Nevada Sagebrush Archives 09/08/09

By Gabby Irvin
About 20 students recently

declared a new renewable en-
ergy minor that was established
in the spring of 2008 and is
ourishing due to student in-
terest, said Christopher Simon,
associate professor of political
science.
Everything is touched by
renewable energy, whether it
is our impact on the economy,
the scientic relation to climate
change or powering the future,
Simon said. It seemed to be
a good time to discuss issues
important to the economy and
important to students. (This
minor) is about educating stu-
dents to what is relevant to their
lives and futures.
The renewable energy minor
is unique because it is being
discovered as more courses are
developed and is a current eco-
nomic, political and scientic
issue. It is something the United
States has to take seriously be-
cause of dependence on foreign
oil, Theodore Batchman, direc-
tor of the Renewable Energy
Center, said.
This minor is a great part of
(The College of ) Liberal Arts
and (The College of ) Engineer-
ing, Simon said. This is a
team-taught course that has 53
students at the moment. Classes
are being enlarged because of
course demand.
Renewable energy is an
18-credit interdisciplinary
minor that caters to both
engineering students and to
students of all other depart-
ments. The minor contains two
tracks, one for engineers and
the other for students in other
disciplines.
Engineering student cur-
ricula are very tight, Batchman
said. What we had to do to get
engineering students to minor
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 VOLUME CXVI NUMBER 4 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893
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HEALTH CARE
Several columnists discuss
sides of the health care
debate, including conservative
and liberal views. Page A8
THE USED IS BACK
Find out how The Useds
newest album, Artwork,
measures up to previous
releases. Page A13
CROSS COUNTRY
Nevada sophomore Jordan
Burke nished second out of
35 runners in the Wolf Packs
rst meet of the year. Page B3
INDEX
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Pack fans at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
Photo galleries: Check out a photo gallery of a health care rally
on Wednesday.
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New minor teaches
green energy policy
See NEW MINOR Page A5
BY THE NUMBERS
A look at how swine u is
hitting Washoe County and
the school-aged population.
429
is the total number of swine
u cases in Washoe County.
268
is the total number of cases
in 5 to 24-year-olds.
16
is the number of people
hospitalized with swine u
in Washoe County.
Swine u strikes students, campus
A
s the fall semester
gains momentum
at the University of
Nevada, Reno and
starts up for other schools
across the globe, the world
will be keeping a wary eye
on the H1N1 u virus, more
commonly
known as
swine u,
will affect
campuses.
Since May,
25 cases of
swine u
have been
documented
on this
campus.
That number
is likely to
rise as the u season ap-
proaches, and were all at risk.
While experts are unsure
how deadly the virus will
actually be, they are sure
that those most prone to
becoming infected are aged
8-to-24 in other words,
the demographic that spends
a large amount of time in
crowded classrooms, where
contracting an airborne
virus is relatively easy. The
American College Health As-
sociation has set up a network
to monitor swine u data in
American colleges. Of the 189
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about declaring a renewable
energy minor, contact the
engineering program ofce
in Scrugham Engineering/
Mines Building, room 132.
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Schools
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need to
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NEWS ANALYSIS |
SWINE FLU
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Emily
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6
is the number of people
hospitalized in the 5 to 24
age group.
See SWINE FLU Page A5
By Jay Balagna
Since its arrival in Washoe County last
spring, swine u, or H1N1, has spread to
the University of Nevada, Reno campus
with at least 25 cases conrmed by the Stu-
dent Health Center. Of those 25, nine cases
were conrmed since the beginning of the
fall semester, prompting UNR to wage an
information campaign to teach students
how to stay healthy.
Of the 429 cases that have hit Washoe
County since May, 268 hit people aged 5
to 24-years-old, more than triple the infec-
tion rate in any other age group.
College students are a target (for this
virus), said Dr. Cheryl Hug-English, the
medical director for the Student Health
Center. Young people are getting hit the
hardest by this.
Swine u has become so widespread on
many college campuses that some have
been prompted to set aside residence halls
for the sick. Emory University in Atlanta,
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh
and St. Johns University in New York are
all among those that have used empty
dormitories or Greek houses to shelter the
sick and prevent them from infecting other
students, The New York Times reported.
Infection rates on some of these campuses
have risen into the hundreds.
UNR hasnt had to resort to such extreme
measures because of the relatively low
number of students on the campus with
swine u, Hug-English said.
One explanation for the high rates among
5 to 24-year-olds could be that this group
spends most of its collective time clustered
together in classrooms, areas notorious for
breeding grounds for germs and viruses,
Hug-English said.
The cases of swine u that are striking
UNR students should not cause much
worry of hospitalization or death, she
said.
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schools that participated in
the survey last week, 2,000
cases have been reported out
of 2.3 million students. Half
of the schools reported a case
last week. After that data was
announced, Washington State
University announced 2,000
cases of swine u symptoms
out of its 19,000 student
population. The cases arose
during the universitys sorority
and fraternity rush events,
similar to those underway on
our campus right now. So far,
most of the cases in colleges
have been somewhat mild,
with only three hospitaliza-
tions and no deaths, but the
virus is still spreading at a
steady pace.
The most important step
for universities and col-
leges across the country is
to develop a plan and policy
for dealing with the swine u
pandemic, both now and if it
becomes worse. UNR has a
pandemic plan in place that
was updated earlier this year,
but so far administrators have
only offered generic advice to
students. Yes, washing hands
and staying home if sick is
good advice. But what would
UNR do if 2,000 students
contracted swine u in a
matter of days? While it can be
assumed that the university
has a policy in place, it would
be benecial for the UNR
community to know what the
next step would be.
The Center for Disease
Control and Prevention
published a guide for how
universities should respond to
the u now and if it becomes
worse. In the guide, the
CDC instructs universities
to require self-isolation for
students who become ill, to
ensure that highly-touched
surfaces are cleaned fre-
quently and to allow students
and faculty who become ill to
stay at home without penalty
(even without a doctors note,
probably to the dismay of
most professors). Questions
to be considered at UNR are:
Where will the university
house students who become
ill?
How will attendance
policies be modied?
How will classes be dealt
with if a professor cannot
attend class for an extended
period of time?
Will the student health
center be able to handle the
potential increase of patients?
Since a relatively low per-
centage of the total amount of
swine u cases have resulted
in death, there is no need for
college communities to panic.
This strand of u will probably
affect most the same as any
other u. Yet it is necessary for
everyone to be aware of the
likelihood that the swine u
will continue to infect healthy
students and to prepare for a
higher amount of illnesses on
campuses this semester.
Emily Stott can be reached at
ejstott@nevadasagebrush.com
By Aaron Benedetti
Newsstands at the University
of Nevada, Reno that once held
The New York Times, USA Today
and the Reno Gazette-Journal
will remain empty this year.
Now, only The Nevada Sage-
brush, Insight Magazine and
the Reno News & Review are
available throughout campus at
no cost to students, university
ofcials said.
The Ofce of the Provost,
which handled the Times
subscription for the past three
years, spent about $52,000
during the 200809 scal year
to fund the program, Provost
Marc Johnson said. This money
also provided compensation for
a Times delivery person and a
Times representative paid to
speak at UNR on a yearly basis.
USA Today and the Reno
Gazette-Journal, which had
previously been supplied to the
residence halls, are no longer
available. Rod Aeschlimann,
director of Residential Life,
Housing and Food Service, was
unavailable for comment on the
change.
Johnson said the university
redirected the Times programs
budget toward rejuvenat-
ing tutoring assistance and
academic support for students,
particularly after the closure of
the Math and Writing centers
earlier this year due to budget
constraints.
Generally, when you cut $33
million, you look around at what
youre buying, Johnson said.
Supporting the Times program
is a lower priority than trying to
bring back at least some of that
early learning assistance.
This early learning assistance
includes supplemental instruc-
tion for introductory courses
perceived as stumbling blocks
to early progress, essential
aspects of core math and writing
tutoring and ESL support for
international students. Also,
the Times budget has restored
some funding to the Academic
Services Center.
This money does not replace
funding for the Math and Writ-
ing centers, but it is supporting
the most critical parts, Johnson
said. He hopes to restore more
comprehensive math and writ-
ing tutoring when the nancial
climate improves.
However, the Times cancel-
lation has impacted some
university courses that used
the newspaper as a course text.
Eve Benton, assistant director
of the Honors Program and an
instructor for Honors 200B, an
Honors seminar and discussion
course, said she has altered her
curriculum to accommodate the
change.
Historically, we have required
that students use The New York
Times as an ongoing textbook, so
theyre aware of current events,
Benton said. She required her
students to read the Times daily
and choose at least one article
per week relating to their pro-
fessional eld for discussion in
class.
With the cancellation, were
attempting to go online, but
it feels different because you
never walk into a classroom and
see students reading a paper,
Benton said. On the univer-
sity level, I think that it affects
students ability to recognize
themselves as students of the
world. It starts at UNR, but
(the Times) adds a dimension
to their education that we cant
add in class.
The Honors Program will
subscribe to ofce copies of the
Times, but we have 80 students
and we will not have 80 subscrip-
tions, Benton said.
Lindsey Munro, a 27-year-old
graduate student in chemistry,
said she usually does not read
any newspapers and does not
feel negatively affected by the
cancellation.
I can see how people who are
in a routine would be upset by
this, but I dont think it would
really affect them, Munro said.
They would adjust to getting
their news somewhere else, or
online.
Patrick Barber, 26, also a
chemistry graduate student,
said he regularly reads the Times
online, though he admits that
reading a paper copy would pro-
vide broader exposure to news
and information.
I would read more if I could
have the full paper out, but Im
satised with the online ver-
sion, Barber said. I dont yearn
to read the print version.
While the Times cancellation
has impacted classes such as
Honors 200B, Johnson said the
academic assistance benefits
for many students outweigh
the losses resulting from the
cancellation. He said those
who still use the Times or who
have the greatest interest in
it can pay for individual sub-
scriptions.
There are negative effects to
every shift of budget, Johnson
said. There is not a program
on campus that does not have a
constituency, so there are losers
and there are gainers.
Aaron Benedetti can be reached
at news@nevadasagebrush.com.
Free newspapers fall to budget cuts
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A New York Times rack sits empty in the Joe Crowley Student Union. The newspaper will no longer be available to students for free on campus.
ONLINE
The New York Times, USA Today and the Reno Gazette-Journal
offer free online access to most current articles. Visit nytimes.
com, usatoday.com or rgj.com.
MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER
These three newspapers are still available daily in the popular
reading section of the university library. Paper copies of The
New York Times are kept on hand for about two months. The
current months issues of USA Today are also available.
SUBSCRIPTION
The New York Times offers UNR students and faculty individual
subscriptions for Monday through Friday service. Subscribers
pick up their daily copies at the ASUN Bookstore. Subscrip-
tions include access to the Times Archive, Times Digest, Times
Reader 2.0 and Electronic Edition.
Cost: $2.25 per week
How to subscribe: Call 1-888-NYT-COLL or visit nytimes.com/
student or nytimes.com/prof.
Deadline: Monday, Sept. 14, for fall semester service
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FROM THE SAGEBRUSH ARCHIVES
Alcohol at game causes problems
Editors note: This story ran
in the Sept. 8, 1989, issue of
the Sagebrush. Beginning this
week, we will bring you a story
from years past to illustrate the
changes to our campus.
By Duke Ritenhouse, reporter
The 15,280 football fans who
attended the universitys home-
opener against Southern Illinois
University Saturday may have
noticed a few changes at the
game.
Some familiar names like Jim
Zaccheo, Charvez Foger, Patrick
Efu and Tony Logan are gone.
Mackay Stadium was expanded
to seat 20,000 people. And no
alcohol of any kind can be car-
ried into stadium grounds.
This last change evolved and
took shape during the past year.
As it stands now, no alcohol
can pass through the stadium
gates regardless of its nature or
container. All alcohol brought to
any stadium entrance is cons-
cated be security ofcers, and is
not returned.
The university administration
now feels the top priorities should
be to control to a limited ex-
tent alcohol consumption at
football games and to eliminate
the possibility of drinking by
those who are underage.
The university controls all
beer sales at Mackay Stadium
(hard liquor is not available).
Beer is $3 a cup at any number
of concession stands on the sta-
dium grounds. Sales are discon-
tinued at the end of halftime. To
prevent those who are under 21
from buying beer, buyers must
be hand-stamped at nearby
ID-checking stations.
It is widely believed that the
catalyst for the policy comes
from a home game last season
that featured a brawl in the
northeast section of the grand-
stands. An estimated 30-60
people took part in the ght,
which received a great deal of
attention from local media. It is
generally accepted that alcohol
played at least some part in the
events of that day.
Pharbus Harper, one of the
universitys three associate ath-
letic directors, described how
the policy took shape.
I was part of a group that
discussed a new policy, Harper
said Tuesday. The group in-
cluded members of the Faculty
Senate, other faculty members,
members of the Athletic De-
partment and the university
administration.
Harper said the policy de-
veloped through meetings and
correspondence between the
group members.
Security personnel at the
Southern Illinois game generally
agreed that the new policy went
over well with the fans who at-
tended.
Brian Guerrero, 22, a univer-
sity Parking Department ofcer,
was stationed at the base of the
stadium near Lawlor Events
Center, and was the rst person
to mention the new policy to
most fans.
Most people accepted it
pretty well, Guerrero said.
They just took it in stride.
A couple of people were re-
ally surprised, but they looked
like freshmen anyway.
Two university security per-
sonnel, who asked not to be
identied, agreed.
The only problem weve had
is people buying beer inside
(the stadium), leaving the area,
and trying to bring the beer
back inside, one said.
University Police Department
Director Ken Sjoen also said
there were no problems Satur-
day.
It depends on how much a
person as had to drink as to how
reasonable they are, he said.
No outside beer allowed
To read the rest of this story
from our archive, go to
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T d th t f thi t
ONLINE
Six-part speaker
series set to start
up this week
By Danielle Pearson
In honor and recogni-
tion of outstanding faculty
members at the University
of Nevada, Reno, Tamara
Valentine, director of the
Honors Program, has created
a series of lecture sessions,
Great Presentations, hosted
by the honors department.
The program, which began
in 2004, gives the chosen
faculty members a chance
to speak about their ac-
complishments as well as
an opportunity for students
to learn about professors
outside their major of study,
Valentine said.
It is primarily set up to
highlight professors that
are recognized across the
campus, not just one area
(to) give students the chance
to see the quality of faculty
and instructors on campus,
Valentine said.
This year there will be six
speakers total three in the
fall semester and three in
the spring semester. The first
presentation will be held at 4
p.m. Tuesday in room 109 of
the Ansari Business Building.
As the introductory speaker
to the Great Presentations
lecture series this year, Peter
Goin, professor of art in pho-
tography and videography,
will focus on his current re-
search project. In the project,
Goin references historical
photographs of Lake Tahoe,
specifically South Lake Ta-
hoe and its basin, and then
rephotographs those areas
to see how the landscape has
changed over the years.
Often times these photos
show land erosion or in-
creased development over the
years.
The rephotographing took
place last summer with the
help of two research associ-
ates in the art department at
UNR.
All of the work is compiled
into Goins upcoming book
South Lake Tahoe: Then &
Now, available this Novem-
ber.
Goin earned the title of
foundation professor in 1996
from the UNR Foundation for
demonstrating excellence in
research and teaching. Ac-
cording to the foundations
Web site, it is a three-year
award in which the professor
selected receives an annual
stipend to be used in profes-
sional endeavors.
Goin is also an author, co-
author and editor of numer-
ous books as well as several
journals and magazines, is
a recipient of two National
Endowment for the Arts Fel-
lowships and was awarded
the Nevada Governors Mil-
lennium Award for Excellence
in the Arts.
He is an absolute dedicated
person and will always be
there to help students outside
of class, Nate Clark, a fine
arts major with an emphasis
in digital photography, said of
Goin.
Danielle Pearson can be reached
at news@nevadasagebrush.com
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Shontarius Webb, a 23-year-old accounting major, talks to Jay Egami, a 28-year-old criminal justice
major interested in joining Kappa Alpha Psi during Rush Week.
GREEK ORGANIZATIONS BEGIN RECRUITMENT
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Weekly Update
Campus
Events
POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS
WEATHER FORECAST
Average high
temperature:
Average low
temperature:
87 89 91 91
54 56 56 58
WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: An upper low will continue to move east with a trough extending south into central Nevada. Dry
air is noted behind the trough.
WEDNESDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKEND
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Award-winning photography
professor scheduled to speak
Forecast prepared by
the National Weather
Service. For more
information, visit their
Web site at
www.nws.noaa.gov.
Sunny. Mostly sunny.
Sunny. West wind
around 5 mph
becoming east.
Sunny. West
wind 5 to 10 mph
becoming east.
Mostly sunny.
SEPTEMBER 3
A 20-year-old male was
arrested for minor in pos-
session and consumption
of alcohol in Sierra Hall.
A 20-year old female
reported a case of
battery on Ninth Street.
No arrest was made.
A 19-year-old male
reported a hit and run on
Sierra and 10th streets.
SEPTEMBER 1
Ofcers responded to a
report of larceny on North
Virginia Street reported
by an 18-year-old male.
No arrest was made.
AUGUST 31
A 50-year-old female re-
ported a gasoline theft near
the Custodial Building.
AUGUST 30
A 22-year-old female
reported a stolen
bicycle from Lombardi
Recreation Center.
An ofcer responded
to an incident at Sierra
Street Parking Complex.
Three individuals
were cited for minor
in possession and
consumption of alcohol
at Oak and 10th streets.
A 20-year-old male
was cited for MIPC at
2800 Enterprise Way.
A group of ve individuals
was cited for MIPC at
2800 Enterprise Way.
An 18-year-old male
was cited for MIPC.
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Highs: 89-91
Lows: 56-58
What: The rst of the Great
Presentations speaker series,
a discussion with photogra-
phy professor Peter Goin.
When: Sept. 15 at 4 p.m.
Where: Ansari Business
Building, Room 109.
For more information on the
Great Presentations series,
visit www.honors.unr.edu or
stop by the Honors Program
ofce in Room 11 of the Jot
Travis Building.
Wh t Th t f th G t
GREAT PRESENTATIONS
COBA TO HOST BUSINESS
WEEK EVENTS, SPEAKERS
AND WORKSHOPS
The College of Business is
hosting Business Week Sept.
14-19. Business is More Than
You Think will offer work-
shops, speakers and network-
ing opportunities. Of the 30
planned events, some are open
only to students and alumni,
but the community is welcome
to most.
The week is meant to con-
nect students at the college
with alumni and businesses in
the community. It also offers
tips for students to become the
most appealing applicants in
a tough job market by urging
students to study abroad and
offering workshops on how to
transition from college to the
business world.
For more information, con-
tact Director of Career Connec-
tions Jane Bessett at bessett@
unr.edu or 775-682-9144. For
a full calendar of the weeks
events, visit business.unr.edu/
bweek.
AGRICULTURE STATION
OPENS FOR FOURTH
ANNUAL FIELD DAY
The College of Agriculture,
Biotechnology and Natural
Resources is opening the Uni-
versity of Nevada, Renos Agri-
cultural Experiment Station to
the public for a fourth annual
eld day on Saturday from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be
four separate tours scheduled
at multiples times during the
day.
Tour 1 will be a shuttle
tour featuring information on
irrigation, biofuel production,
biosolids, composting and the
Main Station Field Laboratory
internship program.
Tour 2 will be a shuttle
tour that goes to the front elds
of the Main Station to discuss
sheep and cattle.
Tour 3 will be a walking
tour to discuss animal health
and production, as well as bio-
medical research sheep and the
large animal surgery unit.
Tour 4 will be a walking
tour that visits the Wolf Pack
Meats Facility.
Activities will be available for
children and a lunch served
by Wolf Pack Meats will be
provided.
Prior registration is required,
and can be completed at cabnr.
unr.edu/elddays or by calling
775-784-6237.
PHYSICS PROFESSOR
WINS GRANT FOR BLACK
HOLE RESEARCH PROJECT
Physics Department Chair
Roberto Mancini will be using
a recently awarded $690,000
grant to continue his study of
hot plasma that mimics what
happens to matter around
black holes.
The grant was awarded by
the United States Department
of Energy.
Mancini will be the principal
investigator for the project
Experiments and Modeling of
Photo-ionized Plasmas at Z.
He will be using man-made ra-
diation energy to explore what
happens to matter in extreme
temperature and radiation
conditions.
The grant was one of 28
awarded to researchers at in-
stitutions in 18 states as part
of the High Energy Density
Laboratory Plasmas program.
These grants are funded by
the National Nuclear Security
Administration and the De-
partment of Energy Office of
Science.
TUESDAY/8
Poster Sale
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Joe Crowley Stu-
dent Union Plaza
The Beyond the Wall poster
company will hold its annual
poster sale in front of the Joe
Crowley Student Union from
Tuesday through Friday.
WEDNESDAY/9
2009 Balloon Race Schol-
arship Committee Rafe
When: Noon
dent Union Plaza
The Great Reno Balloon
Race Scholarship com-
mittee will hold the draw-
ing for their annual rafe
Wednesday at noon in front
of the Joe Crowley Student
Union. Rafe tickets are $1
for prizes including balloon
rides, gift certicates, Great
Reno Balloon Race gear, golf
passes and more. Grand
prize tickets are $5 for a
chance at box seats to the
Nevada Wolf Pack football
game against Louisiana
Tech. Proceeds go toward
scholarships for University
of Nevada, Reno students.
For more information, visit
www.unr.edu/balloonrace.
THURSDAY/10
The Ethics of Pandemics
When: 10 to 11 a.m.
Where: Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center, room 104
As its monthly health care
ethics discussion, the pro-
gram in health care ethics
at the University of Nevada,
Reno will host a discus-
sion on pandemics. Dr.
Randall Todd, the director
of epidemiology and public
health preparedness at the
Washoe Country Health
District, will participate in
the discussion. Participants
can also take part in the
discussion via the online
environment Second Life.
For more information,
contact Ginger Fenwick at
gfenwick@unr.edu.
USAC Nagasaki Informa-
tion Session
When: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
dent Union, room 324
The University Studies
Abroad Consortium will
host an information session
for students interested in
studying abroad in Japan.
Mark Tiedemann from the
Nagasaki University of For-
eign Studies will give a pre-
sentation and be on hand to
answer questions.
For more information, contact
Susie Askew at psa@unr.edu.
SATURDAY/12
Ninth annual Japanese Stu-
dent Action Network Sum-
mer Festival
When: 4 to 7 p.m.
Where: Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center lawn
The Japanese Student
Action Network will host
its ninth annual summer
festival Saturday. On hand
at the festival will be tra-
ditional Japanese foods,
stage performances, games
and vendors.
