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11 dead after Chilean earthquake
An 8.3-magnitude earthquake that shook Chile’s coast killed 11 and destroyed over 170 homes Wednesday night. The quake trig-gered a 16-foot tsunami that left severe damage in coastal cities such as Coquimbo, La Serena and Illapel, though officials say the destruction could have been far worse.
Chile has a long history of being hit by large earthquakes, Randy Baldwin, a U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist told CNN. This long history caused country officials to increase efforts to closely watch earthquake activity and to rebuild structures to better with-stand severe shakes, said Baldwin.
Tsunami warnings were issued thousands of miles away from the epicenter in Hawaii and California. By Thursday the warnings in cities in the U.S. were canceled, but warnings elsewhere continued.
Texas teen arrested over homemade clock
On Monday, Sept. 14, Ahmed Mo-hamed, an Irving Texas High School freshman, was arrested after a teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb.
One of Mohamed’s teachers was concerned after seeing the clock and reported him to the school principal. The police were called shortly after and detained Mohamed until they were able to confirm the homemade device was not a bomb. However, even after they confirmed the device was only a clock, the police investigated the situation further to determine if Mohamed brought the device to school to create alarm.
It was eventually confirmed that he did not intend to cause alarm, but rather brought it to impress his teachers. Even so, Mohamed was suspended from school for three days.
In the wake of the incident, Mo-hamed has received an overwhelming amount of support. President Obama even invited the young engineer to visit the White House, and praised his love and excitement for science.
Uber starts long-awaited operations in Nevada
On Sept. 15, the ride-sharing com-pany Uber announced its launch of service in Nevada. The Nevada Transportation Authority approved the application during a hearing in Las Vegas last Monday. After requesting that Uber make some changes including the language in their insurance policy and clearer ride rates, it finally succeeded.
Last October, Uber began offering services in Nevada without state ap-proval. This led to a long legal battle which led to Uber being kicked out of the state. The approval of the company this time around put an end to the state’s legal battles with the ride-sharing company.
The taxi industry has continued to voice concerns over the new approv-al. Representatives have brought up issues with the company’s insurance verification, driver background checks and passenger safety.
Uber has responded to concerns from the public with a “zero-toler-ance” drug and alcohol policy that states if a passenger reports their driver is under the influence, that driver is immediately suspended. The policy was created partly in response to worries over the lack of background checks given to Uber drivers.
Sen. James Settelmeyer of Minden was the first Uber rider in Nevada and said in a statement that he is thrilled about the launch and re-lieved that Nevada riders now have a reliable source of transportation besides the traditional taxi.
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By Marcus Lavergne
One of Nevada’s most well-known legislators and the longest-serving state senator in Nevada history, the late William J. “Bill” Raggio was memorial-ized on the University of Nevada, Reno campus by many of those who knew him best on Thursday, Sept. 17. Raggio passed away three years ago at the age of 85.
Raggio retired from the Nevada State Senate in 2011 after representing Wash-oe County for nearly 50 years. Before his senatorial career, he served as Washoe County’s district attorney from 1958 to 1970 and earned honors such as being named “Outstanding Prosecutor in the United States” in 1965.
As a native Nevadan and legislative icon, Raggio played a significant part
in boosting Nevada’s education and law programs, helping to push legislation for high school proficiency exams as well as gaining funding for the National Judicial College, which sits on UNR’s east side. U.S. Sen. Dean Heller noted Raggio as a “true statesman” in his 2014 floor speech, which recognized Nevada’s 150th year of statehood.
People who were close to Raggio, or at least respected his work as fellow Nevadan officials and representatives, were in attendance during the com-memoration of some of his successes inside of the NJC lobby. Appearances were made by former UNR President John Lilley, who worked closely with Raggio, current President Mark Johnson and former Reno Mayor Bob Cashell.
By Jacob Solis
Hot off the heels of the second Republican presidential debate, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul came to the University of Nevada, Reno, on Thursday, Sept. 17, to speak to a small group of students in the Joe Crowley Student Union theater. The event was organized by the group Students for Rand, an outcropping of the official Rand Paul Campaign.
Dressed in jeans and cowboy boots, Paul spoke briefly on a wide array of topics, touching everything from justice system reform to for-eign policy. Speaking on the topic of marijuana legalization and justice system reform, Paul stuck to the hard line he drew just a day earlier during the debate in California’s Simi Valley.
“The people who are going to jail for this are people, often African-American and often Hispanic, and yet the rich kids who use drugs aren’t,” Paul said. “I personally think that this is a crime for which the only victim is the individual, and I think that America has to take a different attitude. I’d like to see more rehabili-tation and less incarceration.”
Paul also threw a couple of jabs at the Democratic field of presidential candidates.
Early in his talk, Paul called the conflict in Libya “Hillary’s war,” a reference to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s alleged role in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The jab echoed a broader stance he has consistently taken against U.S. military action abroad.
He further advocated against putting boots on the ground in
Syria to fight the self-proclaimed Islamic State, instead calling for more action similar to the airstrikes already underway.
Paul also spent time denouncing socialism, saying it was not “sexy,” and was only administered “at the point of a gun.” These statements came partly as a response to Demo-cratic hopeful Bernie Sanders’ recent rise in the polls. A self-proclaimed socialist, Sanders has overtaken Clinton in key primary states.
What Paul did not talk about, however, was his tax plan — a plan that would do away with the current 70,000-page tax code and replace it with a flat tax.
On his website, Paul calls the 14.5 percent tax the “Fair and Flat Tax” and further says that “[his] tax plan would blow up the tax code and start over.” Paul has asserted that the plan would balance the budget and level the playing field for the wealthy, but many critics remain unconvinced.
These critics worry that the new tax would unnecessarily reduce the size of the federal government and that the tax is inherently unfair be-cause it raises taxes on the poor and lowers taxes on the rich. Paul has since rejected these concerns.
Paul’s campaign got off to an inauspicious start early this year. One of the first candidates to of-ficially announce, Paul saw his poll numbers slowly dip as more and more Republicans entered the field. Paul was even on the cusp of being excluded from the first televised debate before being saved by a last-minute jump in the polls.
Since then, Paul has maintained a steady presence in the middle to the
Rand Paul stops at JCSU in Reno campaign swing
Photo courtesy of the National Judicial CollegeThe late William “Bill” J. Raggio listens to colleagues on Nov. 17, 2010. Raggio was a member of organizations such as the State Bar of Nevada and the International Academy of Law and Science.
GOP hopeful addresses
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Late state Sen. Bill Raggio honored by Judicial College
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PARKINGPURGATORY
By Marcus Lavergne and Jacob Solis
I t’s 9:55 on a Monday morning. Students desperately circle West Stadium Parking Complex in vain attempts to find a parking spot before their first
class. Sweat beads at their brow, their pulse quickening as the minutes tick by. What they feared most is coming true. They are now late to class, and there is still no parking space in sight.
Amid the hustle and bustle of the University of Nevada, Reno, where there was once a park-ing lot now sits a gaping hole. From that hole will spring the E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center, a process that began on June 17.
On that day, construction workers broke ground and destroyed the 200 metered park-ing spaces that students so heavily relied upon. It came as a shock for those who had been used to using the lot for parking during classes, recreation, and sporting or arts events.
As a result, the university has been busy adding more spaces to campus. The tennis courts adjacent to the university’s John Sala Intramural Fields had been in disrepair for some time, but this year the courts were dug out of the ground and replaced with nearly 200 spots. A majority of those spots are labeled for parking permit users.
Parking proves to be a catalyst for change at UNR
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SENATE RECAPSEPT. 16
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
RESIGNATIONS
CHAIR ELECTED FOR NEW COMMITTEE ON SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY AND WELLNESS
Sen. Michael Upton of the Col-lege of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources was elected chair of the new committee on safety, sustainability and wellness. In a vote of 13-3, Upton trumped College of Education Sen. Emilia Carro. The two had previously been co-authors of the resolution that created the committee.
Upton won largely because of his passion, according to senators who spoke during deliberations. Sen. Mikayla Ragnone, also of CABNR, noted that Upton was already at work on a number of projects that would now fall under the purview of the committee on safety, sustainability and wellness.
Additionally, concerns arose regarding Carro’s ability to helm yet another leadership position in the senate. Carro is currently the speaker pro tempore for the senate and heads up ASUN’s legislative internship program. Though Sen. Brandon Boone of the College of Business and Sen. Larissa Gloutak of the Interdisciplinary Programs dismissed these worries, it ulti-mately wasn’t enough to win Carro the chair.
SEATS OPEN UP IN COS, DHS AND COE AS SENATORS RESIGN
One more ASUN senate seat has been left open as Sen. Anthony Ramirez of the College of Engi-neering resigned last Wednesday. This comes in addition to resigna-tions by Sen. Colin Wilhelm of the College of Science and Sen. Amanda Cuevas of the Division of Health Sciences. All three senators were absent during the meeting.
While all three have tendered their resignations, only Wilhelm’s has been read by the speaker of the senate. As such, the application to fill Wilhelm’s seat will remain open until Sept. 30. Applications for the other two seats will remain open for two weeks after the remaining letters of resignation have been read by Speaker Andrew on the senate floor.
Ponderosa Village, UNR’s graduate hous-ing, has also undergone a transformation. Before the housing was available for move-in, the entirety of the lot was designated for drivers with green permits. After the build-ing opened, the lot was dedicated to those with orange permits or those who resided in the apartments. The lot has since been approximately split between green and orange permits.
