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  • Concerned Citizen Voices Opposition to Arizona-Style Immigration in Wyo.

    Dear Editor: I 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. ...
  • College of Education Fails to Educate

    Let’s face it, schools across Wyoming are not teaching students the essentials to make it in a competitive world.   High school does not have to work miracles, but it does have to teach a student how to read, write, and perform simple mathematical equa...
  • Laramie Morning Toast Masters Promotes Growth and Confidence

    Laramie Morning Toastmasters believes in crushing fear: namely, the fear of public speaking. Toastmasters 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 A...
  • Music Major to Present Free Senior Recital Tonight

    Between the hassle of paying hundreds of dollars for books and finding new classes all over campus, senior Sarah Ferguson offers students a chance to sit back and relax at a violin recital. Ferguson will perform her senior violin recital free of charge a...
  • ASUW Begins Spring with 6 Empty Chairs, Only 2 Execs

    ASUW is starting the spring semester with several empty offices and a few new, big projects. The office is seeking applicants for ASUW directors of policy planning, marketing and public relations and diversity and student outreach. Last semester ended w...
  • Freudenthal Joins Law School Faculty

    Former Wyoming governor Dave Freudenthal has joined the UW faculty as a distinguished visiting professor this semester and will teach for an additional three semesters. Freudenthal will return to his alma mater to teach in the College of Law. His seminar...
  • Students React to Tucson Shootings

    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. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot while hosting an ...
  • Staff Sets Sights on Rest of Basketball Season

    Fresh off of Francisco Cruz’s buzzer beater and the Cowgirls’ dominant performances against CSU and New Mexico The Branding Iron staff took the chance to toss their conference expectations out for the men and women representing Wyoming Basketball this...
  • Cowboys Win on Buzzer-beater From Cruz

    For 39 minutes and 53 seconds, the Wyoming Cowboys and New Mexico Lobos walked a perilous tightrope of plot twists and lead changes.As the ball careened off the rim once, and then again, hope faded to an imperceptible glimmer for Wyoming, and it appeared ...
  • New Year’s Resolutions Require Sustained Resolve

    As we entered 2011 and said goodbye to 2010, many of us made resolutions to make major changes in our individual livesAs we entered 2011 and said goodbye to 2010, many of us made resolutions to make major changes in our individual lives. Yet, most of us w...
  • A Team With ‘Something to Prove’

    TCWho? The real champion of the underdogs is Matt “looks like the manager at Radio Shack, only taller” Hasselbeck and the now 8-9 Seattle Seahawks. Seattle’s 41-36 victory over the former champions was nothing more than a farce, and as a fan I cou...
  • 'Prayers and Squares’ Group Sews Quilts for Soldiers, Many Others Seeking Prayer

    Prayers 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. The group was founded three years ago by a group of women in Bernard...
  • Theatre and Dance Holding Auditions for Number of Spring Plays, Musicals

    Back to school usually means buying textbooks, finding classrooms and learning about classes. For students in the Department of Theatre and Dance, the list also includes preparing and auditioning for the spring play and musical. The department will perfo...
  • Buchanan Honored for Alcohol Awareness

    UW president Tom Buchanan was honored Friday with the Presidential Leadership Award from Outside the Classroom and United Educators. The award is given to a president who exemplifies leadership to create a campus environment where learning and campus lif...
  • UW Alum Found Dead in Laramie on New Year's

    Laramie Police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old Laramie man and UW alum. 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 ...
  • Cowgirls Look to Bolster Record Over Break

    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...
  • UW Drops Matches to Cougars, Utes

    The 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. The Cowgirls were bested by the Couga...
  • Students Catch Up on Old Work

    Well it’s that time of the year. It’s time for finals. In just a short while, you will know what your grades are—and by extension—whether you put enough effort and time into your studies this semester. If you are wishing that you would’ve spent ...
  • WyoOne I.D. 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 bac...
  • 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....