Nevada Sagebrush Archives 09/23/08

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 VOLUME CXV NUMBER 6 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893
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By Jessica Fryman
A man was shot at a crashed
party near the University of Ne-
vada, Reno Saturday morning,
Sgt. Kim Bradshaw of the Reno
Police Department said.
The man is in critical condition
from the gunshot wound under
his armpit, police said. The two
suspects have not been found.
University police ofcers
responded as back-up units
to the crashed rave party at
1585 Hillside Drive, near Sierra
Street, but did not participate
on-scene, said Commander
Todd Renwick of the University
of Nevada, Reno Police Depart-
ment. Despite its close vicin-
ity to campus, UNRPD did not
notify students of the incident
because it did not pose a threat
to students, Renwick said.
It wasnt like we had a mad-
man on the loose targeting stu-
dents, he said. It was conned
to that specic residence.
Bradshaw said RPD is still
investigating the shooting and
the motive is unknown.
Two men crashed the rave
party and demanded items and
that people undress, Mayes said.
A ght then broke out and one of
the men red a gun, hitting one
person.
Police searched the area,
including Sierra Street across
from the residence halls, ask-
ing those in the vicinity if they
had seen two men running
nearby.
Jessica Fryman can be reached at
jfryman@nevadasagebrush.com.
Two men, between 56 and
510, wearing dark colored
hoodies and armed with a
dark colored handgun at time
of shooting
SUSPECT DESCRIPTION
Shooting a block from campus puts one in hospital
UNR cuts
academic
centers
By Nick Coltrain
In four 12-hour days, Brent
Mickey said he must have called
out, Are you registered to vote?
more than a thousand times.
Mickey rattled off his ques-
tion whenever someone who
could be registered was nearby.
Between classes, his words ran
together.
Most students at Hilliard Plaza
ignored him as they weaved
between the supporters of Sens.
John McCain and Barack Obama
urging them to register to vote
or to support their respective
candidate.
Its tedious work, Mickey
said. You denitely lose your
breath toward the end of the day
and get kind of a scratchy voice.
But it is denitely benecial in
the end.
Mickey, 25, from California,
spent four days at the University
of Nevada, Reno last week to col-
lect signatures for an initiative
to add 3 percent to the Nevada
hotel room tax as a way to sup-
port K-12 education. Four others
pleaded for the Nevada State
Education Associations petition
during that time.
Volunteers for the non-
partisan Progressive Voter
Network registered people near
the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge
Center and the Joe Crowley
Student Union. Partisan volun-
teers registered students and
gave information about their
candidates at Hilliard Plaza.
Other petitioners roved around
campus.
Mickey looked toward a group
of students near the Reynolds
School of Journalism.
Hey, are you guys Nevada
voters? Mickey asked.
Im already registered,
Ricardo Salezar, a 20-year-old
criminal justice major, replied.
Perfect.
Mickey jogged over and went
into his spiel. Salezar asked him
to slow down and explain the
initiative better. Upon learning
it was for education, Salezar
signed. His other friends had
already signed with the petition-
ers near the knowledge center.
Salezar, like other students,
said he understood and even
appreciated that Mickey and the
presidential campaign supporters
were trying to inform students.
It gets annoying because
Activists invade campus
By Nick Coltrain and
Jessica Estepa
The writing and math centers
will close at the end of this school
year because of state budget
cuts, University of Nevada, Reno
ofcials said Monday.
The centers are the most
recent losses in the continuing
series of budget cuts impact-
ing UNR this year.
The decision to cut the cen-
ters came after a review from
administration, Provost Marc
Johnson said. Administrators
have been reviewing 41 aca-
demic centers on campus for
the last two weeks in order to
nd ways to meet Gov. Jim Gib-
bonss order for 14.12 percent
to be cut from the budget for
the 2009-11 biennium, he said.
Cutting both centers will
save UNR about $300,000
a year, a fraction of the $31
million UNR needs to save,
Johnson said.
The administrations goal is
to cut programs before they
cut class sections.
Weve been working with
the deans to preserve academ-
ic programs, President Milton
Glick said. But of course, that
puts other programs at risk.
Though they will close in
May, ofcials plan to reopen
the centers when the univer-
sity has more money, Johnson
said.
The provost plans to create
a committee to discuss alter-
natives to the writing center,
Johnson said. It will include
student body president Eli
Reilly, students, faculty and
administrators, he said.
While the math center is
also being cut, students can
still pay for math tutoring at
the Tutoring Center.
We want this to have as
little impact on students as
possible,
BUDGET CUTS
SCOTTBARNETT/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Zephyr McCormick, a volunteer for Progressive Future, attempts to get students to sign a petition to expand the student electorate outside the Joe Crowley Student Union.
By Jessica Estepa
On the second oor of the
Thompson Building, students
buzz in and out of doors where
they learn about what they
can do and in some cases,
what they want to do with
their lives.
But come June 30, the Career
Development department will
close its doors and thousands
of University of Nevada, Reno
students will have to nd a
new place to go for career re-
sources, interim director Pru
Jones said.
The center is one of ve
student programs on the
chopping block because of
Gov. Jim Gibbonss request
for a 14.12 percent budget cut
from state programs for the
2009-11 biennium. For UNR,
that cut will amount to about
$31 million next year.
The university has already
cut about $9 million from this
years budget. Last year, UNR
cut $15 million.
By cutting the career center,
the university will save more
than $650,000, according to
UNRs line-by-line budget.
The centers cut was budget-
driven, said Fabienne Naples,
UNRs associate vice president
of student success.
We looked at services that
directly impact students,
she said. Career services are
important, but in my frame of
Career
center axed
See CENTERS Page A4
By Wheeler Cowperthwaite
The future of Getchell Library
is in the hands of the Nevada
State Legislature, which will
decide whether to pay $10.5
million for renovations or al-
low the building to mothball.
The legislature will make
its decision during its 2009
session. The plan calls for
renovating 155,000 square feet
of the existing 177,000. If the
legislature approves the fund-
ing, renovation would start in
2010, said Stephen Mischissin,
the interim vice president of
facilities services department.
Getchell Library was built in
1962, and the building needs to
be brought up to todays build-
ing codes, he said.
The plan calls for a new
sprinkler system, re alarms,
ramps and elevators in compli-
ance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, he said.
Theyre life and safety up-
grades, he said.
The University of Nevada,
Reno submitted a Capital Im-
provements Project request to
retrofit the library for another
use to the Board of Regents,
who sent it to the Nevada Pub-
lic Works Board.
Paul Neil, director of the
university core curriculum of-
fice, said the old library would
be turned into a student ser-
vices building and an informal
learning space. Student Suc-
cess Services, currently in the
Thompson Student Services
building, might move to the
Getchell space.
The first floor of the old
library would house student
advising and the academic
skills center, he said.
The Thompson building
might be turned into an aca-
demic space. The philosophy
department may move from
E.J. Cain Hall to the Thompson
building. The English depart-
ment may extend its offices
into the Thompson building.
The middle level of the base-
ment may be removed and the
space turned into rehearsal
and studio spaces for the art
department, Neil said.
Retrofitting the Getchell
Library space will postpone
the need for more expensive
buildings, Ron Zurek, Vice
President of Administration
and Finance, said.
The renovations will cost
about $58 per square foot, he
said. A new building would
cost between $400-$500 per
square foot.
Wheeler Cowperthwaite
can be reached at editor@
nevadasagebrush.com.
Getchells future up to legislature
The legislature will decide whether to renovate Getchell Library. See BUDGET Page A4
UNLV VS NEVADA
THE RIVALRY RETURNS: B1
See CAMPAIGNS Page A4
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By Jay Balagna
With iers in one hand, stickers
in the other and a Nader/Gon-
zales 08 cardboard sign draped
around his neck, Earl Ammer-
man IV campaigns.
Hands full, he fumbles while
handing out information in the
hot sun nearly every day near
the sculpture garden of the
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Cen-
ter. He politely asks passersby if
they would like more informa-
tion on Ralph Naders bid for
the presidency, but few students
acknowledge his efforts.
Ammerman, a 25-year-old
anthropology major, has been
campaigning for about a month
as the Reno-Tahoe volunteer
coordinator for the Nader presi-
dential campaign.
Im doing it because I believe
in third parties and I believe
in Ralph Nader, Ammerman
said. This is the rst time Ive
ever volunteered with a political
campaign, although I did vote for
Nader in the 2004 election.
Ammerman said he supports
third parties because he feels
the Democrats and Republicans
are too alike on many issues. He
believes real change can only
come from someone with a
drastically different platform,
like Nader.
Both the major party candi-
dates believe in big military bud-
gets and their plans on health care
and energy are close to the status
quo, Ammerman said. They
also both want to repress the
democratically-elected Hamas
in Palestine, despite preaching
their support for democracy in
the region. Ralph Nader wants to
change those things.
To many students, Naders
positions on these issues, and
many others, are a bit radical.
Most people walk by Ammerman
with little more than a glance,
but a few stop.
Brandon Nizzle, a senior art
major, chatted with Ammerman
about a few issues and walked
away with a bumper sticker.
Its pretty cool, Nizzle said. It
must take a lot of courage to do
that every day.
Unlike the camps for Sens. John
McCain and Barack Obama set
up in Hilliard Plaza, Ammerman
operates alone. But that doesnt
mean his efforts go ignored. Each
time Ammerman campaigns,
more people stop and ask for
information, he said.
Our numbers are growing
by the day, and people like Earl
have a lot to do with that, said
Tony Booker, the Nader cam-
paigns state coordinator for
Nevada. Hes very dedicated,
and its hard to find volunteers
who are so willing to put in the
amounts of time that he does. I
wish I had more volunteers like
him.
When Ammerman signed on
to volunteer, Booker warned him
that people might be rude and
unreceptive to his message. He
told Ammerman a story of a time
when he was campaigning in Las
Vegas in 2004.
A woman approached Booker,
yelling that Nader had cost
Al Gore the 2000 presidential
election. When Booker tried to
defend himself in the one-sided
argument, the woman spit in his
face and walked away.
Fortunately, Ammerman has
not had to wipe any bodily uids
from his face. Ammerman said he
has experienced the opposite at
the University of Nevada, Reno.
Even the people who dont agree
with him are at least cordial.
Ammerman experienced this
politeness while campaigning
outside an Obama campaign
ofce this summer.
While standing on the sidewalk
near the ofce, a woman walking
in who appeared to be a cam-
paign volunteer glanced over
at him, Ammerman said. She
stopped halfway into the door
and walked up to Ammerman,
looked him in the eye and said,
God bless you for standing up
for what you believe in.
I respect all (campaign vol-
unteers), he said. That kind of
participation is what democracy
is all about.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com.
Volunteer campaigns for Nader
FACES OF NEVADA
DEVINSIZEMORE/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Earl Ammerman IV, a University of Nevada, Reno junior, campaigns
for Ralph Nader outside the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.
[ DAVIDSON MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CENTER
Estimated completion date: Spring 2010
Estimated construction budget: $50 million
Square feet: 105,000
The Davidson Mathematics and Science Center will be the new
home of the University of Nevada, Renos College of Science. The
center will be on the southeast edge of campus where the univer-
sitys greenhouses once were. It is not part of the Davidson Acad-
emy. About $18 million in private donations and $32 million from
the Nevada legislature are going toward the project, ofcials said.
About 80 percent of students will have at least one class in the
building. Foundation for the building was recently poured and con-
struction is still in its earliest stages. Parking in the area has been
greatly reduced due to construction.
[ CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Estimated completion date: Spring 2011
Estimated construction budget: $65 million
Square feet: 100,000
The Center for Molecular Medicine will double the medical
schools research and laboratory space and serve as home for the
departments of microbiology, pharmacology and physiology. The
center will also be home to the Whitemore Peterson Institute for
Neuro-Immune Disease and the northern center for the Nevada
Cancer Institute. The center will increase faculty research and help
increase opportunities to receive federal research grants. It will be
located in the northeast corner of campus. Construction will begin
this semester. The project is funded by the state.
Compiled by Jeff Mosier
CONSTRUCTION UPDATES FROM THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT

LOOKING GOOD IN PERSON
25-word elevator pitch
When meeting an employer at a job convention, you will only have a couple of minutes to talk to them
about who you are and what you have to offer. The 25-word elevator pitch is the perfect thing to have be-
cause it will make it easy for you to explain those things to a potential employer.
If you can come across as someone who has their goals in mind, then the employer is more likely to re-
member you and contact you in the future.
Business Cards
Business cards should be profes-
sional looking and not too wild in color
or design unless your desired profes-
sion is graphic arts, Strauss said.
Business cards should contain your
name, phone number, e-mail address
and picture. It may also be useful to
include your 25-word elevator pitch.
FedEx Kinkos, which is now FedEx
Ofce, sells business cards for $30
per 100 standard color business
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them from home using Microsoft
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Devin Sizemore, editor@
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Weekly Update
POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS
THE GUIDE
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKEND
Clear and
breezy, SW
wind 10-15
mph
Continued
sunshine, light
winds
Warming and
breezy, SW
winds 5-10 mph
Increasing
clouds and
chance of rain
late weekend
WEATHER FORECAST
Morning campus
temperature:
Afternoon campus
temperature:
Forecast condence
level*:
57 60 61 64
80 81 81 83
Lows: 45-50
Highs: 77-82
*Forecast confidence is based on the ensemble forecast model solution spread: Green is high confidence and red is low confidence in a good forecast verification.
Forecast prepared by
the Reno-Lake Tahoe
student chapter of the
American Meteorological
Society. For more
information visit their
website at http://www.
ametsoc.org/chapters/
renotahoe/

Clear and
breezy, SW wind
5-10 mph
UNR CAMPUS WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: There will a warming trend starting early this week and continuing
through the end of this week. A very uneventful forecast is expected. However there will be some moderate winds
Wednesday afternoon and evening. These will calm down and warm, sunny weather will ensue. The weekend may
bring the Reno-Tahoe area cooler temperature and a chance of precipitation on Sunday.
SEPTEMBER 21
A university student
was arrested for minor
in possession of alcohol
on University Terrace.
A Truckee Meadows
Community College
student was arrested
for minor in possession
and consumption or
alcohol at College Drive
and North Sierra Street.
SEPTEMBER 18
reported a prowler on the
roof of a sorority house
on North Sierra Street.
reported the theft of
a backpack from the
storage cubbies in the
dining commons.