Even so, Ryan Fong, a student at UNR, calls the parking situation on campus abysmal and believes that it stems from an overselling of parking permits and a lack of spaces on campus. The situation has forced some people, like Fong, to make drastic changes in their parking habits.
“Sometimes during the morning, around 10, there’s no way to park in green at all,” Fong said. “It makes me have to come about half an hour earlier, and finding parking is just ridiculous. You have to fight each other for it.”
Some students may even resort to buy-ing the daily parking pass for $5 or even upgrading their current permit which can be quite costly.
Shane Dean, who also studies at UNR, parks in the green lots. He says the parking situation on campus is ridiculous and will be difficult to solve. When asked about a solution to the parking situation, Dean wanted to suggest another parking lot, but was fearful of financial consequences.
“They’ll just charge more for the parking permits,” Dean said.
The cost of parking is, like most things in life, dictated by a vast array of economic forces. In light of this, some economists and academics have taken to the theory that parking might actually be too cheap.
In his book, “The High Cost of Free Park-ing,” UCLA professor Donald Shoup notes that the average car in America spends 95 percent of its time parked. More than that, parking in America is generally subsidized by the government — putting the average cost for a space close to zero. In this regard, the burden has, at least in the past, been placed on taxpayers.
Though for Shoup, the burden is too high to pay.
“Just because the driver doesn’t pay for it doesn’t mean the cost goes away,” Shoup said in an interview with Freakonomics Radio. “If you don’t pay for parking a car, somebody else has to pay for it and that somebody is everybody … we pay for it as taxpayers and increasingly I think we’re paying for it in terms of the environmental harm that it causes.”
For these reasons, parking in urban spaces is often scarce and expensive, and the UNR campus is no exception. Campus sits just north of downtown Reno and, on any given day, maintains an immensely high volume of people. Over 21,000 students and faculty work and study on a 255-acre campus — merely two-fifths of a square mile.
The cheapest parking permits, the blue zones out by the medical buildings and Pec-cole Park, cost $125 and the most expensive, the silver zones in the center of campus and the yellow zones by the dorms, cost $400 per year.
In economic terms, this parking scenario
is fairly reasonable for consumers. Shoup noted in 2010 that some parking spaces can cost more than some cars — nearly $31,000. But for UNR students, who are often strapped for cash by an increasingly expensive university system, the reason-ability may as well be invisible.
Paying for parking is a major concern for those who drive to or have vehicles on campus. UNR’s growth in both student and faculty population is another. With population numbers growing each year, the administration is incorporating solu-tions like PackTransit, a two-route bus system that travels to and from housing near campus.
Also, according to the Campus Master Plan Update, the administration has goals of constructing a new parking structure on the south end of campus between this year and 2024.
The Plan also included a projection for the addition of over 500 parking spaces. There are also plans to create space for parking under the new fitness center, but it remains uncertain whether or not those spaces will go to the general public or those working at and visiting the center.
Jane Tors, UNR’s director of communica-tion, called the situation “a balancing act” in a Reno Gazette-Journal article this past July. With increased focus on transportation, bicycle and pedestrian areas, the makers of the university’s Master Plan believe the university can stay on top of future parking demands.
The news desk can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSage-brush. Alexa Solis contributed to this report.
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Close friends also stepped up to the podium and spoke fondly of their memories and partnerships with Raggio. Such names include Tony Sanchez, the senior vice president of NV Energy’s Government and Community Strategy division.
One special attendee was Dale Raggio, the wife of the late former senator. She says that the senator was loved very much by those around him. Dale also expressed that her husband was extremely passionate in his work toward the advancement of education for the state.
“They loved him for who he was,” Dale said. “They loved him because of his per-sonality, ethics and hard work. They loved him because of what he did for the state of Nevada.”
His name is emblazoned on educational institutions across the state, including the William J. Raggio Building, housing UNR’s College of Education, the Raggio Research Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, as well as the William and Dorothy Raggio High Tech Center at the Col-lege of Southern Nevada.
One building that embodies Raggio’s pas-sion for both law and education is the NJC, an educational building on UNR’s campus where judges come from around the world to sharpen their skills. The College calls itself “a safe and collaborative place where judges can discuss issues they are facing in their
role” on its website. Raggio has been called an integral part of the NJC’s move from the University of Colorado, Boulder, to UNR, which required additional funding on behalf of Nevada in 1964.
Marybel Batjer is the secretary of the California Government Operations Agency. Formerly, she served as chief of staff for late former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn and as past chair for the NJC Board of Trustees. She says that the College provides a learning en-vironment that judges can feel comfortable in.
“Many of the [judges] are elected,” Batjer said, “and if they were struggling with the law or they were struggling with some par-ticularly difficult parts of the law, it was really hard to admit to the district court judges. You could come here, you could learn it, you could admit you didn’t know and you could do things that as a student you couldn’t do in your home state.”
Batjer points out that Raggio’s efforts were essential in bringing that type of learning environment to Nevada.
“[The NJC] just provides,” Batjer said. “Whether it’s distance learning or webinar learning or in-residence learning, this is a jewel, and we wouldn’t exist without Bill Rag-gio. We wouldn’t.”
During the ceremony, NJC President Chad
Schmucker announced that the William J. Raggio Endowment had been established by Dale Raggio to honor his leadership in bring-ing the College to Nevada and establishing long-term financial support for it.
Schmucker says the endowment, which will support scholarships as well as help the course curriculum stay up-to-date, will high-ly benefit incoming judges. The Endowment has jumped from the original $25,000 to $160,000, an increase of nearly 540 percent.
Schmucker, who did not personally know Raggio, understands the impact that he had on the NJC. Schmucker believes that in regard to obtaining funding for the College, Raggio was the right person for the job.
“We needed someone with the vision,” Schmucker said. “Obviously as a lawyer, as a prosecutor, he saw the importance of well-functioning courts. He valued that, and we wouldn’t be as vibrant today without his vision.”
Schmucker also believes that Raggio worked hard for Nevada because he was dedicated to seeing the state thrive. He says having the gold standard for judicial educa-tion located on UNR’s campus adds to both the university and Reno’s stature as a whole.
Raggio knew the importance of principles, morals and achievement, and he applied those values to his work. It is safe to say that his accomplishments have been thoroughly etched into Nevada’s history.
Marcus Lavergne can be reached at [email protected] and on Twit-ter @mlavergne21.
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Breanna Denney/Nevada SagebrushA memorial for the late Sen. William “Bill” J. Raggio sits in the lobby of the National Judicial College on Monday, Sept. 21. The photographs depict Raggio with notable public figures such as Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.
X�For more information on the William J. Raggio Endowment or the NJC, go to http://www.judges.org
LEGISLATION
SENATE APPROVES EXTRA FUNDS FOR BLUE CREW AND TEDX- UNIVERSITYOFNEVADA
In a 12-5 vote, the senate approved $27,000 to be moved to Blue Crew and the executive account.
$15,000 of the total will be allotted to Blue Crew, now an official department of ASUN’s executive branch, and is slotted to be used for extra swag — be it T-shirts or otherwise. The remaining $12,000 will be used by the executive board to pay for a sponsorship of TEDxUniversi-tyofNevada, UNR’s independent TED conference, and to pay for Welcome Week T-shirts.
Jacob Solis can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
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RandContinued from page A1back of the pack. Still trumped by the political-outsider triumvirate of Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina, the latest CNN/ORC placed Paul in a modest eighth place with 4 percent of likely voters backing him.
While his numbers are better than Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, each of whom have dropped to zero in the polls, Paul is a long way away from the 28 points enjoyed by the front runner, Trump.
Moreover, his two debate appear-ances have been regarded as lack-luster by pundits and garnered him little attention nationwide. Much of his base, comprised of Tea Party conservatives and libertarians, are also being courted by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose numbers are marginally higher than Paul’s in the same CNN/ORC poll.
While Paul gained some support on Monday from South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a key member of the House Freedom Caucus, the road to the Republican nomination is a long one, and Paul remains far from the front.
Jacob Solis can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.Infographic by Nicole Kowalewski/Nevada Sagebrush
On Sept. 12, the Obama administration released its long-awaited “College Scorecard.” In it, hundreds of factors were analyzed and the most important ones were visualized — everything from graduation rates to diversity.
But how did the University of Nevada, Reno, stack up? The Nevada Sagebrush compared data between five schools — UNR, the Uni-versity of Nevada, Las Vegas, the University of Southern California, San Francisco State Uni-versity and Washington State University.
PROBLEMS WITH THE SCORECARD
When President Obama first proposed the scorecard two years ago, it included grades and a ranking system for colleges
around the country. The final scorecard does not make use of any kind of rankings, making it hard to compare multiple colleges at the same time.
Additionally, stats concerning the amount of money after graduation are skewed by the number of certain majors at that school, e.g., graduates of MIT make more than graduates of Barnard simply by virtue of majoring in engineering and science versus the liberal arts. Applying an average to this stat, as the college scorecard does, makes it difficult to see how different majors com-pare across the board.
Jacob Solis can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
THE COLLEGE SCORECARD AT A GLANCE
GRADUATION RATE AVERAGE ANNUAL COST
STUDENTS PAYING DOWN THEIR DEBT
AVERAGE SALARY AFTER SCHOOL
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National Avg.44%
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National Avg.67%
UNR84%
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WSU 90%
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L ong gowns, high heels, suits and ties, hats, and people
sporting all sorts of styles were present for the Reno
Instagrammys last Saturday. It was hosted at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts
on South Virginia Street, and it was nothing short of glamorous.
