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VOLUME 121, NUMBER 11
Taking a look at key state and city

By Jacob Solis
GOVERNOR
BRIAN SANDOVAL
ROBERT GOODMAN
DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN
RETIREE
NEVADA GOVERNOR,
ELECTED 2010
EXPERIENCE
DAVID LORY
VANDERBEEK
INDEPENDENT AMERICAN PARTY
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
THERAPIST
EXPERIENCE
Nevada Director of the Department of

Tourism and Economic Development,
Wyoming Economic Development Director
PLATFORMS
Attorney, Nevada State Assemblyman, chairman of the Nevada Gaming

Commission, Nevada Attorney General,
Federal District Court Judge
PLATFORMS
Goodman has promised to work for Nevadans by improving the

tourism and business industries, especially through the expansion
of global trade between the state and Asian markets.
EXPERIENCE
Idaho Army National Guard, therapist
PLATFORMS
Sandoval has promised to get Nevada working again by diversifying the economy, maintaining a business-friendly environment
and reforming the states education system.
VanDerBeek has promised to restore the American Dream through

the abolition of taxes, reduction of federal control over the state and
the establishment of water and energy independence for Nevada.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
LUCY FLORES
MARK HUTCHISON
MIKE LITTLE
DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN
INDEPENDENT AMERICAN PARTY

BUSINESSMAN
NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLYWOMAN,

ELECTED 2010
NEVADA STATE SENATOR, ELECTED

2012
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
State assemblywoman, assistant majority whip in the Assembly, vice-chair

of the Nevada Legislative Caucus
PLATFORMS
Attorney (senior partner at Hutchison & Steffen), member of the Nevada

Commission on Ethics, represented
Nevada in a federal suit challenging
the Affordable Care Act
PLATFORMS
Flores has promised to help reform the education system through

increased funding, strengthen the economy, create jobs by working
on the Nevada Board of Economic Development, push for immigration reform and work to expand the availability of affordable
healthcare by fighting efforts to strike the program down.
Bachelors degree in architecture, experience in farming, business, building

and development
PLATFORMS
Hutchison has promised to create jobs (especially by reducing

tax burdens on small businesses) and focus on improving the
states education system by directing funding at classrooms and
giving more credence to parents, students and teachers than the
bureaucracy.
LOCAL OFFICES
CITY COUNCIL: WARD 2
MAYOR
EXPERIENCE
Little has promised to protect the rights and liberties of every

Nevada citizen through use of the 10th Amendment, reform the
states education system by create state standards to replace Common Core and address the states economy by focusing on farming
and attracting new industries.
CITY COUNCIL: WARD 4

PAUL MCKENZIE
RAY PEZONELLA
ELISA CAFFERATA
NON-PARTISAN
NON-PARTISAN
NON-PARTISAN
ENGINEER
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF NEVADA

ADVOCATES FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES
SECRETARY TREASURER FOR THE

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
Founded Pezonella and Associates, a

local geo-technical engineering firm
PLATFORMS
Management and analyst work in

Regional Planning for the Truckee River
area, the Living River management plan
and the Truckee River Flood Project
PLATFORMS
Pezonella has promised to ensure fiscal responsibility through

accountability plans and work to attract new industries and businesses to Reno by maintaining a business-friendly environment.
Military Police in the U.S. Army, Sergeant First Class in the National Guard,
and worked with the Engineers Local 3
union
PLATFORMS
Cafferata has promised to support local small businesses and work

to embrace new technologies and innovations.
McKenzie has promised to support the education system by ensuring

the availability of resources such as adequate infrastructure, parks and
libraries and engage the community through open communication.
HILLARY SCHIEVE
NAOMI DUERR
NON-PARTISAN
NON-PARTISAN
NON-PARTISAN
CO-OWNER OF DESERT PACIFIC

EXPLORATION, INC.
WASHOE COUNTY
COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT 5,
ELECTED 2002
EXPERIENCE
RENO CITY COUNCILWOMAN,

ELECTED 2012
EXPERIENCE
BONNIE WEBER
EXPERIENCE
Owns two small business in MidTown,

instrumental in MidTowns creation, City
Councilwoman since 2012
PLATFORMS
Worked in geologic and environmental

consulting, mineral exploration, State
water planner and on the Truckee River
Flood Project
PLATFORMS
Schieve has promised to reduce the number of empty buildings

in Reno by reducing relevant city fees, create jobs and fight wasteful spending.
Duerr has promised to utilize innovation and emerging hightech industries while also improving public safety, education and
fiscal accountability through appropriate funding.
Washoe County Commissioner, chairwoman of the Regional Transportation

Commission, a director at Reno-Sparks
Convention and Visitors Authority
PLATFORMS
Weber has promised to protect property rights, promote fiscal
responsibility and ensure adequate public safety independent of
geographical lines.
Jacob Solis can be reached at rhernandez@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
Photos provided by respective candidates.
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EQUALITY
Asexuality Awareness:
Not just a phase
SENATE RECAP
OCT. 29
BY JENNIFER MARBLEY
BE HEARD AND BE PART OF

THE SOLUTION SURVEY
LAUNCHED MONDAY
By Jennifer Marbley
Oct. 27 marked the beginning of Asexual Awareness Week, which aimed to
increase understanding of
a part of a population that
does not experience sexual
attraction. Allen Johnson, a
junior at the University of
Nevada, Reno said coming
out isnt just for people
who consider themselves
to be gay or lesbian. He announced his asexuality to a
supportive group of friends
and family via social media
Sunday, Oct. 26.
Johnson said that when
people discovered that
he was asexual, some
of his friends wanted to
know how asexuality differed from abstinence or
celibacy. Celibacy and
abstinence are choices
to refrain in sexual activity, while asexuality is a
genuine and natural lack of
desire.
[Asexuality] is a real
thing, Johnson said. This
is a sexual orientation and
it needs to be taken more
seriously.
Johnson said that he noticed he was different from
his peers in middle school
and faced social alienation
because he wasnt interested in dating. He dated
a girl in eighth grade to fit
in with his friends, who
began to experiment with
relationships and sexuality.
It was the most uncomfortable thing Ive probably
ever done in my life, Johnson said. I was just doing
that because I thought I
had to do something to fit
in, but I was uncomfortable every second. I didnt
want to hold hands; I didnt
Photo provided by A sexuality.org
want to be next to her.
Johnson
eventually Above is a screen shot of an Asexual Visibility and Education Networks comic showing common
misunderstandings about asexuality. The comic illustrates that asexuality is often confused with
confessed to his girlfriend celibacy.
that he didnt see her in a
romantic way. After they
themselves asexual claim to not
Johnson used Asexual Awareness
broke up, he never dated again. experience any distress about their Week as a platform to talk about his
Throughout Johnsons high school lack of sexual attraction.
right to declare himself as asexual.
years, he struggled to find the
Johnson decided to spread in- While there are classes that discuss
vocabulary to describe his lack of formation about asexuality during human sexual and queer studies,
sexual attraction to either men or Asexual Awareness Week to dismiss there is no organized group about
women.
myths that his sexual orientation is asexuality on campus. With no
Some psychologists have con- an illness. He would like more educa- representation or organized asexual
sidered asexuality to be a sexual tion on a sexuality to increase under- community in Reno, Johnson turned
disorder. According to the fifth standing of his sexual orientation.
to online forums like asexual.org
edition of the Diagnostic and StaUNR queer studies professor Emily and social media for understanding
tistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Hobson encourages asexuality ac- and support. For Asexual Awareness
Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder ceptance. She teaches about the his- Week, Johnson posted daily facts
shares similarities with asexuality. A tory of the LGBTQ movement in the and infographics to increase educaclinician must diagnose symptoms U.S. and promotes understanding tion about asexuality.
that include deficient or absent of all sexual identities. She said that
Senior Jason Angeles is an LGBTQ
sexual fantasies and desire for asexuals often receive invalidation advocate who learned more about
sexual activity.
from people who dont understand asexuality through Johnsons posts.
The lack of sexual desire must also their lack of sexual attraction.
He said that its important to have
result in significant distress for the
No matter our age, gender, race, people to publicly represent preferindividual, according to the DSM-5. ethnicity, class or citizenship, we all ences that arent often talked about.
Sometimes, lack of sexual attraction deserve the right to move in and out of Johnsons choice to promote Asexual
can be caused by childhood abuse, different sexual identities, and we also Awareness Week is brave, according
hormonal imbalance and other fac- deserve the right to identify as not at- to Angeles.
tors. However, people who consider tracted to others at all, Hobson said.
I think that its important to
have people to publicly represent
identities that arent often visible,
Angeles said. When it comes to
identity, we too often rely on thinking within a binary male/female;
gay/straightand by doing so we
erase and dismiss many people in
the process.
[Asexuality] is a real thing.

This is a sexual orientation
and it needs to be taken more
seriously.
- Allen Johnson
Jennifer Marbley can be reached at

jmarbley@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @MissMarbley.
During the Associated Students of the

University of Nevada senate meeting a
representative from the Center for Research Design and Analysis (CRDA) announced they were conducting a sexual
conduct and campus safety survey for
the Division of Student Services during
the month of November. All degreeseeking undergraduate and graduate
students received an email survey about
sexual assault on campus on Monday,
Nov. 3.
The initiative, Be heard and be part of
the solution, was started to collect data
to help create problem-solving solutions
about the way sexual assault is reported
on campus. Students received a climate
survey about attitudes and behaviors
they have observed on campus and were
asked to report on beliefs and observations about what happens on campus.
Students were also asked to rate administration on how responsive they are to
their campus culture.
Students will be sent weekly reminders encouraging them to participate in
the survey. The CRDA will host campus
dialogue events in February to discuss
the results of surveys so that students can
participate in creating new procedures
that increase campus safety. For more
information, visit unr.edu/be heard.
BEAT UNLV WEEK EVENTS

BEGINS NOV. 24
The ASUN senate promoted Beat
UNLV Week, which will begin Monday,
Nov. 24. The University of Nevada, Reno
will face UNLV for the Fremont Cannon
on Saturday, Nov. 29. On Tuesday, Oct. 25
there will be a pep rally in the Joe Crowley
Student Union ballrooms from 6:30 p.m.
to 8 p.m. The last event for Beat UNLV
Week is on Wednesday, Oct. 26 when
there will be a barbecue from 11:00 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at Gateway Plaza.
ASUNs Programming Board bought
200 student tickets to sell at all Beat
UNLV Week events. Buying tickets
through UNLV athletic departments
website would cost UNR students $50,
but students can purchase tickets in the
Nevada Wolf Shop for $18. Ticket sales
are expected to be available within the
next two weeks.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
NEVADA PASSES 15 TO FINISH
RESOLUTION
Senate resolution 82-108 A Resolution in Advisement of 15 to Finish
was passed at the ASUN senate
meeting. The resolution addressed
concerns about the University of
Nevada, Renos initiative to increase
four-year graduation rates by requiring undergraduate students to enroll
in 15 credits per semester without
tuition increase.
Sen. Quinn Jonas proposed to talk
with university administration about
potential flaws in the 15 to Finish
initiative to ensure that student concerns are represented. The resolution
sought to improve the 15 to Finish
initiative for students whose majors
require more than 120 credits to
graduate. While Jonas acknowledged
that UNRs 22.2 percent four-year
graduation rate is low, he argued that
the 15 to Finish initiative may harm
students who take longer to graduate
by increasing tuition rates.
Jennifer Marbley can be reached at
jmarbley@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @missmarbley.
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opportunities for students
By Maddison Cervantes
Photo courtesy of Hunter Rand
University of Nevada, Reno sophomore Hunter Rand scuba dives at Lake Tahoe on Apr. 19. Before the accident
that caused him to suffer from decompression sickness, Rand wanted to an underwater cinematographer.
UNR scuba diver

wont give up on life
By Rocio Hernandez
Photo courtesy of Hunter Rand
University of Nevada, Reno sophomore Hunter Rand undergoes

hyperbaric oxygen therapy on Sunday, July 13 to recover from
decompression sickness. It took four days to completed the treatment.
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- Hunter Rand
into. His doctors have told him
he might live for another one
to five years; some of his doctors say that if he makes it past
that, he will develop another
disability.
When Rand first broke the
news to his fraternity, chapter
president
Jarrod
Peterson
remembered that he was in
disbelief and didnt fully comprehend the situation until later
in the day.
I was just sitting in my apartment, going over the details
that it really hit me and I started
tearing up because he is a great
kid, Peterson said. To hear
that someone at his age has one
to five years to live, its pretty
messed up.
Money has also become a
problem for Rand. Renown
hasnt sent him the full bill,
but the amount he has been
charged for is over $150,000
and Rands insurance company
hasnt stated what percentage it
will cover.
Kappa Alpha hosted a bake
sale to raise money for Rand
and set up a GoFundMe account online. Peterson said that
the fraternity has raised $1,500
thus far and hopes it will be able
to raise more in future fundraising and by reaching out to more
people the members know in
the community.
Rand said that some days are

