By Don Weinland

As class registration begins,

a wave of guidance-seeking
students hits University of Ne-
vada, Reno advisers. But some
students say university advising
has not sent them in the right
direction.
While some students rated
the quality of advising in their
department as satisfactory,
others reported frustration with
the organization and accuracy
of their department or colleges
advising.
Changes in degree require-
ments are not always reported
to the Academic Advising Cen-
ter, Director Nancy Markee said.
The disconnect can lead to mis-
information and wasted time,
students said. Some students
have even disregarded advising
completely because they found
it unhelpful.
Alyssa Bland, a 20-year-old
accounting and information
systems major, has mixed
feelings about advising in the
College of Business Administra-
tion. Her experience with an ac-
counting adviser was great, she
said. But general business and
information systems advisers
were pushy and disorganized,
she said.
She basically handed me a
piece of paper and said, This
is what you have to do. Bland
said of her information systems
adviser.
The information systems
adviser, a teaching faculty mem-
ber, couldnt help Bland choose
electives, she said. Correspond-
ing between this adviser and a
general business adviser was a
waste of time.
They just didnt seem to
know where I needed to go for
something as simple as a piece
of paper I needed signed, she
said.
At the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, each college has its
own advising center, said Alison
Chandler, director of advising
at UNLVs College of Business.
Advisers share electronic notes
between colleges, reducing
confusion when dealing with
students who change majors or
have dual majors, she said.
Opinion concerning the
quality of advising varies widely
within colleges. Caleb Wolz, a
19-year-old biochemistry major
at UNR, called his advising ses-
sion insightful and accurate.
She really didnt hold anything
back, he said. She gave me all
the ins and outs for scheduling
this semester.
Janell Mahoney, a 20-year-old
chemistry major, had a less satis-
factory experience with advising
in the College of Science early in
her college career. A mistake her
adviser made put her behind the
rest of her classmates.
She told me not to take phys-
ics my freshman year, Mahoney
said of her adviser. But she was
wrong and I had to take a couple
of summer classes to catch up.
Informing students on what
classes are available and making
sure students get the classes they
need is one of advisings biggest
challenges, said Bill Cathey,
vice provost of instruction and
undergraduate programs. Data
shows how many students
graduate late but it does not tell
administrators why, he said.
Student-to-adviser ratios can
add to the confusion students
experience during advising
sessions. The College of Liberal
Arts has two advisers for 3,000
Editors Note: This is one
story in a series that takes an
in-depth look at programs or
positions on the chopping block
at the University of Nevada,
Reno. Look for the Cost of
Cutting label in the newspaper
each week to learn more about
each entity at risk for closure
or severe reductions during the
states budget shortfall.
By Don Weinland
In white linen gloves, Jacque
Sundstrand cups a 4,000-year-
old Sumerian tablet in the palm
of her hand. The jagged, arrow-
like engravings, or cuneiform,
on the taupe clay deliver an
unexpected message.
It turns out to be a receipt
for a boat, said Sundstrand,
a manuscripts and archives
librarian at the University of Ne-
vada, Renos Special Collections
Department. We had someone
translate it a while ago.
The tablet is about the shape
and size of a iPod Nano.
It and thousands of other
rare books, photographs and
manuscripts are available to
UNR students and faculty as a
source of original research.
But the department, lo-
cated on the second oor of the
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge
Center, could close by June 2012
if the Nevada Legislature passes
Gov. Brian Sandovals proposed
29 percent cut to higher educa-
tion. UNR administrators an-
nounced a proposal March 7 to
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UNR reveals budget plans, college mergers
By Jessica Fryman
The College of Education
and the College of Agriculture,
Biotechnology and Natural
Resources could be dissolved
into departments within other
schools if the state Legislature
passes the proposed $59 million
in cuts to the university.
The University of Nevada,
Reno announced yesterday
the consolidation as part of its
full plan to meet the governors
proposed budget cuts. Faculty
salary reductions and increas-
ing tuition and fees account
for about $20 million, while
programs will be cut to meet the
rest of the proposal. If enacted,
the reductions would happen
during the next year and a half.
For students, the cuts mean
fewer and larger classes, longer
processing times for admissions
and nancial and potential loss
of degree programs, UNR Presi-
dent Milton Glick said.
An estimated 1,600 students
will be affected by the closure
of majors and minors in: edu-
cational leadership; educational
psychology, counseling and hu-
man development; educational
specialties; nutrition; philoso-
phy; French; theater and dance.
Those program cuts would save
about $6 million, according to
a university budget draft. More
than 300 positions would be
eliminated as well.
The difference between
these cuts and the previous
cuts, is that most of the previous
cuts weve announced not
all will likely happen, Glick
said. Whereas we really hope
we think there is a substantial
chance that this last set of cuts
will not happen.
The governors proposal to cut
29.1 percent from higher educa-
tions state funding comes after
UNR has already reduced $44
million from its budget through-
out the last three years.
For this biennium, UNR rst
announced about $25 million in
cuts last month, with the inten-
tion of withholding the rest of
its proposal until the Legislature
passes the state budget in June.
But after requests from legisla-
tors to see the full impact of
potential cuts, UNR evaluated
other programs for possible clo-
sure, Glick said.
The rst set of cuts, announced
Hear an interview with
University of Nevada, Reno
President Milton Glick.
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story in a series that takes an
in-depth look at programs or
positions on the chopping block
at the University of Nevada,
Reno. Look for the Cost of
Cutting label in the newspaper
each week to learn more about
each entity at risk for closure
or severe reductions during the
states budget shortfall.
By Ben Miller
Mary Zabel walked into the
Disability Resource Center one
day last semester to a chaotic
scene holes in the ceiling,
drenched computers and
bumps protruding from the
oor.
I couldnt believe it, said
Zabel, director of the DRC. I
was shocked and a bit over-
whelmed. Where do you start
when it looks like your whole
department is destroyed?
The ofce ooded when a
pipe in an antiquated heating
system froze and burst during
Thanksgiving weekend, said
John Walsh, interim associate
vice president for Facilities
Services. The ofce scrambled
to provide materials and space
for about 200 students with dis-
abilities in time for nal exams
with the help of professors and
administrators, DRC Counselor
Allison Bussa said.
Problems like the one that
caused the Thompson Building
ooding may start piling up if
state leaders pass a $59 million
budget cut to the University of
Nevada, Reno, said Ron Zurek,
vice president of administration
and nance. UNR President
Milton Glick revealed a plan
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Students are tasked with selecting appropriate classes every semester. Some students say university advising is not always helpful.
Facilities cuts may
delay vital repairs
Students: Advising lacks
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Students say procedures can be misleading
University administrators
have targeted the Facilities
Operations department for
about $3 million in budget
reductions.
The department performs
preventative maintenance
on the campus buildings.
U i it d i i t t
MAINTENANCE CUTS
(Advisers) just didnt seem to know where I
needed to go for something as simple as a piece of
paper I needed signed. Alyssa Bland, accounting
and information systems major
The University of Nevada,
Reno has a decentralized
advising system in which
advising between different
colleges varies widely.
The Academic Advising
Center, located in Edmund J.
Cain Hall, advises undecided
and general studies students.
Th U i it f N d
ADVISING AT UNR
By Don Weinland
Yuki Takahashi points at the
YouTube video box on his com-
puter screen; street after street
of indiscriminate destruction
captured from the window of an
SUV.
Overturned cars, leveled
homes and a spectrum of color-
ful debris churned in mud rolls
across the screen as the vehicle
passes through Ishinomaki. A
tsunami and magnitude 9.0
earthquake almost destroyed
the city March 11.
Breaking out of the tunnel-like
wreckage, a clearing appears.
Takahashi, a Truckee Meadows
Community College student,
points again to the screen.
Its my middle school, he
says. Its the only thing I can
recognize in my city.
More than three weeks after
the disaster, Takahashi and
other Reno college students
have raised about $7,000, which
they will donate to the Red Cross.
The Pacic Friends Fund, which
Takahashi founded the day after
the tsunami, gathers daily in the
University of Nevada, Renos
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge
Center. They solicit donations
from students and faculty mem-
bers and give paper cranes to
passersby.
By June 1, the group hopes to
donate $50,000 to cities hit by
the disaster, Takahashi said.
Takahashi, 21, spent most of
his life in Ishinomaki before
moving to Reno about two years
ago. A city of about 160,000, Ishi-
nomaki was quaint and relied
primarily on shing.
His home was destroyed.
The tsunami took everything,
he said. My family couldnt rec-
ognize which one was my home.
The number of missing people
in Japan, more than 15,000 as of
Monday, is an ever-decreasing
gure, Takahashi said, and the
number of dead ever-increasing.
As of Monday, the tsunami
has claimed the lives of 12,259
people, according to the Tokyo
Broadcasting System.
A facility in Ishinomaki has
been designated to house the
bodies. Takahashis parents go
in search daily of his aunt who
is among the missing. But she is
almost certainly dead, he said.
Takahashis immediate family
survived because they werent in
the house when the tsunami hit.
Unfortunately, my aunt was
at my home at the time, Taka-
hashi said solemnly. She could
not escape.
Some of Takahashis friends
have yet to be found, he said.
The roof of Shiori Hatakeya-
mas grandparents home col-
lapsed when the tsunami hit the
city of Kesennuma. Hatakeyama,
a 22-year-old international af-
fairs major at TMCC, said her
grandparents have relocated to
her hometown of Natori. But the
shock has left a scarring impres-
sion.
My grandmother was terribly
shocked about the earthquake,
so she gets weak mentally and
physically, she said.
In Natori, Hatakeyamas
parents are struggling to eat.
Prices have inated and they
must queue for hours to buy
gas. Hatakeyamas brother spent
the past three weeks recovering
bodies from the rubble.
Austin Bachman, a 22-year-old
UNR international affairs major,
was reading news in Japanese
at the Knowledge Center when
Japan was struck by the earth-
quake. At rst, the severity of the
disaster was not evident, he said.
My reading is not very good,
said Bachman, who studied
Japanese for a year in Hiroshima.
I didnt realize the gravity of it.
This wasnt just an earthquake.
This was the earthquake.
Although Nozomi Yanai, a
UNR journalism student, has
experienced many earthquakes
in Japan, she said the March 11
temblor was unprecedented.
My mother said it was the
biggest shake in her entire life,
Yani said.
Food and gasoline shortages
plague Yanais home in Saitama
Prefecture. Electricity shortages
have incapacitated her citys
electric tram system, she said.
UNRs Ofce of International
Students and Scholars contacted
the Japanese consulate and
distributed information to the
campus 68 Japanese students,
said Ayako Kurihara, the ofces
admissions assistant. It also
informed students of scholar-
ships from the Institute of
International Education, which
is offering grants of up to $5,000
to students from the hardest hit
regions, such as Ishinomaki.
While many people on campus
have been generous in their dona-
tions to the Pacic Friends Fund,
Takahashi said some students are
oblivious to problems abroad.
But Takahashi said he under-
stands why some people dont
donate to charities.
Before, I wouldnt donate, he
said. I was suspicious. But this
disaster has really changed my
mind setting.
Don Weinland can be reached at
dweinland@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Disaster hits home for Reno students
PHOTOCOURTESYOFKOJI UEDA
Koji Ueda, an alumnus of the University of Nevada, Reno, lms Reiko Miura, a Japanese citizen whose
home was destroyed as a result of a March 11 earthquake.
The Pacic Friends
Fund will accept donations
to benet Japan all
day weekdays in the
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge
Center.
Th P i F i d
PACIFIC FRIENDS FUND
The tsunami took everything. My family couldnt
recognize which one was my home. Yuki
Takahashi, Japanese student at Truckee Meadows
Community College.
NSHE may hear
merger plans
By Ben Miller
Education leaders will con-
sider re-opening discussions
about consolidating or closing
campuses on Friday.
The Nevada System of Higher
Educations Board of Regents
voted not to discuss such mea-
sures March 11 after hearing
two hours of public comment,
much of which argued against
mergers or closures.
The students who were go-
ing to go to (Western Nevada
College) were saying, Should I
even enroll? said Anne Han-
sen, director of information and
marketing services at WNC.
Desert Research Institute
President Stephen Wells said
the discussion has directly
impacted DRI. He has received
notice from 23 faculty members
that they will leave the institute
by the end of June, Wells said.
For a group that has about
150 research faculty, thats a big
deal, he said. Ive been presi-
dent for about 12 years and Ive
never seen anything like it.
But taking options off the
table isnt conducive to an
open discussion with students,
faculty and state leaders, said
James Dean Leavitt, chair of the
Board of Regents.
NSHE Chancellor Dan Klaich
said the state Legislature asked
him on March 22 to provide
information about the impacts
campus consolidation and clo-
sures would have on the system.
He will answer the question to
the best of his ability, even if the
Board doesnt retract the previ-
ous motion, Klaich said.
The Board will also discuss
specic impacts of Gov. Brian
Sandovals proposed cuts to
the system at the meeting,
said Crystal Abba, NSHEs vice
chancellor for academic and
student affairs. The discussion
will focus mostly on specic
contingency plans should the
Legislature approve Sandovals
cuts, she said.
(A state revenue increase) is
not looking very likely, Abba
said.
Ben Miller can be reached at
bmiller@nevadasagebrush.com.
What: Meeting of the
Nevada System of Higher
Educations Board of Regents
When: 9 a.m. Friday
Where: Online at system.
nevada.edu
Wh t M ti f th
HIGHER ED MEETING
ASUN
Senate passes book swap,
pantry and employment acts
DONWEINLAND/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
The undergraduate student senate is close to the end of its session.
Full title: S.B. 78-58,
ASUN-GSA Food Pantry
Transfer Agreement
The bill transfers
ownership of the Graduate
Student Associations food
pantry to the Associated
Students of the University
of Nevada.
The food pantry was
created to provide food
to students in need of
nancial support.
The bill transferred
$3,417.62 from GSA to ASUN.
F ll titl S B 78 58
FOOD PANTRY
Full title: S.B. 78-45, An
Act Making Appropriations
to Maintain the ASUN
Textbook Swap, in
Accordance With SAS Title
XXI, Chapter 2101
The bill requires ASUN
to create a website to
facilitate students selling
their textbooks to one
another.
The program will cost
ASUN $15 each session for
the domain, according to
the bill.
F ll titl S B 78 45 A
TEXTBOOK SWAP
Full title: S.B. 78-55,
Expressing the Sense of the
Senate in Regards to the
Expansion of On-Campus
Student Employment
Through Third-Party
Vendors and the Amount of
Hours Students are Able to
Work on Campus
The legislation suggests
university administrators
rewrite contracts with food
vendors such as Panda
Express on campus to hire
more students.
F ll titl S B 78 55
EMPLOYMENT
The Associated
Students of the
University of Nevada
Senate passed three
pieces of legislation
last Wednesday at
its weekly meeting.
The meeting was the
second-to-last regular
senate meeting of the
session.
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Weekly Update
Campus
Events
CAMPUS RAIL JAM SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING COMPETITION VISITS UNR
For a full listing:
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calendar
THURSDAY/7
UNIVERSITY AUTHOR
LECTURE
When: 7-8:30 p.m.
Where: Faculty and Gradu-
ate Reading Room on the
fourth oor of the Mathews-
on-IGT Knowledge Center
Political science professor
Leonard Weinberg will
discuss terrorism.
For more information, con-
tact Angela Bakker at 775-
784-4636.
THURSDAY/7
DISCOVER SCIENCE
LECTURE SERIES
When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: Redeld Auditorium,
Davidson Mathematics and
Science Center
Archaeologist Anna
Roosevelt will give her
presentation, Eleven
Thousand Years of Long-
Term Human Environment
Interaction in Amazonia.
For more information, con-
tact Melissa Bell at 775-682-
8796.
RENO JAZZ FESTIVAL
When: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: locations on campus
The festival will run through
Saturday and will feature
activities from concerts to
educational clinics. Ticket
prices vary for each event.
