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Denisons suspected killer arrested

By Jessica Fryman
University of Nevada, Reno students said although they are relieved Brianna Denisons suspected killer was arrested Nov. 25, they wont stop carrying their pepper spray and will continue to avoid walking alone. While James Michael Biela, 27, of Sparks, has not been convicted, he was arrested and charged Nov. 25 for Denisons murder and another sexual assault and kidnapping case. Denison, a 19-year-old Santa
James Michael Biela
James Biela was arrested and charged for Denisons murder. He was also charged for another sexual assault and kidnapping.
Brianna Denison
Brianna Denison, a 19-year-old Reno native, went missing a block from campus Jan. 20. Her body was found Feb. 15.
Barbara City College student and Reno native, was visiting a friend Jan. 20 when she went missing from 1395 Mackay Court, about
a block from UNR. Her body was found in an undeveloped south Reno lot Feb. 15. Biela is also charged with a Dec.
16, 2007, kidnapping and sexual assault in a parking lot at 1425 North Virginia Street, a few blocks from where Denison was kidnapped. DNA directly links Biela to both cases, the Reno Police Department said. A DNA link was also established to a sexually motivated attack in the Sierra Street Parking Complex Nov. 13, 2007, but Biela has not been charged with the crime. An Oct. 22, 2007, sexual assault in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex has not been forensically linked to Biela or the other cases.
Police received an anonymous tip about Biela Nov. 1 after his girlfriend found a pair of womens underwear in his truck while in Washington in September, where Biela had been working, according to RPD. Biela refused to give police a DNA sample, however, his girlfriend allowed police to take a sample from their 4-year-old son. An analysis found that the DNA of the boys father matched the DNA on Denisons body and was a partial match to the DNA found outside the house where
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she was abducted. Students crowded around television monitors Wednesday in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center to hear the news of Bielas arrest in the case that many had been following for the past 10
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It brings a lot of pride
25 percent tuition increase unlikely

By Jessica Estepa
Higher education ofcials said a tuition increase for next semester is unlikely, but wouldnt rule out the possibility of future increases as Nevadas budget shortfall continues. After Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Jim Rogers said a 25 percent fee increase for students at the University of Nevada, Reno would raise $50 million for the system, students planned petitions and protests. His proposal came after the governors ofce told state agencies to prepare for 4, 7 or 11 percent midyear cuts, on top of the cuts already made this year. I think that the misunderstanding is an overreaction to what the chancellor is saying, NHSE Vice-Chancellor Daniel Klaich said. He isnt going to the board and proposing a 25 percent increase. At UNR, a 25 percent increase would mean an extra $816 for 12 credits. The increase would also be on top of the previously approved 5 percent tuition hike. When Derek Morgan, a Truckee Meadows Community College student, heard about the increase, he said he was dismayed. I thought it was going to ruin
BOARD OF REGENTS
The Board of Regents, which is the governing body of the Nevada System of Higher Education, will hold its meeting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Thursday and Friday. On its agenda are the following: 2008-09 and 2009-11 budget reduction A Panda Express lease agreement in the student union A report on the state of the Millennium Scholarship program Progress report of the Fire Science Academy New doctorate majors in philosophy and public health
my chances of coming here nancially, Morgan, 20, said. Morgan said he wouldnt support any tuition increases. In the nancial situation that everyones in, it would just make it that much harder to get an education, he said. Klaich said a tuition increase for next semester could come under one circumstance: If state government ofcials come out of Mondays Nevada Economic Forum with higher estimated
Hilda Viviana Gallardo, a 22-year-old anthropology major, will become the rst woman in her family to graduate Saturday. Her parents, Hilda and Miguel Gallardo, said they are proud their daughter will have better opportunities than they had in their own lives.
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UNR grads tend to stay in Nev. First-generation students By Jay Balagna and Where Nevada alumni face extra barriers in college Jessica Fryman
go after graduation
By Jessica Fryman
When Hilda Viviana Gallardo earns her diploma Saturday, she will become the rst woman in her family to graduate college. It was my dream, said her mother, Hilda Gallardo, who did not nish elementary school. Hilda Viviana Gallardos mother grew up in Mexico and started working when she was 12 years old to help support her nine siblings. When she was 14 years old, she begged her parents and older siblings to let her attend school when they moved to the United States, but she didnt have time because she had to work and help take care of her siblings and siblings children. I say my family is not going to suffer what we suffered because we worked so hard, Hilda Gallardo said. She later received her GED and Teachers Aide Certicate. Her husband, Miguel, never had any schooling and often worked about 18 hours each day as supervisor in a warehouse so their four children could have a better life. All of their children have graduated from or are in college. I feel very proud of her and very happy that she will go far,
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the soon-to-be-grads mother said. I think shes going to have a better job than what we have. Hilda Viviana Gallardo is part of a group of rst-generation students that make up roughly 40 percent of the student body at the University of Nevada, Reno. It brings a lot of pride, knowing that theres not too many women in my extended family that have even been able to nish high school, Gallardo, a 22-year-old anthropology major, said. To be able to get this far, its quite rewarding to know that a lot of hard work has been put in and Ive faced a lot of obstacles, but Ive been able to accomplish it. First-generation college students endure several challenges that their peers may not, according to UNR faculty who research and work with first-generation students.
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About 40 percent of Saturdays graduates will leave Nevada if they follow the trend of other University of Nevada, Reno alumni. Many alumni said they leave the state to pursue better job opportunities. This creates a paradigm where highly qualied workers leave because there arent any jobs, but businesses wont come to the state because there arent enough workers. However, the rate that UNR alumni stay in Nevada is higher than at other public universities in the western United States. About 57 percent of Oregon State University alumni stay in Oregon, said Mealoha McFadden, the assistant director of membership and alumni at OSU. Only about 40 percent of graduates from the University of Idaho stay in that state, said Joni Kirk, the UID associate director of media relations. Thats probably the norm, UNR economics professor Mark Pingle said. In my view, that kind of mobility is a good thing that people can go where the jobs are. Ronda Bybee, a 1995 UNR graduate who attended graduate school in Washington, D.C. and has never left, said she was drawn there by job prospects. Its been 11 years and I stayed because of the opportunities in the work that I do. I got a degree
Campus Escort cracks down on harassment

By Nick Coltrain
Roshaun Dauphine had just started her 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. shift at Campus Escort when the calls from a drunken male started. He would call about 20 times within 45 minutes and scream vulgarities at Dauphine and into Campus Escorts voicemail. The raunchiness and tone of the phone calls shook Dauphine, a 21-year-old criminal justice major, enough that she found a University of Nevada, Reno police ofcer to accompany her. Her boss, Monica Thompson, led a police report a few days after the incident and hopes to make this student an example in stopping harassment of her student workers. Ive heard some pretty bad stuff, like, Oh you didnt answer your phone, youre a bunch of assholes, but this, I was just disgusted, Thompson, coordinator for Campus Escort, said. (The workers) just want it to stop. The unfortunate thing is that people feel like there arent any consequences.
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Campus Escort cannot pick up students who may have been drinking because of possible harm coming to the vehicle, the driver or the intoxicated person. Campus Escort cannot take students from one offcampus location to another. One of the stops must be on campus.
She said the harassing phone calls also tie up Campus Escort phone lines for people who need rides to or from campus due to late nights studying or participating in on-campus activities. Dauphine said she has never been called such vulgarities before, like this caller did repeatedly. She said by the fth phone call she stopped answering. She said she explained to the male that it is against policy to take students from one off-campus location to another. She also told him it is
[ Nevada: 61.25% [ California: 16.41% [ Washington: 2.44% [ Oregon: 2.06% [ Arizona: 1.76% [ Texas: 1.55% [ Colorado:1.52% [ Other: 12.16%
in political management and I do a lot of political research, the fourth-generation Nevadan said. Although UNR graduates can often nd employment in other places, the mobility poses a problem for the state, Pingle said. Companies could be reluctant to relocate to Nevada if the state
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Video: Coverage from Saturdays commencement ceremonies. Photo galleries: Full coverage of Saturdays Nevada-UNLV basketball game from Lawlor Events Center. Podcast: Tuesdays Pizza with the President event with University President Milton Glick.
WAR CRIMES
Political columnist Brian Ault asks Barack Obama to address alleged war crimes from the last administration. Page A9
PACK BOWL CHANCES

The Wolf Pack has seven wins and is bowl eligible, but the question still remains: Where will Nevada go? Page B1
JUICY CAMPUS
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UNRPD retaliation complaint dismissed

By Nick Coltrain
A Nevada hearing ofcer dismissed a retaliation complaint by a University of Nevada, Reno Police Department sergeant last week, clearing department heads of accusations that they created a hostile working environment in response to a state whistle-blower ling. Sgt. Lane Grow, who has led four lawsuits against UNR and UNRPD ofcials, accused ofcials in the police department of stripping sergeants of the ability to choose their shifts. But the policy, while unenforced, existed before Grow led his whistle-blower complaint. In March 2007, Grow led his rst lawsuit against UNRPD heads, including Director Adam Garcia. He accused them of ageism, sexism and protecting alcoholics on the force. A month later, he joined a whistle-blower with then-UNR professor Hussein S. Hussein, geology professor Richard Schweickert and red soccer coach Terri Patraw accusing UNR of widespread corruption. In the original lawsuit, Grow said preferential treatment toward other ofcers stopped him from doing his job. He said he was also taken off the night shift because his ofcers were making too many drunk-driving stops. But the order requiring shift assignments for UNRPD sergeants was in place several years before, making retaliation nonexistent, wrote administrative hearing ofcer Francis Jay Short in his ruling. Garcia said he couldnt comment much on the case because of the ongoing legal battles with Grow. I believe that the ruling speaks for itself and that the decision was correct, Garcia wrote in an e-mail. I am anxious to discuss this but I think it best not to comment further until the numerous meritless lawsuits and complaints led by Mr. Grow are resolved through the appropriate channels. Jeffrey Dickerson, Grows lawyer, said he respects Shorts decision while still disagreeing with it. Obviously he has considered all of the evidence that we presented and Im disappointed in the conclusion that he reached that we had not carried a burden of proof, Dickerson said. I respect the fact that he gave a reasoned, rational argument, but that doesnt mean we have to agree with the reasoning. Dickerson said he hasnt had the opportunity to ask Grow if he will appeal the ruling.
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Monica Grecu teaches an English 102 class about freedom. Cambridge Whos Who recently recognized her for contributions to the university.
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Professors honor could bene t UNR Villa Italia to open Monday, sushi
and Chinese to debut in the spring
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Cambridge Whos Who recently honored University of Nevada, Reno Professor Monica Grecu for her accomplishments as a poetry and literary critic, a poet and her efforts to improve the university. The English professors nomination could bring more attention to UNR. Cambridge Whos Who is a New York-based professional networking group that attempts to publicize its members, both online and in a number of print publications, in order to promote members research and business interests. Cambridge Whos Who contacted Grecu in November to ask that she join because of her expertise and contributions to UNR. I am happy that someone is appreciative of the long years of academic work I have given, Grecu said. Grecu said she believes her membership in this networking group may promote the interests of the university as a whole. It means the university is also considered an important educational institution, Grecu said. It is important as a network. If you let (Cambridge Whos Who) publish you, you have the opportunity of developing international connections. I can really help people. Grecu was born and educated in Romania before receiving her ESL degree in England and returning to teach at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania. Since coming to UNR, Grecu has worked to coordinate several student exchange agreements with students from Cluj. Dr. Eric
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Panda Express and Sushi might open in the spring 2009 semester next to Villa Italia on the second oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union. The Board of Regents will review the request during the Thursday and Friday meetings in Las Vegas. Panda Express will offer sushi in addition to its regular menu. Villa Italia is scheduled to open Monday. We are waiting for health and re reviews, Chuck Price, director of the The Joe, said about Villa Italia. It is going under some inspections, but as of right now its still going to happen. Villa Italia was scheduled to open earlier this year, but was delayed because of nancing and loan problems he said. Pizza, hot sandwiches, pastas and salads will be available. I think this is really exciting, Amy Evans, a 21-year-old psychology major, said. Im going to enjoy the variety of food we can have now. Justin Burke, an 18-year-old business major, agreed. Now that I know its opening, Im stoked, Burke said. Im going to buy pizza the day it opens. Port of Subs was getting old. The student union is looking to ll the remaining vacancies with a Mexican restaurant and a sports grill.
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Monica Grecu
Professor of English Key fact: Cambridge Whos Who honored Grecu by publishing her name in several publications. Grecu: It means the university is also considered an important educational institution. It is important as a network. If you let (Cambridge Whos Who) publish you, you have the opportunity of developing international connections.
Rasmussen, head of the Department of English, said that Grecu and her efforts have really helped to internationalize the department and believes this kind of experience is invaluable. Its an interesting element of diversity she brings to the university because shes out of the Anglo-American tradition, Rasmussen said. Its a very difcult thing for anyone to do to go into a different culture and be not just able to adapt but able to succeed. I admire her enormously.
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Villa Italia will open Monday, giving students more dining options in the Joe Crowley Student Union.
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against policy to pick up people who have been drinking. Thompson said it is a liability and safety issue when Campus Escort picks up drunken people. Carting them from one off-
campus location to another also defeats Campus Escorts purpose of extending a students day on campus. The male left several messages after Dauphine stopped answering, saying he was driving drunk, that he crashed into two cars and sodomized an 8-year-old girl. Ive been told not to call back
here again because Ive been drinking, the male, who left an unconrmed name in his message, said. So Im just going to go ahead and drive myself home and I hope you guys understand when I crash into your fucking front desk, you fucking cunts! The phone that made these calls was turned off when The
Nevada Sagebrush tried to contact the male. Adam Garcia, director of the UNR Police Department, said the caller could be cited for harassing people via telephone, a misdemeanor. The male could also face student-specic reprimands through the Ofce of Student
Conduct. We get (harassing phone calls) on occasion and they are far and few between, Garcia said. But in this case, it was excessive in the number and type of messages that he left that set it apart.
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Weekly Update
DECEMBER 2, 2008
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Design shoes, donate a pair to Ethiopia

By Aaron Benedetti
On Dec. 10 students can help children in Ethiopia by designing their own shoes as part of an event, Style Your Soles. Flipside Productions and TOMS Shoes will host the event. TOMS Shoes is a Santa Monica-based shoe company that is working to donate shoes to children in need, in order to prevent a common serious disease. The Style Your Soles program is part of an awareness campaign, the TOMS Vagabond Tour, in which ve TOMS teams travel to high school and university campuses across the nation to promote the TOMS efforts. Josh Owen, a representative for the northwest division of the Vagabond Tour, said the events are usually quite popular. Customers can purchase a pair of white, unadorned TOMS shoes for $40 and decorate the shoes using supplies TOMS representatives bring to the event. Anyone can buy a pair of shoes and we have all kinds of stuff, fabric markers, Sharpies, whatever and you can make your own TOMS, Owen said. For every pair designed, TOMS will deliver another pair to needy children in Ethiopia to help prevent podoconiosis, a debilitating disease related to elephantiasis that is caused by certain volcanic silica deposits in the soil. In some areas of Ethiopia, podoconiosis affects about ve percent of the population, making it more prevalent than HIV in these areas. We saw this need and decided to focus on this need for the holiday season, Owen said.
BYTES CAFE OPENS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE CENTER
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TUESDAY/2
The Fall Senior Scholars Reception The Nevada Alumni Association will recognize the Fall Senior Scholars at a reception and awards ceremony from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Ballroom C of the Joe Crowley Student Union. Faculty and students are invited to honor the top scholars from each college at the university. Admission is $10. For more information contact Lindsey Harmon at 775784-6620. Pizza with the President University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick will answer students questions on any topic from noon to 1 p.m. in the Graduate Student Lounge on the third oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union. Pizza and refreshments will be served on a rst-come, rst-served basis. The event is free and open to students and faculty. For more information on the event, contact Jeannette Smith in the Ofce of the President at 775-784-6505. Project 58 will sell hot chocolate and handmade African jewelry from 7:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union. Project 58 will donate proceeds to build a boys shelter in Kenya. Hot chocolate costs $1 and peppermint avoring costs an extra 25 cents. Jewelry ranges from $8 to $20. For more information, contact Ally Patton at unrproject58@gmail.com or visit project58unr.com.
STYLE YOUR SHOES

When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 10 Where: Second oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union Cost: $40 for one pair Film: For Tomorrow: The TOMS Shoes Story at 4 p.m. in The Joe theater
Its totally preventable when people wear shoes. Planners at TOMS seeking to begin an awareness campaign saw that the most reliable market for TOMS shoes was within the high-school-student and college-student populations, Owen said. This spurred the organization to create the Vagabond Tour. We wanted to get this generation involved, Owen said. Stephanie Maddox, philanthropy chair for Flipside, will help coordinate the event. She was contacted by TOMS Shoes for the program and said she was happy to provide a venue. Maddox said she hopes the event will be a success. As the philanthropy chair, one of the goals I set for myself was to look for local, national, and international causes, Maddox said. To do something for people in a different country is greatIts something bigger than ourselves. Owen said the tour will be successful regardless of the number of shoes sold, but the Vagabond Tour campaign hopes to sell 30,000 shoes during the next 30 days. We measure success with just talking to people, he said. Even if we sell one pair of shoes, thats a pair that a child in Ethiopia can wear.
Aaron Benedetti can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
Hot Chocolate for Kenya
WEDNESDAY/3
The Bytes Cafe opened Nov. 24 on the second oor of the knowledge center. The cafe offers donuts, Peets coffee, sushi, salads and other pasteries. It is open from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday.
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POLICE BLOTTER
NOVEMBER 29
An ofcer responded to the recovery of a stolen vehicle on Virginia and College streets. An ofcer responded to a trafc accident on Virginia Street on the west side of the Brian J. Whalen garage.
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NOVEMBER 28
An ofcer responded to the death of a 44-year-old man at Peccole Park. The ofcer led the incident as a suicide.
NOVEMBER 25
Police responded to a call regarding suspicious circumstances near UNR Way.
NOVEMBER 24
Police responded to an 88-year-old male trespassing on UNR Way. Destruction of property was reported at Echo Avenue.
NOVEMBER 27
An 18-year-old male was arrested at Nye Hall for minor possession in consumption, possession of false identication and obstruction and resisting an ofcer. Police arrested a 28-yearold female at Evans and Enterprise streets on an outstanding warrant.
NOVEMBER 23
A stolen vehicle was recovered on Cleanwater Way.
NOVEMBER 26
An ofcer responded to a trafc accident involving a pedestrian on North Virginia and East 9th streets.
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Students can enter to become the 2009 Mother Nature Network (MNN) correspondent for the University of Nevada, Reno until Jan. 30. Contestants can audition by sending a two to four minute video to www.youtube.com/ mnn, or a 500-word blog to tinyurl.com/67mdfk. One student from every major university will be chosen to contribute a video program or blog at MNN. Their reporting will be broadcast to a nationwide audience. Winners receive a Flip Ultra video camcorder. The top five correspondents will be chosen to participate in an exclusive, all-expensespaid summit to share their ideas with the top names in environmental studies.
Video, blog Web site looks for contributors
The Center for Program Evaluation Open House The Center for Program Evaluation (CPE) is hosting an open house from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Room 109 of the Mackay Science Building. CPE will explain its primary focuses on health, education and community service. Refreshments will be provided and the staff will be available to answer any questions about the program. STANDFast Members of STAND will table from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union. The group will ask students to pledge to give up one luxury item for the day. They will also take monetary donations to the Genocide Intervention Networks Civilian Protection Program. A $3 donation will help women in Darfur collect rewood and a $5 donation will help enable urgent warnings of attacks in Eastern Burma.
Free program needs tutors for nals prep

The Student Organizations as Academic Resource program and the ASUN 24-Hour Study Hall are looking for tutors. Members of any campus club or organization are eligible to help tutor before nal exams. Sessions will run from 3 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 10, 11 and 14. Tutors are needed in core subjects such as math, chemistry, physics and English. To sign up to be a tutor, visit tinyurl.com/5p4ma5. For more information, contact directorco@asun.unr.edu.
THURSDAY/4
WEATHER FORECAST
Forecast prepared by the Reno-Lake Tahoe student chapter of the American Meteorological Society. For more information visit their website at http://www. ametsoc.org/chapters/ renotahoe/
POWDER REPORT
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKEND
ALPINE MEADOWS
SIERRA-ATTAHOE
Cooler and clear, NW wind 5-8 mph
Sunny, N wind 3-5 mph
Some high clouds, light E wind
Clear, light E wind
Increasing clouds and W wind 5-10mph
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BOREAL
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HEAVENLY
Morning campus temperature: Afternoon campus temperature: Mountain average temperature: Forecast condence level*:
38 53 38
36 51 39
35 48 35
35 49 35
Lows: 29-34 Highs: 50-55
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MOUNT ROSE
18 1
Books for Africa Canada Hall, the Brushre Literary Arts Journal and the Art for Global Action Project are hosting a book drive, Books for Africa, through the end of the semester. New and used textbooks and novels will be accepted. Drop-off boxes are located in the Canada Hall Pit, in the Brushre ofce and in Room 330 of the Joe Crowley Student Union. For more information, contact brushre@asun.nevada.edu.
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NORTHSTAR
*Forecast confidence is based on the ensemble forecast model solution spread: Green is high confidence and red is low confidence in a good forecast verification.
UNR CAMPUS WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: The week will begin with cooling and clear skies. Things may begin to change this weekend as the high pressure ridge that has been dominating the weather begins to break down. Weak systems begin to impact the area causing an increase in clouds and wind by Sunday.
DISCUSSION: Skies will be clear and sunny throughout the week with no chance of new accumulation. A weak system may impact the area Sunday with a chance of light snow.
Commencement The Winter Commencement Ceremony will start at 8 a.m. in the Lawlor Events Center. The ceremony, should not go past noon. See pages A4-A5 for a list of this semesters graduates. For more information about the ceremony contact Judy Bartley in Admissions and Records at 775-682-8067.
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undergraduates
Travis John Crawford
Christine Marie Zimmer
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