hard for him and he frequently
feels like giving up. His fraternity, friends and family have all
tried to motivate him and point
out things in his life that make
it worth trying. UNR junior and
Rands close friend Miranda
Hoover said that she has seen
Rand trying to make the best out
of his situation.
Anytime
someone
goes
through a humongous change,
especially such a dramatic one,
it is going to change you as a
person and it has really opened
his eyes to look at himself and
look at life [differently] and take
every single day like it could be
your last, Hoover said. People
say this all the time and its kind
of a cliche, but he really has.
This experience has taught
Rand to seize the day and live
without limits. Life has given
him another chance and he
doesnt plan on wasting it.
I have dreams still, Rand
said. I want to get married,
contributing to society more
than I already have and finish
my bucket list. I am stubborn
and I just kind of want the doctors to be wrong.
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edu and on Twitter @rociohdz19.
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my bucket list. I am
stubborn and I just want the
doctors to be wrong.
arrival in Belgium, she could not

understand nor speak the native
language. This caused difficulties
for her in the first few months of
her stay. In the midst of adjusting to a new culture, Hersey has
gained a new set of communication skills through her struggles
to be understood everywhere she
went.
I think one of the most important things about studying abroad
is really challenging yourself,
Hersey said. It changed my life. I
think Im a tougher person, and its
a lot easier to talk to people now.
Each individual that attended
the event to speak on their time
abroad made it apparent that
although difficult in some instances, experiencing the world is
life-changing.
Spees provided the attendees
with advice such as the necessity
of traveling on a budget when going abroad.
Spees was able to travel the
globe for under $1500 with the
University of Hawaiis cheapest
travel programs and her select
resources, such as using an instrument to make money throughout
her trip.
I bring my saxophone with
me, Spees said. I play my
saxophone all over the world
and make money while I travel,
its something that really brings
people together.
She explained that through her
years spent around the world,
she has learned that she is not
interested in traveling for her own
desire anymore. Wherever her
destination, Spees has made it a
point to help those in each community she comes across through
raising money or picking up trash.
Spees encouraged students to
consider volunteering when going
abroad.
Go on a volunteer trip, go
build houses in Mexico, or just go
somewhere and find something
that you can do there, Spees said.
You can do it for a good price, and
the feeling you get when helping
out a community of any kind is
unbelievable.
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sophomore Hunter Rand didnt
watch cartoons while growing
up. Instead, he enjoyed watching TV shows from the Discovery
Channel, National Geographic
and PBS where divers explored
the depths of the ocean. Rand
knew he wanted to see this part
of the world for himself.
An opportunity to do this
presented itself last year when
his Kappa Alpha fraternity
brother Jace Hargrove invited
him to go on trip to Honduras to
scuba dive. Rand enrolled in a
scuba diving class to prepare for
the trip and received advanced
open water certification in April
2014.
Rand and Hargrove headed
for Honduras in June. They dove
into the Atlantic Ocean and saw
a shipwreck, sea turtles and a
giant grouper. As the water surrounded him, Rand felt amazed
by all that he was seeing.
Its the most beautiful thing
Ive ever seen and the most
emotional experience Ive ever
had, Rand said. Just floating in
the water is surreal.
After the trip, Rand continued
scuba diving. On July 12, Hargrove and Rand went to practice
their diving skills at Lake Tahoe.
They completed two hour-long
dives before heading back to
Reno.
As Rand was going to sleep
that night, he realized that
something was wrong with
his body because he began to
feel the most terrible pain he
had experienced in his life. He
thought he must have pinched
a nerve and wanted to take a
Tylenol pill to alleviate his body,
but then his body temperature
began drop. Rand decided to
call an ambulance.
I walked out [of my house]
under my own power and I
collapsed in the ambulance
bed and that was the last time
I walked for a couple of days,
Rand said.
More complications developed as the night went on. Rand
suffered from a stroke on the left
side of his brain. The pain began
to fade away, but not because
of the medication he was given.
Rand was becoming paralyzed.
Rand was diagnosed with decompression sickness, a condition in which nitrogen bubbles
are trapped inside of a persons
body tissues and bloodstream,
in some cases near the joints.
He went through hyperbaric
oxygen therapy for four days to
recompress his body.
I think the worst sensation
ever is when youre paralyzed,
getting in your skin and everything, it felt uncomfortable
like a paper cut in between the
fingers, Rand said. It was like
that all over my body.
Rand felt better after he completed the treatment at Renown
Regional Medical Center, but
effects of DCS still lingered. As a
result of the condition, Rand developed osteonecrosis, a disease
that causes bones to die. He said
that it makes it hard to walk and
impossible to climb stairs.
The medications he takes
cause him to bald and have difficulty digesting food. Bleeding
out of his nose and mouth is so
common for Rand now that he
carries an extra shirt to change
The ability to travel the world

has been made available to
students through a variety of
different programs. On Tuesday,
Oct. 28, the University of Nevada,
Renos Joe Crowley Student Union
hosted the third annual Everything is Global Summit, an event
split into sessions, each providing high school and university
students the knowledge and the
opportunity to travel the world.
Displayed throughout the Joes
ballroom in the were a variety of
international organizations, presenting information to interested
students.
The University Studies Abroad
Consortium offered advice for
attendees in studying abroad during their college years. The Sierra
Nevada College Service-Learning
Project promoted its upcoming
venture to South Africa this summer to support different aspects
of the community a project that
could earn students up to 15 college credits.
Students were also given the
opportunity to chat with guest
speakers, such as keynote speaker
and Nevadas second congressional district for the U.S. House
of Representatives candidate,
Kristen Spees, who is no stranger
to the global community.
From an early age, Spees yearned
to see the world and share her experiences. She began her travels while
in high school through an exchange
program in Argentina.
Spees has spent months camping throughout Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, endured a Chinese jail
cell and has had both knives and
guns used to threaten her.
She contributed to the first
session of the event with a speech
concerning
her
adventures
around the globe.
Being in Argentina was really
difficult for the first few months,
but after learning the language
and breaking this barrier with the
other students, I had the time of
my life, Spees said.
After her first trip abroad, Spees
came back to the United States,
and attended the University of
Hawaii to study political science,
knowing that she would be able to
travel with that specific major.
Through programs at the University of Hawaii, Spees was able to

travel to Australia and Tahiti After
college, she continued with her exploration throughout other regions
of the world.
Many of the organizations at the
event offered a variety of options
for exploring other countries, such
as military services, internships,
volunteering and studying.
Rotary, a high school foreign
exchange program that sends students around the world and hosts
foreign students in the United
States, invited exchange students
to share their experiences at the
Summit and offer advice about
studying abroad.
Florencia Ortiz, a Rotary
foreign exchange student from
Argentina, attended the event to
discuss the challenges of adjusting to a new culture.
After the first session of the
Summit concluded, the students
were divided into different rooms
to learn from different individuals
travels. Ortiz hosted one of these
rooms, and spoke about the nine
months she has spent thus far
with her host family in Fernley,
Nevada, and how her time in the
United States has contrasted her
life in Argentina.
The shock of culture was so
huge, Ortiz said. I didnt know
any English before, so not being
able to communicate with anyone
was my biggest struggle.
Aside from the struggles that
Ortiz faced upon arriving in the
United States, she has altered her
life to fit that of her host family,
and the friends she has made.
Sophomore Abigail Hersey participated in the Rotary exchange
program, and had the opportunity
to live in Belgium the year after her
high school graduation. Hersey
also attended the Summit to speak
on behalf of her experiences living
in another country.
Rotary provided Hersey the
opportunity to explore Belgium,
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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

Reno community celebrates a
historical Mexican tradition
By Maddison Cervantes
Breanna Denney /Nevada Sagebrush
Members of the Ballet Folklorico Metzonali contribute in the University of Nevada, Renos celebration for the
Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) with customary Mexican dance on Sunday, Nov. 2. The dancers dressed in
traditional attire worn throughout Mexico during the holiday.
Toy cars and jars full of candy decorated the

memorial of Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez, an
11-year-old Guatemalan boy who passed away
in June. Two young boys, Andre Hernandez and
Adrian Mariscal, hovered over Juarezs shrine and
performed the sign of the cross while discussing
their part in decorating it in his honor.
On Sunday, Nov. 2, brightly decorated tables,
including Juarezs, encompassed by offerings
and tributes for individuals that have passed
away, surrounded the University of Nevada,
Renos Joe Crowley Student Unions ballroom.
These shrines were one of the features of UNRs
fifth annual Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)
celebration, hosted by the universitys Latino
Research Center.
The ballroom was filled with a variety of guests:
families, UNR students and children with painted faces. Attendees could indulge in crafts and
food, dance performances of Mexican folklorico
dancing, singing, poetry and an educational
presentation on the background of the holiday.
Senior Diego Zaraza attended the celebration
of his Mexican roots, and was intrigued by the
cultural diversity within the ballroom.
Dia de los Muertos is a time to rejoice in the
lives of those who were family or of importance
to us by remembering their favorite
foods, music and what made them
happy through dance and
poetry, Zaraza said.
Religious or not, it touches the beauty of being

remembered once you are gone with celebration
instead of grieving.
Zaraza added that, since death is something
rarely spoken of in American culture, the Day of
the Dead gives younger generations the opportunity to know more about their deceased family
members in a celebratory atmosphere.
When the university began the event in 2009,
it was much smaller and less diverse. The universitys celebration has since developed with
traditional Mexican dance, authentic Mexican
food, crafting activities and decor such as the
customary painted skull, or calavera.
Iris West, assistant director of the center, coordinated the event and explained the growth of
the celebration.
The event was very small when it started, in
the Joes theater, West said. But we have to find
a bigger place because we add more festivities
and more people want to come.
Different forms of Mexican dance were performed during the event, along with mariachi
music from Traner Middle School and Mexican
poetry regarding the Day of the Dead.
West added that the event is inclusive for any
kind of background. She explained that, although
she is not Mexican, she is able to embrace and
enjoy the culture with the rest of the community.
The beautiful thing about this tradition is that
you dont have to be Latino to be a part of it,
West said. Its about family and your roots.
Students from UNR Spanish courses and other
members of the center volunteered to serve food
and help organize the event.
Andrea Linardi de Minten, research assistant at
the center, stated that the universitys Day of the
Dead festivities are known throughout Reno, and
that community members from all walks
of life attend.
Linardi de Minten explained that she is
originally from Argentina, and although
the Day of the Dead is not celebrated there,
she was honored to be welcomed into the
Mexican culture along with her own through
celebrations such as this one.
The Latino Research Center is linked with the
community, Linardi de Minten said. Although
this kind of event is mostly known by the Mexican community, we want to bring it out to the
rest of the university and community as well.
Maddison Cervantes can be reached at
mcervantes@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @madcervantes.
Antastacio Dura, drummer for the Aztec dancers, participates in a story told through traditional Mexican dance
by creating music for the performance at the University of Nevada, Renos Day of the Dead event on Sunday,
Nov. 2. The celebratory festivities were concluded with Duras music and the Aztec dancers.
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A5
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THINGS TO WATCH
OUT FOR THIS WEEK
By Alexa Solis
GWAR CONCERT
WITH GUESTS:
DECAPITATED AND
AMERICAN SHARKS
Tuesday
8 p.m.
The Knitting Factory
Prominent thrash metal
band GWAR will be back
in Reno gracing the stage in
their trademark over-the-top
style. Fake blood will rain
upon the audience as the
grotesquely -dressed rockers continue to play off of
Photo courtesy of Nevada Museum of Art
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by F.B. Carpenter pictures President Abraham Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation for the first time. The
Emancipation Proclamation can only be on display for 36 hours a year due to the fragile nature of the document.
Emancipation Proclamation visits Nevada