For more information,
contact CJ Walters at 775-
784-5278. For a full schedule
of events, go to unr.edu/rjf.
WEATHER FORECAST
High
temperature:
Low
temperature:
65 60 44 42
40 35 25 27
Highs: 48-53
Lows: 30-35
Forecast prepared by
the Reno-Lake Tahoe
student chapter of the
American Meteorological
Society. For more
information visit their
Web site at http://www.
ametsoc.org/chapters/
renotahoe/
Cloudy and
windy
Cloudy and
windy
Partly cloudy,
chance of snow
UNR WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: A ridge bringing us Mondays warm temperatures will begin to weaken Tuesday
and Wednesday, allowing a frigid trough to dig into the area toward the end of the week. Clouds and wind will increase
steadily Tuesday and Wednesday, as a cold front approaches the area. Snow will reach the valley oor, but precipitation
will be light. Cold air will begin departing by the weekend, with high temperatures back into the 50s by Sunday afternoon.
Rain/snow
showers likely
Partly cloudy
150
ALPINE
MEADOWS
192
SIERRA-AT-
TAHOE
275
BOREAL
134
MOUNT ROSE
100
HEAVENLY
95
NORTHSTAR
POWDER REPORT
DISCUSSION: Wind gusts could reach up to 40
miles per hour in the region this afternoon. A
cold low-pressure front will bring down tem-
peratures from Wednesday through the end
of the week. Snow showers are likely to come
Thursday and Friday.
Sierra-at-Tahoe: Purchase
a three-day lift ticket for any
three days of the season for
$153.
Boreal: Sign up for an iRide
card, buy two all-day lift tickets
and receive a third day free.
Mt. Rose: Bring in a valid
college ID card to purchase an
all-day lift ticket for $35 any
Wednesday.
Northstar: Bring in a free
voucher from a Northstar
partner shop to get a
$61 lift ticket. For a list of
partner shops, go to www.
northstarattahoe.com.
RESORT SPECIALS
APRIL 3
Police responded to a report
of weapons offenses at North
McCarran Boulevard and
North Virginia Street.
Ofcers responded to trafc
violations including failing
to stop, not having a license
and not having head lamps
at 2800 Enterprise Road.
Ofcers arrested an
individual for an outstanding
warrant at North Center
and Maple streets.
Police cited an individual for
being a minor in possession
and consumption at North
Virginia and 15th streets.
APRIL 2
Ofcers responded to a
report of destruction of
property at Lincoln Hall.
Police responded to a report
of petit larceny at Lombardi
Recreation Center.
Ofcers responded to a
trafc accident at the Mack
Social Science building.
Police arrested an indi-
vidual for an outstanding
warrant at West Ninth and
North Sierra streets.
Ofcers cited three suspects
for being minors in pos-
session and consumption
at University Terrace.
POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS
UNRS VICE PRESIDENT
OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY LEAVES
UNIVERSITY
A University of Nevada, Reno
administrator left campus
Friday to work for the Nevada
System of Higher Education.
Steven Zink, UNRs vice
president of information
technology, worked at the
university for more than 30
years before NSHEs Board of
Regents appointed him to the
position of vice chancellor of
information technology March
11, Zink said.
UNR Provost Marc Johnson
said the university will most
likely go without a replacement
for his position until 2013. But
a replacement for Zinks duties
as dean of libraries has been
chosen on an interim basis.
Kathy Ray, the replacement
for the position, has been the
senior director of libraries since
August 2010. Before she was at
UNR, Ray served as the univer-
sity librarian for the American
University of Sharjah in the
United Arab Emirates for about
six years, she said.
Ray said she hopes to con-
tinue emphasizing technology
integration in UNRs libraries.
ASUN PROVIDES PRAYER
ROOM FOR CHRISTIANS
THROUGH APRIL
The undergraduate student
government will host an open
prayer room in the student
union for Christians through
the end of April.
The Associated Students of
The University of Nevada has
booked different rooms at dif-
ferent times in the Joe Crowley
Student Union, said ASUN
Unity Commissioner Shirley
Diaz. The rooms will be avail-
able for one hour every day.
The Unity Commission set up
the agreement when Christian
students contacted her after
hearing about a similar service
for Muslim students during the
month of Ramadan last semes-
ter, she said.
The rooms are open to any-
body, but campus Christian
organizations have already
reserved time on many of the
days to hold worship groups
and bring in pastors, Diaz said.
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By Stephen Ward
Students partnered with peta2
amassed more than 1,200 signa-
tures March 24-25 in support of
bringing more animal-friendly
food to the university.
During their two-day visit to
campus, peta2 members garbed
in chicken costumes asked stu-
dents to sign a petition in favor
of increasing the vegetarian and
vegan options on campus.
Ryan Huiling, assistant man-
ager of college campaigns for
peta2, was excited about the
number of people who signed.
(Peta2) wants to show (The
University of Nevada, Reno)
the overwhelming demand for
vegan-friendly, cruelty-free din-
ing options from its students,
Huiling said.
The groups stop at UNR is one
of 50 planned visits to schools
across the U.S. Huiling said
he hoped the university sees
success similar to that of the
University of Miami, where the
school is revamping its menus
to include items such as vegan
tacos and meatless ribs.
Amaia Oiz, a 32-year-old
graduate student studying
educational leadership, worked
closely with peta2 to assemble
the petition.
Oiz said she never eats on
campus because the restaurants
use animal products to prepare
their meatless dishes. She cited
rice made with chicken stock
and beans made with animal
lard as examples, emphasizing
how she checks the ne print
before dining somewhere.
Im more conscious about
how food is processed and gets
to my plate, Oiz said.
Although the petition received
ample support, Barbara Hanke,
director of Resident Dining at
UNR, said she works hard to
accommodate for students with
particular diets. Hanke referred
to a trip to Whole Foods Market
two weekends ago where she
bought vegan tofu turkey and
vegan sloppy Joes for a student.
For vegan students that come
into my ofce, I generally have
no problem going shopping for
them, Hanke said.
According to Hanke, com-
plaints that prompt trips to the
grocery market are few and far
between. She recalled only six
students in the past year that
required special service.
Chartwells District Manager
Chris von Glahn added that the
Downunder Cafe in Argenta
Hall always has at least one
entre per meal, a vegan soup
and garden burgers available for
vegetarian and vegan students.
However, Glahn also said
the food is tailored to demand.
Glahn gave the example of stu-
dents waiting in long lines for
chicken tenders and fries rather
than the salad bar and other
areas in the Downunder Cafe.
Were here to serve what the
students want, Glahn said. Its
really about demand, and we
react to that.
Russ Meyer, associate director
for Housing Operations and
Dining Services, has yet to see
the petition. Students in posses-
sion of the petition were unable
to be reached.
Stephen Ward can be reached at
sward@nevadasagebrush.com.
By Riley Snyder
A student-led charity group is
nding innovative ways to create
interest for local charities during
a 30-day community shoe drive
that ends April 15.
University of Nevada, Reno
student club The Reno Saints,
which was founded this semes-
ter, is dedicated to assisting
local charities and nonprot
organizations, said founder
Justin Rashidi. The group has
partnered with nonprot or-
ganization Think Kindness in
attempting to collect 100,000
shoes in 30 days, of which about
20,000 will go to underprivileged
youth in Washoe County, said
Think Kindness founder Brian
Williams.
I think that its important for
students to get involved on two
aspects: It bridges connections
with people in community and
it provides a unique learning
opportunity, Williams said.
The Reno Saints have set up
containers at residence halls,
several fraternity and sorority
houses, and other locations on
campus. The group has collected
about 500 shoes so far, said Reno
Saints treasurer Mohammad
Reza Saba. The group would
like to have more donations, but
traditional advertising is often
ineffective at inuencing par-
ticipation in charity programs,
Saba said.
Many students are only drawn
to charity events if they require
little input, like the Tau Kappa
Epsilon Sausagefest and the
ability to donate to Haiti via text
message, TKE member Jarron
Audette said.
People respond to incentives
a lot better than the idea of help-
ing people, Audette said.
Because many students are
apathetic to traditional charity
events, The Reno Saints will be
holding a Shots for Shoes event
at the Brew Brothers bar in the
Eldorado Hotel and Casino on
April 14. At the event, students
can trade in a pair of shoes for a
free shot of alcohol.
However, attracting students
to charity events can be difcult
because of a lack of advertising,
Saba said. Shoe collections at the
residence halls have remained
low, despite the high number of
residents, Rashidi said.
If students are unaware
of charity and volunteer
opportunities, they can appear
to be apathetic toward many
issues, Saba said.
We want to promote that UNR
cares about the community, and
cares about whats going on in
the world right now, Saba said.
On April 15, Think Kindness
will host a two-mile barefoot
walk-a-thon at the Sparks
Marina, which will culminate
in the group sending off all the
donated shoes.
Riley Snyder can be reached at
rsnyder@nevadasagebrush.com.
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ingredient in it called casien.
You could be craving that.
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karate-reptile speaking.
Students work to donate shoes to charity
Who: Local nonprot
charity organization The
Reno Saints.
What: The group will
host an event where
students get a free shot of
liquor for a pair of shoes.
When: 10 p.m.-midnight
April 14
Where: Brew Brothers at
Eldorado Hotel and Casino
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SHOTS FOR SHOES
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The Reno Saints, a local nonprot charity group, are trying to collect 100,000 shoes in 30 days to donate to people affected by disasters.
Vegans press for more food options
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Students recently petitioned to have more animal-friendly food
options on campus. Cantina del Lobo cooks beans and rice with
animal products.
Peta2 representatives
were on campus from
March 24-25 to conduct a
petition for more vegan- and
vegetarian-friendly options
on campus. More than 1,200
students signed the petition.
Dining services ofcials
said there are numerous
animal-friendly food options
on campus, including one
vegan entree per night, a
salad bar and garden burgers
at the Downunder Cafe in
Argenta Hall.
P t 2 t ti
VEGAN PETITION
(Peta2) wants to show (The University of Nevada,
Reno) the overwhelming demand for vegan-
friendly, cruelty-free dining options from its
students. Ryan Huiling, peta2 member
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March 7, are already underway
in the curricular review process
in which programs submit a
defense against possible closure.
Those reductions include the
elimination of French, dance,
theater and signicant cuts to
student services, library services
and facilities services. The pro-
grams announced today for po-
tential closure will not undergo
curricular review unless the nal
budget passed in June indicates
it is necessary, Glick said.
Many of the programs an-
nounced for potential closure
today come in the wake of the
universitys attempt to protect
the School of Medicine, Glick
said. Sandoval proposed a 30
percent cut, or $10 million, to
the medical school, but the
university decided it would cut
other programs to lessen that
reduction to $3 million.
The university as a whole
is giving up dollars because
we think the health care of the
people of Nevada is such a high
priority, Glick said. But even
then, $3 million is still a lot of
money to cut your budget by.
If all the cuts are passed, one of
the biggest changes could be the
elimination of administrative
overhead in COE and CABNR as
they would be consolidated into
the College of Liberal Arts and
College of Science, respectively.
The move would save about $1
million from the COE and about
$830,000 from CABNR.
We arent talking about
people who sit in their ofces
and order people around, were
talking about people who really
make the academic programs
work, Glick said. I think if
students cant get their nancial
aid, their admissions documents
processed, I think that has a sub-
stantial impact on them.
With most of the cuts to the
College of Education coming
from graduate programs, Glick
said the intention is for the
school to focus on undergradu-
ate students and educating
primary and secondary teach-
ers as well as counselors and
principals.
For education pre-major
Stephanie Nowicki, the consoli-
dation proposal is better than a
complete elimination of the col-
lege. She said she understands
the state is in a budget decit
but doesnt think its priorities
are in order.
I think its a bad idea to cut from
the College of Education because
it produces the states teachers,
the 20-year-old sophomore said.
I think teachers will always be
needed. Having less teachers
means class sizes will be increased
and achievement levels will drop.
The state will go even further
down the academic scale.
Jessica Kim, an 18-year-old
biotechnology student, said a
consolidation of CABNR would
also detract from the quality of
education.
Ive grown really attached to
the college, she said. They pro-
vide individual attention to their
students. Moving to the College
of Science, I feel like students
will just get lost.
Aside from the possible merg-
ers, other departments will see
all of their state funding pulled if
the governors budget is passed.
For those programs, including
Basque Studies, the Center for
Justice Studies and the Child
and Family Research Center,
Glick said he hopes they will nd
other ways of raising revenue
or cutting back, so they will not
have to close completely.
In addition to academics, the
athletics department will also
see a signicant reduction. Be-
cause mens sports cant be cut
due to NCAA policies of Division
I A schools and womens sports
cant be reduced in order to
stay compliant with Title IX, the
department will have to raise
revenue through donations and
ticket prices, Glick said.
He said the goal is to remain
in Division I because revenues
drop rapidly with lower status.
Glick emphasized that the cuts
are more about people and less
about programs.
I think these are very serious
cuts that have real serious, nega-
tive impact on the students, on
the university community and
on the states future, he said.
Nowicki said she came to UNR
from California because of the
state and universitys promising
outlook, but now feels like she
left her home for no reason.
Kim also chose UNR over other
options, such as University of
California, Berkeley and the Uni-
versity of California, Los Angeles.
She said while she plans to nish
her degree in Nevada, she will
likely leave upon graduation.
These cuts tell me that the
state doesnt value education
and I wouldnt want to raise my
kids in a state like this, she said.
Glick said the university
worries how the cuts and rising
cost of tuition effect enrollment
because it could damage the
states ability to produce gradu-
ates who contribute to Nevadas
economic growth.
We are really cutting right
into bone, and I dont believe its
in the best of interest of the state,
the states economic future,
Glick said. I think we are doing
things that have high potential
of damaging the economic pros-
perity of the state.
Jessica Fryman can be reached at
jfryman@nevadasagebrush.com.
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eliminate Special Collections
along with degrees in French,
theater and dance.
Although the department is
important to the universitys
mission, it doesnt produce
graduates, Provost Marc John-
son said.
By closing them, were not
going to stop students from
graduating, he said.
The universitys proposal
would keep Special Collections
materials available on an as-
needed basis. But Special Col-
lections Director Donnie Curtis
said any use of the departments
items requires supervision and
the professional care of trained
staff.
Cutting Special Collections
would eliminate three tenured
positions and $436,138 from
UNRs annual budget. The
items, some of which are
considered university and state
treasures, would sit dormant.
In defense of the Special Col-
lections, Curtis has focused on
the quality of the department,
not the quantity of students
who use it. The number of un-
dergraduate visitors is low, she
said. Most users are graduates
and visiting scholars.
One of the departments
greatest strengths is in its con-
tribution to other departments,
Curtis said. Students of history,
geology, anthropology and art
use the collections as original
sources for research otherwise
unobtainable.
Special Collections connec-
tion to the university is broad
but not as integral as instruc-
tional departments, Johnson
said. While Special Collections
enhances other departments,
it doesnt offer requirement-
fullling classes.
Bob Blesse, director of Special
Collections from 1981 to 2006,
said he takes students in his
book art class every semester
to look at and turn the pages of
The Nuremburg Chronicles, an
illustrated history of the world
produced in 1493.
I tell them, Youll never be
able to handle a book like this
again, he said.
Keeping the department
open is also a commitment to
the donors that have provided
it materials since it opened in
1965, Blesse said. State senators
such as Paul Laxalt and Harry
Reid donated their senatorial
collections to the department
with the promise of keeping
them available to the public,
Blesse said.
Local author and artist Wil-
liam Fox said he is dismayed
that his donations to Special
Collections could be locked
away. If the proposal passes,
Fox said he would be forced to
send future donations to other
universities.
The disuse of such a wealth
of original information is
hard for Curtis to consider.
In accepting donation, the
university has a commitment
to its donors, she said.
They gave us their family
papers, their research papers,
with the thought that people
would use them, Curtis said.