Complete with a red carpet and backdrop, everyone, not just
nominees and VIPs, could take pictures like a celebrity.
The Reno Instagrammys is much more than flashing lights and dazzling gowns. The event began last year and is the result of a citywide competition to capture the best photographs of the Truckee Mead-ows area and its citizens. The trophies are not your average Oscar statues, but unique plaques and sculptures created by local artists.
This year they were given an opportu-nity to hand out a scholarship, accord-ing to the Reno Instagrammys website, to “any student from an underrepresented group pursuing an undergraduate degree in the arts.” Allie McDade won that award with her photo essay, “Growing Up Ranching on the South Fork Indian Reservation.”
The show also raised funds for the Holland Project to buy out their space. They had only
reached 90 percent of their goal prior to the event and hoped to reach the remaining 10 percent, allowing them to own their facility independently.
The show opened with a song and dance number reminiscent of old Hollywood, called
“Reno State of Mind,” a spoof of Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind.” Feathers flew off of showgirls’
costumes, the band was lively and the stage was set for an entertaining night of humor and appreciation.
There were 21 categories, from “pet portrait” to “photo-bomb,” “dance video” to “slo-mo video,” “motel life” to “urban landscape.”
The strongest takeaway from the Reno Instagrammys was the sense of a community gathering together to better the city they call home. After each nominee’s name was presented, scattered groups across the theater would cheer (and sometimes scream) in support.
Regardless, there was never a dull moment. At some point, some-one shouted “I like your headpiece!” to contestant Lauren Hober when she accepted her award for best photobomb, and hecklers didn’t miss a beat all night. Some nominees couldn’t even talk over the boisterous cheers of the crowd and had to wait for several minutes before making their acceptance speeches.
The presenters were not short on personality either. Hosts Michael Moberly and Drea Ballard cracked puns and kept the audience alive by having competitions to see which side of the theater was louder.
Each presenter acted out based on the category they announced, like Jamie Hemingway, who presented the “dance video” category, doing her own dance number before making her way up to the po-dium. Casey Clark, who presented the “outdoor adventure” category, renamed it “the best hipster camping photo” and Zach Girdis joked about how George Washington spread his selfie through quarters when he announced the
“selfie his and hers” nominees.As the night came to a close and the Nevada state-shaped trophy case was
emptied, the group Splash of Gold performed “All Night Long,” and the audience was given a chance to dance while the nominees and VIPs joined the group on stage. Confetti sprayed over the theater and people cheered, bringing the Reno Instagrammys, a show of charity and glamour, to an end.The next contest for the Reno Instagrammys will open in the summer of 2016.
Samantha Johnson can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @SamRayJohnson.
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PACK N THE EVENTS
By Samantha Johnson
DATE: ThursdayTIME: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.LOCATION: Mackay Science building, Room 108INFO: Interested in improving your creative writing skills? Hosted by the University Writing Center, come out to meet with fellow students and staff to go over ideas and critique your pieces. This will be a follow-up meeting from the Sept. 10 event.
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DATE: ThursdayTIME: 8 p.m.LOCATION: Reno Events CenterINFO: Rascal Flatts are coming to Reno! Buy your tickets before they’re gone to see one of the most celebrated country groups. Bring your friends and family down to rock out and enjoy some great country music.
RASCAL FLATTS CONCERT
DATE: SaturdayTIME: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. LOCATION: University of Nevada, RenoINFO: You don’t have to go far from campus to have a fun time. Right at the university, Color Me Rad will be here to splash you with color while you go for your morning 5K. They’ve even added a new element, the “color gel,” to make sure everyone gets a good coverage of color, and they’ve partnered with feedONE, a charity to feed hungry children worldwide.
COLOR ME RAD
DATE: SundayTIME: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.LOCATION: Redfield Campus, MacLean ObservatoryINFO: Like stargazing? You’ll love this week’s Supermoon Lunar Eclipse. The staff of UNR Physics, UNR Astronomy Club and Tahoe Star Tours are putting on the event for you to come and witness the rare eclipse, which has happened only five times since 1910.
SUPERMOON LUNAR ECLIPSE
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DATE: Wednesday to SundayTIME: Times varyLOCATION: Downtown RenoINFO: If you’re a motorcycle enthusiast, Street Vibrations is the perfect event for you. All week there will be vendors, shows, races and fun to enjoy in downtown Reno as bikers come down to don their leather jackets and rev up their Harley Davidsons.
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By Cameron Beck, Anthony Ponticello and Caroline Ackerman
As Reno develops into a cultural epicenter, the city is rapidly becoming a common stop for musicians on tour. Although there are many DIY and casino stages here in Reno, Wolf Pack Radio has chosen six of the most influential venues in and around downtown Reno that concert-goers need to know.
1. The Holland Project: Located in the Midtown district off of Wells Avenue on Vesta Street, The Holland Project is run by young people, for young people. The grassroots venue fea-tures art shows and local bands, as well as up-and-coming underground artists. The Holland Project hosts a variety of shows in the alternative genre, including recent bands Shan-non and the Clams and Creative Adult. This venue is always all-ages and admittance ranges from $5 to $15.
2. The Knitting Factory: The Knitting Factory is located in the heart of downtown Reno and features an eclectic mix of country, hip-hop, metal and electronic concerts. Recent no-table acts at the Knitting Factory include RL Grime, Neutral Milk Hotel, Silverstein, Circa Survive, AWOLNATION and The Glitch Mob. Pro tip: Save money on the service fees by picking up your tickets from the Cal Neva main cashier cage or at Recycled Records.
3. Cargo: Located next to the Reno arch, Cargo at the Whitney Peak Hotel features state-of-the-art sound quality and advanced architectural design to provide fans with an impeccable live music experience. Cargo focuses on show-casing a diverse group of promising bands, especially live country music. Bands that have played at Cargo include The Crash Kings, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Umphrey’s McGee, Sturgill Simpson, Borgeous and The Devil Makes Three.
4. Fort Ryland: Fort Ryland is a 15-year-running DIY house venue located at 243 Ryland St. Fort Ryland has hosted an ar-ray of all-ages shows; Stick to Your Guns, letlive. and Lemuria are just a few of the hundreds of punk and hardcore bands that have graced the basement floor. All money made from shows goes straight to the touring bands. You can keep up with shows going on at Fort Ryland by following @fortry-landnv and @rnvpromotions on Instagram.
5. Studio on 4th: Located on 4th Street and Valley Road, Studio on 4th is an art space and music venue dedicated to helping local artists thrive. Shows include jazz, rock, folk, DJ sets and more. Studio on 4th is unique because of its stream of live shows on their website: studioon4th.com/livevideo. Shows are generally 18 and up, and tickets range from $5 to $15. A frequently updated show calendar can be found at studioon4th.com.
6. Jub Jub’s: Hidden alongside shops and bars is Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor, an up-and-coming bar and music venue lo-cated on Wells Avenue. Jub Jub’s features local bands, among larger acts, ranging from hip-hop to metal. Open mic nights are a regular occurrence at Jub Jub’s and are definitely an event to experience at least once. Keep up with shows by liking the bar’s Facebook page.
Cameron Beck, Anthony Ponticello and Caroline Ackerman can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @TheSagebrush.
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M ost university and college students, including myself, want to be successful. We think about it, dream about it,
envision it, work for it and fight for it.In reality, becoming extremely book smart
in college is only half the battle. It is proven that you actually need to have both book smarts and street smarts in order to achieve
true success. According to Jullien
Gordon, a famous speaker for TEDxTalks, there are four major components that must be developed for book smarts in conjunction with street smarts.
Gordon moves to explain that we are often told that the way to have success in life is to “be
good,” “get good grades,” “go to college” and “get a job.”
The fact is that many students are told that the pathway leading to success is to become a doctor, an engineer, a lawyer or an accountant. While these are very admirable professions, by talking to many of my peers, I have found that most students have no idea of what they want to become or are not interested in any of these career paths.
Having a 4.0 GPA does not guarantee you a job position in the market, and one can still be successful taking their own path to success.
According to Gordon, “Studies show that people who attend a four-year college will make a million dollars more over the course of their lifetime compared to people who do not attend a four-year college. Also, in contrast, only 25 percent of college students had a job in the year of 2010.”
One factor is that the cost of higher education since 1978 has rose 12 times the rate of inflation.
That means we must ask ourselves,“What can students do in systems of higher educa-tion to improve chances of success?”
The answer is to develop street smarts
in collaboration with book smarts. As stated earlier, there are four components in making this happen.
Component number one is to have personal capital. Personal capital is examin-ing how well you actually know yourself and what you are passionate about. When you look in the mirror, do you see a king or queen, or rather, do you see a pawn?
The second component is intellectual capital. This is where you find out what most interests you and what your strengths are.
The third component is social capital. Social capital defines who you know and who knows you, such as developing a connection with professors or connecting with mentors.
The fourth component is financial capital. Gordon describes financial capital as “when what you know intersects with whom you know.”
I am personally spending about $16,000 a year on my education. I am enrolled in the Western Undergraduate Exchange program, which means I pay reduced tuition. Even still, it is simply not enough, and I’ve had
to take out additional loans for the cost of living expenses and books.
In my humble opinion, I agree with Gordon, and he has made some great points about the importance of developing street smarts. We have all heard a million times that going to college is not just about what you learn in the classroom.
This is very true and I believe at the end of the day we are ultimately paying for the experience and our education.
