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Julie A. Del Giorno gives a presentation on the 2019 Campus Climate Survey results on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The university hosted two separate forums to allow students, faculty, staff and community members to attend the event.
University releases Campus Climate Survey results By Olivia Ali The University of Nevada, Reno, released the results of the 2019 Campus Climate Survey on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The university hosted two separate forums to allow faculty, staff, students and community members to ask questions regarding the survey results. All findings of the survey can also be found in the Executive Summary. The university contracted with Rankin & Associates Consulting to lead the survey. “Rankin & Associates Consulting is a nationally recognized leader in institutional evaluation,” the university wrote on the survey’s official website. “They have conducted more than 190 campus climate assessment projects over the last 20 years. A team from Rankin & Associates Consulting will coordinate with a working group comprised of students, staff and faculty from the University to develop and implement
the assessment.”
The respondents 6,415 surveys were submitted. 27 percent of the total campus participated, which fell just three percent shy of the 30 percent response rate goal. According to the Executive Summary, the participants by status included: 53% (n = 3,389) of the sample were Undergraduate Students representing 22% of the total undergraduate student population; 12% (n = 794) of the sample were Graduate/Professional Students representing 23% of the total graduate/professional student population; 12% (n = 738) of the sample were Academic Faculty/ Postdoctoral Scholar/Research Scientist/Librarian members representing 36% of the total academic faculty/postdoctoral scholar/ research scientist/librarian members population; 12% (n = 781) of the sample were Administrative Faculty/Executive-level Administrative Faculty representing 70% of the total administrative faculty/executive-level
administrative faculty population; 11% (n = 713) of the sample were Classified Staff representing 67% of the total classified staff population.
Limitations R&A identified two limitations in the survey that may have inf luenced results. First, respondents “self selected” to complete the survey. “This type of bias can occur when an individual’s decision to participate is correlated with experiences and concerns being measured by the study, causing a type of non-representativeness known as selection bias,” R&A said in the Executive Summary. R&A also warned that less than a 30 percent response rate should raise caution as it is not as strong of a response. In addition to status, R&A provided that 60 percent of respondents were women, 37.5 were men and 2.6 were trans-spectrum or did not answer.
Defining climate R&A defined climate as
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the current attitudes and behaviors of faculty, staff, admin and students as well as institutional policies and procedures which inf luence the level of respect for individual needs, abilities and potential.
The findings According to the Executive Summary, the findings at the university were consistent with other higher education institutions that did similar surveys with R&A.
The second Global Climate Change Summit— an event hosted by the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno—is being held Monday, Sept. 23, at the Joe Crowley Student Union. The event provides students, faculty and the general public an opportunity to network and engage with industry experts and panelists, as well as other summit attendees. The summit features a student poster competition, which gives any Nevada System of Higher Education student the opportunity to present their research and efforts regarding climate change adaptation, mitigation and analysis. Members of the public and faculty are charged a $75 entry fee to the conference, and students of the Nevada System of Higher Education will be charged a $15 entry fee. The summit was first proposed in 2017 by economics graduate research assistant, Angelo
the UNR event, explains that although individual action is imperative to the movement, it won’t be enough. “Unfortunately, on the individual level, we’re just not going to cut it,” Lufrano said. “So, really, it’s about getting our elected leaders and our nations to start making meaningful change, because this is a global issue—and we need to start making it a global issue.” Michelle Baker can be reached at tkjohnson@ sagebrush.unr.edu or on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush
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College of Business hosts second annual Global Climate Change Summit
Students, faculty and staff gathered in front of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada, Reno, on Friday, Sept. 20 as part of the Worldwide Climate Strike to demand action in the fight against climate change. Activists, volunteers and students, including 130 students from Truckee, Calif., came to protest. Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, has been noted as a major voice of these strikes, motivating the youth across the globe to become activists themselves. Marisol Pulido, an environmental science major at the university, explained she was inspired by Thunberg to protest for the first time at the Climate Strike. “I want to be a part of the global climate strike—it’s happening all over the world, and I want to be a part of that,” Pulido stated. Other students like Nicolas England voiced they want to spread their enthusiasm for climate action that they found in Thunberg. The climate
strikes stress the urgency needed to combat climate change. The strike demands that without immediate action, the impacts will not only affect this generation, but the ones that follow. “I want to inspire other people; I want to inspire change. I kind of would like to have kids, I want that world to be livable too,” England stated. The climate strikes took place in over 150 countries around the world, just before the United Nations emergency climate summit. Stallar Lufrano, the organizer of
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Overall campus climate According to R&A, the average percentage of people who found the campus climate comfortable in studies at other universities was between 70 and 80 percent. 71 percent of respondents said they felt “very comfortable” or “comfortable” with campus climate at the university. However, results did find that people who identified with any of the following categories were significantly less comfortable with the campus climate: women, black/African American,
By Michelle Baker
Community members protest outside the Knowledge Center on Friday, Sept. 20. The Global Climate Strike was a worldwide event to demand for government action for the environment.
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Sisante, as an event where experts in various fields would collaborate and facilitate a conversation to educate the community about the various avenues for solving the issue of climate change. The conference is held every two years, allowing time for the College of Business to come up with relevant topics and panels each year. At this year’s summit, there will be three panels dealing with specific topics regarding climate change, both locally and universally. Panel One will be focused on climate change in Nevada, and will feature research faculty from the University of Nevada, Reno, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Desert Research Institute. They will apply their knowledge of climate change science to examine how it directly impacts Nevada. Panel Two features representatives of local and state governments in Nevada who will examine what the public sector can do to address climate change. This includes using policies such as regulations
or incentive approaches. Panel Three will feature industry experts and leaders from the private sector from Nevada who will explain the strategies they employ to mitigate climate change impacts on their business models, or adapt to these impacts by adjusting said models. Frederick A. Steinmann, an assistant research professor at the College of Business who also engages in community outreach, explained the philosophy of why the college chose to put on the event. “We try to leverage our expertise and our knowledge and our specific disciplines with the knowledge and expertise of individuals in other disciplines to really kind of present a holistic picture, and in this case one focused on climate change,” Steinmann said. He believes while the Global Climate Change Summit is the college’s focus at the moment, he hopes it can produce some smaller events and forums regarding climate change. He wants to eventually See CLIMATE page A2
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The study found that 68 percent of undergraduate students and 73 percent of graduate students “strongly agreed” or “agreed” that they felt valued by academic faculty. According to the Executive Summary, attitudes about academic experiences influence performance and success in college.
