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State of emergency declared in Flint, Michigan, as water crisis continues
Flint, Michigan, will see federal money to help solve an increasingly serious water crisis after President Obama signed an emergency decla-ration on Saturday, according to The Associated Press.
The Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency will provide the city with water and filters for 90 days while Flint itself will receive up to $5 million in emergency funds. The move comes after Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder requested the emer-gency funds last Thursday, saying that the necessary relief was outside the State of Michigan’s abilities.
The crisis itself, however, began in October when officials in Flint discovered increased lead levels in the city’s water supply, which had been temporarily drawn from the Flint River. The river water was more acidic than the city’s previous sup-ply from Detroit and started to cor-rode old pipes in home and schools, releasing the lead into the system.
New school choice law on hold after injunction
State savings accounts that Nevada parents could use to pay for private school for their children are stuck on hold after a state court granted an injunction to opponents of the law, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The judge, District Judge James Wilson, said that the new law is likely unconstitutional and granted the injunction after the plaintiffs in the case were able to “[demonstrate] reasonable prob-ability they would prevail at trial.”
The law itself, Senate Bill 302, could theoretically violate the state constitution because it uses some state money set aside for public schools in order to pay private school tuition. With the injunction, however, more than 4,000 parents have been left in administrative limbo as they await further action from the Nevada Supreme Court.
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Breanna Denney/Nevada SagebrushGov. Brian Sandoval gives last year’s State of the State address in the Assembly chambers on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. The address always precedes each legislative session every other year.
By Jacob Solis
As students swarm the Univer-sity of Nevada, Reno’s campus for the first time this new year, they’ll have to worry about more than just grades. Students will have to think carefully about the amount of classes they can take as the cost of college — and the loans that pay for it — are piling up more than ever before.
Across the country, the cost of a college education has been skyrocketing and more and more students have been increasingly forced to rely on scholarships and other financial aid to simply cover
the cost of attendance. It’s a reality that’s now stuck in the American psyche as student loans have of-ficially become America’s largest source of debt.
As of now, student loan debt for every student in America totals $1.2 trillion, according to the New York Fed. About 70 percent of students have taken on some kind of debt in order to pay for college and the class of 2015 was recently heralded as the most indebted ever.
But just how are the costs rising and why? What does it mean for the students who attend college, who gets stuck with the bill and who, if anyone, is looking to change the status quo?
A NUMBERS GAMEThe numbers paint a clear
picture.The Department of Education’s
National Center for Education Statistics pegs the average cost of tuition and fees at public institu-tions at just under $7,000 in 1982, adjusted for inflation. By 2012, that number would rise 116 percent to $15,000, and one-third of that change came in the last decade alone. At private schools, the jump was similar, moving 111 percent from just above $16,000 to about $34,400 in the same amount of time.
Simultaneously, inflation has been at its lowest points in years.
The U.S. government measures inflation by looking at what’s called a market basket, or some hypothetical shopping cart filled with what the average consumer buys, and seeing how much the price of each item in that basket changes over time.
A climb that won’t stop
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Breanna Denney/Nevada SagebrushConstruction workers clean the sidewalks around the William N. Pennington Student Achievement Center on Monday, Jan. 18. The SAC is the newest building on the University of Nevada, Reno’s campus and is expected to open sometime this spring.
Students take stock of new university additions
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See POLITICS page A3
A year in review for Nevada politics
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U.S. levies new sanctions after Iran reaches landmark in nuclear deal
The Obama administration enact-ed new sanctions against 11 Iranian companies and individuals Sunday, just as many old U.S. sanctions on the country were lifted after it completed the first steps in implementing last summer’s landmark nuclear deal.
Iran, whose nuclear disarmament program is being monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, has removed two-thirds of its cen-trifuges and shipped 25,000 pounds of uranium out of the country since October, according to the White House. President Barack Obama has hailed Iran’s cooperation as a victory for diplomacy.
Other events in the past few days, including the quick return of 10 U.S. sailors who strayed into Iranian wa-ters and the release of five Americans from an Iranian prison, have backed up Obama’s assertions and signaled a historic thaw in relations between the two countries. Under the leader-ship of political hardliners, Iran has remained a staunch opponent to American foreign policy in the Middle East since its revolution in 1979.
However, despite its progress, Iran remains a state sponsor of terrorism and a violator of human rights, so more progress on the dip-lomatic front is likely to be gradual, evidenced at least in part by these new sanctions.
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What can students do when the cost of college keeps rising?
NUTS BOLTS By Marcus Lavergne
A s students and faculty return to campus for the spring semester, construction is more prominent than ever, shining a spotlight
on the University of Nevada, Reno’s expansion efforts. Current progress ex-poses mixed emotions and expectations regarding multiple projects.
The completion of UNR’s William N. Pennington Student Achievement Center is in sight, and the concrete foundation of the E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center has replaced the dirt-filled crater that once held more than 200 metered parking spots.
UNR’s desire to become larger will soon be a boon for the arts. One well-known building is set to get a new addition after suffering budget cuts five years ago. Church Fine Arts, which houses UNR’s fine arts de-gree programs, will be gifted a sister build-ing as early as 2018. The 35,000-square-foot, three-story School of the Arts will connect to CFA via skywalk and include a new 300-seat recital hall as well as practice rooms.
According to John Walsh, director of capital improvement projects, funding for the $20 million extension has reached over $19 million and won’t impact student fees or the institution’s budget. Walsh said the project proposal was originally
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In the 1970s, inflation was rising at record rates — 10 or 12 percent a year. These numbers had never been seen before and meant prices for everything, including education, rose with a rapidity that turned economists pale with fear. However, as the ’70s faded and the Fed-eral Reserve became more aggressive in its monetary policy, inflation cooled off, dropping to an average of just 3.2 percent between 1982 and 2009.
Meanwhile, the cost of higher educa-tion would keep increasing. Since 1982, the inflation of all items, looked at as an annual percentage, would never touch the inflation in the cost of higher education.
Even so, the cost increases vary widely from state to state and from institution to institution, making the data tough to generalize. In short, not all increases are created equal. For instance, Nevada’s increases of 16 and 8 percent in 2014 and 2011, respectively, are relatively mild compared to 80 percent in Arizona, 66 percent in Georgia and Florida, and 62 percent in California, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
HITTING STUDENTS HARDFor president of UNR’s Young Demo-
crats, Taslima Shams, the continued increases are unacceptable. She was angered especially by the debt that education engenders, bemoaning being on what she called “The Walking Debt.” Shams was equally upset with a pervasive apathy among students, many of whom feel that the cost problem is not one they can solve nor one that necessarily should be solved.
“Economically speaking, conserva-tives are much more likely to think, ‘OK, nothing comes free,’” Shams said. “Many students will say, ‘No, we don’t support [free tuition] because it’s going to make [college] free,’ but at the same time they don’t understand that they’re one of those students who are in debt, they are the ones in the ‘Game of Loans,’ so why not support it?”
Shams joined some of her peers at a November rally, the Million Student March, on the UNR campus that was part of a national effort to bring awareness to the high cost of college. While some of the other rallies around the country brought thousands of students to the streets, UNR’s own rally brought less than 50. It was a number that disappointed student and demonstrator Jose Olivares.
“It’s disappointing to see how a lot of university students are just walking by even though it’s something that directly affects them,” Olivares said. “There seems to be this really disappointing sense of apathy towards it. A lot of people maybe think that nothing can get changed any-more and nothing’s ever going to change, that doing these direct actions isn’t going to do anything.”
It’s an apathy that seems to stretch beyond UNR, however, and it’s an apathy that doesn’t seem likely to change all that soon. During the demonstration, a lone heckler from a railing called out, “No one cares.”
It turns out that that heckler may have been on to something.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?Those in charge of the institutions and
elsewhere provide a number of different answers as to why this has happened, exemplifying the tangled nature of the problem. However, the most common answer thrown around by regents and observers alike is that cuts in state funding have forced tuition hikes on the institutional level.
