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Germany forced to restrict borders as migrants and refugees continue to pour into Europe

The German government cut rail travel with Austria on Sunday, just a day before European leaders were set to meet in Brussels to discuss a plan for Europe’s acceptance of migrants.

The border closure has prompted worries that Europe may be un-equipped to handle the crisis if Germany, Europe’s richest and most populous country, cannot stem the tide of migrants. Countries in eastern Europe, notably Macedonia and reactionary Hungary, have long complained about the influx of migrants and the European Union’s welcoming stance on the crisis.

In the face of all this, Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maz-iere called the closure “a signal to Europe” that more needs to be done, according to The New York Times.

“Introducing temporary border controls will not solve the whole problem,” de Maziere said.

Even so, de Maziere’s statements and the political will of Chancellor Angela Merkel may do little to stem fears that Europe can handle the small fraction of migrants that have made it there.

A majority of the Syrians dis-placed by the civil war, some six million people according to the United Nations High Commis-sioner for Refugees, are “internally displaced” and have been removed from their homes while remaining inside Syrian borders. Another three million have fled to Syria’s nearest neighbors — Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Only 350,000, mostly those Syrians with the necessary funds, have made the trek to Europe.

On Monday, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia and the Netherlands fol-lowed Germany’s lead with renewed border restrictions.

Ferguson commission releases long-awaited report

The Ferguson Commission, which was appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown, released a 200-page report detailing the underlying problems that caused the 2014 riots in Ferguson.

What the commission found was a deeply divided city of St. Louis.

“We have not moved beyond race,” the report read. “St. Louis does not have a proud history on this topic, and we are still suffering the consequences of decisions made by our predecessors.”

The commission proposed a number of policy changes, most notably requiring the Missouri attorney general to be special pros-ecutor in police-involved shootings. This and several other reforms have incensed critics, who largely believe the recommendations will be mean-ingless in the conservative Missouri.

Smoke blankets Reno as flames continue to rage in California

Reno woke up to a red sun this morning as the air quality index was lowered to “moderate” due to smoke from the Valley and Butte Fires, ac-cording to the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Those fires, which have displaced 23,000 people in California as of Monday, have burned down more than 270,000 acres and burned down some 1,000 homes.

The Valley Fire, which is the fastest of the three fires tearing through northern California, was only 5 percent contained as of Monday morning, according to Cal Fire.

Breanna Denney/Nevada SagebrushArgenta Hall houses students on Monday, Sept. 14. Argenta’s rooms accomodate three students – a number that is becoming more common in residence halls across campus.

By Jacob Solis

Between 2011 and 2013, the number of liquor violations on the University of Nevada, Reno, cam-pus more than doubled. In August of this year alone, 52 citations or arrests were handed out for minors in possession/consump-tion of alcohol while seven have been given out since the start of September.

At the same time, the popula-tion of undergraduate students exploded as record numbers of freshmen entered some of the largest student populations the university has ever seen.

For Associated Students of the University of Nevada Sen. Anthony Ramirez, the statistics reflect a broken drinking culture at UNR.

“I think the culture isn’t at the same level here as it is at [the University of California] Davis,” Ramirez said. “The drinking is ac-ceptable and they understand that it’s going to happen, where here, it’s not really talked about.”

To address the rise in alcohol-related incidents, Ramirez and his fellow senator from the College of Engineering Alex Crupi are in the process of authoring a bill that would increase the amount of education material available to students. The bill would establish a partnership with Student Conduct and Residential Life, Housing and Food Services in order to provide said materials.

Ramirez was inspired to write the bill after visiting several other schools that had what he described as a much more welcoming drink-ing culture.

“There are just some schools that do a better job of educating their students,” Ramirez said. “When all the senators took a trip down to Davis, just all around they have a simple bookmark that says, ‘If you drink this much in this amount of time, this is how drunk you’ll be.’”

Last year, Ramirez was at the head of an ASUN effort to create a “tipsy-taxi” service to ensure that inebriated students could make it home safely and responsibly, much like the kind that exists at schools such as UC Davis.

Though the bill did eventually make it through committee, it was stalled after university officials expressed concern over liability issues.

“If the school were to do some-thing like tipsy-taxi, it would just be a liability,” Ramirez said. “Let’s say the driver gets in an accident, the passenger can always sue the person driving and the university would get caught up in some sort of way. That’s how [Vice President for Student Services] Shannon El-lis told me how the program wasn’t such a good idea.”

Ultimately, ASUN was forced to abandon the tipsy-taxi proposal.

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Young entrepreneurs pave way toward their future By Marcus Lavergne

Forbes.com claims that although many business schools have entrepreneuer-ship courses, they are not graduating successful entrepreneurs.The University of Nevada, Reno, which has a college on campus dedicated to producing some of the finest business professionals on a state, national and international level, is a place where these types of techniques are supposed to be taught. If not at school, where, how and when do young entrepreneurs start to build success?

Juniors Matthew Starrett and Daryl Abuan say that it starts early. Their company, Sell Your Used iPhones, is an online platform dedicated to making the process of selling Apple devices much easier that they started with CEO and UNR graduate Eduardo Morales. Starret,

a double major in finance and econom-ics and vice president of SYUI, says that it takes dedication and sacrifice to be a successful entrepreneur.

“We have a lot planned,” Starrett said. “We’re not trying to do it for money; it’s for experience. We’re college students and now is the time to do this kind of thing.”

By cutting out the middleman, the young business owners have taken on the load of learning every aspect of owning a business in both the technical and finan-cial areas. When three UNR students are trying to grow their business by means like this, it is difficult to understand how Starrett and Abuan manage to do what they do while studying full-time at a tier-one university.

Marcus Lavergne/Nevada SagebrushJuniors Matt Starrett and Daryl Abuan pose for a portrait outside the doors of the Mackey Mines building on Saturday, Sept. 12. Starrett and Abuan are co-owners of Sell Your Used iPhones.

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By Marcus Lavergne

W hile students, packed tightly like sardines in a can make their

way through areas like the University of Nevada, Reno’s Joe Crowley Student Union food court, classrooms and lecture halls have managed to accommodate the larg-est student population the campus has ever seen. The news that students’ academic needs are being met despite the increase over the past few semesters has been a relief for UNR’s administration.

Data provided by the 2014 UNR Capacity Study implies that significant changes are in store. Renovations, remodel-ing and repurposement seem to be a major theme for com-ing semesters. There is one word that truly encompasses UNR’s situation — growth.

In the past two years, staff in the Office of the President have authorized 101 new faculty positions and 71 graduate assistant positions at the University of Nevada, Reno. Thompson Hall, White Pine Hall and Manzanita Hall are all up for potential repur-posement, which could create more faculty work space on campus. Within five to six years, enrollment is expected to reach 22,000.

Serge Herzog is the director for the Office of Institutional Analysis. This branch of Plan-ning, Budget and Analysis produces reports and studies on operations on campus. Herzog points out that the growth expresses a need for more faculty, more of-fice space and more faculty research labs, rather than stu-dent work space.

“The capacity report highlights the areas where UNR needs to expand its infrastructure,” Herzog said. “We actually have enough [instructional space] to ac-commodate another 7,000 students.”

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COS Sen. Colin Wilhelm resigns due to constitutional conflict

In an unexpected turn of events, Col-lege of Science Sen. Colin Wilhelm was forced to resign last Wednesday.