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Only 21 percent of students felt they had experienced conduct that fell into the categories of “exclusionary, intimidating, offensive and/or hostile”. 31 percent of classified staff and 30 per-
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cent of academic faculty felt they had experienced this kind of conduct, which was higher than the 16 percent of undergraduate students and 21 percent of graduate students who said they felt this kind of behavior. Considering leaving the university According to the Summary, over 50 percent in the administrative faculty, academic faculty and classified staff considered leaving the university. Over 50 percent of those respondents said they considered leaving because of low salaries and pay rates. Unwanted sexual conduct 12 percent of respondents said they experienced
unwanted sexual conduct or contact while at the university. Two percent of respondents experienced relationship violence and three percent experienced stalking. Eight percent experienced unwanted sexual interaction, such as catcalling, sexual advances and sexual harassment. Four percent experienced unwanted sexual contact, which included rape. The process The survey was administered from February 19 to March 15. After surveys closed, the data was analyzed by R&A. The report— both the Executive Summary and full report—were developed between May and
August 2019. What’s next? The university plans to use October 2019 to December 2019 to develop an action plan based on the findings from the summary, according to the Campus Climate Study timeline.
will directly use the results of the climate survey to improve the campus climate. The dates for the forum are as follows, and all will be held in Mack Social Science room 241 from 3-4 p.m.:
“It’s not over. You have the findings and the data now, and now it’s to see how we can use that,” said Executive Associate and Senior Research Associate Julie A. Del Giorno. The university will be hosting five forum sessions to allow members of the university community to contribute to the discussion of an action plan. The plan
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Climate Cont. issues of the environment can impact local economies. Steinmann used the example of the college’s 2018 Saving Snow Forum, which examined how declining snowpack levels, specifically this year in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He believes it can impact downstream users which includes farmers in Churchill County, developers in the urban areas of Carson, Reno and Sparks. He hopes to replicate that a little bit after this Climate Change Summit. Matt Cotter can be reached at tkjohnson@sagebrush. unr.edu or on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush.
By Michelle Baker Students attempting to qualify for the Western Undergraduate Exchange program will find different requirements than years prior. The WUE allows students to qualify for reduced tuition at public universities in states across the western United States. WUE students at The University of Nevada, Reno, pay 150 percent of instate tuition, which totals to $11,530 a year. Out-of-state students who do not qualify for WUE or the Nevada Advantage pay $23,086. WUE students must have at least a 3.25
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weighted GPA, as well as an ACT score of 26 or SAT score of 1240. The university also offers the Nevada Advantage program to out-of-state students with at least a 3.0 weighted GPA and 22 ACT or 1100 SAT score. According to demographic data found on UNR’s website, 4,963 UNR students are out-ofstate. Steve Maples, the Director of Admission, said WUE requirements will likely become easier to qualify for. “Our freshman retention rate hovers right around 81 percent, but the WUE students have almost an 89 percent retention rate,” Maples
said. “They also have a much higher four-year graduation rate [...] the benefits are significant as far as diversifying the student population, geographically and every other way possible as well. Maples has been involved with UNR for 28 years and served over 21,000 students. After a new chancellor announced the budget would become formula funded, priorities for the Admissions Department shifted. “When I first started off here, enrollment really wasn’t a priority,” Maples said. “We just got our money, UNLV got their money, and we just went about our business.”
Approximately 11 years ago, the fouryear graduation rate was 12 percent. Currently, around 40 percent of students graduate in four years, and the six-year graduation rate increased to 61 percent. “WUE was a pivotal part of me going to UNR. If I didn’t get it, I might have looked elsewhere,” said freshman Jack Stinson, who is native to the Sacramento area. “Cost was a major factor in my decision to go to UNR.” Stinson said he liked the location and relatively lower cost of UNR and knew he wanted to attend by early senior year. Stinson believes the
WUE discount is a great tool for students to receive cheaper tuition and helps makes UNR more affordable. “Yes, we’d like the numbers, but we want the students who are going to stay and graduate,” Maples said. “I would like to see us slowly continue to grow so that were not just serving students in the state of Nevada, but any student that comes here will benefit from the fact that we have students from 50 states and 75 different countries.” Sydney Zabell can be reached at tkjohnson@ sagebrush.unr. edu or on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush
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La supremacía blanca persiste en UNR, dos años después de Charlottesville Por Taylor Johnson Traducido Por Andrew Mendez Movimiento Identidad Americana y el Identidad Evropa Usuario de Reddit UNRThrowAway ha escrito en el subreddit r/UNR exposición de folletos y carteles del Movimiento de identidad americana en Ciencias Sociales Mack el lunes 9 de septiembre. El American Identity Movement es una organización “identitaria” sin fines de lucro fundada el 8 de marzo de 2018 por Patrick Casey. AIM predica el nacionalismo, el identitarismo, el no intervencionismo, el proteccionismo y el populismo. Según Casey, AIM está en contra del neonazismo y la violencia política de todo tipo. En una entrevista telefónica con Nevada Sagebrush, Casey confirmó que la organización recluta en todos los Estados Unidos con las redes sociales. Dijo que los miembros de AIM en Reno publican volantes y organizan manifestaciones. Casey dijo que quiere que AIM llegue a nuevas personas y concientice sobre la organización en la Universidad de Nevada, Reno. Él cree que los estudiantes universitarios solo reciben una perspectiva con respecto a la diversidad y los problemas sociales. Casey siente que el gobierno apoya las políticas contra los blancos y siente que si la gente se opone a las políticas contra los blancos. “No creemos que los Estados Unidos necesite ser 100% blanco, pero creemos que los Estados Unidos no será Estados Unidos si no hay una super mayoría europea-estadounidense”,
dijo Casey en una entrevista con Brittany Pettibone en 16 de enero de 2018. “Entonces, cuando se trata de políticas y demás, nos preocupa revertir estas tendencias”. Un artículo de los antifascistas de Colorado Springs identificó al estudiante universitario Richard Golgart Jr. como miembro del capítulo Suroeste de AIM. Además de su participación en AIM, es miembro del club Young Americans for Liberty en el campus, según su sitio web. Golgart Jr. no respondió a la solicitud de comentarios del Nevada Sagebrush. AIM se conocía anteriormente como Identity Evropa. IE fue fundada en 2016 por Nathan Damigo. La Liga AntiDifamación define a IE como un grupo de supremacistas blancos y el Centro de Leyes de Pobreza del Sur los identifica como un grupo de odio. IE construyó su nombre al difundir volantes en los campus universitarios, se difundieron pancartas en las redes sociales, se realizaron demostraciones y campañas. Intentan reclutar hombres blancos en edad universitaria. IE también ayudó a organizar el Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right Rally’ en 2017. Peter Cvjetanovic, un ex alumno de UNR que asistió al mitin de Charlottesville, llevaba una camiseta de IE cuando protestaba. El artículo de los antifascistas de Colorado Springs afirmó que Golgart Jr. publicó volantes y carteles para IE en todo el campus, así como a lo largo del río Truckee y en la Corte Suprema de Nevada, en la primavera de 2019. Nevada Sagebrush no pudo confirmar si o no Golgart Jr.
