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When werechildren, webelieve we canbe anything we

want to be, even princesses

and dinosaurs. We believe ourparentswhen theytell us thereare nomonsters.We sleepin peaceat nightbecauseour worldembracesus.

In truth,there are

monsters, and they residewithin our minds. They aretelling us to be ashamed ofour bodies, to feel bad aboutourselves. My monster wasborn when I was quite young,

with a strangers hand over mymouth.Before now, my parents

believed I was a virgin until Iwas 18. That word used to tearme apart. I remember googlingvirgin and seeing the wordsclean and unspoiled. This

made me sick. I didnt chooseto have sex until I was olderand that time was wonderfulbecause it was with a closefriend and, most importantly, it

was consensual.Rape is defined rather

loosely, but from all sides wecan conclude the wrongness ofrape resides within the victimslack of consent. If this is thecase, we must ask ourselves:How does one respond ina situation where we areunaware of the meaning ofconsent or how to enforce it?Research has shown there is acorrelation between percep-tions of cultural standards forsexuality and the very languageused to teach it.

We are taught to reason withthe idea of sex as if it is somesort of opponent. Sexuality isdetermined by societys viewsof normal behavior, and

when that behavior is taughtthrough the language we use,the capacity to act in relation tosexuality is constructed ratherliberally. Language serves asan extremely influential role in

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Bodyguard offers self defense class

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Anthony Wojcicki, left, demonstrates a technique for de-arming an assailant on Sergeant James Saylor, right, which will be offered at the self-defenseseminar.

By Molly Moser

A former bodyguard of Pinkerton Gov-ernment Services will be providing a free,three-hour self-defense seminar to femalestudents of the University of Nevada, Renoon Oct. 22.

Concealed weapon instructor of Nevada56 year-old Anthony Wojcicki is going to beholding a self-defense seminar for only fe-male students of UNR. Wojcicki said one ofhis motives to bring a self-defense seminarwas because of the rape of Amanda Collinsin 2007 and the murder of Briana Denisonin 2008. The same man, James Biela, at-tacked both girls. He said that he is a friendof Collins father and wanted to help himpass a law in the state where women couldcarry a concealed weapon with a permitaround campus. Since the law never passed,Wojcicki was inspired to bring a self-defenseseminar to students. Last month, the RapeAggression Defense program hosted by

University of Nevada, Reno Police Depart-ment had a lack of members sign up for thecourse. It is unsure if students are willing totake Wojcickis course.

Wojcicki also teaches a concealed weaponcourse for both genders of 16 and up, whichwill earn them a permit to carry a con-cealed weapon. He was a former operative,

investigator and personal bodyguard forclients like Elvis Presleys daughter, Pricilla

Presley. Wojcicki has 30 years of experiencein undercover and protection services andwanted to bring it to the female studentsof UNR. He said his self-defense programhas world-class, advanced techniques.Wojcickis goal is to prepare females fordangerous situations so incidents such asDenisons and Collins can be avoided.

My job and my mission in this life is tomake people better protected against crimi-nals, Wojcicki said. (I want) to make theworld a more dangerous place to criminals(and) those who violently assault others.

Although Wojcicki has been living in Renofor 19 years, he said this year would be hisfirst time serving UNR students with hisself-defense program. Wojcicki said afterstudents have completed the class, theywill earn a certificate for completion. Whenhe heard about the lack of attendance ofthe RAD program held at UNR last month,

Wojcicki said he recommends all femalestudents to take any self-defense class. Heguarantees that students will be learningmore advanced moves than they would inany other class.

Sometimes people have their prioritiesmixed up. Theres nothing more importantthan your personal safety, Wojcicki said.

There are far more effective ways for awoman to defend herself than punching,

kicking and that sort of thing. This (class) isnot your average defense course its verydifferent than anything else thats beentaught.

Christie Kroll, 51, recently took self-defense lessons from Wojcicki and said shelearned a lot of Wojcickis techniques andnow feels comfortable walking through anempty parking lot during dark hours.

I thought (the class) was top notch, itwas an excellent class, Kroll said. It waswonderful and all of my questions were an-swered and I got a lot of one-on-one. Tony iscomfortable to work with.

Female students on the UNR campus saidthat although its important to know self-de-fense moves, its also important to practicethe moves on a consistent basis rather thanjust learning them for a day. Lindsey Forbes,a 20-year-old biology major, said she wouldbe interested in taking a self-defense class

but she is going to take caution, that she willlearn the moves within a f ew hours.I think sometimes it can be a false secu-

rity for women because there is a short timeto learn, Forbes said. The false security canbe built from that compared to applying the

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Professor writes book on Latinos and politics

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By Megan Ortiz

On election night in 2008,Emma Seplveda, Spanishprofessor and director of theLatino Research Center at theUniversity of Nevada, Reno, wasstuck on an airplane to SouthAmerica. As the stewardessreceived updates on the elec-tion results from the captain,the moment of Barack Obamasvictory had a profound effecton Seplveda as she watched aminority like her take a place ofpower. It also had a deep influ-ence in the formation of hernew book, Converging Dreams:

Why Latinos Support Obama.Published on Sept. 28, fiveweeks before Election Day, Sep-lvedas new book elaboratesher belief that not only is Obamathe best candidate for the coun-try, specifically Latinos, butthe Latino voice in the UnitedStates is one that matters morethan people think and shouldbe respected.

(Obama) is a regular person

who wants to see a group ofimmigrants, who come from 21different countries, united, shesaid. We want to be part of thepolitical landscape in the UnitedStates.

Seplvedas motivation forwriting this book began with acommon ground she feelsthat Obamas story is verysimilar to the story of Latinoimmigrants like herself. Comingfrom countries like Chile andArgentina that have seen changein politics, for example, womenpresidents, Seplveda felt shecould relate to the racial profil-ing and name calling she faced

in her younger years in America,much like Obama.Latinos came to this country

following a star, she said.Freedom, individual choices there are so many reasons.Obama embraced that andis living proof of some of ourdreams. I want my studentsto vote informed on who is thebest candidate for them.

In 2008, Obama did receive

a large chunk of the Latinovote, with 67 percent going tothe Democratic Party versus32 percent to the RepublicanParty, according to the Centerfor Immigration Studies. Twoyears later, the 2010 censusconducted by the U.S. govern-ment reported that out of the308.7 million people living inthe United States, 50.5 millionof them were of Hispanic origin,increasing from 35.3 million in2000.

Our (Latino) population isgrowing by the minute, saidAntonio Rangel, a 19-year-oldLatino university student who

works for a non-partisan orga-nization. We Latinos need tohave our voices heard in orderfor the government, or anyoneelse, to know that we are just asimportant.

Rangel said that becausemore Latinos are becomingeligible to vote, its important togain the same rights as everyone Juliana Bledsoe/Nevada Sagebrush

Emma Seplveda, director of the Latino Research Center, flips to sign the title page of her book at a meet-the-author event on Thursday at Sundance Bookstore in Reno.See LATINOPage A8

Weekend stabbing

under investigationStaff Report

University of Nevada, Renopolice arrested an 18-year-olduniversity student early Satur-day morning after respondingto a report of a stabbing oncampus, according to a state-ment issued by the universityon Saturday.

Christopher Stephen Wil-liams was arrested on the sceneat White Pine Hall around 2:30a.m., where police found aresidence-hall employee whohad been stabbed in the lobbyupon arrival. She remains instable condition after having

surgery on her injuries. AdamGarcia, chief of police at theUniversity, said the two par-ties involved know each other

but are not related. The nameof the victim has not beenreleased. Williams bail wasset at $40,000, according tothe Reno-Gazette Journal.

The University of Nevada,Reno Police Departmentsclery crime statistics indicatethat seven aggravated assaultshave occurred on campussince 2009.

Williams is being chargedwith assault with a deadlyweapon causing substanti albodily harm and is currentlybeing held in the WashoeCounty Jail while campuspolice continue the investiga-

tion.

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By Nicole Kowalewski

The Queer Student Unionseighth annual drag show washeld on Wednesday, and wasthemed around national ImComing Out day and was opento the entire Reno community

for the first time.The event gathered a little

fewer than 100 guests, which isa smaller number than the clubssecretary, Domonique Boages,had predicted a few weeks priorto the event. President of QSUJason Baales said it was stillan increase from last year. Allproceeds from the evening werecontributed to the $1,500 As-sociated Students of the Univer-sity of Nevada scholarship in theclubs name that they give outevery spring semester to one ofits members. Roughly two thirdsof the scholarship funds wereraised at the event. Baales saidhe was very pleased with howthe event went and is happy withhow supportive the community

is each year.The best part of the showwas definitely the audience,Baales said. They seemed toreally enjoy the performancesand were really accepting ofthose on stage.

