By Nick Coltrain

Fewer freshmen and more

upperclassmen applying to
live in the residence halls led
to the temporary closure of
Manzanita and Juniper halls
the head of the residence halls
said.
The two residence halls were
closed because the extra up-
perclassmen living on campus
moved into the year-old Sierra
Hall, which is reserved for stu-
dents who already spent at least
a year living on campus, said
Rod Aeschlimann, director of
Residential Life, Housing and
Food Services.
The closing of Manzanita, an
all-female residence hall, and
Juniper saved about $250,000
and opened their rooms up to
be rented by visiting students
and conference-goers, he said.
They will likely stay closed at
least through the spring semes-
ter.
If we saw an increase in
applications for the spring
semester, then we may reopen
the halls, he said. But we
have every intention of re-
opening them in the next fall
semester.
The 15.35 percent cut to the
University of Nevada, Renos
state funding was not a factor in
the decision to close the halls,
university spokeswoman Jane
Tors said.
Aeschlimann said the univer-
sity saw an average number of
total applicants for on-campus
living this year. A preliminary
head count put the total at
1,722 students in the residence
halls, 10 fewer than the average
occupancy for every year since
August 2003.
Aeschlimann said students at
recruitment sessions last spring
planned to stay closer to home
during the economic downturn,
which led to fewer housing ap-
plicants from outside Washoe
County.
But he credits the newly-
renovated Sierra Hall with
keeping more upperclassmen
on campus and balancing the
numbers out.
Its simply a numbers game,
he said.
Nick Coltrain can be reached at
ncoltrain@nevadasagebrush.com.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009 VOLUME CXVI NUMBER 2 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893
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NEW SEMESTER HEALTH
Columnist Memo Sanchez
gives tips on easy ways to
spend less and stay healthy for
the new semester. Page A8
TACOS IN THE JOE
Check out whether The Joes
newest sit-down restaurant,
Cantina del Lobo, was worth
the wait. Page A12
RUNNING WILD
The Wolf Packs backeld is
one of the best in the country,
only adding to its strong
offense. Page B1
INDEX
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Photo galleries: Take a look at a photo gallery of the Nevada Wolf
Pack womens volleyball team.
Photo galleries: Go online for a gallery of the Welcome Week
events around campus.
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ONLINE THIS WEEK AT NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
WEEKLY UPDATE.............................................A3
CLASSIFIEDS ..............................................................A6
PERSPECTIVES ....................................................... A7
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BY THE NUMBERS
CORE Alcohol and Drug
Survey
74.2
88.7
percent of underage UNR
students consumed
alcohol in a 30-day period
in 2000.
percent of UNR students
consumed alcohol in the
year 2000.
80.1
percent of UNR students
consumed alcohol in the
year 2008, the rst year the
rate was below the national
average.
64
percent of underage UNR
students consumed
alcohol in a 30-day period
in 2008.
40.3
Percent of UNR students
binge drank in a two-week
period in 2008, the
schools lowest in nearly a
decade.
48
percent of students were
under 21 in 2008.
UNR breaks alcohol habit
Fight against underage
drinking drops alcohol
rates to 10-year lows
By Jay Balagna
The University of Nevada, Reno is a school
with a traditionally above-average rate of
alcohol consumption, a traditionally above-
average binge drinking rate and a group of
administrators trying to change those rates
without resorting to the average means.
More than 80 percent of UNRs population
consumed alcohol in the past year, according
to a study performed every two years and last
completed in 2008. That number, for the rst
time in more than a decade, is lower than
the national average, a drop many student
conduct administrators attribute to a shift in
the way students who violate the universitys
alcohol policy are
handled.
When a viola-
tion happens, we
strive to educate
students about
the impacts of
their behavior,
rather than just
punish them,
Charles Clement,
the director of
Residential Life
student conduct
and safety, said.
Were trying to
help students
transition from
living with their
parents to living
as responsible
citizens in a larger community.
The new attitude came after the imple-
mentation of an increased enforcement
policy by both the UNR and Reno police
departments. The increased enforcement
began in the fall of 2008 because of a federal
grant awarded to both departments.
The semester before the increased
enforcement began, ofcials referred 102
students to UNRs ofce of student conduct
for minor in possession and consumption
violations. The rst semester after the en-
forcement began, that number more than
quadrupled, Sally Morgan, the director of
the Ofce of Student Conduct, said.
With increased enforcement, your num-
bers will go up, Morgan said. But this isnt
about getting people caught.
When the number of violations rose in
2008 some administrators saw it as a bad
sign, despite Morgans reassurances.
At the same time campus police were
rolling out their plans for increased enforce-
ment of underage drinking laws, Morgan
and her colleagues shifted the attitude of
their department away from punishment
for many alcohol violators and one-size-
ts-all education programs. Their new
approach: an educational program treating
If youre under 21,
dont drink increased
enforcement of alcohol
laws around the campus
is happening now.
Make a plan before
going out use the
buddy system, have a
designated driver, have
a meeting place.
Dont drink in entry
lines of Mackay Stadi-
um, or you will be asked
to leave.
Source: Ofce of Student Conduct
If d 21
AVOID VIOLATIONS
Nevada
makes
top 600
schools
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Juniper and Manzanita halls wont open this semester because of a drop in freshmen living on campus.
Doors temporarily closed on two ResHalls
Program helps college
dropouts back to school
By Jay Balagna
More than 304,000 people
in Nevada have earned college
credits but have not gradu-
ated, according to a study by
the Lumina Foundation. Many
of those former students will
have the opportunity to come
back to school thanks to a grant
to the Nevada System of Higher
Education from the same foun-
dation.
The grant, totaling about
$65,000, paved the way for the
Dont Wait Graduate pro-
gram at the University of Nevada,
Reno, the director of the program
said. Nevada was one of three
states to receive the grant.
The program seeks out
students who have completed
at least 90 credits at a Nevada
institution, still reside in the
state, have not taken a higher
education course in more than
one year and are between the
ages of 25 and 62, Paul Neill, the
director of core curriculum at
UNR, said.
I think that any time a land-
grant institution like UNR can
reach out to the state and nd
ways to help, its our duty to do
so, UNR President Milton Glick
said.
The program offers the
returning students counseling
and information on how to best
nish their degree. For some
that means correspondence
classes, for others night classes
and for some it means return-
ing to campus.
Roughly 20 people are taking
classes this semester because
of the outreach through the
program, Neill said. I know
of at least one person who was
only three credits away from
graduating when we contacted
them. They took a summer
course and are actually ready to
graduate now.
Ofcials from the program
reach out to the nontraditional
students primarily through
mailings using their last-known
addresses, Neill said.
I think we can all agree this
program is something the uni-
versity should have been doing
a long time ago, Neill said.
Its nice to see it happen now,
thanks to the grant.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com.
By Tara Verderosa
Forbes Magazine listed
the University of Nevada,
Reno in its list of Americas
Best Colleges for the 2009
academic year placing it
at number 409 out of the top
600.
The rankings, which
are released annually, are
decided based on a variety
of statistics such as student
evaluations, post-graduate
success, student debt and
graduation rates.
This is the rst year that
UNR has earned a spot on
Forbes Americas Best College
list. In 2008, the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas was re-
corded at 393 but then fell to
486 this year.
Its great that UNR is get-
ting recognized for the qual-
ity characteristics we have,
Provost Marc Johnson said.
Its nice to have national
recognition. This is good for
recruiting and enrollment.
Anytime your name is on a list
it improves the value of your
degree.
Being nationally recognized
is also benecial for students
because employers will
value degrees from renowned
schools higher than others,
Johnson said.
We were really surprised
we were on there, especially
since we are a public school,
Sarah Thomas, a 21-year-old
mechanical engineering ma-
jor, said. Plus we were like 50
places above UNLV which is
awesome and it makes us look
better.
Among other things, UNR
is noted for its comparatively
cheap tuition, student-to-
faculty ratio and a handful of
well-known alumni.
I think the fact that we are
on the list shows a lot of the
improvements weve been
making as an institution,
UNR President Milton Glick
said. It brings some notice
to UNR that we may not get
otherwise.
Tara Verderosa can be reached at
tverderosa@nevadasagebrush.
com. See DRINKING Page A5
By Kathleen Phelan
In 2008, feeling burned
out from high school, Kevin
McPherson wanted to do
something that would serve
the community but also
reinvigorate his passion for
formal education. Last year,
McPherson decided to defer
his college plans for a year
and instead joined City Year, a
nonprofit organization focused
on improving the education of
underprivileged children in
inner-city areas.
His six months with City Year
in the greater Philadelphia
area helped him achieve both
goals.
City Year is a branch of Ameri-
Corps, a program funded by the
federal government that focuses
specically on direct service
activities with the ultimate goal
of ending the dropout crisis, City
Year marketing manager Robyn
Lornk said.
We accept 17- to 24-year-olds,
who work as tutors, mentors and
role models, Lornk said. Ev-
ery 26 seconds, someone drops
out of high school, so our focus
is on keeping students on track
toward graduation.
As a full-time volunteer at an
urban middle school, McPher-
son had the freedom to create
projects that would benet
the children, in addition to his
regular tutoring and mentoring
duties, Lornk said. One such
project, a club called Peace Am-
bassadors, focused on resolving
the issue of violence among
students.
When you think about school
violence, people dont really
think about younger schools,
said McPherson, a 19-year-old
neuroscience and health ecology
double major. Its a problem,
though, especially in inner-city
schools.
Although he returned to Reno
four months early because he
was mugged, McPherson said
he doesnt regret the experience,
which had its benets and dis-
advantages.
The best part of it was know-
ing that I was making a differ-
ence and actually being able to
see it, McPherson said. People
in Philadelphia really appreciate
what City Year does for them.
McPherson received a
stipend of $120 a month in ad-
dition to free health insurance
and an AmeriCorps education
award of $4,725, but also had
to support himself, which he
said was the hardest part of the
experience.
I was basically forced into
adulthood, which was pretty
hard, McPherson said. In com-
parison, college seems easier.
Ive learned tolerance and time
management, so now I feel like
I can do so much more.
McPherson plans to use what
he learned to make changes in
Reno. One of 125 new students
in the honors program, he has
enlisted other honors students
in starting his own nonprot
organization, the Saidia Health
Fund, which is in its formative
stages but which aims to help
disadvantaged infants.
Honors program director
Tamara Valentine said that since
rst meeting McPherson a year
ago, she noticed his ambition
and determination.
I see, at such a young age,
somebody highly motivated,
who is conscientious and con-
cerned about social issues,
Valentine said. I commend the
fact that he was willing to take
a year off from his own college
career, and to give his time to
a community so far from Reno.
Its a sign he wants to excel
not only in academics, but in
service.
After working with middle
schoolers who couldnt read at
a third-grade level, McPherson
realized how many Americans
are desperately in need of help.
Working with City Year made
me quite sure that I dont want
to teach, McPherson said.
But it made me want to come
back to college so that I can do
something with my education. It
motivated me.
City Year has the ability to
teach students intangible skills
that they might not otherwise
learn, said Lornk, who is herself
a City Year alumna.
You learn about teamwork
and how to work with diversity,
Lornk said. You learn different
work styles and you get to net-
work with some of our 100-plus
corporate partners.
McPherson, who is consider-
ing joining the Peace Corps after
he graduates in four years, said
that while he probably wouldnt
want to go through the difcult
experience twice, long-term vol-
unteerism can be a good choice
for many people.
If youre in a rut, or feeling like
you need a change, Id recom-
mend it, McPherson said. Its
something new and it makes a
real difference.
Kathleen Phelan can be reached at
kphelan@nevadasagebrush.com.
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By Jay Balagna
In a response to alleged labor
rights violations, the Associ-
ated Students of the University
of Nevada Bookstore will cease
selling popular Russell Athletic
items once the stores current
stockpile is exhausted.
The violations are alleged to
have occurred at a factory in
Honduras and include the in-
timidation of union leaders. The
violations are under investigation
by the Fair Labor Association.
Due to the failure of Russell
Athletic to comply with general
standards of fair labor, as well as
their continued variance from
the moral principals of the Uni-
versity of Nevada, the Associated
Students of the University have
instructed the ASUN Bookstore
to cease all orders of Russell
Athletic merchandise, ASUN
President Eli Reilly and Sen.
Brandon Bishop, the chairman
of the senates interim commit-
tee, wrote in a memorandum.
Bookstore ofcials were
initially against terminating
their contract with Russell Ath-
letic before Reilly and the senate
agreed otherwise. Even if the
ofcials hadnt been convinced,
the decision by ASUN would
have had binding authority over
the bookstore, Bishop said.
Its a power ASUN doesnt
exercise very often, Bishop said.
But its there.
Last year, sales of Russell Athletic
items totaled more than $276,000,
or about 25 percent of the book-
stores total sales, according to a
copy of the stores nancial report.
Remaining items from the compa-
ny will be sold so as not to impact
scholarship funding, according to
Reilly and Bishops memo.
The bookstore is currently
in the process of seeking out
suppliers to ll the gap left by
Russell Athletic, but students
should notice little if any differ-
ence in the items offered by the
bookstore as far as design and
quality go, Bishop said.
If anything, the prices might
go down a little bit, he said. I
know at least one of the suppli-
ers theyre talking to have lower
bulk prices than Russell.
The senate spent weeks mak-
ing sure the initial reports carried
enough weight to be acted upon.
We did a lot of research
before we made this decision,
and were signicantly positive
these allegations occurred,
Bishop said. Weve found a
variety of evidence from many
different sources. The parent
company, Fruit of the Loom, has
had violations like this before as
well. They have a record of not
correcting the problem.
Although the University of Ne-
vada, Renos sales may be small
to an international company
like Russell Athletic, it is not the
only bookstore in the country
severing a contract, or debating
doing so, with the company.
Certainly if enough book-
stores did it, it would have an
impact, Mark Pingle, an eco-
nomics professor at UNR, said.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com
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Kevin McPherson, a freshman at the University of Nevada, Reno, spent a year volunteering in Philadelphia.
Volunteer helps inner-city kids stay on track
FACES OF NEVADA
Kevin McPherson
Age: 19
Majors: Neuroscience and
health ecology
To learn more about how
to get involved with City
Year, visit the Web site at
www.cityyear.org.
JILIANSTENZEL/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
A student browses through a rack of Russell Athletic apparel, whose contract was canceled, at the Associated Students of the University of
Nevada Bookstore.
AUGUST 25, 2009
Weekly Update
Campus
Events
Flipside combines festival with ASUN club fair
By Jay Balagna
As part of Welcome Week, the
student government will be put-
ting on a club fair Friday, along
with a festival with food, games
and music.
Last year, the Friday Festival,
which the club fair was com-
bined with, drew about 1,000
students, according to student
government ofcials.
The event will be from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. on the Quad and is free
for students.
The event should be just as
large as last year, were hoping,
Casey Stiteler, the director of
Flipside Programming, said.
During the initial planning of
the event, Patrick Delaplain, the
director of clubs and organiza-
tions for the Associated Students
of the University of Nevada, was
trying to coordinate a time to put
on a club fair where it wouldnt
be overshadowed by a Flipside
event, Stiteler said. Unable to
nd an acceptable time, the two
decided to combine the events.
In the past, the club fair
hasnt been an event at all,
Delaplain said. People show up,
get some pizza and just sort of
leave. I wanted the club fair to be
something clubs and students
look forward to. Something that
happens every year.
About 60 clubs will have
recruitment tables at the event,
Delaplain said.
The event should bring more
people to clubs looking to recruit
new members, Delaplain said.
Because its part of Welcome
Week, a lot of the students who
attend Friday Festival are fresh-
men, and thats who most clubs
are really aiming to recruit,
he said. The rst few weeks of
freshman year are really critical
to what a student will end up
getting involved in, so its impor-
tant to reach out to them early.
Many of the clubs wont just sit
at tables and wait for students to
come to them though, Delaplain
said. Many are planning to put
on a show to try and attract as
many new students as possible
at the crowded event.
A lot of clubs are planning big
displays and games, he said.
Were going to have prizes for
which club has the most en-
tertaining table and things like
that.
Club tables wont be the only
entertainment at the festival,
Stiteler said.
Were going to have food,
inatable slides and things like
that, he said. Im really excited
for the performer, Debra Arlyn,
too. She played a show for us last
year and I think she has the per-
fect style for the Friday Festival.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com
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More than 2,000 new University of Nevada, Reno students and their families attended the 10th annual new student orientation ceremony Saturday in Lawlor Events Center.
Campus leaders including UNR President Milton Glick, UNR Provost Marc Johnson and Associated Students of the University of Nevada President Eli Reilly spoke at the event.
The event culminated with the lighting of one candle for each new student and the singing of the schools alma mater.
FRESHMEN ATTEND 10TH ANNUAL NEW STUDENT OPENING CEREMONY
AUGUST 23
A 19-year-old male reported
his wallet and its
unspecied contents
stolen from the
Downunder Caf.
An ofcer responded
to burglary of an
unspecied amount of
CDs and CD cases in the
Sierra Street Parking
Garage.
A 20-year-old male was cited
for minor in possession and
consumption of alcohol at
Buena Vista Avenue and
Imperial Boulevard.
Three 20-year-old females
were cited for MIPC on
Imperial Boulevard.
Two 20-year-old females
were cited for MIPC at
West 10th and Oak streets.
A 20-year-old male was
cited for MIPC at
Buena Vista Avenue
and College Drive.
AUGUST 22
A 19-year-old male
was cited for MIPC at
Buena Vista Avenue
and West 11th Street.
