10 years ago…
ASUW held an emergency meeting to consider and approve a proposed student fee increase to fund a 4 percent salary increase across the board, as mandated by the state. ● World War II veteran and Laramie resident of 66 years Thomas “Sug” Collins died at age 89. National Guardsmen from UW provided the military honors for his funeral. ● Missouri assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Dave Christensen planned to take over UW’s football program. ● A new UW publication examined how consumerism fosters unhealthy lifestyles, particularly how media pressures affect choices about clothing, food and self esteem.
20 years ago…
Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder in connection to the killing of UW student Matthew Shepard. ● The computer science program at UW saw a steady increase in enrollees as job opportunities in the field opened up. ● A recently discovered prehistoric mammal fossil was named “Ctenacodon brentbaatar” after UW Geological Museum Director Brent Breithaupt. ● ASUW allotted $50,000 of special project funds for campus beautification, including benches, flowers and trees.
50 years ago…
After controversy brewed at the appointment of a new editor-in-chief, Student Senate considered a bill to make the Publications Committee’s selection process for BI editor more strict. ● Gus Hall, chairman of the American Communist Party, was featured on a tele-lecture at UW. ● After students at San Francisco State College went on strike protesting equal access to higher education and representation of racial minorities, one BI Forum writer said the strike was “just one more manifestation of a generalized process of character decay that is infecting certain portions of those of us under thirty. ● “We are trying to suppress community activities by our own resources,” said Bunchana Atthakor, Thailand’s ambassador to the U.S., speaking to a crowd at UW. “We don’t need American men to fight for us.”
