Nevada Sagebrush Archives 09/16/08

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 VOLUME CXV NUMBER 5 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893
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DREAD THE CHILL
Enjoy the great outdoors before
time runs out with these tips.
Page A12
FASHION
Seiko Kamikariya discusses the
differences in American and
Japanese fashion. Page A7
MISSOURI POUNDS PACK
Nevadas 69-17 loss at Missouri
gives the Wolf Pack many things
to work on this bye week before
taking on the Rebels. Page B1
INDEX
INSIDE
WEEKLY UPDATE..............................................................A3
CLASSIFIEDS ...............................................................................A5
PERSPECTIVES ........................................................................A6
ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT ........................... A12
SPORTS ..................................................................................................... B1
INSIDE SCOOP .........................................................................B2
By Jay Balagna
The University of Nevada, Reno
ranked in the top-50 graduate
schools in the country for three
separate programs. The under-
graduate school remains in the
third tier nationally, according to
U.S. News and World Reports re-
cent releases of the 2009 editions
of Americas Best Colleges and
Americas Best Grad Schools.
The civil and environmental
engineering, geological sciences
and speech pathology and audiol-
ogy graduate programs all earned
top-50 rankings. This is the rst
time the speech pathology and
audiology program has been
ranked, whereas both of the other
programs were ranked last year.
Despite the strong rankings of
UNRs graduate programs, the
undergraduate school failed to
break into the top 100. The under-
graduate rankings are aimed to
impress high school juniors and
seniors who havent made their
decisions on where to continue
their education.
UNR recently increased student
recruitment, especially for students
of high academic caliber since
the university recently earned
National Merit status for recruiting
17 National Merit Scholars.
I think earning National Merit
status will affect our recruitment
more than the rankings, Richard
Wood, admissions and student
orientation coordinator, said.
But the rankings are still an
important tool for students from
other states or students who have
never been to Reno, Wood said.
Students, especially students
who have never been here, use it
as a tool to understand our uni-
versity, UNR President Milton
Glick said.
The rankings are organized
into groups called tiers, said Bob
Morse from U.S. News and World
Report. The top-two tiers consist
of the top-50 schools in each
category and these 50 schools
receive numbered rankings. The
remainder of the more than 1,400
schools ranked by U.S. News are
divided into the third and fourth
tiers, but are not numbered be-
yond that.
The rankings are devised by
assigning each school scores
Growing at home
Tips on going organic
SEE PAGE A3
Learn more about UNRs
sustainable initiatives
SEE PAGE A2
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Mattie Melrose, the founder of the EnAcT student club and farm, said she hopes that their three-fourths of an acre farm will one day produce
enough food to provide for the entire campus. The farm is part of a national movement towards local food production and sale.
By Jeff Mosier
The Department of Residen-
tial Life, Housing and Food
Services is taking steps to
reduce waste and help the
environment.
Initiatives include reducing
the number of paper bags used
in the D-C-Store, recycling
materials like cardboard, glass,
plastic and aluminum, turning
discarded items into compost
soil and buying food from local
suppliers to decrease shipping
distances.
Russell Meyer, associate
director of housing operations
and dining services, said the
department wants to be ahead
of the curve with its environ-
mentally-conscious agenda
and will continue to improve in
that area.
Were trying to
develop a more
sustainable food
program on
campus, Meyer
said. We need to
show that were
doing what we can.
The D-C-Store now charges
10 cents for each dispos-
able paper bag used to hold
groceries. Instead of paying,
the department encourages
students to bring a reusable
bag to carry the groceries.
All residence hall students
were given a reusable bag
when they moved in for that
purpose. The department and
the Thomas Hammer Coffee
Company, which also supplies
the D-C-Store with coffee,
provided the bags.
Barbara Hanke, resident
dining director, estimated this
new policy could save about
15,000 paper bags each year.
Considering the effects
harvesting trees for paper can
have on forests and the green-
house gases released when
manufacturing paper, the new
policy can make a difference in
the environment.
Katura Tullar, an 18-year-old
civil engineering major, said she
does not mind the new policy.
Its not a bad idea because it
makes people reuse things be-
cause theyll just throw (paper
bags) away in the end, Tullar
said.
The department also sells
used fryer shortening from
French fries, chicken fingers
and other fried foods to a
local company that produces
biofuel from the shortening,
rather than letting it go to
waste.
This fall, the Downunder
Caf will begin composting
its pre-consumer waste,
including unusable products
like wilted lettuce or potato
skins, into an organic mixture
used to fertilize soil. Meyer
said ResLife officials hope
to compost post-consumer
waste, such as left-over food,
as well.
Meyer said ResLife is trying
to use more local products to
reduce costs and support the
local community. Examples
include purchasing potatoes
from Winnemucca farms, milk
and yogurt from Model Dairy
in Reno, meats from local sup-
pliers like Wolf Pack Meats and
salad from Nevada Naturals,
LLC.
Nevada Naturals, LLC is a
hydroponic producer of lettuce
and other vegetables located
near the campus on Valley
Road. The salad they supply the
Downunder Caf is a signature
mix called Wolf Pack Blend.
Meyer said the new salad blend
has more nutrients than a
standard iceberg lettuce salad
and contains a specic kind of
lettuce named Nevada.
Tullar said she likes the new
salad and has been eating
healthy salads like this all her
life.
My mom always made me eat
this, Tullar said. Its more green
and it has more nutrition.
Nick Evans, a sophomore
landscape design major, said he
tried the new Wolf Pack Blend.
It tastes ne to me, Evans
said. I dont really notice a dif-
ference.
By getting more foods from
local businesses, the depart-
ment minimizes the amount
of miles the food travels,
which creates a fresher
product and a reduction in
its carbon footprint, Meyer
said.
Jeff Mosier can be reached at edi-
tor@nevadasagebrush.com.
By Emerson Marcus
Nevada seniors have had it easy.
Since coming to school in 2005, they have seen three straight wins
against the Wolf Packs intrastate rival, the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas.
Nevada students cant get too spoiled, though, because before the
Wolf Packs three-game winning streak Nevada had a four-game los-
ing run. The Wolf Pack had a ve-game winning streak before that,
presenting a trend of consecutive wins in the rivalry.
We bring up whats at stake, Nevada coach Chris Ault said of his
preparation for the rivalry game. Im big on talking about history and
these players need to know about that.
Ault also said he prepares for the Rebels game a little differently than
other teams.
It really is the start of a brand new season, he said.
The rivalry, back-and-forth as it has been, consistently presents
close games. Four of the last eight have been within eight points. Last
years battle at Mackay Stadium came down to a last minute touch-
down pass from Nevada quarterback Nick Graziano.
This year, Nevada will go into the UNLV game from back-to-back
losses against Big 12 teams while UNLV is coming off one of its best
wins in years, beating No. 15 Arizona State Saturday.
Were not too worried about the winning streak, Nevada quarter-
back Colin Kaepernick said. We just get out there and win the game.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.com
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attacks for
winning
streak
ResLife moves
to reduce waste
for environment
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STREAKS
By Jessica Fryman
Several university students
endured weeks of Renos sum-
mer heat, protected under
wide-brimmed straw hats
and sunscreen. The group,
members of the Environmental
Action Team (EnAcT), added
manure and tilled soil as the
wind caked them in dust.
With blistered hands, they dug
through the rocky terrain of
what used to be a rodeo park-
ing lot to make a farm on Valley
Road and Ninth Street.
Chase Kaiser, a 20-year-old
secondary education major,
said he and other club members
pulled out rocks from at least
two feet deep in the ground.
I dont think there was any-
one who didnt get blisters, he
said. I did a lot of grunt work. It
was pretty tough.
Using pick axes and shovels,
the group dug trenches to make
their 12 planting beds.
EnAcT members and other
volunteers installed the irriga-
tion system. Because they dont
have a large enough system for
the cover crop area, they manu-
ally move the sprinkler hoses to
water plants.
Their efforts are part of a
national movement in creating
local food production and sale,
said Mattie Melrose, farm man-
ager and EnAcT president.
The EnAcT Student Farm
workers said they hope their
farm can someday supply food
E-mail unrenvironmenta-
lactionteam@gmail.com to
volunteer at the EnAcT Stu-
dent Farm.
GET INVOLVED
Three grad programs ranked in top 50
See RANKINGS Page A4
See FARM Page A4
The D-C-Store distributes reusable
bags, cafeteria buys local food products
See A4 for an update of Las Vegas travel
prices for the UNLV football game.
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By Tara Verderosa
Although entering college
with 29 credits seems like a large
accomplishment, it takes the
backseat to Kathleen Phelans
many other achievements over
the past few years.
Phelan is one of 15,000 college
students across the nation, and
one in 17 at UNR to receive the
National Merit Scholar award,
establishing UNR as a National
Merit University.
When it came to school I al-
ways did my work, the 18-year
old psychology and philosophy
double major, Phelan, said.
Having National Merit
status potentially attracts
high-achieving students to
UNR, Honors Program director
Tamara Valentine, said.
The National Merit Scholar-
ship program is a three-tier
process that high school
juniors around the country
have been competing in since
it began in 1955. The first rung
of the competition was to
place in a specific percentile,
based on the school year, of
the Preiminary Scholastic
Aptitude Test.
Students are notied the
following September of their
senior year if they have become
a semi-nalist and then apply
to continue on in the competi-
tion.
All applicants submit their
high school transcripts as well
as an endorsement letter from
their principal and other ex-
amples of achievement. In Feb-
ruary, nalists are notied and
receive their title as National
Merit Scholars.
We at UNR invite National
Merit Scholars to our univer-
sity with a $15,000 per year
scholarship, automatic admit-
tance into the Honors program
and a room in Argenta Hall
with other Merit Scholar and
Honors program students,
Valentine said.
We are now recognized as
a National Merit University,
Valentine said. In order to at-
tain that status, we had to have
12 national merits over three
years. We reached it in two
years. We are the only school
in the state that has achieved
it. (the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas) does not have merit
status.
Phelan was born in Australia
and moved to Texas when she
was eight years old. At age 13 she
moved to Las Vegas, where she at-
tended Green Valley High School.
In addition to the debate
team, she also was the captain
of the varsity quiz team and a
member of the International
Baccalaureate (IB) program.
Although she said she didnt
study often, she said her extra-
curricular activities sharpened
her knowledge to become a
National Merit Scholar.
I think its huge, going to col-
lege would have been really dif-
cult for me with so little nancial
aid out there, Phelan said with a
subtle Australian accent.
The university is also be-
ginning to gain high status.
It attracts scholars who know
the education is good. We are
also gaining status within the
community which will help
students with a career later
on, Phelan said.
With her scholarship, Phelan
plans to attend law school
where she can prepare to be a
law professor in Australia.
Tara Verderosa can be reached at
editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
By Jessica Estepa and
Jessica Fryman
Sarah Palin, called the hockey
mom with attitude, spoke of her
political experience and break-
ing the political glass ceiling to a
crowd of more than 5,000 people
at the Pony Express Pavilion in
Carson City Saturday afternoon.
Im looking at a whole lot of
other hockey moms for McCain,
Palin, 44, said when she arrived.
Were going to Washington and
were going to shake things up.
The Republican vice presi-
dential hopeful touched on her
plans for oil drilling in the Unit-
ed States. She said she wants to
nd ways for Americans to get
away from foreign suppliers
who do not have Americas
interest at heart.
We need American energy re-
sources and ingenuity, Palin said.
Her comments on the issue
drew chanting from the crowd:
Drill, baby, drill!
Luke Feiler, a 19-year-old Uni-
versity of Nevada, Reno student,
said he supports her plan. He
liked the emotion she evoked
from the crowd, he said.
Palin, whose political experi-
ence has been questioned
by pundits and politicians,
defended her work as Alaskas
governor. She detailed the states
budget surplus, vetoing bills
that would increase spending
and taxes and the major ethics
reform she endorsed.
Her stance on taxes, which
included minimizing taxes on
personal property, also riled her
supporters as they waved their
McCain/Palin signs and cheered.
In her rst appearance in Ne-
vada on the Republican ticket,
several prominent Nevada
Republicans commended Mc-
Cains choice.
Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev.,
grinned as he spoke to the
masses.
Ill tell you why were here
today its because Sarah Palin
is one of us, Heller said. Do
you know what I call a mother
who can run a state? Madam
Vice President.
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki called
Nevada McCain-Palin country.
Palin has great substance and
accomplishment, he said. The
Obama-Biden ticket, theyre big
on talk. The McCain-Palin ticket,
theyre big on results.
Among the thousands that at-
tended the speech were dozens
of college students who wanted
to see the candidate in action.
I think shes electriying and
I wanted to see the most famous
person in America right now in
person, Feiler said.
His brother, Matthew Feiler,
said he liked Palins stance on
lessening government in day-to-
day life.
She kept it light hearted and
humorous, the 21-year-old
primary education major said.
But another group stood
outside protesting the event,
including Richard Buma, an
18-year-old Western Nevada
College student. Buma held his
Obama sign high.
Buma said he heard part of
Palins speech and called it total
crap.
Theyre telling lies, said the
political science and international
affairs major. Theyre just using
words to capture people based
on emotions. Its important for
people to know the facts.
Jessica Estepa and Jessica Fry-
man can be reached at editor@
nevadasagebrush.com.
Palin makes rst Nevada speech
Gov. Sarah Palin visits Carson City Saturday afternoon, marking her rst solo campaign stop as Republican vice presidential candidate.
To hear Republican vice
presidential hopeful Sarah
Palins speech or to see more
pictures from the event, visit

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By Jennie Lindquist
The University of Nevada,
Reno recently renewed its mem-
bership with the Association for
the Advancement of Sustain-
ability in Higher Education.
AASHE is an international
program aimed at the promo-
tion of sustainability on college
campuses. Since UNR joined in
2006, AASHE has been providing
research for campus sustain-
ability, or conserving natural
resources, and environmental
organizations such as the Acad-
emy for the Environment and
the Environmental Action Team
(EnAcT).
AASHE gives our campus all
different sources for research
and linking up with other in-
stitutions to see what they are
doing, said Amber Gallop, an
administrative assistant at the
Academy for the Environment,
said. I think this shows we are
really committed.
The program offers environ-
mental and sustainability groups
on campus access to workshops,
conferences and a resource
program that will help them im-
prove student life on campus.
Our role is to empower uni-
versities to attain their sustain-
ability goals, AASHE associate
director Julian Dautremont-
Smith said.
Gallop went on to say that stu-
dents would not affect students
until the plans made with the help
of the AASHE are implemented.
However, students arent
limited to just the effects of
AASHE at UNR. AASHE gives
students of member schools,
verified through their school
e-mail addresses access to
Web pages providing stu-
dents with information on
sustainability-based graduate
programs as well as places to
help students initiate sustain-
ability programs.
Students have a big role to play
in supporting AASHE on cam-
puses, Dautremont-Smith said.
The AASHE annual member-
ship fee for UNR is $1,500. The
Academy for the Environment
paid the fee this year, said John
Sagebiel, environmental affairs
manger at UNR.
My job is to support what
students want to happen, said
Jen Huntleysmith, associate
director for academics and out-
reach for the Academy for the
Environment. I let the students
take the lead.
For more information about
the Academy for the Environ-
ment, sustainability programs
or AASHE, contact the Acad-
emy for the Environment at
775-784-8682.
Jennie Lindquist can be reached
at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
Sustainable association supports clubs
Student brings UNR
National Merit status
FACES OF NEVADA
Kathleen Phelan is one of 17 National Merit Scholars at the University of Nevada, Reno. Phelan and the
other students helped the university achieve National Merit status, which helps recruitment numbers.
The psychology and philosophy double major said she hopes to become a law professor.
By Casey Durkin
With the smell of freshly
cut grass and brewed coffee,
people sprinted past the start-
ing line of the seventh annual
Blow the Whistle on Asthma
Walk Sunday morning.
About 500 volunteers,
parents and children went to
Damonte Ranch High School
to run in support of nding
a cure for asthma, a disease
that many people suffer from
including some of the partici-
pants.
According to the American
Lung Association 192,155
Nevadans suffer from the life-
long disease.
Eighty-percent of the
money raised at the event will
go to the local chapter of the
American Lung Association.
The rest of the money will go
to the national fund.
Mayor Bob Cashell, who at-
tended the event, suffers from
this disease too.
Asthmas a
real problem
out here and
especially with
the sagebrush,
Cashell said. Its
great people turn
out to support the
program because
there is a cure.
Since moving here,
I found that there
are better things
and I live my life a
lot better.
The American Lung Asso-
ciation sponsors the event in
hopes to prevent and cure the
disease.
Members from Beta Alpha
Psi also helped out alongside
organizers.
Ryan Otte, president of Beta
Alpha Psi, who has asthma,
supported the event and repre-
sented his fraternity by handing
out water and timing the runs.
We have worked with the
lung association for a while
now so we are just continuing
that and having our members
come out and help out the
community as much as we
can, Otte said.
Casey Durkin can be reached at
cdurkin@nevadasagebrush.com.
Students
help at
Asthma
walk
PHILANTHROPY
Beta Alpha Psi
volunteers for
American Lung
Association event
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Weekly Update
SEPTEMBER 8
A university employee
reported being struck by
a car as she attempted to
cross at Ninth and Cen-
ter streets. The employee
was treated for minor
injuries and released.