David G. Thawley, Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
August 2008
Frances L. Arnold
Katrin Sarah Lamprecht Jamie Claudine Leonard
Daniel Paul Robison Ashley Kay Rolfe December 2008 Rachel Myungsun Baek Shannon Fischer Bell William Russell Bradshaw Kaitlyn Alise Brown Alex James Coleman Tyler Knight Ellis Jessica Lynn Gearhart Anh Thuc Ha Natasha Hatton Melissa Hoppe Mitchell R. Jonas Blake Krek Sareena Sheila Kumar Kelsey Amanda Ligon Adrienne Mary Lipka Christopher Scott McVicars Brent Eugene Moore Claire Marie Neumann Cody Thomas Nicholes Georgina Marie Ochoa Tasha Pascal Courtney Elizabeth Priess Nova Oreen Simpson Rachael Elizabeth Tateo Katherien Lynn Tedder Olivia Markey Williams
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Gregory Mosier, Dean BACHELOR OF ARTS
December 2008
Jasmine C. Curiel Richard C. Darby Sayaka Kasahara Vibeke Madsen Antonios Maragakis Matthew Ryan Prosser Nicole Leigh Robinson Kylie Rowe Atsumi Takeuchi Jaana Maarit Valimaki Samuel Douglas Wray
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

August 2008
William Ernesto Aguilar

Ashley Brooke Allen
Patrick Joseph Barry Katie Jeanette Bitz Amy Leigh Butler Maritess Calabria Lindsey Alyce Darrah Tanya Marie Davis Barbara Katherine Deinet Kimberly Lynn Esse Eva N. Finley Evan M. Haft Lindy Suzanne Johnson Jude Sierra Koenig Rui Leng Sylvia Liu Michelle Lee Marrale Lauren Leigh Morris Julia Marie Mueller Earl Glenn Peguese, Jr. Amanda Rochelle Rea Scott Michael Reddy Philip Anthony Riglick Sandra Michelle Rosenzweig Vincent Taylor Russo Hiroki Satoh Dean Willis Shepardson Chaz Brooks Spires Jessica Faith Stark Neil Alan Steininger Kristine Nicole Stern Marci Uyehara Alden Mitchell Weishahn Jacqueline Anne Marie Wisnoski Dustin Robert Wood Jade N. Zahreddine December 2008 Olayinka Kemi Abegunde Ryan Aeschlimann Amanda Marie Alling Juan Apam Sanchez Colin Michael Ard Andrew Arthur Baldock Thomas Elroy Barcia Audrey Bardot Cody Ross Barnes Jenna Elizabeth Baron Randall Keith Belsheim Jordan Paul Berry Dutney Russell Block Ethan Michael Brizendine Andrea Marilyn Bryant Russel Edwin Burkett Mary Elizabeth Cain Faith Ann Call Kristopher John Carvalho Tyler Takeo Carvalho Vivian Chen Yawen Cheng Joseph Daniel Chrisman Cindy Laurene Clark Edwin Nagano Cohen
Donna M. Crooks Jason Scott Crystal Sean Daniel Curry Heather Lynn Darby Michelle M. DeLaParraBorden Jesus Diaz Justin Doerr Samuel Evan Douglass Meghan Felicia Doyle William M. Drewes Michael Edmonson Kyle Lew Eklund Kari Anne Faigle Daniel Edward Farmer Amanda Rose Ferguson Jenny L. Foley Patrick Daniel Foley Michelle Marie Fox Julianne Elizabeth Fritcher Brian Alfred Fusco Robert John G. Garcia Mario Alvis Garibaldi Crystal Shavonne Gilbert Brian Michael Green Richard Joseph Haffke Shanera Danielle Hall Brian Raymond Harden Ben Allan Harris Edward Jess Harsh III Kyle Steven Hess Jordan L. Hoeksema Nichole Alexandra Hughes Frank Gerald Humphrey Benjamin Calvin Johnson Jessica Ann Johnson Zachary Andrew Johnson Erin Kathleen Jones Joel Yoshi Kawasaki Jake Austin Kellames Duane David Kellogg David Lloyd Kelly Justin Leigh Kelly Brian Allen Kemper Lauren Kilmer Evelina G. Klioutcheva Kylie Christina Koerner William M. Kohlbeck Sabrina Rachel Koop Michael Craig Lambeth Danielle Sheree LeClair Piet Long Kelly Joann Lopeman Jason Scot Madden Stephanie Lynn Mang Eric Thomas Mangino Carolina Marin-Pereira Anne Nichole McKenzie Bryan Walter McMartin Douglas Allen Meiser Oscar Alberto Mendez Corie Moe William Gregory Mullen Matthew Martin Mulvihill Robert Andrew Nanse Lindsay Christine Nelson Lien Thi Nguyen Tyler Stephen Nichols Ronille S. Pabico Nicholas J. Paulson Daniel Paul Penny Sarah Jo Penrose Mark D. Pitchford Julie Rebecca Power Anthony Duane Puckett Nancy Edith Puentes Christopher William Redshaw Sean Preston Reeves Gin-Rose Bartolome Respicio Rachel Anne Ringenbach Jennifer Lauren Robinson Danny David Roth Stephanie Marie Rue Shandi Andrea Ruiz Corey Douglas Ryan Erin M. Scully Raylene Deanne Segura Dan Zhai Self Jason Carl Shields Yuki Shimizu Asuka Shirako Jennifer Dora Silewicz Thomas Andrew Simpkins Tyler Ray Smith Joseph Kirkland Snider Matthew Henry Stafford Amber M. Stewart Robert Michael Stoddard Stacy Kaylin Stout Nicholas Scott Summers Cheryl Nicole Suratos Jeffrey Scott Sutich Taichi Takezawa Harry Howard Thomas IV Katie August Thompson Michael Stephen Todd Justin Alexander Toulon Nicholaus Ray Traversie Justin Alexander Triplett Phillip Jamaal Turner Katsuchika Uchiki Lindsay Nicole Vacek Nikola Vusovic Allison Marie Wetzel Leslie Marie Williams Natalie Marie Williams Anthony Y. Woo Ryo Yamaki Jennifer Yori Zachary Thomas Ziegler
All undergraduate candidates

Candidates presented by the dean of each school and college
Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude, High Distinction, Distinction
Erika Kristine Zwart
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

August 2008
Jessica Marie Armstrong Tawney Dawn Peterson Janelle Joan Simon
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Ole Thienhaus, Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
December 2008
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
William E. Sparkman, Dean BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION
August 2008
Paige Lea Wolfson Megan Rae Zablah
PROFESSIONAL DEGREE
August 2008
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Manos Maragakis, Interim Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
December 2008 Barbara B. Coruna
Glen Barrett Daily
Amanda Christine Bateson Nicole Katherine Butler Brittany Anne Pearson Jessica Catherine Spina
DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES

John McDonald, Vice President BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
August 2008
REYNOLDS SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

Jerry Ceppos, Dean BACHELOR OF ARTS
August 2008
Stephen Matthew Dingle Regina Mann December 2008 Marisa Nicole Bevilacqua Michael D. Brooks Maritza Chavez Taylor Lorraine Clark Richard Jerome Cohen, Jr. Nora Bustos Dena Darren Mark DeWeese James Grant Dulgar Todd William Ferguson Stephanie Elizabeth Jannis Averill Duane Kelley Emily Deann Lee Michael Ryan Lee Seung Hae Lee Vincent Paul Medina Emily Alexandra Morse Esther Mesquita Newbold Robert Alfred Nylen Jessica Mae Pescio LaNiece Nicole Primus Lauren Kay Reid Dillon Adam Sauer Karly Jane Sipherd Adam Jay Sorenson Hillary Louisa Uriarte
Kevin Mark Schmidt Cody James Wagner Joshua David Waldo-Speth
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

August 2008
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
August 2008
Jenny Roseann Swanson Meghan Leigh Yarmak December 2008 Jessica Linnea Ernster Falon Paige Foster Patricia Anne Gingras Jenna Todd Hayes Christopher Howard Kanowitz Amy Lippman Violet Patricia Phoenix Krystal Rae Post Vanessa Rae Ralston Rebecca Jean Richards Ashlyn Michelle Ruffner Teagan McCall Thompson Tabor Brianne Volberding Amy Michelle Wetherbee
Ivan Manuel Rodriguez Joshua Benjamin Sailer December 2008 Danielle Kathleen Backman Cory Michael Bettinghouse Sara Anne Black Matthew Arnold Brecke Blake Douglas Carter Brandon Jeffrey Henning Jenna Marie Kiely Kirk John Koester John Thomas Lee Antonios Maragakis Aaron Kenneth Martinez Kevin James Porter Kerrie Lee Racicot Meghan Christine Rector Daniel Lane Rotter Clare Marie Schneider Elizabeth Nicole Sowers Ross Emerson Titlow Mariacatherine Palma Tuddao
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING

December 2008 Steven Marshall
Christman Nhan Trung Diep Daniel Johnson Kyle James Matossian
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION

August 2008
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

August 2008
Jamie Celina Espinoza Jake Dawayne Hargis Teri-Lee Hedman Hilary Angela Smith December 2008 Kylie Michelle Ball Amanda Christine Bateson Kristen Michelle Borden Seana Burns Nicole Katherine Butler Ciarra Marie Christian Jamie Elizabeth Connolly Christina Dawn Cravens John Eden Dickens Janielle Marie Dinkins Janelle Carmen Dorangricchia Daniel Jay Eastham Andrew Steven Evanski Samuel Tyler Forrester Suzanne Marie Foss Kaitlin Anna Rose Ghan Miriam Helen Gomberg Amanda J. Gramly Rachel Elizabeth Gray Brian Carroll Hansen Jessica Eve Hemmingsen Ashley Nicole Henderson Kiersten Marie Johnson Andrea Marie Kuiken Ashley Nicole Land Michon Cheres Masterson Jennifer S. Mavis James Aaron McLennan Marcy Renee Murphy Christopher Colin Pavich Brittany Anne Pearson Justin Lee Phifer Benjamin Frantz Phillips Whitney B. Rogers Sean Patrick Stafford Jennifer Lynn Vincelette
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

August 2008
Daiena Kay Brown Benjamin Ross Garrido Joshua Logan Manser Alyssa Anne Naasz December 2008 Tristin Beckman Jamie Patricia Brant Nicole Alexa Carlsen Tiana Michelle Challenger Marie-Alix Cirac Diane Robin Dahnert Brittany Eileen Davidson Blaine Alyson Dugan Stephanie Marie Frow Colleen Kasey Hagen Steve Lemus Abigail Nancy LePeilbet Megan Lee Lewis Connor Vincent Lynch Dylan J. Malfa Heidi Leanne Matlock Shannon Elizabeth McLaughlin Sara Miller Arash Shawn Mosaleh Charles Robert Moses Megan Elizabeth Moyer Matthew Steven Myers Jamie Candace Neal Lucy Stang Osborne Kathryn Christine Perdomo Anthony Jeremiah Piersanti Alexandra Rae Polkinhorn Meredith Priest Richardson Nathaniel Slinker Andrea Lin Stevens Laurel Alene Stovall Jessica Shea Townsend Nonie Anne Wainwright Terrence Donald Walsh Crystal Lynn Williams
Jacquelyn Mae Bake Nicholas Anthony Gallagher Lisa Michelle Terry Heather Lynn Tinker December 2008 Christa Kaitlyn Avena Itzia G. Bedolla Julia Renee Biasi Stephanie Meacham Black Andrelyn Salinas Carrillo Stephanie Louise Clack Christa Marrie Cochran Amber Ashley Cornelius Katrina Maria Davis Brooke Elizabeth Dutchover Jessica Rose Ebel-Wheat Roger Maurice Gravelle II Michael Peter Jackson Jacklyn Marie Jensen Christina Marie Kerwin Eric Richard Kessler Danielle Marie Lacombe Lauren Shea Licciardi Jennifer Robin Linney Lindsay Dorene Matheu Aaron Michael Matthys Jeffrey Alan Molinari Stephanie Theresa Murphy Stacey Marie Phillips Meghan Leigh Poirier Mary Patricia Potter Antonia Lizbeth Ramirez Maria Ress Brenda L. Riffel Rachel Francine Robison Kathleen Anne Rossi Jennifer Mary Rotta Tamara Denise Schmidt Risa Linda Scolari Daniel Thomas Senger Kristin Allyson Sewell Jennifer Susanne Small Matthew James Stephan Ayaka Sugiura Danielle Anita Taylor Angela Nicole Thompson Amy Kathryn Thrower Amy Christine Tideman
Danielle Nicole-Marie Bennett Tyler Joel Kayser December 2008 Travis Drew Axe Eric Jennings Jason Frederick Rapp David Charles Uhrig
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

December 2008
Scott Brennan Garrison Michael Rey Gonzalez Katarina E. Taylor Sachin Verma
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING PHYSICS

August 2008
Joseph Michael Vesco

December 2008
William Collin Emmerson Travis David Phelps Jackson Paul Webster
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

December 2008
Tanner Riley Ruf
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

December 2008
Chuck Allen Azcarate Timothy Ryan Bullard Suzanne Jean Durr Kyle Richard Egelhofer Sean Franco Adam Marshall Henningsen Gregory Thomas Kraus Steven Emilio Martinez Michael Joseph McKee Matthew Scott Peterson Andrew Post Darren Edward Seltzer Jeffery John Sowden Francis Daly Ward
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
December 2008
Jeremy Allenn Correlli
Danielle Lynn Lallement Lori Michelle Martin December 2008 Daphne Laurel Bateman Neha Beaspal Cherish Star Beaumont Jennifer Shellane Bickford Drukshini Ann Dissanayake Michelle Ann Dobbs Stephanie Lynn Ehly Justin Forneron Juby Nool Hilario Shallon Deanne Horgan Yukako Ito Jennifer Lynn James Jonathan Charles Jensen Ansley Karen Kendziorski Alice Louise Kidd Breann Michelle Kukurin Kimberly Lyn Long Jill Janette Martin Tricia Leigh Martin Jennifer Maria Matus Jenna Marie Mechum Whitney Jean Mentaberry Lindy Nicole Mitchell Eliza Ramirez Moran Victoria Lee Nalywaiko Ricole Marie Osborn Raveca Pintea Heather Dawn Prody Liesl Corrin Renfree Georganna Doreen Reynolds Hanna Erin Sauer Jennifer Nefertiti Savitz Arlo Clayton Schenk Jennifer Lee Schiessl April Joy Francisco Scoble Lacey Renee Siebert Erika Kristine Simeon Shelley Ann Smith Ashley Sowa Sherri Ann Spiva Mark Christian Stevens Derek Robert Stevenson Kaitlin Jean Steverman Robyn Lee Stillian Katherine Marie Stover Brandi Leigh Templin Keith Andrew West Stephanie Rae Woodard
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Heather Hardy, Dean BACHELOR OF ARTS
August 2008
Richard Francis Acovino

Ashley Brooke Allen
Dayna Rae Ashburner Danielle Lynne Biselli Rachel Kathleen Capurro Ryan C. Clifford Jesse Edward Cook Allison Renee Counsil Alina Marie DryanskiKaiser Wendy Franco Lindsay Ann Garrison Christopher Emmett Harvey Melissa Dawn Heckman Jennifer Rose Henry Kathryn Diane Irwin Matthew Ruben Johnson Christopher Joseph Krainik Caleche Ranae Manos Ashley Sara Massey Lee Travis McComas Sean William McDonald James Lawrence Merron Sarah Elizabeth Mills Brian Edwin Mitchell Keith Richard Newman Tadd Richard Orzalli Evan James Pellegrini Angeline Marie Peterson Marcos Ivan Pico Renteria Alyssa Paige Sarbacher Jaclyn Nicole Schwartz Adam J. Smith Laura Jean Stotz Maria Jose UrbinaHuembes Janeth G. Vega Ryan Arthur Wilson Sarah Theresa Wootten Roland Zagonyi December 2008 Henry Aguilar Jennifer Kathlene Amundsen Uche S. Anyanwu Brian Ault Shane Russel Avansino Richard Babin
Gina Marie Bacon Adria Anne Bargmann Regina Marie Barker Lacy Brook Bauer Monique Michele Baumann Edrick-Mylo Manguiat Bay Jessica Lynn Beairsto Hunter M. Blackburn-Clapes Brett Henry Blagen Paige Brady Jennifer Ann Brassil William Lloyd Brunk Meghan Kathleen Burke Heather Rae Butler Lisa Ann Butler Santino Angelo Calabrese Yancy Norton Caldwell Christian James Cale Michael Ray Carter Joshua Andrew Causey Yuliana Chavez Nicholas James Clark Catherine Cybill Conlan Casey Chad Cooley Dustin Cooper Tamara Mae Crouch Johanna LeBeau Curtis Nancy Lynn Dahl Allen Michael Damrau Trisha Lee Deleon Phillip C. Diaz Kathryn Dunlap Ashley Elizabeth Faber Coty Jean Feest Kimberly D. Fisk Kathleen Foley Andrea Nicole Forsyth Cherlanda Michol Franklin Janice Akemi Fujita Hilda Viviana Gallardo Ginger D. GambrallEverson Blake Demetrio Garner Matthew Eric Ghiglieri Karl Josef Giese Cydney Mee Jee Giroux Tasheena Ashley Greenawalt Emily Marie Guillen Corie Gayle Hall Erica Marie Hall Luke Dale Harris Trevor Daniel Hartzell Stephen Randall Hedrick Laura Elizabeth Hemingway Tony Heng Shirley Herrera Andrew Michael Highison Heather Noelle Hill Walker Richmond Hilton Verle-Ranae Lucille Hoskins Lori Marie Hyne Roarke Guillaume Inda Nathan Andrew Jersey Rachel Marie Johnson Miyuki Kashiwado Tiffani Dawn Keene Aya Kinoshita Joel Kiraly Carly Dianne Kolesar Heather K. Kraft Sabrina Landa Elisabeth Harlene Lasater Stuart Michael Law David Ross Laxalt Ashley Ruth LeBalch Karah RoGene Lucas Courtney Elise Maglaras Jacob William Martinmaas Alexandra Rebecca Matsis Carolynn Anne McCormick Dainen William McDaniel Allison Marie Melarkey Karen Elizabeth Miron Valerie Jacquelyn Morasse Elizabeth Motsenbocker Sarah Ng James Henry Oldham James L. Painter Shalese L. Palmer Adam Richard Pedigo Andrew James Perkins Dustin Roy Petersen Jessica Catherine Pierce Marcus Logan Plumleigh George Joseph Pringle Brie Leslie Putnam Michael Blake Rapisora Stephane Marie Rector Allison Brie Richardson Nicholas James Sabatino Eriko Sakamura Jonathan Cornelius Salvilla Ingrid Mary Schindler Ingrid Ann Seibert Stevie Dawn Selmi Carly Jane Shugars Veronica Abigail Solis Thomas Earl Stanton Janine Michelle Stone Darla Amanda Thompson Teresa Marie Thurtle Amy Christine Tideman Theartic Troutmon Jamii Elizabeth Uboldi Shikha Upreti Leilani Jennelle Valdez Ron Jacob Van Ausdal Morgan Vancil
Patrick Allen Varner Stacy Christine Vaughn Danielle Nicole Vessie Carolyn Lindsay Victor Richard Marcus Viloria Bryan Scott Wachter Rachel Lindsay Waddell Rusty Geordon Walker Robyn Ardyl Waller Evan Blaine Watson Kaycee Marie Wilcks
graduates
DECEMBER 2, 2008 A5
Eric D. Wirthlin
Undergraduates continued
Mayra Nancy NaranjoTorres Chelsea Dale Nelson Cherae Theresa Nitzel Amanda Brook Richards Shalita Singleton Thomas Earl Stanton Linnea Noel Swain Teresa Marie Thurtle Patrick William Vaeth Nanci Jean Vietti Jacqueline Lenee Walden Sean Michael Zint Mundrae Steven Clifton
Donald Patrick Crumm
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY

August 2008 Katrin Sarah Lamprecht December 2008 Hannah Kate Zane
Kristen Lee Cummings

Meghan Catherine
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

August 2008
Paul James Bath Tabitha Jean Edwards James Travis Fane Lance Dennis Jaworski Chie Kurosu Jenna Michelle Montgomery December 2008 Mator Adol Adol-Mawien Darin Kauluwehi Baclayon Alex Paul Bellows Adam Wayne Britt Jennifer Brucklacher Mark Allen Butti Christopher Ryan Carlson Winifred Carol Colborn Cheri Flinders Cramutolo Margarita Inda De Fisher Cory Reeve Forson Janice Akemi Fujita Erica Breck Gamez Brandon Michael Kaufman Erin Lynn Kuckhoff Michael Robert Larson Alecia Ann Lint Jonathan Gerald Lorenz Meghan Warren Madrigan Prisilia Casillas Maldonado Renee Marie Maxeld Kelsey Alane McCann
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

December 2008
Richard Troy Edler Corbett Jarrell Lindsay
BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES

August 2008
Masten Roland Bethel Lacy Elizabeth Bray Ryan Patrick Connelly Joshua Gary Fink Nathan Eric Hallett Jeffrey Taggart Holmes, Jr. Leah M. Lum Pamela Jean McAllister Erika Elizabeth Reynolds Jamie Lynn Rodriguez Chris Marc Siewert Amy Ray Solaro Casey Anne Van Patten Jon Brandon Walsh Jessie F. Weller December 2008 Jeanine Lillian Carnell
Daseler Julie Anne DeLucchi Michelle Ann Dirks David John Dutra Kathleen Elizabeth Echeverria Joanne Kay Ewert Thomas Conor Flinn Brian Xavier Fludd Jeffrey Challenor Garrett David Lee George Christopher Goodwin Katrina V. Hayes Shannon Christine Holdridge Brett Jaekle Gregg Scott Johnson Jennifer Kathleen Lazzari Nicole L. LeClaire Jason Ernest Macrander Mitchell James Martinez Jordan Charley McPherson Kevin Jeffrey Mecham Eileen Miller Jillian Caitlin Miner Patricia Ann Minnix Marko Terrell Mitchell Anders John-Will Moberg Toby James Montoya Annalise Marie OGrady Katherine Erica Padgett DeAnna Pat Parker Allan Andrew Parrott Elizabeth DeLoach Polak
Mario Salvador Rivera Jason Joshua Rodriguez Christina Marie Rogers Yvette Nelia Ruiz Nicholas Michael Sansone Jennifer Ann Schlecht Megan Elyse Schlenther Katherine Nicole Steward Karla Michelle Stewart Kathleen Blanche Swanson Ellen Staats Taubman Vincent Tegano Tiffany Nicole Thiele John Patrick Trendler Kate Lynn Vercellino Lynne Marie Watkins Jessica Renee Weiss Mike Austin Wilhelm
Ali Marie Stoner Shari Marie Watt
Tara-Lee Weikel Katherine Ybarra
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Jeffrey Thompson, Dean BACHELOR OF ARTS
December 2008 Lindsay Michelle Spencer
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
August 2008
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
August 2008
Ryan Allen Parrish December 2008 Tyler Desjarlais Stephanie Marie Frow Nicolas Ian Jacques Jason Daniel Smith
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
December 2008
Emily Jeanette Fanning Rebekah Ann Fletcher Tracy Janette Harrison Casey Jean Hiller Seyedeh M. Sadat Madarshahi Chisato Nakano Lindsay Eileen Rohrback
Jose Elias Avalos Douglas Samuel Browand Jennifer Elizabeth Cassady Ryan Michael Davis Elsie Marie Huerta Sayuri Kaneko Brandon Jesus Morales Joshua William Roderick Alexander Francis Souza Robert Jason Walker Hiroaki Zamma December 2008 Eric Joseph Allis Sandra Alegre Buensalida Joseph Michael Carda Aaron Hoapili Cates Eleni S. Collis Sean Robin Comeau Cody Aaron Cotton Marianne Denton Joshua Louis Drellack Merete Brown Egloff Cody Ernst-Brock Suzette Marie Feilen
Desiree Anne Ferrel Anthony Michael Fiannaca Jacqueline Erica Gentry Ryan Marcus Ghan Marques Pilar Giron Todd A. Granberry Kyle Sage Hardman Benjamin James Hatchett Ryan Mitchel Jacobsen Ryan Davis Katausky Chase Noah Korsmo Stefanie Suzanne Lentz Nichole Kristen Maloney Mark Hopkins Musicaro Sarah Kathleen OConnor Contessa Ann ONeal Nicholas Giovanni Peterson Claire Marie Roberts Jesse Houston Rodrigue David Jay Ruckman John Conor Russell Brendan Alexander Schnieder Nathan Daniel Scinto April Arlene Simpson Jenna Marie Soga Amy Elisabeth Stagner Stephanie Marie Stalcup Lyndsay Megan Stewart Christopher Michael Thomas Krystal Lynn Turgiss Alma Valdivia Jennie Annette Marie Verkuyl Carina Villegas Sean M. Wahlquist Kyle Louis Welter
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOGRAPHY

December 2008
Stacie Michelle Brady Jaime Lorraine Powers Nikolaus Ryan Proper Kevin Christopher Thomas Adam Reid Vaught
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

December 2008
Paul Brian Gallas

Jeffrey Duane Shoffner Gregory Stokes
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGY

August 2008
Carlee Hannah Michelson Scott Ky Richardson Benjamin N. Schumer December 2008 Wesley Ray Henson Sarah Marie Shepherd
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GEOPHYSICS

December 2008 Jeffrey Duane Shoffner
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MINING ENGINEERING

December 2008
Jason August Poor Graham Willmore
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Marsha Read, Vice President MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY
December 2008
Genevieve Lynn Farnady Aleksandr A. Olovyannikov Dominic John Rosa Jenna Sulprizio Alexis C. Thayer
MASTER OF ARTS
August 2008
Karen Lee Barreras Stephani Lynn Foust Alison Hatjakes Caroline Scherr Kaplan Barbara Lee Larsen Jane Marie Lee Heide A.Nielsen Lerud Christopher David Linebarger Andrew Vincent Noble Kamila K. Pawlik Paul Nicholas Roth Melissa Ann Sandholm Jennifer Shoemaker Yan Shu Beth Page Smith Lisa Marie Smith Daniel Joseph Sorensen Teri Lyn Vance Lennon Plotnick Weller December 2008 Dawn Marie Aeschlimann Barbara Chidez Aguilar Hanan Mohammed Aleid Mina Jo Avery Shushanik Balasanyan Ryan Michael Bergstrom Lindsay Anne Brefeld Nathan Thomas Breznau Dino Vaughn Cabal Anna Jeanne Camp Joshua Tomas Cantrell Carl Breaudus Caudill Amy Christine Cory Caveney Vardui Chilingaryan Jessica Alyse Decker Richard L. Del Pilar Jean Elizabeth Dixon Mia Kristina Ellis Mark Bradley Estes Barrett Ann Fantozzi Ann-Marie Fenner Justin Richard Foley Tracy Lynn Forgey
Estela Rossana Gerlinger Eugene Michael Ghymn Geralyn E. Guijaro Darleen Ann Hainline Pamela Rae Higgins Melissa Marie Irniger Nancy Faye Jackson Dawn Elizabeth Jacob Wendy Gabriela Jacobo Jessica Alison Juriaan Deidra Maria King Sara Nicole Knoche Ellen Kong Mei-Tzu Kuo Aqueelah Amanee LaGrone Landis Rich Lee Danielle Jean Magruder Romelea Laguardia Manucal Anna Sylwia Matysiak Geralda Dorothy Miller Jayme Lynn Miller Melody Mary Nabizadeh Nina Mary Nazimowitz Megan Anne Nohr Kristy Brooke Parker Chandra Lela Ramirez Katie Michelle Renaud Zenia Ann Roberts Clair Patricia Rummel Wendy Maristela Sanchez Teresa Ann Schmitter Rachel Sierer Jacob Thomas Singer Janice Marie Smith Luca Steiner James Keith Summers Betty Tia Carla Louise Trounson Roxanne Upah Michelle Mary Youngs Rong Zhang
Masters degrees
Lam Campbell Susan Gudera Carbiener Erik Dylan Evans Christina Joann Galan Holly Mcfarlen Hayes Matthew Adam Helmers Casey William Kreck Charlotte L. LaCombe Jeffrey Spencer Lang Steven Michael Lewis Carlo Ferdinando Luri Mel Gabriel Maalouf Lisa Jill Mukavitz William Allen OKeefe Matthew Charles Phillips Donald James Richmond Steven Francis Roy Christopher Scott Solberg Kirk Arnim Tedsen Stephen J. Theriault Ryan Michael Walsh Adam Anthony Weiss Melissa Kelly Wickstead Joseph Jay Wiggins Cindy Lynn Fritz Joselle Neomi Garas Michelle Marie Gaus Karen Lynne Gordon Mary Reed Halcomb Julie Harpole Sarah Jane Hopkins Jocelyn Houston Kimberly Gsell Howland Taneil Catherine Hunter Karen Margaret Laramore William James Liessmann Kristen Luchetti Taura J. Macken Susan Park Marble Jed Tyson Marciniak Adriana Isabel MarinHerrera Elena Sharlene Marsh Jeffrey J. May Jacqueline Denise McGee Jodie Ann Messina Sarabeth Eva Metzger Jenny Nelson Kristy Lyn Northon David Taylor Palmer Luanne Marie Pettengill Jennifer Lynn Reynolds Jennifer Salerno Karleighn Marie Schoen Bonnie Lee Erin Schulte Susan Marie Skinner Matthew Saven Soileau Natalie Maria Tadjieva Morgan Seanna Terry Janice E. Thomas Lisa Kathleen Thomas Brianna Rae Thyfault Marcia Ann Tierney Sara Elizabeth Timmons Lorenzo Roger Trimble Stephanie Elizabeth Walker Victoria Anne Wilds Zhanna Williams
MASTER OF JUSTICE MANAGEMENT

August 2008
Carmen Marie Akridge Rosalba Medina December 2008 Annabelle CasasMendoza Danilo Chavarria Staci Lynn HeintzmanYutzie Donald Ray Johnson Steven Wesley Orr Molly Ann Rogers Victoria E. Sauer-Lamb Jason Frederick Schwarz
MASTER OF MUSIC
August 2008
David Alan Gaunt Paul Nicholas Roth
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

August 2008
MASTER OF EDUCATION
August 2008
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

August 2008
Dilli Ram Bhattarai Colin Francis Connors Alison Marie Dugan Brenda Sahaidy Gosser Laura McDonald Allison Neva Rains Rata Tiyaviwat Yuh-Shun Tsai Heather Ward Pawel Zakielarz December 2008 Michael Edward Ames
John Brase Cinnamon Leah Butler Brodie Cavaille Dennis John Dockter Susan K. Dufva Sarah E. Dyer Jay William Henke Shelly Renee Jacobi Cornel Marius Nemes Shawn Lee Schweyen December 2008 Karen Ann Avila Emily Eileen Black Eva Jane Brotherton Heather Lynn Brown Kimberly Ann Carl Adam Stuart Carter Daniel Bradley Christensen Megan Elizabeth Delossantos Chantal Marie Dibble Cheryl E. Doetch Danielle Denise Donica Jessica Barbara Epsteyn Kristine Denise Fitts Joann Keam Flanagan
Adel Kaari Mburia Linda Ann McGillicuddy Leah Ann ThompsonMewes December 2008 Heidi L. Himler Paula Andrea ValenciaCastro John Michael Whitehill, Jr.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
August 2008
MASTER OF JUDICIAL STUDIES

August 2008
David Allen Hardy Glynnis Delbert Hill December 2008 Janette Ann Bertness Jerry Wayne Looney
Heather Alexandra Angeloff Mary Joan Antrim Pawinee Buntha Michelle Renee Coker James P. Dugan David Lawrence Gundlach Md Moynul Haque Omid Harraf Nicolae Herndon Pradeep Reddy Katta Annmarie Jean Lucchesi Nathan Allen Penrod Fares Qeadan Anpalaki J. Ragavan Abu S. Mdmamunur Rashid Jeremy Scott Rivord
Curtis Robbins Sagar Vinayak Talekar Dilek Uz Stephanie Shelly Watts Patricia Ann Wentworth Candace Annette Wheeler Amy Rachelle Williams Sravanthi Yendluri Meng Yu Yunfeng Zhang December 2008 Nagendra Basavaraju Agasanapura Nihan Aldis Aditya Ambardekar Christine Marie Arritt Tejbir Singh Bajwa Srikanth Bellur Ramachandra Neil Andrew Bertrando Md Mainul Hossain Bhuiya Satyajith Bobba Sandra L. McMackin Brosemer David Tariq Brown George Vincent Cammarota David Anthony Carr Jacob Lawrence Carr Susan Cecilia Casey Prajna Paramita Das Marcelo Alejandro del Valle Ilka Daniela Dinkelman Graham Matthew Dollarhide Palmer Arrowsmith Dzurella Kyle James Foss Eric Mathew Gibbons Roger Viet Hoang Christopher Dale Holmes Laura Ellen Huebner Brady Jo Janes Christopher Andrew Jannusch Marcy Kamerath Sheila Ella Kapitzke Johnathan Michael Kendler Melinda Jean Kinsey Julie Lynn Koop Svetlana Kopec-Prentice Hrishikesh Prakash Kulkarni Amber Kristine Long Erick Lothar Luerken Niti Mankhemthong
Sreeram Mantripragada Pablo Marin Kipp Anthony Marzullo Corbin James McFarlane Justin David Morscheck John Kenneth Moye Raqibul Islam Mohammad Mujahid Francis Kyei Nkansah Aubrey L. Oliphint Brett Steven Pearson Rachael Laura Peavler Amy Elizabeth Phillips Blake Andrew Poe Kandiah Pratheepan Sandhya Reddy Pulugam Frederick Emile Sawyer Lee Elvin Schmelzer Kurtiss Michael Schmidt Saurabh Sharma Thomas D. Skiles Alison Diane Sloan Jessica Leigh Smith Richard C. Stone Joseph Carter Sullivan Karl Wayne Swanson Eric Fiedler Taylor Naveen Reddy Tera Renee Elizabeth Torres Alexandra Vanderhoff Felipe Andres Vasquez Archana Vuppala Enhai Wang Breann Joy Westfall Gregory Jerome Wilson Brehnen Keilin Wong Snigdha Yerramilli
DUAL DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE/MASTER OF SCIENCE

August 2008
Sarah Elizabeth Ellison

December 2008
Casey James Alan Snodgrass
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

December 2008
Deaon LeShawn Clausell David Espinosa Devrin Leilani Lee Lindy Marie Thorn
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK

August 2008
Josephine Kelly-Lachner
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Marsha Read, Vice President DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
August 2008
Christine Marie Aramburu Alegria Hamidreza Bahrami Michele Renee Bishop Ann Kristen Blanton Laurie Marie Bollinger Argitxu Camus Etchecopar Geoffrey Galen Goodrich Kurt West Katzenstein
Hyun Jong Kim Adam Krzysztof Kochanski Kirsten Ann Lowry Vishal Khomdeo Mahajan Fungisai Nota Harold Stanton Peterson Suzanne Lesley Roberts Anil Kumar Shankar Marjorie Diana Sutherland Anjali Sagar Talekar Jennifer Noel Tichenor Judith Kay Wilson Takahiro Yamaguchi December 2008 Omar Sultan Akbari
Doctoral degrees
Ahmed Abd Al-Kareem Al-Taani Kevin Lee Almer Milena Angelova Virginia Lynn Beck Rebecca Leigh Bevans Rajan Kumar Chakrabarty Sultan Ciftci Jillian Elizabeth Collins Robert Leslie Collins Jeremy Michael Crowfoot John Kyle Dalpe Suchitra Datta Diana Marcela Delgado Kara Dawn DeSouza Sanjeev Kumar Dey Robert Melvin Dick Kyle Edward Ferguson Bridgette Elissa Hagerty Ann Marie Harris Christopher Alexander Hartman Ronald Lee Hershey Amy Doreen Hope Liming Huang Archana Kar Alicia Nicole MacAleese Kenneth Robert MacAleese Jordan Howard Mantha
Heather Alexis Mathewson Tiffany Louise Miller Adam Lawrence Moore Megan Leigh Oser Julie Ann Pankey John Robert Perrin Dee Anna Phares Heather Marie Pierson Kristina Rey Rogers Horacio Ricardo Roman Jachinta Elizabeth Rooney Sharif Mohamed Rumjahn Huseyin Sahin Raghubar Shrestha
Kaustav Sinha Jelena Stamenkovic Denice Harper Turner Jennifer Hughes Westerman Tanya Dee Whiteman Yang Xiang Mehmet Fatih Yilmaz Ji Hwan Yoon Marat Zagidullin Tianwen Zhao
EDUCATION SPECIALIST
August 2008
Christopher T. Parrilloucational
Technology
A6
DECEMBER 2, 2008
JETT CHAPMAN /NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
Greeks ght negative Juicy Campus posts

By Tara Verderosa
University of Nevada, Reno students are boycotting and raising awareness about the controversial gossip forum Juicy Campus in an attempt to maintain an ethical college experience. Cody Wagner, the Interfraternity Council President, started a Facebook group boycotting the anonymous Web site. Since the Facebook groups creation nearly two weeks ago, it has gained the support of more than 200 students. The groups main goal is to stop students from using the site. Comments like They both slept with my sister. I hate them, which was taken from the UNR forum, are frequent and represent the essence of the site. Juicy Campus allows people to say things, especially downgrading others, without any fear or consequence, Wagner said. Ideally our society teaches responsibility and consequences for actions. Juicy Campus just attempts to get the worst out of people. Juicy Campus launched in October 2007 and has since exploded into one of the most popular Web sites for college students. The site serves as an anonymous forum where students from the same university can share gossip. The site is among many others of its kind, including 4chan.org and thestranger.com. Juicy Campus hosts 500 universities and has trafcked more than 185,000 visitors in the last month. Biggest drunk, most STDs and hot professors are common threads on the site, but certainly not the most vulgar. Posts questioning students sexual orientation and accusations of girls sexual relations with others litter the Web site and commonly deface unknowing students. Originally Juicy Campus was meant to be a medium for funny stories about campus life, classes and even quirky professors, Matt Ivester, the founder and CEO of Juicy Campus said. Since its creation, however, students have increasingly used Juicy Campus for malicious and defamatory posts. Wagners effort to diminish the Web sites users is similar to the efforts of Tennessee State University. On Nov. 17, Michael Freeman, the Vice President for Student Affairs
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at TSU, announced the universitys ban of Juicy Campus from its online network. The ban came after controversial posts were brought to his attention. The sites removal from TSUs network caused many to question whether the action is in violation of the rst amendment. A reasonable person knows better than to believe everything on our Web site, Ivester said. We feel that Michael Freeman shirked his responsibilities as an administrator and acted more
like a government dictator dealing with this. Its like the administration is saying they cannot be trusted with free speech. Because the network that students use to access the Internet is privately owned by the university, they are not violating rst amendment rights, Freeman said. Students and administrators at UNR say they do not believe banning the Web site is the answer. This university doesnt ban sites, Steven Zink, the vice president of information technology, said. Who is qualied to be the judge of non-worthy sites? This Web site is no worse or better than thousands of others. The university is not in the business of banning any of them. Wagners Facebook group also
disagrees with banning the site. I do believe that everyone has the right to express their opinion, Wagner said. But we are encouraging students to examine their personal values and consider if they are consistent with the purpose of this Web site. Other than TSUs ban of the Web site, Juicy Campus has faced trouble from other institutions as well. A University of Delaware student attempted to press charges against Juicy Campus and an anonymous source who posted defamatory statements about her on the site. The case was later dropped for unknown reasons.
Tara Verderosa can be reached at tverderosa@nevadasagebrush.com.
Learn to navigate the new DARS, plan for graduation