I think we have really be-
trayed the public trust by even
suggesting to close Special
Collections.
Curtis submitted the depart-
ments defense to the provosts
ofce April 1 and said she is
optimistic about keeping the
department alive. Through
decreases in staff and hours of
operation, as well as possible
new sources of funding, she
believes the resource could
remain available to students
and faculty.
DonWeinlandcanbereachedat
dweinland@nevadasagebrush.com.
Collections
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March 7 to meet part of the cuts
that included taking about $3
million out of Facilities Services.
But Facilities Services already
receives only a fraction of its re-
quested budget, Walsh said. The
department usually requests
more than $30 million in state
money and receives about $5
million. Because of this, main-
tenance often piles up, leaving
facilities like Thompson, which
is more than 90 years old, with
outdated systems, Zurek said.
Because the program contains
no tenured faculty, no protocol
requires UNR administrators to
hear a defense from Facilities
Services, said Provost Marc
Johnson. If the state Legislature
passes about $24 million in
reductions to the university
less than half of the governors
proposal the department will
sustain the cuts.
Glicks plan details cuts to
workers, operations funding,
staff cell phones and the depart-
ments vehicle eet. The combi-
nation would increase the time
it takes for the department to
service more than 130 buildings
across 270 acres on the univer-
sitys main campus, Zurek said.
I think its important that
people understand were talking
about a small city here, Zurek
said.
Delays could worsen during
the winter, when much of the
departments time would be
taken up in making sure the
campus was safe for its students
and employees, he said. Routine
work orders, such as replacing
light bulbs, could also take lon-
ger to complete.
The plan also suggests elimi-
nating 36 custodial positions in
the department. The decrease
could result in an overall de-
cline in the campus aesthetic
quality, which is one of UNRs
recruitment tools, Zurek said.
Custodial workers constantly
grooming the campus, picking
up garbage and taking care of
the universitys lawns, trees and
garden space Walsh said.
Little problems such as those,
as well as the larger emergency-
type problems will begin to add
up over time, Zurek said.
Its kind of one of those, Pay
me now or pay me later situa-
tions, he said. Because you will
have to pay eventually to keep
your buildings functional.
Ben Miller can be reached at
bmiller@nevadasagebrush.com.
Facilities
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If the Legislature passes Gov. Brian Sandovals budget as-is,
UNRs plan to cut $58.8 million includes the following:
Permanent elimination of 318 positions, 1,600 students directly
impacted by reductions in degree areas
Consolidation of four colleges into two:
College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources into
College of Science, College of Education into College of Liberal Arts
Elimination of majors/minors:
Educational Leadership, Educational Psychology, Counseling
and Human Development, Educational Specialties, Nutrition,
Philosophy, French, Theater, Dance
Elimination of:
Center for Research Design and Analysis, University Assessment
Ofce, Special Collections library staff
Elimination of all state funding for:
Basque Studies, International Students and Scholars, Center
for Justice Studies, Child and Family Research Center, Lombardi
Wellness Center, Center for Substance Abuse Technology, New
Student Initiatives Program, Latino Research Center, Black Rock Press
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students, said Danielle Young,
an adviser in the college. While
each department has its own
advisers, the majority of whom
are teaching faculty, liberal arts
students looking for general
advising could wait up to three
weeks for an appointment, she
said.
Darren Griswold, a Spanish
instructor and faculty adviser,
advises about 200 students per
semester while teaching three
to four classes. He said he meets
with many of his students more
than once per semester.
For me, (advising) is signi-
cant, Griswold said. I even try
to make myself available during
the summer, even though Im
not teaching.
Advising in the School of Com-
munity Health Sciences was a
pleasant experience for Carlee
Spangler. She said her advisers
were friendly and helpful in in-
troducing degree requirements.
As a new student, you dont
really know what classes are
good, Spangler, 18, said. They
helped me with that.
Jin Gweon, an 18-year-old
pre-nursing student, said she
was dissatised with the lack
of engagement during a group
advising session at the Orvis
School of Nursing. She said the
session was rushed and allowed
few opportunities for questions.
Gweon said she would like
advisers to check up on how
classes are going, offer advice
on what classes should be taken
outside of her major and give
students a few options.
Pat Wilson, the College of Sci-
ences professional adviser, said
group advising could become
more prevalent if university
resources continue to decline
because of budget cuts.
Budget cuts will ultimately
lead to fewer academic op-
portunities for students, Cathey
said. The university will need to
learn to use group advising more
efciently, he said.
Group advising runs contrary
to some of the goals of advising.
Wilson, who has been at UNR
for 19 years, said advisers should
see each student as an individual
and consider the work and fam-
ily obligation many students
have.
UNR also lacks professional
advising resources for students
preparing for law or medical
school, Wilson said. Her position
as a campuswide professional
resource was eliminated during
last years budget cuts. Because
not all advisers are trained in
professional advising, students
will have to be more assertive in
getting information.
Students are just going to
have to talk to their advisers or
look things up on the internet,
Wilson said.
Lauren Bernstein, a 22-year-
old Spanish major, said she
has taken advising into her
own hands. She said she hasnt
met with an adviser in her
department for a year and a half
because advisers have been dis-
organized and the information
has not been benecial.
Bernstein said she is interested
in graduate school but pertinent
information has never been ac-
cessible to her.
Markee in the Academic Ad-
vising Center said she is aware of
the shortfalls of UNRs advising.
The university does not have
campuswide training for advis-
ers, nor does it have a method
of assessing student satisfaction
with advising, she said. Budget
woes may be holding some of
these developments back, she
said.
We know that we need these
things but with budget cuts there
are other things the university
is paying attention to, Markee
said.
The National Survey of Stu-
dent Engagement is a vague
indicator of student satisfaction
with advising, Markee said. UNR
scored a B- in advising, but the
survey gave no indication of
what students were satised or
dissatised with.
UNR is in the process of
getting a Complete College
America grant from the Gates
Foundation, Cathey said. The
$1 million grant will help collect
information needed to improve
the universitys advising, he
said.
Don Weinland can be reached at
dweinland@nevadasagebrush.com.
Advising
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Budget cuts to Facilities Operations would mean less routine maintenance and groundskeeping at the
University of Nevada, Reno, resulting in an aesthetic decline, administrators said.
The Department of Special
Collections at the University
of Nevada, Reno is home
to many items available
nowhere else in the state:
About 200,000
photographs from around
Nevada.
A signed copy of Life
among the Paiutes by Sarah
Winnenucca Hopkins printed
in 1884.
An illustrated book by
Petrarca. The book was
printed in 1478, before the
printing press.
An original copy of
Shakespears The Merchant
of Venice, dated 1623.
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
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Students from across the state rallied against budget cuts March 21 in Carson City.
Opinion
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Vegan activists need worthwhile cause
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Three
sleepless days,
one wonky eye
SNARK ATTACK
What is the longest you have ever gone without sleep and why?
CAMPUSCHAT
GENERATIONAL GAP
Handwritten letters great way
to reach out to older generation
nevadasagebrush.com A6 APRIL 5, 2011
R
ecently on Skype, I
received a call request
from what I thought
was a random user. I
was surprised to learn the user
was my 89-year-old grandfa-
ther. I was completely shocked.
While it was nice to chat with
my grandfather via Skype, I
began to feel sad and homesick
after my
short
contact
with him.
I realized
it was
because
I had not
visited my
grandpar-
ents in
more than
a year.
This
feeling of sadness and regret
made me become conscious of
the fact that communication
efforts should come equally
from all different generations.
Grandparents shouldnt have to
create a Skype account in order
to speak to their loved ones.
The younger generation needs
to put forth an effort as well.
It is difcult for the older
generation to catch up on
this generations hot topics
in pop culture, lingo and
technology. Such disconnect
and generational gap can leave
less tech-savvy elders feeling
lonely and isolated from their
grandchildren and younger
loved ones.
My grandmother once said
to me, Our children are grown
up and their kids are also grown
up. Its now time for me and my
husband to be all alone at our
house.
She said this with an accept-
ing smile, but I could see the
pain in her eyes. I wondered
how she felt when she didnt
hear from me in a long while.
In Japan, people say, No
letter means they are doing
well. But thats no excuse for
me not to have contacted my
grandparents for so long.
My grandmother is not keen
on the idea of the Internet and I
cannot talk to her on the phone
because her ears no longer pick
up sound from telephones.
So, I decided to reach out to my
grandparents and contact them
in the way they are most familiar
with handwritten letters.
Sending out a handwritten
letter to your grandparents
or other members of an older
generation is a great way to
communicate. Compared to
the instant gratication that
telephone or Internet-based
contact provides, it might seem
like snail mail is a waste of time.
However, I think a handwritten
letter is the sweetest form of
communication.
Your personality and
warmth are easily detected in a
handwritten letter, compared
to the almost sterile quality of
an email. Little things like your
distinctive handwriting can be
comfort to loved ones.
I still remember how excited
I was the rst time I went to an
American grocery store and saw
the aisles full of card options.
There is such a wide array of
cards to choose from.
While its nice to send your
loved ones Christmas and
birthday cards, why not send
out surprise cards throughout
the year just to let people
know how much you love and
appreciate them?
Another plus to physical
letters is that they will exist for
years to come and will act as a
reminder of your love for those
you cherish. It warms my heart
to know that my grandparents
tape my cards on their wall to
admire them.
Kayoko Watanabe studies
international affairs. She can
be reached at opinion@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
I
t was nearing 2:30 a.m. Saturday and I was shaking
and crying while watching Mean Girls between
intervals of sticking my face in the freezer and
drinking nausea-inducing energy shots that tasted
like baby aspirin. It was hour 68 of not sleeping.
I may not be on the Deans list, but if there is one
thing I do well academically, its pulling all-nighters.
So when my antagonistic
co-workers challenged me to stay
awake for as long as possible, I
didnt hesitate. I gured I could last
ve days without collapsing and get
stuff done during the process.
Clearly, I was trippin.
The rst 24 hours werent too
bad. I actually did my assigned
class reading for once and felt
semi-productive.
But by hour 44, I felt like I was
entering a catatonic state, so I
decided to go outside and take
a walk downtown at 2 a.m., hoping the cold air and
bright lights would invigorate my nearly dead mind.
While wandering around Renos strip like an escaped
Alzheimers patient, an Ol Dirty Bastard look-a-like
who was as tweeked out as I felt asked me if I was OK.
I explained my experiment to the concerned citizen
and he simply said, Girl, you done lost your damn
mind. Indeed I had, ODB.
After being lectured by a druggie, I enlisted other
torturous tactics to keep myself awake, including several
subzero showers, popping caffeine pills like Tic Tacs and
breathing in dangerous amounts of Vicks vapor rub.
I not only felt awful physically, I looked awful as well.
Id like to think that normally my looks can be ranked
as a four out of ten on a good day. But by the end of day
two, what little stock I had completely dropped, the
Great Depression-style.
Between the dark rings around my bloodshot eyes
and constant drooling, I looked like a rabid raccoon
lurching on campus. Im surprised no one tried to
shoot me like Old Yeller. The Paris Hilton-like lazy eye I
developed didnt help matters.
I heard fear stimulates the brain, so I decided to go
on a horror lm binge. After watching some highly
renowned scary icks, such as the Oscar-worthy
Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood, I didnt feel any less
exhausted, just more terried of petite gingers.
Finally, after three agonizing days and countless
stupid gambits tried in attempt to prevent exhaustion, I
passed out at the 70 hour mark.
It wasnt until hours later when I woke with my head
nestled on my laptop that I realized my body gave
in. The command key got so submerged in drool, it
doesnt even work anymore.
While I may have aged 10 years and shaved 13 off
my life span, it was not all in vain, for I leave you with
this deeply insightful advice do not rely on skipping
sleep when it comes time for nals. Otherwise, you run
the risk of becoming a train wreck like me. Can you
think of anything worse?
Enjolie Esteve studies journalism and philosophy. She
can be reached at eesteve@nevadasagebrush.com.
S
uccessful activism
works toward ac-
tual needs, rather than
focusing on superficial
complaints. peta2, a group
petitioning for more vegan
food options on campus,
should instead focus its efforts
on something more productive
and necessary such as
increasing health awareness to
lower obesity rates.
It is unnecessary for peta2
to petition for more food
choices because the Univer-
sity of Nevada, Reno already
has sufficiently catered its
food options for several
types of eaters the healthy,
not-so health conscious,
vegetarians and even vegans.
The Downunder Caf
has a full salad bar along
with veggie burgers and
alternating vegan entrees,
The Overlook and Panda
Express offer vegetable and
tofu stirfrys and both Port
of Subs and Einstein Bagels
offer vegetarian-friendly
sandwiches.
The new Pathways Caf,
located in the Center for
Molecular Medicine, is
organic and almost exclu-
sively vegetarian and vegan in
its menu.
With few vegan students
and faculty on campus, ask-
ing for much else is impracti-
cal. University vendors must
consider serving the greater
good, rather than focusing
on a small population that
chooses such a limiting
culinary lifestyle.
In a time when slashing
budgets is becoming the
norm, the university cant be
asked to make special food
options available to such few
customers that should be
able to help themselves.
It would be simpler for
vegans to make their own
lunches to bring to school,
which is both cheaper and
healthier than eating out.
Its easy to carry a piece of
fruit, a bag of sunflower seeds
and nuts or a Tupperware of
salad in a backpack.
If eating out is the desire,
there are also several specifi-
cally vegan-friendly restau-
rants near campus, such as
Pneumatic Diner, the Great
Basin Food Co-Op, various
Pho venues and Dandelion
Deli.
With so many options
already available to vegans
at UNR, peta2 is petty in
fighting for needs that are
already being met. Having so
many other worthy causes
that need support such as
health awareness diminishes
the groups efforts to whiny
complaints rather than
worthwhile ventures.
The group should continue
spending its time standing
up for a cause, but instead
choose a focus that actually
needs support.
The Nevada Sagebrush can be
reached at editor@nevadasage-
brush.com.
I stayed up for
24 hours to work
on a project
for my history
class.
Brandy Reynolds
19, biology
I was up for
26 hours at
a leadership
convention. I
was preparing
my outt.
David Perez
19, music
I went 27 hours
without sleep
to study for a
nal.
Emerson Acevedo
20, criminal
justice
Thirty-eight
hours. I had
to study for a
neurobio nal.
America Acevedo
21, neuro science
Enjolie
Esteve
Kayoko
Watanabe
WEB
NOTES
STORY:
OPINION:
STRIPPING GETS BAD
REP, IS ACTUALLY
LIBERATING AND
POWERFUL
On March, 31 11:14 a.m.,
Beth wrote:
So all we do is objectify
women? Two wrongs dont
make a right. You are using
that as an excuse to do what
you want. Why exacerbate
the issue by participating in
the activity? Dont attempt
to defend deviant behavior
by saying everyone does it. If
everyone jumped of a bridge,
well you know the rest. And
trust me, customers are
judged plenty, sweetheart.
Dont be fooled. Nobody
reputable brags about paying
for female attention.
STORY:
OPINION:
U.S. SHOULD TAKE
NOTE OF CLASSY
JAPANESE CONDUCT
On March, 29 8:33 a.m.,
Hailey Stephens wrote:
Becca, just when I thought I
might actually really enjoy
and actually agree with,
you threw it all out the
window with a) victims
of the hurricane were lazy
and entitled, and b) but
Americans throw a temper
tantrum the minute our
government proposes a
reduction in union benets.
While the stories your
parents share may be true
about some of the residents,
these hurricane survivors
were already in impoverished
conditions before the
hurricane hit. They went
weeks without any assistance
to clean water, food and
shelter common necessities
the most powerful country
in the world should afford
its citizens especially in
times of despair. For every
story your parents shared
about an entitled person
who lost their home, family
members, pets, every worldly
possession I guarantee you
there is a story of a victim
who rose above the travesty
to help their fellow citizens.
