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VOLUME CXV NUMBER 8
Reno works to help the homeless

By Jay Balagna
Vern and Susan Graybeal spend their nights huddled together under dirty blankets near the railroad tracks in downtown Reno. They subside on snack foods and free lunches from St. Vincents Dining Hall because food stamps are only good for raw foods and they have nowhere to cook. Eight months ago, they were newlyweds living in an apartment in Minden. Now their home is a tattered pop-up tent, barely big enough to protect the couple. Their property, a small dirt rectangle outlined in string, is surrounded by other tents at Tent City on Fourth and Record streets. Secured by duct tape, shabby blankets drape over some tents for added protection from the elements. On Thursday night at the University of Nevada, Reno, music and cardboard castles lled the quad as students pretended to be homeless for a night by sleeping in boxes. The students built box mansions, some as high as seven feet, on well-groomed, watered grass. They kept their stomachs full with food a stones throw away. The event, A Night Without a Home, allowed students to experience a night sleeping in improvised shelter. The event raised more than $550 for the Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission, an organization providing assistance to homeless people throughout the Truckee Meadows. A Night Without a Homes mission was to bring awareness to homelessness in Reno. While students pretended to be homeless, the Graybeals and others struggle to live every day. The couple was forced from their thin, nylon home when the Temporary Emergency Overflow Area, or Tent City, closed Monday for the winter. Tent City unofcially appeared at the end of March when the Mens Overow Shelter closed for the spring.
BUDGET CUTS
Buckley asks for input

By Jessica Estepa
Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley opened up conversation with the public about the statewide budget crisis at a town hall meeting Monday. We can do better, Buckley, D-Las Vegas, said to a crowd of more than 200 people in the Joe Crowley Barbara Student Union Buckley Ballroom. We cant continue to provide mediocre services. We need to determine long-term solutions. The meeting is part of a series Buckley plans to hold throughout the state. The rst was held Sept. 29 in Las Vegas. More public forums will be held in the future as the budget situation develops, according to Buckleys Web site. Students, faculty and people from the community attended the town hall meeting, as well as several state, county and local ofcials.
Susan and Vern Graybeal, a homeless couple in Reno, sit in their tent at Tent City outside the Community Assistance Center Saturday.
People started sleeping on the sidewalk on Fourth and Record streets, and every day the line of tents doubled, Krista Lee, the City of Renos Homeless Coordinator, said. When the line of tents moved too close to the railroad tracks that run through the area, the city decided to formalize Tent City. Out of a patch of dirt behind the Community Assistance Center, the city carved spaces for 120 lots large enough for a two-person tent. The Mens Overow Shelter, open only during the winter, and the Womens Drop-in Shelter, two 60-bed facilities, will open as Tent City closes. Men must leave for the overow shelter on Monday and women
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St. Vincents Catholic Community Services, www.ccsnn. org/volunteers.asp. United Way, www.fbnn. org/volunteers.shtml. Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission, www.rsgm.com/index. php/contact-us/volunteers.
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are allowed to stay until the womens shelter opens.
Before staking down at Tent City, the Graybeals tried moving to Carson City, looking for work. With no money, they could only stay in an improvised camp with a group of other homeless people. One evening, a man showed up in the camp and, without warning, randomly attacked people. When Vern confronted the man, he too was attacked and left with a broken nose and ribs. Frightened and still unemployed, the Graybeals moved to Reno, a place where there were jobs. Or so they were told.
RENOS HOMELESSNESS ISSUE

Roughly 1 percent of Washoe
Countys population, or 3,940 people, were either homeless or living in temporary housing in January 2007, according to a Reno Area Alliance for the Homeless study. As the economy continues to slide, it only makes sense that these numbers will increase, Lee said. Along with the economic woes hitting the nation, a lack of low-income housing in Washoe County adds to the homelessness problem in the area, forcing many low-income workers into expensive weekly motels. Rents at weekly motels are often higher than those of apartments, but many low-
NV 08 AGENCY CUTS
K-12: $173.6 million Higher education: $83.8 million Prisons: $26.5 million Parole/Probation: $5.6 million Health and Human Services: $113.7 million
During comment, one man stood up and said he expected better communication from his government ofcials. There are numerous conversations we have to make, he said. People dont have a clue about whats going on. Buckley, who is up for re-election in November, explained the budget situation to the crowd, from cuts that state agencies have already made to what further 14 -o-18 percent cuts would do to services. Because of the downturn in the economy, Nevada has generated less gaming, tourism-related and sales taxes, Buckley said. This led Gov. Jim Gibbons to order continuous budget cuts since last year. State agencies cut more than $400 million in the 2008 scal year. As part of that cut, the Nevada System of Higher Education, which includes the University of Nevada, Reno, cut $83.8 million. Throughout her presentation, Buckley noted several low rankings for Nevada, from graduation rates to children receiving health care. The budget crisis has made Nevadas situation worse, she said. The cuts have resulted in reductions in every sector, from the reduction of textbook spending in K-12 education to the closing of correctional centers in Southern Nevada. Other changes include a hiring freeze in the parole/probation sector and the closure of mental health institutions. For higher education, further cuts could result in the closing of learning centers in rural Nevada and the reduction of class sections. Some of the solutions Buckley proposes include creating a different formula for the rainy day fund and enforcing existing tax laws. After Buckleys presenta-
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University buzzes from Sen. Obamas visit

By Jessica Estepa
One week ago, many classes were canceled. Thousands stood in lines that wrapped from Mackay Stadium to John Mackays statue. Roads were closed and cars were re-routed. A small section of the quad was crowded with dozens of reporters, photographers and videographers. It was all for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obamas visit to the University of Nevada, Reno. About 12,000 people attended the senators speech, according to Reno Fire Marshal Bill Burney and university ofcials. Though Obamas speech lasted for almost 40 minutes, his visit affected different parts of campus life, from venue planning to university police being stationed around the university to students running late to class, for several days. Plans for the event began Sept. 25, ve days before the speech, when the campaign determined that Obama would return to Reno for his second visit since August. Obamas attempt to win Nevada contributed to the decision, campaign spokesman Jeff Giertz said. Washoe County is the swing county in a swing state, Giertz said. Whichever way Washoe tips, so tips the state. He said the campaign was looking at several different venues, but settled on UNR because of Obamas strength in winning over young voters.
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We want to motivate and educate voters, he said. It just made sense to go to UNR. We wanted to do something to show students how important they are and to get voter registration up. The campaign then made arrangements with the university to bring the senator to campus. Ray Needham, scheduling services coordinator for the university, said the university has a standing committee that deals with political events on campus. The committee typically deals with the events venue and contacts other departments that may be affected by the event. While several campus locations were considered, the university and campaigned decided on the quad because of its size and location. Though Obama could have spoken at Lawlor Events Center or Mackay Stadium, the size of the event would have looked different, Needham said. Twelve thousand people on the quad looks different than
Sen. Barack Obamas visit to campus drew about 12,000 people to the quad last week. Some professors canceled classes; others taught only a few students because routes to many buildings were blocked.
12,000 at Lawlor or at the football eld, he said. After a location is chosen, the campaign handles most of the arrangements, Needham said. Giertz said the national campaign sends an advance team, which travels to every place Obama speaks at days before the event, to set up staging, barricades, a media area and a sound system. The University of Nevada, Reno Police Department worked with the Secret Service and other local ofces on security issues, Cmdr. Todd Renwick of UNRPD said. While the Secret Service brought in its own bomb squad and secured the area, UNRPD prepared for crowd control. Renwick said UNRPD has an agreement with other police agencies in Northern Nevada to assist each other at political events. The agencies include the Washoe County Sheriffs Ofce, the Reno Police Department and
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Nevada Highway Patrol. On the day Obama spoke, Renwick said there werent any major security concerns, aside from helping with a few medical incidents where people fainted. It was a success, considering all of the commotion going on, he said. While thousands of spectators led through a line that reached back to Mackay Stadium, some
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Abizaid outlines foreign policy issues

By Wheeler Cowperthwaite
Gen. John Abizaid, former commander of the United States Central Command, outlined the four strategic issues that the next president will face to a crowd of 400 students, faculty and members of the public. He spoke Wednesday night in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom as part of the Nevada Speaker Series. Abizaid commanded troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and has an intimate knowledge of the Middle East and its challenges. Troy Melin, a 22-year-old political science major, said he hopes the university brings more speakers like Abizaid in the future. He was the best of the speakers Ive seen, he said. He was very informative. push the United States out of the Middle East, the terrorists will not walk away from the United States, he said.
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IRAN AND THE RISE OF SHIA EXTREMISM

Iran wants to be the state with the most inuence in the Middle East, Abizaid said. [Theyre] determined to extend their power. He said Iran must be contained, not conquered. Even though Iran must be restricted, the people of Iran are not the ones to be worried about. Its a crazy government, not crazy people, he said.
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ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
The Arab-Israeli conict requires involvement early in an administrations term, Abizaid said. The next U.S. president must bring the Israelis and Palestinians to the peace-talks table, he said. The only way to broker peace is for the next president to start talking as soon as possible.
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AL QAEDA AND THE RISE OF SUNNI EXTREMISM

Al Qaeda knows how to attack the U.S. and Europe on their own soil, Abizaid said, citing various bombings throughout Europe and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Al Qaeda movement is held together by extremist ideology and connected by the Internet, Abizaid said. Theyre not a bunch of crazy people in caves, he said. The Al Qaeda is made up of a large number of parts, and the suicide bombers and training camps are only one element, he said. Attacking one part of the organization merely pushes the terrorists to another part of the organization. To effectively handle Al Qaeda, the United States must attack it from all sides. The ght against Al Qaeda will be a long one, Abizaid said. They dont think in ve second sound bites, he said. They think in 500 years. Al Qaeda is committed to not letting go of the United States, he said. Even though they aim to
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AMERICAS CONTINUED DEPENDENCE ON MIDDLE EASTERN OIL

Oil exportation from the Middle East fuels the global economy, Abizaid said. The United States is the protector of the oil exportation. The next president must deal with Americas dependence on oil in a broad sense, he said. The tendency during this campaign has been how to deal with oil dependence in a small sense. America needs to develop other ways of providing energy to stop its dependence on oil from the Middle East, he said. The money that America sends to the Middle East for its oil often nds its way to terrorist organizations, he said.
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Provost clears up rumors on remedial classes

By Jessica Fryman
Some students recently questioned the universitys reason for offering remedial classes while facing budget cuts of up to 14 percent. Administrators said tuition from students enrolled in the classes pays for the courses in their entirety. is the same as normal credits. Tuition covers the operating, all the instruction, all the extra services, like tutoring, said Kelli Garcia, the executive director of Summer Session and academic programs. The money that comes in gets put back into the program. The University of Nevada, Reno offers Math 096 and English 098 through the Extended Studies program, in order to help prepare students for university-level work. This fall, 950 students are enrolled in Math 096 and 900 students are enrolled in English 098, Garcia said. The classes dont count for credit, but are designed to give students fundamental skills, Director of Core Curriculum Paul Neill said. Because the courses dont count for credit, they dont generate full-time equivalent numbers and the university doesnt receive state funding. Neill said if the students currently in remedial classes took regular credits, the university would receive $250,000 more dollars from the state. When those students take regular coursework next semester, the university will receive that money. Remedial classes just delay the cycle, he said. Its not hurting us, but its a disadvantage, Neill said. If the university cut the classes, it would not make more money available, Johnson said. In fact, cuts could cause negative results. We would lose students if (the classes were cut), so its helpful to us (to have the courses) in that regard, Johnson said. Once students are up to speed, they go on to take regular credits at the university, he said. Truckee Meadows Community College also offers remedial coursework. Offering the classes at UNR makes it easier for students to take classes at one school. I think its expremely important that we get students in those classes so they feel like a UNR student, Garcia said. In 2005, the university started offering the courses during the summer, pushing students to get prepared for college before school begins in the fall. Theoretically, they are a semester behind if they dont take (the classes) in the summer, Garcia said. The program has been successful so far, with enrollment increasing about 4 percent each summer, she said. She said the success rate is higher when students take remedial courses during the summer, most likely because they are only focusing on one class.
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Students are paying for remedial classes, Provost Marc Johnson said. Its not coming out of our budget.
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Author to tell stories on immigration, goals

By Devin Sizemore
Isabel Allendes challenges in life have made her who she is today a best-selling author. From eeing her home in Chile to immigrating to the United States, Allende shares her struggles through her writing and speeches to inspire people who are dealing with immigration issues or want to accomplish their dreams, said Emma Sepulveda, director of the Latino Research Center. Allende is a leading writer and voice for Latino America, Sepulveda said. She writes in magical realism, using her own memories to tell the story of a culture. Allende will talk about her struggles of immigrating to America, discuss her latest writings and explain how she was able to make her dreams come true Thursday. Stories and Dreams: An Evening with Isabel Allende is sponsored by the Latino Research Center and will start at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom. Ticket prices are $35 for general admission, $150 for front row seating and $1,000 for front row seating and a oneon-one meeting with Allende. The money from this event will be used to fund the Latino Research Centers research and scholarships for University of
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What: Isabel Allende, bestselling author, will speak about dealing with struggles, immigration and accomplishing dreams. 7 p.m. Thursday, $35-$1,000, in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom 9 a.m. Friday, free for UNR students, in The Joe Theater
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Nevada, Reno students, said Iris West, assistant director of the Latino Research Center. Allende will also speak 9 a.m. Friday in The Joe theater. This event will be free to University of Nevada, Reno students. All of Allendes talks are very personal and very inspiring, Sepulveda said. This is a great opportunity for the Latino community, but also for the community at large due to the fact that she has personal experience and information about immigration.
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Participants walk and run up Virginia Street during Renos tenth-annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Sunday morning. The event drew thousands of participants, including people from the university and the city.
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The John Mackay statue presided over the quad in pink attire during the walk, which was held at the University of Nevada, Reno for the rst time. The quad also featured live music, product samples and activities throughout the event. According to the Komen Afliates, more than 1,660 Nevada women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. The event is held every year to raise breast cancer awareness. The goal is to raise money to pay for early detection programs, which makes the disease more treatable. The money also pays for services including breast health education, mammograms, clinical breast exams, biopsies, medical bills and wigs.
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POLICE BLOTTER
SEPTEMBER 30
An adult male was arrested at Manzanita Hall for an outstanding warrant. A university student reported a bicycle stolen from Artemesia Way.
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TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Cooling with afternoon clouds and increasing winds W-NE 5-15 mph THURSDAY Possible morning clouds, much cooler, winds NW 5-10 mph FRIDAY WEEKEND
Hit-and-run driver arrested, bicyclist injured

A hit-and-run occurred Sept. 30 at Ninth and Virginia streets, according to the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department records. A UNRPD ofcer saw a vehicle hit a person on a bicycle. The driver of the vehicle ed the scene and struck a parked vehicle. The driver was detained on Cleveland Avenue and arrested for driving under the inuence, hit-and-run property damage, leaving the scene of an accident and eluding police causing property damage, according to the report. The bicyclist was not seriously injured. The police department sent this information to media outlets in the police blotter Friday.
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UNR CAMPUS WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: This week expect fall weather due a strong cold air mass that will move into our area. This will bring cooler temperatures starting overnight on Wednesday into Thursday along with a few scattered clouds. Expect cold night temperatures which will give way to mild day temperatures. Get your ice scrapper out because you may wake to nd ice on your windshield.
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USAC to host study abroad informational fair Wednesday