For more information, e-
mail unrjsan@hotmail.com.
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www.nevadasagebrush.com SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Inside Campus
By Jillian Baker
An unexpected book shortage
kept many students away from
reading and homework the rst
week of the semester, Associ-
ated Students of the University
of Nevada Bookstore ofcials
said.
Jeromey Treichel, an 18-year-
old forestry major, said his math
book was sold out, which caused
a problem when homework was
assigned the rst day of school.
However, the book arrived
quickly and he was able to get
his assignment done on time.
Jayde Larson was not as for-
tunate.
I havent been able to do two
homework assignments, which
is fty percent off, so I have a
really bad grade now, Larson
said.
Her professor did not allow
extensions and the library did
not have her textbook available,
she said.
When the bookstore orders
textbooks, they look at several
things: how many books a pro-
fessor requests, past book sales
and whats available online,
Aaron Ochoa, the textbook
manager at the bookstore, said.
The bookstore had prob-
lems with math books this
year, Ochoa said. The math
department listed textbooks as
optional, only requiring online
access codes. There were no
records to suggest how many
books and codes to order based
on previous sales.
We had to guess, Ochoa said.
He did say that the book-
store was willing to work with
students should they be left
bookless.
Well second-day (ship) or-
ders at no cost to the student.
He also said that in dire
situations, the bookstore has
PDF les of chapters, or made
necessary arrangements with
professors.
Everything seems to be
running smoothly now, Nicole
Asdrubale-Born, the assistant
textbook manager, said.
The majority of problems have
been taken care of now with the
exception of students adding
classes, issues with those cases
are being quickly resolved, she
said.
Larson said she might turn
to outside sources, such as
Amazon.com, for her textbooks.
Ochoa advised that students
come in as early as possible to
avoid problems next semester.
Jillian Baker can be reached at
news@nevadasagebrush.com.
By Ase Carlson
A capture the ag club on
campus has attracted more
than 100 members. The idea
to form the club was born this
summer when T.J. McCubbin,
a University of Nevada, Reno
senior, and a few friends
started getting together to
play.
It was just something fun
my friends and I did to blow
off steam, McCubbin said.
He soon realized that he
could organize the game for
students on campus, McCub-
bin said. A Facebook invite
group was formed and soon
hundreds of students were
interested.
The club plans to organize
games once a month in the
evenings, McCubbin said.
Students who meet up will
be designated into two teams
and two territories. Each
team will hide and protect a
ag in their territory while
attempting to nd and bring
the other teams ag across
to their territory without be-
ing tagged. If tagged in the
opposing teams territory, a
player will be brought to the
jail where escape is only pos-
sible if a team member can
stage a rescue.
This game is for anyone and
everyone. Thats the beauty of
it, Gus Johnson, a 20-year-old
sophomore, said. Johnson said
he hopes he will join hundreds
of other students when games
are organized this fall.
McCubbin said he was
worried the police on campus
would have a problem with a
large game on campus in the
middle of the night.
Todd Renwick, a com-
mander for the UNR Police
Department, said if the club
informs them of the event,
there shouldnt be an issue.
The police force, in anticipa-
tion of a large campus event,
might deploy more staff to
help with safety, he said.
Nighttime games like this
are not new to UNR, Renwick
said. They have been orga-
nized before on numerous oc-
casions by several fraternities
and sororities and gone by
without any glitches. As long
as no laws are broken, the
campus is open to students,
he said.
Ase Carlson can be reached at
Campus bookstore orders fall short
LAURABENAVIDES/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Bookshelves sit mostly empty in the Associated Students of the University of Nevada Bookstore. The store ran short on some books needed by students for the semester.
Capture
the ag
across
campus
For more information on
the capture the ag club,
e-mail T.J. McCubbin at
mctj@me.com or visit the
Facebook group at
http://bit.ly/4ahFgB
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The cases that we have seen
are not any more severe than
seasonal u cases, she said.
Although the cases of swine
u seen on campus exhibit
symptoms similar to the sea-
sonal u both in type and
severity, it should be expected
to spread much more rapidly,
Hug-English said.
This is different from the u
virus we see every year, she
said. This is a new, or novel,
strain of the u. Some of us
may have a level of immunity
built up to the seasonal u,
but not to this.
Despite the high risk of
transmission, many students
are not worried about con-
tracting swine u.
I was a little worried about
it before, Emily Erickson, a
21-year-old English literature
and French major, said. But
my roommate got (swine u)
about a week ago and it didnt
seem that bad. She was out of
class for a few days, but it was
just a bad case of the u.
Some administrators are tak-
ing the risk of the u sweeping
the campus seriously, though.
Charles Clement, the direc-
tor of student conduct and
safety for Residential Life,
Housing and Food Services,
said the residence halls have a
three-phase plan to handle an
outbreak of swine u.
The plans rst phase,
implemented over the Labor
Day weekend, includes an in-
formation campaign and plac-
ing hand sanitizing stations
around the residence halls,
Clement said. The other two
phases consist of increased
cleaning efforts and even hir-
ing temporary employees in
case too many resident advi-
sors come down with the u.
This all comes straight
from the (Center for Disease
Controls) recommendations,
he said.
Students who contract
swine u are urged to stay out
of classes, and if they live in
the residence halls, to try to go
home, Clement said.
If they cant go home, we
urge them to get a u buddy,
or someone who can bring
them food and homework so
they dont spread the u to
classmates, he said.
It is important that students
remain at home until 24 hours
after their symptoms go away,
Clement said.
A vaccination, one of the best
ways students can avoid swine
u, wont be available to them
for weeks. The two-shot H1N1
vaccine, which will be offered
to students free of charge by the
Student Health Center, should
be available in late October or
early November.
The CDCs Web site warns
that the rst batch of vaccines
may not be enough for every-
one who wants the voluntary
vaccine, but subsequent ship-
ments will meet the demand.
Theres been some hang-
ups in making it, Dr. Hug-
English said. Its important to
note that it will be a separate
vaccine from the seasonal u
shot.
Andrew Tomlinson said that
although he is not worried
about contracting swine u, he
will still get the vaccine this fall.
Ive seen patients with
it and a friend got it, the
26-year-old medical student
said. I dont think its a huge
deal, but Ill get the shot.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com.
news SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 A5
is to have a track that compli-
ments their engineering major
prerequisites. The (students of
other discipline) major curricu-
lum is much more liberal.
The minor is composed of
new classes including Intro-
duction to Renewable Energy,
taught by Batchman and Si-
mon, and a Fundamentals
and Economics of Renewable
and Nonrenewable Energy.
While a few courses are new
to the university, faculty of
existing courses have been
asked to add in renewable
energy components in class
curricula.
We have done that with a
number of classes, Batch-
man said. We are even
encouraging fourth-year
students taking classes as
electives to add new course-
work to the minor. But it is
hard to do right now because
of budget cutting.
Batchman and Simon cre-
ated the renewable energy
minor after Batchman spoke
with the head of NV Energy.
The company wanted to get
involved in the renewable
energy area, so Batchman
and Simon created the
minor so students could
be educated in the field of
study.
The minor does not cost the
university money because of
an NV Energy donation. The
money was used to hire two
current university faculty
members who specialize in
electrical and mechanical
engineering in the renew-
able energy area, Batchman
said.
We worked together and
put a proposal in to the
president of the university,
Batchman said. Course ap-
proval started in 2007 and the
introductory course started
in January 2008. The minor
was approved in spring 2008
and three or four students
declared the minor, but the
university didnt have it on
the books. It took a while to
get in the catalog.
Mike Moltz, a 22-year-old
senior and political science
major, said that he heard of
the renewable energy minor
from Simon. He said that
he had chosen economic
policy as a minor, but became
interested in the renewable
energy minor due to the im-
portance of current and future
economic needs.
The curriculum has been
extremely valuable to my educa-
tion, Moltz said. The ability
of the instructors to thoroughly
communicate course material
instilled in me a greater appre-
ciation for the multidisciplinary
subject. The knowledge gained
from the program allowed
me to apply for and accept
a National Science Foundation
research award on renewable
energy policy.
Moltz said that he enjoyed
the classes associated with the
minor, including Introduction
to Renewable Energy, and is now
enrolled in Resource Economics
100.
James Beggs, a senior
and geography major at the
university, is not a renewable
energy minor but said it could
be a possibility.
Geography is fairly involved
with renewable energy, Beggs
said. I nd the aspect of it
interesting and it corresponds
with what I am learning
about.
The Introduction to
Renewable Energy course
is informative and applies
to todays society, Beggs
added.
This is a politically-charged
issue between global warming
and carbon footprints; we
cant ignore this anymore and
(need) to address the issue as
quickly as we can, Batchman
said. We need the younger
generation to get involved
and to understand it. I want
to educate people on why we
need to be concerned.
Gabby Irvin can be reached at
Swine u
RENO LOCALS DEMONSTRATE FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM
New minor
Local residents demonstrate in favor of proposed health care reform on South Virginia Street. A similar demonstration consisting of University of Nevada, Reno students is being
organized by the campus Young Democrats and will take place on campus at noon Wednesday in Hilliard Plaza.
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Samisoni Taukitokuwassen- tenced to three life sentences without the possibility of pa- role last week for the shooting and killing of three young men at a 2007 Halloween party. Taukitoku, 20, was convicted Wednesday of three counts of rst-degree murder in the deaths of Charles Coogan Kelly, Nathan Viljoen and former Tau Kappa Epsilon president Derek Jensen. He was also convicted for four counts of assault with a deadly weapon for pointing his pistol at party- goers before the murders. Before Fridays sentencing, members of both the victims and the defendants families pleaded for Taukitokus life either to give him a second chance at it in 50 years or to make himspend it behind bars. I could only ask that Sami- soni Taukitoku spends the rest of his life in prison with no chance of getting out, Megan Records, Jensens girlfriend, testied to the jury. She turned to Taukitoku. You had your chance that night. Nowplease, never let him make another choice again. On Friday, the jury con- demned Taukitoku to life in prison for the murders. It took the jury of ve men and seven women less than ve hours of total deliberation to convict and sentence him. I think justice is served, Jensens father, Scott Jensen, said. There could have been no other outcome. The gallery of friends and family from both sides of the
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students should expect a tuition increase as the state tries to solve its budget shortfall,
tuition discounts. Dependents of temporary faculty, professional staff members and retired staff members are eligible for Grant-in-Aid, a policy that charges themabout $100 less per credit. Chancellor Jim Rogers is focused on increasing revenue of the Nevada Systemof Higher Education budget, but the Grant-in-Aid policy will likely
- by slightly more than25 percent amount could raise $50 million
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Cars honked their horns in support as hundreds marched down Virginia Street toward the Reno Arch on Saturday night. The group had swelled from 300 people gathered in front of Reno City Hall to 550 heading down the street. They brandishedrainbowags. They held signs reading, Yes We Will and Can I Vote On Your Marriage. And they sang, All we are saying is give us our rights. The group was one of many across the country that marched in public protest of Proposition 8, Californias constitutional ban on gay marriage. Among them were students, families andgay couples who married in California after it was legalizedduring the summer.
Another protest is inthe works to happen in two months, rally organizer Eddie Reynoso said. The protest will likely focus on equality issues, like domestic partnership benets and dis- crimination in the workforce. Reynoso said he wants people to stay involved with the cause. He reminds that public outcry was lacking when Nevadas
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In the midst of cutting $31 million from the University of Nevada, Reno budget cuts that directly affect education students have been silent. Protestors havent trekkedacross the governors lawn, and students havent lled legislators and regents mailboxes with letters.
my perspective, if large numbers show up, (legislators) will pay attention. This is the time for it to happen. I dont think students should be passive. Their education is at stake. University ofcials, regents and legislators said if studentsdont speakup, thecutscouldbeevenmore detrimental. Several state programs are ghting for money andif one groupis more visibly against cuts, that group will get more money, they said. By the time that (students) wake up and realize that they are subject to a lot of cuts, it is going to be too late, Regent Steve Sisolak said. If the students dont care, how do you expect the taxpayer to care? I dont think its asking too much for the students to get involved. Chris Romley, a 22-year-old nutrition major, said he cares about the budget cuts. He said he is
mostly upset he has to pay for tutoring a service he needs because his ADHD makes it harder for himto learn and pay attention. I dont have time, Romley saidabout stating his opinions to higher-ups. And Im not educated in that realmenough to even knowwhere to start. Write letters to Gov. Jim Gibbons, legislators and regents Discuss the importance of education. Provide personal stories of how the cuts impact student life.
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8y morson Marcus Mark Fox, in less than 48 hours last week, ew back and forth, and back again to Atlanta, Geor- gia, before accepting the head coaching position at the Uni- versity of Georgia on Thursday. The Nevada athletic department countered the following day, hiring former Nevada associate
head coach David Carter to replace Fox. Fox left the Wolf Pack for a six-year, $1.3 million deal with Georgia about an $800,000 raise from his contract with Nevada.
My interest in Georgia goes way back, Fox said in his rst Georgia press conference Friday. I can remember a conversation with a search rm a few years ago and I declined a chance to pursue a job, and the gentleman asked me, Why? I said, Its not like its Georgia. That declaration may have seemed oddly out of place
considering Georgia has always been more of a football school, but on Friday it seemed spot on. Fox, who owns the Nevada school record with a .741 win percentage and is third on Nevadas all-time wins list with 123, ended his ve-year coaching stint with the Wolf Pack. The buyout of Foxs contract, which was to extend through 2014, will
cost Georgia $250,000. Carter, who was an assistant coach for Nevada from 1999- 2005 and an associate head coach from 2005 up until Friday, said he was shocked when he heard the news. To be honest with you, I dont know if he really had interest (to go to Georgia) early, said Carter, who played for St. Marys
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international understanding and networking, the University of Nevada, Reno is pushing to prepare students for globaliza- tion, Provost Marc Johnson said. Trends in study abroad programs and student opinion, however, reflect a shift in student interest that the university has not yet adapted to. While international studies and programs were originally
- ingly popular areas of study are China, Japan and India. UNRs foreign language department only offers Japanese as a minor and Chinese language classes that are not major or minor specific. We are facing economic re- alities, UNR President Milton Glick said. It wont happen immediately, but new foreign language programs are well worth exploring. Its definitely something to look forward to in the long term, but we cant add new majors if we are cutting programs. An interest in both China and India rose after their econo- mies began to boom in the 80s and 90s, Elliot Parker, adviser
department, said. After China began openly trading with the world, its economy began to skyrocket, he said. Similar trade and economic growths happened in Japan and India, which is what spurred an interest from students, Parker said. Languages offered at UNR, such as German and French
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- sor Yoshie Kadowaki said. Jeffrey Pannell, the president of Talk-Talk, a foreign language club on campus, said that students show the most interest in Asian languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Pannell said the reason there are fewer foreign language majors is because students are no longer interested in the languages offered, Pannell said. Since the economy and issues have shifted to Asia, so have students, he said. If they offered Japanese as a major, I would take that, Stephanie Montgomery- Cootey, a 21-year-old Japanese minor, said. I think thats
why a lot of students arent foreign language majors. They arent offering the programs students want. Students who are studying abroad are also showing an interest in economically devel-
oping countries such as China and India.
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Candidates swing to Nevada
Student assaulted near campus Staff Roport A university student reported
Friday that she was sexually as-
saulted in a residence on North
Sierra Street, according to the
University of Nevada, Reno Po-
lice Department records.
UNRPD Chief Adam Garcia
said students were not notied
of the assault because it did not
happen on campus and, as far as
he knows, the suspect is known.
The Reno Police Department is
investigating the case because its
in RPDs jurisdiction, Garcia said.
The incident was not in RPDs
log nor was it brought up in
Monday mornings meeting, RPD
Commander Leigha Struffert
said. She said UNRPD should
have the incident report.
Garcia said the incident is not a
UNRPD case. Its inappropriate to discuss
details without rsthand knowl-
edge, he said. The Nevada Sagebrush staff
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8y 1ossca fryman There were no major injuries
at Saturdays Nevada-UNLV
football game, said University of
Nevada, Las Vegas Police Chief
Jos Elique. In the past, ghts be-
tween fans from the rival schools
left students battered.
This years number of ghts
and other problems, includ-
ing minors in consumption of
alcohol, appear to be similar to
previous games. UNLV police
were still compiling the data as
of Monday, said Jim Morrow,
records supervisor for UNLV
police. (Police) were very busy the
entire night, Morrow said.
Thats why we are still compil-
ing information. About 80 police ofcers from
four different agencies staffed the
game, about double the number
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education institutions in Nevada,
including the University of Ne-
vada, Reno. During his term, he
contemplated a run for governor,
donated money to different NSHE
factions and publicly denounced
Gov. Jim Gibbonss budget cuts.
He has also clashed with the Board
of Regents, the 13-member board
that oversees NSHE and the chan-
cellorship, over system authority.
Hes been an outspoken
leader for the quality and fund-
ing of higher education, NSHE
Vice Chancellor Dan Klaich said.
With his tremendous successes,
he will be hard to replace.
When Rogers steps down, an
interim chancellor will hold the
ofce while the board conducts a
yearlong nationwide search for a
permanent replacement, Board of
Regents chair Michael Wixom said.
The search will begin after the 2009
Nevada legislature session ends.
Klaich said some have specu-
lated that he will take over as
interim chancellor. He said he is
not seeking the position.
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the nomination favorably Monday.
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Beyer and Taylor Anderson were
the committee members in at-
tendance. Sens. Jessica Purney
and Patrick Kealy participated
in the meeting via telephone at
separate times so the committee
could meet quorum.
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One political science professor called
presidential nominee Barack Obamas
on-campus speech Tuesday, a mere ve
weeks before Election Day, a unique
happening for Nevada.
Another called college campuses a
logical stopping point for Democrats
on the trail. They both said to expect the candi-
dates and their surrogates to make more
appearances in the Reno area. Polls
show that Nevada, with ve electoral
votes, is one of the few states without a
chosen nominee. And Washoe County
is a close county in a close state.
Nevada is very important, said
Rick Gorka, a Nevada spokesman for
Republican nominee John McCain. At
the end of the day we are looking at a
very close election. Regardless if a state
has ve electoral votes or 55, every one
of those votes are very highly prized.
A poll-trending Web site, pollster.com,
lists Nevada support at 47.2 percent for
Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) and 45.7 percent
for Sen. Obama (D-Ill.). A similar Web
site, realclearpolitics.com, lists McCain
at 47 percent and Obama at 45.3.
As of Monday evening, Sept. 21 was
the most recent polling date used on
the two sites. And if the polls stay like that, then
the candidates and their supporters
will keep pushing in the state, said Eric
Herzik, a University of Nevada, Reno
political science professor.
Obama support visibly surged at UNR
after Fridays speech announcement.
Students chalked the sidewalks over
the weekend, made signs and started
waving them at Lawlor the day before.
Aside from that kind of support,
Nevada already has an important role
in the presidential elections, said David
Damore, a political science professor at
the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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EDITORIAL CARTOON
Nevada where die-hard fans go to die.
Loss of Times, not a loss of information
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YOUR BRAIN ON WORDS
Multiple processes allow
brain to read with ease
R
ecently, Time Magazine
remade and repub-
lished its wonderful
supplemental edition,
A Users Guide to the Brain.
In it, you can read about the
scientic communitys current
knowledge about such things
as consciousness, perceptions,
memory, the brain development
of the young, the brain disorders
of the old and about everything
else their brains could think of.
But there
was one
glaring omis-
sion. Perhaps
because
Time is an
institution
better known
for reputabil-
ity than
experimental
exploration,
the magazine
did not
include an article on what hap-
pens when your brain actually
reads!
Imagine the possibilities
of an article read by a brain,
about a brain reading. It could
include a speculative section, a
hard science section with new
insights from recent neuro-
scientic developments, maybe
a self-referential example or two
and be nished off with a dash
of philosophical intrigue. If only
there was an article with all of
that. But theres not and youre
left with this. When you read,
what exactly are you doing?
Lets step back a moment to
consider the reading process.
Something is written on some-
thing else (ink splashed on a
page, pixels thrown on a screen)
in a manner thats been deemed
decipherable. The former is
usually crafted out of another
something called a language,
which has words, syntax and let-
ters or characters. Photons (the
little electromagnetic packets of
subatomic energy that make up
light) bounce around us and il-
luminate our world by going into
our eyes and hitting at least one
of 125 million photoreceptors in
our eyes retinas. This collision
induces an electrochemical
reaction that sends electrical
impulses to our brains. Our
brains then use several visual
centers to interpret and translate
the pulsed electrical signals and
the eyes send them into usable
information, such as under-
standing this example. And yet
this was done with ease. How?
Part of the answer lies in
the fact that words seem to be
processed as individual objects
within the brain. According
to researchers at Georgetown
University Medical Center, the
orthographic lexicon (or the
neural representation of written,
whole, real words) has been
shown to reside in an area that
is important for reading in the
left visual cortex. This comes as
a surprise to many who believed
similar words were processed by
related pathways (such as kill
and Bill). But the evidence
suggests Bill is safe and has a
unique set of neurons ring for
his written name.
Still, the brain can get thrown.
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he muttered as an example.
The brain tries to place words it
doesnt recognize into recogniz-
able categories and becomes
frustrated when it cant. But the
brain is smart and makes room
for new word categories. In
fact, doesnt Elp, max enasa de
ret tume appear slightly more
familiar now? Thats the beauty
of your brain in action, reading
about your brain reading about
your brain reading you get the
idea.
Barry Belmont studies biology
and mechanical engineering. He
uses entirely too many self-refer-
ential jokes for them to be funny.
Reach him at perspectives@
I
often visit the Web site PostSecret.com, where
people creatively and anonymously announce
their secrets to the world. One recently stuck out
at me: The only thing Ive learned from my Ivy
League education is how many things in my life are
more important than this.
I was shocked and pretty sad about that secret.
Theres nothing more important than getting an
education, learning about yourself and grabbing
every opportunity that presents itself in college. If you
miss it once, the opportunities to experience it again
come few and far between. A person simply cheats
themselves by not taking advantage of school if they
go straight to work. The person who wrote that secret
simply isnt aware or appreciative of the opportunities
that are available to everyone on
a college campus. Nor are they
aware of the apathy and oppression
that exists amongst working-class
people who have no ambition for
anything else.
It reminds me of my own daugh-
ter, Mia, who I hope will follow my
footsteps to college and abroad. I am
trying desperately with everything I
do to instill in her the importance of
education.
One of the opportunities available
to everyone at the University of
Nevada, Reno is the chance to study abroad. I thought
this wouldnt be available to me because I am a single
mother, but single parents can take their children
overseas, so I jumped at the chance to do it. Were going
to France for nine weeks next summer.