Across the country, the raw data seem to back up this theory. According to a 2014 report from the nonpartisan CBPP, 48 states were spending less on higher education than they had before the Great Recession.
And in Nevada, it was the exact rea-soning made by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents just over a year ago when its tuition increase was approved. That specific motion, which passed 7-6, was pushed largely because regents were skeptical that the state would ever replenish funds that had been cut in 2007.
“We cannot realistically expect the Legislature to fund enhanced medical education and a Tier 1 effort if we don’t take responsibility for our own future,” said regent Michael Wixom in a 2014 interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Even so, some remain unconvinced. The Guinn Center for Policy Priorities expressed concern that a hike in tuition would hurt the overall economy and ex-acerbate Nevada’s already low college at-tainment numbers and turn prospective students away from college in general.
WHO’S TRYING TO CHANGE IT?
The cost has become a central issue for the Democratic candidates for the presi-dency, though the issue hasn’t caught on among the leading Republicans.
Hillary Clinton, who currently sits at the top of nearly every poll, has devised what she calls “the new college compact.” The plan would reduce tuition costs and make community college free while al-lowing graduated students to refinance loans already taken out. When all is said and done, the plan is set to cost about $350 million.
“The fact is, [student loan debt] is hold-ing back the economy and it’s holding back individuals from getting on with their working lives,” Clinton said during a November campaign stop in Reno.
While many of Clinton’s supporters stand behind the plan, many students have said that her plan doesn’t go far enough.
Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has proposed an alternative plan that would make all public universities free by levying additional taxes on Wall Street in addition to loan refinancing, and a cut on current interest rates. While arguably a more popular plan with American students, many conservatives have balked at the price tag, which CNN Money calculated out to be roughly $750 billion over 10 years.
On the other side of the aisle, only Ohio Gov. John Kasich has proposed some changes in the form of a student debt relief fund. However, no other candidate in the Republican field has made the issue a focal point.
Regardless of candidate attention, education sits among voters’ top priori-ties according to Google trends, which put education second in a list of the most-searched campaign issues as of Jan. 17.
THE OUTLOOK REMAINS GRIM
In any case, students and par-ents will likely have to wait until 2017 before some change, if any change at all makes its way to the system. Until then, the cost of education will continue to rise.
For America’s college students, the future grows dimmer by the year.
Jacob Solis can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
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Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, graph by Jacob Solis/Nevada SagebrushAn easy way to visualize the yearly increase of college tuition is by comparing it to inflation, or the change in price of all items. When looked at year-by-year, the increase in the cost of college has always been above the overall rate of inflation since 1982.
By Jacob Solis
State politics, unlike its federal coun-terpart, is an often overlooked part of any American’s daily life. This goes doubly for young Americans (read: col-lege students), who are less politically active than any other demographic, ac-cording to the Census Bureau. But even if Americans aren’t paying that much attention, state governments are still hammering away at all kinds of legisla-tion that directly affects the daily grind.
Nevada is no exception, so without further ado, here’s the year in Nevada politics.
THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION The Nevada Assembly and Senate
only convene once every other year for a brief, five-month stint where all the legislating for the next two years has to happen, barring any special legislative sessions.
In 2015, Nevada’s 78th legislative session started with a bang after Brian Sandoval announced a revamped budget during his biennial State of the State address that allocated nearly $900 million for education. This revamp included millions for K-12 schools to improve everything from technology to gifted and talented programs, as well as some added money for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ hospitality school and proposed medical school.
To pay for all this, the Legislature even-tually approved a host of tax reforms, in-cluding $560 million in the continuation of the so-called sunset taxes, which were enacted in 2007 and were engineered to expire, not unlike the sun after a long day (hence “sunset”), once the state no longer needed the money.
In terms of actual policy, most legisla-tion was passed with ease or quietly smothered in committee, and spats in the statehouse were few and far between. However, there was a notable rift among legislators when it came to the campus carry debate, where GOP lawmakers led by Las Vegas Assemblywoman Michele Fiore sought to allow concealed carry weapons on school grounds.
Legislators fought the entire session over campus carry before the effort was shut down in committee just days before legislators packed up and left. In any case, legislators passed 550 bills by ses-sion’s end, all of which were signed into law by Gov. Sandoval.
Outside the normal session, Sandoval convened a special legislative session at
the end of the year to review a $1 billion deal between the state and Faraday Future, an electric car maker seeking to build a 900-acre factory in North Las Vegas. That deal comes on top of Ne-vada’s deal with car-maker Tesla Motors to build the “gigafactory” just outside of Reno.
NEW LAWS OF NOTEWith Senate Bill 374, the Legislature
directed the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to revise the rate structure for Nevadans using rooftop solar pan-els. On Dec. 22, the commission voted unanimously to increase rates, drawing the ire of solar providers in the state.
These providers have argued that the changes do more to hurt solar energy in the state by disincentivizing consumers to switch to solar.
Senate Bill 307 has now made it unlawful for lobbyists to give legislators gifts and prohibits legislators from ac-cepting “anything of value,” according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In other election news, voters can now choose to receive an electronic sample ballot as opposed to receiving a paper ballot in the mail with the passage of Assembly Bill 94.
Senate Bill 302, arguably the most controversial new law, allows parents to get state funds to pay for private school
tuition. Part of Sandoval’s sweeping education reforms, the law is aimed at providing parents whose children are zoned for under-performing public schools to choose private school in-stead. Some 4,000 parents have signed up for the program, according to the RJ, but these parents are now stuck in limbo as a state judge has granted an injunction to the law’s opponents, ef-fectively stopping its implementation.
Opponents of the law have called it unconstitutional because it provides public school funds to pay for private tuition, potentially harming public school students while violating a 2006 amendment to the Nevada constitution
that requires the Legislature to appro-priate funds for public schools before all other funds.
This new law would mean that extra funds are siphoned away from that initial pool for public schools, reducing the amount that the Legislature had previously “deemed sufficient,” and thus would be unconstitutional.
The fight over Senate Bill 302 will likely continue into the coming months as it heads all the way to the Nevada Supreme Court.
Jacob Solis can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
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Breanna Denney/Nevada SagebrushGov. Brian Sandoval delivers last year’s State of the State address inside the Assembly Chambers in Carson City on Thursday, 3Jan. 15, 2015. His address marked the start of Nevada’s 78th legislative session, a session that saw the passage of more than 500 bills.
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much larger, around 120,000 square feet. After
identifying the amount of space that the CFA was
lacking to meet its program needs, the college
reduced the size substantially at the administra-
tion’s request.
“Most of this money is coming from outside
donors,” Walsh said. “Most of those donors are
going to be in the arts area.”
Walsh said that expanding the College of Arts
has not made it into the administration’s list of
top priorities until now, but it has always known
that CFA is “severely” undersized. Walsh’s team is
anticipating that final designs will be in the works
in late spring or early summer.
“Church and the College of Arts has been trying
to do an addition to the building for the past 15
years,” Walsh said. “This is going to be almost
specifically for music and presentations.”
Walsh did mention that there would be space
designated to other fine arts areas. Because of a
substantial need for more room for students and
faculty, the Sheppard Contemporary Gallery will
most likely be moved to the new building, leav-
ing vacant space in CFA. Walsh said that a lack
of building space is one of the most important
reasons behind much of the construction on
campus.
Along with some of the larger buildings in de-
velopment, the university is in the midst of com-
pleting six new tennis courts, which will replace
the unusable courts that now lie buried under the
newest green permit parking lot on campus. Each
of these projects, in addition to six others, come
with a hefty price tag — more than $200 million.
Students around campus feel the impact of the
ongoing construction close to their dorm halls
and classrooms. Parking space issues and a fear of
more student fees clash against potential benefits
from the new buildings, causing mixed feelings.
Students like sophomore business major Rob-
bie Knippen is no exception. Although Knippen
believes money for the buildings is well-spent,
his biggest worry involves the timeliness of each
building’s completion.
