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Speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil
By Alex Mosher
University of Nevada, Reno
students will take their last
stride on the Quad as un-
dergraduates and graduates
on May 17 and 18 and 2,168
students will have to decide
where to take their talents in
the new phase of their life.
Fil Corbitt, a graduating
journalism major, said he
wants to avoid falling into the
motions again after gradua-
tion and wants to make sure
hes happy with his next step
before taking it. Looking back
on his last four years of college,
Corbitt said he was miserable
his first year going through
the motions, because college
seemed like something he was
supposed to do when he had
no idea what he was there for.
It wasnt until his fourth
year when he caught up with
himself that he realized what
he wanted to do and began
working toward a career in
journalism.
Without the stability of
working toward a goal, Corbitt
anticipates feeling lost after
college, but will not succumb
I
cant do my homework
because I cant stop thinking
about it, said Hannah
Behmaram, editor of The
Brushfire, the oldest literary arts
journal in the state of Nevada. I
couldnt sleep last night because
I couldnt
stop
thinking
about it.
It
being, of
course, the
proposed
budget
of the
Associated
Students
of the
University of
Nevada for Fiscal Year 2013-
2014. With a projected increase
of enrollment to bring in about
$70,000 more in revenue than
last year, the proposed budget
presented on April 24 cut large
chunks of money out of the
three campus publications
that rely on ASUN for funding:
$11,275 from Insight Magazine,
$14,946.71 from Wolf Pack Radio,
and completely eliminated all
funding for The Brushfire.
Unless you have been living
under a rock for the last few
weeks, its almost certain you
have heard about this in and
around campus. Petitions were
quickly created and circulated
on Facebook, drawing more
than 300 signatures in a week
period, according to Evynn
Tyler, current editor-in-chief
of Insight Magazine. Rumors
Grads face different
decisions after college
Juliana Bledsoe /Nevada Sagebrush
Left to right: Brushre Editor Hannah Behmaram, Manager of Wolf Pack Radio Nick Rattigan and Editor-in-chief of Insight Magazine Matt Bieker.
Megan
Ortiz
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Poopapalooza offers unique
way to fundraise at UNR
Unusual theft, $30,000
mineral returned to UNR
Juliana Bledsoe/Nevada Sagebrush
A large deposit of Stibnite, a commonly found mineral throughout Nevada, was stolen from the W.M.
Keck Museum sometime around April 8. It was returned anonymously on the evening of April 26.
By Megan Ortiz
A large piece of Stibnite,
a mineral commonly found
throughout Gold and Silver de-
posits in Nevada, was returned
to the W.M. Keck Museum in
the Mackay School of Mines
on the evening of April 26.
The mineral, valued at ap-
proximately $30,000, isnt the
first thing to be stolen from the
museum.
Daphne Lapointe, geologist
and director of the museum,
has been working at the Uni-
versity of Nevada, Reno since
1981. She said it was only a
few years earlier in the late 70s
when a break-in occurred at
the museum, in which about
20 ounces of Gold was stolen.
There are much more valu-
able pieces in here, Lapointe
said. The rarity in this (Stib-
nite) was in its size. Its rare
to find a huge piece like this,
with needles the size of your
fingers. The mine it was taken
from also has some historical
value, being mined right here
in Nevada.
Lapointe noticed the mineral
missing on April 8, but didnt
report it until the return of her
graduate assistant Natasha
Majewski on April 16, as she
couldnt quite put her finger
on what exact mineral was
missing.
Its anonymous return in a
garbage bag and a black crate
has Lapointe questioning who
would do this. The deposit,
which was about 30 pounds
according to Lapointe, resided
in an old case from the 40s just
to the right of the front doors
of the museum. The age of the
case combined with a faulty
padlock made it easier than
normal for the thief to pilfer.
We dont really have any
budget, Lapointe said. The
curator before me put in bids
By Alex Mosher
Beginning with a pony poop-
ing on a grid, then a bunny
and now a donkey, the Student
Ambassadors annual fund-
raiser Poopapalooza will be
giving away quality prizes to the
owner of the square the donkey
defecates on.
Desirae Acosta, director
of tours and fundraising for
Student Ambassadors said she
believes the fundraiser, origi-
nally the Pony Plop Drop, first
started with Student Ambas-
sadors brainstorming creative
ways to conduct a fundraising
raffle for their organization. Two
years ago, when funding was
moved, renting a pony became
too expensive so the ambassa-
dors switched to a rabbit and it
became Poopapalooza.
But Acosta said a bunny
wasnt exciting enough, so this
year she decided to switch up
the animal. First she said the
ambassadors were going to get
a llama, and then a goat, which
is why all the advertisements
contain a picture of a goat, until
they found out the owner of the
goats also had a mini-donkey.
Gabriella Muller, a student
ambassador for almost three
years said the event is a lot of
fun, especially because the vi-
sual aspect of a random animal
in Hilliard Plaza draws a lot of
attention.
Its kind of strange for people
who dont know about it,
Muller said. For me, its not
strange anymore because Ive
been doing it for a couple years.
But for someone walking by (to)
see a donkey and a grid, theyre
thinking, what is this?
Muller said she believes the
visual aspect will draw in a lot
of people, but what really sells
the tickets is the list of prizes
given away at the event. Acosta
said the prizes will vary in price,
such as a two night stay at the
Eldorado, a free round of golf at
a country club and Aces tickets.
Im actually buying a couple
of my tickets because I want
a chance to win because the
prizes are so awesome, Muller
said. You could theoretically
pay $2 and get a two night stay
at a hotel.
Adriana Franks, a freshman
studying psychology said shes
interested in the raffle because
it seems like a good time and a
lot of quality prizes will be of-
fered.
I think its a good idea,
Franks said. I dont know how
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By Megan Ortiz
The lawsuit over the demolition of Getchell Library has
been dismissed, as the Washoe District Court found the
two plaintiffs, Clark & Sullivan Construction and Q&D
Construction, to have no reason to call for irreparable
harm.
Well, I havent heard from them, but they didnt exactly
call to congratulate us, said Mary Dugan, general coun-
sel for the University of Nevada, Reno.
The two companies led a lawsuit against the university
in response to the contract for the student achievement
center, a project that will relocate all student services
under one roof in a new building where Getchell now
stands.
Dugan said she feels the two companies were simply
upset that they werent picked to work on the contract
over Core Construction Company.
There have been litigations in the past with Clark &
Sullivan, even, Dugan said. But, to my knowledge, there
hasnt been any problem with selecting a general contrac-
tor to a project in the last 15 years.
UNR President Marc Johnson agreed, and said the
plaintiffs charging the university did not follow a fair bid-
ding process.
The two contractors feel they didnt get a fair share at
the project, Johnson said.
The company with the winning bid, Core Construction,
has not done work for the university in the past, but Du-
gan said they have a good reputation in northern Nevada.
The two plaintiffs have both done work for the campus,
together amounting to more than 50 percent of campus
construction.
Dugan said the university has done well by the other
two companies, Q&D and Clark & Sullivan, in the past,
and certainly hopes they submit future bids for projects.
The argument was based off Nevada Revised Statute
338, which encompasses the rules for bidding on a public
works project. However, last Wednesday the court proved
this project did not fall into a public works project, caus-
ing them to dismiss the lawsuit in favor of the university.
There were 11 other bidders on this project, Dugan
said. None of them had anything to say about it. Just
these two.
Valued at $25 million, the student achievement center is
slated to begin this summer with the demolition of Getch-
ell Library. The company with the contract will not yield
that much prot from the project, according to Dugan, but
will obtain about 3.7 percent prot from the price.
Dugan said the contract should be signed by next week
so that construction can start as soon as possible. She
thinks the center is a great idea, regardless of who is doing
the construction on it.
I think its wonderful that the university is so inter-
ested in doing whats right for the students and that
the students are so interested in having this project for
them, she said. Its in the heart of campus right on
the Quad basically and its going to bring a lot of good
things under one roof.
Megan Ortiz can be reached at mortiz@nevadasage-
brush.com.
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Getchell Library is scheduled to begin demoliton this summer to make way for the new student acheivement center.
By Megan Ortiz
The weather is getting
warmer as students prepare
for nals beginning at the end
of the week. More than that,
2,168 students are preparing
to walk across the stage in the
Quad on not one, but two days
this semester.
The decision to split the
ceremony into two days was
made after the winter gradu-
ation ceremony. University of
Nevada, Reno President Marc
Johnson noticed how many
people had to watch students
graduate all the way from the
Thompson building, opposite
of the stage on the Quad.
The number of graduates is
continually growing, Johnson
said. But unfortunately, the
Quad isnt growing. Its impor-
tant that we split it into two
days for comfort.
The winter ceremonies
yielded 1,166 undergraduate
degrees and 382 graduate
degrees. Natalie Savidge of the
UNR media relations depart-
ment said this year, they have
also done a better job of mak-
ing sure they get those who
wont graduate off the list in
time.
This years spring cer-
emonies will include 1,606
candidates for undergraduate
degrees and 562 candidates for
advanced degrees, a combined
620 increase from winter.
Because of the increase,
Johnson said its about comfort
more than anything.
However, graduating jour-
nalism major Emily Sullivan
said she isnt excited about
having the ceremonies on
separate days. While Sullivan
is walking on Saturday, she has
many friends in the college of
business that walk on Friday.
I have to work on Friday, so
I dont get to see them walk,
Sullivan said. And I cant go to
anyones grad parties on Fri-
day, either. Yeah, it will make
the ceremonies shorter, but its
not UNR tradition.
However, some students do
see the benets of having to
separate ceremonies. James
McMorran, an accounting
major, believes that dividing it
between the two days will help
put more emphasis on the
students.
When you have (fewer
students), more attention
is paid to them, McMorran
said. When there are 1,000
students, no one pays atten-
tion, and you just cycle them
through as quickly as possible.
Johnson believes this new
style might be an inconve-
nience to those who have to
travel to see their children
graduate, and it might inspire
people to make adjustments in
their daily schedules since one
of the graduation days is on a
weekday.
But with such a large increase
in graduates from last semester,
the separation could be effective.
Its Johnsons goal to allow every-
one who participates to be able
to see those they love walk across
the stage in a quicker and more
intimate setting.
Megan Ortiz can be reached at
mortiz@nevadasagebrush.com.
Lawsuit dropped, Getchell project proceeds
Graduation separated into two ceremonies
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Regent scholar turns
love of reptiles into
meaningful research
Photo courtesy of Jade Keehn
Though initially a nerve-wracking experience, Jade Keehn said she has grown to love eld work and
capturing reptiles.
By Alex Mosher
Growing up next to a stream in her hometown
of Truckee, Jade Keehns love for frogs became
her future aspiration to become a wildlife biolo-
gist.
Keehn said she would go down to the stream
and carry frog eggs back home so she could rear
them herself. When she would visit her grand-
mothers, she spent a lot of time capturing the
lizards that scaled walls around the neighbor-
hood by making a noose out of a long piece of
grass. In her recent field studies she found shes
been using the same methods as herpetologists
who capture reptiles with a fishing pool noose
instead of pieces of grass.
Now Keehn is focusing on research she was
recently awarded the Regents Scholar Award
for, which involves studying the effects of
renewable energy on reptile populations and
the ecosystem in general. Because she believes
the transition to renewable energy is inevitable,
Keehn began focusing on how renewable en-
ergy facilities affect surrounding ecosystems
because the facilities take up mass quantities of
habitat.
Though she hasnt started her fieldwork yet,
Keehn plans to soon so she can begin to un-
derstand how these huge facilities affect bird
populations, plants, insects, reptiles and all
other organisms involved.
Because of the scale of impact from these
situations, you arent going to lose species
entirely, but it will impact our environment and
affect the way things interact, Keehn said.
Keehn, who graduated in December with a
degree in wildlife ecology and conservation, is
currently pursuing a masters degree in biology
with a minor in Spanish. In the five years shes
spent working at a pizza restaurant, Blind On-
ion, Keehn said she picked up a lot of Spanish
and is now fluent.
Through earning scholarships, receiving
grants and working through school and sum-
mer, Keehn has paid for her whole education,
even studying abroad in Costa Rica, and gradu-
ated with her bachelors degree debt free.
Things were very laid back in Costa Rica,
and people were overall very content with their
lives and had a deep respect for the land and
the wildlife, Keehn said. In the United States
people are always rushing, and I was shocked
when I first came back to see how much our
culture is influenced by commercialism and
consumption.
Her freshman year, Keehn took an internship
at Great Basin National Park where she got
her first taste of capturing venomous snakes.
Rattlesnakes in the Great Basin are tagged with
transmitters, which enable wildlife biologists
to track them down with radar. Keehn said the
radar would beep faster when a rattlesnake was
near, a nerve-wracking experience that resulted
in her constantly checking her feet.
She was very nervous when she was forced
to capture her own rattlesnake since her boss
wasnt around, but she describes capturing the
snake as being very simple and a let down in
how easy it was. Keehn said the basic procedure
is to lead the rattlesnake into a tube, then grab
the snake once its halfway in so it cant move its
head to bite. She loved it so she kept doing it.
During the winter snakes hibernate in rock
crevices but wander out to buildings and trails
if their prey, such as mice, are abundant there.
According to Keehn, the snakes native to the
west are for the most part docile, and will not
bite unless theyre provoked. She said most
snakebites are a result of intoxicated males ages
18-25 bothering them.
Keehn herself has three amphibians, includ-
ing a spade foot toad, a box turtle and two
bearded dragons owned by her boyfriend she
lives with, Tony Bush. Keehn said she aspires to
be a wildlife biologist, a profession that came
about when people began inquiring about why
elk and deer populations were dwindling, but
she wants to focus on all non-gaming wildlife,
such as reptiles, bats and birds.
One of her favorite memories throughout
her summer internships out in the field was
when she was working for the forest service and
handled bats, an animal she finds exciting and
rarely experienced.
Though Keehn almost forgot what free time
was like, she said she enjoys going on summer
trips with her boyfriend to sample breweries
and hike in national parks. Her boyfriend, who
she recently got interested in bird watching,
will also be studying wildlife this summer, but
instead of reptiles, he will be studying mule
deer in the Mojave Desert.
