has grown by 73 percent while those seeking service from Interfaith has grown by around 50 percent, Martin said.
\r\n“I would say 20 percent of the people we see were formerly middle-class,” he said.
\r\nFor those once considered middle or working class, the stress of losing work or unemployment insurance reverberates through their families, Martin said. Many are forced to eliminate entertainment spending from their budgets, pawn family electronics and go without any unnecessary costs.
\r\n“Everyone in the household reacts to the survivability of the family,” Martin said.
\r\nThe combination of losing both income and possessions often fuels inner-family feuding. One spouse resents the other for not being able to support the family while the spouse who lost a job or unemployment insurance is burdened with a sense of failure for both losing their employment and being unable to find a new work, Martin said, explaining that such feuding can sometimes lead to domestic violence.
\r\n“Unfortunately, research shows domestic violence increases during economic downturns,” he said.
\r\nThe shared family burdens that may lead to domestic violence can also fuel abuse of alcohol, cigarettes and illegal substances among members of some struggling families, draining already limited resources.
\r\nWhile the heads of these households may be equipped to deal with family turmoil, and can rationalize the loss of a job, resources or possessions, their children usually cannot, Martin said. They don’t understand why there is no reward for bringing home good grades or doing their chores.
\r\nThe financial and personal stress faced by some of these children can also result in them acting out in school or at home.
\r\n“Children may act out due to frustration,” Martin said. “When a child is experiencing too much stress they typically regress in behavior.”
\r\nMartin explained that the burdens under which many families are living are straining many to the breaking point. For some, the pressure of personal and financial problems will become too much and families will break-up as result of divorce, Martin said.
\r\nWhile seeing many families and individuals struggle, the staff at Interfaith also see peoples’ resilience and drive to get back to work. When a position for office manager now held by Stacey Danhem was first made available at Interfaith, Martin had three applicants tell him “they would do anything to get this job.”
\r\n“They were not qualified, they were just desperate for a job—any job,” he said.
\r\nParticipating in the UW Nordic Ski Team provides its members with opportunities to travel and cross country ski, allowing for little downtime at the end of the week.
\r\n“We’re gone pretty much every weekend,” Daniel Lewis, president of the UW Nordic Ski Club, said of training at Happy Jack Recreation Area and traveling to various destinations to ski with members the ski club.
\r\nPart of the motivation for the work of members is to build on the success accomplished by last year’s ski club.
\r\nThe UW Nordic Ski Club men’s and women’s cross country teams both won the 8.5k classic races during the 2009 U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships in Devils Thumb Ranch, Colo., according to the USCSA Web site.
\r\nThe success the ski club had last year was the product of continuous hard work and training, as it will be if the club wishes to continue in their achievement this season, Lewis said.
\r\nThe members of the club will get the chance to prove if they have what it takes to repeat last year’s performance when they travel to compete in the USCSA National Championships from March 2 to 6 in Rumford, Maine.
\r\n“Skiing is pretty much a year-round sport,” Lewis said, explaining how members of the club work 12 months out of the year to be well-prepared for competitive cross country skiing.
\r\nFor members of the ski club, this means working out from the first week of classes in the fall to the end of coursework in the spring.
\r\nMuch of the training the ski club undergoes to prepare for the cross-country skiing is cross-country running. Members of the club run together at the Snowy Range Mountains, as well as at Happy Jack during the warmer months of the year.
\r\n“Most colleges are an hour drive away from snow,” he said, describing how Happy Jack provides both close proximity to Laramie while offering excellent terrain on which to train.
\r\nEven though involvement in the UW Nordic Ski Club costs Lewis and other members’ free-time on the weekend and requires a great amount of exercise, he said members handle the extra responsibility because “Nordic skiers are good with time management.”
\r\nBesides possession of time-management skills, Lewis said the club’s strength is derived from the diversity of its members skiing skills—which range from elite, intermediate to beginners.
\r\n“The whole diversity creates a great team dynamic,” he said.
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\r\nThe Holiday Gala has a long tradition, Dr Nicole Lamartine, Director of Choral Studies, said. The concert is a collaborative effort between the UW vocal and instrumental ensembles and the ensemble directors.
\r\nLamartine said the Holiday Gala is unique in combining the choirs and full orchestra in the same concert. She said the program features “holiday flavored” pieces and traditional carols, making for a “lighter” concert.
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She said the choirs and wind ensemble will provide the first half of the program with the UW Symphony providing the second half.
\r\nDr. Michael Griffith, Director of Orchestral Activities, said there will be a pre-concert concert in the lobby with a performance from “A Tuba Christmas” ensemble. Griffith said the concert music ranges from “light-hearted to sacred,” with some different takes on familiar pieces. The Singing Statesmen will perform “Deck the Halls” arranged in 7/8 time. “It is a bit funky,” he said.
\r\nGriffith said a highlight of the program will be the Bel Canto Women’s chorus and The Singing Statesmen choir combined, singing the haunting melody “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” overlaid with an African song of peace sung in Zulu. He said “another truly beautiful musical picture” will be the medley “In the Manger,” which combines “Away in a Manger” and “Gesu Bambino” with a bit of “Venite Adoremus.”
\r\nThe concert will also offer the audience a chance to sing along with “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Griffith said. “These concerts are always favorites for audiences of all ages,” he said.
\r\nGriffith said this year’s Symphony Association Holiday Dinner will take place between the two performances at the Alice Hardie Stevens Center, Laramie Plains Museum. He said proceeds from the dinner go towards the Symphony Association scholarship fund.
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Ilyasah Shabazz began her speech to a crowded room of UW students, staff and community members with a joke related to the altitude: “Just walking down the stairs to the lobby of our hotel seemed like a workout,” she said with laughter. “I don’t know how you can do it everyday.”
Shabazz, the daughter of Muslim leader and activist Malcolm X, spoke about the skills and lessons she gained through her life experiences as an activist, author and human rights leader. She has worked as an administrator for the City University of New York.
\r\nShe began her speech with a moment of silence for those victims in Haiti and went on to talk about the country and its struggle with the recent earthquake.
\r\nAfter discussing the tragedy in Haiti, she stated her “love of humanity and brotherhood was the greatest and most important thing to her.” She told listeners they must not love themselves, but instead must help others and love everyone across the globe.
\r\nShe challenged everyone to help with the movement for social justice, whether it be small or large.
\r\n“If you are a doctor, then don’t go to school just to become a doctor and buy a large house, but instead go to school to help the disadvantaged people who need medical care and cannot seek or afford it,” she said.
\r\nShabazz also discussed the pride she has for both of her parents. After her father was assassinated in New York when she was two, her mother became the sole provider for a family of six.
\r\n“I am very proud of my parents because of their selflessness and their ability to want to help the world and humanity, no matter what race,” she said.
\r\nAfter her father died, her mother became an even stronger activist, but also went on to earn her Ph.D. “My mother never accepted the word ‘no,’” she said.
\r\nForty-four years after the death of her father, he is still remembered as a great activist. She told how in his 20s, Malcolm X became an activist, urging students to follow in her father’s footsteps.
\r\nShe discussed the heritage of Africa and the great things to come from there, including two of the world’s first universities, the University of Alexandria and the University of Timbuktu.
\r\n“If you don’t understand your history, you will only be involved with material items and not what really matters,” she said. “Remember, you are the leaders of tomorrow. To be or not to be is the question.”
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\r\nAccording to SAFE Project, this year’s theme “Stalking: Know it. Name it. Stop it.” is “challenging the myths and facts of stalking.” The community night will serve as a fundraiser, as well as educational event. Information about stalking will be handed out to visitors.
\r\n“As a community, we need to learn more about the implications and consequences of stalking in order to combat it effectively,” Brittany Parsons, outreach coordinator for the SAFE Project in Laramie, said.
\r\nAccording to the National Center for Victims of Crime, technologies like computers, small cameras, cell phones, GPS and other tracking devices increase possibilities of so far unknown, more subtle and varied stalking.
\r\nStalking, a crime in all U.S. states, is a widely spread problem. According to SAFE Project’s data and those of the April 1998 National Violence Against Women Survey, about 1.4 million people become a victim of stalking in the U.S. every year. Among those are over one million women and about 370,000 men.
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That means that 1 in every 12 women will become a victim of stalking in her lifetime. On average, victims are stalked for the duration of approximately two years and are between 18 and 39 years old. Moreover, “most victims are ordinary Americans, not celebrities,” according to SAFE Project and the National Institute of Justice.
\r\nOne reason why a majority of stalkers are men is due to the established, archaic gender roles.
\r\n“Men are the \'providers.\' They do or want to take care of women. It is an issue of power and control, as well as a result of sexism and remaining patriarchism,” Parsons said.
\r\nEducation about stalking is necessary because, among all violent crimes, it is a problem that is quite hard to handle. It can take a variety of forms, such as threats, assaults, vandalism, burglary or animal abuse. Although laws against it and possibilities of victim protection exist throughout the U.S., “stalking may be hard for authorities to recognize, investigate and prosecute,” according to SAFE Project.
\r\nThis is due to the fact that stalking is not a one-time event, but rather “a course of conduct that places a person in fear of their safety,” a SAFE Project press release said. Stalking is a chain of linked actions, the connection of which is often hard to prove for the victims and demands exact record keeping of all occurrences and witnesses.
\r\nIn 2009, the SAFE Project of Albany County has worked with over 500 victims of violence, among which were 21 stalking victims and 239 cases of domestic violence.
\r\nStalking is not the most prevalent problem SAFE Project deals with in Albany County.
\r\n“Most prevalent are cases of domestic violence. We have lesser child and elder abuse, as well as sexual assault cases, but we think that this is because those often remain underreported,” Parsons said.
\r\nMoreover, number discrepancies show that fewer people turned to SAFE for help than there were cases of assault or abuse reported with the police.
\r\n“For example, of 55 cases that are reported to the police, 14 cases reach us. So we constantly try to increase awareness for violence among people, as well as our presence in the area,” Parsons said.
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Parsons gave 17 presentations about different forms of violence at UW last fall semester and SAFE Project also tries to reach out to smaller, more isolated towns in the countryside, Parsons said.
\r\n“For people who do not possess a car, especially on the countryside, we provide transportation,” Parsons said.
\r\nThe SAFE Project, founded in 1980, is engaging against stalking, rape and sexual assault, domestic violence, as well as child and elder abuse. Seven full time employees and 35 volunteers offer legal, medical and financial assistance for victims of those crimes, often in close cooperation with the STOP Violence Project of UW.
\r\nSAFE is funded by the state as well as by the Wyoming Coalition against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
\r\nAmong SAFE Project\'s services are a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, crisis intervention, legal and medical counseling as well as providing connections to all necessary agencies and other help programs. For more information go to www.safeproject.org or call SAFE at (307)742-7273.
\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-13 01:34:10','126','Ulrike Wiehr','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-13 13:00:00','2010-01-27 07:00:00','','','','0','0','515','safe, stalking, project, violence, ”, victims, parsons, cases, national, women, people, assault, abuse, domestic, community, night, sexual, albany, awareness, county','The Albany County SAFE Project will host a community night at McAlister’s to participate in fighting violence as part of National Stalking Awareness Month. SAFE Project’s community night will run from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight.','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1749','Bookstore seeks innovative edge','bookstore-seeks-innovative-edge','','Once again, the time for finals is approaching, papers are due, and Christmas break is quickly approaching.
\r\nThat means it is also time to start selling back used textbooks and buying new ones for next semester.
\r\nMany students, not limited to just UW, will turn to the Internet for their textbooks, while others will find themselves among the hustle-and-bustle in the University bBookstore.
\r\n“When a student buys books from us, what they don’t even realize is that their money is going back to the institution so they are supporting the university, which is great,” Misty Eaton, manager of the University Bookstore said.
\r\nIt is true, a majority of the prices at the bookstore can not compare to online booksellers.
\r\nWhen it comes to online stores, they normally do not have the kind of fees and overhead costs a place like the University Bookstore does. Therefore, their books are often a bit cheaper.
\r\n“We are a stand-alone company. We aren’t federally funded, so therefore we do have bills that have to be paid. So if we had more students buying from the bookstore then our prices could be more flexible,” Shawna Otte, textbook buyer for the University Bookstore, said.
\r\nThe University Bookstore sets its prices by the Publisher they buy from. Used books are then priced after an industry average is taken.
\r\n“We can not compete with auction sellers such as the online booksellers because they are basically like a garage sale,” Otte said.
\r\nWhen a student buys from the University Bookstore, Otte and Eaton both find themselves figuring out ways to reward the students for choosing them over other competitors.
\r\nThis year the bookstore is trying out a new idea in an attempt to keep the money students spend on campus.
\r\nEvery time a student sells back their books, they can then choose to have their cash back put on a store credit card, where an additional percentage of store bucks will be added.
\r\n“This is our attempt to keep the textbooks that we order on campus but for us to also have the opportunity to give back to the students,” Otte said.
\r\nWhen students bring their books back to the university, they can count on getting half of what they spent on the book back.
\r\nOtte also makes it a priority that books for the next semester are in store in advance so students can begin to collect what they need.
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\r\nRonald Hartman and other members of the staff at the Rocky Mountain Herbarium dedicate their studies to identify these specimens and many more.
\r\nAlthough Hartman also dedicates his time to teaching eager-to-learn students around him, he noted this is only part of the job.
\r\n“My heart belongs here, dedicated to my work for the Herbarium,” Hartman, curator of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium, said.
\r\nThe Herbarium, located on the third floor of the Aven Nelson building, contains over 825,000 specimens collected from different areas scattered across the Rocky Mountains.
\r\nFounded in 1893 by Aven Nelson, the Herbarium has grown to become the 16th largest in the nation.
\r\nAccording to the Rocky Mountain Herbarium Web site, the Herbarium now contains the largest collection of Rocky Mountain plants and fungi in existence.
\r\n“Some may ask why we collect so many of the same species. Well, looking at two specimens that are the same species is not like looking at twins; they are all genetically different,” Hartman said.
\r\nA recent project of the Herbarium added the specimens to the online database for anyone to look at.
\r\n“To some this could mean that we could eliminate all of our specimens that we have held in our library, but looking at the DNA is completely different when looking at the actual specimen,” Hartman said.
\r\nRecently, the main project of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium is to collect specimens from the different areas in Colorado.
\r\nThe project is well on its way, with many specimens already collected from Yellowstone National Park and the other national forests throughout Colorado.
\r\n“We have already covered some areas in Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana and our original bases in Wyoming. My goal now is to make our way in to Montana,” Hartman said.
\r\nWhile the Herbarium is mostly focused on research, they are always growing in order to serve UW students and K-12 students throughout the Rocky Mountain region.
\r\n“My life’s goal is to obtain all of the information I can throughout the Rocky Mountains. I’m not even planning on moving on to Montana…for that I would need another lifetime,” Hartman said.
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For many students, a large portion of their hours are spent at the library, making it an essential location for the average college student.
\r\nFor some students, Coe Library and its staff are as familiar to them as their own families.
\r\n“What is nice about being a librarian on a campus such as this is that you get to be involved with people all over campus,” Kaijsa Calkins, English Reference and Instruction Librarian, said.
\r\nIn order to reach her current job, Calkins had to graduate with her master’s in Librarian Informational Sciences.
\r\nBeing a reference and instruction librarian provides one thing for Calkins on a regular basis—uncertainty.
\r\nEach day brings something different. Even if she is sitting at the reference desk, there is no guarantee as to what questions she will be asked that day.
\r\n“During this time in the semester, the questions that students normally ask are about how to cite their final papers,” Calkins said.
\r\nA different time in the year is certain to bring Calkins instruction courses for certain classes that will involve part of the semester researching information.
\r\nThe class and subject depend on which librarian instructs them, and for Calkins, her specialty subject is English.
\r\nMost of the librarians work with many of the freshman and sophomore level classes, especially because those students are often less educated on library research methods.
\r\n“I work with composition classes, creative writing classes and other English courses to help them figure out how to find information,” Calkins said.
\r\nThis is when a typical university or college librarian gets the chance to participate with the instructors throughout campus.
\r\nOn any other given day, Calkins and all of the other librarians find themselves keeping up with current literature and the book reviews.
\r\nAs a subject librarian, Calkins is partially responsible for participating in purchasing new material.
\r\nCalkins can also be found doing her own research, which is something librarians do to obtain their tenure promotions.
\r\n“When you work with the public, you get to help them when they need it, and that is the part that I find the most fun,” Calkins said.
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\r\nThe University Wyoming Insect Museum is home to countless insects to be viewed by the public or requested for research purposes.
\r\nThere are two parts to the UW Insect Museum, according to professor and curator Dr. Scott Shaw. “The Insect Museum is a public showcase for teaching and learning about insects and displays several hundreds of interesting insect specimens, books and a live insect zoo,” Shaw said.
\r\nThis public showcase is free and open to the public on weekdays during normal university hours in room 4018 of the Agriculture building. According to Shaw, the museum currently sees about 3,000 visitors a year, including school groups from all around Wyoming.
\r\nShaw arranged and opened the Insect Gallery in 1993. The university has been collecting specimens since 1893, when it hired their first entomologist. The exhibit has grown every year since.
\r\nThere is a second part of the museum. Shaw explained, “The archival research collection, now comprising more than one million preserved insect specimens from all around the world, are housed separately in the UW Insect Museum, and is not open to the general public.”
\r\nThe archive collection is used for research and even allows researchers from around the world a chance to receive specimens on loan.
\r\nGraduate student Guinevere Jones spoke more about why loaning out insects is important. “Usually when something is loaned out, it is being borrowed so that the specimen can be used as a physical reference to be compared to something else,” Jones said.
\r\n“For example, lets say you find a microscopic parasitoid fly up in the Tetons. You want to know if you have stumbled upon a new species or if it has already been named. You borrow identified specimens from our museum in order to visually compare the two.”
\r\n“Curating involves all aspects of managing the research and teaching collections of insects,” Shaw said. “This includes making loans worldwide, managing the specimen loans, curating and organizing the collections and interacting with visitors to the gallery.”
\r\nThe Insect museum is used for many types of entomological research. “Right now, we have a PhD candidate using it for research on pollinators,” Jones said. There is also a Master’s candidate who is using the museum with surveys of Wyoming aquatic beetles.
\r\nJones is finding the Insect Museum a great help with her research. “I’m using it to describe new species of parasitoid wasps from the north-eastern Andes,” she said.
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\r\nA new policy dealing with tipping has come into effect for all food services at the University of Wyoming, sending some student workers into confusion.
\r\nInformation was sent out on the new tipping policy stating, “Basically, we were not in compliance with the Internal Revenue Service,” Janet Lowe, of the Controllers Office, said.
\r\nThe IRS requires all businesses to report tips. UW does not have the resources to report the tips, so all tipping has been stopped. If a student is tipped, the money will be given to their manager and donated on a monthly basis to United Way of Albany County.
\r\n“United Way has been a university sanctioned charity for a long time,” Lowe said.
\r\nUW’s new policy does not attempt to hurt any students financially, but UW must comply with the IRS. “They are being paid minimum wage. We try to take care of our students,” she said.
\r\nMegan Hanneman, another employee at the controllers office said, “We try to compensate our students well.”
\r\nBut some student workers did not understand the harm of a few extra dollars.
\r\nBook and Bean worker Amanda King said, “Logistically and legally it makes sense, but it’s frustrating.”
\r\nFellow Book and Bean employee Tyler McNamee agreed. He said, “Technically, I understand, but now what’s the driving force to make the drinks faster now that the tip jar is gone?”
\r\n[The customer] wants to reward you for the extra effort you put into their drink. Sometimes it seems insulting when they want to give me a tip and I tell them that I can’t take it,” King said.
\r\nBoth McNamee and King said they would be happy to report their tips. “The most I’ve pulled out is five dollars in tips,” McNamee said. “But it’s laundry money, mostly change, maybe a dollar bill.”
\r\n“We understand that this is another from of income,” Lowe said about tipping. But the university has to be in compliance with the IRS.
\r\nBoth Lowe and Hanneman agreed if students were being paid below minimum wage, tip jars would be allowed to make up any difference. Hanneman said, “Often times at the university, it’s a quick service and not a sit down meal.”
\r\nThere is also the question from student workers about the possibility of being able to have tips and report them. “We can sure look into it, but we have to look at cost and benefit,”
Lowe said.
From myths about neurotic professors and constant all-nighters, the outlook of what college has in store changes from freshman to senior year.
\r\nFor many upperclassmen, the initial image of what they thought college would be like is much different from reality.
\r\nFor junior Charlotte Capron, she remembers the idea of college before actually getting here. “I thought that it would be a bunch of mature people that were here to learn, intermixed with people that were just here to party and get married,” she said.
\r\nBut Capron realized in her three years: “The mix of people is a lot more even than I imagined. The mature people still party, and the partiers still can concentrate on class once in a while.”
\r\nAnthony Smith, a senior in theater and dance, remembers a myth about class attendance. “Going to class didn’t matter. Yes, they don’t take attendance in some big classes, but if you don’t attend, you don’t pass, so you have to go,” he said.
\r\nWhile some students looked at the social spectrum of college life, others looked at the academic aspect. “I was under the impression that it was going to be overly challenging,” junior Cara Kelsey said. “It is actually much easier than I had imagined, but with a good amount of challenge.”
\r\nAfter starting, Kelsey noticed one of her own myths broken. “The myth I had heard was everyone was there because they wanted to be. I have come across many students that go because of parents and families,” Kelsey said.
\r\nJunior Kim Lockhart noticed some of the myths were true. “The freshman 15. The sad reality is that it is true, there is so much available to eat, especially at the dorms, but the gym is also available,” Lockhart said.
\r\n“I thought it was going to be crazy and things constantly going on,” Lockhart said. Since starting her freshman year she realized one of the most important things about college. “It’s definitely a fun time when you go about it the right way,” Lockhart said.
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\r\nThe Student Learning Center’s tutors and tutoring services are available to all UW students at no charge. No appointment is necessary, though you may call to ask about availability of subject-specific tutors. Group student tutoring is also available. It is located in the basement of Washakie Center and is open Monday though Friday from
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., closing an hour early on Mondays.
The Student Learning Center can be contacted by calling (307) 766-3730.
\r\nThe Writing Lab is available for UW students who need to work with advanced writers at every stage of the writing process—from ideas to the final draft. The Writing Center does take walk-ins, but it is a good idea to schedule an appointment to guarantee yourself a time slot.
\r\n“I am an English major, and after my Freshman year, I got tired of having red ink all over my paper. The writing center has been a huge help,” Amy Glenson, UW student, said.
\r\nThe Writing Center can also assist student online at www.uwyo.edu/writingcenter.com. To make an appointment, call (307) 766-5250. It is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the basement of the Engineering Building, Room 1074.
\r\nThe Oral Communication Center is offered by the Communication and Journalism Department for students needing help with oral presentations, concerns and evaluation of projects. The lab is open Monday through Friday at varying times. The lab is located in Ross Hall 442. While walk-ins are accepted, students who make an appoint take precedence.
\r\nThe Math Lab is in the basement of Ross Hall. The lab provides free assistance with mathematics to UW students. Priority is given to students with questions related to algebra, trigonometry and calculus. Students in other math classes can still get help at the lab. It is open Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
\r\nMany instructors teaching math classes on campus are tutors scheduled in the Math Lab. There is always a part-time instructor in the lab with a faculty member on call. The lab doesn’t require students to make appointments and they are free to stay as long as they like.
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While a new snowfall in Laramie can look beautiful, it often means a long work day for University of Wyoming custodians.
The added snow and ice evoke more jobs for custodians.
\r\nTo prevent slipping, sand is put on the sidewalks around campus. But when it begins to melt and get wet, it turns into mud, which is tracked into the buildings on student’s shoes.
\r\n“After a snow storm like this, all of the custodians usually have an extra broom and mop ready for the entrances because that is where all the dirt gets tracked in,” UW custodian Daniel Voster said.
\r\nStarting as early as 5 a.m., preparations inside the classroom building are under way for the long day ahead in one of the busiest buildings on campus.
\r\nFirst, all of the tables in the mezzanine area next to the café are cleaned and the trash is emptied in the recycle bins.
\r\nThen, a walk-through of all third-level auditorium classrooms is completed to make sure the rooms are clean. The second level is covered after the third level.
\r\nEach of the rooms are checked to ensure they have an accurate number of chairs, table and other furniture needed for the day.
\r\n“Well, as long as we can make the classes look nice for the first class, then it’s OK. But usually after the first class of the day, the rooms are no longer organized. Unless we want to spend our day’s making sure that the classrooms are organized, we don’t check up on them unless there is a complaint,” Voster said.
\r\nAfter the classrooms are checked, bathrooms are cleaned. Any bathroom supplies needed are replaced and all of the toilets are checked to make sure they function properly.
\r\nUsually at this time, students and faculty have already begun entering the building and have started class.
\r\nAs people continue to enter the building, there is a fair amount of dirt tracked in. Several custodians take time to sweep up around the doors at three of the main entrances. Other entrances with carpet get cleaned during the evening.
\r\nDuring the lunch hour, shifts change and the evening custodians take over.
\r\n“We really just work in a cycle. I do my tasks and then leave, and the next custodian comes in and does their thing. I then come back and basically do the same thing over again,” Voster said.
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\r\nThere are two men here on campus making sure the prices are the best deals possible.
\r\n“Students are our main customers, so we really just try to please them,” Rick Tristan, Retail Operations Manager of the Wyoming Union said.
\r\nThere are chain operations seen around campus including Starbucks and Dreyers with set prices because of franchise rules.
\r\nWhen it comes to non-franchised items, Tristan said they check out local competition to see what prices should be.
\r\n“There are some things out there that their prices are out of control so we try to lower those prices,” Tristan said.
\r\nWith some of the food places being created across campus by UW, much research goes into creating the menus and choosing the food items.
\r\n“There were many factors taken into account when the menus for the Ross Hall Café and Elements were created,” Assistant Director of Dining Services Mark Zieres, said.
\r\nFactors taken into consideration were the type of customers they would have, traffic, possible revenue for certain types of products and the labor needed to run them.
\r\nResidence Life & Dining Services, which also includes Ross Hall Café and Elements, have the opportunity to work with the National Association for College and University Food Services providing them with valuable information.
\r\n“We are privileged to get information about new ideas in food service operations at other schools,” Zieres said.
\r\nThe prices of food at these two locations are fabricated a slightly different way than the Union locations.
\r\n“Our prices are based on food costs plus a percentage to cover labor, utilities, benefits etc.,” Zieres said.
\r\nWhen you throw trash in the receptacle as you walk through the Union, do you ever wonder where it goes?
\r\nAgricultural Community Resources for Everyday Sustainability, also known as the Student Farm, stops by the Union, Washakie and University Catering three times a week to pick up food waste for their farm compost operation.
\r\nThis is only one of the ways that ACRES contributes to UW and the Laramie community.
\r\n“ACRES sells the majority of its produce weekly at the Laramie Farmers Market,” Lyndsy Soltau, ACRES secretary, said.
\r\nThe farm donates 10 percent of their crops to the Laramie soup kitchen and occasionally part of the crops go to the Laramie Big Hollow Food Co-op and to University Catering.
\r\nACRES uses a system allowing their workers to be paid for their work with crops sold at the farmers market.
\r\nLast year was the first time the farm raised animals.
\r\n“[We] raised 12 chickens on the farm which was a successful and interesting project,” Soltau said.
\r\nDuring the winter when the farmers market is not held, the officers, members and volunteers for ACRES spend their time planning and organizing the upcoming summer.
\r\nAt any time of year, ACRES encourages members of the Laramie community and UW to join their weekly meetings.
\r\n“This winter, ACRES plans to host intriguing and informative speakers throughout the season to increase the knowledge of the organization and the Laramie community,” Soltau said.
\r\nVolunteers keep the farm running. People of all ages and interest groups are involved in helping ACRES provide food to the community.
\r\n“During the growing season, ACRES volunteers participate in crop planning, bed preparation, planting, transplanting, soil sampling, farm maintenance, compost operation, harvesting and selling at the Laramie Farmers Market,” Soltau said.
\r\nACRES is currently working to create a plan to provide UW with the majority of the crops grown on the farm.
\r\nFor more information on the farm, check out www.uwyo.edu/uwacres.
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\r\nOnly a few blocks west of UW on Ivinson Avenue is the historic Ivinson mansion, a house-turned-museum showing the history and life of the Ivinsons in Laramie.
\r\nThe Ivinson mansion was home to Edward and Jane Ivinson, a couple who’s influence and initiative helped turn Laramie from a camp along the railroad to a booming western town.
\r\nIvinson began building the house in 1868 at 603 E. Ivinson Ave. In the 1970s, the house was turned into a museum for people to see life in Laramie during the late 1800s. A tour takes about an hour and covers all three floors.
\r\nHarlan Post, a UW theater student, visited the mansion last winter when he was playing Mr. Ivinson in a rendition of “The Nutcracker,” set in Laramie.
\r\nPost visited the mansion along with many other cast members. “[It’s] small compared to some houses today, but its really nice, very well furnished,” Post said.
\r\nPeople touring the museum are able to see different lifestyles than today. “What was really interesting,” Post remembered, “were these armless couches that were called fainting couches. If a woman [wearing a corset] was like ‘I don’t want to stand anymore’ she’d just take a deep breath and pass out onto that couch.”
\r\nFor many students, like freshman Chelsea Huck, the Ivinson mansion is just a large house on Ivinson Avenue. “I’ve driven by it, but I’ve never known what it’s really about,” Huck said.
\r\nAfter hearing about the mansion, Huck was interested in seeing it. “It sounds like an interesting way for people to see what life was like a hundred years ago,” Huck said.
\r\nUW student Elizabeth Miller wants her Wyoming history class to visit Ivinson mansion. “It would be awesome,” Miller said. “I’ve never seen something like that and it would really be a great way to bring history to life.”
\r\nTwo free concerts will display the talents of the University of Wyoming’s jazz specialists.
\r\nDr. Scott Turpen, saxophone professor and director of Jazz Studies, directs the Wyoming Jazz Ensemble, UW’s premier jazz group, and coaches the UW Jazz Combo.
\r\nHe explained the Jazz Combo is a small group with a rhythm section, whereas the Wyoming Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble II and Jazz Ensemble III are instrumental big bands.
\r\nThe UW vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Nicole Lamartine, is a nine-piece vocal group with a rhythm section behind it, he said.
\r\nTurpen said the three instrumental ensembles are audition groups and, although most of the players are music majors, anybody who is a UW student can audition.
\r\n“The concerts will feature almost all of our performing jazz students on campus for both of these nights,” he said.
\r\nOriginally from Boise, Idaho, Turpen is in his ninth year at UW.
\r\nAs director of Jazz Studies, he is responsible for overseeing all the ensembles, directing UW Wyoming Jazz and UW Jazz Combo, helping organize the jazz curriculum, conducting classes, serving on music juries and administering music exams.
\r\nSophomore Chris Cameron, a saxophonist in Jazz Ensemble II, has been playing jazz since ninth grade. Cameron said he loves jazz, and received his first saxophone in fifth grade. He has his future mapped out which involves earning a masters in Jazz Studies or performance, and a doctoral degree in saxophone performance. “It’s just a lot of fun to play,” he said.
\r\nUW Jazz Ensembles II and III and the UW Jazz Combo will perform in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium at 7.30 p.m. tonight. The UW Vocal Jazz Ensemble and the Wyoming Jazz Ensemble will perform at the same venue tomorrow. Admission is free.
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\r\nOct. 23 and 24, six members of Best of the West traveled to Cheyenne to compete in the first Shoot Out Cheyenne 24-Hour Filmmaking Festival. The club’s film, “To Be A Cowboy,” placed in the top 10 at the festival.
\r\n“The Shoot Out was fast paced and very exciting,” Best of the West founder and president, Emily Robinson said. “It was a great learning experience. We grew as a team and learned new techniques.”
\r\nTheir team was one of 21 to participate. Competitors ranged from families to amateurs to professionals and came from Wyoming, Colorado and other states.
\r\nIn an earlier interview with the co-producer of Shoot Out Cheyenne, Alan O’Hashi stressed one of the rules: “There’s no post-production editing.” This means all groups had to edit in-camera. There was no chance to use editing software of any kind during or after the filming was over.
\r\nRobinson, as well as other participating members from Best of the West, found it very challenging.
\r\n“All of the other projects we do have relied very heavily on editing software. Having to do the entire film in-camera was definitely a challenge, but we overcame it,” she said.
\r\nThe team was able to place in the contest and was able to work with the in-camera editing.
\r\n“I am very proud of our team and the video we produced,” Robinson said.
\r\nThe other members of the group were Bridget Wilson, Dan Adams, Jeremy Gonzales, Dominique Schoech and Crystal Hastings.
\r\nOne of the goals when Best of the West first started was to be able to compete in a film festival, Robinson said.
\r\n“In the spring, we will debut the top 10 films from the Shoot Out on campus,” she said.
\r\nThere will also be a question and answer session with teams from the event present at the filming.
\r\nThe producers of the Shoot Out also lead filmmaking workshops. Though still in the works, the workshops will be open to anyone interested, not exclusively film club members.
\r\nBest of the West hopes to host a film festival at UW in the spring or sometime next year.
\r\n“We will continue to make films, and debut them all at a public showing at the end of the year. We have a lot of high hopes, and are well on our way to achieving them,” Robinson said.
\r\nThe appearance and operation of Panda Express in the Wyoming Union is the same as any of the other restaurants in the chain—it was a requirement of allowing it to open here.
\r\n“It had to look and function like any other Panda Express,” Eric Webb, director of UW Dining Services, said of one of the demands of the Panda Express Group, Inc., to allow the operation of the restaurant on campus.
\r\nThe restaurant in the Union is the only Panda Express in the state. It is also the only non-franchise location of the entire chain, Webb said.
\r\nThe corporation saw the potential of having a restaurant on campus, but the location of Laramie made them disinterested in managing one here, Webb said.
\r\n“They saw value in being here, they just didn’t want to run it,” he said.
\r\nThe lack of interest in the corporation to run a location on campus led to their decision to allow the restaurant to be the first self-operated Panda Express, Webb said.
\r\nThe restaurant is being managed under a five-year contract with the option to extend it when the contract is up.
\r\nThere were many requirements in order for the location to be opened in the Union. The corporation was specific about how the operation was built, the equipment that went into the restaurant and the training employees received, Webb said.
\r\nUnion Panda Express employees had to do three weeks of training at a restaurant located in Longmont, Colo., Webb said.
\r\n“Going down there, I didn’t expect it [job training] to be as intensive as it was,” Cara Cassabaum, assistant manager of the Union Food Court, said.
\r\nThe corporation is very particular as to how their product is handled and operations are run, stressing the importance of consistency in the food they sell, Cassabaum said.
\r\nThe food sold at Union Panda Express needs to be the same as the food sold at other locations, Webb said.
\r\nThe decision to open Panda Express came after focus groups and a survey determined the type of food most-wanted in the Union by faculty and students was Chinese.
\r\n“The number one thing people wanted was Chinese,” he said.
\r\nThe decision to open Panda Express was because it is the “most popular Chinese restaurant” in the country, Webb said.
\r\nWebb said he has been very pleased by the performance of Panda Express since its opening.
\r\n“I don’t think our customer satisfaction could get any better,” he said. “I think it was an excellent fit.”
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\r\nThe Laramie Circus is a new community-based performance group seeking to bring area artists and performers together to learn, practice and eventually put on performances.
\r\nThe group wants to entice gymnasts, dancers, tumblers and other performers to become members of the circus, Sandra Biller, member of the Laramie Circus, said.
\r\n“We’re just trying to see what talent is out there,” Biller said. “Anybody that has a skill can be of use.”
\r\nAlthough possessing a specific skill-set or specialty performance area can make for an easier transition into performing in the circus, potential members do not need to have a given talent to join the circus.
\r\nThe circus would like to begin holding performances in the spring or summer of next year, Biller said.
\r\nThe eight members that presently make up the Laramie Circus all have different skills they bring to the group, including, but not limited to, hula-hoop and juggling abilities, she said.
\r\nBoth Biller and Ruland incorporate the use of fire into their various performances. Ruland for example uses fire when doing many of his routines using a staff—a performance instrument which resembles the bow in martial arts, Biller said.
\r\n“It’s an escape. It takes you back to your tribal roots,” Ruland said, describing the combination of fire with music, dance and theater.
\r\nAs a community-based performance group, the Laramie Circus will provide local performing artists with a new avenue to showcase their talents, Ruland said.
\r\nThe group meets and practices from 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays in the small gym of the Laramie Plains Civic Center.
\r\nFor more information concerning the Laramie Circus, contact Sandra Biller at (908) 752-5996.
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\r\nThe University of Wyoming Department of Property is here to save students in a time of need when their money may be limited.
\r\nOne or two times per month the UW Department of Property holds a surplus sale ranging from computers to other electronics.
\r\nThe next surplus sale will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Surplus Depot on 16th and Gibbon.
\r\n“Normally, at any given surplus sale we will have desk chairs, calculators, lab equipment, computers, printers and shelving,” Dell Burnham, accounting associate for the Department of Property, said.
\r\nWhenever a department at the University has surplus equipment, it goes directly to the Department of Property. Additionally, they make sure to sell everything in an environmentally friendly way.
\r\n“Sometimes we can’t get rid of everything because sometimes the stuff is just too old,” Lance Martin, senior office assistant said.
\r\nIf this is the case, the materials are then taken care of at the Regulated Materials Management Center where they manage plastic and metal recycling.
\r\nDue to the ever-changing technology and needs of the departments around campus, items that often work fine are exchanged for new technology and items better suiting the department.
\r\n“Our number one goal is to keep it on campus. We then sell it to the public and we can normally get rid of about 95 percent of everything,” Martin said.
\r\nCertain departments may be able to use the surplus supplies if their budget allows but there are also offices around town furnishing their offices entirely of surplus items, Bream said.
\r\nAs all of the construction continues to progress, the Department of Property has had to deal with extra materials.
\r\n“We don’t normally get too much furniture, but we do get some as the university clears out the residence halls and works on other areas around campus,” Stacy Beman, senior office assistant, said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-10 02:00:08','126','Adrienne Morency','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-10 13:00:00','2009-11-24 07:00:00','','','','0','0','499','department, surplus, property, ”, items, materials, university, campus, sale, departments, technology, equipment, rid, office, assistant, senior, martin, offices, sell, computers','Imagine this—you are about to type the last page of a research paper that is due tomorrow and your computer dies. It’s a terrible thought, but one that happens.','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1765','UW dance classes compare to other colleges around U.S.','uw-dance-classes-compare-to-other-colleges-around-us','','Dance majors can be seen practicing in the University of Wyoming Fine Arts Building at nearly anytime during the day and night.
\r\nAssistant Professor of Dance, Jennifer Deckert, said dance majors and minors work nearly as hard as most athletes do. She said advanced students have a three to four and a half hour dance technique class each day, plus rehearsal for about three hours in the evenings, as well as weekend rehearsals. Many do some additional strength exercises and cardio work, she said.
\r\nDeckert’s collection of point shoes attests to the hard work. She said a pair of point shoes lasts about three weeks when a dancer is performing every day. Ballet students view the purchase of point shoes in the same way other students purchase textbooks, she said.
\r\nDeckert, in her fourth year at UW, teaches ballet and dance history in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Before coming to Wyoming, she danced professionally with a company in New Jersey. She said that she knew from a young age she wanted to dance. However, at first, her parents were not sure that dancing would provide a lifelong career.
\r\nMost dance students come to UW with a background in dance from high school, she said. Freshmen may not be sure how to apply their degree, but know they want to continue in dance. However, by the time they graduate, most students know where they want to go, such as business, or nutrition.
\r\nDeckert said UW offers a B.A. in Theatre and Dance and a B.F.A. in Dance Performance, the degree chosen by the majority of dance majors From there, students can go into teaching or performing or graduate school. She said some former students are now performing professionally.
\r\nA B.F.A. in Dance Science has been added recently, she said. This course includes such subjects as dance psychology and physiology and can provide prerequisites for medical studies and physical therapy, she said.
\r\nUW’s courses are comparable with other schools, she said and for the last three years, UW students have made it into the gala performance of the American College Dance Festival, Northwest Region.
\r\nThe program is evenly split between ballet and modern dance, plus jazz and tap, Deckert said. There are two performances a year, and every four years, the “Nutcracker” is performed, the next recital in the fall semester 2010, she said. The second production for 2009, “Six Songs From Ellis” is based on the experiences of immigrants to the U.S.
\r\nAccording to the Department of Theatre and Dance Web site “This original work uses dance, film and audio interviews, and actor re-enactments to capture the voices of immigrants who passed through Ellis Island as children in one of the greatest human migrations ever.”
\r\nDeckert said the most rewarding part of her job is getting to know the students and watching their progress. There are currently 35 students, about half of whom are from Wyoming. The remainder generally comes from surrounding states. “I get to see all their progress because I teach them each year,” she said.
\r\n“Six Songs From Ellis” can be seen Nov. 17-21 in the UW Fine Arts Building.
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\r\nFor Trista Niekum, a full-time student and information desk attendant, the perks of her job include working at a central location on campus, meeting diverse new people and having access to discounted tickets for campus events a day before the rest of the student population.
\r\n“I would say this is one of the best jobs on campus,” Niekum said.
\r\nWorking at one of the busiest and most central places on campus exposes Niekum to a wide range of different students. Besides working at the Union, the only other place she could be exposed to such a broad array of students is working at Washakie, she said.
\r\nA typical shift for Niekum includes answering visitor’s questions and providing them with information, running the cash register, answering phones and selling event tickets. Her typical shift runs from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and the hours she works each week range from 15 to 20.
\r\nDuring her shifts, Niekum has the opportunity to meet many new people from diverse backgrounds, she said.
\r\nAnother perk of Niekum’s job is having the opportunity to purchase discounted event tickets a day earlier than the rest of the student body. Her boss allows employees to purchase tickets to certain events the day before they go on sale, without the service fees students and the general public have to pay, she said.
\r\n“I got good tickets for Lewis Black,” Niekum said.
\r\nAlthough Niekum’s job has its perks, it also has its drawbacks. Working Saturdays, only being able to work a limited number of hours and dealing with the stress of selling tickets for big-name events are some of the biggest challenges that come with the job.
\r\nWorking Saturdays keeps Niekum from attending Cowboy football games and other weekend events.
\r\n“I would rather go to the game, but I’m stuck here,” she said.
\r\nNiekum is limited to 20 hours because of a university rule that restricts the hours students can work, she said.
\r\nHer job can also become stressful when tickets for popular performers are sold at the ticket office, Niekum said. Students waited in lines that went out of the Union door when tickets for the upcoming The Fray concert went on sale at the information desk.
\r\nYet, even with the job’s downsides, Niekum said she likes her job so much that she actually spends much of her free time at the information desk.
\r\n“I work all shifts. I’m here all the time,” Niekum said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-05 04:31:20','104','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-06 13:00:00','2009-11-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','497','niekum, tickets, job, working, information, desk, students, union, “i, hours, ”, campus, events, time, perks, work, day, student, shifts, opportunity','Working at the information desk in the Wyoming Union has its advantages.','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1767','Conference brings new visions for wind energy','conference-brings-new-visions-for-wind-energy','','The state of Wyoming has taken one more step toward utilizing a valuable resource that most take for granted—wind. This summer, the Wyoming Wind Symposium was held in Wyoming Union Ballroom to discuss matters involving wind energy. Topics that were discussed include how the government feels about wind development and the impact it can have on land owners as well as the environment.
\r\nAttendees of the Wyoming Wind Symposium consisted of stakeholders, state legislators, and county commissioners including Wyoming Senator Jim Anderson, chair of the Legislative Wind Task Force and Converse County Commissioner Ed Werner. Also in attendance were Governor Dave Freudenthal, the keynote speaker, and Steve Black, Counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
\r\nAlthough there is no question of whether or not Wyoming will be able to sufficiently produce energy through wind, there are still issues that need to be taken into consideration before mass distribution of wind energy becomes a reality. Concerns such as wildlife habitats, particularly that of the sage grouse, and where ranchers will be able to herd their cattle after wind turbines have been built all need to be considered when building wind farms.
\r\n“Figuring out how to responsibly develop wind and minimize the impact on the environment is very important,” Chamois Andersen, Research Associate for Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, said.
\r\nWind turbines could potentially affect wildlife and stream and lake areas when roads need to be put into transport the equipment needed to build the wind turbines,” Andersen said.
\r\nAndersen is part of the research department for renewable resources at the University of Wyoming. In the past, she has worked with faculty as well as outside experts in writing research reports for renewable resources. Although they focus on many renewable resources, wind energy is currently their main focus. Recently, the Ruckelshaus Institute published “Commercial Wind Energy Development in Wyoming: A Guide for Landowners.”
\r\nAnother issue that was discussed at the symposium was how wind turbines could affect Wyoming’s landscape. “Some people think the wind turbines are beautiful and think it’s great that they’re being used for a renewable resource, while others just think that they’re eyesores,” Andersen said.
\r\nHowever, one of the most important things is to develop wind in a way that is responsible and environmentally conscious. “There are certainly some environment concerns with wind development, but the benefits of it are also very large,” Andersen said.
\r\nPolicies also need to be created, which will be at the hands of state legislators. Although the legislators will bring the policies into play, the process is still a collaborative effort. Land managers, county commissioners, and wind developers came together at the Symposium to come up with a consensus of what would be best for wind development.
\r\nEven with the fate of certain issues still undecided, a hope for the near future is for Wyoming to transmit wind energy to other states across the country. “Wyoming has great potential to develop and distribute wind to other states that need it through transmission lines and make money through taxes,” Andersen said.
\r\n“I would expect that we would be able to transmit wind energy to anyone who wants to pay for it. The problem is transmission lines. If we’re trying to transmit it to California we would have to run a line through Utah, but what if Utah doesn’t approve?”
\r\nThough certain things about wind development are still being taken into consideration, a new era of energy distribution may just be on the horizon. “By 2012, we should be in a potentially better position,” Andersen said.
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\r\n\r\nDid you know that the largest wind turbine in the world has blades that span the length of a football field?
\r\nAs the Laramie population perceives it, the wind here is a hassle. Some grow to ignore it, but the majority will never get accustomed to it and will almost always find it annoying.
\r\nWhat most do not realize, is that the wind could be the next step toward saving our planet from global warming.
\r\nWhen the earth’s surface is heated unevenly and at different rates, it causes wind. This can occur with land that is near large bodies of water or land that is located near the equator versus land located near the North and South Poles.
\r\nThere is a good chance that most people have seen the wind turbines scattered throughout Wyoming and the rest of the United States in various locations.
\r\nWell that’s what the wind turbines seen around the country are aiming to do—put wind to work.
\r\nAccording to the U.S. Department of Energy Web site, they are designed to collect the wind’s kinetic energy through their blades and turn it in to mechanical power.
\r\nThis mechanical power generated can then be used for grinding grain, pumping water or it can be converted in to electricity.
\r\nAn inside look at a turbine will show that as the wind turns the blades, it spins a shaft that is connected to a generator that converts the wind in to electricity. The electricity is then sent through distribution lines to be dispersed among nearby communities.
\r\nA look around the world will show that there are two different types of wind turbines used to make this process possible. According to the Energy Information Administration Web site, the direction of the rotating shaft can be a horizontal axis or a vertical axis.
\r\nMost turbines used today are the horizontal-axis types that look like airplane propellers. These typical turbines stand as tall as a 20-story building with three blades that span 200 feet across, large and wide enough to capture the wind.
\r\nThe size of the wind turbines can also differ. A small wind turbine can generate up to 100 kilowatts for a single home or a small business.
\r\nThe larger wind turbines that can generate up to five megawatts are normally found in groups of wind turbines that are more widely known as a wind farm that provide power to the electrical grid.
\r\nThe Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Texas is the world’s largest wind farm with 421 wind turbines. This wind farm has enough turbines to generate enough electricity for 220,000 homes per year.
\r\nThe difference between wind farms and power plants is that wind farms are owned by private companies that sell the electricity produced to electric utilities.
\r\nWith all of this in mind it seems that it should not be that hard to produce enough wind farms to generate electricity for the country. The amount of wind and how fast it blows is a large contributing factor to where wind farms can be located.
\r\nExisting wind farms produced enough electricity in 2006 to serve more than 2.4 million households, according to the Energy Information Administration Web site. This was two and a half times more than was produced four years earlier in 2002.
\r\nThis need for an alternate form of electricity is something that began to arise in the 1970s when oil shortages began to occur.
\r\nThen in the 1990s, scientific studies began to show how the climate would change if our use of fossil fuels continued to increase.
\r\nThe use of wind for electricity will not cause air or water pollution because no fuel is burned in wind turbines.
\r\nAlthough the use of wind turbines has not completely changed the country’s use of electricity, it is a stepping stone along the way.
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Sustainable practices will be taught tomorrow at the Laramie Local Food Gathering. The Laramie Local Food Group and ACRES Student Farm will host the event. This event is free and will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Civic Center. Lunch will be available for $8. Students are also encouraged to volunteer for this event.
During the food gathering, there will be workshops to teach people how to grow and preserve their own food, how to take care of chickens, a garden, how to use watering systems and how to can foods.
\r\n“You know what goes into it, so you know what’s going into your body and you are also more aware of your carbon footprint,” Willa Mullen, co-founder of the Laramie Local Food Group, said about the advantages of growing your own food. “It also helps to create a community for people. A lot of times people with an interest in gardening will share land and seeds and it really brings them together.”
\r\nHowever, if a person chooses not to grow their own food, there is always the option of buying food from local farmers. “Food growers from the Laramie Valley and Colorado have the farmer’s market and it keeps money in the community. With the way the economy is today, keeping money in the community is important,” Mullen said.
\r\nThere will also be two keynote speakers during the gathering to cover more gardening topics: Hill Grimmett, founder of the Northern Colorado Food Incubator, which provides support for food-related and independent community-and-land-based businesses in Ft. Collins, and Kipp Nash, founder of Community Roots, a community-supported farm that grows and sells food at the farmer’s market in Boulder.
\r\nThe ACRES Student Farm owns and farms an acre of land on 30th Street; the food grown on this land is sold at the farmer’s market or given to low-income families. The Laramie Local Food Group was created just a few months ago and this will be its first food gathering.
\r\nTo reserve a lunch or volunteer to help at the Local Food Gathering, contact Willa Mullen at (307)-703-0412.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-04-03 00:07:09','103','Bridget Wilson','2009-04-03 21:18:01','112','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-04-03 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','494','food, local, community, laramie, gathering, land, event, farm, people, mullen, group, market, farmer’s, ”, founder, lunch, volunteer, grow, gardening, willa','Sustainable practices will be taught tomorrow at the Laramie Local Food Gathering. The Laramie Local Food Group and ACRES Student Farm will host the event. This event is free and will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Civic Center. Lunch will be available for $8. Students are also encouraged to volunteer for this event. \r\n\r\n','0','2','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1770','Cultural days share Jewish culture, religion','cultural-days-share-jewish-culture-religion','','Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life will be hosting the annual “Jewbilee Cultural Days” in order to help the community understand and learn more about the religion than what is taught in history text books.
\r\n“For a lot of people, Jews are just people that you read about in World War II books and the Holocaust or you hear Jewish jokes, but a lot of students do not have direct contact with culture,” Hillel treasurer Jeremy Joseph said. “It is not just a religion but it’s a whole culture. We want students to come and check it out and have fun exploring these types of traditions.”
\r\nHillel adviser Wendy Berilson also encourages people to attend the events, saying that she hopes “that it will give a chance for people to be exposed to the religion and culture.”
\r\nThe events began yesterday with traditional Israeli folk dancing performed by professor Meirav David in the Skylight Lounge in the Wyoming Union.
\r\nToday Hillel will be hosting a free kosher lunch catered from the East Side Kosher Deli located in Denver from 12:30-2 p.m. in the Dean’s Conference Room of the Agricultural Building.
\r\n“They do all sorts of typical Israeli authentic deli items such as pastrami,” Joseph said.
\r\nOn Thursday, Anne Lane will present Jewish books in the Toppan Rare Books Library in the American Heritage Center from 3-4 p.m.
\r\nBerilson said that students “get to learn about the uniqueness of the culture with the presentation of Jewish books.”
\r\nThe week will end Friday with the movie screening of “Valkyrie,” which will play at 6:30 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
\r\nAccording to Joseph, there are over 100 Jewish students, 70 Jewish faculty members and 50 Jewish families in Laramie. “You wouldn’t necessarily know that someone you know is Jewish, but it is important to know,” Joseph said.
\r\nHillel was created in 1923 and is the world’s largest Jewish campus organization. All events are free and open to the public.
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\r\nThe pet wash allows people to bring in their pets for a free bath without any hassle. The wash will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Alpine Animal Hospital on Skyline Drive.
\r\nAlthough the wash is free, donations will be accepted in order to raise money for the Pre-Vet Club. Only dogs are allowed to be washed.
\r\n“Cats tend to get a little wild and dogs are easier to wash,” Katie Talbott, office manager for the Alpine Animal Hospital, said.
\r\nMainly members of the Pre-Vet Club will wash the pets, but staff members will be there to help if needed. Although it is not required for dogs to be current on their shots, it is best if they are.
\r\n“It’s always best if animals have their shots when they come in contact with people. They can have them done beforehand or we can give them their shots here,” Talbott said.
\r\nEach wash should only take about 10 to 15 minutes, but depending on how long the lines are, each person may have to wait about 30 minutes.
\r\nAttendees will be allowed to bring as many of their dogs as they would like but it will be based on a first-come, first-served basis. This event will be strictly a wash.
\r\nThe dogs that are brought in will only receive a bath, not a complete grooming.
\r\nAccording to the Pre-Vet Club’s Web site, most of its members consists of majors in animal science, biology and zoology/physiology.
\r\nThe club members generally focus on applying to veterinary school and involvement in the Department of Veterinary Science, the UW campus and the local community.
\r\nThe club stays active through activities such as Pet Pictures with Santa, veterinary school and clinic visits, as well as community service. The Pre-Vet Club usually holds two pet washes a year, one in the fall and one in the spring.
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\r\nUW offers many different options to help all students. Some of these options include alternative formats for reading assignments, test taking and note taking accommodations, real time captioning, interpreter services and extended time for test taking and assignments.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nChris Primus, the associate director of Student Educational Opportunity, said, “UDSS also has an assistive technology lab with software designed to make use of computers more efficient and possible for students with different disabilities. For example, we have a program called Dragon Naturally Speaking, a voice recognition program designed to respond to voice commands. Students who express themselves better orally than they do when they type may find DNS handy, as will students with hand function limitations.
\r\n“We have software that will read back what is written on the screen, a handy tool for students with low vision or blindness, or those with learning disabilities affecting reading.”
\r\nUW’s disability program also ensures that every student is evaluated on a case-to-case basis.
\r\nAmanda Hearne, a coordinator for the University Disability Support Services, said, “We gather self report information and documentation to decide what accommodations will be most efficient for them and most effective for their academics. So, just because we offer things like alternative format doesn’t mean that every student that comes to UDSS is eligible for that.
\r\n“It really depends on their documentation and their self-report says. And we look at that every semester for every class for every student. So, it is very much personalized to each student.”
\r\nWhile these services are readily available, students with disabilities still need to seek the help themselves. “In high school or elementary school, students are sought out with disabilities and they have [Individual Education Plans] created, or 504 plans, and they have a team working with them. Students who come to the University have to self identify. That is the difference between high school and college,” Hearne said.
\r\nIEPs are a set of goals a student sets for a year in school. A 504 plan refers to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act and helps make sure students are involved to a certain extent with the normal activities of a school day.
\r\nA lot of the services that UDSS offers pertain to students with emotional or learning disabilities, but Hearne said that UW is fortunate to have good facilities for those with disabilities.
\r\n“With all the construction on our campus, we’ve seen a lot of increase in accessibility in our buildings, which is really cool. We have a very accessible campus for small town Wyoming,” Hearne said.
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\r\nWhile the event is intended to increase dialogue of the subject on campus, there are a number of services offered that already help foster diversity, such as the Rainbow Resource Center, located on the main floor of the Union.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nEmily Hart, a senior in the Division of Social Work and head coordinator of the center, said that the center has a number of programs, one of the key features being the opportunity to meet other like-minded students.
\r\n“The biggest thing we offer students, both GLBTQ and non[- GLBTQ], is the social networking opportunities here at the center,” she said.
\r\nHart added that giving students a positive, safe environment to interact is central to the center’s mission.
\r\n“We are in a very typically conservative area, which means that more help and support can be given, the better,” she said. “It’s a safe environment for everyone really. Anyone can come in as long as they are respectful.”
\r\nOne feature of the center is its expansive library of GLBTQ-related books and media.
\r\nAccording to Hart, the center has the largest GLBTQ library in the state (980 titles in all) that they work to keep updated. The center recently received a $500 donation from TriO and is using the money to update their library.
\r\nTriO Programs is based out of the office of Student Educational Opportunity and is designed to help individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
\r\nAlong with being a safe environment and having the library, the center also offers academic support.
\r\n“We can also help students academically through assisting students with making schedules or working with the registrar’s office,” Hart said.
\r\nThis support is extended by the center’s mentoring program, which helps incoming GLBTQ students adjust to college life.
\r\n“We have a peer mentoring program now that will take students who have been down here a year or longer, and they can mentor incoming students, to help start a relationship with campus and better integrate into Laramie’s community,” Hart said. “This is a program we piloted in the fall, and it is run specifically out of our office.”
\r\nThere are, however, a number of challenges associated with running the resource center, Hart said.
\r\n“On average, we have close to 3,600 [students], who are members of the GLBTQ community, who go to school at UW. We are also the only hub in the state, so we try and network with GLBTQ students throughout the state,” she said.
\r\nHart added that another challenge associated with the GLBTQ community in Laramie is the political climate that causes many students to be hesitant to be open about their sexual orientation.
\r\n“It’s really difficult to get solid statistics on how many GLBTQ students are currently enrolled at UW, because many students don’t want to come out,” she said.
\r\nIn the future, Hart said she hopes to continue to expand the services the resource center can provide students both GLBTQ and non-GLBTQ.
\r\n“I think the work we do here, and the services we provide, are important—not just to the GLBTQ community on campus—but to the state as a whole,” she said.
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\r\nFourteen black football players were dismissed from the football team for planning to protest a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints practice regarding black priests. After UW’s head coach Lloyd Eaton told these players that they could not protest during the game against BYU, the nation’s attitudes toward college athletes changed forever.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nKevin McKinney, senior associate athletic director of external affairs at the University of Wyoming, and radio announcer for Cowboy basketball, was working for UW Athletics during the Black 14 incident and, in the 41 years since, has seen the entire landscape of college athletics more forward.
\r\n“At the time, players were not only barred from protesting but from any self-expression. It was not explicitly a matter of race. Athletes couldn’t have earrings or tattoos at the time let alone protest,” McKinney said. “It wasn’t right, but it was what it was.”
\r\nFor McKinney, the change was one that was ready to happen. The Black 14 represented the token moment in which the culture of college athletics changed.
\r\n“It has to start somewhere. The first person who went to an all-white school or this [the Black 14 protest] had to happen to accelerate the change to where we are now,” McKinney said.
\r\nThat change was one that pushed the nation towards a sports culture more aware of individuals and of differences in identity.
\r\n“I think the value of it was that it made coaches more aware that every player has value,” McKinney said.
\r\nThe current athletics program is now the most diverse place on campus, according to athletics director Tom Burman.
\r\n“The whole point to me of college athletics is to bring these diverse people together and make them play as one and feel as one. That [being diverse] is what college is all about. Bringing together people from everywhere. Then [1969], we had 14 black athletes. Now we have French kids playing with kids from Cody, Wyoming,” McKinney said.
\r\nThe Black 14 represented a monumental change for UW and for sports in general. The freedom for athletes to protest now seems commonplace and individuality in sports is higher than ever. For McKinney, the change that Wyoming went through was important for all of college sports.
\r\n“It was a bad thing for Wyoming at the time. No doubt. But it was a good thing for accelerating the change,” he said.
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\r\nJamie Crew, ACTB assistant director, attributes these international visitors to an increase in international advertising and the prominence of the ACTB Website, visitlaramie.org.
\r\n\r\n','\r\n
“Travelers want to come through Laramie because they see on the Website the beauty of the Snowy Range and Vedauwoo,” Crew said.
\r\n\r\n
Many travelers stop by on their way to better-known locations such as Yellowstone, according to Fred Ockers, ACTB executive director.
\r\nBut, they are persuaded to stay the night after they see that Laramie has some of the same outdoor experiences as Yellowstone.
\r\n“These tourists are mostly European. We see many German, English and French visitors throughout the summer,” said Ockers.
\r\nThe ACTB saw 700 walk-in visitors in July, and 80 of those visitors were from outside the U.S.
\r\n“These visitors really do contribute to the diversity of the town,” Crew said. “After the university students leave in the summer, Laramie loses an international presence. These visitors really help bring it back.”
\r\nMost visitors, no matter where they are from, come to experience Western society. “We really want international travelers to participate in western culture, which they have seen in movies and television,” Ockers said.
\r\n“Many older visitors remember the Laramie television show with Robert Fuller and want to come see the place for themselves.”
\r\nIn addition, Laramie offers a wide variety of attractions for visitors, such as the Ivinson Mansion, Wyoming Territorial Prison and the Art Museum, but the most popular attractions to international visitors are the historic downtown and the scenic byway tours, according to Crew.
\r\n“The historic walking tour gives fun facts about Laramie’s old downtown. For example, the dance halls and saloons on Ivinson that eventually turned into respectable shops and restaurants,” Crew said.
\r\nAlso, the scenic byway follows U.S. Highway 130 through Medicine Bow National Forest. In the winter, travelers can still see snow on the peaks and hike at high altitudes away from the summer heat.
\r\nSome international travelers simply want to find places away from the crowd and head to cabins in Centennial and Albany where they can hike and ATV, said Ockers.
\r\nAlthough Wyoming does not qualify as one of the most diverse states, according to an MSNBC report titled “Diversity growing in nearly every state,” Albany County does bring in travelers from around the country; some who continue to come back year after year.
\r\n“We had a French couple come in over the summer, and they were amazed at all the different things you can do in Laramie. They were already planning another trip for this upcoming summer to come back,” Crew said.
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Email: Ann McGuigan
\r\nCompetition is something that spans across all ethnicities and races, so it is no surprise that UW Athletics offer a significant level of international and racial diversity.
\r\nAccording to 2009 U.S. census data, Wyoming’s population is 93.5 percent white. Only 2.3 percent of Wyoming’s population is foreign-born, while the black population makes up an estimated 1.4 percent of the 544,270 people in Wyoming.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nAthletics director Tom Burman has been a strong advocate for diversity in Wyoming Athletics, be it nationally or internationally throughout his time at Wyoming.
\r\n“I think it’s really, really important in an institution of higher education, that we try to be as diverse as possible whether it be racially diverse or culturally. We need to provide to the University of Wyoming, the city of Laramie and most importantly to the students a learning opportunity through diversity,” Burman said.
\r\nAccording to associate athletic director for media relations Tim Harkins, the men’s and women’s basketball teams lead the way for the number of international athletes.
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Harkins said that the track, volleyball and women’s soccer programs are also strong in international diversity within the athletics department as well as women’s tennis, which is coached by Hungary native Kati Gyulai.
\r\nThere are eleven international students participating in men’s athletics at Wyoming and 20 international students in women’s athletics, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nFrancisco Cruz is one of four members of the Cowboy basketball team who was born outside of the U.S.
\r\nCruz, a native of Nogales, Mexico, moved to the U.S. prior to his junior year of high school and is proud to have the chance to play at the Division I level.
\r\n“It’s really cool being from Mexico. I mean, not many people from Mexico have a chance to play at the NCAA level,” Cruz said. “I think it’s pretty cool that people from France, Africa and all over the world get the chance to play basketball here [at UW].”
\r\nBurman echoed Cruz’s sentiments, pointing out the best parts about the most diverse team in Wyoming Athletics.
\r\n“You look at a basketball program like our men’s side…it’s a pretty neat mix of people. You’ve got a kid from Cody, Wyoming [Adam Waddell] playing next to Djibril Thiam from Senegal, with another French kid on the floor at the same time, a kid from Mexico and … a kid from a rough part of Ohio. You merge all those kids together and they learn how to respect each other and how to get along. When they become teammates, and it takes a little while, then it’s an incredible bond,” he said.
\r\nBurman has noticed that the department’s move towards diversity has not been entirely accepted.
\r\n“We often have African-American young men from the inner-city standing shoulder to shoulder with players from Buffalo, Wyoming [Chris Prosinski], and I think that’s great … but not everyone does. I get a lot of emails and correspondence from people in Wyoming that think that [recruiting other nationalities and ethnicities] is a waste of state resources,” Burman said.
\r\nThe athletics department strives for diversity in their coaching staff as well. Burman said that while the department has no rules regarding minority hiring, they do emphasize global thinking during hiring and they advise coaches to maintain coaching staffs that match the diversity of their teams.
\r\n“There’s no place on campus that’s more diverse than our coaching staff,” Burman said. “We’ve still got a ways to go but we’ve hired more minorities in the last four or five years than we have ever.”
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Email: Tom Hesse
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\r\nBut the Day of Service isn’t the only activity going on during Days of Dialogue, according to greek life coordinator Kate Steiner.
\r\n\r\n','\r\n“There is such a huge variety of topics and events going on this week that there is something for everyone on campus and in the community,” said Steiner. “Diversity has been a longstanding mission on the UW campus and especially this year as we celebrate the tenth year of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Days of Dialogue and March,” Steiner continued.
\r\nStudents must sign up in advance on the SLCE page of the UW website to participate in the Day of Service, as lunch will be provided. Activities that day will include painting, moving furniture, cleaning and much more.
\r\nAfter the restoration, the MLK March will take place starting at the Albany County Courthouse at 4 p.m. Coal Creek Coffee will provide coffee as participants march to the Union for a free soup supper. Anyone can attend the march or the Willena Stanford Supper in the Union Ballroom.
\r\nAt the supper, there will be a reading of one of MLK’s speeches by Tracy Patton, the director/professor of African-American Diaspora Studies at UW, a performance by the ballet group 7220, a drum performance by the Wyoming African Students Association (WASA), an awards ceremony, a speech by Congressman Baird and a welcoming speech by UW President Buchanan. There are many other events scheduled for Days of Dialogue.
\r\nSome of the major events are the keynote speech by hip-hop artist Common at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Union Ballroom, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Civic Center, and a comedy titled “The Race Show” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the A&S Auditorium. Tickets need to be purchased in advance for “The Race Show.”
\r\nFor more information, contact Kate Steiner at ksteiner@uwyo.edu or the SLCE office in the lower level of the Union.
\r\nHis “I have a dream” speech and the Montgomery bus boycott are not all there was to Martin Luther King Jr’s life work.
\r\nThe police dogs, cattle prods and brutality toward King and other marchers is remembered each year on Martin Luther King day, or the third Monday in January. What some do not remember are King’s latter years that fill the gap between when Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1965 that strengthened existing anti-discrimination laws including those concerning voting rights, and 1968, the year King was assassinated.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nAfter winning rights for blacks across the nation, it sometimes is assumed that King was done campaigning. In fact, however, after the victory for civil rights, King started focusing on class based issues in America.
\r\nAccording to Aimee Glocke, a professor in the African American Diaspora and co-chairwoman for Days of Dialogue, King went through an ideological change in his later years leading up to when he was assassinated.
\r\nIn the time between his civil rights campaign and his assassination, King gave a speech on the Vietnam War, and was involved with the Poor People’s Campaign and a sanitation strike in Memphis.
\r\nIn his speech, “Beyond Vietnam,” King criticized the American government saying that the U.S. was “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.”
\r\nKing applied these criticisms of the Vietnam War to a critique of the U.S. foreign policy in the 1970s. According to FAIR, a national media watch group, “King said, the U.S. was ‘on the wrong side of a world revolution.’ King questioned ‘our alliance with the landed gentry of Latin America,’ and asked why the U.S. was suppressing revolutions ‘of the shirtless and barefoot people’ in the Third World, instead of supporting them.”
\r\nOne of King’s largest projects came about in his last years. Titled the Poor People’s Campaign, his intention was to have a multi-cultural mass of poor people descend on Washington D.C. and set up tents.
\r\nThe goal of this campaign was to have congress pass anti-poverty legislation. Along his journey of recruiting, Dr. King made a fatal stop in Memphis.
\r\nDr. King’s visit to Memphis was in support of a local sanitation strike. T. O. Jones, according to The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, started the strike. Jones was a sanitation worker who was fired for his union activities.
\r\nKing aligned himself with the workers’ mission to address the issue of their poverty and the unfair treatment they were receiving.
\r\nAccording to the same source, “40 percent of [the workers] qualified for welfare to supplement their meager salaries. They received virtually no health care benefits, pensions, or vacations, worked in filthy conditions, and lacked such simple amenities as a place to eat and shower.”
\r\nGlocke added that, even today, sanitation plays an important role in society’s infrastructure. If a city were left for weeks without any garbage being picked up it would be devastating.
\r\nKing thought the plight of these workers also aligned well with his Poor People’s Campaign. Unfortunately, King never made it to Washington, D.C. to see the tent city that he had been such a big part of organizing because he was assassinated on the evening of April 4, 1968.
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Email: Davis Bonner
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\r\n\r\n','\r\nThey bring experience; some good, some bad, but all useful. They will, if in a situation that they are comfortable, bring light to situations that may only have been previously available through observation and careful study.
\r\nMartin Luther King Jr. believed in action through non-violent means, and while that is admirable, the sad truth of the matter is that sometimes action is required. The Taliban will most likely not be “killed with kindness.”
\r\nThe heroes among us are our veterans, and the University of Wyoming is one of the top campuses in the nation when it comes to veteran’s affairs. However, one thing that civilians may not understand is the toll these souls have endured, each in their own way.
\r\nFor many the scars are obvious. They have faced the slings and arrows of war and were not able to come through unscathed. They have purple hearts, bronze stars and other commendations for their courage in the face of such adversity.
\r\nFor so many others, the scars they bear are far less noticeable and still carry with them much weight. Often it is the scars that we can’t see that are the most painful.
\r\nAs a veteran of foreign conflicts, who fortunately came through visibly unscathed, I can attest to the weight of the unseen scars.
\r\nThat being said, these unseen scars are not a total detriment, quite to the contrary; they can be used to educate others who are bearing the same load and help those who interact with them to better understand how to help.
\r\nNext week, the university is sponsoring multiple events about, and related to, our servicemen and women who have faced war’s horror and returned.
\r\nThe first event related to veterans is a discussion on Tuesday of the book “War and the Soul: Healing our Nation’s Veterans for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder,” by Edward Tick.
\r\nThe book “explores a wide range of historical, literary and contemporary perceptions of war” and “explores the effects of wartime service on soldiers’ identities,” according to the event website.
\r\nOn Friday, a panel discussion of “How and why we are different when we come back: A Veteran’s Perspective.” The discussion is by veterans, for veterans and will enable newer veterans by providing an outlet and an opportunity to talk with an older generation of veterans about how they’ve dealt with their own demons.
\r\nTo all our UW veterans, past, present and future, thank you. For those who choose to deal with the ghosts on your own, know that there are others who can help, if you will let them.
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Email: DJ Bowman
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\r\nFor some international students, integration into student life is more difficult than for other students.
\r\n“Some students do really great jobs. They have lots of confidence. We never hear from them,” director of the International Students and Scholars Jill Johnson said.
\r\n','\r\n“For other students, it is pretty intimidating. Often times, it takes a little longer.”
\r\nIn terms of classes, professors are extremely welcoming, and the International Students and Scholars office has special sections of core classes, such as English 1010, geared for international students. These classes cover the same material but at a slower pace.
\r\n“The language barrier is the most visible barrier,” said Johnson. “But food is also a barrier. The culture can be completely different. It takes a while to gain confidence.”
\r\nJohnson said that integrating international students into UW life, along with better preparing American students, has been a hot topic this year. According to Johnson, some of the best-attended events are the international events, such as the upcoming Chinese New Year.
\r\nThe International Students Center in the basement the Cheney Building is one place for welcome events for new students and different organizations use it to host small events.
\r\nThese events allow international students to speak their native language and meet with students from their native countries. The center is open to all students, and they are encouraged to attend.
\r\n“We work with different organizations and clubs on campus to prepare events and let students know about campus resources,” Johnson said.
\r\nIn addition, the International Students and Scholars office recruits students to come to UW from countries such as China, Korea, Taiwan, India and Nepal. Many international students come from these countries, according to Johnson. There is also a big population from Saudi Arabia, India and Libya.
\r\n“Recruiting from these countries—it is not just the students who are involved, but the whole family,” Johnson said.
\r\nMost international students major in engineering and business because, according to Johnson, these are well paying jobs.
\r\nIn terms of American students accepting this international presence, Johnson finds that most students are extremely welcoming.
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I never knew of the controversial figure that was Martin Luther King Jr. until long after I took civics and American history classes.
\r\nThe education I received in school about the civil rights leader was a whitewashed version.
\r\n\r\n','\r\nGrowing up, teachers talked about how King was the preeminent American civil rights leader of the 20th century. They informed us how, through non-violent civil disobedience, King brought down Jim Crow in the South and brought a measure (arguably a small one) of equality between blacks and whites.
\r\nYet, I would argue that the history of King most of us learned in school is one that embraces the good and rejects the controversial.
\r\nMost young Americans seem either ignorant of, or entirely unaware, that King was not just a proponent of civil rights for all Americans. He was also a man dedicated to peace who was a critic of both the Vietnam War and the American system of capitalism.
\r\n“Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted,” King said in a 1967 speech.
\r\nKing’s opposition to the war seemed to be founded, at least in part, on the idea that African Americans were charged with fighting for a nation that treated them as second-class citizens.
\r\nYet, this happened during a time when many thought criticizing the Vietnam War was downright un-American, if not paramount to treason. But that did not stop him from giving voice to opposition.
\r\n“Now I’ve chosen to preach about the war in Vietnam today because I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality,” King said in a speech. “And I say that those who are seeking to make it appear that anyone who opposes war in Vietnam is a fool or a traitor or an enemy of our soldiers, is a person who has taken a stand against the best in our tradition.”
\r\nKing was also critical of America’s capitalist economic system that kept millions of Americans (especially African Americans) in poverty—then and now.
\r\n“The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization,” King said in a 1963 speech.
\r\nSo why is it most of us are unaware of King’s more contentious side?
\r\nWhile it’s not difficult to honor King as a civil rights leader, honoring—or even recognizing—what can be seen as the more divisive aspect of the man is not so easy. Maybe the reason lies in the fact that civil rights is seen as completed, while the issues and controversy surrounding war and economics remain to this day.
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Email: Shane Staley
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Laramie fireman John Poulos and UWPD officer Jay Peyton talk after yesterday’s false alarm at the College of Business building. According to Poulos, false fire alarms are common in new buildings.
Looking for the perfect gift for Christmas? For Alltel customers, looking for that gift might have become a little easier.
The merger between Altell and AT&T has broadened AT&T’s wireless network coverage in many rural areas across the U.S. Seventy-nine service areas across the country are switching over to AT&T, including parts of Wyoming, according to AT&T’s website.
','Though customer’s numbers will stay the same, the two companies use two different types of network technologies that are not compatible with eachother. Customers will now choose their new free phone that uses the AT&T network.
“The switch to AT&T is exciting. From what I’ve learned, the merger will benefit current Alltel customers. We’ll garner AT&T’s 3G network benefits and iPhone plans, not to mention the ability to upgrade from a larger selection of phones,” Tiffani Kennedy, UW student and Altell client, said.
Customers will not be charged an activation fee when getting their new phone.
As the holidays approach, many television advertisements focus on the idea of a cell phone as a gift. This may be an idea for many customers who want an upgrade, but not a hike in their phone bill.
“You can upgrade your device after migration and still keep your voice rate plan. Some devices may require that a data feature be added to your account. If you upgrade to the iPhone you must select a new AT&T rate plan and data feature and agree to a new two-year contract with AT&T,” according to the AT&T website.
AT&T has many popular phones including the iPhone. Other companies, like Sony and Samsung, have AT&T phones that fit the most tech-savvy or basic user needs.
Just because everything looks clean with the switch over doesn’t mean there aren’t a few glitches. “AT&T prices their plans differently than Alltel does, meaning that instead of offering one price for a package plan, AT&T prices elements individually. That’s the only potential downfall I’ve heard of,” Kennedy said.
AT&T has addressed worries like Kennedy has. “We understand that your rate plan is important to you. In most cases, you will be able to keep your current rate plan and features. If not, you will be notified in advance and presented with available options. You also have the option of selecting a new AT&T rate plan if you so choose,” according to the website.
More information is available at AT&T’s website, att.com.
“I think I’ll buy the Samsung Galaxy for myself this Christmas. I’m not an expert on technology, but at the Galaxy will at least let me play Angry Birds during my free time! Can the switch come any sooner?” Kennedy said.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
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There will also be a lighting of the trees ceremony from 6-8 p.m. tonight with refreshments. “Happy Holidays, Laramie” continues with the seasonal theme Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UW Art Museum. This is the 18th annual “Happy Holidays, Laramie.”
','All events this week are free and open to the public.
“There are numerous different activities at Happy Holidays, Laramie! The silent auction for the Festival of Trees continues until 2:30 p.m. The exhibition of Laramie and Albany County children’s art will be on view, as well as the Art Museum’s fall exhibitions. The Museum Store will be open and will also be holding a special Kids’ Store with items available for under $5,” Wendy Bredehoft, the education curator and organizer of the event, said.
“Cookies and punch are available downstairs where Santa Claus will be visiting with kids. In the lobby and in the gallery there will be musical performances throughout the day.”
The event has usually drawn crowds of more than 2,000 people. Individuals and school and community groups will be performing music at the event.
“This event is like opening the first present of the holiday season, one that brings joy and delight. When you step into the Art Museum, you are surrounded by the sight and sounds of our community’s creative spirit; in the student art, the musical performances, and the decorated trees. What talent the people of Laramie have! It is an event that is sure to put you in the holiday mood,” Bredehoft said.
“Happy Holidays, Laramie!” also provides an opportunity for Christmas shopping. The Festival of Trees auction will continue until right before “Happy Holiday, Laramie!” and offers many pre-decorated trees. Other gifts will be offered through the museum gift shop.
Email the author: dbonner1@uwyo.edu
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As the snow falls faster to the ground, the lines marking the sides of the road become less visible as well.
This type of situation is familiar to Wyoming drivers.
','Students who are driving home for this year’s Thanksgiving or Christmas breaks should bring a few essentials for a cross-Wyoming trek.
Road and Travel Magazine’s Rachel Miller put together a few things that should be included in any driver’s “emergency winter car kit.”
Flares and reflective triangles can be used to alert other cars of your presence if on the side of the road. Hazard lights are great, but if the car is dead then something that doesn’t require the power of the vehicle is necessary.
Miller also suggested some other items.
“Boots, hat, a coat, gloves, jumper cables, sand or kitty litter for traction, extra blankets and chocolate candy.”
Laramie firefighter Kevin McIntyre, also offered a few suggestions.
“A shovel, ice scraper and new windshield wipers would be handy. Tire pressure should also be checked before any long trips.”
Laramie Police Chief Dale Stalder said, “Pay attention to the roads and give yourself plenty of time.”
All Wyoming roads can be checked for closure and travel conditions at wyoroad.info.
Being safe on an open road is one issue, and driving in town is another issue.
When snow starts to melt, an ice sheet covers most of Laramie’s roads, and they can be dangerous
UWPD reported that between Oct. 1 of 2009 and June 1 of 2010, there were 138 accidents on campus alone. That is about one accident every two days just within the UW campus.
Most Wyoming Alltel cell phone customers will be preparing for a switch in their provider this New Year, as Alltel’s merger with AT&T goes into effect.
According to a CNN story, Verizon Wireless was the company that actually bought Alltel in 2008, but, as a condition of the merger, Verizon had to sell some of Alltel’s assets in rural areas across 18 states, including Wyoming.
','AT&T, which acquired those assets for $2.35 billion, will now be coming to Wyoming.
The transaction will affect customers who are Alltel subscribers, not Verizon subscribers. Verizon will continue to operate as usual in Wyoming.
According to AT&T, Wyoming Alltel customers will see changes sometime in January of 2011.
For Wyomingites, this means that they will be able to by an iPhone in the state, along with having access to AT&T’s 3G network.
Customers will also have access to the AT&T’s global coverage, with worldwide voice roaming in over 215 countries and data access in over 180 countries.
According to the Casper Star Tribune, the counties across the state affected by the merger include Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park, Washakie, Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Sheridan, Weston, Albany, Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Natrona, Platte and Converse.
According to AT&T’s website, customers should see no change in their network coverage, rate plan and features, phone number, contact numbers or billing information.
Existing Alltel customers will see few changes. Customers will have to receive a new phone, and free phones are available to those who take them for the merger.
If an existing customer chooses to upgrade their phone, they will also have to upgrade their data plan.
At this time, customers can still make changes to their account through Alltel.
AT&T will contact customers will all the necessary information for the merger.
New customers will still have to purchase an Alltel phone and plan and will also receive a new phone in January when the switch occurs.
AT&T completed the acquisition agreement with Verizon Wireless in 2009, which included not only Alltel properties, but Verizon Wireless and Unicel as well.
The acquisition will enhance AT&T’s wireless network coverage in 79 service areas across the U.S. Parts of Colorado, Utah and several other western states are part of the affected services areas.
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
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Jodi Guerin, Mayor of Laramie, reminds students that the city is surprisingly under-funded when compared to other communities around the state, because the money that funds our services comes mostly from sales tax.
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“Because we don’t have big tax paying companies or large mineral reserves, we have to find ways to make our funding stretch further and make sure that we’re all pulling our own weight, “ Guerin said. “For me, voting to spend a penny on the dollar to support the services I want to see in Laramie is an easy way to accomplish great things in our community.”
The tax has been in place since 1986 and has put the funds to uses such as funding community organizations like the SAFE Project and Downtown Clinic, according to Guerin.
The funds are also used to help fund the fire department and repair our streets, which obviously could use more funding, she said.
The current decline in funding due to the national economy in combination to the loss of the tax could reduce the city budget another $4 million per year, which Guerin said would require the city to reduce their staff by more than twenty individuals and impairing their ability to provide the services students need.
“I personally believe that we all share in the responsibility to band together to get things done, and continuing this tax is a way that we can all pay a little and get a lot in return,” Guerin said.
Joe Shumway, another city council member, said the 5th cent has historically been paid by citizens, who recognize why these funds are critical to make Laramie a safe and desirable place to live in.
Additionally, he said it is important to remember that 15 to 20 percent of the tax is collected by visitors, tourists and other non-residents.
“I support the 5th cent to keep Laramie a great pace to live,” Shumway said.
City council member Klaus Hanson said he believes that the continuation of the 5th cent tax is an absolute must for the city and the county.
According to Hanson, contrary to the first four cents of state sales tax, which are collected by the state and come back to the county and city at a meager rate of 31 percent, the fifth cent returns to county and city at a rate of 99 percent, thus, the first three pennies of the State Sales Tax really bring back as much money as the fifth penny does by itself.
“It is the most effective penny as far as our income is concerned, and our local citizens get the most benefit from it, comparatively speaking,” Hanson said.
To Janine Jordan, City Manager for laramie, it is key to make sure that the students who will be voting are informed about the importance of the tax to the city and community that they are apart of.
“Outreach to those 10 or 12 thousand up there is very important because they are going to go to the polls in November and we need them to understand what the tax is about so they can make an informed choice,” Jordan said. “We want to make sure that students have that information because many of them are new to the community.”
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
The battle for Albany County Sheriff is on this fall in Laramie. Five candidates of different political parties are fighting for the position. It looks as though this race might be the most contested race in Laramie this year.
“The sheriff position is one of the most popular positions,” said Dave O’Malley, one of the democratic candidates. “You can drive around and see the signs, so the primary will be very important.”
The candidates are Michael Garcia, Kevin Lundahl, Dave O’Malley, Ron Demello, and Bob Miller. Demello and Miller are the republican candidates, and Garcia, Lundahl, and O’Malley are running as democrats.
Garcia has worked in the Albany county sheriff’s office for over 21 years and has been a dedicated Laramie citizen his whole life. He served his country in the military for three years before returning to Laramie to become a detention officer at the Albany County Sheriff’s office. One of his most important roles, according to Garcia, is being the leader of Albany County Search and Rescue. Garcia would advocate for a larger budget in order to meet the needs of the growing Albany county population, he said at the public forum held last Thursday.
Lundahl, another of the democratic candidates, is running on the platform of transparency and accessibility to all Albany County citizens. Lundahl has also made clear that a deputy sheriff would be assigned to Rock River if he is elected. Lundahl attended the University of Wyoming and has lived in Laramie since 1973. He and his wife are both active in the Wyoming foster care system and, as of now, have two biological children, 11 adopted children, and 1 foster child, according to his biography.
Lundahl also would like more communication between deputies and citizens. “I would like to see the deputies go out and actually meet the ranchers,” Lundahl said on Thursday.
O’Malley is the last democratic candidate running for sheriff, and he is a lifelong resident of Wyoming. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1973, and after retirement from the police force, served a full four-year term on City Council. He hopes to build a professional office that the community can respect and that is fiscally responsible.
“I have managed a multimillion dollar budget and performed maintenance of grants in the county. I also have far more leadership experience at the command level,” said O’Malley of his qualifications for the position. “I want to make relationships with peripheral agencies within the county, like the youth crisis center,” O’Malley said. “The important thing is to treat people with respect and compassion.”
Ron Demello, a republican candidate, has worked in the police force for 15 years. He is qualified for the position because he has the “most experience in the sheriff’s office and knows the current needs of Albany County, according to Demello.
“It is not as easy as they (the other candidates) think,” he said about running a multifaceted office. “I am ready to do behind the scenes work without looking for name recognition.”
Bob Miller, the other republican candidate, has been the deputy sheriff of Albany County for the past three years and served on the Laramie Police Department for 22 years. According to Miller, his law enforcement experience and strong ties to the community are reasons to elect him.
On Thursday night, the sheriff candidates answered questions at the Albany County Library in a League of Women Voters forum. The questions ranged from budget concerns to hate crime punishments.
“I was involved with the budget last year,” Demello said. “It is all about finding the essential services and cutting the non essential.”
On hate crimes, some candidates had different views about elevating the punishment. Wyoming is one of the few states that does not have enhancement on hate crimes. O’Malley and Lundahl support additional punishments for these crimes. Demello and Garcia do not.
“I know that we have hate crimes here in Laramie,” Lundahl said.
“Why spend more money when we are already not sentencing criminals to the sentence maximum?” Demello counteracted.
The candidates will be very much a part of the Laramie political scene this fall. Signs are already posted throughout the city, and the candidates will continue to hand out brochures, talk to constituents, and clarify their running points.
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The Clothing Cottage provides people in Laramie with next-to-free clothing. As of this summer, a vegetable garden just outside the cottage is now providing the Laramie Soup Kitchen with free food.
Laramie Soup Kitchen Manager Marion Kropoff said the garden was planted in April in order to provide the patrons of the soup kitchen with fresh, local produce.
“I thought it would be nice to feed people fresh vegetables,” Kropoff said.
The produce, which is grown in the garden, will go into meals the soup kitchen provides to those in need. The Laramie Soup Kitchen serves lunch daily from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday in the basement of St. Matthews Cathedral, located at 104 S. Fourth St.
The garden, which is just outside of the Clothing Cottage on 310 E. University Ave., was planted with the assistance of individuals who eat every day at the soup kitchen.
“Our clients really helped out with the garden,” Kropoff said.
Gil Smith, a regular diner at the soup kitchen, put in a lot of work preparing and turning over the topsoil in preparation for the garden to be planted.
The garden was also made possible through charitable donations. Grand Avenue Nursery and Landscape donated starter plants. The Laramie Rotary donated materials for the construction of a miniature greenhouse.
Among the variety of vegetables being grown in the garden include brussels sprouts, bell peppers, green beans and tomatoes.
Tending to the garden falls upon the shoulders of the soup kitchen’s groundskeeper Jim Berkey, who cares for both the garden, as well as the rest of the outside area of St. Matthews (the Clothing Cottage sits on church property).
The groundskeeper, along with a number of the staff members of the Laramie Soup Kitchen, is employed by Experience Works, a program which provides work to unemployed individuals over the age of 55.
Kropoff first got the idea of planting a garden when she was hired as the soup kitchen’s manager last October. After a few weeks of work, she realized that having a garden could help the kitchen to save money on the meals they prepare.
“We have to go to Safeway for the salads we serve every meal,” she said. “The garden will help the soup kitchen save money on vegetables we used to buy.”
Besides the produce the garden provides, the soup kitchen also relies on donations from the Laramie Farmers’ Market. Kropoff said she visits the market after it closes on Fridays in order to gather excess food left after shoppers have gone home.
The soup kitchen also receives vegetables from Sharing the Bounty, a coalition which works to distribute fresh produce to people throughout Albany County.
Laramie Soup Kitchen Board Member JoAnn Fulton said the garden and the services provided by the kitchen wouldn’t be possible without charitable donations and people volunteering.
Fulton encourages anyone from campus—whether it is individuals or UW Recognized Student Organizations—or the Laramie community to come down and help out at the soup kitchen.
“There’s always room for [more] volunteers,” she said.
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“We expected an active [mosquito] season anyway. The river only exacerbated it even more,” Paul Harrison, director of Laramie Parks and Recreation, said.
As a result of the June 14 flooding of the Laramie River, breeding grounds for mosquitoes have been created, Harrison said.
Harrison said the pools of non-flowing water that remain along the flooded areas of the river are where mosquitoes are laying larva.
“We have certainly identified a lot more standing [non-flowing] water,” he said. “Any place there is standing water creates great conditions for flood water mosquitoes.”
The pools of water are adding to the city’s mosquito infestation, which was already expected to be bad because of the season’s heavy rain and warm weather.
The city’s main effort to control the mosquito population involves both aerial and ground spraying of insecticides.
Mosquito control efforts within city limits consist of a process called “fogging,” where specially-equipped city trucks spray permanone insecticide, according to the City of Laramie’s Web Site.
Residential fogging takes place between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. Sunday through Thursday in city parks, recreation areas and along the Laramie Green Belt.
Mosquito control efforts outside the city involve airplanes spraying the rural areas surrounding Laramie with Malathion insecticide, Harrison said. Aerial spraying is an important, cost-effective component in the city’s effort to combat mosquitoes.
“We always use aerial application,” he said. “It’s the most bang for your buck.”
Harrison said that without the control efforts of the city, the population of mosquitoes would be even larger than it is now “Absolutely, it would be much worse,” he said.
Prior to the most recent Malathion application, city employees found more than 50,000 mosquitoes in a trap outside of town; after aerial spraying, less than 500 mosquitoes were found, Harrison said.
The city’s control efforts are aimed at fighting two main forms of mosquitoes: one that is considered to be a “nuisance,” and another that can carry the West Nile virus.
Harrison said the there are high levels of nuisance mosquitoes in town and low levels of the variety that carry West Nile virus. The numbers of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus are expected to grow as the summer progresses.
There have been no reported cases of West Nile virus as of yet this summer, according to the City of Laramie’s Web Site.
Harrison said that city employees have, and continue, to fight the mosquito growth in Laramie.
“We’ve done everything in our power to keep those numbers low,” he said. “We’re doing everything we can.”
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This week hosts Laramie Jubilee Days, one of the highlights of a Laramie summer. This weekend will be filled with carnivals, street dances, community events, and a rodeo.
“This Jubilee Days will definitely be a success,” said Fred Ockers, Laramie Area Visitor Center Director.
This weekend will host events like Brewfest, a Laramie Jubilee Days staple, which brings in beer from throughout the west for a competition. Brewfest will take place Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. at Railroad Heritage Park.
Another popular event is the chili cookoff, which will take place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on East Grand. The Chili Cook-off is put on by the Laramie Boomerang newspaper. Locals participate to win prizes such as Best in Showmanship, People’s Choice and Grand Champion.
“We feel that this year will be better than last year,” said Ockers. “There is an active and organized planning committee. Also, there are more planned activities downtown.”
The Laramie Area Visitor Center gave eight thousand dollars to Jubilee Days this year. This money was used mostly for advertising, according to LAVC records.
“As the week continues, we will have more and more people asking about the event,” said Kate Farmer, associate director of the LAVC. The carnival started last Wednesday down by the train tracks, and the street dances are scheduled to start Thursday.
In addition to all the community events, the rodeo kicked off on Monday with a ranch rodeo competition, which highlighted day-to-day life on a ranch. On Tuesday, the junior bull riding competition boasted riders of all ages. Riders ages four to six competed in the mutton busting competition, where riders must stay on a sheep for more than six seconds. Also, two of the riders from the junior division competed Wednesday night in the Mr. T Classic Xtreme Bull Riding. The Mr. T Classic will include riders from throughout the state and region. The general rodeo occurs this weekend.
“The nuts and bolts of [Jubilee Days] will happen this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,” Ockers said about the event.
The city of Laramie is ready for this weekend regardless of what the weather will bring. According to one Laramie resident, “it is the highlight of the summer.
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“The average produce travels 1,500 miles before it reaches your plate,” Celeste Havener, manager of the Laramie Farmers’ Market, said. Most of the produce sold at the farmers’ market is grown within an estimated 100-mile radius of Laramie.
Laramie residents will have the chance to purchase food produced in the Rocky Mountain region from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Laramie Farmers’ Market downtown.
The Laramie Farmers’ Market is set to be held every Friday afternoon this summer from July 2 to September 24. Then the market will shut down until the next season.
The food sold at the market is produced primarily in either Colorado or Wyoming, Havener said. Most of the fruit that is available comes from small farms in Colorado—which has a longer growing season –but the vegetables sold at the market come from both Colorado and Wyoming.
In contrast to produce sold at the supermarket, the food sold at the farmers’ market does not travel across the country or the globe; it travels a fraction of such a distance. The shorter distance food travels ensures there is less pollution as a result of it being shipped.
Buying food at the Laramie Farmers’ Market also allows consumers to become more informed about what they eat, Havener said. Shoppers at the market can ask the vendors about the processes they use to grow their crops. People buying meat at the market can ask how livestock was raised and processed.
According to Havener, many people find the food they buy from the market tastes better than food from the store.
She also said that locally produced food can be better for you than food from the supermarket.
A lot of locally grown food has better nutrition,” Havener said.
Besides being potentially healthier and tastier, buying and eating locally produced food comes with another advantage: more dollars stay within the community. A number of the vendors at the Laramie Farmers’ Market are small farmers who raise crops in southeast Wyoming.
Many people in the community are happy to be able to buy healthy and tasty food they know is grown near where they live, according to Havener.
“We have people who are very interested [in locally-grown produce],” she said. “The community really supports the market.”
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With the return of the celebration also comes a couple changes. Unlike in previous years, the celebration will be sponsored by the City of Laramie rather than Laramie Jubilee Days. After the 2009 celebration, the Jubilee Days Board spoke with the Laramie City Council and decided to no longer sponsor the event. Along with new sponsorship comes the departure of the concert that usually takes place at dusk before the fireworks display.
“I’m sad to see the concert go. It was a great way to get together with family and friends,” one UW student and lifetime Laramie resident said.
Stonebraker Fireworks, out of Colorado, will be providing the fireworks for the celebration scheduled to start at 9 p.m. this Sunday. The show will take place on the UW campus.
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In addition to the fireworks display, the “Freedom has a Birthday” celebration will occur from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Washington Park. There will be food, activities, and entertainment for the whole family. These include a climbing wall, inflatable stuffs, games and prizes. The Laramie Municipal Band will play at noon. The band is made up of UW students, faculty, and staff. The city of Laramie is also hosting a kids’ parade. The parade starts on the corner of 21st and Rainbow streets.
“It is a great event that brings families together to celebrate the 4th of July,” said Larry Wickam, a longtime Laramie resident.
Fire in the Sky also marks the start to Laramie Jubilee Days. This celebration and rodeo kicks off on Monday, July 5, with the 2010 Ranch Rodeo. This competition tests ranching skills with events like calf branding, steer doctoring, trailer loading, and sequential sorting. Each team consists of four people.
“Laramie Jubilee days is a great time for families to come out and actively participate in the town and its culture,” said Laramie Area Visitor Center assistant Ann Smerdon.
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The American Cycling Association, along with the Laramie Bicycling Network, brought the Dead Dog Classic Memorial Stage Race back to the regions cycling enthusiasts for a two-day, three-stage endurance challenge.
Started in the early 1980s by the Laramie Wheelfolk, a local cycling club, the race has grown from a group of cyclers testing their speed and endurance on a stretch of highway outside town to become the highly organized two-day crowd pleaser it is today.
“We had 333 registered racers,” Mike Harokopis, one of the three race directors, said. “Ninety percent of our racers come from Colorado, and many return year after year. One category includes pro racers from such teams as Jelly Belly Sports Team, Garmin/Slipstream [and] junior racers from the Real Aussie Team from Australia.”
The race consisted of the nation’s highest altitude time trial. Racers were required to complete the first stage (the road race) before continuing on to the following stages.
“Conservatively, our race brings in $160,000 to the community of the race weekend,” Harokopis said. “[It’s] only one of two stage races in the Wyoming/Colorado area.”
Over the two days, professional and non-professional riders pedaled and sweat their way to the awards ceremony and closing barbeque Sunday afternoon. Over $9,000 in cash and prizes were given to racers.
“I admire people who do this race. It’s definitely a challenge,” Lindsey McKissick, a Pedal House employee and cycling enthusiast, said. “Get out to watch any part of it if you’re here. Even if you’re not into cycling, the downtown [portion of the race] is very fun to watch and fairly exciting.”
The race wasn’t always so popular. In the early years, cyclists from Laramie would ride out to the highway and work on their five- and ten-mile goals without spectators or sponsors.
As the riders made their way to the course one day, a friendly Golden Retriever started running alongside them, staying with them all the way to their destination.
One rider tied the dog to a van with plans of bringing it back to Laramie after the day’s riding, but the dog wriggled free and was hit and killed on the highway. The body decayed and stayed on the highway for a while until someone came along and claimed the skull as a gruesome trophy.
It became an unofficial prize, given to the rider who held the course record. As the course gained popularity, the cycling club decided to host a stage-race. The memory of their fallen canine friend served not only as a basis for the name of the race, the Dead Dog, but the mile marker where the dog was hit marked the starting and ending points of early races.
Over the years the race has faded in and out, bringing new challenges and new riders with it. With the support of the community, and the continuing perseverance and endurance of the racers, race directors hope to see more local businesses show interest to bring even more spectators to future races.
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University volunteers were called in to help the community out of fear that the flooding was going to continue. Madeline Dalrymple, Biological Safety Specialist for the University of Wyoming, said that 52 volunteers from the university gathered to assist the cause after President Buchanan gave leave permission to all volunteer employees last Tuesday. It turned out that the water had already subsided by the time the team was gathered, and their services were no longer needed, according to Dalrymple.
After an early morning assessment of the river water on Tuesday, June 15, the water had receded. By Thursday, sand bags were no longer needed as the water continued to withdraw.
A week later, volunteers were able to clean up a majority of the sandbags around Spruce and Park Street, as well as alongside the Laramie River north to Cedar and Hodgeman Streets, Young said. The probability of more flooding in the coming weeks is unlikely. The coordinators are certain that the sandbags were not removed too early.
“If there is another rain storm, there is nothing that would indicate that we would experience flooding again; however this certainty always would depend on the amount of rainfall or melting of snow to come but still holds unlikely for ongoing flooding,” Young said.
According to Randy Vickers, head coordinator throughout the cleanup and flooding process, water levels that peak at 5 feet are considered to be “flooding stage.” Five feet is roughly where the water level stood throughout last week with the highest water level being around 6.7 feet. Thankfully, Vickers says the water level now is subsided and at a standstill of 4.5 feet.
The precautions being taken now are to simply monitor the areas closely, but Vickers states, “We are sure that the flooding has passed.” Vickers says that there are still a few sand bags to pick up, but the areas are definitely not as overtaken by water as they once were.
Vickers was “amazed” by what he had seen. “I had never seen anything like that before.”
Vickers described the scenes in the West Laramie area at the height of the flood water as being outrageous, and that water levels were up to, or in some cases, even over bridges, making everyday travel difficult.
The damages in these areas of West Laramie are still being repaired. Vickers has asked that the city and/or county report any other areas with flood damage so that his volunteers can help in any way possible. The contact number is 721-5200.
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The International Coal conference, which lasted through Wednesday, was host to some of the biggest names in the Coal Business. In the University of Wyoming event center, coal enthusiasts, experts, and technicians gathered to learn and discuss the intricacies of modern coal technology. The conference, held Tuesday and Wednesday, was completely international with speakers from Australia and China. The conference was sponsored by the University of Wyoming and The University of Queensland, Australia.
According to Mark Northam, director of the conference for UW, “The conference focuses on technology to lower carbon emissions and the utilization of coal.”
Although the conference was originally expecting only 60 participants, it boasted 160 participants, according to the Hilton Hotel, which is giving room and board to many of the participants.
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“We focus on pre combustion, de-carbonization, and carbon capture and storage,” said Mark Northam about the details of the conference.
The conference kicked off with a “meet and greet” session at the Hilton on Tuesday night. The conference included sessions on “processes,” “national labs and laboratories” and “products.” Posters and talks will also take place from well-known experts in the business.
The first conference was held in 2008 at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. The first conference was more of an experiment to generate communication between energy leaders.
“The conference started with joint research between UW and Australia, but now we have countries like Botswana and India represented,” said Northam.
The conference was truly international with keynote speakers like Gov. Dave Freudenthal, Queensland trade commissioner Peter Beattie, Chief Technology officer Joseph Strakey, Director of Shanghai Provincial development and reform commission Zuoli Zhu. They spoke about different aspects of the coal business.
“We are very happy with the keynote speakers and are very well represented,” Northam said.
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Dogs splashed in large puddles Tuesday inside Optimist Park. These puddles were left in the wake of this week’s flooding of the Laramie River. The dogs’ owners stood in dry sections of the park’s green field.
The park, along with a number of streets such as Curtis, Hodgeman and Spruce — on Laramie’s West neighborhood - was left partly underwater Monday as the river crested along the Green Belt, said Mike Zook, parks manager for the City of Laramie.
Close to 1200 volunteers consisting of WyoTech students, local members of the Mormon Church and other groups worked with community emergency response teams to lay sandbags and perform other duties. The goal on Monday was to hold back the water from West Side homes, said Sandra Newland, emergency manager for the City of Laramie.
Newland said that 250 tons of dirt was used to construct a make-shift levee in order to divert water away from affected areas, and an estimated 22,000 sandbags were placed to protect housing.
Most of the volunteers worked in the West Side where the worst flooding occurred. “The volunteers were concentrated around Optimist Park,” he said.
In addition to the West Side, both the areas surrounding Lee’s and Sunny Meadows trailer parks experienced flooding on Monday, Newland said.
The flood came as a result of a combination of the heavy rain fall last weekend, late-season snowstorms and the melting snowpack in the area’s mountains, Zook said. The tributaries (smaller rivers) that feed into the Laramie are at 100 percent capacity.
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“All the rivers were very full,” Zook said.
The overflowing water from the Laramie River began to encroach upon the area around the Green Belt in the early hours of Monday morning, when city entities began to receive calls concerning the flood, Newland said.
“We first started getting notifications around 4 a.m.,” she said.
The responders who were first on scene to South Spruce Street arrived to find that a seeming river had formed in the alleyway behind the houses along the street, Newland said.
20 West Side homes were breached by the water on Monday and 40 homes were in some way affected by the flood, Newland said.
A number of streets surrounding Optimist Park remain closed as a result of the flood.
While city officials were aware that the river’s water was rising, Newland said she and other city employees were “astonished” by how much and how fast the water rose from the river’s banks.
“We couldn’t believe it,” she said.
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As early as next week materials used to protect property and divert flood waters—such as the sandbags and the dirt levee—may be removed if flood waters from the Laramie River continue to go down, Zook said.
“It’s starting to recede now. It’s coming down significantly,” he said.
While the water levels are currently decreasing, Zook warned that if the temperature gets too warm or if heavy rainfall returns, the river may flood again in the near future.
“It could be significant if it warms up,” he said.
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Located at the corner of Grand Avenue and 1st Street, the downtown plaza project has been under discussion and consideration since 2005.
The first phase was started in September 2009, but funding problems stopped construction for several months. Councilor Karl McCraken said he does not want to see an incomplete project, which would disappoint Laramie citizens.
Additional funding came in May 2010 from Albany County Recreation board revenue. It was funded through a county mill levy from the city and was allocated by the city council. It paid for the addition of an irrigation system, landscaping, a south island stone wall, sculpted boulders, resilient pavement and electrical work at the plaza.
The entire plaza will have a small stage area, a small children’s play area with sculpted boulders, stone seat walls, picnic tables, a natural gas fire pit for evening and winter use, landscaping with a drip irrigation system, colored concrete with decorative engraving, etched pavers with the history of Laramie and small lighted bollards.
“The plaza should be finished in one month and would open this summer,” the builders estimated.
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\r\nAfter growing up in Worland, Strampe ventured to Laramie to pursue his bachelor’s degree in music, although he was not sure at the time he would be a piano teacher.
\r\nOnce he graduated, he took a trip east to stay with a friend in Washington D.C.
\r\n“I loved it, but since I didn’t have a job, I didn’t really have a choice but to move back to Wyoming,” Strampe said.