“I think it’s great the school’s trying to expand,”
Knippen said. “But it’s not awesome how they
continue to build stuff and how our campus will
never fully be done. While we’re here it’ll never be
fully completed and we’ll always have to [take]
detours to get to our classes and whatnot. It’s just
a minor complaint, but it’s kind of upsetting.”
Knippen’s friend and peer Joe Dwyer, an en-
gineering sophomore, calls the construction an
inconvenience worth suffering.
“I think [the construction’s] great,” Dwyer said.
“It’s just the inconvenience of all the construc-
tion. It’s not the greatest thing to look at when
you’re walking through campus. It’s nice to see it
when it’s done, but for now it’s an inconvenience.”
Krista Scott is an upperclassman that won’t
actually see the finished buildings, but believes
they’ll be nice additions to the campus. Her big-
gest issues involve parking and the funding for the
university’s expensive venture.
Unlike Scott, sophomore and freshman suite
mates Kiana Fuller, a photography major, and
Meghan Sweeney, a community health sciences
major, have high expectations and anticipation for
the buildings they will see during their undergradu-
ate careers.
“I’m so excited about the addition to Church Fine
Arts,” Fuller said. “To see it get like a face-lift almost
is going to be really nice, and we were actually
walking by the Student Achievement Center, and it
adds to the beauty of campus. It’s going to be a great
resource too.”
“We don’t have anything else on campus that
looks like the new Student Achievement Center,”
Sweeney said. “I thought that was really cool
because we have so many unique buildings that it
really adds to campus.”
Sweeney did question the construction of a new
university fitness center, but reacted eagerly after
finding out about Lombardi Recreation Center’s
future designation to solely serve student athletes
on campus.
As both students moved back into the newest
resident hall on campus, Peavine, after winter
break, they compared it to older halls like White
Pine and Nye.
“We went to Nye Hall and it’s nothing compared
to Peavine,” Fuller said. “I mean even though
Peavine has its issues, their Wi-Fi doesn’t work and
it’s really claustrophobic in there and kind of dark
and dingy. I mean, it feels like a hotel in our rooms.”
Neither Fuller nor Sweeney had qualms about the
detours caused by construction, even stating that
the directions given by the workers were helpful.
Each student reaction highlights the diverse mix of
feelings arising from constant expansion around
campus — expansion that doesn’t seem to have an
end in sight.
Marcus Lavergne can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @mlavergne21.
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RIDE YOUR BICYCLE TO CAMPUSIf you’re planning on riding your bicycle to campus, register your bike with us and receive a FREE bicycle parking permit. Visit www.unr.edu/parking for additional details.
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“I mean even though Peavine has its issues, their Wi-Fi doesn’t work and it’s really claustrophobic in there and kind of dark and dingy. I mean, it feels like a hotel in our rooms.”
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By Blake Nelson
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “The Revenant” is by far one of 2015’s best films. This is due, in short to González Iñárritu’s determination and resolve in demanding the most from practical effects and attention to detail.
The film begins with an open-ing scene that is kinetic, visceral and downright beautiful. Done with around 10 cuts in the whole scene (generally unheard of in today’s films), it culminates in a single long take that sets the tone of the film and gives you a glimpse of what’s visually to come.
During filming the crew would only have a few hours of light to capture the shot that González Iñárritu wanted. Due to the natural lighting of the scenes the shots could not be edited to-gether, a crew member reported, which only prolonged the shoot. And throughout the film you are greeted by scene after scene of naturally lit long takes that only become technically harder to ac-
complish. A long shot that ends with a well-timed avalanche in the background comes to mind.
And it would seem that audiences and critics alike ap-preciated the film’s visuals, story and acting. So far the box office reads over 150 million and Rot-ten Tomatoes has rated it at an 81 percent. The performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy have been nominated for Academy Awards and 10 other nominations, including cinema-tography, have been given to the film.
These shots did come with a price: The production went over schedule by about five months and over budget by about $45 million. This led many crew members to complain about the conditions on set. González Iñárritu even said that he had to bar the executive producer, Jim Skotchdopole, from set due to disagreements when filming.
“If we ended up in green screen with coffee and every-body having a good time, ev-erybody will be happy, but most likely the film would be a piece
of shit,” González Iñárritu told The Hollywood Reporter after being confronted with some of the complaints that the crew raised about the shoot.
This statement highlights what is essentially setting apart the best directors of our time from the worst. The unwilling-ness to compromise on a direc-tor’s part seems to be the biggest indicator for a movie’s success.
Think about 2014’s “Interstel-lar.” Relatively few special effects were used in the making of the film due mostly to Christopher Nolan’s distrust of computer-generated imaging.
Or last year’s largest block-buster, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Due to the three previous “Star Wars” films be-
ing a flop, J.J. Abrams chose to distance himself from them by relying on older techniques such as practical miniatures and shooting on real film.
This isn’t to say that practical effects make a great film. Rather, practical effects are considered by directors who want to make their vision of a film come to life.
González Iñárritu has the credentials to back such a vision; his last film, “Birdman or (The
Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,” won the Oscars for Best Motion Picture and Best Achievement in Directing. Therefore, it seems that the lack of settling in González Iñárritu’s case is justified.
In his own words, “When you see the film, you will see the scale of it, and you will say, ‘Wow.’”
Blake Nelson can be reached at [email protected] and Twitter @b_e_nelson.
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PACK N THE EVENTS
By Blake Nelson
DATE: ThursdayTIME: 6 p.m. — 9 p.m.LOCATION: Joe Crowley Student Union TheaterINFO: If you missed the movie “The Walk” then you can catch it at the Joe. See your heartthrob Joseph Gordon-Levitt re-enact the story of Philippe Petit and his walk between the World Trade Center buildings in New York.
THINGS TO WATCH OUT
FOR THIS WEEK
THE WALK: MOVIE NIGHT
DATE: SaturdayTIME: 5:00 p.m.LOCATION: Pioneer Center of Performing ArtsINFO: Explore different ideas and perspectives with over 20 speakers. To get an idea of what is to be expected just search “TEDx”, and you’ll find out about thousands of topics presented by a variety of people. This version of TEDx is likely to have something that interests you.
TEDx UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
DATE: SaturdayTIME: 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: Nightingale HallINFO: Check out the Reno Chamber Orchestra at least once throughout your college career, if nothing else to say that you did. You can go this Saturday, they are playing concertos and symphonies. If you do, you may actually enjoy the concert led by Maestro Theodore Kuchar.
RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
DATE: WednesdayTIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: The Holland ProjectINFO: Go out and support young, local poets that are performing with all their hearts. This is great way to acquaint yourself with the local art community and venture into midtown if you haven’t had the opportunity to do that before.
SPOKEN VIEWS – YOUTH OPEN MIC
DATE: SundayTIME: 8 p.m.LOCATION: The Holland ProjectINFO: Branch out from the university, I’m looking at you freshman, and visit our local all-ages music and art venue. This show will feature surf rock from Dante Elephante and dreamy tunes from locals Casino Hearts. Tickets are only $5 and it will be worth every penny.
DANTE ELEPHANTE AND CASINO HEARTS
CONCERT
‘The Revenant’ proves the need for stronger directing
‘THE REVENANT’
Release Date: Dec. 25Genre: Drama, thriller
Movie Review
Screenshot of The Revenant trailer
As said, a great deal of albums came out this year that all received critical success. A few of the highlights: Hop Along’s “Painted Shut” fused folk sensibility with punk passion to write some of the best stories put to music in 2015. Jo-anna Newsom’s album “Divers” capitalized on the successes of her last album “Have One on Me” and made a much more succinct and direct singer/songwriter album that is rich with complex lyrics and beautiful arrangements for each song.