The University Study Abroad Consortium will host Destination Now information session from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in front of the William Raggio Building, weather permitting. The event will be held in Room 1003 of WRB if necessary. The event will offer information on USACs 39 study abroad programs in 25 different countries and answer questions about nancial aid. For more information, contact the USAC ofces at 775-784-6569.
UNR group to host womens leadership conference Friday

The Ofce of Women in Higher Education will host a conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the Atlantis Resort and Casino. The third annual conference is titled Advancing Womens Leadership: Styles, Strategies and Tools. It will focus on networking, philanthropy and career skills. Speakers include Soraya Moore Coley, provost at California State University, Bakerseld, and Christine Clark, vice president for diversity and inclusion at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Breakfast and lunch are included in the $25 entry fee. For more information on the event, contact Tamara Valentine at 775-7841455.
Free events to promote upcoming homecoming game

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Senior Michael Tunseth, 23, lls up boxes with nonperishable food at the St. Vincents Food Pantry Friday afternoon. As part of Tunseths nutrition class, he must volunteer 25 hours in the community. So far, he has worked 10 hours at the food pantry.
Build your rsum and help the community by checking out different opportunities to help Nevadans
The Green Living Expo The Green Living Expo is a traveling presentation based in Las Vegas, Reno and Hawaii. It displays the newest green products and services from local green vendors. The show includes interactive activities for children to learn about going green. Volunteers help set up and take down the expo while getting a chance to interact with local leaders in the green industry. Duties also include welcoming and directing visitors, and helping with activities for children. Volunteers are needed for Oct. 18 and 19. There is no minimum number of hours required to volunteer. The expo will be held at the Reno Convention Center. Contact Jami Tayor at 1-888-678-2008 ex. 106 or visit www.thegreenlivingexpo.com. Please call the Wednesday before the weekend that you want to volunteer. Washoe County School District Volunteer Services The WCSD Volunteer Services program is meant to further academic improvement in local schools through tutoring programs. Volunteers spend time tutoring K-12 students at the school of their choice in math or English. The job requires a time commitment of one hour a week for at least a semester. The WCSD Volunteer Services ofce is located at 7495 S. Virginia St. Contact Lisa-Marie Lightfoot at 775-851-8655. VistaCare VistaCare is a service that cares for people who have been diagnosed with an incurable disease and have six months or less to live. The organization provides a comfort service that makes hard times easier for the patients and their families. There is no clinical work involved. Volunteers visit with assigned patients and their families for the remainder of the patients life. They also visit the families for up to 13 months after patients pass away. The job requires a time commitment of two to four hours per week. There is also a 12-hour training session. The VistaCare ofce is located at 1625 E. Prater Way in Sparks. Contact Carol Wilding at 775-825-5008. Sierra Safari Zoo The Sierra Safari Zoo is a nonprot organization that promotes awareness of exotic animals. Their mission is to improve public knowledge of exotic animals and their habitats. Volunteers help care for the animals while learning about habits of exotic creatures. The job requires a time commitment of four hours a week. Sierra Safari Zoo is located 10200 N. Virginia St. Contact Lori Acordagoitia at 775-677-1104. Friends of Nevada Wilderness The Friends of the Nevada Wilderness organizes volunteer groups to protect, monitor and restore the Nevada wilderness. They are also active in examining proposed legislation that affects the Nevada wilderness. Volunteers can go on a stewardship trip or assist with promoting the organization by photographing wildlife, selling Wild Nevada calendars and keeping trip equipment in good condition. There is no required time commitment, but the group asks that volunteers dont back out of trips once signed up. Friends of Nevada Wilderness is located at 1 Booth St. Contact Angie Dykema at 775-324-7667 or visit www.nevadawilderness.org. Online Stay updated on places that need volunteers at www.nevadavolunteers.org. Jennie Lindquist, editor@nevadasagebrush.com
Homecoming Week kicks off Sunday with a week of events ending when the Wolf Pack takes on the Utah State Aggies on Oct. 18. Homecoming events lead off with: What the hell is an Aggie?! Homecoming Kick-Off Barbecue, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday on the MathewsonIGT Knowledge Center Lawn. w0lf sk8, 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Roller Kingdom. For more information, contact the Associated Students of the University of Nevada front ofce at 775-7846589. Also look for a full homecoming preview in next weeks Nevada Sagebrush.
The 14th Annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk for a Cure will be held on the University of Nevada, Reno campus from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Registration for the event begins at 8 a.m. on the quad. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is a nonprot organization devoted to raising money for diabetes research. Last year, the Walk for a Cure event raised $550,000, with 86 percent of that money going directly to research. There will be refreshment stations along the 8-kilometer course and participants are welcome to walk, run or jog. After the walk, Qdoba and Jack in the Box will provide free lunch. Free hot air balloon rides will also be available. For more information, visit http:// www.jdrf.org/northernnevada.
Walk to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
New voters can register in person at the Washoe County Registrars ofce at 1001 East Ninth Street, Building A, Room 135 until Oct. 14. Early voting will begin Oct. 18 and run through Oct. 31. Students can vote early every day except Sunday in Room 420 of the Joe Crowley Student Union. For more information, contact the Washoe County Registrars ofce at 775-328-3670.
Early voting begins next week in the student union
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shelter, family shelter and triage medical center. The womens and family shelters will open Oct. 15. The drop-in shelters are gender-specic housing available to homeless people on a rst come, rst serve basis. These shelters, along with the menonly overow shelter, make up the bulk of Renos emergency housing. Because of the sex-specic nature of the shelters, couples like the Graybeals are forced to turn to the streets if they want to stay together. The triage center offers detoxication, beginning-stage drug and alcohol rehabilitation and referrals to long-term housing and rehab options. We always try to nd somewhere to send these people, Christy Stevens, the director of the triage center, said. We dont just discharge them out onto the streets. Thats more help than the Graybeals get. We dont do drugs, and because of that it seems like we dont get help, Vern said. Although the Graybeals continue to struggle, the city is making strides in nding housing options for the homeless population. Weve knocked off the Community Assistance Center; the next phase wed like to see is transitional housing, Reno mayor Bob Cashell said. Id like to see the type of housing that someone can live in for up to two years to hopefully help them get back on their feet, but that ideas still in the trenches. Many advocates on behalf of homeless people said this next step cannot come soon enough. There is a critical need in our community for safe, affordable housing for low-income people, said Sandy Isham, the development and community relations manager for St. Vincents Catholic Community Services. Despite the progress made in ghting the homelessness problem, more can always be done. No matter how many resources we have available, it will never be enough, Isham said. Thats why the community needs to keep addressing this issue. We cant just ignore it because were making progress.
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said he wasnt able to prepare for the event or give directions to his students about potential campus closures.
But despite some of the confusion people faced, political science professor Eric Herzik said the event was a rare opportunity to show the campus-wide enthusiasm for politics. Though candidates have spoken on campus weeks before the general election both Sens. John Edwards and John Kerry spoke on campus during their run in 2004 people seemed more excited for the Illinois senator, he said. People stood in line for a long time, he said. They got up early to wait for (Obama). Even non-Democrats showed up. It shows the magnitude. Herzik said to expect another presidential event to come to Reno and possibly UNR before Nov. 4. College campuses are a fertile ground for the Obama campaign, he said. The McCain camp will most likely be back in town, too. Its going to be a busy month.
Jessica Estepa can be reached at jestepa@nevadasagebrush.com
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income workers or unemployed people are unable to pay the deposit required for an apartment lease. Charles Truman and his roommate lived in Tent City in the spring, but moved to a weekly motel as soon as they secured jobs and saved enough money. They quickly learned that the expensive fees to keep the room left them little money for other necessities, such as food. Truman and his roommate realized that to have enough money to eat, they would have to leave the expensive motel and head back to the free Tent City. Truman said he and his roommate hope to get into the overow shelter, the winter-only emergency shelter, but will be forced back into a weekly motel if they cannot secure a spot.
students and professors made an effort to continue their regular Tuesday routines.
The heightened security on south campus led to students being late to class, and in one case, a student missing her quiz.
Christina Signoretti said the route she takes to her geography class was completely blocked off that morning. She ended up getting into the line for the event while trying to nd a way to her class. I knew Obama was coming, but I thought Id still be able to get to class, said Signoretti, a 19-year-old business major. I ended up missing a quiz because I had to walk around everything. I think better planning on everyones part could have prevented some of the chaos.
HOPING FOR CHANGE

Several feet from Tent City stands the newly constructed Community Assistance Center. The center consists of a mens drop-in shelter, womens drop-in
Professor Kris Hansen said he canceled his English class that morning because he was told the Frandsen Humanities building would be locked. Because he wasnt notied of the event until the day before, he
tion, long lines formed at the two microphones set up in the room. People explained their concerns about the cuts, from whether raising taxes could help alleviate some of the problems to questioning what can be done about cut programs. Buckley said she would use the crowds questions to open up more conversations with other legislators. UNR student Brian Wachter said he went to the meeting because he wanted to get budget information straight from the horses mouth. Theres no reason for students to not understand whats going on when there are venues like these, said Wachter, a 22-year-old political science major. These are issues that we need to remember when we vote for our elected ofcials this November.
Jessica Estepa can be reached at jestepa@nevadasagebrush. com.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
STAFF EDITORIAL I POLITICAL HUBBUB
Give us choices in Obama-level events

f any myth still existed about Nevadas importance in politics, last week hopefully killed it. The same for myths about students importance. It was an anomaly and a unique opportunity for us to earn a visit from Sen. Barack Obama. The Democrat is looking more and more likely to be the one taking the oath of ofce in January, if polls are to be believed, and at ve weeks out he decided to stop at our university. The university deserves major kudos for pulling off
Oct. 2, Letter from Kris Kersch, Yerington, Nev. Editor, I recently talked with a few college students about life, politics and assorted other topics. It is apparent that they havent experienced much of life outside their home. They dont know the value of things that will affect their lives or how much necessities of everyday living will cost. What was really startling was the lack of thorough knowledge as a reference point in which to discuss most topics. I felt I was back on campus in the 60s, where teaching nothing but the theory of hate back by the absences of real life historical success. Somehow not people but the system failed and needed to be changed. These students professors showed them the light to a correct world view. Point to all students: Ask your professors or better yet discreetly ascertain if they are left or right and could they give you an actual longterm successful example of their philosophy. Dont allow them to evade by saying it was poorly ran and/or administered. Youll nd the one variable, mankind, just needs to be in a re-education camp. If you study that one variable youll nd thats why socialism/communism have failed and always will! Ask yourself who is Frank Marshall Davis, Salil Alinksy and Ackers! Study the south American Separtist/Socialist church and the Black Muslims. Where you taught the danger of these philosophies to our very way of life. Ask yourself if long time close associations, own memoir confessions, a surrogate poet father gure and an individual teaching Saul Alinksy tactics isnt dangerous. Those who respond know of what and who Im talking! Thank you! Youve made my point!!
such a major event that came about at the last minute. The shame of it though is that some professors and department heads didnt allow students to take advantage of this opportunity. College is one of the most important experiences of our lifetime. We have the opportunity to see major political gures, such as Gen. John Abizaid and Ralph Nader, about every other month. However, neither Obama nor Republican Sen. John McCain ts into the same category as Abizaid or Nader at this point
in the election cycle. Obamas speech is an event that many students in non-swing states wont have an opportunity to witness, especially on their campuses. Faculty and administrators need to understand this. We should be encouraged to go see these looming political gures at every opportunity, not be punished for skipping class. Dont dock us a quiz for seeing the next possible leader of the free world. Dont persuade us to not go to an event with extra-comprehensive
test prep classes. Dont rob your students of the kind of education that is impossible to achieve in the classroom. But on the ip side, it is equally important that these events dont rob us of the ability to accomplish what we came to this university to accomplish. Even events as major as the arrival of a presidential contender should not unwittingly shut down the campus. We heard students plead for alternate routes to class and we could only watch as they were told to take much lengthier routes to classrooms
a minute or two away. We heard stories afterward of students failing to make it to quizzes or work on time. We know a careful juggling act for the university arises with events this important. We only ask that ofcials take our needs into careful and precise consideration when people like Obama want to stop at our campus. Give us the option of missing a class to see a person who is making history. At the same time, dont force us to miss class because that person is appearing on campus.
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EDITORIAL CARTOON
Crocs violate fashion senses, induce gagging

dont claim to know anything about fashion. I just like it. High-waisted jeans, mens blazer vests, the occasional splurge on a pair of Italian leather foldover boots and pretty much whatever Natalie Portman as much as thinks about wearing, Im on it. Or at least, Id like to think I am. And now, with a new fall fashion season upon us, I want to take a minute, at the risk of sounding like a pretentious fashion bitch, to talk about one of my biggest gray areas this season. No, Im not talking about whether or not Sarah Palin can really see Russia from her house. Im talking about Crocs. After the weird phenomenon this past summer of the coolest garden shoe gone Hollywood! that had every man, woman and child sprouting rubbers faster than mold grows on whatever leftover is in your fridge, I decided I had to finally try on a pair. Two rubber shoes and a quick stroll around Sports Authority later, I concluded my experiment. The truth is that yes, theyre comfortable, but not orgasmically so. I wasnt impressed by the boasted life-saving Krystal arch support, and I dont know about Bick your feet, but the rubber made mine sweat. Which brings me to my next point: theyre made of rubber. Rubber with holes. Even Trojan condoms can tell you thats not a good thing. And theyre ugly. I just gured I should get that in there somewhere. Smug and content after a polite Thanks, but no thanks to my all too eager sales associate, I left Sports Authority and let it go. Just like every other fad, I told myself, this will pass. Even the mighty must fall, right? Wrong. Much to my ballet-shoe-, gladiator-sandal-, motorcycle-boots-loving dismay, the Crocs multiplied. Like rabbits, I might add. Any color, any style, anytime. Hell, I even saw an advertisement for high-heeled Crocs, which, ladies, if I catch you wearing, may the fashion gods have mercy on your soul and those stairs by Cain Hall be unforgiving. For the UGG acionados, Crocs have even made winterfriendly clogs (oxymoronic, anyone?) with Sherpa lining. And, in the spirit of Palin-isms, doggoneit, theres even decals for the hole slots now. Every decade, unfortunately, has a stigma of unforgettable fashion donts. In the 60s, it was unwashed hippie hair. In the 70s, it was platforms. Eighties, where to begin? Nineties, plaid shirts tied around the waist with acid-wash jeans. Now in the 00s, we have the entirely rubber shoe Crocs, which just beat out the bag lady look la Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Lets put it this way, folks. Keep those bad boys where they belong in the garden or with children under the age of 12. If youre not going to the Davidson Academy, I recommend you go shoe shopping, ASAP. You may now go back to worrying about how the government is going to bail us out of our dump of an economy. In the meantime, Im having a Croc burning.
Krystal Bick is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. She can be reached at kbick@nevadasagebrush.com.
Night Without a Home
We should be homeless more often!
CULTURE SHOCK
WEB NOTES
STORY: OBAMA LAYS OUT PLAN TO REMEDY ECONOMY IN UNR SPEECH
On Oct. 1, at 10:09 a.m., Hanoi Hilton wrote: Aww, poor Obambi ate pizza every night? McCain ate rice w/ feces at the Hanoi Hilton served by Obamas Marxist fellow travelors. On Oct. 1, at 8:52 p.m., Sheep for McCain wrote: Obama is the only candidate that can pull us out of this republican Bataan Death March that we have been plagued with for the last 8 years. His speech on Tuesday was captivating and informative. Lets see what McCain will say on on thu..
U.S. freedoms sweeten for one exchange student
STAFF EDITORIAL: STUDENTS NEED TO KEEP RIVALRY RESPECTABLE