SEPTEMBER 17
reported that his vehicle
had been broken into
and a parking permit
stolen from inside while
parked in the Sierra
Street Parking Complex.
SEPTEMBER 16
reported a prowler outside
a residence on Evans
Avenue. The suspect
ed the area when the
student shouted at him.
SEPTEMBER 15
A university employee
reported illegal dumping
of pavement slurry in
the area northeast of
the medical school.
reported the theft
of property from a
locker in the Lombardi
For a map of nearby
crimes, visit our Web site at

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Professor to speak
about Chinas erotic
misery and culture
Victoria Cass, an associate profes-
sor of East Asian Language and
Civilizations at the University of
Colorado at Boulder, will present a
lecture on cultural life in Chinas past.
The lecture will be held Thursday 7
p.m. in Ballroom C of the Joe Crowley
Student Union.
The Hilliard Endowment, the history
department, the womens studies de-
partment and the ethnic studies depart-
ment sponsor the The Theater of Erotic
Misery in Ming Dynasty China event.
For more information, contact Hugh
Shapiro, associate history professor, at
775-784-6451.
First annual Beat
UNLV Week events fuel
rivalry for game day
The rst annual Beat UNLV Week
will run through Saturday, in prepara-
tion for the Nevada-UNLV football
game. Events include:
Donate Some Red to Support the
Blue Blood Drive, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday to Friday, Room 402 of the Joe
Crowley Student Union.
This event marks the end of a year-
long compeition with UNLV. Which-
ever school recruits the most students
to donate blood wins.
Moon Off, 11 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Tuesday, the quad. Flipside Produc-
tions wants to break a world record
with the largest mooning at this event.
Scavenger Hunt, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday. Meet in the Associated
Students of the University of Nevada
Bookstore.
Rock Band Competition, 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center.
Slam Poetry Contest, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, The Joe Starbucks.
Beat UNLV Barbecue, 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. Wednesday, the quad.
Car Bash, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, The Joe parking lot.
Roast the Rebels Bonre, 7:30 to 9
p.m. Thursday, North Parking Lot.
For more information, contact the
ASUN ofces at 775-784-6589.
Town hall meeting
to discuss university
budget cut issues
The town hall meeting concerning
potential budget cuts is rescheduled
for Sept. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the
Great Room on the fourth oor of the
Joe Crowley Student Union.
The university is planning for pos-
sible cuts as high as 14 percent, or $31
million, of the University of Nevada,
Renos budget.
Student body president Eli Reilly
will update students on the status of
the budget cuts and lead a discussion
about potential solutions.
I hope that students can walk
away from this meeting knowing
whats happening with the cuts and
exactly how it will affect them, Reilly
said.
For more information, contact the
ASUN ofces at 775-784-6589.
Student legislative
branch appoints four
to vacant senate seats
The Associated Students of the Univer-
sity of Nevada Senate voted Wednesday
to appoint four senators to vacant posi-
tions. The senate seat for the Division of
Health Science remains open.
Ian McMenemy, College of
Business
Chelsey McMenemy, College of
Education
Ryan Barrett, College of
Engineering
Erin Meyer, College of Science
UNR to provide 17
areas with substance
abuse training
The Center for the Application of
Substance Abuse Technologies in the
Division of Health and Sciences at the
University of Nevada, Reno has been
awarded a subcontract to expand its
Center for the Application of Preven-
tion Technologies.
UNR was awarded the subcontract by
the Educational Development Center,
Incorporated, a contractor of the federal
government. Under the contract, UNR
will provide substance abuse prevention
training and assistance to authorities in
17 states and jurisdictions in western
North America and the Pacic.
The center provides training to help
implement substance abuse preven-
tion programs in these jurisdictions,
said Julie Hogan, director of preven-
tion for the program.
For more information, visit the Cen-
ter for the Application of Substance
Abuse Technologies Web site at casat.
unr.edu.
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LOOKING GOOD ONLINE
Getting on the internet
The rst thing to do when marketing yourself online is to set up a Web site.
Free domain names and hosting are available at awardspace.com. If you get a
lot of hits on your site, then you can upgrade to a larger site for $3-15 per month.
When choosing a domain, you can also customize it by using your name.
Having your name in the domain makes the site look more professional, said
Judy Strauss, an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Strauss
co-authored Radically Transparent, a book that discusses the many ways to
market yourself.
Basic steps to setting up a site
Its important to choose color schemes that are both professional and personal.
Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML, is the language of the Web. To create a
Web page, it is essential to save documents in this format.
Using Microsoft Word, you can set up a Web page by putting links in your docu-
ment and adding your resume and other important information. Once you have
your document, you should save it as a Web le.
You can upload the document with all the necessary links to the site.
What to put on your Web site
This Web site should contain information valuable to potential employers.
Have your resume on the site or hyperlinked to the site, Strauss said.
Its also useful to include sample work that relates to your desired job, she said.
A link to a list of accomplishments and awards is a good addition to the site.
Having pictures on the site is okay as long as they are clean, Strauss said. If
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By Jessica Estepa
The University of Nevada,
Renos enrollment numbers are
up 1 percent from this time last
year, despite worries about new
admission standards, ofcials
said.
This year, 16,867 students are
enrolled in classes at UNR, up
from 16,681 last year. The num-
bers, which were released by the
institutional analysis ofce last
week, are preliminary and will be
nalized in December, university
spokeswoman Jane Tors said.
Concerns were raised in 2006
when the Board of Regents
decided to raise the admission
standards from a 2.5 GPA to
a 3.0 throughout a two-year
period, Tors said. The regents
voted to raise the GPA require-
ment to 2.75 in 2007 and 3.0
this year.
The raise hasnt affected the
student population, which
continues to grow at a steady
rate, Tors said. But because the
change is recent, administra-
tors plan to look at long-term
enrollment throughout the next
few years to see if the raise does
affect the student population.
Enrollment also increased in
each self-identied minority
group: American Indian/Alas-
kan by 8 percent, Asian/Pacic
Islander by 3 percent, Black by
4 percent and Hispanic by 10
percent.
UNR President Milton
Glick said he thought the
increases were positive.
The numbers have reached
across various sectors, from mi-
nority groups to more top schol-
ars, he said. We think theyre
all very good signs for where this
university is heading.
Enrollment was also up at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
which reported an increase of 2
percent from 25,945 last fall to
27,454 this year.
Jessica Estepa can be reached at
jestepa@nevadasagebrush.com.
Total students
16,681 to 16,867
Undergraduate students
Incoming freshmen: 2,278
to 2,296
Freshman by credits: 1,146
to 907
Sophomores: 2,632 to 2,581
Juniors: 2,670 to 2,690
Seniors: 3,933 to 4,315
Total: 12,659 to 12,789
Graduate students
First professional (M.D.):
223 to 236
Graduate special: 848 to 766
Professional (post-bacc.
EN & ED): 55 to 52
Masters: 1,529 to 1,600
Ed Specialist/Post-Mas-
ters: 20 to 25
Doctoral: 801 to 821
Total: 3,253 to 3,264
Non-degree students: 546
to 578
Ethnic groups (self-identied)
American Indian/Alaskan:
169 to 182
Asian/Pacic Islander:
1,141 to 1,174
Black Non-Hispanic: 405
to 422
Hispanic: 1,207 to 1,323
White Non-Hispanic:
11,314 to 11,357
Non-Resident Alien: 690
to 678
Unknown: 1,755 to 1,731
Gender
Undergraduate female:
6,754 to 6,820
First professional female:
110 to 115
Graduate female: 1,911 to
1,856
Non-degree female: 269
to 278
Undergraduate male:
5,905 to 5,969
First professional male: 113
to 121
Graduate male: 1,342 to
1,408
Non-degree male: 277 to
300
FALL 2007 COMPARED TO FALL 2008
Enrollment rises as
standards increase
Centers
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Johnson said.
Crystal Colombini, a tutor
at the Writing Center for three
and a half years said learn-
ing of the cut felt like I got
punched in the stomach.
The center helped about
7,000 students in 2007, she
said. It also employs about
30 graduate students as tu-
tors. She said it is one of the
premier writing centers in the
nation and employment there
has helped many tutors land
tenure-track professorships
immediately after graduating.
The extent of the services
are just vast, she said.
Colombini said she wants
people to be aware of the situ-
ation.
The hard part about these
budget cuts is that everyone
knows there is no money,
she said. Its not like they
are taking money from the
Writing Center and putting it
somewhere else.
Nick Coltrain and Jessica Estepa
can be reached at editor@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
Career Development
Parents Network
Student Advocacy Services
Alcohol Prevention
Programs
Leadership and Greek Life
THE CHOPPING BLOCK
This story is part of a series
about the effects of the bud-
get cuts on programs around
the university. To read more
about the budget cuts, visit
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Budget
thinking, what students need
right now is what will help
them matriculate through
school.
Administrators wanted to
keep services that directly
impacted students while they
were still in school, includ-
ing counseling and tutoring,
Naples said.
Some of the services the de-
partment provides are career
counseling, job fairs, infor-
mation sessions on rsum
writing and interviewing and
Career Navigator, the online
job board.
From July 2007 to May 2008,
the department made more
than 26,000 contacts with
students, Jones said. Those
contacts included one-on-one
counseling sessions, interview-
ing workshops and job fair
attendees.
But while the career resources
wont be in a centralized depart-
ment, administrators are work-
ing with the different colleges
to continue job recruitment
and training on campus.
Its going away in the way
we know it, but we are working
with the colleges so students
will continue to receive the
career help they need, Naples
said.
They also want to nd a way
to continue Career Navigator,
which has more than 15,000
students and alumni registered
as users, Jones said.
Our goal is to not leave
students without any help, she
said.
Jones said students were told
of the closing of the department
when they came in for help.
Many of the students shes spo-
ken to are disappointed with
the decision.
Some of these kids, weve
been helping them since they
were freshmen, she said.
Theyre taking it the hardest.
Kiersten Johnson, a student
worker in the department, said
the loss of the program bothers
her both as a student and as a
worker.
Its upsetting as someone
who works there because
we wont be able to provide
this service to students, the
22-year-old health ecology ma-
jor said. As a student, its scary.
I think students dont realize
there wont be anyone to help
them with their grad school ap-
plications or sit them through
mock interviews.
Counselors and adminis-
trators found out about the
departments future closure
in June, when they received
notices of non-renewal from
the university.
I was shocked and inevitably
saddened, she said. We work
for student success. We were
very concerned about just walk-
ing out the door in June. Im so
sad I could cry.
Jessica Estepa can be reached at
jestepa@nevadasagebrush.com.
Campaigns
you already have a candidate
in mind, he said. It sucks
because you like dont want to
sound mean or be rude, but you
sort of just need to ignore them
and start walking away.
Theres no evidence that the
registration and signature drives
detract from overall turnout,
said Eric Herzik, a UNR political
science professor.
I think if youre a student
and youve been asked 20
times are you registered to
vote, yeah, you might start
to get tired of it and if you are
kind of marginal about voting
you might say this is why I
hate politics, he said. In
terms of the petition signing,
same thing.
Mickey ran up to Natalie Val-
entine, a 23-year-old secondary
education major, while she sat
on a bench sending text mes-
sages. She said she has never
seen the political atmosphere
like it is at UNR.
I think its cool, Valentine
said. Im all about voting. The
petitions, I think they need to
have clearer reasons as to why
they want people to sign. Ive
had a lot (of people) not really
be able to answer the questions
that I ask them.
She said Mickey was less ob-
trusive because he was quick,
to the point and explained the
petition again when she asked
him to.
Matthew Embrey, a volunteer
at the Obama table, said they
toned down their push so as
not to overwhelm students.
They arent toning down their
enthusiasm though, he said.
Mickey said the petitioners
came to campus because it is a
guaranteed open space with a
high density of people. But with
that push comes petitioners
asking the same people over
and over.
Heidi LaBash, a graduate
student in psychology, said she
didnt want to complain about
the activists but it can be over-
whelming sometimes.
Ive gone into the library
and gone out and had the same
guy ask me the same question
twice, she said. So it can be
inconvenient but I think ulti-
mately it is a good thing to have
people active and aware.
Nick Coltrain can be reached at
ncoltrain@nevadasagebrush.com.
Ben Carpenter, College
Republican National Committee
Field Representave for the
states of Utah and Nevada,
registers students to vote.
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T
here used to be a time
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denitive meaning.
After years of work-
ing, a person would announce
their intention to leave their
chosen profession. Often
there would be a celebration
and maybe even an engraved
watch. Then they would leave
work to spend their days
watching daytime television
and signing up for cruises.
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Michael
Jordan.
In March
1995, after
embarrassing
the game of
baseball with
an ill-advised
stint playing
for the minor
leagues,
Jordan
announced
his intention to come out of
retirement and rejoin the NBA.
I was only eight years old
at the time but I remember
wondering why no one had
thought it odd and blatantly
oxymoronic to come out of
the act of concluding a career.
This season, quarterback Brett
Favre is continuing the tradition
of ignoring the denition of
retirement. Favre decided to
come back to the NFL only to
be met with an embarrassing
Thanks, but no thanks, from
the Green Bay Packers. He since
made the wise judgment to join
the New York Jets.
And hes not alone either.
In 2002, singer Cher an-
nounced her retirement with a
farewell tour. The tour dragged
on for three years and Cher can
currently be found warbling at
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Lance Armstrong retired in
2005 but announced in this
months Vanity Fair that he
would un-retire to go for an
eighth Tour de France win.
Hell, my friend actu-
ally watched singer M.I.A.
announce her retirement at
the Bonnaroo music festival in
June. Three guesses as to what
shes up to now.
Sometime in the last decade,
athletes, singers and even
some actors have decided
that retirement doesnt mean
what the dictionary claims it
does. Instead, the denition
is closer to withdrawal from
ones occupation, or at least
the illusion of withdrawal until
boredom sets in or a lucrative
promotional deal comes up,
whichever comes rst.
Stars seem to be so jarred by
the sudden lack of attention and
success that comes with leaving
the limelight that they cannot
see the truth: it is better to leave
the party early and be missed
than stay long enough to be
laughed at. Who didnt get some
secret joy from watching Favre
get rocked by Detroit, which was
led by a second string quarter-
back half his age on Sept. 14?
