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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 VOLUME CXVI NUMBER 12SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893
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WOLF AIDSColumnist Casey Durkin details the outbreak of Wolf AIDS from campus food. Page A7
THRIFTY SHOPPINGSave money with these tricks and tips for fi nding the best bargains at thrift stores.Page A12
SOCCER SETS NEW MARKThe Nevada soccer team won its fi fth conference game on Sunday, a new program record. Page B1
INDEXFootball: Read full coverage from the Wolf Pack’s Saturday game.Photo galleries: See photos from the Nevada vs. San Jose State football game.Live chat: Chat with Juan López at 3 p.m. Wednesday about Ne-vada Wolf Pack sports.
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City cuts hit local fi refi ghtersBRIAN BOLTON /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
On any given day, fi refi ghters could be pulled from Engine 4 to fi ll in staffi ng holes in other parts of the city, leaving the fi re district that encompasses the University of Nevada, Reno without a staffed fi re engine.
Sens. postpone vote on $75 fee
PHOTOS BY BRIAN BOLTON/NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
▲ One of the crews of Engine 4 stands near it and its alternative rescue rig in front of Station 4, located on Ralston Street just blocks from the UNR campus.
▼ When Engine 4’s crew is used to fi ll in staffi ng holes, two fi refi ghters staff a rescue team which can only be used to respond to medical calls.
UNRPD fi ghts rash of bicycle thefts
See BIKE THEFTS Page A5
Candidate in governor’s race pledges fi xes
BY THE NUMBERSBike thefts have increased over the past few months.
30is the approximate number of bike thefts since the fall
semester began.
800dollars is the lower end of
the cost range of most of the stolen bikes.
Source: UNRPD
BY THE NUMBERSOn many days, Engine 4 is reduced to a rescue team.
2
11
is the number of fi refi ght-ers on a rescue team, which replaces the four-person en-
gine when it is shut down.
is the number of days in September that Engine 4
was shut down.
7is the number of days in
October that Engine 4 was shut down.
See RORY REID Page A5
See NEW FEE Page A5
See FIRE ENGINE Page A5
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➤What: Continuation of ASUN Senate University Affairs Committee hearing on a proposed $75 per semester fee.➤ When: 7 p.m. Wednesday ➤ Where: Rita Laden Senate Chambers, Joe Crowley Student Union
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FEE VOTE
UNR-area lacks full engine almost a third of the time
By Jessica Fryman
Pledging to fi x the state’s eco-nomic woes, 2010 gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid says improv-ing education will be an integral part of that promise if elected.
“You can’t have a prosperous economy without a prosper-ous higher education,” Reid, a Democrat, said. “We need to fi x our economy fi rst because that will allow us to fi x education and every other problem that Nevada has. They’re linked together.”
Aside from promising to keep education a priority in budget planning, Reid didn’t offer many
specifi cs in how he plans to im-prove higher education. He said he would work to ensure further budget cuts wouldn’t happen as he slightly bashed Gov. Jim Gibbons.
“I don’t agree with how the governor went about cutting the budget,” Reid, son of the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, said. “He took a ruler and drew a red line across. That’s not how I do my budget. Certain things are priorities and education is one of them.”
Reid said Nevada needs to grow the economy through building a green industry and creating jobs in the state.
As he details in his 32-page campaign vision, The Virtual Crossroads, Reid plans to take advantage of Nevada’s natural re-sources. For example, he says that the state could have generated enough solar energy to raise $1.3 billion in new revenue last year. His vision also mentions tapping into using wind and geothermal resources.
Reid said he plans to increase small businesses’ access to capital loans to help create more jobs. In order to ensure that jobs are wait-ing for recent college graduates, Reid said he will encourage more interaction between schools and
businesses, and wants to make sure that the transfer of knowl-edge from academia to students is applicable to the workforce. Creating jobs will help build the economy because larger corpora-tions will be more willing to come to Nevada if an educated work
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By Danielle Pearson
High-end bicycles have become a target of theft on campus, with about 30 being reported stolen since the beginning of the school year.
The bikes, typically $800-plus models, have been stolen at all times and all over campus, said Detective Warren Conley of the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department. The most prominent link has been that most of the bikes had fl imsy wire locks that the thief could easily cut through.
Heavier locks, like U-Bolts, make a bike less appealing — though not invulnerable — to thefts, Conley said.
Andriy Kinash, a 20-year-old biology major whose bike is his only method of transportation, said the U-Bolt adds to his sense of safety when parking his ride on campus.
“(The U-Bolt) would be really hard to break into, and
By Jay Balagna
After a meeting that lasted almost three-and-a-half hours and packed the Rita Laden Senate Chambers for the fi rst time this semester, a student senate committee postponed a vote on a proposed $75 student fee.
The majority of public commenters came to tell sena-tors not to pass what they said they saw as an unneces-sary fee.
The proposed fee is part of Associated Students of the University of Nevada President Eli Reilly’s Joint Vi-sion 2017 plan. The plan, released more than a month ago, is meant to function as a rough list of goals for the undergraduate student government during the next eight years. One concrete proposal included in the plan, though, is a new $75 per semester fee.
The fee would be used to provide money to increase the presence of performing arts on campus, recreate the math and writing centers while making tutoring again free for students and launch a new student activities cen-ter that would take over many of the duties of ASUN.
If the $75 total is passed, it will dwarf a fee request from
By Jay Balagna
F or almost a third of the past two months, the City of Reno left the University of Nevada, Reno campus without a fully staffed fi re engine.
Instead, a two-person rescue team, dubbed a “suicide” team by fi refi ghters who serve on it because of recent burns to colleagues on one, was assigned to cover the area.
The move is part of a system to reduce overtime costs for the City of Reno Fire De-partment and is made on days it fi nds itself short-staffed, increasing the response time to any possible fi re at the university.
The replacement of the engine that nor-mally serves UNR, Engine 4, with a rescue team is the fourth option to reorganize fi re-fi ghters on short-staffed days. It comes after the shutting down of two-ladder trucks and the conversion of a fi re engine in Somersett to a two-person patrol rig.
“Is it preferred?” Joe DuRousseau, the op-erations chief for the Reno Fire Department, said. “No. Obviously we’d like to keep every engine staffed all the time.”
On days when Engine 4 is shut down, the two remaining fi re fi ghters are put on a “rescue rig” based out of the same station to respond to medical calls which make up the vast majority of the department’s responses, DuRousseau said.
The use of rescue teams is limited during a fi re. The rescue rig does not carry any water nor does it have a pump, and federal regula-tions prohibit fi refi ghters from entering a fi re without a team of at least four. The only exception to this rule is when a person is known to be in a burning building, DuRous-seau said.
The department’s previous leadership cre-ated the system, he said, and it is something he is trying to change.
“We’re looking at other ways to save money,” he said. “I don’t like having Engine 4 down to two people.”
Those plans are still in early stages, though, leaving the current system in place for the foreseeable future, DuRousseau said.
DuRousseau said district four, the part of
BRIAN BOLTON /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
A student locks up his bike on campus while thefts are on the rise.
news www.nevadasagebrush.comA2 • NOVEMBER 3, 2009
Winter CarreraAge: 25Major: graduate student pursuing videographyClaim to fame: Worked on a National Geographic Channel documentary that will premiere at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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Protest held on ‘abuse of power’
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Mary Lahren, a former University of Nevada, Reno research professor, holds a sign at a recent demonstration held in support of a lawsuit alleging corruption by UNR administrators. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, current and former UNR employees, organized the protest.
OCT. 30, 1942
Upperclass group punishes women
Four fi rst offenders were dealt punishments at the Women’s upperclass commit-tee meeting held last week, chairman Frances Hawkins stated.
Sheila McCarthy, Ellen Reed, Caroline Gibson and Edith McNeeley, the bewildered freshmen, were told to wear large red ribbons on top of their heads for week, penalty for neglecting or forgetting to wear the traditional blue and white freshman bow.
Freshmen women who were not present last Satur-day at the whitewashing of the “N” will be dealt with at a later date, Chairman Hawkins related.
NOV. 2, 1962
Vandals cart away sign; was only university ID
Dean of Student Affairs Sam Basta, along with Nevada students, is wondering who cut down the University Sign at the corner of Ninth and Virginia streets.
The sign was presented to the University last Mackay Day by the Nevada fraterni-ties, after fraternity presidents noted that there was no iden-tifi cation of the University on campus. It costs the Greeks about $300.
The sign was cut with an axe, and all that remains are the two poles that supported it — and a “nameless” University.
It was stolen sometime over the weekend, after the Home-coming game, “probably on Sunday,” said Basta.
“I have no idea who could have done it. I am sure it was no student group from this campus. I suspect it to be a group of vandals from outside the university,” Basta said.
He also said that due to the sizeable amount of money invested, and because it is public property, there could be a serious penalty with some jail time for the vandals, when they are caught.
NOV. 4, 1988
Sororities face security problems
Members of the UNR so-rorities face unsafe conditions this semester as evidenced by attacks on members, strangers lurking in alleys and trespassers inside some of the houses.
Members of the Delta Delta Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta sororities on Sierra Street have been hiring a guard for their houses on weekends. The guard watches between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., according to Theta President Kelley Cornforth.
“He’s been here for three weeks now,” she said. “It was the Tri-Delts idea and we helped to pay for the guard. I think he gets $11 or $12 an hour, but it’s worth it for safety.”
She said the jurisdiction of the UNR Department of Public Safety doesn’t extend to any of the areas where sorority houses are located so any calls are handled by the Reno Police Department.
She said she feels the area would be safer if the sorority houses were included in UNR police patrols.
“They could at least patrol the back alley,” she said. “We’d like some help around here. It’s kind of sad that we’re scared to come home.”
According to Theta Vice President Sarah Knowlton, the house would like a permanent guard.
“We’re talking to the Panhel-lenic Council about a perma-nent guard,” she said.
“For now we’re just encour-aging the girls to take safety measures.”
According to Sarah Griffi n, Panhellenic Council presi-dent, the UNR police are now working to begin responding to calls in the area.
A serious attack on a Tri-Delt member was also reported Tuesday, but she couldn’t be reached for comment.
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Grad student channels video passion
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Winter Carrera shoots video at the Italian Festival on Oct. 9 for her job as media assistant of Teaching and Learning Technologies.
By Aaron Benedetti
At noon on Friday, in front of the marble steps of the Washoe County Courthouse in down-town Reno, Richard Schweickert toted two homemade signs, one in each hand.
One called for an end to al-leged “abuse of power” at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the other claimed “$7 mil-lion in taxpayer money wasted on legal defense for officials at UNR.”
Schweickert, a professor of geological sciences at UNR, and about a dozen other protesters spent almost an hour trying to fl ag down onlookers who stopped to examine the signs and present their allegations of corruption at the university.
“We want to bring public awareness to the problem of public corruption at UNR,” Sch-weickert said as he handed out bright yellow fl iers to spectators. “Here you have the university spending $7 million to defend its offi cials. Why spend so much? Because they’ve got some bigger crimes to cover up.”
UNR offi cials estimate the university’s legal bills to total between $1.5 and $2 million at most, including money from the school and a state contingency fund, university spokeswoman Jane Tors said.
“I think (that) is a clear ex-ample of an exaggerated claim,” she said.
Schweickert, with former Nevada women’s soccer coach Terri Patraw and reinstated UNR Police Department Sgt. Lane Grow, argued last month in Washoe District Court for a grand jury investigation into their claims of vast corruption, racketeering and intimida-tion schemes within the UNR administration. Washoe District Court Judge Connie Steinheimer has not yet issued a ruling on whether to impanel a grand jury.
Tors said the charges are base-less and is confi dent they will be dismissed.
Patraw previously said the or-ganizers hoped to demonstrate for Steinheimer that “the people who elected her are tired of the corruption.”
Charles Blankenship, one of the fi rst spectators to receive a fl ier from Schweickert, said he came to the rally to compare the petitioners’ claims of corruption at UNR to his own suspicions of corruption within Nevada’s workers’ compensation system.
“Anytime that anyone would tell me (about corruption), not that I’m the paranoid-schizo type, I want to believe you,” Blankenship said. “There’s just too much of it in the news today. You can see it.”
Blankenship said the protest-ers’ arguments convinced him that certain offi cials at UNR are engaged in illegal activities, and he said he supports a grand jury investigation.
One protester, who declined to give his name and the nature of his relationship to the univer-sity, attended the rally donning a baseball cap and Halloween mask. He said he wore the mask for fear of potential retaliation by UNR offi cials.
“I’m fed up,” he said. “I’m fed up with the corruption at UNR and the lack of respect and protection given to the students
at UNR.”After 1 p.m., when the number
of protesters began to dwindle, Schweickert declared the rally a success.
“The event achieved what we hoped it would,” Schweickert said. “A lot of interested people stopped by. Eyes were bugging out. People are wondering about the corruption. I think we’ve made our statement, and that’s all we hoped to do.”
Kent Robison, a private at-torney representing UNR, has called the petitioners’ recent efforts at publicity an attempt “to infl uence a judicial offi cer, which is highly improper in my business.”
Robison said the petitioners’ “half-baked accusations” have no merit.
Aaron Benedetti can be reached at [email protected].
By Emily Stott
Winter Carrera is passionate about three things: photo, video and traveling. When she com-pletes her graduate work in 2011, she hopes these three things will equal an exciting career as a videographer.
Carrera’s professional career will really make a mark when a project she helped with, “Earthquake Swarm,” premieres at 7 p.m. this Thursday on the National Geographic Channel. A special viewing will be held in @One in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.
In March, Carrera, a 25-year-old undeclared graduate student, worked on the National Geo-graphic Channel documentary about the earthquakes that took place in Reno during the spring of 2008.
Carrera, who is the media production assistant for Teaching and Learning Technologies at the University of Nevada, Reno, became involved in the project when National Geographic pro-ducers contacted her boss, Mark Gandolfo, manager of Media Design and Production for Teach-ing and Learning Technologies. After Gandolfo recommended her to the producer, she was hired as a production assistant and promoted to assistant camera by the end of the week-long project. Carrera assisted the director of photography, Marcus Lehman, who is in charge of the overall look of the program. She set up lights, checked electrical settings, helped with shot composition and fi lmed the time-lapse shots for the documentary.
“The actual production experi-ence I would equate to being in a mini fi lm school because you’re applying the knowledge you learn in school on the fi eld,” she said.
The National Geographic producers conducted all of the research for the documentary be-fore shooting on location. Carrera said that fi lming took place for 12 hours each day during shooting. Luckily for her, that week hap-
pened during spring break, so class time was not disrupted.
Carrera also fi lmed a scene, but doesn’t know if that was edited into the fi nal cut. She will be watching the full show for the fi rst time Thursday.
Lehman, who is a freelance cameraman and has worked on projects for the Discovery Chan-nel, the Travel Channel and the History Channel, said that the quality of the shots he obtained would not have been as high without Carrera’s help.
“She was very eager and willing to help in everything,” he said. “She defi nitely went beyond our expectations.”
Lehman was able to delegate tasks to Carrera and trust that they would be done well.
“It was nice to have a second hand,” he said. “She made two of me.”
Carrera fell into working on videography after using a video camera on an anthropology re-port. Without any prior camera knowledge, Carrera ended up producing a short documentary called “Basque Occupation on the
Fulstone Ranch,” which can be checked out from the University of Nevada, Reno library.
Carrera continues to build the extensive list of video projects she has worked on at her current job with Teaching and Learning Technologies. This past weekend, she worked on a documentary about the Stewart Indian School, an off-reservation boarding school from 1890 to 1980 for American Indians. On this proj-ect, Carrera was the director of photography and was in charge of lighting, composition and the overall look of the fi lm. She said that working for Teaching and Learning Technologies is an opportunity for her to gain work experience.
“It’s a fi rst step toward making a career out of it,” she said. “But for the most part I’m concentrating on grad work.”
Photography is another hobby that morphed into a professional trade for Carrera, who runs a personal business shooting portraits and doing freelance photography.
When Carrera completes her
graduate degree, she hopes to continue to travel and tell people’s stories. She is interested in the diversity of subjects around the world, which inspire her to pursue this career path.
“It’s not about my work and what I’m doing, but the people I’m documenting and their story,” she said. “I have my pass-port ready to go at all times.”
Emily Stott can be reached at [email protected].
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NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE MONTH BEGINS
A group of Nevada authors will be inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame on Nov. 12 and two others will be awarded with the Silver Pen Award.
Modern-day Nevada author H. Lee Barnes, known for his works about the working class in the Southwest United States and tales of returning war veterans, and a group Mark Twain-contemporaries known as the “Sagebrush School” will receive Hall of Fame honors in a ceremony at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center begin-ning at 6 p.m. Nov. 12.
While the Hall of Fame award honors the long-term contributions of writers, the Silver Pen award is for newer authors of promise, according to Nevada News. Charles Bock, who grew up in Las Vegas, and
Robert Leonard Reid, who lives in Carson City, will receive the award.
THE SAGEBRUSH WINS SECOND PACEMAKER
The Nevada Sagebrush was awarded a Pacemaker, among other awards, at this year’s Associated Collegiate Press Conference held over the weekend in Austin, Texas.
This is the second year in a row the Sagebrush won the prestigious award for the 2008-09 school year.
Other awards the Sagebrush won at the conference include a fi rst place in best of show award for weekly broadsheet newspapers from a four-year institution, the fourth best Web site at the conference from a school of more than 10,000 students and an honorable mention for a diversity story written by Jessica Fryman.
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Weekly UpdateCampus Events
Campus group raises money for African poor
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Students dance during the University of Nevada, Reno Queer Student Union’s annual Halloween party, A Boo-tilicious Night. The event was held Thursday night in the Great Room of the Joe Crowley Student Union. Participants dressed up in Halloween costumes, received food and played games at the free event.
QUEER STUDENT UNION HOLDS ANNUAL HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY
POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS
NOVEMBER 3, 2009 • A3
By Casey Durkin
As the problems of homeless-ness, disease and hunger still riddle parts of Africa, a group of students at the University of Nevada, Reno are trying to help, while also having fun and build-ing awareness.
The student group Project 58: Illuminating Injustice will be putting on “The Amazing Race: Destination Kenya,” a scavenger hunt whose proceeds will go to help an orphanage in Bungoma, Kenya, that gives homeless chil-dren a home.