Keehn received good grades in high school
and said she could have attended a school
academically superior to UNR, but chose UNR
because of its financial stability. In the end she
was glad she chose to attend UNR because she
believes its not about the school you go to, but
who you are and the effort you put in.
Alex Mosher can be reached at amosher@ne-
vadasagebrush.com.
STUDENT SUCCESSES
for cameras, and they never
got approved. We are in the
process of doing that again
now.
But for those who work there,
like Lapointe and Majewski,
conceiving that cameras are
needed is a strange thing.
The museum is such a
loved place, Majewski said. I
never find trash; its never in
shambles. The dirtiest it gets
are nose and finger prints on
the glass.
But all involved agree this
theft is out of the ordinary.
Adam Garcia, UNR chief of po-
lice, said the department has
developed leads but because
of the current investigation,
they cannot be disclosed at
this time. Garcia said the most
expensive thefts on campus
have involved motor vehicles,
but this one throws him off.
This is an unusual theft,
Garcia said. Most that are
reported on campus involve
bicycles, phones and laptops.
Lapointe said that an in-
crease in strong-arm robberies
of other museums in northern
California has inspired them to
increase their safety measures
in the last few years. Theyve
replaced locks and put new
backings on cases, some of
which have been there for the
105 years the museum has
been open.
And their inventory is so
large that it gives Lapointe and
Majewski reason to believe
this was not a random theft.
Each case contains multiple
drawers with 100 samples of
each mineral that is on display,
including valuable pieces of
amethyst, quartz and gold.
The downstairs section of
the museum is also home to
the Mackay Silver Collection, a
1,250 piece dinner set made by
Tiffany & Co. out of a half-ton
of silver from the Comstock
Load. While the silver col-
lection has multiple security
measures, the value of the mu-
seum pieces demonstrates the
thought-out plan of the thief.
There isnt a whole prison
mentality here, Majewski
said. Its well cared for by the
community. Its its own land-
mark. There are just some
things about this that dont
add up. We definitely hope to
catch whoever did this.
Megan Ortiz can be reached at
moritz@nevadasagebrush.com.
many people would want to
watch that happen, but its
creative!
The fundraiser will take
place May 7 from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. in Hilliard Plaza where
free pizza will be offered,
donations for Student Ambas-
sadors will be accepted and a
donkey will be pooping on a
bunch of squares. Acosta said
the ambassadors reached their
goal of $550 this year, but she
still hopes to make the fun-
draiser increasingly exciting
each year by switching up the
defecating animal.
Alex Mosher can be reached at
amosher@nevadasagebrush.
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TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
Insight Magazine. Rumors
started circulating about
students going to hold a save the
arts riot. Faculty and staff wrote
letters to ASUN, highlighting the
importance of campus publica-
tions and even throwing around
words like censorship.
To say the least, people got
very upset very quickly.
However, at the most recent
Budget and Finance Committee
meeting on Friday, four and
a half hours of debate and
presentations eventually led to
tabling the budget, delaying its
finalization for another week
as the committee works to give
each publication its funding
back, according to Ziad Rashdan,
president of ASUN.
Its about more than just num-
bers on a spread sheet, though
said Matt Bieker, editor-in-chief
elect of Insight Magazine.
Since their inception, these
three publications have relied
on funding from ASUN. Unlike
The Nevada Sagebrush, which
now has completely separated
itself from ASUN funding, these
publications have been told by
past editors and ASUN leaders
to not worry about advertising
because ASUN has their back.
However, stripping funding
at these numbers from the
publications would mean seek-
ing revenue through advertising
elsewhere, something the
business models of these three
publications is currently not set
up to do, according to all three
editors.
But the concept of alternative
funding is what inspired Rashdan
to make the decisions he did in
writing his budget.
We just want to look at dif-
ferent opportunities, Rashdan
said. Its not to say they dont
matter that was never the
intention. But rather, how can we
make these publications more
autonomous and independent?
This whole idea can be slightly
attributed back to The Nevada
Sagebrush. After years and years
(longer than any of us have
been on staff) of working with
ASUN to become independent,
we have finally achieved it in
the FY 2013-2014 budget. While
they still provide us with office
space in the Joe Crowley Student
Union, we no longer receive any
money from them to support
ourselves. Our ad office is ours
and ours alone, and we are 100
percent self-supported.
This is Rashdans idea: help
make the other publications
independent like The Sagebrush.
However, it did take a long time
for this to happen while main-
taining a reputation that has
been 120 years in the making.
Its more of a long-term goal,
like the newspaper, said Nick
Rattigan, manager of Wolf Pack
Radio. Its not something thats
in the cards right now.
All three editors agreed that the
proposed cuts, if finalized, would
make them inoperable, saying
that all of them already operate
at the bare minimum they need
to survive particularly for
Brushfire, which was completely
eliminated. Its small, four-person
staff has worked to maintain
the 81-year-old journal as a
strong presence for creativity
on campus. It has a 100 percent
pick-up rate, and its alumni have
gone on to become professionals
in their respected fields.
Insight has been around
almost as long as The Sagebrush,
publishing as the schools
yearbook, The Artemisia, in
1899. It made the transition to
campus magazine in 2008 and
serves to inform the students
with entertaining and insightful
photos and stories, according to
its mission statement.
And while no date can be
said for certain of Wolf Pack
Radios inception, them being
the youngest doesnt matter in
the slightest. Rattigan began
implementing a show called
Live in the 775, which features
live bands playing on the air. He
also hopes to get enough money
to go to an FM frequency in the
future, as well.
Together with the Sagebrush,
these publications help display
the diversity of the campus.
I really have a passion for
these publications, Rashdan
said. And the leaders of them
have clearly conveyed their
passion for them, which is what I
love to see happen. I have looked
through the new Brushfire and
my sister was in Insight once, so I
have seen them.
Personal experiences aside,
even when the budget gets
finalized, which Rashdan said
should be presented to the
senate on May 15, he stressed
the importance that it is a living
document and can change at
any time. This means the $45,000
extra put toward Campus Escort
could change, along with extra
money being put toward ASUN
Traditions, scholarships and
leadership programs. Some
programs did decrease, however,
such as Flipside, and could also
be subject to a change in budget
at any point throughout the
scholastic year.
This aided his argument for
wanting to encourage the pub-
lications to be autonomous. As
long as they remain connected to
ASUN, they can essentially have
their funding pulled at any time,
a large reason as to why The
Sagebrush has worked so hard to
achieve autonomy.
On March 24, 1961, what was
then called the ASUN Sagebrush
published the blank issue. At
a time when the media board
was controlled by ASUN and
not the editors of the publica-
tions themselves, the board
deemed the then editor-in-chief
incompetent to retain his job,
firing him with a newspaper on
the line.
The blank issue, which
contained no articles or columns
and only ads, was published
to ensure the contracts with
advertisers didnt fall through,
but also served as statement of
freedom of the press.
Student publications should
have creative freedom and
publish whatever they want,
Rashdan said. I want them to be
able to do whats right by them.
But the overwhelming majority
of this campus has recognized
that this is not the way to go
about it. Rattigan, along with
Behmaram and Bieker, said they
were not consulted prior to these
decisions, indicating the lack
of research done about student
media itself.
(Rashdan) wants to see us
take a stronger stance in the
university, but were looking at
it from different angles, Bieker
said. We want the same thing.
But seceding from ASUN is not
in the cards right now and wont
happen while Im in office.
Megan Ortiz studies journalism
and English literature. She can be
reached at mortiz@nevadasage-
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to recovering that stabil-
ity through jumping into a
career. As easy as it would be
to take a job and move into
a new house, hes turned
down three job offers so far
because he feels this is his
last chance to pursue what
he enjoys before he has more
responsibilities.
After college, Corbitt plans
to tour the West Coast with
the band, Buster Blue, a
Reno Americana Folk band
made up of people he grew
up with. Playing shows and
hanging out while playing
music were the best times of
college for Corbitt.
I feel like I have enough
skills that I can get a job
eventually wherever it is,
whether its in radio, or
video or writing and that I
dont have to jump into it,
Corbitt said. I dont feel like
this is my last chance to get
a job and that once Im done
for a year, Ill be screwed or
something.
Though he doesnt have a
singular career goal, Corbitt
said he could see himself
running a radio show in the
future.
Entering college was
another story for James
McMorran, a graduating ac-
counting major, who spent
five years in the Navy before
going to college. After high
school, McMorran said his
father presented him with
two options either college
or the military and Mc-
Morran, knowing he wasnt
ready for college, chose
the military. As a result, he
earned substantially better
grades in college than in
high school, and he learned
to be driven.
Because he believed
politicians handled money
irresponsibly, McMorran
decided to put his degree
toward a career in politics.
Through politics, he hopes
to change U.S. taxes so they
are simpler to understand,
easier to do and more fair.
Ive followed politics since
I was a little kid, McMorran
said. I was probably 12 or
13 years old when I started
paying attention to what was
going on. I just said, Theres
got to be a better way and
decided it was something I
could make a change in.
McMorran plans to start
by working at an accounting
firm for five to seven years
and then jumping into poli-
tics. He said his best advice
for students in college is to
keep pushing through, and
sometimes students will be
tempted to ask themselves
why theyre doing what
theyre doing, but keep mov-
ing forward.
Lucas Pakele, a graduating
journalism major focusing
on strategic communication
said he was attracted to
communications because of
the different energies open
to him since communica-
tions could lead him into
any industry.
Though hes interested in
the variety of different ener-
gies, Pakele said he is really
interested in outer space and
would like to contribute to
the new frontier. Pakele said
it was at Burning Man that
his attention was brought
toward space and it was also
Burning Man that inspired
his career goals the most.
Looking back, thats
probably what Ill remember
having contributed the most
to my future, Pakele said.
Burning Man is a really
inspiring place. Theres a lot of
creative energy out there, and
it makes you want to accom-
plish more. Because you see
people do these amazing, over
the top displays, and they do
them just so other people can
experience them. That really
inspired me to reach higher,
to embrace success and to not
be afraid of it.
After graduation, he plans
on spending his summer
interning but, more impor-
tantly, looking for jobs in San
Francisco, the city Pakele is
determined to move to. Be-
cause of his fondness for the
most cinematic city and
the large amount of people
who begin in San Francisco,
he said he would love to help
a company start there and
succeed.
Whether it is jumping into
internships, moving to new
cities or taking the time to
enjoy themselves, college
experiences have shaped
how UNR graduates look
toward the future.
Alex Mosher can be reached
at amosher@nevadasage-
brush.com.
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First Battle Born Film Festival fails to impress
Metal band The Ocean shows depth on Pelagial
By Allison Ford
Student-created animations,
comedies and tragedies were all
shown on the big screen at The
Battle Born Film Festival at the
University of Nevada, Reno Friday.
Despite the diversity, there were
still a few films that stood out
from the others.
The first film of the bunch
that really stood out to me was
Dr. Spatula, a cartoon about a
spatula. I appreciate the fact that
a cartoon was submitted, but
the characters were creepy and
there was not much to love about
them.
Following the cartoon was A
Rivers Flow, a reflection about
memories. What surprised me
about this one was the fact that
it received no recognition in
the film festival other than an
honorable mention. This film
had an intriguing and descrip-
tive storytelling technique that
actually made me empathize
with the narrator. Though it
was a bit sappy at times, the
cinematography and storyline
were worth remembering.
There were a few films in the
festival that were confusing or
corny to the point of laughter.
Take Minecraft: The Space Odys-
sey, for example. If there was a
reference to some other movie/
show/game, I certainly didnt
catch on. The awkward silences
and lack of context made the film
a chore to get through.
The Last Stand suffered from
the same problems. It was about
a man stalking his ex-girlfriend
in the student union who, I have
to assume, cheated on him. He
then kills this girl, takes her to the
desert to bury her and gets shot by
a cop. You now know as much as I
do about this film.
My personal favorite of the
Battle Born Film Festival was
Ponyboy, an abstract film cre-
ated by student Russell Taguba.
A lonely ponyboy wanders
about campus because he is
unlike anyone else. He then
imagines he has his very own
horsewoman who lights up his
life.
In the end, he finishes the
book he was writing and realizes
that his horsewoman does not
exist and his fantasy is over. A sad
ending, but the cinematography
was impressive and the concept
was humorous while still a little
disheartening.
That said, Ponyboy was an ex-
ception to the norm, with most of
the films being mediocre at best.
The mediocre films all had some
sort of redeeming qualities such
as good stories, cinematography
or acting, but the bad ones were
bad in every aspect.
I truly do hope this film festival
is held again next year so the par-
ticipants can take the criticisms
and gain something from them.
Allison Ford can be reached at
aford@nevadasagebrush.com.
Photo courtesy of Metalsucks.net
Arts & Entertainment
By Allison Ford
When I hear about campus concerts, I imme-
diately think of events such as Rage N Remem-
ber, a family-friendly event hosted by N-RAP,
which advocates partying sober.
The event targets college students and at-
tempts to make their cause well-known, but to
me, it just came off as pushy much like other
events held on campus. Theres nothing wrong
with these concerts, but when there are sumo-
wrestling suits, water balloons and children
running around, it can really take away from
what a concert is supposed to be about the
music.
I started last Friday night at Rage N Remember
in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union, and
as much I tried to enjoy myself, I just couldnt.
As a college student who doesnt enjoy party-
ing sober there was nothing I appreciated about
the event, especially the inspirational rock
music I heard. After hearing about the A.M.P.S.
concert, which was hosted by other student
publications including Wolf Pack Radio, Insight
Magazine and Brushfire that was happening at
the same time in front of Scrugham Engineering
and Mines, I thought it couldnt hurt to give it a
shot.
When I entered the quad in engineering row,
I was pleased with what I found. A small stage
was set up on the grass, and there were lights
wrapped around the poles and trees in the sur-
rounding areas. In addition to the lights, artwork
was on display, and Brushfire was releasing its
newest edition. In addition, The Holland Project
put on a button-making station next to the free
food. The environment was small and personal
and every aspect of it surpassed my expecta-
tions.
Good friends laughed in excitement as they
saw each other and embraced. People chatted
about how good the music was while standing in
line for the barbecue. Artists and amateurs alike
drew on a large piece of butcher paper set out
for the event goers to do with as they pleased.
