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ASUN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

Candidates
campaign
raises questions
on campus
By Maddison Cervantes
Royce Feuer, a sixth-year senior at
the University of Nevada, Reno, has
begun a presidential campaign for
the Associated Students of the University of Nevada. However, this is no
ordinary campaign; Feuers platform
encourages students to not vote for
him.
Imagine you are 6 years old,
and your mom says we are going to
Dennys for dinner, Feuer said. Now,
you like Dennys, but the fact that
your mom made the decision for you,
leaves you unsatisfied.
According to Feuer, when an individual is given a choice in any situation, it is more fulfilling even when
the outcome is the same.
Also running for the presidential
office is ASUN Speaker of the Senate
Caden Fabbi, who has three years of
experience in the student government
behind him.
Without Feuers campaign, Fabbi
would be the only one in the race for
the presidential office.
Feuer is registered to graduate in
May, making his campaign raise even
more questions. If Feuer is elected
president, the elected vice president
will automatically move into office
once Feuer graduates.
Despite this fact, Feuers campaign
still stands.
An 8-foot-tall campaign sign in Hilliard Plaza features the hash tag #dontvoteforroyce, and a recently-released
video of Feuer and his campaign team
at one of their meetings featured them
humorously conversing, without a
notably serious sentence.
The direction in which students are
perceiving Feuers campaign production will be determined once the votes
are counted.
Royce has every right to run, theres
nothing that our governing doctrines
that says a graduating senior cant
run for an office of any kind, Fabbi
said. Its kind of cool to have another
candidate, if nothing else, so that the
student body can have the choice to
vote.
Fabbi explained his seriousness
Breanna Denney /Nevada Sagebrush
Students of the University of Nevada, Reno pass a campaign sign for candidate Royce Feuer in Hilliard Plaza on Monday, Feb. 23. Feuer, a presidential candidate for the Associated
Students of the University of Nevada has made it apparent that he does not want the student body vote for him.
toward his campaign, and his decision
to not view ASUN as a joke. His history
with the organization has equipped
Fabbi to manage the responsibilities
of presidency, along with its $2.3 million budget.
Feuer has no prior experience in
the student government, and claims
that his participation in the election
exists only to create an unforgettable
campaign, and to preserve the competitive nature of the election process.
Im a person who really likes to
take a what if scenario that I have
control over and not make it a what
if scenario, Feuer said. I wanted

to make it a competition, because I
think handing it over would be allowing someone to take the position for
granted.
Feuers campaign was specifically
designed to convince the student body
that he is the wrong choice for ASUN
president. However, his plan of attack
does not exactly add up for some.
Current ASUN Vice President Alex
Bybee sees Feuers candidacy as being
potentially problematic for ASUN.
I havent spoken to [Feuer] specifically about his campaign, but I know
there is one big issue with his candidacy: he graduates in May, Bybee
said. So if he should win, whoever is
elected vice president is automatically
ascended to the presidency. Since
a vote for [Feuer] would effectively
mean the coronation of whoever is
elected [vice president,] it worries me
a little.
If Feuer was elected, regardless
of whether he makes the choice to
remain in office or step down, will the
ASUN presidency be in good hands?
Feuer has made it apparent that
his participation in the election is
specifically for the construction of his

campaign, not the results. Regardless
of Feuers intentions, he believes that
students will make the right choice on
election day.
Saying I dont want to win is a hard
thing for me to say just in general,
Feuer said. But I feel like winning
has a different definition in this case;
I want to win what my goals are with
my campaign. Dont vote for Royce.
Maddison Cervantes can be reached at
mcervantes@sagebrush.unr.edu and
on Twitter @madcervantes.
Shark Tank star motivates audience

By Nathan Brantley and
Roco Hernndez
As a part of the on-campus
celebration of Black History
Month, entrepreneur Daymond
John, founder of the multibillion dollar company For Us
By Us and a shark on ABCs
award-winning TV show Shark
Tank, chronicled his life and
his clothing companys history.
Organizers said that the event
drew 815 people on Friday, Feb.
20 inside the Joe Crowley Student Union Milt Glick Ballroom.
FUBU, Johns clothing company, began in Hollis, Queens,
New York in 1989. However, John
did not grow up with a passion
for fashion. John remembered
that when his mother picked out
his outfits it would result in him
looking like a character from
The Muppets.
As he got older, John wanted
to follow the emergence of
hip-hop in the world of popular
culture and later found fashion
to be his most profitable outlet.
When he was in his teens, John
realized that the clothes that
were catered to hip-hop artists were too expensive for the
genres fans and decided to create his own line.
The companys name FUBU
stuck after a comical failure of
his initial idea, BUFU, which at
SHARK POINTS
S: Set your goals
H: Do your homework
A: Adore what you do
R: Remember, its your brand
K: Keep swimming
Photo: (CC) Benson Kua /Flickr.com
the time was a logo for people

coming out of the closet.
FUBUs first manufacturing
factory was in Johns house.
Everything from shipping to
manufacturing was handled inside of Johns home. He financed
the costs of these productions
by working at Red Lobster.
John said that his company
made small mistakes, but John
kept trying because he believed
he knew the hip-hop industry
better than anyone.
You can make up your own
opinions, but you cant make

up your own facts, John said.
[Hip-hop fans] let us through
the door and we knew our client
better than anyone.
When he began as an entrepreneur, John, having not attended college, lacked financial
intelligence and was forced
to learn business strategies
through experience.
John said that in business, its
hard to make it, but its 10 times
harder to keep it.
After many roadblocks, Johns
business idea grew into a $350

million
clothing
company.
John credited his success to the
strong support group that he
created in his friends and family. Whenever John was at a low
point, such as the three times
FUBU closed down because
of financial instability, his
mother would tell him to take
Photo provided by the Associated Students of University Nevada Inkblot
inventory of himself, assess his
situation and his capacity to ad- Entrepreneur Daymond John speaks to a crowd of 815 students and
dress the task of the situation.
community members at the Joe Crowley Student Union Milt Glick
Ballroom on Friday, Feb. 20. John is the founder of FUBU clothing
company and a shark on ABCs Shark Tank.
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Theresa Navarro (left) and Bob Fulkerson (right), members of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, lead the White Allies Training
hosted by the Reno Justice Coalition on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the Joe Crowley Student Union. Navarro observed that most participants left
with a better understanding of what it means to be a white ally than they did before coming in.
White Allies Training seeks

to combat racial inequality
By Jose Olivares
On Wednesday, Feb. 18, University of
Nevada, Reno students and local community members attended White Allies
Training to analyze racism, learn of white
privilege and make commitments to apply
racial justice skills in Reno.
More than 80 students squeezed into
a crowded room at the Joe Crowley Student Union. The event had been largely
advertised to students and Reno activists
through social media, word of mouth and
university courses.
The workshop was part of the Reno Justice Coalitions Week of Action. The RJC
hosted and helped organize various events
throughout the week of Feb. 16 regarding
racism and social injustice.
I thought it was a really good introduction into what privilege looks like and what
allyship can look like, said Elli Komito, a
first year graduate student at UNR.
RJC is a new organization working to
coordinate events on the UNR campus
and in the Reno community. It originated
after the Ferguson and #blacklivesmatter
protests erupted in response to the killings
of Mike Brown and Eric Garner late last
year.
Yajaira Farga, a community member
closely involved with RJC, is excited to
have an activist organization in Reno that

is generating discussion and promoting
social justice.
Its a group of students that came together after the Eric Garner verdict, Farga
said. They were mad, they organized a
protest, and after that, everyone came
together and said, You know what? We
should do this. We should do this on campus. I was stoked because coming from
Austin to Reno there was nothing here for
me, you know, in terms of activism.
The White Allies Training was in part
organized by the Progressive Leadership
Alliance of Nevada. PLANs website states
that its mission is to develop democracy
and achieve social justice in the state.
Bob Fulkerson, the director of PLAN,
and Theresa Navarro, chair of the board
of PLAN, facilitated the event and led the
exercises and discussion.
This is just a two-hour snippet of a twoday workshop that we do called Dismantling Racism, Fulkerson said. So we just
kind of looked at the makeup of the group,
where everyone was at with their analysis
and pulled out some exercises that we
thought might work.
The workshop was hands-on and interactive. Almost every single person participated in active discussions on becoming a
white ally to people of color.
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Event participants Alyzona Moore (left) and Sierra Jicklin (right) share with each other
any experiences with white privilege in America in the White Allies Training held at the Joe
Crowley Student Union on Wednesday, Feb. 18. White participants also learned to recognize
Shark
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John considers his family and

friends major motivations for his
comebacks from difficult moments in
his life.
However, John told the audience
members that his fortunes did
not come without some sacrifices.
Because he was so busy, Johns relationship with his wife and children
declined and eventually led to his
divorce. The experience taught John
that in order to live a fulfilling life, he
had to find a healthy balance between
work and his personal life.
Being rich only makes you arrive
to your problems in a limousine,

John said.
As a Shark Tank fan, University of
Nevada, Reno senior Ziad Rashdan
attended the talk hoping he would
be able to learn more about John as a
person, learn from his life experiences
and any advice he had for aspiring
entrepreneurs. In Rashdans opinion,
John successfully delivered all three
points.
A few of my takeaways from the Daymond John event were [that] you have
to be willing to fight for your aspiration
and to always do something each day
to get you that much closer, Rashdan
said. There is no new idea, it is always
a constant improvement on current
technology and resources. Finally, the
ones closest to you sometimes have the

best advice for your business and how to
grow it.
John ended his event with a line of
questions from the audience including
one from a child.
An 11-year-old girl asked John what
his most difficult decision has been.
John responded by saying that an individual cannot get stuck on something.
He said believes everyone should invest
in his or her education. John said it was
difficult not having the educational background necessary to start his companies.
Had he received a better education,
John believes it might have helped him
on his path to success.
Jordan Hill, a JCSU event organizer,
said that another lesson students can
UPCOMING EVENTS
RENO JUSTICE COALITION:
FIRST MEETING
Thursday, Mar. 4
5 p.m.
Joe Crowley Student Union room 324
PEOPLE, PLANET FIRST
Wednesday, Mar. 11
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Carson City
PLANs People, Planet First will
directly engage the Nevada State
Legislature in Carson City in support of
fair wages, immigrant families, voting
rights, racial justice, worker rights and
climate justice.
There was also discussion of how to
collectively organize to overcome racially
based social problems. The training featured various exercises that brought up the
participants personal experiences.
Some participants were motivated and
in awe of the information presented at the
workshop.
I thought it was really inspiring and
great to promote activism, said junior
Jordan Eglet. Especially as a white person,
I felt that it gave me more insight on what
I should do and of my privilege in this
society and our government.
Fulkerson said that the training was important because he thinks that in todays
world, society has made it acceptable
for brown people to be rounded up and
deported and black people to be shot
down in the streets like dogs. Fulkerson
encourages white people to take a part in
dismantling this mentality and creating a
world that treats everyone equally.
Its important to educate white people
because white people are the cause of
racism and were the beneficiaries of racism, Fulkerson said. It wasnt blacks that
started slavery. It wasnt the Paiute people
who lived here that are responsible of the
genocide of the American Indian population, thats white people and we are living
in the privileges of that today.
A poster board decorated with