By Alexa Solis
Floor length skirts swept
across the floor, glittering jewelry
flashed in the light and perfectly
shined shoes complemented
tidy tuxedos as members of the
Nevada Museum of Art, prominent local figures and reporters
mingled. They floated about the
Wiegand Gallery while waiting
for the grand reveal of the Emancipation Proclamation exhibit.
The presentation of the
Emancipation Proclamation was
the culminating event for The
36th Star: Nevadas Journey from
Territory to State at the Nevada
Museum of Art. Different from
most exhibitions at the museum,
The 36th Star was a historical
exhibition
commemorating
Nevadas early history in honor of
the states sesquicentennial.
Amanda Horn, director of
communications for the Nevada
Museum of Art, stepped past the
cases of documents and flags
delineating Nevadas early history and commanded everyones
attention as she introduced Gov.
Brian Sandoval.
Nevadans back then could

never imagine what wed become, where we are and who
we are, Sandoval said. The
one thing that they would have
hoped for was that wed maintain
pride in our state and our country now the way that Nevadans
had back then.
Shall we do the honors? Horn
asked as she looked at Sandoval.
As he nodded his assent, quiet
anticipation fell over the room.
They looked at each other and
began to pull down a blue velvet
curtain. The curtain fell to the
ground, and there it stood.
Spread across several cases, the
Emancipation
Proclamation
presided over the room. Though
the ink is faded in places and
the pages are yellowed with age,
it continues to captivate Americans today.
I think this really helps instill
a true sense of Nevada pride for
people from the state. Im not
a native Nevadan, but learning about Nevada history has
become so important to me,
Horn said. I feel like a native
having learned what it means to
be battle born.
The exhibition sets itself apart
from the museums usual
projects.
For us as an art museum, its a little out of
the box to do a historical
exhibition, Horn said.
Weve really been able
to attract a different
audience. Audiences that
arent typically interested
in art have come to learn
about the history.
The exhibition held many of
the cornerstones of Nevadas
road to statehood. In addition
to the Nevada Day presentation

of the Emancipation Proclamation, there were also Timothy
OSullivan Civil War photographs, Civil War-era muster
rolls of Nevada volunteers and
the 175-page transcription of the
telegram consisting of Nevadas
State Constitution. That telegram, sent from Territorial Gov.
James Nye to President Lincoln,
is the longest and most expensive
telegram in history.
When we knew that Nevada
was going to be doing a yearlong event to celebrate their
sesquicentennial, we wanted to
do something extraordinary that
no other institution could, Horn
said.
In order to create a comprehensive exhibition, the Nevada
Museum of Art worked with
the Library of Congress and the
National Archives in Washington
D.C. to obtain the OSullivan
photographs, as well as the
Emancipation Proclamation.
The staff at the NMoA worked
with the National Archives to
make sure that the museum has
the adequate capabilities to host
such a delicate document.
[The Emancipation Proclamation is] only displayed
36 hours a year because its
incredibly fragile, said Morgan
Zinsmeister, a senior conservator at the National Archives. Its
been restored numerous times
over the years, its been displayed
for years and thats taken a toll.
The National Archives scouted
the museum to make sure that it
met all security and temperature
control requirements needed
to house the Emancipation
Proclamation for the Nevada Day
weekend.
If you want to win the lottery,

you have to buy a ticket.
So says Lou Bloom (Jake
Gyllenhaal), a sociopath and
petty thief desperately seeking
work in a world where no one
is hiring. Just as he leaves yet
another failed job interview,
Bloom has an encounter with
fate when he sees a horrific car
crash and has a run-in with a
callous and jaded nightcrawler
(Bill Paxton).
These
nightcrawlers
are
freelance cameramen who sell
footage of salacious breaking
news, car accidents, shootings
and other grisly happenings, to
local news stations for a profit.
Ever the opportunist, Bloom is
instantly taken by the idea of
nightcrawling and quickly gets
his hands on a cheap camera to
get in the game.
Lou soon manages to sell
his first footage to Nina (Rene
Russo), a struggling news director for the lowest rated station
in Los Angeles, and a star is
born. Lous income climbs
exponentially, and he buys a
better camera, a better car and
even an assistant. But, in Lous
mind, he is still at the bottom
of the ladder and no obstacle,
physical or moral, will stop him

from getting the most shocking
footage and from achieving
personal wealth and acclaim.
The plot unfolded without
a hitch. Lou was never an upstanding citizen, but his moral
depravity revealed itself slowly
as he went down the rabbit hole
of exploitative media.
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroys
directorial debut, shines bright
as both a taught thriller and
sharp satire. Glimmering shots
of Los Angeles at night set the
scene for the gruesome accidents and crime scenes that
saturated the film.
Part of this must be attributed
to the wonderful cinematography of Robert Elswit (There
Will Be Blood), who makes
L.A. look stunning. Palm trees
swaying in the wind, stunning
mountain roads and strangely
the screen in a cornucopia of
visual grace that soothes the
eyes from start to finish.
Not only was the cinematography magnificent, but Gyllenhalls acting was phenomenal.
Gyllenhaal gives an electrifying
and
downright
unsettling
performance in his role as a
depraved and cunning sociopath. His gaunt face and hollow
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NIGHTCRAWLER
Release Date: Oct. 31
Genre: Crime Thriller
Grade:
eyes never ceased to send chills
through the spine, but were
countered by the darkly amusing slew of business idioms.
That was the real brilliance of
Gyllenhaals performance. He
was, through and through, the
consummate sociopath. Using
EMILY SILVERS
OPENING RECEPTION
FOR TEN WALKS AT THE
EDGE OF LAS VEGAS
Thursday
5 p.m.
McKinley Arts Gallery
California-based
artist
Emily Silver will bring her
latest collection of work to
the McKinley Arts Gallery.
The exhibition is based on
the edge between Las Vegas
and unadulterated nature.
Silver collected materials
such as discarded objects,
soil samples and snapshots
while on nature walks at the
outer edge of Las Vegas.
Those objects, along with
satellite images and printed
maps, served as the reference points for 10 paintings
that ask questions about
how people interact with the
space around them.
Alexa Solis /Nevada Sagebrush
A Civil War-era uniform and sword greet visitors of The 36th Star:
Nevadas Journey from Territory to State exhibition on Wednesday, Oct.
29. The exhibition was created to commemorate Nevadas statehood in
honor of the states sesquicentennial.
They had to come here and
inspect our site to make sure that
we could accommodate it, Horn
said.
The occasional laugh pierced
the hushed, awe-filled murmur
that filled the gallery as people
looked at the Emancipation
Proclamation. With the clicking of heels and the clinking of
glasses, Sandoval gave a final
look at the room around him.
I feel like Im in Washington,

D.C. at the Smithsonian Institution, Sandoval said. Its humbling to be next to a document
that is signed by the greatest
president, and a document that
changed the history of our nation
forever.
Alexa Solis can be reached at alexasolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and
on Twitter @alexacsolis.
Nightcrawler thrills and challenges audiences

By Jacob Solis
mythology. Tickets are $22

at the door and online at
re.knittingfactory.com.
meaningless small talk and hollow jargon, Gyllenhaal crafted

a personality of someone who
wasnt in tune with any semblance of empathy.
Rene Russo and Bill Paxton
also gave unexciting performances as news director Nina
Romina and Lous chief rival Joe
Loder, although neither was of
the same caliber as Gyllenhaal.
However, this can be chalked
up to the fact that neither of
their characters were as fleshed
out, or nearly as interesting, as
Gyllenhaals.
The films weakest link was
unarguably Riz Ahmed, who
played Lous hapless assistant
Rick. Rick is a borderline
homeless man and transient
who joins Lou on his business
venture after Lou gives him the
promise of a job. From then on,
Rick serves as a sort of everyman
to counteract Lous madness,
and provides a good amount of
the films comic relief.
In this respect, Ahmed does
fine, but considering how well
the other actors played their
parts, Ahmed just isnt up to
par. When Lous words drip
with menace or when death
and danger loom on the horizon, Rick looks scared, but not
as terrified as he should be. It
weighed heavily on the mind

after the film was over.
The films script, also done by
Gilroy, is a thought-provoking
critique on journalism in the
modern era and is, for the most
part, well done. Gilroy does his
best to show moral bankruptcy,
rather than tell it outright, and
even provides an occasional
laugh. The pacing is excellent
and, even though every character is a bitter critique of society,
each of them remains within
the bounds of reality, never
straying into caricature.
The problem is that his message could sometimes be too
on-the-nose, as though he was
worried the audience wouldnt
get it. The film swings from
being wonderfully subtle to
downright patronizing, and by
the end, it detracted some from
the films remarkable lesson.
Overall though, Nightcrawler is an exceptional take on the
modern media and todays sensationalist society that moves
past a few stumbles to give an
engaging look at what happens
when a sociopath sets his sights
on the American Dream.
Jacob Solis can be reached at
and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
PERFORMING ARTS
SERIES PRESENTS
WINDSYNC
Thursday
7:30 p.m.
Church Fine Arts,
Nightingale Concert
Hall
Woodwind quintets are
not often known to be
rebellious, but WindSync
challenges those stuffy stereotypes by putting a poprock twist on the classics.
Theyre also known for their
unique performance style.
Unlike the typical quintet,
they play from memory and
use the stage to move about
a breath of fresh air in
comparison to other classical
performances. Tickets are
$5 with a student ID at the
PEACE AND CONFLICT

FILM SERIES: WAR AND
PEACE
Monday
7 p.m.
Joe Crowley Student
Union, Theatre
The Gender, Race and
Identity Program will be
showing War and Peace
as part of the Peace and
over a four-year period in
India, Pakistan, Japan and
the United States. It looks at
the wests militarization and
supported by Mahatma
Gandhi with a critical eye.
Alexa Solis can be reached at

and on Twitter @alexacsolis.
Opinion
A6
STAFF EDITORIAL
Mayoral elections key to UNR growth

Schieve is best candidate based on experience and knowledge of student needs
he Nevada Sagebrush
editorial staff formally
endorses Hillary Schieve
as the next mayor of the
City of Reno. With her experience in community development and active involvement
with university students, we
believe that she will be a stronger
advocate for students than her
opponent, Ray Pezonella.
In Schieves time on the Reno
City Council, she has been
responsible for supporting a
number of start-up businesses,
both big and small. As one of
the founders of the Biggest Little
City movement, Schieve brought
the MidTown district to life. The
group has helped redefine the
district with small boutiques,
restaurants and thrift stores that
employ students and rejuvenate
the local economy. While
Pezonella has a long history with
the city through his work as an
engineer and champion of the
construction industry, he cannot
match Schieves political track
record.
Schieve has demonstrated her
commitment to the revival of
the city. The Reno High School

alumna worked hard on the
development of Startup Row
along The Riverwalk District,
which has already provided
internship and employment opportunities to students at UNR.
Despite Pezonellas promise
that he too will promote small
businesses, Schieve has clearly
proved her ability to create
meaningful projects that benefit
the Reno community and, more
specifically, UNR students.
Reno is experiencing a major
renaissance in terms of business
development, financial growth
and expansion, a phenomenon
that has been reflected by the
university. While the city has
been attracting new businesses
such as Tesla and Amazon, the
university has been attracting
new students and broke its
record enrollment this academic
year.
To cater to this growth, UNR
President Marc Johnsons State of
the University address outlined
the campus goal of expanding
toward Renos downtown
district. The plan demonstrates
the universitys intentions

to integrate with Reno more
completely, making this round
of city elections critical to the
future of UNR.
The elected candidate
will have the power to either
promote or inhibit the universitys growth into downtown
Reno, meaning this election
will have a direct impact on our
campus for years to come. The
university has been experiencing
an upward swing in enrollment
and national recognition over
the past few years, and the next
mayor will have to choose what
role the city will play in supporting further success.
Internships and employment
opportunities encourage UNR
alumni to stay in the state
of Nevada and assist in its
overall development. Whichever
candidate is elected will have the
duty of supporting these kinds
of opportunities for students,
unless they intend on the
students to live somewhere else
after graduation.
It appears that both Pezonella
and Schieve tend to share a
number of similar goals, including the promotion of small

businesses and the creation of
new jobs, but Schieve has an
overall edge. This is due to her
tangible accomplishments of
owning both Platos Closet and
Clothes Mentor and her deeper
connection to the students on
UNRs campus.
Schieve has also surrounded
herself with a variety of students, a fact which has been
consistently evident throughout
her campaign. Her use of
students in promotional materials and #SelfiesWithHillary
Instagram campaign have
proven successful for her, as she
has nearly 2,800 Facebook likes
compared to Pezonellas 600.
Admittedly, social media
promotion does not dictate
how successful a candidate will
be, but it does demonstrate
a willingness to connect
with younger generations of
voters. Furthermore, some
have criticized current Reno
Mayor Bob Cashell for running
a good old boys club, which
Pezonella seems to be a part of,
PUMPING FOR PRAISE
and this limits influence from

outside sources. Thus, Schieves
branding efforts have cast her
as something dramatically
different from both Pezonella
and Cashell, and we believe that
this is a good thing.
The university, along with the
city as a whole, is changing and
growing, and we believe our
new mayor should reflect those
values.
Ultimately, whoever is elected
has a huge job ahead of them.
The victor will have to deal with
the inordinate amount of debt
that the city has built up during
Cashells time. Even though he
spearheaded multiple projects
to help the city, including the
construction of Aces Ballpark, a
train trench and the ice skating
rink downtown, they have all
cost a considerable amount of
money. According to an article
in the Reno Gazette-Journal,
the debt of the city has grown
from $320 million to over $627
million during Cashells tenure,
and the citys general fund will
not be liable for this. The current
plan is to use a special sales tax
COFFEY BREAK
Put the humble back in humblebrags
here are two types of

people in this world:
those who do things
for personal gain and
those who do things for commendation from others. While it
is natural
to seek
out peer
approval
from time
to time,
there is a
fine line
between
casually
Daniel
mentioning
Coffey
your
mission trip
to Africa and shoving it in others
faces until they believe you are
the reincarnation of Mother
Theresa.
This annoying phenomenon
has manifested itself in the art
of humblebragging. The widely
acclaimed language resource
urbandictionary.com defines
a humblebrag as the act of
subtly letting others know
about how fantastic your life is
while undercutting it with a bit
of self-effacing humor or woe is
me gloss.
We see it all the time: in our
classrooms, homes and, most
commonly, social media. When a
person tweets about how hard
it is to run in a marathon, we
all know that is simply code for,
Look, Im running in a goddamn marathon and the world
needs to compliment me for it!

