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Volkswagen CEO resigns amid emissions scandal

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winter-korn resigned Wednesday, only a day after he acknowledged that roughly 11 million of the company’s diesel cars had been engineered to cheat emissions tests. A new CEO, Matthias Mueller of the company’s Porsche brand, was named on Friday.

All of this followed a small West Virginia lab’s discovery of so-called “defeat devices” in two of Volkswa-gen’s diesel cars. These devices tell the car’s computer when it’s being tested so that emissions can be re-duced to acceptable levels under the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards. When not being tested, VW diesels would emit 40 times the acceptable level of nitrous oxides.

The EPA has reported that nearly 500,000 VW and Audi brand cars are affected in the U.S., a fraction of the 11 million VW has said are affected worldwide. On Monday, German prosecutors launched a criminal investigation of Winterkorn, while the governments of France, Italy and South Korea have announced broader investigations.

Rep. John Boehner to step down as Speaker of the House

Ohio Republican John Boehner announced Friday that he will step down as speaker of the house and from his seat in Congress at the end of October. The surprise announcement follows weeks of strife and uncertainty on Capitol Hill over the possibility of a government shutdown.

Boehner was elected to serve Ohio’s eighth district in 1990 and was later elected as speaker in 2011 after Republicans had gained con-trol of the House.

His tenure as speaker has been de-fined by repeated conflict with fellow Republicans. In 2011 and again in 2013, Boehner faced open rebellion from the GOP’s right wing as many in the party demanded harsh spending cuts in return for raising the debt ceiling. This rebellion nearly led to Boehner’s ouster from the speaker-ship in 2013 as Republican hardliners began to gather in force.

Opposition to Boehner returned with a vengeance earlier this year as many in the GOP began calling for the government to defund Planned Parenthood. To accomplish this, conservative Republicans have drafted bills that remove funding for Planned Parenthood. If these bills are not passed, either with or without funding for Planned Parenthood, the government would shut down until a compromise could be reached.

Both Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have remained staunch in their opposition to any such funding bills. Experts are now saying, however, that Boehner’s resignation will dramatically reduce the odds of a government shutdown.

Majority leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is the current favorite to replace Boehner, though he has yet to officially throw his hat into the ring. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the favorite among more conservative Republicans, has already said he does not want the job, according to The New York Times.

4.7-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Nevada

The U.S. Geological Survey report-ed that a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck northwest Nevada, near the Oregon border, on Saturday, accord-ing to the Associated Press.

The quake was the second of that magnitude to hit the region in two weeks, though no damage was re-ported. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the epicenter to be 38 miles away from Lakeview, Oregon.

Sexual assault: a national epidemic

By Jacob Solis

Editor’s Note: This piece is the first in a series detailing the various intricacies of sexual assault on campus, both at UNR and elsewhere.

On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada’s first district held a roundtable at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. There, she met with a variety of groups — from community college students to women veterans — to talk about one thing: sexual assault on col-lege campuses.

The roundtable was organized as a re-sponse to a new set of policies proposed by Democratic presiden-tial hopeful Hillary Clinton just a week earlier. Announcing the plan at a rally in Cedar Falls, Iowa, she said, “It is not enough to condemn campus

sexual assault. We need to end campus sexual assault.”

It’s the first time Clinton has tackled the issue since launching her campaign, according to NBC News, and Clinton’s campaign is the only one thus far to heavily focus on the issue. It should be

noted that the only other candidate to mention women in their platform is Clinton’s main competition, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The policy itself is fairly broad, leaving any specificity for later. However, the core of the policy is spelled out clearly on Clinton’s website and comes in three phases: provide support for victims, make justice for victims more transpar-ent, and lastly, increase prevention.

“This is a priority of hers, and so now she’s listening to people to kind of put the meat on the bone, so having specifi-cally addressed these three issues,” Titus said.

As far as the first tenet goes, that of providing support, both the federal gov-ernment and the University of Nevada,

Reno, are doing a fair job. The Obama administration recently launched no-talone.gov, an online resource center for students and institutions alike that pro-vides a bevy of informational tools. On top of that, UNR provides services like a sexual assault advocate and counseling services to victims of sexual assault.

For Titus, it’s a solid step in the right direction.

“We had a representative from the chancellor’s office and she was going to take this back to the top administrators and say, ‘Let’s look at the policies that affect the whole campus system,’” Titus said. “So I think the first step of getting more visibility and making this more of

ASUN works to create a sustainable campus

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By Rachel Spacek

The Associated Students of the University of Nevada has taken the first steps in creating a more sustain-able campus. These steps are intended to improve air quality, battle climate change and keep the environment healthy for future generations.

Earlier this year, ASUN President Caden Fabbi allocated $10,000 to the new Sustainable Nevada Initiative Fund, an environmental grant program through which students can propose projects that promote campus sustain-ability. SNIF will be used to fund and promote clubs and projects related to sustainability. Applications for grants from SNIF will open in October and will remain open until the spring.

“We hope to create a culture shift and hope that students catch on and come to us with projects,” said Ryan Suppe, ASUN director of campus and public relations. “The ultimate goal is saving the earth.”

ASUN also hosted its first Green Week beginning Thursday, Sept. 10. There, senators distributed 3,000 free reusable water bottles along with information on the environmental benefits of eschew-ing single-use plastic bottles. ASUN purchased a Water Monster, a 125-gal-lon tank that will be used at campus events instead of plastic water bottles.

John Sagebiel, the University Sus-tainability Committee’s sustainability coordinator, said he believes the biggest concern is educating people. In doing so, people will think more about their ecological footprint and what they can do to reduce environmental harm.

The committee was created in 2008 to establish a plan for a more sustain-able campus. Sagebiel’s goal for the committee is to focus on the Sustain-ability Tracking Assessment and Rating System, a self-evaluating system for colleges and universities to measure the sustainability of their campuses.

Sagebiel believes ASUN’s plan to ban plastic water bottles at campus events and to instead use the Water Monster is a crucial step towards a more sustain-able campus.

ASUN’s has recently introduced a new senate committee to focus on important issues regarding campus and student safety, sustainability and wellness. The Special Committee on Safety, Sustainability, and Wellness was created by Sen. Michael Upton from the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources and Sen. Emilia Carro from the College of Education.

The new committee will be used for senators to discuss safety, sustain-ability and wellness initiatives as well as encourage students to make healthy choices, increase safety and reduce their environmental footprint.

Sierra Jickling, a freshman at UNR, also hopes to find ways to encourage and educate students on making cam-pus a more environmentally friendly place. Jickling was surprised at the lack

By Marcus Lavergne

T he University of Nevada, Reno’s administration and Student Services Division have committed themselves

to actively pursuing and promoting a more diverse campus since the start of the new millennium. UNR has wit-nessed a jump from over 2,600 minor-ity students to over 7,200 in the past 10 years. Although the process seems slow, the campus has been experienc-ing steady growth in ethnic student populations on campus.

The white population has decreased 3 percent in the last 10 years from 69 percent. The largest ethnic population is Hispanic, with over 2,000 students at the university. That makes up more than 14 percent of the general student population, while the smallest ethnic group, Native Hawaiian or other Pa-cific Islander, comprises about half a percent of the general population.

UNR strives to build on recent history of ethnic diversification

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Rep. Dina Titus hosts roundtable at UNLV

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a priority is already underway.”Moreover, Titus explained that more

specific policies could be hashed out later by states and individual institutions and that many such specifics were discussed during the roundtable.

“We heard suggestions from The Rape Crisis Center, from the women’s center that runs the hotline for students [and] from people at the community college,” Titus said. “We heard that you need to revamp Title IX proposals that deal with this topic, because they haven’t been looked at in a long time, and usually when they’re ad-dressed its from the standpoint of protect-ing the accused as opposed to the victim.”

Tenets two and three of Clinton’s plan,

which focus on transparency and preven-tion, have already been addressed by many institutions and the federal government. In 2013, Congress passed the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act or SaVE, which added to both the 1990 Clery Act and Title IX.

Specifically, SaVE requires campuses to disclose incidences of sexual and domestic violence as well as requiring minimum standards for disciplinary measures to be taken against offenders, according to The Clery Center.

However, for UNR student Courtney McKimmey, there’s still more to be done.