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también publicó los volantes AIM encontrados en todo el campus a principios de este mes. Respuesta de la universidad a grupos de odio La Oficial de Diversidad e Inclusión de la Universidad Eloisa Gordon-Mora cree que debe haber más centros de información sobre recursos e informar incidentes relacionados con el tema de la diversidad. Ella confirmó que los volantes de AIM fueron publicados en cinco edificios universitarios, que estaban centrados en STEM. “Sé que esto es frustrante y lo repito constantemente, desafortunadamente, los incidentes que podrían convertirse en eventos de odio deben investigarse caso por caso”, dijo Gordan-Mora. “No es responsabilidad de esta oficina, pero en conjunto con todo el trabajo que realiza Igualdad de Oportunidades y Título IX. Queremos ser un mejor integrador del esfuerzo”. Gordon-Mora cree que los estudiantes, el profesorado y el personal deben estar muy alertas de las técnicas y estrategias [del grupo Alt-Right] porque son intencionales y están destinadas a inspirar intimidación, miedo y emociones. Ella cree que la educación es el aliado más fuerte. “Debido a que la universidad es una universidad pública, no solo servimos a la comunidad universitaria interna, sino que también somos un aliado de la educación para la comunidad circundante y el estado de Nevada”, dijo Gordan-Mora. “No se trata tanto de una división de UNR interna frente a otras comunidades externas como de la necesidad de examinar cada instancia, qué es un incidente
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Aviador de Movimiento de Identidad americano en UNR el lunes, 9 de septiembre. El aviador dice “abraza tu identidad”. Hay escrito al lado diciendo “Joden a nazis”, “Joden Suprematist Blanco” y “Salen de nuestro departamento”.
de sesgo, versus un evento de odio o, en los casos más extremos, un crimen de odio”. Jen Hill, directora del programa de género, raza e identidad, define el nacionalismo blanco como un movimiento que coloca la experiencia blanca y los “derechos” en el centro de la identidad nacional. Ella lo describe como antisemita, racista y misógino. Hill también explicó el nacionalismo blanco. “Su retórica se basa en el miedo y está situada en historias falsas de la experiencia estadounidense, y rumores de una erosión de los valores y la estabilidad que están vinculados a influencias ‘extranjeras’ u ‘otras’”, dijo Hill. “Durante mucho tiempo se entendió que era un grupo marginal, y de hecho, aún permanece fuera del discurso civil, pero está claro que grupos como el Movimiento de Identidad Estadounidense están tratando de crecer y hacer afirmaciones de ser más convencionales”. Hill confirmó que AIM publicó volantes en Truckee Meadow Community College y una escuela secundaria local. Ella cree que estas organizaciones se dirigen a estudiantes que están explorando cómo pertenecen o no pertenecen y participan en la sociedad. “Ciertamente, la visibilidad de un estudiante de UNR en el mitin nacionalista de extrema derecha de Charlottesville elevó el perfil de UNR como un posible sitio donde los nacionalistas blancos podrían encontrar comunidad”, dijo Hill. “Nos gustaría pensar que su caso fue una anomalía, pero no sabemos cuántas personas comparten esos puntos de vista en el campus. El sitio web 8chan, en el que se alienta y prolifera el discurso de odio, es propiedad de una empresa con sede en Reno que muestra que Nevada es un centro para este tipo de pensamiento”. Kimberly Woods, decana asociada de conducta estudiantil, dijo que la oficina de investigar conductas como cualquier otra supuesta violación es investigada. Ella declaró que las protestas legales no violan la conducta de los estudiantes. “Si un estudiante participa en una conducta mientras protesta que viola la ley penal, como la violencia o el vandalismo, el estudiante puede ser referido a la Oficina de Conducta del Estudiante”, dijo Woods en un correo electrónico al Nevada Sagebrush. “Como se indicó anteriormente, cada caso se revisa caso por caso, por lo que no puedo ser más específico sobre cómo se manejaría el asunto”. Según el Manual Administrativo de la Universidad, no se permite distribuir publicaciones no universitarias en universidades externas ubicaciones y pueden publicar en ubicaciones interiores limitadas. Todos los tableros de anuncios en el campus se consideran “tableros de anuncios de vista pública” a menos que se identifiquen como tableros de anuncios específicamente para avisos
legales o departamentos. Respuesta de los estudiantes a la supremacía blanca Fran Smith, miembro de los Jóvenes Socialistas Democráticos de Reno, descubrió los volantes de AIM alrededor del campus después de que la organización les notificó. “Mi primer sentimiento, de todos modos, por el vuelo de la semana pasada, solo puede describirse como una ira llena de temor”, dijo Smith. “He sido [...] negro toda mi vida y me han enseñado que mi negrura es algo de lo que avergonzarme, es algo desagradable y es algo que me hace infrahumano, lo que significa que otros pueden deshumanizarme sin consecuencias porque no estoy ‘lo suficientemente humano como para ser considerado su igual’”. Smith recordó un incidente en el campus donde los llamaron varios insultos raciales que los compararon con los animales en el mitin de Bernie Sanders de 2018 en el campus por contraprotestantes partidarios de Trump. “[...] Estoy bastante bien mezclado blanco y negro”, dijo Smith. “Aprendí a los jóvenes cuán crueles pueden ser las personas debido a mi piel, y por lo general no eran otros niños de mi edad los que actuaban como tales. Crecí asustado de la gente, demasiado asustado para hablar por mí mismo u otros pensando que si era complaciente ganaría su respeto probándome a mí mismo a través de mis acciones. No funciona de esa manera”. Smith quiere que la universidad investigue estos temas, ya que creen que la supremacía blanca en el campus está empeorando. “Cuando les dije a los reclutadores militares en Cain Hall que alguien había colocado folletos de supremacistas blancos en su muro de información, se pusieron en acción y comenzaron a enumerar los siguientes pasos que tendrían que tomar para informar y ocuparse del incidente”, dijo Smith. “Lo reconocieron como un problema grave, actuaron al respecto y les importó mucho más de lo que ha hecho la universidad”. Anthony Martínez, presidente de los Estudiantes Asociados de la Universidad de Nevada, dijo que ASUN representa a un electorado diverso. Afirmó que a partir del otoño de 2019, el 40 por ciento de la matrícula total de la universidad se compone de estudiantes de grupos subrepresentados. “La ideología de extrema derecha, más específicamente, la ideología del Movimiento de Identidad Estadounidense, simboliza la supremacía blanca y un nacionalismo nativista que debe ser excluyente”, dijo Martínez en un correo electrónico al Nevada Sagebrush. “Estos sentimientos discriminatorios no se alinean con la misión o los valores de ASUN y, de hecho, los contradicen. Tanto ASUN como la Universidad condenan las acciones de odio o la retórica que buscan marginar a cualquier
miembro de nuestra comunidad”. Presidente Martínez cree que una comunidad de aprendizaje y vida, como UNR, tiene diversas ideas, opiniones y valores, lo que genera organizaciones separatistas con puntos de vista extremos. “Seguiremos abogando por los estudiantes universitarios, su desarrollo y sus ideas y opiniones únicas”, dijo Martínez. “Queremos que los estudiantes aprovechen su poder y se den cuenta de que esta es su universidad. Desafiamos a todos los estudiantes a protegerse de la retórica y la propaganda de odio que nos llevarían a creer que nuestra comunidad está fracturada. Nuestro poder está en permanecer unidos”. Grupos de odio en Nevada El Centro de Leyes de Pobreza del Sur rastreó a 10 grupos de odio en Nevada en 2018. Estos incluyen: Publicaciones de A2Z, Partido de Liberación de los Jinetes Negros, Freestartr, Israel Unidos en Cristo, Proud Boys, División Atomwaffen, Daily Stormer, IE, National Alliance Reform and Restoration Group y las cosas correctas. Lanzado en 2013 por Andrew Anglin, el Daily Stormer es descrito como una organización neonazi por el SPLC con pequeños grupos localizados llamados Stormer Bookclubs. Daily Stormer tiene campañas nacionales, que requieren volantes en diferentes áreas locales. The Daily Stormer publicó volantes de Brenton Tarrant, el hombre acusado de disparar a dos mezquitas en Christchurch, Nueva Zelanda, que mató a 51 personas, en una mezquita en Sparks. The Daily Stormer también publicó volantes en la sinagoga Emmanuel, TMCC e Innovations Charter School en el área de Reno-Sparks. “Mis hermanos, ustedes están aquí como la última línea de defensa contra una antigua fuerza del mal que busca borrar al hombre europeo de la historia”, dijo Robert Warren “Azzmador” Bay, miembro de Daily Stormer, en un discurso en privado la reunión posterior a Unite the Right. La División Atomwaffen es una organización neonazi fundada en 2015 con sede en Las Vegas. La organización estuvo activa en los foros de Iron March, que se desconectaron en 2017. En ese momento, había aproximadamente 1,600 usuarios. Miembros de la División Atomwaffen han matado a cinco personas en California, Florida y Virginia, según NPR. “¡Pro f ***** propaganda está funcionando! El SIDA se está extendiendo como un incendio forestal. ¡Muerto no podía hacernos más felices! ¡Salve el SIDA!”, Dijo un miembro en su sitio web. Mande sus comentarios a Andrew Mendez: andrewmenez@ sagebrush.unr.edu o sígala en Twitter: @NevadaSagebrush.