Outside of being obnoxious,
humblebragging detracts from
other peoples perceptions of
you. If you constantly need
affirmation and praise for the
things you do, people will start to
question your motives for making good choices to begin with,
so stop doing it. Unfortunately,
most people hardly even realize
theyre humblebragging. For
that reason, Ive compiled a list
of some common humblebrags
you should avoid at all costs.
THE GYM HUMBLEBRAG

After all the mini Snickers and
shots of Fireball from Halloween
weekend, youre probably ready
to hit the gym. If youre like a
number of humblebraggers
throughout the world, you probably thought, But the calories
wont burn unless I post it to my
Snapchat story! That is usually
the point at which the humblebragger snaps a quick selfie with a
whiney caption about how much
theyre struggling at the gym,
just to prove they were there at
all. Believe it or not, your body
will still respond to the workout,
even if your friends dont know
youre there. You may not get as
many compliments about your
self-discipline, but youll probably
get a few more reps in.
THE ALL-NIGHTER
HUMBLEBRAG
Most college students have
pulled an all-nighter to study

for a test, but that has never
stopped humblebraggers from
showing off how much harder
theyre studying than everyone
else. It seems that after midnight,
Instagram becomes a breeding
ground for pictures of frowning
faces and textbooks that scream
for attention.
Instead of actually using the
time to study, a humblebragger
will go to great lengths to capture
the perfect image that tells the
world that theyre doing their
homework, and because they
have to pull an all-nighter,
theyre working much harder
than you. That way, when theyre
fishing for compliments about
their work ethic the following
day, they can use their Instagram
photo as proof. Thats when
you should hit them with the
witty retort, Maybe you would
have gotten some sleep if you
spent more time reading your
textbooks instead of posing with
them. You can thank me for that
one later.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE

HUMBLEBRAG
There is nothing worse than
a person who seeks praise
for doing a good deed. To a
humblebragger, however, a good
deed is the perfect opportunity
for attention. They will most
likely lead a conversation by
complaining about how sore
they are in hopes that youll
ask them why. If you are naive

enough to take the bait, the
humblebragger will go all in
on how hard the community
service was. Theyll recount the
harrowing task of picking up
trash in a park or the dangerous
neighborhood where they
cleaned graffiti; essentially, they
will make themselves sound like
Jesus Christ himself. Instead of
indulging the humblebragger,
beat them at their own game.
Try to one-up them until they
have nothing else to complain
about. If they went to 4th Street,
then you went to Compton; if
they scrubbed floors, then tell
them you scrubbed dirt; if they
saved a life, then you defused
a bomb in a preschool. Prove
to them that whining does
not make you seem any more
impressive.
Its OK to talk about your
accomplishments. In fact, you
should share the things youre
proud of, but complaining about
them in hopes of a compliment
is not the way to do it. People
will be fonder of you if they
believe youre confident and
dont constantly need praise.
Besides, in the time it takes
you to humblebrag, you could
actually be putting more time
into the things that really matter.
Daniel Coffey studies journalism.
He can be reached at dcoffey@unr.edu and on Twitter @
TheSagebrush.
The Nevada Sagebrush Editorial

Staff can be reached at cboline@
sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
LATINO VOICES
Make health care

more accessible
for Latino people
Photo illustration by Breanna Denney /Nevada Sagebrush
assessment to take care of the

problem.
The university is at a
crossroads where it will either
find support from the City of
Reno or be forced to move in a
different direction. As students,
we should expect support for
the university through the
promotion of new jobs and the
acceptance of new integration
efforts by city leaders. Regardless of the outcome of the
election, students must demand
continued support from the
new mayor. The university is
becoming a more integral part
of this city and it is time leaders
and students alike start acting
like it.
As the polls close on Tuesday,
Nov. 4, denoting the end of
midterm elections, The Nevada
Sagebrush editorial staff hopes
you fully consider the impact
of your vote on the future of the
university.
e have all heard

the saying, an
apple a day keeps
the doctor away.
This may be true, but it seems
that the Latino community has a
different
kind of
apple;
the kind
of apple
that
actually
leads
Latinos
to avoid
Maria N.
physiPlascencia cians.
Recently, I bumped into my
neighbor, Berta, who was
irritated with her husband. Her
34-year-old Latino husband
had refused to go to the doctor
for a checkup. This time, her
suggestion of having him visit
a doctor was due to numerous
lumps that were developing on
his skin. One in particular was
on the foot, causing him to limp
around the house. Even though
it was clear that he was in pain,
he would not leave work for a
day to go to the doctor. Berta
took initiative by making an
appointment for him on his day
off but he preferred to pay the
fee for missing the appointment.
At first, it was baffling how
someone can put their health at
risk by avoiding the doctor, but
as it turns out, it happens often,
specifically in Latino families.
According to the Pew Research
Center, at least one in every four
Hispanics say that they received
no information regarding health
or health care professionals
in the past year, which means
they are not getting their health
monitored.
Preventive care is essential
to combatting disease and
maintaining good health. This
would help our Latino population by reducing numbers in
leading causes of death such
as cancer and heart disease. By
regularly visiting a physician,
they would be able to provide
them with an early diagnosis
of a chronic disease instead of
going once its too late.
Many Latinos would use the
same argument that Bertas
husband had: he would lose out
in making money at work if he
missed a day. Truly, income was
not the reason since he ended
up paying the ultimate price
by not going at all. Yes, some
Latinos do not have the same
access to financial resources
as other ethnicities; this is
inevitably seen in the case of
those who are undocumented
and unable to have Medicaid or
other government funds.

We cannot ignore that, for
many, it is difficult to afford
health care since many Latinos
are working class and still do
not qualify for public health
programs due to their careers
that often lack benefits. Cost
is undeniably an obstacle for
some, but it is not the only one.
I have noticed that even
well-educated, middle class and
even Latinos born in the United
States tend to have the same
mindset. What is truly keeping
Latinos out of the doctors
office? One of the factors that
may affect this rate is the
language barrier. Many Latinos
tend to speak primarily Spanish
in the household, which may
make the doctors visit slightly
uncomfortable even if they do
speak some English.
Not being able to tell the
doctor exactly how one feels is
frustrating, even for an English
speaker, but it is even harder for
those who cannot communicate
fluently. Most clinics do have
translators, but many patients
think information is lost in the
process or may not be as accurate as possible. The language
barrier leads to patients not
understanding correctly and
not asking the concerns they
have over their health. This
may discourage the patient and
make them think it is not worth
going since they leave with the
same (or more) questions they
had in the first place.
The communication between
Latino patients and the
physician needs to be personal.
Our community needs to feel
that they trust their doctor to
tell them sensitive information
often given at a clinic. Latinos
are not known for looking weak
in public toward strangers, and
not being healthy falls into this
category.
This is the main reason that
many Latinos use folk medicine
or home remedies, which are
usually recommended from
their abuelita, or their friends
whom they trust. Our health
care system does not provide
the support, time or individualized care that Latinos seek. As
our Latino community grows
rapidly in the United States, it
continues to be an important
issue. It is vital that our health
care system takes this into
account these factors in the
changes that need to be made
to provide better health care for
all, including Latinos.
Maria Plascencia studies biology.
She can be reached at dcoffey@unr.edu and on Twitter @
TheSagebrush.
OPINION A7
Your choices
and you: a
brand you
can count on
hat is a brand, exactly? Is

it the product you use on
a consistent basis or that
Super Bowl commercial
you love? Is it the way a company
makes you feel? Is it simply a logo?
To students
outside of the
Reynolds School,
at least, branding is
a vague term that
clearly signifies
a whole lot more
than its simple
definition. I didnt
quite understand
Rachel
what branding
Felix
meant for a long
time.
I decided it was significant when I
first started hearing the term in each
of my classes, every day, all the time.
Gradually, however, I began to truly
understand its importance in relation
to not only journalism, mass communications and the professional world, but
why its beneficial to my life. Branding,
frankly, is everything.
It is the ever-so-frequent, racy
status on Facebook, its the slightly too
risqu Halloween costume photo on
Instagram and its your profile picture
on LinkedIn. Branding is your arrival
time to your weekly lectures and its the
degree to which your hair is combed
for that job interview youve been
anxiously awaiting. It is your tone of
voice. It is your confidence level. It is
every choice.
Branding is everything.
From a technical standpoint,
branding is emotional, connective
and alluring to mass audiences for the
benefit of the consumer and for the
benefit of a company. Its the way that
companies attract potential customers
and keep them coming back for more,
time and time again. Its that thing
you just love about a company and
its products, but that you cant quite
verbalize.
Over time, Ive come to realize
that the concept of branding can
and should be personalized. If we, as
humans, can dictate the perception of
others of our own thoughts, dreams
and goals, why wouldnt we?
The thing is, this shouldnt be
considered selfish. And it isnt, really.
We all want to be perceived in the way
in which we see ourselves: the best
possible version of our own being.
Establishing my own brand has been
a bit of a journey. I dont have a strategic
understanding of my current brand nor
have I made a definite decision about
how it may change five years down the
road. I do know, however, who I am and
how I would ideally like to be perceived.
My brand, unbeknownst to me,
has been evolving since I began my
university education. I dont consider
anything previous (like high school,
for example) to be part of my overall
brand positioning. If this was the case,
Id still be be-someone-youre-not,
dont-apply-yourself-as-much-as-youcould, cheerleader girl. That said, Ive
changed a whole lot since then.
Since learning about this conceptual,
completely individualized brand that I
have, Ive begun taking control of all of its
elements and dynamic parts. I see myself
as strong, confident, intelligent and witty.
I hope others see me that way, too.
My brand has evolved from the
series of choices Ive made over the
last couple years and it will continue
to change based on the choices I make
in preparation for my future. Whether
I stay in and study for my LSAT next
weekend, or I decide to carpe that
diem and go out with girlfriends, I
know either choice will contribute to
my brand. The great thing is that
neither choice is the wrong one.
If anything has shaped this thing I
call branding, its the perception that
I have of myself. The days that I feel
especially confident are the days that I
feel most positive about my brand. This
is why, as I approach my professional
career and the many milestones that
have been looming for years now, I
know I must consider my brand, most
importantly, for the positive impact it
will have on my life, not anyone elses.
My positive perception, my brand,
is the way Id like others to see me, is a
direct reflection of the way I see myself.
So, maybe Ill refrain from posting
that photo on Instagram, and maybe I
wont say that one inappropriate thing
on the tip of my tongue. Why? Because
I hope to be perceived in the way that
fulfills my highest possible potential.
Branding is the future and the now.
Its our perception of all the worlds
advancements and a great factor in our
successes. Yet, theres no real way to
maintain a perfect grasp of its meaning.
I do know with certainty that we must
keep learning, growing and thinking
about this concept called branding,
because of how it might positively
affect our lives as young professionals,
now and most definitely in the future.
Branding, this qualitative, complex
and fascinating concept, is everything.
Rachel Felix studies public relations. She
can be reached at dcoffey@unr.edu and
on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
Illustration by Leona Novio /Nevada Sagebrush
Start embracing drinking

culture on UNRs campus
I
recently took a trip to UC Davis and
explored some of the student-run
businesses on campus. There were
a number of obvious differences
between the two universities, most
noticeably a greater focus on agriculture and sustainability at Davis
(which is all well
and good, but let
the record show
that the Wolf
Pack completely
destroyed the
Aggies when they
came to Mackay
Abby
Stadium last
Feenstra year).
In all seriousness though, there were things on
the UC Davis campus that could be
implemented to improve student life
at Nevada. This isnt an uncommon
thing for me to take away from a visit
to another university after all, no
university is perfect, and Im sure
students from other universities are
inspired by aspects of the University of
Nevada, Reno that their own schools
may lack. However, there was one
overarching theme from a lot of the
services provided at UC Davis that Ive
never seen on a college campus before,
and certainly not on our own.
They provide a service called Tipsy
Taxi, and its primarily meant to transport intoxicated students. Their police
chief has a rule when it comes to giving
citations: an underage student will
not receive a Minor in Possession or a
Minor in Consumption unless theyre
being a danger to themselves or others.
In addition, the university sponsors a
Red Cup Clean-Up, in which students
bring all the cups from all their parties
to campus to be recycled.
Everywhere on campus everywhere! you could find little cards
labeled Safe Partying, with charts
printed on them to help students
calculate their blood alcohol content
based on weight, the number of drinks
consumed and the amount of time
thats elapsed. Sections of the chart
in which someones BAC was over the
legal limit to drive were blocked off in
bold colors very easy for an intoxicated person to read and interpret.
Our Campus Escort wont take
students anywhere if they seem
intoxicated. Drunk students are cited
all the time when theyre returning
to the dorms, meaning oftentimes
these students stay out all night rather
than take the chance of receiving an
MIP or MIC, undoubtedly putting
themselves in more danger than if they
felt comfortable returning to their own
home.
We have nothing close to a Red Cup
Clean-Up, and how many plastic cups