Also, open your conservative
mind to see that these budget
cuts toward unions are more
than about the budget.
This is the republican base
trying to take away one
of the greatest sources of
funding for democrats. With
elections, most importantly
the presidential election next
year, republicans are doing
everything in their power to
kick President Obama out of
ofce. I respect your opinion
and ideology but you arent
looking at this in the way that
politics works, just sticking
to your guns with no room
for empathy. Also, these cuts
will drastically affect people
like you women. Professions
that arent vulnerable such as
reghters and police ofcers
are male dominated leaving
most female dominated
elds such as teaching and
nursing open to these cuts
and hurting women.
Youre a brilliant girl, albeit
we dont agree on many
issues, I wish you would be
a little more compassionate
and try to see the other side
to some situations every
once in a while. Just because
youre a conservative opinion
writer doesnt mean that you
cant nd a middle ground
with the other side (same
applies to liberals). The
problem with our country is
the disparity between our
two parties and the hostility
taking place inside legislative
buildings across the country
and even between college
peers.
Respectfully,
Hailey
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A
funny thing happened to me
last week.
In the middle of conducting
a grueling chain of interviews
for another one
of my captivating
stories, the
courtesy title of a
university adminis-
trator escaped my
memory. It wasnt
a big deal, just the
associate dean of a
college.
As the deans
secretary answered
the phone, my
mind was still
drawing a blank.
All air had ed my
lungs once the second hello pricked
my ear. But I had to say something.
The war going on in my head was
whether to address the person as
professor, dean or Ms. I went with
Ms. to play it safe.
This resulted in my learning that I
have a graceless perception of what
playing it safe is.
I ended up getting cut off with a
loud grunt, followed by the assistant
informing me the proper title for this
person was doctor. Of course, I was
told the source was unavailable after
making such a blunder.
Once I got over my initial irritation
about this seemingly overbearing cor-
rection, I began to think about how titles
work in society especially academia.
This led me to two conclusions.
First, knowing the proper way to
address someone is a perfect example
of cultural capital. By this, I mean
putting yourself at an advantage in the
intellectual world by appearing suave,
coy and precise just from using discreet
language.
Its hitting that triple-word, triple-
letter combo on Words With Friends by
playing that stupid word no one knows.
Sure, you can go on Wikipedia
and learn all about Pierre Bourdieus
invention of cultural capital, but
Ill generalize and spare you the trip.
Basically, being conscious of proper
etiquette is empowering. Itll get you
further than if you relied solely on your
ability to perform various tasks. I know
its difcult to believe, but something
as little as getting someones title right
can get you ahead.
However, the other thing I learned
requires me to drop my shrewd writing
voice to explain.
I realized that some peoples titles
were earned, not simply requested.
What I perceived as narcissism was
actually a demand for respect after
being undermined for years.
Although I never had the opportunity
to speak directly with the person I tried
to reach earlier, I learned from a few
professors about the reasoning behind
the pet peeve.
Many instructors on campus
received their degrees at times when
the odds were not in their favor. Some
nished school when segregation was
still in effect.
Its easy for younger people to
overlook the hardships that past
generations faced in order to create the
world as it is today.
My generation has it easy compared
with the social prejudices that occurred
in years past. We take certain norms as
a given rather than the result of others
protest.
Many students neglect to understand
how inconsiderate it is to strip the title
from the front of someones name,
especially when that title took years
of hard work and determination to
achieve.
Before you head into your professor
or deans ofce to complain about a
grade or attempt to establish rapport,
be sure to check whether theres a
Ph.D. before their name. Itll save
you from an afternoon of angst and
reection.
Stephen Ward studies journalism and
English. He can be reached at sward@
nevadasagebrush.com.
Stephen
Ward
BUDGET CUTS: PROFESSOR PERSPECTIVE
T
hese are hard times for publicly funded higher education.
A severe recession has led to declining tax revenues in
most states, along with an increased need for public
spending. While some states took this moment to invest
in the future and increase their commitment to higher education
funding, others have pushed it to the back of the line.
No state is experiencing a recession more
severe than Nevadas, and no state proposed
cuts to higher education that are more drastic.
Nevada budgets have been getting cut
since 2008 and higher education has been
taking much deeper cuts than the rest of
state government.
At rst, it wasnt so hard. Enrollment grew
and this increased our budgets accordingly,
so we cut budgets we hadnt yet spent.
Then, we cut into administration, special-
ized centers and functions that we thought
we could live without.
Next, we cut more deeply into our staff posi-
tions and student support, and started closing
departments and academic programs, terminating tenured faculty.
We have already cut $44 million out of our annual operating
budget and Gov. Brian Sandoval now wants $59 million more to
be cut within two years. We are far beyond cutting fat.
Its not like we were ever bloated. Even before the cuts, Nevada
spent the smallest portion of our state income on higher educa-
tion of any state, and had the fewest professors per capita.
There are many studies on which we can cite the importance
of public support for higher education and how this benets the
economy. The most important evidence is my own experience.
I was a disenchanted high school student going nowhere, and
an inexpensive education at a public university in Texas turned
my life around. It opened my eyes and it gave me opportunities
for a good job and a better life. I loved the university and what it
gave me. I left the private sector to come back for a Ph.D. and a
job teaching my own students.
I have never been prouder of my students. On the academic
side, I have seen the quality of both students and faculty at UNR
improve considerably over the last two decades.
Some people my age always see a decline in each succeeding
generation, but I think most of you are better students than those
I went to school with, and I think many of you are better people too.
We are not yet Harvard or Princeton, and few of your parents
could afford to send you there. Many of you are rst-generation
students who believe in the value of an education. Most of you
will eventually graduate, though not all quickly enough to make
our ofcial graduation rates impressive.
And yet, in spite of all your other commitments, so many of
you are nding the time to stand up for your public university
and what it means to you.
Many of you attended the rally in Carson City two weeks ago.
You attended the legislative hearing in Lawlor Events Center on
Thursday. You contact your legislators and you conduct yourself in
a professional and articulate manner that makes you very effective.
You are making a difference, and in time, you can turn around this
opposition to the public university. Keep up the good work. Go Pack!
Elliott Parker is a professor and chairman of the economics depart-
ment. He can be reached at elliottp@unr.edu.
Elliott
Parker
BUDGET CUTS: GRAD STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
T
he past few months have been
both inspiring and incredibly
frightening as Nevada faces Gov.
Brian Sandovals proposed budget
cuts to education.
Im proud to
stand with the many
students, faculty, staff,
alumni and friends
who show tremendous
passion, courage
and grace in the ght
against further cuts.
Whether by chanting
at the largest rally in
the history of the State
Capitol, or by writing
individual letters to
legislators, we continue
to show that education
is valued and vital to Nevadas future.
To all of you: simply saying thank you
does not come close to being adequate.
For those who are not yet involved in the
opposition of the cuts either by attending
an event or contacting your legislators, my
question is simple: Why not?
If you arent involved because you say you
dont have the time, ask yourself how much
time you spend on Facebook, watching TV
or doing anything else that will not have
much lasting value or meaning. It only
takes a few minutes to call or write your
Nevada legislators.
If you arent involved because you say you
cant miss class, will you miss your classes
when they, your major or your college no
longer exists? This could happen as soon as
the fall 2011 semester.
If you arent involved because you
have to work, consider that if the cuts
go through, tuition and fees will be raised
signicantly, making your paycheck worth
less. This will force you to pay more for
fewer courses, majors and services.
If you arent involved because you think
your major isnt on the chopping block, or
because youre graduating, remember that
your degrees value depends in part on the
reputation of the University of Nevada, Reno.
When UNR takes cuts, the perception
of your worth to potential employers may
also take a hit. If your program is cut or
closed, even if youve already graduated,
your degrees value may be threatened even
further.
If you arent involved because you dont
understand how serious these proposed cuts
are, consider that we have already absorbed
$44 million in cuts at UNR alone and are
preparing for another proposed $59 million
cut. The state budget for the College of Liberal
Arts, our largest undergraduate college, is
only $26 million you do the math.
Many UNR faculty members have gone
above and beyond the call of duty to
advocate for higher education in Nevada.
Yet incredibly, some have actively discour-
aged their students from getting involved,
either out of fear or ego, or perhaps due to
apathy, denial or despair.
To those faculty members: Shame on you.
We are ghting for your future as much
as we are for our own. We look to you for
leadership and guidance and expect you to
rise to such challenges.
Today is a new day a new opportunity
to ght for a worthy cause, and to learn
what it means to truly be a part of a
democracy, rather than just to live in one.
Encourage your friends, family and
colleagues to do their part we can make
a difference.
Matt Smith is the president of the Graduate
Student Association. He can be reached at
matthews@unr.edu.
Matt
Smith
FROM THE RIGHT
Congressional District 2 will remain blue if Sharron Angle runs for seat
W
hen Sen. John Ensign
announced he would
not run for re-election in
2012, the decision didnt
come as much of
a surprise. We all
knew an election
cycle would be
difcult for Ensign
with those ethics
charges (what eth-
ics charges?) still
haunting him. And
it was no secret
that Congressman
Dean Heller had
been eyeing the
senators seat.
Congressman
Hellers announcement to run for
Ensigns seat also came as no surprise.
What did shock me, even though in
hindsight it really shouldnt have, was
Sharron Angles announcement to
run for Hellers seat in Congressional
District 2.
Angle is a stubborn weed. She has
either served in an ofce or ran in an
election cycle for the past ten years.
District 2 has not been occupied
by a democrat since its creation after
the 1980 Census. Northern Nevada
is known for being republican and, it
would be a blow to the party if District
2 went to the left, since District 1 is
currently held by a democrat.
This is not Angles rst time vying for
CD2. She ran for it in 2006, but lost to
Heller by 421 votes in the primary. She
also served in the Nevada Assembly
from 1998 to 2006, where she earned a
reputation as a staunch conservative.
Angle couldnt even defeat Nevadas
most vulnerable candidate, Harry
Reid. She couldnt defeat a man whose
approval rating was 32 percent in the
month before the 2010 election. Why in
the world does she think she can gain a
seat in Congress?
Angle is banking her election on
the fact that in the 2010 election,
she beat Sen. Reid by more than
19,000 votes in Congressional District
2. Angle may have beaten Reid in
Northern Nevada, which generally
leans right, but really, what option
did republicans have?
Angle made it as far as she did
because she campaigned at the height
of Tea Party fervor.
Most right-wingers were under the
inuence of extremism. We hated the
direction the country was headed, so
instead of slowly changing lanes, we
made a sharp U-turn.
Angles extreme views appealed to
most of the right who viewed ousting
Sen. Reid as the rst step to getting rid
of President Barack Obama.
Now that the high has worn off, it is
unlikely Angle will receive the Grand
Old Party nomination. Plus, this cycle
holds a presidential election. The
majority of voters attentions will be
focused on whether Obama will receive
a second term.
So far, two other candidates have
announced their intention to run for
CD2. Republicans Mark Amodei and
Kirk Lippold will challenge Angle in
the primary. It is also rumored that
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki will enter the
race.
Unfortunately, the more republicans
that enter the race, the higher chance
Angle has at winning the primary. Out
of all the candidates ofcially running
for CD2, Angle is the most likely to lose
a general election.
But there still may be a chance the
outraged, extremist right-wingers will
give Angle the nomination, which is
why it is imperative for republicans
to nd one strong representative to
support. Otherwise, CD2 could be held
by a democrat for the rst time.
Sharron Angle needs to sit this
round out and let the GOP keep CD2
red.
Becca Kitchen studies journalism and
English. She can be reached at opinion@
nevadasagebrush.com.
Becca
Kitchen
Sharron Angle couldnt even defeat Nevadas most vulnerable
candidate, Harry Reid. Why in the world does she think she can
gain a seat in Congress?
Students
passionate
opposition to
proposal inspiring
JUANLOPEZ/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
More than 1,300 Nevada university and high school students rallied against proposed budget cuts at the Nevada Legislature on March 21.
Graduatuate Student Association president Matt Smith was one of several speakers to decry the proposal.
Apathetic students, staff
should take action against cuts
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suicide set to acoustic guitar.
Acoustic guitar! And it ends
with a little kid singing out
the chorus. Its not actually
that terrible, but none of this
sounds anything like Hollywood
Undead. This band was once
able to produce many different
songs that had a lot of variation
but were cohesive. American
Tragedy instead sounds like
the band lacked direction and
guidance.
Charlie Scene and Funny Man
of the group are still standout
rappers, and some of their
verses are still quite good. There
just arent any songs that are
worth listening to the entire way
through.
Instead of picking up this al-
bum, check out the masterpiece
that is Swan Songs. And if you
already have, I recommend
watching what Deuce will do in
the future. He was apparently
the driving force behind Hol-
lywood Undeads former great-
ness and has already released
some new music with the group
9Lives that is not altogether
amazing, but much better than
what Hollywood Undead is do-
ing without him.
He even angrily chronicles his
split from the group on songs
such as Story of a Snitch, in
which he sings, Look at all
these fake-ass emcees claiming
they rap, / Trying to spit just
like me, / But they dont have
it I was helping you maggots.
/ Now Imma show the world
that you whack, bitch. Very
passionately, by the way. You
tell em, Deuce.
It pains me to speak ill of Hol-
lywood Undead because Swan
Songs is such a phenomenal
album. But American Tragedy
is such a huge disappointment
that I feel Hollywood Undead
personally let me down.
Casey OLear can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
Undead
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A9
it over the top. But what really
makes a horror movie poor is
when it cant make the viewer at
least a little uncomfortable. For-
tunately, Insidious achieves
the fear factor, but barely gets
by with a mediocre storyline.
Although it has some original
qualities, there was always a
sense of familiarity as the lm
progressed from when Renai
hears strange voices through
a baby monitor to when Renai
and Joshs relationship is at
risk because of these traumatic
events. And the fact that the
friend with whom I saw Insidi-
ous was able to predict the rest
of the movie at the halfway
mark was rather discouraging.
Insidious will not be a
memorable lm for audiences.
Saw and Paranormal Activ-
ity will remain as the classics
for the director, writer and
producer (for now). It achieves
scares and manages to get un-
der the skin of viewers, but the
uninspired plot and predict-
ability wont make it one of the
better movies that this horror
dream team has made.
Stephanie Self can be reached at
arts-entertainment@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
Insidious
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A9
BOOK REVIEW
Snooki provides idle summer reading
GALLERY
Jersey Shore star Snooki released a summer romance novel.
By Stephanie Self
Nicole Snooki Polizzi wrote
a book titled, A Shore Thing. Ill
let that marinate for a moment.
Yes, she wrote a book. At least
thats what it says on the cover.
Whether the words on the pages
were 100 percent written by her
is completely debatable, but an
acknowledgement to Snookis
collaborator gives us an idea
of how much help she had, espe-
cially with words such as, rhap-
sodizing and cumulative.
Regardless, Snookis rst
attempt at literature was an ab-
solute yawn-fest and a complete
waste of trees.
Although this book came out
in January, it is much better
suited to the summer months,
during which students have a
lot of free time to sit around and
kill the brain cells they worked
so hard to nurture during the
school year.
Everyone who has already
caught up on Jersey Shore for
the season but is dying to have
more of Snookis antics in their
lives, A Shore Thing might be
just what theyre looking for to
provide poolside entertainment
this summer.
For those of you who have not
seen the show that introduced
the world to Snooki, Jersey
Shore, congratulations. You
made a wise decision. For those
of you who have, and enjoy it,
then you will probably love this
ctitious book.
Although it is categorized as
ction, so much of the book is
based on Snooki and Jersey
Shore that it could be equiva-
lent to a memoir.
A Shore Thing tells the story
of Giovanna Gia Spumanti
and her cousin Isabella Bella
Rizzoli spending a summer to
remember on the Jersey shore.