multicolored sticky notes was
created by two members of the
Nevada Wolf Shop Marketing
Team and displayed for the Associated Students of the University
of Nevadas Public comment portion of their senate meeting.
The board was referred to as the
Pack Promise Board and Wolf
Shop Marketing representative
Vincent Gutierrez explained that
each note contained a variety of
promises to the students of UNR.
The Marketing team claimed
that this idea was just for fun; a
way for the Wolf Shop to connect
with students on a more personal
level.
Most people do not know that
we are ASUN-owned and we are
solely here for students, Wolf
Shop marketing and event assistant Krista Anderson said. The
values on the board will show
students that we hear them and
we want to assist them with their
own personal goals.
Sen. Zachary Brounstein of
the College of Engineering questioned how the board would be
used to better engage students.
Gutierrez responded, stating
that by making it apparent to students that the Wolf Shop supports
them, the Wolf Shop will receive
students support and involvement.
COMMENTS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sen. Ryan Hood of the College
of Agriculture, Biotechnology,
and Natural Resources discussed
the topic of students accessibility
to faculty evaluations. Hood has
previously met with Executive
Vice President and Provost Kevin
Carman who is in full support of
the movement, but would like
to see full student and partial
faculty support as well.
During ASUN tabling hours in
the coming weeks, Hood is constructing a petition for student
and faculty signatures in support
of making faculty evaluations
available to students.
Instead of going on Rate My
Professor and seeing a skewed
few of evaluations from a student
who was extremely upset with a
professor or a student who was
extremely in love with a professor, they can get a more accurate
presentation of how a certain
class was taught, Hood said.
The petition was officially
available as of Feb. 23, and will
continue to be open to all students and faculty during ASUN
office hours. The petition can
be found in the Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center lobby.
RESOLUTIONS
learn from are Johns five keys to success, or SHARK Points: set your goals,
do your homework, adore what you do
and remember that you are the brand
first. Although John constantly faced
challenges on his path to become an
entrepreneur, John persisted and accomplished his goals.
[John] proved that with all odds
against [his company] the passion to
succeed can overcome it, Hill said. He
shows that success takes failure and its
what you do when you fail over how you
celebrate success.
Sen. Quinn Jonas of the College

of Liberal Arts spoke on behalf
of Senate Resolution 82-123 in
support of Nevada Assembly Bill
111. The bill is seeking to raise
the minimum number of credits
required for the Millennium
Scholarship to 15 credits a semester, as opposed to the current
requirement of 12.
During the discussion, Sen.
Hood raised a question regarding
the financial aspect of the amendment. Jonas responded, explaining that the resolution is not to
increase the amount provided by
the Millennium Scholarship, but
to adjust the payment from $960
a semester for 12 possible credits,
to $1,200 a semester for 15 possible credits.
According to Jonas and Speaker
of the Senate Caden, the resolution has no fiscal note on the total
amount of money distributed,
and it will allow students to fully
utilize the money.
The resolution was passed
unanimously.
Nathan Brantley and Roco Hernndez can be reached at rhernandez@

sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
Maddison Cervantes can be reached

at mcervantes@sagebrush.unr.edu
and on Twitter @madcervantes.
Jose Olivares can be reached at rhernandez@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter

@TheSagebrush.
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Tesla and Nevada: making sense of the gigafactory

By Jacob Solis
Last Wednesday, representatives from Tesla Motors visited
the University of Nevada, Reno
campus in search of bright,
young interns. Just four months
prior, the company announced
a partnership with Nevada to
build a $5 billion gigafactory
that could potentially bring hundreds of millions of dollars and
thousands of jobs to the state.
With this in mind, a question
arises: just how did Tesla, a car
company that has sold a grand
total of two different models,
come to be the largest economic boon to Nevada in recent
memory?
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Prior to 2014, Tesla Motors did

not have a single tie to Nevada.
The company began in 2003
when a group of Silicon Valley
engineers banded together to
prove the viability of electric
cars as a replacement to the
gasoline-powered automobile.
What followed this meeting was
what may be described as a
meteoric rise to prominence in
an industry dominated by massive corporations such as Ford,
General Motors and Toyota.
Teslas ascension through the
ranks can be attributed primarily to entrepreneur Elon Musk,
who invested tens of millions
into the company during its
infancy. Musk, who was a cofounder of PayPal and currently
helms Tesla as CEO, devised a
bold business plan not unlike
Henry Fords in the early 20th
century: prove electric cars
can work, sell them to the rich
and finally make them cheap
enough for everyone to buy.
Musk and his Tesla associates
have found tremendous success in the first steps of their
plan. Tesla released its first car,
the Roadster, in 2008 to modest
sales that remained impressive
considering the companys status as a startup. Tesla then took
the idea of an electric car one
step further with the Roadsters
successor: the Model S, a luxury
sedan meant to compete with
the likes of Mercedes-Benz,
BMW and Lexus.
After going public on the
stock exchange in 2010, Tesla
found itself with hundreds of
Photo: (CC) Maurizio Pesce/Flickr.com
A Model S is assembled inside Teslas factory in Fremont, California on Oct. 1, 2011. The new gigafactory under construction just east of Reno will produce the lithium-ion batteries that will
power cars manufactured in the Fremont factory.
millions in its coffers and a
massive new factory in Fremont, California. With all the
necessary tools at its fingertips,
Tesla launched the Model S to
widespread acclaim in 2012,
selling over 50,000 units by the
end of 2014.
THE GIGAFACTORY
Even with the success of the

Roadster and Model S, Tesla
was (and still is) catering to a
niche market. Among luxury
auto manufacturers, which only
comprise 10 percent of the U.S.
car market, Tesla controlled less
than 3 percent of the market. To
achieve its goal of making electric cars for the masses, Tesla
needed to take another leap.
Enter the gigafactory: a
sprawling 1,000-acre complex
that, according to Tesla projections, could theoretically
produce 500,000 lithium-ion
batteries a year while reducing
production costs by 30 percent.

Tesla
immediately
began
courting states across the West,
attempting to goad the best deal
from state lawmakers eager to
capture the economic potential
the factory offered.
After months of deliberation,
Musk made his way to Carson
City last October to stand sideby-side with Gov. Brian Sandoval
and announce the gigafactorys
arrival in the Silver State.
WHY NEVADA?
Teslas
negotiations
with
states were confidential, so the
ultimate reason for the NevadaTesla partnership remains unknown. However, what is known
is that both parties will receive
vast sums of money in the long
run.
Over the next 20 years, Tesla
will receive $1.3 billion in tax
breaks from the state of Nevada.
For the same period, Tesla will
pay no sales taxes and no property or business taxes over the

next decade with an extra $195
million in tax credits thrown in
to sweeten the deal.
Moreover, the Nevada gigafactory, set to open in 2017, has
provided Tesla with the coveted
opportunity to complete its
master plan.
This factory is important to
the future of Tesla, said Musk
during the October announcement. Without it, we cannot
produce a mass-market car.
On the flip side of the deal,
Nevada will see an economic
boost as high as $100 billion
over two decades, according to
metrics released by state officials. Gov. Sandoval is especially
optimistic regarding the size
of new revenues for the state,
estimating an increase of nearly
$1.4 billion over two decades in
a statement released after the
announcement.
Additionally, estimates from

Tesla and the Governors Office
have the factory employing
6,500 people and the project
as whole bringing in around
22,000 workers. Many parties,
including localities, businesses
and even UNR, are excited for
the deals economic benefits and
employment prospects.
The university is experiencing great momentum, said
UNR President Marc Johnson
in an interview with the Reno
Gazette-Journal. [UNR] can
play a role in welcoming Tesla
to this region by providing
a broad range of universitytrained professionals that will
be important to the workforce.
Even so, not everyone was
pleased with the fine print of
the deal. When the Nevada
Legislature was called into
a special session to approve
the arrangement, critics from
the Nevada Policy Research
Institute and the Progressive

Leadership Alliance of Nevada
were skeptical of Gov. Sandovals lofty economic claims. In
addition, many others were
unhappy that the deal transferred $70 million from an a
$80 million film tax fund and
worried that the Nevada film
industry, especially the Las
Vegas industry, could see harm
in the near future.
Despite these concerns, the
legislature passed the deal and
construction of the gigafactory
is well underway. Ultimately,
many Nevadans, from business owners to lawmakers,
are pleased with the deal. The
consensus was put succinctly
by Gov. Sandoval who, following the announcement, called
the deal a victory for Nevada.
Jacob Solis can be reached at
jsolis@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @TheSagebrush
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Student art gallery an invaluable learning tool

By Alexa Solis
The University of Nevada,
Reno has many galleries where
artwork is displayed. One of
these spaces is Student Galleries South where the Bachelor
of Fine Arts Midway Exhibition
takes place every semester.
The exhibition, much like
its name implies, marks the
halfway point for students in
the B.F.A program. It is the
preliminary display of what
will later become students
thesis exhibition and is a vital
step in the academic process,
according to Richard Jackson,
assistant to UNR gallery director Paul Baker Prindle.
Its a good time to work out
kinks, [and] youll see kinks
[in the gallery], Jackson said.
All B.F.A students have committees, after the show your
committees get together and
critiques the show, and tells you
how you can improve to help
tighten the screws.
The current show includes
two artists of different mediums,
Erin Wohletz and Austin Clinton.
Jackson found Wohletzs work,
which is based in painting
with sculptural elements, to be
impressively original. However,
he did note that both artists are
tremendous assets
to the B.F.A program.
Instead
of tradi-
tional painting, Clinton uses

computers and technology to
bring his artwork to life. Two of
his pieces in the exhibition are
projection pieces that have interactive elements demonstrating
peoples relationship to the space
around them through puzzles.
Though Clinton has been
working on his art for years, the
Midway Exhibition is his first
experience with the workings of
a gallery and the process of putting ones artwork and display.
I learned a lot about how a
gallery works, how to set up,
how to navigate those kind of
challenges, Clinton said. I
also learned a lot about how
I approach my topics when
theyre beyond a classroom,
not just personal, how to present them, how I like to talk
about them and what I want to
say about my work.
The opening of the spring
semesters Midway Exhibition
had higher attendance than
what is normally expected,
according to Jackson. Clinton
said that one of the most fun
parts of displaying his work
was showing his mother his
art in person, instead of just
snapping a picture or giving
her descriptions of what he had
been working on.
I was very happy and
CHECK IT OUT
Interested in viewing in
the B.F.A Midway
Exhibitions?
Alexa Solis can be reached at

and on Twitter @thealexasolis.
By Alexa Solis
BRUSHFIRE OPEN
MIC NIGHT
Tuesday
7 p.m.
Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center,
Rotunda
Soulful singing, pained
poetry, soaring stories
these are just some of the
components of a successful
open mic. All of these and
more will be performed at
Night. Signups will begin
30 minutes before the start
of the event or by emailing
edgar.gansito@gmail.com.
Free cotton candy and coffee
will be provided.
NEVADA WIND
ENSEMBLE AND
SYMPHONIC BAND
CONCERT
Thursday
7:30 p.m.
Church Fine Arts,
Nightingale Concert
Hall
(Left to right) Students Chenay Arberry and Maddie Poore look at