Now, it would be hard to talk about the best albums of 2015 without giving Kendrick Lamar’s masterpiece “To Pimp a Butterfly” a mention. This album was hinted at being (long before the year was over) as the best album of 2015 by multiple music reviewing sources. The album is dense to say the least, with little to no letup in it’s unrelenting nature of introspection. Kendrick explores various aspects of his life and success while connecting his experience to American culture and remaining highly topical while doing so.
Overall, 2015 was a year of successes in the arts. Both film and music made strides in their respective fields and paved the way for the next generation in the arts. As for the university, it only expanded its reputation among the students and the community and is ready to tackle 2016 with as much vigor and enthusiasm.
Blake Nelson can be reached at [email protected] and Twitter @b_e_nelson
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The rest of the world also celebrated the success of many films, ranging from action to drama, as well as a slew of great albums.
Films from last year not only garnered cinematic and critical successes, but also broke box office records one after another. Films such as “Sicario” and “Anomalisa” were great successes in cinema and story-telling, while films like “The Danish Girl” and “Tangerine” helped shed light on political issues like gender and equality while giving character to the struggles of transgender people. On the other hand, successes such as “Jurassic World” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” both successively broke opening weekend box office records, each clocking in over $200 million. Although some critics point to the pandering the studios did to reboot these two franchises, it is hard to argue with the numbers generated by these films alone.
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Arts Entertainment&By Blake Nelson
The university hosted many exciting events last year including concerts, art exhibits and publications aimed toward the arts.
Some of the most notable concerts include the Reno Chamber Orchestra series, Timeflies hosted by the Associ-ated Students of the University of Ne-vada at the Reno Events Center and of course Waka Flocka Flame also hosted by ASUN at the Reno Events Center. Nearly 5,000 students bought tickets to the Waka Flocka Flame concert- the best turnout of any university concert yet. Due to this, the concert had to be relocated to the Reno Events Center from the Quad to accommodate all the ticket holders. Thankfully, the rapper did not disappoint, making the concert one of the best received in the university’s history, further showing that ASUN is continuing to work for the students of the university.
The university also hosted a variety of art exhibitions across campus.
These included multiple exhibits hosted by the Mathewson-IGT Knowl-edge Center all centered around the culture and heritage of northern Ne-vada as well as exhibits in the Sheppard Contemporary Gallery and the Church Fine Arts building. Most notable is the exhibit by the Special Collections in the Knowledge Center. The exhibit, called “Whose Land Is It? The Dann Sisters and the Western Shoshone Defense Project,” dealt with land rights of West-ern Shoshone Natives. Still relevant, the exhibit is not only artful, but also has historical significance in Nevada.
Last year was also a very important one for the Brushfire Literary & Arts Journal. The Brushfire released two of its Loose Leaf zines, a collection of archival submissions to the Brushfire over the years, and hosted two open mic nights. Two main journals were also released last year by the Brushfire with a wealth of submissions from art-ists on campus as well as artists from the community. The journals’ releases were each celebrated by open mic nights as well as live music from local acts, including Bazooka Zoo.
Throughout 2015 the university has shown that it is growing toward a much richer and reputable art culture by offering places for art to be presented.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016
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OpinionSTAFF EDITORIAL
N evada is home to many things, but what many may not realize is that among the various unique features of
our state is the distinction of having the largest share of America’s total population of undocumented immi-grants, according to the Pew Research Center.
In this time when racist, anti-immi-grant rhetoric is as much a part of the American political scene as discussion of the economy, one institution in our community is acting as an example of how our treatment of immigrants must shift from action driven by hate to action driven by compassion.
On Sunday, Jan. 17, the Reno Gazette-Journal published an article highlighting the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada for providing sanctuary to a local man
threatened by deportation. According to the article, Jose Gastelum-Cardenas, a husband and father of two young children, was to be deported but instead took sanctuary at the church for four days. During this time, Gastelum-Cardenas was able to receive the help of the immigrant advocacy group Acting in Community Together in Organizing Northern Nevada and have his deportation suspended for one year.
Though providing sanctuary to those whose deportation is imminent is not legally sanctioned, members of the church sought to take action to prevent Gastelum-Cardenas and his family from being torn apart by a broken immigration system.
“We have a commitment as Unitarian Universalists to affirm and promote the worth and dignity of every
person, and so we do this grounded in our religious convictions,” Rev. Neal Anderson, pastor of the church, told the RGJ.
The commitment to affirm the worth and dignity of every person should not belong solely in the realm of religion. It is a standard that everyone should strive to meet in their day-to-day lives. Yet, it is a doubtless fact that much of the current treatment and discussion of immigrants rests on the rhetoric of dehumanization.
From Donald Trump’s notorious characterization of Mexican immi-grants as “rapists” who bring drugs and crime into the United States, to Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval’s unwillingness to welcome Syrian refugees to the state, immigrants are being treated as though they are somehow less than American citizens — less upstanding, less worthy
of security, and less entitled to basic human rights. Unfortunately these unfair characterizations seem to be holding strong in the court of public opinion, but they most assuredly should not. The promise of votes in an election year is not a valid reason to dehumanize those who have suffered on a level greater than most Americans will have experienced in their lifetimes.
While immigrants should no doubt come to the United States legally, legal immigration is so arbitrarily difficult and the system is so horribly broken that to turn to the argument of “this is not legal” is as naive as it is cruel. Be-cause of unjustified delays it requires an absurd amount of time to acquire a green card, not even citizenship, only 1 million of the 11 million immigrants in the country decided to follow through and get one.
These immigrants are running from corrupt governments and vicious gangs and cartels, pay thousands of dollars that they don’t have to traffickers that would willingly trick these people into sexual slavery and live with the fear of being deported every day once they ar-rive in the states, all to fulfill a glimmer of hope that maybe they will have a better life north of the Rio Grande.
Instead of turning to fear, we should be looking to the Unitarian Universal-ist Fellowship of Northern Nevada as a leading example of effectively providing aid to those truly in need. We cannot let ourselves ruled by fear, not when so many are being crushed and defeated by a broken system.
The Nevada Sagebrush editorial staff can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
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S t. James on Saturday, Wing Wednesday at Imperial, recently played playlist on your
iTunes, suggestions for you on Netflix, Lombardi at 5 p.m.
Now I am sure you might be reading this thinking Ali, where the hell are you going with this? I
think we can all agree the New Year is a time for revelations and a starting point to make life changes. It’s no secret that a majority of us have pretty interchangeable goals we set for ourselves when kickstarting the
new year. It seems we really aren’t that
different after all. We all pledge to work out more, start these weird fad gluten-free diets and tell ourselves we will actually brush our hair for our 8 a.m., because we will actually attend this semester, right?
In setting these goals for the new year we believe it to be evident that we will be happier and finally have “our year.” Yeah, these things are important, don’t get me wrong. I am sure I would be significantly happier if I didn’t refer to my stomach area as “Tina the talking tummy” every time I try to wear a crop top.
But, bringing in this New Year I set a goal that has resonated with me as far more important than my generic goals I have set in past years. I made a pledge to stop falling into a seemingly inevitable routine that we all seem to commit ourselves to. And already I have been substantially happier. The answer to most all of our problems as college students is simple. Break your routine, leave your comfort zone and attempt to never look back.
Stop listening to the same damn band on repeat. Just because it is Wednesday and all your friends are going, does not
mean you should subject yourself to aimlessly walking around Imperial. Yes, Netflix, I have been shamefully binge watching “One Tree Hill.” Should I fall victim to your suggestion of “Secret Life of an American Teenager”? Hell no. Learn to mix it up a little. This year, say no to suggestions and familiar scenarios.
I came to the realization that as my college career progresses, and as I looked back on my greatest memories that I will hold dear to me for the rest of my life, I saw that they all had something in com-mon. They were all different from routine. My greatest memories and my newfound passions never stemmed from anything that was a routine event or something I felt was in my comfort zone. I would have never found my all time favorite song by listening to music that came out in my lifetime. And I wouldn’t have bonded with one of my best friends if I hadn’t turned down wings at Imperial.