Wilhelm’s resignation was forced by the Associated Students of the Uni-versity of Nevada Constitution, which stipulates that any elected official be enrolled in at least seven credits. Wilhelm, who was a senior when he ran last year, is not taking any credits this year due to what he calls “time and scheduling conflicts.”

“I’d like my constituents to know where I’m coming from, and the reason behind my resignation,” said Wilhelm. “It’s circumstance. I’m very passionate about the university, and I’m passion-ate about the College of Science in general. I’ve learned and benefitted so much from my time here, and I just want everyone to know that I wish I would’ve planned things out better.”

Sen. Wilhelm’s letter of resignation can be found on ASUN’s website and his successor will be appointed in the coming weeks.

Senate creates new special committee

In the only piece of legislation to pass through the senate last Wednesday, the senate created a special committee on safety, sustainability and wellness. The new committee was created jointly by Sen. Emilia Carro and Sen. Michael Upton in an effort to improve ASUN’s ability to legislate those policy areas.

Previously, safety, sustainability and wellness were the purview of the Com-mittee on University Affairs, though in recent times the committee has been more focused on broader university issues.

Whether or not the committee will become a fully-fledged standing com-mittee remains to be seen, but both Carro and Upton were confident dur-ing deliberations.

The senate approved the committee unanimously.


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ASUN’s Campus Escort, which is the only service of its kind on campus, does not give rides to drunk students for the same kind of liability reasons.

Efforts to provide transpor-tation to drunk students have been picked up by a local nonprofit, but alcohol educa-tion on campus remains inad-equate, according to Ramirez.

Currently, the Office for Student Conduct utilizes orientation to educate in-coming freshmen on drinking responsibly. During orienta-tion, representatives from UNR Police Services speak to freshmen and their parents in a short seminar.

Other than that, a pamphlet on drinking, which can be found on the Police Services website, succinctly summa-rizes their no-nonsense stance on underage drinking.

In short bullet points, stu-dents can learn that they will

earn a criminal record with an MIPC arrest and that they can be sentenced to up to six months in jail and $1,000 in fines. While most MIPC cita-tions don’t end in jail time, based on the fact that simple MIPC citations outnumber MIPC arrests by 13-to-1, Po-lice Services minces no words in its educational material.

To supplement all this, Ramirez and Crupi are plan-ning to implement a system similar to that at UC Davis, where more general alcohol information — not just that information on the conse-quences — would be readily available to students.

“Maybe working with Student Conduct, [we] could have those [bookmarks] around campus,” Ramirez said. “Maybe we could have them in the residence halls or something like that. Anything would be a lot better than not having any of that.”


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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced a new, streamlined Free Application for Federal Student Aid on Monday during a presidential stop in Iowa for the president’s Back-to-School Bus Tour. The new form re-moves a bulk of the tax questions and would be released in October — three months before the old release date of January. However, students will have to wait until October 2016 to see any changes.

“Today, we’re lending a hand to mil-lions of high school students who want to go to college and who’ve worked hard,” Duncan said, according to NPR. “We’re announcing an easier, earlier FAFSA.”

The Obama administration predicts this will be a boon to students, espe-cially incoming freshmen who apply to college in the fall. Under the old FAFSA, students would often apply to college in the fall — long before any kind of aid information came in January.

Additionally, the old FAFSA required parental tax information from the prior year. The issue here is that many students, at least 4 million accord-ing to NPR, apply for aid before their parents file taxes. This made it impos-sible for students and parents to take advantage of an IRS tool that fills out most of the FAFSA tax information automatically.

The new form allows parents and students to use tax information from the “prior-prior” year and would al-low students to accurately fill out the FAFSA only a few months after 2015 tax returns are distributed.

Though the new FAFSA has managed to improve upon the tax portion of the form, other, non-tax-related portions will remain as-is because they would need to be changed by Congress. In its FAFSA fact sheet, the White House noted that “many of the most time-consuming questions on the FAFSA cannot be completed with IRS data because they require information that is not reported on tax returns.”

The fact sheet continues to say that students often lack the ability to answer such questions, many times because it requires information about “assets, untaxed and other unusual forms of income from multiple sources.”

In light of this, President Obama has called on Congress to remove some 30 questions that the White House has called “burdensome and unnecessar-ily complex.”

In his announcement of the new form, Duncan also noted that he expects hundreds of thousands of new students to sign up for Pell Grants, which, unlike loans, do not require students to pay the government back.

Duncan was quick to assert that the cost for this would be relatively minor, amounting to a less than 1 percent increase of the over $30 billion the government spends on Pell Grants every year.

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Although Herzog knows that many needs must be accommodated, he remains optimistic about the upswing on campus.

“Bigger universities tend to have a certain quality that is harder to get with smaller universities,” Her-zog said. “That’s simply because as the university gets bigger it increases its resources, which in turn are to the benefit of the students.”

Herzog pointed out that UNR’s national reach is also becoming bigger. He says that the university’s growth is not due to an influx of graduating northern Nevada seniors but rather newly enrolled students from places in different regions.

“We have admitted more students from Clark County than we have from the local Reno-Carson area,” Herzog said. “The students coming from out-of-state, particularly from California, their numbers are pretty much approaching the numbers that we get locally.”

Herzog believes that UNR is becoming more of a regional university and that it’s a good thing. The more national recognition the university achieves, the more attractive it becomes for students. Herzog calls it the “peer effect.”

The university’s growth has forced those working in the Office of the President to plan accordingly in order to accommodate both faculty and students on campus. By doing capacity studies like the one conducted in 2014, the Office of the President and President Marc Johnson have potentially prepared themselves for more campus development. The study says that “as of now the current capacity certainly exists to absorb the anticipated growth in student enrollment.” This means that plans had to be set in motion before now in order to counter and control the rising population numbers.

Also, faculty size is increasing, and building cre-ation and repurposing can be seen across campus. As reported in the capacity study, the student-to-faculty ratio on campus is around 22:1. President Johnson has high hopes of reducing this number to 18:1, the national median for other land-grant uni-versities. He is working alongside people like Bruce Shively, the vice president of Budget, Planning and Analysis at UNR.

Shively admits that last year, when enrollment grew over 6 percent, it took the staff by surprise. He says that the Office of the President was much more prepared for the smaller, but still significant, increase this year.

“[Growth] was larger than expected by quite a bit,” Shively said. “Since that time, we’ve tracked our

enrollment much closer and have developed some computing capabilities that allows [us] to assess the need for additional sections, so I think we were in much better shape this year to accommodate the growth.”

Shively also says that in terms of the key hours that students attend classes, classrooms are full. He says that it’s actually a good thing because it allows the university to make use of its resources throughout the day. Although students are getting into classes and receiving instruction, there is still an increasing need for faculty and faculty work space.

Shively believes that the need for new faculty could reach numbers of around 400 in the next five to six years. That number is large, and Shively made clear that meeting the need for more staff is impera-tive to accommodating students’ learning needs.

“Now the growth is larger than we expected,”

Shively said. “But we’re mindful of the experience that students have. While we have big goals, the important goal is that students have classes and can graduate in four years.”

Though population size has been increasing at a much faster rate than anticipated, Shively thinks the Office of the President staff has planned well enough to handle the steadily increasing student body.

“What we’re trying to do is manage this growth,” Shively said. “If you chat with the deans I think they’re beginning to see that ‘Yeah, hey, we’re fol-lowing through with what we said we were going to do and we’re actually doing what we can to maintain that student experience.’”

Shively ultimately sees the growth as an exciting and controllable phase of the university’s develop-ment. He claims that through the rising numbers there is positive metric growth.