Mia is six years old and in rst grade. She is at the
perfect age to be introduced to other cultures and shes
excited to go. When I told her about the trip, she told
me that bonjour means hello in French. One night
I made some brie for her, hoping to get her ready for
the culture well be introduced to. She enthusiastically
dipped her bread pieces in the cheese and said with
great Parisian passion, This butter is soo good,
Mama!
In attempting to raise her to be independent and
think for herself, to explore and be passionate, Ive
been afraid that her own mind will tell her to skip
college. Instead of telling her that school is done
when shes 18 and graduated from high school, Ive
tried to tell her that school is done when shes about
23 and has obtained her masters degree. My hope
is to instill the expectation that higher education
and an advanced degree is the norm and not the
exception.
What I learned recently was that I could be on the
right track. She is small and doesnt quite comprehend
what were doing when I say were going to France, but
her sense of adventure has her excited and shes seen
enough through popular culture that, at the very least,
she knows there is a different language.
Even though she is still pretty young, she will
certainly remember moments of it and much of the
excitement leading up to our departure. Maybe one
day, shell have her own little secret that is something
like, Thank you, Mom, for taking me to France.
Everything I learned that is important I learned from
watching you get your education.
Carmen Thomas is majoring in womens studies and
belly dancing. She plans to one day have her own glass-
blowing business in Hawaii. Reach her at perspectives@
S
tudents need to adapt
and learn to solve
problems. Its a life skill,
and if they arent using it
already, they will need to start.
In the wake of recent budget
cuts, student services, such as
free newspapers on campus,
are diminishing. But just
because these services arent
in the same places they were
before, doesnt mean theyre
gone. Students need to be
resourceful and adapt to this
changing university.
For example, it is now the re-
sponsibility of students to more
heavily pursue a quality liberal
arts education. Students need to
be more proactive in reading the
news since papers wont be at
their ngertips in every building
after the subscriptions were cut
to save money.
The university saved more
than $52,000 when they cut
print editions of The New
York Times, The Reno Gazette
Journal and USA Today.
Although the newspapers
wont be available on racks
around campus, students
can still get the same news
on the various publications
Web sites and in copies at the
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge
Center. The Associated
Students of the University of
Nevada sells subscriptions of
the Times for $2.25 per week.
Although its disappoint-
ing to see the culture of
newspapers be cut from our
campus, its important that
the administration made this
decision because the money
saved will go toward providing
academic support for students
after the closure of the Math
and Writing centers. As a news
organization, we understand
the cheaper online alternative
available for readers.
Online news organizations
offer other mediums, such as
video and interactive elements,
but readers should also be
wary of the tendencies to skim
headlines when reading news
online, so they dont miss out
on gaining all the information
possible.
While cutting the budget for
The New York Times, RGJ and
USA Today might be an ap-
propriate temporary solution,
we urge administrators not to
forget about the importance
of having newspapers on cam-
pus. Having racks lled with
The Times creates a richer
environment for learning and
being informed around the
school. It allows professors to
structure curriculum around
the news and students to pick
up copies in between classes.
We hope that the publica-
tions will fill the racks when
the economy starts to turn
up again. In the meantime,
students need to find other
ways to read the publica-
tions, so they dont forget
about reading the news
either.
The Nevada Sagebrush can be
reached at editor@nevadasage-
brush.com.
Ramen. I add
chicken nuggets,
frozen veggies
and a little sweet
chili sauce so its
kinda like a real
meal.
Annelise Nelson
20, elementary
education
I would say
fettucine
alfredo.
Whitney Parks
21, speech
pathology
I like to cook
chicken and
rice or raviolis.
Anything I can
just set off to
the side and let
it go.
Brett Seifred
22, international
business
Unseasoned
ground beef
with cheese
made into a
burrito.
Michael Fasamo
19, economics
Carmen
Thomas
Barry
Belmont
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
NIC DUNNS COLUMN
TORTURE MUST
BE DEFINED TO
MAKE NEW CIA
INTERROGATION
PLAN MISINFORMED,
MISLEADING
Your opinion column regard-
ing torture is misinformed
and utterly misleading. Ive
always found it ironic when-
ever someone would argue
for crimes against humanity,
which your column does.
These zealous human rights
activists as you refer to them
are not crying out against
belly slaps or attention
grabs. Instead, these activ-
ists-and a majority of the pop-
ulation- are against the obvi-
ous torturous interrogation
techniques used against many
detainees during Bushs presi-
dency. These techniques in-
cluded electrocution, sodomy,
dog attacks and other heinous
acts. And if you believed
this type of interrogation ex-
tracted meaningful evidence,
youre wrong. Through a large
amount of research, the gov-
ernment produced the Army
Field Manual which, in part,
describes numerous physi-
cally harmless interrogation
techniques allowed to be used
by ofcials. Before you spew
unsubstantiated rhetoric, I
suggest refer the basic prin-
ciples of Journalism: credible
evidence and research.
And in case you were con-
fused about the ambiguous
word, torture, Ive included
a few pictures from the infa-
mous Abu Ghraib prison to
claify things for you.
-Christopher Lyon, via e-mail
WEB
NOTES
STORY: IRISH LIVE UP
TO HYPE, DOMINATE
WIDE-EYED PACK
On Sept. 05, 8:15 p.m.,
Sports Fan wrote:
Can we please get rid of Ault
now?????????
On Sept. 05, 10:20 p.m., Eric
Thornley wrote:
Like I predicted before, the
game was ugly. We have a
long ways to go.
Notre Dame looked great.
Clausen may not be a op
after all.
STORY: UNDEFEATED
SEASON OR NOT, BCS
IS NOT IN NEVADAS
FUTURE
On Sept. 01, 3:12 p.m., Pes-
simist wrote:
Nevada isnt going to make
a bowl game this season, let
alone a BCS berth. I like the
column, but come on guys!
This is a ridiculous topic for
a school that doesnt have a
chance in hell, yet.
Have a comment? Post your
thoughts on any of our sto-
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com. Send letters to the edi-
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perspectives: health care SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 A7
MEMO ON YOUR HEALTH
Lawmakers should tackle tort
reform, drop death panel gossip
I
n case you havent heard, health care
reform has taken over Washington. As
President Obama is learning, trying
to explain health care reform to the
American public is like trying to teach your
mom and dad how to use Facebook for the
rst time. If youve ever been to mypar-
entsjoinedfacebook.
com, you know that
can turn ugly real fast.
Frankly, both parties
are still in the wrong
for two reasons: death
panels and tort
reform.
First, the death
panel rubbish
has plagued many
headlines for the past
month and a half,
and has been made
especially popular by
Sarah Palin, thanks to a note placed on her
Facebook page. The term wrongly refers
to end-of-life counseling available for free
through Medicare. An enormous chunk of
government spending in health care is used
for patients in the nal years of their lives,
sometimes against the wishes of families
or the patients. Such proposed counseling
would provide a trained professional
to help families develop a plan for if or
when a loved one becomes terminally ill.
This prevents prolonged and unneces-
sary treatment which, in most cases, is
predominantly footed by taxpayers. Make
no mistake, we will be doing this for our
parents in the near future.
Terms like death panel and rationed
care have been inappropriately and per-
versely attached to proposals because they
have their roots in the Democratic Party.
Consequently this essential (though now
wildly unpopular) initiative is a casualty
of the disinformation jihad launched by
some members of the GOP.
On the other hand, tort reform refers
to regulating the legal consequences of
doctors practicing bad medicine, including
medical malpractice.
No one disagrees with the notion that
careless doctors need to be punished. But
when good doctors constantly worry about
being sued just for missing a single lab,
scan or test, they understandably begin to
order tests as if their careers depend on it
(because they do). This is called defensive
medicine and its wreaking havoc on
medical expenses in our country. It shoots
insurance costs through the roof.
Fortunately, we here in Nevada are lucky
enough to have decent regulations in place,
due to the Keep our Doctors in Nevada
initiative following the brief closing of Las
Vegas University Medical Center trauma
center in 2002 (i.e. an acute public health
care crisis).
But there is still a need for additional tort
reform, especially on a national scale. This is
one of the easiest and quickest ways to drasti-
cally cut the cost of the medicine that is being
practiced in our country. But one big problem
in the way is the canoodling between trial
lawyers and Democratic lawmakers.
Most Democrats wont touch tort reform
because of trial lawyers generous dona-
tions to their reelection campaigns. How
can Democrats expect to win over Repub-
lican votes when they exclude arguably
one of the most important components
of health care reform? Comprehensive
health care reform without tort reform is an
oxymoron. It makes no sense.
I know our health care system wont be
xed by the 1000-page, pork-drenched
piece of legislation coming our way later
this year, nevertheless, I feel relief. Finally
the elephant in the room known as health
care has become too large to be ignored. Its
just a shame it has taken us so long to do
something about it.
Memo Sanchez is studying nutrition and
would like to remind everyone that a Memo
a day keeps the doctor away. Reach him at
perspectives@nevadasagebrush.com.
Memo
Sanchez
LIBERAL POINT OF VIEW
T
here has been a lot of talk recently about socialized
medicine and the evils thereof. But people calling
health care reform socialized medicine fail to mention
that weve already had socialized medicine in this
country for years. Youre a recipient of socialized medicine if
youve served in the armed forces (Veterans Affairs) or youre over
the age of 65 (Medicare). In fact, if youre a member Congress or a
resident of the White House, you too are a part
of the evil socialized medicine commune.
Socialized medicine is nothing more than a
red scare conjured up by the Republican Party.
These are the same people who brought you
the massively successful Iraq War, weapons of
mass destruction, the almost-great depression
of 2008-?, torture and much more. So when a
Republican tells me that I should be afraid of
the government running health care, so much
so that I should pick up a gun, my answer is,
Government cant do much worse than what
we have now. According to a recent Gallup
poll, 71 percent of Americans agree.
What does health insurance reform
mean? It means that private insurance
companies will no longer be able to insure
only the healthy. It means that 20 years from
now, no one will know what a pre-existing
condition is and why you wouldnt get
insured for it. Reform means that an
insurance company, driven solely by prots,
will no longer stand between you and your
doctor.
The most widely talked about
proposal before Congress is the dreaded
public option. But what is the public option? If youre unin-
sured or arent happy with your current provider, you would have
the option of getting a government insurance card, much like
people over 65 do now with Medicare. The counterargument
from Republicans is that if the government offers this public
option, everyone who is on private insurance will either have
their insurance taken away or they will willingly leave it for this
better public option. But heres where that argument falls apart: It
assumes the government will not give you a choice. The key word
in public option, though, is option. Perhaps Republicans should
consult a dictionary on the word option. A public option will
give you the choice to pick between what you have now and what
the government offers. Right now, the option for the uninsured is
either bankruptcy or death.
We have a serious problem in this country. About 46 to 47 mil-
lion Americans are uninsured, and even more are under-insured.
This group isnt getting smaller. In fact, with this current economic
condition, its expanding because people are losing their jobs. There
are many reasons for and against health care reform, but at the end
of the day, it comes down to this: We have a responsibility to care for
those who cannot care for themselves. Or, as that socialist Thomas
Jefferson put it, The care of human life and happiness, and not their
destruction, is the rst and only object of good government.
Taylor R. Anderson is studying political science. He is a Democratic
activist and a self-proclaimed news junkie. Reach him at perspec-
tives@nevadasagebrush.com.
STUDENTS POINT OF VIEW
Health care still a concern for the insured
I
ts a little surreal to tell students they
need to be concerned with health care.
After all, most University of Nevada,
Reno students are already pretty well
covered under two systems: The student
health center and their parents insurance.
But those systems have
cracks to fall through
and they dont last
forever.
Every semester, we
pay $79 to the health
center. Every snife
gets ibuprofen, women
get free yearly exams
and fellows prone to
ghting can rest assured:
The docs can tell if its
broken. Where it begins
to break down is after the
exam. If sexually active
and responsible women want to go on birth
control or kicking the keg did break a leg, the
treatment without insurance is sobering.
For women without insurance, the aver-
age cost of birth control is $20 to $50 per
month. If your religion eschews the idea
of controlling pregnancies, birth control is
also prescribed to treat acne and medical
conditions like premenstrual dysphoric
disorder (which is mental and physical PMS
so intense it impedes everyday life) and
chronic female pelvic pain. With insurance,
that monthly bill can drop down to $7.
For the leg, the average cost of emergency
room X-rays, bone setting and casting racks
up between $6,000 and $10,000. This doesnt
count physical therapy or surgery. Lets say
you didnt kick a keg, but got in a car wreck.
Just an ambulance ride costs about $600.
An IV drip or any actual medical services
will take that bill well into the thousands.
Pray your parents insurance pays a lot of
treatment costs because transportation
costs are almost always out-of-pocket.
So, woo hoo, college! $10 X-Rays and Mom
and Dads insurance. Unfortunately, we cant
all be Van Wilders, which means after four
(or ve or six) years of full-time studenthood
(thats right, most plans only cover full-time
college students) or on our 24th birthdays,
we get kicked out in the cold. Pass the tassel
and start paying full price.
Is there a caveat? Sure, get a full time job.
Most of those offer health, if not dental
insurance (the average cost of braces for
kids is about $2,000, give or take a grand. For
adults, double or triple it). But rst you have
to nd that job and get hired. I hope you
had one lined up before graduation. Even
then, I really, really hope you dont get sick in
that 30-day probation most companies now
require (you know, where they can re you
without warning and dont offer benets).
Suddenly, the debate in Washington doesnt
seem so far away. In the face of such big
ideas, overwhelming problems and abstract
solutions, what exactly can tiny, insignicant
students do? Vote, be vocal, get informed and
get involved. We are, after all, the unemploy-
ment and uninsured statistics of tomorrow.
Emily Katseanes has ridden in an ambulance
and is the perspectives editor. Reach her at
ekatseanes@nevadasagebrush.com.
Emily
Katseanes
Taylor R.
Anderson
CONSERVATIVE POINT OF VIEW
High costs must be prevented through regulation
A
nyone on the Left making
the case for a public health
option isnt telling you
the whole truth. They are
leaving out details like cost, quality
and potential negative effects. At the
same time, those on the Right are also
leaving many things out. They will try
to convince you that Barack Obama
is an evil communist bent on turning
the United States into a communist
country. Depressingly enough, both
sides are wrong.
With 70-80 percent of Americans
claiming to be satised with their
current health coverage, whats the
problem? What are we trying to x?
First, there are about 46 to 47 million
Americans who live without coverage
because they simply cant afford health
care. The nancial burden of those who
cant pay their medical bills after visiting
the emergency room are already passed
on to the rest of us. Hospital costs are
high because they raise the prices to
make up for bills that go unpaid.
This new plan seeks to cover as many
Americans as possible, which sounds
wonderful ... until you get the bill.
This plan would cost over one trillion
dollars. When all aspects of the bill are
factored in, we will have increased our
federal decit by well over $200 billion.
In a time of economic recession, how
can we spend so much money?
If we dont change anything about
how this country pays for health care,
our nation will go bankrupt within the
next few decades or so. From 1950 to
2000, the federal budget has averaged
at about 20 percent of the Gross
Domestic Product. Federal spending
on three entitlement programs:
Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
grew from 0.3 percent of GDP in 1950
to over 7 percent in 2000. Estimates
suggest it will reach about 14 percent
in 2030. This means that by 2075, our
country will be forced to spend more
money on health care than on the
entire federal budget.
The core problem is not coverage,
whatever Obama says. Its high costs.
Many people say that health care must
be taken over by
the government,
because the free
market hasnt done
a good enough job.
But a better, less
extreme option
is to keep health
insurance companies, drug companies
and hospitals privately owned and
operated. Leave out the idea of a public
option and, instead, the government
can heavily regulate the health care
industry. This would greatly reduce
the governments operating costs and
private companies could still operate
normally. The only difference is that
the government would set certain
controls, such as reasonable price
caps, and end exclusion based on
pre-existing conditions.
Before my friends even further to the
Right than I am get up in arms about
more government regulation, consider
this: Public utility companies often
are private corporations, but they are
heavily regulated by the government.
For example, Southwest Gas here in
Northern Nevada is a private company
that turns a prot each year, yet has strict
rules put in place by the government.
Power is an essential good that each of
us needs. If a completely free market
were able to control the distribution of
power, then we would be at the risk of a
monopoly which could raise the prices.
This is the same kind of monopoly
that many people face when buying
medicine or paying for operations. The
large, prot-driven insurance compa-
nies know that often their customers
have no alternative. Free market rules
have failed at taking care of our health.
Now lets tweak the market by adding
some government controls while still
maintaining the private companies as
the principle providers.
Health care is absolutely not an
intrinsic right. Too many people are
running around with the idea that
they are entitled to many things from
the government. Have we forgotten
what the Constitution was founded
on? We were given a very specic
set of intrinsic rights and cheaper
hospital bills wasnt one of them. The
government must do something about
the health care crisis, that being health
cares steep prices. But this reduction
in cost or any aid from the government
must be viewed as a privilege of living
in this great democratic republic, and
not as a right that must be demanded.
Nic Dunn is studying journalism and
political science. Reach him at perspec-
tives@nevadasagebrush.com.
Nic
Dunn
With 70-80 percent of Americans claiming
to be satised with their current health
coverage, whats the problem? What are we
trying to x?
Socialized
medicine already
in place, slander
slows down reform
Another
column about
health care from
someone on
Medicaid.
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styles.
Andy is more abstract in his
writing, Rickettes said. Brian
writes more about things he is
going through, or even dreams
hes had.
Recently, I have been put-
ting characters into songs,
Martin said.
To promote their record,
Buster Blue went on a three-
stop mini-tour through Los
Angeles and Las Vegas in June,
and said they are planning on
touring again in the next year,
this time more extensively.
In the meantime, the mem-
bers of Buster Blue said they
are simply enjoying doing
what they love: creating and
performing music and are in
no rush to get a record deal.
Our main priorities are to
just put on the best shows we
can, play the best music we
can and take it as far as we
can, Rickettes said.
Enjolie Esteve can be reached at
arts-entertainment@nevadasage-
brush.com.
Blues
Gamer
Extract
CONTINUED FROM A13
By Jennie Lindquist
Hot off the CD rack is singer-
songwriter Brandi Shearers
new album Love Dont Make
You Juliet, released Sept. 1.
With effortless uidity, the
smoky-voiced singer presents
an amalgamation of slow jazz,
blues and a tiny bit of rock to
listeners, making this album a
great soundtrack for a romantic
encounter.
For a blues fan, this album
could make the first-class
list; however, the constant
sameness of the tracks would
speedily turn off anyone look-
ing for variety in an album.
Shearers awareness of how
her thick, British-accented
voice interacts with the in-
strumental accompaniment
allows the album to achieve
a head-bobbing, bluesy feel.
Easily reaching low ranges,
Shearers voice at times re-
sembles a second bass guitar.
Combined with an array of in-
struments including the banjo
and rhythmic percussion, her
accent strongly gives off the
feel of down-home blues. A
continuously sleepy tempo
also contributes to the soft,
jazzy feel of Love Dont Make
You Juliet.
In comparison to her first
album, Closer to Dark
(2007), Shearer gives a more
unhindered feeling to the
music this time. There is an
undertone of passion about
creating a unique song rather
than purposeful thought about
beat and tempo. Perhaps this
is due to her change in record
labels from Amoeba to Vinyl
Tiger Music.
Despite its silky fusion, this
album should be a frequent
listen. The lazy progress of
the tracks makes for a mood-
sensitive stream of sounds. The
creamy, dark tones make better
music for a meditation room
than a party. Pairing Shearer
with a hip-hop artist or even a
hyped-up jazz tune would ruin
the sultry ambiance of any of
her tunes.
It is also an album that is
easily tuned out. Urgent in-
strumental solos are lacking,
with only a few exceptions.
One of these instances, Losers
and Freaks, has spicy lyrics, a
kicked-up tempo and a blues-
rock feel that gives the song
a memorable foundation, as
does a short guitar solo halfway
through that is reminiscent of
Santana. But ultimately, Love
Dont Make You Juliet is unde-
manding.
Some special sounds also
come out from the album.
Although they start and finish
relatively quickly, they are
unique to Shearers tunes. For
example, the song When You
Wake Up starts with what
sounds like a woodpecker
then immediately runs into a
banjo rhythm.
On one side this album has
a great relaxing sound and
docile aura. On the other
hand, the continuity and
similar song patterns go stale
quickly.
Undeniably soothing,
Love Dont Make You Juliet
lands near the top of the list
for a good blues jazz artist;
however, the inadequacy of
diverse songs and intriguing
melody leave the love for this
album spurting rather than
gushing.
Jennie Lindquist can be reached at
arts-entertainment@nevadasage-
brush.com.
Shearers newest album
pleasing but forgettable
BRANDI SHEARER
LOVE DONT MAKE YOU
JULIET
Release Date:
Sept. 1
Genre:
Blues/rock
Grade: C-
COURTESYOFLIONSGATE
Kable (Gerard Butler) tries to break free of Ken Castles (Michael C. Hall) game and reveal the truth
to the public. Butler, known for his role in 300, and Hall do their best to make Gamer respectable but
cant save it from being just another pointless action lm.
Characters make seemingly
senseless decisions and it takes
away any credibility the lm
had.
While they do attempt to
throw in some backstory, its
rushed and done poorly. Many
characters are thrown into the
movie just so the lmmakers
can pretend to have a coherent
story.
Perhaps the biggest letdown is
that the action is boring as well.
Where 300 had a certain elo-
quence to its action sequences,
Gamer has none.
The shaky camera made the
ght scenes jerky and hard to
follow. Also, there is terrible
editing, so that the audience is
never quite sure what is happen-
ing and all the entertainment
that could have come from the
action sequences is minimal.
This lm had some potential,
however, it realizes almost none
of it and is instead forgettable
and a waste of talent. Gerard
Butler does the best that he can
with what he was given, but
Gamer fails at almost every
level.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at
leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
by cult comedy regular David
Koechner (The Goods: Live
Hard, Sell Hard). Koechners
approach to the stubbornly
ignorant neighbor from hell
becomes annoying early on,
and continues to be over the
next 10 encounters between
the two.
Like all other Judge movies
though, the entire cast has
standout roles that propel the
writer/directors sharp writing.
Though playing too much like
Ron Livingstons (The Time
Travelers Wife) Peter Gibbons
in Ofce Space, Bateman
creates a very relatable and
likeable character in Joel. As
the guy thats always getting
stepped on, his humorously
lifeless role as a guy who grows
a pair when others are losing
them is probably Batemans
best big-screen acting role to
date. Playing his wife, Kristen
Wiig (TVs Saturday Night
Live) is able to take her usual
overly quirky act down a notch
and create a unique chemistry
with Bateman.
Throw in the always amus-
ing stoner role from Afeck, a
steamy yet despicable stint as
a traveling criminal from Ku-
nis, and the always hilarious
acting of J.K. Simmons (TVs
The Closer) and Extract
undoubtedly has one of the
better ensemble casts of 2009.