\r\nTwo months after his move to the big city, he found himself back in Laramie, attending UW once more.
\r\nWhile in pursuit of his master’s degree in art, he began accompanying ballet classes for the university.
\r\nThe job continued after graduation, and he has not stopped since. He also began to give individual piano lessons.
\r\n“To begin with, I only had about two students, but I guess you have to start somewhere,” Strampe said.
\r\nLater in his career, he began to work as an organist for the First United Methodist Church and the Territorial Prison where he either played solo at the saloon or accompanied saloon girls.
\r\nAfter a solid 20 years with the church, Strampe decided to cut down his hours.
\r\n“I was working seven days a week and 10 to 12 hours a day, and as you get older, that just isn’t as easy anymore,” Strampe said.
\r\nOriginally, Strampe wanted to be an archeologist, and he still calls himself a rock hound.
\r\n“Although people complain about that drive in between Rawlins and Rock Springs, if you venture off the interstate about five miles, you would be surprised how awesome the land is,” Strampe said.
\r\nAlthough he has been a Wyoming resident for his entire life, he still finds joy in the city life.
\r\n“I would live there all the time if I didn’t have to work,” Strampe said.
\r\nHe also finds time each year to journey to a friend’s cabin for a week in the summer. For 30 years, he and a friend have only missed two years at the cabin on the Wind River.
\r\nMostly though, he confessed his time is devoted to teaching and his ballet classes.
\r\n“I can’t say which one I like doing more. I like mixing it up, playing for awhile and then teaching the rest of the time,” Strampe said. Once a week, he and a violinist get to play what they like: classical music at the church.
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“The teams are almost all locals with 351 participants,” said the Albany County Relay for Life director Christine Trumbull. Albany County Relay’s goal is to raise 100,000 dollars for the cause.
“Right now we are at 68,000, but we still have a few more days and the race to raise some more money,” said Trumbull about their goal.
The Relay, along with First Interstate Bank, has already hosted some fundraising events with a garage/bake sale and Beef Brisket and Pork Shoulder sandwiches in the First Interstate parking lot. UniWyo Federal Credit Union is also hosting a Mini Cooper raffle. Tickets cost 40 dollars or 3 tickets for 100 dollars. Everything over the cost of the car will benefit the American Cancer Society, and the drawing will be held after the relay.
The relay will start with a survivors lap around the track. All cancer survivors are invited to participate in this lap to celebrate their defeat of cancer. Following the Survivors Lap is the Luminaria ceremony.
“This ceremony is a big deal in the overall event, and the donations from that will also go to the Cancer Society,” said Trumbull.
The Luminaria ceremony invites “people to remember loved ones who have been lost to disease,” according to the Relay for Life information website. Candles are lit inside bags of sand, and on these bags is the name of the loved one. Family members and friends then walk around the track, many of them in silence, to pay tribute to their loved ones. It is a touching and emotional start to the Relay which then ends with the Fight Back Ceremony; this involves running/walking throughout the night to ‘fight back’ against cancer.
“It is a marathon, not a sprint,” said Trumbull, who also helped plan an ice cream social before the relay and pizza at midnight during the relay. Live music will play until 8:30 and then a DJ will continue until the end of the race at nine in the morning.
The American Cancer Society and Relay for Life urge all members of the community to come and see the event. According to the Relay for Life information page, “we are creating a world with more birthdays; a world where cancer can’t claim another year of anyone’s life.”
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While some people may be acquainted with marathon running, the director of this year’s Laramie Duathlon said many have no experience with distance biking and running.
“A lot of our participants are first-timers and don’t have any experience with multi-sport events,” Ted Haskell, director of the 2010 Laramie Duathlon, said.
The 2010 Laramie Duathlon, which will feature both distance biking and running, will be held at 9 a.m. this Saturday at Kiwanis Park in West Laramie. The duathlon includes a course for adult participants as well as a course for children.
The adult racecourse includes a five-kilometer running section to start, followed by a 25-kilometer bicycling segment and a two-kilometer running portion to complete the race, Haskell said. The children’s race will be comprised of a half-mile run to start, a one-mile bike in the middle section and a 100-yard dash to finish, Haskell said.
The children’s race will kick-off the event, and the adult’s race will commence shortly after. The children’s race is scheduled to take a half-hour and the adult race is expected to last roughly two hours.
“When you compare it to others, it’s a pretty short race,” Haskell said.
Participants in the adult race may compete in teams of two racers—one taking part in the running sections of the course, and the other competing in the biking section. Those interested in taking part in this year’s duathlon can register anytime between now and the morning of the event.
“Most participants actually sign up the day of the event,” said Haskell. “It’s easy for people to just wake up and register the day of the race.
Last year, roughly 120 residents partook in the Laramie Duathlon, according to Haskell.
Proceeds from the event will go to Cycle Wyoming, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting safe bicycling practices in the state.
For those familiar and unfamiliar with multi-sport events, Haskell encourages anyone interested to sign-up for the event. “It’s a short race. With a positive attitude, most people can get through it.”
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\r\nThese are the first five principles of Wyoming’s State Code, which was signed into law by Gov. Dave Fruedenthal. According to Jim Owen’s Code of the West, the principles are a statement of cowboy ethics that have taken the Rocky Mountain region by storm.
\r\nThe Code of the West will be the focus of a panel discussion tonight.
\r\nThe event is scheduled for 5 p.m. in Classroom Building, Room 129. It is hosted by the American Heritage Center.
\r\nOwens will participate in a discussion with Sam Western, author of “Pushed Off the Mountain, Sold Down the River: Wyoming’s Search for its Soul” and David Wrobel, chair of the Department of History at UNLV.
\r\nThe panel will focus on whether maintaining the cowboy image is helpful to the area or hurts economic and cultural advances. The panel will discuss the history of the code and how it has contributed to—or in some cases—hindered the west’s popularity.
\r\nIn addition to support by the state government, ASUW voted to officially support the Code of the West in a resolution that stated the student government would work to help pass the code in the State Legislature.
\r\nAudience members are encouraged to share their input in a question and answer session, which will be moderated by Peter Simpson after the panel.
\r\nIn the meantime, remember to follow the cowboy code: always keep your promises, ride for the brand, talk less and say more, remember some things are not for sale and know where to draw the line.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-26 22:30:58','104','Erin Jarnagin','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-26 23:30:46','2010-05-10 07:00:00','','','','0','0','469','code, panel, cowboy, state, west, wyoming’s, author, mountain, discussion, focus, government, support, principles, remember, work, ethics, history, helpful, area, image','Live each day with courage, take pride in your work, always finish what you start, do what has to be done and be tough but fair. \r\n\r\nThese are the first five principles of Wyoming’s State Code, which was signed into law by Gov. Dave Fruedenthal. According to Jim Owen’s Code of the West, the principles are a statement of cowboy ethics that have taken the Rocky Mountain region by storm.','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1805','Economist to break down health care effects on Wyo','economist-to-break-down-health-care-effects-on-wyo','','An economist will share options Wyoming has to reform the health care system during a presentation on the health care bill at 8 p.m. tonight in the Classroom Building, room 215.
\r\nSven Larsen will speak on the economic effects of the health care bill, Elijah Cox, president of the Young Constitutionalists, said.
\r\n“Wyoming has the opportunity to create its own health reform that will be more responsible and beneficial for its citizens,” Cox said.
\r\nHowever, for Wyoming to accomplish such a task, it will require the support and education of the state’s citizens, Cox said.
\r\n“Many of the effects of the national health care bill will not take effect till 2014 or after, which means that the economic effects of the bill will come about just as most of us are entering the job market,” Cox said.
\r\nAs future employees, students will need to understand the effects of the health care reform in order to be prepared for the future, Cox said.
\r\nLarsen, who has a doctorate in economics, has researched health care in the U.S. for the last few years, Cox said.
\r\n“He is a compelling speaker and speaks from personal experience as well as from a detailed economic perspective,” Cox said.
\r\nLarsen works for the Wyoming Liberty Group in Cheyenne, Cox said. Larsen is also in the process of finishing a book, “The Dark Side of the Welfare State.”
\r\nLarsen is originally from Sweden and has lived under a universal health care system, which gives him experience with health care and health care reform, Cox said.
\r\nUW’s The Good Mule Project will present “The Yes Men—Activism Through Hijinks” at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Education Auditorium.
\r\nAndy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are the Yes Men. The Yes Men is a group of culture-jamming activists who practice what they call “identity correction,” Anna Guyton, chair of the event, said.
\r\nThe activists pose as top executives of corporations they hate. With only thrift-store suits, the Yes Men lie their way into business conferences and parody their corporate targets in extreme ways, according to a UW news release.
\r\nStudents requiring assistance for food, housing and medical assistance are oftentimes unaware that there is an organization that can help, one employee for Interfaith-Good Samaritan of Laramie said.
\r\n“We’re trying to increase our presence on campus,” Tom Martin, director of Interfaith-Good Samaritan of Laramie, said.
\r\nThe organization will host a Run/Walk/ Wheel 2K, 5K Race to raise awareness and money for the Interfaith-Good Samaritan. The event will take place at 12:30 p.m. on April 25 at the southeast corner of Seventh and Custer streets, right outside of the Interfaith offices in the Laramie Plains Civic Center.
\r\nThe money raised as a result of the race will go directly to fund Interfaith in its mission to work with other agencies to aide Laramie’s men, women, children and families who find themselves in crisis situations, Martin said.
\r\nInterfaith-Good Samaritan provides services to struggling people that include: a food pantry, bulk clothing, health and hygiene products as well as vouchers for travel and medical expenses.
\r\nThe money raised at the race is much-needed after Interfaith has seen the numbers of people seeking their services steadily grow in the past year, Martin said.
\r\n“We provide about 100 percent more assistance this year than we did last year,” Martin said.
\r\nWhile the numbers of people utilizing the services of Interfaith have dramatically increased, available funding for the organization has only grown by 70 percent, Martin said.
\r\n“We’re making do with what we have or dipping into reserves,” Martin said.
\r\nAmong the growing numbers of people seeking out the services of Interfaith, many are students at the university who’ve fallen on hard times, Martin said.
\r\n“We’re seeing a lot of students from UW,” he said.
\r\nOne of the reasons students require the services Interfaith provides is that their financial aid and even part-time work are not enough to support themselves; another is facing unexpected expenditures, such as having to pay for travel expenses to return home for a relatives, Martin said.
\r\nOf those UW students looking to receive services, many are international students, Martin said.
\r\nUnlike their American counterparts, foreign students and their families are ineligible to receive social service programs from the state or federal government programs—such as food stamps—which lead some to acquire assistance from Interfaith, Martin said.
\r\nThe spouses and children of international students who go to Interfaith are many times looking for help with medical issues and expenses they either can’t afford or are unavailable to them, Martin said.
\r\n“International students are eligible for student health, but their children and spouses are not,” Martin said.
\r\nBy raising awareness of Interfaith through the Run/Walk/ Wheel 2K, 5K Race, Martin hopes that students in need will be more willing to seek out the agency’s services when they first start having significant financial troubles before they get worse, he said.
\r\nIf students obtain the services early—when financial problems first start to emerge—Interfaith can more adequately address the issues, Martin said.
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\r\nWyoming can be a very photogenic state, with mountains nearly everywhere, plenty of wildlife and other features photographers love. That may be the reason why the Woman’s Photography Show takes place in the Rocky Mountain region.
\r\nThe 5th annual Woman’s Photography Show is currently on display until the end of April at the Big Hollow Food Co-op. The variety of photos are taken by women in the region.
\r\n“This small exhibit provides a window onto visual artists who happen to be our friends and neighbors, crossing ages and experience levels, from novice to professional, from hobbyists to serious practitioners of film and digital media,” Terry Reid, a organizer of the event, said.
\r\nOne of the main goals is to show the wide diversity women provide in the field of photography.
\r\n“We want to give creative women recognition for their work, offer them an opportunity no matter their skill level, provide a space for their work to exhibit and let the public meet them,” Reid said. “We wish to draw on and revel in the creative energy and photographic vision of a wide range of women in our area. By doing so, present a small part of the human vision that we know is often underserved and invisible.”
\r\nThe Woman’s Photography Show began in 2004 in a coffee house and featured a handful of local women’s work.
\r\nAfter the coffeehouse closed, the exhibit began traveling to venues around town, including the ASUW Gallery.
\r\nAccompanying all the works are short photographers’ statements explaining their photographic philosophy, why she takes her pictures, any challenges she faces being a woman photographer, what it means to be a woman photographer and what type of camera or technology she uses.
\r\n“We really want to promote that there are still real-life challenges unique to women and we want people to understand that,” Reid said.
\r\nPhotography can be expensive for those entering the field.
\r\n“The women have financial concerns. There’s real anxiety about the costs photography, processing film and printing present and the difficulty of framing and getting it seen,” Reid said. “Finding time and having the energy to get going are of particular concern with students, working mothers, single mothers and retired women.
\r\n“As for its validity, the power of these women to speak to us from behind the lens is awesome,” Reid said.
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\r\n“If you don’t have insurance, this reform gives you a chance to be a part of big purchasing pool that will give you choice and competition and cheaper prices for insurance,” President Obama said during a March 21 White House press conference.
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From June 1, 2009, to Jan. 1, 2014, the federal government will set up a temporary insurance pool whereby uninsured people with already-established medical ailments can buy insurance at a discounted price, an April 2 article in the New York Times said. The temporary insurance pool will be dissolved after Jan. 2014, when insurance companies will be required to accept people with pre-existing conditions.
\r\nBy 2014, health insurance companies will be mandated to cover individuals and an estimated 32 million Americans, who now are without health care, will be required to purchase insurance coverage, according to a March 25 issue of Time Magazine.
\r\nSome of the cost of the $940 billion health reform bill will go to expand Medicaid, a form of government health insurance that is provided to many low-income Americans, a March 18 article in the New York Times said.
\r\nStarting this year, young people will now be able to stay covered on their parents’ health insurance policies until they reach age 26, the March 25 issue of Time Magazine said.
\r\nThe health reform bill also offers individuals and small business tax cuts in order to purchase health insurance.
\r\n“And it includes the largest health care tax cut for working families and small businesses in history,” Obama said, during the March 21 press conference.
\r\nBusinesses with 25 or fewer employees, and average annual wages of $40,000 would be given tax credits to purchase insurance, according to a March 23 article in USA Today. The tax credits will be available this year.
\r\nThe health care reform mandates that six months from when the bill was signed, the insurance policies will no longer be allowed to restrict the lifetime limits of how much they payout to policy holders, and they will no longer be able to rescind coverage from individuals with the acceptation of issues of fraud, the March 23 article in USA Today said.
\r\nStarting next year, community health centers and free clinics—which provide health care to people unable to pay for it—will see an increase of $11 billion in funding as a result of the reform, according to the March 23 article in USA Today said.
\r\nStarting in 2014, most Americans will be required by law to purchase health insurance; annual fines could range from $95 for uninsured individuals, up to $285 per family or one percent of their taxable household income, according to the March 23 article in USA Today.
\r\n\r\nCheyenne Housing Authority is a state government entity providing financial support for housing to people with low incomes in southeast Wyoming, is pursuing a program to help individuals currently receiving assistance to be financially self-sufficient.
\r\n“This is just an opportunity for them to obtain independence,” Joe Ramirez, coordinator for the Cheyenne Housing Authority Family Self-sufficiency Program, said.
\r\nRamirez will be holding a series of open-house discussions about the self-sufficiency program at 5:30 p.m. on May 18; 1:30 p.m. on May 22; and 1:30 p.m. on June 19 at the Albany County Public Library.
\r\nThe CHA Family Self-Sufficiency Program works with people receiving housing assistance over a 5-year period to prepare them to support themselves without the aid of government or other assistance, Ramirez said.
\r\nOne of the main functions of the program is to help people get their financial ducks in a row, Ramirez said.
\r\n“You work with them so they start looking at their credit history and credit score,” he said.
\r\nDuring the five-year period, Ramirez works with those receiving assistance to pay off their debt, establish a better credit score and helps set them up escrow savings accounts, Ramirez said.
\r\nWhen individuals graduate from the program, the money they’ve contributed to their accounts will be available to aide them in building a brighter future, he said.
\r\nOne woman Ramirez has worked with took the money she had been saving for 5 years and put it in a certificate of deposit account for her child. Another used the $3,400 she’d saved in the escrow account to put a down payment on a house.
\r\n“The main goal of this program is to prepare them for home-ownership,” Ramirez said. “We hope that their dream is home-ownership.”
\r\nRamirez currently works with about 50 people—both in Albany and Laramie counties—who are enrolled in the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, although many more are qualified.
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“There’s far more than 50 that would be eligible for this program,” Ramirez said.
\r\nThe CHA instituted a five-year program to ensure that people have adequate time to shift from receiving assistance to becoming independent, he said.
\r\n“That 5-year window gives them that opportunity,” Ramirez said.
\r\nCHA provides housing assistance to more than 1,600 households across southeast Wyoming, of which more than 400 are in Laramie, Ramirez said.
\r\nCHA provides assistance for two types of housing: section eight housing, where the tenants choose where they live and are provided with financial assistance for rent; and public housing, where CHA owns the property where tenants live and essentially act as the landlord, Ramirez said.
\r\n\r\nCiting personal and professional reasons—including safety concerns—the director of the Social Justice Research Center at UW announced the cancellation of the scheduled presentation by William Ayers late Monday night.
\r\nA 1960s radical, Ayers was to visit campus on April 5. Ayers is no stranger to canceled events; both the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Boston College have canceled on him in the past, a Washington Post article on March 30 said.
\r\n','\r\nAyers was a co-founder of Weather Underground in the past, the radical anti-war group who claimed responsibility for several bombings, including explosions at the U.S. Capitol and Pentagon, the article said. Neither of the bombings killed anyone.
\r\nAyers was a fugitive for years until his surrender in 1980, the article said. However, the charges were dropped due to prosecutorial misconduct.
\r\nToday, Ayers is a distinguished professor of education and senior university scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the founder of the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society.
\r\nThe director of the research center, Francicso Rios, noted there are no plans to host Ayers at UW in the future, a UW news release on March 30 said.
\r\nThe director also apologized to the university community for any harm that came out of having scheduled the event, the release said.
\r\nThe event raised hundreds of objections from Wyoming residents according an article in the Washington Post. Several Wyoming residents expressed their concerns about Ayers speaking on campus through letters to the editor sent to The Branding Iron.
\r\nTeri Micek of Powell was “adamantly opposed to this communist speaking.” Ayers stands against all that Micek believes in, Micek said.
\r\n“His loyalty is to Hitler,” Micek said. “Hitler’s teachings are definitely not in line with my values and principles, and I firmly believe they are not in line with the majority of Wyomingites.”
\r\nUntil now, Micek was proud to call Wyoming home.
\r\n“I am truly ashamed and disgusted with your decision to invite such a despicable, immoral man to spread his hate and evil throughout our state,” Micek said.
\r\nZeb Hagen thinks those who were involved in making the decision to bring Ayers into the state would have more sense and more respect for the state, he said.
\r\n“I feel like it is a slap to the face to all of the residents of this state to bring a guy like Ayers across our state borders,” Zeb Hagen said.
\r\nMorgan Renner of Meeteetse urged UW to turn Ayers around at the border, as Renner did not want Ayers near the state’s young people, Renner said.
\r\n“As a UW graduate, I am horrified that anyone in Wyoming would even consider hosting this anti-American terrorist,” Renner said.
\r\nOne Meeteetse resident, Sheila Hagen, was even reconsidering having her daughter attend UW after finishing her studies at Casper College, she said.
\r\n“Don’t risk the support of Wyoming citizens by hosting known terrorists at your campus,” Sheila Hagen said.
\r\nUW president Tom Buchanan, responded to the cancellation of the event. In the UW release, he said “I appreciate the consideration for the university that the re-evaluation demonstrated.”
\r\nBuchanan also applauded the director of the center’s sensitivity to the criticism and arguments that have presented themselves, as well as his decision to reconsider the invitation.
\r\n“I’m satisfied with the outcome,” Buchanan said in the news release.
\r\nWhile the controversy surrounding Ayers coming to campus has been intense, observers would be incorrect to believe UW caved under external pressure, Buchanan said in the news release.
\r\n“The University of Wyoming is one of the few institutions remaining in today’s environment that garners the confidence of the public,” Buchanan said. “The visit by professor Ayers would have adversely impacted that reputation.”
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\r\nUW Information Technology has expanded the storage quota of UW e-mail accounts from 200 to 500 megabytes.
\r\n','\r\n“We had received feedback about increasing data storage,” Maggie Deming, director of Client Support Services for UW IT, said. “We’ve had limited financial resources to expand storage capacity.”
\r\nPrior to the expansion of e-mail capacity on Monday, faculty and staff could request to increase the storage space on their accounts for a small fee, while students could request additional space at no cost, Deming said.
\r\nIn a recent e-mail to all UW e-mail exchange users, the IT division announced that fees would no longer be charged for those who requested their mailbox storage quota to be expanded from 200 to 400 megabytes.
\r\nThe expansion of storage capacity has been part of a nearly year-long plan by UW IT, Deming said.
\r\n“We started discussing it last spring or summer,” Deming said.
\r\nWhile e-mail accounts have expanded their storage capacity, it is not possible for UW to offer the storage capacity offered by e-mail accounts from Google or Yahoo, Deming said.
\r\n“It’s just not practical to offer gigabytes of storage,” Deming said. “It’s just not financially feasible.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-24 00:31:07','66','Shane Staley','2010-03-24 00:48:06','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-24 00:31:07','2010-04-06 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','460','storage, mail, deming, ”, capacity, accounts, expanded, “it’s, request, offer, expansion, “we, space, quota, 200, megabytes, division, mailbox, users, part','','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1814','No third term for Freudenthal','no-third-term-for-freudenthal','','Gov. Dave Freudenthal announced he will not be seeking a third term last week.
\r\n“This decision is not made lightly but enjoys strong support from my family,” Freudenthal announced during a prepared speech.
\r\nFreudenthal said he wanted to step down and allow for fresh ideas, even though he continues to enjoy high popularity across the state.
\r\n','\r\nFreudenthal’s decision opens the door to other Democratic candidates to seek the governor\'s chair.
\r\nThe governor’s announcement to retire at the end of the year ended the months of speculation that he would seek a third term.
\r\n“I suspect this statement comes as no surprise to most observers of the Wyoming political scene,” Freudenthal said.
\r\nIf Freudenthal had chosen to run he would have had to seek to overturn Wyoming’s legal limit of two consecutive terms for governor, which most observers said was no barrier given that the Wyoming Supreme Court already overturned term limits for legislators.
\r\nThe governor had announced earlier that he would commission a poll on various issues. This move briefly fueled speculation that he would make a move to run for a third term.
\r\n“The more important purpose of today is for Nancy and me to thank the Wyoming citizens for allowing us the opportunity to serve as your Governor and First Lady,” Freudenthal said.
\r\nFreudenthal also thanked the many dedicated state employees, agency administrators and citizen members of the many state boards and commissions that have contributed to his success.
\r\n“In the remaining ten months of my term, we will continue to serve the state to the best of our ability,” Freudenthal said. “Although, I must admit that the time previously dedicated to campaigning will now be dedicated to simply enjoying the great people and unique outdoor lifestyle of Wyoming.”
\r\nFreudenthal had a high approval rating during his time as governor. It was an especially high rating for a Democrat in Wyoming, which tends to lean heavily toward Republicans.
\r\nIn the last governor election in 2006, Freudenthal won with 70 percent of the vote.
\r\n“It was to my benefit to have had exposure to the job. But I do not believe that that precludes someone else from doing a far better job than I did,” Freudenthal said.
\r\nCurrently, no Democratic candidate has announced a bid to run for governor.
\r\nOn the Republican side of the election, Wyoming has a strong field for their Aug. 17 primary.
\r\nThree people have officially entered the contest. Matt Mead, a former U.S. attorney for Wyoming, announced his bid in January. Mead was appointed by President George W. Bush and served in that position until 2007.
\r\nRita C. Meyer, who was elected state auditor in 2006, has also made an announcement to run. Meyer held the chief-of-staff position when Jim Geringer was governor from 1998 to 2002.
\r\nFormer state Rep. Ron Micheli has also announced his plans to run. Micheli served in Republican leadership positions for 16 years in the State Legislature and was director of the State Department of Agriculture from 1995 to 2003.
\r\nWith the seat now open, the Republican field is expected to widen with a few more candidates mulling a decision to run.
\r\nFreudenthal said he would look forward to working with his successor later this year in a transition process, which will be marked by a sense of cooperation and good will.
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\r\nTwo UW students feel a proposed law by the Wyoming State Legislature that would fine drivers for texting while driving could prove difficult for police to enforce.
\r\n','\r\n“How can they tell if you\'re texting?” Jason Wright, a senior in the UW Department of American Studies, asked, questioning whether police will be able to determine whether a driver is texting or not. “There is no way to tell if you\'re texting.”
\r\nThe law may actually make texting while driving more dangerous because people will try to hide their texting and driving by holding their cell phones out of view of other drivers, taking their eyes off the road and onto their laps, Andrew Call, a senior in the UW Department of Communication and Journalism, said.
\r\n“They’re [texting drivers] going to keep it out of view,” Call said. “I think it\'s one of those things where if they see it [law enforcement], they’ll enforce it.
\r\nThe fact that there may be a new law on the books against texting while driving will have a negligible effect on whether people will drive while texting, Wright said.
\r\n“Well. it’s kind of like the seatbelt law. Just because there is a law against it doesn’t mean that people will stop,” Wright said.
\r\nThe law banning texting while driving may have the same effect as other laws—such as those against using controlled substances or driving while intoxicated—which are meant to stop individuals from engaging in a dangerous activity, but that does not mean they will stop, Call said.
\r\n“In Utah there’s a law against eating while driving,” Call said, but that does not mean Utah residents will not eat their lunch while driving down the street.
\r\nThe proposed bill in the legislature would impose a $75 fine on those cited for texting and driving, according to recent article the Casper Star Tribune.
\r\nNot only will the $75 mandatory fine do little, if anything, to stop people from texting while behind the wheel of a car, the amount you have to pay is overkill, Wright said.
\r\n“I think it’s ridiculous. You get more for a speeding ticket,” he said. “In some ways, texting while driving is less of a crime than speeding.”
\r\nThe fine could act as one of the few—if the only deterrent—to keep people from texting while driving, Call said.
\r\n“I think once you get that first ticket, you’re going to be more cautious,” Call said. “That first ticket will slap you in the face.”
\r\nOne measure that might actually make the new law effective is banning talking on cell phones while driving just like the state legislature is trying to do with texting, Wright said, explaining that drivers who are pulled over for driving will likely tell police that they were not texting while driving, they were merely talking.
\r\nThere is little sense in banning texting when driving while not banning talking on cell phones when driving, Wright said, explaining how many pulled over drivers will use the excuse that they were not texting while driving, they were just talking.
\r\n“It makes no sense. If they’re going to do one, they should do the other,” Wright said.
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\r\n“We want to provide them with every opportunity to succeed,” Tom Burman, director of the UW athletics department, said.
\r\n','\r\nStudent athletes workout in the athletic facilities to tailor training to their respective sport, working with training staff and weight coaches—both services unavailable to students who are not athletes—to tailor student athletes’ workouts to their given sport, Burman said.
\r\n“Athletes have to follow a regimented system designed by their strength coach,” Burman said.
\r\nIf an athlete is injured, he or she would go through the athletic department’s trainers to seek treatment, Burnam said. A regular injured student would go through UW Student Health Services.
\r\nStudent athletes and their various teams typically do not utilize Corbett or Half Acre Gym for training unless it’s in the off-season. Instead, they have facilities dedicated to them, the UW Arena-Auditorium and UniWyo among them, Bauman said.
\r\n“The only place students [athletes] receive preferential access is athletic facilities,” Burman said. “Half Acre, Corbett are managed by a completely different department.”
\r\nStudent athletes also have a staff of academic counselors and receive tutoring separate from the rest of the student population, Burman said, explaining that they work to ensure students are meeting their GPA requirements, maintaining a full-time course load and making progress toward earning a degree.
\r\n“We have four full-time athletic academics counselors, Burman said.
\r\nOf the UW athletics department’s annual $23 million budget, $250,000 is designated for academic services for student athletes, Burman said.
\r\n“We ask a lot of our student athletes,” Burman said. Not allocating resources specific to the student athletes would amount to a disservice, since they train in excess of 20 hours per week and attend class, Burman said.
\r\nThe budget also funds transportation expenses for student athletes. Most UW athletic teams travel by charter bus to Denver International Airport before flying to compete at their respective destinations, while the basketball teams typically fly seven to eight times a year out of Laramie Airport. The football team flies out of Laramie for every road game outside, Burman said.
\r\n“Almost all of our competition is in an urban setting close to a major airport,” Burman said, describing how the two-hour-plus drive to Denver places UW at a disadvantage in some instances.
\r\nWhile some may be taken back when hearing of the athletic department’s $23 million budget, Burman said that of the nine teams that are in the Mountain West Conference, only one school operates with a budget less than UW. The other seven have athletic budgets that exceed Wyoming’s.
\r\nThe entire budget, and the facilities and faculty it pays for, can all be seen in terms of being services that aide student athletes in their athletic and academic careers, Burman said.
\r\n“We’re here for the student athletes,” he said. “That’s why I’m here.”
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\r\nA bill to ban texting while driving within the state seems likely to be signed into law by the governor, creating a $75 fine for those caught texting and driving.
\r\nThe bill, SF20, would create a primary offense for drivers caught texting, meaning officers would have the authority to pull over individuals they suspect of texting.
\r\n','\r\nSF20’s goal would be to reduce the number of distracted drivers on the road, which according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration accounts for 80 percent of all crashes and 65 percent of all near-crashes in the U.S.
\r\nAccording to the American Medical Association, a recent study found that text messaging while driving causes a 400 percent increase in time spent with eyes off the road.
\r\nIf the bill is signed into law, Wyoming would become the 20th state to pass a state-wide texting ban and would be the 16th state to consider it a primary offense.
\r\nIn the past, the Wyoming Legislature has been faced with similar bills and has voted them down.
\r\nFriday is the last day for the Wyoming State Legislature to pass bills. Within the short session the Legislature has passed many bills including the state’s budget.
\r\nThe budget consists of nearly $2.9 billion in the general fund this year, with over $1.6 billion being appropriated to the school foundation fund.
\r\nThe bill contains authorizations to fund 7,697 full-time positions and 375 part-time positions.
\r\nOther bills that have officially become law in Wyoming include SF51, which will adopt the “Code of the West” as the state’s official code. The new code is from the book “Cowboy Ethics” by James P. Owen.
\r\nHB101, suggesting taxing wind energy, will go into effect in 2012. The tax will consist of a $1 per-megawatt hour.
\r\nHB20 was signed by Gov. Freudenthal Wednesday, making it a crime to intimidate in the interest of a criminal street gang.
\r\nThe punishment for such a crime is now a high misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment of up to one year and potentially a fine of up to $1,000.
\r\nBills that did not make it through the Legislature include SF35, which would have given approval to WYDOT to perform a study that would have looked at tolling on Interstate 80.
\r\nHB93, which died in the Senate this week, would have increased employer penalties for workplace safety violations.
\r\nThe bill failed 15-15 on its third reading, which was a surprise to many who believed the bill would pass through the Legislature without difficulty.
\r\nAn opponent of the bill, Sen. Charles Scott, R-Casper, told the Casper Star-Tribune that he believed the bill was a throwback to the early days of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which, he said, often hit private industry with unmerited fines.
\r\nThe UW Board of Trustees will be voting today on whether to allow ASUW to create a Service Exchange Endowment.
\r\nLast fall, the Senate approved Senate Bill 2253, which proposed taking $90,000 from the ASUW reserve account to create an endowment that would support service exchange opportunities for students.
\r\n','\r\nThe Service Exchange Endowment allows for students interested in doing service abroad to attain scholarships, Rey Fuentes, ASUW senator and the bill\'s co-author, said.
\r\nThis issue is before the trustees as any expenditure from the ASUW reserve must be approved by the board. The bill has the support of ASUW President Matt Haigler, Vice President Danee Hunzie and several influential senators.
\r\nPresident Buchanan recommends authorizing the exception and approving the transfer from the ASUW reserve and further supports requesting a state endowment match of $90,000, if the endowment is authorized.
\r\nThe scholarships would be funded by the interest the money earns and would go to those activities such as Engineers Without Borders, Nurses Without Borders and Alternative Spring Break, Fuentes said.
\r\n“As long as you are traveling to do service you are eligible for the scholarship,” Fuentes said.
\r\nAccording to the Board of Trustees report for this session, the scholarship would help the university seek to promote greater participation in volunteer service activities, not only on campus but in other parts of the world.
\r\nThe report stated, “Research has indicated that experiential learning complements what is learned in the classroom and provides opportunities for students to apply acquired knowledge as well as encourages their civic engagement and leadership development.”
\r\nThe trustees will also be voting to authorize negotiations and contracting with a construction manager-at risk firm to provide pre-design services along with the architect/engineering for the design of the Energy Resource Center.
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The Energy Resource Center is part of the new School of Energy Resources, whose motto will be to “promote the development of the human resources and know-how required to solve critical energy challenges faced by society. We strengthen the significant talent and resources at the University of Wyoming and promote interdisciplinary academic, research and outreach programs in engineering, science, economics and environmental policy to achieve our vision.”
\r\nThe School of Energy Resources at UW was approved in 2006 by the Wyoming State Legislature.
\r\nThe trustees will be voting on whether to proceed with the level II and III planning, design and construction for the new UW Indoor Tennis Facility.
\r\nIn November 2009, the Board of Trustees authorized a Level I study for an indoor tennis facility that would support an NCAA Division I Athletic tennis program facility.
\r\nAccording to the Board of Trustees report, the two existing indoor courts do not accommodate a competitive Division I tennis match with singles and doubles games within a reasonable day of competition.
\r\nAnother agenda item is a proposal for a new doctorate program focusing on biomedical sciences.
\r\nCurrently, UW faculty housed in a number of academic departments already offer coursework, advise graduate students and conduct research that falls under the broad umbrella of the biomedical sciences.
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\r\n\r\n','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-05 02:56:44','104','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-05 02:55:42','2010-03-18 07:00:00','','','','0','0','455','asuw, trustees, service, endowment, board, energy, students, tennis, resources, report, support, fuentes, ”, indoor, facility, president, reserve, approved, exchange, voting','The UW Board of Trustees will be voting today on whether to allow ASUW to create a Service Exchange Endowment. \r\n\r\nLast fall, the Senate approved Senate Bill 2253, which proposed taking $90,000 from the ASUW reserve account to create an endowment that would support service exchange opportunities for students.','0','5','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1819','$2,500 tax credit available for students','2500-tax-credit-available-for-students','','Independent students and parents of dependent students may be eligible for a $2,500 tax credit—up to a $1,000 of which they may receive back in their tax returns—when filing their income taxes this year.
\r\n','\r\n“A lot of students don’t know this stuff exists,” Jeff Barber, manager of Wild West Professional Tax Service in Laramie, said. “I’ve never known a college kid that didn’t want money.”
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Under the American Opportunity Credit, the maximum credit available to tax filers is $2,500, 40 percent, $1,000 of which can be treated as refundable credit, money the filers will receive on their tax return, Barber said.
\r\nFor example, if a parent or an independent student owes $1,800 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, that person would receive $700 after the $2,500 was subtracted from the amount they owed the IRS, Barber said.
\r\n“The maximum you get is $1,000,” Barber said, explaining how a person who owes the IRS $1,400 and receives the $2,500 credit, would only receive $1,000 in a refund, not $1,100.
\r\nThe $2,500 American Opportunity Credit allows parents and independent students to write off qualified tuition and related expenses, as well as course materials, like books, school supplies and equipment that may be required for various coursework, according to the IRS Web site.
\r\nUnder the IRS’s Hope Credit, which the American Opportunity Credit will replace this year, only the cost of tuition and related expenses were covered, the IRS Web site said.
\r\nAmong the requirements for receiving the educational credits, is that students must at least be enrolled part-time—attending a minimum of six credit-hours—and enrolled in a college, university or trade school, Barber said.
\r\nStudents who are dependents of their parents—meaning their parents claim them on their taxes—are not eligible for the educational tax credit, Barber said.
\r\nFor students who are confused about whether or not they qualify for the educational credit, one of the simplest solutions is speaking with a tax preparer, Barber said.
\r\n“Speaking with a tax preparer can help students new to filing learn about various tax rules, deductions and credits,” Barber said.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-04 04:14:43','66','Shane Staley','2010-03-04 04:22:10','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-03 07:00:00','2010-03-17 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','454','credit, tax, students, barber, 500, receive, irs, ”, 000, american, educational, opportunity, independent, parents, enrolled, maximum, money, credits, filers, site','','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1820','ASUW to revitalize census participation','asuw-to-revitalize-census-participation','','The City of Laramie’s population was undercounted by more than 8,600 people as a result of residents—including UW students—not participating in the 2000 census.
\r\n“A lot of students felt that when the form [the census survey] came in the mail, their parents would fill it out,” Keri Brown, an executive assistant for the Managers Office of the City of Laramie, said, explaining how 32 percent of Laramie’s population, a large portion of them UW students, did not fill out the 2000 census survey.
\r\n','\r\nThe City of Laramie and ASUW have officially formed a partnership to promote the 2010 Census and inform both Laramie locals and UW students of the importance of participating in the census, Brown said.
\r\nThe census does not only affect the population numbers represented on green signs on the outskirts of town—which are representative of a little more than two-thirds of Laramie’s population—it also affects how federal and state funding is allocated for health care, public education, the Veterans Administration, vocational rehabilitation and highway improvement/repair, Amy Bittner, an economist for the Wyoming State Data Center, said.
\r\nFor every person that goes uncounted on the census, $823 in federal funding is lost as a result, Brown said, explaining that more then $70 million in federal funds were lost because of Laramie residents not taking part in the 2000 census.
\r\nInformation gathered by the census survey—primarily population numbers—also determines the number of Congressmen each state is allowed to have in the U.S. House of Representatives, Bittner said.
\r\nThe information gathered through the census also aids local governments in community planning, Bittner said, explaining how census information can provide a tool for local governments to plan community development.
\r\nFor instance, if a community has a growing population of elderly people, the information gathered in the census can help local governments determine if they need to allocate extra funding for health care, Bittner said.
\r\n“It provides you a picture of your population,” she said.
\r\nOne of the reasons it is so important that Laramie residents—whether they are local or students at UW—participate in this year’s census is that there won’t be another one until 2020, and the information gathered will help to determine how much federal funding the area will receive over the period, Bittner said.
\r\n“It’s really important to have everyone counted regardless of where you live,” Brown said. “As a western state, we did really low [in participation for the 2000 census].”
\r\nTo get an accurate count of Laramie’s population, it is critical that every local and every student living in town take part in the survey—whether they hail from elsewhere in the state, country or the world, Brown said, explaining that although students may come from elsewhere, if they are living in Laramie during the time of the census, they need to be counted as part of the town’s population.
\r\nOne thing that may inform students that they should be counted as part of the Laramie population is information sent to their parents in this year’s census survey informing them that if their student is living away from home, than they should not be counted as a member of the household, Brown said.
\r\nParticipants in this year’s census should be aware that the U.S. Census Bureau is gathering its information primarily via mailed surveys or by employers going to residents door to door and will not be conducting surveys online, Bittner said.
\r\n“The census bureau is not doing anything on the Internet,” Bittner said, explaining that if people receive e-mails seeking information for the 2010 Census, they are not coming from the bureau. If they are receiving e-mails looking for census information, people should just delete them, she said.
\r\nThose Laramie residents hesitant to fill out and mail back the census this year should be aware that it consists of ten short questions that involve, but are not limited to, age, gender, race and housing, Bittner said.
\r\nNot only does participation in the census help to gather information concerning the makeup of the population, but federal law states that individuals must partake in the census, Bittner said.
\r\n“It’s required by law,” she said.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-03 02:18:42','104','Shane Staley','2010-03-03 03:17:54','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-03 02:18:31','2010-03-16 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','453','census, population, information, bittner, laramie, students, ”, brown, federal, state, local, explaining, people, laramie’s, counted, funding, gathered, part, 2000, living','The City of Laramie’s population was undercounted by more than 8,600 people as a result of residents—including UW students—not participating in the 2000 census.\r\n\r\n“A lot of students felt that when the form [the census survey] came in the mail, their parents would fill it out,” Keri Brown, an executive assistant for the Managers Office of the City of Laramie, said, explaining how 32 percent of Laramie’s population, a large portion of them UW students, did not fill out the 2000 census survey. ','0','5','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1821','Bill for I-80 study passes through Senate','bill-for-i-80-study-passes-through-senate','','This week, the Wyoming State Senate and the House have been voting on many bills. A few pieces of legislation have even been sent back to the house the bill originated from for a vote of concurrence.
\r\nSenate File 35, which would allow a study to look at tolling on Interstate 80, was passed by the Senate and now sits in a committee in the House along with Senate File 64, which would raise the fine for not wearing a seat belt from $25 to $75.
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A bill that will change the fines for workplace safety violations in Wyoming is headed through the legislature.
\r\nHouse Bill 93 would increase the penalty for safety violations in the workplace in Wyoming. According to the Casper Star Tribune, this is the first time in more than 25 years that the state would see increases to the work-safety penalty.
\r\nHouse Bill 95 passed its third reading in the house with a resounding 53-5 vote. The Firearm Freedom Act, which states that firearms made, sold and kept in Wyoming are exempt from federal gun control regulations, has now moved on to the Senate, where it has been referred to a committee.
\r\nAdditionally, SF 132 has made it through the House. The bill would create additional penalties in the sentencing of a convicted killer who knew that theirvictim was pregnant.
\r\nThe new law would mandate that anyone convicted of second-degree murder in Wyoming, which involved the killing of a pregnant woman, would receive a jail sentence of 40 years to life compared to the current jail term of 20 years to life.
\r\nThe penalties for manslaughter and drug-related homicide would be changed from a term of zero to 20 years to 10 to 30 years, if the victim was pregnant.
\r\nThe bill is controversial as it borders on implying that a fetus qualifies as a person, which could conflict with the legal status concerning abortions.
\r\nSF 20, which would prohibit texting when driving, has passed the Senate and has been placed in the General File, while SF 51, dealing with creation of the “code of the west” as Wyoming’s state code. SF 51 has also passed the Senate and made it to the Committee of the Whole. SF 51 was given a unanimous vote to be passed by the Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee.
\r\nThis week, few bills have failed or have become inactive. Only two bills have newly been called inactive this week, with both decisions being made by the Senate. One bill dealt with enhancing electrical safety codes and standards, and the other dealt with changes relating to property.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-26 01:21:19','124','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-26 01:20:42','2010-03-11 07:00:00','','','','0','0','452','senate, bill, house, wyoming, passed, years, committee, safety, bills, file, state, vote, week, pregnant, inactive, penalty, violations, penalties, workplace, term','This week, the Wyoming State Senate and the House have been voting on many bills. A few pieces of legislation have even been sent back to the house the bill originated from for a vote of concurrence.\r\n\r\nSenate File 35, which would allow a study to look at tolling on Interstate 80, was passed by the Senate and now sits in a committee in the House along with Senate File 64, which would raise the fine for not wearing a seat belt from $25 to $75. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1822','Legislature accepts cowboy code','legislature-accepts-cowboy-code','','\r\nThe Wyoming Sate Legislature passed a bill 29 to 1 after its third reading on Wednesday.
\r\nSenate File 51 would adopt the Code of the West as the state of Wyoming’s official code. The Code of the West is derived from the book “Cowboy Ethics” by James P. Owen and consists of 10 mottoes to follow.
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Some of these mottos include “Live each day with courage,” “Take pride in your work,” “Be tough, but fair,” “Ride for the brand,” “Talk less, say more,” “When you make a promise, keep it” and “Know where to draw the line.”
\r\nAccording to the Casper Star-Tribune, Rep. Jim Anderson, R-Glenrock, who is a sponsor of the bill, said adopting the code would encourage better ethical practices in business and society.
\r\nTwo bills concerning the issue of guns were passed by the judicial committee this week. The first one, House Bill 113, would authorize the carrying of a concealed weapon without a permit. The bill is only the third of its kind in the nation.
\r\nThe other bill, HB 28, or Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act, would allow guns made in the state of Wyoming that do not leave the state to be exempt from federal law.
\r\nHB 101, which was related to taxing wind energy, saw some changes. Though the bill has now passed its second reading in the House, the tax has been changed form $3 per megawatt hour to one dollar per megawatt hour. The bill was also amended so that the tax would not take effect until 2012.
\r\nIn other business, the bill to ban texting while driving, SF20, has been passed by the Senate and referred to the House.
\r\nAnother bill that would authorize an investigation and potentially authorize tolling on Interstate 80 has passed its second reading in the Senate.
\r\nA bill that would negate any requirement of foreign language instruction as a component of the states educational program has already passed the House and has been moved to a committee in the Senate.
\r\nHB 64, which has passed its third reading in the House, would create a minimum imprisonment for those convicted of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree. The bill would mandate any one over the age of 18 to imprisonment of no less than 25 years and no more than fifty.
\r\nSF 64 has passed its second reading in the House. The bill would raise the fine for seat belt violations from $25 to $75.
\r\nFrom encouraging recreational use of marijuana and creating potential targets for criminal activity, to having little effect on the recreational use of the substance or crime, two UW students have diverging opinions about the legalization of medical marijuana in Colorado and the dispensaries that provide it.
\r\n','\r\nThe use of marijuana by medical patients could legitimize, if not encourage, the use of the substance by non-medical, recreational users, Trish Pettigrew, undeclared sophomore and vice president of the UW Non-Traditional Student Council, said.
\r\n“I think its negligible” the effect medical marijuana will have on encouraging or discouraging recreational use of the substance, Kristen Owen, a UW graduate student seeking dual degrees in both the UW Departments of Communication and Journalism and Environment and Natural Resources said.
\r\n“I think the statistics show most people have tried marijuana in their life,” Owen said, explaining that that—whether medical marijuana is legal or not—it will have little bearing on whether individuals will try the substance or on recreational users decision to continue or stop using it.
\r\nOn Nov. 9, 2000, voters in Colorado passed Amendment 20, allowing patients suffering from conditions (but not limited to) like AIDS, cancer, glaucoma and multiple sclerosis to use marijuana with a doctor’s prescription while also allowing them to possess up to two ounces of the substance or cultivate up to six plants, according to The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Web site.
\r\nIn the last year, a burgeoning of new businesses providing medical marijuana has emerged as hundreds of marijuana dispensaries have opened across Denver “where none existed just months ago,” a Jan. 17 article in the Denver Post said.
\r\nWhen it comes to these dispensaries and the cultivators producing the marijuana they sell, Pettigrew believes law enforcement—in particular the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)—are “absolutely” correct when and if they raid dispensaries or arrest those cultivating the substance because, while the voters of the state may have legalized it, it still against federal law, she said.
\r\nOwen deems that the DEA should “absolutely not” be raiding dispensaries, arresting cultivators and medical marijuana users because the citizens of Colorado made a decision to legalize medical use in accordance with common sense, economics and science, she said.
\r\n“It’s imposing the will of the minority,” Owen said in describing the DEA enforcing federal marijuana in states like Colorado that have passed legalization legislation.
\r\nPettigrew worries that dispensaries could also act as a magnet for potential robberies because the high-value of the substance they sell and is concerned that the dispensaries could attract users and addicts of more dangerous drug like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, she said.
\r\n“It’s just going to create more problems,” Pettigrew said. “Those drugs do sell for a lot of money.”
\r\nMarijuana dispensaries are not necessarily more prone to robberies than any other business and hard-substance abusers are not very likely to frequent a place offering medical marijuana,” Owen said, explaining that dispensaries typically hire security and that black market dealers are far more likely to be robbed than a dispensary.
\r\n“They [dispensaries] have to be very good about security,” she said.
\r\nPettigrew feels that there is not enough evidence supporting the medical value of marijuana as a treatment for serious health conditions, she said.
\r\n“There has to be some other sort of alternative,” Pettigrew said, explaining that “we have an addictive society” that medical marijuana will only make worse.
\r\nOwen thinks there has been far too little in-depth research done exploring the medical benefits of marijuana, she said, explaining that while she is “not a medical doctor,” there is however generational evidence from ancient Amazonian and Asian cultures of the medical benefits of marijuana.
\r\nWhile both women disagreed on the medical use of marijuana, their opinions on whether the legalization of marijuana in states like Colorado will lead to the near-term legalization of recreational marijuana.
\r\nEven though some states have legalized medical marijuana the country as a whole is unlikely to legalize if for recreational use anytime soon, Pettigrew said.
\r\n“It’s a long way off until people can people can buy it at the store,” Owen said.
\r\nThe two also appear to be of the same opinion that while medial marijuana may have been legalized in Colorado, it will have little or no affect on views towards the substance or its medical use in Wyoming.
\r\n“Wyoming is a pretty conservative state” where attitudes toward marijuana—whether medical or recreational—are not very flexible, Pettigrew said.
\r\n“I don’t think Nevada or Arizona will legalize marijuana because California did,” Owen said, describing how just because Colorado has legalized marijuana that it does not mean Wyomingites will be of the same opinion.
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\r\n“Party in the ASUW” is this year’s theme for the 2010 senate elections, Director of Public Relations and Marketing Tyler Neasloney said at Tuesday’s meeting.
\r\nThe elections committee has been accepting applications since Feb. 3 but has only received two applications for president and vice president tickets, Sen. Ray Fuentes, chair of the Elections Committee, said.
\r\n','\r\nCampaign partners Wiley Combs, current Director of Campus Communication and Angela Barrett, a senator for the College of Business, will be running for these positions alongside partners Matt Fournier, a senator for the College of Arts and Sciences, and Ellie Platte, a senator for the College of Health Sciences.
\r\nWhile senate candidates run individually, ASUW president and vice president candidates campaign together on one ticket.
\r\nCandidates for president and vice president must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0. The candidates must be a junior in class standing with at least 60 credit hours by the beginning of their term if they are undergraduates.
\r\nGraduate students campaigning for president or vice president are required to have at least 18 credit hours at the UW, if they did not complete their undergraduate degree at the university.
\r\nApplications for all senate positions are due at 4 p.m. on March 3. The elections committee is planning to hold a meeting for candidates, after which campaigning will officially begin.
\r\nThis year, applications are electronic and can be accessed on the ASUW Web site. If more applications are submitted for president and vice president, a primary election will take place March 22.
\r\nGeneral elections for all positions are set to take place April 5 through 7.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-19 02:40:35','66','Erin Jarnagin','2010-02-23 00:25:56','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-18 12:00:00','2010-03-04 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','449','president, elections, vice, applications, candidates, asuw, college, senator, positions, committee, senate, partners, sciences, credit, campaigning, campaign, hours, march, director, place','“Party in the ASUW” is this year’s theme for the 2010 senate elections, Director of Public Relations and Marketing Tyler Neasloney said at Tuesday’s meeting. \r\n','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1825','Summer camp hosts junior high students','summer-camp-hosts-junior-high-students','','\r\nMiddle school students will get hands-on experience with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) while attending classes, engaging in experiments and attending field trips during a science camp this summer at UW.
\r\n','\r\n“We want to expose them to STEM,” Michelle Turner, an office associate for Wyoming NASA Space Grant consortium, said of the students attending ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp.
\r\nFrom June 20 to 29, 48 students from Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming will be attending the free-of-charge camp, according to a UW news release. Students were selected to come to the camp based on a 250-word essay, their academic records and teacher recommendations, Turner said.
\r\nCampers will attend classes and labs in astronomy, life sciences, engineering, mathematics and physics; engage in different science experiments—such as using global positioning systems and rocket-building and travel to various destinations in the area—namely Jelm Mountain and Vedauwoo—and engage in individual and group science projects, Turner said.
\r\n“We really want them to experiment with science,” she said. “Camp attendees will have the opportunity to use telescopes located on the top floor of the Physical Sciences Building. They will visit the Wyoming Infrared Observatory, located at the top of Jelm Mountain and will go to the UW Planetarium, Turner said.
\r\nUW’s faculty, labs, classrooms and other facilities, Laramie’s dark night skies and the geographic location between the observatory and the Laramie Mountain Range area—including Vedauwoo—make it an ideal place to hold the science camp, Turner said.
\r\nFor students who attend the camp, they can expect to be fairly busy between classes, experiments and projects, Turner said.
\r\nThe middle school pupils will also get to experience a dose of different aspects of college life, such as going from college classrooms to labs and staying in the dorms, Turner said.
\r\n“It’s going to be a living and learning experience,” she said. “They’ll stay at the dorms and eat at Washakie.”
\r\nThe campers’ visit to UW may help foster a greater interest in STEM education, and it may also raise their interest in attending the university after they graduate high school because they will have seen what the school has to offer them during their stay at camp, Tuner said.
\r\nWhile the camp may raise students’ interest in the university, the primary goal of the camp is “to inspire children to learn more about science and math,” she said.
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\r\nASUW voted to support the Wyoming State Legislature’s initiative on carbon sequestration among other issues Tuesday night.
\r\nEvery year the senate votes to support several issues in the state Legislature, ASUW adviser Matt Caires said.
\r\n','\r\nThe carbon sequestration initiative brings up political views on whether or not global warming or global climate change is an issue, and whether or not cap and trade is a good policy for controlling carbon output.
\r\nIn the initiative, the university will be requesting $45 million in abandoned mine land funds to support the Wyoming Carbon Underground Storage Project.
\r\nFunding for the project comes from a portion of Wyoming coal taxes and is an insurance policy of sorts to protect Wyoming’s economy and tax base, which helps the university, especially the School of Energy Resources.
\r\n“It doesn’t matter whether or not there is global warming, we are going to live in a carbon restricted world. California isn’t going to buy our energy if it doesn’t meet requirements,” Don Richards, vice president of Government Relations, said at Tuesday’s meeting.
\r\nThe resolution also contained four other issues the senate voted to support. The Teacher Shortage Loan Repayment Program extension was one such issue. The program provides loans for service to students in the College of Education majoring in areas of high demand and low supply fields of education, Richards said.
\r\nLoans given to these students are waived if the student remains in Wyoming to teach. For each year the student teaches in Wyoming one year is waived for each year they received the loan. The program has been extended from June 2011 to June 2016.
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The Senate also supports a Wyoming investment in nursing extension, a program similar to teacher shortage loan repayment, but for nursing students. This program has been extended to June 2015.
\r\nAmong the issues was also a construction authorization for Downey Residence Hall for $9 million, which will allow the dormitory to be renovated in a similar fashion as Orr and McIntyre halls.
\r\nFinally, the increase of WWAMI enrollment from 16 to 20 students was also included in the resolution.
\r\nThe WWAMI program allows medical students from Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho to study at the University of Washington’s medical school after one year of study at the University of Wyoming.
\r\nThis program allows UW to negotiate with the University of Washington to expand the available slots for students from Wyoming. The university will include a request for not less than 18 students for the 2011 general session.
\r\nIn addition to six issues, the Senate added to support adoption of Senate File 51 as the state code. The file sets up a unique Wyoming code of ethics for doing business.
\r\nASUW will be meeting with the state Legislature Tuesday to talk with their hometown representatives and discuss the measures the Senate has chosen to support.
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\r\n','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-17 23:34:51','66','Erin Jarnagin','2010-02-19 16:58:26','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-17 07:00:00','2010-03-04 14:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','447','wyoming, students, senate, program, support, university, issues, year, carbon, state, loan, global, june, student, loans, initiative, asuw, file, shortage, million','ASUW voted to support the Wyoming State Legislature’s initiative on carbon sequestration among other issues Tuesday night. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1827','ASUW supports local government initiatives','asuw-supports-local-government-initiatives','','
\r\n
Senate voted last night to support six issues in the Wyoming state legislature.
\r\nSenate voted to support the carbon sequestration initiative, a program that helps fund the university’s school of Energy Resources.
\r\nThe senate will also support teacher shortage loan repayment program extension, Wyoming investment in nursing extension, construction authorization for Downey Residence Hall and increase of WWAMI enrollment which will allow four more students the opportunity to study pre-med at the University of Washington’s medical school.
\r\nSenate also heard a presentation from the Director of Campus Communications Wiley Combs and staff about the student radio station\'s success.
\r\n“We had one show and were struggling to keep a staff together and now I have so many DJs I don’t know what to do with them,” Lindsey Grubbs, director of programming at the station, said.
\r\nStudent radio now has over 35 shows airing from 7 a.m. to as late as midnight.
\r\nIn other business, elections for ASUW for next year have begun.
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\r\nThe Salon de Refuses provides students with an opportunity to show pieces of art that were not accepted in the Juried Student Art Show. Student art in the exhibit will be on show starting Jan. 30.
\r\nThe Juried Art Show is an annual art exhibition put on by the University of Wyoming Art Museum. This year, it will start Jan. 30 and will run through March 13. The art department chooses curators and museum directors for jurors and awards are given to artists at the beginning of the event.
\r\nIn addition to the Salon de Refuses, the Student Art League puts together several exhibitions throughout the year in order to offer both faculty and students with an opportunity to display their work.
\r\nIn order to finance the Salon de Refuses, the group puts on the Four or More Fundraiser ,where students and faculty donate small works for a silent auction. The pieces are displayed and auctioned during a theater production or concert. Last year’s auction raised over $1,000, according to Patrick Kikut, the Student Art League adviser.
\r\n“We are really excited at how well the fundraiser is developing,” Kikut said.
\r\nThe group also works to find other venues to help artists at the university to be able to display their work. This semester students in the league will be showing their work at the Honor’s House.
\r\nOutside of hosting exhibitions, the group often travels to the Contemporary Art Museum and the Denver Art Museum to observe new trends in artwork and see the work contemporary artists are creating.
\r\nMembers of SAL also travel to Santa Fe, N.M., in early September to meet with artists and curators in the area.
\r\n“Santa Fe is the third largest art market in the country and provides members a great learning opportunity,” Kikut said.
\r\nAt meetings, the group functions much like any other, but one difference is that the group provides the unique opportunity for students to present their current projects for a peer critique.
\r\n“It is really enjoyable to work with kids who are motivated and watch them seek out feedback on their work,” Kikut said.
\r\nThe group meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Fine Arts Building lobby. All students at the university interested in art are encouraged to attend meetings.
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While candidates running for public office in the 2010 Albany County elections can’t officially file their candidacy until May, one man decided to announce his bid for county sheriff early. \r\n','\r\n“You might as well start out early and let people know what your intentions are,” Dave O’Malley, former chief of police for the Laramie Police Department, said of his decision to run for county sheriff.
\r\nThe official dates when candidates for county government can file their candidacies with the Albany County Clerk office are from May 18 through 28, Jackie Gonzalez, clerk for the Albany County Clerk Department, said.
\r\n“Dave is the first to announce,” Gonzalez said of O’Malley’s announcement.
\r\nOpen county offices for election this year include: commissioners, sheriff, clerk, treasurer, assessor, attorney, clerk of district court and coroner, Gonzalez said.
\r\nNot all of the offices have requirements for those seeking election in the county—except that the candidates be registered voters in Albany County, while others have specific requirements, Gonzalez said.
\r\nAmong the requirements for different offices include, but are not limited to, that the Albany County assessor own property within the county, and the county attorney is required to be a member of the state bar, according to Title 18 in the Wyoming Statutes.
\r\nSince he retired as chief of police for Laramie in 2004, O’Malley has wanted to return to law enforcement, he said. In the last two years, he has been working as a code compliance officer for the Albany County Planning Department.
\r\n“I’m really excited to get back,” O’Malley said.
\r\nHis experience as the chief of police in Laramie, more than 30 years working in law enforcement and the fact that he has been involved with community-related issues in both the town and county since 1971, are among the qualifications that O’Malley possesses, he said.
\r\nDuring much of O’Malley’s law enforcement career, he worked in the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigations doing “extensive forensics and crime scene investigation,” he said. O’Malley has also worked as an instructor at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in Douglas.
\r\n“I feel like I’m qualified for the position,” O’Malley said of both his leadership abilities and his management skills. “My training and my background will enhance the position.”
\r\nIf elected, one of the first things O’Malley intends to do as sheriff of Albany County is to work with others in the department to do an internal assessment of operations to identify areas or issues that may need to be addressed or improved, he said.
\r\nPrimary elections for county offices are scheduled for Aug. 17, and the general election will be held Nov. 2.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-17 01:25:30','66','Shane Staley','2010-02-18 04:11:52','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-16 07:00:00','2010-03-02 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','444','county, o’malley, albany, clerk, department, sheriff, ”, gonzalez, offices, police, law, enforcement, chief, laramie, election, requirements, wyoming, candidates, years, working','While candidates running for public office in the 2010 Albany County elections can’t officially file their candidacy until May, one man decided to announce his bid for county sheriff early. ','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1830','Rifle fire on I-80 damages electronic signs','rifle-fire-on-i-80-damages-electronic-signs','','Electronic signs and a control unit were damaged by rifle fire on the evening of Jan. 6, causing thousands of dollars in damages along Interstate 80 between Laramie and Rawlins.
\r\n“Not only is the damage in the tens of thousands of dollars, but it directly impacts the safety of those traveling the corridor this time of year, as well as the safety of the state employees who have to respond and attempt to repair the equipment,” John Cox, Wyoming Department of Transportation director, said in a WYDOT news release.
\r\nThe electronic signs were implemented in 2009 to allow the WYDOT to change speed limits to match travel conditions, an article in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle said. These signs, along with a unit responsible for Web cameras and weather information systems, were damaged through an act of vandalism, Doug Garcia of WYDOT said.
\r\nThe three signs, which were hit with multiple bullets, were near the Wagonhound, Arlington and Copper Cove interchanges.
\r\n“While the signs were down, we were extremely concerned for the safety of the traveling public,” Garcia said.
\r\nWYDOT was concerned because the electronic speed limit signs have shown to keep the interstate open and move traffic along safely, Garcia said. Because there were no speed limits posted, the situation could have been serious.
\r\nThe three damaged signs are now working after being temporarily fixed by WYDOT crews, Garcia said. WYDOT employees worked in sub-zero temperatures in order to make the signs operable by 2 p.m. on Jan. 8. WYDOT will be making permanent fixes over the next few weeks but will need to order parts to do so.
\r\nAccording to Garcia, signs being shot at in Wyoming is nothing new, but to his knowledge, this is the first time electronic signs have been damaged due to gunfire.
\r\nThe act of vandalism is being investigated by the Carbon County sheriff’s deputies and the Wyoming Highway Patrol, according to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle article. There are no suspects to date, Garcia said.
\r\nThe reason for the vandalism is unknown at this time, but Garcia said these cases usually are “vandalism for the sake of vandalism.”
\r\nThe Wyoming State Legislature started their budget session on Monday and certain bills are already making headlines.
\r\n','\r\nThe session, which ends on March 5, lasts 20 days as stipulated in the Wyoming Constitution. The State Legislature will deal with the budget bill and with any other bills that receive a two-third majority vote.
\r\nOne of the biggest bills the legislature will discuss concerns the taxation of wind farms that generate energy. The bill would create a $3-per-megawatt-hour excise tax on electric power generated by commercial wind farms. Forty percent of the revenues would be distributed to the counties with the wind farms, and 60 percent would be deposited in the general fund, according to House Bill 101.
\r\nThere are also two other bills in the legislature concerning wind farms. HB 72, which would give counties authority over wind farms and set minimum standards for development no matter if counties have planning or zoning laws. Senate File 66 would expand the state\'s Industrial Information and Sitting Act to cover more wind farms and related collector transmission lines.
\r\nSF 20, which would ban Wyomingites from sending text messages while driving, also received the initial go ahead from the senate. The bill, which has already passed the Committee of the Whole in the Senate, is the same as a bill passed last year in the Senate but that then died in the House.
\r\nAnother bill concerning a driving law, SF 64, which increases the fine for failing to wear a seat belt, also passed its first test and was introduced and referred to the Senate Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee.
\r\nA bill, SF 35, that would direct the state transportation department to study the idea of imposing tolls on motorists using Interstate 80, was referred to the Senate Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee.
\r\nSF 57, was passed onto the Senate’s Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee for discussion on Wednesday. The bill would prohibit telemarketers from contacting unpublished cellular phone numbers, even if these numbers aren’t registered.
\r\nBills that did not receive a two-thirds vote in order to be introduced to either legislative house include HB 0021, sponsored by Rep. Bagby. The bill would have raised the minimum wage to the federal standard and tipped-employees’ minimum wage from $2.13 to $5 an hour.
\r\nThe house killed proposal HB 68 to loosen the state’s campaign finance laws, which would have put the state in accordance with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
\r\nThe decision from the legislature to not change the states laws on the issue leaves an opportunity for a lawsuit to appear from a corporation, union or some other group on First Amendment grounds, Jim King, the department head of policital science at UW told the Casper Star-Tribune.
\r\nSenate Joint Resolution 1 died before introduction on Tuesday, which would have amended the Wyoming constitution by creating a new section specifying that the federal government shall not interfere with an individual’s health care decisions. It also would have prohibited any penalty, fine or tax imposed because of a decision to participate in, or decline, health insurance.
\r\nSenate Joint Resolution 1 was created in response to the federal government’s potential health care package, if it were to ever make it into law.
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\r\nThe foundation was established in honor of Jason Eades in 1996 and devotes itself to assisting families affected by pediatric cancer by offering financial and emotional support.
\r\nThe Jason’s Friends Foundation serves as an advocate and source of encouragement to those dealing with the heavy burdens of pediatric cancer.
\r\nTracey Patton, director of African American and Diaspora Studies and associate professor of communication, said, “Jason’s Friends, which is located in Casper, is the only organization in the state that helps families whose children have been affected by pediatric cancer.”
\r\nPatton teaches a cross-cultural communication class every fall. Last year, students in the class worked with a Kenyan orphanage assisting children whose parents had died of HIV/AIDS.
\r\n“This year I wanted to bring the project state-side so students could see that there are cross cultural issues in our own backyard,” Patton said.
\r\nThe role of the cross-cultural communication class this year was to raise awareness in Laramie of pediatric cancer and to promote the Jason’s Friends Foundation.
\r\n“Issues of access and treatment can vary depending upon one’s race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and whether or not the person lives in an urban or rural setting,” Patton said.
\r\nEspecially in rural states such as Wyoming, where the vast spaces between cities and towns can pose a problem in getting proper medial care, a foundation like Jason’s Friends is crucial to the well-being of those living with pediatric cancer.
\r\nAll types of cancer are the second leading cause of death in the nation and in Wyoming, according to the Wyoming Cancer Control Plan of 2006-10, Patton said. Because of the difficulties made by living in a rural area, “the organization is absolutely wonderful and important,” Patton said.
\r\nThe students in Patton’s cross cultural communications class are using their skills to help this cause. They are divided into four areas: advertising/sales, community liaison/outreach, grant writing/budget and public relations. All of these groups work toward furthering the awareness and action in the Laramie community.
\r\nIf students wish to get involved with the community, they will have their opportunity this spring. The Jason’s Friends Foundation holds an annual bowling fundraiser in Casper that will be held Feb. 27, 2010 at El-Marko Lanes.
\r\n“No family should have to choose between medical treatment for their child and financial stability,” Patton said.
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\r\n','\r\n“We certainly become attached to animals” that are housed at the shelter and may eventually be euthanized, Steve Amrine, supervisor of the Laramie Animal Shelter said. “It is very hard [euthanizing animals] to do.”
\r\nDuring a Feb. 2 Laramie City Council meeting, some local residents decried the number of animals euthanized at the shelter.
\r\nIn 2004, 99 animals were euthanized at the shelter; as of September 2009, the number euthanized stood at 316, according to The Laramie Boomerang.
\r\nWhile some residents may be angry over the number of animals killed at the shelter, they may be unaware of the pressures—such as limited space and funding—on the Laramie Animal Shelter employees that lead to an animal being euthanized, or what it’s like for shelter employees to have to put an animal down they’ve grown close with, Amrine said.
\r\n“There is so much more involved than the physical aspect of euthanasia,” he said in describing how euthanizing an animal is more than just a veterinary exercise.
\r\nThe shelter employees take steps to ensure that when animals are euthanized it is done “in as caring a matter” as possible, Amrine said.
\r\nDogs are given tranquilizers, cats receive medication which renders them unconscious, and one of the shelter’s four employees who are certified to perform euthanasia is present during the entire process when animals are euthanized, he said.
\r\n“It is as stress-free as we can possibly make it,” Amrine said, explaining that when euthanizing it’s important that animals receive a “peaceful death.”
\r\nOne of the major contributing factors to animals being euthanized is limitations in the amount of available space at the shelter, Amrine said. Another is that there are more adoptable pets than people looking to adopt them.
\r\n“The public would like to see a home for every animal,” Amrine said. “There are just more animals” at the shelter than available owners.
\r\nPrior to animals being euthanized, the shelter’s employees work hard to find them a home and in doing so spare them the fate of being killed, Amrine said.
\r\n“Every attempt is made to find animals a home,” he said.
\r\nWhile some animals are euthanized as a result of limited space, others—feral cats and aggressive dogs—are put down because they will not make suitable pets or pose a potential threat to future owners, Amrine said.
\r\nOf the reasons previous pet-owners give for why they are surrendering their animals to the shelter is moving out of Laramie and being unable or unwilling to bring the pet along, he said. Other rationales people have for surrendering their animals include not being able to support them and behavior problems.
\r\n“Many of the animals are here for behavioral” issues Amrine said, explaining why some animals—primarily dogs—are surrendered to the shelter.
\r\nYet, even with problems that some dogs may exhibit, some still find their way into nice homes with caring owners.
\r\n“We have those people out there that will take the extra time to care for and train animals with behavior problems,” Amrine said.
\r\nSome animals’ behavioral issues are oftentimes not the fault of the pet, but of the owner who may not have adequately trained or cared for their animal, he said.
\r\nOne of the ways that the Laramie Animal Shelter is doing its own part to keep Laramie’s unwanted pet population down—and in the process, decrease the number of animals who may be potentially euthanized—is a policy requiring that all animals be spayed or neutered prior to their adoption, Amrine said.
\r\nWhile Armine said he understands that some Laramie residents may not like the numbers of animals being euthanized at the shelter, he questions why there is limited anger at irresponsible pet-owners in the community.
\r\n“Those of us that work in shelters wonder where the anger is toward negligent owners,” he said. “Where is the outrage for people who don’t keep their animals licensed?”
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\r\nA fire last week in War Memorial Stadium caused minor damage to the new luxury skyboxes and suites being built on to the stadium’s east side.
\r\nOn Nov. 23 around 6:30 p.m., a fire was reported in the luxury suite construction area, according to a University of Wyoming news release.
\r\nThe Laramie Fire Department responded immediately and the fire was extinguished, within an hour of the report with no injuries being reported.
\r\n“We are very relieved,” Jennifer Coast, UW Capital Projects Manager, told the Casper Star Tribune. “It could have been a lot worse.”
\r\nThe fire and the water applied to douse the flames created minimal damage, due to the fact that no finishing has yet been placed on the concrete floors, Coast said in the article.
\r\nUW reported that the damage only resulted in a brief delay of construction and the scheduled opening of the completed stadium will remain on track for the start of the 2010 football season.
\r\n“The fires started when a Salamander propane heater ignited plastic on a temporary heat enclosure,” Jessica Lowell, director of Institutional Communications for UW, said. “The contractor isn’t using those heaters any more.”
\r\nSampson Construction is the construction manager at risk for the $22 million dollar project. The project includes 10 suites with 12 fixed and four bar stool seats each, a president’s suite and athletics director’s suite with 30 seats each, an interior club lounge and an enclosed club seating for 260 people, according to UW.
\r\nIn an interview with the Casper Star Tribune, Fire Chief Randy Vickers said the fire gave the Laramie Fire Department its first opportunity to use its 5-year-old ladder truck as a water cannon.
\r\nThe truck sent about 1,400 gallons of water a minute from a hydrant into the north end of the structure where flames were visible for nearly an hour.
\r\nVickers reported that the Laramie Fire Department’s prevention officers had made routine visits to the construction area before the fire.
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\r\nThe UW Foundation, established in 1962, is focusing on reaching out to donors and reminding them that even with the hard times UW is still in need.
\r\nWith the economy in the condition that it is the president of the foundation, Ben Blalock, admits that the foundation has seen a decline in donations but nothing severe.
\r\n“I am not going to be naïve that we haven’t seen a slow down,” Blalock said. “We certainly have, but not dramatic this past year. This year we are on track to our overall goal, but we do have a ways to go.”
\r\nBlalock addressed the fact that with a poor economy one expects a downturn in gifts.
\r\n“As individuals have been hit hard by the economy, one area where they may view to be discretionary is their philanthropic giving,” Blalock said.
\r\nDespite this, all gifts to UW are still being donated at a respectable rate.
\r\n“It has been a pretty remarkable commitment by our alumni and friends that they still view the University for Wyoming as a giving priority in their private giving each year,” Blalock said. “The University of Wyoming is a strong institution with a lot of history and the end result is, even during the tougher time, frequently, folks will find the opportunity to continue their support.”
\r\nOne change forced by the economy has been the foundation’s focus on the university’s energy programs that have been more reliant on corporate gifts than they have been on individual gifts.
\r\nBlalock also addressed the fact that during these hard times one must tread softly when dealing with money.
\r\n“We have been careful in terms of our conversation with alumni and friends as to the timing of their financial situation,” Blalock said. “It is very important that when you have a slowdown in the economy that you are very thoughtful in your solicitation of gifts.”
\r\nOne thing the foundation does not want is a fracture of relationship with alumni and contributors, Blalock said.
\r\nBlalock said maintaining the relationship between donors and UW is one of the most important duties of the foundation.
\r\n“It is very relationship based,” Blalock said. “We have to continue in our work to keep those relationships strong.”
\r\nThe foundation is appointed by the university to raise, receive and manage private gifts to maximize support for UW.
\r\n“It is the private fundraising arm of the university,” said Blalock. “And we also manage the private gift assets for the university.”
\r\nOne of the two significant goals the University of Wyoming is trying to reach with the proposed tuition increase is funding the university’s membership in the Greater Western Library Alliance.
\r\nUW gave up funding for library collections that would allow it to apply for membership due to this year’s budget cuts.
\r\nGWLA defines itself as a consortium of 32 research libraries located across 17 Midwestern and Western states with common interests in programs related to scholarly communication, inter-library loans, shared electronic resources, cooperative collection development, digital libraries, staff development and continuing education.
\r\n“The goal is not to be a member of GWLA, but the goal for the University of Wyoming is to create a research library,” Maggie Farrell, dean of libraries at UW, said. “Given the University of Wyoming’s research agenda, that we are the only four-year institution in Wyoming, and that we work closely with research universities throughout the country, to support that endeavor we need to become a research library.
\r\n“The goal is to build our collection and services to meet the teaching and research demands of the university and GWLA membership will validate they reach that goal,” Farrell said.
\r\nThere are other tangible benefits too, Farrell said. GWLA libraries have an agreement that inter-library loans go to the top of their loan queue. If UW requests a document, that document would be moved to the top of the line to receive it.
\r\nGWLA is also known as a leader in digitization, an area of growth for UW libraries. Partnering with GWLA libraries will help UW reach that goal.
\r\nThere are also certain grants that are available to libraries, many that are only available to GWLA members. As a member, UW would be able to pursue these grants.
\r\n“We applied for GWLA membership in 2003 and were denied membership. That was a critical moment for us because GWLA said UW did not qualify for membership. We started to work on a plan shortly after that because that is an external reviewer basically saying that your library is not of the quality that it should be in order to support research,” Farrell said.
\r\nOriginally, the Wyoming Legislature allotted a $4.3 million annual increase for FY 2010 to help UW reach its goal of GWLA membership. All of that money was deleted as part of the budget cuts.
\r\nAccording to UW, given the state’s current fiscal situation, the university believes it is unrealistic to expect that sufficient resources will be available to permit UW to successfully pursue GWLA membership in FY 2012.
\r\nInstead, UW plans to pursue GWLA membership in 2014. UW believes that if state revenues rebound, GWLA membership may be pursued more quickly.
\r\nUW has told the state it believes that as a result of many years of under-investment, the university’s library resources are no longer competitive with comparable research institutions of higher learning.
\r\nThis year, UW was only able to increase the number of volumes of books by an estimation of 10,000. This is significantly less than the 44,491 and 38,847 volume increase for the last two years.
\r\nThe governor and Legislature have both supported the goal of UW achieving GWLA membership, UW President Tom Buchanan said.
\r\nBuchanan’s recommendation to the Board of Trustees will specify that every dollar from increased tuition revenue for undergraduate and graduate students will be devoted exclusively to achieving GWLA membership and the target for instructional excellence by 2014. Though Buchanan knows tuition revenue alone won’t be sufficient to achieve those goals, he believes it will help UW stay on track.
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\r\nStudents disagree on whether the trial for those accused of the 9/11 attacks should be held in New York City.
\r\nThe attacks against the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001 affected the country with the loss of 2,749 lives, 60,000 jobs and 13 million square feet in a matter of hours. Now, those accused of creating this loss will face trial in an unknown location.
\r\nIn his State of the Union address, President Obama said the U.S. has made no decision as to where the trial shall be held. However, Obama did guarantee that the planner of the attack, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, along with his four accomplices, “is going to meet justice and going to meet his maker.”
\r\nThe U.S. may hold the trial in New York City. However, many people are opposed to the idea of holding it there due to the financial burdens on the city and the possibility of another al Qaeda attack.
\r\nFreshman Josie Pettipiece agrees that the trial should be held in New York City.
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“I think that if the trial is held there the people that have lost loved ones can have closure by seeing them sentenced to the justice they deserve,” Pettipiece said.
\r\nJunior Shyla Allen believes the trial should be held in New York City.
\r\n“If people are concerned about another terrorist attack in the city then they should probably pick a new place to live because they have already had the first trade center attack in the early ’90s, 9/11 and the multiple other plots that have been averted on the city anyways. If the crime was committed in New York people should be punished in New York City,” Allen said.
\r\nOther students seem to have differing opinions on the subject.
\r\nJunior Cassie Peterman said it doesn’t matter where the trial is held as long as they are convicted.
\r\n“The evidence that we have against the accused is pretty strong and if there is a way to keep people safe and sentence the accused then it’s a no brainer which way to choose,” Peterman said.
\r\nJunior Rich Edwards said, “It can’t happen in New York City, it is too close to where it happened.”
\r\nMany students said having the trial in the city would bring back painful memories to people living in the city.
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University of Wyoming students have the opportunity to create a sense of family in the Laramie community by joining Big Brothers Big Sisters.
\r\nBig Brothers Big Sisters is an organization where a “big” is matched with a “little” and participants can be involved in either a school-based or community-based group.
\r\nParticipants in the school-based group can visit their little brother or sister during school lunch, recess or any other break in the day. This requires a commitment of about an hour a week.
\r\nIndividuals involved in the community-based organization have the opportunity to take their “little” around town to participate in activities like bowling, going to a movie, playing in the park or grabbing lunch. The time these individuals spend with their “littles” is a minimum of an hour a week.
\r\nBecoming a “big” requires little time, but it can affect a child greatly, Michael McNamee of Big Brothers Big Sisters said. The children who participate in this program are more confident in their schoolwork, are 52 percent less likely to skip school, 46 percent less likely to use drugs and 27 percent less likely to drink as a teenager, according to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Web site.
\r\nThe matching process is intricate because the organization doesn’t want to build a short-term relationship, but a long-term one where the “big” and “little” have common interests and similar backgrounds, McNamee said.
\r\nThe Laramie Big Brothers, Big Sisters organization is not only recruiting “bigs” but also “littles.” To apply to be a “big” or a “little,” visit www.bbbs.org and click on “volunteer” to fill out an application.
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UW students are frustrated by the decline in condition of Laramie streets.
“I am very amazed they are so unkempt,” Victoria Rainey, a senior in psychology at UW, said. “In west Laramie the streets aren’t even paved.”
\r\n','\r\nStudents like Rainey want to see the streets taken better care of but understand that money can be tight in times such as these.
\r\n“We are in an economic crunch. In the past they [the streets] have been bad, so in the future I am expecting them to be worse when they can’t get the money and the funding,” Rainey said. “If we can afford it, I would like to see better streets.”
\r\nThe condition of the streets is specifically poor by Rainey’s home in student housing and she feels impacted by the poor infrastructure severely.
\r\n“They may not care if there are potholes, but our cars care,” Rainey said.
\r\nKris Mayes, a sophomore in anthropology, said that though he does not pay much attention to the streets, he doesn’t seem to see a huge issue.
\r\n“They aren’t too bad overall. They could be worse,” Mayes said.
\r\nOverall, Mayes said he mostly sees the streets closed down all the time for construction around Laramie.
\r\n“They tend to close down half the town in the summer for construction,” Mayes said. “They are doing a pretty decent job of keeping them up.”
\r\nJodi Guerin, the mayor of Laramie, has heard the complaints from citizens and recognizes the issues.
\r\n“I have heard concerns,” Guerin said.
\r\nGuerin made sure to specify that some of the streets in poor condition are designated highways, such as Third and Grand streets, are under the designation of the state and not controlled by the city.
\r\nThe city recently did an analysis on the condition of the streets with the consensus being that the city needs to take action to control the determination of the infrastructure.
\r\n“The overall condition of our streets is declining and we will have to do something to infuse some cash in them in the not to distant future or spend a lot more later,” Guerin said.
\r\nWith the suspected economic cutbacks across the city, the issue becomes an even bigger problem due to the state of the economy and a downturn in revenue.
\r\n“We have been able into the last couple of years to put more money into our streets in reconstruction,” Guerin said.
\r\nCurrently, the city budgets in the neighborhood of $1.2 to $1.4 million for the maintenance of the streets, according to David Derragon, the City of Laramie’s assistant manager.
\r\nOne of the additional expenses the city has incurred for streets has come from the increase in water line breaks. The breaks have escalated from 50 a year in the past to more than 160 a year.
\r\nGuerin said there is a need to fix the streets as soon as possible as it will be cheaper for the city overall.
\r\n“In the future the city would like more street reconstruction in conjunction with water and sewer lines,” Guerin said. “We are hoping to fund that through the specific purpose tax initiative coming up in May.”
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\r\nThe board will vote on proposed tuition increases during an upcoming meeting in November.
\r\nThe board will vote on whether to increase in-state and out-of-state undergraduate tuition by 5 percent, 7.5 percent or 9.9 percent annually over the next four years. If the increase in tuition passes, they will go into effect in the 2010-11 academic year.
\r\n“They want to do a structured program over four years,” ASUW President Matt Haigler said.
\r\nThe four-year plan for the proposed tuition increases would be implemented instead of doing year-by-year increases in tuition, Haigler said.
\r\nThe four-year plan is meant to make it easier for students and their families to better prepare and save for the cost of attendance at UW, Haigler said.
\r\nIn a recent editorial news release, University of Wyoming President Tom Buchanan said, “I also believe that a predictable slate of increases will help families plan for their students’ expenses.”
\r\nThe funds from possible tuition increases would not go to fund the university’s general budget. Instead, most of the extra money will go to funding improvements at Coe Library, Haigler said.
\r\n“It’s not like its going into a general pot,” Haigler said. “They’re not just collecting money.”
\r\nCoe Library was hit especially hard by the budget cuts that took place this past summer, Haigler said.
\r\nSome students might not be affected by the tuition increases because of the funding they receive through Hathaway Scholarships, Buchanan said.
\r\n“Even with modest increases, students with the top level of the Hathaway Scholarship will still receive enough to cover their tuition,” Buchanan said.
\r\nNon-traditional and out-of-state students would be affected most by the proposed tuition increase.
\r\n“If tuition goes too high it may have adverse effects,” Haigler said.
\r\nThe extra tuition costs will add stress for those paying both tuition and dormitory costs, Dominik Kazmar, an undeclared freshman, said.
\r\nKazmar said that the increase in tuition will cause pain for much of the student population.
\r\nWhile the increases may hurt some students, even with the highest proposed tuition increase, cost of attendance at the university will still be one of the lowest in the nation, Haigler said.
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\r\n“The last 2009 edition won the Associated College Press Pacemaker Award, which is equal to the Pulitzer Prize. This is the second year in a row we have done that,” Josh Watanabe, the Owen Wister Review editor-in-chief, said. Watanabe has been the editor of OWR for two years.
\r\nThe Owen Wister Review is looking for submissions in the areas of creative writing, non-fiction, fiction, prose, poetry and artistic pieces. The journal accepts work from students and outside sources.
\r\n“We are very reputable and therefore a successful and serious medium for emerging authors and artists. I encourage people to submit,” Watanabe, the OWR said.
\r\nIn the past, 40 percent of OWR’s material has been student work, while 60 percent has come from outside sources, Cary Berry-Smith, the Student Media adviser said.
\r\nThe OWR sometimes receives upwards of 500 submissions a year and the best pieces are chosen to be published in the journal.
\r\nThe OWR is published once a year in the spring and has been a part of UW since 1978.
\r\nOWR is named after Owen Wister, an early 20th century western writer who was the author or “The Virginian,” a book that takes place at the Virginian Hotel in Medicine Bow near Centennial.
\r\nAccording to its Web site, OWR’s purpose is to recognize the great tradition of western literature and art by interpreting Wyoming tradition by Wyoming people; however, submissions are open to writers and artists internationally.
\r\nCopies of the OWR are available to the public through UW Student Media or off the OWR Web site for $8.95.
\r\nFor more information, go to www.owenwisterreview.info. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 15.
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\r\nBig Brothers Big Sisters is an organization where a “big” is matched with a “little” and participants can be involved in either a school-based or community-based group.
\r\nParticipants in the school-based group can visit their little brother or sister during school lunch, recess or any other break in the day. This requires a commitment of about an hour a week.
\r\nIndividuals involved in the community-based organization have the opportunity to take their “little” around town to participate in activities like bowling, going to a movie, playing in the park or grabbing lunch. The time these individuals spend with their “littles” is a minimum of an hour a week.
\r\nBecoming a “big” requires little time, but it can affect a child greatly, Michael McNamee of Big Brothers Big Sisters said. The children who participate in this program are more confident in their schoolwork, are 52 percent less likely to skip school, 46 percent less likely to use drugs and 27 percent less likely to drink as a teenager, according to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Web site.
\r\nThe matching process is intricate because the organization doesn’t want to build a short-term relationship, but a long-term one where the “big” and “little” have common interests and similar backgrounds, McNamee said.
\r\nThe Laramie Big Brothers, Big Sisters organization is not only recruiting “bigs” but also “littles.” To apply to be a “big” or a “little,” visit www.bbbs.org and click on “volunteer” to fill out an application.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-06 01:10:45','104','Brianna Bertelson','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-06 13:00:00','2009-11-20 07:00:00','','','','0','0','431','big, sisters, brothers, school, “big”, organization, based, percent, community, “little”, group, lunch, visit, week, time, mcnamee, term, participate, hour, individuals','University of Wyoming students have the opportunity to create a sense of family in the Laramie community by joining Big Brothers Big Sisters. ','0','1','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1843','Laramie yoga studio raises funds for Haiti quake victims','laramie-yoga-studio-raises-funds-for-haiti-quake-victims','','A Laramie yoga studio offered classes to those willing to donate money for a Haiti relief fund last Saturday.
\r\nBlossom Yoga, in downtown Laramie, raised $2,341 in emergency relief funds for Haiti on Saturday. Doctors without Borders will receive $1,250 of the relief funds and $1,091 will go to Mission of Mercy.
\r\nThe studio hosted three classes Saturday, each an hour long and open to anyone.
\r\n“We had an amazing turnout. All three of the classes were packed. People were mat to mat,” Emily Brown, owner of Blossom Yoga, said. “I was blown away by people’s generosity and how much we were able to raise.”
\r\nThe event was able to bring in about 60 to 70 people.
\r\n“People just have a heart for Haiti,” Brown said.
\r\nBlossom Yoga has done several donation events in the past and plans on doing more in the future.
\r\n“Yoga is something that is healthy that you do for yourself and for your body, but also something that can really help you build much more consciousness and awareness, and help you build compassion,” Brown said. “So, the hope is that your yoga practice will make you more active and passionate to the people around you.”
\r\nOn Jan. 31, Blossom Yoga will host a World Yoga Day event to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will consist of yoga classes by donation every hour.
\r\nThe event will also raise awareness for different humanitarian needs around the world, bring a positive and peaceful energy to all who participate and strengthen the global communities for a healthier, happier future.
\r\n“It is a great opportunity to try yoga,” Brown said. “It is a great way to get out of your house, to try something new, to meet people and also do something good.”
\r\nBrown also hosts a class every Monday designated as a permanent donation class, which raises money for a local cause.
\r\n“We are always open to putting on events like this,” Brown said.
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\r\nASUW will work alongside the city government to raise awareness on the importance of participating in the 2010 census.
\r\nAccording to an official proclamation from the City of Laramie, the city and ASUW will be working closely on the 2010 census.
\r\nThe Laramie City Council issued an official proclamation at its Jan. 19 meeting, creating an official partnership between the council and the university for this year’s census.
\r\nLater that evening, ASUW passed a resolution to the same effect and passed legislation creating a standing committee, the Cowboy Count Committee, for the 2010 and future censuses.
\r\nThe city of Laramie and ASUW will be working together to put on several events on census day, which will be April 1. Students will be encouraged to fill out their census forms and have their questions answered by census officials while enjoying free food and music in the Union Family Room.
\r\nASUW will also be helping the city with an open house for the residents of Laramie during the evening on the day of the census.
\r\nASUW also hopes to have local and state officials on campus throughout the day to visit classrooms and encourage students to participate in the census.
\r\nCensus numbers are used to distribute government grants and other funding that pays for city operations, such as road repair and hospital maintenance.
\r\nDue to an inaccurate count during the 2000 census, Laramie missed out on about $800 a person per year, according to CJ Young, ASUW’s director of Policy Planning.
\r\nIt is especially important for students to participate in the census, Young said. Students are about one-third of the city’s population, Young said. Yet these students do not pay taxes or generate much revenue but do use city facilities and programs.
\r\nThe information gathered from the census also determines voting districts and is used by the private sector for companies to decide where to expand their franchise.
\r\nThe Cowboy Count Committee has set up a month-by-month plan to advertise and announce information about the census at university talks, concerts and other events in order to encourage participation.
\r\nCensus forms will be sent to students living off campus in March and to students living in the residence halls in April.
\r\nAccording to the Federal Census Bureau, students filling out census forms are to put down the city where they attend school and not their original hometown.
\r\nStudents with questions about filling out their forms can talk to the Cowboy Counting Committee or census officials on census day by attending any of the events put on by the university or the city.
\r\nThose living off campus who do not fill out their census forms can expect to be visited by census officials in April.
\r\n“Just spending 20 minutes filling out the form, you can make all the difference,” Young said.
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\r\nThe Wyoming State Legislature will view legislation during the 2010 Budget Session that if approved would raise the state’s minimum wage to the federal standard.
\r\nHB 21 would bring Wyoming’s minimum wage from the current $5.15 to the federal standard of $7.25. HB 21 would also raise the minimum wage for tipped employees, such as waitress staff, from $2.13 to $5.00 per hour.
\r\nAccording to a sponsor of the bill, state legislator George Bagby, the focus of the bill is mainly to raise the minimum wage for tipped employees who he believes are not receiving a livable wage.
\r\n“Servers earn $2.13 per hour, figuring out at $17.04 per day, plus tips. The problem is tips aren’t stable, requiring the public to cover basic wages for servers,” Bagby said.
\r\n“We need to get rid of this idea that $2.13 is even acceptable,” state legislator Mike Gilmore, another sponsor of HB 21, said. “It would never become a living wage.”
\r\nWyoming has the fifth highest rate in the U.S. for people working multiple jobs, Bagby said. Many of these people are single parents, and more frequently, single mothers. For these homes in Wyoming where there are young children and no father, the poverty rate is 53 percent.
\r\n“According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average wage of wait staff in Wyoming including tips is $7.45 per hour, $15,500 a year,” Bagby said. “In this day and age, $2.13 per hour is akin to industrial servitude.”
\r\nThe bill was brought before the legislature last year but died before it was assigned to a committee.
\r\n“It is very, very unpopular,” Gilmore said. “The Motel Restaurant Association Lobby is very powerful in this state.”
\r\nGilmore believes that if the bill made it to the floor, the legislature would vote down party lines.
\r\n“I would say that this is a partisan bill,” Gilmore said.
\r\nHe said that things have changed from the times when a server was merely someone who only needed a part-time job and didn’t require a livable salary for a family.
\r\n“Things have changed. The servers now are people who need a job,” Gilmore said.
\r\nCurrent law requires that employers subsidize their employees’ tips and hourly wage if the total is lower than the minimum wage.
\r\n“Servers work extremely hard and long hours. Most don’t receive time and a half after 40 hours,” Bagby said.
\r\nWyoming is one of five states whose current minimum wage is under the federal standard, which the state currently has to abide by despite their own laws.
\r\nAccording to the State of Wyoming, a tipped employee is anyone who makes more than $30 in tips per month.
\r\nIn many states, the minimum cash wage for tipped employees goes above and beyond the federally mandated $2.13.
\r\nStates such as Oregon, Washington and California have a mandated minimum cash wage for tipped and non-tipped employees of $8 or more.
\r\nSome states also have no laws about minimum wage and merely abide by the federal standard.
\r\nBagby believes that the impact of raising the minimum wage would definitely help students. He hopes students will lobby in Albany County for the bill.
\r\nHB 21 would also raise minimum wage for those under 20 years of age to $6.15 during their first 90 consecutive days compared to the current and federal standard of $4.25.
\r\nThe supercomputing center project has a budget of $55 million and is scheduled to open in late 2011 or early 2012.
\r\nThe new supercomputing center, which will house some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, is scheduled to begin construction in Cheyenne during the first part of 2010.
\r\nAccording to H&L Architecture, construction on the new supercomputing center project will depend on approval and review of the National Science Foundation. The 153,000 square foot facility is being designed by H&L Architecture and the California Data Center Design groups.
\r\nThese supercomputers will be dedicated to improving the scientific understanding of climate change, air quality, severe weather and other essential atmospheric science and geo-science subjects.
\r\n“On behalf of the university, I can say we’re very excited about the project and the areas of research that it will open up for us,” Jessica Lowell, UW director of Institutional Communications, said.
\r\nThe new supercomputing facility will house one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, which is 20 times more powerful than the existing NCAR computer. It will contain more than 100,000 processors that will be positioned across a 24,000-square-foot area.
\r\nA few of the project goals include designing a facility with the smallest possible carbon footprint, simplifying and lowering the cost of mechanical and electrical usage and showcasing unique features of the building’s energy and earth stewardship.
\r\nThe design of the facility is to be modular, scalable and upgradable, providing a building that is functional, comfortable and safe for all occupants and visitors.
\r\nPlans for the project include a subfloor that is 10-feet deep, compared with today’s 28-inch space, for wiring and cooling the computers. The center will also contain a primary data storage and archival facility that will hold important historical climate records and other information.
\r\nWith major construction projects taking place all over UW campus, the future of the planned addition to Half Acre Gymnasium is uncertain.
\r\nThe future of the addition to Half Acre depends on dedicated funding to make sure the project can go into the next construction phase.
\r\nAt this time, the project is on schedule at the level-two stage, which is dedicated to design. This month, members from the design team have been verifying the dimensions of every aspect of the building, along with creating concept designs.
\r\nOn Jan. 2, the architects working on the project plan to have information set up in the Wyoming Student Union to present some of the concept ideas for design and to receive feedback.
\r\nASUW dedicated funds to the project that, along with money allocated by the UW administration, will pay for the level two construction of Half Acre.
\r\nThe next step, level-three, is dedicated to completion of the design and construction. It is still a little ways off, but its future is not concrete.
\r\n“It is all depending on funding. The faster we can get funding, the faster we can start construction,” Chet Lockard, associate director for the Department of Facilities Planning, said.
\r\nLockard believes that much of the future of level-three depends on the economy and the priorities of the university.
\r\n“We don’t really have any dates set. Once we finish level-two we will take it to the next step,” Lockard said. “The information from level two will be used to help generate the funds and get information out there to what we want to fund.”
\r\nLevel-two to level-three could wait several years if need be or could potentially never proceed if the funding is unavailable, Lockard said.
\r\nThe plan for additional facilities and improvements to the 1925 building was in response to a 2003 planning and student survey that showed a need for additional indoor space for sports, offices related to health maintenance and facility operations, specialized fitness areas, an expanded climbing wall and improved locker rooms.
\r\nAt this time, the building is also not fully accessible to the handicapped because several floors do not have elevator access.
\r\nThe expansion, according to the Capital Facilities Plan, would create an estimated 41,140 gross square footage of new space and 12,000 gross square footage of renovated space.
\r\nThe estimated cost was in the range of $16 to $18 million.
\r\nThe different departments that are part of the planning team are Facilities Planning, Campus Recreation, Student Services, ASUW, Kinesiology, Theater and Dance, the Lab School and ROTC.
\r\nOne of the design teams, Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative, has experience in recreation facility design as they created the Recreation Center in Laramie.
\r\nThe Board of Trustees last approved the project to go into the level two phase. Their approval will be needed in order for the addition to move on to level three.
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The UW Dean of Students office listed those injured in the accident as Jing Li, a pre-pharmacy junior majoring in botany; Zheng Ying, a junior majoring in accounting; Yan Ma, a doctoral candidate in molecular biology and Chao Zhu, a freshman studying chemical engineering.
\r\nNinghe Zhang, a sophomore majoring in accounting, was seriously injured and died Sunday in Denver from injuries sustained in the collision after being transported to Denver Health Hospital.
\r\nAccording to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, the driver of the pickup, 60-year-old Paul Gertsch of Cheyenne, was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. Gertsch remained hospitalized Tuesday in critical condition at a Cheyenne hospital. Two of the UW students were in serious condition after the crash, but none of the four students remained in the hospital Wednesday. Three of the five students in the car were wearing seatbelts.
\r\nThe vehicle with the UW students allegedly ran a stop sign and was struck broadside by the pickup truck. No citations have been issued, but the collision is still under investigation by the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
\r\n“It appears the Mitsubishi (Galant) that was driven by the University of Wyoming students was northbound on Roundtop Road and went through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign and was T-boned by a Chevy dually driven by a male driver,” Trooper Kyle McKay said.
\r\nHighway Patrol Sgt. Steve Townsend said that there have been no indications that drugs or alcohol played a role in the collision.
\r\nA memorial service honoring Ninghe Zhang and her family was held Wednesday at St. Paul\'s Newman Center in Laramie.
\r\nFather Carl Gallinger of Laramie and Chaplain Douglas Arendsee of Cheyenne presided. The service included brief speeches and an opportunity to pay respects to the family. Services were followed by a reception in the Parish Hall.
\r\nIn lieu of flowers, memorials may benefit the Chinese Students & Scholars Aid Fund.
\r\nUW’s community of international students and faculty has undertaken fundraising efforts to help those students injured in the accident and also in memory of Ninghe Zhang. Students set up a booth to collect donations in the UW Student Union May 18-20, and donations and memorials can also be given through First Interstate Bank by depositing funds into the CSSA Aid Fund account.
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As the slide show loads for his group\'s Alternative Spring Break to Galveston, Texas, Laramie resident Charlie Ksir introduces their experiences with hurricaine relief. This Wednesday ASB participators showed photos from their trips two weeks ago. ASB organized trips around the world for Laramie residents as well as University students this year. Trip volunteer activities ranged from egg relocation for the sea turtles of Costa Rica to helping the homeless in an \"urban plunge\" in Washington D.C. For information on future events visit Alternative Spring Break online.','','-1','11','0','34','2009-04-02 05:15:47','112','','2009-04-02 05:37:26','112','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-04-01 07:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','424','alternative, break, spring, asb, laramie, trips, year, relocation, sea, turtles, egg, ranged, students, trip, volunteer, activities, costa, rica, future, events','As the slide show loads for his group\'s Alternative Spring Break to Galveston, Texas, Laramie resident Charlie Ksir introduces their experiences with hurricaine relief. This Wednesday ASB participators showed photos from their trips two weeks ago. ASB organized trips around the world for Laramie residents as well as University students this year. Trip volunteer activities ranged from egg relocation for the sea turtles of Costa Rica to helping the homeless in an urban plunge in Washington D.C. For information on future events visit Alternative Spring Break online.','0','2','robots=\r\nauthor=');
INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1850','Fireside Bar memorabilia up for auction','fireside-bar-memorabilia-up-for-auction','','After selling the Fireside Bar nearly five years ago, the former owners are “bringing an end to an era” by launching an online auction containing over 140 pieces of memorabilia from the infamous location.
\r\nCurrently known as JJ’s, the Fireside is widely recognized as the last place former University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard visited before he was tortured and murdered by Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney.
\r\nWhile he was quick to confirm that the bar had nothing to do with the incident, Matt Mickelson, a former owner of the bar, said a portion of the proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Wyoming Victims of Violent Crimes fund.
\r\n“We thought we’d start the online auction and give the money to them [WVVC] to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the Matthew Shepard incident and Elton John coming to town again,” he said. “It’s something more people can associate with because the Wyoming Victims of Violent Crimes covers the whole spectrum, whether it’s hate crimes, crimes against the elderly or crimes against children.”
\r\nTo find the online auction, which opened last Saturday and will last for nearly a month, Mickelson said to go to eBay and type “Fireside Bar memorabilia” into the search bar. From there, it will take the potential customer to artfulinspiration307’s store, which is hosting all of the items up for bid.
\r\nOn the auction site, Mickelson said there is a large variety of memorabilia, ranging from posters, banners and miscellaneous antiques. One of the more notable pieces Mickelson pointed out was the front and rear bumpers of a ‘64 Mercury. He said the two parts can be hung up on a wall with functioning headlights and taillights. At the moment, the bumpers are listed at $2,500 with eBay’s buy-it-now option.
\r\nSome other noteworthy pieces of memorabilia Mickelson mentioned were jerseys from the UW rodeo and rugby teams, as well as a contraption that looks like a slot machine, yet it’s actually a miniature vending machine that sells matches for a penny.
\r\nFor each item purchased, he said the winning bidder will receive a certificate of authenticity with the Fireside Bar’s corporate seal stamp. Mickelson added that each certificate will be specific to the winning item.
\r\nIn the end, he said he would like to encourage anyone and everyone to bid on the items, whether it’s those interested from the local community, the region or even nationwide.
\r\n“If anything, this is Americana,” Mickelson said. “As a business, we went for famous and ended up infamous. If you buy anything from the auction, you will not only help out the Wyoming Victims of Violent Crimes fund, but you will be a part of history. That stuff will never be in a bar again.”
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-04-01 23:07:21','106','Rob Ketcham','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-04-02 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','423','mickelson, auction, bar, crimes, ”, wyoming, memorabilia, fireside, violent, victims, pieces, online, it’s, certificate, items, bid, incident, winning, bumpers, item','After selling the Fireside Bar nearly five years ago, the former owners are “bringing an end to an era” by launching an online auction containing over 140 pieces of memorabilia from the infamous location. \r\n\r\n','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1851','New speed limit set around campus','new-speed-limit-set-around-campus','','A new 20 mph speed limit is in effect on the four streets surrounding the core University of Wyoming campus.
\r\nSpeed limit signs have been posted to advise motorists that the reduced speed limit is now in effect on Ninth, Lewis, Ivinson and 15th streets surrounding the campus, Mark Collins, UW associate vice president for administration, said.
\r\n“The lowered speed limit is due to the high volume of pedestrian traffic in these areas,” Collins said.
\r\nIn addition to the new speed regulations, new or updated crosswalks and signs are being implemented to ensure the safety of pedestrians around the core campus.
\r\nCollins says the 20 mph speed limit is currently being enforced in the designated areas, so drivers should be aware of this new change in advance.
\r\nThe pedestrian traffic has increased since last year, due in large part to the absences of former parking spaces adjacent to campus, particularly around the construction of several buildings currently in progress.
\r\nFoot traffic has also been attributed to the active busing system on campus, and the new speed limit also reflects on the need for student safety as they leave or enter bus stop areas.
\r\nAny questions about the new speed limit or other concerns about traffic on campus can be directed to the office of the university police department.
\r\nThe office advises students to remember that these speed limits are being enforced at all times around campus and in the community.
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Last Saturday, the University of Wyoming pre-professional honor society Alpha Epsilon Delta hosted the Multiple Sclerosis Walk to help raise awareness and money to find a cure.
Multiple Sclerosis is a disabling neurological disease that has no known cure.
\r\nThe MS Walk had almost 300 participants and 40 volunteers. One of the largest groups was the Greek community at UW, which had over 150 members come to the walk to show their support.
\r\nThe 5K walk started at the Wyoming Student Union as runners and walkers made their way toward the Express Bus lots on 22nd Street and Willett Drive.
\r\nAlpha Epsilon Delta President Chase Stonecipher and member Sandy Smylie headed up the walk. Both are senior pre-med students.
\r\n“The MS Walk is held all over the state of Wyoming and we thought Laramie would be a good community to bring the walk to,” Stonecipher said. “Our goal was to spread the word about MS and raise at least $5,000 in research donations.
\r\n“As shown by the turnout on Saturday, we effectively advertised the walk and we raised about $11,000, so we definitely went above and beyond our goal,” Stonecipher said.
\r\nThe MS Walk is held annually across Wyoming, but this was the first year that Laramie hosted the event. Alpha Delta Epsilon plans on hosting the event annually; next year’s walk is scheduled for April 17, 2010. Alpha Epsilon Delta worked with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society office in Cheyenne and received donations and sponsorship from numerous Laramie businesses.