An ofcer responded
to an incident at 575
College Drive.
Two 19-year-old males
were cited for MIPC at
Washington Street and
Imperial Boulevard.
AUGUST 21
A 42-year-old male was
arrested for indecent
exposure and loitering at
the Jot Travis Building.
A 69-year-old male
reported his bike
stolen from the Lombardi
Recreation Center.
AUGUST 19
An 18-year-old female
was arrested for having
a revoked license at
15th Street and Hillside
Drive.
An ofcer responded
to a report of vehicular
burglary in the Sierra
Street Parking Complex.
AUGUST 18
Ofcers responded to
a report of a suspicious
individual on Veronica
Way.
AUGUST 17
A 21-year-old female
reported lost property
from Canada Hall.
POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS
MONITOR THE JOES
ENERGY SAVINGS
In an effort to increase
campus awareness about
green efforts, the
University of Nevada, Renos
Sustainability Committee
has a ticker on the front
page of its Web site tracking
the amount of energy
generated by the solar
panels on the roof of the Joe
Crowley Student Union.
At the time of press, the
solar panels have gener-
ated more than 40,000 total
kilowatt hours since being
installed last fall.
According to the Web site,
the panels have saved 34,000
pounds of CO2 and $3,000 as
of May 12.
The Sustainability Commit-
tee was founded after UNR
President Milton Glick signed
the American College &
University President Climate
Commitment in 2007. The
commitment, which is posted
on the sustainability Web site,
requires that the university
develop a plan to reduce its
greenhouse emissions and
create a more sustainable
campus.
The ticker, along with more
information about UNRs
sustainability efforts and
plans, can be found at www.
unr.edu/sustainability.
BOOK ART ON EXHIBIT IN
TOWN THIS WEEK
An exhibition of handmade
books created by University of
Nevada, Reno students is on
display at the McKinley Arts &
Culture Center.The books were
made in the book arts classes
during the 2008-09 school
year.
Students learned how to
construct books by hand using
old-fashioned tools and tech-
niques, including metal type
and scrolls.
About 50 books are on dis-
play.
The McKinley Arts & Culture
Center is at 925 Riverside Drive,
and is open from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m Monday through Friday.
WELCOME WEEK EVENTS
TO BE HELD ON CAMPUS
Welcome Week at the Uni-
versity of Nevada, Reno, orga-
nized by Flipside Productions,
runs this week. Events include:
Pack Pride Lunch, 11 a.m.
on Wednesday in Cantina del
Lobo
Mackay Madness, 7 p.m. on
Thursday in Mackay Stadium
Friday Festival and Club
Fair, 7:30 p.m. on Friday on
the Quad
Block Party, 8 p.m. on Sat-
urday in the Nye Hall parking
lot.
All events are free to students.
TUESDAY/25
Planes of Consistency
photography exhibit
When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Sheppard Fine Arts
Gallery
Tamara Scronce, a photog-
rapher and associate pro-
fessor at the University of
Nevada, Reno, Dean Burton
and Thom Heileson explore
the use of parallel lines in
their new photography ex-
hibit, Planes of Consistency.
The exhibit runs through
Sept. 25.
WEDNESDAY/26
Wine Tasting
When: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Experimental
Winery, Valley Road Experi-
ment Station, 910 Valley
Road
The rst of weekly wine
tastings at the Valley Road
Experiment Station begins
Wednesday and runs from
4:30 to 6 p.m. The wines
are made from grapes
grown at the station from
drought-stressed and well-
watered grapes. It costs $10
per person or $15 if partici-
pants do not bring their own
glass.
Participants must be 21 or
older to attend.
WEDNESDAY/26
Curries of the World
When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Outside the Fitzger-
ald Student Services
Building
All UNR students are in-
vited to attend an interna-
tional food tasting featuring
different curry recipes from
around the world. Thai,
Japanese and Indian dishes
will be available.
THURSDAY/27
Cantina del Lobo Mexican
Grill Grand Opening
When: Noon to 8 p.m.
Where: Joe Crowley Stu-
dent Union, Third Floor
To celebrate its opening, the
Cantina del Lobo Mexican
Grill will have live music and
games Thursday.
The recently opened res-
taurants grand opening
features the musical group
Jelly Bread as well as free
samples and giveaways,
including free tacos for a
month.
The non-alcoholic restau-
rant is on the third oor of
the Joe.
SATURDAY/29
La Tomatina in Reno
When: 1 to 7 p.m.
Where: City Plaza, 10 N.
Virginia St.
Club Cal Neva is hosting
a cancer fundraiser with
street vendors, food, live
performers and at 6 p.m.,
a massive tomato ght.
About 5 tons of tomatoes
will be dumped into the
plaza as ammunition.
Admission to the event is
a $10 minimum donation
to the American Cancer
Society.
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WEDNESDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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What: Friday Festival/
ASUN Club Fair
When: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on
Friday
Where: The Quad
Cost: Free for students who
bring their student ID cards to
the event. Food, drink and en-
tertainment will be provided
along with tables for more
than 60 clubs.
Wh t F id F ti l/
FRIDAY FESTIVAL
More than 1,000 showed at last years event
By Jessica Fryman
When it comes to living a
healthy lifestyle, physically and
mentally, theres little dispute
between medical profession-
als as to what works and what
doesnt.
Although their advice seems
simple and clich, they say
some college students still might
underestimate the steps theyve
been told to follow most of their
lives.
While in college, students,
especially freshmen, often nd
themselves in a difcult transi-
tion period where problems with
anxiety and depression develop,
experts said.
College students as a whole
are somewhat more vulnerable,
Ole Thienhaus, the dean of the
University of Nevada School of
Medicine, said. The bottom
line here is that people are
moving from a more predictable
environment to one where they
are more in charge. Its easy to
fall into bad habits before youre
ready for them.
To avoid mental health issues,
students should make a schedule
for their employment, classes,
study time, social activities and
exercise to ensure a successful
college career, UNR Director of
Counseling Services Matt Bluse-
wicz said.
The balance will be different
for everyone, Blusewicz said.
The freshman year is the time
to discover what your own bal-
ance is.
Making time for a balanced
schedule in advance ensures
students will actually complete
each activity, which also helps
to maintain a balanced psyche,
he said.
Although some students might
assume eight hours of sleep each
night and regular exercise only
attributes to physical health,
both have extreme effects on
mental health as well.
If you dont sleep regu-
larly, you crash at other times,
Thienhaus said. Your cogni-
tive functions, like retention,
decline.
If you start working out on
a regular basis, you are doing a
lot for your mental health, he
continued. You produce endor-
phins, a natural antidepressant
and mood stabilizer.
Aside from the everyday
habits, Thienhaus said students
should be careful about forming
relationships with people or or-
ganizations too quickly because
new freshmen are sometimes
lonely and jump into things
without thinking them through.
Forming good habits at the
start of a college year can set up
students for both academic and
personal success early on, he
said.
Jessica Fryman can be reached at
jfryman@nevadasagebrush.com.
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www.nevadasagebrush.com AUGUST 25, 2009
Health
New company aims to keep drunk drivers off the road
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Corey Jansen, left, a 19-year-old education major, and Andrew Creaser, a 19-year-old business administration major, work out in Lombardi Recreation Center. Routine workouts
can help relieve stress and maintain mental as well as physical health.
Stay physically t to maintain a steady psyche
By Jay Balagna
While in jail for his third driv-
ing under the inuence of alco-
hol conviction, Barney Johnson
decided he wanted to help keep
others from nding themselves
in the same situation.
Without a job to look forward
to when he was released from
prison and a felony conviction
on his record, he needed a way
to make a living.
That prompted Johnson
to start Never Drive Drunk, a
subscription-based company
that offers people a way to get
themselves, their car and any
passengers home safely after a
night of drinking.
I was in the corporate world
before I went to prison, so it
only seemed natural to start up
a business when I got out, he
said. I needed a job, but I also
wanted to keep people from
where I was at the time. I thought
up the business plan while serv-
ing my time.
Never Drive Drunk charges
$39 a month or $299 a year for
an individual membership with
a mandatory tip for drivers. The
company also offers one-time-
use vouchers for $59.
Never Drive Drunk, which
launches full operations Sept.
1, aims its marketing at people
of college age because Johnson
said he feels they are the most
likely to drive intoxicated.
We dont want to paint the
blood and guts picture like a lot
of people do about driving in-
toxicated, Johnson said. Have
fun, but when you have to get
home, we want you to think of us
before you think of driving.
When a subscriber calls Never
Drive Drunk, a car with two
drivers shows up, Johnson said.
One to drive you, your car and
any passengers home, and one
to follow and pick up the driver.
Johnson also hopes local bars
will buy vouchers for the service
for their patrons.
Our drivers operate in
male-female teams, Johnson
said. That way, if its a woman
calling, a woman will drive
them home and vice-versa for
a man. That way, everyone feels
safe and we avoid any awkward
situations.
All of Never Drive Drunks
drivers are background checked
and hold clean driving records
with no DUIs.
Its kind of funny, Johnson
said. I technically cant even be
a driver for my own company.
Even though Johnson said
his company and drivers hold
adequate insurance to cover
both cars and any passengers,
Carl Carnevale wouldnt trust
the company with his car.
I guess its better than driv-
ing drunk, but I dont think
Id trust some driver with my
car, the 25-year-old political
science major said. Id rather
just take a cab and get my car
later.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com.
What: University of Nevada,
Reno Counseling Services
Where: Thompson Building
Contact: 775-784-4648
Info: www.unr.edu/stsv/cs/
Wh t U i it f N d
WHERE TO GET HELP
For more information
on Never Drive Drunk or to
subscribe to the service, visit
www.neverdrivedrunk.com.
F i f ti
NEVER DRIVE DRUNK
Improves retention of
information and academic
performance
Decreases stress
Stabilizes moods and de-
creases chance of depression
Improves quality of life
when keeping both a good
physical and mental lifestyle
I t ti f
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approach: treating students
as individuals, instead of as a
group of violators.
The Brief Alcohol Screening
and Intervention of College
Students (BASICS) Program
was introduced in the spring of
2008 and now handles almost
all rst-time violators referred
to student conduct. The pro-
gram was rst attempted at the
University of Washington and
has spread to a handful of other
universities across the western
United States, Morgan said.
When the student conduct
department made the changes,
UNR students had been drinking
at a higher rate than their peers,
according to the Core Alcohol
and Drug Study performed every
two years by the Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale on 145
higher education campuses
across the nation.
We saw the statistics for
students who drank hovering in
the upper 80th percentile since
2000, Morgan said.
The high percentage con-
vinced Morgan and her depart-
ment to try something new.
Since the BASICS program was
implemented, the number of
students referred to the ofce of
student conduct for alcohol viola-
tions was more than halved, from
450 students to 222 last spring,
even with the continued high level
of enforcement from police.
Its still very early to tell, but I
think this shows that this program
is really working, Morgan said. Its
a kind of education that students
actually take in and use, instead of
just ignoring like they might with a
lecture-based class.
While the rates of repeat offend-
ers have not yet been calculated,
Morgan said she has personally
noticed far fewer students referred
to her ofce for second violations.
I think were getting out the
message that the university has
to follow the law on these things
and students have to make re-
sponsible choices, Morgan said.
While UNR student Mallory
Conroy said she hasnt noticed
the drop in drinking rates, she
said friends who went through the
BASICS program drank less often
and drank less when they did.
The girls I know that went
through it seem to take it a
lot easier, drinking-wise, the
20-year-old nursing major said.
Afterwards, they had a lot dif-
ferent attitude.
Since the implementation
of the BASICS program and a
mandatory alcohol education
session for incoming freshmen,
the Core Study statistics for UNR
students alcohol use fell in every
category, including the percent-
age of students binge drinking
and the percentage of underage
students consuming alcohol.
Binge drinking and underage
drinking are problems on any
college campus, Morgan said.
I think we can pretty safely at-
tribute the drop in the statistics
to the increased education were
offering students.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com
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Samisoni Taukitokuwassen-
tenced to three life sentences
without the possibility of pa-
role last week for the shooting
and killing of three young men
at a 2007 Halloween party.
Taukitoku, 20, was convicted
Wednesday of three counts
of rst-degree murder in the
deaths of Charles Coogan
Kelly, Nathan Viljoen and for-
mer Tau Kappa Epsilon presi-
dent Derek Jensen. He was also
convicted for four counts of
assault with a deadly weapon
for pointing his pistol at party-
goers before the murders.
Before Fridays sentencing,
members of both the victims
and the defendants families
pleaded for Taukitokus life
either to give him a second
chance at it in 50 years or to
make himspend it behind bars.
I could only ask that Sami-
soni Taukitoku spends the rest
of his life in prison with no
chance of getting out, Megan
Records, Jensens girlfriend,
testied to the jury. She turned
to Taukitoku. You had your
chance that night. Nowplease,
never let him make another
choice again.
On Friday, the jury con-
demned Taukitoku to life in
prison for the murders. It took
the jury of ve men and seven
women less than ve hours of
total deliberation to convict
and sentence him.
I think justice is served,
Jensens father, Scott Jensen,
said. There could have been
no other outcome.
The gallery of friends and
family from both sides of the
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University of Nevada, Reno
students should expect a tu-
ition increase as the state tries
to solve its budget shortfall,
Nevada legislators and regents
said. But while all students
face the possibility of higher
fees, others continue to receive
tuition discounts.
Dependents of temporary
faculty, professional staff mem-
bers and retired staff members
are eligible for Grant-in-Aid, a
policy that charges themabout
$100 less per credit.
Chancellor Jim Rogers is
focused on increasing revenue
of the Nevada Systemof Higher
Education budget, but the
Grant-in-Aid policy will likely
not change, ofcials said.
In a Monday press confer-
ence, NSHE Chancellor Jim
Rogers said increasing tuition
by slightly more than25 percent
amount could raise $50 million
Group rallies against Proposition 8
8y 1ossca stopa
Cars honked their horns in
support as hundreds marched
down Virginia Street toward the
Reno Arch on Saturday night.
The group had swelled from
300 people gathered in front of
Reno City Hall to 550 heading
down the street.
They brandishedrainbowags.
They held signs reading, Yes
We Will and Can I Vote On
Your Marriage.
And they sang, All we are say-
ing is give us our rights.
The group was one of many
across the country that marched
in public protest of Proposition 8,
Californias constitutional ban on
gay marriage. Among them were
students, families andgay couples
who married in California after it
was legalizedduring the summer.
Another protest is inthe works
to happen in two months, rally
organizer Eddie Reynoso said.
The protest will likely focus on
equality issues, like domestic
partnership benets and dis-
crimination in the workforce.
Reynoso said he wants people
to stay involved with the cause.
He reminds that public outcry
was lacking when Nevadas
Question 2, which prevents and
does not recognize gay mar-
riages, passed in 2000 and 2002.
Now that the protest is over,
we need to focus our efforts on
making people aware of the
equality issues that face the (gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgen-
der) community, said Reynoso,
president of A Rainbow Place,
northern Nevadas gay and les-
bian community center.
WithARainbowPlaceclosingon
Nov. 30duetoalackof funding, he
encouragedpeopletoget involved
withtheHumanRights Campaign
andother organizations.
But to make a difference,
people needto go beyondpublic
protests and continue to gather
support from the community,
organizers said.
We need to harness the
energy of tonight, said David
Gordon, director of the local Hu-
man Rights Campaign chapter.
It needs to go a step further.
Gordonsaidpeopleshouldtake
timeout of theirbusyschedulesto
phone bank or knock ondoors.
Jeromy Manke, president of the
UniversityofNevada, RenosQueer
Student Union, saidseveral mem-
bers of thestudent groupgathered
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In the midst of cutting $31 million from the
University of Nevada, Reno budget cuts that
directly affect education students have been
silent. Protestors havent trekkedacross the gover-
nors lawn, and students havent lled legislators
and regents mailboxes with letters.
My perception is that the response has been
tepid, not very obvious, said Richard Siegel, an
emeritus UNR political science professor. From
my perspective, if large numbers show up, (legis-
lators) will pay attention. This is the time for it to
happen. I dont think students should be passive.
Their education is at stake.
University ofcials, regents and legislators said if
studentsdont speakup, thecutscouldbeevenmore
detrimental. Several state programs are ghting for
money andif one groupis more visibly against cuts,
that group will get more money, they said.
By the time that (students) wake up and realize
that they are subject to a lot of cuts, it is going to
be too late, Regent Steve Sisolak said. If the stu-
dents dont care, how do you expect the taxpayer
to care? I dont think its asking too much for the
students to get involved.
Chris Romley, a 22-year-old nutrition major,
said he cares about the budget cuts. He said he is
mostly upset he has to pay for tutoring a service
he needs because his ADHD makes it harder for
himto learn and pay attention.
I dont have time, Romley saidabout stating his
opinions to higher-ups. And Im not educated in
that realmenough to even knowwhere to start.
Write letters to Gov. Jim Gibbons, legislators
and regents
Discuss the importance of education.
Provide personal stories of how the cuts
impact student life.
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Two university police cars
escorted a group of 60 protest-
ers as they marched up Vir-
ginia Street Friday morning.
The group carried handmade
signs that said things like We
forgive you, I like my men
righteous and biblical verses
preaching acceptance. In contrast, a ring of Reno
Police Department ofcers
surrounded four picketers who
carried professionally-printed
signs that said things like You
will eat your babies, and
America is doomed, a few
blocks up the street. The protests, organized by
two very different groups, took
place peacefully at opposite
ends of the University of Ne-
vada, Reno campus despite
their conicting natures.