SEPTEMBER 7
A university student
reported that his vehicle
had been broken into
and property stolen
from inside while parked
behind Peccole Park.
A university student
reported a re in his
vehicle while parked
at the Sigma Nu house
on Ralston Street. The
Reno Fire Department
will investigate the
cause of the blaze.
A grossly intoxicated
male was taken into
civil protective custody
at North Virginia and
Fifteenth streets.
A university student was
cited for minor in pos-
session/consumption
of alcohol in the quad.
An intoxicated
student was cited for
MIPC in Nye Hall.
A grossly intoxicated
male was taken into civil
protective custody at
Tenth and Angel streets.
Two intoxicated students
were cited for MIPC
in Canada Hall.
POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS
THE GUIDE
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKEND
Partly cloudy,
S-SW wind
5-10mph
High clouds
and windy,
S-SW wind
5-10 mph
High clouds,
slight chance of a
shower, breezy
Clearing and
lighter
winds
WEATHER FORECAST
Morning campus
temperature:
Afternoon campus
temperature:
Forecast condence
level*:
64 59 56 57
85 81 78 79
Lows: 42-46
Highs: 81-85
*Forecast confidence is based on the ensemble forecast model solution spread: Green is high confidence and red is low confidence in a good forecast verification.
Forecast prepared by
the Reno-Lake Tahoe
student chapter of the
American Meteorological
Society. For more
information visit their
website at http://www.
ametsoc.org/chapters/
renotahoe/

Warm and
breezy,
10% chance of
evening showers
The price of an organic diet
PHOTOSBYSCOTTBARNETT/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Tayler Wooten, a Whole Foods Market employee, stocks organic cherry tomatoes. Whole Foods Market, located on 6139 S.
Virginia St., is one of several local grocery stores that specializes in organically-grown foods.
Experts say eating organic fruits and vegetables is the
easiest way to start an organic diet.
With all the hype about organic food, its hard to know whats true
and whats not. Organic produce is grown without chemicals, fertilizers,
pesticides or herbicides. For meat, livestock must eat organically-grown
feed and be without growth hormones. Some say this diet is healthier, while
others say that cant yet be proven.
For students with small amounts of time and even smaller amounts of
money, going organic can be tough. It can be done with a little know-how of
what food to buy and where to shop.
What do the labels mean?
100 percent: Must be made entirely of organically-produced ingredients.
Organic: Must be made with at least 95 percent organically-produced
ingredients; cant contain sultes, or chemicals containing sulfur.
Made with organic ingredients: Must be made with at least 70 per-
cent organic ingredients; cant contain sultes.
Product contains some organic ingredients: May contain any amount
less than 70 percent of organic ingredients.
Average prices from Trader Joes, Whole Foods and Save Mart
Gala Apples Organic: $1.49 per pound, Conventional: $1.35 per
pound
Russet Potatoes Organic: 79 cents per pound, Conventional: 59
cents per pound
Milk Organic: $6 per gallon, Conventional: $2.95 per gallon
Ground French Roast Coffee Organic: $6.99 per pound, Conven-
tional: $5.99 per pound
How to nd cheap organic food
There are a few ways that students can get most of the benets of or-
ganic food without spending too much money. The best way is to switch to organic produce, said Jolyn Wirshing, a dietician
at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Most of the chemicals in our diets come from four main fruits and vegetables: strawberries, spinach, potatoes and apples,
Wirshing said.
Wirshing also suggested students shop at farmers markets and several stores to nd the cheapest prices.
Benets
The number one reason people start eating organic is to decrease the amount of chemicals in their food, Wirshing said.
While initial studies showed that small amounts of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers used in growing most produce is safe,
recent ndings show much higher concentrations of these chemicals in the American diet than originally thought, Wirshing said.
The best way to reduce these chemicals is to replace fresh fruits and vegetables with organically grown ones.
Eating more fruits and vegetables are more important to most people than eating organic food, Wirshing said.
Drawbacks
People can expect to pay an average of 50 to 100 percent more for organic produce, according to Consumer Reports.
As far as the drawbacks to going organic, I would say the biggest one is price, Wirshing said. Organic produce is just
more expensive.
These higher costs are often attributed to the fact that growing food organically poses challenges not encountered by con-
ventional farmers.
Youre managing an entire system to prevent outbreaks, but without some of the tools conventional farmers have, said
Steve Marty, an agriculturist for the Nevada Department of Agriculture. Its denitely a difcult thing to do.
Another drawback is the issue of lower product yields per acre due to the difculties of organic farming.
That argument has been put forward, but recent studies have shown it to be increasingly less true, said Catherine
Greene, an agricultural economist for the United States Department of Agriculture.
Multiple universities around the country are conducting studies that look at various organic farms and compare them with
conventional farms growing the same crops in similar areas. The studies have found that product yields per acre are similar
in both farming types, Greene said.
Jay Balagna, jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com
UNR CAMPUS WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: This week we will be impacted by several cut-off lows, the rst
coming in Tuesday night and the next on Thursday night. The lows will bring in some gusty winds, high clouds and
some showers. Forecast condence is low due to the uncertainty of the strength and timing of the two systems.
Budget cut discussion
set for students
A town hall meeting will be held con-
cerning potential budget cuts from 6 to
8 p.m. Tuesday in the Great Room of the
Joe Crowley Student Union.
The potential budget cuts are esti-
mated to be as large as 14 percent of
the universitys budget. Student body
president Eli Reilly will update students
on the status of the budget cuts and lead
discussion about possible solutions.
Help STAND against
international genocide
The University of Nevada, Renos
chapter of STAND: A Student Anti-
Genocide Coalition will host a Spa-
ghetti STAND from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday in Hilliard Plaza. The event
costs $3 for students and $4 for general
admission with proceeds going to the
Genocide Intervention Network.
We denitely want people to show
up and get informed about whats hap-
pening in Darfur, Carolina Chacon,
STAND spokesperson, said.
The Genocide Intervention Network,
the organization beneting from the
event, supports victims and tries to
end genocide and near-genocidal
events around the globe.
For more information, contact Cha-
con at 702-810-7155.
Alphie competes in
college mascot contest
mascot, Alphie, is competing in the
Capital One Write-In Voting Contest.
The contest is for college mascots that
were not selected for the competition
to be on the 2008 Capital One All-
American Mascot Team.
Students can vote for Alphie at www.
capitalonebowl.com.
Voters must then click Vote and
vote in the six match-ups in the
competition for the 2008 team. After
voting in these match-ups, voters will
automatically be redirected to the vot-
ing for the write-in contest.
The winner of the write-in contest
will earn $1000 for their mascot
program and a chance at making the
competition for the 2009 All-American
Mascot Team. The contest runs through
Dec. 15.
For more information, contact Mark
Ubando at 775-544-1095.
Grad school fair to
provide information
The Career Development Depart-
ment will host the 10th annual Profes-
sional and Graduate School Fair from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the Joe
Crowley Student Union Ballroom.
More than 65 professional and gradu-
ate schools will have booths set up at
the event, providing information on
the programs their schools offer. Guid-
ance on steps students must take to be
admitted and how younger students
can prepare will also be available.
Graduating seniors as well as
younger students who are thinking
about a post-baccalaureate degree are
encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact Patri-
cia Wilson at 775-784-4678.
Constitutional debate
set to spark ideas
chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, a national,
nonpartisan Political Science Honor
Society, will host a student panel
discussing constitutional change.
The event will take place from 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the
Joe Crowley Student Union Theater.
A pre-chosen panel will run the
discussion with moderators allowing
attendees to submit questions and
comments throughout the event.
We will be discussing current issues
in the news, including student speech
rights, second amendment rights,
reproductive rights and bioethical
issues, Chris Simon, a political sci-
ence professor helping to organize the
event, said.
For more information on the event,
contact Katy Schleef at 775-784-4710.
Sagebrush nominated
for Pacemaker award
The Nevada Sagebrush has been
nominated for the Pacemaker, a top
honor in college journalism, by the
Associated Collegiate Press. The Sage-
brush is in the Four-year Non-daily
Newspaper division.
Other newspapers nominated in the
category include The Orion at California
State University, Chico; The GW Hatchet
at George Washington University; and
The Ithacan at Ithaca College.
To be nominated, the Sagebrush
sent in editions of its paper from the
2007-08 school year. Awards will be
anounced at the ACP Conference in
Kansas City, Mo. next month. The
Sagebrushs Web site is also nominated
for an online Pacemaker.
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By Devin Sizemore
Civil war, 90 days of walking,
friends and family dying and
trying to survive in America are
all things that lost boy Daniel
Ayuen has faced in his life. To
tell his story and prevent his
people from experiencing the
same challenges that he did
Ayuen speaks about donating
money to Sudan and waking up
to the reality of civil war.
All the time, I just hope that
God helps to pass me through
these difcult times, Ayuen
said.
Reno and the Northern Nevada
International Center put on
A Night of Sudan at the Joe
Crowley Student Union Sept.
10. About 150 people attended
the event, which was the rst
of the Associated Students
of the University of Nevadas
Nevada Speaker Series. The
event also included a traveling
exhibit, a documentary and a
question-and-answer session
with Ayuen.
I think by learning a very per-
sonal story students will be able
to gain a better understanding
of civil war, said Carina Black,
executive director of Northern
Nevada International Center.
Showing up at 6 p.m., at-
tendees made their way to
the back of the ballroom and
viewed the Smithsonian travel-
ing exhibit, Sudan: the Land
and the People. The exhibits
photos, all by Michael Freeman,
portrayed life in Africa, showing
cotton farming, schooling and
the barren land.
Viewers took their seats and
watched the documentary
Lost Boys of Sudan around 7
p.m. The documentary follows
a group of lost boys from their
homes in Africa to life in Amer-
ica and shows the struggles
they had to go through in get-
ting jobs, going to school and
getting drivers licenses.
It was a very sad story, said
Sarah Bonney, an international
affairs major. We take so many
things for granted, especially
our families.
The documentary shows
how the lost boys worked to
send money back home or get
an education that could be
used to benefit their people,
but often struggled in paying
their bills.
I thought [the lost boys]
might get more help, said
Sierra Kelly, TMCC anthropol-
ogy major. They came over
and were just sort of dropped
off.
Ayuen has an associates
degree in economics and says
that this degree is important
because economics is the back-
bone of all growth. He said he
hopes to use his knowledge to
help get his country essentials
of life, such as, schooling, new
buildings and a higher standard
of living.
If I benet, my people will
benet too, Ayuen said.
After the documentary, stu-
dents were able to ask Ayuen
questions about his experi-
ences. Ayuen stressed the
importance of donating money
to the Lost Boys Foundation,
which can be accessed at
lostboys.com. The lost boys
will take the money from the
foundation and use it in fund-
ing the building of schools and
for other essential needs in
Sudan, Ayuen said.
Devin Sizemore can be reached
at editor@nevadasagebrush.com.
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Daniel Ayuen, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan who was present
when the civil war broke out, speaks during an event in the Joe
Crowley Student Union Wednesday night.
Farm
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1
for the University of Nevada,
Reno in order to improve the
environment and food quality
of the entire campus. More than
120 universities have similar
farms on campus, according to
the Community Foods Security
Coalition.
Local Harvest, a company that
compiles a national database of
food markets, is nding more
and more local food vendors
every year. In 2000, the company
recorded 428 Community Sup-
ported Agriculture groups that
sell food locally. Last week, the
company had tabs on 2,144 CSAs.
Erin Barnett, director of Local
Harvest, said the numbers are
partly due to having more time
to nd the groups. There are also
more organizations nationwide,
she said.
I think people are develop-
ing more of a taste and an
awareness around local food,
Barnett said. Peoples minds get
engaged when they hear about
how buying local supports the
local economy, but then I think
people change their behavior
because the food is fresher and
tastes better.
Growing food locally reduces
fossil fuels used to transport
food across the country. By culti-
vating the land, the soil nutrients
improve rather than deteriorate,
preserving Nevadas agriculture
area, Melrose said.
THE STUDENT FARM
Completing their mission is an
ongoing process for EnAcT, requir-
ing hard work, time and money.
The students had a lot stacked
against them, said Leslie Allen,
farm advisor and commercial
horticulture program coordi-
nator for UNRs Cooperative
Extension. Its been really labor
intensive.
Melrose and a few other stu-
dents formed EnAcT in January.
In May, club members secured
a two-year access on three-
fourths of an acre of land, which
is overseen by the Nevada Agri-
culture Experiment Station. The
cooperative extensions master
gardners program gave the club
access to greenhouse space and
other resources, like seeds, to
help get the farm started. The
Academy for the Environment
donated about $3,500 to the
project.
Because the farmland had
already been promised to rodeo-
goers for Junes Reno rodeo
parking lot, students couldnt
cultivate the area or build plant-
ing beds until July, losing two
months of the growing season.
The land, which hadnt been
cultivated in ve years, was full
of large rocks and gravel.
Now that produce, including
tomatoes, corn, beets, radishes
and more, have started to grow,
EnAcT keeps busy harvesting
and fending off rabbits, insects
and deer.
Some days, the group harvests
30 to 40 squash, which grow
among prickly leaves.
The rst thing I do when
I get home is wash my hands
and it just stings, said Melrose,
22-year-old political science and
environmental studies major.
Once after planting 70 zinnias,
the group found a trampled bed
with one ower remaining the
next day. After talking to other
farming groups, EnAcT con-
cluded a deer caused the mess.
The group placed a cover, held
down by rocks they dug out of
the ground, to keep rabbits from
nibbling on leaves.
Aside from general farming
procedures and maintenance,
EnAcT uses organic methods,
like planting cover crops for
sustainable farming and using
benecial insects instead of pes-
ticides. However, it takes years to
have all the steps to be certied
by the Nevada Organic Council,
Melrose said.
She said time is also a factor
in supplying food to the entire
campus, estimating that it could
take at least ve years. Melrose
said the group hopes to start
gradually, for example, provid-
ing fruit to the Downunder Caf
as their products are available.
I hope that (were) able to see
a higher quality of food available
on campus, she said.
THE PUSH BEHIND THE
NATIONAL TREND
Quality is a major proponent
in the growing trend of local food
sources across the nation.
You know where the food
comes from, so if you are con-
cerned about food safety its a
shorter route back to the source,
Barnett from Local Harvest
said. There is a big difference
between strawberries you buy
locally in season and those that
are shipped in from somewhere
else. There is no comparison.
One tastes like a real strawberry
and the other tastes like it tried
to be a strawberry but was on a
truck for two weeks.
The taste difference is relative
to the distance the food has to
travel, said Pauline Hamilton, a
founding member of the Great
Basin Basket, a Reno group that
promotes local production.
As soon as you cut your fruit,
it starts to die, Hamilton said.
The more time goes by, the less
vitality it has. When we go to the
supermarket, we eat stuff that
is not alive. Its been dead for
awhile.
Aside from taste, local food mar-
kets support the local economy,
Hamilton and Barnett said.
Money spent at farmers mar-
kets and other community food
vendors goes back to farmers
and is circulated back into the
local economy when farmers
spend their money at the local
seed shop and other neighbor-
hood stores.
Prices for local food markets
vary greatly, so its hard to com-
pare products with supermarket
costs, Barnett said.
Aside from the benets, some
could argue against purchasing
food from community vendors
because produce is only avail-
able on a seasonal basis.
It sort of limits some of your
choices, she said. In my mind,
thats ne. Im not entitled to
have every single type of pro-
duce every week of the year to
have happy living.
Despite the difcult produc-
tion tasks, local food markets
are proving to benet both com-
munities and the environment,
according to Hamilton.
At UNR, Melrose said she wants
to be part of that movement.
Food is frequently produced
far away from Reno, she said.
We thought it would be re-
ally great if we raised awareness
about local food. I hope this be-
comes a constant on campus.
Jessica Fryman can be reached at
jfryman@nevadasagebrush.com.
Rankings
in seven categories, with each
category counting for a per-
centage of the schools total
score.
These categories are peer
assessment, worth 25 percent
of the overall score; student
selectivity, worth 15 percent;
faculty resources, worth 20
percent; graduation and re-
tention rate, worth 20 percent;
financial resources, worth 10
percent; and alumni giving,
worth 5 percent.
This ranking system is highly
controversial, according to
Glick.
Unfortunately, one of the
major categories is peer as-
sessment which amounts to
reputation, Glick said. You
have university presidents
and provosts from around the
country who may have never
been to your school judging
it only on how well its known
and what they may have heard.
Having said that, do they have
some legitimacy? Yes.
There are alternatives that
attempt to offer the same
types of information as the
U.S. News and World Review
rankings, but do not assign a
specific ranking to schools.
One of these systems is the
Volunteer System of Account-
ability, Wood said.
Glick said the university
should always be looking to
improve itself and the rank-
ings are a way improvement is
measured.
Improvement is a slow
process, described by Glick
as possibly taking up to a
decade.
One important step to rais-
ing UNR in the rankings is to
improve both student reten-
tion and graduation rates,
both areas that the university
is already working towards,
said Jane Tors, the Executive
Director of Public Relations
for the university.
Glick said UNR should al-
ways strive to be better.
We can and should improve
these criteria, not because of
U.S. News, but because its the
right thing to do, Glick said.
The driving force is because
its the right thing to do for
the students of the state, but
when we do these things, the
rankings will go up.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.
com.
