Nevada Sagebrush Archives 10/06/09

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Attacks
send
two to
hospital
Rebel walloping ties series record
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47 eections, 20 were stu-
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6 people were urrested und
tulen into civil protective
custody
6 urrests or minor in posses-
sion o ulcohol
1 urrest or minor in posses-
sion o ulcohol und posses-
sion o ulse identicution
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student sections)
35 text messuges rom uns,
ulerting cumpus police to
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custody
2 urrests or minor in posses-
sion o ulcohol
1 urrest or minor in posses-
sion o ulcohol und posses-
sion o ulse identicution
3 people were issued citutions
(2 or misdeumenor ulchol,
or buttery und or destruc-
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A years worth of work ended
for University of Nevada, Reno
Director of Student Conduct
Sally Morgan last week. Morgan
has been part of the Task Force
on College Gambling Policies,
a national task force designed
to help colleges deal with the
issue of student gambling.
We wanted to nd out how
to keep students in school
and offer interventions for
addiction problems, Morgan
said. The goal is to work pro-
ductively with students and
to raise the level of awareness
about gambling addiction.
Despite being located in a
state where gambling is legal,
the UNR is part of a nation-
wide 88 percent of colleges
that lack a written policy on
student gambling.
The nal report of the task
force was released on Sept. 29.
In the report, suggestions are
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A collaborative effort between
the University of Nevada, Reno
and the Reno City Council and
Redevelopment Agency to
develop a university village
in the neighborhood just south
of campus took a tentative step
forward last month.
On Sept. 23, the Reno City
Council moved to amend the
citys master plan for the area
between Sierra Street, Evans
Avenue, Eighth Street and Ninth
Street, to redesignate the area
for commercial and mixed
use. The area is now zoned for
primarily residential use.
The resolution is still pending
nal approval.
UNR President Milton Glick
said the university hopes to fa-
cilitate private-sector develop-
ment in the neighborhood. The
proposed village, in which he
expects to see retail space, small
shops, cafs, apartments and
other housing options, would
serve as a bridge between the
university community and the
downtown Reno community.
We believe that it is critical for
the future of the university that
we develop a university village,
Glick said, for both residential
and commercial places that
increase the stickiness of the
campus and make it even more
attractive for students.
Because the university already
owns some parcels within this
area, UNR can use these parcels
as a platform for new private
development, Ron Zurek, UNR
vice president of administration
Staff Report
Almost twice as many people were ejected
from the Wolf Pack-Rebel rivalry game as
compared to the last time the two fought
at Mackay Stadium, with the University of
Nevada, Reno Police Department crediting
extra patrols with the enforcement.
We had some incidents that happened,
but overall, everything went well, said
UNRPD Cmdr. Todd Renwick. Compared
to 2007, (the numbers) are fairly close,
plus or minus a few different things.
Keith Hackett, associate director of
athletic facilities, agreed that fans were
mostly under control, but attributed the
.2 percent of fans who caused problems
to alcohol abuse.
Most of the incidents that occurred
during the course of the game were
because people had over-consumed,
Hackett said.
The Nevada Sagebrush news staff can be
reached at news@nevadasagebrush.com.
Rezoning of land brings university a southern gateway
UNR joins
gambling
task force
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A man was shot and a
student was pistol-whipped
within blocks of campus at
about 12:15 a.m. Friday after
each was mugged in separate
incidents. Five suspects in the
alleged crimes remain at large
and at least three were armed
at the time of the muggings,
police said.
Both victims were trans-
ported to local hospitals
where they were treated for
non-life-threatening injuries
and released.
The next morning, eight
hours later, 4,294 text message
alerts were sent to students
telling them to check their e-
mail for safety information.
The use of the text messag-
ing system was the rst since
its implementation a year ago.
The systems manufacturer
recommends it be used as a
way to alert students and fac-
ulty who may not have a way
to immediately check more
traditional means of com-
munication but have their cell
phones on them.
When the alert system was
The text message aIert
sent Friday, which totaIed
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In a news brief telling
of free u shots available
to students, the address
was incorrect. Flu shots are
available at 3101 Longley
Lane.
The Nevada Sagebrush
xes mistakes. If you nd
an error, e-mail editor@ne-
vadasagebrush.com.
In a news brief telling
CORRECTIONS
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By Tiana Ross
Many people experience one
of those a-ha moments in their
education career when they
suddenly realize which direction
they want to take in life.
For Kevin Baddick, a 25-year-
old graduate student working
on a Ph.D. in the ecology, evolu-
tion and conservation biology
program at the University of
Nevada, Reno, that moment was
in his senior year of high school.
It came during the composition
of a paper over government
re-damage prevention poli-
cies where he realized he was
interested in re ecology. That
passion has only grown through
the years.
In the summer of 2009, Bad-
dick traveled to an area just
northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska,
to conduct research that would
determine the effects of fire on
soil temperature. When fires
burn through an area, they
heat the top layer of organic
material. If the change in tem-
perature is drastic enough,
permafrost can melt, which
alters the composition of the
surrounding ecosystem. Bad-
dick was interested in discov-
ering how the soil temperature
of an area in Alaska had been
impacted by a substantial fire
that ran its course in 2006. He
chose the specific area based
on its accessibility and land-
scape position.
My research ideas basically
came from some discussions I
had with my adviser, Baddick
said.
He received some start-up
money for equipment and a
modest stipend, but was re-
sponsible for travel and living
expenses.
I slept in my tent the whole
time, either in a eld or the yard
of a hostel, Baddick said.
Although he received just a
few hours of darkness for sleep-
ing, Baddick said he thoroughly
enjoyed his tent experience.
After sleeping on the ground for
a while, his body became desen-
sitized to the sensation. He was
dirty all of the time, but Baddick
did not mind. His passion for
the outdoors, which for years
has fueled his interest in re
ecology, helped him overlook
his personal discomfort during
this trip.
During the day, Baddick
cooked for himself, hiked to
sites and installed temperature
logging devices to record soil
temperatures. Although he was
there to work, Baddick was not
hesitant to observe the natural
beauty. His research sites were
miles from the nearest town, so
Baddick was left to cherish his
remote surroundings alone. He
characterized the beauty and
wildlife there as amazing. This
appreciation of nature is one of
the factors that feeds Baddicks
interest in ecology.
Baddick said he spent about
one-and-a-half weeks in pursuit
of the ideal areas for study. Once
located, these two sites were
divided into 16 plots. Baddick
then implanted his temperature
logging devices. Because the soil
temperature changes all year
long, these logging devices will
remain in the soil until next sum-
mers data collection period.
If temperatures within the
soil are over 0 degrees Celsius,
then permafrost will begin to
thaw, Baddick said.
Permafrost thawing could al-
ter the soil composition, which
could eventually change the
types and abundance of plants
that grow in the area. Locals will
also be impacted by Baddicks
data.
Baddick said that land
managers will be especially
interested because the results
could help (them) decide
where to place more efforts
when fires do occur as well as
(have) other conservation/
restoration implications. Bad-
dick intends to use the findings
in his dissertation, which he
would like to see published.
Tiana Ross can be reached at
news@nevadasagebrush.com.
One students frozen summer vacation
Kevin Baddick
Age: 25
Major: Ecology, evolution
and conservation biology
What he does: Studies
the effects of melting
permafrost.
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Kevin Baddick shows a few temperature gauges that he used while in Alaska researching the effects of
melting permafrost on vegetation and what that means for wildres in the state.
By Anthony Sodenkamp
In Nevadas dry climate,
farmers rely on irrigation water
to keep their crops alive. One
University of Nevada, Reno pro-
fessor says farmers can drought
stress their crops and get a bet-
ter quality product. His proof is
wine.
Grant Cramer, UNR biochem-
istry and molecular biology
professor, holds wine tastings
from both well-watered and
drought-stressed vines every
Wednesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
at UNRs experimental vine-
yard.
The wine tastings are part of
Cramers study of how drought
stress affects wine quality and
the economic viability growing
wine grapes in Nevada.
Cramer is studying an effect
that has helped French wine-
makers for years. French growers
are prohibited from irrigating
their vineyards, which produces
a higher-quality grape, Cramer
said.
Tasters ll out a survey describ-
ing the appearance, aroma, taste
and their overall impression of
the samples.
We try to make it fun, Kitty
Spreeman, Cramers research
associate, said.
It is a vertical tasting, meaning
that tasters are given samples
from the same vines from differ-
ent years.
The positive effects of drought
stress are the most prominent in
red wines, Cramer said.
It enhances the avors in
some of them, he said.
In white wines, it is a matter
of opinion.
Drought stress is good for
growers because they can use
less water and get a better
product. Cramers research
could lead Nevada farmers to
convert their fields to vine-
yards because of the low cost
of irrigation and higher value
of the crop.
The two-acre experimental
vineyard on Valley Road was
started in 1995.
The rst acre has 12 varieties
of grapes and produced its rst
wine in 1999. The second acre
was planted in 2004 and is half
chardonnay and half cabernet
sauvignon grapes.
Most wine is aged in oak bar-
rels, which lends an element of
avor to the wine, but the oak is
not allowed to taint the experi-
mental wines avor. They use
steel barrels and glass bottles
instead.
The vineyard will be harvest-
ing on Wednesday this week and
on Monday and Wednesday next
week. They invite the public to
participate. Residents can learn
tips for their home vineyards,
Spreeman said.
Anthony Sodenkamp can be reached
at news@nevadasagebrush.com.
What: Weekly wine tasting
Where: The Experimental Winery at the Valley Road
Experiment Station, 910 Valley Road
When: Every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
Cost: A $10 donation is requested.
Limits: Attendees must be 21 or older to take part in the wine
tasting.
Info: Anyone interested can RSVP and ask for more
information and directions at spreeman@unr.edu.
Wh t W kl i t ti
WEEKLY WINE
University study brings tasting of local wine
BRIANBOLTON/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
A variety of Pinot Gris, ranging from 2004-2008, was served during the weekly wine tasting at The
Experimental Winery.
Jenny Wong, a 2009 UNR
alumna, samples the 2004 Pinot
Gris at the UNR vineyard just east
of campus on Valley Road.
FACES OF NEVADA
Program matches mentors, students
FROM THE SAGEBRUSH ARCHIVES
By Neal Morton
Katie Callahan had never
really helped out in her commu-
nity and she didnt know where
to start looking.
So, she began her search for
volunteer opportunities on the
University of Nevada, Renos
Web site.
There, Callahan found what
promised to be an exciting way
to assist disadvantaged youths
in Reno looking to ght the
status quo, push their limits and
get into college. The ASCENT
(All Students College Educated
in Nevada Today) program
seemed to provide a service
Callahan herself wished was
around when she was in high
school.
I didnt have the strongest
support system, Callahan
said. Im the first person in
my family to graduate college.
I want to go full circle and
help somebody else who had a
similar background.
On Wednesday, ASCENT
hosted its third annual match-
up where community profes-
sionals, like Callahan, met with
an assigned student at Hug
High School. Both mentor and
mentee work throughout the
school year to assist the student
in college applications, nancial
assistance, test prep and more.
This is the rst year Callahan
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OCT. 5, 1945
Later hours for
campus women
granted by Board
Later hour regulations of
women living in Artemesia
and Manzanita Halls and the
sorority houses were dis-
cussed at a student affairs
committee meeting held
Tuesday afternoon in the
ofce of Mrs. Alice B. Marsh,
acting dean of women.
It was decided that all women
residing in organized houses,
sorority and residence halls,
shall be allowed to remain
out until 1 a.m. on Saturday
with seniors allowed 1:30 a.m.
privileges.
To read the rest of this and
other stories from our ar-
chives, visit
NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
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ONLINE
FORMER ASTRONAUT
AND SPACE SHUTTLE
PILOT TO SPEAK AT UNR
Former space shuttle pilot,
Duane G. Digger Carey, will
speak about his experience in
space and at Mission Control
during his time at NASA. The
former Air Force Lt. Colonel
and astronaut piloted the Co-
lumbia on a mission to service
the Hubble Space Telescope.
The mission lasted more than
10 days in space, and orbited
Earth 165 times.
Carey received his Master of
Science degree in aerospace
engineering from the Univer-
sity of Minnes, Minneapolis.
He retired in from NASA in
2004.
Carey will speak at 6 to 8
p.m. Thursday from at the Jot
Travis Auditorium.
For more information on
the event, contact Dan Ruby
at danruby@unr.edu.
ADDITIONAL FLU SHOT
DATE FOR STUDENTS
SCHEDULED ON CAMPUS
Seasonal u shots will be
available in front of the Joe
Crowley Student Union from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. The
clinic encourages students to
attend, as it will be staffed to
accommodate large numbers
of people.
At this point the shot will
only be for the seasonal u, not
the H1N1 virus. When H1N1
vaccines are available, they will
be free to students and offered
at the Student Health Center
as well. Those vaccines began
shipping this week.
Shots are also available at
the Student Health Center,
but there may be a longer
wait there than at the u shot
events. The shots are free to
students with a valid UNR
student ID. Faculty shots cost
$25.
OCTOBER 6, 2009
Weekly Update
Campus
Events
Award-winning author to lecture at UNR
EMILYSTOTT/ NEVADASAGEBRUSH
The Reno Area District Fireghters Pipe Band performs at the 2009 Reno Celtic Celebration during the weekend. The 19th-annual festival took place in Bartley Ranch Regional
Park Saturday and Sunday and included music, dancing, vendors and cultural heritage presentations.
AREA RESIDENTS, UNR STUDENTS CELEBRATE SHARED CELTIC HERITAGE
POLICE BLOTTER NEWS BRIEFS
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By Jay Balagna
Isabel Wilkerson, a narrative
journalist and the rst black
woman to win a Pulitzer Prize,
will speak on campus Wednes-
day as part of her reception of
the 2009 Robert Laxalt Distin-
guished Writer award.
The event will take place at
7 p.m. Wednesday in the Joe
Crowley Student Union Theater.
The event is free and open to the
journalism school, students and
the public.
Wilkerson won the Pulitzer
Prize in 1994 for a story of a
10-year-old boy growing up in
south Chicago. She wrote the
story while she was working as
the Chicago bureau chief for The
New York Times.
The Robert Laxalt Distin-
guished Writer program was
established after Laxalts death
in 2001. Laxalt was a journal-
ist and author who helped to
found both the University of
Nevada Press and the Center
for Basque Studies at the Uni-
versity of Nevada, Reno.
The program aims to attract
writers who mirror Laxalt, by
starting in journalism and mov-
ing on to write books.
Wilkerson, a long time
journalist with a book called
The Great Migration due to
be published and released in
2010, fits that mold.
Shes a distinguished
American journalist, Warren
Lerude, an emeritus professor
at UNR, said. And as an au-
thor too, shes kind of a double
header. She fits the theme of
who we try to honor with these
awards.
Lerude said the Reynolds
School of Journalism hopes the
Laxalt Distinguished Writers
will serve as role models for
writers, both in the journal-
ism school and the rest of the
university.
Anyone who goes there and
cares about writing will come
out a better writer, he said.
Lerude said the intent of the
Laxalt Distinguished Writer
award is to raise $1 million to set
up a foundation. So far, the pro-
gram has raised about $300,000.
Ultimately, wed like to see
these winners stay on campus
for a week, Lerude said, With
the ultimate goal being to keep
them here for a whole semes-
ter.
The upcoming speaker is a
particularly interesting one, Le-
rude said, because of her area of
expertise and her Pulitzer Prize:
feature writing.
All too often, journalism
is too focused on gathering
the day-to-day news that we
dont have time for what we all
got into it for: great writing,
Larude said. Isabel is going to
teach people the art of storytell-
ing when she comes, and thats
something special.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com.
NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM/
CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY/7
Liberal Arts Majors-Study
Abroad with USAC
When: 12 to 1 p.m.
Where: Joe Crowley
Student Union, room 323
Opportunity for students
in the College of Liberal
Arts to learn about study
abroad programs available.
For more information,
contact Sabrina Harris at
sabrinaharris@unr.edu or
visit usac.unr.edu.
L-Cubed: A Collaborative
Music & Arts Series
When: 12 to 1 p.m.
Where: Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center, Frank &
Joan Randall Rotunda
A collaboration by the
music department and the
art department to try and
expose local artists and mu-
sicians to students and the
general public. The event
is a bring-your-own-lunch
affair and will occur almost
weekly through Dec. 2.
For information on being an
exhibiter or performer, visit
unr.edu/arts.
FRIDAY/9
Dr. Chunmiao Zheng Col-
loquium
When: 4 to 5 p.m.
Where: Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center, Wells
Fargo Auditorium
Students interested in hydro
geology can attend a lecture
titled Understanding Solute
Transport in Extremely Het-
erogeneous Porous Media:
Lessons Learned from 25
Years of Research at the
Made Site. Dr. Chunmiao
Zheng was honored as the
Birdsall-Dreiss Distin-
guished Lecturer for 2009.
The lecture will address
how to understand and
predict how contaminants
are transported in geologic
media.
SATURDAY/10
Nightingale String Quartet
When: 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Where: Nightingale Concert
Hall
The Nightingale String
Quartet will perform
chamber music with free
admission. University
graduate students Emily
Cox, violin; Gordon Tsai,
violin; Deanne Said, viola;
Christina Stripling, cello and
will all be performing. For
more information, visit unr.
edu/arts.
SUNDAY/11
For the Bible Tells Me So
When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Joe Crowley
Student Union, Theatre
The movie For The Bible
Tells Me So won multiple
lm festival awards. A
service by pastor Denise
Cordova, from the Light
of Soul United Church of
Christ, will start at 11 a.m.
followed by the movie at
12:30 p.m. For more infor-
mation, contact Nicholas
Blevins at contempissues@
asun.unr.edu .
What: Robert Laxalt
Distinguished Writer award-
winner Isabel Wilkerson
Where: Joe Crowley
Student Union Theater
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Wh t R b t L lt
EVENT DETAILS
OCTOBER 5
A 35-year-old male was cited
for grand larceny at the Joe
Crowley Student Union.
OCTOBER 3
A 21-year-old male was taken
into civil protective custody
on North Virginia Street.
Three 18-year-old females
were cited for minor in
possession and consumtion
of alcohol on the corner of
Buena Vista Avenue and
Imperial Boulevard.
Ofcers responded to a
report of hit and run and
property damage in the Brian
J. Whalen Parking Complex.
A 30-year-old male was
arrested on an outstanding
warrant at Mackay Stadium.
Four males and two females
were arrested for MIPC
at Mackay Stadium.
Three males and one
female were taken into
civil protective custody
at Mackay Stadium.
arrested for battery at
Mackay Stadium.
An 18-year-old male was
cited for MIPC on the
corner of West Stadium
and 17th Street.
Two 18-year-old males were
cited for MIPC on the corner
of 11th and Sierra streets.
Three 18-year-old males
were arrested for MIPC
and possession of a
fake ID on the corner of
Ninth and Center streets.
OCTOBER 2
Ofcers responded to the theft
of a bicycle at Lincoln Hall.
report of theft at the Ansari
Business Building.
robbery on the corner of
Ninth and Center streets.