There were ten acts dividedinto two sections and scoredby a panel of four judges. Fouracts were labeled the amateursection and were performed byclub members. The remainingsix acts were put on by outsideparticipants and referred to asthe professional portion. Mostacts included performers lipsyncing, as well as some dancing

to their song of choice.First time performer Jerod

Brandt, who was a dancer in thegroup The Sinful Gentlemenfeaturing Liz Taylor said hisperformance went smoothlyand he enjoyed his first show.

(The drag show) was quite the

experience, Brandt said. I gotto meet a lot of new people andsee a variety of performances.I think one of the best partswas getting to see what otherpeople came up with as ideas toperform.

There was a tie for first placebetween Matt le Claire, stagename Anita Buffet, with hisperformance of Love Song bySelena Gomez and AnnemarieMarzilliano, stage name StevieJay, who executed a dancingrendition to Gangnam Styleby PSY. The choreographeddance and song collaborationperformed by The SinfulGentlemen featuring LizTaylor earned the group thirdplace. First place winners re-

ceived complimentary haircutsprovided by Salon 7, a sponsorof the event.

Other sponsors included TheReno Gay Page, Build Our Centerand Junkee Clothing Exchange.The sponsors helped by provid-ing items such as the winningprizes and serving on the panelof judges.

First time audience memberHeather Vickers said one of herfavorite parts were the hosts,Miss Ginger Devine and profes-sional drag queen Mirage. Theyhave each been participating inQSUs annual drag show for afew years and Vickers said they

were one of the greatest addi-tions to the show. As hosts, theyintroduced all acts, as well asincluded comedy, personal sto-ries and audience interaction.Specific to this years show, theyshared their coming out storyin honor of the theme nearingnational coming out day.

(The show) was so funny and

really entertaining, Vickerssaid. I enjoyed the hosts andthought they were extremelyoutgoing.

Another first time audiencemember, 18-year-old ChurchillCounty High School graduateJessi Sturges, said she has beena fan of RuPauls drag show forabout a year and the opportunity

to see a real drag show was veryexciting.

I loved the show, Sturgessaid. All of the acts were uniqueand hilarious and each persondid an amazing job.

Nicole Kowalewski can bereached at [email protected].

Drag show raises money for scholarship

By Amanda Patmas

Trained in Medicinal Drum-ming, Heriberto Vallescorboruns an audience-participantdrumming circle to help stu-dents relieve stress and depres-sion every other Monday untilDecember Dec. 4.

The new performances beganduring this semester in the Joe

Crowley Student Union Theaterwhere the audience becomesapart of the musical group. Thepoint of the drumming circleis to release tension and find asense of peace within the act ofdrumming. The format of thesesessions are based on me-dicinal drumming. Vallescorboexplained that drumming issimilar to meditation. Researchfrom has shown that it canreduce depression, anxietyand stress on an individuallevel. Vallescorbo also likes toemphasize the importance ofcreating a community throughthe sessions.

Originally from Puerto Rico,Vallescorbo studied methodol-ogy for five years and has aB.A. and M.A. in Counseling

Psychology and specializesin adjustments with spiritual,multicultural and life transitioncounseling. Vallescorbo beginsthe class with a brief history ofthe drums including the dif-ferent world locations where

drumming is used.Krystine Kimes, an 18-year-

old biochemistry major, hasexperienced the affects of thedrumming circle sessions morethan once.

To think about the history ofdrumming and how ancient itis, I feel like it changes my stateof consciousness and brings mesome kind of spirituality, Kimes

said.Kimes said this was her seconddrumming session and said thatis also brings the audience to-gether during the performance.Kimes said.

It gives me a sense of inter-connectedness, Kimes said.Thats why I like doing this,and thats why I want to comeback.

Vallescorbo elaborates oneach drumbeat to help the classunderstand where a certainbeat comes from and why it isimportant to understand thedrumming. Examples of beatsthe class is taught to drum toare the heartbeat and motherearths rhythm.

Everyone has their owndrum, the beat of their heart,

we all have our own rhythms,and so thats the metaphor forthe drum, Vallescorbo said.Whats the rhythm in our lifeand the energy in our heart.

A main concept of this type ofmedicinal drumming circle is

to understand how we can ap-ply this to growth and develop-ment in our life. The inspirationto begin this drumming circleat the university came fromresearch about drumming andhow it can change the brainwaves.

We sit in a circle and come inwith a purpose to use the drum,Vallescorbo said.

People from all walks of lifehave attended these sessionsincluding students with alldifferent types of majors. IndriFerguson, an 18-year-old musicmajor, said that drumminghelped relieve her stress.

It was a lot of fun, it wasvery relaxing, Ferguson said.It makes me want to do itmore, keeping the rhythm of thedrums is hard and challenging.I felt more clear minded at theend of the session,

Vallescorbo hopes that thisdrumming circle will provideUNR students a safe place to re-lease tension and other negativeemotions, thus improving theircapacity to create a communityand enhance their psychologi-cal balance and sense of well

being.The next performance is on

Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. on the thirdfloor of the student union.

Amanda Patmas can be reachedat [email protected].

Drumming group helpsrelieve stress to students

By Tyler Hersko

The Juvenile Diabetes Re-search Foundations annualReno Walk to Cure Diabetesdrew about 500 walkers andraised $36,000 dollars on Sun-day for the JDRF.

Since the walks inception in1996, it has attracted a varietyof participants such as UNRstudent Marissa Arnold, who

has diabetes. For Arnold, thewalk is a way to fe el connect edto others who suffer fromdiabetes. Arnold, a memberof UNRs University ChamberSingers, ran and sang at theevent.

One of the (choir) memberslittle sister was diagnosedlast month, Arnold said.So we all decided to get in-volved.

American rock bandHoobastank headlined ashow at Cargo in CommRowlater that day, and all proceedsfrom the show were given tothe JDRF. According to Mar-tina Davis, the communityevent director at Rock 104.5,Hoobastank wanted to playa show in Reno and the date

happened to coincide withJDRF walk day.

We asked if they wantedto get involved, Davis said.They gladly obliged the op-portunity to help out and raisesome money.

Davis said the show was agreat way to end the walk. Theshow had a successful turnout,gradually increasing in size asthe night went on. She saidthat the show was a way forpeople unable to participatein the walk to help out.

Reaction to the walk was notuniversally positive, however.According to UNR studentand type-1 diabetes patient

Melanie Reeves, the JDRF is agood cause but lacks results.Ive done the walk since I

was diagnose d with diabete s14 years ago, Reeves said, a21-year-old communicationsand Spanish major. All of themoney goes to research. Thisis a long-term process butnone of the money helps me.The walk is a good idea, butIve stopped doing it becauseIm not seeing results.

The JDRF and many of thewalks participa nts consid-ered the event a success. TheNorthern Nevada BranchsFacebook page reported thatthey attracted about 5,000walkers and reached thei r goalof $250,000 dollars.

When you get all of these

people together working to-wards a ca use like this it reallycreates a connection, Arnoldsaid.

Tyler Hersko can be reached [email protected].

Diabetes cure walkraises $36,000

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A drag show participant gives a kiss to another participant during the Queer Student Unions drag show in 2008.


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Three students were appoint-ed to senator seats and beganmaking plans for their collegesfor the Associated Students ofthe University of Nevada andwill be offici ally sworn in this

Wednesday.Two senators were appointed

to the Division of Health Sci-ences, which only had onecandidate run for its three seatsduring ASUN elections. The

division gained a seat duringthe senates reapportionmentprocess in the spring semester.

Both of the newly-appointedsenators said during their in-terviews with the senates over-sight committee, they wantedto work on cross-promoting

events between colleges. KellyWaldeck, one of the two sena-tors appointed to representthe division, said she wants toget students going to differentcolleges events, while Aaron

Martinez, the other senator,said he wants to focus on get-ting students from differentcolleges involved in the PublicHealth Coalition. Waldeck alsosaid shed like to see ASUNsenators working togethermore.

I think there needs to bemore collaboration altogether,because everybody kind of doestheir own thing, she said.

Martinez said his largest goalis to promote health among the

students.My biggest goal would be a

smoke-free campus, Martinezsaid.

Riley Snyder was appointedto the senator seat of theReynolds School of Journalism.Snyder said he is excited for the

opportunity to be a part of theASUN senate. He said some ofhis goals for the RSJ as a senateis to provide free copies of theReno-Gazette Journal in thebuilding and to make ASUN

bills and resolutions more ac-cessible to students so they canbe updated on ASUN informa-tion.

This is a school on campusthat deserves better and wehave the kind of journalistswho have success after col-

lege, Snyder said. We needstudent leaders to step up and(take advantage of) those op-portunities.

Snyder said he would beworking with resigned ASUN

journalis m senator SpenserBlank throughout the year todevelop more ideas for thesenate.

