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| Written by Andrew Call |
| Wednesday, 19 November 2008 09:26 |
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In an attempt to help raise environmental awareness among students, as well as provide quality entertainment, the university will host the Green Rock Local Band Night this week.
Of the local talent that floods the Laramie music scene, eight local bands submitted demos and were chosen to take the stage during this green awareness event. High Country, Chase the Moment, The Neo-Nostalgics, Ross Lindstrom, Lazy By Nature, The Alley Connection, Herman O and Ghosts of Predators Past will all be part of tomorrow’s line up of bands.
“There will also be a couple of speakers between bands and some different RSOs from around campus that will be talking about sustainability,” Jason Joyce, lead student programmer for the Student Activities Council said.
Joyce went on to explain why this event only consisted of local talent.
“We wanted only local bands to emphasize the idea of a carbon footprint,” Joyce said. “We didn’t want anyone driving across the country just to come play here.”
This year’s Green Rock Local Band Night is the first of what Joyce hopes will be many such events on campus. When asked if Green Rock will continue next year Joyce replied, “I think it has to. It would be kind of a crime not to carry it on.”
With each new year come new environmental problems. Joyce described his vision of Green Rock in the future as an event that changes with the environment. “We’ll have to mold and shape it depending on the issues,” he said. “Hopefully the number of issues will go down over the years.”
The free event will take place at 8 tonight in the Union Ballroom and is an opportunity for local bands to showcase their musical talents.
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| Written by Jeremy Stegall |
| Friday, 14 November 2008 22:07 |
  
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| Written by Lindsey Hoyt |
| Friday, 14 November 2008 09:02 |
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Churning stomach. Reduced concentration. Knotted muscles. Bloodshot eyes. Pit stains. People walk around looking like this; stress is written all over their bodies.
You see them pounding away at a paper or hunched over a textbook and you think, “Definitely been there before.”
Or you think, “I’m feeling it as bad as they’re looking it,” because we all feel stressed sooner or later.
College stress doesn’t often slow down, and it never really stops. Freshmen and sophomores are on their own in an unfamiliar environment, away from family and friends. They have many new and fun distractions to deal with in college. Upperclassmen have their GPA, career goals, internships, graduation, post-graduate studies and “the real world” to worry about.
About half of all college students report having felt depressed enough at one time that they had trouble functioning, according to www.healthyminds.org, a Web site of the American Psychiatric Association.
Stress is serious because left untamed it can lead to anxiety and depression. So the big question is how to tame the stress beast.
Mentally, it’s all about balance and perception, Mental Health Counselor Brenda Tracy said.
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| Written by Andrew Call |
| Friday, 14 November 2008 08:59 |
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The University of Wyoming Amnesty International Film Festival will present a day of human rights videos for its sixth year this weekend.
“The film festival is a great opportunity to learn about a variety of human rights and social justice issues, all in one place and on one day, simply by watching a bunch of films,” UW’s Amnesty International Chapter President Dan May said.
The festival begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and will feature seven different films shown back-to-back.
“We’ll [also] have petitions and other actions available at the film festivalso that people can get involved in the individual issues they learn about,” May said.
Because there’s no cost of attendance for any of this year’s films, seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Maggie Mullen, a freshman majoring in art, got involved with Amnesty International at UW at the beginning of the year and is helping out with this year’s festival.
“It feels good to actually feel like I’m making a difference,” Mullen said. “It’s also a good way to meet new people as an incoming freshman.”
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| Written by Tom Schambow |
| Thursday, 13 November 2008 09:18 |
The Wyoming SAGE system of care presented the VOICE photo project to Spectrum Nov. 11. The Photovoice Project has hopes to target the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning people of our community. SAGE represents the movement to form better mental health care in Wyoming.
VOICE, which stands for Voicing Our Individual and Collective Experiences, has been a part of Wyoming for two years, been present in five counties and recorded the experiences of 99 people. The project invites families and individuals to share their experiences through photographs and personal narratives. It is an ongoing initiative throughout Wyoming to promote advocacy, education and community-based research.
At the University of Wyoming, the Photovoice Project works with GLBTQ students and staff in developing stories that show the events in the life of those people. The Laramie community has been targeted as lacking in exposure to the GLBTQ community and what they encounter.
“We really see the state of Wyoming lacking in the exposure to the GLBTQ community, especially in our Photovoice Project,” Wyoming Photovoice Project Chair Kent Becker said. “We really want to show what these people have encountered through their lives and share that with the community to create more awareness.”
The Photovoice Project works with their participants to develop a plan of action after their stories have been compiled and finalized. Usually, the participants identify a group of people they would like to share their stories with and invite them to attend a reception. Participants generally target a group of people they feel are unaware of the issues the project is bringing forth, and often invite top Wyoming government officials to attend.
“Our hope is to get a handful of students and staff to come together and share their stories here at the university,” Serena Lambert, assistant professor in counselor education, said. “We hope that these participants can work as a group to get their voice heard in the community.”
The project, when displayed, consists of posters filled with two or three photographs and a short narrative next to each. The project travels around the state to be displayed in prominent places. Generally, most participants choose to withhold their name and identity from the display, substituting false names in place of the real names used. The story is completely told under the participant’s control and all expenses are covered.
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