Gia is looking for a super hot
Guido whos jacked up on roids
to spend the rest of her life
with, while Bella is looking for
a meaningless hookup after just
getting out of a bad relationship
that lasted way too long. What
these girls encounter on the
Jersey shore may change them
forever.
Gia is essentially a less-tangi-
ble version of Snooki. From her
physical description to her love
affair with pickles to her charm-
ing quotes (Im a gold mind!),
Gia has Snooki written all over
her. Bella is more difcult to
place among the original cast
of Jersey Shore, but she is still
very much a clich, despite her
having slightly more depth than
Gia.
Its here that A Shore Thing
becomes problematic. Not only
is reading it like watching a
few episodes of Jersey Shore,
minus the other Shore cast
members, but its also like
reading a teenagers diary in
which most of the events, if not
all, are completely meaningless
and trivial. Even the snappy
dialogue fails to impress:
Bella said, Tequila shot. The
bartender asked, Lime? Do I
look like I want fruit? ZING!
Truth be told, I could not
nish this book. I really gave
it a fair shot, but the feeling of
my brain beginning to atrophy
while reading it gave me the
idea that I should stop. Maybe I
expected too much from Snooki,
but it wouldnt be fair to hold
her to low standards. After all,
she drinks just as much as any
good writer should.
If you like Jersey Shore or
Snooki, then I recommend this
book to you. But if youre at all
annoyed by the show, or have
little interest, then this will
probably have the same effect
on you as it did me.
Stephanie Self can be reached at
arts-entertainment@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
NICOLE SNOOKI
POLIZZI
A SHORE THING
Release Date:
Jan. 4
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Pages:
304
Grade:
D
Street art
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with gang-related grafti that
she feels has little artistic
merit.
Why not get a canvas or
cardboard? she asked. At the
back of any store, they have
boxes that you can break up,
lay at and paint on that so
youre not destroying a build-
ing. The damage to buildings
is huge all over town. Some
places cant afford to keep
it clean, and it looks like a
patchwork quilt. If it gets
really bad, you have to paint
the whole building, and its
expensive.
Jacoby said that it is more
harmful to discourage artists
from creating grafti art.
There are lots of people
who are decorating the com-
munity without permission,
she said. There is ongoing
public friction. There is some
public art that is not politically
correct statues of soldiers
that are celebrating oppres-
sors. Billboards have permis-
sion because theyve bought
public space, but whos to say
whats destructive and whats
enhancing? We try to negotiate
that. There are many solutions
beyond criminalizing grafti
artists.
However, Stremmel feels
that not all grafti art is harm-
ful.
If they go through the
proper process and procedure,
Im all for that, Stremmel said.
If its a collaboration between
the store owner and the artist,
thats a win-win because they
both want to have it done.
Some street art that the
City of Reno does embrace
includes pre-approved mu-
rals, sculptures and art sales
during select special events.
However, many feel that the
city could stand to follow in
the footsteps of some more
progressive cities and support
more street art.
There are a lot of outlets
that people could use that
are more tasteful and less
destructive, Stremmel said.
There is room for artists out
there who are serious about
their art who will channel it so
it can be seen in a better light.
I dont consider a grafti artist
the same as a tagger.
Casey OLear can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Calendar
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THURSDAY/7
DANCE GAVIN
DANCE WITH
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE,
IN FEAR AND FAITH,
CLOSE TO HOME, JUST
LIKE VINYL AND BIG
CHOCOLATE AT THE
KNITTING FACTORY
Sacramento-based
experimental post-hardcore
group Dance Gavin Dance
will perform with several
opening acts, including a DJ
set from Big Chocolate. The
show is set to begin at 6:30
p.m. Tickets range from $13-
$30.
211 N. Virginia St.
Reno
FRIDAY/8
ASTRONAUTALIS WITH
KILLOLA AT TONIC
LOUNGE
Inide hip-hop artist
Astronautalis will perform
songs from his three-album
repertoire. Alternative rock
group Killola will open.
This performance is for an
audience of those 21 and
older. The show is set to
begin at 10 p.m. No ticket
price has been announced.
231 W. Second St.
Reno
SATURDAY/11
BURLESQUE SHOW AT
THE ALLEY
The Desert Rose Revue
will put on its burlesque
performance for an audience
of those 21 and older. The
show is set to begin at 9 p.m.
Tickets are $10.
906 Victorian Ave.
Sparks
Upcoming
Releases
TUESDAY/5
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD
AMERICAN TRAGEDY
Genre:
Rap Rock, Alternative Rock
Description:
Los Angeles-based rap/rock
group Hollywood Undead
will release its sophomore
album, American Tragedy.
This is the bands rst release
since 2008s Swan Songs,
and the rst without vocalist
and producer Deuce.
THE KILLS
BLOOD PRESSURES
Genre:
Indie Rock
Description:
The Kills, fronted by Dead
Weather vocalist Alison
Mosshart, will release its
fourth studio album, Blood
Pressures. The album will
be streamed on the bands
website for free, and the
song DNA is available for
download.
FRIDAY/10
ARTHUR
Starring:
Russell Brand, Helen Mirren
and Jennifer Garner
Description:
A likeable millionaire who
relies upon his trustworthy
nanny to keep him out
of trouble must choose
between an arranged
marriage that would
guarantee his fortune for life
or an uncertain future with
the only woman he has ever
truly loved.
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13
ALBUM REVIEW
A&M/OCTONERECORDS
Hollywood Undead, a six-piece rap/rock group, released its sophomore album, American Tragedy, today. The band replaced vocalist Deuce with Danny Murillo (far left).
By Casey OLear
Hollywood Undeads 2008
release, Swan Songs, is an
amazing album. The unique
vocals, interesting lyrics and
catchy beats combine beauti-
fully to create an album that is
equal parts awesome to blast at
parties or to play while you drink
away your sorrows. The band
took the rap-rock genre to an
unusual height with music that
was really innovative.
The bands second album,
American Tragedy, is nothing
like that. Where Swan Songs
was passionate, emotional and
unconventional, American
Tragedy is boring, uninspired
and disappointing.
In between the release of the
two albums, the band voted
out one of its primary vocalists,
Deuce, and replaced him with
former American Idol contes-
tant, Daniel Danny Murillo.
Deuces unusual vocals, attitude
and production techniques were
some of the most notable high-
lights of Hollywood Undeads
music, and his departure from the
band was signicant in changing
the bands entire dynamic.
Dannys vocals sound ex-
tremely old. On the albums rst
two singles, Hear Me Now
and Been to Hell, the listener
catches a glimpse of Dannys at-
tempt at lling the void left with-
out Deuce. It does not go well.
Danny sounds like the singer of
a generic hardcore band circa
2006, and his choruses detract
from what might be likable
about the rest of the song. His
whiny intro on bonus track
S.C.A.V.A. is so unbearable, its
hard to make it past those rst
30 seconds.
Additionally, Been to Hell
seems to have a strange, pseudo-
deep vibe about it.
Swan Songs contained sev-
eral great love songs to the city
of Los Angeles, and nearly every
song included some point about
how wonderful Hollywood
is. Been to Hell, however, is
about how corruptive moving
to Hollywood can be. Its not a
new concept for anyone, but its
bizarre to hear it coming from
Hollywood Undead. These guys
adored Hollywood. What hap-
pened?
It is really jarring that so few of
the songs on American Tragedy
are about partying, having sex
and general debauchery, as that
appeared to be the main point
of the band. Even songs that are
supposed to stay true to these
themes, such as Apologize, in
which J-Dog raps, Still drunk,
and were doing it again, its
hard to believe him. The song
also repeats, We dont apologize,
/ And thats just the way it is. /
But we can harmonize, / Even if
we sound like shit, which I ap-
preciate because, at least, they
acknowledge how their music
has degraded.
None of the passion and
raw emotion that was present
on Swan Songs remains on
American Tragedy. When the
group rapped about liking to
drink and having lots of sex,
I used to believe them. When
they sang about suicide, mental
health and rough breakups, I
was right there with them. Now,
it just seems insincere.
As if the rst half of American
Tragedy wasnt disappointing
enough, the album hits a rough
patch in the middle where all the
music slows down and sounds
like 12 different genres thrown
together arbitrarily. Coming
Back Down kicks this set off
with a boy band-esque power
ballad with rap interludes.
It gets thoroughly bizarre on
Bullet, which is an upbeat
indie song about committing

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD
AMERICAN TRAGEDY
Release Date:
April 5
Genre:
Rap Rock
Grade:
D-
See UNDEAD Page A8
Undead does not deliver a second time
FILM REVIEW
Film lacks horric impact
ALLIANCEFILMS
Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson star as parents trying to save their child from evil spirits while he is in a
coma in Insidious.
By Stephanie Self
If Insidious were a night
club, it would be where all of
the hottest celebrities would
hang out. Its made by some of
the best horror lmmakers in
recent years: James Wan (direc-
tor of Saw), Leigh Whannell
(writer of Saw) and Oren Peli
(writer of Paranormal Activity
and producer of Paranormal
Activity 2). Because of these
collaborators, Insidious is
rightly held to high standards,
but it does not live up to the
legacy that Saw and Paranor-
mal Activity left.
Insidious is the story of
Renai (Rose Byrne, Get Him to
the Greek) and Josh (Patrick
Wilson, Watchmen) who have
just moved into a new house
with their three children, and
after living there for only a
short time, their son, Dalton
(Ty Simpkins), inexplicably goes
into a coma. After Renai begins
to see gures and hear voices,
the family takes everything
(including their comatose son)
and moves to a new house.
When the shadowy gures and
voices dont stop, and continue
to reappear, Joshs mother (Bar-
bara Hershey, Black Swan)
calls upon help from a medium
(Lin Shaye, Theres Something
About Mary) to put a stop to
this mobile haunting. But soon
the medium realizes that there
are evil forces following Dalton.
At their core, horror lms are
meant to scare people. If they
have a great storyline on top of
good scares, then that just puts
INSIDIOUS
Release Date: April 1
Director: James Wan
Starring: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson and Barbara Hershey
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Rating: Rated PG-13 for thematic material, violence,
terror and frightening images, and brief strong language.
Grade: B-
See INSIDIOUS Page A8
ALBUM REVIEW
Bibio combines old style
with new inuences
By Tim Randall
On his sixth studio album,
Mind Bokeh, electronic
musician Bibio maintains the
essence of his previous releases
while revealing a new post-rock
sound.
Focusing on the music at
hand rather than the bands
background is crucial to ap-
preciating an album. Having
said that, this is no implication
to throw any nostalgia Bibio
may be portraying out the win-
dow, as Mind Bokeh reveals
a heavy inuence from earlier
eras.
The album starts off with
a totally different feel from
previous Bibio releases, as
if brought from the 80s and
given more of an avant-garde
appeal. Soon enough, he
seems to revert to his funky
self with Light Sleep and
adds a more rock influence in
Take Off Your Shirt.
Though the songs are all
different, an old-school vibe
still remains. The album seems
to go back and forth from
electronic-based grooves to
raw instrumental tracks toward
the middle of the album. The
pattern continues with the title
song Mind Bokeh, possessing
only a short interlude before
More Excuses.
Ive always been appreciative
when artists indeed have the
title of their album as one of
their songs and do not place
too great of an emphasis on
that song. When this happens,
it seems as though the band
might subconsciously value
other songs less. They may also
be implying how beauty can be
found in the most minimal of
contexts.
The last stretch of the al-
bum, beginning with More
Excuses, appears to be remi-
niscent of a theme from one of
his last albums, Ambivalence
Avenue. This section recog-
nizes a similar melody as well
as a reference to the owers,
which has been quite a mys-
tifying lyrical theme in Bibios
music up to this point. The
next half of the song, however,
introduces a fresh breakdown,
acting almost as an extension
of these themes.
The next song, Feminine
Eye, reverts back to a slow,
funky feel, adding a smooth
jazz tone with the sound of a
saxophone setting the mood
for the very last song. I am
one who appreciates good
post-rock music, and Saint
Christopher clearly showed us
a new side of this with a tempo
difcult to pull off for such a
genre.
Bibio, a.k.a. Stephen Wilkin-
son, has a great ability to
reminisce of a past time but
sound like nothing else in rela-
tion to that time. Mind Bokeh
combines the best of Bibios
previous music with some new
twists. I was awed once again
with this album.
Tim Randall can be reached at
arts-entertainment@neva-
dasagebrush.com.

BIBIO
MIND BOKEH
Release Date:
March 29
Genre:
Experimental, Electronic,
Indie Pop
Grade:
B+
A10
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TONYCONTINI /NEVADASAGEBRUSH
The genre of street art includes grafti, traditional murals, wheat paste, woodcut stencils and other unconventional forms used to decorate the community with or without permission. Some consider Renos sparse
collection of street art artistic and interesting, while others see the unauthorized painting destructive to buildings and private property.
Unorthodox art gains in popularity, acceptance
By Casey OLear
In major cities around the
world, public spaces are be-
coming lled with increasingly
thought-provoking and some-
times politically charged street
art. In Berlin, artists create wild
murals to paint onto building
walls. In Los Angeles, artists
develop stencils with images and
phrases to post on sidewalks and
fences. In San Francisco, artists
set up shop on street corners
to sell sculptures, jewelry and
other pieces in front of local
businesses.
The international media, art
galleries and a multitude of
talented artists have noticed
the abundance of street art
in recent years. Though the
movement has not taken over
the Reno art scene, the city has
been decorated with a smatter-
ing of murals, a few pieces of
politically-charged graffiti and
some special events that allow
artists to create and sell their
work on the streets.
There could be more of that
in Reno, said Jack Hursh, a
local artist and president of the
Artists Co-op Gallery Reno. Its
a good place for street art. Other
cities have more, but maybe
there hasnt been enough active
programming. There need to be
more artists being active and
more allowance for people to
nd spaces.
Annice Jacoby wrote the 2009
book Street Art San Francisco:
Mission Muralismo, which
chronicles the unique street art
that thrives in an area of San
Francisco. She said that, while
street art has been growing for
decades, it has only recently
joined the mainstream speech.
The fact that its become
embraced by the art world is
somewhere between irony and a
joke, she said. Its not curated,
safe or controlled by a gallery. Its
free from constraint and anti-
social in style and practice.
Jacoby said that street art is
nothing new, but it has recently
gained media attention, as well
as the attention of world-renown
galleries such as the Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art,
which had one of its outside walls
white-washed and painted during
a recent street art exhibition.
Some of the most popular
forms of street art include tra-
ditional murals, grafti art and
paste, which consists of artists
mass-producing an image and
putting it up on walls in repeti-
tion, Jacoby said.
Along with any kind of street
art comes the argument regard-
ing what is considered art and
what is simply vandalism. The
City of Reno has a no-tolerance
policy toward grafti-vandal-
ism, which includes a reporting
system, investigation and follow-
up. Grafti vandals caught in
the act face nes and potential
felony charges, which could lead
to one to three years in Nevada
State Prison.
Turkey Stremmel, co-owner
of Stremmel Gallery, said she
regularly deals with vandalism
on her property and sees a strong
distinction between grafti art
and destructive tagging.
There are some good graf-
ti artists, she said. Ive seen
some great ones in the (Los An-
geles) area, but theyre not here.
Tagging is not only offensive, its
expensive. It costs thousands
of dollars to try to get it off the
wall, and if you dont, somebody
else will tag it and it goes on and
on.
Hursh said that, while street
art can be visually pleasing,
some artists neglect to take into
consideration the possible de-
structive nature of the art form.
There is some great grafti,
and there is some that is random,
destructive and vandalistic, he
said. Even if its visually or artis-
tically interesting, its probably
placed out of context in places
it shouldnt be, which is unfortu-
nate. It would be nice if there was
more space to do grafti where it
was OK.
Stremmel, whose gallery
is located on South Virginia
Street, said the area is plagued
See STREET ART Page A8
Read more about street
art in Annice Jacobys book
Street Art San Francisco:
Mission Muralismo.