As unfortunate as (Blanks)incident was, it is not an issuethat is relevant to the senatorposition at all, Snyder said.

(Blank) is trying to get overthis issue and will make moreof a positive impact.

The News Desk can be reached [email protected].

ASUN senate appoints three new members

Beat UNLV week brings out Nevadas true colors

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Nevada fans storm the field after the football team beat UNLV for the eighth year in a row. Many UNLV fans left as soon as Nevada pulled into the lead.

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Royce Feuer watches the heated rivalry game dressed as Jesus.

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Matt McDaniel takes a swing during the ASUN Car Smash on Monday.


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Interstate 80 to Elko may be the most boring,semi-short drive I have ever had to undertake. In2006, it was my first trip through Nevada, where Imoved to from the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003.

Compared to the rolling green hills of California (and

the insane traffic of San Fran), the Nevada desert wasbleak and uninteresting.

At the impressionable age of 15,I was convinced that road tripsthrough Nevada would be the worstway in the world to spend four-plushours. I had this attitude until I firsttraveled by car to Las Vegas.

Everyone I knew, especiallythose from Vegas, said the NevadaState Route 95 journey througheconomically depressed towns likeSchurz and Goldfield was a braindrain. Not only did you have toconstantly pass trucks on a one-

way road, but there wasnt even anything cool to look ator experience. I went to Vegas twice in 2010, as well asthis past weekend, and I couldnt disagree more.

The idea of a road trip, to me, i s exhausting and Idusually rather fly. I have had to make the trek to Elko(yet again) a few times this past summer along with

long drives to Los Angeles and Colorado. But the Vegasjourney is the best. Its likely I romanticize it becauseIve always had awesome times in Sin City, and Nevadadefeating UNLV on Saturday certainly helped.

But who doesnt love cruising through Schurz on thePaiute Reservation? It is the burial place of Wovoka,the Native American who founded the Ghost Dancemovement in the late 1800s. Tonopahs creepy ClownMotel is always an offbeat topic for conversation, andamazingly there are people who actually stay there.Beatty has a great candy store and boasts that its theGateway to Death Valley. Its kind of cute that a smallNevada town thinks that nickname is anything to bragabout.

Goldfield, my favorite place to drive through on 95,used to have a population of 20,000 in the early days ofthe 20th century. Now its one of the weirdest towns I,or any of my friends, have ever seen. According to the2010 Census data, about 250 people live in Goldfield,except Ive only seen two people outside in that town ever. Goldfield seems to consist mostly of run-downand abandoned buildings. Even its library is closed. I

dont know what people do there and I am curious tofind out someday.

The Nevada wilderness piques interest, at least iftheres something interesting to be found. Im notinto exploring mines or Winnemucca on the way toElko, but I will stare at the scary, supposedly hauntedGoldfield Hotel for days. Plus, its funny to watchpeople stop their cars and loiter right next to it, like itsa pilgrimage to visit the hotel from Ghost Adventureson Netflix. I wouldnt approach that place with a10-foot pole.

I may not appreciate the flatness of I-80, but I dolike the red-tinged mountains of southern Nevadaand looking at the towns up ahead, engulfed by trees.They could be one mile out or 10 miles out you canttell because distance is distorted due to the massiveexpanse of the desert.

If youre lucky, you may even meet a colorful personor two. My mom met a chatty Hawthorne native whoslived there her whole life, and, to her, Reno is a hugecity. I spoke to the owner of a burger place in Mina

(population 155) this past Sunday, and her crowningachievement is being featured in the Mineral CountyIndependent-News.

Who am I to tell her thats not an accomplishment?I may be jaded by my big-city attitude, but it humbledme to speak to someone whose whole world is a littlefast food joint. I have no idea how this woman gets hergroceries or how she spends her free time. It looks liketheres nothing to do in places like Mina and Goldfield.But, in a way, the small town-ness is charming andsometimes I wonder if I would benefit by living in aplace usually overlooked. This is an aspect Ive noticedabout Nevada and Nevada alone.

Though Im a Californian and I love greenery atheart, there is a beauty about Nevada that Ive cometo appreciate since I moved to Reno at age 12. I didntrecognize it on the road to Elko and I still dont, but Imexcited when I realize I can make the drive down 95 toVegas. And if the Wolf Pack is still defeating the Rebelsafter I graduate, I intend to make that trip many moretimes.

Gianna Cruet studies journalism and Spanish. She canbe reached at [email protected].

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CAMPUS CONTEMPLATION

Its easy to freak out and have amental breakdown between thepressures of social, personal, schooland work lives colliding together

at the middle of each semester. Its easyto withdraw from it all because you feeloverwhelmed with pressure.

What isnt easy is moving past thoseissues and forcing yourself to study formidterms. But there are a lot of peoplecoming up with creative ways to helpyou through the middle of the semester.

MEDICINAL DRUMMING

A bi-weekly drum circle in front of

the Joe Crowley Student Union wasstarted this semester to help studentsrelax. It makes sense not only areyou physically releasing your anxiety,youre allowing your mind to disengagefrom mounting tensions and focus onsomething very simple.

COUNSELING SERVICES

While the University of Nevada,Reno counseling services center doesoffer individual therapy sessions, ithas a lot more to offer students whoare having problems. The center hastherapists who are trained in specific

issues students face, topics ranging fromeating disorders to couples counseling.They run group therapy sessions, offerconsultation for students who need tohelp friends and have online resourcesfor guidance. Among these are the virtualrelaxation room, which has audio files ontopics like breathing exercises, visualiza-tion and muscle relaxation. They alsohave a self-help section.

EXERCISE

The Art of Living Club is an affiliateof the international organization withthe same name, which is dedicated to

stress management. The club involvesphysical exercise, which can helppeople relax and feel physically better.

There are many other ways to feelbetter through exercise. LombardiRecreation Center offers workout equip-ment, classes and a swimming pool.Intramural sports can help one not onlyexercise, but have fun. Then theres thecheapest option the campus hillsmake a great jogging course.

HOBBIES

Its nice sometimes to just take abreak from what youre doing and

pursue something you really enjoy.For some people, thats baking. Somepeople like to just zone out to theirfavorite band.

Its the same idea as a drum circle.You take your mind off stressful thingsand focus on something simple to stopyour brain from overheating.

Midterms are scary, but not worthrunning yourself ragged. Take a bit tobreathe, then go get your grades.

The Nevada Sagebrush editorial staffcan be reached at [email protected].

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creation of our agreed upon reality andultimately determine the boundaries of

normal and abnormal sexual behavior.When we say the word rape, it comesacross to young people with so manynegative connotations that one cannothelp but question if silence would be morecomforting than having to retell ones storyrepeatedly. Silence becomes simple in aworld that judges and defines you by everyevent and detail in your life, even if it isbeyond your control.

The first time this was brought to myattention was two weeks after my assault,when I mistakenly wore shorts that werean inch shorter than the dress code of mysmall, oppressive high school. One of thelunch monitors said, When you dress likea slut, you invite trouble, Annie.

Im not a violent person, but I wantedto fucking slap her. The education of ouryouth plays significant roles in defining,teaching or shaping sexuality, so whensomeone of power suggests that rape is

invited by our clothing choices, they areinstilling that idea in us. Guidelines onhow to dress in any situation are a type ofrisk management, but wouldnt teachingchildren how to be sexually aware and bein control of their own bodies also be riskmanagement?

In all my years of sex ed, I never learnedthis type of risk management. I learnedhow to put a condom on a banana and that15-year-old boys think its funny when thehealth teacher fast-forwards and rewindsthe 1980s VHS tape of a woman givingbirth. I learned about genital warts andSyphilis, but I never learned about howto fight back or find help when someoneshatters your reality by taking away yourinnocence. I never learned, so I neverspoke. I felt entirely alone.

After months of therapy at the counsel-ing center, I learned I wasnt alone. In2010, victims age 12 or older experienceda total of 188,380 rapes or sexual assaults,and that is just the 16 percent that areactually reported. We have become a

nation that is culturally disabled aboutthe subject of sexuality, especially when itsan unpleasant subject like rape and sexualabuse.

In my eyes, the best way to combatthis disability is by educating our youthabout what it means to consent. Insteadof teaching abstinence only, teach themabout pressure and holding onto ones ownideals of truth, whether that be enjoyingsafe and responsible sex when they deem

themselves to be ready or waiting untilmarriage.

Educate them about the self-esteem chal-lenges of giving in when they arent trulyprepared. Teach them to have a positiverelationship with their bodies and minds.Promote an LGBT-friendly dialogue aboutsexual orientation. When we are faced with

the challenge of understanding how to havehealthy relationships with ourselves, othersand the body, we should not blindly coastalong, but understand what those relation-ships should be based on: Trust, consentand respect for ones own ideals.