“The quality of the students coming in has sub-stantially improved,” Shively said. “There’s been a heck of a lot of good here.”

Shively does want students to know that uncon-trollable growth is not something the university is interested in. With preparations in place, he hopes that growth will continue at a level that the staff can manage.

Marcus Lavergne can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @mlavergne21.

Starrett says that the team put a lot of time into developing a platform that is built for growth and sustainability. He believes that growth is the most impor-tant goal rather than profitability.

Abuan is a chemical engineering major on campus. Engineering is widely known as one of the more

strenuous majors on any college campus. A field that involves a heavy mathematics and science curriculum with the business of it all mixed in seems almost overwhelming for one who does not follow that path. Abuan says he and his partners sacrifice sleep in their effort to grow a fruitful busi-ness together while also becoming better entrepreneurs.

“Our goal is to expand our entre-preneurship skills,” Abuan said. “It

doesn’t matter what age you are; there’s still an ability to come together, maybe as friends or colleagues, and build something special.”

Abuan points out that managing his time is one of the most important skills needed to be successful in their business. He also believes that there is always room for improvement.

“We know that we have to model ourselves off of other great companies in our area,” Abuan said. “We’re always

devoted to improving ourselves.” SYUI is a small business, but the

owners have large goals for it and the future. Starrett believes the team has pushed themselves to a far place. Al-though the road has been challenging for them, he says most people don’t realize the value of their electronics. It’s their job to show people that value.

“Looking back, the learning curve was huge,” Starrett said. “But we have managed to set up what we believe to

be a great service!”The UNR students have decided to

continue to grow as entrepreneurs in a field that contains some huge names, but they continue to see the potential for the services they have to offer.

For more information on SYUI, go to www.sellyourusediphones.com.

Marcus Lavergne can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @mlavergne21.

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Marcus Lavergne/Nevada SagebrushStudents walk to class in front of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center on Friday, Aug. 28. The 2015 fall semester has brought the largest student population the University of Nevada, Reno, has ever seen.

BY THE NUMBERSProjected growth of the student population at the University of

Nevada, Reno over the next ten years

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In a cozy corner of a vacant retail outlet off Kietzke Lane, Reno Pub and Games invites adult gamers to their doors with hot dogs, beer and old-style video game

consoles to arouse nostalgia. No matter what time of day, there’s at least one gamer there, seated quietly at a television screen or raging at a game of Mario Kart.

Inspired by a similar venue in Washington, Joe Pringle and Bill Ledford, the co-owners of Reno Pub and Games, described their experience with gaming pubs as a successful one.

“There was, like, this safe hangout for geeks and nerds,” Pringle said. “[They] could play Magic: The Gathering without feeling ashamed or trying to tuck the cards out of the way when somebody walks by.”

Pringle and Ledford worked

together in a bookstore and came up with the idea of Reno Pub and Games after seeing the amount of gamers that participate in tournaments and events.

“People care about it and they get rowdy for it,” Ledford said. “There’s no place that’s a public, commercial venue that airs the events, like it was the big football game.”

According to Pringle and Ledford, the initial process of finding a spot to open Reno Pub and Games was a hard one, but after months of searching for the perfect venue, they opened in the former Swensen’s store lot in July of 2015. Reno Pub and Games is one of the first gaming bars in Reno, according to Pringle and Ledford, and there aren’t many venues like it. It differs from an arcade because it’s open until 3 a.m., and arcades are meant for only minutes of play.

“It’s an unreached market here in Reno as far as bars go or places for adults to hang out,” Pringle said.

Ledford extends this sentiment, commenting on the effectiveness of reaching out to gamers.

“The ways that people typically reach out to gamers don’t seem to be effective,” Ledford said. “You go [to pubs] to be there, not just to consume a product.”

Ledford also said that the model of gaming scenes that charge by the hour aren’t realistic compared to gaming within the home. The idea behind Reno Pub and Games is the “third space.”

“Your first space is home, your second space is your job and your third space is a place to get away from the other two,” Ledford said. “There’s a big culture for it.”

He went on to state that most of his generation grew up with video games and consoles like Nintendo and Atari and that most of those individuals still play to this day. He said the average gamer, according to his research, is 29 years old.

“There’s not something that’s directly catered to them,” Led-ford said. “And it’s not just video games; there’s so many niches that aren’t represented.”

Reno Pub and Games has a library of board games, like Star Wars Trivial Pursuit, Sorry, Mo-nopoly and more. They also host Magic: The Gathering games, Dungeon & Dragons sessions, as well as Super Smash Bros. tournaments.

“That’s what’s cool about the vaguer nature of our model,” Led-

ford said. “It’s not any specific bar, it’s not a Nintendo bar, it’s not just a Magic: The Gathering bar — it’s just a gaming bar.”

The majority of the pub’s income is through their food and drinks, while the games and consoles provided are mostly donated. They even have an old cathode-ray tube television for the more competitive gamers.

“CRTs have .0006 milliseconds of delay because there’s no video card,” Ledford said. “So these guys that play specifically Smash Bros. — the competitive ones — only want to play it on CRTs because they do things with an accuracy in the fraction of a second.”

Going into the future, Prin-

gle and Ledford see their pub expanding to a larger space and opening up for private occasions and events like Reno Comic Con and Blizz Con.

Pringle and Ledford hope to continue hosting events targeted toward college students and older, but they are open to all-ages events, too.

“Whatever your group is, we will cater to you being here,” Ledford said. “Whatever the size and nature of the group, we will cater to you and whatever it takes to make this your spot.”

Samantha Johnson can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

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HUMP DAY: Camels storm virginia city

By Alexa Solis

Once a year people from around the globe gather in Virginia City, Nevada, to gaze upon the age-old tradition of racing camels and ostriches through the desert. If watching non-native animals gallop, sprint and dart about the Nevadan landscape weren’t enough, imagine a scenario in which both the riders and the animals are untrained for such an event. Such is the tradition of the Virginia City Camel Races. The race was said to have started 50 years ago when Bob Richards, the editor of the Territorial Enterprise, a local paper, ran a story about camel races in Virginia City that was a little more than the humorous imaginings of a reporter/jokester. After the San Francisco Chronicle mistook the story as truthful news, Richards began working to make the event a reality. And it was in that man-ner that one of the highlights of the end-

of-summer season was born. In addition to the camel and ostrich racing that the event is known for, there are also food vendors, musical entertainment and 100 free camel rides for children attending the races. The event ran from Friday, Sept. 11, through Sunday, Sept. 13. Sunday provided free camel rides for 100 children that attended the event with their family sponsored by Dolan Auto Group. Visitors are also encouraged to walk through the town of Virginia City after their day at the races. The town is filled with quaint gift shops, saloons and museums as well as various historic buildings reminscent of the times when the city was a boom-ing mining town located on the journey from Denver, Colorado, to San Francisco, California

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Samantha Johnson/Nevada SagebrushCo-owner of Reno Pub and Games Joe Pringle plays Magic: The Gath-ering on Thursday, Sept. 10, at the gaming bar. The bar is one of the only ones of its kind in the Reno-Sparks area.

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Samantha Johnson/Nevada SagebrushBill Ledford, co-owner of Reno Pub and Games, welcomes patrons on Thursday, Sept. 10, at the bar of the establishment. The gaming bar is located on 3340 Kietzke Lane and is only available to those 21 and over.