“We have been blessed to live in the United States and be college students, so we think it should be time to share that
blessing with those who are less fortunate,” Ally Patton, a 21-year-old English writing major and president of the group, said.
The event, which starts in room 324 of the Joe Crowley Student Union at 11 a.m. this Saturday, will allow students to participate in a scavenger hunt-style race based off of the TV show “The Amazing Race.”
Participants must bring a team of three to four people to solve clues and compete in challenges against other teams that will lead them through the UNR campus and downtown Reno in a race to the fi nish. Prizes will be offered to the win-ners of the race.
There will be a $12 admission
fee per team for the race. All proceeds will be donated to the orphanage the group is helping. The donations will go spe-cifi cally toward the purchase of mosquito nets, tutoring, school uniforms (without which stu-dents can’t attend school) and to the orphanage to help house the children.
Project 58 will also be tabling in Hilliard Plaza on Tuesday and Wednesday and in front of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday promoting the scav-enger hunt. They will also be selling jewelry made by women in Kenya. The jewelry will cost between $5 and $25 and feature a mixture of jewelry made of
bone, wood and beads. All pro-ceeds from the jewelry will go directly to providing meals for the same orphanage.
“It’s not just going to promote our event on Saturday; it will be promoting what we are all about,” Cassandra Ricker, an 18-year-old biology major and group member, said.
There are 26 boys and one girl at the orphanage the help is go-ing to. Most of their parents have either died of starvation, run away or died of AIDS, leaving the children homeless.
Project 58 has been in contact with the children they are help-ing through letter-writing.
“In their letters they are excited we are helping and just to be off
the streets,” Ricker said. “I think it’s just exciting because there is not an easy way to reach out to Africa, but this group gives you a chance to.”
Project 58 is also currently trying to put together a trip to Kenya this summer.
Casey Durkin can be reached at [email protected].
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TUESDAY/3Career ’09When: 4 to 6 p.m.Where: Great Room of the Joe Crowley Student Union
Career ’09 is holding a net-working reception in the Great Room of the Joe Crow-ley Student Union. For more information visit www.unr.edu/cn.
Mental Health, It’s Not Just for Grown-ups AnymoreWhen: 7 to 9 p.m.Where: Joe Crowley Student Union Theater
Joyce Larsen, the fi rst Neva-dan to receive a certifi cation in mental health, will talk with parents and caregivers about the importance of par-ent and child relationships and the role they play in social and academic success at the Joe Crowley Student Union Theater. For more information contact Becky Carter Steele at 775-682-8487.
WEDNESDAY/4Career ’09When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Where: Ballrooms of the Joe Crowley Student Union
Career ’09 is holding a career and internship fair in the ballrooms of the Joe Crowley Student Union.
Voice BoxWhen: 5 to 7 p.m.Where: wolfpackradio.org or 1700 AM. Hosted by Donnell Dike-Anukam
THURSDAY/5
Blood, Sh*t and Tears: The “Terrorist” as Abject OtherWhen: 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.Where: Joe Crowley Student Union TheaterGuest speaker Dr. H.L. “Bud” Goodall will give a lecture titled “Blood, Sh*t and Tears: The ‘Terrorist’ as Abject Other” in the Joe Crowley Student Union Theater. Ad-mission is free. For more information call 775-784-6837.
The Voice Box Live Town Hall in Hilliard PlazaWhen: 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.Where: Hilliard Plaza
The Voice Box Live, a show on Wolf Pack radio, is hold-ing an event to discuss Eli Reilly’s proposed Associated Students of the University of Nevada Joint Vision 2017 Plan. The discussion will be held in Hilliard Plaza.
FRIDAY/6“We Tell Stories” Celebrating Native American Heritage MonthWhen: 6 to 8 p.m.Where: Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom
“We Tell Stories” Celebrating Native American Heritage Month is an event in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ball-room. The event will include speakers, dancing and fl ute playing. For more information contact Kari Emm at 775-682-8998.
➤ What: The Amazing Race: Destination Kenya➤ Where: Hilliard Plaza➤ When: from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday ➤ Cost: $12 per team
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EVENT DETAILS
NOVEMBER 1An 18-year-old male was arrested for minor in pos-session and consumption of alcohol at Lincoln Hall.
Two minors were cited for MIPC at College Drive.
A 20-year-old female was cited for MIPC at College Drive.
A 19-year-old male was cited for MIPC at College Drive and Ralston Street.
Two minors were cited for MIPC at College Drive and Ralston Street.
OCTOBER 31Four minors arrested for MIPC at Buena Vista Avenue and College Drive.
An 18-year-old male was ar-rested for MIPC at North Sierra Street and College Drive.
A 19-year-old female was cited for MIPC at Nevada Street and University Terrace.
An 18-year-old male was cited for MIPC at College drive and Bon Rea Way.
OCTOBER 30Four minors were cited for MIPC at North Sierra Street and College Drive.
Offi cers responded to a report of grand larceny of a laptop in Argenta Hall.
Two people were arrested for DUI at Virginia and East Sixth streets.
Two minors were cited
for MIPC at Nye Hall.A 20-year-old male was arrested for MIPC at Ralston and 11th streets.
Three minors were cited for MIPC at North Sierra and West 11th streets.
OCTOBER 29Offi cers responded to a report of a hit and run in the Sierra Street Parking Complex.
OCTOBER 28An 18-year-old male reported grand larceny at Lincoln Hall.
OCTOBER 26Offi cers responded to the destruction of property in the Fitzgerald Student Services Building.
OCTOBER 25The wheels of a car
were reported stolen from the northern blue on-campus parking lot.
OCTOBER 24A 20-year-old male was cited for the possession of a controlled substance in Nye Hall.
Five people were taken into civil protective custody at Mackay Stadium.
An 18-year-old female was cited for MIPC at Mackay Stadium.
OCTOBER 23A 30-year-old male was taken into civil protective custody at the corner of Second and Center streets.
Offi cers responded to a report of grand larceny in the Ansari Business Building.
High: 60-65
Low: 35-40
WEATHER FORECAST
High campustemperature:
Low campus tem-perature:
70 70 69 65 38 38 37 37
UNR WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: Expect calm weather for the week. Sunny skies and above normal temperatures for early No-vember, with cool mornings and mild afternoons. There is some uncertainty with the weekend weather as there is a possibility for rain Friday into Sunday.
WEDNESDAYTUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKENDForecast prepared by the Reno-Lake Tahoe student chapter of the American Meteorological Society. For more information visit our Web site at www.ametsoc.org/chapters/renotahoe/.
SunnySunny, southwest winds 5 mph
becoming east
A slight chance of rain Saturday,
partly sunny Sunday
Mostly cloudy, northwest winds
Sunny, east winds 5 mph
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Emily Stetzer, a 19-year-old community health major, tests out one of the hand sanitizer dispensers recently installed around campus.
Sanitize hands at new stations
By Jay Balagna
In an effort to curve the spread of swine fl u and other diseases, University of Nevada, Reno offi cials installed hand sanitizer dispensers around campus, including numer-ous classrooms.
Dr. Cheryl Hug-English, the direc-tor of the Student Health Center, was among the administrators who felt the dispensers were a good idea.
“Hand sanitizers are very effec-tive, especially the ones with alcohol in them,” she said. “Hand washing is obviously the best way to reduce the spread of disease but when you can’t wash your hands, the hand sanitizers are a nice substitute.”
She said the alcohol-based hand sanitizer in the dispensers not only helps prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, which causes swine fl u, but also seasonal fl u viruses and other easily transmitted diseases.
“It’s part of a lot of things we’re doing to prevent a large fl u outbreak on campus,” she said. “In addition to this, we’re offering informational signs and things like masks, so students who are sick don’t spread it to roommates.”
Hug-English said the initial cost of installing the dispensers, which was shared by the Student Health Center, President Milton Glick’s offi ce and other offi ces on campus, was worth the improvement in student health.
“There certainly was an initial outlay of cost to install them,” she said. “When you put everything in perspective, it’s worth it.”
Jay Balagna can be reached at [email protected].
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MEDICAL STUDENTS OFFER FREE CLINIC
The University of Nevada School of Medicine will host several Student Outreach Clin-ics in November for uninsured members of the public. The clinics are a free service that offer physicals, blood pres-sure monitoring, referrals and some discounted labs.
A children’s clinic will be held 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 7, and will offer physicals for school and sports, immunizations and general check-ups.
A women’s clinic will be held 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 16 and will offer pregnancy testing, pap smears, gynecological exams, breast exams, STD testing and mammogram referrals.
A general clinic will be held 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 21.
Certain diagnostic services may require a $5-20 fee.
No appointments are neces-sary and patients will be seen on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. Spanish translators are available.
Clinics are held at Univer-sity Health System’s Family Medicine Center every month. Medical students perform the services under direct supervi-sion of licensed faculty physi-cians.
For more information call 775-682-8646.
PREMATURITY AWARENESS
November is the national Prematurity Awareness Month which aims to bring the prob-lems of premature birth to the public eye.
According to the March of Dimes, a nonprofi t organiza-tion dedicated to prevent-ing premature birth and infant mortality, the rate of premature birth in America increased 36 percent in the last 25 years.
More information on premature birth is available throughout the month from UNSOM professors and clin-ics.
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force is ready to be employed, Reid said.
“Basically, Nevada has a 24-7 culture. People are willing to work day and night. Nevada has
an unusually computer techni-cal-savvy work force and every renewable resource known to man,” Reid said. “Those are the ingredients to make a prosper-ous economy.”
Jessica Fryman can be reached at [email protected].
the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents December agenda.
UNLV’s proposed fee, $1 per credit, would exclusively fund a tutoring center. It was pro-posed by UNLV President Neal Smatresk and was supported by the senate of the Consolidated
Students of the University of Nevada, UNLV’s undergraduate student government according to The Rebel Yell, UNLV’s stu-dent newspaper.
The student activities center, which took up the most discus-sion time and drew the most comments from students at the meeting, takes up more than half of the proposed fee.
The proposed center, which would take in almost $1.2 million under the proposal, would take a major funding weight off ASUN by paying for adviser salaries, student pub-lications and student wages for front desk and sound and lighting staff, in addition to other things that many at the meeting criticized as jobs of the undergraduate student government.
“This plan to me, sounds very similar to what ASUN is doing,” Nathan Devlin, a 20-year-old accounting major, said. “The difference is it’s being taken out of students’ hands.”
The committee on university affairs will continue the hearing at 7 p.m Wednesday. If the com-mittee passes the fee proposal, it will head to a general senate vote before being passed on to
the regents, who will have the fi nal say on the fee’s approval. Reilly said he hopes to see the fee heard at the regents’ meet-ing in December.
“This is something that needs to be decided now,” he said.
That urgency is based mostly on what Reilly described as a need for ASUN to “stay relevant to students,” and the necessity of providing students with a free option for tutoring.
An academic success center, which would include a tutoring center, would receive $25 per student per semester from the fee.
Some senators disagreed with him, though, saying the large amount warranted a student vote or more discussion, even if it meant delaying its appearance before the regents.
“We would be doing a disser-vice to students if we passed this too quickly,” Sen. Jessica Purney said.
The university affairs com-mittee will continue the hearing on the proposed fee at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Rita Laden Senate Chambers in the Joe Crowley Student Union.
Jay Balagna can be reached at [email protected].
obvious,” he said. “The key hole is designed to be very diffi cult to pick as well.”
The infl ux of bike thefts has led UNRPD to use reserve police forces in order to have as many eyes and ears working on the case as possible, Conley said.
UNRPD also suspects the bikes have been sold part-by-part or transported across state line because none have shown up at online sales sites, such as eBay or craigslist, or at local pawnshops.
Many of the bikes have not been registered on campus, making the stolen bikes more diffi cult to track, Conley said. UNR Parking Services keeps the
serial numbers of registered bikes on fi le, Conley said.
Bikes can also be registered with the National Bike Reg-istry, which stores a unique serial number on a national database.
In order to further help victims of bike theft to possibly locate their stolen bicycles, bicycle enthusiasts created KarmaArmy.com and Someon-eStoleMyBike.com.
The Web sites let riders post video testimonials of the day their bike was stolen and list bike information by state to help track the stolen bikes down.
Jen Kamen, though not a cyclist herself, said she has sym-pathy for those who fall victim to bike theft.
“When it’s your only mode of transportation and your
bike gets stolen, then you’re stuck. Now, with more bikes on campus, I think the availability makes the bike riders more vul-nerable,” Kamen said.
Danielle Pearson can be reached at [email protected].
Reno that is serviced by Engine 4 and includes UNR and Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, poses special challenges for the fi re department. The district is an especially small one with a high population and requires special care, he said.
The complexity of the uni-versity’s layout and the limited number of ways in and out could also create confusion for an engine crew not used to work-ing in the area, said Brad Jensen, the president of the Reno Fire Fighters Association, a union representing local fi refi ghters.
“From someone who’s worked on Engine 4, there are a lot of unique challenges
on that district,” Jensen, who served on the engine for four years, said.
UNR spokeswoman Jane Tors and President Milton Glick both said they were unaware of Engine 4 being shut down at all, let alone as often as it had been in the last few months.
Jay Balagna can be reached at [email protected].
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The crew of Engine 4 poses in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union at the University of Nevada, Reno. Fire response times to the campus are reduced when the truck is shut down.
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Perspectives
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“You do not question the Reilly.”
City irresponsibly cuts UNR fi re engineSTAFF EDITORIAL I CAMPUS SAFETY
Eat like it’s Thanksgiving every day
CHEESE AND WHINE
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THE LAST HONEST REPORTER
Wolf blood in food linked to campus illnesses
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U niversity of Nevada, Reno school offi cials were placed under intense scrutiny by
animal rights activists and the United States Food and Drug Administration after adding wolf blood to all food on campus starting last Friday. The Associated Students of the University of Nevada members and school offi cials enacted a school law that required any
food item on campus to be marinated, pickled or soaked with wolf blood in an effort to raise school spirit.
“This is quite possibly
the best and most proactive thing ASUN has ever done,” ASUN president Eli Reilly said.
“Though opponents of this new law have some uneasy feelings now, they will eventu-ally come to terms that this is the best way to bolster school pride with little or no negative effects,” he said.
However, 47 students have died and 135 students are in
critical care since the blood’s introduction. This is said to be a result of a multitude of diseases and poisons found within the tainted blood.
Half of the 182 casualties have been linked to lead poisoning.
Scientists studying blood samples claim that the lead is from copious amounts of silver and blue paint that appeared to be mixed in with the blood. School offi cials admitted over the weekend that paint was mixed in to “double the amount of school spirit” and that the paint was imported from China, but also claimed the lead poisoning is “all a big coincidence.”
“I think that the silver and blue wolf blood really works,” Shannon McGuire, a 19-year-old nursing major, said. “I have so much school spirit that I lost motor skills in my legs and don’t have enough hand-eye coordination that I can’t bathe myself or clean up the massive amounts of hair that keep falling out.”
According to the student health center, about 53 students have also contracted what doctors are calling “Wolf AIDS.” Students who have the rare disease have been reported urinating on their personal ef-fects, having a strange fascina-
tion with the moon as well as old-woman clothing and are commonly found out of breath, convulsing near brick houses.
“I have experienced a lot of prejudice because of my condition,” said Michael Shaw, a 20-year-old fi nance major with Wolf AIDS. “There was this one little boy from the Davidson Academy who would always say I was trying to hurt him, and I wouldn’t be anywhere in sight. Of course, people stopped believing him and one day soon after his mangled body was found in a ditch. Though I have no clue how it happened, I think he probably deserved it.”
Aside from the effects the wolf blood has had on students, there have been drastic repercussions for the wolf population.
According to the wolf-poaching watchdog group “What Would Wolf Jesus Do,” more than 500 metric tons of wolf blood have been extracted so far, pushing the wolf death toll into the millions.
The group approximate the extinction of the species to fall somewhere around this Friday.
Casey Durkin thinks wolf blood is delicious. Reach him at [email protected].
H alloween has offi cially opened the holiday season. Now Christmas decorations are in stores, Jon Stewart will be reminding Americans Hanukkah exists and Thanksgiv-
ing is approaching with its reputation of gluttony, turkey legs and tryptophan-induced napping. But for all the pants-unbuttoning and diet-undoing that comes with the holidays, Thanksgiving dinner actually does an important thing for Americans: It reconnects us to our food.
When I studied in Italy, the other American students and I would buy thick slices of square-shaped pizza from a vendor and eat them as we walked to school. Italians would turn their heads in shock as we went by — eating while walking? Why weren’t we sitting down
with a quartino of vino and making an hour of it? What was wrong with us?
The United States is a place where people not only routinely eat while walking, but eat while driving.
In Italy (and elsewhere), eating food is an important daily event that lets you rest your mind and focus on something deeply plea-surable. The famous Spanish siesta takes place in Italy, too, under the name pausa pranzo. Everything closes for two hours and Italians go
home to eat a homemade lunch with their family. In the U.S., that kind of enjoyment of eating is
generally considered sinful or gluttonous — except on Thanksgiving.
This kind of daily disconnect from food is a fundamental problem. We have to eat, but when we get disconnected from the process of eating, we forget that food is supposed to nourish us emotionally and physically and not just stop hunger pangs.
By taking the time to cook things for ourselves from recipes or scratch instead of from boxes or freezers, we reconnect to that process of nourishment. We can feel the goodness of both vitamins and the time spent cook-ing drip into our systems and, when we scrape mashed potatoes off a fancy plate instead of a paper container, eating has somehow become an event. We can appreci-ate the oven-roasted turkey in a deeper, longer-lasting way than the hamburger eaten in a car.
And that appreciation is important. It combats poor nutrition, overeating and shocking discoveries, such as the existence of starvation in the world, or that chicken on a plate comes from live chickens in yards.
Realistically, it’s too time-consuming and expensive for most people to make a Thanksgiving-style spread every day or even every week. But we can still eat every day like it’s Thanksgiving, maybe not in volume, but certainly in the style of celebration and awareness.
Cooking for ourselves is one way of doing that. Throwing ingredients onto a pre-made pizza crust takes about as much time as heating up a frozen one and is much more satisfying. And yeah, I still love fast food and greasy pizza as much as the next person, but if I eat it sitting down with a friend, it’s no longer a rushed, face-stuffi ng mess. It’s a meal.
Meals don’t even have to be fancy. Even when I don’t have time to run home for a homemade lunch, you can fi nd me in the Knowledge Center, blissfully unaware of homework for a few minutes while I eat the peanut-butter and jelly sandwich I slaved over that morning. Crusts on, cut in half diagonally.