From the comfort level, it seemed as if everyone
had known each other for a lifetime, but in real-
ity most of them were students there to support
their publications. It truly was a beautiful thing.
The musicians of the night included the
local Americana band Last to Leave, Seattles
hard rock band Grave Babies and ended with
Insights very own Evynn Tyler accompanied by
Tea Haze with a hip-hop performance. I have no
inclination toward any of these genres of music,
but I was particularly impressed with Tylers
performance.
I guess I should mention that it surprises me
how much diversity we have on our campus. The
fact that it shocks is very telling, because even
as a part of a student publication, I still find it
difficult to embrace the culture our campus is
producing.
Its events like A.M.P.S., ones that arent trying
to accomplish something other than fostering a
more expressive campus, that are truly going to
make students aware of how much culture and
art the university and Reno in general have
to offer.
Allison Ford can be reached at aford@ne-
vadasagebrush.com.
Wolf Pack Radio event amps up campus
Courtesy of Benjamin Poynter
Though lms like Ponyboy offered a fair amount of enjoyment, the Battle Born Film Festival was largely a dissapointment.
By Tyler Hersko
Remember when labeling
music as progressive actually
meant something?
Well, I dont. I wasnt around
when The Dark Side of the
Moon and In the Court of the
Crimson King were considered
fresh and exciting. That said, it
isnt hard for me to see the dif-
ferences between founders of
the so-called progressive music
genre such as Pink Floyd and
King Crimson and modern acts
like Anathema and The Mars
Volta.
Theres nothing inherently
wrong with that both of those
bands are fantastic but its
hard to deny the overuse of clas-
sifying contemporary bands as
progressive rock or progressive
metal.
If theres any 21st-century
music group that could be
appropriately labeled as a
progressive band, it may very
well be German metal group
The Ocean. Since its incep-
tion in 2000, The Ocean has
blended sludge metal with art
rock, hardcore punk, post-rock,
ambient and a smorgasbord of
other genres into a sound that is
unique yet concise.
While genre mashing is hardly
an impressive feat, much of the
acclaim enjoyed by The Ocean
is focused on its natural sound,
despite the bevy of influences
contained in each of its albums.
Natural is unarguably the
best descriptor for the bands
recently released sixth album,
titled Pelagial. Though the
bands post-Precambrian re-
leases have left critics and fans
divided, Pelagial is, without a
doubt, the most consistent and
cohesive album in the bands
celebrated discography. The
heaviness that defined the likes
of Aeolian and the first disc
of Precambrian is combined
masterfully with the lighter
atmospheric and experimental
tones of Heliocentric and
Precambrians second CD.
Mesopelagic: Into the
Uncanny, the albums second
track, encompasses all of these
elements. Gentle guitar strum-
ming is accompanied by sounds
of the ocean laugh now, but
the result isnt remotely clich.
The song runs the full gamut,
with beautiful progressive rock
riffs and metallic heaviness
complementing one another
perfectly.
The uninitiated may associate
such a description with Between
the Buried and Me or latter-day
Dream Theaters music, but such
comparisons couldnt be further
from the truth. Theres not so
much a contrast between light
and heavy, metal and whatever
the hell else, as there is a pris-
tine and again, natural cul-
mination of styles.
Of particular note are the vo-
cals of Loc Rossetti. Though early
interviews hinted at Pelagial as
a largely instrumental album,
Rosettis voice is featured promi-
nently throughout, and it never
comes across as an afterthought.
Rosettis vocals come in about
three minutes into the album,
and they immediately dispel any
notions of metal bands having
talentless vocalists. His singing
is beautiful, quite frankly, and
the energetic choruses in the
pulse-pounding Bathyalpelagic
II: The Wish in Dreams and
aforementioned Mesopelagic:
Into the Uncanny are nothing
short of thrilling.
His screams are no less
impressive. Fans of metalcore
giants such as The Dillinger
Escape Plan and Botch will feel
right at home with Rosettis
harsh vocals, suitably heavy and
intense but never excessive to
the point of inaccessibility.
Like the critically acclaimed
Precambrian, Pelagial is
a concept album. The album
begins on a fairly light note
and gradually becomes heavier
and slower, as if sinking to the
bottom of the sea. Though the
concept may seem trite and
pretentious, the end result is
anything but. While this does
mean Rosettis fantastic clean
vocals become gradually scarcer
as the album goes on, the con-
cept is executed admirably; the
stylistic diversity and thematic
atmosphere make Pelagial
quite the journey.
Like the ebb and flow of the
bands namesake, Pelagial is
both beautiful and fearsome. Its
the culmination of The Oceans
extensive influences and yet an-
other early contender for metal
album of the year.
Tyler Hersko can be reached at
thersko@nevadasagebrush.com.
THE OCEAN
PELAGIAL
Release Date: April 30,
2013
Genre:
Progressive Metal/Art
Rock
Grade:
A
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Krysta A. Pascual
Tanjim Ishmam Saad
Harpreet Singh
Ethan James Witt
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Preston W. Bergstrom
Andrew Bruce Hostetler
Alexander K. Jones
Nicholas A. King
Maria Christina Nye
Gregory S. Patterson
Adam Pribyl
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER
AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING
Nirali Budhecha,
Erin S. Keith,
Aaron C. Loar,
Guilherme Martins,
Veronica Ramirez Guerra,
Brian Karl Streng,
Devyani Tanna
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
Dylan Taylor Cockerham
Adeline Y. Duong
Steven M. Flores
Russell William Fredericks
Joshua D. Gleason
Nicholas Harrison Hainline
Sarah R. Hardage
Matthew Brady Hermansen
Ben R. Hutchins
Casey Douglas Jones
Kurnhee Soo Ma
Jeffrey D. Maze
Lena Migala
Patrick Jason Montplaisir
Brandon John Murphy
Masud Parvez
Benjamin A. Pettit
Michael John Meneley Rogers
Jacob Dylan Roland
Michael A. Espinas Scharosch
Charles Michael Smart
Matthew David Tanner
Clifford J. Uber
Jeremy J. Vanyi
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING
PHYSICS
Ryan C. Black
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Ashley Kaiser
Jennifer A. Mital
Raiden John Tsuboi
Zeena Clair Williss
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATERIALS
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Josh S. Belt
Kolozs S. Korda
Targe Loyd
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
Christopher D. Aguilar
Roberto Avila
Nicholas Stephen Baker
Cameron A. Bellamy
Kent K. Bergantz
Torry Matthew Brashear
Adam James Brown
Chad D. Cerruti
Holly M. Cheek
Albert Benjamin Claypool
Luke Spencer Davis
Peter Joseph DeLosa Jr.
Carlo W. DeSantis
William Shinichi Dorough
Harrison S. Edwards
Michael J. Goodrick
Alexander Thomas Gould
Rachel M. Green
Robert O. Green
Cory Vance Hartzell
Crystal V. Harvey
Alyssa Ann Hawthorne
Daniel Leland Hayden
Jacob T. Holland
Nathan Ryan Josefowicz
Nicholas John Keglovits
Kyle A. Kingery
Kyle J. Klino
Matthew Thomas Koerner
Kolozs S. Korda
Daniel Michael Lane
Kevin S. Langley
Gene H. Lengdorfer
Ernesto T. Manzo
Jimmie A. Mar
Jack Alexander McCormack
Zoe M. Meneley-Gilbert
Richard Guina Millare
Ketan Mittal
Michael B. Montiel
Joshua Glenn Tate Moseley
Danae Moser
William S. Nagel
Dylan C. Nettenstrom
Pengyu Pan
Joseph Stephen Parnes
Luis E. Pavia
Jonathan William Porter
Nicolas B. Posey
James R. Ross
Andrew J. Smith
Conan A. Song
Leah Ann Southern
John M. Sturm
Joanne L. Terranova
Mark J. Thomsen
Connor Matthew Warren
Dane C. Weiler
David J. Winkler
Alexander C. Woods
Hang Zhou
DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Thomas Schwenk, Dean
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Jessica Nicole Adams
Joshua Scott Adams
Allison Marie Armstrong
Danielle Catherine Beebe
Brittany G. Bell
Austin Tyler Bennett
Brooke Elizabeth Biggs
Katelyn Ann Born
Kori Cathrine Bosecker
Kellee Breanne Bradley
Christie Elizabeth Bringman
Hillary Gray Brown
Lyndsay Rhea Budak
Jacqueline Elizabeth Burg
Samantha S. Lynn Calhoun
Kayla R. Carlson
Melanie Ann Carlson
Jessi M. Chitwood
Natalie Melissa Clune
Jennifer Denise Conners
Trevor Wayne Curry
Karen Lynn Daun
Jenna Jacqulynn Davidson
Gina May Denio
Mindy Lynn Dimitri
Alyse Vail Dorman
Christopher P. Dugan
Angelica Jovahn Earls
Jacob Lawrence Echeverria
Jessica Joan Evans
Christina Marie Evanski
Kayla Marie Faiman
Jennifer Lee Falk
Makenzie Taylor Farrimond
Jessica D. Felker
Mary Christine Ferriera
Megan Yraguen Fincher
Carrie Ann Foss
Jaclyn Nichole Gelderman
Troy C. Gray
Nadia Bibi Gulistani
Kristopher Michael Gunckel
Emma M. Hartzell
Terence Lee Henriod
Nicole R. Henry
Spencer A. Hiett
Molly Jean Hoff
Derek A. Holman
Melissa Dawn Holman
Carly Jean Johnson
Julie Ann Kilgore
Matthew Jordan Kimber
Stephanie Erin King
Ethan Kral
Elin Natasha Kuzmack
Robert Michael LaRovere
Chelsey Nicole Larsen
Mark Zach Lewis
Megan Meredith McDonald
Lynda Rose McIntosh
Jennifer Marie Mclennan
Meelad Menbari
Marcus Ryan Mesa
Alexander Metzker
Mengjiao Mi
Brian J. Michaelson
Kari Lynn Miller
Emily Louise Minor
Katherine Ellen Mitchell
Jake Andrew Montes
Jayce Anthony Montes
Errin Ernest Morgan
Kelly M. Morning
Kaitlyn Marie Moropoulos
Jessica H. Mortensen
Lauren Kristine Neil
Kylie S. Oroszi
Dana J. Pardee
Carly Ann Pengelly
Kaeleigh Jean Peterman
Samantha A. Posey
Annika R. Post
Kaitlin Deanne Reggiardo
Kyle M. Riley
Adriana M. Roman Bustamante
Lindy S. Rossmann
Matthew Alan Rutledge
Michael Thomas Salerno
Amanda Rose Santos
Justine Marie Sargent
Annie Marie Schiffmacher
Edwin Ramon Seiler
Candace R. Smith
Genevieve Liese Speas
Jamie L. Spiersch
Keith Charles Steinhardt
Addie Marie Sturgeon
Scott Thomas Sumrall
Rendle Robert Taylor
Nathan Edward Teel
Tori Leigh Tembey
Brandon Tindel
Tawny Rose Tracey
Tyler B. Traynor
Swayze Ann Trudell
Kaila J. Turner
Anthony Michael Valiente
Lucas Nathan Vine
Kelly B. Waldeck
Nathan J. Weigl
Caitlin Wikstrom
Rachel Ann Wilde
Sierra K. Yoakum
Rebecca L. Zug.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Nancy M. Arredondo
Michael Sean Atkinson
Roxanne Lee Bak
Patricia Shea Bardin
Caryn Jene Berger
Olga M. Bienvenue
Ian Kenneth Braunschneider
Kaitlyn A. Brown
Elizabeth Ann Busath
Kristie Leah Callegari
Monique Nicole Cantie
Corey D. Cicci
Heather Rochelle Cole
Christina R. Crawford
Laura Anne DAngelo
Erin I. De Los Santos
Angela Lewis Dillingham
Megan Voellinger Dougan