R d b t t t
STREET ART SCENE
FILEPHOTOS/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
By Lukas Eggen
Nevada pitcher Mallary Darby
left the softball eld with her
head down. Tears lled her eyes.
The Wolf Pack lost two of three
games to Louisiana Tech a
team that was 0-3 in conference
play last Friday and Saturday.
At 1-5 in Western Athletic
Conference play, the Wolf Pack
is in danger of being eliminated
from contention before WAC
play really gets going.
Though the team still has a
long chunk of its season ahead,
in order to turn the year around,
head coach Matt Meuchel said
the team needs to take a long
look at itself.
I think we have to be hon-
est with ourselves right now,
Meuchel said. And right now,
were not where we need to be.
Is it possible (to turn the season
around)? Sure, its possible. But
at this point, thats probably a
little bit optimistic.
The problem is that Nevada is
struggling in every department
of the game. From pitching,
where the Wolf Pack gives up
seven runs per game, to its
hitting, where the team has 79
fewer hits than its opponents,
Nevada is being dominated in
every aspect of the game.
Everyones going up there
thinking that Im going to hit a
home run and you cant do that,
shortstop Danielle Patrick said.
Outside of a three-game home
win streak, the team has failed to
string together more than one
win in a row. The Wolf Packs two
losses came on the heels of what
Meuchel called the teams best
week of practice.
I think we have to nd a
way to trust the preparation
that were putting in right now,
Meuchel said. (We need to be)
able to translate our ability to
compete every day with our
ability to compete when the
pressures on.
The team has struggled in
both keeping leads and playing
from behind things Meuchel
said he attributes to the team
not trusting the preparation they
put in during the week.
We have to be able to be a
little bit tougher, Meuchel said.
Tougher isnt always about
playing harder. Its about playing
smarter. We took ourselves out
of a lot of situations. We get into
competitive situations and let our
frustration get the better of us.
With its season in danger of spi-
raling out of control, the team has
tried everything, including bring-
ing an old ritual back playing
hacky sack before each game.
We were talking, and one
Sports
SECTION B TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
nevadasagebrush.com
Heres
how to
attract
fans
W
ith the football
and basketball
seasons long
gone, the
Nevada athletics department
is enter-
ing a dry
spell in
terms of
revenue-
making
sports.
Sure,
baseball
and
softball
are great
to watch
to relax
on a sunny weekend, but they
dont bring in much revenue.
The baseball team is attract-
ing just 465 fans through 10
home games this year, and
with both teams playing
poorly (baseball is 8-16 while
softball is 10-22), its time for
the athletics department to
come up with new promo-
tional ideas to draw more fans
and money.
To somewhat quote Forrest
Gump: I may be stupid, but I
know what fans want.
Here are three crazy and
three not-so-crazy ideas on
how to draw more people to
sporting events. So as to not
scare anyone off too quickly,
the not-so-crazy:
CHEERLEADERS
This is self-explanatory in
the sense that cheerleaders
provide good eye candy and
can boost everyones atten-
tion to the game. The only
problem I see with this are the
safety hazards involved with
baseball and softball.
Maybe we could just have
them on top of the dugouts
behind a hockey-style
Plexiglass?
MAKE IT REQUIRED
Like most Nevada students,
Ive had to sit in on some
pretty boring lectures on
campus, but I happily did it.
Anything for extra credit.
Professors should give extra
credit to students who attend
sporting events. In return, the
athletics department will give
that professor free hot dogs
and drinks of their choice for
that entire sports-mester.
CALL IN THE CELEBRITIES
Nevada may not be a
University of Southern
California or Ohio State,
but its had its share of star
athletes. Use them.
The Wolf Pack should set
up dates with former Nevada
athletes like JaVale McGee
and Colin Kaepernick where
Juan
Lpez
See CRAZY IDEAS Page B4
Softball left searching for answers as losses continue
CASEYDURKIN/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Nevada lost two of three games to Louisiana Tech. The losses dropped the Wolf Packs record to 1-5 in
Western Athletic Conference play.
See SOFTBALL Page B4
A troublesome childhood. A one-year-old daughter. A boxing dream.
Fighting the odds
TONYCONTINI /NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Nevada boxer Andrew Morales has a chance to become Nevadas sixth freshman national champion ever. He will ght in the 125-pound weight class.
After convincingly winning the regional title for
the 125-pound weight class, Andrew Morales
is on his way to New York to compete for a
national title. But life hasnt always been so
grand for the 18-year-old freshman boxer.
Hes fought a lot more than just inside the ring.
E
xhausted, Andrew Morales wakes
up at 4:30 a.m., runs eight to 10
miles, returns home, feeds his baby
daughter, showers, then heads to
class at 8 a.m.
He somehow musters the energy to make
it through boxing practice in the afternoon,
then goes to work at Subway. After spending
time with his family, he does his homework
and nally gets to bed around midnight.
At 4:30 a.m. the next day, he does the same
thing.
The birth of Zaida Abcde (born on Nov.
15, 2009) ipped Morales world. He was
only a junior at Reed High School when his
girlfriend got pregnant.
Once she was born, life was brutal,
said the now-18-year-old freshman at the
University of Nevada, Reno. When she was
born, I couldnt sleep at all. The rst two
months of her being born were the hardest
days of my life because I was running on two
to three hours of sleep every day.
But even before Zaida was born, Andrew
was facing the repercussions of a high school
pregnancy.
ITS A GIRL
When Andrew told his father, Alfonso, the
40-year-old Los Angeles native didnt speak
to him for two weeks. Andrews mother, who
then worked at Planned Parenthood, was dis-
heartened. Andrew thought his life was over.
TONYCONTINI /NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Nevada junior Jeremy Catalano will ght at the
156-pound weight class at the national championships.
Junior leader eager to
take on nations best
By Juan Lpez
A
t his rst collegiate ght for Nevada in 2009,
Jeremy Catalano expected no more than 200
people in the crowd. To his surprise, more
than 1,000 fans surrounded the boxing ring.
He felt knots in his stomach.
Id never been in front of that many people where
every eye is on you, Catalano recalled, smiling as he
See MORALES Page B4 See CATALANO Page B4
Not a lot of people can do what
(Andrew Morales) is doing. I dont
think I could have as a young man.
Hes a hero to me. Nevada
boxing head coach Mike Martino
Nevada boxers Jeremy Catalano
(156 pounds) and Andrew Morales
(125 pounds) will ght at the National
Collegiate Boxing Association National
Championships, held Thursday through
Saturday at West Point, N.Y.
N d b J C t l
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Watch a video of the boxing clubs
history.
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The Wolf Pack lost two
of three games to Louisiana
Tech last weekend.
Nevada is 1-5 in Western
Athletic Conference play.
The Wolf Pack gave up 12
runs in the rst game of the
series, a 12-4 loss.
Nevada plays at Hawaii
for a three-game series.
Th W lf P k l t t
SOFTBALL
PITCHING
SOFTBALL
As Nevada fell to 1-5 in
conference play, the Wolf
Pack pitching has been
terrible. It has given up eight
or more runs in four of its last
six games, including 12 runs
against Louisiana Tech last
Friday as the Wolf Pack fell
12-4 in six innings.
T
he school year is winding
down. While this may seem
like a down time, here are
my three bold predictions
for the home stretch of spring:
SOFTBALL
The softball
team hasnt been
good. Its 1-5 in
conference play,
the team has one
winning streak
to its name and
head coach Matt
Meuchel has
been struggling
to gure out just
what exactly has
been holding the team back.
Everyone, including myself, has
written the team off and with good
reason. Yet, by the end of the season,
Nevada will prove everyone wrong
and assert itself as a legitimate
contender and make a deep run in
the Western Athletic Conference
Tournament. Against all logic, the
team will make a run because, at
this point in the season, they have
nothing to lose. Pitcher Mallary
Darby is too good to remain in the
funk shes been in as of late. Shes
already thrown a no-hitter earlier
this season. Shell return to form,
giving Nevada a dangerous ace.
Multiple times, Nevada has had
the lead or been in close games, only
to see the game slip away. The Wolf
Pack has ve players batting better
than .300 and has too much talent
to continue playing this badly. It
will gure it out and end with a run
to the seminals of the conference
tournament.
BASEBALL
The baseball team has quietly
won three of its last four games. The
bats nally appear to be getting big
hits in close games. But dont get
your hopes up.
Utah Valley wasnt exactly a top-
notch opponent and the pitching
staff struggled to keep the Wolverines
at bay. Once Nevada faces some
tough opponents like Fresno State, it
will be exposed. Teams will score run
after run against a sub-par pitching
staff. And as long as designated hit-
ter/pitcher Brock Stassi and inelder
Brian Barnett continue to lag behind
last years pace, Nevadas lineup will
lack punch. That means the Wolf
Packs trip to the Western Athletic
Conference Tournament, if it quali-
es for it, will be very short.
TENNIS
It may be easy to write the
mens tennis team off. But, mark
my words, the mens tennis team
will play for a WAC title. The team
knocked off No. 72 San Francisco
4-3. And, it has been playing three
freshmen, two of who picked up
singles victories during the match.
The team already has two of the
conferences best players in junior
Wessim Derbel and senior Kristian
Kuharszky leading the team in the
No. 1 and 2 singles spots.
As the freshmen continue to
develop, Nevada will have one of the
deepest teams in the WAC. They are
peaking at the right time and will win
the conference championship.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at leg-
gen@nevadasagebrush.com.
Inside Scoop
B2
APRIL 5, 2011
SAMANTHA DIAZ
TRACK AND FIELD
The sophomore distance
runner won the 1,500- meter
event with a time of 4:28.22
at the University of Southern
California Quad Meet while
facing two ranked teams in
USC and Brigham Young
University.
BASEBALL
vs. Seattle 6 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack
continues its attempt to end
its non-conference season
on a high note against Seattle
University. The Redhawks
have struggled, but the Wolf
Pack has just one winning
streak this season. Nevada
is hoping its offensive
production is nally kicking
into gear after scoring ve,
six and eight runs against
Utah Valley University last
weekend. The series is the
teams last three-game series
before the start of conference
play against Fresno State next
week.
SOFTBALL
at Hawaii 8 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m., 8
p.m. Saturday
THE SKINNY: It may only
be the softball teams third
conference series of the
season, but Nevada is at a
critical stretch in the year.
At 1-5 in Western Athletic
Conference play, Nevada
needs to win at least two
of three in order to stay
competitive in league play.
Pitcher Mallary Darby is
nding her groove and
playing well, but needs run
support in order to keep
Nevada competitive. Hawaii,
one of the conferences top
teams is looking to exert its
dominance.
WOMENS TENNIS
vs Boise State 2 p.m. Friday
vs. Sonoma State 10 a.m. Saturday
vs. Seattle 4 p.m. Saturday
vs. New Mexico State 12 p.m. Sunday
THE SKINNY: The womens
tennis team will be busy
this weekend, hosting four
home matches. Nevada is
looking to get its rst win
against a ranked opponent
this season when it hosts No.
38 Boise State on Friday. The
team is looking for Michelle
Okhremchuk and Emma
Verberne to lead the team
as it prepares for the WAC
championships.
PHOTOCOURTESYOFLOUISIANATECHMEDIASERVICES
Louisiana Techs Adrienne Johnson received an
honorable mention into the Associated Press
All-American team. Johnson helped lead the
team to a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
AROUND THE WAC
Softball will rise, baseball
will fall and tennis will win
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WOMENS BASKETBALL
Johnson and Olorunnife
receive honorable mentions
Louisiana Techs Adrienne Johnson and
Idahos Yinka Olorunnife received honorable
mentions to the Associated Press All-American
team last Tuesday.
Johnson helped the Lady Techsters to
24 wins, the Western Athletic Conference
regular-season title and a berth to the NCAA
Tournament. Johnson averaged 21.9 points, 9.5
rebounds and 2.21 steals per game during the
season and shot 51 percent from the eld.
For her career, Johnson had 14 double-
doubles during the season and scored 20 or
more points 21 times. Johnson was also one
of 34 players to be named to the Wade Trophy
Watch List and was named the WAC Player of
the Year by the league coaches. She is one of 40
nalists for the State Farm All-American Team,
which will be announced this month.
Olorunnife played a major role in Idaho get-
ting its rst postseason appearance in 25 years.
She recorded a conference-best 17 double-
doubles this season, averaging 14.7 points and
10.6 rebounds per game.
Olorunnife was a second team All-WAC
selection and was named to the WAC Tourna-
ment All-Tournament team.
Olorunnife nished her career as the WACs
all-time leading rebounder, grabbing 1,070
boards during her time with the Vandals.
MENS BASKETBALL
Louisiana Tech announces
new head coach
Louisiana Tech announced Michael White as
its new mens basketball head coach Wednes-
day.
White spent the last seven seasons at the
University of Mississippi. He was a nalist for
the 2009 Coaches Award, which honored the
nations top assistant coaches. He helped the
Rebels to four postseason appearances and two
Southeastern Conference titles in the last ve
seasons. Ole Miss also won at least 20 games in
four of its last ve seasons.
Prior to his time at Ole Miss, White spent
time at Jacksonville State.
Louisiana Tech went 12-20 overall and 2-14 in
Western Athletic Conference play last year. The
Bulldogs nished last place in the conference
standings and failed to qualify for the Western
Athletic Conference Tournament.
By Art Miner
The Wolf Pack baseball team
and the Reno Aces will renew
their annual exhibition game
at Aces Stadium today to raise
money for the Nevada Dugout
Club.
The Dugout Club received
$15,000 from the game last
season.
But for Nevada, the game
provides a chance to face players
who have reached the next level.
It gets them on the eld with
guys that are getting paid to play
at the highest level, next to the
major leagues, Nevada head
coach Gary Powers said. It
gives them a measuring stick,
and it gives them something to
shoot for. Its a great experience
to have.
For the Aces, the game is two
days before its rst game of the
season.
For the Wolf Pack, players said
the game gives them a chance
to forget about its conference
record for a game and just play
the game they love without wor-
rying about its season.
Its right in the middle of
the season, senior outelder
Waylen Sing Chow said. So its a
good break for us to just to enjoy
baseball without us having to
concentrate on us always having
to win.
The game also helps get the
community excited for the
baseball season.
It gets people pumped up for
baseball, Nevada pitcher/des-
ignated hitter Brock Stassi said.
There are a lot of baseball fans,
and people love the Aces, and
we have good support here, so
its really cool to see the people
come out to the game.
Even though the game is
against a Triple-A team, the Wolf
Pack isnt doing anything differ-
ently to prepare.
In baseball, the truth is your
playing against the game, Stassi
said. You put the ball in play and
the rest is up to them. You cant
prepare for a teams defense.
Nevada Director of Sales and
Fan Relations Jerry Cail, who
helped set up the game, said
he saw an opportunity to raise
money for the baseball team, re-
sulting in a good experience and
give the Aces good publicity.
Thirty-eight hundred fans
showed up to the rst game,
Cail said. They wrote a check
for about $15,000 for the baseball
team, which helps in recruiting
and the little things they really
dont have budgets for, and their
budgets are cut even more.
We decided to talk with them
again to see if we could make it
an annual event and they were
agreeable because its kind of a
win-win for them.
Students are also looking for-
ward to the game as a marker for
the start of baseball fever.
I am really excited for the
exhibition, journalism major
Robert Bennett said. I had fun
last year. It really gets me excited
for baseball season, and its for a
great cause.
The pitchers and catchers for
both teams will be Aces players.
The game will last seven to nine
innings and each pitcher has a
limited pitch count.
Once the pitcher reaches his
pitch count, that half of the in-
ning is over.
The game begins at 6:05
p.m. Tickets are $13 for general
admission, $7 for kids between
the ages of 3 and 12, and $10
for university students with a
student ID.
Art Miner can be reached at
sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
By James DeHaven
For the rst time this season,
the Wolf Packs bats showed signs
of life in close games. Nevada
earned two wins against Utah
Valley as it took what it hoped
was a step toward getting its hit-
ting on track. The Wolf Pack won
two come-from-behind games
during the weekend.