“During orientation they do a lot of sexual assault presentations and they talk a lot about it, but the education tends to stop there,” McKimmey said. “I think making the resources known, as far as what is avail-able on campus, [should be] better known.

Personally speaking, I haven’t been in a situation where I’ve had to look for those resources, but at the moment I don’t know what resources are available to students on campus.”

McKimmey suggested providing the sexual assault training given to ASUN em-ployees or involving the disability resource center, but concedes that question of solv-ing campus sexual assault is a difficult one.

Ultimately, all institutions across the country have a ways to go in the policy-making arena before campus sexual as-sault ends.

IN PART TWO: A look into how the University of Nevada, Reno, tackles sexual assault and why things are the way the are.


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APPOINTMENTS

RESIGNATIONS

NEW DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING APPOINTED

Matthew Little was appointed to the new office of director of diversity and inclusion. A senior majoring in gender and race relations, Little’s nomination by ASUN President Caden Fabbi was approved unanimously.

Dana Markavage, a senior majoring in psychology, was nominated to the office of assistant director of program-ming by programming director Tazia Statucki. Markavage, who would oversee the program-ming budget, was also approved unanimously. The senate had no questions for the nominee.

LETTERS OF RESIGNATION READ FOR SEN. RAMIREZ AND SEN. CUEVAS

Speaker Nick Andrew read the resignation letters of College of Engineering Sen. Anthony Ramirez and Division of Health Sciences Sen. Amanda Cuevas. The reading marks the official end to each of their tenures as senators and their seats will remain open for the next two weeks.

In her letter, Sen. Cuevas apologized for her departure and noted that she was leaving due to time constraints.

In his letter, Sen. Ramirez apologized to his constituents, saying that he had both lost the time necessary to be a senator as well as his passion to do the job. Moreover, Sen. Ramirez had been on the verge of being officially censured by the senate but resigned before any official action was taken.

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SEN. GREEN MAKES CASE FOR CENSURE OF SEN. RAMIREZ

Just before the meeting adjourned, Sen. Green of the College of Education expressed discontent at the fact that the former Sen. Ramirez was not censured.

“I believe that before we ac-cept his resignation, he should be required to be censured,” Green said. “I think it devalues the position if an individual could rack up points and just leave.”

By the time of his departure, Sen. Ramirez had acquired 5.33 censure points from missing various meetings and office hours, making him the only senator eligible for censure.

In response, both Speaker Andrew and Attorney General Ryan Hood noted that officially censuring Sen. Ramirez would incur an amount of paperwork that, at this point in time, would be wholly unnecessary.


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of on-campus clubs focused on the environment on campus and has met with Fabbi and ASUN with the idea to begin a new club.

“Student action on behalf of the en-vironment is a social justice issue that’s very important to me, so I knew that if a club didn’t exist on campus the only option would be to form one myself,” Jickling said.

Jickling spoke to Fabbi and praised ASUN for its efforts to change campus culture and make it a healthier and more sustainable place for everyone. She hopes that after the student environmental club is up and running, the club can cooperate with ASUN to focus on campus sustainability issues.

“This is a critical time in the course of human history, and in the course of Reno’s history to define how our city is going to re-spond to the pressures and stresses of human-exacerbated climate change,” Jickling said. “As the college of Nevada in Reno, UNR has a great opportunity to be one of the front runners in taking this strong stance for the betterment of our future. I urge all students to consider their environment and impact upon it, for the sake of their water, air and outdoor spaces around them.”

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These numbers may seem small when individually compared to the 66 percent majority, but when combined, the eth-nic population on campus comes closer than it’s ever been to balancing things out. With that said, the university has not yet managed to earn recognition for its ethnic diversity like the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in southern Nevada.

UNLV has been given a designation as a Minority-Serving Institution for the past three years. The MSI status is given to those universities that house high numbers of minority students. Even more importantly, in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report’s ethnic diversity rankings, UNLV tied for the second most diverse campus in the nation alongside universities like St. John’s University and the University of Houston. They also surpassed Stanford University.

UNLV’s general population is 40 percent white, making the ethnic population the majority on campus. Hispanic students make up 21 percent of students, while the rest of the ethnic

groups come close to tying the white population in terms of percentage. This could be one explanation for the na-tional recognition the school has been shown.

UNR has not said it is trying to com-pete with UNLV when it comes to diver-sity, but Blane Harding, the director for the Center for Student Cultural Diversity at UNR, says that schools compete over everything but calls the competition for diversity a good thing.

“If you take a look at the demograph-ics, and it’s a funny way to look at it, but there’s enough diversity to go around,” Harding said. “If UNLV is increasing then more power to them, and if we’re increasing then more power to us as well. The more people we can educate, the better off society will be.”

Las Vegas, a heavily populated cosmo-politan city, is home to a more diverse population than Reno. The state of Nevada is 66 percent white, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. While Las Vegas data only shows a white population of about 62 percent, Reno’s population is 74 percent white. Also, proportion-ally, in Las Vegas the black and Hispanic populations are greater than the state’s

percentages. In Reno, those population numbers are less than the state’s.

In spite of having highly dispropor-tionate numbers in regard to the major-ity population versus the ethnic minor-ity population, Reno has shown signs of change. Harding says the demographics of society as a whole are changing drastically, and he considers the city’s growth to be important progress.

“The largest growth [in Reno] is within the Latino population,” Harding said. “You want to take a look at that and make sure the campus is not only reflective of the community, but that the campus has the ability to impact the community.”

UNR is reflective of that change, which can be seen in the consistent growth of its ethnic populations. Harding believes UNR is building a healthy relationship between the campus and the commu-nity through its ethnic diversity growth.

“That’s where we’re getting students,” Harding said. “That’s where students are going to end up.”

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The inside of the Innevation Center undergoes final construction on Wednesday, Sept. 7. The Center was closed not long after it opened last Tuesday while awaiting final inspections from the state.

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Reno, Nevada’s downtown Innevation Center

Powered by Switch has temporarily been forced

to shut its doors just a few days after its invite-

only inauguration event. The event was the formal

opening of the center, but for the time being, the

building will not be available to the public while the

staff waits for final inspections.

The collaborative, downtown venture between

the University of Nevada, Reno and Switch was

originally set to open. Jane Tors, UNR’s commu-

nication director, explained that the university in-

formed the state of the inauguration as well as the

inspection delays, and they were given permission

to continue with it.

“There are two final inspections that have to be

completed,” Tors said. “It’s a timing issue. It’s not a

statement about construction.”

Tors said that the staff is still waiting on a certifi-

cate of occupancy, which confirms that the build-

ing is in compliance with local government build-

ing codes and laws, and is suitable for occupants.

Washoe County’s Department of Building and

Safety has set requirements for the certificate which

include inspections from different departments

and agencies like the County Road Department,

District Health Department and Fire Department.

Tors disclosed that some technological infra-

structure was still being worked on up to the

opening event, so inspections were not able to be

scheduled. According to her, the university hopes

to have the issues resolved soon, but there is no set

time on when the Center will be completely ready

for the influx of new ideas, projects and research.

The Innevation Center is expected to build a

stronger connection between UNR and downtown

Reno. The city, which seems to be in a constant

state of development, is seeing an art and food

culture explosion that has very quickly changed

its image. Now, the public can also look forward to

a deeper integration of engineering, science and

technology in the area. The university hopes the

Center will bring businesses and investors in the

industry to Reno.

According to Mridul Gautam, UNR’s vice presi-

dent for research and innovation, a goal for the

Center is to facilitate the development of ideas into

tangible creations. He said that everybody will be

welcome to the Center, not just those who study

engineering, math or science, and encourages the

general public to see what the building has to offer.

“The Innevation Center is a place where the

community can come together,” Gautam said.

“It provides a place where if [people] think of

something, there will be people there to help them

realize that idea.”

The Innevation Center will house many unique

devices for designing, forging and producing like

high-tech 3D printers. If a person can dream up

and blueprint their idea, there will be mentors

and equipment available to help them make those

ideas a reality.

The Center will be free to students, alumni,

emeritus and other faculty from UNR, and wel-

comes the public through memberships and daily

passes.

