Articles by author: Luke Justis

Students need to tie loose ends for graduation

The University of Wyoming will soon award degrees to 1314 undegraduates, 354 graduate students, 75 College of Law graduates and 51 School of Pharmacy graduates. This year’s graduation ceremonies will feature a number of distinguished speakers, incl [more]

The Gillette Fishing Lake has too much sediment and phosphorus, but community coordination can help the numbers go down, according to a Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality report. The goal for the fishing lake is an 83 percent reduction of se [more]

The University of Wyoming Speech and Debate Team finished up the year with two teams making their way to national elimination rounds. The team’s final competition of the semester was the Cross Examination Debate Association’s National Championshi [more]

The American Cancer Society, the University of Wyoming, and volunteers from every walk of life will participate in Relay for Life on Saturday and Sunday in the UW Fieldhouse, in Laramie. Teams of volunteers will walk the track and try to keep a membe [more]

Several groups on the University of Wyoming campus have begun a raffle to raise money for Cale McCormick, a UW student injured when a WyoTech student lost control of his vehicle and swerved onto the sidewalk at the intersection of 15th and Ivinson. T [more]

Former finance students from the University of Wyoming will have a question and answer session with the famous investor and CEO Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway’s headquarters on April 13, in Omaha, Neb. The students from UW and other schools w [more]

Board votes to increase tuition, student fees

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approved raising tuition and student fees last weekend.  According to the board’s report, tuition rates will increase two percent for the 2013 fiscal year and go up another two percent for the 2014 fisca [more]

Motorists will be able to accelerate past the speed limit to pass slower drivers if a new bill is signed into law in the Wyoming Legislature. House Bill 21 would allow drivers on roads with speed limits of 50 mph or greater to pass slower-moving vehi [more]

Close parking still challenge for students, planners

College students, including those at the University of Wyoming, have to contend with classes, a weaker job market and another old, familiar foe—parking. “I probably paid more in parking than for my tuition,” UW student, Tanya Salih, said. The s [more]

Sex offender law shelved until next year’s session

Sex offenders cannot live within 1,000 feet of schools in Wyoming. A new law would have added certain facilities with child care. “We have laid it back for further study, it will not go through the session,” Rep. Owen Petersen said. Petersen, of [more]