PACK N THE EVENTS

By ALEXA SOLIS

DATE: Tuesday through Thursday

TIME: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

LOCATION: Church Fine Arts, Sheppard Contemporary

INFO: The revolutionary artwork of the late artist Jean Stamsta will be on display at the University of Nevada, Reno, through Oct. 21. Stamsta was known for pioneering tubular weaving as an art form and using fabrics, glitter, mirrors and paint to create vivid pieces. A curator of folk and self-taught art, Leslie Umberger will be giving a talk focusing on the exhibition and facilitating a discussion about the many forms that art takes on Oct. 15 at the Wells Fargo Auditorium.

THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR

THIS WEEK

JEAN STAMSTA: NEON VOLCANOES

DATE: Wednesday through Sunday

TIME: 5 a.m. to 2 p.m.

LOCATION: Reno Stead Airport

INFO: Aviation fans and accidental spectators alike will be able to witness aerial feats as pilots test the limits of their planes later this week in the annual event. Tickets for the event are starting at $14 for general admission adult passes and can be purchased online at airrace.org. Shuttles will be available for students through Campus Escort.

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AIR RACES

DATE: Thursday

TIME: 7:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Church Fine Arts, Nightingale Concert Hall

INFO: Ukrainian folk group DakhaBrakha is known for unearthing long-forgotten folk traditions and making them new again. The group has been featured on National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk concert series and gained traction among U.S. audiences. Tickets are $5 for university students with a valid ID and can be purchased at the ticketing o!ce in Church Fine Arts.

PERFORMING ARTS SERIES:

DAKHABRAKHA

DATE: Thursday through Friday

TIME: Showings at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

LOCATION: Joe Crowley Student Union, Third Floor Theatre

INFO: The Joe Crowley Student Union will be hosting showings of the sci-fi thriller “Terminator Genisys.” The event is free for students.

MOVIE NIGHT AT THE JOE:

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Elections: Rock out with your caucus out

T he Democratic National Com-mittee recently announced that the first Democratic primary debate will be held

in Nevada on Oct. 13. This announce-ment may lead some to question: Why Nevada?

The fact is that regardless of its rela-tively low population and vast amount of federally owned land, Nevada is a politically important state. It is the third state in the primary process, electing the presidential candidates to move on to the general election after Iowa and New Hampshire. This position as an early voting state means that the outcomes of the caucuses are instrumental in projecting which candidates will eventually win their party’s nomination.

In addition, the population distribu-tion of the state is such that those of us in Washoe County can be assured that our vote does indeed matter.

The millennial generation is one of the largest potential voting blocs in the country, yet it is also one that has been largely overcome with political apathy and mistrust in recent years. According to an article published in the Harvard Political Review, millen-

nials’ participation in politics has been on a sharp decline since the 2008 presidential elections, and a 2015 poll by the Harvard Institute of Politics found that 49 percent of millennials have little to no faith in the fairness of the judicial system.

Despite our generation’s tendency to remove ourselves from the political process we may not even trust, those of us in Washoe County are in a unique position. We’re in a position where our really vote matters, and here’s why.

WE’RE ALL SWINGERS HERENevada is a swing state, and Washoe

County is a swing county. This means that the presidential candidates that win Nevada have to win Washoe County in addition to Clark County. Sorry, White Pine, Elko and friends, but you don’t matter all that much.

Washoe is one of the state’s two population centers and as such has the power to sway the election outcome of the entire state. In both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, Barack Obama won Nevada; Washoe and Clark were the only two counties in the state to go blue, and that’s all it took to gain Nevada’s six electoral votes.

MINORITY PRIORITIES According to a project titled The

States of Change: Demographics

and Democracy, a joint project by the Center for American Progress, the American Enterprise Institute and a demographer of the Brookings Institute, the demographics of Nevada are changing such that by 2019 it will become a “majority-minority” state — one in which racial and ethnic minority groups constitute more than 50 percent of the state’s population.

If you are an ethnic minority living in Nevada, this election is the op-portune time to vote for the candidate that you feel best represents your interests. Before the term for the 45th president is up, your needs will be the needs of the majority in Nevada. But there’s no guarantee that those needs will be addressed unless you act to make your voice heard by those who are responsible for shaping the nation’s public policy.

Whether you care about raising the minimum wage, enacting criminal justice or immigration reform, or ensuring you have access to health care, your participation in the political process goes a long way in making these changes happen.

NOT CHOOSING A SIDE MEANS CHOOSING THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR

This goes out to those of you who thought it was a good idea to be con-scientious objectors of the two-party

system. The Washoe County Registrar of Voters reports that there are 42,206 nonpartisan voters in Washoe County. That’s 42,206 people who can’t caucus for the candidate of their choice.

Nevada has a closed caucus, which means that if you want to support a Democratic candidate you have to be a registered Democrat; if you want to support a Republican, you have to be a registered Republican. And pro tip: If you’re one of the 10,915 people who registered with the Independent American Party, you’re not actually “independent” — you’re affiliated with an ultra-conservative political party that doesn’t have any candidates in the 2016 race. If that’s where you want your allegiance, that’s fine, but you still can’t caucus unless you re-register.

Fortunately, you can change your party affiliation up to and on the day of the caucus.

SO HOW DO WE DO THE THING?

With all this talk of “caucusing,” it’s time we address what the hell a caucus actually is.

If you played the game red rover as a child, you’re halfway to understanding the caucus on the precinct level. Unlike a primary election in which you fill out your ballot and leave, a caucus counts your physical presence as your vote. The Nevada caucuses

will be held on Feb. 20 for Democrats and Feb. 23 for Republicans. On these dates, participants gather at a public venue determined by their residential precinct, and are separated into groups according to whom they support.

A head count is done, and the candidates who don’t have enough supporters to be “viable” (according to caucus math) are eliminated. Participants who supported those candidates are then essentially up for grabs; the teams representing the viable candidates have an allotted amount of time to convince as many nonaligned caucusers as they can to join their group, adding more support for their candidate.

CONFUSED YET? Don’t worry. There are plenty

of resources available to help you understand the process. For a more detailed explanation, head to nevada-caucus.com. If you want to participate in a real-life caucus practice, the Associated Students of the University of Nevada are hosting a mock caucus (or “mockus”) on Monday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Nevada Sagebrush edito-rial desk can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter. @TheSagebrush.

W hen was the last time you had a good conversation?

A time where you felt rattled to the core with sheer emotion due to what

you just spoke about. A time that you conversed with another person and left feeling closer than ever to them. A conversation that left an imprint on your heart or caused you to question everything you once believed in.

It appears now, more often than not, we submerge ourselves in technology, seclude ourselves from meaningful social interac-tions and simply get lost in the absolute madness of life. Whether we are hiding behind phone screens, lazing the day away watching the latest episode of “House of Cards,” or skipping out on family dinners to get work done, we must question if we are participating in enough meaningful conversations.

We must take the time to remind ourselves the importance and impact these substantial conversa-tions can have on our lives.

Let’s vow to not forget the immense power that lies within the gift of conversation and the opportu-nity conversation gives us to express ourselves, no matter what the topic.

Conversation can unravel a person until you strike their core. It presents the opportunity to unveil raw emotion and could potentially drive you closer or further from a destination, ideal state of mind or even another person.

As I grow older, I, too, have begun to realize as time progresses, lives grow busier and the drive to cultivate meaningful conversations becomes more sparse.

Fortunately, growing up, I was gifted with two gracious parents that preached the importance and power of conversation. My brother and I were taught not to bring our cellphones to the dinner table or have the TV on when one of us shared about their day.