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DATE: Sept. 26 TIME: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. LOCATION: Joe Crowley Student Union, 15th Street Food COurt INFO: Come take a session by a local artist to unleash your artistic abilities and take your own painting home. It is encouraged to bring your friends to this free, creative event! The first session will start at 8 p.m. and the second will start at 11 p.m. MOVIE SERIES: THE FAREWELL
DATE: Sept. 26 TIME: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. LOCATION: Joe Crowley Student Union, Gateway Plaza INFO: Throughout the semester, the Joe Crowley Student Union hosts a movie showing every week. This week’s film is “The Farewell,” which stars Awkwafina and follows a family who decides to schedule a family gathering to say goodbye to their grandmother without her knowing. It is encouraged to bring your friends. The JCSU will supply free popcorn! BUNNY YOGA FESTIVAL DATE: Sept. 28 TIME: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. LOCATION: Idlewild Park INFO: Come to Idlewild
Park for a fun day of family-friendly yoga classes with the cutest bunnies! Local Reno startup Good Elephant has teamed up with the Reno Rabbit Rescue to host one of the first of many Bunny Yoga festivals across America. The event will also feature bunny adoptions, local vendors, food and music. Rylee Jackson can be reached at ryleejackson@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @rybyjackson.
Movie poster for “Hustlers.” Starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu, the film is based on a true story about how the 2008 recession affected a group of New York City strippers. By Rylee Jackson
“Hustlers” has been recognized as one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and for good reason. Directed by Lorene Scafaria, the film has all the elements of what people would consider to be intriguing in 2019—a dynamic allfemale cast, the effortless mixture of comedy and drama, nostalgic moments and a sensational soundtrack that takes control of the entire production. The film is a true story based around Jessica Pressler’s New York Times article “The Hustlers at Scores,” which depicts the narrative of several strippers in New York City who greatly benefit from Wall Street in the early 2000s and have to figure out a way to stay afloat after the devastation of the 2008 recession. From the 2000s fashion of chain belts and UGG boots down to the early versions of the iPhone, the film is truly of its era. However, the telling of how 2008 affected the club scene is the most compelling part—shining a light on occupations that aren’t as represented in the media. The movie begins in 2007 when Destiny, played by Constance Wu, starts working at the Manhattan club Moves in order to provide for herself and her grandmother.
Destiny seeks mentorship from the experienced dancer Ramona, played by Jennifer Lopez, and the two instantly develop a friendship as they try to strategically obtain more money from the Wall Street men.
and Reinhart. Their chemistry was effortless and definitely made their formed family convincing. The big screen arrivals of Cardi B and Lizzo was fun to see as both women are arguably the biggest stars of now—which is even “Hustlers” is mostly more of a reason to narrated by Destiny— check the film out. as the scenes go back and forth from her Other than the being interviewed connection between in 2014 to the actual the actresses and events that took place. the inclusivity of the As things were going story itself, the true immensely well for highlight of the film all the dancers, 2008 lies in the soundtrack. suddenly flips their The film kicks off with financial situation “Control” by Janet upside down. After Jackson—serving as being absent from the the ultimate feminist stripping scene due to anthem. According having her daughter, to an interview with Destiny returns in Scafaria, the track 2011 and reunites with was so essential to the Ramona—desperately opening scene that she searching for ways to didn’t know if it would save themselves from have worked had Jackthe tanking business. son not approved of its use. Cool tracks like Ramona and Destiny Lorde’s “Royals” were join Mercedes (Keke also used—a seemPalmer) and Annabelle ingly odd, but perfect (Lili Reinhart) as they track for the scene it successfully lure rich accompanies. men into the club and all get a cut of their Our introduction to excessive spending. Lopez’s character is Going even further, spearheaded by an inRamona sets her sights credible routine set to on spiking the men’s Fiona Apple’s “Crimidrinks with a hint of nal”—perfectly demMDMA in order to onstrating Ramona’s significantly max out influence in the film’s their accounts—the events. It wouldn’t be ultimate extreme. a film about strippers in 2007 without BritOne of the most ap- ney Spears’ “Gimme pealing aspects of the More”—making it film was the camara- difficult for audience derie between Lopez members to not get and Wu along with the lost in the club classic’s younger stars Palmer alluring trance.
Other songs of the time like Flo Rida’s “Club Can’t Handle Me” and Usher’s “Love In This Club” fit perfectly in the mix and add an extra layer to the film’s magnetism. “Hustlers” has aspects of it that are thrilling in the beginning, but becomes somewhat repetitive in the middle as the dancers cash in on their schemes. Even though Ramona’s first routine was a breakthrough for the movie’s excitement, it would’ve been interesting to highlight more of the professional dancers’ athleticism because their training should be more appreciated— the physical aspect of the job is not easy in the slightest. Even though there were a few lagging parts in the film, the overall execution was focused and intentional. In addition to the fascinating storyline and the implementation of historical events, the irresistible cast and amazing music helped the movie in so many ways. “Hustlers” is an enjoyable film for the pop culture obsessed—definitely deserving of its overwhelming attention. Rylee Jackson can be reached at ryleejacks o n @ s a g e b r u s h . u n r. edu and on Twitter @ rybyjackson.