In 2013, Alison Gaulden and a dedicatedgroup of activists from Planned Parenthoodand the student organization Voices forPlanned Parenthood want to make thatchange in Nevadas sex education system.In order to be successful, we need yourhelp. I ask that anyone who reads this,whether it be a parent, student, teacher oreven alumni, write to me. Tell me aboutyour sexual experiences any of them where you feel if you had been moreinformed, you would have benefited. Thesetestimonies will not go public, nor will I orany other member of the advocacy groupapproach you personally about them. We

will simply use these testimonies to help uslobby for the future of sex education.

This is a real problem in our society, butwe can fight back. I could label myself avictim, but the minute I am conscious ofthat label is when I can step outside of itand take a stance in order to change humanpatterns.

I no longer have to define myself byvictim status. I take control by beingsexually aware, by ignoring our high schoolstructures and the labels of slut andvictim and unclean. The first step tosexual awareness is accepting that the pastis part of me but will not control my future.

Anneliese Hucal studies pre-law and publicrelations. She can be reached at [email protected].

RapeCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

Anneliese Hucal is looking for storiesabout sexual experiences. Email her [email protected].

WRITE IN

In truth, there aremonsters, and theyreside within ourminds. They are tell-ing us to be ashamedof our bodies, to

feel bad about our-selves. My monsterwas born when I wasquite young, with astrangers hand overmy mouth.


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Editors note: This column is thesecond part of a three-part serieson hitchhiking.

I

n the fall of 2009, I hitch-hiked across America.To do this, I temporarily

quit school against a lotof advice.Both of myparentswere okaywith it andfigured Idre-enrollonce Ireturned,though Iwasnt sosure.

Onehundred-

level courses felt like a worseversion of high school and I wasstruggling to find help navigat-ing the bureaucratic side of theUniversity of Nevada, Reno. Forinstance, I spoke to a teacher

about dropping a class onlyto find out I hadnt dropped itproperly just before finals.

In short, I was frustrated.So against the wishes of my

adviser, I took the semesteroff that was the only reason Idecided to stick with school inthe end.

When youre hitchhiking,every ride begins with smalltalk. It breaks the ice. And thefirst question after you sayyoure a student is always,What do you study?

Since I wasnt studyinganything in particular, I wasntsure what to say.

On Interstate 25 in northernColorado, I got a ride from agroup of medical students car-pooling to Wyoming. I believe I

told them I was a history major.It was then I realized I couldinnocently make stuff up.

So for the next ride I was amusic major. For the next, I wasstudying American literature.

I was careful to only make

up majors that I knew e noughabout in order to scrape thesurface.

The reason I bring this up isbecause, while riding with a40-something-year-old Jewishlady in upstate New York, Iclaimed I was studying journal-ism.

She simply replied, Ah, yourea storyteller then.

And right then I realizedthats exactly what journalismwas storytelling and thatwas when I decided my major.Ive been studying journalismsince then and I cant think of abetter match.

That seemed like a coinci-dence for a long time but Ivecome to think that it wasnt. I

think I was bound to find thatout I already knew it, andbeing away from school gaveme much more perspectivethan I could get on campus.

Taking a semester off notonly gave me direction, butit generally made me a betterstudent.

Ive come to include thehitchhiking trip as just anothersemester. I realized the impor-tance of a formal education, butsimilarly, realized the impor-tance of education in general.

The trip was incrediblyeducational, both practicallyand philosophically. I learnedto load those semi-trucks thatcarry smaller cars while inColumbus, Ohio. I learned howto make a killer vegetable stew

and got quite the briefing onUkraines history by a Ukrainiantruck driver in Gary, Ind.

Ill get more into the specificstories in next weeks column,but the big picture here wasthat I figured out how curious Iwas. I never considered myselfa people person but forcingmyself into closed quarters withstrangers sure as hell changedthat.

I came to realize talking topeople truly makes things

easier. On the fourth day of mytrip, I was sitting in a nonde-script and tiny McDonalds,filling up on free water. I struckup a conversation with somekids and suddenly got a windowinto what it was like living insmall town Iowa.

I applied this when I got homeand its made life incrediblyinteresting. Why keep your headdown when there are tons ofinteresting stories just floatingaround? Everybody has one,

and it doesnt just have to beabout adventures like hitchhik-ing cross-country.

I then found the practicalimplications to listening topeople as well. If I needed helpdropping a class, I talked tostrangers. If I needed to find aclassroom, Id ask somebodyinstead of shying away.

If I didnt quit school for afew months, theres a goodchance I wouldnt have learnedthat lesson. Hell, if I didnt quit

school for a few months, theresa good chance I would have quitpermanently later on.

I have since taken one moresemester off fall 2011 totour with a band, and had thesame exact opinion all overagain.

Taking time off can trulyprovide clarity. It did for me.

Fil Corbitt studies broadcastjournalism. He can be reached [email protected].

Time away from UNR helped motivation

Ask for helpdespite shame

With midterms un-derway, I see thestudent panicon campus: the

frantic cramming of informa-tion were unsure is correct and

the wastedhours of

attempt-ing tofigure it outourselves.Many of uswait untilwere toobehindto ask forhelp.

The fearof embar-rassment

is stronger than the fear offailing and, as I discovered thissummer, the fear of pain.

My expedition team wasdescending Hurricane Peak,an 11,064-foot boulder pile inWyomings North AbsarokaWilderness. A hundred milesfrom civilization, our 17-per-

son team 14 students andthree instructors scaledmountains, carrying 60-poundbackpacks. Thats how theNational Outdoor Leader-ship School (NOLS) buildsleaders teaching them inenvironments where nature isdominant and situations andtheir consequences are real,as the organizations missionstatement says.

Though we initially struggledwith expedition life, our teambecame competent in naviga-tion, first aid and other skills.We gained opportunities tolead hikes without instructors.Hurricane Peak was our firstindependent summit.

As usual, I was at the rear

of the descent, 10 feet abovemy team. A weaker student, Ifelt embarrassed and burden-some falling behind on-trail,preferring to weather pain insilence than ask my teammatesto slow down. My stubbornnesstranslated into immobilizingleg cramps or numbness mostnights.

Only extreme exhaustiontaught me that a slow team-mate is less of a burden thanan injured one, because when Icouldnt perform, neither couldmy team. So I started borrow-ing trekking poles and I askedfaster hikers to travel slower.

I was cautious stepping downthe boulders, placing my handon one above me to steadymyself. It was the size of a small

cushion and looked weightedinto place. I stepped down and

lifted my hand off it. It fell.I saw the boulder would hit

my leg before impact and Itried to catch it with my hand.It crushed my fingers atopanother boulder and rolledonto my boot. At first, I didntfeel pain, only panic when I

failed to free my foot, first withmy hands and second by yank-ing my leg upward. Then bloodsquirted across my vision.

The pads of my middleand ring fingertips were splitopen and displaced. I couldnttell if the bone was peekingthrough the latter. I grabbed itto stanch the blood, triggeringa throbbing burn that left mewhimpering into my shoulder.Shaking, I glanced down at myteam. They were still descend-ing the peak. I almost didntcall for help.

Though I was terrified, I wasangry with myself for endan-gering my team. They wouldhave to climb back up theboulders to reach me. I riskedinjuring them, or as blood

was splattered across a 3-footradius and pulsing through mygrip down my arm sendingthem into shock. I was furious.Would my teammates be too?Would they think I was stupid?

During the course, one of themost valuable leadership traitswe learned was self-awareness.It meant knowing our limitsand capabilities, our strengthsand weaknesses. It meantasking for help.

Guys! I yelled. Im stuck.My team responded im-

mediately, scrambling up theboulders to free my foot anddown to fetch our instructors.They then stanched my fingersand washed blood off my face.They iced my swollen foot with

a snow-filled Camelback andwrapped me in their sweaterswhen I shivered.

I understand that avoidingasking for help in collegedoesnt equate to avoidingasking for help in a life-threatening situation, butembarrassment causes injuryin all its capacities, be it ona mountaintop or in a class-room. It makes us questionourselves and undermines ourconfidence. By silencing ourvoices, embarrassment stuntsour growth and education. Andisnt that our job as students to learn from our mistakes?

I am still learning that lesson.

Crystal Powell studies journal-ism and international affairs.

She can be reached at [email protected].

Refrain from panicking about failure,use setbacks as learning experiences

ADVICE

Have you ever screwedup so colossally thatyou thought youmight not recover? If

you have, then youve probablyfelt a lot like me during the

summer of

2011.Picturethis: I wasat the endof my firstleasingsituation.After aseven-monthperiod ofmalfunc-tioning

appliances, minimal care orcontact on the part of mylandlord and the developmentof black mold, I was ready toget out of my old house so thatI could begin a new chapter inmy life.