On Oct. 1, at 11:51 p.m., Rx wrote: Double props to ASUN and CO. for keeping things upbeat. Props to the NEVADA fans who didnt burn down the scoreboard for listing us as UNR Triple props to the blue partying with the red at the tailgate. Of course there were ghts, there are ghts at any and every sporting event, but it was amazing to see people getting along from both sides and having a good time.
hile I understand university students are really busy between a full-class load and work, Ill admit I was quite surprised by the fact that class time is often lunch time. Just when I thought I was almost used to American culture, a student next to me started eating a chocolate snack during math class. People say America is the country of freedom. I can tell you from experience it is free. Schools in the United States are Seiko quite Kamikariya relaxed when compared to schools in Japan. When you look around an American classroom, there are students who barely say a word during lecture (some even sleep), and those who do also chew gum, drink frappuccinos from Starbucks and eat lunch leftovers. Its quite a different story in Japan.
I remember when I was in junior high school, and my friend and I started eating some candy after tennis practice. Unfortunately, we had to hide the candy from our teacher since it was against school policy to eat sweets. As luck would have it, as we were enjoying the forbidden taste of some candy, our teacher caught us, scolded us and even went as far as preventing us from joining tennis practice for a few days. From an American standpoint, this probably sounds bizarre, but students in Japan hardly have freedom. The rules control almost everything in the school. In addition to the banning of sweets, students in Japanese schools are not allowed to bring magazines to school, wear makeup, dye their hair or get piercings. And thats just the start of it. You cannot nd any samurai or bushi in Japan today, but this interesting Japanese philosophy is originated from the bushidou (the soul of Japan) and accounts for behavioral practices of the country. The bushidou is preached in four lessons: gi, meaning justice; yu, mean-
ing to behave rightly; jin, meaning sympathy; and nally rei, meaning modesty. How does this belief system tie in? Bushidou sets a high standard for how people should act. It teaches them to be responsible for their behavior, sometimes at the sacrifice of personal expression. All the excessive rules are a kind of promise between schools and students, which is believed to help students mature. Although most Japanese people do not believe in any religion, bushidou somewhat represents Christian morality teachings that guides how people should act. I am proud of the bushidou. However, I also think Japanese people are missing out on a lot of enjoyment that they could otherwise be having. Needless to say, I now feel comfortable here in the United States. And I am also glad I can eat candy whenever I feel like it.
Seiko Kamikariya is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. She can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
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What fashion trend do you wish would go away?
Anything pleather. UGG boots. Tight jeans that guys wear, like when (it looks like) they wear their little sisters jeans.
Lauren Regenhardt 20, criminal justice Justin Rollins 19, civil engineering
Faux-hawks.
Jen Amundsen 22, psychology and womens studies
Connor Jackman 19, math
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OCTOBER 7, 2008 A7
POLITICAL THOUGHTS
Learning from our past mistakes helps prevent future catastrophes

guess its because Im a senior and I can see the future on the horizon. For roughly the past year or so, heightened a little by the current economic crisis in this country, Ive been wondering what exactly we will think of ourselves and what weve done the past eight years in this country. Will we scrap around for rationale as to why we stood silent on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or the slamming of the Constitution with a sledgehammer by this administration? Brian Will we try to burn Ault every inch of proof that these eight years actually happened and claim amnesia? Or maybe well actually come to terms with our sins and just try to do better next time. Recent history has told us that we gravitate toward the amnesia option more than anything else. Take the countrys response after the crippling Watergate scandal, for example. We became distrustful of federal
government. We slid into a recession and a gas crisis, and we spent the 80s drunk and coked out of our minds. All the while, we forgot the main lesson that should have been learned from Watergatethat the imperial presidency should be seen as nothing more than a joke and anyone who believes in it shouldnt be allowed to hold a public office of any sort. However, there have been other times in our history where we have looked at the sins of our past and done our best to never do them again. For instance, as the country was nally beginning to get out of the Great Depression under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, policies were passed in Congress that dealt with the lax regulation standards in banking to prevent the crash from happening again. After World War II, the lessons of the allies in World War I were still prominent. The Treaty of Versailles placed fault for WWI on Germany and punished them with enormous war reparations that paved the way for the rise of Adolf Hitler during WWII. After WWII, policies like the Marshall Plan were enacted to rebuild the European infrastructure and entities like the
United Nations were created to keep the peace. Of course, you may argue the U.N.s success since its creation, but it was an attempt to make up for the mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles. These three scenarios each provide a path that we can follow in the future when we look back at the chaos that is the Bush presidency. Where we go from here and how we avoid making past mistakes is paramount for our success or even downfall as a country. Now that Ive inadvertently blown your mind, Ill leave you with a Bush comment, in celebration of his last days in office. In regards to the crumbling economy, Bush said back in July of this year, obviously unaware that he was being recorded: Theres no question about it. Wall Street got drunk thats one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras. It got drunk and now its got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments.
Brian Ault is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at editor@ nevadasagebrush.com.
Gorilla in the room holds our economic state and future in hand
UNIVERSITY OPINION
Loud chewing leads to anger, apathy

et peeves are a funny thing. We all have them. They can be something as little and insignicant as the way a person wiggles their leg when theyre nervous before a midterm or something larger like tax hikes by the state governor (heaven forbid). Sometimes they are just mere gestures. Other times you have to read between the lines. Either way, such actions, big or small, have the power to drive even the most sane and level-headed of citizens to the brink of a hairMemo pulling, teeth-grinding Sanchez and baby-punching rampage. Personally, I cant stand people who chew loudly. The harder I try not to focus on the smacking, snapping and wet mushy
noises of teeth, tongue and food squishing around, the louder it becomes. I become apathetic to everything else and angry at the one thing I am focusing on. The squashing crunch and chomp of chewing turns me into someone Im not. It would be so simple just to tell the person to close their mouth while they chew, but I choose instead to remain irate and silent. The disconnect between my happiness and my apathy to do anything about it is almost laughable. Rather, I think of the meanest things I could do to that person: slapping their slice of pizza out from their hands or smashing their marinara-drenched meatball sub into their melodically masticating face. In the past, Id usually just tolerate it, always debating with myself whether these people had been raised in barns or pastures where such manners were acceptable. Maybe Ive been waiting too long for those around me to take action. Its not fair for me to remain quiet, tortured silently and left helpless by the
shackles of diplomacy and kindliness. I know other people are affected by it too. From here on out, I say nay. Its time to make a change. It comes to a certain point where one has to decide to not subject themselves and those around them to the slow psychological crucixion of the pencil tapping of the desperate engineer major next to you in the Math Center, the leg twitching of the nervous senior outside of career services or the reverberant keyboard clacking of the uncertain journalist in the Writing Center. I refuse to let the agony of this torment of gnashing to go on. Apathy and inaction just wont do. I dont hesitate to ask people to close their mouths when they chew anymore. After all, if you dont speak up about whats going on around you and try to make a difference, nothing is ever going to change.
Memo Sanchez is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
e have all heard the term the 800-pound gorilla. For those who have not, the term is used to describe an item that is so big it can do whatever it feels like. The term can also describe companies that have an extremely large market share in their given industry, like Microsoft. The new gorilla in our world is a lot larger than the 800-pound gorilla. It is the $700 billion gorilla that is currently oating around Congress, trying to get the country out of the mess that we have found ourselves in. There are 11 zeros in 700 billion. Even if the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and a few other billionaires were to pool every last penny they had together and donate it to the American people, we would still be considerably short of $700 billion. Their gift would only serve as a down payment. Geoff This is the second go-around for this bailZahler out bill. The rst one, which was endorsed by everyone from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson all the way up to President George W. Bush, failed by more than 20 votes. The news hit Wall Street, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average immediately plunged within minutes of the vote, closing the day down 777 points. This 777-point drop was the biggest drop in the Dow Jones history. Over $1 trillion of investments were lost on Sept. 29. We are certainly living in a world of extreme volatility. While roller coasters are supposed to be fun, we do not know when this roller coaster ride will end. The uncertainty makes this ride scarier than most. How did we get here? More importantly, what does this bailout mean for us? After passing in the Senate and passing in the house on Friday, the government has decided to make itself, meaning us taxpayers, responsible for paying off this bad debt that has been accumulating in the country for the last decade, with most of the responsibility on bad loans made by institutions. People are defaulting on their loans at an alarming rate and these institutions are not in a position to take the burden. The bill also institutes a few changes to our banking system that have been around for the better part of a century. The biggest change that can affect individuals is the possible increase of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance from $100,000 up to $250,000 for one year. FDIC is insurance that member banks carry that insures deposits per customer up to this amount per year. FDIC was enacted during the Great Depression to avoid the event of people making a run on the bank and forcing a bank out of business for lack of funds. The increase from $100,000 to $250,000 is to give customers a better sense of security that their money is safe and will help to avoid future runs. The true cost to the taxpayer is not known. $700 billion is the treasurys best guess for a worst case scenario. However, if less is actually required, a prot, believe it or not, can be made on this money. The situation will not be xed overnight, but the best-case scenario is that this $700 billion gorilla does not gain size. If we think this number is bad, not doing anything now can turn this gorilla into a larger one.
Geoff Zahler is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at gzahler@nevadasagebrush.com.
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hallenges are an unavoidable and fundamental component to every aspect of life. They require effort and perseverance. Sometimes, we feel challenges become, well, too challenging. But at these moments, we make a decision, whether we realize it or not. We can sit back with minimal effort, go through the motions, wait for it to pass and then halfheartedly say that we gave it a shot. We can simply take the lashings of the whip and then nd a compromised joy in the fact that we lived through it. Or we can rise up, actively engage in the challenge and not be content until it is overcome. As we do this, we learn and develop new strengths that will help us beat other challenges when they come, as well as give us something to take pride in. Our nest moments can come in
the face of a challenge. But it is up to us to make that decision. For example, is your boss looking for someone to ll a promotion that you know that youre qualied to have? You essentially have two paths you could follow. One, you could be apathetic about it and sit back. If your co-workers are going through the same motions as well, you actually have just as much of a chance as they do of getting that promotion. However, if youre following the average crowd, what sets you apart from them? Which leads to the next option: You can go all out and put forth your best effort. Distinguish yourself from your average co-worker. Even if you are the most qualied for the position, dont be satised with just that. Come to work everyday with a purpose. That way when
the time comes to ll the position you will leave no doubt in your employers mind. During my sophomore year at Sparks High School, Rost I was playing Olsen on a varsity football team with 33 players. We were far from the most talented bunch. The varsity team hadnt won a game in close to two years, and we were playing our rst game against a talented team from Lowry High School in Winnemucca. We were down 13-7 in the closing minutes of the game, facing a short fourth down. On that play, we handed the ball
But its what we do when were down that makes the difference between success and failure.
to our stud running back. He took a major hit in the backeld and it looked like the game was about to be over. The ball wouldve gone back to Lowry and all they wouldve had to do is run the clock out. But somehow he stayed on his feet, refused to go down and took a few defenders with him across the rst-down line. Our team was red-up, the drive stayed alive and we ended up scoring the game-winning touchdown a few plays later with three seconds left for a spectacular 14-13 victory. That warrior knew he was getting the ball that play. He nished the game with 46 carries, an insane amount for a running back at any level. He had taken hard shots throughout, he was tired and he couldve just shut it down when he took that big hit. He had already put on a great individual performance. But he refused to be satised with merely a good individual performance and instead wouldnt stop until he got that rst down. And because of that extra effort, an almost became a victory. We all get tired and worn down sometimes. Thats life. But its what we do when were down that makes the difference between success and failure. Keep going and get your victory!
Rost Olsen is a certied personal trainer and a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at editor@sagebrush. com.
STAFF EDITORIAL: STUDENTS NEED TO KEEP RIVALRY RESPECTABLE

On Oct. 2, at 2:02 a.m., Snufeupagus wrote: So hows the weather up there on your high horse? This is the fourth time Ive attended a game in the student section and personally Im getting sick of the Sagebrush bashing fans with heart. If so many Nevada fans can get to Sam Boyd 6 hours before the game in the sweltering heat to support the team from start to nish, then they deserve to be a little rowdy. While Im not saying ghts are a good idea, UNLV fans are amongst the most obnoxious of the bunch, considering they think they live in the mecca of all civilization.
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1. Oklahoma (51) 2. Alabama (13) 3. Missouri (1) 4. LSU 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Texas Tech 8. USC 9. Brigham Young 10. Georgia 11. Florida 12. Ohio State 13. Vanderbilt 14. Utah 15. Boise State 16. Kansas 17. Oklahoma State 18. Virginia Tech 19. South Florida 20. Auburn 21. Wake Forest 22. North Carolina 23. Michigan State 24. Pittsburgh 25. Ball State 5-0 6-0 5-0 4-0 5-0 6-0 5-0 3-1 5-0 4-1 4-1 5-1 5-0 6-0 4-0 4-1 5-0 5-1 5-1 4-2 3-1 4-1 5-1 4-1 6-0
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Pack returns for battle with Aggies

Three-game road trip ends, New Mexico States spread offense awaits
By Juan Lpez
Nevadas blowout win against Idaho Saturday marked its rst Western Athletic C Conference opening p g win since 2005. The Wolf Pack lit up the Vandals, which is turning into scoreboard for 49 points against the Va a lucky number. In each of its three wins, Nevada has scored 49 points. The Wolf Pack will return home this week after a 35-day road trip to battle New Mexico State. State For the Aggies, Saturdays game will be its WAC opener. For F the Wolf Pack, this will be an opportunity to start 2-0 in the WAC and establish itself as a threat for the conference title.
2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS

*National ranking in parenthesis
Nevada
308 (4) 213 (61) 134 (46) 521 (8) 37 (20) 68 (7) 332 (118) 137 (98) 400 (94) 32 (103) 45 (8) 0.67 (NR) 2.25 (97) -.4 (79)
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105 (104) 322 (8) 105 (27) 427 (29) 28(56) 223 (113) 145 (6) 105 (27) 368 (70) 29 (90) 40 (55) 18 (NR) .5 (78) -1 (103)
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SPECIAL TEAMS/MISC.
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Wisconsin 96, Tulsa 85, Illinois 81, California 80, Northwestern 78, TCU 70, Georgia Tech 59, Kentucky 49, Florida State 36, Notre Dame 6, Fresno State 5, Arizona 5, Oregon 4, Boston College 3. DROPPED FROM RANKINGS Wisconsin 18, Fresno State 22, Oregon 23, Connecticut 24.
2008 LEADERS
KEEP IT SIMPLE
With the spread of offenses that Nevada has seen this season, the b basics of football have been translation. The team that can run lost in translati the ball and s stop the run is going to win the game. Sure, Su an 11-yard run up the gut isnt going to make SportCenters Top-10 plays, but it will keep the chains moving and the d defense reeling. Nevadas victories this year, it In Nev simple. The Wolf Pack averkept it s aged d 378 rushing yards and allowed just 27.6 rushing yards per game in its it ts three wins. In Nevadas losses, it averaged 203 rushing yards, but has s aver allowed 128 per game. Granted, its three wins were against teams with th hree w combined 8-11 record (Grama com bling State, University of Nevada, Vegas and Idaho) but its plain Las Ve see. When Nevada runs effecto see tively and stops the run, it results in vict victory for the boys in blue. New Mexico State averages 104.75 1 10 4.75 yards on the ground and up 222.8 rushing yards per gives u game. Th The Wolf Pack can use its run early against a weak Aggie degame earl pound it out for the win. The fense and p Aggies might put eight or nine men in the box to try and force Nevada to beat them air, but the Wolf Pack must through the a game plan. stick with the g
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1. Oklahoma (60) 2. Missouri 3. LSU (1) 4. Alabama 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Texas Tech 8. Brigham Young 9. USC 10. Georgia 11. Ohio State 12. Florida 13. Utah 14. Vanderbilt 15. Kansas 16. Boise State 17. Oklahoma State 18. Virginia Tech 19. Michigan State 20. South Florida 21. Wake Forest 22. Northwestern 23. Auburn 24. Wisconsin 25. California 5-0 5-0 4-0 6-0 5-0 6-0 5-0 5-0 3-1 4-1 5-1 4-1 6-0 5-0 4-1 4-0 5-0 5-1 5-1 5-1 3-1 5-0 4-2 3-2 4-1
Nevada Category C. Kaepernick Passing C. Kaepernick Rushing M. Mitchell Receiving U. Anyanwu Tackles New Mexico State C. Holbrook Passing M. Colston Rushing A. Harris Receiving D. Richardson Tackles
WAC STANDINGS
Stat/Game 191.4 yds 102.5 yds 76 yds 6.2
280.8 yds 52.5 yds 71.8 yds 11.5
Standings Conference
Boise State Nevada San Jose State Utah State Hawaii Fresno State Louisiana Tech Idaho 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2
Overall
4-0 3-2 3-2 1-4 2-3 2-2 3-2 2-2 1-5
New Mexico State 0-0
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES North Carolina 88, TCU 84, Tulsa 76, Ball State 75, Florida State 61, Georgia Tech 56, Kentucky 51, Pittsburgh 32, Illinois 25, Fresno State 19, Cincinnati 18, Arizona 16, Oregon 15, Notre Dame 11, Connecticut 8, Maryland 7, Boston College 6, Duke 1, Minnesota 1, South Carolina 1. DROPPED FROM RANKINGS Oregon 20, Fresno State 21, Connecticut 23.
NEW MEXICO STATE SCHEDULE
SECONDARY WILL BE MAIN TARGET

Despite the teams tea winning record, Nevadas secondary is still horrid at best. The Wolf Pack gives up an ave average 332 passing yards per game, which ranks ran 118th out of 119 teams in the Football Bowl Bo Subdivision. And despite being impressive, impressive the defensive rushing stats are misleading. Nevada allows just mis 67.8 yards on the ground per game, y but why would opposing teams run ru on them when they can pass with ease? p The Aggies will try to exploit the Wolf Pack through the air, as every other team has this year. New Mexico State is the No. 8 passing team in the nation with 321.8 passing yards per game. Senior quarterback Chase Holbrook has already thrown for 1,123 yards and 10 t touchdowns this season. It has a touc couple of capable receivers in senior Chris Williams, who has averaged 94.5 receiving yards per game, and junior junio Marcus Anderson, who has caught six touchdowns passes this season. Look Lo for the Aggies to pad their already impressive passing stats.
Juan Lpez can be reached at jlopez@nevada jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Date
Sept. 4 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Saturday Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29
Opponent Result/Time
Nicholls State at Nebraska at UTEP New Mexico Alcorn State at Nevada San Jose State at Idaho Boise State Hawaii at Fresno State Louisiana Tech at Utah State Cancelled L 38-7 W 34-33 L 35-24 W 45-10. 1:05 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m.
THIS WEEK
When: Saturday 1:05 p.m. Where: Mackay Stadium

(29,993; Field Turf)
Radio: ESPN Radio 630 AM All-time series record:

Nevada leads the all-time series with New Mexico State 10-1.
The coaches: Head coach
Hal Mumme is 10-31 in his fourth year at New Mexico State. Nevada coach Chris Ault is in his 24th season as Nevadas coach and has a 194-87-1 record.
MAKING THE CALL
STAFF PICKS
OPTIMIST SAYS: Nevada is nally
DIFFERENCE MAKER CHASE HOLBROOK

PESSIMIST SAYS: Nevadas great of-
rolling. The Wolf Pack has won backto-back games in convincing fashion and historically owns the Aggies (10-1 all-time). Colin Kaepernick comes home and kills New Mexico States pathetic excuse for a rush defense. Also, look out for thirdstring running back Lampford Mark in this one.
fense gets too much exposure. The pass defense is what people should talk about. Ranked 118th in the nation, Nevada couldnt stop Andy Dick from scoring. The Wolf Pack will have trouble with the No. 8-ranked pass offense in the country. The Aggies jump out to an early lead that the Wolf Pack cant run its way out of.
OUTCOME: Nevada wins 55-33.
OUTCOME: NMSU wins 45-38.
Get ready, Nevada. Just when you thought you were done with spread d offenses after a 69-17 defeat at Missouri and a 35-19 loss to Texas Tech, the spread pread offense is back. Led by quarterback Chase Holbrook, New Mexico State ate will spread four and ve receiver sets against Nevada. The offensive scheme eme has worked for the Aggies this season. Holbrook is ranked in the nations top-25 in many passing categories No. 17 in pass efciency (155.6), No. 16 in n completions per game (22)and No. 23 in total yards per game (277.3). Holbrook rook has three receivers with more than 250 receiving yards, but none more dangerous angerous than Chris Williams. Williams leads the Western Athletic Conference ce in receiving yards with 378. If the Aggies can jump out to an early lead with th the stellar tandem of Holbrook and Williams, the game could be closer than most Wolf Pack fans may think.
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Baldwin leads Pack above net

By Emerson Marcus
Nevadas Lindsay Baldwin can jump 10 times higher when she is under pressure, according to Nevada volleyball coach Devin Scruggs. She has very good blocking skills, Scruggs said. The 6-foot-1 Baldwin cant jump 100 feet to reach the ceiling at the Virginia Street Gym when she is under pressure, but this exaggeration does strike at her ability to get air. I jump a lot, Baldwin said. I think when it gets competitive my adrenaline helps me get higher. The sophomores ability to get higher led to a Western Athletic Conference blocking crown last season as a freshman (1.47). Baldwin was also named to the 2008 All-WAC preseason coachs team. You try to train for (blocking), but its just one of those things that comes natural, Baldwin said. Nevadas leader at the net has played sports all her life: basketball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis and the long jump. But its not all natural for Baldwin. She also works extremely long hours in the gym. Her favorite leg training technique is the Romanian dead lift. Baldwin and her teammates hold a bar in front of their waists as they bend at a 90-degree angle. Baldwin said she does about six to eight repetitions of 80 to 100 pounds. I think if I keep training, we can improve, she said. If I keep making improvements I have the potential to be the go-to hitter. Baldwin showcased her improvements at the net Thursday in the fourth set of Nevadas home loss to Idaho. She started a play with a blocked spike from the Vandals and then glided to her left before Idaho set up on the right side again. Baldwin then moved back to her right and reached for another block. When Nevada took back possession in the rally, she spiked a ball out of the reach of Idahos all-time leader in kills Haley Larson two blocks and one kill in the same play. Plays like that arent rare for Nevadas sophomore star. She can be unbelievable, Scruggs said. She said Baldwin was a step away from being one of the most dominant players in the conference. She is kind of hot and cold right now, Scruggs said. She is one of our players that I am looking for to emerge into our go-to player. Karly Sipherd was Nevadas middle blocker for the last four seasons. Sipherd led Nevada as one of its go-to blockers and kill artists. She is No. 2 on Nevadas alltime blocks list with 532 career blocks. You cant replace Sipherd, Baldwin said. We try to go in and do what we do best. Our strategy is more about moving the ball around. We try to pass the ball more often and use a more balanced attack. Team members said they hope they dont lose a beat this season with Sipherds near duplicate in the middle. Baldwin and Sipherd not only have similar skill levels, but both are also 6-foot-1 northern California volleyball stars. Lindsay is such a great listener, Sipherd said. She was always ready to learn. Baldwin still has two years after this season with the Wolf Pack. She thinks that her experience has led to success not usually experienced for a collegiate player her age. Compared to last season Ive already seen a lot more balls and a lot more kills, Baldwin said. Baldwin will have to learn how to lead fast as one of Nevadas youngest and brightest stars.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush. com
Sei
Nevada volleyball player Lindsay Baldwin jumps for a block at the Virginia Street Gym. Baldwin led the Western Athetlic Conference in blocks last season.
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an assistant coach for Nevada in 2002, but coached Sei for more than six years. We have a very close relationship because of all the time we have spent together, said Batalon, who calls Sei T-Rex because of her small hands and feet. Batalon noticed the small hands and feet when Sei was a freshman in high school. We thought they would grow, but they still havent, he said. It actually should hinder her ability as a setter, but she does ne. Sei traveled with Batalon around the country when they were on the Sierra Nevada Volleyball Club, and Seis mother often came with. Laraine also makes the 45-mile drive from Loyalton to watch every Nevada home game. Im her biggest fan, Laraine said. Laraine Sei was more than a fan for her daughter she was also a coach. Sonnie Seis high school volleyball coach quit her junior year. The team was going to get cancelled if it couldnt ll the empty coaching role, so Laraine lled that role. She worked as the athletic director at the local middle school, but didnt mind few more responsibilities to give her daughter a chance to keep playing high school volleyball. Sometimes I would argue with her just because it was my mom, Sei said. I felt comfortable bringing stuff up because it was my mom. Laraine said her daughter was easy to coach. She never gave me a hard time, she said. She never mouthed off. If she said she mouthed off she is only saying that to make herself look cool. Seis excellent passing skills gives the Nevada a vital asset. This season, Sei is no longer counting free throws in her backyard. She is now counting career assists at the Virginia Street Gym, which stands at 765. She has paid her dues and now it is her turn to shine for this team, Laraine Sei said.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.
Tough act to follow

By Emerson Marcus
Nevada replaced one of its strongest senior classes in school history this season. The Wolf Pack lost three seniors at three critical positions on the offensive side of the ball: outside hitter Teal Ericson, middle blocker Karly Sipherd and setter Ashley Miller. Our losses from last season have forced us to build a more balanced offensive attack, Nevada coach Devin Scruggs said. The balanced attack includes junior Sonnie Sei at setter, sophomore Lindsay Baldwin at middle blocker and sophomore Kylie Harrington at outside hitter. Replacing three Nevada greats wont be easy for the young Wolf Pack. Ericson is No. 3 on Nevadas all-time list in kills with 1,540, Miller is No. 6 on Nevadas assist list with 1,845 and Sipherd is No. 2 on Nevadas blocks list. The young players are being forced to fill in and gain experience, said Sipherd, who has stayed on the team as an underclassmen coach for the Wolf Pack and will graduate in December. Because of all the losses from last season, the team is being forced to learn fast, which will benefit them this year and next year. Harrington and Baldwin have led Nevada in kills this season with 173 and 152 in 15 matches. Ericson and Sipherd ended last season with 468 and 382 kills in 27 matches. Sei has 464 assists this year compared to Millers 1,083 assists. Last year was an exclamation mark season, Sipherd said. Nevada finished fourth in the Western Athletic Conference with a 10-6 record in the WAC. Nevada finished 16-11 overall compared to 2-4 in the WAC this season and 6-9 overall. Last year was a good way to end our athletic careers, Sipherd said. Sipherd was named to the
THE WOLF PACKS STARTING LINEUP
The Wolf Pack volleyball teams starting lineup from left to right: right side hitter Jorgen Staker, middle blocker Sage Aune, libero Nicole Link, middle blocker Lindsay Baldwin, outside hitter Kylie Harrington, setter Sonnie Sei and outside hitter Allison Hernandez.
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Former Wolf Pack middle blocker Karly Sipherd goes for a power hit in the 2006 Western Athletic Tournament. Sipherd is second on Nevadas all-time blocking list.
WAC second-team her first three seasons at Nevada, but made first-team her senior year. Ericson was also named to the WAC first-team last season, while Miller made WAC second-team. That was one of my main goals last season, Sipherd said. I set out that year on an individual goal to finally get first-team. It really felt good to complete something I really wanted. Sipherd wants to teach
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high school history after she graduates, but loves her job on Nevadas coaching staff. I hope they can appreciate what I can offer, she said. Miller also still works as a volleyball trainer. She is a certified personal trainer and teaches volleyball to young people age, 13-17. Ericson studied abroad last season in Spain and has a bachelors in English literature.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com
Nevada head coach Devin Scruggs sits with newly signed assistant coach Nate Haslett. Scruggs has coached the Wolf Pack for 12 years. Scruggs and Haslett watch on at Nevadas Pink Out for breast cancer awareness.
WOLF PACK BACKGROUND BRIEF

Nevada has been to ve NCAA tournaments: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. The Wolf Pack plays its games at the Virginia Street Gym, immediately north of the White Pine dormitory. Coach Devin Scruggs is 195-142 in her 12th year at Nevada.
Kylie Harrington, Nevadas offensive star, goes for a serve Thursday. Harrington leads Nevada in kills (173).
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2008 WAC volleyball teams preview