Favres reputation will never
be the same. Take his Green Bay
jersey, for instance. Rather than
maintaining some nostalgic
dignity for fans who might wear
it, it is now merely a pathetic
monument to the meaningless-
ness of retirement.
What Favre and the
retirement-desecrating drove
like him need to realize is that
leaving as a legend at the top
of your game has meaning. Its
iconic. Its the stuff that makes
for a great obituary.
And lets face it, it must really
be pissing off Sports Illustrated
to see their commemorative
Brett Favre: The Tribute
coffee table books on the
50-percent-off table at Barnes
and Noble.
Colleen Hagen is a columnist for
The Nevada Sagebrush. She can
be reached at editor@neva-
dasagebrush.com
M
y fellow University of Nevada students,
Here we are, almost upon the eve of
battle with our sibling school in the far
reaches of southern Nevada. But after
spending a week asking UNR students what they were
doing (or lack there of ) to prepare for the game, I
couldnt help but ask myself:
Has our rivalry with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
died? Have we given up on the long-time feud between
the blue and the red? Are we, dare I say, apathetic?
The answer is no, my fellow students, our riveting
spirit is very much alive evidenced in our hate for the
color red and our arduous ght for the elusive Fremont
Cannon. But our rivalry is denitely changing shape
the enemy is weakening.
As I was reading an article in the
Rebel Yell, the school newspaper
at UNLV, I wasnt surprised to nd
printed in this years Aug. 11 issue:
Students say, however, that the
competitive spirit at UNLV is nothing
compared to UNR.
Hmm ... duh.
The article continued on to quote a
UNLV student saying:
The rivalry is way stronger at
UNR, said April Seelig, who began
her education at UNR but recently
transferred to UNLV. The week before
the game, UNR goes all out and has UNLV bashing
activities. I didnt really see that at UNLV as much.
While we forgive you, April, for crossing over enemy
lines, I think we both can agree the joke is on you.
The truth is, UNLV has already been defeated.
What was once a dissenting extension of UNR back
in 1968 aptly calling themselves the Rebels, UNLV soon
grew and boasted higher enrollments than UNR. And of
course, name recognition helps when the thought of Las
Vegas often represents the whole state of Nevada.
But I say, so what?
Besides their hotel management college (surprise,
surprise), are UNLVs programs renown like ours are? No.
What kind of winning record does their football team
have? Dismal.
And because of their more commuter-style campus,
how is their collective student body spirit? Nonexistent.
Sin City, the city of glitz, glamour and porno handouts
at every corner, apparently cannot be bothered with some
healthy competition because theyre scared of us. And I, for
one, am not opposed to kicking them while theyre down.
While were spending an entire Beat UNLV week before
the game celebrating our school, UNLV shrugs its shoul-
ders, cries out a weak FUNR and trails off looking for the
nearest slot machine, strip joint or strip mall to go to.
Perhaps its because we have a more intimate, close
area campus or that we, as the older sibling institution,
know our place on top, but either way, UNR recognizes
how to keep a competition alive. If UNLV wants to start
backing away from that challenge, then, my fellow
students, lets make them ght for it.
Because no matter how you look at it, to lose in battle is
one thing. To retreat before its even started is completely
different.
Lets grab those retreating Rebels with their tails between
their legs and show them what school spirit is all about.
I want to see the Fremont Cannon in its proper blue
color, not because UNLV gave up, but because we
genuinely kicked their ass.
Krystal Bick is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush.
She can be reached at kbick@nevadasagebrush.com.
A
man was shot roughly
500 feet from campus
close to midnight on
Friday and neither
Reno Police Department or
University Police Department
thought to tell anyone on
campus about it.
It was at a non-student
house, and no students
were injured, thus no one
needed to know about it,
they thought, even though
questioning and pursuit of
the shooters led police across
the street from the residence
halls.
What student or parent
wouldnt want to know about
this?
This extreme and
inexcusable lack of judgment
bafes us. Our anger is almost
uncontainable.
This campus is still very
much in the grips of last
years violence, from the
Halloween party shooting
that resulted in a student
death to Brianna Denisons
murder. Pepper spray bottles
still dangle from key chains
and Guarded by the Pack
bracelets still adorn many
students wrists.
We do not kid ourselves
about living in the safest part
of Reno, but we still need to
know when violence happens
so close to home.
Events like these, while
tragic, also serve as wake-up
calls. It reminds us to be
vigilant. They serve an
important function in making
sure we watch ourselves.
But police did not plan to tell
students about the incident.
UNRPDs response did not
even appear on the blotter this
week.
UNRPD Cmdr. Todd Renwick
said the decision not to send
out an e-mail warning came
because students were not
directly targeted in the attack
and they didnt think students
would be targeted in the future.
But violence will strike
regardless of enrollment
status. Our worry, as is likely
the worry of students and
parents everywhere, is that a
student would simply be in
the wrong place at the wrong
time.
And this violence hap-
pened in a place heavily
populated by students. The
articles first comment on
The Nevada Sagebrush Web
site was from a student
who lived close to the
party house. The Nevada
Sagebrush learned of the
shooting because a student
reporter drove past the party
Friday night.
Any advance warning we
can get to help us avoid those
wrong place, wrong time
scenarios are among the most
basic functions of a profes-
sional police department.
It is an incredible disservice
for us not to know about this
shooting. We have had enough
tragic lessons in just the past
two years for another violent
crime to almost go unreported.
Guitar Hero
because it is the
original.
Mike Wang
22, nutrition
Rock Band, for
sure, because
you can play
with so many
people.
Shavon Moore
18, biology
Im looking
more forward to
Guitar Hero, but
I know both of
them are pretty
sweet because
they both have
the cymbals.
Matthew Dellasala
20, elementary
education
Im not very co-
ordinated with
my hands and I
dont know how
to sing either, so
I found Guitar
Hero really easy
for me and en-
joyable.
Rachael Tateo
20, nutrition
Krystal
Bick
Colleen
Hagen
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NOTES
STORY: GROWING AT
HOME
On Sept. 19, 5:55 p.m., Daniel
Schellenberg wrote:
Does the group have any
plans for growing winter cover
crops? Legumes like Austrian
winter peas enrich the soil and
are edible as spring greens.
Rye grass may help to break
apart compacted soil with its
roots.
Cover crops are invaluable.
STORY: THE PRICE OF
AN ORGANIC DIET
On Sept. 16, 11:01 a.m., ra-
chel wrote:
we pay the price now in the
cost of buying organic food,
or we pay the price later in
our health and the health of
our ecosystem; either way, its
time to realize that were bet-
ter off moving toward a more
sustainable model of food
production.
one of the ways ive dealt with
the higher cost of organic is
buying in bulk when i can,
especially for staples like rice,
beans, nuts, seeds, etc. since
im wary of bulk bins (except
for the gravity feed ones) be-
cause of human contamina-
tion, i was happy when i found
that http://www.shoporganic.
com had 5 and 10 pound sizes
of things i use often (quinoa,
rice, almonds). it really does
help my pocketbook.
On Sept. 17, 12:12 a.m., Van
wrote:
As someone who primarily
shops with sustainability ef-
fort as well as budget in mind,
I feel that this article was
terribly under-researched
and poorly developed. The
overuse of only one primary
source as well as the lack of
inclusion of other options
within this city such as the
Great Basin Food Co-oper-
ative, the Community Sup-
ported Agriculture baskets
and other locally-grown or
independently-sourced out-
lets are a shortcoming of the
effort put into this very impor-
tant issue.
Not to mention that there
was no student input, nor was
there much offered by way of
information of how to actually
cut down on costs, where to
shop other than the terribly
expensive Whole Foods and
the data is somewhat con-
tradictory, which still leaves
the reader in the position of
uncertainty as to whether
or not they should make the
foray into more conscious
food buying.
I feel that this should have
been a more in-depth story
on the part of the reporter
and the paper at large. The
commitment to obtaining and
presenting useful, practical
and varied information leaves
much to be desired on this
topic. Even the buying in bulk
suggestion by the person who
commented on this article is
a step in the right direction to
cut costs that the writer (or
paper? was this a research
or space issue?) didnt even
think to include.
STORY: PALIN SPEAKS
ABOUT EXPERIENCE,
ISSUES IN CARSON
On Sept. 14, 5:07 p.m., Grig-
ory Lukin wrote:
I could talk for hours about
why shes the most ineligible
candidate in recent history,
but here are just a few points:
vetoing bills that would
increase spending - her anti-
corruption crusade is a joke.
She supported the Bridge to
Nowhere before she opposed
it, and she got more money
in earmarks per capita than
any other public ofcial in the
country.
And besides, didnt the McCa-
in campaign complain about
Obamas celebrity status a
mere month ago?..
perspectives SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 A7
UNIVERSITY OPINION
Voting antics trouble busy student
W
ith the inordinate amount
of stairs to hoist my bike up
and the intoxicating co-eds
who lure me off my intended
path, going to class is an Olympian feat.
However, during the past few weeks, an
insidious group of nefarious ner-do-wells
have inltrated campus
to ruin my goal of moving
across school with as little
human contact as possible.
These people would
make Hitlers/Godzillas/
Lex Luthors evil three-way
lovechild look as squeaky
clean as the Power Rangers.
These freaking pinko,
un-American bastards are
goddamn political activists.
For the past few weeks
no student could go more
than two feet without being
asked, Are you a registered voter in Washoe
County? In the real world, the correct answer
is a short and polite no. Usually when these
petitioners realize you are an unregistered,
nonvoting drain on society they move on to
their next victim.
Yet with the upcoming election, the rules
of the game have changed. We are not deal-
ing with petitioners anymore, my friends.
It is an animal of different spots, but just as
dangerous: the voter registrar.
Now the default no just gets one into
more trouble. The Obama people are trying
to capitalize on the hypnotic hold he has on
our nations youth to counter the amount of
senior citizens voting against him in fears
he might be the devil. Dozens of registrars
have ooded campuses across the nation.
This simple no would then tie one up
in either a few extra seconds of explanation
that they have registered or, God forbid,
the exchange of ink onto paper. A voter
registration form, Ive heard, can take up to
a full minute to complete. And between our
rock music and video games, I am not sure
that is time my generation can afford.
The voter registration game became simple
enough. I learned the correct responses to
get them off my back. Then a week ago, the
whole dynamic changed again. The registrars
have been subtly replaced with petitioners
again. Its like I was playing a game of chess,
someone knocked over the board and now
Im boxing.
I am now asked if I am a registered voter at
least three times when I go to the bathroom.
With these different inquisitors on
campus, its hard to gure out the socially
acceptable way to deal with these people
besides the unthinkable talk to them.
Students could always ride their bikes
around campus and just zoom by these
people like I try to do. But some students
may not have the fortitude to take this
option since the University of Nevada, Reno
is the place the devil sends sinning bikers to
agonizingly wait out eternity.
Defense tactics include pepper spray,
screaming , running away and my favorite, a
spinning jump kick to the temple. We could
sign a petition to ban such solicitations on
campus, but then wed be no better.
Clint Demeritt is a columnist for The Nevada
Sagebrush. He can be reached at cdemeritt@
nevadasagebrush.com
Clint
Demeritt
FINANCIAL ADVICE
J
ust a few weeks ago, the federal government took over the
Federal National Mortgage Association, nicknamed Fannie
Mae, and Federal Home Mortgage Corporation, nicknamed
Freddie Mac. As the news indicates, however, there is
certainly a lot more mess that needs to be cleaned up before our
economy will improve.
Last weeks casualties include investment banking rm Lehman
Brothers ling for bankruptcy, and AIG, one of the biggest
insurance companies in the world, seeking government bailout.
But before discussing any implications of these two giants, lets
nish the discussion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and how the
restructuring will affect people today.
Fannie and Freddie, as mentioned, are still
guaranteeing loans. With the governments
nancial backing of these two rms, we have
seen the average 30-year mortgage rate drop
roughly 0.5 percent in the past two weeks. This
is a serious drop and will ease tensions, thereby
allowing people to once again afford mortgage
payments. However, this 0.5 percent drop is not
for everyone. There are still very tight restric-
tions as far as down payment and credit score.
The days of little-to-no money down with
100-percent nancing for your home are long
gone. Banks, lenders and now the government
simply cannot take this risk.
This means that even though rates have been lowered in the
past two weeks, restrictions are back to where they should be. You
can expect to get these rates only when you put up a signicant
amount of money in a down payment (20 percent is the traditional
amount) and have a high credit score, something north of 740.
Your credit score, also known as nancial well-being, runs from
300 to the perfect score of 850. The median score in the United
States is currently hovering in the 720 range. Scores lower than 740,
while still high, are subject to up-front fees of around one percent
of the loan amount, or $1,000 for every $100,000 requested.
This is the world we now live in. As little as a few years ago,
someone could come in with a mediocre credit score and obtain
nancing at almost any level. With the falling real estate market
and the amount of foreclosures continuing to balloon, a low
credit score is real risk to lenders.
What does this mean to you? While only a small percentage of
students are in the market of buying a home, what you do now and in
the coming years will greatly affect your buying power in the future.
Protecting your credit score is like protecting your social image.
While it takes a long time and a good track record to build your
image, it can be blown with one mistake. The same can be said
for credit scores. The most important thing to do at this stage in
your credit score life is to make sure all your credit card bills are
paid on time, even if not in full.
While you will get charged an interest fee for any outstand-
ing balances carried from month to month (some are higher
than 20 percent annually and a topic for future discussion),
your credit score will be lowered if your payments are not
made on time. So in addition to paying late fees and interest
on the money carried, your score will suffer if you cant pay on
time.
Borrowing money can be benecial while in college.
Establishing your credit early on is essential in boosting it later.
Let your credit work to your advantage. Keep making your
payments on time and when it is time to buy that rst home,
you hopefully wont be one of the unfortunate souls who have to
pay additional fees.
Geoff Zahler is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be
reached at gzahler@nevadasagebrush.com
Geoff
Zahler
SEXIST
S&M: more than just leather masks
H
it me! What? Seriously,
hit me! Smack. Not like
that, you wussy, really hit me!
If this has ever happened
to you, someone you love might be into
sadomasochism. And if you didnt hit back
hard enough, your partner
might not have orgasmed.
In 1976, Playboy
magazine contracted
researchers who surveyed
3,700 college students
from 20 colleges, asking
about sex fantasies and
activities that inict
pain. Only two percent
said they tried and liked
hurting their partners,
and only three percent
said they liked bondage
or master-slave role play,
though more said they wanted to try it.