There was one problem the property managers agenda

was diffe rent than min e.Id begun my leasing

contract in February of thatyear and i t was set to expireeight months later, in Septem-ber. Courteously, Id gone tohis office to give him 30 daysnotice that my roommatesand I would be vacating thepremises by the end of themonth.

His response was toinform me that I was actu-ally contracted to rent fromhis property managementcompany for an unspecifiedlonger period and that I wouldbe responsible for paying two

more months of rent, regard-less of whether or not I stayedon the premises.

I was floored, and quicklyreminded him that, as a matterof simple math, what he had tosay simply could not be true.In spite of my protests, I hadno way of proving to him thathe was wrong.

In the seven month period ofliving in that house, the room-mate with whom Id originallyentered the rental agreementhad moved, and shed takenour lease agreement with her and lost it. It was a glaringoversight on my part. One forwhich I paid dearly.

This individual was unwillingto show me the lease agreementto which I was supposedly

bound and I was too nave atthe time to know that this wasan unethical breach of hisduties. I was in big trouble.

In hindsight, I call thisincident The Three-ThousandDollar Mistake, because theamount of money I had topay was roughly that much.Between paying for what dam-ages there were our property

manager insisted that depositfunds were only meant to beapplied toward damages afteran appeal process; to whomthis appeal would be issuedremains a mystery to me andtwo months of rent alone (my

roommates all bailed on me,and I was foolish enough to bethe only other leaseholder), thiswas a costly mistake that putme in the hole. This also had mededicating my minimum wagessolely to paying up.

It was miserable.Fortunately, the property

manager allowed me to payhim in installments betweenthe months of October andDecember. He said that as longas I paid him in full by Dec.31, Id be immune to furthercollections and would be free ofthe mysterious lease agreement.

It wasnt exactly what Id calla victory, but knowing that thisman was much more learnedin this business than me, Iunderstood that the best thing

for me to do would be to playby his rules and get out of thesituation as soon as possible.So I did.

By the beginning of Decem-ber, Id paid off my debt andwas formally released from therental agreement. It was one ofthe best days of my life. While Iwas angry at myself for havinggotten into the situation, Ive

since learned my lesson abouttaking great care of my propertyand the documents pertainingto it.

I photograph and file everydocument that I receive andhave brushed up on literature

regarding the rights andresponsibilities of tenants,property owners and propertymanagers. Ill reiterate thatwhat this part icular propertymanager did was, in my eyes,unethical, but had I been morecareful, I wouldnt have beenvulnerable to his manipula-tions.

Henry Ford is credited withhaving said, Failure is simplyan opportunity to begin again,this time more intelligently.

If youve recently experi-enced a huge screw up insome area of your life, Iadvise refraining from panic.I challenge you to take a stepback, examine the situation,and think of how you couldapproach it so as to eliminate

the possibility of a foul-up.Set yourself up to begin

again more intelligently, andone day, your failure will be alearning experience for whichyou are most grateful.

Evynn Tyler studies journalismand English. He can be reachedat [email protected].

HITCHIN ACROSS THE USA

Fil

Corbitt

Photo Courtesy of Fil Corbitt

Columnist Fil Corbitt sits on a curb in Los Lunes, N.M. in 2009, when he took a semester off to hitchhike across the country. He said his experiencehelped inspire him to continue at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Powell Evynn

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By Julian Rhodes and Juliana Bledsoe

Zombies are on the rise, in Reno and across America. FromThe Walking Dead on your television to Resident Evil onyour Xbox, zombies have permeated every aspect of pop cul-ture. And as Halloween draws near, one event is on the mindsand walls of downtown: the fourth annual Reno Zombie Crawl.

THE CRAWLING DEADBeginning in 2009, Ed Adkins wanted to bring his own bar

crawl to downtown Reno. Conveniently, the Friday he plannedfor fell on Halloween, so naturally he chose a zombie theme,said Adkins. He said nearly 300 brain and beer starved localsdescended upon downtown that year, dressed as the undead.

I love (Renos) night life and I wanted to give people heresomething to do, he said. I think the great thing about theZombie Crawl is that it makes the crowd a part of the event.

Adkins said that the point of the crawl was not to just providean event that people might show up to, but rather to create anexperience to which people can look forward. He said the eventallows people to not just ogle and spectate, but participate anddress up to form a one-night community.

Its those comments on Facebook and Twitter wherepeople are saying I had the best time that really make all ofthis worth it, Adkins said.

In the three years since, attendance for the event has grownsteadily, with last years crawl bringing in almost 5,000 peopleto downtown Reno. This year, Adkins said, they hope to topthat, focusing on not only Reno but out-of-towners as well.

The Zombie Crawl has become a sort of tourism engine,Adkins said. We partner with the Silver Legacy to providediscount rooms to people in town for the event. Weve alreadybooked more rooms than last year.

SPREADING THE FEVERIn addition to the crawl, Adkins has worked with other

businesses in the community to create various related eventsthroughout the month. This past Saturday, Junkee sponsoredand hosted a Zombie Fashion Show fol lowed by a zombie wed-ding. The result was a gorified boutique chock full of mutilatedmodels and terrors in tuxedos.

Junkee manager and owner Jessica Schneider, who has doneBurning Man fashion shows in the past, said the event was asuccess despite this being her first zombie themed event.

Zombies are so in style right now, Schneider said.But as one of the most cost-efficient and creative choices for

costumes in Reno, Junkee is no stranger to extravagant acces-sorizing.

I think people are over bag costumes, she said. Theyreexpensive and they suck. I can come up with great costumes.

After the fashion show, contest winners and newlyweds,Ronnie and Danielle Deribas, took the stage in front of Junkeewhere the two exchanged vows and prop ring fingers in fullzombie garb.

Were really into bloody and gorey stuff, Ron Deribas said.This is like a dream come true.

The Zombie Wedding was the result of a contest that Adkinsand Junkee opened up for submission in late August. Ninecouples entered and winners were determined on the basis oftheir love for zombies and their love for Reno.

The prize included a videographer, a photographer, a cake,flowers from Twigs in Yerington, make-up from Salon 7,

rooms donated by Silver Legacy, and a reception provided byCraft Wine and Beer. Each groomsman and bridesmaid wasdecorated uniquely and ornately with zombified decor.

The last pre-crawl event will take place an hour before theZombie Crawl, where Adkins hopes to gather a thousanddancers to perform Michael Jacksons Thriller along VirginiaStreet.

Adkins said they want to keep the Thriller dance separatefrom the crawl this year to give families and kids a chance toparticipate in an event. The Zombie Crawl does not supportunderage drinking. Not only is it illegal, but getting caughtin a bar can hurt that local business, he said. Adkins said hehopes the Thriller dance can make for an enjoyable youthalternative.

Its really cool because Reno has this culture like nowhereelse, he said. Where else can you get a thousand quirkypeople dressed as zombies performing under something likethe Reno arch?

POP CULTURE PATIENT ZEROGeorge A. Romeros Night of the Living Dead brought

zombies to life, creating the iconic monster/disaster genre

hybrid that has stuck in pop culture for the past four decades.The resurrection of zombie entertainment in all forms ofmedia has spread across America and, as shown above, toReno. But why the fascination? Why not an obsession withFrankenstein or werewolves? As University of Nevada, RenoProfessor and Lecturer Doug Mishler said, theres a variety ofexplanations.

Some horror films [in the 60s] were presented as a responseto the nuclear bomb, Mishler said. The chaos and unpredict-ability of a nuclear disaster created a fear that these films weretrying to convey.

He said these came out at a time where the image of Americawas a very safe, very suburban setting, making these horrorfilms that much more unsettling. The brain dead, anonymity ofthe zombies in Night of the Living Dead was representativeof communism in the United States and the red scare, Mishlersaid.

Originally, many zombies [in films] were meant to look justlike us, he said.

The truth about this time, Mishler said, is that it was duringthe beginning of the Cold War, post-World War II, meaning thefilms played more off the faade of safety rather than Americabeing in an actual safe state. He said our current society mightbe feeling something similar.

With the economy in its current state, multiple wars hap-pening, theres a feeling of danger, a fear of the unknown, hesaid.

But it seems difficult to paint Americas infatuation with zom-bies as being so one-dimensional, Mishler said. With the influxof communicational advantages and pure information overhaulour generation has received, there are too many variables topinpoint the source of popularity.

One thing is for surezombies are swarming Reno, in yourbooks, on your televisions and soon theyll be in your bars. Theonly thing between them and full city domination: a frosty Pabstand a Sunday morning hangover.

JulianaBledsoe canbe reachedat [email protected] Rhodescan bereached [email protected].

By Nino Pinneri

Death Grips is a very difficult band toexplain to people. Incredibly abrasive hiphop, combined with hard hitting hooks andindustrial beats with an MC who does noth-ing but scream at almost every verse, makesthem not very easy to get into.