My point is this: life is bland when you fall into a comfort zone. And you’ll never have those “wow” moments if you never make a commitment to stop doing the same thing every week. This change can be made in both simple and complex things in life.
Try to trade in going to the same bar on designated days for having a dance party back at your house instead. Trade in your taste in TV dramas and dabble in a documentary. This new year you owe it to yourself to have those wow moments. Step out of your comfort zone and commit yourself to trying new things. True happiness will develop when you commit yourself to new life experiences. I have found that the key to happiness is simpler than we are led to believe. Contentment doesn’t come from routines. It comes from spontaneity. So com-mit yourself to stepping outside your comfort zone this new year.
Ali Schultz studies journalism. She can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @AliSchultzzz.
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Recognize merits of medical marijuana“I don’t actually smoke
medical marijuana,” said Deane Albright, the founder and treasurer of Nevada’s newest
dispensaries. For someone who is not a personal user, Albright doubtlessly supports dope.
One of Nevada’s medical marijuana dispensaries opened its doors to the public on Aug. 26, 2015. On a typical afternoon,
Sierra Wellness Con-nection bustles with an array of customers of all ages seeking treatment. Behind the years of planning and preparation stands the man respon-sible, Albright.
Albright may not look like the typical medical marijuana supporter. An older man with a short haircut and dressed
business casual, he views the criminaliza-tion of medical marijuana to be irrational. Albright is college-educated and owns his own Certified Public Accountants firm. He grew up in the late 1960s during the hippie movement and is well aware that cannabis has been used as a pharmacological tool for thousands of years. Albright personally believes medical marijuana is a better therapy for certain ailments versus turning to alcohol. He supports those who use it for medical reasons and personally knows employees and friends who told him medical marijuana saved their lives.
Dispensary manager and mentee, Eva Grossman, stands behind what Albright is doing at Sierra Wellness Connection. She has been through a serious medical accident and is now able to empathize with and communicate to customers about what they may be going through as well as different treatment options.
Medical marijuana dispensaries such as these could be an asset for the Reno com-munity. They are providing Reno citizens with alternative options to traditional medications. Medical marijuana dispensa-ries in Reno should be acknowledged as the positive alternative to medicine that they are. Not just Sierra, but other dispensaries here in town do a lot of justice for patients who seek treatment. It provides our com-munity’s residentd with more options than just prescription medication.
Before Sierra Wellness Connection, many people in the Reno area did not have the resources and expertise to grow medical marijuana on their own or were unable to travel to a dispensary in another state to purchase a safe product. In 2013 the Nevada Legislature passed a bill in which a business could grow, cultivate and sell medical marijuana. When this happened, Albright embarked on a mission to create a facility that educates and provides patients with treatment options in the safest manner possible.
“We just wanted to make sure that if it was done that it would be done right with ethical people who would obey all the regulations, rules and make sure it was done properly,” Albright said.
Albright and his fellow founders at Sierra Wellness Connection wanted to ensure that their company would be comfortable for patients to purchase medical marijuana. Other founders such as Steven Nightingale and Joe Crowley, the former president of the University of Nevada, Reno, stood behind Albright and guaranteed that their company would open its doors in the most compliant way and to the highest standards. This serves as another reason to stand behind the dispensaries. If the patients are being regulated and the marijuana is serving a medicinal purpose, I think we should welcome dispensaries alike in our community.
Sierra Wellness Connection and the openings of other dispensaries are cur-rently creating different support groups for veterans, senior citizens and families with autistic children called the Compassionate Care 4 Kids group. Inside Sierra Wellness Connection includes a room with the sole purpose of educating patients about safe medical marijuana use. Dispensaries are creating possibilities for a better quality of life for patients in need while educating the community on the treatments.
Andrea Heerdt studies journalism. She can
be reached at [email protected] and
on Twitter @The Sagebrush.
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I know BuzzFeed is not necessarily the go-to website for news, but it does a great job with pop culture
topics, funny articles that include GIFs, and quizzes ... so many quizzes. I took a quiz about a week ago that was titled “Are You The Parent Of Your Friend Group?” and to
no surprise, BuzzFeed confirmed that I, indeed, am the parent of my friend group.
In addition to trying to zoom in on Instagram — yes, I know that is not possible yet — I do other motherly things. My go-to option for a potluck is to make a dessert or something sweet. I can volunteer to bring the chips or napkins and cups, but I like to put my love in a baked treat. Over Fourth of July weekend I volunteered to make not one, but two homemade Dutch apple pies. Once I got on my baking
streak, I also decided to make a banana Bundt cake (who does that? Moms) and chocolate chip cookies. In addition, if people are hungry, I will cook them food. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, I don’t care — I just want you to be well-fed.
I also like to teach my friends new words … especially in Yiddish. Have you used the word tchotchke (pronounced chahch-key)? It would be the English equivalent to knick-knack. See, it’s a cooler word right? I also teach them words they should
not use, like utilize. Don’t ever use that word. Do you notice how much better that sentence sounded than “don’t ever utilize that word”? I hope so.
I own things that people don’t generally need often. For example, I have all the tools needed to fix jewelry, wire, a yard-long ruler and the fabric to make hair ties (because someone always needs one). Why do I own these things? I am really not sure.
I am always willing to give people advice, sometimes even if I don’t know them. I am a realistic
person; at least I like to think I am. I have no problem telling people if I think something is a good idea or a terrible one. I know that I may come off as harsh or blunt, but in the end it is usually helpful. On the same note, I will also help you plan your life. I am more than willing to help.
Need help with budgeting your money? I can help. One time a friend came to me for help with researching and applying for a credit card. Need to figure out how much money you need to make to live/how much you can
spend without going broke? I can help. I am that person who makes a semester budget on an Excel sheet. I am a journalism major, I don’t math … but I can work Excel and use the calculations button to help me.
If you do any of these things, then chances are you are the mom of your friend group. Congrats!
Sadie Fienberg studies journalism.
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‘THEIR VOICES ARE POWERFUL’
Among the rest — walking to classes, enjoying lattes in the Quad and finding seats in crowded lecture halls — there they are. They may go
seemingly unnoticed among the other faces, and are categorized as the “token.” These are the black faces of the University of Nevada, Reno.
Here at the university, ac-cording to College Factual, 3.5 percent of the entire student population of over 20,000 students is black.
Though the numbers are small, students do feel that there are opportunities for them to come together and have their own sense of community. Clubs and organizations such as the Black Student Organization
and A.B.L.E Women, as well as places such as The Center for Cultural Diversity, are very prominent on campus. These provide students with an outlet to express their opinions and spend time with like-minded individuals. Though clubs such as these are not racially exclusive, they do all have similar views on equality.
Representation is important to not only the minority, but the majority as well. This allows for a better chance of understanding different perspectives.
Here at the university, those who may normally feel voiceless speak out about their experience as a student of color.
Social context plays a major role in the development of individuals. While some students discuss coming from a diverse community and being raised to accept all races, they feel that this is not completely reciprocated.
Joshua Smith, a sophomore transfer student from Talladega College shares his transition from a historically black college to UNR. Though this may be an adjustment for anyone, the impact is both surprising and powerful.
Learning the aspects of a black univer-sity and the lessons taught were not fully understood until changing the environment. A complete culture shock, to say the least, finding a new home at the university was initially difficult. As time passed, Josh was able to completely understand the tools that provided that would expand far beyond the classroom — how to live as a black individual in America. Realizing that no one is truly colorblind, all people must be aware that prejudice is alive and flourishing every day.
W. E. B. DuBois had the theory of a double consciousness that states, “It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness, an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.”
When making initial impressions where skin color can play a large factor, knowing yourself can directly impact levels of confidence and how one presents themself.
Allowing or mandating one individual to speak on the behalf of an entire race can often cause the common and contiuous issue of preventing difference of opinion. While it is isn’t uncommon for the “token black student” to be addressed on various issues such as slavery, discrimination, and the proper or improper use of the n-word, there is no viable way to speak on behalf of 34,658,190 people.