Jenna Cherie Duralde
Michelle Marie Foggia
Meagan Raye Franke
Leslie A. Girsch
Alix Andria Goddard
Jean Marie K. Gratwohl
Jessica Hansen
Kelly Marie Jensen
Yaeji Lee
Amy Michelle Leggett
Sarah Marissa Leysath
Stephanie Mei-Ying Lim
Kristen Ashley Lord
Melody Eva Mericle
Carolina Diane Mortara
Karlie Ann Neff
Sabrina Ann Oliver
Katelyn Jenna Paganetti
Krystle R. Panelo Palisoc
Amanda Jean Panissidi
Savanna L. Richards
Alyson Depray Rogers
Courtney Ann Royce
Britnee A. Rucket
Kelsey Kay Rummler
Barrett Lauren Sande
Brenda Marie Schmitz
Kathryn Hope Shrake
Addie Laurin Standifer
Jennifer M. Stevens
Dagmawit Teshome
Sara Anne Torp
Kelsey Victoria Wickham
Kelly Anne Williams
Kimberly Jeanette Wofnden
Kara Patricia Woley
Amy L. Woods
Helen Hae Jin Yi
Young Ah Yoon
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK
Cassandra Diane Aguirre
Claudia Amaya
Danielle Elysia Bonasso
Samantha Xenia Bravo
Hillary Gray Brown
Joel David Burg
Laura Ann Caprioli
Leandra R. Cartwright
DeAndrea Ceccarelli
Betty A. Cheney
Melissa R. Connors
Sierra Davidson
Kristen Hollyn Davis
Kristyn Ruth de Lancey
Andria Edwards
Lisa Marie Evert
Diana Yasmin Flores
Betty Jane Clarie Flowers
Jordan Ashley Gaines
Nancy Catherine Garrard
Stephen G. Garrett
Brittany Michelle Glew
Cassandra L. Gonzales
Staci L. Griffus
Patrick Michael Hagerty
Winta T. Haile
Debbie K. Hansen
Emily Jean Hanson
Jennifer Marie Harding
Robin Marie Henriod
Paulina N. Hernandez Velazquez
Nathaniel D. Homestead
Jonicqua Nicole Hooks
Andrea Michelle Inman
Auralie Tueller Jensen
Deborah Johnson-James
Alexandria Louise Kelly
August Heather Kvam
Clarissa Justa Flores Lam Yuen
Tayler Michele Landa
Susan Saint LeDee
Suzanne Del Carmen Leonard
Diana Mancilla
Sonia I. Martinez
Amanda Maria Mathes
Crystal Lynn Minor
Ivette Munoz
Kelly M. Nowak
Jaymee Anne Oxborrow
Jose A. Parra
Alejandra Pulido
Sarina Kay Ross
Belinda D. Saavedra
Kacie Elizabeth Schwin
Micah A. Sealy
Tracey Somers
Sara Nicole Thomas
Erika Rochelle Washington
Sandra Elizabeth Wendt
Kara Elizabeth Willmer
Carmel Young
Chelsea R. Zuppan
DONALD W. REYNOLDS SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM
Alan Stavitsky, Dean
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Nilofar Abolghasemi
Megan K. Akers
Cassie Baden
Jake Duanne Baker
Eric P. Cachinero
Brandon M. Cahlan
Phillip M. Corbitt
Callie Jane Crawford
Gianna Marie Cruet
Jerri Lee Cuerden
Richard S. De La Rosa
Allison Nicole Erger
Christine Flores
Paul A. George
Whitney M. Ginsburg
Stephanie Jean Glantz
Christina V. Gough
Jena E. Greenburg
Emily Celeste Hebert
Aleesah M. Herup
Alexander Jay Hinman
Katie L. E. Hippert
Robert S. Jenkins
Lauren Thea Jensen
Kayla K. Johnson
Sara B. Kam
Stephany Lynn Kirby
Brent L. Kirkland
D. Kenton Lawler
Richard Jason Martinez
Benjamin A. Miller
Alexandra J. Nielson
Nicolas A. Ocampo
Lindsey Marie Pastrell
Renelle E. Pinero
Adam Christopher Porsborg
Crystelle Cathleen Rife
Justin Scacco Adam Schmidt
Claire Marie Schneider
Alexandra Brooke Sewell
Jacqueline Anne Stoesser
Emily E. Sullivan
Amy L. Vigen
Brita S. Voris
Allison E. Williams
Jordan Elizabeth Yoder
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Heather Hardy , Dean
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Nicole Rachelle Adams
Carly Alameda
Molly Jean Albert
Stefan Edwards Alger
Cassandra Ambe
Brandon C. Anderson
Karen Janann Anthon
Matthew James Archer
Karla Elizabeth Arellano
Jessica Dawn Atkinson
Irene Ayala
Nayesdi Badillo-Delgado
Jillian N. Baker
Elizabeth A. Bakke
Danielle Ballard
Chelsea N. Barilli
Sara Ellen Barker
Lianne N. Barnes
Samantha Mae Barns
Rexford August Barton
Tyler Bartoo
Carol E. Bassi
Emily Marie Beauchamp
Erin Leig Becker
Lisa M. Benavides
Emily A. Bennett
Lindsay F. Bernal
Rachel Lorraine Blinn
Jeanie Marie Bokelman
Brian Arthur Boush
Jennie Bowers
Justin Alexander Boyd
Kenneth Brian Bridwell II
Malou J. Broder
Delainey M. Brooks
Christopher Adam Brummer
Thomas R. Buqo
Alison Christine Burgess
Andrew Taylor Burke
Cody S. Burkhauser
Rebecca Ann Burnett
Katherine Burress-Schneider
Alexandra Ryser Byars
Jonathan David Campbell
Drew Braden Canavero
Quinn Nicole Cannon
Nina Michele Carano
Kayla R. Carlson
Rebecca J. Carlson
Katherine Nicole Carr
Jovanna A. Bates Castagnola
Amanda Jo Castillo
Jordan Richard Catalano
Padricia Michelle Chambers
Eric James Chamblee
Brittany Celeste Claro
Emily Elizabeth Chase
Cissy T. Cheng
Keagan C. Edward Chipp
Caitlin D. Chitwood
Leslie Cladianos
Megan Aileen Clancy
Rachel A. Cochrane
Tucker Lee Codega
Mason D. Cole
Angel S. Contreras
Laura Ashley Cooper
Amy Janine Copeland
Alexandria Gabrielle Coronel
Cassandra E. M. Crevling
Christine M. Cronn
Jaimie Rae DAgostini
Robert Lacey Damron
Rubina A. Dann
Elvina Darmawan
Timothy Alan Darney
Bryan C. Daseler
Travis Steven Davidek
Danielle Davis
Henry C. Davis
Matthew William Davis
Chelsea Michelle Day
Richard De La Rosa
Steven Timothy Dente
Vanda Stefania Diaconescu
Marie-Paule Nassi Dieket
Jean-Bernard Digeon
Joseph Dimitrov
Kyle Richard Dimmitt
Kylie A. Dingman
Eric Kenneth Dolan
Diana Renae Dorman
Melinda Drotar
Christopher Richard Douglas
Katherine A. Dow
Serene Genevieve Dow
Sara Elissa
Roshanna J. Moriah Elwing
Connor Davis English
Diana M. Espinoza-Chamal
Ronnie James Evans
Wylie Evanson
Ashley Marie Evdokimo
Rebecca R. Ewart
Marissa Louise Fabel
Danielle C. Felling
Justeen J. Ferguson
Mary Christine Ferriera
Megan T. Fitzpatrick
Rebecca Anne Fox
Jessica Janina Frohlich
Ian Gregory Gahner
Ralph O. Gaines
Tristan Marie Gale
Celina Gallegos-Zavala
Ciara Dorothy Garcia
Emmanuelle Garcia
Ruby O. Garcia
Annalise Marie Gardella
Michele Gehr
Erin Grey Ghan
Katlynn A. Gibbs
Gabriela Virginia Gil
Amanda Michele Giles
Micah L. Gill
Valerie Nicole Gillette
Stephanie Jean Glant
Vincent M. Godinho
Drake Taylor Gossi
Amanda Rosauro Graham
Robert A. Green
Tiaira Darling Green
Anne Marie D. Greenhalgh
Felicitas Jessica Guevara
Brianne Marie Hall
Austin W. Stocker Hamilton
Shane M. Harris
Christa Harrop
Alex M. Hayes
Brien Charles Hayes
Gabriela Hearn-Diaz
Erica Rose Hedlund
Paige Louise Henderson
Humberto Hernandez
Diana Carolina Hidalgo
Mackenzie Hodges
Joanna Marie Hoffman
Matthew Scott Holihan
Desiree E. Holler
Charlotte B. Hornbarger
JoAnn Hoskins
Katherine Marlene Houser
Elizabeth R. Howald
Kristen P. Howard
Leanne S. Howard
Douglas J. Howe
Jessica Louise Hughes
Amber C. Huleva
Katelyn E. Hunt
Shun Ikawa
Tania Ayala Izquierdo
Joseph Thomas Jacques
Corey A. Jessup
Alexandra M. Johnson
Calvin Brent Johnson
Cameron Scott Johnson
Samantha Lynn Johnson
Jennifer L. Johnson-Schmitz
Tonalli Juarez
Nicholas Till Khamis
Randy Q. Khong
Courtney R. Kiley
Andrea Michael Killebrew
Spencer Jeffrey Kilpatrick
Brent L. Kirkland
Tory M. Knutson
Sarah S. Koss
Anna K. Koster
Adam Joseph Kovac
Mackenzie Lauren Kraeme
Shayla Kranovich
Danielle Christine Kretschmer
Michelle L. Landry
Catherine S. Lazatin
Andrew Thomas Lee
Amy Michelle Leggett
Kelsey A. Lewis
Lindsay L. Liddell
Lindsey Michelle Livingston
Shannon Marie Lord
Oanh T. Luc
Alan Matthew Lyons
Samantha N. Mackowiak
Angela R. Maldonado
Irin A. Mannan
Brianna Marie Marlisa
Ryan Martin
Miguel A. Martinez
Lucian Malcolm Matthew
Thomas P. Maxon
Kevin William McCue
Sarah Therese McGill
Caitlin T. McKinney
Michael Alan McKissick
Perry James McMahon
Alexia Dawn McMeekin
Tarah Lynn McNamara
Drury Elizabeth McPherson
Austin Wesley McQuade
Sieglinde Grace McTigue
Laura Cecilia Medrano
Courtney R. Mejer
Matthew P. Mello
Mark A. Mendoza
Adam Nathaniel Mentzer
Kathryn M. Merrill
Ashley D. Merriner
Steven Messinger
Chelsea Ann Mihaylo
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All candidates for
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Jeff Alan Millan
Jordan Christopher Miller
Devon Scott Millington
Joshua Andrew Mindrum
Kristine Amanda Mireles
Natasha M. Montabello
Alexander H.M. Montague
Donald James Moore
Ellyn M. Morrill
Timothy J. Morrissey
Rebecca Lily Moser
Erin Clare Mough
Arielle Lila Horwitz Murphy
Ashley Karil Nannenhorn
Sean William Neth
Kiera Rae Newman
Lindsay Anne Newton
Joseph Michael Nolan
Nicholas J. Noyes
Elizabeth Virginia Nubel
Alexis M. Olige
Melissa Ann Olsen
Rachel Oppong
Ana Luisa Ortiz-Martinez
Ashley Osborne
Erienne B. Overli
Lauren Elizabeth Paglini
Heather M. Pang
Jeremy L. Parent
Talena Pearson
Austin Bryce Perkins
Jared Carter Perkins
Eva Emma Perry
Lindsey M. Peterson
Danea E. Pirtle Devin M. Poe
Dominique Alexandera Price
Jessica Marie Rasmussen
Erin Elizabeth Reaney
Jessica Marie Reed
David Anthony Richards
Corrie Teressa Robinson
Craig E. Rodrigue
Amanda Nicole Rollings
Brandy Danielle Runnels
Jeannette Salas Chavez
Travis Gene Salley
Iris Saltus
Danielle C. Sanchez-Hughes
Phillip B. Sanderson
Mary Kristina Savage
Autumn Rose Schaedler
John Daniel Schlarb
Robert Schlesinger
Sarah A. Schmeda
Andrew Raymond Schoepp
Rachel Lynn Schultz
Rebecca A. Schweigert
Ashlie J. Senko
Lisa Jean Sharenbrock
Mayra N. Sierra-Ruiz
Krystle Sinclair
Sara Michelle Sinnett
Joanne D. Skinner
Emily L. Skorzanka
Ashley C. Smith
David J. Smith
Luke Michael Smith
Taylor D. Snell
Justin A. Sobota
Lauren E. Solinger
Mara Guadalupe Sols
Brandon Joseph Sorkin
Kyle Christopher Souza
Joseph F. Sowa
Tiffany Cherri Sparrow
Katie E. Steenberg
Joe Damian Stevens
Donald Paul Stockton
Allyson E. Stronach
Paul J. Stufkosky
Kyle Stephan Sundale
Alicia Lynn Sveen
Peymaneh Tajmehraby Naminy
Wendy V. Talavera
Shannon Audrey Tarte
Hannah Tatiana Taylor
Levi Michael Taylor
Raziyah Tazarvi
Olga M. Teran
Amelia Caitlyn Thibault
Brittany N. Thomas
Tara N. Thomas
Keely Taylor Thoreson
Nicholas Leroy Tieken
Christina C. Tin
Erika Bridget Torres
Mauricio De-Jesus Torres
Collin Towle
Devaughn M. Turner
Sabrina Ann Valdez
Crystal Alejandra Vera
Jessica Nallely Verdin
Courtney Rose Vigo
Daniel Vivas
Lindsey Morgan Wade
Ashley Jean Walker
Samantha Louise Walker
Kerry A. Walsh
Christopher M. Warburton
Mareena O. Wasylenchuk
Gabrielle A. Watkins
Liana Renee Weber
Huili Weinstock
Trevor Henry Weitzel
Rebecca M. Whistler
Russell A. Wilhelm
Alyssa S. Williams
Mitchell Rey Williams
Whitney E. Willie
Ann Marie Wilson
Jordan A. Wimsatt
Katrina Louise Wraight
Carmen G. Wright
Alexander Daniel Yturbide
Patricia J. Zeller
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
Lorence Crazyhorse Anderson
Jessica Dawn Atkinson
Nayesdi Badillo-Delgado
Makinna Paige Belvoir
Benjamin D. Beutner
Allison Beyer
Krista Amanda Bezner
Nikki D. Bhardwaj
Keegan Edward Bill
Richard A. Brown
Jeanette Carlos
Nick Anthony Cercek
Shaunna Nicole Clark
Nichole Ann Cozier
Alan Keith Cridebring Jr.
Timothy Alan Darney
Jordan Kate Davenport
Joseph Dimitrov
Thomas A. Drakulich
Andreina Echeverria
Glenn Brooks Fair Jr.