8y morson Marcus Mark Fox, in less than 48 hours
last week, ew back and forth,
and back again to Atlanta, Geor-
gia, before accepting the head
coaching position at the Uni-
versity of Georgia on Thursday.
The Nevada athletic department
countered the following day,
hiring former Nevada associate
head coach David Carter to replace Fox. Fox left the Wolf Pack for a six-year, $1.3 million deal with Georgia about an $800,000 raise from his contract with Nevada.
My interest in Georgia goes
way back, Fox said in his rst
Georgia press conference Friday.
I can remember a conversation
with a search rm a few years
ago and I declined a chance to
pursue a job, and the gentleman
asked me, Why? I said, Its not
like its Georgia. That declaration may have
seemed oddly out of place
considering Georgia has always
been more of a football school,
but on Friday it seemed spot on.
Fox, who owns the Nevada
school record with a .741 win
percentage and is third on
Nevadas all-time wins list with
123, ended his ve-year coach-
ing stint with the Wolf Pack. The
buyout of Foxs contract, which
was to extend through 2014, will
cost Georgia $250,000. Carter, who was an assistant
coach for Nevada from 1999-
2005 and an associate head
coach from 2005 up until Friday,
said he was shocked when he
heard the news. To be honest with you, I dont
know if he really had interest
(to go to Georgia) early, said
Carter, who played for St. Marys
(1985-89) and coached as an
assistant at Diablo Valley College
8y Tara Vordorosa With an increasing need for
foreign language speakers,
international understanding
and networking, the University
of Nevada, Reno is pushing to
prepare students for globaliza-
tion, Provost Marc Johnson
said. Trends in study abroad
programs and student opinion,
however, reflect a shift in stu-
dent interest that the university
has not yet adapted to. While international studies
and programs were originally
focused on European nations
and markets, students are
beginning to explore other
regions as those economies
grow, students and University
Study Abroad Consortium of-
ficials said. Among the increas-
ingly popular areas of study are
China, Japan and India. UNRs
foreign language department
only offers Japanese as a minor
and Chinese language classes
that are not major or minor
specific. We are facing economic re-
alities, UNR President Milton
Glick said. It wont happen
immediately, but new foreign
language programs are well
worth exploring. Its definitely
something to look forward to
in the long term, but we cant
add new majors if we are cut-
ting programs. An interest in both China and
India rose after their econo-
mies began to boom in the 80s
and 90s, Elliot Parker, adviser
to the international business
department, said. After China
began openly trading with
the world, its economy began
to skyrocket, he said. Similar
trade and economic growths
happened in Japan and India,
which is what spurred an inter-
est from students, Parker said.
Languages offered at UNR,
such as German and French
majors, have steadily decreased
since 2007, according to reports
by UNRs Department of Insti-
tutional Analysis. The number
of Japanese minors, however, is
at one of its highest levels with
80 students, Japanese profes-
sor Yoshie Kadowaki said.
Jeffrey Pannell, the president
of Talk-Talk, a foreign language
club on campus, said that
students show the most inter-
est in Asian languages such as
Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
Pannell said the reason there
are fewer foreign language
majors is because students are
no longer interested in the lan-
guages offered, Pannell said.
Since the economy and issues
have shifted to Asia, so have
students, he said. If they offered Japanese as
a major, I would take that,
Stephanie Montgomery-
Cootey, a 21-year-old Japanese
minor, said. I think thats
why a lot of students arent
foreign language majors. They
arent offering the programs
students want. Students who are studying
abroad are also showing an
interest in economically devel-
oping countries such as China
and India. Last year 11.7 percent of
graduates studied abroad,
which is higher than ever,
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student and member of the
Wolf Pack football team, died
last Wednesday in a motorcycle
crash in Henderson. Sneck, 24, was riding his
Kawasaki ZX-12 at a high
speed when he struck a curb,
lost control and hit a tree, his
family said. Sneck, who was
wearing a helmet, was thrown
from the motorcycle after the
collision and was later taken to
Sunrise Hospital where he was
pronounced dead. The former UNR student
completed a ve-year stint in
the Army National Guard before
spending the fall 2008 semester
at UNR. When Sneck returned from
the Army National Guard,
he walked onto the Nevada
football team during the 2008
season.
He was planning on nishing
college, but was called back to
active duty and was slated to
return to Afghanistan on April
15.
Michelle Sneck, Matthews
sister, a 21-year-old biology
major at UNR, said she wor-
ried about her brother going
overseas again and his death,
though tragic, brought her
some inner peace. He volunteered for the most
dangerous missions, she said.
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A university student reported
Friday that she was sexually as-
saulted in a residence on North
Sierra Street, according to the
University of Nevada, Reno Po-
lice Department records.
UNRPD Chief Adam Garcia
said students were not notied
of the assault because it did not
happen on campus and, as far as
he knows, the suspect is known.
The Reno Police Department is
investigating the case because its
in RPDs jurisdiction, Garcia said.
The incident was not in RPDs
log nor was it brought up in
Monday mornings meeting, RPD
Commander Leigha Struffert
said. She said UNRPD should
have the incident report.
Garcia said the incident is not a
UNRPD case.
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details without rsthand knowl-
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can be reached at editor@
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There were no major injuries
at Saturdays Nevada-UNLV
football game, said University of
Nevada, Las Vegas Police Chief
Jos Elique. In the past, ghts be-
tween fans from the rival schools
left students battered.
This years number of ghts
and other problems, includ-
ing minors in consumption of
alcohol, appear to be similar to
previous games. UNLV police
were still compiling the data as
of Monday, said Jim Morrow,
records supervisor for UNLV
police. (Police) were very busy the
entire night, Morrow said.
Thats why we are still compil-
ing information.
About 80 police ofcers from
four different agencies staffed the
game, about double the number
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Chancellor Jim Rogers, who
has served as a voice against state
budget cuts this past year, said he
wont seek the renewal of his ve-
year contract with the Nevada
System of Higher Education.
Rogerss con-
tract ends June 30.
This has not
been a secret, Rog-
ers, 70, said. I told
everybody all along
that ve years was
long enough.
As
NSHE
chancellor, Rogers
works as head of
the eight higher
education institutions in Nevada,
including the University of Ne-
vada, Reno. During his term, he
contemplated a run for governor,
donated money to different NSHE
factions and publicly denounced
Gov. Jim Gibbonss budget cuts.
He has also clashed with the Board
of Regents, the 13-member board
that oversees NSHE and the chan-
cellorship, over system authority.
Hes been an outspoken
leader for the quality and fund-
ing of higher education, NSHE
Vice Chancellor Dan Klaich said.
With his tremendous successes,
he will be hard to replace.
When Rogers steps down, an
interim chancellor will hold the
ofce while the board conducts a
yearlong nationwide search for a
permanent replacement, Board of
Regents chair Michael Wixom said.
The search will begin after the 2009
Nevada legislature session ends.
Klaich said some have specu-
lated that he will take over as
interim chancellor. He said he is
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position
twice
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Nevada Conduct
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mously reported
the nomination favorably Monday.
Sens. Gracie Geremia, Erich
Beyer and Taylor Anderson were
the committee members in at-
tendance. Sens. Jessica Purney
and Patrick Kealy participated
in the meeting via telephone at
separate times so the committee
could meet quorum.
In April, the committee rejected
Reillys nomination of Stiteler to
the position. The committee said
they were concerned that Stiteler
did not have ASUN experience.
Reilly appointed Stiteler to the
position when the senate re-
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One political science professor called
presidential nominee Barack Obamas
on-campus speech Tuesday, a mere ve
weeks before Election Day, a unique
happening for Nevada.
Another called college campuses a
logical stopping point for Democrats
on the trail. They both said to expect the candi-
dates and their surrogates to make more
appearances in the Reno area. Polls
show that Nevada, with ve electoral
votes, is one of the few states without a
chosen nominee. And Washoe County
is a close county in a close state.
Nevada is very important, said
Rick Gorka, a Nevada spokesman for
Republican nominee John McCain. At
the end of the day we are looking at a
very close election. Regardless if a state
has ve electoral votes or 55, every one
of those votes are very highly prized.
A poll-trending Web site, pollster.com,
lists Nevada support at 47.2 percent for
Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) and 45.7 percent
for Sen. Obama (D-Ill.). A similar Web
site, realclearpolitics.com, lists McCain
at 47 percent and Obama at 45.3.
As of Monday evening, Sept. 21 was
the most recent polling date used on
the two sites.
And if the polls stay like that, then
the candidates and their supporters
will keep pushing in the state, said Eric
Herzik, a University of Nevada, Reno
political science professor.
Obama support visibly surged at UNR
after Fridays speech announcement.
Students chalked the sidewalks over
the weekend, made signs and started
waving them at Lawlor the day before.
Aside from that kind of support,
Nevada already has an important role
in the presidential elections, said David
Damore, a political science professor at
the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Perspectives
EDITORIAL CARTOON
So many options, so few quarters.
Substance abuse counseling shows worth
STAFF EDITORIAL I BASICS PROGRAM
Entrepreneurs
inspire me to
slack off
WHINE AND CHEESE
How do you de-stress during the semester?
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A7 AUGUST 25, 2009
T
here are better things
you should be doing
with your time than
reading this article.
Even if you dont know what
this article is about, there
are undoubtedly people you
could be chatting with instead
(perhaps you are waiting for
them and merely picked up this
paper as you were waiting for
them). There are sights to see;
ask those people you should
be meeting.
There are
things to do.
Better
things than
reading this
article. Yet
here we keep
going down
the same path.
Saying the
same words to
ourselves. La
la la. Did you
hear that? La la la. Somewhere in
the vastness of conceptual space
and time, were singing to our-
selves. And singing to ourselves
is better than reading this article.
Many of the best friendships
are built upon singing together.
I nd Holy Diver by Dio to be
the best at solidifying friend-
ships. Maybe you should sing it
with the people youre meeting.
Or have you already met up with
them?
When are you going to put this
down and start singing trashy
songs with your friends? Maybe
singing isnt your thing. Join
one of the political clubs, such
as Young Democrats, College
Republicans or Students for
Liberty. Talk about your opinions
and desires. See to it that policy
is implemented. If you join the
Students for Liberty, though,
prepare for all the conversations
to devolve to Jack Bauer, zombies
and libertarianism at its nest.
Maybe you have an eye for
science. Check out some of the
labs on campus and talk to the
researchers. From epigenetic
research to magnetorheological
uids, youll nd plenty of
scientic investigations to keep
yourself pondering for the entire
duration of your time in college.
If nothing else, youll learn
words with enough syllables to
keep your mother proud.
Or maybe you dont want to
keep the parentals proud. Theres
always drinking and partying you
could be doing. Beer pong, video
games and YouTubing until the
crack of dawn come to mind. And
theres the fun stuff only you and
your friends do together that you
dont admit to other people, like
talking about who was cooler:
Jeffrey Dahmer or Albert Fish.
And all of this is better than
continuing to read this article.
Goodness, you and I have been
saying the same words together
in unison for four hundred
words now and theres only two
paragraphs left. When are you
going to realize the plethora of
possibilities you have open to
you? However, these can only
come to fruition if you close this
paper, walk away and do them.
Have those friends come yet?
Maybe you werent waiting
for friends. Well, go make some.
There are better things you
should be doing with your time
than reading an article that tells
you about the better things you
should be doing with your time
than reading it. This is college
and everybodys looking for
things to do, people to meet
and things to see. But how do
you get to know people? What is
there to talk about? Hey, maybe
that article you just read in The
Nevada Sagebrush that told you
not to read it
Barry Belmont studies biology
and engineering. He currently
synthesizes his knowledge of
science, philosophy, serial killing
and zombies for the greater good.
He can be reached at perspec-
tives@nevadasagebrush.com.
I
n my downtime this summer, I found myself
reading a lot of blogs by entrepreneurs, including
someone who retired by 33 (earlyretirementex-
treme.com) and a professional volleyball player-
turned-start-up-guru (Penelope Trunk). Dont get me
wrong I am the least entrepreneurial person youll
ever meet. Just the word business churns my stomach
a little because I know, lurking there somewhere, are
numbers. I am so math phobic, I once read a childrens
book called Math Attack for that terrifying day I have
to do simple math without a calculator.
I dont have a competitive or creative desire to make
millions, start companies or retire extremely early. So,
I enjoy reading about business the same way I enjoy
reading about Imperial Russia or
medieval England: I consider it a
strange, foreign culture.
What I really learned from these
intrepid Internet explorers is not how
to invest or how to run a business,
but how you have to dene your own
success. It ends up being a lot like
college. Since this is the beginning of
my last year, all I can do is reect back
on what Ive learned. And Ive learned
that your job in college is not to get
good grades or go to parties but to
do both and gure out which is more
important to you. Your job in college is to gure out
what kind of job you want and how you want to do it.
And aside from that, I really learned nothing else.
Sure, I became a critical thinker, can speak Italian
(which has, if nothing else, gotten me many free glasses
of wine from Italian waiters), learned and forgot many
economic principles and am a passable enough writer,
but all those were just eshing out the language, logical
reasoning and math skills I picked up in grade school.
The far more valuable knowledge are things that serve
me practically. Ive learned that I need coffee in the
morning, that I work well with structure and stress
and that, despite being well-caffeinated, loving my job
and staying on top of things, I sometimes still need to
spend entire days in my pajamas eating candy.
An entrepreneurs blog is not always written
like a titan of industry might write it. Trunks blog
just as often features her musings over her failed
companies and divorce as much as her successes.
She writes about coping, being resilient, playing to
your strengths and sulking for just the right amount
of time before getting back in the game. She looks
back and learns. Jacob, the man behind EarlyRetire-
mentExtreme, lives a simple lifestyle thats constantly
evolving for more sustainability, less waste and less
consumption. He grows and cooks almost all of his
food and writes about the time and energy efciencies
of living in a trailer.
As much as I admire the keen insight and quick turns
of phrase they both use, I like being a baby way too
much to run a company, and I like lling up my little
apartment with crap way too much to retire early. As
some seniors prepare to walk in December, I prepare
to walk in spring and as everyone prepares for another
school year, what comes next should be a little bit
easier to answer. Im already drafting my objective:
A job with no math that allows me time to sulk in my
pajamas.
Emily Katseanes is the Perspectives Editor. If any of her
professors are reading, this is all lies, and she learned a lot
in college. She can be reached at ekatseanes@nevadasage-
brush.com.
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tudent code of conduct
administrators have a
new plan when it comes
to enforcing drinking
policies on campus, and so far,
its working.
The BASICS program, a co-
operation between student
conduct and the police
department, brings learning
experiences into drinking
violations rather than solely
discipline.
Since the program started
last year, it has shown
promise.
In a biannual study after
the program started, about
80 percent of University
of Nevada, Reno students
consumed alcohol, a
number that dipped just
below the national average
for the first time in 10 years.
The research also showed
that the percentages of UNR
students who use alcohol
decreased in every category,
including underage drinking
and binge drinking.
We applaud the organiz-
ers efforts and hope they
continue in the same
direction. If UNR is able to
cut down on student alcohol
abuse, nothing but good will
come from it.
The student conduct
office will have more time
to focus on other parts of its
job, such as plagiarism and
hazing. The police depart-
ment can spend its time and
money focusing on other
aspects of student safety.
Students will be healthier
and have fewer confusing
mornings, when they try to
piece together the previous
nights happenings.
But most importantly,
less drinking will help avoid
such tragedies as Mike
Pietrzaks death after he
fell down the stairs after
drinking in September 2007,
and a night of partying that
ended with a heated dispute
and a triple murder in
October later that year.
The BASICS program gives
conduct violators one-on-
one sessions, making the
experience more fitting for
adults, rather than a high
school-ish, one-size-fits-all
lecture.
By personally tailoring a
session to educate students
who violated campus
alcohol policies about the
effects of alcohol and drug
abuse, UNR has a better
chance at making a lasting
impression on students.
Quite possibly the only
thing missing from a nearly
perfect educational program
is eager students.
Students need to take the
dangers of alcohol abuse
and school policies seriously
in order for the program to
be successful. Perhaps the
new approach will help with
this part.
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brush.com.
Im actually
a Christian, so
most of my de-
stressing comes
from conding
in God.
John Man
21, senior
computer science
Go for a run. I
like to work out,
hang out with
friends and my
boyfriend.
Megan Donnley
17, freshman
anthropology
My favorite
thing to do is
yoga. It really
centers me.
Tessa Schwering
26, medical
graduate student
Do nothing,
lounge around
and sleep. Sleep
is a great de-
stresser.
William Stevens
22, medical
graduate student
Gabriel
Traverso
Emily
Katseanes
Barry
Belmont
Eeny, meeny,
miny, moe ...
T
his week Im going
to skip my usual rant
about mental health
issues and instead
tell you a little more about
myself.
I have seven siblings from
different marriages my
mother and father have had,
but I only have one full sib-
ling: My sister Tacy. When we
were young,
Tacy and
I were
either bitter
enemies
or thick
as thieves.
It was
unpredict-
able and
incompre-
hensible to
us. We never
knew which
state wed be in.
One of my favorite memo-
ries of our childhood is how
Tacy and I plotted to become
serial killers. This may sound
strange, but we had this great
theory that no one would ever
suspect two innocent-looking
young children of such
heinous, devious acts. I think I
must have been eight or nine,
and Tacy is two years younger.
We plotted a great deal and
we often got in trouble for it.