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Innevation Center closes after inspection delays

By Samantha Johnson

It’s only happened five times since 1910, the last one happened in 1982, and it won’t come again until 2033: it’s the “supermoon” lunar eclipse. Unfortunately, Reno residents didn’t get to see much of it due to cloudy weather last Sunday. For Tony Berendsen, developmental technician at the university and owner of Tahoe Star Tours, it was still an exciting event.

“What’s cool about a total lunar eclipse is that everyone sees it,” Berendsen said.

Clouds or not, everyone around the world could see the rare moon, and pictures started flooding Instagram and Facebook around 7 p.m. eastern time. Several websites, like Space.com, offered live streams of the eclipse, and people of all ages grabbed their telescopes and headed out to the MacLean Observatory on Wedge Parkway.

Berendsen said the reason why a lunar eclipse appears to be red is that the Earth’s atmosphere acts as a refracting lens and the light is bent to the red part of the spectrum.

What made this lunar eclipse stand out, however, was the closer view of the moon, making it a “supermoon.” Berendsen explained that it was in “perigee,” or the moon’s closest point in its orbit to the Earth, and would appear to be 14 percent larger than normal.

“What I love about it is the way you can see the Earth’s shadow,” Berendsen said.

Berendsen also explained how the MacLean family played an integral part in the observatory, and how they donated the 22-inch telescope used to view the eclipse. He talked about Gordon MacLean’s story and how he first started to explore space through a lens at his house near the Mount Rose sum-mit.

“Gordon MacLean was an avid amateur astronomer,” Berendsen said. “This telescope was on the third story of his house. There are few left in the world today.”

MacLean’s telescope, if compared to human sight, has about 3,000 eyeballs of viewing power, according to Berendsen. There was a long line of stargazers waiting to test it out long after the 7:11 p.m. mark for the total lunar eclipse, or the “um-bra.” It lasted until 8:23 p.m., then the moon slowly moved out of the Earth’s shadow into its former, shining glory.

Berendsen answered questions from curious onlookers all night, including why lunar eclipses don’t happen all the time. He said that the moon’s orbit is tilted at about 5 percent, so it sometimes misses the Earth’s shadow. He also said that the Earth is traveling around 1,000 miles per hour, which is why we never truly see the proper path of the moon.

While those in Reno couldn’t see the rare beauty as well as other places in the world, the supermoon lunar eclipse was still a moment in history for everyone who got the chance to take a peek. The people who missed it will be browsing through the pictures online and anticipating the next one 18 years from now. For more information about the eclipse or just space knowledge in general, Tony Berendsen can be reached at [email protected].

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PACK N THE EVENTS

By Samantha Johnson

DATE: ThursdayTIME: 6 p.m.LOCATION: Gateway PlazaINFO: Beat UNLV Week continues with a concert featuring Dylan Scott in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union. Come rock out and get pumped for the annual football game between Nevada and UNLV this Saturday!

THINGS TO WATCH OUT

FOR THIS WEEK

WRECK THE REBELS COUNTRY

CONCERT

DATE: Friday — SundayTIME: Time variesLOCATION: Downtown RenoINFO: Did you know that Reno was the birthplace of denim jeans? This weekend there will be a festival to celebrate the history of blue jeans, with food, live music, vendors, scholarly presentations, vintage clothing and discounts on spa treatments. So put on your Levis and come learn something new!

BLUE JEANS JAM

DATE: FridayTIME: 7:30 p.m. — 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: Reno Events CenterINFO: The star of the TLC show “Long Island Medium” will be here in Reno this week. She will be giving readings during the show, but tickets are limited. Buy yours now and get ready to have a ghostly experience just in time for October.

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DATE: WednesdayTIME: 11 a.m. — 3 p.m.LOCATION: Gateway PlazaINFO: It’s that time of year again and we’re not talking about holidays. Beat UNLV Week is kicking off with a car smash pep rally to muster up that old spirit of rivalry.

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UNR chosen as launch campus for new app Trebel By Caroline Ackerman

The one constant about music is that there is no predicting what will come next. When bands pressed records in the mid ’70s, they had absolutely no idea that in 2015 we’d be able to stream music from devices smaller than our hands. Now, in an age of online streaming and MP3 conversion, we have many choices when it comes to where we get our music. Stu-dents at the University of Nevada, Reno now have access to a game-changer in the music software industry: an applica-tion called Trebel arrived on campus in late September.

Trebel is a free music application that allows its users to download and own songs for free. Compared to Spotify and Pandora, Trebel does not charge its users for a premium membership; instead, Trebel supports its artists through ad-vertisements. For every advertisement a user views or watches, virtual currency is earned. Users can then use the virtual currency to completely own the songs and download them to their iTunes or Google Play libraries, or listen to the music uninterrupted.

“The idea is to make it like a video game,” said creator Gary Mekikian, CEO of M&M Media Inc., Trebel’s parent com-pany. Mekikian and his high-school-aged daughters Grace and Juliette designed

the app together. “It’s for millennials, by millennials,”

Mekikian said. The application is slowly being released

to different college and high school cam-puses around the United States. UNR was chosen to be one of the first because of its diversity and student involvement. In a statement released, Mekikian said, ““UNR was chosen as a launch campus because it fits the demographic profile of a school where adoption and engage-ment are likely to be the highest.”

The objective of Trebel is to get young people to listen to the music they want to listen to for free while also paying the artist.

“A lot of college students have limited income and turn to MP3 converter sites and rolling free trials of subscription ser-vices, but these services are loaded with problems – terrible user experience, fake tracks, bad audio quality – just to name a few,” said Corey Jones, chief of product at M&M Media Inc. “We’re offering the best music download app out there that lets users pick and play their songs for free.”

The creative features on Trebel are endless. The application has a social media feature in which students can view what is being downloaded the most on their campus and see what their friends are listening to. There is even an option to share playlists with friends. Almost all the songs that can be downloaded can be

played without Wi-Fi, and the application does not use any data.

“It’s ‘T’ and ‘Rebel,’” creator Mekikian explained, regarding the company name. The newest free music app is exactly that – a rebel. With the motive to provide free music to its users and compensate artists in a fun and creative way, Trebel is something music fans have never seen before. UNR students can download the free application by going to http://www.trebel.io/dl or searching “Trebel” in their device’s app store. Be sure to add “UNR” as your campus so you can

check out what is being downloaded the most here.

Caroline Ackerman can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.

Photo provided by Trebel Music AppThe Trebel app would allow users to use music similar to social media, sharing and tracking what songs are being download-ed in the area.

Samantha Johnson/Nevada Sagebrush(Top) People of all ages came out to see the natural phenomena at MacLean Observatory on Sunday, Sept. 27. (Bottom) A MacLean 22 inch telescope at the observatory is almost as rare as the eclipse and is used by spectators to view the moon.

Flickr photo courtesy of Nicholas ErwinThe total blood supermoon lunar eclipse occurs on Sunday Sept. 27. While the eclipse wasn’t visible in Reno due to cloud coverage, it was seen in many other places worldwide.

Samantha Johnson/Nevada Sagebrush(Top) Locals gather at the MacLean Observatory on Sunday, Sept. 27 to view the rare blood supermoon. (Bottom) Aubree Portune readies her telescope to get a glimpse of the supermoon.

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Y ou’re stressed. The responsibilities of everyday life never cease to pile up on your plate. Work consumes you, school seems to be swallowing whole.

You keep failing tests, you got your heart broken. Your anxiety is uncontrollable. You feel like you constantly are letting others down. You don’t feel accepted by your peers and your parents don’t appreciate you. You don’t have any idea where

your life is going and it seems like life is crumbling entirely in front of your face. Maybe you have a never ending case of the sads. Motivation to complete daily tasks is scarce. Sometimes just getting out of bed seems like the most daunting task.

Just know you’re not alone. Please do not look for a perma-nent solution to a temporary problem.

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Preven-

tion, suicide is the second leading killer for people in the age bracket of 10-24.

Some would argue this age gap is full of some of life’s most significant years. It is here when children become young adults, first loves flourish, and some graduate both high school and even college. We land our first jobs and are in the midst of finding ourselves as individuals (or at least attempting to do so). Simply put, we are growing up. It is no secret that with these significant transitional years we will experience some of the toughest times in our lives.