LISTED BY WAC RECORD
HAWAII RAINBOW WAHINE LEAD ALL-TIME SERIES 29-1 2007: 27-6, 15-1 IN WAC, WON WAC CHAMPIONSHIP, LOST IN SECOND ROUND OF NCAA TOURNAMENT TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 2008: 12-2, 5-0 IN WAC
Head coach Dave Shoji, in his 34th year with Hawaii, has recorded 965 wins. The Rainbow Wahine entered this season as winners of 12 straight Western Athletic Conference championships and are favored to take the title home again this year. Hawaii will have to deal with the loss of Juliana Sanders. The middle hitter was a three-time rst team All-WAC selection and ranks fth in total blocks in Hawaii history. The team returns senior outside hitter Jamie Houston, one of six returning starters. Houston was the WACs Player of the Year last year, giving Hawaii its 12th consecutive award. Hawaii is currently ranked seventh in the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Nevada will take on Hawaii at Hawaii, Oct. 31.
West Coast last year, the Aggies were, at one point, ranked 13th in the AVCA poll and nished the season ranked 21st by the AVCA. The only losses New Mexico State had in WAC play came at the hands of the Rainbow Wahine, the team who also beat them in the WAC tournament championship. Head coach Mike Jordan enters his 11th season at the helm of the Aggies volleyball program. New Mexico State returns seven letter winners, led by senior libero Krystal Torres, who was one of four Aggies to be selected to the All-WAC rst team last year. Earlier this season against Fresno State, Torres broke New Mexico States all-time dig record, breaking Vanessa Whites 19-year-old record of 1,594. The Aggies played the Wolf Pack earlier this season, sweeping Nevada 3-0 in Las Cruces, N.M.
the second team. In addition, Larsen etched her name in the Idaho record books earlier this year, setting the mark for career kills. Larsen also leads the WAC in kills and points so far this season. Nevada will be high on the Vandals radar this season as the Wolf Pack ended Idahos 2007 season. The two teams met in Nevada on Thursday with Vandals pulling out a 3-2 win.
SAN JOSE STATE
SPARTANS LEAD ALL-TIME SERIES 20-12 2007: 14-15, 7-9 IN THE WAC, LOST IN SECOND ROUND OF WAC TOURNAMENT TO NEW MEXICO STATE 2008: 7-10, 3-4 IN WAC
UTAH STATE WOLF PACK LEAD ALL-TIME SERIES 17-9 2007:1713, 11-5 IN WAC, LOST IN FIRST ROUND OF WAC TOURNAMENT TO SAN JOSE STATE 2008: 5-11, 3-2 IN WAC
Despite being upset by San Jose State in the rst round of the WAC tournament, last season was one of the most successful in the Aggies volleyball history. Utah State closed its regular season by defeating then 10th-ranked Hawaii 3-0. The Aggies handed the Rainbow Wahine its second WAC loss since joining the conference in 1996. Third-year head coach Grayson DuBose earned WAC Coach of the Year honors last season, becoming the rst coach in school history to earn such an accolade. Utah State returns ve starters but does have a key loss in outside hitter Amanda Nielson. She was named to the AVCA West Region rst-team last season. The Aggies do return ve starters. Senior outside hitter Melissa Osterloh, one of those returning starters, is trying to ll the void left by Nielson and is leading the team this year in kills and digs. Utah State played Nevada Sept. 27 at Logan, Utah and defeated the Wolf Pack 3-2.
IDAHO VANDALS LEAD ALL-TIME SERIES 16-12 2007: 13-17, 9-7 IN WAC, LOST IN FIRST ROUND OF WAC TOURNAMENT TO NEVADA 2008: 10-6, 3-2 IN WAC
The Vandals have been one of the more consistent teams in the WAC, nishing .500 or better in conference play for the past ve seasons. Ninthyear coach Debbie Buchanan is at the head of the team that returns nine letter winners and six starters. Leading the returnees are senior outside hitter Haley Larsen and junior middle blocker Sarah Loney. Both were named to the AllWAC team last year: Larsen to the rst team and Loney to
San Jose lost two letter winners from last seasons team, but returns ve to a team led by second-year coach Oscar Crespo. Much of the Spartans success will rest on the play of seniors Colleen Burke and Niki Clement. Burke, a middle blocker, was named to the 2007 All-WAC team, while Clement, an outside hitter, was named to the All-WAC second team. Clement and Burke were both named to the preseason All-WAC team and this year both reached the 1,000 career kill plateau, becoming only the 11th and 12th players in San Jose State history to achieve such a feat. The Spartans played Nevada Sept. 25 this season at Reno, beating the Wolf Pack 3-2. BOISE STATE WOLF PACK LEAD ALLTIME SERIES 20-13 2007: 6-23, 2-14 IN WAC, LOST IN FIRST ROUND OF WAC TOURNAMENT TO HAWAII 2008: 5-10, 2-3 IN WAC Third-year coach Robin Davis leads the Broncos volleyball program and returns nine players from last years team. Despite the lack of success
last season, having several players back should lead to better chemistry and better results on the court. Leading the returnees are senior Mandy Klein and sophomore Sadie Maughan. Klein, a setter, is one of the all-time assist leaders in Broncos history and will be looked to as a leader this season. Maughan, a 6-foot-4 middle blocker, led Boise State in blocks last season and leads them in kills and blocks this year. The Broncos played the Wolf Pack Oct. 4 in Nevada, with the Wolf Pack pulling out a 3-1 victory. FRESNO STATE ALL-TIME SERIES IS TIED 12-12 2007: 5-26, 3-13 IN WAC, LOST IN FIRST ROUND OF WAC TOURNAMENT TO NEW MEXICO STATE 2008: 5-10, 2-4 IN WAC One of the up-and-coming teams in the WAC, the Bulldogs have already equaled their win total from last year and are one conference win shy of surpassing last years total. First-year head coach Lauren Netherby-Sewell, who was hired in February after last years coach, Ruben Nieves, resigned, leads Fresno State. Netherby-Sewell comes from Hofstra where she led the Pride to its rst-ever Colonial Athletic Association Championship in 2006 with a 17-1 conference record. That year, she received an Honorable Mention for National Coach of the Year. Leading the Bulldogs this year is true freshman Brianna Clarke. The middle hitter leads the team in kills and is second in blocks. Clarke is one of many
trying to ll the void left by last years outside hitter Alisha McKee. McKee was a threetime WAC Scholar-Athlete and named to the Academic All-WAC team twice. After their game Saturday against Nevada, the Bulldogs will battle the Wolf Pack again Oct. 16 at Nevada. LOUISIANA TECH WOLF PACK LEAD ALL-TIME SERIES 11-0 2007: 6-24, 1-15 IN WAC, LOST IN PLAY-IN GAME OF THE WAC TOURNAMENT TO BOISE STATE 2008: 2-10, 0-5 IN WAC The Louisiana Tech volleyball program is the Pittsburgh Pirates of the WAC. Theyre just not good. The Lady Techsters have won only one game in WAC play since the beginning of the 2006 season and went nearly two years (Oct. 16, 2005 to Sept. 29, 2007) between conference wins. First-year coach Matt Sonnichsen will try to right the ship and win a few games along the way. The Lady Techsters key loss in the off-season was that of senior middle blocker Shannon Phillips. Phillips started every match for Louisiana Tech last season and ranks third all-time in blocks in the programs history. Taking Phillips spot in the lineup will be junior middle blocker K.C. Clayton, who is one of three returning starters. Clayton currently leads the team in kills and blocks per game. Nevada played the Lady Techsters Sept. 18 at Ruston, La. and defeated them 3-2.
NEW MEXICO STATE WOLF PACK LEAD ALLTIME SERIES 12-11 2007: 26-6, 14-2 IN WAC, LOST IN WAC CHAMPIONSHIP TO HAWAII, LOST IN FIRST ROUND OF NCAA TOURNAMENT TO LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 2008: 10-7, 5-1 IN WAC
One of the best teams on the
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back Deonte Jackson went up the middle on fourth down to break the Wolf Pack shutout. Linebacker Mike Bethea hit the line just before Jackson and the Vandals quarterback ipped right before the goal line.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.com
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Our defense was critical especially against their rushing attack, Ault said. The defense looked most impressive immediately before halftime when Idahos running
the Wolf Pack side of the eld. Gael midelder Danielle Spann gathered the ball and whistled the game-winning shot into the upper left corner of the goal from nearly 35 yards out,
skirting just underneath the crossbar. Near misses have been the story for Nevada all season. With shots hitting the crossbar and numerous more sailing just wide of the goal, Nevada suffered its fth one-goal defeat of the season. There is good news for the
Wolf Pack. It is playing its best soccer at the right time. I believe that we have gotten over the hump, Nevada coach Jaime Frias said. Now, it is just a matter of nishing plays. Nevada opens Western Athletic Conference play with home games against Hawaii (4-4-3) Friday and San Jose
State (2-6-3) Sunday. So far, we have had some unlucky breaks, but that is out of our control, Montejo said. It might sound strange, but I still feel confident about our chances in WAC play.
Terry Walsh can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com
Waterski
want to be a club, and they said Sure, Jacob said. The Associated Students of the University of Nevada provided the water ski team $500 for uniforms, $100 for registration, gas money to go to tournaments and $500 for a barbecue the team had in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union two weeks ago. The team collected about 90 signatures at the Nevada club fair earlier this semester, but only about 20 have committed to the team. Jacob and Nicole
Velez are actively pursuing new recruits for the team. The Nevada water ski team practices Monday and Tuesday each week at Boca Reservoir, 30 miles outside of Reno. The team competes in three events: slalom, long jump and trick. Slalom is performed while trying to avoid buoys in the water the less buoys you hit, the higher your score. The goal of long jump is to reach the maximum distance after riding a ramp. Trick is judged based on the ashiest performance off a ramp. Its hard being in Reno because we really only have four months to practice in the water, while other teams have up to
10, Jacob Velez said. Jacob and Nicole Velez compete in all three events and both t an athletic mold. Nicole Velez has the passion for the sport, without an ounce of fat on her body, while Jacob Velez is a tall, lean former baseball player. At Nevadas rst event in Chico, Calif. Sept. 27, teams competed during the day and partied at night. Each school devised its own costume theme after the competition. We were Egyptian, Nicole Velez said. It was a lot of fun.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush. com.
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Nevada rugby player Kyle Herzberg runs through tacklers at the Wolf Packs annual alum game. Nevadas alum game mixes old and new rugby players on the eld at the same time.
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Rugby battles alum

By Garrett Estrada
The Nevada rugby team battled an older, familiar foe Saturday at Wolf Pack Park. The Wolf Pack rugby alum hit the turf to take on the young Nevada team. Former Wolf Pack player Carl Zmaila, who strengthened the tough alum team, felt right at home. Rugby is a way of life, Zmaila said. The match up was dead even throughout, resulting in a narrow win for the young Wolf Pack rugby team. However, it was the alumni who really put the pressure on and made the Wolf Pack earn every score. The experience of the alums really helped their offensive push, led by Todd Clever and Zmaila. The back-and-forth struggle from both teams led to a very close game, which was ne for Coach Bruce Anderson. These guys were really experienced and are very good rugby players, Anderson said. The alum game is an annual tradition for the rugby program, which had its own interesting rituals. Each year the current team takes the alum out drinking the night before in an effort to liven them up. While the success of the late night plan was unclear during Saturdays match, a few players were still feeling the effects. Its a tradition, Nevada rugby player Jesse Carlson said. We go to the Waldorf and open a tab. Then we bring pitchers to the alum and start talking about old times. Carlson said the game is a friendly affair with the older players, but for the rookies its a chance to prove something. The rookies work hard to show the older guys what they can, Carlson said. For the old guys its a chance to show the young guys what they are still able to do. Coach Anderson knows that there is work that needs to be done for the team to be successful this season. The focus this year is to get everyone very t so they can play at this faster pace, he said. Still, alum like Zmaila would like to see the rugby program gain popularity and grow. Rugby is the most complete sport; it involves everything from kicking to throwing to tackling. You have to be smart, t and be able to think on your feet all at once.
Garrett Estrada can be reached at editor.nevadasagebrush.com.
Nevada freshman shooter Dempster Christenson aims at a target in practice Monday at the rie range on campus. Christenson is becoming Nevadas star shooter in his rookie season.
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Packs young star

By Emerson Marcus
Pack in the small bore with a score of 585. Nevada Andrew Hickey came in second with a 577 score in the small bore. (Hickey) is doing a good job of mentoring our young shooters, Harvey said. Especially Christenson. Harvey said the two Nevada shooters are always at the range on Evans Street practicing their abilities. They really work hard, he said. Much of the Wolf Packs success can be attributed to most of the Cornhuskers having the u. They had quite a few players under the weather, Harvey said. Probably just a traveling sickness. While none of the players got sick at the event, they did have a difcult time in their hotel the night before, Harvey said. The win gave the Wolf Pack its rst win of the season. Nevada lost to Texas Christian University Sept. 27. Its a really good win against a really good school, Hickey said. Its always a good thing to get a school of that caliber to come and play us. Nebraska was the No. 4 school in the nation last season. Nevada nished 2007-08 No. 8. The Wolf Pack plays at home against this week against the University of Texas at El Paso.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush. com
The Nevada rie team beat Nebraska on Sunday in its rst win of the season. Freshman Dempster Christenson led all shooters for the Wolf Pack with a career high in the air rie. I was really pleased with our shooters this week, Nevada coach Fred Harvey said of Nevadas rst home match. The Wolf Pack defeated Nebraska with an aggregate score of 4651-4563 in the Cornhuskers rst trip to Reno for a rie event. It was Christensons rst home match. I really didnt feel that nervous, he said. Ive been shooting in competitive events my entire life. Christenson also led the Wolf
Soccer team loses in OT

By Terry Walsh
The Nevada soccer team suffered a 2-1 heartbreaking defeat in double overtime after giving one of its best efforts of the season. The Wolf Pack (0-9-2) outshot Saint Marys College (7-4-1) by a resounding 19-6 margin, but was unable to capitalize on the numerous scoring opportunities it created throughout the match. It is just a matter of getting the nal shot on frame, said Miranda Montejo in reference to Nevadas inability to turn scoring chances into goals. But we did a good job of creating opportunities today. Nevada seemed poised to make a run at its first win of the season early in the contest. After Samantha Miller scored her second goal of the season on an assist from Jessica Thompson, the Wolf Pack had its first lead of the season eight minutes into the contest. Nevada took a commanding two-goal lead in the 16th minute. After St. Marys goalkeeper Tara Larson deflected Cristen Drummonds shot, Miller collected the loose ball in front of the Gaels net, but fired wide. The Gaels were able to tie the game in the 32nd minute when Nevada scored on its own goal. Challenging for the ball on a long throw in, Wolf Pack goalkeeper Marie Cove attempted to punch the ball away from a group of players in front of the net. Instead, the ball was redirected by a Nevada defender and trickled
Captain fails to produce, Ault says

By Emerson Marcus
Nevadas linebackers are stepping up behind senior captain Joshua Mauga. The Wolf Packs defensive team captain isnt getting a lot of attention because teams are running away from him instead of at him. Mauga only had three tackles in Nevadas 49-14 win Saturday against Idaho. His three tackles placed him eighth on the team in that statistic. We are somewhat concerned because of his production, Nevada coach Chris Ault. Teams are doing a good job putting a blocker on him. Stepping up behind Mauga has been linebackers Brandon Marshall, Adam Liranzo and Mike Bethea. Ault named Bethea Defensive Player of the Week when Nevada beat the Rebels Sept. 27 and his performance didnt drop Saturday against the Vandals. Bethea had ve tackles. Marshall tied Liranzo for the team lead in tackles Saturday with six.
KICKING LEADER
Nevadas Brett Jaekle kicked his way into history Saturday. Jaekle didnt attempt any eld goals, but he did convert on seven extra point attempts. His fth converted attempt against the Vandals moved him past Marty Zendejas (1984-87) for fth place with 170. It feels awesome, Jaekle said. Ive heard nothing but great things about (Zendejas). Its special.
(Kaepernick) has really made some nice progress as a passer, Ault said. Kaepernicks pass efciency stands at 144.7 on the season, which ranks 32nd in the nation.
TRICKY VANDALS
Idaho came into the game with Nevada ready to boot onside kicks. The Vandals had converted on three of ve on the season, but at the end of the game they were three of six. We practiced for it during the week, Ault said. Coach (Jim) Mastro did some research and found out they had a kicker who was good at kicking onside. We really have to hand it to our hands team for coming through on some of those plays. Idaho went for onside kicks after each score in the second half.
PASSING BETTER
Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick had his most accurate passing day of the season Saturday against the Vandals. Kaepernick connected on 19-of-24 completions and passed for 243 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.
Nevadas Alyx Sacks dribbles around a St. Marys defender in the Wolf Packs 2-1 loss to the Gaels. Nevada is still winless as it heads into Western Athletic Conference play.
into the goal along the back post. Both teams were held scoreless in the second half but the Wolf Pack, much as it did in the first half, controlled the tempo of the game and outshot the Gaels 8-2.
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In the 104th minute, Annabelle Allen hit a near-perfect shot from about 40 yards on the northeast side of the field. The shot struck the crossbar and the Gaels transitioned to
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The Wolf Pack takes on Boise State, breast cancer