One summer, when our
mom was pregnant and
therefore incapacitated, we
enacted one of our most
fabulous misdeeds.
Our dad would leave for
work and we were pretty much
left to ourselves while our
mom rested. Our house was
situated on a steep Berkeley
hillside and there was a decay-
ing retaining wall on the side
of the front garden with a path
leading down along the side
of the house. At the top of this
short wall, the tips of reinforc-
ing bar protruded enticingly.
This led to a decision that
we would begin a short-lived
career as miners.
We found some claw ham-
mers and proceeded to pound
and hack until the rebar was
completely exposed. We
worked for hours and were
very proud of our progress.
But when Dad got home our
butts received a furious dose
of corporal punishment via
his leather belt.
There is very little point
to this weeks column,
other than to give you some
background. Tacy wont talk
to me anymore. It has been
three years since she shut me
out and I am still dealing with
my heartache over losing her.
I always thought she would be
the one person in the world
I could count on, no matter
what happened, and now
shes gone.
Ill tell you more about
this later, if youre interested,
but for now let this serve to
illustrate how important it
is to reect on the sort of
impact our words and actions
might have on our loved ones.
You never know when some
offhand comment or insult
can result in alienation.
Gabriel Traverso is president
of the UNR chapter of Active
Minds, a national organization
dedicated to removing the stigma
of mental health issues on college
campuses. For information on
Active Minds, or to get involved,
please e-mail Gabriel Traverso:
at Gabriel@traverso.info.
Dont
take loved
ones for
granted
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POLICE ON SAFETY
UNRPD Director offers guidelines
to avoid becoming victim of crime
O
n behalf of the proud men and
women of the University of
Nevada, Reno Police Depart-
ment, welcome to our campus,
whether for the rst time or as a returning
student.
This new column will provide crime
and safety informa-
tion to further
UNRPDs main goal,
which is to make our
campus a safe place
to live, study and
work.
This goal is ac-
complished through a
community oriented
policing philosophy,
thus our motto Com-
munity First. One of
the primary guiding
values of UNRPD
is accountability. We hold ourselves
accountable at all times to each other,
our superiors and our community.
If during the course of the semester
you have questions, comments,
safety concerns or suggestions about
our practices, policies or the handling of
a particular police matter, I encourage
you to contact me directly or through the
Nevada Sagebrush.
As the new semester begins, I encour-
age you to be safe on our campus by
making personal safety your number one
priority. Awareness, avoidance and risk
reduction are the best ways not to be a
victim.
The following tips can be used on a
daily basis:
If you are the victim of a crime,
please report it to the police immedi-
ately.
Contact University Police by dialing
334-COPS (2677) or 911 if you observe a
suspicious person or situation.
If you know you are going to be
studying or working late on campus,
plan ahead as to how you will get home
safely.
Never walk alone at night. Travel in
groups of two or more and always travel in
well-lit, heavily traveled areas.
Have a friend walk with you or meet
you at a location the two of you can walk
from safely. If you are alone, walk near
groups of people.
ALWAYS ALWAYS lock your doors and
windows.
Use Campus Escort by calling
742-6808, or University Police by calling
334-COPS (2677) or 745-6195.
Tell someone where you are going and
when you will return.
Carry a whistle or noisemaker.
This can serve as a reminder to exercise
caution and can alert someone in the
area that you need help.
Whistles are available free of charge at
University Police Headquarters on the
ground floor of the Fitzgerald Student
Services Building.
Be alert! Look around you, be aware
of who is on the street and in the area.
Make it difcult for anyone to take you by
surprise.
If listening to music, keep the volume
low so you can hear what is going on
around you.
If you exercise at night or in the
dark, do so with a friend and wear bright
reective clothing.
Follow your intuition and trust your
feelings.
I look forward to seeing you on campus!
Adam Garcia is the Director of UNRPD and
has 30 years of law enforcement, re service
and emergency management training, educa-
tion and experience. He holds a Master of Arts
in Criminal Justice and Political Science as
well as many other certications, training
and awards.
Adam
Garcia
NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT
L
ast semester I started at the University of Nevada, Reno as
a single mother in her mid-30s who transferred from Truc-
kee Meadows Community College. Returning to college
to nish my degree caused me a lot of insecurity. I was
prepared for it to be a mundane experience where no one would
notice me, and I hoped it would be over quickly. I was a mess. The
semester was tough college work was more challenging than
I anticipated, unexpected problems came up and I didnt have
any idea that the most challenging part of my college experience
would be the inner growth I thought Id already nished.
There are many experiences we have when our world opens up,
and when Ive had these in the past, Ive always thought, This is
it, my world cant open up more than this.
Being on campus was like another world
where I had great experiences, from making
friends with people half my age, to learning
to read Shakespeare. I was a sponge, soaking
up everything around me and thriving. It was
all so exciting and so much fun.
Then, even more quickly than it had come,
the semester was over and I had summer
vacation. I was looking forward to a quiet,
relaxing summer to balance my hectic rst
semester. That is far from what happened.
My summer stayed very full. My 6-year-old
daughter broke her arm, my 14-year-old
niece stayed with me and I thought my dog
was pregnant. All summer I thought to myself, Ah, this is the real
world, with all its troubles and complications. What a mess!
And I couldnt wait to get back to school!
Because, while I was at UNR, it became the real world. It was the
world where my insecurities slowly washed away and I found that
I had more in common with the students than I thought I would.
After all, were all on the path to giving ourselves a better future.
Even in this crazy time full of economic instability, were the ones
full of hope and promise. While I was on campus balancing all the
roles I was lling, I felt like I had one place where I was safe and
had access to everything I needed, and that was at UNR.
As I get ready to start my fall classes, I realize that going to col-
lege really is for everyone. Its for the young, eager student right
out of high school and for the student who has been out of school
for a long time. The ambition for a bright future is what binds
us, regardless of what we think separates us. The whole college
experience, with the classes, the clubs, the friends, the memories
and the opportunities for personal and professional growth is a
safe haven, even when it seems hard. UNR is more than where I
go to school to nish my degree; its not a temporary world where
I study from 8 to 3. Its no longer another thing in my life where
I feel the lines of my world have blurred between whats fun and
real and whats not. Its home.
I look forward to the fall because Im nally standing rmly in
my shoes, knowing the direction theyre taking me. Last semester
I wondered if I was doing the right thing or if I was crazy for
going back to school. This semester I know that Im on the right
track and I dont belong anywhere else except this campus. As
I purchase the books I need for this semester and make sure I
have pens, paper and ink for my printer, I know its just one world
mine. Whatever the real world actually is, its good to be back
home especially now that I know where most of the buildings
are.
Carmen Thomas is majoring in womens studies and belly dancing.
She plans to one day have her own glassblowing business in Hawaii.
Carmen Thomas can be reached at perspectives@nevadasagebrush.
com.
Carmen
Thomas
STUDENT ON SAFETY
Options abound for safe commute
A
nother year is starting with
another slew of freshmen
exploring campus and preparing
for classes. For all students,
especially the new ones, safety should be
taken very seriously. Luckily the university
has put several things in place to help keep
students safe while on
campus.
First and foremost
is the University of
Nevada, Reno Police
Department. Make
no mistake about
it, UNRPD is a
complete police
department with all
the responsibilities of
any city agency. There
are officers on duty at
all times, patrolling
campus and other
university property. The UNRPD offices
are located in the Fitzgerald Student
Services Building.
One project recently implemented is
the installation of the Blue Light phones
around campus. These are simply blue tow-
ers with a light on top. Each tower has an
emergency button on it that you can push
for help. But while well-intended, the Blue
Light phones lack practicality. The idea of
calling 911 with the push of a button is nice
but the reality is that most people have cell
phones that they can dial just as easily from
anywhere on campus.
Another program that you should take
advantage of is Campus Escort. They
provide rides anywhere on campus and
to any location within a two-mile radius
of UNR. However, there is one major
drawback to Campus Escort: waiting.
When you call in for a ride, you may
often have to wait 30 to 40 minutes
for them to arrive. Who wants to stand
outside waiting when you could prob-
ably walk home in 10 minutes?
If you need a ride back to your dorm,
there is a much more efficient and fun
way to do it. Last spring UNRPD started
the Student Cadet program. The Student
Cadets are employed by UNRPD and
patrol the campus Monday through
Thursday 6 p.m. to midnight. The cadets
drive golf carts that have a bench seat in
the back so they can give rides. Getting a
ride from the cadets is faster and easier
than the alternatives. I had the privilege
of serving as a cadet this past semester
and will be doing so again this fall. All
you have to do is flag us down when you
see us driving around campus. Look for
a police services logo on the carts and on
the cadets uniforms.
Another great aspect of this program for
the university as a whole is the low cost.
By using carts instead of cars, the Student
Cadet program is incredibly cheap. The
cadets offer an incredibly valuable service
to the university that costs less money
than other services.
So the next time you feel unsafe or just
dont feel like walking, wave down the Student
Cadets and we will be happy to serve you.
Nic Dunn is studying journalism and po-
litical science. Nic Dunn can be reached at
perspectives@nevadasagebrush.com.
Nic
Dunn
MEMO ON YOUR HEALTH
Simple steps prevent stress on health, pocketbook
A
h yes, the beginning of fall
semester the time of year
when our campus springs
back to life, Greek Life
recruitment is back in full force and
nave freshmen deluge our campus like
oodwaters through Taipei.
If youre anything like me, your
physical fitness and bank accounts
usually peak at the end of sum-
mer, right before school begins.
From there its all downhill as our
waistbands broaden and our wallets
pitifully shrivel into their former
states of semesters past.
To help prevent this unforunate
downturn, I have compiled an
official Fall Semester List of Dos
and Donts to keep your bodies,
pocketbooks and spirits right where
you want them:
First off, DO carry water with
you at all times. The benefits of
staying hydrated throughout the day
are countless. Drinking water keeps
your body functioning at its best and
also prevents you from overeating.
I suggest investing in a Nalgene or
a Sigg bottle you can attach to your
backpack with a carabiner. Beware of
random high-fives from hippies and
rock-climbers.
DONT buy food on campus.
Lets face it, the price of a meal swipe
into the DC, a sandwich from the
Joe, or a smoothie from the Overlook
is pure extortion. Dont fall victim
to the convenience of overpriced
sustenance.
That is, unless Mom and Dad are
paying for it. Should this be the case,
then I suggest lending a few swipes
to the Davidson Academy kids. Their
pre-pubescent eggshell physiques
need to start packing on some meat
if theyre to survive the harsh Reno
winter. Poor runts.
DO plan your meals. This
usually involves keeping a lunchbox
and finding the hidden lounges on
campus where you can prepare and
eat your food. Usually they have a
microwave, a fridge and sink, and
are tucked away surreptitiously
within each
college.
Take advantage
of the resources
you have access
to in order to eat
more frugally and
more salubriously. A good place to
start is with a lunchbox, preferably one
made of metal that includes a mug
with a sweet cup attached to it.
DONT be afraid to eat your pizza
and drink your beer. Everyone knows
that pizza and beer are an essential
part of the college diet. I once had a
friend who tried abstaining from pizza
his sophomore year, and he ended up
in the emergency room by Homecom-
ing.
As with all things, however, balance
and moderation are a must. If you
know youll be going out, plan more
exercise and eat smaller meals to
keep your energy balance in check.
DO hold potlucks with the amigos.
Theyre a cheap and fun alternative
to barbecues. Plus, you dont have to
worry about your roomies burning
down the house.
DONT eat at restaurants, when
possible. Eating out often results in
superuous calorie consumption and
money expenditure. If you must, try
ordering off the kids menu or have the
waiter pack half of your meal in a to-go
box before they bring it to you.
If you do eat out, DO be more
creative with your restaurant selec-
tions. There are tons of hole-in-the-
wall eateries that pepper our beloved
Biggest Little City in the World. My
personal favorites include Naan &
Kabab, Brugos Pizza and Nicks Greek
Deli.
College is a time to try new things,
meet new people and take some
frightening (yet exhilarating) steps
outside of your comfort zone. Fortu-
nately, you dont have to sacrice your
wallet or your physique to experience
the fruits that college life has to offer.
Memo Sanchez is studying nutrition
and would like to remind everyone that
a Memo a day keeps the doctor away.
Memo Sanchez can be reached at per-
spectives@nevadasagebrush.com.
Memo
Sanchez
If youre anything like me, your physical tness and bank accounts usually
peak at the end of summer, right before school begins. From there its all
downhill as our waistbands broaden and our wallets pitifully shrivel into their
former states of semesters past.
Fall semester
excites student
for new year
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Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in
Time. The improved hard drive
space allows plenty of room for
some of the hottest download-
able games of the summer.
Yes, Im talking about you,
Battleeld 1943 and Marvel
vs. Capcom 2.
This is a critical time for Sony
as the PS3 has been lagging
behind its competition in the
past months, including the
PlayStation 2! Thats right, folks,
the 10-year-old PS2 has been
outselling its little brother for
the past couple of months, ever
since Sony cut the price to under
one hundred bucks. Whether its
because you can pick up used
PS2 games for less money or the
fact that new PS3s cannot play
the old classics, people seem to
be content with playing the last
generation juggernaut.
Any way you look at it,
though, this was a good move
by Sony. Priced directly against
Microsofts Xbox 360 elite unit,
the hardware could steal some
of the Xbox dominance of years
past and nally turn things in
Sonys favor. Plus, who doesnt
love having slimmer, sexier tech
for less?
Garrett Estrada can be reached
at arts-entertainment@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
PS3
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several hilarious moments,
the funniest of which coming
when he attempts to speak
Italian.
Shosannas story arc,
although important for the
ending of the lm, was the
weakest link. Laurent is a
beautiful actress, however, she
seems devoid of any real emo-
tion. Her performance was
far from authentic and really
made the middle of the lm
drag on and on.
It seems surprising, but
Tarantino didnt give the other
actors enough time to make
a lasting impression, despite
the long running time. The
Basterds get very little screen
time, especially considering
they are in the title of the lm.
While its not a deal breaker,
it was a huge letdown to see
many of the potentially most
memorable characters fade
into the background (good
luck keeping names and faces
straight).
While Inglourious
Basterds does have its mo-
ments, it is not as refined as
Tarantinos other films, and
falls flat in the middle. Pitt
and Waltz portray fantastic
characters, however, no one
else is given the chance to
shine. In the world of Taran-
tino, that is a huge disap-
pointment.
Its a shame that by the
end of the film, the climax,
which should be entertain-
ing, will have left most of
the audience beyond the
point of caring. Inglourious
Basterds could have been
one of the most enjoyable
films of the year. Instead,
its a film worth renting, but
also shows a wasted oppor-
tunity for Tarantino to create
another classic.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at
leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
Basterds
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A13
consequently, money from view-
ers pockets. While Reilly and his
cast members had the potential
to blow viewers away, the should-
be dark-themed movie appears
to be nothing more than a fable
for youngsters with terrible acting
and an unrealistic feel.
The Stepfather
Release Date: Oct. 16
Director: Nelson McCormick
Stars: Penn Badgley, Dylan
Walsh and Sela Ward.
Description: After returning
home from military school,
Michael (Badgley, John Tucker
Must Die) is introduced to his
seemingly perfect stepfather, Da-
vid (Walsh, The Lake House).
But after a neighbor hints that
David looks like someone off
of Americas Most Wanted list,
Michael and his family are left
wondering if David is really as
wonderful as he appears.
The Verdict: In a far-fetched
tale in which Michaels new father
is actually a murderer, the actors
do little to make either the plot and
acting even remotely believable.
While the trailer initially implies
that David is sneakily tricking the
family, viewers are left wondering
whether he is mentally unstable
or truly planning the demise of
the family. Utterly confusing and
poorly played out.
Tara Verderosa can be reached at
tverderosa@nevadasagebrush.com.
Horror
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Summer
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WALTDISNEYPICTURESANDPIXARANIMATIONSTUDIOS
Up is Pixars 10th major theatrical release since 1995. Since then, four of their lms have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Animated feature.
about how women toy with
men far more than anyone
cares to admit (500 Days of
Summer,) and there was a
great movie for any taste.
RECORDS
While there were no box
ofce phenomenons like last
years The Dark Knight, many
lms emerged and ended up
breaking many unique records.
Some of those records include:
Star Trek becoming the
most attended and highest
grossing Star Trek movie in
history with $256 million in the
bank.
Up becoming the highest
grossing 3-D movie ever made
and Pixars second biggest hit
with nearly $290 million.
The Hangover broke all
ratings barriers and expecta-
tions to become the highest
grossing R-rated comedy of all
time and third highest grossing
R-rated movie ever with an
outstanding $268 million.
The Proposal opens with a
solid $33 million, but goes on to
be leggy hit, making nearly $160
million and becoming Sandra
Bullocks biggest movie of her
22-year career.
BLOCKBUSTERS AND
BOMBS
Michael Bay and Optimus
Primes return to the big screen
were also warmly welcomed with
$200 million in Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallens rst ve
days alone. By the time it leaves
theaters, it should crawl past the
$400 million mark making it only
the ninth lm to do so. On the
other end of the spectrum, the
biggest bomb of the summer goes
to Will Ferrells latest Land of the
Lost. With over a $100 million
budget, not including advertising,
the movie wasnt even able to
make $50 million, with it stalling
out at a measly $49.5 million.