A few local food sources
Great Basin Community
Food Co-op, 271 Wonder St.,
775-324-6133
Reno Farmers Market, vari-
ous locations, 775-746-5024
Hometown Farmers
Market, Victorian Square in
Sparks, 775-353-2291
Park Lane Indoor Farm-
ers Market, 310 E. Park Lane,
775-351-2551
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EnAcT club members Mattie Melrose, Chase Kaiser and Delia Martinez maintain the student-run farm. The group installed the irrigation system,
built plant beds and continuously harvests the produce.
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a T-shirt and a hotel room.
Flights
$134 for a Southwest Airlines
round-trip ticket.
$240 for a United Airlines
round-trip ticket.
$350 for an American Air-
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Hotels
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Best Value Inn-Lakemead, 4.5
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STAFF EDITORIAL I GOING GREEN
Red-headed
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Getchell fed up
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CAMPUSCHAT
FITNESS GURU
Freshmen 15 strikes all
unprepared class standings
C
ollege has just
started, and youve
nally begun the next
exciting phase of your
life. With roughly 12 hours of
class time a week for a full-
course load, this leaves a lot of
time outside of class that needs
to be managed. Studying will
certainly take up a good part of
the day, as will that job you just
picked got. Also, with the col-
lege social scene buzzing, youll
denitely
want to go to
some parties
and football
games.
But with
this new scene
comes new
stresses and
one of the rst
sacrices a
student tends
to make
under these
circumstances is their focus on
their physical tness. As a result,
many students, whether they
are freshman or not, experience
a dreaded weight gain, often
referred to as the Freshman 15,
due to their inactivity and decline
in the quality of their diet.
It is extremely easy to lose
focus on our tness with
everything else going on.
And when we realize that we
need to do something to get
back in shape, it is easy to feel
overwhelmed. Here are a few
quick tips to help you avoid
the Freshman 15, or lose it if
youve already put it on:
First of all, replace rened
sugars with natural sugars.
Rened sugars are actually
not as sweet as natural sugars.
This means it takes more
rened sugars to satisfy a sweet
tooth. With a gram of rened
or natural sugar yielding four
calories, going with natural
sugars will help you decrease
your intake of empty calories.
So go with a piece of fruit
instead of that candy bar. Not
only does that piece of fruit have
less calories, but it also has a
good supply of dietary ber that
will better satisfy your hunger.
Next, you should eat at least
ve times a day. With most of our
busy schedules, this might seem
to be one of the most intimidating
tips to follow. However, its not as
difcult as it seems. Most teach-
ers are OK with students eating
in class, so keep a healthy snack
with you at all times. Try bringing
a bag of fruit and vegetables or
maybe some mixed nuts.
If we go more than a few hours
during the day without eating,
our body goes into what we refer
to as starvation mode. Your body
starts preparing to go awhile
without food, and will then hold
on to as many calories as it can
instead of burning them. By
eating small, frequent meals,
your body will continually burn
calories, which will in turn help
you keep weight off, or even lose a
few pounds.
Lastly, try to stay active. After
high school, its easy to get out of
the habit of staying active since
most of us arent playing sports
competitively in college. However,
it is imperative that we exercise.
Exercise will not only help us
keep the weight off, but it will also
reduce the stress of college life.
There are plenty of options
available to stay t. A year-long
pass to Lombardi breaks down
to less than $15 a month. There
are plenty of great options
around the community as well.
We all are busy, but I am thor-
oughly convinced that tness
is a driving force to success. If
you make time for your tness, I
guarantee that you will see other
aspects of your life blossom as a
result. So get out and get t.
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P
oor Getchell Library.
Once the premiere spot to see and be seen on
campus, now sadly she sits empty, deserted
alone.
Once the late night, study-session-packed library where
that cute classmate was always within eye shot, her lights
are now off and the buzz of chatting is long gone.
Once the best spot to get some sun out on the steps
(weather permitting), her front stairs are now main-
stream thoroughfares for students making their way to
none other than the ominous and slightly pretentious-
sounding Knowledge Center.
So whats a passed-over library to do to compete with
robots retrieving books and a fancy schmancy @One
computer lab?
Makeover. If its worked for Joan
Rivers so many times, I think Getchell
could endure just one quick face-lift.
And I have a few suggestions to
bring that old girl Getch feeling like
she did in her heyday, 1960s self.
For starters, we need some type of
before/after/during class stereotypical
burger joint, a la Saved by the Bells
The Max. I think during these times
of political misunderstandings and
cultural divides, we could use the
comforting guidance from a burger
shop owner/therapist who has nothing
better to do than to cure all ails with fries and a shake.
Somewhere downstairs where all the decrepit books
were led away, we should start growing our own
organic food. Organic, its so hot right now.
Of course, no post-library makeover would be
complete without an American Gladiator arena. I would
pay good money to see President Glick and Joe Crowley
battle obstacles to the top of that Nerf-like mountain.
For the romantically challenged, which is 99.9 per-
cent of the student population here at the University of
Nevada, Reno, myself included, fear not, a speed dating
center will answer all dating woes because lets face it,
checking each other out was the predominant form of
studying going on in that library anyway.
And voila! I introduce you to the new-and-improved
Getchell, making a remarkable comeback without the
nasty criminal and drug record that Robert Downey, Jr.
has to deal with now.
After feeling rather proud of myself and exchanging a few
high ves with Getch, thats when someone told me that
$16 million still needs to be cut from the school budget.
My jaw dropped. Getchell sighed, accepting her fate
to remain an empty has-been building.
What about all the good times weve had, UNR?
Getchell asked.
But good times dont stand a chance in the face of
budget cuts that have threatened the likes of the march-
ing band, the removal of entire major programs and the
implementation of charging for tutoring services.
But hey, at least we got two new buildings out of it
and we can still pay for another schools band to be
own in to play at our football games, right?
I mean, at the very least, perhaps those Davidson kids
have soon-to-be Picasso and Renoir pre-school siblings
that are exceptionally talented and gifted in the ways of
nger painting. I bet they would be interested in opening a
school at Getchell.
Until then, Getch, I suppose thats just how the
banana peels . Its not you. Its us.
Krystal Bick is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush.
She can be reached at kbick@nevadasagebrush.com.
T
he culture shift toward
sustainability earned
a few more victories
at the University of
Nevada, Reno this year.
There is Residential Life,
Housing and Food Services
nudge for students to tote away
their Downunder Caf pur-
chases in reusable nylon bags.
ResLife even provided them.
If students would rather use
the paper bags, they face a
small charge. Not enough to
warrant any blasphemies but
enough to guide the students
in the right direction.
Really, the only shaming
involved in this change is that
more places, larger places,
havent adopted similar policies.
There is some debate as
to whether recycling is really
better for the environment
as compared to just trashing
things. But ResLifes shift
circumvents that because there
is no need to produce, trash or
recycle items that arent used.
Meanwhile, a group of
students started a local farm
that is organic in all but name.
They mostly grow carrots,
beets, lettuce, tomatoes, corn,
radishes and squash right
now but hope to eventually
produce enough to feed the
entire the university.
It is still a edgling effort but
an admirable one. Their farm,
which runs on donations right
now, doesnt use pesticides and
consumes less gasoline in get-
ting the food on our plates. It
highlights some of the benets
of locally grown food and the
students deserve applause
for their efforts in starting the
movement at UNR.
Locally grown food, while
cutting down on gasoline con-
sumption, is fresher because it
travels less. Buying locally grown
food also puts your money
back into the local economy.
Then there are the benets to
the land itself the plants help
keep nutrients in the soil and
replenishes lost nutrients.
But these initiatives, while
worthy of applause, do not
signal a totally sustainable
culture at UNR. They merely
show the shift is happening.
Students who dont want
to use paper bags should
extend that refusal to things
like Styrofoam containers and
cups. Businesses can help
in this push. Kva Juice, for
example, gives a discount if
students use their reusable
plastic cups.
For energy, the group
Students and Educators for En-
vironmental Development and
Sustainability has long been
pushing for UNR to put solar
panels up around campus.
One of the groups current
projects is getting these panels
installed on top of the Joe
Crowley Student Union.
All of these proposals
and policies are steps in the
right direction for UNR and
the environment. It would
be a shame for any of these
initiatives to lose steam due to
lack of support.
I plan on going
to Lake Tahoe
and maybe get
a tan while its
nice and sunny
outside.
Julia Brooker
17, business
management
I love walking
around down-
town at night,
and when it gets
cold, it sucks.
Randy Pares
19, biochemistry
I would like to
go oat down
the Truckee
River. I havent
done it before.
Fregenet Mesn
19, biology
Rock climb-
ing!
Travis Brewer
18, political
science
Krystal
Bick
Rost
Olsen
WEB
NOTES
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
STORY: ASUN
VIOLATES MEETING
LAW
On Sept. 9, 1:45 p.m., Den-
nis Myers, news editor at
the Reno News and Review
wrote:
Editor, Sagebrush:
Its good to know that even
fledgling politicians have an
instinct for the common ex-
cuses used in getting around
the Nevada open meeting
law. For as long as I can
remember, adult politicians
have been claiming that
theres a difference between
meetings at which votes
and taken and those where
no votes are taken. Now I
see (ASUN violates meet-
ing law, Sagebrush, Sept.
9) that student government
Speaker Priscilla Acosta is
characterized as saying she
knew she didnt post the
agenda in enough locations,
but held the meeting anyway
because the senate was not
considering any legislation.
The open meeting law ap-
plies with equal force to all
meetings, whether action
is planned or not. Indeed,
sometimes the meetings
where there is only discus-
sion are the most important
because thats where a
governing bodys consensus
is often formed and public
comment can be essential to
that process.
If there was a pressing mat-
ter or an issue we had to vote
on, I would have cancelled
the meeting, Ms. Acosta
said, according to the Brush
account. Sorry, but officials
dont get to make the call
on what is a pressing issue,
nor does the law recognize
degrees of urgency of meet-
ings.
At the same time, it was
a mistake for Sagebrush
to have stated flatly that
student government broke
the Nevada open meeting
law... That is a finding only
a court can make. A judge
might well have ruled that
Ms. Acosta, without a previ-
ous history of open meet-
ing violations, had made a
good faith effort that, in the
absence of the now-closed
Getchell library posting site,
satisfied the laws require-
ments.
STORY: WHY ARE
ROOMS STILL EMPTY
AT THE JOE?
On Sept. 10, 8:45 a.m., WL
wrote:
Why did Baja Fresh back out
earlier is what I am wondering
about, what a great addition
that could have been.
COLUMN: STUDENTS
FALSELY FEAR PALIN
AND CREATIONISM
On Sept. 9, 6:03 p.m., You
should check facts wrote:
Next time you write a blog
informing college students
they are wrong for not agree-
ing with teaching creation-
ism in schools, you should
check your facts.
Evolution is, in fact, taught
as a theory in high schools
where teaching anything but
creationism is allowed in
their respective state.
I was taught in my sophomore
biology class that creationism
is the divine way and evolu-
tion is merely a theory.
I really hope you arent in the
journalism school. Cause
whoever you had for JOUR
102 would be ashamed.
perspectives SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 A7
CULTURE SHOCK
Japanese students explore personal
expression through creative fashion
P
eople experience culture shock
when they visit other countries for
the rst time. I should know Im
experiencing it right now.
I arrived in the United States from Japan
at the beginning of June. This is my rst
time in the United States and therefore
everything catches my eyes as new and
surprising. I was shocked when I saw the
huge frozen foods aisle at a Wal-Mart
and puzzled by all the soda fountains in
convenience stores. Im enjoying it all with
excitement and a little nervousness, of
course.
The biggest surprise Ive had so far
though is how many students at the
University of Nevada, Reno wear T-shirts
with school logos on them. It strikes me
as odd because I have never seen college
students in Japan wear school T-shirts as
daily apparel.
While many people may shrug this off
at rst, I have come to nd this is a big
cultural difference between America and
Japan.
American fashion is more simple and
perhaps more comfort-oriented when
compared to Japanese fashion. For the
most part, Americans put on jeans or
sweatpants and T-shirts, whereas Japanese
people are more attentive to their fashion.
While Americans are not necessarily less
fashionable, Japanese
fashion is generally
more innovative on a
consistent daily basis.
To put it another way,
we wouldnt just put on
sweatpants if were late
for class. We just were
not raised to do that.
The point of Japanese
fashion is to harmonize
the total style. It means
you have to think about
the color and the shape
of the clothes when
you coordinate them. If you want to go
even further, you need to care about your
footwear, bags and hairstyles to create your
own style. Japanese fashion is full of variety
and creativity.
I believe these differences in fashion
are a direct correlation between our two
countrys differing senses of the individual.
Generally speaking, the United States is an
individual-oriented society, while Japan is a
group-oriented society. Japanese people try
to act in cohesive units and strive to express
the same opinion as others. It is important
for us to harmonize with others.
Therefore, Japanese students have dif-
culties studying with American students
in the same class environment at rst. It is
difcult for us to speak our own minds and
opinions in front of many students because
we were not taught to do so when we were
growing up.
In regards to fashion, we rarely show
patriotism or afliation with a school like
Americans do. We have an inherent pride in
our country and institutions we are a part of,
and we do not feel the need to express it visibly
on our T-shirts. Therefore, it is surprising to us
that Americans put their right hands on their
chests when they sing the national anthem,
wear school or American pride T-shirts.
Instead, we distinguish ourselves from
others through our fashion. Take Harajuku
in Tokyo, for example, which is one of the
most famous fashion capitals in the world.
Various kinds of shops gather there, from
secondhand clothes stores to famous brand
shops, to create a melting pot of extreme
fashion statements to stand out among the
small and crowded place. You would be
utterly surprised by the range of fashion
there because it is very unique and quite
different from anywhere else in the world.
Perhaps Japanese people are poor at
expressing themselves through words, but
we make up for it through our fashion.
Seiko Kamikariya is a columnist for The
Nevada Sagebrush. She can be reached at
Seiko
Kamikariya
FINANCIAL ADVICE
O
ne of the most important economic events of the last
100 years has just happened. Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac are now under the control of our government.
What does this mean? Lets break down the entire
situation to get a better look at what happened and where we go
from here.
Fannie Mae is a nickname for the Federal National Mortgage
Association and Freddie Mac is short for Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Before the
weekend, both Fannie and Freddie were private
companies that sold shares to investors, just like
any other publicly-traded corporation such as
Wal-Mart. The way these two companies make
money is to buy loans from banks and package
them into a pool of loans.
What does this mean? The typical home
loan that the average person like John Smith
gets at his local bank is often sold to one of
these entities. While John still receives monthly
statements from his bank, the loan is actually
sold to either Fannie or Freddie. John has no
clue and it does not affect his monthly routines.
He continues to write his mortgage payment to his local bank. He is
one of millions of loans that enter these new pools of loans created
by the rms.
These pools of loans are then packaged and sold to investors,
who collect returns based on interest payments as well as
principal payments on mortgages. According to most recent
estimations, the two companies own or guarantee payments on
over $5.4 trillion in mortgages. This sum represents roughly half
of all the mortgages in the United States.
The past 18 months we have all seen the housing market
struggle. Home prices are down, inventories are up and
foreclosure is now a word that everyone knows. With the ever-
increasing foreclosure problems, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
have begun to have extreme liquidity issues. The two rms have
lost a combined $12 billion since last summer alone.
After days of speculation, the federal government took over the two
companies on Sept. 7. In addition to removing the two CEOs, the
government has pledged up to $200 billion to help back these two
entities. Strict parameters have been set up with the idea that by 2010,
the two entities will begin to lighten up their mortgage lending by as
much as 10 percent a year, eventually settling at $250 billion each.
So now we know what the two companies are and what has
happened. The next question is what the future holds, both in
the short and long term for not only Fannie and Freddie, but for
the housing market and our economy as well.
In the short term, we can expect mortgage rates to fall. In fact,
it only took three days for the average 30-year xed-rate loan to
drop roughly 0.4 percent to 5.79 percent. These mortgage rates
will save new borrowers more than $400 in interest payments per
year for every $100,000 in loans.
The goal of the government takeover is to bring long-term
stability to the housing market and the lowering of rates will
make obtaining mortgages easier. There are still strict hurdles an
individual must overcome to secure home nancing, which is
something I will continue with next time.
Geoff Zahler is a columnist for The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be
reached at gzahler@nevadasagebrush.com.
Geoff
Zahler
HEALTH TALK
Liver questions your last weekend
D
ear College Student,
Its me, Liver. I was recently
talking with Kidney and some of
the other guys and there are a few
things I want to run by you.
First of all, thanks for keeping up the
regular exercise. Brain
wont stop talking about
those endorphins (as
youre probably aware)
and Lungs and Heart
are completely elated
when youre ring on all
cylinders on the treadmill
and in the lap pool. In the
long run, the improved
blood ow makes all of us
organs happier.
Kidney, on the other
hand, is pissed. He
says you need to stop
mega-dosing on protein.
In between the whey shakes, the copious
amounts of chicken and tuna and the
pre-bedtime snack, youre giving Kidney a
workout he might not be able to handle in
a few years. We can only handle so much
protein at one time down here, you know?
Kidney is busy enough trying to keep
your blood volume levels, blood pH and ion
concentrations in check, which was a little
hard after all those Jager shots you took earlier.
On a lighter note, Heart was ecstatic after
you joined that intramural soccer team.