By Emerson Marcus
Fans attending Saturdays Nevada Wolf Pack volleyball game wore pink to build awareness of breast cancer. The event came on the eve of Sundays Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. This is so important, Nevada coach Devin Scruggs said after Nevadas 3-1 win against the Boise State Broncos. The majority of the 782 fans at the Virginia Street Gym participated in the Pink Out and witnessed Nevada break its five-game losing streak. The crowd was the largest of the season for a Nevada volleyball game. This is special for me, Nevada outside hitter Sage Aune said. Aunes aunt Stacy Newman was diagnosed with breast cancer nine years ago. She has since survived the disease and lives in Sandy, Utah where Aune grew up and went to high school. Aune said she always keeps in touch with her aunt. I talk to her all the time, she said We are very close. Aune shot a .312 kill percentage for the game. She ranked second on the team in kill percentage. Nevadas Allison Hernandez led all attackers with 15 kills, which was a career high. Her previous career high had been 13. Her kill percentage was .324. Im surprised, Hernandez said. I dont really get to practice hitting because of my sore shoulder. Hernandez, Nevadas only senior, has been suffering a sore shoulder the entire season. Its a very common injury among volleyball players, Scruggs said. Hernandez was Nevada leader in digs last season (562), but hadnt been considered much of an offensive threat until Saturday. Im not trying to focus our offense around her, Scruggs said. It just so happened she came out aggressive tonight.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at nevadasagebrush.com
The Wolf Pack warms up for Saturdays game with the Boise State Broncos. Nevada wore pink to raise breast cancer awareness. Nevadas next game is Tuesday against Sacramento State.
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Inside Scoop
OCTOBER 7, 2008
A13
ON TAP
Football
New Mexico State 1:05 p.m.
SILK
AROUND THE WAC
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack is 1-0 in Western Athletic Conference play and will look to make it 2-0 against New Mexico State (2-2). Nevada has won two straight games after starting 1-2 with both losses coming from top-10 ranked teams. For the Aggies, Saturdays game will be their WAC opener.
Soccer
Hawaii Friday 7 p.m. San Jose State Sunday 1 p.m.
THE SKINNY: Nevada lost another pair of games last week to move its winless record to 0-9-2. This weekend, the Wolf Pack will open WAC play with a homestand against Hawaii (4-4-3) and San Jose State (2-6-3).
Fresno State quarterback Tom Brandstater drops back for a pass last season against Nevada. The Bulldogs ruined the Wolf Packs homecoming game, winning 49-41.
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Volleyball
Sacramento State Tuesday 7 p.m. Fresno State Saturday 2 p.m.
FOOTBALL
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack won its second WAC game last week, beating Boise State 3-1. Nevada (6-9, 2-4 WAC) will play its nal out-of-conference game Tuesday and will return to WAC action against Fresno State.
RANKED TEAMS
This weeks AP Top-25 poll and USA Today Poll yielded only one Western Athletic Conference team after having two for the majority of the year. Boise State remains as the lone ranked WAC team, 15th in the AP and 16th in the USA Today. The Broncos have been ranked since Sept. 21 when they broke into both polls. Falling out of both top-25 polls were the Fresno State Bulldogs after losing Hawaii this past weekend. The Dogs had been ranked since Aug. 31 and were one of the mid-major teams thought by many to have a chance to be a Bowl Championship Series buster. With two losses on their record now, the BCS is likely out of the picture, but they have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with on the West Coast.
Swimming and Diving

WAC Shootout* Friday-Saturday TBA * at Las Cruces, N.M.
THE SKINNY: Nevada will

open its 2008 season as two-time defending WACchampions. The Wolf Pack returns the majority of its team from last year, including last years WAC Swimmer of the Year, junior Margaret Doolittle.
UPSET
Nevada soccer player Jessica Thompson pushes downeld against St. Marys on Saturday. Nevada lost 2-1 in double-overtime.
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WHOS HOT
LAMPFORD MARK FOOTBALL The speedy running back had a career day Saturday against Idaho. Mark, a redshirt freshman, carried the ball 15 times for 81 yards, both career highs. Though he didnt reach the endzone, Mark was a force to be reckoned with and established himself as another reliable option in the talented Nevada backfield. If not for the injuries of running backs higher on the depth chart, Mark might not have had the opportunities he has now, but hes making the most of them.
Soccer team winless, in danger of missing tourney
The Hawaii Warriors upset the then-ranked Fresno State Bulldogs Oct. 4 at Fresno, Calif. An overtime eld goal by Hawaiis Daniel Kelly gave the Warriors a 32-29 victory and a huge upset in their back pocket. Before this game, Hawaii was 0-10 all-time in road games against a ranked team. Fresno State did not help themselves out much, turning the ball over six times to a Hawaii team that had forced only two turnovers going into that game.
WHOS NOT
MIRANDA MONTEJO SOCCER The senior is one of the most decorated soccer players in Nevada history but this year shes been anything but. Montejo came into this year one goal shy of tying the alltime Nevada record for goals in a season. She had 18 goals coming into the year but has none so far through 11 games and only has only taken six shots on goal. Her cold streak may be a result of the team play that has only scored ve goals this season.
evadas beloved soccer team lost another pair of non-conference games this weekend and now its time for Western Athletic Conference play. Time to get serious, ladies. Lets hope they do or Nevada will be in for one of the biggest letdowns in recent memory. This years WAC tournament will be held at Mackay Stadium Nov. 6, 7 and 9. In the WAC, only the top six teams qualify for the tournament, which means that two teams are left out every year. Our Wolf Pack is looking like one of those teams right now. Nevada currently sits at the bottom of the WAC totem pole at 0-9-2 and has scored only ve goals all season while alJuan lowing 24. Lpez Yes, the team still goes out every day, despite its record, and gives it all they can, but effort only goes so far. The Wolf Pack need wins or it might be in for a Nevada-less tournament. Is there anything worse than having teams from all over the West Coast come to your house for a tournament and your team isnt even a part of it? If this team has any pride, any guts, any thing, then theyll get it together and put up some victories. Its now or never.
FOOTBALL O-LINE
Enough about the running backs its time to give it up for the guys
doing the dirty work. Im sure everyone was up in arms when they heard senior running back Luke Lippincott was done for the season. And then the following week, when junior running back Brandon Fragger went down with a separated shoulder, Nevada fans had a woe-is-me attitude. But theres a reason the team did not panic. It knew its talented offensive line was still intact. No Lippincott, no Fragger, no problem. Nevada ranks fourth in the nation, averaging 308 rushing yards per game. Down to third-string sophomore running back Vai Taua and a couple of inexperienced backs, this o-line hasnt missed a beat. Taua has 426 rushing yards this year and six trips to paydirt while sophomore quarterback Colin Kaepernick leads the team with 511 rushing yards and eight touchdowns. Dont get me wrong, Kaepernick and Taua are a very talented pair, but Nevadas o-line has them looking like Michael Vick (pre-dog-ght asco) and LaDainian Tomlinson. The line, led by seniors Dominic Green, Josh Catapano and Greg Hall, is kicking ass and taking names. This line and offensive running scheme reminds me of the Denver Broncos. Every year the Broncos produce a 1,000-yard rusher, no matter who is the running back. This year, Nevada is doing just that. The Wolf Pack o-line doesnt talk about injuries or seek any recognition, but its time we give it some. Give it up for the big boys. Can I get a woop woop?
the news a lot lately, and its not because of their athletics. Their cheerleaders have been the subject of much scrutiny because of their once-skimpy outts. These outts featured a tasty two-piece that showed just the right amount of skin, in my humble opinion. But Idaho, being the old-lady state that it is, decided that this was too much. The university came down on the scandalous team and is now making them cover up in response to many complaints it has received from parents and alumni who attend the football games. Now the cheer squad sports black and silver volleyball shorts and football jerseys that makes it look more like a handful of Oakland Raiders wide receivers than an innocent cheerleading team. Let me get this straight. The school made the cheerleaders cover up because some old folks find their revealing outfits inappropriate. Inappropriate? No, inappropriate is losing a football game 70-0. Inappropriate is losing five games this season by an average of 36.2 points. Inappropriate is ordering a group of well-developed young ladies to cover up who are most likely responsible for half of the attendance at their football games. It seems to me the school is focusing on the wrong team. Maybe they should try winning more than one game in a season before they come down on a group of girls. Juan Lpez can be reached at jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com
QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY
Despite Saturdays surprising win against Fresno State, Hawaii still nds itself in the midst of a good-old-fashioned QB controversy. In Saturdays win, junior quarterback Inoke Funaki took every snap and threw for 170 yards and two touchdowns while only starting in his second contest of the year. His only other start this season was also a win, 36-17 over Weber State Sept. 6. In two of the teams ve games, senior Tyler Graunke has started but has lost both starts. Graunke is best known for leading then-12thranked Hawaii to a comeback victory against Nevada in the 2007 season. Neither has put up gaudy numbers (Funaki, 576 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 5 interceptions; Graunke, 388 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 3 interceptions) but the team success Funaki has endured this season as a starter may propel him to the starting spot for the remainder of the year.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

A Bronco and two warriors were named Western Athletic Conference Players of the Week. Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore, Hawaii defensive end Keao Monteilh and Hawaii placekicker Dan Kelly were named the WAC offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week, respectively. Moore, a redshirt freshman, went 20-28 for 325 yards and two touchdowns in Boise States 38-3 win over Louisana Tech. Monteilh, a senior, tallied seven tackles and picked off Fresno States Tom Brandstater twice. Kelly, a senior, connected on a career-high four eld goals including a 33-yard game-winner in Saturdays overtime win against Fresno State.
IDAHO CHEERLEADERS
The Idaho Vandals have been in
BY THE NUMBERS ARE THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS THAT HAVE OVER 100 YARDS RUSHING THIS SEASON. NEVADA AVERAGES 308 RUSHING YARDS A GAME. TWO ARE THE CONSECUTIVE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TITLES THE SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAM HAS WON. ITS FIRST MEET IS SATURDAY. 19 ARE THE NUMBER OF MATCHES THE RIFLE TEAM HAS WON AT HOME IN ITS LAST 20 HOME MEETS. IT BEAT NEBRASKA SUNDAY AT HOME 4651-4563. NINE ARE THE CONSECUTIVE TOUCHDOWNS SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER MARKO MITCHELL HAS SCORED OF OVER 28 YARDS. HE HAD A 48-YARDER SATURDAY AT IDAHO. 23:47 ARE THE MINUTES THE NEVADA SOCCER
TEAM HAS HELD A LEAD FOR THIS SEASON. IT HAS TRAILED FOR 17:1:45 THIS SEASON AND HAS A 0-9-2 RECORD. EIGHT-TEEN ARE THE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS THE NEVADA OFFENSE HAS SCORED THIS YEAR. IT RANKS FOURTH IN THE NATION WITH 308 RUSHING YARDS A GAME. 344 ARE THE DAYS THE NEVADA SOCCER TEAM HAS GONE WITHOUT A WIN. ITS LAST WIN WAS OCT. 26, 2007, 2-1 AGAINST THE IDAHO VANDALS.
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Sports
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008
A14
Seis chance
Setter Sonnie Sei will start this year after a two-season wait
By Emerson Marcus
ne, two, three39, 40, 41. Almost there. Nevada volleyball player Sonnie Sei would shoot free throws her senior year of high school outside her house in Loyalton, Calif. until she made 50 in a row. 47, 48, 49, miss. Start over again. It didnt matter if it was dark outside. She had a spotlight in the backyard. For Sei, calendars were separated less by months and more by basketball, volleyball and softball season. Seis father remembered one particular transition between one season and the next. After one of her junior varsity basketball seasons, Sei was upset so she asked her dad to get his mitt and play catch with her. We played until it was too dark to throw anymore, her father Corey Sei said. The transition lasted about as long as it took Corey Sei to open his car door and walk to the baseball diamond where they played catch. Sonnie Seis passion for sports and competitiveness was less nature and more nurture. Nevadas leader this season at the setter position didnt always have an undying competitive streak. That was instilled by her parents. Her parents were always there to ll in if Sei needed guidance. One of those moments was in seventh grade when Sei confused her mother after she struggled through the rst four events of a decathlon. I asked her, Whats wrong? Seis mother Laraine said. She looked at me and said I dont have to win. I dont always have to be the star. I told her, You have to be in it to do your best because its not a win for (the other girl) if you dont do your best. Sei won the remaining events and the decathlon. Of course we wanted her to win, Laraine Sei said. Were proud parents. Laraine Sei has many reasons to be proud of her daughter. Sonnie Sei was a varsity letter winner in volleyball, basketball and softball in high school. She received a fullride scholarship to play volleyball at Nevada. She is set to graduate with a degree in health ecology in 2010 and is the starting setter this season for the Wolf Pack. She is our quarterback, Nevada coach Devin Scruggs said. But it took two years before Sei could ll the role as the Nevada volleyball teams starting setter. When the slim, 5-foot-10 all-around athlete came to Nevada in 2006, she was forced to play back up to one of the greatest setters in Wolf Pack history. Ashley Miller nished her career last season sixth on Nevadas all-time assist list with 1,845. She only played two years for Nevada after transferring from Golden West College in Hunting Beach, Calif. No one can replace her, Sei said. But Sei has done exactly that in her rst year as a starter at Nevada. She has already recorded 464 assists in 14 matches this season. (Sei) is a lot different than me on the court, Miller said. She has a denite calming effect on the court in tough situations. I would get in someones face and was very energetic. She is mellower, which is good for pressure situations. It wasnt hard for Sei to move into Nevadas volleyball system she has been in it for eight years. Sei played volleyball for the Sierra Nevada Volleyball club, which was coached by Ray Batalon. Batalon became
Nevada volleyball player Sonnie Sei lays on the hardwood at the Virginia Street Gym. Sei is Nevadas 2008 leader from the setter position. This is her rst year as Nevadas starting setter.
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Pack pounds Vandals