Super Smash Bros. Tournament shows excitement of gaming By Rylee Jackson Since 1999, the Super Smash Bros. franchise has blossomed into a phenomenon— being one of the most widely celebrated competitive fighting games. From Mario and Luigi to The Legend of Zelda’s Link, the Nintendo series features a multitude of characters from their most beloved games to choose from. As new installments have emerged over the years along with the evolution of gaming consoles, the series has become well-known for its prominence in esports—an industry that has recently showcased an explosive rise internationally. On Friday, Sept. 20, ASUN hosted their own Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament. Students gathered in the Joe Crowley Student Union ballroom to take on the challenge and witness other Nevada gamers in their element. In preparation for the tournament, The Reno Smash Community—a group of local gamers who host tournaments every week at the Pennington Student Achievement Center—helped with the organization of the event. Before the tournament even began, the 64 competitors were practising across the five televisions in the room including one on the stage backed by a huge projector. Many brought their own personal controllers—among them was a competition ready gold GameCube version. The competitors played each round with three lives and a timer set along with the items turned off—making it all about the player’s skill without the extra assistance. The winner of each game was characterized by whoever had the most lives left when the time ran out. If they have the same amount of lives, the winner became the person with the lowest damage percentage. Sounds of cheering and hollering from the outside crowd were intermixed with the focus and intensity of the participants. As the competition dwindled down, the 64 were down to the final two. In an intense best out of five match, Dylinn Villatoro ended up taking the crown. Playing as a pink Donkey Kong, Villatoro ended up winning the grand prize of a Nintendo Switch. Besides the goal of winning, Villatoro— who is also the head tournament organizer for The Reno Smash Community—enjoys the esport culture due to the joy it brings. “I think what’s exciting about the fighting game community or esports in general is that it brings a similar experience of watching a sport,” Villatoro said. “I think what gets it going is the excitement—all the flashing colors, all the sound effects, all the hype. Even if you don’t understand the game, it has something for everyone. With the growth of esports and its popularity, it’s a great way for other skills and areas of talent to be recognized along with the more mainstream topics of sports and entertainment. Villatoro believes that esports allows gamers to have more opportunities to shine. “I think what makes this one interesting is that it gives opportunity to people who may not be athletically talented.” Villatoro said. “They can be good at video games and still perform at a high stage where people would want to watch.” There have been dozens of universities that have implemented varsity esport programs on campus. For a while, there has been discussion in regards to Nevada esports becoming a part of that list of programs. There hasn’t been any action made to develop said program yet, but with the continuation of well-attended events like the university’s Smash Bros. tournament, the conversation to make this a reality will only get bigger.
Rylee Jackson can be reached at ryleejackson@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @rybyjackson.
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Competitors at the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament at the Joe Crowley Student Union on Friday, Sept. 20.
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olunteering is one of the coolest, most valuable things you can do for yourself and your community–especially in college. Americans are volunteering more than ever. According to a 2018 study by the Corporation for National and Community Service, 30.3 percent of Americans volunteer their time each year. When I started Robert Roth at UNR in fall 2015, I knew it wouldn’t be easy to break into the professional world with a bachelor’s in English. Unfortunately, it’s a chicken and egg problem that many college graduates face: you can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t get experience without getting a job. That pain is multiplied in fields
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Why you should volunteer related to liberal arts. You need the degree, you need the experience and you need a portfolio. Every day, I went to class and then left to go to my retail job. I was learning valuable skills, and building up those years of experience employers want to see, but there wasn’t anything to show off. I was seeing the same people every day, doing the same exercises in class, going to work to talk to the same people about the same products and commiserating with my friends about how rote the college lifestyle is when you’re not on vacation. Not to generalize, but this seems to be a common theme at the university. So, after wallowing in anxiety about my potential future, I researched organizations that spend their time and energy making Reno, and the rest of Nevada, a better place. Many of these organizations are operating with a budget and workforce fit for a town of 10,000–not a city
of 350,000 and growing. We have amazing, world-class nonprofits in Reno that provide services to the LGBTQIA+ community, people affected by domestic abuse, kids in underserved populations, homeless animals and lots more. Usually the bottleneck for these groups isn’t money, it’s manpower. They won’t turn down free help and can train-away a lack of experience. I started with the Nevada Humane Society shortly after I came to UNR. NHS is an incredible example of no-kill sheltering with a 95 percent save rate, and they’re a model for that philosophy around the United States. I got to meet leaders in the nonprofit sector from across America, write and edit reports and other media that I could add to my portfolio, work with and find homes for thousands of animals, develop and manage projects and landed a paid internship with them for a period of time. The connections, the portfolio,
the skills, the life-long friends and the hilarious, heartbreaking and beautiful memories I made have stuck with me and opened so many doors that I didn’t think even existed. And it doesn’t need to be a huge time-sink. I found the Northern Nevada Chapter of the American Red Cross–a group with four paid staff members who cover an area of 87,000 square miles and 13 of Nevada’s 16 counties. The Chapter provides assistance during the thousands of home fires that happen here each year, including free preparedness education, help for refugees and so many other things. Volunteers do almost all of this, which means they get the chance to take on truly important, skill-building positions for as small a commitment of five hours per month. I was able to conquer my fear of public speaking, work on publications, help people on what was likely the worst day of their lives, take on true leadership posi-
tions, and again, connect with people all over Northern Nevada who are dedicated to their community and improving it. Now, I work for the American Red Cross full time. Please consider working with one of the nonprofits here in Reno or spend time helping your student media outlets like The Nevada Sagebrush. It’s hard to find extra time in college, but volunteering is one way you can directly affect change in your community, meet new people, put to use the skills you’ve learned in class and open up professional doors that you might have never thought of. And have fun–that’s important too. Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not necessarily express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff. Roberth Roth is a Volunteer Services Specialist at the Red Cross and former Sagebrush Copywriter, Robert can be contacted at robert.roth2@redcross.org.
Be very mad about the Nazis
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hy does this continue to happen? Especially here on our campus? We are all but two months into this year’s semester and we have already seen two racially charged incidents at the University of Nevada, Reno. The newly branded “Wolf Pack Tower” at the Circus Circus casino was “christened” with yet another swastika incident in a UNR residence building. More recently, flyers of a white supremacist group, the American Identity Movement, or AIM, have been spread across campus. Posters that read vile and loathsome things like, “Diversity Destroys Nations” in conjunction with “Embrace Your Identity” are strewn across buildings at OUR university. I’m not sure if it makes me more mad, or more sick. I don’t like to tell people how to feel about things, but I will. You should feel the same. If you have the audacity to deface anything with a swastika—I have an idea—let’s see you wear one around. I safely assume a large Damien Vinci amount of people really would LOVE to know who you are and what your beliefs are. Step out of the shadows. That includes everyone. Not just those defacing walls around campus or those hanging up unauthorized flyers. If this upsets you as much as it does me, then do something. If you see someone with a sharpie, do what you see fit and contact UNR PD. If someone is spouting rhetoric that makes you want to speak up, don’t be afraid to call out hate. I’m not going to question your intelligence and give you a history lesson and tell you that it wasn’t that long ago we fought a war against nazism/fascism. Or explain to you the state Europe was in that helped spur these ideologies.
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Anti-Nazi protest in Germany. Damien Vinci thinks that everyone on campus should be angry about recent demonstrations of white supremacy and should not take it lying down.