Bachelors of Fine Arts candidate Erin Wohletzs work at the opening
of the B.F.A Midway Exhibition on Thursday, Feb. 19. The exhibition is
a requirement of the B.F.A program and teaches student artists about
the workings of a gallery and how to display their work in a professional
setting.
COMMUNITY
Wild Oats: a hilarious, capering journey through time

By Alexa Solis
Two young men stood at
the outer edge of a darkened
stage.
Audience
members
mingled and chatted, and a
couple of performers bounced
about proposing quick games
of blackjack to anyone who
wanted to participate.
A moment later, the performers looked at each other and
looked at the time. They rushed
down to the stage and tucked
themselves behind a couple of
drums. The two young men,
standing at the edge, leapt to
the center of the stage. The
lights came on, the piano
started up, and the show began.
Wild Oats, an energetic
tale of a saloon centered family reunion of sorts, is the sixth

play of the Brka Theatres
2014-2015 season, and by golly
is it a fun romp through the annals of time. Written by James
McLure, the play is an adaptation of a play by the same name
by Irish writer John OKeeffe.
Centered around an aging
colonel Thunder and his wily
progeny and relations, the play
is a wild and witty look at the
west and Americana. It is filled
with twists and turns of fate,
flamboyant singing and many a
pun. The play itself is silly and
sticks to the farcical nature of
McLures adaptation.
A kind of no-holds-barred
acting is required for a play of
The Oscars 2015

BEST OFS
such ridiculous proportions to

work. For the most part that
was not lost on the castmembers of Wild Oats.
Actress Sharon Dummar
played an enthusiastic Kate
Thunder. Every movement and
every word was made to be
larger than life. In truth, there
is no other way to play the educated western heiress that just
cannot conform to the Easts
manners and airs. Dummar
did exceedingly well in her portrayal of the well-intentioned if
uncouth Kate.
Jack Rover, played by Dustin
Burns, was another character
played quite well. The unwitting yet brave Rover was one of
the protagonists that the audience so vehemently cheered
for. Burns portrayal of the
actor, a mocked profession in
the wild west, was earnest and
filled with livelihood.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the character
of Harry Thunder, whom was
missing the sort of enlivened
acting that made the rest of the
play so much fun to watch.

The actors were not the
only ones having a rollicking
good time. The audience was
incredibly participatory in the
plays action. Though they were
prompted by cue cards held
up knowingly by the actors on
stage, the audience cheered,
sang and galloped along with
the actors. The audience jeered
at the villains and praised the
heroes with such gusto that
there could be no question as to
whether or not the play was being enjoyed it most certainly
was.
Wild Oats was also rather
funny, something that not
all comedies manage to accomplish. The jokes were not
groundbreaking or edgy, in fact
they were the complete opposite. Bawdy and reminiscent of
Shakespeares use of innuendo,
the jokes held a universality
that made them accessible to
the entire audience rather than
a select few.
Though the humor in the play
ran the risk of being too cheeky,
it never crossed that line.

Instead of each pun eliciting a
groan from audience members,
each was delivered with a wink
and a nod from the actors. The
self-awareness of the actors
lended itself to the likeability of
the play as a whole.
The play is self-aware in its
intentions. It does not suffer
from any illusions of grandeur,
but instead revels in its farcical nature and exploits that
to make itself as ridiculous as
possible. The characters are
frivolous and more often than
not, vacuous but each character lends itself to the greater
delirium of the play.
Plays are often overlooked
as a method of entertainment,
especially by college students,
but they serve as a refreshing
way to spend a Saturday night.
Only a little pricier than a
movie, Wild Oats is definitely
a must see.
BEST PICTURE: Birdman
The horns of the Nevada

Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band will be trumpeting victoriously as they showcase their talents. The two
bands welcome audiences to
watch them demonstrate the
various skills that they have
been honing over the course
of the year. The event is free
with a student ID and $5 for
the general public.
UPRIGHT CITIZENS
BRIGADE
PERFORMANCE
Friday
7:30 p.m.
Church Fine Arts,
Proscenium Theatre
The
Upright
Citizens
Brigade got its start as an
improvisational and sketch
comedy group in Chicago,
Illinois. Now they have two
troupes in Los Angeles and
coming to the University of
the group will be performing with university students
during their show. Tickets are
$5, payment must be in cash
if paying at the door.
RENO CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
KUCHAR/FILJAK
Friday
7:30 p.m.
Church Fine Arts,
Nightingale Concert
Hall
Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu (director)
BEST ACTOR: Eddie Redmayne

The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTRESS: Julianne Moore
Still Alice
Theodore Kuchar in their performance of Symphony No. 1
STAFF PICKS
Filjak, a Croatian piano wunderkind, will be joining the

orchestra in its most recent
performance. The orchestra
will also be collaborating with
ers. Tickets start at $22 for
the general public and are $5
with a valid student ID.
BEST DRESSED:
Terrence Howard (Terrance Bynum)
Jared Leto (Stone Harper)
Cate Blanchett (Jordan Russel)
WORST DRESSED:
Scarlett Johansson (Terrance Bynum)
Jennifer Lopez (Stone Harper
Keira Knightly (Jordan Russel)
prowl
THINGS TO WATCH
OUT FOR THIS WEEK
The gallery is open from

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday or
by appointment at
Student Galleries South in
the Jot Travis building.
impressed with the turnout,
especially for a Midway show,
Jackson said. Midway shows
usually, there might be sparser
turnouts because youre only
halfway there. In this case, we
didnt know what to expect.
The gallery director and myself
were very very pleased with
the people who were there and
how the art was received.
Though Clinton was worried
that Wohletzs intricate paintings would steal the show, he
said that he was pleased by the
audience interaction with his
pieces. Clinton noted that viewers were tentative to interact
with his pieces at first, but that
after some time people began
to fiddle with the interactive
features and understand the art.
According to Clinton, the
exhibition is a great way for
students to grasp the usage of
galleries and displaying ones
work in a professional way.
There is more to a gallery than
just the art, and the show is a
practice in all the unseen organization and paperwork that
goes into getting art out of the
studio and onto the main stage.
Since the B.F.A program is
the way to introduce students
to the art world and its more
serious practices as a whole,
its been the most Ive learned
throughout the program both
on a personal and a more general scale, Clinton said.
on the
Photo courtesy of Dana Nollsch
(Left to right) Actors Taylor Gray, John Wade and Weston Spann perform during the first act of the Brka
Theatres production of Wild Oats on Saturday, Feb. 21. Both the audience and the actors were very interactive
with each other during the entirety of the performance.

Opinion
A6
STAFF EDITORIAL
Laxalt represents himself, not Nevadans
n Jan. 26, 2015,

Nevada Attorney
General Adam
Laxalt joined the
lawsuit Texas v. United States
of America. The suit, which
has been filed by 26 states
so far, takes aim at President
Barack Obamas executive
action that would, among other
things, delay the deportation
of millions of undocumented
immigrants.
Laxalts reasoning for filing
the suit is that he feels obligated by the Nevada constitution
to, in his own words, take legal
action whenever necessary to
protect and secure the interest
of the state. This specific suit
seeks an injunction to halt
the executive action so that
Congress may be allowed to act
on immigration.
That said, does Obamas

unilateral action actually pose
a threat to Nevadas interest? Is
Congress suddenly powerless
to act in the face of Obamas
newfound executive power?
Regardless of your stance on
the immigration debate, the
answer is a resounding no.
Obamas executive action
expands protection of
undocumented parents of
legal US citizens and so-called
DREAMers, children
who crossed the border
illegally with their parents.
While Nevada does have the
highest per capita percentage
of undocumented citizens of all
50 states, the executive action
does not provide amnesty or a
path to citizenship, but rather
leaves immigrants alone while
the country waits for more
COFFEY BREAK
Standing up to Frank
Underwood: destroy
televisions antiheroes
nless youve been

immobilized by the
sticky basement
floors of ATO for the
past semester, youve probably
heard that the new season of
House
of Cards
premieres
at the end
of this
week. Like
the vast
majority of
my fellow
Netflix
Daniel
bingers,
Coffey
I plan on
starting
season three the second it
comes online and not leaving
my house until I am finished.
It will just be the Underwoods
and me drinking wine and
backstabbing anyone who gets
in our way.
In my growing excitement
for the new episodes, I went
back and watched the first
two seasons again. However,
with an understanding of the
type of phenomenon HoC
has become, I examined the
shows characters and actions
through a new lens. Instead of
admiring the antihero, Frank
Underwood, for his calculated schemes, I watched with
disgust as Americas favorite
politician ruined the lives of
his peers simply for personal
gain.
It was not the show itself that
disgusted me; rather, it was the
idea that a ruthless character
such as Underwood could
capture the hearts and minds
of our Netflix generation.
As a character, Underwood
represents deceit, selfishness
and cruelty, yet the world cant
seem to get enough of him.
Similar to characters such as
Walter White from Breaking
Bad and the titular character
in Dexter, Underwood has
become a reflection of our
societys insatiable hunger
for immorality as a means of
achieving a personal end.
Dont get me wrong, I am also
guilty of loving HoC and its
gripping plot, but the problem
really begins when viewers
fascination transcends the plot
and becomes reverence for
Underwoods nastiness.
I should make note of a
spoiler here.
Underwood is responsible
for the deaths of at least two
people in the series, both
acting as sacrificial lambs
for his political ascent. For
that reason, it troubles me to
hear my peers discuss what
an awesome or badass
character Underwood seems
to be even more so when
those friends aspire to become
politicians one day.
I am not assuming that everyone who enjoys Underwood
as a character will emulate his
unethical actions, but at what
point is a viewer supposed to
distinguish between political
fact and fiction? As is true with
many shows before it, HoC
glorifies, and at times even
rewards, Underwood for his