While the aspirations of
becoming the next cult classic
may not have been met this
time around, Judge is still able
to deliver the goods that make
his movies such a unique lm-
going experience.
Jay Brissenden can be reached at
jbrissenden@nevadasagebrush.
com.
TheScene
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 A12
Calendar
By Tara Verderosa
The artists at Kustom Skin are
versatile in their work. A thick
binder sits at the front of the shop,
lled with tattoos categorized by
styles and themes. Calligraphy,
owers, hearts, music and death
are among the dozens of styles
listed. The binder, however, should
be merely a starting point for
patrons to create their own unique
idea, owner Sky Mason said.
Kustom Skin, which opened
May 1, is situated on the corner of
Virginia and Fourth streets. Unlike
most tattoo shops in town, it caters
specically to students.
College kids are more notori-
ous for rushing into a tattoo. Thats
how you end up getting something
you regret for the rest of your life,
Mason, who specializes in body
piercings, said. We try and keep
that from happening. We take
an idea or concept and make it
tattooable. We want to nd some-
thing they will appreciate.
Although many people
consider tattoos as a way to
represent themselves, many
end up getting tattoos that are
socially acceptable versions
of their ideas, lead artist Chris
Ardoin said.
A lot of people ask for tribal, or
NorCal and SoCal stars and then
in a year dont know why they got
it, Ardoin said. All people have a
secret vault of art they want, but
most are afraid to get it. We try and
tap into that and convince them
its not about getting something
socially acceptable we bitch
slap the ideas out.
Kustom Skin offers different dis-
counts each week to University of
Nevada, Reno students including
$50 off tattoos, $25 off piercings
and special rates for students
involved in Greek Life. Discounts
and coupons are printed each
week in The Nevada Sagebrushs
advertising section as a way to
draw in student customers and
help with their ideas.
After Mason received a few
tattoos he disliked, he decided to
make sure students werent getting
something they would regret.
I used to not know a good tat-
too, said Mason, who has been
doing body piercings for eight
years. I keep learning about the
industry every day from these
guys. I got a lot of tattoos before
this shop and now I realize they all
suck. I want to make sure no one
makes my mistakes.
To get inked at Kustom Skin, cus-
tomers rst set up a consultation
with their artist and discuss ideas.
When students or customers say
they want something generic like
Japanese letters or tribal designs,
this is the point we try to steer
them away, Ardoin said.
We try and do unique pieces
every time. We want to steer them
towards something that people
say damn to, Ardoin said. We
wanna give out a tattoo that gets
you laid. But to do that we are
very straightforward And nine
times out of 10, we have a better
idea of what they want than they
do.
Along with Ardoin and Mason,
artists Tallon Risley and Santi
Ruiz have been tattooing for ve
months and 13 years, respectively.
My mom was my middle school
art teacher and got me painting,
Ruiz said. So I would end up
painting all the time instead of
what I was supposed to be doing
at school. Eventually I was clean-
ing and working in shops and got
an apprenticeship in 94.
Among the artists, all have one
common goal in mind to give
out great tattoos.
If you wouldnt frame it and
put it on your wall, why would
you put it on your body? Mason
said.
TaraVerderosacan be reachedat
tverderosa@nevadasagebrush.com.
Ah, Nintendo, you have given
the world some of the most
memorable characters in video
games. Who can forget their
rst time nding out that the
princess
was
actually in
another
castle, or
playing
their rst
song on the
ocarina in
Zelda?
Yes,
Nintendo
truly paved
the way
for video games as a pastime in
homes today. So then, how is it
that Nintendo is quickly losing
the respect of many gamers who
once loved it so much?
Simply put, Nintendo decided
that their once-loyal fan base
just isnt as protable these days
as the average casual gamer.
The Wii, which became the
nations had-to-have-it item dur-
ing the past couple of years, has
been a phenomenal success for
Nintendo. If things continue on
the same track, however, it could
end up as a long-term disaster.
Heres why: Nintendo designed a
console that specically targets
people who dont usually play
games, and therefore doesnt
earn as many hard-core gamers
as Microsofts Xbox 360 or Sonys
PlayStation 3.
It might not seem so bad,
especially if one notices the way
Wii Fit and a few other popular
titles are selling, currently
trumping most games on the
higher end systems. However,
this is a trend that cannot and
will not last. Most games that
have been made for the Wii but
developed by companies other
than Nintendo have sold poorly.
As a result, the Wii is releasing
games that are cheaper and
lower quality to make up for the
low sales. The ofcial industry
term is shovelware, referring to
the endless number of low qual-
ity Wii games being produced to
try and make a quick buck.
Efforts have been made by
companies like Sega to make
games for the Wii that appeal
to the hard-core gamers that
normally do most of their
playing on either the PS3 or
360. Titles like MadWorld
and The Conduit both were
received well by critics but
failed to sell. If there were
any games that would bring a
hard-core audience back to
the Wii, it most likely wouldve
been these.
Secondly, the Wii has sold
fewer and fewer games each
month for the entire year of
2009. Granted, it still outsells
all other consoles on the
market, but since most homes
that wanted a Wii now have
one, Nintendos console will
soon face a rather sharp drop
in sales. Considering the recent
price cuts of both the 360
and PS3, the Wii has also lost
its image as being the cheap
console, being only $50 less
than its competition.
Perhaps most important is its
lack of features. The Wii doesnt
have a built-in hard drive, no
real online support for games,
outdated visuals, and you cant
even watch movies on the thing.
The only thing it had going for it
was the motion controls, which
both Sony and Microsoft are
going to be incorporating into
their consoles sometime next
year.
Nintendo has had a good
run, and trust me, they have
made a great deal of money
from their little system, but
with Sony and Microsoft both
kicking it into high gear this
year, Nintendos dominance
might nally come to an end.
GarrettEstradacanbereachedatarts-
entertainment@nevadasagebrush.
com.
New tattoo shop caters to UNR students
JILLIAN STENZEL/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
From left: artist Talon Risley, owner Sky Mason, lead artist Chris Ardoin, artist Santi Ruiz and shop manager Nick Martin.
Address: 390 N. Virginia St.
Phone number: 329-7546
Hours: Daily, noon to
midnight
Add 390N Vi i i St
KUSTOM SKIN
Garrett
Estrada
Wii could be the
fall of Nintendo
COURTESYOFALEXLEMUS
Local band Buster Blue is comprised of seven members who play a variety of unique instruments
including the banjo, saxophone, glockenspiel and harmonica.
Buster Blue returning to studio
FRIDAY/11
Sambada at The Underground
Reno locals Drinking With
Clowns, Jelly Bread and Neva
will play alongside headliner
Sambada. The show begins
at 9 p.m. Friday. Audience
members must be 21 or older
to gain entrance to the Latin/
funk show.
Doors open at 8:30 p.m.
555 E. Fourth St.
Reno
Tickets are $12.
Reno Invitational Bull
Riding at Lawlor Events
Center
The Professional Bull Riders Inc.
will showcase the top 40 riders
from around the world during
a three-day event, lasting until
Sunday. The events begin at 8
p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and
2 p.m. Sunday.
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno
Tickets range from $10 to $75.
SATURDAY/12
Wayne Brady at Grande
Exposition Hall in the Silver
Legacy Resort Casino
Standup comedian Wayne
Brady will perform at 8 p.m. in
The Silver Legacy. Brady came
to fame on ABCs comedy
Whose Line is it Anyway?
and was nominated for two
Emmy awards.
407 N. Virginia St.
Reno
Tickets range from $40 to $60.
Tampa Riggins and Black
Rock City All Stars at Tonic
Lounge
Hip-hop artists will perform
alongside Black Rock City All
Stars who focus on hip-hop
sounds with their collective of
emcees and disc jockeys.
231 W. Second St.
Reno
The show begins at 10 p.m.
Tickets are $5
SUNDAY/13
Ricky Nelson Remembered
in the Grand Theatre of The
Grand Sierra Resort and
Casino
Sons of Ricky Nelson,
Matthew and Gunnar, will
perform their fathers classic
hits at The Grand Sierra Resort
and Casino beginning at 8 p.m.
2500 E. Second St.
Reno
Tickets are $27.50
By Enjolie Esteve
After releasing their rst
studio record and embarking on
a small tour this summer, local
folksters Buster Blue said they
will soon be back in the studio.
Although no ofcial date is set,
the band said they are excited
to start exploring new sounds
and put out a follow-up album
to This Beard Grows for Free-
dom.
Buster Blue, whose namesake
is a ctional character the band
created, describes their sound
as more than just folk it is
multifaceted. Although the band
originally started out with a
more singer/songwriter sound,
their current sound can be de-
scribed as an eclectic mixture of
not just folk , said bandmember,
but Americana, blues, Western
swing and Irish sounds, Jason
Rickettes said.
The seven band members
each contribute their own
unique musical talents and add
to the paradoxical constructed
chaos that is Buster Blue. Rachel
McElhimey plays saxophone
and sings vocals; Brendon Lord
plays bass and percussion;
Jason Loughmiller is in charge
of drums and percussion;
Bryan Jones contributes vocals
and plays the guitar, banjo
and tenor saxophone; Andrew
Martin contributes vocals, plays
guitar and the keyboard piano;
Jay Escamillo plays drums and
harmonica; and Rickettes plays
accordion, piano and the glock-
enspiel.
The band, which has been
officially together for two-
and-a-half years, released
their debut album, This Beard
Grows for Freedom, in Febru-
ary. The album, which took a
year to complete, was written
and produced by the band
itself, which is something
that Escamillo said enhanced
not only the album, but the
experience Buster Blue had
creating it.
Producing the album was
such a great experience because
not only were we able to just
focus on the music and have no
boundaries or limitations, we
also grew as a band, Escamillo
said.
This Beard Grows for Free-
dom features eight songs with
titles such as Aint No Heaven
on the Country Road and Sci-
ence, Sleep, Dreams. Although
all Buster Blue members add
to the music and lyrics of each
song, Martin and Jones are
the primary songwriters, and
they have very different writing
HURLEY HASH BROWNS
(SERVES 4)
Ingredients:
1 bag hash browns
1 cup butter
1 can condensed cream
of chicken soup
8 ounces sour cream
2 tablespoons our
2 cups cheddar
cheese, shredded
2 cups corn akes
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400
degrees and place hash
browns in pan.
Melt stick of butter and
spread on hash browns.
Mix soup, sour cream
and cheese and hash
browns.
Crush corn akes and
mix into bowl.
Bake for 40 minutes and
serve.
Weekly
Recipe
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TUESDAY/8
BOYS LIKE GIRLS
LOVE DRUNK
Genre:
Rock, Pop
Description:
Love Drunk is the second
studio album from pop-rock
group Boys Like Girls. The
album includes the song
Two is Better Than One
featuring popular country
singer Taylor Swift.
VIVIAN GIRLS
EVERYTHING GOES
WRONG
Genre:
Indie, Rock
Description:
For their second studio
album, Everything Goes
Wrong, Vivian Girls hope to
bring fans a more lo- punk
sound than was featured
on their previous record, a
self-titled debut released in
2008.
PHISH
JOY
Genre:
Rock, Neo-psychedelia
Description:
Phish, an alternative rock
band that incorporates
elements of funk, blue-
grass, country, blues and
jazz, among other musical
genres, will release their
fourteenth studio album,
Joy. The albums first sin-
gle, Time Turns Elastic,
is a multi-movement piece
featuring strings, guitar
and vocals.
WEDNESDAY/9
9
Starring:
Elijah Wood, Jennifer
Connelly and Martin Landau
Description:
In a post-apocalyptic world,
machines have destroyed
all human life and the future
of civilization is left in the
hands of a group of nine
scientic creations. First-
time director Shane Ackers
9 will be only the second
theatrically released com-
puter-animated lm to earn
a PG-13 rating.
Genre:
Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Rating:
PG-13
FRIDAY/11
SORORITY ROW
Starring:
Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes,
Jamie Chung, Audrina Pa-
tridge and Rumer Willis
Description:
A stalker harasses a group
of sorority sisters after a
prank goes wrong and re-
sults in the death of one of
the young women, which the
sisters attempt to cover up.
Genre:
Horror
Rating:
R
WHITEOUT
Starring:
Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel
Macht and Columbus Short
Description:
A U.S. Marshal assigned to
Antarctica ghts to solve a
murder before the sun sets
and the research station is
closed for the winter.
Genre:
Thriller
Rating:
R
By Casey OLear
Alternative rockers The Used
took more time than anticipated
to create their recently-released
album, Artwork, giving them
opportunity to gracefully face the
daunting task of pleasing fans
while creating a new genre referred
to as gross pop a grittier form
of pop with more angst in the lyr-
ics and depth to the sound.
Artwork, the bands fourth
studio album, is the follow-up to
2007s Lies for the Liars, which
was their rst album not to be
certied gold despite being a solid
record with many memorable
tracks. Lies for the Liars was
recorded shortly after the band
lost their original drummer, and
Artwork is the rst album to
feature their new drummer, Dan
Whitesides. The album proves the
group has since settled into place
and thought carefully about the
creation of their new sound.
The album opens with its rst
single, Blood on My Hands,
which is also one of the best songs
on the album. It maintains a strong
beat throughout, incorporates a
catchy chorus and contains an in-
tensity that was customary for The
Used in the days of yore. It sounds
like Artwork is off to a ne start.
However, the album quickly
segues into its far more pop-
focused section. Empty With
You leads the pack, sounding
much like the bands previous
ventures into the realm of pop
music (specically I Caught Fire
from 2004s In Love and Death
album). Additionally, the handful
of songs that follow it also fall into
the gross pop style Kissing
You Goodbye uses some steady,
romantic piano as the trademark
ballad of the album, and within
the albums pop-rock core resides
the emotionally-distressed Sold
My Soul.
Lead singer Bert McCracken
clearly has not sold his soul for
rock n roll, but he does man-
age to bring some interesting
emotional content to the table
later on in the album. In Meant
to Die, another exceptionally
strong track, mortality is analyzed
from the perspective of the victim
of an accidental drug overdose.
McCracken repeats, So, maybe
I took a little too much / Maybe
life didnt want this part of me / It
helps to know I never let you go /
Sure, I lost my mind / But I never
really meant to die.
In the albums powerful closing
track, Men Are All the Same,
McCracken seems to sum up the
attitude behind the entire album
with the line Nothing safe feels
real. The album as a whole feels
as though the band is testing the
boundaries of their genre with less
reliance on screamo style and
more of a basis in the instrumental
aspect than the production.
It soon becomes clear to see
where the gross pop label ts
into everything. In fact, it almost
makes perfect sense, all things
considered. The rhythm and
vocals would almost fall perfectly
into the pop genre if there was
not something a little off about
this classication. Several of the
songs were not initially very strik-
ing, but were catchy enough to
entice repeated listening.
So, admittedly, several of the
songs featured on Artwork take
multiple listens before they truly
begin to lter through, but the
album also manages to provide
several outright successes.
While The Useds technique of
integrating more pop music is
not incredibly appealing at rst
listen, it likely will inspire some
subconscious foot-tapping
nonetheless and cannot be seen
as entirely meaningless.
Casey OLear can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
A comedy with avor
By Jay Brissenden
Filled with the same dry and
subtle humor youve come to
expect from Mike Judge (Idi-
ocracy), Extract is a solid,
if unmemorable, comedy that
tries too hard to copy the bit-
terly sarcastic tone that made
Judges Ofce Space a cult
classic.
Extract proles a few days
in the life of Joel Reynold
(Jason Bateman, State of
Play), owner of extract
manufacturer Reyn-
olds Extracts and a
man in the middle
of multiple mid-life
crises. Not only is he
questioning his mar-
riage and whether or
not an affair with
a hot new
temp (Mila
Kunis, TVs
Fa mi l y
Guy) is
worth it,
but after a
freak acci-
dent resulting
in the loss of
one-and-a-half of
an employees testicles, Joel is
facing a bankrupting lawsuit.
Thankfully, or not, Joel has
Dane (Ben Afeck, State
of Play), his philosophical
bartending stoner friend, to
help guide him through these
rough times.
To put it bluntly, this film
is a sophisticated look at
stupid scenarios. Its a movie
about seemingly nothing
that plays out like a clever
mockumentary on the in-
teractions between different
levels of social classes. While
countless filmmakers try to
replicate this reality-driven,
awkward humor, its refresh-
ing to know that the creator
of Beavis and Butthead and
King of the Hill is still able to
pull it off.
Through Bateman-and-
Affleck interactions, a deeper
level of comedy is found.
Using soothing instrumental
music, Judge is able to turn
his dialogue about fragility of
male genitalia into a profound,
yet gut-bustingly hilarious
moment. To take things down
to the comedic level many
are comfortable and familiar
with though, Judge throws in
a scene involving a gigolo with
severe mental retardation and
plenty of random drug experi-
ences an interesting mix to
say the least.
As entertaining as the lm
may be, many jokes are over-
played and too often shoved
in the viewers face. Lending
itself as the perfect example is
the extremely uncomfortable
interactions between Joel and
his neighbor Nathan, played
MOVIE REVIEW
By Lukas Eggen
For many action fans, its
been a long wait. Gerard But-
ler (300) makes his return
to action films after some
ill-advised romantic comedies
(P.S. I Love You, and The
Ugly Truth). With Gamer,
Butler attempts to recapture
some of the action hero status
he once had.
I have to give the filmmak-
ers a little credit. It was an
interesting premise, and the
story went surprisingly deep.
The exploration and satire of
a world hooked on the latest
alternate reality game was
shockingly more realistic than
I anticipated. It is clear that
that world isnt too unlike the
one we live in today. Also, un-
like last years Death Race,
which had a similar premise
prisoners in a game of life
and death that is being used
for entertainment more of a
backstory is developed in this
film to make Butlers character
more human.
Logan Lerman (3:10 to
Yuma), who plays Simon, the
kid who controls Kable (Butler),
is the lone bright spot in terms
of acting. He is witty, funny and
sarcastic. Hes supposed to be a
teen, so I enjoyed his smart-ass
performance.
That being said, this lm is
not good. Kyra Sedgwick (TVs
The Closer) is sorely miscast
as Gina Smith, a TV talk show
host who is always on the
lookout for a new story. I was
never able to tell whether she
genuinely cared about a situa-
tion, and hearing her swear was
just bizarre.
Actually, all of the cast seemed
awkward. Michael C. Hall, who
brilliantly portrays Dexter on
HBOs series Dexter, is really
annoying with his over-the-top
accent.
The plot has major holes in
it, every twist can be seen a
mile away and the climax is so
pointless and dumb, it makes
the Saw films look ingenious.
Gamer moves at such neck-
breaking speed that audiences
are barely a chance to absorb
what has just happened.
See EXTRACT Page A11
MOVIE REVIEW
EXTRACT
Release Date: Sept.
4
Director:
Mike Judge
Starring:
Jason Bateman, Mila
Kunis, Kristen Wiig
and Ben Afeck
Rating:
R for language,
sexual references
and some drug use
Grade:
B
GAMER
Release Date: Sept. 4
Director: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
Starring: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall and Kyra Sedgwick
Rating: R for strong violence, sexual content, nudity and
language
Grade:
D
Butler and his guns
cant save pathetic ick
See GAMER Page A11
THE USED
ARTWORK
Release Date:
Aug. 31
Genre:
Alternative Rock
Grade:
B-
source: metacritic.com (rating system: 100-61 = high; 60-40 =medium; 39-0 = low)
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FROM RED STAPLERS TO ENERGY DRINKS: JUDGES JUMP FROM THE BIG SCREEN TO YOUR HOME
When Ofce Space came out
in 1999, Swingline was not pro-
ducing staplers in the red color,
which was prominently fea-
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Swingline began recieving hun-
dreds of requests for red sta-
plers. The company decided to
put the special edition stapler
back into production. Today,
the Swingline red stapler is one
of the companys best selling
ofce products.
Ofce Space Idiocracy
While Idiocracy received
little recognition in the-
aters, it became an instant
cult classic on DVD. Soon
after its DVD release,
Judge fans began to make
requests for the Brawndo
energy drink featured in the
lm. A few months after
the DVD release, Twentieth
Century Fox began to sell
Brawndo online in 24 packs
for $49.99.
WARNERBROTHERS/REPRISERECORDS
Bert McCracken, Dan Whitesides, Quinn Allman and Jeph Howard.
Used is not always better
ALBUM REVIEW
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Arts&Entertainment
By Casey OLear
As the Great Reno Balloon Race descends upon the
town, hot air balloons of all shapes and colors will be oating
through the air, one of which will have a Nevada Wolf Pack
banner uttering in the breeze.
IN THE SKY WITH PUPILS
As a sponsor of the event, the university is able to boast its
own balloon ying in the race, piloted by Greg Taggart.
There wasnt any connection the rst year I was sponsored by
the university, he said. This will be my 22nd year with UNR. Now
we have a history, a legacy. Everybody loves everybody else; were
almost like family.
Since the race began in 1982, with the University of Nevada, Reno
as a founding sponsor, it has been a signicant event in the com-
munity, annually encouraging students, families and out-of-state
visitors to trek over to Rancho San Rafael Park early in the morning
to watch colorful hot air balloons ascend into the sky above Reno.
The race takes place from Sept. 11-13 this year, with a myriad of
special events happening during its course.
The university uses the funds raised by selling pins and rafing
off balloon rides and other prizes at the event to sponsor two
scholarships for students with qualifying GPAs, nancial need and
community service achievements. The rafe tickets will be sold in
front of the Joe Crowley Student Union before the balloon races
begin and the winners will be announced at noon on Thursday.
Every sponsor gets six rides in the balloon, Director of Vol-
unteer Programs Carole Anderson said. Were kind of different
in that we used them strategically. We love the balloon races and
want to make sure that our involvement continues. Were trying to
utilize the rides for our benet the scholarship is whats really
important.
Something that makes the universitys balloon unique from the
others in the race is its launch point instead of lifting off from
Rancho San Rafael Park, it lifts off from the Quad on campus.
Its something that the committee gravitated towards to bring more
attention to the scholarship cause, Taggart said. Its a unique thing to
generate interest. There are a fair amount of students and faculty just
passing by who see us around 7:30, probably on their way to 8 oclock
classes. Were just mingling and meeting people for about 15 minutes
its a fun social thing. Theres probably more buzz after we leave the
ground people saying, Wow, a balloon just took off from here but
I dont get to see it.
STUDENT RISES TO TASK
In addition to ying its own hot air balloon, the university also
has a student pilot participating in the race.
As a Reno native, 29-year-old biology major Aaron Dieringer
attended the race regularly during his childhood, sparking an
interest in aviation that he continued pursuing into his adult life.