OCTOBER 1
Ofcers responded to the
theft of a bicycle in front
of the Fitzgerald Student
Services Building.
SEPTEMBER 27
A 17-year-old female was
cited for MIPC at 11th
Street and The Strand.
cited for MIPC at Nevada
and Ninth streets.
cited for MIPC at Nevada
and 11th streets.
SEPTEMBER 26
A 20-year-old female was
and Ralston streets.
Ofcers responded to theft
at the Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center.
A 28-year-old male
reported grand larceny
at The Joe.
report of destruction of
property at the Fitzgerald
Student Services Building.
Street and Genesee Drive.
High: 70-75
Low: 40-45
WEATHER FORECAST
High campus
temperature:
Low campus tem-
perature:
59 66 70 71
34 36 36 39
UNR WEEKLY WEATHER DISCUSSION: After the strong cold front that brought freezing temperatures and light snow in the Sier-
ras, high pressure dominates the region all week, leading to warm, clear days and light east winds. Early mornings will be chilly with
low temperatures near freezing. Things may begin to change by the end of this weekend as the high pressure ridge that dominates
our weather begins to break down.
WEDNESDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEEKEND
Forecast prepared by the
Reno-Lake Tahoe student
chapter of the American
Meteorological Society.
For more information
visit our Web site at
www.ametsoc.org/
chapters/renotahoe/.
Sunny, light winds
Warm with
light variable
winds
Mostly sunny,
east winds be-
tween 5-10 mph
Warm, sunny
weekend with
light
variable winds
Sunny, east winds
between 5-10
mph
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Inside Campus
By Madison Jackson
From poetry to politics and
movies to music, Hispanic Heri-
tage Month celebrates Latino
culture with a wide variety of
fun events until Oct. 17. These
events are not limited to Latino
students. Theyre all-inclusive
events, including concerts,
plays and political discussions.
Among the events are
concerts, a poetry slam, a
documentary called The Wall
and two plays in Spanish taking
place during the last two weeks
of Hispanic Heritage Month,
Iris West said, assistant of the
director of the Latino Research
Center said. With such a broad
spectrum of events, Hispanic
Heritage Month invites students
of any ethnicity to attend.
By doing these events, were
giving space to Latinos and hope
to bring the community to the
university. Were showing people
what Latino culture is all about,
West said. But theyre also impor-
tant to non-Latinos. Wherever you
go, youre going to nd Latinos,
and it will give students a glimpse
of the people theyre living, work-
ing and studying with. Hispanic
Heritage Month is a great way to
experience Latino culture.
Id say these events are im-
portant to anybody that wants to
take part of it, just in general to
learn about the culture, Araceli
Martinez, program coordinator
for the Center for Student Cul-
tural Diversity, said.
Students can attend these
events, most of which take
place on campus for free.
Hispanic Heritage Month is an
effort to reach out to all stu-
dents and give them a cultural
experience, West said.
I think its important for
all ethnicities to see artistic
and political contributions
that Latinos have given to the
United States, Edith Duarte,
a 22-year-old international
affairs major and chair of the
Washoe County Democratic
Party Latino Coalition, said.
Its important to celebrate the
minority living in the U.S.
The Hispanic population has
made a lot of contributions to
the United States, Kathy Leon-
ard, Spanish instructor at (the
University of Nevada, Reno),
said. These events are things
everyone can enjoy.
Madison Jackson can be reached
For more information on
Hispanic Heritage Month,
visit unr.edu/latinocenter, or
view the many informational
posters throughout Cain Hall.
For more informationon
HISPANIC HERITAGE
Hispanic heritage month brings culture to campus
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Students lined up outside the Joe Crowley Student Union on Sunday
night to make sure they got one of the tickets before they sold out.
Students Paul Uhrig and Mandie Drummon look over the clues before
the Savenger Hunt on Thursday.
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Saturday.
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news OCTOBER 6, 2009 A5
has participated in such a pro-
gram. After meeting Tiffany, a
Hug sophomore, Callahan knew
she would be able to make the
most of the year.
Anything I can do to help
her, I want to try, Callahan
said. Tiffanys a really nice girl
and super bright. We come
from a similar background, and
we dont have a lot of family
members who went into school.
I think this should work really
well.
Callahan already juggles
a full-time job as a resident
nurse at Reno Oncology and is
pursuing her bachelors degree
in nursing. With little remain-
ing spare time, she wanted to
work in stewardship, giving
back to a community that
prepared her to reach her own
aspirations.
A graduate of Sparks High
School, Callahan said two of her
own amazing mentors, a coun-
selor and a math teacher, taught
her to refuse to settle.
I learned how to become a
professional, to get my work
done, because they guided me,
she said. They helped me along
the way, and I kept my head up
because of them ... Tiffany wants
to get out of her neighborhood
and pursue something better
and higher in life. Her goals are
pretty high, and I can help her
know what it takes to achieve
them.
ASCENT has had good success
with students like Tiffany. Last
May, Hug saw its rst match-up
graduates receive high school
diplomas in the Class of 2009.
Courtney Klaich, ASCENT
Coordinator and Hug assistant
principal, said the number of
Hug graduates who went on to
college tripled because of the
program.
The mentors can make all the
difference for their students,
Klaich said. If the mentors
werent on their backs, who
knows if each student would
make it. It takes that one person
talking only about college thatll
pressure them in ways no one
else can.
Klaich noted one success story
in UNR freshman and Wolf Pack
defensive back Duke Williams.
She said his last high school foot-
ball game was Hug vs. Damonte
Ranch High School, and after
summer break he was playing
with the Wolf Pack against the
Fighting Irish.
But Klaich emphasized that
Williams is only one example in
a group of hundreds, with many
more successes on the way.
I expect this year to be so
much more successful than
prior years, she said. My only
disappointment (at Wednesdays
match-up) was not being able
to match every applicant with
a mentor. Im seeing so many
more students who think this
might be their only key to get
into college.
Callahan echoed Klaich and
specically lamented what she
saw as a lack of male mentors in
the room. Callahan encouraged
people to show kids from single-
parent homes what the future
can hold for them.
While the match-up process
tries to take gender preference
into account, Klaich makes sure
anyone, regardless of gender,
that wanted to mentor is more
than welcome to be that one
person to change a students
future.
Neal Morton can be reached at
launched, police ofcials said
it was not meant to replace
existing alert systems, such as
safety e-mails, but rather to add
another way for students to get
vital information.
Adam Garcia, UNRPDs direc-
tor, said the system is now being
used to alert recipients of safety-
alert e-mails when the texts are
sent. The text message format is
too short to include any mean-
ingful information about an
incident, he said.
Garcia said he made the deci-
sion to send an alert to students
at 7 a.m. The alert came soon
enough and contained enough
information to be useful, Garcia
said.
Text messages are limited to
160 characters. The one sent
by UNRPD Friday included a
36-character heading Garcia said
he did not know was included,
followed by a short message
telling students to check their
e-mail for a safety alert.
Those 36 characters could
have been freed up to include
more information on the safety
alert for students in the text
message, Steven Zink, the vice
president for information tech-
nology at UNR, said. The system
used by the university to send
text message alerts, e2Campus,
allows for headings to be cus-
tomized.
I dont really know why I got
a text message aside from telling
me to run for a bunker and get
my computer, Zink said.
The message would serve
little purpose for students who
do not receive e-mail on their
cell phones, Zink said. The pur-
pose of the system when it was
originally implemented was to
provide information to students
who did not have immediate ac-
cess to a computer, he said. Zink,
who helped to bring the system
to campus, said decisions to
send text alerts and what to put
in them are made by UNRPD
without inuence from his of-
ce.
Joe Teixeira, a 26-year-old
criminal justice major, is not
signed up for the alerts and said
he probably wouldnt if they only
included instructions to check
his e-mail.
If you dont get e-mail on
your phone, you dont really get
anything from [the message],
he said.
The text message alert system
used by UNR is meant to be able
to give students the information
they need without having to
refer them to other places, Ara
Bagdasarian, a spokesman for
e2Campus, said.
Typically, messages do
contain more information
than (check your e-mail), Bag-
dasarian said. It is up to each
individual campus to gure out
how they want to use the system,
though.
Bagadasarian said that because
the technology to send mass text
message alerts in conjunction
with other alert methods is so
new, many campuses are having
difculties guring out how to
use it effectively.
Jay Balagna can be reached at
jbalagna@nevadasagebrush.com.
given to help colleges develop poli-
cies that will help reduce gambling
among students and help students
struggling with addiction to par-
ticipate fully in college.
Morgan worked on a sub-
committee that focused on
Recommendation Six which
concentrates on making rea-
sonable accommodations for
students focused on recovery
from a problem with gambling
or alcohol. The recommenda-
tion includes:
allowing students who
need time off to recover from a
disorder to take a medical leave
of absence;
universities making reason-
able accommodations to allow
students in off-campus treat-
ment to continue classes;
letting students who are no
longer eligible for tuition and
fee refunds appeal the process,
citing addiction problems as
an extenuating circumstance
beyond their control.
Writing this sort of policy into
UNRs Student Code of Conduct
would allow students with
addiction problems to receive
the help they need while still
participating in school.
Morgan said there is an infor-
mal protocol in place for people
leaving UNR for recovery reasons
but there is currently no policy.
We have the way to (make a
policy) but weve never talked
about gambling disorders as
being a mental health issue,
Morgan said. It should be put
on the table so someone who
is suffering from it can get help
while focusing on school work.
The latest draft of the Student
Code of Conduct is currently
going through the approval
stages, but Morgan said she has
added in a university sanction
that would apply to any type of
addiction or mental health issue
to promote a leave of absence
when it is needed.
It was very rewarding to work
on the committee, Morgan said.
It was wonderful, educational,
collaborative and very motivat-
ing to learn where other people
are.
Morgan said that some of the
recommendations will be very
helpful to UNR but that a lot
of work still needs to be done.
She said she will not work on it
alone and is not only asking for
help from colleagues but from
students as well.
We need to focus on aware-
ness, Morgan said. People that
have these problems may not
know where to go for help be-
cause we dont have the word out
there. If one student is helped by
the recommendations, it will all
be worth it.
Ashley Allen can be reached at
and nance, said.
We thought this would be
a good time to prepare for
the kind of zoning to do these
things, Zurek said. The
university village (would)
represent the transition to
downtown. It is marching
north, so we want to be able to
move south.
Both Zurek and Glick said no
university or public funds will
go toward the proposed rede-
velopment, and the university
does not plan to purchase more
land in the village area. Zurek
said UNR intends to make the
neighborhood more attractive to
potential developers by pushing
for rezoning in the neighbor-
hood.
What we hope is to give
students and the community
new residential opportunities
and the kind of entertainment
and collegial opportunities that
we need more of, Glick said.
The campus doesnt stop at the
borders of the campus.
The university village plan
is part of a revision of the 2005
University of Nevada Regional
Center Plan, Zurek said, which
originally called for the area
south of campus to be turned
into a park.
Generally, the regional plan
envisions an expansion of the
campus community to the east
and south.
Glick said the university had
considered the project even
before his arrival three years
ago, but only within the last
few months has UNR begun
to collaborate with the City of
Reno to revise designations.
James Graham, economic de-
velopment manager for the Reno
Redevelopment Agency, said the
opportunity to redevelop the
village neighborhood ts nicely
with the universitys plans for
expansion. He said the project
aims to both improve the areas
appearance and to revitalize the
community.
President Glick has always
said that he wants that front
door of the university to be more
vibrant, Graham said. Its
going to be a combination of
both public and private (effort),
but its going to be a long-term
endeavor.
The West Street Market is one
of the Redevelopment Agencys
most recently completed revital-
ization projects.
Jeff Webb, a 19-year-old
electrical engineering major,
said he does not think the
project, taken on its own,
will have much impact in the
redevelopment area, though he
agrees that it will improve the
neighborhood aesthetically.
It is an older part of town,
some buildings are starting
to fall apart, Webb said. But
moving south, theres not much
space to go, with the freeway
between downtown and (the
university).
Webb said most of the services
he uses are provided on campus,
and he would probably not visit
the university village if it were
already completed. However, he
said that if they build a lot more
down there, Im sure people will
just go to chill.
The administration has no
concrete timeline for redevel-
opment because activity in
the rezoned area will remain
privately financed.
Both Glick and Zurek called
the redevelopment proposal
a long-term plan. However,
Zurek said he suspects that
private interest in the area
will begin to increase at some
point, considering that the
ailing economy has forced
down some costs for develop-
ers.
Developers all seem very
interested in what students
and staff want to see, Zurek
said. I think (the project) will
respond to the needs we sense
here.
Aaron Benedetti can be reached
Katie Callahan, a registered nurse, meets the two students that she will be mentoring during the fourth-annual ASCENT mentoring program
at Hug High School. The program matches successful college students with high school students in need of a mentor.
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CAMPUSCHAT
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
Environment can build
motivation for students
I
t is ordinary to see students
roaming around the
library, from the rst oor
to the fth, looking for
an available computer after
lunch. Although it is somewhat
irritating when I cant nd
a computer, I like the time
because the library seems lled
with students enthusiastic
about studying.
The new Mathewson-IGT
Knowledge Center, which
opened last
August, is
now the
heart of the
University
of Nevada,
Reno and
gives students
a great
environment
in which to
study.
As the
city of Reno
grows year after year, UNR also
expands at a rapid pace as a
great educational institution.
The Joe Crowley Student Union
was built in 2007, the new
Davidson Mathematics and
Science Center will open in
August 2010 and the William
N. Pennington Health Sciences
Building is expected to open in
2011.
It is nice for the campus to
expand its buildings; however, a
simple question weighs on my
mind. Is it right to develop only
buildings and other facilities
and not motivate students?
According to US News
and other magazines, UNR
is categorized as a 3rd-tier
school among the other
universities in the United
States. UNR is still a good
school; however, we should
look at the upper levels if we
want to aim higher.
Ive had the opportunity to
visit Indiana University a few
times, which is, by contrast,
categorized into tier 1.
If you are a business major,
you should know Indiana
University because, according
to Business Week, the Kelly
School of Business was ranked
in the top 20 undergraduate
business programs in the
United States.
When I visited there, I
realized the biggest difference
between Indiana University and
UNR was clearly the amount
of study and motivation. Most
of the students at UNR are
working hard, but we cant
match students in Indiana.
I believe there is no differ-
ence between students in
natural ability. However, the
environment has a big impact
on their possibilities. Take a
library, for example. At Indiana
University, though it doesnt
look as fancy as ours, the library
is open 24 hours every day,
even during the summer break,
to keep the students motivated.
UNR is a agship and one of
the major education centers
in the state. Therefore, good
education and able people are
key resources to better form the
state socially and economically.
It is said that although
human beings are composed
of 60 trillion cells, only three
percent of them are used in
a lifetime, so we are full of
possibilities.
Education is not only teach-
ing things from the text, but
also bringing out the possibili-
ties of the students by giving
them a place and motivation to
nd out what theyre capable
of. UNR also has unknown pos-
sibilities to grow and produce a
lot of students who will change
the United States and even the
world.
Seiko Kamikariya is from Japan
and studies marketing. She enjoys
drinking beer and eating pizza,
not sushi, in the United States.
Reach her at perspectives@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
H
ave a cough and a fever? Better lay low. You
might have swine flu. Thats right, the two
symptoms that are nigh ubiquitous at any
health clinic in the world are the indicators
of the onset of swine flu.
To many people last spring, the world seemed like
it was going to end.
We had a gloomy recession flushing the United
States economy down the crapper, a pandemic called
the pig flu covering the globe in an opaque shroud
of paranoia, and the worst of Rush Limbaughs fears
had been realized: We put a progressive black man in
the White House.
But really, does all this hogwash about the swine
flu seem a little silly to anyone else?
The horrors of the 1918 Spanish
influenza and the fear-mongering
of the media have made the medical
community and our entire country
absolutely paranoid about H1N1.
To put the pig flu into perspective,
take the following two facts into
consideration: According to the
Center for Disease Control, the
seasonal flu kills roughly 36,000
people each year in the U.S. alone.
The death toll for swine flu across
the entire planet is less than 4,000,
according to the World Health
Organization.
When it comes down to it, the contemporary H1N1
strain is equivalent in fury to the seasonal flu. While
the Spanish flu was a freight train that mowed down
humanity like blades of grass, the swine flu is a Geo
Metro that will hardly be a blip on the radar in a few
years.
While I admit I get as much sick pleasure out of
apocalyptic story lines as the next guy, I prefer to
distinguish the 28 Days Later and Terminator
2 like scenarios from real life.
There are infinite other health-related problems
that hit much closer to home than the swine flu ever
will.
The rise of antibiotic resistance, the omnipresence
of students lacking health insurance and, perhaps
most alarmingly, the rate at which young people die
in auto accidents are issues that deserve far more
attention than this Geo Metro pandemic.
What we can do to control infectious disease,
whether it is H1N1 or the seasonal flu, is to use
common sense.
If youre intelligent enough to attend college, I am
confident you already know the universal precau-
tions that prevent the spread of disease.
Personally, I like to carry a small bottle of hand
sanitizer to use before and after touching a doorknob
or keyboard. Its also useful for squirting random
hippies that meander through the Quad between
classes.
But enough about what I do in my free time.
Whether youre looking to evade the pig flu or not,
do everyone else a favor and wash your hands as if
your grades depend on it. And if you do wake up one
day feeling like UNLVs football team after visiting
Mackay Stadium, go to the health clinic and stay
home til you get better.
Memo Sanchez is studying nutrition and would like
to remind everyone that a Memo a day keeps the
doctor away. Reach him at perspectives@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
C
hecking your e-mail
might sound like an odd
reaction for someone
who is trying to remain
safe from near-campus armed
muggings and a shooting, but
thats exactly what campus
police alerted students to do
last Friday.
Eight hours after armed
suspects from two near-
campus muggings and a
shooting were known to be at
large, the University of Nevada,
Reno Police Department sent
a text message alert asking
people to check their e-mail
for an update.
Although several students
were still on campus studying
just after midnight when
the muggings and shooting
occurred, nobody knew that
armed suspects were at large in
the surrounding area. UNRPD
should have text alerted
students of the situation
and given them safety tips,
which in turn could have kept
students from wandering the
area alone and unaware.
The text message alert
system costs $12,000 per year to
maintain, but UNRPD has yet to
use it effectively. When campus
buildings were closed due to a
power outage last month, no
messages were sent. On Friday,
the police texted students, tell-
ing them to check their e-mails.
The system that was designed
to immediately warn students is
not being put to good use.
A simple text sent as soon
as police had the information
would have alerted students
to the potential danger. For
example: Fr: UNR Subj:
Campus Safety alert
Msg: Armed muggings and
shooting near south campus.
Suspects at large, may be
armed. Dont walk alone.
Check e-mail for more info.
Instead, the delayed text
with little information was a
message some call useless.
I dont really know why I
got a text message aside from
telling me to run for a bunker
and get my computer, said
Steven Zink, vice president of
information technology, who
helped bring the program to
campus.
e2Campus, the company
that runs the alert system, said
the text messages are meant
to give students immediate
information.