“Being a black man, you really have to stay conscious with everything in life; how you walk, how you perceive yourself, how you love your family, how you treat a woman, all of that,” Smith said.
Personal experiences and awareness may allow one to reflect on how they may be perceived by others. This has a direct relation to stereotypes placed on an individual or a group as a whole. Defying the expectations placed before him, as many other black men must also do, this is a major step toward demolishing racial discrimination.
Though there is a lack of representation on campus, the sense of community that is found within the hearts and minds of the black students is much greater than statistical reporting. Among the crowded lecture hall, these are the black faces of the University of Nevada, and though there may be few, their voices are powerful.
Autumn Parham studies journalism. She can
be reached on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
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Photos courtesy of Autumn Parham
“Among the crowded lecture hall, these are the black faces of the University of Nevada, and though
there may be few, their voices are
powerful.”
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SPACE ODDITY Thank you, Adam Sandler, for introducing
young people to David Bowie lyrics. The song was released in 1969 at the height of the United States’s interest in space flight. Five days after the song dropped, Apollo 11 launched, which became the first manned moon landing. “This is Major Tom to ground control, I’m stepping through the door.”
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THE WEEKLY DEBATE
Two months ago I put $10 on the Carolina Panthers to not win the Superbowl with my friend Kline Fieldan, whom I gave 10-1 odds. While the Panthers are just two games away from emptying my pockets, I’m not concerned because I have the Jesus Christ of football on my side — Tom Brady. The Patriots will win the Superbowl because Tom Brady is 22-8 in the playoffs, the Patriots are finally completely healthy, they have the best coach in football, they have an easy conference championship game against Denver (take New England -3.5) and Tom Brady hasn’t eaten a carb in 10 years (that’s not a joke).
I’m on the Carolina Panthers bandwagon hard right now for one reason: Cam Newton. Killer Cam Cam is on a mission right now, and he’s dragging the Panthers offense with him. He threw for 35 touchdowns and over 3,800 yards while running for almost 700 yards and 10 touchdowns. He is doing this without a top-tier wide receiver. He’s throwing bombs to Ted “I have cement hands” Ginn Jr. who has dropped deep passes for touchdowns on multiple occasions. You see the look on his face when the Giants tied the game? Sheer determination though.
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Henry MacDiarmid/Nevada SagebrushForward Cameron Oliver dunks in a game against Alaska Fair Banks on Nov. 6. Oliver has been one of the most productive players this season for Nevada.
WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE SUPERBOWL?
Top 5 David Bowie songs
WEEKLY TOP 5
1
CHANGES“Changes” represented Bowie’s rotational
personality and identity (or something like that). It was the last song Bowie ever performed live onstage. “And these children that you spit on, as they try to change their worlds, are immune to your consultations, they’re quite aware of what they’re going through.”
2
REBEL REBEL “Rebel Rebel” was Bowie’s last single
in the glam rock era of the early ‘70s. Bowie himself was surprised at the popularity of the song and credits its popularity to the notorious riff played throughout. “You’ve got your mother in a whirl, she’s not sure if you’re a boy or a girl.”
3
HEROES“Heroes” is the song that the fake David
Bowie fan references when someone asks them what their favorite Bowie song is. Nevertheless, it has one of the most emotional peaks of any song in recent memory.Bowie’s performance of “Heroes” in 1987 in Germany was considered a catalyst to the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall.
4
CHINA GIRLDavid Bowie used his platform as musician
to take stances on racism and sexism, and “China Girl” is the most obvious example. The song was reportedly inspired by Bowie’s love for a Vietnamese woman named Kuelan Nguyen. The “China Girl” music video elevated the popularity of the song and further demonstrated Bowie’s diverse talents.
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THIS WEEK’S GAME
MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
MEN’S BASKETBALL Nevada falls to 10-7 on the year with its most recent loss at home to Boise State. The Pack’s slow start to the game would turn out to be its downfall, as it ended the first period down by 11 points, to Pack’s Mountain West counterparts. Marqueze Coleman, DJ Fenner and Eric Cooper Jr. all put forth double digit performances in the points column. Nevada’s efforts to regain the lead were futile, as the Pack outscored Boise State in the second period, but still fell short, losing the game 74-67. Nevada won the rebounding competition on the offensive boards 14-13. The team’s inability to obtain a few more offensive rebounds resulted in a heart-wrenching loss, instead of a statement win over the Broncos.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The team looked to obtain its first back-to-back wins of the season, as the Pack traveled to Boise State on Jan. 13. Sadly, its efforts weren’t enough to notch a win in Idaho, bringing their record to 2-14 on the year. Nevada and Boise State traded blows with each other early. The first quarter was dominated by Boise State as Nevada took an early 21-9 lead. The Pack was a resilient bunch as it tied the game going into halftime. Nevada played well in the duration of the second half, but still came up short. The loss was only by an eight-point margin, to a strong and versatile Broncos team.
WOMEN’S TENNIS The Pack’s women’s tennis team’s two-day stint in Honolulu came with its highs and lows. The team dropped their first two dual matches of the spring, receiving its first loss from Hawaii (4-3) on Jan. 14. Nevada’s second dual match loss took place on Jan. 15, where they were shutout by No. 56 Washington (7-0). Of the Pack’s four competitors in the singles competition, only Claudia Herrero and Sheila Morales came out with a victory. Nevada came out winless in their doubles competition, dropping two of their three matches.
Nevada at WyomingWhen: Wednesday, Jan. 20,
Where: Arena Auditorium (15,028)
TV: NevadaWolfPack.TV
Nevada vs. UNLVWhen: Saturday, Jan. 23,
Where: Lawlor Events Center (11,536)
TV: ESPNU
By Jack Rieger
I’m standing in line at Imperial Bar and Lounge in down-town Reno following Nevada basketball’s 74-67 wire-to-wire loss to Boise State. It’s a standard winter night in Reno, meaning it’s absolutely freezing and there’s even a complementary wind gust that’s making me wonder why I didn’t go to school in Southern California. Out of the corner of my eye I see a couple of Nevada basketball players walk to the front of the line, as they’re allowed to bypass the numb mob of students who’ve been patiently freezing to death. You would think this would make me angry, but it doesn’t. Nevada basketball is relevant again.
WOLF PACK CONTINUES TO PLAY WITH HIGH ENERGY
Through its first 17 games, Nevada basketball has posted a 10-7 record and a 2-3-conference record. At this same point last year, Nevada was 6-11 and would end up losing 11 out of its last 14. Nothing about this year’s squad resembles last year’s lethargic, discombobulated, incompetent group. Nevada pushes the tempo, it utilizes a full-court press, and its pregame show includes a dunk contest and a unicycle. And most importantly, the team expects to win every game. Coach Eric Musselman was clearly disappointed and visibly upset when Nevada lost a close game at home to Boise State, which was first in the conference at the time and had won 10 straight. This is a clear sign of Nevada’s improvement, considering they lost by 32 last season .
“I want to win every game,” Musselman said. “We came up short, we’re a poor shooting team and it continues to haunt us. ... We got to just keep earning respect from everybody. Fans, media, referees. We got to earn everybodys respect on a nightly basis.”
SHOOTING WOES CONTINUENevada has yet to take the next step as an effective shooting
team, mostly because it doesn’t have many prominent outside shooters on their roster. Nevada ranks ninth in the Mountain West in field goal percentage and ninth in three-point shooting. Despite being a poor shooting team, Nevada actually ranks second in the MW in points per game, mostly because it gets to the free-throw line more often than anyone in the conference. The Wolf Pack needs DJ Fenner, Eric Cooper Jr. and Marqueze Coleman to score from the outside on a consistent basis in order to shoot well.