Nevada lost six of seven games
heading into its non-conference
series against the Wolverines,
but head coach Gary Powers was
optimistic after the series.
I think the way we played
today showed a lot more focus,
Powers said after Sundays game.
Today is something to learn
fromit gives us a reason to
believe with conference games
coming up.
However pitching problems
plagued the team during the series.
Sophomore pitcher Tom Jameson
gave up four runs on seven hits in
ve innings of work Friday.
Tom had no focus, Powers
said. We were fortunate to get
ve innings of out him.
Junior outelder Nick Melino,
who is hitting a team-leading
.391 on the year, helped bail out
Jameson. Melino hit a two-run
home run in the fth inning to
give the Wolf Pack a 5-4 lead and
Matt Gardner combined with
Troy Marks to preserve the win.
The pair gave up one hit and two
walks in four innings.
(Marks) did a nice job of
throwing strikes and keeping the
ball down, Powers said. Thats
the key to success. This team
needs that type of effort now.
Gardner also collected his
fourth and fth saves over the
weekend. He has yet to concede
an earned run, posting 16 strike-
outs in just 10 appearances.
Utah Valley earned its lone win
of the series after it recorded 26
hits en route to a 19-6 shellack-
ing Saturday. Brock Stassi took
the loss, giving up seven hits and
seven runs in less than three full
innings Saturday.
Its just disappointing to see a
team that was hitting .257 get 19
runs and 26 hits, Powers said.
When you look at the number of
hits they got on 0-2, 1-2 pitches,
thats just inexcusable.
Nevadas pitching troubles
continued as senior pitcher Mark
Joukoff took the hill and endured
his worst start of the season on
Sunday, surrendering four runs
on ve hits in three innings.
Obviously, it was a struggle
out there today, Joukoff said.
Im just glad our offense was
able to bail me out.
Nevada was able to rally from
four runs down to pick up the
win. Powers said he hoped the
timely hitting was a sign that Ne-
vadas bats are able to perform
under pressure.
We nally got that hit that we
needed. Powers said. (Nevada
inelder) Joe (Kohan) got a
good hit and (Melino) got three
chances with runners on and I
kept telling him Youre going
to get another chance, and it
worked out that way.
For Melino, who delivered
the game-ending single with
the bases loaded and two outs
in the bottom of the tenth, the
difference was not over think-
ing the situation.
I just tried to slow everything
down and not lose sight of my
approach. Melino said, I had
some other chances today and
left some runners on base so I
was just happy to come through
with that last one.
After pulling through in clutch
situations, Powers said he hoped
the series was what the Wolf
Pack needed to break its recent
losing streak.
This team needed a win like
this, Powers said. Hopefully this
gives them some condence.
Nevada will host a three-game
series against Seattle University
beginning 6 p.m. Friday.
James DeHaven can be reached
at sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
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TRACK AND FIELD
WOLF PACK HAS FOUR
FIRST-PLACE FINISHES
The Wolf Pack track and eld
team took fourth place at the
University of Southern California
Quad Meet last Saturday.
USC took the team cham-
pionship with Brigham Young
University coming in second and
Cal-State Northridge taking third.
Individually, Nevada had four
rst-place nishes at the meet.
Thrower Sabine Kopplin took rst
place in the javelin with a distance
of 51.59 meters.
Thrower Constance McAlman
won the discus with a mark of
46.95 meters while Deborah
Amoah won the triple jump at
12.42 meters.
The teams nal rst-place
nish came in the 1,500 meters,
where sophomore distance run-
ner Samantha Diaz won with a
time of 4:28.22.
Senior Marissa Hammond
placed third in the javelin with
a distance of 44.50 meters.
Hammond also played forward
for the womens basketball team
this season.
Deidra Pettigrue led the sprint-
ers with a fourth-place nish in
the 400-meters with a time of
57.23 seconds while distance run-
ner Jennifer McEntire took second
in the 3,000-meter steeplechase
with a time of 11:25.59.
Nevadas next meet is at the
Mondo Invitational Thursday
through Saturday.
FOOTBALL
OFFENSE SHINES IN FIRST
SPRING SCRIMMAGE
In the football teams rst spring
scrimmage, Nevadas offense was
on full display.
Wide receiver Rishard Matthews
caught ve passes for 172 yards
and two touchdowns during the
scrimmage, including a 65-yard
touchdown pass from senior
quarterback Tyler Lantrip.
Lantrip nished the scrimmage
5-for-14 for 128 yards and one
touchdown.
Sophomore quarterback
Mason Magleby went 8-for-16
for 153 yards and a touchdown
while freshman quarterback Cody
Fajardo was 5-for-9 for 76 yards as
Nevada begins looking for a quar-
terback to replace former player
Colin Kaepernick.
Magleby led all rushers with 51
yards while running back Nick
Hale had 50 yards.
Defensively, freshman cor-
nerback Charles Garrett had an
interception. Jeremiah Green and
Brandon Marshall each recorded
a sack for the defense.
The Wolf Pack will hold a sec-
ond scrimmage Saturday before
playing in the annual Silver and
Blue Spring Game scheduled for
April 16.
WOMENS TENNIS
NEVADA DROPS TWO
MATCHES IN A ROW
The womens tennis team hit a
rough patch last week, dropping a
match to the University of Califor-
nia, Davis 6-1.
The Wolf Packs lone point came
when Lais Ogata defeated Ellie
Edles.
UC Davis took two of the three
doubles matches to earn the
doubles point for the Aggies.
Michelle Okhremchuk and
Emma Verberne lost to Megan
Heneghan and Dahra Zamudio in
the top two singles spots.
Sophie Steevens and Gabriela
Eufrasio also lost playing in the
fth and sixth singles spots.
Nevada also lost to Wichita State
6-1 on Sunday.
The Shockers took the double
point and only senior Florence De
Vrye picked up Nevadas lone point
in singles play, defeating Raphaela
Zotter in the No. 2 singles position.
Nevada returns to the court this
weekend when the team hosts
four home matches.
The Wolf Pack faces Boise State,
Sonoma State, Seattle University
and New Mexico State. The team
has eight matches remaining be-
fore the Western Athletic Confer-
ence Tournament, which begins
April 28.
SOFTBALL
FRESNO STATE SWEEPS
NO. 20 HAWAII
In a battle of two of the Western
Athletic Conferences top teams,
the Fresno State Bulldogs swept
Hawaii.
The Bulldogs won the rst game
of the series 5-0 as Fresno State
pitcher Michelle Moses threw a
no-hitter.
During the game, Moses threw
11 strikeouts and had two walks.
Moses became the rst pitcher
to no-hit Hawaii since the 2007
season.
The nal two games of the
series became pitchers duels. The
Bulldogs took the second game of
the series 2-1 and the nale 2-0.
The wins improved Fresno
States record to 6-0 in conference
while the Rainbow-Wahine fell to
3-3.
Hawaii hosts Nevada for a three-
game series this weekend while
Fresno State plays Pacic today
before playing at New Mexico
State this weekend.
New Mexico State also swept
Utah State while Boise State took
two of three games against San
Jose State.
MENS BASKETBALL
WESLEY COMPETES IN
NABC ALL-STAR GAME
Utah State forward Tai Wesley
scored 12 points and had eight
rebounds in the National As-
sociation of Basketball Coaches
All-Star game Friday night as the
West All-Stars defeated the East
All-Stars 113-108.
Wesley was one of six players
who scored in double-gures for
the West All-Stars. He shot 5-of-7
from the eld and played a game-
high 27 minutes.
Wesley, a 6-foot-7 forward,
helped lead the Aggies to the
Western Athletic Conference
regular-season and tournament
titles.
He also helped Utah State to a
berth in the NCAA Tournament,
where the Aggies lost to Kansas
State 73-68 in the Round of 64.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Wolf Pack bats pull through under pressure
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Nevada pitcher Jayson McClaren helped the baseball team win two of three games against Utah Valley. The Wolf Pack came from behind in both of its victories.
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Nevada plays the Reno Aces in an exhibition game tonight. This is the second year the teams have met.
The Wolf Pack baseball program receives money from the game.
Game with Aces raises
money for baseball team
Nevadas baseball team
will face the Reno Aces in an
exhibition game at 6:05 p.m.
today.
Last season the UNR
baseball program received
$15,000 from the game.
Students can purchase
tickets for $10 with a valid
student ID. The game drew
3,800 fans last season.
N d b b ll t
ACES GAME
Nevada won two of three
games against Utah Valley
last weekend.
The Wolf Pack defeated the
University of California, Davis
on Monday to improve to 8-16
on the season.
N d t f th
BASEBALL
BY THE NUMBERS
A breakdown on how the Wolf Pack baseball team has fared so far
this season.
1
is the number of wins the
baseball team has in games
decided by one run.
19
is the number of runs the
team gave up during its 19-6
loss to Utah Valley.
2
is the number of winning
streaks the Wolf Pack has
had (four and two games).
3
is the number of wins Ne-
vada has had in its last four
games.
When I rst found out (my
girlfriend) was pregnant, my life
went down from there, Andrew
said. My relationship with my
dad went downhill, I started
arguing with a lot of people at
school and my childhood was
gone. I didnt expect to have to
grow up that quick.
Alfonso Morales couldnt
believe his son was expecting a
child. He thought between box-
ing, school and work, having a
child was the last thing Andrew
should have been doing.
He said his son was jeopardiz-
ing his future.
(Andrew) was trying to go
to college. He had a big future
and he was still doing boxing,
said Alfonso, who posted a 5-2-
1 boxing record as a flyweight
and junior bantamweight in
his heyday. I dont mean it in
a bad way, but (the pregnancy)
was a distraction because it
gave him more things to worry
about. I was disappointed. I
was hurt.
Andrew felt alone. His father
alienated him, his peers teased
him and it was only getting
worse. He was going to have to
ght his way through.
But Andrew was used to ght-
ing.
He had fought all of his life
and not just with heavy gloves
on his hands. He was born in
Reno and raised on Neil Road.
The area is infamous around
town for being gang-infested,
violent and poor.
The people around us were
all druggies and gangs really af-
fected us, Andrew said. I tried
to stay away from them, but how
can you when youre surrounded
by them?
He recalls times when he would
ght people at school just to get
food to eat because he couldnt
afford it. He said he didnt want
to ght, but felt compelled to in
order to survive.
He didnt have friends, his par-
ents were always working and he
was always getting into trouble.
This survival mode made him a
loner.
From when I met Andrew,
he was a quiet guy, said Heidi
Zazaleta, Andrews girlfriend.
People always said hi to him
in school, but they werent re-
ally his friends. Hes just really
focused on what he needed to
do and didnt t time for much
else.
The loner mentality shaped
Morales life.
LEARNING THE ROPES
The quiet, peaceful teenager
loved boxing since he was three,
but his father didnt want to train
him. Alfonso had lived through
the pains and sacrices a boxer
had to make and didnt want to
put Andrew through that.
But after two years of Andrew
asking me to train him, Alfonso
nally gave in. The father trained
the son, military-style. The strict
workout regimen included
countless hours in the gym,
mile after mile worn on the sole
of his shoes and a stern eating
schedule.
To Alfonsos surprise, Andrew
didnt budge one bit.
I was shocked at how hard he
was working, Alfonso recalled.
He trained so damn hard. Thats
what I wanted him to realize,
that if hes not working hard, the
guy hes ghting will be.
But the hard work wasnt all
that difcult for Andrew. It was
in his blood.
My dads always worked hard
to support our family because
we used to be poor, he said. In
the past, he actually had to run
12 miles just to get to work every
day.
Through his fathers training,
at 14, Andrew had his rst ght.
He began reaping the results of
his hard labor. Eventually, he
picked up multiple ghts on
his record and showed much
promise. He focused solely on
boxing and was content with his
progression.
Finally, after a rough childhood
and years of being different,
Andrew was nding his place.
MEETING A MATE
Then came Heidi.
Andrew remembers meeting
her like it was yesterday.
I asked her out on the third
day of us talking, he said with a
sheepish smile.
But soon after that came the
pregnancy.
Andrews world, once serene
and simple, was now shaken
and swaying.
The future he once envisioned
at UNR was in doubt and it was
all because of the tiny baby liv-
ing inside his girlfriend.
But like he had done all of his
life, Andrew didnt run.
He fought.
He continued to work at
Subway, had to wake up a little
earlier to t in his running and
enrolled at UNR with the help of
the Millennium Scholarship. He
worked harder than ever and his
dedication only grew after Zaida
was born.
Most dads his age wouldnt
want to be there, Zazaleta said.
Hes always there and wants to
do everything with (his daugh-
ter). Ive never seen someone so
dedicated to taking care of all of
their responsibilities.
By the time Zaida was born,
Alfonso had gotten over the
pregnancy. He accepted his
sons situation, allowed him and
his girlfriend to move into his
house, and offered help wher-
ever needed.
Since then, Andrews life has
only improved.
More than a year ago, Andrew
and Zazaleta got engaged. They
plan to get married after Mo-
rales gets his degree in criminal
justice.
He posted a 5-0 record with
the Nevada boxing club this
year and has a chance to be-
come Nevadas sixth freshman
national champion. And his
lightning quick movements
in the ring have made him a
silent leader on the team and
someone his teammates look
up to.
I never see him screwing off
or taking a break, said team-
mate Jeremy Catalano, who
is also ghting at the national
championships. He has a lot of
dedication and a lot of heart. It
sucks that hes lighter than me
because I would love to spar him
just to see how he works inside
the ring.
ROLLING WITH THE
PUNCHES
Andrew has matured quicker
than most, but hes taken it in
stride. His devotion to school,
his family and the sweet science
has inspired many.
Not a lot of people can do
what hes doing, Nevada head
boxing coach Mike Martino
said. I dont think I could have
as a young man. Hes a hero to
me. Being able to balance all of
this and do it well, I couldnt ask
for anything more.
But most of all, hes happy
with himself. Hes thankful for
his daughter because she gives
him extra motivation. Hes
working harder than ever in
preparation for this weekends
bouts. And the day after he gets
back from West Point, N.Y., and
the National Collegiate Boxing
Association Boxing Champion-
ships, Andrew and Zazaleta are
moving into their own apart-
ment. He said itll be like a good
welcome home gift for me. Like
a fresh start.
Waking up at 4:30 a.m. every
day to run doesnt seem so bad
when you get results like this,
he said with a wide smile.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
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they would come on campus
for a day and simply walk on
campus among the students.
They would happily give
students an autograph in
exchange for their promise to
attend that nights sporting
event.
All right, now for the crazy.
FREE BEER AND FOOD
A massage at a local casino?
OK. A free set of tires? Thanks.
These are all good giveaway
prizes from the athletics
department, but people at
sporting events are likely more
concerned with what you can
do for them now, not later.
Answer: Give away beer and
food. Not only will you increase
sales (because who can stop at
just one beer?), but you will be
nourishing your fans minds
and bodies.
Instead of balled up T-shirts,
shoot beer cans out of that tiny
bazooka.
SILVER AND BLUE FIELD
For those who read about the
University of Central Arkansas
plan for a purple and gray
football eld, my condolences
I almost vomited when I saw
it, too.
But after rinsing my mouth,
I realized it was a great idea.
How many other times is UCA
going to make headline news
on SportsCenter or Yahoo!?
Nevada should do the same,
but instead of just a silver and
blue eld, put a live wolf (caged,
of course) at every other 20-yard
line you know, for fun.
MORE REAL WOLVES
I know Im still on the
live wolf train, but how
crazy would it be if every
time Nevada won a sporting
event, a wolf ran on the eld
and pretended to maul the
opposing teams mascot?
The wolf would be trained to
just playfully toss around the
other mascot. It would provide
great entertainment for fans
as well as making them want a
win even more, just because of
the anticipation of this sight.
