Articles by author: Jose Javier Gamboa

Multicultural Graduation honors students from different cultures

It is that time of the year, when I see all of my friends graduate and ask my self when will it be my turn. Soon, I hope. The two years that I have been attending the University of Wyoming, I have never attended an actual college graduation. However,[more]

Iran, Israel reach out to each other to end conflict

Last month, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee had their annual conference in Washington DC. Major political leaders from both parties attended this national meeting. Israel and Iran have been dealing with a constant conflict that has been [more]

Everyone builds stereotypes

Throughout my childhood, my parents always cautioned me when going outside. They always told me I would get “browner.” So, all my life I took preventative measures when I was outside. For example, I would wear a hat or put sun block on. For the p[more]

Shepard Symposium calls to action even for current issues

When people around the world hear about the University of Wyoming or even Wyoming, their thoughts usually are inclined toward the Matthew Shepard incident. It has been almost 14 years since Shepard died, but his presence is still felt around campus a[more]

Lack of minority higher education rests  on own shoulders, broken institutions

When I started thinking of what most affects the minority and multicultural students in America, the first thing that came to my mind was education. We have a broken system, not only for minorities but for all students. The whole week I tried to thin[more]

For the first time in their 88 years in business, TIME Magazine will display parts of their U.S. cover page in Spanish. “Yo decido,” or “I decide,” will be the main topic on this upcoming week’s edition, highlighting the importance of the L[more]

Good Mule inspires new activist generation

In today’s society we are faced with different issues that affect our daily lives. Environment, diversity, equality, and human rights are some of the major topics that we hear everyday. This last weekend the students of the University of Wyoming ha[more]

  “Awesome” is one of the words used by students in the Rainbow Resource Center to express their contentment over the ruling for Proposition 8. The proposition was ruled unconstitutional in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.   This ruling i[more]