Emily Katseanes’ favorite food is burritos with wolf blood. Reach her at [email protected].
T he City of Reno recently reduced fi re engine operation that responds to the University of
Nevada, Reno, potentially doubling response times and endangering both the college community and fi refi ghters’ lives.
Although the decision stems from budget woes, sacrifi cing safety is unacceptable. This isn’t a solution to a budget crisis; this is an inappropriate “fi x” that will cause even more problems. Even more irresponsibly, the city has yet to inform univer-sity administration about the
reduced fi re engine operation to campus, making it impossible for UNR leadership to lobby against the cut or to devise emergency back-up plans.
The city needs to make priorities and communicate with the people their decisions affect. University students and faculty should be outraged and ready to hold city leaders accountable for their decisions.
The city’s decision means UNR won’t have a fully staffed fi re engine when the fi re department fi nds itself short-staffed. Instead, a two-person rescue team, dubbed
a “suicide” team, that can only call to confi rm a campus fi re will respond to calls. The team can’t start suppressions or perform any rescue action unless there’s imminent threat to human life, increasing response time for a fully staffed engine if a fi re were to happen on campus.
It is imperative for UNR to have a fully staffed fi re engine available because the campus is unique to other parts of Reno. In the event of a fi re, the sheer number of panicked students and faculty in prob-ably unfamiliar buildings is a
disaster waiting to happen if a fi re crew can’t get to the scene for up to 10 minutes. Not to mention it’s nearly impossible to assess how many people are in a given building at a certain time, making it more diffi cult for emergency crews to do their jobs.
The reduced engine opera-tion, an attempt to cut down on fi re department overtime, already left UNR without a fully staffed fi re engine for almost a third of each of the past two months. Engine 4, which responds to calls at UNR, was shut down while half of the four
person crew worked in various parts of town. The other two fi refi ghters were assigned to the “suicide” team. While fi re de-partment leadership is exploring other options, the process is lengthy and there’s no sight of a solution in the near future. Now that it’s come to light, it is up to university administrators to lobby the city for a real solution to the budget crisis and to keep a fully functioning fi re engine able to respond to UNR.
The Nevada Sagebrush can be reached at [email protected].
“Because you don’t want your fi shes to go deep sea diving.“
Andre City18, psychology
“If you don’t, I’m going to cut it off.“
Patricia Bradley18, community health sciences
“You can last longer. That’s always a plus.”
Cody Liska21, journalism
“I’m not ready to buy the cute, little Wolf Pack gear yet.”
Lauren Kohler21, journalism
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WEB NOTESSTORY: SENATE TO HEAR $75 FEE PROPOSAL
On Oct. 27, 6:21 p.m., Beth Browne wrote:
I was under the impression that the school budget was already stretched to the point where tuition, meal plans and so on were being hiked up for next year. Why are they trying to build more and stuff more fees down our undergraduate throats instead of working on supporting what we already have? What with the money spent on things homecom-ing billboards (which did not seem to do anything, judging by the parade turnout), and now saying that they don’t need to hear the opinion of those they’re fi ning, the student government is really beginning to tick me off.
On Oct. 27, 10:06 a.m., Voter Guy wrote:
The senate should include a provision in their resolution that would call for a question to be placed on the ballot in the general election in March. Reilly’s argument that it would take too long, and they didn’t do it for the Union doesn’t fl y. Just because they didn’t get a vote on the Union shouldn’t infl uence this. But if President Reilly wants to look at prec-edent, he should look to the last fee that was implemented by ASUN. The $5 fee that now appears on your ePaws was approved by the Senate, and voted on by the Students in 2008. So if anything, prec-edent dictates that the ques-tion should be placed on the ballot.
As for the supposed acceler-ated timeline, a delay of 3 months would not be detri-mental to anything.Here’s another possible time-line (assuming passage at every level):
November 2009 – Senate ap-proves fee with provision for a ballot question.March 2010 – Students vote on the ballot question (re-quires a majority of voters).April 2010 – ASUN prepares a proposal for the Board of Re-gents for the fee with the cavi-ate that it only be addressed on the agenda if the students approve (this allows it to be on the agenda in time).
As soon as the question pass-es the student vote (assuming it does) authorization is given for the Regents to vote, they vote in their April (or May, not sure of which month it is next year) and the fee is approved.
This timeline still gives the administration and ASUN the entire summer to get every-thing ready for the new fee.As you can see, putting this very important question to the vote of the students would not be the end of the world. Trying to create a sense of ur-gency is a tactic.
I’m not talking about the proposal itself and it’s merit, I’m simply arguing that the students should get a vote. There is no provision in any administrative manual or in the ASUN Constitution that would require a student vote on a fee increase, but it’s a good way to govern.
On Oct. 27, 8:51 a.m., STM wrote:
I encourage everyone to at-tend the meeting on Wednes-day. The proper student voice needs to be heard. Ignoring the masses has never worked. I disagree with Reilly (again) that this needs to be decided now, there is a line here that he must tread carefully on.
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YOUR BRAIN ON ZOMBIES
Halloween celebrations prompt question of zombies’ religionS omehow my last two columns have
been interpreted as either “too hard” or “too soft” on religion.
Though this was far from my intent, these opinions spawned a rousing debate between me, a guy in a dress and another wearing what I can only hope was
some failed attempt at a clown outfi t at a let’s-get-wasted house party this past Halloween.
The most interesting question posed was “Can a zombie have a religious belief?”
It’s an interesting enough idea that neatly ties to many of the concepts brought forth in this column so far.
For clarifi cation and simplifi cation, let
us defi ne our zombie as human in every respect except that it has no sense of self.
Cannibalism, being kinda dead and an overall lack of cleanliness, though often the funnest parts of zombie discussions, are ultimately irrelevant to this discussion.
Ask just about any proponent of just about any religion and they will claim one of the central tenents of their religion lies in
a concept called faith. Faith is that source of knowledge that
inspires some to devote their life’s work to feeding the hungry and others to suicide bombing. Without the intrinsically powerful notion of faith, there would be no religion and therefore not even a remote possibility of the creation of the First Church of the Zombie.
But does a lack of faith tend to make one more scientifi c in their approach toward understanding?
In other words, is there a fundamental distinction between believing in God and believing in the number six? According to some — including Richard Dawkins, a wonderful popularizer of evolutionary theory and author of “The God Delusion” — there is a huge difference between the two.
However, according to a study conducted by University of California, Los Angeles earlier this year (the fi rst neuroimaging study to compare everyday cognition with religious faith), while the brain does respond to religious and nonreligious ideas quite differently, the actual process of believing or not believing a statement is determined in the same areas of the brain.
This study seems to show that belief is content-independent as both religious and nonreligious people decided the truth or
falsity of religious or nonreligious questions in exactly the same way. Participants used a portion of their brain known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC). The VMPFC is best known as that area that governs decisions of judgment based on self-relevance.
And there it is. Since our zombie, by defi nition, lacks
a sense of self, it must necessarily not have any concept of self-relevance, self-preservation or any other capability to establish a relationship between itself and its environment.
Lacking this central pillar of knowledge — namely the ability to understand one’s role within one’s situation — not only prevents our zombie brethren from religious faith but also keeps them from truly understanding, why they’ll never understand.
From personal experience, I can tell you it is this frustration with the inability to grasp your own sense of self that over time can build to the insatiable desire to consume brains.
Barry Belmont studies biology and mechani-cal engineering and when not eating brains is busy talking about them. Reach him at [email protected].
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LIBERAL POINT OF VIEW
T he definition of paranoia is “a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution with or without grandeur, often strenuously defended with apparent logic and reason.” That seems to be the best
way to sum up the allegations made by Richard Schweickert, Terri Patraw, Lane Grow and Hussein S. Hussein against the
University of Nevada and its administra-tors.
In testimony given before Judge Connie Steinheimer, they make accusations such as “UNRPD is used as an arm of the administration to intimidate and harass whistle-blowers” or “If you challenge (UNR Administration) power, (they) will threaten, intimidate, harass, demote, fire, sue and sanction you, and (they’ll) get the taxpayers to pay for it.”
In two full days of testimony seeking a grand jury investigation against UNR of-ficials, little evidence, aside from hearsay and conjecture, has been presented.
The petition for the investigation was initially denied. But in what seems like an effort to effectively shut the complain-ants up and stop them from filing lawsuit after lawsuit and clogging up the court system, the Nevada Supreme Court instructed Judge Steinheimer to sit and listen to what is, quite frankly, non-legal testimony, gossip and griping, and then waste her time writing a detailed reason for her ruling, which may come at any time.
When you think of RICO, which is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, generally you think of Al Capone, the mob, the FBI, gangs, etc. In this instance, Schweickert, Patraw, Grow and Hussein are asserting in a public and legal setting that President Glick is effectively Al Capone. This might just be me, but I don’t think President Glick has ever taken a baseball bat to one of his lieutenants at a Board of Regents meeting.
There is a reason why the FBI isn’t staking out the campus and the Attorney General isn’t investigating (to my knowl-edge) President Glick: These claims are completely outland-ish and mostly nonsensical. They have about as much hot air as the Balloon Boy story.
After skimming through almost 400 pages of testimony, to me it sounded more like a bunch of guys complaining over a beer after getting fired instead of a sound legal indictment.
The saying goes that any prosecutor worth his or her salt could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. But the people suing UNR couldn’t even find an attorney to take up their cause. Instead they went before the judge by themselves and fumbled the law, rules of evidence and just common logic.
That said, I doubt a grand jury will be convened to take down Don Glick. Unless he hasn’t been paying his taxes, because, you know, that’s how they get these big mob bosses.
Taylor Anderson is a political science major and a self-pro-claimed news junkie. Follow him at twitter.com/ander517 or reach him at [email protected].
Taylor R.Anderson
CAMPUS SAFETY
Emergency Bluelight towers ineffective
M any students and faculty know by now that over the past three years, several events have made the university seem
more dangerous. The Associated Students of the University of Nevada and the
university have perused several initiatives to try to reverse the statistics and the stigma. Some of these are the installa-tion of the Bluelight towers across campus and hiring new police offi cers.
These ideas have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars but haven’t had much of a visible effect.
I’ve always wondered about the responsiveness of the police department. Last Thursday I put it to the test and the system failed miserably.
I was walking from Morrill Hall down the large staircase on the southern border of the university. This is the same place where, three weeks ago, two students were robbed at gunpoint and a block east, another man was shot after being mugged.
Being cautious, I don’t walk next to anyone at night. Two men were walking on Ninth Street and stopped to look at me on the stairs. I stopped. They looked at each other and then started after me. One of the men went to grab something out of his pocket, and as he was pulling it out, I turned around and ran. Looking back I saw they were still following me.
Thank God I can run a 4.8-second 40-meter. I pressed the blue light emer-gency button and it immediately called 911. I told the dispatcher what happened and she said it was a high priority and that the police were on their way.
The police offi cer came and talked to me for a few moments to make sure the description I told the dispatcher was still
the same. I found out my attackers had the same description of the people who had committed the crimes a few weeks ago that the police still haven’t caught.
Guess how long it took the police to come, knowing that I might be able to identify the person who had mugged, assaulted and shot people on and near campus? It took the police at least four minutes to get there. What if I were a girl getting viloently raped? What if there was a shooting? What if it was anything?
The only safety program I believe is worth the money we shell out is Campus Escort. If you are getting mugged or raped on campus, it will take at least four minutes before help will arrive.
Adding police offi cers and installing the Bluelight towers have been a waste of money.
Michael Huggins is a full-time engineering student and a full-time father. Reach him at [email protected].
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MEMO ON YOUR HEALTH
Superjuice, acai berry sales mere marketing schemesO n numerous occasions now
I’ve been asked if I would like to be a distributor for a product called Monavie,
a self-proclaimed antioxidant super-juice. I think because I study nutrition, people assume I will stop in my tracks and gape in awe of the mighty power of the acai berry.
I don’t think so.While I like the taste of this slightly
bitter “superjuice,” the science behind it is completely bogus – the acai berry included (despite all of their efforts in the research-for-hire arena). Big surprise, huh?
But I’m not here to debate that. I’m here to offer you Monavie distributors a counter-offer.
Since you’re probably at the very bottom of the Monavie pyramid, and I’m a poor college student, I’m thinking instead you and I need to make our own pyramid scheme for our own superjuice.
The best part about this is that I’ve already done all the thinking for you, like Monavie has.
We’ll call it something in Italian; Italy is so hot right now. I suggest “Nove Vite,” nine lives. It will feature a picture of my cat, Mischa, on the front.
Ah yes, Nove Vite, the juice that packs the antioxidants of one thousand servings of fruits and vegetables into four ounces. The juice with enough vitamins and nutrients that instead of living one pathetic worthless life, you’ll feel like you’re living the simultaneous lives of nine kings wrapped into one gloriously salubrious body.
An important part of our success is to have some obscure fruit that is foreign to Americans that we can claim has outlandish health benefi ts. Our superfruit should preferably be from a Third World country so we can make exaggerated claims about the positive effects our product is making on the local economy. Then we’ll fi lm
one bright-eyed and bushy-tailed worker with a brand new Nove Vite cap and say something in the indigenous language praising our glorious pyramid scheme.
Next we’ll fi lm their children, lots of Third World children. Everyone likes poor children.
In our superjuice blend, we’ll throw in all of the fruits and vegetables that are indisputably wholesome. Then we’ll claim that along with our superfruit, it will have a synergistic effect that will have you feeling like Lindsay Lohan after doing a line of coke.
Oh, and don’t worry about the science behind our superjuice. You see, these days, researchers are like statisticians; if you pay them enough, they’ll prove just about anything. I love science!
And yes, just like Monavie, Nove Vite will be structured in the multi-level-marketing fashion. So that being said, expect to maintain and rekindle many superfi cial relationships with your friends and family members for the end purpose of selling our product and making ourselves money. You don’t have to like them (though you should pretend you do), just convince them to sell Nove Vite.
We’ll set up an appropriate compen-sation plan so that you can continue to recruit distributors below you who will
make you more money and so-lidify your place on top of our glorious pyramid. In order to convince those below us to promote our product, we’ll sell them false dreams of getting rich quick, making supplemental income and a pathetically overstated hope of one day becoming a millionaire through selling Nove Vite.
But don’t be saddened. No, you and I will have much to celebrate, my friend. After all, while all of those below us on the pyramid are chasing this false carrot on a stick, slaving away in desperation of one day escaping the drudgery of day-to-day working and living, you and I will be sippin’ on piña coladas in the Caribbean. You know, just like those rich white people we’ll feature on our DVD.
Memo Sanchez would like to remind everyone that a Memo a day keeps the doctor away. Reach him at [email protected].
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taste because the junk we usu-ally eat and call meat has jaded our taste buds, when this is the real deal.
So the food is great and is at a
very fair cost, so what else could they do now? Drink plus dim sum specials, you say? This is so heavenly it is borderline-sacrile-gious at this point. Though there is a somewhat limited selection of beer and a pretty good selec-tion of wines, it is nice to have this coupled with dim sum. They
have specials like a 28-ounce mug of beer with pot stickers for $4 and a pitcher of beer with a large platter of dim sum for $15, just to name a few.
So overall, CaiE’s has done well in making good tasting, well-priced food with the addi-tion of dim sum, earning it a B+.
Really, the only thing that is not giving them an A is their lack of selection, but for the mean-time, I can wait on chicken feet and enjoy a great alternative to sushi.
Casey Durkin can be reached at [email protected].
ending racks of clothes. It is important to realize that most of the time, you will have to go through a lot of trash before you fi nd that “it” item that you want, so don’t get discouraged if you don’t fi nd something right away.
Once something does catch your eye, there are a few steps you should take to investigate the item before falling in love with it. First and foremost, check the sizing of the item. This does not mean to simply check the size on the tag. Because many items in thrift stores are older and because sizing from different clothing companies can differ, it is important to try the item on, especially if the piece is vintage.
If the particular store you are in doesn’t offer dressing rooms, the next best thing is to measure the item with some measuring tape or a piece of your clothing to compare sizes. For example, if you are unable to try on a pair of jeans, measure the inseam of the leg and the waist of the pants to see if it is a match to your measurements or compare them to a pair of jeans you brought. Make sure to always bring measuring tape and a sample piece of clothing in
case you need them.After you establish whether
or not the piece is a fi t match for you, the next step is to excruciatingly study that piece of clothing in search of any faults, such as tears, holes or stains. Don’t fret if you do fi nd a bit of damage on a piece of clothing, since it might be repairable.
Things like tiny holes or loose buttons can easily be fi xed, but stay away from major wear and tear, such as excessive fading, stains or rips of the inseams. These damages will be diffi cult or impossible to repair and are not worth the hassle.
Another thing to keep in mind is the minor adjustments that can be made to an item to make it perfect for you. For example, don’t skimp out on a steal such as a vintage, navy blue Ralph Lauren blazer just because the sleeves are a bit too long or the waist is a bit too baggy. Tailoring pieces is very inexpensive and a great way to custom fi t your new thrifted item to you.
Last but not least, make sure to bring cash with you, because some thrift stores don’t accept credit or debit cards. With these tips in tow, you too can fi nd treasures in any thrift store. Happy hunting!
Enjolie Esteve can be reached at [email protected].
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Kung Pao Chicken with brown rice is among many Chinese entrees offered at CaiE’s Oriental Cafe.
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manufacture than the previous PSPs, yet the price is consider-ably higher. Considering a new PSP-3000 (older version) can be picked up for $169, a consumer could buy it with a memory stick and at least
one game (in addition to the system) for close to the same price as a new Go.
The future may be all digital, but unless it’s cheaper than physical content, it’s just a waste of money.
Garrett Estrada can be reached at [email protected].
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However, a positive aspect of Save Me, San Francisco is the diversity of each song in comparison with another. This may seem odd considering they all pulse around the same tempo and belt about love. But Train’s ability to open each song differently and give marked dis-tinction to melodies that easily snap together with lyrics allows a curious listener to tolerate the stale sameness.
One of the most distinguish-able songs on the album is “Breakfast in Bed.” By adding more percussion instruments and slowing down the tempo,
this song has a distinct sound from its album-mates. Zooming guitars, a prominent synthe-sizer and chords that recall last week’s drunk dream add up to a strange attraction that keeps the listener’s attention. On the other hand, the love song lyrics don’t match up with the fl ying-high aura of the song, creating an off-balance feeling for the listener.