A LOOK AHEAD
Even though it is impossible
to predict how a movie will actu-
ally turn out, next summers pros-
pects look bright. Robert Downey
Jr. returns as Iron Man and must
face the villainous Mickey Rourke
as Whiplash and the seductive
Scarlett Johanson as the Black
Widow in Iron Man 2. Jake Gyl-
lenhal becomes a rowdy Middle
Eastern prince in the video game
adaptation, Prince of Persia:
Sands of Time. Two 80s classics,
The A-Team and Karate Kid,
get revamped for the new mil-
lennium. And nally, Christopher
Nolan (The Dark Knight) and
Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter
Island) will release the next great
mind trip in Inception.
Now its time for school and the
fall movie dump months. And
there was much rejoicing. Yay
Jay Brissenden can be reached at
jbrissenden@nevadasagebrush.com.
www.nevadasagebrush.com
TheScene
AUGUST 25, 2009 A12
Calendar
By Casey Durkin
As the food choices in the
Joe Crowley Student Union
grew rapidly in the last year, a
big question still needed to be
answered: what about a restau-
rant? And right as it seemed like
sitting down in the same place
you ordered your food was a
luxury that only student unions
in Ivy Leagues have, Cantina Del
Lobo answered the call.
Cantina Del Lobo, situated
on the third oor of The Joe,
has an interesting yet familiar
approach to seemingly obvi-
ous Americanized versions of
Mexican favorites. If compared,
it would easily raise above the
ninth circle of Mexican food hell
(Taco Bell) to the not so bad yet
not so good purgatory (Chevys).
Even Seor Dante wouldnt have
seen that coming.
Upon first going through the
door of the assuredly blank
and boring outside, you are
promptly greeted by a familiar
look and feel on the inside.
This is definitely dishearten-
ing. Any person who goes to a
Mexican food chain wants to
be seductively showered with
all of the spice and flavor of a
faked American interpretation
of Latin culture. This is com-
monly done through posters of
Pancho Villa and hundreds of
maracas, sombreros and dried
out chili peppers tacked to the
wall.
Cantina Del Lobo didnt even
try. The entire inside was pretty
much a mixture of ne wood
furniture and some blank walls
with a couple of LCD lights
thrown in. Granted this may be
a result of how new it is, but that
is still a major downer.
Another major yet expected
downfall for this establishment
is the fact that it doesnt serve
alcohol. After the news of the
universitys moral confusion
over having a distributor of
booze on the establishment
surfaced, though, it was kind of
suspected that this wasnt going
to end with a happy song and
a Corona. What was even more
perplexing is that builders con-
structed something to replicate
the look and feel of a bar, which
is just plain sad.
Besides all the initial criti-
cism, you should not be too
dissuaded because the food
definitely ties up all the loose
ends. Though not the real
thing, it definitely hits the high
points of American Mexican
restaurant chains.
Most of the food is made with
good ingredients that one would
nd in any sit-down Mexican
restaurant. You have the tasty
yet familiar style of beans, rice,
tacos, burritos, enchiladas, etc.
that you can nd at just about
any restaurant with a waiter and
a margarita happy hour. To be
frank, this place IS Chevys but
with a more modern sports-bar
feel.
Another big thumbs up is the
size of the menu. The menu is
vast enough to incorporate all
the key Mexican food power
players plus about five differ-
ent ways to prepare each food
choice. This is enough for a
person to be intrigued and
consider going back as op-
posed to labeling it a mistake
made in a hazy desperation for
food.
If the review were to end here,
Cantina Del Lobo would have
earned a strong C rating, yet
the restaurant had a wild card
up their sleeve Taco freaking
Tuesday. Sure Del Lobo forgot
to bring the atmosphere and
booze, but what it did bring was
possibly the most endearing
trait any Mexican restaurant
could bestow upon its college
patrons.
For $8, a person can have un-
limited free tacos. That is inn-
ity tacos, people. One waitress
even made a point of saying
that one could sit down once
the store opens and feast until
closing, just to make everything
clear. The only condition to this
religious experience is that all
tacos must be hard shell with
either shredded beef or chicken
and no tacos can be taken to
go.
Some may say that there are
much better Taco Tuesday-esqe
deals out there, but some things
need to be considered: After
you pay, the tacos are unlimited
instead of a reduced taco price,
these are good tacos by Ameri-
can standards, and it is located
right on campus, making it one
of the only places with an un-
limited food option, next to
Downunder Caf. These reasons
should pretty much boost this
food deal into the top three for
the University of Nevada, Renos
students.
So for the carbon copy of typi-
cal Mexican food mixed with a
genius unlimited food deal,
Cantina Del Lobo earns itself a
B-, but has many easy ways to
make improvements. With all
this said, take your soft drink
and bored restaurant experi-
ence and swallow it along with
your pride so you can mark off
a couple hours each Tuesday to
indulge in your taco dreams.
Casey Durkin can be reached at
cdurkin@nevadasagebrush.com.
By Casey OLear
When University of Nevada,
Reno-based band Frendo takes
to the stage, band members
carry on various instruments
a keyboard, a trumpet and
a rhodes piano but no one
stands front and center with
a microphone. Frendo is an
instrumental group that plays
pop and rock music with funk
and jazz undertones, formed by
a group of jazz musicians from
the UNR music department.
The band meets regularly to
rehearse, write new music and
continue to develop their unique
sound, which is progressively
evolving to incorporate new inu-
ences.
We started out more funky,
and then I started to listen to more
modern rock and pop, keyboard-
ist Kevin Lum said. I wanted to
take the sound and do that with
instrumental music, sort of like
power-pop.
Despite the absence of lyrical
content in the bands music, the
group said they still hope to convey
various emotions through their
melodies and instrumental pieces.
There are no lyrics, so its not
really explicit, Lum said. We have
a song called Bullet Teeth, which
is a more heavy rocking song.
(Trumpeter) Ruben (Garcia) wrote
a really emotional song called Bet-
ter Days about a friend dying of
cancer. There are no specic lyrics,
but the emotion comes across to
the audience in a different way.
Its not about jamming; its about
giving the audience something to
hold onto.
Frendo was formed about one
year ago and was given the name
by one of its members.
I dont actually know what the
name means, bassist Zack Teran
said. Our trumpet-player just said
it at one of the rehearsals. We tried
out several names, but this one
stuck.
Although Frendo plays live
shows very sparingly, Lum,
Teran, Garcia and drummer Jon
Hall are all involved with many
musical projects throughout the
community, including involve-
ment with local bands such as
Keyser Soze, My Flag is on Fire
and Who Cares.
I try to play in a few different
bands, try to keep up on the
scene, try to be a prominent
name in the scene by playing with
as many people as I can, Teran
said. My goal is just to play with
as many people as possible.
Frendo recently nished
recording a four-song EP, which
they have been giving away free
to audience members at their
local shows.
Were just giving it out for free
until we can get some studio time
to record a full-length album,
Teran said.
The band hopes to record their
rst full-length album by the end
of the year, when they will embark
on a small tour with My Flag is on
Fire and a San Francisco-based
band, Foma.
I want to travel to bigger
areas like Portland, Seattle
and San Francisco, Lum said.
Hopefully, we will break even
or maybe make money and
develop our sound some more.
There arent a lot of instrumen-
tal bands doing what were do-
ing. I think were accessible, fun
and different. We use unusual
instruments, and not many
bands have that sound.
Casey OLear can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
R
emember all the way
back in 2006 when
Sony came out with
the ultra-expensive,
Blu-ray touting monster that
was the PlayStation 3? Well
the beast has been tamed,
with the new PS3 Slim due out
Sept. 1 at a
new price
of $299.
If youve
been
holding
off on the
latest and
greatest
from Sony,
no one
can really
blame you.
The PS3
was just too darn expensive
for too long. However, this
redesigned unit might have
just enough appeal to warrant
a second look. Lying horizon-
tal, the Slim is about one-third
the height of its predecessor
and about an inch shorter in
width. Besides the obvious
trimming of the fat, the system
boasts a 120 gigabyte hard
drive and a smaller processer
which sucks up 40 percent
less power. The system will be
running an updated version
of the PlayStation Network,
which will be free to download
for anyone whos already got
the system.
The previous 80 gigabyte
model will be phased out of
stores and is no longer being
manufactured, as to make
room for the new Slim.
In terms of games, Sony
has amassed an impressive
lineup for their home
console this holiday season.
Highly anticipated games like
Modern Warfare 2, Assas-
sins Creed 2 and Brutal
Legend are all coming to
the PS3, as well as exclusive
game sequels like Uncharted
2: Among Thieves and
Student instrumentalists aim for big tour
New PS3
slimmer,
better
COURTESYOFELTONDELEON
From left, bassist Zack Teran, keyboardist Kevin Lum, drummer Jon Hall and trumpeter Ruben Garcia. Members of Frendo are also involved in
local bands Keyser Soze, My Flag is On Fire and Who Cares.
New sit-down offers taco Tuesday deal
JILIANSTENZEL /NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Cantina Del Lobo, located on the third oor of the Joe Crowley Student Union, serves a variety of
Mexican specials, such as, Taco Tuesday offers its patrons unlimited tacos for $7.99.
RESTAURANT REVIEW
Garrett
Estrada
See PS3 Page A11
FOR DORM STUDENTS
PIZZA-DILLA
(SERVES 1)
Ingredients:
1 large our tortilla
1 can pizza sauce
Grated mozzarella
cheese
Pepperoni
Spices: pepper, garlic,
Italian seasoning and
parsley.
Directions:
Spread pizza sauce on
tortilla leaving space at the
edges.
Sprinkle mozzarella
cheese over sauce evenly.
Be sure not to overstuff
or it will overow in the
microwave.
Cover one half of tortilla
in pepperoni slices.
Put pizza-dilla on plate in
microwave.
Heat for one minute or
until cheese is melted.
Sprinkle desired amount
of spices on top.
Fold the cheese side over
to create a pocket.
Cut into wedges and
serve.
Source: recipezaar.com.
Weekly
Recipe
FRIDAY/28
Doubt A Parable at the
Studio on 4th
Members of the
Theatreworks of Northern
Nevada will perform
Doubt- A Parable, the
award-winning portrayal
of a Catholic school for
patrons 18 or older.
The show will begin at 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday
and will also play at 2 p.m.
Sunday.
Ticket prices are $5 for
students and seniors and $7
for general admission.
432 E. Fourth St.
SATURDAY/29
Tom Jones at the Reno
Ballroom in the Silver
Legacy Resort Casino
Gold and platinum artist
Tom Jones will perform
hits including Delilah, Ill
Never Fall in Love Again
and Forgotten Feelings at
the Silver Legacy beginning
at 8 p.m.
This is an all ages show.
407 N. Virginia St.
Tickets range from $50 to
$90.
Gusano and Nios Zombi at
The Underground
Local bands Gusano and
Nios Zombi will perform a
Latin/rock show beginning
at 9 p.m. for audiences
21 and older. California
natives Anima Stereo and
Metalmorfosis will also
play.
555 E. Fourth St.
Tickets are $10.
Marilyn Manson at the
Grand Sierra Resort and
Casino
Join hardcore metal artist
Marilyn Manson at his
performance beginning at
8:30 p.m.
This is an all ages show.
2500 E. Second St.
Doors open at 8 p.m.
Show begins at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are $49.50.
To check out the bands
music and get information
on upcoming shows, visit
their Myspace page at mys-
pace.com/frendomusic.
T h k t th b d
ONLINE
Cantina Del Lobo
Third oor of the Joe
Crowley Student Union.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
daily.
C ti D l L b
TRY IT YOURSELF
UPCOMING
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A13 AUGUST 25, 2009
By Lukas Eggen
Quentin Tarantino has
built his reputation on
being one of Hollywoods
most off-beat and
entertaining directors.
Now, with Inglourious
Basterds, which stars
Brad Pitt, Tarantino
looks to continue his
streak.
I n g l o u r i o u s
Basterds tells the tale of
Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt) and
his Jewish troops, whose
sole purpose is to kill Nazis
and collect 100 Nazi scalps
in occupied France. Also in
the mix is Shosanna (Mlanie
Laurent), who is also trying to
kill Nazis after her family was
massacred four years earlier by
the jew-hunter. When both the
Basterds and Shosanna attempt
to take out leading Nazi ofcials,
including Hitler, at a movie pre-
miere at Shosannas own theater,
all hell breaks loose.
Tarantino provides audiences
with some truly entertaining
moments. Yes, he rewrites his-
tory. Yes, the plot is absolutely
absurd. The climax, however,
is extremely satisfying. The
story takes twists and turns and
there are some fun characters,
including the Bear Jew, played
by Eli Roth (Death Proof,)
who beats in the heads of Nazis
with a bat, that keep things
fresh. The lm is lled with
Tarantinos trademark dark and
politically incorrect humor that
is undeniably funny, and its
clear that this movie is not try-
ing to be historically accurate,
but making the WWII equiva-
lent of Pulp Fiction. Despite
this, Tarantinos lm falls short
of being another classic.
The problem lies in the road
to the climax. At two-and-a-
half hours long, Inglourious
Basterds walks a ne line be-
tween good entertainment and
an overly long, boring piece of
cinema. For every classic Taran-
tino scene, there are several
which seem forced or pointless.
In fact, the memorable scenes
highlight how forgettable the
rest of the lm was.
While Pitt is the biggest actor
in the lm, the real star is Chris-
topher Waltz, who plays Hans
Landa, The Jew Hunter. From
the opening minutes of the lm,
he sets himself up as one of the
years best villains. Hes strangely
engaging at times, ruthless, evil
and polite at others. Waltz cre-
ated a Nazi that has not been
seen before and he denitely
deserves some Oscar buzz for
his performance.
Thats not to say Pitt doesnt
give a darn good performance
himself. His take on a southern
Nazi-hating soldier provides
Tarantino misses
shot at a classic
INGLOURIOUS
BASTERDS
Release Date: August
21
Director:
Quentin Tarantino
Starring:
Brad Pitt, Eli Roth and
Diane Kruger
Genre:
Action, Drama, War
Rating:
R for strong graphic
violence, language and
brief sexuality.
Grade:
C
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and Brad Pitt
stars as Lt. Aldo
Raine in Quentin
Tarantinos
Inglourious
Basterds.
See BASTERDS Page A11
Myriad of musical styles
keeps summer music fresh
By Casey OLear
From classic folk artists like
Bob Dylan to indie upstarts like
We Were Promised Jetpacks,
this summers album releases
featured a myriad of styles and
subject matter, allowing for a
pleasant variation in listening
over the past few months.
Iconic artists Bob Dylan and
Iggy Pop both released new
work this season.
Together Through Life
is the 33rd studio album for
Dylan. Many of the songs
included on the record were
co-written by Grateful Dead
lyricist Robert Hunter.
For Pop, his summer release
Prliminaires strays away
from rock to include more jazz-
influenced tunes. The album
includes a cover of Les Feuilles
Mortes, a French jazz classic
from the 1940s, and features
artwork by Marjane Satrapi,
the creator of the well-known
graphic novel Persepolis.
Seasoned in the art of pop-
punk, rock group Green Day
released 21st Century Break-
down, the rock opera follow-up
to 2004s American Idiot. The
album is divided into three
sections: Heroes and Cons,
Charlatans and Saints and
Horseshoes and Handgre-
nades, which loosely follow the
story of a young couple during
and after the presidency of
George W. Bush, observing the
breakdown of the 21st century.
Centered on themes of alien-
ation and manipulation, the al-
bum features songs such as 21
Guns and Know Your Enemy,
which eloquently and passion-
ately express the resentment of
the political atmosphere.
In a similar throwback to
the past decade, rap master
Eminem released his sixth
album, Relapse, and, true
to form, has already incited
controversy with his incendiary
lyrical content. The album deals
heavily with Eminems struggle
to overcome the drug addiction
he faced following his divorce
and the death of his close
friend, rapper Proof. Eminem
dedicated Relapse to Proof
and wrote in the liner notes, No
matter how much time passes,
not a day goes by that I dont
think of you ... I tried to write
a song for you but nothing was
good enough, so Im dedicating
them all to you and youd be
happy to know that I spazzed
out on em again!
Indeed, he held little back on
songs such as Bagpipes from
Baghdad, which targets Ma-
riah Carey, Nick Cannon, and My
Mom, in which he traces his drug
addiction back to his mother.
An equally-controversial
musician of the 90s, Marilyn
Manson, also released a new
album, entitled The High End
of Low. The record features the
typical hard-rocking Manson
brutality with songs such as the
albums rst single, Arma-God-
damn-Motherfuckin-Geddon,
and others such as Were From
America and the melodic Four
Rusted Horses, in which Man-
son asserts Everyone will come
to my funeral to make sure that
I stay dead.
In addition to these songs,
the album also features a softer
side of Manson, which reflects
on his divorce from burlesque
star Dita Von Teese and the
subsequent split from young
girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood.
It chronicles these experiences
with songs such as Devour,
Unkillable Monster and the
vaguely insulting Wow in
which he taunts his ex-lover by
saying that it is unbelievable
that you would believe you
could not be leaveable.
In addition to these expe-
rienced artists, newcomers
such as Owl City and We Were
Promised Jetpacks also recent-
ly released new albums. Owl
Citys second album, Ocean
Eyes is a synth-pop compila-
tion of summer-appropriate
songs, some featuring Relient
K vocalist Matt Thiessen on
guest vocals. Scottish indie
rockers We Were Promised
Jetpacks released their debut
album, These Four Walls,
which includes dreamy pop
songs such as Roll Up Your
Sleeves, Quiet Little Voices
and Keeping Warm.
