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VOLUME CXVII NUMBER 1
SEPTEMBER 21, 1989 AUGUST 9, 2010
Family, friends remember deceased student

By Jay Balagna
When Matthew Trabert was alive, he was always recognized among his friends for his infectious charisma, gregarious personality and a San Francisco Giants cap he wore nearly every day. Sunday night, when friends and family gathered on campus for one last goodbye to the 20-year-old business major, dozens of his signature hats with his name embroidered on the back dotted the crowd. Trabert was killed Aug. 9 when the Jeep he was in overturned near Pyramid Lake. He was the only passenger of the three to be killed. The driver and passenger Matthew sustained Trabert minor injuries. The driver was arrested on drunk-drivingrelated charges, according to reports from the Washoe County Sheriff. The candlelight vigil held Sunday night was meant as a positive way to remember Trabert, said like he played his sports, Kealy Casey Stiteler, one of Traberts said. Whether he was competfraternity brothers in Sigma Nu ing on the slopes, on a football who helped organize it. About field or just hanging out at a 150 people lit candles in front of friends house or with family, the Joe Crowley Student Union he was constantly exploding to remember their friend. with positive energy. During the service, Patrick Shortly after the news of the Kealy, who said he grew up accident reached them, Kealy down the street from Trabert in said a group of friends Trabert Reno, gave a speech to remem- went to high school and started ber him and to remind the embroidering about 100 Giants people gathered there to live hats with his name on them to their lives as Trabert wouldve wear as a memorial to their wanted them to. friend. Matt was an incredible athlete and he lived his whole life See VIGIL Page A6
Kailey and Chris Suh and Courtney Winans (left to right) attend a vigil for Matt Trabert on Sunday. They are longtime friends of Matthew Trabert.
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Student lobbyists pressure leaders

By Emerson Marcus
Students from seven of Nevadas eight higher education institutions passed legislation last week to send Nevada government candidates a pledge to protect education. Truckee Meadows Community College is still waiting to pass the legislation. The pledge is modeled after the Taxpayer Protection Plan which seeks a commitment from candidates to not raise taxes. We feel that if candidates can sign a pledge to not raise taxes they can sign a pledge for education, said Director of Legislative Affairs Casey Stiteler, who helped create the pledge. We understand that education could get cut. We understand the state is hurting. But we mainly want to start a conversation about education and get candidates to pledge they wont make drastic cuts that are going to eventually lead to the cutting of entire institutions or schools. The Nevada System of Higher Education lost 6.9 percent of its budget after the Special Session in March. Early predictions estimate Nevada will face a budget decit of about $3 billion by the next legislative session in February 2011. Stiteler said it is critical to get candidates to commit to education with a pledge before the election. The exact wording of the pledge reads: I will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to decrease funding for higher education that may damage the institutional integrity of the NSHE or limit access to students. Students can go to ghtfornevada.com to petition for the pledge. Total signatures exceeded 8,000 students as of Monday. Nevada candidates will receive the pledge Sept. 30, Stiteler said. Stiteler and his staff are working to make sure the pledge is sent both electronically and through the mail to every candidate running for statewide ofce. The pledge will also be posted online so students can send the link to their representatives.
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FRESHMAN CLASS LARGEST YET
Amber Smith, Arielle Wideman and Danika Sharp (clockwise from top) are University of Nevada, Reno basketball players who live together in Argenta Hall. The trio is one of many groups who is living three-to-a-dorm in Argenta.
Dorms deal with increased residency by re-opening dorms, adding beds

FALL STUDENT ENROLLMENT
17,000
17,000 16,135 16,289 16,413
By Don Weinland
The University of Nevada, Reno will see its largest ever freshman class this fall, with enrollment for rst-year students up 20 percent compared to last fall. Enrollment may top 17,000 students, 3,500 being new and returning freshmen, according to University Media Relations. This resulted in the opening of two additional residence halls. UNR President Milton Glick said 750 students of this falls freshman enrollment are from Clark County, up from 300 last fall. Glick said the numbers from Clark County are especially pleasing. The more than 100 percent growth in students from Southern
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Nevada demonstrates the Universitys status in the state, he said. Melisa Choroszy, associate vice president of enrollment services, said the numbers denitely point to high increases in freshmen enrollment, but the exact numbers wont be known until the end of late registration on Sept. 1. We will have way too much adjustment to give a nal gure now, Choroszy said. We are denitely seeing more registration activity this semester. Brad Schiller, an economics professor, called the increased enrollment the upside of an economic downturn.
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Millennium fund Budget pains strike campus may soon run dry
By Don Weinland By Jay Balagna
Every semester, shortly before fees come due for the coming months classes, tuition ticks down by a substantial amount for more than 20,000 Nevada students receiving the Millennium Scholarship. Over the years, the scholarship has become an integral part of higher education in the state. But that programs future is in question. If it lasts beyond the academic year, as some state leaders have speculated it might not, it will almost surely be in a drastically different form, experts say. Whether it is tighter academic requirements, decreased payment levels or an end to the program altogether, Budget cuts, curricular review, academic reductions campus was abuzz with words like these during the 2009-10 school year. And since March, the vocabulary cast a shadow over university departments and programs, eventually closing eight areas of study. Now in the wake of the storm, the University of Nevada, Reno is counting what it lost, what it learned and what challenges are waiting just around the bend.
See MILLENNIUM Page A6
On March 1, a special sesBUDGET CUTS sion of the Nevada Legislature reduced the university budget $7 $7.5 5 million illi cut t from f acaby $11 million. Like the previdemic programs last semesous reduction of $33 million ter. made in July 2009, $3.5 million 300 students directly afof the March cuts were made in fected according to University administrative faculty, student of Nevada, Reno Provost Marc services, operating funds and Johnson. maintenance. The remaining $7.5 million came out of education. of Higher Educations Board of The departments of economic Regents approved suggestions resources and animal biotech- made during the curricular nology were ofcially closed June 3 when the Nevada System See CUTS Page A5
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Video: Take a look at the football scrimmage and whats to come this season. Audio slide show: In memory of Matthew Trabert. Podcast: Discussion on summer sports happenings. Extra info: Find out how some departments survived the budget cuts.
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BIG CHANGES
See how Nevadas move to the Mountain West conference will affect the athletic department. Page B1
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Medicine center opens on campus

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Andrea Goad was 12 years old when she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder characterized by persistent exhaustion and pain. The disease, which continues to plague Goad 20 years later, affects an estimated 17 million people around the globe. A new building at the University of Nevada, Reno may eventually have the answer not only to CFS. The center will also look to treat other health problems, ranging from cancer to premature birth. The 120,000-square-foot Center for Molecular Medicine, which celebrated its grand opening Aug. 16, is also the new home of the Whittemore Peterson Institute. The institute was founded by Goads mother, Annette Whittemore, with the goal of finding answers for (her) daughters illness. Whittemore said the center is capable of having up to 150 researchers and will hold several paid positions for medical students. The institute is working toward a possible residency and fellowship program. The building held an open house Saturday before being permanently closed off to the public. UNR President Milton Glick said the new facility is important for the university because of the impact the research allows it to have. The research done in this building will make a difference, not only for the health of Nevadans, but for the health of the world, Glick said. He said the building will affect UNRs grant competitiveness dramatically and will provide space to attract new researchers. Glick also said that the building may be one of the last new buildings on campus for a while due to budget cuts to higher education. Although the institute is
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Th The C Center t f for M Molecular l l Medicine will hold up to 150 researchers. Work done in the building will aim at solutions for cancer, herpes and other diseases and conditions. The facility cost $77 million, $60 million of which is from university researchers.
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focused primarily with projects concerning the XMRV virus, the CMM will house research projects for asthma, muscular dystrophy, male infertility, herpes, premature birth and cancer. XMRV is a virus the institute previously linked to chronic fatigue syndrome. Dr. Sanford Barsky, chair of the department of pathology, will use the new facility to study factors affecting the latency period of cancers. Barsky believes that factors such as stress and obesity may alter the length of this period, and that certain treatments or medications may be able to extend the latency period, perhaps even for the lifespan of the patient. Whittemore described the work that will take place in the building as translational, in that it will translate existing knowledge of diseases and conditions into diagnostic and treatment methods. You basically have a ow of information from patient to lab and back to patient, she said. Dr. Iain Buxton of the department of pharmacology, who plans to study methods of treatment he said could lead to the prevention of premature births, said the state-of-the-art equipment is what makes the facility unique. The secret is, we not only have a building, we have an equipment budget, he said. Glick said this, along with the collaborative nature of the
Iain Buxton from the pharmacology department at the University of Nevada, Reno, spoke and ran experiments at the opening of the new Center for Molecular Medicine.
facility, will allow researchers to speed up their projects so that work that used to take three months will take two weeks and that the building will compete with any medical research building in the United States today. James Dean Leavitt, the chairman of the Northern Nevada System of Higher Educations Board of Regents and a victim of multiple sclerosis, said the institution represents hope for people like him. I have reason to believe that within my lifetime we will not only see a cure for multiple sclerosis, but we will see it reversed, he said. The cost of the center totaled $77 million, the majority of which was generated from grants won by university researchers. The rest of the funding was provided by the Nevada State Legislature and the Whittemore Family Foundation. During the opening ceremony, Goad fought through emotion to read a letter she
wrote to her parents thanking them for their years of dedication and hard work toward finding a cure for her illness. She also thanked the researchers who had worked to find the connection between XMRV and CFS and said she looks forward to the beginning of research at the building. Im proud to say Im the rst of many patients of the (institute), Goad said.
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Math, science find new home

By Lukas Eggen
The new Davidson Mathematics and Science Center is open, and with it comes space and technology that will be used by most future students. University of Nevada, Reno Dean of Science Jeff Thompson said about 80 percent of students from now on will take at least one class in the Davidson Math and Science Building. The building has allowed for small sitting areas on all oors along with classrooms on the rst oor and lab rooms on oors two through four with computer labs. Its a welcoming building in that way, said Gina Tempel, Associate Dean of Science. Students are encouraged to stay and work together. With a new caf downstairs, people dont even have to leave the building to purchase food. The Elements Caf, located on the rst oor, is open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, featuring coffee, drinks and food items. President Glick is working on a sticky campus and this is one of the examples that promotes the sticky campus where students can get to know one another and develop little communities, Tempel said. I think that students tend to cluster in small groups, said Tempel. Too big of a group and you lose the intimacy or the ability for people to get together and exchange ideas. As students got their rst look at the new building and classrooms, many were impressed with the nished product. Jesse Mitchum, a 22-year-old biology major, had high praise for the buildings main auditorium near the front door. Its state of the art, Mitchum said. Its my favorite auditorium. Each classroom has a computer, projectors and the main auditorium has a sound room in
A class is held Monday morning in the Redeld Auditorium in the new Davidson Math and Science Building. This week marks the rst week of classes in the new facility.
the back. While professors and students seemed to be pleased overall, not everything was perfect. Nutrition professor Marie Ricketts experienced some computer issues, while 19-year-old Lisa Brauner became frustrated when she couldnt find her advisers office on campus. I was looking for my chem-
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Campus dining ditches trays in efforts to go green

By Kayla Johnson
The Downunder Caf opened in the rst week of August without eating trays for the rst time in an effort to save energy and money. Looking to save energy and money, the Downunder Caf removed eating trays from its buffet during the rst week of August. The caf has also put into use new, lightweight plates and a composter for decomposing food waste. Richard Forsell, general manager of the Downunder Caf, said that the purpose behind removing the trays is that it saves water as well as food. Peoples eyes are bigger than their stomachs and sometimes when people have a tray, they tend to feel the need to ll up the whole tray, going overboard, Forsell said. According to the University of Nevada, Reno Dining Services, the reduction will help save the 5,852 gallons of water, 41 kilowatts of energy and 65 pounds of chemicals required every month to clean the trays. The trend nowadays is that there are no trays at many buffets and we are just updating things to modernize with the food service industry, Forsell said. He added that UNR was one of the few colleges that still had eating trays. Studies conducted by Dining Services during the past year concluded that many other universities found not having food trays to be an efcient and economic option. But some students feel the trays are a necessary utensil for buffet dining.
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By eliminating trays. the Downunder Caf expects to save water and energy. .
is the number of gallons of water the dining services estimates it will save.
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Jennifer Schmidt, a 20-yearold music education major, said she would prefer having the trays still available in the Downunder Caf.
It is hard because you cant carry two plates of food and drinks in your hands all at once, Schmidt said. Forsell said students needing to make many trips were considered. He said the lightweight eating utensils were purchased to make the trips easier. Associate Director for Housing Operations and Dining Services Russell Meyers said that many different types and sizes of plates were sampled to nd the perfect one for Downunder Caf guests. We spent weeks looking at plates, Meyers said. The new plates that were selected are lighter, unbreakable and have a rectangular shape to be able to t more food. Forsell said waste studies conducted by dining services demonstrate a connection between wasting food and using trays.
When students dont have a tray, they dont grab as much food, Forsell said. Therefore, not as much food is being wasted. Tyeisha Watters, an 18-year-old pre-veterinarian science major, supports the new changes. I like it because it saves money, said Watters. It is also easier to carry because you can carry a plate in one hand and a drink in the other. The plates not being as heavy denitely helps. Besides saving money by going tray-less, a composter was also installed at the Down Under Cafe which is a pre-consumer organic waste disposal. Meyers said the composter is a resourceful way to turn wasted food into compost.
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Weekly Update
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Welcome Week ushers in new year