My parents nurtured our intellectual growth and encouraged us to keep open minds about all things in life. And in doing so, they provided us with some of the best dinnertime conversations any family could ask for.

But more importantly, what my parents probably did not realize at the time was the subliminal lessons they were instilling in my brother and I — to cherish the people in our lives, be present and leave impressions on those around us by engaging in conversations.

Take the time to differentiate between substance and shallow thoughts. Step outside your comfort zone. Talk about politics, religion, feelings. Take a leap of faith with people you barely know. Keep an open mind when sharing with strangers. Take into consideration the diverse backgrounds of the people around you.

Sometimes we forget life’s most important moments start with conversations. Somewhere between laughs and late-night conversations we fall in love. Conversations turn strangers into friends. Conversation sparks acceptance and social progress. It brings upon change and creation. Without meaningful conversation life would be bleak at best.

Don’t rush when speaking to others. Absorb what they have to say. Try to never fear confrontation. Don’t steer away from controversial topics; seek diverse views. Small-minded individuals talk about small-minded things. Be different and be bold when it comes to topics of conversation.

So stop using filler conversation. No one wants to talk about the weather. Speak up during awkward silences. Be proactive and learn to enjoy human interaction. Don’t hide behind technology and clear parts of your busy day to talk about things, no matter what the topic.

Revel in engaging conversations and cherish the words and thoughts of both yourself and others.

And now, ask yourself, when was the last time you had a meaningful conversation?

Ali Schultz studies journalism. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @AliSchultzzz.

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CAUCUSVoting

process

PRIMARY

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States Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, Wyoming and Iowa

Participants break into groups according to which candidate they support. The candidate with the most number of supports moves on to the county convention.

All other states

Voters cast secret ballots for the candidate of their choosing.

In Nevada, you must be registered as either a Democrat or Republican to caucus for a candidate of your respective party.

Varies from state-to-state

Caucus vs Primary

SOURCES: Factcheck.org

Don’t waste your time and money charming random girls with alcohol

“I t’s such a waste of money for boys, like their [girl’s] not gonna kiss you, they just want your alcohol.”

This was sent to me by a female friend of mine in a casual conversation the other day. I shared my thoughts about the female-male stigmas of the party life. She confidently agreed with me on my philosophy of the nightlife.

Most of the time, buying random girls drinks is a bigger waste of money than Hellen Keller buying an expensive pair of reading glasses. Only a minute number of times men will get a pity kiss or a number (probably with no returned text). And for the few that are successful, congrats. For those few of you, don’t forget to follow up at the health clinic, if you catch my drift.

I have literally been a victim to this logic beautiful women use. Once I had a girl point to me and say, “Let’s go talk to him, he looks like he will buy us drinks.”

I have witnessed dozens of my friends fall victim to these she-devil tactics. I have watched as some of my closest friends “spit game” at girls, buy a few drinks and maybe get one of those petty kisses. But brothers, what you don’t realize is you’re getting played — used even. You’re not getting lucky; you’re getting more used than your buddies’ communal Netflix accounts.

I have even had fellow girlfriends try and repay me for these injustices! Some of my closest lady friends prey on the bar scene’s “nice guys” to get me drinks. Don’t get me wrong, ladies. I love a good whiskey Coke at no cost just as much as the next guy, but I couldn’t take advantage of a brother like that. It could have been me!

You see, buying a random girl a drink at the bar is like being one of the guys who rebounds for NBA players before the game starts. You are

on the court for warmups. Maybe take a few free throws. Even dribble the ball around a little. Then it’s game time. You go and warm the bench. The players are done using you for their benefit and move on to their main focus of the night: their scheduled opponent.

Come on, man. What girl is going be at a bar who is either not with a group or meeting someone? Just because you say a couple of sly lines and buy her a drink or two doesn’t mean she’s going to go home with you that night. So stop trying.

“Buying a woman a drink just to hook up with them is the biggest mistake guys can make. Show them what you have to offer besides money. Women don’t respect you if all you have to offer is free drinks.” These are wise words from my best friend, David Ferris. Men should realize the truth in them.

There are two things that a lot of women really appreciate: respectful gentlemen and a good chase. Respectful gentlemen beat vodka Redbulls any day.

As far as the good chase part goes, easily the most attention I get from girls is when they ask me to buy them a drink and I laugh and respond with a hard “no.” Once you reject them, odds are they care more about getting you than the free drink now.

For the record I am not saying don’t buy any girl a drink. But I do advise against buying random girls drinks.

To men that have fallen into the trap of buying random girls drinks: If it didn’t work out, my heart goes out to you. To the successful, congrats.

Any woman offended by this article please contact me and I will buy you a drink.

Good luck, boys.

JP studies business management. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @jpeazy10.

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Take advantage of voting in a swing state

By Chaz Fernandez

P opulism is and always has been a staple of American democracy. Whether it is liberal or conservative, it is a

natural element in a democratic system and it assures that those in power are held responsible to their electorates. That being said, populism is not always a good thing, and it can manifest itself in ways that are contrary to the core values the American political system prides itself on such as liberty, self-government, individualism and unity.

EXHIBIT A: BERNIE SANDERSBernie Sanders is far from the only

populist on the current presidential campaign trail. The likes of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump share his devoted, grassroots bases. However, he is the only well-known populist candidate on the left and appears to be the primary populist hero for young, particularly college-aged, Americans. That’s why I feel it necessary to single out Sanders.

His appearance here on campus drew thousands of supporters last month, so I feel that a critical analysis of his candidacy is much needed.

Sanders is, in many ways, similar to Donald Trump. Both of their support-ers are enthusiastic and have a strong distaste for the establishments of their respective parties. Both of these men are in many ways radicals; unafraid to propose unconventional solutions and policies. Sanders eccentrically plans on getting rid of Citizens United, while Republican front runner Trump wants Mexican citizens to pay for a wall that would keep them out of the United States.

This in and of itself ought not to be an issue; after all, it’s often the unorthodox who are the originators of progress.

However, where it becomes a drastic problem is the way in which it attracts support. Those who follow Trump and Sanders are not particularly concerned with the details of the policies that either man offers, nor are they concerned with the realistic obstacles that go hand in hand with idealistic proposals (think “build a wall” or “free college tuition”).

Populist supporters only see the person. They love what their candidate represents and the revolutionary, rebellious aura their candidate exudes. Unlike the supporters of other estab-lishment candidates(e.g. Clinton or

Bush) they are convinced that their candidates are saviors. And in an effort to destroy the status quo, they unfortunately fell victim to implausible fantasies.

This is the moment when populism goes from being a healthy aspect of

American democracy to an enabler of emotional politics and demagoguery.

Instead of provisioning the American public with political power, this sort of populism secures influence to the loudest and the angriest. When voters attach themselves to a single

candidate who is to them infallible, they lose sight of what it really means to live in a democracy.

Because in a democracy, it is the people who hold power. And power cannot be wielded without a minimum of skepticism of any man or woman

who wishes to hold office, regardless of who they are or what they believe.

Chaz Fernandez studies international affairs. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

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Parking on campus: the real-life nightmare on Virginia Street

I t is no secret that parking on campus is a nightmare — the kind that leaves dreamers awake at night

just to avoid falling into an unrestful sleep. One of the big-gest obstacles you will face as a

student at the University of Nevada, Reno is parking on campus.

Whether or not you snag a parking spot could ultimately determine whether or not you make

it to class on time, or even make it to class at all in some cases. After purchasing the parking

pass that exceeds any

average college student’s budget, one would think parking would be the easy part. Keep dreaming kids.