The dramatic time delay
notwithstanding, all the text
message alert did was repeat
an e-mail.
If students were not near a
computer when they received
the text message and could
not access e-mail from their
phone, the text was useless.
Many of those that might
have been near a computer,
probably didnt even know
their UNR e-mail passwords
and login information.
Although this incident was
the rst time UNRPD used the
text message system and these
problems could be attributed
to the programs newness and
troubleshooting status, its
frightening to wonder what
would happen if an even more
dangerous situation happened
and the police department
failed to efciently use tools to
notify students yet again.
The Nevada Sagebrush can be
reached at editor@nevadasage-
brush.com.
It was a good
thing they got
it out there. No
ones going to
check their e-
mail at 4 a.m. so
it seemed like a
reasonable time
to send it out.
Anna Lopez
20, veterinary
sciences
Unless theyre
going to send it
out right away,
the text mes-
sage is pretty
useless, unless
its a stay-off-
the-streets kind
of thing.
Nate Osborne
27, chemical
engineering
I think they did
OK because they
got the message
out quickly after
the mugging.
Murat Dinc
24, mechanical
engineering
I think it was
OK when they
sent it out. I
think they could
have put a little
more info in the
text, like this is
important.
Sara Kam
18, journalism
Memo
Sanchez
Seiko
Kamikariya
WEB
NOTES
STORY: NEVADA RUNS
ALL OVER REBELS,
BREAKS SCHOOL
RUSHING RECORD
On Oct. 01, 12:16 p.m., Kyle
wrote:
Wow well, at least Nevada
Southern still has basketball.
Juan, no pulling punches in
your article for the Yell, im
looking forward to it.,
STORY: ANONYMITY
SQUASHES CAMPUS
COMMUNITY
On Oct. 01, 10 :51 p.m., IT
Guy wrote:
I came across a recent
publication of C&Ks
newsletter and was appalled
by the language and
vulgarity it drowned out
the valid arguments they
were making. Im sure the
federalist papers would not
have been preserved and so
revered had it been written
with the same relative
vulgarity. As a student, I
want leaders I can be proud
of that can represent
me in civil society without
resorting to such low class.
You have a right to disagree,
but the way you do it makes
you credible or not to a silent
majority on campus.
STORY: UNR CUTS
E-MAIL SYSTEM
On Sept. 30, 1 :49 p.m., IT
Guy wrote:
Mr. Russell,
While the Gmail Apps is a
great resource that schools
are using more and more, it
still does cost money. And
it does take time to input all
the new students, remove old
ones, etc So the costs would
be generally the same. I agree
it would be a much better
option, but if the Universitys
goal is to not provide any
email services for students,
its highly unlikely they would
consider it (which is sad).
I know that the Boyd Law
School used the Gmail Apps
for a time, but discontiuned
the popular service this year
due to costs (it was costing
around 2 full time people to
manage the system.)
If you feel passionatly about
this subject, I would recom-
mend petitioning the Board
of Regents to make a system-
wide email for students, with
sub domains of NEVADA,
UNLV, etc. but managed by
the system. It would prob-
ably lower costs, and prevent
duplication. Theyve done this
with registration services (or
will soon) with iNtegrate. This
would be a lot less costly, (iN-
tegrate is costing around $20
million) and probably a better
service.
Providing a .edu address for
students should be a service
that Universities provide. I
suspect they will rethink this
move in the next couple years
when they receive complaints.
I know one of the rst things
that made me feel like I was
really in college was when I re-
ceived my UNR email account.
Its a sad day for nerds
On Sept. 30, 9:41 a.m.,
Weston wrote:
This is very disappointing, I
could understand overhauling
it to make it more efcient, but
reallyhow low-rent are we to
make our university students
rely upon gmail for their e-
mail? I thought we were trying
to become a world class uni-
versity, and the appearance of
being so is pretty important.
Fakin it till you make it
OCTOBER 6, 2009 A7
perspectives
CHEESE AND WHINE
A
weekend ago, I spent a few hours
relaxing away from the United States.
Just an hour outside Reno, the foreign
country of Molossia was the second
house on the left, the one with ags and signs.
The Republic of Molossia
is one of about 10 United
States micronations, small
swaths of land or sea
declared independent by
men or women.
Micronations span in
seriousness from teenage
boys declaring their
rooms independent to the
Principality of Sealand, a
radio broadcast tower off
Great Britain that got into
an international kerfufe
when German citizens tried
to take it over.
Though micronations are largely unrec-
ognized by more legitimate governments,
Molossia, like other micronations, has its own
money, measurement system, monuments,
post office (with stamps), rail system, na-
tional holidays, time zone, navy and dictator,
President Kevin Baugh. Well, he was a dictator,
until he overthrew himself and established a
Republic.
Baugh was also the rst national leader Ive
shaken hands with and my personal tour guide
around his country.
Baugh greeted me in his driveway and waved
toward where it met the road.
Over there is the U.S., he said.
One of the rst stops was Republic Square,
a paved sitting area with a agpole and bench
in front of Baughs house. This was where the
Carson City Symphony brought out its brass
section to play for Founders Day last year. Its
also where the blue, white and green striped
Molossian ag ies every day (Unless its snowy
and I dont feel like getting up off the couch,
Baugh said).
Though Baugh admits Molossia is mostly silly,
small bits of more serious business creep in on
our tour.
He displays a Peace Pole in the front yard
(because we always want peace on Earth)
and works to unite other microleaders, from a
virtual Olympics (competitors ran separately and
compared times) to giving out microloans in the
name of micronations through Kiva, a charity
that connects individual donors with people in
Third World nations seeking small loans to start
businesses.
Yeah, its essentially a hobby, but were coming
together from all over to make a real difference,
Baugh said.
Baugh has also waged wars with his coworker
in the Moustachian War (to prove he could) and
his neighbors in the Dead Dog War (to get them
to re-bury a deceased pet on their own property).
Molossia even experienced a health care crisis
(when they ran out of Band-Aids).
Take a look at what Im doing because thats
what real countries do, he said. As a citizen of
a real country, do you want your country doing
these things?
Behind the Government House, where Baugh
and the ve other Molossian citizens live, I
met half the population and saw the national
railroad.
I was formally introduced to Tigger, a Chihua-
hua mix, Annie, a Boston Terrier, and Duncan,
a West Highland White Terrier. Molossians are
very friendly, but be warned: They may lick.
(Later in my visit, there was a small insurrection
when Annie wouldnt listen to the President and
refused to jump down from a picnic table.)
The Molossia Railroad is a G scale model set
that snakes around Norton Park a backyard
with the miniature railroad as a centerpiece. The
train goes through two tunnels and stops in the
tiny towns of Steinsdorf, a German villa with a
plastic man perpetually waiting for a train over
a beer stein, and Silver Hill, an Old West mining
town, as only bets the history of Molossias
neighbor, Nevada.
When Im famous, Ill have one I can actually
ride, Baugh said. Thats my goal.
Beyond Norton Park are Molossias war monu-
ments, the space programs stomp rocket launch
pad and the countrys rst tourist attraction, a
small metal tower with multi-colored ags called
Tower of the Winds.
You have to use your imagination, Baugh
said. Where you would see a kayak, I see a ship
in my Imperial Navy.
At the end of my tour, Baugh stamped my
passport, assuring me Molossias seal would
in no way invalidate it, and presented me with
a certicate accrediting me as a member of
Molossias space program (I got to launch the
stomp rocket).
While chatting, Baugh became more emphatic
when he talked about how micronations get
people involved in their own world.
Go stick your T-shirt on a stick to make a ag
and go to the park, the nearest wilderness area
and say, This is my country, Baugh said. You
dont really need a lot of money, just imagination.
Its like playing in the backyard.
Emily Katseanes is the Perspectives editor. She
hasnt declared her house an independent country,
but she might make her desk one. Reach her at
ekatseanes@nevadasagebrush.com.
Emily
Katseanes
THE GREEN LIFE
World religions encourage environmental responsibility
T
o deal with the energy crisis, a radical
social shift needs to occur for Americans
to see energy as a social good and not
an individual right. One of the ways this
shift can happen is through religion, a method for
affecting social change that
has been used for centuries
and is still extremely effec-
tive.
The Sustainable En-
ergy Forum, an Associated
Students of the University of
Nevada-recognized student
organization dedicated to
affecting this kind of change
had Professor Gary Cage
as its first speaker of the
semester. Cage focused his
lecture on the role religion
can play in environmental
and energy concerns.
I am not advocating or denying the validity of
any belief system, but religious doctrines can
greatly influence their followers actions and at-
titudes toward a particular subject. Knowledge
of that groups doctrine is a powerful tool as a
starting point for green dialogue.
Cage is a philosophy professor and has
taught a world religions diversity course at
the University of Nevada, Reno and Truckee
Meadows Community College.
His presentation briefly outlined the
fundamentals of Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Tribalism and
Jinn and how each religion might or might not
support environmental and energy concerns.
Cage first said that although these religions
do not explicitly deal with the issue of
conservation because they were founded when
these issues were nonexistent, there are
still religious doctrines that are supportive of
environmental awareness.
In Judeo-Christian scriptures, Cage pointed
out passages that were environmentally sup-
portive, ranging from care of land to treatment
of animals. Furthermore, Cage talked about the
importance of stewardship in Judeo-Christian
religions. Stewardship is a loving concern for
those in need and a social awareness of moral
correctness. I would like to think robbing the
Earth of its resources and leaving future genera-
tions a polluted and impoverished world would
be an outrage to this Judeo-Christian sense of
moral and social responsibility.
When speaking about Islam, Cage talked
about the prophet Muhammad and his child-
hood.
Muhammad had a deep concern for the
impoverished. One of the Five Pillars of Islam is
the giving of alms. To me, this is similar to the
concept of Judeo-Christian stewardship and the
previous argument applies.
In Buddhism, Native American and Jinn
religions, Cage illustrated the belief in the
sacredness of all living things.
Cage gave the example of Jinn monks sweep-
ing bugs out of their path while walking to
avoid stepping on them. This beautiful example
is a philosophy many environmental organiza-
tions such as Green peace and People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) hold dear
to their hearts.
Lastly, when talking about Hinduism, Cage
brought up the Brahman the unchanging,
infinite and transcendent reality that is the
divine ground of everything in this universe.
Put simply, we are all really just part of the
Brahman. There is no tree and no me. There is
only Brahman. I find it a poetic picture of unity
between the smallest atoms and the largest
solar system.
The world religions give their followers an
image of a world united under either a single
God or a common belief. They seek a common
tie to link humanity and, as a result, teach that
we have a responsibility to each other.
I think these beliefs are not in conflict with
the desire for a beautiful, clean Earth with
enough energy for everyone. This gives me
great hope that the social change Simon said we
need is possible, regardless of a rich diversity of
beliefs and people.
Susannah Lee is the president of SEF. Contact her at
sef.unr@gmail.com or visit the Web site at sef.unr.
tripod.com/index.html.
Susannah
Lee
Imagination ourishes in
micronation of Molossia
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Above, President Kevin Baugh of the Republic of Molossia, an independent micronation outside of
Dayton. Micronations are areas of land or sea declared independent, though they are largely unrecognized
by world governments.
Below, Baugh stamps a passport as proof of a visit to Molossia.
Hey, man, whats up?
Ummmmm...
Dont tell me you have
space crabs again?
Im out.
No, I got rid of
that, but now I have
hyper-gonorrhea.
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Go stick your T-shirt on a stick to make a flag and go to the park, the
nearest wilderness area and say, This is my country, Baugh said. You
dont really need a lot of money, just imagination. Its like playing in the
backyard.
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standout aspect of the band
with his unusual and gravitat-
ing vocal style.
Among the albums best
songs are Against Me, Even
the Good Wood Gone, Berke-
ley by Hearseback and This
Blackest Purse. The lyrical
content of Eskimo Snow
is extremely strong, relying
upon interesting metaphors
and incredibly descriptive se-
quences to transport listeners
into the albums stories.
In This Blackest Purse,
Wolf sings, I wanna speak
at an intimate decibel, / with
the precision of an infinite
decimal / to listen up and
send back a true echo / of
something forever felt but
never heard. / I want that
sharpened steel of truth in
every word. In Berkeley by
Hearseback, a slightly more
fast-paced and upbeat song,
Wolf sings, Lay me down in
a hearseback / its where my
new best look is at. As in the
majority of the albums songs,
the earnestness of the lyrics is
quite tangible and the slow-
paced melodies and steady
beats allow the record to filter
through to the listener and
leave a strong impression.
Many of the songs lyrics fo-
cus around death-like images.
In Against Me, the chorus
repeats the questions, Will I
gain weight in later life? / And
when will someone swing a
scythe against me? Because
of these dramatic and inter-
esting lines set to such simple
and relatively quiet music, the
album is rather memorable.
The album concludes with
its title track, Eskimo Snow,
which helps to illustrate the
overall theme of the CD. Its
opening lines assert that Es-
kimo Snow is among all of
my words for sadness. This
description is quite accurate,
as much of the album would
make perfect background
music for nights spent con-
templating mortality or lost
loves.
Despite the lack of hip-hop
overtones or any real dance-
worthy tunes in Eskimo
Snow, the album remains
a strong release from Why?.
Its mixture of appropriately
melancholy music and fasci-
natingly metaphorical lyrics
makes it alluring and thor-
oughly enjoyable, particularly
for pensive occasions.
Casey OLear can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
be fair, he does go after both
parties and tries to present his
view on a topic that is affecting
almost everyone. However, that
doesnt mean this is a perfect
documentary.
The biggest problem with
the lm is Moores inclusion of
religion into the debate. In one
part of the lm, Moore asks a
pastor if capitalism is a sin to
which the pastor answers yes.
This is where Moores cred-
ibility is stretched to the limit.
While some of the points made
by the lm are based off of facts
and human interest stories,
what does religion have to do
with anything?
The economy and religion
are two separate entities and
although this could provide
a new perspective for some,
Moores argument is awed.
The people in the church
who he interviews do not ap-
pear to have any special knowl-
edge with the way the economy
works and the interviews only
serve to give the audience time
to detach themselves emotion-
ally from the lm. Instead of
appealing to everyone, Moore
plays only to the ultra-religious
during these parts.
Moores lack of focus, unwar-
ranted publicity stunts and
lack of solutions take away a lot
from the lm. Though a decent
lm, he misses am opportunity
to present something new to
the discussion on the economy,
instead he rehashes what has
already been said.
Does it evoke emotions? Yes.
But, its clear that Moore has
overestimated just how good
his latest lm is.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at
leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
blowing vocal ranges that origi-
nally threw Paramore into the
spotlight. Lead singer Hayley
Williams knows her gift and
uses it well. In a pleasing mix of
acoustic, pop-punk and heavier
rock tunes, Williams showcases
her ability to take on an abun-
dance of different genres and
make them her own.
Turn It Off is easily one of
the best tracks on the album.
Laden with perceptive lyrics
and a catchy tune, it provides
everything listeners look for
in a good song. Similar to
For a Pessimist, Im Pretty
Optimistic, a track on Par-
amores second album, Turn
it Off appears to be one of
the hidden treasures of the
album. With no foreseeable
future as a single (the first
two were named Ignorance
and Brick by Boring Brick),
Turn it Off could end up an
unfortunate background track
if listeners dont peruse the
album on their own. That be-
ing said, every song on Brand
New Eyes is worth listening
to. Fans need to keep their
ears open for tracks like this;
some of Paramores best songs
never became singles or music
videos.
The first track on the album,
Ignorance, takes on an an-
grier and grungier approach
than is typical for the band.
On first listen, I actually
thought my iTunes had man-
aged to jump onto a Flyleaf
track rather than Paramore.
While Paramore is mostly
known for their pop-punk hits,
this song is a testament that
their talent knows no bounds.
Though angst-ridden, the lyr-
ics still provide an intelligent
basis and witty metaphors.
Wheres your gavel? / Your
jury? / Whats my offense this
time? / Youre not a judge, but
if youre gonna judge me /
Well sentence me to another
life, Williams agonizes in the
first verse.
A ballad through and
through, The Only Exception
is a heart-warming track that
relays how one person can
alter everything youve ever
thought about love. Williams
velvet vocals are accompanied
solely by an acoustic guitar as
she introduces the song with
a flashback to her childhood,
as she watched her parents
and stopped believing in
love. And that was the day
I promised / Id never sing
of love / If it does not exist /
but darlin, you are the only
exception, she explains.
Beautifully written, The Only
Exception is a relationship
song throughout. Similar to
songs like Hoobastanks The
Reason and Plain White Ts
Hey There Delilah, this track
is a great couples song that
is sure to make its way into
middle school dances across
the country.
Overall, Paramore lived up
to the hype around their name
and delivered yet another
mind-blowingly awesome al-
bum full to the brim with both
their signature and newer
sounds.
TaraVerderosacan be reachedat
tverderosa@nevadasagebrush.com.
Paramore
Why?
Capitalism
creates a unique and ex-
tremely sarcastic look at a
world in ruins. While survival
is the number one priority of
the characters, as seen by the
list of rules laid out quite ob-
viously throughout the movie,
they make it more of a game
than a necessity. Wanting to
claim the Zombie Kill of the
Week, characters use banjos,
pianos, toilet paper or just
about anything they can think
of to make kills memorable.
And boy, are they memorable.
The focus of the film is pri-
marily based around Eisen-
bergs character Columbus
(the nickname he was given
based on his final destina-
tion) and his attempts to find
his parents, or if not them,
just a girl. Eisenbergs loner
virgin shtick, while familiar
to Michael Ceras fans, works
well to create a strong central
character to follow through
the crazy adventures, but it
is Harrelsons maniacal act
that steals the show. Like
a skinny Rambo without a
patriotic cause, Harrelson
barrels through the movie
with countless one-liners and
a hilarious subplot to get his
hands on the last Twinkie in
Zombieland.
As downright awesome as
this film is, there are definitely
some complaints to be made.
First, what is with the 80-min-
ute running time? So many
boring flicks today are a good
two and a half hours long,
but when an actual exciting
cinematic experience comes
around its less than an hour
and a half! WTF, mate? Sec-
ondly, when something this
good comes around you know
the only way youll ever see
more is if a sequel of a most
likely lesser quality would be
made. In Zombielands case,
I believe the story would be
suited much better to a no-
holds-barred HBO TV series.
There are just too many differ-
ent situations these characters
could be thrown into, for it to
be a quick yet soon-to-be-
cult-classic flick. Forget the
convoluted Crash TV spinoff;
lets see some quirky zombie
carnage on a weekly basis!
Since the TV idea is highly
unlikely, it is imperative to
gather as many friends as pos-
sible and share the bounties of
laughs during the years best
action/comedy adventure.
JayBrissendencanbereachedatjbris-
senden@nevadasagebrush.com.
Zombieland
will make a call to see how
that person can help.
We can send them flyers
electronically or through
the mail, Block said of the
street team. It all depends
on their deal.