By Ben Miller
Welcome Week kicked off the the fall semester at the University of Nevada, Reno and will continue with a variety of events expected to draw hundreds of students. The week will feature events like a free hypnotist show, movie, late-night pancake breakfast and more, some of which have seen past attendance of more than 300 students. Flipside Production Campus and Student Involvement Chair Huili Weinstock said the events are designed to help incoming freshmen transition from high school to college. Basically, my aim is to get more people involved, Weinstock said. Activities began Sunday with Quad Day. The event featured a barbecue, beach ball and games. Several Associated Students of the University of Nevada ofcials served refreshments. The event started the week earlier than last year, when the rst event of Welcome Week was held on a Monday. Austin Kennedy, a 17-yearold undeclared major living in Nye Hall, said he attended the barbecue to get out of the room and socialize. He said he was planning to attend more Welcome Week events, but wasnt sure if he would go to all of them. Anything with food, Ill probably be there, Kennedy said. Wonderbread 5, a cover band wearing American flag suits and fuzzy wigs, played cover songs like I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas and I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry while students played games, danced or sat on the grass and mingled. ASUN Director of Programming Christina Gunn said she was happy with the attendance, which appeared to be about 120 students at any given time. I really like that students are getting involved early, before school starts, Gunn said. Theyre meeting people; theyve got Frisbees and all sorts of games going on. An ice cream social was also held Monday in front of the
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WELCOME WEEK
Tonight: Wolf it Down Pancake Breakfast at midnight on the Quad with local band JamB. Wednesday: Get Recd from 9 p.m. to midnight at Lombardi Recreation Center. Facility will be open to explore and a dodgeball competition will be held. Thursday: Hypnotist show with Linda Sparks at 6 p.m. at the Joe Crowley Student Union theater. Thursday: Iron Man 2 will play at 9 p.m. on the lawn of the Joe Crowley Student Union. Refreshments will be served. Friday: Friday Festival/ ASUN club fair from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Quad. Refreshments will be served, games will be held and clubs will be
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center that Gunn said drew about 200 students. Music provided background for the event along with a short serenade by seven tuba players. The Wolf It Down pancake breakfast, which Gunn said drew between 300 and 500 students last year, will be from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. tonight on the Quad. Gunn said volunteers for the breakfast will include members of the ASUN Unity Commission, ASUN senators, athletes representing various Wolf Pack teams and freshmen who have already joined Flipside and ASUNs programming board. Local band JamB will also play. Lombardi Recreation Center will be open Wednesday for students to explore from 9 p.m. to midnight. A dodgeball competition will also be held. Hypnotist Linda Sparks of Vacaville, Calif. will give a show Thursday at 6 p.m. in the theater of the Joe Crowley Student Union, with a showing of Iron Man 2 following at 9 p.m. on the unions lawn. The Friday Festival, which Gunn also said attracted about 300 students last year, will be
TUESDAY/24
Wolf it Down Pancake Breakfast When: 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Where: The Quad This event will feature pancakes and entertainment, including a live band. This traditional event, which is part of Welcome Week, offers the opportunity to meet other students while enjoying a late night breakfast. This is a free event. For more information, contact Huili Weinstock at 775784-6589.
Bryce Patula and Wesley McNair practice their Eiffel Tower Yo-Yo skills on the quad Saturday during the Welcome Back BBQ
held Friday between 5 and 8 p.m. on the Quad. A club fair will be hosted, as well as games and food. A banner bearing Flipside Productions nickname for the week, Best Week Ever, will be available for students to sign throughout the week, as well as a voter registration table. The voter registration campaign, a Sierra Club-affiliated project, is named ReEnergize the Vote, according to Jordan Butler, one of the tables volunteers. Gunn said Welcome Week will not be affected by the formation of the ASUN Department of Traditions, which was formed last semester and assumed several responsibilities previously given to Flipside. The role of Flipside, however, is slightly different. Our overall goal has changed to larger events that a lot more students will attend, Gunn said. Weinstock said the budget for Welcome Week is expected to be less than $7,500.
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THURSDAY/26
Hypnotist Linda Sparks When: 6 to 8 p.m. Where: The Joe Theater Linda Sparks, who was trained in hypnosis at the Hypnosis Motivational Institute, will be performing a free stage show for students as part of Welcome Week. The show will revolve around audience participation, which entails a mass number of students being put under hypnosis and ordered to do wacky things. This is a free event. For more information, contact Huili Weinstock at 775784-6589.
FRIDAY/27
Magician Nate Staniforth When: 9 to 11:00p.m. Where: Joe Crowley Student Union Students can enjoy a show performed by street magician Nate Staniforth, presented in collaboration with the E.U.D.L. Late Night Grant. Students may be lmed for the show. This event is free. For more information, contact Jeanette Smith at 775-7846505. How to Start Your Own Campus Club When: 1 to 2:00 p.m. Where: 2nd oor Joe Crowley Student Union ASUNs Director of Clubs and Organizations, Nathan Demuth, is going to be holding an interactive workshop that will guide students on how to create their own campus club. This event is free. For more information contact Jeanette Smith at 775784-6505.
Wonderbread 5 plays to students on the Quad Sunday at Quad Day, the rst event of Welcome Week.
POLICE BLOTTER
AUGUST 22
A suspect was cited for being a minor in possesion and consumption at College Drive and Buena Vista Avenue. A suspect was cited for MIPC at Faland Way and College Drive. A suspect was cited for MIPC at West Ninth Street and Sierra Street. A suspect was arrested for MIPC and destruction of property at University Terrace. Police responded to a report of grand larceny involving a bicycle at Nye Residence Hall. report of petit larceny on East 9th Street. Police responded to a report of possesion of drug paraphernalia at Lincoln Residence Hall.
NEWS BRIEFS CEO DONATES 1.2 MILLION TO UNR

The University of Nevada, Reno was the recipient of a $1.2 million donation from Kevin McArthur and his wife, Michelle, in order to improve and support university programs, according to a press release from the UNR Department of Alumni Relations. McArthur, the president and chief executive officer of Tahoe Resources, Inc., a Reno-based minerals development company, donated $600,000 in support of improvements to the universitys tennis facilities and another $600,000 to be added to the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineerings Goldcorp Endowed Chair in Minerals Engineering, the press release said. McArthur, who graduated from UNR with a bachelors degree in mining engineering, matched the cash value of a stock grant he received in his companys intitial public offering when making the donation. We are very pleased to receive this tremendous gift from Kevin and Michelle, said John Carothers, vice president for development and alumni relations, at UNR. area. A childrens clinic will be held Sept. 4 from 8 a.m. to noon, a womens clinic will be held Sept. 18 from 8 a.m. to noon and a general clinic will be held Sept. 27 from 6 to 9 p.m. Clinics offer physicals for work or school, EKGs, blood pressure monitoring, referrals and selected lab services at discounted fees. Womens clinics offer pregnancy testing, Pap smears, gynecological exams, breast exams, STD testing and mammogram referrals. Childrens clinics offer school and sports physicals, immunizations and general care. The clinics are free and held in UNSOMs University Health Systems Family Medicine Center. Testing fees of $5-$20 may apply to students.
AUGUST 13
Police responded to report of grand larceny involving a bicycle at the Mack Social Sciences Building .
AUGUST 12
Police responded to a report of DOP involving grafti at West Stadium Garage. Police responded to a report of a fraudulent check at the Joe Crowley Student Union. Police responded to to a report of grand larceny involving a bicycle at the Howard Medical Sciences Building.
FREE OUTREACH CLINIC ANNOUNNCES DATES