AJ WEST In December, senior center AJ West left the school for “personal
reasons” and returned home to New York. West’s departure is a major blow to Nevada’s frontcourt, as the senior led the team in scoring and rebounding last season. West also has the third most blocks in Nevada history. West was referred to as a “compli-cated” player to coach by former Nevada coach David Carter, and coach Musselman has had his problems with him, as West was benched for a Nov. 25 game against Portland State for his “lack of effort this week in practice.”
CAMERON OLIVERYou may not know much about his Wolf Pack
basketball team, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard of freshman Cameron Oliver, who lights up Lawlor with his **show-time dunks** on a weekly basis. Oliver is averaging 10.5 points, 7 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. Oliver’s real strength is using his athleticism in transition where he has the potential to put opposing players on a poster, but he’s also an under-rated shooter with the ability to score 18 feet away from the basket. Oliver’s weakness is foul trouble, as he consistently finds himself picking up quick fouls around the basket. He has mentioned that he needs to find a balance between being an aggressive shot blocker and a smart defender. If Nevada plans on making a run at the MW championship, Cameron Oliver will be a primary contributor.
Jack Rieger can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @JackRieger.
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at Colorado State1 p.m.2/06
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Photo courtesy of Nevada AthleticsMarqueze Coleman goes up for a layup against the UNLV Rebels at Lawlor Events Center on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Colman hit a memorable game-winning shot against the Rebels earlier in the season to lift the Wolf Pack by a score of 64-62.
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Austin Corbit (73) hoists James Butler (20) into the air after he scores a touchdown against Hawaii on Oct. 24 2015 at Mackay Stadium. Butler and run-ning mate Don Jackson both ran for over 1000 yards in 2015.
Photo courtesy of Nevada AthleticsNevada middle/right side hitter Sam Wil-loughby (10) celebrates after a kill against UNLV at Virginia Street Gym on Nov. 5, 2015. Nevada beat UNLV 3-1 and it was the first win over the Rebels since 2005.
Photo courtesy of Nevada AthleticsMen’s head basketball coach Eric Musselman conducts practice at Lawlor Events Center. Musselman has gained a reputation of being a great recruiter and signed the 35th-ranked class in the nation according to Rivals.com.
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Running back James Butler runs for a 58-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter at Mackay Stadium on Nov. 14, 2015. The 34-31 overtime win against the Spartans clinched a bowl berth.
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fires Rice midseasonBy Jack Rieger
On Dec. 10, UNLV announced it was parting ways with head basketball coach Dave Rice just 16 games into the season. Rice had coached UNLV since 2011.
At the time of the firing, the Rebels had a 9-7 overall record and started conference play with three straight losses to Fresno State, Colorado State and Wyo-ming. Rice owned a 98-54 overall record during his time as coach, including an underwhelming 37-32 conference record. UNLV’s win totals decreased each year beginning in Rice’s first season, as a series of last-minute losses this year proved to be the coach’s final straw. UNLV athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy explained her reasoning for firing Rice midseason in a press conference following the announcement.
“I think any of you who have watched our games lately, you look at it and it’s been tough to watch,” Kunzer-Murphy said. “I think with all the talent that we have this year, everybody’s wondering how can we get this ship turned around. That’s when you make decisions to try to get it turned around.”
UNLV firing Dave Rice was not surprising if you’ve kept up with Vegas media; he wasn’t able to win a tournament game in four seasons, his teams never finished better than third in the Mountain West Conference despite hosting the conference tournament ev-ery year and Rice failed to coach effectively at the end of games.
Here’s what IS surprising: UNLV fired Rice in the middle of the season, which is incredibly rare in college basketball. The only time coaches are typically fired midseason is when NCAA violations are brought forth or something illegal surfaces.
Firing a coach midseason is rare mostly because it’s coun-terproductive. First, it’s unfair to recruits who committed to play for the head coach who recruited them. Secondly, it makes the program look dysfunctional after granting coach Rice a two-year extension following the 2014 season. UNLV will now pay Rice around a total of $1 million, receiving the remainder of his
base salary ($300,000 per year) for this season and the remaining three years on his contract. Lastly, and most importantly, UNLV is going to struggle to convince new recruits to come to UNLV after firing its coach in the middle of the season. Chaos generally doesn’t attract elite talent.
The reason Dave Rice was fired midseason is because UNLV’s fans, boosters and athletic department have unrealistic ex-pectations for their basketball team, which hasn’t won the Mountain West Conference or even a tournament game since 2008, yet the team is expected to finish in the top 25 and make the tounrament on an annual basis. UNLV’s expectations stem from three primary sources:
1975-1991During this 16-season stretch,
UNLV made the tournament 12 times, including four final-four appearances and a national championship in 1990. Unfortu-nately someone forgot to remind Vegas this was 25 years ago and Jerry Tarkanian isn’t walking through the door to restore the program. UNLV’s primary view-ing audience is 40- to 65-year-old die-hard fans who fell in love with the national championship Rebels and expect the modern team to return to that form.
Dave Rice’s ability to recruit Many people criticized Rice’s
ability to coach, but no one questioned his capability to recruit elite high school players from around the country. Rice recruited 11 Rivals.com 150 pros-pects since 2012, including future NBA first-round picks Rashad Vaughn and Anthony Bennett. Since 2012, Rice recruited four different classes ranking in the top 16 in the country, so fans went into every season with high hopes for the Rebels who never lived up to the potential of their recruiting.
Cli! Findlay
Several publications have sug-gested that UNLV’s largest donor, Cliff Findlay, along with other prominent donors threatened to pull funding if UNLV didn’t fire
Rice. Kunzer-Murphy denied that allegation of course, but there is no questioning UNLV’s depen-dence on Findlay’s wallet con-sidering the athletic department doesn’t have a lucrative budget like UCLA or Arizona. When your mom threatens to stop sending gas money, you cooperate, and UNLV certainly cooperated with its donors by firing Rice in the middle of the season.
According to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which cited an unnamed source, highly touted Louisville coach Rick Pitino would consider the UNLV job. The report also said Pitino had “several influential friends” in Las Vegas willing to spend big for the coach to come to UNLV.
I have a theory about this. For the most part, when
information is “leaked” through the media it’s because the party involved wants it leaked. I think UNLV boosters want the public, and specifically UNLV fans and administrators, to think they have a legitimate chance at Rick Pitino. For one, it keeps UNLV fans hopeful and optimistic about their future after merci-lessly firing their well-mannered coach midseason who happened to play on UNLV’s national championship team in 1990. Sec-ondly, it reminds UNLV fans and administration that any hope of landing a prestigious coach like Pitino relies on their donors, and you better not do anything to piss them off.
I’m not writing this column as a reporter of a rival school who is delighted with the dysfunction of an in-state opponent; I’m writing as a former UNLV fan who grew up in Las Vegas immersed in Rebel basketball six months of the year. And there is no question about it — Vegas is a basketball town desperate for its college team to be relevant again. But UNLV’s desperation combined with unrealistic expectations and a dysfunctional program have created a delusional fan base constantly finding itself in a familiar position: disappointed.
Jack Rieger can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @jackrieger.
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The trial conducted before this court of The People v. Brian S. Polian began nearly four months ago. The facts of the case have been intensely
deliberated, the evidence has been well documented and arguments of counsel have been concluded.
As the court examined the details of this case, the prosecution, representing concerned mem-bers of the Nevada
fan base, brought charges against the defendant that the head football coach for the University of Nevada will enter the fourth year of his contract with the football program on the proverbial “hot seat” and is coaching for his future. The defense, representing Polian, has argued that putting Polian on the hot seat is irresponsible and would show negligence in the athletic department.
THE PROSECUTION The prosecution’s case against the
defendant is indeed a compelling one that cannot be overlooked. Polian enters the 2016 season with a losing record of 18-20 and an 11-13 record in Mountain West Conference play. In his third season as head coach of Nevada, he led a disappointing 6-6 regular season campaign that included losses to Wyoming and UNLV, two teams with a combined five wins. The prosecution has made a point to emphasize that two of those five wins came against the defendant. A third loss suffered by the defendant took place on Nov. 21 in Logan, Utah, where his team gave up 24 unanswered points and relinquished a 20-point lead in the early stages of the third quarter.