The rst year I went, I was two years old, and Ive been going ever
since then, he said. Aviation is an interest that Ive always had. I
have a dad and a brother who are terried of ying, so Im kind of the
oddball in the family. As fun as it is to see, its even more fun to y.
Dieringer has been ying airplanes since 1996, and purchased his
rst hot air balloon on a whim six years ago.
Ballooning is hard to relate to anything else, he said. When
you step onto an elevator, you get the feeling of going up and
down, but a balloon is completely still. Ive own airplanes really
high, and its completely different in an open basket. Your only
denite control is up and down; you have no directional control
other than the wind. Thats where the skill comes in.
Once he had been trained and certied to operate the balloon,
he applied to participate in the Great Reno Balloon Race, the na-
tions largest free ballooning event.
Dieringer is one of the youngest hot air balloon pilots to par-
ticipate in the race.
When I started, I was 23 and, as far as
I know, the youngest pilot there, he said.
The number of pilots is declining. There are not
as many people getting into it as there are getting out
of it. A lot of the pilots are older, so everybody is excited
to have younger pilots. And all of my friends have good,
strong backs for helping crew.
At the balloon race, Dieringer pilots the hot air balloon
owned by RE/MAX Realty, which enables him to continue
ying a hot air balloon although he does not currently own
one of his own.
In addition to ying in the balloon race, Dieringer also attends
smaller events in surrounding cities and occasionally takes the
balloon up just for fun.
I go to Carson City and Minden, and take it to events that are going
on, like the Nevada Day parade, he said. We have the freedom to y
whenever the weathers good and there is a nice, open eld to launch
from.
Although he hopes to attend medical school and pursue a career
in medicine, Dieringer maintains his interest in aviation by taking
summer jobs and participating in these ballooning events.
For a summertime job, I worked for a company in Lake Tahoe
that had a boat and would inate the balloon, y around and then
land back on the boat, he said. Aviation is a fun hobby I love to
y. Im into anything that ies.
Casey OLear can be reached at colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
Flying high above expectations
By By C Cas a eyy O OLear
As the Great Ren e o Balloon Race descends upon the e
town, hot air balloons of all shapes and colors will be oa oati t ng
through the air, one of which will have a Nevada a WW Wol ol o f f Pa P ck
banner uttering in the breeze.
IN THE SKY WITH PUPILS L
As a sponsor of the event the university is able to to to to to to oo bbboa o st its
When I started, I was 23 and, as far as
I know, the youngest pilot there, he said.
The number of pilots is declining. There are not
as a many people getting into it as there are getting out
of of i it. AA lot of the pilots are older, so everybody is excited
to hav vve e younger pilots. And all of my friends have good,
st stro r ng g backs for helping crew.
At At t ttthhhe h balloon race, Dieringer pilots the hot air balloon
ow owwne ne ne ne nn d by RE/MAX Realty which enables himto continue
PHOTOCOURTESYOFTOMROBINSON
Visitors watch hot air balloons prepare for launch on the elds at Rancho San Rafael Park during the balloon races.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11
6:45 a.m.Mass Ascension Launch / Hare & Hound
Competition
7:30-10:00 a.m.Oneld competitions
9:30 a.m.Tissue paper balloon launch
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
5:00 a.m.Glow Show featuring major sponsor balloons
5:00-10:00 a.m.Worlds Largest Pajama Party
5:30 a.m.Dawn Patrol
Competition
7:30-10:00 a.m.Oneld competitions
2:00-5:00 p.m.Balloons and Tunes Wine Walk in down-
town Reno; $20 per person
SUNDAY, SEPT. 13
5:00 a.m.Glow Show featuring special shape and logo
balloons
5:30 a.m.Dawn Patrol
Competition
FRIDAY SEPT PT 1111
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
For information about the Great Reno Balloon Race
scholarship, visit:
WWW.UNR.EDU/BALLOONRACE
F i f ti b t th t GG tt RR BB lll RR
SCHOLARSHIP INFO
Be on the lookout for specially designed
balloons. This years lineup includes:
PHOTOCOURTESYOFTOMROBINSON
A crew helps to shape a hot air balloon during its ination before
liftoff at the Great Reno Balloon Race.
Leave pets at homethe animals will get spooked by the
crowds and noises made by the hot air balloons.
Do not step on the balloon material.
Do not smoke near the balloonspropane is ammable
and cigarettes can damage the balloons.
Layer clothing when attending events at dawn because
the weather will warm up as the sun rises.
Bring lawn chairs, sleeping bags or blankets if you want
to sit down to watch the balloons, and use the designated
blanket area.
The RE/MAX balloon will provide tethered balloon rides
after Mass Ascension for a $5 donation to the Childrens
Miracle Network.
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RACE TIPS
PHOTOCOURTESYOF
MACELOFTUS
Wells Fargo Bees
Pandy the Panda
Smokey Bear
Outlander Alien
Humpty Dumpty
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Sports
SECTION B TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Beatdown in South Bend
RICARDOLOPEZ/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Notre Dame tackle Paul Duncan, right, held Nevada defensive end Kevin Basped in check for most of the Irishs 35-0 win on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. It was the rst time
the Wolf Pack has been shut out since the 2007 New Mexico Bowl, when Nevada lost to New Mexico 23-0.
By Juan Lpez
Nevada football coach Chris
Ault wasnt lying when he said
this was the toughest schedule
the football team has ever
had.
The Wolf Pack got its rst taste
of the schedule Saturday and it
wasnt a good one. Notre Dame
walloped Nevada 35-0, thor-
oughly dominating in almost
every statistical category.
After the game, Ault served up
an apology to his counterpart
on the Irish sidelines, Notre
Dame head coach Charlie Weis.
I told Charlie, Im sorry
we didnt give you a better
ballgame, Ault said after the
game. Because (Weis) would
have had a better shot of seeing
what hes really got there. I think
we played very poorly and thats
a reection on us as coaches.
Weve got our work cut out for
us.
The group that will receive
most of the attention and blame
for the Wolf Packs blowout loss
is the secondary. Notre Dame
quarterback Jimmy Clausen lit
Fans enjoy Irish experience
Fighting Irish hand
Wolf Pack its second
shutout since 1981
See BIG LOSS Page B5
NOTRE DAME 35, NEVADA O
Learning
points in
blowout
defeat
S
itting in the Notre
Dame press box
for the 2:53 game
between the Irish and
Nevada was painful.
The Wolf Pack was on na-
tional TV in front of more than
80,000 people and proceeded to
get shut out for just the second
time since
1981. Be-
lieve me,
a shutout
was the
last thing
on my
mind. A
s h u t o u t
s e e me d
preposter-
ous. It
woul dve
been more likely for me to
break my ankle walking around
Notre Dame Stadium than for
Nevada to get shutout.
But the Wolf Pack did indeed
get blanked and after the game
when I asked Nevada football
head coach Chris Ault if there
were any positives he could
take away from this game, he
replied, Well, it ended.
On the contrary, there
were things to be proud of.
Not many, but enough to be
noteworthy. So, here are some
things I took from Saturdays
35-0 blowout.
SECONDARY STILL
SECOND RATE
It doesnt take a genius to
see Nevadas pass defense is
still subpar.
Irish quarterback Jimmy
Clausen was 15-of-18 for 315
yards and four scores. He aver-
aged 21 yards per completion.
I cant even do that playing
Madden.
But this isnt the same
Nevada secondary we saw
last year. In the dreadful 2008
season, the secondary was out
of position and out of sync
many times. Saturday, though,
the Wolf Pack defensive backs
were in good position; they
were simply outplayed by the
Notre Dame receivers. Nevada
corners would hang with the
wideouts step for step, then at
the last second, be out-jumped
or out-muscled. Theyre in the
right place. Now its time to
make a play.
After the game, Wolf Pack
senior safety Jonathon Amaya
was asked about the second-
arys playmaking abilities.
You got to want it, said
See FIVE THINGS Page B5
JUANLPEZ/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Natalie Ratnavira had four shots on goal last season, scoring one,
but has yet to play this year for the team.
Winless Pack hoping for goals
By Juan Lpez
When looking out into Notre
Dame Stadium during Nevadas
game against the Irish on Satur-
day, a vast sea of gold and green
dominated the scenery.
But few and far between
were Wolf Pack fans. Some
were family members, others
were friends and some were
former players like Marko
Mitchell.
Mitchell, who played at Nevada
from 2006-08, got an up close and
personal view of the game as he
cheered on his alma mater.
I was on the bench so I felt a
little special, he said after the
game.
Mitchell, who is now a wide
receiver for the Washington
Redskins, said he keeps in touch
with many of his old teammates
and was not going to let an op-
portunity to experience Notre
Dame pass him by.
I came down here to support
the guys, he said. I dont get
a lot of opportunities to see
the guys play that much, so I
decided, I got a free weekend,
so I might as well come out here
and support my guys. You know,
Wolf Pack all the way.
Also rooting for the Wolf Pack
in South Bend, Ind., was the
family of current linebacker
James-Michael Johnson.
Johnsons parents, aunt
and uncle made the trip from
California and were seated with
many of the other Nevada fans
in sections 114 and 115.
Michael, James-Michaels fa-
ther, said the Wolf Pack fan zone
was pumped up for the major-
ity of the game, but eventually
settled down.
It got quiet at 28-0, he said.
Up until then, everybody was
into the game, but at 28-0, it got
real quiet.
The Johnsons were joined by
the family of Nevada quarterback
Colin Kaepernick, who traveled
about 60-deep to the game.
After Kaepernick had a tough
day on the eld, throwing two
interceptions and getting sacked
twice, his family was outside the
team bus after the game to give
him well wishes.
Unfortunately, the way the
game went, it was too bad, said
Brett Kaepernick, Kaepernicks
cousin. But were here to
support the Wolf Pack and our
cousin Colin through whatever
so he just needs to keep his head
up and well move on.
While the moods differed
from somber to grateful, many
Nevada fans said exploring the
Notre Dame campus was unlike
anything theyve ever done.
The university is very beau-
tiful, said Rand Kaepernick,
Kaepernicks uncle. Lots of
interesting things to see. Its
someplace that we may or may
not ever get back to. It was quite
the experience.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
Look for a video of some
of the fans who attended the
Nevada vs. Notre Dame game
like Marko Mitchell and the
Kaepernick family.
NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
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ONLINE
By Chris Muller
The Wolf Pack soccer team
had a rough weekend in Or-
egon, losing 4-0 to the Oregon
State Beavers in Corvallis,
Ore., on Friday and 3-0 to the
Portland State Vikings in Port-
land on Sunday. With the two
losses, Nevadas record stands
at 0-5.
The Wolf Packs main area of
inability continues to be in the
offensive zone. Nevada is on a
scoreless streak of 367 minutes
since freshman Emma Rice
scored against the University
of California, Berkeley in the
season opener. This weekend,
the Wolf Pack was outshot
11-2 by the Beavers and 6-1 by
the Vikings. And for the shots
in the goal category, Nevada
(0-5) could only muster three
the entire weekend.
Our ability to score needs
to improve, Nevada soccer
head coach Jaime Frias said.
Despite the offensive strug-
gles, Frias remains upbeat.
Were playing better as a
See SOCCER Page B3
BY THE NUMBERS
The Wolf Pack football team was thoroughly dominated in
its game against Notre Dame Saturday in South Bend, Ind.
2
are the times the Wolf Pack
has been shutout in its last
344 games.
10:36
is the time the Notre Dame
offense held the ball for in
the rst quarter.
303.7
was the quarterback rating
of Irish quarterback Jimmy
Clausen after the game.
21
are the yards Clausen
averaged per completion in
Saturdays game.
Check out post-game
reactions from Nevada
football head coach Chris
Ault and other Wolf Pack
players.
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Notre Dames offense
converted four times when
it faced third downs of seven
yards or longer. Two of
these conversions went for
touchdowns.
In the Fighting Irishs
99-yard drive in the third
quarter, Notre Dame needed
just four plays to score a
touchdown. It was culminated
with an 88-yard score by
wideout Michael Floyd.
N t D ff
BREAKING IT DOWN
2
is the number of rst downs
the Wolf Pack offense con-
verted in 11 attempts.
3
are the times the Nevada
offense got into the Notre
Dame red zone.
Juan
Lpez
PACK SPORTS ON YOUR MIND?
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OVERTIME WITH KEVIN BASPED
I
t may be easy to throw
second-year soccer head
coach Jaime Frias under the
bus. After all, Nevada had a
dismal 2008-09 season in which
the soccer team didnt have its
first win until its 12th game of
the year. This past offseason,
many people
expected Nevada
to improve.
However, once
again, Nevada
has gone 0-5
so far. To make
things worse,
Nevada has a
total of one goal
scored so far.
Still, it is not time
to be calling for
Frias to be fired.
Part of the problem with
peoples perception of coach Frias
lack of success is whom he is
being compared to. The two other
coaches hired the same season as
Frias have enjoyed huge success.
Jane Albright led the womens
basketball team to an 18-14 record
and an appearance in the Western
Athletic Conference womens
basketball championship game.
Matt Meuchel, Nevadas softball
coach, led the Wolf Pack to a 40-19
record, a national ranking and a
trip to the NCAA Softball Region-
als.
However, all it takes is a closer
look at what each coach had to
work with and it becomes crystal
clear as to why each coach was as
successful as he or she was.
Albright had four seniors to help
lead the team, including Dellena
Criner, who was named to the
all-WAC team and led the Wolf
Pack in scoring with 14.7 points.
Forward Cherlanda Franklin
led the team in rebounds with 6.7
rebounds per game.
The four seniors that Albright
inherited also led a Wolf Pack team
that had not had a losing season
since those players came to the
program in 2004.
Meuchel also had four seniors,
including outelder Brittany
Puzey, who batted .356 with 12
home runs during the 2008-09
season. Meuchel had the luxury
of having ve players who had a
batting average of .303 or higher
and a pitcher in Katie Holverson
that had an era of 1.70.
One thing is clear in these two
cases: A solid base was already
in place before the coaches got
there. Making the transition to a
new coach is a lot easier when the
team has the pieces for a suc-
cessful team already in place like
Albrights and Meuchels had.
While Albright and Meuchel
shared the luxury of a team with
solid leadership and a success-
ful record, Frias walked into a
totally different, and much worse
situation.
Although the team contained six
seniors, that were from a team that
went 6-11-1 the year before.
The basketball and softball
teams were coming off winning
seasons. That means players were
used to success and knew what it
took to win.
The soccer team had suffered a
step backwards and the team was
looking for answers. Frias did not
have any of the players that he
recruited yet and players had to
adapt to a new system, get used
to a new coach and try to x the
problems that plagued the team
on the eld.
This season, Nevada has 15
freshmen or sophomores on the
roster. That is a lot of inexperience
to overcome.
Although returning players will
be used to Frias and his system,
the new players have to get used to
playing at the collegiate level. The
team needs time to learn to play
together.
Unlike softball or basketball
where a single player can change
the game, a soccer team needs
to play as one unit for the entire
game.
Although Nevada has struggled
once again, does it really seem so
shocking? Nevada was 3-14-1 last
season. While an improvement
would be nice, fans cant expect
the Wolf Pack to all of a sudden go
undefeated.
I understand that rooting for a
team that is struggling is frustrat-
ing. No one wants to cheer for a
team that is losing. But, to expect
such a quick turnaround just isnt
realistic.
Rome wasnt built in a day and
Nevdas soccer program wont be
built in a season. This will be a
long-term project. Give Frias a
chance to show us what he can do.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at leg-
gen@nevadasagebrush.com.
Inside Scoop
B2
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
JORDAN BURKE
CROSS COUNTRY
In her rst
race of
the year,
Burke set
a new
personal
record
in the
4K with
a time of 15:29. The
sophomore from Auburn,
Calif., nished second overall
to Fresno States Roxanne
Sellick and played a key
role in Nevadas third place
team nish at he 4K Nevada
Twilight Cross Country
Classic at Shadow Mountain
Park in Sparks.
Soccer
Fordham 7 p.m. Friday.
Sacramento State 2p.m. Sunday.
THE SKINNY: Nevada is badly
in need of a win at home. The
Wolf Pack is still without a
win this year and have only
scored one goal. A 0-5 start
is demoralizing enough and
Nevada is almost facing a
must-win if it is to salvage
its season. The Wolf Pack
has been shut out its last
four games. Nevada needs to
gure out a way to score and
relieve some of the pressure
off its defense and goalkeeper
Marie Cove.
Volleyball
U.C. Davis 7p.m. Friday.
Sam Houston State 12 p.m. Saturday.
Portland State 2 p.m. Sunday.
THE SKINNY: Nevada once
again struggled last weekend,
going 1-2 at the Arizona
Tournament. Outside hitter
Kylie Harrington and middle
blocker Lindsay Baldwin
continue to perform strongly,
but the Wolf Pack needs more
players to step up. UC Davis
is 5-2 for the year and will be
a stiff test for Nevada.
While Sam Houston State
and Portland State should be
victories, Nevada will have
to overcome its inconsistent
play or risk dropping two of
three matches for a third-
straight weekend.
FILEPHOTO
Colin Kaepernick attempts to break a tackle
during Nevadas 35-19 loss against Texas Tech.
TOP 5
Frias deserves time to revive
Nevadas soccer program
FILE PHOTO
Head coach Jaime Frias talks to players during a match. The Wolf Pack has struggled since Frias became coach last
season, going 3-14-1 and starting 0-5 this season.
COLIN KAEPERNICK
FOOTBALL
Although
the
defense
was the
main
factor
in Notre
Dames
drubbing
of Nevada 35-0, Kaepernick
didnt help either. He was
12 for 23 for 149 yards and
threw two interceptions.
Also, Kaepernick was held
to only 39 rushing yards,
averaging just 3.9 yards per
carry. Without Kaepernick
producing, the Wolf Packs
offense stalled and was shut
out.
ON TAP
WHOS HOT
WHOS NOT
Lukas
Eggen
Football letdowns
in recent memory
NOTRE DAME 2009
Nevada was pumped for its
game against Notre Dame on
Saturday. It was supposed to be
the game to set the tone for the
rest of the season and show the nation how
good Nevada was. Instead, Notre Dame
stomped all over the Wolf Pack, racking up
over 500 yards of offense en route to a 35-0
victory over Nevada.
NEBRASKA 2007
Like Notre Dame, Nebraska
was Nevadas season opener
in 2007. The Wolf Pack was
coming off a 8-5 season and
was looking to see how it stacked up
against one of the better teams in the
country. The Cornhuskers, ranked 20th
at the time, dominated 52-10. Nebraska
gained 625 yards of total offense
compared to Nevadas 185. The game was
close at half time, with Nebraska leading
21-10, but the Cornhuskers broke the game
open in the third quarter.
BOISE STATE 2008
The Wolf Pack hasnt beaten the
Broncos since 1998. However,
in 2008 it seemed as though
Nevada might break that streak.
Nevada had won three of its previous four
games. However, Boise State jumped out to a
24-3 lead at half, and then held on to win 41-
34. What made the game especially hard to
swallow were the four chance the Wolf Pack
had to tie at the end of the game.
TEXAS TECH 2008
Ranked number six in the coun-
try at the time, a victory would
have been Nevadas greatest
upset of all time. Despite playing
the Red Raiders tough, some questionable
decisions cost Nevada the game. The tide
turned after Nevada pulled within 14-12 in
the third quarter and head coach Chris Ault
decided to try for an onside kick. Texas Tech
recovered, scored a touchdown and pulled
away from Nevada.
MISSOURI 2008
A week after Texas Tech, the
Wolf Pack appeared ready for
another crack at a nationally
ranked team, this time the 12th
ranked Missouri Tigers. However, the Ti-
gers scored on its first 10 possessions and
Nevada was blown out 69-17 as Nevada
suffered its second straight loss of the
season.
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Nevada defensive end
Kevin Basped
BASPED
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season.
JU
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Q: What song/s on your Ipod do you listen to the most?
A: Im more of a classic and oldies guy so I listen to The Temptations Just My Imagination.
Q: Whats the most famous contact you have in your phone?
A: (Laughs) Besides Colin Kaepernick? Nobody really. Colins probably the most famous contact I have
in my phone.
Q: What is your favorite movie and why?
A: My favorite movie is Glory, with Denzel Washington. That movie because it was about the rst black
unit in the army. Its a storied movie. Kind of touching. As of lately, its been The Express. That was a real
good movie.
Q: Whos the funniest guy on the team people dont know about?
A: Its either Thaddeus Brown or James-Michael Johnson.
Q: What is something you have do every night before you go to bed?
A: Read a few scriptures from the Bible, say my prayers this is after talking to my mom (laughs).
sports SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 B3
Burke sets personal mark in rst meet
By Kaitlyn Whiteside
A full moon illuminated Shad-
ow Mountain Park in Sparks on
Friday as the Wolf Pack cross
country team participated in a
collegiate rarity a meet after
dark.
Nevada hosted the Third
Annual Jim Vanden Heuvel/
Nevada Twilight Cross Country
Classic, which went well past
daylight hours.
It is a unique format, cross
country head coach Kirk Elias
said. Its only one of two of the
collegiate meets in the country
thats run at night.
The benets of a night meet
are vast. Elias said it is generally
an exceptional experience for
the athletes because the fresh,
evening temperatures allow
runners to avoid heat exhaus-
tion and nausea.
Although runners enjoyed
the crisp, night air, the Wolf
Pack was not able to keep up
with the University of Cali-
fornia, Riverside or Stanford
and took third place in the
4K race. Nevada sophomore
Jordan Burke finished second
overall with a personal record
of 15:29 to help the Wolf Pack
beat fourth-place Fresno
State and last-place Shasta.
Burke produced a standout
performance while running
in the tight, lead pack of run-
ners. Around the first bend of
the course, Burke was holding
steady in third place behind
Roxanne Sellick of Fresno
State and Christy Adamyk of
UC Riverside. She then ad-
vanced to second during the
last loop to crush her former
personal record by more than
a minute.
I am really happy with my
race and a little surprised too,
Burke said. I wasnt expecting
that.
Burkes personal gain was not
quite enough to give Nevada
victory, but Elias was content
with the results.
I am pretty comfortable with
what happened, he said. We
werent going to win this meet
right now.
Elias said going into the meet
he realized Nevada faced a chal-
lenging meet with Stanford, a
nationally ranked team, and UC
Riverside, champions of the Big
West Conference title last year.
With big competitors and the
Wolf Pack only returning three
of its top seven runners, an easy
meet was out of the question.
Were a brand new team in
a lot of respects and so what I
wanted from the kids, what I
told them before their races,
was that I wanted good effort,
good focus and for them to
come out of this experience
learning, he said.
With the seasons rst meet
over and the Western Athletic
Conference Championships
less than two months away,
Nevada is hoping its young
squad has a fast learning curve.