Free clinic dates were announced for the University of Nevada School of Medicine Student Outreach Clinic last week. The clinic, run by medical students and their professors, offers free care to underserved populations in the greater Truckee Meadows
AUGUST 19
Ofcers responded to a report of an alcohol violation and contributing to a minor on North Virginia Street. Police responded to a sex registration violation on North Virginia Street.
AUGUST 11
Police responded to a report of DOP and a hit and run on North Virginia Street. Police responded to a report of grand larceny involving an Apple Macbook laptop at the Paul Laxalt Mineral Research Building.
WEATHER FORECAST
Forecast prepared by the Reno-Lake Tahoe student chapter of the American Meteorological Society. For more information visit their Web site at http://www. ametsoc.org/chapters/ renotahoe/
AUGUST 17
Police responded to a report of Destruction of property and a hit and run in a Record Street parking lot.
TUESDAY Clear and calm, E wind 5-10 mph
WEDNESDAY Clear and calm, light winds
THURSDAY Continued Sunshine, light winds
FRIDAY Continued Sunshine
WEEKEND Clear, warm and dry
AUGUST 16
Police responded to a report of commercial burglary of currency at Palmer Engineering Building. Ofcers responded to a report of auto burglary at Knudtsen Resource Center. Ofcers responded to a report of a bicycle burglary at the Chemistry Building. Police responded to a
AUGUST 10
Police responded to a report of misappropriation and embezzlement involving batteries and currency at North Virginia Street. Police responded to a report of petit larceny involving a coffee mug and boxes of tea at Getchell Building. Police responded to a report of property crimes and a towed vehicle at Valley at Enterprise.
Morning campus temperature: Afternoon campus temperature:
60 92
61 93
60 90
53 85
Lows: 50-55 H i gh s : 75 - 8 0
UNR WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: There will be a warming trend starting early in the week, leading into the weekend. Expect some gusty winds in the later afternoon hours each day; with not much to change in the extended forecast, warm and dry conditions are expected to continue for now. So, get out there this weekend and enjoy what is left of this summers weather before its gone!
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Technology
By Ben Miller
A mapping website recently unveiled by University of Nevada, Reno employees is providing new ways to view Nevada to students, mining companies, engineers and more, said Tod Colegrove, the head of the DeLaMare Library and a worker on the site. The W.M. Keck Earth Sciences and Mining Research Center replaces an older version of the site, which has existed for about 10 years. The new site was unveiled June 23 at the 20th annual conference of the Nevada Geographic Information Society to favorable reactions, Zachary Newell, the lead developer of the site, said. The website uses a combination of ArcGIS Server Google maps and the United States Geological Survey quadrangle system. These tools divide Nevada and a small portion of eastern California into clickable areas that show different maps based on what the user wants to see. Newell said the site sees about 10,000 page views from about 3,000 unique visitors in a month, a number Colegrove said is more than double the amount before the new site was unveiled. Colegrove said the site attracts a wide range of people. There are a ton of people in industry who use the Keck site; people in the mining industry, people working with geothermal exploration, even some people working with Google maps, he said. He said the site could be very useful to professors at the university as well, espe-
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cially those involved with mining engineering, geology and geography, and he has been working on an application for the site for the iPad. Such development of the site could allow a streamlining of the teaching process to allow students to absorb and better understand information more quickly, Colegrove said. The website offers maps in colorized infrared, maps that focus on agriculture, maps that show historical expansion of cities, topographic maps, thermal maps and more. Information for the maps came from the USGS, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Nevada Department of Transportation and the Nevada Department of Fish and Wildlife. Newell said certain maps are of particular use to those in the mining industry, who can use them to better examine fault
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lines and other features for prospecting purposes. Digital Elevation Models supplied by the site also allow users to create 3D images of the landscape. Before the redesign, Newell said the site saw about 600,000 downloads per semester, a number that is likely to increase. Information is downloaded from various places, including about 120,000 files from China. Colegrove and Newell are currently working on integrating almost 200,000 maps in the DeLaMare Library into the Keck website to allow users to access them, Colegrove said.
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our students will return to find the same academic opportunity they found when they chose the University of Nevada, Reno to pursue their education. But faculty from cut programs say the reductions have left holes in the framework of a comprehensive education. Valerie Weinstein, an associate professor in the German studies program, said the loss of German and Italian will be felt in other disciplines. The study of German and Italian languages, literatures, and cultures is closely linked to a number of other disciplines in the College of Liberal Arts such as Philosophy, Art, Music, History and English, Weinstein said. UNR has lost a small but high quality program, a number of whose recent graduates have won Fulbright scholarships to study in Germany and gone on to top graduate programs. Johnson said the university is doing its best to help students graduate from the program they originally majored in, regardless of the cuts. College and departmental advisors are working with students in affected programs to devise ways to get each student graduated in the degree they were in during spring, 2010, he said. While juniors and seniors majoring in German studies will be able to complete their degree, Weinstein said many will be forced to look at other programs or universities. Advanced majors and minors will be able to nish their degree, but those just starting or even considering a future major in German are having to look for other subjects that might interest them, she said. Or they will have to transfer to another university. Weinstein said the cut will hit students in the pocketbook, as well as alter their academic and professional future. For all of our students, the cutting of the German degree program means a change in their future dreams and plans, Weinstein said. For some, it amounts to a nancial loss as well, having invested time and money in credit hours towards a degree that they wont be able to nish. While cuts to programs have left some faculty and students sour, administrators are facing a new set of challenges for the 2010-11 school year. The fall will see the highest freshman enrollment ever. However, state funding is at an all-time low. This is the classic case of doing more, much more, with less, said Bruce Shively, the universitys associate vice president for planning, budget, and analysis. Our budget has been reduced by 20 percent since fiscal 2009 and we have 350 fewer positions funded from the state budget than we had two years ago, Shively said. At the same time, we are anticipating the largest freshman class in the history of the university and an overall increase in enrollment of approximately 5 percent. Johnson said larger the opening of the Davidson Science and Mathematics Center and the Wells Fargo Auditorium will allow for an increase in class
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interior design, supply chain management, as well as the Center for Nutrition and Metabolism, were also closed. UNR Provost Marc Johnson said the curricular review, a process established by the Board of Regents to reduce expenditure on academic programs, was a success. While this was an emotional time for the campus, I believe the process worked well to identify programs for closure based on academic criteria and meet the budget reduction challenge, Johnson said. Johnson said the effect of the cuts, although devastating to a number of important departments and programs, is often taken out of context. Program closures affected less than 300 students of our 17,000 and risks the loss of less than $1 million of our research and service grants of our $106 million awarded last year, Johnson said. The positive news is that most of
Students protest in front of the Nevada Legislature in Carson City before Februarys Special Session. Estimates predict Nevada could face a $3 billion shortfall for the 2011 Legislative Session.
sizes. He said larger lecture classes will be complemented by more group discussion sections. Future cuts still remain a possibility. Johnson said the states two-year, $6.8 billion budget is short $3 billion. He said academic cuts during the fall semester are possible, but unlikely. If there is another round
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of budget cuts, it likely will be known after the next Legislative session ends in May 2011, Johnson said. If there is another signicant budget reduction additional program closures may be possible. However, we do not have any plans at this time to close more programs.
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About 150 students gather in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union with lit candles to celebrate the life of Matthew Trabert.
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When Trabert was a senior in high school, Kealy said he brought him to his rst fraternity house, Alpha Tau Omega. Right away, Kealy knew his younger friend was destined for Greek life. Youd think that a 17-year-old in that position would be a little bit intimidated, but this is MattyT were talking about, Kealy told the crowd. I hadnt even had him there for ve minutes and already he had jumped on a
couch and was leading the whole room in the Soulja Boy dance. When Trabert came the University of Nevada, Reno and decided to pledge for Sigma Nu instead of ATO, Kealy said he was disappointed he wouldnt be able to take him as his little brother. In retrospect, he said he was thankful things turned out that way. By joining (Sigma Nu), Matt was exposed to a whole new group of people and by expanding his horizons he was able to share his gift and remarkable character with a
larger part of this campus, Kealy said. Traberts fraternity was an important part of his life, said Scott Trabert, his father. His connection to Sigma Nu showed in the past two weeks by the showing of support from fraternity brothers. What the men at Sigma Nu did for us was simply amazing, the father said. It really helps us to know that our son was able to touch so many people like this. After Kealys speech, the crowd sat silently for a number of minutes, letting their candles
burn before slowly ling into line to sign a guestbook for Traberts family. Its just everybody not wanting to let go, Riley Cate, a 20-yearold business management major who said Trabert was his best friend since the boys were 6 years old, said. You cant let go of someone like him.
Nevada Sagebrush reporter Ben Miller contributed to this story. Jay Balagna can be reached at jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com.
Schiller said during tough economic times young people have few choices. He said the decision to go to college is more appealing than being jobless. People can either go back to school or sit around and watch TV all day, he said. The job markets are bad in Nevada and that hurts young people. Schiller said the extremely low cost of tuition for in-state students has given UNR an advantage. More students will choose to stay in Nevada than pay expensive out-of-state fees in other states. Glick speculated high enrollment was due to the availability of open classes during the budget crisis. He said economic problems were probably not responsible for high enrollment. Its expensive for someone to move from Clark County to Reno. If this was because of the economy, those people would stay in Clark County, Glick said. The record numbers have led to the re-opening of two dormitory halls and the adding of beds to a third. Manzanita and Juniper Halls, closed in the fall of 2009 due to dwindling campus housing numbers, have been re-opened to welcome the record-breaking freshman class. Argenta Hall added a third bed to rooms that once accommodated two students, making it the only residence hall on campus to house three students to a room. Residential Life, Housing, and Food Services Director Rod Aeschlimann said the changes were made to accommodate some 2,150 student scheduled to live on campus this fall, a number up nearly 25 percent from last falls 1,670 residents. Aeschlimann said there has been no increase in dormitory
prices, and students living three to a room in Argenta Hall will save an annual $1,350 compared to a double. While doubles go for a yearly $6,100, a triple is priced at $4,750. The addition of beds to Argenta Hall has raised the halls capacity by about 200 students. The hall will house 719 students this fall, up from 524 in the fall of 2009. Jerome Maese, associate director of Residential Life, Housing, and Food Services, called Argenta Hall one of campus roomiest accommodations and said students should not have a problem living three to a room. The rooms are some of largest rooms in college residence halls in the western region and they can comfortably t three students, Maese said. We believe it will provide more opportunity for students to meet one another. The square footage for the social lounge and the quiet study lounge on each oor is still more per student than every other residence hall on campus. Students in Argenta Hall agree. Kory Ramirez, an 18-year-old criminal justice major from Las Vegas, said triple rooms in the hall are not only spacious. He said the social climate on his oor is enjoyable. Its actually a lot of fun and were actually really cool with our neighbors, Ramirez said. Especially on our wing, we didnt know each other before, but were really close. We leave our doors open all the time. Ramirez said the addition of a third bed to some rooms hasnt made Argenta Hall overly crowded. It seems like it would be crowded, but its really comfortable, he said. I havent met anyone else who has said this is too crowded.
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change will almost certainly hit Millennium students. Budget shortfalls are nothing new for the state of Nevada. But when the Legislature is called into session in February, legislators will face a decit that could be as high as $3 billion, raising doubts about the fate of some programs. A day of reckoning is coming for the Millennium Scholarship, Assemblyman David Bobzien (DReno) said. That day is denitely coming in the next session. In July, the Nevada Legislatures Interim Finance Committee transferred $4.2 million from state-sanctioned college savings accounts to keep the program solvent through the end of the 2011 scal year. After that money is gone, legislators must make a decision on what to do with the program.
Its sobering, but we need to see some honesty on the part of politicians, Bobzien said. The state has to make a budget for a two-year period and we only have enough for one of those years. The program was started in 1999 using settlement money from class-action lawsuits against tobacco companies given to each state. Using 40 percent of the yearly payments of the settlement, Nevada elected to create the largest scholarship program in its history. The late Gov. Kenny Guinn was an advocate for the program, which now bears his name. About 21,000 students per year use the scholarship fund to attend one of the Nevada System of Higher Educations seven undergraduate institutions. The programs troubles were long in coming. When the state found itself in dire budgetary straits, it borrowed against the fund, quickly depleting it and cutting years off its life. Many critics
also claimed the state handed out money too prolically with the scholarships initially low academic requirements. That charge caused a number of revisions in minimum requirements for the scholarship over the past ten years. Now the program nds itself in what Bobzien called a perfect storm of declining revenues. Money for the scholarship comes from the tobacco settlements and raids on the programs alternative funding, money transferred from Nevadas unclaimed properties funds, to ll gaps in the states general fund. Because of the programs size, a decision on its fate can come from the Legislature alone, Mark Winebarger, Nevadas chief deputy treasurer, said. Its just going to take more money, Winebarger said. Donations for the program, which were solicited in lieu of owers after Guinns death in
July, wont be enough to keep the scholarship aoat, he said. Since July, about $63,000 was raised from more than 250 donations, Winebarger said. Its going to take thousands of donations, he said. And larger ones. Despite the problems facing the program, some educational leaders maintain hope for it. Id be very surprised if the Millennium Scholarship just disappears, University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick said. It would be a very serious problem if it just goes away. Glick said that although tighter restrictions on scholarship disbursement are a strong possibility, he believes the program will outlast the states nancial crisis. I am very hopeful that they will nd a way to maintain it, he said.
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Richard Corn, RA of Juniper Hall, helps Troy Panico (right) move on Sunday from his dorm to a new one in Argenta Hall.
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On August 19th, 4:22 p.m., Jeff wrote: UNR students dont even know how good theyve got it, with the news that the Pack is moving to the MWC! Support your teams!!! Do you want people to know what a great school Nevada is? Show them with your support!
STAFF EDITORIAL I LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Student initiative helps check legislators
STORY: BACKDOOR LOVIN CAN BE PLEASURABLE WITH SOME GUIDELINES, TRUST
he Nevada Education Protection Pledge, to be sent to 2010 election candidates next month, is a creative and effective way to prevent excessive cuts to the Nevada System of Higher Education. Students and employees of NSHE must hold candidates who refuse to cooperate with its meager plea accountable. The document asks candidates to vow to maintain academic integrity and not limit access to students. This is backed by seven of eight Nevada higher education
institutions. Casey Stiteler and the Associated Students of the University of Nevadas Department of Legislative Affairs deserve commendation for creating a cleverly worded pledge heading into the 2010 election given NSHEs 6.9 percent cut in February and an estimated $3 billion shortfall for 2011s legislative session. There is no way funding to higher education can be entirely spared. But thats not what the pledge requests. Instead, it pleads to can-
didates to not limit access: Dont raise tuition so much that students cant afford to attend college. It also pleads to maintain academic integrity: Make sure cuts arent so large that colleges cant offer the same education promised to the students when they signed up. The pledge isnt students end-all-be-all savior, but it does expose which candidate is apathetic toward salvaging education. And students must take advantage of that at the polls. Not every student is a single-
issue voter for education, but there are enough students to make the pledge a serious concern for candidates who dont want to sign it. Education will suffer huge consequences if an opposition to budget cuts fails to mobilize. This pledge helps such mobilization going into the new school year and the election. It took innovative initiative to create this pledge, and the rest of the student government should follow the Department of Legislative Affairs example
in standing up for students. The newly-established department has set a promising foundation for its future and deserves the full support of the rest of the student government and the appropriate resources. The senates Public Affairs Committee, tasked with working directly with the department, must work to support its mission and give Stiteler and his assistants the adequate freedom to lobby the Legislature effectively.
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On August 18th, 12:53 a.m. Ali wrote: She very obviously implies condoms were used. Nowhere in the article does she tell gullible young adults to go out and have unprotected sex. Considering its 2010, I doubt there are that many young adults out there that dont know about STDs to begin with and that after reading this article thought, Lets do it without a condom, baby! Also, a woman can be in touch with her sexuality and still maintain self-respect.
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On August 17th, 2:17 p.m., Alyssa wrote: Chaz, lets clear one thing up. Her column is about sexits NOT sex education. If young adultsnot just from UNR, but from all over the country wanted to learn about anal sex, the Nevada Sagebrush wouldnt be their rst choice of websites to look intoif you werent so ignorant you would realize that! Secondly, you claim women ALONE should strive to have self-respect? Please. That is the most misogynistic sentence I have read in a LONG time. People like you are the reason that there is still a double standard for women and men, so you should be ashamed for trying to keep us repressed. I am proud that there are women like Caitlin that are open about their sexuality and I think it isnt destroying everything that women should be admired for. In fact, I think it is nally making a statement that women enjoy sex as much as men do! IMAGINE THAT. You should know, youre obviously reading the articles too. So why dont you go back to the Bible Belt where you came from. You wont be missed here.
STORY: PIRATES NEVER PAY FULL PRICE FOR TEXTBOOKS
On August 11th, 1:20 a.m. welp wrote: Even better idea, just buy international editions, scan them and resell the scans. low investment and you make it all back anyways. hell, I live in china and come book time, I pickup international editions for expensive books and scan and sell online to students for $5~10 a copy. I do believe this is what piracy is and this article is a joke.
ts not fair. Its never been fair. And it will never be fair. Losing a friend or a loved one is something that no one can ever be prepared for. Matthew Trabert is no exception to this rule. While I did not know him personally, I feel as if I know the kind of person he was. Sweet, fun, outgoing, relaxed. If you take those traits and add friendship, loyalty and sincerity, you end up with the perfect combination to make a real genuine kind of guy. Its too soon. Its always been too soon. And it will always be too soon. Any age feels like too young when a friend has passed away, but Trabert was far too young to lose his life. It was too early for him to be pulled away from his family, girlfriend, brothers and friends. This is not a new feeling to the world. Weve all suffered from that encompassing emptiness that consumes us upon the death of a loved one, but at least in some cases, we realize that there was nothing we could have done to stop this. This is not one of those cases. Weve all been told to never drink and drive. Everyone knows its wrong. Everyones seen the videos and the pamphlets and the iers. Weve seen Patrick it all. So then why do we as young Connolly adults keep doing this to ourselves? Do we really need a horric car accident to consume a best friend in order for us to learn a lesson? As a fellow Greek, I have found myself confronted by this situation as well. The social pressure to just allow our friends to hop in their cars is a heavy one. We dont want to be the wet blanket, we dont want to be the cockblock, and we dont want to ruin someones good time. But start thinking of all the things that we do want instead. Isnt seeing a brother graduate from college more important than that one crazy night and one bad decision? Take away the keys and offer them a ride. Just do something. There is never an excuse to let a friend hop in the drivers seat of a car while intoxicated. The Oh, Im more aware because I know Ive been drinking/smoking pot excuse is nothing but a load of bull. We all know it is, so we need to rst and foremost stop making excuses that hold no water. Reactions become slowed when we consume alcohol or smoke pot. This renders any excuse from anybody completely useless. Instead of making up multiple excuses to have that one extra beer, focus on how your friend might be able to have one more year of life. Life is comprised of many beautiful things. Fun times, occasionally involving alcohol, does not have to disappear from the list. But it should be something done responsibly where a persons life is not put in danger at the risk of potentially ruining some kick-ass kegger. Matt sounds like he was an amazing friend, brother and loved one. If Greeks really want to be leaders on campus, lets try to do the best we can to take care of our friends. Work together to protecting each other in dangerous situations so that these situations do not repeat themselves. Dont let Matthew Traberts death be in vain. R.I.P . Matt. It would have been nice to meet you. You sound like an amazing man.
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Sex: the perfect answer to loads of school stress