At times these stresses can appear never-ending.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Despite the month being near its end, we must take the time to acknowledge the signifi-cance in this matter. This month when we scroll through our Facebook feeds and other outlets of social media, we may stumble upon stories of suicide or posts encouraging students to get the help they need. These posts try to eliminate the negative stigmas attached to mental health issues and open the doors for students to relate to other cases. These posts can be helpful and can be a sign for some to alter their mindsets or get the help they may need.

What frightens me, however, is the possibility that these promotions to end negative stigmas will end simultaneously with the closing of the month. It appears some may see designated months like this as a fad. Of course, it is important to spread positivity during the honored month, but we must remember the suffering does not end for these people.

The conversation about suicide and mental health needs to be prioritized. It is of great importance for us to educate and speak out

during these transitional years. We must not fear the power of this conversation. These conversa-tions won’t necessarily come with ease. I imagine they will challenge individuals to go to places they may not have initially intended on going. But, I believe something as simple as a conversation could be the kick-start movement to put an end to these preventable tragedies.

Negative stigmas on mental health reside in many different places. They can be found in one’s living room, within the four walls of a classroom or portrayed in media outlets. These stigmas inflict embarrassment on the affected and force people into believing suicide is a way out.

We cannot force parents to engage in these talks; we can only encourage. Unfortunately, most of the time, what the media portrays is out of our hands. But we can find a common ground in schooling.

Without a doubt, suicide needs to be addressed more openly in grade schools and colleges. Not once in my grade-school life did any of my schools feel it important to address suicide. Even after a girl I grew up with tragically took her own life, the faculty members of my school only held grief counseling for those believed to be directly affected by this act.

At the time I remember wondering why someone so young, beautiful and talented would choose to cut her life so short. Hundreds attended her vigil. Not a dry eye in sight. So much potential, so much life left, gone far too soon. I remember not even being able to imagine how those close to her felt. The indescribable grief that her family and friends must have felt.

Now, being older and looking back on the situa-tion, I can’t help but think: What if social attitudes for mental health were completely different? What if starting at a young age and continuing into college years, schools implemented mental health educational programs? Sometimes it is human nature to reject things we do not understand. That principle can apply to the conversation about mental health. We are never really educated on mental health. We may reject accepting suicide and the topic of mental health because we do not understand it. But are we ever taught differently?

If students were taught about mental health and encouraged not to discriminate from a young age, maybe these attitudes would change the outlook of those who feel this is their only way to escape.

There are resources out there; unfortunately, we just have to seek them out. As young adults, some may feel ashamed to admit the struggles they are going through. They may have too much on their plates to seek out help. That is why it should be a required school policy. We discuss puberty in fifth grade and sex ed somewhere between middle school and high school; is the discussion of mental health really any less important? Because every year the rates increase and we mustn’t let

this go unnoticed.Suicide education should be mandated in

all grade schools and in colleges. It should be required for students to sit in and have stories shared of those affected by suicide. Resources should be put out on the table. The American Psychological Association believes suicide is preventable. Through diligent efforts to eliminate the negative stigmas associated with mental health I believe we can drastically cut the number of suicides. Initiate the conversation. Then recognize the immense importance to keep it going.

Suicide oftentimes results from undiagnosed mental illnesses. We must acknowledge these negligences. Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. We must not fear admitting that we have a problem. There is help out there.

We really are fortunate to have some great resources on our campus. Although one must seek them out, they are wonderful support systems created by inspiring people that do care.

Mental Health Services on campus has on-staff counselors and specialists that are always ready to have that conversation.

The Reno Crisis Center is also staffed with those who want to eliminate the taboo associated with mental illness.

My favorite organization on campus and one I hold near and dear to my heart is 10:10 Make a Wish, a non-profit organization founded by a young woman who tragically lost her younger sister at just 15 years old. This amazing organiza-tion really promotes the need for conversation. It emphasizes the importance to remain positive in life and displays the true tragedy suicide inflicts on those directly affected by it. Those experienc-ing difficult times can reach out and read the 10:10 blog or personally reach out to the women who started this amazing organization. Please feel free to visit their blog http://its1010makeawish.squarespace.com/ to get help or just to educate yourself on the cause.

It is our duty to eradicate the stigmas. Extend conversations past this month. Advise others that they are not in this alone.

Suicide is not the solution, no matter the pain. Every day is a new day — an opportunity to turn over a new leaf, experience new adventures, seek a different path. People do care. Life can be difficult, and often times seemingly impossible to understand but reach out. Speak up. Don’t be afraid or ashamed. You will be missed; don’t ever think for a second you won’t be.

For around-the-clock assistance, no matter the circumstance, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

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

@TheSagebrush | nevadasagebrush.com A6 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find out what it meansA spectre is haunting

America — the spectre of political correct-ness.

The year is 2015. The polar ice caps are melting, Donald Trump is leading the Republi-can candidates for the presi-dency and America is paralyzed by the fear of being policed by the politically correct.

Last week, Republican candidate Ben Carson made headlines when he said he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation” in an interview with NBC News. The comment sparked rightful criticism of Carson’s blatant prejudice against Muslim Americans. Yet Carson’s response was not to apologize, but to blame the backlash on a culture of politi-cal correctness “imposed by the secular progressives and those who wish to fundamentally

change our society.” Though Carson would have

us believe that political correct-ness will destroy the founda-tions of American society, we must ask ourselves: Will a fundamental change in how the various groups in America interact be a detriment?

America is not a utopia where everyone enjoys full equality. It is a society largely shaped by institutionalized racism, sexism and classism, the effects of which are still felt by many today. When groups who have been denied social and political self-determination ask to be spoken to with a basic amount of respect, are they asking too much? Certainly not.

Yes, it’s something that would fundamentally change our soci-ety, but imagine an America in which its citizens weren’t made to feel inferior based off of their race, gender and a multitude of

other arbitrary classifications. This is not the first time

political correctness has been the subject of the GOP’s wrath. Front-runner Donald Trump said in the first primary debate, “I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I’ve been challenged by so many people and I don’t, frankly, have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn’t have time, either.”

Despite what Trump and Carson’s comments may imply, political correctness is not a boogeyman plaguing our nation and ruining our values. It is not the liberal censor-ship of free speech that the radical right has made it out to be. Rather, it is a necessary precursor for the creation of an American culture that respects and includes all groups regard-less of party affiliation.

Political correctness is not about having time to be respectful; it’s about caring enough for your fellow people to be respectful.

Perpetuating insensitiv-ity toward and disrespect of certain groups only serves to further alienate those who have been historically marginalized. These individuals are human beings, full of the same desires, emotions and potential as everyone else. One person’s desire to say what they wish without consequence does not outweigh another person’s fundamental right to be treated with decency.

There are certain instances in which the representation of a lack of political correctness serves a valuable social func-tion. The most visible instance of this is in art, notably literature, film and satire. For instance, the removal of

Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” from required readings lists across the nation for its representation of racial stereotypes sparked ire from free speech advocates and literary buffs alike.

The reason for this is simple — the omission of crucial historical context from our cultural lexicon deadens conversation as a whole. To censor works that serve as a representation of America’s checkered past is to pretend that it didn’t happen. Education, and art in general, serves as a stepping stone to an American culture that acknowl-edges past transgressions, and uses that knowledge to create a society where those transgres-sions no longer exist.

Moreover, it is often college campuses, the traditional bastions of liberal thought, that go as far as to censor students

and speakers in the name of political correctness. In this regard, comedians and satirists have long taken pleasure in lampooning the overly sensi-tive colleges of modern-day America.

In this regard, censorship of literature and speech is, by and large, unacceptable. However, simply wanting not to offend, wanting to include everyone in civil discourse and wanting all Americans to experience life with dignity is not ridiculous. Without the idea of being politically correct, bigotry will spread unimpeded.

In the words of the ever-chill Big Lebowski, “The aggression will not stand, man.”

We can’t let it.

The Nevada Sagebrush editor desk can be reached at [email protected] and on Twit-ter @The Sagebrush.

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N ot long ago, I was asked by one of my professors, “How young is too young for an iPhone?”

Since it’s 2015, times are changing and technology is advancing, I found it a little difficult to answer that question.