As an example to other
bands, Sol Jibes street team
provides a solid case of good
organization and easy com-
munication. Both of which,
as Block understands, are
important aspects of creat-
ing a fan base.
A lot of bands dont have
the right tools, Block said.
The music business is so
competitive. They still have
to go the extra mile.
Jennie Lindquist can be reached
at arts-entertainment@neva-
dasagebrush.com.
BRIANBOLTON/ NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Stremmel Art Gallery is featuring paintings and sculptures by UNR
Emerging Artists from the art department until Oct. 15 from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. daily.
STREMMEL ART GALLERY
Street Team
SolJibe
Flores said. It works out really
well.
Another one of Sol Jibes main
goals is to bridge the gap be-
tween a person just watching a
band and having a unique expe-
rience. The band says a moment
of disconnect from reality is key
to having a fun performance.
I like it when people dance,
Cowell, a University of Nevada,
Reno jazz studies major, said.
Its like a healing factor. People
forget about their troubles and
we are a kind of source for that.
Fans agree. Brooke Hansston, a
22-year-old elementary education
major, has been a follower and
friend of the group for ve years.
The style of the music has
its own avor. Hannston said.
Its really that you can get into
the music, the enjoyment of the
music.
Block, with 28 years of experi-
ence in the music business, says
Sol Jibe is a good band.
Its the type of people that
makes a good group, Block said.
These guys are pros, super nice
guys, and hardworking on their
music.
For this growing group, compet-
ing outside the little pond of Reno
has been tough. Hoover says while
turning out a large crowd in Reno,
the band usually doesnt get big
numbers in other areas.
Sometime well play for 20
people, sometimes 150, Hoover
said. But every single time and
even in new markets people will
be on the dance oor. You can
really tell they are having a good
time.
Block believes Sol Jibes ability
to market themselves to differ-
ent media outlets is important
to its growth.
In this day and age, bands
themselves need to learn the
tools to get an established fan
base, Block said. Having a
technical guy like James Hoover
is really a godsend, but Sol Jibe
breaks up the responsibilities.
Running it in the right way is
really a team effort.
In an effort to promote the
group, the idea of having a street
team has been implemented. The
band says it is essential. Through
this program, fans across the
world are able to work with the
band and help spread the word.
We recruit and work with
everyone who is on the street
team, Hoover said. Its a build-
ing process. We are trying to get
the foundations.
The band is enthusastic about
potential worldwide voyaging.
Its like a rollercoaster ride,
Hoover said. Tick, tick, tick,
and we havent even reached the
top yet.
Jennie Lindquist can be reached at
arts-entertainment@nevadasage-
brush.com.
A12 OCTOBER 6, 2009
TheScene
By Casey OLear
Between attending classes and
studying for exams, it can some-
times be difcult to keep up on
the latest runway looks or dis-
cuss the merits of haute couture
makeup with friends. But, for the
tech-savvy fashion enthusiasts
out there, with just one click,
the world of high fashion can
be transported right into your
bedroom. Here is a rundown of
some of the best fashion-related
Web sites out there:
LOOKBOOK.NU
Lookbook and its counterparts
on popular social networking
sites like Facebook, Twitter
and Tumblr focus on fashion
inspiration for everyday looks.
Visitors can browse the catego-
ries to see outts posted by real
people from around the world,
or post their own to share fash-
ion inspiration with others. You
can browse mens or womens
fashions, or search based upon
country, brand or category (such
as blazers or denim pants).
If youre dying to buy the new
Ann Demuelemeester boots but
have no idea how to wear them
practically in your day-to-day
life, head over to Lookbook to
see how its done.
YOUNGFATANDFABU-
LOUS.COM
Focusing on fashionable looks
for plus-sized girls, YFF offers a
wide range of content to read-
ers. The site features rundowns
of plus-sized looks on the
runway, in magazines and on
celebrities, as well as overviews
of new plus-size lines released
by designers and in stores such
as Torrid and Kohls. The Web
site also features outts created
by real people and interviews
with designers and fashionistas
alike in order to show readers
what clothing options are avail-
able for different body types and
how they could be worn.
CHICTOPIA.COM
With the goal to help readers
discover what fashions will work
the best for them, Chictopia
allows users worldwide to con-
nect with others of similar body
shapes, sizes and styles in order to
discover the best fashion options
available. With style galleries full
of fashion inspiration, fashion
reviews, shopping guidance and
a community featuring forums,
polls and more, Chictopia tries
to help readers better connect
with others in order to discuss
and critique different fashions.
POLYVORE.COM
Polyvore is a unique Web site
that allows users to mix and
match fashions from different
designers and stores in order to
create collages of their favorite
looks. Users can browse the Web
site to put together outts and
accessories to mimic a celebritys
style or simply to create a dream
outt for fashion inspiration.
Once you have created a look,
it can be published and shared
with the Polyvore community.
Users can search by trends, such
as pearl necklaces, to see what
outts other users have created
using those items. They can also
search by celebrities (to see
what Lady Gaga-inspired looks
others have come up with) or
brand names.
WHOWHATWEAR.COM
In an attempt to create a
Web site that includes celebrity
fashion gossip without all of the
extraneous information about
whos dating whom, the cre-
ators of WhoWhatWear choose
to simply focus on the latest
fashion trends. Subscribers (and
casual visitors) can check out
topics such as what to wear to a
holiday party or search runway
trends for designers such as Mi-
chael Kors. They can also browse
shopping guides sorted into
categories for things like shoes,
handbags and items under $100.
Additionally, readers have the
option of submitting a question
to the Web sites Ask a Stylist
feature and may see their fashion
woes addressed in future posts.
Casey OLear can be reached at
colear@nevadasagebrush.com.
Calendar
THURSDAY/8
Floater at Tonic Lounge
Floater, whose music is in-
fused with elements of rock,
pop, reggae and jazz, will
begin playing at 8 p.m.
231 W. Second St.
Reno
Tickets are $10.
FRIDAY/9
Kenny Rogers at Grande
Exposition Hall in The
Silver Legacy Resort Casino
Country music star Kenny
Rogers will perform songs
from his hit albums from
1967 through his 2006
album, Water & Bridges,
beginning at 8 p.m.
407 N. Virginia St.
Reno
Tickets range from $55 to
$80.
BLVD, Random Rab
and Robotonia at The
Underground
San Francisco, Calif., natives
BLVD will perform their sig-
nature electronic/breakbeat
music alongside electronic
group Random Rab and lo-
cals Robotronia for crowds
21 and older. Doors open at
8:30 p.m. and the show be-
gins at 9:30 p.m.
555 E. Fourth St.
Reno
Tickets are $12 in advance
and $15 at the door.
SATURDAY/10
Stephen Lynch at Grande
Exposition Hall in The Sil-
ver Legacy Resort Casino
Comedian Stephen Lynch
will bring his stand up and
musical comedy skits to
Reno, covering material from
all of his albums and Com-
edy Central specials begin-
ning at 8 p.m.
407 N. Virginia St.
Reno
Tickets range from $25 to
$35.
We All We Got and guests
at The Underground
A rap, hip-hop and alterna-
tive rock show for guests
18 and older will begin at 9
p.m., featuring artists We
All We Got, Rameses, Kado,
Smoke & LA, Knowledge,
Worriaz, Jake Lopes and
OGM.
555 E. Fourth St.
Reno
Tickets are $10.
Weekly
Recipe
By Casey Durkin
Archies, The Wal, The Break-
away, Pub and Sub are all iconic
food and drink establishments
in University of Nevada, Reno
student life and tradition. Very
few of these types of places
close, but when they do, the
new management usually goes
one of two ways.
They can be like the new own-
ers of Fritzs and put a huge sign
on Virginia Street implying one
day they will sell Awful Awfuls,
take their sweet time to open
and let students writhe with
unwarranted excitement.
The alternate is demonstrated
perfectly by Morandis Record
Street Caf, which very well
may have found that little
something that will make it
survive and achieve its icon
status once again.
The story of Record Street
Caf has been a kind of hazy
one for some UNR students.
Things such as ominous clos-
ings and openings under the
same name and drastic menu
changes are just some of the
off-putting stunts that the caf
has pulled in recent history. But
after talking with Lisa Morandi,
one of the new owners of the
caf, this story was put in a little
bit more perspective.
Here is the simple breakdown.
There was the rst Record
Street Caf in the 90s, which
was the place to be. Then Fred
Atcheson, the owner at the time,
and his family got out of the
business; he bought the land,
got the City of Reno to claim it
as a historical building to avoid
it being bulldozed and rented it
out. This is the main reason why
the majority of the dcor and the
name Record Street have been
incorporated in all of the new res-
taurants in its place. There were a
couple of different tenants before
the Morandi family started their
restaurant in September 2008.
Though I was not around to
see the earlier establishments,
I can safely say that I am glad
that I could be around for the
Morandis version of the Record
Street Caf.
Situated near the south side
of campus, this little restau-
rants feel is the epitome of a
chill college hangout. Its the
kind of place where one would
expect to see people on quaint
lunch dates and lonely authors
trying to nish the book that
they keep swearing will be done
in a month.
And when it comes to the
food, it could not be any
fresher. Morandis buys all of
the meats and vegetables from
local vendors, which means
one can expect the food to have
died recently and been har-
vested with copious amounts
of love. Also, everything on the
menu is homemade, so you
can rest easy knowing that the
man isnt a middleman at this
establishment.
Among their food special-
ties is their pizza. At about
two inches thick, one will be
surprised that the biggest part
of the pizza is not the bread,
but the generous amounts of
toppings. Baked under all the
cheese are the three toppings
of your choice intertwined with
homemade sauce on soft hand-
rolled, homemade bread, mak-
ing you feel awful to be eating
something so beautiful.
Other than the pizza, Mo-
randis boasts having great hot
sandwiches, beautiful salads
and a gluten-free menu. Even
better than the food specialties,
they have 12 different kinds of
beer on tap and 27 in the bottle,
which will keep that guy in
the group who only drinks mi-
crobrews happy.
But what is probably the most
unknown fact about Morandis
is that they deliver on any order
more than 10 dollars. So now you
can order great delivery pizza with
a great sandwich. My apologies if
your mind has just been blown.
Overall, this is the best fresh
take on college-style favorites
that I have seen in my time at this
school, and it just so happens
that it is right next to campus. So
hopefully in due time, Morandis
Record Street Caf can achieve
the same icon status it had in
the days of old. They can count
on my vote.
Casey Durkin can be reached at
cdurkin@nevadasagebrush.com.
Morandis to become student haven
UBU THE KING
Morandis Record Street Caf offers pizzas with up to three toppings as well as 12 different beers on tap and 27 different bottled beers. They
also deliver with any order of more than $10.
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University students will perform Ubu the King as an adaptation and
improvisation of Alfred Jarrys original Ubu Roi. The satire will play
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at the Redeld Proscenium Theatre.
BUFFALO WINGS
Ingredients:
2 lbs chicken wings
3 tablespoons butter, melted
4 tablespoons bottled hot
pepper sauce
1 tablespoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pep-
per
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Celery sticks (optional)
Directions:
Cut off wing tips. Cut wings at
the joint. Put chicken wing pieces
in a plastic bag. Set aside.
Stir together melted butter, hot
sauce, paprika, cayenne pepper
and black pepper. Save 2 table-
spoons. Pour the rest into the bag
of wings. Seal bag and let mari-
nate at room temperature for 30
minutes. Drain marinade when
nished and discard bag.
Broil for about 10 minutes on
each side. Remove from oven and
baste with the saved marinade.
Recipe from simplyrecipes.com
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around campus.
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TUESDAY/6
THE FALL OF TROY
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT
Genre:
Progressive Rock, Post-
hardcore
Description:
For their fourth full-length
album, progressive rock
group The Fall of Troy invites
guest vocalists such as
Ryann Donnelly of School-
yard Heroes on the track
Panic Attack! and Rody
Walker of Protest the Hero
on the track Dirty Pillow
Talk.
JOE PERRY
HAVE GUITAR, WILL
TRAVEL
Genre:
Hard Rock
Description:
Aerosmith guitarist Joe
Perry will release the rst
album from his solo project
in over 10 years, since his re-
joining of the band in 1984.
ANVIL! THE STORY OF
ANVIL - DVD
RELEASE
Starring:
Steve Lips Kudlow, Robb
Reiner and Kevin Goocher
Description:
The heavy metal docu-
mentary focuses on Anvil,
an influential band in the
1980s whose success did
not carry on into their later
lives despite their constant
efforts to make it big.
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
YEAR ONE - DVD
RELEASE
Starring:
Michael Cera, Jack Black
and Oliver Platt
Description:
In prehistoric times, two
hunter-gatherers are ban-
ished from their village and
take off on a comedic jour-
ney through many ancient
worlds.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Rating: PG-13
FRIDAY/9
COUPLES RETREAT
Starring:
Vince Vaughn, Kristin Davis
and Kristen Bell
Description:
The comedy follows a group
of several couples as they
embark on a tropical vaca-
tion in order to relax and
work on their marriages.
They quickly discover that
the therapy is more rigorous
than they had anticipated.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Rating: PG-13
October 2
Zombieland
= 89% Fresh
Whip It
= 81% Fresh
Capitalism: A Love Story
= 73% Fresh
The Invention of Lying
= 56% Rotten
ROTTEN TOMATOES WEEKLY GRADES
September 29
Brother Ali: Us = 85
Paramore: Brand New Eyes
= 77
AFI: Crash Love = 75
Alice in Chains: Black Gives
Way to Blue = 68
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Love story
analyzes economy
By Lukas Eggen
Michael Moore may be the
most controversial documentar-
ian of the last decade. Whether
you love him or hate him, his
lms, which include Sicko and
Fahrenheit 9 /11, have become
the center of numerous debates
and discussions, and his latest
lm Capitalism: A Love Story
is no different.
Let me make something very
clear. I dont agree with all of
the points made in the movie.
However, Moore does make his
points well, and his style is not
as one-sided as it usually is.
In his latest lm, Moore
tries to show that everything
thats gone wrong in the
economy can be blamed on
capitalism. He talks about
derivatives, foreclosures
and how the rich get richer
while the rest of America
struggles. Its obvious he
is trying to gain peoples
sympathy in order to make his
point.
Using rare footage of
Franklin D. Roosevelt stating
his proposed second Bill of
Rights and many stories about
struggling families, Moore hits
home in a stronger way than
he has with previous lms.
Its also at moments like these
where Moores message rings
clear: Families need help and
the government isnt helping
them.
In one of the lms most
disturbing yet most powerful
moments, Moore discovers
the Dead Peasant Policy. He
presents a very human story
that stretches beyond politi-
cal lines where companies
prot from the deaths of their
employees.
Unfortunately, Moore lacks
focus in this lm and that nega-
tively affects his message.
Moore cant help but try and
stage grand events to garner at-
tention, like when he attempts to
go to major banks to get bailout
money back. While somewhat
entertaining, the staged events
took away from any effective-
ness Moore had built.
Also, at times, the juxtaposi-
tion of satire and emotional
stories seems a bit strange.
The film would have been
much better if a single route
was chosen. The switch from
making fun of those in control
of the banks and then showing
struggling families makes it
crystal clear that Moore has
an agenda instead of wanting
to find the truth about a hot
topic.
What Capitalism: A Love
Story really lacks is something
new. Everyones heard the sto-
ries about struggling families
and the questionable uses of
bailout money. Yes, Moore calls
capitalism evil. But what he
doesnt present is an alternative.
Its easy to criticize something.
Anyone can do that. Moore
misses an opportunity to try
and promote change; instead,
I couldnt quite shake the feel-
ing that he comes off as just
another citizen complaining
but doing nothing substantial
to create.
Capitalism: A Love Story
is not the Republican-bashing
lm people might expect. To
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY
Release Date: Oct. 2
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore
Genre:
Documentary, Political
Rating: R for some language
Grade:
C
Zombie lm lled with
quirky violence, humor
Check out the latest edi-
tion of Movies and the Briss
with Jay Brissenden, Jennie
Lindquist and special guest
Lukas Eggen to hear the de-
bate about the merits of Mi-
chael Moores latest political
documentary, Capitalism: A
Love Story.
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By Jay Brissenden
According to zombie survival
rule #32 in Zombieland, one
should enjoy the little things
in life. With relentless waves of
laughs, zombie obliteration and
outrageous action sequences,
Zombieland is one not-so-
little lm that is impossible not
to enjoy.
Set relatively soon in the
future, Zombieland is the new
name for Earth after a mu-
tated strain of mad cow disease
turned nearly everyone on the
planet into the esh-devouring
undead. Those left alive include
a paranoid college student with
a nasty case of irritable bowel
syndrome (Jesse Eisenberg,
Adventureland), a zombie-
decimating badass with anger
management issues (Woody
Harrelson, Management) and
two scam artist sisters with trust
issues (Emma Stone, Ghosts of
Girlfriends Past and Abigail
Breslin, My Sisters Keeper).
While all are able to survive just
ne on their own, the more they
work together, the more they
realize the benets of having
around those not wanting to rip
their jugulars out.
Good-quality entertainment
is hard to nd these days. What
denes quality entertainment,
you ask? An intense round of
beer pong, a city-wide food
ght or maybe even a good ole
fashioned Rebel beatdown are
all acceptable answers. When
it comes to big-screen enter-
tainment, though, 2009 has
delivered some kick-butt icks,
including the revenge thriller
Taken, summers breakout
hit The Hangover and now,
undoubtedly, Zombieland.
Breaking away from the
somewhat now clichd campy
B-horror route, Zombieland
MOVIE REVIEW
Check out the latest edition
of Movies and the Briss with
Jay Brissenden and cohost
Jennie Lindquist as they dis-
cuss the quality of the sea-
sons latest horror-comedy
release, Zombieland.
NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
MOVIE REVIEW
ZOMBIELAND
Release Date: Oct. 2
Director:
Ruben Fleischer
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Emma Stone and
Abigail Breslin
Genre:
Horror, Comedy
Rating:
R for horror, violence,
gore and language
Grade:
B+
ALBUM REVIEW
Paramores release lives up to hype
PARAMOREONLINE.COM
On Paramores latest release, Brand New Eyes, lead singer Hayley Williams delivers excellent range.
ALBUM REVIEW
Snow chillingly impressive
By Casey OLear
With their fourth full-length
album, Eskimo Snow, the
unique indie/hip-hop group
Why? presents listeners with
less hip-hop and more contem-
plative indie than on previous
releases.
The album begins with
These Hands, a slow, piano-
and tambourine-accompanied
song, lasting just over a minute
and a half. The song then segues
into the quicker-paced Janu-
ary Twenty Something, which
possesses dreamlike music to
complement the strong vocals.
Although Eskimo Snow
does not adhere exactly to the
pattern set up by Why? with
earlier albums, like last years
Alopecia, it still manages to
remain true to the trademark
sound of the band. Lead singer
Jonathan Yoni Wolf remains a
See WHY? Page A11
WHY?