I will tell you my family left Italy in turmoil to make their way to America. When the United States made its entrance into the conflict my grandfather and his 10 plus siblings fit right into the war effort. While he was too young, his brothers fought a war against these people with their skewed racial ideologies. One brother gave his life fighting Nazis and this evil ideology. His life and many millions more were taken by this ideology in one way or another. Seeing these symbols and ideas
spread as across our country and campus is flat out unpatriotic and offensive to those who served our country and already fought a damn war to scrub out these ideas that have no place on this planet. The unveiling of these groups is just what we need. Last week’s (amazing) story on white supremacy at UNR by the Sagebrush’s News Editor Taylor Johnson helped shed light on a group I didn’t really understand before. Let’s learn more about these various groups. I want
to hear what they have to say. “...but we do think that American isn’t going to be America if there isn’t a European-American supermajority,” Patrick Casey, founder of AIM said in 2018. Does this radical racial sentiment seem a little familiar to anyone else? Not to mention absolutely disgusting. I don’t want to hear anything about violating your First Amendment rights when people tear down your posters on campus. Get them authorized, as you’re literally breaking the law. In the 2009 film “Ingorious Basterds,” Brad Pitt’s character said, “...I sure as hell didn’t come down from the goddamn Smokey Mountains, cross 5,000 miles of water, fight my way through half of Sicily, and jump out of fucking airplane to teach the Nazis lessons in humanity. Nazi ain’t got no humanity, they’re the foot soldiers of a Jew hating, mass murdering maniac, and they need to be destroyed...when (they close) their eyes at night and they’re tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done, it will be with thoughts of us they are tortured with.” This movie is about as fictional as historical fiction can get. However, this quote really hits the mark of how tolerant of nazi ideas we should be—as in, not tolerant to any nazi antics at all. Let’s stop asking why this keeps happening, and find out what we can do instead. I’ve made some suggestions, but I’m sure most of you have much better ideas. If this makes you as angry as it does me, let’s drown out their hateful rhetoric with our voices of reason against these hateful images and beliefs. Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not necessarily express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff. Damien can be reached at dvinci@nevada.unr.edu or on Twitter @NevadaSagebrush.
6ix9ine and why you should pick your clout wisely “What is a ‘blicky’?” “A blicky is another word for a gun.” There Daniel Hernandez sat. Testifying in court about the lyrics to his hit song “GUMMO.” Trying to explain to a bunch of lawyers and a judge what a “blicky” is. Just one year ago he was on a path to superstardom, with multiple top-ten hits and an album on the way. Before the year ended, he was in jail. D a n i e l comes from a world not too unfamiliar to the one we all live in. A world where a person is only as strong as Vincent their clout. Rendon Where followers and views and comments are worth their weight in gold. Clout is the barrier between fame and dereliction. If you want to make it in music you’ll do anything to get it. For Daniel, AKA 6ix9ine, he found clout through a gang—the Nine Trey Bloods. Nine Trey provided him with the security, legitimacy and— most importantly—the clout he needed to make it big in the music industry. All it cost him in return was patronage money and, of course, his soul. Relations soured, fights broke out and now they’re in jail. The clout giveth and the clout taketh away. Now 6ix9ine is on the stand snitching against Nine Trey. He’s snitching so much that at one point the judge had to tell him to slow down. Snitch game Patrick Mahomes. He’s listed everyone even remotely connected to Nine Trey from Jim Jones to Cardi B. By the time this article is published, I might be implicated too. His testifying will slash time off his sentence but will also doom his reputation forever. The point being, we all run the risk of winding up where Daniel is when we chase the clout too hard without thinking. The Instagram story where you drink a Four Loko and crash through a coffee table could get you more followers or it could get you fired. That tweet you think is so funny could go viral or it could get you cancelled. In the game of clout, you either win or you die. For all of us, take heed in the story of 6ix9ine, and make good choices in pursuit of notoriety. Or else you could wind up on the stand as well. Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not necessarily express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff. Vincent Rendon is a student at the University of Nevada studying political science. He can be reached at vrendon@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @VinceSagebrush.
The pet instagram debate: cute or psychotic?
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s I check my social media, a soft orange glow illuminating from my crystal salt lamp, both of my cats curled up oh so picturesquely on my lap, I ponder an age old question. Should Instagrams for pets be a thing? For years, I was adamantly against the idea. I can recall scrolling through my Instagram feed, harmlessly double-tapping slime videos, only to grimace at a firstperson narrated photo of a mediocre dog. I was confused—distraught, even. What kind of psychotic individual would create a social media account for their pet? Then something incredible happened. I adopted two cats from the animal shelter—Norman and Oatmeal—and I immediately had this unrelenting urge to create Instagram accounts for each of them to share their antics with the world. The cat Instagram obsession had begun and I was all in. Fast forward to today, I can without a doubt say that I am a fan of pet Instagrams. I will scream it from the rooftops. A rush of adrenaline or surge of heroin pumping through your veins is truly
lackluster in comparison to the euphoric feeling of uploading a silly video of a kitten. However, where do we draw the line? Where do pet social media accounts cross the border of cute and psychotic? I have the answer for you, pet-loving readers. The moment you become crazy is when you start writing your captions through your pet’s perspective. This is a fact. No one in their right mind should be articulating what their pet is—but probably isn’t—thinking. I’m sure your cat loves you, but do you really need to prove to your audience that they do through your own self-praising cat mom caption? It gets even weirder when people make purposeful typing errors as if their pet is terrible at grammar. Who are you to assume that if your pet was able to articulate their thoughts into coherent sentences on social media, they would be consistently grammatically incorrect? I don’t mean to be judgemental, but come on guys. Hop on your IG and post about your pet’s quirky antics or how their vet appointment went. That being said, most people do truly love pet content on their social media accounts.
I took it upon myself to do a bit of research regarding the controversial pet instagram debate. I posted a poll on Instagram asking my followers whether they thought accounts for pets were weird or cute. The results came back 88 percent cute and 12 percent weird. I think the results speak for themselves. The truth is, I find so much joy in posting photos of my cats for the entire interweb to see. There’s no greater feeling than pushing thirty likes on a photo of Norman and Oatmeal sitting in a silly position or playing with a piece of string. The creators of the Instagrams love posting, the followers love the content, and the pets love the attention. It’s a winwin for everyone involved. Opinions expressed in The Nevada Sagebrush are solely those of the author and do not express the views of The Sagebrush or its staff. Kennady Pine can be reached by email at kpine. sagebrush@unr.edu or on Twitter @ NevadaSagebrush. Oatmeal and Norman can be reached on Instagram @ glutenfreeoatmeal and @norman_sucks.
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SPORTS | A7
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Nevada women’s swim and dive looks to build upon strong season By Isaiah Burrows
Ryan Freeberg/Nevada Sagebrush Set of skis for sale at the UNR Ski Swap on Saturday 21, 2019. The Ski Swap is the largest fundraiser the Winter Sports club hosts annually.