\r\n“It was a fun time to just hang out with friends and run to help a good cause,” Julianne Blaha, one of the team leaders for the walk, said.
\r\n“I would really like to thank everyone, especially Sandy Smylie, for all their help and support,” Stonecipher said.
\r\nMarch is National Disabilities Awareness Month and the people of the Laramie Advisory Commission on Disabilities are doing their part to help raise awareness of the difficulties that many elderly people and people with disabilities face around Laramie.
\r\nSaturday the LACD is asking the people of Laramie to take part in a roll-through that will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 30th Street and Grand Avenue and 30th Street and Garfield Street.
\r\nThe purpose of the roll-through is to bring attention to the obstacles many Laramie elderly residents elderly and residents with disabilities face crossing streets. People are asked to take part either by sitting in a wheelchair, using a walker or crutches or just observing those that do in order to see how difficult it can be to navigate a busy intersection.
\r\nChristine Clements works for the Human Resources Department at the University of Wyoming and is also a member of the LACD. “Many of our streets do not have curb cuts, which makes it extremely difficult for those especially in wheelchairs or walkers to get around. Many times the time given to cross a crosswalk is not enough and puts people in peril,” Clements said.
\r\nThe roll-through was last done downtown five years ago when the city manager and some of the city council along with others participated by getting into wheelchairs and crutches to experience firsthand the difficulty in getting around and how inaccessible many of the shops downtown are.
\r\n“I am hoping to open the eyes of more people about the challenges those with disabilities face in everyday life in Laramie. They should have the same opportunities as anyone else,” Clements said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-26 23:46:08','105','Amy Hammer','2009-03-31 22:05:10','112','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-27 20:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','420','people, disabilities, laramie, roll, part, elderly, face, street, clements, awareness, city, crutches, 30th, lacd, difficult, ”, wheelchairs, downtown, residents, streets','March is National Disabilities Awareness Month and the people of the Laramie Advisory Commission on Disabilities are doing their part to help raise awareness of the difficulties that many elderly people and people with disabilities face around Laramie. ','0','23','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1854','Local hot spot celebrates anniversary','local-hot-spot-celebrates-anniversary','','The Cavalryman Supper Club celebrated its 39th anniversary on March 1. The restaurant has been commemorating throughout March and will continue to celebrate.
\r\nOn Sunday, the Cavalryman will mark the anniversary of the restaurant with a Founders Day celebration, during which menu items will be sold at the original 1970 prices.
\r\nFor almost two decades, the Cavalryman has provided the traditional western steakhouse experience. The restaurant has gained national recognition as a premier Wyoming steakhouse.
\r\nSince the operation was sold, the Cavalryman has expanded its food menu to include fresh fish and regular ethnic offerings and expanded its wine menu to include 128 bottles from around the world.
\r\nThe restaurant was awarded the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in 2008, which also identified the Cavalryman’s wine list as “inexpensive.”
\r\nThe Cavalryman Supper Club is located on the parade grounds of historic Fort Sanders, established in July 1866.
\r\nIn the past, Fort Sanders Military Reservation protected the Overland and Lodgepole Creek emigrant routes along with the Denver to Salt Lake City stage route and the construction crews for the Union Pacific Railroad.
\r\nThe current building was built in 1925 to serve as the clubhouse for the local country club.
\r\nRobert and Betty Gerard founded the Cavalryman in old Laramie Country Clubhouse in the year of 1970.
\r\nFrom 1975 to 2005 the restaurant was owned and operated by Marion Griffin, a local entrepreneur. In January 2006, Blue Sky Group, Inc., organized a small group of investors to purchase the restaurant.
\r\n“We’re honored to be the caretakers of this historic Laramie business,” Dr. John M. Pope, president and CEO of Blue Sky, Inc., said.
\r\n“It’s our intention to ensure that this restaurant is positioned to thrive for at least another 39 years. We want to preserve all that history,” Pope said.
\r\nBlue Sky, Inc., has many future plans for the Cavalryman.
\r\n“We have many things we would like to continue to improve,” Pope said. “Both to continue to improve the facility and improve the menu with more diversity on the menu in types of food and prices.”
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-03-25 23:21:13','106','Max D\'Onofrio','2009-03-31 22:25:59','112','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-03-26 20:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','419','cavalryman, restaurant, ”, menu, local, improve, blue, wine, pope, sky, continue, club, anniversary, expanded, prices, country, food, steakhouse, group, fort','The Cavalryman Supper Club celebrated its 39th anniversary on March 1. The restaurant has been commemorating throughout March and will continue to celebrate.\r\n\r\n','0','17','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1855','Clean up commences after tornado touches down in Laramie','clean-up-commences-after-tornado-touches-down-in-laramie','','![](\"images/stories/20080529/P5221510.jpg\" "\\"Josh")
As sheets of rain turned the streets of Laramie into muddied rivers and the wind whipped the trees into a frenzy I jokingly remarked to my roommate that the apocalypse was finally upon us. Half expecting the four horsemen to come thundering out of the clouds, I didn’t know what to think when I heard that a tornado had officially touched down in our relatively small college town.
','According to John Griffith of the National Weather Service in Cheyenne the storm that swept across Laramie last Thursday was in fact a weak tornado. Griffith examined the damage the following day and assessed that winds were probably between 95 and 105 miles an hour. Damages included trees being blown over as well as some roofs of buildings being ripped off. Also due to the storm, power was off and on during most of Thursday and was even cause for class cancellations the following Friday at two different schools.
James Stauffer, an undeclared sophomore, happened to be on the hills east of town when the storm first started and remembers getting a call. “My brother called me and told me that there was going to be a tornado so I got out of there pretty quickly. Right when I left it started dropping golf-ball sized hail and that’s about the time they started blaring the tornado sirens around town.” Stauffer goes on the recall how once the sirens sounded people’s fear started to become apparent. “People started swerving and I could tell they were panicked.
As soon as I made it to my brother’s house his wife came rushing out and we went to the elementary nearby which seemed like a safe place to be.” During the storm parents who’d been concerned for their children huddled alongside teachers and others from the community, all seeking shelter from the outside elements.
After the storm had passed and it was safe to venture into the more damaged areas it was easy to see what the storm had done. Windows from houses and cars had been blown out and in some places garage doors had been pressed in and bent. “Probably the worst thing I remember seeing was a shed that was out in a field near the middle school,” Stauffer remarks, “it looked like a bomb went off, metal from the shed was all over the place and wrapped around fence posts a ways away.”
According to the Colorado Springs Gazette Gov. Dave Freudenthal authorized the National Guard’s participation in the clean up effort around town.
Although most of the damage caused by the storm took place Thursday afternoon, weather conditions weren’t much better Friday and a tornado warning was issued for most of the afternoon and late into the evening, luckily no tornado ensued.
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ASUW is starting the spring semester with several empty offices and a few new, big projects.
\r\nThe office is seeking applicants for ASUW directors of policy planning, marketing and public relations and diversity and student outreach.
\r\nLast semester ended with the resignations of CJ Young, director of policy planning, Tyler Neasloney, director of marketing and public relations, and Liz Radar, chief of staff.
\r\n','\r\nDan Adams, former director of diversity and student outreach, immediately filled the chief of staff position.
\r\nApplications are also open for new senators from the Colleges of Health Sciences, Arts and Sciences and Law, according to the ASUW website. These resignations are just three more in a line of resignations that began the first week of last semester.
\r\nApplications for executive positions are due at noon Friday, and applications for senators are due at noon Jan. 19.
\r\nASUW is also working to plan the ASUW Capitol Spring Break trip.
\r\nThe trip is designed to give students a unique opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. and see some of the activities behind federal governance.
\r\nASUW recently passed a resolution dedicating funding to the project to subsidize the cost of the trip for the students; however, students may need to pay up to $500 for the experience.
\r\nApplications and participation agreements are due by Jan. 26 at 3 p.m.
\r\nLater in the semester, ASUW will sponsor Student Fee Day and Elect Her on Feb. 10.
\r\nElect Her is a one-day conference that encourages women to run for student government leadership positions on their campuses.
\r\nThe conference will help women with campaign strategies, developing a constituency and public speaking.
\r\nThe event is free and open to students.
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\r\nFreudenthal will return to his alma mater to teach in the College of Law. His seminar at the college will focus primarily on energy law and natural resources; although he may also work with UW’s School of Energy Resources and the College of Business.
\r\n','\r\n“What I want people to understand, is that you’ve got to understand the law, but you’ve got to understand the context in which it’s being applied before you’re going to be either a fully rounded lawyer or decision-maker,” Freudenthal told the Casper Star-Tribune.
\r\nFreudenthal stressed that his position at the university was temporary and that he would remain separate from the college to pursue his other interests.
\r\nAs both U.S. attorney for Wyoming and as governor, Freudenthal has accrued knowledge of Wyoming issues specifically, especially concerning energy and the states’ natural resources, which he plans on passing to UW law students.
\r\nPresident Tom Buchanan said the former governor will be an asset to the College of Law.
\r\n“We’re honored that he’s accepted our invitation to join our faculty as a visiting professor,” Buchanan said in a press release. ”This is a tremendous opportunity for our students to learn first hand from the state’s top executive, who has such extensive knowledge about Wyoming law, government, economics and history.”
\r\nFreudenthal graduated from UW in 1980, starting his own private law practice thereafter.
\r\nIn 1994, he was appointed as U.S. attorney for Wyoming where he remained until taking the Wyoming governor’s office in 2002 and was then re-elected in 2006. Freudenthal’s second term ended Jan. 3 and the position was left to current governor, Matt Mead.
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In the last few years, the UW campus has seen the completion of the Anthropology Building, indoor practice facility, Wildcatter Stadium Club & Suites, Information Library and Learning Center, College of Business Building, Information Technology Facility, Student Health and International Center, Bim Kendall House and the UW Police facility.
','The extensive list of completed projects does not even include the many renovations that have been made to the buildings on campus.
All projects are lead in part by the Capital Facilities Plan, whose purpose is to guide future decisions regarding construction adaptation and/or renewal of university facilities and grounds in support of the university mission.
The CFP planning process seeks to match physical infrastructure needs with the available resources to successfully meet university goals.
The most recent renovation began for the $25 million biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory within the State Veterinary Laboratory.
Recent demolition to buildings around campus has also taken place, including the old Albertson\'s on South 15th Street, which has been turned into additional parking for the South Shuttle Lot, as well as the demolition of the Summit View Apartments.
Currently, the university is still seeing plenty of renovations and construction of buildings around campus that will ensure construction projects into the next year, according to the Facilities Planning office.
The most recent project to move forward into a construction phase is the Energy Resources Center, located between 10th and 11th Streets on the south side of Lewis Street.
The ground breaking of the $25.4 million ERC, which will serve as the permanent home for the School of Energy Resources and the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute, drew Gov. Dave Fruedenthal and Buchanan to speak about the importance of the facility for the future of UW.
The new Visual Arts Center, which also began construction this fall, on 22nd Street and Willett Drive, near the Centennial Complex, is already scheduled for completion within one year.
Soon, students will be able to see the steel framework and masonry that will create the outer structure of the facility.
The Visual Arts Center will have a similar design and look of the other stone buildings on campus to continue the theme.
The next major building project to be finished at UW is the Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center.
Faculty is scheduled to move into the building in December, and it is set to be open for classes in the spring semester.
The remaining construction includes the all the floors, punch list work, and cleaning and commissioning, along with some exterior work.
Though the Conservation Center is on schedule, some of the projects on campus have experienced setbacks such as the addition to the UW Indoor Tennis Facility, which collapsed during high winds last month. The damaged materials are now being removed as workers continue to repair the foundation.
The building is now scheduled for completion Feb. 15, 2011.
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
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Don Roth, associate director for academics in the School of Energy Resources, led the workshop, which focused on educating students how to best distinguish themselves to employers for internships and jobs in future.
','While Wyoming’s energy market is a regional and even a global powerhouse, the workshop was not limited to Wyoming energy careers.
“We want to prepare students for the new global energy market. The energy market is constantly evolving, but there are some central skills we are teaching that can be used across the board in this, or any other industry,” Roth said.
Roth highlighted the importance of the event by touching on the need to prepare students to be not only academically successful, but also to have applicable skills that allow them to apply that knowledge gained in the classroom.
“We are teaching what you will need in order to be prepared for if you are pursuing a career in the energy sector not just in terms of content, but also in the process skills that allow to you apply process,” Roth said.
Roth also stressed that although many students wait until their later years of college to develop skills central to career development, one central goal of the workshop was to try and help students early in their collegiate career to be aware of these skills.
“We are concerned not just about the experience a student has at UW, but also the placement of the student into the career that he or she is striving for. That’s the gold standard for us,” he said, “We want to catch students before they are on the way out the door.”
The workshop looked at the energy industry in a broad scope and attracted students interested in areas of energy development including wind, thermal, oil, gas, coal and solar.
Roth said that he thought there are a number of fundamental skills covered by the workshop that are universal to all career paths.
“There are some basic skills we are working on that are essential to any career,” Roth said.
The UW Physical Plant has done several things this semester in an effort to reduce waste on campus.
“We ordered 33 bins from Wastequip in Arvada Colorado. These type of bins are pretty typical in the recycling industry, we just didn’t have any on campus until now,” Tod Scott, waste stream manager, said.
','“The goal of the new bins is to increase our collections and decrease the amount hauled to the landfill. Last fiscal year we collected 303,641 pounds of cardboard and we hope to top 350,000 this year and push that to over 400,000 in the following year,” he said.
The new bins are designed specifically for cardboard. “We want corrugated cardboard only in these bins. We have other bins around campus for the other recyclable items like paper, bottles, and cans,” Tod said.
The cardboard bins do not accept pressboard or paperboard like cereal or tissue boxes.
Dining services across campus have also been increasing their recycling programs. Book and Bean, the coffee shop inside Coe Library, is one example.
“[Book and Bean] recycles empty milk jugs and syrup bottles. Also, our cups, plates and silverware are biodegradable,” Book and Bean employee Hilary Hughes said.
Last year milk jugs, like the ones from Book and Bean, made up 4,158 pounds of recycled material that the Physical Plant picked up.
According to a UW press release, the Environment and Natural Resources Program has also been making UW a greener place to be.
“ENR is proud that the Kendall House is one of UW’s first green buildings to seek certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Our goal was to create a beautiful building that teaches sustainable building principles to the university community as well as the broader Laramie and Wyoming communities.” Nicole Korfanta, associate director of ENR, said in the press release.
Some of the features include energy efficient windows, recycled materials from pop bottles and car tires for flooring, according to the release.
Scott and the Physical Plant have been working on other projects as well.
“I am currently working with the professor for the sustainability class in the spring on two projects, one is a waste audit and the other is an Adopt a Bin. We have two recycle cycles that have been used in the drinking parking lots for football tailgating. I also have a reuse store where we have excess or slightly used office supplies,” Scott said.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
State and industry leaders broke ground Friday on the $25.4 million state-of-the-art research and collaboration facility, the Energy Resources Center, which will help to join the School of Energy Resources and its various centers, including the Enhanced Oil Recovery, according to a UW press release.
','“This is a good day: a good day for the School of Energy Resources, a good day for the University of Wyoming, a good day for the energy industry and a good day for the state of Wyoming,” Gov. Dave Freudenthal, who was one of six speakers during the morning ceremony, said. “This building will be an important addition to the campus, but the real significance is what will take place inside the walls.”
The ERC will have about 30,000-square-feet of space, highlighted by 12,000-square-feet of rapidly reconfigurable laboratory space.
“This building will provide a meaningful and adequate facility for the type of enhanced research that is necessary to sustain and ensure the long-term viability of the energy industry in Wyoming,” Ron Harper, chairman of the SER’s Energy Resources Council, said.
The facility will contain a collaboratorium, a classroom/auditorium and a 3D visualization research facility.
The 3D visualization facility will allow researchers to collect data and allow them to literally to walk through their data while wearing glasses when they enter the room, Mary Byrnes, associate director for Energy Outreach in the School of Energy Research, said.
“If individuals don’t have the ability to communicate language-wise with each other, they can certainly do it through the data by sensing the data visually,” she said.
The facility will have a strong dedication to alternative energy research along with its other duties.
“The construction of the Energy Resources Center will open a new chapter in the excellence of teaching and research of energy-related sciences at the University of Wyoming,” UW president Tom Buchanan said.
“But as important as this facility will be to those efforts, the greater celebration is about the extraordinary partnership that has emerged between the state, industry leaders and the university to extend the vitality of Wyoming’s energy economy and develop renewable energy alternatives,” he said.
The ERC was funded through private donations and state matching funds.
Encana Oil & Gas USA provided the largest private donation toward construction of the ERC: a $5 million commitment in 2007 that was matched by the state.
Construction of the ERC will begin this spring with completion expected in summer 2012, according to the release.
“The Energy Resources Center will be a tremendous asset to the university and to our state, and we are thankful that our industry partners share this vision,” SER director Mark Northam said.
“I am excited by the prospect of delivering a state-of-the-art research and collaboration center for the university and energy stakeholders throughout Wyoming.”
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
The University of Wyoming will dedicate its new biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory, which will allow new research and diagnostic abilities for certain select agents, or microbes that are on the federal list of controlled bugs.
The dedication will take place in west Laramie today.
','“As there are several of these microbes that are natural in the Wyoming environment, the facility will allow us to do our routine, diagnostic and research into better cures, vaccines, and things like that,” Frank Galey, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, said.
Examples of diseases that are seen naturally in Wyoming’s wildlife and livestock include brucellosis, rabbit fever and the plague.
The facility will allow targeted research on animal diseases deemed important to Wyoming that is not currently possible with existing, less-complex facilities.
“If someone has an animal that might have one of these diseases, they need to send it to a laboratory to get it diagnosed, and, previously, UW was very restricted in this ability,” Galey, who also heads the Wyoming Brucellosis Coordination Team established by Freudenthal in 2004, said.
Previously in Wyoming, the state had to turn these cases over to the federal government, but now, according to Galey, UW can work with these cases in-house.
Galey stated that it really makes sense to be doing this research here in Wyoming, as UW has one of best teams when it comes to brucellosis.
Since the Department of Homeland Security was established following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, research with these diseases can only be conducted in BSL-3 laboratories.
According to Galey, the facility allows all research to be preformed safely with many built-in redundancy safety measures to the laboratory.
The main department that will be using the facility is the Department of Veterinarian Sciences, along with individuals associated with the Department of Molecular Biology.
Galey said that the facility will allow UW and the state to provide a better service to the citizens of Wyoming.
The facility will also benefit UW faculty who do their research on these microbes and the graduate students who support them.
The new BSL-3 laboratory is unique with only a few operational facilities like it across the United States.
Scheduled speakers at the ceremony include Gov. Dave Freudenthal, UW President Tom Buchanan, UW Board of Trustees chairman Jim Neiman and Galey, followed by a reception and tour of the facility.
Support for the laboratory came from numerous groups, including the Wyoming Stock Grower’s Association, Gov. Freudenthal and the Wyoming State Legislature, Galey said.
Groundbreaking for the facility was last June.
The 20,000 square-foot addition contains a 1,280 square-foot BSL-3 lab, a 2,600 square-foot BSL-2 lab, plus other work rooms.
The 5,860 square-foot renovation of the existing Department of Veterinary Sciences building, which houses the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, includes modifications of the existing BSL-2 lab and conference and administrative offices.
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ASUW voted to approve its special projects budget, allocating the entire $55,000 budget to several one-time projects for organizations on campus.
The budget was broken down into seven different projects: Good Mule: $15,019.80; Rainbow Resource Center: $7,500; Department of Theatre and Dance: $490.14; Associated Student Technical Services (ASTEC): $9,500; Wyoming African Student Association: $2,000; Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: $1,085 and ASOPA: $19,405.01.
','During the meeting, both funding of ASTEC and Walk a Mile in Her Shoes were discussed as senators moved to make amendments to their funding.
College of Law Sen. Will Reese stated concerns about ASUW funding ASTEC rather than giving that funding to SafeRide, ASUW’s biggest program.
Sen. Nate Mullen, committee chair of Budget and Planning, said the biggest concern about funding SafeRide was the idea that it may not be ASUW’s program next year if it moves to Transit and Parking Services. He said the committee also felt that its request, which was for computers, could also be met at the end of the year when ASUW hears equipment requests. During last year’s budget ASUW cut away ASTEC’s budget substantially to pay for SafeRide.
ASTEC’s request was for lighting equipment, which would allow them to provide lighting services to two events at once and would replace a piece of equipment that was made in 1979.
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Director of Finance Luke Frye said he thought using the funding for a piece of equipment that is expected to last for at least 15 years instead of a computer which is projected to last three to five years was a better use of the special projects money. Senators voted to keep ASTEC’s funding the same.
The senators also discussed funding the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, when Sen. Alex Sullivan-Brink made an amendment to cut the $1,085 that was allocated to it.
The event, which takes place once a year to help generate awareness for gender violence, requires men to walk around Prexy’s Pasture in women’s high heels.
Their request was to purchase shoes for the men to walk in and bins to store the shoes, as there have been many problems in the last few years trying to find shoes for the men to use.
“People can get shoes, there is no need to put $1,000 toward one event that happens once a year,” Sullivan-Brink said.
Mullen said Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is a strong event with about 50 people attending this year, and that shoes would last a long time if they were taken care of.
“A lot of it has become walk a mile in bare feet,” Senator Brian Simons said.
The amendment failed and Walk a Mile in Her Shoes received the funding it was originally allocated.
Mullen said during the budgeting process, Budget and Planning Committee had to fully fund a few project rather than partially fund several projects.
“I am really glad the senate voted to allocate the funds to the individual organizations,” Mullen said. “Special projects is a gift and we took the bull by the horns on this one and spent as much as we could.”
Every UW student knows the effort it takes to accommodate UW’s core undergraduate curriculum requirements, known as the University Studies Program.
Over the next few years, the university will be evaluating the requirements for USP 2003 in an effort to streamline the process for students and limit the complexity of the requirements.
Every semester, students evaluate their current UW standing and plan their schedule to fulfill the USP requirements for graduation. These requirements include writing requirements, oral communication, science, U.S. and Wyoming constitutions, U.S. diversity and several others.
“The purpose is to make sure that students who come in and pursue a major in a particular field have some breadth in some other areas and also have some of the intellectual equipment to survive in the professional world; some quantitative reasoning skills, some writing skills, some oral communication skills,” Myron Allen, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at UW, said.
Allen said that he has no preconceived notions of what the assessment will bring, but knows making the requirements less complicated and less restraining could help many students.
“In principle, we could take a look at it and say it is working just great, but I suspect that we will take a look at it decided that we might want to streamline it, or make it simpler anyway,” Allen said, “It seems like it is just complex enough that some students, and some of their advisors, have trouble figuring out how the students are going to satisfy the requirements.”
Allen also noted that the goal of simplicity also helps maintain consistency with the faculty’s commitment to teach.
“Let’s not require students to take what none of us want to teach,” Allen said to teachers in a thought paper published on the USP assessment.
Allen is planning to create a small faculty task force in the spring to come up with some recommendations on what the overall structure will look like, with some boundaries on the subject.
Allen said he will encourage them to discuss the USP with students, faculty, ASUW, the administration and all those affected by the change.
“Lots of faculty members and lots of students have opinions on the curriculum, and we need to be able to hear all of their opinions,” Allen said.
Though the administration is looking at implementing changes in the coming years, the changes to the USP in 2003 took three years in full.
If the USP is changed, students already working toward the past requirements would be grandfathered into the old requirements, and the new program would bind only new students.
Currently, according to the paper published by Allen concerning the USP assessment, UW’s current core curriculum requirements are somewhere in the middle of baccalaureate institutions in their stringency.
Some institutions, such as the Air Force Academy, require over 100 credits of common core requirements, where some institutions, such as Yale University, have a very loose and limited number of core requirements.
is not sufficient to cover the Hathaway Scholarship from the current account, there are other mechanisms to ensure that the scholarships get paid.
“At this point we think that the investment portfolio is strong and that the opportunity for full funding of scholarships are also strong, but we will continue to monitor it,” Richards said. “I don’t think that this is a high probability concern at this point.”
','Though no consensus has been reached on the severity by the state Legislature, it is certain that UW will keep monitoring the program intensely as they see it as extremely important.
“The Hathaway Scholarship has been the single most important program to help students go to college because it funds such a significant part of tuition,” Sara Axelson, vice president of Student Affairs, said.
“I know it has impacted the freshman classes, and not only with high-achieving students from Wyoming, but with students who were looking at bordering schools and decided with that kind of tuition to stay in state.”
Since it was first implemented, the program has continued to change its standards.
Originally, when the Hathaway was first awarded for graduating high school students in 2006, there were no curriculum requirements for students graduating high school, just GPA and ACT requirements.
For those graduating in 2011, students will have to fulfill the full course requirements as well as the GPA and the ACT.
The curriculum requirement in high school includes foreign language, social studies, science, language arts and math, which each meet different levels of requirements for the different levels of the Hathaway Scholarship.
“It has changed over the last four or five years as it has changed to what the Legislature wants it to be,” Danee Hunzie, a UW admissions representative and former Hathaway recipient, said.
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
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The Student Leadership in Community Engagement office is offering one alternative winter break and six different spring break options this year.
','This year’s winter break trip will take place Dec. 12-21 in Jamaica with the theme of “Building a better community,” Jen Lang, alternative break coordinator, said. The cost of the Jamaica trip is $1,868.
Participating in these alternative breaks is “a great way to get involved, build your resume and travel the world all at the same time,” Lang said.
Students will have the opportunity to participate in other programs during spring break as well. The six trips over spring break include a trip to Dominican Republic that will give aid to an orphanage, Costa Rica with a theme of social development, as well as environmental and conservation trips to Belize and the Florida Everglades. Students also have the opportunity to go to San Francisco to abet hunger and homelessness or to southern Utah to focus on animals, Lang said.
Spring trips range in cost from $300 to $1,500, she said.
Lang encouraged students to participate in these breaks, saying they are an excellent way to help out different communities.
Students on these trips will experience the world in a way that they would not if they took the trips on their own, she added.
The breaks are offered on a first-come, first-served basis with ten spots available for each trip.
For more information, contact the Volunteer Services office at 307-766-3117.
Email the author: jmagrum@uwyo.edu
A report by the National Research Council ranked the UW Department of Economics and Finance as the national leader in faculty research output and eighth in overall research productivity.
The UW program also received recognition for its research publication, which the review ranked as first in the nation.
Department Chair Jason Shogren attributed the success of the department to the small size of the program and the specific nature of its research.
When asked what set the UW program apart, Shogren credited his predecessors with building a successful model for the department.
“In the mid -1970s, Professors Bill Morgon, Ralph d’Arge and Tom Crocker set a goal that the department should focus on one primary research area: Applied microeconomics,” Shogren said. “The idea was to specialize and create an environment to promote synergies across professors and students.”
Shogren explained that the core principles are to be small in design and to focus on strength.
','The research conducted by the department has focused on five central issues, which have a direct relevance to Wyoming’s economic development.
“… how to manage financial risks in markets and non-market choices, evaluating risks to human and environmental health, integrating better economics with biology/ecology and other social sciences, how to develop a cost-effective mix of non-renewable and renewable energy, and how to promote economic development and social order without environmental degradation,” Shogren said.
Shogren added that the future implications of the research at the university are three fold.
“First, the department will continue to produce new Masters and PhDs who will be leaders in applied economics,” he said. “Many of these students will help set the national agenda for how society can provide more environmental protection at less costs to society.
He added that their faculty will continue to advise decision makers around the globe on economics and new policy options in the field.
Finally, he said that their current work will attract students and other scholars to Wyoming.
The National Research Council releases its review of PhD programs once every decade.
Email the author: rkubichek@uwyo.edu
While living on campus, UW students end up giving up some of their rights. However, students should be informed about what rights they maintain while on campus.
Students’ Attorney, Elizabeth Goudey, gave a speech Wednesday in the union detailing students’ Fourth Amendment rights; the right to be “secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
','The Fourth Amendment details the rights people have when an officer is at their door to search the premises or when an officer stops them on the street to answer questions, Goudey said.
“Most students do not know that they have a right not to permit an officer to enter their apartments or not to answer questions,” Goudey said.
Goudey’s presentation also involved an explanation of what Wyoming’s laws dealing with alcohol are.
Goudey says she usually gives these presentations before holidays that are surrounded by a tradition of partying as celebration.
“Students relinquish some rights in order to make [UW] a better community,” David Hennings, assistant dean for judicial affairs, said.
Living on campus, students are expected to adhere to the rules in the code of conduct as well as housing leases.
They must follow a set of laws set down by the university including an appropriate noise level, no pets of a certain size and, in some on-campus housing, no possession of alcohol.
Students living on campus are also required to leave guns and other weapons with UWPD. When these students want to access their weapons, they have to check out their own property, Hennings said.
He said these rules are not so much giving up rights, but taking on more responsibilities, because if students get in trouble with the law on campus, they have more to answer to.
Depending on a involvement on campus, students can be charged in many different venues, Hennings said.
The student may face repercussions from not only the police but also the school and perhaps the sports team or club that they were involved in, he said.
Email the author: jmagrum@uwyo.edu
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A group of evangelists, led by a man who refers to himself as Shawn The Baptist, spent the day spreading their message by telling passing students about the need to avoid sin.
The evangelists however, were met by a contingent of approximately eight to 10 students from the Secular Student Alliance, which spent the afternoon spreading the word of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. While the afternoon saw a great deal of heated words between the two groups, all involved remained peaceful.
','Student reaction to the exchange unfolding outside the Union was mixed. Some shouted and tried to argue with members of the group from Shawn The Baptist, others laughed and hurled comments, while most simply stood back chatting or taking pictures on camera phones.
Michael Richards, an Black student in the political science department, decided to show his amusement and mistrust of the evangelists out by dawning a Klu Klux Klan uniform and stood with a member of the group, claiming membership with the evangelists, and even pretended to join their cause. This was received mostly with laughter.
When asked about how students generally respond to this approach to Evangelism, Shawn The Baptist said, “It really just depends on the kind of campus. Many students protest. Atheists, homosexuals, educators and students often protest our presence. It’s not always well received, but I think we also start some positive dialogue.”
Shawn the Baptist said that he has been traveling to college campuses around the country to spread his faith for the past seven years.
His funding for these campus visits comes from personal work and donations made by churches supporting his cause. “Mostly [the funding comes] through money I earn working odd jobs, and also some churches help with financing.” Shawn declined to name any specific churches that provide support.
AJ Lamb, a member of SSA, said in response to the Evangelists\' warnings about sin, “I feel that it shall always be free, and it does not matter male or female, but when the bear is hungry, he shall eat.”
Charlie Wheeler, president of the SSA, said the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s beliefs as, “With us, there is only pirates; and with only pirates, there is only plundering; and with only plundering, there is only happiness. I hope that everyone will pillage some booty tonight, and everyone will be happy.”
UPDATE: BI Reporter DJ Bowman captured the following video footage:
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
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The dropping temperature and increasingly windy days may increase one’s interest in getting from point A to point B as fast as possible.
','With dismount zones, packed bike racks and slippery conditions, it is no surprise the majority of students are just getting to class without crashing.
But, there is still a final push of cyclists on campus that should remember some helpful pieces of information about biking on campus.
Despite the undeniable popularity of bicycle travel at UW, few students are actually aware of the exact rules and regulations that govern where and how they can or cannot ride and store bikes around campus.
Anyone looking for in-depth information about storing bikes and bike behavior, please go to the UWPD website at www.uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/uwpd/.
For the general public, here are the rules boiled down to 11 campus regulations:
1. All riders affiliated with the University of Wyoming in any way, whatsoever, are required to have their bike registered, and must display their registration sticker at all times.
2. Pedestrians: Indeed, even on the sidewalk, they get the right of way.
3. Be careful and do not get hurt or hurt anyone else in the process of biking.
4. No stunt driving. This is made very clear in bold on the website.
5. The same traffic rules apply to bicyclists on campus as off campus.
6. Do not block doors or openings with your bike.
7. Bicycles go in the bicycle rack and the bicycle rack only.
8. All bicycle equipment must adhere to Municipal Code Chapter 10-32.
9. Whoever a bicycle is registered to, will be held accountable for any fines it incurs.
10. It is illegal to produce your own registration tickets.
11. The university will not, without exception, be held liable for any objects, including bicycles, lost or misplaced on campus.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
A report published in the Oct. 7 issue of Nature yielded new results concerning effects of global warming on cold-blooded species in the tropics.
The report, “Global metabolic impacts of recent climate warming,” was head authored by Michael Dillon, assistant professor of zoology and physiology at UW.
','The report redirected some attention within the scientific discussion of global warming effects on tropical climates.
“I think this report shows some very strong evidence about the importance of looking very seriously at tropical climates when discussing the implications of global warming,” Dillon said.
The report found that while arctic areas of the planet have seen the most dramatic increases in temperature, cold-blooded species in tropical climates have in fact been most affected by these increased temperatures.
According to Dillon, the results of the study were surprising, as it was expected that the species inhabiting colder climates would be most affected by temperature increase.
Dillon said, “In northern and arctic regions we have seen a .7 degrees Celsius increase in temperature over the past 30 years, while tropical regions have experienced an increase of just roughly .3 degrees Celsius.”
Due to the relatively minor increase in temperature in tropical climates, the majority of researchers have, in the past, focused their studies on colder regions.
“Many climatologists believed that wherever the largest increase in temperature was present, would be where the most dramatic impact on life would be plainly visible,” he said. “When we ran the numbers that expectation was flipped on its head.”
The published report focused on the metabolism of cold-blooded species since their body temperature is determined by the temperature of their environment.
“Fluctuations in body temperature have a direct impact on the speed of an organism’s metabolism, consequently dramatically impacting its ability to sustain life,” he said.
Dillon explained that one reason tropical regions have largely failed to attract much attention from researchers is due to ways metabolism is affected by temperature.
“The relationship between the temperature of a specific climate and a species’ rate of metabolism is actually exponential, rather than linear, and because of the nature of this relationship, cold blooded species in tropical climates can only tolerate a small degree of temperature increase,” he said.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-26 04:42:00','147','Bob Kubichek','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-26 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','404','temperature, report, tropical, increase, climates, ”, warming, species, blooded, dillon, global, cold, metabolism, regions, impact, affected, relationship, zoology, body, arctic','A report published in the Oct. 7 issue of Nature yielded new results concerning effects of global warming on cold-blooded species in the tropics.\r\nThe report, “Global metabolic impacts of recent climate warming,” was head authored by Michael Dillon, assistant professor of zoology and physiology at UW.\r\n','0','17','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1872','Art Museum receives $75,000 in donations','art-museum-receives-75000-in-donations','','The UW Art Museum received $75,000 dollars in donations for “Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational.”
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Comprised of two separate donations, the money will be used to add several new works of modern or contemporary art to the outdoor exhibition in the coming year.
','This will contribute to many of the other sculptures that have been an addition to campus since “Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational” was started in 2008.
One of the donations to the UW Art Museum of $25,000 was awarded by the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund.
The other donation of $50,000 was anonymous.
The Art Museum has already planned to use some of the money to invite an artist from Great Britain to UW in November to create a sculpture specifically for campus
According to Susan Modenhauer, director and chief curator of the UW Art Museum, the sculpture program has broad reaching importance.
“It certainly enhances the cultural life of our community. If you look at Prexy’s, it transforms the campus to a creative place,” Modenhauer said, “Also, a number of those works have been used in a variety of courses on campus, and we use them in our K-12 education program here at the museum.”
Modenhauer said that the art has an economic benefit, as people come from outside the city to see the exhibition.
She said she believes that it encourages and fosters culture and art not just in Laramie and at UW, but across the entire state.
“Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational” was launched by the UW Art Museum in response to the interests of the university and Laramie communities for art in public places and to enable the museum to remain active during a year-long closure of its galleries for renovations.
Initially planned as a one-year program, the project now has no planned date to finish, as it has become a staple in the community and campus.
Originally, the exposition was composed of 18 works with 12 works created or lent by artists, five from the Art Museum permanent collection, and one created by the artists of ARK for their new Creative Arts Center.
Since then, five pieces of art on loan have been removed, but, according to Modenhauer, the donations will allow UW to add at least two new works to campus.
According to its website, the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund supports Wyoming’s culture and heritage through grant funding of innovative projects for the, “Enjoyment, appreciation, promotion, preservation, and protection of the state’s arts, cultural and historic resources.”
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
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','
Last year’s senate voted to instate a bill that would require them to do one outreach presentation per semester during their term as a senator.
This outreach presentation was put together by the ASUW Student Relations Committee and is to be given during one of the senator’s classes.
However, the senate has had problems ensuring the senators fulfill their outreach obligation. The bill presented Tuesday night would have made it so senators failing to do the presentation would receive one fourth of an absence.
Senators are allowed three absences before they are required to go before the steering committee to face disciplinary action.
Much of the debate surrounding the bill was whether or not missing a presentation was worth one fourth absence or a full absence.
Constitution committee, which had reviewed the bill proposed an amendment to make missing the presentation one full absence rather than part of one.
If we are going to enforce this, we need to enforce it with something that has impact, Sen. Alex Sullivan-Brink said.
However, many senators felt that missing a presentation did not have the same implications as missing a meeting and therefore should not be weighted as heavily with the absence policy.
The second bill required senators to have written permission from the residing officer to leave a meeting early.
The bill stated that any senators who left early from the meeting without this permission would not have their names called in a roll call vote and would change the majority to the current number of senators present.
Though Sen. Joel Defebaugh assured senators this bill was designed to bring ASUW policy up to speed with policies of comparable groups to the senate, since some senators saw it as a direct reaction to events that happened two weeks ago.
At the senate meeting on Oct. 5, several senators left the meeting early which caused problems when a vote that had been taken earlier in the meeting was brought back up and voted on again.
Sen. Will Reese said he felt the bill was trying to close loopholes and was undemocratic.
Senators said they felt ASUW policy should not be changed because a bill did not pass and as an action against events that have not had a history of happening.
In other business, ASUW passed two RSO funding board requests. The first was for $2155 to Women’s Action Network for their annual Take Back the Night event to take place in April.
The second was $2051.67 to Got Equality Women’s Leadership Conference.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
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The 79,000-square foot, two-story Visual Arts Center will be located east of the Centennial Complex building that houses the UW Art Museum and American Heritage Center, and will replace the overcrowded and out-of-date facilities for visual arts housed in and around the current Fine Arts Building.
','The project will provide expanded teaching studios and spaces for art history, ceramics, drawing, foundations of art, graphics, painting, printmaking, sculpture and small metals.
In addition to the basic teaching studios, the facility will provide administrative offices, a large student commons area, a gallery for exhibiting students\' work and to support the Visiting Artists Program and a large lecture room for art classes and other programs.
Individual studio spaces and offices for faculty will supplement the teaching studios. The ceramics area will have an exterior workspace for large gas-fired kilns.
The sculpture space will have an exterior workspace for raw material storage, foundry for metal casting and construction of large work. Studios will have daylight or north light as appropriate for the medium being taught.
\"The Department of Art is overjoyed at the prospect of housing our entire department in one building that will accommodate an increasing student enrollment, growth in studio areas, new technologies and expanding programs,\" Ricki Klages, head of the UW Department of Art, said in a UW news release.
\"Our close proximity to the Centennial Complex will encourage more cross-over of exhibitions, visiting artists and students\' use of the collections. We hope that, once we are moved into the new building, we can establish a hub of creativity that will draw visitors throughout the state and attract even more national and international art students.\"
According to Mal Haworth, associate director in the department of facility planning, the architects worked closely with the Department of Art to design the building specifically for their needs.
“It is not a normal classroom lab building, it will have its own character and uses,” Haworth said. “It is truly designed around the needs of an art curriculum.”
Currently, the contractor has done most of the grading and will finish the foundation by the end of the month so that the steel structure will be set up before winter hits the state.
According to Haworth, the site will achieve UW\'s effort of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for sustainability.
\"We expect the Visual Arts Center will exceed LEED Gold criteria,” Haworth said.
Some of the design features designed to decrease energy consumption will include reduced runoff, low irrigation requirements, building orientation to maximize the south solar exposure, a well-insulated envelope to reduce initial heat loss and demand on the campus steam system and the elimination of air conditioning by the use of evaporative cooling in spaces requiring cooling with operable windows that provide offices and public spaces to be cooled with a natural ventilation system, taking advantage of the prevailing winds.
Almost every room will have a window to provide the significant portion of the lighting requirement and a significant portion of the artificial lighting will be on user set time controls to prevent systems from operating when not required.
During the actual construction, the contractor will recycle a minimum of 50 percent of construction waste.
The Wyoming State Legislature approved issuing revenue bonds for the project not to exceed $33 million, to be paid for by UW\'s share of federal mineral royalties, which are restricted by law to be used for capital facilities purposes.
Currently the project is expected to cost $26 million dollars.
“We are very happy with that piece of the project. Everyone was very diligent to keep it within the budget,” Haworth said.
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
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The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research funding comes in the form of two competitive grants; one from the U.S. Department of Energy for $2.4 million over three years, and another from NASA for $750,000 over three years.
','The research, which will be led by professor Wenyong Wang from the UW Department of Physics and Astronomy, will bring together scientists from several departments to develop and test new, more affordable and more efficient materials to convert sunlight into electricity and fuels.
“This is a big support for work here, especially for the University of Wyoming,” Wenyong said.
According to Wenyong, most energy research at UW used to focus on wind energy or fossil fuel, and the funding will help the university research into an alternative renewable energy.
“This funding definitely allows us to do many new things. There is no fabrication facility at UW and so we cannot fabricate micro-scale and nano-scale devices,” Wenyong said.
He said with the funding they would be able to build up necessary infrastructure and fabricate different nano-scale electronic and photonic devices.
The CPAC, one of the SER’s nine centers of excellence, was created to examine new opportunities for energy generation and conversion while seeking to improve efficiency in energy production and use.
Emphasizing electrical and chemical conversions of light in both new and conventional energy forms, CPAC is a progressive research center seeking to improve efficiency in energy production and use.
Research areas include the conversion of sunlight to stored energy such as hydrogen from water, fuel cell technology advancement, and the production of photogenerated fuels.
CPAC’s research and outreach missions position UW as a leader in sustainable energy development, according to their website.
“The efficient use of energy resources, whether fossil or renewable, depends on catalysis,” Carrick M. Eggleston, CPAC associate director and a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, said in a UW news release.
“The research in this center will help us move toward more efficient solar energy conversion systems and more efficient use of all forms of energy.”
This is not the first projected funded by EPSCoR.
EPSCoR has brought millions of dollars into Wyoming by working to make UW faculty competitive in obtaining federal research grants.
It has also worked to improve the state’s science and engineering infrastructure and strengthen departmental and multidisciplinary research groups, a UW news release stated.
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
After a recent announcement by the UW administration that two alleged sexual assaults occurred at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity on campus, students are more aware than ever of the importance of being conscious of potential dangers.
According to Troy Lane, Chief of Police at UW, the alleged attacks occurred on Sept. 19 and Oct. 9 and were reported to the UW police by Ivinson Memorial Hospital.
','The victims chose to remain anonymous.
The assaults were reported because of a policy established a few years ago allowing the victim to go to the hospital, and, from there, the assault information will be relayed to the police department without releasing the identity of the victim.
“They keep track of the victim, and they report to us and provide the evidence to us, and if the victim wants to come forward later, we are able to connect that evidence with that victim,” Lane said.
UW police is investigating the assaults and interviewing the members of the fraternity.
At the moment, reports from UW and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon headquarters indicate that the assailant is not a member of the fraternity.
The university sent an email to all UW students and faculty on Oct. 12 indicating that two sexual assaults had taken place at the fraternity and that police were looking for witnesses. Students reacted to the email with criticism, stating that the email was too vague and would only lead to panic and accuse members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. According to Lane, the reason for the email was two fold.
“We have some legal obligation to warn people when we know there is an issue some place on our campus, and that is part of the reason. Another part is that we feel morally obligated to let people know there is an issue, and then of course to see if there are other victims, and have them come forward, or witnesses,” Lane said.
The legal obligation that Lane spoke of comes from the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act.
The act mandates that higher education institutions give timely warning of threats of crimes that are covered by Clery statistics, such as sexual assaults.
According to Lane, they believed that these incidents called for such a release.
Lane stated that any witnesses or reports from the victims about the case are essential to the investigation. According to Lane, most times a sex kit from a victim alone is not enough to charge a suspect.
Though the president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Nick Vaughn, declined an interview, but stated, “Our chapter condemns sexual assault and is cooperating with the university and UWPD. This is all of the information we have to give out.”
According to Sara Axelson, vice president of Student Affairs, UW has many programs on campus that are created to emphasize safety, and in order to avoid other incidents in the future, these programs need to be effective.
“It needs to be an on going message—whether it is this campus or another—safety is a primary concern,” Axelson said.
According to Axelson, to help resolve the concerns on campus, the investigation is a critical component of the overall incident.
“We need to be able to resolve this case and see what exactly occurred on those two evenings, and if we have a suspect,” Axelson said.
If a suspect is indicated, UW will also make sure that they will do their own investigation if it is a student at the university, or if any other students are accused of wrongdoing.
“No matter what—the students code of conduct is something we have to look at and students will be held responsible for their actions,” Axelson said.
This weekend, President Buchanan released a statement that reinforced his and the university’s dedication to safety.
“Let me be clear: sexual assault is a vile crime. Violence of any kind conflicts with every purpose of a university and will not be tolerated at the University of Wyoming,” Buchanan said, “UW takes any complaint of sexual assault extremely seriously; the safety of every member of our community is my paramount concern.”
Buchanan noted that if members of SAE, or anyone else, have information, they have a legal and ethical obligation to fully share this with law enforcement.
Though more publicized, these are not the only cases of sexual assault reported recently at UW. Two other cases of sexual assault were reported in September at other locations.
The number of assaults reported at UW in the last two months is higher than all the assaults reported in the last two years at UW, according to Clery statistics.
“The focus has been mainly on those retention rate because in order to graduate you got to stay in school, and we want to keep our students engaged and in school,” McCuskey said.
Email the author: mdonofri@uwyo.edu
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Their statements said the fraternity has launched its own investigation and is working with local alumni leaders and staff members.
According to the statement, based on the information gathered, the suspect in the alleged assault is not a member of the fraternity and has no affiliation with the organization.
','“Sigma Alpha Epsilon has stringent risk-management policies for its members, and sexual misconduct is neither condoned nor tolerated,” said the statement.
“In addition, chapter members continuously participate in philanthropic events that raise awareness about sexual violence toward women. Wyoming Alpha, as the chapter is classified by the national headquarters, is one of our top award-winning chapters out of our 240 chapters across the country.”
The Greek community and the police department were unwilling to comment on the investigation as of Wednesday.
Email the author: ejarnagi@uwyo.edu
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The UW Speech and Debate Team left early this morning to compete in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas meet, which will feature over one hundred teams from all over the nation. “Teams from the most prestigious schools—Dartmouth, Harvard and Emory—will all be there,” UW debate coach Travis Cram said. Cram stated that he would like to beat Idaho State University at the meet, but the stiff competition has not swayed Cram’s optimism in his team.
','Cram said the seniors on the team have reached the final round in tournaments before, specifically talking about senior Mike Bausch, who Cram said has had tremendous success.According to Cram, the underclassmen on the team, “… (are) very young, but have done amazing, all things considered. In fact, I’ll be surprised if we’re not in the top four.”UW will be taking four teams to the meet. The debates will center around immigration policy in the United States. “It doesn’t deal with the stories you hear on the news, like Arizona Law,” Cram said. Instead, the teams will debate either for or against the idea of increasing visas to highly educated foreigners.The teams’ performance at the UNLV meet will establish head to head records with other schools, offer experience debating with other teams and gain points to qualify for the National Debate Tournament.UNLV won’t be the first meet for the UW Debate Team. The season began in September, and some members have competed in as many as six meets. The team returns Tuesday night.This is Cram’s first year as UW’s debate coach but he has been coaching collegiate level debate for three years. Last year, his team at the University of Kansas won finals at the National Debate Tournament.Cram cited this season as a transition year for his team, mentioning his differing expectations from those of the former coach as one of their growing pains. He also said the change in leadership put the team behind on research.Still, Cram is somewhat familiar with his team.“I was on the UW team with the seniors when I was an undergrad, and I coached some of the freshmen and sophomores while they were in high school,” he said.
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A UW fraternity is being investigated for two alleged sexual assaults that occurred on its property.
According to UW director of institutional communications Jessica Lowell, members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (?AE) are fully cooperating with UWPD and other authorities.
“We have enough information to confirm that the alleged assaults occurred at the same location, or Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity,” she said Tuesday during a phone interview.
','“There is no evidence that any member of the house is involved or not involved,” Lowell said. Lowell said a campus-wide email was sent out to students and employees Tuesday urging them to come forward if they had any information regarding the allegations.
“UW Police felt obliged to let the university community know [about the investigation],” she said.
“In both cases the alleged victims have elected not to file a report.\"
If a person has any information regarding these alleged assaults, he or she is encouraged to contact UWPD either by calling 766-5179 or using the Silent Witness form on the www.uwyo.edu/UWPD.
In Albany County, any victim of sexual assault can anonymously visit a hospital and be examined. Evidence can be collected at this time and if the victims choose to come forward, the evidence will be given to the UWPD if and when they choose to come forward.
\"The Greek community is devastated by this event,\" Liz Rader, an alum of the Greek community said.
\"We are supportive of the victim and hope that everything possible will be done to investigate the event. The Greek community at UW does not in any way support activities or behaviors that could lead to such an event. Every single Greek member will do everything in their power to make sure our community, houses, and campus is safe for every student 24/7.\"
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The issue started after the NCAA established new rules to regulate the academic integrity of sports at the college level, creating a system where a school’s academic progress is assessed on a four-year compilation of points for each team.
Each student athlete on scholarship has the potential to earn two points for their team each semester.
','The students lose a point for not qualifying for the NCAA’s academic eligibility standards or if the students leave the academic institution without graduating. A teammate can also lose a point if an athlete does not graduate after 10 semesters.
Referred to as the Academic Performance Rate, the NCAA then divides the total points accumulated over the past four years by the total points possible, which must be maintained above a score of 925, or 92.5 percent.
In 2006-2007, the UW men’s basketball team lost 11 points in one year, lowering their APR score to below 800.
The team is only allowed to loose a total of 12 points over the entire four-year period.
Phil Wille, associate athletics director of Compliance and Academic Services, said the reasons for the dramatic drop had a lot to do with the major transition that was occurring in UW men’s basketball.
That year, UW saw many students leave the school because of a new head coach, a fact that was combined with other students’ failure to graduate. Because of the low score, UW suffered the highest scholarship penalty that could be passed down, 10 percent of the total scholarships, or a total of two from the team.
According to Wille, losing two scholarships for the basketball team was a huge hit because of the small number of players on the team.
To recover and not receive other penalties, UW built an improvement plan with suggestions for the coaching staff and for the academic support office on how to raise the APR score in the coming years.
The team has been working on improving the score for the last three years, Wille said.
“I have to complement the coaching staff especially because they bring accountability to what we are trying to accomplish with this plan,” he said. “We are still recovering. But I expect our score to shoot up after our next year of data.”
In the past, other sports have also received penalties due to low APR scores, but none had as low a score as men’s basketball.
The women’s volleyball program had a similar problem a few years ago while struggling with retention rates, which in turn caused its score to drop below 925 and a scholarship reduction. This may also be attributed to coaching changes.
Men’s indoor track also received a partial scholarship reduction for 2008-2009 due to a low APR score.
Penalizing a team for a player leaving is based upon studies, which show that student athletes who transfer have a higher tendency not to graduate.
The system does make exceptions for transfers if they have a GPA above 2.6, ensuring that if a student leaves to pursue other legitimate academic experiences, the school is not penalized.
“They don’t want a student athlete coming to your institution for two years and then saying, ‘OK thanks, I’m done,’ and then depart the school,” Wille said.
For other teams, Wille meets with the coaches from all the teams at the end of the season to let them know what their APR rate is and what the plan for the next few years should be to avoid penalties.
“I think for the most part Wyoming has done a really nice job and we are fortunate in that our coaches really support what we are trying to do with our academic mission at this institution,” Wille said.
UW has also tied incentives in coaches’ contracts with APR scores so that coaches will receive benefits from good team APR ratings.
“The APR is doing what the NCAA was hoping it would do,” Wille said.
“It is influencing universities and their academic departments to make sure that their students are doing well academically because there is a real penalty if they fail to do so.”
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The deep pounding of a base drum, the snap of a snare and the peal of trumpets resounding from War Memorial Stadium are a common occurrence during Cowboy football games. This weekend was no different, minus the football game.
UW, along with the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps, hosted the third annual UW Marching Invitational Oct. 9. The event gave Wyoming and Nebraska high school marching bands the opportunity to hone their marching and playing talents.
This year, eight high schools and one middle school participated in the event, despite inclement weather.
','The Western Thunder Marching Band and the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps was the primary coordinating unit for the event, doing everything from running recordings on the field to the press box, to helping set up conducting stands on the field for the various ensembles.
“My primary job for today is just to take care of things on the field, to make sure things go smoothly,” Michael Jaycox, drum major for WTMB, said.
With the state marching band competition in the near future, the invitational gave the bands a good chance to get their last minute imperfections worked out.
“This event is a great opportunity for the groups to showcase all the hard work they’ve put in,” Johanna Swisher, trombone section leader of WTMB, said. “These bands don’t just perform for football or other sports. This is a good opportunity for them to get ready for the state marching band competition.”
The event is a useful tool for the various directors of the bands, because after each performance the bands received critiques from a panel of judges and a 15-minute clinic with University of Central Missouri director of bands, Scott Lubaroff and Robert Beker, UW director of bands, to help enhance the different groups next performance.“This is great for the bands, because it gives them a chance to get all the nerves out before their big competition,” Andrew Salzman, a member of the WTMB, said.
Katie Brose, a freshman from Fort Collins, Colorado loved the competition she found in high school marching bands and chose UW because of the “connection she made with the faculty.”
“In Colorado, it was a lot more competitive. We lived for the competition,” she said. Brose went on to explain how the UW faculty, while still nurturing the competitive spirit, is more concerned about the students’ experience.
“They want us to do well, but it’s also important that we have fun and appreciate what we’re doing,” she said.
Brad Williamson, the associate director of bands and the director of the WTMB views the event as a good recruiting opportunity.
“Any time we can get kids onto campus is a great opportunity to recruit,” he said. “We get a chance to show them what the university is about and that’s useful for us.”
The Western Thunder Marching Band finished up the event with a signature performance and exhibition of one of their halftime shows from earlier this year.
Williamson said about 50 UW students volunteered to help with the event.
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“They say that in the Army, the training’s mighty fine! Last night there were 10 of us, but now there’s only nine!”
This marching cadence pokes fun at the Army in a good-natured way, but the training recruits and cadets receive is rigorous and often dangerous. Earlier this month, UW ROTC cadets experienced a small amount of that excitement and danger.
The cadets from the UW Cowboy Battalion spent Sept. 30 through Oct. 1 at Camp Guernsey, a popular National Guard training area, where the terrain is similar to what soldiers can expect in the Middle East.
','The cadets hit the ground running with classes in basic rifle marksmanship with the M-16 rifle, which taught them the fundamentals of marksmanship, including techniques to steady their breathing, the proper way to engage a target and the proper trigger squeeze.
For some, this was the first time they had ever handled a weapon much less one of this type. After firing thousands of rounds at qualification targets, the cadets moved to daytime land navigation training.
Although the modern soldier uses a GPS, the technology is not foolproof and can become damaged or run out of batteries. For these reasons, it is essential for every soldier to have basic map reading and land navigation skills.
The cadets were given a total of eight points to find in a four-kilometer by four-kilometer course, and began the exercise by plotting their points on a map. After plotting all their points, the cadets used their compasses to find their direction and began their trek across the rugged terrain.
The cadets were given five hours to complete the task.
Members of the junior class had to conduct the exercise alone; while freshmen and sophomores worked in two or three person teams, employing the “battle buddy” system, which ensures that everyone has a partner in case of unforeseeable events. The day’s events continued with a block of instruction on Patrol Base operations, another vital task in a soldier’s arsenal.
The cadets learned about reconnaissance techniques, how to occupy an area and the priorities of work once the area is occupied, including, first and foremost, security.
As darkness consumed the Wyoming landscape, the cadets conducted a night land navigation exercise but had only five points and three hours to finish, adding to the pressure of the event.
The next morning, the cadets began squad tactical exercises. Each training area, or lane, had a nine to ten person squad that was led by a member of the junior class while members of the senior class played opposing forces.
Armed with blank rounds and fresh knowledge, the cadets used the training they learned the day prior to seek out their enemies, conduct reconnaissance missions and set ambushes. The military advisors for the students tried to ensure the training was as realistic as possible, as most of them have had combat experience in the Middle East.
The enemies used improvised explosive devices, indirect or mortar fire and smoke grenades to obscure themselves and create misdirection for the cadets.
After completion, the individual squad leaders were evaluated in accordance with military doctrine.
After returning to the university, the students had time to clean their gear and reflect on the training event.
“The exercise was great because I got to watch infantry tactics from the enemy’s perspective and I had the chance to learn from mistakes we made,” Brad Murdock, a sophomore from Gillette, said.
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One UW graduate assistant longs for the comforts of home and is looking forward to visiting for Christmas; yet, has become accustomed to the traditions and idiosyncrasies Wyoming has to offer.
This week’s faculty spotlight is on a graduate student who teaches German classes for the UW Department of Modern and Classical Languages.
Although Karen von Harbou misses her native Deutschland, specifically Bavaria, she has grown to enjoy her time at the university.
','She originally came to Wyoming because of her boyfriend but grew to love it.
She was offered a teaching position while she worked on her graduate studies and internship, she said.
“I very much appreciated it,” she said. “I knew that I wanted to teach, and it’s been the best experience of my life, and I really know I want to pursue it. I have the best students.”
While von Harbou is a graduate of one of the biggest, most prestigious universities in Germany, at UW she appreciates the education system as opposed to the system she had in Germany.
“There’s absolutely no way a professor would ever recognize you or have a close relationship with you,” she said.
“I never got to know any of my professors, and they were particularly not interested in me. You’re expected to study completely on your own and there’s usually only one paper or exam at the end of the class.”
While this system may sound intriguing, if you do not pass that paper, you must re-take the class and may not graduate. The German education system has yet to digitize their academic recording system, so if a student loses their records, it’s a problem. This requires the students to be completely self-sufficient and organized.
Because of the smaller classes and the one-on-one time she’s received from UW faculty, von Harbou has had a chance to improve, not only the way she learns, but the way she teaches.
“I feel like I have a better chance to grow here because people actually sat down and because people took a personal interest,” von Harbou said.
“I try to put a huge investment into my teaching to try and improve my classes and make them more interesting. I always encourage my students to come to my office hours because I know how beneficial it is.”
Because of her strong work ethic towards not only her studies and self-improvement, but to students and faculty members, von Harbou is a sterling example of the university and represents herself with distinction.
Email the Author: dbowman6@uwyo.edu
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After three consecutive years of work from Freshmen Senate, the tradition of the Octopus Tree was revived Wednesday night as President Tom Buchanan and his wife Jacque Buchanan kissed under the newly planted tree.
“We met 35 years ago when we were students here, but this is the first time we have kissed under the Octopus Tree,” Buchanan said.
The legend of the Octopus Tree says anyone who has not been kissed under it is still a freshman at the university, regardless of the number of credit hours the student has obtained.
','The original tree, which was condemned in the 1970s, was removed from the university grounds in the 1980s after it was determined to be a hazard.
When the Octopus Tree was first planted, along with about 20 other trees, the groundskeeper at the time mowed over it and the other trees so many times it was caused to grow in an odd shape, giving it its name.
Of the 20 original trees, the Octopus Tree was the only survivor of the repeated attempts at destruction, Dennis Dreher of Admissions said at the ceremony.
Many freshmen senators over the past few years have worked to replace the Octopus Tree but were unable to secure funding until last year when the tree was funded from the ASUW Special Projects fund, ASUW Vice President Liz Brown said.
Although it was last year’s Freshmen Senate that secured the funding and planted the tree, this year’s senate hosted the ceremony and introduced the tree.
Because last year’s senate received funding in January, the tree was planted in June due to the warmer weather. The Senate was unable to have an opening ceremony until this semester.
This fall UW will see its third year of increased student enrollment.
Enrollment at UW increased by 454 students from the previous fall semester, totaling 12,992 students, according to UW News. Not only is the fall 2010 semester the schools highest recorded on-campus enrollment since 1991, when the school totaled 12,656 students, but it is also the highest 15th day total in the school’s history, according to UW News.
','\"UW uses the 15 class day as the record for the census date, as it occurs after the first financial payments are due an after the class add/drop deadline\", Sara Axelson, UW’s vice president for Student Affairs, told UW News.
The figures show 10,628 students enrolled on the Laramie campus, according to UW News. This is the highest total since 1991. According to Axelson, after all Outreach School enrollments are recorded by the end of the semester, UW’s fall semester enrollment should exceed 13,500 students. This year saw a decrease in freshmen enrollment at UW, and an increase of transfers, totaling 2,634 all together.
According to Director of Admissions Noah Buckley, the decrease of about 100 freshmen came from out of state students.
In-state enrollment stayed at its 2009 level of 9,325 students, or 72 percent of the entire student population.
The increase of Wyoming residents is probably an effect of the economy, according to Buckley, as it is less expensive for most students to attend UW than an out-of-state institution. The economy is also affecting the number of graduating students, which raises the total enrollment rate of the university, Buckley said. With the poor economy, he believes that many students are staying in school longer as their job prospects are poor. There is also an increase of 331 veterans and current service members compared to 262 last spring. The increase of students involved with the military enrolling at UW has a lot to do with the timing of service members coming back from deployment, according to Buckley.
“I am really pleased with our increases in overall enrollment and especially our increases in international transfer students and our veterans and current service members,” Axelson said.
\"International student enrollment is also up to 749, or a 17 percent increase from last year\", Axelson said in a UW News release. This makes 2010 the third consecutive year international student enrollment has increased. Buckley said UW has put a lot of effort into recruiting international students over the last three to four years.
Undergraduate enrollment at UW increased by 340 students to 10,074 students, as did the graduate and professional enrollment by 114 students to 2,918. Summer enrollment at the university saw an increase of more than 5 percent, bolstered by a substantial amount of students receiving federal Pell grants. The school saw 6,112 students taking summer classes on the Laramie campus and through the UW Outreach School, compared to 5,812 last summer.
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Launch of a new calendar system for UW will take place at 9 a.m. Monday in the Wyoming Union.
The Tzolk’in calendar, named after the 260-day Mesoamerican calendar used by the pre-Colombian Mayan civilization, will be put up on the university’s website on Sunday. The university will host a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday to introduce it.
','The launch will be in the Union Skylight Lounge. A new UW website and a new WyoAlumni page will also be introduced. All three groups will have booths so representatives can explain their websites to UW students and faculty.
The UW Tzolk’in calendar was designed by the Office of Student Affairs.
A student-led committee came together to brainstorm on a design, vice president of Student Affairs Sara Axelson said
The Tzolk’in calendar was the result. UW Public Relations, along with Information Technology, also played an important role in bringing it into existence, according to a UW press release.
“We need a great one-stop shop,” Axelson said about a need for a calendar where students can go to find all the events that are happening on campus. It’s our responsibility to make that information easy to find and readily available to our students in a central location.”
The Tzolk’in calendar will not only allow students to find out what activities are happening around UW, but will also allow them to invite their friends to join them at the event through the calendar system, Axelson said.
Students can also have email or text message reminders sent to themselves for calendar entries.
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Tzolk’in also allows students to add events from the site onto their own personal calendar on Facebook or other calendar sites.
For more information visit www.uwyo.edu/uw/calendar or contact the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at (307) 766-5123.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-07 07:00:00','126','Jamie Magrum ','2010-10-08 05:31:36','173','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-08 13:00:00','2010-10-23 05:43:55','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','388','calendar, students, tzolk’in, student, affairs, axelson, information, , find, office, happening, events, email, president, website, ”, vice, monday, union, launch','Launch of a new calendar system for UW will take place at 9 a.m. Monday in the Wyoming Union.\r\n\r\nThe Tzolk’in calendar, named after the 260-day Mesoamerican calendar used by the pre-Colombian Mayan civilization, will be put up on the university’s website on Sunday. The university will host a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday to introduce it. ','0','23','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1888','ASUW senate votes against more direct RSO oversight, involvement','asuw-senate-votes-against-more-direct-rso-oversight-involvement','','
ASUW ran late Tuesday night due to debate over a controversial bill.
Senate Bill 2292 would have mandated that ASUW Senators attend two RSO events each semester and fill out evaluation forms for the event.
“The bill is designed to provide feedback to RSOs, so they can improve future events they hold,” Dugas said.
The bill would increase and help build relationships between ASUW and RSOs on campus, Dugas said.Sen. Pat Hurley spoke in favor of the bill.
“We shouldn’t look at this is if we’re policing RSOs,” Hurley said. “It would be great to have RSOs come to future meetings and be able to look at previous years’ evaluations and see how they intend to improve their future events.”
Director of Finance Luke Frye was also in support of the legislation. He felt ASUW should have accountability with the money it hands out, Frye said.“This is student fee money, and we should be responsible for it,” Frye said.
Sen. Will Reese spoke in opposition of Senate Bill 2292.
“I’ve made it clear that I’m concerned with holding RSOs accountable, but if we really want to be accountable we need to be accountable on Tuesday nights when we’re writing checks,” Reese said. Reese said he feels many of the bureaucratic requirements in the bill are excessive and silly.
Some senators said they believed RSOs should be allowed to evaluate themselves and that the bill is an overreach of student government.
“It’s not our job to be policing the RSOs on campus,” Sen. Lana Percival said. “I feel like we make them jump through enough hoops already—these are our fellow students.” Percival said she feels the bill would lead to ASUW and the RSO Funding Board voting on previous years’ evaluations, instead of the legitimacy of the current requests.
When the Senate took a roll call vote on the bill, the result was 16-9 in favor. The bill, however, needed a two-thirds vote in order to pass, which it missed by a single vote.
However, an attempt to reconsider the bill after some senators left sparked controversy. Some senators felt the attempt to reconsider was made to take advantage of some senators who voted against the bill and left before the meeting was over.
“I don’t think the senators would have expected something like this,” Sen. Joe Chenchar said.
Sen. Jordan Kaul said she thought the move was justified and senators should stay for 100 percent of the meetings. “If they didn’t want to stick it out, they shouldn’t run for ASUW,” she said.
The bill failed again during the re-vote.
In other business, ASUW allocated $1,275 for Alpha Kappa Psi, a business fraternity. The money will go toward their etiquette dinner to take place on Nov. 8. The College of Business has contributed $1,100 to the event, which is intended to instruct students on the necessary etiquette skills to succeed in the business world.
Dan Adams was approved as the Director of Diversity and Student Outreach. “I will be able to reach out to a diverse UW campus,” Adams said. “I would also like to expand and reach out to all the RSOs on campus as a representative of ASUW.” ','','1','11','0','34','2010-10-07 23:50:11','62','Zach Spadt','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','147','2010-10-07 23:56:31','2010-10-07 23:50:11','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','387','bill, ”, asuw, rsos, senators, sen, , senate, campus, vote, business, “i, future, events, money, frye, student, accountable, rso, reese','','0','11','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1889','Celebrity discusses personal struggles','celebrity-discusses-personal-struggles','','
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Actor Joey Pantoliano, who played roles in “The Sopranos” and “The Matrix,” spoke on Tuesday about his experience with mental illness.
“Mental disease does not have the luxury of anonymity,” Pantoliano said during the talk.
Pantoliano, who established “No Kidding, Me Too!,” an organization designed to reduce the stigma around mental illness, uses his celebrity status to educate students, soldiers and others around the country on mental illness.
During his speech, he spoke about raising $470,000 through $5 to $10 donations for his documentary, “Canvas.\" The goal of the organization is to empower those with brain disease to admit their illness and seek treatment to better their lives.
“I saw this was really important, I saw the empowerment I got when I was diagnosed and I learned that there is upwards of 80 percent recovery from all mental disease diagnosis,” Pantoliano said. He has not had a problem with opposition concerning clinical depression, since most people are somehow affected either through their experiences with an illness, or by someone suffering close to them, Pantoliano said.
Pantoliano said when he tells someone he has clinical depression, they generally reply, “No kidding, me too. What are you taking?”
Pantoliano started to speak around the country after “Canvas” was released and won several awards from mental health organizations.
The organizations asked Pantoliano to speak and he agreed, especially after he saw how his own industry discriminated against him because of his mental illness, he said.Pantoliano also said he is concerned about how insurance providers treat those with mental illness.
“Insurance providers don’t give our brains the same constitutional parity as our liver or kidneys,” Pantoliano said. “Everything is quantified and doctors have to argue the point, begging for days of rehab and insurance companies can just say no, they get seven days or they get ten days.”
Pantoliano is also concerned with the “meteoric rise to suicide” at colleges and in the military, he said.
Pantoliano said emotional intimacy is an answer to feeling suicidal. Students need to be candid and honest.
“The more you talk about it, the less real it becomes, Pantoliano said. “You have to purge it for it to become less real.”
“People are too busy living their lives to make time to judge you, and if your friends are judging you, they’re not really friends anyway,” he said.','','-1','11','0','34','2010-10-07 23:39:16','62','Erin Jarnagin','2010-10-07 23:48:15','147','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-10-07 23:39:16','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','386','pantoliano, ”, mental, illness, , disease, “the, days, real, students, organization, friends, “no, kidding, country, lives, speak, organizations, talk, celebrity','','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1890','Lt. Choi: I did not understand pain of DADT until in love','lt-choi-i-did-not-understand-pain-of-dadt-until-in-love','','Lieutenant Dan Choi, Iraq Veteran, West Point graduate and fluent Arabic speaker, spoke to students about his experience in the military and dealing with the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, as well as his experience being gay in a nation that discriminates against some of the best and brightest because of their sexual preferences.
Choi recounted some of his experiences in Iraq and how as a soldier he tried to teach Shia Muslims, the minority in the area, not to hide their differences.
The soldiers attempted to teach Shias about being open about what they believe and not being afraid of what their views were.
\"Shias are encouraged to hide their identities\", Choi said. \"Many Shias believe it is \'better that you live than lose your friends or your career.\'\"
Choi began to wonder why he had to hide his identity.
When students asked how his platoon reacted after he came out on \"The Rachel Maddow Show,\" he said many of them were encouraging about his efforts and most of the people he served with did not mind that he was gay.
“I felt good, I felt vindicated that not everybody I served with was homophobic, but I wondered, why didn’t you tell me that the whole time, because coming out to me was a big deal,” Choi said. “It’s not a liberal phenomenon—people who come out educate everyone.”
Gay people are not the ones who caused the conflict, gays did not cause people to commit suicide just because they told people it was okay to feel like they are worth something, Choi said.
Choi also shared his story about coming out with students.
“For ten years in the military I didn’t have a problem with it,” he said, “I wasn’t afraid of getting kicked out, I was afraid of my dad and my mom. My dad is a Southern Baptist minister. I told because my mom is really annoying, she would always ask ‘When will you marry a Korean girl?’ and finally I said, “Mom I am not going to get married to a Korean girl! I am not attracted to Korean girls!”
Choi told students he did not understand the real pain of DADT until he fell in love because he realized his partner would not be informed if something happened to him overseas unless his partner heard it on the news or the radio. He said it was difficult not being able to kiss his partner goodbye as he left or returned from a dangerous part of the world.
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“A lot of college students are progressive thinkers,” said Chris Rothfuss, the Democratic candidate for the State Senate, District 9. “They have fresh ideas, but they also have a kind of apathy towards the government. They believe that their voice will not be heard, so they neglect to vote and have their voice heard. We (the Democratic Party) are working to cure that apathy.”
The event was organized to get students – both Democrat and Republican – fired up about the elections. Several Democratic candidates running for state office were present, including Dave O’malley (Sherriff), Craig Cook (State Legislature), Chris Rothfuss (State Senate, District 9), Andrew Simons (Secretary of State for Wyoming Governor), and David Wendt (U.S. Representative, Wyoming). Students were encouraged to fill out pledge cards, promising that they would vote in the upcoming election whether they voted Democrat or Republican.
The highlight of the night was a speech by President Barack Obama, which was broadcast via live web feed from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI to over 200 college campuses nationwide, including the University of Wyoming. Obama spoke about the positive feelings of hope and the desire for change from voters that helped secure his election to President in 2008, and said that a similar attitude would be needed to succeed in the mid-terms. “It was your hope, and your desire for change, that got me into this office,” said Obama. “We need to recall those same feelings this year at the polls.”
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“We currently have no policy that screens or limits invited speakers, and we have no intention of developing one,” Buchanan said Thursday during his annual speech to students, faculty and staff.
A federal court forced the university to allow Ayers to deliver a speech after Buchanan tried to bar him from speaking.
In the 1960s, Ayers co-founded the Weather Underground, an anti-war group that claimed responsibility for a series of nonfatal bombings, including explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.
Buchanan’s actions in the matter caused some to question his commitment to academic freedom.
But Buchanan said in his convocation speech that his decision was based solely on safety concerns.
“I didn’t consider it a freedom of expression issue or an issue of donor influence,” he said. “I did what I thought was right, knowing that a judge and many others, on and off campus, might disagree.”
He went on to say that UW will not attempt to limit future speakers and that it will allow a broad range of views and ideas.
Whatever the view of speakers, it is important that everyone understand that “an invitation to speak at the University of Wyoming is not an endorsement of the speaker and his or her ideas, character or past actions,” Buchanan said.
At the same time, he said he expects people who object to a speaker’s views to express themselves in “constructive, or at least civil, ways.”
“Violence and threats of violence are unacceptable,” Buchanan said.
Last fall, some people attending a speech on campus by former Vice President Dick Cheney were verbally disruptive but did not stop him from speaking.
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This weekend, the UW campus will be more lively as parents, grandparents, siblings and other family members will share the college experience with their students.
UW Family Weekend is an annual fall event where families can visit campus, participate in various activities and spend time together.
To kick off the weekend festivities on Friday, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Dierks Bentley will perform in concert at the Arena-Auditorium.
At 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, events continue with registration for the Fun Run/Walk at Simpson’s Plaza. Registration includes a T-shirt, bottle of water, and a light snack, according to the Cowboy Parents website.
At 9 a.m., the event begins and will take participants through the heart of campus.
The rest of the day includes an official Cowboy Parents Council Welcome in the Union Ballroom, a silent auction, a lunch with the deans of the university, a family campus clue hunt, a tour of UW and the Laramie area, or a 3.3 mile Vedauwoo hike.
The clue hunt will challenge students and families’ knowledge of the university and is hosted by the Residence Halls Association.
There is also an historic campus tour that begins at 1:15 p.m.
The tour will take students and families around campus and the Laramie area to learn about their histories.
Saturday afternoon is also action packed with a “tailgate” style dinner prior to the UW vs. Boise State football game at War Memorial Stadium. Families have been offered a special group rate. For more information, go to wyomingathletics.com.
The family weekend will culminate with a brunch hosted by UW President Tom Buchanan and his wife, Jacque.
Other events this weekend include the School of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Family and Friends breakfast on Friday, the Art Museum fall opening reception also on Friday, with the Wyoming Trivia Game, Coe Library tour, and Ag Appreciation Day Barbecue on Saturday.
The Ag barbecue will have more than a half-ton of food prepared for the Saturday event, according to a press release.
The barbeque is from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Cowboy Joe Club tent at Tailgate Park.
“It’s a really fun event,” said Laurie Bonini, senior office associate with the Office of Academic and Student Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
![\"Trans](\"images/stories/-2010/09/17/shortbuss.png\" "\\"Potential")
SafeRide and TransPark have begun to discuss a merger of the two entities that would move the popular SafeRide program, now managed by ASUW, over to TransPark. If approved, the change would take place in 2012.
The idea came from last year’s ASUW President Matt Haigler and Vice President Danee Hunzee, according to Michael Pule, the SafeRide coordinator.
Before the merger can move forward or be confirmed, the ASUW Senate has to vote to approve the issue.
“I think we just have a lot of questions about how it would happen and how it would work,” Pule said about the possible combination. “I don’t think anyone is rushing into it. A timeline of 2012 gives us plenty of time to figure it out.”
He also said that he thinks the program is strong and ideally wouldn’t be changed, just improved if the merger went through.
Pule said he didn’t know how the program could be changed, other than adding a shuttle, which is something TransPark has been discussing.
SafeRide originally started as a shuttle system picking up students downtown, he said, but moved away from that into the calling program it has now.
If the merger goes through, TransPark has not planned any major changes to the SafeRide Program, Elizabeth Whitt, TransPark assistant manager, said
“There will be some (changes) made, mostly going toward safety like pre-employment and random drug screening,” she said.
Whitt said SafeRide already does vehicle checks, but TransPark would also be doing audits on the vehicles.
As far as changes for students, she said they haven’t planned anything as of yet besides a change to the route system that SafeRide already implemented this year.
TransPark plans to keep ASUW in the loop on decisions that affect the program, as well as keep the the ASUW SafeRide Advisory Board.
They anticipate the funding would remain under student fees, and they would not plan to charge per ride, Whitt said.
TransPark is also planning to get a paratransit dispatching program whether or not they merge with SafeRide.
Whitt said even if they don’t combine, they would hope to allow SafeRide access to the program in order to cut down on no-shows and waiting times, as the manual aspect of coordinating rides would be taken care of electronically.
Whether or not the combining of the programs goes through, SafeRide has made significant changes this year.
Students who want to be picked up from the bars are now asked to walk to the SafeRide office on the corner of Third & Garfield streets about three blocks from the major bars in town.
From there, students will be issued slips of paper to get on a specific van, which will be color coordinated to different areas of town.
Pule said students don’t need to memorize what color their side of town has been assigned because they have a color coded map at the office.
He said prior to this change, vans would pick up students going to opposite sides of Laramie, which inhibited the vans’ efficiency.
SafeRide started this at the beginning of the year and has experienced much success, Pule said.
With the change of students coming to the office, they are generally more confident that they will get a ride home as opposed to standing outside the Buckhorn and waiting for a van, Pule said.
Students often get frustrated with waiting and find other ways to get home, Pule said.
Pule also said that it was important for students to remember that, despite rumors, SafeRide is safe. The program does not ask students for identification to use the vans, nor do they call the police unless they see a student doing something unsafe.
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The University of Wyoming held a panel discussion on Freedom of Speech in Academia yesterday afternoon at the Hilton Garden Inn.
Panelists included Joan Del Fattore, author of “What Johnny Shouldn’t Read: Textbook Censorship in America.” Kenneth Lasson, Philippa Strum and Robert O’Neil were also speakers at the panel.
American Heritage Center director, Mark Greene said the event could be viewed as a response to the Dick Cheney and Bill Ayers controversy last semester. “The event is an attempt to provide some discussion and put into context the broader issues on a national level,” Greene Said. “The symposium was a way for the University to continue the conversation [on freedom of speech],” he continued.
Greene said that the event received high interest in the UW Community. He also said that the speakers were very enthusiastic.
Panelist Phillipa Strum said that freedom of speech in academia is incredibly important. “The real meaning of the First Amendment is to protect the right to articulate what we hate,” she continued, “If there is a place where all ideas must be expressed, it is the university.”
Panelist Joan DelFattore said that interpretations of the First Amendment are no place for universities. “I don’t think the First Amendment is the best way to define academic freedom. If we do that, we leave it up to the courts,” she said.
The event hosted both university students and Laramie residents. The event began when AHC Director Mark Greene suggested to Myron Allen that we should have a similar event to the likes of the William Ayers controversy last spring.
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Ron Frost, a professor at the University of Wyoming in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, addressed the relationship between religion and science in his speech entitled “Religion versus Science: Where Both Sides go Wrong in the Great Evolution Debate.”
Held in the Classroom Building, the lecture was a summary of his new book coming out in September.
With the conclusion that science, not only in evolution, but in all others fields of study, must admit, that they can say nothing about the spiritual life, Frost promoted heated questions at the end of lecture.
“They are misinterpreting what science can say,” Frost said.
According to Frost, a lot of modern scientific literature does not like spiritual aspects of human beings,
“But when you do that, you give a very limited view of what we are like,” Frost said.
As practicing Buddhism for years, Frost was getting more and more uncomfortable with the idea that humans are merely a “bucket to carry our genes around,” Frost said.
“The statement that there is no moral force in the universe is pretty depressing,” Frost said. “So I decided, I would step into the fray and decided to write something that would combine the two.”
Though he started in 2001 and had the book done in 2004, it took four additional years before Frost could get it published.
“I have been working on this for quite a while,” Frost said.
The lecture was not the first time that Frost’s understanding of the limits of scientific and religious understanding has sparked harsh criticism.
“The next step in the evolution of religion is beyond doctrine, and saying ‘Yes there is a spiritual dimension out there; that the practice you do is just as valid for this guy over here as it is for this guy over there.’” Frost said, “A lot of people don’t want to hear that. You know, their way of doing it is the best.”
Frost received his degree from the University of Washingtonin in 1973 and his work now focuses on several fields in petrology.
Frost was the first lecturer in the University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics’s Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Chevron.
Next week Robert Hatcher from the University of Tennessee Knoxville will continue the series.
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\r\n“When we have 10,000 students going from class to class over a period of 15 minutes, and they’re mainly concentrated in Prexy’s Pasture, we can have some problems,” Caires said.
\r\n','\r\nDirector of Finance, Luke Frye told the Senate that financial literacy is his main goal for the semester.
\r\nThe Senate approved a funding request for the Intellectual Property Law club conference.
\r\nThe conference intends to discuss consumer protection issues in the online marketplace including selling and shopping online.
\r\nIn addition to the allocation to the Intellectual Property Law Club, the Senate allocated $1,900 to the Anthropology Graduated Student Council. Some Senators had concerns with the allocation.
\r\nSenator Robert West was concerned the program didn’t interest as many students as it should and that Senators should be aware of this.
\r\n“This is a limited conference, but it is about very important discussions,” he said. “Students from all departments should know what’s going on and should be reached out to.”
\r\nSenator Brian Dugas said he believed it is impossible to reach out to every student on campus.
\r\n“The best event we can hold is one that reaches out to every student on campus, but we can’t always do that, which is why we have such a diversity in our RSO funding Requests,” Dugas said.
\r\nThe Senate approved a $1,000 allocation to Sigma Chi Fraternity to hold a tailgate event before the Southern Utah game this Saturday. The event will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and is intended to prevent students from pre-gaming, or drinking before the game.
\r\nThe Senate also approved committee appointments.
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Erin Jarnagin
ejarnagi@uwyo.edu
The Bim Kendall House hosted an open house Aug. 27 to show the community the new central home of the ENR program, which houses the Haub School, Ruckelshaus Institute and Wyoming Conservation Corps.
With its new addition, the house has office spaces as well as common areas for students and classrooms, according to a UW news release.
The Kendall house, formerly known as the Verna J. Hitchcock house, has a new energy-efficient addition built with sustainable building materials and renewable energy resources.
The house features several different ‘green’ aspects including a photovoltaic solar system, which is expected to provide about 30 percent of the house’s energy needs.
Much of the flooring is also made from renewable or recycled materials including cork and rubber, as well as used car tires and carpet tile made from plastic bottles.
The house was made possible by donations from Donald and Bim Kendall, as well as funding from the Kresge Foundation, Rocky Mountain Power and matches from the Wyoming Legislature.
Dedication of the Bergman Gardens in honor of former ENR director, Harold Bergman also took place Friday evening. The gardens are xeriscaped, a design which uses less water. They have also been designed using plants native to the area.
The Ruckelshaus Institute started in 1994 and was created to be a model for creating collaborative approaches to solving environmental and natural resource challenges, according to the Ruckelshaus Institute website.
The institute is a partnership with UW faculty and students and includes an advisory board. Its mission is to advance decision making on environmental and natural resources problems through research, policy analysis, education, process support and proactive outreach, said the website.
The mission of the Haub School is to surpass disciplinary bounds to explore issues of natural resources with a full range of perspectives.
The program requires students to complete a major in an affiliated discipline in other departments on campus simultaneously taking classes in the Haub School.
The house and gardens are located at 804 E Fremont Street.
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Center for Advising and Career Services
Bailey Jackson
bjacks16@uwyo.edu
Finding the right major and sticking with it can be one of the most frustrating aspects of college.
“About 75 percent of all students feel incompetent in their majors,” Jo Chytka, the director of the Center for Advising and Career Services, said.
The Center for Advising and Career Services works with students of all ages and can help with anything from picking a major to finding a job.
The advisors and counselors at the CACS work with students on time management, study techniques and class selection, as well as helping those who struggle with grades, the center’s website said.
The center often works with students who are working on grade requirements, along with suspension and academic probation to help them get back on track, according to the website.
The CACS offers several programs to help students who are concerned about finding a job after graduation, such as a link on the website titled, “What Can I Do With This Major?”
The CACS also helps with job searching both electronically and in person. Advisors and counselors are available for resume help and to help you practice job interviews.
They also offer a class featuring resume writing, while also practicing job or graduate school interviews, among other things designed to help you succeed post graduation.
It is a one credit hour class that meets once a week.
“It’s not a very popular class, but we’ve gotten great evaluations from the students who have taken it,” Chytka said.
The CACS holds job fairs every year, including one next month designed for seniors to secure jobs before graduation.
There is also a job fair in the spring semester that focuses on helping students find summer jobs and internships.
The center is located in 222 Knight Hall.
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\r\n','\r\nPetersen grew up in Wyoming, first living in Lovell, then Dubois where she graduated high school. She then attended UW in 1958 to 1959.
\r\nShe served as a Teton County Commissioner and was appointed to the Wyoming Water Development Commission by Governor Sullivan and Legislative Liaison by Governor Herschler.
\r\nRepublican candidate, Matt Mead was born in Teton County and attended UW, graduating in 1987 with a law degree. During his career he served as a prosecutor for Campbell County, an assistant U.S. attorney and was a partner in a private firm.
\r\nAndrew Simmons, democrat and Candice DeLaat, libertarian are running for Secretary of State.
\r\nSimmons, who lives in Laramie, has worked on both national and local campaigns. He says he hopes to improve Wyoming’s voter registration as well as more enforcement of open records and sunshine laws.
\r\nSuperintendent of Public Instruction candidates are Cindy Hill, republican and Mike Massie, democrat.
\r\nHill has worked as a junior high school principal for nine years after working in the private sector of education for 15. She completed her undergraduate education at UW and received her Masters degree in educational policy and administration from the University of Michigan.
\r\nMassie has worked as an educator, administrator and currently as a non-profit organization of development preschools. He has served on several councils and commissions all dedicated to improving education in the state. He graduated from UW with an undergraduate degree in secondary education and a Masters degree in History.
\r\nThe general election will take place Nov. 2.
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\r\nNoah Buckley, Director of Admissions, believes that these increased numbers are the result of students simply finding that it’s a good time to continue their education.
\r\nThe increased numbers could also be a result of the Hathaway Scholarship, he said.
\r\n“What we’re finding is that more students are staying in state with the Hathaway,” Buckley said. “We’ve also seen the number of students going out of state drop. The 2009-2010 year saw phenomenal [in-state] transfer numbers. I would expect the number to continue increasing.”
\r\nThe Office of Admissions anticipates about 3,400 students will take advantage of the Hathaway Scholarship Program totaling about $9,726,000 in the merit need area of the program.
\r\nDespite the increase in enrollment numbers, Buckley expects there will be a significant decrease in the number of enrolled freshmen, particularly out-of-state students. Buckley believes this is due to the current state of the economy, he said.
\r\n“It’s easier for a student to go to community college and save money,” Buckley said.
\r\nThis trend is “in line” with the rest of the nation, Buckley said.
\r\nFaced with the choice between attending Northwest College in Powell or attending UW, freshman Business major Hunter Hebestreet said he ultimately chose UW because of the greater number of opportunities available to students.
\r\n“Once I considered the opportunities that UW held for me versus NWC, such as Greek Life, ASUW and many other student activities, the choice was much easier,“ he said.
\r\nHebestreet can see why students are choosing to wait a few years and then come to the university, he said.
\r\n“I’m paying a lot more than I would be if I were attending community college, but ultimately, the university experience is a once in a lifetime experience, so it’s worth it,“ Hebestreet said.
\r\nThe Office of Admissions also hopes to increase enrollment numbers for out-of-state students, Buckley said.
\r\n“Of course we will always prioritize in-state recruitment, but we will definitely focus on out-of-state students,” Buckley said.
\r\nThe number of international student enrollment is also on the rise.
\r\nThe Office of Admissions set a goal to have 700 international students by the year 2014, but the university is expected to easily top that number this semester.
\r\nHector Fernandez, a fourth-year energy systems engineering major from the Dominican Republic, said the choice to come to the U.S. was easy for him.
\r\nWhen they have the opportunity, most people come to the U.S., Fernandez said.
\r\nChoosing Wyoming was an easy decision, because he wanted to experience something different than the typical U.S. experience, Fernandez said.
\r\nThe official census date for the university is Sept. 13. Once the data is finalized, enrollment numbers will be released to the public.
\r\nEmail author
\r\nFinding new friends on campus might be one of the largest challenges freshman face in college.
\r\nWhile in-state students might already know other students, out-of-state and transfer students are sometimes left to feel as outsiders.
\r\nIncoming students are given information and advice on how to get involved at UW during orientation, but actually living in Laramie is often a whole new ball game.
\r\nHarlen Cohen, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of “The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College,” wrote that 63 percent of students have feelings of homesickness. This is due to two reasons--because they both miss their established network of friends and family at home, and feel a lack of support in their new community.
\r\nVault, a career intelligence agency website, published a post by career coach Connie Thanasoulis-Cerrachio, who wrote having social contacts on campus not only helps with emotional wellbeing, but also increases later job opportunities.
\r\nThe following paragraphs are five ways to make connections on campus that can help lead to a more successful campus experience, as described by the experts above.
\r\nPlay an Intramural Sport
\r\nThe UW Intramural Sports office, located in Half Acre Room 206, is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. through 6 p.m., according to its website. The fall calendar offers an ultimate Frisbee league, paintball and bowling, among others. Intramural Sports strives to provide structured and organized programs that promote teamwork and mutual respect, while assisting in the fulfillment of such basic needs as relaxation, socialization, achievement, and physical wellness, according to their website.
\r\nTalk to Your Neighbors
\r\nResidence Hall and Dining Services prefers the term “residence hall” instead of “dorm.” A residence hall is a much more inclusive term when it comes to providing a safe, clean, and healthy educational setting that fosters academic and personal growth, according to the Residence Life and Dining website.
\r\nIn this setting, students have the opportunity to meet other students on their floors and have a more in-depth relationship with their roommates, according to Residence Life and Dining.
\r\nIf roommates still do not get along, the department offers peer meditation to help roommates communicate their issues with each other and develop a plan for working together in the future, according to their website.
\r\nChat with Classmates
\r\nBy definition, all students must be enrolled in classes at UW. Throughout the semester or years that a student spends college, classmates can be a steady source for social interaction. In an August 2009 Fox News interview, Cohen said “as a new student you’re not supposed to know people. So as a new student, don’t think yourself to be a loser because you don’t know people, [instead] walk in a room and give people permission to not know you. Get comfortable with the uncomfortable.”
\r\nAttend University Sponsored Events
\r\nThe UW website and Information Desk in the Union are great sources to find out information on campus events. The people staffed at the Information Desk can often point students in the right direction to find more information on events.
\r\nJoin a Club
\r\nThe Campus Activities Center is a source for UW events and entertainment information. Also included in the CAC are the resources to the over 200 recognized student organizations on campus. Meetings times can be found on student clubs link on the UW website.
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\r\nPresident Nazminia said he and Vice President Liz Brown were pleased with Berry’s philosophy and the direction the judicial council should take in the next few years. Berry’s professionalism would aid the council, Nazminia said.
\r\n“I think the key word I would use would be balance, because I think there have been a lot of swings back and forth with the ASUW Judicial Council in truly defining their role and what they handle,” Berry said.
\r\nIn addition to serving on the council last year, Berry served as a senator during her undergraduate career at the university.
\r\nBerry said it is important for the council to decide what election infractions should go to them and what power they have over those infractions. The council’s job is to serve as a check for constitutional or by-law issues and not to monitor the senate, Berry said.
\r\nBerry was confirmed unanimously and will serve as Chief Justice this year and will return to the position of justice unless appointed to the Chief Justice position again for the next year.
\r\nFormer Arts and Sciences Senator, Caitlin Wallace applied to be a member of the Judicial Council over the summer and her previous active role in ASUW makes her a viable candidate for the position, Nazminia said.
\r\nNazminia said Wallace’s philosophy aligns with Chief Justice Berry’s as to what the council should work towards in the next few years.
\r\nHowever, Sen. Diana Wilson said had concerns about the possible appointments.
\r\n“While I have no doubts in Ms. Wallace’s ability, I am a little concerned in the fact that we are having another member from the law school,” Wilson said. “I do think we need a diverse group of students on our judicial council from every college on campus.”
\r\nWilson was the lone vote against Wallace’s appointment.
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\r\nThe UW Veteran’s Center will officially open Sept. 17 with an open house from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in Knight Hall, Room 241.
\r\nInstitutions around the country have increased their support for student veterans over the last few years, Dolores Cardona, the associate dean of students, said. For UW’s part, the university created a Veteran’s Task Force designed to find better ways to support veterans on campus.
\r\n
In early spring 2010, the Veteran’s Task Force surveyed student veterans and asked them if they would be interested in a support space and if so, where the space should be located.
“The percentages were real high,” Cardona said. “We’ve used that data to kind of help establish the center.”
While UW and the Veteran Task Force were aware that 260 veterans were enrolled at the university, it was difficult to tabulate an exact number of student veterans to survey.
\r\n\r\n
“The institution really had no way of tracking veteran students on campus other than those that were getting financial aid through the veteran’s education benefits,” Cardona said.
\r\nHowever, the task force anticipated there was more veterans on campus and recommended the university create a Veteran’s Center to help those students make a smooth transition into college life.
\r\n“Coming into a college environment, veteran students face a lot of transition issues,” Cardona said.
\r\nOften, veteran students are arriving directly from a military environment to a college environment, which can be a hard transition to make, Cardona said. The military is unique and has its own culture in a way. For a veteran coming back to civilian life, especially to a college environment, the changes can be difficult to handle.
\r\nVeteran students may also face integration issues when heading back to the classroom as they are often more serious and motivated, Cardona said. This is often due to veterans being non-traditional students and slightly older than their classmates.
\r\nDue to such issues, the university wanted to provide a place where veterans could come and ask questions, socialize together and support one another so they can stay and be successful at UW, Cardona said.
\r\nThrough the center, veteran students can speak to the Veteran Center staff about concerns or problems and can also receive access to other resources on campus, Cardona said.
\r\nThe veterans would be able to access mental health services such as counseling through UW Counseling Services or from the Department of Psychology that will offer a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder clinic, Cardona said.
\r\n\r\n
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The UW Counseling Center will see some changes in the coming year, including new staff, a new YouTube.com video channel, and renowned keynote speakers during Mental Health Awareness month in October.
\r\nDuring the awareness month, the center will be hosting a week of activities including a keynote speech by Joe Pantoliano, of “The Sopranos” and founder of the organization, No Kidding, Me Too, which focuses on reducing the stigma around mental illness, Dan Socall, director of the Counseling Center, said.
\r\n“You aren’t crazy if you don’t come for counseling,” he said. “You are coming to face your life and get support while you do it.”
\r\nThe Counseling Center currently has open positions for experienced counselors working for the S.T.O.P. Violence program, Socall said.
\r\nThe S.T.O.P. program’s goal is to prevent domestic and relationship violence, as well as stalking. It also offers services, which help students who have been victims of this type of violence to recover through counseling and referrals.
\r\nSocall said the Counseling Center’s staffing level is the highest it’s been in the last 5 years.
\r\nHe also said the center has created eight different videos that can be watched on the Center’s website. The videos are designed to help faculty refer students to the Counseling Center.
\r\n“Sometimes students write things in a paper or talk to a professor they trust,” Socall said.
\r\nThe web site also offers students the opportunity to take surveys and get information about depression, stress and what the Center has to offer at any time of day.
\r\n“We aren’t just interested in helping students who come to the Counseling Center. We are helping anyone who wants information,” Socall said.
\r\nA new feature of the Center, as of last semester, is the walk-in program. Students are now able to come in and get an appointment the same day, whereas previously they often had to wait a week or more.
\r\nWith this new system the center did over 4,000 sessions last year, Socall said.
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The university provides a variety of social events to welcome students back to college life. One of the biggest events planned this year is the Singularity BBQ. This will be a free barbecue for all of the community, students, and professors. It is a welcome back celebration put on by the school to acclimate students back to the campus. The barbecue will take place at Prexy’s Pasture. The event will begin at 5 p.m. on August 24 and end at 7 p.m. In addition to the free meal, music and entertainment will be performed throughout the night and participating Christian faith-based RSO’s will present information at booths to give all students a chance to learn and embrace what a wide variety of opportunities there are to get involved and how they can be connected to the Christian community on campus.
Another group on campus is also busy preparing for incoming students in other ways: the intramural staff. Just like the activities center prepared events such as the barbecue, the intramural department is starting out with a bang by bringing back some favorite student sports like flag football, outdoor soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, and softball leagues. Intramural sports coordinator Joe Book says that registration will begin on August 23 (the first day of fall classes), and that the league play for most of the above events will take place beginning on September 7.
“Softball will begin a bit later due to the city’s program playing on the softball complex,” Book said.
Students can form their teams any way they would like, and register in the intramural sports office on or after the registration date.
“We typically have about 100 flag football teams, 50-60 soccer teams, 20-30 Ultimate Frisbee teams, and 30-40 softball teams,” Book said.
Aside from the most popular sporting events at the intramural department, Joe and his team have many other events and sports to prepare. Additional sports include mini-golf and golf tournaments, bouldering, paintball, a track meet, and tug of war. Book said that the department offers several individual one-day events on either Fridays or Saturdays throughout the entire semester.
As for Half Acre, regular school hours will resume starting on August 21. The hours are 6 a.m. to 10p.m. Monday through Friday , 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and noon to 8 p.m. on Sundays. The climbing wall will have the same open sessions as the Half Acre gym and the pool will resume with the same hours, also beginning August 21. More information is available at the university activities website.
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The UW Ballroom was packed with people as the democratic and republican candidates discussed issues on Tuesday night at the ASUW sponsored forum. The Democrats were Leslie Peterson, Chris Zachary, and Pete Gosar. They debated issues such as UW controversial speakers, gun rights, and the Arizona immigration law. The republicans were Matt Mead, Rita Meyer, Ron Micheli, Colin Simpson, and Tom Ubben.
The democrats debated from 6 to 7 p.m., and the republicans debated from 7 to 8 p.m. Bob Beck of Wyoming Public Radio asked questions to the candidates. When asked how to handle controversial speakers invited to UW such as Bill Ayers, all democratic candidates said they support free speech.
“If a department at the university wants to bring controversial speakers, I would keep my nose out of it,” said Peterson. Gosar said that he was very disappointed with the way UW handled the Bill Ayers affair and went on to advocate free speech.
“If you can’t guarantee free speech at the University, where can you guarantee it?” he asked.
According to Zachary, “It would be between the student body and the faculty about who they want speaking.”
The democrats also discussed second amendment rights and gun control laws. Pete Gosar and Leslie Peterson both agreed that they support second amendment rights. Peterson reiterated that she grew up on a farm, and she said that “[She] grew up comfortable with hunting and supports second amendment rights.”
“It is important that gun ownership rights be protected,” said Gosar. Zachary concurred, although she also made clear that she “lived for 45 years without a gun, but if it is for sport then I have no problem with it.”
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All of the democratic candidates do not support the Arizona immigration law, although they do understand the reasoning behind the law.
The first question Beck asked to the republican candidates was in regard to the high suicide rate in Wyoming, and “how to address this in teens and young adults.”
Ubben responded that “education and good family values” are necessary in decreasing the suicide rate. Micheli expanded on this thought by saying that there is a “problem in society with the breakdown of the family, and we [his family] would like to institute programs so families are reading together, eating together.” Matt Mead stated that the suicide rate is “unacceptable across the board,” and school programs such as the DARE program can help. “Education is a big part of it,” he added.
The republican candidates also debated about the role of governor in bringing controversial speakers to UW. The governor appoints the University Board of Trustees, and the republican candidates all agreed to simply trust their board’s judgment.
“I will not micro manage the University of Wyoming,” said Rita Meyer about the governor’s role at UW.
According to Simpson, “The governor should trust their [the board of trustees] judgment.”
Mead advocated for a centralized “process” to bring guest speakers to UW.
When asked about the recent national health care bill, the candidates responded differently. Meyer stated that she did not agree with the law, but “she will continue to recruit health care positions to the state.”
“I believe it [the law] is unconstitutional, and I believe we should join the law suit with the twenty states,” Micheli passionately responded.
Matt Mead and Colin Simpson both took a less impassioned approach. Mead said that it is best to figure out how to deal with the law if it stands, and Simpson promoted the increased availability of insurance across state lines.”
The primaries loom large for the candidates, and all of the candidates are feeling the need to stand out from the crowd.
“It is anyone’s race this year,” said Larry Wickam, a Laramie citizen, on Thursday night. “We came out here to figure out which candidate we wanted to vote for, but they all did pretty well. I still don’t have a good idea.”
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Lynyrd Skynyrd and Dierks Bentley will both be playing a concert at 8 p.m. on Sept. 15 in the UW Arena-Auditorium.
Tickets can be purchased online at wyomingathletics.com or by phone at 1-800-922-9461. Reserved tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. Friday Aug. 6 at UW Arena-Auditorium ticket offices and Fine Arts Center. Tickets will range in price from $35 to $125.
In a recent UW press release, Lead Student Programmer for the UW Concerts and Convocations Committee Paul Gallegos said there was an effort made to keep ticket prices affordable.
“We kept the ticket prices as low as possible so everyone has an opportunity to attend,” Gallegos said in the press release.
The bands should appeal to a wide variety of people, Gallegos said, adding that Lynyrd Skynyrd will attract rock fans and Dierks Bentley will draw fans of country.
“We booked these two great bands so that everybody, those from different generations and with different tastes in music, could enjoy a wonderful night of entertainment,\" he said in the release.
The event will provide concert-goers with the opportunity to see two popular bands from different musical backgrounds, Gallegos said.
“It’s rare to see two [such popular] performers from different genres,” he said.
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The contractors removed the Cowboy dormitory and the WRI storage centers in order to start construction on the Berry Biodiversity Center. Construction continues on the windows and scaffolding, as well as MEP (Mechanical, electrical, and plumping) on the second floor. The building will also have a green roof, which is still having work done. Construction on the underground storm and drain sewers was put on hold because of previous unknown piping found under the foundation, according to UW Construction News.
The center was built thanks to a generous donation from Robert and Carol Berry for Natural History and Conservation. The 10 million dollar gift from the Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation was matched by the state of Wyoming. Additional funds were collected throughout the campus and community. The Berry Biodiversity Center will be 40,000 square feet in length and cost 20 million dollars. The center will host the university’s zoology and botany collections, as well as the Mountain Herbarium, the Solheim Mycology Herbarium, the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, and the Nucleic Acid Exploration Facility.
The center will be a learning facility for faculty and students on ecology, biodiversity and conservation. The center’s opening will coincide with the opening of the new business building this fall. Both buildings are using sustainable building materials like LED lights and a green roof. These building materials show UW’s commitment to biodiversity throughout the campus.
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ACRES stands for Agricultural Community Resources for Everyday Sustainability. The goal of this “student managed” project is simple; volunteers and members of any degree, major, background, or community are able to donate time to help, plant, create, build, and support the farm. ACRES also opens the farm to students who are interested in using the services as a working internship.
Volunteers donate their time for a variety of reasons and in different ways. One does not have to be a member to simply just volunteer. One of the options a volunteer has is to simply attend one of the workdays. During each specific workday, a volunteer will aid in preparing crop beds, weed, plant, keep up on overall maintenance, harvest, and oversee the basic care of the farm. For a few years, ACRES has added a sub program into their project known as the “Work for Food” program. Geared toward - but not limited to - college students, this program allows volunteers to earn a dollar for every hour worked. The dollar is used as a “token” on the farm. With these tokens, a volunteer may buy as much fruit as they want within their token limit from the farm itself.
Throughout the school year, ACRES is typically taken care of and managed by university students. During the summer, however, when a large majority of the farms’ members and volunteers leave Laramie, ACRES turns to community members, businesses and organizations to help out and keep the farm in prime condition. Some of the local organizations that promote and volunteer at the farm during the summer include Big Brothers Big Sisters, the UW Lab School and Wyotech. Each of these organizations brings regular groups to the farm to complete a variety of small projects.
The farm holds a variety of projects and events to promote their farm and assist the community. Some of the ongoing summer projects this year have been things like “weekly compost collections from the UW campus and Laramie businesses; growing food on the student farm allotment; and developing and revising the business plan, food liability insurance, and licensing,” according to the ACRES information page.
Two of the current projects the farm has taken on recently have been the construction of a recycled storage shed station from materials that are to be re-used from demolition of the UW power plant. This project has been funded by ASUW. The second efficiency project currently taking place is the improvement of the compost collection that promotes the use of biodegradable bags. This project is funded by the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and ACRES Student Farm produce sales.