In this day and age, it seems as if age restrictions are a thing of the past. Or at

least that’s how society wants it to be portrayed.

10- and 11-year-olds are carrying around iPhone 6s, uploading pictures to Instagram, subtweeting friends on Twitter and sending self-ies around on Snapchat. Does a 5-inch by 2-inch screen have the capability of corrupting childhood?

Oh, what a difference a decade and a half can make. In the year 2000, kids could be seen playing on the monkey bars. Instead of children choosing to play outside, children choose to spend count-less hours on their smartphones. As a kid, I would love to go camping and on road trips with my family, but now it seems kids are choosing to stay home with their video games, computers and phones.

Every single night growing up I would have a sit-down dinner with my family, but kids in this generation are too busy texting during dinner to even enjoy those quality moments with their families.

These kids are wasting their easiest and happiest years of their lives on stress and drama that results from different outlets of technology. This stuff can wait until they are in high school or even college.

I didn’t have my first phone at the age of 8, nor at the age of 11. Actually, I didn’t have my first phone until halfway through my freshmen year of high school.

I remember it being an iPhone 4, and I was so excited because everyone else had one too, so I felt like I fit in. Really? Is that the purpose of buying a $700 phone? To fit in?

12-year-olds are getting these phones and becoming Internet addicts at such a young age.

The problem may not be the desire to possess a smartphone. The problem is the exposure young children receive when they get these smartphones. They are instantly connected to the world of social media, and with that comes the chance these young children will be exposed to a world of sex, drugs and alcohol. Many of these things inevitably are glamorized via social media. Still wondering why these young kids are going to extremes just to fit in?

The fact of the matter is, kids don’t use phones for the features it has to offer; they use it as their token into society or their outlet to acceptance. Kids are wasting precious years of their lives being engulfed by iPhones, social media apps and other various technology outlets.

I guess the answer to my professor would be that society no longer sets an age too young or too old for an iPhone. However, I would touch on all that a child might miss out on once sucked into the world of technology. Children should be less obsessive with iPhone apps and more in-tune with quality family time and carefree play. Think twice before buying your children iPhones. Keep them young while you can.

Alexa Crow studies nursing. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @AliSchultzzz.

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W hen most people think of Subaru, they think of the reliable, fire-spitting, insanely quick Impreza

WRX STi rally car, or the reliable, rug-ged, dependable Outback station wagon. But one of the most excellent vehicles ever to wear a Subaru badge is the mighty-mite BRAT pickup truck.

The BRAT was launched in the late ’70s as Subaru’s way to get around the “chicken tax” in the U.S. The chicken tax is a 25 percent import tariff on all pickup trucks not produced in the U.S. Subaru got around this tax by calling the BRAT a “passenger

vehicle.” Their method for making this distinction is what makes the BRAT so interesting. To make the BRAT a car, Subaru bolted a set of rear-facing jump seats in the bed. That’s it. Yes, it is exactly as unsafe as it sounds.

At this point you may be wondering why I keep capitalizing “BRAT” rather than just calling it a Brat. There are a few reasons for that. The most official reason is that it is an acronym that means Bi-Drive Recreational All-Terrain Transporter, but another reason is that a “brat” is usually defined as an ill-mannered or misbehaved child, and the BRAT is actually quite well-behaved. Or rather it was when it was new.

In 1986, we were in the height of Reaganomics, and rather fittingly, former President Ronald Reagan actu-ally owned a 1978 BRAT that he used to drive around on his ranch. In 1986, the BRAT I test drove was built, and it was probably a very good and reliable little car-truck for most of its life. Its current owner though is in the process of turning it into the ultimate hooning machine.

For starters, this BRAT is no longer Bi-Drive; the owner removed the drive axles in the front and left the transfer case in permanent four-wheel-drive high, so now it’s rear-wheel drive. He’s also fitted a bigger carburetor to feed the mighty 1.8-L Subaru flat-four with more delicious liquid dinosaurs. When the BRAT was new, it made about 74 horsepower. That may not sound like a lot; that’s because it’s not. Yes, the BRAT is very light, but it’s still painfully slow. The top speed is about 90-95 mph.

I didn’t have an area to confirm that figure, but the owner told me he’s verified that it will still manage that.

This BRAT also has a custom header setup, which gives it the classic Subaru “boxer rumble.” It also has no muffler, and the exhaust exits to the side under the door and is incredibly loud, but it also shoots flames. This means the side of the vehicle can be quite hot when you get it out, which is unfortunate because after driving around Reno’s streets for a bit you will absolutely want to get out of the BRAT. That’s not because it’s bad to drive — it’s not, and we’ll get to that later; it’s because the ride quality is absolutely appalling. Although some may believe this is due to poor BRAT suspension, it isn’t that at all. In fact it was one of the most comfortable vehicles Subaru made at the time. This one is bone-shatteringly bad because it simply doesn’t have suspension at all. Well, it has a bit in the front, as this BRAT does sit on the stock front

suspension, but the springs have been cut down to lower the ride height and make the exterior look more aggressive. However, when it comes to the back, it’s not really possible to easily lower a BRAT’s rear suspension, so the owner basically removed it altogether. Yes, the only thing absorbing the shocks from the road are the tires, and they really struggle with it.

But as I said earlier, it’s not all bad to drive. The terrible suspension has one, and only one, upside. This BRAT has surprisingly good handling. The stiffness of the rear end means it’s less willing to understeer through a turn and is less prone to a ship-like body roll. The steering response is decent because it’s not power-assisted, but it’s also incredibly prone to vibrations at high speed because it’s nearly 30 years old. The BRAT also really liked to wander around at highway speeds; the owner told me that was because it had snow tires on the rear end.

On the inside, this BRAT still has the stock ’80s steering wheel with only two spokes and an extremely thin rim, which was acceptable in 1986 because it perfectly fit the thin, coked-out fingers of Americans at that time. The seats are very comfortable because they’re out of the owner’s father’s late ’90s Subaru Legacy wagon. The seats very much help with saving your spine from the damage caused by the lack of suspension.

The BRAT only came with a four-speed manual transmission, as most trucks at the time did, and like most trucks, the BRAT’s clutch doesn’t engage until you almost have your foot completely off the pedal. This is quite annoying in stop-and-go traffic, but you would get used to it over time. The brakes need to be pumped quite a bit before they’ll actually decide to stop you; once they’re up to temperature though, they work quite well. The throttle is very responsive because it’s mechanical, and it reflects the overall

playful demeanor of the BRAT.All of this brings me to the real point

of the BRAT. It’s one of the best cars from the ’80s that no one ever cares about. It shares its position in the automotive hierarchy with things like the Volvo 240, Merkur XR4Ti and Toyota Celica. It’s an excellent idea, and at the time it got far better fuel economy than any other mini-truck on sale. It was reasonably priced, quite practical and it had a certain charisma that almost nothing else could copy. Not even Subaru man-aged to capture the BRAT magic when they introduced the mostly unloved Outback-based Baja in 2003.

Subaru BRAT: absolutely excellent, but forgotten anyway.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated. If anyone has a car they’d like me to review, let me know.

Derek Sanders can be reached at der-

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A conservative’s view of Rand Paul

H i, I’m Kevin Bass and I’m a conservative. I don’t believe I’m a Republican, because

I don’t particularly care for party politics. If I had to identify I’d say I’m a libertarian. So when I heard that Rand Paul was on campus, I got pretty excited! A politician

who doesn’t seem to like politics? My kind of man. I didn’t want to go alone though, so I guilt-tripped my severely liberal friend into coming. I don’t think she enjoyed it as

much as I did.My favorite part about Rand

Paul is that he doesn’t seem like a politician. He didn’t talk from behind a podium, he didn’t even have notes. He just walked along the stage and talked. He seemed sincere. He looked like a regular guy, he was in jeans, a white shirt without a tie and boots. He talked about other candidates a lot, but I didn’t see that as attacking the rest of the nominees. I got the feeling he was just separating himself.

He is a Republican nominee, but he really isn’t like the rest. He’s a Republican that has strong libertarian values, so he can get the respect of Republi-cans and libertarians and, more importantly, their votes. I don’t always trust the government, or politicians for that matter, so it’s refreshing to see a candidate

that feels the same. Very few politicians seem to want governmental transparency like Paul does.