By Jay Balagna
The Degree Audit Report System (DARS) recently underwent a system update. The changes affect the way students use the system, Melisa Choroszy, the University of Nevada, Renos associate vice president of enrollment services, said. Choroszy said DARS has always been an important tool for students to plan their university careers because it allows students to see what classes they have taken and what else they need to complete their degree. The system is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. While DARS may be confusing to navigate, its a useful tool for every student. So heres a quick guide as to how to use it to see what classes are still separating you from your degree. To log onto DARS, log into ePAWS using your Student ID, or R-number, and your PIN number. Select Accept from the drop-down menu near the top of the page and click Degree Audit in the first column under the heading General Options. On the next two pages click Continue to Degree Audit and Proceed to Student DARSweb. Enter your student ID and PIN number again and click Submit. To see the degree audit for your current major with the classes you have already completed, select the bubble next to Run Default Programs Listed and click the Submit a New Audit button at the bottom of the page. To see how the classes you have taken would apply to a different major, select the bubble next to Run Selected Program and choose the degree program and the catalog year. The catalog year is the year you declared the major. Select the most recent catalog year to see an audit for a major you have not yet declared. Click the Open Audit button next to the most recent audit to view the report. To add planned courses to any audit report, click Add Planned Courses under the menu Planned Courses at the top of the page. Then select the check box titled Include Planned Courses before submitting the audit report.
Jay Balagna can be reached at jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com.
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DECEMBER 2, 2008 A7
Glick answers budget questions in town hall

By Jessica Estepa
The University of Nevada, Reno still needs to cut another $10 million from next years budget to deal with projected deficits, university officials said in a town hall meeting Monday. UNR President Milton Glick, Provost Marc Johnson and other officials used the town hall to explain the state of the universitys budget during a national economic recession and the highest budget shortfall in state history. Glick said he wants to increase communication between the administration and the students. When one woman asked how students should get involved, Glick said students should voice their concerns through e-mails and phone calls. Were making the point to know how you are personally impacted, he said. Because of the state budget shortfall, a diving stock market and a new Nevada System of Higher Education computer program system, UNR will need to save $35 million from next years budget, Glick said. As of right now, UNR has planned for about $25 million cuts in the following areas: notices of nonrenewal, buyouts, administrative reductions, base operating budget reductions, cutting academic centers and managing teaching resources. Officials still need to cut another $6 million from the universitys main budget. Provost Johnson is continuing to work with deans and department chairs to review academic centers and save money on teaching resources. Officials also need to prepare for about $2.5 million less from its investments folder. UNRs investment income was down $4 million in September, and officials expect the trend to continue. With the implementation of the iNtegrate system, UNR also needs to save another $1.5 million. iNtegrate will serve as an ePAWS-like system that is standard for every NSHE institution. Glick said the university has not yet prepared a plan for the requested 4, 7 or 11 percent budget cut from the governors office. While the governors office has asked every state agency to submit a plan to the state, the Board of Regents have not asked NSHE institutions to submit plans yet. Glick said the further reductions will be addressed at this weeks regents meeting in Las Vegas. Further cuts would change the trajectory of this universitys mission, Glick said. I dont know how you do that, he said. You cannot do that without substantial displacement.
Jessica Estepa can be reached at jestepa@nevadasagebrush.com.
Alumni
Denison
cannot provide enough educated workers to fill jobs perpetuating a cycle in which fewer jobs for highly educated people are available. Pingle said the job market in Nevada provides many high-paying jobs that dont require a college degree such as those in the casino industry and offers few jobs for educated professionals. Other states often have more opportunities for college graduates. Theres been a disincentive to be college educated in Nevada compared to other states, he said. When publicly educated individuals leave Nevada, taxpayers who subsidized their education do not benefit from their investment, said Sankar Mukhopadhyay, a UNR assistant economics professor. But if graduates stay in Nevada and lose better opportunities in other states, they are not benefiting from their investment in their own education. Personally, Im not sure its necessarily good to say everyone who grew up here should stay here you dont get new ideas that way, Jeanne Wendel, a UNR economics professor, said. We kind of trade (people and ideas), so maybe thats a good thing. About 60 percent of 2000-06 UNR graduates are employed in Nevada, according to a 2007 alumni survey. Almost 18 percent are employed in other states. The other alumni are unemployed for various reasons, the most common being enrollment in graduate school or family commitments. Averill Kelley, who is graduating Saturday and plans to move back in with his parents, will stay in-state to pursue a teaching career. He said he wouldnt leave Nevada, even if there were jobs elsewhere. This is more of my comfort zone. Coming out of school, Im so poor, Kelley, a 22-year-old secondary education major, said. Its easy to find a teaching position in Vegas. Theres more opportunities for me to actually get a job. Amy Carothers, a 2001 speech communications graduate and Nevada native, said she returned to Nevada after attending college out-of-state. I missed the community and ended up coming to UNR for my masters degree, she said. The timing worked out perfectly after gradation, but I would have worked pretty darn hard to stay here.
Jay Balagna and Jessica Fryman can be reached at editor@ nevadasagebrush.com.
months. Ive been following the details of the case, said Katy Kaltenbrun, a 23-year-old senior who watched the news before heading to class. Its affected young women around campus. Kaltenbrun said she and her friends started being more safety-conscious when the kidnapping happened. They plan to continue using precautions despite the arrest, she said. UNR Police Director Adam Garcia advised students to stay vigilant because people should not have a false sense of security. When the sexual assaults and Denisons murder happened earlier this year, a culture of safety-awareness became part of campus life. The university finished installing emergency call boxes around campus and hosted safety forums. Students started carrying pepper spray and stun guns, taking selfdefense classes and using Campus Escort more frequently. Noriko Wada, a 23-year-old early childhood education major, canceled her night classes so she didnt have to be on campus after dark. Kristina Harvey, a 20-year-old health ecology major who knew Denison in high school, moved out of her home, which was across the street from where her friend was kidnapped.
Washoe County Sheriff Mike Haley addresses members of the media during a press conference Wednesday at the Reno Police Department.
Students said the arrest makes them feel more comfortable on campus, but will not stop their safety consciousness. I feel safer, but it could easily happen again, said Katie Royal, a 22-year-old English major. UNRPD will continue patrolling the campus, escorting students and offering safety presentations and Rape Aggression Defense classes, Garcia said. In general, as people move away from a traumatic event, they tend to forget, he said. I
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Jessica Fryman can be reached at jfryman@nevadasagebrush.com.
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First generation college student graduation rates compared to the general student body
percent of low-income, rst generation students earn a degree after six years
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Hilda Viviana Gallardo, the rst woman in her family to attend college, will graduate this week.
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64 percent are female 54 percent are minorities 14 percent have a disability 16 percent were not born in 30 percent are single parents 74 percent are nancially
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Students whose parents did not attend college often receive extra pressure, have trouble navigating the higher education and nancial aid systems and nd it difcult to balance home and school obligations. First-generation students are often deemed the family hero, which is a lot of pressure to bear, said Rita Escher, director of student support services, whos worked with rst-generation students for the past 20 years. With the goal of opportunity in mind, parents often push their children to choose career paths such as doctors or lawyers because they identify those professions with wealth, Escher said. Those majors might not be appropriate for the student, which can create
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family problems or result in low grades in classes. Gallardo had to convince her dad to accept that she wanted to major in anthropology and become a teacher because he initially didnt like the idea. She said he wanted her to choose a profession that made more money, but now he fully supports her. Because parents who arent college educated may not realize that there are other choices aside from the obvious, more prestigious majors, rst-generation college students often need extra advising
to nish their degree. Low-income, rst-generation students are four times more likely than other students to drop out of college in their rst year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics Beginning Postsecondary Study. Nationally, about 11 percent of low-income, rst-generation students earn a degree after six years, compared to about 55 percent of the general student body. Gallardo is graduating in fourand-a-half years. At the University of Nevada,
Reno, rst-generation students have a higher success rate than many other colleges, partially in credit to the TRiO Scholarship program. The program offers lowincome, rst-generation college students and/or students with disabilities academic support, advising and nancial aid. Of the 175 students in the TRiO Scholarship program each year, 62 percent of them graduate, compared to UNRs general student body average graduation rate of about 45 percent, Escher said. Although Gallardo is not considered low-income or part of the TRiO Scholarship program, she said shes needed the same support that the program offers. Gallardos two older brothers are both college graduates, which gave her role models and helped introduce their parents to the higher education arena. Gallardo said she had trouble navigating the system because her parents could not help her. She turned to the Center for Cultural Diversity and her sorority, Kappa Delta Chi, for people to relate to, networking and learning how to
nd resources like nancial aid and tutoring. Ellen Houston, who helps lowincome, rst-generation students at the Center for Cultural Diversity, said nding networks and resources would have helped her in her own college experience. Houston, also the rst in her family to attend college, said she missed tutoring, nancial aid and other opportunities because she was unaware of resources. I didnt know how to be an advocate for myself, she said. (College has) just opened up a whole world of options and opportunities for me. So I want to offer those same things to my students. I want them to have that chance. First-generation students are often minorities with lower academic levels, according to The Pell Institute. Students who are at lower academic levels are usually less involved in extracurricular activities, which could hurt chances at nancial aid. First-generation students are also more likely to work full-time in order to fulll unmet nancial aid. Balancing work, school and family obligations is often difcult for students who have parents that cant relate. Gallardo found it challenging to make her parents understand that it was better for her to study at the library, rather than at home because the library offered a focused environment and more resources. Houston said shes had to call parents to verify that their child has class as late as 10 p.m. because parents dont always believe that. Odds are so against you, Escher said. (But) your education can open doors for you. Education really has the framework for our future.
Jessica Fryman can be reached at jfryman@nevadasagebrush.com.
Tuition
budget deficits than expected. If that happens, then NSHE officials will consider different solutions. It would reach a point where cutting money from the budget wasnt enough and an increase would be necessary, he said. At a town hall meeting
Monday, University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick said he did not expect tuition increases for next semester. He said he has not been involved in any serious discussions about an increase. No tuition increases would take place at the university unless there had been an open discussion between students, faculty and administration. Glick would not rule out a fu-
ture tuition increase that could start as soon as next fall. Because of the size of the cuts NSHE has gone through, a hike could save academic programs and create more nancial aid packages. UNR student Thomas Hullin said he normally wouldnt support a tuition hike. But given the state of the economy and Nevadas budget, he said he would understand if officials decide to implement a
tuition increase. Officials should give students notice at least half a year before any increase so they can prepare for it, he said. If an increase were to happen, Glick said he and other administrators would work with the state government officials to keep the increased fee dollars at UNR something Glick has pushed for since he arrived at UNR in 2006.
About 60 percent of each tuition dollar goes into the states general fund. Money that came in from the increases would go directly to the NSHE institutions. Part of the tuition dollars would continue to go into the states general fund because it would create a huge deficit otherwise, he said. Klaich said Rogers has spearheaded the discussion with state
legislators. The proposal would be an agreement between ofcials instead of in a bill. Glick said a tuition increases impact on the campus could not be anticipated. Lower enrollment numbers could occur, but Glick said he wants to offset that by offering more financial aid.
Jessica Estepa can be reached at jestepa@nevadasagebrush.com.
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DECEMBER 2, 2008
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

WHY EVEN HAVE A GAY WRITER?
P.B. Russells column on homosexuality raises some questions. First, why should there be such a column at all? The rest of us dont go around saying, Look at me; Im a heterosexual. Most students might be more interested in a column about heterosexuality. More importantly, however, it does not address the real problems with homophilia. For instance, why should we consider their so-called marriages acceptable? 5,000 years of human experience have shown that the normal two-parent family is the best way to continue and preserve civilization. This is why marriage receives legal recognition. The legal and nancial benets husband and wife receive are simply means to that end, not ends in themselves. We also know that kids without fathers are several times as likely to run away, drop out of school, do drugs, and commit crimes as those with fathers. There is probably not enough data yet to see the results of allowing kids to be adopted and raised by homosexuals, but what reason is there to expect that the results will be any better? I think it degrades the Brush to have, not only a column like this, but also explicit sex, whether homo- or hetero-. Some lth simply belongs in the closet. Bill Hamma, of Reno, Nev.
STAFF EDITORIAL I CAMPUS SAFETY
Vigilance should remain our top priority
ts easy to think the conclusion to all of last years tragedies has arrived. Mohamed Kamaludeen was sentenced to life without parole for last years murder of University of Nevada, Reno professor Judy Calder. Samisoni Taukitoku was given the same sentence for the 2007 Halloween party shooting that left three people dead. Last week police arrested a suspect, James Michael Biela, on charges of sexually assaulting and kidnapping a collegeaged woman in December 2007. He was also charged with
murdering Brianna Denison in January 2008. While Biela is still innocent until proven guilty, the crime to which he is now linked, like the other crimes from the past several years, will forever be a part of this university. Even if awless investigations and quick, just convictions became improbably standard, these crimes will never be erased from our memories. But we must also remember the lesson of constant vigilance that was left behind. None of the above tragedies were the fault of the victims.
Instead, they came from shaky acquaintances, unknown partygoers and unlocked doors. By learning from what happened, we can only hope to avoid similar stories from nding their way into our universitys history. With the arrests, and subsequent convictions in two of the three crimes, we could easily fall into a lull of security. But those seeming conclusions to UNR-related crimes are mere wolves in sheeps clothing. Be safe and aware, and never let your guard down.
For the average person, this means following the basic rules of safety that every police ofcer espouses: lock your doors and windows, dont walk at night with headphones or a cell phone plugging your ears, travel in groups and pay attention to your surroundings. Make use of services like Campus Escort. For university and student ofcials, dont stop offering safety services or self defense classes. Budgets are tight and, as safety concerns start to leave the spotlight, registration will likely dwindle. If that
does happen, dont rob us of those opportunities. Promote them and encourage student attendance. Hand out more safetyawareness memorabilia, like whistles or even the Guarded by the Pack wristbands created last year. Keep safety at the front of everyones mind. This world is not a safe place. Tragedy will unavoidably strike again and more misfortune will grab headlines. We can only use the lessons from last year and years before to try to keep the cruelness of the world at bay as much as possible.
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EDITORIAL CARTOON
Black Friday death draws questions

like shopping as much as the next college-aged girl. And if theres a good deal somewhere, I might even push a little through a store to nab those 75 percent-off vintage peep-toe heels. But when I was browsing through the headlines on CNN last Friday afternoon, among the updates of the gunman attacks of Indias Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, there was this story: Wal-Mart worker dies in rush My stomach dropped. The story, as many of you already know by now, detailed the horrendous trampling of 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour, a temporary Wal-Mart employee in Long Island, N.Y. Damour was unlocking the stores doors at 5 a.m. for the start of the biggest shopping day of the year Black Friday. Little did he know of the anxious mob on the other side. The employee was stepped on by hundreds of people as other workers attempted to fight their way through the crowd, CNN reported. Even police admitted to having a hard time administering CPR to the Krystal ailing man despite control efforts, as Bick crowds still continued to rush in. An unnecessary and brutal death in the name of bargain shopping. I hate to ask, but is this what these times have done to us? Where was decency, compassion or even a little bit of consideration when this man fell to the oor? Or did anyone even notice? Union workers are now blaming Wal-Mart, saying this tragedy could have been prevented and more precautions could have been taken. I couldnt agree more. But it seems to me, not even iron-clad robots opening the doors could have eased the throbbing crowd that actually pushed so hard on the front doors it damaged the frames. What I would suggest, since were pointing ngers, is that the party at fault here is the shoppers the throng of bargain hunters and their disregard for others. Someone knocked him down and others either stepped on him or walked around, all in the name of discounted merchandise made in third-world countries. Its disgusting. When I went out briey on Black Friday, I spoke to a sales associate at Target on East Lincoln Way in Sparks. She told me of that mornings rush, mentioning one woman who actually plowed her cart into a small girl, hurling the child forward to land on her face. It was an accident, of course, but how many accidents are excusable when youre pushing your cart so fast through a store that even small pedestrians have to now wait for the walk signal in order to cross? While I understand the chances of nding and punishing this cart-happy woman, or even anyone in the crowd in the Long Island Wal-Mart are dismal and unrealistic, Im going to stay on my high horse for just one more minute here to say this: Its disappointing that this ever happened. You dont need me to tell you that theres enough death in the world. Do we really need to add to it for the sake of saving some money while holiday shopping?
Krystal Bick is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. She can be reached at kbick@nevadasagebrush.com.
ANTI-CYCLING COLUMN DISAPPOINTS

I am writing to express my disappointment with the content and tone of Emily Katseanes article on cycling. People who use bicycles as transportation, recreation, or competition have done so prior to the invention of the automobile, and with far fewer incidences of injury or death. Emily is correct in recognizing the need for bicyclists to follow all trafc laws, but where is her disapproval for unlawful automobile drivers? The tone of her article went well beyond dismissive and bordered on xenophobic. I question her assault on the bicycle as a basic mode of transportation and the assault of the millions of people per year who use it as a clean, reliable, safe andd sustainable form or moving from one place to another. In future, I hope your newspaper delivers better journalism than what was represented by Emily Katseanes article. -Colby Allen, of Ventura, Calif., sent via e-mail
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LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Obama cannot afford to overlook any war crimes

ear President-elect Barack Obama, The new year and the dawn of your administration is coming upon us. The excitement that has grown from liberals my age since election night has been a sight to behold. Even though weve seen appointments to your cabinet that have made us scratch our heads profusely, we can accept them because its fairly consistent with your bipartisan tendencies, as well as the vision of a team of rivals you laid out on Brian the campaign Ault trail. This will be glossed over by most Americans and many liberals. But there are some things we will not accept. There are some things that must be addressed in your rst 365 days in ofce. What are these issues? What are these things that deserve as much care and attention as you have paid in recent weeks to the economy? Well, look
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no further than the three-ton elephant in the room: torture. You have stated in the past, most recently a week ago on 60 Minutes, that you would make sure the United States does not torture, in order to try to regain moral standing in the world. This is a perfectly reasonable stance and one that I couldnt agree with more. But I ask you, Mr. President-elect, how can we regain our moral standing in the world and not bring ofcials from the Bush administration, who engaged in the very torture, to justice in the rst place? The opportunity is there, especially since President George W. Bush said he wouldnt issue any blanket pardons to those who engaged in torture. Wed be letting one of the biggest black marks on our countrys recent history slide by without any retributive action. There have been some legal scholars, like John Dean, who say that legislation from prior Republican Congresses have prosecuted Bush ofcials, who tortured Iraqi prisoners, extremely difcult. To me, this isnt an adequate reason to sit on our hands and let these sins fade into oblivion.
Without the slightest investigation from your ofce, we make it that much harder to regain our moral standing you so strongly want to achieve. So to conclude, Mr. President-elect, when you go into ofce Jan. 20 with a fragile economy staring you in the face (among other problems), do not discard this one. Listen to the words of constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley, who said on the Rachel Maddow show: We have third-world countries that when they have found that their leaders committed torture war crimes, they prosecuted them. But the most successful democracy in history is just, I think, about to see war crimes and do nothing about it. And thats an indictment not just of George Bush and his administration, its the indictment of all of us if we walk away from a clear war crime and say its time for another commission. At the end of the day, it all boils down to four simple words do the right thing.
Brian Ault is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
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AFRICAN CAUSE
MY GAY RENO
Being straight and acting straight prove to be two different worlds