selfish decision-making.
Although I use HoC as the
primary example, it would be
hard to deny the saturation
of antiheroes on television.
Don Draper from Mad Men,
Emily Thorne from Revenge
and Daryl Dixon from The
Walking Dead all garner their
popularity specifically because
of their deceitful and ruthless
natures and that only names
a few of the many characters
that fall into a similar category.
You might argue that not
all antiheroes succeed, thus
teaching the viewer a lesson,
but even when antiheroes fail
as a result of their actions (e.g.
White at the end of Breaking Bad) the viewer is still
supposed to feel a sense of loss
over the characters misfortune.
As the title would indicate,
Underwoods House of Cards
will most likely come tumbling
down in the third season, but
does that stop you as a viewer
from rooting for Underwood?
probably not.
Perhaps Im wrong in
assuming that most people
want Underwood to succeed
or survive unscathed, but
with comments on HoCs
Facebook page such as, Frank
is the man! and I really dont
want him to get caught, it
makes you realize that our society tends to overlook unethical
actions as long as they happen
on a screen. That is exactly the
problem though: our dismissal
of immorality depending on
the context. The show may not
be real, but it affects the way
we view the real world.
People should not aspire
to be as scheming as Frank
Underwood because, at the
end of the day, his actions are
despicable. As future politicians of the United States, we
should appreciate a show like
HoC as a fictional portrayal
of the evils of Washington.
There is nothing glamorous or
attractive about backstabbing
and dismantling others for
ones own gain so lets stop
admiring the characterization
of those actions.
As I said before, I will be
watching HoC season three
along with the rest of the world,
but I will be doing so with the
understanding that if and when
Underwoods empire begins to
fall, it will be the result of his
terrible heart. I will not root
for Underwood in his siege of
power because, ultimately, I
would not root for any politician to act in such a way.
TV is meant for entertainment and shouldnt go any
further than that. Frank
Underwood is not a real person
so we should not admire him as
though he is. Its time we kick
the foundation of the House
of Cards and send the idea of
antiheroes tumbling down for
good.
Daniel Coffey studies journalism. He can be reached at dcoffey@sagebrush.unr.edu and on
Twitter @TheSagebrush.
comprehensive reform.
Additionally, an executive
action, even one that changes
policy, is distinct from a legally
binding executive order and
carries little legal weight of its
own; it could be easily undone
by an act of Congress or by
the courts. Laxalt is obviously
pursuing the latter course of
action, but does he need to?
Again, the answer is no.
While every Republican
under the sun cried foul at
Obama for overstepping his
constitutional bounds, they all
seemed to conveniently forget
that this was occurring as a
result of their own inaction.
Laxalts move to join the
lawsuit does little in the way
of achieving tangible reform,
and is completely unnecessary
considering that half of the
states in the nation joined the

lawsuit before Nevada.
As attorney general, Adam
Laxalt is allowed to pursue
whatever cases he sees fit
and is constitutionally bound
to pursue the interests of
the state. As such, it seems a
dubious decision of him to
join the lawsuit when Nevada
Gov. Brian Sandoval, who also
agrees that Obama overreached, disagrees with the suit
and favors legislative action.
On top of that, it seems that
the outspoken conservative
Laxalt has forgotten that he
lives in and represents the legal
interests a purple state, not a
red one.
In fact, all that this lawsuit
will end up doing is proving
the presidents point: that the
Republicans would rather
play politics than actually

legislate. The GOP is obviously
not a fan of this deportation
deferral and would rather see
a stronger border, but it seems
as though they have forgotten
which party actually controls
the supreme law-making body
in America. If they want a
stronger border and dont want
amnesty, the power to make it
so is at their fingertips.
Thus, regardless of whether
president Obamas action
on immigration was right or
wrong, this lawsuit ignores
why Obama took action in the
first place: Congress, and by
extension Republicans who
control it, will not take action.
Petty lawsuits and meaningless political theater will not fix
Americas immigration woes.
Laxalt and his cadre of Obama-
haters will not save America

with a wave of the litigation
wand, not this time. A real solution is in order, not this snake
oil remedy that will do nothing
but delay progress.
No matter your opinion on
the immigration debate, Adam
Laxalt has failed to represent
the state of Nevada. Write
in to Gov. Sandoval, to Sen.
Reid and Sen. Heller and to
your representative and stand
in support of tangible legal
change; change initiated not by
the president or by state AGs,
but by the legislators whose
constitutional duty is to make
the laws that govern the land.
The Sagebrush editorial staff
can be reached at cboline@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
Find a new solution to parking

passes for univesity students
ts just one of those days.

Everyone has had a day
like that, and if you say
you havent youre probably one of the many horrible
people who also claim they
arent
hungry on
a first date
or that
they arent
driving a
lifted truck
to compensate
for a lack
Ali
thereof.
Schultz
Anyway,
you tell
yourself your day cant get any
worse, but, sweetheart, you
are wrong. While you were
taking your chemistry exam
that you totally bombed, the
parking enforcers rode in on
their golf cart chariots straight
from hell and smacked one of
those makeshift tickets right
on your dashboard.
There is really nothing that
rustles my jimmies more than
paying thousands of dollars
a year to attend a university
that requires me to pay a fee
to park on campus grounds.
If you ask me, the whole thing
is absolutely absurd. I am
already going to be a sweatshop slave to my student loan
debt when I graduate, why
should I have to pay a penny
more than what is required to
get my education?
Maybe I feel so strongly
about this subject matter
because I am a recently
unemployed college student
that cant afford to buy
groceries from Winco or pay
my electric bill, let alone pay
for the 70 parking tickets that
I have somehow seemed to
acquire.
What happened to good old
first come first serve? Survival
of the fittest. I want to see
some raw Darwinism going
down in Blue Lot, if you catch
my drift.
It is a shame that students
have to pay to park in East
Jesus Nowhere, also known as
The North Lot just to wait 15
extra minutes to hitch a ride
to the Orvis Building. Hey,
who knows, maybe if we keep
our fingers crossed we might
even be on time for our 8 a.m.
class.
Currently, the only available
pass for purchase costs $200.
I dont even know what $200
looks like. But what I do
know is that I have $120 in
outstanding balances and
when adding that money to
the cost of buying a parking
pass that amounts to almost a
full months rent or a presale
Coachella pass. This really
seems like a no-brainer to me.
Couldnt parking services
throw us a freaking bone here?
Even our southern rivals have
a better policy in place than
we do. At UNLV students are
only required to pay $125 to
park for a full year. That is so
much more reasonable than
having to pay $200 for one
semester of parking.
Although UNLVs policy is
Photo Illustration by Breanna Denney /Nevada Sagebrush
definitely better than ours,

neither policy is right. If Ali
Schultz was deemed Queen of
the Lots, she would grant free
parking to all of her common
Wolf Packers. But instead, we
have little parking henchman
running around with their
ticket-happy mentality,
robbing malnourished college
students who have been living
off of Rolling Rock and Top
Ramen for the last six months.
The struggle is too real
these days, my friends.
Students have enough

expenses to worry about. We
need to pay our electric bill
and still need to have rollover
money for Imperials Wing
Wednesday. The thousands
of dollars we put towards
tuition should be enough to
reserve us a place in North
Lot without having to pay a
separate parking fee.
In a world where the
University of Nevada, Reno
beats UNLV in every sport
and the Wolf Den never cards
again, UNR parking services

will cease the mandate to
charge for parking and
dismiss the pending charges
for students with outstanding
ticket balances so the fair
Wolf Pack lords and ladies can
live happily ever after with
some extra cash to spare.
Ali Schultz studies political
science. She can be reached
at dcoffey@sagebrush.
unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
OPINION A7
Sexual assault does not justify guns on campus
f these young, hot little girls

on campus have a firearm, I
wonder how many men will
want to assault them. The
sexual assaults that are occurring
would go down once these sexual
predators get
a bullet
in their
head.
Assemblywoman
Michele
Fiore.
Walanya
Im
Vongsvirates a huge
proponent of speaking your mind on
important issues, but outlandish
comments like this make me sick
to my stomach.
Rape, sexual assault, and gun
rights are important issues in
todays society, but they dont all
belong in the same conversation.
It is disgusting that Assemblywoman Michele Fiore is trying
to use rape and sexual assault as
the platform to pass the campus
carry bill. These are two critical
issues that we face but in no way
should promoting violence and
even murder be the solution to
sexual crimes.
WHAT IS THIS BILL

REALLY TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH?
Just for a second, lets try and

believe that Fiore is pushing
this campus carry bill to protect
people from rape and sexual
assault.
Heres why it wont work:
The campus carry bill would
only allow people with permits
to keep their legal weapons
inside locked vehicles. Under the
circumstance of an attack, one
would have to race to their car
to attain said weapon and use it
against the perpetrator.

Reason number two this bill
does not help in such cases:
According to the results of the
University of Nevada, Renos
Sexual Conduct and Campus
Safety Survey, almost 80 percent
of unwanted sexual conduct
occurs off campus.
Those that do occur on campus
consist of 10 percent occurring
within residential halls, 7 percent
within sorority or fraternity
houses, and only 5 percent on
other on-campus locations.
Included in that 5 percent would
be parking lots.
In the instance that the campus
carry bill is passed, it would
only have the potential to help 5
percent of the unwanted sexual
conduct because the concealed
weapons would only be accessible to those in a parking area.
However, more likely than not,
people are not popping up from
behind bushes or cars to commit
rape or sexual assault.
Realistically speaking it is more
likely that rape and sexual assault
happen with someone that
the victim knows in a different
environment. Eighty percent of
the anonymous survey participants at the University of Nevada,
Reno who claim to have been
sexually assaulted also reported
knowing the perpetrator.
Im unsure of where Fiore is
getting her facts, but I dont think
that shes accurately serving
the student population in this
matter. There is only a very small
percentage of people who have
requested a concealed weapons
permit on campus.
According to Jane Tors, the
communications director for
the university, there have only
been 11 requests for a concealed
weapons permit from 2013-2015.
Only five of these instances were
approved by the Nevada System
of Higher Education.
If there isnt a huge influx
of requests for these permits,
who is this bill really serving? It
doesnt seem that there is a major
need for concealed weapons to
be allowed on campus so why
change what isnt necessary?
YOUNG, HOT LITTLE

GIRLS ON CAMPUS
Besides completely objectifying

college women, Fiore makes the
mistake of leaving out 48 percent
of the student population in this
argument.
What about the men?
Is she claiming that women are
the only ones who should have
the right to carry a concealed
weapon on school property? Are
women not capable of defending
themselves through another
method? Do men not face the risk
of sexual assault and rape?
Fiore defended her statement
by saying that she is protecting
the rights to Nevadans selfdefense, but why is she going to
such extremes to do so?
If she is truly arguing for selfdefense, then she should focus on
the resources currently available
to students or on adding more
resources rather than inferring
such an extreme method of
protection is necessary.
VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE

ANSWER
Saying that sexual predators

deserve a bullet in their head is
normalizing murder.
If we want to decrease the
amount of violence that occurs
in our culture, we must not
advocate the use of weapons as
an acceptable form of protection.
Yes, rape and sexual assault are
wrong in every single way, but
it does no good to fight evil with
evil.
Rape and sexual assault are
complex issues on their own.