Senior Natalia Jarawaka, who
nished 11th at the Twilight
Cross County Classic with 16:15,
said the young team should not
be underestimated.
Im looking forward to see
what the young girls can do
because they really dont know
how good they are, she said.
Elias now looks forward to
the three-week training block
before the Stanford Invitational
at Palo Alto, Calif. on Sept. 26.
Kaitlyn Whiteside can be reached
at sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
Nevada
sophomore
Jordan Burke
nished
second at the
4K Nevada
Twilight
Cross
Country
Classic with a
time of 15:29.
MARCUSSACCHETTI /NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Kylie Harrington, (7), led Nevada to a win in its nal match of the weekend against Houston.
By Lukas Eggen
The Nevada volleyball team
went 1-2 at the Wildcat Clas-
sic in Tucson, Ariz., this past
weekend. The Wolf Pack lost
its rst two matches to Arizona
and Eastern Washington before
beating Houston 3-2.
Arizona cruised in Nevadas
rst match. The Wildcats never
trailed in two of the three sets en
route to a 3-0 victory. Arizona hit
.328 for the match while the Wolf
Pack hit only .082.
In Nevadas second match,
Eastern Washington dropped
the rst set to the Wolf Pack
19-25 but took the next three
25-23, 25-22 and 25-21. Despite
four blocks from Brittni Yates,
the Wolf Pack continued to hit
poorly. Nevada struggled to nd
its footing, with a combined hit-
ting percentage of .097 in its rst
two matches.
However, Nevada would win
its nal match of the weekend
against Houston 3-2. Trailing
2-1, the Wolf Pack broke an
18-18 tie and won the fourth set
25-21 to even the match at two
apiece. Nevada would open the
deciding fth set with six straight
points and cruised to a 15-9 vic-
tory, sealing the match. Outside
hitter Kylie Harrington tied her
career high with 21 kills and
also recorded 21 digs for her rst
double-double of the season.
As a team, Nevada had a hitting
percentage of .224 for the match.
Setter Sonnie Sei recorded a
team-high 49 assists over the
weekend and Nicole Link led the
team in digs with 39.
Kylie Harrington was named
to the all-Tournament team. For
the weekend, she averaged three
kills and 2.08 digs per set.
With the victory against
Houston, Nevada improved
to 2-4 on the season. The Wolf
Packs next match is 7 p.m.
Friday against University of
California, Davis at the Circus
Circus Invitational.
Harrington
was named to
the Wildcat
Classic all-
Tournament
Team after
averaging
three kills per
set over the
weekend.
Kylie
Harrington
team, he said. The younger
players are getting experience
which will be benecial later
in the season.
Early season injuries to mid-
elders Cristen Drummond,
Emma Rice and Sam Strom have
forced Frias to scramble and
make several position changes.
Amidst the Wolf Packs lack of
scoring, the play of junior goal-
keeper Marie Cove has been
noteworthy. Cove has started
all ve of the Wolf Packs games
this year, making 25 saves.
She was not quite as solid as
last week, but kept us in both
games, Frias said.
The Wolf Pack continues
its nonconference play this
weekend, hosting the Fordham
University Rams (0-4-1) Friday
at 7 p.m. and the Sacramento
State Hornets (3-0-1) Sunday
at 2 p.m. Both games are at
Mackay Stadium.
Chris Muller can be reached at
sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
Soccer
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1
Pack ends tourney with win
Nevada dropped two matches
before emerging victorious
Nevada fan in a Notre Dame household
E
ver since I could
understand the game
of football I have been
a fan of Notre Dame.
Growing up, my room was
plastered with blue and gold
with pictures and posters of
Notre Dame legends hanging on
the walls.
This past
we e k e nd,
though, my
a l l i a nc e s
rested with
the team
lining up on
the other
side of the
ball. For the
rst time
in my life, I
was rooting
for some-
one to beat Notre Dame.
When I told my dad I was pull-
ing for Nevada, it was as though
I was betraying him.
How can you go against Notre
Dame? he asked me in disbelief.
How can you root against the
team youve watched since you
could throw a football!?
Unlike my dad, the rest of my
family members understood my
reasoning for cheering on the
Wolf Pack, but they would not
let me do so without hearing
about it.
The trash talk constantly went
back and forth the week leading
up to the game, with little jabs
here and there.
I was referred to as the traitor.
However, on gameday morn-
ing, the taunting reached a
whole new level. Once the game
kicked off and the Fighting Irish
marched effortlessly down the
eld on their rst drive, I got a
small taste of just what I was in
for the rest of the day. High ves
and cheering were abundant all
around me. It was going to be
a long day being the only Wolf
Pack fan in a household of Irish
faithfuls. I just didnt realize
how long.
Nevadas rst drive was the
only glimmer of fear that I
sensed in my family as the Wolf
Pack moved into eld goal posi-
tion. Groans of come on! were
profuse as Colin Kaepernick
threw a 20-yard completion
to Tray Session and Vai Taua
ripped off several big runs to
get Nevada to the Notre Dame
23-yard line.
Seeing my family squirm
and sit on the edge of their
seats was a short-lived satis-
faction though. As the drive
stalled out and the field goal
attempt sailed wide right and I
sat shaking my head in disap-
pointment, I was greeted by
the smirk of my little brother
as he chuckled and walked out
of the room.
The cheers and jeers became
more and more condescending
as the game wore on and got out
of hand. Now, all I was hoping
for was a Nevada score so that
there wouldnt be a zero sitting
on the scoreboard.
At the end of the third quarter,
the Wolf Pack fumbled away its
only other decent shot at put-
ting up points. Sitting with my
head in my hands and staring
at the ceiling, I could hear the
sarcastic laughing and clapping
of my family, soon followed by
the humming of the Notre Dame
ght song.
With the nal seconds merci-
fully ticking away and the sound
of my brothers rendition of the
Notre Dame ght song trailing
off, my dad got in one last jab,
slowly getting up out of his
chair, turning to me and saying,
Im going to go take a nap. Im
pretty exhausted from all that
cheering.
It was a long day indeed.
Damian Tromerhauser can be
reached at sports@nevadasage-
brush.com.
How can you go against Notre Dame? How can
you root against the team youve watched since
you could throw a football!? father of Damian
Tromerhauser on his son rooting for the Wolf Pack.
Damian
Tromerhauser
Wolf Pack nishes third out of ve in
twilight run, Burke takes second overall
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D h i i
GUEST COLUMNISTS
BRIANBOLTON/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Mandy Russ , center completes the rst K just ahead of the main
pack during the 4K Nevada Twilight Cross Country Classic. Russ
took 21st overall with a time of 16:48.
Sophomore Jordan Burke
was Nevadas top nisher in
the 4K race.
Burke came in second with
a time of 15:29.
Overall, ve Wolf Pack ath-
letes nished in the top 20 out
of the 35 total runners.
S h J d B k
CROSS COUNTRY RECAP
Sept. 26: Stanford Invita-
tional at Palo Alto, Calif.
Oct. 10: WAC Preview
Open at Rancho San Rafael
Park
Oct. 17: Santa Clara Bronco
Invitational at Sunnyvale, Calif.
Oct 31: WAC Champion-
ships at Rancho San Rafael
Park
Nov. 14: NCAA Mountain
Regional Championships. Lo-
cation to be determined.
Nov. 23 : NCAA National
Championships at Terra
Haute, Ind.
S t 26 St f d I it hi t R h S R f l
UPCOMING RACES
BRIANBOLTON/
NEVADA
SAGEBRUSH
RESULTS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Team G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 T
Houston 16 25 25 21 9 - 2
Nevada 25 23 13 25 15 - 3
Houston Nevada
K Set Dig BA K Set Dig BA
Roenicke, T 2 40 12 0 Sei, S 3 24 7 0
Cave, K 17 2 2 1 Harrington, K 21 0 15 2
Zauere, I 6 0 11 2 Baldwin, L 19 0 3 4
Terry, J 7 1 3 1 Ji, E 3 0 4 2
Tryon, C 5 0 0 2 Vance, K 1 0 0 0
Cardoso De Sa, A0 3 14 0 Staker, J 3 1 5 1
Carson, A 11 0 18 0 Garvey, E 9 3 0 5
Toazzi, M 1 0 12 1 Chang, K 1 0 4 0
Applequist, A 1 0 0 1 Kelly, L 0 0 2 0
Santiago, T 0 25 9 0
Batista, J 4 1 0 1
Totals 50 46 72 8 64 54 69 10
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Team 1 2 T
Oregon State 3 1 - 4
Nevada 0 0 - 0
Oregon State Nevada

Sh SOG G A Saves Sh SOG G A Saves
Wood, A 0 0 0 0 2 Cove, M 0 0 0 0 7
Eadie, J 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, E 1 1 0 0 0
Axon, R 0 0 0 0 0 Voss, S 0 0 0 0 0
Velazquez, J 1 1 0 0 0 Allen, A 1 0 0 0 0
Ingalls, M 4 3 0 0 0 Noe, D 0 0 0 0 0
Seal, A 2 1 1 1 0 Erickson, J 0 0 0 0 0
Cabrera, M 0 0 0 0 0 Terranova, J 0 0 0 0 0
Wetzel, C 2 1 0 1 0 Stott, E 1 1 0 0 0
Nixon, R 3 2 2 0 0 Broome, K 1 0 0 0 0
Galindo, B 1 0 0 1 0 Braman, L 0 0 0 0 0
MIller, M 1 0 0 0 0 Masciola, J 0 0 0 0 0
Leads, S 0 0 0 0 0 McEachern,N0 0 0 0 0
Carmichael, K 0 0 0 0 0 Sacks, A 1 0 0 0 0
Wang, S 0 0 0 0 0 Mann, V 0 0 0 0 0
Buckland, C 4 2 1 1 0 Gilson, W 0 0 0 0 0
Peck, M 2 1 0 0 0 Larot, R 1 0 0 0 0
Folsom, A 1 0 0 0 0
Meiggs, L 0 0 0 0 0
Shefeld, B 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 11 4 4 2 6 2 0 0 7
Soccer
Volleyball
BRIEFS
FOOTBALL
Mitchell makes
Redskins roster
Former Nevada wide receiver
Marko Mitchell has made the
Washington Redskins roster.
Mitchell will be the teams
number five receiver after
six-year veteran D.J. Hackett
was cut.
Mitchell, who was expected
to make the practice squad,
had a strong preseason with
11 catches for 113 yards and
three touchdowns. Mitchell
was drafted in the seventh
round by the Redskins.
The Redskins first game is
Sunday against the New York
Giants.
Mitchell played for Ne-
vada from 2006-08. In 2008,
Mitchell led the Wolf Pack
in receiving with 61 catches
for 1,141 yards and 10 touch-
downs. He also earned first
team all-WAC honors the
same season.
FOOTBALL
Brennan put on
injured reserved list
Former Hawaii quarter-
back Colt Brennan has been
placed on the injured re-
serve list by the Washington
Redskins. Brennan had been
battling Chase Daniels for
the third quarterback spot
behind Jason Campbell and
Todd Collins.
The Redskins cut Daniels
and placed Brennan on the
list who suffered from hip
and hamstring injuries.
Brennan played for Ha-
waii from 2006-08 where
he became one of the most
prolific passers in NCAA
history. His 14,193 passing
yards rank third all-time in
NCAA history.
During the 2006-07 season,
Brennan passed for 5,549
yards and an NCAA record 58
touchdown passes. Brennan
led the Warriors to the 2008
Nokia Sugar Bowl, where
Hawaii lost to Georgia 41 to
10.
FOOTBALL
Idaho gets rst road
win in three years
When the Idaho Vandals
beat New Mexico State 21 to
6 on Saturday, the Vandals
accomplished much more
than just a conference vic-
tory.
The win was Idahos first
road victory since 2006 when
the Vandals beat the Utah
State Aggies in Logan. The
game was also Idahos first
season opening win since
the 1999-00 season.
Idaho was led by sopho-
more running back Princ-
eton McCarty, who rushed
for 96 yards on eight carries
and one touchdown.
FOOTBALL
Oregon player
suspended for season
University of Oregon run-
ning back LeGarrette Blount
has been suspended for the
rest of the season by first year
head coach Chip Kelly.
The announcement comes
after Boise States 19-8 victory
over Oregon on Thursday. Af-
ter the game, Blount punched
Boise States Bryan Hout as
Boise State players began to
celebrate on the field.
Blount will be allowed to
practice with the team and
attend team functions.
During the 2008-09 season,
Blount led the Ducks in rush-
ing with 1,002 yards. He also
set a school record with 17
rushing touchdowns.
Houts punishment will
be handled internally. It will
not require Hout to miss any
games this season.
FOOTBALL
Missouri quarterback
shines in debut
Sophomore Blaine Gabbert
excelled in his debut for the
Missouri Tigers. Gabbert
threw for 313 yards with three
touchdowns as the Tigers
beat Illinois 37-9. Gabbert
also had one rushing touch-
down.
The Tigers have won 11
straight non-conference
games dating back to the 2005-
06 season. Nevada hosts Mis-
souri on Sept. 19 in its home
opener. Last season, Missouri
beat Nevada 69 to 17.
VOLLEYBALL
Player of the Week
Idaho outside hitter Sarah
Conwell was named the West-
ern Athletic Conference Player
of the Week.
Conwell recorded 52 kills
and 23 digs in three matches
last week, including a career
high 27 kills against Loyola
Maramount.
The Vandals went 2-1 last
week, beating UNLV and
Loyola Maramount before
losing to UCLA.
Nevada outside hitter Kylie
Harrington was nominated
for player of the week. Har-
rington averaged three kills
and 2.08 digs per set as the
Wolf Pack went 1-2 at the
Wildcat Classic in Arizona.
BASKETBALL
Malik Cooke ofcially
joins South Carolina
Former Nevada forward
Malik Cooke has officially
transferred to the University
of South Carolina mens bas-
ketball team.
He will be a walk-on this
year and can practice with the
team, however, he will not be
able to play in any games this
season due to NCAA rules.
Cooke will have two seasons
of eligibility left beginning
next season.
Last season, Cooke started
34 games for Nevada. He
averaged 9.6 points and 6.2
rebounds per game. Cooke
has said that he is transfer-
ring because South Carolina
is closer to his home in North
Carolina.
TENNIS
Fresno State doubles
top preseason ranking
Fresno State tennis players
Renata Kucerkova and Anas-
tasia Petukova were ranked
the no. 1 doubles pair by the
ITA in its first ranking of the
season.
Last season, Kucerkova and
Petukova qualifed for the
quarterfinals of the NCAA
Doubles Tournament. They
also were named first team
all-WAC in doubles.
Petukova competed in the
NCAA singles tournament as
well. Petukova and Kucerkova
were also ranked in the top 60
in singles.
Nevada sophomore Wessem
Derbel has been ranked 93rd
in mens singles. He is the
only member of the Wolf Pack
to be ranked.
During the 2008-09 sea-
son, Derbel was named to
the second-team all-WAC
in doubles. He was the first
freshman in Nevada history
to be nationally ranked and
he had a singles record of
14-3.
SOCCER
Players of the Week
announced
Louisiana Techs Rachel
King and Idahos Liz Boyden
have been named the West-
ern Athletic Conferences
Offensive and Defensive
Players of the Week.
King recored back-to-back
hat tricks against Prairie View
A and M and Nichols State.
In three games last week,
King totaled seven goals
and one assist as Louisiana
Tech went a perfect 3-0. She
became the first Louisiana
Tech player to post hat tricks
in consectutive games.
Boyden, a sophomore, went
2-0 as goal keeper for the
Vandals last week. Boyden
made three saves in each
match and posted back-to-
back victories for the first
time in her career.
Idahos 1-0 victory over
Montana was Boydens third
shut-out of her career. The
Vandals went 2-0 for the
week.
SOCCER
Idaho takes
Governors Cup
The Idaho Vandals soccer
team won the Governors
Cup for the first time since
1998 when the tournament
was created.
Idaho defeated Idaho State
2-1 and Montanta 1-0 to win the
tournament.
Freshman Jill Flockhart scored
the games only goal in the 24th
minute against Montana.
Four Vandals were named
to the all-Tournament team.
Football
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 T
Nevada 0 0 0 0 0
Notre Dame 7 21 7 0 35
Nevada Notre Dame
Rushing Rushing
No. Yds TD No. Yds TD
Taua, V 18 114 0 Allen, A 15 72 1
Kaepernick, C 10 39 0 Gray, J 9 50 0
Ball, M 1 0 0 Hughes, R 6 20 0

Passing Passing
Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD
Kaepernick, C 12-23-2 149 0 Clausen, J 15-18-0 315 4
Lantrip, T 1-4-0 5 0 Crist, D 2-2-0 17 0
Receiving Receiving
No. Yds TD No. Yds TD
Session, T 5 51 0 Floyd, M 4 189 3
Taua, V 3 38 0 Rudolph, K 4 29 1
Wimberly, B 2 36 0 Tate, G 3 59 0
Wellington, C 2 27 0 Allen, A 3 25 0
Green, V 1 2 0 Walker, D 1 15 0

Defense
Tackles Sacks Int Tackles Sacks Int
Johnson, J.M. 10 0 0 McCarthy, K 9 0 0
Amaya, J 9 0 0 Smith, H 6 0 0
Bethea, M 9 0 0 Smith, T 5 1 0
Harvey, M 8 0 0 Gray, G 3 0 0
Moch, D 6 0 0 Smith, B 3 0 0
Marshall, B 6 0 0 Smith, S 3 0 0
Frey, I 5 0 0 Ryan, K 3 0 0
Agiava. N 4 0 0 Slaughter, H 2 0 0
Kickoff Returns
No. Yds Long No. Yds Long
Wellington, C 2 22 16 Riddick, T 1 23 23

2009 WAC STANDINGS
Team Conference Standings Overall
Idaho 1-0 1-0
Boise State 0-0 1-0
Fresno State 0-0 1-0
Hawaii 0-0 1-0
Louisiana Tech 0-0 0-1
San Jose State 0-0 0-1
Nevada 0-0 0-1
Utah State 0-0 0-1
New Mexico State 0-1 0-1
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Team G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 T
Arizona 25 25 25 - - - 2
Nevada 14 17 13 - - - 3
Arizona Nevada
K Set Dig BA K Set Dig BA
Hutchinson, D 9 0 2 0 Sei, S 1 12 2 0
Owens, T 8 0 7 0 Harrington, K 2 3 7 1
Norton, J 2 0 0 1 Baldwin, L 5 0 0 1
Dosty, W 3 1 3 0 Ji, E 7 0 2 0
Weber, P 0 25 6 1 Yates, B 1 0 0 1
Snow, S 2 0 0 1 Staker, J 3 1 5 1
Holloway, D 0 0 1 0 Garvey, E 5 0 0 0
Bardis, K 0 0 0 0 Chang, K 0 0 1 0
Moore, T 0 3 1 0 Kelly, L 0 0 1 0
Hendrickson, E 0 0 0 0 Santiago, T 1 7 2 0
Bannister, K 7 0 0 0 Link, N 0 1 4 0
Karst, C 1 0 0 1 Daum, J 0 1 0 1
Resch, A 0 0 5 0 Staker, J 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 29 25 4 24 24 19 4
SOCCER TEAM
SCHEDULE
at Cal Aug. 21 L 4-1
UC Santa Barbara Aug. 28 L 1-0
UC Irvine Aug 30 L 3-0
at Oregon State Sept. 4 L 4-0
at Portland State Sept. 6 L 3-0
Fordham Sept. 11 7:00 p.m.
Sacramento State Sept. 13 2:00 p.m.
at Minnesota Sept. 18 7:00 p.m.
at North Dakota Sept. 20 10:30 a.m.
at Saint Marys Sept. 24 4:00 p.m.
at U.C. Davis Sept. 27 12:00 p.m.
Utah State Oct. 4 1:00 p.m.
at Idaho Oct. 9 3:00 p.m.
at Boise State Oct. 11 1:00 p.m.
San Jose State Oct. 16 7:00p.m.
Fresno State Oct. 18 1:00 p.m.
at Hawaii Oct. 23 5:00 p.m.
at New Mexico State Oct. 30 7:00 p.m.
LA Tech Nov. 1 1:00 p.m.
WAC Tournament Boise, Idaho Nov. 5-7 TBA
NCAA Championships Nov. 13-Dec. 6 TBA
VOLLEYBALL
TEAM SCHEDULE
Connecticut Aug.28 W 3-2
U.C. Irvine Aug. 29 L 3-1
Saint Marys Aug. 30 L 3-0
at Arizona Sept. 4 L 3-0
vs Eastern Wash. at AZ. Sept. 4 L 3-1
a vs.Houston at AZ. Sept. 5 W 3-2
UC Davis Sept. 11 7:00 p.m.
Sam Houston State Sept. 12 12:00 p.m.
Portland State Sept. 12 7:00 p.m.
Pacic (Stockton, CA) Sept. 18 7:00 p.m.
at CSU Bakerseld Sept. 19 5:00 p.m.
at Sacramento State Sept. 22 7:00 p.m.
Fresno State Sept. 26 7:00 p.m.
at New Mexico State Oct. 1 6:00 p.m.
at Louisiana Tech Oct. 3 12::00 p.m.
at Hawaii Oct. 8 10:00 p.m.
Utah State Oct. 10 7:00 p.m.
Boise State Oct. 15 7:00p.m.
Idaho Oct. 17 7:00 p.m.
at Idaho Oct. 22 7:00 p.m.
at Boise State Oct. 24 12:00 p.m.
San Jose State Oct. 29 7:00 p.m.
Hawaii Oct. 31 7:00 p.m.
UNLV Nov. 5 7:00 p.m.
at San Jose State Nov. 7 7:00 p.m.
at Fresno State Nov. 9 6:00 p.m.