Not much can be done about the absence of song subjects, but don’t let that deter you. The uniform cheeriness of Save Me, San Francisco will add a bright spot to any bad day.
Jennie Lindquist can be reached at [email protected].
a private school, which restricted them to their highly-accessorized school uniforms in previous seasons, viewers can see less repetition and more vogue. This season brings more drama and even more chic attire.
Joining the cast this season is none other than Lizzie McGuire phenom Hilary Duff. Her character, Olivia Burke, is a movie star-turned-NYU student attempting to stay under the radar but not succeeding in her efforts.
Queen Bee Blair is also not taking Olivia’s arrival lightly. The war has just begun, with the frenemy angst at its peak and audiences yearning to know who will come out on top. In one of the latest episodes we saw them feud over who would
give the annual freshman toast at parents’ weekend, which proved engrossing, with Olivia winning it in the fi nal minutes of the show. Knowing Blair, re-venge is always at the top of her to-do list, which makes waiting a week for each episode almost torturous.
“Gossip Girl” is well into its third season and can be watched every Monday night at 9 p.m. on the CW. A show with this much gloss and drama is not to be missed.
Rumors are fl ying that future episodes will include a three-some and a possible cameo from Lady Gaga. Do I really need to list any more reasons to watch? I think not, so embrace the juicy drama and chic style of “Gossip Girls;” you know you want to.
Caitlin Thomas can be reached at [email protected].
song, “Bread of Shame,” and yeah, that’s the name of the song. It starts off with this palm-muted metal picking until it throws you into the abyss of metal riffs and
pinch harmonics galore, and then you get to the chorus lyrics, which just make it hilarious.
“When the world casts me down and says I’ve changed / I’ll survive on all the promises you made to me / Guess there’s no one to blame / When all you’re living on is bread of shame / Bread of
shame / When the world says I’ve changed / Bread of shame / Just promise me fame / I’ll survive on the bread of shame.”
So, in a nutshell, this album was awful. It was uproariously more hardcore than before, but with all the stupid attributes that we have come to hate now
times 10. As a result, Full Circle earns a solid D. The only thing keeping it from a well-deserved F is the fact that they aren’t bad musicians, they just have stale-as death originality.
Casey Durkin can be reached at [email protected].
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T he future is here for portable gaming. With the launch of the PSP Go, Sony is trying to
usher in an all-digital gaming age, completely cutting out the retail side. This would be a cool idea if it wasn’t handled so
poorly at its launch.
Much like the iPhone, the PSP Go doesn’t have any way to insert physical game disks; instead it relies on its 16GB of fl ash memory
to store content purchased through the PlayStation Store.
The fi rst problem is that anyone who owns any previous PSP games has no way to convert them into digital ver-sions, so there is no incentive to upgrade from previous models. Second, and more relevant to people looking to make their fi rst PSP purchase, is that the games offered through the PlayStation Store are often equally or sometimes more expensive than their retail counterparts.
I picked one up at launch and while it defi nitely has its
drawbacks, the thing sure is sexy. Unlike the older PSPs, the Go is actually small enough to fi t in your pocket. The screen is half an inch smaller than the original, but it has the same resolution, which means that games look slightly sharper on the Go. Another cool addition is the pause game feature. Instead of having to fi nd a save point in a game, the Go allows the user to pause the game at any point and quit out to do something else. This is handy when you get bored with that RPG but the save point is still a long way off.
The main reason behind this all-digital switch is to try and make more money for the game developers and publish-ers. With digital downloads, the used game market is becoming nonexistent, which never made any money for game develop-ers and drew people away from buying new games.
The main criticism of the Go has been the price, and at $249, people have every reason to complain. With no disk drive and smaller screen, the Go is actually cheaper to
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S hopping at thrift stores is a great way to save money and acquire unique clothing pieces,
but sifting through tons of junk to fi nd those diamond-in-the-rough pieces can be a daunting task. These tips will help you
make the most of your journey to consignment stores and walk away with thrifty gold.
The fi rst step to a suc-cessful day of thrifting is planning. Many thrift
stores, such as Savers, have special sale days on certain items that shave down prices on already dirt-cheap things. Take advantage of these sale days.
Noting new stock delivery days is also a necessary step of preparation to take. Shop-ping on the morning of new shipments ensures that you are getting the crème de la crème of bargain items. Shopping on non new-shipment days is not as benefi cial because the
greatest bargains and steals to be found, such as a vintage Oscar de la Renta silk scarf for only $5, have already been snatched up by other bargain shopping vultures.
Those who refuse to ac-knowledge shopping as a form of exercise clearly have never spent three grueling hours sorting through hundreds of pairs of stained, torn and passé mom jeans in order to fi nd the perfect pair. This brings me to my next point. Since thrift stores get their donations from a vast variety of people, the clothing styles and sizes are very diverse. It can be intimidating going into a store with so many unique options, so the best thing to do is come up with an idea of what you want. Are you looking for a vintage fl oral silk blouse? A pair of high waist, dark wash jeans? This will allow you to skip over unnecessary, chaos-ridden clothing sections, thus leading to less stress.
Once you have an idea of what it is you are looking for, you can start getting your hands dirty by clawing through the seemingly never
By Casey Durkin
If any of you readers are like me, you love sushi. I am not talking about just a roll or two, I mean the all-you-can-eat deals that leave you so full you must vomit in the parking lot to sustain a somewhat open airway. Don’t judge me; we have all been there.
But sometimes your stomach and wallet need a little change in what kind of all-you-can-eat food you have from the great Oriental beyond. CaiE’s Oriental Café can be this for you with a little thing they call dim sum.
In Reno, we aren’t exposed to any places with the option of dim sum, let alone good options, despite its prevalence within close California cities. So, when a place comes along that has it, it is normal to feel like it is the second coming of Jesus — only this time he brought delicious food.
For those of you who aren’t fa-miliar with dim sum, in layman’s terms, it is virtually a bunch of small-portioned appetizer-like dishes that contain different types of food. When all of these are put together, it becomes a feast of champions that would make even Zeus question reality.
The point is that CaiE’s has this option and it is only $13.75 for all-you-can-eat. That is a ridicu-lously good price if you consider that most all-you-can-eat sushi places will leave you out $20 after all is said and done.
Granted the quality isn’t that of a dim sum place in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown, but it is incredibly close (and then some). The same goes for the selection. Patrons are given a choice of about 10 dim sum favorites, including a variety of pot stickers, spring rolls, siu mai (dumplings with meat inside) and many more.
This can be good for someone who has never had dim sum, be-cause traditional eateries often pile mounds of random food on your plate. It isn’t until later that you fi nd out you are eating chicken feet, testicles and just about anything else you would not want to eat on a chicken.
Aside from the joyous addition of dim sum, their regular entrées rock as well. You are given your choice of meat or vegetables and a side of brown or white rice that comes out to be a bit larger than
the regular two-entrée meal you would get at a place like Panda Express. The cost for an entrée is around $8, depending on what kind of meat you order, which in
my eyes, is a good price.But probably the best part
about it all is that the ingredients taste so impossibly fresh. Trying to grasp how fresh it is would be
like trying to understand how to divide by zero; you will end up exploding your mind and caus-ing a huge rip in time. When you eat an onion, you taste the tangy
bite that an onion should have. When you eat a piece of meat, you are at fi rst perplexed at the
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A chef at CaiE’s Oriental Café prepares an order of dim sum, an appetizer-like sampler that contains specialties including egg rolls, pot stickers and dumplings.
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Although the new PSP Go does not have a disc drive and sports a half-inch-smaller screen, it is more expensive than its father PSP.
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WEDNESDAY/4Nekromantix at The UndergroundNevada natives The Deadly Gallows and Xenophobes will perform an all ages show alongside the rockabily punks Nekromantix beginning 8 p.m.Tickets are $15.555 E. Fourth St.
THURSDAY/5LMFAO Party Rock Tour at The Grand Sierra Resort and CasinoThe electro hip-hop band LMFAO, based our of Los An-geles, will play songs off their latest album with Far East Movement, Paradiso Girls, Lady Gaga’s DJ Space Cow-boy and Shwayze. The show begins at 8 p.m.The Party Rock Tour will also feature DJ Million $ Mano spinning in between sets, so the music never stops.Tickets are $16.50. 2500 E. Second St.
FRIDAY/6Kate Voegele at The Grand Sierra Resort and CasinoPop singer Kate Voegele will perform her hits from her lat-est album including It’s Only Life and Facing Up beginning 8 p.m. Voegele’s tracks have been featured on MTV’s “The Hills” and in the movie “The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants.”Tickets are $17.50. 2500 E. Second St.
SATURDAY/7Carlos Mencia at Grande Exposition Hall in the Silver Legacy Resort CasinoNationally recognized comedian Carlos Mencia will perform his stand-up comedy for audiences 18 and older beginning at 8 p.m. Mencia is known for his comedy centered around ethnic stereotypes, racism and the ability to laugh at one’s self.Tickets range from $45 to $60.407 N. Virginia St.
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Directions:➤ Bake the potato, wrapped in aluminum foil, for 1 hour at 350 degrees.➤ Slit the potato length-wise and squeeze it open.➤ Drop in butter and desired amount of Swiss cheese.➤ Heat up a dash of oil in a medium frying pan.➤ Add desired amount of mushrooms, fl ip occasionally until slightly browned.In a second pre heated pan, add the sirloin.➤ Sear the sirloin on one side, then fl ip. Add season-ing salt and chop it up with the spatula.➤ Cook to desired tenderness.
By Jennie Lindquist
Train’s sixth album, Save Me, San Francisco, hit shelves under one label: love. While this theme dominates the album, Train presents an array of catchy phrases and makes each song unique.
Compared to their other al-bums, Save Me, San Francisco treats listeners to an upbeat dance tempo throughout the compilation.
Also consistent is the tire-some topic of love and togeth-erness. With names like “I Got You,” “If It’s Love” and “Marry Me,” it is hard to debate other-wise. Corniness aside, the lack of variety in song topics isn’t necessarily a negative. Hope-less romantics will cherish this album, but those looking for a variety should look in another direction.
Despite the fact that all the tunes circle around affection, Train creates an intriguing assortment of lyrics. Catchy phrases combined with pleas-ing harmonies make it easy to overlook the lovesick diction. One result is a few gospel-like songs that are reminiscent of a church choir. Specifi cally, “Words” uses a background choir and screaming vocal im-provisation to maintain that “Words they’ll try to shake you down / Don’t let them break you.”
A prominent characteristic is Train’s tendency to include a blend of chords that make the songs seem like music made for television.
“Parachute” could easily be placed behind a person walk-ing down the hallway of a high school while dwelling on the turmoil in his or her love life. This music is a soundtrack for the dramatic parts of life, when the gallant knight pops around the corner or the girl ditches best friend for boyfriend.
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TUESDAY/3WEEZERRADITUDEGenre:Alternative RockDescription:Alternative rock group Wee-zer, known for ‘90s hits like “Buddy Holly” and “Hash Pipe” will release their sev-enth studio album, Raditude, which took its name from a suggestion made by actor and comedian Rainn Wilson.
SHWAYZELET IT BEATGenre:Alternative, Hip-HopDescription:For his second studio album, rapper Shwayze enlists the help of guest artists like The Knux, Snoop Dogg, Tabi Bonney and Darryl Jenifer of the reggae-punk group Bad Brains. The album’s fi rst single, “Get U Home,” was featured in the movie “So-rority Row” and on an epi-sode of the television show “The Hills.”
‘I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER’ - DVD RELEASEStarring:Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust and Jack CarpenterDescription:A high school valedictorian realizes upon graduating that he regrets spending his teenage years working on homework rather than attending parties and at-tempts to remedy this by confessing his love for the popular cheerleader and having one last adventure before the school year ends.Genre: ComedyRating: PG-13
FRIDAY/6‘THE BOX’Starring:Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank LangellaDescription:A married couple who has fallen upon hard economic times receives a box that will give them $1 million but will kill someone that they do not know. They must decide what they intend to do with the box.Genre: Horror, ThrillerRating: PG-13
‘THE FOURTH KIND’Starring:Milla Jovovich, Alisha Seaton and Enzo CilentiDescription:Based on a true story, “The Fourth Kind” tells the story of an unexplained mystery in Alaska regarding the mysterious disappearances of several people during a short period of time and alleged government cover ups.Genre: Horror, Sci-FiRating: PG-13
‘THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS’Starring:George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Ewan MacGregorDescription:A reporter begins working on a story about a division of the U.S. Army that em-ploys paranormal powers in their missions.Genre: ComedyRating: R
October 30“Skin”= 88 % Fresh“This Is It” = 80% Fresh
“Labor Day” = 14% Rotten“Gentlemen Broncos”= 13% Rotten
ROTTEN TOMATOES WEEKLY GRADES
October 27Owen: “New Leaves” = 81Tegan and Sara: “Sainthood” = 78
Headlights: “Wildlife” =66Rod Stewart: “Soulbook” = 55
METACRITIC WEEKLY GRADES
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By Caitlin Thomas
In April 2002, writer Cecily von Ziegesar released a book entitled “Gossip Girl” that was adapted into a television series on the CW under the same name fi ve years later. The show had immediate success and appealed to the young adult audience, earning it attention-grabbing reviews from major critics and launching the ca-reers of its actors. Boom, a star is born.
“Gossip Girl” revolves around wealthy teens at an elite private school in New York City’s Upper East Side. The show’s main focus is thefriendship between “It Girl” Serena Van Der Woodsen (Blake Lively, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2) and her best friend Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), though it spans through all related friends and families, produc-ing an ensemble of intriguing personas. Story lines vary from bulimia to banging your best friend’s boyfriend. Did I men-tion it’s narrated by someone totally unknown who has the dish on absolutely everything? But wait, it gets better.
Inspiring tons of drama,
the once-bad boy, Chuck, is in a relationship with Blair, bringing up one of life’s biggest questions: Can people really change, or are previous patterns inevitable? It’s intriguing to watch each character battle their pasts and attempt to break their molds. Season three is all about the evolution of life and its harsh realities. No more high school problems; this is where the real fun begins.
Aside from the fascinating characters, this season delves into high-class fashion and makes a splash with its style. There is something to be said about its posh appearance and inspirational fl air. Classiness and maturity is on the rise with their wardrobes. Since the cast mem-bers are no longer attending
TRAINSAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO Release Date: Oct. 27Genre: RockGrade: C+
“GOSSIP GIRL”Network:The CWAirs:Monday at 9 p.m.Stars: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester and Ed WestwickGrade: A-
ERIE EVENTS
Contemporary rock group Train released its fi fth studio album, Save Me San Francisco, an homage to its hometown, that includes roots-rock songs such as the fi rst single, “Hey, Soul Sister.”
Train takes tiresome love tunes too farALBUM REVIEW
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Audiences remain all ears for juicy ‘Gossip’ and stylish characters
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By Casey Durkin
Some things died for a rea-son.
It is said that Jesus died for our sins, American troops die for our country and that guy from “Into the Wild” died because he was stupid. A band like Creed died with the ‘90s for a reason: because it was silly, unnecessar-ily overplayed and all of the band members were raging alcoholics. Sorry, I am getting off track.
So generally when we think of things coming back to life after dying what do we think of? One choice would be fairy tales and all of that jazz, but if you are a warm-blooded American man like me, it can only mean one thing; freaking zombies.
Creed’s Full Circle is the rotted, terrifying, mindless beast that will stop at nothing for blood, and in this case, blood that comes from our ears. I can truly say I have never gotten an unset-tling pit in my stomach from the return of a band until now.
But let’s start from the top, shall we? Do not get me wrong, I gave Full Circle a chance, and though I have never been a “Creed fi end,” you cannot deny its past successes. In the late ‘90s Creed was leading the way in pseudo-grunge and alterna-tive rock sound, topping charts with hits like “With Arms Wide Open” and “Higher.” Though Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains
were doing a rawer version of the same sound years before, Creed was able to combine its sounds and feed them to the masses in a more mainstream friendly light. Though most people resent the sound now, Creed has paved the way for those Nickelback, Staind and Daughtry types of bands that still top the charts.
So after all these years of Creed imitators, you would think it would be fairly easy for the band to bust back into the game, right? My God you are wrong.
Everything on this album was literally like a musical zombie. I could recognize it was Creed because it was a completely regurgitated version of all its past albums, but with over-the-top and corny additions to the band’s style from all those bands that came after them.
Probably the biggest addition to the album was the fact that they stepped up the intensity of the instrumentals. What was just grungy alternative rock has now turned into this post-post-post-metal sound that hilariously overdoes typical metal signatures. One of these forced signatures is pinch harmonics, otherwise known as that “squealing” sound that people such as Zakk Wylde love and cherish. Creed doesn’t subtly use them here or there; they drench songs with them. They are like an old grandpar-
ent trying to be cool, but clearly overdoing it.
Other than that you get all the typical trademarks of old Creed, namely the band’s hilariously serious attempt at being “epic.” It is sometimes remarkable how Creed can go from a thrashing guitar solo right into a folk acoustic guitar-picking session like it was “all a part of the journey.” Regardless, there are incredible amounts of it in Full Circle.
But probably the best example of this has to be the band’s awful lyrics. Remember way back when we all thought that they were a Christian rock band because of its overly dra-matic lyrics full of implications that are common in Christian rock bands? Well, two things should be noted. Creed is not a Christian band and those lyrics are back, but on epically stupid lyrical steroids.
If I had to best explain the whole album of Full Circle in one song, it would be in its
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6 “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”Starring: Jim Carrey, John Cleese and Gary OldmanDescription: The story teaches a lesson in morality as a cruel, miserly old man is visited by three ghosts. The
ghosts show him the harsh realities of his past, present and future on Christmas Eve in order to teach him the error of his ways before it is too late for him to change.Genre: Animated, HolidayRating: PGPredecessors: Numerous adaptations of the classic Charles Dick-ens novel include “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in 1992, a silent fi lm in 1908 and several made-for-TV versions such as the 1984 adaptation starring George C. Scott.What’s New: This fi lm will be released in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D. It is directed by Robert Zemeckis (“Beowulf”), who has not worked with Disney since he directed 1988’s “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” Each of the actors portray multiple characters, including Jim Carrey, who plays Ebenezer Scrooge at all ages and each of the three spirits.Verdict: The 2009 adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” will lack most of the magic and heart-warming tenderness that made its precur-sors successful. With Carrey carrying most of the fi lm on his own with various special effects, it looks to be more disturbing than festive.