h you straight boys, how easy you have it. All you have to do is say the perfect jokes, grin and already Ive imagined what our future will be. I dont mean to scare you away. Im just being honest. For some damned blasted reason, I, P .B. Russell, do declare that I could be in love with just about all of you. That is, of course, if you were all my type. In other words, if youre worried, straight friends, if I have overestimated my future with you, dont worry. Im attracted to the boys who could be P.B. attracted to me. Russell The term straight has become so salient these days that there are many around who youd never guess would be the type. On many gay and personals Web sites, bannered across many a prole it reads straight-acting or a real guy, who likes other real guys. These boys know they are gay or at least bisexual and they choose to portray
themselves as incredibly butch on their internet personas. Thats why they happen to be my type. Take their MySpace pictures for example. They stand there with their backwards caps and their closed-mouth smiles next to their moms. Oh look! Even on his Facebook picture albums hes having a Bud Light with the guys. This is only surpassed by the great glory of him face down next to the toilet after the strip club. When we talk I cant help but love looking at them more when theyve got a little bit of a ve oclock shadow. Their shoulders always tend to be built up from high school football and they showcase scars on their biceps from a bike accident. They speak of their ex-girlfriends from years ago and I only swoon further. What is that you say? I ask. You broke up last month? You big tease. These are the type of men I love. Why? I cant really pinpoint it except to say its the stereotypical man with an added bonus: I might actually have a chance! I can only imagine how Ill feel when I get to hang out with all of his hetero friends and theyre cool with me drinking at the bar with them. How nice it would be if when I walked away, I knew he was the only one
watching. How incredibly fun it would be to know that after the bar he was taking me back to his house. Unfortunately, theres always a catch: I just cant be straight enough for them. It is utterly unnerving because, for some reason, a good majority of the straightacting types are after the same exact thing. These straight acting boys want other straight acting boys, thereby leaving me out of the picture. OK, so what? My earrings are bigger than the cocktail waitresss and yes, I use moisturizer. But for some reason, after all the beer I drink, I still cant be brusque enough to t in with them. Im wearing mens jeans and a button-up. Is that already too much for your taste? I can belch better than all your friends combined and thats still not enough to t in with your image of the boys? I guess it may just be a recurring theme in my life, but isnt there something everyone wants but cant have?
P . B. Russell is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at editor@ nevadasagebrush.com.
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MEDIA MATTERS
Interview with Bielas father unethical
K, so I spend a lot of column space harping on the media these days. Call it the self-righteous spouting of a First Amendment student, but I cannot understand or excuse the way in which news outlets seem to editorialize, linger on the insignicant and destroy their own integrity. Ive heard the usual reasons the bottom line, the need for sensationalism to compete, etc. but can someone please explain to me why I was watching a scrawny, elderly man spit into his plastic jug between slurred replies on the local news last week? When authorities announced last Wednesday Colleen that they had arrested a Hagen suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Brianna Denison, the media went into a frenzy. While attempting, I assume, to get an edge over others on their coverage, the local KTVN Channel 2 news crew interviewed
suspect James Bielas father Joe. I watched, shocked and repulsed, as they attempted to get newsworthy responses from the unkempt, tattooed man lounging on his couch. As if that wasnt bad enough, at one point during a long pause between responses, Joe picked up an empty milk jug and spit audibly into it. When they went back to the station, they showed that footage yet again during the newscasters voice-over. I was disgusted, not only by the image, but by the news outlet for airing it. I have watched enough television news to know that dead air is always edited out. Many times, a person is cut off mid-sentence to keep under time limits. Joe had said nothing in the seconds before or after picking up his old-time spittoon. What possible newsworthiness could there be in keeping that revolting image? I watched other local channels air footage of him as well, but none went quite that far. If he hadnt been a scrawny man sipping vodka and coke, as the Reno GazetteJournal reported, but a well-dressed professional whose son had just been accused, would they have kept an image like that?
I doubt it. It was unprofessional and frankly nauseating reporting. No one who saw the newscast will likely remember what was said, only how Joe looked and acted. It would be reported later by the RGJ that Joe was mentally and physically unstable, which made it seem that much more likely that KTVN took advantage of him. I have to wonder if that was the intention all along: theyd found a jester and made sure they showed him juggling. In the beginning, I quarreled with myself over whether I thought KTVN was right in airing the footage of Joe spitting into a jug. It did, after all, show volumes about Joes personality, something journalists always strive to do in their storytelling. But I didnt squabble long the room full of people around me laughed and recoiled at the sight, making comments like, Get a load of this guy. That conrmed it. This was no newscast. It was sick entertainment at the expense of a mentally unstable man. Way to go, KTVN.
Colleen Hagen is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. She can be reached at editor@ nevadasagebrush.com.
his rst week of December, you can do something small with the potential to change the world. Today, in Darfur, Sudan, women live in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. They risk violent attacks and even rape as they venture into dangerous areas to collect rewood. Today, in Bungoma, Kenya, orphaned boys survive in the streets. Homeless and alone, they try in vain to forget the pain of their pasts and the threat of starvation. Every day, Darfuri women and Kenyan street boys suffer. And the world keeps turning, neglecting their peril and ignoring their plights. Until now. This week, in front of the Joe Crowley Student Union, you will have the opportunity to help stop these injustices. The UNR chapter of Student Anti-Genocide Ally Coalition for Darfur (STAND) has organized a Patton STANDFast event at The Joe from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. STANDFast encourages students to fast from one luxury item for a day and donate the money to STAND. This could be a mocha frappuccino, gas for a drive around town or even a new pair of shoes. By fasting from your luxury item, Darfuri women wont have to give up their dignity or even their lives. With a donation as low as $5, a Darfuri woman will be given access to a donkey and cart to help her gather rewood HOW TO HELP OUT during secure United Nations Donate at the Project 58 patrols without fear of attack. All monetary contributions table in front of the JCSU from from STANDFast are sent to 7:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday the Genocide Intervention through Thursday. Also, hot Network Civilian Protection chocolate will be available for Program. $1 along with jewelry handWhile STAND provides made in Kenya ($8 to $20). All support in Darfur, student proceeds will benet the street club Project 58: Illuminating boys. Injustice is working to get Kenyan boys off the streets. Their goal is to build a boys home in Bungoma, which will offer street boys a safe living environment with adequate food, medical attention, opportunities for education and a caring community. If only 32 percent of the student population at the University of Nevada, Reno gave up one coffee or smoothie drink for only one week, there would be enough money to construct the entire multipurpose building for the street boys home. Choose to be a part of that 32 percent and donate your drink money. Choose to make a difference in these childrens lives. You have heard the problems daily facing Darfuri women and Kenyan street boys. Choose to join your fellow students in aiding Africa this week. See you at The Joe.
Ally Patton is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. She can be reached at apatton@nevadasagebrush.com.
WEB Stock market roller coaster strikes yet again NOTES

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id you see the Dow Jones the other day? It was down over 300 points! Yeah, but the day before, it was up 500! It has to be at the lows, I think its a good time to buy. Does this sound like a familiar conversation? With the U.S. Treasury and Congress dealing with who is going to get a piece of the $700 billion marked for handouts from the bailout, along with the continued uncertainty that is surrounding the severity of the recession we are heading toward, the markets continue to show that they really do not have any idea what to make of the situation. Markets uctuate, but the uctuation we have seen in the past two months is really unprecedented. How unprecedented? The answer lies in the numbers. The Dow Jones started the millennium at over 11,000 points and has uctuated between 7,286 and 14,164
points, which represents a very large range of trading. However, prices usually do not go up or down a signicant amount in any one day. Instead they creep along and make their moves over weeks and months. That was, until recently. Since the rst day of trading of 2000, there have been only 75 days out of a total of 2,242 trading days with more than a 300-point move, either up or down. The 75 days with a 300-point move represent just over 3.3 percent of the total days. However, 30 of these 75 days have come since Sept. 1 of this year! Close to 40 percent of all the big point swing days have come in the past 64 days of trading. This also shows that in the past 64 days of trading, almost half of the days have had movements of greater than 300 points. What does this mean, historically? The short answer is that the market does not know what to make of any situation.
Markets uctuate, but the uctuation we have seen in the past two months is really unprecedented.
As of Dec. 1, the Dow was down 680 points, probably due to a very bleak Black Friday at the mall. Traders seem to be watching the news Geoff tickers as much as the Zahler fundamentals of the stock and large swings, either positive or negative seem commonplace. From a pure point perspective, we have never before seen such swings in the history of the market. Remember, this is based on the level of the Dow, and I am not discussing percentage moves. Until the economy begins to fully realize where we are headed, I expect many more of these 300-point moving days. From a personal finance perspective, this is not the correct time to try and time the market. In the past few days, the market has been close to testing the lows set in October, representing a possible bottoming out of the market. This usually represents an opportune time to invest in the market, but with the amount of volatility lately and the lack of knowing exactly how much more money this bailout may cost the citizens of this country, these lows may only be the beginning of a further bottoming out. So before you go out and gamble next semesters tuition loan check on AIG stock, you may want to pay your tuition rst.
Geoff Zahler is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at gzahler@nevadasagebrush.com.
STORY: CYCLIST CULTURE WASTES TIME AND HURTS OTHERS

On Nov. 22, at 12:40 p.m., Rosie Abecassis wrote: Black and white thinking is dangerous for everybody. As a mature college student, an adult now, I challenge you to entertain the idea that the world and all its beauty and chaos is better understood by looking at its shades of gray rather. Before you further isolate yourself with hateful pride, relax. Not everybody nds the same pleasure in hobbies, sports, travel, reading, movies.all the activities we ll our lives with to feel connected to the bigger picture.
THE UNR OF THE FUTURE, TOMORROW!
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Then one day Earth exploded due to global warming or nuclear war or maybe evil gnomes ... something like that...
Alien races are still trying to decode its meaning.
Little did they know, neo-primative humans were asking themselves the same questions.
I dont understand. I dont understand. I wonder what it means? I wonder what it means?
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...Anyway, only one scrap of paper, a UNR 2021 comic strip, survived to embody centuries of human culture for the duration of the universe.
Illustrated by: Kurt Hirsch
Written by: Clint Demeritt
Created by: David Worthington and Mike Geraghty
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THIS WEEK IN FILM
John Travolta stars in Bolt, Disney-Pixars newest lm.
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Bolt saves the holiday

By Julian Rhodes
Disney has struck gold again by taking some bits of pop culture and throwing them into a blender to make Bolt. Combining the animation quality of Pixar with the voice talents of television star Miley Cyrus and the draw of a 3-D option, Bolt is the best of Wall-E, Hannah Montana and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D all in one. Bolt (John Travolta, Hairspray) is a nave pup who stars in his own action-packed television show, but he does not know it is just a show. So when he accidentally gets shipped from Hollywood to New York, he is more than a little confused. With an undying love for his person, Penny (Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana), he embarks on a journey home with the help of Mittens (Susie Essman, Curb Your Enthusiasm),
BOLT
Release Date: Nov. 28 Starring: John Travolta and Miley Cyrus Grade: A
a lowlife alley cat, and Rhino (Mark Walton, Chicken Little), a delusional hamster. If the The Truman Show were to make sweet love with Homeward Bound, Bolt would undoubtedly be the healthy, successful son to make both his parents proud. While the plot itself is a bit far-fetched, this family lm has humor for moviegoers of all ages. Sleazy agents, subtle regional stereotypes and clever cats make this the perfect family lm for the holiday season.
Julian Rhodes can be reached at julianrhodes@nevadasagebrush.com.
Jason Statham stars in Transporter 3 as Frank Martin, a driver who follows his own path no matter what road he is on.
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By Julian Rhodes
Action star Jason Statham (Death Race) returns as the 21st-Century Jean-Claude Van Damme-Steven Seagal hybrid in Transporter 3. A weak storyline and an even more feeble attempt at acting put this shoot-em-up lm on the list for 2008s worst lms of the year. As Frank Martin, Statham plays an underground deliveryman, transporting goods for criminals throughout Europe. But things always seem to get complicated for Martin, especially when the
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Release Date: Nov. 28 Starring: Jason Statham Grade: F

package is actually a person. Just like The Transporter and Transporter 2, Statham just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time in Transporter 3. And as always, his conscience takes over. With originality being scarce in
todays lm industry, where everything produced is either based on a book or is some sort of remake, its even less comforting to see an original storyline produced at such low quality. Statham is not exactly Clint Eastwood when it comes to acting. But hes not Pauly Shore either. In fact, Stathams acting is better than most in Transporter 3. Rather, its the horrid performance by Stathams costar and the female lead, Natalya Rudakova that ruins the lm. With no previous acting experience to speak of, Rudak-
ovas lines are short and stupid as she fails to effectively resort to body language, leaving her looking like a female Carrot Top overdosing on acid. In the end, this movie is not worth any amount of money to see. Instead, I suggest you transport yourself to something more exciting and of higher quality. I hear Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is still in theaters.
Julian Rhodes can be reached at julianrhodes@nevadasagebrush. com.
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is heart-wrenching and conclusive at the same time. Two more sappy love songs accompanied by a collaboration with T-Wayne nish off the remainder of the album. Bad News has Wests voice more distorted than ever, sobbing over the news of his girl cheating on him. See You In My Nightmare is a bit repetitive, but slowly escalates to the climax of Lil Waynes verse, where he provides signature witty phrases like You think your shit dont stank/ but youre Mrs. P-U. Then, on Coldest Winter, he ends just as strong
as he began. Providing backup vocals, hard-hitting drums and one of his catchiest choruses ever, West aunts his best singing performance the same way he used to parade his newest Louis Vuitton backpack. With awkward sound effects, passionate vocals and patches of pure instrumentals, West has created a masterpiece. 808s & Heartbreak is potentially the hip-hop version of Dark Side of the Moon. So is Kanye West the next Elvis? No. But if he continues on this path of greatness, he may just become even bigger. In the meantime, having a bigger head than Elvis will have to do.
Julian Rhodes can be reached at julianrhodes@nevadasagebrush.com.
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and movie dialogue played over the guitars warped sound. Overall, Chinese Democracy isnt too bad. It isnt hard to envision some old school metal heads (now in their 40s, along with Rose) rocking out to tracks like Better and Catcher in the Rye. But the album feels like it has been worked on too much and is drowning in corporatetinged overproduction. I dare say Rose should have left us in suspense for 20 more years.
Casey OLear can be reached at colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
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DECEMBER 2, 2008
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Belated album very weird

By Casey OLear
Guns N Roses fans provided they didnt lose consciousness years ago can stop holding their breath. The band, which has only one remaining original member (lead singer Axl Rose), nally released its monumentally anticipated album Chinese Democracy Nov. 23, silencing a worldwide running joke once and for all. The alGUNS N bum is the ROSES rst studio CHINESE album for N DEMOCRACY Guns Release Date: Roses since 1993s The Nov. 25 Spaghetti Genre: Incident? Rock and is the Grade: rst album Bfeaturing new material since 1991s Use Your Illusion I & II. Chinese Democracy cost more than $13 million and took more than a decade to record. Though the band began work on the new album in 1994, there were numerous obstacles, as well as lineup changes, that impeded its progress. Original guitarist Slash left the band in 1996, and in the time between his departure and the release of Chinese Democracy, he released four different albums with two different bands, including Its Five OClock Somewhere with Slashs Snakepit and Contraband with Velvet Revolver. As the years passed, Guns N Roses was only able to deliver further delays of the release date and guitarists with increasingly strange stage names, such as Buckethead, who played with the band from 2000 to 2004, and Bumblefoot, who joined in 2006. By the time the album was completed, Chinese Democracy had been worked on in 14 recording studios and included a very extensive list of personnel. In addition to 12 at-one-time members of the band who are featured on the album, additional musicians provided backing vocals, harp, keyboards and French horn, to name a few. There are also numerous engineering assistants, producers and many other smaller workers credited for their help with the album. Far less interesting than all of that is the album itself. After all of this time, it would be hard for Chinese Democracy not to be terribly anticlimactic. It opens with the title track and rst single, Chinese Democracy. A long, dramatic intro leads into the hard guitars and lyrics that comment on the Chinese government. The second track, Shacklers Revenge, features some dark vocals and sounds la the industrial metal phase that Guns N Roses missed out on while they were away. The album slows the pace down briey for Street of Dreams, in which the listener is briey reminded of the singing prowess that made Rose famous years ago, but the production overshadows everything else and the vocals sound a little more unpleasant than anything. Sorry features the backing vocals of former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach and has a slow tempo and jazzy feel at parts. All of this, however, accompanies some lackluster lyrics, like, You close your eyes, all well and good. Ill kick your ass like I said that I would. The weirdest moment in the album occurs halfway through Madagascar, when the songs progression is interrupted by an interlude featuring excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches
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Genre: Pop Description: On her 27th birthday, pop singer Britney Spears will release her sixth studio album, Circus. The album will feature the single Womanizer, which has already become her rst number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 since Baby One More Time, her debut single.
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Lee Pace stars in Pushing Daisies, a recently-canceled television show that used its imaginitive style to earn a loyal following.
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Daisies gets a premature burial
very season the dreaded category of brilliant, but canceled grows larger, leaving hopelessly disappointed fans in its terrible wake. Last year, I mourned the loss of Jericho. The year before that, Veronica Mars. Firey. Arrested Development. Dead Like Me. The brilliant but canceled gravestone inscriptions go on and on, reminders of the riveting stories that were never nished. This year, let us all bow our heads for the loss of Pushing Daisies. Pushing Daisies told the story of a pie maker (Lee Pace, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) who has the ability to bring the dead back to life with a single touch. With a second touch, the dead thing is dead forever, and if the dead thing is brought back for more than a minute, something else must die in its place. Ned the pie maker used his special talent
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to bring his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte Chuck Charles (Anna Friel, Bathory), back to life, launching their charming and literally untouchable
relationship. While Pushing Daisies is a disappointing loss, creator Bryan Fuller is not a stranger to grief. In 2003, he was the mind behind Showtimes Dead Like Me, following the lives of grim reapers who, devoid of cloaks and scythes, escort the recently departed to the afterlife while being prevented from moving on themselves. Dead Like Me, however, passed on after only two seasons. In 2004, Fuller co-created Wonderfalls, an equally imaginative series about a girl
who hears calls from inanimate objects to help people in need. Wonderfalls exhibited the most common symptoms of early cancellation: low Nielsen ratings and a loyal, dedicated fanbase. It was canceled after its rst season. While both Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls bore the marks of Fullers signature imaginative style, Pushing Daisies was teeming with it. Each scene was covered with bright greens, yellows and reds, creating an enchanting visual to match quirky characters and storylines. The fantastical storybook world Fuller created for Pushing Daisies, reveals an imagination to rival that of Tim Burton (sans the creepy, gothic overtones). With only six episodes left of Neds innocent smiles, Olives (Kristen Chenoweth, Wicked) random bouts of singing, Chucks insights into life after death and Emerson Cods (Chi McBride, Killer Instinct)
sarcastic bubble bursting, Ill be trying to make light of this loss by lending as much support as I can. Online petitions and angry letters to ABC execs, here I come. Like Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies examines death in a surprisingly optimistic light, speculating that it may not be nal. And that, I suppose, is how the end of Pushing Daisies should be taken. With sufcient fan support, perhaps Pushing Daisies can follow in the footsteps of Firey, Dead Like Me, and Arrested Development and procure a post-cancellation lm to nish its story. Perhaps it can receive that life-giving post-mortem touch from a supportive network executive or dedicated fan movement. Lets hope so. For now, goodbye pie maker. See you in the DVD release afterlife.
Chelsea Otakan can be reached at cotakan@nevadasagebrush. com.
Genre: R&B, Hip-Hop Description: Freedom is the third studio album from Akon. It features collaborations with artists such as Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne and T-Pain. Singles such as Right Now (Na Na Na), Im So Paid, Troublemaker and Holla Holla have already been released this year.
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Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie Description: A young man is invited to join a group which teaches him to unleash his hidden power in order to seek revenge for the death of his father. Genre: Action, Thriller Rating: R
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Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Mary Steenburgen Description: Two unemployed, middleaged men still living with their parents must work together to reunite their parents after their marriage turns the familys lives upside down. Genre: Comedy Rating: R
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Breaking hearts and blowing minds

Rapper-turned-singer scores big with new record
By Julian Rhodes
Kanye West is an egomaniac. He recently told The Associated Press that he is the denitive voice of this generation. At the 2008 American Music Awards, he told millions of viewers that he wanted to be Elvis. West is a narcissistic primadonna who has yet to learn the denition of humility. And he has yet to be wrong. Going on his fourth album, West has altered both his production style and his vocal uses vastly since his debut album College Dropout. Originally, Wests style of production took the form of a more soulful, rhythm and blues feel, with sped-up soul samples as his gimmick of choice, heavily inuenced by RZA of the WuTang Clan. From there, Wests career worked as a modern timeline, moving from the soul sound of College Dropout to a funkier, cinematic sound on Late Registration, his second album. West changed his style up again with the disco-like Graduation, for which he won three Grammy Awards. Now, with 808s & Heartbreak, West channels the spirit of 80s new wave with pop synths and 12 songs about nothing but love. Along with abandoning his soul grooves of the past, West also left rapping in the dust on this one. Borrowing a trick from past col-
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Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West and Colin Salmon Description: In his efforts to continue his war on crime, The Punisher must ght an important mob boss who is out for revenge. Genre: Action, Thriller Rating: R
KANYE WEST 808S & HEARTBREAK

Release Date: Nov. 25 Genre: Hip-Hop Grade: A+
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laborator T-Pain, West sings all of his lyrics with a vocoder, for an otherworldly, robotic voice effect. And what a strange world it is, for with only a single sample, West pulled all the stops out on this one. From the very rst track, West subtly exclaims his greatness on Say You Will. With very few lyrics, West lets the ooohs and ahhhs of a chorus draw out for nearly three minutes after he stops singing. As the pitch of the choirs almost-holy drawling rises and falls, the moment rivals the composition for the Scar-kills-Mufasa scene in The Lion King. The three minutes of lyric-less production are like a sign, as if West is saying, Im a great producer; you love my beats and I know it. On Welcome to Heartbreak, the next track, West voices his displeasures with the life of a celebrity, yearning for the life of an everyday person. West voices his regrets with lines like, He said his daughter got a brand new report card/ and all I got was a brand new sports car. The personal level of this track shows a rare side of
Hip-hop star Kanye West takes his music to the next level.
West, one that reveals disdain for his materialism. Sort of an anti-Material Girl (Madonna), Welcome to Heartbreak tells the grim tale of fortune and fame from a rst-person perspective. Love Lockdown and Heartless, the two singles from 808s & Heartbreak so far, are each pulsating tracks with mid-tempo beats and catchy choruses. While Love Lockdown is an obvious dance track, Heartless features greater lyrical depth, highlighting Wests apparent rocky relationship. Paranoid, featuring backup vocals from Mr. Hudson, is an upbeat track with clubjam written all over it. Like a
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Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen and Kevin Bacon Description: This lm tells the true story of a British TV personality who was chosen to conduct an exclusive interview with Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal. Genre: Political, Drama Rating: R
slower Take On Me via A-Ha, the production on this track leaves a mental imprint with high-impact keyboards buzzing in periodically. Sporadically spaced, the keys are perfect for timing your pelvic thrusts while clubbing. Proper violins, robo-pistons and rampant drum patterns turn RoboCop into the highlight of the album. Rather than being a gimmicky piece on the comical, sci-/action lm, West croons about a nosy partner patrolling his every move. Like a touching nal kiss in a really good romantic drama, the production for RoboCop
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Starring: Adrien Brody, Gabrielle Union and Cedric the Entertainer Description: Taking place in 1950s Chicago, this lm tells the story of the man who started the recording company that launched the careers of Etta James and Muddy Waters, among others. Genre: Drama Rating: R
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Key Ringz diversify local hip-hop scene