The prosecution has shown little to no faith in last season’s starting quar-terback, Tyler Stewart, who only threw for 2,065 yards, 15 touchdowns and seven interceptions. The questions surrounding the program outnumber the answers, which is never a sure sign of the stability one wants in a functioning and competitive program. The most damning evidence presented against the defendant is the
$10,000 fine levied upon Polian after his reprehensible actions that took place on Sept. 12. Polian received two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties while arguing with the officiating crew during the 44-20 loss against the University of Arizona.
The final piece of evidence presented was, in the court’s opinion, the most interesting. The X-factor in this case is Nevada Athletic Director Doug Knuth. Knuth, who was hired by the Univer-sity of Nevada after the hiring of the defendant, could potentially be put in an inopportune position with regard to the defendant’s future. If Polian suffers similar struggles in the upcoming 2016 season, Knuth will have to decide between terminating his contract or extending said contract beyond 2016. In regard to the highly competitive landscape of college football, the most important aspect is the ability to recruit high-quality athletes to attend your institution. If the defendant goes into the fifth and final year of his contract with no set course for his future, the quality of recruits that the program can attract will instantly diminish. Knuth can either terminate the defendant’s contract or give him an extension. No program can have its head coach in a state of limbo and expect to compete at the highest level.
THE DEFENSEThe defense has countered with the
notion that putting the defendant on the hot seat is a reflection of unrealis-tic expectations by the fan base, and that it is unjust to put the defendant in a position of coaching for his job due to the program that he represents. The
defense has further asserted that the evidence of lack of success had by the defendant is insufficient considering the recent postseason victory.
Polian is the head coach of a program that is largely underfunded compared to its rivals in the Mountain West Conference. The Nevada Wolf Pack’s annual athletic budget is $27.3 million, which is 11th out of the 12-team conference. Only Utah State has less funding annually. With the average annual budget in the Moun-tain West being around $38 million, the defense has made the argument that expecting more success with less funding is unreasonable and that the job performed by the defendant is adequate enough to keep his job secure for the 2016 season.
The defense has also argued that the on-field product has shown signs of improvement from the defendant’s first year to his third. In his first season, Polian went 4-8. The two following seasons he finished with a 7-6 record, qualified for two straight bowl games and won the program’s first postseason game since 2010. The defendant led the Wolf Pack to a 28-23 victory over Colorado State in the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl and finished 2015 with two running backs (Don Jackson and James Butler) finishing the season with over 1,000 yards rushing. The Wolf Pack finished 25th in the nation in rushing and finished 40th in pass defense. The defense made it clear to the court that the defendant inherited a program that has ranked in the top 50 in pass defense only twice since 2004. In that same time frame, the Wolf Pack
finished below the top 100 in pass defense five times. The program’s historical Achilles heel has been made into a position of strength and optimism.
The defendant also brings back ample talent into 2016 to solidify his future with the program. Butler, the 1000-yard running back, enters his junior year as the number-one option with an offensive line that brings back every starter from 2015. Returning starters in wide receivers Jerico Richardson and Hasaan Henderson along with tight end Jarred Gipson should bolster the offense. All showed the ability to make plays, but the lack of an effective passing game limited their potential. Polian has made the necessary moves to improve the offense by hiring Tim Cramsey to take over the duties as offensive coordinator. Cramsey served as an offensive assistant at the University of New Hampshire under current 49ers head coach Chip Kelly and spent three years as the offensive coordinator at Montana State. While Cramsey was calling the plays, the Bobcats ranked third in the FCS in scoring offense by scoring 41.9 points per game. The defense believes that with all the evidence considered the defendant is on the right track to build upon the success he has had thus far.
THE DECISIONAfter all closing arguments have
been heard, I do not find sufficient evidence to put the defendant on the hot seat entering the 2016 season. The case of the defense shows that the defendant is under the employment of a program that is not the opportune place to achieve ample success quickly. It is this court’s belief that the defendant will not be labeled “on the hot seat” this offseason. However, the arguments of the prosecution have been duly noted. The surrounding circumstances, along with the reprehensible actions that took place against Arizona, do show pos-sible turmoil. I therefore say that the defendant, Brian S. Polian, will have the label of sitting on a “warm” seat until further notice. If the results of the 2016 season do not stay true to the case of the defense then the evidence will be presented once again, in which time this court will reconvene.
*Hits gavel.*
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at
[email protected] and on Twitter
@NP_Healy.
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Nathan Brown Silva/Nevada SagebrushBrian Polian stares o! into the distance as he stands on the sidelines of Mackay Stadium on Sept. 12 2015. Polian closed his third year as head football coach of Nevada with a 28-23 win in the Arizona Bowl against Colorado State.
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STOCK UPBISHOP GORMAN AND RONNIE STANLEY:
Whenever you utter the words “Bishop Gorman” to a Las Vegas native, they look visibly ill. Anyone who didn’t attend Bishop Gorman High School who grew up in Las Vegas pretty much views the school as the evil empire in “Star Wars.” Gorman’s powerhouse sports programs promote feelings of animosity, resentment, and bitterness by beating down other schools year by year. If you share these feelings of hostility toward the Gaels, then you are about to feel sick to your stomach.
Former Gorman standout Ronnie Stanley has become the poster child for why good Las Vegas athletes should play for the Gaels. He will graduate from Notre Dame with a degree in management entrepreneurship, was a consensus All-American at left tackle and is a projected top-10 pick of the 2016 NFL draft. Have you thrown up yet? Don’t worry, it gets better. Now Stanley has signed with Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports. All-American, top NFL draft pick and you get Jay Z to represent you? Stanley is making Gorman look good.
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STOCK DOWNDERRICK WILLIAMS:
The New York Knicks forward was having another day in the life of an NBA player. He beat the Philadelphia 76ers, hit the club in Manhattan and brought home two women to his apartment around 7 a.m. Once he woke up at 4 p.m., he found that the two women had stolen his Louis Vuitton backpack filled with $750,000 of jewelry.
One, he plays for the Knicks, so his stock is automatically low. Two, his two-year contract with the Knicks is worth $10 million, so $750,000 is a huge chunk of that contract and now you let two groupies take it from you. Three, I know that Williams was having a fantastic night before that because he was partying until 7 a.m. in Manhattan. I can only imagine how terrible he must have felt waking up hungover at 4 p.m. with a backpack of jewelry stolen. In short, stop trusting groupies and get a safe.
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Photo courtesy of Nevada AthleticsWolf Pack players pose with the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl trophy. Nevada won the Arizona Bowl over Colorado State 28-23. It was their first bowl victory since 2010.
Photo courtesy of Nevada AthleticsNevada pitcher Trenton Brooks throws from the pitchers mound at Peccole Park during the 2014 season. Nevada won the Mountain West Regular season title with a 41-15 overall record while posting a 22-7 mark in conference. It was the first Moun-tain West title in any sport.
File PhotoAustin Byler swings at a pitch at Peccole Park. Byler was selected in the 11th round of the 2015 baseball draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Byler hit .298 with 15 home runs and 57 RBIs in 228 at bats with the Missoula Osprey in 2015.
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Coaches and fighters of the Nevada boxing team pose with national team title trophy at the BB&T Center in Miami, Florida on Sunday, April 12 2015. Nevada won the team trophy for the first time since 1993.
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Henry MacDiarmid/Nevada SagebrushNevada head coach Eric Musselman looks on from the sideline as his team plays in an exhibition game against Alaska-Fairbanks at Lawlor Events Center on Nov. 11, 2015. With head coaching experience in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors and Sac-ramento Kings, he is the most high profile hire Nevada Athletics has ever hired.
Baseball wins MWC crown Pack win bowl
Boxing wins team title Byler in the bigs