ACRES members are always welcoming new members into their community and allow any individual to actively participate in meetings, workdays, and all of their other activities that extend throughout the summer season. ACRES activities provide internships, volunteer, and project opportunities for anyone.
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“For some reason I thought it would be a good idea,” Evan Schafer, a 21-year-old former UW English major, said in describing how he altered his grades online. “It was a very stupid decision.”
Second District Court Judge Jeffrey Donnell told Shafer he could face a prison sentence and a $3,000 fine by pleading guilty to a charge of crimes against computer users Friday in Albany County District Court.
“There are serious consequences to a guilty plea,” Donnell said to Schafer prior to changing his plea. “You may find yourself serving three years in the state pen.”
Assistant Albany County Attorney Jennifer Stone recommended that Schafer receive an 18- to 36-month sentence to be suspended and reduced to supervised probation. Stone also dropped a charge of crimes against intellectual property upon Shafer changing his plea.
Donnell said the plea change meant there is no guarantee of the severity of the sentence he may receive and that he would be stuck with the sentence once it has been imposed.
Schafer said he changed numbers in a series of classes last December in order to improve his low -scoring grades.
“He did not have permission to log in on their passwords and change grades,” Stone said.
Schafer breached one instructor’s account by entering the teacher’s last name as the password, he said.
\"I thought I was lucky,” Schafer said, describing how he discovered the instructor’s password with little effort or strain on his time.
Donnell scolded Schafer for not putting forth a stronger effort toward school and said he set out to break into the instructor’s online account and did not merely stumble upon the password.
“This wasn’t some accident or lightning bolt out of the sky,” Donnell said.
Stone said she had a strong case against Schafer because he admitted to breaking into teachers’ accounts when UW Police questioned him in January.
Schafer is free on a $10,000 bond and will face a sentencing hearing sometime within the next two months, Stone said.
Schafer said he was a strong student when he first came to UW, but he struggled in classes as time went on and eventually cheated in order to improve his grades.
“I was a successful student the first semester,” he said.
Facing a possible three-year prison sentence in Rawlins, Schafer said he is remorseful for trying to cheat his way to higher grades.
“Absolutely, I regret it,” he said.
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The UW War Memorial Stadium enhancement project is scheduled to finish this fall.
The budget includes 10 suites with four bar stool seats, as well as a president’s and athletic director’s suites each with 20 seats. Enclosed club seating and an interior club lounge will also be included in the east stadium construction. The suites have already been leased at 40,000 dollars per year, and the lounge seats will lease at a cost of 2,500 per seat per season. The plan is funded by private, state, and athletic department revenue.
The exact budget is somewhere around 30 million dollars for the stadium updates. The new seats are expected to generate around 600,000 dollars in new revenue for the University of Wyoming. Five million dollars are going toward providing additional safety in the upper concourse and enhancing concessions and restroom areas, as well as 1.2 million dollars for gateway and lobby enhancement.
According to the most recent campus construction update, the east stadium parking lot will remain closed until August. Workers are still constructing the eastside bathrooms, as well as carpet for the club lounge. Building and construction will continue this summer on nights and weekends to meet the completion deadline this fall. A small fire at the east stadium in late 2009 caused a brief delay in work.
The enhanced stadium will provide a better viewing experience for all fans. Better restroom facilities will be installed on the lower levels, and multiple elevators will be constructed. These elevators will make viewing games a much easier experience for disabled fans. An additional three million dollars from the budget will go to handicapped access.
Sampson construction won the construction bid for the project. They have the most experience with this kind of construction, and they offered the best medium between construction time and cost. Sampson is based out of Cheyenne.
War Memorial Stadium can hold 30,514 people and was built in 1950 as a tribute to War World II veterans. According to the Mountain West Conference, “It is still one of the most picturesque football facilities in America.”
This year, it will host some of the usual opponents, as well as some new teams. Boise State will play on September 18, and that game has already sold out most of the hotels in town. As usual, Colorado State will be the last game of the season on November 20 at War Memorial Stadium.
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From Greece to Rome, the Wyoming Humanities Council has managed to bring a little bit of Ancient European culture back to Laramie for yet another summer.The 11th annual Summer Classics Institute took place this week, focusing on ancient Roman life and what made the historic civilization so significant. Spanning from topics like religion, art (both constructed and performed), politics and much more, the mini-courses and free lecture series offer educators and the general public the opportunity to become immersed in 10th century B.C.
“The institute focuses on a specific period of ancient Rome for two successive years, and then on ancient Greece for two successive years,” said Sheila Bricher-Wade, program coordinator for the Humanities Council.
In 2008 the institute offered courses on the archaic period of Greece (roughly 800-500 BCE), and last summer’s classes and lecture series revolved around Socrates and life in Athens. Continuing the cyclical tour of ancient Europe, this year’s focus on Rome and its inhabitants has been another in a long line of successful years.
“I think that if you measure success by what people get out of the institute then it most certainly has been successful,” Bricher-Wade said. “The participants in both the institute mini-courses and evening lectures have been very positive in their responses to evaluation questions. However, it is summer in Laramie and the subject matter is not generally considered ‘light’, so we are delighted that the people who do participate really seem to enjoy and benefit from the opportunity.”
The institute’s faculty, who have been teaching the afternoon classes for 2010, bring with them a different area of discussion regarding early Roman life and culture. University of Wyoming Professor Laura DeLozier focuses her class on the Roman Republic and their religion. Also from the University of Wyoming, Professor Philip Holt shared his knowledge about the politics of the ancient civilization. Visiting from Indiana University, Eleanor W. Leach provided her students for the afternoon with insight into Roman and Italic portraits in bronze and terra cotta from the early second and third centuries. The fourth professor to serve as faculty for this year’s institute was the University of Arizona’s Marilyn Skinner. Skinner’s afternoon lecture dissected and discussed Plautus’ comedies in their social context.
“It’s been a real joy working with mature and enthusiastic people,” Holt, a UW professor of Modern and Classical Languages, said. “We always get a lot of repeaters, as well as first timers with their own slant on things.”
The fourteen people who registered for this year’s mini-courses weren’t the largest group, but Holt felt it was a very cozy and fun group to teach.
“I like to say that humanities is about sex, violence, politics, war and all those things that make life worth living,” he said.
While only those who register were able to take the afternoon classes, the Summer Classics Institute also provided a variety of free evening lectures and learning opportunities. Wrapping up the free evening lecture series, as well as this year’s institute was a screening of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. The 1966 film focuses on Plautus’ comedies.
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On Monday, June 14, 2010, the faculty of the Environment and Natural Resources Program moved their offices into the Kendall House, located on 8th and Fremont. This environmentally friendly building houses the Haub School, the Ruckelshaus Institute, and the Wyoming Conservation Corps.
The Kendall House is a standing example of the three basic environmentally friendly rules: reduce, reuse, and recycle.
The most environmentally friendly feature of the Kendall House is that it is a renovated 1954 prairie house. The reuse of an existing building is the best way to prevent unnecessary construction waste and environmental threats. The original floors and walls of the house still remain, and these preserve the original quality of the home. The new addition to the building was designed to match the fifties style of the house.
The Kendall House works to effectively reduce the amount of energy used inside the building. Numerous windows provide natural light and heat, while eliminating the need for forced air. All appliances are Energy Star compliant. In addition, solar panels provide about 28 percent of the energy used in the Kendall House.
All flooring and surfaces are made from green, rapidly renewable materials, including rubber, bamboo, marmoleum (a plant-based linoleum), and carpet tiles made from recycled materials. Furniture was reused and reallocated from other University buildings. All newly purchased furniture was manufactured from sustainable harvested wood.
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The Bergman Gardens, named for former ENR director Harold Bergman, are an outdoor area for students, faculty, and staff to relax and enjoy. This xeriscape was designed using buffalo grass and low water adapted plants to reduce the amount of water needed to maintain the garden.
Each environmentally friendly feature in the Kendall House is possible for the every household. “We wanted the Kendall House to be a model for residential scale living,” says Nicole Korfanta, Associate Director. Every green decision made during construction of the Kendall House is available for domestic homes, not exclusively large companies and universities.
The Kendall House is seeking LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is the recognized standard for measuring building sustainability and includes a rating system with four certification levels: Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Though still uncertain, the Kendall House is expected to receive the Silver certification.
An open house of the Kendall House is scheduled for Friday, September 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. Public and campus tours of the building will be available soon.
The Kendall House was made possible by a generous gift from Donald and Bim Kendall. The project also received funding from the Kresge Foundation, Rocky Mountain Power, and the Wyoming State Legislature.
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According to director of admissions Noah Buckley, the program “is hugely important and is used to showcase the University.” He reinforced the idea that not every student is 100 percent decided on this school, and the idea is to make the students comfortable with the university and feel completely ready to join the student population in the fall.
The university is expected to have 1600 new or transfer students attend UW in the fall, and 1400-1450 students attend orientation, according to assistant admissions director and director of orientation Mary Aguayo. The incoming freshmen and their parents spend the day and a half learning about the campus, classes, and the many activities/clubs offered by the university. The university has a lot to offer the almost 1600 freshmen entering in the fall. These include over 200 student clubs and organizations, outdoor recreation, and 180 areas of study in the Colleges of Arts and Science, Business, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Law and the School of Energy Resources.
This summer, all students and parents who are staying on campus will be in McIntyre Hall. However, students and parents will be situated on different floors to help ready the student for college life. The new students will also work closely with advisors to ensure that they are placed in the appropriate classes.
The orientation leaders are all students who have been selected from a large pool of applicants. The students go through both group and individual interviews before being selected for the job.
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“The orientation leaders are chosen for both their excellent team work as well as their variety. They have different majors, home towns, clubs or Greek life, and even different personalities. The whole idea is that a student can look at their orientation leader and say that, that person is ‘like me,’” . Aguayo said.
Trevor Frohne, a returning orientation leader, said that the biggest goal is to “connect with the students, foster friendships, and work on relations between them and the university.” According to Frohne, “The friendships made by the students here carry over into the fall semester. It is good that they will know at least one or two other people when they start in the fall.”
The math and language placement exams are another staple of orientation. Students can enter into higher level math courses if they have received a high enough score on the ACT, passing a credit-level college math course with a “C” or better, or if they have a sufficiently high enough Advanced Placement Calculus credit, IB math credit, CLEP math credit, or a GRE Quant of 650. If none of these requirements are met, students will need to take the Math Placement Exam (MPE). This exam is designed to give students an accurate understanding of their math knowledge by placing students into “levels” based on the exam. The exam is made up of four levels, and at each of these levels the questions become more difficult. This year, for the first time, the exam is being offered online. The online option takes away the “stress of coming to a new school and having a big exam to sit down at first thing,” Aguayo said. Luckily, students can take the test as many times as necessary with the testing fee only 15 dollars. For more information about the MPE go to www..uwyo.edu/mpe.
While orientation is geared for both parents and students, parents have their own schedules separate from the students. Parents and students do spend some time together, but parents also have their own seminars which include information on the health and wellness of students, expectations of students, tech on campus and future and career planning.
The goal of orientation is to ready the incoming freshmen and their parents for college life. “The first presentation for parents is ‘parenting 1010’ which emphasizes their new role in the student’s life, and gives support in order for them to let go,” Aguayo said.
When asked how important orientation is for incoming freshmen, Aguayo answered, “Although it is not mandatory, 90 percent of the incoming class attend orientation. It is really important in helping students make friends, and they can even meet their new roommate or RA.”
Those students who miss orientation can, of course, have the same positive experience in the fall, but they will have to be a little more proactive at learning where buildings, classes, and offices are situated.
According to Aguayo, “They will miss the support that (orientation) provides.”
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Another school year has come to a close. For some students it means picking up their cap and gowns and preparing for graduation. For students living in Residence Halls on campus, it means you move out by Friday.
It\'s an arduous task, packing your dorm room in boxes and moving them down 2-12 stories. Some students elect the use the elevator, which means for the rest of them, the stairs are the only option. Luckily, many students\' parents are there to lend a helping hand.
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For more information and quotes from his speech, see our twitter feed here. We\'ll publish more on the event as soon as we can.
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A UW professor of engineering will present a comparison of Antarctica’s dry valleys to the water flow on Mars at 3 p.m. today in the Classroom Building, Room 129.
\r\nFred Ogden spent 12 days in the field studying Antarctica’s dry valleys, according to the Environment and Natural Resources Web site. Ogden’s talk, entitled, “Runoff Generation in the Antarctica Dry Valleys: Implications for Recent Gulley Formation on Mars,\" will show how ADVs are a close mimic for Martian conditions in many ways.
\r\n','\r\nThe focal point of the lecture will be on the factors required to yield runoff in Antarctica; likenesses and distinctions between the ADVs and the surface of Mars; and introduction to a working hypothesis of recent gully formation on Mars.
\r\nThe lecture relates to recent satellite images of the planet’s surface. Martian surface has shown clues of recent liquid flows inside craters, according to the UW events Web site. While climatic conditions make this unlikely, some believe hypersaline groundwater or geothermal heat may be the cause.
\r\nIn January 2010, Ogden made observations and collected data on cold-regions runoff generation processes in Antarctica, according to the Environment and Natural Resources Web site.
\r\nOgden attended Colorado State University, where he received a bachelor’s in civil engineering in 1987, a master’s in civil engineering in 1989 and a doctorate in civil engineering in 1992, according to the UW civil and architectural engineering Web site.
\r\nOgden is a registered professional engineer in Wyoming and Colorado, and a registered professional hydrologist at the American Institute of Hydrology. Ogden’s interests are in hydrologic modeling and engineering, watershed scale erosion/deposition modeling, computational hydraulics and runoff generation in tropics, arid and semi-arid regions.
\r\nFor the fourth and fifth grade students of the UW Lab School, helping Laramie residents in need is not a hassle. Instead, it’s a fun project that provides greatly needed help during hard economic times.
\r\nFor the past four years, the fourth and fifth grade students of the Lab School have hosted an annual sweet shoppe and rummage sale as a fundraiser to help those in need, Luke Sheridan, a fourth grader at the school, said.
\r\n','\r\n“They need it,” Sheridan said. “Laramie has not quite been hit with the economic downturn yet, but it\'s coming fast.”
\r\nBy hosting the fundraiser, the students may be able to block the downturn a little and the help people need will be there for them, Sheridan said.
\r\n“It’s just sort of a lesson for us to be able to know that we can do sort of small little things just to help other people to be able to do big things,” Hamerlinck said.
\r\nThis year, the fundraiser will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today and Thursday around campus and at the UW Lab School.
\r\nThe students’ goal this year is to raise at least $1,000 to go to the Laramie Soup Kitchen and Interfaith Good Samaritan, Claire Hamerlinck, a fifth grader, said.
\r\n“Because of the hard economic times, we are doing it for foundations around Laramie,” Hamerlinck said.
\r\nIf the 45 students participating manage to raise more than $2,000, the additional proceeds will be donated to Heifer International and “Nothing but Nets,” an organization that supplies mosquito netting to prevent the spread of malaria in Africa.
\r\n“We’re glad to help them,” Sheridan said.
\r\nUpon completion of the fundraiser, the students involved will meet with representatives of the local charities to give them the proceeds, Joanie James, a UW Lab School teacher, said.
\r\nThe fundraiser has never made less than $2,000 and even made $3,700 one year, James said.
\r\nLast year, the fourth and fifth graders donated the money to a girl’s school in India, Heifer International and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
\r\n“It’s [Make-a-Wish is] where kids are really sick and maybe going to die of a life threatening disease,” Sheridan said. “And they [Make-a-Wish] ask them what’s their [the sick child] final wish.”
\r\nOne student who participated in the fundraiser last year had been granted with a wish when she was young, Hamerlinck said. She had a life-threatening problem and eventually received a heart transplant.
\r\n“It was nice for her to be able to give back to them,” Hamerlinck said.
\r\nThe UW Lab School received donations from several places around town in order to host the sweet shoppe portion of the fundraiser, Sheridan said.
\r\n“Most of them are very generous,” Sheridan said.
\r\nThose interested can purchase items from the rummage sale for less than a dollar. Big items run between $1 and $2.
\r\nThe students will be selling cotton candy, root beer floats, sundaes, burritos, pizza and many other food items as part of the sweet shoppe.
\r\nThe sweet shoppe will take place in the lunchroom of the Lab School and the rummage sale will be located throughout the school. The students will also be selling items throughout campus.
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\r\nA federal judge has ruled in favor of UW Student Meg Lanker and Bill Ayers in their case against the University of Wyoming. His ruling forces UW to allow Bill Ayers to speak on campus tomorrow. The courts finding is shown below.
We have just learned that Bill Ayers will speak tomorrow at UniWyo Sports Complex 7-9 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m
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Frontiers magazine, a UW publication produced entirely by students, will be released in its online-only format this afternoon.
\r\nFrontiers is a general-interest magazine. Its content includes a range of topics, Caitlin White, editor-in-chief of Frontiers and REACH magazines, said.
\r\nAmong the stories in the publication is an article about the Society for the Prevention Cruelty of Animals, which gives a local view on animal cruelty. Another story looks at the importance of solitude and taking time for oneself in the lives of busy college students, White said. A third expresses the importance of interpersonal communication, instead of relying on digital media such as text messaging.
\r\n“It encompasses a lot of different subject material,” White said.
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While Frontiers was a journalistic production, almost all of the photographers and writers who worked on the magazine this year have come from other areas of study besides journalism, White said. Engineering, English, textile design and international studies majors represented the staff.
\r\n“It encompasses a lot of different subject material,” White said.
\r\nWhite, who is also the news section editor for The Branding Iron, said the magazine’s writers had more freedom to choose topics that interested them, whereas the writers working for the campus newspaper are assigned stories.
\r\nWhile writers may have written stories of personal interest to them, the work they produced was longer and more in-depth than newspaper stories, White said.
\r\nLast year, both Frontiers and REACH were produced in a print format. This year, however, the production of both magazines will be available solely online, White said.
\r\nWhite’s biggest challenge publishing two online student magazines this year has not been editing or proofreading stories. Rather, it was recruiting writers who were unaware the publications existed.
\r\n“It’s hard to get people to write for the magazine when they don’t know the magazine exists,” White said.
\r\nAfter budget cuts hit UW Student Publications, the decision was made by the UW Student Media Board to shift the production of the magazines online in order to save on printing costs, White said.
\r\nWhile the move online has changed how Frontiers is produced, White said she is pleased with how the magazine turned out.
\r\n“It has a nice presence on the web,” White said.
\r\nThe magazine’s move from print to online provided White the opportunity to learn new skills, while creating a publication based on a multimedia platform, she said.
\r\nTo view Frontiers, visit http://www.frontiersmagazine.info. To view REACH, visit http://www.reachmagazine.info.
\r\n\r\nThree UW faculty members have been presented with the John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award, which are based on classroom performance and helpfulness to students.
\r\nKent Becker, head and associate professor for the Department of Professional Studies in the College of Education; Eric Nye, associate professor in the Department of English; and Allen Trent, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Studies are the three recipients of the award, a UW news release said.
\r\nThe professors were selected from a list nominated by students. Ellbogen established the endowment for his family and state’s encouragement of education, according to the release.
\r\nBecker said his teaching style is highly experimental.
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“I think students appreciate the experiential nature of my teaching and the use of creative approaches to learning,” Becker said. “We have amazing students, who are motivated to become the best counselors possible.”
\r\nCurrently, Becker teaches doctoral seminar courses in counseling as his teaching load is reduced during his time as department head, he said.
\r\n“I believe that theory comes alive when students experience the constructs through activities and physically ‘feeling’ by theory,” Becker said.
\r\nWorking with his department and the College of Education has been a gift, Becker said.
\r\nFaculty member Mary Alice Bruce nominated Becker and current and past students wrote letters of support, he said.
\r\nOne such student wrote, “I entered [the class] with preemptive fears of the subject matter and left with a feeling of competence and interest in the area. Kent is an awesome instructor,” the UW news release said.
\r\nNye’s classes are not for the faint of heart, he said in a September Branding Iron article.
\r\n“For me, if you can’t discern fundamentally the beauty of language, anything else is superfluous,” Nye said in the article.
\r\nNye has been a teacher at UW since 1983. He has won the Extraordinary Merit Award for Teaching in 2007, the Seibold Professorship and the Fred Slater Teaching Award in 2004.
\r\n“Consequently, he [Nye] approaches each of his classes with a high seriousness, challenging students to read more rigorously than they ever have before,” Peter Parolin, head of the English department said in the UW news release.
\r\nTrent describes his teaching style as active.
\r\n“I like for students to be involved in class, to interact with each other, to learn and to have fun,” Trent said.
\r\nTrent is honored to receive the Ellbogen Award, he said.
\r\n“Teaching in a democracy is an important role, and I take it seriously,” Trent said. “I am excited to explore theories and methods with my students so that we can continue to improve teaching and learning in U.S. classrooms for all kids.”
\r\nTrent teaches a variety of courses in the College of Education such as “Teacher as Practitioner,” “Meaning in Art” and “Qualitative and Action Research.”
\r\n“I hope to take Allen’s passion, love and enthusiasm for art and use it as inspiration of who I want to be as a teacher as well and transmit that desire onto my own students,” a student of Trent’s said in the news release.
\r\nLive each day with courage, take pride in your work, always finish what you start, do what has to be done and be tough but fair.
\r\nThese are the first five principles of Wyoming’s State Code, which was signed into law by Gov. Dave Fruedenthal. According to Jim Owen’s Code of the West, the principles are a statement of cowboy ethics that have taken the Rocky Mountain region by storm.
\r\nThe Code of the West will be the focus of a panel discussion tonight.
\r\nThe event is scheduled for 5 p.m. in Classroom Building, Room 129. It is hosted by the American Heritage Center.
\r\nOwens will participate in a discussion with Sam Western, author of “Pushed Off the Mountain, Sold Down the River: Wyoming’s Search for its Soul” and David Wrobel, chair of the Department of History at UNLV.
\r\nThe panel will focus on whether maintaining the cowboy image is helpful to the area or hurts economic and cultural advances. The panel will discuss the history of the code and how it has contributed to—or in some cases—hindered the west’s popularity.
\r\nIn addition to support by the state government, ASUW voted to officially support the Code of the West in a resolution that stated the student government would work to help pass the code in the State Legislature.
\r\nAudience members are encouraged to share their input in a question and answer session, which will be moderated by Peter Simpson after the panel.
\r\nIn the meantime, remember to follow the cowboy code: always keep your promises, ride for the brand, talk less and say more, remember some things are not for sale and know where to draw the line.
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In light of a recent Associated Press article detailing the continuing high unemployment rates, UW students commented on their thoughts about getting a job after graduation.
\r\n','\r\nHowever, many students aren’t worried about getting a job in a weakened economy. Those hoping to work in the health care industry and education, in general, said they felt confident about getting a job.
\r\n“Honestly, being in the health field, I feel like I won’t have as much of an issue with unemployment as other professions,” Libby Childs, a nursing major, said. “The health care bill is a concern, but I don’t think as many people will go into the field since the wages could be low.”
\r\n“I don’t have any fears about getting a job,” Liam Campbell, a history education major, said. “I am going into teaching and they are always needed.”
\r\nIn addition, Cortney Kragnik, a pharmacy major, said she didn’t have any concerns about getting a job because her field is in such high demand.
\r\n“It could still be scary, because maybe I will have to move to a different place where I don’t want to live and the economy might be worse there,” Kragnik said.
\r\nOther students, many pursuing degrees in business, did have fears about the economy affecting their ability to get a job.
\r\n“Lately, I have been thinking about owning my own business, but I don’t know if I will be able to do that if the economy is the way it is now,” Elizabeth Accurso, an undeclared major, said. “I would say pretty much whatever major I am thinking about going into, there is a risk of not being able to get a job, so I am nervous about it.”
\r\nPhil Abernathy, a double major in Business Finance and Political Science, agreed with her.
\r\n“Getting a job after graduation will be scary, but there is a year and a half for the economy to recover before I need to find a job,” Abernathy said. “Also, there will always be companies needing employees. It’s just a matter of finding one that does what you want.”
\r\nEnglish major Heidi Lichtfuss, who hopes to become a published author, said, “I think it is going to be really important to get connections. I think that’s going to make the difference.”
\r\n“If people aren’t spending money on books, then publishers have less money,” Lichtfuss said. “But, when things are bad, people like to escape so they might go to movies more, but I think they will still read too.”
\r\nWhile UW students seem relatively confident in their ability to get a job, many also seemed to have taken into account majoring in fields of high demand and remain optimistic the job market will improve in the coming months.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-23 00:04:29','126','Erin Jarnagin','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-23 01:03:53','2010-05-07 01:03:55','','','','0','0','348','”, job, major, economy, don’t, “i, students, high, business, health, graduation, field, people, confident, kragnik, lichtfuss, author, money, abernathy, thinking','In light of a recent Associated Press article detailing the continuing high unemployment rates, UW students commented on their thoughts about getting a job after graduation. ','0','11','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1928','Fraternity ‘spreads the word to end the word’','fraternity-spreads-the-word-to-end-the-word','','The newest UW fraternity will spend 24 hours on scaffolding in front of Ross Hall to encourage students to stop using the ‘R’ word to describe a person with a mental or physical disability.
\r\nPi Kappa Phi fraternity will work to inform the general public that it is not acceptable to insult people who are mentally or physically challenged, Zach Kurtenbach, a member of the fraternity, said. The fraternity will raise awareness that when using the term “retard,” or ‘R’ word, people are unaware how much they are affecting someone.
\r\n','\r\nThe group set up scaffolding in front of Ross Hall early Thursday afternoon. When one girl asked fraternity member Bryan Vogt what he was doing, he said: “I’m talking about the word that technically means mentally challenged. I’m here to spread the word to end the word.”
\r\nDuring the 24 hours the fraternity members will spend in the scaffolding, they will not use the ‘R’ word. The fraternity has 17 members and at least one member will stay on the scaffolding during the 24 hours.
\r\nThe purpose of the event is to make students on campus more aware of the word, Tim Sehorn, a fraternity member, said.
\r\nThe cause is of personal interest to Kurtenbach and Sehorn. Kurtenbach has a cousin who is mentally handicapped, while Sehorn has a cousin with autism.
\r\nPeople don’t care how the ‘R’ word affects people, Kurtenbach said. Instead, they just blurt it out.
\r\nSome people may say there are harsher words than the ‘R’ word, Sehorn said. However, the ‘R’ word plays a large part in today’s society and is usually more common than other used words.
\r\nDuring the 24 hours, students on campus can sign a banner attached to the scaffolding, pledging that they will not say the ‘R’ word. The student will then get a sticker to wear around campus that reads, “I pledge to end the ‘R’ word.”
\r\nPi Kappa Phi is conducting the event as part of their fraternity’s national philanthropy, Kurtenbach said. The national outreach event has partnered with Push America. The CSU chapter of the fraternity did the same event earlier in the year.
\r\nThe fraternity is providing the event as a way to show further dedication to the university, Kurtenback said. The event will inform campus they are more dedicated to the philanthropy side of a fraternity and are not associated with the negative connotations that often come with a frat.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-22 23:58:17','124','Caitlin White','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-23 00:58:00','2010-05-06 07:00:00','','','','0','0','347','word, fraternity, ‘r’, event, scaffolding, people, kurtenbach, campus, member, hours, sehorn, students, mentally, ”, inform, phi, members, national, kappa, challenged','The newest UW fraternity will spend 24 hours on scaffolding in front of Ross Hall to encourage students to stop using the ‘R’ word to describe a person with a mental or physical disability.\r\n\r\nPi Kappa Phi fraternity will work to inform the general public that it is not acceptable to insult people who are mentally or physically challenged, Zach Kurtenbach, a member of the fraternity, said. The fraternity will raise awareness that when using the term “retard,” or ‘R’ word, people are unaware how much they are affecting someone.','0','11','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1929','Engineering professor receives state award','engineering-professor-receives-state-award','','A UW professor was awarded Engineer of the Year by the Wyoming Engineering Society, which is given to a member who has demonstrated long and dedicated service to the engineering profession, the society and the people of Wyoming.
\r\n','\r\nProfessor Thomas Edgar, of the Department of Civil and Architechtural Engineering, was presented the award by Jim Cavalli on Feb. 5.
\r\nEdgar received his bachelor’s degree at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and then took a job with Moretrench American Corporation in New Jersey. He moved on to Colorado State University to attain his master’s and doctorate degree.
\r\nEdgar started teaching high school students as an undergraduate student during summer sessions as a way to help fund his graduate work. He enjoyed the job at first, because he “was not a particularly good undergraduate student,” Edgar said.
\r\nAs a professor, Edgar believes he understands his students. “I have a feel for what the average undergrad student is like,” Edgar said.
\r\nEdgar does not expect his students to get straight “A”s in class, but he does expect them to be good engineers, he said. Wyoming is a school that is “truly competitive with everywhere else in the country,” Edgar said.
\r\nEdgar has been a member of the Wyoming Engineering Society since 1987. He became an honorary member of this organization in February of 2009 and is the vice president this year. Edgar will become the president of the organization next year.
\r\nEdgar still remembers his first time walking into the WES annual banquet.
\r\n“I had realized that probably 70 percent of the engineering done in the state of Wyoming was sitting in this room,” Edgar said.
\r\nThe association is for all engineers and surveyors working in the state of Wyoming and had been around since 1920. There are 737 current members. The WES helps engineers get together and provides continuing education for their professional registration. They also help current students continue with their education by providing scholarships to students. Last year, $31,000 dollars were awarded to engineering students from the WES. This money comes from many fundraising events the society holds among other things.
\r\nThe student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers has had Thomas Edgar as their faculty adviser for 25 years. Edgar believes he is the longest standing faculty adviser in the country and in 2009 he won Faculty Advisor of the Year for Region 7. Edgar enjoys working with students in activities where they can excel outside of academics—“stuff you can’t learn in the classroom,” he said.
\r\nIn the Engineers Without Borders program, Edgar does just that. Currently, Edgar is the technical mentor for a project in Kenya whose purpose is to bring water to over 2,000 students in schools across a vast area that do not receive enough rainfall to meet the peoples needs.
\r\nEdgar is also a member of the American Society for Civil Engineering and is the CAE liason to the state section. He has taught at UW since 1981 and presently teaches three to four different classes per semester for the University. He has received the John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award and an assortment of teaching and advising awards throughout his service.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-21 23:05:05','126','Jamie Magrum','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-22 00:04:44','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','346','edgar, engineering, students, society, wyoming, year, ”, state, engineers, student, member, professor, american, teaching, award, faculty, civil, wes, university, job','A UW professor was awarded Engineer of the Year by the Wyoming Engineering Society, which is given to a member who has demonstrated long and dedicated service to the engineering profession, the society and the people of Wyoming. ','0','28','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1930','Take Back the Night confronts domestic, sexual violence','take-back-the-night-confronts-domestic-sexual-violence','','One factor that fuels the crime of rape is a culture which, in many ways, places responsibility for sexual assault on victims instead of perpetrators, a guest speaker at the Take Back the Night event said.
\r\n','\r\n“We have a problem called victim blaming…a huge problem,” Kelly Collini, executive director of Albany County Safe Project, said. “We should place the blame squarely on perpetrators.”
\r\nTake Back the Night, an event held to oppose domestic and sexual violence, was held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Wyoming Union.
\r\nThe event included a musical performance by The Patti Fiasco, speeches from two guest speakers, a march from the Union to downtown and back, and skits performed by members of the RSO Step Up!
\r\nDuring Collini’s speech, she said women who are victims of sexual violence are oftentimes held responsible for being raped.
\r\nThere is a tendency among some to place responsibility on rape victims for supposedly placing themselves in situations where they could be sexually assaulted—such as going out to house party and drinking too much—instead of blaming men who committed the crime, Collini said.
\r\n\r\n
Collini also explained how she felt American popular culture—especially violent music and video games—contributes to acceptance, if not in an indifference to, domestic and sexual violence.
\r\nOne example of music that promotes the tolerance of violence is Eminem, who in his second album, “The Marshall Mather LP,” included a song where the Detroit rapper rhymes about murdering his wife in an isolated forest, Collin said. “It normalizes it [sexual violence]. It makes it mainstream.”
\r\nShe also pointed to “Grand Theft Auto” as an example of a game that normalizes sexual violence, explaining that in the game the main character can have sex with a prostitute and then bludgeon her to death after.
\r\n“I don’t care if you listen to Eminem or if you play ‘Grand Theft Auto,’” Collini said. “But you have to look at the message it sends.”
\r\nLindsey Bemish, a graduate student in the UW Creative Writing Program, read the story of a 29-year-old Chattanooga woman who was sexually assaulted as a child by her babysitter’s two sons.
\r\nThe young Tennessee woman stayed silent about the sexual abuse out of fear that the two “sociopathic” boys would harm her if she spoke of it, Bemish said.
\r\n“They swore they would kill us and our families if we did,” Bemish read to the crowd.
\r\nThe young woman eventually told her parents but they did not report the sexual assault to authorities, which left her wondering whom else might have fallen victim to the two in the years since.
\r\nLast year Albany County Safe Project, which aids victims of domestic and sexual violence in the community, assisted 15 sexual assault victims; this may not be truly representative of the numbers of victims, because rape is such an underreported crime, Collini said.
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\r\n','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-15 00:53:04','126','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-15 01:52:58','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','345','sexual, violence, victims, ”, collini, domestic, held, night, event, assault, rape, woman, crime, bemish, project, place, county, eminem, albany, read','One factor that fuels the crime of rape is a culture which, in many ways, places responsibility for sexual assault on victims instead of perpetrators, a guest speaker at the Take Back the Night event said.','0','10','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1931','Face AIDS RSO hosts die-in in Prexy\'s','face-aids-rso-hosts-die-in-in-prexys','','
A protest in the form of a die-in portrayed the global pandemic of HIV and AIDS when UW students laid on the ground in Prexy’s Pasture and pretended to be dead. The protest Wednesday was part of AIDS Awareness Week.
\r\n','\r\nThe protest informed students about the issues of HIV and AIDS. According to Face AIDS, 5,700 people die every day from AIDS and one child dies every minute from AIDS.
\r\nDuring the Die-In, members of Face AIDS walked around Prexy’s and would fall to the ground and play dead. Mock tombstones with facts about HIV and AIDS were also placed throughout the pasture as part of the event.
\r\nAccording to these tombstones, 33.4 million people live with HIV or AIDS worldwide, and an estimated two million people die from AIDS each year.
\r\nThe gravestone was used to depict that HIV and AIDS are preventable.
\r\n\r\n
According to Face AIDS, die-in is a demonstration or form of protest used to depict the enormity of a situation.
\r\nIn this form of protest, protestors pretend to be dead and use fake blood in order to amplify their point.
\r\nAIDS die-ins started in the late 1980s, when protestors fell to the ground on Wallstreet. The 1980s protestors were trying to get the cost of medication for AIDS sufferers reduced to an affordable amount.
\r\nAIDS Awareness Week continues with a key note by Todd Fogel at 7 p.m. today in Room 506 in Coe Library. Fogel will discuss transmission and prevention of the disease, as well as self-esteem issues.
\r\nA five-student panel presentation of the global impact of AIDS will take place noon Friday in the Union East Ballroom.
\r\nThe week will conclude with the Wyoming AIDS Walk from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. Saturday through the Simpson Plaza. The funds raised will go toward services providing individuals with AIDS in Wyoming.
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A suit will be filed against UW tomorrow as the university has declined Bill Ayers access to its facilities.
','“It’s frustrating they [the university] has not delivered an answer,” Meg Lanker, the student retaining a lawyer to file the suit said in reference to how UW has not informed Ayers why he is unable to speak on campus.
Lanker is disappointed the issue has to go to court and use taxpayers’ money, she said. However, she said it is important to stand up for the First Amendment.
An ad hoc group will meet at 7 p.m. today at the city’s recreation center to discuss an off-campus venue for Ayers during his visit April 28, Lanker said. The meeting is open to the public.
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\r\nSome senators felt SafeRide should have to choose between funding its RSO incentive program or funding its summer program because neither program has a sustainable funding system and most other programs have had to cut their budgets.
\r\n','\r\n“Why do they not have to prioritize?” Sen. Amy Rieser said. “It is unfair that we throw all of our money at SafeRide and every other budget got cut.”
\r\nOther senators said both the incentive program and the summer program are vital to
SafeRide.
“This is the first time we have not had a problem getting volunteers, and without sidekicks, drivers have to try to do two jobs at once,” Sen. Angela Barrett , who is also a SafeRide employee, said.
\r\nWhen the money for the incentive program ran out this semester, RSOs stopped volunteering, Barrett said.
\r\nAfter shifting funding from other programs, the Senate voted to approve the SafeRide budget with a stipulation requiring the transportation coordinator to set up guidelines for how the money will be spent on the programs by the end of the week.
\r\nIf he fails to do so, the entire summer SafeRide program will be dropped from the budget.
\r\nMore controversy came from the proposed budget for homecoming, which will remain at $19,000.
\r\nSen. Rey Fuentes suggested an amendment that would take $7,500 from the homecoming budget to allocate to SafeRide and the RSO funding board.
\r\n“This is a bloated budget. I think this is a large allocation based on last year’s,” Fuentes said. “We might be losing investments to students and not just tradition.”
\r\nPresident Haigler said he didn’t think the RSO funding board would strengthen one of the only traditions on campus.
\r\n“If homecoming wasn’t good when you were in school, it’s not going to be good 30 years later,” Haigler said. “People aren’t going to travel 2,000 miles for a free T-shirt and a pork sandwich.”
\r\nHaigler said the Senate should go all or nothing and not whittle the budget down to something he felt would be embarrassing to be associated with.
\r\nAfter debate, the Senate voted to keep the homecoming budget at $19,000.
\r\nA Denver attorney retained by a UW student has given the university until noon today to permit 1960s radical-turned-academic Bill Ayers to speak on campus or he will sue UW.
\r\nStudent Meg Lanker retained attorney David Lane, known for his controversial clients, such as Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene, to write a letter of protest to UW concerning the cancellation of Ayers\' April 5 presentation, according to Denver Westword Blogs.
\r\n','\r\n“I feel like this [cancellation] showed the public that the university would cower to bullying, would not stand up for ideals of academic freedom, that their integrity was for sale,” Lanker said, in a Casper Star Tribune article on April 13.
\r\nLanker said she did not see it as a conservative or liberal issue, but as an issue of academic freedom, the article said.
\r\nLanker and the Student Secular Alliance, a UW RSO invited Ayers to come to Laramie on April 28, the Casper Star Tribune said. The students reserved a room in the Classroom Building, but didn’t tell UW administration the room was reserved to host Ayers until Thursday.
\r\nLanker then received a telephone call and e-mail from Susan Weidel of the UW General Counsel informing her the university would not allow Ayers to speak on campus, the article said.
\r\nWeidel wrote in her e-mail, “Pursuant to our telephone conversation, the University of Wyoming will not be available as a venue for the event you are hosting for Mr. William Ayers.”
\r\nWeidel also told Lanker that she should consider other venues, the Casper Star Tribune said. Weidel did not give a reason for the cancellation.
\r\nLanker believes the university made its decision based on the possibility UW could see a drop in financial donations, however there most likely were legitimate safety concerns associated with Ayers coming to campus, the article said.
\r\nHowever, if the university was equipped to host people such as Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, there was no reason the Ayers event should have been different, Lanker said.
\r\n“This is why we have law enforcement,” she said.
\r\nIn his letter to UW, Lane told the university he believes it violated the First Amendment by cancelling Ayers’ speech, according to the Associated Press.
\r\n“As you undoubtedly know, the government is not permitted to censor free speech based upon its content,” Lane wrote in his letter, which was posted by Denver Westword Blogs.
\r\n“I am confident that the court will rule for free speech and against repression,” Lane wrote.
\r\nIf Lane does not hear from UW by noon today he will proceed to file a lawsuit.
\r\n“I hope they [the university] back down,” Lanker said. “They brought it upon themselves.”
\r\nLanker is in the process of reserving an off-campus venue as Ayers will still be coming to Laramie, despite the cancellation, the Casper Star Tribune article said. Lanker said she has received offers to host Ayers but prefers not to disclose these venues until the university makes a decision.
\r\nAyers will be paid a $2,600 speaking fee, according to Lanker. The fee will be covered by students, professors, community members and Wyoming residents, the article said. None of the donations came from out of state, Lanker said. Ayers will cover his travel expenses.
\r\nLanker has had no contact from the university administration, but has received e-mails in support of what she is doing, she said.
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\r\nA documentary depicting how children are forced to be soldiers in a rebel war will be shown as part of a service-learning project for a Human Lifespan class at LCCC Albany County Campus in Laramie.
\r\nThe class will host a showing of “Invisible Children.” The documentary was made after three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in 2003 in search of a story, according to the organization’s Web site. What they found changed their lives and created a film that has had over 5,000 showings at colleges, high schools, churches and other venues.
\r\n“Our group chose to focus our efforts on the cause of Invisible Children,” Casey Shiver, a student involved in the project, said. “The screening is going to be of Invisible Children Inc.\'s rough-cut documentary about the children forced to be soldiers and turmoil involved in the war in Uganda and four other African countries.”
\r\nThe showing will be used to spread the word and generate money for the cause, Shiver said. Its main purpose is to raise awareness of the invisible war in Africa.
\r\n“At this moment, the bill for aid has been passed through the House and now just has to get through the next two branches,” Shiver said. “This war can be ended and peace treaties can be made official with the help of the people. Our goal is to see over 100 people at this event.”
\r\nThe film showing will take place 6:30 p.m. tonight at the LCCC ACC commons. The doors will open at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, however it is not recommended that children come because of strong violence and some foul language in the documentary.
\r\nDonations will be taken at the door to help raise money for the Invisible Children campaign.
\r\n“There will be chairs only for those that absolutely need them as we are trying to raise a deeper understanding for the scarcity of supplies in Africa as well,” Shiver said. “Plenty of floor space for sitting though.”
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\r\nCameron Nazminia and Liz Brown won the ASUW president and vice president election with 1,122 votes.
\r\n“We are excited to fulfill our campaign promises and totally represent campus,” Brown said.
\r\n','\r\nTheir priority at the moment is hiring the executives, Brown said. After which, they plan to do an inventory on the programs of ASUW as well as to start conversations with the Board of Trustees this summer.
\r\nThe pair will also work on campaign promises and prepare for the Mountain West Conference, which will take place on the UW campus this summer, Brown said.
\r\n“We would like to say thank you to everyone who came out and voted,” Nazminia said. “Total campus representation exists if the right people are in office.”
\r\nMatthew Fournier and Ellie Platte came in second place with 741 votes, and Elijah Cox and Amber Savage came in third with 625 votes.
\r\nA total of 2,248 students voted in the president and vice president election, Rey Fuentes said.
\r\nThose elected for senator positions from the College of Arts & Sciences were: Brown, 404 votes; Fournier, 294 votes; Cati Calvetti, 266 votes; Diana Wilson, 259 votes; Nema Koohmaraie, 245 votes; Wiley Combs, 235 votes; Lana Percival, 225 votes; Salli Perryman, 219 votes; Joe Chenchar, 213 votes; Joel Defebaugh, 212 votes; and Alex Sullivan-Brink, 212 votes.
\r\nBrown, Fournier, Perryman and Chenchar are all currently senators in ASUW, and Combs is currently in an executive position as the director of campus communication.
\r\nHowever, as Brown has confirmed, she will take the vice presidential position. CJ Young, with 196 votes, is first in line to take the open seat. After him are Jordan Kaul with 189 votes and Patrick Hurley with 186.
\r\nYoung is also currently an executive, serving as the director of policy planning and Kaul is currently the president of Freshman Senate.
\r\nRepresenting the College of Agriculture will be Katie Drumhiller, 122 votes; Patrick Toomey, 102 votes; and Michelle Felts, 89 votes.
\r\nThough the College of Agriculture has 12 available seats on the Senate, only three spots will be filled. None of the newly elected are returning candidates.
\r\nCameron Nazminia, with 145 votes, Katie Cusack with 106 and Megan Haigler with 99 votes were voted in for the College of Business.
\r\nNazminia will take the presidential position, leaving his Senate seat open for the next candidate with the most votes, Phillip Abernathy, who had 92 votes. Angela Barrett with 86 votes is also in line should any open seats arise. Cusack, Abernathy and Barrett are all currently senators from the College of Business.
\r\nThe College of Education re-elected Nathan Mullen with 132 votes, and elected Ty McNamee, 121 votes; Jace Elson, 103 votes; and Didi Gonzales, 87 votes.
\r\nRepresenting students in the College of Engineering are Robert West, 200 votes; Sam Rubino, 186 votes; and Odion Oisamoje, 167 votes.
\r\nThe College of Health Sciences elected Bryan Dugas with 210 votes and Kalayla Hough with 189 votes. Write-ins Katie Pottle and Vernon Shunn were elected with 10 votes and six votes, respectively.
\r\nDugas and Pottle are returning for their second term.
\r\nLaw’s incumbent, Will Reese, will also remain in office.
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\r\nCameron Naziminia and Liz Brown will be the ASUW president and vice president for the 2010-2011 academic year, winning with 1,122 votes.
“We are excited to fulfill our campaign promises and totally represent campus,” Brown said.
Their priority at the moment is hiring the executives, Brown said. After which they plan to do an inventory on the programs of ASUW, as well as start conversations with the Board of Trustees this summer in order to work on campaign promises. The pair will also prepare for the Mountain West Conference, which will take place on the UW campus this summer, Brown said.
Naziminia and Brown said they are excited to start bringing students into ASUW and to start encouraging them to take advantage of all the services it has to offer.
“We would like to say thank you to everyone who came out and voted,” Nazminia said, “Total campus representation exists if the right people are in office.”
Matt Fournier and Ellie Platte were the runners-up with 741 votes. Elijah Cox and Amber Savage came in third with 625 votes.
A total of 2,248 students voted in the president and vice president election, Rey Fuentes, the head of the elections committee, said.
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The ASUW Senate voted to overturn President Matt Haigler’s veto on Senate bill 2289 at Tuesday night’s meeting.
\r\nBill 2289 came out of a need to make an exception to the ASUW sidekick incentive program after the senate updated its finance policy.
\r\n','\r\n“We changed the policy earlier in the year, but some senators didn’t think about what would happen to the sidekick program,” Sen. Katie Cusack said.
\r\nThe updates only allowed organizations to get funding from ASUW through the RSO funding board, preventing them from “double dipping” into ASUW funds through SafeRide and the RSO funding board.
\r\nIf the bill were vetoed, SafeRide would not be able to practice its incentive program and would have to depend solely on student volunteers, a method that has often left SafeRide without help.
\r\nIt would also only allow RSOs to get ASUW money from the RSO funding board.
\r\nShortly after Haigler’s report where he stated his decision and the reasons behind it, Sen. Liz Brown took formal action to override the decision.
\r\n“The ASUW SafeRide Sidekick RSO Incentive Program is a critical program to the students at UW,” Brown said. “It allows
SafeRide to gain the volunteers. The program needs to effectively serve students and allows students in RSOs to serve the campus community while promoting their organization or upcoming event.”
Brown also said it allows RSOs to gain a bit of extra funding for their organization while serving campus.
\r\nOften, the organizations put the money in their bank accounts so they have money for small expenses that would not be time effective to ask for a request from the funding board.
\r\nIn addition, the money allocated from the funding board does not go directly to the organizations. Instead, it is paid out after the organizations bring their receipts and expense records to the board.
\r\nHaigler said he wrote the updates specifically to close off the SafeRide Sidekick Incentive Program because he thinks RSOs should not get funding from two different ASUW pots.
\r\nHowever, the program is a necessary exception because it is a special kind of incentive program that doesn’t fit within the realm of the RSO funding board, Brown said.
\r\nIn order to override a veto, Senate needs a two-thirds vote of quorum and must take formal action on the veto within 10 days.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-07 23:53:49','124','Erin Jarnagin','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-08 00:53:22','2010-04-21 07:00:00','','','','0','0','336','program, funding, board, asuw, saferide, rso, senate, sidekick, incentive, brown, bill, money, rsos, organizations, veto, students, ”, sen, volunteers, updates','The ASUW Senate voted to overturn President Matt Haigler’s veto on Senate bill 2289 at Tuesday night’s meeting. \r\n\r\nBill 2289 came out of a need to make an exception to the ASUW sidekick incentive program after the senate updated its finance policy. ','0','31','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1940','William Ayer\'s Response','william-ayers-response','','On March 30, 2010, officials at the University of Wyoming, citing \"security threats\" and \"controversy,\" canceled two talks I was invited to give in early April, one a public lecture entitled \"Trudge Toward Freedom: Moral Commitment and Ethical Action,\" and the other, a talk to faculty and graduate students called \"Teaching and Research in the Public Interest: Solidarity and Identity.\" I\'d been invited in August, 2009, but one week before I was to travel to Laramie, I was told I had been \"disinvited.\"The purpose of Ayers\' visit would have been lost to the controversy and public outcry over the invitation, a member of a discussion panel concerning the cancellation of William Ayers\' visit to UW said.
\r\n“It’s major purpose, I felt, would be lost,” Francisco Rios, director of the UW Social Justice Research Center, said.
\r\n','\r\nRios, Gregg Cawley, a professor in the political science department; Steve Bialostok, a professor in the College of Education; and Myron Allen, vice president of the Office of Academic Affairs, made up the panel who discussed the cancellation Tuesday in the Union Ballroom.
\r\nVeiled threats of violence against the university emerged prior to, and after, the cancellation was announced, Rios said. In response to threats, local and state law enforcement and Homeland Security were contacted.
\r\nAs director of the UW Social Justice Research Center—the campus entity that invited Ayers to come and speak—Rios received numerous negative e-mails and phone messages decrying the invitation, he said.
\r\n“They were difficult to read and listen to,” Rios said. “The majority were hostile.”
\r\nThe cancellation of Ayers’ visit to UW may have a negative effect on the free exchange of ideas on campus, Bialostok said.
\r\n“We owe our students and public opportunities to hear challenging views,” Bialostok said.
\r\nAyers’ discussion was meant to focus on his experiences teaching kindergarten and his ideas on how to improve the quality of education poor and minority students receive from failing schools, Rios said.
\r\nPrincipals from across Wyoming were invited to speak personally with Ayers during his visit about his concepts on how to improve primary education, Rios said.
\r\nBialostok questioned whether the controversy and visceral nature of comments against Ayers’ visit may have less to do with his involvement in the Weather Underground—a radical group opposed to the Vietnam War who bombed a number of government building in the ‘70s—and more to do with the polarized political climate that exists in the in the U.S. today.
\r\nThe controversy grew, in large part, out of the 2008 presidential election, where Obama was accused of “palling around with terrorists” because of connections made between now President Obama and Ayers, Bialostok said.
\r\nThere was nowhere near the level of controversy when past speakers who may be considered to be just as radical, if not more so, have come to speak on campus, Cawley said.
\r\nCawley explained there was little or no outrage concerning Angela Davis, a member of the 1960s African American separatist organization, the Black Panthers, and her past visit to campus.
\r\n“Angela Davis has radical credentials greater than Ayers,” Cawley said. “Angela Davis should have been as controversial.”
\r\nWhen Cawley asked the audience to name another member of the Weather Underground besides Ayers, only a handful could name another member of the group.
\r\nDavis has largely fallen from public awareness, whereas Ayers’ name is much better known because of the presidential election, Cawley said.
\r\nIdeally, UW and other universities should be able to act as a neutral forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas, whether they are controversial or not, Allen said.
\r\n“A university is a poor stage for political theater,” Allen said. “We’re not the place to play out political battles.”
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\r\nOne professor’s research involves mapping the layers of the ocean through the use of seismic waves.
\r\nSteven Holbrook will present research about charting the ocean during his presentation, “Tides, Turbulence and Ocean ‘X-Rays’: Adventures of a Wyoming Oceanographer,” at 4:10 p.m. today in the Agriculture Auditorium.
\r\n','\r\n“What he is going to be talking about is how you can use energy [seismic] waves to map the layers in the ocean,” Carrol Frost, professor in the UW geology and geophysics department, said. “It’s one of the big events for research on campus.”
\r\nHolbrook is the keynote presenter in the 2010 President’s Speakers Series.
\r\n“The UW President’s Speakers Series honors faculty members who are exemplary in balancing the university’s educational, research and service goals, and who have made important contributions to the university’s national standing,” according to a UW news release for the event.
\r\nHolbrook was chosen to be the featured presenter of the series based on the strength of his research, Frost said.
\r\n“We pick one of our faculty that’s the strongest,” Frost said. “We would have not chosen him to be the presidential researcher if he wasn’t outstanding.”
\r\nHolbrook will describe how he and a group of researchers combined seismology and oceanography by developing a way to graph the ocean by its tides and waves, according to the release.
\r\nHolbrook’s areas of research include seismic oceanography and methane hydrates. He earned his doctorate and master’s of Science degrees from Stanford University, according to Holbrook’s Web site said.
\r\nHolbrook’s selection as this year’s presenter for the President’s Speakers Series stands as a mark of achievement and gives him an opportunity to showcase his research, Frost said.
\r\n“The main message is this: It’s an opportunity for the president to showcase an outstanding researcher,” she said.
\r\nHolbrook is a professor in geophysics at UW. He received his bachelor’s degree in geosciences from Pennsylvania State University and his master’s degree and doctorate in geophysics from Stanford University.
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\r\nUW’s ROTC program, Cowboy Battalion, conducted a joint field training exercise with Colorado State University’s Ram Battalion at Camp Guernsey last week.
\r\n“The JFTX is important in Army ROTC because it is the only real hard time that they get to do leadership activities without having to keep track of everything else that a college student has to worry about,” Ivo Wambeke, ROTC cadet public affairs officer, said.
\r\n','\r\nThe exercise is the largest event held during the academic year, according to an ROTC news release. The event brings together tactical training and leadership skills the ROTC cadets have executed during the year.
\r\nThe four-day training exercise had multiple events, including firing an M16A2 assault rifle, virtual convoy training, land navigation and platoon training exercises, according to the release.
\r\nDuring the event, all Military Science Level Three Cadets, or academic juniors, were evaluated on their leadership. This is the second time the juniors will be evaluated, as the same event happens in the fall, Wambeke said. The spring training is the last opportunity for assessment before going to the Leadership and Assessment Course, which takes place in Fort Lewis, Wash., he said.
\r\n“They are evaluated meticulously by MSIVs [academic seniors] and cadet members to test their high and low points, as well as assess our training methods,” Wambeke said.
\r\nAt 7 a.m. on the second day, each cadet conducted the simulations center and M16 firing range exercises until 1 p.m., according to the release. Land navigations were then conducted until 11 p.m.
\r\nDuring the event, cadets also executed a two-mile march, according to the release.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-06 00:25:21','104','Amy Hammer','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-06 01:25:06','2010-04-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','332','training, rotc, event, release, leadership, cadets, cadet, wambeke, evaluated, exercise, conducted, exercises, assessment, ”, land, juniors, firing, day, year, academic','UW’s ROTC program, Cowboy Battalion, conducted a joint field training exercise with Colorado State University’s Ram Battalion at Camp Guernsey last week.\r\n\r\n“The JFTX is important in Army ROTC because it is the only real hard time that they get to do leadership activities without having to keep track of everything else that a college student has to worry about,” Ivo Wambeke, ROTC cadet public affairs officer, said.','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1944','Agricultural leadership program selects student for study abroad','agricultural-leadership-program-selects-student-for-study-abroad','','One UW student was among 12 agriculture students from around the country that was selected for the 2010 International Collegiate Agricultural Leadership Program.
\r\n“I am very honored to have been selected,” Devin Burton, a junior majoring in agribusiness management, said. “I am excited for such an amazing opportunity.”
\r\n','\r\nBurton will travel to China and Vietnam in May to study international grain marketing and trade and global agriculture, according to a news release from I-CAL. During the trip, Burton and the other students will visit Asian agriculture operations, including fruit and vegetable production farms, open air grain, meat and animal markets and grain inspecting facilities. These tours will take place in Malaysia, Taiwan and other areas of Asia, Burton said.
\r\n“I expect to learn about the demand for U.S. grains and agricultural products in Asia and Asian markets,” Burton said. “I am excited to experience and learn a little about other cultures.”
\r\nThe program is designed to help the students who are interested in careers within the agriculture industry, to understand cultural issues and international trade, according to the release. It will also help them to gain awareness of how international markets work for agriculture products.
\r\n“I am very grateful for any sacrifice from others for me to have such a great opportunity,” Burton said.
\r\nThe I-CAL program was developed from a U.S. Grains Council and The GRAINS Foundation partnership, according to the release. The organizations provide opportunities for others to learn about how the global marketplace affects American agriculture.
\r\nThe U.S. Grains Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to building export markets for barley, corn and sorghum, according to the release.
\r\nThe other selected students who will join Burton are: Ronal “Wil” Baxter, North Carolina State University; Grant Christensen, Iowa State University; Lucas Fuess, Cornell University; Ashley Gatling, University of Arkansas; Daniel Helvig, University of Minnesota; Ryan Hrubes, Iowa State University; Caitlin Kasper, University of Minnesota; Tim Martini, Colorado State University; Adam Miller, Ridgewater College; Amy Petersen, Utah State University; and Emily Schneider, Kansas State University.
\r\nThe selected students were required to fill out an application and answer several essay questions regarding their thoughts on marketing and international trade, according to the release.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-06 00:24:12','104','Caitlin White','2010-04-06 00:28:55','104','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-06 08:24:01','2010-04-19 14:00:00','','','','0','0','331','university, burton, state, agriculture, international, “i, students, release, ”, program, markets, grains, selected, learn, grain, trade, agricultural, opportunity, asian, marketing','One UW student was among 12 agriculture students from around the country that was selected for the 2010 International Collegiate Agricultural Leadership Program.\r\n\r\n “I am very honored to have been selected,” Devin Burton, a junior majoring in agribusiness management, said. “I am excited for such an amazing opportunity.”','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1945','Did the candidates answer all your questions?','did-the-candidates-answer-all-your-questions','','ASUW hosted the first and only presidential debate last night in which the three tickets defended their positions on Greek life, SafeRide, ASUW’s transparency and other student government related topics.
\r\nAll three tickets, including Elijah Cox and Amber Savage, Matthew Fournier and Ellie Platte, and Cameron Nazminia and Liz Brown, are running for ASUW president and vice president for the 2011-12 school year. Elections will be held April 7 through 9. Students can vote through WyoWeb.
\r\n','\r\nThe Fournier/Platte ticket focused on RSOs and student leadership, the Nazminia/Brown ticket focused on raising awareness of ASUW programs and importance and the Cox/Savage ticket focused on more student employment and conservative spending.
\r\nEach ticket mentioned SafeRide as one of the most successful and important programs for ASUW. Both the Fournier/Platte and Nazminia/Brown tickets agreed to expand SafeRide and to make the program more efficient there is the need for a multi-line phone. Cox/Savage suggested outside sponsorship of the program to eliminate the need for more student fees.
\r\nStudent involvement and awareness of ASUW’s programs and processes was a concern for each ticket.
\r\n“We need to get more students involved,” Platte said. “We can educate them about what we do and encourage them to get involved with more ASUW programs.”
\r\nThe Cox/Savage ticket is running on the slogan, “Turning the University of Wyoming Inside Out,” and stressed their non-traditional, non-Greek ticket as the most inclusive representation of the students of UW. Savage is an ex-officio member of the Sustainability Council, but neither has served on ASUW otherwise.
\r\nThe Fournier/Platte ticket noted six years of combined senate experience, labeling their campaign as “Innovation with Experience.”
\r\nPlatte, current chair of the ASUW RSO Funding Board, stressed the importance of RSOs for increased student participation during the debate.
\r\n“Campus should be a place not only to learn, but also to find passion and RSOs are the place to do that,” she said. “It’s all about getting students involved: RSOs, clubs, sports. We want to hear what you have to say,” Fournier said.
\r\nThe Brown/Nazminia ticket’s slogan “TCR: Total Campus Representation,” is an effort to represent all of campus and advocate student awareness for ASUW, Nazminia said. “We think it’s ASUW’s job to provide information and to make that information available to students,” running-mate Brown said. “We’re here to be your student advocates.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-01 03:19:29','104','Sasha Fahrenkopf','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-01 04:19:07','2010-04-07 07:00:00','','','','0','0','330','”, student, asuw, ticket, students, programs, rsos, running, cox/savage, platte, asuw’s, fournier/platte, awareness, saferide, tickets, “we, focused, involved, fournier, program','ASUW hosted the first and only presidential debate last night in which the three tickets defended their positions on Greek life, SafeRide, ASUW’s transparency and other student government related topics.\r\n\r\nAll three tickets, including Elijah Cox and Amber Savage, Matthew Fournier and Ellie Platte, and Cameron Nazminia and Liz Brown, are running for ASUW president and vice president for the 2011-12 school year. Elections will be held April 7 through 9. Students can vote through WyoWeb. ','0','5','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1946','Ballot loses six candidates','ballot-loses-six-candidates','','Six candidates were taken off the ASUW election ballot for not turning in their elections expense records on time, according to a judicial council report.
\r\nThe judicial council’s ruling stated the candidates would be taken off the ballot but would not be prevented from holding office and therefore could still be written in, Justice Chris Averill said at Tuesday’s senate meeting.
\r\n','\r\nVernon Shunn, Megan Stransky, Brandon Shadakofsky, Jessie Allen, Paul Weaver and Aaron Graham were all removed from the elections ballot by a judicial council recommendation that was upheld by Vice President of Student Affairs Sara Axelson, head of the elections committee, Rey Fuentes said.
\r\nOnly Paul Weaver from the College of Arts & Sciences and Brandon Shadakofsky from the College of Engineering would have been on the ballot for the general election.
\r\nBoth are appealing the decision, Fuentes said.
\r\nThe final decision on the case was expected by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
\r\nJudicial Council recommendations were sent to Axelson, who decided whether or not to uphold them. If students choose to appeal her decision, the final appeal goes to Dean of Students, Dave Cozzens.
\r\nStudents enrolled in pre-calculus algebra (MATH 1400) at UW currently attend classes allowing a maximum of 40 students. This fall, the maximum students in pre-calculus classes will be 102.
\r\nThe larger class sizes are the result of the math department’s move from offering nine sections of pre-calculus to five sections, the UW Web site said. The move to larger class sizes will also take place in problem solving (MATH 1000), which will be taught in one section of up to 208 pupils.
\r\n','\r\nOffering fewer sections of both classes has come as a result of cuts in the math department’s budget, Farhad Jafari, head of the UW math department, said.
\r\nThe move to larger classes could have an adverse effect on students, ranging from poor performance in class work, lack of retention of math skills and students dropping, withdrawing or failing the math courses, Mike Vassallo, a former principal at Pinedale Middle School, said.
\r\nOne example where a student could potentially suffer as a result of a larger class is by not asking for help as readily, Vassallo said.
\r\n“One feels safe when you know who is near and that can be trusted not to laugh, make comments, smirk or the like when one asks a question that indicates lack of understanding,” Vassallo said.
\r\nIf students are having difficulties in pre-calculus or problem solving—whether this semester or next fall—they can address them during instructor office hours or seek out help at the UW Math Lab, Bill Weber, a senior lecturer in the math department who will teach sections of pre-calculus this fall, said.
\r\n“Certainly, instructors will still have office hours,” Weber said. “The math lab is already fully staffed.”
\r\nAlthough office hours are available for Weber’s class, he said he finds that students don’t take advantage of them. The move to larger class sizes may also have negligible effects on the number of students using the math lab.
\r\n“Students don’t take that opportunity [office hours] anyway, but it’s still going to be available to them,” Weber said. “I don’t see the use of the math lab increasing because of this.”
\r\nThe move to larger classes will all but eliminate one-on-one interaction between instructors and students and could foster distracting behavior, such as text messaging among some in class, Vassallo said.
\r\nThe freshmen-level math classes are currently taught in smaller classrooms with large student audiences, Jafari said. These classes are large enough that it makes one-on-on time between instructors and students difficult.
\r\n“A class of 40 students is already large,” Jafari said. “The jury’s out. Math educators don’t know what’s best [smaller or larger class sizes].”
\r\nOne modification that will come as a result of the changes in class sizes is several discussion sections of pre-calculus and problem solving to be included next semester, Jafari said. Discussion sections are currently not offered for those freshmen math classes.
\r\nJafari hopes the discussion sections will foster greater understanding of the course while aiding those who may be struggling, he said.
\r\nThe effect of moving to larger classes may not have much, if any, effect on whether or not many students will be successful in pre-calculus because only about 67 percent currently pass the class while the rest drop, withdraw or fail the class, Weber said.
\r\n“It has a pretty low success rate,” Weber said. “It’s a tough freshmen class.”
\r\nThe larger classes may not prepare students for advanced math or statistics classes many students are required to take for their degree requirements, Vassallo said.
\r\nIn Weber’s opinion, any student who passes pre-calculus or problem solving should not have significant problems passing calculus or statistics classes, he said.
\r\nStudents have the chance to learn about the importance of the 2010 Census and meet the UW President Tom Buchanan and Wyoming Secretary Max Maxfield of State at Census Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Union Family Room.
\r\n','\r\n“It’s just a day for students to come and learn about the Census,” Rey Fuentes, an ASUW member, said.
\r\nFree food from McAlister’s Deli will be available.
\r\nRaising student awareness and explaining why they should fill it out is the primary goal of the event, Fuentes said.
\r\nMany UW students may not think that they need to fill out the Census because they are still dependents of their parents, he said. Even if they are dependents, students who reside in Laramie should still fill out the forms.
\r\n“We lose money in the city of Laramie” if residents don’t complete the Census, he said.
\r\nMore than $70 million in federal funding was lost as a result of Laramie residents not taking part in the 2000 Census, Keri Brown, an executive assistant for the Managers Office of the City of Laramie, said.
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A common misunderstanding about the Census is that the information is not confidential, which it is, Fuentes said.
\r\n“You become a number; No one individual can be identified through the Census. It’s completely confidential,” Fuentes said.
\r\nBesides the event in the Union, a second event geared toward the general Laramie community will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Alice Hardy Stevens Center. President Buchanan and State Auditor Rita Meyer will be in attendance.
\r\nWhether UW students or Laramie residents attend either event, they should all still fill out their Census forms, Fuentes said.
\r\n','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-01 01:18:55','104','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-01 02:18:43','2010-04-07 07:00:00','','','','0','0','327','census, event, fuentes, students, laramie, fill, residents, president, state, union, day, city, confidential, forms, dependents, ”, 2010, buchanan, asuw, learn','Students have the chance to learn about the importance of the 2010 Census and meet the UW President Tom Buchanan and Wyoming Secretary Max Maxfield of State at Census Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Union Family Room.','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1949','Lecturer discusses Hispanic baseball history, opens exhibit','lecturer-discusses-hispanic-baseball-history-opens-exhibit','','
UW students can learn about the Hispanic influence on baseball and view an exhibit about Latino sugar beet workers at 5 p.m. today in the Wyoming Union West Ballroom.
\r\nAdrian Burgos Jr., the author of “Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line,” will give a talk and open the exhibit by Gabriel and Jody Lopez, “From Sugar Beet Fields, to Fields of Dreams.”
\r\n','\r\nBurgos is an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois, where his focus is on U.S. Latino history, sport history, immigration history and urban history. Burgos’ speech will concentrate on the topic of his upcoming book about Alex Pompez, the man who brought in the first lot of Dominicans into Major League Baseball as a scout for the Giants’ organization, Burgos said.
\r\nBurgos will contend that Pompez shaped U.S. professional baseball “through use of his own background as someone who is a U.S. Latino, bilingual and multicultural,” Burgos said. Pompez was the owner of a Negro League team in Harlem in the first half of the 20th century who saw America as a place where he could draw talent and market his teams, Burgos said.
\r\nBurgos has written a significant amount about issues affecting Latinos. His book “Playing America’s Game” talks about the inclusion of Latino players into professional baseball as a way to explain the ways that Latinos are differentiated, based on race in both baseball and U.S. society.
\r\n“I see baseball as a public forum in which ideas about inclusion, what is American, racial identity and social belonging all play out, and therefore use baseball as a principle site of my academic explorations,” Burgos said.
\r\nGabriel and Jody Lopez, the curators of the exhibit “From Sugar Beet Fields to Fields of Dreams,” were both high school graduates of Cheyenne. Together, they have published two books. The first book, “White Gold Laborers,” is about the lives of the sugar beet workers. These workers were recruited by the Great Western Sugar Company to move and live permanently in northern Colorado to work the sugar beet field.
\r\n“White Gold Laborers” led to their second book, “From Sugar to Diamonds.” This book, according to Gabriel Lopez, is about those same workers who played baseball as a relief from the fields. These workers then became part of a semi-pro baseball league spanning from eastern Colorado to southern Wyoming and eastern Nebraska. Gabriel Lopez is a descendant of these sugar beet field workers and baseball players.
\r\nThe exhibit itself will contain “over 180 photos of teams and players, quotes from oral histories and newspaper articles with uniforms and other artifacts donated by players,” Gabriel Lopez said.
\r\nBurgos and Gabriel Lopez agree it is important for everyone to attend.
\r\n“Latinos, whether Mexicans on the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains Region, or from the Caribbean, are more than just recent arrivals—their presence in local and professional baseball teaches us that,” Burgos said. “Equally important, Latinos have used baseball for both leisure and employment, as well as space to struggle for greater social acceptance in the United States all the while not forgetting about their roots in the Spanish-speaking Americas.”
\r\nBurgos’ speech starts at 5 p.m. today in the Union West Ballroom, followed by the exhibit opening, book signing and reception in Ross Hall, Room 109. The reception will include refreshments, as well as door prizes. The Colorado Rockies has donated a gift certificate for two tickets for this occasion.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-01 00:10:11','124','Jamie Magrum','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-01 01:09:53','2010-04-14 07:00:00','','','','0','0','326','baseball, burgos, ”, sugar, beet, workers, book, gabriel, lopez, exhibit, history, fields, latino, players, latinos, colorado, league, professional, pompez, “from','UW students can learn about the Hispanic influence on baseball and view an exhibit about Latino sugar beet workers at 5 p.m. today in the Wyoming Union West Ballroom.\r\n\r\nAdrian Burgos Jr., the author of “Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line,” will give a talk and open the exhibit by Gabriel and Jody Lopez, “From Sugar Beet Fields, to Fields of Dreams.”','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1950','Sustainability committee hires interns','sustainability-committee-hires-interns','','Three new interns hired by the Campus UW Sustainability Committee will obtain work experience while learning many of the ways the school functions.
\r\n','\r\n“It gives them a really great opportunity to learn from hands-on experience,” Jill Lovato, co-chair of the Campus Sustainability Comittee, said. “They’ll certainly learn a lot about campus operation.”
\r\nBrent Brouillard, of Loveland, Colo.; Marissa Ochsenfeld, of Laramie; and Jonathan McBride of Cheyenne started working for the committee on Feb. 1, and their positions will last until close to the end of this semester. The three will receive an hourly wage and are eligible for academic credit from the Environment and Natural Resources program, Lovato said.
\r\nAn announcement for the internship openings was sent out on UW listserv while others were made aware of the positions in various classes or by word-of-mouth, Lovato said.
\r\n“All three of the interns bring experience in sustainability-related efforts and will advance sustainability at UW,” Lovato said.
\r\nTwo of the interns will be gathering data from numerous departments about emissions from operations on UW’s main and satellite campuses in order to update its greenhouse gas emissions inventory, Lovato said. They will collect data, run it through an Excel calculator, interpret the results and submit the findings in a report.
\r\n“For the greenhouse gas emissions inventory, we hired the interns based on their experience with Excel, their experience compiling and interpreting data, their writing skills, understanding of campus operations and their familiarity with various campus entities,” Lovato said.
\r\nThe inventory the interns will be working on is required by the American College and Universities Presidents’ Climate Commitment, Lovato said.
\r\n“In September 2007, President Buchanan signed the ACUPCC, committing UW to reducing its carbon emissions over the coming decades, and to eventually become carbon neutral,” according to the Campus Sustainability Committee Web site.
\r\nThe ACUPCC is “a high-visibility effort to address global climate disruption undertaken by a network of colleges and universities,” according to the Web site.
\r\nUW recently completed the Climate Action Plan, a document meant to guide the institution in its sustainability efforts.
\r\nOne intern who is working on the emissions inventory and interned for the sustainability committee last year said he had such a great time and gained so much great experience that he decided to do another internship with the committee this semester.
\r\n“I was thrilled when I was informed that I would be able to help the CSC again during the spring 2010 semester,” Brouillard, a senior civil engineering major, said. “It has granted me experience in the environmental field, which is what I want to pursue after graduation.”
\r\nWhile two of the interns will be working primarily on the emissions inventory, the other new-hire is working on education and outreach for the committee, Lovato said. The new intern is currently working to help plan and organize the Wyoming Sustainability Summit, which will be held from April 11 to 12 at the UW Conference Center.
\r\n“She’s getting a lot of experience organizing and planning events,” Lovato said of Ochsenfeld.
\r\nBesides working in their respective internships, interns help decrease the workload of the 15 full-time faculty, staff members and students in the committee.
\r\n“Having them be available has been very valuable to us,” Lovato said. “They pick up the slack.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-31 02:06:00','126','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-31 03:05:17','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','325','”, lovato, sustainability, interns, experience, committee, working, campus, emissions, inventory, great, semester, data, climate, time, efforts, positions, intern, operations, excel','Three new interns hired by the Campus UW Sustainability Committee will obtain work experience while learning many of the ways the school functions. ','0','27','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1951','Persian RSO aims to educate students about rarely recognized culture','persian-rso-aims-to-educate-students-about-rarely-recognized-culture','','Persian culture often does not have a large influence at UW. In fact, many may not know Persian people live in modern day Iran, or that they speak Farsi instead of Arabic.
\r\n','\r\nHowever, the Persian Student Association is hoping to change that.
\r\n“We are going to show that Iran is not the ‘axis of evil,’ but is the ‘axis of beauty’,” Morteza Akbarabadi, president of PSA, said.
\r\nThis year, PSA is hosting a New Year’s ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Union Ballroom.
\r\nThe Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, is celebrated every year on the first day of spring. The holiday is celebrated by people in Turkey, Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Crimea and the Balkans.
\r\nA major tradition of Nowruz is the Haft Sin, or Seven S’s. As part of the tradition, families create a Haft Sin table, where they place the seven Haft Sin items. The Haft Sin are items that all begin with the letter ‘S’, known as “sin” in the Persian alphabet, according to the PSA’s brochure on Persian culture.
\r\nThe items symbolize seven creations and holy immortals protecting them.
\r\nOn Sizdah Bedar, the 13th and final day of the festival, people celebrate with family get-togethers involving music and dance.
\r\nThe Sizdah Bedar celebration has its roots in the Ancient Persian belief the 12 constellations in the zodiac control the months of the year. The 13th day of the celebration represents the chaos the world falls into after each zodiac has ruled.
\r\nThis will be PSA’s second New Year celebration at UW.
\r\nPSA is hoping to educate students about Persian culture. They also hope to reach out through events like the multicultural event recently hosted by ASUW.
\r\nThe celebration will include a variety of traditional music and food.
\r\nAimee Glocke, visiting professor in African American and Diaspora Studies, will give a presentation titled “Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and other forms of African/Black Resistance” at 3 p.m. Thursday in the History Building Lounge, Room 155.
\r\nGlocke received her doctorate in African American Studies at the Temple University in Philadelphia, as well as getting her master’s degree from UCLA in Afro-American Studies and is also the faculty adviser to the association of Black Student Leaders.
\r\n','\r\nGlocke will be focusing on the misconceptions of Black Nationalism. Mistaken beliefs are often based on television, the Black Panthers and events such as the 1968 Summer Olympics, where two American medalists gave the “black power” salute during the American national anthem, she said.
\r\nThe idea is to “expose students to things they might not normally be exposed to,” Glocke said.
\r\nThe African American and Diaspora Studies department would like to bring awareness about Black Nationalism and pan-africanism as well as other concepts that aren’t derived from film stereotypes, Glocke said.
\r\nGlocke arrived in Laramie in August 2009. In her short time here, she has participated in the name change of her department from Department of African American Studies to its current name of African American and Diaspora Studies.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-29 23:50:57','124','Jamie Magrum','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-30 00:50:21','2010-04-13 07:00:00','','','','0','0','323','american, studies, glocke, african, black, department, nationalism, diaspora, pan, africanism, professor, “black, awareness, “expose, idea, students, ”, exposed, events, anthem','Aimee Glocke, visiting professor in African American and Diaspora Studies, will give a presentation titled “Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and other forms of African/Black Resistance” at 3 p.m. Thursday in the History Building Lounge, Room 155.','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1953','Three presidential candidacies advance for ASUW general electionej','three-presidential-candidacies-advance-for-asuw-general-electionej','','Candidates in the primary election paced nervously outside the ASUW office in the Student Union for an extra hour Friday night after technical difficulties made the announcement of primary winners an hour late.
\r\n','\r\nThree out of 6 tickets for the presidential and vice presidential race moved on to the general election.
\r\nThe Cameron Nazminia/ Liz Brown ticket was the first to move into the general election with 970 votes. The pair spent $574 on their campaign in the primary election, according to the ASUW election expense statement.
\r\nMatthew Fournier and Ellie Platte took second in the primary with 605 votes. Their expenses total $636.
\r\n“I think it’s about continuously building relationships,” Platte said. “We can’t mold campus into what we think it should be. It’s about getting out to students and molding ourselves to affect the most students possible.”
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In third place was the Elijah Cox/ Amber Savage ticket, which received 591 votes. Their team spent $690 on the primary campaign, the expense statement said.
\r\nPresident and vice president candidates are allowed to spend up to $1,000 on their campaigns.
\r\nThe teams of Wiley Combs and Angela Barrett; Diana Wilson and Walter Wilson; and Jordan Evans and Phil Abernathy are all out of the race.
\r\nOut of the 37 senate candidates for the College of Arts & Sciences, 22 will move on to the general election. The top 11 in the general election will become ASUW senators.
\r\nThe top-eight candidates, according to primary results, were Liz Brown, 325 votes; Matthew Fournier, 247 votes; Diana Wilson, 234 votes; Nema Koohmaraie, 217 votes; Cati Calvetti, 214 votes; Wiley Combs, 209 votes; Walter Wilson, 199 votes; Joe Chenchar, 182 votes; Jessie Allen, 152 votes; Ryan Ragaglia, 145 votes; Jordan Kaul, 142 votes; and Leslie Brazil, 138 votes.
\r\n“Thanks to everyone who voted for me, but now the push is to find all of the people who didn’t vote and prove to them this is important,” Jordan Kaul said.
\r\nThe College of Business was scheduled to have a primary election until Abby Lewis dropped out of the race, allowing the remaining candidates to move forward to the general election.
\r\nVoting for the primaries took place Wednesday through Friday. The general election will take place April 7 through 9.
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A UW student who accessed his instructors’ grade books in order to alter his GPA has been charged with two felony counts in Albany County District Court. The student pleaded not guilty and will face trial by jury June 21-23.
\r\n','\r\nEvan Shafer, 21, of Spearfish, S.D., is charged with one count of a crime against intellectual property and one count of crime against computer users, according to an Albany County District Court felony information document from Feb. 11.
\r\nA crime against intellectual property means that Shafer did “knowingly and without authorization modify data, programs or supporting documentation residing or existing internal or external to a computer, computer system or computer network,” according to court documents.
\r\nThe crime against computer users states that Shafer accessed a computer, computer system or computer network knowingly and without authorization, documents said.
\r\nOn Dec. 16, 2009, Rebecca Roberts, an associate lecturer for UW, reported that Shafer had accessed her eCompanion grade book and changed his grade from a \'C\' to an \'A\' on or around Dec. 13, Sergeant James Alexander of the UW Police Department reported in an affidavit of probable cause filed Jan. 21.
\r\n“When I first figured it out, I didn’t realize the full extent of what that meant,” Roberts said, referring to how she didn’t realize what a threat it was to have a student access her account.
\r\nRoberts had entered her grades Dec. 8, at which time she printed a spreadsheet of the grades, the report said. Roberts was then out of town and did not access the grade book until Dec. 14.
\r\nRoberts reported receiving an e-mail on Dec. 13 from Shafer informing her that his grade was incorrect as it should be a 93.6 percent but was showing as a \'C,\' the documents said.
\r\nBecause of Shafer’s e-mail and unusual timing, Roberts was able to notice the discrepancy in his grades, she said.
\r\nRoberts checked the printed-version of her grade book, which reported Shafer’s grade as a 70 percent and that he had not taken the third exam, the affidavit said.
\r\nRoberts logged on to eCompanion where it showed her last log on date as Dec. 13, according to court documents. She noticed several other grades of Shafer’s had been changed.
\r\nRoberts contacted Robin Hill, who handles eCompanion. Hill confirmed that Shafer had logged on Dec. 13 and that Roberts’ account had also been accessed, the documents stated. Roberts reported she had not logged on that day.
\r\nAfter further review of the printed spreadsheet, Roberts said Shafer’s grades were the only ones changed, according to the affidavit. She documented separate incidents of change, one between midterms and Dec. 8, and one between Dec. 8 and Dec. 14.
\r\nMatthew Kelly, UW’s network security analyst, found network traffic from an IP address originating in Sioux Falls, S.D., Shafer’s place of birth, from Dec. 13, according to court documents. The data showed users Shafer, Roberts and Nyla Bailey, another of Shafer’s instructors, logged on from the same IP address.
\r\nRoberts had to continually change her password throughout the holiday break as Shafer continued accessing her accounts, she said. From those accounts, Shafer could have also accessed her Amazon.com or bank accounts, she said.
\r\n“There was nothing I could have done to protect myself,” Roberts said.
\r\nThe incident was bigger than just one student, Roberts said. Shafer had access to other UW students’ education and personal records and could have potentially changed information in these files, she said.
\r\n“The damage he could have done is immense,” Roberts said.
\r\nAlexander interviewed Shafer at his then residence, Hill Hall, court documents stated. Shafer admitted to changing his grades in four UW classes: Global Sustainability, Spanish 1, American and Wyoming Government, and Introduction to Mass Communications, according to court documents.
\r\nShafer informed Alexander he changed his grade in Roberts’ class, Introduction to Mass Communications, by guessing her password, the affidavit said. Shafer said it “wasn’t hard as she has used a part of her name as the password,” the report stated.
\r\nShafer admitted to using a hardware key logger in order to obtain names and passwords to gain access to accounts for the purpose of manipulating his grades, the affidavit stated. Shafer admitted to changing his eCompanion grade in American and Wyoming Government, taught by Bailey, to an ‘A’ in spring 2009 with the key logger.
\r\nShafer obtained Bailey’s user name and password and accessed her Banner system, as well as her e-mail account, according to court documents. With this information, Shafer was able to change his grade and then delete the records of the changes sent to Bailey’s e-mail account.
\r\nAlexander contacted Bailey on Jan. 20. Bailey reported she was not in South Dakota in December 2009, the affidavit stated. Bailey confirmed the grade change, showing an additional 107 points of extra credit were added to Shafer’s cumulative points, giving him an ‘A’ in the class. Bailey’s Banner or final transcript showed Shafer’s grade as a ‘B’, court documents said.
\r\nShafer’s Spanish 1 instructor, Daniela Ribeiro, used a different program than eCompanion to record grades, the affidavit stated. Ribeiro’s records indicated there was no possible way Shafer could pass the class based on poor attendance.
\r\n“As far as my class is concerned, I know it wasn’t a matter of not being able to do well; had the student done his work, I am confident he would have attained the basic course objectives,” Ribeiro said.
\r\nRoberts agreed and said the student was incredibly intelligent and had no reason not to succeed in her class. However, Roberts said she believes Shafer understood his actions and the possible consequences as he had been in trouble before.
\r\nShafer was charged with the two felony counts on Feb. 11.
\r\nShafer appeared in court for an arraignment on March 17.
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\r\nA man who spent over a decade and a half on death row for a crime he did not commit now travels the country advocating for the reform to how criminal investigations and prosecutions are handled.
\r\nJuan Melendez will discuss his personal story of being imprisoned on death row in the presentation, “Innocent…On Death Row: The Story of Juan Melendez” at 7 p.m. tonight in the Union East Ballroom.
\r\n','\r\nMelendez was imprisoned in Florida where he appealed his conviction three times, Mary Brown, a student member of Wyoming Law Students for Equal Justice and student extern for Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, said. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed his conviction each time. After 17 years of imprisonment, Melendez became the 99th death row exonerate in the U.S., Brown said.
\r\nMelendez was unable to speak fluent English at the time he was convicted of murder, Brown said. However, he was not provided with an interpreter at any point during his prosecution.
\r\nMelendez also had an alibi for the night of the murder and there was confirmed confession and eye witness testimony that others were responsible for the death, Brown said. Despite this testimony and no physical evidence connecting Melendez to the murder, he was still convicted of the crime.
\r\nWhen Melendez brought new evidence that demonstrated his innocence to the Florida Supreme Court, the state chose not to retry him and he was released, Brown said.
\r\nUpon his release, Melendez was given $100 and no transitional services. There has been no apology from the state, Brown said.
\r\nMelendez’s story is not an isolated incident. More importantly, not every innocent person is freed, some are executed, Brown said.
\r\nWrongful convictions occur in each state, Brown said. One way to stop these incidents is to take steps to change such procedures for investigating and prosecuting criminal cases.
\r\n“This is not a criminal justice ‘bashing’ event,” Brown said. “It is more about highlighting a growing realization that our criminal justice procedures have been flawed, are still flawed and as a result we have sentenced innocent people to prison.”
\r\nThe event will be about telling Melendez’s story, as well as working to educate the public about why reform in the criminal justice procedures are needed so that “only the guilty are sentenced in this country,” Brown said.
\r\nSuch social issues are important to every U.S. citizen, Brown said. Students should realize they are able to make a difference and can work to address the change in processes.
\r\n“It’s important to understand that wrongful conviction is not just something that happens to ‘others,’” Brown said. “It’s something that can happen to anyone of us at anytime.”
\r\nThe presentation is free and open to the public. Groups sponsoring the event include St. Paul’s Newman Center, Wyoming Law Students for Equal Justice, Pre-Law Club, Amnesty International, the Youth Constitutionalists and Catholics on Campus.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-29 23:37:35','104','Caitlin White','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-30 00:37:21','2010-04-12 07:00:00','','','','0','0','320','brown, melendez, death, row, criminal, justice, story, ”, procedures, florida, conviction, students, state, murder, event, wrongful, law, public, supreme, evidence','A man who spent over a decade and a half on death row for a crime he did not commit now travels the country advocating for the reform to how criminal investigations and prosecutions are handled.\r\n\r\nJuan Melendez will discuss his personal story of being imprisoned on death row in the presentation, “Innocent…On Death Row: The Story of Juan Melendez” at 7 p.m. tonight in the Union East Ballroom. ','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1956','Rally promotes assault awareness','rally-promotes-assault-awareness','','UW will take a stand against sexual violence with the annual community rally, “Take Back the Night” as part of April’s National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The event will take place at 4 p.m. April 13 in the Student Union Gardens.
\r\n','\r\nThe month will bring communities across the nation together to focus on a crime that affects 17.7 million American women, a SAFE Project press release said.
\r\n“Take Back the Night” is a way for people, not just women, to take a stand against sexual violence, according to the news release.
\r\n“Women should be free to walk the streets, day or night, without fear,” the release said.
\r\nThis is an important issue for UW as Albany County SAFE Project worked with 12 victims of sexual assault in 2009, according to the release. These reports suggest that many sexual assaults are still happening, but less than 10 percent of victims report the assault to law enforcements.
\r\nSexual assaults cause devastating consequences to the victim, the release said. Victims are four times more likely to contemplate suicide and 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, the release said. One in 33 men and 1 in 6 women will be assaulted sexually sometime in their adult lifetime, the release said. Child sexual abuse is also growing with 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls experience abuse before age 18.
\r\nWith the event held on campus, it highlights the fact that college women are more likely to experience a sexual assault, the release said. One in 4 college women experience an attempted or completed rape.
\r\n“We march through the streets as a way of reclaiming that territory as a safe place for women in particular,” Jess Bryski, SAFE Project’s board president.
\r\n“Take Back the Night” will begin with a live performance and speakers, including Kelly Collini, Albany County SAFE Project’s executive director.
\r\nParticipants will then march through Laramie and end back on campus for refreshments and a performance from STEP Up Peer Educators.
\r\nThe Women’s Action Network, SAFE Project, STEP Up Peer Educators, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, ASUW, the Laramie Soroptimist and the Student Civic and Leadership Engagement are sponsoring the event.
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\r\nGreek Life joined forces Wednesday to clean up streets and spend time with children in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
\r\nThe first half of the group picked up trash along Fraternity and Sorority rows before continuing onto streets of the city.
\r\nThese events give the community “a different perspective on the Greek system,” Nathan Mullen, a member of the Greek community, ,said. “It can help turn a negative reputation into a positive one.”
\r\nThe rest of the Greek volunteers headed to the Big Brothers Big Sisters center where they organized games with the kids in a “March Madness” celebration. The “Big of the Year” title will be given to one of the many of the well deserving volunteers. A “Big” refers to an adult buddy who pairs with a “Little,” or a child in the program.
\r\nThey are “part of the Greek community,” Brianne Phillips of the Tri Delta Sorority said.
\r\nEach of the houses receives points for their participation in these events. The house with the most points will receive an award at the Greek Excellence Awards on April 26.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-26 01:55:12','126','Jamie Magrum','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-26 02:55:05','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','318','greek, ”, big, community, sisters, brothers, events, volunteers, points, program, sorority, streets, “big”, deserving, refers, title, adult, buddy, year”, email','Greek Life joined forces Wednesday to clean up streets and spend time with children in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. ','0','9','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1958','Professor teaches home brewing','professor-teaches-home-brewing','','Educating on the ways of recycling in a somehwat different way, Peter Stahl, professor of soil ecology in the UW Department of Renewable Resources, discussed the process of brewing beer during his lecture, “Art and Science of Homebrewing,” on Wednesday.
\r\n','\r\nThere may be a tendency among some home brewers to make brewing into a complex process, by spending thousands of dollars on complicated brewing equipment, Stahl said.
\r\n“Brewing is not rocket science,” Stahl said.
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Among the ingredients necessary to brew a home brew are hops, malted barley water and yeast, Stahl said. Hops come in various forms and today brewers have more options for yeast than in the past.
\r\nStahl explained the process of mashing, boiling water until the grains (malted barley) are broken down to the right enzymes. Throughout the brewing process, temperature—whether heating or cooling the ingredients of the beer—plays a key role in the finished product, he said.
\r\n“Temperature becomes critical to how brew will turn out,” Stahl said.
\r\nThe next twos steps discussed in the process were sparging, which is removing sugar and other brewing materials out of the grain, and boiling the wort (the remaining liquid).
\r\nAfter boiling the wort, the brewer’s next step is chilling it, which is an important process because it decreases the chance of microbe developing in the solution, Stahl said.
\r\n“It basically lowers your chance to get contamination,” Stahl said.
\r\nThe next process Stahl explained was fermenting, where yeast and hops are added to the cooled wort and placed into a fermentation tank, where the ingredients will eventually turn to drinkable beer.
\r\nThe fermentation process can take anywhere between one to eight weeks depending on the kind of beer, he said.
\r\nThe final step in the process is bottling the beer, which can be stored in bottles or even five-gallon kegs pressurized with CO2, Stahl said.
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\r\n','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-25 01:11:58','126','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-25 02:11:41','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','317','stahl, process, brewing, ”, beer, wort, boiling, hops, yeast, ingredients, brew, home, turn, brewers, science, chance, malted, fermentation, water, explained','Educating on the ways of recycling in a somehwat different way, Peter Stahl, professor of soil ecology in the UW Department of Renewable Resources, discussed the process of brewing beer during his lecture, “Art and Science of Homebrewing,” on Wednesday. ','0','10','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1959','Nominations for council pass ASUW','nominations-for-council-pass-asuw','','
ASUW approved the nominations of Stacia Berry as a justice on the Judicial Council and Chris Averill as chief justice of the council for the remainder of the semester.
\r\nThe candidates were nominated by president Matt Haigler, after the recent resignations of Abby Lewis, former justice on the Judicial Council, and the former Chief Justice Walter Wilson. These candidates nomination also came after the Senate’s denial of Haigler’s first nominee.
\r\n','\r\nThe Senate has mentioned in past meetings how important it is to have a full and impartial Judicial Council during the elections, in case any discrepancies are brought to the council.
\r\nStacia Berry is currently a law student at the university and has three years of previous experience on the Senate.
\r\n“I am interested in serving ASUW in a different capacity,” Berry said. “I have a passion for ASUW and for serving students.”
\r\nBerry will immediately step in for the remainder of Lewis’ two-year term, which will end with the current semester. After that, Berry may be asked to serve a full two-year term, Haigler said.
\r\n“I would be excited to serve for another term,” Berry said. “I think it is important to have council members who have been serving on it for a couple of years.”
\r\nAfter approving Berry, Haigler brought Averill before the Senate to be approved as chief justice.
\r\nAverill is currently a justice on the Judicial Council and has served for nearly two years, as well as previously serving as a senator.
\r\nAverill said he feels the Judicial Council should be stewards of the ASUW working documents and ASUW’s actions should always align with the documents.
\r\nAverill’s main goal is to smooth out the turmoil between the Senate and the Judicial Council and make sure all branches of student government are respected, he said.
\r\nAverill hopes to fix the lack of communication between the branches.
\r\nAlthough he will not be graduating at the end of the year, Averill said he is not sure he will accept another term as chief justice if it is offered after he finishes out former Chief Justice Wilson’s term.
\r\nThe approval of these nominations still leaves one spot open on the council.
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\r\nThe director of the Women’s Studies program will present a talk to explore the history of Russian feminism as part of this year’s Faculty Senate Speaker Series. The event will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Classroom Building, Room 133.
\r\nMarianne Kamp who is also an associate professor of history, will be speaking about gender rights in the Soviet Union and how the issue is still a struggle in modern Russia in her talk, “Who needs feminism anyway? Russia and Gender Rights.”
\r\n','\r\nRussia and its government have always been ahead of the curve when it comes to feminism and women’s rights. Women gained the right to vote in the Soviet Union many years before they did anywhere in Western culture, Kamp said.
\r\n“Feminism has a lot to do with democracy,” Kamp said.
\r\nHaving visited the Soviet Union before it became Russia, as well as being able to meet many native Russians, Kamp has learned much about their culture and views on women. Russian men and women have the perception that “women in Russia know what it’s like to be feminine. They are willing to let doors be opened for them,” Kamp said.
\r\nThis will be a great lecture to attend for anyone interested in Russia, as well as Women’s Studies majors, International Studies majors or people who have visited Russia.
\r\nThe speaker series is mostly for faculty, although everyone is welcome to attend. There is a faculty member each spring and fall that speaks about his or her field. This event is set up so that the faculty members are able to share their knowledge with other faculty members who may not normally attend such an event.
\r\nThe speech is free and open to the public. It will be given again next week at Casper College.
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\r\nUW Army ROTC cadets took part in the Bataan Death March on Sunday. The race took place in New Mexico and is designed to be one of the most difficult marathons.
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Overall, the ROTC team finished in fifth place. Cadet Cheyenne Walsh finished in seventh place in the female light category as a solo runner.
\r\nThe race took the team about 5 hours to complete.
\r\nThe marathon spanned 26.2 miles through a desert, according to a news release.
\r\nCadet Chris Peterman competed in the military heavy division, which requires participants to wear the Army Combat Uniform and combat boots while carrying a rucksack that must weigh at least 35 pounds, according the news release. Peterman placed 87th in the event out of 376 competitors.
\r\nAn Army Combat Uniform ran the military light team, according to the release. The team of Katie Cranmer, Eric Ensor, Christopher Kaiser, Eli Varney and Dustin Wambach competed in the Military Team Light race.
\r\nCadets trained for three months, according to the release, training six days a week; during the three months of training, the cadets ran more than 260 miles, the release said.
\r\nThe race course had several sections, including a 7 mile stretch over flat ground followed by a hill, which is about 4 miles long.
\r\n“When I got to the hill, all I could see was a road that went straight up the mountain for what seemed to be forever,” Cranmer said.
\r\n“By far the worst part is the sand trap,” Cranmer said.
\r\nThe ROTC military heavy team placed first in the ROTC category in 2008 and 2009, but the group did not have a team in the area this year.
\r\nA young man who fell to his death while working on a Wyoming oil rig is the subject of one author’s latest book.
\r\nAlexandra Fuller will discuss her book, “The Legend of Colton H. Bryant,” and her efforts to gain stronger worker protections in Wyoming’s energy industry during a lecture 6 p.m. tonight in the UW Education Auditorium. Fuller will also discuss issues of social justice and activism in the state.
\r\n“She had no intention in delving into the industry [mineral extraction] at all,” Jenny Reese, director of The Good Mule Project, said. Reese explained how Fuller wrote the book and started her work to obtain greater safety measures for workers in the state’s extracting industries after learning of Bryant’s death.
\r\nFuller is one of three speakers participating in a three-part series hosted by The Good Mule Project titled, “The Accidental Activist,” which features discussants who did not intentionally enter their roles of advocacy, but “fell” into their roles as activists, according to a news release from The Good Mule Project.
\r\n“Some life changing event happened, and they stood up for their rights,” Reese said. “They didn’t intend to become activists.”
\r\nIn her various activist efforts to increase safety protections for workers in Wyoming’s energy industry, Fuller has spoken in front of the Wyoming State Legislature, Reese said.
\r\n“The Legend of Colton H. Bryant” is a biographical work that details the life of Bryant, following him from his early day growing up fishing, hunting and horseback riding around Evanston, to his eventual death working in a Wyoming oil field in 2006, a book review on Alexandra Fuller’s Web site said.
\r\n“A lot of classes on campus use her book as a reference,” Reese said.
\r\n“The Legend of Colton H. Bryant” is Fuller’s third book. Her other work include “Scribbling the Cat” and “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood.”
\r\nFuller’s 2002 book, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” was a national best seller and “Scribbling the Cat” was voted one of the top 10 nonfiction books of 2004 by The Detroit Free Press, an event flyer said.
\r\nFuller was chosen to be part of “The Accidental Activist” series because she resides in Wyoming, and because both her book and activism are centered on the Wyoming energy industry, Reese said.
\r\nReese hopes that the discussion and The Good Mule Project’s series will inform students that they can personally get involved in causes, address issues they are concerned with and let their voices be heard, she said.
\r\n“You can get involved. You don’t have to sit back,” Reese said. “It goes back to our theme that ordinary people can do extraordinary things.”
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\r\nAuthor Michael Holler will give a seminar centered on his book, “The Constitution Made Easy,” from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Union Ballroom.
\r\n“An event like this is really broadening,” Caitlin Wallace, president of the UW College Republicans, said. “It makes the Constitution understandable.”
\r\nHoller’s book, which will essentially act as an outline for the seminar, is written with the verbatim version of the Constitution on the left-hand pages, while the right-hand pages are dedicated to explaining in layman terms what the meaning of the left-hand pages are, Wallace said.
\r\nWhereas parts of the Constitution are straightforward, other parts of the document are much more confusing, Wallace said, explaining that attendees will have greater understanding of the less-clear aspects of the Constitution after the event.
\r\nWhile most students have taken a course or two concerned with, or dedicated to, parts of the Constitution, many may not have a good grasp on the document as a whole or on its different aspects, Wallace said.
\r\n“How many people do you ask what due process is and will actually know the answer?” Wallace asked.
\r\nAs more people are becoming active in the American political process, it is critical they understand the different facets of the Constitution, Wallace said.
\r\nHoller was chosen to host the seminar because he is based out of Colorado and his book is not focused on partisan politics, Wallace said.
\r\n“It seemed so simple, so logical, so understandable” to have Holler host the event, Wallace said.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-23 00:18:27','104','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-23 01:18:07','2010-04-05 07:00:00','','','','0','0','312','constitution, wallace, seminar, parts, ”, author, book, event, pages, hand, holler, process, aspects, explaining, “it, host, students, document, dedicated, people','An author will break down the U.S. Constitution from the 18th century language into more comprehensible modern day English. \r\n\r\nAuthor Michael Holler will give a seminar centered on his book, “The Constitution Made Easy,” from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Union Ballroom. \r\n','0','19','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1964','RSO teaches community members self defense','rso-teaches-community-members-self-defense','','An RSO will host a self-defense clinic that will provide students with instructions on techniques to protect them in the event that they are assaulted.
\r\n“If you are against the wall and someone is attacking you, you need to know what to do,” Florence Teule, adviser of the Karate & Kubudo Club, said.
\r\n','\r\nThe self-defense clinic will be instructed by Dan Hausel, a 10th degree black belt, from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at Corbett Gym.
\r\nOne of the goals of the clinic is to try to train participants to instinctively react, in order to protect themselves if they are ever assaulted, Teule said.
\r\n“There is a tendency to freeze up,” Teule said, describing how the clinic will train participants to defend against an assailant and how not to be struck silent or still by the possible shock of being attacked.
\r\nThe clinic is significant in light of the alleged assault of a young woman by a male assailant that took place on Super Bowl Sunday in McIntyre Hall, Teule said, describing how the woman screamed and the attacker ran off.
\r\n“Basically, not everyone’s able to do that,” Teule said.
\r\nTeule explained that while running away or yelling for help are the most ideal ways to ward-off an attacker, there may be scenarios where someone is being attacked and can’t run away, or when yelling won’t necessarily scare an assailant off.
\r\nThose who attend the clinic will learn basic karate techniques, how and where to effectively and efficiently strike an assailant and joint locks and methods to get out of attackers holds, Teule said.
\r\n“These are really simple and efficient techniques,” Teule said.
\r\nAlthough the clinic may seem to be geared toward people who are unaware of martial arts or self-defense, anyone can learn about protecting himself or herself and can take away something from the clinic, Teule said.
\r\n“We’re encouraging anybody, of any gender, to participate,” she said.
\r\nOne thing that people should realize about the clinic is that its focus is on teaching people the skills to defend themselves, not encouraging or even suggesting they use these skills aggressively, Teule said.
\r\n“We’re not encouraging anybody to go out and beat up people,” Teule said.
\r\nHausel, the instructor leading the clinic, is based out of Arizona and has more than 45 years of martial arts training, Teule said. Hausel formed the Karate & Kubudo Club at UW back in the ’70s, while he was involved with the geology department.
\r\nThe clinic will be a less-than formal event focused on self defense and will not resemble a traditional karate class with the exception that the instructor and club members will be wearing their gees, the traditional karate uniform, Teule said.
\r\n“I would say it will be a relaxed atmosphere,” Teule said. “It’s not a karate class; it’s a self defense class.”
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“That’s the reason we are writing, after all: to communicate with readers,” Couch said.
\r\nProse entries are limited to 3,000 words and the categories are: adult fiction, fiction for children, novel segments, humor and non-fiction. Adult fiction includes science-fiction, mystery and romance. This category does not include horror or erotica. Non-fiction includes articles, essays and creative non-fiction.
\r\nPoetry entries have a 40-line limit and the categories are traditional poetry and free verse.
\r\nIt’s important for writers to submit work to contests because it brings them to the moment when its time to show the work to others, Couch said.
\r\n“So often writers work on stories, poems or essays and if they don’t have a publishing venue or a writers’ critique group to show it to, the work will never see the light of day,” Couch said.
\r\nEntry fees are $2 per entry for Wyoming Writers, Inc. members and $5 per entry for non-members. All entries must include a cover sheet. Entries should be mailed to: Chris Williams/WWInc. Contest at 3229 NW Gumwood Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330. Entries will not be returned.
\r\nThe winners will be announced at Wyoming Writers, Inc.’s 2010 conference at the Holiday Inn in Cody June 4 through 6. Certificates will be awarded and winning entries published on the Wyoming Writers, Inc. Web site at www.wyowriters.org.
\r\nIn some contests, entrants can pay more in exchange for a critique of their work from a contest judge, Couch said. The judges are professionals in their field and their writing advice is extremely useful.
\r\n“It can also be a nice resumé item, to say you won a writing contest,” Couch said.
\r\nThose interested can find contest rules and an entry form on the Wyoming Writers, Inc. Web site.
\r\nWyoming Writers, Inc., is a not-for-profit corporation, which focuses on helping Wyoming authors reach their full potential. Organized in 1974, the organization has helped a full generation of writers develop expertise, receive recognition and find their true voice in the American West.
\r\nWyoming Writers, Inc. brings the collective wisdom of members to help each other excel. The organization does this through annual conferences, monthly newsletters, workshops, activities and networking.
\r\nFor more information on Wyoming Writers, Inc., visit the organization’s Web site.
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\r\nFour prominent Victorian women who forged their way through scandal in order to form unique identities will be the topic of a Women’s History Month lecture today.
\r\nThe lecture is based on Denney’s book, “Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England: My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered.” The event will take place at 4 p.m. today in the Classroom Building, Room 306. It is free and open to the public.
\r\n','\r\n“My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered: An Art Historical Look at Transgressive Victorian Women,” is a distinguished Women’s Studies lecture where Colleen Denney, a UW professor of Women’s Studies, will explore the concept of portraits as memoir and as sites of crisis, according to the lecture flier.
\r\nDenney will discuss the lives and portraits of Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Dilke, Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Madame Sarah Grand. These four Victorian women have always fascinated Denney.
\r\nTo be respected in Victorian times, women had to be of sexual virtue, have financial solvency and be physically neat, Denney said.
\r\nSo, the catchphrase for this lecture is “sex, money and dirt,” as it describes how these women worked to create a prominent identity while living what was then considered a scandalous life.