oys and girls, summer has ofcially ended! Here we are again paying for classes and books, trying to gure out where the hell that one building is, rushing from class to class, and feeling grossly overwhelmed upon receiving several lengthy class syllabi. For the next few months you will endure the stress and anxieties brought upon you by raging professors, long-winded papers, late nights in the Knowledge Center, balancing work and school, and last but not Tara least the Bowser social life of a college student. As rousing as this may sound, some of you may not be too thrilled to kick off the brand new semester. For those who fall under this upsetting category, I have some very heartening news! Research has shown that having sexual intercourse actually makes the reactivity of
Patrick is the opinion editor of the Nevada Sagebrush. He studies journalism and French. He can be contacted at pconnolly@nevadasagebrush.com
your blood pressure far better under circumstances of stress. In a study done with several participants falling under categories of having regular penile-vaginal intercourse, non penile-vaginal intercourse (such as oral or anal), and having no intercourse of any sort, those participants who were frequently engaged in penilevaginal intercourse were found to have much lower blood pressure measures. Moral of the story, go out and get some (responsibly). Youll feel great due to some obvious physical sensations, but your body will also release multiple hormones that will allow you to cope better with the large amount of built up stress of this upcoming semester. You may just nd that those late night cramming sessions wont be quite as bad as you remembered them and now you have a perfect excuse to take a little study break. There is, of course, some irony in what Im telling you. When we are stressed, sometimes the last solution to be considered by most people is the sex drive. Dont believe me? Consider a married couple coming home to one another, far too exhausted from life to
You may just nd that those late night cramming sessions wont be quite as bad as you remember. And now you have the perfect excuse to take a little study break.
want to get down. Sufcient sleep (power naps are good); eating healthy and exercising regularly are ways to give you more energy; therefore increasing your desire to have sex. Self-help books will tell you how great you are, but you wont feel great until you get up and take action by getting some action. So while standing in line at the ASUN Bookstore, make sure you add a box of condoms to your supplies. No one wants to have an average semester, so get on top (or bottom) and take control! GO PACK!
Tara studies psychology who plans on continuing a career in sexual therapy after graduation. She can be contacted at opinion@nevadasagebrush.com
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Whats your favorite thing about the Reno music scene?
Everybody knows somebody thats in a band. What is the Reno Music Scene? Renos not really my scene for music. But I saw Rascal Flatts in Tahoe and it was amazing. Its pretty open and accepting. Its nice to have people genuinely paying attention to you when you play.
On August 17th, 10:11 p.m., Clem wrote: We gotta get some of them Roswell spaceships running so we can y out to the aliens planets and talk to them...If theyre dumber than us we can take advantage of them. Just hope they have a gas pump on their planet.
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Media constructs Ground Zero controversy
ontroversy that surrounds this community center in New York is a subject we as Americans should nd deeply troubling. Opposing its construction is abhorrent to the entirity of the political system, across the wide spectrum of religions that exist in America and to the very precious Jacob concepts Neely of being an American that we pass on through our children. First of all, the facts of this issue have been severely skewed by the media. While this building would function as a mosque in some capacity, it is also a community center that is open to the public at large. It is being built in an area that is known to have a statistically higher Muslim population and a politically moderate Muslim population at that. Also, it has been made to sound as if the center will be constructed on Ground Zero itself. The truth is that it will be approximately three blocks away from Ground Zero, a radius that encompasses a
large number of buildings. The Imam is heading up the project, and they say the center will be a symbol of healing for New York Muslims, xing the divide that formed between their church and the radicals that attacked the World Trade Center. Opposition to the construction of this center is offensive to both sides of the political spectrum. The Left makes the legitimate claim that this kind of opposition is the product of gross overgeneralization of the worlds third-largest religion, and clearly a form of discrimination and religious hypocrisy. However, the Supreme Court has made a strong case for the right to support the construction of this community center, and it should stand. In the case Van Orden v. Perry, heard in 2005, the court gave the opinion that it was acceptable to have a monument to the Ten Commandments on the front lawn of the Texas State Legislature. If the Christians can have a monument on government property, why cant a peaceful Muslim community build a public community center with a mosque in it on private property, and with their own money? It is certainly a question to consider before taking a side on this issue. This kind of opposition, and the support it is garnering, should have religions in
America running scared. If public opinion can keep a mosque/community center from being built, whats to stop the activists from attacking them when their own religion falls out of favor? In a larger sense, opposing this community center is limiting religious inuence and making such attacks and stereotypes acceptable. Finally, consider for a moment what being an American means to you, the reader. It means the freedom to practice your religion as you see t, make personal decisions of your own accord, and associate with whomsoever you choose. Most importantly, it means not having to fear the government by virtue of your skin color, relgion, etc. Freedom from unjust persecution is one of the main reasons why Americans are taught that this country is the greatest country on earth and the last remaining super power. Opposing this community center runs afoul of those core beliefs we teach our children, which are meant to unite us and make us strong. Would we really want to teach our children to not respect the constitutuion on which our nation was founded?
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he mosque and Islamic community center near Ground Zero should be built. Protesters trying to block this project need to realize that when they actively single out one faiths attempt to express itself, they are in all actuality protesting against a swathe of rights that leads every single Tyler American to Bowman have a great deal of pride If we look at wha this debate is really about, wed be shocked. One group of citizens is trying to force government intervention to tell other Americans that they cant use their own private property to practice their religion because it may be upsetting. America was founded on many high principles, two of the most important being the freedom of religion in the First Amendment and private property rights. By trying to block this mosque, protesters are actually turning their back on our dearly won civil rights. The planned mosque and cultural center is going to be built on private property. The government cannot tell people how to practice their religion
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on their own property. This is one of the core principles the founders that our country ingrained in the constitution. Private property rights are one of the major cornerstones of our society. Anyone who is opposed to the government restricting what you can or cannot do on your private property cannot ght against this mosque and not be a ragine hypocrite. The government cannot restrict the rights of one religion just because it is unpopular with others. What would those protesting say if the government was trying to block a Christian church being built on this site? One of Americas most admired traits is the religious freedom we give our citizens. Does America really want to have a government like Irans which dictates where and how religion can be practiced? Absolutely not! This country needs to remember that all Americans, no matter the religion, have First Amendment rights in the Constitution to practice religion where and how they see t. Some argue this building offends those who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 attacks. While it is true that some families express this sentiment, it should be noted that other families that lost relatives rmly support this project. We must remember that this country has a long tradition of saying that freedoms granted in the constitution cannot be restricted due to potential upsets. What people seem to forget is that this project is being led by moderate Muslims who have no connection to the terrorists of al-Qaeda. One mosque organizer was selected by the Bush Administration to represent the United States as a Partner for Mideast Peace. Yes, the terrorists who attacked our country on 9/11 were Muslims, but they were fringe extremists of Islam, not the center. By the same token, do people think that the Christian protesters who bomb doctors ofces are the face of mainstream Christians? Most of the hijackers came from a country where the right of non-Islamic religions to express themselves is nonexistent. So why should we try to model our policies after theirs? If Americans truly want to win the war against fundamentalist Islam, we need to be above them and live our core values, being an example of what a country that shows respect for all religions and peoples can do.
Tyler Bowman is an economics,and spanish major He can be reached at opinion@ nevadasagebrush.com
GOOD EATS
TOY TIME
Substitutions in morning coffee go a long way in keeping a healthy diet

Life is hard as a college kid. I have often found myself wanting to eat better, but not knowing where to start or how to afford it. This is a problem I know that many of us will come into conict with on numerous occassions. Theres only so much money to spend on groceries and there denitely isnt enough of it to go spending it on organic products at Whole Foods and Raleys. Its also hard to know where to start when trying to make that step of eating healthier. The trick isnt, as many people may think, some Hollywoodfad diet promoted by some random doctor or even a relatively common one. To be healthy, no special regimen is necessary; Felicia in fact most Kampf diets can be anything but healthy, and most healthy diets are best when kept simple. So how do we eat healthy without completely overhauling our diets full of Port of Subs and Panda Express? It doesnt take a crazy xation on what were eating to make better decisions; we can simply make small changes little by little. As the oh so eloquentMark Twain once said, The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then start on the rst one. Even a seemingly small change can have a huge effect on the way we look and how we feel about ourselves. And the way we look and the way we feel are more important than just the size of our jeans or blouse. A great place to start is with your morning coffee. For many of us, the day just cannot begin without a stop at Starbucks or Bytes Caf right when we arrive to campus. Its not only a morning boost, but for many of us, it can be an escape from long hours of studying and being able to catch up with equally stressed friends. Amongst this tiny beans many reputations are those as a caffeinated lifeline, but some critics say it comes at an addictive cost. Is it harmful to our health and well-being? Or is it really just the simple push of energy we need in the morning? Most experts agree that moderate amounts of caffeine a day will not cause health problems, but that doesnt mean it doesnt have an effect on our bodies. On the contrary, some may experience the body-slimming effects of a heightened metabolism brought on by too much coffee, while others may become incredibly dehydrated, causing dizziness, fatigue and confusion. Coffee also increases the heart rate, which can create that extra oomph we may need or cause a feeling of anxiousness. If you are one of the people that coffee helps fuel, some research has also shown that moderate coffee every day could actually increase life expectancy. Most would agree it also improves quality of life. So whats the best option when you stop by Starbucks in The Joe? Its easy to overlook their nutrition pamphlets tucked behind the sugar, but you can use this nutrition guide to learn just how many calories or grams of fat and sugar youre about to pump into your body every time you have that white chocolate mocha. The easiest way to make your coffee drink healthier is to ditch the whipped cream, which can be 100 extra calories a touch of dreaded saturated fat. You can also use those extra options like non-fat or 2 percent milk. Keeping the size of the drink down is definitely one of the easiest ways to keep things skinny. I indulge my sweet tooth with a tall, sugar-free vanilla Soy Chai ($4.09 and only 230 calories). So, go ahead and explore your options and see what works best for you!
Felicia Kampf is studying nutrition. She can be reached at opinion@nevadasagebrush.com
Science unraveling the mathematical mysteries of the puzzling Rubiks cube

The Rubiks cube has been solvedkinda. A team of researchers and the computational gusto of Google have combined to check that all possible positions of the cube can be solved in 20 moves or less. Thats quite the feat to the average person Now if Barry you havent Belmont been bored off by the rst two paragraphs, you may wonder what signicance this holds to keep you interested for the rest of the column. Well, as it turns out, the solution to this puzzle may hold the key to solving one of the biggest questions in the whole entity of mathematics, the infamous P vs NP problem. Simply put, the big question is whether or not solutions to problems can be found as fast as they can be veried. In more technical terms, the debate focuses on whether solutions to problems which can take a considerable amount of time,(NP) are computationally equivalent to verications of those same problems which are found relatively quickly (and hence completed in polynomial time, P). That may sound like too much jargon for the average Joe, but there are many intuitive ways to consider the question. For instance, it is much easier to conrm something than it would be to nd it out on your own. Similarly, given the answer to a problem, it is no sweat to backtrack through the logic. This is the smug satisfaction one feels knowing how a mystery novel ends or the face palming one does after a test. These characteristics reach far and wide beyond the realm of simple things like a Rubiks cube. The ramications extend beyond smugness and consternation into the realm of computer science where complex algorithms are needed to solve everything. Consider the simple case of the subset sum problem, which highlights the complexities inherit in the difference between solutions
This is the smug satisfaction one feels knowing how a mystery novel ends or face palming one does after a test.
and verications. Given a set of numbers {-4, 2, -6, 5, 4, 10} does there exist a subset whose numbers add up to 0? Its easy to point out that three subsets exist, but there is no sure and fast way to gure this out short of simply going through all the possibilities. However, if a pattern could be found (for instance, a rule like disregard all odd numbers in this case) the solution could be calculated quickly. Perhaps nearly as fast as it could be done could be veried. This is the ultimate goal of discovering each of the solutions to the Rubiks cube: that a deep underlying pattern (known as Gods algorithm) exists and can be used to solve it from any position. To put the scope of this relatively simple problem into perspective, if one were to have started solving Rubiks cubes as the birth of the universe and nished just today in time to read this article, you would have had to nish the problems at an average rate of 100 cubes per second! And thats just for a childs toy. Now just try to imagine the immensity involved in your brain lled to the brim with hundreds of billions of tiny little neurons and a hundred trillion synapses. Clearly, we humans still have a long arduous journey to go in our progress to understand both the universe we live in and ourselves. With that said, were still pretty far along. If we can nd a way to establish an algorithm for solving the Rubiks cube, we will understand that much clearer process by which we come to all algorithms. If we ever reach that point, we will have denitively solved the problem of solvability itself. All in all, thats not too bad for a toy.
Barry Belmont studies biology and mechanical engineerings. He can be reached at opinion@ nevadasagebrush.com
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E.T, an ode to Perrys lover, is very futuristic sounding. With its dark, hip-hop and electro hybrid beats, it is proof that if the production value of a song is impeccable and fresh, it can carry an otherwise mediocre tune, making it great. Who am I Living For? is another extremely well done song, production wise. The pounding yet eerie hip-hop beats enhanced with a bit of electro synth sound nothing like what Perry has done before, and that is a great thing in this case. Beats aside, Firework is Perrys best lyrical work on the album with insightful, relatable, dare I say even semiinspirational, albeit cheesy lyrics such as Do you ever feel like a plastic bag/Drifting through the wind/Wanting to start again. However, Teenage Dream quickly takes another big hit with the angsty song, You Oughta Know of sorts directed towards ex Travie McCoy. While Perry tries her damndest to sound tough and badass, with every added screeching Fucking! she sounds less raw and angry and more disingenuous. It seems as though Perry created Teenage Dream with the main goal of it being nothing more than a vapid hit machine that would top the Billboard charts, rather than setting out to make an album that could resonate with listeners or show artistic growth. Of course, a lyrically deep and moving album wasnt expected from Perry. After all, she did make a name for herself with the factitious track I Kissed a Girl. But a little bit of lyrical growth or depth should not have been out of the question. While Teenage Dream does contain some catchy, fun songs that will surely join California Gurls and Teenage Dream at the top of the pop charts, it is pretty forgettable and will surely fade fast, much like the cotton candy scent of the album.
Enjolie Esteve can be reached at eesteve@nevadasagebrush.com.
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supposed Teenage Dream. Peacock is a song, if you can even call it that, based on a thinly-veiled innuendo in which Perry debuts her attempt at the type of half-rapping, half-annoying chanting that has unfortunately made singer Ke$ha famous. Perrys repetitive, obnoxious chanting of I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock and Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? /dont be a chicken boy, stop acting like a beeotch makes this awful track sound like a phallic rendition of Tony Basils Hey Mickey. Yes, there are quite a few unbearable tracks on Teenage Dream, but the album does contain a few gems that shine through the pile of garbage. Some recommended songs from Teenage Dream to check out include E.T., Firework and Who am I Living For? Much like its title suggests,
Last year, La Tomatina en Reno, an annual tomato ght held outside of the Club Cal Neva casino, raised more than $20,000 for the American Cancer Society. This year, organizers expect to triple the attendance from about 2,000 to nearly 6,000 participants. The amount of tomatoes will be similarly tripled, from 50,000 to 150,000 pounds available for everyones tossing and squashing pleasure. The event will take place at 3 p.m. Aug. 29. Tickets can be purchased for a $10 donation.
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Ree then embarks on an increasingly perilous search for her father, angering her dangerous family members on the way, who attempt to throw her off the trail with lies and violence. While some seem sympathetic toward her plight, others refuse to give up any information regarding her father and discourage her from pursuing the mystery any further. Unwilling to back down, Ree gets her uncle Teardrop (John Hawkes, Miracle at St. Anna) on her side and continues to press for answers before time
runs out. The lm is based on a novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell and adapted for the screen by director Debra Granik (Down to the Bone) and Anne Rosellini. The storyline itself is very strong, and each of the characters are written and cast well to t in with the dark nature of the subject matter. Lawrence gives a convincing and likeable performance as Ree. She manages to remain unwaveringly loyal and respectful to her family despite her difficult situation. Lawrence captures her tenacious essence perfectly and puts forth just enough emotion to create a truly believable character.
The entire plot is set against a backdrop of ominous woods and grey skies, emphasizing the dark atmosphere of the story. Certain shots of the scenery seem to help progress the story. Each character Ree encounters appears more and more menacing as she delves deeper into her familys secrecy. Altogether, Winters Bone is a very well-executed film. While some parts may be too disturbing to watch multiple times, it is definitely worth seeing at least once. Its haunting nature will leave audiences with shivers.
Casey OLear can be reached at colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
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ALBUM REVIEW
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Pop stars Dream more of a nightmare