I know what youre thinking,
How would we train a wolf
to playfully maul someone?
Well, I say that if I can hold
2,000 songs in my palm, video
call my brother whos 500 miles
away and turn on my car from
inside my bathroom, I should
sure as hell be able to control a
wild animals movements.
Im looking at you, Apple.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Catalano
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jokingly regretted inviting every-
one he knew.
On March 19, Catalano won
the regional title and a berth into
the national championships
but not without more stomach
issues.
I threw up before all my ghts
because I was so nervous. Ive
never done that before. I might
do the same thing at nationals to
see if it works, the 21-year-old
criminal justice major joked.
While the 5-foot-11, 156-pound
boxer may not be able to control
his stomach on his way to the
ring, hes controlled his oppo-
nents inside of the ring during his
entire boxing career.
With a 10-1 collegiate record
(hes defeated the boxer he lost
to), Catalano will head into
Thursdays National Collegiate
Boxing Association National
Championships as the teams
second-most experienced
ghter (behind only Andrew
Morales).
And despite his queasy ap-
proach to bouts, Catalanos con-
dence never sways mainly
because most of the crowd is
there to see him.
Because of his dad, when we
box, there are no less than 20
Reno Police (Department) of-
cers in the stands, Nevada head
boxing coach Mike Martino said.
He had a ready-made fan base
as soon as he came here.
Jon, Catalanos father, who
recently retired from the RPD
after 24 years of service, said
that because of his tenure with
the department, many ofcers
watched Jeremy grow up. They
dont hesitate to support the box-
ing team.
While Jeremys fan club was ce-
mented before he stepped in the
ring, the roots for his relationship
with Martino began long before
he rst walked into the Nevada
boxing gym in 2008.
Martino worked in the juvenile
justice system in Washoe County
for 31 years.
Many times, he worked along-
side Jon Catalano. The two built
a rapport and have known each
other since the early 2000s. Un-
surprisingly, Martino was excited
when Jeremy showed interest in
the team.
Our practices arent manda-
tory, but he showed the dedica-
tion early, Martino said. (He)
never missed practice and the kid
was just a natural. We knew we
had a young man who was going
to excel if he stayed in the gym.
But because of Martinos re-
lationship with Jon, Jeremy was
pushed harder in practices.
He doesnt beat around the
bush with me, said Jeremy, who
graduated from Spanish Springs
High School. Its great, though,
because he just wants you to
learn.
Martino isnt shy about calling
Catalano out if he sees him slack-
ing on his technique. Without
hesitation, hell jump inside the
ring when Catalano is shadow
boxing and yell, Thats not a jab!
This is a jab! as the young boxer
quietly observes.
I know hes in good hands with
(Martino) because Mike knows
how to handle people his age
and get the most from them, Jon
said. Mike and the other coaches
there have gotten him to where he
is now and he has a chance to do
something special.
For Jon it may be special, but
for Jeremy its surreal.
He has a chance to be known
as one of the best ghters in the
schools rich boxing history, as
well as make those who support
him even prouder.
I remember my senior year in
high school, reading the paper
and seeing that (former Nevada
boxer) Thomas Gennaro won
the national title, Catalano said.
To be able to put myself in that
position of the people I saw then
is amazing. Its an honor to repre-
sent what Ive always wanted to
be a part of.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
thing we do kind of lack is we
lack the fun out here, Patrick
said. Softball is supposed to be
a fun sport and relaxing. So, we
played hacky (sack) before the
game to get that competitive
edge.
GLIMMERS OF HOPE?
One of the few bright spots
on the team has been freshman
inelder Karley Hopkins.
The freshman leads the team
in batting average (.365), runs
scored (25), doubles (13) and
hits (42) and has given Wolf
Pack fans something to cheer
about this season.
Shes made the adjustment
(to college) well, Meuchel said.
She has some gifts both physi-
cally and mentally and shes as
mature as anyone weve had
come in here.
Nevada is also hoping that
the weekend saw the start of its
pitching improving as well.
After getting roughed up in a
12-4 loss to the Lady Techsters
on Friday, pitcher Mallary
Darby had two solid outings on
Saturday, pitching 12 innings
and giving up just four earned
runs.
It just proves you have to take
it one day at a time, Darby said.
Friday was terrible for me and
(Saturday) I had a better day and
the team had a better day.
Though Darbys performance
on the mound was far from per-
fect, if Nevada is to make any
sort of a late season run, it will
likely be on the arm of Darby.
Shes certainly been strug-
gling lately and shed be the
rst to tell you that, Meuchel
said. Shes searching, the
staffs searching and the teams
searching. In that competitive
and emotional situation, youre
not going to go from that spot
to where youre completely in
command in one day. But, to
see her take some steps, thats a
start in that direction.
With a series at Hawaii next
week, where Nevada will face
the WAC preseason favorites,
the Wolf Pack is hoping the
series can ignite a run for the
team and get the team back into
contention.
At this point, were trying to
build to be better every game,
Meuchel said. Sometimes
when you play well, your op-
ponent plays better. We cant
control how well Hawaii plays,
but we can certainly control
how well we play.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at
leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
Softball
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Morales
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Nevada pitcher Mallary Darby started all three games for the Wolf
Pack last weekend. Nevada went 1-2 against Louisiana Tech.
TONYCONTINI /NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Freshman Andrew Morales begins training at 4:30 a.m., when he runs eight to 10 miles before his classes.
I dont mean it in a bad way, but (the pregnancy)
was a distraction because it gave him more things to
worry about. I was disappointed. I was hurt.
Alfonso Morales, Andrew Morales father
BY THE NUMBERS
Breaking down Nevadas
season.
3
1
is the number of games of
the Wolf Packs only win-
ning streak this season. Ne-
vada is 10-22 overall.
is the number of conference
wins the Wolf Pack has this
season.
12
is the number of runs Ne-
vada gave up in the rst
game of the series.
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Jeremy Catalano is one of two Nevada boxers who will ght at the national championships.
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look for key wins
STAFF PICKS
PESSIMIST SAYS: If theres one thing
that will plague the Wolf Pack, it is
inconsistency. It strikes again as Nevada
fails to get hits at critical moments.
Seattle gets the early leads, forcing the
Wolf Pack to play from behind in all
three games. Nevadas bats, which have
struggled in late-game situations, fail to
bring Nevada back.
OUTCOME: Seattle takes two of three
DIFFERENCE MAKER DOUG KINCAID
OPTIMIST SAYS: The Wolf Pack
batters become comfortable and begin
to perform under pressure. Nevadas
pitchers shut down Seattle and hold the
Redhawks to fewer than four runs in all
three games. With the Wolf Pack not
having to deal with traveling, Nevada
overwhelms Seattle as the Redhawks
lack the run scoring ability to keep pace.
OUTCOME: Nevada sweeps
The junior outelder is the Redhawks most
complete offensive threat. Fourth on the team in
hits, Kincaid leads the team in runs batted in and
is tied for the team lead in home runs. Kincaid also
leads the team in stolen bases, making him just
as much of a threat once he gets on base as he is
at the plate. Defensively, he has a perfect elding
percentage and has yet to commit an error this
season. In short, Kincaid is the backbone of the
Redhawks team and must play well for Seattle to
have success.
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MAKING THE CALL
Both teams enter series struggling to nd victories
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Nevada pitcher Mark Joukoff
By Lukas Eggen
After winning two of three games against Utah Valley
University, the Nevada baseball team is hoping to continue
to build momentum during its series against Seattle Uni-
versity. The Redhawks, coming off an abysmal series against
Sacramento State in which the team lost three of four (and
has lost six of its last seven overall), are also looking for a key
series win to try to correct its season.
With both teams seasons not going quite as planned, this
weekends series is a chance to try to get back on track.
PITCHERS DELIGHT
With Nevadas bats still plagued by inconsistencies,
Seattles pitching staff could be in for a solid series. The
teams starting rotation of Seafth Howe, Brandon Kizer and
Max Whieldon has a combined earned run average of 3.30
and have given up just three home runs in a combined
102 innings pitched between the three of them.
Howe is establishing himself as the teams top
pitcher, with an ERA of 2.05 while holding
opponents to a .198 batting average.
Nevadas bats are still struggling, averaging
less than four runs per game and with a team
batting average of .256. With just 88 runs
batted in, the Wolf Packs lineup must nd
a way to advance runners once they get
into scoring position.
Inelder Nick
Melino continues to
be the Wolf Packs most
dangerous bat, hitting
.391 with 34 hits and three
home runs.
For the Wolf Pack, the key may be whether Seattle scores
early. Nevada is 0-11 when trailing after the rst inning
and is just 2-14 when trailing after the third inning. If the
Redhawks score early, chances are the Wolf Pack will try to
force the issue at the plate.
BATTER UP?
The problem for the Redhawks is the lack of run support
to back their pitchers. Seattle has lost six games by three or
fewer runs, showing that while its pitching can keep games
close, the teams hitting has been spotty. The team has been
held to three or fewer runs eight times this season.
Even with Nevadas second game against Utah Valley, in
which the team gave up 19 runs, the Wolf Pack has given
up more than ve runs just three times in its last 13 games.
Nevadas starting staff has been steadily improving during
the season.
The series will likely come down to which team can
muster up enough offense to strike rst. In that regard,
Wolf Pack designated hitter Brock Stassi has been steadily
improving, batting .267 and is third on the team in hits. But
the team still lacks consistent bats to support Melino. The
team has scored six or more runs just four times this season,
meaning Nevadas unlikely to win any high-scoring affair.
The difference maker for Nevada could be Joe Kohan, who
is second on the team in batting average, hits and runs bat-
ted in. A big series from Kohan could provide just enough
lift to Nevadas lineup to overpower the Redhawks.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
Wolf Pack looks to build
condence
After winning three of
its last four games, the
Wolf Pack faces Seattle
University. Nevada is
hoping its series against
Utah Valley serves as a
way for the team to gain
momentum as it inches
closer to Western Athletic
Conference play which
begins next week. Pitcher
Brock Stassis development
will play a big role into this.
When Stassi returns to full
strength, Nevadas pitching
staff may be one of the most
feared in the conference as
the staff is allowing just 4.4
runs per game this year.
PROBABLE ROTATION
USA TODAY/ESPN POLL
Wolf Pack looks to build
WEEKLY GLANCE
SEATTLE
30, RHP, Seafth Howe
Junior, 6-foot-2, 160 pounds;
3-1, 1.91 ERA, 5 APP, 5 GS,
37.2 INP, 8 SO, 7 BB
55, RHP, Max Whieldon
Senior, 6-foot-10, 200
pounds; 0-3, 4.19 ERA, 7
APP, 6 GS, 38.2 INP, 15 SO,
9 BB
23, RHP, Brandon Kizer
Junior, 6-foot-2, 200 pounds;
4-2, 3.86 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS,
32.2 INP, 18 SO, 5 BB
NEVADA
36, RHP, Tom Jameson
Sophomore, 6-foot-7, 210
pounds; 2-4, 6.55 ERA, 7 APP,
7 GS, 33.0 INP, 21 SO, 14 BB
15, RHP, Jeremy Cole
Senior, 6-foot, 190 pounds;
1-2, 3.81 ERA, 7 APP, 4 GS,
28.1 INP, 7 SO, 7 BB
30, RHP, Mark Joukoff
Junior, 6-foot-1, 205 pounds;
1-5, 6.06 ERA, 7 APP, 7 GS,
35.2 INP, 16 SO, 20 BB
1. Vanderbilt (18) 18-2
2. Virginia (13) 19-2
3. South Carolina 19-2
4. Florida 14-4
5. Texas A&M 16-4
6. Arizona State 15-5
7. North Carolina 17-5
8. Texas 15-4
9. Oklahoma 15-5
10. Florida State 16-4
11. Georgia Tech 14-2
12. Fresno State 18-3
13. CS-Fullerton 15-4
14. TCU 12-7
15. LSU 17-4
16. UC-Irvine 15-5
17. Southern Miss. 14-2
18. California 11-7
19. Oregon State 10-7
20. Stanford 14-6
21. Arizona 8-6
22. Arkansas 15-4
23. UCLA 6-5
24. Alabama 16-4
25. Rice 12-5
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Oklahoma State 68; Louisville 54; Troy 50;
East Carolina 33; Charlotte 24; Clemson 23;
Stetson 18; Miami (Fla.) 10; Texas State 10;
CalState-Bakerseld 6; Creighton 6; Missis-
sippi 5; San Jose State 5; Baylor 3; Nebraska
2; New Mexico State 2; Alabama -Birming-
ham 1; James Madison 1; Mercer 1; Michigan
State 1; Tulane 1.
Seattle at Nevada
When: 6 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m. Sunday
Where: Peccole Park
Radio: N/A
Seattle at Nevada
THIS WEEKS SERIES
Nevada Category Seattle
OFFENSE
.261 Batting Average .224
3.95 Runs Scored Per Game 3.77
.380 Slugging Percentage .315
.358 On-Base Percentage .312
PITCHING
6.05 Earned Run Average 3.68
.325 Opposing Batting Average .240
11.33 Hits Allowed Per Game 7.54
FIELDING
.965 Fielding Percentage .973
33 Errors 23
TALE OF THE TAPE
WAC STANDINGS
Standings Conference Overall
Fresno State 0-0 20-3
New Mexico State 0-0 22-6
San Jose State 0-0 19-8
Louisiana Tech 0-0 15-12
Hawaii 0-0 14-14
Nevada 0-0 8-16
Sacramento State 0-0 9-20
Date Opponent Result
Feb. 18 at UC Irvine L 17-4
Feb. 19 at UC Irvine L 15-3
Feb. 20 at UC Irvine L 7-1
Feb. 25 at Loyola Marymount L 8-5
Feb. 26 at Loyola Marymount L 7-3
Feb. 27 at Loyola Marymount L 8-3
March 1 San Francisco State Postponed
March 4 UNLV L 9-0
March 5 UNLV L 10-6
March 6 UNLV L 5-0
March 8 at UC Davis W 3-2
March 11 Pacic W 10-6
March 12 Pacic W 6-5
March 13 Pacic W 9-4
March 15 at Saint Marys Canceled
March 19 at UC Santa Barbara L 5-3
March 19 at UC Santa Barbara L 2-1
March 20 at UC Santa Barbara Canceled
March 21 at California L 2-0
March 22 Saint Marys L 9-3
March 25 at Washington W 2-1
March 26 at Washington L 4-3
March 27 at Washington L 5-4
March 28 at Seattle Canceled
April 1 Utah Valley W 5-4
April 2 Utah Valley L 19-6
April 3 Utah Valley W 8-7
April 4 UC Davis W 7-4
Tuesday Reno Aces 2 p.m.
Friday Seattle 6 p.m.
Saturday Seattle 1 p.m.
Sunday Seattle 11 a.m.
April 12 San Francisco State 2 p.m.
April 15 at Fresno State 6:05 p.m.
April 16 at Fresno State 2 p.m.
April 16 at Fresno State 5 p.m.
April 17 at Fresno State 1:05 p.m.
April 21 New Mexico State 6 p.m.
April 22 New Mexico State 1 p.m.
April 22 New Mexico State 4 p.m.
April 23 New Mexico State 11 a.m.
April 29 at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m.
April 30 at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m.
April 30 at Louisiana Tech 4 p.m.
May 1 at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m.
May 5 Hawaii 6 p.m.
May 6 Hawaii 6 p.m.
May 7 Hawaii 1 p.m.
May 7 Hawaii 4 p.m.
May 13 Sacramento State 6 p.m.
May 14 Sacramento State 1 p.m.
May 14 Sacramento State 4 p.m.
May 15 Sacramento State 1 p.m.
May 20 at San Jose State 6 p.m.
May 21 at San Jose State 1 p.m.
May 21 at San Jose State 4 p.m.
May 22 at San Jose State 1 p.m.
Date Opponent Result
NEVADA SCHEDULE
*All statistics thru games 4/4/2011
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