After searching through 25 articles, journals
and dissertations on the topic, I could not
nd why people like being submissive
psychologically. Most of the information
was based on surveys and interviews and
shattered many stereotypes on the topic.
One debunked assumption is that S&M
players are creepy, leather-wearing bikers who
like to mutilate their bodies. Or worse, that
S&M players have deep-seated mommy and
daddy issues or other psychological problems
such as violent tendencies or rape urges.
Sigmund Freud described S&M as a disease
formed from the defective development of
a childs mind. But modern social scientists
consistently nd that S&M players have no
abnormal psychological problems. This
means that its difcult to tell the difference
between a virgin and an S&M player.
Besides, do you really want to play with
knives and rope with someone you think
would actually kill or rape you? Theres a
huge difference between mutually simu-
lated violence and real violence.
In the 1970s, a common belief was that
women often participated in S&M play
only to accommodate men or for money.
Of course, a common belief in popular
sitcoms is that women only have sex to
shut men up, so not much has changed.
Further research shows this conclusion is
absolutely wrong and that women not only
enjoy S&M but enjoy and often prefer being
submissive. Meaning yes, some women like
being hit, cut, humiliated, bound, gagged, etc.
more than doing those things to men. But not
surprisingly, men in most studies preferred
being both dominant and submissive.
But why? I would argue Americas
patriarchal society entrenches gender roles
and norms into our heads.
Also, S&M players often hide their prefer-
ences and only come out privately or in
support groups. A lot of people dont talk
casually about the 100-gallon aquarium they
submerge their girlfriend in while shes bound
to a board. But talking about regular sex in
public is common among friends.
Whats the difference?
There must be more people interested in
S&M than studies let on if Kink.com, a porn
company specializing exclusively in bond-
age, discipline, dominance and submission,
can buy the San Francisco Armory to
produce 14 soon 15 Web sites.
So when your partner asks you to hit him or
her, make sure you do it with some zing. You
might nd out you both secretly want to build
a dungeon or invest in surgical steel knives.
Michael Higdon is a columnist for The
Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at
mikeman@nevadasagebrush.com.
Mike
Higdon
ELECTION THOUGHTS
Political divides breed misunderstandings and distrust
W
e are in the thick of it.
We nd ourselves right
in the middle of one
of the most inuential
presidential campaigns in years. All the
experts say that this election season
is record breaking from nances to
potential voter turnout.
Many students are involved with
political campaigns or with various
school clubs. Many traverse the
campus proudly displaying their
Obama Change buttons. Others
exhibit a McCain-Palin bumper sticker
or yard sign. We see the evidence all
around us of a campaign season that
has garnered tremendous interest from
college-age citizens.
It is wonderful that so many
individuals are exercising their rights.
But in addition to all the great political
traditions this nation has developed,
we are repeating and perpetuating
another that is anything but great.
The animosity and disdain for
dissenting opinions now seems stronger
than ever. We all know that belligerent
partisanship is nothing new, but that
does not excuse or justify it. We have
grown so accustomed to our opinions,
to our beliefs and to remaining xed in
our socializations that we have lost sight
of what makes America so great the
ability to adapt and accept new concepts
with open-mindedness.
Now this is not to say that we should
not be permitted to be passionate
about what we believe. On the con-
trary, passion and commitment to an
ideal are some of the highest traits of
good character.
But whenever we become passionate
about anything we must tread very
carefully, for when dealing with such
strong emotions and beliefs people
often lend themselves to begin ruling
out all other concepts. Passion should
never supersede reason. But we still see
unbridled enthusiasm everywhere. The
arguments, the attack ads, the false
rumors they all contribute to it.
But most of all it is in our hands.
Each of us in turn must take a look
inward and truly analyze how we view
those who oppose
our beliefs. Numer-
ous students are
very passionate
and knowledgeable
about their posi-
tion. However, too
often they respond
with anger and
even, in some
cases, hate for someone who disagrees
with them.
How have we become a society that
becomes so outraged at the mere
mention of dissent? Spirited debate
is a valuable part of our society. But
when those involved stray away from
legitimate argument about the issues
and descend to attack the character
of the person, they have given up all
the sense and reason that should be
guiding their thoughts.
There is an us vs. them mentality
in our country. Democrats vs. Repub-
licans, Christians vs. atheists, the list
goes on. To progress as a society and as
a culture we must leave such incendi-
ary and divisive labels behind.
This is not to say that we should
abolish all political parties or other
groups, but we need to realize that just
because someone disagrees with you,
it does not mean they are the enemy.
The person on the other side of the
spectrum doesnt disagree with you
because they want to bring down the
country they disagree simply because
they want to improve the country
through different means.
I was talking with a friend of mine
recently about a heated political issue.
This person became upset, and simply
said that the only reason I disagreed was
that I must not know all the facts.
This illustrates a common problem
in our society that too many people are
mistaking disagreement for ignorance.
We must realize that people interpret
information differently. That is why we
are fortunate to have such a diverse
and vibrant nation.
The bottom line is that the hate, the
anger and the reactionary animosity
must stop, or the nation will tear itself
apart from the inside. We cannot act
productively if we are too busy bicker-
ing and squabbling amongst ourselves.
All we need to do is look on our fellow
Americans with compassion, even if we
are very adamant in our disagreement
with their position. Democrats are not the
enemy. Republicans are not the enemy.
We are not simply a haphazard
collection of differing ideologies and
backgrounds. We are a unied nation.
We are all Americans and it is time we
started acting like it.
Nic Dunn is a columnist for The Nevada
Sagebrush. He can be reached at editor@
nevadasagebrush.com
Nic
Dunn
How have we become a society that becomes
so outraged at the mere mention of dissent?
Build up credit
score now and
reap benets later
Denition: S&M usually refers to
an association between sexual arousal
and physical and/or psychological pain.
Physical pain can range from pinches and
bites to anything that draws blood. Psy-
chological pain encompasses feelings of
subservience, humiliation and degrada-
tion via verbal abuse, bondage and being
forced to do various acts.
Activities and behaviors: Pegging
(male anal penetration by female), forced
cross-dressing, burns (re play), cutting
(knife play), humiliation, branding, ene-
mas, penis binding, leather, masks, pierc-
ing, bondage (ropes, chains, handcuffs),
boxing, hot wax, ice, spanking, whipping/
caning, wrestling, scat (poop fetish), pee-
ing, water torture, rubber/latex, biting,
slapping, kissing ass, gagging, blindfold.
Source: An Exploratory-Descriptive Study of a
Sadomasochistically Oriented Sample by Charles Moser
and Eugene E. Levitt
SADOMASOCHISM
THE UNR OF THE FUTURE, TOMORROW!
Drawn by:
Kurt Hirsch
Written by:
Clint Demeritt
Created by:
David Worthington and Mike Geraghty
In the year 2021, an
age of reason and
logic, our society has
evolved past grunting
at a brutish sport such
as football for
entertainment.
A message from the future...
Instead we watch an intricate game
of grace and subtlety. A
competition where mental
agility matters as much as
physical strength. A contest so
grand, it tests the participants
mettle inside and out.
GIANT ROBOT
DEATH MATCHES!!!
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
Guitars&Entertainment
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GUITAR STAR
W
ith most video games undergoing constant
scrutiny for content like violence, sexuality and
subliminal messages, games like Rock Band and
Guitar Hero are subject to a different, but just as
condemning, judgment. The marketing of art of any kind will
always be a sensitive subject, but the simulation of the rock
star feeling has some worried about the future of music.
Julie Holloman, director of Carpenters Music World,
said she instructs advanced level students who have
played the game and get little use out of it.
It does not help them play real guitar at all, Hollo-
man said. It doesnt teach technique or anything.
Holloman said she does not see a correlation between
students wanting to play instruments and students
playing these rock games. On the other hand, she said
she does see more students learning to play the songs
featured on these games.
Its good because they learn to play songs by great clas-
sic rock artists, she said. They learn about great bands
like Heart, AC/DC and Jimi Hendrix.
While Holloman can tell her students do not get much use
out of the game for their actual musicianship, Allen Lewis, a
guitar salesman at 99dollarGuitars, said he gets kids coming
in with Rock Band on the brain.
I think these games inspire people to play instruments,
Lewis said. I see a lot more people trying to play guitar who
normally wouldnt.
Lewis, who plays both Rock Band and Guitar Hero, is a
musician as well. He said that he loves playing with his friends
who do not play any instruments. They get the chance to rock
out in a way that is fun and entertaining, Lewis said.
And while he enjoys the game, Lewis also said that it does
not form helpful habits.
Youre not going to learn to play guitar mashing plastic
buttons, Lewis said. The habits you form with this game
kind of deceive people into thinking instruments are easier
than they are.
Lewis also said that while playing the game is fun, he is
not too pleased with the song selection. He said that it
was not modern enough.
Eric Kuch, 20, plays bass for a local band and said he
does not think the lack of modern music is necessarily
a bad thing.
Kids are getting introduced to songs they would
not otherwise hear, Kuch said. They hear enough
emo-pop crap on the radio. If anything, the Rock
Band soundtrack is good for people.
Kuch said that the musical content of each of the
games is worth buying the game alone. He said that the
games are fun enough without having to be educational.
It really is a love-hate relationship for musicians, Kuch said.
On one hand, the game is in no way going to teach you to play
guitar. But on the other, it opens the door to so much great
music.
Julian Rhodes can be reached at julianrhodes@nevadasagebrush.
com
Release Dates: Guitar Hero World Tour will be released for Xbox
360, Playstation 3 and Wii on Oct. 26.
Prices: For the full set including the game itself, one guitar, one
drum set and one microphone, it will cost $189. For the game by
itself, it is only $59.
Guitars: The new Guitar Hero World Tour guitar will feature the
same ve basic buttons at the top of the neck and a basic whammy
bar. New additions to the guitar include a touch sensitive neck slid-
er, acting as solo buttons for complicated patterns. Also, removable
faceplates allow for customization, a star power button makes jam-
ming out easier and a longer battery life makes for more playtime.
Drums: Fully wireless, the ve-piece drum set allows for more com-
plicated rhythms and a more realistic experience. One thing that
Guitar Hero can boast is the praise of Travis Barker, Chad Smith and
Stewart Copeland in terms of authenticity to the original tracks.
Other Features: Guitar Hero World Tour will allow players to
use a program similar to Fruity Loops or other digital production
programs. Players will be able to create their own songs and share
them with other players online. Also, players will be able to custom-
ize characters, instruments, logos and album covers. Online play
will include four-on-four band battles and solo competitions.
Release Dates: Rock Band 2 just recently came out on Xbox 360 on Sept.
14. The game will be released for Playstation 3 on Oct. 19 and for Wii on
Nov. 16.
Prices: For the full set including the game itself, one guitar, one drumset and
one microphone, it will cost $189. For the game by itself, it is only $59.
Guitars: The new Rock Band guitar features a sturdier, more realistic n-
ish, closer resembling a real guitar. The new strum bar is more precise
and the buttons are quieter, allowing for a more efcient experience.
Drums: With a metal kick pedal, the chance of breaking is reduced and
players will not have to replace their pedals as often as with the rst
game. Also, cymbal and hi-hat expansion ports allow for players to at-
tempt a six-piece drum set. With quieter, velocity-sensitive drum heads,
players will be able to rock at all times of the night.
Other Features: DLC compatibility allows players to access all Rock
Band downloadable songs through Rock Band 2. On top of that, players
may also add all the songs from the original Rock Band to Rock Band 2,
making for a near innite set list. The Drum Trainer feature of the game
allows players to drum along to their favorite songs that they may upload
onto the hard drive. Daily, weekly and monthly competitions give play-
ers constant challenges as both bands and solo artists online. The new
rock shop extends the customization of characters even further than the
original game. Battle of the Bands allows players to butt heads in online
competition.
GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR ROCK BAND 2
Exclusive Songs: No Sleep Till Brooklyn by Beastie Boys, Love
Me Two Times by The Doors, Hotel California by The Eagles,
Purple Haze and The Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix, Beat
It by Michael Jackson, Santeria By Sublime, Band on the Run
by Wings, On The Road Again by Willie Nelson, Stranglehold by
Ted Nugent and many more.
Exclusive Songs: You Oughta Know by Alanis Morisette, Shack-
lers Revenge by Guns N Roses, E-Pro by Beck, Chop Suey by
System of a Down, Pretend Were Dead by L7, Peace Sells by
Megadeth, Master Exploder by Tenacious D, Tangled Up In Blue
by Bob Dylan, The Trees by Rush, Pump it Up by Elvis Costello,
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum, Pinball Wizard by The
Who and many more.
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Who and many more.
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UPCOMING
RELEASES
Vibe
TUESDAY/23
COLD WAR KIDS
LOYALTY TO LOYALTY
Genre:
Indie, Rock
Description:
Two years after the release
of their rst album, Cold
War Kids return with Loyal-
ty to Loyalty, which boasts
a more dramatic and cal-
culated sound. Songs such
as Something is Not Right
With Me feature upbeat
and dance-worthy rhythms.
JACKSON BROWNE
TIME THE CONQUEROR
Genre:
Rock
Description:
Iconic singer-songwriter
Jackson Brownes newest
album provides an outlet for
his frustration, anger, and
sadness towards the Bush
administration, Hurricane
Katrina and other issues.
However, tracks like Just
Say Yeah stray from the po-
litical theme in favor of more
personal subject matter.
KINGS OF LEON
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
Genre:
Rock
Description:
The Southern blues-infused
hard-rockers, Kings of Leon,
yet again bring creative lyr-
ics, country-style ballads
and strong melodies to
the table with their fourth
album.
LEATHERHEADS-DVD
RELEASE
Starring:
George Clooney, Rene Zell-
weger, John Krasinski
Description:
Set in the 1920s, Leather-
heads follows a football
hero as he aims to prevent
his team from collapsing
after the loss of their spon-
sor by recruiting a well-
known war hero to join the
team.
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating:
PG-13
FRIDAY/26
EAGLE EYE
Starring:
Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Mon-
aghan, Rosario Dawson, Billy
Bob Thornton
Description:
Two strangers are brought
together by mysterious
phone calls that threaten
their lives and family if they
do not obey orders to com-
mit crimes.