\r\nThese four women were considered intellectuals, which made it hard for them to be respectable in their time period, Denney said.
\r\nWhile these women were incredibly successful, there was no precedent as to how to act professional for women at that time.
\r\n“These women had to learn how to position themselves,” Denney said.
\r\nThe lecture will share history of what happened to women in the public eye and how a scandalous life affects someone.
\r\nGrand married at 16, and left her husband after 20 years of marriage. She then moved to London and launched her career in the literary scene. Grand’s novels are hard to find today, as they were incredibly popular in Victorian times. Work like Grand’s book, “The Heavenly Twins” was considered a “scandalous success,” Denney said.
\r\nGrand was the first woman author to discuss male sexuality and venereal disease, Denney said. Grand called for men to be more upright and upstanding as the disease was adversely affecting women and children. Grand described how men who have the disease pass it onto women without informing them. This often caused wives to give the disease to their children, due to the husband’s philandering, Denney said.
\r\nDue to Grand’s nature of work, she was considered an extremely scandalous woman in Victorian times, Denney said. This caused her to change her entire identity in order to protect her family.
\r\n“It’s very telling in a time period that a woman could change her identity in that regard,” Denney said.
\r\nDilke was engaged to another man soon after the death of her first husband, Denney said. Dilke’s second husband, Sir Charles Dilke was publically implicated in a divorce case before the couple was married. The scandal was printed in the news and plays were written concerning the topic.
\r\nHowever, instead of leaving him, Dilke immediately put a notice in the newspaper announcing their engagement, Denney said. Dilke spent 10 years of her life arguing her husband’s innocence.
\r\nIn Denney’s opinion, Dilke’s portrait speaks of the woman’s choice to stand by her husband and help him resurrect his career.
\r\nDenney will also attempt to relate these women to women of the present day. One example of this would be the parallels between Dilke and Hillary Clinton, Denney said. Dilke stood by her husband even though he had been accused of some scandalous issues. Clinton did the same. The difference between the two came with the era. In Victorian times, Dilke was praised for staying with her man, as it was what was expected. Clinton on the other hand was often ridiculed for her choice, Denney said.
\r\nDilke’s portrait hung in Sir Charles’ Dilke’s study alongside a portrait of another woman Denney will be discussing, Fawcett, Denney said.
\r\nFawcett was considered to be scandalous for her work in the suffrage movement, Denney said. Her portrait is the only one of the four that portrays a partnership of feminism, Denney said.
\r\nBraddon was an author who wrote books that paralleled her own life. These books often contained “saucy details,” Denney said. Due to her work, Braddon was considered to be controversial and a woman of suspect in Victorian times.
\r\nOne such novel of Braddon’s contained a character that was a bigamist, Denney said. Interestingly, in Braddon’s own life, she was the surrogate wife of a bigamist. Braddon was married to a man whose first wife was still living but had been institutionalized for several years. This caused Braddon’s life to be one of scandal, and she often wrote under a pseudonym, Denney said.
\r\nThe lecture will address issues such as what symbolizes a professional, how to survive a scandal and how to create a personal image, Denney said. The Women’s Studies program also wants to celebrate these women during Women’s History Month.
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\r\nThe College Democrats and Republicans will be hosting a debate concerning whether the Obama administration’s financial plan will help or hinder the United States in the future.
\r\nThe debate is set to take place at 6 p.m. March 30 in the Wyoming Union and will last about two hours. A moderator will be on hand to ensure the debate stays within time limits and remains civil.
\r\nEric Blumfield, who moderated the last debate the groups hosted, will serve in this role again.
\r\nBlumfield will have six questions for the debaters and will randomly draw three to be argued. There will also be time for questions from the audience, Jordan Kaul, recruitment chair for College Democrats, said.
\r\nDerrick Ferguson, Rey Fuentes and Bob Kubichek will be debating for the College Democrats. The College Republicans will decide which members will represent them at their meeting tonight.
\r\nThese debates get students to talk about the issues and bring the community and campus together, Kaul said.
\r\nWhen the College Democrats and Republicans hosted their health care debate in October, many members of the community came to hear students’ opinion on the issues, Kaul said.
\r\nThe event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
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\r\nThe UW Office of Student Financial Aid is changing the program it uses to provide student loans from the Federal Family Education Loan Program loans to Federal Direct Lending.
\r\n\"Students will no longer get loans from banks,\" David Gruen, director of the UW Office of Student Financial Aid, said.
\r\nInstead, under the new program, UW students receiving student loans will now borrow their money for college directly from the government, Gruen said.
\r\nThe shift from the use of FFELP loans to Federal Direct Lending at the university has come in part because the Wyoming Student Loan Corporation—the lender who financed two-thirds of all student loans at UW—will no longer be funding student loans as of this month, Gruen said.
\r\n“We’ve seen a number of student loan lenders go out of the business,” Gruen said, explaining how some banks are hesitant to continue to fund student loans under FFELP.
\r\nStudents receiving student loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program will have to sign a promissory note stating they will pay the loans back, Gruen said.
\r\nThe new program should not provide students with any significant challenges in obtaining money for school, Gruen said. Students may receive their student loan checks faster using the new program.
\r\n“In some respects for students, it’s easier,” Gruen said.
\r\nThe changes from offering student loans under FFELP to Direct Federal Loans will not affect the interest rate students are charged or the amount they can borrow, Gruen said.
\r\nGruen does not foresee any major challenges or complications for the Student Financial Aid Office in shifting from the one student loan program to the other.
\r\n“Those schools that have been involved with direct lending say it’s fine,” Gruen said, explaining that both Colorado State University and the University of Colorado utilize Direct Federal Lending. “They’ve been happy with it. They’ve made it work.”
\r\nUW should not have any real difficulty making the shift to the new program, Gruen said, describing how most of the difficulties over the past few months have been adding new software for administering the new program to the UW Office of Student Financial Aid computer system.
\r\n“We’ve been working on getting our system ready,” Gruen said. “It’s just a different process.”
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A competition designed to hone skills significant to a trial lawyer will allow students to learn more about the legal system and the importance of the right of trial by jury. The Honorable Robert Rose Jr. Voir Dire Competition, designed for law students, will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
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“The practice is essential to assuring a fair trial,” Shanor said.
\r\nStudents who participate, either as a competitor or as a volunteer juror, will increase their knowledge of the legal system, Shanor said.
\r\n“Any competition which adds to the education and skills of UW students is important to the UW campus,” Shanor said.
\r\nThis is the third year of the competition, which is named after Rose, a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from 1975-1980, Shanor said. Rose was a firm believer in teaching trial skills and his son Robert Rose III is an advocate of the same teaching.
\r\nLast weekend, law students in the competition participated in a practice session, Shanor said. Five lawyers from around Wyoming served as faculty for the training. These lawyers were Jeff Gonda from Sheridan; Diane Lozano and Bob Rose from Cheyenne; and Michael Shickich and Rob Shively from Casper.
\r\nThe lawyers discussed the voir dire process with the students and explained how to conduct a successful jury selection, Shanor said. During the workshop session, students were separated into small groups to practice the skills discussed with the lawyers.
\r\nEleven teams will be paired to compete this year and will conduct a voir dire session on a specific fact pattern from both the plaintiff and defense position, Shanor said. An attorney serving as a judge and volunteers serving as jurors will score the teams.
\r\nDuring the morning session, the competition will include two rounds with four teams progressing to the semifinals, Shanor said. The two teams with the highest scores will proceed to the final round.
\r\nThe winning team will win $250, a plaque and will be recognized on a trophy at the UW Law School, Shanor said.
\r\nThe event will be held at the Classroom Building and the Law School. The competition is open to students and the public. It will conclude at 5 p.m. with an awards ceremony to follow at Altitude Chophouse & Brewery.
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According to a presentation on Wednesday entitled “Are You a Man? Performing Naked Protest in India,” one of the greatest weapons women have in a protest is the beauty of their nakedness.
The talk discussed a popular method of protest used by women, the public display of naked female bodies as a gesture of defiance, according to a UW news release.
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Speaker Deepti Misri, an associate professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, addressed the topic of such naked protests in India.
\r\nMisri discussed several naked protests including a short story called “Draupadi“ by Mahasweta Devi, where an Indian woman from West Bengal was raped and beaten and then rebelled against her attacker by refusing to put her clothes back on, showing her naked, bloody body.
\r\nThe second reference that Misri gave was the Manipuri Women’s Protest that took place in 2004 by women in north east India. They stood naked, holding a banner stating “Indian Army Rape Us” in order to protest against the torture, rape and murder of 32-year-old Thangjan Manorama by the Indian Army.
\r\nThe method of nakedness was used in part to get the media’s attention. Past protests against similar issues included methods such as fasting for long periods of time. The difference between the amount of media attention that was received through nakedness versus fasting was substantial.
\r\nThe third event discussed by Misri was of Pooja Chauhan, a 22-year-old woman from Rajkot, India. She staged a protest by walking through the streets of Rajkot carrying a baseball bat, a rose and wearing bangles on her wrists. She was protesting the apathy of the police in responding to her claim of domestic violence. She was not naked, but walked in her underwear. Misri said that the media covered this protest closer because Chauhan was partially clothed, making it a more appropriate or comfortable piece to cover, giving it more public attention.
\r\nThe month of March is Women’s History Month. UW is recognizing this month with several events that are being co-hosted by the UW Women’s Studies and International Studies programs.
\r\nSome of the other events taking place for Women’s History Month at UW include several presentations such as “My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered: An Art Historical Look at Transgressive Victorian Women” on March 11 and “Who Needs Feminism Anyway? Russia and Gender Rights” on March 25.
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ASUW senators took emergency action Tuesday to close a loophole in election procedures, which until now has allowed senators serving on the elections committee and members of the judicial council to maintain their positions while elections took place.
\r\n','\r\nAllowing members of the judicial council and the elections committee to run for president or vice president while maintaining their positions creates a conflict of interest, sponsors of the bill said.
\r\nThis issue is not unique to this year, but is an issue that comes up often with senate elections, Erin Percival, one of the bill’s authors, said.
\r\nAs of now, the chief justice of the judicial council is not required to step down. They could go through the impeachment process, which is much longer and they still may not remove them from office, Jonathan McBride, another author of the bill, said.
\r\nMuch of the debate surrounding the bill concerned the circumstances in which it was brought to Senate.
\r\nSeveral senators felt it was pushed through the Senate to address an issue created by rumors that former Chief Justice Walter Wilson would run on a presidential/vice presidential ticket without resigning his position as chief justice.
\r\n“I don’t know why this happened tonight. I have spoken with the people who are being targeted, and it is Senator (Angela) Barrett and Chief Justice Wilson,” Sen. Rey Fuentes, head of the elections committee, said.
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Though Sen. Barrett, a senate representative from the College of Business, resigned from the elections committee Tuesday morning, she said she did not feel attacked by this piece of legislation.
\r\nFormer Chief Justice Wilson made a statement Wednesday morning, resigning as chief justice to pursue other interests. Wilson also turned in his application to run on a presidential/vice presidential ticket on Wednesday.
\r\nWilson stated the Senate’s use of emergency proceedings to pass legislation based on rumor was “irresponsible and morally reprehensible.”
\r\nSeveral senators and the authors of the bill said the bill was not an attempt to point fingers, only to close a loophole that has created problems and threatened ASUW’s reputation for several years.
\r\nNormally, a bill is brought to the Senate for first reading and passed to a committee for their revision and recommendation.
\r\nAfter a committee decides on a recommendation, the bill is brought back to the Senate for second and third readings. Senators then debate the bill and vote on it.
\r\nHowever, at Tuesday’s meeting, senators felt the legislation was vital enough to the elections—which officially began Wednesday evening—to use emergency procedures to pass the bill.
\r\nThe Senate voted unanimously to move into a committee of the whole, which happens when the Senate feels a bill must be passed quickly.
\r\nWhen senate moves into a committee of a whole, all senators become members of the committee the bill has been passed to, and they decide on a recommendation together.
\r\n“I admit it was rushed and probably sloppy, but I believe it needed to happen tonight and I didn’t sponsor this to point fingers at anyone on campus. I think this was the best step towards transparency,” Sen. Amy Berry said.
\r\nWhen the Senate moved out of the committee of a whole and into a regular senate meeting, the bill was passed 22-4, with one abstention.
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\r\nAmeriCorps has existed at UW since 2005, but the Scholarships for Service award was implemented in 2008, Nellie Simon, the assistant coordinator for the Center for Volunteer Service, said.
\r\n','\r\nStudents in the program complete required academic internships or personal interest internships and then earn a $1,000 education award for service they completed during their internship. Over the course of the program, students must complete 300 hours of community service to receive their award.
\r\nOften, students who participate in the program are nurses who need clinical hours or student teachers, Simon said. This is a good opportunity for students because by volunteering their time, they make a huge commitment to their work site.
\r\nCurrently, the program has around 70 students involved around the state.
\r\nThe program also helps in the development of students. The program helps them to gain exposure as an active participant in the community through different facets of community life, such as public policy making and public speaking, Simon said.
\r\nStudents who have gone through the program show a great commitment to the state of Wyoming and the nation as a whole, Simon said. It also opens doors to several pathways for students.
\r\nTo apply, students must be a U.S. citizen as the program is federally funded, Simon said. Students must also be at least 17 years old.
\r\nFor more information, students may e-mail Nellie Simon at nsimon@uwyo.edu or visit the Center for Volunteer Service Web site. Students can also access the application from this Web site.
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The UW Lab School in the College of Education kicked off Dr. Suess’ birthday with a “Green Eggs and Ham” breakfast as part of Read Across America’s literacy campaign.
The UW Lab School served dyed green eggs and ham to around 300 elementary and middle school students.
\r\n','\r\nThe Dr. Suess celebration has been going on for several years at the Lab School. This year the theme of the event was “Hats Off to Dr. Suess.”
\r\nTo encompass the theme, the Lab School invited various members of the community to come and read Dr. Suess books to the children, Cynthia Webb, a planner of the event, said. These community members included military personnel, police officers and firemen among others.
\r\nThis gives the students the message that “you need to read in any walk of life,” Webb said.
\r\nNinth grader Garrid Halsey has attended the event for several years and looks forward to it as a yearly tradition. Halsey said the event is a good idea.
\r\nWhen he was younger, Halsey said his mom would read Dr. Suess books to him. One of his favorite is “Sneeches,” a story about two groups of creatures separated by class.
\r\nSixth grader Lilli Nowell’s favorite Dr. Suess book is “Horton Hears a Who.” Nowell’s favorite part of the event is how everyone in the school is able to come together and have a good time.
\r\n“I’m glad the school supports it,” Nowell said.
\r\nThe breakfast helps to show students that reading is more than just schoolwork, Trustin Thompson, a senior in Secondary Education, said. It promotes literacy by teaching the students that reading can by fun.
\r\nBesides reading and enjoying Dr. Suess films, the Lab School students were able to participate in different crafts related to Dr. Suess books. The children made hats that resembled the hat worn by Dr. Suess character the Cat in the Hat.
\r\nThe Lab School would like to thank the sponsors of the event, Webb said. The food and supplies for the event were donated from all over town.
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\r\n','\r\n“We have basically done something completely different than what exists at the present time,” Stuart Webster, director of the MBA program and member of the redesign and implementation team, said.
\r\nThe next group of students to go through the program will begin their MBA studies in August with a leadership- and team building exercise. These exercises will take place away from campus and will be led by a third party, Webster said.
\r\nUpon arriving in the fall, students will take a 14 credit class, Core I, and in the spring semester, a 13-credit class, Core II. They are also required to take three electives of graduate-level study.
\r\nThe emphasis on the next group of students will be preparing them through experiential learning.
\r\nThe summer after they complete Core I and II, the students will be split into groups of about three students with a faculty adviser. They will spend the summer working for a real company, solving a real problem and making a presentation to the company, Webster said.
\r\nAfter the summer experience, students will take another semester in which they are required to take a strategic management class along with their electives.
\r\nAdmissions requirements and process will also change with the redesign. The program hopes to admit 15-20 students for the first year. Eventually they hope to reach a class of about 35 students, Webster said.
\r\nPreviously, the program required students to have several prerequisites before being eligible for the program. Now they have no prerequisites, which opens the program up to students from around campus, Webster said.
\r\n“We are looking at an entirely new pool of students,” Webster said. “We are moving away from the model of serving undergraduate business degrees.”
\r\nWebster said they expect many students from the colleges of engineering, law and pharmacy. All of these professions require both knowledge of technical fields, as well as knowledge of how to run a business effectively.
\r\nBusiness undergraduates are encouraged to work for three to five years before returning for their MBA.
\r\nCurrently, the university has two MBA programs, an on-campus program and the online executive MBA program.
\r\n“The online program is designed for full-time employees who have families,” Webster said.
\r\nHe said there is no interchangeability between the programs.
\r\nAs well as a major change for students, this redesign presents a unique challenge for faculty as well.
\r\nAccording to Webster, teachers working for the program will be required to work as a team. This requires them to know not only their specific discipline, but also what is going on in the other classes .
\r\nMost of the college was in favor of the redesign plan the committee presented to them last year.
\r\n“The faculty voted 36 to 4 in favor of the program. I have never seen faculty line up so well on one side of an issue,” Webster said.
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Through her work helping close to 300 UW students who receive U.S. military educational benefits, one administrator in the UW Office of Student Financial Aid gets to know each of them on a one-on-one basis.
\r\n','\r\n“I actually form a relationship with each one of them,” Denise Jairell, assistant director of Federal Programs, said of her work assisting military veterans, their spouses and their children who attend UW through military benefits.
\r\nJairell’s work involves helping students receiving military educational benefits by working with them, the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration to navigate the process of filing the necessary paperwork necessary for them to attend the university, Jairell said.
\r\nMost of their challenges facing students receiving educational benefits involve waiting on the VA to process their paperwork, Jairell said, describing how the VA is working hard to shorten the process of administering the paperwork necessary to obtain their educational benefits.
\r\n“Getting the benefits was kind of tricky,” John McKnight, a freshman receiving U.S. military educational benefits, said.
\r\nSome of the headache McKnight encountered came as a result of him waiting when initially seeking out benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, he said.
\r\nIt was such a new program that it may have caused some delay in the time it took before the benefits arrived, McKnight said.
\r\nOne of the causes for the time delay in students receiving their benefits is the fact that the VA has to work with the Department of Defense to determine students’ eligibility, Jairell said.
\r\nUnder the Post-9/11 GI Bill program, dependents and spouses of current active-duty personnel can receive the educational benefits their parent or spouse earned while in the service, Jairell said.
\r\n“If their parents transfer their benefits through the Department of Defense, we essentially treat them as if they are the veteran,” Jairell said. “Most of their parents are still in the military. “
\r\nMcKnight is one of those students receiving the educational benefits earned by their parents. His father is a Master Sgt. in the U.S. Air Force currently serving at an American embassy in Uganda.
\r\nThose receiving their parent’s or spouse’s educational benefits also receive funding for books and a housing allowance that is around $1,000 each month, Jairell said of the 21 dependents and spouses of military personnel currently receiving benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
\r\nFor many receiving the benefits, it means not having to go into debt to pay for school.
\r\n“It’s really going to benefit me,” McKnight said, explaining how he will not have to owe money for student loans.
\r\nIt will also save McKnight’s father money who might have otherwise had to pay for his son’s education.
\r\n“It’s real nice to have the benefits so that he can have the money,” McKnight said.
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\r\nThe presentation by Katherine Browne, will focus on an hour-long documentary called “Still Waiting: Life After Katrina.” Following the documentary, Browne will discuss the film along with the issues it presents with the audience.
\r\nThe event will take place at 4:10 p.m. Friday in the Anthropology Building Room 150. The lecture is open to the public.
\r\nThe film focuses on Browne’s research through interviews and surveys with the members of a network of 155 people from St. Bernard’s Parish.
\r\nThese people were evacuated in advance of the storm that, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Web site, hit Louisiana and its surrounding areas in August of 2005.
\r\nEric Arnould, a professor in the UW marketing department, and anthropologist in training, is helping to put on this event.
\r\n“Faculty are interested in responses to disaster situations ranging from hurricanes to tornados to tsunamis. Much of the work in this area neglects cultural and consumption dimensions of impact, as well as the role of women in responding to disaster, as well as market responses thereto,” Arnould said. “Kathleen Browne is an expert on many of these topics and her interests intersect with those of faculty in both anthropology and marketing.”
\r\nBrowne is a professor of anthropology at Colorado State University and is known as an expert on women and development, as well as ethnographic filmmaking.
\r\nAccording to the presentation flyer, Browne’s work recognizes the role of culture within disaster contexts. The presentation is being co-sponsored by the Department of Management and Marketing, along with the Department of Anthropology.
\r\n“More research and policy is needed to improve disaster response and to help communities become more resilient in response to environmental and economic shocks, particularly as climate change increases environmental volatility,” Arnould said. “Kathleen Browne is helping to spur on-campus discussion on this topic.”
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\r\nWhile networking, self-marketing and promotions are not something UW College of Law students will necessarily learn while studying their craft at the university, it will be vital in their career as lawyers.
\r\n“The business of practicing law is not something that is discussed in the law school,” Greg Dyekman, a senior partner for the Dray, Thompson and Dyekman Attorneys at Law of Cheyenne, said.
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Dyekman discussed various ways lawyers could use networking and self-marketing to promote their careers and the law firms they work with Thursday during his lecture, “Networking and Rainmaking in Wyoming.”
\r\n“The lifeblood of the law firm is a continual flow of work,” Dyekman said, telling the audience of law school students that developing networking and social skills are vital to bringing their practice new clients and more work. “Networking and rainmaking is a lot about people skills.”
\r\n“If you don’t do it as a young lawyer [networking and rainmaking],” you can hurt yourself later in your law career if you don’t nurture the skills to promote and market you and your law firm early on, Dyekman said, describing how some lawyers may find their heads on the chopping block if they are not bringing in the work as someone who is effective at networking and self-marketing.
\r\nLawyers that are effective at rainmaking have to remove themselves from behind their computers and desks, become active in the communities they live in and build personal connections with their clients, Dyekman said.
\r\n“Clients like having a relationship with their lawyer,” he said, telling the audience that having a personal relationship with their clients can motivate them to refer the legal services to other people they know.
\r\nThose entering the legal profession should think of everyone they know as their network and new people they meet as a valuable resource, Dyekman said.
\r\n“Everybody you come into contact with is your network,” whether they are your family or your friends, he said. “Think of everybody as a potential source of work.”
\r\nAmong some techniques new lawyers can utilize in becoming more effective rainmakers is cultivating a positive image of themselves among those in their network, Dyekman said.
\r\nLawyers should not be afraid to let who they know—whether it is classmates, family or friends—set them up with work in the legal field, Dyekman said.
\r\n“Don’t be afraid to ask family or friends for work,” he said. “Much early work in the legal field is a result of nepotism.”
\r\nAttorneys new to the world of practicing law should go to where lawyers meet professionally, such as state bar conventions, Dyekman said. They should also be going to places where potential clients are.
\r\n“You need to think about showing up to an environmental rally if you intend to practice environmental law,” he said.
\r\nUpon leaving law school, new lawyers should not be intimidated to ask from other knowledgeable sources in their field or to allow other attorneys to introduce them with possible contacts, Dyekman said.
\r\n“There’s an awful lot of things you don’t know when you leave law school,” he said. “Don’t be afraid to allow others to introduce you to contacts with other lawyers and potential clients.”
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State auditor Rita Meyer spoke to members of ASUW on how to run a successful campaign Tuesday during ASUW’s visit to the Wyoming state capitol in Cheyenne.
Members of ASUW’s legislative and executive branches were also able to ask Meyer questions about wind energy in the state. Wyoming could be at the forefront of the new energy industry, Meyer said.
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The campus senators had the opportunity to visit with House Speaker Colin Simpson in his office as part of the visit.
\r\nAfter meeting several of the state’s senators and representatives, ASUW members watched the Wyoming House and Senate in their legislative session.
\r\nThe members saw similarities between ASUW’s legislative body and the state legislative body as they watched the Senate, which was in the process of approving its budget for next year, an issue ASUW will face in the next few weeks.
\r\n“It is important for ASUW members to see the actions they do on the university level is what they do in the State Legislature,” Danee Hunzie, ASUW vice president, said.
\r\nThe student government had the opportunity to speak with members of the House and Senate at a meet-and-greet session in the Herschler Building in Cheyenne. During that time, members were able to talk with legislators.
\r\nMembers of ASUW recently passed a resolution that highlighted the issues being addressed in the State Legislature that are important to the university. Among these issues are the renovation of Downey Residence Hall and the expansion of the WWAMI program.
\r\nSeveral senators, including Mike Massie—who is currently the minority whip in the Senate,and who recently announced his decision to run for governor—spoke with the students about issues on campus, such as parking availability and tuition and fee increases.
\r\n“I think this is a great opportunity for students who have never met their representative to meet them and for students from out-of-state to see how unique Wyoming is,” Hunzie said.
\r\nHunzie said she believes Wyoming has a unique State Legislature, in that the transparency and accessibility to elected officials is unrivaled elsewhere.
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\r\nA UW student was the victim of an alleged assault on Feb. 7 in one of the UW dormitories. Less than 24 hours later, the suspect in the investigation was taken into custody.
\r\nThe suspect, Jeremy Alexander Engebretson, 18, allegedly assaulted a female student in a study room on the eighth floor of McIntyre Hall, according to a Feb. 7 police alert from UW Police Department Chief Troy Lane.
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The student reported that she was studying when a man allegedly entered, shut off the light and attacked her, the police alert said. When the student screamed and fought, the suspect allegedly fled the scene. According to the police alert, the victim obtained minor injuries.
\r\nEngebretson, neither a UW student nor employee, was charged with a battery misdemeanor and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and sentencing order on Feb. 9. Engebretson will have a scheduling conference within Albany County Circuit Court on March 11.
\r\nAfter the incident, Residence Life took a proactive approach and reached out to its residents immediately, Beth McCusky, the executive director of Residence Life & Dining Services and the Wyoming Union, said.
\r\nResidence Life took time to alert its residents the night of the incident and to talk to the victim. The residents of the eighth floor of McIntyre Hall also had a floor meeting. After speaking with members of the floor, most felt OK with the situation, McCusky said.
\r\nUW does not often see such incidents, according to the Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool Web site, which reported that in 2008, UW’s criminal offenses in residence halls had the highest number in the area of burglary with seven offenses. Criminal offenses in the areas of aggravated assault and sex offenses–non-forcible reported zero incidents in 2008 and sex offenses–forcible reported one incident.
\r\n“I have been here three years, and this is the first I’ve seen like this,” Lane said, referring how often the UW Police Department is called to handle such incidents.
\r\nOn the night of the incident, UW students signed up under the UW Alert system received an e-mail or text message notifying them of the alleged assault. The system is just one of the services UW offers to students to increase the level of safety on campus.
\r\nThe UW campus also has 19 emergency phone locations distributed throughout the university grounds, according to a map provided on the UW Campus Safety Web site. Two such emergency stations are located near the University Apartments and seven phone locations are near the dormitories or close to the Fraternity Mall.
\r\nCurrently, those students living in the dorms must swipe their WyoOne card at each dorm entrance to be admitted. If a student misplaces or forgets their card, they must buzz into the building and verify with a Resident Assistant on duty that they live in the building.
\r\nThis policy has been in place for the last four or five years to regulate who enters the residence halls, McCusky said. Before this procedure was put into place, exterior doors were only locked at night.
\r\nUW Police Chief Troy Lane said he believes the current procedure seems sufficient, but only if students follow specific guidelines. The security system will only work as well as people allow it to, he said.
\r\nTo increase the level of security in the dorms, students should be aware of people who look out of place, Lane said. Students should also question those who claim to be visitors as to who they are there with. Most importantly, students should not allow people to enter the residence halls behind them as it decreases the level of safety in the dorm.
\r\n“Short of posting someone at each entrance and physically checking each ID of each person entering these buildings, this system works as well as can be expected,” Lane said. “But it is still up to each person to take minimal responsibility for themselves and others.”
\r\nThe security provided by the locked exterior doors is “just one part of it,” McCusky said. The security built in to the dorms is multi-tiered and multi-facetted to increase the level of safety, she said. One way the dorms accomplish this is through its residents. The students living in the dorms build communities am\r\n\r\nong their floors and through the resident hall that allows them to know who belongs and who doesn’t, McCusky said.
\r\n“Procedures have long been in place,” Lane said. “But they count on people taking care of each other.”
\r\nMcCusky said dorm residents often become comfortable with their setting and that reduces their ability to keep an eye out for suspicious incidents or people. An example of this would be how residents often keep the door to their room open while they are inside. It is better to keep the door closed and locked, McCusky said.
\r\nMcCusky said other ways students can keep themselves safe is by not walking alone on campus at night and by using the buddy system. Students should always tell someone where they are going and should immediately alert the UW Police Department or Laramie police if anything suspicious happens. It is all about “being vigilant,” McCusky said.
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\r\nA university-wide taskforce has been charged with listing the services available to the campus’s military veteran population and identifying gaps or needs within them.
\r\nOne problem the taskforce has identified is the lack of location, specifically dedicated to veterans attending UW where they can take care of their business, gather information and make contacts with other veterans, Dolores Cardona, associate dean of students and chair of the UW Veterans Services Taskforce, said.
\r\n','\r\nAnother major area in need of improvement is an overall lack of community awareness of veterans’ issues, Cardona said, explaining that one of the goals of the taskforce was working “to create a caring community that’s aware of veterans.”
\r\nOne of the challenges veterans may encounter when preparing to attend UW is acquiring the necessary documents and paperwork to receive their benefits—specifically for education—through the state Veterans Administration located in Cheyenne, Andrew Simons, a U.S. Naval veteran and ex-student at UW said.
\r\nVeterans encounter documentation written in difficult “legal language” and may have to navigate the challenges of processing the paper work “on their own,” Simons said.
\r\nHaving a designated location for veterans on campus would allow them to more easily make contact with others who share that common military experience,” Cardona said. The location would allow current or future veterans attending UW to connect with others going through the process of obtaining their benefits.
\r\nAn additional challenge veterans potentially face is difficulties receiving course credit at UW for college-level classes they completed while serving in the military, Simons said.
\r\nThe taskforce is currently working on creating a Web site that will help to inform student veterans of the college credit available to them that apply to their degree at UW, Cardona said.
\r\n“We hope to have that up and running by the end of the semester,” Cardona said.
\r\nAnother difficulty some veterans may encounter is going from the highly-motivated and structured environment of the military, to the less intense environment of a college campus, Simons said.
\r\n“That boot, that structure is gone,” Simons said.
\r\nHaving a location dedicated to veterans on campus will allow them to connect with others who can aide them in their transition from military to college life, and will grant them easier access to campus faculty that are also military veterans, Cardona said.
\r\nThe location for campus veterans will also employ veterans in work-study and could possibly provide information to non-veterans—whether from campus or the wider community—about veterans’ issues or how they may be able to involve themselves with veterans on campus, Cardona said.
\r\n“There are veterans who are willing to talk about their experiences; there are those that aren’t,” Cardona said.
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\r\nThe conference, which takes place annually in Washington D.C., will take place June 3 through 5 this year.
\r\n','\r\nUndergraduate women are encouraged to apply to attend the conference by downloading the application at the Student Leadership and Civic Engagement Web site. Applications can be turned into Kate Steiner, the program coordinator for the Dean of Students office, at ksteiner@uwyo.edu.
\r\nThe university covers the cost of attendance for an undergraduate delegation to attend the conference every year.
\r\nThe university tries to put together a group of about seven students. “We try to get diverse groups of women from all walks of campus life,” Steiner said.
\r\nThe conference provides an opportunity to bring new ideas back to campus and gives the women an opportunity to network nationally, Steiner said.
\r\nAccording to the NCCWSL Web site, the conference will feature keynote speakers who will take part in a panel that will discuss the changes in women’s roles over the last 25 years.
\r\nThere will also be about 50 workshops, which will focus on advocacy, leadership, health and wellness and other issues such as financial literacy and post-college life.
\r\nStudents who have attended the conference in the past have consistently cited the Women of Distinction award as one of their favorite events, Steiner said. At the annual women’s conference at UW, the women who attended the national event have re-created the event as women of distinction in Wyoming, she said.
\r\nWomen attending the conference are also required to attend a pre-conference dinner hosted by Sara Axelson, the vice president for Student Affairs, on June 1.
\r\nWomen’s leadership conferences for UW usually take place in the fall and, upon return from the national conference, the students must put on a women’s leadership conference for the women of UW, Steiner said.
\r\nThe audience for students navigating the climbing wall in Half Acre Gym is currently confined to the gym, but in the coming years, the spectators may include those outside as well.
\r\n','\r\n“It would be lit up at night, kind of like a beacon,” Dan McCoy, assistant director of UW Campus Recreation, said of building plans for a future climbing wall area in the southeast corner of the Half Acre that will be visible because of a glass wall replacing the stone wall currently on the corner. “It puts it on the map architecturally.”
\r\nThe climbing area is part of the overall renovation plans for Half Acre that were discussed during a community meeting Friday at the Washakie Center.
\r\nAlong with the new climbing area, the latest renovation designs propose incorporating a multi-activity court into the gym, expanding space for more cardio and weight equipment and adding rooms dedicated to group exercise, kinesiology, martial arts, spinning and yoga, McCoy said.
\r\nThe plans call for extending the current area for cardio and weight by at least 50 percent, McCoy said, explaining that the majority of students who were surveyed wanted expanded cardio and weight facilities and equipment.
\r\nThe renovation of the gym will also include the construction of an elevator that will go to the second and third floors to allow individuals with mobility impairments greater access to the facilities and bring it up to the standard of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, McCoy said.
\r\nFriday’s meeting was part of an effort to get input and feedback from the campus community and stakeholders—primarily building occupants—including UW Campus Recreation, ROTC, Kinesiology and Health as well as the biggest stakeholders: UW students.
\r\n“I’d say it’s coming along real well,” McCoy said in describing efforts to move renovation forward.
\r\nThe renovation plans are now on level two of the design. The second phase is set to wrap up sometime in March, McCoy said. The first phase was completed during the fall semester.
\r\nThe cost of the renovation is estimated at $24,000,000, McCoy said, describing how current renovations on student athletic facilities on Colorado State University and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campuses will cost much more.
\r\n“The funding is a big question mark right now,” he said. “We are currently looking at a number of options for funding this project.”
\r\nSome of the funding will “realistically” come from a rise in student fees proposed to cost an estimated $60 per student during individual semesters, and the rest will probably come from outside donors, McCoy said.
\r\nStudent attendance at community meetings about the renovation is “strongly encouraged,” he said.
\r\nA second community meeting about the gym’s renovation is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in the Classroom Building.
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\r\nPoor body image and eating disorders are not a lifestyle choice. Instead, these issues are serious illnesses with significant health effects. To address these concerns, UW will recognize Body Image Awareness Week from Feb. 22 through 26.
\r\n','\r\nUW has recognized National Eating Disorder Awareness Week for several years with an “emphasis on body image because it is a precursor to eating disorders,” Brenda Tracy, a mental health counselor at the University Counseling Center, said.
\r\nBody image and eating disorders are a complex issue that often deal with the control a person feels they have over their life. Often, people suffering from an eating disorder feel like a diet is the only thing they are in control of, Tracy said.
\r\nThe week becomes more important as time runs on due to the increasing number of students who suffer from eating disorders, Tracy said. Nearly 25 percent of college-aged women engage in binging and purging to manage their weight, according to Tracy. If one was to apply this statistic to UW, 1,825 out of 7,300 women on the UW campus may be using such techniques.
\r\nHowever, this is not an issue that only affects women. Approximately 10 percent of individuals with eating disorders who come to the attention of health professionals are male, according to Tracy.
\r\nThe unhealthy techniques these men and women use damage a person’s body astronomically, Tracy said. The physical problems associated with eating disorders include hair and bone loss, tooth decay, anemia, heart palpitations, esophagitis and cessation of menstruation, which can lead to the inability to bear children.
\r\nEating disorders are often shame-based issues where the person is not open to talking about it.
\r\n“It is a very hidden issue,” Tracy said.
\r\nPeople suffering from an eating disorder or having difficulty accepting their body image are not going to step up and get help, Tracy said. These people need support from family and friends to encourage them.
\r\nThis is part of the reason the Body Image Awareness Week is not just for students suffering from problems with their body image. Family and friends should also attend the events so they are able to notice the warning signs of an eating disorder as well as how to make a referral for a student to the UCC, Tracy said.
\r\nSeeking professional help is an important start to recovery from an eating disorder, Tracy said. This is an important step to take as eating disorders have the highest death rate of any mental illness.
\r\n“When body image takes over our self-worth, it becomes threatening,” Tracy said.
\r\nThe week will work to focus on a healthy image and lifestyle and to show students how the “ideal” body image may not be as realistic as previously thought.
\r\nBy age nine, girls are already told parts of their bodies are not good enough and exposed to constant messages that they need to fix those parts of themselves, Tracy said.
\r\nThe media often provides images that show an unrealistic insight into body image. Ninety-nine percent of all images in magazines are retouched and altered, creating a false standard of beauty, which men and women in the U.S. use to measure their personal self-worth by, Tracy said.
\r\nThese outside influences often cause students to feel the pressure of having a perfect body image even if they do not have an eating disorder.
\r\nThrough the week, the sponsors of the event will work to encourage students to evaluate body image in different terms. One way this will be done is to discourage students from getting hung up on measurements that can contribute to poor body image, such as the number on a scale and size of one’s clothes.
\r\nCindy Ratzlaff, the co-author of “Queen of Your Life,” will be the keynote speaker for the event at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Wyoming Union Family Room. Ratzlaff is “excited to come be a part of something to promote positive self-image,” Ben Marks, from Residence Life and Dining Services, a contributor to the event, said. Ratzlaff’s book is about a positive self-image for women and she will share her experiences concerning body image.
\r\nOther events during the week will include a presentation entitled, “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Choices” by Sherrie Rubio-Wallace from the School of Nursing at noon Thursday in the Union Family Room.
\r\nThe week will also hold a resource fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the UW Wyoming Union Ballroom. The fair will include door prizes and booths promoting healthy lifestyles through healthy choices, resources and self-care options.
\r\nDuring the resource fair, a short film documenting what UW students had to say about body image will play non-stop, Tracy said. The film was provided by the RSO “Best of the West” film group. A PowerPoint presentation, created by the Associated Students of Social Workers, will also be part of the resource fair.
\r\nInformation tables will be located in the Union breezeway between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. all week. Eating disorder screenings will be available at the UCC.
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\r\nA multiple sclerosis forum will work to improve the quality of life for those living with MS in Laramie at 7 p.m. tonight in the West Ballroom of the Wyoming Student Union.
\r\n','\r\nThe multiple sclerosis forum is designed to raise awareness about the disease. For the forum, community members and university students will come together to develop ways to improve the Laramie community and UW campus for those living with MS.
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Laramie’s first MS Walk was held last year and was put on by Alpha Delta Epsilon, a pre-professional honorary for health science students at UW. This year ADE is combining with Jason Kirkmeyer, a temporary lecturer in the UW English department, to advocate for those with multiple sclerosis.
\r\n“We organized the first MS Walk in Laramie last year, raising $11,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. We are working on the second walk this year, March 27,” Alyse Springer, the president of ADE, said. “MS is a debilitating disease that affects many people. Most people know someone who has this disease, so any opportunity to raise awareness for this cause is something ADE and myself are interested in helping with.
\r\n“It’s important to get together and share our ideas on how to make the community more accommodating for those with the disease, as well as raise awareness. Also, if they are interested in forming a team and raising money for the National MS Society, they can participate in the walk,” Springer said. “This is a fantastic opportunity for those who want to be involved with a cause and help make a change.”
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Students who receive the Hathaway or Peak scholarships will see a change as to when they receive financial aid through scholarships this semester.
\r\nFor the 2010 spring semester, the Hathaway and Peak funds will not be released until after Jan. 15, the last day tuition and dues are to be paid.
\r\nThe scholarships will be considered as a payment and students will not incur any charges due to their scholarship being held, Christy Nordmann, the UW financial aid specialist, said.
\r\nThis new scholarship release date will require students to make any additional payments necessary to cover their charges above the Hathaway or Peak payment by the UW tuition deadline.
\r\nThis new procedure will allow the Student Financial Aid Office time to verify all grades and hours of enrollment for the new semester. The change of policy this semester is due to the short time between the end of fall and the beginning of spring semester.
\r\nUsually, students don’t see this issue in the fall semester because there is plenty of time to check students\' grades and verify hours, but over Christmas break there is less than a month, Nordmann said.
\r\nThe new method is meant to help students from incurring a financial meltdown. If students were to receive their scholarship before they know they are eligible for the money, that student may have to reimburse the university for their full scholarship amount, Nordmann said.
\r\nStudents who receive a Hathaway Scholarship are required to enroll in at least 12 credit hours in order to keep their full scholarship, with less than that being prorated until six credit hours when a student will lose their full scholarship.
\r\nStudents with the Peak Scholarship need to enroll in 12 on-campus credit hours to keep their financial aid.
\r\nThose students who do not fulfill the enrollment requirements for their scholarship will be informed and can add additional classes in order to keep their scholarship until Jan. 21.
\r\nBoth scholarships have a GPA requirement for continued enrollment. The Peak Scholarship requires a 2.5 GPA and the Hathaway Scholarship requires a 2.5 GPA for the Honors and Performance levels, and a 2.25 GPA for the Opportunity level.
\r\nIf a student’s GPA drops below their required level, he or she would be put on a probation period where they would lose their scholarship until they are able to raise their grades.
\r\n“I am sure that there are students worrying. It is fiscal. It is money. It is part of their survival and I understand that,” Nordmann said. “It is not an easy thing to do, which is why I tried to move it up as quickly as possible.”
\r\nThis year’s National Engineers Week will introduce the public as well as engineers to the contemporary issues in engineering that affect the public. UW will host the annual National Engineers Week lecture at 3 p.m. today in the Classroom Building Room 310.
\r\n','\r\nNational Engineers Week takes place every February in honor of George Washington’s birthday. Washington was a surveyor and considered part of the engineering community.
\r\nThis year’s speaker is Roger Pielke Jr. from the University of Colorado. According to the CU Web site, Pielke has been on the faculty of the CU since 2001 and is a professor in the Environmental Studies Program and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
\r\nCharles Dolan is the H.T. Person Professor of Engineering at UW and is the organizer of this year’s lecture.
\r\n“The topic of the speech deals with the climate change. In this case, Roger is also the author of a book titled ‘The Honest Broker,’ dealing with the role and ethics of engineers and scientists in policy making,” Dolan said. “Thus, the talk will address some of the current and pressing issues in the climate change debate. Hence it is co-sponsored by the Kaiser Ethics fund, the School of Energy Resources and the School of Environmental and Natural Resources.”
\r\nThis event is open to the public and there is a reception following the lecture so people can meet the speaker.
\r\n“This talk should illuminate issues relating to the current debate on whether climate change is real, and whether the data has been manipulated or just refined to reflect current information,” Dolan said.
\r\nBret Hess is a professor of animal science for UW, mainly teaching about ruminate animals—animals with multiple stomach compartments. Unlike most professors, Hess holds two jobs.
\r\n','\r\nBesides serving as a full-time professor, Hess is also UW’s Agricultural Experiment Station Director.
\r\nThere are a lot of duties involved as the Agricultural Experiment Station Director, including directing research and extension centers in Laramie, Lingle, Powell and Sheridan. The AES oversees the Global Perspectives grant programs, the college’s federal projects and the college’s livestock inventory.
\r\nThe AESD serves as a mentor for faculty members on the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy/Academic Programs Committee and Policy Leadership Development Program.
\r\n“I was most fortunate to serve as the assistant director under the supervision of the former director, Dr. Steve Miller..
\r\nDr. Miller then offered me the opportunity to serve as the assistant director until he retired,” Hess said.
\r\n“I suspect that having been mentored by Dr. Miller for approximately 3-and-a-half years helped convince Dean Galey that I was ready to step up into the director position.”
\r\nIn addition to the duties listed above, Hess works full time as the AESD as well as a professor and has many more duties, both statewide and campus-wide including national responsibilities as well.
\r\nHess wishes to finish projects Dr. Steve Miller began. He is also excited to start modernization of the Sheridan Research and Extension Center.
\r\nHess wants to involve students in his job.
\r\n“I believe students are the lifeblood of our research mission. Students play a critical role in assisting faculty conduct experiments,” he said.
\r\nHess grew up in Nevada and came to Wyoming after earning degrees from the University of Nevada and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.
\r\n“Laramie and Wyoming are perfect for me. I’ve always wanted to live in a small community, and Laramie has many things to offer for a small community,” Hess said.
\r\nHess also enjoys many of the outdoor activities Wyoming has to offer.
\r\nHe finds UW a wonderful place for a career and is excited for his role at AESD.
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\r\nFor some students attending UW, accumulating student loan debt is a matter of being able to pay for their education while supporting themselves in the process.
\r\n','\r\n“I took out student loans to support myself and pay for school,” Jennifer Waluta, a graduate student in the UW Department of Communication and Journalism, said.
\r\nWaluta accumulated close to $53,000 in student loan debt to pay for her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree, which she is scheduled to receive this spring.
\r\n“Nobody wants to go into debt,” David Gruen, director of the UW Office of Student Financial Aid, said.
\r\nFor many of those students, taking out loans comes as a result of parents who either “can’t or won’t pay tuition” for their child to attend UW, Gruen said. This leaves many students with the choice of taking out student loans or forgoing higher education.
\r\n“I don\'t have any outside help, so I had to take out extra funding to pay for my education,” Waluta said.
\r\nWaluta now regrets taking out the amount of debt in the process of getting her education—which could take her numerous years to pay off—and may prove to be a financial burden to her upon entering the job market, she said.
\r\n“I think in the beginning I kept telling myself it was alright to take the money because I would have a job that would allow me to pay off the loans in a reasonable amount of time,” Waluta said.
\r\nOn average, students at UW owe between $12,000 and $13,000 in student loans after they graduate; whereas the average student debt nationally is around $23,000, Gruen said, adding some students may owe significantly more or less.
\r\nIn comparison to other colleges, students attending UW pay far less in tuition and carry far less debt upon completing their degree.
\r\nEven with the low cost of tuition, many students have had to live at home or pick up a part-time or full-time job to afford attending UW.
\r\nGruen believes the days of students working their way through school—paying their tuition as they go along—is a relic of the past, he said. Students face an uphill battle saving the necessary funds to pay for school and support themselves working a minimum-wage job at full-time hours.
\r\nStudents working both a full-time job while simultaneously attending school will struggle, Gruen said. Meeting the responsibilities of a job can take away time for studies, leading them to not “do well in classes,” he said.
\r\nIf students take on part-time work while going to college full time, the money they earn usually subsidizes their financial aid—whether it is Pell grants, scholarships, student loans or a combination of all three—instead of necessarily decreasing the amount of money they owe, Gruen said.
\r\nEven with the money Waluta took out to attend UW, she still worked a variety of jobs in order to pay her way. As an undergraduate, Waluta worked as a cashier at a gas station and received a work-study as an office assistant in the UW Public Relations department. Over the last two years, she has worked as a graduate assistant teaching public speaking classes.
\r\nFor many students, the prospect of having to pay their student loans off six months after they complete school—as typically required for repayment of a Federal Stafford Loan by the Federal Application for Student Financial Aid—leads some to attend graduate school, Gruen said.
\r\nA graduate student “can defer repayment while the borrower is enrolled at least half-time” for certain kinds of student loans and may have “an additional six months after the borrower is no longer enrolled at least half-time” to begin repaying them, according to the Federal Application for Student Financial Aid Web site.
\r\nWaluta is one of those students who may seek more advanced education, although for her it’s not necessarily to avoid the current job market.
\r\n“I do not have any prospects for work when I graduate. Although, to be fair, I’m not looking. I think I might get more education in an entirely unrelated field,” Waluta said.
\r\nIf she enters the current job market, Waluta said she is leery of the prospect of both finding a job and earning enough to make payments on her student loans.
\r\n“I don’t think I will be able to start making payments in six months after I leave school. I don’t think I will be able to find a job,” Waluta said.
\r\nWhile students may have to face a job market that’s less than ideal, their college degrees increase their lifetime earning potential to more than a million dollars of that of a high school graduate, Gruen said, explaining that upcoming graduates may struggle under the current economy, but face larger incomes over time.
\r\n“That’s not to say it’s going to be easy,” he said.
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\r\nA UW associate professor’s book, which explores the haunted past and present of Wyoming, will be published this month.
\r\n','\r\nAlyson Hagy, an associate professor in the Department of English will have her book, “Ghosts of Wyoming,” published by Graywolf Press.
\r\nThe book is a story collection that is said to have a masculine appeal to it.
\r\n“I have been obsessed with Americans who live on the margins for a long time. Early European settlement in the American West was predominantly male, and the current oil and gas economy of Wyoming remains predominantly male,” Hagy said. “If you’re going to write about laying railroad tracks or drilling for natural gas, you’re going to have a lot of male characters.”
\r\nMany of the ghosts in Hagy’s book are based on real ghosts and others are made up.
\r\n“I was doing enough research in the University of Wyoming libraries and the American Heritage Center that I decided we needed to have our own ghost on campus, a specter that would make sure that long-lost stories didn’t stay lost forever, so I made one up,” Hagy said.
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“That was a real lark. I mean libraries are already haunted, right? They are full of secrets. I just hope my fictional ghost doesn’t offend any of the serious spirits out there.”
\r\nHagy’s book has been reviewed by the Boston Globe and the LA Times.
\r\nHagy was raised on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and is the author of three previous collections of short fiction. She has also written two novels, “Kreenland” and “Snow Ashes.”
\r\nWhen asked how growing up in Virginia and then moving to Laramie affected her writing, Hagy said, “My connection to the American West has taken time. I was immediately struck by the raw beauty of Wyoming. I sensed strong stories in the culture and the landscape, but it took time. For the first six years I lived in the West, I wrote mostly about the South—Kentucky and North Carolina and other faraway places. I didn’t know enough about the West to do it justice. I probably still don’t, but I have tried. There’s just so much out here, so much that is far more interesting than cowboys and cows.”
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Starting this summer, UW will require enrollment deposits from all incoming freshmen.
\r\nThe policy will require all new incoming students, freshmen and transfer students, to pay a deposit of $300 as part of the admission and enrollment process.
\r\n','\r\nThe enrollment deposit allows UW to more effectively plan for class offerings and other student resources in preparation for the fall semester, according to Noah Buckley, director of admissions at UW.
\r\n“We know we needed a system to better identify those students that were coming, so we could better set aside their scholarships and set aside their aid,” Buckley said. “It also helps us schedule classes.”
\r\nAccording to Buckley, most universities operate in this manner for the exact reason that UW is changing their policy.
\r\n“We have operated under this process where we admit a student and than just assume they are coming and we know they don’t all come, but we still hold that scholarship for them and if they show up the day before classes and ask to register we owe them that scholarship,” Buckley said.
\r\nStudents will not be able to register and attend the new student orientation or complete the Residence Life & Dining Services contract for housing and meal plans until the deposit is paid.
\r\n“The enrollment deposit allows us to ask students to go on record with their pocket book to say if they are coming or not,” Buckley said. “It isn’t about the money, it is about getting students to commit so we can line up resources to prepare for the semester.”
\r\nThe enrollment deposit is not an additional charge to students. The $300 applies directly toward students’ expenses at UW in the fall. One hundred dollars applies to the Residence Life & Dining Services contract deposit, which is not a new fee, and the other $200 dollars will go toward the student’s tuition.
\r\nThe deposit for summer 2010 and fall 2010 is due May 1. According to Buckley, May 1 is the nationally accepted day for such enrollments at universities across the country.
\r\nUW has already accepted deposits from 200 students who have confirmed they will be attending UW through enrollment deposit. By May 1, UW should know about 80 to 90 percent of the incoming class due to the new policy, Buckley said.
\r\nUW will continue to accept students to enroll after the deadline for the deposit, but those students may not be fully accommodated by UW through their classes and scholarships as they would have been had they been accepted earlier.
\r\nCertain students are exempt from the additional new fee of $300. These include international students, students eligible to receive federal Pell grants and students receiving a full-ride through athletic scholarships or the Trustees’ Scholars Award.
\r\nOther students who are not required to confirm their intent to enroll are graduate students, non-degree seeking students and outreach students.
\r\nThe enrollment deposit is fully refundable by May 1 for all students. After that time if a students decides not to attend UW, the deposit will be forfeited to the university.
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Off in a distant land, two men are pooling together their excitement and determination for a greater good.
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The Fulbright Scholars Program has chosen two professors for their five month research projects.\r\nJose Rosa, UW Department of Management and Marketing, will be conducting his research in Bogota, Columbia at the Universidad de los Andes.
\r\nHis research and projects will be directed toward helping scavenger innovators and economically poor.
\r\n“The ideal outcome is to unleash the creative powers of the poor while at the same time helping companies design better products for these markets, and at a faster rate,” Rosa said.
\r\nResearch has shown an additional one billion people will be added into the marketplace for service and goods over the next 10 years.
\r\nAn understanding will then need to be made about what these subsistence products can provide.
\r\n“Too much hope can also be detrimental, however, since the energy it unleashes sometimes leads to silly experiments or to changes to things that work that make them no longer work,” Rosa said.
\r\nThe idea of taking a study further arose when Rosa was in Bogota for research and teaching.
\r\nThe Fulbright program allows Rosa to conduct this research in a more controlled area without any kind of supervision.
\r\nWhile the area Rosa is visiting is historically less wealthy than other areas. Since his visit in 2007, things have improved among the people.
\r\nRosa joined the college of business faculty two years ago.
\r\nGus Plumb from the department of mechanical engineering headed to the University of Botswana to create a new Master’s program in their newly created center.
\r\n“The new center focuses on renewable and sustainable energy and I will be working with them to help establish the research and educational programs that will fall under the umbrella of this center,” Plumb said.
\r\nPlumb will arrive in Botswana tomorrow to begin his research.
\r\nAfter teaching in Washington for 23 years, Plumb became dean of the College of Engineering and has been at UW for 21 years.
\r\nThe Student Leadership and Civic Engagement at UW will host its annual leadership series this spring starting with a session titled “What Does Your Leadership Look Like?: Working Together.” The session will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today in Coe Library Room 506.
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“‘What Does Your Leadership Look Like?: Working Together’ is the first session in the six-part leadership series for the spring,” Rachael Sherman, a graduate assistant in the SLCE office, said. “The series focuses on how to let your own personal leadership skills shine and helps define and refine those skills.”
\r\nSherman, along with Ameri-Corps member, Corinne Headley, will present the series and the sessions.
\r\nThe first session of the leadership series will focus on important leadership skills when it comes to working with other people.
\r\n“There are lots of bad managers out there, and hopefully with this session students will learn how not to be one of them,” Sherman said.
\r\nMark Collins, the associate vice president of operations, will be speaking at the first session.
\r\n“He has an incredible amount of knowledge and offers some great insights,” Sherman said.
\r\nThe leadership series is just one of the projects that SLCE has.
\r\n“This series is great for an RSO that wants to expand their group or get the word out on campus, as well as for individual students who would like to become stronger leaders,” Sherman said.
\r\nSLCE is funded through student fees, but the series is open to the public.
\r\nStudents and others interested in the series are welcome to come to one session or all of them. Those who attend will receive a certificate from SLCE for becoming a leader, Sherman said.
\r\nThe other sessions in this series include “Becoming A Leader,” “Budgeting,” “Setting Goals,” “Political Action” and “Interviewing Both Sides.” The series will continue into March.
\r\nStudents are torn on their opinions of the Obama administration’s push for a health care reform plan.
\r\n','\r\nIn light of the recession, millions of Americans have lost not only their jobs, but also their health insurance. The Obama administration has made a major effort to push through the health care reform bill he promised supporters during his campaign.
\r\nIf health care costs continue to grow, it is estimated that 1 of every 4 dollars in the economy will be tied up in the health care system, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
\r\nMost agree that America needs a new way of covering its medical expenses, but the debate is on how this can be done. “I don’t really approve of a nation-wide plan. There are a ton of people who will abuse it,” Justin Loyd, a computer science major, said.
\r\nWhile students may not agree that a nation wide plan would be the most effective solution, many agree that holding insurance companies accountable is important.
\r\n“I think it is good that they are expanding health care and forbidding insurance companies from refusing to cover people who have pre-existing conditions,” Alisa Reyes, a biology major, said.
\r\nIn his most recent State of the Union address, President Obama said the health care plan could help bring the nation out of debt and help fix the recession.
\r\nObama said because the program would be pa-as-you-go, it will not add a dime to the deficit and could generate funds for the country. The system must be self-sufficient and depend on the premiums it collects. However, several students voiced concerns about how the administration would pay to implement the plan.
\r\nAlthough Obama has said that citizens will be able to keep their current insurance and keep their current health care providers if the health care bill is passed, several students are concerned about what will happen to current health care providers.
\r\n“My parents are chiropractors and their patients aren’t going to have the option to choose. Everything I have heard says it is all going to be hospital and MD-style health care,” Loyd said.
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\r\nThe new home of the University of Wyoming’s Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources may be the first building on campus to seek green building certification.
\r\nConstruction on the existing building, known as the Bim Kendall House, began in the fall of 2009 and will be completed in May, Nicole Korfanta, the associate director of the Haub School, said.
\r\nThe renovated building was a good location for the project because it allowed UW to “recycle” an existing structure, which was ideal for building green since the construction required fewer materials, Korfanta said.
\r\nThe Bim Kendall House project is located at Eighth and Fremont streets and the public can view the construction activities until the building’s completion from a live webcam, a UW news release said.
\r\n“Our vision for this project is for ENR to be a leader in sustainable building, which will help advance the university’s mission to work toward becoming carbon neutral,” Korfanta said in a UW news article.
\r\nIn order to construct a green building, Kendall House will include elements such as certified sustainability harvest wood for framing; renewable materials, such as cork flooring and recycled and recyclable materials like carpet tiles, Korfanta said. The construction crew will work to minimize construction waste by recycling and re-using materials such as concrete, Korfanta said in a news article.
\r\nThe addition to the building will add five offices each with a tall roof monitor and operable windows. Combined with the lower windows, the design will allow for natural air flow during warm weather, Korfanta said. Energy use will also be minimized with the use of occupancy sensors and energy efficient light fixtures.
\r\nDue to a grant from Rocky Mountain Power, the building project was able to purchase photovoltaic panels, which supply a substantial portion of the building’s electrical needs. The house’s landscaping will include native plants and xeriscaping to minimize water use. Along with water use, the Kendall house will use low-flow fixtures and dual-flush toilets, Korfanta said.
\r\n“The other thing that is unusual about this building is that we are operating on a relatively spare budget and yet it looks like we’ll be able to achieve LEED silver certification,” Korfanta said. “It’s unusual to achieve that level without a larger budget so we hope the Kendall House becomes a model for building green on a budget.”
\r\nENR students will make up the majority of visitors to the renovated building but all UW students are welcome to visit the building and learn about the green features, Korfanta said.
\r\n“These classes submitted designs and technology ideas that have helped guide the whole design process,” Korfanta said.
\r\nThe Bim Kendall House is named in honor of the donor, Don Kendall’s wife, Korfanta said. The Kendalls are long-time supporters of the Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute. Kendall’s gift was matched by the Wyoming Legislature and a green planning grant was received from the Kresge Foundation. Funding was also received from the UW Major Maintenance budget.
\r\n“The names reflect major gifts bestowed on the Environment and Natural Resources program by different donors,” Korfanta said.
\r\nThe building will also include an outside space for students. The Bergman Gardens were funded by gifts in honor of former ENR director, Harold Bergman, a professor in the Department of Zoology and Physiology, Korfanta said.
\r\n“Most importantly, the Kendall House will be known as the center for UW’s Environmental and Natural Resources program in the future,” Korfanta said in a news release.
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An Egyptologist will present a lecture that will explore the possibilities of how the tombs were built and decorated for the kings and queens of Egypt at 7 p.m. tonight at the UW Art Museum.\r\nMohamed Shanta will present his lecture, “Art in Ancient Egypt: Images of Life in the Afterlife,” discussing the techniques of how such structures were built.
\r\nThe Great Pyramids are one of the “seven wonders of the world,” yet remain a mystery to historians as to how the past Egypt inhabitants built such huge structures with no machinery.
\r\nThe lecture will piece together current theories behind the meanings of the interior of the tombs.
\r\nShanta will speak on how these paintings have helped archeologists figure out what happened thousands of years ago by viewing art that depicts scenes from the kings’ and queens’ lives.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-08 23:06:37','66','Brianna Bertelson','2010-02-11 14:38:49','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-09 13:00:00','2010-02-23 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','280','egypt, lecture, built, art, tombs, ”, shanta, egyptologist, structures, present, techniques, theories, interior, speak, helped, paintings, meanings, current, inhabitants, historians','','0','31','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1996','RSO funding request spurs controversy','rso-funding-request-spurs-controversy','','Controversy arose at an ASUW meeting over funding for an RSO last Tuesday. Many senators believed the Latter Day Saints Student Association would be double charging students as the funding from ASUW comes from fees already paid by students, and they would like to charge students at the door.
\r\n“I wasn’t opposed to them receiving funding,” Rey Fuentes said. “My problem was that their requested allocation would have covered the whole event.”
\r\nFuentes said there was no need to charge students for tickets if the event was already fully paid for with the request.
\r\n“We are cutting off a section of the student population who at that moment can’t afford to pay for the event, so they end up not going,” Fuentes said. “Or they end up not going to anything they ever have to pay for as money is tight all around.”
\r\nEllie Platte, the RSO Funding Board chair did not feel there was a controversy.
\r\n“I felt there was discussion, and a very good discussion,” Platte said. “That is the whole reason that these requests over a thousand dollars are brought to be approved by the senate.“
\r\nPlatte felt clarification was needed to calm some of the complaints that people had toward the funding.
\r\n“I think that all the questions were valid points and important to discuss. But I think the discussion just came from a naivety of some senators,” Platte said.
\r\nThe costs from the ticket prices are meant to supplement the cost of the event.
\r\nThe money the LDSSA receives from ticket sales will come straight back to ASUW per the finance policy which states “any profit derived from an ASUW funded activity, not to exceed the amount of the ASUW allocation, shall be paid to ASUW,” Platte said.
\r\n“When Concerts and Convocations and when Student Activity Council charges for events, they are doing the same thing,” Platte said.
\r\nDavid Miller, president of LDSSA, said, “We have to pay in full when we set up the event, so we asked ASUW for the full price of the event and then charge ticket prices to make up some of that money that was given by ASUW. They charged tickets originally to be able to count the number of people and control the people to a strict number.”
\r\nLDSSA feels that the ticket prices set the event apart from others and makes it more formal, Miller said.
\r\nIn the end, Fuentes voted for the funding as he felt the event was important to UW, though he still opposed charging for tickets.
\r\nFuentes said that he would like to see a change in the power the senate has in dealing with RSO funding applications. Currently, the RSO funding board puts the application together and senate only has the power to changing the total allocation.
\r\n“We should give the senate the power to modify the application; put the entire application under scrutiny,” Fuentes said. “If it concerns allocation or money, which ticket prices do, it should be under our purview.”
\r\nLDSSA is used to controversy for their Brown and Gold Banquet and Ball, as last year questions arose in ASUW if they were allowed to give money to a religious organization.
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\r\nAn associate research scientist at UW will present an overview of Uganda and the work a Boulder-based non-profit is doing to improve schools in the country at noon Friday in the Agriculture Building, Room 316.
\r\nKen Driese, who is also an award-winning freelance photographer, traveled to Uganda in July 2009 to take photographs for the non-profit, One School at a Time, Ramesh Sivanpillai, an associate research scientist at UW, said. Driese spent several weeks in Uganda documenting the children and adults who benefit from the non-profit’s projects.
\r\nDriese will provide an overview of Uganda and explain why Ugandan schools are in need of assistance and improvement.
\r\nMost of Uganda’s population of 30 million live in rural areas and make their livings through farming, Driese said. Northern Uganda has been torn apart by violence in the past but has been somewhat stabilized.
\r\n“Schools in Uganda are a mixture of private and government supported, but many of them regardless of affiliation are minimal in terms of facilities and resources,” Driese said.
\r\nChildren in Uganda pay fees to attend school, which can be a challenge for those living in rural areas, Driese said. Several schools lack water and electricity and modern teaching equipment is hard to come by.
\r\n“There is an enormous commitment among Ugandans to education, and children place huge value on being able to attend school,” Driese said.
\r\nStudents from any major would be interested in the presentation, Sivanpillai said. The speaker series is not confined to one academic discipline but instead offers a broad perspective.
\r\nDriese’s presentation is part of the All Things Geography Brown Bag Speaker Series.
\r\nThe series, created by the Wyoming Geographic Information System Center, started in Fall 2007 as a way to bring various disciplines from in and outside of UW together, Sivanpillai said.
\r\nThe forum has two objectives: one, to allow different departments to see what others are doing and two, to create stronger two-way communication between fields.
\r\nThe basis of the speaker series has focused on discussing if geospatial sciences help or hinder, Sivanpillai said. As WyGISC works directly with such sciences, the forum allows the center to explore how others are using the technology.
\r\n“Students can see how this technology is being used in different areas,” Sivanpillai said.
\r\nEach semester, WyGISC targets a specific discipline on campus to partner with for the speaker series. In the past, WyGISC has focused on international research and presented experiences from places such as Mexico, Australia, Panama and Tanzania.
\r\nBiogeography and social sciences have also been areas the forum has covered.
\r\nWith this semester’s focus, the presentations will focus on the human, physical and cultural aspects of geography.
\r\nWhile Driese’s presentation will cover a more human aspect of geography and not focus on geospatial science, Sivanpillai said other presenters in the series will discuss the technological aspect of geography.
\r\nDriese’s book, “One School at a Time, Supporting Children’s Education in Uganda,” documents the trip through a photo/essay combination and can be found on the One School at a Time Web site.
\r\nThe event is hosted by the Department of Geography and WyGISC.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-03 23:18:39','66','Caitlin White','2010-02-08 21:46:49','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-04 13:00:00','2010-02-17 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','278','uganda, driese, sivanpillai, series, geography, school, wygisc, ”, speaker, areas, schools, forum, research, time, presentation, sciences, driese’s, focus, children, attend','','0','20','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1998','ASUW passes bill, inreases allowed spending for election campaigns','asuw-passes-bill-inreases-allowed-spending-for-election-campaigns','','![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/02/04/ASUW.jpg\")
\r\nASUW passed an election code that will allow candidates running for president and vice president to spend $1,000 on their campaign instead of the past $750.
\r\nThe ASUW elections committee brought forward the new code for the 2010 senate elections at Tuesday’s meeting. The committee creates a new code every year.
\r\nThis year, the committee felt the campaign budget limits from previous years were too low and chose to consider raising the limit from $75 to $100 for senate campaigns and from $750 to $1,000 for president and vice president campaigns.
\r\nThe change came in light of past elections where senators felt constrained by the small budget allowance at the end of their campaign, Sen. Rey Fuentez said.
\r\nHowever, senators felt this increase could change the face of ASUW campaigns. The increase in budget could push students who do not have the means to conduct an expensive campaign out of the running, based solely on the fact they did not have the financial ability to compete with others, Sen. Liz Raider said.
\r\n“I ran on much less than $75. I focused on working on my voice and getting myself out there,” Rader said.
\r\nOther senators felt students would vote purely on the propaganda that surrounded them rather than focusing on the issues of the election.
\r\nSen. Caitlin Wallace brought up the issue of running both a primary campaign and a general election campaign. Two amendments were brought up by the Senate to allow the larger caps for both the senate elections and the president and vice president elections in case of a primary election.
\r\nThe amendment to allow president and vice president elections a cap of $1,000 was passed, but the senate election cap will remain at $75.
\r\nThe senators also voted to strike the poster size and placement limitations from previous years. Currently, senators are limited to two posters on the bulletin boards of the Union and one poster in each of the residence halls.
\r\nASUW also voted to create an ad-hoc committee for the creation of UW Open Labs, a student run organization to create Web sites, help RSOs with IT problems and work on projects for other entities on campus.
\r\nAn ad-hoc committee is put together for 60 days to create working documents to be brought to ASUW for prospective organizations on campus.
\r\nThe bill passed with a vote of 18 to 9 after an amendment was made requiring a member of campus IT to sit on the committee to steer it in the right direction.
\r\nIn other business, the senate voted to confirm Drew Hill as the seventh justice for the Judicial Council. Hill is a senior political science student and a prospective law student at the university.
\r\nDirector of Policy Planning, CJ Young, reported that President Buchanan donated $2,000 to the university’s census efforts.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-03 23:06:36','66','Erin Jarnagin','2010-02-08 21:46:39','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-04 13:00:00','2010-02-17 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','277','president, elections, senate, asuw, committee, campaign, election, senators, brought, campaigns, 000, vice, felt, sen, budget, student, voted, campus, code, running','','0','24','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1999','Legislative \'how-to\' underway','legislative-how-to-underway','','ASUW will offer workshops for students interested in running for ASUW office through March 1.
\r\nThe workshops take place from 4:10 to 5 p.m. on Mondays in Wyoming Union Room 202. ASUW adviser Matt Caires hosted such a workshop Monday.
\r\nThe six workshops will cover ASUW information, such as working documents, budget, elections and legislative process.
\r\n“For years I have watched students run for ASUW without enough information to make informed choices and without access to accurate information,” Caires said.
\r\nCaires plans to teach the students how to run a campaign and what issues to run their campaign on.
\r\nCaires said he feels that there is a lack of information and understanding on how to get involved with ASUW and an underrepresentation of certain populations on campus.
\r\nTyler Neasloney, director of Public Relations and Marketing said this is a better way for students to learn about the procedures of ASUW rather than just running for office with little knowledge, as they have in the past.
\r\nAll workshops are open to any University of Wyoming student, but students should commit to attending five of the six workshops.
\r\nStudents looking to run for senate next year can view rules and procedures on the ASUW Web site.
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\r\nThe Mortar Board has been around since the spring of 1918 and currently has 228 chartered chapters nationwide. It was originally started as an honor society for women, but later was opened to men as well.
\r\nMattie Lapaseotes is serving as the president of the 2009-10 Cap and Gown Chapter of the Mortar Board at UW.
\r\n“We strive to exhibit exceptional scholarship, leadership and service on campus and in the community,” Lapaseotes said. “Mortar Board is governed entirely by the students, who annually set the purpose and direct the organization by participation at the national conference.”
\r\nThere are several requirements for students who aim to be members of this prestigious honor society.
\r\nStudents must represent the values of scholarship, leadership, and service as well have a 3.0 GPA or be in the top 35 percent of their class, whichever is higher at the particular university. Here at UW, this means that members of the Mortar Board must have at least a GPA of 3.2.
\r\n“Mortar Board is a senior honor society; students are selected near the end of their junior year and must be able to serve at least one active term of membership during their senior year,” Lapaseotes said.
\r\nMortar Board applications for 2010 are currently closed. Mortar Board will begin taking applications this month for students who will have senior standing by September 2010 and will be graduating after December 2010. According to Lapaseotes, Mortar Board selections happen mid-semester.
\r\nMortar Board takes part in many activities throughout the school year. Their national projects include “Mortar Board Week” in February and “Reading is Leading,” a project focusing on child literacy. The Mortar Board also takes part in a Regional Service Project at the Garden of the Gods, a Top Professor Recognition Event, Tip of the Cap Recognition Event, Torchlight Laurels, as well as singing the Alma Mater at Homecoming Sing.
\r\n“I have truly enjoyed being a part of Mortar Board. After attending the national conference this last summer, it is evident that many seniors from across the nation can unite and relate to one another because they all strive to excel in the areas of scholarship, leadership, and service,” Lapaseotes said. “The activities you participate in as a chapter are rewarding and fun. It has been a truly enjoyable experience.”
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-03 02:23:26','124','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-03 13:00:00','2010-02-17 07:00:00','','','','0','0','275','board, mortar, leadership, ”, students, service, lapaseotes, society, scholarship, honor, national, seniors, 2010, part, year, senior, “mortar, top, members, chapter','One national honor society recognizes college seniors for their superior achievement in scholarship, leadership and service.','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2001','Campus hit by RecycleMania','campus-hit-by-recyclemania','','On average the common American throws 2.8 pounds of trash away a day, adding up to 135 million tons of trash a year.
\r\nRecycleMania began in order to promote recycling and to reduce the amount of trash people throw away each day.
\r\nRecycleMania is a competition between the colleges on campus to see who can collect the greatest amounts of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita and the highest recycling rate.
\r\nThe trial competition began on Jan. 17 and will last for two weeks. On Feb. 1, the actual competition will begin and is planned to last 10 weeks.
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The goal of this competition is to promote and educate students about recycling on campus. It will also bring excitement about recycling and making a difference on campus.
\r\nThis is the third year the university has participated in RecycleMania. Last year the recycling rate was 35.72 percent and the university campus threw away 4.24 pounds a person daily, according to Todd Scott, the waste stream manager at UW.
\r\nEach year, the university is improving and hopefully students will begin recycling on a more regular basis, Scott said.
\r\nRecycleMania will be accepting bottles, cans, paper and cardboard to be recycled. With this competition, people will hopefully recognize where the recycling bins are around campus and use them often.
\r\nIt takes 1,000 years for a plastic bag to fully decompose, an aluminum can takes 500 years and a glass jar takes one million years to decompose.
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\r\n','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-28 01:10:25','126','Brianna Bertelson','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-28 13:00:00','2010-02-11 07:00:00','','','','0','0','274','recycling, campus, recyclemania, competition, trash, year, years, amount, takes, university, rate, weeks, capita, recyclables, people, promote, began, pounds, scott, day','On average the common American throws 2.8 pounds of trash away a day, adding up to 135 million tons of trash a year.','0','10','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2002','Funding LDS RSO spurs controversy','funding-lds-rso-spurs-controversy','','
ASUW passed four RSO funding requests amounting to $23,699 at Tuesday night’s meeting.
\r\nThese four requests were the largest coming before the Senate this semester, Sen. Ellie Platte said.
\r\nThe Latter Day Saints Student Association requested $6,120 for its Brown and Gold Banquet and Ball set to take place March 6.
\r\nThis request generated controversy among the Senators as the LDSSA wanted to charge for tickets to the event.
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The RSO may charge students $10 for a single ticket and $15 for a couple to ensure adequate funding for the event.
\r\nHowever, several senators felt this would be double charging students by using their fees to pay for the event and charging them for tickets.
\r\nDespite concerns, the Senate passed the request without an amendment to the association’s plan to charge for tickets.
\r\nASUW also approved a request for $5,170, which would go to the Summit Leadership of Wyoming for its annual Todd Skinner Leadership Conference. The Chinese Student Organization’s request for $4,000 for its Chinese New Year celebration, set to take place Feb. 14, was also approved.
\r\nThe largest request came from the Wyoming African Students Association to put on their annual African Awareness Week, set to take place Feb. 15 through 20, coinciding with Black History Month in February. The Senate granted WASA the full requested amount of $8,409.
\r\nIn other business, the Senate heard from Tom Davidson, a member of the student body trying to start a new program on campus called UW Open Labs.
\r\nThe program would be a student run organization designed to create Web sites, help RSOs with IT problems and work on projects for other entities on campus.
\r\nThe organization hopes to help campus with technology projects and give its members the opportunity to get education and experience in their areas of interest.
\r\nOpen Labs already has two projects underway, Davidson said.
\r\nThe organization needs ASUW’s help and permission to be officially created, Davidson said. The organization has run into problems trying to get funding for projects as it has not been officially created.
\r\nOpen Labs could give the university the option to use a campus organization for technology projects rather than having to use outside sources, Davidson said.
\r\nASUW President Matt Haigler reported that the student fee increases were passed as recommended by the Board of Trustees.
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\r\nPatricia Taylor is a woman of many talents. In eighth grade, Taylor aspired to one day become a political science teacher at a university. Later in her school career, Taylor considered the possibility of pursuing a career in law. It was not until Taylor reached college that the field of sociology caught her interest.
\r\nTaylor is a Houston native. She received her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt and went on to the University of Texas for her graduate degree. Taylor became a statistician for the Federal Civil Service after finishing graduate school. While she has taught both statistics and women’s studies in the past, sociology is her intellectual home. Taylor is currently teaching introduction sociology, but also teaches sociology of law and environmental sociology, which is a research-intense course.
\r\nTaylor is invested in her interest in sociology and said, “What interests me about sociology are the issues of fairness and equality involved in it. The study of the perceptions that people have and the values they hold fascinate me.”
\r\nTaylor believes that studying sociology can help students “become more informed citizens.” Studying the trends and patterns of society can help students become “the best citizens they can be,” she said.
\r\nWhen asked if she preferred teaching a certain age group or class standing, Taylor said, “Each group has its challenges. I just love students.” Taylor commented on how it is remarkable to be able to witness a new wave of students coming in year after year.
\r\n“As I keep aging, the students always seem to stay young,” Taylor said.
\r\nShe also mentioned how wonderful it is for her to be able to see the changing patterns in young people and to identify what their problems and issues are.
\r\n“I enjoy being a part of the process of their figuring out their lives,” Taylor said.
\r\nBeing a Texas native, Taylor has noticed some unique aspects of Laramie throughout her years of living here .
\r\n“I love how everyone here, especially those who have kids, look out for each other. Parents will call each other and let each other know if there is a problem with their kids, and also support each others’ kids,” Taylor said.
\r\nWhen asked what advice she would give to students, Taylor responded at first that an answer to that question presumes her advice could apply to all students. But in general, Taylor would tell students the following, “Choose a direction in life and work toward it, no matter what. That direction may change, you may have to be flexible at times but having a goal is crucial to success.”
\r\nThe University of Wyoming athletics department will be doing their part to support the United Blood Service by hosting a student-athlete led blood drive competition in partnership with the Mountain West Conference.
\r\nThe blood drive will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 2 and 3 in the Washakie basement in conjunction with the United Blood Service.
\r\nThe blood drive is open to all student walk-ins and refreshments will be provided throughout the event.
\r\nAccording to Student Athletes Advising Committee representative McKynzie Maher, the goal of the blood drive is to see which conference university can get the most student body members to participate.
\r\nEach school participating can count one day of their blood drive towards the conference competition. According to an athletics department press release, students interested in contributing to that total should try and donate on Wednesday February 3.
\r\nIt is put on by United Blood services of Cheyenne who will provide staff for the event.
\r\n“This is a great cause and it could save a life,” said Maher.
\r\nThis is the fifth year that the Mountain West Conference has put on the blood drive competition with the goal of raising awareness for the need for blood around each school’s community. Every Mountain West school participates in the blood drive each year.
\r\nThe school that wins will be recognized at the 2010 Conoco Mountain West Conference Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev., March 9-13 according to UW Atheltics.
\r\nFor information or appointments, contact McKynzie Maher of the UW SAAC or Gwen Cotterman of the Office of Academic Support in UW Athletics. Maher at mmaher@uwyo.edu, and Cotterman at gcotterm@uwyo.edu.
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\r\nThe University of Wyoming athletics department will be doing their part to support the United Blood Service by hosting a student-athlete led blood drive competition in partnership with the Mountain West Conference.
\r\nThe blood drive will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 2 and 3 in the Washakie basement in conjunction with the United Blood Service.
\r\nThe blood drive is open to all student walk-ins and refreshments will be provided throughout the event.
\r\nAccording to Student Athletes Advising Committee representative McKynzie Maher, the goal of the blood drive is to see which conference university can get the most student body members to participate.
\r\nEach school participating can count one day of their blood drive towards the conference competition. According to an athletics department press release, students interested in contributing to that total should try and donate on Wednesday February 3.
\r\nIt is put on by United Blood services of Cheyenne who will provide staff for the event.
\r\n“This is a great cause and it could save a life,” said Maher.
\r\nThis is the fifth year that the Mountain West Conference has put on the blood drive competition with the goal of raising awareness for the need for blood around each school’s community. Every Mountain West school participates in the blood drive each year.
\r\nThe school that wins will be recognized at the 2010 Conoco Mountain West Conference Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev., March 9-13 according to UW Atheltics.
\r\nFor information or appointments, contact McKynzie Maher of the UW SAAC or Gwen Cotterman of the Office of Academic Support in UW Athletics. Maher at mmaher@uwyo.edu, and Cotterman at gcotterm@uwyo.edu.
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Two groups that strive to inform UW students about safe, healthy and responsible decision-making will hold an informational night complete with free pizza and mocktails at 5 p.m. tonight in the Wyoming Union Room 202.
Cowboy Choices 180 Proof Peer Education and Step Up! will host the night aimed at proving awareness and information to their peers, Angela Barrett, a member of the Alcohol Awareness Wellness Alternative Research and Education Program out of the UW Counseling Center, said.
\r\n“We strive to make a difference in our campus community, as well as in the surrounding community by educating people about social norms and safe, responsible decision-making,” Barrett said.
\r\nThe groups work to provide information about “resources, right and personal choices without passing judgment while maintaining high levels of integrity and confidentiality,” according to the mission statement.
\r\n“Cowboy Choices works hard to educate the UW community about safe and responsible decisions regarding alcohol consumption through our many activities and events throughout the academic year,” Barrett said.
\r\nStep Up! is a group that focuses on educating those on the UW campus about intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual assault, Barrett said. The group does this through interactive and fun presentations.
\r\nThe purpose of the event is to recruit members interested in being involved on campus and helping raise awareness to peers and community members about the issues college students face, Barrett said.
\r\n“It’s a great way to get involved on campus and a way to give back to the community in which you live,” Barrett said.
\r\nCowboy Choices and Step Up! host several activities throughout the year, including National Alcohol Awareness Week and Safe Spring Break Week.
\r\nThe groups also help co-sponsor Walk a Mile in Her Shoes and Take Back the Night. The group also works mocktail carts at other RSO events and provides classroom and residence hall presentations.
\r\nThe informational night will serve pizza on a first-come, first-serve basis.
\r\nStudents interested can stop by the event tonight or attend a meeting at 4 p.m. on the first and third Friday of every month in the group meeting room on the second floor of Knight Hall.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-27 02:12:09','66','Caitlin White','2010-02-03 22:45:05','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-27 13:00:00','2010-02-09 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','269','barrett, community, campus, choices, night, awareness, groups, safe, group, ”, alcohol, making, decision, up!, students, responsible, step, information, presentations, host','','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2007','Trustess approve new major, fee increases','trustess-approve-new-major-fee-increases','','\r\nUW’s Board of Trustees approved an increase for mandatory fees for all students last Friday.
\r\nThe fee increase, which will apply to full- and part-time students, is scheduled to take place over the next two years.
\r\nThough the fee increase will take effect for the 2010-11 academic year, students will not see an increase as it will be offset by stimulus money.
\r\nFull-time students will pay $957 for the 2010-11 academic year and $992 for the 2011- 12 academic year. This is up from the $906 that students are paying for the current year.
\r\n“Those fee increases are focused on our needs for making sure we meet the health insurance increase for the employees who are in those units,” Sara Axelson, vice president for Student Affairs, said. “When the state brings forward health insurance increases we need to make sure that we cover the cost for the section-two budget.”
\r\nThe section-two budget applies to jobs that are paid through student fees.
\r\n“We are starting to plan for four years to have a good prudent approach to our planning, but we just asked the board to approve a two-year plan,” Axelson said.
\r\nASUW passed a resolution to support the two-year approach earlier in the week despite some dissenting concerns.
\r\n“We really are just trying to plan ahead,” Axelson said.
\r\nThe trustees also increased housing and board costs for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years.
\r\nThe room and board fees for next year in the residence halls will increase by about 4 percent and apartment rent will increase by less than 4 percent. These increases are to cover projected increases in operating expenses for Residence Life and Dining Services, according to UW.
\r\nThe trustees also approved the university’s Long Range Development Plan. The plan will try to enhance connectivity, open space and support of campus services, while maintaining Laramie’s historic character, Roger Baalman, director of Facilities Planning and the university architect, said.
\r\n“The campus has never really had a document that ties so many things together,” Baalman said.
\r\nThe trustees approved a new baccalaureate major in religious studies on Friday.
\r\n“We are ecstatic,” Paul Flesher, program director for the religious studies department, said. “We have been working on a proposal since three and a half years ago.”
\r\nThe religious studies program was founded back in 1993 as an interdisciplinary program, and at that time there was only one full-time faculty member.
\r\nOver 80 percent of American Research I and Research II universities offer a religious studies degree, according to UW.
\r\nThe Department of Religious Studies will be officially accepting students as soon as the Office of the Registrar is ready to accept them, Flesher said.
\r\nInterested students should contact the religious studies department.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-27 02:07:43','66','Max D\'Onofrio','2010-02-03 22:45:33','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-27 13:00:00','2010-02-09 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','268','”, students, increase, year, studies, religious, increases, plan, years, “we, board, academic, time, fee, trustees, 2010, department, program, fees, approved','','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2008','Students share opinions on Half Acre renovation','students-share-opinions-on-half-acre-renovation','','\r\nUW students met with the Half Acre Renovation Team during an open forum Friday to determine what they would like to see come out of the reconstruction.
Members of the renovation team guided participants through several designs to show students what Half Acre Gym may include after the renovation.
\r\nChanges, such as more gym area dedicated to cardio and weight lifting and the creation of a multi-activity court, were included in the majority of the designs. These changes were noted as additions UW students said they wanted to see in past surveys, Patrick Faden, a student employee of the gym and a member of the renovation team, said.
\r\nCurrently, the largest gym area in Half Acre is usually overcrowded with basketball games, Pat Moran, the director of campus recreation, said.
\r\n“The university has over 120 intramural basketball teams, so those students who would like to play another sport in the gym are not often able to,” Moran said.
\r\nWith the addition of a multi-activity gym, students interested in playing other sports, such as indoor soccer, volleyball and badminton, would be able to do so, Moran said.
\r\nOther possible renovations and additions to Half Acre are new racquetball courts and expanded group exercise rooms.
\r\nUW junior Jacob Stutheit was impressed by the idea of new racquetball courts, which are intended to have glass walls but does not believe he will see the final product.
\r\nThe architects on the project also have several goals for the appearance of the building. The project will work to create a focal point on campus that will create a nice common area between the buildings near Half Acre, Ken Tobin, an associate architect on the project from Tobin & Associates, said.
\r\nThe building will offer great views to the east and back into the area near the university’s existing dormitories, Tobin said.
\r\n“At night, the building will have a real presence,” Tobin said.
\r\nThe front entrance will be able to be seen from a distance and Half Acre’s rock wall will possibly find a home directly in the front of the building, Faden said.
\r\nBob McDonald, an associate architect on the project from Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative, hopes the renovation to the building will convey the history and tradition of Half Acre.
\r\n“The building will have a more logical structure,” Tobin said.
\r\nThe team plans to create an open floor plan within Half Acre that will establish easier access for gym members, Tobin said. The renovation will place activities that do not require locker room use in a free space area instead of requiring each gym member to walk through the locker room to arrive at their activity.
\r\nThe inside of Half Acre will add a different experience for students, McDonald said. It will have more floors and spacious work out areas that will allow gym members to find a private niche to work out in. The student recreation center will also create more comforts by working on privacy and security issues within the building, he said.
\r\n“The renovation will make the gym more of a home away from home,” McDonald said.
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An important problem the renovation will work to alleviate is the overcrowding within the student recreation center that requires students to wait to use equipment such as treadmills.
\r\nAs every UW student has the opportunity to use Half Acre Gym, ASUW offered its support to the renovation in 2007 with a donation of $100,000 to the project, ASUW President Matt Haigler said. The student government has been in favor of such a renovation for many years.
\r\nThe university and renovation team are unsure at this point whether students will see a fee increase to help offset the costs of the reconstruction.
\r\nArchitects from Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative of Denver, Colo., and Tobin & Associates of Cheyenne will continue to work on designs for the renovation. The renovation is scheduled to start as early as summer of 2011 and is currently in stage two of planning. Half Acre is expected to be under construction for 18 months but will remain open during that time.
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UW’s TransPark service will be receiving a new Federal Transit Administration stimulus grant worth $1.55 million this year.
The grant will be used to fund the purchase of six new low-floor diesel buses for TransPark, as well as a new hybrid SUV to be used for the Night Owl service. The grant will be given through the Wyoming Department of Transportation.
\r\nThe new low-floor design on the diesel buses will improve loading time and accessibility on to the bus, according to a news release.
\r\nThe grant money will also be used to increase security at the bus garage, update dispatch hardware and software, as well as buy new equipment for the buses.
\r\nKasey Noble has worked for TransPark as a bus driver for almost two years.
\r\n“The grant will help with much-needed equipment and better advertisement to educate people of the ease of our system, as well as improve the overall quality of the service,” Noble said.
\r\nThe university currently rents the buses that are being used for transportation services. The new buses should arrive in the UW fleet within the next eight months to a year.
\r\n“We are very excited to receive this stimulus funding from the FTA and WYDOT because without it, we would not have the means to make such improvements in our services,” Paul Kunkel, manager of UW’s Transit and Parking Department, said in the news release. “I am looking forward to beginning the purchase process and replacing the older buses as soon as possible.”
\r\nTransPark is UW’s transportation service. The service offers express and regular fixed route transportation, on-demand para-transit services for people with disabilities, on-call shuttle services anywhere on campus.
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\r\nChi Alpha Christian Fellowship’s pastor, Derik Buscher and wife Sonya Buscher have been personally affected by the natural disaster as they have sponsored a poor child in Haiti for four years. Since the earthquake struck Haiti, the couple has been unable to get word of whether the child they sponsor is alive or dead, Sonya Buscher, said.
\r\nMembers from Chi Alpha are now working to raise money for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti and are hoping other groups will follow suit.
\r\n“If every student organization set up tables…that would be great,” Lara Bayse, member of Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, said.
\r\nMembers of the student organization set up a table in the Wyoming Union on Thursday in order to raise funds to provide humanitarian relief for the devastated Caribbean island nation.
\r\nPart of the motivation for Chi Alpha members to raise funds for Haitian earthquake victims grew from Bayse’s observation that not many other student groups were raising funds for Haiti in the Union.
\r\n“You didn’t see anyone raising money on campus,” Bayse said, describing how the groups fundraising had the potential to “set a good example” for others on campus.
\r\nAnother reason the group was working to raise funds for the country was because Haiti was already impoverished before the Jan. 12 earthquake.
\r\n“Things were already bad prior to the earthquake in Haiti,” Abner Gonzalez, member of Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, said.
\r\nHaiti is among the poorest nations in the world, with four out of five members of its population living in poverty, according to the New York Times. More than half of Haiti’s 8.7 million residents live in abject poverty.
\r\n“We just know that they are known as a poor nation,” Bayse said.
\r\nThe funds raised by the organization will pay for semi-clean drinking water, food, clothing, temporary shelter and hygiene kits. The funds and supplies will be administered and distributed by Samaritans Purse, an international relief organization.
\r\nBayse said students shouldn’t be reluctant to donate money to Chi Alpha’s relief fundraising because unlike other fundraising efforts where one may be uncertain if the money is going to aid disaster victims the money, raised goes to an organization already in Haiti.
\r\n“Samaritans Purse is already on the ground there,” Bayse said.
\r\nBesides raising money for Haiti, members of the Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship have also raised money for Operation Christmas Child, an organization that sends Christmas presents—such as toothbrushes and clothing—to children in-need around the world.
\r\nThe group is raising money to build wells in the Philippines.
\r\n“$300 builds a well that’s good for 20 years and can supply clean drinking water to an entire village,” Bayes said.
\r\nEven without the attention of a natural disaster like an earthquake, the American people need to look at the struggles and hardships of other people in the world, Bayse said.
\r\n“There are other people out there besides the U.S.,” Bayse said.
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\r\nA panel of students with differing backgrounds in African heritage spoke on their experiences in America on Wednesday as part of the Martin Luther King Jr./Days of Dialogue celebration.
\r\nThe panel featured five students from Wyoming who discussed how the African diaspora has affected them and their personal feelings regarding America.
\r\n“We wanted to have an opportunity where Africans and African Americans can come together and speak. Particularly for this panel to show the diversity and similarities for African-Americans and Africans from the continent,” Aimee Glockee, a visiting assistant professor in the African-American and Diaspora Studies department, said.
\r\nThe members of the panel, Shira Marks, Sonia Gahimbare, Shaundra Sewel, Tesfaye G. Deboch and Andrew Ssekajja told their audience about being an African or African American currently living in America.
\r\n“You saw African-Americans and Africans and the different aspects of them,” Gahimbare said. “It shows the dynamic of the Black culture which a lot of people don’t get.”
\r\nThis discussion was one of the first times the Association of Black Student Leaders and Wyoming African Students Association have come together to participate in an event.
\r\n“I think it went really well and I think the organizations are working great together, and I hope activities like this will continue in the future,” Glockee said. “We wanted to make sure that there were African people from the continent and we wanted to make sure there were African people from America.”
\r\nAccording to Glockee, the panel was also unique because the discussion was completely student moderated, compared to the past when one of the advisers would moderate with the panel.
\r\n“We thought it would be a good fit for the Days of Dialogue to have a panel discussion that incorporated Africans and African-Americans and their experiences in Wyoming,” Gahimbare said.
\r\nThe importance of the panel was to spread knowledge and information.
\r\n“We are very involved in the Laramie community but the more we can give to that and the more people can learn about us and the more we can learn from them, all Black people can come together more, and we can become a community as a whole,” Shira Marks, panel member said.
\r\nAnother purpose of the panel was to allow people to come together to understand race and how problems with different race are still going on in America and in Wyoming, Marks said.
\r\n“It is about your race and your ethnicity and your culture and I think that is something everyone should share with each other,” Gahimbare said. “This is just one aspect of us sharing that with the Wyoming population which probably isn’t as accustom to knowing about those types of things.”
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\r\nThe proposed shuttle route would give access from downtown Laramie to Walmart with stops at the UW campus and on-demand stops at LCCC and the recreation center.
\r\nThe student fee committee decided that they felt they wanted to see the shuttle routes run smoother before they implemented more student fees for additional TransPark routes. The committee also felt that they should hear more from the Laramie community and outside entities on the proposed plan.
\r\n“We felt that it would be better to smooth the engine they have running, making sure the students are happy,” Danee Hunzie, ASUW vice president and chair of the student fee committee, said. “Our suggestion was it needs to be a fine running machine before we can expand it.”
\r\nRecently some faculty and students heard about the proposed additional TransPark line and were upset that any consideration would be given to such a plan when they felt the current system does not run smoothly.
\r\nWendy Perkins, a staff member in the Women’s Studies Program at UW, said she rides the buses everyday and is upset with their service.
\r\n“I have first-hand experience with the poor service being provided by TransPark at this time. I fully believe that if TransPark is incapable of providing quality transportation service with the existing routes, an additional route will definitely cause further deterioration in service,“ Perkins said in a letter to Hunzie.
\r\nThe committee took all the complaints concerning TransPark into consideration when making their decision, Hunzie said.
\r\nThe committee asked TransPark to potentially return with the same plan next year as the idea did appeal to the committee.
\r\nAdding the Grand Avenue Corridor Route would cost $340,000 a year to operate. With plans from TransPark to merge the Classroom Express and Resident Park ‘N Ride, the difference that would need to be covered would only be $208,000.
\r\nTransPark told the student fee committee that they would need an additional $10 student fee per semester to add such an additional route.
\r\nThe route was proposed to run on the weekends along with weekdays and allow some students the option of not having to bring a car to campus.
\r\nASUW is currently on track to pass a small fee increase for capital improvements to maintain the routes the TransPark busses currently run. The fee would consist of an additional $5 to the $20 that student currently pay now for the TransPark service.
\r\nAccording to Paul Kunkel, manager of TransPark, the proposal for the new Grand Avenue Corridor Route came about when ASUW President Matt Haigler approached TransPark and asked for a route to be developed to mainly benefit students.
\r\nKunkel said that he would also like to see a route to West Laramie developed in order to service a larger area in Laramie.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-12-04 02:23:18','126','Max D\'Onofrio','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-12-04 13:00:00','2009-12-18 07:00:00','','','','0','0','263','transpark, route, committee, service, fee, student, additional, proposed, laramie, students, run, asuw, felt, routes, shuttle, plan, campus, hunzie, ”, running','ASUW’s student fee committee has decided not to move forward with a proposed TransPark shuttle route that would service areas outside of the UW campus. ','0','21','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2013','Students \'somewhat disagree\' about effectiveness of survey tool','students-somewhat-disagree-about-effectiveness-of-survey-tool','','Students and faculty with a UW e-mail account can expect to get an assortment of surveys in their inbox.
\r\nThe frequency of these surveys range from minor to major and seem to be mostly overlooked by recipients.
\r\nJeremy Guzman, a senior in psychology, said he receives a couple handfuls of surveys every semester and for the most part ignores them.
\r\n“It is usually time-dependent,” Guzman said. “I work about 30 hours a week and I am a full time student and I don’t have time to play on the internet.”
\r\nGuzman believes that his friends are as bad, if not worse, than him at responding to the surveys.
\r\nThe biggest issue is the bulk e-mail form that he receives them in, Guzman said.
\r\n“There is an anonymity to it, so what if I don’t do it. It isn’t going to bother anyone else.\" Guzman said.
\r\nTate Mullen, another student at UW, answered his first survey recently after ignoring all of the other ones that were sent to him.
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“The latest was one that actually affects something I care about,” Mullen said. “I had no interest. I didn’t care.”
\r\nAs to how many of his friends participated in the survey, Mullen said, “Oh, none.”
\r\nMost of the surveys sent out to students are created through UW’s own survey tool. Maintained by the IT department, the tool is open to anyone who has a UW account.
\r\nMost students will see the survey tool in practice at the end of the semester when many are bombarded with teacher evaluations created by departments.
\r\n“Departments and individuals can log in and set up surveys,” Patrick Wolfinbarger, a Web supervisor for UW, said.
\r\n“It is pretty straight forward for people to use,” Wolfinbarger said. “The results go into a database that you can access anytime. Not the most sophisticated tool out there—has a lot it can do though.”
\r\nUW does try to make sure that only those who have participated in IT training on the program have access to the system, which was created in 2006.
\r\n“We try to encourage people to have an understanding of how to create surveys and how to use the information and construct them,” Wolfinbarger said. “It is like any tool; it is only as good as knowledge of the people who use it. That is where training comes in.”
\r\nIt is primarily an academic tool, Wolfinbarger said. The system is used for national, local and campus surveys, he said.
\r\n“Certainly, there is a need for this type of tool at an institution like the university,” Wolfinbarger said.
\r\nJack Chapman, the senior office associate for the Department of Theatre and Dance, has used the program for two years within the department.
\r\n“It works well. It is like anything else that is new. It has had some bugs, but at the same time it has worked very well,” Chapman said. “Once they get some of the bugs ironed out, it will be a quite beneficial program.”
\r\nAs far as the number of responses, Chapman said that most people participate.
\r\n“It is in the student’s ballpark if they fill them out. But it is also our job to make sure that the students know that the surveys are out there, Chapman said. “We don’t use it everyday but for what we use it for it seems to work.”
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\r\nPhilip Gourevitch will speak as part of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr./Days of Dialogue celebration. Gourevitch will speak on his work as a writer, the Department of Creative Writing Web site said.
\r\nGourevitch is the MFA Program in Creative Writing’s second Eminent Writer in Residence who will be on campus for two weeks in January.
\r\nIn 2004, Gourevitch wrote about the Rwandan genocide in his book, “We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families,” according to a UW news release. The book won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction.
\r\nGourevitch’s latest book, titled “Standard Operating Procedure,” was co-authored by Errol Morris and investigates the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. He has traveled to Asia, Africa and Europe for his work in publications such as Harper’s and Granta.
\r\nDuring his time in residence, Gourevitch will give lectures in Cheyenne and Jackson and offer individual manuscript consultations with creative writing graduate students. He will also hold discussions with students in the Departments of English and International Studies.
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\r\nThe Board of Trustees will vote on fee increases that will affect UW students for the next two years at their January meeting.
\r\nThe trustees will be voting to implement the first two years of a four-year plan concerning student fee increases for both mandatory and non-mandatory student fees.
\r\nAll students on campus pay six separate student fees for the Wyoming Union, student services, Student Health Services, intercollegiate activities, campus recreation and transit.
\r\nStudents who live in campus housing also pay fees for room and board. All fees will have a possible increase.
\r\nASUW Freshman Senate representative, Jordan Kaul said, “I think student fees are naturally going to rise because of cost increases. I really like that they are giving us the information so we can plan for years in advance.”
\r\nVice President for Student Affairs Sara Axelson said most of the fees are seeing an increase because of an increase in health insurance costs.
\r\n“When health insurance costs go up, we have to make up for it for employees who are not paid by the state by increasing student fees,” Axelson said. “It’s the same when there is a salary increase for section-one employees; we want our section-two employees to get an increase also.”
\r\nIf accepted by the Board of Trustees, fee increases will begin in fiscal year 2011. However, students will not see an increase in their fees until 2012. According to Axelson, government stimulus funds will go to pay student fees for the first year.
\r\n“Students will see the increase on their bills but will also see that the increase has been paid by a grant,” Axelson said.
\r\nThe plan calls for students to pay $957.46 in fees in 2011 and $991.86 in 2012.
\r\nWhile students won’t see the increases for a year, the plan has increases in place for the next four years.
\r\nThe trustees will only vote to accept the first two years of the plan, Axelson said.
\r\n“We don’t know where the economy will be in two years. There are so many variables so it is difficult to project for so many years,” Axelson said.
\r\nWyoming Union and student service fees are set to increase for ongoing costs such as health insurance, supplies and maintenance as well as programmatic enhancements to Friday Night Fever, SafeRide and Student Media equipment.
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“The latest was one that actually affects something I care about,” Mullen said. “I had no interest. I didn’t care.”
\r\nAs to how many of his friends participated in the survey, Mullen said, “Oh, none.”
\r\nMost of the surveys sent out to students are created through UW’s own survey tool. Maintained by the IT department, the tool is open to anyone who has a UW account.
\r\nMost students will see the survey tool in practice at the end of the semester when many are bombarded with teacher evaluations created by departments.
\r\n“Departments and individuals can log in and set up surveys,” Patrick Wolfinbarger, a Web supervisor for UW, said.
\r\n“It is pretty straight forward for people to use,” Wolfinbarger said. “The results go into a database that you can access anytime. Not the most sophisticated tool out there—has a lot it can do though.”
\r\nUW does try to make sure that only those who have participated in IT training on the program have access to the system, which was created in 2006.
\r\n“We try to encourage people to have an understanding of how to create surveys and how to use the information and construct them,” Wolfinbarger said. “It is like any tool; it is only as good as knowledge of the people who use it. That is where training comes in.”
\r\nIt is primarily an academic tool, Wolfinbarger said. The system is used for national, local and campus surveys, he said.
\r\n“Certainly, there is a need for this type of tool at an institution like the university,” Wolfinbarger said.
\r\nJack Chapman, the senior office associate for the Department of Theatre and Dance, has used the program for two years within the department.
\r\n“It works well. It is like anything else that is new. It has had some bugs, but at the same time it has worked very well,” Chapman said. “Once they get some of the bugs ironed out, it will be a quite beneficial program.”
\r\nAs far as the number of responses, Chapman said that most people participate.
\r\n“It is in the student’s ballpark if they fill them out. But it is also our job to make sure that the students know that the surveys are out there, Chapman said. “We don’t use it everyday but for what we use it for it seems to work.”
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\r\n“I would argue we weren’t willing to engage in Rwanda and it has not changed in 15 years,” Jean Garrison, book discussion leader and director of the UW International Studies Program, said.
\r\nAttendees of yesterday’s event, which was sponsored by the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, discussed Philip Gourevitch’s book, “We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda.”
\r\nThe book describes “the 1994 genocide in which the ‘Hutu Power’ government led its citizens to slaughter 800,000 of their Tutsi neighbors in only 100 days,” a UW news release said.
\r\nMembers of the discussion questioned whether a lack of Western media coverage of the 100 bloody days blinded the U.S. to the plight of Rwanda and might have discouraged nations from attempting to stop the genocide.
\r\n“Why didn’t the West know this was happening?” Garrison asked those in attendance. “Why were these things not picked up by policy makers and not just in the U.S.?”
\r\nEven though powerful states are aware of genocides, the lack of will to intervene in other nations’ conflicts continues today with international unwillingness to get involved with conflicts in the Darfur Region of Sudan, said David Messenger, assistant professor in the UW history department.
\r\n“The end result has been the same,” Messenger said.
\r\nOne explanation Garrison gave for America not involving itself with the conflict in Rwanda was a lack of concern and attention for wider world issues at home.
\r\n“Without a Cold War lens, you’re not paying attention to wider world issues,” Garrison said.
\r\nExplaining why other nations did not try to stop the Rwandan genocide can be understood in terms of the world ignoring it.
\r\n“We put some blinders on. The world put blinders on,” Gracie Lawson-Boarders, associate dean of the UW College of Arts and Sciences, said.
\r\nDifficulties with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia during the early-to-mid-nineties and America’s 1993 humanitarian mission in Somalia also stood as reasons why the U.S. government did not get involved with Rwanda, Messenger said.
\r\nNineteen American soldiers were killed in Somalia in 1993 during a U.S. Special Forces raid against forces supporting one of the nation’s strongest warlords, as was depicted in the 2001 film, “Black Hawk Down.”