New Mexico State Nov. 12 7:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Nov. 14 7:00 p.m.
at Utah State Nov. 19 6:00 p.m.
at Las Vegas for WAC Tournament Nov. 23-25
TBA
NCAA Championships Dec. 3-19 TBA
2009 WAC STANDINGS
Utah State 0-0 3-1
Idaho 0-0 2-2
Boise State 0-0 2-3
Hawaii 0-0 1-2-1
Nevada 0-0 0-5
2009 WAC STATISTICAL
LEADERS
Category Name School Statistic
Rushing Robert Turbin USU 148.0
yds/game
Receiving Greg Salas UH 180.0
yds/game
Tackles James Brindley USU 14.0
tackles/game
Total Offense Greg Alexander UH 380.0
yds/game
2009 NEVADA
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Category Name Statistic
Assists Sonnie Sei 4.92
/set
Digs Nicole Link 3.33
/set
Blocks Lindsay Baldwin .75
/set
Kills Kylie Harrington 3.17
/set
Aces Kylie Harrington 0.38
/set
2009 WESTERN
ATHELTIC CONFERENCE
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Shots on Goal Rachel King 21

Goals Rachel King 6

Saves Kaitlyn Revel 31
Points Rachel King 13
2009 WAC STANDINGS
Hawaii 0-0 4-1
Idaho 0-0 4-2
Utah State 0-0 2-2
Nevada 0-0 2-4
Boise State 0-0 0-6
2009 WAC STATISTICAL
LEADERS
Assists Dani Maufa Hawaii 12.22
/set
Digs Christine Morrill Utah State 4.33
/set
Blocks Anna McKinney Idaho 1.61
/set
Kills Kanani Danielson Hawaii 4.56
/set
Aces Aneli Cuno-Otineru Hawaii 0.70
/set
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Team 1 2 T
Portland State 1 2 - 3
Nevada 0 0 - 0
Portland State Nevada

Sh SOG G A Saves Sh SOG G A Saves
Lewis, C 0 0 0 0 1 Cove, M 0 0 0 0 3
Dutra, A 3 0 0 1 0 Smith, E 0 0 0 0 0
Robertson, K 1 1 0 0 0 Voss, S 2 1 0 0 0
Carnovale, T 0 0 0 0 0 Allen, A 1 0 0 0 0
Russell, A 0 0 0 0 0 Noe, D 1 0 0 0 0
Parsons, T 1 0 0 0 0 Erickson, J 0 0 0 0 0
Enneking, D 4 2 1 1 0 Gilson, W 0 0 0 0 0
Wollmann, N 1 0 0 1 0 Stott, E 0 0 0 0 0
Martin, M 0 0 0 0 0 Broome, K 0 0 0 0 0
Ross, F 3 1 0 0 0 Braman, L 0 0 0 0 0
Horton, J 0 0 0 0 0 Allen, A 0 0 0 0 0
Hlasnik, M 0 0 0 0 0 McEachern,N0 0 0 0 0
Penton, A 1 1 1 0 0 Sacks, A 0 0 0 0 0
Howie, A 0 0 0 0 0 Mann, V 0 0 0 0 0
Dent, E 0 0 0 0 0 Gilson, W 0 0 0 0 0
Martin, C 0 0 0 0 0 Larot, R 0 0 0 0 0
Allen, B 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 15 6 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 3
2009 NEVADA
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Rushing Vai Taua 117.0
yds/game
Receiving Tray Session 51
yds/game
Tackles J.M. Johnson 10
tackles/game
Total Offense Colin Kaepernick 149
yds/game
FOOTBALL
TEAM SCHEDULE
at Notre Dame Sept. 5 L 35-0
at Colorado State Sept. 19 2:00 p.m.
Missouri Sept. 25 6:05 p.m.
UNLV Oct. 3 1:05 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Oct. 9 6:05 pm.
at Utah State Oct. 17 12:00 p.m.
Idaho Oct. 24 1:05 p.m.
Hawaii Oct. 31 1: 05 p.m.
at San Jose State Nov. 8 5: 30 p.m.
Fresno State Nov. 14 1:05 p.m.
at New Mexico State Nov. 21 5:00 p.m.
at Boise State Nov. 27 TBA
2008 NATIONAL
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Rushing Ralph Bolden Purdue 234
yds/game
Receiving Michael Floyd ND 189
yds/game
Tackles Da-mon Smith UTEP 18
tackles/game
Total Offense Aaron Opelt Toledo 446
WAC FOOTBALL
SCORES FROM NOV. 1
Utah State (L) vs. Utah 35-17
at Salt Lake City, Utah
Fresno State (W) vs.U.C. Davis 51-0
at Fresno, CA
San Jose State (L) vs. USC 56-3
at Los Angeles, CA
Boise State (W) vs. Oregon 19-8
at Boise, Idaho
Idaho (W ) vs. New Mexico State 21-6
at Las Cruces, N.M.
Louisiana Tech (L) vs. Auburn 37-13
at Auburn, Ala.
By Lukas Eggen
The Western Athletic Confer-
ence had no shortage of exposure
during the opening week of the
college football season. Nevada,
San Jose State, Utah State and
Boise State all played ranked
opponents. Unfortunately, with
the exception of Boise State, the
WAC came up empty-handed.
The 14th-ranked Broncos
hosted the 16th-ranked Oregon
Ducks on Thursday. Despite
three lost fumbles by Boise
State, the Broncos held Oregons
offense to 152 total yards and
quarterback Kellen Moore threw
for 197 yards and a touchdown as
the Broncos defeated the Ducks
19-8. Boise State built a 19-0
lead in the third quarter after DJ
Harpers one-yard touchdown
run and then withstood Oregons
comeback attempt in the fourth
quarter. The win extended Boise
States regular season home
winning streak to 50.
The game was largely over-
shadowed by Oregon running
back LeGarrette Blount. After
the game ended, Broncos line-
men Byron Hunt tapped Blount
on the shoulder. Blount then
proceeded to punch Hunt and
had to be escorted off the eld.
Blount has been suspended for
the remainder of the season.
Utah State played at No. 19
Utah. Despite Aggies running
back Robert Turbins career-
high 148 rushing yards and one
touchdown, Utah State fell to
Utah 35-17.
The Aggies were on top 3-0
and had a chance to extend their
lead, but missed a 48-yard eld
goal in the rst quarter. Utah
recovered and went up 26-10
thanks in large part to quarter-
back Terrance Cain, who threw
touchdown passes on back-
to-back possessions. The Utes
appeared to be pulling away
until an interception by James
Brindley at the seven-yard line
set up a two-yard touchdown
run before half time to cut the
lead to 26-17.
However, Utah State was shut
out in the second half, gaining
only 120 total yards of offense
during the half as Utah padded
its lead.
San Jose State played the
fourth-ranked USC Trojans.
San Jose State forced two
fumbles in the first quarter and
drew first blood, going up 3-0.
The Spartans, however, did not
score again as USC rolled to a
56-3 victory. The Trojans out-
gained the Spartans 620-121,
and San Jose State was held to
just nine rushing yards. USC
freshman quarterback Matt
Berkeley, making his first start,
threw for 223 yards and one
touchdown.
When taking into account
Nevadas game against Notre
Dame, the WAC went 1-3 against
ranked opponents this week.
By Juan Lpez
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Notre
Dame quarterback Jimmy
Clausen walked off the eld af-
ter Saturdays game almost the
same way he entered it clean
and with a big smile on his face.
Clausen wasnt pressured
much in his teams 35-0 win over
the Wolf Pack at Notre Dame
Stadium. He was only brought to
the ground a few times by Nevada
defenders and wasnt sacked.
They were great, Clausen said
after the game about his offensive
line. They kept me clean all day
... The gave me a lot of time to get
the ball down the eld.
One of the main factors of Ne-
vadas inability to get to Clausen
was size differential. The ve
starting offensive linemen for
the Irish averaged out to be
6-foot-6, 316 pounds while the
Wolf Packs four starting defen-
sive lineman were, on average,
6-foot-2, 268 pounds.
Being outweighed by about 50
pounds is enough of an obstacle
to overcome, but Nevada defen-
sive end Kevin Basped said he
and the other defensive end on
the eld with him faced more
than these behemoths at times.
The ends, we got triple
teamed throughout the game,
Basped said at Mondays prac-
tice. We werent really freed up
so we missed a lot of playmaking
opportunities.
BRIGHT SPOTS IN A
MURKY DAY
Not all was bad for Nevada in
its blowout loss.
Wolf Pack running back Vai
Taua was one of a few bright
spots, rushing for 114 yards on
just 18 carries. He also recorded
three catches for 38 yards.
Although he was statistically
stellar, what most will remem-
ber about Taua was when he
fumbled at the Notre Dame ve-
yard line, giving the ball back to
the Irish.
I was really focused before
the play that I needed to get in
the end zone, he said after the
game. I tried to lean in before
I even had the ball and thats
what happened.
On the defensive side,
linebacker James-Michael
Johnsons play was notewor-
thy. The sophomore totaled a
game-high 10 tackles and two
tackles for loss.
Finally, punter Brad Langley
continued his outstanding play
booting the ball. The junior
punter averaged 46.6 yards on
ve punts, pinning the Irish in-
side its own 20-yard line twice.
DEFEAT WAS NOT IN
PACKS MINDSET
Leading up to the game,
everyone seemed to expect a
Notre Dame win everyone
except Nevada.
No team is going to predict a
loss for itself, but the Wolf Pack
was brimming with condence.
Even after the game and a
35-point shellacking, Nevada
players were surprised with the
outcome- surprised and angered.
It was very frustrating,
Nevada quarterback Colin
Kaepernick said after the game.
Everyone went into this game
with high expectations.
The Wolf Pack player who
showed the most animosity after
the game was Jonathon Amaya.
While speaking to reporters,
Amaya was notably upset and
when asked about Clausen,
he replied: Hes alright. Hes a
decent quarterback.
SANJOSESTATEMEDIASERVICES
San Jose State played No. 4-ranked University of Southern California. The Spartans were one of four
Western Athletic Conference teams who played a ranked team this past week.
WAC football showcased on national stage
The Western Athletic
Conference went 1-3 against
ranked teams.
USC held San Jose State to
nine rushing yards.
Utah State was held to 120
yards of offense in the second
half of its game against Utah.
Boise State was the
only team to beat a ranked
opponent.
Th W t Athl ti
WACS WOES
up Nevadas defensive backs,
going 15 for 18 with 315 yards
and four touchdowns. His quar-
terback rating after the game
was 303.7, rst in the nation.
The next-highest total came
from Joe Webb from the Univer-
sity of Alabama at Birmingham.
Webb had a 247.8 rating.
Clausen was not sacked in
his 2009 debut against Nevada
and faced moderate pressure
throughout the game.
Well, we had absolutely
no pressure there, Ault said.
Their (offensive line) did a
great job. But more importantly,
the breakdown was in our sec-
ondary.
Irish wide receiver Michael
Floyd gave the Wolf Packs
defensive backs the most
trouble on the day. The 6-foot-3,
220-pound Floyd was bigger
and faster than anyone he lined
up against. For the day, he to-
taled four catches for 189 yards
and three touchdowns. Early in
the second quarter, he scored a
70-yard touchdown while early
in the third, he cashed in an
88-yarder.
They have excellent receiv-
ers and we made some crucial
mistakes on third downs,
Nevada safety Jonathon Amaya
said after the game. I dont
know what else to say.
Notre Dame managed to go
6 for 12 on third downs, while
the Wolf Packs offense was just
2-for-11.
Another negative factor for
the offense was its inability to
nish drives.
On its first drive of the game,
Nevada kicker Ricky Drake
missed a 38-yard field goal.
Deep in Notre Dame territory
in the third quarter, running
back Vai Taua fumbled the
ball. Overall, the Wolf Pack
turned the ball over three
times (two interceptions, one
fumble) and was 0 for 1 on
fourth down.
I dont think it was really that
they did anything, Taua said. I
think we did it to ourselves a lot
of the time. We played very well
and then got down by the goal
line and just got rst-game jit-
ters, it seemed like. We couldnt
really punch it in and get the
points to show for it.
With the game in the record
books, the Wolf Pack will move
on to the next piece of its tough
schedule. Sept. 19, Nevada will
face Colorado State, who beat
the University of Colorado 23-
17 on Sunday.
The Wolf Pack is looking
forward to the week off and
another shot at proving itself
worthy of the preseason na-
tional recognition it garnered.
Everyone knows we have
a bye this week, Taua said.
Weve got a lot of work to do
and then a week after that we
go to Colorado State. We know
weve got to step it up.
Clausen emerges clean after game
Big Loss
BY THE NUMBERS
A closer look at the battle
between Nevadas defense
and Notre Dames offense.
316
0
was the average weight of
the Irishs starting offensive
line.
are the sacks Nevadas
defense got on Notre Dame
quarterbacks.
66
was the average height
of Notre Dames starting
offensive line.
10
are the tackles Wolf Pack
linebacker James-Michael
Johnson had against the
Fighting Irish.
Hes alright. Hes a decent quarterback. senior
Nevada safety Jonathon Amaya on Notre Dame
quarterback Jimmy Clausen.
Amaya, whose frustration was
evident. Its plain and simple.
You got to want to make a play.
We had guys in the right posi-
tion, we had guy in the right
spot, we just didnt do what we
had to do.
TAUA IS NO FLUKE
Last year, running back Vai
Taua jumped on the scene after
Luke Lippincott went down with
a torn anterior cruciate liga-
ment.
Taua made the most of his
shot, rushing for a Western Ath-
letic Conference-leading 1,521
yards and 15 scores.
Saturday against the Irish, he
proved his rst year with major
playing time was no uke.
Taua was one of the few bright
spots for Nevada, rushing for
114 yards on just 18 carries. He
regularly busted through the
Notre Dame defensive line and
had to be tackled deep in the
secondary. He broke off seven
runs of nine or more yards.
Taua is denitely the real deal.
OFFENSE CAN MOVE THE
BALL AGAINST ANYONE
A lot of people will look at the
35-0 nal and say, Wow, Notre
Dame killed those guys.
Not true. Yes, the Irish were
superb offensively, but the Wolf
Pack offense moved the ball up
and down the eld, but was un-
able to muster any points.
On its rst series, Nevada put
together an impressive eight-play
series covering 52 yards. This
drive came up short as kicker
Ricky Drake, playing in his rst
Division I game, pushed a 38-yard
eld goal attempt wide right.
Altogether, the Wolf Pack
had five possessions in which
it ran seven or more plays. The
offense was efficient enough to
march up and down the field,
but couldnt get on the score-
board.
In any game, you cant expect
to go 0 for 3 in the red zone and
be successful. Its almost the
same thing here as it was in the
secondary the unit is putting
itself in position to thrive, now
its just time to nish strong.
FANS SHOW THEIR TRUE
COLORS IN ADVERSITY
Throughout the offseason,
all I would hear from Nevada
football fans was excitement,
anticipation and high hopes.
After the Wolf Pack lost Sat-
urday, many fans jumped off
of the teams bandwagon and
started making ridiculous sug-
gestions.
Some faithful are calling for
Aults ring. They say hes too
narrow-minded in his game plan
and doesnt prepare his team
properly for big games.
Others actually motioned for
Nevada to go back to the Big Sky
Conference, in which it played
from 1979-91.
To top it off, many are project-
ing for the Wolf Pack to start the
season 0-4.
Overreacting doesnt t the
actions of some of these fans.
It was one game. A season is
never made or busted after the
season opener. Cmon, guys,
have some resilience.
WOLF PACK IS STILL A MID-
MAJOR PROGRAM
Many hoped and wished this
would be the year Nevada made
a splash on the national level.
But after Saturdays debacle,
it was obvious Nevada is still a
WAC team and not ready at all to
compete with bigger schools.
Teams like Boise State and
Brigham Young University are
on a different level. They could
move into a powerhouse confer-
ence right now and hold their
own. The Wolf Pack is still a long
way from becoming one of these
teams. Just take a look at the last
six times Nevada has played big
schools. The Wolf Pack has been
outscored 269-112, an average of
44.8 to 18.6.
Competing on a national stage
is still far in Nevadas future, but
one game is not going to deter-
mine the rest of the season for
this team.
Five things
nevada vs. notre dame photo page
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Clockwise from above:.
Nevada defensive end Ryan Coulson takes on Irish tackle Matt Romine during Notre Dames 35-0 win
Saturday. Coulson, despite being outsized, pulled down Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen for a six-yard loss
late in the rst quarter.
Nevada defensive end Dontay Moch, bottom, and linebacker Brandon Marshall line up for a play
against the Notre Dame offense on Saturday. The duo combined for 12 tackles, but was outsized by the
Fighting Irishs massive offensive line. The starting ve in the offensive line averaged to be 6-foot-6, 316
pounds.
The Wolf Packs offensive line had a tough day playing against a talented Notre Dame defensive
line. Nevada allowed two sacks and its quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, was constantly under
pressure. Left tackle Mike Gallet, right, and left guard, John Bender, center, both started for Nevada
on Saturday.
Fighting Irish fans had a lot to cheer about during Saturdays game. Notre Dame scored ve touchdowns
and averaged 8.4 yards per play. Its offense did not commit a turnover while the defense picked off two of
Kaepernicks passes and recovered a fumble deep in its own territory.
NEVADA OUTMATCHED BY IRISH
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back because it might not even
make it past the car ride home.
Feel for a slight give that indi-
cates a juicy product.
Smell: Hold peppers and toma-
toes to your nose and breathe
normally. If you can smell the
products aroma without being
overwhelmed, it is ready to eat.
Avocados that emit an odor are
too old. Onions should have a
crisp aroma.
Blemishes: Avoid cracks in
rmer produces, such as onions
or garlic. Avoid bruises, scar-like
blotches and soft spots in juicy
produce, such as apples and
tomatoes.
Go with your gut: If the product
seems unusual in smell, touch
or appearance, look around a bit
more. If youre not sure, wave
down one of the workers and ask.
Underripe: Dont let underripe-
ness fool you into thinking you ex-
tended the products life cycle on
your counter. Many juicier prod-
ucts, such as cantaloupes and
peaches, will soften but not be-
come any sweeter during storage.
SPECIFICS:
Avocados: Press into the skin
with a ngertip, enough to
make a slight dent. It should
start to rise after you remove
your nger. If a spot feels like a
bubble and pops right out, that
indicates a bruise.
Zucchini and squash: You
should be able to smell the
vegetable and it should be
heavier than it looks. Check
for rmness they should
not be exible. Avoid waxy
specimens, as they may be
hiding something about the
coloration.
Artichoke and asparagus: The
leaves should be tightly closed;
if they are starting to open, the
vegetable is too old. The cut
stems should be moist without
being moldy or brown.
Citrus fruits: The peel should
be smooth and the fruit should
be heavy. Smell it for a citrus
aroma and to make sure it
doesnt smell like it is rotting.
FALL PRODUCE:
Broccoli
Carrots*
Celery*
Cucumber
Garlic
Leeks*
Onions*
Peppers
Potatoes*
Sweet corn
Tomatoes
Zucchini
Apples*
Pears
Plums
Melons
* indicates seasonal through
winter. Apples are seasonal
through early winter.
Sources: www.ehow.com; North Dakota State
University Cooperative Extension; www.
supereco.com; Heidi Draper, marketing team
leader with Whole Foods Market; american-
food.about.com
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BREAKFAST: FRENCH TOAST
CASSEROLE
Ingredients:
1 loaf bread in one-inch slices (the thicker the
bread, the better)
2 cups whole milk (3 if letting sit overnight)
3 eggs
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter; additional for greasing the pan
Optional ingredients:
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons liqueur of your choice
1/4 cup raisins or almonds
Directions:
Generously grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
Arrange bread in two tightly packed layers in the pan. Cut one slice into smaller piec-
es to ll in gaps. If you are using any llings of fruit or nuts, this is the time to get them
between the layers or sprinkled on top.
Whisk milk, eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla or liqueur and pour over the bread. Sprinkle
with cinnamon and sugar and dot with butter. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrig-
erate. The bread will absorb all of the milk custard while you sleep.
Bake at 425 for 30 minutes, or until puffed and golden.
Cut into generous squares and serve with maple syrup.
DINNER: SPINACH AND NOODLE CASSEROLE
Ingredients:
One 10-ounce package frozen leaf spinach, thawed and well-drained
Wide noodles (8 ounces), cooked and drained
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 cup cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, coarsely shredded
2 cups ricotta cheese or creamed cottage cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt, or salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Dash of nutmeg
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Spread spinach over bottom of buttered 11x17-inch baking pan and cover with noodles.
In bowl, beat eggs and milk, add ricotta, shredded cheeses and seasonings.
Blend well and pour over noodles.
Bake for 35-45 minutes or until set.
DESSERTS: OATMEAL NO-BAKE COOKIES
Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats (oatmeal)
Directions:
Combine brown sugar, water, butter and salt in saucepan. Bring to a boil, cook and
stir for one minute. Remove from heat.
Stir in peanut butter and vanilla, then oatmeal. Cool slightly.
Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper on a heat-resistant surface.
Sources: planetgreen.discovery.com/one-pot-meals/ and allrecipes.com
PESTO PEPPERS WITH
PASTA
Serves: 6
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 13 minutes
Ingredients:
2 cups penne pasta
16 ounce package of frozen
mixed bell peppers and onions
(fresh veggies are better, of
course)
10 ounces basil pesto
Directions:
Cook pasta in boiling water.
Saut bell peppers and on-
ions in 1 tablespoon water until
heated through.
Drain pasta.
Add pasta and pesto sauce
to vegetables and cook on low
until thoroughly heated.
ZITI CHICKEN
CASSEROLE
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
2 cups ziti pasta
12 ounce can chunk dark and
white meat chicken, drained
2 cups Muenster cheese,
shredded
10 ounce can condensed
cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese,
grated
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 de-
grees.
Cook ziti in boiling water
and drain.
Combine all ingredients into
a 2-quart casserole dish.
Top with Parmesan cheese.
Cook for 35 minutes, until
hot and bubbly.
MINUTE APPLE TART
Serves: 12
Ingredients:
1 sheet frozen puff pastry,
thawed
2 Granny Smith apples or
two peaches, peeled, cored and
sliced paper thin
1/2 cup apricot jam or pre-
serves
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:
Roll pastry onto a well
oured surface and cut into 12
three-inch squares.
Prick the pastry with a fork
and coat each with a spoonful
of apricot jam.
Fan the apple slices over the
jam.
In a small bowl, combine
brown sugar and cinnamon and
mix well.
Sprinkle over apple slices.
Place the tarts on an un-
greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for
10-12 minutes, until the apples
slices are crisp yet tender and
the pastry is golden brown.
Serve hot with vanilla ice
cream.
*SOURCE: About.com
Cook a meal
with just ve
ingredients
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This skillet of vegetables and tofu can be added to microwavable rice for a one-pot stir fry.
Keep it simple with a one-pot dish
LUNCH: STIR-FRY OVER RICE
Ingredients:
One package of rm or extra rm tofu
One package of stir-fry vegetables (Look
for one that comes with broccoli, carrots and
whatever else you prefer)
Microwaveable rice (white or brown)
Soy sauce or stir-fry sauce
Directions:
Cut up the tofu in its container and pour in
enough sauce to saturate the tofu. If you have
time, let it set for a while.
Add tofu. Cook for several minutes until
the ingredients start to look a little browned
but not burned.
Heat up rice in microwave and then add to
the skillet.
Stir, add more sauce if needed and serve.
Pour a little oil into a skillet. Add vegeta-
bles and fry for a few minutes.
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See a step-by-step video
for the Spinach and Noodle
Casserole (tutorial includes
chicken) and Oatmeal no-
bake cookies.
Check out some tips for
picking out groceries.