Genre:
Action, Mystery, Suspense/
Thriller
Rating:
PG-13
NIGHTS IN RODANTHE
Starring:
Diane Lane, Richard Gere,
Scott Glenn
Description:
A woman hopes to spend a
tranquil weekend watching
a friends inn in order to take
a break from her tumultuous
home life. However, when
a storm brings a man to the
inn for the evening, they
experience a romance that
changes their lives.
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Rating:
PG-13
CHOKE
Starring:
Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Hus-
ton, Brad William Henke
Description:
A sex-crazed medical school
dropout devises a scam to
raise money for his Alzheim-
ers-aficted mothers care.
Genre:
Comedy, Drama
Rating:
R
FILM REVIEW
MOVIEWEB.COM
Samuel L. Jackson plays the racist neighbor to the newlywed character played by Patrick Wilson.
Terrace plot terrible
LAKEVIEW TERRACE
Release Date: Sept. 19
Director:
Neil LaBute
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick
Wilson and Kerry Washing-
ton
Genre:
Thriller, Suspense
Rating:
PG-13 for intense thematic
material, violence, sexual-
ity, language and some drug
references.
Grade:
C-
By Jay Brissenden
While Samuel L. Jackson
(Jumper) does play the ulti-
mate antagonist in Lakeview
Terrace, the lms true assailant
is the irritating and uncomfort-
able plot.
Interracial couple Chris (Pat-
rick Wilson, Evening) and Lisa
(Kerry Washington, Fantastic
Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)
Mattson have just bought a gor-
geous new house on Lakeview
Terrace. Located on top of a hill
overlooking the Los Angeles val-
ley area, it seems to be the per-
fect location. That is, until they
meet their disturbing and racist
neighbor, Abel Turner, who also
happens to be a cop. With the
law on his side, Abel pushes
the Mattsons to their limits and
forces them to decide whether
or not Lakeview Terrace is going
to be their permanent address.
When Sony/Screen Gems
began its marketing campaign for
Lakeview Terrace, they primarily
focused on the downfalls of living
next to an annoying neighbor.
They also promoted the lack of
options to resolve a conict when
that neighbor is a cop. What they
purposely did not mention is the
reason behind the neighbors
contempt is due to their inter-
racial relationship.
Making a movie with histori-
cal context about racism is one
thing, but making a lm about an
overzealous racist neighbor only
for the purpose of entertainment
is another. Lakeview Terrace
focuses so heavily on Abels hatred
towards the interracial couple, it
often becomes extremely awk-
ward and difcult to watch.
Director Neil LaBute may have
wanted to show that these ten-
sions still exist, but he does it in
such a poor fashion that his thriller
quickly becomes a tragedy.
Whether or not the script was
proper, Jackson undoubtedly
was the best possible candidate
for the job. For years he has
been the ultimate intimidator.
Highlights include Jules, the
bible-quoting hit man in Pulp
Fiction and the raving alcoholic
insurance salesman in Chang-
ing Lanes. In this movie, Jack-
son creates a truly disturbing
character that will literally stop
at nothing to get his way.
A prime example of his
instability comes while chas-
ing after a suspect while on
duty. When Able corners the
suspect, the man threatens to
kill himself with the shotgun
he is holding. Cool as can be,
Able walks over, pumps the
gun and says, Pull the trig-
ger! If you are going to do it,
do it! This leads to the man
undoubtedly soiling his pants
and Abel taking the gun only to
then knock the guy over with it
while asking, What the hells
the matter with you?
Wilson and the stunningly
beautiful Washington do a great
job of countering Jacksons
part by playing the innocent
newlywed couple. Through all
of their problems with Abel and
the decision of whether or not
to start a family, the chemistry
is obvious and the audience
can be assured that when the
credits role, they will still be
together.
Even with the convincing
acting, the ridiculous events
make the movie feel like c-
tion, instead of real life. From
the Mattsons air conditioning
getting cut to Abel attacking
Chris with a chainsaw through
a fence, the outcome is more
humorous than threatening.
While Lakeview Terrace had
the potential to be as thrilling
as last years Disturbia, the
socially inept plot makes for
one unpleasant theater going
experience.
Jay Brissenden can be reached at
jbrissenden@nevadasagebrush.
com
By Troy Micheau
Blitzen Trapper came out of
nowhere to become the indie
medias new favorite Ameri-
cana band with last years
Wild Mountain Nation. This
year, they give us Furr, a
record that expands upon its
predecessors meat and pota-
toes indie rock served with a
heapin helpin of experimen-
tal psychedelic.
The band is confident here,
but Furr rarely has any real
emotional impact, seeming
more concerned with sound-
ing like a country record than
anything else.
I dont generally take issue
with country music as a genre.
My beef is with bands who
sound like they are trying too
hard to nail a specific sound.
And whereas Blitzen Trapper
does a decent Byrds imperson-
ation, the only time that they
sound like themselves is when
they drop the slide guitars and
boost the reverb.
Theres a great experimental
rock band hiding underneath
Blitzen Trappers oversized
cowboy hat. All of the songs
are laced with some strange
noise or tape manipulation
that often ends up being the
defining characteristic of the
song whether or not it was
meant to be.
The band spends most of
its time trying and failing to
reconcile its two sides, but
they do hit it with Love U,
a song whose raw opening,
bold minor chords and wall
of delay compliment the lone
rider atmosphere rather than
distract from it.
Black River Song is one
of the few times that Blitzen
Trapper actually succeeds at
sounding like a true country
band. It is a low-key, murder
ballad that feels like a tradi-
tional folk tale youd hear in
a bar out in the sticks. It is
almost out of place amongst
all of the over-studied country
references that the band tries
to pass for authenticity.
Im willing to ride shotgun
with singer Eric Earley through
his backwoods romp during
songs like Black River Song.
I just cant follow when he
reminds me that hes a cowboy
(Not Your Lover specically).
Now I dont know much about
this guys life, but I have read
that he lives in Portland, Ore.,
a city more well-known for its
hipsters than its prairie-walkin,
cattle-wranglin crew.
And the former is denitely
the target audience for this
record. Its not that the country
music loving folks wouldnt
enjoy parts of Furr. There are
plenty of roots getting rocked
here, but it doesnt feel real.
Earley often sounds like hes
telling us an elaborate story
about somebody else, and that
would be cool if that was the
point. But I get the impression
that Im supposed to imagine
him as the real deal rather than
a talented singer-songwriter
wrapping his jams in a country
and western pastiche better left
to John Wayne reruns.
Troy Micheau can be reached at
ALBUM REVIEW
Trapper tries too hard
BLITZEN TRAPPER
FURR
Release Date: Sept. 23
Genre:
Indie, Rock, Country
Grade:
B
Shamelessly
Science Fiction
THE TELEVISIONARY
SUBPOPRECORDS
Blitzen Trapper brings a hybrid sound with Furr, blending country
with an indie overtone, making for a very unique album.
Chelsea
Otakan
New show by J.J. Abrams
researchs fringe science
By Chelsea Otakan
With a $10 million dollar
pilot, Fringe, J.J. Abrams
latest mythology-laced series,
was under high pressure to
deliver. While the two-hour
pilot seemed like it was worth
far less than $10 million, it
showcased a series that could
potentially be as mysterious
as Lost and as intense as
Alias.
As the mind behind Lost,
Alias and Cloverfield, J.J.
Abrams is known for weaving
some of the most enigmatic
and electrifying stories on
both the big and small screen.
Abrams Fringe follows
FBI Agent Olivia Dunham
(Anna Torv, Mistresses) as
she investigates various unex-
plainable
phenomena
that are the
results of
experiments
from a field
known as
fringe
science.
With the help
of men-
tally unstable
scientist
Dr. Walter
Bishop (John Noble, One
Night With the King) and
his high-IQ son, Peter Bishop
(Joshua Jackson, Shutter),
Dunham uses her wits and
extensive FBI resources to
examine the strange pattern
of bizarre crimes.
The shows intriguing
premise and Abrams grade-A
track record with hard-hitting
pilots should leave little to
be desired, but this is hardly
the case. The immediate
introduction of a bizarre
bioterrorist disease forgoes
initial character and setting
development for shock
value. While this approach
worked wonders in the pilot
for Lost, its use in Fringe
seems desperate for intensity.
The immediate onslaught of
science-fictional elements
may be off-putting for
viewers who dont delve much
into sci-fi.
In her attempt to portray
a strong female lead, Torv
spends her screen time
overacting and trying to be
tough. Her poor performance
is balanced by Nobles quirky,
creepy, and likable Dr.
Bishop. On the other hand,
Jackson does not really stray
from the norm. Much like
his role as Pacey Witter on
Dawsons Creek, Jackson
has yet to develop Peter
Bishop past a smart-mouthed
troubled youth bitter towards
his parents.
The second episode, which
aired last Tuesday, showed
much better performances
from Jackson and Torv, giving
me hope that the cast isnt a
complete flop.
Despite its snags, Fringe
has potential. The characters
and actors have a comple-
mentary dynamic between
them, and the subject matter
is the perfect environment
for Abrams cryptic overtones
and overarching mythologies.
If the actors continue to grow
into their roles and fully
develop their characters,
Fringe could definitely
become Abrams third cult
hit.
Fans of the grotesque will
definitely enjoy specific
highlights from the first and
second episodes. Special
effects give birth to removed
eyeballs, bursting stomachs
and incredibly fast growing
babies.
While much can be debated
about Fringe, there is one
thing that is blatantly obvi-
ous: it is shamelessly science
fiction. Riddled with bizarre,
and probably inaccurate
scientific phenomena,
Fringe seems like
Law and Order and
The X-Files rolled
into one.
If you are not into science
fiction or find it hard to
suspend disbelief, Fringe is
probably not for you. On the
other hand, if youre looking
for a darker, more dramatic
version of Sci-Fi channels
Eureka, Fringe might be
exactly what youre looking
for.
Chelsea Otakan can be reached
at cotakan@nevadasagebrush.
com
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sports
Golf
From softball to golf, Deleon
has always found something to
occupy her free time, but now
nds leisure time a rarity.
Its really hard, especially
right now because we have
three tournaments in a row,
she said. With school, golf
and all the traveling we do, its
more about time management.
Playing a sport is like having a
full-time job.
Like most, Deleon has thought
her job to be too demanding.
Theres been lots of times
where I thought this is too dif-
cult, she said. Its hard but I
have never thought of quitting.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com
Tennis
tournament is Oct. 3 to Oct.5
at the Bulldog Classic, hosted
by Fresno State.
We have an older group
now and have gotten a lot
of experience in the last two
years, Stoloff said. Hopefully
they can take those experienc-
es and believe in what theyre
doing.
As for Garcin, Stoloff said
the sky is the limit.
Last year was a true break-
out year for him, he said.
Hes got some high goals and
standards and hopefully he
can achieve them.
Emerson Marcus can be
reached at emarcus@neva-
dasagebrush.com
By Mark Minguey
Nevadas rushing game, which
represents the majority of coach
Chris Aults Pistol offense, will
look very different this season
without tailbacks Brandon Frag-
ger (bruised shoulder injury)
and Luke Lippincott (anterior
cruciate ligament injury).
Fragger was Nevadas best route
runner out of the backeld and led
the team in all-purpose yards (348),
while Lippincott was the Western
Athletic Conference leading rusher
last season (1,420 yards).
We still have some guys, and
well just have to move it around
a little, Nevada Coach Chris
Ault said.
Wolf Pack running back Vai
Taua, who was third on the depth
chart at the beginning of the
season, will now lead Nevadas
depleted rushing game.
Fragger was told after the Mis-
souri game that he would be out
for the remainder of the season,
but after further examination of
the injury, Nevada announced
he would only be out four weeks.
Ault isnt too worried because he
thinks Nevada has three capable
running backs.
VAI TAUA
Nevada will use a backeld by
committee this season, but the
running back getting the most
carries will be Taua.
Im going to have to hold
down the No. 1 spot, Taua said
after hearing about Fraggers
injury at Missouri. Im going to
have to be more of a leader and
carry the load.
The sophomore led Nevadas
rushing game in the season
opener against Grambling
State. He nished the game
with 103 yards, 12 carries and
two touchdowns. Tauas career
numbers prior to this game were
112 yards on 19 carries with one
touchdown. With less carries,
more scores and barely missing
his compiled rushing mark by
nine yards, Taua pounded the
ball through the Tigers defensive
line. At one point, near the half-
way mark of the second quarter,
Taua broke out for a career-long
62-yard run.
I believe that downhill running
is the best aspect of my game,
Taua said. Just trying to get
tough yards while moving the ball
downeld, doing what I can.
In recent appearances, Taua
has used a similar style of
running to Lippincotts. Tauas
quickness, strength and power
could make him a threat when
the team is looking to run the
ball up the middle. Taua might
be the ideal goal-line back for
Nevada. If the offense needs
short yardage near the end zone,
Taua could be the guy to get the
job done.
COURTNEY RANDALL
Taua is not the only healthy
back left on the Wolf Pack roster.
The other sophomore running
back, Courtney Randall, is a
physical runner according to
running backs coach Jim Mastro.
Randall saw his rst action of the
season against Missouri with two
carries for 10 yards. Randall is
fairly unknown among the Wolf
Pack running backs.
Think of B.J. Mitchell (former
Nevada running back), Mastro
said. Then think of a bigger,
stronger and taller version. That
is what you have with Courtney
Randall.
LAMPFORD MARK
Nevadas freshman running
back made his Wolf Pack debut
after Fraggers injury against
Missouri. He carried the ball
seven times for 25 yards.
He didnt make any mistakes
(in his debut), Ault said. He did
OK. He (and Randall) will both
get more playing time as the
season goes.
Mark is considered by many
coaches to be the fastest running
back on the team. With his speed
and agility, the offense could be a
handoff away from turning a rst
and 10, from any yard marker on
the eld, into six points. Mark could
be used on pretty much every play
that is looking to pick up signicant
yardage. The quarterback could
also call an audible and have Mark
line up as a wide receiver.
With his speed, it would be
very difcult for a linebacker
to guard him man-to-man.
That would help soften up the
coverage on our other receivers
and make plays down the eld
more of a threat. Mark could
also receive a short pass over the
middle or run the ball outside to
make the defense pay for sitting
in zone coverage.
Mark Minguey can be reached at
By Emerson Marcus
Nevada cross country runner
Natalia Jarkawa overheard one
of her teammates jokingly tease
her Polish accent at Fridays
practice.