\r\nSeveral of those in attendance pointed to the lack of political and economic interests of Western nations in Rwanda as explanation for their lack of willingness to send peacekeepers there.
\r\n“The U.S. had little to gain from intervention,” Garrison said.
\r\nBesides exploring the lack of intervention by the West in Rwanda, the attendees also discussed how colonization of Africa was a main underlying cause of the 1994 genocide.
\r\nThe colonization of Africa by Western powers was a root-cause of the genocide in Rwanda, Lawson-Boarders said, arguing that the dividing and alienating of African people—like the Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis—set the stage for genocide in country.
\r\nWhat much of European colonization did was to “establish a privileged group of people over another,” Garrison said. In Rwandan society, this took the form of the Tutsis representing the “privileged group” over the Hutus.
\r\n“Hutus were told by the Belgians they were inferior,” Garrison said. “Hutus had less access to things,” like social services and jobs. The group discussed how the war took shape. Members of the discussion looked at how Hutu militia leaders used blame of the Tutsis for the disparities that existed in Rwandan society, which in turn fueled anger and eventually mass-violence toward the Tutsi minority population.
\r\nThe Hutu leadership also used radio broadcasts—telling families to rise-up against their neighbors—to drum-up violence against the Tutsi population, as was seen in the film, “Hotel Rwanda.”
\r\nMany Hutu civilians, who may not have wanted to attack or kill the Tutsi neighbors, were forced to do so under the threat of imminent death from other Hutu leaders, Garrison said.
\r\nWhen asked why there was not greater resistance by the Tutsis to protect themselves against the Hutus, Garrison pointed out how Jews in Nazi Germany boarded German trains sending them to concentration camps and eventually toward their deaths because they did not actually think they would be killed.
\r\n“Ultimately, they didn’t think it was going to happen,” she said.
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\r\nZamudio, 45, was found in front of her house on Dec. 25 when a neighbor passing by reported seeing a pair of shoes sticking out of the snow. The neighbor then called the Laramie Police Department and Zamudio’s body was discovered, Commander Mitch Cushman of the Laramie Police Department said.
\r\nAfter further investigation the Laramie Police Department determined that Zamudio had gone outside to smoke and slipped and hit her head, knocking her unconscious.
\r\n“When she knocked herself unconscious, she was pretty much immediately covered with snow,” Cushman said. “Those days were also extremely cold, and so when she went unconscious, she was unable to come to after that and froze to death.”
\r\nThe police believe the accident happened sometime around midnight on Dec. 25 and that Zamudio was outside from midnight to noon, Cushman said.
\r\nZamudio’s death was even more tragic as it was attributed to the severe snow storm during that time and the lack of people in town because of the holiday, Cushman said.
\r\n“It was just one of those instances when given the circumstances that is what ended up causing her death,” Cushman said.
\r\nZamudio had been a teacher at UW since 2002 and had just received tenure in the spring of 2009.
\r\nAlong with teaching in the Department of Sociology, she taught in Chicano Studies and the Women’s Studies programs.
\r\nZamudio’s interests included issues of social justice, immigration, race, class and gender.
\r\nShe provided inspiration to many of her friends, colleagues and students, according to her obituary.
\r\nZamudio’s book on Critical Race Theory in Education will be published in late 2010.
\r\nBefore her death, Zamudio was researching the socioeconomic forces behind the immigration of El Salvadorian women in the 1950s and ‘60s. She received her doctorate from UCLA in 1996.
\r\nOutside of the academic world, Zamudio enjoyed the mountains and was an avid cross-country skier and mountain biker.
\r\nHappy Jack and the Medicine Bow Mountains had found a special place in her heart, her obituary stated.
\r\nIn a statement in response to the death of Zamudio, President Tom Buchanan said: “I know I speak for the University of Wyoming community when I say we’re all saddened by Margaret’s death. We will all miss her and her contributions to UW very much.”
\r\nThe case is still under investigation as the police await a toxicology report.
\r\n“That may be a long time because right now there doesn’t seem to be any illegal activity that occurred here,” Cushman said.
\r\nA public memorial service for Zamudio will be held tonight in the UW Art Museum.
\r\nA Margie Zamudio Memorial Fund has been established at the UniWyo Federal Credit Union. The proceeds will create a scholarship in Zamudio’s name.
\r\nThe University of Wyoming’s east campus could potentially be the home for a new Laramie Country Community College educational facility as cooperation between the two schools grows.
\r\nThe tentative plan would consist of including a space for a LCCC-Albany County Campus as part of UW’s long range development plan. The potential property would be somewhere north of the Centennial Complex and west of 22nd Street.
\r\nThe proposal, which is merely in the theoretical stage, was officially presented to the LCCC Board of Trustees and the LCCC Albany County Campus Advisory Committee on Nov. 3.
\r\n“Bolstering UW’s relationships with Wyoming’s community colleges has been a priority since I became president,” Tom Buchanan, President of UW, said. “While we have different fundamental missions, all of us are in the business of providing excellent educational opportunities for Wyoming’s citizens. We are all stronger and more successful when we work together to that end. That includes sharing resources when possible.”
\r\nAs the university began the development of a master space plan for the east side of campus, it became apparent to UW that they had a unique occasion to include LCCC in those discussions in order to provide more opportunities to both of their students, Buchanan said.
\r\n“Personally, I think it is a great step for the Albany County Campus, simply because we have pretty much outgrown this facility we are in now,” Lynn Stalnaker, the dean of LCCC, said. “We felt that moving forward with a potential partnership like this would be serving students to the best of our abilities from both institutions.”
\r\nThe movement on this proposal would help offset the growth that LCCC has seen in the past few years, Stalnaker said. The college has seen a 72 percent increase in growth in the last five years. The proposal would also bolster additional relations for other projects between the two institutions in the future.
\r\n“We feel it could be a great partnership and really serve as a model for community colleges and university relationships, not only in Wyoming, but beyond,” Stalnaker said. “Often times, a university goes out and has a presence on different community colleges in states, but it is not often that a community college has a presence on a university campus.”
\r\nA facility on the east side of campus would provide easy access for UW students enrolling in LCCC classes. Much closer than the LCCC facility east of town, UW students would be able to easily access the facility using the UW shuttle service. A joint facility would also open up conversations about sharing faculty, technology, classrooms and lab space.
\r\n“A number of UW students take advantage of LCCC classes. They may be taking a course at LCCC as a prerequisite for a class here on campus,” Buchanan said, “LCCC’s array of lower division courses and evening classes may give students with busy schedules different options. Or students may be taking courses at LCCC as they try to shore up their grade point averages.”
\r\nBuchanan said that on the other side, LCCC students may apply for dual enrollment at UW as they prepare to pursue a four-year degree at UW.
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The plans for the east side of campus also include an expansion of UW’s business incubator. This works well with LCCC, as one focus of the community college is workforce development, and students graduating with their associate degrees are natural feeders for business incubator projects, Buchanan said.
\r\n“The Albany County campus of LCCC is not the only community college with whom we have identified projects on which to work collaboratively,” Buchanan said.
\r\nBefore the LCCC-ACC facility can become a reality, both schools’ Board of Trustees will have to address the issue and come to a consensus.
\r\nBuchanan mentioned collaboration with the Central Wyoming College on a new Intertribal Education and Community Center and their agreement with Casper College for a joint facility that will allow UW to share resources and expand offerings in that community.
\r\n“We’re looking at a similar project with LCCC in Cheyenne that will allow UW to offer baccalaureate and graduate programming in that community,” Buchanan said. “We’ll pursue both of these projects when it is more economically feasible.”
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-12-03 01:28:05','126','Max D’Onofrio','2009-12-03 01:28:51','126','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-12-03 20:00:00','2009-12-17 14:00:00','','','','0','0','257','lccc, ”, campus, community, students, buchanan, facility, college, east, university, projects, albany, development, county, side, proposal, colleges, business, stalnaker, space','The University of Wyoming’s long range development plan may include bolstering the university’s relationship with community colleges by providing an area for a new LCCC facility.','0','26','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2019','ASUW discusses projected fee increases','asuw-discusses-projected-fee-increases','','Vice Presidents Sarah Axelson and Doug Vinzant presented ASUW with the projected increases to student fees for the next few years at their first meeting of the semester.
\r\nASUW was informed that by 2012, UW students can expect to pay about $991 in fees.
\r\nVice Presidents Axelson and Vinzant informed the senators about projected increases for all six mandatory fees. Increases are also planned for non-mandatory fees.
\r\nThis year, students paid around $906 in student fees. If this projected increase plan is passed by the Board of Trustees during their January meeting, fees will see a 5.6 percent increase amounting to around $957.
\r\nHowever, Vinzant ensured the senators that students would not see these rate increases on their bills until fiscal year 2012. For the 2011 fiscal year, the university would be seeking out funding to cover the initial fee hike, Vinzant said.
\r\nThe increases range from a $2 hike for Student Health Service fees to an estimated $128 hike for recreation fees for the renovation of Half Acre Gym.
\r\n“This is only a preliminary estimate. We need to see what other funding options could be available,” Axelson said.
\r\nAccording to Vinzant, the $128 increase would pay for a $15 million renovation for Half Acre at current construction rates.
\r\nThe increases are planned on a four year horizon for more accurate financial planning but will be reassessed every two years. The trustees will only be asked to pass the first two years of the plan.
\r\nIncreases are classified into two needs: operational needs and capital improvement.
Operational needs include utilities, as well as salaries and benefits needed to stay competitive in the current market. This area makes up the bulk of the increases.
Capital improvement is extra money made and invested for improvements such as the planned renovations of Downey and White Residence Halls.
\r\nMandatory fees are paid by both full- and part-time students on campus and include Student Union Fees, Student Health Services and ASUW fees.
\r\nNon-mandatory fees include those applying to room, board and various services such as technology, parking and transit and use of the golf course.
\r\n“These fees are usually not paid by students,” Vinzant said.
\r\nEven with the increases, UW still ranks the lowest out of 150 other doctorate-providing universities in the nation for the cost of fees.
\r\nIn other business, ASUW granted $3,400 to the university’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for a speaker to present a talk during Body Image Awareness week.
\r\nStudents who disagree with groups like Green Peace or others speaking and handing out flyers in front of the Wyoming Union, can either ignore them or counter their messages with their own.
Besides that, there is nothing students can do to block or impede the free speech of groups or individuals in places like the Cheney Plaza, Simpson Plaza and Prexy’s Pasture. These are public forums, George Gladney, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Communication and Journalism, said.
“You can’t block free speech,” Gladney said.
The speech that is protected in these areas under the First Amendment may differ from the views of students, and some of what people have to say may be considered entirely offensive, but it is still protected.
For instance, in the past, group members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. have gathered at public forum areas on campus carrying signs that read “God Hates Fags,” yet they were fully within their right to do so.
One thing that can be learned from gatherings and demonstrations like those of the Kansas church is that they remind of the freedoms we have, Gladney said.
It’s a reminder to students that free speech is protected, he said.
There are few limitations or restrictions on the speech which can be conducted at a public forum.
Speakers at public forums are not allowed to obstruct traffic or use a sound system so loud that it distracts from class instruction, Gladney said.
“There is always safety issues with congestion” on sidewalks, he said.
Speakers are not allowed to use “fighting words,” where a “speaker\'s words are so offensive that it may evoke a violent reaction,” Gladney said.
Another legal restriction is that speech may not endanger national security, such as giving out the coordinates of American Naval navigation routes.
Speech that incites violence or the overthrow of the government is also not protected, Gladney said. For example, a speaker could tell an audience that the government needs to be overthrown; however, they can’t tell the audience that they should personally overthrow the government.
Demonstrators and speakers are also not allowed to engage in speech or hand out materials that are obscene or pornographic.
Gladney said that while some speech may offend others, it does not mean that such speech should not be protected.
“Let any and all views into the public forum,” even if their views are false, he said.
People are endowed with good critical thinking skills and have the ability to determine whether what someone is telling them is true, Gladney said.
“People will determine what’s true and false,” he said. “People will reject their view\" if it\'s false.
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\r\nThe old policy stated that Senators from the head table and executives are permanently appointed to an office.
\r\nThe new bill clarified which senate members would assume offices in the case of resignation, permanent absence or incapacity of senate officers between elections.
\r\nThe new bill also put in place measures to have a senate-wide election the meeting after resignation, absence or incapacity is declared in order to elect a new official to the office.
\r\nThis provision was implemented in hopes it would ensure that senators who were not qualified for a position do not remain in office, especially if there are more qualified senators to take over the position.
\r\n“The current procedure is OK, but many other universities have policies like this set up and we should have a procedure, just in case,” Sen. Liz Raider, who created the bill, said.
\r\nHowever, because the bill represented such a small change to the old policy, some senators were hesitant to pass it.
\r\nIn other business, ASUW President Matt Haigler said that the Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition by 5 percent for both residents and non-residents. The trustees also approved the deferential increases for the professional programs.
\r\nSeveral ASUW committees will be changing their meeting times for next semester, and students are encouraged to keep up to date on what committees will be meeting when.
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\r\n“It was a juvenile act,” Meg Frost, senior account associate for UW Student Media, said.
\r\nUpon entering the Student Media offices and rooms on the morning of Nov. 21, a janitor arrived to discover the damages that had occurred the night before, Frost said.
\r\nThe vandalism incident was reported to UW Police the same day it was discovered, Frost said.
\r\nUW Police officer, Mike Bade was dispatched to the scene and looked into the incident on the morning of Nov. 23, the UW Police Daily Activity Report said.
\r\nThe Student Media lounge, computer lab and a supervisor’s office were all damaged in the incident, Frost said.
\r\nThe individual responsible for the vandalism covered chairs in the student lounge with whipped cream and defaced a number of the room’s reading material, Frost said.
\r\nThe individual also wrote obscenities on the white boards of the Student Media supervisor’s office and computer lab, defaced paper in the lab’s printer and destroyed a mouse connected to one of the computers, Frost said.
\r\n“Oh boy, this is so mature,” was one Frost’s first thoughts after learning of the damage inflicted to rooms and offices of Student Media, she said.
\r\nStaff members of Student Media reported they did not see who committed the vandalism and were unaware of who might have caused the damage to the third floor of the Union, Frost said.
\r\nThe University of Wyoming hopes to win the Border War Blood Drive against Colorado State University for the first time since it started three years ago.
\r\nToday’s goal for the blood drive is 45 units of blood. The drive is projected to collect about 385 units over the course of the competition.
\r\nThe drive will be performed by United Blood Services and will take place in the Wyoming Union from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.
\r\n“It doesn’t really matter whether we win or lose, donating impacts a lot of lives. The people who donate don’t even realize how big of an effect they have,” Kevin Koerwitz of the United Blood Service said.
\r\nAnyone in good health who weighs at least 110 lbs. is encouraged to stop by, donate and help UW win the trophy.
\r\nEveryone who donates will be given an embroidered UW hat for participating.
\r\n“We are just hoping to get a good crowd,” Koerwitz said.
\r\nParticipants in the drive meeting eligibility requirements have the opportunity to donate one or two units of blood.
\r\nThe blood UW students donate will go to the United Blood Services, which accommodates 15 states. CSU student donations are made to Garth Englund Blood Bank, which only services the Poudre Valley hospital system.
\r\nStudents feeling sick, or on antibiotics, are asked to make an appointment to donate when they feel better and are off antibiotic medication.
\r\nThose who cannot attend the blood drive but would still like to donate are encouraged to visit www.bloodhero.com to find donation sites in Laramie and make an appointment. By registering on the site, donors are eligible to win loyalty prizes.
\r\nDonors can also call 1-800-456-7057 for more information.
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\r\nThe vote increased tuition by $5 per credit hour for resident undergraduate students and created proportional increases for non-resident undergraduates and all graduate students.
\r\n“I don’t think it could have gone any better from the students’ perspectives,” ASUW president Matt Haigler said.
\r\nResident undergraduates’ tuition will increase to $99 per credit hour in FY2011 and $104 in FY2012 and non-resident undergraduate tuition will jump to $376 in FY2011 and $394 in FY2012.
\r\nResident graduate students’ tuition will increase to $192 per credit hour in FY2011 and $201 in FY2012 with non-resident graduate tuition increasing to $549 in FY2011 and $575 in FY2012.
\r\nProfessional programs will also see a substantial increase in FY2012 when the tuition increases are no longer being defrayed by the federal stimulus.
\r\nLaw students will see an increase of $103 for residents and a $142 increase for non-residents. Pharmacy students will see an increase of $100 for residents and $135 for non-residents and MBA students will see a jump of $351 for residents and $239 for non-residents.
\r\nUW estimated that the revenue generated through the tuition increases will consist of $1.85 million in FY2011 and $3.7 million in FY2012.
\r\n“The trustees did a great job of being very deliberate, of thinking through the different options before them and of talking about the implications of each of the options,” Doug Vinzant, vice president of administration, said.
\r\nAll revenue raised by the tuition increase will be applied equally to library collections and excellence in education funds.
\r\nOnly part of the professional program’s tuition increase will go to the same causes as the undergraduate and graduates tuition increase. The other part will be used by the professional programs themselves for what they fill will best improve their program.
\r\nThe trustees were consistently reminded throughout the process that even after approval on tuition increases UW would still be one of the lowest cost universities for all their programs in the nation.
\r\n“This is by far the best discussion the board has ever had, and the best the campus has ever had,” UW President Tom Buchanan said.
\r\nOne motion concerning tuition that did not pass would have made non-resident graduate and undergraduate tuition increase higher than the resident increase by 2 percent. The motion was tied at 6-6 and did not carry.
\r\nDuring public testimony students from the College of Law and College of Pharmacy respectively spoke to the board. The law students spoke in favor of the increase to ease the Board of Trustees concerns while the pharmacy students told the board about their concerns with a tuition increase to their program.
\r\nThe trustees at their meeting also voted unanimously on the consent agenda, which included the creation of a doctorate program in Management and Marketing under the College of Business.
\r\n“This is a huge step forward for the College of Business and a real vote of confidence in where this college is going,” Buchanan said.
\r\nThe trustees also approved a change to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources along with approval of all contracts and grant before the board and all personnel appointments before the board.
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\r\nWith the holiday season upon us Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity has made sure many people in need will be fed this Thanksgiving.
On Nov. 7, fraternity members and other volunteers collected approximately 6,000 lbs. of food from the Laramie and Cheyenne communities.
“The record amount was pretty big and we were very happy about that,” Jesse Johnson, a member of the fraternity, said.
The donations went to the Good Samaritan Center and the Soup Kitchen in Laramie .
“We were able to fill the Good Samaritan Center’s pantry and still give a substantial amount to the Soup Kitchen in Laramie,” Chris Cronick, the fraternity philanthropy chair, said in a news release. “All proceeds from Cheyenne were given to the Salvation Army.”
The Salvation Army told the fraternity that the amount of food donated would supply them for a month.
The American Food Drive, a national event put on annually by every Lambda Chi Alpha chapter, is the largest single-day food drive in America.
A few days before the event, the fraternity delivers bags, donated from Safeway and Albertsons, to the houses around town.
Attached to the bags are notes explaining their cause and asking for donations of nonperishable goods. This year, the fraternity even expanded to advertising in the newspaper and on the radio.
On the day of the drive, donations are merely set outside the homes of individuals while fraternity members and volunteers drive all around picking up the food.
“You can donate as little or as much as you want. It is not restricted to the bag. Some people put out boxes and boxes,” Johnson said.
This is the first year the fraternity took their philanthropic cause to Cheyenne. Though they were not able to bring their cause to all of Cheyenne, next year the fraternity plans to do so next year.
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The University of Wyoming’s Board of Trustees will address the potential raise in tuition for all university students Friday at their regular meeting.
The potential increase, which would apply for 2011 and 2012, was discussed by the board with UW Vice President for Administrative Affairs Doug Vinzant.
The trustees will hear public testimony Friday and will proceed to vote on the bill later in the afternoon.
Other issues that will be voted on by the board are the College of Business’s plan to create a doctorate program in management and marketing and the approval of construction contract and grant.
The trustees will vote on ranked architectural and engineering firms to negotiate an agreement for architectural services on the Half Acre Gym addition and renovation project.
The trustees will also look at implementing a preliminary design study for the UW Tennis Indoor Facility. UW stated that an indoor tennis facility is essential for the competitiveness of the UW women’s tennis team, and they believe they have a duty to ensure competitive facilities are provided for all student athletes.
The board will vote on a request for proposals on whether a public-private partnership is an effective strategy for UW, concerning a potential renovation project of apartments in the Summit View complex.
On Thursday, the trustees were briefed on the Long Range Development Plan for UW by Vinzant that will be discussed and voted on during their meeting in January.
The trustees also attended the Coe Library dedication and reception and attended the Trustees’ Scholarship reception at the UW Conference Center.
Each fall, the trustees host a reception for UW recipients of major scholarships. Recognition and congratulations are extended to UW students who have been awarded significant multi-year scholarships ,such as the National Merit Scholarship and Hathaway Honors Scholarship.
Friday morning the Trustees heard from the Energy Resource Council and received a tour of the William N. Brimmer Legal Education center.
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\r\nMatthew Liebmann, a historical archeology professor, will share his lecture, “Now the God of the Spaniards is Dead,” at 4:10 p.m. today in the Anthropology Building Room 150. Liebmann will talk about “the Archeology of Pueblo Revolution and Revitalization in 17th Century New Mexico.”
\r\nIn his lecture, Liebmann will speak about an outstanding event in the history of American colonization: The New Mexico revolt of a tribe of Pueblo Indians against Spanish occupying forces in 1680. This had major effects on the shaping of “modern Pueblo culture and society,” Liebmann said.
\r\nThe Pueblos “banded together to rise up against their colonizers,” Liebmann said. They were trying to “purge their world of European influences and return to pre-colonial way of life,” Liebmann said. The result was liberation from Spanish predominance—a period that lasted 12 years.
\r\n“This was one of the most successful indigenous resistance movements in the history of
North American colonialism,” Liebmann said.
Not only because any form of rebellion against the occupants, whom indigenous people often considered god-like, was not historically common, but because in the rebellion’s aftermath, the Indians built themselves a “new world,” Liebmann said.
\r\nThe latter was based on a picture of a utopian pre-historic existence of their ancestors. Thus, it was more of an idealistic “creation than an extension of tradition,” Liebmann said. It was a unifying myth comparable to those the European Union promotes today, although on a much smaller scale.
\r\nThe Pueblos basically reconstructed their “national” identity. When Europeans were still occupied with thoughts about defining the nature of the human being that should feel urged to promote a part of their identity through nationalism, the Pueblos were already involved with realizing those premises, Liebmann said.
\r\nAlthough, according to Liebmann, it is not known what the motivation for the indigenous people themselves really was because the historical documents relating to this period are sparse and written nearly exclusively by Europeans, one needs to fill in the gaps that weren’t documented, such as indigenous perspectives and reactions, Liebmann said.
\r\nThe lack of authentic sources giving Pueblo views of this tumultuous time is one of the major problems in a discussion surrounding the period and, at the same time, serves as the justification for Liebmann’s scientific work.
\r\n“By incorporating archaeological evidence, we can begin to piece together a more complete version of events, examining the Native American side of the story,” Liebmann said.
\r\nLiebmann’s main goal is to examine the colonial period in North America from an archaeological perspective.
\r\n“Archaeology provides a way to fill in the gaps,” Liebmann said.
\r\nFor this purpose, he did a long-term study of four Pueblo villages that were constructed during this era. For example, more interesting points in the lecture will be the anthropological framework in which Liebmann situated his research, which is largely based on the work of Michael Harkin, head of the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology.
\r\nListeners will probably be intrigued by the story of Po’pay, who was “the charismatic priest-general who orchestrated the revolt and should be remembered as one of the great leaders of Native American history, along with Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, and Metacom/King Philip,” Liebmann said.
\r\nHarkin said he is “very proud to have Dr. Liebmann here at UW. His work is an important contribution to the field.”
\r\nThe lecture is part of the department of anthropology’s Fall 2009 Seminar Series that hosts approximately four speakers each semester.
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\r\nEvery year, RSOs are given time to request ASUW funding for one-time, special projects. This year, ASTEC, the Wyoming Union and the Associated Students of the Performing Arts were the largest consumers of the funding, together receiving about $15,500.
\r\nDuring the meeting, ASOPA was given $114 more than its original allocation for the purchase of padlocks.
\r\nOther allocations adding up to about $9,000 were made to Student Media, Students for Sustainability and Freshman Senate.
\r\nThe bill passed unanimously.
\r\nThe Senate also passed a bill regarding outreach to university students. The bill would require senators to do a presentation about ASUW to his or her largest class within their college to promote awareness of ASUW once a semester.
\r\nIt also included that senators would make a presentation to incoming freshmen at the Summit during the freshmen’s first week at the university to expose them to their representatives on the Senate.
\r\nThis legislation comes out of concern that students are unaware of ASUW, what it does and how it works for them.
\r\nSen. Kalib Simpson estimated that the presentations could reach as much as 40 percent of the student population in its first semester.
\r\nASUW plans to create a presentation for senators to use, but they will not be limited to the Senate outlines.
\r\nThough the bill was passed unanimously, senators had concerns about using time designated for a class to make the presentation.
\r\n“The only problem I see with the bill is taking class time from students when we are trying to do something for students,” Sen. Kelsie Spieser said.
\r\nIn other business, the student government from Laramie County Community College visited the ASUW senate to learn how other councils conduct their meetings.
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\r\nA recently founded student initiative wants to energize University of Wyoming students and encourage them to become involved through projects for sustainability, social justice and diversity with the launching of a social change Web site.
\r\nStarting today, applications for the Good Mule Cinference can be found on the Good Mule Project’s Web site.
\r\nThe Good Mule Project will launch its Web site today. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., the www.thegoodmule.org launch celebration will take place in the Wyoming Union Skylight Lounge. All UW students are invited for music and free food.
\r\nThe Web site will highlight forums for students to talk about their concerns and ideas for projects. There will be, for example, an energy efficiency forum and a diversity forum that will include time for questions students might have.
\r\n“The basic thing is that we get people talking about issues, be it students, university staff or professors,” Jenny Reese, the Good Mule Project’s executive director, said. “But what we launch here is just a start. The few people that are involved with the Good Mule Project are not going to change the whole campus.”
\r\nThe Good Mule Project, recently established by eight UW students, has a goal to “increase awareness of social and environmental justice issues, to encourage civil literacy and action and to advance cross-cultural understanding at UW,” a news release said.
\r\n“We will help students make the first steps towards becoming engaged in projects that help solve the problems they personally want to see solved,” Reese said.
\r\nReese helped create the Good Mule Project because she believes that there are many of opportunities for students to “get active now, not only after reaching a degree,” she said.
\r\nThe Good Mule Project will offer a framework for students who are aware of a certain problem, be it local, national or even global: a point to start.
\r\n“The Good Mule Project offers the skills, training and support, as well as the inspiration for students who want to promote change in our three major fields of sustainability, social justice and diversity,” Reese said. “We want to show that if you want to make a difference, you can definitely do that. And you can do it now.”
\r\nBasically, that means a three-step process.
\r\n“First, students should have a passion about a certain topic. For example, the promotion of animals’ rights or fighting hunger and homelessness,” Reese said.
\r\nThe goal is that the second step will turn students towards the Good Mule Project’s Web site.
\r\n“There will be forums to discuss the issue and maybe find like-minded people,” Reese said.
\r\nStep three is extensive networking to create a group that wants to get involved and engaged. It is the forming of interests groups, although Reese does not like to refer to them as such.
\r\nThe Good Mule Project works to find the right thing for every different character. “That can be internships, volunteer projects or social service organizations, be it here in the UW, in Laramie or with organizations that operate on the national level,” Reese said.
\r\nThe initiative’s task consists of showing students their opportunities to get active, not getting them involved in a project the initiative itself promotes.
\r\n“There are a lot of different opportunities for students to get involved, and we want to show them those,” Reese said.
\r\nThe Good Mule Project offers an annual conference to educate students about how best to get involved. During the conference, which will take place Jan. 23 and 24, approximately 50 students will be brought together. They shall be “united in their passion to improve their communities,” a Good Mule Project flier said.
\r\nThe students will spend two days learning about their personal social responsibility, effective organizing strategies, fundraising for grassroots organizations, human rights and environmental issues.
\r\n“We want to educate students so, on the one hand, they become aware of the problems, but more importantly, on the other hand, they gain the skills to successfully advance change,” Reese said.
\r\n“It is a long time project that will live through the support of many students,” Reese said.
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The 2010 election midterms have just ended; some house races are still unresolved; the new congress hasn’t even started their session yet, and already it seems like it’s time to look to the 2012 Presidential Election.
The obvious question is will Obama cement himself as a second term president in 2012 using the cunning skills he employed in 2008, or is time for the Republicans to shine with a candidate that will capture the country.
','At first glance, it doesn’t look good for the president, because many voters lashed out against the Democrats.
Though many Democrats claim the midterms were just a reaction to the bad economy, polls show midterm voters were not just disenchanted with the promises of 2008. You could argue that the midterms were a referendum on the Democratic policy, agenda and brand.
History tells us that if Obama is able to turn the economy around, his chances of being re-elected increase dramatically than if the economy continues to be stagnant or takes a drop.
In an article by Dan Balz in the Washington Post, Alan Abramowitz, a political scientist at Emory University and author of “The Disappearing Center,” said the most important thing to remember about a midterm election is that it indicates nothing about future elections.
However, the economy does.
The example that mirrors Obama’s current situation was Ronald Reagan and his first term in office.
In the early 80s, the U.S. economy was faltering and unemployment was at more than 10 percent.
Comparatively, looking at polls, Regan’s drop in approval ratings mirrors that of Obama today.
Yet, how did Reagan win his bid for re-election in 1984?
The biggest indicator was how the economy rebounded significantly during Reagan’s third and fourth years in office.
Unfortunately for Obama, no one is predicting the same increase in economic activity today that was seen in the early 80s. According to the Congressional Budget Office, recession caused by financial crises tend to linger longer.
Yet, there is a lot of good news for Obama historically.
In the past, the public has been generally inclined to re-elect a president whose party has just recaptured the White House. In the 11 elections for a president whose party had regained the White House, the incumbent won 10 times. The only exception was Jimmy Carter in 1980 (who lost to Reagan).
Bill Clinton’s first term can also give Obama’s political team hope.
In the first midterms after Clinton was elected, the legislative branch also saw a Republican surge with Clinton’s approval rating dropping below 40 percent. Yet, Clinton came back to win re-election and leave as one of the few presidents who was more popular at the end of his terms than at the beginning.
The election will also be decided by other factors outside of Obama’s control, such as the Republican candidate for presidency in 2012.
Currently the field is wide open, but many old names from 2008 are being tossed around.
Though no candidate who could be seen as a “serious” threat has formally announced their candidacy, it is assumed that Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin will all be running again.
These candidates have been making an effort to get their names and faces on the airwaves, and many are already making visits to hot primary states.
Romney is apparently letting donors know it’ll be awhile before he looks to 2012. He also claims that any presidential campaign he builds will have a much smaller staff than in 2008.
Other candidates that appear to be making a run for the presidency on the Republican ticket include Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Chris Christie and Haley Barbour.
How well do these candidates fair?
In a handful of polls comparing potential presidential candidates against Obama, only a few candidates seemed to be able to compete, namely Romney and Huckabee. One or two polls show Gingrich and Palin close behind Romney and Huckabee.
But it mostly appears that Obama will win in these projected races.
Before Republicans think of their chances against the sitting president, they must make sure they can compete against the large and strong list of candidates in the 2012 Republican primary.
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I know what it feels like to live in one of those northern sports cities like Minneapolis or Detroit, or even a little less northern, Cleveland. I go to school in Laramie, a place where the sports are, at times, as hard to deal with as the painfully cold climate.
It’s far less dramatic in Laramie than in places like Cleveland; Wyoming doesn’t have a LeBron James who left us in great disappointment and anger to a much warmer, more glamorous place like Miami. Something like that could have happened if Dave Christensen would have had the possibility to leave for Arizona State this upcoming offseason. Ten wins in two seasons and a 3-8 record this year doesn’t really build a firm stepping stone to lift your coaching leg into the Pac 10 though.
','Sorry Dave, guess you will have to wait one more year to construct your stairs made out of Cowboy football. Good luck in the WAC next year—I mean MWC; I’m sorry, I got the letters mixed up after TCU left this week.
If you have picked up this publication any time in the last two or three years, you probably know my stance when it comes to Cowboy athletics. I’m highly skeptical, bitter and brazenly sarcastic to a point of unkindness. This disposition, however, does not come from a hate for Cowboy sports.
When I was a kid, well actually I’m still a kid now, a 22-year-old about to graduate but still very much an immature college student. Personality analysis aside, before college (not sure what age, somewhere between whippersnapper and delinquent) when I was shorter than I was now and didn’t have to shave as often, I attended Wyoming football games as a wide-eyed Brown and Gold-loving Cowboy fan.
I loved watching the underdog Cowboys beat the hell out of Utah with nothing but scrappy defense and what could best be described as hard-nosed Cowboy football. I would go with my dad and little brother and it didn’t matter that it was freezing cold; it was the atmosphere and experience that made you enjoy the game no matter if they won or lost.
Since then, in the four years I paid to go to school year and attend the games occasionally, my outlook has changed. I’m still a fan, but those aforementioned words like skeptical, sarcastic, and even bitter seem to dominate my perspective.
Whether it’s the fans, the players, or just the oversized, flamboyant whoa “Black Betty” megatron scoreboard, I just don’t feel the same attachment to Cowboy football. Concerning the scoreboard, there are other songs besides “Cotton Eyed Joe” and whatever is playing in the Parlor at the Buck this weekend. You would think that all of the old Cowboy Joe Clubbers would have remixed the Cowboy playlist and turned down the volume a bit by now.
Students are wasted when they go to the games, I will not say if this is or is not my strategy of attending and coping with games, but it is an apparent part of the stadium atmosphere. This year, myself and 11 other guys rented an RV and drove down to Austin, Texas to the Cowboys-Longhorns game. Aside from it being the coolest thing I’ve ever done in my life–12 dudes in an RV for a 22-hour drive to Austin plus some beer is self-explanatory when it comes to coolness—the football game taught me what college football really is; college football in the south.
Guys wore collared shirts to the game and the girls dressed up too. People cheered for the team, staying for the whole game without puking down the front of themselves and being dragged out by their flat-billed hat by a cop.
Sure, I’m aware that I sacrificed the privilege of attending football games like this when I decided to pay less than $5,000 a year to go to college. However, there is an unacceptable excess of flat-billed puking in the stands at War Memorial Stadium.
There is nothing uglier than a yellow flat billed hat; “307” on the front in brown letters, just to make sure that nice Colorado girl knows not to answer the first three digits of the phone number that appears on her phone from out of state because “Oh, it’s that drunk Wyoming jackass that was falling all over himself at the game.”
The yellow is supposed to be Brown and Gold, but somehow each week Cowboy uniforms drift closer to Brown and Yellow—a wonderful color combination in every way (There’s some of that sarcasm I mentioned earlier)
Before I made some comment about Christensen using Wyoming as a stepping stone, this is purely speculation. However, if he stays here too long he could slowly turn into Joe Glenn and, as a combination of the poor performance of his players and the cold wind of Laramie, completely erode his football soul.
Call all this four years of frustration with the culture of Cowboy football vented.
Do I feel better? No, not really, because Cowboy basketball season is just getting started.
Email: Brad Estes
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These social networking sites are using a new form of web advertising that scans an individual’s activity profile page, and from that information targets an ad made specifically for them, all in less time than it takes to load a webpage.
','This information can include age, gender, relationship status, demographic, music tastes, travel plans, political leanings and any other personal information that is online.
The most successful social networking group online for this new real-time behavioral advertising system is Facebook, with its over 500 million users.
New data from comScore, Inc. shows that in September, 24 percent of all online display ads in the U.S. appeared on Facebook; more than twice as many as any other publisher.
Yet Facebook is far from capturing a a fourth of the wallets of major marketers. The company accounts for just 9.5 percent of the spending on display ads in the U.S., according to research firm eMarketer, Inc.
“In a more connected world, advertisers are social too,” Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, said in a blog release. “This gives you the chance to connect to the companies and brands you like and learn more about their products and services. We believe that more personalized social advertising complements the ways that people use Facebook every day—to discover, share and connect with the people and the world around them.”
Despite their aggressive advertising, Facebook swears that their advertising program does not give out personal information to advertisers.
Sandberg states that Facebook protects users privacy by virtue of the way their advertising system never share personal information with advertisers.
This includes never selling personal information to anyone, only providing to advertisers information that is aggregate and anonymous, so they can know how many people viewed their ad and general categories of information about them.
In order to advertise on Facebook, advertisers give Facebook an ad they want to display and describe what kinds of people they want to reach.
Facebook then delivers the ad to people who fit those criteria without revealing any personal information to the advertiser.
Facebook gives an example of CM Photographics targeting their exact demographic to 24-30-year-old women whose relationship status on Facebook indicated that they were engaged.
According to Facebook, over 12 months, CM Photographics generated nearly $40,000 in revenue directly from a $600 advertising investment on Facebook.
This way of behavioral targeting advertising, has created concerns not just with privacy groups, but with the U.S. Legislature, who has held several hearings on the subject.
Facebook’s chief technology officer, Bret Taylor, when speaking to a U.S. Senate hearing on privacy issues with online advertising, emphasized to the committee the importance of behavioral-targeted online advertising not only to the growth of the internet but the importance to consumers themselves.
Speaking about the behavioral advertising used by Facebook by providing advertisers with “anonymous aggregated data” Taylor stated that “The advertisements that result-which are a far cry from the annoying pop-ups and flashing banner ads of days past- provide people with relevant and target commercial messages that furthers growth and innovation on the Internet.”
The Obama administration preparing a stepped-up approach to policing Internet privacy that calls for new laws and the creation of a new position to oversee the effort of such systems, such as targeted advertising.
Web 2.0 is the quintessential model of the Internet of the future. With enhanced convergence, usability and interactivity, Web 2.0 is rapidly changing the way Internet users surf, shop and discover their world.
Simply put, Web 2.0 is the next evolution of the World Wide Web with each individual user at its core.
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Now, Web 2.0 is used primarily in social-networking sites like Facebook and Myspace, blogs, wiki sites, video-sharing sites like Youtube, hosted services and web applications. Web 2.0 was originally started in a brainstorming session between Tim O’Reilly and Medialive International, producers of technology tradeshows and conferences, according to their website.
The crux of the discussion was simple; the web, like the world, is evolving. O’Reilly mentioned what he thought were the “killer apps” of the new millennium in his discussion with Medialive.
The are Google, Yahoo, Ebay, Amazon.com, Mapquest, Caigslist, iPod and iTunes and Wikipedia. The thing all of these applications have in common? Interactivity.
Each of the sites listed use consumer information and input to increase their productivity. For example, Google has a sub-application called Google Earth, which uses satellite imagery to show the whole earth, instead of a standard top-down map.
The interesting thing about Google Earth is that users can upload their photos of a place or thing and attach it to Google Earth so other users can look. By doing this, Google is allowing all users of their software to continually improve it. Amazon.com is another of O’Reilly’s examples.
When users browse the multitude of items on this site, their queries are logged, and they are immediately given similar items to the ones they were looking at, items that other consumers purchased along with the item they were looking at and suggested items that would enhance the item they were looking at, all because they looked at a certain item. With the standard web, users would have been directed to different links and different pages. Because users of the web are the primary improvers of the web, O’Reilly believes they are the key to the future.
“The key to competitive advantage in internet applications is the extent to which users add their own data to that which you provide,” he said in his TTI/Vanguard presentation in 2005. Another aspect of Web 2.0 is the ability to not be tethered to a desktop computer or a laptop. The increased technology in cell phones and smart phones has dramatically increased.
The capacity to record and publish live video, pictures and then attach them to programs such as Google Earth or Facebook all with the touch of a button has become essential to some.
Because these posts, tweets and status updates are then put into the algorithms of the sites, they are then available for other users that share the same interests as the user who posted or tweeted it. Because of these increases, O’Reilly addressed it in his discussion as well when he said “design your application from the get-go to integrate services across handheld devices, PCs, and internet servers.” So what does all this mean to the consumers, web designers, hackers and bloggers that use the web as their primary mode of communication? It means simply they are in charge of their own destiny to an extent. By putting in their input, their corrections, their expertise and their knowledge, they are the creators of tomorrows web.
Email: DJ Bowman
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From rose buds to multi-million dollar blockbuster chick-flicks, love has its place in the economy. The most amount of money spent on romance each year is on Feb. 14. According to the National Retail Federation, Valentine’s Day 2010 generated an estimated $14.1 billion: mainly from the purchase of flowers, cards and jewelry.
','But there is a more consistent business concerned with the fate of love—or rather the generation of it. According to 2008 statistics by the Census Bureau, 30.5 million Americans lived alone or 27 percent of all households. That is an increase of 17 percent from 1970.
Online dating sites have had national success by offering platforms for singles to find each other, share interests and go on dates. According to the Census Bureau, there were 904 dating services in 2008, which together generated $489 million in revenues.
A high number of singles is not the only reason for the sites’ traffic. The Boston Globe on March 30, 2008 published “a singles map of the United States of America,” a graphic depicting the number of singles according to gender and geographical position around major American cities. The map showed that in 2008 the East Coast was practically bursting with single women; they outnumbered single men in the New York, New Jersey area by roughly 210,000. On the West Coast, men were the majority daters with almost 90,000 more single men than women.
The reason for the geographical differences is the availability of jobs. Where the West Coast offers jobs in fields such as engineering and construction, the East Coast offers more service-oriented opportunities. According to the Boston Globe article, this dichotomy of jobs has historically attracted more workers of one gender than the other.
Online dating has not always been pure bliss. In 2007, Linda Carlson sued eHarmony.com for “denial to offer services to homosexual customers.” Carlson, who tried to find a woman through the network, based her lawsuit on the claim that the company was violating state law by barring discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
“Such outright discrimination is hurtful and disappointing for a business open to the public in this day and age,” Carlson said in a statement.
The company responded to the allegations through a statement saying that “the research that eHarmony has developed, through years of research, to match couples has been based on traits and personality patterns of successful heterosexual marriages. Nothing precludes us from providing same-sex matching in the future, it’s just not a service we offer now based upon the research we have conducted.”
In November 2008, eHarmony settled the suit, agreeing to set up a separate site for gay individuals by March 31, 2009. Carlson responded with allegations of “separate but equal” methods employed and, as of Jan. 27, 2010, a settlement proposition was drafted requiring eHarmony.com to display the homosexual dating services more prominently. The company now offers a “Gay and Lesbian Dating” section at the bottom of the main website.
Email:David Demic
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Let’s face it; we have all done it. Some of us felt guilty, some just bored, but most do it without a second thought—and all the time.
Whether it is texting, getting onto our Facebook page or sending emails during class, social media is everywhere.
“Duh,” you might say, but think back 10 or 20 years ago when people were psyched about email. Yet, for Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, email has just become the new snail mail.
','At the 2010 Web 2.0 Summit, Zuckerberg said that email is just “too formal” to use for our generation, and those that will follow.
Students often prefer quicker selection methods to reach their contacts, whether that’s grandma or that girl from the bar.
“The types of communication that people are doing these days, you know things like SMS and IM, are just a lot simpler,” he said. “You don’t have to remember an address.”
Facebook and its key competitor Google have been working hard to make all forms of electronic communications—texting, instant messaging, emails, comments, etc.—become much more seamless and overlapping in functionality.
While more integration is one of Zuckerberg’s ambitious goals, his true target is a more accessible, transparent world community: Suzie is now able to show her mom pictures from the dorm birthday party instantaneously and George can IM his girlfriend who is doing an exchange in Japan for a semester.
However, this also allows for 50-year-old Gary to check out pictures of college freshman Ginny’s first Halloween party, including her very revealing sailor outfit.
Ever since the days of MySpace, prevailing issues with social networking sites have been safety and stalking. In May, lawmakers and regulators expressed concerns about the then newly implemented Facebook privacy changes, which made most content available to the public, unless the content was restricted by the user.
In a May 24 Washington Post column, Zuckerberg addressed those concerns, explaining that “many people choose to make some of their information visible to everyone so people they know can find them on Facebook.” But also added that “there needs to be a simpler way to control your information.” What followed were simpler privacy controls, yet the principal issue of ease of access to the private information of others remains.
In concord with the Web 2.0 Summit, The Branding Iron will address some of the issues and potential with social media, ranging from safety all the way to online dating, in a special edition in tomorrow’s issue.
Social media is affecting us now and will only become more prevalent in the future.
Who knows, maybe some day online classes won’t have to go through e-Companion, but rather there will be an app on your iPhone or a group on Facebook for that. Another benefit would be no in-class texting, because to be honest, professors know we text.
After all, nobody just looks at his or her crotch and smiles.
Email: David Demic
There’s more to a country than just where it’s located on a map. Countless traditions and rich cultures will be showcased at UW Saturday.
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For the tenth year, UW’s International Student Association will be hosting the International Talent Contest and Fashion Show at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium.
\r\n“ISA hosts this event with the purpose of educating students about different countries with different cultures around the world,” resident of ISA Kasun Lankananda said. “Though the U.S. is a diverse country, locals do not get the opportunity to dig deeper into different cultures in the form of traditional music, talents and traditional costumes.”
\r\nLankananda has been involved with ISA since her first semester at UW. “I came to know about it through posters all around campus, flyers and of course the friends I had who were already involved with the organizing committee,” she said. Last year, Lankananda became public relations officer and this year is president.
\r\nAs president, Lankananda has played a major role in the planning of the Talent Contest and Fashion Show. “I am directly involved with everything from the organizing part, recruiting performers and what not,” she said.
\r\nThe night will have two parts to it—the talent contest and the fashion show. “The Talent Contest displays various types of music, dance and dress codes from a variety of countries. Students will observe how people from different countries dance, sing, play their instruments and perform their talents,” Lankananda said. “During the fashion show, students from numerous countries would work the runway wearing traditional costumes displaying international diversity.”
\r\nLast year’s show had over 400 people attend and received some exciting praise. “Some people were extremely excited and surprised from the various talents they saw on stage. They were even having plans to visit these countries by only getting a glimpse of what they saw that night on stage,” Lankananda said.
\r\n“So, what does this all mean?” Lankananda said. “There is nothing for you to lose but simply a lot to gain by not only a witnessing the entertaining performances but also learning a lot about culture, music and traditions of the people around the globe within a time of only about two hours.”
\r\nThe International Talent Contest and Fashion Show is free and open to the public. After the show there will be party at the Union Skylight Lounge offering international desserts, pizza and drinks, as well as international music. “Learning new cultures and traditions is always a critical point to all events sponsored by ISA. We encourage all UW students to take part in them at all times,” Lankananda said.
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\r\nThe Collegiate Chorale Fall Concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
\r\nConducted by Dr. Nicole Lamartine, director of Choral Activities, the University of Wyoming’s top mixed ensemble, the Collegiate Chorale, will present “Handelfest.” Lamartine said this year is the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death, and the pieces selected for the concert will reflect the significant date.
\r\nShe said Handel wrote so much music for choir and orchestra that it was difficult to decide what to include in the program. “I wanted students to have a high-level musical experience in the pieces,” she said.
\r\nLamartine explained “Handelfest” meant the program includes pieces written by Handel, pieces written by composers who influenced him and pieces written by composers who were influenced by him. She said considerable “borrowing” occurred in those times and Handel may have borrowed the melody for the opening piece “Canticorum Jubilo” from an Italian art song.
\r\nNotes from the melodies of Handel’s love duets in part two of the program can be recognized in melodies of “Messiah,” Lamartine said, indicating Handel “borrowed” from his own music, too. He may also have borrowed the idea of including trumpets in his pieces from Henry Purcell, who was the greatest English composer until Handel came to prominence, she said.
\r\nAccording to Lamartine, in England, Handel had a specific trumpeter, Valentine Snow, whose epitaph provides the words for “Snow (The King’s Trumpeter)” by modern composer John Muehleisen. The choir will perform this piece in part five of the program.
\r\nPart four features works by another modern composer, Eric Sawyer, who set words by poet Emily Dickinson to music. Lamartine said the “Three Dickinson Choruses” premiered at UW last Friday in the presence of the composer.
\r\nThe program recognizes English and Italian influences in the music of Purcell, Handel and Brahms, Lamartine said. Brahms was influenced by Handel’s fugues, she said, and the complicated canon of his composition “Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren, Op.30” reflects this influence. She said Mozart, who composed the concert’s final piece, “Kyrie, K. 341,” knew of Handel’s music and used many of the same compositional techniques.
\r\nLamartine said she included selections from Handel’s “Messiah” as part three of the program because all musicians study, hear and play Handel’s music at some stage during their musical life, and some UW students had not yet experienced any of this famous work.
\r\nCollegiate Chorale soprano Emily Benton said she was very happy with the selections as she had not previously had the opportunity to sing any of Handel’s “Messiah.”
\r\n“The pieces are challenging enough, and it is cool to hear it all come together,” she said.
\r\nThe Collegiate Chorale Fall Concert is free.
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\r\n','\r\nFor the past two years, the group Partners of the Americas have been raising money for a breast cancer project in Brazil.
\r\nThe state of Wyoming is partnered with the state of Goias in Brazil, so the money raised will help funding for technology to perform mammograms.
\r\nDue to Goias being a relatively rural state, many people are not able to reach a clinic with the technology to prevent breast cancer.
\r\n“Access to screening in rural areas is very different in Brazil. If they are not diagnosed then the cancer hits. They don’t stand as much of a chance,” Dorly Piske, president of the Partners of the Americas, said.
\r\nAt 3 p.m. today, Marcus Santos will begin the fund raising weekend with a presentation of his percussion in the Washakie Center Rendezvous Room.
\r\nSantos has performed at UW twice before and has taught numerous students in the Laramie and Fort Collins area.
\r\nSince his first performance in Laramie, he has taken part in creating the group “Bloco em FoCo,” composed of his students in the area.
\r\nLast year, a foreign exchange student from Brazil visited with Santos and convinced him she could complete his percussion needs.
\r\n“Last year, I spoke to Marcus and I asked him if we could put together his drums and my dancing and he thought the idea was perfect,” Gisele Dias, UW physical education major, said.
\r\nDias is a dance instructor and has spent many years in Brazil teaching at an orphanage.
\r\nWith the combination of Marcus teaching percussion and Dias teaching dance, fund raising has sky-rocketed.
\r\n“Right away, they helped with raising money,” Piske said.
\r\nStarting at 8 p.m. Saturday, Marcus and Dias will perform in “A Brazilian Dance and Percussion Party featuring Bloco em FoCo.”
\r\nBefore Partners of the Americas began to put on performances, they collected its funds by gathering volunteers to make Brazilian bead bracelets.
\r\nStarting at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Partners of the Americas will put on a free workshop afternoon.
\r\nThe public will be given the opportunity to help make bracelets, learn percussion with Marcus and learn dance with Dias.
\r\nThe cost for both Marcus’ first performance and the dance party will be $15 for students and $20 for the general public.
\r\nThe goal of Partners of the Americas is to raise $70,000 for the cost of a mammogram machine. So far they have raised $10,000.
\r\nEnjoy our full-length video of the UW Idol Finals that were held in February 2010. We were in the early stages of figuring out equipment when this was filmed, so even though the performances come through pretty clear, the rest of the audio is pretty quiet. We apologize for this error. Stay tuned for even more video on the BI Online!
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Ever wanted to learn how to brew your own beer right inside your own home?
\r\nThe graduate student organization at UW from the Department of Renewable Resources will hold a seminar called “Art and Science of Home Brewing” discussing the science behind brewing beer.
\r\n','\r\nRenUW, ASUW and the Department of Renewable Resources are all contributing to bring this seminar to campus. The seminar is free of charge and will be held from noon to 1 p.m. today in the Classroom Building, Room 214.
\r\nDr. Peter Stahl, a professor of soil ecology, will go over the materials needed, the methods used and the overall process of brewing beer.
\r\nStahl was asked by RenUW to give a lecture for the department, but was given the chance to pick his own topic.
\r\n“I think the answer is that we need a bit of light entertainment/science at work once in a while,” Stahl said.
\r\nThe seminar will cover the basics of brewing beer at home through the use of the all-grain method. It will cover fundamentals about beer in general and different types of beer.
\r\nHome brewing has been a hobby of Stahl’s for many years.
\r\n“I have been home brewing for over 25 years and have made at least 259 batches of homebrew,” Stahl said.
\r\nThe seminar is open to all students at UW, as well as the community of Laramie. There will also be free pizza and soda.
\r\n“We host one seminar per year with the goal to expose people to ways in which everyday life and pastimes are tied to agriculture and natural resources,” Caley Gasch Salava, a Ph.D student in ecology, said.
\r\nThe Department of Renewable Resources is a part of the College of Agriculture. It helps students apply science in real-world situations. The Department of Renewable Resources combines rangeland ecology and watershed management, soils and entomology into an integrated program, according to its Web site.
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\r\nStudents will have a chance to expose themselves to Brazilian culture during a night of dancing and music.
\r\n“Noite Brasileira, An Evening of Brazilian Music and Dance,” will be held from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday in the Wyoming Union Ballroom.
\r\nGisele Dias, a Brazilian dancer, will teach the audience two forms of Brazilian dance: Samba and Forr?. The event will also feature Afro-Brazilian percussion by Bloco em Foco, a percussion group based out of Fort Collins, Colo.
\r\nDias has organized and performed at dance events across Brazil and has also appeared on various Brazilian television programs, Dorly Piske, president of the Wyoming -Goiás, Brazil chapter of Partners of the Americas, said.
\r\nBloco em Foco plays many different kinds of percussion, including African and Brazilian forms, Piske said.
\r\n“They formed this group out of their enjoyment of different forms of percussion,” Piske said.
\r\nBoth the group and Dias recently performed at a “very well attended” event at Harts Alley, Piske said.
\r\nDias will instruct the audience in Samba, a dance Piske said was one of the most famous forms of dance from Brazil, and the lesser-known Forr?, a form of ballroom dance that is usually done with a partner that originated in the northeast region of Brazil.
\r\nPeople should not worry about having a partner for the Forr? dance, Piske said, explaining that Dias will teach those in attendance how to do the dance solo.
\r\nBrazilian music and dance are exciting ways to learn about, engage in and experience Brazilian culture, Piske said.
\r\nBrazilian rhythms are known worldwide, Piske said, describing how Brazilian percussion has the power to exhilarate and enliven audiences.
\r\n“Percussion music is really exciting,” Piske said.
\r\nThe event will give audience members the chance to gain a better understanding of Brazil and its culture by exposing them to, while actively participating in, Brazilian music and dance, Piske said.
\r\n“Understanding comes from people-to-people,” Piske said, describing how one gains a better perspective of other nations and peoples by attending events like the one Sunday and engaging in one-on-one discussions with others from different cultures.
\r\nPiske said proceeds from the event will go to purchase a mobile mammogram machine for a local Brazilian program associated with the federal university of Goiás. The program will use the mobile mammogram machine to screen women in the rural region of Goiás, Brazil for breast cancer, she said.
\r\nThe event is sponsored by The University of Wyoming Luso-Brazilian Club and the Wyoming -Goiás, Brazil chapter of Partners of the Americas.
\r\nTickets purchased before the event are $10 for students and $15 for the general public. Tickets will be available at the door for $5
extra.
For more information about the event, contact Dorly Piske at dorlypiske@hotmail.com.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-06 02:10:53','124','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-06 13:00:00','2009-11-20 07:00:00','','','','0','0','630','brazilian, piske, dance, brazil, event, music, dias, percussion, ”, forms, wyoming, goiás, audience, forr?, people, group, culture, events, foco, university','Students will have a chance to expose themselves to Brazilian culture during a night of dancing and music. ','0','6','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1632','Guest celloist adds twist to Faculty Recital Series','guest-celloist-adds-twist-to-faculty-recital-series','','The weekly Faculty Recital Series will continue with a slight twist to the regular programming at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
\r\nUsually, the faculty recital series features only UW faculty, however “An Evening of Music for Cello and Piano,” will feature guest artist Regina Mushabec on cello and Theresa Bogard on piano.
\r\n','\r\n“It’s really an honor to bring someone like Regina to Laramie to share with the students and others some great music,” Mark Sheridan-Rabideau, director of the Faculty Recital Series, said.
\r\nBogard, this week’s featured UW faculty member, is an instructor of piano for UW who has been honored in the past for both her piano and teaching skills.
\r\nBogard was awarded the John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award in May 2008.
\r\nThe annual award honors outstanding teachers at UW. Winners are chosen from a list of teachers who students nominate.
\r\nThrough the years, Bogard has helped many students become interested and stay interested in musical education classes, one of the main reasons she won the award.
\r\nMushabec is a cello professor at the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music in Cleveland.
\r\nMushabec has won numerous awards, including the Concert Artists’ guild award.
\r\nMushabec attended Juilliard and continued as a teacher’s assistant at Indiana University.
\r\nShe has recorded with such labels as New World Records and GM Recording.
\r\n“This week’s performance is sure to be one that is easy on the ears and very relaxing, the best thing for everyone coming back from spring break,” Sheridan-Rabideu said. “It’s not very often that we get an accomplished cellist like Mushabec and with the accompying piano, the program should go very smoothly.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-22 23:33:23','124','Mark Schafer','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-23 00:32:42','2010-04-05 07:00:00','','','','0','0','629','faculty, mushabec, piano, ”, bogard, award, series, recital, students, cello, music, regina, week’s, won, interested, teachers, guest, teaching, sheridan, “it’s','The weekly Faculty Recital Series will continue with a slight twist to the regular programming at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Fine Arts Concert Hall. \r\n\r\nUsually, the faculty recital series features only UW faculty, however “An Evening of Music for Cello and Piano,” will feature guest artist Regina Mushabec on cello and Theresa Bogard on piano.','0','2','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1633','Recital to propel piano career','recital-to-propel-piano-career','','\r\n![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/03/10/Piano.jpg\")
Imagine traveling halfway around the world to further your education in an art form you hope to make your profession. Now meet Jun Guo.
Guo is a pianist from Shenyang, China. He studies with Theresa Bogard and Silvana Santinelli, UW professors of piano, as a Performer\'s Certificate student in the Department of Music.
\r\nAt 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Guo will perform a free concert in the Fine Arts Concert Hall. The concert will be open to the public.
\r\n“This is his first concert at UW,” Bogard said. “I met Jun Guo in June 2009 when I was visiting China. He auditioned for me at that time and was accepted into the Performer’s Certificate program. He arrived at UW the beginning of this semester.”
\r\nBogard explained what the Performer’s Certificate is. She said, “[It] is for outstanding players who plan to pursue a career as a professional, performing musician. The standards for admission into this program are very high and the students must perform two solo recitals as part of the program requirements.”
\r\nGuo has faced some challenges in preparing for the concert, “The most challenging is how to control my feeling and emotion when I am playing piano in my recital, Guo said. “I think it’s a performance art so the emotion is very important for every pianist. Everyone who will play piano or perform is a little nervous before performance, but that’s fine. That’s very normal.”
\r\nDespite the challenges, Guo is excited. “The most rewarding part is to exercise ability which control emotion and perform. It also can accumulate performance experience,” Guo said.
\r\nBogard travels to China regularly to meet and recruit talented pianists. “Jun Guo is an outstanding pianist and is one of many foreign pianists in the Department of Music,” Bogard said. “It is a joy to teach them all.”
\r\nCurrently, the music department has many foreign piano students including five Chinese students, two Brazilian students, two Korean students and one Mexican student.
\r\nThe concert is a solo piano recital where Guo will perform the virtuosic Piano Sonata No. 7 by Sergei Prokofiev and then the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
\r\n“The concerto is for piano and orchestra, but I will be playing the orchestra part on a second piano,” Bogard said.
\r\n“I like to play piano so much and welcome everyone to listen to my recital,” Guo said.
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\r\nEach year, the music department faculty has the chance to share their expertise and talent with the rest of campus during a uniquely themed recital. At 7:30 p.m. tonight, the Faculty Recital Series will return with the theme “Nature, Love and Loss: Life’s Journey in Song.”
\r\n','\r\nThe recital will include vocalist Katrina Zook, accompanied by pianist Lisa Rickard, violinist Sherry Sinift and cellist Beth Vanderborgh. The recital will be music from the standard classical vocal repertoire.
\r\nMezzo-soprano Zook is associate professor of voice at UW, Rickard is a piano instructor in Laramie, Vanderborgh is an assistant professor at UW and Sinift is an adjunct faculty member of the department of music.
\r\nThe music will include different composers and different instrumental accompaniments, including classical music pieces.
\r\nZook carefully chose all pieces she will be performing to represent the theme and each will deal with nature, love and loss.
\r\n“The composers whose works I will be performing are so successful at capturing the intense emotions that can be involved with these themes,” Zook said.
\r\n“It’s always a challenge to put together a program like this, and it takes hours and hours of study and practice; not always easy to balance with a full-time teaching load and the one-on-one weekly voice lessons with 14 private voice students, but it is well worth it to get to sing beautiful music and fill my own spirit with this art.”
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-10 02:32:21','104','Chelsea Huck','2010-03-10 02:34:08','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-10 02:32:09','2010-03-23 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','627','music, recital, zook, faculty, love, ”, voice, loss, pieces, include, performing, rickard, vanderborgh, composers, theme, hours, classical, sinift, professor, department','Each year, the music department faculty has the chance to share their expertise and talent with the rest of campus during a uniquely themed recital.\r\n\r\nAt 7:30 p.m. tonight, the Faculty Recital Series will return with the theme “Nature, Love and Loss: Life’s Journey in Song.”','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1635','Performances showcase percussion, pan instruments','performances-showcase-percussion-pan-instruments','','Striking and shaking is planned for tonight, as the music department’s Percussion Ensemble and Pan Band will perform in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
\r\nSenior and music major Mike Amend will conduct the first piece on the ensemble’s concert program, a marimba quartet. In an attempt to incorporate both classical and modern pieces, the program will include Mexican marimba music and Caribbean music played by the Pan Band on steel drums, percussion professor Steve Barnhart said.
\r\nPercussion ensembles are relatively modern, beginning with Frenchman Edgard Varèse, who composed the first percussion ensemble piece in 1934, but they did not really evolve until the 1950s, he said.
\r\nThe first percussion was introduced in Baroque opera, Barnhart said, to add sounds of battle. He said 19th century French composer Hector Berlioz began codifying percussion in written music and specifying multiple drums in his compositions, thus legitimizing percussion in classical music.
\r\nThe traditional percussion instruments include marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, triangle, tambourine, woodblock and drums of various sizes, Barnhart said. Percussion instruments were made of wood, metal and skin, usually goat and sometimes calf, he said.
\r\nIn modern times, drums have plastic skins because it does not sag with humidity or tighten in dry air, he said. Plastics are better manufactured now and more closely approximate the sound of animal skin covered drums. Fiberglass is used to substitute rosewood on modern marimbas and xylophones because it is cheaper. However, the sound is not as rich or mellow as the wood, he said.
\r\nBarnhart has been playing percussion since he was 12 and has formally taught percussion instruments for 29 years. His students are either music majors or percussion majors, and all except two this semester are freshmen.
\r\nSteel drums, or pans, are quite complex because the chromatic scale notes are not next to each other as they are on keyboard instruments. A typical soprano pan would have 27 to 29 notes in three circles, Barnhart.
\r\nHe said steel drums have become more sophisticated, now being made from pristine rather than used drums. They are also more expensive, increasing in cost from about $3,000 for a set of seven pans in 1991 to a current price range of $1,400 to $4,000 for one drum.
\r\nBarnhart’s collection of percussion instruments includes more than a dozen traditional instruments plus ethnic drums, such as the India tabla and Irish bodhran. “Percussion transcends every culture, every musical style,” he said.
\r\nThe Percussion Ensemble and Pan Band concert is free to attend. It will start at 7.30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2009-11-05 04:30:25','104','Jennifer Purse','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2009-11-05 13:00:00','2009-11-19 07:00:00','','','','0','0','626','percussion, drums, instruments, music, pan, barnhart, concert, modern, ensemble, band, marimba, steel, wood, include, pans, piece, notes, program, skin, fine','Striking and shaking is planned for tonight, as the music department’s Percussion Ensemble and Pan Band will perform in the Fine Arts Concert Hall. ','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1636','Author to speak for MFA series','author-to-speak-for-mfa-series','','\r\n![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/03/03/MFA.jpg\")
Formerly from UW, author John D’Agata will be hosted by Wyoming’s MFA Visiting Writers Series.
D’Agata will present at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Arts Museum to introduce his new book “About a Mountain,” according to a UW news release.
\r\n','\r\nD’Agata will read from his book and will close with a book signing.
\r\nPublisher’s Weekly described D’Agata’s book as an “investigation, [that] uses the federal government’s highly controversial (and recently rejected) proposal to entomb the U.S.’s nuclear waste located in Yucca Mountain, near Las Vegas, as his way into a spiraling and subtle examination of the modern city, suicide, linguistics, Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” ecological and psychic degradation and the gulf between information and knowledge.”
\r\nD’Agata earned his BA from Hobart College. He later earned his MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop and specialized in nonfiction and poetry.
\r\nD’Agata has been a writing and literature professor at Colgate College, the University of Iowa, the California Institute of the Arts and UW.
\r\nHe now acts as a faculty member of a nonfiction program and won the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship award. In addition, D’Agata is a Seneca Review editor and an editor for the The Next American Essay, a nonfiction journal.
\r\nDavid Antin, Joan Didion, John McPhee, Susan Sontag, Thalia Field, Carol Maso, and others have joined in to help with The Next American Essay.
\r\nHalls of Fame was the first book written by D’Agatha.
\r\nThe Visiting Writers Series is an event held every semester bringing experienced, acclaimed authors to UW to help teach students better writing techniques and give students educated voices to refer to, according to a UW news release.
\r\nIn the past, the MFA program has sponsored speakers including Salman Rushdie, Claudia Rankine, Don DeLillo and Thoman King.
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','-1','11','0','34','2010-03-03 02:29:51','126','Rebekah Johnson','2010-03-04 03:55:30','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-03-03 02:29:26','2010-03-16 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','625','d’agata, book, mfa, writers, author, arts, nonfiction, ”, series, iowa, release, students, american, essay, editor, mountain, earned, college, news, program','Formerly from UW, author John D’Agatha will be hosted by Wyoming’s MFA Visiting Writers Series.','0','7','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1637','Campus first tour stop for Irish folk style band','campus-first-tour-stop-for-irish-folk-style-band','','\r\n![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/03/03/Irish.jpg\")
Colcannon is an Emmy-award winning music group performing original arrangements in an Irish folk style.
The band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Education Building Auditorium.
\r\n','\r\nThursday’s performance will be a benefit concert titled, “The Greening of Eppson Center.” All the proceeds from the concert will go to Laramie’s Eppson Center for Seniors.
\r\nAndy Hackbarth, a singer and song writer from Nashville, will open for Colcannon.
\r\nHackbarth will play with a full band today, followed by the performance with Colcannon on Thursday. He will finish Friday with a UW student radio interview and then perform at Coal Creek Coffee Company.
\r\nColcannon has been performing for about 25 years.
\r\nThey have won a Parent’s Choice Award, a Western Heritage Award and an Audio?le magazine Earphone Award.
\r\n“Laramie is one of the favorite places for Colcannon to perform. The band has performed here many times during the past 20 years and has many requests to come back,” Rod Garnett, a member of the band and a UW professor, said.
\r\nIn addition to television specials and concerts, the band has taken the time to record seven different albums and is currently working on recording its eighth studio album.
\r\n“This is the first concert in a tour that will take the band to Casper, Sturgis, and Scottsbluff over the next weekend,” Garnett said.
\r\nColcannon is known for mostly playing in the Rocky Mountain region with several performances scheduled in Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota and Colorado.
\r\nThe band will finish its in Colorado.
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\r\nAt 6 p.m. Saturday in the Union Ballroom, the PC Gamers Club will be hosting its annual Local Area Network Festival.
\r\n','\r\nThe event is estimated to bring 75 to 100 people, making it one of the club’s largest events of the year.
\r\nDuring the festival, numerous tournaments will occur for both PCs and console games. The equipment will be provided by the club.
\r\nParticipants will have the chance to win prizes, as well as learn to make a network cable, allowing them to see the work required to play.
\r\nThe festival will run until approximately between 1 and 3 a.m., depending on the number of participants and the games being played.
\r\n“We try really hard to make the event last as long as people want to play,” Ian, administrator of the PC Gamers Club, said.
\r\nOne of the club’s largest events is their yearly Mega LAN, which will host around 120 people.
\r\nDue to the amount of people and games at this event in the past, the event has been turned into a two-day gathering.
\r\nBeside these two events, the club hosts at least five other events yearly.
\r\nNormally, the events do not draw as many people, but usually at least 40 people show up to participate. The PC Gamers Club itself does not include a set number of members, although a solid count of 10 officers and administrators are in the club.
\r\n“The rest of the club comes to events at somewhat random times, our events average approximately 60 or more people each time,” Ian said.
\r\nThe club acts as a venue for the participants to meet new people and learn how some of the technology works.
\r\nA good amount of time is spent at the events fixing participants’ computers and helping them get on the network to join in games.
\r\n“One new thing we are working toward is to get interested people to participate in monthly meet-ups where we don\'t just game but also talk technology and help each other with interesting projects or homework,” Ian said.
\r\nThe PC Gamers Club is always inviting new people to join in on the events, so anyone can stop by.
\r\n“We tell everyone to bring their friends and anyone else interested in gaming. We even encourage people from the community to join in and come to the events,” Ian said.
\r\nEditor’s note: For confidential reasons, Ian chose to omit his last name.
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\r\nExperience both the pristine beauty and extreme thrill of the mountains today and tomorrow as the Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour visits Laramie.
\r\n','\r\nHeld at 7 p.m. in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium, the festival will host a number of the Banff Centre award-winning films.
\r\nThe Banff Film Festival has been held for the last 30 years in Alberta, Canada.
\r\nContestants across the world submit films featuring extreme mountain sports, beautiful landscapes, adventure and mountain culture.
\r\nApproximately 300 of the most inspiring or thrilling won awards and qualified to travel with the annual World Tour, covering 30 countries and making 285 stops.
\r\nTheir world tour is sponsored by Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre, National Geographic and The North Face.
\r\nNow in its 10th visit to UW, sponsors Student Activities Council, Cross Country Connection and Wyoming Outdoor Council chose several films to show both days.
\r\nFilms range in length from 2 minutes to 63 minutes.
\r\nThe first featured film, \"Project Megawoosh,\" directed by Minh Duong, features a German engineer’s efforts to construct the tallest human water slide, will be shown today.
\r\nThe featured films will cover Japanese mountains and everyday Japanese life, scaling frozen Canadian waterfalls, adventurous mountain biking, Nordic skiing and extreme whitewater kayaking down the Nile River.
\r\nTomorrow\'s night begins with \"Revolution One\" directed by Dan Heaton featuring the history and thrill of off-road uni-cycling.
\r\nLater in the evening, the film festival will host a 63-minute feature film directed by Leanne Allison that covers her family’s story about their 5,000-kilometer trek across the prairies to a Nova Scotian summer home.
\r\n“To the Rainbow,” directed by Dave Brown, portrays a 13-year-old boy climbing the 5.10 kilometer Rainbow in North Wales with talented climber Johnny Dawes.
\r\nThe last film that will be shown, “Ten-A Cameraman’s Tale,” covers the adventures of freeriding and freeskiing through the eyes of a camera lens.
\r\nAs in years past, this event will be free to the public.
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Every year, more than 76 million cases of foodborne illness occur in the United States, and many are preventable through proper food handling and preparation.
\r\nWhen food safety is ignored at a picnic or barbecue by leaving perishable food out in warm weather, the bacteria flourish and threaten to make everyone sick.
\r\nThe symptoms of foodborne illness can be mild or quite severe, and they are more likely to affect babies, pregnant women and elderly people, according to the World Health Organization. Foodborne illnesses are also more likely to be more severe in people typically vulnerable to illness.
\r\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture lists ways to keep unwanted bacterial party crashers out of any outdoor party. First, guests or those helping with food preparation should wash their hands and use clean cooking utensils. Use the same basic steps of food safety and cleanliness with outdoor cooking that would be followed in the kitchen. One easy way to stop foodborne illnesses is to use disposable trays and plastic containers to transport your raw meats and throw them away after the barbecue.
\r\nThe USDA also suggests paying attention to how long dishes sit on the picnic table. Bacteria grow best between 40 and 140 degrees. Most of the food served at picnics will only be safe on the table for one to two hours. Once food is left on the table that long, don’t keep them – throw them away.
\r\nBe sure to keep cold foods cold until they are served, according to the USDA For outdoor picnics, bring coolers with plenty of ice or freezer packs. Use one cooler for ready-to-serve foods and beverages and another for any uncooked meat for the grill. By keeping these foods separate, you can reduce the risk for cross-contamination. If they must be packed in the same cooler, tightly wrap them in airtight containers, and place them at the bottom of the cooler with a layer of ice on top.
\r\nThe USDA recommends that salad is kept cold until it is time to eat. Serve only the amount of salad that guests will eat within one hour, and keep the rest in the cooler.
\r\nFresh fruits can keep for several days at room temperature, but once they are cut, treat them like other perishable foods. If they are not eaten within one to two hours, discard them.
\r\nTake out items, like fried chicken, should be served and eaten within one or two hours after cooking or purchasing.
\r\nSpray cleaners, soap and water (or hand sanitizer), paper towels, cloths and napkins are recommended by the USDA to fight bacteria. Wash tables or use fresh tablecloths. Clean the grill before cooking.
\r\nThese simple safety tips will help make any barbecue an enjoyable experience, without any food poisoning.
\r\nemail the author: questions24@gmail.edu
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Entomology is the study of insects, and while most people think bugs and insects can be pests that bother them during the summer, students of entomology find bugs are not just an annoyance.
\r\nAs a part of the renewable resources department, several entomology classes are offered. In Wyoming, entomology is very important for farming because farmers need to know which pesticides will be most effective.
\r\n','\r\n“UW includes entomology as a part of the Renewable Resources Department. Currently, there is a minor in insect biology and graduate M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in entomology,” Shaw said.
\r\n“Starting back in 1893, UW brought in the first professor of zoology, Frank Niswander.While he taught in a wide range of zoological fields, he started the collection that became the modern research museum,” Scott Shaw, professor of entomology and current manager of the Entomology Museum, said.
\r\nFor over 100 years, the Niswander collection has grown and is now a large part of the Entomology Museum.
\r\nThe Entomology Museum has a gallery located in the Agriculture Building, Room 4018, and is usually open during building hours.
\r\nIn 1989, the year Scott Shaw took over the museum, it underwent major changes, including implementing a computerized system for collection management, according to the museum’s Web site.
\r\nEven though the museum began with mostly local specimens in the early 20th century, the collection has since expanded to include insects from across the world, including more than 60,000 braconid wasps from Coast Rica.
\r\n“There are about 10,000 and 15,000 insect species that are estimated to occur in Wyoming. Many are unique to our area,” Shaw said.
\r\n“My honors class, ‘Cloud Forest Ecology in Ecuador,’ will be taught in June. This will be an exciting adventure and a way for students to study and a chance to travel,” Shaw said.
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Sir Elton John serenades the Laramie crowd for the Matthew Shepard Symposium this Friday. The concert lasted nearly three hours and raised $550,000 for the Matthew Shepard Foundation. John spoke about the death of Matthew Shepard and dedicated three songs, including \"Candle in the Wind\" and \"American Triangle,\" which was written specifically for Shepard. John had only performed \"Candle in the Wind\" on three occasions prior to Friday\'s concert. The event ended in standing ovations for the Rocket Man and an encore of \"Can You Feel the Love Tonight.\"Sister Dorothy Stang was murdered Feb. 12, 2005 in the Para region of Brazil at the age of 73. Stang was a nun of the order of Notre Dame de Namur. She was from Dayton, Ohio and had lived in Brazil 30 years.
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Author Binka le Breton will be coming to UW to speak on her book “The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life of Sister Dorothy Stang.”
\r\nLe Breton will give her talk at 5 p.m. March 4 in the History Building Room 57.
\r\nIn Brazil, Stang worked with many human rights activists to protect small farmers from loggers and ranchers vying for land. She was known for her devotion to the cause, despite its danger.
\r\nShe advocated for a program giving peasant farmers 250 acres of land and allowing them to farm 50 acres of it, leaving the rest uncut forest. The government of Brazil had approved the program and gave families the right to settle the land but met resistance along the way.
\r\nIt is reported that because of her activism, Stang’s name was on the death list created by the loggers and ranchers who wanted the land she was assisting the small farmers in the area settle.
\r\nShe spent decades fighting for preservation of the Amazon rainforest and often went head-to-head with loggers. She was seen as a powerful force behind the movement for sustainability in Brazil.
\r\nWhen she was murdered, Stang was accompanying two farmers to a meeting to discuss the settlement of small farms on land newly given to them by the government, but other wealthy landowners were claiming it as their own.
\r\nLe Breton and her husband live on a rainforest farm and run the Iracambi Rainforest Research Center in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. She is also the president and director of the Brazilian recognized non-profit organization Amigos de Iracambi. According to their Web site, www.iracambi.com, their mission is “to work with the community to make the conservation of the forest more attractive than its destruction.”
\r\nLe Breton’s visit is made possible by Partners of the Americas and is jointly sponsored by International and American Studies offices.
\r\n“She will be talking a lot about what has happened since Dorothy Stang’s death, life in the Amazon and sustainability and social justice issues,” Jeanette Reisenburg, advising and project coordinator for the International Studies program, said.
\r\nLe Breton’s talk corresponds with Peace Corps Week, March 1 through 5.
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The new movie from DreamWorks Animation, “Monsters vs. Aliens,” offers an all-star cast and 3-D animated adventure for all viewers.
\r\nThe film stars Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Colbert, Renée Zellweger and Rainn Wilson.
\r\nSusan Murphy (Witherspoon) is hit by a meteorite, which causes her to grow to an enormous size.
\r\nTargeted by the government as a monster, Susan is imprisoned in a secret facility with other monsters.
\r\nAmong these captured creatures are Dr. Cockroach (Laurie), a mad scientist who accidently transformed himself into a roach-human hybrid; B.O.B. (Rogen), a brainless mass brought to life in an experiment gone wrong; and the Missing Link (Will Arnett).
\r\nWhen a deranged alien, Gallaxhar (Wilson) arrives on Earth to conquer the world, President Hathaway (Colbert) calls the motley crew of monsters into action to combat the crazed alien.
\r\nThe film plays at the Trans-Lux Fox Cinema on Discount Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. for $6.
\r\n“Monsters vs. Aliens” is rated PG for mild language, crude humor and sci-fi action.
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Interested in a charming comedy about global love connections? Try the energetic film filled with comedic clashing cultures, “The Other End of the Line.”
\r\nThe film stars Jesse Metcalfe from “Desperate Housewives” and Bollywood star Shriya Saran.
\r\nGranger Woodruff (Metcalfe) is an advertising hotshot desperate to win over a demanding new client. Halfway around the world, Priya Sethi (Saran) is an Indian-based service representative for one of Granger’s credit cards, who always pretends to be American to her customers.
\r\nWhen Priya calls Granger about fraudulent charges, pretending to be San Franciscan Jennifer David, the two strike up a casual flirtation. This conversation leads both parties to question their respective romantic prospects: Granger, a diva-like girlfriend; Priya, an arranged marriage to a mama’s boy. Putting these hindrances aside, Priya agrees to meet Granger in San Francisco. Priya travels from India and accidently meets Granger, not as her alter-ego, but as herself.
\r\nThe two then must face Priya’s traditionalist family with Granger’s girlfriend in hot pursuit.
\r\nAs the cultural divide widens between them, Priya and Granger must find a way around the hurdles threatening to stop their budding relationship.
\r\nThe film will be at the Red Boxes at Wal-Mart and Albertsons on Tuesday for $1 per night.
\r\n“The Other End of the Line” is rated PG-13 for some suggestive material.
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Based on a true story, “The Haunting in Connecticut” shows a family’s real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural.
\r\nThe film stars Virginia Madsen from “The Astronaut Farmer” and Elias Koteas from “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
\r\nThe Campbell family moves to Connecticut in order to provide their son Matt (Kyle Gallner) with better medical treatment. Matt’s mom, Sara (Madsen), can only afford to rent an old Victorian house that the family discovers was once a funeral home.
\r\nAs the family begins to experience odd happenings, the parents first blame the events on the severe stress from Matt’s illness.
\r\nHowever, upon further exploration, the family finds that not only was the house a mortuary where some unconceivable acts took place, but the old owner’s son Jonah (Erik J. Berg) served as a demonic messenger who provided a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.
\r\nNow the family faces unspeakable terror as Jonah returns to the Victorian house to unleash horror on the unsuspecting family.
\r\nThe film plays at the Trans-Lux Fox Cinema on Discount Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. for $6.
\r\n“The Haunting in Connecticut” is rated PG-13 for some disturbing images and intense sequences of terror.
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Out of the 100 contestants brave enough to audition for UW Idol, only six remain: Matt Cook, Brian Degenfelder, Dennis Hillebrand, Jake Humphrey, Rachel Schmidt and alternate Crystal Ngogolo.
\r\nThe final performance will be at 9 p.m. tonight in the Union Ballroom.
\r\n','\r\nThe first-place winner will receive a $1,000 check. Second $500, third $200 and the fourth place winner, the audience’s choice, will get $100.
\r\nPrizes are funded through the fees charged to students from the Union.
\r\nUW Idol began as a way to promote student involvement on campus. Modeled after the popular TV show, UW Idol gives a chance for students to show their musical talent.
\r\nLast year’s winners included Paul Pswarayi in first place Stephanie Richard in second place, and Helen Chanthongthip in third place.
\r\nThis year, the open-call auditions began at 9 p.m. Jan. 15 in the A&S Auditorium. Contestants had 30 seconds to sing any song of their choice.
\r\nSemi-finals were held Feb. 5. For the semi-finals, the 15 performers used a karaoke version of music to sing. At the final performance the six finalists will prepare two songs each to share during the night. The winners will be decided by the judge panel and audience votes.
\r\nJudges for the open call auditions included Friday Night Fever volunteers who were active in Friday Night Fever.
\r\nDuring the semi-finals, judges chosen each had a background in music. Similarly, the judges for the coming finals have a musical background.
\r\nProfessor James Boyer, for example, is a UW choral instructor and will be serving as a judge for the final rounds. Dr. Larry Hensel, also a UW choral instructor will be judging. Caitlin McKernan, one of the top five finalists for the UW Idol last year, has a seat on the judge panel.Specific qualities the judges will be looking for are tone quality, pitch, singing pace, and stage presence.
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\r\nAlpha Epsilon Delta, a nationally recognized honor society for students interested in pre-professional health careers, will sponsor the University of Wyoming’s first MS walk Saturday morning.
\r\nThe event will begin at 10 a.m. Registration begins at 9 a.m. in the Wyoming Union. Lunch, door prizes and other festivities will follow the walk.
\r\nMS is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. The progress, severity and symptoms of MS are unpredictable and vary from one victim to another.
\r\n“There is no cure and everybody works so hard to raise money for cancer; MS is just as prevalent and just as dangerous, so I think we should raise money for that, too,” Chase Stonecipher, president of AED, said.
\r\nStonecipher said the club came up with the idea for the MS walk in September of last year because of the prevalence of MS in the state. Stephanie Batson, special events coordinator of the Wyoming chapter of the National MS Society, said over 1,100 Wyoming residents are currently suffering from MS.
\r\nWhile there isn’t a registration fee and participants aren’t required to donate money, Batson said she is hopeful that those in attendance will use the event as a fundraising tool. She added that a T-shirt will be given to all participants who raise over $100.
\r\nSo far, AED has raised $4,500 and registered 250 participants. All of the proceeds from the event will go to the Wyoming chapter of the NMSS.
\r\nFor those interested in registering before Saturday morning, contact Stonecipher at (307) 851-9870 or cstoneci@uwyo.edu.
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\r\nSophomore Jake Humphrey never really considered trying out for the UW Idol.
\r\nHumphrey now holds a finalist position in the competition and will be performing in the final round this Friday.
\r\nIn a bet made between Humphrey and a friend, they decided that they would only audition for UW Idol if both of them did it. To Humphrey’s great surprise, he made the audition and wound up at the top.
\r\nFor a student with his musical background, however, this really should not have come as a surprise.
\r\nHumphrey has been singing since his junior year in high school when he sang a lead role in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.”
\r\nHe also participated his senior year in the musical “Guys and Gals.”
\r\nIn addition to performing in high school musicals, Humphrey also sang in “Cat Ballou.”
\r\nDuring his junior and senior year Humphrey sang in the high school choir and currently takes three college choir classes.
\r\nHumphrey is also a member of the Happy Jacks acapella group, which recently traveled to Shanghai, China to perform and host a clinic.
\r\nWhen Humphrey isn’t singing, he enjoys playing the guitar and doing events for the Happy Jacks group.
\r\nWhat started out as a simple dare escalated into an incredibly fun experience for Humphrey.
\r\nHe is excited to be in the finals and has loved being able to do what he loves best.
\r\nOne Registered Student Organization benefits the Laramie community by selling locally grown produce at the Laramie farmers’ market, but they need more volunteer involvement in order to accomplish their goals.
\r\n“ACRES’ role in providing local food to the Laramie community is important and interesting to the University of Wyoming campus because it is an organization that is driven by student interest and commitment,” Alicia Beedle, ACRES treasurer, said.
\r\nOther RSOs and large community groups have volunteered at the farm but their help is primarily during the planting and harvesting stages, Beedle said. The farm still needs weekly help throughout the summer on The Agricultural Community Resources for Everyday Sustainability workdays of Friday and Saturday, Amy Rieser, ACRES volunteer coordinator, said. The group would welcome anyone willing to volunteer on those workdays for whatever margin of time and would also welcome volunteers at other times during the week, Rieser said.
\r\nThe growing season has already started and will continue through the first month of fall. The farm is run on a volunteer basis. Volunteering at ACRES is important because it serves as a positive social and educational outlet, while contributing food to the community, Beedle said.
\r\n“I love going out to the farm and working with my hands, caring for plants, socializing with whoever is out there, and being a part of something really great,” Lyndsy Soltau, ACRES secretary said.
\r\nACRES has around 10 active students who volunteer at the farm but in terms of how large an acre is more volunteers would be appreciated, Rieser said.
\r\n“If there is a group of ten of us it may take eight hours to do something small, but when we had 20 volunteers come out for three hours they were able to weed half our farm,” Rieser said.
\r\nThe volunteer work is extremely fulfilling because it allows people to a make a positive contribution to the campus and community while you learn about local agriculture issues, Beedle said. A diverse range of individuals including students and community members are encouraged to participate in the volunteerism of the farm, she said.
\r\n“ACRES would like it if a lot of what we can produce would go straight back to the students,” Rieser said.
\r\nThe Agricultural Community Resources for Everyday Sustainability stemmed from an idea within a senior project, Rieser said. Upon ACRES’ creation two years ago, the group purchased an acre from the University of Wyoming Agriculture Research Station to begin growing local, healthy food for the Laramie community.
\r\n“Everything the group grows is planted, weeded and harvested by hand,” Rieser said.
\r\nACRES works to be as sustainable as possible, Rieser said. The group works to be carbon-neutral and is under the requirements since the farm uses no electric power, Rieser said. ACRES also has a compost program and are implementing a no-waste policy and a work-for-food program.
\r\n“The farm’s production practices also serve as a demonstration on how small farms in Wyoming can both utilize renewable farm inputs while minimizing external inputs,” Beedle said.
\r\nThe RSO grows produce through the summer and early fall but its goal is to grow year-round. This year the group is growing several vegetables including varieties of lettuce, spinach, carrots, potatoes, beets, radishes and tomatoes. Edible flowers and weeds are also items grown on the acre.
\r\nThe group hopes to grow fruit as well and will possibly be starting an herb garden this summer. Raspberry bushes and apple trees have been planted but the plants will take several years to mature before the fruit will be at a stage that will allow harvesting, Rieser said.
\r\n“We’re educating ourselves. We’re learning what we can do, what people like, what grows really well here and what doesn’t,” Rieser said.
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\r\n','\r\nThe presentation “Travels through Japan” will be from noon to 1 p.m. Friday in Room 316 of the old Agriculture Building.
\r\nThe presentation will cover many parts of her trip, including her experience with public transportation and the local people she met.
\r\nCooling’s presentation is part of a series organized by the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center. The series has been running for the past several years, and every semester presentations are organized by themes. The presentations have included biogeography, geospatial technologies, geospatial technologies in social sciences, international research issues and statistical analyses.
\r\n“These talks center around the value and utility of geospatial or geographic data in these disciplines,” associate WyGISC research scientist Dr. Ramesh Sivanpillai said. Sivanpillai has been organizing the events since the fall of 2007. The Brown Bag speaker series, of which “Travels through Japan” is a part, are put together through a collaborative effort between WyGISC and the Geography Department. This semester the theme is “All Things Geography.”
\r\nThe presentations draw attention to research in cultural, human and physical geography.
\r\nSpeakers for the series are from both on and off campus. They include UW faculty, researchers and experts outside of UW.
\r\nThe presentations are directed toward anyone interested in learning more about geospatial data and geographic research.
\r\n“Geospatial technology is a rapidly growing field that provides exciting opportunities for folks in various disciplines,” Sivanpillai said.
\r\nStudy in the fields of geography and geospatial technology can lead to jobs both in government and private sectors. WyGISC offers many short courses throughout the year and anyone interested in learning more about the courses or careers should visit the WyGISC Web site, www.uwyo.edu/wygisc.
\r\nThe Brown Bag speaker series has forums every Friday from noon to 1 p.m.. Future presentations include “Integrating Ecological and Visual Approaches to Land Management” by Mathew Salava of the geography department on March 5, “Measurement and Mapping of Reverie Environments via Optical Remote Sensing” by assistant professor Carl Legleiter of the geography department March 26 and “Reflections from the Field: Health and Psychosocial Effects of Armed Conflict in Africa” by Kate Chamberlin a nurse from Albany County Public Health April 30.
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Tonight, Friday Night Fever with a Twist will host its first laser light show in University of Wyoming planetarium in the Physical Sciences Building.\r\nThe light show will be accompanied by a compilation of number one songs by the Beatles, though the exact list of songs has not been established yet.
\r\n“Friday Night Fever has not done a light show before. By doing this, we’re hoping to increase awareness about the planetarium on campus,” Liz Atwood, the late-night program adviser, said.
\r\nAdmission to the show is free, but seating is limited to about 60 people per showing.
\r\nThe first showing will be held at 8 p.m. and the second will follow at 9 p.m.
\r\n“We had some students on the committee come up with the idea of the laser light show. The planetarium presented the students with light shows they had and the students thought the Beatles would be fun to do,” Atwood said.
\r\nThere is also the possibility of light shows in the future featuring songs from Muse, Pink Floyd and the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
\r\nThe light show will be followed by a showing of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in the Wyoming Union Center Ballroom at 9 p.m., which will be showed again on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
\r\nFriday Night Fever hosts Friday Night Fever with a Twist, which takes place on Thursday or Saturday once a month.
\r\nThis will be the first Friday Night Fever with a Twist to be held on Thursday this semester.
\r\nIn the past, Friday Night Fever with a Twist events included ice-skating, dance marathons and a show with radio personality Chris Randour, better known as “Ralphie” from Colorado’s hit radio station, channel 93.3 FM.
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\r\nEdward Jones will begin his tour of UW at 5 p.m. Thursday inside the Union Ballroom by reading selections from his fiction books.
\r\n','\r\nJones is coming to campus through the MFA Program in Creative Writing’s Eminent Writer in Residence for the spring.
\r\n“Several times a year, we invite writers of international caliber and extraordinary achievement to campus to teach writing workshops, give readings and visit classes,” Beth Loffreda, director of MFA creative writing, said.
\r\nEdward Jones has been praised by other internationally renown authors and has won several awards.
\r\n“Jones’ short stories have the ability to stun on every page; there are too many breathtaking lines to count,” American novelist Dave Eggers said.
\r\nSome of the books Jones has written include, “The Known World,” “Lost in the City” and “All Aunt Hagar’s Children.” The latter two were short story collections. Some of his works have been taught on campus in a variety of classes, according to Loffreda.
\r\nEdward Jones lived and grew up Washington D.C. and began to write in the 1980s, quickly becoming a widely known writer.
\r\nJones will be attending a discussion of his book “The Known World” at the Ross Hall book club on Feb. 26.
\r\n“I would like students to have the chance to hear some of the best fiction being written in America today; to learn the art of writing from a great practitioner and to hear his perspectives on the African American life, which he depicts with great beauty and variety in his work,” Loffreda said.
\r\nAccording to his Web site, Jones spent his childhood in poverty, and got his spark for writing from his mother who, although illiterate, encouraged her son’s love for books, because she recognized the importance of an education.
\r\nJones later was accepted into Holy Cross College on a scholarship, becoming the first member of his family to attend college.
\r\nFor 18 years, Jones worked as a proofreader for Tax Analysts, summarizing tax stories for the news.
\r\n“I encourage students, faculty, staff and community members all to come enjoy his reading,” Loffreda said.
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Opening day for Quiznos in Laramie was this Monday. White, red, and green balloons fluttered along the ceiling sporting promotional coupons, including $2 off any order and buy one, get one free sandwiches. The new Quiznos is located on the corner of 16th and Grand across from McIntyre Hall. Rachel Schmidt
\r\nRachel Schmidt first heard of UW Idol as a freshman at UW. Now a junior majoring in international studies, Schmidt decided to try out.
\r\nBefore college, Schmidt competed in a singing competition called Stars of Tomorrow. Winners were provided with scholarships.
\r\nSchmidt competed with her two sisters as a singing trio. They sang a song by the Lennon Sisters and took first place.
\r\nHer singing career continued at Cheyenne Central High School in the choir there. Schmidt also participated one semester in the LCCC college choir.
\r\nAt UW, Schmidt participates in an all-female acapella group, The Bettys. She has been a member since her freshman year.
\r\nWhen Schmidt is not singing, she snowboards, hangs out with friends and runs a radio show called “A Look Around” for her senior honors project.
\r\nThough she still becomes nervous, Schmidt enjoys performing and is excited for the last performance Friday.
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Dennis Hillebrand
\r\nHillebrand is an exchange student, a junior in international studies and music and brought his singing talent all the way from Germany to UW.
\r\nHillebrand has been singing since he was 14 years old. In his younger years, Hillebrand enjoyed spending his time singing along with the radio.
\r\nFor the last two years, Hillebrand has been studying classical singing. Classical singing requires very specific articulation and pitch, making it very challenging. Though Hillebrand sings more pop music than classical, he still enjoys working on classical music and finds the challenge engaging.
\r\nThe UW Idol competition has been a positive experience for Hillebrand and has been incredibly fun. The large publicity and sensationalism surprised Hillebrand when he first began singing. He never thought competing in this event would cause such excitement among the student body.
\r\nSinging in UW Idol has been a great experience and Hillebrand looks forward to the final performance.
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While some students have plane tickets to take them halfway around the world, or a beachhouse waiting on some small plot of paradise near the coast, others are stuck taking out the trash and treating the extra hours of sleep like treasure. Being able to put responsibilities and worries on the back burner for a week is a break worth taking, but it’s not the only plus that students sticking around Laramie need to settle for. The surrounding area is rich with culture and entertainment just waiting to be taken advantage of by students who have been given an excess of time with nowhere to spend it. The following is a list of locales that are prime targets for any stranded spring breaker:
Vedauwoo
\r\nIt would be silly to live so close to the epitome of outdoor perfection and not take the time to appreciate it. Vedauwoo is located less than 20 miles outside of Laramie off of the I-80 headed towards Cheyenne. Boulders the size of large houses and bigger are scattered among trees and streams, making camping, rock climbing, trail riding and hiking an adventure. With a number of campgrounds and walking paths, students can spend days on end traversing the trails and exploring.
Two Chicks Paintball
\r\nLocated on the border of Wyoming and Colorado, 140 acres worth of land are littered with man-made and natural obstacles, providing unlimited possibilities for paintball enthusiasts to battle it out. Only 30 miles away from Laramie, this vast battlefield is open for year-round encounters and is only a $15 field reservation away. With a group of eight or more, students can make reservations as late as a day in advance (a few days for larger groups). Players are then taken to various locations around the property, taking turns at different “bases,” before moving on to another area. Personal equipment is allowed, but rental gear is available. For $10 players are equipped with a Tippman Model 98 paintball gun, a hoper, safety equipment and unlimited CO2. CO2 for personal guns costs $.30 per ounce. Paintballs cost $5 per 100, or for $70 players can purchase 2,000 paintballs. For more information or to make reservations call (970) 221-3176.
\r\nAnheuser-Busch Brewery
\r\nFor students who are 21 years or older, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in Fort Collins, Colo., is an educational escape from the ordinary. The brewery is open and available for touring Thursday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “During complimentary tours, guests discover how the world’s greatest beers are carefully crafted using the highest quality ingredients and packaged in a state-of-the-art facility. A visit to the Clydesdale Hamlet completes the experience,” according to the brewery’s official Web site. By way of the Hospitality Room, those over the drinking age can have their fill of samples ranging from seasonal brews to new Anheuser-Busch products.
Denver Museum of
Nature & Science
Prehistoric reptiles, modern wildlife, Egyptian mummies, gems and minerals, space exploration and North American Indian cultures are only some of the available attractions at Denver’s Museum of Nature and Science. General public ticket prices for admittance vary from $11 to $21. The higher price includes tickets to the Phipps IMAX Theater and planetarium. During the week of spring break, the IMAX theater will be showing two films, one exploring the Grand Canyon, and the other delving into the volcanoes and seismic activity located in the Pacific Ocean. The museum is open year-round from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with hours for the IMAX theater and planetarium varying.
\r\nESPN Zone
\r\nFor the sports enthusiast, there couldn’t be a better place to relax and catch the game(s). ESPN Zone in Denver is a sports bar/diner that is jam packed with memorabilia, an enormous big screen TV and personal smaller screens in every booth. They offer a large selection of food including starters, salads, entrees, sandwiches, an extensive beverage list, desserts and even a kid’s menu. No matter what your sport of choice may be, this gaming hotspot has it all. With tournaments and matches playing throughout the evening, guests can tune in to the action on the big screen, or surf the channels in their booths to find the game their looking for.
Denver Center of
Performing Arts
Students who are looking for a little culture during the break, but don’t have the dough to tour Europe for a week, can drive a few hours to visit the Denver Center of Performing Arts. During the break, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” will be lighting up the stage. Show times are Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices start at $20. To purchase tickets, call (303) 893-4100 or (800) 641-1222.
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\r\n','\r\nThe Chinese New Year is known as the Chinese Spring Festival. “Chinese Spring Festival is Feb. 14th which is the same date as it is in China this year; and this year is the lunar year of the Tiger,” Yichun Zhao, organizer of this year’s UW celebration, said.
\r\nThe Chinese New Year can be celebrated for up to 15 days.
\r\nThe Chinese Students and Scholars Association are sponsoring this year’s event.
\r\nThe celebration will be held in the Wyoming Union’s first floor banquet room before moving to the Arts & Sciences Auditorium for a performance.
\r\nTickets for the event are free and are only needed for the banquet.
\r\n“We plan to distribute tickets for the banquet in the Union for UW students and faculty. However, the whole Laramie community is welcome to the event and the performance in the A & S Auditorium is open for everyone in the community without tickets,” Zhao said.
\r\nThree UW professors will be giving speeches during the banquet, including Dean Walter.
\r\n“I think the theme is reunion of Chinese people as families are getting together at this time; and this is also a reunion of the international students and the university community,” Zhao said.
\r\nThis will be the Year of the Tiger, which according to the Chinese zodiac, is believed to have ruling hours between 3 and 5 a.m. It has a gemstone of diamond and goes along with the traditional Chinese symbol of Yang. The tiger is the equivalent of the astronomical sign Aquarius.
\r\nPopular dishes during the year of the Tiger are bread or poultry. It is also often associated with the colors green and red.
\r\nThe Year of the Tiger is associated with earthly branches, the Chinese sign for reckoning time.
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Stand-up comedian and actor Christian Finnegan will be the main attraction to what is known as the College Humor Live Tour. The tour is derived from the popular Web site collegehumor.com, which hosts a smorgasbord of videos from around the Internet as well as an ensemble of live videos from some of the up-and-comers in the humor business.
“We saw that College Humor was on tour. We thought it would be a really good set,” Jason Joyce, lead student programmer for the Student Activities Council, said.
Following his UW performance in 2007, Finnegan returns to campus to win over students and hopefully send them home with a smile. He’s most recognized for his appearances on VH1’s “Best Week Ever” and his own special on Comedy Central called “Comedy Central Presents: Christian Finnegan, Premium Blend.”
Sharing the microphone with Finnegan this year will be College Humor Live Tour host Dan Levy and comedian Tyler Spindel.
In 2007, Levy came away from the HBO-sponsored Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo., with the title of funniest college comedian in America.
Spindel graduated from Harvard University and writes screenplays and acts when he’s not doing his comedy gig.
“We like to do some comedy shows here and there because they’re so fun,” Joyce said.
According to the College Humor Web site, students who attend the night of laughs might be able to see themselves on the site, as videos from the show will be posted.
The event starts at 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the College of Arts and Science Auditorium. Fans can visit the College Humor Live Tour Web site at www.collegehumor.com/collegehumor-live-tour.
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\r\nThe performance will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Fine Arts concert hall, costing $7 for community members and $5 for students.
\r\nThe performance will feature Fleg on clarinet, and John Fadial and Sherry Sinift on violin. James Przygocki will play viola and Beth Vanderbrogh will play cello.
\r\n“It’s a nice opportunity for UW professors to show off their musical skills and also perform pieces that they may have been working on for quite a while. We really want to present UW faculty in solo and chamber music settings,” Mark Sheridan-Rabideau, director of the Faculty Recital series, said.
\r\nFleg is a UW professor with a long history of performing in musical backgrounds.
\r\nAccording to UW’s Web site, Fleg has traveled throughout the United States, South America and Europe.
\r\nFleg also has a number of awards under his belt. As a member of Antero Winds, Fleg won first place in the Plowman Chamber Competition.
\r\nHe earned another first place prize at the University of Northern Colorado’s Orchestra Concerto Competition.
\r\nRecently, as part of the group Antero Winds, performances are planned in Canada, Colorado and New Mexico. The Antero Winds are a quintet of inspiring young musicians, according to the UW Web site.
\r\nAs a professor, Fleg, has earned a Master’s degree in Clarinet performance from the University of Northern Colorado.
\r\nFleg is no stranger to performances, as some of his past performances have taken him to Carnegie Hall and he has even worked with Grammy-award winners.
\r\n“It’s a great honor to work with Mr. Fleg. He just has so much talent and should put on a good show on Thursday,” Sheridan-Rabideau said.
\r\nFleg also enjoys conducting and ia conductor for the Colorado Youth Symphony’s Philharmonia Wind Ensemble. He is also an assistant conductor for the Colorado Philharmonia Orchestra.
\r\nRecently, he was the conductor for the Archipelago Music Festival.
\r\n“It requires many months of preparation to present a solo or chamber music recital,” Sheridan-Rabideu said.
\r\nThe faculty recital will continue to perform for the rest of the semester most Thursday nights in the Fine Arts building and will feature more UW faculty in performing music of their choice.
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\r\nThe faculty at UW will be showing off more than students ever see of them in an upcoming fine arts performance.
\r\nAt 7:30 p.m. today, faculty of the music department will be performing in the Faculty Recital Series: American Songbook in the Fine Arts concert hall.
\r\nParticipating faculty include Maureen Sorensson, vocal and diction instructor, Nicole Lamartine, Director of Choral Activities and associate professor, Katrina Zook, singing instructor, James Bowyer, Assistant Director of Choral Activities and Larry Hensel, Director of Opera Theater.
\r\n“This is the first faculty series that will just be purely vocal arts faculty, so it will be kind of huge,” Lamartine said.
\r\nIn the past, the recital series’ have consisted of piano and viola as well as acoustic jazz.
\r\n“The five of us came together and submitted the idea for the recital series and now here we are,” Lamartine said.
\r\nSorensson, who will be singing soprano alongside Lamartine, instructs a class helping students to pronounce sung words.
\r\n“She sang professionally in Chicago, and personally, I would say she brings a real professionalism to our group,” Lamartine said.
\r\nZook will cover the second soprano part in the group. She has her doctorate of musical arts in vocal performance and literature.
\r\nShe has held leading roles in “Hansel and Gretel” and “The Old Maid and the Thief,” to name a few.
\r\nBowyer, singing tenor, has been a consultant for McGraw-Hill Publishing’s elementary music education division, according to his profile on the music department Web site.
\r\nHensel, covering baritone, is the founder of the music department’s recent development for young audiences, “Opera in a Gym.”
\r\nHe began his career by becoming the youngest member of the Dale Warland Singers, according to his profile.
\r\nEach of the faculty chose their own American composer. The hour-long show will feature duets, solos and a group opera at the end.
\r\nLamartine’s solo by Lenard Bernstein titled, “I Hate Music,” written in 1943.
\r\n“It includes five songs from a child’s perspective named Barbara who is 10 years old,” Lamartine said.
\r\nThe solo begins with Barbara making incomprehensible noises.
\r\n“That’s not music—not what I call music,” Barbara said, “But I like to sing.”
\r\nThe last piece is an opera composed by Lenard Bernstein.
\r\n“Our big finale will be ‘Make our Garden Grow.’ It will be our way of showcasing our talent together,” Lamartine said. “Talent that has been practiced together and separately.”