He had only one complaint. I think it was
something about an Awful Awful burger
one night and some pesky low-density
lipoproteins (LDLs) moving in.
But ever since youve been off those
antibiotics and eating oatmeal every morn-
ing, Colons convinced hes the healthiest
hes ever been. But if you ask me, I think
hes full of shit.
Oh, and all these lively white blood cells that
work hard for your immune system running
around here have quite the bone to pick with
you about this game you call beer pong.
Apparently, all hell breaks loose with
these cells when you drink this bacteria-
riddled beer. Though theyve mentioned
theyre building up quite the collection of
memory cells, chances are youre going to
eventually catch something from this game.
If youre lucky, it might be something minor
like strep throat. Just a heads-up, though,
theyve been seeing some microbes known
to you as the clap which were trying to
settle in your mouth and throat area as
well. Howd that get into your beer anyway?
Lastly, I dont mind cleaning up shop around
here after a few drinks, I can handle that. Just
make sure you eat something beforehand.
That way Stomach and I have a little more
time before were inundated with alcohol.
Oh, and sorry about last weekend. Brain
ordered Stomach to send the alcohol back.
Those bed sheets were ugly anyway.
Arent you a little old to have dinosaurs on
them? Ah, what do I know? Im just a liver.
Sincerely,
Liver
Memo Sanchez is a columnist for The
Nevada Sagebrush. He can be reached at edi-
tor@nevadasagebrush.com.
Memo
Sanchez
POLITICAL OPINION
McCains temper unfairly bypassed again
T
hroughout the 2004 Democratic
primaries, conservative com-
mentators led the chorus with
the regular political pundits of
the day in questioning Howard Deans
temperament to become president.
Can we trust a man who screams
and sounds like a crazy man at one
of his own rallies to have his finger
on the nuclear button? was one of
those questions asked right up to
Deans eventual bowing out of the
race. Interestingly enough, however,
an experiment conducted at the
University of Wisconsin the following
year proved the scream we all heard
from Dean was a fake.
So what does this have to do with
the current election?
Although you probably didnt notice,
Sen. John McCains temperament has
been questioned during this election
(without the noted glare of spotlight
given to Gov. Deans unfortunate bit
of political embarrassment). Actually,
it hasnt popped up as it was hovering
in rotation above the planet like a
long-discontinued satellite which is
seen by few telescopes, in this case
the telescope being The Kansas City
Star.
There are the moments of infantile
whining that any of us have probably
done as babies. According to his
memoirs, at 2, McCains tantrums
would get so intense hed hold his
breath to the point that his parents
would dunk him in cold water to
cure him.
The whining turned into a pugna-
cious, feisty style that led to his stint
in high school as a wrestler. As he got
older and ascended into politics, his
fury and that early infantile whining
started to blend with each other.
For example, there was the moment
back in 1986 when McCain won his
seat in the Senate and then blew up
at the Arizona Republican chairman
because the podium was too tall.
Theres the story that McCain man-
handled a Sandinista leader during a
diplomatic mission in 1987 (which, in
all fairness, has yet to be proven).
Then there was his
sparring both inside
the Senate in 1992
with Dolores Alfond,
chairwoman of the
National Alliance
of Families for the
Return of Americas
Missing Servicemen
and Women. After that first sparring
(which drove Alfond to tears), there
was a sequel in 1996 which led to a
little tiff between McCain, Alfond and
some of her supporters in the halls of
the Senate.
All of this begs the question that if
this were an issue for Gov. Dean in
2004, why isnt it just as much of an
issue with Sen. McCain now?
Theres a visible pattern of these
kinds of blow-ups from McCain and
theyve been discarded as parts of his
personality.
It may end up being that, but
dont we deserve to have an honest
examination about his tempers long
history?
But theres probably as big of a chance
of that happening as the University of
Wisconsin experiment I mentioned
earlier ever being talked about anywhere
besides liberal blogs and here in this
column.
That is, needless to say, pretty slim to
none.
Thats the world we live in, folks.
A few more reasons to get yourself to a
voting booth.
Brian Ault is a columnist for The Nevada
Sagebrush. He can be reached at editor@
nevadasagebrush.com
Brian
Ault
Theres a visible pattern of these kinds of blow-
ups from McCain and theyve been discarded as
parts of his personality.
Government
intervention tries
to x national
mortgage crisis
WEB
NOTES
COLUMN: PALIN FAILS
AT UPHOLDING ANY
FEMINIST IDEALS
On Sept. 10, 1:11 p.m., NB
wrote:
Well done, This is a
message many young
women voters need to hear.
This McCain Palin ticket
can ONLY mean change.
change for the worse that
is.
I do have to criticize you for
not being more emphatic
about the sex education
vs. abstinence message.
You would have further
strengthened the point, and
been correct in doing so,
if you said that it is a fact
that the abstinence only
message does not work.
THE UNR OF THE FUTURE, TOMORROW!
Drawn by:
Kurt Hirsch
Written by:
Clint Demeritt
Created by:
David Worthington and Mike Geraghty
Two college students discuss their bedroom
misadventures.
So after things really got
going, I stung her. You
know, to show her how
much I care.
Why didnt you stop after her head
swelled to three times its regular size?
Didnt you realize she was allergic?
Well, on my
planet that just
means youre,
you know, ready.
So that is how you got
the restraining order.
No, that was when I
threw that beehive into
her dorm room to apolo-
gize. Apparently shes
allergic to those too.
arts & entertainment
By Van Pham
When Hamilton Leithauser
warbled When I used to go
out/I would know everyone
that I saw/Now I go out alone
if I go out at all at the crux of
The Walkmens breakout single,
The Rat, the delivery seemed
to lack legitimacy for such an
immediate, brash and youthful
band. Their much-lauded 2004
release, Bows + Arrows, left
The Walkmen in a precarious
place of sounding like so many
bands that tout the New York-
chic: ercely hip and unavoid-
ably insincere. Their forgettable
2006 follow up was aptly titled A
Hundred Miles Off a release
somewhat off target to erase the
sort of reputation one garners
when they sell their singles to
car ads. Defer to Interpol for a
similar case.
The Walkmens latest, You &
Me, adds the sense of age and
experience that they seemed to
lack in previous albums not
to say that they hadnt already
established themselves as a
tight, well-put-together band
but what they had in style
and conviction, they lacked in
naturalness and earnest.
Unlike their 2004 release,
which hit audiences with a
one-two punch combo to the
sternum, You & Me mars like a
potent serum, sliding languidly
through the system to coat your
insides with 14 tracks that are
imbued with nostalgia, by turns
woeful and hopeful. It buoys
the band above mediocrity and
sets their haunches steadily in
the direction of a very cohesive,
mature but uncomplicated
album.
From the rst track we get the
sense that there is a darkness
to be uncovered that wasnt
present in previous releases. It
is characteristically moodier,
and naturally, older. There is
still sand in my suitcase/There
is still salt in my teeth, we learn
from Leithauser, previewing
the lingering and longing that
adorns the rest of the album.
In addition to the bands usual
touches the liberal use of reverb
and sprightly organ tones - are
all the theatrics of a slow-motion
parade gilded with triumphant
impression and grandiosity in
the expanse of brass arrange-
ments. But in small, focused
portraits, a sad sensibility and
simple, tugging yearning play
out in slow, swelling drum tracks
and lucid vocals.
Songs like Red Moon and
On the Water employ horns
and whistles to spruce up the
bands forays into balladry the
latter particularly scintillating
when the whistles are coupled
with a hissing high-hat to im-
press upon the ears as an audio
companion to an updated
spaghetti western.
Whats perhaps most re-
markable about this effort is
not just the instrumentation,
but Leithausers leap from
his Bono-like/Rod Stewart-
infused howls (less mullet,
less Lycra) into a certain
steadiness and assurance in
his delivery. His voice anchors
the leap into adulthood for
this band, his laments and
admissions more authentic
as anthems for days gone by,
rather than juvenile yelps la
mode. Standout rock tracks
with danceable beats these
are not; this is deliberate,
unhurried work that pays off
for those that can relate on
the simplistic level of missing
someone, something, some-
where. And its captured well
enough by the band that we
can stay there to steep a while
in that sentiment of wishful
thinking and dreaming, just
the three of us: The Walkmen,
you and me.
Van Pham can be reached at
THE WALKMEN
YOU & ME
Release Date: Aug. 19
Genre:
Indie rock
Grade:
B+
Up close and personal
ALBUM REVIEW
The Walkmen get intimate on You & Me
of hardcore offers more than
your run-of-the-mill chug-
chug. The genre they fall into
was best known as screamo
in the 90s before the term
was hijacked by well-bred,
mall-core bands thus form-
ing an unfortunate connection
between the radical Swing Kids
and the lamentable Silverstein.
Their wall of melodic noise is
similar to that of their Bay area
chums Comadre, minus the
Kid Dynamite and up on the
Saetia. The show takes place
Wednesday, September 18 at 8
p.m. and only costs $5.
For those of you that are
interested in checking out
metal and hardcore shows,
this basement show could
be right up your alley if you
havent yet been. These events
are absolutely visceral and of-
fer a more intense alternative
to stages and cattle-herding
dividers. In those subterra-
nean scenes provided by base-
ments and dive bars, there is a
certain feeling of connection
and inclusion between the
band and the audience that
can often be lost in translation
at larger venues. And while it
can be intimidating at first to
step into someones house or
explore a different space, it is
often be more rewarding than
watching a show from 200 feet
away.
Van Pham and Troy Micheau
can be reached at editor@neva-
dasagebrush.com
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WEDNESDAY/17
Aaron Meyer, Rock Violin-
ist at Pioneer Center for
Performing Arts
The famous concert rock
violinist, Aaron Meyer,
comes to Reno with classi-
cal renditions of songs like
Eleanor Rigby, Comfortably
Numb, Amazing Grace and
many more. Meyers musi-
cal talents have taken him
across the world, performing
with acts such as Everclear,
Smokey Robinson and Aaron
Neville.
100 S. Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89501
Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $8 for students
Filter at Club Underground
Fueling an anti-war/pro-
troop sentiment, Filter is on
tour after their release of
Anthems For The Damned
with the lead single Soldiers
of Misfortune. While the
bands message is contro-
versial at times, they still
maintain a strong fan base
and really know how to rock.
555 E. Fourth St.
Reno, NV 89512
Show starts at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $18 at the door
THURSDAY/18
Master Slash Slave at The
Satellite Lounge
A blend of raunchy guitars
with retro synth sounds
coming straight out of 1985
make Master Slash Slave a
force to be reckoned with.
The San Franciscan band
is currently on tour after
their September 9 release of
Scandal, their newest album.
Check them out for a night
of electro pop madness.
188 California Ave.
Reno, NV 89509
Ticket prices are TBA
SATURDAY/20
The Mark Sexton Band with
Man the Clap at the Zephyr
Lounge
University of Nevada, Renos
own Man The Clap and The
Mark Sexton Band are team-
ing up to present the fresh
sound of Reno in its entirety.
These two local groups
are playing for a mere $5,
making this show college-
budget-friendly.
1074 S. Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89502
Tickets are $5
MONDAY/22
AUDIOPHILE
Concert
cruising
on a
budget
N
ow that the Holland
Art Market and the
end of summer are
drawing near, the
ease of nding local and tour-
ing bands playing outdoors
has started to trickle to a
whimper. At this rate, what
are your options for cheap
shows? With the epidemic
of cancellations of larger
ventures
such as Nas,
due to lack
of ticket
sales, its
obvious that
the con-
certgoers
in this town
need to be
reinvigo-
rated.
Will fans
be pleased
with more
$30+ shows?
Prob-
ably and
hopefully
not. The
revolution
will not cost
more than
your average
drive-thru
meal.
This week there are two
exciting shows that wed
like to present for your
consideration. These are of
course, amongst many other
things slinking around just
under the radar in Reno, so
be sure to always keep an
eye out on resources like the
concert listings in your school
and local papers, as well as
the Wolf Pack Radio Web blog
(blog.wolfpackradio.org).
Post Bigfoot is a collabora-
tive show between local artists
and musicians, a healthy
mixture of those that have
been active within the Reno
arts community and beyond,
as well as those who have
never displayed their art in
such a capacity. The night will
feature pieces by students
Omar Pierce, Kelsey Page and
Catherine Conlan, among
others.
Pierces artwork has been
featured at the Holland
Headquarters as well as
numerous projects for local
bands including Over Vert
and Panic Opera. A mixture
of kitsch and H.P. Lovecraft
macabre, Pierces work is
funny and frightening, but
always distinct.
Other artists on display are
presenting a promising mixture
of media, including photogra-
phy from Megan Kay, who has
taken unique shots of various
bands and other subjects. She
has a great eye for the dramatic
and explosive.
For a more kinetic experi-
ence, audiences can take
in the dance performance
of University of Nevada,
Reno faculty member Cari
Cunningham or sway to the
sounds of local musicians like
Nevada student Dan Hansen,
instrumental math-rockers
Manacle and the emotive folk
of My Flag Is On Fire, who
are fresh off the heels of their
rst West Coast tour. Also
performing that night with
a short lm premiere is Jon
Shown, recently featured in
the Reno News & Review as a
part of Reno Limelight.
The event takes place at
Studio on Fourth, which has
in the past played host to
many cool shows for bands
like HEALTH, Langhorne Slim
and Rocky Votolato. Located at
432 E. Fourth Street, the space
has provided a good place
to converge art and music,
worth checking out if youve
never been. The show is free
and begins at 6 p.m., with
performances at 7:30 p.m.
Van
Pham
Troy
Micheau
See AUDIOPHILE Page A8
Caf geared toward vegetarians
Dandelion offers meat, but better food for vegatarians
By Colleen Hagen
For almost a year now my veg-
etarian friend Krystal has been
bugging me to try Anthonys
Dandelion Deli and Caf on
Wells Avenue, a restaurant ca-
tered to vegetarians and vegans.
As a recovering vegetarian
myself, I am not adverse to a good
meat-free dish. But my afnity for
the stellar vegetarian/vegan haunt
Pneumatic Diner had kept me
from taking Krystals suggestion
seriously for months.
Last Friday, I nally decided to
give Dandelion a try. I planned
on scoping it out with my sister
before meeting Krystal for lunch
on Saturday, only to discover that
Dandelion is closed on week-
ends. As such, I went big and
decided to try several dishes at
once, ensuring that I sample
from both veggie dishes on the
menu and from the few meat
dishes they serve.
After placing our order of a tur-
key dip ($6.75), small Greek salad
($5.95), deli-style turkey sandwich
($6.05) and the days special, a
falafel sandwich ($6.95), we took a
seat at a small table in the center
of the empty caf. Between the
wooden chairs and tables, multi-
tude of quaint dandelion-themed
dcor and strings of patio lights, it
felt a bit like waiting to eat lunch
in your friends grandmothers
kitchen: a little unfamiliar but
warm and welcoming.
Baskets full of bags of potato
chips sat in front of the deli case,
where pre-made salads and
sandwiches were available for
purchase. A refrigerated drink
case at the back of the restaurant
was full of waters, teas and natural
sodas.
The food arrived plated simply,
the sandwiches accompanied
only by one carrot stick, one cel-
ery stick and a sprig of parsley.
My turkey dip was served with
an almost neon yellow turkey
au jus. Having only sampled the
classic beef-based au jus, it was
an odd sight to be confronted
with. It was then that my sister,
Katy, noticed that the only meat
this deli offers is of the fowl
persuasion: chicken and turkey,
no red meat.
The salty au jus added much
needed avor to the otherwise
boring sandwich of Dutch bread
and turkey. The simple bread-
with-meat combo works better
with roast beef dips, and my sand-
wich was in need of some sort of
dressing. Katys deli sandwich
was much tastier, full of avor
from the vinegar, oil, oregano and
fresh veggies. The Greek salad was
also good, made with fresh greens,
generous crumbles of feta, a light
dressing and Greek olives.
The falafel special came in a
whole wheat pita with chunks
of cucumber and tomato and
a messy and disastrous sauce.
The brown-yogurty mess was
bland and did nothing to save a
too-dry falafel.
The lunch ended on a high
note, however, with a thick,
chewy and soft vegan cookie
($1.65). No meat-eater would
have ever guessed the choco-
late chip cookie wasnt the
real-deal.
Falafel disappointment aside,
the meat and dairy-free dishes at
Dandelion are generally worth a
try. But speaking as a carnivore,
I think Ill dine with my vegetar-
ian compatriots elsewhere.
Colleen Hagen can be contacted
at editor@nevadasagebrush.com
CITY GUIDE
DANDELION DELI AND
CAF
1170 S. Wells Ave.
Reno, NV 89509
775-322-1525
HOURS:
Monday through Friday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
GRADE:
B-
TRY IT YOURSELF
Fleischmann: new show, old fun
By Ruth Anderson
The Fleischmann Planetari-
um is presenting an entertaining
slice of musical magic yet again.
Known for previous shows such
as Pink Floyds Dark Side of the
Moon, Fleischmann Planetari-
um has added a new addition to
their already abundant variety
of audio-visual masterpieces.
The planetariums latest show,
U2, which opened on Sept.
5, is an excellently mastered
digital light show that highlights
the legendary bands greatest
hits. The nearly 50-minute show
illustrates well-known songs
such as, Where the Streets
Have No Name, Sunday
Bloody Sunday and Pride (In
the Name of Love).
