10 years ago…
BI’s entertainment writer determined Lady Gaga’s new album “The Fame,” which contained the hit song “Just Dance,” was suitable for adult ears only. ● Student government passed a bill establishing the ASUW Radio Station. ● Congress extended the deadline for requiring all households to switch from analog to digital television transmission. ● UW held a roundtable discussion on newly inaugurated President Obama’s foreign policy prospects. ● BI’s tech writer praised netbooks as an affordable alternative to mainstream laptops. ● BI profiled UW freshman track star Stephen Michel, who a coach called “the greatest high school trackster ever in the state of Wyoming.”
30 years ago…
Branding Iron students prioritized enjoying spring break over producing newspapers.
50 years ago…
Student Affairs gave approval to allow guests of the opposite sex to visit male residence halls on Friday and Saturday nights, so long as doors were left ajar at least one inch for appropriate supervision. ● Anthropology professor Thomas Brockman debunked race myths like varying intelligence levels and “homozygosity,” or race purity, for an audience of 100 students. His talk was part of UW’s first series of lectures on “Negro culture.” ● The new Classroom Building, one criticized for looking like a “standing rib roast,” became a top attraction for UW visitors. The interior contains mosaics with more than 1 million square-inch tiles. ● The University’s Indian Association presented its third-annual celebration of Indian culture. The event also marked the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth.