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\r\nOne year after premiering, Beth Henley’s play debuted on Broadway with a Pulitzer Prize already won. Thirty years later it is to be performed by the UW Department of Theatre and Dance.
\r\n“Crimes of the Heart,” directed by Lee Hodgson, will show at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 through 12 on the Fine Arts main stage.
\r\nThe Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy focuses around Meg, played by Katrina Disdain, Babe, depicted by Lauren Shultz and Lenny Magrath, portrayed by A. Ryan Jones; three sisters who come together when their grandfather becomes ill.
\r\n“It’s about love and forgiveness, and that you’re not alone in the world,” Hodgson said. “The family crises are the catalysts that set the story off, and they help the sisters come to terms with the fact that you need family.”
\r\nIn 1978, the play was entered into the Great American Play Contest, becoming co-winner.
\r\nTwo years later, the play produced 32 sold-out performances at the off-Broadway Manhattan Theater Club.
\r\nAs a result of the instantaneous hit, Henley was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in over 23 years and the first ever to win it before the play debuted on Broadway.
\r\nThe comedy is set in the small town of Hazelhurst, Miss., a small town of 4,000 located 30 miles south of Jackson where Henley was born, according to www.olemiss.edu.
\r\nAs the play opens, Meg is upset her Hollywood singing career failed, Lenny is unmarried and desperate while Babe has just been bailed out of jail after shooting her husband in the stomach.
\r\n“Each of the sisters discovers that alone they are vulnerable, but together they are much stronger. They need that love and unconditional support to function,” Hodgson said.
\r\nThe play won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1981, nominated for three Drama Desk Awards in 1981 and was nominated for three Tony Awards in 1982, including Best Play and Best Features Actress in a Play.
\r\nThe play was later made into a motion picture featuring Diane Keaton in 1986.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-03 23:24:49','66','Adrienne Morency','2010-02-08 21:47:01','66','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-04 13:00:00','2010-02-17 07:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','602','play, pulitzer, prize, ”, years, sisters, broadway, hodgson, drama, comedy, 1981, win, awards, meg, set, love, show, lenny, family, babe','','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1660','Best of the West to offer filmmaking workshop','best-of-the-west-to-offer-filmmaking-workshop','','Though Best of the West Film Club is a newly-formed RSO, its first year has started with a bang.
\r\nThe small RSO competed in the Shoot Out Cheyenne 24-Hour Film Festival, placed in the Top 10 films and won the award for Best in-Camera Editing.
\r\nNow, Best of the West is at it again. Feb. 5 and 6, the club will share their filmmaking knowledge in association with Wyoming Community Media during an intensive filmmaking workshop.
\r\nStarting at 7 p.m., Filmmaking Intensive will kick off by debuting the top 10 films from the Shoot Out Cheyenne in the Rendezvous Room West in the Washakie Center basement.
\r\n“I’m looking forward to showing our club’s film from the Shoot Out Cheyenne, ‘To Be A Cowboy.’ I am proud of it,” Best of the West President Emily Robinson said. The seminar will offer four workshops: digital storytelling, camera basics, three-point lighting and audio production.
\r\n“I am looking forward to working with Wyoming Community Media during the workshop,” Robinson said. “They have a lot of experience on filmmaking, and it will be exciting to learn from them.”
\r\nAt the end of the seminar, there will be a showing of the completed film created over the afternoon.
\r\n“The WCM instructors will work with students of all ages and at any skill level,” Robinson said. “This workshop is designed for the amateur and the professional to help them hone their skills by disciplining themselves using ‘fast-filmmaking’ techniques.”
\r\nFriday night’s film debut is free and open to the public and Saturday’s seminar is $5 for students and $10 for community members.
\r\nFor more information, contact Robinson at erobins7@uwyo.edu.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-02-03 02:33:38','126','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-02-03 13:00:00','2010-02-17 07:00:00','','','','0','0','601','film, ”, filmmaking, west, workshop, robinson, shoot, seminar, community, cheyenne, films, showing, media, intensive, wyoming, students, camera, top, offer, rso','Though Best of the West Film Club is a newly-formed RSO, its first year has started with a bang. ','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1661','Dr. Downtempo to highlight concert of three local bands','dr-downtempo-to-highlight-concert-of-three-local-bands','','\r\n![\"\"](\"images/stories/-2010/01/27/downtempo.jpg\")
Looking for something to do tonight? The Gardens will feature Dr. Downtempo, a local band with plenty of talent.
Dr. Downtempo has three members: Kevin McWain, Claudine M. Nako and Mario Miller. Nako explained more about the band. She said, “Dr. Downtempo started at the beginning of June 2009 when Kevin and Mario met to do a single-track collaboration for fun. Soon after, it was decided that an album must come of this.”
\r\nAfter beginning the album, McWain and Miller posted flyers in the Fine Arts Building looking for female vocals, to which Nako answered.
\r\nTonight, Dr. Downtempo will present their album, “Subjective Science 101.”
\r\n“Kevin chose the name ‘Subjective Science 101’ largely because the way that we perceive the world was given to us by those who came before,” Nako said. “So much in this world is given to you. You are told what is right or wrong from the day you are born. ‘Subjective Science 101’ is an effort to get people to think for themselves and not always accept what they are told.”
\r\nIn addition to Dr. Downtempo, two other Laramie groups will perform: Collected Element and Weapon X.
\r\n“Other featured artists include rappers, singers, WASA [Wyoming African Students Association] drummers, actors, guitarists and keyboardists and Laramie Circus performers,” Nako said. “The greater idea of Dr. Downtempo is to bring a wide range of artists together to make music for anyone willing to listen.”
\r\nThe music of Dr. Downtempo is impossible to classify into a single music genre. Nako said, “The music is indescribable. Eclectic grooves and purposeful vocals glued together with a psychedelic symphony. It can only be described as extraterrestrial. It is extremely foreign to any other music that you can put under a genre.”
\r\nDr. Downtempo’s performance is free and open to the public at 8 p.m. tonight in the Gardens. Donations to help Haiti will be collected during the show.
\r\n“It’s going to be an experience you will remember. Bring your friends and come ready to have the time of your life,” Nako said.
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\r\nStudents will be able to compete in the fifth annual UW Idol tonight with a chance to win a $1,000 prize.
\r\nThe competition will start with open call auditions at 9 p.m. in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium. Each contestent will be given 30 seconds on stage to perform an a capella audition of his or her choice.
\r\nLiz Atwood, Late Night Programs adviser, explained how UW Idol was started five years ago. “After seeing the popularity and success of American Idol, the students involved with Friday Night Fever and Student Activities Council thought this was something that could be recreated on our campus,\" she said. Since then, it’s become solely a Friday Night Fever event.
\r\n“UW Idol has been very popular,” Atwood said. “We expect it to be even bigger this year.“
\r\nMany students, like music major Adam Boyd, are excited to audition. He said, “It\'s something that will be fun to do and see other people perform.”
\r\nStudent Kelly Gray said, “It’s going to be a great opportunity for contestants to express themselves, and a chance to experience a varity of talents.”
\r\nA panel of judges will decide who moves on to the next round of competition.
\r\n“Our judges won\'t be emulating any of the American Idol judges,” Atwood said. “We\'ll probably hear some Simon-like comments, and maybe get a little Paula, too.”
\r\nFriday night Fever will find faculty and students who have knowledge of music and vocal performance. Those selected to judge will have entertaining personalities and be completely honest about the performances, Atwood explained.
\r\nAfter the open auditions, 15 talented singers will move on to the semi-finals where they will perform a song of choice. The semifinals will be held Feb. 5 in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium.
\r\nFirst place will receive $1,000, second place, $500, and third, $300.
\r\nThe top three singers won\'t be the only ones receiving prizes, however. “Each year at the open call audition event, we give out a William Hung Award for the most creative audition,\" Atwood said. “This typically goes to the crowd favorite for the funniest audition, and the prize is different every year. At the finals, we also distribute ballots for the audience choice award.”
\r\nAny interested students can sign up to sing tonight in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium. All UW Idol events are open to the public.
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','','-1','11','0','34','2010-01-15 04:03:36','124','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-01-15 13:00:00','2010-01-29 07:00:00','','','','0','0','599','idol, students, ”, audition, atwood, open, night, sciences, arts, &, auditorium, perform, friday, fever, choice, year, judges, 000, chance, place','It is time to step up to the microphone and see who has what it takes to be the next UW Idol. \r\n\r\nStudents will be able to compete in the fifth annual UW Idol tonight with a chance to win a $1,000 prize.','0','4','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1663','Outdoor program educates on safety, plans trips','outdoor-program-educates-on-safety-plans-trips','','Events scheduled this spring by the UW Campus Recreation’s Outdoor Program provide students with opportunities to engage in a variety of winter activities.
\r\n“A lot of our stuff in January and February is winter-oriented,” Aaron Raines, a student employee for the UW Outdoor Program, said.
\r\nDuring this month, the Outdoor Program is offering courses in avalanche safety and hosting a snowshoeing trip to Happy Jack Recreation Area as part of the program’s “Winter Snowshoeing Series.”
\r\nMuch of the program’s upcoming events focus on teaching individuals the “skills required to function efficiently in the outdoors,” Raines said.
\r\n“Safety is always the No. 1 concern when you are outdoors,” he said. Avalanche training courses scheduled to take place between Jan. 19 and Jan. 30 will educate participants in snow science, beacon usage, rescue techniques and stability tests, according to the Campus Recreation Web site.
\r\n“In any situation an avalanche is possible, this course will prepare you for it,” Raines said.
\r\nAvalanche safety and other courses provided through the Outdoor Program—with the exception of a select few—require no previous experience.
\r\nThe program also offers students the chance to use the skills they obtain in the avalanche class by providing snowshoeing trips across the region.
\r\nThe program’s “Winter Snowshoeing Series” will be hosting trips not only to the nearby area of Happy Jack, but also outings to Libby Creek, Snowy Range and Lake Agnes, Colo.
\r\nOn Jan. 20, the program will hold a snowshoeing trip to Happy Jack, and on Jan. 30, they will be hosting a full-moon trip to Snowy Range, where participants will be able to snowshoe under the night sky. No snowshoeing experience is required to take part in the trips.
\r\nBeside snowshoeing, the Outdoor Program will also hold ice-climbing, backcountry skiing and snowboarding and telemarketing events in February.
\r\nFor those not interested in the winter activities, the program is also holding its “Friday Night Bouldering Series,” where students can challenge themselves on various routes on the rock climbing wall at Half Acre. Prizes are handed out at the series to the best female and male climbers in beginner, intermediate, advanced and marathon climbing categories.
\r\nThose who are interested in climbing the rock wall at Half Acre may also take an interest in future climbing trips in Vedauwoo. Climbing trips to the area are scheduled for April and May.
\r\nWhile the current activities scheduled by the Outdoor Program are primarily winter-oriented, the program will also provide a wide-range of other interesting actives as the weather warms.
\r\n“We’re all about new experiences,” Raines said. “We definitely have something for everybody.”
\r\nFor more information about the Campus Recreation Outdoor Program, contact (307) 766-2402 or visit http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/oap/.
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The Green Collar Comedy Tour, produced by the comedian Louie Anderson, performed Saturday at the Laramie Plains Civic Center Theatre in an effort to raise money for renovation of the theatre.
A portion of the donations and ticket sales from Saturday’s show will go to restoring building.
The city has condemned the third floor of the civic center and the balcony on the second floor.
The balcony seats 300 people, while the theater itself seats 550.
','“Green Collar Comedy” works for an eco-friendly cause and civic projects. Comedians included Dennis Wade, Gilmore, and The Dude Man.
The idea is to have fun while being eco-friendly, Chesnut said.
“The passion is trying to restore the building,” said Tim Chesnut, Albany County Commissioner. “This is the gem of all theatres.”
The theatre is a bit run down, but it is a great venue for many productions, added Chesnut.
According to the civic center’s website, the structure was built in 1878 and was the first school building in the state of Wyoming.
The Civic Center is a National Historic Site.
Located on the south side of Garfield Street between seventh and eighth streets, the Civic Center holds two gymnasiums, the theater, public meeting rooms, offices, a swimming pool and six murals.
The murals show scenic areas of Laramie.
It is designated as a National Historic Site, so the exterior of the building must not be altered and would not be included in the renovation.
Chesnut has said he would like to put this kind of show on about three times in a year.
Future shows at the theatre will be announced as they are scheduled.
More information about the civic center, including detailed information about the murals in the building, can be found on its website at laramieplainsciviccenter.org.
Email:Davis Bonner
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“Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout,” by acclaimed playwright Tomson Highway, begins 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 to Oct. 30 and 2 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Fine Arts Studio Theatre.
','The play’s director, UW professor Rebecca Hilliker, met the playwright Tomson Highway. “[Highway is] an amazing individual with an incredible sense of humor but also sense of compassion with a desire to really give something back to his people,” Hilliker said.
“I saw the play at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and was incredibly moved by it. I believe it’s a story that everyone should hear and we very seldom see productions that discuss first nation issues,” she said.
The play takes place on Aug. 25, 1910 in Canada as four women of the Shuswap Nation prepare for Prime Minister Laurier’s visit to their village.
“Although [Highway’s] play deals only with the native Shuswap people of Kamloops, British Columbia, I believe it translates to native peoples everywhere. I think it’s important for everyone to understand just what the consequences were for first nation peoples like the Shuswap when the white settlers took away their rights, occupied their land and even took away their language and identity,” said Hilliker.
“Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout” stars Brittany Byers, Cheyenne Christian, Noelia Antweiler and Shanna Dana, all of whom are theatre and dance students.
“If you are looking at the surface, it’s a story about Indians but if you go deeper into it, it’s a story about any culture that has had something terrible happen or something taken away from their culture,” Byers, who plays Ernestine Shuswap, said.
“My favorite part is having the opportunity to tell a story from the side of the story that people don’t normally see” Byers said.
Following the show, a discussion will follow drawing directly from the Laurier Memorial, a deposition signed by 14 chiefs of the Thompson River Valley.
For Hilliker, this has been the most challenging play she’s directed at UW. “The play moves from a place of very dark comedy to intense tragedy and can turn on a dime,” she said. “I was extremely fortunate to have John O’Hagan as the fight choreographer, Margaret Stalder as the movement choreographer and Lou Anne Wright as the speech and vocal coach. The play wouldn’t have been possible without their hard work and dedication to the piece.”
Claire wakes up every morning with a blank slate because of a rare form of amnesia. Then, one day, her life spins even more out of control, making the opening play of the 2010-2011 UW Department of Theatre and Dance season both humorous and haunting.
“Fuddy Meers” opens at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on the Fine Arts main stage and runs through Oct. 3.
“Fuddy Meers’ is a very irreverent, off-beat show,” John O’Hagan, assistant professor and director for the play, said.
“It’s unlike any other thing [students] might see during their time here at UW, and I think it is a show with a particular appeal to them.”
Theater major James Wagner plays Richard in the play.
“If you could embody cheese, being excessively pleasant and an endearing doofus—you could call me Richard,” Wagner said.
For Wagner, this is his first major role with the university.
“Having this role has been so wonderful in working with the director to tailor the perfect show for the stage,” Wagner said.
“I’m very grateful for the opportunity, knowledge and fun that John O’Hagan has given to me.”
Everything onstage is a direct result of student work, O’Hagen said.
“I have a terrific cast and design team comprised entirely of students,” O’Hagan said.
“Every individual, both designers and actors, have put huge amounts of blood, sweat and tears into this production, and I have been tremendously pleased with how hard they have worked and how professional all of them have been.”
Producing a comedy in the theater style “farce” comes with its own challenges.
“It’s different than contemporary theatre, and that’s where I’m used to operating,” Wagner said.
“So finding the rhythm was a challenge.”
Comedy is by far the hardest thing to do onstage, O’Hagen said.
“Farce is even more difficult, and we have a peculiar brand of farce with this play,” O’Hagen said.
“It’s a dark farce and finding the right blend between the dark and the light - staying true to the playwright’s vision - has been exceptionally difficult for us all.”
Fuddy Meers was written by David Lindsay-Abaire.
According to a UW news release, this is not the first Lindsay-Abaire play to be performed at UW. The Department of Theatre and Dance had produced Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole in 2008.
“Going to the theatre satisfies a part of yourself that most of us are starving,” Wagner said.
“This show—while being funny—should hopefully speak to you on several levels. It has been an amazing experience putting this show together and should most definitely be shared.”
Coe Library holds its first art invitational during the 2010-2011 school year. There are a variety of different styles and genres ranging from metal sculptures to oil paintings and photographs, all from local artists and UW faculty.
\r\n“We just wanted to give local artists a good venue to display their work,” said Jennifer Mayer, the Fine Arts and Women’s Studies Librarian. “We are super jazzed about the art,” she said.
\r\nMayer is the one of the coordinators for the event, along with David Kruger.
\r\nThe invitational allows Laramie artists to loan their art for display in the library for no less than one year, according to Mayer.
\r\nThe works can be any media, and artists can submit more than one piece.
\r\nJim Knadler, a local artist and lecturer, submitted his recycled metal art pieces.
\r\n“I like to take junk and turn it in to something that people hopefully like.”
\r\nHis art includes recycled street light tops, drinking fountains, chair arms and broken mirrors.
\r\nHis piece, entitled Jackson and Me is a tribute to Jackson Pollock, matching the “splattered paint” style. Another piece, entitled The Point of Business, is more of a literal interpretation.
\r\n“I took some of the formulas from a business book, and to me the point of business is making money.”
\r\nKnadler’s art is located on the ground floor of Coe library.
\r\nAnother featured local artist is Terry Reid, whose eclectic use of color brings a new twist to portraiture. There is a portrait of Bill Cody and another entitled Campus Girl.
\r\nThe pieces are on loan to the library for the 2010 – 2011 school year but can be purchased from the artists.
\r\n“The invitational provides the artist with exposure to sell their art, either for personal collections or donation for permanent placement in the UW library,” Mayer said.
\r\nPrices are located on small placards near the art.
\r\nThe university has also purchased past works that now have a permanent home in the library including a large sculpture from James Surls named Rolling Flower. Its home is on the top floor of the library.
\r\nThis is the first invitational and although the time for submitting art has passed, Mayer strongly encourages other artists to submit their work next year.
\r\nFor more information, contact David Kruger at tseliot@uwyo.edu.
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-08-26 23:06:27','126','DJ Bowman','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-08-26 00:06:04','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','0','0','594','art, library, artists, mayer, ”, artist, year, invitational, local, business, work, entitled, piece, coe, display, pieces, home, “i, david, works','Coe Library holds its first art invitational during the 2010-2011 school year. There are a variety of different styles and genres ranging from metal sculptures to oil paintings and photographs, all from local artists and UW faculty.','0','3','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1668','“Dufy by Design” and Other Exhibitions on display at Art Museum','dufy-by-design-and-other-exhibitions-on-display-at-art-museum','','The UW Art Museum presented a new art exhibition which opened on June 4. This exhibit features work from the famed artist Raoul Dufy (1877-1953). Dufy was a fauvist painter who was known for his bold color. He painted huge murals and tapestries and changed local fashion and fabric design with his work for Paul Poiret. The “Dufy by Design” exhibit being shown at the Heritage Center features over 100 silk and fabric designs by Dufy, as well as thirteen dresses designed by Mongi Guibane and Christian LaCroix using Dufy fabric designs. According to Rachel Miller, the assistant curator, Dufy is known primarily as a painter, and so his textile work highlights his creative process.” The Museum also permanently displays some of Dufy’s paintings. According to Miller, these paintings illustrate the similarities between his handling of paint and composition and his fabric detail. His watercolor, La Plage et Le Port is currently on view in the exhibition.
In addition to “Dufy by Design,” the Art museum has five other exhibitions. “Artists from France Paintings and Prints from the Art Museum Collection” started on May 30th, 2009 and will remain in the museum until Dec 23, 2010. The exhibition embraces the French art movement at the turn of the 20th century. “American Modernists in Wyoming: George McNeil, Ilya Bolotowsy, and Leon Kelly,” exhibition opened on January 30th and will run until August 7th. All three of the artists are abstract painters exploring new viewpoints in their paintings. They were all former University of Wyoming art professors while pursuing their careers as painters. Harold Garde is an abstract impressionist whose work subjects include chairs, vases, portraits, and puppets. His exhibition will end on August 21st and is titled “Harold Garde. Painting. 50 years.” Finally, the “Neltje” exhibition started on May 22nd and will run until August 28th. It highlights the work of Neltje, a Wyoming artist, who experiments with movement, line, and color to produce vivid and imaginative artwork. She includes paper and text in her work to create a multi-layered surface. The UW art museum hosted a gallery walk with Neltje on Friday, June 4th, at 4:30, and a talk on Saturday June 5th, at 1:30.
The art museum’s mission statement is to “bring the world of art to Wyoming through collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting the highest quality visual art by national, regional, and international artists,” according to their website. This summer is no exception, as the museum proudly displays local, national, and international art. The summer exhibitions officially started last Friday, June 4th, with a free public reception at the Art Museum. The reception, also called by Rachel Miller a “sneak preview of the summer exhibitions,” is put on every year by the Art Museum. “One of our goals” said Miller, “is to let people have the opportunity to explore the exhibitions so they have a chance to sign up for our summer camps and art classes later in the summer.” The art museum also celebrates the summer solstice with a celebration in the rotunda gallery from 11:30-12:30 on June 21st.
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A percussion ensemble is a musical organization like a band or orchestra, except the instruments are all percussion, percussion instructor Steve Barnhart said.
\r\nThe ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 12 in the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
\r\nThe Percussion Ensemble existed for over 30 years, Barnhart said. He has conducted the ensemble for the last 20 years.
\r\nThe ensemble features a group of six students, including Zach Hobart, a freshman music major from Riverton; Dani Johnson, a freshman nursing major from Riverton; Kirk Stonecipher, a senior music major from Riverton; Katie Michaud, a junior music education major from Cheyenne; Becky Farley, a sophomore international studies major from Richmond, VA and Tyna Neeriemer, a junior music education major.
\r\nHobart, Johnson, Michaud and Stonecipher will perform “American Ragtime” on xylophone solos with marimba accompaniment. They will also perform a percussion quartet titled “Doomsday Machine” inspired by the original Star Trek television show from the 1960s. Farley will be featured on the Argentinean tango duet.
\r\nMusic will feature different ethnic musical styles, including African, Brazilian and Argentinean.
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','An opening reception for the exhibition will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Gallery 211.
This spring, Kimmel spent time with the UW art department to conduct workshops with university students.
“Each area in our department chooses an artist who they think will fit their program. I teach foundation classes, and I thought Karen would be a really good match, because her work has a lot to do with color and design, and so I thought she would be a perfect match,” Diana Baumbach, UW art professor, said.
Through this exhibition, UW students will have the opportunity to display their artwork from Kimmel’s workshops, which focused on allowing the students to express themselves with their own personal style using Kimmel’s custom-made stencils.
“The first week in March, she did workshops all throughout the week with a total of seven classes and also gave a lecture,” Baumbach said.
After students completed their personal stencil creations, Kimmel was inspired to create new stencils based off the designs of her students. Her new stencils will also be shown at the exhibition.
Inspired by the stencils that have been created through her workshops, Kimmel created a line of stencils for the younger generation called Kimmel Kids.
The art line focused on creating pieces that are visually appealing to the younger eye but still have the sophistication of contemporary art.
The idea is to get kids interested in art as soon as they could by allowing them to see that art can serve as a playmate and a teacher.
Kimmel was born in New Jersey and went on to study in Boston, Vermont, New York and California.
A 9-ball tournament will be held Friday in the billiards hall at 6:00 p.m. and will run until completion.
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Sign-ups are open until 9 p.m. today for students in the billiards hall in the basement of the Union.
There is a men’s division and women’s division, with winners advancing to the Association of College Unions International Regional Recreational Tourney in Tucson, Arizona Feb. 3-5.
','The trip is paid for by the Union, according to tournament coordinator John Jenkins.
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Jenkins also said that the participation has generally been low in recent tournaments, but there have been more people signing up for this year’s tournament.
There will also be a table tennis tournament following the billiards tournament Saturday, with the time still to be determined.
There is no cost to participate in the event, and students are invited to watch the tournament if they do not want to participate
Students with questions or those interested in signing up should go to the billiards hall for more information.
Email: Sean Miller
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Tracey Patton takes her love for knowledge and teaching around the world.
With help from her cross cultural communication class, she has organized a project to help build water tanks for a village in Kenya.
Today there will be an auction/fundraiser from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Union’s East Ballroom.
','Patton is the director of African American & Diaspora Studies and an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism. Her areas of expertise are in Critical Cultural Rhetorical Studies and Communication. She teaches classes such as African American Rhetoric, Cross Cultural Communication (the class aiding the orphanage in Kenya) and Rhetorical Theory and Criticism.
She started her academic career with two bachelor degrees from Colorado State University, one in speech communication and another in German.
She stayed at Colorado State and acquired her master’s in speech communication. In 2000, she earned a doctorate in communications from the University of Utah.
Patton has taught at Iowa State University, CSU and Utah, and has also done research at Carnegie and Stanford.
While teaching classes, Patton pursues her passion of travel and publishing books.
Patton’s most recent travels took her to conferences such as the National Communication Association in San Francisco, Visual Communication Association in Portland, Oregon and the National Council for Black Studies in New Orleans.
As part of the London exchange program, Patton taught a semester abroad at the University of London, Bloomsbury campus.
“Everywhere I travel, for work or for pleasure, I try to learn as much as I can about an area and try to be mindful about being a ‘world citizen,’” Patton said.
Along with teaching, attending conferences throughout the U.S. teaching abroad, Patton has also been writing a book.
“I am currently writing a book with a former UW graduate student. The book is titled, ‘This Ain’t My First Rodeo.’ I have found learning about rodeo culture fascinating and hope to see it on book shelves next year,” Patton said.
Patton’s passion for education has led her to initiate an aid project in her Cross Cultural Communication class to raise money for Shalom Garden Orphanage in Kenya.
“In the Cross Cultural Communication course, we work with real world clients, like the orphanage in Kenya. Prior to working with the Shalom Garden Orphanage, previous classes worked with Rwandan Genocide survivors and most recently we worked with the Jason Friend’s Foundation, a pediatric cancer non-profit located in Casper,” Patton said.
The orphanage has 25 students and is ran by one director, Margaret Kanyiri, and her assistant. To help this year, there is an auction to raise money for the orphanage.
“There is a great deal of work and learning that goes into working with real world clients. And on top of that, all 25 students work together as a class to make sure that our efforts for the organization are successful,” Patton said.
“We have free refreshments from Turtle Rock Cafe and American Soundwave will be DJ’ing the event,” Keileigh Stibitz, one of the four student project leaders, said. “The auction will be a great time to not only benefit a great cause but start, or finish, holiday shopping.”
The project, next to aiding the Kenyan orphanage, provided the students involved in the project with the opportunity to learn the process behind fundraising.
“Our group’s job was to contact businesses in our community and get items or monetary donations, which would benefit the orphanage,” Stibitz said. “We were also responsible for organizing the event such as the DJ, auction tables and auction forms.”
Patton has now been working with the orphanage for three years, and each year there is a different goal for the money raised.
“This year, we are assisting the orphanage in getting water tanks. Their goal is to become self sustaining and water tanks would make a big difference,” Oaklee Anderson, another project leader for the Cross Cultural class, said. “This will be the third year Patton’s class has worked with the orphanage. In the past money was raised for essentials like beds, toothbrushes, shoes and school supplies.”
The tanks would catch rainfall and include pur packets, which help to purify the water for drinking.
“Please come out and support your fellow students. You will not just be supporting us, but over 20 children who need our help,” Anderson said.
Email: Davis Bonner
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The event will be held in the Skylight Lounge in the Union building. All are welcome to come and make sushi with materials provided by the AAPISA.
The meat or fish was wrapped in seaweed and rice.
','This would help it stay fresh over time.
After a while, the rice would become soggy and would be discarded before eating the fish or meat.
As society advanced, ways to keep food fresh became available, and the Japanese culture turned to just eating the rice and seaweed as a compliment to the fish or meat.
For those interested in the history and making of sushi, the Asian American Pacific Islander Student Association will host a Sushi Workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“We basically want to introduce both Japanese and Korean culture with the sushi. Korea has a variation of sushi called, ‘Kimbab’ and it is about the same but mainly consisted of vegetables, egg, and some meat such as ham instead of fish,” President of AAPISA William Burns said.
“I hope to introduce sushi and this culture to people who are not familiar or have tried sushi yet and were afraid to try it. Nothing is raw, so no one has to be afraid of that. Hopefully, this will give students an idea for those who are not familiar with it and hopefully will enjoy their experience from it.”
If anyone is worried about the difficulty of making sushi, Burns offered some encouraging words for patrons of the workshop.
“Making the simple kind of sushi like what we are making is easy. Just grab a sheet of nori (seaweed), place a thin layer of rice, place vegetables and or meat, roll it up, cut, and enjoy.”
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Muslims are often portrayed with negative connotations in contemporary America. This is seen in the media; whether it be religious extremists in Florida trying to burn the Qu’ran or anti-ground zero mosque protests on the streets of New York City.
The Muslim Student Association tried to bring a different message to the students and faculty of UW with this year’s Ramadan Dinner.
','For this year’s Ramadan Dinner, MSA invited Dr. Mohamed Salih to speak on Ramadan. Dr. Salih came to America from Sudan to attend school in the 1970’s. After acquiring a doctorate, he decided to stay in America and now lives in Cheyenne.
When asked what Ramadan means to him, Dr. Salih said, “Ramadan is a month of reflection. You need that one month to reflect on the other 11 months: a time for spiritual renewal.”
Former president of MSA, Omair Muzaffar said, “Ramadan is like a button, where you can press reset and show your faith—throughout the month becoming more faithful.”
“Ramadan is a holy month that comes every year. All Muslims are fasting for this month. The Qu’ran first came on the first day of this month. Ramadan starts with the new moon, and it is 10 days earlier every year,” Mashhor Aljabrine, a current member of MSA, said.
Most non-Muslims are respectful and helpful when it comes to the celebration of Ramadan. Former student, Sabina Baig, said, “Everyone is supportive. If you’re in an evening class, and you tell the professor it’s the first time you’ve had to eat all day, then they have no problem with it.”
Ramadan Dinner has been going for several years now and has had different topics of lecture every year. “Last year the speech was about three religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam and what the three have in common,” MSA co-president Saima Naaz Malik said. “The main idea is to deliver the message of a specific topic. This year it is to explain the Qur’an.”
Salih spoke at the Ramadan Dinner about the Qur’an. He said the main content of the Qur’an is beliefs, morals, rituals and legal matters. Above all, the Qur’an is a book of guidance for Muslim people.
As edified by Salih, the four main beliefs of Islam lie in believing in one God, prophethood, the universe and the day of judgement.
The main point of Salih’s lecture is that the Qur’an is a book of guidance that teaches peaceful ways before anything else. It is a book that teaches by “enjoining good and forbidding evil,” Salih said.
This way of living relates back to Ramadan. Mashhor Aljabrine, a UW student, said, “We break fasting every night when the sun sets in Laramie. Ramadan allows Muslims to feel how the poor feel, and it is also for our own health.”
In the end, Ramadan is about experiencing what less fortunate people experience and giving to others, according to Salih.
Email: Davis Bonner
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The Poke Pride was hard to hide at Saturday’s Homecoming Parade. Students clad in brown and gold boarded floats of all varieties and sizes in an effort to win the favor of the judges. Members of Pi Kappa Alpha and Delta Delta Delta won the most outstanding float award, and the UW Libraries and Association of Black Student Leaders pulled in the most original float award.
Most outstanding Float
Winner: Pi Kappa Alpha & Delta Delta Delta
Runner-up: Office of the Register and Financial Aid
Most Original Float
Winner: UW Libraries & Association of Black Student Leaders (ABSL)
Runner Up: UW College of Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Best Small Float
Winner: Associated Students with Interest in China
Runner Up: Cowboy Parents Association
Best Off-Campus Commercial Entry
Winner: Spring Wind Assisted Living
Runner Up: Ace Hardware
Best Use of Theme
Winner: Wyoming Student Alumni Association (WyoSAA)
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Runner Up: UW Retail Dining
Best Off-Campus Walking Entry
Winner: National Guard Youth Challenge Program
Runner Up: UW Retail Dining
Best Off-Campus
Winner: National Guard Youth Challenge Program
Runner Up: Sikuris de Wyoming
Honorable Mention
College FFA
Ghost Tours of Laramie
Laramie Jr. High Marching Band
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Mathematics is often called the universal language, and this week’s student spotlight believes math can be used to solve any problem.“I like math because it’s beautiful,” Aylin Marquez said. “You can answer anything, you can use it to figure out how the world works.” ','Marquez was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but moved to Turkey at the age of four, where she lived for 16 years. She said the transition of coming back to the United States was more of a culture shock than moving away at such a young age. “I loved it there, I loved the weather,” she said. “I grew up next to the Black Sea, it is so beautiful.”Marquez came to the UW because of her husband. She earned her associate of science degree from Eastern Wyoming College, and UW was the next logical choice.When asked where she sees herself in five years, Marquez said “teaching math at either a high school or community college, and working toward my Ph.D.” She is also interested in moving to and studying in Berlin, Germany.In addition to her scholarly pursuits, Marquez is a wife and mother, as well as a fitness instructor at the Laramie Recreation Center where she teaches piloga (a hybrid of pilates and yoga) and belly dance fit. She has also taught step/weights, variety dance and step/toning at UW Half Acre gymnasium.Marquez is also a founding member of the UW Belly Dance club as well as an instructor. She is also active as an undergraduate student representative for the A&S Teaching Committee, the vice president of the Student Math Association of Wyoming, a co-web coordinator and photographer for the UW Advocates for Achievement, Student Success Services, an active member of the Non-Traditional Student Council, and an active member of the International Student Association.
Email the author:dbowman6@uwyo.edu
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Renowned Jazz pianist Ellen Rowe has been “tickling the ivories” and helping UW students appreciate the intricacies of jazz performance and composition this week. Rowe will perform in a concert with Scott Turpin of the UW faculty at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Fine Arts Concert Hall.
On Thursday, Rowe spent time working with students in the UW Jazz Combo during the university’s convocation hour. She listened to the group perform and gave them feedback regarding their performance, helping them to improve.
During the master class, Rowe spoke of the importance of education to not only the performer, but to the listener as well. Often, Rowe takes time during her concerts to describe the pieces she is performing or to explain how the group interacts together, which enhances the audiences’ experience.
“It really depends on who you’re playing for,” Rowe said. “If I know that I’ve got an audience of people who are interested in the music and want to know more about it, then I want to tell them more about it, because the more they know, the more they are going to enjoy the music.”
Rowe has made it her personal stand to help people appreciate jazz in its form and performance. Many people think that jazz is a lot of notes or random notes, she said.
“If they know more about what they are listening to, if they understand that we’re not just musicians operating in our own little concentric circles but we’re interacting on different levels, that it’s really a conversation, that’s going to change how they listen to it and it really effects how they listen to the performance.”
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The child of two Julliard trained musicians, Rowe started playing the piano by ear at the age of four.
“I inherited perfect pitch from my father, so I was always able to pick out tunes on the piano,” she said during her master class.
However, when Rowe tried to join her high school’s jazz band, she was told she could not play in the ensemble unless she studied jazz form more seriously. So she began taking lessons from jazz pianist John Mehegan, one of the forerunners of a methodical approach to studying improvisation, according to her website.
Although her primary medium is jazz, Rowe enjoys a variety of music in her personal time. An avid runner and climber, she said different performers inspire her in different ways.
“Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, that’s my running music,” she said. “The musicians that absolutely put me into a trance are Keith Jarrett, the Dvorák piano quintet in A major does that for me, I still love James Taylor, but there’s a lot of musicians that inspire me.”
In her concert, Rowe will play a variety of well known jazz standards, some in a traditional style. Some with her own arrangements. She will play some of her own original compositions. Rowe also plans on integrating some well-known pieces with jazz standards.
Email: DJ Bowman
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Walking around campus, one may notice more people wearing all shades of pink. It is not a new fashion statement; instead, people are showing their support for National Breast Cancer Awareness month.
In the U.S., one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2010, 39,480 women are expected to die from breast cancer.
Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among U.S. women, according to breastcancer.org.
For 25 years, various organizations have been championing efforts to raise money for research and awareness of the early detection and treatment of breast cancer. This year is no different.
A local breast cancer awareness group, I Love Life, held a 5k race Saturday to help local women who are battling the disease.
For many women, breast cancer is also a mental struggle, which can leave them with feelings of uncertainty and doubt.
“This is such a personal disease,” Chrisitane Dechert, one of the cofounders of I Love Life said.
“I was amazed to find and be accepted into the pink sisterhoods, and those who have been affected, the patients and their families and caretakers, are a special group of people. We have faced how our lives will likely end.”
The I Love Life group has been a champion to many of Laramie’s women and families who have fought the breast cancer battle, offering education and support throughout the difficult time.
“I was thinking of the word ‘journey,’ and the adjective ‘unscripted’ fits it for me,” local breast cancer survivor Ann Marcott said. “From diagnosis on, as a patient, you just don’t know what is written in the future for you. Who could possibly know how the next page in your life would be written? Yet, the page turns and—voilà—you’re still here trying to be strong and continue into the next chapter.”
Because of the support of survivors like Marcott and Dechert, other women have the possibility to remain strong and continue the battle against breast cancer.
“It’s all about the support,” Marcott said. “You meet new people who are in a similar circumstance, and you make connections and … probably life-time friends that connect you and bring you together in this cause. Part of being a survivor, and talking with someone else to help them through it, is a lot of listening. That person who has been affected by this needs to get it off their chest—when they’re ready.”
In an effort to promote early detection, the National Cancer Institute recommends women 40 or older have mammograms every one to two years.
“Breast cancer is a bad thing that happens to good people,” Marcott said.
Marcott is living proof of how effective mammograms are, as she is a woman who was diagnosed at the very rare “stage zero” of cancer.
“We are trying to postpone (the end) as far into the future as we can,” Dechert said. “We have looked death in the eye—what else is there to fear.”
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It is not the responsibility of Wal-Mart to ensure that Laramie youth under the age of 21 do not illegally drink alcohol. That is a job for the community.
The story, “Council, citizens discuss Wal-Mart Liquor License,” in The Laramie Boomerang on Wednesday described a Laramie citizen’s opposition during Tuesday night’s council meeting to the Laramie City Council’s approval of the liquor license transfer from JJ’S Bar to Wal-Mart.
The resident argued that allowing a package liquor store to be located inside Wal-Mart would add fuel to Laramie’s underage drinking problem.
“I know that we are all responsible adults, but half the population in this town is not. They are college students,” Laramie resident Donna Farmer said in the article. “They don’t always make the right choices. And sometimes, it is up to us as responsible adults to help them by not putting more things out there for them.”
While I sympathize with Farmer’s sentiments, they are nonetheless misguided. Having one more package liquor store in Laramie will probably have little to no impact on the number of people who drink illegally.
Another liquor store provides another place for shoppers to buy alcohol. It does not mean people—whether over or under the legal drinking age- will be more or less inclined to drink.
That is not to say that alcohol sold at Wal-Mart to people of legal drinking age will not end up in the hands of underage drinkers, but alcohol sold from other establishments is already being handed to those under 21.
The question is whether having one more liquor store will encourage underage individuals to drink. Maybe I have this wrong, but it seems there exist already plenty of places to buy alcohol in town.
The source of Laramie’s underage drinking problem does not lie in the number of liquor stores. It lies in the fact that there are drinking-aged individuals within the community who are willing to purchase alcohol for underage consumers.
Unless liquor store employees are not checking the customer’s ID, which is typically not the case, the alcohol that ends up in the hands of Laramie’s underage drinker comes from those of legal age. Illegal drinking is not the fault of liquor stores; it’s the fault of those buying liquor.
If the cashiers working the counter of Wal-Mart’s future liquor store knowingly or unknowingly sell alcohol to those who are underage, they are legally responsible. However, they are not legally responsible if they are selling it to people of drinking age.
If people wouldn’t buy booze for underage kids, these kids would not be as able or willing to drink in town as they are now. So, if the community is serious about cutting the number of underage drinking incidents, stop buying alcohol for those who are not 21.
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-09-28 22:31:27','62','Shane Staley ','2010-09-28 22:42:47','173','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-09-28 22:31:27','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','0','0','582','liquor, underage, alcohol, drinking, laramie, store, wal, drink, mart, age, responsible, people, town, ”, laramie’s, buy, number, community, legal, stores','','0','8','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1680','Kosmos and GreenHorse bands continue dual performances in Laramie','kosmos-and-greenhorse-bands-continue-dual-performances-in-laramie','','The bands Kosmos and GreenHorse will perform at 9 p.m. tonight in JJ’s Bar. The concert is for people 21 and over and has an admission charge of $5.
\r\nThis will be the groups’ second performance together, after they performed together in Sheridan at the WYO Theater earlier this month.
\r\nShawn Day and Chris Hackman make up the duo GreenHorse, and Ben and Tim Tonak make up Kosmos.
\r\nGreenHorse was formed when Day and Hackman met in Wyoming. They then kept in contact and proceeded to work together while Day was in London and Hackman was in LA. They are now based out of Sheridan.
\r\nDay plays electric and acoustic guitar, electric bass, piano and does vocals and Hackman plays upright bass, electric bass and performs vocals.
\r\nThey are unsigned and released their first album, “Transcontinental” in fall of 2009. Their music takes a lyrical focus on human psychology, oceans and sunsets, life, love, nature and death, according to their Web site www.greenhorse.com.
\r\nThe group uses analog synthesizers and wooden guitars, according to their Facebook page. Their music is classified as electro post-pop.
\r\nBen and Tim Tonak, together with Alexander Gerstel from Kosmos, have been based out of Denver for the last five years.
\r\nTim plays base and Ben plays guitar while both perform vocals. Gerstel has been the band’s drummer for a little over a month. They are signed with the label DIY and have three CDs that have been released.
\r\nTheir first full length album titled “Ways of Letting Go” was released in 2006, followed by the album “The Bifurcation” in 2008. Their most recent release was a six-song album, “Skeptics in Love,” released earlier this year.
\r\nTheir album “Skeptics in Love” tells the story of a single hypothetical relationship between two young lovers. The songs range from catchy, guitar-driven anthems to slightly more ethereal pop/rock, according to their Web site, www.kosmosmusic.com.
\r\nEmail the author
','','-1','11','0','34','2010-04-23 00:03:39','104','Lauren Kottenstette','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2010-04-23 01:03:25','2010-05-13 07:00:00','','','','0','0','581','greenhorse, album, day, hackman, released, plays, kosmos, vocals, tim, ben, guitar, electric, bass, tonak, month, music, earlier, sheridan, love, perform','The bands Kosmos and GreenHorse will perform at 9 p.m. tonight in JJ’s Bar. The concert is for people 21 and over and has an admission charge of $5.\r\n\r\nThis will be the groups’ second performance together, after they performed together in Sheridan at the WYO Theater earlier this month. ','0','10','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('1681','Photos: 2010 fireworks display','photos-2010-fireworks-display','','Summer is rapidly approaching, and for many college students this means a road trip. Even though scores of University of Wyoming students find themselves strapped for cash when planning to get out of town, neglecting to get their vehicles ready for a road trip can be a costly, and even a life-threatening mistake.
\r\nHot weather is rough on most vehicles. A car’s coolant system must work harder to keep the engine from overheating, tires must perform in hotter conditions, and should a breakdown occur students should be prepared with supplies, such as water, while waiting for help – a necessity on often desolate, two-lane Wyoming highways. However, many preparations are fairly easy to do and can be done by consulting the owner’s manual.
\r\nFirst, check the tire pressure. Tire pressure is critical to vehicle performance and ensures the best possible contact between the tire and the road. In addition, an improperly inflated tire can overheat, leading to a potentially hazardous blowout on the highway. The vehicle owner\'s manual will list the proper tire pressures for different driving conditions, such as high-speed, summer highway driving. For the student on a budget, properly inflated tires will last longer and improve gas mileage.
\r\nNext, pop the hood and inspect the belts and hoses. This step is important for older vehicles since the belts and hoses are often original parts and can be damaged. If any belts or hoses look worn, a mechanic can inspect and replace them if needed.
\r\nThen, inspect the battery and look for any corroded connections or posts. If the battery is more than three years old, consider getting it tested at a certified repair shop. Hot weather can put strain on a car battery as in cold weather, and a battery frequently gives no warning before it dies, leading to an expensive tow. Moreover, always carry jumper cables.
\r\nAlso, check all fluids, especially the coolant levels. If the mix of coolant and water deviates much from the best ratio of 50:50, hot-weather performance can be compromised. Then check the composition of a radiator\'s mixture, it can be checked by using an inexpensive antifreeze tester, which are available at most auto parts stores.
\r\nIn addition, get an oil change, especially if the car is overdue. Engine oil has varying levels of thickness, and thinner oil may not give proper engine lubrication in the summer. Owner\'s manuals typically list the types of oil needed for different driving and climate conditions. A local dealership or garage can also determine the best oil for the vehicle.
\r\nFinally, set up an emergency kit. Even the most prepared trip can hit a snag, but a properly assembled kit can lessen the financial and personal risk. This kit should include a flashlight, flares and a first-aid kit, jumper cables, a blanket, paper towels, extra washer fluid and coolant, spare tire and jack, plus food and water. Water is especially vital in summer when dehydration can set in quickly while waiting for help.
\r\nWithout preparedness, repairs can be cost-prohibitive, but by following these cheap and relatively simple tips, UW students can save themselves potential heartache and some green this summer and make it a road trip to be remembered instead of forgotten.
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University of Wyoming Collegiate Chorale will present their spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the UW Fine Arts concert hall. As described by Dr. Nicole Lamartine, UW director of choral activities, the concert “will certainly be a highlight of the talent we have here at UW.”
Lamartine also said, “This will be some of the best singing that’s happening in the region. The program itself is very fully put together and I think it will be performed really well.”
\r\nThis year’s recital is titled “Spirit of the Night.”
\r\n“All of the music in the concert has something to do with night, whether it’s about the stars and moon, things that happen at night, or night as a metaphor,” Lamartine said.
\r\nSticking with the theme, Lamartine said the performance will begin with two pieces composed by Eugene Butler: “The White Moon” and “In the Night.” Faculty cellist Beth Vanderborgh will be featured in the latter of the two songs.
\r\nThe concert will continue with a mini, six-minute opera titled “La Passeggiata” by Gioachino Rossini, which contains a very involved piano part that will be played by accompanist Lisa Rickard.
\r\nFollowing the opera, the chorale will take on a number of songs by Johannes Brahms before continuing the concert with René Clausen’s, “Tonight Eternity Alone.” The piece will feature two soprano soloists, Anne Schatz and Gwen Van Baalen.
\r\nFor what she personally considers to be the highlight of the recital, Lamartine said the chorale will sing Eric Whitacre’s “Water Night,” which she said is currently one of the most popular pieces of American choral music.
\r\nAs a young composer in his 30s, Whitacre has been able to influence choral music in America in a number of different ways, Lamartine said.
\r\nClosing the concert will be “Jubilant Song” by Norman Dello Joio. Lamartine said it was her understanding that this song has sold the most copies in the history of publishing American choral music. She added that Rickard will once again act as a piano accompanist for the piece.
\r\nOn top of Monday’s concert, the chorale will make three additional appearances next week, capped off with the vocal jazz ensemble April 6.
\r\nThe Collegiate Chorale is UW’s premier mixed choral ensemble, comprised of 48 of the university’s top singers.
\r\nWith hour-long rehearsals held four days a week, Lamartine said the chorale presents anywhere from three to six performances a semester.
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The Second Annual Wyoming Snow Run took place last weekend just outside of Jackson, Wyo., recognizing breast cancer survivors and supporters by raising money and recognizing those who are struggling with the disease.
This year Pink Ribbon Riders, an organization founded to take a more direct approach to providing help for breast cancer patients, returned to Wyoming, bringing supporters from around the country. X-games snow machine riders and sponsors like Dan Adams and Kirk Zack joined enthusiasts and novice riders on a weekend trail ride in support and honor of those who have suffered because of breast cancer.
\r\nEarly Saturday morning, the parking lot of Togwotee Mountain Lodge filled with an assortment of snow machines and bundled up riders who were eager to hit the trails and ride in recognition of their loved ones.
\r\nOne of these riders was Joe “Lefty” Martinez, a guide for the Togwotee area for eight years. Martinez was introduced to the Pink Ribbon Riders and their snow run program last year and hit it off with them immediately. The organization asked Martinez and his girlfriend to help with their first snow run event in the West and they agreed.
\r\n“It’s great because people come from all over; men, women, some even bring their kids, but they come from everywhere,” Martinez said. “Everybody’s got something in common. It’s a great end of season event for riders within a short distance and a great way to raise money for a great cause.”
\r\nPink Ribbon Riders cofounder Jody McKay started the Snow Run event in New York, working west and spreading out to Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Wyoming.
\r\n“It is the only event we have out in the west to be able to raise funds for people in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and the surrounding areas,” McKay said. “All the funds we raise help those in the states in which we fundraise, and then if funds are available we help all the people in all different states that apply.”
\r\nThe non-profit organization encourages people from all over the country to contact them for support. By raising money through a silent auction, sponsor contributions, member donations and individual collections, Pink Ribbon Riders is able to focus its efforts toward an individual or family in need by providing financial and emotional support.
\r\nCowboy poet Jerry Bell provided musical entertainment Friday and Saturday evening, but also joined the cause in honor of his wife who recently passed away from breast cancer.
\r\n“I participated last year as a musician and it’s just a great cause,” Bell said. “There are so many great people; it’s really a big family.”
\r\nBell was a guide in the Togwotee area for 27 years and became familiar with the mountains surrounding the lodge. When Pink Ribbon Riders moved into Wyoming, he quickly became a member of the family. “These guys are very accommodating,” he said. “I wouldn’t miss this for [anything] … and I’ll be back next year if they’ll let me.”
\r\nDuring Saturday night’s dinner banquet, sponsor representatives from Triton Trailers, HMK USA, Arctic Cat and many others bid on items that had been donated. This year’s snow run raised over $16,000.
\r\nHMK owner Kirk Zack has been with Pink Ribbon Riders since it was founded, matching McKay in her determination and support.
\r\n“When Jody started Pink Ribbon Riders I told her, whatever you want we’ll do it,” Zack said. “Whatever we can do to help, I’m all for it.”
\r\nZack puts his time, equipment and money into the event in hopes of helping someone who needs it.
\r\n“Look at all these people here for this great cause,” he said, motioning toward the room full of supporters. “There are so many great people and so many companies are sponsors.”
\r\nPink Ribbon Riders welcomes everyone to become a part of their family by joining their Assistance Program or their annual snow run events around the country.
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\r\n“Early on, CHAP was a way for health professions students to get volunteer hours and to put their interests to work on campus and in the community,” Colleen Hubbell, associate lecturer and licensed counselor in the College of Health Sciences, said.
\r\nAccording to Hubbell, in the last few years, strong partnerships have developed between CHAP and community organizations.
\r\n','\r\nShe explained that CHAP is currently working on several different projects including volunteer opportunities at Senior Housing, an apartment complex for low-income seniors. The organization is also working with a program to help teach young children about health professions through puppetry as well as a new partnering program.
\r\n“In conjunction with Ivinson Memorial Hospital, [we are] partnering CHAP volunteers with people with pre-diabetes to encourage them to lose weight and make healthier food choices,” Hubbell said.
\r\nCHAP is a student-driven, extracurricular and inter-professional organization.
\r\n“Students involved report benefiting from CHAP as a place to meet and learn from other students,” Hubbell said. “Because CHAP is inter-professional, the majors represented range from within the College of Health Sciences nursing, medicine, kinesiology and health, pharmacy, to all across campus- art, biology, micro-biology, business, nutrition, and undeclared, to name a few.”
\r\nHubbell said that students say they have been energized by getting involved with community organizations and being able to contribute to making a difference.
\r\n“CHAP works because students aspiring to various health careers are innately committed to improving the quality of life of their fellow citizens,” she said.
\r\n“Cathy Valades-Flynn keeps the diffuse group connected through regular e-mail announcements, lunch-time meetings and personal involvement,” she said.
\r\nCHAP meets twice a month, the first Wednesday at noon and the third Thursday at 4 p.m. On average about 20 students attend each meeting but nearly 300 students a year participate in some way.
\r\n“CHAP is not a club. There are no dues or requirements for joining. Just come to a meeting, have lunch, and bring your ideas for making a difference.”
\r\nThose interested in being added to the email list can contact Valades-Flynn at cvalades@uwyo.edu or call 766-4908.
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Email the author: rkubiche1@uwyo.edu
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Laramie Morning Toastmasters believes in crushing fear: namely, the fear of public speaking.
\r\nToastmasters is a group of Laramie community members that practices forming and delivering of speeches. The group meets 6:45 a.m. on Mondays in Room 106 of the Animal Sciences/Molecular Biology Building.
\r\nThe group has had about 20 members involved at any time. Most Mondays, about 12 of these members attend.
\r\n','\r\nAs a weekly morning ritual, the toastmasters recite their mission statement, “The mission of a toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment, in which every individual member has the opportunity to develop oral communication and leadership skills, which in form foster self-confidence and personal growth.”
\r\nFollowing this mission statement, every member starts with a manual that includes 10 speech projects. Each week, two to three speeches are given by members of the group.
\r\nEach speech is rated by an audience evaluator.
\r\nThe last part of each meeting is called “Table Topics,” which is a portion of the meeting when a member will pose a random question to another member. After the question is asked, two to three minutes are allowed for an answer.
\r\nTable Topics functions to improve an individual’s impromptu speaking abilities.
\r\n“Individuals have their own goals. At the completion of the first 10 manual speeches, a member is awarded the title of Competent Communicator. From there, he can pursue advanced manuals or prepare speeches on whatever he chooses,” Susan Mavrich, one of the Laramie morning toastmasters, said.
\r\nEven if a member is not giving a prepared speech on a given week, other duties are given. A different member is assigned to be the toastmaster, timer, main speaker, evaluator or the questioner for Table Topics.
\r\n“The Toastmaster for the week officiates the meeting, introduces the speakers, makes sure all the duties are fulfilled [and] ensures that the meeting runs in a timely manner,” Mavrich said.
\r\nThe group is available to the public. “Laramie Morning Toastmasters is a diverse group. They may be university professors, university students …, or regular townspeople with non-university jobs. Members may be professionals or blue-collar workers. We have members that have been toastmasters for over 25 years, just because they love it. We have members who join for a short time to get a boost to their careers. There is a great mix of ages and vocations in our group,” Mavrich said.
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Email the author: dbonner1@uwyo.edu
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For southeast Wyoming’s snowboarders, riding the Snowy Range Ski Area has its advantages.
','Among the benefits of snowboarding Snowy Range include low prices and close proximity to both Laramie and Cheyenne, its hometown mountain vibe and short lines waiting to catch chairlifts.
In comparison to the resorts in the region, the cost of riding Snowy Range is relatively low.
Full day adult lift tickets for the 2010/2011 ski season at Snowy Range are $39; adult season passes were being sold in August for $199, with the option of including five lift tickets to Steamboat for an additional $120.
The cost of a full day ticket at Jackson Hole can cost up to $95 depending on the date you will be snowboarding; adult season passes are priced at $1,570.
One of the greatest virtues of the Snowy Range Ski Areas is where it lies in Albany County.
Located roughly 30 miles west of Laramie on Highway 130, Snowy Range is just a little more than a half-hour’s drive from Laramie and less than two hours from Cheyenne.
“The best part about the ski area is how close it is to town,” Louis Johnston, a 24-year-old Laramie snowboarder and 2010/2011 Snowy Range season pass holder, said. “You’re just 30 minutes away from being able to board.”
The ski area’s small size gives it a “hometown mountain feel.” In many ways, the snowboarders of southeast Wyoming feel as if the Snowy Range is their boarding home.
“The size of the ski area really allows you to get know the mountain in ways you could never know a large resort,” Corey Cook, a 28-year-old Laramie snowboarder, said. “I know that mountain like the back of my hand.”
Another favorite feature of the ski area among local boarders are the typically short lines to catch a chairlift up the mountain.
The wait to snatch a lift at Snowy Range usually does not take more than a couple of minutes. It’s not uncommon to wait in chairlift lines for 10 or 20 minutes—if not longer—at resorts like Jackson Hole or Steamboat.
Riding at other ski areas provides southeast Wyoming’s snowboarders with high-speed gondolas, more terrain and other amenities not available here.
But if they had to choose between the charms of Snow Range and not riding at all, they would surely ride the Range.
“When the moon hits your eye, like a big-a pizza pie, that’s amore.” This classic tune by Dean Martin brings to mind a variety of images, among them fine Italian cuisine.
This month, Laramie Main Street is featuring Luciano’s Italian Restaurant for its “Taste of the Town” event.
','“Luciano’s opened last December and has strived to offer quality food in an inviting atmosphere,” Trey Sherwood, Laramie Main Street director said. “They have updated their menu and extended their hours to include a full-service brunch on Sundays.”
The Taste of the Town program began in June of 2010, featuring locally owned restaurants in the historic district of downtown Laramie.
“We have seen great response from our volunteers and board members who have attended every event, but hope to draw more support from the University of Wyoming, LCCC and WyoTech students,” Sherwood said. “We hope Taste [of the Town] gives residents an excuse to eat out and try new or forgotten favorites.”
Luciano’s menu specialties include handcrafted desserts made daily by culinary artist Steve Drietz. Their menu features traditional Italian meals like lasagna, spaghetti with hand-rolled meatballs and chicken with eggplant parmesan.
The restaurant also has house pastas including manicotti, gnocchi carbonera, fettuccini alfredo. One house special is “The Don,” an Italian-style pepper steak and pesto pork.
The Lucianos’ culinary team includes Chef Christopher “Stone” Kidner and Drietz, under the management of Eileen Obssuth, who is also the owner of the restaurant.
The restaurant recently made some corrections in staffing and training, and Obssuth said with these changes Luciano’s will be “the place to go for great food and a pleasant atmosphere.”
The event goes from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight and 10 percent of the profits will be donated to Laramie Main Street.
Luciano’s is located on the corner of First Street and the 100 block of Ivinson Avenue.
For more information regarding Laramie Main Street, call 307-742 2212 or email mainstreet@laramiewy.org.
Email the author: dbowman6@uwyo.edu
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A member of the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame will instruct a free self-defense clinic from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday in the Education Building gymnasium.
The Seiyo Shorin Ryu Karate and Kobudo club will host the clinic instructed by Grandmaster Dan Hausel, a former UW faculty member and tenth degree black belt.
“The clinic will go over basic techniques such as blocks, escapes, punches and strikes to help students defend themselves in any threatening situation,” Eddie Yarcaz, president of the club said.
Members of the Karate and Kobudo Club will assist with the clinic. Throughout the week, the Karate Club has distributed pamphlets with not only their club information, but also information about assault statistics.
“It is a good way to ensure my safety as a young woman on this campus,” Katie Lerner, a freshman political science major from Cheyenne, said. “The clinic will provide a way for women on campus to learn basic defense skills to fend off predators.”
Open watch for the club is from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Mondays, where the Karate and Kobudo club also practice the traditional martial arts of Karate, Kobudo, Shinjo-Ryu Iijutsu, Dai Yoshin-Ryu Kempojutsu and Kobujustu.
Participants will need to fill out a waiver for the event.
The club meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays in the Education Building gymnasium.
DJ Bowman
dbowman6@uwyo.edu
Naughty Pines Derby Dames
Don’t let the skirts, shorts, roller skates and fun names fool you; these girls are tough.
They change from their mild-mannered everyday personas to rough-and-tumble derby girls who skate a flat track with incredible skill and poise, all while being bashed around like they’re in a demolition derby. On Aug. 28, the Naughty Pines Derby Dames skated against the Magic City Rollers of Billings, Montana.
The Naughty Pines Derby Dames are a diverse group of women who call Laramie home, but are from all over the country. The team started in 2009 and is the first all-female roller derby team in Wyoming.
“The diversity of our team is ridiculous,” said Janet “Ogre” Chen who’s from West Los Angeles. “We have girls from all walks of life: students, teachers, managers, food services; it’s really great.”
Chen has been with the group since its inception.
Veronica “Pickin’ Scabs” Stewarts, a new member of the group, is originally from St. Louis. Last Saturday’s bout was only her third time with the team.
“I think it’s awesome. We have such a wide variety of girls,” she said.
According to their website, the Naughty Pines are a nonprofit organization that “not only strive to play roller derby, but enhance the local Laramie community.”
They aim to empower women through their competition, provide family friendly fun and support local charities. Many of the girls join because there is a feeling of family in the group.
“I joined the girls because there’s no discrimination and judgment,” Rebecca “Molly B damned” Corbiere said. Corbiere is a junior at the University of Wyoming.
Amanda “Sweet D-Amanda” Priestley echoed Corbiere’s statement.
“I love it because we don’t get judged. Also, if you have a long day, you can just take it out on someone.”
Melissa “Burnadette Bombthreat” Johnson of Arizona used to participate in derby in Fort Collins, Colorado. With her experience, she’s been pulling duty as the coach of the team, although she still skates during practices.
“It’s been amazing. I saw a poster and thought I’d have to try out,” she said. Johnson went on to say that although she doesn’t feel like she’s a great leader. Once she began to teach the girls some things she’d learned, she just went with it, she said.
The team practices three times a week for two hours, so for many of the girls, it feels like another job.
“Oh, this really is my third job,” said Johnson.
“Oh yeah,” said Corbiere. “I have derby, school and my job.” She went on to say that although derby does take a lot of her time, she still manages to have time for a personal life.
For the Derby Dames, participating in roller derby is not only fun, but it’s a form of stress relief.
“I liked hockey as a kid, but women can’t check. Here, I get to knock girls down, it’s a great stress relief,” Corbiere said.
“Some people like chaos in different parts of their lives. I like mine here,” said Chen.
Although the Naughty Pines lost their season finale Saturday, they still impressed their coach.
“The girls did fantastic, they played their hearts out,” Johnson said. “I love these girls like my sisters.”
The next event for the Naughty Pines is a Halloween party at 9 p.m., Oct. 31 at JJ’s bar.
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Curt Gowdy is located midway between Cheyenne and Laramie on Exit 210.
\r\nAccording to the Laramie Area Visitor Center, Curt Gowdy has done extensive construction to its hiking and camping areas this summer. The park is named after Curtis Edward Gowdy, who graduated from the University of Wyoming. He was a legendary American Sportscaster for the Boston Redsoxs and died on February 20, 2006.
\r\nVedauwoo and Curt Gowdy State Park are two of the closest and most popular venues for the experienced and novice sport lovers.
\r\nVedauwoo is a “Mecca for crack climbing,” said avid climber Ben “Zesty” Pickerel.
\r\nVedauwoo is an internationally recognized climbing attraction, Pickerel said.
\r\n“I’ve talked to people from probably 20 different countries that came to Wyoming specifically to climb at Vedauwoo,” he said.
\r\nWith technical climbs named SpectreMan, Friday the 13th, and Ed’s Crack, Vedauwoo offers climbing for the uninitiated, as well as the experienced technical climber.
\r\n“I like SpectreMan for beauty, ”Pickerel said. “I climb Skull for fun.”
\r\nAccording to Vedauwoo.org, SpectreMan is a very technical climb that should not be attempted by amateur climbers without the assistance of an experienced climber.
\r\nMatt “SugarFree” Jones is another experienced climber.
\r\n“I climb Vedauwoo for the thrill of it. It’s exciting and then gratifying when you finish the route,” he said.
\r\nJones said one of his favorite climbs is the 5 Days of Summer, located at the Beehive area.
\r\nWith its fat cracks and course grains, Vedauwoo is sure to “tear you up,” according to Pickerel.
\r\nVedauwoo is 18.6 miles from Laramie on Interstate 80.
\r\nCurt Gowdy State Park is another relatively close attraction to Laramie that offers trails, mountain biking, camping, fishing and others activities.
\r\nThere are fees to use the park ranging from $4 for a day pass to $40 for an annual overnight camping permit.
\r\nSome of the newest additions to the park are the improved mountain bike trails and the addition of a downhill course.
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“The show is a success this year, although not as much as in recent years,” said producer Dale Hoops. “Hopefully other people will pick up on it, as it is a great show,” he said.
The Wyoming Territorial Prison is one of the Laramie’s must-see tourist attractions and is the only prison to have imprisoned Butch Cassidy. The self-guided walking tour at the prison takes the tourist through exhibits detailing life in the wild west, how the prisoners lived, and, of course, Butch Cassidy. The prison is the perfect place to stage a Wild West show because of the completely “western” atmosphere surrounding the prison.
The show is put on by the High Plains Theatre Company. It is the first production of the company, and they are very excited to have the prison as their setting for the Horse Barn Dinner Theatre. The cast consists of children and adults who are dressed up as cowboys and cowgirls of the Wild West.
“It is a hokey western musical on Wyoming right before it became a state. It gives some clever facts on Wyoming,” Hoops said.
The Horse Barn is the perfect place for a show because there are no big poles or corners obstructing the view. The whole stage is visible from almost any angle. This is the first year in awhile that the Horse Barn Dinner Theatre has been in the Horse Barn, but it may prove to be a lasting addition to the Territorial Prison depending on the revenue generated. Depending on the night, about half of the audience is local and half is tourists who have heard about the show, according to Hoops.
“We have had people from New York, North Carolina, and Washington,” Hoops said.
The dinner menu enhances the western feeling with BBQ pulled pork, mashed potatoes, and cherry cobbler. Vegetarian lasagna is available upon request. Water, iced tea, lemonade, and coffee are offered as beverages.
The cast are mostly Laramie natives. Susan Wiersema just graduated from Laramie High School, and Aaron Heath is a junior there. The two Laramie stars have played in numerous musicals and just sang with the school choir at Carnegie Hall in New York. Katie Winters and Carmella Chavez are both students at the University of Wyoming. They describe singing as one of their ultimate loves, according to their biographies. Finally, producer Dale Hoops is at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs majoring in musical theatre. He describes theatre as his “passion.” Ten children rotate spots this summer, and on any given night four children play roles. These children are all Laramie natives, and many of them are brother and sister duos.
Tickets for adults are $35, and tickets for children are $25. For information on tickets and performances, call 307-399-6112.
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Picture this: summertime in Laramie. You are enjoying the beautiful sunshine with your four-legged friend. You pick up the tennis ball, and…wait…what? You don’t have a four-legged friend? If that’s the case, check out your local animal shelter.
The Laramie Animal Shelter, located at 1064 N. 5th Street, has several animals needing a home right now.
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The Laramie Animal Shelter has been serving the Laramie area for several years. Every week, they match families with their ideal adoptable pets. All animals adopted through the shelter are either spayed/neutered prior to leaving and are micro-chipped for quick identification.
The shelter is also the first place people look when searching for their lost or missing pets. Animal Control officers work with the shelter to reunite owners and pets.
During the summer months, the shelter has an outdoor yard set up so the dogs can enjoy the sunshine. The shelter encourages individuals to stop by during business hours and get to know the pets firsthand.
Although cats and dogs are the main pets housed at the shelter, occasionally other small animals are available for adoption as well. It is not uncommon for the shelter to house a bird, a snake, or a hamster. The best place to check for available animals is their website, www.petfinder.com/shelters/WY28.html. This site offers insight into the personality of each adoptable animal, as well as medical information and photographs. The site is updated several times a week and also includes photos of animals collected by Animal Control.
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Though pets at the shelter are in need of homes, it is important to consider all aspects when adopting a pet. Such questions include, “Do your current living arrangements support the addition of a new pet? Where will you be in the future? Can the pet go with you?” And finally, “Can you afford it?” Pets come with hefty bills that include food, grooming, and veterinary care.
If you feel you are ready to bring a furry friend into your everyday life, the shelter can be the first place you look.
For more information regarding the shelter, animals available for adoption, or missing animals, please call (307) 721-5385 or visit their website at www.petfinder.com/shelters/WY28.html. The shelter also has a page on Facebook. Or, stop by and visit in person.The shelter is open from noon to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, with the exception of Wednesdays. On Wednesdays they are open noon to 4 p.m.
Can’t adopt but still want to help out? The Laramie Animal Shelter is looking for donations of rawhide bones and pig’s ears to provide hours of chewing enjoyment to shelter dogs.
E-mail the author at bsnyder@uwyo.edu.
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One clash broke out near Tunisia\'s main opposition party building, another by the dreaded Interior Ministry....','','-2','6','0','44','2011-01-16 09:27:00','62','By ELAINE GANLEY and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-16 09:27:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','1','0','0','','','0','24',''); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2424','Irish premier won\'t quit over Ireland debt crisis','irish-premier-wont-quit-over-ireland-debt-crisis','','DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced Sunday he won\'t resign despite intense criticism of his management of the country\'s European-record deficit and its international bailout....','','-2','6','0','44','2011-01-16 10:45:00','62','By SHAWN POGATCHNIK','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-16 10:45:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','1','0','0','','','0','17',''); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2425','Break in rain allows Brazil to reach slide victims','break-in-rain-allows-brazil-to-reach-slide-victims','','TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) -- A break in near-constant rain Sunday allowed Brazilian rescue helicopters to deliver desperately needed food and water to some of the neighborhoods buried under tons of earth in mudslides that killed more than 600 people....','','-2','6','0','44','2011-01-16 09:39:00','62','By JULIANA BARBASSA','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-16 09:39:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','1','0','0','','','0','22',''); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2426','First US ambassador in 5 years arrives in Syria','first-us-ambassador-in-5-years-arrives-in-syria','','BEIRUT (AP) -- The first American ambassador to Syria since 2005 arrived in Damascus on Sunday at a time of regional turmoil and with Syrian-U.S. relations still mired in mutual distrust....','','-2','6','0','44','2011-01-16 09:03:00','62','By ELIZABETH A. 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Royal aides say Prince William and Kate Middleton are considering asking guests at their April 29 wedding to make donations to charity instead of sending them wedding gifts....','','-2','6','0','44','2011-01-16 10:00:00','62','By GREGORY KATZ','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-16 10:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','1','0','0','','','0','24',''); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2429','Indianapolis officer charged again in fatal crash','indianapolis-officer-charged-again-in-fatal-crash','','INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- On his way to help serve a warrant last August, Officer David Bisard\'s police cruiser smashed into two motorcycles, leaving one rider dead and two others seriously injured....','','-2','6','0','43','2011-01-16 11:47:00','62','By CHARLES WILSON','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-16 11:47:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','1','0','0','','','0','20',''); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2430','Gunbattle at Tunisian presidential palace','gunbattle-at-tunisian-presidential-palace','','TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisian authorities struggled to restore order Sunday, arresting the top presidential security chief and trying to stop gunfights that erupted across the capital. One clash broke out around the deposed president\'s palace on the Mediterranean shore, another near the headquarters of the main opposition party....','','-2','6','0','44','2011-01-16 11:40:00','62','By ELAINE GANLEY and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-16 11:40:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','1','0','0','','','0','26',''); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2431','With shock subsiding, pain sets in for AZ victims','with-shock-subsiding-pain-sets-in-for-az-victims','','TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- The harrowing first week is over. Now as the national focus drifts away and a quietness returns to this laid-back college city, the profound pain is settling in as victims of last weekend\'s shooting spree - and their tight-knit community - enter the toughest part of their healing process....','','-2','6','0','43','2011-01-16 12:54:00','62','By JULIE WATSON and ALICIA CHANG','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-16 12:54:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','','1','0','0','','','0','31',''); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2432','More Tunisia unrest: Presidential palace gunbattle','more-tunisia-unrest-presidential-palace-gunbattle','','TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisian authorities struggled to restore order Sunday, arresting the top presidential security chief and trying to stop gunfights that erupted in and beyond the capital. 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People huddled close to keep away from the cold, and crowds of students and community members came to listen to one man’s words retold by one woman’s voice.
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\r\n“It was very cold. I thought it was a very successful event for Laramie honoring Dr. King,” Patton said.
\r\n“I chose this speech to give audiences an idea of the depth and breadth of Dr., King because too often he is reduced to a sound bite. He was so much more than ‘I Have a Dream.’ Obviously no one can match up to the legacy and oratorical skills of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but I tried to do the best that I could with the words that he spoke in 1968.”
\r\nAfter the speech, the crowd marched together towards the Union, singing freedom songs.
\r\nAimee Glocke and Kate Steiner, co-chairwomen of Days of Dialogue, welcomed everyone into the Union Ballroom before inviting everyone to a free meal.
\r\nThe meal was accompanied by a group of students from WASA, a student RSO, delivering a steady beat with West African-style drums.
\r\n“The march and supper are one of the most important events this week because it is the one that really draws the community into our campus for Days of Dialogue. It’s the kick start event, so it’s the one that we really want to be a part of because, not only is it out in the public, it’s bringing the public to our campus,” Steiner said.
\r\nAfter the meal, a series of speakers explored the accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. and other themes from the holiday.
\r\nOne of the speakers, NAACP representative James Byrd, announced that a new chapter of the NAACP was coming to Laramie.
\r\n“We have freedoms that the rest of the world is envious of...there are people sitting here today who can and will change the world,” Byrd said.
\r\nBallet 7220, a Laramie contemporary ballet company that performed last October’s “Alice in Wonderland,” danced after the speeches.
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\r\nThe event concluded with drumming preformed by WASA. The group of drummers use their personal drums from Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Kenya to play their music.
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Wyoming got out to a quick 11-0 lead in the first half and expanded their lead to 12 before the first timeout of the game. While the offense got going for the Cowgirls, the defense hardly let up, allowing only five points with 7:23 to play in the first half.
\r\nThe Utes would eventually dwindle their deficit to four points after a three-pointer by sophomore guard Iwalani Rodrigues made the score 24-20 at the 3:45 mark in the first half. Wyoming would eventually head to the locker room with a 33-26 lead.
\r\nA 35-34 score with 13:50 to play in the second half was the closest Utah would get to tying or leading the Cowgirls. It didn’t take long for the Cowgirls to extend their one point lead to a 12 point lead at the 9:24 mark with the score at 48-36. The Utes went on an 8-0 run to get within four but couldn’t stop Wyoming when they really needed to.
\r\nIt was one of the biggest wins of the season so far for the Cowgirls, whose largest lead of the game was 16 points. Senior guard Aubrey Vandiver had another great game with 22 points and nine rebounds, both leading the team. Senior center Hillary Carlson and senior guard Randi Richardson were the only other Cowgirls in double figures with 11 points each, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nJunior guard Janita Badon led Utah with 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and Rodrigues added 13 points, four rebounds, and two steals, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nWyoming returns home to face Seattle University Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium and the Air Force Falcons Saturday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m in the AA.
Email:Zach Greubel
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\r\nMike Morris:
\r\nFor the Wyoming Cowboys, losing Afam Muojeke for the MWC season for a second consecutive year is - at least at surface appearance - like pulling out the bottom piece of a teetering domino tower.
\r\nMuojeke has been encumbered by injury for so long - since January 21 of last year, when he tore the patellar tendon in his left knee in an 80-66 loss to BYU - that it’s difficult to even think back and remember the last time Wyoming truly operated at full strength. When he was on the court and in top form, Muojeke was a force to be reckoned with, giving the Cowboys tremendous size and driving capacity with his 6’8” frame and quickness, and providing solid range from the perimeter.
\r\nHis 16.8 points per game average in the ‘09-10 season prior to his injury was merely a brief indication of his offensive excellence, and, with the emergence of Desmar Jackson as a similar offensive phenomenon, it was all to easy to optimistically anoint Jackson and Muojeke as the dynamic duo capable of bringing UW hoops back to prominence. That duo has never materialized because Muojeke was an injury-riddled shadow of himself in the few games he was able to play in this season, and now Cowboy fans will have to wait until next season - a theme which is becoming all-too familiar - to hope to catch a glimpse of the two in action. The Cowboys’ offensive struggles this season have been largely due to the enormous void Muojeke’s absence leaves. Factor in the nagging injuries to Adam Waddell, Djibril Thiam, and JayDee Luster, and it’s easy to see why Wyoming basketball is in a seemingly unending cycle of calamity.
\r\nBrad Estes:
\r\nThe loss of Afam Moujeke only means more disappointment is on the horizon for the Cowboy basketball team. The foreshadowing of a bad season is coming to fruition. Lack of consistent scoring, leadership, and coaching have all been part to the Cowboy’s struggles over the past year and a half, though there are of course many other things that have contributed to the catastrophe. Like the injury to the man the team expected to be its scorer and star. Moujeke received high praise for his freshman year antics with the Cowboys, leading the team in scoring and winning postseason accolades. Now, after missing last year with a knee injury, he will do the same this year and is creeping closer and closer to something that never was. It hurts the team because they lack a consistent shooter and even scorer for that matter. After the Cowboys play Air Force this weekend (who no one knows why they even have a basketball team most years) their schedule becomes quite formidable. They play UNLV, BYU and San Diego State in their next three contests. The Cowboys are in for another long, embarrassing year.
\r\nZach Greubel:
\r\nThe impact of junior forward Afam Muojeke’s knee injury cannot be underestimated. Think back to last season. Through 16 games, he was one of the best players in the Mountain West Conference and led Wyoming in scoring with 16.8 points per game before his knee injury sidelined him for the rest of the season. Muojeke scored double figures in 13 out of those 16 games. Muojeke also led the team in three-point field goal percentage (.333) and free throw percentage (.835). And let’s not forget his performance during his freshman season resulted in him being named the MWC Freshman of the Year.
\r\nWith Muojeke’s absence, sophomore guard Desmar Jackson will be called upon to be the playmaker for the Cowboys, just like he was last season when he was named MWC Freshman of the Year. Jackson will certainly see increased attention from opposing defenses and will have to rely on his teammates more often. Fortunately for Jackson, senior center Adam Waddell is back from injury and has been playing well since his return.
\r\nAt the end of the day, however, the Cowboys really can’t replace a healthy Afam Muojeke. It’s been a frustrating season and a half for the talented junior forward. Let’s hope he’s ready for a healthy senior season in 2011-2012.
\r\nDarion Donnelly:
\r\nThe UW basketball team is bruised and battered to say the least. Two starters, JayDee Luster (hip) and Djibril Thiam (toe), are injured going day-to-day. Realistically, it’s not very common for an athlete to finish the season 100 percent. An injury can nag all season long, but the players will have to find a way to make it through. Luster and Thiam were able to play against Utah, but it was clear that they weren’t ready for their roles as starters. Hopefully this down week will help them in their recovery, and they will be ready for a rebuilding Air Force team in Colorado Springs. I haven’t heard much of the response from coach Schroyer other than that Junior Guard/Forward Afam Muojeke was cleared to play this season. Afam’s minutes were limited to pursue a successful rehab of his patella tendon. Although the right precautions were taken, Muojeke may have returned to the court too soon. It’s an unfortunate story for Afam seeing that the 2008 MWC Freshman of The Year will have to miss his second consecutive season as a Cowboy.
\r\nTom Hesse:
\r\nNo one ever wants to use injuries as an excuse. It’s just not a road any coaches or athletes wants to find themselves on, but, in the case of the Cowboys, it’s hard not too. It seems that when one player gets healthy, another gets hurt. The Cowboys are especially limited in the frontcourt. If they can’t get their bigs healthy, then they will need to find a way to be effective down low with undersized players.
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He spoke to members of the press about education and his new plan for the severance tax.
','The governor said that he does not mind spending money on education because he knows the value of a great education. He also talked about the new tenure bill.
\r\nThe tenure bill, if passed, will remove protections for long-time teachers, making it easier to replace them if they are not doing an adequate job teaching students.
\r\n“I don’t have a problem if we identify teachers who are doing an average or poor job,” Mead said.
\r\nHe added that testing students is an appropriate measurement of how teachers are doing in the classroom; however, he said the PAWS test is not a good way to measure growth in students.
\r\n“We have been using the PAWS test. It can be a good test, but the way we are using it isn’t good. We have to have a growth mark,” he said.
\r\nThe growth mark would account for teachers who have not taught students for the entire year; therefore, these teachers don\'t\' have the time to adequately teach. Also, for example, if a certain student tests at 60 percent in a certain subject area, the growth mark would show whether that student started at 60 and didn’t improve or may have started at 20 percent and improved to 60.
\r\nMead also said he feels it is important in his first few months to communicate about all the issues.
“Everything should be on the table,” he said.
\r\nThe governor also discussed his ideas about the new severance tax.
\r\nMead said he wanted one-third of the severance tax to go to local governments, one-third to highways and the final third back into savings.
\r\nHe said he believes those most qualified to fix problems in Wyoming are those closest to the problems, and those people are the local governments.
\r\nIf the plan was passed, each entity would receive about $52 million in every two-year budget cycle.
\r\n“This is money that not only would be used to invest in infrastructure, not only to invest in our localities, but also to invest in savings,” Mead said in an AP article on his severance tax views, “It’s a good investment all the way around.”
\r\nMead said that now is the perfect time to start working on Wyoming’s infrastructure because construction costs have decreased substantially from where they were just a few years ago. He also said it is important to use Wyoming contractors for these projects rather than out-of-state contractors.
\r\n“To defer it is not fiscally responsible when it comes to infrastructure,” Mead said.
\r\nThis proposal is not unique to Mead, however, and was in former governor Freudenthal’s budget plan as well, according to AP.
\r\nMuch opposition comes from the idea of not investing all of the money into a rainy-day fund, but Mead, in an AP article, said that in these times of economic downturn, the best investments could carry unforeseen risks.
Email: Erin Jarnagin
Sometimes it just feels like politicians like to do the talk and then walk the moonwalk.
\r\nIn observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, our governor, Matt Mead, braved the winds of Cheyenne and marched alongside other Wyomingites to eventually give a speech. Here’s the talk:
\r\nOn Monday, the Associated Press published an article in which Mead’s speech was paraphrased, including, “citizens should remember everyday that all members of the human race are equal.”
','\r\nFair enough—if that doesn’t sound like something from a motivational poster. Mead went on to say in his speech that it is appropriate for citizens to pay tribute to King’s guiding principle of freedom and equality. So far, so good.
\r\nThat same day, Wyoming legislature debated two bills concerning the legality of same-sex marriages performed in other states.According to another AP article, House Bill 74, which specifies that same-sex marriages performed in other states or countries do not have to be recognized in Wyoming, was met with a 7-2 vote recommending the approval of the bill. In other words, the legislature is pushing to close a loophole in Wyoming law that allows for same-sex couples to marry in another state and then come back to Wyoming to still enjoy a legally recognized marriage.
\r\nAnd that would be the backwards walk. Maybe the memo from governor to legislature didn’t go through.
\r\nThe fact that we can observe a day celebrating a hero of the Civil Rights movement, while simultaneously denying the basic rights of another group of Americans is ironic at best and atrocious at worst. Remember the principles to which Mead referred: freedom and equality. Where do these principles go once celebration days are over and we’re done talking about something that others have already fought for? When do we walk the walk when it comes to civil rights for others?
\r\nCertainly, debate on the topic is necessary. After all, it was Martin Luther King Jr. himself who advocated peaceful demonstrations and enlightenment of others through dialogue. However, too often it feels as if the rhetoric used by opponents to same-sex marriage either becomes derogatory or biblical.
\r\nIn the latter case, Christians, who happen to form the majority of same-sex opponents, argue that marriage is defined in the Bible much like it is in Wyoming law—between one man and one woman. And I would have to agree. In a purely religious point of view, marriage technically is between a man and a woman. But if marriage were just a religious matter, I wouldn’t write this column.
\r\nMarriage in this country is a right and a legal matter. With marriage come tax incentives, the right to visit one’s spouse in a hospital during an emergency, insurance packets, being able to more easily adopt children, and many more benefits. By denying same-sex couples the right of marriage, we—the heterosexual majority in this country—are condemning all non-heterosexual people as second-class citizens. Sound familiar? It should.
\r\nThose that would say that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice, I must ask: When did you choose to be “straight”? To those that would say that all adopted children of same-sex couples will turn out gay—well that must be true, since all children of straight couples turn out to be straight…right?
\r\nTo say it in the words of Ellen DeGeneres during an interview with Arizona senator John McCain (R): “We are all the same people, all of us.”
Email: David Demic
It would be excellent if a proposed bus system were successful in Laramie. There would be fewer cars on the road, less wear and tear on the city’s streets and even less pollution.
\r\nBut I for one am skeptical that a bus system in Laramie is viable. I doubt very many people in town would actually use public transportation.
','\r\nIn a Jan. 12 article titled, “Commissioners agree to support public transit authority,” in The Laramie Boomerang, by Aaron LeClair, the author wrote: “The Albany County Commissioners agreed Tuesday to look into drafting a letter of support to form a public transportation authority that would be the first step in creating a city-county busing system.”
\r\nWhile it would be sometime before such a system would be in place, I have misgivings about any proposed city or county-wide public transportation system.
\r\n“It makes sense to get traffic off the street and save money,” Albany County Commissioner Tim Sullivan said in the article.
\r\nI question whether a possible bus service will have any noticeable effect on the amount of traffic on the streets of Laramie.
\r\nAs it stands, the very nature of this state and the long distances between our cities and towns makes Wyoming a car (if not a truck) culture.
\r\nThe vast majority of Laramie locals own automotive vehicles. The fact that so many UW students come from all of the far-flung communities that make up the state’s population means most of them also have cars. And—while not to be redundant—most Wyoming Technical Institute students who are here have automobiles too.
\r\nWhat I find doubtful is that all of these people are going to opt to ride a bus when they have their cars and trucks at their disposal. Even considering that taking public transportation would save them money, I still don’t seem many of them doing so.
\r\nSuch a system seems unfeasible in terms of the lack of potential riders for another simple reason; most of those people who are interested in riding a bus are already doing just that.
\r\nThose people in Laramie who are most likely to want or need to ride a bus are UW students, and they can already use the TransPark busses. Laramie residents can currently take the P.A.T.S. bus, which already has a set route with a number of stops, to get around town.
\r\nThat is not to say there are not those in town who don’t own a motor vehicle who could be using the current options for public transportation.
\r\nIt’s just that these people are choosing not to. They are walking, riding their bicycles or getting rides from other people.
\r\nI believe most of those who live their lives absent the ownership of an automobile will continue to get from point A to point B as they currently are—whether or not there’s a new transportation system in town.
\r\nSo while on the surface it may seem like having a new bus system in Laramie would be a good thing, I question the viability of such an endeavor.
\r\nAnd if a bus system is to be created, I would predict that the busses that will be a part of it will probably be empty most, if not all, the time.
Filled to capacity with well over 1,000 people, the Union Ballroom was buzzing with anticipation for Common, a hip hop artist and actor, as he stepped up to the microphone as the keynote speaker for the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue last Tuesday night.
\r\nCommon started his speech with a freestyle rap about UW. “I’m going to start flowing, right now, I’m here at the University of Wyoming. My people make noise, so I’m going to make noise for who? The cowboys. I came from the south side, now I got poke pride.
','\r\nContinuing his speech, Common focused on the theme of greatness. “The word that came to me from up above, from the most high, was greatness...first you have to find your path, believe in your path and live it.”
\r\n“Artists like Common are someone who continue to take the lessons from the past and skillfully incorporate them to the message in the present with some fat beats and innovative,\" Aimee Glocke, co-chairwoman for DOD, said,
\r\nKate Steiner, also a co-chairwoman for Days of Dialogue, said, “He is a great choice because he has so many things that the students have been studying that are applied in his daily life, so he is kind of this living representation of black studies.”
\r\nFor the second event in a row, rhe African American and Diaspora Studies program showed up to sell Days of Dialogue-themed t-shirts and department t-shirts.
\r\nDays of Dialogue t-shirts were available for purchase with donations going to the soon-to-be local branch of the NAACP. African American and Diaspora Studies t-shirts are still available in Ross Hall, room 111. All precedes go towards a scholarship fund for the program.
\r\nCommon is most well known for his hip-hop and acting career.
\r\nHe has recorded over seven albums and has partnered with Kanye West, which resulted in four Grammy nominations.
\r\nGlocke remarked on how amazing it was to see a hip-hop artist that has gone through so many ideological changes since his first album in 1992.
\r\nThe actor/artist has also starred in blockbuster hits such as \"American Gangster,\" \"Wanted,\" \"Terminator Salvation\" and \"Smokin\' Aces.\"
\r\nCommon also does more than sing and act, though. In 2007, he started the Common Ground Foundation; a foundation that focuses on urban youth and works towards their development.
\r\nChildren’s books also fall under Common’s repertoire. He has penned such titles as “I Like You but I Love Me” and “The Mirror and Me.”
To some UW students, the university is the most accessible option for employment in Laramie. Every summer, one of those options is to become an orientation leader for incoming freshmen, transfer students and international students.
\r\nFor those interested, there will be a brown bag lunch at noon Wednesday in the Senate Chambers. The lunch is optional, but it will provide more information on the job.
','
“I think being an orientation leader is one of the absolute best campus jobs available, and the reason why is because students have such an opportunity to grow professionally. It gives a chance to interface with the![\"\"](\"images/stories/2011/January/20/img_0019.png\" "\\"Photo:")
top university administration. They’ll be spending time with the vice president of student affairs, even sometimes the president, Tom Buchanan, will come to orientation.
They are really going to be the front of the University of Wyoming for all these new people, and that is such an awesome experience,” Mary Aguayo, assistant director of admissions and pre-college & student visit programs, said.
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As an orientation leader, certain expectations come with the job. The first obligation is to attend the orientation leader training program, which takes place every other week during the months of March and April.
After the training, there are orientation sessions from May 31 through June 29.
\r\nSome of the qualifications that Aguayo outlined were, “…relate well with students, parents, faculty and administrators. Must be reliable, have a high energy level, responsible, flexible, confident, commitment to teamwork and strong communication skills.”
\r\nMariana Zaragoza, a former orientation leader, found the job to be a useful tool to build connections to the campus administration.
\r\n“It really connected me to the administration side of campus. I guess, as a student, you meet your fellow students, and then it’s great to actually meet that whole other side of campus,” Zaragoza said.
\r\nOrientation leaders also have benefits that come with the job. All leaders will be paid $2,200 before taxes, receive free housing in the residence halls during May and June training, breakfast, lunch and dinner for every two-day session and a $100 stipend for May and June training.
\r\n“On a more concrete level, it is a great paying summer job,” Aguayo said.
\r\nAlong with all these benefits, leaders can earn upper-division internship credit in communication.
\r\nFifteen students will be hired as orientation leaders. Applications are due at 3 p.m. Jan. 24 in Knight Hall, room 106.
\r\nThe application, along with information regarding summer internship credits, can be found at uwyo.edu/orientation.
Email: Davis Bonner
The School of Energy Resources hired UW alumna Diana Hulme last week as the new associate director of research. ![](\"images/stories/2011/January/19/hulmeweb.png\")
Hulme, who chairs the environmental Advisory Committee for Laramie and Albany County, graduated from UW with her Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and molecular biology in 1987 and went on to receive her Master’s degree in environmental engineering and science from Stanford University in 1991.
','\r\nFollowing her time at Stanford, Hulme worked in the Water Quality Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for three years and spent six years in the Division of Air Quality as an inspector and permitting engineer, according to a UW press release.
\r\nHulme also spent 10 years as the assistant director of the Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources at UW. Serving as the assistant director, she focused on implementing collaborative processes in natural resources management, outreach efforts in rural land use, and wildlife and energy development. Hulme’s duties as the associate director of research include coordination of the Research Centers of Excellence, the Matching Grants Fund, Clean Coal Technology Fund and Uranium Research Fund, according to the release.
\r\nAs a member of the UW community, Hulme participated in the 2010 Wyoming Sustainability Summit, leading a seminar on business and community planning.
\r\nThe seminar focused on helping decision-makers understand the tangible characteristics of life in their community and resident\'s values.
\r\nThe School of Energy Resources was established in 2006 to enhance the university\'s energy-related education, research and outreach.
Email: Bob Kubichek
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The 10th annual Days of Dialogue march started at 4 p.m. Monday at the Albany County Courthouse with Tracey Patton, university professor and director of the African American and Diaspora Studies program, giving the speech “Honoring W.E.B. Dubois” by Martin Luther King Jr.
','“It was very cold. I thought it was a very successful event for Laramie honoring Dr. King,” Patton said.
\r\n“I chose this speech to give audiences an idea of the depth and breadth of Dr., King because too often he is reduced to a sound bite. He was so much more than ‘I Have a Dream.’ Obviously no one can match up to the legacy and oratorical skills of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but I tried to do the best that I could with the words that he spoke in 1968.”
\r\nAfter the speech, the crowd marched together towards the Union, singing freedom songs.
\r\nAimee Glocke and Kate Steiner, co-chairwomen of Days of Dialogue, welcomed everyone into the Union Ballroom before inviting everyone to a free meal.
\r\nThe meal was accompanied by a group of students from WASA, a student RSO, delivering a steady beat with West African-style drums.
\r\n“The march and supper are one of the most important events this week because it is the one that really draws the community into our campus for Days of Dialogue. It’s the kick start event, so it’s the one that we really want to be a part of because, not only is it out in the public, it’s bringing the public to our campus,” Steiner said.
\r\nAfter the meal, a series of speakers explored the accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. and other themes from the holiday.
\r\nOne of the speakers, NAACP representative James Byrd, announced that a new chapter of the NAACP was coming to Laramie.
\r\n“We have freedoms that the rest of the world is envious of...there are people sitting here today who can and will change the world,” Byrd said.
\r\nBallet 7220, a Laramie contemporary ballet company that performed last October’s “Alice in Wonderland,” danced after the speeches.
\r\nGlocke was also one of the performers with Ballet 7220.
\r\nThe event concluded with drumming preformed by WASA. The group of drummers use their personal drums from Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Kenya to play their music.
\r\n“It is the one constant event for Days of Dialogue. No matter what else is going on throughout the week, this one is always the first,” Glocke said of the march.
Email: Davis Bonner
It would be great to have Verizon locate a mega data center in Laramie. The community should keep its collective fingers crossed that the communications company will do just that.
\r\nAccording to an article titled, “Verizon considers putting mega data center in Laramie,” that appeared Saturday in The Laramie Boomerang, the data center could bring up to 200 jobs to town. The story claimed that the data center could create 120 computer-programming positions, as well as 80 information technology and maintenance jobs.
','The data center would be a welcome addition to Laramie, not only for the job growth, but because it would help to diversify the economy of this community.
\r\nThe preeminent employer in Laramie is the University of Wyoming; this has been the case for sometime and will remain so long into the future. But if you ask me, the town is too dependent on UW to provide residents with employment.
\r\nThat is not to take away from what the campus brings to this community; it’s a source for decent-paying positions that come with good benefits. It’s just that there are too few other employers in town that provide these kinds of jobs and the benefits that come with them.
\r\nIf Verizon chooses to locate a data center here, it would simply be another employer that could provide the kind of jobs which pay a respectable wage and accompanying benefits.
\r\nIf the center were to be located here, it would almost surely keep some UW students from leaving Laramie after they graduate. The reason for this is simple: the data center would offer good-paying jobs—the kind of jobs most of our graduates have to leave to find.
\r\nIt would be great to keep some of our best and brightest computer science and information specialist students from LCCC and UW within the community.
\r\nRight now students are spending years living in Laramie, they are having their educations funded by they state and after they graduate they take their talent and education out of Wyoming.
\r\nIf the center is located here, they would have a reason to stay.
\r\nThe center also has the potential to act as catalyst for the creation of smaller, new technology-based companies in the community.
\r\nThese jobs could add to the number of small-technology businesses that already exist in town—such as Handel IT, a company that designs database management software, or Thought Equity, a local stock video footage business.
\r\nI would argue that as the data center creates technology jobs it would act as a catalyst to attract other high-tech firms to Laramie and encourage others within the community to start-up their own technology businesses.
\r\nAlso, these jobs would help to create other technology-based customer service jobs that vanished when companies such as StarTek and Western Wats left town in the last few years. Not only would the data center help to replace these lost call center jobs, it would create jobs that generally pay more than those older customer service positions.
\r\nThe fact is if Verizon decides to locate their mega data center here, Laramie would be a better place to live.
\r\nIt would create the good-paying, benefited jobs that many locals complain do not currently exist outside of employment at UW. It would keep more of our educated young people in town and in the state. It could help foster the creation of technology-based companies. And, it would bring jobs to town that could make up for others that have been lost due to businesses leaving town.
\r\nSo lets all keep our fingers crossed that Verizon locates the data center here.
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Breaking up into separate teams, volunteers hauled out items no longer of value to the center, mopped floors, cleaned out storage compartments and helped a dance company lay down vinyl flooring for their upcoming performance.
Kirsten Owenreay, a member of SLCE, a group that encourages student leadership and civic engagement on campus, described the group’s involvement as one of its major events throughout the year. “We always hold a service day on Martin Luther King Day. It’s one of the biggest service days in our office, and this year we started working with the Civic Center. The Good Mule Project did an event here earlier, and we discovered that the Civic Center was being renovated from the inside out,” she said.
![\"\"](\"http://www.brandingirononline.info/images/stories/2011/January/19/civic%204.png\" "\\"Photo:")
Deciding to use the theater for the first time in six years for the Rocky Horror Picture Show production last Halloween, Kirsten and others who organized the event were surprised to find that many people did not know what the Civic Center was. Owenreay explained that the most important aspect to the day was to draw attention and have fun.
“We thought it would be both fun and easy to bring the community into the center and have them see what’s here,” she said. “… hopefully [we will] have a fun experience and develop an attachment to the place.”
\r\nChristina Greenmyer came with a few friends from the Naughty Pines Roller Derby Team to support the cause. “Alec [Shea] is nice enough to let us practice here in the winter time and a couple of us figured that we are using the building, so we should help rejuvenate it and help get back to where it should be,” she said.
\r\nAlso helping by wiping down dusty chairs in the theater auditorium, Tiffany Reid emphasized the value of group work to her youngest daughter. “Many hands make for light work,” she said. A singer, who is involved in the American Indian Studies Alliance and African American and Diaspora Studies on campus, Reid wanted to spend the day volunteering with her three children and reflect on the importance of Martin Luther King Day. “I’m sure they would have … rather stayed home and played Play Station 2,” Reid said with a laugh. “But my mom always stressed the important of volunteerism and that it helps you realize that sometimes we are a lot more privilege that we think.
We get caught up in what we don’t have that sally or bob has but sometimes you realize that there are people would be happy to switch places with you.”![\"\"](\"http://www.brandingirononline.info/images/stories/2011/January/19/civic%205.png\" "\\"Photo:")
Annie Bergman, who used to take yoga classes at the civic center but now goes there to take her daughter Lea to play violin with the string academy. She said, “It’s a great old building and it’s nice that they are reusing it in a green way instead of Bo dosing into the ground.”
Alec\r\n Shea, executive director of the Civic Center jokingly comments on the \r\nwhat he has witnessed throughout the day and the volume of people who \r\nshowed up. “I think these people need to slow down…no they are doing \r\nfantastic, what has happened is that they filled up our dumpsters so \r\nfast, they have been working so hard and so quick I would love to have a\r\n handle of these people everyday. But I couldn’t be more pleased.”
\r\nAlec Shea, executive director of the Civic Center jokingly comments on the what he has witnessed throughout the day and the volume of people who showed up. “I think these people need to slow down…no they are doing fantastic, what has happened is that they filled up our dumpsters so fast, they have been working so hard and so quick I would love to have a handle of these people everyday. But I couldn’t be more pleased.”
\r\nWith two large, historic old gymnasiums for recreation actives, a theater auditorium to promote local musical and theatrical performances, and an unoccupied third floor that has the potential be used for business, art, retail, or restaurants, Alec describes the center’s motivation to restore the building. “We are doing a lot of fundraising and grant writing but all of this is geared to change of community’s mind of what the civic center is. When you start to make some of those changes that are aesthetic, more people on the outside will see the changes and all of a sudden that pulls more people in.”
\r\nConsidering future aspiration, Alec Shea acknowledges the underlying importance of the large amount of effort that has gone into the restoration. “As far as the future goes, we want to take the building back as close to the original state that we can while also promoting it for the future and making sure its here for the next 100 years. “
Email: Margaret Taberna
Students and members of the Laramie community arrived at the Laramie Plains Civic Center early Monday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by volunteering to help with the restoration of the building.
\r\nBreaking up into separate teams, volunteers hauled out items no longer of value to the center, mopped floors, cleaned out storage compartments and helped a dance company lay down vinyl flooring for their upcoming performance.','
\r\nKirsten Owenreay, a member of SLCE, a group that encourages student leadership and civic engagement on campus, described the group’s involvement as one of its major events throughout the year. “We always hold a service day on Martin Luther King Day. It’s one of the biggest service days in our office, and this year we started working with the Civic Center. The Good Mule Project did an event here earlier, and we discovered that the Civic Center was being renovated from the inside out,” she said.
\r\nDeciding to use the theater for the first time in six years for the Rocky Horror Picture Show production last Halloween, Kirsten and others who organized the event were surprised to find that many people did not know what the Civic Center was. Owenreay explained that the most important aspect to the day was to draw attention and have fun.
\r\n“We thought it would be both fun and easy to bring the community into the center and have them see what’s here,” she said. “… hopefully [we will] have a fun experience and develop an attachment to the place.”
\r\nChristina Greenmyer came with a few friends from the Naughty Pines Roller Derby Team to support the cause. “Alec [Shea] is nice enough to let us practice here in the winter time and a couple of us figured that we are using the building, so we should help rejuvenate it and help get back to where it should be,” she said.
\r\nAlso helping by wiping down dusty chairs in the theater auditorium, Tiffany Reid emphasized the value of group work to her youngest daughter. “Many hands make for light work,” she said. A singer, who is involved in the American Indian Studies Alliance and African American and Diaspora Studies on campus, Reid wanted to spend the day volunteering with her three children and reflect on the importance of Martin Luther King Day. “I’m sure they would have … rather stayed home and played Play Station 2,” Reid said with a laugh. “But my mom always stressed the important of volunteerism and that it helps you realize that sometimes we are a lot more privilege that we think. We get caught up in what we don’t have that sally or bob has but sometimes you realize that there are people would be happy to switch places with you.”
\r\nAnnie Bergman, who used to take yoga classes at the civic center but now goes there to take her daughter Lea to play violin with the string academy. She said, “It’s a great old building and it’s nice that they are reusing it in a green way instead of Bo dosing into the ground.”
\r\nAlec Shea, executive director of the Civic Center jokingly comments on the what he has witnessed throughout the day and the volume of people who showed up. “I think these people need to slow down…no they are doing fantastic, what has happened is that they filled up our dumpsters so fast, they have been working so hard and so quick I would love to have a handle of these people everyday. But I couldn’t be more pleased.”
\r\nWith two large, historic old gymnasiums for recreation actives, a theater auditorium to promote local musical and theatrical performances, and an unoccupied third floor that has the potential be used for business, art, retail, or restaurants, Alec describes the center’s motivation to restore the building. “We are doing a lot of fundraising and grant writing but all of this is geared to change of community’s mind of what the civic center is. When you start to make some of those changes that are aesthetic, more people on the outside will see the changes and all of a sudden that pulls more people in.”
\r\nConsidering future aspiration, Alec Shea acknowledges the underlying importance of the large amount of effort that has gone into the restoration. “As far as the future goes, we want to take the building back as close to the original state that we can while also promoting it for the future and making sure its here for the next 100 years. “
Email: Margaret Taberna
The old adage “live by the three, die by the three” tends to hold true as a golden rule of college basketball.
\r\nThe Utes (8-10, 1-3 MWC) knocked down 12 of 27 attempts from beyond the arc to establish a big lead early in the first half and ultimately put the game out of reach, defeating Wyoming 68-51 on Saturday afternoon in Laramie.
\r\nThe Cowboys (8-10, 1-3 MWC) shot 35.8 percent from the field and hit just two 3-pointers. In the first half, Wyoming made just 9 of 29 field goal attempts.
','\r\n“I thought we were just very inept offensively, and (Utah) had a lot to do with that,” Wyoming head coach, Heath Schroyer, said in his post-game press conference. “We really had a hard time making jump shots. We’re not going to win any games when we shoot 35 percent from the floor, 20 percent from three, and 61 percent from the free-throw line.”
\r\nAfter falling behind 37-21 at half, Wyoming whittled Utah’s lead down to single digits midway through the second half, but every single time the Cowboys seemed to approach striking distance, the Utes answered with a clutch three-pointer.
\r\nTrailing 46-28 early in the second half, the Cowboys went on an 8-0 run punctuated by a Desmar Jackson runner, which floated just over an outstretched defender and dropped into the bucket to pull the Cowboys within 10 with 15:01 remaining.
\r\n7’3” Utah center David Foster knocked down a turnaround jumper to put Utah back up by 12, but Wyoming immediately answered back with a JayDee Luster 3-pointer, one of only two the Cowboys were able to hit the entire afternoon, to pull within 48-39 with 13:26 to go.
\r\n“We came out of a timeout and just didn’t execute, and they hit the three and got all the momentum back,” Wyoming center Adam Waddell said. “We got down right away, and we couldn’t pull back.”
\r\nWyoming had no answer for Clyburn, who posed an inextricable matchup problem throughout the afternoon as the difference maker for the Utes. Clyburn scored 24 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Watkins added 16 for the Utes, and Shawn Glover chipped in 10.
\r\nJackson led the way with 17 points for the Cowboys, and M’Baye added 11 points and 10 rebounds.
\r\nThe Cowboys, however, were once again hampered by injuries – especially in the frontcourt.
