Many people live with physical, emotional or learning disabilities. The university’s goal is to help in whatever way possible, while still keeping the fundamental tasks of each class the same. UW offers many different options to help all students. Some of these options include alternative formats for reading assignments, test taking and note taking accommodations,…
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Cowboy basketball commentator recalls Black 14
In the fall of 1969, the University of Wyoming found itself at the center of a national controversy involving race, religion and individuality. Fourteen 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…
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 more time studying, got your work done sooner or not put…
Finals stress can be dealt with
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…
No need to sacrifice fashion in winter
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…
Experts discuss relations between U.S., North Korea
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…
Eat more Burger King, smoke another cigarette and enjoy
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…
Give, at least, a little bit
It seems that the seasons are finally changing. Along with that change comes the holidays and all the ideas associated with them. One underlying themes in nearly every holiday is giving. Branding IronThe Branding Iron is a Student Media project. Student Media gives University of Wyoming students valuable experience in writing, editing, advertising, sales, graphic…
UW to host ‘Elect Her’ leadership training
Last week, the University of Wyoming was chosen as one of 20 schools across the country to host an “Elect Her” conference on women’s leadership training. “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…
It repeats, repeats, repeats
Confusion abounds in South Beach as the Miami Heat grapple with the concept that having two of the best players on the planet is not abundantly effective if they play the exact same way. Redundancy works in advertising, education and hygiene, but when you are only allowed to have five things, you had better diversify…