The trio that calls themselves DeathGrips are fronted by MC Ride on vocals,Andy Morin on synth and pro duction andZach Hill on drums. Death Grips directionon this LP is best explained as the 80s onbath salts. To top it off, this album, No LoveDeep Web, has a penis on the album cover.

No Love Deep Web is the third releasefrom Death Grips and their second LP in2012. The record is described by the groupas cold, bass heavy, minimal, rock & rollinfluenced and could simultaneously fit intoa rave or dance club context. The beats arebeing played live on a Roland electronic V-drum set or acoustic drum set by Zach.

Thirteen tracks full of system blowingsynths and beats dripping with underlyingtones of paranoia, fear and overbearing ag-gression, this is the most tight and cohesiverelease from Death Grips yet. The openingsong Come Up and Get Me starts off withan incredibly heavy bass groove letting MC

Ride lose his mind and breath, getting to an

extreme point screaming fuck a Nazi.Every second of this album is a horror

movie in music form. Some songs stay soni-cally recessed at points, keeping the beat inthe background until the perfect momentto erupt into an extremely aggressive fury.Deep Web is the most prominent example,with the hook of MC Ride screaming Call mecrazy, but I swear the lines been tapped be-hind a totally, industrially abrasive beat. Themost obvious examples are the two songsWorld of Dogs and Lock Your Doors.World of Dogs features a jazzy, intricatetime signature with a math rock influencedbeat, while MC Ride repeats Its all suicide,its all suicide, its all suicide, blasting rightinto an incredibly face melting transitionwhich leads into Lock Your Doors.

The Money Store, released earlier thisyear, was arguably headed in the directionof making extremely catchy hooks, whichmusically explode in transition, such asThe Fever. No Love Deep Web isnt lack-ing hooks by any means, but theyre not thecenter of attention anymore. Each songsbeat is polished to the point of putting MCRide at the center of attention, pushing himto become more aggressive and lyricallyrefined.

Certain rappers

recently have gottennotoriety by rappingabout dark subjects,such as rap outfit OddFuture, but some ofthese lyrics that MCRide is putting out incomparison make Ty-ler and Hodgy looklike Miranda Cosgroveand Justin Bieber. Ridetalks about buyingguns, evading the law,pushing suicide, as-sault and is borderline schizophrenic andincoherent with some of the subjects he istalking about.

Compared to their other releases, NoLove Deep Web at first sight might lookbasic, but deeper down, everything aboutthis album is extreme.

Death Grips have recaptured the samehauntingly dark and gritty beats while stillmanaging to get stuck in your head and bestrangely danceable in a rave or club set-ting.

NinoPinnericanbe [email protected].

Popular zombie craze swarms downtown Reno

By Julian Rhodes

The third season premiere of The Walking Deadended the anticipation that many fans of the show feltwas a wait worse than death itself. With the secondseason finale ending in a sudden zombie invasion, amysterious forest samurai and the group of survivorshomeless, fans have been dying to see where the showgoes nexta lot of fans, actually. Nearly 11 millionviewers tuned in Sunday, making it the most heavilyviewed telecast for any drama series on basic cable forall ages, ever.

The premiere picks up right where season two leftoff, following Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and crewas they forage for food and attempt to find a new home.In the first five minutes of the episode, theres moreadrenaline-pumping, head-chopping action than the

entirety of the second season.The quaint, semi-secure setting of Hershel Greenes

(Scott Wilson) farm gave the characters a nice breakfrom reality, but also gave the audience a break fromany action last season. With no imminent threat, theshow felt stagnant and seemed to drag on with moredrama than anything. But as fans of the comic mayknow, the newly discovered prison setting foreshadowsa full season of hack and slash in the fictional dystopia.

The writers seem to be developing depth with someof the side characters in this new season. Hershelseems to have a newfound respect for his own life,finding solace in living to protect his daughters and allaround acting less crazy and suicidal. Daryl (NormanReedus) may begin to pursue a romance with Carol(Melissa McBride), and Carl (Chandler Riggs) appearsto be maturing quickly, shooting down some walkers byhimself throughout the episode.

The only new character we meet in the premiere isMichonne (Danai Gurira). She says little but shows herskills, mercilessly slaying zombies with effortless cutsfrom her katana. She is taking care of a sick Andrea(Laurie Holden), but thats about all we get to see.Theres no detail given on what their relationship is like

or the extent of Andreas injury.As the group finds the prison,

Rick decides to take a chanceand launches a plan to breakin and clear zombies from thecourtyard of the penitentiary.This leads to a gorefest of eye-socket stabbing and easyheadshots. The group makes itin the gates safely only to findRick has bigger plans. He wantsto settle inside the prison.

This is where trouble starts,and in the interest of the fewwho missed it, lets just saynot everyone makes it throughunscathed. This season is only

one episode in and already has a strongerstory than the last, with great cliffhangers,intense action and the development ofotherwise fairly static characters. Thereare still many episodes to come, but ifthis is an indicator as to the quality of thisseason, there is no reason the viewershipwont continue to spread like a plague,consuming each new fan, brains first ofcourse.

JulianRhodes canbe reachedat [email protected].

AMC horror drama draws bigaudience with non-stop action

Death Grips pushboundaries of rap withexplicit, scary song lyrics

Zombie

Events

SATURDAY/27CHOREOGRAPHED

THRILLERPERFORMANCE

When:7:00 p.m.Where:Virginia Street, underthe Reno arch

Open to all, dance practicebeing held Tuesday and

Sunday nights at RollerKingdom, participation is freeof charge.

SATURDAY/27RENO ZOMBIE CRAWL

When:8:00 p.m.Starting Bars:CommRow,

Imperial Bar & Lounge and St.James Infirmary

Crawl cups can be pre-purchased for $5 fromJunkee, The Melting Pot,Chocolate Walrus, Dollhouse

and Prism Magic.

THE WALK-ING DEADChannel: AMCGenre:Drama, Action,HorrorTime:Sundays at9/8c p.m.Rating:TV-14Grade:A

DEATHGRIPS NOLOVE DEEP

WEB

Release Date:Oct. 1Genre:ExperimentalHip-HopGrade:B+

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John Wade tearsthrough the crowdinhisDayGlowdeadhooker costume.

Students from KiasFascinating RhythymSchool of PerformingArtsscreamintothecrownduringtheirzombie dance number.

Newlyweds Ronnieand Danielle Deribasexchange and consumecarrot-based, prop ringfingers.

Finishing theirperformance,onestudentfromKiasFascinating RhythymSchool swings asevered foot.

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else. In developing her book,Seplveda tried to hear as manyLatino voices as she could byinterviewing Latino actors,politicians, musicians, teachersand numerous others aboutObamas promises that he madeto the country and to Latinos.She said many Latinos wereunhappy with him in 2008 andbefore.

When he was a senator, hevoted for the wall (betweenMexico and the U.S.) and heput a lot of money toward the

border, Seplveda said.Among health care unem-ployment benefits and PellGrants, immigration reformwas the one thing that Obamadidnt deliver on in his prom-ises to Latinos, Seplveda said.She maintains that he was,and still is, more conservativein that view and actually sup-ports the deportation of illegalimmigrants caught engaging incriminal acts.

Some innocent people doget deported, she said. Peoplewho, yes, were undocumented,but hadnt committed a crime mothers get deported andkids get left behind.

The issue of immigrationcauses Seplveda to believethe nation is becoming in-creasingly divided and needsto embrace the Latino presencein this country. Robb Weider-man, a 21-year-old employeeat the Mitt Romney campaign,isnt against the naturaliza-tion of immigrants who do itlegally but feels that the federalgovernment should pay atten-tion to its natural born citizensfirst.

Our resources are dwindlingby the minute, Weidermansaid. We cant focus on justone group, we have to look atwhats good for the whole, forthe future. Thats the bottomline.

Seplveda said Latinos arepart of the whole but theyrestill different and their differ-ences need to be respected. Thedehumanization of the Latinopopulation is something Sep-

lveda fears is increasing moreand more throughout the yearsas it becomes easier for peopleto apply for citizenship.

People think were all un-documented and uneducated,she said. People dont think Iman accomplished writer with aPh.D.

Seplveda hopes that her newbook will spread the uprisingof the Latino voice not only

through their own communities,but the general population. Shefeels that all citizens from differ-ent races and ages should readthis book in order to understandhow their country is changing.

And if I was a politician andwanted to know how the Latinovote is being influenced, I wouldread this book, she said.

Megan Ortiz can be reached [email protected].

moves to real life situations.Bethany Pennington, a

19-year-old dual major in biol-ogy-chemistry, said her mainconcern of taking a self-defensecourse is whether shell be ableto remember the moves oncethe class is over.