ESKIMO SNOW
Release Date:
Sept. 22
Genre:
Indie Rock
Grade:
B+
By Tara Verderosa
The release of Paramores
newest album, Brand New
Eyes, leaves no room for disap-
pointment. After a two-year
dry spell of new music, fans
should be pleased to hear that
their latest album is heavy with
its signature catchy tunes and
excellent vocals. Even better,
during their two years of touring
and recording, Paramore seems
to have widened their already
impressive horizon of genres.
The female-empowering
rockers hit the spotlight in 2005
when their rst single, Pres-
sure, was released. It wasnt
until 2007, however, when they
released their second album,
Riot, that they skyrocketed
into stardom with hits such
as Misery Business and
Crushcrushcrush. Paramores
newest album, Brand New
Eyes, which is propelled by
award-winning lyrics and
instrumentation, is yet another
album worthy of purchase and
adoration.
Brand New Eyes is loaded
with the same versatility, mem-
orable melodies and mind-
PARAMORE
BRAND NEW EYES
Release Date:
Sept. 29
Genre:
Alternative Rock
Grade:
A
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METACRITIC WEEKLY GRADES
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October 6, 2009
Arts&Entertainment
By Jennie Lindquist
T
he world-inuenced,
Reno-based band
SolJibe is climbing to
the next level of mu-
sicianship. With the help of an
accomplished professional man-
ager, the local group is preparing
to tour internationally.
SolJibe, performs a diverse
range of muic from jazz to pop,
indie to Latin and even contains
a twinge of alternative. Lead
vocalist, guitarist and violinist
Tim Snider, 26, says studying the
musical craft and learning is im-
portant to the bands consistent
evolution.
SolJibes most recent tour took
them for a two-month ride across
eight western states including
Oregon, California, Colorado,
Washington, Arizona and Utah.
Before that, the group traveled to
the South, to parts of Kentucky,
Tennessee and Georgia.
Manager Jon Block says that a
long tour in February will carry
them to the Northeast coast and
possibly to Costa Rica. Although
no dates or venues have been
set for international touring, it
is very likely. SolJibes next tour
will start early in November with
shows in Boise and the Bay Area
ending Thanksgiving weekend,
with Reno shows at Great Basin
Brewery on Friday and Saturday.
Block, who has worked with
artists such as Suzanne Vega, G.
Love & Special Sauce and Fred
Wesley, said he believes the
group is going places.
We really want to cement a
fan base in the U.S., Block said.
I think this group will have a
great career worldwide.
While SolJibe originally played
many local shows, they are now
touring elsewhere, making local
shows less frequent. Usually, their
tours last two or three weeks,
covering parts of the West and
Midwest, then coming back to
Reno before trekking out again,
band members said. In the past,
more than one show a month
in Reno was common. Now that
SolJibe is touring consistently,
however, a Reno show should
only be expected once every two
or three months.
For now, the band is taking a
time-out from the hard work of
summer touring. However Snider
says they are preparing for the
November tour, so rehearsing
and writing new material will
dominate their next couple of
weeks.
Once named Renos odd
duck by Mark Earnest of Reno
Magazine, this groups cultural
mix-and-match style gives fans
the ability to sink into a musical
style uncommonly found in a
classic rock-cultured town and
pop-centered world.
We study our instruments a lot
and we are very serious about it,
Snider said. One of our common
goals is that we keep progressing.
Former member Jonathan
Phillips, 28, says SolJibe is
unique because it has studied
musicians with different training
than their own, which enriches
the input for the bands creative
musical style.
We tried something different
musically, then put a world inu-
ence into the songs, Phillips said,
then changed it to t what we liked
and hoped other people liked it.
Snider, who is classically
trained, studied amenco guitar
in Spain and is inuenced by
his travels to Cuba, said he
believes that musicians are cul-
tural ambassadors and music is a
passport to learning. By hearing
music from other cultures, Snider
said it is a new way to implement
sounds into the bands own
style.
You can break down barriers
and connect with people who
have had way more diverse
experiences than you, Snider
said. We are inuenced by life
experiences and travel and we
incorporate that into what we
know, what we grew up with.
Last June, the band released
its new album, Races Nuevas,
which means New Roots in
Spanish. Snider said this CD
was in the works for years and
changed as the band progressed.
SolJibe has had several different
lineups since its inception in
2003. It was not until 2007 that
the cast became concrete. The
band consists of: Snider; Justin
Kruger, 27, on drums; Fernando
Flores, 30, bass; Joel J Cowell,
24, on piano; and James Hoover,
swinging saxophone.
Inspiring younger generations
to pick up an instrument is
meaningful to SolJibe. In past
years, the group has teamed with
the Pioneer Center of Performing
Arts in its yearly presentation of
the arts to schools in Northern
Nevada.
Thats one thing we dig on,
Snider said. Trying to inspire the
next generation of kids to get up
and play. We all started playing
because we saw inspirational
people so to try and be the other
end of that is great.
Other state art councils such
as in Montana and California
have also asked them to per-
form in schools. Flores says its
easy to stop by when they are
on tour.
Whats really fun is if you have
a show that night and before it
you can do a couple schools,
By Jennie Lindquist
Local musicians SolJibe know how to get
their name out there and fans involved. With
the help of a professional manager and orga-
nized planning, SolJibe has managed to reach
fans across the globe with its street team.
A street team is an organized group of fans will-
ing to dedicate time and energy to the promotion
of a band they support. Posting yers and stickers,
telling their friends about the band and contact-
ing radio stations are acts of street teamers.
For any band that has tried to make a name
for itself, these techniques are familiar; however
Jon Block, chairman of Major Hana Records and
manager of established band SolJibe, believes
that effective organization, communication and
numbers are key for any band who wants to es-
tablish a fan base at home or for a new audience.
An increased number of fans when going back to
a market is a sign of a successful campaign.
Its all about numbers when you come right
down to it, Block said. When youre selling
more tickets its good.
Being part of a street team offers fans a chance
to meet and work with the group but also get
some hands-on music business experience.
After 28 years of working with artists such as
Fun Lovin Criminals and Shawn Colvin, Block
knows its the eld experience that counts.
College courses arent enough, Block said.
(Being on a) street team is a way to gain valu-
able experience and knowledge in the music
business.
The design of SolJibes street team works on a
large scale, splitting the country into regions in
which a short list of self-motivated fans takes a
few states and organizes the individual city street
teams. Fans, in exchange for their hard work, can
get complimentary swag. Working their way up,
higher ranks can earn cooler stuff than the average
fan. CDs, special downloads and show tickets are
on the rewards list.
The band also takes an active part in motivat-
ing the street team.
Were the super-band that wants to help and
spread the word even more, SolJibes saxo-
phonist James Hoover, 29, said.
Getting on the street team list is easy. All a per-
son has to do is send his or her name and phone
number through one of SolJibes networking
pages on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or their
personal Web site. Then either Hoover or Block
You can break down barriers and connect
with people who have had way more diverse
experiences than you. We are influenced by life
experiences and travel and we incorporate that
into what we know, said lead vocalist Tim Snider.
Street teams
help local band
SolJibe prepares for inspirational tour to Costa Rica
See STREET TEAM Page A11
COURTESYOFSOLJIBE
SolJibe will begin its next tour in November, showcasing music from its four albums, which feature a variety of genres including jazz, pop, indie and Latin.
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Clockwise from top left: Keyboardist Jay Cowell, saxophone player James Hoover, bassist Fernando
Flores and lead singer/violinist/guitarist Tim Snider.
To listen to some of SolJibes music, including tracks from their
latest album, Races Nuevas, visit:
soljibe.com
myspace.com/soljibe
T li t t f S lJib i i l di t k f th i
LISTEN TO SOLJIBE
See SOLJIBE Page A11
Sports
SECTION B TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
By Chris Gabriel
The 2009 Nevada soccer team has
done more with less this season.
Coming into the year, the Wolf
Pack lost its second-highest scorer
from 2008, Samantha Miller.
Karen Zmirak also graduated and
with her went 17 career goals, 47
points and 49 shots. Another big
piece who graduated was Miranda
Montejo, who took 44 career points
with her.
Despite losing many of the schools
best all-time players, Nevada has
found more success this season than
last. With Sundays win over Utah
State, the Wolf Pack moved its record
to 4-8, surpassing last seasons win
total of three.
Now, with second-year head coach
Jaime Frias leading the charge, the
teams players are breaking the
game down in ways they never have
before.
We have to focus on our big ve
moments, junior forward Cristen
Drummond said. Its the rst ve
minutes in each half as well as the
last ve minutes in each half. Sta-
tistically, thats when the most goals
are scored.
Nevada opened its 2009 season
with more incoming freshmen than
any other team in school history.
Even though the Wolf Pack has 25
players this season, only seven are re-
turning starters. Three seniors, seven
juniors, six sophomores and nine
freshmen make up the 2009 team. Of
these, 11 are newcomers to the team.
That inexperience has shown, provid-
ing a slow start for the Pack.
Nevada faced more troubles early
on in the season. Drummond, the
Wolf Packs leading scorer last season
Nevada nding success after tribulation
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Nevada players
celebrate with
Natalie Ratnavira,
second from
right, after the
sophomore
scored a goal on
Sunday against
Utah State.
The Wolf Pack
won the game
1-0, winning its
Western Athletic
Conference-
opener for the
second straight
year.
I
am well aware Nevada
stomped Nevada
Southern by 35 points on
Saturday.
But Im going to be a
perfectionist, channel my inner
coach
Chris
Ault and
nitpick
at some
things the
Wolf Pack
needs to
improve if
the team
has any
hopes of
winning
bigger
games this
season.
FUMBALAYA
The most obvious problem
is the turnovers.
Wolf Pack followers know
Nevada has 14 turnovers this
year. To put that in perspec-
tive, the Wolf Pack had 14
turnovers all of last season.
The main culprits of these
Pack runs wild on Rebels
Big win,
Nevada
can still
progress
NEVADA 63, UNLV 28
By Juan Lpez
Wolf Pack senior leaders
Jonathon Amaya (safety) and
Alonzo Durham (tackle) rolled
the still-blue Fremont Cannon
toward the teams locker room
after Nevada slaughtered the
Rebels 63-28 on Saturday.
Amaya, who usually dons a
stern, emotionless face, smiled
from ear to ear and had watery
eyes. Durham, a quiet of-
fensive lineman, led Nevadas
cheers. The pair made up a
senior class which won the
cannon every year while with
the Wolf Pack.
Some people were speech-
less, some people started
crying out of the blue, Nevada
defensive end Dontay Moch
said after his team beat the
University of Nevada, Las
Vegas. Its kind of weird we
just needed this. This is what
we needed, especially against
our rival.
The win had been long
overdue for Nevada (1-3) who
Nevada running back Mike Ball, left, and quarterback Colin Kaepernick led the Wolf Pack to a 63-28 win over the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Saturday.
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Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick had 173 rushing
yards, 208 passing yards and caught a touchdown.
Kaepernick averaged 10.2 yards per carry.
Wolf Pack defensive end Dontay Moch had six tackles,
one sack and 4.5 tackles for loss.
Wolf Pack running back Mike Ball had 184 rushing
yards and ve touchdowns on 15 carries. The yards and
touchdowns were the rst of his collegiate career.
Nevada running back Luke Lippincott ran for 170 yards,
had 77 receiving yards and threw a touchdown pass.
Samoa
tragedy
hits
Pack
By Juan Lpez
Daniel Agaiava thought his
mother and father were joking
when they told him what had
happened in Samoa.
Salei and Seepa Agaiava,
who were born in Samoa and
live in California, told Daniel,
a defensive lineman on the
Wolf Pack football team, that
the Samoan islands had been
hit with a massive tsunami last
Tuesday.
My parents told me about
it and me and my brother
(Nate) didnt even know about
it so we were like, No, man.
Youre tripping, man, Agai-
ava said. So we went on the
news and it was all over the
place. It felt real emotional
because we had friends who
were affected.
The tsunami was the result
of an 8.0 magnitude under-
water earthquake which
shook the ground Sept. 28.
The quake set off a series of
colossal waves which struck
See TRAGEDY Page B6
See IMPROVEMENT Page B6
See FIRST WIN Page B6
Nevada went 3-14-3 last year
and scored just 15 goals.
The Wolf Pack has already
won more games this season
(4-8) and has scored 12 goals.
Nevada is 3-2 at home this
year after going just 2-7 last
season.
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TEAM FINDING TRIUMPHS
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MIKE BALL
FOOTBALL
Nevada running back Mike
Ball certainly made his mark
against UNLV on Saturday.
Ball, who had only one carry
coming into the game,
rushed for 184 yards and
ve touchdowns as the Wolf
Pack beat the Rebels 63-28.
Ball played a major role in
Nevadas 559 team rushing
yards, a new school record.
KYLIE HARRINGTON
VOLLEYBALL
Despite leading the team
in kills, junior outside hitter
Kylie Harrington struggled
to gain traction. She had a
hitting percentage of .024
and 12 errors against New
Mexico State and Louisiana
Tech and the Wolf Pack lost
both matches in straight sets.
With a match against Hawaii
on Thursday, Nevada needs
Harrington to shake off the
weekend if it is to have any
chance at all.
MIKE BALL
WHOS HOT
KYLIE HARRINGTON
WHOS NOT
BY THE NUMBERS
Football
vs. Louisiana Tech 6:05 p.m. Friday.
THE SKINNY: After picking
up its rst win of the season
against UNLV, Nevada looks
to open conference play with
a victory against Louisiana
Tech. The Wolf Packs rushing
attack should be able to run all
over Louisiana Techs defense,
which ranks 105th in the nation
against the run. Nevada is
looking to win its fth straight
game against Louisiana Tech.
Soccer
at Idaho 3 p.m. Friday
at Boise State 1 p.m. Sunday
THE SKINNY: After winning
its conference opener, Nevada
faces a two-game road trip. In
a stark contrast to last season,
the Wolf Pack is looking for its
best start to conference play
since the 2005-06 season.
Volleyball
at Hawaii 10 p.m. Thursday
vs. UtahState7p.m. Saturday
THE SKINNY: Nevada will see
where it stands when it faces
nationally ranked Hawaii on
Thursday. Hawaii is currently
undefeated in conference play
and Nevada will have to be
at its best to stand a chance.
The Wolf Pack will not have
much time to recover as it
faces Utah State on Saturday
in Reno.
Swimming and Diving
WACShootout
at SanJose, Calif. TBAFriday, TBA
Saturday
THE SKINNY: Nevada will
compete at its rst ofcial
meet of the season when
the Wolf Pack swims at the
Western Athletic Conference
Shootout. Nevada will need
strong performances from
freshmen Calley Parham and
sophomore Jeanette Tour. At
the Silver and Blue intersquad
meet, Parham took rst in
the 200-yard freestyle with
a time of 1:59.09 and Tour
nished rst in the 100-yard
backstroke with a time of
59.83 seconds.
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Nevadas players have stepped up and helped
the team improve from last seasons result.
Wide receiver Austin Pettis has played a major role in the Broncos offense this season. Boise State is 5-0 and many
experts and fans have already assumed that Boise State has locked up a trip to a Bowl Championship Series bowl game.
I
ve been reading a lot of mes-
sage boards relating to college
football this season, and I am
sick and tired of all the Boise
State fans and all the experts saying
the Broncos have a cakewalk to an
undefeated season and a berth in the
Bowl Championship Series.
Im done
listening to all
the rants on
how the Western
Athletic Confer-
ence is holding
the Broncos
back from
contending for a
national title.
Im here to
tell all those
people: prepare
to be surprised.
Dont get me wrong, Im not
saying that Nevada will win. The
Wolf Pack has a long way to go until
its ready to defeat the Broncos for
the rst time this century.
But before the mighty Boise
State Broncos punch their tickets to
a BCS bowl game, dont forget one
important thing. You still have to
play the games.
Fresno State played them close,
losing a high-scoring game 51-34.
Heck, even UC Davis played them
tough, trailing the Broncos by only
10 points in the second half before
Boise State pulled away to a 34-16
victory. So, dont get too ahead of
yourselves.
For all of the complaints that
the WAC is a weak conference, the
Broncos have one of the weakest
non-conference schedules of any
team in the conference.
Only one of Boise States rst ve
opponents has a winning record
(Oregon). If Nevada got to play
winless Miami (OH) and 1-4 Bowling
Green to start the season, the Wolf
Packs record would be a lot better
than it is now.
Meanwhile, Nevadas had a trial-
by-re start to its season. Games
against Notre Dame and Missouri,
both of which were ranked, have
forced the Wolf Pack to gure out
new ways to win. Only ONE of
Nevadas rst four opponents has a
losing record (UNLV).
And if the UNLV game proved
anything, its this: Nevadas not
ready to lay down and give Boise the
WAC title.
UNLV may have woken the beast,
just like it did last year. Nevada fans
have been circling Nov. 27 since the
schedule was announced and now
Nevada has been improving over the
last few weeks.
The rushing game appears to be
on track and Colin Kaepernick is
back to being the quarterback we
all expected him to be from the
beginning of the season.
The defense has been improv-
ing as well, playing much more
consistently than last season. The
fourth quarter of Saturdays game,
when Nevada exploded for four
touchdowns, showed just how
dangerous Nevadas offense could
be when running on all cylinders.
Nevada didnt punt once during
the game and although the fumbles
need to be eliminated, the Wolf
Packs offense is extremely potent
right now.
The Broncos will be in for one
heck of a shock if they believe the
Nevada game will be a blow out. Its
going to be close and Nevada will
make Broncos fans squirm in their
seats.
Boise may have quarterback
Kellen Moore, running back Jeremy
Avery and wide receiver Austin
Pettis; but against the only qual-
ity opponent it faced, Oregon, the
Broncos managed only 19 points.
In that game, Moore passed for
197 yards and one touchdown. The
Ducks held Avery to 86 rushing yards
and Pettis caught only six passes.
That doesnt exactly sound like a
BCS-worthy performance, does it?
Lets also not forget that Oregon
was not on its A-game against Boise
State. Since the loss to the Broncos,
Oregon knocked off two nationally
ranked opponents (Utah and Cal)
and scored at least 31 points in
every game. If the two teams played
tomorrow, I have no doubt that the
Ducks would not only be the victors,
but dominate the game.
So while Broncos fans are already
basking in the glory of their ap-
parently guaranteed undefeated
season, Nevada will be ready. Head
coach Chris Ault will be looking for a
signature win against the Wolf Packs
greatest nemesis.
So, hold onto your horses, Boise
State. Theres still a long way to go
until bowl season arrives.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at leg-
gen@nevadasagebrush.com.
Broncos beware: Season will
be tougher than you think
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CONFIDENCE
It was no secret that last season
the soccer team was lacking in
a lot of areas. This season has
been a different story. Already
surpassing last seasons win
total and opening conference play with a
victory, it is clear this team has the con-
dence it needs to win. Sometimes, all that is
needed to push a team to the next level is a
little condence in the teams abilities.
USED TO THE SYSTEM
Second-year head coach Jaime
Frias took a lot of heat. But, lets
not forget this is the rst season
for some of the players that Frias
recruited and returning players
are used to the way Frias runs things. The
team has one season under its belt under
Frias and is beginning to trust him more and
more.