Casey OLear can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
August 18
The Cave Singers: Welcome
Joy = 70
As Tall As Lions: You Cant
Take It With You = 72
Jack Penate: Everything is
New = 75
Mount Eerie: Winds
Poem = 84
August 21
Inglourious Basterds
= 88 % Fresh
Shorts
= 45% Rotten
X Games 3D: The Movie
= 37% Rotten
Post Grad
= 9% Rotten
ROTTEN TOMATOES WEEKLY GRADES METACRTIC WEEKLY GRADES
source: rottentomatoes.com (rating system: 100-60% = fresh; 58-0% = rotten)
source: metacritic.com (rating system: 100-61 = high; 60-40 =medium; 39-0 = low)
TUESDAY/25
SMOKEY ROBINSON
TIME FLIES WHEN YOURE
HAVING FUN
Genre:
R&B, Soul
Description:
Known as the King of
Motown and the father of
albums as far back as 1973,
Smokey Robinsons latest
album, Time Flies When
Youre Having Fun, boasts 11
soulful new tracks.
Robinsons first single
on the disc will be Dont
Know Why.
THE CASUALTIES
WE ARE ALL WE HAVE
Genre:
Rock, Alternative
Description:
As The Casualties eighth
studio album release, We
Are All We Have, offers a
new variety of hits from their
14-track arsenal.
Formed in 1990, the New
York-natives are known for
their authentic punk music
and shows.
FRIDAY/28
HALLOWEEN II
Starring:
Scout Taylor-Compton,
Tyler Mane and Malcolm
McDowell
Description:
Michael Meyers, played by
Tyler Mane, continues his
infamous killing sprees as
he attempts to hunt down
his sister and newest target,
Laurie Strode played by
Taylor-Compton.
Genre: Horror, Suspense
Rating: R
THE FINAL
DESTINATION
Starring:
Bobby Campo, Shantel Van-
Santen and Nick Zano.
Description:
Nick OBannon has a pre-
monition that an accident
will kill him and his friends.
After escaping and cheating
death, Nick and his friends
become the victims of freak
accidents. As they struggle
to survive, Nick must nd a
way to cheat death before it
catches up with him.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Rating: R
ADVENTURELAND -
DVD
RELEASE
Starring:
Jesse Eisenberg, Kelsey Ford
and Kristen Stewart.
Description:
James Brennan must work
at the local amusement
park to pay for his upcom-
ing years at an Ivy League
school. Brennan later
discovers that love can
be found in the strangest
of places and that many
of lifes lessons can be
learned among the clowns.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
SUNSHINE CLEANING
- DVD
RELEASE
Starring:
Amy Adams, Emily Blunt
and Alan Arkin.
Description:
Sisters Rose and Norah
begin a crime-scene clean-
up business to support
their families after lifes
obstacles leave them broke
and struggling.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Summer icks rise
above the usual fare
Up (A)
500 Days of Summer (A)
Bruno (A)
Away We Go (A-)
The Hurt Locker (A-)
Drag Me to Hell (A-)
Public Enemies (B+)
Star Trek (B+)
The Hangover (B+)
Angels & Demons (B+)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (B)
Harry Potter and the Half
Blood Prince (B)
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen (B-)
Land of the Lost (B-)
The Proprosal (B-)
Moon (C+)
Funny People (C)
Terminator Salvation (C)
Ice Age: Dawn of the
Dinosaurs (C-)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (C-)
The Ugly Truth (C-)
Inglourious Basterds (D-)
SUMMER MOVIE GRADES
C
lergy-killing
psychopaths, pos-
sessed, talking
goats, annoying,
racist robots, retarded lizard
people and a dildo-flailing
Austrian.
These
are a few
of my
favorite
things.
Without
the help
of Hol-
lywood
this past
summer,
I would
have
never known I enjoyed the
above so much.
QUICK OVERVIEW
Dumping millions of dollars
into movies about just those
things is the lm industrys
favorite summer pastime.
Usually the three-month
lineup is really hit-and-miss,
but this year proved other-
wise. Even with a rough start
(Wolverine) and worse nish
(Tarantinos latest reel abor-
tion, Inglourious Basterds) I
thought the cinematic show-
case was at an all-time best.
After last years over-thought,
politically-charged Wall-E,
Pixar returned with an instant
classic in Up. Not only did it
capture the spirit of childhood
innocence and the under-
standing of loss perfectly, it
made me realize how unbeliev-
ably awesome it would be to
have a talking dog.
Add in the hilariously dark
return of Sam Raimi (Spider-
Man 3) to the horror genre,
a thrilling Iraq war movie
without an in-your-face mes-
sage (The Hurt Locker) and
an honest romantic comedy
Jay
Brissenden
See SUMMER Page A11
A14
AUGUST 25, 2009
Arts&Entertainment
www.nevadasagebrush.com
Jennifers Body
Release Date: Sept. 18
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-
Director: Karyn Kusama
Stars: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Johnny Simmons.
Description: Megan Fox (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) brings a
new meaning to the evil stereotype that many cheerleaders are given as she
goes on a rampant murdering spree of her male classmates.
The Verdict: Theres something about combining beautiful women with poorly
executed slasher icks that Hollywood just cant shake. Starring as the cheer-
leader-turned-demon, Megan Fox does little to extract herself from the dozens
of female actresses who spoil their name in a mixture of nudity and blood.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampires Assistant
Release Date: Oct. 23
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Director: Paul Weitz
Stars: John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson and Chris
Massoglia
Description: Based on a best-selling novel, The
Vampires Assistant takes readers on a journey as
Darren unknowingly breaks a centuries-old truce
between vampire enemies.
The Verdict: Just like the dozens of others who
are jumping on the vampire bandwagon, its
no surprise that The Vampires Assistant
will aid in sucking the fun out of cinemas and,
consequently, money
With the summer lm season coming to a close, many moviegoers are preparing for the long
lull between summer and holiday blockbusters. Filmmakers, however, jumped the gun this
year, setting the rst of many horror and dark-themed lms geared toward Halloween, to be
released this week. Heres a look at the horrendously awesome, completely horrifying and downright
horrible horror lms to be released during the next two months.
Carriers
Release Date: Sept. 4tor: lex Pastor
Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine and Emily VanCamp
Description: Four teenagers race across the country in an attempt to outrun
a viral pandemic threatening to wipe out the human race. During their es-
cape, the teens are left to discover the depth of their humanity and morals.
The Verdict: Despite its low budget and independent release, Carriers
appears to be one of the most promising lms of the season. Bringing this
emerging label to light, big name stars such as Chris Pine provide just the
right amount of anticipation and fear for viewers to latch onto.
9
Release Date: Sept. 9
Director: Shane Acker
Stars: Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau and Jennifer
Connelly
Description: The post-apocalyptic animated lm 9 warps
viewers into another world where the existence of human life
lies in a parallel-universe creatures hands.
The Verdict: Proving to be nothing like its brother horror lms
this season, 9 will captivate audiences with its unique take on the
end-of-the-world and high-end animation. Though its not a typical
murder-lled horror lm, the darkness and
uncertainty of this new world will captivate audiences.
Sorority Row
Release Date: Sept. 11
Director: Stewart Hendler
Stars: Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes and Rumer Willis
Description: A group of sorority sisters are targeted by a serial
killer after they try to hide a death following a prank gone wrong.
The Verdict: Film writers and producers were on the ball when de-
ciding when the time was right for the newest I Know What You Did
Last Summer ick. Just the right amount of gore, promiscuity and emotion-
al dilemmas are sure to turn Sorority Row into one of the most memorable
horror icks this season.
Zombieland
Release date: Oct. 2
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Stars: Emma Stone, Amber
Heard and Bill Murray
Description: Similar to the satirical zombie comedy
Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland pokes fun at both the
characters and aforementioned demons that are forced
to coexist. The lm follows leading men Columbus (Jesse
Eisenberg, Adventureland) and Tallahassee (Woody Har-
relson, Semi-Pro) as they explore the difculties of sur-
vival and embark on their own post-apocalyptic endeavors.
The Verdict: Sometimes its so silly, so utterly ridiculous,
that its worth every penny and second spent. In many
ways, Zombieland is like the little brother of Shaun of the
Dead. While the plotline and acting are all pitifully poor,
hilarity is sure to ensue throughout the zombie massacre,
making this a denite must-see.
HORRENDOUSLY AWESOME HORRIFYING
Halloween II
Release Date: Aug. 28
Director: Rob Zombie
Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane and Malcolm McDowell.
Description: Michael Meyers (Tyler Mane, Halloween) continues his infa-
mous Halloween killing sprees as he attempts to track down his sister Laurie
(Scout Taylor-Compton, Obsessed) and end her
life.
The Verdict: Similar to the doz-
ens of other lms following the
universally-feared Mike Mey-
ers, Halloween II appears
to have the same plotless
yet horrifying demeanor
that has kept all the others
from being a total doss.
While there is no doubt
that the image of Meyers
appearing in the most un-
godly of places is fright-
ening, Halloween II will
stretch no further than its
predecessors.
The Final Destination
Release Date: Aug. 28
Director: David R. Ellis
Stars: Bobby Campo, Shan-
tel VanSanten, Nick Zano and
Haley Webb
Description: As the fourth installment
of the high-grossing Final Destination series,
audiences join Nick (Bobby Campo, Mental) and Lori (Sh-
antel VanSanten, The Open Door), who cheat death by seconds after Nick experi-
ences a premonition. The two come face-to-face with a whirlwind of disasters that
leave many of their friends dead and the need to escape more dire than ever.
The Verdict: While the production, acting and repetitious plot line may only
be subpar, the abundance of gruesome deaths and intense action scenes
denitely make up for it. Watching as the actors are drowned in the car
wash, electrocuted in the bath or killed in a freak escalator accident will
send off the last member of the franchise with a memorable bang.
Pandorum
Release Date: Sept. 25
Director: Christian Alvart
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet and Ben Foster
Description: Two astronauts discover the rest of their crew has mysteri-
ously vanished. As they work together to uncover the disappearances, they
nd that something sinister is haunting the ship.
The Verdict: Mind-bogglingly awesome those are the rst two words that
come to mind. Followed by an abundance of text-worthy acronyms includ-
ing OMG and WTF? Though Pandorum appears to be plotless, the twisted
and sinister gore is sure to prevent a total failure.
Saw VI
Release Date: Oct. 23
Director: Kevin Greutert
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor and Shawnee Smith
Description: In the sixth installment of the fast-growing Saw series, Mark
Hoffman (Costas Mandylor, Saw V) is targeted by Jigsaw and is subjected
to the gruesome and stomach-lurching tests.
The Verdict: The Saw franchise is well on its way to becoming the next
Halloween series. Though the initial lms were both well-executed and
gruesome, their followers are turning into nothing more than plotless se-
quences of blood and screaming. Which, of course, isnt always bad. Some
of Jigsaws tests are 3 gut-wrenching, viewers might forget to wonder
about the plot, anyway.
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SECTION B TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009
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Fresno State has 07-08 season voided
By Lukas Eggen
The Fresno State University
womens basketball team had
its 2007-08 season vacated due
to its use of an ineligible player.
Their regular season and West-
ern Athletic Conference Tourna-
ment championships were also
vacated.
The ruling means that Nevadas
womens basketball team, who
lost to the Bulldogs twice during
the 2007-08 season, has two wins
added to its season total. The Wolf
Packs new 2007-08 record stands
at 20-10. The season stands as
Nevadas only 20-win season since
the program started in 1979-80.
The ineligible player was
Emma Andrews, a junior from
Australia. After an investiga-
tion by the NCAA, she was
determined ineligible because
she played for the Dandenong
Rangers, a professional team in
Australia, while she was still in
high school.
The NCAA ruled for Andrews
to sit out the 2008-09 season as
well as miss the rst three games
of this season.
WAC rules state while an ath-
lete is considered an amateur,
they cannot compete in any
professional league.
The WAC has a policy that is
very clear and straight forward,
WAC Commissioner Karl Ben-
son said.
In an interview with the Fres-
no Bee, Fresno State womens
basketball head coach Adrian
Wiggins said she accepted
the ruling, but wants changes
mainly because Andrews only
FILEPHOTO
Vai Taua
Team to visit College Hall of Fame
FILEPHOTO
Nevada football
head coach Chris
Ault has 198
career coaching
victories and is
one of just three
active head
coaches in the
College Football
Hall of Fame. Ault
was inducted
into the Hall in
July of 2002
when he was the
athletics director
at Nevada.
By Juan Lpez
After the Nevada football
team plays Notre Dame on
Sept. 5, there will be a treat
waiting for the players.
Upon the completion of the
game one of the biggest games
in the schools history the
Wolf Pack will drive about three
miles down the road to visit the
College Football Hall of Fame.
The Hall includes some
of college footballs biggest
names like Ohio State (1972-
75) running back Archie Grifn
(the only person to ever win
two Heisman Trophies), Dick
Butkus, who played center
and linebacker at Illinois from
1962-64, and even one of their
own head coach Chris Ault.
Ault was inducted into the Hall
of Fame as a coach in July of 2002,
when he was serving as Nevadas
athletic director. At the time of his
enshrinement, Ault was one of the
youngest coaches ever elected.
Still, despite his many ac-
complishments on and off the
field, he said his trip back to
the Hall will not be as exhila-
rating as one would think.
I actually havent been
back to the Hall since I was
inducted, he said. I dont
By Juan Lpez
In recent years, the University of Southern
California football team earned the nickname
Running Back U.
The Trojans are known for having multiple (as
many as six or seven) four and ve-star recruits
in their backeld.
While the Trojans running backs are busy
running all over the Pac-10 conference, theres
also a crew residing at Mackay Stadium earning
similar praise.
I know (U)SC always has a powerful running
back group, Nevada junior running back Vai
Taua said. Some people on our defense say
were like the SC of the WAC because we got so
many running backs.
The Wolf Packs own Running Back U con-
sists of two guys who have rushed for 1,000 yards
in one season, a pair of crafty upperclassmen
and a young duo ready to make its mark. After
having one of the top-ranked running attacks in
the nation last season, the Wolf Pack backeld is
looking to garner more national attention this
season.
Their position coach, Jim Mastro, has as much
condence in his backs as there are casinos in
Nevada.
We have four guys that can start for anybody
in the conference, he proudly said of Taua, Luke
Lippincott, Lampford Mark and Mike Ball.
VAI TAUA
Before last season, Taua was little known to the
Wolf Pack faithful.
It didnt take him long to explode onto the
scene.
After then-starter Luke Lippincott tore his left
RUNNING BACK UNIVERSITY
1. Nevada 5,040
2. Fresno State 4,699
3. Idaho 2,626
4. Louisiana Tech 2,315
5. Boise State 2,146
6. Utah State 1,345
7. New Mexico State 1,275
8. Hawaii 834
9. San Jose State 558
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Brandon Fragger
See RUNNING BACKS Page B6
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Luke Lippincott
Senior Luke Lippincott 1,980 yards, 25 TDs
Junior Vai Taua 1,633 yards, 16 TDs
Senior Brandon Fragger 800 yards, 6 TDs
Junior Courtney Randall 445 yards, 5 TDs
Sophomore Lampford Mark 182 yards, 1 TD
See HALL OF FAME Page B5
See FRESNO STATE Page B4
For compilation of list, the career rushing yards for all active West-
ern Athletic Conference running backs were added up and counted
toward their schools total.
We have four
guys that can start
for anybody in the
conference, Nevada
running backs coach
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W t t k h t i k
INSIDE
Staff Report
Incoming freshmen Devonte
Elliott and Jerry Evans will not
attend the University of Nevada
this fall, rst-year Wolf Pack mens
basketball head coach David
Carter announced Monday.
We wish Devonte and Jerry
the best as they continue to up-
date their academic information
with the NCAA Eligibility Center
and will welcome them for the
second semester, Carter said.
Nevada Associate Athletic
Director Rhonda Lundin said
both Elliott and Evans are still
under their letters of intent.
September 2 is the last day to
add classes and we dont expect
them to have the issues (with
the NCAA Eligibility Center)
resolved by then, she said.
They can immediately start
playing and practicing after the
fall semester if theyre cleared.
The eligibility center deals with
a prospective athletes test scores
and grades among other things.
Elliott is a 6-foot-9, 210-pound
forward out of Paramount (Ca-
lif.) High School.
A 6-foot-7, 180-pound guard,
Evans comes from Leuzinger
High School in Lawndale, Calif.
The sports desk can be reached at
sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
Pair of Pack frosh not
going to play this year
For compilation of list, the career rushing yards for all active West-
MOST CAREER RUSH YARDS FROM WAC BACKS
Senior Luke Lippincott 1 980yards 25 TDs
CAREER NUMBERS FROM WOLF PACK BACKS
Two wins added to Nevada womens basketball record
FOOTBALL
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B2 AUGUST 25, 2009
Pack volleyball lled with promise
By Lukas Eggen
Coming off a 12-17 season and
a fth place nish in the Western
Athletic Conference, the Wolf
Pack volleyball team didnt take
much time off.
The squad played overseas in
South America against teams
from all over the continent and
is gearing up for a run at the
conference title.
After being picked fth in the
WAC preseason coaches poll,
the Wolf Pack is on a mission to
prove the doubters wrong.
Our biggest goal is to make
it to the NCAA tournament,
junior middle blocker Lindsay
Baldwin said.
With 11 returning players,
including ve starters from last
years squad, that goal is more
reachable than ever.
Our volleyball IQ is much
higher, head coach Devin
Scruggs said. Our knowledge of
the game is much better and we
dont have any raw players.