There needs to be more thanjust a one or two hour crashcourse of self-defense, Pen-nington said. Women shouldstay vigiliant to their surround-ings and should be able toremember the moves because

they could forget in a real situ-ation.

Wojcicki said he has 50seats open for his self-defenseseminar. Wojcicki said thetechniques are easy to learnand will show students how toneutralize an attacker and waysthat a smaller individual canneutralize attacker effectivelythrough deception and use ofattacking specific areas of thebody.

Wojcicki said he wantsfemale students to not dependon emergency phone applica-tions or a 911 call, since he saidseconds count when the policeare minutes away.

You want proven techniquesand the ones that are taught

in this seminar are proven,Wojcicki said. But there are

some techniques that arenot well known and that areextremely beneficial and (thestudents) will not find them inmany self-defense seminars.

Molly Moser can be reached [email protected].

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Emma Seplvedas bookis available for purchase onAmazon as an e-book and atSundance Bookstore in Reno.

WHERE TO BUY

The self-defense seminarwill be on Monday, Oct. 22from 6 9 p.m. in Circus CircusCasino and is free to femaleUNR students. Reservations can be madewith Anthony Wojcicki at 775-772-4508 or [email protected].

SIGNING UP


Emma Seplveda takes pictures in Chile while doing research on the mining cave-in of August 2010 . She haswritten a book about the mining accident as well.

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Brianna Denisons missing person flyer hangs from a traffic light near campus after her disappearance from her

Reno home in January 2008.


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Aztecs aim to snapNevadas win streak

PESSIMIST SAYS: Riding an emotional comeback win againstUNLV, Nevada comes out flat against the Aztecs. Per usual,the Wolf Pack digs itself into an early hole. However, thistime around, Nevada cant mount a comeback. Moreover,turnovers on offense doom Nevada.

OUTCOME:San Diego State wins 38-31

DIFFERENCE MAKER LEON MCFADDENOPTIMIST SAYS: After back-to-back wins against strugglingteams, San Diego States true colors show. Nevadas Pistoloffense shreds through the Aztecs defense in the air andon the ground. Moreover, the Wolf Packs defense pitchesanother strong outing in the second half.

OUTCOME:Nevada wins 42-28

The 5-foot-10, 190-pound shutdown corner has top-notch

cover skills. Recruited as a wide receiver, Leon McFadden hasgame-changing ability with his hands and has a knack for the

pigskin.

MAKING THE CALL

Wolf Pack out to protect first-place spot atopMountain West Conference standings

AP TOP 25

BCS STANDINGS

THIS WEEKS GAME

1.Alabama 6-02.Florida 6-03.Oregon 6-04.Kansas State 6-05.Notre Dame 6-06.LSU 6-17.South Carolina 6-18.Oregon State 5-09.Oklahoma 4-110.USC 5-111. Georgia 5-112.Mississippi State 6-013.West Virginia 5-114. Florida State 6-115.Rutgers 6-016.Louisville 6-0

17.Texas Tech 5-118.Texas A&M 5-119.Clemson 5-120.Stanford 4-221.Cincinnati 5-022.Boise State 5-123.TCU 5-124.Iowa State 4-225.Texas 4-2

Date Opponent Time

.Sept. 1 at Washington L 21-12

Sept 8. Army W 42-7

Sept 15. North Dakota W49-41

Sept 22. San Jose State L 38-34

Sept 29. at Fresno State L 52-40

Oct. 6 Hawaii W 52-14

Oct. 13 Colorado State W 38-14

Oct . 20 at Nevada 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 UNLV 5 p.m.

Nov. 3 at Boise State 8:30 p.m. MT

Nov. 10 Air Force 12:30 p.m.

Nov. 24 at Wyoming 1:30 p.m.

2012 MWC STANDINGS

Standings Conference Overall

Nevada 3-0 6-1

UNLV 2-0 5-1

Boise State 2-1 4-3

Fresno State 2-1 4-3

San Diego State 2-1 3-3

New Mexico 1-1 4-3

Wyoming 1-1 1-6

Colorado State 0-2 1-5

Air Force 0-3 1-5

Hawaii 0-3 1-6

Nevada Category San Diego

State

OFFENSE285.7 Rushing 225.9

264.1 Passing 193.7

154.8 Pass efficiency 148.7

549.9 Total 419.6

41.0 Scoring 38.1

DEFENSE

156.9 Rushing 116.0

123.5 Pass efficiency 143.4

419.9 Total 381.428.6 Scoring 26.7

SPECIAL TEAMS/MISC.

35.4 Net punting 37.3

16.4 Punt returns 10.0

19.6 Kickoff returns 23.5

0.0 Turnover margin 0.86

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Running back Stefphon Jefferson leads the nation with 1,140 rushing yards. The juniors effor ts earned him CBSSports.com2012 Midseason College Football All-America Team honors.

2011 STATISTICAL LEADE RS

San Diego State

Player Category Avg./Game

R. Katz Passing yds 189.7

A. Muema Rushing yds 100.3

G. Escobar Recieving yds 39.7

N. Berhe Tackles 6.7J. Fely Tackles for loss 1.1

L. McFadden Interceptions 3

T. Vizzi Punt return yds avg. 10.0

A. Muema Scoring 8.6

Nevada

Player Category Avg./Game

C. Fajardo Passing yds 244.2

S. Jeffferson Rushing yds 162.9

B. Wimberly Receivng yds 68.0

A. Rosette Tackles 7.9

B. Hekking Tackles for loss 1.1

K. Wooten Interceptions 2

K. Wooten Punt return yds avg. 16.4

S. Jefferson Scoring 12.9

San Diego State at Nevada

When: Saturday, 7:35 p.m.

Where: Mackay Stadium(29,993, FieldTurf)

TV: CBS Sports Network

Season records: Nevada(6-1 overall, 3-0 MWC),San Diego State (4-3overall, 2-1 MWC)

All-time series record:San Diego State leads 3-2

The coaches: Nevada

hall of fame head coachChris Ault is in his 28thseason as Nevadas headcoach and has a 232-104-1record. Entering his secondyear under the helm of theAztecs, head coach RockyLong brings a defensivemindset to San Diego State.Long has coached since1972 and specializes incoaching the secondary.

KEY MATCHUP

Nevadas front seven vs.the Aztecs run attack

The Wolf Pack struggledstopping the Rebels rungame in the first half. Akin

to UNLV, San Die go Statesbruising runners have aknack for getting extrayardage. This game couldturn into a rushing duel.

1.Alabama (60) 6-02.Oregon 6-03.Florida 6-04.Kansas State 6-05.Notre Dame 6-06.LSU 6-17.Ohio State 7-08.Oregon State 5-09.

South Carolina6-1

10.Oklahoma 4-111.USC 5-112.Florida State 6-113.Georgia 5-114.Clemson 5-115.Mississippi State 6-016.Louisville 6-017.West Virginia 5-118.Texas Tech 5-119.Rutgers 6-020.Texas A&M 5-121.Cincinnati 5-022.Stanford 4-223.Michigan 4-224.Boise State 5-125.Ohio 7-0

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTESArizona State 92, TCU 88, Louisiana Tech

38, Texas 25, North Carolina State 11,

Northwestern 6, Washington 6, Wisconsin

6, Nebraska 4, North Carolina 2, Tulsa 2,Penn State 1, Arizona 1

vs. San Diego StateSaturday

TIME: 7:35 p.m.

THIS WEEKS GAME

vs. USF

L 32-31

SEPT. 8

vs. Northwestern

StateW 45-34

SEPT. 15

at Hawaii

W 69-24

SEPT. 22

at Texas State

W 34-21

SEPT. 29

at UNLV

W 42-37

OCT. 13

vs. SDSU

7:35 p.m.

OCT. 20

at Air Force

5 p.m.

OCT. 26

vs. Fresno State

7:35 p.m.

NOV. 10

at New Mexico

12:30 p.m.

NOV. 17

vs. Wyoming

W 35-28 (OT)

OCT. 6

at California

W 31-24

SEPT. 1

vs. Boise State

TBA

DEC. 1

STAFF PICKS

By Eric Uribe

Nevada is on a hot streak, winning its last five games.Three of the wins have come against MountainWest Conference foes, giving the Wolf Packsole possession of first place in thestandings. Not trailing far behind isSan Diego State at 4-3 (2-1 MWC).Nevada will host its new confer-ence mate in Mackay Stadiumsfirst night game of the season.

POTENT ATTACKThe Aztecs are putting up 38.1

yards a game and has eclipsedthe 30-point mark in 11 of its

last 12 games. San Diego Statesoffensive output has beenapparent at the onset ofgames. The Aztecs havepiled up 152 points inthe first half, 52 morepoints than their op-ponents. Their quickstart could put theWolf Pack in an all-too-familiar deficit earlyin the game. While Nevadahas three consecutive come-back wins under its belt, San Diegois 7-0 when leading after intermis-sion under head coach Rocky Long.