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Taking a fresh look at old faces: adaptions galore
This holiday season, many of the big box offi ce draws will be recycling material from other sources. Whether they are sequels, remakes of classics, adaptations from books or a combination of the three, many movie studios will be releasing an updated version of well-known material just in time for Academy Award consideration and the winter holidays.
11 “THE LOVELY BONES”Starring:
Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon Description: After a young girl is mur-dered during the 1970s, she ascends to a heaven-like plane of existence from which she is able to watch her family grieve and observe her killer as he plans his next attack.Genre: Drama, ThrillerRating: Not yet ratedPredecessors: The fi lm is an adaptation of the 2002 bestselling novel of the same name written by Alice Sebold, inspired in part by true events in the author’s life that are also chronicled in her 1997 memoir “Lucky.”What’s New: “The Lovely Bones” is directed by Academy Award winner Peter Jackson (“District 9”) and was intended to be re-leased earlier in the year but was delayed in order to have a more dramatic release during awards season and to give Jackson more time to capture some larger shots.Verdict: Although a young and relatively unknown author wrote “The Lovely Bones,” it became a surprise hit, selling over one mil-lion copies and remaining on the bestsellers list for over a year. With a reliable cast and director, it is likely that the fi lm adaptation will achieve similar critical acclaim to that of the novel.
25 “SHERLOCK HOLMES”Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdamsDescription: The fi lm follows the story of the leg-
endary detective and his sidekick Dr. John Watson as they attempt to stop a cult conspiracy trying to destroy Britain. Genre: Adventure, DramaRating: Not yet ratedPredecessors: Created in the 1800s by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have appeared in numerous on-screen incarnations dating back to the early 1900s in addition to the 56 short stories and four original novels written by Doyle.What’s New: Employing updated technology and special effects, director Guy Ritchie (“RocknRolla”) will transform the classic liter-ary heroes into modern day action movie stars.Verdict: Rather than rehashing a classic story, “Sherlock Holmes” looks to update the franchise with the help of modern special effects, which may or may not go over well with action and literature fans alike.
25 “ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKUEL”Starring: Jason Lee, Justin Long and Matthew Gray Gubler
Description: The trio of singing chipmunks heads off to attend a human school while an old enemy discovers a group of female chipmunks and strives to make them famous in order to destroy the career of Alvin and his cohorts.Genre: Animated, Family, ComedyRating: PGPredecessors: The animated musical chipmunks were created in the 1950s and have subsequently released numerous novelty albums and been featured in cartoons and fi lms, including the 2007 live-action adaptation starring Jason Lee as Dave Seville, the songwriter who discovers the chipmunks.What’s New: “The Squeakuel” is the live-action/CGI animation sequel to the 2007 adaptation of the classic cartoon. The fi lm will feature performances from the winners of “America’s Best Dance Crew” as well as voice acting from contemporary comedians such as Justin Long (“Funny People”) as Alvin and Anna Faris (“Observe and Report”) as Brittany. Verdict: Despite receiving generally negative critical reviews, the fi rst “Alvin and the Chipmunks” fi lm earned more than $200 mil-lion. The “squeakquel” looks to be a lot of the same material that composed the fi rst fi lm; apparently someone enjoys this series.
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“A Christmas Carol” will hit theaters Nov. 6 with a whole new cast and new look at Charles Dicken’s classic novel. Dickens’ novel has been adapted in numerous television shows and fi lms, including “The Muppet Christmas Carol” and many others.
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6 “PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH, BY SAPPHIRE”Starring: Mo’Nique, Paula Patton and Mariah CareyDescription: An overweight, illiterate young woman who
has been abused by her family members enrolls in an alternative high school while pregnant with her second child in an attempt to turn her life around. The story deals with social issues such as incest, rape, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy and education.Genre: DramaRating: RPredecessors: The fi lm is adapted from the 1996 novel “Push” by Sapphire and based on true stories encountered by the author during her work with underprivileged students in New York.What’s New: The novel “Push” has received multiple awards from various literary and human rights organizations, and the fi lm premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won several awards of its own. It also received promotion from Oprah Winfrey’s production company.Verdict: The fi lm has already won awards at several fi lm festivals, and has been included in discussions about possible nominees for upcoming Academy Awards. Depending upon the execution of the
20 “NEW MOON”Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor LautnerDescription: Unable to cope with the absence of
her vampire lover, Bella Swan begins experimenting with danger-ous activities such as motorcycle riding and turns to her werewolf friend Jacob Black for comfort, which tests her allegiance to Ed-ward Cullen and his vampire brethren. Genre: Drama, FantasyRating: PG-13Predecessors: “New Moon” is the sequel to 2008’s “Twilight,” the fi rst fi lm in the Twilight series based on the hugely popular young adult books of the same name written by Stephanie Meyer.What’s New: The fi rst Twilight fi lm grossed over $35 million on its opening day alone and the novels have sold over 70 million copies worldwide. This time around, “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke of “Thirteen” fame has been replaced by Chris Weitz, known for working with his brother Paul Weitz on popular fi lms such as “About a Boy” and “American Pie.”Verdict: While “Twilight” received relatively mediocre critical reviews, despite its fi scal success, the change in directors for “New Moon” leaves potential for improvement over the fi rst fi lm.
25 “THE ROAD”Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall and Charlize TheronDescription: A father and his son struggle to sur-
vive and make their way to the coast in search of food, shelter and other survivors of an unnamed apocalyptic event, encountering many obstacles and few resources to help them along.Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerRating: RPredecessors: “The Road” is based on the 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, who also wrote “No Country for Old Men.”What’s New: Filmmakers went to great lengths to recreate the apocalyptic settings depicted in the novel, shooting in locations including run-down parts of Pittsburgh, a recently burned down building and parts of New Orleans that had been decimated by Hurricane Katrina.Verdict: The haunting imagery, unique story and track records of lead actors such as Viggo Mortensen (“Appaloosa”) make chances of success for “The Road” rather promising.
LIONS GATE
Centered around controversial themes such as STDs, rape and incest, “Precious” is an adaptation of the 1996 novel “Push.”
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Rachel Weisz will star as Susie Salmon, the 14-year-old murder victim in “The Lovely Bones.”
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By Chris Muller
The Wolf Pack soccer team couldn’t have scripted a better ending to Western Athletic Con-ference play.
After a hard-nosed 1-0 double-overtime win against New Mexico State in Las Cruces, N.M., on Friday, the Wolf Pack (8-11, 5-3 WAC) thrashed Loui-siana Tech 5-0 in its fi nal home game of the year on Sunday. The fi ve wins were the most for Ne-vada in WAC play since joining the league in 2000.
Five players scored for the Wolf Pack during the two games, including forward Cristen Drummond, who scored the
only goal against New Mexico State in the 105th minute.
Wolf Pack head coach Jaime Frias was thrilled with the way his team ended the regular season.
“We’re peaking at the right time,” he said. “Health has been a big issue throughout the year. We fi nally have had the right players in the right places and healthy for about three weeks now. You can see what healthy players can do for you. We’re a talented team. We think we’re one of the best teams in the conference.”
The five goals scored Sunday were the most goals the Wolf Pack has scored in a game
since it notched a 7-0 shutout on Oct. 22, 2006. That game was also against Louisiana Tech.
Friday’s win against New Mexico State, Nevada’s third in a row, clinched the Wolf Pack a berth in the six-team WAC Tournament next weekend in Boise. Oftentimes, when teams clinch a spot in the eight-team tourney early, they don’t have much motivation to play hard in their last regular season game. Frias said this was not the case with the Wolf Pack, which is seeded fourth for the tournament.
“I told the team (before Sun-day’s game) that the best way we
could honor our seniors was by playing well for them,” he said. “(The seniors) have put in a lot of work and effort, sweat, blood and tears for four years.”
Sunday was the fi nal regular season game for seniors Whitney Gilson, Nikki McEachern and Devin Noe. Noe scored her fi rst
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Nevada soccer players celebrate during the team’s 5-0 victory over Louisiana Tech on Sunday. The win gave the Wolf Pack fi ve conference victories for the season, the most since joining the Western Athletic Conference. The fi ve goals were the most the team scored in a single game since 2006, when Nevada recorded seven goals.See WINNING BIG Page B3
Offense rolling after slow start By Juan López
N evada football head coach Chris Ault has a saying for his offensive group.
“Defenses are allowed to stop us,” he tells them.
But as of late, not many of the Wolf Pack’s opponents have been following Ault’s statement.
In the past fi ve games, all wins, Nevada has scored 236 points (47 per contest on average) and has rolled up 2,013 rushing yards (402.6 per game). While these are numbers that make the Wolf Pack
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Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick celebrates with teammates after a touchdown during Nevada’s 31-21 victory.
Top: Running back Vai Taua dives for a touchdown during the Wolf Pack’s game against Hawaii on Saturday. The junior, who averages 105.1 rushing yards per game, is one of the main reasons as to why Nevada leads the nation in rushing (319.1 yards per game).
Left: Nevada receiver Brandon Wimberly reaches for a catch over a Hawaii defender. Wimberly had four catches for 45 yards against the Warriors. The redshirt freshman from Los Angeles leads Nevada in catches (36), receiving yards (540) and is tied for the team lead with four touchdown grabs.
Football team extracts tough win vs. Warriors
By Lukas Eggen
Despite being the over-whelming favorite against Ha-waii, the Wolf Pack found itself down 14-0 in the fi rst quarter after a pair of touchdown passes by Hawaii quarterback Bryant Moniz.
It looked like a repeat of last year’s 38-31 loss was in danger of happening again, but Nevada rallied together.
“We just kind of talked,” Nevada linebacker Mike Bethea said. “This could be the game where they score another 70
points or we can step and do our job.”
The Wolf Pack responded, scoring 28 unanswered points and holding Hawaii to seven points over the fi nal three quar-ters en route to a 31-21 victory over the Warriors.
In a season where the offense has carried the team, it was the defense that made the big plays on Saturday, including two in-terceptions, which doubled the team’s total on the season.
“We have been struggling
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Swim & dive team takes home meet
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In one of only two home meets this season, Nevada’s swimming & diving team defeated Fresno State 184.5-110.5 in a dual meet.
By Lukas Eggen
Nevada’s swimming & diving team wasn’t sure exactly how many people would show up to Friday’s meet at Lombardi Recreation Center.
“Being a holiday, we weren’t sure how full it was going to be,” Wolf Pack head coach Mike Richmond said.
However, the stands were packed and Richmond said the support played a crucial role in Nevada’s 184.5-110.5 victory over Fresno State.
“On a holiday, for the people to be coming out, that really, re-ally meant a lot for us,” he said. “If there was one thing that re-ally spurred our athletes on it’s when they looked up there on a holiday and saw those stands packed.”
Junior Marichi Gandionco said the crowd helped everyone get ready for the meet.
“We could hear the crowd and we got really pumped up right away,” Gandionco said.
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VAI TAUAFOOTBALL
After missing a game earlier this season due to an injury, Taua has returned in full force. His average of 105 rushing yards per game leads the team and he has played a major role in the Wolf Pack’s recent offensive explosion. Taua will be key for Nevada as it enters the home stretch of the season.
VOLLEYBALL TEAMVOLLEYBALL
The Wolf Pack is coming off one of its worst months in recent memory. The team went 3-7 in the month of October and has lost four of its last fi ve matches, all of which were sweeps. With the Western Athletic Conference Tournament only a few weeks away, unless players other than Kylie Harrington and Nicole Link step up, the Wolf Pack will see an early end to its season.
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Footballat San Jose State 5:30 p.m. Sunday
THE SKINNY: After surviving a scare from Hawaii, the Wolf Pack will travel to play San Jose State on Sunday. The Spartans appear to be another easy victory for Nevada, but the Wolf Pack cannot overlook the Spartans and start thinking about Fresno State.
SoccerWAC Tournament TBA Thursday-Sunday
THE SKINNY: Nevada ended its regular season on a high note, winning its last three matches. With momentum on its side, the Wolf Pack will be looking to improve on last season’s performance, when the team reached the semifi nals of the WAC Tournament. Nevada will depend heavily on Natalie Ratnavira, who leads the team in scoring, for offense.
Volleyballvs. UNLV 7 p.m. Thursday
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack will get a break from conference play when it hosts its in-state rivals. Nevada has lost four of its last fi ve matches and the team needs to fi nd some success in order to gain momentum heading into the WAC Tournament later this month.
Men’s TennisSt. Mary’s Invitational TBA Thursday-Sunday
THE SKINNY: The men’s tennis team continues its fall season when it competes at the St. Mary’s Invitational this weekend. Sophomore Wessim Derbel will be looking to continue his strong play, coming off a trip to the semifi nals of the Wilson/ITA Regionals in Las Vegas last weekend. Junior Laurent Garcin, who advanced to the fourth round of the consolation bracket, will try and establish himself as Nevada’s number-two player.
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Boise State, ranked No. 5 in the AP Top 25 Poll, is one of the most overrated teams in the nation.
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Although the Vandals lost to Nevada 70-45 and have only one victory against a team with a winning record, Idaho received eight votes in the USA Today Poll. Nevada, which has won fi ve games in a row, received zero votes.
L ooking at the latest top 25 football polls, I discovered something very shocking and disturbing. Idaho, the team
Nevada scored 70 points against less than two weeks ago, received eight votes in the ESPN Today Poll while the Wolf Pack failed to receive a single vote. Upon seeing this, just
one thought crossed my mind: Are you kidding me?
Yes, the Vandals are 7-2. That has to count for something.
I am not trying to take anything away from the huge turnaround they’ve had from
last season (and the last decade). To go from two wins last year to bowl-eligible in a single season is a great achievement. But the Vandals still do not deserve to receive any votes.
My biggest problem is: Who exactly has Idaho beaten? The Vandals’ victories have come against New Mexico State, San Diego State, Northern Illinois, Colorado State, San Jose State, Hawaii and Louisiana Tech. Only one of those teams (Northern Illinois) has a winning record. That isn’t exactly what you would call a diffi cult schedule to open the season with.
Not to mention, when the two teams played each other, Nevada beat Idaho by 25 points and the Wolf Pack was able to score 70 points
against the Vandals. Does that sound like a performance worthy of getting votes in the top 25 polls?
The Wolf Pack, as most fans know, struggled out of the gate, losing its fi rst three games. But at least it was playing quality teams like Notre Dame and Missouri.
Since that horrid stretch, Nevada has won fi ve games in a row, is dominating its conference games and has shown Idaho who is the superior team by far.
Still not convinced? How about this point: Idaho (4-1 in the Western Athletic Conference) has won its conference games by a combined 32 points (an average of 6.4 points per game). And against teams like New Mexico State, that isn’t exactly an impressive margin.
Nevada, on the other hand, has beaten its four conference op-ponents by a combined 61 points, or by 15.25 points per game, a much more comfortable margin than the Vandals’.
Idaho has beaten the two op-ponents we had in common (Hawaii and Louisiana Tech) by a combined 13 points while Nevada’s margin of victory against the two teams is 33 points.
While the Wolf Pack certainly disappointed in the fi rst few games of the season, it has come back strong. With the No. 1 rushing attack in the nation, the Pack made a good Idaho defense look hapless and confused.
The Vandals have yet to face a top 25 opponent while the Wolf Pack has already faced two opponents who were ranked at the time (Notre Dame and Missouri).
It’s a shame that the voters can only see Idaho’s record. A 7-2 mark looks impressive compared to a 5-3 record, but it’s damn near blasphemous that a pool of national voters looks only at standings when ranking mid-major teams.
While voters make such a big deal about strength of schedule for the big name schools like Florida, no one bothers to look any deeper into why a mid-major team might be 7-2. The Gators would be mocked if it played Idaho’s schedule, yet the Vandals are being praised. How does that make sense?
People are also overlooking that Nevada has quietly won fi ve games in a row and has been putting up high point totals every week.
On an “off” day for the offense against Hawaii, the team scored 31 points and still had about 500 yards of total offense.
Everyone knows Boise State (the only good team from Idaho) should be ranked in the top 25.
If there is going to be a second team from the WAC in the rankings, it should be the team that is in fi rst place in the conference. Idaho had its chance.
But the fact that a team Nevada defeated by 25 points and is ahead of in the conference standings is getting more votes for the top 25 polls than the Wolf Pack is enough to make this Nevada fan crazy.
Join me in boycotting this week’s polls. The Wolf Pack deserves better than to be overlooked at the hands of Idaho.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at [email protected].
Idaho receives eight votes, Nevada gets none...what?
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CALIFORNIAThe Golden Bears may be 6-2 and ranked No. 23 in the AP Top-25 Poll, yet, its record is not as impressive as it seems. Califor-
nia lost its biggest games of the year to USC and Oregon by a combined score of 72-6 and barely survived Arizona State 23-21 on Saturday. California may be winning the games it’s supposed to, but the Golden Bears have yet to pick up a win against a top 25 team.
BOISE STATEBoise State makes this list be-cause it is not a top 10 team. The Broncos’ schedule has been a cakewalk outside of its
season-opener against Oregon and the team struggled to put away sub-par oppo-nents. While Broncos fans are undoubtedly discussing the team’s merits to play for a national championship, don’t be surprised if Boise State stumbles when it plays Ne-vada on Nov. 27.
USCThe Trojans lost to Washington early in the season. Then, USC barely got by Oregon State and fi nally was handed its worst loss
under head coach Pete Carroll at the hands of Oregon. There is no way USC should be ranked 12th in the AP Top 25 Poll. Any other team would have plummeted in the rankings if it went through a three-week stretch like USC did. And yet, people still rank them in the top 15, even though the Trojans aren’t even the best team in the Pac-10 Conference.
OKLAHOMAWhy are the Sooners one of the most overrated teams? Because even though the team lost quar-terback Sam Bradford and has
three losses, the team is still in the top-25. Yes, Oklahoma was a legitimate contender with Bradford, but without him the Sooners are nothing more than an average team.
IDAHOThe Vandals are only receiving votes for the top 25 because voters see the team’s seven victories this season. While this has been a huge turnaround
from last season where Idaho won only two games, the voters fail to see that only one win came against a team that has a win-ning record. Idaho will be exposed when it plays a dangerous Fresno State team this weekend.