Anthony Joseph Feroah
Emmanuel Figueroa
Ryan Lawrence Finney
Ryan J. Fitzgerald
Amy Elizabeth Foote
Steviann R. Fulton
Jean Fuselier
Dylan Ashley Gaddis
Ashley Renee Goodman
Angelica Brooke Gurley
Dani Ashley Harold
Jeffrey Daniel Hateld
Daniel Garrett Henneberger
Hailee J. Himple
Matthew Robert Hornback
Jessica L. Huff
Kylee Joseph
Daniel S. Judd
Nicholas Till Khamis
Jason Edward Kilgore
Jacqueline DeNell Knight
Tericka Myoshi Lambert
Jimayne A. K. Lee
Rigoberto J. Lopez
Ora Laine Lupear
Coleman Jordan Manson
Gia Nicole Marina
Derek T. Martindale
Alex J. McCarty
Kyle McConnell
Brian James Miller
Edward Michael Noll
Adam David Powning
Katie S. Proctor
Dominick J. Reichmuth
Lauren Alexandra Reid
Matthew R. Rodman
Katie Delilah Rosenquist
Kayla M. Rozelle
Liliana I. Salas
Leena Sameen
Richard Joseph Sapida
Trevor D. Shields
Brandon John Soukup
Nancy J. Standley
Kelsey E. Stegall
Stephanie Eileen Storm
Tara M. Thompson
Sara N. Toto
Amelia Kathleen Walsh
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Rachel E. Alger
Ashley E. Gong
Erin M. Humphreys
Marshall Nelson Johnson
Ethan J. Leaverton
Kyle Matthew Moore
Sarah P. Rodriguez
BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES
John Andreano
Alexandria Marie Arzie
Brittany L. Baird
Kylen Kenji Cadiam
Carlos Alberto Cascos
Christopher Stanger Clever
Jonathon R. Criss
Matt Richard Denning
Christopher William Dixon
Farrah Francesca Dobbas
Natasha Jean Dugan
Travis Joseph Echevarria
Robin Eich
Laura Dell Flannagan
Selina Lynn Furman
Justin F. Geil-Crader
Tyler Lewis Graham
Clinton R. Gust
Hugo Ismael Hernandez
Jennifer Renee Holder
Margarita Jara
Kaley Terue Kanbara
Lorre Ann Kantz
Nancy Lee Kwok
Megan Dyan Lacy
Chris Antonio Longobardi
Eric Anthony Luzier
Coley David McCann
Rachelle Ann McLean
Anika K. Mitchell
Travis John Mock
Aislynn Marie Mueller
Sara Nesci
Serena ONeal
Sydney Marie Peters
Stella M. Roper
Jordan Joshua Rozenfeld
Macy Marie Ryckebosch
Timothy Francis Schoeninger
Rod James Scurry
Rebecca D. Severs
Sierra Ray Shaw
Stephanie Dawn Shuman
Joseph D. Siino
Jordan Renee Spencer
Malik C. Story
Hannah D. Sturm
Kasaundra Nichole Taylor
Evan Paul Thalgott
Roslyn E. Marie Timmerman
Allison Leigh Ullman
Shawni L. Utley
Leon Washington III
Ryan Howard Wickes
Jason Douglas Wilkerson
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
Rachel L. Cao
David A. Coyner
Jef Edward Derderian
Adam R. Dunson
Mac A. Esposito
Christopher R.M. Langton
Narissara Mouritsen
Karleen M. Otten
Rose Elaine Reynolds
Jason A. Roamer
Joshua L. Strickland
Christopher R. Williams
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Taylor B. Andrade
Sarah A. Coulter
Oliver Morgan Davis
William Henry Detar
Amanda J. Ellis
Anastasia Irawati Gunawan
Alejandra G. Hernandez
Andrew M. Jackson
Marcos Daniel Jasso
Lisa Marie Kasum
Benjamin Alan Lloyd
Sharon Long
Christie Anna Mayor
Maci Eleanor Pfaffenberger
Rebecca Suzanne Reighard
Rebecca Margarita Reyes
Cara Rose Sherrill
Shiloh A. Spracklin
Keely Taylor Thoreson
Elysia L. Tjong
Dominic Edward Valdes
Ronit Zimron
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Jefrey Thompson, Dean
BACHELOR OF ARTS
James William Beggs
Nicholas W. Bertrando
James Owen Crane
Louis C. DiAngelo
Joshua Lee Duerr
Amber Dawn Durkin
Jeff Stephen Edwards
Westley L. Moss
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Shirin Abboud
Anton Darius Abiog
D. Jay Alford-Lago
Samia Amjad
Tatiana M. Anderson-Hall
Mary Alice Ashmore
Anthony M. Bass
Kyle Thomas Bell
Kimberly Nicole Benemelis
Grady Ethan Gaynor Berk
Lindsay F. Bernal
Kyle Levi Boschult
Jessica Marie Boyce
Kyle Wilson Bulock
Daniel Grant Buster
Zoe A. Call
Stephen Earle Carr
Arianna N. Castillo
Roland D. G. Castro-Boulware
Shanthan Chowdary Challa
Matthew John Christensen
Annika Stasa Chryssos
Benjamin H. Claassen
Kristen Ranae Cook
Ronald E. Soriano Corcuera
Charles S. Cullison
Melissa Marie Curtis
Ouassim Derbal
Wenyang M. Donehue
Christopher Richard Douglas
Christian W. Dunkerly
Zachary D. Dupin
Elizabeth Kimberly Edwards
Jacob Vincent Eisert
Blake Robert Elam
Jeffrey David Elliott
Jeffrey Joseph Erwin
Evynne Kristine Fair
Derrick Travis Ferguson
Kathryn Amalia Fivelstad
Michelle Cynthia Fleming
Colin A. Fox
Emmanuelle Garcia
Ruby O. Garcia
Erin Grey Ghan
Drew Bennett Gilberti
Jeffrey S. Graham
Frank J. Greenhalgh
Reto Mark Jacob Gross
Showera H. Haque
Amanda C. Hartman
Meredyth E. Herdener
Desiree E. Holler
Tram N. Hong
Kelly R. Horn
Elizabeth R. Howald
Megan B. Hsu
Amber C. Huleva
Ben R. Hutchins
Niki Renee Jarrett
Dashawna Maree Jimerson
Spencer Joseph Johnson
Dominique Joseph Rachel C. Kilgore
John Y. Kim
Alexander Christian King
Brandon-Lee Koch
Brian Robert LaMar
Tara C. Langus
Colin W. Lawrence
Gordon H. Lee
Serena Lee
Nicholas James Leid
Ignas Lekavicius
Daniel Liu
Justin P. Lopez
Gary J. Lucas
Joshua A. Martinez
Ashley M. McCafferty
Patrick J. McGuire
Kelli Joanne McKeegan
Aradhana Mehta
Casey Shaw Mock
Natasha Monga
Shelby Lynne Moore
Christopher A. Morelli
Kaylee A. Nelson
Wesley M. Nilsson
Brent Madison Oftedal
Krysta A. Pascual
Gianni Boitano Perano
Kristen Lynn Pietrzyk
Nagib Qureshi
Morgan Paula Ricci
Lindsay Megan Riley
Carla Josena Romero Adan
Brent Taylor Ross
Ahireen Aidee Salgado
Raquel Schenone
Ellen Rose Scully
Tarah Rene Seachris
Akshay Sharma
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W
e connected me and the
guy I met three weeks ago. Im
not exaggerating, either: we
talked about everything, we
were interested in the same past times and
we had fun together. I can no longer poke fun
at friends and movies
that talk about instant
chemistry because thats
what it was instant.
And we were both
delusional. When I real-
ized that, I felt the whole
honeymooned romance
was off. I ended it the
next day.
Unhealthy relation-
ships are difficult to
spot when first getting
to know someone. We
dont know the person, and they dont know
us; therefore, we tend to give dates leeway
in the beginning because were still feeling
him or her out. Plus, were in college. Were
experimenting with new kinds of people
and figuring out what were attracted to and
what turns us off. Forgiveness and flexibility
are normal, courteous, beginning-dating
strategies and Im completely against
them.
We must be selfish while dating. I dont
mean selfish as in dont share the ice cream
sundae we ordered for dessert. I mean
knowing our personal boundaries and
sticking to them. For example, one young
man I dated last semester didnt understand
the word no; I had to put his hand back
in his lap four times. The second time was
leeway, but it took the fourth for me to stand
up, leave the apartment and drive home.
We also must be honest while dating. If
we dont like something, we need to say
it. It saves each party embarrassment,
annoyance and dissatisfaction in the long
run. We dont need to be brutal about it,
either. We can say, Hey, I really dont like it
and/or feel comfortable when you do this.
How can we fix it? No matter how overt
the body language, no one can read minds.
Good communication is key to a healthy
relationship because it builds trust and
understanding between people.
I acknowledge its easier to give this advice
than to practice it. Ive let little things slide
before because I didnt feel it was worth
ruining what was growing between me and
the other person. Yet, its the little things that
band together and become huge lists later
on, and those lists are much harder to ignore
and much easier to resent. Its so easy that
we may eventually resent the person and not
the action. We need to respect ourselves and
our dates enough to be honest and say what
were thinking and how we feel; but again,
we dont need to be brutal about it.
I also understand its hard to be selfish and
honest in the college dating scene because
were still discovering ourselves and our
own dating preferences. Trying new things
and making mistakes is what teaches us the
most about ourselves. Were going to screw
up. We may make choices and decisions we
know arent the best for us and our dates
and follow through with them anyway. Most
importantly, were going to learn. Thats the
point learning about ourselves and what
we want out of a relationship.
I stressed evaluating our personal, core
dating values in my last column on purpose.
Theyre our go-to, our frame of reference.
Theyll let us know when and if were in a
relationship thats healthy for us. I wrote
mine in a Word document I saved on my lap-
top, and I refer to it whenever I feel uneasy
about a new relationship. I recommend
writing this list to others as well. Pick five or
ten values preferably substantial ones,
such as I need someone whos energetic
and who Im attracted to rather than They
need to be hot write them down and file
them away somewhere where they can be
referenced easily. Trust me; its easy to forget
these values when caught up in flirtation.
These values arent concrete. Theyre
subject to change if we change, which we
tend to do in college. So if our values change,
so be it. But dont ever change them for
another person. Our wants and needs are
exactly that: ours. Only we have the power,
control and discretion to change them.
Likewise, we should never try to change
anothers values and needs to fit our own.
Thats the only leeway, the only courtesy, we
need to worry about.
Crystal Powell studies journalism and interna-
tional affairs. She can be reached at opinion@
nevadasagebrush.com.
S
ince I am graduating in less than two weeks, this is the last
column I will write for The Nevada Sagebrush. It initially
seemed appropriate to discuss what Ive learned during my
college years, all the friendships Ive made and how much
I will miss the University of Nevada, Reno. But to be honest, I have
no interest in writing about all of that. As much
as I love UNR and all the memories I have here
Im actually pretty damn happy to leave
I dont have anything against UNR
specifically, but school itself. We have all been
in school since we were five years old or, if you
went to preschool, even earlier. I have hated
school since my first day of kindergarten, even
though I always excelled. I rejoiced the day
I graduated high school while many others
wept. Although I enjoyed college much more
than any prior schooling. Im still relieved
that my tenure here at UNR will soon end. I
dont plan to attend grad school immediately
because journalism majors dont have to in order to find work.
Instead, Im going out into the job world with a degree that hardly
guarantees work nowadays.
Thats what scares most graduates the idea that we put all this
work into obtaining a degree, but we cant use it. Jobs are hard to
get. The economy is improving slowly, but the process is a struggle
for most people. Maybe engineers or marketing majors can get a
job right off the bat, but I plan on a several-month-long grueling
search before I find one. I have enough money to sustain myself for
a little while, so I can afford to wait. Others may not have this luxury.
As a result, I recently observed many freak-outs on Facebook from
people too scared to leave college because they assume they will be
poor.
I, too, have experienced a little apprehension regarding gradua-
tion. Graduation is an amazing goal many people do not achieve;
but for us job-seekers, it really means that we have to fend for
ourselves from now on. That frightens me as well. I hated school my
whole life, but at least I could count on always planning to go back
in the fall and earn good grades. It was a pattern to which I became
accustomed early on, and now everything will change.
In the past, I dreaded changes. When I moved to Reno, I hated it;
when I was about to move into the residence halls, I dreaded that
too. But it is impossible for our lives to be the same from day to day,
and this past semester, I realized academia wasnt for me. I needed
something different. Instead of dreading graduation and the uncer-
tainty that follows, I look forward to the mystery of post-graduate
life. I know I will have to work hard, like I always did in school, and I
do not expect to land a job by June 1. I just want to move on with my
life. I may even take back what I wrote in this column and end up
wishing I were back at UNR, taking classes I excelled in; but at this
moment, I cant wait until graduation.
I dont see myself missing much about college maybe the
random house parties but I know Ill miss writing columns for
The Sagebrush. The only bad part about graduation is that I am
no longer allowed to write for this paper. Ill avoid slipping into
sentimentality and simply say that this opinion column was often
an outlet for me. Plus, I appreciated not receiving hate mail all the
time, so thank you all for that. As they say in the Hitchhikers Guide
to the Galaxy, so long, and thanks for all the fish.
Gianna Cruet studies journalism and Spanish. She can be reached at
gcruet@nevadasagebrush.com.
Opinion
Publications should seek independence
STAFF EDITORIAL: ASUN
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Graduation
is exciting,
not terrifying
CAMPUS CONTEMPLATION
Keep core values while dating
A theory on the disappearance and return of the $30,000 mineral from UNR Gianna
Cruet
Crystal
Powell
E
ver since Associ-
ated Students of the
University of Nevada
President Ziad Rash-
dan submitted his preliminary
budget to the ASUN Senate,
people have been angry.
All three ASUN publications
Wolf Pack Radio, Insight Maga-
zine and Brushfire Literary Arts
Journal were cut significantly.
The radio station and magazine
faced 39 and 31 percent reduc-
tions, respectively. Brushfire was
cut completely.
This was done without
consultation of the leaders of
the publications or their staffs. It
was done without consideration
for how the publications could
sustain the cuts. Rashdans mes-
sage for them was to seek funding
elsewhere and begin to become
financially independent like The
Nevada Sagebrush. He wants to
divert the money toward scholar-
ships, work study programs and
other academic initiatives.
After an online petition against
the cuts received a couple
hundred signatures and each of
the publications leaders came
forward to address the senate, the
budget and finance committee
essentially agreed to restore
funding. It remains to be seen
whether it will pass through the
senate as a whole and whether
Rashdan will accept the changes.
Unfortunately, ASUN leaders
have made a habit of cutting
publication budgets at the
beginning of each semester. Each
of those organizations, which
maintain editorial independence
and serve as outlets of expression
for the student body as well as
pieces of the university culture, is
inexplicably at the whim of newly
elected presidents and senators
every year.
This needs to change. Rashdan
wasnt wrong; it would be better
for those organizations to be
independent. That way they
wouldnt have to beg the senate
for money every year.
Obviously, cutting a publica-
tions entire budget and asking
it to become financially solvent
in two months is ridiculous.
But if they could find a way to
self-sustainability over time, it
would be a much better long-term
solution than keeping them in the
hands of unpredictable leaders.
This year, ASUN should take
whatever measures it can to
ensure that new editors and
managers of these publications
dont immediately have to justify
their jobs existence. It should be
some sort of agreement either
encouraging or binding future
presidents and senators to
guarantee some sort of funding
to each of the publications unless
they have an alternative plan.
This should come with the
caveat of putting the radio
station, the magazine and the
literary arts journal on their own
tracks to financial sustainability.