Adding guns to the equation just
doesnt make sense.
Education and open
discussion on the matter of
sexual assault need to be more
prevalent in our education. We
need to figure out more viable
prevention methods so innocent
people can protect themselves,
but campus carry is not the
solution.
Society tends to think of issues
in retrospect; rather than viewing sexual assault in hindsight,
we must focus on prevention
that does not further complicate
the issue.
The campus carry bill deserves
further debate but using guns
to solve the issue of rape and
sexual assault on campus does
not make sense and is inconsistent with the facts.
The campus carry bill needs to
be treated as its own issue rather
than an idiotic solution to sexual
crimes. Politicians like Fiore are
using rape and sexual assault as
a tool to push guns on campus,
and if citizens dont speak up,
she will get her way.
Whether you are for or against
the campus carry bill, be an
active and informed citizen by
looking up the facts on the issue.
Students should not stand
idly by and allow lawmakers to
manipulate issues in favor of
their political agendas.
Walanya Vongsvirates studies
journalism. She can be reached at
dcoffey@sagebrush.unr.edu and
on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
Photo: (CC) Ken Lund /Flickr.com
Above is the Nevada State Legislature Building in Carson City, Nevada

on July 1, 2006. Assemblywoman Michele Fiore plans to reintroduce a
campus carry bill similar to the one that died in the legislature last session.
CAMPUS SURVEY RESULTS

For a full detailed report on the results of the 2014 Sexual Conduct and Campus Safety Survey, visit:
http://www.unr.edu/student-services/resources-and-downloads/
campus-safety/be-heard/results
Talk the talk in

relationships
Photo illustration by Breanna Denney/Nevada Sagebrush
Take necessary steps to ethical eating
hat have you eaten

today?
If the answer is
something along
the lines of that new Jack In
The Box burger that has butter
on top,
there are
10 different
diets that
would each
have 10
different
reasons
why your
choice was
Jordan
less than
Russell
praiseworthy.
Perhaps the most vocal group
that would oppose such a
dietary choice are proponents of
vegetarianism and veganism.
While this group claims
various benefits of eschewing
animal products, ranging from
personal health to a smaller
carbon footprint, the most
common argument is that going
veg will make you an ethical
eater.
PETA is known for its graphic
depictions of the factory farm
industry, promising that one
person going vegetarian will
save 100 animals per year from
such a gruesome fate. The
tactic is meant to appeal to our
humanity while also helping us
realize hamburgers and pizza
come at the cost of animal lives.
Not supporting these industries
should, according to the argument, let us fill our plates with
fresh produce and feast with a
clean conscience.
There is one problem with this

claim: there is no such thing as
being an ethical eater.
Rejecting foods that are
produced at the expense of
animals raised and slaughtered
in horrendous conditions is an
important first step in spurning
an unethical industry. However,
exploitation and abuse also
occur in the industries that
produce fruits and vegetables.
The Central Valley of California - which begins approximately two hours southwest
of Reno - is an agricultural
powerhouse. According to a
publication by the U.S. Geological Survey, this region produces
about 25 percent of the nations
table food and 11 percent of
the total U.S. agricultural value.
While farming communities in
this region proudly proclaim to
feed the nation, they largely ignore the exploitation and abuse
of the farmworkers without
whom their crops would wither
and die. Groups such as Human
Rights Watch have documented
a myriad of injustices against
this population, from earning
less than minimum wage to
working in fear of assault and
harassment.
In 2012, HRW published a
report titled Cultivating Fear
that spotlighted female farmworkers vulnerability to sexual
assault at the hands of workplace authority figures. HRW
interviewed 52 farmworkers
both male and female, nearly all
of whom had experienced sexual
assault. The report also cites
a 2010 study by the National
Center for Farmworker Health in

which 150 female farmworkers
in the Central Valley were
interviewed, 80 percent of whom
had experienced some form of
sexual assault. Even worse, the
rates at which these women
report their assaults are less than
the national average, as their
frequently unauthorized legal
status makes them afraid that
involvement with law enforcement will lead to deportation.
Just two years before Cultivating Fear was published, HRW
released another report titled
Fields of Peril. According to the
report, hundreds of thousands
of children under age 18 are
working in agriculture in the
United States. These children,
interviewed throughout
agricultural fields in North
Carolina, Texas, Florida and
Michigan, must give up a steady
education and spend their youth
toiling alongside their parents.
Because of a loophole in the
U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act,
they are not subject to the same
standard of protection as youth
working in other industries.
The appalling process of
produce getting from the field
to our plates is happening every
day across America. As we work
part-time jobs and stress about
exams, just five hours away
individuals several years our
junior are working 12-hour days
doing hard labor and worrying
that they still arent making
enough to help their family keep
a roof over their heads.
Season after season, the 1.4
million people estimated by
HRW to work in agriculture

must carry on their work, going
without financial stability or
legal protection and enduring
abuses at the hands of bosses
who, if disobeyed, could take
away even the shred of livelihood they struggle to maintain.
Though it seems our food is
tainted with injustice wherever
we look, all is not lost. We can
still work toward becoming
ethical eaters.
Moving to a farm and growing
everything you consume is
impractical, just as buying only
locally-sourced organic food can
stress a college budget. However,
we can educate ourselves about
where food comes from and
use that information to make
informed decisions. We can
support legislation that will
provide a path to citizenship,
helping to ensure that current
farmworkers do not have to
fear legal repercussions when
reporting abuse. We can pressure our government to reform
existing legislation that allows
the semi-regulated employment
of children as young as 10.
These solutions are not easy
and they will not produce
overnight changes, but if we
truly want to walk out of a
grocery store or restaurant
with a clean conscience we
must work to be part of the
solution rather than ignore
the problem.
Jordan Russell studies political
science. She can be reached at
jrussell@sagebrush.unr.edu and
recently sat down with

some friends to discuss our
various types of relationships. One of us was
about to settle into a happy
boyfriend/girlfriend scenario;
one of us has been with the
same girl
for years;
one of
us had
just left a
friendswithbenefits
relationAnneliese ship; one
of us is
Hucal
deeply in
love with
a person she wont let herself
be with.
As our love songs spilled
forth, staining the clean white
walls of the room with our
own indiscretion, we all felt
the same hurt despite the lies
we told ourselves. All of us of
varying backgrounds, genders
and sexual orientations had
the same problems that felt
like they have been biting at
our heels for eternity. Instead
of asking for help, we sat in a
makeshift drum circle, shaking
our fists at the sky screaming
Why me? Whats wrong?
What do I do? followed by the
fearful whispers of Ill wait
until tomorrow.
Our advice to each other was
all the same, yet we refused to
practice what we preached. We
put words of encouragement
on the offering plate but refuse
to take them for ourselves.
We say things like, just talk
to him, are you happy? and
you need to tell her how you
feel, yet we forget to take our
own advice. We sing along to
cliche songs telling us that love
is a battlefield and that being
happy is a neverending war,
but arent all battles two sided?
Doesnt it take two people
to create and fuel a problem?
If we want our relationships
to work, to grow, to flourish,
shouldnt we consult the
person opposite us in this
relationship, rather than
people on the outside who
cannot actually fix things?
We let our own hangups
about the potential death of a
relationship or situation cloud
out the actual good that still
lives there, thereby suffocating
what is beginning to grow
before it even blooms.
It is sad that we fight our
instincts to seek answers, hurting ourselves in the process.
Even as I type this, I glance at

my phone wondering why that
special guy keeps sending me
Snapchats and what sort of
cosmic sign it must be that I
got his text just as I was about
to call him last night.
Whenever I get like this, I
have to press the reset button.
For some stupid reason weve
been conditioned to feel
clingy and desperate and
weird for the mere fact that
we would like to know where
our relationship, romantic or
sexual, stands with another
human being.
I know deep down that the
only way to fix my problem is
to fight it with words. Instead
of pretending its not there or
asking my friends for help, I
need to face my fears head
on and ask, what the hell are
we?!
I must be the one to take
action, because there is a good
chance that he wont. After all,
you miss 100 percent of the
shots that you dont take. It
doesnt mean anything about
what he feels about me, but I
must recognize that he could
be just as scared as I am.
You must take action.
Whatever your problem
may be, waiting for a sign is
something that only works in
movies. When you sit and wait
for things to happen, nothing
ever does. We are not here to
wonder why, we are here to live
our life, and often that requires
taking control.
We all know that the old
be patient and youll find happiness! schtick sounds good,
but it never seems to work, and
yet we say it all the damn time.
We all have different battles to
face in our relationships, and
often the one solution is to talk
about it.
Talking is your first shot at
happiness, no matter how
sloppy it may feel. Your words
dont have to be perfect, but
they must be said. When holding your hand on the barrel of
a gun, there is no waiting for
gale force winds to pull the
trigger on your behalf. You pick
up the gun. You take a breath.
You shoot.
And what if you miss? What if
it all changes and you have to
start over?
Well, then you shoot again.
Anneliese Hucal studies prelaw
and public relations. She can
be reached at dcoffey@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@TheSagebrush.
Court Report
A8 SPORTS
AP TOP 25
*As of Monday
1. Kentucky (65)
27-0
2. Virginia
25-1
3. Gonzaga
28-1
4. Duke
24-3
5. Wisconisn
25-2
6. Villanova
25-2
7. Arizona
24-3
8. Kansas
22-5
9. Notre Dame
24-4
10. Northern Iowa
26-2
11. Wichita State
25-3
12. Iowa State
20-6
13. Utah State
21-5
14. Maryland
22-5
15. North Carolina
19-8
16. Oklahoma
19-8
17. Louisville
21-6
18. Arkansas
22-5
19. Baylor
20-7
20. West Virginia
21-6
21. SMU
22-5
22. VCU
21-6
23. Butler
19-8
24. San Diego State 22-6
25. Providence
19-8
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so youre tellin me
theres
a
chance?
Nevada hosts San Jose State in
battle of MWC lightweights
Date
Opponent
PROBABLE STARTERS
SAN JOSE STATE
10, center, Ivo Basor
Junior, 6-foot-8, 240
pounds; 3.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg
2, forward, Jaleel Williams
Senior, 6-foot-7, 220
0, guard, Rashad Muhammad
Sophomore, 6-foot-6, 170
5, guard, Darryl Gaynor II
Freshman, 6-foot-2, 182
pounds; 9.0 ppg, 1.9 apg
20, guard, Isaac Thornton
Sophomre, 6-foot-3, 190
By Stone Harper
Nevada suffered two losses on the opposite end
of the spectrum last week. Against Wyoming, the
Wolf a Pack took a 13-point lead into halftime
only to completely collapse in the second half.
Nevada allowed the Cowboys to score 51 points
and Wyoming walked away with a 64-58 victory.
Nevada then went on the road to take on Boise
State. The Wolf Pack did not lead at any time during the
game and was taken down by the Broncos 78-46 in one
of Nevadas ugliest losses of the season.
This week, Nevada will look to snap its two-game
losing streak when it takes on two Mountain West Conference teams that are currently living in the cellar: San
Jose State and Air Force.
NEVADA
34, forward, Lucas Stivrins
3, forward, AJ West
2, guard, Tyrone Criswell
BATTLE OF THE WORST
There may not be a team in NCAA Division I basketball

worse than San Jose State. The Spartans are currently
2-24 and have not registered a single win against a Division I team. The Spartans are currently in the midst of
a 16-game losing streak, which includes a 60-57 loss to
Nevada two weeks ago.
Despite the teams overwhelming shortcomings, the
Spartans have some talented players. San Jose State is
led by lengthy guard Rashad Muhammad. Muhammad is averaging a team high 13.8 points per game
and, at 6-foot-6, is difficult to guard.
In order to contain Muhammad, Wolf Pack guards
D.J. Fenner, who stands at 6-foot-6, and Marqueze
Coleman, who stands at 6-foot-4, will have to be on
their A-game on defense.
23, guard, Michael Perez

Senior, 6-foot-3, 195
21, guard, Eric Cooper Jr.
Freshman, 6-foot-3, 180
NEVADA TAKES ON SURGING AIR