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5 IS THE NUMBER OF CONFERENCE WINS THE SOCCER TEAM HAS, THE MOST SINCE IT JOINED THE WAC. THREE IS THE NUMBER OF MATCHES THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON DURING OCTOBER. THE TEAM LOST SEVEN MATCH-
ES DURING THE SAME SPAN. 13 IS THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THE SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAM WON IN ITS DUAL MEET
AGAINST FRESNO STATE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FIVE IS THE NUMBER OF GAMES IN A ROW THAT THE FOOTBALL
TEAM HAS WON, THE TEAM’S LONGEST STREAK SINCE THE 2006-07 SEASON. 94 IS THE NUMBER OF POINTS THE WOMEN’S BAS-
KETBALL TEAM SCORED IN ITS EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST CSU EAST BAY. NEVADA WON THE GAME 94-52. ONE IS THE NUMBER OF GOALS NE-
VADA’S SOCCER TEAM HAS ALLOWED IN ITS LAST THREE MATCHES OF THE SEASON. THE WOLF PACK WON ALL THREE MATCHES. 43.3 IS THE
NUMBER OF POINTS THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS AVERAGING AGAINST WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OPPONENTS SO FAR THIS SEASON.
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Moore leads young team into season
By Chris Gabriel
The 2009-10 Nevada women’s basketball season got underway Sunday afternoon at Lawlor Events Center as the team played its one and only exhibi-tion game against California State University, East Bay.
Nevada won that game by a dominating score of 94-52, but it has bigger fi sh to fry in the regular season. The Wolf Pack will enter this season with only two returning starters from last year’s team. Last season, Ne-vada reached the championship game of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament for the fi rst time in program history. All of this success came under fi rst-year head coach Jane Albright.
“Coach Albright has really been teaching us a lot, not only on the court, but off the court as well,” junior forward Shavon Moore said. “I think we’re more focused and determined than we were under Coach Gerva-soni.”
Moore is among the two re-turning starters this season. She played in all 32 games last sea-son, starting in 28 of them. She scored her career-high 16 points against Boise State Feb. 22 and posted double-digit fi gures in 10 games last season.
She put up those numbers
after recovering from a season-ending knee injury that stopped her from completing her freshman year. Despite the unfortunate events dur-ing her freshman year, she was still named to the WAC all-Academic Freshmen and Transfers Team. On top of that, she was one of only two Nevada freshmen that recorded a start in a game that season.
Last season, she was honored with the WAC-All Academic Team award. She received this award with great appreciation and does not underestimate the recognition in receiving it.
“(Academics) is something I try to strive for,” she said. “It’s very important to me person-ally. It’s a big part of why I chose to come to UNR. I was very proud of myself and I know I should be.”
While Moore will be one of the team’s leaders this year, as history suggests, few will be there to watch them. The team draws, on average, 6,000 fewer fans per game than the Wolf Pack’s men’s team despite both teams reaching the fi nal game of the WAC Tournament last season.
“I wouldn’t say it is frustrat-ing,” Moore said. “It’s just disap-pointing because we work just as hard as the men’s team does.
I think we do just as well but we just don’t get the same support. The student fans we do have, though, are loyal.”
Nevada offi cially opens its regular season Nov. 13 when it hosts California State University, Monterey Bay at Lawlor Events Center.
Chris Gabriel can be reached at [email protected].
Pack forward dominated Sunday’s exhibition game ➤ Moore played in all 32
games and started in 28 of them last season.➤ Moore scored 23 points and added 10 rebounds against California State Uni-versity, East Bay on Sunday.➤ Moore is one of two return-ing starters from last season’s team. The other is guard Johnna Ward.
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Nevada junior Shavon Moore led Nevada with 23 points and 10 rebounds in the Wolf Pack’s 94-52 win over California State University, East Bay on Sunday at Lawlor Events Center.
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goal of the season and third career goal on Sunday.
Should Nevada win the WAC Tournament, it will auto-matically get a bid for the NCAA Tournament.
Sophomore forward Natalie Ratnavira, who scored two goals and recorded an assist last week, believes her squad is the team to beat in the WAC Tournament.
“We’re improving a lot,” she said. “We’re looking forward to going to the WAC, looking forward to winning it. We’re on
the right path to success.”In the last three games (all
wins), the Wolf Pack has gotten its share of balanced scoring from six players.
“We’ve had defenders (scor-ing) from all around the park,” said Ratnavira, who has scored in three consecutive games, tying a Wolf Pack record. “In practice we’ve been doing a lot of shooting drills and it has showed.”
Frias believes the team is ready for the WAC Tournament.
“We’re motivated and we’re not complacent,” he said.
Chris Muller can be reached at [email protected].
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The Nevada soccer team fi nished the Western Athletic Conference regular season at 5-3 (most WAC wins in Nevada history).
Sagebrush, Coach Frias pick end-of-year awards for soccer
With the soccer team’s regular season in the books, The Nevada Sagebrush got together with soccer head coach Jaime Frias to pick individual player awards.
Here are the picks:
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
DEVIN NOE
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
NATALIE RATNAVIRA
UNSUNG HERO
MARIE COVE
BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
ANABELLE ALLEN
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Midfi elder Natalie Ratnavira did not play in the fi rst give games of the season, but still led the team with fi ve goals.
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Defender Devin Noe played in 16 games for Nevada and was a leader on a defense which recorded four shutouts.
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Goalkeeper Marie Cove started 13 games this season, recording 70 saves and three solo wins for Nevada as a goalie.
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Sophomore midfi elder Anabelle Allen was one of only three Nevada players to start all 18 games. She chipped in with three goals.
Soccer frosh recounts season, looks aheadC ommitting to Nevada
to play soccer was one of the fi rst major decisions I made on
my own. I knew once I came here, life was going to change big time.
Training camp was defi nitely interesting. Instantly, the rest of the girls and I clicked and the upperclass-men made all of the freshmen feel like we
belonged. Eating lunch at the Dow-
nunder Café every day did help us bond a lot too. I can only remember the upperclassmen telling me to enjoy the DC while I can.
I felt like after training camp, everybody knew that this season was going to be different. We have a great group of deter-mined, motivated and strong girls who have a lot of heart.
Heart is always something I emphasize because I feel it’s the key to being a great athlete and a team player. I can honestly say that every girl on this team has heart and some wear it on their sleeves more than others. But I feel like that’s what makes this group of girls so interesting, especially to me.
Since we did well in training camp, the coaches decided to dedicate our last day of camp to team bonding. All together, we did four team-bonding activities, but the one that I felt meant the most was when we were all told to write down our biggest fears on a piece of duct tape. Then they told us to stick
them to a tarp that was lying on the ground. I watched all of my teammates, with serious faces, as they took their time to think about their biggest fears and stuck them to the tarp. I remember being one of the last ones. I wrote “that my team-mates won’t have faith in me.” After we all put them down, we were told to stand on the tarp; then the coaches took out four bandanas and told four of the upperclassmen to put them over their mouths and told them that they weren’t allowed to speak or give direction.
Coach Missy Price told us that we weren’t allowed to step off the tarp but we had to somehow completely fl ip over the tarp with all of us on it. It was the last activity and we had been at the park for almost three hours already, but we still never gave up. After coming up with many different solutions, we started to fl ip the tarp over. It even came to the point where we all had to fi t on a small corner and some of the girls had to get on other girls’ backs. Despite the hour it took to fi gure it out, we ended up turn-ing it over and in the middle of the tarp it said “sisterhood.”
The moral of it was that the only way to get over all of our fears was to come together as a sisterhood and I believe that is exactly what we have done so far this year.
That was one of the many obstacles we had to overcome as a team this year, and all of them brought us together. From the beginning we had to overcome many injuries, and at one point we only had 11 healthy players at practice, but it was our perseverance that kept us going.
Even though preseason started off rocky, losing our fi rst three games, we were
still confi dent that wasn’t the kind of season we were going to have this year. From the beginning, we had a good, winning mentality and we were all hungry for one thing: the Western Athletic Conference tournament.
After playing everyone in our league, sometimes we sat and wondered how we lost to Boise State, San Jose State and Fresno State. We know in our hearts that we are the best team in the WAC, and I think it’s our time to prove that we can do it with this team.
After our senior day game on Sunday against Louisiana Tech, we knew we were ready for the WAC Tournament. We all had a great feeling and as we were in the huddle after the game, I could see it on all of my sisters’ faces. We all knew that we wanted it just as much as the girl next to us. It was such a great feeling. We are at our peak. We are ready to bring back a championship trophy.
So tomorrow, Nov. 4, we leave to start our journey to Boise for the WAC Tournament. All of the adversity has made us stronger and we all know that each and every girl on the team is work-ing for each other and not for themselves. We all learned that big things are accomplished by the perfection of little things. And we know that the only way to win is together.
Dana Moreno can be reached at [email protected].
➤ Dana Moreno is a freshman goalkeeper for the Nevada soccer team.➤ In fi ve starts this year, Moreno notched two shutouts and recorded a win.
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INFO ON MORENO
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BY THE NUMBERSTake a look at the year’s leaders for the Wolf Pack soccer team on offense and defense.
5is the number of goals mid-
fi elder Natalie Ratnavira scored this season.
4is the number of shutouts
the Wolf Pack recorded this season.
70is the number of saves goal-
keeper Marie Cove made this season.
18is the number of starts mid-fi elder Anabell Allen made
this season.
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BRIEFS
MEN’S BASKETBALLBabbitt receives nomination
Nevada forward Luke Bab-bitt has been named to the preseason watch list for the Naismith Trophy. The award will
go to the men’s college player of the year.
Of the 50 nominees, 19 are seniors, 14 are juniors, 12 are sophomores and fi ve are fresh-men.
Last season, Oklahoma forward Blake Griffi n won the award.
As a freshman, Babbitt led the Wolf Pack in both scoring and re-bounding, averaging 16.9 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game.
Babbitt was also second among all freshmen in the na-tion in scoring last season.
The men’s team begins its sea-son on Nov. 10 when it hosts an exhibition game against Chico State. Tickets for the game will be available for $5.
MEN’S BASKETBALLCoach Carter to hold fan event
Men’s basketball head coach David Carter will hold a pep rally in preparation for the upcoming season from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Virginia Street Gym.
Fans are invited to watch the second half of the men’s team practice and will have the op-portunity to meet and speak with coach Carter and student athletes upon the completion of practice.
Carter wants to meet the members of the Blue Crew and will talk to students about the upcoming season.
Fans will be able to sign up for the Blue Crew, receive the offi cial Blue Crew shirt and learn new and traditional cheers.
Last season, the Wolf Pack fi nished with a record of 21-13 and reached the Western Athletic Conference Champi-onship game before losing to Utah State 72-62.
Nevada kicks off its 2009-10 season on Nov. 10 when it hosts Chico State for an exhibition game. The Wolf Pack begins its regular season Nov. 14 against Montana State. Tickets are available at Lawlor Events Center or at the Link Piazzo Ticket Offi ce.
FOOTBALLBurleson has solid game for Seattle
Former Nevada wide re-ceiver Nate Burleson was the Seattle Seahawks’ top receiver on Sunday as the Seahawks fell
to the Dallas Cowboys 38-17. Burleson had six catches for
89 yards, but ended the game without a touchdown.
For the season, Burleson has 38 catches for 487 yards and three touchdowns. He leads the team in all three categories. His 12.8 yards per catch rank second on the team.
Burleson played for the Wolf Pack from 2000-03 where he was one of the most prolifi c receivers in school history. He had 248 receptions for 3,293 yards in his career at Nevada.
Burleson was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2003 National Football League Draft before being traded to Seattle.
Burleson is one of four former Nevada players on NFL rosters this season.
The other players are wide receiver Marko Mitchell (Wash-ington Redskins), offensive lineman Harvey Dahl (Atlanta Falcons) and offensive lineman Tony Mall (Baltimore Ravens).
MEN’S BASKETBALLSessions plays for Timberwolves
Former Nevada guard Ramon Sessions made his regular season debut for the Minnesota Timberwolves against the New Jersey Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Against the Nets, Sessions played just over 18 minutes and recorded fi ve points, four rebounds and two steals as the Timberwolves defeated the Nets 93-95.
Against Cleveland, Sessions played 21 minutes as the Cava-liers defeated the Timberwolves 104-87.
Sessions scored four points and had seven rebounds and two assists in the loss.
Sessions played for Nevada from 2004-07. He scored 850 career points as a member of the Wolf Pack and earned second-team all-Western Athletic Con-ference honors after his junior season.
Sessions was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2007 NBA Draft and played two sea-sons there before signing with the Timberwolves.
RESULTS
SATURDAY, OCT. 31Team G1 G2 G3 THawaii 25 25 25 - 3Nevada 16 20 17 - 0
Hawaii Nevada K Set Dig BA K Set Dig BA Kaufman, A 10 0 3 0 Garvey, E 8 0 0 0 Hewitt, B 5 1 1 6 Sei, S 2 25 6 3Danielson, K 15 2 5 3 Harrington, K 10 1 8 0Brandt, S 1 1 7 0 Baldwin, L 3 0 1 4Mafua, D 3 39 6 1 Ji, E 4 0 0 2Cubi-Otineru, A 11 1 6 0 Yates, B 1 0 0 0Ferrell, S 5 0 0 2 Chang, K 0 1 2 0Cascioppo, C 0 0 0 0 Batista, J 3 0 0 1Ka’aihue, E 0 1 7 0 Kelly, L 0 2 3 0Forsythe, A 1 0 0 0 Link, N 0 0 5 0Fowler, C 0 0 0 0 Lee, J 0 3 4 0 Totals 51 48 39 12 31 29 25 10
FRIDAY, OCT. 30Team 1 2 OT OT2 T New Mexico State 1 0 0 0 0Nevada 2 0 0 1 1
New Mexico State Nevada Sh SOG G A Saves Sh SOG G A Saves
Graul, K 0 0 0 0 6 Cove, M 0 0 0 0 7Smith, C 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, E 1 0 0 0 0Irwin, C 0 0 0 0 0 Voss, S 0 0 0 0 0Heiman, K 1 0 0 0 0 Allen, A 0 0 0 0 0 Nichols, N 0 0 0 0 0 Noe, D 3 2 0 0 0 Yanes, N 5 3 0 0 0 Erickson, J 0 0 0 0 0 Cardoso, J 1 1 0 0 0 Larot, R 0 0 0 0 0 Nordin, E 0 0 0 0 0 Drummond, C 4 3 1 0 0Burns, C 3 2 0 0 0 Ratnavira, N 3 2 0 0 0 McMillion, Y 0 0 0 0 0 Stott, E 0 0 0 0 0Foutz, B 0 0 0 0 0 Braman, L 0 0 0 0 0Novella, V 0 0 0 0 0 McEachern, N 0 0 0 0 0 Martinez, K 0 0 0 0 0 Mann, V 1 0 0 0 0 Thomas, V 1 1 0 0 0 Broome, K 0 0 0 0 0Cope, L 1 0 0 0 0 De Leon, C 0 0 0 0 0 Subu, V 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 12 7 0 0 6 12 7 1 0 7
SoccerVolleyball
SOCCER TEAM SCHEDULE
at Cal Aug. 21 L 4-1 UC Santa Barbara Aug. 28 L 1-0UC Irvine Aug. 30 L 3-0at Oregon State Sept. 4 L 4-0at Portland State Sept. 6 L 3-0Fordham Sept. 11 W 1-0Sacramento State Sept. 13 W 2-0at Minnesota Sept. 18 L 4-1at North Dakota Sept. 20 W 3-1at Saint Mary’s Sept. 24 L 4-2at UC Davis Sept. 27 L 2-1Utah State Oct. 4 W 1-0at Idaho Oct. 9 W 2-1at Boise State Oct. 11 L 2-0San Jose State Oct. 16 L 3-1Fresno State Oct. 18 L 3-1at Hawaii Oct. 23 W 2-1at New Mexico State Friday W 1-0LA Tech Nov. 1 W 5-0
WAC Tournament at Boise Nov. 5-8 TBA
NCAA Championships Nov. 13-Dec. 6 TBA
2009 WAC STANDINGSTeam Conference Standings OverallHawaii 10-0 20-2New Mexico State 9-3 14-8Idaho 8-3 12-12Fresno State 5-6 12-11Boise State 5-6 5-18Nevada 4-7 8-16Louisiana Tech 4-8 14-14Utah State 4-8 13-12San Jose State 1-9 1-20
2009 NEVADA STATISTICAL LEADERSCategory Name StatisticShots on Goal Natalie Ratnavira 27
Goals Natalie Ratnavira 5 Saves Marie Cove 74
Points Jill Erickson 9
Assists Kesia Broome 3
SATURDAY, OCT. 31
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TNevada 7 14 7 3 31Hawaii 14 0 0 7 21
Hawaii Nevada
Rushing Rushing No. Yds TD No. Yds TDGreen, A 10 70 0 Taua, V 19 127 0 Wright-Jackson, L 6 33 0 Kaepernick, C 13 135 2Moniz, B 4 15 0 Lippincott, L 14 84 0 Passing Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Att-Cmp-Int Yds TDMoniz, B 29-42-2 374 3 Kaepernick, C 12-21-0 184 2
Receiving Receiving No. Yds TD No. Yds TDMedeiros, J 9 92 0 Wimberly, B 4 45 0Salas, G 8 96 0 Green, V 3 27 0Taylor, J 6 109 2 Washington, LJ 2 27 0Pilares, K 4 70 1 Session, T 1 40 1Avery, J 1 7 0 Taua, V 1 30 1 Defense Tackles Sacks Int Tackles Sacks IntSilva, M 8 0 0 Williams, D 8 0 0Lolotai, M 6 0 0 Harvey, M 6 0 1 Smith, S 5 0 0 Amaya, J 6 0 0Heun, J 4 0 0 Miller, D 5 0 1Davis, L 4 0 0 Bethea, M 4 1 0Fonotie, J 4 0 0 Wooten, K 3 0 0Falemalu, P 3 0 0 Moch, D 3 0 0Torres, R 3 0 0 Burnett, K 3 1 0
Kickoff Returns No. Yds Long No. Yds LongTaylor, J 3 98 38 Ball, M 1 35 35
2009 WAC STATISTICAL LEADERSCategory Name School StatisticRushing Ryan Mathews FSU 164.5 yds/gameReceiving Greg Salas UH 122.1 yds/gameTotal Offense Colin Kaepernick UNR 284.5 yds/gamePunt returns Chris Potter BSU 13.9 yds/return
Football
2009 WAC STATISTICAL LEADERSCategory Name School StatisticAssists Dani Maufa Hawaii 11.62 /setDigs Christine Morrill Utah State 4.58 /setBlocks Brittany Hewitt Hawaii 1.46 /setKills Kanani Danielson Hawaii 3.99 /set
WAC FOOTBALL SCORES FROM OCT. 31
Boise State (W) vs. San Jose State 45-7at Boise, Idaho
Fresno State (W) vs. Utah State 31-27at Fresno, Calif.