The Aztecs success could be at-tributed to its balanced offensiveattack. Under center for the squadis Ryan Katz. The senior graduatedfrom Oregon State last spring before

transferring, making him immedi-ately eligible to play. Katz beat out lastseasons backup Adam Dingwell for thestarting job. The 6-foot-1 quarterbackhas a cannon for an arm. Katz hasthrown for 1,328 yards, 13 touchdowns, amere 4 interceptions and has completed60 percent of this throws.

At running back is Adam Muema. Thebruising runner has racked up 702 yardsrushing. Muemas strength has made himtough to bring down after initial contact.The sophomore has shared touches withsenior Walter Kazee, whos added 481 yards ofhis own this season.

SWARMING DEFENSESan Diego State has been a menace on defense, especially

when it comes to turnovers. The Aztecs have forced 17 turnoversin 2012. Ten of the takeaways have come in the last three games.Second-year coach Long could be the prime reason behind San DiegoStates takeaway-happy approach. The defensive-minded coach served as

the programs defensive coordinator three seasons be fore taking over thereins of the entire coaching staff. Longs strategy on defense is swappingplayers in and out. Rotating defenders keeps the squad fresh, fueling theunit for the entire 60 minutes of play.

The star of the defense is cornerback Leon McFadden, without ques-tion. The senior was hailed as the Preseason All-Mountain West Defen-sive Player of the Year. McFadden has three interceptions this seasonand eight pass breakups. A season ago he had 15 pass breakups, six morethan anyone else in the conference. Quarterbacks have avoided throwingin the direction of the highly-physical defensive back. ComplementingMcFadden in the secondary is Nat Berhe, who leads the Aztecs in tackleswith 47. Ball-hogging linebacker Jake Fely is another name to look out for.Fely has brought the heat on opposing signal callers, forcing five sacksand seven tackles for a loss.

Eric Uribe can be reached at [email protected].

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UNLV hung the games first21 points on Nevadas porousdefense. Sherry completed eightof his first nine throws. And theone-two punch of running backsTim Cornett and Bradley Randlechewed up 154 yards on theground. The Rebels controlled theclock for 19:27 in the first half.

The Wolf Packs sputteringoffense didnt do its defense anyfavors in the first half. The Pistoloffense was one-dimensional inthe opening quarter, running thepigskin on all 10 of its plays.

Nevada didnt get on the score-board until the second quarter offa 4-yard plunge from StefphonJefferson. The touchdown wasthe teams latest opening score all

season long.We didnt play with any emo-tion that first half, 28-year headcoach Chris Ault said. No energy.I dont know why. In a game likethis, you play with energy whenyou get off the bus. We didnt. Butwe did in the second half andthat was the difference.

Jefferson added two rushingtouchdowns later, finishing thegame with 185 yards on theground. Moreover, the junioreclipsed the 1,000-yard rushingmark faster thany any Nevadarunning back in history

The Rebels play-not-to-losementality in the second half costthem the game, marking theirthird loss against a backup quar-terback this season. UNLV (1-6,1-1 Mountain West Conference)

is left to think what couldvebeen.

Its a terrible feeling being soclose and getting to that pointwhere we should put our footdown their throat, UNLV corner-back Sidney Hodge said. We justcouldnt pull it out.

Of the 20,565 fans at the game, achunk of Nevada faithful emptiedout of the stands onto the fieldwhen the final whistle blew. A sea

of blue and silver camouflagedthe green field.

The victory jumped the WolfPack (6-1, 3-0 MWC) to sole pos-session of first place in the MWC.

Whether it was Nevadas gutsyeffort or UNLVs meltdown, Aultknows that one things certain.

Let me tell you something,Ault said. That cannon aint red.Its blue and silver.

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there with 17 ranked teams intheir regions and I told themafterwards how proud I was ofthem.

The top five finishers for theWolf Pack were Diaz in 18thwith a time of 21:45, sophomoreDemerey Kirsch in 29th clock-ing in at 22:02, freshmen EmKayMyers and Erika Root in 42ndand 86th place, respectively. Se-nior Christy Works rounded outthe group with a 115th-placefinish.

For Elias, the top five allexecuted what they were told todo and did different things verywell.

We had Diaz sit back andsettle in right around the top 30,

Demerey stuck with Sam for the

first mile, Elias said. EmKayhad a good race in front of herhome fans. The idea was to send

(Erika) Root out early with her,she didnt totally blow up butkind of struggled. Works had asolid race for herself.

Considering the circum-stances, the results of thepast race are very promising.A mental correction might bewhat the team needs for it toplace in the top three of theMountain West Champion-ships and could be the differ-ence between eighth or secondplace.

As mentioned before, Ne-vadas next race will be theMountain West ConferenceChampionships held in LasVegas. The preparation for themeet will be very different fromthe one in Arkansas.

Were going to try to focus on

more of the speed stuff, Kirschsaid. The course there is prettyflat and fast. Working on getting

the quick turnover will let usroll in Vegas.

Elias said the championshipswill be a free-for-all.

This conference makes theWAC look like a joke, he said.If we can get our runners toall run a good race and some oftheirs to have a bad one, it canreally change the entire out-come. Our top five are middledistance runners and this ispractically a track race on across-country course. Well seewhat happens.

With two weeks to prepare,the women hope to cementtheir position at the top of theMountain West.

Chris Boline can be reached at

[email protected].

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Stephon Jefferson runs the ball down the feild during this weekendsgame.For the third time this season, Stefphon Jef ferson earned MWCPlayer of the Week honors af ter rushing for 185 yards against UNLV.

Augmon, Greg Anthony, andLarry Grandmama Johnson.The furthest Nevada has everadvanced in the NCAA tourna-ment was the Sweet Sixteenback in 2004. However, the gaphas narrowed in recent yearswith the Wolf Pack actuallyhaving more current players inthe NBA with four to UNLVsthree.

Although the Rebels arealso the holders of a six-game

winning streak over the Packand look to be pretty strong inthe coming season, Nevada isno slouch either and I doubtDeonte Burton and Co. willlie down for our hated rivals.EDGE: UNLV

BASEBALL

Despite holding the all-timeseries lead over the WolfPack with a record of 46-59,the Rebels appear to haveweakened this past season,posting a record of only 26 winsand 31 losses. Nevada, on theother hand, enjoyed a relativelysuccessful but quiet season byfinishing in a first-place tie inthe Western Athletic Confer-ence with a final total of 32

wins and 25 losses.The key to this season willbe pitching aces: The reigning2012 WAC pitcher of the year,Braden Shipley and TomJameson who had 9 and 7 wins,respectively, last year. Anotherplayer of note is outfielderBrooks Klein, who led the Packin the Triple Crown categoriesof batting average, RBIs andhome runs. For the Wolf Packto really make some noisetheir first year in the MountainWest, we need them to feel oursupport as a student body byactually showing up to games.

EDGE: NE VADA

SOFTBALL

A perennial championshipcontender in the WAC confer-

ence, Nevada softball madethe NCAA tournament in 2006,

2008 and 2009. The Rebels havealso had their share of successon the diamond with nineNCAA tournament appearancesthat also includes three trips tothe College World Series.

Recently, the Pack hasstruggled with a record of21-34 last season, including anatrocious stat of wins at homewith a final total of 6-14. TheRebels have had trouble, too,posting a record of 22-27 lastyear. With the move to the newconference, one has to thinkthat head coach Matt Meuchelwill energize his team to not

only thump UNLV but get theprogram headed in the rightdirection.

EDGE: TIE

ACADEMICS

Nevada was named on the listof the top 500 universities lastyear according to the AcademicRanking of World Universities.Both institutions offer high-caliber schools in the form ofUNLVs top flight hotel schooland law program and Nevadasmedical school and MBAprogram. Based on a studyby the U.S. News and WorldReport, UNLV ranks as the 13thmost popular university in theU.S. by using the number of thestudents who annually apply

as the criteria; Nevada came inat 28th. This, however, is nota tell-tale sign if the studentsactually do well once they getthere.

EDGE: NE VADA

OTHER SPORTS

Mens golf is a strength forthe Rebels as they routinelyfinish in the top 25 of the NCAAevery year and have turned outa number of pros includingAdam Scott and Andres Gonza-lez. Nevadas volleyball teamshistory is superior to UNLVsas they have made more NCAAtournament appearances, fiveto the Rebels one. However,this years squad did defeat theWolf Pack in Reno, 3-2. Besidesfootball, another sport that is

a strength for the Wolf Pack isthe swimming and diving team,

who were WAC conferencechamps from 2007-2009. Fi-nally, I have to give a shout-outto the womens c

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