Outside hitter Kylie Har-
rington, who, along with Bald-
win, was picked to the preseason
all-WAC team, said the team is
ready to surprise a lot of people.
Were not the young team
anymore, Harrington said. We
play harder and we have more
experience.
That experience has left Ne-
vada with invaluable opportuni-
ties to grow as a unit.
However, being in the same
conference as Hawaii, who last
year made it to the Elite Eight of
the NCAA volleyball tournament
and was ranked No. 7 in the
preseason American Volleyball
Coaches Association Division I
Coaches Poll, provides a major
roadblock for the Wolf Pack.
Although Nevada is excited for
the season, Scruggs said they
must improve.
We have to improve our
ability to be patient, said the
12th-year coach. Were not a
big offensive team, but a good
ball control team. If we have
patience, we will be successful.
Despite all the successes that
Hawaii has seen (the Rainbow
Wahine has amassed a 186-4
conference record since joining
the league in 1996), Nevada is
not afraid of the challenge.
As long as we play as a team,
we can compete with them,
Baldwin said.
Although Hawaii is looked at
as the favorite in the conference
while the Wolf Pack is dismissed,
the players said they wouldnt
have it any other way.
We want to be the underdog,
Harrington said.
Nevada opens its season on
Friday against Connecticut at 7
p.m. at the Virginia Street Gym.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at
leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Nevada middle blocker, Janelle Batista, left, and Jorgan Staker celebrate after winning a point in the
annual Silver & Blue scrimmage Saturday night at the Virginia Street Gym. Batista, a freshman, and
Staker, a senior, led the Blue squad to a 3-1 victory over the Silver squad.
The Wolf Pack scored its first
goal of the season in the 83rd min-
ute of its game against UC Berke-
ley. Last season, Nevada scored
only one goal in its first four games.
Last season, the Wolf Pack n-
ished 3-14-3 and 2-4-1 in confer-
ence play, good for sixth place.
Jaime Frias rst season with
Nevada was also his rst losing
season as a head coach.
Nevadas rst two games of
the year are at Mackay Stadium.
Friday night the Wolf Pack hosts
UC Santa Barbara and Sunday
Nevada plays UC Irvine at 1 p.m.
Th W lfP k dit fi t
WHAT TO KNOW
Nevadas three fresh-
men all looked impressive.
Middle blocker Janelle
Batista showed good in-
stincts and athleticism
while compiling numerous
blocks and a few kills.
Defensive specialist
Kelly Chang displayed
quickness and made some
impressive digs.
But the most notable
Nevada newbie was outside
hitter Elissa Ji. At 5 feet 10
inches, Ji, from Honolulu,
seemed to oat to balls she
spiked and had good power.
N d th f h
SCRIMMAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Soccer drops rst game
By Lukas Eggen
Despite freshman Emma
Rices rst career goal in the
83rd minute, Nevada fell to the
University of California, Berke-
ley 4-1 on Friday afternoon.
The game, which marked the
beginning of head coach Jaime
Frias second season with the
team, suggested that Nevada is
making great strides. California
held a slim 1-0 lead until the
58th minute.
There were a lot of positives,
Frias said. We were pretty
much in the game for the rst
60 minutes.
After that, the Golden Bears
went on to score three more
goals, led by a hat trick from
Alex Morgan, but the Wolf Pack
managed to break through with
Rices score.
Last season, Nevada struggled
out of the gate, starting 0-9-2
and scoring only one goal in its
rst four games. Frias said that
shouldnt happen this year.
Our defensive posture is way
ahead of last year, he said. We
have a very strong back line (of
defenders).
As the season
gets into full
swing, the soc-
cer team has
one thing on
its mind: To
compete for
the (Western
Athletic Con-
ference) title,
Frias said.
However, Nevada knows it
will not be clear sailing, and
improvements must be made
if the Wolf Pack is to make a
serious run at the crown.
Its early in the season, so
there is a lot of things we can
improve on, Frias said. We
have to continue to develop
our defensive posture and keep
the ball better. There were quite
a few turnovers that we caused
ourselves.
A factor which should con-
tribute to the teams progres-
sion this season is familiar-
ity returning coaches and
players from last year all have
had a year to get used to each
other.
The players know my coach-
ing style and expectations bet-
ter, Frias said. Going in with
a year and a half under my belt
helped out tremendously.
Nevada plays its home
opener at 7 p.m. Friday against
the University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at
leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
Middle blocker Lindsay Baldwin, left, and outside hitter Kylie Har-
rington were both named to the Preseason All-Western Athletic
Conference volleyball team, as voted on by the nine head coaches
in the conference.
Baldwin, a junior from Hillsborough, Calif., was first on last years
team in blocks with 1.14 per set and was second in kills with 2.71
per set.
Harrington, a junior from Honolulu, led the team and was eighth in
the WAC with 2.9 kills per set. She was also third on the team with
1.9 digs per set.
Kylie
Harrington
Lindsay
Baldwin
Emma Rice
SILVER & BLUE SCRIMMAGE SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
Team 1 2 3 4 T
Blue 25 17 25 25 3
Silver 17 25 19 23 1
Blue Kills Ast Digs Blks
Batista, J 5 0 1 2
Vance, K 11 0 2 0
Sei, S 3 40 7 1
Baldwin, L 12 2 0 1
Kelly, L 0 2 20 0
Ji, E 10 2 12 1
Daum, J 2 0 4 0
Staker, J 10 2 11 1
Silver Kills Ast Digs Blks
Garvey, E 8 0 5 3
Chang, K 0 1 18 0
Harrington, K 17 0 9 1
Link, N 5 1 17 0
Santiago, T 1 36 8 3
Yates, B 11 0 1 8
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By Jay Balagna and
Lukas Eggen
Students looking for ways
to play the sports they enjoy
will have no shortage of op-
portunities this school year.
Whether students want to play
competitively or just want to
have a good time, intramural
sports offer students a chance
to do both.
The department of Campus
Recreation and Wellness at the
University of Nevada, Reno
will continue its intramural
program during the 2009-10
school year. Among the sports
being offered are flag football,
soccer, basketball, volleyball,
swimming and table tennis.
Basically, its a way for
athletic students to continue
playing sports, said Katelyn
Floyd, an ad ministrative as-
sistant with CRW. Even if stu-
dents didnt play sports before
coming to UNR, with these its
still easy to learn.
While Nevada also offers
club sports, Director of Intra-
mural Sports Bruce Small said
intramurals give students a
better chance to participate.
With intramural sports, you
have more of an opportunity
to play, Small said.
Officials at Lombardi Rec-
reation Center anticipate high
turnouts to most of the sports,
as they have had in years
past.
Weve even had a lot of peo-
ple at summer intramurals, so
I think the interest level is still
high, Floyd said.
In order to be eligible, a
student must be enrolled
in at least one credit at the
university. There are fees to
participate, which vary from
sport to sport.
Students should not be wor-
ried about the competition
level when thinking about
trying a new sport. Many
of the team sports, such as
basketball and flag football,
are di vided into leagues based
on skill level, with a separate
league for Greek houses on
campus. Leagues are also
divided into male, female, and
co-ed teams.
Intramural sports give you
the option of being competi-
tive or having fun, Small said.
For students with tighter
schedules, Nevada offers tour-
naments as well as leagues.
While leagues can last weeks,
and often include a cham-
pionship round, most of the
intramural tournaments for
individual or smaller sports last
only a day or two, Floyd said.
The tournaments are great
because they are so short,
Floyd said. Theyre easy to fit
into busy schedules.
As intramural sports con-
tinue to be popular among
students on campus, Small
said there is an important fac-
tor to its success.
The biggest keys are fun
and professionalism, Small
said. We have better equip-
ment and quality referees, so
there is much more profes-
sionalism now.
Students may sign up for any
intramural sport at Lombardi
Recreation Center.
Lukas Eggen and Jay Balagna
can be reached at sports@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
By Garrett Estrada
Last winter, 25 men gath-
ered on the intramural fields
to practice for the first time
as a competitive soccer team.
Led by team captain Sundance
Bauman, these men were all
members of the brand-new
Nevada Mens Soccer Club, a
first-year program looking to
give prospective soccer play-
ers on campus a chance to
come together as a team.
Everyone that played really
had heart, Bauman said. We
were all just out there freezing
our butts off!
The club is entering its sec-
ond year at the university and
is looking to expand. Tryouts
for the team will begin on
Friday and continue through
Sunday at the John Sala In-
tramural Fields. Players inter-
ested only need proper soccer
attire and a positive attitude,
according to Bauman. The
tryouts will serve to fill the 20
open spots on the team and
will be entirely skill-based.
The club, which was of-
ficially accepted into the West
Coast Soccer Association, got
its start last fall when interest
for a mens club reached Bau-
man, an Associated Students
of the University of Nevada
programmer.
Bauman, a soccer player
himself, immediately took on
the leadership role, recruiting
members of his fraternity,
Sigma Phi Epsilon.
The whole thing kind of
just fell into my lap, he said.
From there it just grew into
a word-of-mouth type of
thing.
The team became friends
on and off the field, Bauman
said. The squad faced a tough
schedule, going head-to-head
with schools like St. Marys
and the University of Califor-
nia, Davis. The schedule wont
be much easier this year with
competition from the Pacific
University, the University of
California, Berkeley and the
University of California, Santa
Cruz.
It is a huge time commit-
ment, Bauman said, noting
that the team will often travel
to California.
The team has pickup games
on the intramural elds on
Mondays and Wednesdays at 7
p.m. The rst game of the season
is at home against the St. Marys
Seahawks on Sept. 19.
Garrett Estrada can be reached at
sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
2009-10 INTRAMURAL CALENDARS
Sport Deadline Meeting Start Finish Format
Flag Football Sept. 1 Sept. 3 Sept. 8 Oct. 16 League
Indoor Soccer Sept. 1 Sept. 3 Sept. 8 Oct. 16 League
Racquetball Sept. 15 N/A Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Tournament
Volleyball Oct. 1 Oct. 9 Oct. 19 Dec. 4 League
Outdoor Soccer Oct. 1 Oct. 9 Oct. 19 Dec. 4 League
Softball Oct. 6 N/A Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Tournament
Wolf Trot 5K Oct. 16 N/A Oct. 24 Oct. 24 Race
Swimming/Belly Flop Oct. 21 N/A Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Tournament
3-on-3 Basketball Dec. 18 N/A Jan. 19 Jan. 29 Tournament
Basketball (5 v. 5) Jan. 22 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 March 12 League
Frozen Flag Football Jan. 22 Jan. 28 Feb. 1 March 12 League
Futsal (Soccer) Feb. 23 N/A March 5 March 6 Tournament
Outdoor Soccer March 2 March 11 March 22 April 30 League
Dodgeball March 2 March 11 March 22 April 30 League
Table Tennis March 30 N/A April 9 April 10 Tournament
Grass Volleyball April 20 N/A May 1 May 2 Tournament
2009-10 INTRAMURAL CALENDARS
INTRAMURAL SCHEDULE
Intramurals give students break from school
Second-year mens soccer team to hold open tryouts
Tryouts for the team will be
held Friday through Saturday
at the John Sala Intramural
Fields.
The tryouts will serve to ll
20 open spots on the team,
according to Sundance Bau-
man, the teams captain.
Students will need proper
soccer attire (cleats, shin
guards, etc.) to try out.
T t f th t ill b
MENS SOCCER TRYOUTS
FOOTBALL
3 Pack alums named
to All-Decade Team
CBS Sports released the
Western Athletic Conferences
All-Decade Team, voted on by
writers and staff at cbssports.
com. Three Nevada players
made the list: defensive line-
man Jorge Cordova, offensive
lineman Dominic Green and
defensive back Joe Garcia.
Cordova played linebacker
and defensive end for the Wolf
Pack from 2000-03 and was the
teams Most Valuable Player in
2003. He is rst in the Nevada
record books with 29 career
sacks.
Green, a two-time all-WAC
rst team selection, played
center for Nevada from 2005-08
after redshirting his freshman
year.
Joe Garcia was also a two-time
all-WAC rst team selection. He
played at Nevada from 2003-07.
MENS BASKETBALL
Babbitt named
candidate for national
Player of the Year
Nevada sophomore Luke
Babbitt was named one of the
preseason top 50 candidates
for the John R. Wooden Award
All-American team and for the
Player of the Year trophy.
The list is comprised of 50 stu-
dent athletes who, based on last
years individual performance
and team records, are the
early front-runners for college
basketballs most prestigious
honor.
Babbitt was the 2009 Western
Athletic Conference Freshman
of the Year after averaging a
team-high 16.9 points per
game and 7.4 rebounds per
game. He was the only player
in the WAC named to the list.
This marks the fourth time
in ve years a Wolf Pack player
has been named to the ballot.
Guard Marcelus Kemp, who
played for Nevada from 2004-
08, made the ballot in the
2007-08 season. Forward Nick
Fazekas, who played for the
Wolf Pack from 2003-07, was
named to the ballot during
the 2005-06 and the 2006-07
seasons.
Other players also named
to the list were guard Sherron
Collins (Kansas University),
forward Kyle Singler (Duke
University) and forward Luke
Harangody (University of
Notre Dame) among others.
BASEBALL
Pack players earn
summer honors
Nevada baseball players
Matt Langenfeld and Waylen
Sing Chow were named to the
Hawaiian Collegiate Baseball
League All Star team. Both
players competed for the
Kamuela Paniolos. Players
from universities all over the
nation competed in the six-
team summer league.
Sing Chow had a batting
average of .303 and played
outeld for the Paniolos while
Langenfeld hit .367 and had
three home runs in 19 games
with the Paniolos. Langen-
feld appeared in 11 games
last season for Nevada. He
primarily came in as a pinch
hitter and designated hitter.
Sing Chow made 35 appear-
ances for the Wolf Pack last
season, the majority coming
as a defensive replacement.
FOOTBALL
Mitchell opening eyes
in Redskins preseason
In the Washington Red-
skins second preseason
game against the Pittsburgh
Steelers, former Nevada wide
receiver Marko Mitchell be-
gan to turn some heads. He
had three receptions for 21
yards, including a three-yard
touchdown on a pass from
rookie quarterback Chase
Daniels.
In a blog for the Washington
Post, Dan Steinberg wrote
about Mitchell and his prow-
ess on the practice eld.
Hey, I need yall to pump
this up on TV, Marko Mitchell
is killing Carlos Rogers in
practice, Redskins running
back Clinton Portis said in
Steinbergs blog. Im talking
about, he can not stop him.
So yall make sure yall pump
Marko up on TV, because
Carlos is in trouble. He in
trouble. He aint stopped him
yet this whole camp.
Mitchell is currently bat-
tling for the fth wide receiver
spot. He is now considered
the front-runner for the spot
over D.J. Hackett, Keith Eloi
and Marques Hagans.
Mitchell, who played for
Nevada from 2006-08 and
accumulated 2,763 receiving
yards and 22 touchdowns for
the Wolf Pack, was drafted in
the seventh round of Aprils
NFL draft by the Redskins.
FOOTBALL
Broncos are highest-
ranked non-BCS team
Boise State was ranked
14th in the Associated Press
preseason poll.
The ranking is the highest
of any team from a non-Bowl
Championship Series confer-
ence this season.
Last season, the Broncos
went 12-0 in the regular
season, capturing the West-
ern Athletic Conference
championship in the process
before losing to Texas Chris-
tian University (TCU) in the
Poinsettia Bowl.
The ranking is the Broncos
highest preseason ranking in
program history. Boise State
has appeared in the AP Poll
at least once for nine straight
seasons.
The Broncos will play one
of the college football sea-
sons rst games when they
face No. 16 Oregon Sept. 3 at
Boise.
Nevada received one vote
and was the only other WAC
team to make the poll.
VOLLEYBALL
Rainbow Wahine
ranked in top 10
The University of Hawaiis
volleyball team was ranked
seventh by the preseason
American Volleyball Coaches
Association Division I
Coaches Poll.
Last season, the Rainbow
Wahine went 31-4, made
it to the round of eight in
the NCAA Tournament and
ended the season ranked
seventh.
Since Hawaii joined the
Western Athletic Confer-
ence in 1996, the team has
taken the WAC title every
year, compiling a conference
record of 186-4 during that
span. Rainbow Wahine head
coach Dave Shoji is second
all-time in wins to UCLAs
Andy Banachowski. The War-
riors have won three national
championships under Shoji.
Another WAC team, New
Mexico State, also received
votes in the poll.
SOCCER
WAC Players of the
Week named
Olivia Lukasewich from
Lousiana Tech and Summer
Tillotson from Utah State
have been named the West-
ern Athletic Conferences Of-
fensive and Defensive soccer
Players of the Week.
Lukasewich, a sophomore,
scored in the 106th minute
to give Louisiana Tech a 3-2
double-overtime victory
against Lamar University. The
victory is the rst time that the
Lady Techsters have won an
overtime game and is also the
rst time they have opened the
season with a home victory.
Tillotson, a sophomore,
anchored the defense in Utah
States 2-0 victory over North-
ern Arizona. Tillotson played
all 90 minutes and was a key
part in holding Northern
Arizona to just ve shots.
Nevada freshman Emma
Rice, who scored her rst
goal for the Wolf Pack in a 4-1
loss to Cal, was a nominee for
Offensive Player of the Week.
FOOTBALL
SPORTS BRIEFS
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played a total of 32 minutes for
the Rangers.
A rule is a rule, Wiggins
said. But maybe this one
isnt adequate anymore. Lets
explore if its applicable in
this day and age.