Its even better than our Pink
Floyd show, the planetariums
audio-visual assistant Eric Tracy,
28, said. We have only had two
showings so far and once every-
one nds out about it, it will do
really well.
The colorful visual images are
rife with symbolic illustration,
creating an exceptional visual
experience.
Sunday Bloody Sunday
moves through a series of scenes
demonstrating a unique way to
view the power of war, morphing
pictures of innocence with
conict. For instance, a powerful
image of two young boys playing
the board game Battleship
evolves into an image of war
when their ships become real.
Conversely, Pride (In the
name of Love) ashes the
familiar faces of those such as
Mother Theresa and Gandhi.
The images seem to melt into
one another, changing uidly
into the next graphic. The show
is teeming with creativity and
stellar imagery, creating a truly
psychedelic experience.
Aside from the U2 show,
Fleischmann Planetarium has
numerous other attractions.
Black Holes, showing in the Star
Theater, is a digital show which
journeys through the bafing
expanses of both time and space.
Also playing is Solarmax,
the newest creation, screen
documentary marvel, John Wei-
ley. Audiences can view footage
of the sun and stars more closely
than ever before. Weiley, who has
been praised for previous docu-
mentaries such as Antarctica, is
now giving audiences the oppor-
tunity to explore some of the most
breathtaking images of space ever
shown on the big screen.
For an exciting twist, the
planetarium also offers Planet
X, in conjunction with local
radio station KTHX-FM. The
event takes place every third
Thursday of the month from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is
$5 and the cost includes both
refreshments and shows.
We have refreshments,
like ice-cream from the Tahoe
Creamery and beer and wine
from Great Basin, Tracy said.
You pay your entrance fee
and then have access to all the
exhibits and shows.
Regardless of the day, the
Fleischmann Planetarium has
activities that are sure to entice,
educate and entertain. Tickets
are affordable - just $6 for
adults and $4 for children under
13 years and seniors over 55
years - making the planetarium
an excellent choice for families
and students.
For tickets, more informa-
tion and showtimes, visit www.
planetarium.unr.edu. The Fleis-
chmann Planetarium can also
be reached at 775 784-4812 or
call their showtime hotline 775
784-4811.
Ruth Anderson can be reached at
The Dandelion Deli and Caf features fresh baked cookies, quiches, sandwiches and salads with great options for vegans and carnivores alike.
Shearing Pinx, Panic Opera
and Da Capo at the Joe
Crowley Student Union
Wolf Pack Radio presents an
awesome show with Cana-
dian Shearing Pinx, and Reno
locals Panic Opera and Da
Capo.
JCSU Ballroom A
University of Nevada, Reno
Free
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RELEASES
Vibe
TUESDAY/16
NELLY
BRASS KNUCKLES
Genre:
Hip-hop, Rap
Description:
The St. Louis native returns
with a brand new album just
days after blowing the top
off the Lawlor Events Cen-
ter. Brass Knuckles features
guest appearances by Ciara,
Jermaine Dupri, Fergie, R.
Kelly, Rick Ross and more.
PUSSYCAT DOLLS
DOLL DOMINATION
Genre:
Hip-hop, Pop
Description:
With a fresh Video Music
Award for Best Dance in a
Video, Nicole Scherzinger
leads the troupe on their
second studio album since
the groups major success in
2005.
SPEED RACER-DVD
RELEASE
Starring:
Emile Hirsch, John Good-
man, Christina Ricci and
Matthew Fox
Description:
This live-action reproduc-
tion of a futuristic race car
driver is chock full of vivid
imagery and greenscreen
graphics.
Genre:
Family, Action
Rating:
PG
MADE OF HONOR-
DVD RELEASE
Starring:
Patrick Dempsey, Michelle
Monaghan and Kevin Mc-
Kidd
Description:
When a ladies man is sepa-
rated from his best female
friend for a period of time, he
realizes he wants to marry
her. But before he can pop
the question, he discovers
she is already engaged. As
he tries to win her love, hilar-
ity ensues in this romantic
comedy.
Genre:
Comedy, Romance
Rating:
PG-13
FRIDAY/20
MY BEST FRIENDS
GIRL
Starring:
Dane Cook, Jason Biggs and
Kate Hudson
Description:
When a bachelors best
friend hires him to take his
ex-girlfriend on a bad date,
things go awry as he begins
to fall for her.
Genre:
Comedy, Romance
Rating:
PG
LAKEVIEW TERRACE
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick
Wilson and Kerry Washing-
ton
Description:
A newlywed couple has
moved into the wrong sub-
urban neighborhood, as they
soon nd out when their
neighbor begins terrorizing
them to the brink of insanity.
Genre:
Drama, Thriller
Rating:
PG-13
IGOR
Starring:
John Cusack, John Cleese
and Steve Buscemi
Description:
This animated lm takes
a twist on the old mad sci-
entist plot, portraying one
rogue, disgured assistant
as the anti-hero.
Genre:
Family, Animated
Rating:
PG
FILM REVIEW
RIGHTEOUS KILL
Release Date: Sept. 12
Director:
Jon Avnet
Starring:
Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino,
Curtis 50 Cent Jackson
and Carla Gugino
Genre:
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating:
R for violence, some sexual-
ity, pervasive language and
brief drug use
Grade: D+/ B+
MOVIEWEB.COM
Robert DeNiro and Albert Pacino play two detectives out to nd a serial killer who consistently murders criminals that have managed to escape conviction by the two detectives.
Too self-righteous or killer performance?
Dynamic duo are too far
beyond their prime
Twists and turns make
this crime drama fun
MOVIEWEB.COM
Visit www.nevadasagebrush.com to read Film Critic Jay
Brissendens approving review of the new comedy from directors
Joel and Ethan Coen. Burn After Reading stars George Clooney,
John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton.
BURN AFTER READING
ALBUM REVIEW
Elephant on a beach ball
New album from Shugo
Tokumaru full of spunk
SHUGO TOKUMARU
EXIT
Release Date: Sept. 2
Genre:
Indie Rock, Pop, Psychedelic
Grade:
B-
By Jay Brissenden
What do you get when you
mix two of the nest actors
of the past 40 years with a
by-the-numbers, predictable
serial killer plot? You get a
by-the-numbers predictable
serial killer movie that fools the
unsuspecting into believing it
is something more.
Righteous Kill stars Robert
DeNiro (Stardust) and Al Pa-
cino (88 Minutes) as Turk and
Rooster, two 30-year NYPD vet-
erans who are investigating the
murders of men directly relating
to their pasts. When more and
more evidence begins to point
to a cop being the killer, tensions
y high and the NYPDs most
righteous men become suspects.
Twenty years ago, Righteous
Kill would have been consid-
ered a solid entry in the always
thrilling detective/serial killing
genre. Today, it is nothing more
than what we see on Dexter
each year on Showtime.
When the movie makes it
clear that one of the two main
characters is the killer within
the rst minute, audiences
have a 50/50 chance of guess-
ing right. That means that 50
percent of the people watching
probably already know the
lms biggest plot twist.
So who better than DeNiro
and Pacino to turn a dull script
into a fun and memorable ride?
The truth is, they shouldnt
have waited 13 years after their
brilliant teaming in Heat to
make another lm.
Though the devilish marketing
tempts, thy righteous lmgoer
should know best not to pick this
rotten Hollywood fruit.
Jay Brissenden can be reached at
jbrissenden@nevadasagebrush.
com
By Janet Lee
With a duo like Robert De
Niro and Al Pacino, I walked
in the theater expecting Righ-
teous Kill to deliver thrills
comparable to Heat. It didnt
ever get that hot, but this lm is
a fun ride.
The story is a classic NYPD
detective drama complete with
several different angles of the
Brooklyn Bridge, late night diner
scenes and the beautiful co-de-
tective who eventually knows too
much (Carla Gugino- revisiting a
role similar to her appearance in
American Gangster).
Righteous Kill starts with a
confession from Turk (Robert
De Niro) regarding 14 murders
on a re-run security tape. These
targets arguably deserved death.
They were molesters, rapists and
murders of the worst kind freely
roaming among the innocent
public. Each immaculate murder
is accompanied by a poem that
explains why he had to be killed.
Turk and Rooster (Al Pacino)
become obsessed with tracking
down the serial killer, though it is
obviously one of them.
Pacino has several winning
lines that keep you listening and
smiling no matter how evil the
bifurcated meaning. De Niro
seemed tired, especially if you
compare it to his great perfor-
mance in Heat. However, the
jaded duo delivered the goods
and made for an enjoyable shot-
the-gun ick after all is said and
done.
To point: Righteous Kill is a a
memorable one, if not a classic,
and guarantees to be much more
exciting on the big screen. If you
plan on seeing this at all, dont
wait for the DVD.
Janet Lee can be reached at edi-
tor@nevadasagebrush.com
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full reviews, visit our Web
site in the Arts and Enter-
tainment section.
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By Troy Micheau
Shugo Tokumarus music is
adorable. He produces the kind
of pop gems that you just want
to hug, and his newest album
Exit would probably be one
of the most irritating things this
side of the Juno soundtrack if
it werent so unpretentiously
complex. While the arrange-
ments alone do not result in a
awless victory, they do make
for a charming and unpredict-
able record.
Exit at rst appears to be the
equivalent of a giant, colorful,
plastic ball pit, you know the kind
at those suburban kiddy play-
grounds where soccer moms take
their kids for pizza and a workout
while they talk smack about other
soccer moms. There is sound and
light abound, and everything
and everyone is in their right and
cheerful place. However, this allu-
sion only works until you realize
that Tokumaru isnt just toying
with your childhood nostalgia.
A focused listen reveals layers of
unlikely harmonies and rhythms
working together to create a
wavering balance that stops just
short of chaos. Tokumaru man-
ages to play every instrument at
lightning speed without sounding
wanky, letting every piece ow
with a graceful yet spastic swing.
Green Rain nds him danc-
ing between time signatures
that change without warning
before they dissolve into placid
ballad territory only to rise
again impulsively.
And even when working
with more traditional tempos,
Tokumaru achieves the elephant-
on-a-beach-ball-effect by pitting
beautiful and dissonant passages
against each other. The best ex-
ample of this is Clocca, where
a perfectly pleasant verse is upset
by a spiraling, atonal melody,
suggesting that all is not well in
Tokumarus fairytale land.
Despite this brief foray into
more ominous territory how-
ever, Exit lacks a compelling
sense of drama. It is gorgeous
and the songs are tight, concise
and organic, but the glittery
instrumentation alone does not
demand repeated listens.
An album this exuberant calls
for a more thrilling vocalist than
Tokumaru. He is far too reserved,
rarely uttering more than short,
monotonous whispers which
tend to dampen the impact of
the songs rather than reinforce
them. Its disappointing that he
didnt put as much effort into
the vocals as he did into the
composition and instrumental
performance.
Still, Exit generally suc-
ceeds due to its erratic loveli-
ness. This is certainly not the
kind of predictable low- pop
that gets by on clever catharsis
alone. Fans of Animal Col-
lectives more playful side or
Joanna Newsoms The Milk-
Eyed Mender need to check
this out immediately.
Troy Micheau can be reached at
A12
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
Arts&Entertainment
Carpe sol solis ( seize the sun )
OCT. 24 TO 26
The last reasonably warm weekend has finally
arrived and you are probably wearing two layers
by now. But fear not the cold, for this is only the
beginning of a long winter. Its time to make up
for activities you missed these past six weeks and
enjoy whatever outdoor activity your body can
bear. Just bundle up and make sure you dont
freeze or get hypothermia, or your winter will be
that much worse.
As the chilling grip of winter begins to tighten on Reno, the end
of warm weekends is at hand. Snowy nights have been known
to wrap Halloween in a fresh blanket of powder, making All
Hallows Eve a turning point in the weather. That leaves only
six weekends of nice weather before heavy coats become a
necessity to enjoy the outdoors.
SEPT. 19 TO 21
As this weekend
will be one of the
warmer ones left,
this would be a
great time to take
that last oat down
the Truckee River.
Bring an inner
tube, inatable
mattress or even
your favorite
blow-up doll for
a nice cruise in
downtown Reno.
With a long season
of restricted sun
exposure in your
near future, be
sure to bring a good
amount of suntan
lotion. After this,
it is going to be
hot beds and orange
body spray.
SEPT. 26 TO 28
The breeze is now refreshing, but not quite chilling...yet. Put this weather to good
use by taking a road trip to Tahoe for the weekend. Enjoy the many beaches around
our states freshest body of water while you can still sport shorts. Pack fresh fruits,
lemonade and any other seasonal refreshments available for a nice picnic on the
beach. Wait any longer, and you will be having squash and pumpkin with a side of
hot cocoa.
This would also be a great time to throw on the old hiking boots and excavate one
of the many trails at Lake Tahoe. While it is not quite late enough to encounter any
Yetis, be wary of Bigfoot - hes not hibernating yet.
OCT. 3 TO 5
The trees are losing their leaves and love
is in the air. Take a date on a weekend
getaway to the fabulous Wild Island.
Okay, maybe it is not a real island, but
there is still plenty of fun to be had with
that special someone. Go-karts, mini-golf
and bowling set the stage for a fun-lled
weekend. Triple up on activities one day,
or spread them apart throughout Saturday
and Sunday. Either way, its sure to be a
wild time.
A great way to top off one of these
nights is with a moviefrom your car!
Hit up the Drive-In for a cheaper-than-
theaters, retro-cinematic adventure.
OCT. 10 TO 11
Football season has been well
underway for awhile now, but
that is no reason to keep the good
times from rolling. Break out the
grill and enjoy one last barbecue
with the guys and girls. Warm
up before hand with a friendly
game of two-hand touch in the
quad or go play some Frisbee
with the ladies in the Manzanita
Bowl. Heck, you can do both,
but enjoy it while it lasts. The
next time you head to play in
these grassy knolls will be to
make snowmen.
OCT. 17 TO 19
Just two more weekends left and you know what that means: time to go
camping. While jeans are a must by now, feel comfortable wearing that
short-sleeved annel shirt you have tucked in the closet next to ve
embarrassing Christmas sweaters. Bring a rod, a rie and plenty of
pork and beans for a successful weekend in the great outdoors. Be sure
to get all your licenses in check beforehand, but enjoy this rare occasion.
A week from now, the campgrounds are going to look like a spilt forest-
avored snowcone.
The Truckee River hosts a Whitewater Kayak Park for kayakers of any level. The Truckee River offers this and many other activities.
Located downtown, The Riverwalk plays host to many street performances, cafs, theaters and all sorts of outdoor entertainment.
Lake Tahoe offers a beautiful setting for any occasion. Whether you
are looking for a day on the beach or a fun trail to hike, Tahoes got it.
The lake also boasts a plethora of restaurants and diners.
BY JULIAN RHODES
Sports
SECTION B TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
By Emerson Marcus
COLUMBIA, Mo. Missouris offense
was so successful Saturday against
Nevada that it declined a 15-yard pass
interference call in favor of an 11-yard
completion.
The extra four yards meant nothing to
a Tiger team that moved the ball for 651
total yards and scored 69 points.
Our defense was never in the game,
Nevada coach Chris Ault said. Im disap-
pointed that our guys didnt show up.
Nevada lost 69-17 to the Tigers and
will have two weeks to regroup before it
travels to Las Vegas to play intrastate rival
UNLV.
Four plays after Missouri declined
the pass interference call, it seemed as
though Nevada had actually held the
Tigers to a eld goal. Missouris kicking
team came on the eld, up 45-17 in the
third quarter, and lined up for a kick. But
it was a fake and holder Tommy Saun-
ders shovel passed the ball to tight end
Chase Coffman, who ran for a 32-yard
touchdown.
I thought it was a slap in the face, Ne-
vada quarterback Colin Kaepernick said.
Kaepernick passed for 152 yards and 17
completions on 31 attempts Saturday. I
felt they really disrespected us.
Ault said there was nothing to feel
disrespected about.
Oh no, no, no not (disrespectful) at all,
Ault said. Listen, this is early season and
they are trying to do some new things.
No, absolutely not. I would be very disap-
pointed if they wanted to go for it and
they didnt.
Disrespectful or not, the Tigers offense
rammed the football down the Wolf Packs
throat. Missouri scored 12 touchdowns
on its rst 13 possessions of the game.
Tiger quarterback and 2007 Heisman
Trophy nalist Chase Daniel threw for
405 yards and four touchdowns. Missouri
also had four receivers with more than 98
receiving yards.
It comes with practice, Daniel said of
his success with his receivers. Ive been
playing for three years with all of them. You
just go out there and have to trust them.
Tiger receiver Jeremy Maclin acknowl-
edged Daniels chances of winning the
Heisman Trophy this season.
Im doing everything I can to get
Chase to New York, Maclin, who had 172
receiving yards and three touchdowns on
Saturday, said. (Daniel) deserves it. Hes
the best quarterback in the country by
far.
Daniels offensive line was also able to
keep Nevadas defense from creating any
kind of pressure on the senior quarter-
back.
So far, yes (I think this is the hardest
offense Ive seen), Nevada defensive end
Dontay Moch said.
Nevadas defensive pressure was
almost nonexistent. Daniel was only
sacked once and had plenty of time to
dink and dunk to his plethora of weap-
ons downeld. Daniel completed on
23-of-28 passes, including seven of his
rst eight.
