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Chancellor Jim Rogers, who
has served as a voice against state
budget cuts this past year, said he
wont seek the renewal of his ve-
year contract with the Nevada
System of Higher Education.
Rogerss con-
tract ends June 30.
This has not
been a secret, Rog-
ers, 70, said. I told
everybody all along
that ve years was
long enough.
As
NSHE
chancellor, Rogers
works as head of
the eight higher
education institutions in Nevada,
including the University of Ne-
vada, Reno. During his term, he
contemplated a run for governor,
donated money to different NSHE
factions and publicly denounced
Gov. Jim Gibbonss budget cuts.
He has also clashed with the Board
of Regents, the 13-member board
that oversees NSHE and the chan-
cellorship, over system authority.
Hes been an outspoken
leader for the quality and fund-
ing of higher education, NSHE
Vice Chancellor Dan Klaich said.
With his tremendous successes,
he will be hard to replace.
When Rogers steps down, an
interim chancellor will hold the
ofce while the board conducts a
yearlong nationwide search for a
permanent replacement, Board of
Regents chair Michael Wixom said.
The search will begin after the 2009
Nevada legislature session ends.
Klaich said some have specu-
lated that he will take over as
interim chancellor. He said he is
not seeking the position.
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The student government sen-
ate will vote Wednesday whether
to approve Casey Stiteler as Di-
rector of Campus Programming.
Student body
president Eli Reilly
tried appointing
Stiteler to the
position
twice
before the Associ-
ated Students of
the University of
Nevada Conduct
and Appointments
Committee unani-
mously reported
the nomination favorably Monday.
Sens. Gracie Geremia, Erich
Beyer and Taylor Anderson were
the committee members in at-
tendance. Sens. Jessica Purney
and Patrick Kealy participated
in the meeting via telephone at
separate times so the committee
could meet quorum.
In April, the committee rejected
Reillys nomination of Stiteler to
the position. The committee said
they were concerned that Stiteler
did not have ASUN experience.
Reilly appointed Stiteler to the
position when the senate re-
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One political science professor called
presidential nominee Barack Obamas
on-campus speech Tuesday, a mere ve
weeks before Election Day, a unique
happening for Nevada.
Another called college campuses a
logical stopping point for Democrats
on the trail. They both said to expect the candi-
dates and their surrogates to make more
appearances in the Reno area. Polls
show that Nevada, with ve electoral
votes, is one of the few states without a
chosen nominee. And Washoe County
is a close county in a close state.
Nevada is very important, said
Rick Gorka, a Nevada spokesman for
Republican nominee John McCain. At
the end of the day we are looking at a
very close election. Regardless if a state
has ve electoral votes or 55, every one
of those votes are very highly prized.
A poll-trending Web site, pollster.com,
lists Nevada support at 47.2 percent for
Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) and 45.7 percent
for Sen. Obama (D-Ill.). A similar Web
site, realclearpolitics.com, lists McCain
at 47 percent and Obama at 45.3.
As of Monday evening, Sept. 21 was
the most recent polling date used on
the two sites.
And if the polls stay like that, then
the candidates and their supporters
will keep pushing in the state, said Eric
Herzik, a University of Nevada, Reno
political science professor.
Obama support visibly surged at UNR
after Fridays speech announcement.
Students chalked the sidewalks over
the weekend, made signs and started
waving them at Lawlor the day before.
Aside from that kind of support,
Nevada already has an important role
in the presidential elections, said David
Damore, a political science professor at
the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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