By Enjolie Esteve
Katy Perry has made a name for herself as the pop pin-up girl, known for making fun and guilty pleasure-worthy songs that everyone secretly knows all the words to, but will never admit it. However, with the release of her very hot and cold sophomore album lled with more misses than hits, Teenage Dream, fans might be in for more guilt and secondhand embarrassment than pleasure. While Teenage Dreams futuristic beats and physical presentation are creative and innovative (the album cover is a painting of Perry, while the album is cotton candy scented), Perrys song lyrics are anything but. Even though the production value of Teenage Dream is exponentially better than her rst album, One of the Boys, the actual lyrics and content of most of the songs show a regression in Perrys writing ability (she co-wrote every song on the album). As is obvious from the title of the record, Perry yearned to get in touch with her inner teenager while creating the album, but clearly she got a little too in touch. Several of the songs on Teenage Dream feature lyrics so inane and immature it seems as though Miley Cyrus should be performing them, not a 25-yearold woman such as Perry. Teenage Dream, the second
KATY PERRY TEENAGE DREAM

Release Date: August 24 Genre: Pop Grade: C
single and namesake of the album, is without a doubt the catchiest track on the record. With this summers smash hit California Gurls coming in a close second, thanks to producer and ear candy extraordinaire Dr. Luke, who is also responsible for Perrys other hits, I Kissed a Girl and Hot n Cold. Even the booming electric beats and ridiculously infectious chorus dont make up for the cheesy, young lyrics like Lets go all the way tonight/ no regrets, just love. Clearly, Perry took the whole, You make me feel like Im living a teenage dream thing a bit too literally because the lyrics of this song sound like they came straight out of the diary of a horny high school-aged girl. While there are more than a few truly grating songs on the record, such as the party-centric Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F) and Hummingbird Heartbeat, which sounds like a song rejected in the 80s by the Go Gos, Peacock takes the cake as the most nightmarish song on this
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KATY PERRY TEENAGE DREAM
Genre: Pop Description: The I Kissed a Girl pop star will debut a more 80s, upbeat sound with the release of her sophomore album, Teenage Dream. The album, which has already birthed the two Billboard hits, California Gurls and Teenage Dream, is sure to be a hit machine.
USHER VERSUS
Genre: R&B/Pop Description: With the release of his seventh album, Versus, Usher is experimenting with a more dance, popheavy sound to enhance his smooth R&B vocals with the help of renowned pop producer Max Martin.
FANTASIA BACK TO ME
Pop star Katy Perry recently released her third studio album, Teenage Dream, after the commercial success of her 2008 album One of the Boys.
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FILM REVIEW
Sundance favorite delivers dark family drama

By Casey OLear
Winters Bone, the Grand Jury Prize-winning lm at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, combines strong acting with a dreary backdrop of the Ozark woods in the Appalachian region to weave a dark tale of family secrecy. The lm centers around Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence, The Burning Plain), a 17-year-old girl who is burdened with taking care of her two younger siblings as well as her mentally ill mother. The family is already struggling nancially when they are visited by the local sheriff, who informs Ree that her long-lost, drug-
Genre: R&B Description: Back to Me is the third album released by the winner of the third season of American Idol, Fantasia Barrino. The album, which is Barrinos rst release in four years, includes features by Cee-lo Green, Eric Hudson and Midi Maa.
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THE LAST EXORCISM
Starring: Ashley Bell, Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr, Louis Hertham Description: The lm, which is produced by Eli Roth, is presented as found footage. The Last Exorcism follows an evangelical minister as he performs the last exorcism of his ministry on a farmers daughter, played by Ashley Bell. What ensues can be described as nothing but pure hell. Genre: Horror Rating: PG-13
WINTERS BONE
Release Date: June 11 Director: Debra Granik Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes and Kevin Breznahan Genre: Drama Rating: R for drug material, explicit language and violent content. Grade: B+
dealing father, Jessup, put their house up for his bail bond before disappearing. If he doesnt show up for his court date, the family will lose their home. Unsurprisingly, Jessup fails to appear in
court and Ree takes it upon herself to track him down with only a week before the house is taken away.
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In Winters Bone, Jennifer Lawrence portrays a teenage girl burdened with the responsibility of caring for her entire family.
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August 20 The Lottery Ticket = 32% Rotten The Switch = 52 % Rotten
Nanny McPhee Returns = 77 % Fresh Piranha 3-D = 81% Fresh
August 17 Matthew Dear: Black City Iron Maiden: The Final Front = 70 = 80 Lissie: Catching a Tiger = 70 David Gray: Foundling = 63
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RESTAURANT REVIEW
New caf combines dining, activism
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FRIDAY/27
Trigger with Full Count, Courtesy Call and The Madorians at The Knitting Factory Trigger, a post punk, grunge and power pop band from Fallon, will be playing alongside three other local indie bands, Full Count, Courtesy Call and The Madorians. Full Count describes their sound as pop/punk, while Courtesy Call is a rock/pop group and The Madorians are a psychedelic pop/ R&B group. The show begins at 8p.m. 211 N. Virginia St. Reno Tickets range from $6-$14. Ted Nugent at the Silver Legacy Ted Nugent, the master guitarist who has been entertaining the masses for 50 years, will be performing several of his hits for his Trample the Weak Hurdle the Dead tour. The show begins at 8 p.m. 407 N. Virginia St. Reno Tickets range from $40-$55.
Spread Peace Caf is a newly-opened local restaurant that offers a variety of healthy meals in its riverfront location. The restaurant was created in conjunction with a non-prot organization that provides local homeless people with food and shelter. By Leanne Howard
The lazy days of summer may be coming to an end, but there is still much fun to be had downtown by the Truckee River, as newly-opened restaurant Spread Peace Caf hopes to prove. By combining healthy eats and humanitarian efforts with events such as Salsa Dancing and Monday Night Football, the restaurant offers a little bit of something for everyone (the keywords being a little bit). Located at 50 N. Sierra St. just across from Century Riverside theater, Spread Peace has lots of indoor and outdoor seating near the peaceful banks of the river. Its newly redesigned interior is complete with a wide bar and at-screen televisions. The caf was founded by two local couples, Randy and Roberta Tams and Tysha and Chris Tinney. It works in conjunction with Spread Peace Organization, a non-prot dedicated to supplying local homeless people with food and shelter. The caf plans to help fund efforts to provide homeless people with clothing, tents, and other basic necessities, according to its website, www. spreadpeacecafe.com. Both menus, lunch and dinner, are vegetarian and vegan-friendly, offering appetizers, light fare, and dessert. The lunch menu appears to be a better deal than dinner, with sandwiches and wraps at an average of $9. The dinner menu caters to a much more specic crowd, offering relatively small portions for somewhat high prices: the signature soup, salad and potato bar is one of the priciest options at $10.50, while the cheapest dinner item is an appetizer, six wings for $4. The pizzas, which could just about hold over two people and come at $12 apiece, are the best dinner option on the menu, with tasty signature sauces and crusts. Otherwise, the dinner menu seems sparse. It only offers a delicious, yet exorbitantly priced cup of French onion soup ($7 for a small amount), a few varieties of salads (spinach and Caesar for around $10 each) and a make your own pasta option (which, disappointingly, only offers two choices of pasta type). The best dinner deals seem to come during the cafs special event nights: Monday Night Football (pizza and a pitcher of beer for $9 total), Tuesday Night Comedy Club (chips and salsa for $4), etc. Otherwise, the food is tasty and the service is exceptional, but the prices seem a bit steep for what you receive in return. However, since your money is going toward a good cause, Spread Peace is denitely one of the most humanitarian options in the city. As the caf website explains it, Youll feel good knowing that for every meal purchased one will be given to a person in need right here in our community.
SPREAD PEACE CAFE

50 N. N Si Sierra St., St Suite S it 106 775-384-5380 Hours: from 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., from 7 a.m. - 2 a.m. Fri.-Sat., from 7 a.m. 11 p.m. Sun. For every one meal purchased at Spread Peace Caf, one will be donated to feed a person in need from the community. www.spreadpeacecafe.com
If any meal is worth a few extra dollars, its the kind that gives back to those in need.
Leanne Howard can be reached at arts-entertainment@nevadasagebrush.com.
SATURDAY/28
Cyndi Lauper at the Silver Legacy Cyndi Lauper, the renowned pop artist who has won two Grammys and released 11 albums over the span of her three-decade career, will be performing several of her hit singles. The show begins at 8 p.m. 407 N Virginia St. Reno Tickets range from $40-$65. The Dan Band at Grand Sierra Resort Comedian/actor Dan Finnerty, along with his back-up singers Gene Reed and John Kozeluh, will be performing a string of hits from artists such as Christina Aguilera, Bonnie Tyler and Jennifer Lopez. This funny man, who has appeared in The Wedding Planner and Old School, will begin his show at 8 p.m. 2500 E. Second St. Reno Tickets are $22. Hardcore hip-hop/metal
Artists studios on display
Battleborn author brings stories home