The Wolf Pack especially didnt have
an answer for Missouris 6-foot-4,
240-pound, speedy tight end Coffman.
Nevada threw different coverages at
Coffman, but he still reached 127 receiv-
ing yards on six catches. Coffman doesnt
give any idea that Missouri is happy with
beating the Wolf Pack. The beast of a tight
end is looking toward bigger and better
things.
We cant look at that, its in the past
now, Coffman said of Missouris success
against Nevada. Weve done a great job
preparing for other teams. Now weve just
got to keep doing it, keep preparing, keep
watching lm and keep working hard
during practice.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emar-
cus@nevadasagebrush.com
Tigers stiff arm Pack in Missouri
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Missouri tight end Chase Coffman runs past Nevada cornerback Mike Evans after a fake eld goal that put the Tigers ahead of the Wolf Pack 52-17. Missouri won the game 69-17.
By Emerson Marcus
The NCAAs 10-month in-
vestigation into the University
of Nevada, Renos athletic de-
partment has found no lack of
institutional control or issues
with gambling in the athletic
department, Nevada Athletic
Director Cary Groth said Sept.
9.
Its a vindication of the
university for what it stands
for and doing things the right
way, Groth said. When the
NCAA comes in, they leave
no stone unturned. You never
know what they are going to
nd.
UNR was investigated last
year after terminated Nevada
soccer coach Terri Patraw led
a whistle-blower complaint
against the school.
Patraw alleged that UNR
golf coach Rich Merritt bet on
sports, an allegation the NCAA
dropped last week, Groth said.
The NCAA informed Faculty
Athletic Representative Dr.
Jean Perry that the two issues
had been dropped. Perry then
told Groth.
Nevadas athletic depart-
ment still has to wait for a
Notice of Allegations, which
will explain Nevadas viola-
tions in full, from the NCAA.
The university will not receive
the notice of Allegations until
the NCAA Committee of In-
fractions determines the case,
based on evidence gathered in
the investigation. The Com-
mittee of Infractions is a jury
of NCAA investigators around
the country who will decide
whether Nevada violated any
NCAA laws.
UNR has not been cleared
from the investigation and
the NCAA can bring up other
violations it found in the inves-
tigation through the Notice of
Allegations, which may not be
received by the university for a
couple of months, Groth said.
Groth was not surprised to
hear the news last week and
doesnt think the NCAA will
reveal anything new in its
ndings.
I feel condent in our man-
agement, she said.
Emerson Marcus can be reached
at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.
com
By Emerson Marcus
The Wolf Pack lacrosse club
had its rst practice Sunday and
is actively seeking new play-
ers and sponsorships for the
upcoming sports season, which
will also include the rst-ever
Nevada womens lacrosse team.
This has been my life since
I got here, Nevada lacrosse
player Adam Crabtree said.
Crabtree, who started play-
ing lacrosse when he was 8,
said he has worked hard to get
Nevada lacrosse the attention it
deserves.
Crabtree has received spon-
sorships from Warrior and Har-
row Lacrosse manufacturers,
but he is also seeking funding
from companies in the com-
munity like The Little Waldorf
and Wells Fargo. Since lacrosse
is a club sport, it has to get the
majority of its funding from
private donations.
Its an expensive sport to
play, he said.
The Wolf Pack needs the
funding for its fast approaching
exhibition season this fall.
We have a game scheduled
for Oct. 4 against Chico State,
Nevada mens coach Andy Socha
said. We havent scheduled our
games for the season yet, but
we are working at scheduling a
game against UNLV at Mackay
Stadium. We played them last
year and we beat the crap out of
them.
The Wolf Pack beat the Rebels
17-7 last season in Las Vegas.
Nevada nished the 2008 sea-
son 5-8, but Crabtree thinks this
season will be different.
At the end of last season we
started working out and condi-
tioning more and we worked on
our stick skills, he said.
Crabtree said most people
who come out to play with the
team have never played lacrosse
in their lives.
Lacrosse is a tough sport to
learn, he said. We had some
guys come out last year who had
never played, but they stuck
By Nick Saccomanno
Nevada volleyball player
Kylie Harrington enjoys jump-
ing into life, whether its a net
or a cliff near her home in
Hawaii.
When I want to do well, Ill
do whatever it takes, in volley-
ball and in life, Harrington,
who leads the Wolf Pack as its
outside hitter, said.
Harrington is the kill leader
(88) for a Wolf Pack team that
has taken second place in its
last two tournaments and sits at
4-4 on the season.
She jumps well and can hit
a heavy ball from the outside,
coach Devin Scruggs said.
Her success on the volleyball
court is worth noting, but how
she found her way to Nevada
and who helped her get here
is the real story behind this
sophomore sensation.
Much of Harringtons family
still lives in Hawaii, where they
watched her win the 2005 Di-
vision II State Championship
at St. Francis High School in
Honolulu and gained second-
team All-State honors in her
senior year.
My family is really impor-
tant in dening who I am, they
are a big part of what makes
meme, Harrington, who
was a three-year letter winner
at St. Francis, said.
Harrington talks about the
times she had growing up in
Hawaii with an unmistakablef
fondness, the kind that comes
Pack starts
practicing
The Nevada lacrosse team practices at Wolf Pack Park on Sunday.
Lacrosse is a club sport that is actively pursuing recruits. Nevadas
season starts this spring.
UNR says
no lack of
control
The Flyin Hawaiian takes off at Nevada
See LACROSSE Page B4 See VOLLEYBALL Page B4
Nevada outside hitter Kylie Harrington serves the ball Saturday at the
Virginia Street Gym. Harrington leads the Wolf Pack in kills (88).
N
evada coach Chris
Ault has to change his
offensive strategy.
The Pistol offense
is very innovative and schools
across the country are copy-
ing it, with good reason. But
with todays high-tech offenses,
programs around the nation are
using a little of everything: a
little of the Pistol, a little of the
spread, mixed
with option-
reads and a
strong vertical
game. That is
what Missouri
brought Satur-
day.
The Wolf Pack
has to change be-
cause quarterback
Colin Kaepernick
is too valuable to
waste in the run-
rst Pistol offense.
Kaepernick runs the option-
read, where the quarterback fakes
a handoff to the tail back and then
reads the defensive ends move-
ment, to near perfection. But Ault
has to start spreading opponents
defense with Kaepernicks arm
as well. The Wolf Pack should use
the read option with a spread-
offense attack mixed with the
Pistol. Nevada has the weapons on
its receiving corps and it has the
quarterback with the skills.
When Nevadas most skilled
receiver, Marko Mitchell, was
asked if he wanted to get the ball
downfield more often, he smiled
and looked away. He didnt want
to answer the question because he
didnt want to stir the pot, but the
answer was clear.
So why is this talent being
wasted with play action passes
and handoff after handoff to a de-
pleted Wolf Pack running game?
It really is disheartening to watch
all the productive spread offenses
throughout the nation and then
watch Nevada with many of the
tools, but none of the scheme.
In Saturdays 69-17 loss to Mis-
souri, Kaepernick was the only
bright spot.
With 8:07 left in the second
quarter, Kaepernick showed his
ability to evade tacklers and
make something out of nothing.
From Missouris 14-yard line,
Kaepernick ran left with a heavy
rush and then spun backwards.
The sophomore quarterback
then ran a letter-C toward the
opposite sideline and back for-
ward near the line of scrimmage.
The scene looked like a Benny
Hill chase where dozens of pur-
suers would run after the British
comedian, but would always
come up short. After nearly 10
seconds of running, Kaepernick
threw to open tight end Virgil
Green, who dropped the pass.
The poor play by Green took
nothing away from the Super-
man effort of Kaepernick, who
received raves from the Missouri
press box.
The defense was the reason
Nevada lost Saturday, not the
offense, but that doesnt take
away from the fact that the Wolf
Pack has to pass the ball more
often. How does a team trail for
60 minutes, but still run the ball
more than it passed the ball? That
is what Nevada did Saturday.
Ault doesnt have to change his
offensive strategy forever, but he
does have to change it to fit his
talent-filled quarterback because
Ault has never had this much
skill at the quarterback position.
Quiet down, Jeff Rowe Fan Club.
Ault has an ace up his sleeve
with Kaepernick and he has to
change his strategy to fit that
acenot try to turn that ace into
a Joker by changing Kaepernick
to fit Aults strategy.
Kaepernick threw for 152 yards
Saturday and led the team with
71-rushing yards. He also had
touchdowns, both on the ground
and through the air.
For this season and the next two
seasons, Kaepernick is Nevadas
offense, not Ault.
Ault is a great coach and has
displayed the ability in the past
to be a great football tactician,
but in the case of Kaepernick
he is putting a Ferraris engine
inside a 1976 Pinto.
Emerson Marcus is the sports editor
of The Nevada Sagebrush. He can be
reached at emarcus@nevadasage-
brush.com, or you can join the
conversation at board.nevadasage-
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Inside Scoop
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

B2
CHRISTA AVENA
CROSS COUNTRY
Despite Saturdays fourth
place nish at the Sacramento
State Hornet Jamboree,
Avena was a bright spot for
the Nevada cross country
team. The senior was the Wolf
Packs best nisher for the
second-consecutive week,
placing fth overall with a
time of 17:54. Her time was a
35-second improvement off of
her time last year in the same
event. Last year, Avena was
Nevadas top nisher in ve
out of the teams six meets
and was named to the All-
Western Athletic Conference
First Team.
Soccer
at UW- Green Bay Friday 7 p.m.
at Wisconsin Sunday 11 a.m.
THE SKINNY: Nevada lost
another close one Friday to
Minnesota , 2-1. Its last three
losses have all been by just
one goal. The Wolf Pack
has given up just ve goals
in its last four games after
surrendering nine in its rst
two matches. This weekend
will bring a trip to Wisconsin
where coach Jaime Frias
hopes to notch his rst win
with the Wolf Pack.
Volleyball
at LouisianaTechThursday 7p.m.
at NewMexicoStateSaturday 7p.m.
THE SKINNY: The Wolf Pack
came out of last weekends
AT&T Invitational 2-1 and
evened their season record
at 4-4. Nevada will open
conference play this week at
Louisiana Tech, who nished
last in the Western Athletic
Conference last year. Its
competition will get much
stiffer on Saturday when they
take on New Mexico State,
who nished 14-2 in the WAC
last year.
Mens Golf
Gustina Memorial Classic*
Monday-Tuesday time TBA
* at Corvallis, Oregon.
THE SKINNY: Nevada
nished seventh in last weeks
15-team tournament at the
San Francisco Intercollegiate.
Sophomore Scott Smith led
the Wolf Pack, nishing in a
tie for third place individually.
Womens Golf
Gustina Memorial Classic*
Monday-Tuesday time TBA
* at Corvallis, Oregon.
THE SKINNY: The Lady
Wolf Pack will play in its
second tournament of the
season after participating in
the Northwest Inland Cup
Tuesday.
FILEPHOTO
Nevada forward Marianne Lombardi looks to
get open down low in a game against Auburn.
Lombardi was part of Nevadas starting ve
when it lost to Gonzaga last season.
Is Aults ace better t in a
spread offense attack?
DONTAY MOCH
FOOTBALL
After looking like the second
coming of Dwight Freeney
in Nevadas season opener
against Grambling State, Moch
has disappeared from the stat
sheet. Against Grambling
State, Moch racked up eight
tackles, two sacks and forced a
fumble. Against Texas Tech and
Missouri, Moch tallied just one
tackle. The undersized defensive
end, at 6-foot-1, 245 pounds,
has been swallowed up by the
mammoth Big 12 offensive
lineman.
ON TAP
WHOS HOT
WHOS NOT
Emerson
Marcus
The Packs most
lopsided losses in
the past year
FOOTBALL AT MISSOURI
9/13/2008 SCORE: 69-17
Nevada came in and stunk it up. The
blowout was the worst since a 56-3
loss to Boise State in 2003. Nevada gave up 651
yards to Missouri on 65 plays. You dont have to
be a math whiz to gure out that the Tigers walked
all over the Pack. Mizzou scored on its rst 10
possessions and showed little compassion for this
mid-major. It was over when the Missouri offense
ran out to the huddle for the teams rst possession.
SOFTBALL AT HAWAII
3/16/07 SCORE: 16-0
It took only ve innings for the
Rainbow Wahine to dispose of the
Wolf Pack. Hawaii totaled 13 hits
while holding Nevada to just two.
The Wolf Pack didnt help themselves much, com-
mitting ve errors and drawing no walks. Jordan
McPherson, one of the best pitchers in Nevada
softball history, was rocked as she gave up six runs
in just 1.1 innings.
WOMENS BASKETBALL
AT GONZAGA 11/17/07
SCORE: 93-55
Nevada actually held a 7-2 lead at
one point in this game, but it was
short-lived. The Bulldogs rebounded
off their slow start and blew out the Wolf Pack. Ne-
vada shot 32.8 percent for the game to Gonzagas
54.2 percent. The Bulldogs outrebounded the Pack
46-28 and shot 60.7 percent in the second half to
coast to the win. Nevada was held without a eld
goal for the last 4:10 of the rst half.
MENS BASKETBALL
AT NORTH CAROLINA
12/27/07 SCORE 106-70
The No. 1-ranked Tar Heels
showed their prowess against Ne-
vada, cruising to victory. UNC used
a 19-0 run to pull away in a game that they led
41-35 late in the second half. A bright spot for
the Wolf Pack was freshman guard Armon John-
son who scored 23 points and had three steals.
BASEBALL AT SAN
FRANCISCO 4/17/07
SCORE: 17-2
The game was tied 2-2 going into
the bottom of the fourth but San
Francisco then proceeded to score
15 unanswered runs. The Wolf Pack committed
three errors while walking 11 batters. USF used
an eight-run eighth inning to pull away. Nevada
left 12 runners on base to contribute to their
futility.
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4
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THE UNDERDOG
Wolf Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick drops back for a pass Saturday against No. 6 Missouri. Nevada lost 69-17.
COMMENTS TO THE UNDERDOG
JOSH GREENBAUM SAYS...
Since Ive been here people have constantly
criticized Coach Ault for being to conservative
with his play calling. Had the onside kick gone
Nevadas way then you would be praising
Ault for a gutsy play call in a big game. To
say the onside kick cost the Pack the game is
erroneous. The real reason we lost the game
was because of our production inside the goal
zone. Im happy to see that Ault is willing to
take these chances. This is only going to help
us when we play Fresno St. and Boise St.
SEPT. 9 COLUMN: AULTS ONSIDE KICK MORE THAN PATHETIC, IT COST PACK THE GAME
PACKFAN11 SAYS...
Everyone who writes a comment crying
about Emerson being negative is the reason
Nevada will never be a powerful D-I program.
It be nice if we could all be sports hippies and
sit around hold hands and sing, but guess
what Nevada fans it isnt going to happen. In
sports criticism is part of the landscape, and
by saying dont pick on the coach its okay we
played really really well thats just showing
the commitiment to mediocrity that exists
within our football program. If this was the
UNLV game everyone one of you kids would
be up in arms. The truth is you dont hand a
struggling offense a short eld. You just dont.
It helped them get back on track, their fans
woke back up and slowly the boys in blue
died on the eld. Teams like Notre Dame,
Florida, USC win by 40 and the coaches get
criticized, its part of the game, even in Reno.
Maybe thats why Ault can get away with
whatever he wants, because nobody wants
to ever second guess him, I am glad this new
sports editor isnt scared to push back a little.
WL SAYS...
This is a terrible write-up. Executing kicks is
a relatively unpredictable thing, and while the
play was certaintly a gamble, it was nowhere
near the follie that you seem to describe it is.
Jaekles two missed el goals (6 points) and
the punt returned for a touchdown (7 points)
would have made much more of a difference,
same if Kaepernick would have hung on to
the damn football getting into the endzone (7
points). That 20 point difference would have
made exactly that in the game.
WEEKLY TOP 5
sports SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 B3
By Terry Walsh
Reno announced that Andy
Dominique, the schools single
season (30) and career home
run leader (62), will be inducted
into the Nevada Athletic Hall
of Fame Oct. 17 at the Silver
Legacy.
Joining Dominique will be Tif-
fany Neumeier Breeden, football
player James Cannida, former
head baseball and assistant
football coach Bill Ireland, and
the 1956 national championship
rie team.
Dominique played for the
Wolf Pack from 1994-97, leading
the team to two of its four NCAA
regional appearances in 1994
and 1997.
During the historic 1997
season, Dominique launched
30 home runs on his way to
setting a single season Wolf
Pack record that still stands.
He also boasted a .788 slugging
percentage and a .357 batting
average on his way to earning
All-American honors and the
Big West Conference Most Valu-
able Player Award.
His senior year was the
most dominant season I have
ever seen, said Stan Stolte,
the Wolf Pack baseball teams
associate head coach, who
coached Dominique from
1996-97. In 1997, he was far
and away the best hitter on
the West Coast.
During the 1997 campaign,
Dominiques individual success
helped Nevada set 16 single
season team records. Of the 16
records, nine still stand, includ-
ing most home runs (87), total
bases (1,144) and runs scored
(582).
(Dominique) was a vital
piece to that puzzle, said cur-
rent Nevada assistant coach Jay
Uhlman, who played with Do-
minique in 1995 and 1997. His
play combined with his senior
leadership helped everything
come together. His production
allowed everyone around him to
blossom.