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Youre used to interpreting symbolism and motifs in literature
and research where others just cant see them. You need a
drink thats as sophisticated as your rsum.
Pour a glass of merlot and ruminate over the trufe under-
tones and wafts of grass.
Double kudos if you get an ber-trendy malbec.
CABNR:
Organic Beer
Grab an extra-hoppy microbrew because you can understand
all the chemical, nutritional, biological and environmental
processes that go into growing and fermenting the perfect
ingredients to make a well-balanced beer.
Go for the gold with an organic beer:
Dogsh Head Brewing Companys Chicory Stout made
with organic coffee
New Belgiums orangey Mothership Wit
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS:
Martini
You need a classic drink so you dont get embarrassed when
schmoozing with business associates in fancy bars. Dust off a
martini glass and start making them dirty or dry.
2 ounces. Gin or Vodka
2 drops dry Vermouth
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Garnish
with the extra-classic green olive, a pearl onion or a lemon
twist.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION:
Washington Apple Shot
At the end of a long day with snot-nosed kids or mouthy
teenagers, a shiny red apple just wont cut it. Try a Washing-
ton Apple shot instead.
Mix equal parts:
Whiskey, Sour Apple Pucker schnapps and cranberry juice
(about one-third of an ounce each).
If that doesnt sound sweet enough for you, add a dash of
7Up, or if it sounds too sweet, leave out the cranberry juice.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING:
Flaming Engineer
You can construct, if for no other reason than to balance your
various homework assignments, books and models. So, your
drink is going to have more than one ingredient. Its also got
a built-in contradiction, much like your brilliant, disorganized
colleagues: The Flaming Engineer isnt actually on re.
Start with a 20-ounce glass.
Measure exactly 12 ounces Molsons Canadian beer
Measure exactly 1 ounce each of Amaretto Disaronno li-
queur and 1 ounce Canadian Club whiskey.
Your last 6 ounces will be orange juice.
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES:
Bloody Mary
Youve spent hours learning how the human body breaks.
This is why youll sip a Bloody Mary, just waiting for someone
to crack their head open.
1 1/2 ounces vodka
1/2 cup tomato juice
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Dash of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco (to taste)
1 celery stick
Combine all ingredients with ice cubes and put the celery
stick in the glass.
COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM:
Greyhound
Youre studying a dying art. As newsprint goes, so does the
way of press badges tucked into fedoras and exploding ash-
bulbs. Likewise, youve got to go for a drink thats fading from
mainstream Americas appreciation.
Aim for a Greyhound or any liquor neat (meaning over ice,
with nothing else).
1 1/2 ounces gin or vodka
5 ounces grapefruit juice
Serve with ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a lime if
youre feeling fancy.
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS:
Margarita
Youre stuck between the happiness of studying your passion
and the despair of trying to nd a job (not to mention fending
off all the jobless-liberal-arts-majors jokes). History kids, stick
with a classic margarita. Art majors, shake things up by add-
ing an ounce or two of sangria or pomegranate liqueur.
1 1/2 ounces tequila
1/2 ounce triple sec
1 ounce lime juice (Roses)
Shake with ice and strain for an on-the-rocks, or blend. Dip
the rim in a plate of lime juice, then a plate of salt or sugar.
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE:
Layered shot
Youve been Bunsen burner-happy for years. Now put those
and all your astronomy skills to work whipping up the ET.
Dont forget to wear safety goggles. Form a hypothesis about
whether this drink will taste better with or without the op-
tional aming rum.
Pour in order and equal amounts to create a layered shot:
melon liqueur (like Midori), Irish crme (Baileys), Vodka
For the pice de rsistance ame, top with a pipette of
Bacardi 151. Always blow out the ame before you pick up the
glass to drink!
GRADUATE SCHOOL:
Merlot
Shaken, not stirred: Find the perfect drink for your degree
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Happy Hours
Anchors Bar & Grill
325 Harbor Cove Dr. #201
Sparks
775-356-6888
Every day from 3 to 5 p.m., An-
chors Bar & Grill offers domestic
bottles and draught beer for $2,
well drinks for $3, house wine by
the glass for $3 and half-priced
appetizers.
Amendment 21 Grill & Sports
Bar
425 S. Virginia St.
Reno
775-786-0808
Happy hour lasts from 11 a.m.
until closing on Sundays and
from 3 to 7 p.m. every other day
of the week. The drink specials
include $2 domestic drafts, $3
well drinks, $4 house wine and
$4 premium drafts.
Archies Famous Grill
Reno
775-322-9595
Happy hour lasts from 4 until
6 p.m. Monday through Friday
and offers half-priced domestic
drafts and well drinks. Addition-
ally, Archies offers different
specials for each day of the week,
such as Margarita Monday,
during which margaritas cost
$3.50.
Ceol Irish Pub
538 S. Virginia St.
Reno
775-329-5558
Every day from 3 to 7 p.m. pre-
mium pints, bottled beers, well
drinks and house wine all cost
three dollars.
Reds Little Waldorf Saloon
Reno
775-337-9255
On Fridays from noon until 9 p.m.
and every other day from 2 until 7
p.m., The Wal offers happy hour
specials such as $1.99 domestic
drafts, house wine and well cock-
tails. The saloon also offers a dif-
ferent food special for each day
of the week.
Daily Specials
Monday:
Chapel Tavern
1495 S. Virginia St.
Reno
775-324-2244
The tavern hosts Gluttons
Monday each week with
rotating beer specials from 8
p.m. until midnight.
Chewy & Jugs
3629 Kings Row
Reno
775-747-7887
The bar is open 24 hours and
hosts drink specials on Blue
Moon Mondays.
Tonic Lounge
231 W. Second St.
Reno
775-337-6868
The Lounge offers $4 bombs
and half-priced beers and
well drinks all night long, and
frequently hosts live enter-
tainment.
Tuesday:
Amendment 21 Grill & Sports
Bar
425 S. Virginia St.
Reno
775-786-0808
On Tuesdays and Wednes-
days, Geek Night at the grill
and sports bar lasts from
7 p.m. until closing and of-
fers two-for-one pizzas and
salads.
Tonic Lounge
231 W. Second St.
Reno
775-337-6868
All night long, Tonic offers all
of its beer, wine and well drinks
for two dollars.
Wednesday:
Archies Famous Grill
Reno
775-322-9595
The university-centric grill
hosts Wheat Wednesdays,
during which pints of Wid-
mer and Blue Moon cost only
$3 all day.
Ceol Irish Pub
538 S. Virginia St.
Reno
775-329-5558
Whiskey sold at the pub is $2
off all evening starting when
it opens its doors at 3 p.m.
Thursday:
210 North
210 N. Sierra St.
Reno
775-786-6212
The nightclub features Red
Hot Hip-Hop Thursdays
with Budweiser, offering $1
Budweiser and $2 well drinks
with a $5 cover charge.
Biggest Little City Club
188 California Ave.
Reno
775-322-2480
Every Thursday night, the
club gives a free glass of
champagne to all ladies, as
well as offering a new spe-
cialty avored vodka drink
each week.
Pub N Sub
1000 Ralston St.
Reno
775-322-8540
In addition to hosting a happy
hour between 5 and 6 p.m.
every day, Pub N Sub offers
pitchers of Pabst Blue Ribbon
and Miller High Life for $2
between 7 and 8 p.m.
on Thursday nights.
Red Martini
214 W. Commercial Row
775-329-9444
Starting at 10 p.m. every
Thursday night, Red Martini
hosts Grunge Night featuring
the best of 1990s alternative
rock, micro-brew specials
and two-for-one martini
specials.
Friday:
210 North
210 N. Sierra St.
Reno
775-786-6212
Nevada Fridays offer free ad-
mittance to 210 North each
week with a Nevada college
ID, as well as $1 tacos and $1
Coronas from 9 p.m. until
midnight.
Vixen
906 Victorian Ave.
Sparks
775-358-6969
The lounge offers Five Dollar
Fridays, featuring live music
for a $5 cover charge and
the rst well drink or beer for
free.
Saturday:
The Breakaway
10 E. Ninth St.
Reno
775-324-6200
Located a short distance form
the University of Nevada,
Reno campus, The Break-
away offers Friday and Satur-
day night specials such as $2
Coronas and $1 shots of Jose
Cuervo.
Sunday:
Chapel Tavern
Reno
775-324-2244
The tavern hosts a weekly
Sunday Night Mass from 8
p.m. to midnight, featuring $2
well drinks and disc jockeys.
Vixen
906 Victorian Ave.
Sparks
775-358-6969
Vixen plays host to Heavy
Metal Sundays, featuring
heavy metal music for a $5
cover charge. The lounge also
offers buy-one-get-one-free
beers daily from noon until
6 p.m.
Drink on the cheap throughout the week
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Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse
Venues with more than just a bite
Eating out is supposed to be a fun experience, but it can get a little dreary when it seems like youre eating the same food no matter
where you go to. To experience a meal a little out of the ordinary, try one of the following restaurants, which offer a glimpse into the
more original and adventurous side of the areas dining.
Spiros Sports Bar & Grille
1475 E. Prater Way, #103
Sparks
775-356-6000
Hours: Sunday- Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.;
Friday- Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
This Greek sports bar has everything you
would expect from both genres: baklava and
gyros for the Greek crowd, and pool tables
and pizza for the sports bar crowd. The atmo-
sphere is loud and fun, as is typical of a place
with 10 big screen TVs, which are conve-
niently situated so you can catch every game.
Things get even more fun on Friday and Sat-
urday nights, when the karaoke bar opens up
to patrons from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Look forward
to lots of friendly drunk people belting their
favorite tunes.
Ichiban Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar
206 N. Virginia St.
Reno
775-323-5550
Hours: Daily, 4:30 - 11 p.m.
For an authentic teppanyaki experience, look
no further than Ichiban. Located inside Har-
rahs in downtown Reno, skilled chefs pre-
pare your dinner in front of you on a hibachi
grill, twirling their knives and tossing your
food around in what can only be labeled a
spectacle. Dinner can be had for as cheaply
as $18, and includes miso soup, salad, an ap-
petizer, rice and vegetables, your entre and
a dessert. If you book in advance, going in on
your birthday will ensure you a free dinner.
Not too shabby for the self-proclaimed Best-
Tasting Show in Town.
Texas Roadhouse
150 Damonte Ranch Pkwy.
Reno
775-852-6333
Hours: Monday- Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m.; Fri-
day 4- 11 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.;
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Designed to recreate an authentic Texas
steakhouse experience, Texas Roadhouse
aims to please with its hand-cut steaks and
fall-off-the-bone ribs. The best time to go
is Monday-Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m., when
there are 10 different meals offered for $7.99
each. In a place where sawdust covers the
floor and diners are encouraged to throw the
shells from their peanuts (provided at every
table) on the floor, expect nothing less than a
rousing dining experience. And dont be sur-
prised when the waiters line dance in front of
the entire restaurant at least once an hour.
Bullys Bar and Grill
5162 Meadow Wood Mall Circle
Reno
775-828-7711
Hours: Daily, 24 hours a day
Youll be able to find a Bullys almost any-
where in Reno there are about eight in
town because nothing beats cheap food
and booze aimed squarely at enticing the
average college student. Any time you visit
Bullys you can find yourself entertained, be it
by nightly events like beer pong and flip cup,
or weekly events like eating contests and the
beer Olympics. Happy hour is every night
from 3 to 9 p.m., and there are different drink
specials every month; in September, pia
coladas are only $2 each. Play pool, watch
sports and enjoy good food and alcohol
thats the concept at Bullys.
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KPHELAN@NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
Spiros Sports Bar & Grille
Newly-opened restaurants around town full of delicious dining options
The Beach Hut Deli
6160 Mae Anne Ave.,
Reno
775-747-7873
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-9
p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The deli makes unique sandwiches using
freshly baked bread from the Truckee
Sourdough Company, garden-fresh
vegetables and ingredients like cream
cheese and sliced avocados. It boasts a
relaxing atmosphere where customers
listen to music and watch local sporting
events.
Brugos Pizza Co. & Bistro
4945 S. Virginia St.,
Reno
775-827-2600
Hours: Monday- Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.;
Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Following the success of their Carson
City-based pizza parlor, Brugos Pizza Co.
recently decided to bring their gourmet
pizzas and selection of more than 100
kinds of beer and wine to Reno. In addition
to pizza, the restaurant also offers other
Italian delicacies, sandwiches and salads.
Cadillac Ranch
1311 E. Lincoln Way, Building F
Sparks
775-331-2000
Hours: Every day, 11 a.m.- 4 a.m.
Cadillac Ranch restaurant offers all of the
additives for a night of fun: a mechanical
bull, full bars and a range of food from
steaks to barbeque and from seafood to
hot wings. Their Texas theme is exempli-
ed by the country and rock music that
the restaurant plays.
Hi Point Coffee and Caf
1655 Robb Dr., #2,
Reno
775-313-8844
Hours: Every day, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
The cafe sells tea, pastries, sandwiches,
breakfasts , salads, coffee and baked
goods made from local vendors such as
Truckee Bagel Co. and The House of Bread.
Nikos Greek Kitchen
148 West St.,
Reno
775-843-7204
Hours: Monday-Tuesday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.;
Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.;
Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Nikos Greek Kitchen offers authentic Greek
cuisine such as stuffed grape leaves, meat
skewers and gyros for prices generally under
$10. The restaurant is located within the West
Street Market in heart of downtown Reno.
Tahoe Burger
6280 Sharlands Ave.,
Reno
775-747-7333
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m.-mid-
night; Friday-Saturday, 6 a.m.-2 a.m.
The burger restaurant offers sandwiches
made from genuine Wolf Pack beef. Tahoe
Burger is also a unique fast-food style res-
taurant in that it also sells beer .
CASEY OLEAR
COLEAR@NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
JAYBALAGNA/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Nikos Greek Kitchen
Panda Express
Panda Express displays a Wok
Smart menu at the front of
their line displaying a handful
of meals that are less than 250
calories per serving. Qualifying
items include:
Mushroom Chicken
Broccoli Beef
Black Pepper Chicken
Mixed Veggies
String Bean Chicken Breast
Veggie Spring Rolls
Port of Subs
Port of Subs Eating Light
menu includes nine freshly-
made five-inch sandwiches
that contain five grams of
fat or less. Qualifying subs
include:
Ham and Turkey sandwich;
328 calories
Smoked Ham and Turkey
sandwich; 320 calories
Vegetarian sandwich; 238
calories
Roast Beef sandwich; 315
calories
Turkey sandwich; 315 calo-
ries
Peppered Pastrami sand-
wich; 293 calories
Roasted Chicken Breast
sandwich; 304 calories
Smoked Ham sandwich; 301
calories
Roast Beef and Turkey sand-
wiches; 315 calories
Starbucks
Of Starbucks dozens of bever-
ages mixed daily, 20 select
drinks with 200 calories or
less were created with the
calorie-conscious customers in
mind. All drinks are zero grams
of fat unless otherwise noted
and size tall. Qualifying drinks
include:
Hot Beverages
Brewed Coffee; 5 calories
Brewed Tazo Tea; 0 calories
Nonfat Tazo Green Tea
Latte; 130 calories
Nonfat Cappuccino; 80
calories
Nonfat Caff Latte; 120
calories
Nonfat Caramel Macchiato;
170 calories, 1 gram fat
Soy Tazo Chai Tea Latte; 190
calories, 2.5 grams fat
Nonfat Caff Mocha (no
whipped cream); 170 calories,
1.5 grams fat
Nonfat Sugar-free Vanilla
Latte; 120 calories
Steamed Apple Cider; 180
calories
Nonfat Vanilla Crme; 180
calories
Caff Americano; 10 calo-
ries
Cold Beverages
Coffee Frappucino Light
Blended Coffee; 110 calories, 1
gram fat
Caramel Frappuccino Light
Blended Coffee; 140 calories,
1.5 grams fat
Coffee Frappuccino Blended
Coffee; 190 calories, 2.5 grams
fat
Shaken Tazo Iced Passion
Tea; 60 calories
Shaken Tazo Iced Black Tea
Lemonade; 90 calories
Nonfat Iced Vanilla Latte;
120 calories
Nonfat Iced Caramel Mac-
chiato; 140 calories, 1 gram fat
Nonfat Iced Tazo Chai Tea;
170 calories
Iced Coffee (With classic
syrup); 60 calories
Cantina del Lobo
Among Cantina del Lobos ex-
tensive menu, Heart-Friendly
options are made available
to customers. Popular Heart-
Friendly items include:
Mesquite Soft Shell Tacos:
A choice of mesquite-broiled
chicken breast, mesquite steak
or pork tenderloin
Legumbres Picadas: Fresh
vegetables sauted and served
with avocado
Mesquite Salmon: Fresh
let of sh, mesquite-broiled
and served with fresh sauted
veggies
Spicy Shrimp: Jumbo shrimp
rolled in a blend of tangy herbs
and spices, mesquite-broiled
and served with rice and veg-
gies
Villa Pizza
Among Villa Pizzas extended
variety of pizzas and Italian
dishes, vegetarian and healthy
options are made available
including:
Greek salad
Tomato, Cucumber and
Onion Salad
Tuscany Pasta Salad
Caesar Salad
Vegetarian Stromboli (stuffed
with cheese and spinach)
Vegetarian pizza that in-
cludes a milk and cheese-based
sauce with spinach, broccoli,
green and red peppers, onions,
tomatoes and mushrooms
Spudistro
Spudistros potato caf offers
patrons vegetarian stuffed po-
tatoes including:
Pioche (with cheddar, sour
cream and chives)
Sagebrush (broccoli, sau-
ted mushrooms, black olives
and cheddar)
Sierra (broccoli, carrots,
snap peas, black olives and
cheddar)
Peavine (snap peas, sauted
mushrooms, tomatoes and
Swiss)
Spudistro also mixes fresh sal-
ads daily including:
Caesar
Garden salad with choice of
dressing
Veggie salad
Tahoe Creamery
For dessert, Tahoe Creamery
serves both lemon and straw-
berry nonfat sorbet.
The Overlook
Freshens Smoothies
Focusing on healthy snacks
and energy-fueling drinks, Fresh-
ens Smoothies offers 100 percent
juice smoothies, all-fruit snack
bars and low-fat frozen treats.
Most smoothies are less
than 400 calories for a 21-
ounce cup.
Nonfat vanilla and chocolate
cups are available along with
nonfat cones including vanilla,
chocolate and wafe cones.
All juice smoothies are 150
calories or less. Flavors include
Mystic Mango, VeryBerry, Cit-
rusC, MegaGreen and Pome-
granate Blueberry.
Pneumatic Diner
501 W. First St., Reno
775-786-8888
Hours: Daily, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Serves: Vegetarian/Vegan
comfort food
Locally owned and open for
the past 21 years, the Pneu-
matic Diner is an all-vegetarian
restaurant that offers a variety
of popular dishes with a veg-
etarian spin and vegan options.
Situated on the second oor
of the Truckee River Lodge, the
Pneumatic Diner offers menu
items including grilled tacos, the Vegan Bubba
sandwich (grilled/marinated eggplant and
zucchini on garden herb bread with hummus,
carrots, lettuce and onions) and the Pneumatic
Calzone with meatless meatballs.
Most ingredients are organic or homemade.
Most dishes are between $5 and $9.
Dandelion Deli and Catering
1170 S. Wells Ave.
775-322-6100
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. ; Satur-
days and closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Serves: A variety of ethnic foods
Dandelion Deli and Catering is a primarily veg-
etarian and vegan-geared restaurant that serves
an array of specialties from all nationalities.
Popular menu items include vegan sandwiches
such as the hummus pita, the dandelion special
and the artichoke and hummus sandwich.
Salads and breads are made organically and
vegan-friendly, except for the wheat bread, which
contains honey.
Only chicken and turkey are carried in the store
and must be specially ordered on a dish.
Specialties include vegan/gluten free chili, veg-
gie lasagna and stir fry.
Dandelion Deli and Catering will celebrate its
14th year in Reno this Thanksgiving.
India Garden Restaurant
775-337-8002
Lunch is daily from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner
is 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 5 to 10:30
p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Serves: Indian, buffet
The India Garden Restaurant, run locally in Reno
for the past six years, offers Indian-style food specially
made for vegetarian and vegan customers.
Specialties include Aloo Cholet (chickpeas
with potatoes), Shahi Navrata Korma (an as-
sortment of vegetables including peas, broc-
coli and cauliower cooked in a cream sauce),
Chana Saag (spinach with chickpeas) and
Baing an Chartha (crushed eggplant with Indian
spices).
Prices range from $8.95 to $15.95 for all appe-
tizers and entrees.
Pho
6775 Sierra Center Parkway
775-852-6100
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.;
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m
Serves: Vietnamese
Along with traditional Vietnamese dishes, Pho
offers a full vegetarian menu so all patrons can
experience traditional Vietnamese food.
Popular menu items include Spring rolls with tofu
($4.95) and rice and noodle soups ($6.75 to $7.75).
Pho, which opened two years ago, also serves
a number of vegetable stir frys that include tofu,
rice and curry.
Freemans Natural Hot Dogs
106 California Ave.
775-322-3434
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to varies;
Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Serves: Vegetarian and vegan hot dogs
Freemans Natural Hot Dogs, which opened in
March, serves both vegetarian and vegan-friend-
ly hot dogs and sandwiches.
Popular menu items include veggie hot dogs,
vegan chili and specials like the Bun Burner (sausage
with chipotle sauce, peppers, salsa and jalapeos)
and the Wholly Dog (vegan Italian sausage served
with hummus, organic tomatoes and lemon).
All dogs are served on organically made breads.
Syrups and brownies are also made organically.
Prices run from $3.25 for a regular vegetarian
hot dog to $5.95.
When trying to eat healthy, lots of problems associated with being
a college student can get in the way. But not being able to make it
to the grocery store or being restricted by that pesky meal plan
doesnt have to get in the way of a healthy diet. All restaurants
and eateries on campus offer students options to stay healthy and
trim while dining.
TARA VERDEROSA |
TVERDEROSA@NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
Venues provide vegan-friendly options
In the world of
Big Macs and
spicy chicken
sandwiches, it
can be difcult to
enjoy lifes greener
and more natural
ingredients. Many
restaurants and
shops around Reno,
however, focus on
making delicious
yet vegetarian/
vegan friendly
dishes.
Avoid eating like an
unhealthy Joe on campus
Freemans Natural Hot Dogs
TARA VERDEROSA |
TVERDEROSA@NEVADA
SAGEBRUSH.COM
Port of Subs
Dining Guide 09 NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM C8 SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Exploring drink specials, nding new eats in
town and trying health food its fun.
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INSIDE
C5 | A GUIDE TO DAILY DRINK SPECIALS
Mapping out a
dining adventure
C6 | NEW RESTAURANTS IN RENO
C7 | EATING HEALTHY

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