By Leanne Howard
Claire Watkins, 26, currently residing in Ohio, but raised in Pahrump, is proof that you can take the girl out of the desert, but you cant take the desert out of the girl. With a Nevada-themed short story collection in the works, Watkins is returning to her home state this week to speak at Sundance Bookstore along with University of Nevada, Reno Assistant Professor of English, Christopher Coake. (The short story collection) is a project that began when I moved to Ohio and was very homesick, Watkins said. I missed the desert and the mountains terribly, so I began to write about them. The collection, which she plans to call Battleborn, is set to contain stories placed in different Nevada locations, such as Lake Tahoe, Virginia City, Reno, the Black Rock Desert and Las Vegas. Though the collection began as a cluster of stories about Nevada, Watkins soon found that it grew into something of a much wider scope. Battleborn is only one of Watkins many successful projects. She has had short stories and essays published in Hobart, Hopkins Review, Ploughshares and Las Vegas Weekly. One of her most recent stories, The Last Thing We Need, was published in Granta, a British Literary Magazine. It is this story that Watkins plans to read from at the upcoming Sundance event. Every issue of Granta has a theme, like Sex, which came out this spring, or Pakistan, which is coming up, I believe, or Eyeless Cave-Dwelling Creatures, which is one I just made up, Watkins joked. Anyway, this issues theme is Going Back, so Ive come back to Reno to read with Professor Christopher Coake. Coake was one of Watkins mentors and friends when she was an undergraduate student majoring in English/Creative Writing at the university. He was also named on Grantas list of the Twenty Best Young American Novelists in 2007. Hes a tremendous teacher and one of my favorite writers, Watkins said. Its truly an honor to be reading with him. Watkins has advice for anyone who wants to follow in her footsteps along the road less traveled. Invite your parents to the East Coast for your law school graduation, she suggested. Let them take you out to dinner at a nice restaurant. Order something tasty, and when your parents ask, So, whats next? say, Im going to be a writer. If your parents seem unsettled, say, Dont worry, Ive been reading and writing for years. Show them one of your stories or poems or whatever and say, Look, I wrote this thing and its not a stinker, so boo-ya! Watkins and Professor Coake will be reading their fiction as well as hosting an audience discussion at Sundance Bookstore on Thursday, starting at 7 p.m.
Leanne Howard can be reached at arts-entertainment@nevadasagebrush.com.
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On display at Sierra Arts Gallery is a preview of the Reno Open Studios tour, which allows visitors to check out the studio spaces of nearly 40 local artists. The exhibit will be on display until Sept. 9, and the tours begin on Sept. 10. By Casey OLear
On display at Sierra Arts Gallery until Sept. 9 is an exhibition entitled Reno Open Studios, a preview of a special event of the same name that allows attendees a glimpse into the creative studios of many visual artists, which will take place on Sept. 10-12. Reno Open Studios is an art tour that is in its second year this September. It is free of charge for the public, allowing visitors access to the workspaces of about 40 local artists in mediums such as sculpture, weaving, printmaking, painting, glassblowing and more. The event was patterned after Tahoes Artour, and our rst event was put together in just six weeks on a shoe-string budget, Melinda Plumbridge, the President of Reno Open Studios and a founder of the event, said. It was a smashing success. We are now an annual event, as well as a non-prot organization, setting up scholarships for local art students. Maps of the artists studios will be available on artouring. com, Andy Guzman, the Sierra Arts Foundations Creative Director, said. You can print one out and check out the artists youre interested in, he said. In addition to the exhibition in Sierra Arts Gallery, the show will be featured at the RenoTahoe International Airport in 2011. Plumbridge hopes to see the tour become one of Renos signature events. Our event was started to showcase our artists process and story, she said. You get a
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CHINESE CHICKEN FRIED RICE Recipe from allrecipes.com. Ingredients: 1 egg 1 tablespoon water 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 onion chopped 2 cups cooked white rice 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon black pepper 1 cup cooked chicken Directions: Beat egg with water and melt butter in large skillet, add egg. Heat oil in same skillet, add onions and saute. Add rice, soy sauce, pepper, chicken and stir fry for 5 minutes.
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Sierra Arts Gallery 17 S. Virginia St., Suite 120 On display until Sept. 9 Hours: from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. More information can be found at artouring.com or on the events Facebook.
full-access backstage pass into the artists creative environment. You experience their creative process, hear about their inspirations and see how they create works of art from a lump of clay, a blank canvas or a piece of steel or glass.
Casey OLear can be reached at colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
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The city of Reno is packed with great local bands, venues and other opportunities to access unique music. If that seems overwhelming, dont worry. Getting the hang of the Reno music scene is as easy as A-B-C.
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Amendment 21: This happening sports bar and grill takes part in events such as the Reno Beer Crawl and offers drink specials on certain nights. The bar also sponsors music-themed parties (events in the past have included a celebration of Bob Marleys birthday) and occasional concerts. 425 S. Virginia St.
Buster Blue: Buster Blue is a popular local folk, thrash and western swing band. Playing at shows all around Reno and surrounding areas, Buster Blue has promoted its unconventional music and received many positive reviews. www.busterblue.com
The Collective: At the University of Nevada, Reno, the music department includes many professional jazz musicians who perform and record locally under the name The Collective. The band is comprised of university faculty members and has released four CDs. More information about The Collective can be found on the University of Nevada, Reno Department of Musics website.
Discology: Discology is a local record store that offers new, used and rare CDs and DVDs op supin addition to new-release vinyl. The shop re conports local musicians by hosting in-store oceeds certs and offering CDs for sale with proceeds going directly back to the artists. 11 N. Sierra St.
Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf serenades the audience at a performance at The Knitting Factory. This venue is one of many elements which contribute to Renos diverse music scene. contri
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Events Center: The Reno Events Center is a 7,500-seat arena in downtown Reno that hosts some of the biggest names in music that come through town. Everyone from Bob Dylan to Kelly Clarkson has performed at the multipurpose venue. 400 N. Center St. FILE PHOTO /NEVADA Kelly Clarkson
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(Jazz) Festival: The annual Reno Jazz Festival brings all the best jazz competitions, clinics and concerts to the UNR campus. The festival regularly features performances from student musicians, local groups and guest artists to showcase the latest in the jazz community. www.unr.edu/rjf Grand Sierra Resort: This local casino offers bars and lounges like The Beach. Special events, dance lessons and parties are always an option. Additionally, the casino features several differently-sized showrooms that host various touring artists of all genres, including Neil Young and Marilyn Manson. 2500 E. Second St. Holland Project: The Holland Project is an allages arts and music organization. Events the Holland puts on include concerts, workshops and community service activities. It is responsible for providing many all-ages concerts featuring local and national musicians for the people of Reno. www.hollandreno.zerominuszero.net
(St. James) Inrmary: Named after the classic folk song made famous by jazz musician Louis Armstrong, St. James Inrmary in Reno is a swinging bar with its roots in music. The bar features a jukebox loaded with hand-selected music of all types. While the bar primarily functions as a place to drink and hang out, it is open to hosting occasional live music acts as well. 445 California Ave. Java Jungle: Located just beside the Truckee River, Java Jungle is a hotspot for art and music fans in downtown Reno. The coffee shop hosts occasional special events in addition to its well-known Sunday Music Showcase, an all-ages open mic night starting every Sunday at 8 p.m. 246 W. First St.
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Metromix: This online guide provides reviews of local restaurants, bars and concerts, in addition to offering an events guide, to keep readers updated on the latest news within the Reno music scene. Metromix is one of the best places to check for updates on the concert scene. www.reno.metromix.com New Oasis: The New Oasis is a smaller venue that hosts both local and touring musicians in a more intimate setting. The venue is located outside of Reno in neighboring city Sparks. 2100 Victorian Ave. Sparks, NV @One: For anyone interested in getting involved, the @One center is the place to start. After a free training session, students are able to utilize the centers equipment, including a professional audio recording isolation booth with a digital mixerboard and specialized software. Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
Tonic Lounge: This downtown Reno bar regularly offers the over-21 crowd a variety of live music and DJs. Live performances and dancing are frequent at Tonic Lounge, and every genre from ska and metal to hip-hop is covered. 231 W. Second St.
Anthony Raneri of Bayside performs at The Underground.
(Wingeld) Park: During the warmer months, outdoor concerts and events are commonplace in Reno. This downtown park features a large amphitheater that sets the stage for many multifaceted concerts, dances and other music-related festivities. West First St.
Qs Billiard Club: This lively poolroom features a fully-stocked bar, a grill and a jukebox! Okay, its not the most music-related venue in Reno, but it is one of the only venues that starts with the letter Q. 3350 S. Virginia St.
Recycled Records: Recycled Records has been specializing in selling and trading used and out-of-print records, tapes, CDs, videos and DVDs to the Reno community since the 1970s. The shop is also a great place to purchase tickets for upcoming local concerts at venues such as the Knitting Factory. 3344 Kietzke Ln.
Knitting Factory: Still fairly new to Reno, this venue has become a go-to location for those seeking performances from some of the best touring musicians of all genres that come through town. This Reno location is the newest of the legendary nationwide Knitting Factory venues. 211 N. Virginia St.
Recycled Records has been in the Reno scene since the 1970s.
Lawlor Events Center: Only a few feet away from the Joe Crowley Student Union, Lawlor Events Center is one of the only venues on the university campus. This 12,000-seat arena is home to a variety of special events, including some big-name concerts and musical performances. 1663 N. Virginia St.
Studio on Fourth: The Studio is a relatively new venue to town. The location features a cozy atmosphere and bar, and is always decorated with local artists work. Events that take place there regularly include open mic nights, jam sessions and concerts. 432 E. Fourth St.
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The Underground: This is one of the more versatile venues in Reno. Some shows are allages, some are for those 21 and older. Some cost around $5 and some upwards of $20. However, it is certain that this intimate venue will always have an event going on. 555 E. Fourth St.
Victorian Square: Many diverse events take place on the Square year round. Some of the biggest local events, such as the Rib CookOff, are held in Victorian Square in Sparks, and there are frequently live outdoor concerts of all sorts to accompany the festivities. Sparks, NV Wolfpack Radio: When searching for the next big thing to appear, you can check out the universitys own studentrun radio station. Throughout the week, student DJs enter the studio to liven up the airwaves with their unique shows. www.wolfpackradio.org
Xenophobes: One of Renos favorite hardcore punk/psychobilly groups has been, for many years, the Xenophobes. The bands most recent release, Let the Bears Starve, can be checked out on the groups Purevolume (purevolume. com) account or MySpace prole. www.myspace.com/xenophobes
(M)y Flag is on Fire: My Flag is on Fire is an experimental grunge group that frequents local venues and Holland Project events in and around Reno. My Flag is on Fire music can be picked up at Discology or online via Orchard Digital. www.myspace.com/myagisonre Zephyr Lounge: Zephyr Lounge is a local venue that prides itself in its eclectic array of musical options. Hosting live music every Friday and Saturday (and sporadically during the week, also), the lounge is a great place to check out local music. The lounge also enables local groups to contact it and book shows. 1074 S. Virginia St.
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Th The U University i it of fN Nevada replaced the FieldTurf at Mackay Stadium over the summer. According to Associate Athletics Director Keith Hackett, the project cost about $465,000. Hackett said no money will come from state funding to pay for the field replacement. All money will come from private donors. Nevadas old FieldTurf was two years past its warranty, which expired in 2008.
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By Lukas Eggen
One of the biggest changes Nevada athletes underwent during the summer didnt have anything to do with an athlete or coach. Nevada replaced its FieldTurf at Mackay Stadium, a move which cost $465,000. The eld was ten years old, Nevada associate athletic director Keith Hackett said. The ber had broken down so badly that we made the decision to do it this summer. Hackett said Nevada made the decision to replace the eld last year. The Wolf Pack replaced the turf due to concerns about players slipping on the surface. The eld still met all of the safety requirements, Hackett said. But there was no friction so people could slip and slide. The turf was under warranty for eight years, meaning Nevada kept it two years past the suggested replacement year. Given the budget issues the athletic department is facing, Hackett made it clear that the cost to replace the turf is completely funded through private donations. All of the money was or will be raised by private donors. We had a group of local donors, Hackett said. There certainly wasnt any state dollars used. It was all external. While the decision to replace the turf was made a year ago, Hackett said they never considered switching back to a natural grass eld. Although the project may seem pricey, compared to grass, FieldTurf is much less expensive for the university over the long haul. The thing that you get is you dont have to maintain it, Hackett said. You dont have to cut it or water it. According to Hackett, a natural grass eld can easily cost much more. He said that over a ten-year period, it would cost $500,000 to $600,000 a year for all the upkeep. The decision to replace the turf means Nevada is committed to the product for at least the next eight years, after which its warranty is over. However, after installing
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University of Nevada President Milton Glick and Athletics Director Cary Groth announced Wednesday that Nevada will be joining the Mountain West Conference, sending the Wolf Pack to its fourth conference in the last 20 years. Were excited, Glick said. It was a very difcult decision because the WAC has been a wonderful conference for us. Reports surfaced last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning that Brigham Young University, a current MWC member, was considering becoming an independent in football and join-
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WAC Commissioner C i i K Karl l Benson said he will try and keep Nevada in the WAC until 2012.
Death of a conference
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We are here to remember a dear friend: a Nevada partner for more than 10 years. Im speaking of the Western Athletic Conference. Emerson As its rotting corpse Marcus lies lifeless in the casket beside me, I would like to eulogize its history, its partnership with Nevada and its abrupt death.
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ing the WAC for all other sports. The MWC then made offers to Fresno State in the morning and Nevada in the early afternoon to join the conference. Both schools accepted. I was disappointed by the selfish actions of two WAC schools, Benson said in a teleconference. Although the Wolf Pack announced its intentions, many of the details are far from decided. One of the biggest issues concerning Nevadas move to the MWC is the TV deal. The WAC restructured its TV contract with ESPN prior to the 2008 season. That deal guarantees at least 16 televised football games, 10 of which are on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 and six on ESPNU. Also, a minimum of six
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Sophomore goalie wins national championship

By Lukas Eggen
Sophomore goalkeeper Dana Moreno lived the dream during the summer. Playing on an Under-18 national team, Moreno played a big role in helping her team win a national championship. And with the memory of lifting a trophy fresh in her mind, Moreno is ready to become a leader on the Wolf Pack soccer team this season. As a freshman in 2009, Moreno was having trouble nding her comfort zone on the eld. The soccer team struggled out of the gate after losing its rst ve matches, and the mix of having to balance classes and practice may have gotten to Moreno. Last year was a tough year for me, Moreno said. But this summer I got to do what I didnt do last year and improve as a player. In the offseason, Moreno took her game to a new level and took a big step in becoming a leader for the Wolf Pack in 2010. Moreno played for the Laguna Hills Eclipse White during the offseason, helping the team win the U18 2010 Youth Soccer National Championship. the rst try, and appearing to be Moreno, who joins current stepping into her role as goalie. players Annabelle Allen and Erin The biggest thing Ive Smith to have won a national noticed is her maturity, Price championship, said winning said. Shes matured as a player was a feeling unlike any other. and understands her roles and It was the best experience of responsibilities. my life, soccer-wise, Moreno One of the biggest reasons for said. It helped my condence the change is because Moreno a lot. got a chance to play more posiThe experience paid more tions than just goalie. Moreno dividends than just good memo- also played forward, which ries. First-year head coach Missy she said helped her improve Price saw an immediate change as a goalie and become a more in the way Moreno played last complete player. Although the season. Moreno came in and passed the teams tness test on See MORENO Page B4
Goalie Dana Moreno won a national championship over the summer.
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THE SKINNY: After dropping its rst game of the season against St. Marys, Nevada continues its road trip, playing Gonzaga and Iowa State in the Montana Tournament. The Wolf Pack is hoping to avoid a start similar to 2009, when Nevada lost its rst ve games. Against St. Marys, the Wolf Pack gave up a goal after a little more than ve minutes into the game. The Wolf Pack will have to do better in taking and giving up shots. Nevada took just ve shots opposed to 18 by St. Marys. The bright spot in the game for Nevada was goalie Dana Moreno, who recorded eight saves in the game and gave up just one goal. The Wolf Pack will need Morenos kind of effort from the entire team in its next game against Gonzaga.
Colin Kaepernick holds the key to Nevadas success this season. Last season kaepernick run for over 1,000 yards.
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THE SKINNY: After two straight losing seasons, the Wolf Pack looks to open the 2010 season on a high note when the team travels to compete in the Missouri Tournament. Seniors Kylie Harringon and Lindsey Balwdin, who were named to the preseason All-WAC Team, will look to lead a young Nevada squad. More than half of the players on the Wolf Packs roster are freshmen or sophomores, which means Nevada will have to rely on some inexperienced players to step up and perform in order to have a winning season. Two other players that must improve and become major contributors are juniors Brittni Yates, who will be a key to Nevadas mid-court, and Erin Garvey, who will likely see time at all three front court positions. If seniors Harrington and Baldwin live up to expectation and juniors Yates and Garvey both have a good year, Nevada will do very well this season.
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Nevadas football team nished the 2009 season 8-4 after starting 0-3. The Wolf Pack will look to get its season off to a good start when the team hosts Eastern Washington on Sept. 2.
Nevadas quarterback, who is the only player in NCAA history to have back-to-back seasons of 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing is the most important player on the team this season. If Kaepernick plays well the team will likely do well. However, the entire team must step in and help if Nevada wants a shot at taking the division from Boise State this season. Nevadas senior running back rushed for more than 1,300 yards the past two seasons and needs that same performance to open up the eld for Kaepernick and the Nevada offense this season. If Taua can rack up those yards again and can duplicate his 7.8 yards per carry from last season the Nevada offense will pile on the points and Nevada fans will be entertained by spectacular plays and big offensive numbers.
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KYLIE HARRINGTON VOLLEYBALL Will begin her senior season for the Nevada volleyball team. Harrington is hoping to start off the way she played last season where she earned rst team All-WAC honors and lead the team in kills and points per set and was second on the team in digs per set. She is a huge asset and will have high expectations this season.
h, fall. The time when students cry inside while buying books. The time when Renos weather goes from nice to cold in a matter of weeks. And its the time when students must prepare themselves for another full semester of classes. But, as school gets going, the fall semester also signals the start of football season. And, with Nevadas game against Eastern Washington less than two weeks away, you should be very, very excited about the Wolf Pack football team. Dont believe the hype is for real this season? Heres why you should:
strike fear into the hearts of their opponents. Theres no reason Nevada shouldnt get off to a good start. Following the Eastern Washington game, the Wolf Pack plays Colorado State. The Rams did beat Nevada last season, but the Wolf Pack was clearly reeling. Theres no reason Nevada shouldnt be 2-0 before playing its rst tough game of the season against California.
always the most fun to watch and the Wolf Pack will not be lacking in that department. So be prepared for some shootouts and get ready to watch the WACs most prolic offense.
4. NEVADA CAN MAKE SOME NOISE NATIONALLY

The team has talent and potential. It also has a schedule that could get the Wolf Pack to get noticed. California, a Pac 10 opponent, is always big. Brigham Young University , which is nationally-ranked, would be a eyebrow-raising win if Nevada can go on the road and steal one. And of course theres a small team called the Boise State Broncos. Boise State could potentially have a trip to the national championship game on the line when it travels to Nevada in November. You want to tell me if Nevada gets a win against the Broncos that people wont take notice? And if you think its a pipe dream, Nevada lost to Boise State by only 11 points last season even after playing horribly in the rst half. There is precedent. Taking the Notre Dame game out of consideration, Nevada played Missouri close, only to lose by 10. In 2008, Nevada lost to Texas Tech by a mere 10 points, when the Red Raiders were ranked in the top 10 at the time. If Nevada can get rolling early, this could be one special year to watch. So in the words of Terrell Owens: Get your popcorn ready. The Wolf Pack is ready to get noticed.
2. THE PASS DEFENSE CAN ONLY GET BETTER.