There is a familiar cliche that goes:“It’s not about who you know but what you know.” I disagree with this statement. I believe both factors play a role. I can personally say that with my book smarts and street smarts I’ve developed a greater passion for college because my mind is open to endless opportunities. I realize that doors will open because I have a degree, and doors will continue to open because I have the ability to make connections with people.
Marquis Lawson studies journalism. He can
be reached at [email protected] or
on Twitter @gamechanger916.
L egend has it that nestled in the towering trees by Scrugham Engineering and Mines lies a little red book.
Many students do not know of the existence of the book, nor do they know all that inhabits the pages inside.
Stories of the book claim it has been up there for decades. Nevada students climb the tree to reveal the secrets inside and also write some of their own.
I am sure some of you are baffled to hear of this little on-campus mystery. Some of you probably are questioning if I’m BS’ing you
right now, but I assure you, folks. You don’t have to take my word for it. Take a look for yourselves.
I saw it as my call to action to do a little digging.
Now, sorry to disappoint, but my stubby 5-foot body was not going to scale the tree any time soon. You bet your ass I am no Bear Grylls.
It is safe to say I am not one for close encounters with rabid squirrels, nor am I a fan of splinters. I do not particularly like heights, and my kind of adventure does not extend much further than Wednesday-night karaoke at El Cortez.
However, after hearing of the book, it began to consume my thoughts. I, like some others, consider myself a bit of a dreamer. Imagination fuels my fire. So I did what any other who operates this way would do. I lit a fire under my ass and I sat down to begin jotting down everything I could imagine being in this little gem of the University of Nevada, Reno.
I am led to believe the little red book has the ability to foresee the future. The book would have no choice but to touch on a few of these native university things.
Mostly written in first person, there is a section devoted to the life and times of Brian Kehoe. One of my personal favorite sections, this part will explore the many different phases of Brian Kehoe. Some of the projected highlights will be the Janice Dickinson Kehoe, the Frat Star Kehoe and the Up Til’ Dawn Kehoe. In the future, this chapter will be a favorite amongst the Sigma Nus and freshman girls, of course.
I flip a few pages. Now, who the hell can say they don’t enjoy a good Archie’s meal? I am just taking an educated guess here, but Archie’s has to have a secret menu. First Starbucks, then McDon-ald’s — there’s no way Archies isn’t also stashing the goods. The secret menu inscribed gives away the mean recipe for the Archie’s signature bloody mary. I’m going to take a stab at it and guess this secret menu also holds some sweet breakfast options.
555 Putnam is praised in the book as a future haven for underage house parties. (Freshmen, I am so sorry you will no longer experi-ence this). Playing Where’s Waldo Kendall Jenner Edition at 555 was among one of my favorite hobbies. You couldn’t hide behind that gray sweatshirt, K. Not even one too many AMFs could fool us.
You bet the book also advised students to attend the soccer parties right around the corner, despite being the only college party ever to charge a fee for admittance. Let me just say despite the straight-legged sweats these soccer places sport, they know what they’re doing.
Also, a special sermon for the Wolf Den is given. I believe it reads something like this: “Liquor license soon to be gone, but never forgotten.” *Disclaimer* Unless you were there for roof-deck happy hour.
The book tells of some man posed as a savior running for ASUN office (but losing). The man they predict dresses in religious garb and preaches sermons at football games to the few stragglers who survive the tailgate. But a disclaimer reads loud and bold:
“Be careful, the almighty one appears to lose his cool when you don’t address him by his initials.”
Preliminary blueprints to Joe Crowley’s future business endeav-ors were definitely not left out. Crowley was probably using the papers of the red book in more ways than one, if you catch my drift.
The book predicts of vehicles taking on water in failed attempts. Jeeps in college apartment pools seem most inclined to fulfill this prophecy.
“Dear diary” entries of past sexual encounters of past sex columnists of The Nevada Sagebrush take up a hefty chunk of the book. The do’s and don’ts for freshmen and upperclassmen alike. Thank you very much.
The book would include a step-by-step guide to sneaking into the Wal. It would advise to go early, before security guards the door. There would then be a detailed description of how to successfully lock yourselves in the bathrooms and position yourselves standing on the toilets in order to avoid the wrath the security guards have for underage Wal-goers.
The book forecasts the outcome for the 2015 cannon game against our down-south rivals. The prophetic book nestled high in those trees by Scrugham is all in favor of Big Blue this year for our Beat UNLV game. UNLV, you haven’t been cool since the ’90s, so stop trying to make it happen. It’s not going to happen.
These are only a few of the things I feel I can share with you. All just guesses, folks, so don’t just take my word for it. Discover what the red book holds.
A university adventure awaits.
Ali Schultz studies journalism. She can be reached at alexandraschul-
[email protected] or on Twitter at @AliSchultzzz.
@TheSagebrush | nevadasagebrush.com A6 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
OpinionSTAFF EDITORIAL
R ide-hailing company Uber is finally operating in Nevada, and there are no intentions of leaving any time soon.
In the past, Uber has faced major backlash from taxi companies and legislation alike.
However, Uber is up and running in Nevada again, after a lengthy negotia-tion with Nevada legislators. However according to the Las Vegas Sun, Clark County officials said that Uber is not technically allowed to operate without a specific kind of business license — one that the county hasn’t even created yet. While these are the stipulations laid out for the company, Uber has ignored the directive and began operations anyway.
Though it’s been almost a year since Uber’s ride-hailing operations were suspended by Nevada, The Nevada Sagebrush could not be happier that
the ride-sharing company will now be able to operate in the state.
Located in 60 countries, Uber is still growing at a national and global level.
Part of Uber’s, and other ride-sharing companies’, appeal is its accessibil-ity. The company can be instantly accessed by downloading its app to your smartphone and entering in your current and desired location.
If you are familiar with the Associated Students of the University of Nevada’s Campus Escort, you know that they provide free transportation from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., seven days a week. In addition, the fixed-route shuttle that runs from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday also provides a free shuttle from the residence halls to the shopping centers at Mae Anne and McCarran every Saturday.
Campus Escort provides a vital service to the University of Nevada,
Reno, and it has been noted that they have provided over 40,000 rides last year alone. Though Campus Escort cannot respond to every single call, they do their best to accommodate the university’s increasing student population.
Unfortunately Campus Escort’s focus of service is based on academic pursuits. When it comes to providing rides to students who may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, they have a strict policy prohibiting the transportation of these individuals.
In an earlier issue, The Nevada Sage-brush reported that between 2011 and 2013 the number of liquor violations on the UNR campus more than doubled in August of this year alone. Fifty-two citations or arrests were handed out for minors in possession/consumption of alcohol while seven have been given out since the start of September.
This is primarily an issue of safety for students at the university. Pretending like drinking doesn’t exist on a college campus not only turns a blind eye to the student body, but it also jeopardizes student safety. Students should have more options to get a sober ride home at an affordable rate.
With Uber now operating in northern Nevada, students do have another op-tion. Prices vary when it comes to using Uber. More often than not, Uber rides run cheaper than taxi rides. Either way, having another option for intoxicated students is crucial for maintaining a safe student body.
As of right now, it doesn’t look like the rise in alcohol-related incidents will be decreasing any time soon. We are on a “high-risk campus.”
With that said, students should be using every resource available to them when it comes to finding a sober means
of transportation. The rapid growth of the university will likely be paired with a rise in alcohol-related incidents. Uber isn’t hurting northern Nevada; it is bettering it.
Specifically, it is helping the students of the university, which are an impor-tant asset to our community. Uber isn’t just some sleazy ride-hailing company that is stealing all of the taxi companies’ thunder; it’s a company that is giving the students of UNR another option when traveling, sober or not. Yes, as students, our main focus should be academics, but it is ignorant to believe we will not play into the culture of drinking as college students. Uber is here, so let’s enjoy and use it wisely, Nevada.
The Nevada Sagebrush editor desk can
be reached at [email protected].
edu and on Twitter @The Sagebrush.
Ride-hailing company gives students a new way to get a sober ride home
The little red book
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Photo illustration by Jose Olivares Sefchik
MarquisLawson
Be smart in the books and in the streets to obtain success
M r. Trump, you are my brother!As cliche as this may sound,
America is like a large, dysfunc-tional family.
For example, we have the grandparents whose outdated ideas have left the younger generations a legacy of sexism, racism, debt, and much more to deal with. We have the rich aunts and uncles who own 10 times the
amount of wealth than the average family member. We have sons and daughters adopted by Mother Liberty, and older siblings who struggle to accept their brothers and sisters.
You and I, Mr. Trump, are two pieces of a 318.9-million-piece puzzle called the United States.
It may seem as if we have nothing in common: You are a 69-year-old TV
personality running for president, while I am an 18-year-old college freshman, who happens to be a descendant of Mexican immigrants.
However, our families share a common ancestor. At some point, both your Scottish and German grandparents and my beloved family followed Gatsby’s “green light” that led
to the United States. Our common ancestor is Lady Liberty herself. Just like two puzzle pieces, we cannot be who we are without each other.
You would not be “The Donald” if it were not for your immigrant grandparents, and I would not be molded into the person I am today if it had not been for bigots who simply don’t understand our common ancestor. I have come to the conclusion that you, Mr. Trump, are my brother.
When you were so sure that Mexican immi-grants were “rapists” who are “bringing crime” and “drugs,” I held my tongue. However, I did not appreciate you referring to my siblings and others like me as “anchor babies.”