In the 1997 Major League
Baseball draft, the Philadelphia
Phillies selected Dominique in
the 26
th
round. The Boston Red
Sox acquired Dominique in
April of 2002. Two years later,
he made his Major League
debut with the eventual World
Series champion Boston Red
Sox as a catcher and a first
baseman.
Though he only appeared in
seven games with the Red Sox in
2004 and was not on the active
playoff roster, his teammates
voted to give him a World Series
ring.
He joined the Toronto Blue
Jays the next season. Domi-
nique only appeared in two
games for the Blue Jays as he
severed the arch of his left foot
while rounding rst base early
in the season.
The Seattle Mariners signed
Dominique for the 2006 season,
but the foot injury proved to be
career ending.
Dominique has since moved
back to Reno and opened
a hitting instruction camp
called Andy Dominiques Big
League Skills. He also served
as the hitting coach for the
Nevada softball team last
season.
The ceremonies will take place
on Oct. 17 at the Silver Legacy.
The group will also be honored
the following day during half-
time of the Homecoming/Hall
of Fame football game against
Utah State.
Terry Walsh can be reached at
By Emerson Marcus
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nevada
running back Brandon Fragger
left in the second quarter of
Saturdays 69-17 loss to No. 6
Missouri (3-0) with a bruised
shoulder and will be out for the
next four weeks.
The faster I can come back, the
better, Fragger said. I just dont
want to come back too fast.
Fraggers injury came in
second quarter when he was
returning a kickoff.
Nevada (1-2) will have a bye-
week to regroup from suffering
two major injuries in the of-
fensive backeld. The Wolf Pack
lost senior running back Luke
Lippincott last week to a season-
ending anterior crutiate ligament
injury against Texas Tech.
Sophomore Vai Taua will be
the feature back for the rest of
the season in coach Chris Aults
run-rst Pistol offense.
Im going to have to hold
down the number-one spot,
said Taua, who rushed for 47
yards on 15 carries in Nevadas
69-17 loss Saturday to Missouri.
Im going to have to be more of
a leader and carry the load.
Fragger, who graduated from
College Park High School in
Pleasantville, Calif., is in his
junior year. He never redshirted
and has one year of eligibility
after this season.
Fragger rushed for 127 yards
on 19 carries this season, but it
was his threat as a route runner
out of the offensive backeld
that made him so valuable to the
Wolf Pack. Fragger ranked fourth
on the team with 32-receiving
yards and four receptions.
Freshman Lampford Mark
saw his rst playing time of the
season after Fragger left with his
injury. Mark rushed for 25 yards
on seven carries. Courtney
Randall also played behind the
quarterback and rushed for 10
yards on two carries.
RECORD SETTING WEEKEND
If nothing else, the Wolf
Pack can say it saw a couple of
records fall Saturday.
Nevadas defensive ineptitude
led to a urry of broken school
records for the Tigers.
Quarterback Chase Daniel
broke the Missouri school
record for career passing yards
with 405 on the day after he
completed an 80-yard pass play
to receiver Jeremy Maclin.
It means a lot, Daniel said.
Thats a big thing for me. Im
very honored to be in that class
of quarterbacks and still have a
long way to go.
Daniel passed Brad Smiths
record of 8,799-passing yards.
He now has 9,153-passing yards
in his career.
The Tigers also set a school re-
cord with three receivers gaining
more than 100-yards receiving:
Maclin (172), Chase Coffman
(127) and Tommy Saunders
(100). Tiger receiver Jared Perry
came two yards of achieving that
feat with 98-receiving yards.
Missouri also set a school
record for passing yards in a
game with 519.
The one record that escaped the
Tigers fell at the beginning of the
day when Daniel failed to break
his own consecutive completion
record of 15. Daniel came into
the game with 14 consecutive
competitions, but threw an in-
complete pass to start the game.
He completed the next seven
passes after snapping his streak.
HURRICANE VISITOR
The Tigers offense wasnt the
only hurricane at Faurot Field
on Saturday.
After the Wolf Packs 52-point
blowout loss to Missouri, rem-
nants of Hurricane Ike came in.
There was a steady rain for the
majority of the game, but two
hours after the nal play, the
heavens opened and dropped
about two inches of rain, which
broke the Columbia record last
set in 1912 with 1.75 inches.
Ike was no longer classied as
a hurricane, but that didnt keep
it from dropping a considerable
amount of rain.
Emerson Marcus can be reached at
emarcus@nevadasagebrush.com
Nevada running back Brandon Fragger leaves the game Saturday after he suffered a bruised shoulder returning a kickoff in the second quarter of
the Wolf Packs 69-17 loss to the Missouri Tigers. Fragger will miss four weeks before returning to Nevadas already depleted offensive backeld.
Insult plus
injury for Pack
Nevada softball batting instructor Andy Dominique watches his
hitters last season. Dominique was inducted into the Nevada Hall of
Fame last week. The ceremony will take place Oct. 17.
Hall of Fame inducts Dom
By Lucas Eggan
Nevada (4-4) doubled its kill
percentage from last weekends
tournament, averaging 20.7 per-
cent Friday night and 26.7 percent
against UC-Davis on Saturday.
I think we played better
tonight, Nevada coach Devin
Scruggs said. When we have both
outside hitters hitting near .250,
we will be very hard to beat. It
shows that we dont need Lindsey
Baldwin hitting near .400 to win.
The importance of getting a
good kill percentage showed itself
in this weekends tournament.
Nevada went 2-0 when its kill
percentage was higher than 20,
but lost the only game when its
kill percentage was below 20,
against No. 24 Pepperdine. Ne-
vadas two wins came three sets
to two against UC Davis and 3-0
against Missouri.
FACING FATIGUE
Coming off a win against
Missouri, UC-Davis posed a real
threat to the Wolf Pack.
They were the team I was most
concerned about, Scruggs said,
We were coming off a high, the
game was in the middle of the
day, there were less people in the
crowd.
The UC-Davis team took Ne-
vada to ve games, with Nevada
prevailing. Coming into the
game against No. 24 Pepperdine
later that day the Wolf Pack failed
to win a single set, losing 3-0.
Just dont tell coach Scruggs
that fatigue was a factor.
We didnt serve hard enough;
Pepperdine was bigger, jumped
higher and hit harder than we
did, Scruggs said.
Nevada took second in the
four-team tournament and again
learned a lot about their team.
We came together well,
Hernandez said.
The Wolf Pack also showed its
tenacity and ght after facing
a 0-6 decit in the rst game
against Missouri.
I thought we showed great
composure, especially after we
came back from the early hole,
Scruggs said.
INJURY UPDATE
Jorgan Staker, as expected,
did not play in this weekends
tournament because of an
ankle injury she suffered against
UCLA. Her recovery is going
very well, and her condition is
still considered day-to-day.
Its not serious, Scruggs said.
Senior captain Allison Hernan-
dez also suffered a shoulder injury
in this weekends tournament.
I was really sore after yester-
day and during the UC-Davis
match, Hernandez said. By
the third game I couldnt serve
and could barely hit.
She took herself out of the
UC-Davis match and tried to
play against Pepperdine.
It affected me a bit; I couldnt
call for it on the back row because
I was almost sure I wasnt going
to hit it in, Hernandez said.
Both coach Scruggs and
Hernandez feel that the injury
is not serious.
It just needs some rest,
Hernandez said.
ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
The Wolf Pack had two players
named to the All Tournament
team. Outside hitter Kylie Har-
rington and Lindsey Baldwin
received the honors.
It feels good, Harrington
said.
Harrington had a kill percent-
age of 17.6, recording double
digits in kills in two-of-three
matches, as well as 20 digs for
the tournament.
Lindsey Baldwin had a kill
percentage of 20.56 for the
tournament.
Nevada
soars to
second
Nevada outside hitter Lindsey Baldwin spikes the ball in the Wolf
Packs three-game tournament this weekend. Baldwin is second for
Nevada in kills.
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League, which includes teams
like Stanford, Cal-Berkeley
and UC-Davis. The WCLL is
changing its league standings,
though, and next year the
league will be split into two
separate divisions. The south,
which includes teams like
Arizona, USC and UNLV, will no
longer be in the same league as
the northern teams.
The previous structure was
limiting our growth, WCLL
President Gary Podesta said.
We couldnt take in any new
teams and adequately grow the
league.
Teams in the south will join
the Southwestern Lacrosse
League, while Nevada will
remain in the WCLL.
The 2008 season wont only
include a new league for the
Wolf Pack, but also the addi-
tion of the schools rst-ever
womens team.
Its been hard (to start)
because no one in Reno knows
about lacrosse, Nevada
womens lacrosse player Amy
Evans said.
Evans started playing lacrosse
two years ago when she was a
freshman at Seattle University.
She said one of her oormates
came to her door and forced her
to play. Evans said she was then
forced to get into a van and was
told to read a rulebook.
She kidnapped me, Evans
said. (Lacrosse) is a hard sport
to learn. It was really frustrating
for the rst couple weeks.
Throwing and catching
wasnt that bad, but it was
running with the ball that was
really hard.
Evans said she was so frus-
trated when she was getting
started that she threw her stick
at the ground and broke it.
I was so embarrassed, she
said.
Evans said she is optimistic
about Nevada lacrosse, espe-
cially after 40 students came
to the rst womens practice
earlier this semester.
Evans will go to UC-Santa
Barbara Oct. 4, where she will
gure out Nevadas schedule for
the upcoming season.
If Nevada students are inter-
ested in playing lacrosse, they
can contact Evans and Crabtree
through the clubs page on the
University of Nevada, Reno web
site. Students must be enrolled
in 12 credits per semester or
24 credits for the year in order
to qualify under WCLL regula-
tions.
Emerson Marcus can be reached
at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.
com
Volleyball
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1
from knowing where youve
been and taking it with you on
your way to better things.
There are so many memo-
ries, so many good times that I
dont ever want to forget, she
said.
Harringtons closest fam-
ily relationship is the one she
shares with her 15-year-old
sister Kacie. Harrington said
she is extremely close to her
sister and she looks forward to
hanging out with Kacie on her
visits to Hawaii.
My sister and I are best
friends, I dont know, we just
speak our own language, Har-
rington said.
At her grandmothers house
on the island of Kauai, Har-
ringtons parents taught her how
to drive. At 14 she taught them
something about the person
she was growing up to be.
At Shipwreck Beach there
is about a 50-foot cliff and I
wasnt sure if she was going
to jump, but she did, and
then I had to jump (after
her), Harringtons father
Charles said.
Today, leaping off cliffs isnt
a part of Harringtons life in the
literal sense, but every time she
leaps at the net, she leaps with
the same attitude she did when
she was 14.
Shes got frog legs; in high
school her nickname was The
Flyin Hawaiian, her father
said.
For Kylie, leaping is a
physical skill that allows her
to succeed on the volleyball
court, but in a grander sense
it allows her to succeed in
life.
She leapt into a her volleyball
career at Nevada just as she
leapt of the cliff with her father:
using all her energy.
The energy helps me suc-
ceed. Theres nothing like that
feeling, when everybody is
pumped, we come out to play,
we come out to dominate,
Harrington said.
Nick Saccomanno can be
reached at editor@nevadasage-
brush.com
By Chris Gabriel
The struggling Wolf Pack
soccer team almost pulled off
its rst win of the season Friday
losing 2-1 to an undefeated
Minnesota team (7-0).
The Golden Gophers came
into the game No. 1 in the Big
Ten Conference. Nevada came
into the game at 0-4-1 very anx-
ious to pull off the upset and get
their rst win of the season.
The (players) come in think-
ing that theyre going to get the
win, Nevada head coach Jaime
Frias said. The team chemistry
and camaraderie are all really
good right now. Its just a matter
of keeping them motivated and
letting them know theyre doing
the right things.
BEING THE UNDERDOG
AGAINST A STRONG MIN-
NESOTA TEAM
Coming into this game,
Nevada had previously been
outscored by their opponents
12-2 this season. Minnesota
has outscored their opponents
by a combined score of 17-1.
Nevadas goal at 81:00 of the
second half was only the second
goal Minnesota has allowed on
the entire season.
Weve had a tremendously
hard schedule in the non-
conference portion of our
season, Frias said. We feel like
we could play with anyone in the
country. Its just now getting over
that hump and actually getting a
victory. Its just the win that were
really seeking at this point.
Nevada did a lot of things right
against the Gophers. Minnesota
was much more aggressive than
most other teams Nevada has
seen this season. Minnesota had
two more fouls than Nevada and
toward halftime it was clear that
Nevada was becoming frustrated
with Minnesotas forceful play.
When Nevada scored its goal,
a glimmer of hope came into
both the players and the fans.
After the goal, fans began chant-
ing, Lets Go, Wolf Pack. Only
to nd out that less than three
minutes after Nevada scored
its goal, Minnesota came back
with another goal of its own to
wrap up its seventh victory of
the season.
We would like to sustain
the tie for a longer period and
eventually get the win, but we
kept battling and kept seeking
the goal, Frias said. We went
into an attacking formation
after that goal and were really
seeking to get that other goal.
SOPHOMORE SCORES
FIRST CAREER GOAL
After playing in all 18 games
and starting 17 of them in her
freshman season, defender Erin
Smith nally recorded her rst
career goal Friday against the
undefeated Golden Gophers.
Smith was third on the team
in minutes played last year.
She was also named to the
Western Athletic Conference
All-Academic Freshman and
Transfer Team.
She scored her goal at 81:00
minutes in the second quarter.
It was assisted by forward
Karen Zmirak. Unfortunately
for Smith, her career milestone
was overshawdowed by Min-
nesotas game winning goal
minutes later.
OFFENSE STILL STRUG-
GLING TO SCORE
Even though Nevada did not
get shutout against a powerful
Big Ten team, there were many
frustrating moments during Fri-
days game. Nevada had count-
less breakaway opportunities
that could have easily turned into
a goal for it only to be intercepted
by Minnesotas defense.
As an attacking point, we
obviously want to score, so
when we see those breakaway
chances intercepted its a real
downer, Nevada goalkeeper
Sarah Hunt said. I think we did
a really good job in not letting it
get us down and just keep going
and going. I think its just a mat-
ter of when well nally break
through and score.
Nevada goes back on the
road now. They will visit both
the University of Wisconsin-
Green Bay, who is 1-2-1 on
the season, and the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, who
is 4-2. The Wolf Pack wont
return to Mackay Stadium
until Sept. 28 when it plays
UC Davis.
Chris Gabriel can be reached at
Pack seeks rst win
SOCCER NOTEBOOK
RESULTS
Football Soccer
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 T
Missouri 17 21 21 10 69
Nevada 7 10 0 0 17
Missouri Nevada
Rushing Rushing
No. Gain TD No. Gain TD
Washington 8 47 2 Kaepernick 8 73 1
Moore 10 45 0 Taua 15 51 0
Daniel 1 19 0 Fragger 5 29 0
Passing Passing
Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD
Daniel 28-23-0 405 4 Kaepernick 31-17-0 152 1
Receiving Receiving
No. Yds TD No. Yds TD
Maclin 6 172 3 McCoy 6 29 0
Coffman 6 127 1 King Jr. 4 29 0
Saunders 6 100 0 Mitchell 3 58 1
Perry 6 98 1 Wellington 3 23 0
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Team 1 2 T
Minnesota 1 1 - 2
Nevada 0 1 - 1
Minnesota Nevada
Sh SOG G A Saves Sh SOG G A Saves
Dare 0 0 0 0 3 Hunt 0 0 0 0 7
Bethke 3 0 0 0 0 Smith 2 2 1 0 0
Rouse 2 2 0 1 0 Miller 1 0 0 0 0
Grimwood 1 1 0 0 0 Godwin 0 0 0 0 0
Schwartz 5 4 1 0 0 McEachern 1 1 0 0 0
Kallman, Kr 0 0 0 0 0 Allen 1 0 0 0 0
Wagner 0 0 0 0 0 Mann 0 0 0 0 0
Rezac 1 0 0 0 0 Noe 0 0 0 0 0
Kallman, Ky 0 0 0 0 0 Thompson 0 0 0 0 0
Hood 2 1 0 0 0 Drummond 2 0 0 0 0
Clark 1 1 1 0 0 Montejo 3 1 0 0 0
Eckstrom 0 0 0 0 0 Zmirak 1 0 0 1 0
Shelander 0 0 0 0 0 Erickson 1 0 0 0 0
Solie 0 0 0 0 0 Ratnavira 0 0 0 0 0
Clancy 0 0 0 0 0
Olson 0 0 0 0 0
Strahota 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 16 9 2 1 3 12 4 1 1 7
2008 WAC STANDINGS
Team Conference Standings Overall
Boise State 0-0 2-0
San Jose State 0-0 2-1
Fresno State 0-0 1-1
Louisiana Tech 0-0 1-1
Nevada 0-0 1-2
Hawaii 0-0 1-2
Idaho 0-0 1-2
New Mexico State 0-0 0-1
Utah State 0-0 0-3
BRIEFS
NFL
Former Pack player
out for NFL season
Former Nevada football
player Nate Burleson will miss
the remainder of the National
Football League season with
a knee injury. Burleson, now
playing for the Seattle Sea-
hawks, tore the anterior cruci-
ate ligament in his left knee
in the teams season opener
against the Buffalo Bills. The
injury was similar to the one
that ended running back Luke
Lipincotts season.