FORCE
WEEKLY GLANCE
At the start of season Air Force was below the Wolf

Pack in the conference standings and was considered the second worst team in the MWC. However,
things have been promising for the Falcons over the
last five weeks. After falling to 1-7 in conference play,
Air Force turned it all around and has won four of its
last seven games including an impressive 23-point
win over Wyoming.
The leader of the surge is senior Marek Olesinski.
During this campaign Olesinski is averaging 10 points
per game, which is second on the squad. He is also averaging 4.8 rebounds per game, which is also second
on the team.
Olesinski has especially played well during conference play. In the 15 games Air Force has played this
season, Olesinski is averaging a team-high 11.7 points
per game while also averaging five rebounds per
game, which is second on the team.
What makes Olesinski such a good player is how
well he can shoot for his size. Despite being 6-foot9, Olesinski is shooting 51 percent from the field
and a staggering 43 percent from the three-point
range.
In order to stop the big man with the smooth
stroke, Nevadas AJ West will have to step away from
the paint and use his superior defensive skills to limit
Olesinskis impact on the perimeter.
Battle of the bottom

feeders
After starting to gain some

momentum by winning two
of its last four, Nevada has
now lost two straight and
starts a new losing streak.
The Wolf Pack is led by head
coach David Carter. Since
taking over for the Wolf Pack
in 2009, Carter has a record
of 97-93. San Jose State head
coach Dave Wojcik has had
a rough start to his head
coaching career. As the man
in charge for the Spartans
Wojcik has compiled a record
of 9-48 while finishing last in
the conference both years.
Wojcik has been an assistant
coach on 10 different teams,
most recently Boise State.
Wojcik also played college
basketball at Loyola (MD).
THIS WEEKS GAME

Nevada vs. San Jose State
Stone Harper can be reached at sharper@sagebrush.unr.

edu and on Twitter @StoneHarperNVSB.
When: Saturday, 3 p.m.

Where: Reno, Nevada
Lawlor Events Center
(holds 11,536)
Andrea Wilkinson/ Nevada Sagebrush
Nevada forward Lucas Stivrins (34) lays up a basket during a six-point loss to Wyoming on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at Lawlor Events Center.
With Kaileb Rodriguez being in the doghouse after his suspension, Stivrins could see increased playing time this week.
Result
Nov. 15
Cal Poly
W, 65-49
Nov. 17
Adams State
W ,69-64
Nov. 21
Seton Hall
L, 68-60
Nov. 22
Clemson
L, 59-50
Nov. 24
Weber State
L, 59-56
Nov. 29
at Nebraska-Omaha
L, 78-54
Dec. 3
at Long Beach State
L, 68-57
Dec. 7
California
L, 63-56
Dec. 13
Cal State Fullerton
L, 65-55
Dec. 18
at Pacific
L, 69-65
Dec. 22
Marshall
W, 83-55
Northwest Christian W, 81-67
Dec. 28
Others receiving votes: Georgetown 58,

Michigan St 56, Murray St 42, Oklahoma St
25, Ohio State 12, Valparaiso 10, Texas A&M
8, Rhode Island 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Texas
1, Oregon 1
Radio: 94.5 FM
T.V.: NevadaWolfPack.tv
NEVADAS 2014-2015 SCHEDULE
Jan. 3
Air Force
W, 80-62
Jan. 7
at UNLV
W, 64-62
Jan. 10
Fresno State
L, 69-66
Jan. 14
at Colorado State
L, 98-42
Jan. 20
Utah State
L, 70-54
Jan. 24
at Fresno State
L, 66-62
Jan. 27
UNLV
L, 67-62
Jan. 31
at Wyoming
L, 63-55
Feb. 4
San Diego State
L, 65-63
Feb. 7
at San Jose State
W, 60-57
Feb. 10
at Utah State
L, 75-62
Feb. 14
New Mexico
W, 66-63
Feb. 17
Wyoming
L, 64-58
Feb. 21
at Boise State
L, 78-46
Feb. 25
at Air Force
6 p.m.
Feb. 28
San Jose State
3 p.m.
Mar. 4
Colorado State
7 p.m.
Mar. 7
at San Diego State
7 p.m.
MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS
Standings Conference
Overall
San Diego State
12-3
22-6
Wyoming
10-4
21-6
Boise State
10-4
20-7
Colorado State
10-5
23-5
Utah State
9-5
16-10
Fresno State
7-7
12-15
UNLV
6-8
15-12
New Meico
6-9
14-13
Air Force
5-10
12-14
Nevada
4-10
8-18
San Jose State
0-14
2-24
TALE OF THE TAPE

*All statistics through games 2/24/2015
Nevada
Category
SJSU
38.4
OFFENSE
Field goal pct.
35.7
25.7
3-point pct.
29.2
70.5
Free throw pct.
64.6
10.1
Assists
9.8
13.5
Turnovers
14.7
-5.1
Scoring margin
-16.0
61.2
Scoring
63.1
40.9
Field goal pct.
46.6
+5.4
Rebound margin
-5.1
5.3
Steals
5.1
4.4
Blocks
2.7
66.3
Scoring
69.7
DEFENSE
MISCELLANEOUS
19.5
Personal fouls
18.0
5,478
Home attendance avg.
1,542
30.7
Won-lost pct.
7.6
SAN JOSE STATE LAST FIVE GAMES

Feb. 4
at Fresno State
L, 81-63
Feb. 7
Nevada
L, 60-57
Feb. 14
at Wyoming
L, 77-60
Feb. 18
Fresno State
L, 76-54
Feb. 21
San Diego State
L, 74-56
MAKING THE CALL
OPTIMIST SAYS
PESSIMIST SAYS
DIFFERENCE MAKER
Even though Nevada has not won in over a week, it continues

to play competitive basketball. Junior AJ West is going
wreak havoc against the Spartans overwhelmed front court.
Combined with the sharp shooting of Eric Cooper Jr. and
slashing ability of Tyron Criswell, the Wolf Pack will mount
a large half-time lead and walk out of Lawlor Events Center
with its most impressive win of the season.
San Jose State may be one of the worst Division I programs

in the country. However, the Spartans still continue to play
competitively and will come into Reno with a chip on their
shoulder as they did last season when they beat Nevada. San
Jose State will come out of the gates strong and take a lead on
a Wolf Pack team that will overlook the scrappy Spartans. In
the end Nevada will still manage to get a victory but it will be
too close for comfort.
San Jose State has a bunch of problems, but guard Rashad

Muhammad is not one of them. The younger brother of
Minnesota Timberwolves Shabazz Muhammad packs the
same scoring punch as his older brother. On the season
Muhammad is leading the Spartans in scoring at 13.8 points
per game. Nevada has struggled defending high scoring
guards, most recently it allowed Boise State guard Derrick
Marks score 18 points. Muhammad can score in a variety of
ways and will be tough for the Nevada guards to defend.
OUTCOME: Nevada beats San Jose State 76-54
OUTCOME: Nevada beats San Jose State 55-51
RASHAD MUHAMMAD
SPORTS A9
MENS BASKETBALL
pack comes unglued
Nelson introduced as
new volleyball coach
32-point loss leaves team in a rut

By Stone Harper
Nevada came into its weekend with Boise State as an
underdog. Boise State had won
nine of its last 10 games and
has arguably the best player in
the Mountain West Conference
in guard Derrick Marks. The
Wolf Packs chances of victory
did not improve when it was
announced that guard Marqueze Coleman and forward
Kaileb Rodriguez would be
suspended indefinitely.
With the loss of two of its integral pieces, the Wolf Pack did
not really stand a chance and
was dominated by the Broncos
in its 78-46 loss.
I told the guys, When you
have a distraction like this,
when you have two key guys
who miss the game and you
play a makeshift lineup and
dont have time to practice,
these kind of games happen,
head coach David Carter said
to the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Especially when you go
against a team like Boise, one
of the best teams weve seen
this season.
Nevada trailed by as many as
29 points and did not have the
lead at any point in the game.
Nevadas defense was nowhere
to be found during the game
and struggled to contain the
Broncos and the high-scoring
Marks who chipped in 18
points. The Wolf Pack allowed
the Broncos to shoot 56 percent from the field in the first
half and 57 percent during the
second half.
They were hitting the open
shots and the contested shots,
D.J. Fenner said during an
interview with the RGJ. We
felt good coming out. Mike hit
a shot. It was 4-4 and I thought,
Oh, were here to play. When
they started hitting a couple of
threes and we made a couple
of mistakes, we let that get to

our head and we let their lead
multiple.
The offense did not shine
either. The Wolf Pack shot 40
percent from the field in the
first half. The second half was
even uglier as Nevada was only
able to connect on eight field
goals while shooting a horrid
32 percent from the field. The
Wolf Pack also continued to
struggle shooting the ball from
the three-point line as the Pack
only connected on one of its 12
three-pointers.
We missed a couple of easy
ones early, Carter said to the
RGJ. When youre on the road,
or even at home, it sets the
tone. Instead of being down
9-8, its 9-4 and then 12-4. We
missed three or four easy shots
around the rim and you cant
do that. Youre breaking them
down defensively but youre
not making them pay.
Fenner paced Nevada with a
team-high 13 points. However,
no other Wolf Pack player was
able to cross the double-digit
mark, including three players
who were held scoreless in the
game. The big story was how
well Boise State played junior
AJ West. Nevadas leading
scorer was held to six points,
his lowest mark during conference play.
With the loss, Nevada falls to
8-18 (4-10 MW) and are losers of
two straight. Nevada will get two
chances to end its losing streak
when it travels to San Jose State
on Wednesday. The Wolf Pack
will then head back home on
Saturday to host Air Force.
Im going to go back and
evaluate it, Carter said during an interview with the RGJ.
Im very disappointed. When
you have a year that were having, were trying to get better,
were trying to stay positive
and then this happens, as a
Stone Harper /Nevada Sagebrush
Nevada head coach Lee Nelson speaks to the audience during his
introductory press conference at Virginia Street Gym on Monday, Feb. 23.
Nelson was hired away from Miami, where he was an assistant coach.
By Stone Harper
Andrea Wilkinson /Nevada Sagebrush
Nevada forward AJ West dunks during a 64-58 loss to Wyoming on Feb. 17

at Lawlor Events Center. West finished with 18 points and 19 rebounds.
coach, its very disappointing.
In my mind, I dont know when
theyre going to come back,
to be honest with you. Weve
never had anything like this
happen during the season. Its
just very, very disappointing.

