EDITORIAL: Youths need to vote: it’s our future, not theirs
Young people in Wyoming, especially in Laramie County, aren’t voting. Nationally, about 50 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 29 cast a ballot in [...]
Staff editorial
EDITORIAL: Restoring trust requires a fresh start
Tanner was an eight-month-old pitbull at the Cheyenne Animal Shelter who was recently euthanized after biting a shelter employee. The story of Tanner’s final days has [...]
De-stress for the summer
For college students, stress comes with the territory. There is the stress of being on your own for the first time, working toward your degree and keeping up with classmates, [...]
Protesting: simpler then, complex now
It all started with butter. In 1776, Harvard students came together in protest of the school’s allegedly awful butter. This student protest became known as the Butter [...]
Pros, cons, rights; marriage is changing in the United States
When looking at controversy in the United States in the past few years, gay marriage has been a popular topic, and Americans have been debating whether same sex couples [...]
History cemented into place
Local governments throughout the United States have recently made decisions to remove statues that represent the Confederacy because of their representation of slavery. This [...]
Being a part of the Catholic Faith
Catholics are criticized because of their beliefs. However, a lot of those people probably don’t know a thing about Catholicism. Catholicism is one of the main religions of [...]
A right to protest, a responsibility to advocate
Protests are a part of American society. Exercising one’s First Amendment right is something that Wingspan supports, but only if the basis of a protest is morally within [...]
“Building Forward“ plan needed to improve campus life and education
For those who have progression in mind, and think beyond the next year or 10, the Capital Campaign is a symbol of prosperity. For others, it is simply a wasteful investment [...]
Yellow has always been the new black
By Floyd Whiting George Washington said, “The freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the slaughter.” It is the plight of [...]