end up in landfills as a result? Imagine
how many DUIs and drunken driving
accidents could be prevented if every
student had their own pocket BAC
chart. Unfortunately, BAC charts are
not provided to students until after
theyve already received an alcoholrelated citation and are enrolled in
BASICS or STEPSS.
The biggest difference between the
UC Davis attitude towards alcohol
and the attitude towards it on our
own campus? UC Davis isnt pretending that drinking doesnt happen.
Whether its underage students or
students who can legally consume,
their campus is recognizing that
drinking and partying are a huge
component of college life. Instead
of punishing students for engaging
in such behavior, theyre providing
services to help students be as safe
as possible when drinking. Instead
of endlessly attempting to create
late-night programs that are intended
to bring students away from partying, theyre creating programs that
acknowledge the fact that students
party and turn it into something
beneficial, like a mass recycling day.
Im not saying that our university
shouldnt be providing alternative
options for students who dont drink.
That would be ignoring the needs
of a population of students on this

campus, and thats wrong. But then,
why is it OK to ignore the needs of the
drinking population on this campus?
Im 22 years old, and sometimes I feel
like the university likes to pretend
that I dont exist.
There is no such thing as events
and programs targeted at legal
drinkers on this campus. So, more
often than not, I spend my weekend
nights off campus. If were truly trying
to create former President Milt Glicks
vision of a sticky campus, a campus
students never want to leave because
theres nothing more fun than being
here, why are we turning a blind eye
to what a huge population of students
like to do for fun?
Drinking can be unhealthy.
Drinking can be unsafe. But there is
nothing as unhealthy and unsafe as
a campus culture that treats drinking
like a cardinal sin. If the administration is actually concerned about the
safety of our students, and not the
underage drinking statistics, there
needs to be a shift on this campus
towards acknowledging student
partying.
Abby Feenstra studies english literature and womens studies. She can be
reached at dcoffey@unr.edu and on
Twitter @TheSagebrush.
Volunteering is the new fountain of youth
ets get one thing straight:

Growing up, while inevitable,
sucks.
Now, I dont mean to come
off as some Peter Pan-type character,
but I know that I am not the only college student who
has wanted to
go back in time.
However, the
sooner you come
to accept this
fact, the more
quickly youll be
able to adjust
to adulthood.
Chris
For me, one of
Boline
the best ways to
cope with this
transition is by
giving back to the community and
helping out young kids.
During my college career, I have
been given a variety of opportunities
to give back to kids and my community. My first job was working at a
child center west of campus (Noahs
Ark) and I also volunteered as a big
in Big Brothers Big Sisters for 2 1/2
years. Last year, I spoke to a journal-
ism class at my old high school about

what college journalism is like (its a
blast, just take it from me).
During each of these events, I
realized that if I could reach out on
a somewhat consistent basis, many
others could as well. As college
students, we are given incredible opportunities to become role models in
our community. In the grand scheme
of things, we are only at the university
for a small amount of time. However,
during our time here, we need to
make the most of any opportunities
we are given, and volunteering with
kids is a great way to do so.
Volunteering will reflect well in
a multitude of ways following your
collegiate career. It will beef up your
resume through community service
experience, give you some possible
references for the future and most
importantly, it might enable you to
make a difference in someone elses
life. It also has remarkably low barriers
to entry. BBBS is always looking for
bigs to help out, and being a big was
honestly one of the most fulfilling
things I have done in my life.
Another reason I find helping out
with kids being so fulfilling is because

of the dominance in any sport you
will play. Playing with children
half your size makes you feel like a
god. On the basketball court I have
transformed from a dorky white guy
to a lethal combination of Moses
Malone and Dominique Wilkins when
posting up against seven-year olds.
In football games, the elementary
school-aged offensive line has no
answer for my lethal bull-rushing
skills, and I would make Randall
Cunningham blush with my array of
quarterback bootlegs and 50-yard
touchdown strikes.
However, maturity definitely has
its perks. Having your own car and
being able to eat whatever you want
are both pretty nice examples, but
the days when your final project of
the school year was to glue macaroni
to a paper plate just cant be beat.
Watching and interacting with
little kids will also humble you,
which is something that many college students need. It doesnt matter
if you are university president Marc
Johnson or actor Mark Wahlberg, if
given the opportunity, those little
kids will still chuck a dodgeball as

hard as they can at your face. Unless
you are a renowned pop culture
icon, then it is still fair game for a
group of little kids to rain on your
parade.
Finally, it is essential to remember
that kids are pretty awesome at
times. Their wisdom is unmatched
in almost every popular news topic
today. Here are just a handful of
examples to show you what I mean:
On politics: I dont really like
politics, but I do like (President)
Obamas smile.
On popular music: When I grow
up, I want to be like Ke$ha.
On a healthy diet: I want to eat at
Burger King, every day, for the rest of
my life.
On sports: (Former Wolf Pack
quarterback) Colin Kaepernick is the
best in the NFL, he is just so hot.
Life is so much simpler through
the eyes of a third-grader.
Chris Boline studies management
and economics. He can be reached at
cboline@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @CDBoline.
Gameday
A8 SPORTS
vs. Southern
Utah
W, 28-19
8/30
at Arizona
9/05
9/13
AP TOP 25
1. Mississippi State (45)

2. Florida State (15)
3. Auburn
4. Alabama
5. Oregon
6. TCU
7. Michigan State
8. Notre Dame
9. Kansas State
10. Baylor
11. Arizona State
12. Ole Miss
13. Ohio State
14. LSU
15. Nebraska
16. LSU
17. Georgia
18. UCLA
19. Clemson
20. Utah
21. Arizona
22. Duke
23. Marshall
24. West Virginia
25. Wisconsin
8-0
8-0
7-1
7-1
8-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-2
7-1
7-2
8-1
6-2
6-2
7-2
6-2
6-2
6-2
7-1
8-0
6-3
6-2
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES

Colorado State 67, USC 48, Missouri 42, Georgia
Tech 15, Louisville 7, Stanford 4, North Dakota State
4, Florida 1, Texas A&M 1
USA TODAY
1. Mississippi State (40)

2. Florida State (21)
3. Auburn
4. Alabama
5. Oregon
6. Michigan State
7. TCU
8. Notre Dame
9. Kansas State
10. Baylor
11. Ohio State
12. Arizona State
13. Ole Miss
14. Nebraska
15. LSU
16. Oklahoma
17. Georgia
18. UCLA
19. Clemson
20. Duke
21. Arizona
22. Utah
22. Marshall
24. Wisconsin
25. West Virginia
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Missouri 82, Colorado State 81, Georgia
Tech 32, USC 31, Minnesota 19, Iowa
12, Louisville 7, Boise State 5, East
Carolina 2, Cincinnati 2, Miami (FL) 1
MWC TOP 10 - NEVADA

*MWC rank in parentheses
Passing yards: QB
Cody Fajardo 1,923 (5th)
Rushing yards: RB
Don Jackson 649 (8th)
Receiving yards: WR
Jerico Richardson 518
(8th)
Touchdowns: QB
Cody Fajardo 11 (4th)
Sacks: DE
Ian Seau 7 (1st)
Duran Workman 3 (4th)
8-0
8-0
7-1
7-1
8-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-1
7-2
8-1
7-2
6-2
6-2
7-2
6-2
7-1
6-2
6-2
8-0
6-2
6-3
L, 35-28
at San Jose
State
W, 21-10
vs. Boise State
9/27
10/04
L, 51-46
Saturday, Nov. 15
11 a.m.
Air Force
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vs. Washington
State
W, 24-13
Interceptions: S
NEXT GAME
vs. Colorado
State
L, 31-24
at BYU
at Hawaii
vs. San Diego

State
at Air Force
vs. Fresno State
W, 42-35
W, 26-18
10/11
10/18
10/25
W, 30-14
11 a.m.
TBA
11/01
a look ahead
11/15
at UNLV
TBA
11/22
11/29
TALE OF THE TAPE
2014 statistics
Nevada
192.0
OFFENSE
Rushing
213.7
Passing
122.2
Pass Efficiency
405.7
Total Offense
Scoring
29.9
Defense
By Stone Harper
Nevada has hit a hot streak. After winning its last three games,
the Pack will get a week off from playing during its second bye
week of the season. Bye weeks are great for teams to be able to
rest, and the extra week of preparation can be essential for a
team especially for Nevada.
The team is currently in first place in the Mountain West Conference West Division, and if the Pack wins the last three games of
the season, it will represent the West in the MWC Championship
game. With Nevada controlling its own destiny, it is important to
preview each of the upcoming opponents.
AT AIR FORCE
Nevada will return to action in two weeks against a
stout Air Force team. At 6-2, the Falcons have a great
record, but their play on the field has been inconsistent this season. Air Force defeated Boise State
in decisive fashion, by a score of 28-14, handing the
Broncos their second loss of the season, the same
Broncos team that handed the Pack a 51-46 defeat.
However, the team also lost to a subpar Wyoming
team 17-13. Wyoming is currently 4-5 and has lost
four of its last five games.
The Wolf Pack will need to focus on stopping the
Falcons potent run offense in order to win. Air
Force is averaging 269.5 rushing yards a game,
which is the 12th in the NCAA and is paced by
sophomore Jacobi Owens, who has rushed for
853 yards and four touchdowns this season.
151.8
Rushing
136.4
Pass Efficiency
444.8
Total Offense
25.1
Scoring
SPECIAL TEAMS/MISC.
37.1
Net Punting
9.7
Punt Returns
28.0
Kickoff Returns
+2
Turnover Margin
VS. FRESNO STATE

After traveling to Colorado, the Pack will head
back to Mackay Stadium to host Fresno
State, the defending MWC champion. This
is not the same Bulldog team that went
12-2 and defeated Nevada 41-23 last
year. Times have been tough for Fresno
State, as it has fallen to 3-6 after having
to replace quarterback Derek Carr, who
is now playing for the Oakland Raiders.
Nevada will have to stop Fresno States
passing game, which has been a problem
for the Wolf Packs young secondary, having
given up almost 300 passing yards a game.
Nevada will have a tough matchup with
senior wide receiver Josh Harper. After going
over 1,000 receiving yards last season, Harper
is on pace to do it again this season having 726
yards through nine games this year.
AT UNLV
The Wolf Pack will head back on the road
for its final game of the year as it travels 448.5
miles south to take on Nevadas bitter rivals,
the UNLV Rebels. This is the game that fans look
forward to all year: the battle for the Fremont
Cannon. Last season, the Rebels were able to
take the cannon back with a 27-22 victory.
After going 7-6 and playing in the
teams first bowl since 2000, the Rebels have taken a major step back
this season. UNLV is currently
2-7
and
has lost five of its last six games.
However,
even though the team is struggling, the Rebels still have plenty of talent
that will need to be
accounted for , including
Biletnikoff
Award
nominee wide receiver
Devante Davis who,
last season, caught
87 passes for over 1,200
yards. Though he has
been limited this year by
injuries, if he is able
to stay healthy he will have a
major impact on
the game.
Even if the teams are on opposite ends of
the spectrum, UNLV will be
motivated
to try and ruin Nevadas
chance
to
make the MWC game.
When
it
comes to rivalry games,
anything
can happen.
Stone Harper can be reached at sharper@sagebrush.unr.edu. and
onTwitter @StoneHarperNVSB.
Breanna Denney / Nevada Sagebrush
Senior quarterback Cody Fajardo (17) scans the field during a pass on Saturday, Nov. 1, against San Diego State. Fajardo threw
for 109 yards and one touchdown.
Senior cornerback Charles Garrett (24) sheds a block against San Diego State on Saturday, Nov. 1. Garrett finished
the game with six tackles and one tackle for loss.
Breanna Denney/Nevada Sagebrush
Head coach Brian Polian observes his team

against San Diego State on Saturday, Nov 1. The
Wolf Pack were victorious in the game 30-14.
2014 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Nevada
Category
Player
Avg./Game
Cody Fajardo
Passing yds
213.7
Don Jackson
Rushing yds
72.1
Receiving yds
57.6
Tackles
(70)
Tackles for loss
(8.0)
Jerico Richardson
Jonathan McNeal
Ian Seau
Duran Workman
Interceptions
Richy Turner Punt return yds avg.