GOOD ATHLETES
Although every team needs a
good coach, coaching only does
so much. At the end of the day,
the players are the people who
have to execute the game plan.
Nevada has seen numerous players step up
to the plate and carry the team. Whether
its been goalkeepers Marie Cove and Dana
Moreno or forwards Jill Erickson and Natalie
Ratnavira, players are digging deep to nd
ways to win.
MEMORY OF 2008
Lets face it: Nevada stunk last
season. No one wants to go
through two seasons like that.
Clearly, the Wolf Pack was mo-
tivated to make sure this season
would be much more successful and used
the memory of last seasons debacle to
drive them to improve. The team is out to
prove that last season was just a uke and
has already shown this team is ready to
move on.
DESIRE TO WIN
Every team wants to win.
And although the Wolf Pack
struggled last season, it was
only a matter of time before the
athletes desire to be successful
began to pay off. The teams improvement
this season is a product of the players de-
sire to be competitive within the WAC as
well as the coaching staff and the players
talents and abilities. A team can only take
so much losing.
1
3
4
2
5
Keys for soccer
teams success
5
IS THE NUMBER OF TOUCHDOWNS THAT RUNNING BACK MIKE BALL SCORED AGAINST UNLV ON SATURDAY.
FOUR IS THE NUMBER OF GAMES THE SOCCER TEAM HAS WON SO FAR. NEVADA HAD THREE TOTAL WINS
LAST SEASON. 575 IS THE SCORE DEMPSTER CHRISTENSON SHOT ON SATURDAY IN THE SMALL BORE FOR THE RIFLE TEAM.
THE WOLF PACK DEFEATED UTEP BY EIGHT. FOUR IS THE NUMBER OF GAMES IN A ROW THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS BEATEN
LOUISIANA TECH. NEVADA S LAST LOSS CAME IN 2004. 24,078 IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ATTEND-
ED SATURDAYS FOOTBALL GAME. 18, 269 PEOPLE ATTENDED NEVADAS FIRST HOME GAME. ZERO IS THE NUMBER OF GOALS
THE SOCCER TEAM ALLOWED AGAINST UTAH STATE ON SUNDAY, ITS THIRD SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON. 9 IS THE NUM-
BER OF TOUCHDOWNS NEVADA SCORED AGAINST UNLV, ITS HIGHEST POINT TOTAL SINCE 2007 AGAINST BOISE STATE.
Lukas
Eggen
began to pay off. The teams improvement
this season is a product of the players de-
sire to be competitive within the WAC as
well as the coaching staff and the players
talents and abilities. A team can only take
so much losinggg. .
TURDAY.
AL WINS
LLE TEAM.
S BEATEN
ATTEND-
F GOALS
E NUM-
STATE.
Goalkeeper Marie Cove
sports OCTOBER 6, 2009 B3
Former student opens boxing gym
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Ashley Miller, right, a former Nevada volleyball player, opened Elite Boxing and Fitness Club last spring. The gym, located at 920 Matley
Lane, Suite 4, offers several classes for various skill levels.
By Juan Lpez
Like many students, Ashley
Miller didnt know what to do
after college.
She graduated from the
University of Nevada, Reno in
the spring of 2008 and had a
competitive spirit like no other.
Miller, who lettered for the Wolf
Pack volleyball team in 2005
and 2007, needed something to
fill her competitive void after
she could no longer play col-
legiate volleyball.
She decided to open a boxing
gym with her business and life
partner Jesse Maldonado.
It was really hard getting
started, 25-year-old Miller
said. We developed a business
plan and were figuring out how
to get a loan. It was hard to
get a small business when you
didnt have any credit history,
any backup money.
But eventually, they caught a
break. Because of the economy,
the pair were able to negotiate
more on rent for space and
were able to cut deals on sup-
plies that were usually sold in
bulk.
Fast-forward to Aug. 15 and
the pair own Elite Boxing &
Fitness Club, an all-inclusive
fitness facility in downtown
Reno.
While there are multiple
gyms in town, Miller said Elite
Boxing gives its members an
unparalleled atmosphere.
We make sure we know
everyones name, we make sure
everybody knows everybody
and then they start to hold
each other accountable, she
said. So when you come in
here and you dont go all out
on something, not only am I
going to give you crap about it,
everybody else is going to give
you crap about it.
UNR student Joshua Gullo is
one of those on the receiving
end of Millers crap. But the
third-year student said joining
the gym was one of the better
decisions hes made.
The best thing about com-
ing here is that its made me a
happier person, he said after
a tough workout at the gym. I
always leave here happier than
I come in.
Gullo said he joined the gym
a month ago and has already
dropped 10 pounds. While he
is quick to claim he is not an
athlete and has never been
an athlete, Gullo said the club
is accepting of people of all
athletic levels.
Coming in and talking to
Ashley and Jesse is what sold
me because they were just so
cool about everything, he said.
A lot of boxers, theyll have a
chip on their shoulder and be
kind of (mean), but everybody
in here is really cool. Im not
a good athlete, but everybody
heres really cool and really
helpful with everything.
But when it comes to Miller
and Maldonado, they arent so
happy-go-lucky all the time.
The gym holds boxing, kick-
boxing, CrossFit and Elite Team
classes regularly and the two
owners of the gym arent shy
about getting in their members
faces to push them harder.
(Millers) more the type to
say, OK, I want you to do this
and I want you to hit it, hit it, hit
it until you puke, Maldonado
said. Im more verbally techni-
cal with what I say, but I still
spar with some of the guys here.
We both get in your face in one
way or another, but were just
trying to help everyone out.
Miller said her training style
fits the main crowd the gym
gets.
Id say the majority of our
kids are 18 to 24, she said. Its
good because those people are
really antsy to learn and have a
lot of energy.
Juan Lpez can be reached at
jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
Open gym times: 6 to 7 a.m., 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 8:30
to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. Open gym weekend times
are 9 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sundays.
The gym charges $75 per month for a membership and $60
per hour for a one-on-one training session. Pre-paid discounts
are available.
The gym offers classes in boxing, kickboxing and CrossFit
training.
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ELITE BOXING & FITNESS CLUB
Check out a video on the Elite Boxing & Fitness Club and how
Nevada alum Ashley Miller wants the gym to run.
Nevada Sagebrush sports editor Juan Lpez took part in one of
the gyms boxing classes. Read his blog about how it went, what
he did and how he almost threw up at the end of the workout.
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By Lukas Eggen
While there were many strong
performances in Saturdays
game, defensive end Dontay
Moch had one of the best games
of his career against the Rebels.
He recorded a total of six
tackles, one sack and one forced
fumble. He also led the team in
tackles for loss with 4.5.
The key for today was every-
one doing their part and staying
focused, Moch said.
Moch was named the National
Defensive Performer of the Week
along with Maryland linebacker
Demetrius Hartseld.
Although he found personal
success, Moch was much more
excited about the success of the
team.
Everybody came ready and
prepared, Moch said. We just
needed this game, especially
against our rival.
Moch has recorded 24 tackles,
11 tackles for loss and two sacks
on the season.
FUMBALAYA
Despite the victory, there was
one glaring problem in Nevadas
game: fumbles.
We kept (the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas) in the game
with our fumbles, head coach
Chris Ault said.
The Wolf Pack fumbled ve
times, losing four of them. It
marks the fourth straight game
in which Nevada has turned the
ball over twice or more.
The worst stretch came in the
second quarter when quarter-
back Colin Kaepernick lost two
fumbles and running back Luke
Lippincott lost one, which al-
lowed the Rebels to tie the game
21-21 before halftime.
While it may have been easy
to change the game plan after
the three fumbles in the second
quarter, Ault didnt lose faith in
his playmakers.
I told them to tuck it in be-
cause were going to keep giving
it to you, he said.
REBEL DOMINATION
Saturdays win means Nevada
has beaten UNLV ve straight
times, tied for the longest streak
in the series history.
This is a rivalry. This is not
another game, Ault said. And
to win in that capacity in the way
the kids did, thats not only excit-
ing, it rejuvenates everybody.
The win means Nevadas se-
niors will graduate undefeated
against UNLV.
Seniors go out never losing
to UNLV, Ault said. Thats
pretty special.
For Lippincott, the mission
for the game was clear.
The one thing I was thinking
about all game was keeping the
cannon blue, he said.
Nevada has not lost to the
Rebels at Mackay stadium un-
der Ault since 1979.
AULT GETS WIN NO. 199
With the win over UNLV, Ault
won his 199th career game,
fth-most among active coaches.
However, he wasnt thinking about
personal records. He was only
concerned with getting a victory
against Nevadas biggest rival.
Not a thing, Ault said when
asked what his 199th win meant
to him. The win does, it means
a hell of a lot to that football
team.
If Ault reaches the 200-win
mark he will become only the
52nd college football head
coach to achieve that status.
Lukas Eggen can be reached at
leggen@nevadasagebrush.com.
Moch leads defense
in win over Rebels
Pack
falls to
5-11 on
the year
BY THE NUMBERS
The highs and lows of Ne-
vadas victory over UNLV.
4
is the number of fumbles
Nevada lost, three of which-
came in the second quarter.
11
is the number of tackles for
loss Nevada defensive end
Dontay Moch has this year.
By Brent Kirkland
Since 2006, Nevada vol-
leyball has been looking to
get back to the promised land.
Thus far into 2009, the journey
continues.
From 1998-2005, the Wolf
Pack made ve NCAA Tourna-
ment appearances. From that
time on, the team hasnt n-
ished better than fourth in the
Western Athletic Conference.
At 5-11 (1-2, WAC), Nevada
looks to dig themselves out of
an early hole.
Weve had a lack of focus,
sophomore setter Tatiana
Santiago said. All the road
trips have been tough and we
need to just push harder.
After winning its rst WAC
game against Fresno State
(8-7, 1-2) at home, the Pack
has dropped its last two games
on the road without even win-
ning a single set: New Mexico
State (8-5, 3-1) and Louisiana
Tech (12-8, 2-2), respectively.
The path doesnt get any easier
coming up for Nevada either.
Hawaii (13-2, 4-0), voted
the No. 4 team in the country
by the American Volleyball
Coaches Association, will
host Nevada on Thursday. The
Wolf Pack then will come back
home on Saturday to play Utah
State (10-6, 2-2).
Theres no one in the con-
ference that can honestly beat
Hawaii, Nevada head coach
Devin Scruggs said. We need
to beat Utah State and get a
win at home.
Playing on the road has
undoubtedly been an issue for
the team in 2009.
Injuries have also crippled
the chance for success. So far,
four players have been out
during WAC games: one with a
sprained ankle and three oth-
ers out with swine u.
Imagine 25 football players
on a team being sick, thats
where were at right now,
Scruggs said.
Following Thursdays match
at Hawaii, the Wolf Pack will
host three consecutive games
at home.
Its just harder on the road
and it gets to us, junior out-
side hitter Kylie Harrington
said, (Road games) are a
different environment and we
just play better at home.
With only the top six of nine
teams permitted into the WAC
Tournament in November,
winning at home could be the
key for Nevada qualifying.
Losing the last two games
away was disappointing for
all of us, but it woke us up and
now its time to start playing as
a team, Santiago said.
With the team already at the
bottom of the WAC (seventh),
the players and staff realize
their critical situation.
We need to key on defense.
Our front line and their block-
ing have got to improve,
Scruggs said.
Improving on all parts of the
game is necessary if the Wolf
Pack hopes to compete in the
WAC this season.
It all starts in practice,
Harrington said. (Practices)
have been intense and we run
as punishment for our errors.
While getting back to the NCAA
Tournament would mean one of
the most miraculous Cinderella
stories in college sports history,
becoming a serious competitor
in the WAC is where the teams
concentration lies.
We need to get our game
back and make it into that top
six for the WAC Tournament,
Harrington said.
Finding their game will be
the rst step for Nevada coming
back in the conference. Fortu-
nately for the Wolf Pack, WAC
play is still in its early goings.
Our next step is to compete
in the WAC, Scruggs said. Its
going to be a race for second
(place).
Brent Kirkland can be reached at
sports@nevadasagebrush.com.
Nevada lost to New
Mexico State and Louisiana
Tech in straight sets and fell
to 5-11 on the season.
The Wolf Pack hasnt n-
ished better than fourth in
the WAC since 2005.
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RESULTS
BRIEFS
RIFLE
Wolf Pack takes
season opener
The University of Nevada
rifle team defeated the Uni-
versity of Texas-El Paso 4,578
to 4,570 on Saturday in its first
match of the season.
UTEP outscored Nevada in
the air rie portion 2,319 to
2,305. The Wolf Pack came back
in the small bore portion, out-
scoring UTEP 2,273 to 2,251.
Nevada hosts UTEP on
Friday, the second of seven
NCAA-qualifying matches that
the Wolf Pack will play this
season.
During the 2008-09 season,
Dempster Christenson led Ne-
vada to an appearance in the
NCAA Championships, where
the Wolf Pack took seventh
place.
FOOTBALL
Two seminalists
for award from WAC
Fresno State safety Moses
Harris and Utah State receiver
Nnamdi Gwacham have been
selected as seminalists for the
Campbell trophy.
Each division one school had
the opportunity to nominate
one of its players before the eld
was narrowed to 154 athletes.
To be eligible for the award,
students must be in their
senior year and have a GPA of
at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale and
demonstrate outstanding foot-
ball ability throughout their
career.
Up to 15 nalists will be cho-
sen on Oct. 29, with each nalist
receiving an $18,000 postgradu-
ate scholarship.
The winner will be announced
on Dec. 8 and will receive the
Campball trophy and a $25,000
postgraduate scholarship.
GOLF
Golfers of the month
announced
Boise States Blake Brown and
Idahos Kayla Mortellaro have
been named the Western Athletic
Conferences golfers of the month
for September.
Brown, a sophomore, com-
peted in two tournaments in
September, where he nished
tied both for rst place and 14th
place.
Browns scoring average of
70.8 was tied for second-lowest
in the WAC and his round of 66
was the lowest recorded last
month.
He is currently ranked 12th in
the nation by Golf Stat.
Mortellaro placed in the top-
three in her rst two tournaments
of the season, including a rst
place nish at the Washington
State University Inland Cup.
Her efforts helped Idaho take
the team championships in both
tournaments.
Mortellaros scoring average of
71.5 was second in the WAC.
Mortellaro is ranked 31st in the
nation by Golf Stat following her
rst two tournaments.
Nevada mens golfer Jared
Becher and womens golfer Jamie
Yam were also considered for the
award.
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
Team G1 G2 G3 T
Nevada 22 21 21 - 0
New Mexico State 25 25 25 - 3
Nevada New Mexico State
K Set Dig BA K Set Dig BA
Batista, J 3 0 0 1 Birmingham, E 9 0 2 4
Harrington, K 7 0 7 1 Brennan, K 9 0 0 3
Baldwin, L 8 0 3 2 Devries, J 1 39 10 1
Santiago, T 1 18 4 0 Woods, W 7 1 1 2
Ji, E 7 2 6 0 Giddens, K 15 0 9 3
Staker, J 4 1 0 2 Altermatt, K 10 1 12 1
Garvey, E 3 0 0 0 Wolfe, L 0 7 2 0
Chang, K 0 2 7 0 Brown, B 0 0 2 0
Sei, S 1 9 1 0 Miks, E 0 0 0 0
Kelly, L 0 0 1 0 Goodan, K 0 0 1 0
Link, N 0 0 11 0 Ziegler, S 0 0 0 0
Phillips, K 0 1 11 0
Totals 34 32 49 6 51 49 50 14
SUNDAY, OCT. 4
Team 1 2 T
Utah State 0 0 - 0
Nevada 1 0 - 1
Utah State Nevada

Sh SOG G A Saves Sh SOG G A Saves
Merrill, M 0 0 0 0 1 Cove, M 0 0 0 0 3
Flanary, S 3 0 0 0 0 Smith, E 0 0 0 0 0
Salmon, E 0 0 0 0 0 Voss, S 0 0 0 0 0
Smart, L 0 0 0 0 0 Allen, A 0 0 0 0 0
Feuz, R 0 0 0 0 0 Mann, V 0 0 0 0 0
Maduell, A 1 0 0 0 0 Noe, D 0 0 0 0 0
Hansen, L 6 3 0 0 0 Erickson, J 1 1 0 0 0
Porter-Garner, S 0 0 0 0 0 Ratnavira, N 1 1 1 0 0
Norris, N 0 0 0 0 0 Stott, E 0 0 0 0 0
Pond, H 3 1 0 0 0 Broome, K 1 0 0 0 0
Salmon, C 0 0 0 0 0 Braman, L 0 0 0 0 0
Shiozaki, S 0 0 0 0 0 Sacks, A 0 0 0 0 0
Dyches, J 1 1 0 0 0 Moreno, D 0 0 0 0 2
Tillotson, S 0 0 0 0 0 Larot, R 0 0 0 0 0
Larsen, E 0 0 0 0 0 Drummond,C 1 0 0 0 0
Sanchez, M 0 0 0 0 0 Terranova, J 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 14 5 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 5
Soccer Volleyball
SOCCER TEAM
SCHEDULE
at Cal Aug. 21 L 4-1
UC Santa Barbara Aug. 28 L 1-0
UC Irvine Aug. 30 L 3-0
at Oregon State Sept. 4 L 4-0
at Portland State Sept. 6 L 3-0
Fordham Sept. 11 W 1-0
Sacramento State Sept. 13 W 2-0
at Minnesota Sept. 18 L 4-1
at North Dakota Sept. 20 W 3-1
at Saint Marys Sept. 24 L 4-2
at UC Davis Sept. 27 L 2-1
Utah State Oct. 4 W 1-0
at Idaho Oct. 9 3 p.m.
at Boise State Oct. 11 1 p.m.
San Jose State Oct. 16 7 p.m.
Fresno State Oct. 18 1 p.m.
at Hawaii Oct. 23 5 p.m.
at New Mexico State Oct. 30 7 p.m.
LA Tech Nov. 1 1 p.m.