Burleson holds the Wolf
Packs single-game record for
receiving yards in a game with
326, receptions with 19 and
holds the single-season record
for receptions with 138, which
is second in NCAA history.
He was also named a second-
team All-American after the
2002 season.
Burleson has served as one
of the best receivers on the
Seattle Seahawks in the last
three seasons. Serving as one
of quarterback Matt Hassel-
backs go-to options, Burleson
has caught 200 receptions for
2,735 yards in his six years
spent as an NFL receiver.
Burleson played the first
three seasons of his career for
the Minnesota Vikings, who
drafted him in the third round
of the 2003 NFL Draft.
MENS GOLF
Pack improves at San
Francisco tourney
The Nevada mens golf
team finished seventh at the
San Francisco Intercolle-
giate, shooting a 26-over par.
The team finished strong,
shooting a one-over par on
the final day.
The Wolf Pack was led by
sophomore Scott Smith, who
matched the best nish of his
young career as he shot a one-
over par to take third place in-
dividually. Smith also nished
third in last years Fresno State-
Nevada Challenge and now has
three career top-10 nishes.
Nevada junior Ryan Hal-
lisey shot a four-over par and
nished in a tie for 12th. For
Hallisey, the beginning of the
season follows a successful
summer campaign. Hallisey
nished second at the Pacic
Coast Amatuer Championship
in British Columbia, Canada on
Aug. 8. He was one stroke off the
lead in the tournament.
California won the 15-team
tournament with a three-round
total of nine-over par.
VOLLEYBALL
Nevada goes on road
for rst WAC game
The Wolf Pack volleyball
team will be the first Nevada
team this year to compete
against Western Athletic Con-
ference opponents as it takes
on Louisiana Tech Thursday
in Ruston, La.
Nevada will enter the game
with a 4-4 record, but has only
won one set in its four losses.
In all but one loss, the Wolf
Pack has been swept.
For the remainder of the
season, Nevada will only play
one more out-of-conference
opponent when they take on
UNLV on Sept. 28.
The Wolf Pack took two-of-
three matches this weekend
against some tough competi-
tion at the AT&T Invitational
Tournament at the Virginia
Street Gym. The Wolf Packs
only loss at the tournament
2008 WAC STATISTICAL
LEADERS
Category Name School Statistic
Rushing Ryan Mathews Fresno State 108.5
yds/game
Receiving Mitchell Nevada 84.67
yds/game
Tackles Derrick Richardson New Mexico St. 17
Tackles/game
Total Offense Kaepernick Nevada 250.67
yds/game
game was against No. 24
Pepperdine.
Nevada will continue its
in-conference road trip as
it will travel to Las Cruces,
N.M. to battle New Mexico
State Saturday.
CROSS COUNTRY
Pack nishes meet
in Sacramento
The Nevada cross country
team placed fourth at the
Sacramento State Hornet
Jamboree Saturday. The Wolf
Pack did not run five of its
top-seven runners but still
managed to stay out of the
basement of the seven-team
meet.
Senior Christa Avena led
the Pack for the second con-
secutive meet as she finished
fifth overall. Sophomore
Chelsea Chauvet-Moore
finished 16th overall but
improved on her time in the
same event last year by 57
seconds.
The Wolf Pack will travel to
Minnesota for the Roy Griak
Invite Sept. 27. Amanda
Moreno, Samantha Davis,
Janet Martinez and Jordan
Burke are all expected to
compete after missing Sat-
urdays meet.
WOMENS GOLF
Wolf Pack kicks off
new season
Nevada opened its season
yesterday at the Inland
Northwest Dodge Dealers
Invitational.
The Wolf Pack will com-
pete in a two-day, 10-team
tournament, which ends
Tuesday in Pullman, Wa.
The second, and last,
days tee time is set for 7:30
a.m.
Nevada will compete with
10 schools from the west-
ern United States, includ-
ing: Boise State, Gonzaga,
Montana and womens golf
coach Adam Pohlls former
team, Sacramento State.
The season marks the first
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Team G1 G2 G3 T
Pepperdine 25 25 25 - 3
Nevada 17 23 17 - 0
Pepperdine Nevada
K Set Dig BA K Set Dig BA
Frederick 7 3 6 1 Garvey 3 0 2 3
Lumsden 5 2 9 3 Hernandez 0 0 2 0
Fiers 4 37 8 1 Sei 1 13 3 0
Chamberlain 7 1 0 3 Harrington 5 1 6 0
Hill 12 0 1 4 Baldwin 4 1 1 1
Rubenstein 12 1 4 2 Aune 0 0 0 0
Robinson 0 2 10 0 Vance 4 0 0 2
Friedman 0 0 1 0 Kelly 0 0 7 0
Link 0 1 9 0
Santiago 1 2 1 0
Yates 3 0 0 3
Totals 47 46 39 14 21 18 31 9
2008 NEVADA
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Category Name Statistic
Rushing Colin Kaepernick 71.33
yrds/game
Receiving Marko Mitchell 84.67
yrds/game
Tackles Uche Anyanwu 6.67
tackles/game
Total Offense Colin Kaepernick 250.67
yrds/game
year for Pohll as Nevadas
womens golf head coach.
Pohll was the Big Sky con-
ference Coach of the Year in
2007 at Sacramento State.
Pohll comes to Nevada
after three years as a coach
at Sacramento State. Pohll
also coached mens golf at
Sacramento State.
As the mens coach, Pohll
led the Hornets to two tour-
nament wins, including the
Division I Independent Golf
Championship.
Nevada will return five
letter winners for Pohlls
2008 run.
Senior Melanie De Leon
will look to lead the Wolf
Pack on the links this sea-
son. De Leon ranked first
on Nevada with a 75.64
strokes per round average.
De Leon also tied for 14th
at the Western Athletic
Conference Championships
and qualified for the U.S.
Womens Amateur Public
Links Championship this
summer.
De Leon shot a combined
one-under par and held a
four-stroke lead over the
61-player field after Mon-
days two rounds.
WOMENS BASKETBALL
Pack announces
tourney schedule
The Nevada womens
basketball team announced
the schedule for the 2008
Nugget Classic, which will
take place Nov. 28 and 29 at
Lawlor Events Center.
The Wolf Pack will take on
Northern Iowa at 5 p.m. Nov.
28. Alabama will then take on
Louisville at 7 p.m. The con-
solation game will be played
at 5 p.m. Nov. 29 followed by
the championship game at 7
p.m.
With this setup, Nevada
could play Lousiville, who
has received a preseason
top-10 ranking from ESPN.
com. This possible matchup
would create an opportunity
for the Wolf Pack to get some
national recognition early in
the season.
Last year, in the same
tournament also hosted by
Nevada, the Wolf Pack won
the championship, defeating
Idaho State 74-66. Senior
point guard Dellena Criner
scored a career-high 32 points
in the game and was named
to the All-Tournament team
as well as the tournaments
Most Valuable Player for her
efforts. Senior guard Brandi
Fitzgerald was also named to
the All-Tournament team.
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Volleyball
2008 NATIONAL
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Category Name School Statistic
Rushing Shun White Navy 196
yds/game
Receiving Dante Love Ball State 144.33
yds/game
Tackles Richardson New Mexico St. 17
Tackles/game
Total Offense Case Keenum Houston 429.67
yds/game
*National ranking in parenthesis
Nevada Category National
OFFENSE Leader
277.33 (7) Rushing Navy-370.33
215.7 (65) Passing Texas Tech-448.7
110.34 (83) Pass Efciency Tulsa-238.84
493.0 (14) Total Missouri-597.33
28.33 (57) Scoring Missouri-57.67
DEFENSE
87.0 (25) Rushing Alabama-42.7
347.0 (119) Passing S. Carolina-95.0
148.18 (103) Pass Efciency Troy-59.37
434.0 (99) Total FSU-170.0
39.0 (107) Scoring Iowa-2.7
SPECIAL TEAMS/MISC.
29.47 (105) Punting OK State-43.63
0.0 (112) Punt Returns C. Mich-34.7
2.33 (90) Sacks Allowed BYU-0.0
-.67 (88) Turnover Margin TCU-3.0
MAKING THE CALL
B6
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
Gameday
Off week stands in
the way of Rebels
Nevada will have rst bye of the season before it takes on UNLV
STAFF PICKS
PESSIMIST SAYS: The Wolf Packs
spirit has been taken out of them by
its embarrassing loss to Missouri.
The 52-point defeat and loss of an-
other running back is too much for
the team to handle. It will not take
advantage of their off-week and will
underestimate a UNLV team that just
beat 15th-ranked Arizona State. The
loss to Mizzou will be lingering in the
back of Nevadas mind as it goes into
Vegas unfocused and ill-prepared.
1. USC (61) 2-0
2. Oklahoma 3-0
3. Georgia (2) 3-0
4. Florida (1) 2-0
5. Missouri 3-0
6. LSU 2-0
7. Texas 2-0
8. Wisconsin 3-0
9. Alabama 3-0
10. Auburn 3-0
11. Texas Tech 3-0
12. South Florida 3-0
13. Ohio State 2-1
14. Brigham Young 3-0
15. East Carolina 3-0
16. Penn State 3-0
17. Oregon 3-0
18. Wake Forest 2-0
19. Kansas 2-1
20. Utah 3-0
21. West Virginia 1-1
22. Illinois 2-1
23. Clemson 2-1
24. Florida State 2-0
25. Fresno State 1-1
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Vanderbi l t 63, Okl ahoma State 62,
TCU 45, Boi se St at e 38, Ar i zona
State 36, North Carol i na 31, Vi rgi ni a
Tech 28, Nebraska 21, Tennessee 15,
Connecti cut 13, Iowa 12, Kentucky 6,
Tulsa 6, Northwestern 4, Notre Dame 4,
Minnesota 4, Arizona 2, UCF 1, Ball State
1, South Carolina 1.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Arizona State 15, California 23
AP TOP 25 2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS
2008 REPORT CARD
Nevada
Offense Statistic Grade
Passing 215.7 yds/game C
Rushing 277.33 yds/game B
Redzone 71% converted D
Overall C
Defense
Passing 347 yds/game D
Rushing 87 yds/game B+
Redzone 58% allowed converted B+
Special teams F
Overall D+
2008 WAC STANDINGS
Standings Conference Overall
Boise State 0-0 2-0
San Jose State 0-0 2-1
Fresno State 0-0 1-1
Louisiana Tech 0-0 1-1
Nevada 0-0 1-2
Hawaii 0-0 1-2
Idaho 0-0 1-2
New Mexico State 0-0 0-1
Utah State 0-0 0-3
Category Player Statistic
Passing Colin Kapernick 538
Rushing Kaepernick 214
Receiving Marko Mitchell 254
Total yds Kaepernick 752
All purpose Brandon Fragger 348
Tackles Uche Anyanwu 20
Sacks Dontay Moch 2
T.F.L. Jerome Johnson 3.5
Break-ups Antoine Thompson 4
Interceptions Anyanwu 1
Punting Brad Langley 43.9
Scoring Brett Jaekle 25
2008 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT VAI TAUA
OPTIMIST SAYS: Nevada was on its
high-horse after smashing Grambling
State in its season opener but was
quickly humbled by two Big 12 giants.
The Wolf Pack has learned much
from their losses and will use this
bye-week to thoroughly prepare for
its game against UNLV. Coach Chris
Ault uses the extra week and works
out the kinks in his team. The Wolf
Pack goes into Vegas condent and
determined to regain its swagger.
As soon as junior running back Brandon Fragger went down Saturday with
a dislocated shoulder, sophomore running back Vai Taua knew that it was
time to take on a bigger load. Coming into the season, Taua was listed as
the third-string running back and was expected to see limited playing time
behind the Western Athletic Conference returning leading rusher, senior
Luke Lippincott, and the talented Fragger. Fast forward three weeks and its
time for Taua to grow up and grow up fast. With Lippincott done for the year
and Fragger out for at least four weeks, the bulk of the carries will now go to
Taua. The running back position was talented and very deep coming into the
season but now, behind Taua, is sophomore Courtney Randall and freshman
Lampford Mark , who all have little experience. Taua has done well so far this
season, totaling 213 yards on 38 carries, but he will be asked to do a lot more
in the upcoming weeks.
SEPT. 13
at Missouri
L 69-17
SEPT. 6
Texas Tech
L 35-19
AUG. 30
Grambling State
W 49-13
SEPT. 27
at UNLV
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
NOV. 7
at Fresno St.
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
NOV. 22
Boise St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
OCT. 18
Utah St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
OCT. 4
at Idaho
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
0CT. 11
New Mexico St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
OCT. 25
at Hawaii
TIME: 9:05 p.m.
NOV. 15
San Jose St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
NOV. 29
at La. Tech
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
1. USC (57) 2-0
2. Oklahoma (1) 3-0
3. Georgia (2) 3-0
4. Florida (1) 2-0
5. Missouri 3-0
6. LSU 2-0
7. Texas 2-0
8. Wisconsin 3-0
9. Auburn 3-0
10. Texas Tech 3-0
11. Brigham Young 3-0
12. Oregon 3-0
13. Alabama 3-0
14. Ohio State 2-1
15. Penn State 3-0
16. South Florida 3-0
17. East Carolina 3-0
18. Wake Forest 2-0
19. Kansas 2-1
20. Utah 3-0
21. Clemson 2-1
22. West Virginia 1-1
23. Illinois 2-1
24. Arizona State 2-1
25. Florida State 2-0
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Fresno State 93. TCU 76, Nebraska 49, Boise
State 43, Kentucky 40, Oklahoma State 39,
Tennessee 34, Virginia Tech 31, Connecticut
27, Vanderbilt 20, North Carolina 19, Iowa 14,
Northwestern 10, California 7, Notre Dame
5, Michigan State 5, Colorado 3, Boston Col-
lege 2, Ball State 2, Georgia Tech 2, Tulsa 2.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Fresno State 21, California 25
USA TODAY TOP 25
The Wolf Packs next game
is against interstate rival
UNLV.
When: Sept. 27, 7 p.m.
Where: Sam Boyd Stadium
(36,800; Field Turf)
Radio: ESPN Radio 630
AM, The Mountain West
Network
All-time series record:
Nevada leads the all-time
series with UNLV 18-15.
The coaches: Head coach
Mike Sanford is 8-30 in his
fourth year at UNLV. Nevada
coach Chris Ault is in his
24th season as Nevadas
coach and has a 192-86-1
record.
BYE-WEEK
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Nevada didnt play like it did Sept. 6 against Texas Tech.
The Wolf Pack offense was slow and the defense couldnt get
a hand on Heisman hopeful Chase Daniel. Nevada will now
go into its bye-week angry, upset and exhausted after being
outplayed by a team with a much better offensive scheme.
When asked what the Wolf Pack had to work on this week,
coach Chris Ault said, Pick something. The Nevada Sage-
brush has decided to do just that.
DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD
Texas Techs Graham Harrell looked like an over-hyped
quarterback when he came into Reno. He struggled
throughout the rst three quarters and didnt even hit 200
passing yards until late in the game.
Last week, Nevadas defensive backeld played a Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde role reversal. Missouri quarterback
Chase Daniels ability to open gaps in Nevadas second-
ary was similar to Moses parting the Red Sea he had
complete control and he gave his people a lot of room
to maneuver.
Nevadas inexperienced secondary is still better
than critics dubbed it at the beginning of the year.
Safeties Uche Anyanwu and Jonathon Amaya should
be ne the rest of the season. They are doing
a good job of following the ball and nailing
receivers, but on Saturday, Missouri was just
that good.
Nevada has to learn from its experi-
ence against the spread offense the past
two weeks as it gets ready for the Rebels.
UNLV is better than most Wolf Pack fans
think. The Rebels spread offense is le-
gitimized with athletic quarterback Omar
Clayton and a solid tight end in Jason Flair.
The Rebels proved to the country Saturday
that it is a respectable program when it
beat then-ranked Arizona State.
RUNNING GAME
Nevadas running game became an even
bigger question mark this weekend with the
injury of Brandon Fragger.
Without Fragger and senior Luke Lippincott,
the Wolf Pack will have to look to sophomore Vai
Taua as its feature back.
Taua has impressed this season as a downhill, power
runner, but his route running remains questionable at
best. Freshman Lampford Mark and sophomore Courtney
Randall both got more playing time Saturday than they
have all season, but the backup duo remains extremely
inexperienced.
Will Ault change his play calling to more of an air-attack
because of his depleted offensive backeld or will he con-
tinue to pound the ball in the Pistol offense with Taua and
the rookies? The next week-and-a-half of practice should
help answer that question.
STOP THE BIG PLAY
The Wolf Pack might have stayed in Saturdays game
longer if it had stopped a couple of Missouris long scoring
plays.
The Tigers started the game with a 59-yard run by run-
ning back Derrick Washington and then came back the very
next possession with an 80-yard pass play to wide receiver
Jeremy Maclin. In the third quarter, Daniel went back to
Maclin and connected on a 49-yard touchdown.
Nevada fans still cant forget the 82-yard touchdown
Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell threw to wide
receiver Michael Crabtree in week two. The play was
the longest in the history of a duo that is no stranger to
the big play.
UNLV also has speed and runs the spread offense. Nevada
cant afford to get burned over and over again in Las Vegas,
or it may end up losing the Fremont Cannon for the rst
time in four years.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 VOLUME CXV NUMBER 5 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SINCE 1893

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