By Danielle Gonzalez
A ukulele, a keyboard, a turntable and a pair of speakers are among the musical equipment in the taupe-colored room that is home to the six culturallydiverse members of local underground hip-hop/R&B group Key Ringzs music. Their studio is in the basement of one of the members houses. Within the basement is a small room they refer to as their recording booth. Inside, there is one microphone, a set of headphones and a music stand. Foam padding is stapled to the walls in the booth. Key Ringz decided upon their name because of their closeknit bonds with one another and the diverse backgrounds that fuse together through their music. Key Ringz has six members whose ethnicities range from Puerto Rican to Filipino to Hawaiian. We all grew up together, Kuh-D said. Were family. Weve been through hard, broke and good times together. They met in 1995 by performing in battles for break dancing. They have been creating music together since 1998. The group members have various stage names that they go by: Kuh-D, 24-K, Myke Nyte, Bond, Raffy and Bnt Lo. The groups sound is based on West Coast hip-hop/rap, but their songs range from beat-crazy club songs to lowkey songs with the ukulele as the guiding instrument. In 2003, they performed at the University of Nevada, Reno for the Asian American Student Association. They will be performing at Reno High School Thursday for the Wild West Shootout, a basketball tournament and benefit, hosted by the Sierra Kids Foundation. The foundation helps with the efforts of UNRs Early Childhood Autism Program.
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Young Adult PSA Campaign Launch at Joe Crowley Student Union In honor of the AIDS awareness campaign, the Northern Nevada Outreach Team will host this event in the theater of the student union. Free HIV testing will be available, and a lm detailing the emergence of HIV will be shown. Third and fourth oors of the Joe Crowley Student Union Event starts at 4:30 p.m.
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Bone Thugs-N-Family Tour featuring Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone and Flesh-NBone at New Oasis Members of the inuential hip-hop group Bone ThugsN-Harmony will perform for fans this weekend. VIP tickets are available and include VIP packages with special prizes and opportunities to attend a meet-and-greet with the band. 2100 Victorian Ave. Sparks, NV Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for general admission, $99 for VIP. Trainwrecks at Sidelines Bar and Nightclub Local rockabilly group Trainwrecks will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for an audience of those 21 and older at the popular Sparks bar and nightclub. 1237 Baring Blvd. Sparks, NV Show starts at 9 p.m. Miss Derringer with Promises Promises at Tonic Lounge Local musicians Miss Derringer and Promises Promises will perform for a crowd 21 and older at the Tonic cocktail lounge. 231 W. Second St. Reno, NV Show starts at 10 p.m. Tickets are $10.
Key Ringz members, clockwise from top left, Kuh-D, Bond, Bnt Lo, Raffy, Myke Nyte and 24-K perform their music at local venues regularly.
The group has more than 200 recorded tracks and has met with almost every local hip-hop or rap artist. Recently, R Boogie from local hip-hop station 102.9 FM featured their song Lemme Hit That on his radio program. Their determination and perseverance keep them moving along. In fact, at least one of the members is in the studio every day. When writing songs, they begin with a concept, find a beat and then go to separate corners of the studio to begin writing lyrics. What I like about it is that you are starting from scratch, Myke Nyte said. Its like you are watching something being built and then its like I cant believe that came from my mouth. The group feels that their music, as well as having each other, is what keeps them off the streets. They keep one another confident and focused on their goals. We are finally getting somewhere with music, Raffy said. Its good to get support locally, but we are headed nationally. Key Ringz began playing most of their shows at local house parties. They generated so much positive energy at the parties that they decided to get serious about their music. After they began working together, they realized that they were open-minded to different types of music. Their knack for being perfectionists helped mold their tracks into polished pieces of art.
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Wed do everything, even country with Garth Brooks if we had the chance, Bnt Lo said. The group enjoys when fans listen to its recorded music on MySpace.com and tell them how much they appreciate their work. Thats when the payoff comes, when you know that people enjoy it, Kuh-D said.
Danielle Gonzalez can be reached at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
New, big-city bar breathes nightlife into Reno

By Ruth Anderson
The American folk ballad, St. James Inrmary has anonymous origins and has been performed by a plethora of artists. It was rst made famous when Louis Armstrong performed it in 1928. Since then, the song has changed its form many times. From Janis Joplin to the White Stripes, the song has evolved, creating a new magic with each interpretation. In the spirit of the song, Renos newest bar, the St. James Inrmary, has brought a new interpretation of nightlife to the Biggest Little City. Reno has never seen anything like this, patron Trevor Leppek said. There are bars like this in more metropolitan cities. The staff is extremely friendly, moving beyond service to foster familiarity. Drinks that should take a while are done really fast, patron April Neeley said. I dont see anybody leave here that hasnt had a good time. The dcor is simple yet elegant. The furniture is upholstered in white leather, giving St. James a classical feel. However, the bar is anything but pretentious. The sense of formality is toned down by the iconic images of American pop culture that cover the walls. The images have been Photoshopped together, so every three feet or so, there is something completely new, St. James barback Patrick said. You can get lost in the wall for hours. The wall is a combination of familiar American images from Mickey Mouse to cowboys. There was a lot of thought put into the interior, Leppek said. The atmosphere is accessible; there is no other place like it in Reno. The juxtaposition of style is precisely what owners Arthur and Jamie Farley had hoped would carry over into the bars atmosphere. We have older couples coming in for a glass of wine and then we get the young hipsters too, bartender Bryan Jones said. Its a diverse crowd and thats what we want. The cocktail menu is separated into two sections, one titled For the Fellasand the bad Bathsheebas and the other For the Damesand the boys named Sue. Cocktail recipes draw on the owners and bartenders years of experience in the business. I have been doing this for about 15 years, Jones said. I have worked in bars from San Diego to New Orleans. The mens side of the menu features a variety of testosterone-enhancing beverages. One of the most popular options is the scally frugal drink and shot for four dollars. Patrons can choose from three different options of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Tecate, Olympia, well bourbon, tequila and Canadian club. The ladys side includes creatively-titled drinks such as the Tequila Mockingbird, which is a combination of orange slices and blackberries with Triple Sec, Centenario Gold tequila, fresh lime juice and simple syrup, enhanced by a sugar rim. There is also St. Jamess very own, St. James Inrmary Cocktail, which is a mixture of Saint James rum, Herradura Blanco tequila, amaretto, orange juice, Grenadine, fresh lime juice and a oat of Myers dark rum. St. James also features a full wine and beer list. From design to drinks, everything was well thought out, Leppek said. St. James Infirmary is located at 445 California Ave. and is open everyday from noon until close.
Ruth Anderson can be found at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
SATURDAY/6
Punk for a Cause benet for Derek Morg featuring Beercan, Til It Goes Click, Misfritz and Anti-Panti at Fritz Bar and Grill Several local punk bands join forces in order to raise money for Fritz Bar and Grill owner Derek Morgs battle against cancer. The event will also feature a rafe with prizes donated by various local businesses, and merchandise for sale. 1305 N. Virginia St. Reno, NV Show starts at 1 p.m. T.S.O.L. with The Generators and The Reagan Years at Vixens Bar Punk group T.S.O.L. will perform with opening acts The Generators and The Reagan Years in this show for those 18 and older at the bar in Sparks. 906 Victorian Ave. Sparks, NV Show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12.
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Local benet concerts enrich crowd experience, help others

ecently, Kanye West brought back the regrettable use of autotune on his new album, in testament to the Cher in all of us, and perhaps as a dangerous indicator of the shape of things to come in modern hip-hop. But theres another trend in music that hopefully, unlike the unfortunate vocal effect, wont go out of style any time soon. Im talking activism and music, and its well-meaning, less politically-charged kidsister, philanthropy and music. Benet shows arent a new concept and have lurked around the University of Nevada, Reno campus for various organizations like the Student Ambassadors and Wolf Pack Radio (Im denitely calling you out for not going). Not to mention that theyve always been at the
forefront of building the activist personas of the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg, Eddie Vedder, and in lesser, Van perhaps more Pham well-known incarnations, Bono and Bob Geldof. The cause du jour at UNR? Not global warming, no more music for Obama and not anything about the situation in Thailand. Actually, a very local and immediate one. As you may know, Fritz Bar and Grill will be closing its doors on Dec. 20 so that owner Derek Morg can head to Stanford University to start receiving bone marrow transplant treat-
ment to combat an aggressive form of Hodgkins disease. Granted, Fritz was never my cup of tea, or appropriately, pint glass. But its pretty undeniable that the bar has been a staple destination, if not at least a sight, for students for years and the idea of its absence is a shot to the already sorely felt lack of local businesses surrounding the campus community. There is also the disheartening news of Morgs health, which hopefully can depend on the kindness of strangers and loved ones alike. He and his business have been a place not only for part of the campus community to unwind during the strains of the work week, but they have also served as a resource for some local music and local bands. What we can glean from this situation is that there is a viable community of people and, using
the medium of music, they are willing to (pun intended) band together. There was a rockabilly benet show for Morg on Saturday at Victorian Squares Vixen (which is an admirable attempt at being a decent venue, but perhaps too far to snuggle into university students hearts), and local punk bands take the stage Saturday at Fritz for round two. Between 1 and 6 p.m., local bands Beercan (Warped Tour-style punk), Til It Goes Click (hardcore punk), Misfritz (Danzig-ly delightful Mists cover band) and Anti-Panti (you guessed it, more punk) will be buffered with rafes and, undoubtedly, other shenanigans. Given the current state of affairs the holiday season and the sputtering economy it may seem like a stretch to ask people to sacrice more, but think of this as an exchange of
not only money, but time. Its an investment not only toward Morg and a contribution to alleviating the cost burden of his treatment, but its also a contribution to local music and for some, a last huzzah in a local bastion. Plus, its only a few bucks. Sure, youre not going to get the Daft Punk light show, but youre still up at least forty dollars and instead of stufng money into ClearChannels bottomless pockets, youre contributing to a good cause. And when youve done that, contribute more. The bands youll see are an intrinsic part of not only that one concert, but an entire community of bands and an even larger network of causes. And chances are they need help.
Van Pham is the general manager of Wolf Pack Radio. She can be reached at wolfpackradio@ asun.unr.edu.
LAST CALL FOR CAMPUS SALOON

Fritz bar faces its nal days
By Casey OLear
Located conveniently near campus on Virginia Street, Fritz Bar and Grill is a significant figure in the University of Nevada, Reno community. Inside the bar, customers have regularly been greeted by posters covering the woodpaneled walls and rock n roll music playing from speakers or a small platform designated as the stage on which local bands and DJs have often performed. During its nearly six years of operation, the bar has provided students with a lively environment in which to see live music, enjoy inexpensive food and drinks, and socialize. The bars comfortable atmosphere, local focus and special events have made it a favorite for many college students. But on Dec. 20, as the semester comes to an end, owner Derek Morg will close the bar so he can sell it to raise enough money to have a bone marrow transplant to continue his battle with cancer. Morg opened the bar in March 2003, while he was in his early 30s. Originally intending to open the bar with a friend, Morg became the sole owner when his friend backed out of the deal. I had been a bartender for years, he said. I always wanted to open a college bar. I think people have had a good time here. Earlier this year, Morg was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease, also known as Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. The disease causes lymphatic cells to grow abnormally and spread beyond the lymphatic system, making it difficult for the body to fight infection. Advances in technology and medicine have made the disease more treatable than it has been in the past, with a higher potential for full recovery. I found out that Ive got a rare case of the disease, Morg said. Ill have to be in the hospital for four to six months. After undergoing chemotherapy treatments this summer, Morg plans to receive his bone marrow transplant in January. Many local patrons are disappointed about and saddened by the bars closure and the circumstances under which it must close. Fritz was by far my favorite bar in Reno, Aidan OConnell, a 23-year-old journalism major, said. It was a laid-back place. Everyone that worked there was awesome and always down to have a good time. Throughout the years, Fritz has hosted many special events for students, including karaoke nights, snowboarding video premiers, bikini bullriding and concerts featuring local bands. We formed a pretty good group of friends with those shows, OConnell said, but thats how Fritz was. It was a place where I could always count on a friend being there. It was kind of its own community within Reno. Morg helped OConnell arrange the first show for his band, Red Hot Radio, at Fritz in 2004. Their friendship provided OConnell with many opportunities. He even gave me a job for about a month there as a cook, OConnell said. Thats the kind of guy Derek is. I needed a job he helped me out. A band needed a place to play he hooked it up. Morg has enjoyed bringing different crowds of people to his bar with the different special events he has organized. We did whatever we thought we could get away with, he said. I think a lot of people consider it a good local spot. We catered to a unique
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Fritz owner Derek Morg is selling his bar in order to raise money for a bone marrow transplant. He was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease earlier this year.
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group of people, a lot of skiers and snowboarders. Due to its drink specials, entertainment opportunities and central location near the university campus, Fritz became a favorite place for many students to spend their time. I mainly like how it is right next to the campus where most of my classes are, said Andrew Altman, a 21-year-old radiologic technology major. I prefer it because it has more people my age and most of my friends go to that bar. Basically, my favorite memories are just getting drunk with my friends and trying to walk back to the dorms. As the bar approaches its final days open to the public, many of its loyal customers are sorry to see it go. I was really saddened to hear it was closing and that Derek is sick, OConnell said. Hes always been a great guy, and I probably spent more time hanging out at the bar with him than anything else I did in Reno. I practically lived at Fritz. Im sad to see the bar close, but we need Derek around for a lot longer. Altman agreed that he is sad to see the bar close its doors for good. Im absolutely devastated, he said. Its one of my favorite bars in Reno, and I will miss everything about it. Before its closure, Fritz will host Punk For a Cause, a
DONATION INFO
To make contributions to the Derek Morg Fund, helping sponsor Morgs bone marrow transplant, please donate to:
Derek Morg Fund 2692 Spearpoint Dr. Reno, NV 89509
benefit for Morg to help pay for his surgery, from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Local groups Beercan, Til It Goes Click, Misfritz and Anti-Panti will perform. All proceeds from entry fees, raffle tickets and purchase of products will go toward the fund for Morgs surgery. My best friend owns [production company] We Aint Saints, and hes been organizing all of this, Morg said. Im stoked that a lot of people have been helping out and donating products for raffles. Thanks to everybody in the neighborhood and longtime locals for their support. Although many students will miss the bar after its closure, Morg plans to return to work after his surgery and start anew. Im going to miss a lot of the locals Ive met, Morg said. Ill probably start another bar when I get all done with this.
Casey OLear can be reached at colear@nevadasagebrush.com
Waitress Lindsay Dimitri takes Even Hafts, 23, order.
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Fritz Bar and Grill will close for the nal time on Dec. 20, ending a six-year run.
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Nevada guard Dellena Criner dribbles around Angel McCoughtry, the reigning Big East Player of the Year, during the Wolf Packs 85-82 win Saturday over No. 7 Louisville. By Emerson Marcus
evada womens basketball coach Jane Albright asked her players Saturday if a crocodile and a grizzly bear were to ght, who would win? She even brought stuffed animals to the locker room for demonstration. But the majority of her players didnt understand what she was trying to convey, except freshman point guard Amanda Jones. Jones said, It depends on where the ght is. In the swamp, the crocodile wins. In the forest, the grizzly bear wins. Jones was right. Albright was demonstrating Nevadas chances of beating a nationally-ranked team since it had homecourt advantage. The Wolf Pack (4-3) beat No. 7 Louisville (5-1) Saturday 85-82 to win the 2008 Nugget Classic tournament and legitimize itself as a force in womens basketball this season. Now the radar is on us, Nevada guard Dellena Criner said. It was the Wolf Packs rst win against a ranked team in school history. Nevada was 0-5 against ranked teams (four losses to Louisiana Tech and one last week to No. 9 California) before it beat Louisville. Thirteen Wolf Pack players received at least three minutes on the court, but it was Criner who was the Wolf Packs secret weapon. Louisvilles game plan was to get big offensive production from its star Angel McCoughtry, while pressuring Nevada up and down the court on defense. McCoughtry scored 34 points Saturday, but Louisvilles pressure defense was negated by Criners ability to handle the ball down the court, ghting through the Cardinals pressure defense. She enables us to take their weapon away, Albright said. We reversed it right to her and told them to drive it down their throats. Criner took over the game after Louisville grabbed
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Nevadas wolf at Lawlor

When Nevada was down four points with ve minutes to play against the No. 7 ranked team in the country, Nevada head coach Jane Albright looked into her Emerson senior guards Marcus eyes and knew everything was going to be OK. I just looked into those eyes, Albright said. You dont have to be a brain surgeon to know you want the ball in her hands. Nevadas Dellena Criner fought for loose balls on the court, hustled past one of the best defensive presses in the country and scored 25 points to lead the Wolf Pack in the biggest win in program history. Nevada outlasted Louisville 85-82 on Saturday, beating the highest-ranked opponent the Nevada womens basketball program has ever faced. It was a game that saw 10 ties, 10 lead changes and 40 minutes of hard-fought basketball. Louisville had as much as an
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Ault preps for bowl invite

By Emerson Marcus
Nevadas near improbable 17-point comeback Saturday saw more than quarterback Colin Kaepnerick displaying a solid arm and Nevadas stingy second half defense. The Wolf Packs 35-31 win against Louisiana Tech also gave Nevada better chances for a bowl game. Nevada is 7-5 overall and 5-3 in the Western Athletic Conference with no regular season games left this year. The Wolf Pack is eligible for its fourth straight bowl appearance, but where? We should know by tomorrow, Nevada head coach Chris Ault said Monday. CBS.com predicts Nevada going to the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, while ESPN columnists Mark Schlabach and Bruce Feldman expect the Wolf Pack to end up in the New Mexico Bowl. Nevada went to the New Mexico Bowl last season and lost 23-0 against New Mexico. Both CBS.com and ESPN also predict the WAC will have ve teams in bowl games this postseason: Nevada, Boise State (12-0), Hawaii (7-5), Louisiana Tech (7-5) and Fresno State (7-5). We could have as much as six, Nevada Athletics Director Cary Groth said. San Jose State (6-6) would be the sixth WAC team with six wins needed to qualify for a bowl game. Hawaii has already accepted a spot in the Hawaii Bowl. Boise State still remains the conferences biggest question mark. The Broncos are still mathematically in the hunt for a possible Bowl Championship Series berth. The key is Boise, Ault said. You got to get them in the right circumstances because they earned it. If Boise State goes to the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho, Nevada will be left with few bowl options close to Reno. We would like to be as close to home as possible for our fans, Groth said. Groth said games like the Las Vegas Bowl and the Emerald City Bowl in San Francisco would be appealing because of distance for fans. The Pac-10 conference has rights to at least one team in each of those bowl games. The Pac-10 has ve bowl eligble teams and will probably keep Nevada from sneeking into either of them. We would also love to go to the San Diego Bowl, Groth said. Its a very attractive bowl to us. The San Diego Bowl is supposed to match up a Mountain West Conference team against the seventh-placed Pac-10 team. But because the Pac-10 only has ve bowl-eligible
WAC BOWL PREDICTIONS

Humanitarian Bowl: Nevada vs. Maryland Prediction: Maryland wins 41 to 37. The San Diego Poinsettia Bowl: Boise State vs. Ball State Prediction: Boise State wins 51-21 Independence Bowl: Louisiana Tech vs. Arkansas State Prediction: Louisiana Tech wins 35-17 New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State vs. Colorado State Prediction: Colorado State wins 31-28 Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii vs. Notre Dame Prediction: Notre Dame wins 24-14
Nevada sophomore quarterback Colin Kaepernick was named Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year. The sophomore has 2,479 pass yards, 1,115 rush yards and 35 total touchdowns this year.
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Kaep wins WAC Offensive POY