The student population is at a record high creeping up to almost 21,000 students. Most of these students are commuters which entails an influx of students driving to school. With more students enrolling every year you would think parking options would increase.

And as romantic as riding a bike or strolling to class sounds, it’s not a feasible option for many students who live in the outer reaches of the Reno community. Not to mention that Reno’s cyclists are almost constantly campaigning for more bike lanes, and continually find themselves being ignored by the larger part of the community.

And public transit is a whole new battle. Reno public transportation might as well be nonexistent, as the bus schedule is alarmingly

complicated. Although university

students have options for some alternative methods of transportation, such as taking the public bus or riding their

bike, these options are much more inconvenient than just

being able to park on campus. These alternatives consume more time and planning than just being able to drive to school.

It seems every single year on campus parking becomes more and more impossible. I mean, what college student has $400 to drop on a parking pass? Cer-tainly not myself and countless other students at the university. Last time I checked we’re already paying tuition, gas, groceries and utilities.

But what is even more con-cerning than the outrageously expensive privilege to park, is the level of difficulty it takes to even find convenient parking. The cost of a parking pass no longer guarantees that you will even have a place to park anymore.

A freshman class bigger than any prior arrives every fall semester without fail, and construction is beginning to

seem like a personality trait to the campus. As awesome as it is to become a part of a growing school, with this change, parking seems like the first thing to be put on the back burner and it has to stop.

In addition, the construction of the new fitness center also really furthers the difficulty in parking at the university. Before the metered lot was leveled, I was able to donate a few coins to a meter when I was running late to class or meeting someone in the Joe. With the destruction of one of the three metered lots, it is becoming more burdensome to find convenient parking. Now if I want to find a meter during any busy campus event I feel like I have to camp out next to one.

So, what are the options here? The most obvious is to build parking garages on top of the existing parking lots. A five-story garage could multiply the existing spaces by five at least. One could argue that I have absolutely no idea about what Nevada’s contracts, limitations and budget are like, and I don’t. All I know is that every morning I dread my commute to school. I do believe that with the amount of money our school uses to fund other departments, it should be able to come up with a better solution for this parking horror students endure.

While my drive to school is less than 10 minutes and involves only one short school zone, it’s without a doubt the worst part of my day, and I owe that all to the lack of parking on campus.

Whether or not a student can commute and arrive to class with ease is the essential part of what makes a college campus successful, and if the parking is so limited that many students dread driving to campus, something needs to change. For the love of your students and reputation, put an end to this horrible nightmare on Virginia Street.

Caroline Ackerman studies journalism. She can be reached [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

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Nevada vs. Texas A&M

When: Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 a.m.

Where: Kyle Field(102,733 bermuda grass)

TV: SECN

2014 season records: Nevada (7-6 overall, 4-4 MWC), Texas A&M (8-5 overall, 3-5 SEC)

Interesting: Nevada head coach Brian Polian spent the 2012 season as the special teams/tight ends coach for this week’s opponent, Texas A&M. Polian reportedly called Aggies head coach Kevin Sumlin on Sunday, as the two spent 2012 together on the same sta!. Coach Polian will not be warmly welcomed back to College Station, which is one of the loudest arenas in college football.

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OTHERS’ RECEIVING VOTESMississippi State 100, Texas A&M 61, Okla-homa State 46, Virginia Tech 42, Utah 36, Penn State 20, Louisville 12, Cincinnati 8, Nebraska 6, Kansas State 5, Florida 4, NC State 4, Texas 3, BYU 2, Northern Illinois 2, Michigan 2, California 1, Western Kentucky 1

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THIS WEEK’S GAME

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Neil, Coach Polian and I share something special: short man’s syndrome. As a 5-foot-8 man (in shoes) I can empathize with Polian’s passionate complex; it’s embedded in our genetics. Did you know the average height of a CEO in the United States is 6 feet? The height of an average man: 5-foot-9. That means us short guys have over three inches of height to compensate for. While most choose lifted trucks or Axe body spray, Polian and I favor expressing our emotions by yelling and apologize to no one.

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I am all for passion, but Polian overdid it with the two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties against the Wildcats. Refs blow calls sometimes and that’s the way it is. Yelling and getting flags thrown against you is totally pointless, and it costs the team. I know Arizona blew out Nevada, but what if it was a close game? Maybe we should be grateful this happened in a game that didn’t matter, but I hope Polian figures it out against Texas A&M.

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Henry MacDiarmid/Nevada SagebrushCoach Brian Polian yells from the sideline in a loss against Arizona Saturday, Sept. 12 at Mackay Stadium. Polian re-ceived two unsportsmanlike penalties, both times costing the Wolf Pack 15 yards.

DID HEAD COACH BRIAN POLIAN CROSS THE LINE WITH HIS BEHAVIOR AGAINST ARIZONA?

By Jack Rieger

The Nevada Wolf Pack suffered its first loss of the season Saturday night against the 22nd-ranked Arizona Wildcats. The final score read 44-20, as Arizona thoroughly outplayed Nevada in nearly every facet of the game.

MISTAKESNevada’s compilation of blunders started shortly after its first

offensive drive ended in a three and out. The fourth down snap sailed over the head of Nevada punter Alex Boy, who was able to corral the loose ball and manage a negative 13-yard punt out

of bounds. Arizona went on to score two touchdowns in just under 2.5 minutes following the botched punt.

Nevada compiled nine penalties for 105 yards, two of which were unsportsmanlike penalties on

head coach Brian Polian. The first unsportsmanlike penalty was given when coach Polian left the coach’s box to argue an illegal formation that negated a Nevada touchdown in the first quarter. Polian said in the post-game news conference that he illustrated the play design in front of the referees before the game started and made

sure that the formation was legal. The referees penalized Nevada regardless, and the Wolf Pack was forced to settle

for a field goal. Polian received his second unsportsmanlike penalty in the

fourth quarter after complaining about a late hit on a kickoff return. Polian has earned a reputation for having a short fuse in his three years at Nevada, which he acknowledged postgame.

“I am incredibly passionate about this job. I am incred-ibly passionate about our young people,” Polian said. “I don’t apologize for my passion; I don’t apologize for my energy. I’ve got to do a better job of focusing it.”

DEFENSE TORCHEDNevada’s defense was totally incapable of containing

Arizona’s high-octane spread offense, led by running back Nick Wilson. Wilson rushed 21 times for 194 yards and three

touchdowns, boasting a 9.2-yard-per-carry average. Nevada’s defensive line came into the game as the Wolf Pack’s most

talented group, but they still failed to contain Arizona’s running game.

Arizona quarterback Anu Solomon was able to pick apart the Nevada defense, completing 73 percent of his passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns. Arizona receiver Cayleb Jones hauled in six catches for 103 yards as the Arizona wideouts toyed with the Nevada secondary for the duration of the game. The secondary group was a big question coming into this season and their youth was exposed on Saturday. Coach

Polian said postgame that he anticipated a tough game for his secondary.

“Defensively, we didn’t tackle well enough,” Polian said. “Our young defensive backfield got exposed at times, which to be quite honest with you was a fear of mine going into the game.”

OFFENSE UNABLE TO FIND CONSISTENCYNevada’s offense depends heavily on the running game in

order to move the ball with consistency. Unfortunately for the Wolf Pack, their rushers were unable to break through the Arizona front seven, which crowded the defensive line most of the night. Don Jackson finished the night with 24 carries for just 91 yards and no touchdowns. James Butler also had minimal success with just 33 yards rushing.