They should be held to standards
of separation every year until
they become their own entities,
at which point they will reap
the rewards of being entirely
responsible for themselves.
At that point, and only at that
point, will the publications be
safe from the whims of elected
officials.
The Nevada Sagebrush editorial
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Help every dog have its day; there may be few to come
H
e stank. And oh, God
his balls were huge.
Grimacing, we
awkwardly hoisted
the nervous, stiff-legged golden
retriever into the cab of my
boyfriends
small
pickup. I
coaxed him
to lie across
my lap in
the pas-
sengers seat,
running
my hands
through his
coarse fur.
Beneath
my fingers,
each individual rib protruded
outwardly, the skin taut across
his abdomen. I continued to
stroke him soothingly, prodding
him gently. His hips jutted
sharply upward, and on the left
side of his stomach, two hard
lumps that did not belong.
I reached below his chin,
examining the dirty collar
around his neck.
He has no tags, I mumbled.
The pickup rolled into the
driveway. Without any hesita-
tion, the dog leapt out of the car
and trotted ahead of us toward
the front door. He paused at the
doormat, glancing back at us as
if to say, Well, open the door.
We followed him into the
house, and he took it upon
himself to complete an olfactory
investigation of the premises
and its occupants. I filled a
couple GladWare containers
with water and dog food, both
of which he promptly ignored.
We began to worry. It was
becoming apparent this was not
a temporary playmate to keep
until an owner came around
if they ever did.
Considering that vet offices
are closed Sundays and this dog
desperately needed medical at-
tention, we eventually decided
to call Animal Control. While we
waited, the dog ambled around
the house, following his nose
and swinging his hind legs wide
around his aggravated testicles.
I leaned against the refrigera-
tor door, watching him closely.
After a while, he approached
me. I rubbed him gruffly
below the ears. Then a thought
occurred to me. I reached above
the refrigerator, grabbing a
fortune cookie brought back
from Chinatown, San Francisco.
One of those dog grins broke
out across his face, and he took
it gingerly from my palm before
scampering away to devour it
on the floor of the living room.
After some time, there was a
knock on the door.
Hi. You guys called?
We led the serviceman in
and began summarizing the
last hour and our diagnosis of
the dogs various health issues
tumors, malnutrition and
big balls. The Animal Control
serviceman lifted an eyebrow.
He glanced between the
dogs legs. Yup, well, if thats
not taken care of soon, the
scrotum will eventually burst. It
happens to a lot of older dogs,
he explained. This guy is just
really old. Hes had a good run.
It might just be time to put him
down.
I looked at the old dog. His
eyes, ridden with cataracts,
glanced upward from beneath
greying eyebrows. His coat did
not shine. His head hung low.
So thats what that awful smell
was: dying.
My boyfriend spoke up. Well,
if nobody claims him soon, call
us please.
The serviceman nodded and
led the dog out on a plastic leash
to his truck, gently encouraging
the aging animal.
I didnt witness the next
moment, but, according to my
boyfriend, two college-aged girls
pulled up in a tiny car behind
the Animal Control truck. Hey,
thats our dog! they shouted.
Enraged, my boyfriend
bellowed across the street, Take
care of your fucking animal!
and slammed the door.
I suppose the situation was
something of this nature: dog got
cancer, owners couldnt afford to
pay for veterinary services and
the old hound just happened to
escape from their backyard that
night. I cant say whether or not
the sick pooch lacked love or
attention. I cant determine if the
dog will live out the rest of his
days in contentment or lonely
misery.
Thank you! they replied,
driving away.
But, Jesus. I wish theyd at least
give him a goddamn bath.
Kaitlin Oki is an undeclared ma-
jor. She can be reached at koki@
nevadasagebrush.com.
Kaitlin
Oki
OPINION A9 TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 | @The Sagebrush | nevadasagebrush.com
The best cities to move to after college
I
ts graduating time again,
and many of you will be
moving to a new city for
work or graduate school. A
gratifying job is only one tine
on the many-pronged fork of
happiness,
and your level
will depend in
large part on
what zip code
you decide to
adopt.
Happiness
was described
by National
Geographic
Fellow Dan
Buettner in
a 2011 radio
interview
as a high ratio of joy to worry.
People are more likely to find
joy in a place with a high level
of equality among citizens, like
evenly distributed wealth or
legalized gay marriage. Living
in places near water or with lots
of sunny days brings people joy.
Opportunities to start your own
business are helpful, and social-
izing in real life with friends and
family for six to seven hours a
day is essential.
The sources of stress that
Buettner suggests downsizing
are mainly related to the basics.
You worry less when rent, bills
and meals are within budget
and you can afford care when
you get sick. A decent income
can alleviate those day-to-day
concerns, and the estimated
minimum salary for a family of
four to stay happy in the U.S. is
$75,000. That number depends
on the local cost of living, so
moving to rural Nebraska may
lower the dollar value.
Some factors like safety
and crime rates correlate with
neighborhood income levels,
but there are some things money
cant buy. Clean water and clean
air reduce worry about personal
health, yet environmental regula-
tions are under governmental
jurisdiction. Similar to pollution,
traffic and transportation
infrastructure are mostly in the
hands of government officials
and corporations. Commuting to
work is one of the biggest sources
of stress for Americans. Buettner
reports you get a happiness
rebate equivalent to $40,000 a
year when you cut two hours out
of your daily commute.
The list of variables cor-
related with citizen happiness is
extensive. The World Database
of Happiness references studies
on everything from contentment
with police to outdoor recreation
opportunities. Condensing all
those factors into a few general-
ized guidelines for ranking cities
is difficult because most people
need multiple criteria to be
happy.
Gallup Healthways uses a
simplified system to rank the
well-being of U.S. states and
major cities. They survey a
minimum of 500 Americans a
day to ask how much they are
thriving, the amount of stress
in their life, satisfaction with
their job, how often they are sick
and access to food, shelter and
health care. As of 2012, the top
five ranked states are Hawaii,
Colorado, Minnesota, Utah
and Vermont. At the bottom
are Arkansas, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Kentucky and West
Virginia. Neighboring California,
Oregon, Idaho and Washington
fall in the middle at numbers 18,
24, 22 and 15, respectively.
To put those rankings in
perspective, Nevada is no. 39.
Before you become discouraged
about the silver state, almost all
the grumbling comes from Las
Vegas, whose larger population
carries more weight. Nevada
actually ranks fairly high on
emotional and physical health,
but very low in work and life
evaluation, thanks to high
unemployment. Our economy
needs to catch up with our
potential.
Surveys of happiness give an
idea of what life is like for people
living in a place to where you
may want to move; however,
some people complain more
freely to strangers on the phone
than others, and Midwestern
modesty could give scores a
boost over the bluntness of
southerners. Included here is a
personally compiled ranking of
major cities in the west where
UNR graduates may consider
relocating. The list uses publicly
available data on nine factors
contributing to happiness. The
factors are given equal weight,
but you can recalculate based
on your own priorities.
Notice the biggest little city
standing strong in the no. 2 spot.
You dont have to look very far
to find green pastures when you
saddle up after graduation day.
Miles Becker is a Ph.D student
studying ecology, evolution and
conservation biology. He can
be reached at opinion@ne-
vadasagebrush.com.
Miles
Becker
Magazine editorship taught
lessons, value of learning
How to ruin a
class (or make
it great) at UNR
A
t the end of college,
I cant seem to find a
way to sum up the last
four years. It wasnt all
studying. It wasnt all partying. It
wasnt all drama. So what was it?
I could
probably
come up with
a grand
meaning
behind the
process of
moving into
the real
world. But
Ive been
writing
like that
in papers,
exams and articles for four
years, dammit, and I feel like
being petty and shallow instead.
So Im going to use my last
column in The Sagebrush to
talk about things my professors
did to ruin classes. Dont worry;
Ill cover good things too.
THE BAD
One of the worst things a
professor can do in a class is try
to be funny. To be clear, Im not
saying professors shouldnt be
funny. Im saying they shouldnt
make it their goal.
When you try to be funny,
it usually seems forced. You
end up not being funny,
wasting time and frustrating
the students. Worse, you could
create an atmosphere where
students try to be funny too.
Then, when you want to buckle
down and get something done,
they just make jokes and avoid
doing work.
Just be yourself. If youre
funny, great. If you arent
funny, dont try to be. Some
of the best classes Ive taken
were with professors who
were rarely funny, but great at
running classrooms.
On that subject for the
love of God, create a sensible
structure for your class. Make
due dates clear on the syllabus.
Dont give out vague, direction-
less prompts for papers. And
dont plan on devoting the
majority of class to discussion
if your students usually dont
understand what youre asking.
Lastly, always remember
that the point of your class is
to teach, not to assign work. If
youve got a music appreciation
class, dont grade papers solely
on grammar while ignoring con-
tent. If youre giving a quiz, dont
include questions designed to
catch students who didnt read
the material (unless the only
purpose of the class is to read).
Chances are, you have pupils
who understand the subject but
cant recall small details about it.
THE GOOD
Just because you shouldnt try
to be funny doesnt mean you
shouldnt try to be fun. If there
is a way to effectively integrate
fun activities into a course
while making them relevant to
the subject, please do. I once
had a core humanities class
where the professor used Lost
episodes to explain philosophi-
cal ideas about the identity of
the U.S.
Also, remember that the
structure of a class doesnt have
to be edgy or experimental
in order to be effective. It just
has to give clear expectations
of what students need to do.
One of the best classes I had
was a literature class in which I
expected a quiz once a week.
But above all, be as clear and
consistent as you possibly can
in all matters. As a history mi-
nor, this was really hit-or-miss.
In some classes, the professor
would tell us write a paper
about this book. In others, they
would ask us to write a paper
exploring a specific event and
its significance.
One of my favorite history
classes was with a professor very
blunt in his criticism. He once
told off an uppity English major
who thought highly of his own
writing skills. This professor had
a high standard, and I walked
away better able to express
ideas.
I hope that helps. If theres
one thing Id like to leave to this
university, its a piece of helpful
communication.
Ben Miller studies journalism
and history. He can be reached at
bmiller@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Columnist Miles Becker ranked 10 cities from 1 to 10 (1 being the best) in several factors, including population density and obesity.
O
riginally, my inten-
tion was to write a
piece on how time
passed so quickly
this year, and how I found
myself wondering where it all
went. Un-
fortunately,
the inherent
dishonesty
and willful
ignorance of
the question
I was ask-
ing again,
Where did all
the time go?
occurred
to me and,
like that, my
idea crashed,
burned and was quietly
cleaned up off the congested
information superhighway that
is my mind.
Perhaps superhighway isnt
the correct term. Right now, my
mind feels a little bit more like a
dirt road, and my thoughts are
like vehicles circling, running
over the events of the past
four years and questioning the
meaning behind my experience
as a university student. In a
sense, Im searching for an
answer to what my time here
has added up to. Anyone who
knows me intimately can attest
to this: Ive been having a crisis
of meaning where my education
is concerned for the better part
of my senior year and with
good reason. For so long, I relied
on this campus as a sanctuary;
it was the one part of my life I
felt I was getting right. I received
relatively good grades, ac-
colades, the respect of my peers
and my professors and, perhaps
most importantly, a respectable
job. For all that to come to an
end at once is daunting.
My education will continue at
some point, but for now, Id like
to take a different route. I want
to reevaluate my life based on
the perspective Ive gained
as time has passed. Its when
this line of thinking occurs to
me I see the world through
new eyes and feel more
skeptical and concerned about
the decisions Im making and
their impact on my fate that
I realize the significance of my
experience at the University of
Nevada, Reno.
I learned how to shed the
identity and thinking with
which I came to this place. I
allowed my mind to open, to
be re-taught. I learned how to
accept when I am wrong and to
accept ideas that will assist me
in a way that my own stubborn
mind never could. I learned
to let reality, rather than an
internal narrative, do the
talking. In many ways, my years
of work at Insight Magazine
are evidence of this. They clue
me into the evolution of my
character.
As a freshman, I pictured
myself as a force to be reckoned
with. I fancied myself a writer
an aspiring journalist among
other things but I had little
publication experience to
speak of and could have used
a fat slice of humble pie. The
years that followed my arrival at
the Nevada campus gave me a
more than satisfactory serving;
my goofy sex column during
my first year at Insight reads
as embarrassing trash to me
now. My well-meant, but often
lengthy relationship column,
Lay of the Land, makes me
laugh now that I realize just
how difficult it is to apply the
principles about which I wrote
to real life especially if youre
someone like me, whos more
inclined to write what he feels
than to speak it.
My time as editor-in-chief at
Insight taught me the most. I
started the position with lofty
ideals about how I would get
the job done, how I would
restore the magazine to its
prize-winning glory and how
I would do it all in one year.
Humility quickly set in when
I lost my first print-managing
editor due to their unreliable
behavior. I suddenly realized I
had no idea what I was doing
only weeks before our Septem-
ber issue was published. Many
difficulties with our old printer
and long, rueful nights later, I
realized that my time at Insight
would largely be spent laying
the groundwork for whoever
came next rather than basking
in explicit successes of the
present.
This taught me that I dont
have all the answers, although
that is required of me. No
lesson could have been more
important. Nothing could have
prepared me more thoroughly
to face the real world than
to understand that it is not
always kind, that problems
are not often solved easily and
that we should always keep
our minds open to learning.
In the end, I think learning
is and always has been the
most important thing to me.
I appreciate having had the
opportunity to do so.
Evynn Tyler studies journal-
ism and English. He can be
reached at opinion@ne-
vadasagebrush.com.
Ben
Miller
Evynn
Tyler
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to a 4-25 record, and the rest of the fall
sports fell in the middle of the MWC bunch
in each of their respective sports, including
the football team. While the Wolf Pack held
its ground at the beginning of its inaugural
season in the MWC, the constant talent and
toughness of each of their new opponent
began to wear down Nevada at the end of
games and at the end of the season.
The Wolf Pack is accustomed to rough
introductions. A familiar situation occurred
when Nevada moved from the Big West to
the WAC more than a decade ago.
When we first joined the WAC in 2000, we
had similar growing pains. It takes time, and
it lets us know where we are and how much
we need to improve, said Rory Hickok, the
senior associate athletic director for internal
affairs.