By Emerson Marcus
Nevada running back Vai Taua didnt have to work too hard for touchdowns Saturday. It wasnt necessarily because of how well he performed. It was because his offensive line opened gaps the size of yesterdays stock market plunge. I was scoring touchdowns untouched, Taua said. Nevada rushed for 264 yards in its 49-14 Western Athletic Conference opener win. The Wolf Pack nearly rushed two times for every pass (47 to 24). The Union, as the players call it, helped Nevada push forward for big yardage. It really felt like the momentum of the line was moving forward, really pushing it, Taua said. Taua led Nevada rushers with 90 yards, but it wasnt all Taua. The game also saw the emergence of Nevada sophomore Lampford Mark, who ran for a single-game career-high 81 yards. (Mark) is making excellent progression, Nevada coach Chris Ault said. He just keeps getting bigger and better and faster. He is absorbing the sys-
Nevada water skier Jacob Velez ies off a ramp in Saturdays competition in Bakerseld, Calif. The water ski team is in its rst year.
JACOB VELEZ
Club gets ying start

By Emerson Marcus
Knees. Trees. Freeze. Nevada water ski member Nicole Velez recites these words as she ies off a ramp during a competitive water ski match. The goal is to bend your knees as you hit the ramp, she said. Then you have to stare at the trees and right before you get airborne you freeze. It may sound simple, but dont be fooled by the easy three-word philosophy this sport is tough. Nevadas rst-year water ski team placed 12th Saturday at the Western Regional Championships in Bakerseld, Calif. The 12th-place nish was dead last, but that doesnt take away from the young teams fun in the water. Its one of the scariest things youll ever do, but its so much fun, Velez said. Velez, a freshman, competes on the rst-year Nevada water ski team with her brother Jacob Velez. The two athletes have competed in the sport since they were ve when their parents would pull a rope in shallow water and drag their children who were holding on to the end. Jacob Velez came to Nevada last year. Jacob Velez, along with team manager Clayton Sullivan, helped establish Nevadas rst water ski team last semester by traveling to UC Davis. We just hopped in a truck, took some sleeping bags and drove to Davis, Jacob Velez said. We didnt compete, though, we were just trying to make contacts. The team didnt become an ofcial club sport on campus until this summer. We walked up to the club organizers at the (Joe Crowley Student) Union and asked we
Nevada running back Vai Taua runs through a missed tackle Saturday in the Wolf Packs 49-14 Western Athletic Conference opener win.
tem very fast. Mark sat out the rst two games of the season, but has seen increased playing time ever since the injuries of Luke Lippincott (ACL, out for season) and Brandon Fragger. Fraggers shoulder separation occurred week three at Missouri. Fragger was dressed and on the sideline Saturday, but did not play. Ault didnt talk about Fragger at Mondays press meeting, but Taua gave reason to expect Fragger would be back soon. When asked if Fragger was coming back, Taua said, Thats what I heard. Taua said Fraggers presence would really help the Wolf Pack. He brings another style of rushing, Taua said. He gives us another guy the defense has to watch out for. Nevadas running game was also spurred by 2008 Wolf Pack leading rusher Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick added 57 yards to his rushing total, which stands at 511 on the season. Kaepernick is also ranked 24th in the nation in rush yards and is the nations No. 2 best rushing quarterback
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behind Louisiana Lafeyettes Michael Desormeaux. Kaepernick does lead the nation in yards per carry (9.5). Once in the open eld its a great feeling, he said. Getting one-on-one with a guy is a good thing. Rushing was also a key on the defensive side. Nevada only allowed 24 rush yards in the game and 0.9 yards per carry. The Wolf Pack also nailed the Vandals in the backeld for 58 yards lost on the ground.
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Arts&Fashion
OCTOBER 7, 2008
B1
Tracking Trends
University of Nevada, Reno students Charlie Jos, top left, Schuyler Roberson, top right, Selah Arnold, bottom left, and Britni House, bottom right, model some fall fashions.
CLOTHES COURTESY OF DILLARDS, JUNKEE CLOTHING EXCHANGE AND THE NICHE
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fall fashion preview
Textures & layers

ashion. Some people say you either have it or you dont. I say, hell, have fun with it, which lucky for all of us, is what this fall season is all about. From vintage throwbacks, layers galore and playfully funky accessories that will have even the tame at heart grabbing for more, this season promises some of the best assortments of textures and styles for both men and women. Ladies, the 1940s called and they want their style back. During the chilly months ahead, no girl should be without the seasons mustshigh-waisted skinny pants and skirts (so much hotter than mom jeans), a mens styled blazer vest and all the little feminine details ala rufed blouses and softer-styled dresses. Of course, pairings are crucial. Heavier, leather bomber jackets are not only warm, but give a little bit of edge to that almost sheer lacey slip underneath. The idea behind it being that youre sweet but can hold your own. While long, dangly, charmed jewelry accessories from last season are still making an appearance, try out something funky this time around. Think peacock feathers pinned to your hair. Think fedora hats. Think small, jazzy clutch purses. Cardigans, cardigans and more cardigans. Enough said, right? Rule of thumb for nding the perfect sweater companion think long. A longer cardigan equals multiple fall-worthy outts to play around with and mix up. Try wearing a long cardigan as a dress itself with some designed leggings and jazz shoes or ballet ats. Or for extra layers, pull it over the cute dress you refuse to put away since the temperature dropped. Add some at, comfortable, leather walking boots and voila, you can give Carrie Bradshaw a run for her money.
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With some vintage-inspired pieces, Selah shows the new meaning of modern classic. The high-waisted jeans accentuate the figure and the straw fedora hat gives a swanky Sinatra vibe. And of course, ruffles make any vest ensemble sing. The jeans were very form flattering, Selah said. The way they come in at the waist, they make you look longer and more elegant. Shirt-Dillards, $24; Vest-Dillards, $39; Jeans-Charlotte Russe, $34.99; Hat-Peter Grimm, $36 Britni plays up a tried and true gray cardigan and makes it pop with a bright, flapper-esque dress underneath. The waist, a big focus this season, is worn high with a simple wraparound belt that matches the flat, leather walking boots. Cardigan-Urban Outfitters, $48; Dress-The Niche, $38.95; BeltJunkee Clothing Exchange, $6; Boots-Models own from Aldo, $150; Glasses-Savers, $5; Feather hair accessory-Michaels Craft Store, $2.99
Leather jackets add condence to any girly outt and when paired with skinny jeans, will look toughgirl sexy this fall. You can never go wrong with a pair of skinny jeans, Britni said. Jacket-H&M, $49.90; Slip topUrban Outtters, $54; NecklaceModels own from Urban Outtters
Tights come back with a bang. Look for zig-zag patterns on tights this season and pair them with pretty much anything: long shirt dresses, underneath shorts (shown here) or with cardigan dresses. Go wild. Tights-Target, $5.99; Shorts-Junkee Clothing Exchange, $10; Shirt-Urban Outitters, $28; Necklace-Charlotte Russe, $6
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ents, dont stop reading now. Fashion previews often sadly sidestep you, which in all fairness, just isnt fair. This season, things have slimmed down for you, but in a good way. While the skinny guy jeans (think any member of the band Kings of Leon) should never resemble girls jeans, slimmer tting, tailored jeans are in this season. Both Levis and Volcom jeans are good places to start. That being said, jeans come in many colors. Dont be afraid to branch out. Look for different rinses; maybe even pick up those edgy gray colored Levis youve been eyeing. A more diverse color palette for jeans will only help enhance those all-too-often roll out of bed and grab clothes scenarios. Hey, weve all been there, right? The V-neck shirt is not just for the Italian men with gold chains and chest hair anymore. Shoot for a more snug t as it
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will allow you room to pair it underneath a variety of things. Throw in some playful screen-printed shirts from likes of local thrift stores (Savers and Junkee) and save money in the name of fashion. Band shirts and even the occasional random Mule-Man Festival in Fallon are always worth a closer look and even better conversation starters. Cardigans, perfect over those funky T-shirts, plays off its preppy roots and dresses up any outt. Last years plaid craze, thanks to men like Adam Brody, is making a strong resurgence, and when teamed with a fun cardigan or the staple zip-up hoodie for extra warmth, gives the dork look whole new meaning sexy. Hoodies with brightly colored stripes, often found from snowboarding companies, blend well with our mountain sports-friendly area. Keep an eye out for those with one bright hue like pink and purple to add a little retro 80s air.
Move over Brawny man, Charlies sporting the plaid now. Shirt-Dillards, $50 Trekking through the forest, Schuyler tests out this seasons hottest thing for men slimmer tting jeans. CardiganDillards, $75; T-shirt-Junkee Clothing Exchange, $6.50; JeansDillards, $74
Combining the golden yellow V-neck and sky blue Vans, Charlie mixes up a fun, fall color palette. Shirt-Gap, $16.50; Jeans-Models own from the Levis Store; ShoesModels own from the Vans store
GET THE LOOK

To nd the clothes we used for this fashion preview, or to nd similar styles, check out these stores: Dillards: Summit Sierra, 13933 S. Virginia St. Junkee Clothing Exchange, 960 S. Virginia St. The Niche, 299 E. Plumb Ln. The Gap: Summit Sierra, 13945 S. Virginia St; Meadowood Mall, 5270 Meadowood Mall Cir. Charlotte Russe: Summit Sierra, 13921 S. Virginia St.; Meadowood Mall, 5352 Meadowood Mall Cir. Urban Outtters, urbanouttters.com Target, 3300 Kietzke Ln.; 6845 Sierra Center Pkwy. H&M, hm.com Savers, 3800 Kietzke Ln., 2350 Oddie Blvd. Vans, 13987 S. Virginia St. Aldo Shoes, 5532 Meadowood Mall Cir., 13925 S. Virginia St.
Other stores to check out:

Platos Closet, 1509 S. Virginia St. Levis, 13925 S. Virginia St. Maurices, 227 Los Altos Pkwy. Kalifornia Jean Bar, 290 California Blvd. The Park, 214 California Ave. American Apparel, americanapparel.net Rad Bettys 141 Vesta St. Old Navy, 13925 S. Virginia St., 4891 Kietzke Ln. Out of Bounds Board Shop, 235 E. Plumb Ln. Sashas Boutique, 250 W. First St.
A brightly colored, striped hoodie blends well with our snowboard-friendly area. A V-neck gives dimension to the outt. Hoodie-Dillards, $70; Sunglasses- Dillards, $135; V-neck- Walmart, $8 for a ve-pack of shirts
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arts & entertainment

FILM REVIEW
Cute romance has nite reality

By Ruth Anderson
Nick and Norahs Innite Playlist is a splendidly funny comedy that lacks believability but keeps viewers rolling with laughter. Director Peter Sollett, known for smaller lms such as Raising Victor Vargas, has taken a superb step with this witty comedy. In the lm Juno, star Michael Cera plays the awkwardly funny Nick, a lovesick teen who has just separated from his sexually sloven ex-girlfriend, Tris (Alexis Dziena). To help recover from the breakup, Nick makes Tris mixed CDs with the inated hope that she will return to him. On the contrary, she throws the CDs into the trash as soon as
NICK AND NORAHS INFINITE PLAYLIST
Starring: Michael Cera and Kat Dennings Genre: Comedy, Romance, Music Grade: B
she receives them. However, Norah (Kat Dennings), Triss schoolmate, takes them from the trash and adds them to her iPod. Although Nick and Norah have never met, they seem to be musical soul mates. In a twist of events, the two nally meet in New York. The only straight member of his gay band, the Jerk Offs, Nicks musical taste is as diverse as his friends. To help him recover from his heartache, his band members
take him into New York to play a gig, where he meets Norah. They embark on a wild adventure leading them around New York in search of the elusive band Wheres Fluffy. Predictably, they are brought together through their love of music. Although the film is rife with humor, it is not very realistic. It seems unlikely that seniors in high school are allowed
to wander the streets of New York and enter bars without trouble. The scenarios presented in the film seem better fitted to older characters, or at least those of legal drinking age. Nevertheless, the movie is excellently written and well cast, leaving viewers satisfied.
Ruth Anderson can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com
FILM REVIEW
Blindingly bad
By Jay Brissenden
For such an epic lm that tries to capture the raw and brutal side of humanity, there is little light to be seen in Blindness. Blindness gives a dark glimpse of what the world would be like if almost the entire population was to go suddenly blind. The story focuses around the journey of a doctor (Mark Ruffalo, Reservation Road) and his wife (Julianne Moore, Im Not There). After examining the rst man to experience this blindness, the doctor quickly becomes blinded as well, while the wife somehow remains unaffected. When the doctor is shipped off to a quarantine zone, the wife lies about the fact that she is blind as well in order to go and support her husband. In the quarantined facility, the doctor and his wife must deal with inhumane conditions as well as cohabitating with hundreds of others who are now blind. In one of the darkest lms of this decade, director Fernando Meirelles creates a terrifying lm that quickly overstays its welcome. The idea of people turning savage in times of crisis was perfectly exemplied in last years horror lm The Mist. In Blindness the situation portrayed onscreen is so raw and disturbing, it sometimes becomes unbearable to watch.
BLINDNESS
Starring: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Gael Garcia Bernal Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Grade: D+
Stylishly lmed, Meirelles brings an undeniable sense of reality to the lm. Through blindingly white shots, the viewer is able to experience what the characters onscreen are going through. In short, the headache that comes from these shots makes for an even more unbearable moviegoing experience. Since everyone is in such a depressed and deprived state, it is hard to pick a standout performance. If there was one, it was Gael Garcia Bernal as the savage leader from ward three of the facility that tries to take advantage of the prisons vulnerable inhabitants. With no moral standards to speak of, it is Bernal who brings this movie to its ultimate level of grotesqueness. In trying to be 2008s most daring lm, Blindness basically can be classied as an intriguing story lost in a repugnant mess.
Jay Brissenden can be reached at jbrissenden@nevadasagebrush. com
Vibe
OCTOBER 7, 2008
B5
FILM REVIEW
UPCOMING RELEASES
TUESDAY/7
DEERHOOF OFFEND MAGGIE
Genre: Indie, Pop Description: With their newest album, artsy rockers Deerhoof have made a point to keep their fans involved in their music making process. During the summer, the band offered their new song Fresh Born in the form of sheet music in hopes that fans would create their own versions. The album offers many innovations on songs like Chandelier Searchlight.
MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO & SOS ANIMAL!, NOT ANIMAL
Viggo Mortensen, left, and Ed Harris, right, play two town-hopping cowboys trying to keep the peace while confronting inner demons and personal rivalries in Appaloosa.
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Genre: Indie, Rock Description: The release of the second full-length album from Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos was delayed due to disagreements with the bands record label. The compromise was that the group would release two versions Animal! available on vinyl and as an online download and Not Animal available on CD, vinyl and as an online download.
Jumbled plot almost too dull to bear