Scoring
Brent Zuzo
(3)
9.7
(65)
*totals in parentheses
2014 MOUNTAIN STANDINGS
Standings
Conference Overall
Colorado State
Boise State
Utah State
Air Force
Wyoming
New Mexico
4-1
3-1
3-1
2-2
2-3
1-3
8-1
6-2
6-3
6-2
4-5
3-5
2014 WEST STANDINGS
Standings
Conference Overall
Nevada
San Diego State
San Jose State
Fresno State
Hawaii
3-2
3-2
2-2
2-3
1-3
6-3
4-4
3-5
3-6
2-7
UNLV
1-4
2-7
Members of Nevadas defense sprint to the sideline against San Diego State on Saturday, Nov. 1. The defense held
the Aztecs to 324 yards of total offense and 14 points.
NEVADA 30, SAN DIEGO STATE 14
Pack in drivers
seat for MWC title
By Eric Uribe
In a cluttered Mountain
West Conference race, the Wolf
Pack football team is now in
the drivers seat to play in the
conference championship game
after defeating San Diego State
30-14 last Saturday, Nov. 1.
Now, Nevada just has to
keep its foot on the pedal with
three games remaining on the
schedule.
Coming from last year being
4-8, playing for nothing late
in the season and knowing we
werent going to a bowl game,
its pretty special to see the guys
smiles in the locker room, see
the guys happy, jumping around
after the game, said Wolf Pack
quarterback Cody Fajardo. Just
the fact that we control our own
destiny is a good spot to be in
here in November.
Nevada (5-3 3-2 MW) is tied
with the Aztecs atop the West
division of the conference, with
San Jose State and Fresno State a
half-game and full game behind,
respectively. If the Wolf Pack
wins out, they will win the division as it owns tiebreakers over
San Diego State and San Jose
State, who it beat 21-10 earlier
this season.
It took yet another secondhalf rally from Nevada to set up
its run-the-table scenario. With
temperatures swirling around 40
degrees against the Aztecs, the
Wolf Pack fell into a 14-10 hole at
intermission before popping off
20 unanswered points.
Nevada has outscored opponents 175-93 in the second half
this season including 118-45
in the fourth quarter, the nations
highest scoring differential.
This number is a 180-degree
turn from a year ago, when the
Wolf Pack was outscored 252-153
after intermission.
Were a year more mature this
year, both mentally and physically, said Nevada head coach
Brian Polian. The fact that
theyve faced adversity throughout the season and found ways
to overcome it late in games,
they have that experience where
they lean back on and say, Weve
been here before and were just
fine. Theres no panic.
Wolf Pack captain Jonathan
McNeal, who tallied 12 tackles,
forced a fumble and caught an
interception against San Diego
State, has another reason for the
teams
collapse-to-comeback
transformation.
The biggest difference this
year is we all have heart, he
said. We all play for each other.
We play for a purpose. Going
into halftime, were all happy. We
might be down a score or two,
but were coming out of the half
to dominate. This year, thats
what weve been preaching.
The Wolf Pack contained the
Aztecs tailback and MWC-leading rusher Donnel Pumphrey
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Nevada receiver Richy Turner (2) celebrates a 20-yard touchdown against

the Aztecs on Saturday, Nov. 1. The score was Turners third this season.
to 85 yards rushing, while both
Don Jackson and James Butler
reached the century mark in
rushing yards. Both Jackson and
Butler broke 40-plus-yard rushes
in the fourth quarter to seal the
victory.
Wearing opponents down is
something we pride ourselves
on, both The Union and the
backs, Jackson said. We want
to go into games and beat people
up and thats why runs pop at the
end of games. The defense looks
tired and we just had to stay with
it. It plays in our favor.
The win was vengeance of
sorts for Nevada, who lost two
straight overtime games to the
Aztecs. Both losses proved to be
season-spiraling moments in the
season for the Wolf Pack, who
went 1-5 in 2012 after the loss
and 1-7 last season.
Fajardo finished the game
with a career-low of 113 yards of
total offense, a touchdown and
interception, but dont think the
senior is putting too much stock
into the numbers.
Im happy, Fajardo said.
Weve lost twice to these guys
over the last two season that

sent us in downward spiral. I
dont forget about stuff like that.
At a point in my career where
I dont let the numbers do the
talking, Im in it for the wins, the
Mountain West championship
and bowl games. Its not about
statistics for me.
However, there is another stat
Fajardo is proud of: he became
just the second signal caller in
FBS history to top 9,000 passing
yards and 3,000 rushing yards
in a career, joining ex-Wolf Pack
teammate Colin Kaepernick in
the record book.
Thats a pretty awesome stat
just to know Ive done some
things that a lot of college quarterbacks havent done, Fajardo
said. To be mentioned in the
same group as Kap is always an
honor, just because hes always
kind of been my role model, a
guy Ive looked up to. Just the fact
that its just him and I up there in
that record, its pretty special.
Nevada ends letdown

year with tie with UNLV
By Tara Park
Few things have gone right
for Nevada this season, but
its season-ending 1-1 tie with
UNLV provided hope.
There was a lot riding on
the game for us given the
season weve had, and its the
last game, its UNLV, and its
the Governor Series, said Wolf
Pack head coach Melissa Price.
We played with pride for the
program and for the seniors.
Despite the freezing cold
weather on Halloween night,
the crowd screamed loud and
clanged their cowbells for the
five seniors on their senior
night: Madison Lorenzen, Kellyn Morning, Laura Voss, Chrisalyn Fonte and Bobby Reilly.
Thirteen minutes into the
game, the Wolf Pack struck first.
Outside of the goal box near the
20-yard line, Fonte had the ball.
While her teammates and the
Rebels stacked up in the box
expecting a pass, Fonte took a
long shot. She placed the ball
perfectly in the upper right
corner of the goal-out of UNLV
goalkeeper
Jordan
Sallees
reach.
[The goal] was pretty emotional, Fonte said. Especially
with all of my family there in
Mackay Stadium, it was a good
way to end my college career.
Fonte would end her career
at Nevada ranked fifth all-time
in goals, with 12.
Its a good accomplishment
to put those stats up, Fonte
said. It shows hard work pays
off.
However, UNLV did not stay
behind for long. Just three minutes later, the Rebels Kristin
Sankey scored from a free kick.
The goal mirrored Fontes shot,
outside the box on the 30-yard
line, and sailed just over goalkeeper Devyn Bryars fingertips
and into the back of the net.
I felt like I let my team down
a little bit, I knew I could have
saved it if I had been in a better position, Bryar said. After
that, I made sure nothing went
by me.
Nothing did, as the score remained deadlocked. However,
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Nevada defender Brianna Bosson (24) dribbles past a UNLV defender on

Friday, Oct. 31. The sophomore started 16 games this season.
that wasnt without heavy pressure from the Rebels in the second half. After intermission,
UNLV took eight shots and
had five corner kicks, whereas
Nevada took no shots on goal
or corner kicks.
We lost a lot of momentum,
Fonte said. UNLV had a ton of
shots on goal, but it kept us on
our toes.
Bryar blocked five shots on
goal in the second half and
nine total for the game. Thats
been the story of the Wolf
Packs season, as Bryar finished
with a league-leading 106 saves
26 more than the runner up.
It proves what I can do as
goalkeeper, Bryar said. Its a
very good statistic. Sometimes
stats arent the best representation but this one is.
The Rebels almost escaped
with a victory during the second overtime, when a shot on
goal just barely grazed the right
goalpost.
With the tie, both teams

received a point-and-a-half
in the Governor Series, which
the Wolf Pack currently leads
4.5-1.5.
Nevada finishes the season
4-14-2 (1-9-1 Mountain West)
and dead last in the conference. The finish snaps a twoyear streak of reaching the
MWC Tournament.
The team started the season
with 24 players, but lost four
within the first two weeks, and
went on a weekly average of
16-17 available players due to
injuries.
Given everything we had to
deal with, a season of adversity, the ability for this team to
show up and fight to win, we
truly did that regardless of the
scores, Price said. They never
ever quit.
Tara Park can be reached at
euribe@sagebrush.unr.edu or on
Eric Uribe can be reached at

euribe@sagebrush.unr.edu and
on Twitter @Uribe_Eric.
VOLLEYBALL
Wolf Pack closes out Fresno

State for fourth MWC win
By Tara Park
Nevada fans sat on the edge
of their seats in the Virginia
Street Gym as the Wolf Pack
held match point for the third
time against Fresno State.
With a final kill from Madison
Morell, the Wolf Pack got the
set point 29-27 and won the
match 3-1 on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Nevada started the match winning the first two sets. In the first
set the Bulldogs took an early
lead, but the Wolf Pack came
back to win 25-22. The second
set was another close game, but
Nevada pulled ahead at the end
to win 25-21.
We werent playing sharp in
the first two games, said Wolf
Pack head coach Ruth Lawanson. We just needed to tighten
up some things.
However, Nevada did not make
those necessary fixes in the third
set. Coming back from the half,
the Bulldogs made good adjustments and the Pack struggled to
retaliate, losing the set 25-18.
Fresno picked it up in the
third [set] and we didnt respond
with enough energy, said outside hitter Madison Foley. It just
took us a game to start fighting.
Lawanson stressed that it
can be tough for a team to

come back from the half, up
2-0 and close the match. Yet,
the Wolf Pack gave the Bulldogs a huge lead in the start of
the fourth set.
We dug ourselves a big
hole, Foley said. Once Fresno
had the lead 18-9, I started
mentally preparing for a fifth
game as a major possibility.
Lawanson used her final
timeout with her team trailing
20-14. Nevada then began to
turn it around, coming back to
tie the set at 22-22 before the
see-saw contest continued.
It was nerve-racking, but at
the same time I felt confident
with the girls on court, said
senior middle blocker Tessa
Leaea. Even when we lost a
point, we still had confidence
that we would get the next
one.
Nevada came out on top
with Morells kill and the team
rushed together on the court
in celebration.
As a team, we had no doubt
that we were going to win the
game, Morell said. So being
able to put down the last ball
and then come to the middle
[of the court] to celebrate after
a long hard fight was a great
accomplishment.
Earlier in the season, the
Pack would have struggled to
come back and win after such
a big lead from an opposing
team, but the team is making
progress.
At the beginning of the
season we wouldnt have won
this game, Leaea said. We hit
a milestone, I guess.
Similarly, Coach Lawanson
felt the final set said a lot about
the teams character.
To be down by six and then
finish up by two shows a lot
of resilience from the entire
team, she said.
In the course of the match,
featuring 27 ties, both Foley
and Leaea got 13 kills. Nevada
(7-14, 4-7 Mountain West) is
now ninth in the league, with
games against two teams
ahead of them in Utah State
and Boise State.
This is an opportunity to
climb and catch those teams
ahead of us, Lawanson said.
The Wolf Packs next match
will be at home on Thursday
against the Aggies.
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THE SKINNY: Nevada opens

its season with an exhibition
game against the Academy of
the Arts. The Wolf Pack will
look to continue its momentum
from last season after winning
18 games and making it to the
semifinals of the Mountain
West Conference tournament.
The reigning Mountain West

Conference defensive player of
the year returns for her senior
season. Last season Mungedi
averaged 9.6 points per game
which is second among returners for Nevada.
Mungedi also averaged 6.3 rebounds and 1.8
blocks per game. At 6-foot-6 Mungedi has a
size advantage over most players in the MWC
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vs. Utah State, Thursday, Nov. 6,

at 6:30 p.m.
vs. Boise State, Saturday, Nov. 8,
at 2:30 p.m.
anchor and low post scorer.
THE SKINNY: After going

1-2 on the road last week, the
Wolf Pack will return home
for a three-game homestand.
The team already defeated
Fresno State 3-1 last Sunday
and will host Utah State on
Thursday and Boise State on
Saturday. Nevada has already
played both teams this season
and was swept 3-0 by each.
Some standouts this season
have been senior Tessa Leaea,
freshman Madison Foley and
junior Sam Willoughby.
scoring option who takes smart shots.
vs. Cal State San Marcos,

Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m.
Members of the Nevada offensive line wait for the snap against San Diego State on Saturday, Nov. 11. According to head coach
Brian Polian, both center Matt Galas (65) and tackle Austin Corbett (73) have battled nagging leg injuries.
keep choppin
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JERICO RICHARDSON
FOOTBALL
Nevadas leading receiver is

usually pretty sure-handed
but Richardson struggled
last week against San Diego
State. The sophomore only
managed to catch four passes
for 41 yards. That said, the
stats are not the reason that
Richardsons performance
was shaky, it was the plays
he did not make. Richardson
dropped two crucial passes
in the game that cut drives
short and resulted in field
goals. Richardson needs to
be more consistent during
the teams run to the MWC
Championship.
Perhaps the teams most wellrounded player, Burns returns for

her senior season. The Galena
High School alumna was tied with
second on the team.
MADISON FOLEY
WHOS NOT
EMILY BURNS
game with 6.3 to go along with seven points.