Hey, I heard that, she said as
she was still running, long after
her teammates had stopped.
Her teammates said after
having her calves massaged last
semester, Jarkawa said, Ouch,
my cows heard.
Jarkawa, who speaks English
very well for a second language,
has a heavy accent that might con-
fuse the words cows and calves,
but that doesnt keep her from
losing her happy personality or her
undying intensity as a runner.
She is a very intense person,
Nevada cross country coach Kirk
Elias said. She has high expec-
tations, and when she doesnt
meet those expectations shes
very hard on herself.
She was really hard on herself
last year, especially with all her
injuries, he said.
Jarkawa suffered a stress
fracture in her foot last year. The
injury forced her to start exercis-
ing in the pool and on a bike to
stay in shape, but while she was
riding her bike last year Jarkawa
was thrown off and suffered a
clavicle injury.
Im getting back in shape and
Im very excited to start compet-
ing again, Jarkawa said.
Jarkawa recovered from her in-
juries last year to place sixth in the
5,000-meter race at the Western
Athletic Conference Indoor Cham-
pionships. Even with the injuries,
Jarkawa was named to the 2007
WAC Cross Country rst team.
The native of Sosnowiec,
Poland also nished 27th at the
Sacramento State Jamboree with
an 18:46 mark in the 4K, which
was 17 seconds faster than her
time last season.
We have such good talent this
year, Jarkawa said. Expecta-
tions are high.
Jarkawa, 22, is in her senior
year at Nevada. She likes living
in America, but says she misses
her mother and aunt in Poland,
as well as the food.
I miss the food (back home),
she said. The food here is
terrible. It can be hard to stay
in shape because everything
is so fast. Its easier to just put
something in the microwave and
make food fast.
Jarkawa goes home each sum-
mer to her mother in Poland and
their house that the family has
owned for several generations,
even through World Wars. Jarkawa
never met her grandfather, but re-
members many stories her mother
told her about him ghting in
World War II against Germany.
I hear about the war stories a
lot, she said.
After Germanys annexation
of Poland, Jarkawas grandfather
spent time ghting in England
and Italy. In Italy, he fought in the
Battle of Monte Cassino, which
had 54,000 casualties among the
Allied Forces alone.
Jarkawa also said her mother
talks about the desert terrain
her grandfather had to ght
in and compares much of that
terrain to Reno. Even though her
mother hasnt visited Reno she
has a strong interest in its Wild
West appeal.
(My mom) really loves read-
ing books, especially westerns,
Jarkawa said. She really wants to
come to see the Sierra Nevadas.
Jarkawa calls her mother
two times a week. She also has
twin siblings in London and is
looking forward to becoming
an aunt next month when her
27-year-old sister gives birth to
her rst child.
We are all very close, Jarkawa
said. Its hard being away from
them.
Jarkawa said she chose Nevada
over other schools because of its
higher altitude and her approval
of Nevada cross country coach
Kirk Elias.
Elias was given a lead about
the skilled Polish runner from
Minnesota cross country coach
Steve Plasencia, who went on a
recruiting tour in Europe.
(Plasencia) came back with
too many possible recruits so
he told me of a couple, Elias
said. That does happen a lot,
if someone goes on a recruiting
tour and comes back with too
many player names.
Elias started with e-mail and
then a phone call to Jarkawa. He
said he didnt want to push her
too much.
I dont try to make people
come here, he said. I just tell
them about the school and my
program. I dont push too hard.
I let them make the decision for
themselves.
Jarkawa loves the motivation
Elias gives during races. She
feeds off his yelling during
races, she said.
It motivates me, Jarkawa
said. It keeps me going.
On Friday, the cross country
team practiced alongside the
ski team and a dozen Nevada
baseball players at Wolf Pack
Park. The practice got chaotic
at times with so many runners,
but as practice continued most
of the players went away. The
baseball team left, the ski team
left and the cross country team
stretched after a long early
morning practice, but Jarkawa
was still running. She was the
only person running, long after
there had been three teams on
the eld at once.
Shes very serious about what
she does, Nevada runner and
Jarkawas roommate Amanda
Moreno said. Shes intense.
Shes intense. Thats a really
good word (to describe her).
Emerson Marcus can be reached
at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.
com
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Nevada cross country runner Natalia Jarkawa runs Friday during a
team practice.
Nevada running back Vai Taua breaks away from a Grambling State tackler in the rst game of the season. Taua is No. 1 on the Wolf Packs depth chart at the tailback position.
The Wolf Packs new running game
Wolf Pack runners intensity is driving force
SOCCER
Nevada still seeks
rst victory
The Nevada soccer team
went 0-1-1 this weekend in its
trip to Wisconsin, while Sarah
Hunt recorded four saves and
notched the second shutout of
her career Friday.
Nevada traveled 135 miles
southwest to Madison where
it took on the University
of Wisconsin. The Badgers
proved to be inhospitable
hosts as they smashed the
Wolf Pack 4-0. Wisconsin
outshot Nevada 14-6 while
improving to 6-2-1 on the
season. Nevada keeper Sarah
Hunt followed up Fridays
shutout by stopping just
two shots and allowing four
goals.
The Wolf Pack is 0-6-2 this
season and has been outscored
16-3 overall.
VOLLEYBALL
Pack split series in
WAC opener
The Wolf Pack is 1-1 in
Western Athletic Conference
play after opening WAC play
this past week. Nevada trav-
eled to Ruston, La. Thursday
where they took on Louisiana
Tech. The Wolf Pack edged
out the Lady Techsters 3-2
to improve its regular season
record to 5-4 and 1-0 in WAC
play, but fell to 5-5 and 1-1
on the season after it lost
to New Mexico State in the
same tournament.
Sophomore Lindsay Bald-
win led Nevada with five
blocks and a match-high 20
kills. The loss left Louisiana
at 0-1 in the WAC and a 1-6
overall record in the season.
RIFLE
Morrill candidate for
Women of the Year
Former Nevada rifle shooter
Meghann Morrill has been
named one of the top 30
honorees and one of the 10
individuals representing
NCAA Division 1 for the 18th
annual NCAA Woman of the
Year Award.
The award recognizes
outstanding female student-
athletes who have excelled
academically as well as dem-
onstrating strong community
service and leadership. To be
eligible, individuals must
have competed and lettered
in 2007-08 and have been in
their final year of eligibility.
BRIEFS
SOFTBALL
Pack opens year with
exhibition game
The Nevada softball team will
return to the field this Saturday
and take on Western Nevada
College in an exhibition at 10
a.m. The Wolf Pack will play a
three-game series against the
Wildcats this weekend.
Nevada returns 12 players
off of last years team that had
one of the best season in Wolf
Pack athletics history. Nevada
finished 44-18 and finished the
season ranked No. 21 in the
USA Today poll.
The Wolf Pack won the West-
ern Athletic Conference regular
season title and reached the
Championship game of the Los
Angeles Regional before losing
to the University of California,
Los Angeles.
A 50 year rivalry turns sour
By Jessica Fryman
Fights and heated spats of
profanity are common ex-
changes between students from
the two Nevada universities
on game day. To combat pos-
sible problems, the University
of Nevada, Reno will send about
10 police ofcers to Las Vegas
for the football game Saturday
about the same number of
ofcers UNR has sent every year
for more than ve years.
Emotions get high during that
game. Factor in alcohol and the
rivalry and you get problems,
Cmdr. Todd Renwick of the UNR
Police Department said.
The student governments
and administrations from both
schools meet before each game
to discuss safety goals and pro-
cedure details, Renwick said.
The home team school usu-
ally sends the other universitys
ofcials a list of game day poli-
cies and procedures, but UNLV
hadnt submitted documents
to UNR as of Monday, several
UNR administrators said. The
policies are intended to help
students and administrators
know what to expect when they
get to the game.
UNLV student body president
Adam Cronis said people who
show obvious signs of intoxica-
tion will not be allowed in the
stands.
In the past, people getting
carried in by friends and vomit-
ing in the stands was a problem,
he said. There has been more
leniency, but theyre not going
to get in this time.
Keith Hackett, UNRs associate
athletics director, said alcohol
plays a major role in fan behavior.
Last year, UNR moved the UNLV
game time to 1:05 p.m. to cut
down on tailgating and drinking
time.
Last year, I think there were
very, very few problems, Hack-
ett said. I think thats directly
related to a 1:05 kick off. We
wanted to avoid problems as
much as possible. If they have
more time to tailgate, fans drink
more.
This years game is at 7 p.m.,
providing more time for students
to tailgate.
UNR student body president
Eli Reilly said he hopes Wolf
Pack fans support the football
team in a classy manner.
Im concerned because the
UNLV game is very intense and
sometimes it extends to vio-
lence, Reilly said. Its getting to
By Jay Balagna and
Tara Verderosa
The popular yet controversial
FUNLV T-shirts worn around
campus and at rivalry games
for years are appearing again
in time for Saturdays football
game.
But in an attempt to discour-
age the shirts, the Associated
Students of the University of
Nevada Bookstore is selling
good-natured rivalry-based
shirts to students.
So far, the bookstore ordered
240 shirts and sold nearly half
of its merchandise, but many
vendors around campus and
around Reno are selling the
FUNLV shirts even faster. The
UNR rugby team, one group
selling the shirts, said they have
sold as many as 80 in a single
day.
In the past, UNR administra-
tors considered banning the
FUNLV shirts, but decided
against it when their intentions
were met with overwhelming
student opposition.
I dont think it shows the
class or creativity of the stu-
dents of this university, said
UNR President Milton Glick
about the shirts.
Instead of FUNLV shirts, the
university encourages rivalry
shirts like the styles sold at the
bookstore. One features Keep
the Cannon Blue across the
front and was inspired by the
Keep Truckee Green and
Keep Tahoe Blue bumper
stickers.
Another features the UNR
and UNLV mascots facing
each other beneath the words
9/27/08 National Hunting &
Fishing Day. The back reads
On a hunt for Rebel Red. The
cannon is OURS.
The rivalry game falls on
National Fishing and Hunting
day, which was adopted as the
theme for this years merchan-
dise.
A rivalry tee that reads, Al-
phie is allergic to red, and so
am I, is in the plans for ASUN
bookstore merchandise later
this year.
Yes there is a rivalry, but we
can be tactful about it, said
Melody Gaddis, apparel man-
ager and clothing designer for
ASUN. We want to be proud
of us instead of detracting from
someone else.
Some students said the FUN-
LV shirts are all in good fun.
Universities step up
security for game
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A student is led out of Mackay Stadium in handcuffs by ofcials
during the rivalry game last fall.
Bookstore sells merch
to deter FUNLV shirts
special section SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 B1
8 people denied entrance
to the game because of intoxi-
cation
7 students ejected from
stadium for inappropriate
behavior
18 non-students ejected
from stadium for inappropri-
ate behavior
2 minor in possession of
alcohol arrests
1 arrest for trespassing
1 arrest for minor in posses-
sion and fake identication
2 misdemeanor alcohol
citations
1 citation for destruction of
property
1 citation for battery
1 person arrested for a pa-
role and probation violation
INCIDENTS @ UNR 07
1 cited for battery and as-
sault
1 arrested for two outstand-
ing warrants
2 individuals were victims
of battery
2 vehicles were vandalized
INCIDENTS @ UNLV 06
EDITORS
NOTE:
Every time the Wolf Pack
plays the worlds most ex-
pensive community college,
tensions run high. And un-
derstandably it is the most
important game of the year.
This rivalry is a vital tradition
at the University of Nevada. It
breeds camaraderie and gives us
license to show how much better
we are than Nevada Southern.
We ask that you keep that
in mind while rooting for the
Pack. We dont need violence
or vulgarities to prove our
dominance, just knowledge
that they are Tier Four, hotel
management is the closest
thing they have to a respect-
able science program and,
most importantly, that we
have more school pride than
they could ever hope for.
Go Pack!
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THE SEARCH
Join two Sagebrush staffers on their quest
to uncover the original Fremont Cannon.
B6
DEPTH CHART
A look at both schools lineups for
Saturdays game.
B7
BROTHERS
The rivalry between North and South
splits family lines.
By Jessica Fryman
In the 1960s, students protested and
faculty members squabbled during the
Nevada legislature and Board of Regents
meetings. The University of Nevada,
Las Vegas community accused regents
of favoring its northern counterpart,
denying UNLV money and autonomy.
The heated arguments fueled the civil
war a combat between the northern
and southern universities of Nevada.
Now, students still ght with the op-
posing school. But instead of vying for
a cause, they ash FUNLV and FUNR
shirts and scream jabs during football
games. To historians, the rivalry is not
what it used to be.
SOCIOLOGY DRIVES RIVALRY
The competition stems from peoples
innate drive for group membership
and social connection, UNR sociology
professor Markus Kemmelmeier said.
Essentially, people are suckers for
social identity, he said. The moment
you have to identify with one group, it
brings a concern for status.
People compare their group to oth-
ers in order to feel like part of the best
membership, often creating rivalries or
competition.
Some people even say that group
membership in general is always based
on comparison, Kemmelmeier said. It
doesnt have to be competitiveness, but
people want to feel good about them-
selves. It creates a sense of community
and unity. When Nevada wins, sports
fans are feeling good about each other.
There are high ves and expressions of
Arent we great? going on.
Pair human nature with spars about
funding, academics, sports and the
Fremont Cannon and the passionate
rivalry is born.
REBELLING AGAINST THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
The birth of Nevada Southern Uni-
versity (now UNLV) in 1951, detonated
the battle between the two schools,
Nevada historian and UNLV Professor
Eugene Moehring said.
Nevada Southern started as a branch
of UNR and was housed at Las Vegas
High School. After persuading the
Board of Regents, all but one from
northern Nevada, the rst building
of Nevada Southern opened in 1957,
Moehring said.
Despite making waves toward inde-
pendence, the school down south fol-
lowed Renos catalog and students had
to complete a year of courses in Reno
before earning a degree.
You might say that (UNLV) was the
offspring of (UNR), either the little
sister or the child, retired UNR history
professor James Hulse said.
With that label, Nevada Southern
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FUNLV shirts
$10, UNR Mens Rugby
Team. Contact Kyle Herzberg
at acepitcher_1@hotmail.com.
$21.99, CafePress. T-shirts.
cafepress.com
$10, Smear Design-
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GET YOUR GEAR
See T-SHIRTS Page B5
What should UNLV stand for?