As the temperature in Reno started to
drop and snow began to fall, the winter
sports teams took to their courts (and pools)
to begin their first respective seasons.
However, before all of this began, a piece
of Nevada history was about to be written.
In the middle of winter break on a quiet
Friday afternoon, Chris Ault, the man who
had watched the University of Nevada grow
from a Division II independent to the home
of a Super Bowl quarterback and mid-major
power, stepped down as head coach of the
Wolf Pack.
Change is inevitable. So with great hu-
mility and mixed emotions, Ive decided its
time for me to step down and move on, Ault
said in his press conference.
Transitioning to the hardwood, the
basketball teams had already begun their
respective seasons. By breaking the school
record for most consecutive wins a season
before, the mens basketball team was in
a position to make some noise in its first
season in the MWC after being slotted fifth
in a preseason poll. However, the same
problems that smacked the Wolf Pack on
Mackays turf struck them on Lawlors
hardwood.
Besides Malik Story breaking the school
record for most three-pointers in a career,
there were few bright spots for the Wolf
Pack as Nevada finished dead last in the
MWC with a record of 12-19. The womens
team did not fare much better as the squad
finished second from the bottom in their
division with a conference record of 2-14.
As the sun rose higher in the sky and
students began to thaw out from winter
hibernation, spring sports started up and
have not yet finished. Besides the usual
fair of athletic competition, the athletic
department found two new faces to head
its endeavors in the new era of Wolf Pack
athletics Brian Polian and Doug Knuth.
Polian had been an up and comer after
working at Notre Dame, Stanford and;
most recently, Texas A&M and was hired
by Nevada in January. Similar to Polian,
Knuth has had a meteoric rise from a
former tennis player at Connecticut to a
fundraising wizard at Michigan State and
Utah and was formally hired by Nevada
over spring break.
With the spring sports season already
underway, it has become arguably the most
successful of the three sporting seasons. The
baseball team is chasing the No. 3 seed in
the MWC baseball tournament. Softball has
almost sealed up the No. 2 slot in their tour-
nament. The track and field team will be in
the hunt to notch Nevadas first Mountain
West sports championship.
Even in a year of such significant change
and rough adjustments, there is a silver lin-
ing to the Mountain West, especially to the
Wolf Packs fiscal needs.
Its a trickle-down effect. Just because
money is made from a football T.V. game,
doesnt mean it only goes to the football
program, said Michael Samuels, the associ-
ate athletic director of marketing. It goes to
the athletic budget as a whole; that allows us
to do more for all of our sports.
Looking back on all of this years events
from the announcement to move to the
Mountain West to arch-rival UNLV win-
ning the first annual Governors Series,
the amount of change that has transpired
has struck members of the athletic depart-
ment that might not be seen for a long
time.
We are at an unprecedented time in the
universitys history with a new president,
athletic director and a coach stepping
down after 40 years of being a player, coach
and administrator, Hickok said. I dont
think youll ever see this type of scenario
again.
With this year nearly in the books, the
training for next season has already begun.
Teams from basketball to cross country are
more aware of what is needed from them to
compete in their sophomore season in the
MWC.
Weve played and beaten teams at the
Mountain West level and above many
times in a one-game scenario, Samuels
said. But its different when youre play-
ing those teams night in and night out and
theres an adjustment period where you
get used to that and figuring out what it
takes to compete at a different level every
single time.
Chris Boline can be reached at cboline@
nevadasagebrush.com.
team, sophomore midfielder Andrew
McGovern believes the loss was also in-
fluenced by a few other factors, including
injuries, overconfidence and a lack of total
concentration.
We didnt move the ball. We werent
making passes, McGovern said. (Santa
Cruz) has been going after the (champi-
onship) title for three or four years now,
and they got it. It was their day.
However, both Tatro and McGovern
agreed the team simply couldnt compete
with Santa Cruzs tight defense, in particu-
lar freshman goalie Max Brier, a first-team
all-league selection.
(Brier) just sees that thing coming at
him like a beach ball, Tatro said. When
faced with a defense like that, the of-
fense tends to panic and plays how they
shouldnt play.
Throughout the game, Santa Cruz
remained ahead of Nevada consistently.
Only during the third quarter did the Pack
manage to make a minor comeback, clos-
ing the gap by two points. In the final four
minutes of the game, Santa Cruz scored
a final goal, extending their lead by three
points.
After the loss, the Pack returned home
with a mix of emotions distraught,
frustrated, disheartened. However,
despite the disappointment, many of the
teammates are holding their heads high.
It meant a lot to beat St. Marys,
McGovern said. And it means a lot that
we made it to the championship, even
though we lost.
Tatro added to this with optimism for
the future.
Most of the team is sophomores and
freshmen, so we can only do better, Tatro
said. Plus, we have recruits coming in.
The head coach predicts a lot of
promise for the future of Nevada lacrosse.
Including playoffs, the teams final record
reads 9-4, a 180-degree switcheroo since
2011 (3-8). This season brought Nevada
closer to the top since the teams incep-
tion in 1999, and if Tatro is right, a Nevada
championship is within their grasp.
I want them to be proud of our ac-
complishments this year making it this
far farther than ever before, Tatro said.
Kaitlin Oki can be reached at koki@
nevadasagebrush.com
an ERA of 3.84, fresh out of Reno High
School.
Its been a rollercoaster. Thats for
sure, Jameson said about his Wolf Pack
career. Its been tough. Theres times
when you doubt yourself. Youre in this
funk, but the only thing I did was keep
working hard and trying to improve. I
wasnt going to give up.
Jameson isnt having the storybook
senior season he had hoped for. He
currently sits at 1-6 with an ERA of 5.56
through 12 appearances.
The pitcher attributed his struggles
to mental issues.
Jameson hit bottom, according to
Flurry, against Utah Valley March 7.
The senior was routed for five runs off
seven hits after a mere three innings as
the Wolf Pack fell 17-6.
A week earlier against Holy Cross,
Jameson fell out of the starting rotation
altogether. Flurry said the benching
bothered the four-year starter.
It means a lot to him, Flurry said.
He literally bleeds Silver and Blue.
. Hes a guy with loyalty and just a
grinder.
Jamesons father, Rich, pitched for
the Wolf Pack in the early 70s. The
younger Jameson has surpassed his
dad and nearly every other pitcher
in Nevada history in two categories:
innings pitched and wins.
After Sundays eight-inning outing,
Jameson has tossed more than 312
innings for the Silver and Blue third
most in program history.
Jameson notched 20 wins for the
Wolf Pack, putting him in a three-way
tie for eighth place in the Nevada
record book.
Hes always answered the call. Any-
time weve ever asked him to answer
the call, hes done that for four years...
His resilience and him coming out and
being the same guy pretty much every
day for the last four years I cant ask
any more out of a player than hes given
us, said Wolf Pack head coach Gary
Powers, calling Jameson a yeoman.
Jameson flipped the script on his
disastrous senior season in his past five
starts, allowing a meager 11 runs in less
than 34 innings pitched.
His 180-degree turn has helped
Nevada reach a 24-23 (11-13 MW)
mark. The Wolf Pack is battling for the
conferences No. 2 spot and trails UNLV
and the Aztecs by two games.
Jameson will be key in the MWC race.
Pitching on Sunday is tough
because it has significant value every
weekend, Powers said. You either
have a chance to sweep the series,
youve got a chance to get back into
one that youve almost lost and youve
got a chance to win a series. That role
is huge that hes filling, and hes done it
very well lately.
The senior will bid farewell on Sun-
day as he pitches his final home game
against the Rebels.
Jameson, who narrowly missed an
MLB Draft selection a year ago, doesnt
know what his post-Wolf Pack future
holds.
Hopefully Ill get my degree and fig-
ure out the real world, said Jameson,
who will continue taking classes in the
fall.
And if this season is any indication,
Jameson wont quit.
Eric Uribe can be reached at euribe@
nevadasagebrush.com.
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Aloha Stadium.
Running back Stefphon
Jefferson didnt get the memo,
however. The now-Tennessee
Titan chewed up 170 yards
on the ground and tied an
NCAA record by scoring
seven touchdowns in a 69-24
shellacking.
The android-perfect
performance set the tone for
Jeffersons season as he set
program marks in rushing
yards (1,883) and touchdowns
(25).
GAME OF THE YEAR
Quarterback Cody Fajardo
injured? Gulp. A 21-0 deficit?
No way. The Fremont Cannon
having its first coat of red
paint in eight years? Unfath-
omable. Those were the harsh
realities Wolf Pack fans faced
against UNLV this season.
Then, backup signal
caller Devin Combs put on
his superman cape. The
junior helped Nevada crawl
out of a 31-14 halftime
deficit with a three-touchdown
performance. Order was
restored as the Wolf Pack won
42-37 thriller and extended its
winning streak over to UNLV
to eight games.
The only thing missing was
Combs channeling his inner
Cam Newton and doing the
trademark Superman pose.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINT-
MENT
The Wolf Pack hit a lot of
lows in its first year in the
MWC. The football squad
crumbled to a 7-6 finish after a
6-1 start. Four teams finished
either last or second-to-last in
the conference standings. And
UNLV slapped Nevada in the
inaugural Governors Series.
But no team hit rock bottom
as hard as the Wolf Pack mens
basketball team. In the No. 1
RPI conference in the nation,
Nevada finished dead last with
an abysmal 12-19 (3-13 MW)
record.
To add insult to injury,
three senior-to-be players
decided to transfer at the end
of the year. The lone bright
spot? Deonte Burton and his
magical beard spurning the
National Basketball Associa-
tion and staying for his senior
campaign.
LIFETIME ACHIEVE-
MENT
Nevada head football coach
Chris Ault will be available at
a press conference on Friday,
Dec. 28, at 1:30 p.m. to discuss
the future and direction of the
Wolf Pack football program,
read the press release the day
before.
Little did anyone know,
the Littler General was going
to step down instead. The
out-of-nowhere decision
sent shockwaves through the
university.
After 28 years at the helm of
Nevada football and inventing
an innovative Pistol offense,
Ault put the Wolf Pack on the
map. The program wouldnt be
where it is right now without
his guidance.
Wolf Pack, its been real. Its
been fun. But it hasnt been real
fun. Heres a toast to a roller-
coaster year that will forever be
stamped in Nevada lore.
Eric Uribe can be reached at
euribe@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Stefphon Jefferson bruises down the sideline against UNLV. That
game won #SportsBrush Game of the Year honors.
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Jameson notched a WAC First-Team selection last
season.
By Chris Boline
Spanning from January to May, from
Jackson Indoor Track in Boise, Idaho to
Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, Calif.,
the womens track teams rst season in
the Mountain West will end in sunny Las
Vegas, Nev. this week.
While the indoor and outdoor track
seasons are separated by the inclusion
of the Mountain West Indoor Champion-
ships, nearly all athletes who competed
at the Indoor Championships in Febru-
ary will again lace up their spikes at
UNLVs Partridge Stadium. However,
unlike the Indoor Championships, there
will be a handful of athletes who did not
participate at the Indoor Championships
that will attempt to bolster the Wolf Packs
nal tally and compete with the top end
of the Mountain West.
One of the heaviest hitters from
last years Western Athletic Confer-
ence Championships is high jumper
La Tijera Avery. The senior won the
WAC Championships last year but sat
out the most recent indoor season
to preserve her eligibility for the
outdoor championships. Avery was
also second-team All-WAC in the long
jump last season.
However, Nevada will depend on
its sprinting corps to do most of the
damage against Indoor Champions
San Diego State and Cross Country
Champions New Mexico. In addition
to nearly sweeping the 60-meter
sprints at the Indoor Championships,
the Wolf Packs 4x100 relay team has
set the school record multiple times
this season and will look to continue
their scorching pace.
Weve been riding them all year. They
got huge points indoors for us, Assistant
Coach Kirk Elias said. We need them
to come through and keep doing what
theyve been doing.
The team is very experienced with two
seniors, Angelica Earls and Samantha
Calhoun. However, the other two
members of the relay are not
spring chickens to big meets.
Sophomore Kashae Knox has
participated in two prior
WAC Championships, and
junior Tanisha
Hawkins is a
graduate of
n a t i o n a l
power-
house Long Beach Poly High School. The
teams school record time, 44.92 seconds,
gives them a shot to break the Mountain
West Championships record of 45.09,
currently held by UNLV.
However, during both
seasons, multiple
athletes have stood
out beyond the
s p r i n t e r s .
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set the school
record in the shot
put this season and nished
third at the Indoor Champion-
ships. Senior Deborah Amoah
has been easily the most ver-
satile athlete on the team by
breaking the school record in
the triple jump this year and also
holding the record in the long jump.
Two athletes that could also be factors
in distance events are sophomore De-
mery Kirsch and junior Sam Diaz. Kirsch
nished rst at the Cal-Nevada Champi-
onships in the 3000-meter steeplechase
with 10:38.43, and Diaz nished third in
the mile at the MWC Indoor Champion-
ships with a time of 4:46.43. Diaz is also
the Nevada school record-holder in the
1500-meter.
With all these athletes on board, the
Wolf Pack needs everyone to be on point
in order to knock off San Diego State.
Weve got resources in terms of ath-
letes, but we need our big hitters to hit,
Elias said.
An event that could swing in Nevadas
favor is the steeplechase. In addition to
Kirsch, the Wolf Pack has three other
runners seeded just outside the top eight
scoring categories: senior Christy Works
and freshmen EmKay Myers and Erika
Root.
Track and eld is a team sport in the
fullest sense of the phrase: each event
group needs to chip in points in order
for the team to be the most successful.
This is exactly what head coach Shantel
Twiggs is looking for in her squad.
Our goal for the Outdoor Track
and Field Championships is to have
the best meet that we can have four
days in a row collectively, Twiggs
said. Each athlete must do her job
and play her role. We have a great
opportunity and must capitalize on
every opportunity in front of us.
With San Diego State as the strongest
team on paper, it would be easy to sit
back and let the Aztecs run them over
no pun intended. However, after a long
season, the Pack still has some bite.
Anything is possible because of the
fact that we wont know that will hap-
pen (SDSU winning). Thats the point of
(conference championships). If that was
the case, they would win by now and just
hand the championship over to them
now, Earls said. As of now, they de-
nitely are the leaders, but again, anything
is possible.