Not only is this term dehumanizing, but it also feeds the notion that undocumented parents of U.S. citizens are automatically safe from deportation and live cushioned all-American lives. According to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 46,000 parents of U.S. citizens were deported and another 21,860 were ordered to leave in the first six months of 2011.
Also, your campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, made a comment to CNN in regard to “anchor babies” that “there are 400,000 of those taking place on a yearly basis.” As your more enlightened sister, I feel it is my duty to correct you. According to PEW
Research Center, 295,000 births in 2013 were undocumented immigrants. There are in fact not 400,000 of “those.”
In the spirit of familial rivalry, would it not be fair for me to refer to your marriage with your Slovenian-born wife, Melania, as an anchor spouse situation? No, that would be distasteful and ignorant of me; I would never objectify my brother’s wife! As you mentioned in an interview with CNN, the road to becoming a citizen for her must have been “very tough.” You, Melania and I, we’re all equally American.
As for your plan to deport 11 million immigrants in only 18-24 months, I’m still wondering how you would accomplish that. As Jorge Ramos conveniently put, this means you would need to deport 15,277 people per day.
However, while you’re working out the details of your plan, for the sake of patriotism and brotherhood why don’t we get ourselves a pinata modeled after yourself, hang it from one of the spikes on Lady Liberty’s crown, whack to our hearts’ content, and watch as the candy of freedom and dreams scatters along our America from sea to shining sea?
Salma Valadez studies Spanish. She can be
reached at [email protected] or on
Twitter at @AliSchultzzz.
A letter to my dear brother, Donald Trump
SalmaValadezLatino Voices
M an has been
hunting for the
past 30,000 to
50,000 years. Since
the beginning of man, hunting
has primarily been the most
common method to acquire
food. The idea of “not hunting”
is a comparatively new concept
to life on this
planet. Is it a
bad idea? Ab-
solutely not,
but should
someone who
doesn’t eat
meat resent a
hunter who
decides to
take control
of the way he
obtains his
meals? Definitely not.
A man with leather shoes
drives to the supermarket and
buys an organic grass-fed beef
steak. He has never hunted for
his own meat, nor has he ever
killed or harmed an animal.
This man believes that hunting
is an unethical act; however,
he is in no way, shape or form
against eating meat or utilizing
the goods that can only be
provided through the killing of
an animal. There is a distinct
difference between this man
and an individual with identical
beliefs, who does not eat meat
or use animal-based goods.
There are very few hunters
in this world who will say,
“Everyone should go out and
kill an animal and eat it.”
Hunting is sometimes regarded
as a vicious act. A hunter who
decides to spend countless
hours in order to kill an animal
and eat it is simply an indi-
vidual who decides to control
that particular aspect of his or
her life, as opposed to a person
who eats meat without having
any idea where it came from.
Many Americans go through
life eating food from the same
place — stores, markets and
restaurants. A generally new
trend that is being seen in West-
ern society is a very strange,
abnormal, and arguably
unhealthy disconnect between
humans and their food. In his
article regarding this strange
trend, Chad Kroger, the director
of the Center for Sustaining
Agriculture and Natural
Resources, said, “For most of
human history, access to a
sufficient, stable and reliable
supply of food was the primary
concern for most people. It
still is for many people in the
world today. The conventional
food system has evolved (as
intentionally driven by federal
ag policy) to produce, store,
process and transport massive
amounts of food as an insur-
ance strategy for overcoming
localized or regional produc-
tion disruptions.”
In the big picture of human
history, man has never had
this type of method to acquire
food, whether it be meat, fruit,
vegetables, etc.
It is ridiculous for anyone
to believe a hunter is in the
wrong for choosing to hunt
for their food, for any reason
at all. Some might argue that
unethical hunting is an
undeniable occurrence; this is
very true. However, it portrays
an extremely small number of
hunters, and the people who
are combating these practices
are the hunters themselves.
A majority of the funding
that goes into conservation
and land management comes
straight out of the pockets
of hunters, fishermen and
outdoorsmen who are paying
for licensing, permits and tags,
along with making generous
donations.
It would be counterintuitive
for any of these hunters to be
breaking fish and game laws,
or to harm the wildlife or
ecosystem in any way.
An additional argument often
made against hunting is that
it is unethical or immoral for
someone to receive a feeling
of enjoyment or pleasure
through the act of taking an
animal’s life. The phrasing of
this argument is often crafted
to portray the image of a hunter
as a sort of deviant or disturbed
sociopath; this argument goes
hand-in-hand with the image
of hunters being uneducated
bumpkins, wandering the
woods with shotguns and
wearing denim overalls.
These types of arguments and
generalizations made about
hunters and the act of hunting
are based on completely
irrational assumptions. Hunters
seldom feel satisfaction solely
from killing an animal; they
feel satisfaction from the hunt.
There is an intimacy that is
created between the hunter
and the animal that he or she is
hunting.
There is a learning experience
to be had on every excursion.
There is a bond formed be-
tween friends, brothers, sisters,
fathers, sons, etc. Hunting
allows time for self-evaluation.
It often creates the silence that
is needed for many to think
about their lives or even make
@The Sagebrush | nevadasagebrush.com OPINION | A7TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
I t is the same as every morning —
you blearily blink your eyes open,
hope you finished all your home-
work the night before, wonder what
is going to be served for breakfast and
try to remember the newest Quidditch
maneuver from practice the night before.
Wait a minute. Your mind suddenly
snaps back to reality.
You roll over in
your lofted extra-long
twin bed and wish it
was an extravagant
four-poster bed. You
wish that you could
have stayed in your
pleasant dreams of
Hogwarts for a few
moments longer,
but instead you are
dragged back into
regular college life.
Pretty much every kid who grew up
reading the Harry Potter series has
longed to take the Hogwarts Express to
learn about magic. It’s always disappoint-
ing to reread the books or marathon the
movies and have to return to daily life
learning about boring muggle subjects
like math, economics and chemistry.
The University of Nevada, Reno, might
not seem magical on the surface, but if
you dig a little deeper, it’s not as different
from Hogwarts as it seems.
Every Hogwarts first year gets lost at
least once wandering around the giant
castle with its moving staircases and
hidden corridors. It’s plenty easy to get
lost around UNR too, even if you’ve been
here for years.
You never know what you might
discover — hopefully you won’t stumble
upon a three-headed dog, but you could
find a gold-plated drinking fountain,
a graffiti-filled stairwell or even book-
shelves that move like magic (really!).
Hermione used her time turner to
travel back in time for extra classes. UNR
students can walk back in time to the
half-historical, half-fantasy steampunk-
themed restaurant The Works, just a few
moments from the Joe. If you keep an
eye out, you might even see the N and
Wolf Pack logos magically appear on your
waffle!
House pride is huge at Hogwarts. It’s
rare to find a student walking around
without a colored scarf or their uniform
embroidered with their house crest. It’s
the same at Nevada. At least half of the
people you see walking around campus
are wearing silver and blue, proudly
showing off their school spirit.
Speaking of house (or WolfPack) pride,
football is the closest thing we have to
Quidditch in terms of spirit — die-hard
fans brave the elements every game.
During Beat UNLV Week, students are
more than willing to get in a fight with
anyone who claims to support the other
team. A fight breaks out over Quidditch
pretty much every year at Hogwarts too.
Sports are a passionate subject whether
muggle or magical.
Just like Hermione, Ron and Harry,
there are students of all calibers here at
UNR. The Hermiones constantly study,
show up to every class and ace every
exam. The students who show up late if
they go at all and wait until the morning
of to do their homework are Rons. The
Harrys care about school to an extent but
don’t bother with it too much when there
are so many other responsibilities to
worry about, like Quidditch and fighting
Voldemort — or jobs and extracurriculars
if you’re a muggle.
The most responsible students are
made prefects and help enforce the rules
and guide the younger students — RAs,
anyone? The dorms themselves are like
house common rooms, with everyone
hanging out in the lounges and flitting
from room to room. Greek life is similar
to houses too. Each chapter has its own
values and new members join based on
how well they match those ideals.
Just like Hogwarts, there are all sorts
of professors at Nevada. You have the
Snapes, who constantly call on unas-
suming students and snap at them when
they answer incorrectly. You might run
into a few Lockharts who won’t stop
talking about their lives and accomplish-
ments long enough to cover the material.
The Lupins engage every student and
do their best to have fun lessons. It’s
always great to get a professor who is
crazily passionate about their subject,
like Hagrid. And the McGonagalls are
strict, but know what they are doing and
expect you to put in the work it takes to
learn.
So the next time you wish you were
learning about charms instead of
psychology, just remember: Nevada has
magic too; you just have to choose to
see it.
Elizabeth Wyant studies business. She can
be reached at [email protected].
or on Twitter at @myimagination7.
ElizabethWyant
Illustration by Zak Brady/Nevada Sagebrush
College is as close as we can get to Hogwarts
A hunter’s perspective: It’s not about the kill, it’s the chase
RyanHughes
‘I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.’
decisions. Hunting has been,
and always will be, one of the
most primal senses ingrained
in the minds of humans.
Regardless of what hunting
signifies to a hunter, it means
much more than killing an
animal. It is often said among
many hunters that “a hunter
who harvests an animal on
every hunt obviously does not
hunt very much.” I have found
this saying to be true.
The enjoyment and
fulfillment created by hunting
exceeds the hunter’s love for
harvesting a wild animal;
however, doing so is the purest
and most honest form of feed-
ing oneself or one’s family.