Idaho (W) vs. Louisiana Tech 35-34at Moscow, Idaho
THURSDAY, OCT. 29Team G1 G2 G3 TSan Jose State 15 17 13 - 0Nevada 25 25 25 - 3
San Jose State Nevada K Set Dig BA K Set Dig BA Japhet, T 4 0 1 0 Garvey, E 2 2 1 1 Tsukano, K 4 1 5 0 Sei, S 3 29 8 1Miraldi, K 6 0 0 1 Harrington, K 11 0 5 1Zellmer, C 0 1 4 0 Baldwin, L 10 0 2 0Akana, A 8 0 1 0 Ji, E 6 0 2 1Andrade, C 2 21 3 0 Yates, B 4 0 0 2Pham, T 1 0 3 0 Chang, K 0 0 0 0McAtee, S 0 0 0 0 Kelly, L 0 2 5 0Casino, A 0 0 2 0 Link, N 0 1 10 0Turner, K 0 2 5 0 Miller, K 2 1 1 1 Totals 27 26 25 2 36 34 33 6
2009 NEVADA STATISTICAL LEADERSCategory Name StatisticRushing Vai Taua 105.1 yds/gameReceiving Brandon Wimberly 67.5 yds/gameTotal Offense Colin Kaepernick 284.5 yds/gamePunt returns Kaelin Burnett 24.0 yds/return
VOLLEYBALLTEAM SCHEDULE
UNLV Thursday 7 p.m. at San Jose State Nov. 7 7 p.m. at Fresno State Nov. 9 6 p.m.New Mexico State Nov. 12 7 p.m.Louisiana Tech Nov. 14 7 p.m.at Utah State Nov. 19 6 p.m.
at Las Vegas for WAC Tournament Nov. 23-25
Women’s BasketballSUNDAY, NOV. 1
Team 1 2 TCSU East Bay 25 27 52Nevada 41 53 94
CSU East Bay FGM-A FTM-A REB AST MIN PTSLucchesi, L 2-8 2-2 2 0 22 6 Valenziano, E 2-6 0-0 3 2 26 6 Li, F 3-10 0-0 1 1 23 8 Nelson, C 2-13 4-6 7 3 29 8 Macmillan, M 4-6 0-0 8 2 30 8 Rodriguez, A 1-7 0-0 0 3 19 2 Montes, N 2-6 0-2 3 0 18 6 Christian, M 1-2 0-0 2 1 2 2 Bravo, N 2-7 0-0 2 0 19 4 Cooley, C 0-1 0-0 0 0 5 0 Dotson, A 1-3 0-0 2 0 7 2
TOTALS 20-69 6-10 37 12 200 52
Nevada FGM-A FTM-A REB AST MIN PTS Ward, J 3-12 6-7 2 1 24 12 Johnson, A 1-8 0-0 6 2 24 3 Hammond, M 5-10 2-3 10 1 20 12 Gross, J 4-11 3-5 4 2 20 11 Moore, S 9-10 5-5 10 0 22 23 Cherry, M 3-10 3-3 5 3 21 9 Williams, N 0-8 5-6 4 1 15 5 Jones, H 0-3 2-2 3 1 16 2 Lombardi, M 2-4 4-6 7 1 18 8 Williams, K 4-6 1-2 9 1 20 9
TOTALS 31-82 31-39 69 13 200 94
2009 WAC STATISTICAL LEADERSCategory Name StatisticShots on Goal Chelsea Small 101 Goals Rachel King 12 Saves Katie Graul 111
2009 WAC STANDINGSTeam Conference Standings OverallSan Jose State 5-1-2 11-5-3Utah State 5-2-1 10-8-2Boise State 5-3 10-6-4Nevada 5-3 8-11New Mexico State 4-3-1 9-8-1Fresno State 4-4 6-12Hawaii 3-5 7-11-1Idaho 2-6 9-10Louisiana Tech 1-7 12-7-1
2009 NEVADA STATISTICAL LEADERSCategory Name StatisticAssists Tatiana Santiago 5.06 /setDigs Nicole Link 3.94 /setBlocks Lindsay Baldwin 1.01 /setKills Kylie Harrington 3.32 /set
2009 WAC STANDINGSTeam Conference Standings OverallNevada 4-0 5-3Boise State 3-0 8-0Idaho 4-1 7-2Fresno State 4-1 5-3Louisiana Tech 2-3 3-5New Mexico State 1-3 3-6Utah State 1-3 2-6San Jose State 0-3 1-6Hawaii 0-5 2-6
2009 NATIONAL STATISTICAL LEADERSCategory Name School StatisticGoals D. Foxhoven Portland 21 Assists Kate Megna Milwaukee 14 Points D. Foxhoven Portland 50
SUNDAY, NOV. 1Team 1 2 T Nevada 1 4 - 5Louisiana Tech 0 0 - 0
Nevada Louisiana Tech Sh SOG G A Saves Sh SOG G A Saves Cove, M 0 0 0 0 4 Buchanan, C 0 0 0 0 4Emith, E 0 0 0 0 0 White, C 1 1 0 0 0Voss, S 2 1 1 0 0 Rockwell, M 0 0 0 0 0Allen, A 0 0 0 0 0 Voldness, K 0 0 0 0 0 Noe, D 1 1 1 0 0 Gresham, K 1 0 0 0 0 Erickson, J 0 0 0 0 0 Kurokawa, H 0 0 0 0 0 Larot, R 2 2 0 0 0 McCullough 5 3 0 0 0 Drummond, C 4 3 1 0 0 Feece, M 0 0 0 0 0Ratnavira, N 3 2 1 1 0 Culton, S 2 1 0 0 0 Stott, E 1 0 0 0 0 Brough, L 0 0 0 0 0Braman, L 0 0 0 0 0 Lukasewich 2 0 0 0 0Masciola, J 0 0 0 0 0 Fitzgerald, H 0 0 0 0 0 McEachern, N 0 0 0 0 0 Lever, A 0 0 0 0 0 Sacks, A 0 0 0 0 0 King, R 1 1 0 0 0 Moreno, D 0 0 0 0 2 Quintana, A 0 0 0 0 0 Mann, V 2 1 1 0 0 Edwards, A 0 0 0 0 0 Gilson, W 0 0 0 0 0 Meyers. T 0 0 0 0 0 Terranova, J 0 0 0 0 0 Dicker, A 0 0 0 0 1 Ramsier, J 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 15 10 5 1 6 12 6 0 0 5
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By Chris Muller
With Saturday’s victory, the Wolf Pack is 4-0 in Western Ath-letic Conference play and has won fi ve in a row overall.
The last time the Pack won fi ve in a row was in 2006 when the team fi nished 8-5 and went to the MPC Computers Bowl in Boise.
That team was led by quarter-back Jeff Rowe and linebacker Ezra Butler, who led the Wolf Pack to a second-place fi nish in the the conference behind Boise State.
HAWAII STREAK BROKENHawaii is a team that has been
a thorn in the side of Nevada the last few seasons. Before Saturday, the Warriors had beaten Nevada three games in a row. After the win, Nevada head coach Chris Ault has a record of 2-3 against Hawaii, while Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin’s record against Nevada dropped to 2-1.
In 2008, Nevada lost to Hawaii 38-31 on a touchdown pass from Greg Alexander to Malcolm
Lane with 20 seconds remain-ing in regulation. The last time Hawaii played in Reno (2007), place kicker Dan Kelly nailed a fi eld goal with 11 seconds left to defeat the Wolf Pack 28-26.
A COUPLE OF FIRSTS FOR THE WOLF PACK
Running back Vai Taua caught a screen pass from quarterback Colin Kaepernick with 1:48 remaining in the second quarter and scampered 30 yards into the end zone. The touchdown was Taua’s fi rst receiving touchdown of the season. Place kicker Ricky Drake’s extra point made the score 14-14 and was part of a 28-7 run Nevada had to fi nish the game. Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin called this play “the turning point of the game.”
Later in the game, Nevada wide receiver Tray Session caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from Kaepernick with 3:18 left in the third quarter. The catch was the sophomore’s fi rst ever career touchdown reception.
“I was really excited,” Session said. “I didn’t know if I scored or not because once I got up my
face mask was all over my face so I really couldn’t see. When-ever everyone came over to me and congratulated me, I knew I scored.”
KAEPERNICK SETS A UNIQUE RECORD
Right before halftime, quarterback Colin Kaepernick scrambled 38 yards to give Nevada its fi rst lead of the day. After Drake’s point after touch-down, Nevada led 21-14 with 31 seconds left in the fi rst half. This was the Wolf Pack’s fi rst lead of the game.
On this play, Kaepernick be-came the sixth player in NCAA history to throw for 200 points and score 200 points. The lat-ter statistic includes points from Kaepernick’s rushing touchdowns and the six-yard touchdown reception he caught on the throwback trick play from running back Luke Lippincott during Nevada’s 63-28 victory over UNLV on Oct. 3.
Chris Muller can be reached at [email protected]
all year on defense,” Nevada head coach Chris Ault said after the game. “We needed some results. We were all pleased.”
Defensive back Doyle Miller made perhaps the defensive play of the game when he re-corded the first interception of his career, picking off a pass in the Wolf Pack’s end zone as Ha-waii was trying to tie the game at 21 in the third quarter.
“I was just re-routing my guy,” Miller said. “I was surprised the quarterback even threw it.”
The offense took advantage of the turnover, scoring on its next drive to go up 28-14.
While pleased with the overall performance of the defense, Ault was less than ecstatic about the offensive performance.
“Offensively speaking, I thought we were off all day,” he said. “Kaep played very average. We had as many short fields as we’ve had all season and the offense didn’t capital-ize.”
Kaepernick threw for 184
yards and rushed for 114, but was not as accurate as he has been over the past few games.
“There were a couple of little tweaks that they did,” Kaeper-nick said. “They did different alignments and a few that I missed set us back a little bit.”
Although the win wasn’t easy, wide receiver Tray Session was pleased with the victory.
“I thought (offensively) we struggled,” said Session, who had his fi rst career touchdown reception in the game. “But I thought we played well down the stretch.”
The Wolf Pack built a 28-14 lead in the fourth quarter, but had to withstand a rally by the Warriors. Hawaii scored a touchdown with 6:18 remaining to pull within 28-21.
Nevada’s offense knew it needed to come up big or risk having Hawaii tie the game.
“We knew we had to hold the ball for as long as possible and get points out of that drive,” running back Vai Taua said.
Nevada proceeded to go on a 5:07 drive and scored a fi eld goal to put the game out of reach at 31-21 with just 1:18 left in the
game.“Coach Ault always talks
about fi nishing games,” Session said. “And I feel that we started fi nishing in the third and fourth quarter.”
While Nevada was happy to pull out the victory, it wasn’t spending any time gloating.
“It builds our confi dence,” Miller said. “But at the same time we have to get ready for our next opponent.”
The victory marked Nevada’s fi fth victory in a row, its longest winning streak since 2006.
Nevada travels to San Jose State to take on the Spartans at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at [email protected].
D improvesCONTINUED FROM PAGE B1
Pack runs through another WAC foe
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Senior Nevada running back Luke Lippincott ran for 84 yards on 14 carries in Saturday’s win against Hawaii. Lippincott helped the Wolf Pack to 312 rushing yards on the day.
FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
➤ Nevada held Hawaii to 21 points, its second-lowest point total of the season.➤ Wide receiver Tray Ses-sion caught his fi rst touch-down of his career.➤ Nevada has won fi ve games in a row this season.
➤ N d h ld H ii t
MAKING STRIDES
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Junior Wolf Pack running back Vai Tua led Nevada with 127 rushing yards on Saturday against the Warriors. The game marked the fourth straight game that Taua toppled the 100-yard mark and the 13th in his career. He and teammate Luke Lippincott both have 13 career 100-yard rushing games.
On the season, Taua is averaging 105.1 rushing yards per game (third in the Western Athletic Conference and 18th in the nation).
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Hawaii fans had a lot to cheer about early on in the game. After two quick touchdown passes from Warriors quarterback Bryant Moniz, Hawaii led 14-0 with 8:48 left in the fi rst quarter.
Nevada would respond, however, outscoring the Warriors 31-7 throughout the rest of the game.
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STEVE PRIOR /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
Nevada fi rst baseman Shaun Kort is one of 10 Wolf Pack seniors on the baseball team. Kort was second on the team with a .329 batting average last season while driving in a team-high 62 runs. His runs-batted-in total was good for sixth in the Western Athletic Conference.
Blue takes series 3-2, regular season up next
BASEBALL
By Chris Gabriel
The Nevada baseball team concluded the fall practice portion of its season Friday afternoon with the Blue squad winning the annual Silver vs. Blue World Series.
The blue team won the series 3-2. The second game of the series was postponed on Monday after nine innings with the game tied 2-2. The game wouldn’t have been restarted if it weren’t for the Silver squad tying the series at two games apiece after it won game four on Friday.
Baseball head coach Gary Powers said he and his team view the annual series as a good training method.
“We try to get the most we can out of (the series) to introduce the new kids to our philosophies and what our expectations are and try to refresh the memories of older players and to try and get a different commitment out of some of them,” Powers said. “We need to get better from where we were last year.”
Nevada is coming off a sea-son in which it posted a 10-13 record in Western Athletic Con-ference play and went 25-31 overall. The team fi nished fi fth in the WAC.
Shaun Kort, who played in a team-best 56 games for the Wolf Pack last season, will be one of the team’s leaders heading into the year.
He fi nished on the team last season batting .329 while knocking in a team-high 62 runs and hitting four home runs. His runs-batted-in total was tied for sixth-highest in the WAC.
Because there are 10 seniors on Nevada’s roster this season, all of whom are returning from last season’s team, Kort and the rest of the team’s overall attitude is optimistic.
“I think our attitude on this team is pretty good,” Kort said. “We have a lot of seniors that have been here for a while in-cluding myself, Kevin Rodland and Chris Garcia. This is our last chance to win a championship so it looks like we have good guys to follow attitudes from.”
From the end of the fall practice portion of its season in October until the regular season begins in February, the team never stops training and preparing — whether it is
individually or as a team. “We do a lot of lifting, like
agility stuff, conditioning,” Kort said. “(Our weightlifting coach) does a pretty good job incorpo-rating mental toughness into the conditioning, making it pretty tough.”
Because team practices will not resume until after winter break, the team will begin the individual workout portion of their season now. Nevada’s regular season begins Feb. 19 when it travels to Santa Clara, Calif., to play a three-game series against Santa Clara Uni-versity.
Chris Gabriel can be reached at [email protected].
➤ The blue team won the annual Silver vs. Blue World Series 3-2. Nevada will resume team practices after winter break.➤ Last season, the team fi nished 10-13 in the Western Athletic Conference and 25-31 overall.➤ First baseman Shaun Kort had a .329 batting average and recorded 62 runs-batted-in. The mark was the sixth highest RBI total in the WAC.➤ Nevada will open its regular season Feb. 19 when the Pack plays a three-game series against Santa Clara University.➤ The Wolf Pack has 10 seniors on this year’s roster. All of the seniors are returning from last season.
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BASEBALL TEAM GETS READY FOR SEASON
Slow startCONTINUED FROM PAGE B1
one of the top offenses in the country, Nevada’s offense isn’t
too far removed from being pro-claimed a dud by many football followers.
In game one of the 2009 sea-son, the Wolf Pack battled Notre Dame.
While few expected Nevada to come out with a win, even fewer prophesized the Wolf Pack’s of-fense would stall. But it did and Nevada was shut out for just the second time since 1981.
“I don’t think it was really that they did anything,” Nevada run-ning back Vai Taua said after the loss on Sept. 5. “I think we did it to ourselves a lot of the time. We played very well and then got down by the goal line and just got fi rst-game jitters, it seemed like.”
But after that game, the struggles continued.
Nevada scored just 41 points in its next two games, which left many of the team’s players disgruntled.
“We weren’t angry, just frus-trated that we were moving the ball and not scoring points,” Nevada tight end Virgil Green said. “We knew what we were doing wrong and it just took us some time to fi x it.”
A couple of major factors in the Wolf Pack’s struggles were the team’s inability to hold onto the ball and the rushing offense not being on par with the pass-ing offense and vice versa.
TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF
Through the fi rst three games, Nevada turned the ball over 10 times.
Then came the Oct. 3 game against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
In a 63-point outburst, the Wolf Pack rushed for 559 yards, but still turned the ball over four times.
“The turnovers were a very
hard thing to limit,” Nevada offensive coordinator Chris Klenakis said. “We were mov-ing the ball against some pretty good teams, but when you can’t score and are turning the ball over, it doesn’t matter. The UNLV game was an anomaly when you think that we turned the ball over four times and got a lot of points, but we told ourselves that was not going to be acceptable from that point on.”
And Klenakis and his offensive unit have held true to their word.
In the last four games, Nevada is 4-0 and has turned the ball over just three times. This is a vast difference from the fi rst four games, in which the Wolf Pack turned the ball over 14 times and went 1-3.
“The biggest thing I can think of as to why we’re doing so much better is (fewer) turnovers,” Klenakis said. “We’re doing a lot of drills in practice which em-phasize ball security and they’re working.”
COMPLIMENTARY RUN AND PASS GAMES
Although the Wolf Pack’s rush-ing offense (best in the nation) gets much of the attention, Nevada players and coaches are quick to stress that it wouldn’t be anywhere near the level it’s at without the passing offense to balance it out.
“I think that’s another big thing which has improved,” Klenakis said. “The passing of-fense was sub-par early in the year, but that phase has gotten a lot better. It meshes well with the offense we have because we can run play-action passes off of our running game to keep defenses honest.”
While the passing comple-tion percentage hasn’t changed much from the fi rst three games to the last fi ve (58.5 to 59.8), the yards per completion have jumped from 10 to 14.5.