Burns is not just a post scorer as she had
some success shooting the ball from three
WHOS HOT
In a crucial win last week

over Fresno State, Foley
paced the team with a
game-high 13 kills. The
freshman has been a major
contributor this season and
is a candidate for MWC
freshman of the year. On
the season, Foley is second
on the team in kills with
189 kills, fourth in set aces
with 14 and second in digs
with 196. Foley will look to
continue her solid play in
the Wolf Packs final seven
games as it looks to finish the
season on a high note.
TERILYN MOE
amongst returning players, Moe

will anchor down the point guard
position for Nevada. Last season
Moe averaged 10.9 points and 2.7 assists per
game. Moe, who was named a captain this
MENS
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THE SKINNY: The mens

basketball team opens up its
season with an exhibition game
against CSSM at the Lawlor
Events Center. The Wolf Pack
is starting fresh after losing its
three top scorers in Deonte
Burton (graduation), Jerry West
Jr. (graduation) and Cole Huff
(transfer). Though Nevada is
projected to finish eighth in
MWC it is out to show that this
will be a good season led by A.J.
West and Marqueze Coleman.
MIMI MUNGEDI
Bye week comes at perfect time for Pack
iming is everything.
Following a 30-14 victory
over San Diego State last Saturday night, Nevada will hit
its second bye of the season this week.
On the heels of a three-game winning
streak (its longest
such streak since
2012) the bye
week could not
have come at a
better time for
the banged-up
Wolf Pack. Giving
a handful of players much-needed
rest and allowing
Chris
the other pieces
Boline
of the Mountain
West puzzle to fall
into place will go a long way in determining Nevadas post-season fate.
Even though the Pack is riding high,
many were questioning whether injuries had already caught up to Nevada,
thanks to a sluggish start against SDSU.
During the first half, it was evident
that some Pack players on the offense
were dealing with several nagging
injuries. The offensive line allowed a
sack, the running game was only able to
manage 48 yards and there were several
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key drops by Nevada receivers.

However, the Wolf Pack turned it
around in the second half. Nevada
ended up with 229 rushing yards and
scored 20 unanswered points. Propelled
by Fajardo (who became the second
quarterback ever to pass for 9,000 yards
and rush for 3,000 in a career), two
turnovers by the defense and two long
runs by running backs Don Jackson
and James Butler, the Pack buried the
Aztecs.
With the momentum from the win
carrying them over, some key positions
will get some needed time to lick their
wounds. According to head coach Brian
Polian after the game, all three starting
wide receivers (Richy Turner, Jerico
Richardson and Hasaan Henderson)
missed time in practice last week due
to injuries. Offensive linemen Matt
Galas and Austin Corbett both have
been battling persistent leg injuries and
defensive captain Jordan Dobrich has
also been playing hurt.
History might not be on Nevadas side
in games following a bye (they are 1-2
the last three years), but this seasons
group of players have seen a significant
change. Both Jackson and linebacker
Jon McNeal said post-game that this
years squad has more heart than prior
seasons and this is evidenced by the

teams incredible turnaround in the
fourth quarter. After being torched in
the second half of games last year (Nevada was buried by a total margin of 95
points), the Pack has hit its stride after
halftime. Through nine games this year,
the Wolf Pack has outscored opponents
in the fourth quarter, 118 to 45 (+73), the
best mark in college football.
A final positive about this bye week
is, aside from SDSU playing a dreadful
Idaho team (who is 1-7 this year) at
home, San Jose State will square off with
Fresno State. That will make the middle
of the West Division more of a quagmire.
The best case scenario here is if the
Spartans knock off the Bulldogs, since
Nevada already has a head-to-head
advantage over San Jose State, thanks to
a win earlier this year on the road.
The team has said multiple times
throughout the year that they are taking
the season week by week and with this
extra time, the Pack will plan for the
home stretch of the year.
For the seniors, the time is now to
make a run.
Chris Boline can be reached at cboline@
sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @
CDBoline.
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Last season, LeSure played in all

31 games, including seven starts.
LeSure had pretty impressive
statistics averaging 6.1 points
per game and 4.3 rebounds despite
the fact that she only averaged 17 minutes
per game. LeSure will get more minutes this
year for the Pack and will be looked to for her
scoring.
As a sophomore Shelbourn
played in all 31 games for Nevada
including a start against Utah.
Shelbourn averaged 2.1 points
per game and 1.8 rebounds last season.
At 6-foot-3, Shelbourn will be looked to for her
ability to score and rebound in the post.
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San Diego State

HEAD COACH:
Steve Fisher
2013-14 RECORD: 29-4 (16-2

MW)
KEY LOSSES: Xavier Thames,

Josh Davis
IN A NUTSHELL:
Not only is former Fab Five coach Steve Fisher the
unquestioned best head man in the conference, hes
a top-15 coach in the nation. Fisher returns most of
the squad that reached the Sweet Sixteen last season
minus the MWC Player of the Year, Xavier Thames.
While making up for Thames 17-point average
wont be easy, Fisher has a long history of replacing
great scorers in the program, from Kawhi Leonard to
Jamaal Franklin. First in line to be the Aztecs new
go-to guy is shooting guard Winston Shepard, who
averaged 11 points as a sophomore last season.
IN A NUTSHELL
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After being tabbed to finish ninth last season, the Wolf Pack shocked the conference by
placing third. While pundits dubbed Nevadas season a fluke, pointing to six of the teams 10
league wins coming by four points or less or overtime, the Wolf Pack overachieved last season.
Duplicating that success will be difficult this year without its top three contributors from a
year ago. While most questions are centering on which player will pick up the offensive slack,
Nevadas bigger issue may be on the defensive end. The Wolf Pack allowed a league-leading
73.9 points a game last season.
No roster had more turnover than the Aggies, who lost four seniors (who averaged nearly
a combined 50 points) due to graduation, along with four players transferring. The Aggies
return just four players, with its top-returning scorer being sophomore Jalen Moore, who
averaged 5.6 points per game last season. Utah State has all but hit the reset button and
started from scratch this season. A player to look out for is guard David Collette, a redshirt
freshman who is fresh off a two-year mission for the Mormon church. Collette showed no
rust in an exhibition game against Texas A&M-International last week, recording 23 points.
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unlv
HEAD COACH:
Dave Rice
2013-14 RECORD:
20-13 (10-8 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Khem Birch, Bryce Dejean-Jones,
Roscoe Smith
colorado state
HEAD COACH:
Larry Eustachy
2013-14 RECORD:
16-16 (7-11 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Jon Octeus
IN A NUTSHELL
IN A NUTSHELL
No program in the conference lost more production than the Rebels. UNLVs five leading scorers
are all gone and have been replaced by a highly-touted recruiting class. The class, ranked in the
top-five across the nation by many, is led by five-star recruit Rashad Vaughn. The 6-foot-6 shooting
guard was ranked No. 19 in the nation by ESPN coming out of high school, and turned down offers
from Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina. Joining Vaughn is 6-foot-8 forward Dwayne Morgan,
the No. 39 ranked player by ESPN. Both players could be one-and-done after this season.
boise state
HEAD COACH:
Leon Rice
2013-14 RECORD:
21-13 (9-9 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Ryan Watkins, Jeff Elorriaga
An astounding eight newcomers will join the Rams, most of whom are in the form of
now-eligible transfers. Half of them are Division-I transfers from schools such as Southern
Illinois, North Carolina Central, Grambling State and Arkansas-Little Rock. The crop of
transfers join an explosive scoring pair of forward J.J. Avila and guard Daniel Bejarano, who
both averaged 16 points last season. The big question facing Eustachy is how fast will this
new-look team gel? It could take months before the squad figures out their roles, but they
have one of the deepest rosters in the league.
wyoming
HEAD COACH:
Larry Shyatt
2013-14 RECORD:
18-14 (9-9 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Nathan Sobey, Jerron Granberry
IN A NUTSHELL
Coming off of a NCAA Tournament berth in 2013, big things were expected from the Broncos last
season. However, the team floundered after a 10-3 start. Boise State will be led by two key players
from its NCAA tourney run in Derrick Marks and Anthony Drmic. The guard-forward combo is
one of the best one-two punches in the conference. The now-seniors averaged a little over 30
points combined last season. The Broncos season could pin on who steps up as the third option
with freshman Chandler Hutchinson being a frontrunner. The top-100 recruit could bolster the
frontcourt that already features Drmic an early MWC Player of the Year favorite.
new mexico
HEAD COACH:
Craig Neal
2013-14 RECORD:
27-6 (15-3 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Cameron Bairstow, Kendall Williams, Alex Kirk
IN A NUTSHELL
IN A NUTSHELL
There is no more complete player in the conference than forward Larry Nance Jr. The
do-it-all senior was averaging 15 points, 8 rebounds and two blocks a game last season
before tearing his ACL in February. Without Nance, the Cowboys went on to lose six of their
next seven games. Nance is a strong MWC Player of the Year contender and will be joined
by guards Josh Adams and Riley Grabau, who both averaged double digits in scoring last
season.
fresno state
HEAD COACH:
Rodney Terry
2013-14 RECORD:
17-16 (8-8 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Tyler Johnson, Allen Huddleston
IN A NUTSHELL
The conference champions of the past three seasons are rebuilding, depending on who you ask.
But, after losing their top three scorers from last season, head coach Craig Neal will prove this season
whether hes the real deal or if he just inherited a great team built by now-UCLA head coach Steve
Alford last season. The Lobos are without a clear-cut, go-to player, but forward Deshawn Delaney
could fill that role. The senior guard was a breakout player last season as his minutes increased.
Newcomer Jordan Goodman is another dark horse. The 6-foot-9 forward was one of the most prized
junior college transfers, turning down offers from Georgetown and Oklahoma State, among others.
nevada
HEAD COACH:
David Carter
2013-14 RECORD:
15-17 (10-8 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Deonte Burton, Jerry Evans Jr., Cole Huff
The Bulldogs enter the season as the overwhelming sleeper pick. A season ago, Fresno
State made noise in the College Basketball Invitational, defeating UTEP, Princeton and Old
Dominion before falling in the championship best-of-three series against Siena. Fresno
State will feature an explosive backcourt this season led by Oklahoma State transfer Cezar
Guerrero, who averaged 13 points a game last year. Joining him in the perimeter is Texas
transfer Julien Lewis. The former top-100 recruit averaged double digits as a freshman two
years ago with the Longhorns before sitting out all of last season due to transfer rules.
utah state
HEAD COACH:
Stew Morrill
2013-14 RECORD:
18-14 (7-11 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Jarred Shaw, Spencer Butterfield, Preston Medlin
IN A NUTSHELL
air force
HEAD COACH:
Dave Pilipovich
2013-14 RECORD:
12-18 (6-12 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Tre Coggins
IN A NUTSHELL
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san jose state

HEAD COACH:
Dave Wojcik
2013-14 RECORD:
7-24 (1-17 MW)
KEY LOSSES:
Chris Cunningham
IN A NUTSHELL
Once in a blue moon, a military school will develop a breakout star amid a
plethora of two-star recruits. That was the case with guard Tre Coggins, who burst onto the
scene by averaging 16 points a game last year. However, the junior-to-be opted to transfer
to Cal State Fullerton instead of signing up for a five-year military commitment, which is
mandated by the academy. Now, the Falcons leading returning scorer is senior guard Max Yon,
who averaged 13 points a game last season. As the case with most military schools, its hard to
compete long-term with a significantly less-talented roster.
Head coach Dave Wojciks debut season was a disaster for the Spartans,
whose lone conference victory came against the Wolf Pack. If recruiting players to a struggling school wasnt hard enough, San Jose State received a postseason ban that includes
the MWC Tournament for finishing below the NCAAs Academic Progress Rate threshold.
Furthermore, the program will have to replace four hours of weekly practice with four
additional hours of academic activities and will be limited to five days of basketball-related
activities per week instead of six. The Spartans are destined for another last-place finish.
Eric Uribe can be reached at euribe@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @Uribe_Eric.

A12 SPORTS
Staff predictions for the season

16-13 (9-9 MW)
Eric
Uribe
Wolf Pack fans need

to get off the ledge.
Head coach David
Carter isnt as awful as
hes made out to be and
too much is being made
of the loss of Deonte
Burton and Cole Huff.
Nevada will be more
team-oriented and
stun some people in a
declining conference.
12-17 (7-11 MW)
Chris
Boline
After losing its three

most integral players from
last year Deonte Burton
Jerry Evans Jr. and Cole
Huff Nevada is thin. That
being said, this years Baby
Pack might be a little
overwhelmed in conference play. Nevada might
be able to sneak some wins
in, but dont expect a three
seed in the MWC Tournament this year.
12-17 (8-10 MW)
Stone
Harper
This will be a tough

year for the Wolf Pack.
Losing a NBA-caliber
player is tough enough,
but when you also lose
your second and third
highest scorer from a
season ago, success
becomes almost impossible. The schedule is
too rough and the talent
is just not there.
12-17 (5-13 MW)
Manny
Vieites
Losing 21 points a game

in Deonte Burton is going
to take a toll on Nevada this
season. This will be the first
time Nevada does not have a
proven scorer, and it will be fun
to see how Marqueze Coleman,
Michael Perez and AJ West will
take over this year. Players will
get a chance to experiment with
the new players and tactics,
and this will ultimately be a
rebuilding year for the Pack.
Nevada freshman
look to contribute
By Stone Harper
Elijah Stewart
Forward
For Stewart, winning is not a

new concept. The 6-foot-7 forward
played high school basketball at
Rainier Beach in the heart of Seattle, Washington. While playing for
the Vikings, Foster won three state
championships and, last season,
participated in the high school
national championship. It is part of
the reason why Nevada basketball
head coach David Carter recruited
Foster.
[Stewart] is a winner, Carter
said. Winning three state championships, those are some of the
things we look for in recruiting and
I think he is going to bring that to
recruiting.
However, besides being a natural
winner, Stewart is a great rebounder.
Last year, he averaged 11 rebounds
a game. Though he is a bit small for
the power forward position, he will
use his big 255-pound frame to box
out the bigger man and grab plenty
of boards for the Pack.
Eric Cooper Jr.