Hunting is the most honest
way to get food. A hunter must
put an extreme amount of
work toward killing an animal.
There is no disconnect between
a hunter and his food, and
anyone who believes that this
is an immoral process, yet still
eats meat needs to rethink
the method in which they are
obtaining their food.
Ryan Hughes studies journalism.
He can be reached at alexandra-
[email protected] or on Twitter at
@surfnaked73.
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vs. UC Davis
W 31-179/03
vs. UNLV
4 p.m.10/03
at Fresno State
7:30 p.m.11/05
at Texas A&M
L 44-279/19
TBA10/17
at Utah State
TBA11/21
vs. Arizona
L 44-209/12
vs. New Mexico4 p.m.10/10
vs. San Jose State
at Bu!alo
12:30 p.m.9/26
vs. Hawaii
1 p.m.10/24
at San Diego StateTBA
11/281 p.m.11/14
1. Ohio State (42)2. Michigan State3. Ole Miss (11)4. TCU5. Baylor6. Notre Dame7. Georgia8. LSU (1) 9. UCLA 10. Florida State11. Clemson 12. Alabama13. Oregon14. Texas A&M15. Oklahoma16. Arizona17. Northwestern18. Utah19. USC20. Georgia Tech21. Stanford 22. Wisconsin23. Brigham Young 24. Oklahoma State25. Missouri
Nevada at Bu!alo
When: Saturday, Sept. 26, 12:30 p.m.
Where: University at Bu!alo Stadium(31,000 A-Turf Titan)
TV: ESPN 3
2014 season records: Nevada (7-6 overall, 4-4 MWC), Bu!alo (5-6 overall, 3-4 MAC)
Interesting: Bu!alo is basically the Reno of the East Coast. Cold, drunk, traditional towns that develop NFL players at an underrated pace (See Khalil Mack, Colin Kaepernick, James Starks, Nate Burleson) and play their home games in what looks like a huge high school stadium. Fun fact: Bu!alo has forced 5 fumbles this year (watch out DJ).
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AP TOP 25
COACHES POLL
OTHERS’ RECEIVING VOTESMississippi State 100, Texas A&M 61, Okla-homa State 46, Virginia Tech 42, Utah 36, Penn State 20, Louisville 12, Cincinnati 8, Nebraska 6, Kansas State 5, Florida 4, NC State 4, Texas 3, BYU 2, Northern Illinois 2, Michigan 2, California 1, Western Kentucky 1
1. Ohio State 2. TCU 3. Michigan State 4. Baylor5. Mississippi6. Georgia7. Florida State8. Notre Dame 9. Louisiana State 10. Clemson11. UCLA12. Alabama13. Oregon14. Oklahoma15. Texas A&M16. Arizona17. Utah18. USC19. Northwestern20. Georgia Tech21. Wisconsin 22. Oklahoma State23. Missouri 24. Stanford25. AuburnOTHERS’ RECEIVING VOTESMississippi State 164, Texas A&M 149, Okla-homa State 89, Virginia Tech 70, Utah 40, Kansas State 37, Louisville 27, Nebraska 27, Minnesota 25, Penn State 20, South Carolina 18, Miami(Fla.) 16, Texas 8, Illinois 7, Duke 6, Air Force 5, Louisiana Tech 5, Marshall 4
THIS WEEK’S GAME
TALE OF THE TAPE
555
528
120.8
1083
78
Rushing
Passing
Pass E!ciency
Total O"ense
Scoring
466
565
134.1
1031
98
DEFENSE623
809
1432
105
1
446
641
1087
56
4
Rushing
Passing
Total O"ense
Scoring
Interceptions
SPECIAL TEAMS/MISC.46
1
18.3
+1
36
3
19.57
+2
Net Punting
Punt Returns
Kicko" Return Average
Turnover Margin
Player Category Avg./GameBu!alo
Joe Licata
Anthone Taylor
Ron Willoughby
Okezie Alozie
Nick Gilbo
Passing yds
Rushing yds
Receiving yds
Tackles
Tackles for loss
185
104
49
7
1.5
2014 WEST STANDINGS
BUFFALO SCHEDULE
Standings Conference Overall
Fresno State
San Diego State
Nevada
Hawaii
San Jose State
UNLV
5-3
5-3
4-4
3-5
2-6
1-7
6-8
7-6
7-6
4-9
3-9
2-11
Date Opponent Time
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 29
Nov. 5
Nov. 11
Nov. 21
Albany
Penn State
at Florida Atlantic
Nevada
Bowling Green
at Central Michigan
Ohio
at Miami (OH)
at Kent State
Northern Illinois
at Akron
W 51-14
L 14-27
W 33-15
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
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TBD
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
TBD
at Wyoming
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Neil PatrickHealy
JackRieger
THIS WEEK’S GAME
Saturday, Sept. 26 at 12:30 p.m.
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Player Category Avg./Game Nevada
2014 MOUNTAIN STANDINGSStandings Conference Overall
Boise State
Colorado State
Utah State
Air Force
New Mexico
Wyoming
7-1
6-2
6-2
5-3
2-6
2-6
12-2
10-3
10-4
10-3
4-8
4-8
vs. Bu!alo
THE WEEKLY DEBATE
If I could buy stock in a sport today, it would be professional soccer. No sport has risen in popularity recently like soccer has in the United States. Quick 90-minute games, one commercial break, short shorts, and cheap Mexican tequila equals profitability. By the way, they will have no one to compete with. The Big Horns draw about fourteen fans a night, the Aces get less action than The Sands, and Nevada football attendance has quietly diminished since 2010.
Tyler Stewart
Don Jackson
Hasaan Henderson
Asauni Rufus
Salesa Faraimo
Passing yds
Rushing yds
Receiving yds
Tackles
Tackles for loss
176
89
62
11
1.5
Before I start, how many people knew that the United Soccer League existed before I just put it in this sentence? Not many of you huh? I am far from a soccer hater, but America isn’t exactly soccer crazy. Soccer isn’t high-profile enough to draw fans consistently in a small market that struggles in drawing fans to more popular sports. Don’t believe me? Look how the Arena Football League team the Reno Barons has done. Yeah, that was a thing.
VS
Photo courtesy of Meredith CollierNevada running back Don Jackson (6) flips over the pylon for a touchdown against Texas A&M on Saturday, Sept. 19. Nevada lost the game 44-27 despite Jackson’s e!orts.
WILL RENO’S NEW PRO SOCCER TEAM GAIN POPULARITY?
By Jack Rieger
Nevada entered Kyle
Field on Saturday as a
34-point underdog against
the 17th-ranked Aggies of
Texas A&M. To the surprise of
both A&M and Nevada fans, the
Wolf Pack lost by just 17 points (44-27)
and had a legitimate shot of winning the
game in the fourth quarter.
OPTIMISTHelen Keller once said that optimism
is the faith that leads to achievement,
so let’s be an optimist for a moment.
Nevada was thoroughly outplayed and
overmatched last week against Arizona,
but instead of hanging their heads and
packing it in, the players of the Wolf Pack
rebounded with a hard-fought effort
against another nationally-ranked op-
ponent. Resilience is an important char-
acteristic of a winning team, and coach
Brian Polian seems to have embraced his
team’s underdog role.
“I felt like we were in there with Floyd
Mayweather, and we didn’t get knocked
out,” said Polian. “We took it 15 rounds
and kept swinging.”
If it hadn’t been for a few missed
opportunities, we may be discussing
a Nevada upset. Late in the first half,
Nevada’s Matthew Lyons scooped up a
fumble and returned it for a touchdown,
but a defensive holding penalty negated
what would have been a 14-7 Wolf Pack
lead. Another missed opportunity came
late in the fourth quarter when Nevada
recovered a deep onside kick down just
14 points. The Wolf Pack was unable to
score following the onside kick, which
ultimately ended the game.
Nevada’s offensive weapons were
able to have moderate success against
a highly respected SEC defense. Hasaan
Henderson performed particularly well,
catching five passes for 69 yards and a
one-handed circus touchdown that had
the Twittersphere buzzing. Nevada’s
secondary running back James Butler
also had success, rushing 17 times for
107 yards.
PESSIMISTAuthor Kahlil Gibran once wrote, “The
pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious
to the rose.” Nevada’s thorns happened to
be all over the defensive secondary. Texas
A&M’s quarterback Kyle Allen threw for
270 yards and three touchdowns and
w a s
t a k e n
out in
the fourth
quarter after
the game had
been put to rest.
This comes
after another
disappointing
p e r f o r m a n c e
against Arizona
quarterback Anu
Solomon, who threw
for 264 yards and two
touchdowns.
Nevada’s run defense wasn’t much
better, allowing 233 rushing yards and
5.7 yards per carry to running back Tra
Carson and quarterback Kyle Allen. The
Wolf Pack’s front seven, which includes
defensive ends Ian Seau and Lenny
Jones, came into the season as the most
talented group on the team.
The Nevada offensive line was inca-
pable of protecting Tyler Stewart from
the ferocious Aggies’ defensive line,
specifically defensive end Myles Garrett.
Nevada prepared for Myles Garrett’s
aggressive rushing style by having their
practice squad defense line up offside.
Garrett ended up with 3.5 sacks and 4
tackles for loss.
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Jack Rieger can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @JackRieger.
By Jack Rieger
The highly talented Nevada rifle team begins their season this Saturday, Sept. 26, at home against Ohio State Univer-sity. To the surprise of many students, Nevada enters the 2015 season as the 12th-ranked team in the country and has finished in the top 20 every year since 2000. In 2004, Nevada finished the season as the second-ranked team in the NCAA.