Because of Arizona’s strategy to load the box, Tyler Stewart had opportunities for big plays but was unable to crack the Arizona secondary. Their greatest opportunity came late in the second quarter when Stewart lofted a deep pass to freshman Victor Gonzalez but Gonzalez dropped the ball in the end zone. If Gonzalez were able to make the catch, Arizona would have led 21-17 going into the half. Stewart finished the game 18-32 with 159 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.

WHAT’S NEXT?Nevada plays its first road game of the season against 16th-

ranked Texas A&M at 9 a.m. on Saturday. As of Sunday, Nevada is a 32.5-point underdog against the Aggies. Texas A&M is 9-0 all time against the Mountain West conference.

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“I think the adjustment to the pistol was very simple, which is why I think it is so special,” Rowe said. “In the shotgun catch-ing the snap is similar, and under center some of the footwork is similar. I think it was such an easy transition, which is why I think it has taken off so well, especially at the high school level. The snap is easier, but you get all the same stuff you get with the shotgun.”

To understand the importance of the pistol for the Nevada program, one must understand the times in which Ault invented it. Nevada moved up to division 1-A in 1992 and the football team was running the one-back offense. The Pack had great success throwing the ball and was among the nation’s leaders in passing, but after Ault stepped away from coaching after the 1995 season, the football program slipped to mediocrity. From 1996 to 2003, Nevada went 39-53 and fired two head coaches before Ault retook the helm in 2004. Ault knew he had to change something in order to bring Nevada back.

“I brought out the pistol in the spring of 2005 and there was no film to study and no one to talk with that could help me,” Ault said. “I had just begun to coach again and I was trying to build and bring back the program again. It was a calculated risk, but I wanted to create something that was ours — something that was Nevada’s.”

Both Rowe and the assistant coaches were apprehensive as they began to work with the new offense that spring, but Ault made the pistol work for Nevada. The Pack went 9-3 in the pistol’s debut season and won the WAC championship. Senior running back B.J. Mitchell ran for 1,399 yards and 12 touchdowns and won the conference player of the year award. Rowe ended up being a fifth-round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2007 NFL draft.

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teams over the span of 11 years while hitting 48 career home runs.

The baseball team was led by legend-ary Nevada Wolf Pack coach Gary Pow-ers, who coached the team from 1983 to 2013. When Powers began his tenure at Nevada, the Wolf Pack played its home games seven miles away from campus and received close to no financial or moral support from fans or even the school they played for.

“We went from a program that didn’t have a field on campus,” Powers said. “I had a part-time assistant coach that was teaching in school. We didn’t have any money. Three or four years later they were talking about dropping the program, then Bill Peccole stepped up and they made a decision to give us a chance and not stop the program. A few years later this team went to a confer-ence championship and validated their choice to keep us.”

The 2015 class also includes Ieesha Donadelle Cannida, a first team All-Big West women’s basketball player notori-ous for her rebounding and scoring ability. Cannida played for the Wolf Pack from 1994 to 1998 and led Nevada to a 19-9 overall record in 1997. Kevinn Pinkney was the other basketball member of the 2015 Hall of Fame class. Pinkney was part of an unusually suc-cessful run for the men’s basketball team in 2004, when Nevada made it all the way to the Sweet Sixteen. Pinkney was

a defensive workhorse for the Wolf Pack with 89 career blocks and was named to the Western Athletic Conference All- Defensive team in 2005.

The 2015 class also included a national champion in Ryan Tanoue, who was with Nevada from 2002 to 2005. Tanoue earned All-American honors seven times in his career and won the national championship in 2002. Tanoue went on to compete for the U.S. national team in 2003 and was a medalist for six consecu-tive U.S. national championships.

Darrel Rasner was another member of a Nevada baseball team honored this past weekend. Rasner pitched for the Wolf Pack from 2000 to 2002 and compiled an impressive collection of accolades including most career wins, strikeouts and innings pitched in Ne-vada history. Rasner was drafted in the second round by the Montreal Expos while also playing for the Nationals and Yankees during his Major League career.

Nevada’s Hall of Fame class also included swimming and diving All-American Jia Lin Sun. Sun led the Wolf Pack to four Big West titles and still holds the school record for the 50 and 100 freestyle. Sun earned an astounding 12 All-American honors in her illustrious career.

Since Nevada instituted an athletic Hall of Fame in 1973, the University has inducted 182 individuals and four differ-ent teams.

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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: Last week’s results for my picks weren’t ex-

actly ideal, but they were exciting nonetheless. My Stud of the week in Detroit receiver Golden

Tate was quiet. My Dud of the week Jamaal Charles was slowed, only rushing for 57 yards. He did catch a short touchdown from Alex Smith, who had a career day. I picked the wrong rookie in my gutsy player of the week. Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota had the memorable debut that I predicted for Jameis Winston, going 13-16 for 209 yards and 4 TDs (tying the

record for most TDs in a quarterback’s debut). This week we’ll do better.

STUD: WR Brandin Cooks: After rookie Marcus

Mariota picked the Buccaneers’ secondary apart, I look for Drew Brees to do even better against them in week two. While the Saints like to run screen plays to their plethora of running backs, they also like to take shots deep. Cooks was quiet against a talented Cardinals second-ary holding him to four catches and 49 yards in week one. I look for Cooks to come through and have a big game in week one.

Prediction: Five catches, 107 yards, two TDs, 15 rushing yards

DUD: WR Alshon Jeffery: After a decent week one

(5 catches, 78 yards) Jeffery remains Chicago’s number one target and a top fantasy receiver. However, this week doesn’t look good for Jeffery as he goes against a tough Arizona secondary. I still don’t trust Jay Cutler, and I see Jeffery struggling mightily in week two with Cardinals corner Patrick Peterson locking him down.

Prediction: Five catches, 42 yards, zero TDs

GOT GUTS? Tight end Ladarius Green: I was impressed

with what I saw from Green week one. Rivers has wide receivers Keenan Allen, Stevie John-son and Malcolm Floyd all to throw to, so Green is a gutsy play. However, Rivers looked like he trusted Green more and more as the game went on. I look for that to continue, since Antonio Gates remains sidelined.

Prediction: Four catches, 74 yards, one TD

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Â IN CASE YOU MISSED ITSOCCERThe Nevada women’s soccer team split their two games this week-end. The Pack won their first game of the season against UC Davis last Friday night by a score of 2-1. The game headed into overtime; six minutes into overtime UC Davis committed a foul in the box. Senior Lindsey Salcido knocked in the penalty kick and led the Pack to victory. On Sunday, the Pack fell in overtime to UTEP by a score of 1-0. Three minutes into overtime UTEP’s Angela Cutaia buried a shot into the bottom left corner of the net, giving her team the victo-ry. With a 1-4-1 record, Nevada will look to earn its second win against Sacramento State this Friday in the second game of its 5-game home stand.

MEN’S GOLFThe Nevada men’s golf team finished with a score of 291 on Sunday to place sixth at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational hosted by Air Force. Junior Nick Fuller shot a 72 on Sunday to tie for 12th place overall and lead all Nevada golfers. Freshman Travis Fredborg shot a 73 to finish tied for 22nd place in his first tournament. Nevada finished fourth among Mountain West teams, falling behind Colora-do State, Colorado and Wyoming. Nevada will be off for two weeks before traveling to the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate Tournament hosted by New Mexico.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLThe Nevada volleyball team de-feated both Montana State and Miami (OH) on Saturday to con-tinue its four-game win streak as it hosted the final day of the Wolf Pack Classic. Junior Madison Mo-rell posted 24 kills and 19 digs over the course of the two matches while senior Taylar Rothfuss racked up 59 assists, three aces and eight blocks, including three key blocks in the clinching set against Miami (OH). The Pack will look to continue their win streak as they travel to the Sacramento State Invitational and play the host, the Hornets.