“The passing game and run-ning game coincide with each other,” Nevada senior tackle Alonzo Durham said. “It’s only natural that we started doing well once both of those areas started playing better.”
Juan López can be reached at [email protected].
➤ In the fi rst three games of the season, Nevada averaged just 13.7 points per game.➤ During the last fi ve games, the Wolf Pack averaged 47 points per game. ➤ In the fi rst four games, Nevada turned the ball over 14 times.➤ In its last four games, the Wolf Pack has turned the ball over just three times.
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TALE OF TWO TEAMS
“I think our attitude on this team is pretty good. We have a lot of seniors that have been here for a while including myself, Kevin Rodland and Chris Garcia. This is our last chance to win a championship so it looks like we have good guys to follow attitudes from.” — Wolf Pack fi rst baseman Shaun Kort on the team’s group of seniors
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Pack gets fi rst sweep of year against SJSU
BRIAN BOLTON /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
After sweeping San Jose State on Thursday (25-15, 25-17 and 25-13), Nevada lost in straight sets to Hawaii on Sunday (25-16, 25-20 and 25-17). The split left the Wolf Pack’s mark at 8-16 overall and 4-7 in Western Athletic Conference play.
BRIAN BOLTON /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
Nevada sophomore Jordan Burke led the Wolf Pack with a fi fth place overall fi nish. She was named to the all-Western Athletic Conference fi rst team for her performance at the WAC Championships Friday at Rancho San Rafael Park.
Pack places 3rd at WAC Champs
By Damon Harker
In recent history, the Nevada cross country team has fi nished its seasons strong. In 2008 the team placed third in the Western Athletic Conference Championships and in 2006 and 2007 the Wolf Pack ran its way into second place.
This year, Nevada hosted the WAC Championships and didn’t have high hopes heading into the season.
“We started this year thinking (it) was a complete rebuilding year and here we are tantaliz-ingly close to second place,” head coach Kirk Elias said.
Nevada came in third-place at the nine-team meet with 76 points, only six behind second-place Utah State. New Mexico State took fi rst place overall in the 5K race.
Coming in fi fth overall indi-vidually with a time of 19:35, Nevada sophomore Jordan Burke earned fi rst-team All-WAC honors. Wolf Pack junior Janet Martinez fi nished 11th at 19:59 and freshman Samantha Diaz fi nished 14th in 20:09. Both runners earned second-team all-WAC honors.
“I’m really happy and im-pressed with our performance,” Burke said. “When we started off the season, we didn’t think we were going to be as good as in the past, but we really stepped it up.”
Nevada was picked by the conference’s coaches to come in fourth at the championships but performed well and almost stole
second place. The Wolf Pack ran well through its fi rst four run-ners but was not able to get the extra six points necessary.
Nevada was especially proud of its fi nish considering that the level of competition in its league has gotten better.
“This conference is a much different conference than it was two years ago. It’s much deeper and much stronger,” Elias said. “I’m impressed with the way the conference has stepped up. So it makes our task tougher, which is fi ne. Good competition is a good thing.”
Damon Harker can be reached at [email protected].
By Brent Kirkland
With just fi ve conference games left in the regular season, the Wolf Pack is switching its gears at the right time.
Despite fl oating near the bot-tom few teams of the Western Athletic Conference, Nevada’s domination of San Jose State last Thursday pushes the Pack into the sixth and last available spot of the WAC Tournament for the time being.
“I like what I’m seeing now,” Nevada head coach Devin Scruggs said. “We get into it, are eliminating our errors and are on the borderline of making the tournament and reaching our goal.”
This Thursday, Nevada will host the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in a non-conference game. Then, the team travels to the Bay Area on Saturday for a rematch with San Jose State, the only match Nevada has won in three sets.
While Nevada comes into the week with the hold on the sixth and fi nal spot for the WAC Tournament, it’s far from being clinched.
“It’s a race for the WAC Tour-nament right now and we need to just win the games we’re supposed to win,” junior Kylie Harrington said.
There’s no doubt that the fi nal month of the schedule will test Nevada. The Pack is 0-8 on the
road and with three of the last fi ve WAC games on the road; Nevada will need to improve through the stretch if they hope to punch their ticket to the WAC Tournament in Las Vegas.
Against its fi nal fi ve conference opponents Nevada is 3-2 and is currently half of a match ahead of Louisiana Tech (4-8) and Utah State (4-8) in the WAC at 4-7.
“Unfortunately we have three of these matches on the road,” junior Nicole Link said. “We need to take all three of them or at least two because each team is beatable.”
Getting to the tournament has been the goal for Nevada all season. Road play has
nearly crippled the Wolf Pack, as they’ve gone winless overall to this point.
“Pretty much from top to bot-tom there is a lot of really good teams in the WAC,” Harrington said. “Not making errors will turn into the difference of how this season ends up.”
Since joining the WAC in 2000 under Scruggs, the Wolf Pack has never fi nished below fi fth place in the conference. That stat has been in jeopardy all season and will continue to be heading down the fi nal stretch of November.
Brent Kirkland can be reached at [email protected].
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CROSS COUNTRY
➤ Nevada took third in the nine-team Western Athletic Conference Championships on Friday.
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THE BOTTOM LINE
Nevada, which won 13 of the 16 events, had several standout performances at the dual meet. Gandionco was the swimmer to watch as she took fi rst in 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard but-terfl y and 100-yard individual medley.
“I’m gaining a better un-derstanding of where I’m at swimming-wise,” she said. “I’m getting to the level I thought I could never be at.”
The Wolf Pack also had a solid performance by sophomore Chelsey Larsen, who won the 100-yard freestyle and fi nished second in the 500-yard freestyle.
On the diving side, sophomore
Aniesa Debaji won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events, despite battling the fl u.
“I’m really happy with my performance,” Debaji, a sopho-more, said. “The swim team did amazing and the diving team did really well too.”
Diving coach Jian Li You was impressed with Debaji’s deter-mination.
“Aniesa was sick, so I was sur-prised that she could compete and do really well,” You said. “I told her ‘don’t compete’ but she wanted to and she did well.”
The meet, which was one of only two home meets this season and the team’s only home meet of the fall semester, also served as a measuring stick for the Wolf Pack. The team has only three meets left before the
Western Athletic Conference Championships.
And although the Wolf Pack is a three-time defending WAC Champion and disposed of Fresno State, a WAC foe, with ease, players and coaches know winning the league champion-ships again will not be an easy task.
“It’s way more competitive than it was before,” Gandionco said. “But it motivates us to work harder.”
Larsen, despite this only being her second year with the team, knows this season will be a battle.
“A lot of the other teams have stepped up,” Larsen said. “But we’re going to go in there and give it our all.”
Richmond said the biggest
keys will be the young swimmers on the roster.
“We have some great leader-ship and a big infl ux of young kids,” he said. “(Friday) we saw those new kids step up. That was our biggest goal: to be hitting on all cylinders and I think we did that today.”
Nevada’s next meet will be Nov. 19-20 when the Wolf Pack competes at the Nike Cup in Long Beach, Calif., The team’s next meet against a WAC op-ponent is Dec. 5 when the team travels to Moscow, Idaho to take on the Idaho Vandals. The Wolf Pack’s fi nal home meet will be Jan. 30 when Nevada hosts Seattle University.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at [email protected].
Of the 16 events in Friday's meet between Nevada and Fresno State, the Wolf Pack won 13. *Note: Bold denotes a Nevada win.
➤ Event one: 200-yard medley relay: Nevada➤ Event two: 100-yard freestyle: Chelsey Larsen➤ Event three: 200-yard freestyle: Marichi Gandionco➤ Event four: 100-yard backstroke: Heidi Gjoen➤ Event fi ve: 100-yard breaststroke: Margaret Doolittle➤ Event six: 200-yard butterfl y: Gabby Guieb➤ Event seven: 50-yard freestyle: Dani Yoho➤ Event eight: Three-meter diving: Aniesa Debaji➤ Event nine: 100-yard freestyle: Calley Parham➤ Event 10: 200-yard backstroke: Jeanette Tour➤ Event 11: 200-yard breaststroke: Margaret Doolittle➤ Event 12: 500-yard freestyle: Miranda Moore➤ Event 13: 100-yard butterfl y: Marichi Gandionco➤ Event 14: One-meter diving: Aniesa Debaji➤ Event 15: 200-yard IM: Marichi Gandionco➤ Event 16: 400-yard freestyle relay: Fresno State
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SWIMMING & DIVING FIRST-PLACE FINISHERS
Name Time Overall place ClassJordan Burke 19:35.9 Fifth SophomoreJanet Martinez 19:59.8 11th JuniorSamantha Diaz 20:09.3 14th FreshmanKatarina Ratkowiak 20:20.8 17th Freshman
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WOLF PACK’S TOP FINISHERS AT FRIDAY’S WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
“I’m really happy with our performance. When we started off the season, we didn’t think we were going to be as good as in the past, but we really stepped it up.” — Nevada sophomore Jordan Burke
VOLLEYBALL
➤ The Wolf Pack defeated San Jose State 3-0 on Thursday, picking up its fi rst sweep of the season in the process. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the team. ➤ Nevada is in sixth place in the Western Athletic Conference and holds the fi nal WAC Tournament spot.➤ The Wolf Pack has fi ve conference matches remaining in the regular season.
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NEVADA COMING ALONG AS SEASON DWINDLES
BY THE NUMBERSThe Wolf Pack volleyball team has just fi ve regular-season games left and is hoping to qualify for the WAC Tournament.
6is where the volleyball team
ranks in the conference standings.
6is the number of spots avail-able in the Western Athletic
Conference Tournament.
*National ranking in parentheses
Nevada Category SJSUOFFENSE
319.13 (1) Rushing 79.71 (113)
185.25 (95) Passing 197.71 (86)
140.14 (34) Pass Effi ciency 112.66 (101)
504.38 (2) Total 277.42 (117)
34.63 (13) Scoring 15.14 (115)
DEFENSE
114.25 (34) Rushing 242.71 (118)
309.00 (119) Passing 210.43 (49)
159.99 (116) Pass Effi ciency 142.27 (103)
423.25 (104) Total 463.14 (113)
30.13 (97) Scoring 35.14 (112)
SPECIAL TEAMS/MISC.
35.61 (66) Net Punting 36.40 (51)
5.15 (104) Punt Returns 2.08 (118)
24.64 (20) Kickoff Returns 19.19 (103)
-1.13 (111) Turnover Margin .57 (33)
MAKING THE CALL
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GamedayAnother ESPN game vs. bad team on tapPack will play San Jose State on Sunday in primetime
STAFF PICKSPESSIMIST SAYS: The Spartans were able to hang with Boise State for much of the fi rst half before the Broncos pulled away. With another test against Fresno State looming, Nevada begins the game sluggish, allow-ing San Jose State to jump ahead. However, Nevada will wake up in the second half and begin to pull away from the Spartans, much like Boise State did last week against San Jose State.
PESSIMIST SAYS: Nevada wins 42-21.
*National ranking in parentheses
TALE OF THE TAPE
LEADERS
San Jose StatePlayer Category Avg./GameLamon Muldrow Rushing 45.0
Kevin Jurovich Receiving 77.9
Tanner Burns Tackles 7.86
Carl Ihenacho Tackles for loss 0.86
NevadaPlayer Category Avg./GameVai Taua Rushing 105.1
Brandon Wimberly Receiving 67.5
Jonathon Amaya Tackles 6.85
Dontay Moch Tackles for loss 2.06
WAC STANDINGS
Standings Conference OverallNevada 4-0 5-3
Boise State 3-0 8-0
Idaho 4-1 7-2
Fresno State 4-1 5-3
Louisiana Tech 2-3 3-5
New Mexico State 1-3 3-6
Utah State 1-3 2-6
San Jose State 0-3 1-6
Hawaii 0-5 2-6
Date Opponent Time/ResultSept. 5 at USC L 56-3
Sept. 12 Utah L 24-14
Sept. 19 at Stanford L 42-17
Sept. 26 Cal Poly W 19-9
Oct. 10 Idaho L 29-25
Oct. 17 at Fresno State L 41-21
Oct. 31 at Boise State L 45-7
Sunday Nevada 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 14 at Utah State 1 p.m.
Nov. 21 Hawaii 5 p.m.
Nov. 28 New Mexico State 5 p.m.
Dec. 5 at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m.
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SAN JOSE STATE’S SCHEDULE
DIFFERENCE MAKER TANNER BURNS
OPTIMIST SAYS: The Wolf Pack will roll once again. The offense may have not been on its game against Hawaii, but it will come out focused and ready to get back on track. San Jose State’s offense will be shut down by Nevada’s defense and Nevada will be able to torch the Spartans’ defense, which gives up an average of 242.71 rushing yards per game, good for 118th in the nation. This game will be over by halftime.
OPTIMIST SAYS: Nevada wins 63-13.
Safety Tanner Burns is one of the Spartans’ best playmakers on defense. He leads the team in tackles with 55 and interceptions with two. In order to win, San Jose State will need some turn-overs and Burns will be looking to take advantage of Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s spotty accuracy. The Wolf Pack cannot afford to get sloppy. San Jose State ranks 33rd in the nation in turnover margin. The Spartans will be looking for a big play to swing momentum their way and the team will look to Burns to create more possessions for the offense. In addition to his two interceptions, Burns has forced four fumbles, which is tied for the team high.
SEPT. 25
MissouriL 31-21
SEPT. 19
at Colorado St.L 35-20
SEPT. 5
at Notre Dame L 35-0
OCT. 3
UNLVW 63-28
OCT. 9
La. TechW 37-14
OCT. 17
at Utah St.W 35-32
OCT. 24
IdahoW 70-45
OCT. 31
HawaiiW 31-21
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NOV. 21
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NOV. 27
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Nevada at San Jose State
When: 5:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: Spartan Stadium (30,456)
Radio: ESPN Radio 630
TV: ESPN
Meet the coaches: Head coach Dick Tomey is 24-27 in his fi fth year at San Jose State. Nevada head coach Chris Ault is in his 25th season as Nevada’s coach and has a 203-94-1 record.
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By Juan López
The last time the Wolf Pack was on national TV (Oct. 9), it rolled up
345 rushing yards and a 23-point win against Louisiana Tech.
But honestly, I don’t think many people were impressed.
The Bulldogs were just 2-3 in Western Athletic Conference play and Nevada was supposed
to wallop them. This week, the Wolf Pack faces
another date on national TV and, again, it comes against a bad op-ponent: San Jose State.
The Spartans are 0-3 in league play, which should make for an
easy Sunday. But with a terrible foe comes the pressure of perfor-
mance. A simple win isn’t enough here if Nevada wants to return to the
national spotlight. All eyes will be on this game, especially considering the matchup,
slated for a 5:30 p.m. kickoff, is the only col-lege football game on Sunday.
DON’T DISAPPOINTMany who follow Nevada football expect the
Wolf Pack to leave San Jose, Calif. with a win by more than 40 points. And there’s no reason not to.
Nevada has won fi ve straight games by an aver-age of 19.2 points per game and leads the confer-ence with a 4-0 mark.
The Spartans on the other hand, wouldn’t know the smell of victory if it farted downwind from them.
Although San Jose State isn’t the worst team in the WAC record-wise (Hawaii is 0-5), look-ing at the numbers reveals many truths. The Spartans are being outscored by about 35 to 15 points in their games this year, they allow 242.7 rushing yards per game (118th in the nation) and they’ve lost their last six WAC games dating back to last year.
There is no reason Nevada shouldn’t win this game, but because of the aforemen-tioned information, the Wolf Pack needs to win big.
The voters who chime in for the national football polls obviously aren’t impressed by
Nevada’s perfect conference record (the Wolf Pack did not receive a vote in any poll this week)
and they defi nitely won’t like a slim win against a bad team.
BE READY FOR CRAZY CRAPThe Spartans have a small chance beating Nevada,
an even smaller chance of making a bowl game and no shot at winning the WAC. That being said, they have nothing to lose in Sun-
day’s game against the Wolf Pack. The Nevada defense should expect San Jose State to pull out plays which have
only been used in practice. Reverses, half-back passes, even a statue-of-liberty play might be seen from the Spartans’ offense.
This is not to say San Jose State will defi nitely run crazy trick plays, but when a team has nothing to lose and its coaching staff knows it is on the hot seat, nothing will be too wild to run.
The Wolf Pack defense has steadily improved since the beginning of the year, but it is still prone to giving up big plays. Nevada’s defenders will be looking to capitalize on San Jose State’s sub-par offense, but they must remain
disciplined. There’s nothing more embarrassing than giv-
ing up long touchdown plays to one of the worst teams in the nation.
Juan López can be reached at [email protected].
1. Florida 8-0 2. Texas 8-0 3. Alabama 8-0 4. Iowa 9-0 5. Cincinnati 8-0 6. TCU 8-0 7. Boise State 8-0 8. Oregon 7-1 9. LSU 7-110. Georgia Tech 8-111. Penn State 8-112. USC 6-213. Pittsburgh 7-114. Utah 7-115. Houston 7-1 16. Ohio State 7-217. Miami (FL) 6-218. Arizona 5-219. Oklahoma State 6-220. California 6-221. Wisconsin 6-222. Notre Dame 6-223. Virginia Tech 5-324. Oklahoma 5-325. South Florida 6-2
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1. Florida (38) 8-0 2. Texas (13) 8-0 3. Alabama (8) 8-0 4. Cincinnati 8-0 5. Boise State 8-0 6. TCU 8-0 7. Oregon 7-1 8. Iowa 9-0 9. LSU 7-110. Georgia Tech 8-111. Penn State 8-112. USC 6-213. Houston 7-114. Pittsburgh 7-115. Ohio State 7-216. Miami (FL) 6-217. Utah 7-118. Oklahoma State 6-219. Notre Dame 6-220. Oklahoma 5-321. Arizona 5-222. Virginia Tech 5-323. California 6-224. Wisconsin 6-225. BYU 6-2
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Carl Ihenacho vs. Nevada’s o-lineDefensive end Carl Ihenacho is a force. He is third on the team in tackles with 42 and leads the team in sacks with four and tackles-for-loss with six. Ihenacho’s ability to put pressure on Kaepernick could help stall Nevada’s offense.
Carl Ihenacho vsKEY MATCHUP
Series record: Nevada leads 13-8-2.
Last meeting: Nevada won 41-17 (2008).
Current streak: Nevada won one in a row.
Nevada’s last win: 2008: 41-17 (Reno)
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