Andrews started 32 of 33
games for the Bulldogs in the
2007-08 season, including three
games in the WAC Tournament.
She averaged 5.2 points in 23.8
minutes per game.
Fresno State turned itself in
to the NCAA in March of 2008
and the NCAA gave its ruling
in October. The WAC made its
own judgment in August of
this year10 months after the
NCAAs ruling. Because of this,
questions have been raised as
to why the WAC took so long to
make a decision.
The rst step was the NCAA
process, Benson said. The
NCAA had to determine her
eligibility status and that took
through last October before
the NCAA concluded its review.
Once that happened then the
WAC started its review of the
eligibility of Andrews.
Nevada Athletic Director Cary
Groth said the punishment
handed down was fair.
The bottom line is Fresno
State used an ineligible player,
she said.
While there have been no
events like this at Nevada,
there have been a few isolated
incidents in the rest of the WAC
where ineligible players have
competed in single games,
Benson said. While he would
not name specic occurrences,
Benson stated that similar
actions were taken in those
situations.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at
leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
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The Fresno States womens basketball team had to vacate
its 2007-08 season, regular-season title and Western Athletic
Conference Tournament title because they used an ineligible
player.
Emma Andrews, a junior from Australia, played on a
professional team while she was in high school, a violation of
both NCAA and WAC rules.
The Wolf Packs new 2007-08 record is 20-10. The 20-win
season is the rst of the Nevada womens basketball program,
which started in 1979.
The Fresno States womens basketball teamhad to vacate
FSU LOSES 07-08 SEASON
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Nevada lost twice to Fresno State in the 2007-08 season, but the Wolf Pack had two wins added to its season record because the Bulldogs
were forced to vacate their entire 2007-08 season because they used an ineligible player.
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Nevada football head coach Chris Ault, seen here at Mackay Stadium on Sept. 19, 1978, has been at the University of Nevada, Reno for 38 years, doing everything from playing quarterback to being athletics director.
Hall of Fame
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even know if were going to go to
(my) bust specically, but well
see.
Ault, who has 198 career
victories, said he was more
excited for his team and its op-
portunity.
I know theyll have some
fun times down there, he said.
The Hall of Fame is very majes-
tic in general and you really see
the history of college football.
Theyll really enjoy it. Its a
museum of college footballs
history.
To this day, Ault remains
the only Nevada coach ever
inducted into the Hall. Yet,
Wolf Pack junior quarterback
Colin Kaepernick was originally
unaware of the teams proposed
trip to the Hall.
I didnt even know about
it, Kaepernick admitted. My
minds on the game too much to
be thinking about anything else.
Kaepernick later said how
much he appreciated having
a Hall of Fame coach on the
sidelines.
When hes in our ear, yelling
at us during practice and stuff
like that, I think most guys
forget the credentials he has,
Kaepernick said. We take it for
granted sometimes because we
see him every day and its noth-
ing new to us.
But he knows so much about
the game and specically about
the quarterback position that ev-
ery time he talks, hes preaching
so much knowledge. Its great to
have someone like that coaching
you just because hes seen a lot.
Ault is just one of three active
Division I football coaches who
can claim they are in the Hall. The
other two are the top two win-
ningest coaches in Division I col-
lege football history: Penn States
Joe Paterno and Florida State
Universitys Bobby Bowden.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
By Juan Lpez
In a season where the Ne-
vada football team has sched-
uled its toughest opponents,
the most difficult foe the Wolf
Pack will face in drawing fans
to home games will be the
economy.
In 2008, the top home
matchups were with then
12th-ranked Texas Tech and
then ninth-ranked Boise State.
The Wolf Packs Homecoming
Game was Oct. 18 against
Utah State. In that year,
Nevada sold 9,345 season
tickets, according to Nevada
Director of Athletic Ticketing
Amy Engelbert.
This year, the main home
games are on Sept. 25 against
the University of Missouri,
Oct. 3 against the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas and Nov.
14 against conference rival
Fresno State and season ticket
sales stand at about 8,400.
This is definitely the hard-
est schedule (footballs) ever
had, Engelbert said. By the
end of the year, season ticket
sales should be pretty much
on pace with last year.
Engelbert said in recent
years, season ticket sales have
been steadily increasing. But
with the economy this year,
ticket sales have dropped.
Still, Engelbert said season
ticket sales were good consid-
ering the economy. She also
said the biggest increase the
ticketing office would likely
see would be in single-game
tickets sales.
We should get a lot of
(single-game ticket sales) this
year, she said. Most people
wait to see how the season is
going and then buy those.
Season football tickets
range from $45 for Pup Club
Membership (for children
eighth grade and under) to
the $250 Pack Pass, which
includes reserved tickets to
other sporting events such
as mens basketball games.
Engelbert said season tickets
typically stop selling after the
second or third home game.
Season tickets can be
purchased at the Link Piazzo
Ticket Office or by calling
(775) 348-PACK (7225).
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
Ticket sales on pace with 08
Last season, Nevada
sold 9,345 football season
tickets.
In 2008, the Wolf Pack
went just 3-3 at Mackay
Stadium.
The most-hyped home
matches last year were Sept.
6 against Texas Tech and
Nov. 22 against Boise State.
This year, Nevada has sold
about 8,400 season tickets.
Amy Engelbert, Nevadas
director of athletic ticketing,
said the season ticket sales
were good when you factor
in the economy.
Engelbert expects ticket
sales to end up on pace with
last year by the end of the
season.
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SEASON TICKET SALES
FILEPHOTO
Last season, Nevada sold 9,345 season football tickets. This year,
about 8,400 have been sold.
BY THE NUMBERS
A closer look at Chris Aults career numbers at the University of Nevada, Reno.
198
are the career wins Ault has
as head coach of the football
team.
38
are the years Ault has been
at Nevada.
25
are the seasons Ault has
been head coach of the
football team.
3
are the active coaches who
are in the College Football
Hall of Fame. Ault is one.
4
are the Halls of Fame
Ault into which has been
inducted.
8
were the years Ault served
as athletics director at
Nevada.
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anterior cruciate ligament on
Sept. 6 against Texas Tech, Taua
stepped into the starting role
and proceeded to dominate
the WAC.
He rushed for more than 100
yards in eight games last season
and ended up leading the con-
ference in rushing with 1,521
yards and 15 touchdowns.
The Nevada coaches named
him the starter this season for
his efforts and he will keep his
job until someone else outplays
him.
Every week may be a differ-
ent thing, Mastro said. Were
going to go with the hot hand.
Whoever is producing will play.
Its not necessarily that the guy
getting the bulk of the carries
isnt doing well, sometimes its
just that this other guy is doing
so good we have to play him
more.
Taua is a powerful, intelligent
runner with deceptive speed.
Last season, he broke off 17
runs of 20 or more yards while
fumbling only three times in
236 carries.
LUKE LIPPINCOTT
The guy closest to Tauas tail
for the starting spot is Luke
Lippincott.
A sixth-year senior, Lip-
pincotts name appears many
times in the Wolf Pack record
book: fifth-most rushing
touchdowns all-time (25), fifth-
highest single-season rushing
total (1,420), 10th-most rushing
yards all-time (1,980).
He entered last year as the
bona fide starter, but missed
the majority of the year after
tearing his left ACL. After tak-
ing time off to rehabilitate, Lip-
pincott looks as good as ever.
I feel healthy again and
getting hit in my knee isnt a
problem anymore, Lippincott
said.
Along with Taua, Lippincott
is Nevadas second WAC rush-
ing king. Lippincott led the
conference in 2007.
While Lippincott is not
known for his big plays (the
longest run of his career is 40
yards), his football savvy and
gritty attitude have left him
with a colorful career so far.
LAMPFORD MARK
Lamp, as many of his
teammates and coaches call
him, may not be a household
name now, but Mastro said it
shouldnt be long before his
talent emerges.
Lampford is the fastest back
of the group, Mastro said. Hes
gotten stronger this off season
and now that he knows the of-
fense, hell get more chances to
show his skill.
Mark said he ran a 4.39
40-yard dash, but his par-
ticular skill set is better when
combined with those of his
backfield teammates.
We all have something
special about us, he said. Im
fast, Mike (Ball) is strong, Luke
(Lippincott) has the experi-
ence, Vais (Taua) the tough
runner were all good at
something and together, were
the complete package.
Mark ran for 182 yards in
limited action last season as
a redshirt freshman, but was a
bright spot during fall camp.
MIKE BALL
The fourth and final running
back who Mastro said could
start for anybody in the con-
ference is Mike Ball.
Some may be asking why Ball,
a redshirt freshman, is on this
list considering he has never
played in a college football
game. Despite that, Mastros
praise for him is endless.
Michael Ball is the most
talented back on the team,
Mastro said. Speed-wise, him
and Lampford are about the
same, but as a pure athlete,
Michael Ball is unbelievable.
He can do things Ive never
seen before.
Ball stands at 5 feet 10 inches,
225 pounds of pure muscle. His
40-yard dash time stands at
4.41 while his max in the bench
press is 350 pounds.
Despite his gaudy abilities,
Ball is not getting too ahead of
himself.
Anyone can go out there and
say Im one of the best running
backs, but Im not on the field
yet so I still need to prove it,
he said.
Ball is listed as one of the two
starting kickoff returners for
the Wolf Pack, along with wide
receiver Brandon Wimberly.
Talent like that, you cant
have him on the sidelines,
Mastro said. You got to find a
way to get him on the field.
FRAGGER AND RANDALL
Aside from the top four,
senior Brandon Fragger and
junior Courtney Randall also
add to the talented backfield.
Fragger has rushed for 800
yards in his career at Nevada,
but has been slowed by inju-
ries in the past. He hurt his
right shoulder on Sept. 13
against Missouri last season
and it hindered him the rest of
the year.
Randall is Mr. Reliable. In his
career at Nevada, he has amassed
435 yards and is almost a sure
bet to get a rst down whenever
he carries the ball.
THE GOALS
Although the members of
the running back group arent
indisposed to claiming theyre
the top crew in the confer-
ence, Mastro said he only has
a couple of expectations for
them.
Our biggest thing is yards
per carry, he said. We always
want to be over five yards a
carry. So if we carry it once or
we carry it 25 times, five yards
a carry is our thing. Also, in
short yardage situations, we
always want to convert. Our
goals are more team oriented
and not individual.
The backs are focused and
primed to surpass last seasons
rushing total of 2,330 yards and
Mastro is thoroughly enjoying
coaching his talent-laden ball
toters.
This is the most fun year
Ive ever had, he said, grin-
ning widely. So far, this is the
most fun Ive had coaching in
20 years.
Juan Lpez can be reached
at jlopez@nevadasagebrush.
com.
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Michael Ball is the most talented back on the
team, Wolf Pack running backs coach Jim Mastro
said. ...He can do things Ive never seen before.
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Wolf Pack running backs coach Jim Mastro, middle, coaches his talented group during drills in fall practice at Wolf Pack Park. Mastro has been a coach at Nevada for nine years
and started coaching in 1989 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Mastro said, This is the most fun year Ive ever had. So far, this is the most fun Ive had coaching in 20 years.
A
fter barraging Nevada
running backs coach
Jim Mastro with tough
questions about the
running back group for many
days at the teams football
practice, I decided it was time
for some lighter stuff.
So I asked
him what
nicknames
he had for
them.
Ma s t r o
started off
with Luke
Lippincott.
The sixth-
year back
has battled
t h r o u g h
m a n y
i n j u r i e s
during his
time with the Wolf Pack, most
recently a torn left ante-
rior cruciate ligament. Though
sometimes down, hes never
out. Lippincotts diligence and
hard-working personality rubs
off on everyone he crosses
paths with.
Lippincotts the student of
the game, Mastro said. Real
intelligent guy, knows when to
make cuts and is always in the
books.
That was to be expected. Not
much else can be said about a
guy who does his best on the
field, but is hardly heard of off
of it.
Up next: Mike Ball.
Earlier in the week, Mastro
had called Ball the best athlete
out of the running backs.
Mike Ball, we call him the
fire hydrant, Mastro said.
Hes the short, little, fast one.
Real stout, real fast. Just built
very solid.
If theres anything Ball is, its
solid. Theres not a soft spot on
the guys body.
Next down the line was
Lampford Mark. During fall
camp, Mark has shown off his
blazing speed, and to Mastro,
its reminiscent of another fast
running back.
We call Lampford Eric Dick-
erson, he said, referring to
Dickerson, who ran for 13,259
yards in the NFL and made the
NFL Hall of Fame. The tall,
long one that can run. Very,
very fast.
Heres where it got comical.
He brought up Vai Taua the
man who led the Western Ath-
letic Conference in rushing last
season and was named to the
Watch List for the Doak Walker
Award, which is awarded to the
nations top back earlier this
season.
Mastro chuckled before tell-
ing me this:
You know what Vai is? Hes
the mystery man. You never
know what youre going to get.
Whats that saying about the
box of chocolates you never
know what youre going to get?
You never know what youre go-
ing to get with Vai. Never. Daily,
I just try to figure out what kind
of mood hes in.
Taua doesnt seem like the
bipolar type, but Mastro knows
him as well as anyone, so lets
take his word for it.
This last one almost had me
rolling on the grass of Wolf
Pack Park, the football teams
practice field. Mastro couldnt
have said this any better about
senior Brandon Fragger.
Fragger, hes bipolar, he
said. Im serious. You never
know what kind of guy youre
going to get. Hes either Bran-
don, or on other days, hes
Brandi. We ask him, Who are
you today? Are you Brandon or
Brandi?
Sheer genius Mr. Mastro. I
never wouldve guessed it by
looking at him. Fragger seems
like a focused man in practice
and in games, but theres a side
of him only his teammates and
coaches know.
The last guy on the hit list
was Courtney Randall. I asked
Ball about this one because
Randall appears to be a very
shy person.
Once again, my intuitions
were wrong.
Courtneys real funny, Ball
said. Him and Brandon (Frag-
ger) (make fun of ) each other
during stretches every day.
FIVE-BACK UNIT
Honestly, I think any of the
Wolf Packs top six running
backs could start for the team
on any given day. They all have
great individual skills and have
shown the ability to produce.
But there can only be one
starter, and for now, Taua is the
man.
The Nevada coaching staff has
come up with plenty of ways to
get more backs on the eld at
once, though.
The Wolf Pack has drawn up
plays in which a running back
will line up at wide receiver
while another back will line up
in the backeld just another
way to get as many of their tal-
ented weapons on the eld as
possible.
As of now, Ball is one of the two
kickoff returners. He is at-out
special. In the scrimmages and
practices Ive attended, I dont
think Ive seen him get tackled
while running back a kickoff.
His cuts are precise, he runs
low to the ground and his speed
and acceleration are way above
average. Expect Nevadas return
game to be much better than last
year when it averaged 19.4 yards
per return.
But the main unit to watch
will be the punt return squad.
According to Ball, there are ve
running backs slated to be on
this team. Yep, ve.
Taua will line up as the punt
returner imagine having to
tackle all 220 pounds of this
freight train when he gets a
running start while Ball, Lip-
pincott, Mark and Randall will
line up as blockers.
With the punt return scheme
the special teams coaches have
drawn up, the four guys on the
line get to pave the way for Taua.
And sometimes they even get to
take a direct angle to a defender
after the punt and blindside
him.
I cant tell you how many times
Ive seen Ball send someone y-
ing ve yards in the opposite way
they came from after a blindside
hit on a punt return.
And another thing from Ball.
I love blocking punts, he
said.
Expect to see him in the
punters face at least a few times
this season.
All in all, its not a stretch to
say this group is the best in the
Western Athletic Conference.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
Coach has many nicknames for Pack backs
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Lpez
Last season, Nevada running backs carried the ball 392 times
for 2,330 yards and 21 touchdowns, but the carries were split
primarily among just four backs (Vai Taua, Courtney Randall,
Brandon Fragger and Lampford Mark).
For this season, the carries should keep on coming, but now,
barring any injuries, the carries will be split among six running
backs (the aforementioned four as well as Luke Lippincott and
Mike Ball).
Predictions for their statistics for the year.
Vai Taua: Rushing: 175 carries, 1,050 yards, nine
touchdowns. Receiving: 25 receptions, 200 yards, one
touchdown. Special teams: two punt returns for touchdowns.
Luke Lippincott: Rushing: 100 carries, 550 yards, eight
touchdowns. Receiving: 15 receptions, 175 yards, one touchdown.
Lampford Mark: Rushing: 55 carries, 350 yards, four
touchdowns.
Mike Ball: Rushing: 40 carries, 250 yards, ve touchdowns.
Receiving: 10 receptions, 125 yards, two touchdowns. Special
teams: two kickoff returns for touchdowns, two punt blocks.
Brandon Fragger: Rushing: 40 carries, 225 yards, three
touchdowns. Receiving: 15 receptions, 100 yards.
Courtney Randall: Rushing: 40 carries, 200 yards, four
touchdowns.
Expected totals from running backs this season: Rushing:
450 carries, 2,625 yards, 33 touchdowns. Receiving: 65 recep-
tions, 600 yards, four touchdowns. Special teams: two punt
returns for touchdowns, two kickoff returns for touchdowns,
two punt blocks.
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EXPECTATIONS FOR RUNNING BACKS
(Brandon) Fragger, hes bipolar, Nevada running
backs coach Jim Mastro said. Im serious. You
never know what kind of guy youre going to get.
Hes either Brandon or, on other days, hes Brandi.