Chris Boline can be reached at cboline@
nevadasagebrush.com.
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SOCIAL MEDIA
T
hats just the way it is / thingsll
never be the same, goes the
chorus of 2Pacs Changes.
Arguably one of the greatest
rappers of all time, 2Pac preached social
change to a world torn apart by hatred,
underlying his
message with the
essential theme:
change is for the
better.
Nevada is about
to finish its first
season in the
Mountain West,
and through it all,
the Wolf Pack faced
a tremendous
amount of not only
difficulties, but
also change. From Cary Groth handing
the reins of athletic director to Doug
Knuth to Brian Polian stepping into
the role of head coach after Wolf Pack
legend Chris Ault stepped down, there
has been a substantial metamorphosis
in the athletic department. Naturally
with changes come questions.
Without further ado, these are my
three predictions regarding the biggest
questions Nevada athletics will face in
its sophomore season in the MWC.
HEAD COACH BRIAN POLIAN
WILL EMBRACE AND CULTI-
VATE THE PISTOL.
Chris Aults glorious run as the
alpha male the Wolf Pack family has
seemingly ended after 40 years, and
wonderboy Brian Polian has stepped
in to fill the void. Polian has stated his
intentions before not to fix what isnt
broke.
In this case, the pistol offense which
is becoming the en vogue offense style
in the NFL, mostly thanks to Wolf Pack
alumnus Colin Kaepernicks success in
San Francisco.
The new head coach looks to add
some of his personal touches to the
offense, but offensive coordinator Nick
Rolovich will do the heavy lifting when
it comes to incorporating new varia-
tions into the base set.
DOUG KNUTH WILL NOT
SOLVE ALL THE FUNDRAISING
WOES, BUT THERE WILL BE
PROGRESS.
Albeit, Knuths role isnt as high profile
as coach Polians, but hes still expected
to upgrade the Wolf Packs porous
budget.
Nevada is currently the least funded
team in the Mountain West, but with
Knuths new ideas to engage fans, the
cash will eventually flow in the same
way it did for him at Michigan State and
Utah.
Knuth wont solve all of the Packs
fiscal woes overnight, but hell start to
implement plans to get the students
and fans more invested in their school
and athletic teams.
MENS BASKETBALL WILL
MAKE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES
IN ITS SECOND SEASON.
Many predicted Nevada would at
least compete for the fifth seed in the
Mountain West, but few could have
seen the Wolf Pack falling as hard as it
did.
The good news is: they can only go
up from here. With the return of Deonte
Burton and an infusion of new blood,
Nevada will be more aware of what it
takes to not only compete in the MWC,
but also return to the NCAA tourna-
ment.
Chris Boline can be reached at cboline@
nevadasagebrush.com.
Nevada Wolf Pack
MENS GOLF
After a season that has fallen
into disarray, with multiple
players that were on the team
at the beginning of the year no
longer with the squad, Nevada
placed last at the Mountain West
Championships. The Wolf Pack
elded the minimum amount
of ve golfers in the teams rst
MWC tournament.
Biggest storylines from the
Packs first year in the MW
CHRIS AULT STEPS DOWN
After a crushing bowl game defeat at
the hands of the Arizona Wildcats, Wolf
Pack legend Chris Ault held a press
conference to discuss the future of
the football program. Few could have seen this
future would be one without Ault. One of the most
renowned gures in school history, Aults mantle
as head coach has since been lled by Brian
Polian, who will maintain the groundbreaking
Pistol offense.
CARY GROTH RETIRES,
ENTER DOUG KNUTH
Before one of the most gut-punching
seasons in Wolf Pack football history,
Cary Groth quietly announced her
intentions to retire at the end of the academic
year. While the search for a new head coach
was a frantic one, Nevada methodically planned
its choice for a new AD, which eventually fell to
fundraising-wizard Doug Knuth in March.
MENS BASKETBALL FALLS
FLAT IN FIRST SEASON
After narrowly missing out on the
NCAA Tournament and a WAC
Championship crown, hopes were high for the
Pack in its rst season in the MWC. They were
dashed as soon as conference play started, to
the tune of a 3-13 record in MWC contests.
MWC GROWING PAINS
Nevadas woes on the hardwood were
just the tip of the iceberg when it came
to adjusting to a new conference.
Besides getting blasted in a stacked
mens basketball division, three Wolf Pack sports
nished last in their respective disciplines and
second-to-last in another and only one team
registered a top-three nish: womens indoor
track and eld.
DEONTES DECISION
Not to be confused with the
now infamous LeBron James
Decison, this one still had a
great amount of significance to th Wolf
Pack. After a disastrous first season in the
MWC, Nevadas Deonte Burton flirted with
declaring himself eligible for the NBA Draft.
However, after considering his stock in the
draft, Burton opted for one last ride with the
Silver and Blue.
Inside Scoop
Brad Gerig
BASEBALL
Even though Gerig has had
a relatively quiet season, the
utility player from Sierra College
announced his arrival to the Pack
with a walk-off blast to clinch the
series against SDSU. In addition
to his timely home run in game
three, Gerig went 4 for 4 in the
rst game against the Aztecs.
BASEBALL
vs. St, Marys, Reno, NV, Today,
2:00; vs. UNLV, May 10-12,
Friday, 6:00 p.m., Saturday and
Sunday 1:00 p.m.
THE SKINNY: By edging
San Diego State last week,
Nevada has put itself in position
to lock up the third seed in the
Mountain West Championships
if they can stop UNLV at home.
Even though the Pack fell to
Sacramento State and San
Diego State in succession,
Nevada rebounded to take two
of three from the Aztecs. Before
the Wolf Pack cross swords
with the Rebels, Nevada faces
an 18-29 St. Marys team, who
lost to the Pack 10-6 earlier this
season.
SOFTBALL
vs. Boise State, Boise, Idaho,
May 9-11, Thursday and Friday,
3:00 p.m., Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
THE SKINNY: With a
week to collect itself from a
disheartening series defeat
at the hands of UNLV, the
Nevada softball team will hit
the road one last time before
the Mountain West Conference
Championships. The Wolf
Pack is currently third in the
conference at 29-22, trailing
only San Diego State and
Fresno State. This series with
the Broncos will be very critical
as the Pack is only a game
away from the second seed.
TRACK & FIELD
Mountain West Championships
at Las Vegas, May 8-11,
Wednesday-Sunday, all day
THE SKINNY: As one of
the most unsung teams on
campus, the track and eld
squad has arguably and quietly
put together the Wolf Packs
strongest team in the schools
rst Mountain West season.
From the record-breaking
4x100 relay team to impressive
standouts in the shot put, high
jump, triple jump and distance
events, the Pack has a chance
to contend at conference. In
Nevadas way of a Mountain
West title is San Diego State.
The Aztecs won the Indoor
Championships behind a
balanced attack of eld events
and the winning 4x400 team.
WEEKLY TOP 5...
Three bold predictions about
the Wolf Pack for next year
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After a frustrating last-place nish in the MWC,
Wolf Pack poster boy Deonte Burton decided to
return for his senior season instead of the NBA.
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Pressure is sky high for brand-spanking new athletic director Doug Knuth and football head coach Brian Polian in their rst
year at Nevada. David Carter, in his fth season, will be on the hot seat, too.
Chris
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By Chris Boline
To say this last academic year was
different for the Nevada athletic
department would be a disservice to
anyone that observed it from start to
finish.
In one years time, the University
of Nevada has hired a new university
president and athletic director and
replaced one of the most central
figures in Wolf Pack history. On top
of all that, Nevada engaged in its first
year in the Mountain West Conference.
The adjustments during this school
year have caused controversy, despair
and promise. The Wolf Packs first year
in the MWC was a landmark stepping
stone, albeit a very rocky step in Ne-
vadas progression toward contending
in the landscape of college athletics.
Starting back in August, Cary Groth
announced her intentions to retire in
May after nearly a decade with the Wolf
Pack family. With the announcement of
Groths retirement, the athletic admin-
istration began to set the wheels in mo-
tion in order to hire a new candidate to
replace the woman who had overseen
multiple mens basketball NCAA tour-
nament teams and the greatest football
team in the history of Nevada athletics.
However, before Groth formally an-
nounced her intentions to retire, the
Wolf Pack was slated to begin its first
year in the Mountain West. To some in
the athletic department, this transition
marked one of the most significant
moves in university history.
In the big picture, this is probably
the most important transition that the
University of Nevada athletic depart-
ment has ever made, said Keith Hack-
ett, the senior associate athletic direc-
tor for internal operations. Out of all
of the moves we made over the course
of the last 50 or 60 years to different
conferences, this one was probably
the most important move because
had we not gone to the Mountain West
Conference, our relevance would have
been significantly different.
As the seasons of each sports team
began back in autumn, the differences
between the Western Athletic Confer-
ence and Mountain West became
readily apparent.
The womens volleyball team limped
O
h you didnt know?
You better call
somebody because its
yalls favorite time of
the year.
With the academic year wind-
ing down,
everyone
and their
mother is
giving out
awards to
honor the
accom-
plishments
of the past
year.
Its only
fair that
the Nevada
Sagebrush
follows suit and recognizes the
best and worst in Wolf Pack
athletics in 2012-23.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys
and girls, children of all ages:
we proudly bring to you, the
inaugural #Sportsbrush awards.
And of course, if youre not
down with that, weve got two
words for ya: keep reading.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Braden Dont Call Me Brady
Shipley takes the cake. Mere
weeks separate Shipley from
becoming a first-round pick in
Junes Major League Baseball
Draft. A big ol million-dollar
check awaits him there, too.
In his last hoorah with the
Wolf Pack, Shipley is 7-2 and
has an ERA of 2.49. The 6-foot-3
190-pounder has fanned 78
hitters this season. Shipleys win,
ERA and strikeout totals all rank
second in the Mountain West
Conference.
One caveat about Shipley: he
blocked our @SagebrushSports
Twitter account early this season
after we quoted a few of his
tweets in a story. Are you serious,
bro? We have more followers; so
take that, Braden!
TEAM OF THE YEAR
It was slim pickings in this
category, but after a heated
dispute, weve sided with the
Nevada womens track and field
4x100 relay squad. The team of
Samantha Calhoun, Angelica
Earls, Tanisha Hawkins and
Kashae Knox took the Wolf Pack
by storm.
The four set a Wolf Pack
program record in the event
with a eye-popping time of 44.92
an entire 1.36 better than
the previous high set in 2011.
The team gets another crack at
topping its mark this weekend
at the Mountain West Outdoor
Championships in Las Vegas.
PERFORMANCE OF THE
YEAR
The Tiki curse had plagued
the Wolf Pack since 1948. Seven
times Nevada had flown to the
Island, and seven times the
Wolf Pack left back home losers
including the historic 2010
squad. History was against
Nevada as they waltzed into
Photo illustration by Nicole Kowalewski/Nevada Sagebrush
Images from Nevadas rst season in the Mountain West, from the Governors Series to Deonte Burtons decison to Brian Polians introduction as the new football head coach to campus personality J.C.
Year in Review
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Jameson overcoming struggles
Juliana Bledsoe /Nevada Sagebrush
Senior pitcher Tom Jameson has left his mark in Nevadas record
books with third most innings pitched and eighth most wins.
By Eric Uribe
Nevada senior pitcher Tom
Jameson is all too familiar with
starting slow.
The 6-foot-7 right-hander
struggled mightily early this
season, sliding to a 1-6 start after
10 starts. Jamesons ERA peaked at
6.30 during the downward spiral.
It was the same story against
San Diego State on Sunday, too.
Jameson came out sluggish in
the first inning, loading the bases
after a defensive error and a pair of
walks. It took a running, go-gadget
catch from Brooks Klein to escape
the inning.
I was just wild a little bit, still
trying to find a groove, Jameson
said. Thankfully, Brooks came up
with a good catch. We just took off
from there.
Take off he did, tossing seven
more innings of scoreless pitch-
ing. Jameson surrendered four hits
and left the Wolf Pack clinging to a
3-0 lead after eight innings.
I just made my adjustments,
he said. Sometimes the pitches
would be up, and I had to make
adjustments. It was all making ad-
justments until I got in a groove.
The right-handers would-be
second win of the season was
blown in the final inning after
closer Michael Fain surrendered
three runs.
Jameson paced back and forth
in the dugout before third base-
man Brad Gerig blasted a walk-off
home run, lifting Nevada to a 4-3
victory.
While Jameson didnt notch a
W in the win column, the senior
pitched one of his best games of
the rollercoaster season.
Today was the old Tom Jame-
son, pitching down in the zone,
getting ground balls, getting
ahead. Thats the Tommy Im used
to seeing, Wolf Pack pitching
coach Pat Flurry said.
Flurry was referring to the Jame-
son who, a season ago, dominated
the Western Athletic Conference.
Jameson went 7-2 with an ERA of
3.84 en route to a First-team All-
WAC selection in 2012.
Or maybe Flurry was referring
to the Jameson who was the
Louisville Slugger Freshman All-
American team selection in 2010.
Back then, Jameson went 6-1 with
Wolf Pack falls in championship game
By Kaitlin Oki
Id like to win a championship, said junior
defender Wes Krupp in a video on the Nevada
lacrosse website. Thats the main goal to
win a championship and hopefully this is
the year.
For a few moments quite a few moments
it was looking like Krupps high hopes might
be met this season. After giving the Tigers a
good, 21-8 thrashing April 21, the Wolf Pack
began prepping for playoffs in Novato, Calif.
Thus far, the team stood 8-3 on the season and
5-1 in league play both school records
and headed out to Novato with wind in their
sails, ranked No. 2 in the Western Collegiate
Lacrosse League playoff bracket.
Their confidence only swelled Saturday.
Nevada faced off against rival St. Marys for the
second time, defeating the Gaels 11-10.
The following day, it all fell apart. But not
without a fight.
They played hard, head coach Chris Tatro
said. They did everything right. But (Universi-
ty of California, Santa Cruz) was focused not
that we werent. Theyre just really, really good.
While Tatro attributes the loss mostly to
competing against an ultimately stronger
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