Stone Harper can be reached
at sharper@sagebrush.
unr.edu and on Twitter
@StoneHarperNVSB.
A new era in Nevada athletics

began yesterday as the new
volleyball coach Lee Nelson was
introduced to fans at the Virginia
Street Gym. Athletic Director
Doug Knuth opened up the
ceremonies by explaining the
head coaching process and what
really stuck out about Nelson.
After our interviews we
explained to the candidates that
we would make our decision
that weekend, Knuth said.
Nelson told me that he needed
12-24 hours if he was going to be
our choice, he then explained
that he wanted to go back to
Miami to talk to his players,
and that hit me in the heart and
made me realize we wanted him
as our coach, because he cared.
Nelson played collegiately at
the University of California,
Santa Barbara and his squad
made it to the NCAA Tournament championship game.
Nelson then spent time as an
assistant coach at multiple
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UCSB and his first job at Nevada
where he was also a graduate
student.
I knew this is a place I
wanted to go, Nelson said.
When I came to school here
I got to work with world class
professors and mentors who really helped me. So I knew if this
job opened it was a gem and I
wanted to jump on it.
Though Nelson has only
been on the job for a month he
is already putting his team to
work, practicing for a few hours
a week and having his team
lift four days a week. Although
winning is important, Nelson is
more focused on what his team
can control.
We want to focus on the process, said Nelson. We want to
win, thats a big part of any team
but were are going to focus on
the process.
Stone Harper can be reached at
sharper@sagebrush.unr.edu and
on Twitter @StoneHarperNVSB.
A10 SPORTS
Gold
for the many people in the

department, campus and
community who have helped
us this year.
Additionally, it should be
noted that while the MWC
Championships was the
squads most significant
overall performance, it has
been a long time coming. In
Steketees third season she has
put the Wolf Pack on the map
through consistent success
(the team finished with an 8-1
record this year and finished
in fifth place at last seasons
conference championships).
While the swimming and
diving team has established
itself as the shining star of the
Nevada athletics, the overall
athletic program has made
consistently steady progress
since its uneventful departure
from the WAC.
Indeed, the department has
made dramatic strides since its
disastrous first season in the
MWC. Nevada was named one
of the worst athletic departments in the country in 2013,
according to the Learfield
Sports Directors Cup final
standings by ranking 257th
out of 294 eligible athletic
departments. In fact, the Wolf
Pack notched more last-place
finishes in its first year in the
MWC (four) than top-three
(one). Add in the additional
blemish that Nevada has been
brushed aside in the last two
Governors series showdowns
with UNLV and it is easy to
see the small, but important
improvements this year.
The year isnt over, but with
the baseball team off to its
best start in over two decades
and the normally solid track
team about to compete at their
conference championships,
Nevada is close to capping off

its most prolific year yet.
Additionally, after thrashing
the Rebels for the second
year in swimming and diving,
Nevada locked down three
points in the Governors Series
standings. Currently, Nevada
is ahead in the competition
by a score of 10.5-4.5 and with
27 points still up for grabs
(eight different sports and the
academic component), the
Pack has put itself in place to
make 2014-2015 its best year
yet.
While it is bitter that the
most high-profile sports
struggled in the limelight this
season (football and basketball) it is encouraging that the
little Wolf Pack engine that
could is doing some consistent
damage in the Mountain West.
Chris Boline can be reached
at cboline@sagebrush.unr.edu
and on Twitter @CDBoline.
Andrea Wilkinson/Nevada Sagebrush
Nevada pitcher Jordan Pearce (14) delivers a pitch against Fresno State on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Peccole Park. The
Wolf Pack swept the Bulldogs during the weekend series while improving its record to 7-0.
History
Photo courtesy of Jane Albright
The Wolf Pack basketball team donates gifts during the holiday season last December 2014. Head coach Jane
Albright has been a significant influence on the teams community service efforts.
Albright
To me, I think thats the best

part of having her as a head
coach is the type of person she is.
Shes one of the most caring and
loving people I know. She cares
about everyone. She might not
even know them and shell care
about them. Shes done so much
for me outside of basketball and
its really helped me grow. I think
thats something shes good at
doing. Its not just about basketball or wins and losses. Shes
preparing us for life.
Along with preparing her
players for life, Albright also
cultivates a family atmosphere in
the locker room. She wants her
players to have a special bond
that connects them. She wants
them to play for each other, not
simply for wins and losses.
Ive been here for 26 years
doing broadcast, not all womens
broadcast but football, basketball and baseball, and the family
atmosphere that she puts into
this program, Ive never seen it
in all the time that Ive been here
at the University of Nevada, said
ESPN play-by-play commentator Don Marchand. She really
makes it not only about basketball but making sure everyone
has everyones back and make it
a family atmosphere here.
I think thats really why I
came to Nevada for the family atmosphere, said senior post
player Aja Johnson. I think its
really important because when
you come to college and youre
an athlete your head coach in
my opinion is, kind of like your

second parent. Its the first time
youre going away from home.
Theyre kind of the people that
oversee you.
Jane is that supportive parent.
Shes there for you. She gives you
her space. She cares about us so
much and will just go above and
beyond for us. Were all really
lucky to have her as a coach.
Williams feels especially lucky
to have had Albright as a coach.
Williams played for Albright in
the early 1990s at the University
of Wisconsin. Albright replaced
another coach midseason, a time
when basketball was starting to
feel like a job for Williams. Albright rejuvenated Williams and
reconnected her with the game.
When Jane came in, I began
to love the game more, Williams
said. I regained the passion that
I had before and Jane is really
ultimately the reason why Im
coaching today. If it wasnt for
her, I would have been so far removed from basketball. It would
be a distant memory. Because of
her, Im in the game. Im teaching those same principles. Im
passing it down because she
believed in me enough to give
me that chance. She is a coach of
chances.
Albrights
accolades
and
accomplishments are lengthy.
In her 31 seasons, Albright has
led her teams to nine NCAA
Tournament appearances. She
has won the 2014 Carol Eckman
Award, which is presented by
the Womens Basketball Coaches
Associate to a WBCA member
coach who exemplifies Eckmans
spirit, integrity and character
through sportsmanship, commitment to the student-athlete,

honesty, ethical behavior, courage and dedication to person.
She also was awarded the
2008-2009 Kay Yow Heart of a
Coach Award, an award present annually by the Fellowship
of Christian Athletes to honor a
basketball coach who has exemplified biblical principles over
the course of his or her career.
However, Albright is more
than her list of impressive accomplishments. According to
her players, she isnt cut from the
same cloth as her fellow head
coaches at Nevada. Instead,
shes cut from cloth of the John
Wooden, Kay Yow, Carol Eckman
and Pat Summit types.
Johnson has only felt love
and compassion radiate from
Albright. The sun is starting to
set on her final season with the
legendary head coach. She takes
a minute to reflect on her four
years with Albright.
Shes just an amazing coach,
an amazing friend, Johnson
said. Shes a mother. She does
whatever she needs to do for
whatever you need. Shes perfect
because if you need her, shell
be there, but she never really
gets too involved so she has that
perfect balance. You wont find a
coach, personally in my opinion,
at Nevada that loves this program
and their players more. Shes just
an absolute joy. I wouldnt have
asked for a better coach for the
past four years.
Nicole Skow can be reached at
euribe@sagebrush.unr.edu and
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every pitch that game, but it

won the last one. Byler won the
game on the final pitch from
Fresno States closer Jake Shull.
The Bulldogs had pitched
around Byler all game. He had
only one official at-bat at that
point with three walks and a hit
by pitch. Then, the first good
pitch Byler saw all game was
hit 381 feet over the left-center
field wall. Granted, the ball got
a little help from the wind as it
left the park, but it was a clutch
homerun by a clutch performer
nonetheless.
Thats a Barry Bonds type
night, Johnson said. He literally got one good pitch to hit all
night and he hit it out and
thats why hes a special hitter.
Byler was giddy after the
homerun. The Nationals and
a six-figure paycheck werent
even an afterthought.
Game two got choppy with
six players being hit by pitches.
In the bottom of the seventh,
after a pitch hit Byler yet again,
home plate umpire Ryan
West issued a warning to both
benches.
It kind of looked like they
were targeting us, so we just
told ourselves: stay within ourselves, play our baseball, and
do what we do, said Nevada

catcher Jordan Devencenzi.
Coach Johnson was quick to
react to the warnings. He called
time out, and gathered his team
in the dugout.
[I told them to] keep [their]
poise and composure, Johnson said, We need each guy,
and we didnt need anything to
escalate.
While the drama went on between the dugouts, Nevada was
dominating on the scoreboard,
winning the game 12-7.
For the second game in a row,
Byler walked three times and
was hit by a pitch. Junior Bryce
Greager led Nevada offensively
going 2-of-4 with four RBI.
Sunday was a miserably cold
day at the ballpark. Fresno State
had a 3-0 lead early, but Nevada
chipped away until tying it with
solo home run from Greager in
the sixth.
Both teams executed well this
game with pitching, sacrifice
bunts and situational hitting.
The Bulldogs regained the lead
in the seventh via back-to-back
sacrifice flies. The bottom half
of the inning began with a
double from outfielder Cal Stevenson. He moved to third with
a sacrifice bunt by shortstop
Kyle Hunt, and then scored on
an RBI groundout by outfielder
Kewby Meyer.
In the eighth, the Wolf Pack
scored three runs. Greager,

Stevenson and Hunt had RBI
base-hits. With a 7-4 lead in the
ninth, Johnson gave the ball to
the side-arm closer Adam Whitt
who completed the sweep.
Nevadas 7-0 (3-0 MW) record
is the best in the MWC. The
conference has been successful so far this season with the
seven teams combining for a
record of 26-13 against nonconference opponents after
this weekend.
This weekends series is just
a taste of whats to come for
Nevadas conference play this
season.
That was a war, and I dont
anticipate anything different
in any of the next 9 conference
weekends that we have, Johnson said.
The Wolf Pack will be in Palo
Alto, California on Tuesday to
play Stanford. The Cardinals are
just 3-4 this season, but theyve
played Indiana, California and
Cal State Fullerton three
teams that have all been in the
College World Series once in
the past six years.
Its always a challenge, but
I like my guys, and I feel good
about theyre maturity, Johnson said. Theyll be ready.
Ryan Suppe can be reached at
euribe@sagebrush.unr.edu and
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THE SKINNY: Nevada softball

travels to Mexico on Thursday
against BYU for the TCC Jewel
Classic. Nevada has a 3-12
record on the season. The Wolf
Pack are currently being paced
by senior Karley Hopkins who
is leading the team in batting
average at .377. Nevada has
been provided with the power
by Jasmine Jenkins who is tied
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with two and is first on the
team in RBIs with 11.
Cody
Fajardo
WOMENS GOLF
Juli Inkster Spartan Invite,
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Quarterback
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack

continues its tournament in
San Jose State this week as it
participates in the Juli Inkster
Spartan invitational. The
tournament includes San Jose
State, Boise State, Mercer,
Santa Clara, Fresno State,
California State University
Fullerton, Portland State,
Colorado State and BYU. The
Wolf Pack has had success this
season, including three top
10 finishes. Nevada is paced
by freshman Celyn Khoo and
junior Carly Simpson who have
both finished in the top 10 in
events this year.
AUSTIN BYLER
BASEBALL
The most hyped returning player
for the Wolf Pack baseball team
did not disappoint during Nevadas first homestand this week.
Byler knocked in a combined
three RBIs during the three game
series, but none of his hits were
bigger than his walk-off home run
to clinch the series first game. It
should also be noted that the senior was walked a series-high six
times and helped to put the Pack
in scoring position on numerous
occasions.
RUNT OF THE LITTER

COLEMAN & RODRIGUEZ
MENS BASKETBALL
After a successful week that saw
Marqueze Coleman score 24
points in an overtime win over
New Mexico, the junior took a significant step back this last weekend. Coleman was suspended
indefinitely by head coach David
Carter for a violation of team rules.
Joining Coleman on the suspension was sophomore forward
Kaileb Rodriguez. Details have not
been released for what the violations were or when the players will
be reinstated.
DONTAY MOCH, 2011
No Nevada player had a better