Paul wants America out of the Middle East. I want America out of the Middle East. I think we’ve been involved in too much for too long. Before we went in, it was a mess, but some may argue a contained mess. There seemed to be a balance of power in the region that was upset by U.S. involvement. The opposition seems to love to mention the Rwandan genocide of 1994. It’ll say we have to get involved to save every life we can; when we didn’t, hundreds of thousands of lives were lost. While that’s certainly a noble cause, we cannot always do so.

Getting involved overseas not only costs money, but uses resources like food and medical aid. The job of the United States government is to protect the people of the United States, and right now we have issues of our own on American soil. We should help ourselves first. In initially helping ourselves, we can then successfully help others. How big is the list of potential reforms? Immigration, health care, guns, the economy, police — all of these topics are issues that are heatedly debated here and now. On an airplane they say to put your own mask on before assisting others. We need to get our masks on.

Lastly, I want to compare Paul to the second most polarizing candidate in America right now, Bernie Sanders. People really just can’t get enough of the guy.

Do you want to know why? He’s the liberal version of Donald Trump! Both have big bold ideas that are unrealistic, and have pigeonholed themselves into a particular audience. They have acquired a following, and they know exactly what they all want to hear. Looking through a college campus, dollars to donuts you’ll find a lot of Sanders fans. Why? Because he’s offering free college tuition. Young people that are just now getting to vote see that as a free education. What they don’t see is that this will be paid for with higher taxes, which could hurt the economy.

We need a blue-collar work force, and we need a bottom economic class. If everyone in America has a college degree, it is plausible that a college degree will then have less worth. It could be that you could end up paying your plumber half your monthly salary to unclog your toilet because even he too will have a bachelor’s degree. Why not, it’s free, right? It’s all-too possible that free college will accomplish nothing besides diluting the value of a degree. A diploma’s value could shrink just like a $1 bill!

Rand Paul’s speech was a rousing success, and I think he can provide the transparency and intelligence to be a success-ful president and unleash the American dream.

Kevin Bass studies journalism.

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SUBARU BRAT: The superior Subaru we too quickly forget

Photo courtesy of Jack Robert Herman IIIPictured above is the 1986 model Subaru BRAT GL. Despite the BRAT being equipped with some of the same amenities as high-class vehicles, it unfortunately is not praised as such and is oftentimes even forgotten entirely.

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at Texas A&M

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Nevada vs UNLV

When: Saturday, Oct. 3, 4:00 p.m.

Where: Mackay Stadium(29,993 Field Turf)

TV: Mountain West Network

2014 season records: Nevada (7-6 overall, 4-4 MWC), UNLV (2-11 overall, 1-7 MWC)

Interesting: UNLV does have an interesting story in first-year coach Tony Sanchez, who made a big splash in Las Vegas as the coach of high-school pow-erhouse Bishop Gorman. Nevada leads the all time series 24-16 and has won nine out of the last ten. If Sanchez can manage to steal one in Mackay, UNLV can consider their season a success.

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Standings Conference Overall

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2-6

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6-8

7-6

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Pack gallops to victory Nevada embraces tenacious identity

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THIS WEEK’S GAME

Saturday, Oct. 3 at 4 p.m.

Boise State

Colorado State

Utah State

Air Force

New Mexico

Wyoming

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6-2

6-2

5-3

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THE WEEKLY DEBATE

The Fremont cannon is vastly overrated. You do realize it hasn’t been fired since 1999, which makes you wonder what the hell are they firing everytime someone scores? The imaginary cannon that is fired is so ridiclously loud, I’m suprised more students don’t go deaf. Paul Bunyon’s axe is given to the winner of Minnesota and Wisconsin, but their original trophy was a slab of bacon. It doesn’t get any better than that. I propose that Nevada fires Neil out of the cannon this Saturday to restore the tradition.

The cannon absolutly is one of the best trophies in college football. The cannon is the heaviest and most expensive in the country and is a replica of a 19th century Howitzer cannon that American explorer and California Sen. John C. Fremont took with him during his expedition across Nevada. Compared to other trophies, it’s way better. Michigan and Minnesota play for “the Little Brown Jug” and TCU and SMU play for a skillet. I’m taking a cannon any day of the week.

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Henry MacDiarmid/Nevada SagebrushNevada running back Don Jackson (6) runs the ball up field against the Arizona Wildcats on Sept. 12 at Mackay Stadium. Jackson had 17 carries for 113 yards and two touchdowns last week against the Bu!alo Bulls.

IS THE FREMONT CANNON ONE OF THE BEST TROPHIES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL?

5 Most Important UNLV-Nevada Games

WEEKLY TOP 5

1

OCTOBER 28, 1995Former Nevada head coach Jeff Horton decided to sleep with the

enemy in 1993 when he accepted the head-coaching job at UNLV. The 1995 game was the first time Horton had returned to Mackay, and the Nevada fans were absolutely belligerent toward Horton and the Rebels. Nevada blew out UNLV and after every score the Nevada players would run over to touch the cannon on the UNLV sideline. After the game, UNLV defensive back Quincy Sanders threw his helmet at Nevada coach Chris Ault and another scuffle broke out. Nevada rekindled with the cannon and won 55-32.

2

OCTOBER 26, 2013UNLV entered this game having lost eight straight Fremont

games, with the majority of those games being non-competitive. In Brian Polian’s first game against the Rebels, Nevada was handed its first loss to UNLV at Mackay in 10 years, 27-22.

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NOVEMBER 22, 1969The first game of the Fremont Cannon series took place in

the glorious year of 1969. Back in ’69, Mackay Stadium didn’t have lights, which turned out to be problematic on the Wolf Pack’s final drive. Nevada was down 27-28 with under a minute remaining when quarterback/kicker John Barnes made a 33-yard field goal as the sun blissfully set over the mountains.

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NOVEMBER 11, 1989According to longtime journalist Joe Santoro, this was the turning

point in the rivalry. The board of regents had just voted to establish an annual rivalry game, and Nevada responded by embarrassing UNLV at Mackay by a score of 45-7. Thus began a stretch of 10 out of 11 victories.

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Standings Conference Overall

BOXINGThree out of five Wolf Pack fighters won their debut bouts last Saturday, with 139-pound defending national champ JJ Mariano leading the way. 145-pound fighters Kirk Jackson and Jose Ayala also won in their season debut. Ayala made his debut along with 153-pound Britt Brown and 167-pound Tristan Harriman, both of who lost their fights.

SOCCERIt was a winless weekend for Nevada, as it dropped its conference opener on Friday night and played to a draw on Sunday. De-spite dominating the possession on Friday against Colorado College, a 68th minute goal by the Tigers was enough to sink the Wolf Pack. At Mackay Stadium on Sunday, the Wolf Pack tied Air Force at 2-2 after two over-times. All four goals came during the second half, with freshman Hannah Miller heading in a corner kick from senior Lindsey Salcido for the game’s first score. After Air Force tied the game, Salcido knocked the ball into the net off a save by senior Daisha Jones-Oglesby.

VOLLEYBALLNevada beat Air Force 3-2 on Sept. 24 and fell to New Mexico 3-1 in Albuquerque on Sept. 26. The win against Air Force’s effort was led by sophomore Madison Foley, who finished with the team lead in kills (18) and digs (16). Madison Morell (16) and Sam Willoughby (11) both contributed double-digit kills with 16 and 11 respectively. Nevada’s record stands at 6-8 (1-1 MW). On Saturday, Foley led the team in kills again with 17, and joined Morell and Kara Kasser with three aces each.

GOLF Nevada’s men’s golf team took 12th place at the Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque, New Mexico over the weekend. The team was led by freshman Travis Fredborg, who finished in a tie for 14th place. After shooting opening rounds of 69 and 73, Fredborg was tied for 10th at the end of day one. Also contributing to the Wolf Pack’s 12th place finish were Nick Fuller, who finished tied for 49th, Jooho Lee ,who finished a shot behind Fuller and tied for 56th, and Grant Booth who tied for 77th.

MEN’S BASKETBALLNevada men’s basketball coach Eric Mussel-man has secured a basketball commitment. The difference this week is that a former Reno star is the one joining the Pack. Former Hug High School forward Sam Williams commit-ted to Nevada Monday afternoon and will en-roll in classes this December. Williams is the first local basketball product on scholarship for Nevada since Reno High School graduate Olek Czyz (2010-2012.)