By Emerson Marcus
Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick was named Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year on Monday, while 10 Wolf Pack players received First- or Second-Team All-WAC Honors. Its a great feeling, Kaepernick said. It shows the hard work and dedication our players have put in. Kaepernick has thrown for 2,479 yards and 19 touchdowns, while running for 1,115 yards and 16 scores this season. He ranks 10th in the nation in points produced per game (17.5) and is the fth player in NCAA history to pass for more than 2,000 yards and run for 1,000 yards. Well deserved, Nevada head football coach Chris Ault said. He was player of the year. Nevada had six players named to the All-WAC First Team along with Kaepernick: senior wide receiver Marko Mitchell, senior offensive lineman Dominic Green, sophomore running back Vai Taua, sophomore defensive lineman Kevin Basped and senior kicker Brett Jaekle. The Wolf Pack also had four players make the All-WAC Second Team: junior offensive linemen Alonzo Durham and senior Mike Gallet sophomore defensive lineman Dontay Moch and sophomore punter Brad Langley.
WAC: 2-3 this bowl season

teams, Nevada has a chance to ll the spot. The San Diego Bowl is scheduled for 8 p.m. Dec. 23. A WAC committee will meet this week to discuss bowl placements for conference teams, Groth said.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush. com.
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at Colorado State 6 p.m. Tuesday UNLV 7:35 p.m. Saturday
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THE SKINNY: After losing 63-61 Saturday at Portland, the Wolf Pack is now 2-3 and has dropped two games in a row. In the Portland game, Nevada freshman Luke Babbitt led the team in scoring again. He has led the Wolf Pack in scoring in four out of ve games this year. Nevada will try to get back on track this week as it battles a pair of Mountain West Conference foes.
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at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. Thursday at UCLA 2 p.m. Sunday
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack is coming off the greatest upset in its programs history. Nevada beat No. 7 Louisville 85-82 Saturday in the championship game of the Nugget Classic at Lawlor Events Center. The Wolf Pack will take its momentum on the road for two tough matches. Nevada has lost both of its away games this year.
Nevada wide receiver Marko Mitchell lines up against a San Jose State defender in the teams Nov. 15 meeting.
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Idaho 11:30 a.m. Saturday
Bowl games in school history
THE SKINNY: Nevada nished fth at the Nike Cup in Long Beach, Calif. Nov. 22 and now returns home for its last meet of the 2008 year. The Wolf Pack will host Idaho in its rst conference match of the year. The meet will be the last home meet of the season for the Wolf Pack.
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In the Wolf Packs rst appearance in a bowl game, Nevada defeated the Mean Green before a crowd of 12,000 in Phoenix. The Wolf Pack was led by rst-year head coach Joe Sheetketski. The win culminated a 9-2 season for Nevada in which it outscored opponents 316-154.
SALAD BOWL JAN. 1, 1948: NEVADA 13, NORTH TEXAS 6
Jackson Open TBA Friday-Saturday at Boise, Idaho
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack will hit the track for its rst meet of the season. Nevada added 12 student athletes to its roster this summer, adding depth to its experienced team. Fourth-year head coach Shantel Twiggs will lead Nevada into battle this season. Twiggs led the Wolf Pack to a second-place nish at the 2007 Western Athletic Conference Championships.
Nevada head coach Mark Fox yells during the Wolf Packs game against Pacic at Lawlor Events Center. The Tigers defeated Nevada 67-59. The Wolf Pack is 2-3 on the season and has lost three of its last four games.
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Reasons for Nevadas slow start: identity crisis, shooting
The Wolf Pack made its rst bowl appearance in 10 years and made it worth the wait. Nevada outlasted the Knights in a game where the teams combined for 1,178 yards. Nevada rushed for 369 yards, led by running back B.J. Mitchells 178 yards and two touchdowns. Central Florida had a chance to send the game into a second overtime but missed a potential game-tying extra point, giving the Wolf Pack the win.
HAWAII BOWL DEC. 24, 2005: NEVADA 49, CENTRAL FLORIDA 48 (OT)
WHOS HOT
COLIN KAEPERNICK FOOTBALL A week after being publicly criticized by head coach Chris Ault for his inability to complete passes to open receivers, sophomore quarterback Colin Kaepernick had one of the best passing games of his career. Kaepernick was 24-42 for a season-high 397 yards and four touchdowns. This week he was also named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
WHOS NOT
NEVADA VOLLEYBALL The Wolf Pack lost 3-0 to Idaho in the rst round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament Nov. 20 and got swept by both Utah and Portland at the Bankers Classic Friday and Saturday. Nevada ended its season having lost nine straight sets. The trip to Portland Saturday also ended the career of the Wolf Packs lone senior Allison Hernandez. Nevada will return the majority of its team next season.
he Nevada mens basketball team has two of the most storied players in Nevada high school history in Armon Johnson and Luke Babbitt. Head coach Mark Fox was 102-30 in four years at the helm of the Wolf Pack before this season. Nevada students care more about the mens hoops team than they do about their grades. So why is the Nevada mens basketball team 2-3? Johnson and Babbitt are well-established players, but they are part of a team looking for an Juan identity. Lpez Babbitt has shot the ball more than anyone on Nevada, but coming into the season, Johnson was tabbed the Wolf Packs leader. Nevada does not have a go-to guy. Johnson has done a good job taking a backseat to Babbitt, but Nevada must establish a main guy when the game is on the line and then this identity crisis might solve itself. Another problem is Nevadas horrid shooting. The Wolf Pack is shooting only 39 percent from the oor and Johnsons 30 percent shooting isnt helping. This falls back a lot on shot selection. Too many times we see players trying to play a one-on-one
game. The Wolf Pack is dead last in the Western Athletic Conference with only 9.6 assists per game. It does not move the ball well and even though Johnson (5.2 apg) is giving his best effort to aid this problem, the rest of the team is not following in his footsteps. The eld goal percentage is also a direct result of bad shot selection. Nevada is shooting 18.4 three-pointers per game this season, which is second in the Western Athletic Conference (Fresno State, 19.6). Senior guard Lyndale Burleson is one of the main culprits. Hes jacked up 21 three-pointers this year and only seven two-point eld goals. The return of guard Brandon Fields will help Nevada a ton. Fields is a slasher and is very aggressive around the hoop. But for those of you dreading the Wolf Packs 2-3 start, remember that the 2003-04 mens basketball team also started 2-3. They went on to nish the season 25-9 and reached the Sweet Sixteen.
MOST SUCCESSFUL CLASS IN NEVADA HISTORY

With the win Saturday at Louisiana Tech, the Nevada football team all but clinched a fourth straight bowl game. This means the Wolf Packs eight seniors who have played their entire career at Nevada have reached a bowl game each year. Uche Anyanwu, Brad Eskew, Dominic Green, Greg Hall, Brett Jaekle, Joshua Mauga, Mike McCoy
and Andy McIntosh make up the most successful class in Nevada football history. No matter what the outcome is in the bowl game, the class of 2008 will leave Nevada as the most decorated. Before the 2005 season, the Wolf Pack had played in only ve bowl games in its 98-year history. Since then, Nevada has reached the Hawaii Bowl (2005), the MPC Computers Bowl (2006) and the New Mexico Bowl (2007). They have changed the culture at Nevada. Bowl talk is no longer a big issue here. Its just a question of which one. This class has spoiled Wolf Pack fans and sent them into euphoria. OK, maybe not to that extent, but a season without a bowl game is like a winter without snow: it just doesnt happen, for Reno at least. These bowl appearances make Nevada more attractive to possible recruits and bring more money to the university among other things. The bowl games will lead to bigger and better bowls for Nevada and larger payouts. The impact of the 2008 class stretches well beyond the football eld. To say they are going to be missed would be a severe understatement, so Im not even going to bother. These seniors have enjoyed four years of success and now it is time for us to recognize the work they put in.
Juan Lpez can be reached at jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
The Wolf Pack showcased its strong defense in this match up. Nevada held Ball State to 218 yards and just one touchdown until late in the fourth quarter. The Wolf Pack was up 18-7, but the Cardinals scored a touchdown with 2:26 left in the fourth quarter. Ball State recovered an onside kick, but Nevada linebacker Mike Crawford thwarted the comeback attempt with an interception. Crawford also had 14 tackles and was named the games Most Valuable Player.
LAS VEGAS BOWL DEC. 19, 1996: NEVADA 18, BALL STATE 15
The Wolf Pack made its rst bowl appearance in 44 years but lost a heartbreaker to the Falcons. Nevada trailed 28-3 at halftime, but put together a furious comeback in the second half and led 34-28 in the fourth quarter. Bowling Green was not to be outdone though. It scored the game-winning touchdown with 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter and ended the Wolf Packs comeback attempt.
LAS VEGAS BOWL DEC. 18, 1992: BOWLING GREEN 35, NEVADA 34
The Wolf Pack battled the Hurricanes at Boise, Idaho in the nal game in the career of Wolf Pack quarterback Jeff Rowe. Rowe passed for 192 yards and a touchdown against Miami but threw a costly interception late in the fourth quarter that sealed the victory for the Hurricanes. Miami held Nevada to 207 yards and its secondlowest point nt total of the season.
MPC COMPUTERS BOWL DEC. 31, 2006: MIAMI 21, NEVADA 20
BY THE NUMBERS
BALL TEAM HAS GONE TO A BOWL GAME. IT ALMOST ASSURED ITSELF ANOTHER BERTH WITH ITS WIN AT LOUISIANA TECH. TWO IS THE NATIONAL AL RANKING OF THE NEVADA FOOTBALL RUSHING ATTACK. IT RUSHED FOR A SEASON-LOW 103 YARDS SATURDAY AND IS NOW SECOND TO NAVY. 15.8 5.8 ARE THE POINTS PER GAME NEVADA FRESHMAN LUKE BABBITT IS AVERAGING. HE IS ALSO AVERAGING A TEAM-HIGH 8.2 REBOUNDS PER CONTEST. ST.
WAS THE RANKING OF THE LOUISVILLE WOMENS BASKETBALL TEAM NEVADA BEAT 85-82 SATURDAY. AY.
TWO ARE THE STRAIGHT YEARS NEVADA GUARD DELLENA CRINER HAS BEEN NAMED MVP OF THE NUGGET CLASSIC. SHE HAD AD 25 POINTS AGAINST LOUISVILLE. 291 ARE THE PASS YARDS NEVADA QUARTERBACK COLIN KAEPERNICK HAD IN THE SECOND ND HALF SATURDAY AGAINST LOUISIANA TECH. NINE ARE THE CONSECUTIVE SETS THE NEVADA VOLLEYBALL TEAM LOST TO CLOSE SE ITS SEASON. THE WOLF PACK GOT SWEPT BY IDAHO, UTAH AND PORTLAND. 3 ARE THE CONSECUTIVE YEARS THE NEVADA FOOTOT-
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Wolf Pack sends two players to East-West Shrine Game

Nevada will send two players to the 84th Annual EastWest Shrine Game Jan. 17 in Houston, Texas. The East-West Shrine Game features many of the best college football players in the United States and Canada. The game raises money for children receiving care at the 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children across North America. Senior linebacker Joshua Mauga and senior wide receiver Marko Mitchell will participate. Mauga has 54 tackles, 3.5 sacks and one interception this season while Mitchell leads Nevada with 56 catches for 1,011 yards and nine touchdowns. The two are part of a long list of Nevada players who have been invited to play in the game. Some notable recent participants are wide receiver Nate Burleson, linebacker Jorge Cordova and quarterback Jeff Rowe.
bounds and three steals per game. The honor is the first of the year for Criner and the fourth of her career.
started all 33 games as a senior.
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Nevada freshmen London Giles and Ahyaro Phillips both saw their first action of the season Saturday against Portland, effectively ending the suspension placed upon them earlier this year by Nevada head coach Mark Fox. Junior Brandon Fields was also placed on suspension at the beginning of the year, but he played Nov. 22 against Oregon State. Fox would not comment on the status of the suspension of the three players when it was active. The men were indefinitely suspended after they were cited on petty larceny misdemeanor charges Oct. 15 at Scheels sports store in Sparks. Fields case was dismissed, Giles pled guilty and paid a $457 fine and Phillips court date is set for Dec. 15.
Boise State finishes MENS BASKETBALL undefeated, unlikely Suspension lifted on to get BCS bowl three Pack players With its 61-10 win Friday
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against Fresno State, No. 9 Boise State finished the regular season 12-0 and 7-0 in the Western Athletic Conference. Despite the undefeated season, the Broncos are a long shot to play in a Bowl Championship Series game. Under BCS rules, the highest ranked team not from a major conference in the top-12 BCS rankings is guaranteed a BCS bowl. Utah (12-0) finished the season No. 6 and is guaranteed a berth. There is only one at-large spot left in the Rose, Orange and Fiesta Bowls. It will be announced Sunday. The last time the Broncos finished undefeated was in 2006 when they went 12-0 and capped off the season with a 43-42 victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.
The Wolf Pack lost two matches at the Bankers Classic in Stockton, Calif. to close out its season. Nevada lost 3-0 Friday to Utah and 3-0 Saturday to Portland. The losses followed a 3-0 loss at the hands of Idaho in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament in Honolulu. With these three straight losses, the Wolf Pack finished the season 12-17 overall and 7-9 in the WAC. Looking forward to next year, Nevada will only lose one senior, Allison Hernandez, from this years team.
Nevada ends season on sour note
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Team Louisiana Tech Nevada Q1 7 0 Q2 10 7 Q3 14 14 Q4 0 14 T 31 35
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Jackson, P Porter, D Livas, P Jenkins, R No. 10 16 2 9
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Hawaii and NMSU represent WAC in NCAA tourney

Hawaii and New Mexico State both earned bids to the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association volleyball tournament. The Rainbow Wahine, who won the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, earned the No. 7-overall seed in the field and will face Belmont Friday in Los Angeles. Hawaii went 28-3 overall and 15-1 in the WAC. New Mexico State earned an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament after posting a 25-8 overall record and 15-1 WAC record. The Aggies will battle St. Marys in the first round of the tournament. Every team New Mexico State lost to this season (Oregon, Illinois, Texas, Utah, Stanford, Santa Clara and Hawaii) made the tournament.
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WOMENS BASKETBALL
Nevada senior point guard Dellena Criner was named the Western Athletic Conference Womens Basketball Player of the Week for Nov. 24-30. Criner was named Nugget Classic MVP after leading the Wolf Pack to its secondconsecutive tournament title win, including a victory over No. 7 Louisville. For the week, she averaged 22 points, 6.5 assists, 5.5 re-
Criner named Player of the Week
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Tackles 13 6 6 6 No. 3 No. 4 1 No. 3
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Int 0 0 0 0 Long 51 Long 23 16
Ex-Nevada guard sees action in NBDL
Former Nevada guard Kyle Shiloh played in the first two games in the history of the Reno Bighorns of the National Basketball Development League. Shiloh played 13 minutes in the two games, grabbed two rebounds, had two assists and went 0-3 from the field. Shiloh played for Nevada from 2003-07 and averaged 9.6 points, 3.3 assists and
The Hawaii football team accepted an invitation to the Hawaii Bowl after its 24-10 win Saturday against Washington State at Aloha Stadium. The Hawaii Bowl will be played Dec. 24 at Aloha Stadium. The Warriors (7-5,5-3) opponent has yet to be determined. Hawaii has one more game on its regular-season slate. On Saturday, it will battle Big East champion and No. 13 Cincinnati on ESPN 2.
Warriors stay at home for bowl
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2008 WAC STANDINGS

Team Conference Boise State 8-0 Nevada 5-3 Hawaii 5-3 Louisiana Tech 5-3 Fresno State 4-4 San Jose State 4-4 Utah State 3-5 New Mexico State 1-7 Idaho 1-7
Overall 12-0 7-5 7-5 7-5 7-5 6-6 3-9 3-9 2-10
2008 NEVADA STATISTICAL LEADERS

Category Rushing Receiving Tackles Total Offense Name Vai Taua
Womens Basketball
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28
Team Northern Iowa Nevada Northern Iowa Armstrong, K Kalin, J Mennen, A Clausen, N Wypiszynski, K Oney, K Uhlenhopp, L Boeck, L Swanson, L Yeggy, R TOTALS Nevada Jones, B Ward, J Criner, D Franklin, C Moore, S Henry, B Cherry, M Woodard, B Williams, N Johnson, A Hammond, M Lombardi, M Williams, K TOTALS 1 25 31 FGM-A 4-12 2-6 2-6 6-15 3-11 1-2 0-2 3-6 0-0 0-0 21-60 FGM-A 1-4 5-17 5-10 2-4 1-4 0-2 1-3 0-2 1-3 1-2 2-5 1-3 1-2 21-61 2 38 40 FTM-A 2-4 1-2 2-2 0-0 2-3 3-3 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0 13-17 FTM-A 1-4 0-0 7-10 5-8 2-4 0-0 0-0 3-6 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-2 0-0 22-36 T 63 71 REB 1 5 6 3 10 1 1 3 1 1 44 REB 2 2 5 10 9 0 1 4 3 1 2 1 2 44 AST 4 5 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 15 AST 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 MIN 24 31 26 37 33 13 13 17 5 1 200 MIN 11 34 28 30 27 4 6 19 6 12 12 7 4 200 PTS 10 5 6 18 8 6 0 10 0 0 63 PTS 3 14 19 9 4 0 3 3 2 2 6 4 2 71
Statistic 118.3 yds/game Marko Mitchell 84.3 yds/game Uche Anyanwu 5.4 tackles/game Colin Kaepernick 299.5 yds/game
2008 WAC STANDINGS
Team Conference Standings Overall Fresno State 0-0 4-1 Nevada 0-0 4-3 New Mexico State 0-0 3-3 Utah State 0-0 3-3 Louisiana Tech 0-0 2-2 Boise State 0-0 2-4 Idaho 0-0 1-4 San Jose State 0-0 1-4 Hawaii 0-0 0-5

Category Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Name Dellena Criner
Statistic 17 /game Cherlanda Franklin 7.3 /game Criner 5.6 /game Franklin 1.3 /game
2008 NATIONAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
2008 WAC STATISTICAL LEADERS

Category Rushing Name Taua
Category Name School Statistic Rushing Donald Brown II UConn 148.5 yds/game Receiving Kenny Britt Rutgers 119.1 yds/game Tackles Derrick Richardson NMSU 12.5 tackles/game Total Offense Case Keenum Houston 416.1 yds/game
School Statistic Nevada 118.3 yds/game Receiving Chris Williams NMSU 105.6 yds/game Tackles D. Richardson NMSU 12.5 tackles/game Total Offense Kaepernick Nevada 299.5 yds/game
Category Name School Statistic Points Dawn Evans James Madison 30.8 /game Rebounds Sarah Bolden Bethune 14.8 /game Assists Shalee Lehning Kansas State 9.8 /game Blocks Brittany Pittman Morehead St. 6.2 /game

Category Points Name Criner
School Statistic Nevada 27.8 /game Rebounds Shanavia Dowdell La. Tech 11.4 /game Assists Criner Nevada 5.6 /game Blocks Dowdell La. Tech 2.8 /game
FOOTBALL TEAM SCHEDULE

Grambling State Aug. 30 Texas Tech Sept. 6 at Missouri Sept. 13 at UNLV Sept. 27 at Idaho Oct. 4 New Mexico State Oct. 11 Utah State Oct. 18 at Hawaii Oct. 25 at Fresno State Nov. 7 San Jose State Nov. 15 Boise State Nov. 22 at Louisiana Tech Nov. 29 W 49-13 L 35-19 L 69-17 W 49-27 W 49-14 L 48-45 W 44-17 L 38-31 W 41-28 W 41-17 L 41-34 W 35-31
WAC FOOTBALL SCORE FROM NOV. 28