WAC Tournament Boise Nov. 5-7 TBA
2009 WAC STANDINGS
Team Conference Standings Overall
New Mexico State 2-0 7-5
San Jose State 1-0 6-4-1
Nevada 1-0 4-8
Idaho 1-1 8-5
Boise State 1-1 6-4-4
Fresno State 0-0 2-8
Utah State 0-1 5-7-1
Hawaii 0-1 4-7-1
Louisiana Tech 0-2 11-2-1
2009 NEVADA
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Category Name Statistic
Assists Tatiana Santiago 5.10
/set
Digs Nicole Link 3.81
/set
Blocks Lindsay Baldwin 1.03
/set
Kills Kylie Harrington 3.39
/set
Aces Kylie Harrington 0.32
/set
2009 WAC STANDINGS
Team Conference Standings Overall
Hawaii 4-0 13-2
Idaho 2-1 6-9
Louisiana Tech 2-2 12-8
Utah State 2-2 10-6
Fresno State 1-2 8-7
Nevada 1-2 5-11
Boise State 1-3 1-13
San Jose State 0-3 0-13
2009 NEVADA
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Shots on Goal Kesia Brome 15

Goals Jill Erickson 4

Saves Dana Moreno 36

Points Jill Erickson 9

SATURDAY, OCT. 3
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 T
Nevada 14 7 14 28 63
UNLV 0 21 7 0 28
UNLV Nevada
Rushing Rushing
No. Yds TD No. Yds TD
Cox, C.J. 2 19 0 Ball, M 15 184 5
Clausen, M 15 16 0 Kaepernick, C 17 173 0
Wolfe, R 2 13 0 Lippincott, L 19 170 1
Thompson, I 1 11 0 Randall, C 2 34 1

Passing Passing
Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD
Clausen, M 26-50-0 276 1 Kaepernick, C 15-18-0 146 1
Receiving Receiving
No. Yds TD No. Yds TD
Payne, P 10 112 2 Wimberly, B 5 71 1
Johnson, M 5 56 1 Lippincott, L 4 77 0
Wolfe, R 5 36 0 Session, T 3 30 0
Trotter, C 4 15 0 Green, V 2 29 0
Robinson, J 2 57 1 Kaepernick, C 1 6 1

Defense
Tackles Sacks Int Tackles Sacks Int
Pointer, Q 10 0 0 Thompson, A 9 0 0
Beauchamp, J 9 0 0 Marshall, B 9 0 0
Martin, M 8 0 0 Moch, D 6 1 0
Jones, C 5 0 0 Amaya, J 6 0 0
De Giacomo, A 5 0 0 Harvey, M 4 0 0
Tevaseu, M 5 0 0 Johnson, J.M. 4 0 0
Aaitui, I 5 0 0 Frey, I 3 0 0
Ma, H 4 0 0 Bethea, M 3 0 0
Kickoff Returns
No. Yds Long No. Yds Long
Pointer, Q 1 21 21 Ball, M 1 23 23

2009 WAC STATISTICAL
LEADERS
Category Name School Statistic
Rushing Ryan Mathews FSU 148.0
yds/game
Receiving Greg Salas UH 150.2
yds/game
Tackles Bobby Wagner USU 11.0
tackles/game
Total Offense Greg Alexander UH 384.0
yds/game
2009 NEVADA
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Rushing Luke Lippincott 84.0
yds/game
Receiving Brandon Wimberly 71.8
yds/game
Tackles Brandon Marshall 7.0
tackles/game
Total Offense Colin Kaepernick 262.2
yds/game
FOOTBALL
TEAM SCHEDULE
at Notre Dame Sept. 5 L 35-0
at Colorado State Sept. 19 L 35-20
Missouri Sept. 25 L 31-21
UNLV Oct. 3 W 63-28
Louisiana Tech Oct. 9 6:05 pm.
at Utah State Oct. 17 12 p.m.
Idaho Oct. 24 1:05 p.m.
Hawaii Oct. 31 1:05 p.m.
at San Jose State Nov. 8 5: 30 p.m.
Fresno State Nov. 14 1:05 p.m.
at New Mexico State Nov. 21 5 p.m.
at Boise State Nov. 27 TBA
2009 NATIONAL
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Rushing Darius Marshall MU 159.8
yds/game
Receiving Greg Salas Hawaii 150.3
yds/game
Tackles Carmen Messina NM 13.8
tackles/game
Total Offense Case Keenum Houston 436.8
yds/game
Football
VOLLEYBALL
TEAM SCHEDULE
Connecticut Aug.28 W 3-2
UC Irvine Aug. 29 L 3-1
Saint Marys Aug. 30 L 3-0
at Arizona Sept. 4 L 3-0
vs Eastern Wash. at Ariz. Sept. 4 L 3-1
vs.Houston at Ariz. Sept. 5 W 3-2
UC Davis Sept. 11 L 3-1
Sam Houston State Sept. 12 W 3-2
Portland State Sept. 12 L 3-1
at Pacic (Stockton, CA) Sept. 18 L 0-3
at Loyola Marymount Sept. 18 L 0-3
at CSU Bakerseld Sept. 19 W 3-2
at Sacramento State Sept. 22 L 0-3
Fresno State Sept. 26 W 3-1
at New Mexico State Oct. 1 L 0-3
at Louisiana Tech Oct. 3 L 0-3
at Hawaii Oct. 8 10 p.m.
Utah State Oct. 10 7 p.m.
Boise State Oct. 15 7 p.m.
Idaho Oct. 17 7 p.m.
at Idaho Oct. 22 7 p.m.
at Boise State Oct. 24 12 p.m.
San Jose State Oct. 29 7 p.m.
Hawaii Oct. 31 7 p.m.
UNLV Nov. 5 7 p.m.
at San Jose State Nov. 7 7 p.m.
at Fresno State Nov. 9 6 p.m.
New Mexico State Nov. 12 7 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Nov. 14 7 p.m.
at Utah State Nov. 19 6 p.m.
at Las Vegas for WAC Tournament Nov. 23-25
TBA
NCAA Championships Dec. 3-19 TBA
2009 WAC STATISTICAL
LEADERS
Assists Dani Maufa Hawaii 11.62
/set
Digs Nicole Link Nevada 3.81
/set
Blocks Debbie Penderson Idaho 1.58
/set
Kills Kayleigh Giddens NMSU 4.71
/set
WAC FOOTBALL
SCORES FROM OCT. 3
Utah State (L) vs. BYU 35-17
at Provo, Utah
NewMexico State (L) vs. San Diego State 34-17
at San Diego, CA
Hawii (L) vs. Louisiana Tech 27-6
at Ruston, LA
Boise State (W) vs. UC Davis 34-16
at Boise, Idaho
Idaho (W ) vs. Colorado State 31-29
at Moscow , Idaho
INTRAMURAL RESULTS
Indoor Soccer
Monday
Team Trot 10, Jungle Juice 0
Old School 4, Team Sassy 5
The Tree Frogs 6, Renal Madrid 7
Chiefer Stars 8, Elko 5
Shiverpool 12, 4th Street Elite 5
Superheroes 2, The Bromigos 12
Tuesday
LXA 9, TKE 4
SAE 4, Sig Ep 1
Sigma Nu 8, Phi Delta Theta 2
Manchester United win, Pi-
rates forfeit
Free Agent Team 6, Whistle Tips 5
Wednesday
Shiver pool 10, Mackay Attack 6
Something Random 9, Free
Agent Team 1
Thursday
Nevada Lobos 7, I-Club 2
The Vorpal Swords 3, The Rag-
ing Ligers 6
The Mufntops 5, The Alias 8
The Union United 1, The Soul
Sonic Force 5
SWAT win, Tri-Delta forfeit
The Nutmegs win, Team
Mazz forfeit
Flag Football
Monday
The Gentlemen 0, BCE 26
The Jeff Deans 27, Like A
Boss 39
Lombardi Team forfeit, Le Tigra win
Lambda Lambda Lambda 0, Vicks
Dogpound 58
Tuesday
Catastrophic Cyclones win, Delta
Sigma Pi forfeit
Walk of Shame 8, TBA-Rachel
Weaver 17
Free Agent Team 39, TBA-LKO 32
Funfetti 32, Leathernecks 12
Magnum 0, Necessary Rough-
ness 44
Sig Ep B League 2, Team Awe-
some 42
Boss Hoggs 49, Chiefs 6
Lock It Up forfeit, Delta
Gamma win
Kappa Alpha Theta 21, Sigma
Kappa 0
Wednesday
Alpha Kappa Psi forfeit, Puppy
Kickers win
Circle K win, The Blue Knights
forfeit
The Gardnervillains 38, Crowley
Crushers 14
Matadores 21, Blue Street Hoolies
20
Blind Side Hitterz 19, Six Pack 24
Corn Dogs 18, Battleborn 33
The Shaguars 22, Viscious and
Delicious 30
The Wessexs 12, Still in School 32
Lincoln Lagers forfeit, Elite win
Thursday
Sigma Nu 36, TKE 0
Pi Kappa Phi 18, Sig Ep 52
Phi Delta Theta 8, LXA 38
TBA-Chad Casey 8, 808 35
Child Please 30, Free Agent Team 6
Black Mambas 13, TBA-Ben
Shuman 36
Death Rio 18, Red Rockets 6
Swiss Cheese 38, Cupcakes 14
NAK 34, Lincoln Maa 7
SATURDAY, OCT. 3
Team G1 G2 G3 T
Nevada 20 16 21 - 0
Louisiana Tech 25 25 25 - 3
Nevada Louisiana Tech
K Set Dig BA K Set Dig BA
Garvey, E 1 1 0 0 Panova, N 12 1 7 2
Batista, J 3 0 0 2 Jones, K 9 3 3 5
Harrington, K 11 1 13 0 Clayton, K 6 0 2 2
Baldwin, L 7 0 3 0 Bin, B 2 31 7 1
Santiago, T 0 15 3 0 Pinto, K 7 0 16 1
Ji, E 6 1 6 0 Goodwin, J 6 0 6 3
Chang, K 0 1 9 0 Hunsucker, L 0 3 19 0
Sei, S 0 16 5 2 Alexander, K 0 0 2 0
Kelly, L 1 0 2 0
Link, N 0 0 21 0
Staker, J 7 0 0 0
Totals 36 35 62 4 42 38 62 14
Golf
MONDAY, SEPT. 29 AND TUESDAY, SEPT. 30
GIUSTINA MEMORIAL CLASSIC (OREGON STATE)
Men Women
Team Score Team Score
1. Washington State 561 1. Oregon 598
2. Oregon State 565 2. Wyoming 617
3. Oregon 569 3. Oregon State 620
4. Nevada 572 4. Washington State 621
5. Cal Poly 586 5. Nevada 624
6. USC 591 6. Cal Poly 625
7. Boise State 592 7. Boise State 632
8. University of Portland 593 8. Hawaii 635
9. Wyoming 600 9. University of Portland 640
10. Hawaii 607 10. USC 664
2009 NEVADA
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Stroke average Jared Becher 71.00
Lowest round Jared Becher 66
2009 NEVADA
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Stroke average Jamie Yam 76.50
Lowest round Ana Patricia de la Maza 72
sports OCTOBER 6, 2009 B5
By Chris Gabriel
The Nevada soccer team opened
Western Athletic Conference play
on Sunday with a 1-0 shutout vic-
tory over Utah State, the 2008 WAC
regular-season champions.
Nevadas one and only goal
was made unassisted in the 36th
minute of the rst half by Natalie
Ratnavira. She beat two defend-
ers down the left side of the eld
and cut in towards goal. Ratna-
vira beat Utah State goalkeeper
Molli Merrill with a shot to the
right post for the game-winner.
The score was her second of
the season.
The win marked the second
year in a row the Wolf Pack has
won its rst conference game.
Entering this game, Nevada
was 3-8 while Utah State, who
was picked rst in the WAC pre-
season coaches poll, was 5-6-1.
Wolf Pack head coach Jaime
Frias said with the non-confer-
ence season now over, the team
has fully focused on the upcom-
ing WAC play.
We split the season up into
three parts: non-conference, con-
ference and post-season play, he
said. Were in the second part of
that cycle and its crucial. This part
gets us into post-season play. We
have to be the aggressor and we
have to take it to teams, especially
here at home.
Junior Cristen Drummond saw
her rst game action on Sunday
since the Wolf Packs season-
opener on Aug. 21 at the University
of California, Berkeley, where she
suffered a sprained ligament after
being taken out from behind.
Theres been a great deal of
injuries throughout the year,
Frias said. At one point, out of
the 23 players who came into
camp, we had 11 training. Hav-
ing (Drummond) back, having
another healthy body back, is
tremendous to this team.
Drummond was named to the
2009 Preseason all-WAC Team
and was Nevadas leading scorer
last year.
That was difcult being taken
out in the rst game and at rst I
didnt even know what the injury
was, Drummond said. (The
doctors) said (my) season might
be completely over with; it was
very heart-breaking.
Drummond entered the game
halfway through the rst half and
recorded one shot on goal.
Nevadas next home game
will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 when
they welcome the San Jose State
Spartans to Mackay Stadium.
The Spartans nished 5-4 in
non-conference play and are 1-0
in WAC play this season.
Chris Gabriel can be reached at
By Garrett Estrada
The horn blows, the swimmers
jump off the block and the race
is on. It is ofcially swim season
in Nevada.
The Wolf Pack swimming and
diving team had its annual Blue
vs. Silver Intrasquad Dual Meet
Friday at the Lombardi Pool
with a squad that is looking to
continue their current streak
of three consecutive Western
Athletic Conference Champion-
ships.
Head coach Mike Richmond
was impressed with his teams
overall performance at the meet.
This was the best start we
have had since Ive been here,
he said.
The meet split the team in two,
forming blue and silver squads,
to compete like in a normal
meet. The blue team took most
of the events, winning the meet
153-89.
Freshman Gabby Guieb looked
strong in her rst competitive
meet at Nevada.
Guieb won the 100-yard but-
tery and the 100-yard breast-
stroke and was part of the team
that won the 400-yard medley
relay and the 200-yard freestyle
relay.
Guieb, from Seattle, had
originally planned on swim-
ming for the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas out of
high school, but was blown
away by Nevadas program
after a visit to the school. The
coaching staff is excited to
see what Guieb, who has been
swimming for about 10 years,
can bring to the already-
experienced team.
We are lucky to have her,
assistant coach Eric Skelly said.
She came highly recommended
from King Aquatic (Guiebs old
swimming club).
In spite of winning four
events, Gueib has been battling
back issues. She expects some
time with the teams trainer to
resolve the issue and to be back
to normal soon.
On the diving side, sophomore
Aniesa Debaji had a big start to the
season, although she said she felt
she performed below average.
She still had more than enough
strength to win over the judges,
taking top honors in the 1-meter
and 3-meter diving events.
Diving coach Jian Li You spoke
highly of Debaji, calling her the
top diver on the squad.
She is a powerful and pretty
diver, Li You said.
The Wolf Pack will have its rst
test starting Thursday when it
travels to San Jose, Calif., for the
Western Athletic Conference
Shootout.
Garrett Estrada can be reached at
Pack submerges into new season
SWIMMING & DIVING
The Nevada swimming and diving team competed in its annual Blue vs. Silver Intrasquad Dual Meet on Friday at the Lombardi Pool. The blue team prevailed, winning 153-89.
Nevada wins WAC opener for second year in a row
JOHNCALLAHAN/NEVADASAGEBRUSH
Nevada midelder Annabelle Allen chases a ball down the sideline at Mackay Stadium during the
Wolf Packs 1-0 victory over Utah State. With the win, Nevada has won two straight Western Athletic
Conference-opening games.
suffered a sprained ligament
in her knee after being taken
out from behind in the teams
rst regular season game at
Cal on Aug. 21.
Because of Drummonds
injury, the Wolf Pack was
forced to play more young
players during its entire non-
conference schedule.
Despite being bitten by the
injury bug this season, Nevada
is looking past it and moving
on.
Anyone who is in sports
and in athletics knows that it
takes time, Frias said. Were
better this year, well be better
next year, well be better three
years from now just because
the (players) are buying into
the cultures and the different
mentality. You see the desire
and the competitive re
within them and thats part
of the transition. Last year
we were unfortunate but at
the same time thats part of
the process that we had to go
through.
Nevada entered Western
Athletic Conference play last
season winless at 0-9-2 and
even though it won its WAC
opener, the team only re-
corded one other win in WAC
play, nishing the conference
regular season at 2-4-1.
Before Sundays win at home
against Utah State, the Wolf
Pack had a non-conference
record of 3-8.
Everyones sick of losing,
Frias said. No one likes to
lose. Youre never going to
interview someone who says,
you know what, we like to lose
and we want to continue that
but what are we willing to do
to get those wins. What I tell
the team, and I think I quoted
Bobby Knight on this and I
said, The will to win is over-
rated. The will to prepare to
win is what matters. Nobody
is willing to prepare for those
wins and we are right now.
Now, Frias and the girls
are winning games like few
predicted. The Wolf Pack has
already scored 12 goals this
year after scoring just 15 all
of last season. Its freshman
goalkeeper, Dana Moreno,
has been a bright spot, win-
ning three games as goalie.
Chris Gabriel can be reached at
Winning
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1
sports
B6 OCTOBER 6, 2009
Tragedy
the islands of Samoa, American
Samoa and Tonga.
A report on CNN.com said
more than 165 people have
been conrmed dead due to
the 15-to-20 foot high waves
that reached almost a mile
inland. Agaiava said some of his
childhood friends are a part of
that list.
Its been affecting me be-
cause I had close friends out
there who passed away, he said
as his eyes started to get watery.
I wish I was there with them to
be at the funeral.
Agaiava said all of his im-
mediate family is safe from the
tsunamis, which have left the
islands covered with debris and
mud. He wasnt the only mem-
ber of the Nevada football team
affected by these tragedies.
I have a lot of distant family
over there, but my grandmas
(there), too, Wolf Pack run-
ning back Vai Taua said. Shes
the only close family member
to me I have over there. She
survived. There was some stuff
that happened by her, but she
was OK, thank God. (I have) a
lot of distant family (over there),
but as far as I know, everythings
good.
But just because their families
have remained safe does not
mean the events are not always
on their minds.
At Saturdays game against
the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas, Taua sported eye black/
nose strip under his eyes and
across his nose which read,
Pray 4 Samoa.
Its just a way of me always
keeping them in mind, Taua
said. I always have them in my
heart and in my prayers.
Agaiava didnt sport anything
proclaiming his feelings toward
the situation, but he is trying to
help out with the relief effort
despite trying to balance school
and football.
In California, all the Samoan
people and churches, theyre
having food drives to donate
food and send a container out
there and help out the people
that need food and stuff, said
Agaiava, who hasnt been back
to the islands since 2002. I want
to go (to Samoa) and help out
myself, but I have other stuff to
do here. I wish I was over there
to help out.
Although he felt an immedi-
ate impact from the tsunami
with the loss of some childhood
friends, Agaiava is condent his
country will remain strong.
Its all about respect over
there in Samoa, he said. Even
though somebody passed away,
you got to be strong and set a
good example for the younger
generation. You cant break
away. You got to move on and
keep them in your hearts and
pray to God.
Wolf Pack running back Vai Taua did not play on Saturday against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but he still sported eye black/nose strip
which read, Pray 4 Samoa. He was referring to the recent tsunami which hit the islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.
blunders have been three of
Nevadas most reliable players:
running backs Luke Lippincott
and Vai Taua and quarterback
Colin Kaepernick.
The three aforementioned
have each fumbled three
times, only one of which was
not recovered by a Wolf Pack
opponent.
Ault has been steady in
defending these guys whenever
they mess up and he has good
reason theyre three of the
top players to ever don the Wolf
Pack uniform. But Ault can
only say, Luke Luke doesnt
fumble, so many times before
it starts coming off as an excuse.
Like former President George
W. Bush once said, Fool me
once, shame on me. Fool me
twice youre not going to fool
me twice.
These fumbles by the Wolf
Packs top three offensive
players are getting ridiculous.
Holding on to the ball should be
the last thing we talk about after
a nine-touchdown performance
against our No. 1 rival.