\r\nWaddell and senior forward Djibril Thiam were both slowed by nagging injuries, and Luster was also returning from a hip-pointer injury and was not at 100 percent.
\r\nThe Cowboys will have a week to rest before they travel to Air Force next Saturday afternoon.
\r\n“We’ve got to get healthy,” Schroyer said.
\r\n“It’s been tough not having guys in practice; we haven’t been able to go 5-on-5, full court for a long time, and that’s part of the reason why we haven’t played well the past two games.”
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','I did not do these teachers justice. I do believe that teaching is one of the hardest professions. I know that there are many great teachers, and many people go into teaching because they have a real love for children. These great teachers were not the educators that I wanted to point fingers at in the article.
My point was simply that the education department attracts unmotivated students because it is seen on campus as an easy major. Because so many teachers in this state graduate from the college of education, changing the education department could eliminate many of these unmotivated students. If the college of education could become a school that attracted the best and most motivated students, then the entire education system in the state would change.
Ann McGuigan
Dear Editor,
\r\nA recent column in The Branding Iron criticizing public education in Wyoming suggested graduates of the College of Education are inferior students who major in education after failing in other disciplines: “[I]f a student can’t cut it as an engineer, he moves to a business major. If he can’t hack it in the business department, he becomes a political science major, and, finally, if he fails political science, he becomes a teacher.” Whatever the columnist’s intention might have been, this comment is insulting to the columnist’s fellow students. Political Science students and Education students are specifically identified as being academically inferior to those of other majors. The facts do not support this.
\r\nEach year the College of Arts and Sciences honors its twenty Outstanding Graduates. Eight Political Science students have received this honor over the past five years. This is the second highest total among the 25 departments and programs of A&S.
\r\nEach year UW bestows the Rosemarie Martha Spitaleri Award and the Tobin Memorial Award to the outstanding graduating woman and man, respectively.
\r\nSeven Political Science students have been finalists for these honors over the past five years. This is the highest total among all UW departments and programs. Two of our students, Colter Kinner and Travis Jordan, were recipients, making Political Science one of only two departments with multiple recipients of these awards.
\r\nIt is acceptable to engage in debate on any public policy, including the performance of public education. It is unacceptable to characterize students as people “who couldn’t make it in any other field” simply because of their choice of academic major. Students of many different majors—but especially Political Science majors and Education majors—are due an apology.
Jim King
Head of Department of Political Science
Don Richards, director of government and community affairs for UW, visited ASUW Tuesday night to discuss the university\'s position at the legislature in Cheyenne.
\r\nRichards said he had been speaking to the legislature over the last few days to defend UW’s supplemental budget request.
','He also reminded senators that ASUW took a stance on several of the debated issues and went to Cheyenne to help lobby for the university’s position.
\r\nAmong the line items in the supplemental budget is $6 million to cover the 20 percent increase in UW’s employee health insurance program.
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The university is also requesting $3.6 million to increase the number of volumes in the library to reach the requirements for entering the Great Western Library Alliance. Currently, UW’s library collection is not what it needs to be to join the GWLA. The alliance would allow access to extensive resources, including materials other libraries in the alliance own.
The university is also requesting $3.5 million for matching grants to entice wealthy donors to make donations, Richards said.
\r\nRichards told ASUW that the university spends more time tracking bills and testifying in front of the ![\"\"](\"http://www.brandingirononline.info/images/stories/2011/January/20/img_0037.png\" "\\"Photo:")
legislature than any other body in the state.
He said the university has been involved in bills concerning everything from food regulations to ensure students can have bake sales in the union without consent of the health department to keeping tabs on sex offender registration in order for there to be an elementary school on campus.
\r\nIn other business, ASUW heard from Andrew Hayes of ASTEC who updated the senate on ASTEC’s event increases last semester.
Filled to capacity with well over 1,000 people, the Union Ballroom was buzzing with anticipation for the keynote speaker for the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue Tuesday night.
\r\nCommon, a hip hop artist and actor, started his speech with a freestyle rap about UW. “I’m going to start flowing, right now, I’m here at the University of Wyoming. My people make noise, so I’m going to make noise for who? The Cowboys. I came from the south side, now I got Poke Pride.\"
\r\nCommon went on to speak about greatness.
\r\n“The word that came to me from up above, from the most high, was greatness...first you have to find your path, believe in your path and live it.\"
\r\nAimee Glocke, co-chairwoman for DOD, was pleased with the rapper\'s speech.
\r\n“Artists like Common are someone who continue to take the lessons from the past and skillfully incorporate them to the message in the present with some fat beats and innovative lyrics.\"
\r\nKate Steiner, co-chairwoman for Days of Dialogue, said, “He is a great choice because he has so many things that the students have been studying that are applied in his daily life, so he is kind of this living representation of black studies.”
\r\nFor the second event in a row (also at the MLK march last Monday night) the African American and Diaspora Studies program sold Days of Dialogue-themed t-shirts and department t-shirts.
\r\nDays of Dialogue t-shirts were available for purchase with funds going to the soon-to-be local branch of the NAACP. African American and Diaspora Studies t-shirts are still available in Ross Hall, room 111. Proceeds also go towards a scholarship fund for the NAACP program.
\r\nCommon is most well known for his hip-hop and acting career.
\r\nHe has recorded over seven albums and has partnered with Kanye West, which resulted in four Grammy nominations.
\r\nGlocke remarked on how amazing it was to see a hip-hop artist that has gone through so many ideological changes since his first album in 1992.
\r\nThe actor/artist has also starred in blockbuster hits such as \"American Gangster,\" \"Wanted,\" \"Terminator Salvation\" and \"Smokin\' Aces.\"
\r\nHowever, Common does more than rap and act. In 2007, he started the Common Ground Foundation; a foundation that focuses on urban youth and works toward aiding their development.
\r\nChildren’s books also fall under Common’s repertoire. He has penned such titles as “I Like You but I Love Me” and “The Mirror and Me.
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\r\nAlbany County Commission chairman Tim Sullivan said he felt a citywide public transportation system would relieve much of the congestion along the main thoroughfares of Grand Avenue and Third Street. ','
\r\nHe added that he felt students could greatly benefit from a transit system that could transport them among the city colleges, shopping areas and other various areas of the city.
\r\nUW director of auxiliary services Carolyn Smith said she agrees a better transit system would benefit both students and the community as a whole.
\r\nSmith oversees the university’s transit and parking services.
\r\nShe said because the development is still underway, strong commitment and coordination would be needed to implement such a transit authority.
\r\nProject leader and city planner with SEH Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Group of Denver Chuck Huffine said he was excited about the possibility of Laramie having a citywide public transportation system.
\r\nHuffine said the main concern he has heard from the people he has spoken with is about the funding for the program.
\r\n“One advantage is it’s not all-or-nothing.” Huffine said. “It can be phased in over time.” Because of this phasing, some budgets can be reduced if necessary. Huffine also said routes and additional buses could be added later as needed.
\r\nThe majority of the funding would come from both state and federal grants.
\r\nAccording to Huffine, public transportation is rarely profitable but is designed to serve the needs of the community. He said once a form of Transportation Authority has been established, it is up to the authority to evaluate the economic needs of the community and create a financial plan accordingly.
\r\nHuffine said a hypothetical, ideal community bus system could be used by the majority of the population with a sufficient number of users while fares could be maintained at a minimal.
\r\nSullivan said his ideal system would include the usage of compressed natural gas for fuel for the busses. He said CNG is inexpensive and reduces foreign dependency on fuel as well as a benefit to Wyoming’s economy. However, he added the discussion is not near that stage.
\r\nSullivan said the Albany County Commissioners would have the final decision whether to authorize the transportation authority as specified by Wyoming law.
Email: Seneca Flowers
\r\nA panel discussion about commonalities across culture featuring five male members of the GLBTQ community from different backgrounds was apart of UW’s Days of Dialogue series.
\r\nVisiting assistant professor in African American and Diaspora Studies Aimee Glocke, moderated the panel discussion, which sought to discuss the various challenges members of the GLBTQ community face in different cultural settings.','
\r\nJeremy Adkins, a freshman and transfer student from the University of New York in Buffalo seeking his major in sociology and psychology with a minor in women’s studies, offered his perspective as a student who has experienced the GLBTQ community in an urban setting.
\r\n“In Laramie, we have a more live and let live attitude, as long as it stays behind closed doors,” Adkins said.
\r\nHe said this attitude stands in contrast to the climate in Buffalo, where, according to Adkins, if someone says they are gay, nobody thinks twice about it.
\r\n“Oddly enough, there isn’t really any GLBTQ activism. While there are cultural events, Buffalo really isn’t very active in terms of the GLBTQ community,” Adkins said.
\r\nDiego Contiano, a graduate student in piano and a native to Brazil, provided a perspective of the GLBTQ community in his hometown, which he noted as being home to the largest GLBTQ population in the entire country of Brazil.
\r\nContiano expressed optimism about progress for the GLBTQ community in Brazil.
\r\n“It’s getting better there. I hope this year with our new president, the first female president we have had, gay marriage will be legalized there soon,” Contiano said.
\r\nCody Marshal, a temporary lecturer in the American Indian Studies program, provided a very detailed history of how Native American perceptions of the GLBTQ community have evolved over time.
“If you go back to the time prior to Native American contact with Europeans, many native cultures held transgendered individuals in high esteem. They were basically revered within their societies,” he said.
\r\n“What you saw when Europeans came to the continent was a dramatic shift away from this elevation. This was naturally due to the Protestant and Catholic values that these Europeans brought with them.”
\r\nPhilip Moline, music major from Riverton, shared his experience of coming out in a small town when he was a junior in high school.
\r\n“My experience coming out showed me that Riverton was not as welcoming,” said Moline. “There were often some clearly negative feelings from other students in the room.”
\r\nMoline was more positive of his experiences in Laramie, however, saying that the town is a better environment.
\r\n“There are still times I feel less than welcome. But I think that discussions like this are very good for people’s feelings on movements like ours,” he said.
\r\nNathan Smith, a music major who also works as the SAFE Zone coordinator, spoke last, sharing his experiences of being raised as a member of the GLBTQ community in North Carolina.
\r\n“I grew up in North Carolina until I was 14 years old, so the Deep South, and there is this idea there that a man is a man,” he said.
\r\nSmith said that because of this, his father really struggled with the conflict for several years.
\r\nAlthough much of the discussion focused on the serious challenges members of the GLBTQ community face today regarding the fight for equal marriage rights and social equality, there was a tone of optimism.
\r\nNear the end of the panel discussion, Smith pointed out that revolutions don’t move backward and that things appear to be going in the right direction in many places around the country.
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Four members representing three different faiths gathered Wednesday afternoon to discuss spirituality in the modern world.
\r\nThe panel discussion “Interfaith Dialogue: Spiritual Wholeness In a Fractured World” gathered a small crowd in the union family ballroom. They spoke on faith and spirituality in a time of war, fear and terror. The members of the panel included Sally Palmer, Harvey Karc-Wagnan, Ahmed Yousif and Katie Lerner.
\r\nLerner, a UW student, was on the panel representing the Jewish faith. Lerner was born and raised in Wyoming and was the only Jewish student at her high school.
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“People would ask me questions and I would try to answer them,” Lerner said. In return Lerner would ask her own questions, trying to understand the traditions and meanings in other faiths.
\r\n“People will gather around a Christmas tree…we gather around a menorah. I’ve meet people who don’t know the meaning of the candy cane’s shape,” she said.
\r\nAnother student on the panel was Ahmed Yousif who helped represent the Islamic faith. After coming to the U.S. from Sudan, Yousif had to rethink parts of his faith.
\r\nYousif looked at parts of his faith and went back and thought; is this what I was told or is this something else? By doing this, Yousif was able to gain a better personal understanding of his faith.
\r\nThis story is similar to ones told by others on the panel.
\r\nRabbi Karc-Wagnan began his talk by addressing stereotypes that have followed him and other Jews for years. The same could be said for Yousif, Karc-Wagnan said.
\r\nHe added that stereotypes and prejudice doesn’t just stay within one religion, it is spread throughout. Sally Palmer, who represented Christianity, has also felt prejudice in her life due to her beliefs.
\r\nKarc-Wagnan brought up the point that though a person may be with a religion they are not the religion.
\r\n“No one person can represent us [Judaism],” Karc-Wagnan said.
\r\nWhen the panel opened up for questions one member asked how the panel members counter negativity and fear.
\r\n“Counter fear with love. As simple as that sounds,” Rabbi Karc-Wagnan said. “I could debate with someone or I can have a conversation with him or her.”
\r\nPaul Flescher, Director of the Religious Studies department at UW, hosted the event.
EPSCoR Project administrator Brenda Turner will head to Louisiana today to meet with colleagues to plan next fall’s annual EPSCoR national conference.
\r\nEPSCoR is a federal and state matching grant program, which enables Wyoming to continue to be nationally competitive in science and technology.
\r\nUW cites four key goals of the EPSCoR program.
','\r\nThese goals are to improve the research accomplishments of targeted faculty, making them capable of competing successfully for federal research dollars.
\r\nThe program also seeks to strengthen departmental and multidisciplinary research groups and work to introduce long-term improvements to the state’s science and engineering infrastructure.
\r\nFinally, the program offers improvements in the state’s opportunities to strengthen technology-based economic initiatives.
\r\nEPSCoR funding and state matching appropriations are utilized to build science and engineering in higher education and a technology-based economy for the future.
\r\n“This meeting is a national meeting of all the EPSCoR states. We are going to meet to chat about some of the plans for the upcoming conference next fall,” Turner said.
\r\nCore programs funded by the EPSCoR program include undergrad research fellowships and the Summer Research Apprentice Program.
\r\nUndergraduate fellowships give students stipends to perform research with faculty members around campus, and SRAP invites top high school students in the region to come to UW during the summer to participate in a seven week paid internship program.
\r\nTurner noted that the UW EPSCoR program has worked to expand educational opportunities through the use of grants and stipends to give to student populations who have traditionally faced institutional barriers.
\r\nShe explained that while it is not the mandate of EPSCoR to focus on supporting traditionally marginalized students, it is how the program has evolved.
\r\nTurner went on to say that this evolution of the program has given many more woman and minority students the opportunity to participate in many cutting edge areas of research.
\r\nAccording to Turner, the UW EPSCoR program is currently running off of bridge funding, because the last grant proposed by the program was denied.
\r\nHowever, Turner said she feels optimistic about the current grant her program is working on which will focus on water ecology, evaporation rates, and more related topics.
\r\nOne upcoming project Turner highlighted that the UW EPSCoR program is focused on is the 2011 SRAP reunion, which will take place this upcoming May.
\r\nAt the May 2011 reunion, students who have attended SRAP in the past will be invited to come and discuss past and future projects in their fields of study.
A panel discussion from BEAUTY, a student RSO on campus, was held Wednesday in the Union Family Room. The panel discussion was titled “Standing at the Crossroads of Identity.”
\r\nThe three panel members for the discussion were Cecelia Aragon, a professor of theatre and dance and Chicano studies, Sean Moran, a psychology and sociology major and member of BEAUTY, and Jeff Fife, an accounting and women and gender studies major and co-founder of BEAUTY.
','\r\n“Different sects of societies have different body expectations. We have been taught by television and mass media that gay men are super clean and work out a lot, and I don’t do any of those things,” Fife said.
\r\nCary Berry-Smith, the advisor to BEAUTY, acted as the mediator for the panel discussion. To start the conversations, Smith had prepared questions, two of which were asked during the given time.
\r\nThe two questions asked were, “How do we use body image as a way of oppression in conjunction with other forms of identity?,” and, “Do you think that institutions such as family, media and culture impact the individual as a whole or is one more powerful than the other?”
\r\nIn answering the questions each member took a turn exploring their own past and showing how those instances had affected their outlook on body image.
\r\nAragon told stories of growing up in a Latin culture, and how they were told not to touch their bodies, talk about sex or show any signs of sensuality before the age of 15.
\r\nAt the age of 15, there was almost a wedding-like celebration, as described by Aragon, where the young women would promise their bodies to God.
\r\nAragon went on to discuss how her body image was heavily affected by the culture that she grew up in. Moran told stories of growing up with prominent scarring, and how being different than others at a young age can shape body image when growing older.
\r\n“I think one of the greatest tools of oppression is education. I remember in elementary school, teachers would say not to pick on kids, and that almost isolated me. I felt broken,” Moran said.
\r\nFife did not tell as many life stories, but he focused on the importance of being aware and actually discussing body image. As one of the more taboo topics, Fife and the other two panelists discussed how not talking about body image only causes more harm.
\r\n“Silence about body image can be one of the most impacting on a child’s development,” Fife said.
\r\nWhether connecting body image in the context of culture, media or family, BEAUTY is ready to discuss any of the topics. BEAUTY meets at 7 p.m. every other Wednesday.
\r\nFor information on meeting place and times, e-mail Jeff Fife at jfife1@uwyo.edu.
In 2002, Johnnie Cochran Jr. and Cyrus Mehri filed a report concerning African American presence amongst NFL coaching staffs. In 2003 the league implemented the Rooney Rule, a policy that required NFL teams to interview at least one minority candidate during the hiring process for head coaches.
\r\nThe Rooney Rule has been widely considered a success in sports. The NFL has jumped forward since its implementation. Counting interim head coaches, there are currently seven African American head coaches in the league.
','\r\nThis number is likely to fluctuate as a result of off-season coaching changes, but it can safely be said that the number of black head coaches floats around 20 percent; a strong increase from when the initial rule change occurred.
\r\nThe question of course is how effective this rule change has been. The pessimistic view would be that the Rooney Rule has served only as a token gesture of affirmative action, which has not effectively balanced the coaching community. After all, in a league that is approximately 70 percent black according to Cochran and Mehri’s 2002 study, 20 percent doesn’t speak much as to the diversity of coaches in the league.
\r\nThe optimistic view of the rule is that it has made positive steps towards racial integration in coaching staffs and the movement towards interviewing a diverse group of candidates has made the rule obsolete. In reality, the rule has been good.
\r\nThe coach who headlined the movement, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, not only pioneered the position of young-black head coaches, but he won a Super Bowl and built a team that continues to be the envy of the league. Dan Rooney, the man for whom the rule is named, hired Tomlin and in doing so obliterated any concerns about minority coaching hires.
\r\nRaheem Morris was the minority interview for many teams two years ago, including the Denver Broncos. Morris was a defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and after multiple interviews, became the team’s head coach. Years ago it is likely that his progression to the top of the organization would have taken considerably longer or would not have happened at all.
\r\nNow, Raheem Morris coaches the youngest and one of the most exciting teams in the NFL. Plus, we got to hear him declare that “stats were for losers”. The sporting world would have been spared that delightful sound bite without the progression of the Rooney Rule.
\r\nThe league is still lagging in minority head coaching positions. No one can argue that. However, it is encouraging that the league has taken steps that appear to be making a difference. I recognize that the league has some distance left to travel, but you can’t expect a total takeover in less than 10 years.
\r\nThe Rooney Rule did more than change the number of interviews that owners did. It changed the coaching culture. Now minority candidates are being trained for head coaching positions, which will lead to more coaching hires. Obviously, the introduction of the rule wouldn’t change the league right away, but it did open up a curmudgeonly world of white head coaches to the diversity that the league needs.
\r\nThe NFL made the right move with the Rooney Rule. It certainly did not swing the league entirely, but it made the NFL more credible in the eyes of the fans.
\r\nMore leagues need to adopt this policy. Between the European infusion into the NBA, the worldliness of baseball and the massive amount of foreign college athletes getting an education at American Universities, sports are incredibly diverse; at least when it comes to the athletes.
\r\nWhy shouldn’t we promote the same diversity in the coaching staffs? It’s just a shame that it took such a rule to encourage it.
The Wyoming Cowboy wrestling team will begin their 2011 WWC action and title defense this weekend as they travel to Orem, Utah to take on Utah Valley.
\r\nWyoming enters the weekend coming off a 2-1 dual performance in California that included a narrow 18-19 loss to Cal Poly last Friday, followed by two dominating performances Saturday—a 41-6 win over Cal State Fullerton and a 33-9 win over San Francisco State. The Cowboys are 6-4 in duals this season.
','\r\nUtah Valley has already defeated conference opponent Northern Colorado on Jan. 7 by a score of 25-13. They are coming off two close dual wins against the Citadel and Appalachain State last weekend in Arlington, Texas.
\r\nAlso in Arlington, the University of Nebraska defeated the Wolverines 22-12. Comparing similar opponents is not always an accurate indicator of success, but Wyoming fell to Nebraska 20-12 back in December.
\r\n“I would say there’s probably five to six matches that would be considered toss ups, looking back at our dual from last year we won the toss ups and that made the difference in the team score,” said head coach Mark Branch of this weekend’s matchup.
\r\nWyoming brings five wrestlers ranked in the top 20 of their respective weight classes to Utah: No. 18 Michael Martinez at 125 pounds, No.18 Tyler Cox at 133 pounds, No. 19 Cole Dallaserra at 149 pounds, Shane Onufer, No. 6 at 165 pounds, and Joe LeBlanc, No. 5 at 184 pounds according to InterMat polls.
\r\nTwo ranked Cowboys will match up with ranked Utah Valley wrestlers.
\r\nMartinez will face Utah Valley’s No. 14 Ben Kjar, and Cox will take on Utah Valley’s Flint Ray, ranked No. 13 in the nation.
\r\nCox, a redshirt freshman and a native of Gillette, and Martinez have shuffled between the 125 and 133 class this year in duals. Cox went undefeated last weekend at 133, a performance that included a 6-5 decision over No. 10 ranked Filip Novochkov of Cal Poly.
\r\n“I don’t mind [moving up], if it’s helping our team,” Cox said. “I’m not coming in and saying ‘well 25s is my spot that’s where I want to be’. Thirty threes need someone to wrestle there. I’m there to wrestle, it’s kind of that team unity thing. I’m here for our team and I want our team to succeed.”
\r\nMartinez returned from an injury in December and has wrestled at 125 since then.
\r\nLast season at home, the Cowboys defeated the Wolverines soundly, 37-3. This year the Wolverines are ranked 42nd as a team, and Branch isn’t letting his wrestlers underestimate Utah Valley.
\r\n“They’re a much improved team, and they’ve had a good year so far. So we’ve got to make sure, obviously going into their place, we’ve got to be prepared to go battle and win those toss-ups and win those close matches,” said Branch. “It could be a 5-5 split, but if we win the close ones we can separate the score, and that’s going to be important for us. We don’t want to leave anything to chance on the road so we need to make sure and take care of business and not let anything get away from us.”
\r\nCox said he thinks his team is improving as they get further into duals, and that it is a result of team unity.
\r\n“We’re wrestling for each other now instead of just for ourselves,” Cox said. “I think that’s helping us out quite a bit. Losing a match and kind of having the feeling of, ‘oh I just lost a match no big deal’, it’s harder to lose the match and know that that match could have cost your team the dual. I think it makes each of us push each other harder in here [practice] so we don’t lose those matches, so we’re winning.”
\r\nThe Cowboys will dual Utah Valley at 7 p.m. Saturday in Orem.
\r\nThe action can be followed online at http:// www.uvu.edu/broadcast/uvu_remote_embed.
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What’s the fastest way to become a fan favorite? Hitting a buzzer beater to knock off New Mexico thrusting Wyoming into Sports Center’s top ten plays is a good route to take.
Francisco Cruz’s shot to give Wyoming its lone conference win of the season remains a highlight of a difficult season for the Cowboys but the play of Cruz is enough to get fans excited about the team’s core group of players.
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“I try to do as much as I can. I try to play defense all the time and rebound, score, [get] steals; everything I can to help the team to win,” Cruz said.
\r\nCruz’s 32 assists make him the team’s third best distributor behind point guards JayDee Luster and Desmar Jackson. The 6’3” Cruz is also the team’s sixth best rebounder averaging three a game.
\r\nCruz has shot a high percentage from behind the arc. His 40.6 percent three-point shooting leads the team by nearly 7 percent over the next best shooter. Cruz has hit 28 three pointers this season; the next highest is Afam Muojeke with 16.
\r\nCruz was the 22nd ranked scorer at the junior college level last season for Western Nebraska, and his outside shooting added a much needed element to the Cowboy offense.
\r\nCruz said that he made the junior college transition so well because of his willingness to do the small things on the court and his work with coach Heath Schroyer.
\r\n“Coach helped me develop. He always told me that I was able to do a lot of things on the floor so he opened it up so that I could have the freedom to be effective in the games,” Cruz said.
\r\nAll season long Schroyer has talked about the importance of unselfish play from his players and Cruz is a model for the type of player that the Cowboys need to win.
\r\n“I think we have struggled at times being selfish with the ball and looking to score individually. When we don’t move the ball we struggle and when we get everyone involved and everyone is looking to make each other better than we can win,” Cruz said.
\r\n“I don’t want to try and score all the time. I’m not like that. I just want to try and do everything to help make the team better.”
\r\nThe Cowboys will need such a team effort if they want to break their two-game losing streak on the road against Air Force this Saturday.
“The aircraft is well equipped, well instrumented, and there is no other program that matches this one in funding and functionality.”
\r\nThis is the third aircraft owned by UW. The first was purchased in the 1960s.
\r\nThe King Air, coming up on 35 years of service to the program, has logged about 7,500 hours and has been not only all across the United States but also all across the world, to Japan, Saudi Arabia, Hawaii, Mexico, and most recently Finland. ','
\r\nThe King Air flies approximately 180 hours a year, which is about 50 flights per year on average, depending on the current projects and funding. Funding typically comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA. The aircraft has a staff of roughly 15 people that are associated with its upkeep and operation. However, students are also involved; especially in the science being done with departmental faculty.
\r\nAlthough largely used in graduate student master and doctoral projects and by academic professional research scientists, an undergraduate program in Earth System Science is starting to gain momentum.
\r\n“Right now we are trying to get as many students as possible to be involved with the aircraft, what it does, how to use it most effectively, and also to help give students exposure to the King Air itself,” Rodi said.
\r\nRight now, the King Air and its staff are assisting the University of Colorado in a research project to in an effort to better understand cloud properties in the Steamboat Springs region of Colorado.
\r\nThough the aircraft belongs to UW, there have been cooperative agreements between UW and NSF since 1988 for the UW King Air to support scientists across the nation and internationally as part of NSF’s lower atmospheric observing facility program. Other aircraft in NSF’s program are at US national laboratories, but the UW King Air presently is the only one that is university-based. The university has been looking into the possibilities of a new aircraft, and is investigating various aircraft for replacement as well as seeking funding for one.
\r\nStudents wishing to visit the UW Flight Center at Laramie Regional Airport should contact Dr. Rodi (rodi@uwyo.edu).
The last time the Wyoming Cowboys and Air Force Falcons met, both programs were stranded at the bottom of the deepest, darkest of caverns in the college basketball world.
','\r\nThe Cowboys and Falcons shared dismal records entering their play-in game matchup of the 2010 Mountain West Conference tournament—Wyoming was 3-13 in conference play and 10-20 overall, and Air Force entered the contest with an even worse mark, a 1-15 conference record and an 8-20 overall offering—and even the most negligible signs of hope were a Rocky Mountain winter away for both teams.
\r\nThe game was just as ugly as the records would indicate, but when Air Force emerged a 59-40 victor and moved on to lose to a goliath New Mexico squad in the next round, the Falcons were temporarily unburdened with the MWC torch of futility.
\r\nNearly a year later, the Falcons appear to have righted the ship and are headed back toward again becoming a competitive team in the conference.
\r\nWyoming, on the other hand, continues to wake up on Groundhog Day every morning.
\r\nThe Cowboys (8-10, 1-3) enter Saturday’s matchup at Air Force (1:30 p.m. MST, televised on The Mtn.) with a 17-game road losing streak.
\r\nThe last time Wyoming won a regular season game away from the Arena-Auditorium was on December 12, 2009–when Wyoming defeated Northern Colorado 76-70 at the Casper Events Center.
\r\nThe Cowboys were technically the home team in that contest, however, so to find Wyoming’s last true win on the road requires a trip back to February 28, 2009, and a trip down to Colorado Springs.
\r\nIt was on that afternoon when Wyoming nipped Air Force 65-62 at Clune Arena – although no one at the time could have possibly guessed it would be the Cowboys’ last regular season road victory for a span of over 700 days and counting.
\r\nHamstrung with a series of injuries–most notably the one to Afam Muojeke which has sidelined the Cowboy star for each of the past two conference seasons–a young and inexperienced Wyoming team has struggled since the time of that victory in Colorado Springs.
\r\nThe Cowboys enter Saturday’s contest with a streak of determination–eager to atone for a poor performance in a 68-51 loss to Utah last Saturday in which Wyoming shot just 35 percent from the field–and on an entire week of rest.
\r\nWyoming head coach Heath Schroyer commented in his post-game press conference on Saturday that the week of rest will be crucial to the team’s performance and health–most notably in making sure that key injured contributors Adam Waddell, JayDee Luster, and Djibril Thiam are in better physical condition than they have been in recent weeks.
\r\nThe Cowboys will need all three players at full strength to compete with a much-improved Falcon squad.
\r\nAlthough Air Force (10-7) has an identical 1-3 conference mark to that of the Cowboys, the Falcons’ three losses have come against San Diego State, BYU, and UNLV–teams with a 52-6 combined overall record. Air Force was competitive in all three games.
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','\r\nSenior center Hillary Carlson finished the first half with 13 points and six rebounds, leading the team. Sophomore forward Chaundra Sewell added 10 points, going 5 for 7 from the field, and four assists.
\r\nAs a team, the Cowgirls shot 45.5 percent from the field in the first half and only committed one personal foul.
\r\nThe Redhawks, a Division II team, ended their first half shooting 10 of 32 from the field. They were led by senior forward Julee Christianson and freshman forward Ashley Ward. Both scored six apiece for Seattle.
\r\nThe first few minutes of the second half belonged to an aggressive Seattle team that connected on their first four shots to cut the Cowgirls’ lead to 41-35 at the 17:41 mark. “I thought in the second half that we came out really strong and executed our game; we got some good defensive stops,” Seattle coach Joan Bonvicini said. Wyoming head coach Joe Legerski agreed. “Their zone defense really slowed us down. Their zone was as good as we’ve played all year.”
\r\nSenior guard Randi Richardson got the crowd back into it by drilling a three-pointer with the shot clock winding down to give Wyoming a 49-40 advantage with just under 14 minutes to play.
\r\nWyoming buckled down on defense, holding the Redhawks scoreless for almost five minutes. They led 54-40 with nine minutes left in the game. Consistent shooting and solid defense eventually gave the Cowgirls their 13th win of the season. Every time the Cowgirls score more than 60 points, they win the game.
\r\nCarlson continued her impressive senior campaign with 20 points, eight rebounds, six blocks, and two steals. Senior guard Aubrey Vandiver contributed 15 points and eight rebounds.
\r\nJunior guard Elle Kerfoot was the only Redhawk in double figures with 11 points and also led the team with five assists.
\r\n“It was a game that played its purpose. I think it really showed us to play against a team that we would categorize as undersized but that just keeps coming at you and makes it difficult and that’s going to be Air Force on Saturday,” Legerski said in his post-game conference.
\r\nAir Force comes to town on Saturday when the Cowgirls commence the last stretch of their conference schedule. Tip-off is at 2 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium.
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week—a dance Wednesday and a guest lecture in a UW dance class Thursday.
“I would like to start with the Cleo Dance, which I never know what it is,” Cleo Parker Robinson, the founder, executive artistic director and choreographer of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, said.
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Robinson opened her class by attempting to explain her perception of the Cleo Dance Thursday in the Union Ballroom.
The crowd of students, professors and community members circled around Robinson and her maraca-type instrument.
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The first part of the session was focused on each individual’s own movements, and the second half was devoted to teaching dance steps from the ensemble’s performance the night before.
\r\nNiki Kraft, a dance performance major, said, “As a dance student with UW, they always bring in such great people for us and provide many other experiences other than the ones we get from our teachers.”
\r\nIn turn, Katie Jenkins, a dancer for the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, said, “The people of Laramie were so supportive.
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It’s so nice to dance in a place where the people are cheering you on, and the energy from the audience helps us. The people are great, the town is wonderful and so we were really excited to come back.”
Both the performance and class were part of Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue. “We are a predominantly black dance company, and so, just having the African American aspect, we are very much about civil rights. We marched in the parade in Denver, which is one of the largest MLK marches in the nation,” Jenkins said.
\r\nShe also commented on how well the performance at the civic center went. The music did cut out on the performers part way through the third and fourth piece, but the group was able to continue dancing by just the synchronization of their breathing.
\r\nThis was made possible by the group’s closeness with one another and dedication to making sure their work can withstand any obstacles in the way.
\r\n“That’s what is really cool about this company … we’re really connected together because we are always together. It’s nice when you can feed off the other dancers,” Jenkins said.
\r\nAnother UW student and dance performance major, Alex Floyd, said, “It was really great being able to learn a bit from every piece performed last night.”
','','1','8','0','38','2011-01-21 05:07:34','278','Davis Bonner','2011-01-21 05:52:21','103','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-20 07:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','7','0','10','cleo parker robinson dance ensemble, uw fine arts, mlk days of dialogue','','0','307','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2657','Burke elected as UW’s 6th AAAS member','burke-elected-as-uws-6th-aaas-member','','Indy Burke, director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the university, has been elected to become a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
\r\nBurke received the fellowship for her studies in terrestrial biogeochemistry and ecosystem ecology, particularly for her work on nitrogen dynamics in grassland and steppe ecosystems.
','\r\nElection as a fellow to the AAAS is given those in the scientific community to those “For meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications,” according to their website.
\r\nAccording to a press release, Burke has written more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, numerous book chapters and one edited book.
\r\nShe has led interdisciplinary teams to study the interactions of climate, plants and animals, and human uses such as grazing and crop production on North American Great Plains ecosystems.
\r\n“Indy Burke’s election as a Fellow of the AAAS recognizes her as a nationally renowned scientist and the leadership she’s provided in bringing together diverse experts to address critical -environmental problems,” UW’s director of the Program in Ecology, Stephen Jackson, said in a press release.
\r\nThe AAAS is the world’s largest scientific organization.
\r\nThe group also publishes Science, a weekly science journal, and is affiliated with 262 academies of science and scientific societies.
\r\nBecoming a fellow of the AAAS is an involved process, with nominations having to undergo review by different sections in the organization.
\r\nThose approved by their section are presented to the AAAS Council for election, where those nominated must receive the approval of the majority of members with less than three opposed.
\r\nThose who make it through are then again presented to the council for a final round of voting.
\r\nBurke joins five other faculty members at UW to receive AAAS fellowships: Bill Lauenroth, of the Department of Botany, Bruce Parkinson of the Department of Chemistry, George Vance of the Department of Renewable Resources, and Harold Bergman of the Department of Zoology and Physiology.
\r\nNew fellows receive a certificate, along with a rosette pin, at a special Fellows Forum.
\r\nThe ceremony will be held at the annual AAAS meeting in Washington D.C., on Feb. 19.
','1','6','0','41','2011-01-21 05:11:34','278','Rhaden Lind','2011-01-21 06:30:19','103','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-21 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','2','0','9','Burke, AAAS member','Indy Burke, director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the university, has been elected to become a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ','0','103','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2658','Award winning photojournalism presented today','award-winning-photojournalism-presented-today','','Writer-in-Residence at UW and field staff writer for National Geographic magazine, Mark Jenkins will hold a presentation today on the photo journalism work he did for the July 2008 National Geographic article titled, “Who Murdered the Mountain Gorillas.”
\r\nThe presentation will be today at noon in the Agriculture Auditorium.
','\r\nThe article investigated the 2008 killing of seven gorillas by poachers in Virunga National Park, a wildlife and wilderness preserve within the Democratic Republic of Congo.
\r\nJenkins, along with colleague Brint Stirton, won the National Magazine Award for photojournalism for the work on the story.
\r\nAccording to his biography, Jenkins is a “Critically acclaimed author and internationally recognized journalist, Jenkins covers the globe writing about social, environmental and geopolitical issues, from opium smuggling in Afghanistan to HIV/AIDS in Botswana, ethnic cleansing in Burma to mountaineering in Pakistan.”
\r\nJenkins’ biography also notes that other stories he participated in have been selected for inclusion in three consecutive Best American Travel Writing anthologies.
\r\nJenkins is the author of three previous award-winning books: “The Hard Way,” “To Timbuktu” and “Off the Map.” He is a recipient of many professional accolades and awards for his work.
\r\nHis profile touts that, “In 2008 Jenkins’ won a Maggie (Western Publishing Association) for his story about panic in Backpacker magazine. In 2006 Jenkins won the Lowell Thomas Award for both Best Adventure Travel Article and Best Environmental Tourism Article.”
\r\nOther accolades include: an American Alpine Club Literary Award for excellence in alpine literature in 2003, the McGaw/Hull Endowed Chair in Literature at the University of Wyoming which was awarded In the spring of 2002, and he has also twice won the WAC Literature Fellowship (1986, 1989), twice won the Polartec Explorers Award (1990, 1998), and won a Shipton/Tilman Award (2004).
\r\nJenkins, who has been a resident of Wyoming since the age of seven, has participated in many expeditions into a number of remote locations.
\r\nHe was the second American to ascend Mt. Xixabangma, Tibet, and he is a member of the 1986 U.S. Everest North Face Expedition. His was also the first to ascend the highest peaks in the Arctic Circle, and the first coast-to-coast traversing of the former Soviet Union via bicycle in 1989.
\r\nMark Jenkins lives in Laramie, Wyoming with his wife, Sue Ibarra, a community activist, and two daughters, Addi and Teal.
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\r\nA new DUI law, recently passed by the Laramie City Council, creates tougher penalties for those caught driving with high BAC levels.
','Anyone arrested for a driving with a BAC of 0.15 faces an automatic seven days in jail and a minimum $750 fine, if found guilty.
\r\nThe new law also goes so far as to impose a one week jail sentence on people who are believed to be intoxicated, but refuse a breathalyzer test.
\r\nThe new laws should force everyone in town to think twice before drinking and driving. After all, the new DUI penalties can have disastrous effects on your professional, academic and financial lives. Not only should that, but anyone who has a BAC of 0.15 or more should not operate a motor vehicle in first place.
\r\nIf you want to stay in your current line of employment, you should probably stay off the roads after you have had too much to drink.
\r\nIf you choose to drive after you have had a few too many, don’t be surprised when you are arrested, spend seven days behind bars and are released to discover you have been fired.
\r\nI’ve yet to find an employer who will tolerate a week-long absence from any of their employees for anything other than a major illness or a pregnancy. Undoubtedly they will have little or no sympathy firing you because you drank way more than you should have and then decided to drive.
\r\nFor those of us who are in college, the consequences of being arrested for driving after consuming large amounts of alcohol can be severe.
\r\nWhile I know many students who have missed a week’s worth of classes, I’ve never known of them to stay enrolled in school for very long. This is probably because missing an entire week of school can set you back significantly in your studies.
\r\nNot only do you have to catch up on the assignments and reading you missed, you have to try and keep up with your scheduled course work.
\r\nEven worse though, you may have to explain to your instructor that you missed class after driving intoxicated, and as a result, are behind in your work.
\r\nDon’t expect any more sympathy from your instructor than the worker received from his boss. You should not expect it because you do not deserve it.
\r\nAnd then there are the purely financial reasons—a minimum of 750 of them—for you not to drive after you have had too much alcohol.
\r\nWhile a night of drinking can be great fun, I doubt that anyone can say that a good time coupled with a bad decision is worth a $750 fine. This is especially true when you consider how much more this fine will cost you considering you may have lost your job
\r\nThe last thing I would tell anyone is: “Don’t go out and have a good time. Don’t drink!”
\r\nDoing so would be both impractical and hypocritical.
\r\nBy all means, you should go out, drink and have fun. But you should do so responsibly, which means being prepared to walk home, call SafeRide or have a designated driver with you or one lined out to pick you up.
\r\nIf you don’t want to drink responsibly, be prepared for the potential consequences.
Walk down a hallway in the Classroom Building at the right time and you will hear the work of a new and unique class that has started at UW.
\r\nSongwriting is being offered as a course. An English graduate student, Scott Rosenberg, is teaching the class.
\r\n“It seems to me that there’s a fairly obvious hole to be filled by teaching songwriting in the university,” Rosenberg said. “Classes are taught in all kinds of creative fields, but it’s very rare to find songwriting being taught on a college campus. This is surprising given how much college age people consume and create songs.”
\r\nThe class was set to start last fall, but, due to a lack of students, the class was canceled. This semester over twenty people signed up for songwriting.
\r\n“My hunch is that there would be strong interest in studying songwriting if it were offered in universities, and that’s the main reason it’s not. Because it’s viewed by institutions, incorrectly, as a form of popular entertainment and not as a high art,” Rosenberg said.
\r\nAs a graduate student, Rosenberg is pursuing an MFA in creative writing so he can combine it with his MA in music composition. In the future, Rosenberg hopes to seek a position as a songwriting professor.
\r\nThis semester, students will be studying the music of Paul Simon, the Beatles and many other influential music figures from the sixties and seventies.
\r\nAt the beginning of the semester, the class is studying Bob Dylan and will read one of his biographies.
\r\nAnother element of the class will have students take what they have learned from the songs, readings, and discussions and ask them to write their own lyrics.
\r\n“A song can and does serve countless functions; it can be used for dance, for courtship, for background ambiance, for religion, for cultural identification and solidarity (politically, socially, in sports, etc...),” Rosenberg said. “My own personal interest in songwriting is to communicate subtle and worthwhile observations about the nature of the experience of being alive and to inspire others to pursue positive creative exploration of the human experience.”
\r\nSince receiving his master’s degree in music composition, Rosenberg’s work has focused primarily on rock, folk and country songwriting.
\r\n“I played instrumental music for many years as a saxophonist and large ensemble composer, focusing on avant garde, free improvisation and free jazz,” Rosenberg said. “About ten years ago, I started writing lyric-based songs, playing more guitar, and singing.”
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\r\n\r\n
Wyoming has been apart of many equality milestones that helped give the state\r\nits nickname: the “Equality State.” With new bills currently in the state house\r\nregarding immigration and gay marriage, many UW and Laramie residents gathered\r\nin Simpson’s Plaza at UW on Friday to hold a Social Justice March in protest.
“We\r\nare having a Social Justice March on campus today to oppose house bill 0094,\r\nwhich is the anti-immigration bill, and a house bill 0074, [which invalidates]\r\ngay marriage,” Dara Anderson, one of the March organizers, said.
The\r\ngroup rallied with homemade signs around 1 p.m. on Friday in front of the\r\nUnion.
“These\r\nare people from all different groups on campus and all different backgrounds\r\nand we all just feel very strongly about social justice and we feel if the\r\nmovement starts on campus, it’ll just have big impact on the whole thing,”\r\nAnderson said.
\r\nMarch organizers spoke before the March began explaining their purpose and\r\ngoal.
“The\r\nimportance of this march is [to show the isolation of] minority groups around\r\nthe state. As you can see, they are isolating everyone, which has a different\r\nrace, color or accent; and for sexual preferences. By having this march, we are\r\ndemonstrating what Wyoming is still the Equality State,” co-organizer Jose\r\nGamboa said.
The\r\nmarch looped around Prexy’s Pasture, in front of the classroom Building and\r\nback to the Plaza.
“I\r\nfeel that there are a lot of things in the country right now that we are really\r\ncomplacent about. Especially as a younger generation, [we] have an opportunity\r\nto stand up and speak out about some things that are injustices—it is a really\r\ngreat opportunity,” marcher Sonya Gahimbare said.
“I’m\r\nabsolutely inspired to see some student activism. It’s reminiscent of when I\r\nwas in college and I’m very supportive of them,” Matt Baires, a witness to the\r\nmarch, said.
“If\r\nhouse bill 74 passes, the possibility of having civil unions will not happen in\r\nthis state. Also, anyone who goes through our state that was married from\r\nanother location and say, someone dies in a car accident they are not married\r\nin our state, thus would not have any rights that would be granted in other\r\nstates and other countries,” marcher Adam Boyd said.
\r\n“Because, after five years together I think my kids deserve to have their\r\nparents married,” Jami Jorgensen said after being asked why she wanted to\r\nmarch.
\r\nBefore the march was done two more speakers presented to the crowd. “Thank you\r\nfor being an active voice. That is the message I want to relay today too,”\r\nBrian Lee from Organizing for America said.
Feel\r\nfree to reach out to Wyoming legislators to let them know that you’re still\r\nvoice still matters, Lee said. “E-mail your legislator today.”
“Thank\r\nyou so much for standing up to be heard. Legislators need to hear from you and\r\nnot only from you...but everyone you know who lives here in Wyoming. They need\r\nto hear the voices that aren’t being heard in the capitol right now,” Sara\r\nGorin research director for the Equality State Policy center in Laramie said.
“And I\r\nwant to urge you...there’s a real need in our society right now to model civil\r\nbehavior. And even though you have been, I would say, disrespected its very\r\nimportant for you in communicating with legislators to reach out with them and\r\nshow them that you are not doing the same kinds of things they are doing,”\r\nGorin said.
After\r\nthe speakers marchers started signing petitions to be heard by local\r\nlegislators.
\r\nOrganizers of the March were Jose Gamboa, Mariana Caragoza, Jaryd Unangst, Dara\r\nAnderson, and Nicole Ramirez.
Email: Lauren Kottenstette
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\r\nCoulter, who is known for her firebrand anti-liberal rhetoric, was invited to speak on campus by the College Republicans. ','
\r\nLast year’s president of the College Republicans and first year law student, Caitlin Wallace, who was a part of bringing Coulter to UW, explained that there have been some considerable misperceptions regarding the invitation.
\r\nShe stressed that the invitation is not in response to the Ayers controversy last spring.
\r\nWallace says that Coulter has instead been invited as part of an attempt to bring more conservative speakers to campus.
\r\n“During the controversy that surrounded the Ayers speaking engagement, we started having a discussion within the College Republicans about the lack of conservative speakers who have visited UW,” she said.
\r\nWallace explained that the decision to invite Coulter a result of several factors.
\r\n“Among the big names we brainstormed, Coulter was not only the most reasonable, but we also had an offer from an anonymous donor who offered to pay half of Coulter’s speaking costs if we invited her,” she said.
\r\nThe other half of Coulter’s $20,000 speaking fee will be covered by the Young America’s Foundation, a national conservative organization that encourages young conservatives to become active in the political process.
\r\nAccording to Wallace, rumors about the anonymous donor being a member of the UW administration are false, and the individual who made the donation is a non-Wyoming resident and has no ties to UW. Wallace explained that she thinks Coulter offers a broad message to which many people can relate.
\r\n“I think what Ann Coulter is doing is more than just preaching conservative values. She is calling out the other side very clearly. She is giving a lot of people a fodder for seeing what is wrong with the left. And I think this can help unite the conservative movement.”
\r\nLast year, the group brought in Mike Holler, who speaks around the country about the history and development of the U.S. Constitution.
\r\nWallace is optimistic about the College Republicans\' current course and says they are headed on the right track.
\r\n“We want to stay active, continue to bring in speakers, and also participate in more activities like the health care debate that we did last year with the College Democrats,” Wallace said.
Email: Bob Kubichek
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\r\nAccording to the e-mail sent out by the IT department, the webpage was intended to steal private information from users thinking they were logging into the WyoWeb page. ','
\r\n“A serious phishing scam has been identified in which an unauthorized website that looks very similar to WyoWeb has been created to apparently steal UW usernames, passwords and potentially other personal information,” the e-mail said.
\r\nWhile these claims have yet to be confirmed, the website was quickly blocked, and a warning was sent out once it was discovered by workers in the IT department. Maggie Morrison from the IT Client Support Services confirmed that the site was dealt with as soon as the department detected it. She was unable to confirm the details of the spoof site itself.
\r\n“I’m not aware of how the spoofed site came into existence, but I do know what we did once we received word of the site,” she said.
\r\nScreenshots of the alleged spoofed site were included within the e-mail sent to alert students and faculty. The site itself appeared to be almost identical to the actual webpage, although upon closer inspection the differences in the placement of content boxes and text within the login fields showed minor differences.
\r\nThere have been no criminal charges filed, and the source of the website remains unclear. A Jan. 21 article on the official IT department blog noted that the site could not be known.
\r\n“Someone went to a web hosting company and created the domain name of mywyoweb.net. They then copied what WyoWeb (the real one) looked like and started sending that page along to user’s at the University of Wyoming.” To what extent any student or staff data was stolen has also not been determined,” the blog reads.According to the blog, phishing is a serious problem on the web, and offers advice to avoid becoming a victim. The post explains, “nobody should ever send you an email asking for your account information. If you get that email, delete it, let it go, it is a phishing attempt and should be classified as unnecessary SPAM. To keep yourself safe, use secure passwords, over 8 characters and include a symbol or a capital or both.”
Email: Bob Kubichek
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\r\nRandy Lewis, professor in the department of Molecular Biology, has studied spider webs for about 20 years. ','
\r\n“It never really bothered me at all,” Lewis said about the idea of working with his eight-legged friends.
\r\nHis early research had two basic goals: to understand how the spider made the silk and how the silk was so elastic.
\r\n“We have been working, not to just understand how spiders do it, but to duplicate it,” Lewis said. He added that they have been able to identify the genes responsible for creating the silk protein in spiders.
\r\nLewis and his team have been researching the spider silk in other organisms beyond just spiders.
\r\nLewis said he has created bacteria that produce the silk protein gene. In addition to bacteria, the team can also produce the protein in Alfalfa, silkworms and even goats, through their milk.
\r\nThe spider silk protein is the extracted from the transgenic goat milk to be harvested for use in biotechnology.
\r\nLewis said the spider silk protein can be used for artificial ligaments and tendons. Another biomedical use for the silk is as a material to aid bone rejuvenation. Lewis explained that the silk’s strength provides good stability to aid in bone regrowth.
\r\nAccording to the research statement on the UW Molecular Biology Department website spider silk “...can range from strengths greater than Kevlar to elasticity greater than nylon.”
\r\nLewis’ research grabbed the attention of national Geographic Magazine in 2005, and more recently, the PBS Nova television show, Making Stuff. In the episode of Making Stuff: Stronger, the host speaks with Lewis about his research into Orb web weaving spider silk and how Lewis is planning on utilizing the silk.
\r\nLewis said he is excited about the research as it moves forward. He said soon there will be a new set of transgenic goats with a different gene inside of them. He hopes the new goats will yield a good amount of silk protein.
\r\nHe said there is some development being made in the silk-worm area regarding large-scale spider silk fiber production viability. However, he said, “it remains to be seen.”
\r\nOf the three areas of research mentioned in the research statement, “The first is to determine the sequence and likely structure of the proteins for the remaining silk as well as the glue that is used in the web,” says the website.
\r\nHe added that the future will have many unforeseen hurdles, but he and his team will continue to spin their way forward.
Email: Seneca Flowers
\r\nMartial arts are sometimes seen with a violent connotation, but one Laramie man hopes to change UW students’ and community members’ perceptions.
\r\nTim Sheehan, a master of the martial arts and owner of the Wyoming Chapter of Modern Arnis, proposes using Tai Chi in a way that will benefit a student’s way of life.','
\r\n“I was probably shaped more by the concept of developing and using Chi, or life force, to create more life for myself and others,” Sheehan said. “This is not a vague idea. There are specific training directions and methodologies for doing so, and there are specific, tangible results.”
\r\nDave Claypool, master technician for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UW and the advisor of Asian Internal Martial Arts Association, started an affiliation with the Wyoming Chapter of Modern Arnis, and, as a result, the partnership has brought an outlook program to the UW campus.
\r\n“The purpose of AIMAA is to foster appreciation and skill with the internal martial arts, to develop health, strength and real martial ability with the internal methods, and to encourage personal growth and development through the martial spirit,” Claypool said.
\r\nClasses offer training in Tai Chi Ch’uan, Hsing-I Ch’uan, Pakua Chang and other internal martial arts, according to Claypool.
\r\n“I began training with the Wyoming Chapter of Modern Arnis in 1993 and have studied Tai Chi, BaGua, Hsing-I, Shaolin Temple Boxing, and the Closed Door Art,” Claypool said. As a team, Claypool and Sheehan are willing to explore many types of martial arts.
\r\nThis program is offered to UW students, faculty and staff for $50 per semester. If anyone is interested in trying the program first, there is a “try it out” class available for $10.
\r\nSheehan has 42 years of continuous training under his belt. Chinese styles of internal martial arts he has practiced include Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Hsing-I (or Xingyi) and BaGua. He has also practiced martial arts from other places around the world including Hindu Lathi, Philippino Arnis and Indonesian Silat.
\r\nSheehan has a different idea of what training in martial arts means, compared to popular American culture of simply “coming to blows”.
\r\n“This level of training is quite rare,” Claypool said. “Cultivation of Chi is knowledge that has largely been lost in the commercialization of martial arts. Our friend in China who trained with us for several years said he couldn’t find this type of training there.”
\r\nThe martial arts class is available to anyone interested, and all levels of students are accepted.
\r\n“We are excited to be offering something that is rare by any standard, and we are offering it in a straightforward way without the secrecy, ignorance and misinformation that seems to plague these arts nowadays,” Sheehan said. “While these arts aren’t for everybody, neither is anything else. But if what we do speaks to your heart, agrees with your common sense and potentially leads you to your greater good, we’ll make you welcome.”
\r\nClasses are held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sundays in the College of Education gym.
Email: Davis Bonner
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\r\nWyoming shot 38 percent from the field and was four for 23 from behind the arc. ','
\r\nThe game’s top performance came from Falcons guard Evan Washington who had 11 points, six rebounds, nine assists and one block. Tom Fow added 14 points for the Falcons.
\r\nSophomore Forward Amath M’Baye led the Cowboys with 13 points, seven rebounds, three assists, a steal and a block. Francisco Cruz added 10 points for the Cowboys.
\r\nThe Cowboys cut the lead to single digits with less than seven minutes remaining, but the Falcons halted the Cowboy’s attempt at a comeback with an 11-2 run of their own three minutes later.
\r\nWith this win, Air Force improves to 9-2 at home, and the Cowboys fall to 0-6 on the road.
\r\nTonight at 8 the Cowboys will host the UNLV Running Rebels (15-3, 3-3 Mountain West) in the Arena-Auditorium. The Rebels received votes in both national top-25 polls this week.
Email: Darion Donnelly
Local comedians will join a humor veteran tonight to bring laughter to UW.
\r\nStarting at 8 p.m. in the lower level of the Union, Student Activities Council (SAC) will host a local comedy night featuring Deacon Gray, a house comedian at Comedy Works in Denver. ','
\r\nThis is the first time SAC has hosted a local talent night. “In the past, we have had ‘UW Stands Up,’ which was in a competition format rather than that of a showcase,” Jordan Evans, lead student programmer for SAC, said.
\r\nNext to Gray, the night will feature local talent Reese Jennigs, Ben Fairfield and Craig Erpelding and an MC artist to break up the sets.
\r\n“Deacon Gray is an up-and-coming comic out of Denver, and he was recommended to us by the local talent as they have performed with him in the past,” Evans said.
\r\nAccording to a UW press release, Gray has opened for Dave Chappell, Drew Carey and Chris Rock, and won the 2008 Great American Comedy Festival.
\r\nOn his website, Gray explains that his humor is inspired by openness to life. “I’m a 22-year comedy veteran from Oklahoma, though I now live in Denver...My philosophy of comedy is this: Be honest. Be aware. Be open. I lead a blessed life.”
\r\nFairfield and Erpelding, two of the local comedians preforming on Wednesday, are also members of UW’s Uncontrollably Witty Improvisation Troupe. Fairfield is the founder and current director of the troupe.
\r\nStudents interested in becoming a part of the local comedy nights should contact SAC.
\r\n“We will have our annual ‘UW Stands Up’ competition, but if there are any local stand-ups that have a proven record of work, they are welcome to bring their press kit by our committee for our consideration for a solo show,” Evans said.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
Ten years ago, the space was unused, but now it’s being described as an area unlike any other on campus, inspiring college students, staff and faculty to stop and take it all in—The Sullivan Family Student Center.
\r\nThe College of Education’s newly dedicated Sullivan Family Student Center is being well received by the people at UW.
\r\nThe uniquely designed center serves as a hub for student activities within the College of Education. ','
\r\nThe center is a product of years of renovations and improvements to the UW College of Education Annex that began over 10 years ago.
\r\nProfessor Michael Day described the center as “an art installation, but for students to enjoy and use.”
\r\nDay said he was very excited about the center’s design and usage. He said he felt the architecture firm Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL Architects) did a phenomenal job.
\r\n“I’ve been chatting with students and the feeling I have gotten is that it is a special space,” Day said.
\r\nVice president of the UW Foundation’s management team John Stark agrees.
\r\nStark said, “It’s a very unique space, unlike anything on campus.”
\r\nThe gathering space is enclosed by bamboo millwork feature walls and a two-story white raised-relief map of the state of Wyoming.
\r\nDay said he especially enjoyed watching the sun set along the mountains of the map.
\r\nThe renovation came after a donation from Mickey and Jeanne Klein of Austin, Texas, friends of UW and of the Sullivans. The gift was doubled by the Wyoming Legislature’s state matching program.
\r\n“The university is very grateful to both the Klien’s and the Sullivan’s wonderful gift,” Stark said.
\r\nDay said he felt the COE finally had a place for students to enjoy an area to gather as well as enjoy the arts.
\r\n“It is designed to be thought provoking.” He added, “It is a wonderful gift to honor a true Wyoming family what has contributed greatly to our state,” Stark said.
\r\nThe center was formally dedicated Jan. 15. The center was named in honor of former U.S. Ambassador and Wyoming Gov. Mike Sullivan, his wife Jane, and the Sullivan family.
Email the author: sriggins@uwyo.edu
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\r\nAt 6 p.m. one member of the Beehive Collective, Emma Bee, will walk members of the UW and Laramie community through their narrative illustration of “The True Cost of Coal” in Coe Library, room 503.
“‘The True Cost of Coal’ is dense with metaphors drawn from the natural world. It is rooted in history, grounded in the grinding urgency of Mountaintop Removal coal mining, fueled by the looming threat of climate change and guided by the robust, grassroots resistance of everyday Appalachians,” according to the Beehive Collective pamphlet.
\r\nThe group is from Machias, Maine and is touring campuses around the U.S. presenting their studies.
\r\n“The issues that they’re trying to educate people about are represented by animals that are doing the same things that activists, corporations and governments are doing with regard to that topic,” Kristen Owen, staff member in the SLCE office and communication director for the Good Mule Project, said.The Good Mule Program brought the group to campus.
\r\nThe True Cost of Coal project is the result of an artist collective that has been working for more than two years on the story of mountain top removal coal mining in Appalachia.
“They’re super friendly. I mean, the whole point of their art work is to get it out there to as many places as possible because they are anti-copyright,” Jenny Reese, the communication advisor for the program, said.
\r\nThe Collective first receives invitations from different communities around the world that have significant social problems. They then conduct interviews for almost a full year with different members of these communities.
\r\nAfter one year, the Collective assesses the information that they have been given, how the community feels about the issue, how it is affecting community members’ lives and how significant the issue is.
\r\nOnce the Collective decides to work on the project, almost a full year is spent putting together pieces of a massive art mural.
\r\n“They call themselves ‘word to image translators,’ so they take those stories and try to represent them in a mural that everyone can understand,” Owen said.
\r\nThe murals, which can cover an entire wall, display every inch with symbolic imagery, she said.
\r\nThe Beehive Collective releases pamphlets to accompany each mural. In these pamphlets, the mural is broken down into small sections, and the symbolism of each section is explained.
Email the author: dbonner1@uwyo.edu
There has been a great deal of discussion lately concerning a number of social issue-based bills currently being debated in the Wyoming State House and Senate.
\r\nMuch of this discussion has focused around HB74, which looks to close a loophole in Wyoming law that allows gay couples, who have legally attained a marriage license in another state, to receive legal recognition under Wyoming law.
','\r\nThe bill, which passed its third vote in the House on Monday, is largely a symbolic gesture by newly emboldened conservatives to show that they are strong on social issues considered important by many on the far right.
\r\nOther bills that have attracted controversy this legislative session include HB118, which offers women in Wyoming, who are receiving an abortion, the opportunity to view a free ultrasound of the fetus and SB47, which allows Wyoming residents to carry concealed guns without state permits. Finally, SB114 creates a teacher evaluation program that uses classroom cameras in four school districts.
\r\nAlthough the state of Wyoming is a historically conservative place, it has not been in our nature to spend what little time we allocate to our legislature on the meaningless business of governing individual values and norms. Historically, Wyoming has avoided passing legislation dealing with gay marriage or abortion, choosing instead to focus on the business of passing legislation that has a meaningful impact on the state’s ability to grow the economy and to improve public education and infrastructure.
\r\nUnfortunately, in the wake of the 2010 mid term elections, many conservatives have developed a false sense that they were successful—not because of poor democratic candidates or disapproval of the Obama administration—but, rather, many appear to have the perception that the republican victory was due to an overwhelming amount of support for conservative republican policy.
\r\nThis perception of pro-conservative support is misplaced. The historical precedent is that the party in power will lose seats in a midterm. And the distinct libertarian nature of those who came out in dramatic numbers to support republicans should indicate that what was seen was not so much support for conservative social values, but, instead, traditional conservative values of fiscal responsibility and smaller government.
\r\nIt is this contradiction that I find so puzzling, and it is one that I have been unable to have reconciled by conservatives with whom I have spoken. It is not the small government that puts cameras in its classrooms to monitor its teachers. Nor is it the usual business of a small government to involve itself in the business of legislating marriage.
\r\nSome of these bills, like HB74 and HB118, are nothing more than symbolic pieces of legislation meant to make it clear to the world that in Wyoming, the fetus is a living child and you should see its picture before killing it, and that we, supposedly, do not appreciate all “those gays” who insist on coming across our borders with their unholy east coast marriages. Although I am sure these are sentiments many people across the state agree with, how such legislation readily contributes to the quality of life here in Wyoming is not apparent.
\r\nAnd I think that is the central problem with all of this. We hire these people as representatives to go and find ways to help us make the State of Wyoming a better place. We need safer roads, higher paid teachers and incentives to encourage the development of new job sectors like green energy and telecommunications. The job of our representatives is, quite simply, to improve the quality of life in this state for our people.
\r\nThis is not the time to make laws that divide our people. Now is the time for our lawmakers to focus on the task of building a better and more just world for the next generation.
\r\nTo those in the state House and Senate I say this: You are better than this. We are better than this. We have confided in you, hoping that you will build our state with a vision towards a better life. But lose this confidence and you will never get it back. Do not let us down.
Email: Bob Kubichek
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\r\nTim Hale of Laramie expressed his concerns during the meeting that the Albany County Sheriff’s office violated the nepotism rules by appointing Lt. Rob DeBree to the position of undersheriff. ','
\r\nHale claimed that by appointing DeBree to the position of undersheriff, Albany County Sheriff Dave O’Malley put DeBree over direct command and supervision of his son, deputy Joshua DeBree.
\r\nThe statute Hale referred to makes it illegal for an individual to be in a position within state or local government where he or she will be directly supervised by a relative.
\r\nState statute 9-13-104 states, “No public official, public member or public employee shall advocate or cause the employment, appointment, promotion, transfer or advancement of a family member to an office or position of the state, a county, municipality or a school district.”
\r\nHale also said that he did not think this appointment spoke well of Sheriff O’Malley in his ability to instill confidence with the public, and that he thought the circumstances were clear that DeBree’s role as undersheriff is a clear violation of the statue.
\r\nO’Malley expressed skepticism about the complaint to the Laramie Boomerang, saying that DeBree is well qualified for the job, and that the appointment made sense as DeBree was a lieutenant under O’Malley’s predecessor Sheriff Jim Pond.
\r\n“It’s something that has occurred over a period of years,” O’Malley said, “Rob DeBree’s been a supervisor there for many years. His son’s been there for over five years.”
\r\nO’Malley went on to explain that members of law enforcement and emergency management sector often come from families with long ties to the business, and that this kind of situation is anything but unique.
\r\nHe also pointed out that his office could find a way to allow DeBree to take the job of undersheriff while at the same time not be in direct supervision of his son.
\r\n“Historically, police and fire services are generational,” he said, “You try to get the best people you can. Oftentimes, the best people you can get are the sons or the daughters of the people who have already been in those kinds of professions.”
\r\nWhether or not the complaint is valid or not will be up to the Wyoming Attorney General’s office, which is currently taking the matter up for investigation, and will issue a decision when it has completed its review.
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
Working hard to make the university laugh, the Uncontrollably Witty Improvisation Club has hosted shows and clubs throughout 2010.
\r\nThis spring, the improv group has more shows and some new members to keep the laughs coming.
\r\nRecently, Uncontrollably Witty held auditions for people interested in joining the troupe. ','
\r\n“Auditions were to see who works well together spontaneously,” Ben Fairfield, founder and director of Uncontrollably Witty, said. “My goal was to amass a bunch of students who not only work well together but were fun to work with.”
\r\nThe auditions resulted in four new members, and the group now has a total of 14.
\r\n“I started doing improv because it was the most honest way to express myself to others,” Fairfield said. “In the third grade, I was pretty shy and my teacher kept pushing me to talk to the other kids. I couldn’t talk very well, but I loved comedy, so I started doing these impromptu performances after lunch recess. My teacher loved it/forced me to keep doing it.
\r\n“The best part of improv is by far how the audience reacts to certain jokes and situations. It’s their show so it’s only good if they enjoy it.”
\r\n“I really like improv,” new member of the club, Kat Cordes, said.
\r\nAfter realizing how much she enjoyed the improv club, she decided to audition last Wednesday. For Cordes, the best part of improv so far is getting to meet and work with everyone in the group.
\r\nFairfield said that there are different types of improv, some of which are more challenging. For example, when an actor joins into a scene without any clue what he or she might say or do.
\r\n“It can be equal parts surprising and terrifying,” Fairfield said.
\r\nJames Wagner, a returning member of the group, is also excited that the group is growing.
\r\n“We have a few new members to the team, and we have a show this Thursday, and so it’s going to be fun and interesting, and I’ll be excited to see our group dynamic at work,” “I like improv because it allows me to be whoever and whatever I want and just what is going on in my head at that moment,” Wagner said.
\r\nLast fall, Wagner preformed in the theater and dance department’s production of Fuddy Meers. Wagner won an Irene Ryan nomination, a prestigious national acting scholarship, for the production.
\r\nThere are nine shows scheduled for the spring semester, including two shows at 7:30 and 9 p.m. this Thursday in the Union Ballroom.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
Dear Editor,
\r\nThis spring, thousands of students at University of Wyoming will receive invitations to join honor societies. But how many of these organizations are legitimate?
\r\nI know many students struggle with the onslaught of invitations and are confused about how best to determine legitimacy and/or knowing which group will actually benefit the student in the future. You can certainly join every honor society you are invited into, or you can look at each one individually to determine the one that will provide you the most meaningful benefits.','
\r\nI’d like to share some tips on how to find the right honor society for you. They should also help you quickly discern if a group is a scam or a group that is falsely presenting itself as an honor society.
\r\n1. The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is the national organization that certifies honor societies that are meeting the highest standards. Check the list of ACHS members to confirm the honor society you are considering is not a scam: http://www.achsnatl.org/quick_link.asp
\r\n2. Does the website provide a phone number that can be answered by a person? Also, is there an actual address listed on the website and not a PO Box?
\r\n3. Make sure the website has a fully accessible list of national officers and headquartered staff, criteria and benefits of membership, membership fee, bylaws, and chapter charter policy.
\r\n4. Every college honor society has a membership fee. This is different than your experience may have been with the National Honor Society (NHS) in high school.
\r\n5. Never join an organization that only provides an online application to join. You may be able to join a legitimate honor society online but you should have received something from the organization stating that the campus you attend has stated you are qualified to join.
\r\n6. Make sure there is an actual recognized real chapter on your campus. Do not join an honor society that does not provide a way for you to interact and meet other members on your campus.
\r\n7. You should confirm the honor society is a non-profit organization. Make sure the organization you are considering joining has an annual report on their website and will provide you with financial information if you ask. Transparency is key and groups that are not sharing are probably not a group that you should join.
\r\nI hope these will help you navigate through the complicated decision of choosing an honor society.
\r\nSteve Loflin
\r\nCEO & Founder of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
\r\nFormer Board member of The Association of College Honor Societies
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Rebecca Solnit will speak next week at the UW Art Museum.
Rebecca Solnit will present an art talk at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at the museum, according to a press release.
','\r\nThe art talk is titled “The Laramie Atlas Project: Work-in-Progress” and will cover Solnit’s progress on her month-long effort, with the help of an interdisciplinary group of UW students, to create a unique atlas of Laramie, according to the press release.
\r\nAside from the discussion, Solnit will consult students across campus on their writing skills. She will work with MFA students and also attend classes across campus.
\r\nSolnit has written 12 books and been recognized for her work in non-fiction. “A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster” and “Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas” are just a few of Solnit’s latest works.
\r\n“An echo of Solnit’s work on the Infinite City Project in San Francisco in 2010, the Laramie Atlas Project is a unique opportunity for artists, writers, citizens and students to re-think and re-imagine their neighborhoods,” the press release said. “The project invites students to make new maps-from the traditional to the innovative and eccentric-and examine their communities sense of place.”
\r\nThe talk is open to all in the Laramie and university community, and admission is free.
Email the author: dbonner1@uwyo.edu
The NFL’s championship weekend is over and now the two-week hype-machine can start rolling for the Packers/Steelers match up in Dallas, Texas. First, the BI writers stepped back to review what happened on Championship Sunday.
\r\nMike Morris:
\r\nBetter late than never, right?
\r\nTell that to New York Jets fans.
\r\nOn a bitter Pittsburgh evening when Ben Roethlisberger’s noodle arm was fusilli, and his overrated playoff legacy swelled larger than the bruise on his own face after Richard Seymour socked him, the Jets still managed to pave the road to the Super Bowl for the Steelers by - you guessed it - taking an entire half to even show up.
\r\nThe Jets stood about as much a chance in the first half as a one-eyed, one-armed Napoleon at Waterloo, but the manner in which New York fought back in the second half - despite still squandering a number of big opportunities - will leave Jets fans wondering “what if?” for years to come.
\r\nYes, the Steelers possess almost certainly the nastiest defense in the NFL. Yes, Heinz Field in January is one of the most formidable venues in all of professional sports. Yes, I would curl up in a little ball and cry, too, if I saw James Harrison coming at me (you’re not alone, LT!).
\r\nBut as a gritty Steeler team moves on to a third Super Bowl appearance - and a third Super Bowl victory - in the past six seasons and Roethlisberger’s odious reputation gets swept under the rug yet again after he basks in the limelight of another championship, we’ll have to wonder what could have been if the Jets would have showed up for four quarters.
\r\nA.J. Hawk, Clay Matthews, B.J. Raji. Please summon the spirit of Ray “don’t call me Nietzche” Nitschke and pound Big Ben and the Steelers into oblivion on February 6. I’m not sure I can stand another black and gold Lombardi trophy, and I’m sure the man the trophy is named after wouldn’t be too pleased either.
\r\nDarion Donnelly:
\r\nClearly Cutler was hurt to the point that he could no longer perform well enough to help the Bears. Grade 2 MCL sprain is a pretty bad injury meaning he wouldn’t be able to do his drops correctly or roll out if needed.
\r\nWhat was worse was the backup Todd Collins freezing under pressure. Caleb Hanie did what he could do but it shouldn’t have been on his shoulders to win the game. If Cutler wanted his team to win, he should’ve stayed in and gave them the best possible opportunity to do so.
\r\nBrad Estes:
\r\nFor Sunday’s Packers Bears game I drank Leinenkugels beer (made in Wisconsin), wore my Packers shirt and held my cheesehead (I held it because it’s too small for me because I got it the last time the Packers won the Super Bowl when I was eight years old).
\r\nThe first two games of the playoffs for the Packers against the Eagles and Falcons worried me much more than the NFC championship did. I was confident that the Packers would win this game because the Bears were riding a lucky streak all year. They were not tested in the playoffs, they played the Seahawks, and all season their defense made up for poor quarterback play.
\r\nJay Cutler is known in this area (Wyoming and Colorado) for when he quit on Denver, and he quit on the Bears Sunday. Growing up as a Brett Favre fan, I only really admire a QB who takes the hits and puts it all on the line for his team – especially in the game before the Super Bowl. The Bears went down 14 early, and they didn’t have a chance until Cutler’s MCL sprain took him out of the game. Brain Urlacher, Lovie Smith have defended their quarterback, but Cutler has always seemed like that kind of selfish no-team guy to me.
\r\nI watched the Steelers’ first 24 points of the AFC title game, and then I went and saw the Fighter instead of watching the second half. Christian Bale makes that a great movie, so go see it this weekend when you’re missing football (the Pro Bowl doesn’t count).
\r\nIn two weeks I expect the Packers fast, smart, blitzing defense to stop the Steelers and Aaron Rodgers to have an outstanding game indoors in Dallas as they beat the Steelers and Big Ben who I still believe should be in the Big House right now instead of playing football.
\r\nZach Greubel:
\r\nI don’t care for Jay Cutler just like the next guy, but if I sprained my MCL I probably wouldn’t feel like being pounded into the ground much more either, even if a Super Bowl bid was on the line. Who am I kidding? That may have been the only chance Cutler will ever have at reaching the Super Bowl and he was watching from the sideline. Let’s face it; even before he left the game he wasn’t doing the team much good- 6 of 14 for 80 yards and a pick. The Bears defense played pretty well, at least against the pass, considering they intercepted Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers twice and didn’t allow him to throw a touchdown. Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields had the game of his life at the perfect time with four tackles, a sack, two interceptions, and a forced fumble. He’s my MVP of Championship weekend. At the end of the day, with the exit of Cutler the Packers were able to focus on Bears running back Matt Forte for the rest of the game and didn’t give Chicago many options on offense. It’s not very comforting when you have guys like Todd Collins and Caleb Hanie trying to bring your team back against the Green Bay defense.
\r\nThe AFC Championship game looked to be over before it started, until the second half. Pittsburgh running back Rashard Mendenhall was dominant in the first half, running for 95 yards and a touchdown. New York actually held Pittsburgh scoreless in the second half and scored 19 unanswered points, but the deficit was too much to overcome. The play of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was basically a nonfactor with the exception of some key passes to keep drives going. He was only 10 of 19 for 133 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. With a stat line like that you might think Pittsburgh would have lost the game. Roethlisberger’s counterpart, Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, played very well on the other hand- 233 yards and two touchdowns, but he did have a costly lost fumble that led to a Steelers score. Honestly, I’m glad Pittsburgh won because now we don’t have to hear Jets coach Rex Ryan talk for a while.
\r\nTom Hesse:
\r\nAm I the only one who is worried about the ability of these two teams to finish off their opponent?
\r\nThe Steelers were up 24 points and then failed to score the entire second half. The Bears nearly came back against the Packers with a CSU guy leading their offense. The scary thing is that the Packers did the same thing against the Eagles.
\r\nI thought the Steelers looked better when everything is said and done. There’s one quarterback in this league who can play without an offensive line and unfortunately, I have to give the advantage to him. I’ll give you a hint, it’s the same guy who was under criminal investigation this off season.
It is that time of year again. It is time to ask: Who will be the next UW Idol?![\"\"](\"images/stories/2011/January/27/uwidol.png\")
This Friday, the sixth annual UW Idol competition begins. Students are welcome to sing their hearts out to the judges and see who will go on to win the prizes and titles. It starts at 9 p.m. in the A&S auditorium.
','\r\n“UW Idol is a huge event that is widely attended by students. We usually have a large audience and almost 100 students who audition,” Julianne Friesen, lead student programmer for Friday Night Fever, said. For these open auditions, students will perform a 30-second a cappella song of their choice.
\r\n“It’s better to sign up early in the Campus Activities Center, because we only have 100 audition spots, but we will accept on a first-come, first-serve basis any student who wants to audition the night of open call, time allowing,” Friesen said.
\r\nOne student auditioning for the first time is theatre and dance major Sadie Trigg-Catalano.
\r\n“I’m trying out for UW Idol because it’s great to get the chance to do what I love, and it’s even better when it might entertain others at the same time,” she said.
\r\nTrigg-Catalano will sing “Gravity” by Sara Bareilles. “I prepare by practicing ‘till I can’t stand it any more, and constantly reminding myself not to freak out and that there’s nothing to be nervous about,” Trigg-Catalano said.
\r\nTo pick the winners, UW Idol has three people affiliated with the university judge the performances. This year’s judges are currently in the process of being selected.
\r\n“The FNF team selects judges based on their musical background. We try to get professors of music, previous UW Idol winners, and music [or] voice performance majors. We want our judges to appreciate the music, be able to provide the students with good feedback and be able to select the best singer,” Friesen said.
\r\nStudents do not have to have a voice like Carrie Underwood to win something either. “Some of the auditions get pretty creative, which is why we give away ‘The William Hung Award,’” Friesen said.
\r\nPrizes for the competition include a first place prize of $1000, a second place prize of $500, a third place prize of $300 and an audience choice award of $100.
\r\nAfter Friday’s auditions, 15 semi-finalists and five alternates will be selected. At 9 p.m. Feb. 4 in the A&S auditorium, the semi-finals will be held with each semi-finalist performing a song of their choice. Each alternate will get to perform a song of their choice during the intermission.
\r\n“Even if you aren’t auditioning, UW Idol is fun, exciting and something awesome to do for free. You never know what might happen at UW Idol; it’s just as entertaining and unexpected as the American Idol TV show. So come and support your fellow students,” Friesen said.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
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\r\nControversy has intensified around the issue of gun control in the wake of the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tuscon, Arizona. The proposed Wyoming law would mirror a current Arizona law, which also allows citizens to carry concealed firearms without concealed weapon permits.','
\r\nOn Tuesday, the Wyoming Senate passed the bill with a 20-10 vote. Although the bill still has to pass in the House of Representatives, some observers think that it is unlikely to face any serious challenges due to the conservative makeup of the legislature.
\r\nAlthough the legislation has received some coverage in state press, UW students polled by the Branding Iron were mostly unaware of the bill. Most did not know the specifics of the bill. Those who were aware of the bill expressed concerns and skepticism about the need for the law.
\r\nAlec Hinojosa, a sophomore political science major, had some fundamental concerns about the bill.
“I am definitely not a fan of over-regulation from the government, but I completely do not support this bill. I compare this to allowing and almost encouraging individuals without a license to drive a vehicle. This bill doesn’t give individuals any motivation to obtain a concealed license, which is just insane.”
\r\nChase Harmlink, a junior communication major, expressed skepticism about the need for the bill. “I’m comfortable with the current laws and processes in place in Wyoming in regards to concealed carry. What is being presented, in my opinion, is unnecessary.”
\r\nAnimee Cleave, sophomore double major in political science and gender and women’s studies, shared similar sentiments about the bill.
\r\n“It seems interesting to me that the same legislators who are so concerned with regulating marriage and human rights don’t seem to find it necessary to regulate dangerous weapons.”
Email the author: rkubiche@uwyo.edu
Students looking for something to add some color to their dorm rooms or apartments can attend a plant sale this Friday.
\r\nA variety of plants, from common to more exotic, will be for sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Williams Botany Conservatory. All proceeds from the plant sale go to the Botany Club.','
\r\nThere will be more than 100 plants available for purchase. The prices of the plants will be fixed, ranging from $3 to $20. Plant posters will be given away at the sale, one of which shows all the threatened and endangered plants of Wyoming.
\r\nBill Higgins, the conservatory manager, said that the plant sale is the busiest when it firsts opens, and it varies from just a handful of people to around 20 in the conservatory at any given time.
\r\n“Usually by noon, we’ve sold over 75 percent of them,” Higgins said.
\r\nThe plants will consist of mostly succulents, cacti, “not-in-bloom-right-now” orchids, euphorbias and forage plants.
\r\nPlants that produce a pleasant smell, like the coconut orchids, night blooming plants with flowers around nine inches, like the epiphyllum and hardy plants that can survive with little to a lot of water, or little sunlight, like the sansevieria (known as either mother-in-law tongue or snake plant), will also be for sale.
\r\n“If you go to a plant nursery, you might have a hard time finding these,” Higgins said.
\r\nThis annual plant sale money goes towards the Botany Club’s out of town trips, such as the Denver Botanical Gardens or Cheyenne Botanical Gardens, seminar speakers, purchasing additional plants and more.
\r\nThe Botany Club gives the chance of anybody interested in plants to interact with the department of botany. The club was formed to provide information on scholarships, other academic opportunities and ongoing events in the department of botany.
Email the author: mspenny@uwyo.edu
','1','6','0','41','2011-01-27 04:44:41','278','Matt Spenny','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-27 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','1','0','2','Botany Club, plant sale','','0','132','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2679','HB74 bad for Wyoming','hb74-bad-for-wyoming','','It was a sad day on Monday when House Bill 74, allowing Wyoming to not recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state, passed the Wyoming House of Representatives.
\r\nTo support House Bill 74, the legislature argues that some studies show that children raised by same-sex parents do not perform as well in school as other children who were raised by heterosexual couples. However, there are also studies that show that children raised by same-sex parents do equally well in school as children who were raised in traditional homes.
','A study published in the journal Demography by M.J. Rosenfeld and his colleagues of the department of sociology at Stanford University wrote: “The results show that children of same-sex couples are as likely to make normal progress through school as the children of most other family structures.”
\r\nBy using data from the 2000 Census, Rosenfeld was able to discover the different outcomes of children raised by same-sex parents.
\r\nIn another study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers Nanette Gartrell, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, and Henry Bos, a behavioral scientist at the University of Amsterdam, found that children raised by lesbian mothers performed the same on psychological adjustment tests as their counterparts raised by heterosexual couples. They also found that children raised by lesbian mothers did better academically than those raised by heterosexual parents.
\r\nUnfortunately, with this evidence, I can only assume that the support for the bill comes — not from a wish to protect children — but from inability to accept the gay community. This is extremely sad because more and more homosexual men and women are heading west.
\r\nAccording to a study done by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, the number of same sex partners in Wyoming grew from 30 couples to 1,237 couples from 1990 to 2007. Furthermore, “New Mexico, Colorado and Utah are now among states with the highest concentrations of same-sex couples in their populations,” according to the study.
\r\nWyoming is taking a huge step backward by pushing away these members of society. In order to boost the economy, Wyoming should try to attract as many people to the state. But, instead, we are almost asking people to leave with these discriminatory bills.
\r\nGay marriage will pass as the country becomes more open to the gay community. If we welcomed these communities with open arms, we could break the stereotype that Wyoming is only a place for conservative white people. Unfortunately, it looks like “inequality” will become the new state mantra.
Email: Ann McGuigan
','1','9','0','35','2011-01-27 04:46:31','278','Ann McGuigan','2011-01-27 04:49:02','99','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-27 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','3','0','4','HB74','It was a sad day on Monday when House Bill 74, allowing Wyoming to not recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state, passed the Wyoming House of Representatives. ','0','102','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2680','Stop complaining about parking','stop-complaining-about-parking','','One complaint I’ve heard to the point of redundancy from students at UW goes as follows: “There’s not enough parking spaces on campus!”
\r\nThe complaint is without a doubt true. In fact, years ago, there used to be an asphalt road and parking spaces that circled around Prexy’s Pasture. Both the road and parking spaces which circled the pasture are now gone after the area was remodeled, leaving even fewer parking spaces on campus. ','
\r\nBut while people may complain about the lack of parking spaces on or around campus, their complaints stand superfluous because the parking situation on campus is not going to change—at least not anytime soon. If you want to find a space for your car or truck on campus, you will play hell at finding an available space with a parking meter. If you do find a metered space, be prepared to pay the minimum of 25 cents per-15 minutes of parking it buys. If you can’t find a metered space, you can always take the risk of parking in a permitted space.
\r\nBut don’t be surprised to pay a fine if you’re ticketed for either not putting enough change in the meter or parking your car in a permit space. For those who opt to find parking on the streets surrounding campus, expect a struggle finding a space that’s unrestricted on the immediate streets surrounding campus. Anyone who has tried to find parking on the periphery of campus knows most of the spaces are restricted. Once again, you can park your car along what I call the “no-parking zones” on the streets surrounding UW, but it should come as no surprise to find a parking ticket from the Laramie Police on your windshield when you return to your car.
\r\nTruth be told, if you are looking to park on the streets surrounding campus you had better be willing to walk some distance before reaching UW. My rule of thumb is that I will have to park a minimum of three to four blocks away from campus in any direction in order to find unrestricted parking. Then there are always two options for parking: the two lots serviced by the Transpark busses. If you’re looking for parking, the best places to go are either the parking lot on Spring Creek Street or the other located on Willett Drive.
\r\nWhile it may seem counter-intuitive to drive to a parking lot only to catch a ride on a bus, the south and east parking lots are by far the easiest option when it comes to available parking. Or you can always leave your car home and walk to campus.
\r\nI’ll be the first to admit that there is a serious lack of parking campus, but my admission is not changing anything
Email: Shane Staley
','1','9','0','35','2011-01-27 04:49:37','278','Shane Staley','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-27 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','1','0','3','Stop parking','One complaint I’ve heard to the point of redundancy from students at UW goes as follows: “There’s not enough parking spaces on campus!” ','0','142','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2681','Grapplers home for 2 conference duals','grapplers-home-for-2-conference-duals','','The Wyoming Cowboy Wrestlers will compete at home for the first time in more than a month as they take on two conference opponents this weekend.
\r\nTomorrow at 7 p.m. the wrestlers will host the South Dakota State Jackrabbits (1-9-1, 0-2 WWC), and Sunday at 1 p.m. they will host North Dakota State Bison (7-2, 1-1 WWC). Both duals are in the UniWyo Sports Complex.
','\r\nWyoming is coming off their first conference match up of the season where they defeated Utah Valley last weekend by a score of 23-15. The Cowboys earned the close dual win with strong performances from several wrestlers. Included in those performances was a dual-ending match 5-4 decision from senior Cole Dallaserra at 149-pounds over Josh Wilson.
\r\n“It feels good to finally be home,” Dallaserra said. “Since Christmas break we’ve been on the road traveling every weekend so it’s good to not have to worry about traveling, get a good week of preparation and focus on getting ourselves ready for these two conference duals this weekend.”
\r\nDallaserra is ranked 20th in the first release of the NCAA Coach’s Panel Rankings, which are a part of determining qualifiers for the 2011 NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championships. The rankings were released on Jan. 18.
\r\nFour other wrestlers are ranked in the Coaches Panel including Michael Martinez, ranked 22nd at 125 pounds; Tyler Cox, ranked 27th at 133 pounds; Shane Onufer, ranked sixth at 165 pounds; and Joe LeBlanc, ranked fifth at 184 pounds.
\r\nMartinez will face the only ranked wrestler for NDSU on Sunday in 18th ranked Trent Sprenkle. SDSU has no ranked wrestlers.
\r\nOnufer is still undefeated in his 2010-11 campaign, posting a record of 21-0. Eleven of those wins have come in duals, and four have come over ranked opponents.
\r\nLeBlanc has a record of 15-1 this season with a dual record of 10-1 and a 5-1 record against ranked opponents.
\r\nHead coach Mark Branch has stressed since he arrived in Laramie three years ago that everything leads up to the NCAA championships in March, and his wrestlers echo this goal.
\r\nDallaserra added that one goal is the conference championship, but they always work for their ultimate goal at the end of the year.
\r\n“These are conference matchups this weekend, but our season all year long we’re preparing for March,” Dallaserra said.
\r\n“That’s what we have our eyes set on. Our preparation in these duals and stuff this is this is the time of year that’s preparing us for March. Every day we’re coming in here we’re going through our training cycle we’re pushing hard, we’re getting better we’re learning each and every week. We’re learning each weekend from our matches, trying to better ourselves and prepare ourselves to peak at the right moment come March.”
\r\nAccording to Wyoming Athletics, the Cowboy grapplers have never lost to the Jackrabbits in the eleven contests, and they have a record of 7-4 all-time against the Bison.
\r\nEmail: Brad Estes
','1','7','0','56','2011-01-27 04:54:25','278','Brad Estes','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','99','2011-01-27 05:30:13','2011-01-27 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','1','0','1','grapplers, Wrestling','The Wyoming Cowboy Wrestlers will compete at home for the first time in more than a month as they take on two conference opponents this weekend. \r\n','0','130','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2682','Surprise that Pack are favored in early Super Bowl lines','surprise-that-pack-are-favored-in-early-super-bowl-lines','','The Green Bay Packers are favored by two and a half points right now over the Pittsburgh Steelers in this year’s Super Bowl, and that puzzles me.
\r\nI’m rooting for the Packers, but I can’t believe that they are favored in this game. Watching the championship weekend made me think that the Packers could get blown out. I have a case for both teams, but there’s plenty of time left for dissecting this game more than anyone should. ','
\r\nFor now, I’ll just look at what I saw in the playoffs that makes me wonder why the early betting lines favor the Packers.
\r\nPackers coaching:
\r\nMike McCarthy is a good coach, but so are Andy Reid and Les Miles. McCarthy has an interesting form of clock management but more importantly, he plays the new and improved version of Marty-ball.
\r\nMcCarthy and the Packers could have easily put the Eagles away. There’s no reason that game should have come down to a last second play. The Eagles were dead to rights and then Dom Capers stopped blitzing and the Eagles got right back into it.
\r\nWorse yet, the Packers let Caleb Hanie lead the Bears back into it. It’s Caleb Hanie! Why weren’t the Packers blitzing on every single play?
\r\nSteelers coaching:
\r\nMike Tomlin isn’t afraid to win. Tomlin called a pass play on third and eight to put the Jets away on Sunday, and that’s exactly what happened. Tomlin is the better coach and having Dick Lebeau as your defensive coordinator never hurts.
\r\nSteeler’s opponents:
\r\nWhat do the Packers do that the Jets can’t? Green Bay has a killer secondary. So does New York, but It didn’t help them any. The Packers blitz a lot. The Jets blitz even more. Not to mention that the Steelers played the Ravens as well. I know the Packers have a higher ranked defense, but the Jets and Ravens would have as well if they played two games against Minnesota and Detroit.
\r\nObviously the Packers have an offense that the Steelers haven’t seen yet. I’m not denying that. Again, I want Aaron Rogers and the Packers to win, but the Steelers defense will have two weeks to prepare. They didn’t see any high-powered offenses this post season, but the bye week tends to benefit the defenses.
\r\nPacker’s opponents:
\r\nAtlanta was an impressive win. Philadelphia and Chicago should have been blow outs. The mobility of Cutler and Vick do show that the Packers can stop mobile quarterbacks. Obviously Roethlisberger is a little different but still, the Packers have shown that they can stop that kind of quarterback.
\r\nGut reaction from last game:
\r\nBoth teams should have been better than they were. The Steelers put up 24 points in a half then disappeared. The packers only put up 14 points from their offense and an interception return by a lineman sealed the victory.
\r\nI like what Pittsburgh did better. Part of why Pittsburgh stopped scoring is because Rex Ryan and one of the league’s best defenses managed to make necessary adjustments to stopping the Steelers. Conversely, the Packers got an easier path in the second half when Cutler went out and instead of putting the game away they let the Bears hang around.
\r\nAt this point I’m still rooting for the Packers, as is most of the nation, but I can’t imagine why a victory by them wouldn’t be an upset.
Email: Tom Hesse
','1','9','0','35','2011-01-27 04:57:26','158','','0000-00-00 00:00:00','0','0','0000-00-00 00:00:00','2011-01-27 13:00:00','0000-00-00 00:00:00','','','show_title=\r\nlink_titles=\r\nshow_intro=\r\nshow_section=\r\nlink_section=\r\nshow_category=\r\nlink_category=\r\nshow_vote=\r\nshow_author=\r\nshow_create_date=\r\nshow_modify_date=\r\nshow_pdf_icon=\r\nshow_print_icon=\r\nshow_email_icon=\r\nlanguage=\r\nkeyref=\r\nreadmore=','1','0','2','Super Bowl','The Green Bay Packers are favored by two and a half points right now over the Pittsburgh Steelers in this year’s Super Bowl, and that puzzles me. \r\n','0','133','robots=\r\nauthor='); INSERT INTO jos_content VALUES ('2683','Pianist shares talents at UW','pianist-shares-talents-at-uw','','For two days, famous collaborator and University of Michigan professor Martin Katz has been working with UW students and faculty to deepen their understanding and appreciation of true musical collaboration.
Called the “gold standard of accompanists” by The New York Times, Katz has traveled the world and had the opportunity to perform with a wide variety of singers, including Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, Kathleen Battle and others.
','He has also recorded for RCA, CBS, BMG, EMI and Decca labels, according to his University of Michigan biography.
\r\nDuring his brief residency, Katz gave a demonstration of what professional coaching entails and also talked about his love of collaboration.
\r\nIn his lecture, he spoke of how singers and the pianists they perform with have an advantage in performance; the words.
\r\n“The words tell me what I’m shooting for,” he said in one of his Thursday sessions.
\r\nKatz has been performing as a piano collaborator for more than four decades but did not start that way.
\r\nAt the age of 5, he began piano lessons and, as a “socially awkward” child, had a difficult time making friends. It was not until high school when he discovered his love of accompaniment.
\r\nHe was pulled into a choir room and asked to sight-read a piece for the choir. He said that the choir was made up of 80 people, but after he made it through his performance it really turned him on to accompanying.
\r\nThursday night, Katz gave a master class on Art Song, teaching five UW students to better collaborate in their performances.
\r\nToday, Katz will work with student conductors, coach more singers and hold a class for pianists regarding strategies for playing opera arias.
Email the author: dbowman6@uwyo.edu
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\r\nFrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the UW Art Museum students and community members can attend a free public reception displaying the Spring 2011 art exhibition.
\r\nThere will be five exhibitions at the Art Museum, which are displayed for the entire spring. They include: “The 36th Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition;” “The UW Art Department Faculty Exhibition;” “Richard Barns: Animal Logic;” “The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States;” and “The American Regionalism: Selections from the Art Museum Collection.”','
\r\n“The 36th Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition” will highlight numerous Art Department students from a variety of different disciplines. The exhibitions were open to all undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate students to submit their work for consideration. Each year, a juror from outside Wyoming comes and selects the art that will be shown. This year’s juror is Robyn Peterson, the executive director of the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Mont.
\r\nDuring Friday’s reception, there will be an award ceremony to celebrate “Standout work” according to a UW press release.
\r\n“The UW Art Department Faculty Exhibition” takes places every three years, highlighting work down by art staff members. Art disciplines include painting, printing-making and sculpture.
\r\n“Richard Barnes: Animal Logic” is an exhibition that “Features a behind-the-scenes photograph taken in natural history museums around the world,” according to the press release.
\r\nIt explores the world of natural history museums before the exhibits open. “In addition to offering interesting notions about how unnatural natural history museums are, Barnes also explores how we collect, preserve and contain specimens of natural world,” the release said.
“The Dorothy ad Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States” details the story of a retired postal clerk and his retired librarian wife. Dorothy Vogel spent 45 years collecting over 2,000 pieces of contemporary American art. “After recognizing their collection would be too unwieldy for one institution, they developed an exhibition through the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. that distributed 50 works of art to public collections in each of the 50 states,” according to the press release.
\r\nThe final exhibition that will be showed at Friday’s reception is “The American Regionalism: Selections from the Art Museum Collection.” This is a showcase of artwork from World War One. “The onset of the Great Depression and the political posture of isolationism of the time led to the development of American Regionalism,” the press release said.
\r\nDuring the 1930s, American Regionalism was one of the most dominant art movements due to the artist’s depictions of identifiable life during that time.
\r\nThe UW Art Museum is located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 Willett Dr.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
The Friday Night Fever movie this week might make the audience look under the bed for monsters.
\r\nAt 6:30, 9:00 and 11:30 p.m. tonight in the Union Ballroom, FNF will show the movie Paranormal Activity 2.
','“This film is the follow up to the 2009 sleeper smash original. Using the same video camera style that![\"\"](\"images/stories/2011/January/28/images2.png\")
made audiences jump out of their seats in the first one, this time Katie is back and she is now the haunter instead of the haunted,” according to a UW press release.
“Just when you thought it was safe to auto-record your McMansion existence, along comes ‘Paranormal Activity 2’ to make static video grays a corner time stamp and well-placed bumps in the night further cause for audience nervousness,” according to a Los Angeles Times review.
\r\nThe movie is directed by Tod Williams, who also directed the first Paranormal Activity movie. He has started working on the third film in the series. Students around campus have mixed feelings about the film. “My literal reaction to the film was: ahhh!” UW student Anna Katen said.
\r\n“It was scary, but the plot line in the second movie didn’t do the gradual kind of build up like the first one. Instead of a lot of little scary things happening, it was one big thing after another,” Hannah Peterson, another theatre and dance major, said. “It was a little tiring and repetitive, but it was interesting how it tied to the first.”
\r\n“I completely disagree, I think it was way better than the first one. Especially since it was a prequel; I think that it was awesome,” Hanna Sprigg said.
Email the author: lkottens@uwyo.edu
This Saturday, the UW Faculty Recital Series continues with a performance of instrumental duos, in Brazilian style.
Rubia Santos, a native Brazilian and UW faculty member will perform with eight other faculty members in this concert entitled Brazilian Chamber Musical Gems, Instrumental Duos.
','The program will include 14 works from the 19th and 20th centuries.
\r\n“Brazilian composers have always favored the tradition of indigenous folk and urban musical elements in their compositions,” Santos said in a press release.
\r\nThe concert will include songs and different forms of dance including modinha, choro, tango, waltz, polka, batuque, samba, baião, and frevo.
\r\nSantos will also perform works in a traditional European style that had an influence on Brazilian composers in the late 19th century.
\r\nTickets are available at the UW Fine Arts building or by calling 766-6666.
Email the author: dbowman6@uwyo.edu
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Rhetoric has been an essential part of politics since men could toss togas around their shoulders and call themselves important. In the game of politics, non-consequential gestures are often just as influential as actual social progression.','
What we have witnessed here in Wyoming has been much of a farce as well. The bills recently introduced, such as the anti same-sex marriage and immigration bills, are nothing more than Wyoming representatives trying to take a “hard stance” on conservative pet issues.
\r\nTo gain some campus perspective, I interviewed Jose Gamboa on the subject, a UW student who was part of the group of students that organized the social justice march last Friday. He was working to raise awareness of these unjust bills and spoke against the immigration bill in front of the appointed committee.
\r\nAfter a plethora of people spoke out against the bill on Monday, it was indefinitely postponed.
\r\n“Especially with the University of Wyoming being such a diverse place, we wanted to start here, so we could get the message out that students are against it,” he said.
\r\nBut diversity is one of Wyoming’s main issues, since—in terms of population—it’s a homogenous Mac and Cheese soup with the occasional sprinkle of pepper.
\r\nOur university is arguably the most diverse spot in the entire state. The real question then is: Why even introduce an immigration bill?
\r\nGamboa explained that the bill was a clone of the controversial bill passed in Arizona last year.
\r\n“That’s why we have so many ridiculous parts in it,” he said, “like the one that if you see people on a street corner looking for jobs, you can ask them for their I.D.”
\r\nWhen was the last time you saw someone on the street soliciting jobs in Wyoming?
\r\nAlso, how would a “peace officer,” as the bill states, distinguish between someone just hanging out and someone illegal looking for a job? This ambiguity leaves room for racial profiling.
\r\nTo Gamboa, who is an American of Hispanic ethnicity, racial profiling is already an issue in the state. “I mean, it’s everywhere,” he said. “Having such a low number of minorities, you don’t see many minorities [represented] in the legislature. To be honest, yeah, if a white person is driving and a Mexican is driving, let’s be honest, who’s going to be stopped first? The Hispanic person, obviously.”
\r\nFrankly, Wyoming is not a border state with thousands of illegal aliens coming across state lines.
\r\nArizona has more illegal immigrants coming into the state per month than Laramie has residents.
\r\nIf anything, this state’s main problem is retention. Wyoming is practically bleeding potential when college students leave to go somewhere else because they don’t see a future for themselves in Wyoming’s economy.
\r\nThe legislature is going for effect, but I could only see two actual impacts in this scenario.
\r\nFirst, foreign media sources will love to write a story on how intolerant Wyoming, along with the other states planning to introduce the Arizona law, is. As an international student, I will be supremely disappointed by such coverage.
\r\nI have lived in Wyoming for five years; I met the people here and saw their generosity and good will. Had this bill passed, it would have only tainted Wyoming’s image and probably hurt the tourism industry.
\r\nBut it would also have been a blow to the university. The administration works hard on increasing diversity on campus, so we can learn about others.
\r\nIt is already hard enough to entice prospective out-of-state students to come to a state they’ve never really heard of.
\r\nWhen the only thing they do find out about is that the “Equality State” slaps a heterosexual-Caucasian-American-only exception to that equality, it definitely does not help.
Email: David Demic
Dear Editor,
\r\nIn response to Bob Kubichek’s “Wyo. Legislature focuses on wrong issues,” Bob has severely missed the point. He claims conservatives are confused because they believe in small government but then support HB74, HB118, SB47, and SB114. He then proposes that the legislator’s time would be better spent elsewhere, claiming “the job of our representatives is, quite simply, to improve the quality of life in this state for our people.”','
\r\nWell, first off, the right and responsibility to improve our lives rests squarely on our own shoulders.
\r\nIt is not now, nor has it ever been, the government’s job to do the things for us we are better capable of doing ourselves. Their role is to protect our rights and maintain our freedom so we can do for ourselves.
\r\nMr. Kubichek fails to appreciate that there is a major difference between the rights of federal and state governments. Our system of government is not a pure democracy; it is a dual-federalist republic.
\r\nA republic means that the people do not directly make the rules as would be done in a pure democracy (otherwise known as tyranny of the masses or mob rule). Instead, we elect representatives and replace them when they don’t act in our interests.
\r\nDual-federalist means that there are TWO separate and co-sovereign (neither superior nor inferior) bodies of government: namely, the states and the nation.
\r\nThe Constitution clarifies this to anyone who actually reads it. It specifically lists the federal government’s powers. Then it carefully clarifies that all powers not specifically given to the federal government are reserved to the states and to the people.
\r\nWhen conservatives talk about “small government”, we are reiterating the constitution’s limits on the federal government.
\r\nThe founders knew that no central, all-encompassing governing body could satisfactorily protect all the rights of all the people.
\r\nTherefore, the Federal government is delegated ONLY those responsibilities necessary to maintain national unity. Abortion, gay marriage, education reform, health care, and a myriad of other controversial issues are beyond the scope of powers given to the federal government; therefore, it should stay out of it, period!
\r\nHowever, the same does not apply to the state.
\r\nThe State Legislature is precisely the correct place for these issues to be decided.
\r\nThat is how the constitution says it should be, and this demonstrates the brilliance of our founding fathers. They knew state legislators would be more accessible to their constituents and, therefore, better able to listen to the will of the people on locally divisive issues.
\r\nI assert that the bills Mr. Kubichek brings up are NOT “symbolic pieces of legislation” or “meaningless business governing individual values and norms” as he claims they are.
\r\nAs the federal government persists in sticking its tentacles into every aspect of our lives without constitutional authority, it is the states’ obligation to take a stand to reclaim the rights and responsibilities delegated to them. Not only does this mean joining in the legal fight to reject the ridiculous health care law forced upon us last year; it means solidifying our state’s position on these “individual values and norms”.
\r\nSettling these matters within our state is a solid step to securing our states rights and preventing an overbearing, self-aggrandizing Federal government from forcing their will on those whom they are supposed to be protecting.
\r\nI applaud the State Legislature in asserting their constitutional rights on the issues that Mr. Kubichek considers meaningless and symbolic.
\r\nAs they continue to ward off the overbearing arm of the Fed., we as individuals will continue to have the right to improve our own lives as we see fit, instead of allowing Washington D.C. to force their will on us.
Braeden Hyde
\r\nSenior in Civil Engineering
Coming off a big road win Wednesday in Vegas, the Cowgirl basketball team will continue conference
play Saturday against San Diego State at 1:30 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium.![\"\"](\"images/stories/2011/January/28/wbball.png\" "\\"Redshirt")
Wyoming (15-4, 5-1) is ranked second in the Mountain West Conference, behind TCU, and have won 10 out of their last 11 contests.
','San Diego State (8-10, 2-4), on the other hand, has lost five of their last seven games and is starting to make everyone forget they won the MWC Championship last season.
\r\n“San Diego State was picked second in our league [in preseason polls]. They’re coming off a year where they were in the Sweet 16,” head coach Joe Legerski said. “They are very strong on the inside, they have great size, and they attack the basket. I think we’re reaching a stretch here playing UNLV, SDSU, and BYU, and it’s going to be an important stretch to see how we respond.”
\r\nCowgirl senior forward Hillary Carlson, coming off a career high 34-point, 13-rebound performance against UNLV, leads Wyoming and the MWC in points scored and blocked shots. She also leads the Cowgirls in field goal percentage and is second on the team in rebounding.
\r\nSenior guard Aubrey Vandiver leads the team and the MWC in rebounding with 9.2 boards a game, and senior forward Jade Kennedy leads in assists-a-game with 4.5, according to Wyoming Athletics.
\r\nThe Aztecs are led by senior center Paris Johnson, who is averaging 15.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game - both team highs.
\r\nSenior guard Coco Davis also leads San Diego State with 6.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game, according to Aztec Athletics.
\r\nContinuing their conference schedule, the Cowgirls will travel to BYU on Tuesday.
Email: Zach Greubel