Boise State (W) vs. Fresno State at Boise, Idaho 61-10
SCORES FROM NOV. 29

Utah State (W) vs. New Mexico State 47-2 at Logan, Utah Hawaii (W) vs. Washington State at Honolulu 24-10
Mens Basketball
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
Team Pacic Nevada Pacic Troyer, C Smith, T Brown, A Willard, S Ford, J Neufville, L Doran, J Leduc, B TOTALS 1 23 22 FGM-A 0-4 6-7 3-9 3-6 0-3 0-1 3-5 8-13 23-48 FGM-A 1-3 3-8 7-13 4-9 3-10 3-6 0-2 0-2 0-0 21-53 2 44 37 FTM-A 2-2 2-3 4-8 0-0 1-2 2-5 0-0 3-6 14-26 FTM-A 0-0 1-2 4-5 5-6 0-2 1-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 13-20 T 67 59 REB 3 2 3 9 3 3 2 5 35 REB 1 3 9 7 1 5 2 0 3 33 AST 2 2 0 2 2 6 0 0 14 AST 0 2 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 12 MIN 21 33 27 27 19 21 25 27 200 MIN 29 30 33 29 34 24 10 8 13 200 PTS 2 16 10 6 1 2 7 23 67 PTS 3 8 19 13 7 7 2 0 0 59
Team Portland Nevada Portland Niedermeyer, E Ito, T Smeulders, R Raivio, N Stohl, J Porter, B.J. Sikma, L Campbell, T.J. Knutsom, K Hannibal, J TOTALS Nevada Babbitt, L Cooke, M Hunt, D Burleson, L Johnson, A Fields, B Shaw, J Giles, L Kraemer, R Phillips, R Phillips, A TOTALS 1 33 37 FGM-A 0-5 0-1 4-9 3-6 2-4 0-2 4-5 4-8 6-7 0-1 23-48 FGM-A 5-11 5-7 3-4 3-9 3-8 1-4 1-5 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 22-49 2 30 24 FTM-A 0-0 0-0 2-4 3-6 0-0 0-0 1-4 1-2 3-6 0-0 10-22 FTM-A 5-7 1-5 3-3 0-0 0-0 3-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 13-21 T 63 61 REB 0 0 2 8 2 1 5 2 4 1 27 REB 8 3 7 3 6 1 1 0 3 1 0 33 AST 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 6 1 1 15 AST 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 MIN 10 13 20 37 25 6 17 33 31 8 200 MIN 35 25 25 31 25 17 18 2 15 6 1 200 PTS 0 0 10 11 5 0 9 13 15 0 63 PTS 17 11 9 7 6 5 3 0 3 0 0 61
Team Louisville Nevada Louisville Bingham, C Reid, M McCoughtry, A Hines, K Byrd, D Howard, J Stephen, T Radde, B Jackson, M TOTALS Nevada Woodard, B Ward, J Criner, D Franklin, C Moore, S Henry, B Jones, B Williams, N Cherry, M Johnson, A Hammond, M Lombardi, M Williams, K TOTALS 1 36 33 FGM-A 3-9 3-6 12-23 6-9 6-10 2-4 0-0 0-1 0-1 32-63 FGM-A 0-1 2-14 6-14 5-9 1-2 0-0 3-5 0-0 2-2 0-1 2-3 2-2 5-6 28-59 2 46 52 FTM-A 0-0 3-3 7-7 0-0 3-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 14-16 FTM-A 2-2 0-0 10-10 0-0 2-2 0-0 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-6 23-28 T 82 85 REB 5 3 8 6 1 2 0 0 2 30 REB 2 4 6 2 3 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 33 AST 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 9 AST 2 0 7 3 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 21 MIN 37 23 30 29 36 14 5 16 10 200 MIN 19 33 35 29 16 3 19 4 5 5 8 7 17 200 PTS 6 9 34 12 15 6 0 0 0 82 PTS 2 6 25 10 4 0 11 0 4 0 4 4 15 85
Nevada Burleson, L Shaw, J Babbitt, L Cooke, M Johnson, A Fields, B Kraemer, R Phillips, R Hunt, D TOTALS
2008 WAC STANDINGS
Team Conference Standings Overall Utah State 0-0 4-0 Boise State 0-0 4-1 Idaho 0-0 4-3 Hawaii 0-0 2-2 New Mexico State 0-0 2-2 San Jose State 0-0 2-2 Nevada 0-0 2-3 Fresno State 0-0 2-3 Louisiana Tech 0-0 2-4

Category Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Name Luke Babbitt Babbitt Armon Johnson Dario Hunt
Statistic 15.8 /game 8.2 /game 5.6 /game 1.2 /game
Category Name School Statistic Points Stephen Curry Davidson 29.2 /game Rebounds Blake Grifn Oklahoma 19.2 /game Assists Ashton Mitchell Sam Houston St. 8.8 /game Blocks Jarvis Varnado Mississippi St. 6.1 /game
Category Name School Statistic Points Gary Wilkinson Utah State 18.5 /game Rebounds Chris Oakes SJSU 9.8 /game Assists Dwight Oneil Nevada 6.0 /game Blocks Troy Gillenwater NMSU 2.8 /game
B4 DECEMBER 2, 2008
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DECEMBER 2, 2008 B5
Williams gives Pack post presence

By Emerson Marcus
Nevada head coach Jane Albright couldnt believe freshman forward Kayla Williams dyed her hair red before the Wolf Packs game against Louisville. She dyes her hair the color of the other team, Albright said. She says, It wasnt suppose to come out like this. I mean, who does that? But Albright didnt care about Williams hair too much. She cared more about Williams 15-point performance on the court and Nevadas 85-82 victory Saturday against seventh-ranked Louisville. (Williams) has the innocence of a freshman, Albright said. She doesnt know the difference between (No. 7) Louisville and Northern Iowa. Her father does, but she doesnt. Williams father, Matt, played four years at Nevada from 1988-1991. He ranks seventh on Nevadas all-time rebounding list (653), eighth in assists (325) and third in blocks (135). Albright knew about Matt Williams history, but she didnt entirely know about his daughters history. I was reading somewhere before the game that she averaged 18 rebounds (in high school), Albright said. I asked her, You averaged 18 rebounds? Can you do that for me? She said, Yeah I guess. Williams didnt grab 18 rebounds Saturday, but she did tally her career high in points (15) on her 19th birthday. You needed four more points, Kayla, Albright said to Williams after the game. I thought we were going to get 19 points tonight. Nevada can look forward to Williams getting more playing time as a force under the basket this season, Albright said. Scoring came really easy to me (tonight), Williams said. She played 19 minutes Saturday and shot three of ve from the oor with 11 points and eight rebounds.
PACKS CHARITY STRIPE ADVANTAGE

The Wolf Pack shot 64 freethrow shots in two games this weekend while its opponents shot 35. Getting to the line is a huge part of our success, Albright said Nevadas ability to get to the line is nothing new. The Wolf Pack has out-shot its opponents 173 free-throw shots to 131 this season. Body control is key, Nevada guard Dellena Criner said. Its also important to take the ball to the basket strong.
SECOND STRAIGHT CLASSIC VICTORY

Nevadas Nugget Classic championship win was its second in a row and third out of the last four seasons. The Wolf Pack won last season when it beat Idaho State 74-66. Nevada beat Northern Iowa Friday 71-63 to get to the championship. Louisville beat Alabama in the rst round of the four-team tournament 73-56.
PACK TO VISIT LEGEND

Nevada will take its recent success to southern California as the team plays Santa Barbara and gets a pep talk from former UCLA head coach John Wooden. Hes going to make us wise, Albright said. Hes a friend of mine. I told him, We would be there Friday and Saturday, you just tell me when. Wooden won 10 championships in 12 years during the 1960s and 1970s. He is a member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach. I just think he is the greatest coach, she said. One of my pre-game rituals is to read John Wooden stories. He ended his collegiate coaching career with a 671-161 record. He also won one College Basketball Championship as a guard at Purdue University in 1932.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.com.
COACH ACHIEVES 400TH WIN

Albright won her 400th career victory this weekend against Northern Iowa. The Lord has blessed me with a long career, she said. It means Ive had a lot of relationships with players and staff. Albright ranks 39th on the collegiate womens basketball all-time win list. Albright is the winningest coach in the history at Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
JONES BATTLES INJURY

Nevada guard Brandi Jones left the rst game of the Nugget Classic with a sprained ankle. After Nevadas 71-63 win Friday against Northern Iowa, Albright didnt conrm whether or not she would play in the championship game. Jones wasnt in the starting line against Louisville, but with 11:26 left in the rst half, Jones entered the game.
Nevada forward Kayla Williams was second on the Wolf Pack in points Saturday (15). She also shot ve of six from the eld and ve of six from the free-throw line in Nevadas 85-82 win against No. 7 Louisville.
Basketball
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a 70-66 lead with ve minutes to play. With the Wolf Pack down by four points late in the game, Criner connected on three consecutive buckets to take back the lead. Criners anguish started to show, though, as she grimaced without the ball. But the grimaced face disappeared when the ball was in her hands. Its always the next play for me, said Criner, who scored 13 of her 25 points in the nal seven minutes of the game. Its just determination and knowing that we can, and believing in my teammates, knowing
they have faith in me. Louisville stormed back late with the hot shooting of McCoughtry. The Louisville senior, averaging 22.6 points per game this season, nailed a three pointer with 1:08 left to pull the Cardinals within three points at 80-77. After the Wolf Pack took a ve-point lead, McCoughtry popped another three-point shot with three seconds left in the game. Nevada guard Brandi Jones made one of two free throws on the other end of the court to give the Wolf Pack a three-point lead. After the converted free throw, McCoughtry received the in bound and chucked a prayer from the half-court line,
which fell about 15-feet, and three points, short. She dropped to the oor after she missed the shot. Tears fell down her face as she sat on the bench after the game asking, What happened? You got to give (Nevada) all the credit, Louisville head coach Jeff Walz said. (Criner) is an outstanding point guard. Shes hard to trap, hard to guard. Criner scored 44 points in two games during the Nugget Classic tournament. She was also named Most Valuable Player. (Criner) has a heart the size of Nevada, Albright said.
Criner
Kaepernick
The Wolf Pack football team nished the 2008 season second in the nation in rushing yards per game (291). Navy was rst with 292 rypg. but it still has to play Army Saturday in its annual rivalry game.
Nevadas offense also nished fth in total yards per game with 510. Nevadas rush defense also performed well in 2008. The Wolf Pack ended the season with the nations fourth best rush defense. Nevada allowed only 74.5 rush yards per game in 2008. Six of the Wolf Packs 10 honored players will be back next
season. They all grew as the season continued, Ault said. It was a tough year. No team in the conference had the same pressure in the last four games as this team. The pyramid is going to continue to improve.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.
11-point lead, while Nevadas biggest lead was six points. But the only lead that mattered was the three-point lead Nevada grabbed immediately before Louisvilles Angel McCoughtry chucked a last second half-court buzzerbeating shot that fell short. The Big East Player of the Year last season fell to the court in disgust after the shot. Her teams undefeated start to the season was over. It was tough for McCoughtry, especially after all the success she has experienced. She was the fourth best scorer in the nation last season with 23.8 points per game. She was also named to the Wooden Award Watch List this year. She even surpassed her own school record last season with 863 points: the same record she set as a sophomore the year before. She will probably be a top-10 draft pick in the Womens National Basketball Associations Draft next year. But with all McCoughtrys talents and honors, she simply didnt play as well as Criner. The Nevada guard, named Western Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year, stepped up and followed through on an alligator versus grizzly bear pre-game story.
Albright explained to her confused players that an alligator would win in a swamp, while a grizzly bear would win in a forest. It depends on where they fight. On Saturday, Nevada was at the Lawlor Events Center Wolf Den. Can you guess who the wolf was? It was Criner. Stories may help, but the determination on the court mattered most. Ive never seen a girl do so much with the talent she has, Albright said. The Oakland native isnt a dominating figure, but she succeeds by playing harder than every player on the court. But you cant beat the seventh ranked team in the nation without some help. Nevada has twin towers in Marisa Hammond and Marriane Lombardi in the post. Shavon Moore also succeeds underneath the basket and forward Cherlanda Franklin may be the Wolf Packs second-best weapon to Criner because of her ability to grab boards and create turnovers. Dont forget the athleticism of Brandi Jones, who sprained her ankle and was ruled doubtful for Saturdays game by her coach, but still nearly pulled a double-double against Louisville. These girls can really play. But it all starts with Criner, who may be one of the best
players in the country on fearlessness alone. Albright says she cringes as Criner throws her 5-foot-7 body into big girls standing underneath the basket, but she also says she doesnt question Criners actions. Criner, a member of the All WAC First-Team last season, is not the kind of player you try to change. She plays with instinctual basketball intelligence and undaunted fearlessness. She got knocked down last week but she continued to jump in the paint for the basketball. She continued to play with intrepidness. She continued to make her coach cringe. You rarely see someone that small go for a missed shot and get a rebound against a player nearly a foot taller, but thats what Criner does game after game. Criner is talented and determined, along with the rest of the Wolf Pack womens basketball team. But dont take my word for it. There was a WNBA scout from the Washington Mystics observing this weekends tournament. She flew all the way to Reno to watch and she told me the same thing about Nevadas impressive play.
Court Report
B6
DECEMBER 2, 2008
AP TOP 25
1. North Carolina (72) 2. Connecticut 3. Pittsburgh 4. Duke 5. Gonzaga 6. Oklahoma 7. Notre Dame 8. Texas 9. Purdue 10. Tennessee 11. Louisville 12. UCLA 13. Michigan State 14. Xavier 15. Wake Forest 16. Syracuse 17. Villanova 18. Memphis 19. Arizona State 20. Georgetown 21. Miami 22. Davidson 23. Florida 24. Baylor 25. Marquette 7-0 6-0 7-0 7-0 5-0 6-0 5-1 5-1 5-1 5-1 2-1 4-1 4-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 4-1 5-1 4-1 4-1 5-1 5-1 6-1 5-1
Rebels bring deep threat to Reno

Wolf Pack will look to nd identity against rival
By Emerson Marcus
Nevadas and UNLVs game plans are hard to gauge this early in the season. The Rebels are most likely going to live or die beyond the arc, but their young and talented big men still need time to develop before UNLV head coach Lon Kruger starts giving them more playing time. Nevada needs to work on shooting, defense and basic fundamentals before it becomes a decent team. Saturday would be a good day for all of that to come together for Nevada, or else it may lose its third straight game to the Rebels.
NEVADA SCHEDULE
Date D
Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 22 Nov. 26 Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 31 Jan. 3 Jan. 8 Jan. 10 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 22 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 26 Feb. 28 Mar. 5 Mar. 7
O Opponent
at Montana State at San Diego Oregon State Pacic at Portland at Colorado State UNLV Sonoma State Southern Illinois Arkansas-Pine Bluff at California Idaho State North Carolina Idaho at New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech Boise State Fresno State Hawaii at Utah State at Idaho Louisiana Tech New Mexico State at San State at Hawaii BracketBusters at Fresno State Utah State San Jose State at Boise State
R Result l
W 72-63 L 65-51 W 79-71 L 67-59 L 63-61 7 p.m. 7:35 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 3 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. 7:05 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 8:15 p.m.
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Kansas 186, Dayton 109, Wisconsin 100, Clemson 72, Ohio State 52, Florida State 28, Brigham Young 23, Michigan 18, LSU 16, Washington State 15, Illinois 12, UAB 8, Texas A&M 6, Butler 6, Missouri 6, Saint Marys 5, USC 2, Navy 1, Nebraska 1.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS

Kansas 22, Wisconsin 25.
PROBABLE STARTERS
STOP THREE-POINT BARRAGE

After starting the season 5-0, the Rebels lost back-to-back games last weekend to California and Cincinnati, proving UNLVs streaky success on the court. The Rebels are going to be really good some nights and really bad other nights. Thats the risk that comes with being a shooting team. This weekend, the Rebels will come to Lawlor Events Center with three starting seniors and a lot of young talent, but if three-point shots dont fall, Nevada has an excellent chance to get back on the winning track. The Rebels set a school record in 2006-07 with 802 three-pointers. They followed that with 796 last season. This year, two senior threats in guard Wink Adams and forward Joe Darger will look to live beyond the perimeter. UNLV also has freshman point guard Oscar Bellfield and Memphis transfer TreVon Willis, who will look to kill the Wolf Pack Saturday with the deep shot. The Rebels have already shot 166 three-pointers (23.7 per game) this season, but have made only 55 (33 percent). But too much defensive emphasis on the shooters may leave 6-foot-8 junior Darris Santee open down low. The Rebels also have freshman Beas Hamga, who turned down Kentucky to play at UNLV, as a solid post player who should get about 10 minutes on the court against Nevada. Home-court advantage will be vital in this in-state rivalry game that will pose a tough test for a young and confused Wolf Pack team.
UNLV
44, Forward, Darris Santee Junior, 6-foot-8, 225 pounds; 7 ppg, 4.6 rpg 45, Forward, Joe Darger Senior, 6-foot-7, 225 pounds; 10.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg 01, Guard, Wink Adams Senior, 6-foot, 200 pounds; 13.7 ppg, 5 rpg 24, Guard, Rene Rougeau Senior, 6-foot-6, 210 pounds; 8.4 ppg, 8 rpg 33, Guard, TreVon Willis Sophomore, 6-foot-4, 195 pounds; 9.3 ppg, 3.1 apg
WAC STANDINGS
Standings Conference
Utah State Boise State Idaho Hawaii San Jose State Nevada Fresno State Louisiana Tech 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Overall
4-0 4-1 3-3 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-3 2-3 2-4
NEVADA
5, Forward, Luke Babbitt Freshman, 6-foot-9, 225 pounds; 15.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg 15, Forward, Malik Cooke Sophomore, 6-foot-6, 205 pounds; 11.4 ppg, 6 rpg 3, Forward, Joey Shaw Junior, 6-foot-6, 205 pounds; 9.8 ppg, 4 rpg 1, Guard, Lyndale Burleson Senior, 6-foot-3, 190 pounds; 6 ppg, 2 rpg 23, Guard, Armon Johnson Sophomore, 6-foot-3, 195 pounds; 10 ppg, 5.6 apg
New Mexico State 0-0
TALE OF THE TAPE

*National rankings in parenthesis **All statistics through games 12/1/2008
Nevada
39.2 26.1 70.4 9.6 11.4 - 1.4 64.4 45.8 +2.2 7.4 4.2 65.8 17.6 36.8 .400
Category
OFFENSE Field Goal Pct. 3-Point Pct. Free Throw Pct. Assists Turnovers Scoring Margin Scoring DEFENSE Field Goal Pct. Rebound Margin Steals Blocks Scoring MISCELLANEOUS Personal Fouls
UNLV
40.8 33.1 68.9 15.3 13 +7.5 70.9 40.6 - 2.4 7.3 4.9 63.4 17.1 34.5 .714
FINDING CONSISTENCY AT THE POINT

Turnovers plagued Nevada last year against UNLV, and they will do the same again this year if the Wolf Pack doesnt adjust. Nevada lost the ball 19 times compared to nine turnovers for UNLV. Wolf Pack guards Armon Johnson and Brandon Fields arent proving any better this season. The two Nevada guards committed 11 turnovers Saturday against Portland. That is unacceptable. Its not smart to react too quickly to poor play on the court, but if Johnson isnt the right guy at point guard then Nevada head coach Mark Fox should make a change. Fields isnt the answer, either. Hes a shooter who also has trouble holding onto the ball. Maybe its freshman London Giles, who played his first two minutes of the season Saturday. Maybe its senior Lyndale Burleson. Maybe Nevada will play the entire 2008-09 season without playing a solid point guard in the starting five. But Fox is fighting a losing battle trying to convince the public that Johnson is the best man for the job. If Johnson doesnt improve quickly, Fox needs to make a change. Johnson did play well offensively last year against the Rebels. He shot seven of 13 from the field, tallied 15 points, but turned the ball over four times with no assists.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush. com
WEEKLY GLANCE Wolf Pack renews intrastate rivalry
Nevada will battle UNLV for the 70th time in the history of these two programs. The Runnin Rebels have won 50 of the matchups between the two and are showing no signs of slowing down. UNLV started the season just outside the top-25 rankings, but received many votes in both the AP Top 25 and the ESPN/USA Today poll. Nevada is still going through some growing pains with its young team and will have a good opportunity to see where it stands against a talented and experienced UNLV team.
Juan Lpez
Defensive 3-Point FG Pct Won-Lost Pct.
WAC TOP 50 STAT LEADERS

Rebounds: Assists: Blocks: Oakes, SJSU ONeil, Fresno State Johnson, Nevada Oakes, SJSU 9.8 (t-43) 6 (t-28) 5.6 (t-47) 2.5 (t-34)
THIS WEEKS GAME

UNLV at Nevada
When: 7:35 p.m. Saturday Where: Lawlor Events

Center
Gillenwater, NMSU 2.7 (t-20)
Radio: ESPN Radio 630 T.V.: ESPNU
DEVIN SIZEMORE/ NEVADA SAGEBRUSH
* National ranking in parentheses
Armon Johnson
MAKING THE CALL
STAFF PICKS
OPTIMIST SAYS: Nevada has lost two in a row to UNLV and hasnt dropped three straight games to the Runnin Rebels since before the new millennium (1997-99). Here is where Nevada guard Armon Johnson nds his groove and starts playing up to his preseason Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year status. OUTCOME: Nevada wins 72-68. PESSIMIST SAYS: UNLV has lost two in a row after starting the season 5-0. It has experience on its side and will look to wear down the youthful Wolf Pack. The Runnin Rebels are a favorite to be one of the mid-major up-and-coming teams this year and they are not about to let Nevada get in their way. UNLV will run the Wolf Pack out of the gym Saturday. OUTCOME: UNLV wins 83-68.
DIFFERENCE MAKER WINK ADAMS

Senior guard Wink Adams is simply one of the best guards on the West Coast. Last season he was named rst-team All-Mountain West Conference and averaged 16.9 points per game in MWC play. Adams has gotten off to a slow start this year, shooting only 34 percent from the eld, but teams are focusing on him more because of his past success. He scored 17 points against Nevada last year in a UNLV win. Look for him to do the same this Saturday. Adams is quick, strong, agile and a great nisher. He will display his array of skills against the Wolf Pack. Rebels guard Wink Adams
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Sunny, N wind 3-5 mph

Some high clouds, light E wind

Clear, light E wind

Increasing clouds and W wind 5-10mph

Lows: 29-34 Highs: 50-55

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

William Ernesto Aguilar

All undergraduate candidates

Erika Kristine Zwart