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Famous Radio Play Failed to Scare Laramie Listeners
On October 30th, 74 years ago, theater and radio savant Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater On The Air participated in a broadcast that would make its mark in American History. Welles presented a then-modern-day adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds as a series of fictitious news broadcasts reporting on a Martian Invasion of New Jersey and the U.S. eastern seaboard.
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Do You Buy Your Halloween Costume or Make It? -Survey of the Day
Photo: L. Marie, flickr.com
In this day and age with specialty stores and online shopping, finding a Halloween costume that’s all ready to go is easy. But some people might say that takes the fun out of it. So we
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Laramie Police: Attacks On Women Similar, Don’t Know if Related
Police are saying that two separate attacks on on women in Laramie share close similarities but investigators say they may also be unrelated.
According to a Laramie P.D. press release two women were attacked, in separate incidents, within the course of three days.
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Do You Support UW’s Removal of the Anti-Coal Sculpture? -Survey of the Day
The Associated Press reported yesterday that a Casper newspaper had obtained emails that allegedly showed evidence, that UW had removed a sculpture from campus due to it having caused controversy. The AP reports that the University of Wyoming sped up the removal of an anti-coal sculpture because of the furor it caused, but chose to tell the public the removal was as scheduled and because of water damage.
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NWSC Promises Unique Opportunities for UW
Opportunities for students and the University as a whole were spoken about during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the NCAR Wyoming Super Computer facility in Cheyenne, Monday.
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UW Student Wins Trip to Supercomputing Conference
UW student, Jared Baker, has earned his way to a high computing conference in Utah this fall.
By virtue of the University of Wyoming graduate student’s win in the poster presentation category at the recent Front Range High-Performance Computing (HPC) Symposium, Baker earned a trip — all expenses paid — to the Supercomputing 12 Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 10-16.
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UW Art Museum Hosts Annual Gala
The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host its 19th annual gala benefit, “Bootlegger Ball,” Saturday, Oct. 20, at 6 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Yellowstone Ballroom.
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From John Wayne to Quentin Tarantino, Wyoming Offers Film Locations
The latest feature film to have shot in the state is the upcoming Christmas release, Django Unchained from film auteur Quentin Tarantino. The trailer for Django makes it look equal parts western and 70′s style exploitation film. According to Michell Howard, of the Wyoming Film Office, although part of the film was shot near Jackson Hole, that wasn’t always the plan.
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Should High School Events Test for Alcohol? – Survey of the Day
(Photo: Brosner, flickr.com)
Trustees at Teton County School District 1 are considering using alcohol testing wands to screen students for alcohol at extra-curricular school events.
Advocates of the policy say it will help counter teen drinking. Oppone
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Can You Name This Tribble?
The American Heritage Center in Laramie is holding a “Name the Tribble” contest, in commemoration of American Archives Month.
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Will You Watch the Presidential Debate? -Survey of the Day
Photo: hjl, flikr.com
The first presidential election debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Candidate Mitt Romney. What’s more is the debate will be happening in Laramie’s backyard, down in Denver, Co.
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Will You Get an iPhone 5? – Survey of the Day
Apple announced earlier this week that pre-orders for the new iPhone 5 topped 2 million units in just 24 hours. The company says that this more than doubled the previous record of one million held by iPhone 4S.