MEN’S BASKETBALLNevada men’s basketball scored another recruit in the month of September. Kenneth Wooten, a 6-foot-8, 205-pound center from Manteca, California, committed to Nevada Monday afternoon after unofficially visiting campus earlier this month. Wooten is rated a three-star prospect and is the first verbal commit for the class of 2016. Wooten has offers from several schools including Georgia Tech, Kansas State and Fresno State. Head coach Eric Mussel-man secured the commitment of three-star Vegas small forward Trevon Abdullah on Sept. 3.

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By Neil Patrick Healy

T en years ago in the spring of 2005, Nevada junior quarterback Jeff Rowe (2002-2006) and junior center Jimmy Wadhams (2002-2006) were alone in the locker

room. The two were talking and throwing around a towel wrapped with duct tape when Hall of Fame head football coach Chris Ault walked in. Rowe and Wadhams didn’t know it at the time, but they were about to change Nevada’s program forever and revolutionize the entire football landscape.

“Coach came in and he told me to line up three and a half yards behind Jimmy,” Rowe said. “I’m think-ing to myself, ‘OK? What are we doing here?’ and he handed Jimmy the towel wrapped in duct tape and told him to snap it to me. It was a perfect snap and Ault goes, ‘Great! Now let me find a football!’ We had four perfect snaps in a row and Ault yelled, ‘That’s it! We’re doing it!’ and he ran out of the locker room while Jimmy and I stood there wondering what we were doing.”

What they were doing was something Ault con-

cocted in the depths of his mind — the pistol offense. Many football fans know the pistol because of former Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick (2007-2012) and his success in college and early in his NFL career, but the offense has taken the football world by storm. From Pop Warner to the NFL, the pistol has changed how coaches approach offenses. To appreciate the pistol’s impact, it is important to know why an offense that started in a University of Nevada locker room is so effective and why it’s different from other offenses.

The pistol is a combination of the single-back and the shotgun offense. Unlike the shotgun where the quarterback lines up around five to seven yards behind the center, the quarterback lines up only four yards behind the center. The running back lines up around two and a half or three yards behind the quarterback. According to Ault, these small varia-tions were more effective for what he wanted to do in terms of establishing the run.

“The main reason I created the pistol is to be able to run the ball downhill and have the running back running north and south rather than east and west,” Ault said. “I wanted to keep the features of the

one-back offense that were so good for us because we were such a potent offense. I never wanted to move the running back, and I had him seven yards from the ball and two and a half yards behind the quarterback.”

The running back lining up behind the quarterback is the pistol’s main feature, and it opens up more op-tions in the running game.

“The biggest difference in the pistol is that the running back lines up directly behind the quarter-back,” said former Nevada quarterback Cody Fajardo (20011-2014). “The biggest pro to this is the fact that the running back can actually run right and left as opposed to the original shotgun when the running back aligns on one side and he can only run the ball one way. The back lined up behind the quarterback keeps defenses on their toes.”

When it comes to the pistol, the ingenuity is in its simplicity and how easy it is to adapt to. Rowe, who was the pistol’s first ever signal caller, had no trouble picking up the brand new offense.

The pistol is still firing

Pack preview:Nevada will face long odds against Aggies

A ll right, Wolf Pack Nation, pick yourselves up and listen. Yes, the last game was rough. The Arizona Wildcats moved

the ball at will against the Nevada defense last Saturday and racked up 570 yards of total offense. Yes, Nevada’s secondary struggled immensely against the pass and quarterback

Anu Solomon went 22-for-33 for 264 yards and two touchdowns. And yes, Nevada head coach Brian Polian practically blew a fuse while arguing with the referees over the course of the game, thus costing Nevada two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. It sounds bad, but all the

Pack needs to do is collect themselves and move on to the next game. Who do they play anyway? Oh, they play the 16th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies at College Station? Uh oh.

Texas A&M is 2-0 with wins over a ranked Arizona State and an outmatched Ball State team. The Aggies have earned 928 yards in total offense and have the ability to break a game open. No opponent (includ-ing Arizona) can exploit Nevada’s weaknesses like the Aggies can. The question I raise is this: Nevada, can you be perfect? If the Pack wants to pull the upset they will have to be just that.

LEADING THE PACKWhile Nevada’s front seven didn’t

live up to the hype this week, the one bright spot was senior defensive end Lenny Jones. Jones had four tackles, a sack and a huge fumble recovery late in the second quarter, resulting in a late field goal that cut Arizona’s lead to eight points going into halftime. Facing Texas A&M, a program that is known for producing NFL offensive linemen, will be a huge challenge for Nevada, but Jones has the ability to put pressure on the quarterback. The Aggies are still in the middle of a quarterback competition between sophomore Kyle Allen and freshman Kyler Murry, so Jones and the rest of the Nevada front seven can bring pres-sure and force the young quarterbacks into making mistakes.

THE BIGGEST QUESTIONCan Nevada’s offense consistently

put together drives and get the ball in the end zone? The Aggies are going to put up points in bunches against the Pack’s young secondary, so the task of staying in the game falls to the offense. A&M rolled over Ball State last Saturday 56-23 but gave up 240 rushing yards in the process. If Nevada can exploit this possible chink in A&M’s armor, then the Pack can maybe make this a game.

BEST-CASE SCENARIONevada’s offense establishes the run

early with senior running back Don Jackson and the Pack putting together scoring drives early in the game to pick up some momentum. On defense, the front seven can put on enough pressure to force the Aggies’ young signal callers into making mistakes, giving the offense more opportunities to score.

WORST-CASE SCENARIOThe Nevada defense just gets worked

against a superior SEC opponent and the issues in the secondary become much more glaring. On offense, Nevada can’t establish good run block-ing along the offensive line and junior quarterback Tyler Stewart is forced to make plays in the passing game. The pressure on Stewart will cause him to commit turnovers and the Aggies run away with the game early.

PREDICTIONIf the Arizona game was any indica-

tion of how Nevada plays against a ranked opponent, then it’s going to be a long day in Texas. Nevada’s offense won’t be able to score consistently and Nevada’s defense won’t be able to contain the Aggie passing game. Not only do I expect Nevada to lose, I expect them to lose big and fall to 1-2 on the season. Bring some chill pills this time, Polian, because Saturday is going to be rough.

Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @NeilTheJuiceMan.

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By Jack Rieger

The University of Nevada inducted five standout athletes, as well as the 1994 baseball team, into the 2015 Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame class this past Friday. The new Hall of Fame class was honored at the Reno Ballrooms on Friday as well as at halftime of the football game against the University of Ari-zona on Saturday.

The 1994 Wolf Pack baseball team won the Big West Conference with a 16-5 league record and made the school’s first NCAA regional tournament. That team included shortstop Mark Lewis, who played for six different Major League Baseball

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Nathan Brown-Silva/Nevada SagebrushFormer Nevada baseball coach Gary Powers (center), along with the rest of the 2015 Hall of Fame class, is honored by President Marc Johnson (left) and Athletic Director Doug Knuth (right) during halftime against the Univeristy of Arizona. Powers coached at Nevada from 1983 until 2013 and helped build the Wolf Pack baseball team into a conference champion.

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