New defensive coordinator Andy Buh brings new hope to the nations worst pass defense. In 09, Nevadas secondary was about as effective as if the Wolf Pack lined up a Pop Warner team. The good news: Nevadas defense can only get better. The Wolf Pack won eight games with the worst pass defense in the nation. Just imagine the possibilities if the team had an average pass defense. Cornerback Isaiah Frey will have to step up and lead a young unit, but any improvement means the Wolf Pack wont have to put up 50 or more points to ensure a win.
Nevadas senior forward, who was injured for the beginning of the 2009 season with an ankle injury, will be a leader this season. If Drummond can avoid the injury bug this year, look for her to duplicate or even exceed her 2008 performance in which she was named to the All-WAC rst team and the All-WAC Tournament team. If Drummond stays healthy, she should shine for Nevada this season.
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1. THERE IS NO NOTRE DAME.

We all know what happened last season. The big hype all offseason led up to a big shellacking at the hands of Notre Dame. Not only that, the Wolf Pack started the season a disastrous 0-3 and appeared to be in serious danger of not qualifying for a bowl game. The re Coach Ault chants began and it looked to be the start of an ugly season. But, this year Nevada opens the season with three straight home games, starting with Eastern Washington. The Eagles arent the biggest pushovers; they have qualied for the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs four of the last six seasons, but come on. Theyre in a league with Portland State, Montana and Idaho State. That doesnt exactly
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OFFENSE WOMENS SOCCER In its rst two games, the Nevada womens soccer team has yet to score a goal. Nevadas rst game was a pre-season game against Chico State that ended in a 0-0 tie. In its rst regular season game, Nevada lost 1-0 to Saint Marys. Nevada hopes to break its scoreless streak against Gonzaga.
Nevada senior attacker will be called upon to lead a team with half of its players freshmen or sophomores. Leadership is not the only thing that will be expected from Harrington this season as she was named to the pre-season, All-WAC team. Last season was Harringtons best, earning rst team All-WAC honors. If she can duplicate last seasons performance it will be another great year for the senior. The Nevada volleyball senior, who made the WAC coaches preseason team for the third year in a row and has received WAC postseason honors in her previous three seasons, will also have a leadership role on the team alongside Harrington on this years young Nevada squad. With the reputation she has built over her career and all the WAC honors Baldwin has earned, it is no surprise that she will be a key factor to Nevadas season and she should be among the best in the WAC this season.
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3. THE CONFERENCES MOST EXCITING OFFENSE

Theres no question quarterback Colin Kaepernick is one of the best players in program history. Along with running back Vai Taua, theres no reason why Nevada shouldnt be an offensive juggernaut again. The team can at out score and move the ball. Five times last season Nevada scored at least 52 points. This is a team that, if nothing else, can make a game exciting. Lets face it, good offensive teams are
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Nevada shortstop Kevin Rodland
IS THE NUMBER OF FORMER NEVADA BASEBALL PLAYERS TAKEN IN THE 2010 MLB DRAFT THIS YEAR.
TEN IS THE NUMBER OF TEAMS THE NEVADA MENS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY THIS SEASON THAT PLAYED IN A POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT. 2 IS HOW MANY NEVADA VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS WERE NAMED TO THE PRESEASON ALL WAC TEAM TO LEAD THE WOLF PACK THIS YEAR. TEN DAYS UNTIL COLIN KAEPERNICK AND THE NEVADA FOOTBALL TEAMS SEASON KICKS OFF ON AGAINST EASTERN WASHINGTON. 8 IS THE SAVES NEVADA GOALKEEPER DANA MORENO HAD IN
THE NEVADA WOMENS SOCCER SEASON OPENER, NEVADA LOST 1-0 AGAINST SAINT MARYS LAST FRIDAY. SIX IS THE TEAMS THAT WILL REMAIN IN THE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONERENCE ONCE NEVADA, BOISE STATE AND FRESNO STATE OFFICALLY LEAVE THE CONFERENCE. 3 ARE THE GAMES THAT WILL BE TELEVISED DURING NEVADAS FOOTBALL SEASON THIS YEAR ON ESPN WITH ONE ON ESPNU AND TWO ON ESPN2.
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Armon Johnson and Luke Babbitt were key teammates the past two seasons for Nevada. Now, both play for the NBAs Portland Trail Blazers. Both performed well in the ve NBA Summer League games they played in. Babbitt averaged 30 minutes per game, scoring a little more than 14 points a game but averaging just 3.8 rebounds a game. Babbitt averaged fewer than three turnovers a game. Johnson also averaged more than 33 minutes a game where he scored 11 points and four assists per. Johnson and Babbitt were among the Wolf Packs best players last season, combining for 37.6 points per game.
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Senior Jessica Daum, right, returns a ball during Nevadas annual Silver and Blue scrimmage Saturday. The team opens its regular season Friday.
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Pack looking for breakout season after good offseason

By Lukas Eggen
After a second-straight losing season in 2009 and a quick exit in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, Nevadas volleyball team wanted to make a change. The previous season we struggled a little bit in our fall camp and preseason, senior Nicole Link said. We all decided we wanted to take the initiative and be a better team. As the players completed summer classes, the team woke up early to lift weights, run and work on volleyball skills. We knew that if we wanted to be good this year, we had to put in the extra effort before the season, senior Lindsey Baldwin said. Players woke up at 6:45 a.m. to workout and keep their skills sharp, Link said. However, getting into shape wasnt the only positive. We have really good team chemistry, Baldwin said. That will help us when we have the high and low points this season. As the blue team defeated the silver team 3-1 during the annual Silver and Blue scrimmage Saturday night, the teams offseason work showed. The players came back in the best shape of the history of the program, 14th-year head coach Devin Scruggs said. Senior Kylie Harrington led the blue team with 18 kills while freshman Grace Anxo led the silver team with 12 kills. Other than missing way too many serves, I was very pleased, Scruggs said. The two teams struggled with serve accuracy, combining for 26 service errors during the match. Anxo led a group of ve freshmen who are expected to come in right away and contribute for the Wolf Pack. All of them are very talented, Baldwin said. It adds depth to our team and theyre all wellrounded volleyball players, so it helps us in games and in practice to become better volleyball players. Scruggs said the freshmen will all see playing time, whether its starting games or coming off the bench. In addition to the freshmen, team captains Link, Baldwin and Tatiana Santiago will look to help lead a team that contains eight underclassmen. Were really expecting a lot from all three of those players, Scruggs said. Santiago will help to replace
The 2010 MLB draft was in its second year of being televised and saw four Nevada players get picked. The rst Wolf Pack player taken was outelder Westley Moss in the 16th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Moss played in 2009 and 2010 at Nevada ending his career with a .293 batting average, 117 hits and showed his speed by grabbing 36 stolen bases. His days in Reno may not be over since the Diamondbacks triple A team is in Reno. In the 22nd round the Kansas City Royals selected pitcher Tyler Graham. He also played two years at Nevada. He compiled a 4.48 earned run average, 11 saves and had 77 strikeout in 88 innings pitched for the Wolf Pack. In round 34, another speedy Nevada Wolf Pack player, shortstop Kevin Rodland, was taken by the Texas Rangers. During his
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Former Nevada guard Armon Johnson, left, was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round of the NBA Draft. Former Wolf Pack forward Luke Babbitt is also playing for the Blazers after the Minnesota Timberwolves drafted him with the 16th overall pick and traded him to the Blazers.
three-year career at Nevada he batted was .260 while totaling 92 RBIs and stealing 38 bases. The last Nevada player chosen in the draft was Brock Stassi. Stassi was picked in the 44th round by the Cleveland Indians. While at Nevada Stassi was a dual threat, where he pitched and hit. While his career earned run average for Nevada is 4.94, in 2010 he settled in and dropped his ERA to 3.73 that year with 67 strikeouts. He also accumulated a career batting average of .326 and had 60 RBIs at Nevada.
on the U.S. team: Dempster Christenson, a junior this fall and Meghann Morrill, who completed her senior season in 2008. Christenson competed in four events, with his best result coming in 10th place in the 50m rie 3 position men junior team event. Morrill competed in two events, cracking the top ten in both, helping her team earn a bronze metal in the womens team 10m air rie event. The U.S. earned 11 gold metals and 24 total metals. Only China and Russia earned more.
This summer, Munich, Germany played host to the 50th International Shooting Sport Federation world shooting championship. The University of Nevada was represented by two members
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MENS HOOPS SCHEDULE IS NO CAKEWALK
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N Nevada d is i l looking ki f for it its rst winning season since 2007. The two teams combined for 26 service errors and nine aces. Eight of the Wolf Packs 15 players are freshmen or sophomores. Nevadas rst home match is Sept. 3 against Weber State.
setter Sonnie Sei, who graduated last year and help freshman setter Dana Holt develop. Tatiana is setting better than Ive ever seen her set before, Scruggs said. Nevada opens its regular season Friday as the team travels to play in the Missouri Tournament. The Wolf Pack opens the tournament playing Utah Valley before playing a doubleheader against Missouri and Maryland on Saturday. The Wolf Packs rst home match is Friday, September 3 when the team hosts Weber State to open the Nevada Invitational.
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The Nevada mens basketball schedule was released for the 2010-2011 season and it features 10 games against teams that made the postseason last year. For the opener Nevada gets the Big Sky conference champion and NCAA tournament member Montana. The other nine teams that made the postseason that will play Nevada are Portland, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Houston, Arizona State, Washington and Utah State and New Mexico State twice, Eight of those games are against teams that played in the NCAA tournament, one against an NIT (National Invitation Tournament) tournament team (Arizona State) and one against a CIT (Collegeinsider. com Tournament) tournament team (Portland).
Jackae Bridges a former member of the Nevada track team was arrested on Aug. 4th for prostitution. According to Reno police Sgt. Ernesto Leyva Bridges was caught when police tracked down people who were posting ads on craigslist.org. Bridges was a freshman on a partial scholarship. She was named MVP and team captain at her high school three years in a row.
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Tyler Graham played two seasons for Nevada before being selected in the 2010 MLB draft be the Kansas City Royals.
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switch may seem odd, Moreno played forward until she was 15 so she wasnt going in completely blind. It helped my tness, Moreno said. And I could see the eld from different angles and understand what my teammates are going through on the eld. In helping lead the Eclipse White to a shutout victory in the championship game against defending champion Eclipse Select from Illinois 1-0, Morens experience also helped her learn another major skill: Leadership. She was one of the older players on that team, Price said. I think that gives a player a lot of leadership responsibility even if you dont want it. And while Moreno may have been one of the new kids on the block in 09, she is embracing her new role and is establishing herself as one of the teams leading examples. As a sophomore she (Moreno) has the potential to be a good leader, Smith said. Shes shown that through her work ethic and her condence helped her push the rest of the team and be an example for everyone else. Although the soccer team saw another coaching change in the offseason, the team doesnt anticipate any troubles adjusting to a new system. There really wasnt much of an adjustment period. Missy really jumped in and took the reins, Smith said. She made it as smooth as possible. Now with a new season just getting under way with new head coach Missy Price, Moreno is primed to breakout and, along with goalkeeper Marie Cove, help Nevada make another deep run in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. Im ready to step it up and my mentality is better, Moreno said. I want the freshman to look up to me and be a better example for the team. However, the Wolf Pack started its season with a 1-0 loss at St. Marys on Friday. Nevada will try and rebound from its disappointing start when it plays Gonzaga and Iowa State at the Missouri Tournament this Friday and Saturday. The Wolf Packs rst home game is Sept. 3 when the team hosts Montana at Mackay Stadium.
Stassi earns spot on ESPNs Top Plays

Brock Stassi, a former Nevada pitcher/designated hitter, earned the number one spot on Sportcenter Los Angeles list of top plays from last Tuesday. Stassi made a leaping grab over the right eld fence to catch a y ball for his team, the Wisconsin Woodchucks. Stassis catch in the top of the fth inning helped lead the Woodchucks to a 6-0 win. Stassi, who graduated from Nevada last spring, had a batting average of .365 and a pitching average of 3.43 during his senior season. This season with the Woodchucks, Stassi has an earned run average of 5.06 for the Woodchucks this season. Stassi was one of four former Wolf Pack players to be selected during the 2010 MLB Draft. Shortstop Kevin Rodland, pitcher Tyler Graham and Westley Moss were all taken during the draft.
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vs. Utah Valley Aug. 27 * 2:00 p.m. vs. Missouri Aug. 28 * 10:00 a.m. vs. Maryland Aug. 28* 2:00 p.m. vs. Weber State Sept. 3 6:00 p.m. vs. Belmont Sept. 4 12:00 p.m. vs. Notre Dame Sept. 4 7:00 p.m. vs. Northern AZ Sept. 10 12:00 p.m. vs. Arizona Sept. 10 7:00 p.m. vs. Pacic Sept. 11 2:00 p.m. at Portland Sept. 17 4:30 p.m. at UC Davis Sept. 18 11:30 a.m. at Oregon State Sept. 18 4:30 p.m. at Hawaii Sept. 24 10:00 p.m. at UNLV Sept. 27 5:00 p.m. vs. San Jose State Sept. 30 7:00 p.m. vs. Fresno State Oct. 2 7:00 p.m.
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Hawaii ranked third in preseason poll