Nevada Winter Sports club hosts annual Ski Swap fundraiser By Ryan Freeberg
The Nevada Wolf Pack Hall of Fame celebrated 100 years of women’s athletics with a historic allfemale class induction on Sept. 12 inside the Reno Ballroom at the University of Nevada, Reno. The Nevada Winter Sports Club held its annual fundraising event—the UNR Ski Swap—over the weekend. Held annually, the Ski Swap is the largest fundraising event that the Winter Sports club hosts. This year’s event was held at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center from Sept. 20-22. Sponsors of this year’s event included Ski Pro, Subaru, Media Access Group, GMAA Group and the UNR Ski Team Boosters. The Ski Swap has been an annual event of the ski team for years. Originally held in Lawlor Events Center, the event has moved venues several times with stints at the Reno Livestock Events Center prior to the swap’s current home. Newly-appointed head coach of the UNR Alpine ski team, Chad Ewoldt, was on
the team when the Ski Swap was still held at the RLEC. “It was much more chaotic than it is now, much smoother operation now than it was back then," Ewoldt said. “It was our bread and butter, and it was what we based our season on to exist.” Ewoldt skied for Nevada from 1993-96, helping the team to win two national titles during that time. The event is a chance for the club to cover their yearly budget, as the expenses involved with winter sports—ski passes, gear, travel and so on—can add up fast. The Winter Sports club gets 25 percent of all sales made at the event, with the remainder going to the seller. The club—as well as every other club sport—receives $6,000 in funding from the Associated Students of the University of Nevada. Without this fundraiser, budgeting for the entire club would be nearly impossible. Lorena Beck, a director on the UNR booster group, volunteered at the swap to help the team. Beck, a former
faculty member at Nevada, has worked with the club prior to its days as a club sport, first working with the team in the mid-80s. Beck views the Ski Swap as a crucial fundraiser for the team’s financial success. “The UNR ski team has an incredible amount of expenditures to put a team on the snow,” Beck said. “So in order to limit the liability of the individual skier to provide this revenue—this funding— we run the Ski Swap as one of our major sources of revenue for the year.” Patrons of the event are able to purchase gear from a variety of brands including Head, Zero and Salomon. Visitors are also permitted to sell their own lightly used gear at the event, but all items sold need to be registered with the club prior to the Ski Swap. Tables and racks line room one of the event center, displaying winter items. Skis, socks, boots, jackets, shells, ski bags, gloves, ski masks, bindings and snowboards can be found on any number of these displays. Visitors pick through the items while volun-
teers—many of whom are members of the Winter Sports club— help shoppers find the right fit. When the event opened on Friday, Winter Sports club president, James Henderson, estimated 200 plus people were lined up to have first dibs on the fresh winter gear. Now that the Ski Swap is in the books, the club can begin preparations for the season. A point not lost on Coach Ewoldt. “This is a staple in this town, and this is what gets people fired up in the community for the ski season but it gets us going too,” Ewoldt said. “We know once this is getting close, it’s time to put the head down and get ready for the season.” It won’t be long now before Mt. Rose and Squaw are filled with snow, and the club is racing down the slopes. Ryan Freeberg can be reached at rfreeberg@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports
The Nevada women’s swim and dive team took an early dip into the Lombardi Pool during its first pentathlon on Sept. 21. The contest was split between the silver and blue teams. The blue team swam away victorious with 67-49, but all signs point to another dominant 2019-20 campaign for the program. Last season, the women’s team finished with a 9-1 overall record and 3-1 in conference play. Nevada was a perfect 2-0 during home meets, 4-1 on the road and 3-0 in neutral sites. The Wolf Pack placed second in the 2019 Mountain West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. Nevada led for the first two days of the tournament, but San Diego State stormed back during the final two days to steal the win. Nevada finished 24th in the country during the NCAA Championships. However, Nevada didn’t come away empty-handed. The Pack repeated as Mountain West champions in the 800-meter free relay for the second year in-a-row with Rebecca Murray, Caitlyn Richardson, Andressa Cholodovskis and Caitlyn McHugh taking home the title. Nevada will retain
several key members this season, including McHugh, who returns for her junior season. She finished in third place in the 1650-meter freestyle competition during the MWC championships last year and transformed into the team’s top distance swimmer. In the regular season, McHugh had two first-place finishes in the 500-meter and 1650-meter freestyle. An additional five juniors will return to the squad. Donna dePolo looks to improve off a strong sophomore year. She finished second in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:01.34 last season. Montana Lloyd tacked on a first-place finish with a 1:59.93 time in the 200-meter backstroke. Eleven sophomores mark the most on the team. Lindsey Soule placed eighth in the 1650 meter freestyle in last year’s tournament. Sophomore Alexa Markel joins Soule to add to the impressive mix of young talent on the team. Markel finished in 23rd place in the 1650-meter freestyle. Along with a heavy staff of sophomores, six incoming freshmen can help contribute and make an immediate impact. Colette Berkenfield was named to the USA Swimming Scholas-
tic All-American team from 2017-19 during her time at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California. Valerie Kitchens holds the 4x100 relay record at Green Valley High School located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Plenty of new faces fill the team, but Cholodovskis is the lone senior for Nevada. Originally from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, she represented her home country in the 2016 Olympics. She also set a championship record in the 4x100 freestyle at the 2015 South America Championships. Cholodovskis has translated that success with the Wolf Pack. She placed first in the 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly with times of 53.33 seconds and 1:46.82 last season. Entering his fourth year, head coach Brendon Bray has plenty to work with. The Wolf Pack has lots of talent and the tools to make another strong push toward the Mountain West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. Nevada opens the season against San Diego State on Sept. 27 in Pullman, Washington. Isaiah Burrows can be reached at rfreeberg@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports
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Gameday at Oregon L 6-77
@ UTEP Sun Bowl, at 5 p.m.
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vs. Purdue W 34-31
THIS WEEK’S GAME
vs. Weber State W 19-13
vs. Hawai’i TBD 9/28
at UTEP 5:00 p.m. 9/21
at Utah Sate TBD 10/19
vs. San Jose State 1:00 p.m. 10/12
at Wyoming 11:00 a.m. 10/26
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vs. New Mexico TBD 11/2
at San Diego St. TBD 11/9
at Fresno State TBD 11/23
vs. UNLV 12:00 11/30
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Jayme Sileo/Nevada Sagebrush No. 10 Ben Putman catches a pass from quarterback Carson Strong. Putnam caught four passes for 57 yards in the win over Weber St.
Nevada edges Weber St. in hard-fought victory By Matt Hanifan
Nevada football squeaked away with a 19-13 win over Weber State on Saturday, Sept. 14 at Mackay Stadium. Nevada had three turnovers but finished minus-two in the turnover margin. Four field goals from Brandon Talton’s golden boot propelled Nevada to victory. Talton was 4-4 on field goal attempts, with a long of 36 yards. This is the most successful field goals by a Nevada kicker since Brett Jaekle hit four against Texas Tech on Sept. 6, 2008. The freshman placekicker is now a perfect 8-8 on the year. Nevada tallied a season-high 25 first downs, totaling 453 yards of total offense and held the ball for over 60 percent of the game. The Pack’s offense converted routinely on third down, going 11-20 for a season-high 55 percent on third. Redshirt freshman Carson Strong completed 30-44 passes for a career-high 299 yards with two interceptions. Weber State’s stout defensive line gave Strong troubles inside the pocket, sacking him four times. 2018 All-Big Sky defensive end Jonah Williams recorded three of the four Wildcat sacks. The 6-foot-5 senior had not recorded a sack since the 2017 season prior to the start of the game.