CAMPUSCHAT
Useless Nasty
Living Vermins
Mallory Conroy,
19, pre-nursing
Uneducated
Nobodys who
Look like
Vaginas
Joseph Agor, 20,
civil engineering
and math
University of
Not a Lot of
Victories
Kalani Kahapea,
20, business
management
University of
Nuts Lathered in
Vaseline
Elizabeth Stengel,
20, elementary
and special ed
Im from Vegas
and everyone
I know stayed
there so I think
it should be Uni-
versity of Never
Leaving Vegas.
Karmel Kwan, 18,
pre-nursing
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f youre sick of the topless,
21-only bars in Reno, the all-
nude, 18 plus strip clubs in Las
Vegas are a compelling reason
to go see the most
important football
game of the year.
In case youre not
sure how Las Vegas
clubs measure up,
I went to Las Vegas
a few weeks ago
to compare and
contrast. Here are
the results.
Scores are out of
ve.
Dj Vu Showgirls
3247 Dean Martin Blvd.
$10 cover charge for Nevadan lo-
cals, $25 for out of town
All nude, no alcohol, unlimited
free sodas
18 and older
Moderately priced
Mermaids Sushi & Sake Bar
270 Lake St.
Sunday Thursday $10 cover
charge, Friday and Saturday $20
cover charge
Topless only, alcohol, two drink
minimum ($5 $10 average)
High priced
SEEDINESS
Dj Vu: 3.5
This place is found on Dean Martin
Blvd., the weird frontage road behind
Interstate 15 in Las Vegas. Its much
darker and quieter than Mermaids
but a bit more private.
Mermaids: 3
This place is a multi-bar with sushi
and several other strip clubs inside.
In a less scary area , Mermaids is
better lit and feels more active be-
cause of its smaller size. The seedi-
ness comes from the fact that theres
no privacy, so business transactions
take place on the oor instead of
in private rooms (though those are
available too).
SEXINESS
Dj Vu: 5
Easily the best looking girls in Las
Vegas. Oddly enough, I got a lap
dance by a UNLV student and she
didnt have fake boobs. No touching
unless you pay $20 extra per girl.
Mermaids: 4
A mix of mother-and-daughter aged
women with varying shaped and sized
parts. Good mix, but I swear a few of
them must be teachers (and with the
budget cuts, who could blame them).
Lots of touching and fake boobs.
MUSIC
Dj Vu: 4
The girls chose modern music and
remixes. Generally good stuff, easy
to listen to, well balanced and the DJ
has a fun radio voice.
Mermaids: 5
Im a sucker for 80s remixes, though
the music adds to the feeling that
your mother or English professor
could be sitting on your lap at any
moment.
ATMOSPHERE
Dj Vu: 4
Everyone is really nice, even the
manager and doorman. The girls
work out fair prices with you up front.
The place is just a bit too dark and
quiet and sometimes awkward.
Mermaids: 3
Prices for drinks and dances arent
up front for example, I accidentally
ordered a $5.25 bottle of water and
didnt know until after I got it. The
place is cramped, so stepping and
tripping over other customers feet
is normal. Watching other people
get lap dances right next to you is si-
multaneously a bonus and awkward
like watching meat get traded at a
market. The place is more lively and
conversational, probably because of
the alcohol and food.
OTHER
-1 for both
Being harassed to tip the towel guys
at both locations made for trouble-
some bathroom visits. Dont eat
Mexican or Thai food before going or
you might lose as much money to the
bathroom guy as to the girls.
FINAL SCORE
Dj Vu: 14.5
Mermaids: 14
Tall, skinny, plump, plastic: Vegas girls for the win
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locals) is not easy to get to. But once youre there,
theyre plenty of places to choose from.
Take Interstate 15 and get off at Sahara Ave.
going east.
Get into the right lane as soon as possible.
Look for a scary-looking street named South
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Brothers
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B7
games Oct. 18 this season,
so George will take a ight
to Reno to watch Brett while
Kristal will stay in Las Vegas
for Bens game.
While Kristal and George
try to stay unbiased, there will
always be a family member
other than Brett who will root
for Nevada.
Ill be going back and forth
in the stands (from Wolf Pack
seating to my parents), said
Derrick Jaekle, the oldest
brother in the family. Ill
always root for Nevada.
Derrick, 26, went to UNLV
for a semester but spent
most of his college life at
UNR. He said he will root for
his brothers first and Nevada
second.
If Ben kicks a game-win-
ning eld goal Ill be ecstatic,
Derrick said. Ill also root for
Brett. It will obviously make it
a little better (for me) if Nevada
wins.
Derrick loved soccer, but
was forced to play football
after his school dropped the
sport. He then transferred
those skills onto the football
eld as a place kicker for
Bonanza High School in Las
Vegas. Three years later, Brett
became a place kicker at
Bonanza and Ben soon fol-
lowed.
Derrick was offered a walk-
on position as a kicker at the
University of Alabama, but
he suffered a right hip exor
injury, which forced him to
end his kicking career.
Weve been so involved in
sports forever, Derrick said.
Its never been a vindictive
thing. Its more about motivat-
ing each other.
After the game, Kristal plans
on hosting a family party.
Regardless of who wins, the
Jaekle family will still be happy
together.
(My boys) are my world,
Kristal said. I was in the Red
Rock Mountains with my hus-
band recently and I felt the
urge to thank him. I wanted
him to know how happy I was
for him giving me the three
greatest sons I could possibly
have imagined having.
Emerson Marcus can be
reached at emarcus@neva-
dasagebrush.com
MICHAELHIGDON/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
To get to Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas head east on Interstate 80
from Reno, exit to the 50 in Fernley toward the 95. Take I-95 all the
way down to Las Vegas. Exit at Russel Road west and follow it until you
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Fast food
Galleria
Mall, Sunset
Station
Casino,
various
restaurants
Patrons are subject to ejection/trespass from the stadium, revocation of ticket privileges and/or
arrest for:
failure to follow the directions of law enforcement, security ushers, ticket takers or any stadium
ofcial
ghting, taunting or engaging in any action that may harm, endanger, threaten or bring discom-
fort to anyone in the stadium
sitting in a seat other than ones ticketed seat location or refusing to produce ones game ticket
upon request
possession or use of any illegal drugs or irresponsible use of alcohol
loitering in concourses, aisles, tunnels or stairs
use of foul, abusive or obscene language or gestures
damage, destruction, vandalism or theft of any property
unauthorized use of disabled seating platforms or any seating designed for persons with a dis-
ability
mistreatment of visiting team fans, including verbal abuse, harassment, profanity, confronta-
tions, intimidation or threatening behavior
refusal to remove or turn inside-out clothing deemed offensive or obscene upon request
engaging in any action that causes a disruption, creates an unsafe environment, interferes with
the game or hinders the enjoyment of the game for others
all patrons and items are subject to search
Some tailgating policies:
tailgating ends 30 minutes prior to the game
UNLV, local, state and federal policies regarding alcohol are in effect in the tailgating area
Prohibited items include:
devices promoting excessive alcohol consumption
reworks
re pits
gas powered generators
excessively loud stereo systems that play abusive or derogatory lyrics
no advertising vehicles or signs
no apparel, souvenirs, food or beverage may be sold
weapons
kegs, unless permission was granted
SAM BOYD STADIUM POLICIES
Security
the point where its not even
a healthy rivalry anymore. We
havent had a game with them
without massive violence or
yelling F the Rebels every time
they walk on the eld.
Past problems include fans
screaming, Fuck the Rebels,
FUNLV and FUNR shirts and
fights, university officials
said.
Ive seen beer poured
on fans and Ive seen some
fights, Cronis said. But you
see that at most games. If
the team has any kind of fan
base, you are going to have
bad apple situations in the
stands.
UNR and UNLV ofcials said
they encourage fans to partici-
pate in a healthy rivalry while
showing good sportsmanship,
following the rules and staying
safe.
Dont get drawn into (poor)
sportsmanship comments, foul
language or clothing, Renwick
said.
It may be out of fun but
it creates a hostile environ-
ment.
Jessica Fryman can be reached at
jfryman@nevadasagebrush.com.
T-Shirts
I think the shirts help im-
prove the rivalry, said Danny
Schaich, a UNR student and
owner of an FUNLV T-shirt.
I think theres a line you
shouldnt cross concerning
whats appropriate, but I dont
think the shirts cross that
line.
DJ Miller, owner and de-
signer of Smear Designers,
a company selling FUNLV
shirts, said he doesnt see any
problems with wearing FUNLV
shirts.
Its a fun T-shirt and this
is how students actually feel
about the rivalry, Miller, a
UNR student, said. Besides,
I dont think you can take
the rivalry too far with just a
shirt.
Jay Balagna and Tara Verd-
erosa can be reached at editor@
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Rebel Offense
O
O O
O O O O O O O O
UNLV runs the spread offense with quarterback Omar
Clayton. Clayton is very athletic with the option-read
and he has solid receivers on the outside. Senior Casey
Flair stands out for the Rebels, but watch out for Phillip
Payne, who made ESPNs Top-10 Plays last week with
his last-second touchdown catch against Arizona State.
2, Omar Clayton
61, 200 lbs.
Sophomore
4, Frank Summers
5 10, 230 lbs.
Senior
80, Casey Flair
61, 205 lbs.
Senior
88, Ryan Wolfe
61, 210 lbs.
Junior
75, Matt Murphy
64, 295 lbs.
Sophomore
78, Johan Asiata
64, 310 lbs.
Senior
66, John Gianninato
63, 290 lbs.
Sophomore
59, Joe Hawley
63, 300 lbs.
Junior
79, Ritchie Plunket
66, 290 lbs.
Senior
84, Rodelin Anthony
65, 230 lbs.
Junior
18, Phillip Payne
63, 180 lbs.
Freshman
Nevada Defense
The Wolf Packs defense, led by rst-year coach Nigel
Burton, will display a 4-3 formation. Nevada is inex-
perienced in the defensive backeld, but the boys up
front have displayed the ability to get the job done
this season. Just dont look at the Missouri tape.
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45, Antoine Thompson
61, 195 lbs.
Junior
99, Kevin Basped
66, 240 lbs.
Sophomore
94, Mundrae Clifton
62, 295 lbs.
Senior
95, Nate Agaiava
62, 285 lbs.
Sophomore
Mike Evans
510, 180 lbs.
Sophomore
55, Dontay Moch
61, 245 lbs.
Sophomore
52, James-Michael Johnson
62, 220 lbs.
Freshman
30, Joshua Mauga
62, 245 lbs.
Senior
33, Brandon Marshall
61, 230 lbs.
Freshman
49, Jonathon Amaya
62, 190 lbs.
Junior
17, Uche Anyanwu
64, 220 lbs.
Senior
Rebel Defense
The Wolf Pack will look to exploit the Rebels weak
defense. UNLV lost linebacker Beau Bell, who was the
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year last sea-
son. Nevadas offense will be able to move the ball on
the Rebels, but how will they fare in the redzone?
X X
21, Terrance Lee
60, 175 lbs.
Junior
8, Daryle Forte
510, 200 lbs.
Junior
X X X
14, Starr Fuimaono
511, 210 lbs.
Junior
56, Ronnie Paulo
511, 230 lbs.
Sophomore
33, Jason Beauchamp
63, 220 lbs.
Junior
X X
X X X X
10, Quinton Pointer
59, 185 lbs.
Sophomore
94, Thor Pili
63, 285 lbs.
Senior
92, Jacob Hales
65, 295 lbs.
Senior
93, Malo Taumua
60, 270 lbs.
Sophomore
7, Geoffery Howard
510, 200 lbs.
Senior
99, Isaako Aaitui
63, 300 lbs.
Sophomore
Nevada Offense
Nevadas offense wasnt the reason it lost at Mis-
souri, but it didnt look good. The Wolf Pack played
mediocre and still needs to prove itself on the road
against the Rebels this weekend.
O O O O O O O O O
4, Marko Mitchell
63, 210 lbs.
Senior
98, TalaiasiPuloka Jr.
64, 240 lbs.
Junior
50, Mike Gallett
66, 295 lbs.
Sophomore
62, John Bender
68, 325 lbs.
Sophomore
79, Josh Catapano
63, 285 lbs.
Senior
60, Greg Hall
63, 295 lbs.
Senior
73, Alonzo Durham
64, 285 lbs.
Junior
14, Chris Wellington
61, 185 lbs.
Sophomore
89, Mike McCoy
60, 190 lbs.
Senior
O
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34, Vai Taua
510, 225 lbs.
Sophomore
10, Colin Kaepernick
66, 215 lbs.
Sophomore
What will you do if UNLV wins?
CAMPUSCHAT
I will, unfortu-
nately, take a
long and disap-
pointed walk
back to the band
room with most
of my friends
who are in the
marching band.
Matt Andrew,
20, electrical
engineering
Probably
whatever every-
one else in the
student section
is doing. Ill
probably follow
along with that
ride.
Michael Fasano,
18, speech
communications
Im probably
going to go rally
the troops, get
like a stick, yell
some kind of
tribal call and
we gonna knock
some heads.
Amir Hill,
18, neuroscience
I probably
wont do much.
Ill probably be
drunk by then.
Sean Franco,
22, mechanical
engineering
Ill feel sad
for our team.
We need to win
against UNLV.
Karla Zermeno,
21, pre-nursing
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evada Southern
University shouldnt
turn its back on
history.
In the early 1970s, black
student athletes walked into
then NSU President Don
Baeplers office and asked
the school to change its
mascot from a wolf, dressed
in a United
States
Confederate
uniform, to
something
more
respect-
able. The
supposed
rebel
president
caved and
changed the
mascot the
next season.
How do you expect people
to take you seriously NSU?
You are supposed to be an
outlaw school that rebelled
against the much better
academically university in
Reno.
NSUs original mascot,
Beauregard the Wolf, was sup-
posed to be a sardonic shot
at the states only four-year
university. Nevadas blue
uniforms and Wolf Pack
mascot gave NSU a chance
to mock Nevada by placing a
confederate flag emblem on
the schools helmets and us-
ing a goofy wolf as its mascot.
The move was rather witty on
the side of NSU, but all that
wit was erased when Baepler
altered its direction and
led the school on a history-
erasing slippery slope.
This rich history shouldnt
be hidden from the public.
It begins in 1957, after a few
Mafia-family high school
students said they didnt want
their only in-state college
option to be in Reno. The
Nevada Board of Regents
appeased the future Michael
and Sonny Corleones and
granted Las Vegas a satellite
campus.