Guard
Combo guard Cooper Jr. isnt going to be looked to for rebounds ,but
the 6-foot-3 guard will be looked
to as the teams sharpshooter. The
combo guard shot 43 percent from
the 3-point line last season. Like
Foster, Cooper also comes from a
winning background. Last season
he spent his time at the IMG Academy in Orlando, Florida where he
averaged 17.5 points per game and
3.4 assists.
Before that, Cooper Jr. spent his
senior season at St. Anthony High
School in Long Beach, California
and his freshman, sophomore
and junior years at Lutheran High
School in La Verne, California.
Now that he is in Reno, he has high
expectations for the Wolf Pack.
I really want to raise a banner
here this year, Cooper Jr. said.
We have been competing during
practice, bonding off the court and
listening to what coach says so we
can achieve that goal.
Nevada junior Marqueze Coleman (1) spins a basketball during media day on Wednesday, Oct. 29. Coleman will
start at point guard this season after two seasons of sitting behind Deonte Burton.
Coleman: I want
to prove myself
By Eric Uribe
Nevada point guard Marqueze Coleman isnt
just playing in the shadow of Deonte Burton,
but also Armon Johnson and Ramon Sessions.
The Wolf Pack has a strong pedigree at the
sports most important position. With Colemans three predecessors all spending time in
the National Basketball Association, Nevada
has grown accustomed to a decades worth of
elite play from the point guard.
No pressure, right?
I wouldnt say I feel pressure, Coleman said.
Its obvious, you cant replace a guy like Deonte. Im going to play my game, do the things I
do well and help this team win ball games.
Nevadas success pins on Coleman perhaps
more than any other player among the 13-man
roster.
The 6-foot-4 and 190-pound field general is
the lone Wolf Pack player this year with two seasons of experience with Nevada, making him
a sure-fire leader of the squad akin to Burton.
However, their leadership styles differ, according to Wolf Pack head coach David Carter.
Hes more vocal than Deonte, Carter said.
Both are very competitive but hes a point
guard that will get in your face if youre not doing what youre suppose to do and thats a great
sign from the point guard.
Nevada will lean on Coleman, not only to lead
in the locker room, but to contribute on the
court. Coleman has been a point guard for two
years (he played shooting guard in high school)
and has been groomed for the role for the past
two seasons.
Can he run a team? Can he score consistently?
Can he make his teammates better? Those are
the questions that follow Coleman into the
season.
He has a lot of confidence and all the skill sets
are there, Carter said. Now this year he has the
chance to show people not only at Nevada, but
around the country, how good of a player he is.
Carter planned on playing Burton and Coleman at the same time in 2013-14, but an eye
injury for Coleman early in the season derailed
that blueprint. Eye surgery forced Coleman to
miss five games last season and nagged him
throughout the season en route to averaging six
points a game in 17 minutes.
Coleman shot a hair under 40 percent for the
campaign including 25 percent from beyond
the arc. Shooting has long been Colemans
weakness and an area of emphasis for him during the offseason.
Coming back from surgery, I just wasnt the
same, Coleman said. I just want to prove
myself as a basketball player, especially to the
fans because they havent really seen my game.
Teammate D.J. Fenner roomed with Coleman
during the summer. The sophomore described
Colemans personality as real sly, but there
was nothing sly about Colemans work ethic
over the summer.
Whenever Fenner went to the gym to train,
Coleman was already there grinding.
Whether it was Saturday morning, or late at
night during the week, he was always running
drills, Fenner said. Its easy to come in here
and just shoot around, but when you really drip
sweat, youre getting more out of your workout.
Moreover, Coleman ended his summer early
to prepare for the season. The team wasnt required to return for camp until slightly before
school started in August. Instead, Coleman
came back three weeks ahead of time.
I was like, Damn, he came back three weeks
earlier? Thats crazy, said center AJ West, who
calls Coleman one of his two closest friends on
the team. He has a high motor and really wants
to get better.
After two years of waiting in the wings, Coleman will be front and center this season its
his moment to seize.
Eric Uribe can be reached at euribe@sagebrush.
unr.edu or on Twitter @Uribe_Eric.
Robyn Missa
Forward
Missa, the third of the new

recruits, might be the most accomplished of the group. In his
junior season, he was a member of
Montverde Academy, who won the
National High School Invitational
National Championship.
The German native also spent
time playing at Lutheran High
School in Long Island, New York and
even more impressively, spent time
overseas playing for the German
national team. After all was said and
done, he decided to play collegiately
at Nevada, declining offers from
universities such as Providence,
Niagara and Texas Tech.
I really liked the school when
I went on the visit, Missa said. I
really liked the facilities and the
people seemed nice and I decided
this was the one for me.
Missa will be looked for this
season to provide quality minutes
off the bench and his big frame will
be a good component for Nevadas
backcourt.
Stone Harper can be reached at

sharper@sagebrush.unr.edu and
on Twitter @StoneHarperNVSB.

SPORTS A13
Why All the HatE?
Pack Players Guilty Pleasure Songs

By Chris Boline
Marqueze Coleman
Tyron Criswell
Guard
Krazy
by Lil Wayne
Forward
No Type
by Rae Sremmurd
Stelios
Papafloratos
Patrick Conroy
Guard
Hideaway
by Kiesza
michael perez
Guard
King of the Fall
by The Weekend
Eric cooper jr.
D.J. Fenner
Lucas stivrins
Guard
6 God
by Drake
Guard
Lifestyle
by Rich Gang
Guard
Often
by The Weekend
Kaileb Rodriguez
Forward
Young and Beautiful
by Lana Del Ray
Guard
Cake
by Trey Songz
Nevada seeks go-to leader

By Manny Vieites
Nevada head coach David Carter poses for a picture during media day on Wednesday, Oct. 29. Since taking the
reins of Nevada in 2009, Carter has posted a career record of 89-75.
Carter tunes out critics,

team rallies behind coach
By Eric Uribe
Nevada head coach David
Carter hears the critics.
He knows that you think
he cant coach a basketball
team. He knows that you think
he cant recruit a dominant
low-post presence or spacecreating shooter. He knows that
you think hes turned a former
NCAA
Tournament-caliber
program into a Mountain West
Conference bottom feeder.
He hears it from the media
and from fans at games. The
noise has made Carter the most
criticized person in Nevada
athletics, making him the Wolf
Packs proverbial whipping boy.
But the sixth-year head coach
disagrees with you.
I learned a long time ago
that you cant make everyone
happy, Carter said. I know
what Im doing here and I know
what type of kids to recruit to
be successful. The criticism
comes from wins and losses
not necessarily what youve
done for the team. We finished
third last year, but it felt like
we finished last. Im like Were
predicted to finish ninth, but
we finished third, how can you
criticize that?
When we first joined the
league, people said it was going
to take five years to finish top
three, but it took two years.
Theres accomplishments weve
made, and personally, I just
stay on track.
Carter knows that the doubters and naysayers come with
the territory of being the face of
the program. But where many
see failure, Carter sees an opportunity for improvement.
The Wolf Packs inaugural
season was nothing short
of a disaster. After Nevada
finished in last place, four
players transferred. But Carter
learned from it.
Last season, the Wolf Pack
won seven more MWC games
than they did in the 2012-13
season and finished third in
the league standings after being predicted to finish ninth
by a preseason conference
media poll. Yet, Carter felt
he received more flack last
season than he did after the
last-place campaign.
Fans arent at practice every
day, Carter said. They dont
know what were going through
and dont really look at whats
happened to the team. For
example, AJ [West] doesnt play
until January. [Ex-Nevada forward] Chris Brown never plays.
Ronnie Stevens and Marqueze
Coleman need surgery during
the season. Fans look at your
wins and losses, but they dont
look at what the team has gone
through.
By statistical measures, Carter
is one of the best coaches on
campus. In five seasons with the
program, Carters career record
is 89-75. The 54 percent winning
percentage trumps every other
coach at Nevada, sans tennis
Carters roster during the

past two seasons was filled with
players recruited to play in the
programs former league, the
Western Athletic Conference.
Those players are long gone. In
fact, only Coleman and guard,
Mike Perez (who redshirted at
the time), were on the team two
seasons ago.
Now, its time for Carter to
prove his mettle. He knows that
and so do his players.
We all came here for coach
Carter, said Perez, who transferred from UTEP two years
ago. He recruited each and
everyone of us and we play for
him. [the criticism] is a rallying
point for us and we feel need to
go out and win games to help
him out.
Calling the Wolf Pack green is

an understatement. Without the
programs flag bearers, Deonte
Burton, Jerry Evans Jr. and Cole
Huff a slew of new players will
have to step up for Nevada.
The obvious question lingers:
who will be the Wolf Packs goto leader, especially down the
stretch in the clutch?
Is it point guard Marqueze
Coleman? Or is it shooting guard
Mike Perez, who has played the
most minutes with the team out
of any player on the roster? Or will
it be the big man AJ West, whom
Nevada depended on down low
last season?
Its going to be a difficult task
to replace the 21 points, four
rebounds and four assists that
Burton contributed last season
but all three have the confidence
to become the man.
Im hoping to take over the
role of Burton, Perez said. I am a
leader and I plan to show the guys
the ropes, leading by example.
My experience is the major part
of what I bring to the team and
that ultimately will prove my
leadership.
Perez averaged 11.5 points,
3.1 assists and 3.8 rebounds last

season, which are the closest
comparable numbers to Burtons.
The shooting guard is a fifth-year
senior, but needs to develop his
shot. Last season, Perez lacked
consistency, an area he worked
on this offseason.
The next option is Coleman,
who worked behind Burton for
two years and knows what it will
take to get to that level.
I picked up leadership qualities from Burton, Coleman said.
Leadership qualities off the
court, as well as keeping a positive vibe in the locker room, is
the major things that Deonte has
taught me. Being a point guard
requires you to be vocal, as well as
score the ball, and I think I could
live up to that.
While playing behind Burton
the past two seasons, minutes
have been scarce for the junior,
but hell be a focal point of the
team this season.
Wolf Pack head coach David
Carter will be the first to tell you,
Coleman is the leader of his
program.
The playmaker this season is
going to have to be Coleman,
Carter said. We have more depth
now and have guys that can
contribute offensively, but we

dont need one guy to average 20
points. Marqueze has to lead this
team, but we have the weapons
now to be more efficient on the
offensive end.
The third candidate to step
up as the leader is West, who
averaged seven points, seven
rebounds and two blocks last
season for the Pack.
West is the core player on the
roster, without a doubt, but will
have to pick up the slack with the
departure of Jerry Evans Jr. and
Cole Huff.
Were going to be more teamoriented this season and not
just have one guy carrying the
load, West said. I want to be the
anchor and the leader of the team
on the defensive end. But I also
have improved my game to be a
consistent scorer down low.
Whether its West, Coleman or
Perez, the Wolf Pack is poised to
ditch its go-to scorer past and
will play more team basketball.
This team is deeper than years
past, and it might not need one
unheralded leader.
Manny Vieites can be reached at
euribe@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Live without regrets,

Learn without borders.
I learned a long time

ago that you cant
make everyone happy.
I know what Im doing
here and what type
of kids to recruit to be
successful.
- David Carter
head coach Erik Burton. He is
one of two coaches in the school
with a league championship to
his name (2011-12 WAC regularseason title).
By another measure, Carter,
who is 3-5 during conference
tournaments, has never won
the big one. The program is on
a seven-year dry spell from the
NCAA Tournament and many
blame Carter for the Wolf Packs
fall from grace.
He takes a lot of flack and its
undeserved, West said. Honestly, it feels good because when
he proves them wrong thats
the best feeling. Once you prove
everyone wrong, they cant say
anything.
Sophomore guard D.J. Fenner

shares similar sentiments.
One thing we know is coach
Carter has our back, it doesnt
matter what anyone says and we
know that, said Fenner. When
we hear the criticism, a lot of the
times were losing games and
were making the mistakes on
the court, but hes taking most
of the blame. It makes us realize
we have a big responsibility to
go out and win.
Carter may have his critics
outside the court, but his locker
room rallies around him.
Eric Uribe can be reached at
on Twitter @Uribe_Eric.
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