Kevin Bass can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

By Jack Rieger

In collegiate and professional sports, there

is a theory that claims teams adopt the iden-

tity of the city they reside in. For example, the

University of Southern California football team

has always boasted a flashy, fast-paced offense,

which reflects the dramatic, entertainment-

driven city of Los Angeles. The Detroit Pistons

of the NBA have consistently built a team that

has an aggressive, confrontational defense, which

mirrors the city’s blue-collar, resilient nature.

The city of Reno is considerably closer to Detroit on this

“spectrum of character.” Johnny Cash once famously belted,

“But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. When I hear

that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry.” If someone

were to walk around Fourth Street on any given night, they

would likely encounter a combination of police sirens,

homeless people and abandoned casinos whose popularity

peaked during the Vietnam War.

Reno is a blue-collar city that was conceived thanks to the gold

rush and the railroad industry. It is not flashy nor is it eccentric,

and neither was the city’s college football team on Saturday. Nevada

football completely embraced this tough-minded identity against Buf-

falo when it ran the ball 39 times for 289 hard-fought yards. Running back

James Butler led the rushing attack with 177 yards on 16 carries, including

a 91-yard scamper in the first quarter. Don Jackson also had success on the

ground, rushing 17 times for 116 yards and two touchdowns.

The Wolf Pack defense, which had struggled mightily through the first three

weeks of the season, stuck its foot in the ground and held Buffalo in check for

most of the afternoon thanks to some personnel changes. Safety Kendall Johnson

was moved to the cornerback position and freshman Dameon Baber made his

first start at safety.

Baber made an unforgettable first impression, intercepting two passes, record-

ing 10 tackles, and was named the Mountain West defensive player of the week.

Baber’s two interceptions proved to be the difference in the game, with the second

coming with just over a minute left in the fourth quarter. Head coach Brian Polian

recognized Baber’s outstanding performance after the game.

“That’s a pretty good debut for a true freshman,” said Polian “We knew athleti-

cally Dameon was one of our better guys. It was just a matter of when he was going

to be ready. It took a couple of extra weeks. He’s a freshman. I’m so happy for him

and the way he played today.”

Nevada quarterback Tyler Stewart had his least productive day as a starter in

2015, completing just 12 passes for 90 yards, proving that Nevada’s success is not

dependent on its passing attack. Expect Stewart’s role in the offense to remain

secondary to the aggressive running attack of Jackson and Butler, as Nevada will

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State on Saturday, a Mountain West Conference record.

Jack Rieger can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @JackRieger.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

NOVEMBER 16, 1985Chris Ault said this was the game that kick-started the rivalry.

UNLV had beaten Nevada six out of the last seven matchups and outscored the Wolf Pack 217-121 during that stretch. UNLV didn’t really consider Nevada a serious competitor at that point, and definitely not a rival. That all changed when Nevada smoked UNLV 45-7 in Reno, and established itself as the best team in Nevada for years to come.

touchdowns and Butler tacked on 16 carries for 177 yards and one touchdown. Over half of Butler’s yardage came on one 91-yard run before getting hawked at the five-yard line. On defense, all the talk was on the true freshman defensive back Dameon Baber. Baber made his debut against Buffalo and didn’t disappoint, as he finished the game with 10 total tackles and two interceptions (one on the Bulls’ final drive of the game to cement the victory.)

THE BIGGEST QUESTIONIs Nevada’s passing game as bad as it looked against Buffalo?

Quarterback Tyler Stewart finished the game against the Bulls going 12-for-21 with 90 yards and zero touchdowns. If the Nevada run game is slowed down, then Stewart will be forced to make plays through the air. The Pack also hasn’t been able to find a consistent number three receiver after the season-ending injury of junior wide receiver Brayden Sanchez in the UC Davis game.

KEYS TO THE GAMEThe game’s outcome will be directly correlated to Nevada’s ability

to run the ball. UNLV hung 80 on Idaho State last week, but the Rebels are still one of the worst run defenses in the country. They fall at 107th in the nation and give up 200 yards per game, so if Nevada can run the ball the this will be Nevada’s game to lose.

BEST-CASE/WORST-CASEBest-case scenario is Nevada continues to run the ball effectively

and control the clock while keeping Tyler Stewart out of trouble and Nevada keeps the Fremont Cannon in Reno. Worst-case is Nevada gets exposed on the ground and the preseason hype for the front seven will be all but forgotten. The Rebels tallied up 517 rushing yards against Idaho State and scored six touchdowns on the ground, and UNLV will look to continue their newfound success running the ball.

PREDICTIONDon’t expect a shootout in this one, as both teams are going to

look to establish the run and keep the ball out of their quarterback’s hands. Look for Jackson and Butler to continue to have success running the ball and Nevada to come away with the win. The game will be close for a while, but Nevada should be able to wear down the Rebel defensive line with the run while also stopping UNLV’s ground game. Na-Polian uses his superior firepower and quells this little rebellion.

Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at [email protected] and on

Twitter @NeilTheJuiceMan.

“They came over in ’85, and we domi-nated the game,” said Ault. “I can still see it. After that game they still didn’t have us scheduled, so I made a big issue of saying publicly after we beat them so badly, we need to play this game every year. I went to the chairman of the board of regents, who happened to be Bob Cashell. Bob and I were very good friends. I said this is just ridiculous. We’re in-state schools, we don’t play. They don’t want to play simply because they think they’re above us. I said that’s wrong. I think that’s when it really initiated; we’re gonna have a rivalry come hell or high water.”

While the Nevada-UNLV rivalry isn’t

quite as hostile as Alabama-Auburn or Michigan-Ohio State, there have certainly been contentious moments. For example, in 1995, Ault and the Wolf Pack were especially motivated to beat the Rebels because former Nevada coach Jeff Horton had accepted a job with UNLV two years before and was making his UNLV debut at Mackay Stadium. Santoro recalls the ugliness of the game.

“I believe there was a near fight be-tween the two teams in the middle of the field before the game even started,” said Santoro. “The Pack blew them out and af-ter every touchdown they would go over to touch the Fremont Cannon, which was on the UNLV sideline. Well, that started some pushing and shoving and UNLV defensive back Quincy Sanders, a Reed High graduate, threw his helmet at Ault

and another fight broke out. Ault said it was one of the worst days he’d ever had in coaching, and it certainly was nothing to be proud of.”

Nevada has gone 19-7 against the Reb-els since the rivalry’s establishment in 1989. It’s worth noting that in 2000, coach Ault temporarily retired for five years. Nevada lost all five of those games against UNLV, and Ault returned in 2005 to win the next eight games against the Rebels. Ault prioritized beating UNLV even more than winning the conference.

“I really did love the rivalry,” said Ault. “I really respected it. I saw nine different coaches go through UNLV while I was at Nevada. Every four years I’m going against someone new. If we had played them in Tonopah it would have been just as exciting. Being a graduate of the Uni-

versity of Nevada, and having coached and played there, I was very proud. I’ve always been very respectful of UNLV because they gave me my start in football. Compared to other schools, this is a young rivalry, but it’s an intense rivalry. It is a special game and it continues to be a special game.”

Ault retired from Nevada following the 2012 season, this time for good. His legacy and impact on the school and the city of Reno is permanent, much like his name printed on the field. Nevada will host UNLV at Mackay Stadium for the 41st time on Saturday, thanks almost entirely to the vision and persistence of Chris Ault.

Jack Rieger can be reached at jrieger@

sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter

@JackRieger.

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STUDWR Steve Smith Sr. : Ravens versus

Steelers. This is one of the better ri-valries in sports and they are playing during primetime Thursday night. Joe Flacco is 7-7 against the Steelers

in his career with 17 touchdowns and only 6 intercep-tions. This Steelers secondary is prob-ably the weakest he has seen so far when he’s gone into Pittsburgh, and I look for him to find his lone receiver Steve Smith Sr. throughout the game. Smith has

had 23 targets the past two games and I look for Flacco to continue to find Smith consistently.