Although you could make a strong case that the rifle team is the most talented and successful group at Nevada, both media and fan attention fail to represent their achievements. However, rifle coach Fred Harvey is just fine with the minis-cule attention the rifle team receives and even has his own theory as to why.
“I don’t believe that it’s a very exciting thing to watch,” Harvey said. “I mean you can post the records, you can do all that stuff, but really in terms of watching it, I mean it’s great if you’re pulling the trig-ger. But if you’re just watching it, it’s not too exciting.”
Fred Harvey, a quiet man who chooses his words with the same careful precision as he fires his gun, had an important role in making Nevada rifle an NCAA sanc-tioned team in 1995. Harvey attended college at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. He has spent the past 21 years transforming an infant program into a national pow-
erhouse, all while the team practices on the second floor of a desolate genomics building one mile away from campus.
Nevada is also the only NCAA rifle team in the Pacific time zone, with al-most all other elite programs on the East Coast and in the southern United States. Yet Harvey is able to consistently recruit elite talent to come and shoot at Nevada.
“There are a lot of great shooters here in the West that don’t necessarily want to go to the East Coast to shoot,” Harvey said.
Coach Harvey is quite modest regard-ing his ability to recruit, but what he has done is nothing short of miraculous considering Nevada’s practice facilities, the school’s location and the athletic department’s lack of financial support. Once again, Harvey deflects the praise and instead credits the University and the team for their success.
“I don’t think it’s so much me, this is a great school,” says Harvey. “I mean an absolutely great school in a great location, and the team itself is very, very good. Anybody that we recruit comes out here, visits, meets the team and usually it’s the team that persuades them.”
Recent graduate Zachary Duncan credited coach Harvey for the program’s growth in an interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal two years ago.
“From a very black and white stand-point, this program would not have started without him,” Duncan said. “He
started this program from the ground up and he has turned it into a very success-ful program. We wouldn’t be where we’re at without him. There’s no substitute for him. Quite frankly, I don’t think the team would be alive right now without him.”
Not only is the program alive, they are thriving. In April of this year, the Nevada Athletic Department announced they would build a state of the art,
33,000-square-foot facility a few miles north of campus. The facility includes a 20-position shooting range, an exterior 30-position handgun range and a 100-yard rifle range. That’s quite an upgrade for a team that’s been practicing in old shipping containers and a forgotten, makeshift shooting range.
Even with a brand new facility and a new class of talented recruits, the rifle
team will continue to compete without an abundance of fans or media atten-tion. When asked if the lack of attention ever frustrates him, Harvey responded appropriately:
“Not a bit. I love to pull the trigger.”
Jack Rieger can be reached at [email protected] on twitter @JackRieger.
@SagebrushSports | nevadasagebrush.com SPORTS | A9TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
 IN CASE YOU MISSED ITNFL
Two former Wolf Pack football play-ers made major impacts last Thursday night, as tight end Virgil Green (2007-2010) and linebacker Brandon Mar-shall (2007-2011) stepped up to help the Denver Broncos beat the Kansas City Chiefs. Green caught a touchdown pass to tie the game late in the sec-ond quarter, and linebacker Brandon Marshall forced a late fumble that was recovered by Denver and returned for the game-winning touchdown.
Cornerback Isaiah Frey (2008-2011) was signed to the Tampa Bay Buc-caneers. The former Nevada corner spent 10 weeks on Tampa Bay’s active roster last season after being drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL draft. Frey reunites with coach Lovie Smith, who was the head coach in Chicago when Frey was drafted.
BASEBALLFormer Nevada first baseman Austin
Byler has been selected to the end-of-the-season All-Star team in the Pioneer League. Byler is the league leader in home runs (15) and walks (49). He also is first in the league in slugging percentage (.642), second in RBI (57) and third in doubles (22). Byler is currently hitting .301 for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ rookie league af-filiate, the Missoula Osprey.
Byler was drafted with the first pick in the 11th round, 316 overall, of this year’s draft. While at Nevada he earned third team All-American and first team All-Mountain West Conference honors.
BASKETBALLThe Wolf Pack basketball team’s future
front court just got a major boost; on Monday they landed a major verbal com-mitment from Arlando Cook, a four-star recruit and one of the top junior-college
players in the country. The 6-foot-9, 215-pound power forward chose Nevada over big-name finalists Oklahoma State, Arkan-sas, Missouri and Memphis. Cook, who av-eraged 11.4 points and 9.3 rebounds while shooting 57.2 percent during his freshman season, will have two years of eligibility at Nevada.
Former Nevada point guard Deonte Bur-ton (2010-2014) has signed a non-guar-anteed contract with the Phoenix Suns. Burton won the WAC Freshman of the Year award in 2011 and led the Wolf Pack to a WAC regular season title in 2012. That year Burton also earned WAC Player of the Year and First Team All-WAC honors. Burton also added First Team All-MWC honors as a senior in 2014.
VOLLEYBALLNevada volleyball dropped all three matches at the Sacramento State Invi-tational this weekend, losing 3-1 to host
Sacramento State on Friday and going 0-2 in a double header against Santa Clara and Kent State on Saturday. Junior Madison Morell finished the tournament with 39 kills, and senior Sommer King was named to the All-Tournament team after tallying 21.5 points. The three losses drop the Wolf Pack’s record to 5-7.
SOCCERNevada women’s soccer team went 2-0 this weekend, with a 1-0 win over Sacra-mento State on Friday and a 3-2 win over Hawaii on Sunday. Freshman Hannah Wuensche came up big in both games, with her first college point coming off an assist on a corner kick in the second minute against Sacramento State. Senior Lindsey Salcido scored, and a dominant defensive effort sealed the victory. Wuensche made a big play again on Sunday, scoring the game-winning goal off a penalty kick with 2:31 left on the clock. The Wolf Pack’s other
two goals came from Salcido and redshirt freshman Nikki Mitsuyasa, who scored her first collegiate goal. Nevada will enter Mountain West Conference play with a 3-4-1 record.
CROSS COUNTRYThe Wolf Pack cross country team took home a third place finish on Saturday at the Sundodger Invitational in Seattle, Washington. Nevada missed second place by just 5 points, finishing behind Pacific-12 schools Washington State and Washington. The Pack was led by Emily Myers’ 12th-place finish with a time of 21:07. Myers was accompanied by three other Nevada runners in the top 30: Caitlin Devitt-Payne finished 23rd, Erika Root finished 27th and Marissa Suan finished 29th.
Kevin Bass can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.
Photo courtesy of John Byrne(Top Row) Coach Fred Harvey, Liz Delikal, Jessica Katsuyama, Maneva Gill, Jared Crews, Lauren Zerkovich, Justin Nissen, Sarah Jameson, Niki Silveria amd Eric Oberacker. (Bottom row) Gavin Au, Mitchell Van Patton, Stephani Cooksey, Emily Capaul, Jami Sexton, Greta Ochneser and Sara Tashima.
Rifle team continues to outperform expectations
By Neil Patrick Healy
It was days after the Nevada boxing team flew home from Miami, Florida, as national champions last spring. The media was in full force at the Fourth Street gym and Garrett Felling, JJ Mariano, Johnny Aguilar and Jarred Santos were sitting back and enjoying the spoils of their victory in the form of their bright gold championship belts and the tall gold team trophy. While all this was going on, one of the new boxers was in the gym and he cracked a smile.
“Don’t smile,” Felling said from across the gym. He held up his championship belt and said, “You don’t get to smile until you get one of these.”
This gold standard is one that the Ne-vada boxing team has been accustomed to over the years, but the feeling of pride and the burden of high expectations has only increased after the Pack defied all odds and won the collegiate boxing team national championship last April. Despite only entering five fighters into the tournament, four won national championships in their weight class and their title run is considered one of the best in program history.
The climb to the top was only the be-ginning for Nevada boxing, and they are poised to make a run at a repeat, but they will have to do so without some familiar faces. Santos and Aguilar have both finished their eligibility, so their main concern has been replenishing talent.
“You’re always going to have veterans leaving and new guys coming in, so we hope to pass on what we’ve learned and to keep the tradition going strong,” Fell-ing said. “We lose two great fighters, and we want to fill that void with new young guys that we can breed to be the best when they get experience under their belts.”
Some new fighters will walk into their first scheduled regular season fight on Saturday, but they have benefited from having the two-time undefeated 185-pound champion Felling and the 139-pound champion Mariano as spar-ring partners.
“The benefit for the new guys is that they have the best sparring partners in
all of college boxing,” said long-time head coach Pat Schellin. “When the new kids feel like they’re not getting better I have to remind them that they are sparring with guys that are better than anyone they will see in the ring.”
New fighter Tristan Harriman will fight at 167 pounds on Saturday and he says that being new isn’t intimidating, but having to live up to the national champi-onship expectations is what drives him.
“It’s a good learning experience spar-ring with guys that have won national titles,” Harriman said. “You learn what
not to do. If you duck or drop your hands or something you’re not supposed to they will make you remember and make you pay for it. They show you now, so in a real fight you won’t do it.”
Harriman and others make their fight-ing debut, while others look to build on their shame of not being a part of the championship run. Senior Kirk Jackson fought last season at 147 pounds, but only one fighter from each weight class could qualify for the regional champi-onships. Before regionals, Jackson and teammate Zach Smith had a box-off to decide who qualified. Jackson lost and Smith ended up qualifying for nationals and was a part of the title run. Jackson took it upon himself to train and to improve his game, and Schellin has noticed.
