Articles by author: David Demic

Alum returns to campus after 67 years, recalls time in Japanese internment camp

Almost seven decades after receiving her bachelor’s degree in home economics, one University of Wyoming alumna made her way back to campus to tour, buy souvenirs and receive a surprise visit by the school mascot, Pistol Pete, and UW President Tom B[more]

The Laramie Police Department arrested a local man on Saturday at 2:00 a.m., after dispatch was notified of a “large fight” in the 100 block of Ivinson involving 10 people, according to a statement from LPD Commander Mitchell Cushman. After offic[more]

Committee asks for opinions; columnist puts in his two cents Last week, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Committee tested a bike lane around Prexy’s Pasture in association with Earth Week. The goal of the lane was to minimize conflicts between cyc[more]

It is not the fact that the Associated Press published the story. Or the subject matter. No, what feels like a twist of the blade during a jam-packed “dead week” is the timing of the AP’s “1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed.”[more]

Right and left must shake hands, find common ground

, or so a saying Germany goes. However, the highly polarized climate of American politics over the years leaves the U.S. with nothing but losers. The Right/Left rift has left the population weary of the continuous back-and-forth of political accusati[more]

Funny—movies, art and literature usually depict the coming Zombie Apocalypse as a sudden jolt of flesh eaters spreading across the country in only days. But maybe these artists have been wrong, because one look outside a window overlooking Prexy’[more]

For the last time this year, the university population will have the chance to travel the world from an auditorium seat and without the hassle of a full body scan by the TSA. The International Student Association is hosting its last talent show Satur[more]

My creative appetite was salivating at the thought of being able to get a first taste of the new play ‘Cannibal,’ written by Theatre and Dance Department student Christian Munck. So, I took out my silverware—disguised as a pen—and men[more]