NFL Combine performance than
Bitonio. The offensive lineman
Moch came into the 2011 NFL
which blew away the defensive lineman and was

the 15th fastest in all positions.
vertical jump 32.5 inch

broad jump 118.0 inch
Mountain West Indoor

Championships, Thursday,
Feb. 26, all day
THE SKINNY: Led by a
LEADER OF THE PACK
223 LBS
40-yard dash 4.63 SEC
WOMENS TRACK
balanced group of sprinters,

distance runners and event
specialists, Nevada has primed
itself to make a run among
the top three of the Mountain
West. There have been
numerous records broken or
tied during the indoor season
from junior Alison Powers tying
the pole vault record with a
mark of 129.5 to junior EmKay
Myers smashing the school
5,000m record. The Pack will
have its hands full dealing
with MWC powerhouses New
Mexico and San Diego State.
6'1"
JOEL BITONIO, 2014
CODY FAJARDO, 2015
and tied for third in the 40-yard dash.
3-cone drill 6.95 sec

20-yard shuttle 4.10 sec
Infographic by Nicole Kowalewski/Nevada Sagebrush
COLIN KAEPERNICK, 2011
DUKE WILLIAMS, 2013
Where are all the Pack players?
here are a lot of numbers to

take away from Cody Fajardos
weekend at the NFL Scouting
Combine.
The big one is 4.63 Fajardos
40-yard dash time. The mark tied for
third best among
quarterbacks,
behind only
Oregons Marcus
Mariota and
Alabamas
Blake Sims. By
comparison,
Fajardos 40-yard
time was short of
Eric
Colin KaeperUribe
nicks 4.53 mark
back in 2011.
Then theres 4.10, Fajardos time for
the 20-yard shuttle, which was the
second-fastest among quarterbacks.
Only UCLAs Brett Hundley, who
trained alongside Fajardo for the
combine in Southern California,
clocked a better time than Fajardo.
Here are a few more numbers: 6.95
in three-cone drill (fourth best), 32.5
inches in vertical jump (sixth best)
and 118 inches in broad jump (fifth
best). No quarterback participated
in the 60-yard shuttle or bench press
(well never know how many times
Fajardo can bench 225 pounds, sigh).
However, the number that really
stands out is one. That figure represents the number of Wolf Pack players
that received a coveted invite to
Indianapolis, Indiana for the combine,
which is the mecca of pre-NFL Draft

events.
Ex-Nevada players with NFL
potential such as defensive end Brock
Hekking, cornerback Charles Garrett
and offensive lineman Kyle Roberts
were snubbed out of the combine,
justifiably or not. The likelihood
of lasting in the NFL, much less
being drafted, is almost shot without
appearing at the combine in front of
hundreds of NFL personnel across all
32 teams.
The number of Wolf Pack players
represented at the combine has
dwindled since 2011 when four players (Kaepernick, Virgil Green, Dontay
Moch and Vai Taua) were invited.
In 2012, the number of Nevada
invites peaked at five players (Rishard
Matthews, Mike Ball, James-Michael
Johnson, Brandon Marshall and Brett
Roy).
Since then, invitations for Nevada
alums have been on a sharp decline
with four in 2013 (Duke Williams,
Khalid Wooten, Stefphon Jefferson
and Chris Barker) and one last year
(Joel Bitonio).
The scariest part? The Wolf Packs
streak of sending players to the
combine might be over next season.
The only player who has a chance
right now seems like defensive end Ian
Seau, but hes far from a shoe-in.
Heck, scanning down Nevadas
entire roster, few names scream NFL
potential, sans wide receiver Hasaan
Henderson.
APPLE GAME DAY
It may sound silly to say, but for

mid-majors, theres a direct correlation with yearly success and how
many of their players reach the NFL.
During that three-year golden
stretch of 2011 to 2013, few mid-major
programs were as well represented at
the NFL Combine as the Wolf Pack.
So what happened?
The only explanation I can muster
is coaching. Look, Nevada isnt a
school four- and five-star high school
prospects are going to flock to anytime
soon. Thats not to say those prospects
can play football better, but they have
more size and athleticism needed to
make it in the NFL.
With the Wolf Pack, developing
talent is everything. Ex-head coach
Chris Ault proved he could coach up
raw talents and turn them into gems.
Its too early to say if Brian Polian
can or cant do the same, but early
indications arent looking too good.
When Ault retired, how much
did established players like Fajardo, Hekking, Lenny Jones or Richy
Turner improve? Marginally, and their
improvements can be linked to their
natural maturation.
Can Polian maximize the talent level
of his team? Keep in mind the number
of Nevada players at the combine
in the next few years to answer that
question.
Eric Uribe can be reached at euribe@
sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter
@Uribe_Eric.
File photo
Former Nevada quarterback Cody Fajardo (17) runs

during a 2012 game at Mackay Stadium. Fajardos
running was on full effect at the NFL Scouting
Combine, where he ran a 4.63 40-yard dash.
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MORE
THAN A
GAME
Albrights success
stretches past court
By Nicole Skow
Photo courtesy of Nevada Athletics/John Byrnes
Nevada head coach Jane Albright barks orders to her team during the
Mountain West Championship on Mar. 14, 2014 in Las Vegas. Albright is six
wins shy of 500 in her career.
You might have seen the

Nevada womens basketball
program walking around with
a shirt that says STUPH. You
might have tilted your head
and wonder why that might
be plastered across a shirt.
At this point youre probably
wondering what it means.
STUPH translates to servanthood, teamwork, unity,
passion and humility. These
are five core principles that
Nevada womens basketball
head coach Jane Albright aims
to instill in her players. Wins
and losses are nice, but she
is more concerned with her
players growing as people.
There is a lot of character
behind the way she coaches
where it may not reflect in
wins and losses, said Nevada
associate head coach Camille
Williams. I dont think thats
the biggest concern for her.
Her concern for her is that we
are teaching the right principles in life, that were teaching good values. Our model,
servant hood, thankfulness,
unity, passion and humility,
none of those have anything

to do with Ws and Ls. In the
people that weve coached for
four years you can see a lot of
that in them.
Albright has essentially
been training the women that
come through her program to
be better people especially
during a crucial time of selfdiscovery in college. Some
people may be lucky enough
to have a mentor to lead them
in the right direction while
others end up finding themselves on their own. Albright
has been a mentor on and off
of the court to the hundreds
of women that have played
under her.
Nevada point guard Terilyn
Moe views Albright as a role
model. Albright has been
there for Moe tremendously
through Moes two ACL tears.
One day Moe was talking to
Albright about how she writes
letters to her friend in jail on
a weekly basis. Albright took
it upon herself to write Moes
friend a letter and now writes
to her weekly as well.
Photo courtesy of Jane Albright
Wolf Pack head coach Jane Albright speaks to students at Clayton Middle
See ALBRIGHT Page A10 School during an assembly on Oct. 24, 2014. Albright spoke to the students
about the importance of pursuing higher education.
Nevada blasts to best

start in program history
By Ryan Suppe
Last weekend, Nevada swept
conference rival Fresno State
in a three-game series at Peccole Park. The series featured
a couple of superstars, great
coaching and big crowds.
Fresno State and Nevada
are quite familiar with each
other. Theyve played over 150
times. Both schools switched
conferences together, moving from the Western Athletic
Conference to the Mountain
West Conference in 2012. No
love was lost in the transition.
By Sunday afternoon 47 runs
were scored, 12 players were
hit by pitches and Nevada was
7-0, marking its best start in
program history.
However, the Wolf Pack
doesnt think about records or
history. It doesnt even think
about recent history, as in last
weekend or last game. Nevadas
mentality is to take every game,
every inning, one pitch at a
time. Thats exactly what it did
this weekend, and the Pack
swept Fresno State in the first
MWC matchup of the season.
Fresno State came into the
weekend with a 3-1 record.
They took three wins from UC
Irvine in its opening series, and
then dropped one to Cal Poly.
Nevada was 4-0 for the first
time since 1995 after sweeping
Abilene Christian in a threegame series and beating No. 5
Texas Tech in Lubbock.
This weekend was exciting.
Its as simple as that. The fans
showed up (attendance was
over 1,400 for the first two
games) and the players showed
up, and it made for a great
atmosphere.
The Wolf Pack won its home
opener at Peccole Park with a
walk-off home run from Austin
Byler 9-8 in front of 1,451 fans.
Some notables in attendance
were university President Marc
Johnson, Nevada football head
coach Brian Polian, and quite
a few Major League Baseball
scouts.
The Wolf Pack dug itself into
Blake Miller /Nevada Sagebrush
Junior Erin Fuss competes in the 200-meter butterfly against San Jose State on Saturday Jan. 24 at the Lombardi
pool. Nevadas third-place finish was tied for the departments best since moving to the Mountain West Conference.
The gold standard of Pack athletics
I
Andrea Wilkinson /Nevada Sagebrush
Nevada pitcher Sam Held pitches against Fresno State on Saturday, Feb.
21 at Peccole Park. Held picked up the decision in the 13-7 win.
an early hole, trailing 7-2 after
five innings.
We knew it was a matter of
time before we were going to
start hitting the ball, and the
balls were going to start drop-
ping, outfielder Trent Brooks

said. Win each pitch, thats
our goal right now.
The Wolf Pack didnt win
See HISTORY Page A10
n the three years since Nevada joined the Mountain

West, success has not been
a frequent visitor to The
Biggest Little City.
Nonetheless, the Packs track
record
in MWC
Championships
received a
huge boost
this last
weekend
when the
womens
Chris
swimming
Boline
and diving
team
crushed the competition en
route to a third-place finish.
While Nevada did not win the
overall team title, the Wolf Pack
was the talk of the championships by taking in four out of
the five conference end of the
year awards and had seven

members of its squad take
home gold medals. Of course,
any coach or player would tell
you that this championship
performance is not the end
goal for Nevadas MWC aspirations, but it is unquestionably
the best performance by any
Wolf Pack squad thus far in a
conference title tilt.
The result has arguably
established head coach Abby
Steketee and the rest of her
team as the reigning queens of
Wolf Pack athletics. The finish
also placed the athletic department in a position to have its
most successful overall year in
its brief tenure in the MWC.
This last weekends postconference awards haul was
the most significant since
Nevada was in the Western
Athletic Conference. Steketee
was named Coach of the
Year, fellow coach Jian Li You

notched her third straight
Diving Coach of the Year
honor and juniors Yawen Li
and Krysta Palmer were named
Swimmer and Diver of the Year,
respectively. With the victory,
the Pack aligned itself in the
upper echelon of the Mountain
West by outpacing fourth-place
Wyoming by 134 points.
Steketee spoke about how the
teams full commitment to the
pool, the classroom and each
other were the key ingredients
in the squads success.
The awards we won tonight
are a reflection of smart work,
hard work and of never, ever
giving up, Steketee said in a
press release following the meet.
Im so proud of how our team
fought in race after race, day
after day, and I am so grateful
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