Unfortunately, putting the
ball on the ground isnt the only
thing Nevada excels at.
Kaepernick has also thrown
four interceptions, matching his
total from last year.
Needless to say, the Wolf
Pack is not going to win a lot of
conference games by turning
the ball over four times per
game, as has been the case in
three of their four games.
PENALTIES GALORE
Another glaring problem has
been penalties.
Against UNLV on Saturday,
the Wolf Pack committed 15
penalties for a grand total of 169
yards.
Fifteen penalties? Fifteen
penalties is what a teams total
should be for three games.
But there hasnt been a main
culprit in making Nevada the
third-most penalized team in
the country (9.75 per game).
There have been many hold-
ing and false start penalties
on the offensive line. The wide
receivers also get called for a
false start or a hold every now
and then. The defensive line
will get an encroachment called
on it every so often. Finally, the
defensive backs love to rack up
the pass interference penalties.
If there is one area where the
penalties were just too much, it
has to be the secondary.
Answer me this question:
How many times have you
watched a Nevada football
game, seen the Wolf Packs
opponent lob up a pass to one
of its wide receivers and the
Nevada defensive back never
turns around to look at the
ball?
All the defensive backs do
is shadow their guy and then
wildly ail their arms out when
they see the wide receiver
making a move for the ball.
And then the defensive
backs have the audacity to
throw their arms up in the air
after the flag has been thrown
for pass interference. Maybe
they should try turning around
once in a while and actually
making a play on the ball.
Yes, the win against the
Rebels was impressive. If I were
an unknowing fan, Id think the
Wolf Pack were a top-25 team
while UNLV was a Division III
school.
But thats not enough.
The real season (Western
Athletic Conference play) has
just started.
Its time to keep improving,
cut down these mistakes
and live up to the preseason
hype. No more will a three-
touchdown loss be acceptable.
Prepare for glory.
Improvement
Nevada Sagebrush sports
editor Juan Lpez won his bet
against The Rebel Yell (UNLVs
student newspaper) sports
editor Sage Sammons on who
would win the Nevada-UNLV
game. Check out Juans col-
umn gloating on the win at
unlvrebelyell.com.
There will also be a link to
the column on this story at
the Sagebrushs Web site.
N d S b h t
ONLINE
Offensive line paves the way for big day
Nevadas offensive line opened holes for running backs like Luke Lippincott, second from left, to run the ball. Wolf Pack guard Jonathan
Bender, second from right, and tackle Mike Gallet, right, were a big part of why Nevada ran for a school-record 559 yards on Saturday.
By Chris Muller
In Saturdays 63-28 disman-
tling of the University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, the Wolf Pack smashed
its way into the annals of modern
history. Nevada rushed for 559
yards on 55 attempts. This broke
a 32-year-old record of 545 yards
set by the 1977 football team
against Sacramento State.
Though quarterback Colin
Kaepernick and running backs
Luke Lippincott and Mike Ball all
rushed for more than 170 yards,
head coach Chris Ault gave the
credit for the rushing success to
the offensive line.
Our O-line was the difference
maker in the game, he said.
Thats the heart of the football
team. Not Kaepernick, not Luke,
not Ball, that O-line. They were
outstanding. And I mean out-
standing. (Offensive line) coach
(Chris Klenakis) and his guys did
as good a job as you could do
coaching.
Chris Barker, redshirt fresh-
man offensive guard, was at-
tered with Aults comments.
Its a great compliment to
us, he said. Most of the time
people dont see the offensive
line. They just see the running
backs. Its nice that the coaches
know that we work hard. We
know that the whole team de-
pends on us, so if were on, the
whole team is on.
Kaepernick was just as com-
plimentary as Ault about the
offensive line.
If they play like that every
game, it doesnt matter whos in the
backeld, were going to put some
points on the board, he said.
Offensive tackle Alonzo Dur-
ham takes it upon himself to
use his experience to lead by
example. Durham is one of two
seniors on the line, along with
center Kenneth Ackerman.
In four years, our mentality
really hasnt changed, Durham
said. Starting back in 05 when I
came here, everything has been
tough-nosed. Weve got to get af-
ter them. Its a huge deal for our
offensive line that we just grind
and give our offense a chance to
make plays each down.
Chemistry is an essential
ingredient in getting all ve
members of the offensive line to
work cohesively. Klenakis said
chemistry is heavily preached in
every practice.
Theyve got to work as a unit,
he said. You cant have any indi-
viduals on the O-line. Its got to
be a unit.
Klenakis said that the chemistry
within the offensive line, known
as The Union, is exceptional.
They always meet together and
sit together at dinner, he said.
Barker credits a mid-season
dinner at Aults house as a cru-
cial bonding moment.
Durham agrees with Barker
and said he will be hosting
future barbecues at his house for
The Union.
We try to get together a lot,
he said. We just understand how
each other thinks, hanging out,
eating, laughing, having a good
time. Its the best way to bond.
Chris Muller can be reached at
First win
started off the season with
more preseason hype than ever
before.
The team received votes in
the preseason polls and was
touted as a dangerous team to
bigger schools. But three losses
in three games evaporated any
hopes Nevada had of living up
to the preseason expectations.
The 0-3 start spurred fans to
criticize the teams offensive
play calling and even suggested
head coach Chris Ault be red.
Despite the adversity, players
and coaches stayed focused.
They stuck together, kept work-
ing hard and it paid off. And
after a 35-point win against
its biggest rival, many Nevada
players used the word relief to
describe their rst victory of the
season.
It was the loudest that we ever
sang our victory song (after the
game), Wolf Pack senior running
back Luke Lippincott said. It just
felt good. It felt good for coach
Ault to get a win. A lot of people
have been hating on coach Ault
and hes been doing a good job. It
felt good to win it for him.
Ault, who has never doubted his
status as head coach, said getting
his players to buy into what the
coaches were trying to preach was
a key to the teams success.
This is the thing we tried to
tell (our players): When you
really believe in something and
you understand that it can work,
you stay with it, he said. You
might change a couple certain
aspects, but not much.
The biggest key to the
Wolf Packs initial win of
the year was its nearly-
immaculate running game.
Nevada rolled up 559 rushing
yards, a single-game school
record, led by running back
Mike Ball. The redshirt fresh-
man came into the game with
zero yards and one carry for his
career. He left with 184 yards and
ve touchdowns.
I give a lot of credit to the
offensive line because all the
holes that were there, they were
huge, Ball said. Real big. Like
my mother could have drove
through there.
Running the ball effectively
was a big key to the Wolf Packs
win. The 55 rush attempts were
more than Nevada has had in a
game this season.
The Wolf Pack will likely stick
to the running game plan next
week against Louisiana Tech,
who is ranked seventh in the
Western Athletic Conference in
rush defense.
Nevada will open WAC play at
6:05 p.m. on Friday against the
Bulldogs (2-2, 1-0 WAC) at Mac-
kay Stadium. Ball said he and his
team will hit the eld with more
swagger.
(Beating UNLV was) a big con-
dence boost, he said. We got
our rst win under our belts so we
feel relief. So now we can just go
out there and play our game.
Nevadas offensive line
helped the Wolf Pack amass
559 rushing yards on Satur-
day against the Rebels.
The offensive line did not
allow a sack.
N d ff i li
THE UNION
Nevada Sagebrush sports
editor Juan Lpez will hold a
live chat 3 p.m. Wednesday
to talk Wolf Pack. Pull up a
chair (to your computer) and
share your thoughts.
NEVADASAGEBRUSH.COM
N d S b h t
ONLINE
*National ranking in parentheses
Nevada Category Louisiana Tech
OFFENSE
274.75 (3) Rushing 161.00 (49)
191.25 (78) Passing 193.75 (76)
124.27 (74) Pass Efciency 121.38 (79)
466.00 (12) Total 354.75 (78)
26.00 (70) Scoring 25.50 (72)
DEFENSE
126.25 (52) Rushing 187.00 (105)
303.00 (118) Passing 194.00 (44)
165.73 (119) Pass Efciency 116.47 (47)
429.25 (107) Total 381.00 (85)
32.25 (106) Scoring 22.00 (47)
SPECIAL TEAMS/MISC.
35.14 (76) Net Punting 34.89 (80)
7.00 (75) Punt Returns 32.00 (1)
26.35 (18) Kickoff Returns 16.90 (113)
-3.00 (120) Turnover Margin 1.25 (13)
MAKING THE CALL
OCTOBER 6, 2009
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After blowout win,
WAC season starts
Nevada will play La. Tech, but still has errors to x
STAFF PICKS
PESSIMIST SAYS: Louisiana Tech may be
2-2, but it is much better than the record in-
dicates. Its losses have come against Navy
and undefeated Auburn, but it is coming
off a 27-6 dismantling of Hawaii. Nevada
feels a little hungover after last weeks win
against UNLV and Bulldogs running back
Daniel Porter will carve up the defense and
keep Nevadas offense on the sideline. Itll be
close, but Louisina Tech hangs on to win.
PESSIMIST SAYS: Bulldogs wins 35-31
1. Florida (54) 4-0
2. Texas (1) 4-0
3. Alabama (5) 5-0
4. LSU 5-0
5. Virginia Tech 4-1
6. Boise State 5-0
7. USC 4-1
8. Cincinnati 5-0
9. Ohio State 4-1
10. TCU 4-0
11. Miami (FL) 3-1
12. Iowa 5-0
13. Oregon 4-1
14. Penn State 4-1
15. Oklahoma State 3-1
16. Kansas 4-0
17. Auburn 5-0
18. BYU 4-1
19. Oklahoma 2-2
20. Mississippi 3-1
21. Nebraska 3-1
22. Georgia Tech 4-1
23. South Florida 5-0
24. Missouri 4-0
25. South Carolina 4-1
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Wisconsin 157, Houston 142, Georgia 115,
Stanford 50, Utah 31, Michigan 25, Boston
College 12, Notre Dame 9, Pittsburgh 3,
Arizona 2, West Virginia 2
1 Fl id (54) 4 0
AP TOP 25
*National ranking in parentheses
TALE OF THE TAPE
LEADERS
Louisiana Tech
Player Category Avg./Game
Daniel Porter Rushing 73.5
Phillip Livas Receiving 37.0
Adrien Cole Tackles 8.0
D Anthony Smith Tackles for loss 0.75
Nevada
Player Category Avg./Game
Luke Lippincott Rushing 84.0
B Wimberly Receiving 71.8
Brandon Marshall Tackles 7.0
Dontay Moch Tackles for loss 2.75
WAC STANDINGS
Standings Conference Overall
Boise State 1-0 5-0
Idaho 1-0 4-1
Louisiana Tech 1-0 2-2
Nevada 0-0 1-3
San Jose State 0-0 1-3
Utah State 0-0 1-3
Hawaii 0-1 2-2
Fresno State State 0-1 1-3
Date Opponent Time/Result
Sept. 5 at Auburn L 37-13
Sept. 12 at Navy L 32-14
Sept. 19 Nicholls State W 48-13
Sept. 30 Hawaii W 27-6
Friday at Nevada 6:05 p.m.
Oct. 17 New Mexico State 1 p.m.
Oct. 24 at Utah State 12 p.m.
Oct. 31 at Idaho 2 p.m.
Nov. 6 Boise State 5 p.m.
Nov. 14 at LSU 5 p.m.
Nov. 21 at Fresno State 2 p.m.
Dec. 5 San Jose State 11 a.m.
O t Ti /R lt
LOUISIANA TECHS SCHEDULE
DIFFERENCE MAKER ANTONIO BAKER
OPTIMIST SAYS: Nevada is back. Colin
Kaepernick will show people why he
is one of the most exciting players in
the nation. The emergence of running
back Mike Ball means the Wolf Pack has
another weapon to add to its arsenal and
Nevada will overwhelm Louisiana Tech.
Nevadas defense will force Louisiana Tech
quarterback Ross Jenkins to win or lose the
game for the Bulldogs.
OPTIMIST SAYS: Nevada wins 45-17
Senior safety Antonio Baker has been one of the leaders of Louisiana
Techs defense. He is second on the team in total tackles with 30 and
has recorded an interception. But when Louisiana Tech plays Nevada
on Friday, Baker will face his toughest challenge yet. The Bulldogs will
undoubtedly try to stop Nevadas rushing attack, which means Baker
and the rest of the secondary will be tested if Nevada tries to go deep to
its receivers. The difference in the game could depend on whether Baker
and the Louisiana Tech secondary can prevent Colin Kaepernick from
hitting his receivers down the eld and stop big plays from happening.
Baker and the rest of the defenses ability to create turnovers will decide
how competitive the game will be.
SEPT. 25
Missouri
L 31-21
SEPT. 19
at Colorado St.
L 35-20
SEPT. 5
at Notre Dame
L 35-0
OCT. 3
UNLV
W 63-28
Friday
La. Tech
TIME: 6:05 p.m.
OCT. 17
at Utah St.
TIME: 12 p.m.
OCT. 24
Idaho
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
OCT. 31
Hawaii
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
NOV. 8
at San Jose St.
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
NOV. 14
Fresno St.
TIME: 1:05 p.m.
NOV. 21
at New Mexico St.
TIME: 5 p.m.
NOV. 27
at Boise St.
TIME: TBA
1. Florida (57) 4-0
2. Texas (1) 4-0
3. Alabama (1) 5-0
4. LSU 5-0
5. Virginia Tech 4-1
6. Boise State 5-0
7. USC 4-1
8. Ohio State 4-1
9. TCU 4-0
10. Cincinnati 5-0
11. Miami (FL) 3-1
12. Penn State 4-1
13. Oklahoma State 3-1
14. Iowa 5-0
15. Kansas 4-0
16. Mississippi 3-1
17. Oregon 4-1
18. Missouri 4-0
19. Auburn 5-0
20. BYU 4-1
21. Oklahoma 2-2
21. Nebraska 3-1
23. Georgia Tech 4-1
24. South Florida 5-0
25. Wisconsin 5-0
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Georgia 148, South Carolina 128, Notre
Dame 57, Houston 52, Stanford 43, Michigan
33, Utah 31, Boston College 15, Pittsburgh
6, Arizona 2, Arkansas 1, West Virginia 1,
Central Michigan 1
1 Fl id (57) 4 0
USA TODAY TOP 25
Louisiana Tech at Nevada
When: 6:05 p.m. Friday
Where: Mackay Stadium
(29,993; Field Turf)
Radio: ESPN Radio 630
TV: ESPN
Meet the coaches: Head
coach Derek Dooley is 17-24
in his fourth year at Louisiana
Tech. Nevada coach Chris
Ault is in his 25th season as
Nevadas coach and has a
199-94-1 record.
Louisiana Tech at Nevada
THIS WEEKS GAME
Wolf Pack tight end Virgil Green
WACPHOTO
Louisiana Tech safety Antonio Baker
165.73 (1
429.25 (1
32.25 (10
35.14 (76
7.00 (75)
26.35 (18
-3.00 (12
LEADER
Louisian L i i
Player
Daniel Po
Phillip Liv
Adrien C
D Antho
Nevada
Player
Luke Lipp
B Wimbe
Brandon
Dontay M
WAC ST
Standin Standin
Boise Sta
Idaho
Louisiana
Nevada
San Jose
Utah Stat
Hawaii
New Mex
Fresno St
Date
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 30
Friday
Oct. 17
Oct. 24
Oct. 31
Nov. 6
Nov. 14
Nov. 21
Dec. 5
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LOUISIA
By Juan Lpez
NEVADA FOOTBALL
In three games before playing against UNLV, the Wolf
Pack had run the ball 105 times for 540 yards, an average
of 35 carries and 180 yards per game.
Those totals are OK for your average team, but Nevada
isnt happy unless it hits the 300-yard mark.
Against UNLV, the Wolf Pack got back to the basics:
smash-mouth football. Nevada ran the ball 55 times for
559 yards, the most for a single game in school history.
It was pleasant to see the Wolf Pack getting back to what
it does best.
All summer we were hearing about how Nevada had
four or ve outstanding running backs, but before Sat-
urday, the only ones we saw were Luke Lippincott and
Vai Taua.
It was great to see Mike Ball and Courtney
Randall get in on the action as well.
But anybody can do it once.
On Friday, the Wolf Pack will
go up against one of the worst
rushing defenses in the WAC
with Louisiana Tech (187 yards
per game, seventh in the con-
ference).
Nevada will have to stick to its
guns and run, run, run. There is
no reason the Wolf Pack should pass
more than 20 times on Friday.
SERIOUSLY, STOP TURNING THE BALL OVER
Nevada turned the ball over four times on Saturday vs.
Nevada Southern and still won by 35 points. Thats ne
and dandy when youre playing a near-Division III school
like the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but thats not
going to cut it against Louisiana Tech.
The Bulldogs have a 2-2 record, but in their rst Western
Athletic Conference game last week against Hawaii, Loui-
siana Tech blew out the Warriors 27-6. The game ended
Hawaiis 63-game streak of scoring a touchdown, holding
the Warriors to two eld goals.
Louisiana Techs defense was nasty.
The Bulldogs defense forced three turnovers and
held the Warriors to 0-for-2 on fourth down at-
tempts.
Nevada cannot have a repeat performance
of its game against that little school down
south. Louisiana Tech is too good and their
players will want to avenge last years game
against Nevada when they blew a 31-14 lead
late in the third quarter and lost 35-31.
AT A CLOSER LOOK
Just glancing over the Bulldogs stats wont give
anyone a scare.
Their leading running back is averaging 73 yards
per game, their quarterback has thrown just three
touchdowns with two interceptions and their
leading wide receiver has just 148 yards.
So how have they won two games?
Louisiana Tech has a very fast, athletic defense.
Seven of its players have contributed to its WAC-
high nine sacks. The defense has only allowed
nine touchdowns this season, tied for fewest in
the conference with Boise State. And the Bull-
dogs already have ve interceptions, second
in the WAC.
There are no big-name players on the
defense, save safety Deon Young who
has three interceptions this year. The
unit just does it as a whole.
They play very well as a group and
a key to Louisiana Techs hopes on Friday
will be how they stack up against the Wolf Pack offense.
Juan Lpez can be reached at jlopez@nevadasagebrush.com.
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NEVADA VS. UNLV PHOTO PAGE
B8 OCTOBER 6, 2009
RABID PACK RUNS REBELS OUT OF RENO
Nevada defensive back Cameron Bayne, left, forced Rebels Imari Thompson to fumble in the fourth quarter of the Wolf Packs 63-28 win over the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Saturday.
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Clockwise from top left:
Although there were only a couple hundred Rebel fans in attendance they
cheered hard for their team throughout the game.
Nevada running back Mike Ball has some fun on the sideline with fellow
running back Vai Taua.
Wolf Pack fans made up the majority of the 24, 078 fans in attendance on
Saturday.
Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick celebrates with Wolf Pack fans after
scoring a touchdown against the Rebels.
Wolf Pack cornerback Antoine Thompson was a vital part of a Nevada defense
that held UNLV to just 149 yards in the second half.
Ball runs through a Rebel defender, logging a few of his 184 rushing yards.

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