Prediction: 9 rec, 107 yards, 1TD

DUD Detroit Lions Offense: Ask any NFL

player where they least like to play and almost all of them will tell you against the “12th Man” at Century-Link Field in Seattle. Newly returned Cam Chancellor and The Seahawks will be fired up this next Monday Night as an underperforming Stafford and the Lions offense come to town. The Seahawks held Jimmy Clausen to 63 passing yards as they shut out the Bears week 3. I know it’s Clausen, and he’s a lowly Notre Dame quarterback, but that defense is still impressive. I look for Stafford and the entire Lions offense to really struggle Monday.

Prediction: 13 points, 230 total

yards, 4 turnovers

GOT GUTS? Got Guts?: QB Colin Kaepernick:

Yeah, you read that right. I look for Kap to bounce back this week against the Packers after a 4 INT game against an impressive Cardinals defense. His 4 INT’s was a career high for Kaepernick but were his first interceptions thrown this year. I look for Kap to do well against a decent Pack secondary in what is going to be a high scoring game.

Prediction: 22-34 322 yards, 2 TD’s,

5 rushes 64 yards 1TD

Chris “Dick” Blake can be reached

at [email protected] and on

Twitter @SagebrushSports.

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Rivalry Continued from page A10

By Karina Gonzalez

Spain and Croatia are two European nations separated by over 1,000 miles and have vast cultural differences that set them apart from one another. Despite those differences, the University of Nevada, Reno’s women’s tennis team has found a commonality to link these two lands together. Sophomore Blaga Delic is from Split, Croatia and junior Sheila Morales Hidalgo is from Pamplona, Spain and the two have been paired by chance to form a nationally-ranked doubles team. Entering the season ranked 27th in the nation, the duo’s combined talents are shining a light on the women’s tennis program.

At home, Delic and Morales Hidalgo were forced to choose between pursuing an educa-tion or a sport, a choice neither was willing to make. Instead they came to the United States, a place where it is much easier to attain both.

Given a list of schools to choose from, both Delic and Morales Hidalgo chose Nevada because of the West Coast’s weather. Delic is majoring in molecular biology, and Morales Hidalgo is majoring in mathematics. Both girls feel that continuing their education in the U.S. while playing the sport that they love is the best opportunity for them.

“I wanted to keep playing, and I felt that this would be a good opportunity for me to learn, meet new people, study and play at the same time,” Morales Hidalgo said.

Both girls started playing tennis at a young age. Delic was exposed to the game at the age 5 by her older brother and began to play herself when she was 7. Morales Hidalgo took up the game when she was 5 and learned tennis through her father, who plays the Basque sport “pelota” which is similar to tennis. Her first experiences with tennis were her hitting the ball across the hallways of her house.

Delic and Morales Hidalgo both agree that coming to America to play tennis and seek an education was the best option for them.

“People are not playing tennis [where I’m from] because it’s a pretty expensive sport, so

we just have one tennis club in my town,” Delic said. “Here we have the opportunity to play tennis, get an education, meet new people and compete with other schools.”

Last season the duo became the first ever Wolf Pack women’s doubles team to compete at the NCAA championships. They hope to make it to the championships again, but still have a long season ahead of them.

“It was a pretty cool experience to see all the big schools and to play against them,” Delic says. “It was hard. We didn’t expect we were going to make it to the NCAA.”

Head coach Guillaume Tonelli paired the two together last year and has been impressed with their results thus far.

“Blaga was a freshman last year, so she had never played doubles before and it just came to together,” Tonelli said. “It’s something as a coach that you don’t really know how it’s going to go because you can’t plan on chemistry.”

The duo’s chemistry was on display last season, as they posted a 16-6 overall record (14-4 in dual action and 4-1 in Mountain West play). Last year at the Mountain West Cham-pionships, they received the All-Mountain West honors and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. They were one of 32 teams selected to compete at the NCAA Championship in Waco, Texas. After losing to Baylor in the first round, Delic and Morales Hidalgo said they both hope to improve their consistency on the court and work on com-pleting their volleys as they progress through the season.

“We really want to make it again,” Morales Hidalgo said. “We are working hard for it, and we are going to keep working. We have a lot of time to get through the season and play ranked teams and that’s going to help us improve.”

The duo will begin their run for another NCAA tournament appearance this weekend for the Cal-Nike Invitational at Berkeley, Cali-fornia.

Karina Gonzalez can be reached at neil@sage-

brush.unr.edu or on Twitter @SagebrushSports.

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Chris Ault is nothing short of a coaching legend in the state of Nevada. His name is even printed on Mackay Field as a reminder of his contribution to the university, and for good reason. He started at quarterback for the University of Nevada in the ’60s, coached the team for 27 years, served as the athletic director and invented the pistol offense. He also conceived the Nevada-UNLV rivalry, which was nonexistent until Ault persuaded the board of regents to schedule an annual game with UNLV in 1989. Coach Ault described the idleness of the rivalry during the beginning of his coaching tenure.

“When I first started in 1976 there really wasn’t a rivalry,” said Ault. “It was just a game. If there was any kind of rivalry it was more in the north. At that time, UNLV was so far ahead of us in football in terms of facilities, finances; I mean, they were the program to go after at that time in the West.”

Coach Ault, as brilliant a head coach as he was, may have been a better salesman. Ault spent the first 13 years of his tenure repeatedly convincing the Nevada board of regents that a rivalry game was critical to the elevation of both Nevada and UNLV’s programs. At the time, Nevada was a Division II football team with close to no resources, and UNLV looked at Nevada as an inferior program that wasn’t worth scheduling. Long-time Reno reporter Joe Santoro remembers Ault as a keen salesman.

“Ault, most everyone forgets, was always in the business of selling the sport to Nevada fans,” said Santoro. “The sport of college football at Nevada was barely breathing when he took over the program in 1976. It was a meaningless Division II program and had been little more than a glorified high school program since 1952 when the school brought the sport back after a one-year absence.”

The teams would play each other on a semi-regular basis, typically every other year, until 1989 when the board of regents bought Ault’s pitch and voted to schedule an annual game.

“Once they discontinued the series in 1979, I was bound and determined to make that thing a rivalry,” Ault said. “I coached at UNLV for three years as an assistant prior to that. That’s how I got started in college football. Nobody knew more about that rivalry in the state than me. At that time [UNLV] had everything going for them — money, you name it. I thought we could be very competitive, I’d grow the program and we would get better. I never knew the dominance that would eventually take place.”

Coach Ault recalled the turning point in the se-ries as the 1985 game. UNLV had beaten Nevada six out of the last seven games and looked at the Wolf Pack as a lesser opponent. That all changed when Nevada routed the Rebels 48-7, and would go on to win 10 out of the next 12 matchups.

B rian Na-Polian, the first consul of Nevada, led his forces deep into enemy territory last Saturday and came away victorious against the Buffalo Bulls

with a final score of 24-21. The Nevada ground forces, running backs Don Jackson and James Butler, punched holes in the enemy defensive line while freshman defensive back Dameon Baber provided the necessary fortitude in the waking minutes for the secondary defenses to

withstand the constant aerial bombardment from enemy field general Joe Licata. Now Na-Polian looks to the south as the rebel forces of southern Nevada march into Mackay Stadium Saturday, Oct. 3. These insurgents look to inflict destruction and turmoil upon the general and his football program. It is now Na-Polian’s duty to quell this rebellion.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOWThe Nevada UNLV rivalry dates back to

1969 and Nevada holds the series lead 24-16. The Rebels are lead by first-year head coach Tony Sanchez, who was the head coach of Las Vegas high school football powerhouse Bishop Gorman. At Gorman, Sanchez accumulated an overall record of 85-5 while amassing six Nevada 4A state championships. UNLV sits at 1-3, but is coming off an 80-8 win over Idaho State. Yes, I know Idaho State is an FCS team, but 80 points is 80 points and that is impressive regardless of the situation. This scoring rampage orchestrated by the Rebels is now the Mountain West’s record for points in a game.

LEADING THE PACKThe Nevada ground game finally came into

form against the Bulls last Saturday. Jackson finished with 17 carries for 113 yards and two Neil Patrick

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Chris Ault: “We’re gonna have a rivalry, come hell or high water.”

Pack Preview: Jackson, Butler will look to run past the Runnin’ Rebels

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