| Written by Sara Davis |
| Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:30 |
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Instructors are shouting numbers. Arms are swaying. Feet are moving. Bodies are leaping—It is rehearsal for the University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance's 17th annual Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival.
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| Lori League rehearses Friday during the Snowy Range Dance Festival intensives. The festival will conclude July 31. (Photo: Sara Davis) |
The festival offers an opportunity for dancers ranging in age from 12 to 100-years-old to participate in a festival with renowned dance instructors and gain better technique.
One participant, Annalissa Hartsell, traveled all the way from Hawaii to participate in the workshops.
She will be a senior in high school this year. Her dance instructor in Hawaii suggested she participate in the festival.
Hartsell said “it is worth being here.” Hartsell explained this is one of the few intensives that she could afford and it was near home. Plus, Hartsell added, school in Hawaii starts August 2, so she won’t have to miss classes to participate.
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| Written by Seneca Riggins |
| Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:09 |
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Juggling two jobs can be tough for many, but for one university director he is looking forward to it–especially since his new one is the Governor’s energy adviser.
On Monday, Gov. Matt Mead announced he would appoint University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resource's Rob Hurless as Energy Strategy Adviser.
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He will will serve as both a member of Gov. Matt Mead’s policy team and continue his role with SER.
Hurless said his main focus will be on long-term energy strategy ideas, around 15-20 years from now.
Hurless said using his experience from his previous position advising former governor Dave Freudenthal in tandem with his position at UW will help him fulfill his duties with Gov. Mead.
“The School of Energy Resources has developed a strong model of collaboration between private industry, the University of Wyoming and the State,” Gov. Mead said in a press release.
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| Written by Zac Laux |
| Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:06 |
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Dust, hammering, the usual racket can be heard in Downey Hall but it will soon come to an end as the renovations that began in May 2010 are on schedule to be finished for the fall semester.
“I think students will notice some very nice upgrades,” Rebecca Adair, area coordinator for Downey Hall, said. Among the renovations, she thought the most noticeable difference was the lighting. “Downey was always very dark, and now it’s very well lit,” Adair said.
The new upgrade to the electrical system could explain the increase in brightness.
Scott Royce, associate director of facilities for the University of Wyoming, said Downey was completely rewired. Royce said the new electrical upgrade will produce three-times the power the old system produced.
Although Royce and Adair agree the electrical upgrades made in Downey Hall are nice, they both believe safety is essential. “Safety is our number one concern,” Royce said.
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| Written by Sara Davis |
| Thursday, 21 July 2011 07:18 |
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The border between Mexico and the US is one of the most violent, dangerous and crime ridden places in North America. With added victimization, drug trafficking and violence, El Paso could appear to be an undesirable places to go. Yet university students are packing their bags—for a class.
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| Dr. Ed Muñoz's expertise is put to the test as he teaches a summer class offered by Chicano Studies and Criminal Justice at the University of Wyoming. The Transnationalism and Crime class allows students to research issues that affect the Mexico and US border and then visit El Paso, Texas. (Photo: Seneca Riggins) |
University of Wyoming Associate Professor in the criminal justice department and Dean of Chicano Studies Dr. Ed Muñoz said El Paso is in the top five safest cities in the U.S. with over 500,000 residents.
Muñoz is teaching a special topics class this summer titled Transnationalism and Crime, where students will get an “overview of how globalization and international population movements’ impact perceived and actual transnational crime trends and their control.”
The course is a hybrid online and video conference course offered through the criminal justice and Chicano studies departments. The course consists of three weeks of intense reading, writing, and discussions followed by a one-week trip to El Paso, Texas.
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| Written by Zachary Laux |
| Thursday, 21 July 2011 07:15 |
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Patrick “PC” Call is the new executive director of Residence Life and Dining Services, but who is the man behind the title?
Call didn’t always carry the deep passion of helping students as he now has. Call said, before he graduated with a degree in radio and television, he played football at Southern Illinois University. However, Call said he wanted to become more involved with there, so he became heavily involved with a campus radio station.
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Once Call became a senior and the football season was over, a friend of his recruited him into become a Resident Assistant on campus. From that moment everything for Call changed, including his name.
Becoming an RA was also the beginning of Call’s preferred name, PC.
Call explained when he became a resident assistant, there was another resident assistant named Patrick. To eliminate confusion, Call let everyone call him by his initials. “The Name PC has stuck with me from the late 80’s to now, and that’s how a lot of people know me,” Call said.
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