Education was dependent
on the school up north, but
that didnt stop NSU from
putting together an athletic
department that preached
confederate pride and easy
scheduling.
The basketball program
struggled to a 5-13 record in
its first season in 1958, but
gained key wins against the
Nellis Air Force Base and Ne-
vadas freshman/sophomore
team. The Rebels sub-500
record didnt lead to a lack
of confidence. After losses to
Antelope Valley College and a
43-point loss to Dixie Junior
College, the school regrouped
the next season to go 13-8.
The football program
kicked off in 1968 with an 8-1
record, but it slowly derailed
after NSU stopped playing its
early rival, Virginia School of
the Blind.
In 1969, the Rebels
made progress by gaining
autonomy from Nevada. NSU
was off and running like a
proud bastard child whose
mother considered aborting a
few years before.
Baeplers decision two years
later to remove the confeder-
ate ag simply a symbol
for states rights from the
helmet surprisingly caused
no outcry from the Las Vegas
community. Baepler restarted
Sin Citys rich eight-year-
history to stay politically
correct. Maybe NSUs lack of
valuing history caused coach
after coach to cheat and
student after student to fail in
the work force.
So NSU, learn to embrace
your tradition of rebelling
and parading the confederate
flag. Its better than ranking
in the last tier of U.S. News
and World Reports college
rankings without any tradi-
tion at all.
Emerson Marcus is the
Sports Editor at The Nevada
Sagebrush. He can be reached
at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.
com.
Emerson
Marcus
NSUs proud
history, tradition
Brotherly love, not Civil War
UNLVMEDIASERIVCES
UNLV kicker Ben Jaekle kicks a eld goal against Nevada last season.
Jaekles motivation to become a college kicker came from his two
older brothers, who both went to school at Nevada.
Nevada kicker Brett Jaekle looks to boom a kickoff this season
against Grambling State. Jaekle is in his nal season with the Wolf
Pack this year.
By Emerson Marcus
The Civil War was has been
called the great American War,
pitting brothers against broth-
ers.
When the University of Ne-
vada, Reno battles its Rebel rival
Saturday, two brothers will play
on opposite sides of the eld.
Its a game over a cannon,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
kicker Ben Jaekle said. Its
North versus South. Its a pride
thing.
Jaekle was recruited by
UNLV three years ago, but his
brother, Brett Jaekle, attended
the University of Nevada, Reno
for the last four years. Both are
kickers and both attend their
universitys rival.
It makes the game a lot more
interesting, Brett, a senior, said.
We really dont give each other
a hard time about it.
While the brothers say it isnt
hard to deal with the in-family
rivalry, Bretts mom, Kristal
Jaekle, nds it difcult to attend
a game that one of her sons is
guaranteed to lose.
I wish it could end in a tie,
she said. No matter what hap-
pens, the game will end and one
of my sons will be very upset.
Kristal copes with the upset by
turning the game into a family
event. Relatives from Maryland,
Chicago, Denver, Phoenix and
California will be at the Jaekles
Las Vegas home this weekend
after attending the game and
rooting for Ben and Brett.
We have 24 T-shirts made for
the game, she said. My mom
and sister took red and blue T-
shirts, cut them in half, left and
right, and sewed them together,
and you will see (the family) in
the stands Saturday.
Kristal said the T-shirts help
keep the Jaekle family unbiased,
which is difcult outside the
rivalry game.
Last season, Ben was red-
shirted so Kristal and husband
George Jaekle attended the
game on the Reno side.
This upset Ben, she said.
We say we dont support either
team. We support the kids.
When Nevada played Mis-
souri two weeks ago, the Jaekle
parents went to Arizona State to
watch the UNLV game.
We had our nieces represent-
ing the family (in Missouri),
Kristal said of her relatives who
play tennis at Missouri. We
didnt feel as obligated to go be-
cause we knew we had at least
some family watching (Bretts)
game.
Kristal and George Jaekle
made a rule to attend every
home game their sons play. Ne-
vada and UNLV both play home
See BROTHERS Page B4
*National ranking in parenthesis
Nevada Category UNLV
OFFENSE
277.33 (7) Rushing 151.25 (66)
215.7 (58) Passing 208.8 (68)
110.34 (87) Pass Efciency 146.50 (33)
493.0 (10) Total 360.0 (70)
28.33 (58) Scoring 26.25 (65)
DEFENSE
87.0 (20) Rushing 154.5 (79)
347.0 (118) Passing 203.75 (64)
148.18 (106) Pass Efciency 136.52 (89)
434.0 (106) Total 358.25 (66)
39.0 (111) Scoring 27.5 (82)
SPECIAL TEAMS/MISC.
29.47 (113) Punting 36.36 (43)
0.0 (116) Punt Returns 5.0 (100)
2.33 (94) Sacks Allowed .75 (22)
-.67 (90) Turnover Margin .75 (26)
MAKING THE CALL
B8
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
Gameday
The battle for the
Fremont Cannon
Beating UNLV would be the perfect medicine for a losing streak
STAFF PICKS
PESSIMIST SAYS: The Wolf Pack goes
down to Las Vegas cocky and under-
estimates UNLV. The Rebels take ad-
vantage of Nevadas overcondence
and pull out all the stops in their
quest for the Fremont Cannon. Fake
eld goals, reverses, on-side kicks:
the Rebels leave nothing in the bag
and prove that they are the premier
football team in Nevada.
OUTCOME: UNLV 49-24
1969 Nevada 30-28
1970 UNLV 42-30
1971 UNLV 27-13
1972 Nevada 41-13
1973 Nevada 19-3
1974 UNLV 28-7
1975 UNLV 45-7
1976 UNLV 49-33
1977 UNLV 27-12
1978 Nevada 23-14
1979 UNLV 26-21
1983 UNLV 28-18
1985 Nevada 48-7
1987 UNLV 24-19
1989 Nevada 45-7
1990 Nevada 26-14
1991 Nevada 50-8
1992 Nevada 14-10
1993 Nevada 49-14
1994 UNLV 32-27
1995 Nevada 55-32
1996 Nevada 54-17
1997 Nevada 31-14
1998 Nevada 31-20
1999 Nevada 26-12
2000 UNLV 38-7
2001 UNLV 27-12
2002 UNLV 21-17
2003 UNLV 16-12
2004 UNLV 48-13
2005 Nevada 22-14
2006 Nevada 31-3
2007 Nevada 27-20
*Nevada leads all-time series 18-15
ALL-TIME SERIES 2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS
ALL-TIME LEADERS
UNLV
Omar Clayton Passing 194.25 yds
Frank Summers Rushing 96.5 yds
Ryan Wolfe Receiving 76.75 yds
Jason Beauchamp Tackles 8.0
Nevada Category Stat/Game
Colin Kaepernick Passing 179.33 yds
Kaepernick Rushing 71.33 yds
Marko Mitchell Receiving 84.67 yds
Uche Anyanwu Tackles 6.67
Date Opponent Result/Time
Aug. 30 Utah State W 27-17
Sept. 6 at Utah L 42-21
Sept. 13 at Arizona State W 23-20
Sept. 20 Iowa State W 34-31
Saturday Nevada 7 p.m.
Oct. 4 at Colorado State 11 a.m.
Oct. 18 Air Force 7 p.m.
Oct. 25 at BYU 11 a.m.
Nov. 1 TCU 5 p.m.
Nov. 8 New Mexico 7 p.m.
Nov. 13 Wyoming 6 p.m.
Nov. 22 at San Diego State 5 p.m.
UNLV SCHEDULE
DIFFERENCE MAKER OMAR CLAYTON
OPTIMIST SAYS: Nevada used the
bye week to thoroughly prepare for
the surprisingly good Rebels. The
Wolf Pack still has the Missouri loss
in mind but uses it as motivation
instead of distraction. They send
a message to UNLV by running up
the score when the game is already
in the bag. The Rebels cry bad
sportsmanship. No one cares.
OUTCOME: Nevada 52-17
The sophomore quarterback has played beyond his years this season in leading
the Rebels to a 3-1 record which included a historic victory against then 15th-
ranked Arizona State. Clayton is not your typical stand-in-the-pocket signal
caller. At 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, hes small for a quarterback but that may work
to his advantage. His size allows him to hide behind his big offensive line and
make strong throws. Clayton is very accurate and makes good decisions. He has
thrown for 777 yards this season and nine touchdowns but, more importantly,
has yet to throw a pick. Clayton is not going to beat himself, so the Wolf Pack
must pressure him into some bad throws if they want to have a chance to win.
However, when pressured, Clayton is not opposed to scrambling down the eld.
He has 87 rushing yards this season as well as a touchdown. Clayton is the rst
dual-threat quarterback Nevada will face this year so they better be prepared to
defend both aspects or its going to be a long, disappointing trip back to Reno.
SEPT. 13
at Missouri
L 69-17
SEPT. 6
Texas Tech
L 35-19
AUG. 30
Grambling State
W 49-13
SATURDAY
at UNLV
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
NOV. 7
at Fresno St.
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
NOV. 22
Boise St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
OCT. 18
Utah St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
OCT. 4
at Idaho
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
0CT. 11
New Mexico St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
OCT. 25
at Hawaii
TIME: 9:05 p.m.
NOV. 15
San Jose St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
NOV. 29
at La. Tech
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
1. USC (62) 2-0
2. Oklahoma 3-0
3. Georgia (2) 4-0
4. Florida (1) 3-0
5. LSU 3-0
6. Missouri 4-0
7. Texas 3-0
8. Alabama 4-0
9. Wisconsin 3-0
10. Texas Tech 4-0
11. Brigham Young 4-0
12. Penn State 4-0
13. South Florida 4-0
14. Ohio State 3-1
15. Auburn 3-1
16. Wake Forest 3-0
17. Utah 4-0
18. Kansas 3-1
19. Boise State 3-0
20. Clemson 3-1
21. Vanderbilt 4-0
22. Illinois 2-1
23. East Carolina 3-1
24. TCU 4-0
25. Fresno State 2-1
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Oregon 100, Oklahoma State 98, Virginia
Tech 63, Colorado 39, Nebraska 32, Con-
necticut 26, Tulsa 19, Miami (FL) 17, Michi-
gan State 14, Georgia Tech 8, Kentucky 7,
Northwestern 7, Ball State 6, South Carolina
3, West Virginia 2, Florida State 2, North
Carolina 2, Minnesota 1.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Oregon 17, West Virginia 21, Florida State 24.
AP TOP 25
When: Saturday 7 p.m.
Where: Sam Boyd Stadium
(36,800; Field Turf)
Radio: ESPN Radio 630
AM, The Mountain West
Network
All-time series record:
Nevada leads the all-time
series with UNLV 18-15.
The coaches: Head coach
Mike Sanford is 9-30 in his
fourth year at UNLV. Nevada
coach Chris Ault is in his
24th season as Nevadas
coach and has a 192-87-1
record.
THIS WEEK
UNLVMEDIASERVICES
NICKGRAZIANO
SCOTTBARNETT/ NEVADASAGEBRUSH
By Juan Lpez
A rivalry game in college football is a season all its own.
Records and statistics dont mean anything. This week, Ne-
vada and UNLV will battle for the Fremont Cannon and state
pride. The Rebels are coming off two consecutive overtime
victories, while Nevada has steamed for two weeks with a
69-17 loss still fresh in its mind. Will the Wolf Pack learn from
its mistakes and use the loss as motivation, or will the Rebels
prove their legitimacy and take back the cannon?
CONTAIN CLAYTON
To have a chance against UNLV, the Wolf Pack must stop the
Rebels option-read play, where the quarterback in the shotgun
formation and either hands the ball to the running back or takes
the ball himself and runs it around the end. The quarterback
decides based on the movement of the closest defensive end.
If the end crashes down and tries to take the running
back, the quarterback will keep the ball and run outside.
UNLVs backeld tandem of sophomore quarterback
Omar Clayton and senior tailback Frank Summers isformi-
dable and has the ability to give a defense ts. But if Nevadas
defensive ends do their job, look for Clayton and Summers
to be the ones throwing a hissy most of the night.
NEW RUNNING GAME
Despite losing senior running back Luke Lippincott for
the season and junior running back Brandon Fragger for
likely three more weeks, the Nevada running game still
looks strong.
The rushing attack, led by sophomore Vai Taua, is aver-
aging more than 277 yards a game and has scored eight
of the teams 10 offensive touchdowns. Behind Taua
are two inexperienced backs in sophomore Courtney
Randall and freshman Lampford Mark, but Nevadas
blocking scheme is very simple. This year, the Wolf
Pack offense has implemented more of an east-west
running game in which the lineman move laterally,
allowing the running back to run sideways with
them, pick a hole, make a quick cut and turn it up
the eld. The youthful backeld should have little
problems gashing a Rebel defense that allows over
150 rushing yards a game. Besides, if all else fails,
Nevada sophomore quarterback Colin Kaeper-
nick has a nice set of wheels on him too. Look
for the Wolf Packs ground game to continue its
dominance.
PRESSURE THE QUARTERBACK
Nevada, in its season opener against
Grambling State, sacked the quarterback six
times and was constantly in the backeld.
The following week against Texas Tech, the
defensive line continued its excellent play
and pressured quarterback Graham Harrell
into several bad throws. Despite losing the
game and not actually recording a sack, the
pressure the Wolf Pack put on Harrell was
evident.
It was a completely different story
against Missouri. Nevada did not lay
a nger on Tigers quarterback Chase
Daniel who, along with the Mizzou of-
fense, went on to light up the Wolf Pack
for 69 points.
UNLV quarterback Clayton has yet
to throw a pick this year despite facing
some stiff competition. Nevadas d-line
must get back to its old ways and get
to the passer. When given time, any
quarterback can throw for big yardage. It
takes a great quarterback to face pressure
and still deliver catchable balls. If the Wolf
Pack can constantly get in Claytons grill,
then we will nd out what this sophomore
quarterback is made of.
Nevada Category Statistic
David Neill Passing 10,901
Frank Hawkins Rushing 5,333
Trevor Insley Receiving 5,005
Charvez Froger Scoring 362
UNLV
Randall Cunningham Passing 8,020
Mike Thomas Rushing 3,149
Earvin Johnson Receiving 2,604
Mike Thomas Scoring 244
2008 LEADERS
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