Toa Taua and Jaxson Kincaide led the Nevada rushing attack. Taua rushed for 85 yards on 16 carries, and Kincaide rushed for 75 yards on 11 carries and a score. Out of the backfield, Kincaide showed he was a true scatback, showcasing as a swiss army knife for the offense. The senior tied a career-high, which he set on Sept. 30, 2017, hauling in five receptions for 51 yards. “Jaxson has run the ball hard,” Nevada head coach Jay Norvell said. “Toa was not 100 percent tonight. Jaxson’s runs were really important.” “I just tried to do my job, and I still feel like I left yards on the field,” Kincaide said. Nevada moves to 2-1 on the season. Weber State, who entered the game No. 6 in the FCS rankings fall to 1-2 on the season— they’re now 0-2 versus FBS opponents on the season. Weber State backup quarterback Kaden Jenks—taking over for starting quarterback Jake Constantine with a knee injury— struggled in his first start of the season. Jenks completed just 28 percent of his passes for 57 yards, a touchdown and an interception. The 63 yards passing allowed by Nevada’s defense was the lowest since Oct. 20 against Air Force. “We played real good pass defense,” Norvell said. “Just guys
playing their responsibilities, getting used to being out there, seeing their keys. I think that was an improvement.” Coming off a 100-yard performance versus Cal Poly, reigning FCS freshman of the year, running back Josh Davis, was held to 36 yards on ten touches. The Wildcats were only able to notch 137 total yards. Nevada’s front seven—led by Lucas Weber, Gabe Sewell and Dom Peterson—invaded the backfield all evening, totaling one sack and 10 tackles-for-loss. Talton’s first field goal came after a 10-play, 56-yard drive to open the game. Nevada’s ensuing drive resulted in Strong’s third interception on the season, but the Wildcats were unable to capitalize. Weber State’s Trey Tuttle hit a 43-yard field goal to tie the game at three apiece with 13:56 remaining in the second quarter. They were quickly gifted with prime field position after a blocked punt, resulting in Jenks’ 11-yard toss to Shaheed in the back of the endzone. Two more field goals from Talton late in the second quarter cut Weber State’s lead to 10-9 heading into halftime. Nevada’s second possession of the second half resulted in a 33-yard score from Kincaide, the longest touchdown run of his
career. After being gifted prime field position, Tuttle nailed a seasonlong 47-yard field goal which cut Nevada’s lead to 16-13 with 50 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Talton nailed his final field goal, this time from 34-yards out, to stretch the Pack’s lead to 19-13 with 4:49 left in the fourth quarter. Weber State only gained 17 yards on their ensuing drive, giving the ball back to the Nevada offense with 3:27 remaining with all three timeouts. Offensive coordinator Matt Mumme continued to pound the football and milked the clock. Toa Taua delivered the final blow on a crucial 3rd-and-9, forcing Weber State head coach Jay Hill to burn his remaining timeouts. “I was proud of the way we handled the end of the game,” Norvell said. “Air raid teams don’t get to run the ball with three tight ends in the game very often. I know Matt Mumme’s probably not going to feel very comfortable about that, but I think that was important for us to run the ball at the end of the game and run the clock out.” Matt Hanifan can be reached at rfreeberg@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.
Losing streak up to four as women’s soccer falls to Utah By Madeleine Chinery
down at half-time, spirits were high as the Pack warmed up on the sidelines, getting pumped for Friday, Sept. 13 vs. Utah the second half. Nevada challenged Utah Nevada women’s socon several strong attempts cer fell to the University to score, notably by deof Utah, 2-0, on a mostly fender Alexis Friesen and neutral field. The game forward Madison Taylor. was played at Truckee Ultimately, none of these Meadows Community College’s brand new soccer attempts were successpitch, part of a new sports ful. Junior Mady Hairston nailed a perfect cross, but complex on the main an attempted head-in TMCC campus. could not find the back of The Pack set up in a 2-4-4 formation to kick off the net. A foul on Daguirda althe contest, a formation lowed Utah’s Aleea Gwdefined by the use of four erder to add to their lead defenders and four midwith a free kick in the final fielders. minutes of the second half Utah’s Holly Daguirda to secure the win. Utah scored in the 12-minute dominated in possession mark of the first half by for most of the match and tapping the ball into the had more shots on goal, far post, but the Pack Utah shot 19 versus the fought hard to keep pace Pack’s six. with their opponents. Despite the loss, the Wolf Forward Annika BergPack shined in certain strand was able to charge the goal, seeking to create areas. Nevada goalkeeper a play following Daguirda’s Kendal Stovall had six score, but was stopped by saves, including a couple of stunners in the second Utah’s defenders. half. Her total saves for the Though Nevada was
season now stand at 33. Nevada freshmen Lizzy Hairston and Lesly Gonzales led the team in shots on goal, with each earning two. Sophomore Olivia Carter played a season-high 80 minutes on the pitch. Hannah Souza, Kylie Minamishin, Sara Olanda, Lizzy Hairston and Stovall each stayed on the field for the whole game. Overall the Wolf Pack hustled and made compelling plays to stay in the game, but their Power Five opponent got the best of them. Nevada’s record now stands at 1-5 as they prepare to go into conference play in two weeks. The Pack returns to Mackay next Saturday, Sept. 21, to play UC Davis at 6:00 p.m. Madeleine Chinery can be reached at rfreeberg@ sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports.
Following on the heels of their match against Weber St., Nevada football looks to take on a struggling UTEP team next Saturday, Sept. 21. In UTEP’s last game, their offense was only able to tack on three in a 38-3 beatdown against Texas Tech. If the Miners are to compete with Nevada, they will have to stick to their gameplan. Miners’ head coach Dana Dimel’s trademark this season has been establishing the run, as they’ve only thrown the ball a combined 39 times in their first two games. The rushing attack is led by senior running back Treyvon Hughes, with aid from quarterback Brandon Jones. Hughes has been very productive this season, with 33 carries for 171 yards and a touchdown. Jones, a senior transfer from Bakersfield Community College, is largely considered a dual-threat with a tendency to trust his feet more than his arm. The senior has not been able to find his groove on the ground or through the air this season. Jones has completed sub 50 percent of his throws. On the ground, he’s picked up 60 yards but has also lost 28, resulting in only 32 net yards as a ball carrier. When Jones does throw, his favorite target has been Tre’shon Wolf. The sophomore leads the team in catches and receiving yards—five catches for 104 receiving yards and
a touchdown. UTEP’s offense will face a tough opponent in a stout Wolf Pack front seven. Standout Nevada defensive back, Daniel Brown, should help to keep the Miners in check next week through the air. Defensively, UTEP doesn’t fare any better. This season brought on eight new starters on the defensive side of the ball for the Miners. In UTEP’s first game, against FCS opponent Houston Baptist, they allowed 30 points and 413 total yards of offense. In game two, against Texas Tech, the Miners continued their defensive struggles, surrendering 264 yards through the air and 160 yards rushing. If UTEP has any intention of changing this trend, they will have to lean heavily on returning defensive linemen, Denzel Chukwukelu and Chris Richardson, and on linebacker Sione Tupou. UTEP will need to force turnovers if they have any intention of keeping this game close. This may be too big of a challenge for a team that has only forced two turnovers in this season. Overall, Nevada has a great chance to build momentum heading into conference play. Devansh Mehra can be reached at rfreeberg@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @SagebrushSports