“Kirk is looking good,” Schellin said.
“This is his senior year and he will look to step up and go to nationals. I don’t think he was ready mentally last year and he let it go. He’s one of the guys that will surprise some people.”
Another story of redemption comes in the form of 156-pound junior Zack Ship-ton. Shipton qualified for regionals last March, but he suffered a loss by TKO in the first round. He too took the offseason to build on his defeat.
“Zack Shipton has come a long way,” Jackson said. “He is faster, more fluid with his movements and he isn’t predict-able. You can tell he has gotten more confidence, so I think he will surprise people this year.”
For Felling and Mariano, the first fight of the year is business as usual, but for the younger fighters it means a lot more. Either to establish themselves on their
road to redemption or the first step in being apart of a championship winning program, the season debut answers questions.
“In the first fight they think they have worked out hard and have learned something, but a minute and a half into that first round he has never been so tired in his life,” Schellin said. “They feel like there’s no way they can finish two more rounds, but they always get through it. That’s the best part of the first fight of the year.”
Nevada’s first fights of the season are Saturday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Silver Legacy. Student tickets are available at the door with a student ID.
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at
[email protected] and on Twitter
@NeilTheJuiceMan.
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Henry MacDiarmid/Nevada Sagebrush(From left to right) Britt Brown (153 pounds), Zack Shipton (156 pounds), Kirk Jackson (147 pounds), JJ Mariano (139 pounds) and Garrett Felling (185 pounds). Not pictured: Tristan Harriman (165 pounds). The boxing team makes their season debut this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Silver Legacy.
THE QUEST BEGINS
By Neil Patrick Healy
The Nevada boxing program is built on the concept of tradition. This tradition comes from developing elite collegiate boxers who win national championships, but it takes shape in another way. The current coaching staff is com-prised of former Nevada boxing champions and they continue to carry the torch. The new coach-ing generation begins to take shape in the form of former 132-pound national champion Jarred Santos. After winning the national championship last April, Santos looks to give back to the program and continue the Nevada coaching lineage.
While he was still a fighter, Santos was looked to as a leader and the team followed his example. Now that he is retired from fighting and set to graduate in the spring, some may feel the team will look at Santos in another light with his new role, but the team has responded as they always have.
“What’s so great about having Jarred around is that things haven’t really changed,” said team-mate Garrett Felling. “When I started coming to the gym I looked to Jarred as a leader and he’s always pushed us harder than we could ever have pushed ourselves, and now that he’s not boxing anymore he brings the same thing as a coach. I still look to him as my captain and it’s great for all of us on the team to continue to have him around and to push us.”
Since taking over his new role, Santos has no-ticed the differences from being in the ring and coaching from the corner.
“It’s really great to see boxing from the coaching point of view,” Santos said. “Teaching kids how to box is like seeing someone learn how to walk. When I was a fighter I came into the gym looking to work on myself, but as a coach I have to see
everyone and look to see who needs to improve on what.”
Santos’ biggest role right now is being a coach that spars with the fighters. From there, the coaches look for Santos to expand his role.
“As a coach he’s a huge benefit because we’ll have him around for a couple years and he’s in shape to work with kids in the ring and spar the guys,” Schellin said. “I’d like to see him take over down the road. There’s still some things we’re teaching him about his own game and some training techniques, but he’s a great candidate to continue the tradition here.”
Santos insists that he isn’t anything more than a glorified sparring partner, but he is the latest of a long line of former fighters turned coaches. Head coach Pat Schellin fought in 1968 and 1972-1974 (after serving in Vietnam from 1969-1971) and only lost one career fight. Assistant coach Dan Holmes fought from 1982-1986 and won a na-tional title in 1985, and former coach and current executive director of USA Boxing Mike Martino fought in the 1970s.
“It’s a tradition not purposely started,” Santos said. “We come in here young and stupid little boys and we come out men after learning the work ethic and values it takes to box and it makes you appreciate it and want to see people do the same thing.”
This season, Santos is an extra hand helping out while he finishes his art major and psychology minor. In the future he may take a more hands-on role with the program.
“Boxing is a love-hate relationship,” Santos said. “You hate it sometimes, but you can’t seem to walk away.”
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at neil@sage-
brush.unr.edu and on Twitter @NeilTheJuiceMan.
Santos gives back to boxing program
Season preview: Nevada boxing goes for repeat
Henry MacDiarmid/Nevada SagebrushAssistant coach Jarred Santos (front) looks on the ring during the boxing team’s practice at the team’s training facility last Thursday. Santos has made the transition from fighter to coach this season.
X�Boxing’s first fights are Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Silver Legacy. Student tickets are available at the door with a student ID. General admission is $15.
SEASON DEBUT
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STUDRB Latavius Murray: Murray broke
onto the scene at the end of last year with the Oakland Raiders. His fantasy outlook was pretty positive at the be-ginning of this year, as he was viewed
as a top-10 running back in the league. However, he has failed to break out so far, rushing for just 44 yards on 11 carries during week one. He started heating up this past Sunday with 65 yards and a TD on 15 carries in a big win for the Raiders over the Ravens. I
look for Murray to have the game his owners have been waiting for during week three as the Raiders travel to Cleveland to take on Johnny Football and the Cleveland Browns’ subpar run defense.Prediction: 16 carries, 115 yards, 1 TD
DUD RB DeMarco Murray: While one
Murray is on the rise, another is on the decline. DeMarco Murray was one of the best fantasy running backs in the league last year. However, a year can change a lot in the fantasy world, as he has failed to rush for double digits in his first two games in a Phila-delphia Eagles uniform. I look for his struggles to continue against the Jets’ tough front seven. Prediction: 14 carries, 27 yards, 4
catches, 33 yards
GOT GUTS? WR Travis Benjamin: There have
only been a handful of fantasy receiv-ers better than Benjamin so far. The Browns receiver has 204 receiving yards and 4 total TDs (1 punt return TD) in his first two games this year. I am buying the hype as I believe Johnny Football just has to throw it deep, and Benjamin will run under it. I won’t be surprised if he has another big game against a porous Raiders secondary.Prediction: 4 catches, 94 yards, 1 TD
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@SagebrushSports.
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I t’s a trap! That’s right, Wolf Pack fans, don’t get too comfortable now that Arizona and Texas A&M are in the rearview mirror. Nevada travels to the University of Buffalo to take on
the Bulls this weekend, and the matchup has “trap game” written all over it. UC Davis was a glorified scrimmage, while Arizona and A&M were definitely superior teams. It is the game against Buffalo that will reveal just what kind of team Nevada is this
season. Don’t get gored, Nevada, because you’re about to run with the Bulls.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Buffalo sits at 2-1 with convinc-ing wins against Albany and Florida Atlantic, and a hard-fought 27-14 loss on the road at Penn State. The Bulls are bringing back their two big weapons on offense in senior quarterback Joe Licata
and senior running back Anthone Taylor. Last season, Licata threw for 2,647 yards for 29 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and Taylor ran for 1,403 yards and 12 touchdowns. The Bulls’ first-year head coach Lance Leipold was the head coach of Division III University of Wisconsin at Whitewater for eight years and won six D-III national championships.
Leading the Pack, Nevada sophomore running back James Butler finally had his coming-out party against the Aggies. Butler rushed for 107 yards on 17 carries, and he gave fans a glimpse of what the offense will look like come conference play. In what became the play of the game, Nevada junior wide receiver Hasaan
Henderson had the Internet buzzing with a one-handed catch as A&M’s cornerback bla-tantly committed pass interference. If you haven’t seen the catch, then look it up right now. A nice impression of New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Holy sweet dear lord baby Jesus, what a catch.
THE BIGGEST QUESTIONCan Nevada’s defense contain the Bulls’
running game? Taylor is averaging 5.2 yards per carry, and Nevada has struggled to stop the run in their last two matchups (7 yards per carry against Arizona and 5.8 against Texas A&M). The front seven of Nevada was considered one of the strengths of the Pack, but this game will be a great indicator if we should believe the hype.
KEYS TO THE GAMENevada’s offense has to have a big per-
formance against Buffalo. The Pack showed signs of life against A&M, but the entire unit needs to perform. The offensive line is in need of a big game to boost their confidence going into conference play, and the offense cannot commit turnovers. Last week against Florida Atlantic, the Bulls scored three touchdowns off turnovers (two fumble recoveries and one interception) and forced a safety. If they play a clean game, then the Pack can leave Buffalo with a win.
BEST-CASE/WORST-CASE SCENARIO
Best case is that Nevada can utilize their weap-
ons on offense. The Pack needs running backs Don Jackson and James Butler to set the tone early in the game and become the one-two punch out of the backfield that many were expecting this
season. Worst case is that Buf-
falo will expose the constantly picked-on secondary of Ne-
vada, and Licata has a big day. If Taylor can get productive yards
on the ground, the front seven for Nevada will have another long day ahead of them.
PREDICTIONNevada messes with the Bulls
but doesn’t get the horns. The Pack showed potential on offense against an SEC defense, so going
up against a MAC opponent should provide opportunities to break the
game open a bit. Butler and Jackson should set the tone on the ground and
senior quarterback Tyler Stewart will have the opportunity to make plays through the air. Expect a back-and-forth game from both teams and Nevada pull-ing out the win.
Neil Patrick Healy can be reached at
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@NeilTheJuiceMan.
PACK PREVIEW: Running of the Bulls: Nevada faces tough test
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