Ed Harriss sophomore directing attempt fails to rival other new westerns
By Jay Brissenden
Offering an acclaimed cast and a throwback to old westerns, Appaloosa moseys along and delivers a muddled plot that is less exciting than spitting into a bucket. Ed Harris (National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets) and Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) star as Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, two friends who offer protection to any town that asks for it. When Randall Bragg (Jeremy Irons, Eragon) threatens the way of life in the small town of Appaloosa, the two are called in. With Cole as the marshal and Hitch as the deputy, justice is quickly served and order slowly returns to the town. That is, until Ms. Allison French (Renee Zellweger, Leatherheads), a recently widowed, piano-playing cutie arrives in town. With Allison now in the picture, the friends begin to have a problem keeping their priorities straight. With the start of fall comes the annual widely-released western lm. Last year, gun-slinging action lovers were treated to the thrilling Russell-Crowe-and-ChristianBale showdown 3:10 to Yuma. This year, Hollywood tried to repeat Yumas success with a lm written, directed and starred by veteran actor Harris. With so much to do, Harris forgot to add any excitement to a very typical and dry western. Unlike Yuma, Appaloosa has only a couple of action sequences worth mentioning. In fact, there is only one old-fashioned shoot-out, which comes near the end. All other so-called action comes in the form of one man shooting and killing another man at close range.
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Genre: Rock Description: British rockers The Pretenders release their ninth album, Break Up the Concrete, with two remaining original memberssinger/ songwriter/rhythm guitarist Chrissie Hynde and drummer Martin Chambers.
APPALOOSA
Release Date: Oct. 3 (Nationwide) Director: Ed Harris Starring: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger and Jeremy Irons Genre: Western, Action Rating: R for some violence and language. Grade: C
Since action wasnt the main theme of the lm, Harris must have wanted the psychology of the old-fashioned gunslingers to be the center point. While both characters are given great amounts of time to grow, the
not-so dynamic duo makes one hell of a boring character piece. With Harris playing the quiet and intimidating marshal, Mortensen can only follow his lead and play a subdued yet wise deputy that is only good at looking threatening and providing his boss with intellectual words. Its honestly hard to imagine how wearisome the book that this lm is adapted from must have been when listening to the twos mundane banter. With the leads not bringing much to the table, it was up to Irons to bring the lm out of its muck. While Irons has and always will be the perfect choice to play a villain, he hardly gets any time to display his menace. Out of the dreary two hours of this lm, Irons is lucky to have 20 minutes of screen time. Zellwegger also attempts to brighten up this lm, but fails like
the rest of the cast. Looking quite unappealing, Zellweger adds only an unneeded and underdeveloped subplot. One day she arrives in town and the next, she and Harris are arguing about what kind of drapes to put in their new house. Her perky playfulness does bring a sliver of light to the lm, but overall, she feels out of place. On a positive note, Appaloosa does have gorgeous cinematography and not once is the phrase Howdy, partner spoken. As the lm comes to a close and Mortensen is seen riding off into the sunset, some people might feel content with Harris sophomore directing attempt, but most will probably just have to be woken up.
Jay Brissenden can be reached at jbrissenden@nevadasagebrush. com
THE HAPPENING-DVD RELEASE
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo Description: The latest from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening follows a family as they try to escape from a natural crisis that threatens to destroy humanity. Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi Rating: R
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BODY OF LIES
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and Mark Strong Description: Based on the novel by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, Body of Lies tells the story of a CIA operative who travels to Jordan to track a terrorist leader. Genre: Action, Drama, Suspense Rating: R
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Previously banned book is magical classic

The American Library Association (ALA) celebrates challenging books during the last week of September every year. By protecting unpopular or unorthodox views, the ALA reminds Americans not to take freedom of expression for granted. In celebration of Banned Books Week, I took a trip down to the public library last Thursday with my girlfriend Aschley in Nathan the hopes of Slinker digging up a controversial and relevant book to review. As we walked through the library, I stopped to take a last look at the display of controversial books that had been set up. A big hardback stuck out at me and I reached for it: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Aschleys eyes lit up as she told me that the Chilean author would be speaking on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union as part of the celebrations for Hispanic Heritage Month. So I took the book from its arranged space, checked it out and feverishly read the weekend away. The House of the Spirits is Allendes debut novel, written while the author was in exile from Chile and published in Spain in 1982. The book made No. 67 on the list of books most frequently challenged from 1990-2001, according to the Ofce for Intellectual Freedom, of the ALA. Multiple schools have banned or tried to remove Allendes novel THE HOUSE from their OF THE shelves on SPIRITS the basis that they think it Author: is immoral, Isabel Allende defames the Copyright: Catholic faith, 1982 in Spain contains Genre: pornographic Magical realpassages and ism, Autobiois ultimately graphical sexually Pages: depraved. 368 Which means its about people. And its sublime in its beauty and horror. The novel focuses on the history of an aristocratic Chilean family in which the madness was divided up equally, and there was nothing left over for [them] to have [their] own lunatic. From the early 20th century up through the political disruption of the 1970s, the Trueba family is laid bare on the page. The central male gure, Esteban, is inclined to furious outbreaks, chronic hatred, depression, violence and rapist tendencies. In his youth, Esteban satises his lust by picking peasant women off their feet, throwing them onto his horse and riding into the hills to force himself into them. With bastard children spread across the Chilean countryside, Esteban nally marries Clara, a whimsical clairvoyant who is wrapped up in the spiritual realm. When Clara is a child, a Catholic priest declares her possessed by the devil. As she matures, her kind, gentle manner buries the churchs opinion. The House of the Spirits is placed into the broad genre of magical realism. Two of the women of the family are born with green hair, Esteban starts shrinking and must gradually buy smaller shoes and have his clothes hemmed, and Clara plays Chopin on the piano without touching the keys. But the physical passion and psychological trials are as powerful as Allendes imagination. The feminine strength exhibited by Clara, her daughter
QUARANTINE
Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez and Columbus Short Description: A television reporter and her crew nd themselves trapped inside of an apartment building that has been quarantined by the police after following up on reports of attacks within. Genre: Horror, Mystery, Suspense Rating: R
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Author Isabel Allende will speak in the Joe ballroom on Thursday.

Blanca and the child Alba could only be called superhuman. Between blood and owers; between kisses and guns; between ninety names for God and the devil is Allendes classic gem of Chile. If you miss her on Thursday, Allendes modern classic will always wait on the library shelves, provided we continue to celebrate the human passion and free expression from which controversy commonly stems.
Nathan Slinker can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com
LATINO RESEARCH CENTER
Starring: Dennis Quaid and Rob Brown Description: Based on the life of Ernie Davis, this lm follows a college football hero who became the rst African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Genre: Drama Rating: PG
Laughing his way to the top

By Casey OLear
On Saturday, Oct. 4, University of Nevada, Reno alumni-turnedstand up comedian K-Von performed at the Grand Sierra Resort with veteran comedian Jamie Kennedy. K-Von opened the showhis rst ever in Renoby referencing UNRs recent triumph over UNLV and making other jokes about the Reno community. I was really happy with the way it went, he said. I started out with Reno jokes that Ive never done before because nobody else would get them. K-Von graduated from UNR with a degree in business before he decided to move to Los Angeles to chase his dreams in the entertainment industry. In college, I had no idea how to get started with comedy, he said. My rst priority was to get my college degree. I used to write jokes in the backs of my notebooks in class. The more boring the class was, the more jokes I would write. Then I moved to LA and it was a great chance to have a clean slate. During his time onstage, KVon joked about subjects ranging from his Persian heritage to current politics: You know hes not going to raise taxes, he cant even raise his arms, he teased about Sen. John McCain. Every time something new or crazy comes out of the news, you have to think, Whats funny about this? he said. Theres always new material. You have to keep it open and keep your improv options open. When I watch someone
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onstage, they have to talk about things that keep the audience interested. If youre not keeping them engaged for 30 or 40 seconds, you lose credibility. Thats why its so stressful. Its hard. You have to think of cool, interesting topics or topics that everyone can relate to. K-Von has even translated his comedic prowess to televisions everywhere by appearing on Showtimes Comics Without Borders and as the lead in the horror/comedy ick Gingerdead Man 2. No one pictures you in a movie until youve done a movie, he said. You have to show them what youre capable of. Hollywood likes to have a bandwagon. With every movie you make, you expand your audience. Its fun to get to be a character and take risks. K-Von has recently been performing shows with Kennedy, who is best known for his roles in the Scream movies, Malibus Most Wanted and his television show The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. Its a really great opportunity, said K-Von. Hes been doing this for over 15 years. He has great command of the stage, and he has a successful movie career. Kennedys set also consisted of jokes about politics, race and sexI talk about sex, but I dont know much about it, he said repeatedly throughout the show. He also referenced the overseas travel he has done while touring his comedy, including a very lengthy simulation of English pornography. After spending a bit of the night
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Transsiberian at The Nevada Museum of Art The Nevada Museum of Art will present this lm about an American couple aboard the Trans-Siberian Express train who nd themselves immersed in a ring of drug trafcking and deceit. 160 W. Liberty St. Reno, NV Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 and $7 for museum members.
FRIDAY/10
The Pack with The Cataracs at New Oasis Berkeley indie hip-hop groups The Pack and The Cataracs stop in Reno on their October One Night Stand Tour of the West Coast. 2100 Victorian Ave. Sparks, NV Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door. Guttermouth with antipanti and 3 Up Front at The Underground Veteran pop-punk rockers Guttermouth will perform with Lake Tahoe locals anti-panti and Northern Californians 3 Up Front. Guttermouth is famous for the groups humorous attempts to shock and offend the audience. 555 E. Fourth St. Reno, NV Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.
Comedian K-Von performed at the Grand Sierra Resort Saturday night. This was the rst performance for K-Von in his hometown. K-Von graduated from UNR in 2003 and is currently touring with comedian Jamie Kennedy.
interacting with rowdy audience members, Kennedy ttingly closed the show by presenting excerpts from his recent comedydocumentary Heckler which analyzed and discussed heckling and criticism, enlisting the input of many famous comedians such as Carrot Top and Bill Maher. At the end of the month, K-Von will be performing at the Silver Legacy casino and is planning
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to offer discounted tickets for college students on his Web site www.k-voncomedy.com.
Casey OLear can be reached at colear@nevadasagebrush.com
SATURDAY/11
Reno Winter Sports Film Festival at Grand Sierra Resort The Grand Theater presents two lms centered on winter sportsElevation 4 and Boondockers Alive. The audience will also have the opportunity to meet the lmmakers and athletes and will be able to enter a rafe for a chance to win up to $2,000 in prizes. 2500 E. Second St. Reno, NV Show starts at 7 p.m. WWE presents Raw at Lawlor Events Center World Wrestling Entertainment presents its professional wrestling show in Reno boasting an elaborate performance featuring a high-tech set with over 1,000,000 LED lights. 1500 N. Virginia St. Reno, NV Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $22 to $42. Weston Buck and Wayward with We Are The Arsenal and Days No Different at The Underground The ever-amboyant Weston Buck co-headlines a show with pop-rockers Wayward. Accompanying the two are Reno natives Days No Different and Orange Countys We Are The Arsenal. 555 E. Fourth St. Reno, NV Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12
The club scenes hidden Gems

Reno native DJ Jazzy Gems spins eclectic mixes of jazz, funk and rap
By Danielle Gonzalez
Music boomed out of a cluster of speakers. Colorful rotating lights spun around the room. A young man behind a set of turntables had heads bobbing and bodies moving all night to high-energy remixes. Aaron Shulman, 22, a local disc jockey, has a passion for breaking out new beats and making his music-craving crowd bust a move on the dance floor. His mind is constantly cluttered with ways of bringing a new sound and flavor to his audience. Hes known by his listeners as DJ Jazzy Gems. Gems style, love for music and love for the people at his events set him apart from other local disc jockeys. Mixing up beats from underground hip-hop, soul, jazz, old school hip-hop, funk music, to todays rap and hip-hop music, he has the ability to make anyone get up and move. Music to me is life. It makes me feel good and makes others feel good and being a DJ is my way to give back to people to take their minds off of troubles in life, Gems said. Although Gems can blend any type of music together seamlessly and he looks like he listens to a variety on a regular basis, he prefers the more jazzy and soulful types of music. His name, Jazzy, originates from the days when he would buy cheap 70s and acid jazz albums to practice with on his second-hand turntables. The name Gems gave rise when he would tag that name around Reno. Doing graffiti introduced him to hip-hop. Hip-hop sparked his interest in becoming a DJ. He began rocking the decks in 2004. His first gig was at a house party with about 50 people in the crowd. Foggy puffs of cigarette smoke billowed into the air. The stale smell of alcohol lingered in the room. Gems had that party on lock with his upbeat remixes. I was nervous as hell at the party, Gems said. My palms were sweaty and I was shaky. In 2006, he brought his dance fever abilities to the University of Nevada, Reno. He worked for Wolf Pack Radio for six months. He played his mixes of hip-hop, underground hiphop, trip-hop and funk break music. Being a DJ is an art. He has to pay attention to his crowd and know what to play and when to play it. Like any art form, it takes time and dedication to master the craft. Gems is the whole package type of DJ. One night he might be setting the dance floor on fire with his upbeat remixes. Another night he might be at a wedding remixing music for the electric slide or working behind the scenes as a stage man for a concert. I dont do it for the money, Gems said. I do it for love and to make different remixes and to push new music out there. Despite the lost hours of sleep and the countless amount of time spent working his way up to be a recognized DJ, he is grateful he found his niche and found a way to make others happy. I think every event I DJ at is memorable because when its over, people come up to me and shake my hand and say thank you, Gems said. Its all worth it.
Danielle Gonzalez can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com
Campus improv group exhibits student talent

By Janet Lee
Improvisation is not a discipline that receives attention in the average college workload. In the world of art, however, improvisation through dance has gained traction as a source of inspiration for future masterpieces and even as the product itself. When improvisation suddenly becomes on-the-spot collaboration with three, five or seven others, the mastery lies in their communication. The University of Nevada, Renos Improvised Music Ensemble, comprising of both musicians and dancers, will perform for Arts Night Out! and give viewers something previously unknown and thereafter impossible to repeat. Create a piece that builds and bursts like a liquid medium, Dr. James Winn said to the ensemble. Like still waterwhat happens to cause it to boil? The improv classroom, room 134, is mostly lled with chairs. Five musicians (on the drums, piano, standing bass, electric guitar as well as a vocalist) and two dancers make for a tight t. I actually like this restriction. It makes you focus on the details, Cari Cunningham tells her dancers. The piece started. Barely perceptible low notes and horizontal bodies gradually rose, vocals dipped and trembled until at last, the notes burst in a royal frenzy. The end. The improvisational dance workshop is a new addition to the music ensemble, active since last year, fueled by Cunningham. Improv is the building block to choreography, Cunningham explains to her students in class. I encourage you to come. Matthew Jacobson and Christine Carter, both dance minors (as of the moment, UNR does not offer a dance major), came per Cunninghams suggestion. I also knew most of the guys, Carter said. (Coming to the ensemble) wasnt intimidating. The familiarity between the members of ensemble is essential for each piece. The instrumentation appears almost telepathic as each artist moves to uncharted territory. Their spot on the Arts Night Out! program is aptly named Think Fast! The Improvised Music Ensemble will perform their piece(s) on Oct. 16 from 7:10 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Redeld Studio Theatre. The evening will also feature a discussion and performance by Director of Dance Barbara Land, the Wolf Pack Woodwind Quintet and monologues from the Theater Department. The show will start with Lands discussion at 5:30 p.m. Most of these events are free to the public. Improvisation performances are completely original moments. Make sure you dont miss this one!
Janet Lee can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com

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