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that Hawaii is currently ranked number ve in the preseason poll. Hawaii, who is a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) was ranked number three in the nal AVCA poll last season. The Rainbow-Wahine nished with a 32-3 record and reached the NCAA Final Four after winning both the WAC regular season and tournament title. Nevada is set to play Hawaii on Sept. 24.
G3 25 21
G4 25 13
K 12 5 11 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 37 SA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
T 3 1 Dig 11 2 1 10 7 15 0 0 0 12 0 58 BA 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10
Blue
Batista, J Harrington, K Heinen, B Daum, J Santiago, T Yates, B Garvey, E Chang, K Baldwin, L Ji, E Hold, D Totals
K 10 18 0 4 4 8 5 0 0 0 0 49
SA 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
Dig 4 12 8 8 5 0 1 15 0 0 0 53
BA 2 0 0 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 13
White
Anxo, G Leaea, L Baldwin, L Anxo, S Ji, Elissa Hold, D Batista, J Heinen, B Daum, J Link, N Santiago, T
Soccer
SOCCER TEAM SCHEDULE
Chico State T0-0 at Saint Marys L 1-0 at Gonzaga Aug. 27 2:30 p.m. at Iowa State Aug. 29 10:00 a.m. Montana Sept. 3 2:00p.m. South Dakota St. Sept. 04 2:00 p.m. at Sacramento State Sept. 10 2:30 p.m. at San Francisco Sept. 12 1:00 p.m. Idaho State Sept. 16 7:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan Sept. 18 2:00 p.m. at UC Irvine Sept. 24 3:00 p.m. at UC Riverside Sept. 26 2:00p.m. New Mexico State Oct. 01 7:00 p.m. at LA Tech Oct. 03 12:00 p.m. at Utah State Oct 08 2:00p.m. Idaho Oct. 15 7:00 p.m. Boise State Oct. 17 1:00 p.m. at San Jose State Oct 22 7:00 p.m. Fresno State Oct. 24 1:00 p.m. Hawaii Oct. 29 7:00 p.m. WAC Tournament Ruston, La. Nov. 4-7 TBA NCAA Championships Nov. 12-Dec. 5 TBA
FOOTBALL
Broncos ranked in top-5 in rst AP Poll

Boise States football team, a WAC member, is ranked third in the Associated Press preseason poll. The ranking ties Boise State with Arizona State for the highest preseason ranking for a WAC team in the conferences history. Boise State nished 14-0 in 2009, culminating with a 17-10 victory over Texas Christian University in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Nevada faces the Broncos when Boise State travels to Nevada on Nov. 27.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17
Team Chico State Nevada 1 0 0 2 0 0 T 0 0
ATHLETICS
Chico State
Sh Foster, M Perlman, A Lopes, B Downtain, M Grek, M Pease, M Dunlap, S Wall, K Leiva, D Webster, L Atkins, C Karnofsky, D Barto, J Abdelshife,H Berger, D Long, K 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 SOG 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saves 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada
Sh Moreno, D 0 Smith, E 1 Voss, S 0 Green, D 0 Sacks, A 0 Erickson, J 1 Dominguez 0 Allen, A 1 Drummond, C4 Broome, K 0 Braman, L 0 Disarunno, K2 Riddle, J 0 Cove, M 0 Schmeda, S 0 Masciola, J 1 Crump, C 1 Larot, R 0 Terranova, J 0 Ramsier, J 0 13 SOG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Six Wolf Pack athletes to be inducted in Oct.

Six former Nevada Wolf Pack sports stars are being inducted into the University of Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame in October. Athletics Director Cary Groth announced that Trevor Insley, Mark Lewis, Limin Liu, Lyle Overbay, Dave Pitman and Tony Shaw were the six former Wolf Pack athletes that will be entering the Hall of Fame. This years Hall of Fame class features some of the greatest individual performers in the history of Wolf Pack Athletics, Groth said in a press release. Insley, who played for Nevada football from 1996 to 1999 currently still holds Nevadas record for most receptions and receiving yards. Lewis played for Nevadas baseball team from 1993 to 1994. He helped lead the Wolf Pack to the NCAA Regionals for the rst time. Liu, who was a member of the swim and diving teams from 1998-2000 won three individual national championships during her time at Nevada. Overbay, an All-America honors winner, aided in bringing Nevada baseball to a pair of conference championships during his time at Nevada from 1996-99. Overbay currently plays for the Toronto Blue Jays where he has a batting average of .254. Pitman, who played for Nevada womens basketball team from 1986-90 is ranked second of all time for rebounding for the Wolf Pack.
FOOTBALL
Home games to be heard in Spanish

University of Nevada football games will now be broadcast in Spanish for the rst time ever, on Exitos 1550 AM, Nevada becomes one of four WAC members to broadcast game coverage in Spanish. Carlos Martinez, who will cover the play-by-play aspect of the games, and Miguel Mina, who will be the analyst, will be covering every Wolf Pack home game this season. Nevada athletics director Cary Groth said she is glad that Spanish-speaking fans will now have access to coverage of every home game this season. The opportunity to expand the reach of Nevada football to the Spanish-speaking population in Northern Nevada is a major part of our One Community, One Pack concept, Groth said in a press release. Nevadas rst game is Sept. 2 when the Wolf Pack hosts Eastern Washington.
2010 WAC STANDINGS
Team Conference Standings Overall New Mexico State 0-0 2-0 Utah State 0-0 2-0 Louisiana Tech 0-0 1-1 Boise State 0-0 1-1 Hawaii 0-0 1-1 Nevada 0-0 0-1 Idaho 0-0 0-1 Fresno State 0-0 0-2 San Jose State 0-0 0-2
Totals
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
Team Saint Marys Nevada 1 1 0 2 0 0 T 1 0
Saint Marys
Sh Peters, S Shelvin, C Paul, D Doniak, A Marada, J Kreuz, C Tognetti, C Mayo, B Ives, S Soro, A Ring, M Madden, M Ciliento, A Kroloff, E Campos, B Salazar, A Beard, A Stearns, A Totals 0 3 1 2 6 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 SOG 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 G 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saves 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nevada
Sh Moreno, D Smith, E Voss, S Dominguez Green, D Allen, A Erickson, J Drummond Broome, K Braman, L Disarunno Terranova 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 SOG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saves 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STATISTICAL LEADERS

Category Name Shots per game Crystal Burns Goals Natalie Norris Saves Liz Ruiz Points Natalie Norris Assists Stefani Shiozaki *Three Players Tied Statistic 6 2* 15 5 2
2010 NEVADA STATISTICAL LEADERS
Category Name Statistic Shots on goal Jill Erickson 1 Goals Natalie Norris 2 Saves Dana Moreno 15 Points Natalie Norris 5
FieldTurf
NO NATURAL GRASS
A According di to t A Associate i t Athletics Director Keith Hackett, Nevada didnt consider switching to natural grass. Hackett said that the costs to water, cut and manage natural grass would cost more per year than it cost to replace the FieldTurf. Field Turf requires no upkeep once its installed.
the FieldTurf in the Intramural Fields and the practice eld, its clear the athletic department is content with it. We have about 750,000 square feet of FieldTurf, Hackett said. Its a great product. The current FieldTurf will be under warranty until 2018 when it is supposed to be replaced. Hackett said that if Nevada had switched to a natural grass eld, the price to manage the grass (mowing, watering, etc.) cost more than what the Field-
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Frisbee, lacrosse and rugby to hold event

By Lukas Eggen
The womens ultimate Frisbee, lacrosse and rugby club teams are working together to hold an event Sept. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the John Sala Intramural Fields. The event will feature stations where potential members can try out drills with all three sports and get a better picture of what each is about. Students will get to see what club is best for them, or if a club sport is right for them at all. The idea to work together rst came from Phoebe Judge, a member of the ultimate Frisbee club team who realized that she needed to do major recruiting in order for the club to continue operating in future years. Although Judge was initially
CLUB SPORTS
Th The womens ultimate lti t F Frisi bee, lacrosse and rugby teams will be hosting an event Sept. 3 at the John Sala Intramural Fields. The event will feature drills from all three sports so students can try their hand at them. The event will run from 5 to 8 p.m.
worried about there being too much competition between the three teams, the decision to work together was an easy one for all the clubs. We decided to work together because we are all aware that not every girl that wants to play
a club sport is going to be geared to all three of our sports, said womens rugby president Diana Santos. This gave us the opportunity to expose a lot of girls to all three sports simultaneously and hopefully give them a chance to decide for themselves if they are suit for one sport over another. As each club gears up for a new season, the teams hope to boost participation in each club. Lauren Vancitters, the president of the Lacrosse club, said her team had barely enough to eld a full team last year. We had about 15 people last year, VanCitters said. And it takes 12 to eld a full team, so we had a few subs. And while each club hopes to benet from the event, Judge
said she hopes this wont be the last time the clubs work together. I think the idea of recruiting together and getting a mass of people out is a great opportunity for everybody, Judge said. I think we should do it every year. The time commitment can be high as Judge describes it as having a second job. However, the clubs hope they will nd some students who will take the time to get involved with extracurricular activities. Its important to get involved in college, Vancitters said. Its a good stress reliever and you can just come out and have fun.
Nevadas ultimate Frisbee team huddles before a game last season. The Frisbee team is taking part in an event Sept. 3 to recruit students.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PHOEBE JUDGE
WAC
University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick and athletics director Cary Groth announce Nevadas decision to leave the Western Athletic Conference Wednesday afternoon.
PHOTO BY CASEY DURKIN /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
MWC
regular season mens basketball games will be shown on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 and the WAC basketball championship game and one seminal will be shown on one of the three networks. According to reports, ESPN paid the WAC $4 million a year for the deal. However, the current Mountain West Conference TV deal, which runs through the 2015-16 season, provides an opportunity to greatly increase the revenue. MWC games air on one of three cable networks: Versus, CBS College Sports or the MTN The contract is reportedly worth $12 million per year. However, the TV revenue in the MWC is much better, Groth said. Not to mention that the WAC TV deal was likely to change because of Boise leaving. Also factoring into Nevadas decision was travel costs. ESPN. com reported that Nevadas 2008 travel costs totaled $2,203,619. In comparison, the University of Nevada Las Vegass 08 travel costs were $2,309,571. However, she believed travel costs would be lower. In addition to costs, reports began to surface that both MWC Commissioner Craig Thompson and Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowski met to discuss a possible postseason game between the champions of the MWC and CUSA. Each
conferences champion will meet with the winner of the game gaining an automatic berth to a Bowl Championship Series bowl game. The idea has not been submitted to the BCS for an ofcial review. The earliest the plan could be instated is 2014, when the current BCS contract is nished.
conference form day one.
FIGURING OUT THE DETAILS

Although Nevada announced it would join the MWC, several details are up in the air. Benson stated that he wanted to keep Nevada and Fresno State until 2012. Both Groth and Glick expressed that they want to join the MWC next year. I think its difcult to stay in a league after youve announced your departure to everyone, Groth said. Although a quick decision is wanted, Hackett said that they wont know that for a while. It is also unclear how much Nevada will have to pay as an exit fee for leaving the WAC. President Glick said the reported $5 million was on the high end of his expectations. Benson said in a teleconference that he wished he charged $20 million. Although an amount like this could potentially cause nancial problems, Groth said the combination of increased revenue, funding from boosters and some help from the MWC would offset the cost. Groth and Glick hope to have a resolution soon and plan to open a dialogue with Benson this week. I think it will be a difcult negotiation, Glick said. But in the end it is in all parties best interests to work this out.
First off, Id like to thank everyone for coming. For those of you who didnt come Nevada, Fresno State and Boise State you are all horrible (insert naughty term Utah State fans are allowed to say here). Speaking of Utah State, will the Aggies please take their seat and stop moving toward the door. The WAC was born 48 years ago when eight teams two now with the Pacic 10 Conference and four with the Mountain West Conference joined to create a conference for Rocky Mountain region schools. Success was immediate, as Arizona garnered the 1963 College World Series and Arizona State won it in 1965, 1967 and 1969. New Mexico also beat UNLV 24-0 in football in 1978, beginning the WACs long-running domination of Nevadas academically ranked Tier-2 school. The WAC expanded with three new schools between 1978-80, including Hawaii: the longest tenured WAC school
(31 years). In 1984, the WAC reached its pinnacle when Brigham Young University won the college football national championship. The 1990s era of realignment sent the WAC through a complete makeover by 2001, leaving the conference without any of its original members after Nevada joined and Texas-Christian University left. The WAC survived and sent 27 teams to bowl games between 2001 and 2010. But it couldnt survive the departure of Nevada, Fresno State and Boise State this summer. After 48 years and 24 teams (thats 20 percent of Division I-A football), the WAC is dead. It died because it was outmaneuvered by the MWC. A conference with schools in Louisiana and Hawaii is always going to face a disadvantage when it comes to traveling expenses and recruiting. Its range was a big factor. For Nevada, the WAC was more than benecial it turned Wolf Pack athletics into a perennial bowl contender and a mid-major basketball powerhouse. But what will come of the WACs leftovers?
Hawaii should go independent. Such economic times make it difcult for bankrupt programs to annually visit the island state. Hawaii can still allure schools, but it cant expect programs like Louisiana Tech and San Jose State to afford a yearly visit. Utah State should follow Nevada and join the MWC, as extremely hypocritical as that sounds, given its commitment to the WAC and rhetoric from its overreacting, irrational fan base. Louisiana Tech had no reason to be in the WAC. The Bulldogs in the WAC is more geographically inaccurate than the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East. That leaves New Mexico State, Idaho and San Jose State; teams that barely belong in Division I-A to begin with, at least in football. This summers domino effect, sparked by Boises departure and BYUs rumored moves, killed the WAC. Good night, sweet prince; poor conference that could never establish an identity. Flights of angels sing thee to rest.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.com.
A HISTORY OF MOVING UP
About 20 years ago, Nevada was little more than a small program thriving in a little knownconference. The MWC is the seventh athletic conference the Wolf Pack will play in. However, during the last two decades, Nevada has moved up conferences, starting with the Big Sky. The Wolf Pack made the leap from Division II to Division I in 1969 when it joined the West Coast Conference, which was looking for new teams after Fresno State, the University of California, Santa Barbara and San Jose State University left the conference in a three-year span. The Wolf Pack also played in the Big Sky Conference 1979 to 1992. Nevada then spent seven seasons in the Big West Conference before joining the WAC in 1999. Football head coach Chris Ault, who was Nevadas athletics director during the Wolf Packs move to the WAC, supported the move to the MWC. Its nice for the future, Ault said. Theres some nice opportunities. Ive always believed that both schools (Nevada and UNLV) should be in the same
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Arizona Pacific San Jose State* Fresno State* Utah State*

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